The Film Daily (1930)

THE -eZiZk DAILV Sunday, August 31, 1 :tne IMl MttUAIII, or niMDOM Vol.LIIINo.52 Sunday. Aug. 31. 1930 Price 25 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Saturday and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and copyright (1930) 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 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, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues. 19. 22 Television Stations Now Being Operated (Continued from Page 1) iii television from an experimental I by the Federal Radio Commission, standpoint but merely from its com together with call letters, frequenmercial aspects. cies and power used, are listed here Television stations now licensed ' with: Financial NEW YORK STOCK MARKET (QUOTATIONS AS OF FRIDAY) Net. High Low Close Chg. Con. Fm. Ind 17H 1734 !?M Con. Fm. Intl. pfd. 20 19?* 20 + 54 East. Kodak 22054 217 219M + 3 Fox Fm. "A" 49% 47 49J4 + 2% Gen. Thea. Equ... 3534 33'/2 355/8 + V/2 Loew's, Inc 79"4 75 78 +25* do pfd. ww (6V2)A06'A W6'/2 106J4 + V2 do pfd. xw (6'/2). 98 98 98 + y2 M-G-M pfd 26J4 26'A 26'A + \y2 Para. F-L 615* 59J4 615* + 1-5* Pathe Exch 4]/2 4J4 4J4 + l/2 do "A" wy2 9 ioy2 + 154 R-K-O 36'/2 3SH 36!A + Wi Warner Bros 30 27?* 29?* + 2 do rts 2V2 n/t 2A + y* NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Vtc 43^* 413* 43}* + 23* Columbia Pets. ... 41 41 41 — 54 Fox Thea. "A" .. 10^4 10 10J4 + 54 Loew do deb rts.. 43 42 43 + 354 I oew. Inc.. war... 1054 105* 1054 + 1 54 + H8Z ViLZ HSZ JO|ODtut[03X NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 95 9454 95 + 54 Loew 6s 41ww... 12054 120 12054 + 35* do 6s 41 x-war... 99 9854 9854 — 54 Paramount 6s 47...1005* 100 5* 1005* +Vi Par. Bv. 554s50... 9454 9454 9454 Pathe 7s37 5754 57 5754 Warner 6s39 90 89 8954 + 154 Coolers for Two in Baltimore Baltimore — The New and Rivoli have installed Arctic Nu-Air and Kooler Aire cooling plants. W2XBO 500 W3XK 5.000 W10XU 10 W1XY 250 W2XBU 100 W1XAE 20,000 W8XAV 20.000 W9XG 1.500 W2XCD 5.000 W9XAA 1,000 W9XAO 500 W2XBS 5,000 W3XAK 5,000 W2XR 500 W1XAV 500 W8XAV 20,000 W2XCW 20,000 W2XAP W2XBA W8XAV W2XCR W2XBO W9XAP 250 500 20.000 5,000 500 1,000 W3XK 5.000 W2XR 500 W9XR 5,000 W3XAD 500 2,000-2,100 Kilocycles United Research Corp. Jenkins Laboratories Jenkins Laboratories Pilot Elec. & Mfg. Co. Harold E. Smith Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Purdue University DeForest Radio Co. Chicago Federation of Labor Western Television Corp. 2,100-2,200 Kilocycles National Broadcasting Co. National Broadcasting Co. Radio Pictures, Inc. Shortwave & Television Lab. Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. General Electric Co. 2,750-2,850 Kilocycles Jenkins Television Corp. W. A. A. M., Inc. Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Jenkins Television Corp. United Research Corp. Chicago Daily News 2,850-2,950 Kilocycles Jenkins Laboratories Radio Pictures, Inc. Great Lakes Broadcasting Co. RCA Victor Company Long Island City Wheaton, Md. On cabin monoplane Lawrence, Mass. Near Beacon, N. Y. Springfield, Mass. East Pittsburgh West Lafayette, Ind. Passaic, N. J. Chicago Chicago New York Bound Brook, N. J. Long Island City Boston East Pittsburgh South Schenectady Portable Newark East Pittsburgh, Pa. Jersey City, N. J. Long Island City Chicago Wheaton, Md. Long Island City Downer's Grove, 111. Camden, N. J. A Problem in Wide Film Propounded by Billy Bitzer By G. W. (Billy) Bitzer I § 1 § § if 1 New York 1540 Broadway || BRYant 4712 Long Island City }{ 154 Crescent St. it STIllwell 7940 it % if if it it it if It J. E. Brulatour, Inc. U if if if if if it if Chicago Hollywood if 1727 Indiana Ave. 6700 Santa Monica J.j CALumet 2691 HOLlywood 4121 8 a i^KKKKKKKKK:-:K:^-:K«««ua«aa:-> In 1897 I photographed the New York Central's crack train of that day, the Empire State Express, on 71 mm. film. This is the size now being hailed as the wonder film of the future. Experiments to secure it have been shrouded in secrecy. In 1930 I took pictures with the new Colorcraft film with sound track in color, the latest development in the picture industry. This film is of current standard size. Now here is a problem to figure out: The film of the train taken 33 years ago is just twice the width of the Colorcraft film. The speed or sensitiveness of the old film was a tremendous lot slower than today, as was likewise the lens. To take this wide film it was necessary to use a much longer focus lens and it was a very slow lens in comparison to the high speed lenses, which are used today on account of the sound which has been added to pictures requiring the film to run at the high rate of 24 pictures per second or 90 feet per minute. Today we just barely get enough exposure with a many, many times faster lens and film. Yet, this train picture was taken at the rate of 30 pictures per second or 320 feet per minute and on a film over nine times the area of the present-day film. Here are the comparisons: 1897 Biograph Speed of film 25% slower Speed of lens B and L.... F. 6-8 Focus of lens B and L 8" Pictures per second 30 Feet per minute 320 Size of film 2 23/32 1930 Colorcraft Speed of film 25% faster Speed of film F. 2/3 Focus of lens 2" Pictures per second 24 Feet per minute 90 Size of film 35 m/m Our thinking technician will say, "Well, you're showing us an exterior scene! We can do the same today." But on this same width, slow emulsion film, the same slow 8-inch F. 6-8 lens at the same high rate of picture per second, a picture was taken in 1899 at the Coney Island Athletic Club, of the Sharkey-Jeffries World Championship fight with little street arc lights, which looked nothing like the present-day mammoth looking search lights, which one sees in the The Industry's Date Book Sept. 9-10 Annual convention of M.P of Wisconsin at Big Cedar Wis. Sept. 10 Academy of M. P. Arts and ences meet to discuss wide problems. Sept. 15-16 Ninth annual convention c) P. T. O. of St. Louis, E« i Missouri and Southern Illinoi I be held in St. Louis. Sept. 17 Second meeting of Academy < P. Arts and Sciences for disci of production problems and film. Film Golf Tournament to be by "The Exhibitor" of Ph: phia. Sept. 27 Entertainment and dance giv. Pathe employees at the Astor, New York. Oct. 3 Opening of "The Big Trail' Roxy. Oct. 20-21 Tenth Annual Conventio < M.P.T.O. of Western Pennl/i nia and West Virginia. Plttsl;tl Oct. 20-23 Fall meeting of the Socie i M. P Engineers, Pennsyini Hotel. New York. Nov. 1 Second annual dinner-dance I held by Universal club ajtJ Hotel Astor, New York. Nov. 10, 11, 12 Annual M.P.T.O. A. si vention to be held in Philadnii COMING & GOINt JESSE LASKY is on his way easi o» the coast. LEWIS MILESTONE will return a abroad in about two weeks. HERMAN RIFKIN of Hollywoo change, Boston, is in New York on ; ness trip. MRS. SIGMUND ROMBERG hi the coast for New York. JOSEPH PLUNKETT is in Detn the opening of the R-K-O Uptown, MAX DREYFUS, music publish aboard the Majestic bound for Euro MAX O'MALLEY has sailed c Europa for a trip abroad. A. I. KESSLER of Novelty Scenic has left for the coast. HARRY M. GOETZ, assistant tr of Paramount Publix, has arrived it from Hollywood. Ej US' Id fo i th idi on id studios, and when pictures are on the streets at night. Just a few more figures that (h lieve are mighty interesting. Tl lasted 25 rounds. Figure 3 to each round and one minute 1 mission during which the were running. There are 5,280 ijt t a mile and we have approxii e seven and a quarter miles of ,<» This picture earned for its owrfl understand, over a $1,000,000 |>i 30 years ago! Let Us Solve Your Problems! Over 21 Years of Experience Qualifies Us as Specialists in MOTION PICTURE INSURANCE Stebbins, Leterman & Gates INCORPORATED 1540 B'WAY N.Y.C. TELEPHONE BRYANT 3040