The Film Daily (1929)

^NEWSPAPER FILMDOM ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME ^. L No. 20 Wednesday, October 23, 1929 Price 5 Cents Iff any Aims for 3,000 Franchises fry January bX EXPANSION UNDERjWAY !N NEBRASKA frogram Outlined for Mich. M.P. T.C Cow ?•+* m The Mirror L Column of Comment =By JACK AL1COATE = \HE apparent willingness of all parties concerned to sit around a table and decide n a standard width for the "Widies" as well as other )ortant considerations consid lg the formal entry of this ndid movement into universal in the motion picture industry ood common sense. Had this ne procedure been done during early stages of the talkers ch money, time and energy uld have been saved and a >at part of the chaos out of ich production is now emerg ; would have been eliminated. The Musicians Advertise The result of the campaign now ng conducted by the American deration of Musicians through use of paid advertising space metropolitan newspapers to int out the relative value of real isic by real musicians as against : canned article will be interestPersonally we believe that lile advertising can do and has :omplished many wonderful ngs it cannot do the impossible, •unci and dialogue pictures are t result of the march of progs. Neither advertising nor any ler agency can stop this same ■ch of progress. We are in full mpathy with the musician and the uble he finds himself in as the reIt of sound but we do not feel that vertising is the answer to his probn. We have yet to see an advertis? campaign that could be called a ccess that had for its premise the ought of telling the good old pubwhat it should NOT do. Big Attendance Expected, Franchise Plan to be up for Discussions Detroit — With plans completely arranged, a record attendance is expected at the tenth annual Michigan M.P.T.O. convention, which opens here Oct. 28 for a three-day session. The convention program will consist of the following: Monday, Oct. 28 — Golf tournament at the Redford Country Club lollow(Contxnued on Page 6) BY KINEMAS IN BRITAIN London — A subsidiary known as Kinemas Films, Ltd., has been organized by Kinemas, Ltd., "to facilitate the distribution and production of silent and sound films." The total share capital of the company amounts to $500,000 and is held by the parent (Continued on Page 6) Rosenberg Group Leads in Columbia Sales Drive The Eastern division, headed by Ben Rosenberg, is announced by Columbia to be leading the Western division, headed by Rube Jackter, a; the end of the second week of the company's sale campaign known as the "Joe Goldberg Testimonial Drive.'' The Rosenberg group lias solid 52.63 per cent of its quota, while the Western division sales staif has disposed of 42.72 per cent. Paramount Likely to Increase Dividend While no announcement has been made in view of the record earnings of ParamountFamous-Lasky and the fact that they will shortly split their stock two for one it is understood that on January First when the split goes into effect the dividend on the new stock will be at the rate of $2.00 a share. This is equal to $4.00 a share on the present stock that now pays $3.00. DENY PUBLIX SEEKS TO BUY SHENANDOAH CHAIN Reports that Publix was negotiating for the acquisition of the nine theaters of the Shenandoah Valley chain, a subsidiary of Universal Theaters, met with emphatic denial in New York yesterday. P. D. Cochrane of Universal said that if his company had such a deal in pros(Continued on Page 6) Butterfield Chain Nearly Equipped for Talkers Detroit — Practically every house in the Butterfield circuit is now wired. The equipping of its theaters for talking pictures has impelled the company to drop vaudeville entertainment from the programs of many of its units. 4 S & H Houses Bought; Hughes to Remain as Fox Manager Omaha — Fox expansion in this territory has taken a definite hold with the purchase by the company of the four S & H Amusement Enterprises houses, consisting of the Imperial and Rialto at Alliance, Trail, Bridgeport and one of the company's two houses at Bayard. The deal is reported to involve more than $140,000. Ben Sallows and J. E. Hughes were owners of the four houses. Sallows is publisher of the Alliance Times-Herald. Hughes is to remain as Fox manager of the Alliance houses. 80 Per Cent of Tiffany Product Available in Silent Versions Upon his return to New York from a ten weeks' trip through the Middle and Far West, where he addressed numerous exhibitor meetings on behalf of the company's franchise plan, Oscar Hanson, general sales manager of Tiffany Productions, said: "I have found independent exhibi tors everywhere anxious to take advantage of the plan we offer. While the reason for the trip primarily was to acquaint exhibitors with the plan we were surprised to find many exhibitors anxious to sign up at meetings. I found that talking pictures are the vogue, yet there are a num(Continued on Page 6) 16 Tampa Exhibitors Sign Tiffany Franchises Tampa, Fla. — Sixteen new signatures to Tiffany franchises have been obtained as the result of a zone meeting held here recently in connection with the membership drive of the Southeastern Theater Owners Association. His company's franchise plan J was explained to the representatives of 32 local theaters present by John W. Mangham, Jr., head of the Atlanta office of the firm. All the the aters represented at the meeting were signed up for membership in the e: hibitors' group. New Type Microphone for Reproducing Systems Radio Receptor Co., New York, has developed a new line of microphones for public address and sound reproduction purposes. These microphones were designed primarily for use in conjunction with Powerizer (Continued on Page 6) re Gets Raycophone Sydney — Australian Censors have selected Raycophone sound equipment for their projection rooms, according to Creswell O'Reilly. Ray Allsop has developed the device and now is experimenting with a new wide film process.