Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

Industry MOTION PICTURE DAILY Alert, Intelligent and Faith fut Service to the Industry in All Branches 9L. 35. NO. 43 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1934 TEN CENTS Jo Reelection 0 Be Sought •y Kuykendall Inds MPTOA Job Takes 'oo Much Time, Money because of the time and money it ; cost him, Ed Kuykendall will |-n down any in to renomin> him as presimt of the M. P. 1 O. A. at the inual convenn to be held Los Angeles jril 10-12. It understood a ccessor is be 1 sought and o or more men e now under nsideration for e post. Directors of | national asciation will meet on April 10 to {Continued on page 6) I lil K ii v kendull Cooperation to Be eynote for MPTOA TThe annual convention of the .P.T.O.A. will be a cooperative -industry affair, Ed Kuykendall, esident, stated before leaving yes"day for his home in Columbus, pss. He returns Monday to resume ork on selection of personnel for e clearance and zoning and grievce boards and to attend the Code uthority session Feb. 26. Instead of holding a two-day ses (Continued on page 6) ox Wins Protest; 'Follies' Dropped Immediate ending of the use of the ord "Follies" in the title of Wards' "Fashions of 1934" is recornended by the title registration comittee of the Hays office on the (Continued on page 6) joew's, Paramount Await K. C. Moves Loew's and Paramount will continue low admission and first run double ature policy at the Midland and ewman, Kansas City, until policy li'nges voted Monday by the I. T. O. (Continued on paqc 12) Films Hit at Alien Talent Bill Hearing Two Congressmen Figure In Industry Attack Washington, Feb. 20. — Sharp attacks on the film industry today marked the hearing before the House Immigration Committee on Representative Dickstein's bill to place entry of foreign actors under the contract labor provisions of the immigration laws. Representatives of the industry were not reached today, but will be heard when hearings resume next Monday. Those who testified today in behalf of the bill represented the actors, while the opposition came from producers and playwrights. Opponents of the measure charged (Continued on page 6) OV Davil Snow The snowstorm interfered with regular routine yesterday, many members of the film fraternity resident in Westchester finding it impossible to get into New York. Much business was handled over telephones. Predicts Production Boom Here in '34-35 An increase in production activity at eastern studios which may result in the scheduling of a minimum of 24 features and several hundred short subjects for production here next season is anticipated by Al Christie. He is producing for Educational at Eastern Service Studio and refers to production at large in the East. Christie views eastern facilities as capable of accommodating any type (Continued on paye 8) Who? What? When? ~ry UBLICATION of thumbnail biographies of the men who make JT up the grievance ami clearance and zoning boards under the eode, launched serially yesterday in Motion Picture Daily, me! with immediate, favorable response in the Nczs.' York trade. The editor's telephone jingled with messages of commendation during the day. This morning, in the second instalment, Cincinnati, Denver and Kansas City are covered. The series will continue daily until all boards, so far announced , are covered. Cincinnati Cincinnati, Feb. 20. — George Smith, representing affiliated national distributors on grievances, was born in New York City on July 8, 1889. He graduated from the St. George High School and subsequently embarked upon a course in journalism at Columbia University in that city. Later, Smith became a teller in the Port Richmond ( Staten Island ) National Bank, spent nine years on the New York Evening Journal, was assistant general manager of Pathe and then general sales manager of Triangle. Joining Paramount in 1921 as exploitation representative in Canada, he was made branch manager in Winnipeg shortly thereafter. In 1924 came a transfer to Milwaukee in the latter capacity and in 1927 his transfer to Cincinnati, where he has remained as Paramount's representative here. Paul Edward Krieger, representing unaffiliated distributors on grievances, was born May 14, 1889, at Hamilton, a suburb of Cincinnati, and was edu (Continucd on page 10) Denver Denver, Feb. 20. — Earl Bell, representing affiliated national distributors on grievances, was branch manager for Warners in Omaha from 1925 to 1929. For the next year, he was a film buyer at the company's home office in New York. From 1930 to 1932, Bell was assistant theatre zone manager with headquarters in Pittsburgh and, therefore, embraces in his experience considerable knowledge of exhibition and distribution. Currently, he is manager of the Warner exchange here. Jack Langan, representing unaffiliated distributors on grievances, was born on Sept. 2, 1894, in Kansas City, Kan., and was educated at Sweeney's School of Engineering. His period of employment includes posts with the City of Kansas City, the Morris Packing Co., Columbia Steel Products Co. and thereafter, in the film industry, with Select, Standard Film and Warners. He joined Universal in 1929 and now is in charge of the company's branch here. L. J. Finske, representing affiliated (Continued on page 10) Feb. 28 Stays Final Day for Code Assents Postponement of Allied Suit Has No Effect Feb. 28 stands as the final date for sending in assents and little hope is seen for another extension as a result of postponement in Allied's suit against Code Authority to Feb. 23. In agreeing to delay of the suit to Feb. 20 recently, Allied insisted the case be heard eight days before expiration of the assent deadline. This stand was taken in the event Allied loses, members could send in their forms in time and without being deprived of the benefits of the code. Yesterday, the suit was put over to Feb. 23 and the compliance date was untouched. Attitude of Division Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt in not extending the compliance date is understood to be that all assents must be unqualified and if there are any objections to the code, a court review can be asked. Choice of Boards Delayed to Monday With 16 clearance and zoning and grievance boards yet to be definitely set, the committee on selections, which started to work on completing 20 boards Monday, adjourned yesterday until next Monday when a session will be held in an effort to finally approve the names before the regular Code Authority session the same day. Clearance and zoning and grievances boards in Boston, Philadelphia, New (Continued on page 6) No New Rules Seen In Germany's Code Restrictive provisions of the new German film code on production and exhibition in that country were described here yesterday by foreign representatives of major companies as merely a "reiteration" of Nazi film legislation in effect in Germany for (Continued on page 12) No Paper Thursday Motion Picture Daily will not publish tomorrow, which is Washington's Birthday and a legal holiday.