The Film Daily (1930)

THE s2^ DAILV Wednesday, September 3, 193 5 THE INI NHBRUfB Of FILM DOM Vol. LIM No. 54 Wednesday, Sept. 3. 1930 Price 5 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; A months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00 Subscnbers should remit with order Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY 1650 Broadway, New York N. Y Ph°«e C1!^ 4736-4737-4738-4739. Cable address: Filmday New York. Hollywood, California — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London— Ernest W. Fredman The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W 1. Berlin — Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne. Friedrichstrasse. 225 Par.s-P. A. Harle La Cinematographic Francaise, Kue de la Cour-des-Noues. 19. Financial NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High. Low Close Chg. Net im„srrn.'ind.:::iiH iS* iS* + i* Con'Fm Ind. pfd.. 20 20 20 ..... East. Kodak ...22054 218 218 1* Fox Fm. "A".... 52^8 49)4 5154 +2 Gen Thea. Equ... 367/4 35^ 36/* + tt Eoew's, Inc.q.... 79* 77* 7854 + H do pfd. ww (6}4).. 107 106* 107 + Vi do pfd. xw (6'/).. 97* 97 97 1 Para F-L 62/2 605/4 617/4 + Yj PatheExch 4* 4/ 4* + K do "A" 1054 1054 10* + H RK-O .1 37 35* 36 X Warner Bros 32^4 30 32 + 2* do rts 3>/8 2* 3 + Vz NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Pets. . . 42 '/2 42 % 42 % — * Fox Thea. "A"... H/2 IO/2 H* + % Loew. Inc., war... ll/s 1054 HJ-s + „$? Technicolor 29 26!4 26^4 — 2/s NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 96 9554 96 + Va Keith A-O 6s46.. 8I/2 8154 8154 ...... Loew 6s 41 xwar.. 99 9854 9854 + 54 Paramount 5}4s50. 94* 9454 94* + * Par. By. 554s51 .. 10254 102 102 — 54 Pathe 7s37 59 5754 5754 — 1 Warner 6s39 90^4 90/2 90* + 54 Green Lights Ahead! Bordoni Signed for Para. Short Irene Bordoni has been signed by Larry Kent for a short subject to be made at the Paramount New York studios. New York 1540 Broadway BRYant 4712 « Lone Island City }i 154 Crescent St. STIUwell 7940 1 Eastnian Films I J. E. Bmlatour, Inc. % Chicago 1727 Indiana Ave. CALumet 2691 Hollywood 6700 Santa Monica Blvd. HOLlywood 4121 M»mWUWM'MWMW*.'MWMMKWMWMWMW/ h Better Times — just over the hill (Continued from Page 1) theaters everywhere. Motion picture stocks of representative companies on the big board and curb are already reflecting this picture prosperity. The amusement business is not immune from the effects of a nationwide economic reaction, but it is proving once more that when the cycle reaches the depression stage pictures are the last to feel bad times and the first to recover herefrom. * * * One definition of a great picture is a good one that happens along after a string of bad ones. * * * One of the keen Dynamite in and far sighted Advertising analysts of the industry, sitting pretty on the fringe of the business, but constantly looking in, pointedly suggests that there is TNT lurking behind this new "Sponsored Pictures" idea. If you don't know, sponsored pictures are radio-like in application, one reel talkers, produced by a first-line company and sponsored, for advertising purposes, by some big commercial firm. He points out, and rather clearly, that for the picture industry to take big money in advertising from the set yearly appropriations of national advertisers will naturally cut deeply into the revenue 'of the magazines and newspapers of the country. This in turn might well turn a friendly press and co-operative neighbor into a surly enemy and powerful antagonist. As yet merely theoretical, but still well worth a moment of serious reflection. Green Lights Ahead! Morris Kutinsky Resigns From Fox Theaters Post Morris Kutinsky, former New Jersey chain owner, who joined Fox when his theaters were acquired by that circuit, has resigned. During his affiliation, Kutinsky was division manager for Upstate New York and Northern New Jersey houses and also in charge of expansion under Joe Leo. NEARLY 3,000 SIGN TIFFANY E Nearly 3,000 exhibitors have signed the Tiffany sales franchise plan to date and more are coming in right along, according to Oscar R. Hanson, general sales manager. Although the plan encountered some obstacles and presented many problems during its first year, Hanson says this was to be expected and that the elimination of these drawbacks is helping to bring in additional contracts. With this list of franchise holders as a nucleus for sales, Hanson predicts that the coming season will be Tiffany's biggest. Green Lights Ahead! Fox Theaters Acquires WSGH Fox Brooklyn theaters have taken over radio station WSGH and will give weekly broadcasts. Programs of the houses in this area will be broadcast as well as production activities of Fox Film studios on the west coast. Fox West Coast theaters have hooked up with station KMTR for the same purpose. COMING & GOING DOROTHY MACKAILL sails from England aboard the Majestic today for New York on her way back to Hollywood to resume work with First National. LOU GOLDBERG has returned east after directing publicity for the opening of the new Paramount in Denver. EDWARD G. ROBINSON, who arrived in New York on Saturday with intentions of staying a while, was called back to Hollywood in a hurry on Sunday to appear in Universal's "East is West." PAUL PAGE is on his way east and may appear on the Broadway stage this fall. JOE DONAHUE, who appeared with Marilyn Miller in First National's "Sunny," was called to New York City by the illness of his mother. He returns to the F. N. studios in October. MARY DUNCAN is due in New York from the coast at the end of the week. STAGE EQUIPMENT Console Orchestra Elevators Magnescopic-Grandeur Screen BRUCKNER-MITCHELL, INC. 532 West 22nd Street New York Let Us Solve Your Problems! Over 2 1 Years of Experience Qualifies Us as Specialists in MOTION PICTURE INSURANCE Stebbins, Leterman & Gates INCORPORATED 1540 B'WAY N.Y.C. TELEPHONE BRYANT 3040 The Industry's Date Book Sept. 9-10 Annual convention of M.P.T.C of Wisconsin at Big Cedar Lak' Wis. Sept. 10 Academy of M. P. Arts and Sc ences meet to discuss wide fil problems. Sept. 15-16 Ninth annual convention of ftl P. T. O. of St. Louis, Eastei Missouri and Southern Illinois wil be held in St. Louis. Sept. 17 Second meeting of Academy of it P. Arts and Sciences for discussio of production problems and vie film. Film Golf Tournament to be hell by "The Exhibitor" of Philade! phia. Sept. 27 Entertainment and dance given b; Pathe employees at the Hoti Astor, New York. Oct. 3 Opening of "The Big Trail" at thl Roxy. Oct. 20-21 Tenth Annual Convention or M.P.T.O. of Western Pennsytvi! nia and West Virginia, Pittsburg! Oct. 20-23 Fall meeting of the Society c M. P Engineers, Pennsjdvani Hotel. New York. Nov. 1 Second annual dinner-dance to b held by Universal club at th Hotel Astor, New York. Nov. 10, 11, 12 Annual M.P.T.O. A. con vention to be held in Philadelphu Green Lights Ahead! — — Harriscolor Stock Put on the Market An offering of 300,000 shares oj no par common stock of Harriscoloni Inc.. recently incorporated in Dela ware, is being made by Marlon S Emery & Co. The authorized cap!i italization will be 600,000 shares, qtj which 550,000 is to be outstanding There is no preferred stock or bonded indebtedness. Joseph B Harris, Jr., remains as president old the new corporation. COMING! With an open heart and clenched fists