Year book of motion pictures (1930)
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ORIGINAL RELEASE & TITLE AUTHOR
WHICH SHALL IT BE — Not
One to Spare (Mrs. E. L. Beers)
WHIFF OF HELIOTROPE —
Heliotrope (Richard Washburn Child).
WHISPERING PINES — Wilful Youth (Edith S. Tupper) WHITE COLLARS— Idle Rich
(Edith Ellis) WHITE FRONTIER — Slander
the Woman (Jeffrey Deprend) WHITE HANDS— Half a
Bride (Arthur Stringer) WIFE OF STEPHEN TROM
Holt — Wonder of Women
(Herman Sudermann) WILD APPLES— Twenty-One
(G. Cook & A. MacGowan) WILD CAT— Tiger Love
(Manuel Penella) WILDCAT, THE — Eternal Wo
man (Wellyn Totman). WILDFIRE — When Romance
Rides (Zane Grey)
WILLIE THE WORM— Love Makes 'Em Wild (Florence Royerson)
WINDS OF DESTINY — Secret Orders (Martin Justice)
WINGS OF A SERF — Czar Ivan the Terrible (Unknown).
WINTER CITY FAVORITE — Romantic Adventuress (Chas. Belmont Davis)
WISE GIRLS— Kempy (J. C. and Elliott Nugent)
WIVES — A Wife's Awakening (Jack Cunningham)
WOMAN DECIDES — Delightful Rogue (Wallace Smith)
WOMAN, THE— Telephone Girl (Wm. de Mille)
WOMAN IN THE CASE— Law and the Wcman (Clyde Fitch).
WOMAN OF THE KNOCKALOE— Barbed Wire (Hall Caine)
WOMAN ON THE JURY—
Love Racket (Bernard K. Burns)
WOMAN WHO NEEDED KILLING— A Dangerous Woman (Margerv H. Lawrence)
WOMAN WHO SQUANDERED MEN — Crossroad of Love (May Edginton)
WOMAN WITH THE MASK
— Masked Dancer (Franz Molnar)
WOMAN WITH THE TIGER SKIN — Carnival of Crime (Ernest Klein).
WORLD AND HIS WIFE —
Lovers (Charles Fred Nirdlinger)
WRECKAGE— Stormswept (H. H. Van Loan)
WRECKING BOSS— The Crash (Frank Packard)
WRONG COAT — Pleasures of the Rich (Harold MacGrath)
YACONNA LILLIES — Chickens (Herschel S. Hall)
YELLOW DOVE— Great Deception (George Gibbs)
YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF — Stormy Waters IJacK London)
YELLOW MAGIC— Buried Treasure (E. Britten Austin)
YELLOW SEAL — The Prairie Pirate (W. C. Tuttle)
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS TELL — Womanpower (Harold MacGrath)
YOU CAN'T JUST WAIT—
Hometown Girl (Oscar Grace)
HEADLINES CE 11929
A CHRONOLOGICAL record of important happenings in 1929, compiled from THE FILM DAILY.
JANUARY
January 2 — U. S. future in foreign field seen as secure in 1929 by foreign film leaders, who believe obstacles of sound will be overcome.
January 3 — Sound-on-film system made available for Biophone users.
January 4 — Sound censorship made issue in Pathe New York action.
January 6 — RCA closes deal for acquisition of Victor Talking Machine Co.
January 7 — -Pathe censor fight seen as industry test case.
January 8 — Warner reported financing Pacent Synchronizer.
January 9 — Fox building program anticipated in Texas.
January 10 — Western Electric system for small houses priced at $7,000 top.
January 11 — Fox reaching out for 60 to 75 more theaters in New York territory.
January 13— Fox deal for Reade circuit expected soon.
January 14 — Pacent starts installations; device approved by Warners.
January 15 — Vitaphone serves discs to New York house equipped with Biophone.
January 16 — Fox deals forerunner of new expansion steps.
January 17 — Interchangeability policies of major companies laid to wish to keep market open.
January 18 — Schenck again denies Loew-Fox deal report.
January 20 — French delegation to study U. S. film situation and negotiate a reciprocal agreement with Will H. Hays.
January 21 — Adoption of code of ethics hinges on P.F.-L. case.
January 22 — Fewer films to be made next year; output of 17 companies to be between 560 and 580.
Tanuary 23 — -Allied to work for reforms in industry; method of selling needs change, says Myers.
January 24 — -Uncertainty existing due to sound may result in further production cut.
January 25 — Commission stand same on block booking edict; Pathe case dismissal no indication of change.
January 27 — Keener competition in sales sure this year; showmen guarding playdates.
January 28 — Producers plan fewer pictures with better production values.
January 29 — Allied States Ass'n membership drive to start soon.
January 30— Northwest exhibitor unit meeting to spur fight on interchangeability.
January 31 — Number of companies linked as reports of deals persist; RKO-Para. : Fox-M-G-M; Para.-M-G-M-U. A. among them.
FEBRUARY
February 1 — Ten best pictures of 1928 named by critics in Film Daily Poll.
February 3 — Warners to confine recording to discs.
February 4 — Sound-on-film vs. sound-on-disc looms as a battle of year.
February 5 — West Coast "war" seen forerunner of national Fox-Publix "battle."
February 6 — Lichtman spikes re port of any shake-up in United Artists.
February 7 — Sales season to start in June or July this
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