Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1948)

RKO DECREE (Continued from preceding page) Port Huron, Mich.; Duffield, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Dumont, Duraont, N. J.; Eagle, Pontiac, Mich.; Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Eastown, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Elm, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Embassy, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Embassy, Portchester, N. Y. ; Englewood, Englewood, N. J.; Family, Adrian, Mich.; Family, Monroe, Mich.; Family, Port Huron, Mich.; Folly, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Forest Hills, Forest Hills, N. Y.; Four Star, Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Franklin, Saginaw, Mich.; Fuller, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Fulton, Jersey City, N. J.; Garden, Flint, Mich.; Garden, Ozone Park, N. Y. ; Gem, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Gibson, Greenville, Mich.; Gladmer, Lansing, Mich.; Glen, Glen Cove, N. Y. ; Glenwood, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Granada, Corona, N. Y. ; Grand, Astoria, Queens, N. Y. ; Grand, Chicago, 111. ; Grand, Grand Haven, Mich. Hackensack, Hackensack, N. J.; Halsey, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Hamilton. Hamilton Township, N. J.; Hempstead, Hempstead, N. Y. ; Highway, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Hill, Hillsdale, Mich.; Hillstreet, Los Angeles, Cal.; Holland, Holland, Mich.; Interboro, Bronx, N. Y. ; Ionia, Ionia, Mich.; Jackson, Jackson Heights, N. Y. ; Jamaica, Jamaica. N. Y. ; Jerome, Ozone Park, N. Y. ; Keith-Albee, Huntington. W. Va. ; Kent, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens. N. Y. ; Kinema, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Lafayette, Suffern, N. Y.; Lake, Benton Harbor. Mich.; Lansing, Lansing, Mich.; Lefferts, Richmond Hill, N. Y. ; Liberty, Benton Harbor, Mich.; Liberty, Elizabeth, N. J.; Lincoln, Trenton, N. J. ; Lincoln, Kearney, N. J. ; Lynbrook, Lynbrook, N. Y. ; Lyric, Alpena, Mich. ; Lyric, Cadillac, Mich. ; Lyric, Ludington, Mich. ; Lyric, Manistee, Mich. ; Lyric. Traverse City, Mich. Majestic, Columbus. O.; Majestic, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Majestic, Jackson, Mich.; Majestic, Jersey City, N. J.; Majestic, Port Huron, Mich.; Maltz, Alpena, Mich.; Manhasset, Manhasset. N. Y.; Marblehill, Bronx, N. Y. ; Marlboro, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Marcy, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Martha Washington, Ypsilanti, Mich.: Maspeth, Maspeth, N. Y. ; Mecca, Saginaw, Mich.; Meserole, Brooklyn. N. Y. ; Michigan, Ann Arbor. Mich.; Michigan, Battle Creek, Mich.; Michigan, Jackson, Mich.; Michigan, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Michigan, Lansing, Mich.; Michigan, Muskegon. Mich.; Michigan, Saginaw, Mich. ; Michigan, South Haven, Mich.; Michigan, Traverse, Mich.; Midway, Forest Hills, N. Y. ; Model, South Haven, Mich.; Monroe, Monroe, Mich. ; Monticello, Jersey City, N. J. ; Nemo, New York, N. Y. ; Northtown, Lansing, Mich. Oakland, Pontiac, Mich.; Oasis, Ridgewood, N. Y. ; Ogden, Bronx, N. Y. ; Orpheum, Ann Arbor. Mich.; Orpheum, Huntington, W. Va.; Orpheum, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Orpheum. Pontiac. Mich.; Our, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Palace, Bergenfield. N. J.; Palace, Flint, Mich.; Palace, Trenton, N. J.; Pantages, Hollywood, Cal.; Parkhill, New York, N. Y. ; Park Plaza. Bronx, N. Y. : Partheon, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Cascack, Westwood, N. J.; Peiham, Bronx, N. Y. ; Pilgrim. Bronx, N. Y. ; Playhouse, Great Neck, N. ' Y. ; Plaza, Englewood, N. J.; Post, Battle Creek, Mich.; Rainbow, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Ramsdell, Manistee. Mich.; Reade, Highland Park, N. J.; Reade's Trent, Trenton, N. J.; Ready, Niles, Mich.; Regent, Allegan, Mich.; Regent, Battle Creek. Mich.; Regent, Bay City, Mich.; Regent, Flint, Mich.; Regent, Jackson, Mich.; Regent, Kearney, N. J.; Regent, Muskegon, Mich. ; Republic, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Rex, East Rutherford, N. J.; Rex, Jackson, Mich.; Rialto, Jersey City, N. J. ; Rialto. Pontiac, Mich. ; Rialto. Three Rivers, Mich. ; Ridgewood. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Riviera, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Riverside, New York, N. Y. ; Riviera, New York. N. Y. ; Riviera, Niles, Mich.; Riviera. Three Rivers. Mich.; Rivoli, Hempstead. N. Y. ; Rvioli. New Brunswick. N. J.; Rivoli, Rutherford, N. J.; RKO Proctor's, Newark. N. J. ; Robinhood. Grand Haven, Mich. ; Rockland, Nyack, N. Y.; Roosevelt, Flushing, N. Y. ; Roosevelt, Woodhaven, N. Y. ; Roxy. Flint, Mich.; Roxy, Sturgis, Mich. ; Royal, Grand Rapids, Mich. Savoy, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Scarsdale, Scarsdale, N. Y. ; Senate, Brooklyn. N. Y. ; Silver, Greenville, Mich.; Southtown, Lansing, Mich. ; Square, Bronx, N. Y. ; Squire, Great Neck, N. Y. ; Stadium, Brooklyn. N. Y.; State, Ann Arbor, Mich.; State, East Lansing, Mich.; State. Flint. Mich.; State, Huntington, W. Va.; State, Jersey City, N. J., State; Kalamazoo. Mich.; State. State. Pontiac, Mich. ; State, New Brunswick, N. J. ; State, Pontias, Mich. ; State, Trenton, N. J. ; Steinway, Astoria, Queens, N. Y. ; Stoddard, New York, N. Y. ; Stone. Brooklyn. N. Y.; Strand. Battle Creek. Mich.: Strand, Flint, Mich.; Strand, Jersey City. N. J.; Strand, Niles. Mich.; Strand, Owosso, Mich.; Strand, Pontiac, Mich.; Strand, Rockville Center, N. Y. ; Strand, Saginaw, Mich. ; Strand, Sturgis. Mich.; Sunnyside, Woodside, N. Y. ; Supreme. Brooklyn, N. Y.; Surf, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Teaneck. Teaneck. N. J.; Temple, Saginaw, Mich.; Times, Cincinnati. O ; Tipton, Huntington, W. Va. ; Tivoli. Jersey City, N. J.; Trabay, Traverse, Mich.; Triboro, Astoria, Queens, N. Y. ; Tuxedo Bronx N. Y. ; Uptown Kalamazoo Mich.; Utica Brooklyn N. Y. Valentine, Bronx, N. Y. ; Valley Stream, Valley Stream. N. Y. ; Victoria. Ossining, N. Y. ; Victory, Bayside West. N. Y. ; Vogue, Manistee, Mich.; Waldorf, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Walker. Brooklyn, N. Y.; Ward, Bronx, N. Y.; Wealthy, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Westown, Bay City, Mich.; Westwood, Westwood. N. J. ; Wriitney. Ann Arbor, Mich. ; Wilson. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Wolverine, Saginaw, Mich.; Wuerth, Ann Arbor, Mich. ; Wtierth, Ypsilanti, Mich. ; 43rd Street, Long Island City, N. Y.; 77th Street, New York, N. Y. The existing joint ownership in the above enumerated theatres shall be terminated within one year from the date hereof in accordance with the following provisions : (A) As to not to exceed 30 theatres from the above list, the RKO exhibitor-defendants Or the new theatre company may elect to terminate such ownership either by acquiring the interest of the co-owner or co-owners therein, or by sale of the interest of RKO therein in accordance with paragraph (B) hereof. Such 30 theatres may include the Alden Theatre, Jamaica, N. Y. ; Midway, Forest Hills, N. Y. ; and two of the following theatres : Castle Hill, Marble Hill and Peiham theatres, Bronx, N. Y. Except for such four theatres, none of such 30 theatres shall be located in New York City. In the event that the existing joint interest in the RKO Proctor's Theatre at Newark, N. J., is not terminated within one year in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, such joint interest may continue, provided that one of the joint owners shall have the sole management of the theatre and the other shall exercise no control of any kind over the theatre, except to receive fixed payments during the balance of the agreements, which shall not be determined by the net earnings of the theatre. (B) As to the remainder of the theatres located in New York City, the RKO exhibitordefendants shall terminate such relation by a sale or other disposition of the interest of RKO therein, which may be either (1) to a co-owner or co-owners; or (2) to a party not a defendant and not owned or controlled by or affiliated with a defendant in this case. Theatre Patrons Follow Election Audiences in the majority of the nation's theatres Tuesday night were kept up-to-date on the latest developments in the see-saw Truman-Dewey election returns via theatre television, television sets in the lobbies, radio broadcasts, slides, and personal appearances by the theatre managers. As tension increased most of the theatres interrupted their screen programs more and more frequently. Others broke in only at the feature change. Thursday the audiences were to see the pre-release footage of the Truman-forPresident newsreels which the five major companies were hurriedly assembling all day Wednesday, after Mr. Dewey's capitulation. Tuesday night, television was projected on the screen of the New York City Paramount, which used its own cameras and also part of the WPIX telecasts. Nine of the Walter Reade houses featured television in their lounges. Some Reade houses set their radios blaring. Other houses used slides to give their audiences the latest results. The 49 Balaban & Katz houses, Chicago, announced the results, using figures supplied by the cooperation of the HeraldAmerican. The RKO Chicago theatres put television sets in their mezzanines. In St. Louis all of the seven first runs announced the returns. The five Fanchon and Marco houses handled the tabulations on their regular newscasting system, tying in with radio station KNOX. In Kansas City, in Cincinnati, in Philadelphia, theatre patrons got the news from the stage, slides and radio. In Rockefeller Plaza, New York, a 15 by 20-foot screen was hoisted to the side of a skyscraper and RCA cast its television programs on it in images that appeared clear and satisfactory at a distance of 400 feet. TOA Will Try Conciliation on 60 -Day Basis A decision to go ahead with its conciliation program on an experimental 60 days'" basis "in the hope of making a sincere, firm effort to check the ever-mounting number of suits that are strangling the industry," was announced this week, following a closed meeting of Theatre Owners of America executive committee at the Hotel Astor in NewYork last Friday. The conciliation plan ranked uppermost on the meeting's agenda and the committee's action "reaffirm TOA's oft-expressed policy of trying to bring about unity in the industry," according to Arthur H. Lockwood,. newly-elected TOA president. He further developed the "entire exhibition" line by stressing that he had been authorized to state that "TOA is ready and willing to> meet at any and all times with other associations and units in the industry to discuss plans or projects regarding the conciliation, philosophy." Mr. Lockwood and S. H. Fabian, chairman of the executive committee, said following the meeting that TOA would forthwith recommend to all its state and regional units to formulate conciliation committees in their areas. The whole procedure is open to all exhibitors, regardless of affiliation, and TOA executives pointed out that "no cost of any kind will attach to the exhibitors" for the use of TOA's manpower and facilities^ The principle of the plan involves the setting up of state and regional units, consisting of three exhibitors, one of whom should be a TOA member, another one who should belong to another exhibitor organization and a third to be preferably unattached. These groups would screen complaints and, should it not be possible to get relief on the local level, would forward the charges to TOA headquarters in New York for discussion with distributors on a national level. The executive committee further discussed the Ascap decision and elected to support therecommendation of the legal advisory counsel, given at TOA's Chicago convention. The TOA advice to its members at that time was to notify Ascap that fees were beings held in escrow in the cases where exhibitors refused to continue Ascap license payments. The executive group voted to continue and expand the TOA public relations program and went into a long discussion of television. "Pete McCauley Night" Launches Program Autumn activities of Variety Club Tent 13, Philadelphia, were to have been launched Saturday, November 6, with a "Pete McCauley Night," celebrating Mr. McCauley's13th anniversary with the Variety Club. Charles Goldfine was to be house chairman. Joe Singer was to provide the music. 14 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, NOVEMBER 6, 1948: