The Film Daily (1929)

THE tiday, December 1, 1929 "a&< DAILV Timely Topics A Digest of Current Opinion €) .ds Cooperation Factor Success of the Industry TNDOUBTEDLY one of the J major factors in the success f the motion picture industry is :s steadfast adherence to the rinciples of voluntary cooperaon and self-government, and it to the distinct credit of the :aders of the motion picture inustry that they have quickly and ffectively joined themselves toether to meet their full respon"ibilities. Will H. Hays * * * er Brands Criticism of ndard Contract Baseless IVERY contract can be improved. Yet the more I study ..e Standard Exhibition Contract etween distributors and exhibits, and compare it with condional sales contracts and conracts between producers and disributors, the more I am coninced that the unspecific critiism levelled at the Standard Exibition Contract is due to Touchiness caused by hard times nd not to inequity in the conract itself. Louis Nizer, Attorney * * * ispect of Censorship of kers Frightens Griffith 'T is of no importance to me • personally if they enact a cenorship of the human voice in the liking pictures. But if they cenor the voice speaking in the liking pictures today then tomorrow they will censor all forms f speech and of the written ord. And the day that they :nsor the spoken word, whether is transmitted through the >rm of the talking pictures or ny other way, the day we go ack to mediaevalism and sur;nder our most precious svm ol of liberty. D. W. Griffith YEARS AGO TO-DAY •ewis J. Selznick secures large in London for theater building. * * * elect granted preliminary injunci against Clare Kimball Young Equity Pictures. * * * 'ora Terriss, under Vitagraph eement, is producing special fea 2S. Along The Rialto with PhilM. Daly, Jr. TACK HOXIE, stalwart western hero, at present featured with ** the 101 Ranch Wild West Show, currently playing the Coliseum, New York, was a guest of honor at the last weekly meeting of the Circus Saints and Sinners at Sardi's Also with the 101 Ranch outfit now is Donald McGregor, who recently returned from the Fox exploitation department on the West Coast Jerome Beatty, of Technicolor, went up to Connecticut for his turkey Will H. Hays had Thanksgiving dinner in Sullivan, Ind. The latest substitute for "Let's make whoopee" is "Let's get high behind." It's a Texas expression and Jack Hoxie, who knows his mesquite country, vouches for it Post-Thanksgiving news jottings include the fact that pitcher actors and such who battled with turkey in Gotham include Irene Rich, Jane Winton, Gilda Gray, Claire Windsor, Ben Turpin, Leonora Ulrich, June Collyer, Monte Blue, D. W. Griffith, Frank Lloyd, Estelle Taylor, Marilyn Miller, Baclanova,. Herbert Rawlinson, Ian Keith, June Collyer and Esther Ralston Miss Olga Crandall, whose daddy is Harry M. Crandall, developer and former owner of the Crandall theaters in Washington, is to wed Dr. William Thompson Burch, prominent Washington physician What is described as the world's biggest postcard every delivered in these United States has been received by Al Jolson, p. o. address Hollywood, Cal. It is 10 feet long by four and a half wide and weighs 200 pounds. It was sent, crated, from a theater in Greensboro, N. C Up pops Sue Carol, only to get that way over Nick Stuart, to the extent of having the ring tossed around that devilish little finger. 105 NUMBER 105 Industry Statistics By JAMES P. CUNNINGHAM Statistical Editor, The Film Daily T?OUR HUNDRED exclusive •*■ Negro theaters are scattered throughout the United States. Many production units in key cities, backed by all-Negro interests, produce numerous shorts and features yearly for showing in these houses, which concentrate chiefly, however, on product distributed regularly by U. S. distributors. * * * Australia is second to the United States in attendance at film theaters. Average weekly count past the box-office is 2,250,000 — a long way from America's 120,000,000. MANY HAPPY RETURNS December 1 Best wishes and congratulations are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who today are celebrating their birthday : Demetrios Alexis Howard M. Oswald AND THAT'S THAT By PHIL M. DALY THERE HAS been launched one of the finest productions of this or any other season. It is a Xmas Special, but one which will play throughout the year. There is no heavy exploitation in back of it. As a matter of fact, it won't make a nickel for it's sponsors. It's a picture that is loaded with human interest. We are offering you a chance to get in on it. Your investment won't be heavy. But we'll guarantee that you'll get a bigger kick out of it than from any othei investment you can possibly make. The name of this production is "Helping Needy Cases In The Industry." Here is a chance for you fellows to associate yourselves with some names that mean something in this film biz. If these men can find the time and interest to devote their energies to this work for the past three years, the least you can do is to kick in with a few berries that you'll never miss, and which will help to lighten heavy hearts, alleviate actual suffering, save families from breaking up, take care of ur~ gent hospital cases, and in some cases, and in some cases actually provide people with the bare necessities of life. And the best part of it is that you will be aiding folks whom you may know — good fellows who have done their bit to build up this industry, and who now find themselves helpless in the face of financial misfortune and sickness. Just cast your eye over a few typical examples of this glorious work which has been carried on by the Film Daily Relief Fund through the generosity of some regular fellows: Prominent publicity man provided for in a home for the aged * * * paid funeral expenses of well known actoi and sent his wife back to the Coast * * * former producer now crippled regularly aided * * * wife and five children of impoverished actor kept in their little home and provided with food. Just a few of 24 aciu-il case . And more waiting for your support. * * * Say, kid, we're not begging you. We're TELLING you. Come on! JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ Chicago Tribune, Berlin, Germany