The Film Daily (1930)

THE -%£1 DAILV Friday, August 1, 1930 NEWS of the DAY Portland — James O'Connell has been transferred from Seattle to manage the Rialto. Minneapolis — Billie Gould has joined Fox and will cover North Dakota. Portland — J. J. Donahue is now covering the Oregon territory for Paramount. Minneapolis — R. W. Johnson, former theater operator of Benson, has joined First National's sales department. Wilmar, Minn. — Publix is reported negotiating for the two Franklin Amusement Co. houses here. Portland — Conrad Holmes has been transferred from Florida to manage the Paramount. Centerville, la. — Ritz and Majestic have been taken over by the A. H. Blank circuit. New Kensington, Pa. — Bart Datola, who recently took over the State from Columbus Amusement Co., is redecorating the house and installing Moviephone equipment. New Castle, Pa. — The Patterson estate will appoint a manager to operate the Ritz, which has been returned. Minneapolis — Ben Ferris has been made public relations commissioner of the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Ass'n. Westfield, Mass. — L. Laurens has been appointed manager of the Strand by Publix. He replaces Francis Morin. New London, Conn. — Alfred Herskovitz has succeeded Howard J. Butler as manager of the Crown. TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY IN = THE MWUUlk or iiimi OM Al Woods is reported to have disposed of his stock interest in Goldwyn Pictures. * * * B. P. Schulberg served papers on Hiram Abrams in connection with the Greenhill-United Artists deal. * * * The B. S. Moss houses will be booked hereafter by the B. F. Keith offices. Along The RialtoI with PhilM. Daly FY W. GRIFFITH is in town with a new golf outfit yep, the dean of directors has gone golf o most directors talk about their latest "masterpiece" without much urging but all D. W. wants to talk about is goluph can ya beat it? and him with a prize like "Abraham Lincoln" all ready to shoot in a Broadway theater and he can tell a good golf story, too everything you say to him starts him off with a — "That reminds me" and then he launches into a story must have caught it from studying the life of Abe, who also had a yen for story-telling the Abe "auricular" has 150 speaking parts and on the word of Ben Atwell, the picture has more characters and sets than any production since talkies wafted verbiage out loud from the face of a screen. . . * * * * TF THIS Radio picture "Cimarron" proves as colorful as the publicity slants, it should be a wow out in the San Fernando Valley they have built three separate stages to show the three different eras in the story's development the different sets show the stages of development of the town of Osage, Oklahoma, from 1889 to 1930 the first set, showing the old mining town, was so realistic that when an old-timer wandered in with a souse he started shooting up the dance-hall when they overpowered him and sobered him up, he sez: "That was shore powerful likker — it carried me clean back forty years" * * * * JUNIORS are getting to be a standardized commodity in Hollerword, according to Harrison Carroll he lines up for your inspection several exhibits there is Noah Beery, Jr., playing in First Nash's "College Lovers" Jackie Warner acting as assistant script clerk at the same stude Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., is in Par's foreign dep't Fred Niblo joonior is a staff writer and of course you have heard of Carl Laemmle, Jr., who has some kind of a job on the "U" lot * * * * COON THERE will be real excitement on the Fox lot, for they are definitely committed to making some all-Italian features and Mussolinians will adapt, direct and act in these exclusively this means an era of black shirts for H'lywood the first boatload will soon leave their spaghetti for the studios this is a hopeful sign, for it will probably revive the ancient art of screen pantomime abandoned along with silents hand waving and shoulder shrugging will have to be practiced by the Hollywood regulars to meet this new foreign invasion '"TODAY'S FAIRY Story: Assistant booker H. B. Kinser of Fox's Dallas exchange started on his well-earned two-weeks' vacashe but he pined for the smell of booking dates as he reclined on the prairie and smelled nothing but alfalfa so he ups and lams it back to Dallas on the fourth day what's that you say? aw, didn't we tell you it was a fairy story? Stopping off on way to location to take a li'l swim among icebergs was what two gents did but it was involuntary Captain Clayton Scott, pilot, and John Selby, mechanic, were forced down into Icy Bay, Alaska, flying on their way to Ketchikan to take part in filming of Radio's "The Silver Horde" * * * * J7DWARD H. GRIFFITH, directing "Holiday," was up against a casting problem — to select players who could convincinglv portray brother and sister to Ann Harding he finally selected Mary Astor and Monroe Owsley because they have the same cameo-type of features and now we learn for the first time that this quality picks up sufficiently in photography to give a family resemblance Floyd Weber, office manager of Columbia, is making an intensive study of the analytical mind we hope to carry critical notes from time to time as his study progresses * * * * A NEWS dispatch from the Coast to metropolitan newspapers states that Mary Pickford is disbanding her studio staff, and future pictures will be made under personal direction of Joseph Schenck Arthur Zoellner, exploitation man, and Abbe Rahm, veteran cameraman, are off the payroll Foreign Markets No Vocalion Dividend London — Although the Vocalion Gramophone Co., reports a most successful year for its process of recording and manufacturing 16-inch records for the film industry, there will be no dividend issued for the fiscal year ended March 31. Company accounts show a profit, including $7,755 balance realized on investments, of $355,379, from which directors' fees took $5,250, depreciation of buildings, plant, etc., $27,670, and amortization of copyrights, etc., $99,595, leaving $222,880, which is reduced to $136,550 by the deduction of $86,330 income tax. New London Incorporation London — Equity Trust Co. has been incorporated to carry on the , business of motion picture theater • proprietors, etc., with a capital of] $75,000. Directors are Sir John C.l Power, A. F. A. Trehearne, E. W.I Preston and E. H. Lane. Gaumont-Ufa Special Ready London — After more than two years of production, "The Girl in the Moon," Gaumont-Ufa silent special, directed by Fritz Lang, is now ready for release. Plot of the film is an imaginative journey to the moon by rocket, and experiences ot party of scientists who make the journey. In the cast are Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Fritz Rasp, Gustax Wangenheim and Gustl Star-Gstettenbaur. The production will have a West End season at the New Gallery. Frederick Kerr for U. S. London — Frederick Kerr, prominent English character actor, has been signed by Samuel Goldwyn for| a part in Ronald Colman's next picture. He sails this week for Hollywood. Kerr made a hit in Colman's current film, "Raffles." MANY HAPPY RETURNS Best wishes and congratulations are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrating their birthdays : Aug. 1 Ralph Blank William Orlamond Erie C. Kenton