The Film Daily (1929)

liracy Costs $1,000,000 Yearly, Attorney Says (Continued from Page 1) . the talking picture development, llcessitate action to protect it against ating, sponsors of the proposed ■iociation declare. There have been instances, states i|:ldzahler, of the rightful owner of print being denied right to show in certain countries, due to the tivities of pirates. This is made rssible through copyright technicales. "Market copies" of prints are fered by pirate firms, leading the Iyer to believe copyright protection s expired. These are secured from :changes which presumably have nked the prints, it is stated. t. Louis Favors Union Musicians, Wehrenberg (Continued from Page 1) isterday by Fred Wehrenberg, esident, who asserted that St. mis' independent theater owners >uld sooner operate without orestras rather than accede to the femands of the city's striking mutians. !The theater owners of the city will ake no attempt to break the strike ith strikebreakers. Their insisttce is that the union must eliminate is minimum orchestra requirement iid permit theater owners to hire as iany musicians as and when needed. "Jew Musical Device to Be Handled by RCA (Continued from Page 1) iiercial scale. The instrument is perated by merely waving the hands me hand controls the volume and the |ther the tone. The source of sound h a loud speaker to which is applied ilternating current voltage of variable frequency generated within the astrument itself. The device is to [jell for $175, according to E. A. Nicholas, vice president in charge of llh^ radiola division of the Radio pctor Corp. of America. Professor (Theremin is 30 years of age, recently xriving from Russia. Demonstrations of the instrument were given at he Metropolitan Opera House and he Lewisohn Stadium in New York. Frisco Plans Meeting On Franchise Plans San Francisco — Dates now are beng considered for a convention of inhibitors here at which will be outlined the RKO and Tiffany-Stahl ranchise plans, and the new equipment for small houses soon to be narketed by RCA-Photophone. R. A. McNeil, Morris Klein, M. Gobish. Jharles Michael, Sol Levis and Aaron iGoldberg comprise the committee. W. A. Steffes, head of the Northwest exhibitor unit, is expected to be a principal speaker at the meeting. Hawkins Resignation Report Denied by Abel There is no truth to report that Col. E. P. Hawkins is resigning from RCA-Photophone, declares Sydney E. Abel, general sales manager. Hawkins is continuing in charge of sales promotion, Abel states. Screen Censorship Bad, M. P. T. O. A. is Told (Continued from Page 1) Furthermore, no group is capable of censoring motion pictures withou itself becoming so blase that it will overlook many things which should be deleted. Censorship is un-American in principle and resented by the majority of our population." Dr. Campbell, however, declare? that "there has been no marked ini provement in the quality of motion pictures in the present decade," add ing that "among the weaknesses o' motion pictures may be listed lack of truth, portrayal of impossible sit uations not true to life, flaunting o violation of the law and vulgarity." He suggests that producers aim tc make pictures "true to life, pictures that will give a foreign audience 2 clear and true conception of Americans, pictures that follow the orig inal stories and pictures so good thai the pictures themselves and not innumerable sub-titles tell the story." A great variety of opinions on pictures from leaders in man) division: of American life will be voiced at the tenth annual convention of the M.P T.O.A., which will open at the Hotel Peabody, Memphis, Tenn., October 29th. 1930 Edition Now In Preparation Fox Rejoices at Merger of Newsreel Interests (Continued from Page 1) Fox, "the newsreel was one of the great influences in the world, and since the development of Movietone I have placed a higher value on it I believe it is destined to become the greatest civilizing medium." Fox Reported Planning to Enter Iowa Field Des Moines — Fox is planning to invade Iowa, according to reports here. He is reported to have negotiated unsuccessfully for theater property in this city as the forerunner of other theaters in Iowa, which is a Publix stronghold. Fox in Search of Site for House at Charlotte Charlotte — Fox representatives are declared to have been looking over sites for the possible erection of a theater in this city. This is in line with the proposal to establish a $300,000,000 chain of Fox theaters throughout the nation. Fox Takes Over Third Theater at San Francisco San Francisco — Fox West Coast Theaters has taken over operation of the El Capitan here from Ackerman Harris & Oppen. Until completion of the new Fox, the El Capitan was the largest local house. The third Fox here is Loew's Warfield. Farrell for Fox Premiere Charles Farrell, who is co-featured with Janet Gaynor in "Sunny Side Up" which will have its premiere at the Gaiety, New York, Oct. 3, is scheduled to arrive in New York Wednesday for the opening. The 1930 Film Year Book Will Contain More Advertising Than Any Other Motion Picture Publication In The World Out As Usual In January