The Film Daily (1939)

M|i T PI C PW) IJ * U I *' »2 J w T H Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought FILE COPY oo mot «e;iviovfe£ The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Twenty Years Old -^FDAILY ]OL. 75, NO. 64 NEW YORK, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1939 TEN CENTS 13-Word Decision Confirms RKO Reorganization Plan MEELY BJLL MEANS PIX CHAOS, SENATORS WARNED I A toVigorously Fight Any Goldwyn Withdrawal Move roducer to be Held to His 1945 Expiration Date, Says Schwartz i Any attempt on the part of Samsi Goldwyn to arrange for the disibution of his future pictures in olation of his contract with United rtists will be most seriously and igorously resisted, Charles :hwartz, attorney for the company ad most of the individual produces, stated yesterday in a special ade press conference. Schwartz referred to a story hich appeared yesterday in The ilm Daily which quoted James oosevelt, Goldwyn's vice-president, (Continued on Page 11) EGHNIGOLOR'S 1938 NET WAS $1,334,243 A net profit of $1,334,243.67 for .e year ended Dec. 31, 1938, was sported yesterday by Technicolor, ic, and its subsidiary, Technicolor otion Picture Corp. This figure presents the net before deducting ederal income tax and life insurlce expense, which brings the ,-ofit to $1,050,536.06. The profit (Continued on Page 13) ovietone to Fly Clips Across Atlantic — Talley Plans are now being completed by ox Movietone News to utilize the rans-Atlantic plane service which being established by Pan-Ameran Airways to ship the newsreel ips both ways as soon as the ser (Continued on Page 13) t'Donnell to be Guest Speaker at Rep. Parley Houston — Republic's two-day reonal sales convention, opening on liday at the Rice Hotel here, will ave morning and afternoon sesons initial day, and conclude with (Continued on Page 11) MPPDA Counsel Assails Neely Bill Key sentences from the statement on the Neely bill by Charles C. Pettijohn, MPPDA general counsel, made before the V. S. Senate Interstate Commerce subcommittee yesterday in Washington: * * * * "The bill tears down and destroys. It does not build up." * * « * "I don't know of any business in the world so good to the 'little fellow.' And yet the proponents of this bill would destroy the very distribution system that makes these benefits possible." * * * « "There is no moral question in connection with this bill except that this bill would destroy the working of the Motion Picture Production Code." * t * » " 'Block-booking' is a trade expression. It means wholesale selling and nothing else." ft # * * ". . . this bill would make every exhibitor his own censor, and all co-operating groups would have at least 17,500 'fronts' for their activities and co-operation instead of one, namely, the motion picture code." * * # « "I have heard of very few failures of theaters even during the depression." * * * * "Now, two things must be preserved. We must maintain what we have left of our foreign (Continued on Page 4) UA NEVER IN PACT, SAYS SILVERSTONE United Artists' setup in the industry would make it impossible for the company to participate in the trade practice plan, Maurice Silverstone, UA general manager, explained yesterday in clarifying the reports that the company "had withdrawn" from the trade pact conferences. The company did not "withdraw" (Continued on Page 3) FPCG UNDER ATTACK IN N. S. LEGISLATURE Halifax — Famous Players Canadian Corp. was the object of a bitter attack in the Nova Scotia Legislature by Malcolm Patterson, Liberal members for Cape Breton West, who declared theater-goers of the province were compelled "to pay into a racket being carried on in Ontario." Patterson introduced a bill which (Continued on Page 13) Judge Bondy Finally Files Decision Confirming RKO Reorganization Plan Anti-Giveaway Program Looming for Cleveland Cleveland — Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Association will receive a three-point program designed to eradicate exhib. ills here at a meeting April 14. Program results from a heated discussion of the give (Continued on Page 11) By GEORGE H. MORRIS FILM DAILY Staff Writer In high contrast to the voluminous court record, covering more than six years of equity receivership and 77-B proceedings, the long-awaited decision of Federal Judge Bondy was filed yesterday confirming the reorganization plan of RKO Corp. Actual signing, The Film Daily (Continued on Page 11) Pettijohn, Montgomery Hit Measure as Hearings Open at Capital By MILTON F. LUNCH Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — With Charles C. Pettijohn, MPPDA general counsel and Robert Montgomery representi n g the Screen Actors' Guild, as y e s t e rday's star wi tn e s ses, hearing before the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommit tee on the Neely anti block booking and blind selling bill continues today. Both Pettijohn and Montgomery (Continued on Page 4) C. C. PETTIJOHN D OF J'S HENDERSON HERE IN STRIKE MOVE With week-end business at the theaters reported yesterday to have been unaffected by the projectionists strike, film shipments yesterday moved normally and no further ac(Continued on Page 3) Judge Allows $191,865 Fees In Loew Stockholders Suit Supreme Court Justice Louis A. Valente disclosed allowances yesterday of $191,865 for fees and dis(Continued on Page 4) Okla. House Com. Favors Anti-Ascap Bill Passage Oklahoma City — The House Judiciary Committee number one has recommended passage of the bill to re (Continued on Page 11)