The Film Daily (1930)

I DAILY Tuesday, September 2, 19301 1 9 New Fox Pictures To Be Finished by Sept. 1 C 13 Already Finished and 6 in Work — 7 More Being Prepared West Coast Bureau. THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — By Sept. 10 or thereabouts the Fox studios will have completed 19 of the 48 features on its new season schedule, according to Winfield Sheehan. Six more productions are to be finished by the middle of Oct., and on Nov. 1 it is expected that one-half of the lineup will be out of the works. Thirteen of the new pictures already are completed, while six are in~ work. The latter, which are to be finished next week, include "Just Imagine," "Up the River," "Scotland Yar4" "Renegades," "Play Called Life" and "Fair Warning." The 13 completed productions are: "The Big Trail," "Liliom," "The Sea Wolf," "On Your Back," "Man Trouble," "Are You There," "A Devil With Women," "Song O' My Heart," "Common Clay," "The Last of the Duanes," "Tonight and You," "Men on Call" and "Soup to Nuts." Seven productions are being prepared for immediate work. These are: "The Man Who Came Back," which will co-star Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell; "Luxury," now being assembled; Victor McLaglen in "No Favors Asked"; Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe co-starring Boy Aspirants Outnumber Girls West Coast Bureau. THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Boys now outnumber girls by about two to one in the stream of aspirants who flock here seeking film fame, according to officials of the Los Angeles Missing Persons Bureau. Talkers have attracted a different class from those who came to the screen capital in the silent era. Present day applicants are more ordinary in looks and even ability. Austrian States May Regulate Film Showings Vienna — States of the Austrian Republic in the future will have the power to individually set up regulations regarding public showings of films. This regulating of performances, formerly controlled by the Federal government, has nothing to do with national censorship. Sound for Fifth Ave. Playhouse New York, Fifth Ave. Playhouse, last of the small de luxe art theaters of the metropolis to succumb to the invasion of sound, is undergoing a considerable change with RCA Photophone reproducing equipment included in the plans for an entirely new policy. in "The Cisco Ki'l"; Frank Borzage's "Young Sinners," and Raoul Walsh's "Women of All Nations." 500 Theaters Slated to Reopen This Week {Continued from Page 1) will begin operating approximately 75 recently acquired theaters, while Publix, Fox and R-K-O each has a couple dozen or more new properties starting under its banner. To Screen Football Classics A series of six football classics, supervised by Knute Rockne and produced by Terry Ramsaye for Pathe, will be shown in a Broadway theater on Sept. 2, when the All American Board of Football meets in New York. Critics and player? in the series will be guests at the showing. Another "Western Front" "Espionage on the Western Front" is the title of the Karl von Bredow talking picture which will have its Berlin premiere in the fall. Fritz KauFman directed. MUSIC BUSINESS 0FF75% AFTER SOUND STIMULATIOh {Continued from Page 1) number was considerably longer says Flaherty. The average song, at present, i: in constant demand for two and ; half to three and a half months Flaherty stated. Before sound pic tures and national radio broadcast ! ing the average was between fivi and a half and six months. Nowa days a hit is likely to sell to the ex tent of from 225,000 to 275,00< copies, he figures. The most popular picture song ut! to the present time has been "Son ny Boy," of which 1,200,000 copie ha_ve been sold, said Flaherty. "Yoi Brought a New Kind of Love tc Me," from "The Big Pond," is con-j sidered the best talker song sellei at the moment. C. E. A. Confers with Operators Manchester, Eng. — At a recent! meeting between officials of the Cine-i ma Exhibitors Ass'n here, and representatives of the local operators' organization, a number of alleged grievances of the latter were ironed out. CLASS OF SERVICE DESIRED TELEGRAM DAY LETTER NIGHT MESSAGE NIGHT LETTER Patrons should mark an X opposite the class of service desired; OTHERWISE THE MESSAGE WILL BE TRANSMITTED AS A FULL-RATE TELEGRAM WESTE UNION AM NEWCOMB CARLTON, president GEORGE W. E. ATKINS, first vice-president SEPT. 2, 1930 DEAR MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY: IN ANSWER TO YOUR INQUIRY AS TO WHEN WE WILL START THE NEW 1931 YEAR BOOK BEG TO SAY IT WAS STARTED THE MORNING AFTER THE PINAL FORM OF LAST YEARS BOOK WAS PUT ON THE PRESSES STOP IT IS CONSTANTLY IN PREPARATION STOP THE 1930 VOLUME WAS A WALLOP BUT THIS YEAR IT WILL BE EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER IN EVERY RESPECT STOP YOURS FOR PROGRESS. THE FILM DAILY