The Film Daily (1931)

DAILY Friday, May 29, 1931 :THE INI M»M\II(, Of IIIMMIM Vol. LV No. 126 Friday. May 29. 1931 Price 5 Cints JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Saturdays and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and copyright (1931) by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur \V. 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. Subscriber 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., \V. I. Berlin— Karl VVolffsohn Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL Net Chg. 254 Y* Vt y* NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Con. Fin. Ind S'A 5 S'A . ( on. I'm. Ind. pfd. 14 13 J4 H East. K,,<Iak 132 J4 127 131 + Fox Fm. "A" .... 15^ 14 14 + Gen. Th. Eq. (new) 4'A 3% 3ft + Loew's, Inc 40 37'A 38% + do pfd. (6'A) 86 86 86 + ■mount 23% 22J^ 23% + Pathe Kxch 1% 1 1 RKO "A" 14 12 13Ji + \Y .uner Bros. ..7% 5% 7 + do pfd 18 16 18 + NEW YORK Columbia Pets. Ytc Fox Thea. "A".. Gen. Th. Eq. pfd.. 6'A 6'A Technicolor 654 5% 6'A — Trans-Lux 6% 6% 6% + U i% 3% CURB MARKET 11% + 1% 2*4 + y*, 6'A + y2 11% 10 2% 2% NEW YORK Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 I. oew 6s 41 x-war. Paramount 6s 47. Par. Bv. 5'AsSl .1 Par. SJ^sSO . Pathe 7s37 .. Warner's 6s39 BOND MARKET 30 28 29J4 — ->4 95% 95% 95% — % 81% 78 78 — 4 01 100 101 + % 71% 70 70—2 81% 81% 81% — 194. 39% 33% 39 + 5% New RKO Contract for Savo West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— Radio Pictures has given Jimmy Savo a new contract for six starring shorts. Mannon and Pollock Planning 12 Features Twelve features, exclusively for independent distribution, will be made during the fiscal year by Al Mannon, whu signed contracts yesterday with A. Pollock, president of Hollywood Pictures. The arrangement calls for the joint financing of the pictures by both Mannon and Hollywood, with the stories, stars, and directors to be selected by mutual consent. Production will start immediately on the first of eight features, with four to be produced by a separate unit under the supervision of Mannon. Hollywood Pictures will handle world distribution through state right affiliated offices. All circuit sales will be made from the New York office. Pollock will make a trip to Hollywood next month. No Stock for Outsiders In World-Wide Equip. All stock in World-Wide Equipment Corp., just chartered in New Jersey as an international distributing agency for theater equipment, will be held by the manufacturing companies and others in the organization, and no floating of stock is contemplated, sponsors ot the project state. In the incorporation papers the company is capitalized for 1,000 shares ot no par common stock. Manufacturers whose products are to be handled by the combine will be the principal stockholders, and they may obtain such stock either in ex change for equipment or for stock of their own companies if they so desire. Wafilms To Start Features Charles McDonald, vice-president of Wafilms, Inc., producers of Walter Futter's Curiosities and the Medbury Travelaughs for Columbia, is leaving today for Hollywood to confer with Walter A. Futter on the production of two feature pictures which Wafilms is making this season. S. M. P. E. Convention Winding Up Tonight West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — After five days packed with activity, the spring convention of the Society of M. P. Engineers will come to a close tonight. Final day is being devoted to a symposium mi theater practices, with papers by R. C. Burt, A. J. Holman, A. C. Downes and D. B. Joy, T. D. Cunningham, F. M. Falge, W. B. Rayton, S. K. Wolf, H. Rubin, O. B. Det'ue, A. H. Simonds, E. C. Holden, W. F. Snyder, I. L. Nixon, H. E. Edgerton, H. Griffin, J. L. Spence, G. S. Mitchell, A. C. Hardy, K. Hickman, R. B. Dickson, E. W. Fowler and L. B. Newell, and Ben Schlanger. Addressing the banquet, Fred E. Pelton declared that the present camera consumes too much time and increases production costs. He expressed the hope that engineers will devise a silent camera. Frank E. Woods said writers owe much to the engineers because talking pictures meant that scripts cannot be tampered with. Other speakers included Dr. Hans L. Boehm, Berlin; CareyWilson, John Arnold, Dr. Lee De Forest, C. E. K. Mees, Donald Crisp, Clinton Wunder. Joseph I. Schnitzer, Sol Wurtzel and Fred Lalley were introduced. President J. I. Crabtree and Lawrence Grant presided. Joe Lewis Being Starred In Mack Sennett Series West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Joe Lewis has been signed by Mack Sennett to star in a series of short comedies. \*#»» ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦.*♦>♦>♦.♦*.♦♦>♦,♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦^.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦^ V *'»♦'♦♦*♦*'♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»>»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦;♦ New York 1540 Broadway BRyant 9-4712 Long Island City 154 Crescent St. STillwell 4-7940 Warner Securities Spurt On the strength of Wall St. reports indicating improvement in the financial affairs of Warner Bros., the company's securities took a spurt yesterday. The bonds jumped five points and the common stock nearly two points. Fined for Films Act Violation London — For failing to comply with the Films Act in connection with the showing of pictures at the London Pavillion, C. B. Cochran, theatrical producer, has been fined $225 and costs. Cochran's counsel said the producer exhibited films only for four months between stage productions and therefore did not consider himself a regular motion picture exhibitor. Studio and Location Sound on Film Recording Low Daily or Weekly Ratei Powers Clnephone Equipment Corporation 723-7TH AVE.. N. Y. BRYANT 9-6067 « Eastman Films I § J. E. Brulatour, Inc. H Chicago 1727 Indiana Ave. CALumet 3692 Hollywood 6700 Santa Monica Blvd. HOLlywood4121 FOR RENT . . . HIGHLY DESIRABLE OFFICE SPACE 5,000 SQ. FT. SUBLEASE IN 729 SEVENTH AVE. Also 4,500 Sq. Ft. Sublease in Film Center Building Wonderful location for Film Exchange and Executive Offices Bargain for any Producer or Distributor Box No. 820, Film Daily, 1650 Broadway THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Spring meeting of the Society Roosevelt, Hollywood, Cal. of Motion Picture Engineers Hotel Columbia eastern sales convention, Park Central Hotel, New York. May 26-31 : International conference on educational films under patronage of the Federal Minister of Education, Vienna. May 31-June 2: Columbia midwestern sales meet, Congress Hotel, Chicago. June 1-2: Annual meeting of Allied Exhibitors of Northwest, Benson Hotel, Portland, Ore. June 6-8: Columbia western sales meet, Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood. June 10: Nineteenth Film Golf Tourna ment, Fenimore Country Club, White Plains, Westchester, N. Y. Adjourned annual meeting of Fox Film Corp., New York. June 15: Annual Convention of Southeast Theater Owners, Atlanta. June 14-18: Annual convention of Advertising Federation of America, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. June 16-17: Annual convention of M.P.T.O. of Wisconsin, Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee. Sept. 9-10: Semi-annual Convention, Allied Theaters Ass'n of Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Minneapolis. ~. — ^ivmnoiiia. He said Griffith opened houses in every city in the state where Momand operated and followed the practice of monopolizing films. As a result, only inferior films are released to independent houses, the attorney declares. The court is asked to restrain the defendants from these practices and restrain them from operating the Bison, Criterion and Ritz in Shawnee. It is also asked that a receiver be appointed to operate the houses while suit is pending in court and that the r^rpiir*** Ko nfAn-~J a v.,nof j^JJ (jrit ai/^ii)e/% *y VACATIONS AWAMI CAMP & COUNTRY CLUB STOtV, MASS. 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