The Film Daily (1930)

THE ■c&Zk DAILY Sunday, August 3, 1930 :the HKNEWSMPOl Or flLMDOlM VoL Llll No. 28 Sunday, Aug. 3, 1930 Price 25 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 York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscribers ihould remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone Circle 4736-4737-4738-4739. Cable address : Filmday. New York. Hollywood, California — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St. W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffaohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaiie, Rue de la Cour-dei-Nouet. 19. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET (QUOTATIONS AS OF FRIDAY) Net High Low Close Chge. Con. Fm. Ind. . 18-^ UVu 185/g — H Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 20^ 20% 20% — H East. Kodak 209*$ 207 209 + 54 Fox Fm. "A" .45% 45J^ 45 A — 5A Gen. Th. Eq. 6s4 95 yA 95^ 95%. — % Keith A-O pfd... 112% "2% 112% + % Loew's, Inc 71% 70J4 70%— Vi Para. F-L 59^ 59 59 Pathe Exch 4% 4lA 4*A — Vs do "A" 9% 9% 9% R-K-0 32 3VA 31^ — % Warner Bros 373/6 36^ 36^ — % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Fox Thea. "A" . 9J4 9A 9*A — % Nat. Scr. Ser. . 30% 30% 30% — 'A NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 95 # 9SJ4 95'4 — % Keith A-O 6s46.. 83^ S0A S0A — 2 y2 Loew 6s 41 x-war.100 100 100 — A Paramount 6s 47.. 101% 101% 101% + % Par. By. 5!^s 51.102% 102^ 102J^ Pathe 7s 37 .... 63 63 63 + 1% Warner Pet. c v 6s 39 95 94% 94% — % Benny Rubin Gets Year's Contract RKO has signed Benny Rubin under a year's contract. Rubin is now playing the Palace, New York, as master-of-ceremonies and follows with dates at the Kenmore and Coliseum, concluding his tour with appearances at Cleveland, Kansas City and St. Louis. « New York :•} 1540 Broadway 8 BRYant 4712 i it l\ Eastman Fi | 8 J. E. Brulatour, line. § Long Island City it 154 Crescent St. ft STIllwell 7940 ft H 8 :.: :.: a a :: g Chicago 8 a Hollywood :| 1727 Indiana Ave. 6700 Santa Monica || gg CALumet 2691 HOLljrwood 4121 ft J Los Angeles — Stanley A. Brown has replaced Gus Eyssell at the Paramount. Seattle — The Publix Metropolitan is now being managed by Harry Duell, who was last at the Paramount in Portland. Chicopee, Mass. — Leo Flanagan has succeeded Israel Schancupp at the Publix Elm here. Peoria, 111. — Irving C. Newman has been succeeded at the Rialto by Harold H. Doroshaw, recently assistant manager of the local Madison. is August 4. The affair will be held at Pemberton and is in charge of Maurice Wolf, William Erb and Fred Sliter. Burlington, N. C. — Publix has appointed H. T. Lashley manager of the recently acquired Paramount and Carolina houses. Lashley, who comes here from Salisbury, is succeeded by A. C. Kincey. Roxbury, Mass. — B. Dobrans is at the Dudley succeeding George Kilmarr. &mmtmmmmtmmtmtmmmitsim Farmingham, Mass. — M. C. Fox has been appointed manager of the Gorman, replacing Frank D. Lawler, who is now managing the Rivoli, Roxburv. Mankato, Minn. — -Burr Cline has been appointed manager of the State by Publix. Harry Salisbury, formerly at the house, has been transferred to the publicity office at Minneapolis. Wheeling, W. Va. — Publix will invade this territory on Sept. 1 when it acquires the Rex. George P. Zeppos will continue as manager. Birmingham, Ala. — C. P. Malphurs has replaced C. S. Barnes at the Galax. The Industry's Date Book Aug. 5 Annual outing of Universal Club at Playland, Rye, N. Y. Aug. 6 R-K-O divisional managers meeting in Chicago. Aug. 11-12 Annual convention of the Southeastern Theater Owners' Ass'n, Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 14 "Moby Dick" opens at the Hollywood, New York. Aug. 15 (Tentative) "Hell's Angels," Howard Hughes production, opens twoa-day run at the Criterion, New York. Aug. 21 Premiere of "Old English" at the Warner, New York. Aug. 25 : "Abraham Lincoln" opens at the Central, New York. Sept. 27 Entertainment and dance given by Pathe employees at the Hotel Astor, New York. Oct. 20-21 Tenth Annual Convention of M.P.T.O. of Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, Pittsburgh Oct. 20-23 Fall meeting of the Society of M. P Engineers, Pennsylvania Hotel. New York. Seattle — Arthur W. Baker has succeeded William A. Hartung at the Paramount. Rock Island, 111. — The Spencer is now under the management of Harold Aldinger. Publix operates the house. Boston, Mass. — Tentative date set for the local film outing this year Austin, Tex. — The Majestic, Publix house, has been closed for repairs and is expected to open some time in August. Aurora, 111. — The Fox here has closed indefinitely. Lynn, Mass. — Opening of the new Paramount has enabled Publix to close the Olympia for repairs. Gary, Ind. — The Tivoli, under Publix management, is operating only on Saturdays and Sundays. Little Rock, Ark. — Publix has cancelled its lease on the Palace. Film Cleaning Firm Started by Denison (Continued from Page 1) service in connection with film problems. The firm will operate in the U. S. and Canada. R. G. Hilton, who has been Denison's assistant at United Artists, will succeed him in charge of the films department. Night Baseball Hits N. Y. New York got its first taste of night baseball when a special game was held at the Polo Grounds. Special busses with display banners toured the city advertising the game. "Rain or Shine" for Globe Columbia's "Rain or Shine" with Joe Cook has been booked into the Globe, New York, for Aug. 8. Momand, Griffith Merger Involves 26 Okla. Houses (Continued from Page 1) the Griffith chain. Two projects also are included. Towns involved are Shawnee, Seminole, Wewoka, Okmulgee, Earlsboro, Henrietta, Maud, Holdinville, Hartshorne, Pawhuska, Alva, Clinton and Oklahoma City, all in Oklahoma. Momand, Pickens and Harry Griffith leave New York tonight (Saturday) for home. COMING & GOING JACK L. WARNER is due east from Hollywood next week. DOROTHY MACKAILL sailed Friday on the Bremen for a vacation abroad. On the same boat were Sam Katz and Emanuel Cohen. WILLIAM HOLDEN has sailed for Cali-| fornia by way of the Panama Canal. HERBERT GOLDSCHMIDT, president I of Auto-Cinema, returns from Europe on| Tuesday aboard the Columbus. HARRY KOSARIN is back in town after a sojourn in South Africa. WILLIAM POWELL arrives Monday on J the Conte Grande from a vacation in Europe. He goes West to begin his next Paramount i picture. MILTON COHEN sails on the Majestic) Friday. WAYNE PIERSON of Caddo Productions has arrived in New York from the Coast. SID GRAUMAN is due to arrive in New York on Tuesday from the Coast. Hoover Invites Cameramen Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — President Hoover? for the first time has invited sound cameramen to visit his Rapidan camp and record the activities of the President and his guests. Pathe Folks to Make Whoopee Employees of the Pathe organization will give an entertainment and dance the night of Sept. 27 at the Hotel Astor. Denver Film Board Elects Denver — Election of officers by the Denver Film Board of Trade resulted as follows: Sam Henley, president; A. P. Archer, vice-president; J. R. Beal, secretary; Duke W. Dunbar, executive secretary and treasurer. Let Us Solve Your Problems! 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