The Film Daily (1938)

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rturday, July 16, 1938 DAILY IOUSTRY PLANNING TO BUILD PATRONAGE {Continued from Page 1) iportant pictures to be released ortly direct to the theater-going Iblic. Action yesterday followed the commendation by Will H. Hays io, speaking at the Ampa awards d^heon on Thursday, urged the J -re industry to push "a great campaign of intensive adverting." The budget for the campaign has >t been set but it is understood at a major portion of the money ill be spent in newspaper adverting, with a share going to the ade press. This matter will be ft up to committees when the nount of money to be spent has ien determined, it is reported. Attending yesterday's sessions ere all major company presidents ith the exception of Sidney R. ent, of 20th Century-Fox, and all ales managers except William cully of Universal, both of whom ere out of the city. All advertislg and publicity chiefs were on and as were the heads of the five ,aajor circuits. ustice Dept. Won't Use Monopoly Probe for Evidence (Continued from Page 1) ssued after the appointment of Vendell Berge and John Abt, deartment officials versed in film inustry, as monopoly committee alernate and assistant respectively, >ut makes no mention of them. The statement declared the delartment "is in full accord with the tatement of Senator O'Mahoney •lutlining the general purpose and .cope of the inquiry and considers hat the purpose does not include the gathering of evidence to present in :ourt." "It is not likely that the inventi*ation will furnish any leads to orosecution which the anti-trust division does not now have. We are .constantly investigating industries n general. We have thousands of complaints. Indeed, we have more .eads to prosecution than our perI sonnel will possibly permit us to ! follow. In other words, the leads j already exist. The method of ob' taining evidence to follow them up 1 will be the same as used in the past, to-wit, the grand jury investigation". Five Seats for Every Inhabitant! Brighton, England (By Cable) — Dan Benjamin, chairman of the Sussex branch of the CEA, in a protest to the Town Council against the proposed building of a newsreel theater here, said that the city already had five theater seats for every inhabitant. He also stated that not a single picture theater in Brighton plays to one capacity house the year around. Metro Will Establish a Far Eastern Division (Continued from Page 1) to the Coast Aug. 2 to visit the studios and on Aug. 6 sails from Vancouver on the Empress of Russia for the Orient. He arrives in Singapore about Aug. 26. Metro's decision to expand in the Far East follows closely upon the return to the U. S. of Arthur Loew, head of its international organization, who, on his last world trek, spent some time in the Orient. Metro at the present time has an office in Singapore, but without divisional organization. Joe Goltz, recently in charge there, replaces Silverstein as Metro branch manager at Caracas. Silverstein has represented Metro in Venezuela for the last seven months; prior to that time, he headed the Metro office at Bogota, Colombia. The new Singapore division will span the Dutch East Indies, in addition to Singapore, taking in Sumatra and Borneo and, additionally, Siam. A T & T Reports Quarter Net of $37,032,603 A net of $37,032,603 for the June quarter was reported yesterday by AT&T. The earnings for the quarter fell $5,012,684 below the dividend requirements for the period, which is $42,045,287. The net is equal to $1.98 a share, compared with $43,737,928 for the same period last year when earnings represented » $2.34 a share. "Cavalcade of America" To be Prepared by MPPDA (Continued from Page 1) a meeting of the directorate in the office of Will Hays, MPPDA prexy. Hays said: "The industry is delighted to make this contribution. I like to think that the motion picture has made of history a living, vital thing." The pix will be exhibited in the Federal Building at the Fair, under the auspices of the United States New York World's Fair Commission, of which Edward J. Flynn is the U. S. Commissioner General. The Education Committee of the World's Fair, under the chairmanship of Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase, Chancellor of New York University, will collaborate in the historical preparations. La Crosse Theaters File $1 ,050,000 Trust Action (Continued from Page 1) Amusement Co. its subsidiary, Welworth Theaters of Wisconsin, and its president, Ed Ruben. In its complaint, the La Crosse company asserted that it operated five houses in La Crosse until Welworth opened the Hollywood several years ago and that since then it has been unable to get adequate product. The company charges the defendants with an unlawful combination in an effort to force the La Crosse company out of business. Counsel for major companies involved in the La Crosse anti-trust suit said yesterday they had not been served with papers as yet. N. D.'S DIVORCEMENT STATUTE HELD VALID Mass. Public Safety Dept. Forbids "Spain in Flames" (Continued from Page 1) which had been sponsored by the Universalist Church. Granville Hicks, Harvard's councilor in history, had been scheduled to speak. Showing was opposed by Knights of Columbus on grounds that film was communistic. Department of public safety's jurisdiction is confined to Sundays. Board of selectmen will meet to decide if action should be taken to prevent showing week days. First Television Theater Sets a Quarter Admission (Continued from Page 1) will maintain a 25-cent admission. The hall has a capacity of 100. Forty-five minute shows are ruo continuously from 7 to 10 p.m. every evening except Sunday, and it is planned to continue the programs throughout the summer. Live talent alone is being used at the present time as the Institute has no film equipment as yet. Mayor Maurice J. Tobin of Boston spoke on the premiere program. An iconoscope camera is being used. The receiver is a catho-visor imported from England which is larger than those used in this country, outside of experimental laboratories. National Working Agreement For Musicians and Actors (Continued from Page 1) international executive council for okay. National working agreement, it is understood, will parallel that which the A F of M has had with the IATSE for some time. Idea was first broached by Whitehead several years ago. Musicians' locals, sounded out in the interim, have responded favorably as did the musicians' convention at Tampa in May. (Continued from Page 1) remain in effect until the final disposition of the case. The North Dakota law, which was passed by the last legislature, prohibits producers and distributors from holding any interest in motion picture theaters in the state. If enforced, Paramount would be forced to give up nine theaters. The theater divorcement law was passed in March, 1937, and Paramount announced immediately that it would file a test case to determine the constitutionality of the act. Hearings and depositions were held periodically until June 1 of this year when the case went before the statutory court. Sessions lasted nine days, during which sales managers of major companies were called to Fargo to give testimony. Hearings were concluded June 10 and the judges adjourned to St. Paul to re7 view the facts they had collected. Personnel of SAG's New Advisory Board Revealed (Continued from Page 1) Stephen Kent, John B. Hyland, Ethel B. Curtis, Edward Lawrence, John Neilan, Philip W. Ober, Bert Wilcox, Florence Auer, and Joseph Mclnerny. At the SAG annual meeting last month there were 21 candidates nominated for the board posts. Minneapolis — Allied members were jubilant yesterday when news was flashed that North Dakota's theater divorcement law had been upheld. Celebration was centered at the Variety Club golf tourney. "Complete Vindication for Allied", Says Myers Washington Bureau of THE FILM 'DAILY Washington — Abram F. Myers, general counsel of Allied, yesterday expressed gratification over the upholding of the constitutionality of North Dakota's theater divorcement law. "This is complete vindication," he said, "of Allied's position that operation of motion picture theaters by distributors in competition with independent theaters which are dependent on them for product is inherently wrong. Naturally, I am gratified and will discuss the decision in detail when the opinion and findings are received." Herman Weingarten to Build Twelve Florida Theaters (Continued from Page 1) $1,250,000. Weingarten began construction several weeks ago of the first theater, the Cameo, in the proposed string, a $100,000 structure at Washington Ave. and Espanola Way. The second will be on Collins Ave. and is to be known as the Surf Theater. During the past 25 years Weingarten has constructed some 40 theaters and continues to operate some of them in Brooklyn and Long Island. Associated with Weingarten in his building activities is his daughter Miss Henrietta Weingarten. BB