The Film Daily (1928)

THE ViL UV Hi. S2 TMSiar, Alt. 7. 1121 Prici 5 Ciits lOIN «. U.ICBATE PBBllSlin Published daily except Saturday and bolidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and copyright (1928) by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate. President and Publisher; Maurice D. Kann. Vice-President and E'iitor; Donald M. Mersereau, Treasurer, Business and Advertising Manager. Entered as second class matter. May 21, 1918, at the post otnce at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3. 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York. tlO.OO one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, 13.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscribers should remit with oraer. Address all communication! to THE FILM DAILY. 1650 Broad w»y. New York. N. Y. Phone Circle 47364737-4738 4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California — Ralph Wilk 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest \V. Fredman, The Film Renter, 58, Great Marlborough St., W. L Berlin — Lichtbild-buebne, Friedrichstrasae, 235. Financial High Low Close Sales (s) Am. Seat. . . lO'A 30/, 30/2 200 (c-b) do 6s 36 . WH 98/2 98H 3 Bal. & Katz 74-4 .... (c) Con. Fm. Ind 13 12*i 12H 500 (s) do pfd. .. 24 2iH 23J4 60U ts) East. Kodak 184/, 182 182/2 1,600 •(s) do pfd. .. 128 •(c) Film Insp. .... ■iH . . . . *(s) First Nat. pfd > ■ • a • • • • 104 • • • • (s) Fox Fm. "A' ' 83 81/4 >i2H 13,001) (c) Fox Thea. "A" 28H 27 fi 28!4 10,100 •*c) intern. Proj. • ■ • • 9 .... •(b) Keiths 6s 46 92 (s) Loew's Inc. . 54^ 53?4 S4fi 1,500 (s) do pfd. .. 101^4 •(c) do deb. rts.. . .... 14Ji (b) do 6s 41ww 108 108 108 (b) do 6s41x-war. 100^4 100 i^ loo'/* 1 •(s) M-GM pfd. . 25/2 .... (6) M. P. Cap. .. 7/2 .... (s) Orph. Cir. ... 18M im 18K 200 (s) do pfd. ... 79J4 79Ji 132*4 79^4 100 (s) Para. FL ... liO'A 136/2 17,600 (b) do 6s 47 ... 991/2 99 '4 99 J4 (b) Par.By.5/is51. lOl'A lom 101-4 10 (s) Palhe 4H 4/2 4^4 1,000 (s) do "A" .. 18/2 18/2 I8/2 200 •(b) do 7s 37 .. .... 70 .... (o) Roxy "A" ... 27 30 .... (o) do units . . . 29 32 .... (o) do com. 5 6/2 .... (o) Skouras Bros. . 40 42 .... (s) Sunley Co. . . 38^ 38^ 3m 100 •(o) Technicolor .. s-/« 7 .... •(c) Trans-Lux . . 3/4 (o) United Art. . U is (o) do pfd. 78 84 .... (o) Univ. Ch. com. 2 .... .... .... (o) do pfd. ... 75 85 .... •(c) Univ. Pict... . . . • .... 13!^ .... •(s) do pfd. ... . . . • .... 97 (c) Warner Bros.. Vs^, 60 H 677^ 63,700 (s) do "A" ... 6SH 73/2 58,400 •(c-b) do 6/,s 28. 134-4 ... * Lait Price* Quoted. (b) Bond Market. (c) Curb Market. (<) Stock Exchange. (o) Over the Oninter (Bid and Asked.) NOTE: Balaban & Kau is listeil in Chicago; Skouras, St. Loui*. CaU WAFILMS, Inc. Walter A. Putt«, Praa. (or Library Stock Scenes 130 W. 46th St.. Newr York Bryant 8181 DAILY Tuesday, August 7, Ij l| Expect "U" Profits To Top Last Year's (Continued from Page 1) $1.94 a share on the common outstanding, compared with $538,814, or $1.46 a share on common the same time a year ago. A comparison of net income during the first six months of Universal's fiscal period ended around May 5, together with equivalent per share on common, as compiled by the financial publication, follows: Earned on 6 Mos. Ended Net Income Common .Mav 5 1928 $ 651,133 $1.94 May 7, 1927 538,814 1.46 May 8, 1926 725,843 2.16 May 9, 1925 1,248,754 4.23 Sound and Color Films of Wagner Operas Planned Sound pictures of the Wagnerian "Ring" of operas, to be presented in this country in January by the German Grand Opera Co., are to be produced, states the company's American management. Suit Over Columbia Name is Settled Out of Court Denver — Suit of J. T. Sheffield to restrain Columbia Pictures from using the word Columbia as a trade name in this and the Salt Lake City territories, has been settled. For a cash consideration, Sheffield is turning over to Columbia for distribution from its own exchanges of unplayed contracts, and has adopted the name of J. T. Sheffield exchanges for distribution of the Gotham product. Reisman Returns to N. Y. Phil Reisman, general sales manager of Pathe, has returned to New York from Buffalo and Chicago. In the former city, he closed a contract with the Lafayette theater. At Chicago, he closed a 100 per cent contract for Pathe product with the Coston circuit, which books around 75 Chicago houses, and a contract for silent and sound features for Marks Bros.' pre-release houses. ^^Silent Witness*' by Otto Harbach Melodrama of College Life Motion Picture rights FOR SALE G. F. Bacon, Hudson Theatre, N. Y. r ■-»■ AMALGAMATED VAUDEVILLE AGENCY Attractions for Picture Theatres Standard Vaudeville Acts 1600 Broadway, New York City Phone Penn. 3580 NEW SPANISH UNIT SEEKS PLACE IN WORLD MARKEIS Cinematografica Nacional de Espana is the name of a new company formed in Barcelona to make Spanish pictures. According to the "New York Times," the organization, incorporated with capital of 75,000,000 eseats (about $12,350,000) has the backing of the Banco Central, Marsan and Commercial Banks of Barcelona, and intends building theaters and producing pictures. Starr Sailing Tomorrow Herman Starr, Warner executive, will sail for Europe tomorrow for his semi-annual trip abroad. His itinerary will include London, Paris and Berlin, and in each of these cities he will inaugurate the sales drives on Warners' new program of talking pictures, returning in the fall. Confab on Sound Decision on use of sound in its 1928-1929 schedule is promised shortly by Weiss Bros. Artclass Pictures. A meeting is planned to shape a policy. Glazer Advises West Coast Bur. THE FILM DAILi Los Angeles — Benjamin Glazer has been named persona] representative of Joseph P Kennedy and production advisor of the Pathe and First National studios. Glazer recently completed his contract with Paramoimt. New Sapiro Move to Lan Injunction Against M.^. (Continued from Page I) M.P.E.A. — the Sapiro buying org; zation — located Mayer in a Cat Mountain resort late last week served him with papers returna Friday. The LM.P.E.A., having lost in its injunction proceedings agai M-G-M, is now attempting to sec a writ against M. & S. The act is considered important since, out it, may grow a court decision de ing the rights of exhibitor buy cooperatives. Sound Pictures at L. A. Met Los Angeles — "Caught in the F<' is the attraction at the Metropolit; under the new sound picture poli. a D D MOYIETSXE What was the first 0^ short comedy to he w made by Movietone • William Fox made the first Movietone short comedy of Chic Sale in ^^They^re coming to get me,** "Which had its premiere at the Sam H. Harris theatre, May ZS, 19279 in conjunction with the shoiving of "7th Heaven.** G t C c: c: c: c: U^^^^l^jT Jirst andjoremost r 1^ ^^P^^I^L Sound onjilm