The Film Daily (1930)

THE &ma UNANIMOUS! CUsZlfifi DAILY Friday, August 29, l'l Griffith Believes Silents Will Always Have Some Fiel Curtis Melnitz "It may mean a lot to the people at home, but it is simply indispensable to us over here in Europe." "R ED" K A N N "A complete job and a handsome job to boot. A staggering compilation of facts and statistics which, in addition to imparting important and necessary information, tends to quicken a fuller realization of how extensive the ramifications of this business really are." Saul Rogers "The 1930 edition is very complete and you are indeed to be congratulated upon the high standard of this publication." James Quirk "It has been of tremendous assistance to the editorial staff in this office. It is the Encyclopaedia Britannica of the motion picture business." Arthur Stebbins "I know of no better place to seek valuable information for myself or my business than in the Film Daily Year Book." 1931 YEAR BOOK Published by the FILM DAILY 13th EDITION NOW IN PREPARATION (Continued from Page 1) nection with his "Abraham Lincoln," having its premiere showing at the Central, plans to vacation for a while and also will search for material for his next United Artists picture. He hopes some day to make a picture dealing with the rise and fall of the Southern Confederacy, handling the subject from the angle of the South and treating the North only incidentally, he said. Talking pictures are tabooing players wh< have nut "learned the trade" of acting, Griffith asserted. Actors who, in the silent days, got along because of their appearance, nowmust act or face elimination, he believes. Griffith thinks that the silent picture wil' never be entirely discarded, because grea pantomimists like Chaplin will always prov< a draw through this type of medium. The public taste iii screen entertainment, he be lieves, always demands tears and thrills At present he is reading Dickens in his ques' for future story material. Onlv 28 shooting days were used in making "Abraham Lincoln," said Griffith, but th< picture was in rehearsal for months befop Hie start of camera work. He went throng1 ISO volumes in obtaining data on the Grea Emancipator. Seventy sets were constructed 'or the picture. He is particularly gratified by the audience reaction to the love sequence n the picture as previously the opinion har' •xisted in many quarters than such scenes -uuld not be made with dialogue in a manler to grasp attention. "Disraeli" and "All Quiet on the Western Front" are Griffith's two principal favorite? of the past year. They're "darbs," to use his own words. Griffith's first talking picture was exhibited 10 years ago when a sound version of "Dream Street" had a showing at the Town Hall, New York City. Porter Strong played the role which Ralph Graves essayed in the silent version Recording was on a disc system. The picture was never generally released. Essenay Plant, Chicago Being Reopened by Spoor (Continued from Pane 1) Spoor, who will make pictures with his new "third dimension" camera, it is announced by the inventor. Lubitsch Appointed Supervisor in East (Continued from Pane 1) Lasky said that Lubitsch will remain at the New York plant for a lone; period. Hector Turnbull, associate producer on B. P. Schulberg's staff in Hollywood, will he transferred East to take charge of productions starring Clara Bow, Ruth Chatterton and Claudette Colbert. James R. Cowan, general manager of the New York studio, continue? as chief executive at the plant. B'g Foreign Expansion Being Prepared by Fox (Continued from Pane 1) rjletion of discussions that have been n progress since the return of General Foreign Manager Clayton P. Sheehan and the arrival here of Stanley S. Crick, Australian manag:ng director. Among the likely developments is the establishment of production in Paris. RAPID WIRING OF HOUSE REFLECTS FALL Rapid wiring of theaters throt out the country and continued flux of contracts for W. E. so apparatus reflects an optimistic look on the part of exhibitors the fall season. New contracts on hand for Western trie installation now number 2,S, with i independents as well as chains represel Houses ordering equipment are the .' Willmar, Minn.; Grand, Paris; Queen, T Ideal, Gorsicana ; Gem. Brownwoi Palestine, all in Texas, the Lyric St< Point, and Avon. Waukesha, Wis.; Litl Marysville. Kan. ; Fox Ccntralia, Wash perial, Williamsburg, Va. ; Lejlngton, ingt m, X. ('. : Strand. Hangor, Pa.; ; bird, Orangeburg. S. G. ; Alpha. Atl Avalon, Schuyler, Neb. ; Palace, Erie. New. Pullman. Wash. ; Olympia, Br; i Okla. ; Casto. Astabula, O. ; Majestic, 1 sun: Maplewood. Maplewood, N. J.; Washington; Apollo. Ghester, Pa.; Art. ISeneson. Ilronx ; Parkway, Brooklyn. ;i Morningside, N. Y. G. Nat'l Accessory System Proposed by Budd Rog I (Continued from Pane 1) nf a plan to solve the current p >• lem confronting major distribute . After a p'cture has run its cot pointed out. invariably there is a consul it margin of mateial left over. He urge-Jut the prices to exhibitors be cut as a 1 centive for buying more stock an.l tin offering additional competition to postei ' ing firms. Operation of a ce'tal/ ing house will eliminate duplication in DJ als of space' and reduce overheads in I ways, Rogers said. On each film contract at present tl i a form which allows for an order for sories. Providing the clearing hou was adopted, salesmen, when ge't n" tract, could have the exhibitor in :li. minimum amount of accessories he re Rogers suggested. Rossasy Reopening Bklyn Hod Ben Rossasy, who operates Forest Park, Woodhaven, L. II acquired the Adelphi, Brooklyn.! expects to reopen it with soun| or about Sept. 5. TEN YEARS AGO TO-C'T IN ITHE Of FHMDOM Famous Players still after ova productions for distribution. * * * Monster studio planned near I a ing possible violations of Secti' ville Center, L. I. * * * Federal Trade Commission a vestigating Famous Players re Clayton Act. * * * Babe Ruth seeks injunction a* film companies and theater ci: regarding showing of two on subjects. rd list eel