The Film Daily (1930)

DAILV Friday, July 18, 1930 !THE IK NfWSI U Ifc Of fllMlOM Vtl. Llll No. 15 Friday, July 18, 1930 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Saturday and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., 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, Associate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, 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 Vork $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign. $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY. 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone Circle 4736-4737-4738-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London— Ernest W. Fredman. The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuebne, Friedrichstrasse. 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, r.a Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noue*. 19. Financial NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chge. Seat ? TnH .. : ifd '. ...21 ' •• ■ Gen. i hea, j. . 3 . Loew's, Inc 75$* 71% 73Ji + \% do pfd. xw (6J4) 97 95!^ 95^ + Vt Para. F-L 61$* 60^ 61K* + % Pathe Exch 4% *H 4% + H do "A" ... \oy 9V2 W/i + IS* R-K-O 35$* 34J4 34^ — Sf Warner Bros 45J4 43?* 45 + ljf NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Pets. ..41?* 40 J* 40 'A — % Fox Thea. "A" . 10$4 10 lO1^ + % Technicolor 32J4 32J4 32J4 — % NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 96 95 & 96 :. Loew 6s 41ww ..117 116 117 + \yt do 6s 41 x-war. . 99?* 99?* 99?* ..... Paramount 6s 47.101^1 101 Vz 101^4 + M Pathe 7s 37 64J4 62 64$4 + H Warner Pets. 6s39. 101 100M 100J4 — Vl Film Club Outing Called Off Proposed outing by members of the Film Club has been definitely called off following a meeting held at the New York Film Board of Trade offices yesterday. Eddie Schnitzer of Fox was to have handled the affair. New York Long Island City ff 1540 Broadway 154 Crescent St. JJ BRYant 4712 STIllwell 7940 ft I if * Eastman Films | J. E. Brulatour, Inc. | I 8 Chicago Hollywood }_{ .«■ t ji a 6700 Santa Monica ft 1727 Indiana Ave. B,vd CALumet 2691 HOLlywood 4121 it i 8 FOREIGN RE-MAKES FOR "JOURNEY'S END" Complete re-makes, produced in the respective countries, are to be made of the Tiffany production, "Journey's End," with production practically ready to start in France, where a French cast will be used, and in Spain, using a Spanish personnel George Pearson, who supervised the English talker, will officiate in the same capacity abroad. Arthur Adds Two More To Fox Theaters Staff Two additions have been made to the Fox Theaters Corp. staff under Harry Arthur. Marshall Taylor, who is now attached to the home office forces, will make a survey of the smaller houses in the chain with the upstate New York houses as the starting point. Joseph K. Winkler has been assigned special work for Arthur. Tiffany Names Falkner Salt Lake City Manager George A. Falkner, for years connected with pictures and the legitimate stage in various parts of the IT. S. ^^ been ->-— :-t--i branch It Lake car R. Mitchell May is Winner in 5 Grand Golf Match Mitchell May defeated Artie Stebbins in the golf match at Glen Oaks for a prize of $5,000. A return contest is planned for next week. Rosenberg Resigns from Pitts. Affiliated Circuit Pittsburgh — M. A. Rosenberg has resigned as manager and director of the Affiliated Circuit of Theaters. Lundgren Promoted Chicago — Charles Lundgren has been promoted from the sales and booking ranks to sales manager in the local Pathe office, it is announced by John Clarke, branch manager. Greenman Tendered Dinner St. Louis — About 300 friends of Harry Greenman, managing director of the Fox here, tendered him a "good luck" dinner at the Chase Hotel Roof Garden recently in celebration of his 25th anniversary in the theatrical business. "Raffles" for Rialto July 24 Ronald Colman in "Raffles", Sam Goldwyn production released through United Artists, will open July 24 at the Rialto, New York. Morgan Film Service Profits London — Initial financial report of the Morgan Film Service, covering the period from Dec. 1, 1928, to March 31, 1930, shows a net profit of $30,880. Sturdy Device Tobis Reproducing equipment, installed in the Hansa Lichtbildbuhne of Hamburg, has operated for the past 181 days of 12 hours each, or a total of 1,072 hours, without developing the slightest disturbance. The installation in this case is simple, with only one dynamo. HARRY KALMINE PROMOTED TO WARNER THEATER POST Harry Kalmine has been promoted from general booker at the Warner Bros, home offices to assistant zone manager of the 60 northern New Jersey theaters in the Warner chain. Don Jacocks, chief booker of the New England circuit, has been elevated to succeed Kalmine as general booker in New York. Skip Weshner, general manager of the New Jersey houses, with headquarters in Newark, is slated for promotion to a home office post in charge of publicity for the 850 Warner theaters. Sales Contest Under Way for Tiffany Sales Force Louis Lewyn and Alfred T. Mannon, producers of "The Voice of Hollywood," have announced a contest to be participated in by the sales force of Tiffany, which is releasing this series of one-reelers. Lewyn and Mannon were unable to attend the recent Tiffany sales convention in Chicago, but in a telegram of congratulations to General Sales Manager Oscar R. Hanson they set forth the terms of the contest which they hoped, they said, would do more to promote Tiffany sales on the series than their presence at the convention. The contest is now under way and closes at midnight, Dec. 31. One exchange manager's prize and three prizes for salesmen are offered. The exchange manager's prize is a Ford coupe or sedan to the manager whose exchange reports the highest percentage of played business against bookings between July 1 and Dec. 31. The salesmen's prizes go to the three salesmen signing the greatest number of contracts on "The Voice of Hollywood" series between July 1 and Oct. 31. The first prize in this division is a cabinet model combination radio and Victrola; second, cabinet model Radiola; third, a handsome gold watch. In the event that two or more in either classification are tied, the same prize will be awarded to each individual so lying. Schreiber Acts As Host Detroit — Alex Schreiber, operating the Times Square and Loop here, recently played host to several prominent figures in the film industry at a golf and dinner party. Ray Moon and Carl Buermele of the Co-Operative Theater Service Corp., were among his many guests. Skelton Resigns Columbia Post Pittsburgh — Tommy Skelton is no longer connected with the Columbia exchange here as office manager. He is one of the oldest film men in this district. His future plans have not been made public. The Industry's Date Book Today: Second of three National Screen sales meetings in New York. July 19 Fox A. C. holds outing at Indian Point, N. Y. luly 26 Outing of RKO Home Office Employees to Indian Point, N. Y. July 29-30-31 — Annual convention of M.P.T. O. Ass'n of Colorado and Rocky Mountain Region, Brown Palace Hotel, Denver. Aug. 1 Annual convention of Famoui Players Canadian Corp. eastern managers, Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ont. Aug. 5 Annual convention of Western managers. Famous Players Canadian Corp., Banff, Alta. 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. COMING & GOING MAJOR JOHN ZANFT, accompanied by Mrs. Zanft, sailed on the Bremen for a vacation of about two months abroad. TOBY GRUEN of National Screen Service has returned from Europe. H. B. FRANKLIN is in New York from the Coast for a brief visit. EDWARD L. KLEIN and M. H. HOFFMAN of Liberty Productions sailed on tl Bremen on business connected with tl foreign distribution of the forthcoming Lil erty product. GEORGE EASTMAN has returned to hi home in Rochester, N. Y., after a twj months' hunting trip in Alaska. FRANK GOODMAN, of the Univers^ music department, sailed on the Bremen f< Europe. W. E. Installations Hit Total of 6,160 Western Electric sound systems in use throughout the world have reach ed a total of 6,160, of which 4,211 are in the U. S. and 1,949 in foreign countries. Equipments also have been installed in 214 projection rooms. Austria at present has 22 installations, of which 19 are in Vienna, and there are 19 in Poland, with 8 in Warsaw. Ten equipments are operating in Budapest and 13 in Roumania, of which eight are in Bucharest. The County of London leads the British districts with 122, while Lancashire follows with 103 and Yorkshire has 87. Phone Stillwell 7932 for NEGATIVES DEVELOPED and Positive Prints Made on standard or 16 mm. stock INTER-CONTINENTAL Film Laboratories Inc. 74 Sherman St. Long Island City pooler Aire KOOLER-AIRE ENGINEERING ;CORP.. ,9M PARAMOUNT BUILDING NEW YORK