The Film Daily (1929)

THE s2£2 DAILY Sunday, December IS, 1929 I FILM DIGEST tsESiL^ Val.LNo.64 Sunday, December 15. 1929 Pr"ce 25 Cents JOHN W. M.IC0ATE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Published daily except Saturday and holiday* at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and copyright (1929) by Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. 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, La Cinematographie Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. Financial NEW YORK CURB MARKET (.QUOTATIONS AS FRIDAY) High Low Close Sales Am Seat 21H 21J4 2154 300 Con. Fm. Ind 16J/2 16 16 900 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 20^ 20^ 20!4 1,300 East. Kodak 181 174J4 180K 5,700 Fox Fm. "A".... 43 34 37^ 83,000 'Keith A-0 20!^ .... do pfd 85 85 85 100 Loew's, Inc 47& 45/2 46Ji 800 *do ww (6 J4 ) 88 .... do pfd. xw (6V3) 86 86 86 100 M-G-M pfd. ..-.. 23J4 23% 2354 200 Para. F-L 5254 49% 52 9,500 Pathe Exch 3X 3% iVt 2,300 do "A" 7 6% 6H 500 R-K-O 20 1854 1954 17,200 »Univ. Pict. pfd 55 Warner Bros 4354 40% 42% 20,300 do pfd 3954 3854 39 500 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Bal. & Katz .... 63V» 63% 63% 100 "Columbia Pets 26% Fox Thea. "A"... 7% 75* 7% 13,600 Gen. Thea. Equ. . . 31 30 31 500 "Intern. Proj 30 "Loew do deb. rts 3 .... Loew, Inc., war 14 .... *Nat. Scr. Ser 1954 Xat. Thea. Sup 2754 "Paramount new 28 .... 'Univ. Pict 854 NEW YORK BOND MARKET 'Keith A-O 6s 46 80 Loew 6s 41ww 10354 10254 102% 1,200 do 6s 41 x-war... 91% 91% 91% 300 Paramount 6s 47.. 9954 99% 99J4 800 Par. By. 554s51..100% 10054 100% 500 Pathe 7s37 41 40 40 1,200 ♦LAST PRICE QUOTED if if I Eastman Films | , if :.: if 3 H J. E. Brulatour, Inc. % if if if $ if • 8 if if if if \f New York Hollywood gg 8 .*•„ t> j 6760 Santa Monica ♦.♦ J.t 1540 Broadway Blv(J J| Bryant 4712 Gladstone 6103 j| INDEX PAGE ARBITRATION THE BIG TOPIC, An Editorial by Arthur W. Eddy 1 FINANCIAL, Daily Market Activities 2 FILM DAILY'S FEATURE PAGE TIMELY TOPICS, Digest of Current Opinions 5 THEIR FIRST JOBS 5 ALONG THE RIALTO, by Phil M. Daly, Jr 5 BIRTHDAY GREETINGS 5 AND THAT'S THAT, by Phil M. Daly 5 TEN YEARS AGO TODAY, Culled from Film Daily Files 5 PRODUCTION IN THE EAST 6 SHORT SHOTS FROM N. Y. STUDIOS, by Harry N. Blair 6 HOLLYWOOD HAPPENINGS, Coast News by Telegraph 7 '•A LITTLE FROM LOTS," by Ralph Wilk 7 REVIEWS OF NEWEST RELEASES 8-9 PRESENTATIONS, by Herbert S. Berg 10 FOREIGN MARKETS, by Liuis Pelegrine n THE WEEK'S HEADLINES, Resume of News n THEATER EQUIPMENT, by William Ornstein 12 REVIEWS PAGE DARK SKIES 8 DARKENED ROOMS 9 LUCKY IN LOVE 8 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 8 MARRIAGE PLAYGROUND ... 9 'NEATH WESTERN SKIES 8 OKLAHOMA KID 8 SKY HAWK 8 THIS THING CALLED LOVE.. 8 WHITE SHEIK 8 SHORT SUBJECTS SOUND Meyer Working Out Plan To Feed Foreign Market Abe Meyer, in New York from the Coast, is working out a plan involving the synchronizing of pictures for the foreign market. Silent product treated in this way, he believes, will meet with popularity with foreign audiences who like synchronized music and effects but who naturally are antagonistic to pictures with dialogue in English. Meyer is dissolving Meyer-Lord, booking agency. He intends to return to the Coast early next week and there concentrate his future activities. ^ McNerney is Transferred to San Francisco by U. A. D. J. McNerney, sales manager of the Seattle branch of United Artists, has been transferred to San Francisco, where he will serve in a similar capacity, according to an announcement by Al Lichtman. H. Harden has been named to succeed him in Seattle. Other changes are the appointment of Fred Lind to handle sales in northern and central Washington and Idaho and the assigning of Fred Talbot to southern Washington and Oregon. Center Film Exchange Opened Center Film Exchange has been opened in New York to handle independent product for the New York and Northern New Jersey territories. Jack Ferst is owner of the exchange located at 630 Ninth Ave. Warners to Entertain Kiddies The Warners will play hosts to New York's children at the 16th annual "Evening World" Christmas party the mornings of Dec. 26 and 28 at the Central. Warners to Build 3,500 Seat Theater in Akron Akron, O. — Building of a new theater to be the largest in this city is understood planned by Warner Bros. Two sites on the West side of Main St., are believed under consideration awaiting only approval of Spyros Skouras, who recently visited this city and looked over the proposed plots. Report of the new Warner project follows closely upon the announcement made some time ago that Warners would build two theaters in Playhouse Square, Cleveland, costing about $7,500,000. Ground for the new Akron house is expected to be broken about March 1, 1930. Earl Penrod Made Mgr. of RKO St. Louis Branch St. Louis — Earl Penrod, former salesman in Indianapolis, has been made manager of the local RKO office, succeeding Harry Weiss, resigned. He is a brother to C. E. Penrod manager of the Ind. branch for the same company. The Industry's Date Book Dec. 19 Trade practice conference for theater seat manufacturers at Wast ington, D. C. Dec. 21 Opening of "Virginian" at Rialto N. Y. Dec. 22 Premiere of "Devil May Care" at Astor, N. Y. Dec. 23 Opening of the Little Picture House in New York City. "Show of Shows" opening at Warner, Los Angeles, Calif. Dec. 24 Opening of "Tiger Rose" at Beacon, N. Y. Columbia Sales Manager Arrives From Coast Trip Joe Goldberg, Columbia sales manager, arrived in New York yesterday from a seven week trip to the coast where he was in conference with production officials on the company's forthcoming productions. En route to New York, Goldberg, stopped at various exchange centers. Rembusch In N. Y. Frank J. Rembusch, president of the M. P. Congress, arrived in New York Friday from Pittsburgh, where he was a guest at the Pa. State Exhibitors convention in that city. 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