The Film Daily (1929)

^^ggg^ DAILV Sunday, March 24, 1929 NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FAST GROWING FIELD OF SYNCHRONIZATION SOUND TIPS ON EQUIPMENT AND VARIOUS DEVICES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ;By CHARLES F. HYNESi nmm, new device, SPONSORED BY STERN IVest Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Walter Stern, business manager for Universal for the past three years, who has resigned and will go into business for himself will devote his time to developing Paratone, a new talking picture device, and to the manufacturing of a stereoscopic camera. Wiley With Atlanta Company Atlanta — George H. Wiley will represent Talking Picture Equipment Co. in tliis territory, with headquarters in the Baker Hotel. Amateur Develops Sound Device Kansas City — Robert Laughlin, local amateur, is developing a disc synchronizer, and has applied for patents on his device. Kaley in Sound Film Chicago — According to Coast dispatches, Al Kaley will make a sound film. He is master of ceremonies for the Marks Bros. Magnaphone in California House San Francisco — The Majestic in the Mission district has installed a Magnaphone sound reproducer. Witmarks in K. C. Kansas City — M. Witmark and Sons, music publishing firm now owned by the Warners, will open an office here to exploit sheet music, particularly theme songs for various Warner pictures. Schlossman Installs RCA Muskegon, Mich. — First exhibitor in this state to install RCA equipmen; is Paul Schlossman, who is wiring the Majestic. Completing Pathe Seattle Office Seattle — The new Pathe exchange building here will be ready for occupancy by the first of June. A projection room equipped with RCAPhotophone sound equipment will be one of the features. Handling "Jealousy" Dialogue John D. Williams, Broadway stage producer is now making his picture debut at the Paramount studio in Astoria, in the production of "Jealousy," Jeanne Eagels' second talking picture. , March Release — Now Ready GENNETT UNSYNCHRONIZED RECORDS 0187 Western Scene — Animated Crowd Scenes — Fast Riding and Clias ing — Cowboy Gatherings Orchestra 0188 Indian War Dance No. 1 Orchestra 0189 Indian War Dance No. 2 Orchestra 0190 Chinese-Japanese Orchestra 0191 Rustic Allegro — Woodland Scenes— Carefree and Happy Orchestra 0192 AUegro Precipitoso — Pursuit — Intense Wranglinjr Orchestra 0193 Misterioso Alia Valse — Dranoatic Suspense (Orchestra 0194 iStorm Music — Terrific Storm on Land or Sea Orcliestra 0195 Allegro Agitato — Excitement — Disputes — Desperate Action — Rage. .Orchestra 0196 Death of a Hero — Sad Situations — Funeral Music Orchestra 0197 Misterioso No. 4 — Suspense — Foreboding — Spooky Orchestra 0198 Drums for Marching — Church Chimes — Clock Strikes (12) — Knocking at Door 0199 Screams — Snores — Typewriters 0200 Motorcycle — (a) Start and Fade, (b) Continuous Manufacturing Noises — (c) Planer, (d) Punch Press, (e) Automatic Hammer, (f) Anvil Regular Monthly Releases of Additional Selections WRITE FOR COMPLETE CATALOG Recordings by one of the greatest symphony orchestras from scores especially written to fit your Motion Picture Situations. ON SALE IN ALL CITIES Place your order with your Theatre Supply House for your needs whether one record or a complete set. GENNETT RECORDS RICHMOND, IND. Woodside, L. I., New York 6O10 38th Ave. Los Angeles, Calif. 1344 So. Flower St. CASEY AND LEE READY TO MARKET CINCROW SYSTEM Cincrow Corp., following a few test installations, will immediately Ijegin marketing a new synchronous disc device, to which a sound-on-film attachment will be added in June. The company, with headquarters in New York, is headed by Pat Casey, prominent in the vaudeville field, and Arthur Lee, of Artlee Pictures, with sales in the Metropolitan territory handled by Joseph Patridge and Harry Lyons. Cincrow equipment consists of two turn-tables running on ball bearings synchronized by a universal joint directly from the main shaft of the projector head. Turntable bolts on to the projector head, eliminating bulky stands. Apparatus is heavily insulated against vibration. Stromberg-Carlson magnetic pickups are used and the fader box is of special design. Amplification is supplied by double amplifiers with a one turn switch, permitting an immediate turnover from one amplifier to the other. Speakers are supplied in series with a switch arrangement, permitting the hooking-up of numerous speakers, according to house requirements. Short Shots from New York Studios ^^^By ARTHUR IV. EDDY^m^ T>OY OVERBAUGH, crack cam-■■*' eraman who has been in England for several years, is back in New York, renewing friendships at the various studios. Joh)i. Meehan, who has been dialogue directing for Paramount and more recently honeymooning, has returned to the Astoria plant, ready to work on "The Lady Lies" with Hobart Henley. He wrote the play, as a matter of record. Under Larry Kent's watchful eye. Paramount has just finished another talking short, this being with Leo Donnelly and Dolph Singer. Fred Allen handled the directing end of the opus. Next short to be cameraed will co-feature Joseph Santley and his wife. Ivy Sawyer. Joe will be the megaphone man as well as the featured male. Photocolor is about to resume production of shorts at its plant at I rvington-OTi-the -Hudson. Ollie Leach is first camera at the studio. Tiff any-Stahl Plans 10 Two-Reelers in Sound West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Josephine Quirk, scenarist, has I :en engaged by TififanyStahl to produce ten two reel subjects. These are to be all-talking pictures. George Mcintosh has been engaged to play the leading male role. Industrial Sound Shorts Planned at St. Louis St. Louis — National Film Publicity Corp., 311 South Sarah St., St. Louis, Mo., has acquired patent rights and recording equipment of the Warner Recording Co. of Kansas City for making industrial and educational sound shorts. J. F. Warner, inventor of the Kansas City company's method for sound reproduction, has been retained as consulting engineer for National. Heretofore the company has produced only silent advertising and commercial films. The company also plans to produce unbreakable I)lionograph records. Kitty Mclvor, who is justly known as a high-calibre wielder of the shears (or whatever they're using nowadays) is now busy with the silent version of "Gentlemen of the Press." She's the lady who cut "The Letter." General Motors is reported seeking a studio site at Huntington, L. I., with object of making commercial shorts. Sound shorts are being produced at the Recording Laboratories of America, on East 38th St., with Charles Levine and Fred Chaston as cameramen. Jess Smith is making them. Finishes Synchronization Synchronization on Columbia's newest, "Trial Marriage," has been completed at the Victor studios in Camden, N. J. David H. Brockman composed the score, which is played by the Victor symphony orchestra. Spike Hamilton wrote the music and Gus Kahn the lyrics. A certain fan magazine started something when it published a photo of Nick Grinde, director of shorts at M-G-M's eastern studio, and labeled him the industry's "most eligible bachelor-director." Then from Havana Nick received the applications of six senoritas with matrimonial inclinations. They (meaning the applications, not the torrid mamas) all arrived in one mail. Oddly enough Bob Florey, who directs for Paramount, was vacationing in Havana at the time all this happened. Second of a series of 18 talking shoi'ts goes hito production at the De Forest studio on East 48th St. next week, under direction of Harry Delf, who also wrote the stories. The new subject is titled "At the Photographer's" and follows "Meet the Family," which Delf also made. Harry inspected approximately 150 school children the other p. m. in an effort to find a girl suitable for an important part in the new film.