The Film Daily (1930)

THE IIIL M WSI VI 1 1. OF FILM DOM All THE NEWS ALL THE TIME /OL. LIII No. 8 Thursday, July 10, 1930 Price 5 Cents Warner Deal for Station WOR Is Reported Near INDUSTRY INVESTMENT NOW $2,112^000,000 British Gov't Declines To Aid Multi-Linguals The Mirror — a column of comment HE "BIG-SIX" producer-exhibor companies control less than 0 per cent of the theaters in the nited States. These cold, hard icts, excavated in a searching surey, will no doubt pack a surprise allop for many a person toting le idea that the film makers had obbled up a great majority of the ouses. No question but most of le heavy-sugar palaces are being lerated by producing firms. But itside of this class are more than ,000 accounts — demanding prodt, equipment and other exhibition sentials. Expending scores of ousands of dollars annually, they institute a free-for-all market — a tential purchaser for theater operion necessities. The mat with relcome" inscribed on it is very ely to be found at the front door oviding the caller is peddling the muine stuff. Eighty per cent of . S. A. houses is one of the targets ft for the independent producer to oot at — a market which promises :rhaps not de-luxe but substantial turns. * * * ONSTANT INSPECTION of und apparatus is being made by ajor circuits. A reproducer which slivers honest sound is one necessr. And frequent examinations is other. Even the best of devices, :e human beings, have to receive certain amount of corrective atten>n to keep them running effectively. * * * DENVER HOUSE is using the ick of Tom Thumb golf course :ore cards to advertise its shows. n intelligent means of making the sst out of a situation which steadily lins in seriousness. If this competion can't be eliminated the next nartest thing to do is to make it rve you. Efforts to Amend Films Act Fail to Bring Results London (By Cable) — Efforts to obtain government legislation in support of the establishment of a multilingual film industry in this country have brought no results. William Graham, president of the Board of Trade, replying to a question in the House of Commons as to the possibility of the Films Act being amended in this direction, replied that he could hold out no hope. OSCAR R. HANSON OUT AS TIF FANYJALES HEAD Oscar R. Hanson has ended his association with Tiffany as general sales manager. He had occupied this position for the past two years succeeding Edward J. Smith. Melvin A. Brown Forms New Circuit in Idaho Salt Lake City — Melvin A. Brown has formed a new theater circuit consisting at present of the Albion, Albion, Ida., formerly operated by B. F. Mahoney; the Star, Hazelton, Ida., previously run by Carl Ridegway, and the Opera House. Declo, Ida., formerly operated by John T. Home. Going Native While other producers are busy on Spanish, German, French and other foreign tongue talkers, Universal has decided to branch out into a new field and make the first real American talker, "The Indians Are Coming," in which Arapahoe Indians will speak their dialect. 6,000 SEAT THEATER MAY REPLACE CRITERION A 6,000-seat house, part of a big skyscraper, probably will be built by Paramount on the present site of the Criterion and New York theaters and adjoining property, with work to start in January, 1932, according to tentative plans revealed in real estate circles yesterday. This bears out the story published last Sunday in THE FILM DAILY. New Indep't Exchange Formed in Cleveland Cleveland — Fred Schram and Nate Schultz have formed Selected Pictures Co. to handle distribution of independent talkers in Ohio and Kentucky. Offices are in the Film Eichinge Building. Broadcasting Tieup in East Being Negotiated By Warners Prohibition Item St. Louis — Boycott of picture shows where "use of liquor is shown as the smart thing to do in college and family life" was pledged by members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union at a meeting here. After dickering for several radio stations, Warner Bros, is reported to have reached the warm stage in its negotiations for Station WOR. owned by the Bamberger Broadcasting Service, with studios at 1440 Broadway, New York. The deal is still in the "conversational stage," said an official of the station last {Continued on Page 2) $1,302,000,000 in Exhibition, $810,000,000 in Production Present Investment in the film industry is placed at $2,112,000,000, with $1,302,000,000 in the exhibition end and $810,000,000 in production, according to a compilation made by a leading Wall St. banking house, which is now engaged in a doublecheck of the figures. This is an increase of $112,000,000 over the last reported bankers' survey, made last year. TECHNICOLOR FILMS RECENTLY COMPLETED West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — With the completion of "Whoopee," Goldwyn-Ziegfeld picture, and RKO's "Leathernecking," there are now 11 recently finished Technicolor films scheduled for release soon. The others are "The Life of the Party," "Viennese Nights" and "Sweet Kitty Bellairs," all Warner films; "Bright Lights," "Woman (Continued on Page 2) Meet Today to Ratify New 5-5-5 Contracts Representatives of producers and of distributors are to meet today at the Hays office for action on the ratification of the new exhibition and arbitration agreements approved by the 5-5-5 in Atlantic City. }j f Pop Overtures "French Echoes" is considered the most popular overture which has played the Capitol theater, New York, in years. Its record is four encores. The overture was arranged by Yasha Bunchuk, conductor of the Capitol orchestra.