The Film Daily (1928)

THE DAILV Sunday, August 5, 192{ i I ViLUf 111.30 Sn«iT.«i|.S,1l2l PflwMCuU IIM •. UICUTE Mfelir Published daily except Saturday and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New ^ ork, N. V't-^i copyright (1928) by Wid's Films and Film Folk. Inc. J. W. Alicoate,. President and Publisher; Maurice D. Kann. ViceJ>resident %nd Editor; Donald M. Mersereau. Treasurer. Business and Advertising Manager bntered as second class matter. May 21, 1918, at the post office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terras (PostaRe free) United States outside of Greater New ^iork. $10.00 one year; 6 months. $5.00; i months $100 Foreign, $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY. 16.0 Broadway, New York. N. Y. Phone Circle 4/364737-4738-4739. Cable address: Filmday. New York. Hollywood, California— Ralph Wilk 6425 Hollywood Blvd. London— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 58, Great MarlborouRh St.. W. 1. Berlin— Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Claims Color, Sound Dimension In Film (Cotitinued from Page 1) Dramagraph M. P. Corp., Van Dyke Hill said Friday. The pictures, which are shown in a box much like that used in nickleodeons, will include dialogue soon. Hill stated. As a test of the project four the-aters, measuring about 18x20, will be opened in New York, probably early in November. Two mid-town sites have been selected, with others in the 14th St. and Bronx districts. Expansion throughout the country is planned to follow. Dramagraph plans to produce its own subjects on 16 mm. tilm in with third dimension, color and sound, making pictures with the first two characteristics at the inception of the program. In the making of sound pictures a disc system will be used. No effort will be made to enter thti theatrical market with Dramagraph devices, the company confining its activities to the industrial commercial and educational fields. In making color pictures the Dramagraph process will be employed. Unlike Eastman and all other systems, Hill declares, this method permits tlic making of any number of prints from the master negative. He claims that the process will cost no more than ordinary black and white pictures. Financial High (s) Am. Seat. ... 30 •(c-b) do 6s 36 Bal. & Katz *(c) Con. Fm. Ind *(c) do pfd (s) East. Kodak .182 *(c; Film Insp •(s) First Nat. pfd. ... (s) Fox Fm. "A" 81 (c) Fox Thea. "A" 28Ji *(c) Intern. Proj •ih) Keiths 6s 46 (s) Loew's Inc.... 53^ (s) do pfd 101J4 (b) do 6s 4U\w.\08'A (b) do 6s41x-war.lO0J4 (s) M-G-M pfd. .. 25!4 *(s) M. P. Cap *(s) Orph, Cir *(s) do pfd •(s) Para. F-L (cb) do 6s 47 .. 99'A (b) Par.By.5Hs51.101!4 (s) Pathe 4^ (s) do "A" ... 19^ (b) do 7s 37 .. 70-4 (o) Roxy "A" ... 27 (o) do units ... 29 (o) do com. . . 5 (o) Skouras Bros.. 40'A (c) Trans-Lux ... i'A (o) United Art. . . 12 (o) do pfd. ... 78 (o) Univ. Ch. com. 2 (o) do pfd. ... 75 *{c) Univ. Pict *(s) do pfd (c) Warner Bros.. 5954 (s) do "A" ... 66J4 •(c-b) do 6/2S 28 Low Close 29^ 30 98 74A rm 24 182 182 3^ . 104 79 '4 80-^ 28 28 9 91-Vi 53 S3H lOO-H 101 '/4 108H 108/2 100 100 25'/, 25/2 8 19 80 '/2 133 99-^ 99/, 101 101/4 45^ 70 29 31 6 43 3K 15 84 85" 4J4 19 70'/^ Sales 500 500 1,900 10,400 2,000 300 20 3 200 2 3 2,200 5,100 5 iA 50 60 97 585/^ 6454 134H 100 77,000 44,200 ' Last Prices Quoted. (b) Bond Market. (c) Curb Market, (s) Stock Exchange. (o) Over the Counter (Bid and Asked.) NOTE: Balaban & Katz is listed in Chicago; Skouras, St. Louis. "Joe" Doolittle with Continental E. J. (Joe) Doolittle has been named New York manager for Continental Lithograph Co. He formerly was connected with National Printing and Engraving Co., United States Lithographing Co., and Select Pictures, serving as business manager of the latter firm. New Paramount Star Arrives John Loder, British film star signed by Jesse L. Lasky during the Paramount official's European trip in June, arrived in New York yesterday. He is on his way to the Paramount studios in Hollywood. Columbia St. Louis Branch St. Louis — Coluinliia Mid West Exchanges is the name selected by the national organization for the local Columbia office. Claude McKean is manager. Let Us Solve Your Problems 1 Over 20 Years of Experience Qualifies Us as Specialists in MOTION PICTURE INSURANCE Stebbins, Leterman & Gates I.1COHPOHATED 1540 B'WAY N.Y.C. TELEPHONE BRYANT 3040 Gleason En Route to Coast to Work on Banky Film James' Gleason, veteran Broadway stage star, playwright and producer, has left New York City for Los Angeles, where he is to work on the story of Vilma Hanky's picture for Samuel Goldwyn, which Al Santeli will direct. Gleason also is to act as advisor to Santeli on the production This association indicates that dialogue may be used in the picture. Gleason recently signed with Universal to film his "The Shannons of Broadway" for that company. Walsh with Selwyn-Hammerstein Frank V. Walsh, until recently associated with the William Fox office of New York has been appointed assistant general sales manager of the newly formed Arthur Hammerstein-Arch Selwyn M. P. Distributing Co. Paramount's Ad Campaign Six hundred ninety-five newspapers of 413 cities Aug. 12 will carry announcement of the Paramount releases for first cjuarter of the 1926 season, launching what the company states is its most ambitious advertising campaign. 20 Theaters Goal Set in Wisconsin Firm Expansioi Milwaukee — Twenty theaters in tb state is the goal set by Communif Theaters, local concern, which i planning an expansion program i; small towns of the state. The com pany now has nine houses. Kennedy and LeBaron Coming Eas Joseph P. Kennedy returns to Ne\ York Tuesday from the Coast. 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