The Film Daily (1929)

DAILY Sunday, June 23, 1929 NEWSPAPEB ViL XLVI1I Ni. 71 Siiday, June 23, 1929 Price 25 Cents JOHN f. ALICOATE PabKsher Published daily except Saturday and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and copyright (1929) 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 aa second class matter. May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York. $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone Circle 47364737-4738-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 58 Great Marlborough St., W. I. Berlin — Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. Financial STOCK MARKET (QUOTATIONS AS OF FRIDA High Low Close Am. Seat 35 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 26 26 26 East. Kodak 177^ 176}^ 177 *do pfd 128 ♦First Nat. pfd 108 Fox Fm. "A" ... 86 85 !4 SS'A Keith A-0 32J4 30^ 32'A *do pfd 105 Loew's Inc 56 55 55% do pfd 93yi 93yi 931^ *M-G-M pfd 24.^ M. P. Cap 6054 56M S&Vs Para. F-L 64ii SS'A 64 Pathe Exch 9'A 9'A ^'A *do "A" 18^ Radio K-A-O 32J4 31^ 3^ ♦Stanley Co 40 ♦Univ. Pict. pfd 9&A Warner Bros 11654 115^ 1155^ do pfd 59 58 58-5^ CURB MARKET Acoustic Prod. ... 3^ 3"^ 3^ ♦Bal. & Katz 80 ♦Columbia Pets 31 Con. Fm. Ind. ... 23J^ 2'2"^ 22'/$ •Film Insp 2H Fox Thea. "A" .. 2354 22J4 23^^ ♦Griffith, D.W. "A" 2 ♦Intern. Proj. (i) 120 do (n. w.) 26 24'A 25 *Loew do deb. rts 19 Nat. Scr. Ser. .. 26J^ 26^ 26Ji Nat. Thea. Sup... 2054 20 20 Trans-Lux 10-H lOJ^ 10J4 ♦Univ. Pict 20 ♦do pfd 1}^ BOND MARKET Keith A-O 6s 46. 90 90 90 Loew (s 41ww 106 106 106 do 6s 41 x-war... 965^ 96}4 96!4 Paramount 6s 47 . 98 975^ 98 Par. By. 5/25 51. 97 J^ 97% 97% ♦Pathe 7s 37 74 CURB BONDS Am. Seat. 6s 36. ZS'A 88 "4 8854 ♦Warner SAs 28 198 OVER THE COUNTER Roxy "A"' 26 26 do units 28 30 do com 2'A i'A Skouras Bros 35 42 ♦Technicolor 565^ 5754 .. United Art 5 10 do pfd. 70 80 Univ. Ch. com. .. 2 do pfd 75 85 ♦LAST PRICE QUOTED Sales "ioo 500 1,600 200 2,966 100 2 5', ioo 3,000 2,600 8,166 3,300 5,700 2,000 100 4',s66 Va 8,766 '166 2,100 200 Buys Philadelphia House Philadelphia— The Oak Realty Co. has taken over the Kensington from tlic Goodwin Realty Co. INDEX PAGE FINANCIAL 2 SOUND PICTURES, by Charles F. Hynes 6 HOLLYWOOD HAPPENINGS, Coast News by Telegraph 10 "A LITTLE FROM LOTS,'' by Ralph Wilk 10 EASTERN PRODUCTION, by Arthur W. Eddy 11 REVIEWS OF NEWEST RELEASES, by Jack Harrower 12-13 THEATER EQUIPMENT, by Charles F. Hynes 14 FOREIGN MARKETS, by James P. Cunningham 15 PRESENTATIONS, by Herbert S. Berg 15 THE WEEK'S HEADLINES, Resume of the News 16 REVIEWS TAGF. AT EDGE OF THE WORLD... U BELOW THE DEADLINE 12 BLACK CARGO OF THE SOUTH SEAS 13 FALL OF EVE 12 FROZEN RIVER 13 HOUSE OF HORROR 12 KID GLOVES 12 LAST FLIGHT 'u LOVE AND THE DEVIL 13 PHYSICIAN. THE 12 ROYAL RIDER 12 STAIRS OF SAND 12 TIMES SQUARE 12 IDLE RICH 13 SHORT SUBJECTS 13-16 Warner Stockholders Vote A Two for One Split-Up Stockholders of Warner Brothers Pictures Friday ratified a two for one spHtup of the company's stock. They voted also to increase authorized capital stock from 2,500,000 to 7,500,000 shares. Williams Promoting Studio in England for Talkers {Continued from Page 1) tion of a sound studio at Elstree, with 20 sound stages to be used by associated producers representing various European countries. WRen a vehicle is selected the sets will be built and used in turn by these producers and the cost pro rated. Two sound stages are now in use and two more will be ready next month. Tobis Sound Device For Pathe-Natan Chain Paris — Klangfilm Syndicate, Tobis. has closed with the Pathe-Natan theaters here for weiring of the chain houses with Tobis apparatus. PatheNatan combine, it is claimed will have a chain of more than 1,000 houses before the end of the year. Campbell Back with Unique Gift Pat Campbell, who has just returned to New York, following a year in Australia, brought back one of the most unique gifts ever presented in the business, a partine token of esteem from the United Artists' employes in the Antipodes It is a solid silver inkstand, set on a map of Australia, which is 13 inches across. Each principal city is symbolically designated with a precious stone. Campbell took the western trip to Australia and the eastern trip back, completing a round-the-world journey. Giannini Sails A. H. Giannini, chairman of the board of the Bank of America, sailed for Europe Friday night on a trip that will cover several months. Third U. A. Convention At 'Frisco Thursday ■ (Continued from Page 1) ger will return eastward, stopping at Dallas, New Orleans, Atlanta, Charlotte and Washington. Those who will attend the conven tion, are D. J. McNerny, Guy Gunderson, Russell Egner, Frederic Gage, G. F. Madsden, Arthur H. Toffler, Jack O'Bryan, F. W. Talbot, F. E. Benson, E. MacLean, J. P. Connors, Harry Levey, Abel Davis and E. L. Walton. U. A. Closes 3 Year Contract in Australia Eighty theaters in Australia and Tasmania, controlled by Union Theaters, will exhibit American talking pictures released by United Artists Co. during the next three years, as the result of arrangements just concluded by cable between Arthur W. Kelly, vice president of United Artists, ■ in New York, and Stuart Doyle, Managing director of Union Theaters, Sydney. Orman Arrives Felix Orman is in New York following a 14 months' stay in Hollywood where he delivered radio talks concerning motion pictures and wrote many magazine articles on production. The Industry's Date Book Today: June 25 June July Paramount eastern division sales convention at Atlantic City, N. J. Universal eastern convention at Atlantic City. Annual RKO sales convention at Chicago, 111. Annual Tiffany-Stahl sales convention at Detroit. Pathe convention at Atlantic City Meeting of Allied States Assn., Washington. Boon for Shorts Seen in Sound Upheaval (Continued from Page 1) winding up tonight. President Earle W. Hammons, A. S. Kirkpatrick, assistant general manager, J. A. Waldron, general manager and W. B. Frank, eastern representative of Mack Sennett, and H. L. Danson of RCA-Photophone were among speakers yesterday. Schlesinger in N. Y. I. W. 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