The Film Daily (1930)

-. &m OAltV Tuesday, December 30, 1930 !THE or niMDQM ViL UV No. 75 Tuesday, Dec. 30. 1930 Prici 5 Cints JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor aid 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. 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; 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, chtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 6A (>A 6'A + 1% Con. Frn. Ind 9 &A 8Vt Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 14 13J4 U + U East. Kodak 147 143 144 — 2J4 Fox Fm. "A" ... 27'A 26J4 27^+ Vi Gen. Thea. Equ.. 6% 6 614—14 Loew's, Inc 44& 42J4 43J4 + A do pfd. ww (6'A). 90 86!4 90 — U do pfd. xw (6J4). 87 87 87—3 Para. F-L 37 35^ 36Ji — Va Pathe Exch Wt Wi ltt — A do "A" 3H 3H iVi — Vi R-K-O "A" ISVt 15 J4 15J4 + Vt Warner Bros. ... UY& 12J4 12% — Vt do pfd 37 37 37 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia 16^ 15% 16% + % Columbia Pets. Vtc 16% 14 16%+ 1% Fox Thea. "A" ..4% 4 4 Loew, Inc., war.. 1% 1% 1% -+ % Technicolor 6% 5Ji 5% — H NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq.6s40. 54 52% 52% — 1% Loew 6s 41ww ...100 100 100 — % do 6s 41 x-war... 96% 96% 96% + % Paramount 6s 47.. 92% 92% 92% + % Par. By. 5%s51...100% lOOVt. 100% + % Par. 5%s50 83J4 82% 82%— % Pathe 7s37 51% 51 51% + % It New York Long Island City t.t 1540 Broadway 154 Crescent St. # BRYant 4712 STIllwell 7940 H Eastman Films J. E. Brulatour, Inc. 1 Chicago ft 1727 Indiana Ave i CALumet 2691 Hollywood 6700 Santa Monica li m. .a ♦.♦ Blvd. I HOLlywood 4121 ,»♦*•.*♦,*♦,*♦*♦,*♦.*•,♦♦.♦♦*#.*♦,♦♦.**.♦♦.*»*•>♦>♦>#>♦•♦*♦ *»"♦*♦*♦*••>•*••••>•♦♦%♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦•>♦• « 1-9-3-1 — and a neiv deal (Continued from Page 1) a producer and he plans to make merry-merry at Universal City. We know from personal contact that Herr Laemmle is the perfect host. With a lot of one thousand acres in which to play, three thousand film folk to help entertain and a whole month to do it in, here is one anniversary party that shapes up as plenty of pretty good. — A Happy New Year — New Texas Exhib Group Making Rapid Headway Dallas — Membership of the recently formed Theater Owners' Protective Ass'n, anti-Horwitz group, is growing by leaps and bounds, says I. S. Melcher, secretary-treasurer. On one day alone, Saturday, Dec. 20, applications from 15 independent exhibitors were received, Melcher states, and a canvass of the field indicates strong sentiment in favor of the new organization. Horwitz Agitation Blamed For Sunday Show Failure Bryan, Tex. — Censorship agitation by the Will Horwitz faction in Houston, and the unfavorable public sentiment which this activity is credited with having stirred up, is blamed for the failure to establish Sunday performances here. Morris1 Schulman, manager of the Palace, had practically won his fight for Sunday shows, two test cases turning out in his favor. When the Horwitz publicity descended and pressure was brought to bear on local churches, Schulman was advised to abandon his Sunday efforts. — A Happy New Year — Bandits Get $2,500 at San Jose Two hold-up men, one carrying a machine gun, entered the San Jose, Spanish theater at 110th St. and Fifth Ave., and took $2,500 in receipts from Mack Willard, manager and Theodore Forem, his assistant. Sportlight Unit Going South A Grantland Rice Sportlight unit will leave shortly on the annual trip to the south for the outdoor sports held there. Another unit left a few days ago for Lake Placid and northern New York to shoot the winter sports for Pathe releases. 34 FEATURES PLANNED BY TIFFANY FOR '31-32 (Continued from Page 1) pared with 40 announced for the current season. About 14 of these pictures daill be Westerns, Goldstone told T-MS FILM DAILY yesterday. Tiffany will start its new year production schedule in February and intends to have four pictures ready before the start of the selling season, said Goldstone. A new administration building will be erected on the Tiffany lot. No color or music will be included in the firm's new year features, Goldstone stated. — A Happy New Year — Warner-Shenandoah Deal OK'd by State Commission Harrisonburg, Va. — Petitions for the consolidation of Warner Bros. Theaters of Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley Theater Corp., a Delaware corporation, under the name of Warner Bros. Theaters, Inc., have been approved by the State Corporation Commission. The Shenandoah interests were acquired by Warners from Universal last June. Vivienne Segal in Person With Viennese Nights" Vivienne Segal, who appears with Alexander Gray and Walter Pidgeon in Warner's "Viennese Nights", has been booked by the Warner Artists' Bureau for a personal appearance tour starting Jan. 19 at the Earle, Washington, on the same bill with the picture. Bookings in various other cities also will be arranged on the same bill with this screen operetta. — A Happy New Year — Buddy Rogers Out of Hospital Toledo — Charles (Buddy) Rogers, who was rushed to a local hospital for an appendicitis operation two weeks ago while making personal appearances here, has recovered and left for Hollywood. Claude E. Morris Promoted Hutchinson, Kan. — Claude E. Morris, manager of the Midland, Strand, Royal and other houses here for the last three years, has been promoted to city manager for the Fox houses in Springfield, Mo. Ed Haas, former manager of the Midland., and lately on the west coast, succeeds him here. Are you sure you are INSURED ? Let us look over your POLICIES — It may prevent a heavy loss! INSURANCE of every description Motion Picture Insurance a Specialty J. KEMP Established since 1910 551 Fifth Avenue New York City Phones: Murray Hill 7838-9 the iNiisicys DATE BC©r Today: 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. 3 Meeting of board of directors, Allied States Ass'n, Stevens Hotel, Chicago, 10:30 A.M. 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. Jan. 19-24 Fox Anniversary Week. Jan. 22-24 Annual conference of National Board of Review, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. Jan. 28-30 National Conference on Screen Advertising, Hotel Roosevelt, New York. Feb. 1 Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" opens at the George M. Cohan, New York. May 25-28 Spring meeting of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers to be held in Hollywood. COMING & GOING PHIL GOLDSTONE, Tiffany studio chief, is in New York for conferences wt.h Grant L. Cook. MAURICE CHEVALIER will return from the other side on Jan. 15 to resume work for Paramount at the New York studios. JOHNNIE WALKER is in New York from the Coast. HENRY HOBART and OLIVE TELL (Mrs. Hobart) arrived from the coast yesterday. RICHARD DIX will arrive from Washington on Thursday. JOSEPH I. SCHNITZER and LEE MARCUS will arrive from the coast on Jan. 6. COL. FRED LEVY of Louisville is in New York. For Scripts and Scribes Go to Viola Irene Cooper 9 E. 59th St. New York Volunteer 5543 BROADWAY & 47th ST., N. Y.fj] WILLIAM MORRIS m Call-Board GUY KIBBEE Paramount 11 LOS ANGELES, CAL. ff|