The Film Daily (1930)

■9. 2 m :the IK NflftFsUUt Of nUMDQM ViL LIV No. 51 Mmdiy, Dec. 1, 1930 Prici 5 Cuts 10HN W. ALICOATE Editor aod Publisher Published daily except Saturday and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and copyright (1930) by Wid's Films and Film Folk, 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 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-Nouea. 19. inancia NEW YORK (QUOTATIONS Con. Fm. Ind. . . . Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. East. Kodak Fox Fm. "A" Gen. Thea. Equ. . . Loew's, Inc do pfd. xw (6V2) Para. F-L Pathe Exch do "A" RKO Warner Bros STOCK MARKET AS OF SATURDAY) Net High 13*8 18 ..167 31 17f| 57'A 94 45 354 654 2oy2 17J* Low an 18 164 £914 l7lA 55% 5»4 43}4 3/8 6 19J4 1654 Close Chg. Utt + H 18 167 + 2]/, 31+54 17J4 — 54 + 154 Ui + 1M 57 94 45 3 54 654 54 20/ + Vt 17 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Fox Thea. "A".. 5H 5Vt SJi + 'A Nat. Scr. Scr 20 20 20 — 3J4 Technicolor 11 11 11 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 72 72 72 — 2' Keith A-0 6s 46 80/ 80/ 80/ + / Loew 6s 41ww...l07 107 107 do 6s 41 x-war.. 97/ 96/ 97/ — H Paramount 6s 47.. 96 96 86 + / Par. By 5/s51..101/ 101/ 101/ + / Par. 5/s50 85 82/ 83 Warners 6s39 ... 66/ 65/ 6554 — 1% Universal Club Dance Dec. 11 A Get-Together Dance, with an airplane ride as the novel prize of the occasion, will be held by the 300 members of the Universal Club and their friends at the Hotel Astor on Dec. 11. I'jVV#V#*V»V« ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦••♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦ j J :.: :.t j: :.: :.: :.: :.: g 1 8 B New York 1540 Broadway BRYant 4712 Long Island City 154 Crescent St. STIllwell 7940 Eastman Films J. E. Brulatour, Inc. Hollywood Chicago 6700 Santa Monica K y 1727 Indiana Ave. Blvd. K U CALumet 2691 HOLlywood 4121 j*j The Broadway Parade ONLY one production is scheduled, to open this week in the Broadway run houses. This is "Mothers Cry," First National picture, due at the Winter Garden on Thursday. The past week's openings were "Viennese Nights," at the Warner, and "The Lottery Bride," at the Rialto. "Two Worlds," British International picture, is holding over for a second week at the George M. Cohan. Current Broadway run list follows: PICTURE DISTRIBUTOR THEATER OPENING DATE "Hell's Angels" United Artists Criterion-Gaiety Aug. 15 "War Nurse" M-G-M Astor Oct. 22 "Kismet" -. .First National Hollywood Oct. 30 "Life of the Party". .Warner Bros Winter Garden Nov. 6 "Morocco" Paramount Rivoli Nov. 14 "Today" Majestic Central Nov. 15 "Viennese Nights". .. Warner Bros Warner Nov. 26 "Lottery Bride" United Artists Rialto Nov. 28 How Can We Pass the Buck! (.Continued from Page 1) wood. In some particular cases this analogy is perfect. For, like the raw stock, these unfortunates have served the ends of our business, usefully ; going through the wear and tear of daily occupation, until fading strength or sudden adversity cast them on the scrap heap. With others, it is most often temporary incapacity. Some cement of human kindness, a bit of patching up here and there, and the subject is salvaged for a useful and industrious career. The actual facts of many of the cases vie in dramatic incident and poignancy with the best our screen nave to offer. A well known press igent and former trade paper editor, enjoying a high record here and abroad, found himself after a severe illness, reduced to a bit of floating jetsam in foreign ports. The once penetrating mind had been battered to premature dotage by the rigors of want. The once buoyant, splendid spirit was now bent deep in dog-like numility. He would probably have :ome to an unspeakable end, but for the timely intercession of The Film Jaily Relief Fund, which was able to have him placed in a British home for the aged. There, in placid surroundings, living on simple food and the honest compassion of his keepers, he is spending the evening of his life, reflecting quietly on the quality of mercy that is not strained. "Hello. . . .and God bless you for the lift. . . .Am giving the old T.B. a helluva tussle. .. ."writes a former respected junior executive, who is now valiantly fighting the dread disease in Saranac. His dauntless spirit encourages doctors to predict a partial recovery and an eventual return to a business career. The Film Daily Relief Fund's support at the psychological moment turned a potential disaster into a splendid prospect of renewed hope, and dreams of a useful future. Why multiply instances? The two cases are an earnest of many others in kind, and the justification. . . .nay, the imperative obligation — for keeping such a fund alive. A prominent film salesman out of work through sickness ; a former producer and studio owner destitute through being crippled; a theater manager made indigent by failing eyesight; fare supplied to an impoverished executive who had suddenly secured a position out of town ; funeral expenses to a bereaved family; back rent paid for a family on the verge of dispossess ; these, and numerous other cases, attest to the fact that the industry has a heart ! This heart must be kept beating; it must be kept pulsating to the deep poignant problems of those in travail. It is a tall order for the Relief Fund. The demands are many. The supply is meager. We owe it, not merely to our conscience ; not even to satisfy a sense of charity ; but to the broader, more human dictates of sportsmanship, to help those who once rubbed elbows with us in the race for achievement. Let's send in a check to The Film Daily Relief Fund now. Publix Boosting Biz With Radio Artistes (Continued from Page 1) a week. Combination acts, somewhat resembling a tab show, are also being played successfully in a number of small Publix theaters in New England. Publix and RKO To Close House Apiece in So. Bend South Bend, Ind. — Publix and RKO each is closing one house here. Publix will close the State and continue with the Colfax, while RKO darkens the Granada and retains the Palace. Stock Competition Reduced to Low Ebb (Continued from Page 1) are working as compared with 140 a year ago. High theater rentals, due to advent of talkers, is responsible for the falling off of stock this season, Harry J. Lane of Actors' Equity told THE FILM DAILY yesterday. Other stock operators declare that the increased sophistication of Broadway plays has greatly reduced the number which are suitable for their trade. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today Second Congress of the Independent Cinema, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels. Dec. 3 Relief Fund Party sponsored by Cleveland Film Board of Trade at the Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland. Testimonial dinner by M.P.T.O. of New Jersey to Joseph J. Lee, Fox New Jersey manager, at Hotel Astor, New York. Dec. 4 "Mothers Cry", First National picture, opens at the New York Winter Garden. Dec. 5 Meeting of the N. Y. Section ol the Society of M. P. Engineeri, 8:15 P. M. at the Paramount Long Island Studio, Long Island City. Dec. 8 Mid-winter meeting of the Theater Owners' Ass'n of North and South Carolina, Charlotte, N. C. Dec. 11 Get-Together Dance of Universal Club, Hotel Astor, New York. Dec. 31 M. P. Salesmen's New Year Frolic at the Plaza Hotel. New York. Jan. 17 Dinner and Dance (17th Anniversary) of M. P. Machine Operators' Union, Hotel Astor, New York. Jan. 28-30 National Conference on Screen Advertising, Hotel Roosevelt, New York. Warner Bros. Take Over Two Theaters In Ohio Cleveland > — Warner Bros, have i taken over the Cinema on Euclid Ave. After being closed for two weeks to undergo improvements, the house will be reopened as the Lake. Warners also are acquiring the Capitol in Elyria from John Pekral Bancroft In Person George Bancroft begins a personal appearance engagement at the Paramount on Dec. 12. COMING & GOING TOM D. COCHRANE of Tokyo and FREDERICK W. LANGE of, Buenos Aires, both Paramount representatives, are visiting the home office. GRACE MOORE is in New York from the coast. W. R. FRASER, general manager of the Harold Lloyd Corp., has returned to Hollywood. H. D'ABBADIE D'ARRAST, now in Europe, will return shortly to direct another picture at Paramount's New York studios. Studio and Location Sound on Film Recording Low Daily or Weekly Rate* Powers Cinephone Equipment Corporation 723-7TH AVE.. N. Y. BRYANT 6067 Phone Stillwell 7932 for NEGATIVES DEVELOPED and Positive Print! 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