The Film Daily (1928)

THE -.%^ DAILV Thursday, December 13. Sound Pictures Doyle Cautions Showmen in Australia on Sound Sydney — No thcaltTs can show talkers profitably unless it can gross between $5,820 and $9,700 weekly, according to Stuart F. Doyle, recently returned from the United States. Sound film either will make fortunes or bring about the greatest crash the industry has known, he says, predicting that costs will be reduced, and that smaller theaters will be better off if they await developments. Union Sound Houses Planned for Australian Key Towns Sydney — Union Theaters (Doyle's) plans to equip a long run house in every key citj for sound films, after which the de luxe houses will be equipped, with public reaction to determine the future course of the circuit. Both Doyle's and Hoyt's are licensed bj' ^\'estern Electric. A special department is to handle sound l)ictures for Doyle's. Sound Profitable for R. I. Providence, R. I. — Two Providence houses and one at Pawtucket, which have been wired for sound, declare that grosses have jumped considerably. The Majestic and Strand have found business better during the past year, following wiring of the houses. as well as the Leroy in Pawtucket. Loew's State was equipped at its opening and the Victory recently installed Photophone so that comparisons cannot be made in the case of these houses. Savini Selling Bristolphone Atlanta — R. M. Savini, formerly of Savini Film Co., here, is selling Sonora-Bristolphone sound apparatus in this territory. Sound for Covington Covington, Tenn. — W. F. Ruffin of the Palace and vice president of the M.P.T.O. of Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi, will have Movietone and Vitaphone installed Biophone Agency Formed Cleveland — Bill Onie has formed the Ohio Biophone Co. with office in the Union Bldg., Cleveland, for distribution of Biophone in Ohio and Kentucky. Vitaphone for New Haven New Maven — Harry La Vietes, operating the Pe(|uot here, is expecting Vitaphone c(iuipment by the first of the year. Buckley Gets Orchestraphone Buckley, Wash.— E. VV. (Jroesbeck has secured a junior model of Orchestraphone for his house here. STAGES AND LOCATION UNITS AVAILABLE for motion and still photography, by hour, day or week. Etchcraft lilm Studios 454-458 Sixth Ave. (at 28th St.) New York City Longacre 10109. Chickering 7788 and Chickering 2989 Almost Half Way (Continued from Payc 1) Gerety, Dewey Bloom, William James, Lee A. Ochs, Hank Linet, W. P. Wcntz, and Ethel Smith. Many of those who gave their financial support to the first drive, last year have not yet joined the rapidly-growing list of contributors this year. This is undoubtedly due to oversight. The committee again makes a plea for further support. Christmas is approaching! Get the spirit! Watch This List Grow Tommy Meighan Charles Einfeld Henrj' Ginsberg Al Lichtman Red Itann Joe Schnitzer Mrs. Edna Sussman Miss Addie Dannenberg H. J. Yates Ned Depinet Bruce Gallup Billy Brandt Lou Blumenthal Ed Schiller W. F. Rodgers Vic Shapiro Don Mersereau Tommy Goldberg Arthur Loew Jack Alicoate Charles Jawitz Richard Brady Walter Putter Jim Normanly Nat Levine Paula Gould A. Pam Blumenthal Tom Wiley Wm. Massce David Loew Paul N. Lazarus Herman 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 1. V. Ward I. H. McFarland Henry C. Bate Sidney Singerman Rebecca Jotfee J. Ludwig Harry Rosenquest C. C. Hoagland Frank Mastroly Paul Gulick Harry Reichenbach Dan Lederman Dave Bader Milton Silver Len Fields Kugene Walsh Lee Balsly M. Steinbuch G. Byrne R. V. Anderson P. D. Cochrane Alfred Gottesman Oscar Neufeld Sam Sax Gabriel L. Hess 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 Adolph Zukor Nathan Burkan Eugene Zukor Arthur Butler Graham E. W. Kramer Thomas W. Gerety Dewey Bloom Wm. James Lee A. Ochs Hank Linet W. P. Wentz Ethel Smith Marcus Closed New England Deal Jesse Marcus, general sales manager of the Davis Bulletin Co., Buffalo, states he has closed a deal with the New England Advertising Co., New Haven, for the taking over by that company of the Davis firm's stage and lobby equipment in all New England states. 14 in Shenandoah Valley Chain Winchester, Va. — Total of houses in the Shenandoah Valley Theaters chain, Universal subsidiary, was increased to 14 by opening of the Capitol here. Continued expansion is lilanned, including houses at Harrisonburg and Clifton Forge. LaComa at Willacoochee Willacoochee, Ga. — Chris LaComa lias taken over the local theater, formerly operated l^y R. A. Turner. Phonofilm Marketing Is Being Speeded Up {Continued fiom Pifyc I) pany claims that the exhibitor can make the installation, but that it intends to have a crew of supervisors in each territory, to train the theater operator. The only servicing claimed needed is rcplacment of tubes and lights. Fishman Gets Agency in Cleveland, Pittsburgh Zone Cleveland — J. C. Fishman is the iiulhorized distributor of DeForest PhoiKjfilm in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia and western i-'ennsylvania. Fishman states that he will have four DeForest installations operating in Cleveland by the end of December. The first out-oftown installation in this territory will be made at the Southern, Bucyrus. "Rio Rita," Talker and Singer to Be Made by FBO (Continued from Page 1) H. Flarold Murray of the original cast in the leads, and Bert Wheeler, Ada May and William Catlett in the cast. W. E. Licensees Asked To Safeguard Quality (Continued from Page 1) ments will fall of their own weight. Western Electric engineers are continually working on the problem of reducing size and cost of equipment without sacrifice of quality, states Otterson, predicting that if the solution is found, it will be found by his company, which he says is working 24 hour shifts to meet the demand for installations. John Gilbert Signs New Long Contract with M-G-M (Continued from Page 1) ident of M-G-M. This sets at rest a number of conflicting reports concerning the star's future, one being that he might join United Artists. Bobo Building New House Scottsboro, Ala. — W^ork is progressing on the Bocanita, which C. T. Bobo is building. It is expected the house will be completed in about three months. Bobo now operates the Dreamland here but it is understood that house will be closed when the new one opens. The Bocanita will scat approximately 1,000. M-G-M Club Plans Party The _M-G-M Club, composed of the entire exchange personnel of 36 members, will give a Christmas party. A dinner dance at the Music Box has been planned. Howard Roth is president. Chatham House Reopens Chatham, Ont. — Improving of the Griffin has been completed, with name of the house changed to the Capitol. Cleveland House Changes Cleveland — The Home has been sold by Mrs. A. R. E. Fulton to Mrs. Bertha Lamport. Short Shots fro New York Studu m^^By ARTHUR W. EDDY^^ piERRE COLLINGS is bu A the midnight electricity in ,t paring an adaptation of "NothinjJu; the Truth," stage success, for r mount's forthcoming talker vc Pierre's last script was "The Hd* the Wall," now in production. Ham Collier, Sr., who starre 'Nothing But the Truth" on the s will direct the dialogue sequenc Willia7n Grew, who is on I monyit's xvriting staff at the As' studio, is author of "Fridayi loth," a play which Schnebbe Bacon will soon reveal to Broad Grew tvas associated with Earl roll for a number of years. * * * Dudley Murphy is seeing the after two years' of Hollywoo He last wrote "High Voltage," I vehicle for William Boyd, and will turn his typewriter to wor' "Rhapsody." * H« * Hotels m^iy come and go bui Algonquin remains the headqua for film folk. A. 0. Naegel isnt of the men ivho is busy checking in and out. Tim Whelan is New Yorking % days. Not so long ago he dire Monty Banks in an English pic Only a few years back Tim was ging pictures — and plenty. * * * Lawrence Irving, who was ported by Dong Fairbanks to do art work in "The Man in the Mask," is planning to sail baci his hotneland, England, on Frii * * * After eating his Christmas di) in Manhattan, Adolph Menjou will part Westward to make a talke Paramount. This will be his last duction under his present contra( Egan Seeks Civic Post Regina, Sask. — Pete Egan, n ager of the Capitol, is an alderm. candidate for 1929. At the s; time he is busy with the wiringif the Capitol, equipment being instai for the Movietone and Vitaphon Querrie "Does Not Choose to R Toronto — Charles L. Querrie, ager of the Palace, "does not chc to run" for the city council in coming civic elections, withdraw in favor of Alderman W. A. Si mervilie, proprietor of the Prince W'ales and Eastwood, who is aspirant to the Toronto Board Control. Wesley Eddy at Baltimore Hou Baltimore — Ted Claire has b succeeded as master of ceremonies Loew's Century here by Wes luldy from Loew's Palace, Washi ton, where he stayed a year. Cli was at the Century 45 weeks. New Owner at Elizabethton Elizabethton, Tenn.— D. L. Qu is new owner of the Royal here.