Variety (Jun 1930)

116 VARIB^Y P I C T U R t S Widne'sdayvjuntr 26; 19310 Inside Stuff-^Pictures Warnera and Radio,are In a strateirlc battle of patent rights, copy- rights, etc., all for future protection. Warners, if it can acquire some patent on anything, whethep.it means anything to them personally but which might be used as a wedge against Radio, does so, and in that wise may be in a position to demand terms from Radio on some other things in the future. Same thing goes-for the music rights. All building up catalogs of valuable copyrights for the future. Supreme determination to play opposite Garbo was exemplified by Gavin Gordon, an extra who was selected to play his flrst big part op- posite the actress. The day before he was slated to start worli, Gordon received a broken collar bone in an automobile accident. Despite orders of the doctor he reported the next day and insisted hft injuries would not Interfere with his work. Studio permitted him to go through the picture for six weeks, at which time he completed his Work, and then placed himself under the care of the doctor for final knitting of the broken bone. before Walter Reade closed his leasing deal with Paramount Publix h6 is reported as having been near to closing on a sale with Warner Bros, but that negotiations were dropped with the veiled hint from WB stated on good authority as having been that they would build In- those towns in New Jersey where 'Reade has been Intrenched for years, starting with a house at Asbury P£irk. Whether a rebuff aimed at Reade or not, through reported determination to build, WB will be fighting Paramount more severely in that state than anyone ielse. It's a 10-year contract that has been glv^n Ca^l Laemmie, Jr„ by hip father as producing head of Universal.' First reported as'for five yeai^. The contract to the younger Laemmle wa^ ;repprted execute^ shortly before the eld*r left'New York for the Coas't, when a couple! of deals were on to buy Universttl, with Warners and A, C. Blumenthal the dlckerers. Those liegotiatlibns appeat to' hki^e simniered bfC to nothing but stillness, possibly thi-ough the market*^ violent fluctuations of de- cent days. - ' ■ ^ ■■ Those aribtratlbn conferences bHwe^n. thQ . Warners and. "Vy^esterjn tilectric, over nilsc^Ianeous claims and founter claims. Involving. I^gures jfa-oinfi'>3!,000,000 and vp.are^oiE foT.ihe re^^^ '■ 'That is, it is cpnceded in the Warner home offlce, unless Harry Warner end J. E, Otterson cIq something about It while disentangling the foreign patent situation across .the water. ^Camera cottages have been abandoned at Warners Flatbush stut^. Instead hllmps go over the . camera, allowing the cameramen to breath oxygen instead of the^ stock yard aromas formerly bottled up with them In the cottages. It makes summer a pleasant prospect for Bd 'Dupar and his assistants, Standardization of wide film could be easily accomplished and within record time if producers 'were satisfied of the commercial value, en gineers maintain.. Aa the. result the m?itheinaticlan^. Aft^ Jjumerqus pow-wows and much figuring over a period bt -mbnthi^^'iire pow ihaklng no formal effort to solve the "problem/' Wide film ibiily tfomes : before them as an Informal subject In such status'it will. fetnaln, they say, until the producers make,up their minds-and decIdejfWlt.'^ther thp public wants Its screen wide. ' '. ! , . Report along the Coast Js that In Unlversal's agreeirjent with B^ock Pemberton on the purchase of "Strictly Dishonorable," Is a clause stat- ing the picture cannot be released wltliln the next six or eight months. Pract'lce is not unusual in pictures now, but it's another case of a legit manager tying up a studio until after his show- has- played about all the territory he thinks it can cover. Members of press Institutes and students of Journalism are becoming pests at the Broadway film houses, guardians of the passes declare. These people come In every week asking, for comps, clalmini; they want to learn how to cover shows and particularly how to revKw pictures. Three or four a week are now pestering "the house press agents and mah- agers, it Is claimed, with most turned down. With "Rogue's Song" dying at the $2 Astor, New York, toe several weeks, show people wondered why Metro had not sent In "Divorcee'' there as a stop gap for a tew weeks until "The Big House" arrives,. It Id to shortly open there. . ' It appears, according to a Metro mim, that,''T>ivorcee" waa'sold on the regular, program, with no advantage to Metro as a $2; picture. • The Theatre Guild has found the acoustics of. Its Guild, theatre, :N«.w York, working so well. It has forw'arded- the Be.r1iner Ao6ustl^ 'Com- pany, which remedied the serious adougtfc^r effec.t, lii the ho\;itl.i^'a'letter complimenting It. " . - . • . , . ; .J ,- The Berliner concern Is. now Installing Its. ac6\i'stlcal' syst.ftnf In the Great Hall of the College oi the City of New Yo^k. .. / Reports are that reason for the sudden swinging of -the .^4mes E. Coston houses In Chicago, from. R-K-p. to Wa,r|ver*, was,. tl»e oJpter, of. a fl!ye-year; contriict txi^ifi ^'ffo.jj^eT Xo Coaio was' unwilling to glve.Cbstoh operaUng, charge sl^ they )ta^ve their own, organ^atlpn In the'nild-we'st " ■'...''...',„, \ ....... A recent survey of the <;;olored theatres throughput the U.. playing sound fllins and talkers'shows that there are s'dMd 2S0 hduses~avalldble for such" ptirppses.' 9^. thede'tliere; are a^bout 7^'wl^ seating')$(i)>a4itt:^^ J.QOO'pr imore. thV rest irg aU .muc^ smaller.- - ' ■■ ' '■' • Due to an error In making UP mats and i^apej^'j^oribiUIng.'.ot "fitorajTor^ Girl'' (M-Q), the pl<jt\ir0'wlll continue to be Identified as "Florodora Girl." It's also- figured to give H:1ie plPtufe added publicity by enticing spelling critics Into a controversy bver the proper spelling.' > Ed Fay, of Providence, Is said to be a partner of the 'Shine ^circuit-In Rochester, N. Y. This has a bearing on some selling deal underway, Warner bought the Shine house In Ohio, but Shine retains Its houses In New York State, If that's anything to brag .over. Proof that bAUyhoo technique Is not essential to a successful drive for charity lies In the figures reported to the Motion Picture relief fund membership at Its annual meeting on the Coast yesterday (24). Quota (Continued on page 126) iirien Accused f IJtIca, N. T., June 21. Jamei^ X Carrlglen^ recent man- ager of the Olympic .theatre for a few weeks, fa!x»a a charge of grand larceny, second degree^ Carrlglen la accused of appropriat- ing $120 In rentals from tenants of pf the bullding.to his own use. Th(» charge is taade by Mlkran Topaiiw zlan, who claims an Interest in the theatre. Carrlglen has been ar- raigned. Upon his denial, case set down for June ^6 for an examina- tlom New SwedishrEquipment Augments Four in Field Stockholm, Jun^ 10. At the annual .convention of Swe-.. dish exhibitors here the various, distributors' of .sound iapparatus put forth strenuous efforts to increase th«). sale of :eq,ulpnients. Of the foui^ makes on th^e Swedish -market two ajre American (Western Electric? and Pacent),, one Oerma:n (Klang), and one .Daiiish.'(Nordlsk), A fifth equipment' ^hais iho.w entered" the market, .th*''fewedlshrih^^ Aj&A'r Baltic, 'mad^;,1(>y/a subsidiary qt Swedish Gksaccuxjiulatpr,. 'With af- fillateA. cpmpkhle^ in America. Gterm'aW I^ang claims that Aga- Bai£lc InfrTngf^d^Vpn'' ohe of Klang'ii patents and endeavors to stop the jocal'equlpikt<^nt:': *. - Electro Cohstractiob Cbi Electrical .iniftallationa Coinmercial Trust Bldg. Philadelphia W. T. BROWN, JR. EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THE TOE TAP STAIRCASE DANCE EXECUTED BY DICK and EDITH WHO ARE THE ORIGINATORS OF THIS ENTIRELY NEW NOVELTY THIS WEEK—NOW—(JUNE 20-26) PARAMOUNT, NEW YORK Featured 19 Frank Cambria's Publix Production '*GINGER SNAPS" ABOVE NUMBER IS FULLY PROTECTED NEXT WEEK (JUNE 27^ULY 3), PARAMOUNT, BROOKLYN Direction WM. MORRIS ELMER JIMMY WEBSTER \ MARINO "MASTERS OF BALLET COMIQUE'' Featured in Fanchon & Marco's ''Idea in Blue" THIS WEEK LOEW'S STATE, LOS ANGELES THANKS TO SHALLMAN BROTHERS Vnder Personal Direction: CHARLES E. HOGAN