The Film Daily (1929)

THE 10 ■sm DAILY Thursday, October 31, 1929 FAMOUS CANADIAN BOARD MAY ACT ON P.F.-L DEAL {Continued from Page 1) following the meeting. Nathanson resigned as managing director, when his proposal to submit to shareholders an offer of purchase from Gaumont British, was blocked. Some weeks ago, preceding the Nathanson withdrawal, I. W. Killam, who with Nathanson and Adolph Zukor is a voting trustee, stated that control of the circuit would remain in Canadian hands. I. Sourkes Enters Suit Against Famous Canadian Montreal — Claiming that he acted as the agent for the company in the purchase of a site for a theater in Quebec City and that he was not paid for his services, Irving Sourkes. Montreal theater man, has entered suit against Famous Players Canadian Corp. for $10,000 damages. Sourkes alleges that he proceeded with negotiations on the instructions of N. L. Nathanson, formerly managing director of the corporation. Publix Gets 20 Year Lease on E. St. Louis Majestic East St. Louis, 111. — Publix has closed for a 20 year lease on Harry Redmon's Majestic at an annual rental reported at $70,000 a year. The Majestic the largest house in the city, was erected on the site of the old Majestic about two years ago. Harry Redmon and Fred Leber continue to hold title to the theater property and will be identified with the new management. Publix takes charge of the house Nov. 3 and later is to feature stage presentations. "Flight" to Open in Cleveland Cleveland— "Flight," the Columbia picture, opens in this city at the Hippodrome the middle of November at popular prices. A. F. Myers to Address Meeting at Columbus Columbus — Abram F. Myers, president of the Allied States Ass'n, will be principal speaker at the Ohio exhibitor convention here Nov. 19 and 20. One of the features of the convention will be an exhibit of different types of sound equipments. RCA Photophone will show the new "G" type, being made especially for small theaters. Talkers 20 Years Old First talking picture was made in France more than 20 years ago, according to Louis Gasnier, Paramount director. Gasnier was general manager of the Pathe studios in Monte Carlo from 1902 to 1905 and during that time, the French company produced several one reel subjects with dialogue recorded on phonograph records, says Gasnier. West Coast Theaters File Suit Against Principal West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Fox West Coast Theaters have filed suit here against Principal Pictures Corp. for $60,000 claimed due on two promissary notes. First of a Series for New Affiliated Unit Now Ready First of a series of 20 feature productions to be released by the recently formed Affiliated Exchanges, of which A. Pollak, is president, will be put in production in New York in about a week. The title is "Whose Baby" recorded via RCA Photophone. The picture is scheduled for December release. Screen Advertisers Ass'n Meet Under Way Today Detroit — Annual meeting of the Screen Advertisers Ass'n, known as "The Jubilee Convention" gets undei way here today for a two day session. Among one of the outstanding highlights of the meeting is to be outlined the development of a national distribution system for screen advertising known as the National Screen Advertisers. $300,000 SPENT BY R.&R. CHAIN TOM 27 HOUSES Dallas — Twenty-seven of the 53 houses operated by Rowley & Robb Theaters, Inc., chain are now wired. The company operates theaters in 19 cities in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas and has spent $300,000 to install sound apparatus, it is said. LOEWS NEf$l2,000,000 TOR YEAR, WANY SAYS {Continued from Page 1) 162 for last year and is equal, afte. preferred to $8 a share on 1,363,993 shares of common outstanding Earnings for the year ended Aug. 31 1928 were equal, after preferred, U $5.92 a share on the common. Merrill House to Open Nov. 3 Merrill, Wis.— The Merrill, rccentl ly leased to Fox Midwesco corpora-) tion, is to be completed for its ©pening scheduled Nov. 2, according tc A. L Robarge. Superior House Wired Superior, Wis. — Western ElectriJ equipment has been installed at the' Peoples. REGARDING THE YEAR BOOK Filmdom's Annual Recognized Reference Work— Now in Preparation — Out in January NUMBER Cloth Bound Over 1100 Pages PRODUCTION ONE of the handsomest tributes paid to the FILM DAILY YEAR BOOK is the fact that it is consulted from executives to filing clerks throughout the year for production information about their own organization. Of course, the desired information could be secured from their own comprehensive files. But that calls for time and research. In the FILM DAILY YEAR BOOK it can be readily found by simply turning to page so-and-so. Here are over 250 pages of authentic production data. A general survey completely covering the past five years in all phases of production. Titles of all available productions for the past 14 years. A complete record of stars and featured players, directors, scenario writers and cameramen for the past five years. As an authoritative guide to production, the FILM DAILY YEAR BOOK stands alone. Year Book Topics 1. HISTORY 2. CONTENTS 3. RESEARCH 4. READERS 5. STATISTICS 6. PRODUCTION 7. DISTRIBUTION 8. EXHIBITION 9. SOUND FIELD 10. EXPLOIT -O-GRAMS 11. SOUND THEATERS 12. FINANCIAL 13. ORGANIZATIONS 14. THEATER CHAINS M. TEN BEST 16. FOREIGN MARKETS