Year book of motion pictures (1930)

May 8 — New Brookhart bill in Senate seeks to end block booking. May 9 — Little chance seen for block booking bill in Washington. May 10 — Standard sought for sound equipment; SMPE fostering plan for fixed mechanical requirements. May 12 — American trade in complete break with French on quota. May 13 — Percentage as national sales policy looms for 1929-30. May 14 — Publix may drop stage shows in favor of all-sound policy. May 15— Publix-RKO deal for N. Y. on, as latter acquires Proctor; working agreement to offset Fox hold behind talk. May 16 — Western Electric to war against sound infringements. May 17 — WarnerUnited Artists merger now completely cold. May 19 — Sound overhead causes Texas M. P. T. O. to send committee of three to seek relief. May 20 — Chaplin not entering United Artists consolidation plan. May 21 — System of selling discs under fire at North West exhibitor meeting. May 22 — Musicians convention mapping plans against recorded music. May 23 — Hearst to produce for Warners starting in fall. May 24 — Silent film combine planned in Northwest ; showmen would renounce sound in protest against rental prices. May 26— Warners buying up minority holdings in allied houses. May 27 — Trade Commission Hits at alleged West Coast combine; orders Fox West Coast to cease and desist cn competitors' service. May 28 — Allied backing reported sought for national booking combine. May 29— Gabriel L. Hess attacks Brookhart bill as unfair barrier; would force small exhibitor out, disrupt industry, he says. May 31 — Philadelphia house shifting seen as forerunner to Paramount and Publix, Warner-Stanley and WarnerEquity reallocation deal. JUNE June 2 — Allied asked to push U. S. probe sought by North West unit. June 3 — Warners, Paramount, Fox and RKO seen in fourcornered race for theaters. June 4 — Publix survey seen as a forerunner of F. & R. deal. June 5 — Ten sales meetings to list 422-429 features for 192930. June 6 — Industry stand on Equity shop undecided; fight seen. June 7 — Producers plan to fight Equity shop. June 9 — No studio walkout planned by Equity, Gillmore says. June 10 — Small town showmen rebel against sound film prices ; widespread protest heard on rentals exacted under new regime. June 11 — U. S. probe to be made in Omaha zone. June 12 — 100 Ohio shutdowns seen caused by sound overhead. June 13 — United Artists go it alone with mergers off, Schenck says. June 14 — Florenz Ziegfeld to produce with Samuel Goldwyn. June 16—40 theaters in Philadelphia zone dark; relief being sought. June 17 — Allied meeting today to map action on sound film rentals. June 18 — Conspiracy bugaboo rapped by Pettijohn; opposite true. June 19 — Publix in campaign for new threaters everywhere. June 20 — Fox to give customers first break, deal shows. June 21 — Guarantee and split new First National policy, Ned E. Depinet says. June 23 — Unions haven't mapped plan in Equity drive; Gillmore confident. June 24 — Paramount sale or merger to be denied at Atlantic City convention. June 25 — -David Sarnoff, vice president and general manager of RCA, reported engineering merger for acquisition of "one of the largest motion picture units"; Schnitzer denies. June 26 — Warners reported planning $500,000,000 for theaters. June 27 — Half billion Warner drive for theaters starts in New York. June 28— No RKO merger, one clear point of confusing reports. June 30 — Gillmore tables request for Equity shop vote. JULY July 1— Saenger and F. 4 R. deals seen next in Publix campaign. July 2 — Publix and Warner Greater New York building campaigns to start soon. July 3 — Sound rental confab set; Allied quits arbitration. July 5 — Sales heads meet July 9 with exhibitors for rental parley. July 7 — Texas distributors to enforce contracts. July 8 — -Score charge change sought by exhibitors. July 9 — Guarantee and split expected to be adopted by distributors. July 10 — Groundwork laid in sound rental parleys. July 11— Publix deal for F. & R. chain control reported com. pleted. July 12 — Strike not ordered yet, Gillmore says. July 14 — -Paramount in complete bold of F. & R. chain in four states. July 16— Canadian government probes rentals on complaints lodged. July 17 — Warner reported planning to withdraw from arbitration. July 18 — Paramount-Saenger deal near; two at Omaha bought. July 19 — Warners to enter supply business on September 1. July 21 — Adjustments for oversold exhibitors, tentative plan. July 22 — -Exhibitors meeting today to draft sound relief plan. July 23 — Two groups still at work on aound relief plan ; several days will be needed by exhibitor members of antiMeyers group and sales managers. July 24 — 304 critics name Ten Best Directors of 1928-1929 ; national interest shown in Film Daily poll. July 25 — 400 silents already set for year; more to come. July 26 — Settlement sought in Equity slop dispute. July 28 — Distributors pledge immediate relief from sound rentals; adjustments to be administered by branch managers. July 29 — Adjustment for relief of "Little Fellow" planned. July 30 — American Federation of Lalor not to act in Equity fight. July 31 — Paramount deal for control of Saenger set. AUGUST August 1 — Breaking up of arbitration declared Allied States aim. August 2 — Merging of Fox Film, Fox Theaters and Loew's planned. August 4 — Move made to end Equity deadlock. August 5 — Settlement of Equity Shop dispute is declared near. August 6 — Producers and Equity meet to map dispute settlement. August 7 — 80 per cent Equity casts are proposed. August 8 — 5,251 U. S. houses wired; first official survey of sound field completed by THE FILM DAILY. August 9 — Iowa Exhibitor Co-op is formed ; Allied in tie-up. August 11 — Arbitration in Texas waits hearing on writ; Texas unit has injunction restraining exaction of deposits. August 12' — Equity to hold out for 80-20 arrangement on casts. 553