The Film Daily (1929)

fo NEWSPAPER I /FILM DOM ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME lt>L. L. No. 14 Wednesday, October 16, 1929 Price 5 Cents Sew RCA Small House Reproducer Ready in Dec. m ACTION BY COMMISSION ON ETHICS CODE Screen Advertisers Nationalize Distribution A Tenth Anniversary =5?/ JACK AL1COATE = ' F you young old timers will take out your pad and pencil and do a little checking up you lill find out that the Capitol is blebrating its tin anniversary this lonth having opened its doors for he first time to a distinguished id colorful gathering ten years to this month. Ten years in any [her industry is just a mashie pot. In this business it's a couple If lifetimes. This opening seems Lit months ago. We remember le enormous bill, the Fairbanks pcture, the deep carpets and big liandelier, the brilliance of the pcasion and Sam Goldwyn telling Is it should be an inspiration to inducers. Others too, we relember, who warned us the oveiead would be too high, that asted space would eat up all the refits and that this splendid house 'ould be turned into another Hipodrome within a year. You see, 'e had doubters in those days, too. East vs West It's on again. The old argument ; raging and may turn into a riot t any time. You hear it in street Drners, in elevators and yesterday e are sure we heard two truck drivrs at it. Shall production remain in lollywood or be brought to New ork? Pardon us if we yawn and jfuse to become excited either way. here have been times when Hollywood appeared to us like a big inane asylum. In fact we have had Be same feeling, on a smaller scale, l some New York studios. If we lust have production going on some(Continued on Page 2) Development of Bureau to Be Outlined at Detroit Meeting Development of a national distribution system for screen advertising, known as the National Screen Advertising Bureau, is to be outlined at the convention of the Screen Advertisers Ass'n, to be held at Detroit Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. The new bu reau represents the composite interests of all short reel advertising film (Continued on Page 7) T GETS a IN BLUE" Arrangements have been completed by Universal with George Gershwin composer, and Harms, Inc. whereby the company has acquired exclusive screen rights to the composer's song "Rhapsody in Blue." The composi tion will be used in "The King of (Continued on Page 7) Picture Receiving Sets Involved in New Firm Licenses under all its patents covering radio sound and picture receiving sets for use in homes and autonobiles will be granted by RCA to General Motors Radio Corp., being organized by General Motors, RCA, General Electric and Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. General Motors will have a 51 per cent interest in the new concern. General Motors will manage. Industry Must Request Action on Code of Ethics, Trade Commission Officials State Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — No action with respect to the code of ethics of the film industry is expected to be taken by the Federal Trade Commission unless the industry itself asks for another conference. Officials of the commission point out that trade conferences must be initiated by the industry at interest and that, after having met and adopted a code which is approved by the commission, further action also must be sponsored by the trade, the commission contenting itself with requiring compliance with the code until the industry itself feels that it should be revised. As yet, it is understood, there has (Continued on Page 4) Merging Departments Detroit — Auditing department of the Kunsky chain, recently acquired by Publix, is being merged with the Publix auditing department at Chicago. RCA DELIVERIES IN DEC. BUTTERFIELD PUBLIX DEAL IS DISCOUNTED Detroit — Possibility of any deal for acquisition of control of the Butterfield chain by Publix, within the immediate future, is discounted here. Publix now owns a 25 per cent interest in the circuit, and Radio-KeithOrpheum also has a minority interest. For some months there have been reports in circulation that Publix is seeking control of the chain of 80 houses. No Change Yet, but St. Louis Strike Settlement Expected Hays Heads Executives to Attend AMPA Luncheon Will H. Hays will head executives of the industry who have promised to attend the AMPA luncheon Thursday, at which a group of film editors of Paris newspapers will be honor guests. St. Louis — Another week has passed without a change in the strike of the musicians employed by most of the motion picture theaters of St. Louis, including the first run houses of Skouras Brothers Enterprises and its auxiliary the St. Louis Amusement Company. In St. Louis film circles it is be(Continued on Page 4) West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Deliveries of the new RCA-Photophone sound reproducer, developed for theaters up to 500 seats, will begin in December, according to Sydney E. Abel, general sales manager of the company. Abel, who came West for the Allied States Ass'n pow-wow here, has left for New York, where he will arrive on Friday. Fifty orders for the equipment were secured at the meetings here. Seth Perkins has been appointed Coast representative. FOX GETS EIGHT BRILL STATEN ISLAND HOUSES Sale of eight Staten Island theaters to Fox Metropolitan Playhouses has been completed by Sol Brill, veteran New York showman, he states. Theaters included in the deal are: St. George, St. George, seating 3,100, which was opened last November, the Ritz, Port Richmond, seating 2,200; New Dorp, New Dorp; Liberty and Park, Stapleton; Capitol, West Brighton; Strand, Great Kills; Stadium, Tottenville.