The Film Daily (1930)

THE HE NEWSPAPER )E FILM DOM AIL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME 70L. LIII No. 3 Thursday, July 3, 1930 Price 5 Cents Independents Declare Price-Cutting Will Ruin Them 5-5^5 IS BIG SUCCESS Famous Canadian and Butterfield Book Fox's 48 Accomplishment — by the 5'5'5 conference ^=By JACK ALICOATE= ^TLANTIC CITY — After rionths of painstaking, intenive and at times none-too-hap>y deliberations, the little conerence acorn planted by Sid Cent at the Columbus convenion has finally blossomed forth .s the majestic oak of accomilishment. Once again produces, distributors and exhibitors lave jointly turned to the task »f working out their problems n harmony and understanding, rhe famous 5-5-5 conference is low industry history. Personilly, we made the trip to Atlanic City expecting trouble. In >lace of acrimony, we found ympathetic understanding. Initead of recriminations, there vas mutual trust. One could lot sit in on these deliberations .vithout being impressed with heir seriousness, importance ind avowed mutual understandng of the rights of the other ellow no matter how small and lespite the huge diversification if interests on the part of those nvolved. When honest minds ittack honest problems, fair and •quitable results are assured. The Action Was Hot The patience of those attending was sorely tried at different imes but we do not recall an nstance of an individual acting vithout due respect and undertanding of the fundamental (Continued on Page 2) Grainger Signs Sales Contracts for 249 Canadian and Michigan Houses Famous Players Canadian Corp., with 170 theaters, and the Butterfield circuit of 79 houses in Michigan, will play the entire 48 Fox pictures on the 1930-31 program, it is announced by J. R. Grainger, who closed the contracts for Fox. COLUMBIA TO DISTRIBUTE 13 BRAY TRAVEL FILMS A series of 13 one-reel travel films produced by Bray Pictures Corp. will be released by Columbia during the coming year under the general title of "The Rambling Reporter." All talk and sound effects will be supervised by Malcolm LaPrade, while Tom Griselle will have charge of the musical effects. Third Bombing Attempt Is Made in Milwaukee Milwaukee — A third attempt to bomb a local house, growing out of labor troubles, was made at the Studio, managed by J. B. Cullen. Only slight damage was caused by the explosion. The Greenfield and New World were similarly assaulted last month. Industry Confab Ends With Leaders Highly Gratified Over Atlantic City Results Atlantic City — After a hot and stormy three days, the nowfamous 5-5-5 conference surmounted the stumbling block of new arbitration rules and came to a happy and dramatic close yesterday at the Ambassador Hotel here, bringing to a success ful conclusion the problems that had entailed months of difficult labor. All factions are again in accord and peace once more reigns within the industry. The next step will be the ratifica (Continued on Page 8) Introducing RKO A trailer has been made by RKO for announcing the change of management in houses taken over by this organization. Richard Dix makes the brief speech, telling the folks of the "bigger and better" programs planned for them by the new regime. CONFAB SET FOR TUESDAY ON CAMERAMEN'S SCALE A conference between representatives of the local cameramen's union and producers working in the East will be held Tuesday in connection with a new agreement. The" successor of Guy F. Currier, chairman of the producers' committee who died recently, will be announced at that time. PARIS MEET UNAFFECTED BY KLANGFILM DECISION Paris (By Cable) — Breaking of the Klangfilm monopoly of German talker equipment through the judgment in the Berlin courts is expected to have no influence on the position of the German interests at the patent conference here, it is generally believed in local film circles. Small Exhibitors Protest PriceCutting By Big Houses Marie, How Can You ! Marie Dressier, mystified upon being told that her sidekick, Polly Moran, has just gone to the hospital for sinus trouble,, exclaimed "Wot's ailin' her? There are a lotta producers just crazy to sign us." St. Louis — Declaring that if admission price cutting is permitted to continue it will force many of the smaller theaters out of business, the M. I'. T. O. of St. Louis, Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois has passed resolutions calling on the big circuits involved to restore the former scales. Neighborhood business lure has been almost demoralized since two big {Continued on Page 8) Baltimore Will Ballot on Daylight Saving Time Baltimore — Daylight saving will he placed on the ballots at the November election here, according to a ruling by the Attorney General of Maryland. Daylight time is now on a voluntary basis here, with some organizations observing it. Close Harmony Paramount theater offers a prize for the best phase or sentence describing Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Crawford. The expression must relate "to their unique playing and association in both professional and martial life," the announcement says. Whazzamatta with "Attuned?" .