The Film Daily (1931)

f-<2ES DAILY Thursday, January 15, 1931 SINE IKNEISMftt Of HtMVOM ail i ui *ws All 1111 IIMC DAILY™™* Vol LV Nj. 12 Thursday. Jan. 15. 1931 , Price 5 Cents Mr* Franklin — talks about theaters JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Saturdays and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and copyright (1931) by Wid'a 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; months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all com munications 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 Hollywoo Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London — Erne^ W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89V Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Pans — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Fran caise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. Fin ancia NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close ^hg. Con. Fm. Ind. . . . 12 m; 12% 12^ 4 '4 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd 17% VVt. 17?4 + 4* East. Kodak IS3'A 150H 15134 — 1'4 Fox Fm. "A" .... 27 y2 26f« 27^ + Vi Gen. Th. Eq. (new) 9 7% 9 + \% Loew's, Inc 48 46U 47 A + 34 41ii 41 41J6 4 34 m m 1H — '4 do "A" 3V4 3M 3?4 . RKO "A" 17 ua 17 4 '4 Warner Bros. 16!4 153* 161* 4 34 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Fox Thea. "A" . . *A 4*s 4% — % Gen. Th. Eq. pf . . 25 21^4 25 4 1 7% 7'A 7% • NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 63 54 60 63 % 4 2 '4 Keith A-O 6s 46. 78 A 78 'A 78K 4 3 '4 Loew 6s 41ww .. 102 102 102 — V* do 6s 41 xwar. . . 98 97?4 9734 — % Par. Pnblix 5^s50 87'A »7'A 87 'A — •4 Par. By. 5>4s51 .. 103 102/2 103 4 ■4 Pathe 7s37 52!* 52>/R 52-4 Warners . ...6s39. 72 70^ 71J4 — 1M Fox Theaters Seeking Burlington, la., Site Burlington, la. — Fox theater scouts are reported inspecting local sites for a proposed theater. Officials of the company were scheduled to visit here this week. *.**?•*•.*♦.*♦.♦♦.♦♦.*•.♦♦.♦♦.*♦.♦♦.••.♦•.•♦.♦♦.•♦.♦♦.♦♦.*•.♦♦.•♦>♦•*♦1 >• ••♦•♦♦♦♦♦•♦•♦•♦♦♦•♦♦'♦♦♦♦'♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦♦•♦•'•♦'♦♦w#**#*' A it it Xt New York Long Island City if H 1540 Broadway 154 Crescent St. if it BRYant 4712 STIllwell 7940 V a in IS § 8 if 1 if y :.: i: Eastman Films I J. E. Brulatour, Inc. $ g if if Hollywood M Chicago 6700 Santa Monic« K 1727 Indiana Ave. Blvd K CALumet 2691 HOLlywood 4131 '•} I (Continued from Page 1) production and distribution its chief problem. Divorcing the problems of production and exhibition, according to Mr. Franklin, is one big answer to the present box-office question. * * * „ „ „. .. The Hughes a-t Circuit Franklin circuit in the Making is now in the making. According to Mr. Franklin, the mark ot 50 acquired houses has already been passed. On Sept. 1, the start of the new fall season, it is planned that the H-F circuit will consist of at least 300 houses. Headquarters will remain permanently in Los Angeles, with the opening of a New York office some time later in the Spring. We have not always agreed with either Mr. Hughes or Mr. Franklin, but we have admired both as being men of direct action rather than theory. As time goes on you'll hear plenty more of Hughes-Franklin Theaters. Jacksonville Tax Bill Rejected by Commission Jacksonville, Fla. — The city commission rejected a two-cent theater and gasoline tax to provide funds for unemployment relief here. Arthur Greenblatt Heads Motion Picture Salesmen Arthur Greenblatt has been elected head of the Motion Picture Salesmen, Inc. He succeeds Joe Felder. $2 for "Caesar" on Coast West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — "Little Caesar," the Warner gangland picture which is going big all around the country, will open at the Hollywood at $2 top. It follows "Outward Bound," which opened last week at $2 top and is being held over. Conn Goinsr to Washington Boston — Jacob Conn, the Providence exhibitor who is leading the minority interests' fight against the Pathe sale to RKO, is going to Washington at the end of this week with his attorney, William A. Needham. Tiffany Closes Circuit Bookings Tiffany has closed a deal with the Fox West Coast and Fox Midwest circuits, whereby they will play the entire Tiffany Talking Chimp series, and a group of the company's features. Contracts have also been closed with Warners in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Pittsburgh and New England territories for a group of comedy shorts and features. COMING & GOING '♦.•♦.♦♦.♦♦.•♦.♦♦.♦•.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦•♦♦♦•♦•♦♦••a**.*-. •.* r ART, JACOBSON and his wife, GLORIA LtL' Ieave on Saturday for the coast. JOHN EBERSON left yesterday for a brief trip to Cincinnati. ■ T-0M • S?tRY* Boston Pi<*ure man, is visiting in New York. SAMUEL GOLDWYN, now abroad, sails for New York on Jan. 22. WILLIAM LE BARON arrived from the coast yesterday. PHILLIPS HOLMES has left for the Paramount studios in Hollywood after completing his role in "Stolen Heaven " GORDON NEW of Paramount sound department sails Jan. 22 on the Bremen to work at the Paramount studios, Jomville, Rabell With Gen. Talking In Sales Manager Post W. H. Rabell, formerly with Sono Art-World Wide, is now sales manager of General Talking Pictures, succeeding Irving Lesser, who has become New York representative for Walt Disney. German Censor May Pass Re-edited "All Quiet" Berlin — A re-edited version of Universal's "All Quiet on the Western Front" is reported in preparation, and it is believed likely that the German censor will approve the new version. Dix Shooting in New York Richard Dix, is in New York making exteriors for "Big Brother," his first directorial effort for RKO. He may make interiors in New "Vork also. New Incorporations ™d" • .?*.■ .C' Productions, theatrical; U brien, Malevinsky & Driscoll, New York City. 600 shares common. Classic Productions, motion pictures • P Freema". '482 Broadway, New York City! Drama Picture Distributors, motion picture supplies; Fitelson, Lerman & Mayers, 70 West 40th St., New York City. 200 shares common. Micheaux Film Corp., motion picture films; {; ». rinkelstein, 2 Lafayette St., New lork City. 200 shares common. Soudan Amusement Corp., motion picturesSuchman & Samuels, 545 Fifth Ave., New York C«y. 100 shares common. Blue Seal Sound Devices, recording apparatus; H. L. Robinson, 43 Cedar St., New York City. $10,000. Manny Theater Corp.; Keenan, Brink & Hariisoa, Binghamton. N .Y. $100 000 Capitol Increases nnn !aterr?uffal° Theatcrs, Buffalo, $3,000,'» 15-000 ^ares preferred, $100 each; 1 5U.U00 common, no par. ■| BROADWAY & 47th ST.. N. Y. WILLIAM MORRIS M Call-Board Huguette Duflos METRO Foreign Versions LOS ANGELES. CAL. TfiE INDUSTRY'S DATE BCCr Today: "The Bat Whispers" United Artists production opens at the Rivoli, New York. Jan. 16 Luncheon given by Paramount at the Ritz. New York, in honor of George Akerson, who is resigning as President Hoover's secretary to join Paramount. "Illicit," Warner production with Barbara Stanwyck, opens at the Winter Garden. New York. Jan. 17 Dinner and Dance (17th Anniversary) of M. P. Machine Operators' Union, Hotel Astor, New York. General meeting of M. P. T. O., Hotel Henry, Pittsburgh. M. P. T. O. ot 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. "Cimarron", RKO production, opens at the Globe on Broadway. World Premiere of Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" at the new Los Angeles in Los Angeles. Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" opens at the George M. Cohan, New York. Thirty-second annual dinner by the Society of the Genesee in honor of George Eastman. -1 1 National convention of independent exhibitors called by Allied States Ass'n to be held in Chicago. Mar. 7 Annual midnight theater party by the Kaplan Projection Society for the benefit of the Sick Fund, at the Hippodrome, New York. April 4-11 Players' and Patrons' Jubilee Week, national benefit for N. V. A. Club. Jan. 20 Jan. 22 [an. 19 Jan. 22 Jan. 26 Jan. 30 Feb. 6 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 ANOTHER NOTb OF OPTIMISM The Girl from the West : "How is New York standing the depression?" Her bear-raided Escort: "Famously, since Saltzman's opened. We dine on better food. We dance to peppier music — wait till ;\ you hear Smith Ballew — and when Tom Byrne sends the bad news, we look it squarely in the face without worrying over to-morrow's breakfast." Club Dinner with Dancing $2.00 per person — 6 to 9:30 — Weekdays and Sundays. No Cover Charge. Club Luncheon Complete $1.25. A la carte of course. Dancing Saturday Luncheon. Open Sundays at noon . • < VANderbilt 7057. SALTZMAN'S RE STAU RANT LINCOLN BUILDING 60 EAST 42 nd STREET Opposite Grand Central Terminal