The Film Daily (1928)

THE ■c&ank DAILV Wednesday, December 12, 1 I Short Shots from New York Studios ^^By ARTHUR W. EDDY, BEX NY RUBIN is repeating the success wiiich built up business for Loew's State and Graunian Egyptian at the Coast. He's now pulling 'em in big at the Colony, New York. At present Benny"s limping around the Colony stage owing to a fall he received the other day while doing a dance number, but that doesn't interfere with his getting the laughs. * * * George Orth learned his production alphabet back in the old Edison and Bioyraph days and later supplemented it by working for Paramount and m-ore recently the Actors' F'und. Now he's p^-oduction manager at Metropolitan studios, across the Hudson at Fort Lee. if * * Having finished a sound version of "The Shady Lady," Pathe picture with Phyllis Haver, Louis Wolheim and Robert Armstrong, Edward H. Griffith is now vacationing along the Main Stem and environs. He's been working at the Coast for the past three weeks, with the exception of a brief trip East when he made exteriors for "Hold 'Em Yale." * * * Safe and sane is the policy adopted by A. J. Moeller of Talking Picture Distributor's in connection ^vith shedding publicity light on his plans. "I'm not going to start selling product until I can give exhibitors more than one picture," said Bert, in reply to our daily quiz, "What's doing?" Temporary Writ Is Denied De Forest Suit (Continued from Page 1) in the interim. The De Forest company alleges eight patents are infringed. The theater equipment in question was furnished by Electrical Research Products, through the Northern Electric Co. of Montreal. Affidavits were filed showing the history of the development of talking pictures, beginning with the work of inventors prior to De Forest, and describing also the development work of the Western Electric and Bell Telephone Laboratories in production of sound projection equipment. Expansion Program Is Made for Dramaphone (Continued from Page 1) Up," "Sawdust Paradise" and "The Patriot." \V. A. StefTes, head of Allied States .\ss'n, and the Northwest exhibitor unit, Col. H. A. Cole, Texas unit president, and the "L" Circuit, Cincinnati, have taken over distribution of the instrument in their respective territories. Production is at the rate of 15 machines a week, with deliveries promised in three weeks. Help! Help! Help! (Continued from Page 1) The time is short. The drive closes Christmas day. Unless the checks come in much faster we will fall considerably short of the goal of $10,000. Let's have your check today. NOW. Watch This List Grow Tommy Meighan Charles Einfeld Henn' Ginsberg Al Lichtman Red Kann Joe Schnitier Mrs. Edna Sussman Miss Addie Dannenberg H. J. Yates Ned Depinet Bruce Gallup Billy Brandt Lou Blumenthal Ed SchiUer W. F. Rodgers Vic Shapiro Don MersereAU Tommy Goldberg Arthur Loew Jack AUcoate Charles Jawitz Richard Brady Walter Futter Jim Normanly Nat Levine Paula Gould A. Pam Blumenthal Tom Wiley Wm. Massce David Loew Paul N. Lazarus Herrman Robbins Phil Reisman W. J. German Emil Shauer David Picker M. J. Kandall Wm. Ferguson J. D. Trop Stanley Hand George Byrnes Ed Halperin N. L. Manheim Louis Baum Bert Adler Harry Scott D. J. Chatkin Ben R. Rosenbaum Emil C. Jensen Leo Klebenow Charles Moskowitz J. Francis O'Reilly Harry Lewis S. J. Warshowsky Cresson E. Smith N. D. Golden James R. Grainger 'Herbert Ebenstein Fred Quimby W. S. Butterfield A. H. Giannini Lou B. Metzger M. Van Praag Joe Weil H. M. Messiter Willard McKay A. Schimel Ted Schlanger Helen Hughes C. B. Paine Oscar Binder I. V. Ward J. H. McFarland Henry C. Bate Sidney Singerman Rebecca Joffee J. Ludwig Harry Rosenquest C. C. Hoagland Frank Mastroly Paul Gulick Harry Reichenbach Dan Lederman Dave Bader Milton Silver Len Fields Eugene Walsh Lee Balsly M. Steinbuch G. Byrne R. V. Anderson P. D. Cochrane Alfred Gottesman Oscar Neufeld Sam Sax Gabriel L. Hesa Hedda Hopper Milton Cohen Bernard Edelhertz William Pizor M. E. Krauss Harold B. Franklin Joe Brandt Jack Cohn Harry Cohn George Harvey James Mulvey D. L. Zyve Dewey Bloom Sarnoff and Bucher Win Promotions from RCA (Continued from Page 1) vice president of that firm, which is parent company of RCA-Photophone, which Sarnof? heads. Elmer E. Bucher has been named executive vicepresident of the latter company. Joseph L. Ray is new general sales manager of RCA, Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith vice president and chief broadcast engineer and Col. Manton Davis, vice president and general attorney. Sunday Shows Win 1 Lose 2 Minneapolis — Sunday shows won in one Minnesota town and lost in two others in special elections. Wheaton by vote of 321 to 216 favored a liberal Sabbath, while Clearbrook and Belview voted against Sunday shows. Academy Destroyed by Fire Haverhill, Mass. — Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Academy of Music. The property is owned by Jacob and Morris Bloomfield. Sound Pictures iBy CHARLES F. HYNESi NELOTONE CORP. OFfERS NEW DISC SYNCHRONIZER Production of 52 short reel subjects in co-operating with a recording company, and establishment of sales and service branches in all key cities are plans announced by the Melotone Coip. of America, New York, which is installing eight machines in theaters. Three of these are in New York theaters and one each in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Detroit, Philadelphia and Cleveland. Ten machines now are in stock and the factorj' geared to make 50 weekly, it is claimed. The company claims the device interchangeable with other disc systems. Music Reproduction Co. Handling Slote Device Cumberland, Md. — Home-made synchronization device invented and developed by Robert Slote at the Strand here, is to be marketed through Music Reproduction Co., of Alexandria, Pa. Any Size Picture by New Television Device Paris — Any size picture can be transmitted, it is claimed by a new television device developed by a Luxemburg scientist. The positive is eliminated, the negative being used for transmission direct. The impression of the film is electrically transmitted and magnetically conserved on a series of fine metallic ribbons to permit subsequent transmission by wireless, for showing on a screen immediately or at a later time. Stillman Not Closing Cleveland — "The Singing Fool" is now entering its sixth week at the Stillman. It has broken previous house records. It will play at least one more week. The following attraction has not been announced, but it is definitely known that the Stillman will not close at the conclusion of the "Singing Fool" run. Brown to Make Talker Howard C. Brown, in charge of a unit of the TifFany-Color Classics, is en route to New York where the company will make an all talking color subject. Paganini Sound Film For Tobis Berlin — German Tonbild Syndikat (Tobis) has in production a sound film based on the life of Paganini. The title role is being played by Andreas WeJssgerber under the direction of Frank Clifford. ■Talkers for Sales Use Detroit — Talking pictures are now being ised by the Graham-Paige motor company to deliver its messages to dealers. Movietone Strip Sent by Telephone to N. I.' Photographed sound was tra niitted by telephoto process for first time yesterday, when officials the American Telephone and T< graph Co. received actual pictures an actor's voice sent in seven m utes from Los Angeles to New Yi City. Three words, "Is that S( were spoken in Los Angeles by V< Ham Haines, photographed oni sound strip and the latter divided to separate pieces about the size ordinary photographs. After havi been 'shot' across the country in t manner the individual strips wi pieced together in New York and 1 spoken words will be incorporai into a scene of "Alias Jimmy Val< tine," now running at the Astor. Foy Starting Productionj at Vitagraph Stud Plans for start of production Vitaphone subjects at the Vitagra studio, Brooklyn, are being co; pleted in New York by Bryan Fc vVork is to start in a few days. F will remain in the East about t\ months. Orchestraphone at Port Townsen Port Townsend, Wash. — W. McDonald, formerly of Eugene, Or. soon will open a new house he equipped with a junior model Orch< traphone. Talkers For Haley Houses Mount Vernon, Wash. — A. L. H ley, president of Paramount Amus ment Co., has ordered new seats I their house here and at Anacort* Equipment has also been ordered f RCA Photophone installation f both houses. Sound For American, Butte Butte, Mont.— C. M. Thall, genei manager of West Coast Theatei Inc., states that sound will be intr duced at the American here. Basil Dean WUl Make Talker London — Basil Dean will leave so for United States, it is understoo where he will make a talking ve sion of John Galsworthy's pla "Escape," for Paramount. Photophone Subject Via W. E. Minneapolis — First RCA Phot( phone recorded subject to play tl Strand here is "The Toilers," whic opened on Saturday. The house hs Western Electric sound equipment STAGES AND LOCATION UNITS AVAILABLE for motion and still photography, hif hour, day or week. Etchcraft Film Studios 4S4-4S8 Sixth Ave. («t 28th St.) New York City LMicacre 10109, Chickerine 77U •■4 Chickcring 2980