The Film Daily (1930)

THE NEWSPAPER F HIM DOM AIL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME LIII No. 48 Tuesday, August 26, 1930 Price 5 Cents olumbia's 1930 Fiscal Year Best in History JOINVILLE MAKING TlO IN 12 UNGUAGES Warner Bros. File Answer, Charging Bad Faith The Newsreel -and its varied appeal —By JACK ALICOATE=^ As a laboratory es and wherein the cine likes matic requirements of the female of the :ies is contrasted with those .he eternal male, we recom ld the NewsReel theater to interested observers. Let re flash upon the silversheet echnical subject and many nenfolk will suddenly re nher their shopping. A style aturing the latest fall hats len will start men coughing aratory to a leisurely departure. rent news topics, such as the in India, seem to hold every while a political speech, like the er in six-a-day vodvil, is usually lal for a general exodus. The -keel theater is a modern, pro institution. Keeping its itions alive and edited to the id ta>tes of all is an interesting highly specialized job. eek :vas one of the most prosnjoyed by pictures at tliis lime '''ml business me eye! A. M.I'. A., meaning the Associated Motion Picture Advertiser-,, will soon be fifteen years old. That's a tune. Especially in this impetu business where most things usu ie in with a flare of trumpets 'Upart. like the Arabs, silently in night. Here is an organization by sheer force of accomplish '. has made for itself a permanent ' alongside of the foremosl edi a'. social and constructive or izations of the industry. More ' the \ M I'.A. for its al.il nart a straight course, and {Continued on Pn.ie 2) teen Jars Old Mismanagement Denied — Say Assets Increased More Than Loans In an answer filed yesterday in the Delaware courts by Warner Bros, to the complaint filed by Ira L. Nelson of Boston, a stockholder, H. M. Warner categorically denied the charges of mismanagement and other allegations and charged the plaintiff with {Continued on Page 6) UNIVERSAL TO ROADSHOW OTHER BIG PRODUCTIONS With the closing of all of the 20 roadshow companies handling "All Quiet on the Western Front," and the picture in general release, Universal is convinced that a big production can be successfully treated in this style. Other pictures on the 1930-31 schedule will be roadshowed if, when screened, they show roadshow quality. Babeltown Paris — Another Babel is in the making at Joinville, where the Paramount studio under Robert T. Kane is going like a house afire. During one meal in the studio restaurant the other day, 18 languages were represented in the conversation. New Union Agreement Includes Few Changes The new contract agreed upon by major chains in the New York area and stage hands, musicians and projectionists is practically the same as the old one. Few changes made concern working conditions. Independent theaters in the district, however, are still negotiating a contract with the unions. WILL EXCHANGE TALENT Exchange of production talent between the Paramount Coast and Eastern studios is understood planned under the re-alignment announced by Jesse L. Lasky. Various executives, including supervisors, will be (Continued on Pane 6) Grimm Returns to 'U' As Sales Promotion Mgr. Ben H. Grimm has rejoined Universal as manager of sales promotion under I'hil Reisman, general sales manager. Grimm recently went with ( 'olumbia. Publix Cleveland Office Being Moved to Buffalo Cleveland — Publix is closing its local office and moving it to Buffalo. Clayton Bray, booker, has been transferred to the Publix office in Denver. Paramount's Paris Studio Completes 80 Features and Short Subjects Paris (By Cable) — A schedule of 110 features in 12 languages has been drawn up for the Paramount studio in Joinville under the guidance of Robert T. Kane. Already 30 features and 50 shorts, have been completed in six months, and about 300 employees are working day and night shifts on the remaining pictures. Films are being turned out in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Hungarian, Czechoslovakia^ Portugese and Croat. (Continued o>. Parte 6) crick seesImprovement in australia^ ext year Australian film business, off owing to a general business depression, will probably require about two years before it resumes normalcy, says Stanley Crick, managing director for Australia and New Zealand for Fox, who is now in New York on a business trip. '..■ expects considerable improvement about the firsl I i On tin ued on Pane i, I Columbia Net Passes Million; Almost Double 1929 Profits Clarified In conversation, speeches and written stories the phrase "Paramount Publix Theaters" is the official designation, but "Publix Theaters" will continue to be used for signs, insignias, ad cuts, labels and art purposes, says A. M. Botsford. Bringing to a (lose the most sue cessful year in its history, (Olumbia reports net profit for the fiscal I ' .ii ended Fune M) amounting to $1,029,958, after charges and federal taxes, equal to p>.22 a share on 150,063 shares ,,f common, against $551 KJ_> or $-1.77 a share on 100,000 shares in the previous year and $3.18 a share on 150,063 in l()2X. Tins is in line with the forecast published \tinued "u !'<• "Abraham Lincoln" Last night was a rather eventful one on Broadway. First, it brought to the Central Theater a distinguished picture, "Abraham Lincoln." Second, it added to the cinema gallery of stars a new, excellent portrait of Lincoln in the well rounded character portrayal of Walter Huston. Third, and best of all, it marked the return of the prodigal, the daddy of 'em all, D. W. Griffith, in a decided achievement. His vivid, colorful, episodic, pictorial chronicle of Lincoln and civil war days is splendid, and obviously cut and tailored to fit popular demand and consumption. Exhibitors should not be misled into thinking of this production as merely biographical and educational. In addition to its historical interest it is one of the most absorbing, entertaining and important subjects of the new talker age. "Lincoln" is another answer to the demand for bigger and better talkers. It is a United Artists picture. J. A.