The Film Daily (1929)

fciesday, Sept. 24, 1929 DAILY GOLFERS, ATTENTION! Sign this and forward to The Film Daily, 1650 Broadway! Here is my entry and Ten Dollars for the Fall Film Golf Tournament, to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at Gedney Farms Country CUib, White Plains. The Committee Bruoe Gallup, United Artists Corp. William Brandt Al Lichtman, United Artists Corp. Wm. A. Johnston, "M. P. News" Don Mersereau, "The Film Dally" Arthur Stebbins, Stebbins, Leterman & Gates Jack Alicoate, "The Film Daily" ,307 Yards on Course of Film Golf Tournament {Continued from Page 1) rn tourney play, except for special emporary or local rulings to be deermined by the committee in charge. The Gedney Farms course is situated II the hills of Westchester and offers 10 difficulties for the amateur. Four ocal club rules prevail, including: (1) tall driven into pond from 5th or 6th ee or fairway must be dropped back >n line of flight, with penalty of one itroke; (2) ball lying near iron gratng or wooden covers in 5th, 14th and 7th fairways, may be dropped a club ength away but not nearer the hole without penalty; (3) ball lying in oads of iron grating on 5th or 6th loles may be lifted and dropped with>ut penalty; (4) ball played on to a )utting green other than that of the lole which is being played must be ifted and dropped on the nearest part if the fair green, but not nearer the lole without penalty. Tourney Only Seven Days Away! Get Busy. Shoot in Your Entry Now. Truce to be Ratified by French Officials Today (Continued from Page 1) which will be approved today, the 7 to 1 quota is restored until October of next year, and meanwhile plan is under way to abolish the quota, in avor of an increased duty on import ed pictures. American distributors will not be represented at today's meeting, which will be addressed by Andre Francois Poncet, Minister of Beaux Arts. American firms have withheld about 150 features from the French market since the dispute started several months ago, when French producers sought to impose a 3 to 1 quota. American firms have enough shelved films on hand to begin selling for two years in advance, it is stated. Byrnes Returns to N. Y. George Byrnes, circuit and foreign sales head of the Van Beuren Corp. has returned to New York from Europe. Six Photocolor Cameras to Be Ready by Oct. 1 Six new Photocolor cameras will be completed by Nov. 1, making 11 cameras available for filming of pictures using the process, declares Frank E. Nemec, president of Photocolor, which has its studio at Irvington-on-the-Hudson. These special cameras are so constructed as to permit light-splitting prisms to segregate the colors before they pass through the two lenses of the camera. The color rays pass through a series of tiny mirror surfaces. ' To meet demands for color film the Photocolor organization is constructing a sound studio at its Irvington plant which will have a 65 by 144 foot stage. This studio will be completed by Oct. 15. Photocolor, which represents the results of ten years of experimentation and research, was developed by J. W. Berwick, who invented the machinery which makes the process commercially practicable, and A. G. Waddingham, British chemist, who formulated the method of photography and the various chemical processes. Seider Gets Bay Shore Joseph Seider, operator of several Long Island houses, has taken over the Bay Shore, Bayshore, from the Prudence Co., which secured the house on foreclosure proceedings against Mike Glynn. THE FILM DAILY on July 2£ exclusively reported that Seider was dickering for the Bayshore house, but this was denied. The house has a seating capacity of 2,000. Preparing M. P. Gambol At recent meeting of M. P. Catholic Guild, plans were formulated for the coming year's activities with the date for the M. P. Gambol tentatively set for the middle of Feb. Racon Electric Files Suit Racon Electric Co., Inc., has filed suit in U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Miles Reproducer Co., charging alleged infringement of its patent No. 1,711,514. Robert Lieber, Former F. N. President, Dies (Continued from Page 1) Heart disease was ascribed as cause of death. Lieber's connection with film business dates back to 1908. In 1915, he organized the Circle Theater Co.. here, which became one of the original franchise holders of First National. Later he became president of First National, a post he held until forced by ill health to resign, but continuing as chairman of the board of directors. Finally, he withdrew from all executive participation in company affairs. George Arliss Picture To Be Released Sept. 28 Sam E. Morris, Warner vice-president, has added George Arliss's "The Green Goddess" to his company's pre-releases for September. The Vitaphone version, directed by Alfred E. Green, with Alice Joyce, H. B. Warner and Ralph Forbes in the cast, will be available Sept. 28. Short Shots from New York Studios "» ARTHUR W. EDDY^^ GARRETT FORT is working on "Red Harvest" which Hobart Henley will direct for Paramount. Morrie Ryskind is doing the script on "Kid Boots" for production at the same studio. Zahrah Haven of the Paramount short subject department is recuperating from a battle with appendicitis at the Presbyterian Hospital. Operators, Stagehands Would Force Settlement (Continued from Page 1) tors and stagehands at Skouras houses, stating they will go out in sympathy, if the dispute is not settled by Oct. 5. Theater Traffic Resumed Traffic regulations in the theater zone, in New York, which were relaxed during the summer months were resumed last' night. The dis trict from 39th St. to 52d St. Sixth and Eighth Aves. between the hours of eight to eleven-thirty are affected. "Jazz," second all-negro short by Dudley Murphy, author and director of "St. Louis Blues," has been completed. It is based on Duke Ellington's composition, "Black-and-Tan Fantasy." Robert Florey has navigated the Atlantic to Paris, where he will direct for Pathe Cinema His last worked at Paramount's Long Island studio was "The Battle of Paris," in which he megaphoned Gertrude Lawrence. Production of a series of dialogue shorts with Fred Ardath and Ann Codee starts Sept. 26 at the General Recording Studios, West 57th St. Other series are planned, with a definite schedule to be announced later. Livingston Swentzel is director of the studio, with Alex Hall as production manager John Gronbach is assistant to Swentzel. The stage is 60 x 40 with 20 feet in height. One of the beautiful settings in "The Phantom in the House forthcoming Continental Pictures' release starring Ricardo Cortez Nancy Welford and Henry B. Walthall. A Trem Carr Production directed by Phil Rosen. — Advt.