The Film Daily (1930)

THE sSSfr* DAILY Monday, December 29, 1930 :the or niMDQM 'MM W ■ ™^ All Till HMt MLIVNs.74 Monday, Dec. 29, 1930 Price 5 Cents I0HN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Saturdays and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and copyright (.1930) by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoale, President, Editor and Publisher; Uona'd M. Mersereau, Secretary-^'^T'irer and General Manager; A sociate Editor ; Don jing Editor. Enalter, May 21, 1918, ■ York, N. Y., under ?9. Terms (Postage . ^.mcu ciates 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 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. 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 Cinematographie Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. T The Broadway Parade WO specials will begin their Broadway runs this week. Douglas Fairbanks in "Reaching for the Moon," United Artists production, opens tonight at the Criterion, and Richard Barthelmess in "The Lash," First National picture, comes to the Winter Garden tomorrow. In the usual week-change houses "Tom Sawyer" is being held until Wednesday at the Paramount, while the synchronized version of "The Birth of a Nation" continues at the George M. Cohan. PICTURE DISTRIBUTOR "Hell's Angels" .... United Artists. .. . "Viennese Nights". .. Warner Bros.... "Mothers Cry" First National.... "Blue Angel Paramount "Devil To Pay" United Artists..., "All Quiet on the Western Front" . . . Universal "The Royal Family of Broadway"l Paramount "New Moon" M-G-M THEATER OPENING DATE . Criterion Aug. 15 .Warner Nov. 26 . Winter Garden Dec. 4 Rialto Dec. 5 . Gaiety Dec. 18 .Central i Dec. 20 Rivoli I Dec. 22 Astor Dec. 23 Fin ancia NEW YORK STOCK MARKET {QUOTATIONS AS OF SATURDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. Con. . "7m. Ind.... 8% 7% tyi — H Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. ISA \2A UVt + Vt East. Kodak .... 146*4 143& 146M + H Fox Fm. "A" 27 26J6 26*4 — 1 Gen. Thea. Equ. . . 6H 6J4 6U — A Loew's, Inc 44 43fg 43J4 — 1 do pfd. ww (614) 91 90& 90U + A M-G-M pfd 23J4 23*4 23# Para. F-L 36/2 36 36-4 + 'A Pathe Exch \% Wt, Wt do "A" 3J4 334 3J4 R-K-0 "A" 1SK 15J4 15*6 — Vt Warner Bros. ... \ZYi 125/6 13 — A NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Pets, vtc 14J4 ^Vt ^V% — ^ Fox Thea. "A" ..4 4 4 Loew, Inc., war.. 1% \U W* — V* Technicolor TA &tt (>A — A NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 5454 54 54 — \Vt Keith A-0 6s 46. 75 75 75 Loew's 6s 41ww.. 10054 10054 100J4 do 6s 41 x-war.. 9654 9654 9654 + 54 Paramount 6s 47 . 92 92 92 Par. By. 5}4sS0.. 83 83 83 + lA Warners 6s39 ... 48 48 48 ..''K*»vXvKJ*JW*v«*»v»»v«'««'««v»vv'«*'»«'««,»«*»v»v»v»«*^, Long Island City New York 1540 Broadway BRYant 4712 154 Crescent St. STIllwell 7940 Eastman Films J. E. Brulatour, Inc, Hollywood S 6700 Santa Monica ;•} Blvd. g HOLlywood 4121 \\ 'tiitrnmitMtaimatm^immMMWHfff Chicago '( 1727 Indiana Ave CALumet 2691 Fox's Current Schedule Being Finished by Feb. 15 West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— With 24 of the productions for release up to August of 1931 already completed and shipped to New York, four others being edited, nine shooting and 11 in preparation, the Fox studios intend to have the current schedule entirely completed by Feb. 15. Work will then start immediately on next season's program. —A Happy New Year — Fire Destroys Paris, Ky., House Paris, Ky. — The Bourbon, operated by the Phoenix Amusement Co., was destroyed by fire of unknown origin. Loss is estimated at $75,000. C. H. Dean Dies Nashville, Tenn.— C. H. Dean, 39, general manager of the Crescent Amusement Co., died at a local hospital from a self-inflicted pistol wound. — A Happy New Year— Allvine Goes West Jan. 17 Glendon Allvine of Fox will leave on Jan. 17 for his three months' stay at the company's studios on the Coast. Victor Shapiro arrives from Hollywood a few days before Allvine's departure. Marceline Day Engaged West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Marceline Day has announced her engagement to Arthur J. Klein, a local furrier. COMING & GOING JAMES RENNIE, just back from Scandinavia, leaves today for the Coast to begin work in "Party Husband" at the First National studios. HERBERT ELDER and HAROLD DUNN of the Warner theater department are back from a tour of New England and Pennsylvania. BASIL DEAN, English director who is to handle the Associated Radio Pictures productions to be made in Hollywood, sailed for New York on Saturday from England on the Olympic. MR. and MRS. SAMUEL GOLDWYN are booked to return from Europe the end of January. ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK has returned to New York from Hollywood after cutting "Rango" at the Paramount Coast studios. ERPI Educational Films Shown to Catholic Group A group of educational pictures, together with 'Abraham Lincoln," will be shown today at the Albee, Brooklyn, at a meeting of 2,000 teaching sisters of Catholic schools under the auspices of the International Federation of Catholic Alumni, supervised by Mrs. Thomas A. McGoldrick. Cardinal Hayes will pronounce a benediction in a talking picture. — A Happy New Year — Brilliant Premiere Among those who have seats for the world premiere of the United Artists new Douglas Fairbanks comedy, "Reaching for the Moon," at the Criterion tonight, are Otto Kahn, Adolph Zukor, Claudette Colbert, Irving Berlin, Ina Claire, Joan Crawford, Edmund Goulding, Albert Warner, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., David Wark Griffith, Eddie Cantor, Jesse Lasky, Paul Block, Robert E. Sherwood, James Quirk, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, John Otterson, Walter Wanger, William Fox, Arthur Hopkins, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sidney Kent, Morris Gest, Joseph Plunkctt, Sam Katz and John Balaban. New Schine House for Salamanca Salamanca, N. Y. — Schine Enterprises, Inc., announce plans have been completed for the construction of a theater here to cost approximately $100,000. — A Happy New Year — Pathe Player Returns to Stage Frances Upton, who appeared prominently with Eddie Quillan in Pathe's "Night Work," returns to the musical comedy stage in the Jack Yellen-Lou Holtz musical, "You Said It." The play opened in Philadelphia on Christmas night and will open in New York on Jan. 19. Alex Moss with I. Miller Alex Moss is joining I. Miller & Sons as advertising manager. He formerly occupied a similar capacity at Columbia. — A. Happy New Year — Killed in Theater Fall New Rochelle, N. Y— William Tunnard, engineer at a Main St. theater here, died as the result of injuries when he fell down a shaft as he inspected the cooling system. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BCCK Today: Douglas Fairbanks in "Reaching for the Moon" opens at the Criterion, New York. Dec. 30 Richard Barthelmess in "The Lash," First National picture, opens at the Winter Garden, New York. Dec. 31 M. P. Salesmen's New Year Frolic at the Plaza Hotel, New York. Jan. 5 Meeting of Pathe stockholders to ratify sale of Pathe interests to RKO. Jan. 17 Dinner and Dance (17th Anniversary) of M. P. Machine Operators' Union, Hotel Astor, New York. Jan. 22 M. P. T. O. of Eastern Pennsylvania will hold annual election meeting in Philadelphia. •24 Fox Anniversary Week. •24 Annual conference of National Board of Review, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. 30 National Conference on Screen Advertising, Hotel Roosevelt, New York. Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" opens at the George M. Cohan, New York. 28 Spring meeting of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers to be held in Hollywood. Jan. 19 Jan. 22 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 May 25 Marcelle Chantal Scores Paris — Marcelle Chantal has scored a great success in the featured part in the all-dialogue film, "Toute Sa Vie" (All Her Life), which played the Paramount here to crowded houses. — A Happy New Year — "Illicit" Release Feb. 14 Warners have announced the release date for "Illicit" for Feb. 14. This is the original play which will first be presented on the screen, to be followed by a stage presentation. New Incorporations Howard Enterprises, amusements ; B. Shepard, 50 East 42nd Street, New York. $10,000. The Community Amusement Co., Atlantic Highlands. operate theaters; Snyder & Roberts, Atlantic Highlands, N. J. $125,000. Mondrich Thea. Corp.; S. H. Eisler, 261 Broadway, New York. 100 shares common. Mayfair Amuse. Corp. ; Holman & Holman, 521 Fifth Ave., New York. 100 shares common. 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