The Film Daily (1939)

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1M DAILY Monday, April 3, 1939 START NEELY BILL TESTIMONY TODAY (.Continued from Page 1) eral counsel, Abram F. Myers, all of whom are expected to argue in favor of the anti-block-booking bill. The MPTOA forces, who will oppose the measure, include Ed Kuykendall, president; Arthur Lockwood, Middletown, Conn.; Morton G. Walheimer, Richmond, Va.; Stanley Sumner, Cambridge, Mass.; Frank Cassel, St. Joseph, Mo.; Oscar Lam, Rome, Ga.; Lyle Wilson, Roanoke Rapids, N. C, and H. R. Berrv, Hartsville, N. C. Other advocates of the bill, according to semi-complete lists, are: Miss Izora Scott of the WCTU; F. H. Bair, Bronxville, N. Y.; Mrs. Percy Chestney, president of the Better Films Committee, Macon, Ga.; Frederick M. Thrashock, professor of education, New York University; Howard M. Lesourd, dean of Boston University Graduate School; Mrs. John F. Inch, president of the national YWCA; and Alice V. Keliher, Commissioner of Human Relations, New York City. Others who have filed applications to appear include Mrs. Mary T. Bannerman, legislative representative of the Motion Picture Research Council; Mrs. Samuel A. Ellsworth, Worcester Board of Motion Picture and Theater Review, and John A. Bresnahan, Washington attorney. Top executives of the major distributors, including W. F. Rodgers and Sidney R. Kent, also are slated to appear. Leo Brecher, representing the ITOA, and Jack Eames, of Littleton. N. H., also are expected to speak in opposition to the bill. Length of Program Clauses Out of French Film Bill Paris (By Cable) — Clauses limiting the length of motion picture programs have been eliminated from the French film bill, it was revealed over the week-end, removing fear of U. S. distribs. that the French market might be seriously curtailed. However, the bill still contains provision for regulating imports by decree subject to international agreement and dubbing tax. Best wishes from THE FILM DAILY to the following on their birthday: APRIL 3 Sam Katz Maurice Kann George Jessel Heath Cobb Duncan Renaldo ALONG THE s with PHIL M. DALY; DODGE CITY, KAN. • • • DODGE CITY is the place "Dodge City" the premiere Easily the most colorful outdoor spectacle ever put in back of a picture Our sixteen-car special pulled in Saturday morning with the Hollywood contingent and the New York, Chicago, Kansas City and converging newspaper delegates from key points North, South and West into this western cattle town of 10,000. jammed with an overflow of 75,000 visitors air armada of 40 planes escorted the Warner Special into town from nearby Cimarron • • • THE TOWN went Hollywood Took the train one hour to travel 10 blocks to the depot Thousands in old-time frontier costumes and cowboy trappings surged on car tracks and went wild These Kansans sure take their Hollywood glamour seriously The Warner stars and players got tremendous ovation T T T • • • GALA PROGRAM moved with perfect smoothness with Charles Einf eld's boys doing a grand job luncheon at Lora-Locke old-time hotel, with Kansas Governor guest of honor an old-time western frontier parade wild west show in afternoon with presentation of stars chuck wagon meal lasting four hours in late afternoon NBC broadcast on national hookup colorful street dance on historic Front Street in evening .... then the premiere ol the Warners' smash Technicolor feature "Dodge City" in three theaters simultaneously. .... .Warners have not only scored grandly for their western epic they have inaugurated a new and tremendously effective ballyhoo technique {hat will rebound to the benefit of the entire industry all the newspaper men agreed it topped any motion picture ballyhoo they had ever covered T T ▼ • • • WHAT A crowded day! Warners have given the Kansans something to remember something for the industry to remember for it probably marks a new milestone in modern motion picture publicity this past Saturday in Dodge City when Warners brought a new type of Showmanship into the business T ▼ ▼ • • • IT MARKS the passing of Hollywood ballyhoo by remote control of home office swivel-chair exploitation blanketing the nation the streamlined model uncovered by Charlie Einfeld's boys zooms right into the LOCALE of the big production gets not only the local citizens steamed up but the entire state, and those states that are adjoining T T ▼ • • • THAT'S SMART it makes the home town folks IMPORTANT it builds goodwill throughout that particular state and a colorful event such as this Dodge City gala day is Big News for any newspaper and all the wire services. T ▼ ▼ • • • AND NOW we're on the way back it's been a swell affair and one of the most heartening things to this kolyumist was the realization of how much the motion picture means out here where people are not backward in saying what they think as long as they keep turning out films like "Dodge City" and ballyhooing them in such resplendent manner. the motion picture is still the nation's Number One Entertainment UA SELLING GOLDWYN PIX ON IF" BASIS (Continued from Page 1) asserted on Friday. Roosevelt said that UA was selling these two pictures on those conditions and that otherwise the company would i be held responsible for their relet. ._'. "Angels Making Music" is the title of the Heifetz picture now in production, while "The Real Glory" is slated as Gary Cooper's next for Goldwyn. Roosevelt was scheduled to sail for Europe on Saturday on the Normandie but has postponed his sailing to Friday on the Queen Mary. He plans to visit Paris, Brussels and London. Roosevelt said that Goldwyn planned to withdraw from United Artists definitely, as that was the reason for the current suit against the company. He added that Goldwyn would "not be left at the post" as to future distribution, indicating that the producer already was paving the way for releasing deals if, and when, he parts company with UA. Roosevelt is taking with him to Europe a print of "Wuthering Heights," which is scheduled to open in London on April 26. He said other "important business" would be taken up during his trip abroad. TMAT Launches Drive To Organize in Pix Field (Continued f om Page 1) sistant managers, student managers and press agents for film theaters has been started. Union is also organizing publicity staffs in home offices, it was learned. A union exec, told The Film Daily that a number of members have been signed in home offices of the film companies and that negotiations for contracts would be sought in the near future. The union has been recognized as the bargaining agent for the "front of the house" theater men in several states, and in a recent court battle in Massachusetts the union was recognized by the Labor Commission when a circuit attempted to prevent organization. JJnion is launching its film drive after completely organizing the legit, field. WEDDING BELLS Gilbert W. Reddish, a Durkee Enterprises official, was married to Miss Hilda M. McPoland and they are in Bermuda for their honeymoon. Returning April 10, they will reside at 5207 Walther Boulevard. Honolulu (By Cable) — Robert Wilcox and Florence Rice, film players, are on a honeymoon, following their marriage here. Bride is the daughter of Grantland Rice, sports writer.