The Film Daily (1930)

DAILV Tuesday, September 23, 1930 Vol. UN No. 71 Tuesday, Sept. 23. 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 (Postagfree) 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, Lichtbildbuehtie, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. Financial NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Con. Fm. Ind. . . . 18 17'/g 17^ — Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 20^ 19** 19** — East. Kodak 208M 204?4 204% — Fox Fm. "A" .... 47^ 4554 45/8 — Gen. Thea. Equ 31 30 31 — Keith A-O pfd 108'4 108^ 10854 — Loew's, Inc 73 Vt 1\Vi 72 do pfd. ww (654). 108 do pfd. xw (614). 99 M-G-M pfd 26 Para. F-L 57 'A Pathe Exch 4'/s R-KO 31?s Warner Bros 2854 107/g 107^ — 99 26 54/2 4 2954 2654 99 26 — 5454 — 4 — 2954 — 2654 — Net Chg. Vi w% 254 254 1 7 /a 1/8 n NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Pet 38 Columbia Pets. Vtc 39% Fox Thea. "A" Loew. Inc., war. Nat. Scr. Ser. . . . Technicolor 38 37 9 9"4 2554 1954 38 37 9 10 2554 1954 + 954 10 2554 2054 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Cen. Th. Eq. 6s40 90 9354 9354 — Loew 6s 41 x-war.1005^ 100fi 10054 + Paramount 6s 47.. 101 101 101 Par. By. 5!4s51..102'54 10254 10254 . Para. 554sS0 9454 9454 9454 • Pathe 7s37 56 56 56 3 'A 254 154 254 2Vt 54 — m New Cincy Publix House Starts Cincinnati — Work has begun on (he 2,100-seat house being erected by Publix on McMillian Ave. »•.♦♦.•♦>•.••.*♦.»•>♦.»♦.•♦.•♦>♦>•.••,•♦>♦,*♦,*♦.*♦>♦.♦♦>♦.♦♦«♦>•:•: t.t Lone Iiland City ;-* New York 1540 Broadway BRYant 4712 154 Crescent St. STIllwell 7940 I Eastman Films l\ J. E. Brulatour, Inc. I 1 8 8 1 mmtmmtmmmmmammmuiitimm 8 Chicago Hollywood % .... Z . * 6700 Santa Monica if 1727 Indiana Ava. Blv(L ft CALumet 2691 HOLlywood 4121 # An Experiment — in foreign production (Continued from Page 1) try had several trade papers. They were all fine, big, well edited organs, making a brilliant show window to the world at large for the industry. But it came to pass that the bosses of some of these trade papers became terribly jealous. When their couriers visited amongst the trade they spoke not of the good points of trade papers in general and the paper they represented in particular but only of the bad points they chose to see in their competitors. They preached the doctrine of cajolery and distrust. That advertising in any other publication but theirs was worthless and that theirs only was a righteous, just, and honorable publication. "Verily," shouteth the advertising impresario of each and every company, "if all trade publications are as bad as told me by their competitors, why should I advertise in a single one, for it therefore follows as common logic that all are bad." He then turned to fill his pipe. MORAL. — When competitors spend all of their time knocking each other they ruin their own business beyond repair, thereby causing worry, high blood pressure and dandruff in later life. Chicago U. A. House Robbed Chicago — Three armed bandits forced their way into the local United Artists house on Sunday, commanded Assistant Manager Maxwell Blick to open two safes, and escaped with $710. ENGINEERS WILL VISIT RCA VICTOR FACTORY RCA Victor Corp. will entertain the New York Secton of the S. M. P. E. Friday with a trip to Camden, N. J., where the engineers will be given talks and demonstrations on the latest developments in radio and television. Members will leave Pennsylvania Station on a Philadlephia train at 5 p. m., standard time. Busses will be provided at the Philadelphia station to carry the party to the Camden plant. Dinner will be served on the train. Returning, the party will leave Philadelphia at 11 p. m. 18 Publix Towns Get Two Sono Art Features Two Sono Art-World Wide releases, "The Big Fight" and "Once a Gentleman," have been booked into 18 Publix towns in New England, it is announced by Budd Rogers, sales director for World Wide. "Holiday" in 7th Week At Carthay Circle, L. A. West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILV Los Angeles — Pathe's "Holiday," now in its seventh week at the Carthay Circle, is likely to equal the nine-week record for talkers made by onlv two other attractions. Finishing Rochester, Pa., House Rochester, Pa.— The $400,000 theater under construction is expected to be ready by the first of January. Majestic Amusement Co. is erecting the 1,600-seat house. * COMING & GOING * Keeping Up With Movements of Film Folk E. W. HAMMONS leaves on the Century tomorrow for his annual fall trip to the Educational studies on the coast. CONRAD NAGEL is "on his way back to Hcllywood after a sojourn in New York. FRED NEWMEYER leaves for the Coast tomorrow by way of Canada. HELEN GRACE CARLISLE, whose "Mothers Cry" has been completed by First National, is due in New York shortly on her way to Europe, where she will finish a play. NORMA TALMADGE arrived from abroad yesterday on the Bremen. EDWARD H. GRIFFITH and HORACE JACKSON, Pathe director and writer, respectively, are on their way back to Hollywood. B. P. SCHULBERG, WALTER WANGER and SAM JAFFE are due in New York from the Paramount coast studios early next month. pooler Aire KOOLER-AIRE ENGINEERING CORP., 1914 PARAMOUNT BUILDING NEW YORK ROBERT LORD, First National produc tion executive, is in New York for a few days. JUNE WALKER arrives back in town tomorrow from the coast. MR. and MRS. BUSTER KEATON re turned yesterday from Abroad. ALFRED E. GREEN, Warner director, is in New York, en route to Europe, where he will meet George Arliss. ROBERT FLOREY, director, has arriyed in New York from Germany after making several features in France and Germany. 1560 BROADWAY, N.Y. WILLIAM MORRIS Call-Board See Lillian Bond "Luana" LOS ANGELES, CAL. The Industry's Date Book 27 30 Sept. 25 Warner Club dance at Pennsylvania Hotel. Opening of "The Office Wife" at the Winter Garden. Entertainment and dance given by Pathe employees at the Hotel Astor, New York. "Whoopee," Goldwyn-Ziegfeld production starring Eddie Cantor, opens at the Rivoli, New York. 2 Premiere of "What a Widow" at the Rialto, New York. 3 Opening of "The Big Trail" at the Roxy. 20-21 Tenth Annual Convention of M.P.T.O. of Western Pennsylva nia and West Virginia, Pittsburgh 20-23 Fall meeting of the Society oi M. P Engineers, Pennsylvania Hotel. New York. 27 Hearing of two appeals on Thacher Decision to be heard in U. S. Supreme Court. New York. 27-28 Annual convention of Allied Theater Owners of Texas at Baker Hotel. Dallas. 1 Second annual dinner-dance to be held by Universal club at the Hotel Astor, New York. 11, 12 Annual M.P.T.O. A. convention to be held in Philadelphia. M. P. Salesmen's New Year Frolic at the Plaza Hotel. New York. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Dec. 10, 31 Longaker Buys Glenwood House Glenwood, Minn. — H. J. Longaker has purchased the new house here. 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