The Film Daily (1938)

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' 3 :J OT ferg^jviov, Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Twenty Years Old OL 74, NO. 31 NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1938 TEN CENTS sermanjiritish Dubbing _for French Market Worries I OF J WEST COAST INDUSTRY PROBE NEARS CLOSE i10,000 in Early Chicago Pledges to Biz Drive Fund i ilverman Heads Campaign Committee in Windy City Territory Thicago — Theaters in the Chicago ea yesterday subscribed $10,000 vards the $25,000 fund which the ' trict is expected to pledge in • "Motion Pictures Are Your Best tertainment" campaign. At a eting at the Stevens Hotel, Grad11 L. Sears, Warner Bros, gen :,A sales manager, explained the •pose and functions of the in ^try's advertising drive to a large legation of exhibs. «Vith Eddie Silverman as chair in, a committee was set up to (Continued on Page 4) EEH AN TALKS DEALS SUT NOT WITH METRO 'ublished reports that he was neiating a deal with M-G-M were tied yesterday by Winfield Sheek, who told The Film Daily that '■. was in New York merely to see ae friends and "look things over." heehan confirmed that he is in (Continued on Page 4) "Alexander" Smashes 9-Year fto.vt; Record! Attendance record established in 1929 fell at the Roxy yesterday when 20th Century-Fox's "Alexander's Ragtime Band" opened to an estimated 30,000 admissions at 10 o'clock last night with patrons still entering the theater. Previous mark of 27,299 was set by the same company's "The Cockeyed World" just nine years ago. Latter pix had the normal advantage of a Saturday opening, while the new mark was established in the face of the year's record heat of 93.1 degrees. For further details, turn to "Along the Rialto" on Page 2. NO CHI, BREAKDOWN KEOUGH CONTENTION fense Counsel Listed For Gary Anti-Trust Suit Chicago — Defense attorneys in anti-trust suit filed by Gary ;ater Co., Gary, Ind. against macompanies and two affiliated cir (Continued on Page 4) i Cut Rate Parking Detroit — Madison Theater is offering atrons 15 -cent parking privileges, upon presentation of parking ticket to be , stamped by the cashier. Regular fees are 25 and 30 cents. Move is being nade to reduce the price differential between downtown ad suburban houses, where street parking without cost is :easible. The cost of downtown park ig has been regarded as a major factor n reducing downtown attendance this • ummer. Austin C. Keough, Paramount's general counsel, yesterday denied printed reports from Chicago to the effect that efforts to solve the clearance problem between independent houses and B & K had failed. Keough returned yesterday from Chicago where he sat in on the negotiations. The whole problem is still open for discussion and there was no in (Continued on Page 4) Film Execs. Trek Homeward From Schine Meet, Tourney Gloversville, N. Y. — More than 150 tired industry executives, exhibitors and district managers started homeward yesterday after the gala wind-up of the three-day Schine enterprises convention held here. The climax of the sessions came at an (Continued on Page 4) ZANUCK FAVORS RADIO PLUGS FOR BIG PIX The next Irving Berlin special for 20th-Fox will be "The Bowery Nightingale," Darryl F. Zanuck, production head, told The Film Daily last night when he boarded the Century for the Coast. Zanuck revealed that the film will be produced on a scale comparable to "Alexander's Ragtime Band," with Alice Faye and other members of that picture's cast probably used. The 20th-Fox exec, also stated (Continued on Page 3) Pascal Expects to Set Distrib. Deal Next Week Distribution deal for the film version of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" is expected to be closed next week, Gabriel Pascal, producer of the picture, told The (Continued on Page 4) U. 5. Distribs. Concerned by German and Brit. Dubbing for French Market Cliff Lewis Names Coast Committee on Biz Drive West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Cliff Lewis, chairman of the committee of "Motion Pictures Are Your Best Entertainment" yesterday announced the members of his committee. They include {Continued on Page 4) Paris (By Cable) — New French film decree, which largely coincides with that previously in effect, will mean little, one way or the other, to American companies competing in this market, in the opinion of qualified observers. The maximum number of foreign-produced pictures to be admitted into this country to (Continued on Page 3) Gov't Will Have Findings Available for Possible Equity Suit Use Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — West Coast industry investigation by the Department of Justice is now in its final stages,, it was reported here last night. Formal report by Justice investigators Law and Collins thus is assured available for the Department's possible use in prosecuting the Government's equity suit, filed recently in New York. At the Department yesterday, it was stated that the institution of the action had not lessened "to any appreciable degree", complaints entered against film companies. NYLANDER WILL HEAR SDG CHARGES AUG. 22 West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Dr. Towne Nylander, regional director of NLRB, conferred with the representatives of ten major film studios regarding charges filed by the Screen Directors Guild alledging that the film (Continued on Page 4) Hammons, Wright Discuss Educ.-GN Merger Details Details relative to the proposed Educational-Grand National merger were discussed yesterday by E. W. Hammons, Educational president, (Continued on Page 4) Heat Takes Toll New York's Film Row, bowing to the oppressiveness of heat and humidity, generally called it a day at mid-afternoon and sent employes homeward. Warners locked down at 3 o'clock; RKO and Monogram at 4; M-C-M and Paramount at 4:30, and UA at around 5. Columbia, Republic, 20th-Fox and Universal stuck it out on regular schedule.