The Film Daily (1930)

THE ednesday, January 15, 1930 •a^m DAILY \r N-E-W-S 0-F T-H-E D-A-Y United States East Hampton, Conn. — The Majts;, which has been closed for a :onth, was purchased recently by fputy Sheriff Roy Young from Paul anchard. The new owner ot tlu ,ily house in this city plans to ren,'ate the 300-seat theater and equip : for sound presentations. Wiliiaui impbell operator of a chain of snial onn. houses recently sought to purlase the house but the deal ten irough. Akron, O. — Scale of admission at e Keith-Albee has been cut, accordg to Manager Herb Jennings. Matee prices now are 35 cents for the ain floor and 25 cents in the bal)ny, except Sundays when all seats night are listed at SO cents instead ; 75. South Bend, Ind. — Three new di .■ctors have been named to the board the Mishawaka Theater. The 3use is operated by Twin City musements Co. Middletown, O. — Purchase of a te on Broadway for the purpose of new 2,000-seat theater has been an3Unced by Harry Lynch, head of a incinnati real estate firm. ; Chicago — "Flight," Columbia picire, which played the Studebaker for X weeks at $2 and then moved into le Oriental at popular prices, is beiig held over for a second week at le latter house, where the regular plicy is for a week's run only. j New York iSix hundred seats are in the new ilaza, which opens Jan. 20 at 42 ast 58th St. Harry Creighton Inalls designed the house along lines of Tudor architecture. Programs, which will include both silent and sound pictures, will be changed twice a week. T. S. Delehanty, of Pathe International, states that prints of the Spanish version of "Her Private Affair" are now being shipped to Spain, Mexico and Cuba and that the remaining Spanish speaking territories will be supplied shortly. The Pathe one hundred per cent Spanish version of "Her Private Affair" was directed by Emile de Recat. Installation of the Brel sound system have been made at the Nassau Graham and Metro theaters in Brooklyn, according to Charles Merkle, acoustical engineer. The British production, "The Farmer's Wife," is being held for a second week at the Carnegie, and is being distributed by Ufa Films throughout the United States. With the installation of Pacent apparatus at the Temple Methodist Church, New York, recently, the total installation made by the company already has passed the lOOOtb mark. Foreign Madrid — The Grand Cross has been awarded Santiago Reves Sanz for extraordinary heroisni in the disastrous Novedades Theater fire here last November. London — Plug earphones which will enable the deaf to hear talking pictures are being installed in local theaters. The Capitol, Queen's, Pavilion and Park Hall Kinemas, Cardiff, have already found the new invention attractive. ;eanette Loff Signed [ to Star for Universal \est Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY i.Los Angeles — Jeanette Loff, who I to appear in the Paul Whiteman Im, "King of Jazz," has signed a )ng term contract to star for Uni2rsal, it is announced by Carl aemmie, Jr. Same Film at Strand and Beacon "Show of Shows" will open simulineously Friday at. the Strand and le Beacon, both Warner houses on roadway. The picture will play the trand, Brooklyn, at the same time. Coast Showmen Hold Ball 'est Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles— More than 300 memers of the Pacific Coast Showmen's vss'n, embracing every branch of the nusement industry, held their eighth nnual ball and banquet at the Alexndria Hotel last evening. Syracuse Fans Select "Ten Best" Films of 1929 Syracuse— The "Ten Best" poll conducted by "The Syracuse Herald," under direction of Chester B. Bahn, dramatic and picture editor, has concluded, with Syracuse fans voting and members of the "Herald Tri-C Club" as well. In the general vote the following pictures were selected as the best shown in town during 1929: "Gold Diggers of Broadway," "Rio Rita," "Broadway Melody," "Disraeli," "Sunny Side Up," "Cock-Eyed World," "Madame X," "Trial of Mary Dugan," "Bulldog Drummond," "Desert Song." The Tri-Q list follows: "Gold Diggers of Broadway,' '"Madame X," "Broadway Melody," "Rio Rita," "The Desert Song," "Disraeli," "Sunny Side Up," "Trial of Mary Dugan," "Last of Mrs. Cheney," "Flight." 1930 Edition Now In Preparation 1929 00^ The Film Daily Year Book is published only once each year but a complete statistical stafS has been ^w^orking on it every day of every year Sor the past tivelve years. Out As Usual In January