The Film Daily (1935)

Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Seventeen Years Old -IF DAILY VOL. 68, NO. 26 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1935 TEN CENTS Gov't Must Supply Particulars in St. Louis Suit STABILIZED REVIVALS IN VIEW FOR NEXT SEASON Seek to Enjoin Fox Film-20th Century Affiliation Action Planned by Group of Class A Stockholders Move to enjoin the proposed Fox Film-20th Century merger either through a stockholders' action or an appeal to the State Attorney General will probably be taken by the newly-formed Committee for Fox Stoc ' 1H s, which charges that the ama.„ lion is being unfairly consummated at the expense of the Class A stockholders, it was stated yesterday to The Film Daily by Henry L. Sperling, counsel for the committee. COPYRIGHT BILL ACTION UNLIKELY THIS SESSION Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — The Duffy copyright bill is near the top of the Senate calendar, although action on it this session is still questionable, The Film Daily learned yesterday as Senate consideration of non-contested measures by complete calendar call continued. The bill was reached early, but on motion of {Continued on Page 3) Tom Baily at Reliance As Advertising Chief West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Tom Baily has left M-G-M to head the Reliance advertising and exploitation department. Russell Phelps continues as publicity director. Paramount Celebrates Tenth anniversary of the New York Paramount Theater will be celebrated on Friday simultaneously with the opening of Paramount Pictures' 1 93536 Jubilee Year. Bookings of the theater for the next four weeks include "Every Night at Eight", "Annapolis Farewell", "Big Broadcast of 1936" and "Two for Tonight". Finds Newsreels Improving Newsreels have in the past year increased the quantity and diversity of their subject matter and are a whole lot more interesting, it was said yesterday by F. C. Wood, manager cf the Embassy Newsreel Theater. Stimulated by the "March of Time" idea, newsreel companies have gone out after subjects not previously filmed, have dramatized news events, and are building up stories around clips shown previously as straight news happenings, Wood said. 13 6-B THEATERS BOUGHT IN AT SALE Springfield, Mass. — At a foreclosure sale yesterday of a $574,000 blanket mortgage on the properties of the G. B. Theater Corp., including 13 theaters in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York, the mortgage was acquired without opposition by a committee of G. B. bondholders for $287,050. The mortgage will be {Continued on Page 2) RKO Will Make "Time" Middle of Month Release To maintain a balance on the RKO short subjects schedule and to better meet the booking demands of circuits, RKO has changed the "March of Time" release to the middle of each month, it was announced yesterday by Jules Levy, sales chief. Release was originally slated to start Aug. 2. First issue under the RKO releasing arrangement now is set for Aug. 16. AMERICAN EQUIPMENT FOR SOVIET STUDIOS Probability of large-scale installation of American equipment in Soviet studios and film laboratories was voiced yesterday by B. Shumiatski, president and general manager of the Soviet motion picture industry at a press conference. Shumiatski said that he had been studying various types of equipment for use in motion picture production and had practically concluded to use American equipment. Shumiatski related that Russia is now engaged in making its first (Continued on Page 2) Disallow $289,712 Claim Of Salem Realty Corp. Report disallowing the claim of Salem Realty Co. for $289,712 against Paramount was signed yesterday by Special Master John E. Joyce and submitted to Federal Judge Coxe for his signature. Court Sets Sept. 30 for Trial Of Gov't Action in St. Louis Jack Goldstein Is Slated For U.A. Exploitation Post Jack Goldstein, publicity director for the RKO New England theaters, is understood slated to take over Morroe Greenthal's former position as exploitation head for United Artists. Greenthal was promoted to succeed Hal Home, advertising publicity chief, who resigned last week. St. Louis — On or before Sept. 9 the Federal Government must furnish RKO Distributing Corp. and its president, Ned E. Depinet, bills of particulars in the anti-trust case against that corporation, Warners, Paramount, et al, according to a ruling by Judge George Moore coincident with setting Sept. 30 as the date for the trial. The request for the bills of particulars was granted (Continued on Page 2) Considering Plans for the Systematic Booking of Repeat Runs Definitely recognizing the revenue possibilities from repeat runs, including revivals going back several years, some of the major companies are understood to be studying plans for a stabilized system of presenting these return runs. The idea, which would be put into effect next season, is to follow a practically-devised method instead of playing the repeats in hit or miss fashion, and to make this type of booking and selling an established part of ex(Continued on Page 3) HENRY LAZARUS HEADS GULF BUYING COMBINE Bv WILLIAM SPECHT FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent New Orleans — Allied Exhibitors of Louisiana, with 14 exhibitors as a starter, was incorporated yesterday, giving birth to the independent booking and buying exclusively predicted in Film Daily weeks ago. Officers (Continued on Page 2) Pittsburgh Outlook Brightest in Years Pittsburgh — Prospects for the newseason here are brighter than they have been for several years. With the reopening of the Cinema and possible use of the Davis for road (Continued on Page 2) 2,000-Fr. Reel Approved West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Recommendations for the adoption of a 2,000-foot reel as the standard of the entire industry were approved last night at a meeting of the Research Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. It is proposed to put the larger size reel into general use starting Jan. 1, 1936.