The Film Daily (1928)

iklLTHE NEWS ULTHE TIME »K«nsr^ V(l. XLV N(. 88 Widnesda), Sept. 19, 1928 Price 5 Cents lOHN W. ALICOATE PUBLISHER Published daily except Saturday and holidays at lt)50 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 Editor; Donald M. Mersereau, Treasurer, Business and Advertising Manager. Entered as second class matter. May 21, 1918, at the post-othce at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York. JIO.OO one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, 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 W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 58, Great Marlborough St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbild-buehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Financial High Low Close Sales (s) Am. Seat. . . 32 3m 32 300 *(c-b) do 6s 36 • • • • 96^ . . . . • Bal. & Katz < • < • .... 74U . . . . (c) Con. Fm. Ind . 16J4 15J4 15^ 26yi 700 (s) do pfd. .. 27^ 26^ 500 •(s) East. Kodak 181 179 179 400 •(s) do pfd. .. > • • • .... 128 ■ . . • *(c) Film Insp. . .... • . • • 3 '4 . . . . *(s) First Nat. pfd . . . • .... 104 * > . . (s) Fox Fm. "A" 107 102 J4 104 13,000 (c) Fox Thea. "A' ' 30^ 28>4 287/8 24,300 (c) Intern. Proj.. 9 . . . . (b) Keiths 6s 46 94 94 94 1 (s) Loevv's Inc. . 62^ 61J4 62 3,000 (s) do pfd. .. 1037/, 103 "4 103J4 200 *(c) do deb. rts. 27 . . . . (b) do 6s 41 WW 112 111!^ lllj^ 8 (b) do 6s41x-war 100>4 lOO'A 100 J4 22 (s) M-G-M pfd. . 26 26 26 500 (s) M. P. Cap... 10J4 91/2 10'4 1,100 (s) Orph. Cir. .. 29^ 27?4 28^ 21,000 Cs) do pfd. .. 91 90 90 400 (s) Para. F-L .. 140^ 138K 139'4 7,300 (b) do 6s 47 .. 100 J4 100 100 5 *(b) Par.By.5Hs5: .... .... 100^ (s) Pathe 6 5% 5% 4,600 (s) do "A" .. 26J4 26 26 800 *(b) do 73 37 . .... 787/, .... (o) Roxy "A" . . 30 32 .... (o) do units . . 33 36 • . . . . . . . (o) do com. . . 7'/. 8/2 * . . • . . . > (o) Skouras Bros, (s) Stanley Co. . 48 50 , , 58 54 54^ 10,000 (o) Technicolor . 6 7 (c) Trans-Lux . . 4H 4 '4 4'4 2,100 (o) United Art. . 12 14 • . . • (o) do pfd. . . 77 85 .... (o) Univ. Ch. com . 2 . • ■ .... • • • • (o) do pfd. . . 75 85 • . . . (c) Univ. Pict. . 27 26^ 26!^ 300 •(s) do pfd. .. .... 9Sy2 . . . . (s) Warner Bros. liiii 101/, 106 26,600 (s) do "A" .. 1157^ 102>4 107H 35,700 •(c-b) do 654 s 28 198 • Last Prices Quoted. (b) Bond Market. (c) Curb Market. Cs) Stock Exchange. (0) Over the Counter (Bid and Asked.) NOTE: Balaban & Katz is listed in Chicago; Skouras, St. Louis. CINEMATOGRAPHERS Bell & Howell — Akelcy Cameras — Still Cameras — Graflex Cameras all sizes — Portable Lights — Projectors. FOR RENT IRVING BROWNING New York City now. 4CthSt. Penn. 1258-9 THE ;5B^ DAILV Wednesday, September 19, 1928 One Defect (Continued from Page 1) trade, but notwithstanding a far above-the-average picture. Joe Von Sternberg, who, more often than not, makes films of life as it is, not as we Hke to imagine it, whittles another notch in his directorial gun. A fine job. And the casti Bancroft, Compson, Baclanova, Mitch Lewis, Clyde Cook — all eighteen jewel. KANN Chamberlin, Himes Return Peggy Chamberlin and Ross Himes, who have played numerous picture house engagements, returned to New York last night on the Paris after playing at the Kit Kat and Ambassadeurs clubs in London and Paris, respectively. LouisviUe Attendance Marks Louisville — Opening attendance at Loew's State and United Artists was set at 11,000 and at the Alamo, 4,700. The two houses opened the same day, the Alamo having been remodeled, while the other is a new house. Television Shown in Boston Television, which is being exhibited publicly for the first time at the Radio World's Fair, which has just opened at the Madison Square Garden, New York, is to be featured at the Boston Radio Exposition to be held from Oct. 1 to 6. Block Returns to N. Y. M. A. Block, who is handling arrangements for the equipment exihibit and souvenir program for the M.P. T.O. national convention next month, has returned to New York after a trip on the road. He is to leave Sunday for Toronto. The program, he says, is being received enthusiastically, and will be twice as large as originally planned. Talking Sequence for British Film Talking sequence of Admiral Jellicoe's interview with Admiral Sims is planned for "Q Ships," English film on submarine warfare, which has been held over a second week at the Cameo, New York. Closes American Offices Europa Fabrikcn Cine has closed its New York and Chicago offices, following resignation of E. S. Krauss in New York. In future all business of the company is to be handled from its main office at Dresden, Germany. The Industry's Date Book Today: Premiere of "The Singing Fool" at Winter Garden, New York. Sept. 22 Met. Stanley house opens in Philadelphia. Sept. 24 Dinner for film industry griven by Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America at Waldorf Astoria, NewT York. Sept. 24 Opening of fall meeting of the Society of M. P. Engineers, Whiteface Inn, Lake Placid, New York. Sept. 27 "Jazz Singer" opens at Piccadilly, London. Oct. 1 M-G-M's London Theater, the Empire, opens. Oct. 8-10 M.P.T.O. fo Michigan convention at Kalamazoo. Oct. 16-17 Annual M.P.T.O. A. convention at Toronto. Nov. 201-21 M.P.T.O. of Ohio stages convention at Columbus. Nov. 25 Paramount, Brooklyn, opens. Nov. 25 New Fox house in St. Louis opens. Shahan Leases Bronx House Albert Strauss has leased the Ritz, 180th St., for the Hermitage Realty Corp., to the Bronx Park Amusement Co. The Bronx firm, headed by Morris Shahan, operates the Band Box, Fordham Rd., and the Lyric, Third Ave., house. Addressing Publix Managers Mike Simmons, director of advertising and publicity for Gotham and Gotham-Bristolphone, will lecture to a class of theater managers at the Publix Managers' School today. He 'has taken for his topic, "Maximum Ad Value at Minimum Cost." Rogers Leaves for Middle West Lou T. Rogers is en route to Chicago on a sales trip in connection with "Fortune's Fool." Waterloo Strike Settled Waterloo, la. — Only one show was cancelled in the musicians' strike and operator walkout here, which was quickly settled. The operators went out in sympathy after musicians had struck. Reformer Defeated at Polls Atlanta — Culminating an intensive campaign, former Representative William D. 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