The Film Daily (1931)

-. &&»h DAILV Friday, June 5, 1931 :the I HI MftsMllk (M IIIMIO.M Vol. LV No. 132 Friday, lone 5. 1931 Price 5 Cents J8HN W ALICOATE Ed tor and Publisher Submitting New Fire Code Today For Mayor Walker's Signature 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. Mcrsereau, 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, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York. N. Y. Phone Circle 7-4736, 7,4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise. Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Con. Km. Iml 4*J 4K« 4*6 + % Fm) Ind. pfd; uy4 12H 12^ + H East. Kodak 133 125*6 132Ji + S'A Fox I'm. "A" .... l'.-H 15H 16** + % Gen. Th. Eq. (new) 4!4 3*$ 4 + V% Loew's, lnc 4VA 39 40/2 + % do pfd, (6! ) 87^ nyy2 87'A + 2>A Paramount 24 22 >A 24 + I'A Pathe Excfi VA 1'A I'A + Vs do "A" 37/8 3 'A 3% + A RKO "A" 13?/8 12*6 13H + 1 Warner Bios 7H (>M ? —A do pfd 19 17 19 + I'A NEW YORK CURB MARKET Fox Thea. "A"... 2*J 2'/2 2U + A Gen. Th. Eq. pfd.. 6'A S% 5 3$ + A Technicolor T>A 6 7J4 + 2 Trans-Lux b'A 6 6A — A NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 29J4 28^ Z9H + 2J4 Keith A-0 6s 46.. 62 62 62 —12 Loew 6s 41 x war. 96 955^ 95M Paramount 6s 47.. 80 79Vt 79-H + Wi Par. Bv. 5>2s51..101 100J4 101 Par. 5/js50 72 70 70 + 'A Pathe 7s37 81 A 80K SIA + W* Warner's 6s39 ... 39J* 37-4 39*S + 1 J4 Joseph Farnham Dies W«sl Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Joseph W. Farnham, screen writer, died Wednesday at his Beverly Hills home of heart disease. He was 47 years old. A widow survives. The new fire code applying to the film industry, and which has been passed by the New York board of aldermen, today goes to Mayor Walker ior his signature. Highlights of the revised regulations follow: None •■] tin walls or ceiling of a li or place of amusement shall he co with wood sheeting, canvas or any combustible material. But this shall not exclude the use of wood wainscoting to a heighth not to exceed 6 feet, nor the use ol fabrics of monk's doth, canvas, muslin, bur'ap, silk, satin, velvet, velour or other similar materials suspecded from ceilings other than ceilings above the main auditorium or hanging against walls or partitions, if painted, sprayed, or saturate. I with fire retarding or flameproof material or otherwise rendered anc' maintained safe against fire, provided the space between the wall and the wainscoting or between the wall and any such material, as the case may be, when such material forms a part of a wall, shall be filled in solid (between wainscoting and the wall) with fireproofing material. No person, except as hereinafter provided, shall use, store or have on hand any inflammable mot. on picture film in quantities ■loiter than five reels, or aggregating more tl an 5,000 feet in length, or more than 25 pounds in weight, or conduct a motion picture studio, laboratory, exchange, depot or screening or projection room without a permit. The storage and use of inflammable motion picture film used solely in a projection machine in a theater or motion picture th.ter. duly licensed by the city of New York, as a the^'er or motion picture theater, under the provisions of articles 1 and 2. chapter 3, of the Code of Ordinances, are exempt from the provisions of th s section. ^♦♦♦♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.•♦♦♦.♦♦.♦^♦.♦♦ww.«; V »♦♦'#♦•*•♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦*♦*♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•*♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦%,♦ New York 1540 Broadway BRyant 9-4712 Long Island City •"• 154 Crescent St. ♦"♦ STillwell 4-7940 :*: Every room containing over 100.000 feet of film and in which film was not handled or stored on the date whereupon this article shall become effective shall be provided with vents which will open automatically in case of fire. These shall be of ample size and may be in the form of automatic skylights or automatic opening window sash. stored, kept and handled only in projection , rewinding rooms and, or in special storage rooms provided for such purposes. The total quantity so stored, kept or handled at any one time shall not exceed 50,000 feet. All film not in projection machines or subject to inspection or in the process of rewinding shall be klept in approved containers. $36,106 Tax Refund Awarded Keith Corp. Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — An over-assessment of $36,106 in income taxes for 1926 has been decreed in favor of B. F. Keith Corp. of New York by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Fourteen different Keith theater units were involved in the refunds. More than half of the over-assessment was brought about by the allowance of additional deductions for ordinary and necessary expenses, taxes, and salaries which were found to be understated on the tax return. Milton Silver Passes Cigars A daughter was born Wednesday in the Polyclinic Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Silver. The father is advertising manager of Universal. The baby weighs six pounds and has been named Jeanne Ritchie Silver. In every room where inflammable motion picture films are repaired or pieced together, all furniture and fittings shall be of metal or other fireproof material, except that chair seats and table and floor coverings may Be of slow burning material. In theaters and motion picture theaters, seeding or projection rooms, sound recording studios and motion picture titling studios, film shall he stored, kept and handled only in projection licoths, lewindiug rooms and. or in special storage rooms provided for such purposes. The total quantity so stored, kept or handled at any one time shall not exceed 1 feet. All film not in projection machines or subject to inspection, or in the process of rewinding, shall be kept in appr< ved containers. In positive joining and assembling or inspection rooms, in motion picture news Ianoratories, not more than 300 reels, or 300,00) feet of film may be maintained in closed containers, of which not more than 100 reels. or 100,000 feet may be exposed. ♦*• *■* j* Eastman Films « 8 T. E. Brulatour, Inc. \\ *•♦ Chicago Hollywood ♦•* •'» 1727 Indiana Ave. 6700 Santa Monica K ♦"• CALumet 3692 Blvd. J? HOLly wood 4121 8 I"! *'« ♦.♦ * * **♦*•♦♦«♦*>♦.••>♦.*♦.*♦.♦♦.*♦.♦♦.♦•.♦•>♦.♦•.♦♦.• ♦.*•>•>♦>*>♦.*''♦ ',*'**'•***'**** ****************************** ******** In the shipping or receiving room of exchanges there shall not be more than 500 of film U any one time ol which the quantity not in shipping cases shall not exceed 250 reels. In theaters and motion picture theaters, screening or projection rooms, film shall be Studio and Location Sound on Film Recording Low Daily or Weekly Rates Powers Cinephone Equipment Corporation T23-TTH AVE.. N. V. BRYANT 9-6067 New Cartoon Release in August "Tom and Jerry," the new series :>f animated cartoons being made by Van Beuren for RKO, will be ready r release in August. "Skin Game" Coming "The Skin Game," the John Gals worth) play filmed for British International in England by Alfred Hitchcock, will have its American showing soon, probably in a Broadway house, it is announced by Leo Brecher. RKO Sales Meet in Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla. — A sales meeting of Radio Pictures southern exchange managers and salesmen is being held here with Jerry Safron, eastern sales manager, presiding. "Chances" Opens June 11 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in "Chances," is tentatively set to open June 11 at Warners' Hollywood, after a six-week run of John Barrymore in "Svengali." 6EV4ECT "UfETy CAWSTCCr IS & 35 MM B & W and Colors UNIFORM— BRILLIANT FINE GRAIN— DURABLE The Gevaert Company of America, Inc. 423 W. 55th St. 413-21 No. State St. N. Y. C. Chicago Originators of the Tinted Base M. P. Film THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK June June lune June June June June June Sept. 6-8 : Columbia western sales meet, Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood. 7-8: Annual convention of Tri-State M.P.T.O.A.. Hotel Lafayette, Memphis. 8 : Opening of American Federation of Musicians' convention, Hotel Patten, Chattanooga. 10: Nineteenth Film Golf Tournament, Fenimore Country Club, White Plains, Westchester, N. Y. Adjourned annual meeting of Fox Film Corp., New York. 15-16: Annual Convention of Southeast Theater Owners, Hotel Ansley, Atlanta. 14-18: Annual convention of Advertising Federation of America, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. 16-17: Annual convention of M.P.T.O. of Wisconsin, Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee. 18-19: Annual convention of Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey, Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City. 9-10: Semi-annual Convention, Allied Theaters Ass'n of Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Minneapolis. Thomas Signs "Viking" For New York and N. J. New York state and northern NewJersey territory for "The Viking" has been sold by J. D. Williams to Harry Thomas of First Division Pictures. Masterpiece is handling the picture in Philadelphia, and Harry Asher in New England. Indie Fights Circuit Houses Billings, Mont.— Max Fregger, operating the Liberty, only independent house here, is carrying on a spirited fight against the circuit houses through the medium of full-page ads in "The Midland Review." He hints that he has been asked to sell or face the competition of a new theater. if Kr VACATIfl VACATIONS 7 ASSAULT CAMP t> COUNTRY CLUB STOW, MASS. (nfu, BOSTON J (FOR ADULTS) The country club with real outdoor thrills ! ! ON THE PREMISES: 9 hole (3000 yd.) golf course, hard clay tennis courts. Fifteen miles of fine canoeing, excellent swimming. Hand Ball, Horse Ranch, Hiking Trails, Complete Social Staff, and Country Club Orchestra. Accommodations, with running water. Tours to Historic Concord, Lexington and Wayside Inn. Film employees consult your social secretary for special rate information or Write CARL ERBSTEIN, Mng. Dir. Assabet Country Club P. O. Maynard, Mass. Or Call CHickering 4-7580 Room 209