The Film Daily (1930)

<mtm DAILV Tuesday, July 1, 1930 :the Of HIMIOM Vol. Llll Mo. 1 Tuesday, July 1, 1930 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Saturday and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., t» 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, Associate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post office at Mew York, N. Y., undei the act of March 3. 1879. Terms (Postag. free) United States outside of Greater^ New Vork $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; i months. $3.00. Foreign. $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all com munications to THE FILM DAILY. 165' Broadway. New York, N. Y. Phone Circle 4736-4737-4738-4739. Cable address : iilmda) New York. Hollywood, California — Kalpi Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Gramt. 6607. London— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter 89-91 Wardour 6t., W I Berlin-Karl Wolffoohn. Lichtbildbuehne Fnedrichstrasse, 225. Paris P. A. Harle La Cinematographic Francaise, Kue ae la Cour-des-Noues, 19. Flops of 1930 —musicals take the lead {Continued from Page 1) be given many columns of space all over the United States. The list this year of the "Ten Best Directors" is unusually interesting due to the advent of the talkers. Ballots are now being counted and results will be announced in about three weeks. Grainger's Prediction No less an authority than Jimmy Grainger himself, vice-president and general sales manager of the Fox organization, tells us that his outfit will gross between $45,000,000 and $50,000,000 for the season 1930-31. No doubt part of this increase can be attributed to the 100 per cent booking contract with ParamountPublix. Any way you look at it, the comeback of the Fox company has been one of the seven wonders of the industry. A few months ago threatened with all sorts of dire things; now, right up in the very front ranks of the parade. Sheehan, Grainger & Co., have done a mighty fine job in a short space of time. More power to them. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chge. Con Fm. Ind. . 18/2 177/s VJi + V% Keith A-O pfd. .103 103 103 + 3 Inew's Inc . . 64/2 62/, 64-4 + 154 oepfd. xw (6/,) 9454 94/2 94% + H Para. F-L 56*4 55 56*4 + 1* Pathe Exch. . « J* A RKO I: ... 30H 29'4 30* + 1* Warner ■Bros. ...41/2 40 /4 41 /8+ V, NEW YORK CURB MARKET Fox Thea. "A" . 9/a f/s \ •■■••. Lew, Inc., war . 9% 9 93/8 + VA NEW YORK BOND MARKET <~ TV, ficdn 94 93 'A 93 J/2 — V* PaT By 5 J 51 '.102 >/2 102/2 102/ « L^sV/x-war. 98 97 tf 9754 / Paramount 6s 47 .101 101 101 $10,000,000 IS INVOLVED IN THREE COAST CHARTERS Sacramento, Calif. — Nearly $10,000,000 is involved in three applications for charters filed here by a Los Angeles picture company and two New York photographic supply companies. The latter concerns, which will have offices in San Francisco with A. F. Hofmeister as California .-epresentative, are the Agfa Ansco Corp., producing films and camera materials, listing 70,000 preferred shares valued at $7,000,000 and 350 shares of no par common, and the \gfa Raw Film Corp., with capitalization of $500,000. Thomas Productions, Ltd., is the Los Angeles concern. Its capital is set at $2,000,000 and directors include Richard Thomas, Willard Andrews and R. A. Teis, of Los Angeles, and James P. Lawson and Daniel D. Steele, of Glendale. The Industry's Date Book Paramount os 1/ .!»■ '»* :~Z., ; is Warners 6s 39 ...10054 100 10054 + 54 New Incorporations $1,300,000 TO BE SPENT I" BY RKO West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Approximately $1,300,000 has been set aside by RKO for production of Edna Ferber's "Cimarron," now in work. Several leading ladies are under consideration to play opposite Richard Dix. It will probably be about November before the film is completed. Australia Institutes 3 Per Cent Gross Tax Sydney — Aimed at American distributors, the Australian Government has just effected a law under which three per cent of distributor grosses are taken as taxes. Today: Second day of the 5-5-5 Cor ference in Atlantic City. July 3 "Holiday" (Pathe) opens Broadwa run at the Rivoli July 6 George Arliss in "Old English scheduled to open at the Warne New York. July 10 John Barrymore in "Moby Dick scheduled to open at the Hollr wood, New York. Richard Barthelmess in "Da Patrol" (First National) opens _ the Winter Garden, New York. July 11 Special meeting of Consolidated Film Industries stockholders ill New York. July 17-18-19 All National Screen salesmen to meet in New York for conl ference. Aug. 11-12 Annual convention of the Southeastern Theater Owners' Ass'n, Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 20-21 Tenth Annual Convention of M.P.T.O. of Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, Pittsburgh. :k 7 Schmuckler Reopens Fifth Ave. Louis Schmuckler reopened thei Fifth Ave., at Fifth Ave. and 28th.' St., New York City last night with "Blaze O' Glory." Rich Theater; B. Rich, 50 East 42nd St.. New York; $10,000. Welfare Pictures Corp., Phillips & Nizer, 1560 Broadway, New York; $10000. ft **« New York 1540 Broadway BRYant 4712 8 Long Island City jj 154 Crescent St. ♦> STIllwell 7940 % g Eastman Films I I L E. Brulatour, Inc. | 8 J ft 1 Hollywood i& 6700 Santa Monica ft 1727 Indiana Ave. Bjvd ft CALumet 2691 HOLlywood 4121 *.* Chicago ft 1 g g 1 New Eyemo Speed Camera Put Out by Bell & Howell A new Eyemo camera, designed to particularly interest newsreel, industrial and exploration cameramen, is being placed on the market by Bell & Howell. The new Eyemo includes the major features of the Filmo 70-D camera, having seven film speeds (4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24 and 32), a built-in turret head accommodating three lenses, a variable area viewfinder, and a relative exposure indicator. In addition to these features, it has an integral crank which permits hand cranking whenever it is desired, such as when an exceptionally long scene is encountered which runs beyond the spring capacity of the camera, or when single frame exposures are to be taken. Cleveland is Preparing to Enforce Safety Bill Cleveland — After being buried for nearly a year, the council's film ordinance, covering film storage and other safety measures, is being revived and a plan of enforcement is expected to be worked out before the end of the summer. Pathe Will Exercise Du Pont Film Option West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Pathe's option to buy 49 per cent of the du Pont Pathe Film Manufacturing Corp. has been extended until the end of August, with Pathe having signified its intention of taking up the option. COMING &. GOING FELIX MALITZ, vice-president and general manager of Ufa, is visiting folks in Columbus, O. VICTOR SCIIERTZINGER, Paramount director, goes West this week. JESS I'tSHMAN, general manager of Standard Film Service, Cleveland, has been in New York signing product for distribution through his four exchanges. PHI I. GOLDSTONE, Tiffany production manager, leaves New York today for the Coast. Pantages Buys 'Frisco Hipp San Francisco — Rodney and Lloyd Pantages have bought the old Hippodrome on O'Farrel St. and will remodel it for a vaudeville and film house. About $150,000 will be spent on the building. Mantell Takes Over Bronx House Edmund Mantell, owner of thej Star, Bronx, yesterday assumed operation of the Benneson, same neighborhood. The house was taken over] from Jack Lesko and Moe Goldman. rEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY IN THE mi Niwti'Aiik 01 fILMDOM Famous Players sign James Barv rie, Henry Arthur Jones, Justin McCarthy, Edward Knoblock, Arnold Bennett and H. G. Wells to write original stories for the screen. * * Loew's, Inc., declares two divi-; dends, 5% on common and l3/\% on preferred. Harry Morey to produce independ ently. Joe Brandt planning new distributing organization. Fox Closes Bronx Parkway Fox has closed the Parkway, Bronx, for the summer. pooler A're The SILENT Summer Attraction KOOLER-AIRE ENGINEERING CORP. 1914 PARAMOUNT BUILDING NEW YORK AMALGAMATED VAUDEVILLE AGENCY Attractions for Picture Theatres Standard Vaudeville Acts 1 1600 Broadway, New York City Phone Penn. 3580