The Film Daily (1930)

THE -&Jfa OAltV Monday, October 27, 1930 :the Of HIMDOM Vol. LIV No. 23 Monday, Oct. 27. 1930 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Saturday and holidays at 16S0 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. En tered as 6econd 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, $15.00. Subscribers thould remit with order. Address all com munications to THE FILM DAILY 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone Circle 4736-4737-4738 4739. Cable address: Filmday New York. Hollywood, California — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St.. W. I. Berlin — Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne. Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Nouea, 19. inancia NEW YORK STOCK MARKET (QUOTATIONS AS OF SATURDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. Con. Fm. Ind. ... 15 15 15 — V% East. Kodak . ...192J4 189 189 —3 Fox Fm. "A".... 39H 38 38J4 — !A Gen. Thea. Equ. . . 23& 22& 2i'A — yi Loew's, Inc 59 57^ 57J4 — H do pfd. ww (6A) 99*6 MM WVz — \y% M-G-M pfd 25 25 25 Para. F-L 505^ 49^ 49$^ Pathe Exch 3*6 354 3A — 'A do "A" 7 7 7 RKO • . 22^ 2156 22 + % Warner Bros 21^i 2054 20% — 54 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Fox Thea. "A"... 6Ys 65i 6Vs — % Loew do deb rts.. 25 25 25 + 3 I.oew, Inc., war. .6 6 6 — % NEW YORK BOND MARKET Loew 6s 41ww 115'/$ 11254 115J4 + S'A do 6s 41 x-war.. 10054 100 100 Paramount 6s 47.. 9654 9654 9654 + A Par. By. S54s50.. 8856 88 88 J* + 'A. Warners 6s39 81 8054 81+54 Mexican Code Would Bar All Non-Spanish Talkers Mexico City — Revisions in the new penal code now under way contain a clause prohibiting all nonSpanish talkers and imposing heavy penalties on exhibitors of films which reflect unfavorably on Mexicans. «&*♦.♦♦.*•.♦♦.•*.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.*•.•♦.*♦.**.*•.*♦.♦♦.♦*.•♦.♦**♦*♦*•«*»*••-; i.t i.t It New York 1540 Broadway BRYant 4712 Long Island City 154 Crescent St. STIllwell 7940 I Easttnan Filims jf J. E. Brulatour, Inc. •a :.: *♦ ;.: :.: :.: :.: :.: :.: :.: :.: 1 It Hollywood Chicago 6700 Santa Monica 727 Indiana Are. Blvd. CALumet 2691 HOLlywood 4121 J The Broadway Parade THREE premieres are on the list for this week in the Broadway run houses. "Kismet" opens Oct. 30 at the Hollywood, succeeding "Outward Bound," which moves to the Warner, displacing "Old English." Harold Lloyd's new film, "Feet First," opens at the Rialto on Oct. 31. The same date brings the opening of the new RKO Mayfair with "Amos 'n' Andy." "Life of the Party" will follow "The Office Wife" into the Winter Garden on Nov. 6. The current list is as follows: PICTURE DISTRIBUTOR THEATER OPENING DATE "Hell's Angels" .... United Artists Criterion-Gaiety Aug. 15 "Old English" Warner Bros Warner Bros Aug. 21 "Abraham Lincoln' "Outward Bound". "The Office Wife". "Whoopee" "What a Widow!'*, United Artists Central Aug. 25 Warner Bros Hollywood Sept. 17 Warner Bros.. . ... Winter Garden Sept. 25 United Artists Rivoli Sept. 30 . United Artists Rialto . Oct. 3 'War Nurse" M-G-M Astor. Oct. 22 Thacher Rehearings Start Today in Wash'n (Continued from Page 1) a month. The court will reach the case about 1 p.m. today, it is expected. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, counsel for the Hays office, will be represented by Col. Cornelius Wickersham, Arthur Fisk and John W. Davis. In the actions to be heard the Hays organization is appealing from the Thacher decree finding compulsory groupf arbitration illegal, and the Federal Government is appealing from the decree finding the credit system legal. COMING & GOING HAROLD LLOYD will arrive in New York on Thursday morning to attend the premiere of "Feet First" at the Rialto. ANITA LOOS is due back from abroad tomorrow. LORENZ HART and RICHARD RODGERS, composers; SIDNEY L. BERNSTEIN, producer, and RUDOLPH KOMMER, playwright, arrive from abroad tomorrow on the Majestic. H. M. WILCOX, operating manager of ERPI, leaves tomorrow on a two weeks' inspection trip of Western Electric-equipped houses in the Southeast. COL. CORNELIUS WICKERSHAM, ARTHUR FISK and JOHN W. DAVIS of the Hays office counsel forces, have gone to Washington for the Thacher decree hearings. AL WILKIE, Paramount studio publicist, left Saturday on vacation. OTIS SKINNER arrives in town tomorrow to attend the opening of his Warner picture. "Kismet," at the Hollywood on Thursday. Classplay Pictures Corp. Exclusive Foreign Distributors 9 Chesterfield Productions LADIES IN LOVE JAZZ CINDERELLA LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Now Ready 100% Talking Synchronized or Silent Versions. For complete information, write or wire Modern Film Sales Corp. 729 7th Ave. New York City Only 4 Films Imported by Germany in September (Continued from Page 1) In the same period 16 German features were passed by the censor. This compares with 17 German films, four American and seven from other countries passed here the previous month. All of the September releases except two, both German, were talkers. Weisbaum and Wallace On Sono Art Sales Staff Sono Art has added Syd Weisbaum, formerly with Columbia, to its Denver sales staff. W. C. Wallace, one time branch manager for RKO in Denver, joins the Omaha staff of Sono Art. Fox New York Houses Book Pathe Product Fox houses in the New York metropolitan district will play the 1930-31 Pathe product under contracts just negotiated by E. T. O'Leary of Pathe and Robert Wolff of the theater circuit. "Convict's Code" for Ohio Cleveland — Following suspension of the Ohio censor's ban on prison films, "The Convict's Code," Syndicate Pictures release, has been passed for showing in this state. It will open here shortly for a run. Earphones for Plaza Leo Brecher has had Theaterphones, apparatus for the hard of hearing, installed in sections of his Plaza on East 58th St. CARTOON AXIMATERS WANTED One of the biggest producers of animated cartoons has immediate openings in their Coast studios for the best animaters in the business. Experience is essential. Write, giving details of experience, etc.. for interview in New York. Address Box 133-B, Film Daily. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BCCLK Today Hearing of two appeals on Thach« Decision to be heard in U. S. Si preme Court. New York. Oct. 27-28 Annual convention of Alli« Theater Owners of Tezai at Bakl Hotel, Dallas. Oct. 30 "Kismet," starring Otis Skinner, 0 Vitascope film, opens at the Holl] wood, New York. Oct. 31 Opening of RKO Mayfair, Ne York, with "Check and Doub Check" (Amos 'n' Andy). Harold Lloyd in "Feet Firs) opens at the Rialto, New York, Nov. 1 Second annual dinner-dance to I held by Universal club it t) Hotel Aitor, New York. Nov. 6 Dinner-Dance of the Warner Clt at the Hotel New Yorker. "Life of the Party," Warner Bros opens at the New York Winti Garden. Nov. 8 Twelfth Annual Ball of Actoi Equity Ass'n, Hotel Astor, Ne York. Nov. 10, 11, 12 Annual M.P.T.O.A. co vention to be h<dd in Philadelphi Nov. 18-19 Tenth Annual convention of J P.T.O. of Ohio, Columbus. Nov. 28-Dec. 1 Second Congress of the I dependent Cinema, Palais t Beaux Arts, Brussels. " Nov. 30-Dec. 1 : Fall convention of Tri-Stat M.P.T.O., Memphis, Tenn. Dec. 31 M. P. Salesmen's New Year Fro! at the Plaza Hotel. New York. "King of Jazz" Hit in London London — Universal^ "King Jazz," starring Paul Whitema broke all talker records at the A hambra in its first week-end. Tl house played to capacity and hi to turn thousands away. Studio and Location Sound on Film Recording Low Daily or Weekly Bates Powers Cinephone Equipment Corporatioi 723-7TH AVE.. N. Y. BRYANT 606-l Phone Stillwell 7932 for NEGATIVES DEVELOPED and Positive Prints Made on standard or 16 mm. stock INTER-CONTINENTAL Film Laboratories Inc. 74 Sherman St. Long Island City se* wr moment talkin _, trailer sound raiier cmtiotet flyles if 10 n at creeo *«*rvicf MnKKMO N1W llXUt ' 10f AHW.ll.,