The Film Daily (1929)

THE -&JW DAILY Tuesday, December 3, 192S til. I No. 54 Tuesday, Dec. 3 1929 Price 5 Cents JOHN «. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Saturday and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and copyright (1929) by Wid's Films and Film Folks, Ire. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone Circle 4736-4737-4738-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris— P. A. Harle, [.a Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. NEW YORK Am. Seat Con. Fm. Ind. . . . Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. East. Kodak Fox Fm. "A" •Keith A-0 *do pfd Loew's Inc do pfd. xw (6yi) . •M-G-M pfd Para. F-L Pathe Exch do "A" R-K-O •Univ. Pict. pfd. . Warner Bros. do pfd NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Sales 21M nn 20'A 180 SSy2 2m 15J4 20/2 174 50/8 45% 84% 50 % 7M 16% 42% 38 41 84% 48% 7'/2 1654 40J4 -37 21% 100 15% 800 20J/2 200 180 1,700 54^104,600 1754 .... 80 .... 45% 12,300 84% 100 23J4 .... 50% 11.300 4% 700 1.000 200 Alicoate Improves Jack Alicoate, editor and publisher of The Film Daily, is resting comfortably at Harbor Sanitarium, New York City, following an operation for appendicitis. Inspiration Executives in New York for Meeting Sol Lesser, Western general manager, and J. Boyce Smith, vice-president of Inspiration Pictures are due in New York today from the Coast for the first Eastern meeting of executives. Others who will be present include Walter Camp, Jr., president: Emil C. Jansen, vice-president in charge of sales, and Henrv King, who arrives from Tampa, where he recently finished "Hell's Harbor." Five Anti-Trust Cases Pending From Last Year (Continued from Page 1) ernment. The other companies involved in actions were M-G-M Distributing Corp., et al. ; ParamountFamous Lasky, et al. ; Balaban & Katz Corp., et al, and West Coast Theaters, et al. (two suits). 7% 16% 55 42 37% 56,100 300 CURB MARKET '*Bal. & Katz •Columbia Pets Fox Thea. "A" .. 11!4 Gen. Thea. Equ. . 33% "Intern. Proj Loew do deb. rts.. 12J/jj Nat. Scr. Ser. . . . 18% •Nat. Thea. Sup •Paramount new Univ. Pict NEW YORK BON •Keith A-O 6s 46 *Loew 6s 41ww do 6s 41 x-war . . 96 Paramount 6s 47 . . 99 Par. By. 5J4s 51.100 Pathe 7s 37 50% LAST PRICE 10% 33 12% 17% 64% 26% 11 33 30 12% 17% ... 23 ,.. 24% ... 8% D MARKET .... 80 105 96 96 98% 98-4 100 100 50% 50% QUOTED ,100 ,300 '166 200 300 ,000 300 300 Eastman Films J. E. Brulatour, Inc. I New Yerfc 154* Brmtwey Bryant 4712 Hellywaod 67M Santa Meaica *g Blvd. Glafetoae 61*3 Bryaat 4712 Glafetome 61*3 :■', May Ban Russian Picture Baltimore — Objecting to the way 'he story is acted, the Maryland ^oard of Motion Picture Censors have rejected the Russian film, "The Village of Sin." Final decision, after a second viewing, is now being "aited by the Little Theater, where the picture has been scheduled for Public Loew Hearing A public hearing on the appraisal of the Marcus Loew estate, which has been valued at $826,647, will soon be rated by Deputy State Tax Commissioner Maurice A. Stephenson. The action is due to statements implying an under valuation of property 'n the estate. E. F. Albee Retires Providenr-e — Disposing of his Albee and Victory theaters to RKO makes the retirement of E. F. Albee crom the theater business after 40 "ears of activitv in this city. Foster Lardner, it is understood, will remain with RKO in charge of the houses. J. K. Adams In New York J. K. Adams. New England representative for General Talking Pictures, is visiting the home office in New York. Mix Recovering After Ooeration West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY San Diego — Tom Mix is in a local hospital recovering after an operation for a shoulder injury received in a fall from a horse in Dallas three months aeo. He is expected to leave the hospital in a day or so. Schine Acquires Ohio House Chilicothe, O.—The Schine Enterprises has acquired the Sherman, which is being altered at a cost of "^"vOOO. Western Electric sound equipment is being installed. DENY REPORT OF BANNING U. S. TALKERS IN GERMANY Berlin (By Cable)— With the exception of Warner Bros., it is understood, American distributors are not selling talking pictures here pending the outcome of the suits over sound patents. Silent product, however, is being sold. The Hays office in New York denies cable reports to the effect that it has ordered the members of its group to cease selling sound product in Germany until settlement of the talker patent dispute. Heads of foreign, departments of American film companies, asked for a statement, declared they had nothing to say. Pettijohn Mum Report that a conference will be held in New York today on the proposed exhibitor organizations merger, brought to the attention of C. C. Pettijohn of the Hays office, resulted in the reply, "nothing to say." Petti•ohn further said that.he's "not talking about the matter." Mary Duncan in Ne«' York Mary Duncan, Fox star, is in New York for an extended vacation. Her latest vehicle, "The River" now is at the Roxy. The Industry* s Date Book Dec. Dec. Today: Opening of "General Crack" at tt IF Warner, New York. Opening of "Condemned" at Gnu man's Chinese, Los Angeles. Past Presidents' Day at weekl luncheon of the A.M. P. A., Pin mount Hotel, New York. "Hunting Tigers" opens at Gtc M. Cohan, N. Y. Annual meeting of stockholder* 0 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., r Wilmington, Del. Dec. 9-10 Meeting of North Carolina 11 hibiton' unit at Pinehurst. Meeting of Paramount stockholder at New York. Dec. 11 Conference of M. P. Distributor of Canada at Hotel King Edward Toronto. Dec. 23 Opening of the Little Picturt House in New York City. AMALGAMATED VAUDEVILLE AGENCY Attractions for Picture Theatres Standard Vaudeville Acts 1600 Broadway, New York City Phone Perm. 3580 K4>A%Y KAT BALANCE ! ! ! Your Feature Can Take Care of Itself ... Krazy Kat Will Take Care . ♦ ♦ of Your Shorts... 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