Motion Picture News (Oct-Dec 1930)

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b t r 4 , 1 '■> 3 0 M o t i o n P i c / u r e A' e w s S7 a reduction ol the face value ■■! t& such coupons or thrift tickets is kivch. attempts to evade the classification of any thea ^••U upon the price charged for admission thereto by any plan or device whatsoever permitting the admission oi persons at less than the established ol admission, shall, upon proof thereof made Before the Continuing Zoning Committee, authorize such ■ on e-classify such theatre under this uniform zoning plan based upon the actual value of such admission thereto. i .11 purposes of this uniform zoning plan the initial exhibition of a motion picture in a city or -Hall be deemed a first run thereof regardless ■ character or. location of the theatre, or the price charged for admission thereto. "A road showing" of any motion picture shall not be deemed a Rrsl run thereof, and any exhibition of a motion picture Eor more than one show week shall be deemed an extended run. It any of the provisions of this Zoning Plan concerning admission prices, the order of availability of notice of availability thereof, are in contradiction of or modify any o( the provisions of any of the numbered articles of any Standard License Agreement hereafter adopted and genera '.ly used in the industry, the provisions of said numbered articles of such Standard License Agreement shall be controlling and all such provisions of this Zoning Plan deemed of no effect. IT IS AGREED that all situations known as KEY CITIES in the Chicago territory other than mentioned elsewhere herein, shall play their pictures within forty-two days after availability or forfeit the protection on subsequent runs accorded them in this schedule. IT IS \LSO AGREED that the cities of SPRINGFIELD and SOUTH BEND are not to be governed by the foregoing arrangement, but may play their pictures on or immediately after national release date without regard to the Chicago first-run showing. It is understood, however, that if the cities of Springfiel 1 and South Bend do not play their pictures within forty two days after the close of the Chicago firstrun showing, they forfeit the protection accorded them in this schedule. A CONTINUING ZONING COMMITTEE to hear existing and future complaints with reference to any individual situation is hereby constituted as follows: Circuit affiliated theatres: Messrs. Max Balaban and James Cbston. Circuit unaffiliated theatres: Messrs. Floyd Brockell and E. E. Alger. Unaffiliated exhibitors: Messrs. Jack Miller and Aaron Superstein. Distributors: Messrs. Clyde Eckhardt and Norman Moray. Miss Edna Pfister designated as secretary of the committee. The Continuing Zoning Committee shall_ be at all times representative of distributors, unaffiliated exhibitors and affiliated exhibitors and is authorized to recommend the classification of theatres such as that contained in this Uniform Zoning Plan and such other reasonable classification as may hereafter from time to time be used in the motion picture industry; and to recommend the zoning of theatres and the clearance and protection of motion pictures as between theatres, including clearances and protection according to runs and ) or prices of admission. The Continuing Zoning Committee also is authorized to recommend the classification of and protection and clearance for any theatre not herein provided for. The Continuing Zoning Committee shall be convened upon the call of the chairman or a majority of the members thereof. The Continuing Zoning Committee shall hear the complaint of any exhibitor or distributor concerning any of the provisions of this Uniform Zoning Plan and to recommend in each such case a fair disposition thereof. Any such complaint shall be in writing and delivered to the chairman or secretary of the Continuing Zoning Committee, who shall notify the complainant and all others concerned or interested, of the time and place fixed for a hearing thereon. The authority of the Continuing Zoning Committee shall be limited by the provisions hereof. No change or modification of this Zoning Plan after its adoption shall be recommended by any Continuing Zoning Committee which increases or reduces the length and / or area of protection herein specified for any one or more of a group or classification of theatres unless such increase or reduction shall be made to apply to all theatres of such group or classification. PROTECTION Illinois No. of Exhibitor's Location Extended Protection Days AURORA Naperville 14 Sixty days' protection Batavia 14 on subsequent runs. Piano 14 Yorkville 14 Sandwich 14 West Chicago 14 Hincklev 14 Etburn ' 14 Geneva 14 BLOOMINGTON Clinton 14 Hey worth 14 Thirty days' protection Le Roy 14 on subsequent runs. Sa vbrook 14 Colfax 14 Irving Theatre — Sixty Lexington 14 davs' protection on Fl Paso 14 subsequent runs. Farmer City 14 Chenoa 14 Gridley 14 BLUE ISLAND Dolton 14 Sixty days' protection on subsequent runs. CHAMPAIGN Urbana 60 Sixty days" protection on subsequent runs. CHICAGO HEIGHTS Stegei 14 Sixty days' protection Homewood 14 on subsequent runs. DANVILLE Catlin 14 Thirty days' protection Westville 14 on subsequent runs. Fairmount 14 Side i 14 Ridge Farm 14 Fischer Theatre — Sixty Georgetown 14 days' protection on Kossville 14 subsequent runs. Chrisman 14 Homer 14 Hoopeston 14 St. Joseph 14 Rankin 14 Newport, Ind 14 Covington, Ind 14 DECATUR Maroa 14 Thirty days* protection Monticello 14 on subsequent runs. Bement 14 Cerro Gordo 14 Lincoln Square Theatre Illiopolis 14 —Sixty days' protec Warrensburg 14 tion on subsequent Blue Mound 14 runs. Macon 14 I.jovington 14 Su'.livan * Moweaqua 14 Taylorville * Pana * ELGIN Barrington 14 Sixty days' protection Crystal Lake 14 on subsequent runs. Palatine 14 Arlington Heights....... 14 Hampshire 14 Dundee 14 Huntley 14 Algonquin 14 Fox River Grove 14 Genoa 14 FREEPORT Stockton 14 Pecatonica 14 Sixty days' protection Forreston 14 on subsequent runs. Elizabeth 14 Hanover 14 GALESBURG Monmouth 14 Sixty days' protection Abingdon 14 on subsequent runs. Knoxville 30 Oneida 14 Alexis 14 HARVEY Dolton 14 Sixty days' protection on subsequent runs. JOLIET Lemont 14 Thirty days' protection Lockport 14 on subsequent runs. Morris 14 Rockdale 14 Rialto Theatre — Sixty Plainfield 14 days' protection on Wilmington 14 subsequent runs. Manhattan 30 Coal City 14 Braidwood 14 Argo 14 KANKAKEE Peotone 14 Thirty days' protection Momence 14 on subsequent runs. Bradley 14 Manteno 14 Majestic Theatre — Sixty St. Anne 14 days' protection on Chebanse 14 subsequent runs. Clifton 14 Oilman 14 Bourbonnais 14 Watseka * KEWANEE Buda «. 14 Sixty days' protection Tulon 14 on subsequent runs. Galva 14 Woodhull 14 Cambridge 14 Sheffield 14 Nenonset 14 Atkinson 14 Genesee 14 Wyoming 14 Annawan 14 LA SALLE Peru 30 Sixty days' protection (Peru shall play 30 days on subsequent runs. after Majestic and 14 days after La Salle.) Majestic Theatre — Sixty Oglesby 14 days' protection on Spring Valley 14 subsequent runs. La Salle Theatre— ;Thir Ladd 14 ty days' protection on DePue 14 subsequent runs. Henry 14 Bureau 14 Mendota * Wayanet 14 Tiskilwa 14 Seatonville 14 Hennenin 14 Granville 14 Standard 14 Lamoille 14 Princeton * PEORIA Lacon 14 Thirty days' protection Chi.licothe 14 on subsequent runs. East Peoria 30 Washburn 14 Madison Theatre — Sixty Metamore 14 days' protection on Washington 14 subsequent runs. Eureka 14 Morton 14 Pekin 14 Tremont 14 Manito 14 Farmington 14 Fairview 14 Elmwood 14 Brimfteld 14 Princeville 14 Canton 14 "Immediately after. ROCKFORD Belvidere 7 Thirty days' protection Marengo 14 on subsequent runs, Kirkland 14 Rochelle 14 Coronado Theatre — Six Woodstock 7 ty days' protection on Harvard 7 subsequent runs. Capron 14 Byron 14 Mt. Morris 14 Forreston 14 Pecatonica 14 Rockton 14 Durand 14 Winnebago 14 Oregon 14 SPRINGFIELD Petersburg • Thirty days' protection Athens * on subsequent runs. Pawnee 14 Riverton 14 Waver ly 14 Dawson 14 Buffalo 14 Edinburg 14 Chatam 14 Lincoln * Taulla * SPRING VALLEY Bureau 14 Thirty days' protection Ladd 14 on subsequent runs. Cherry 14 Standard 14 STERLING Rock Falls 30 Sixty days' protection Morriston 14 on subsequent runs. Prophetstown 14 Tampico 14 Milledgeville 14 Fulton 14 Walnut 14 Polo 14 STREATOR Kangley 14 Sixty days' protection Wenona 14 on subsequent runs. Rutland 14 To'ucca 14 Odell 14 Dwight 7 Long Point 14 Minonk 14 Lostant 14 Pontiac 7 WAUKEGAN North Chicago 14 Sixty days' protection Libertyville 14 on subsequent runs. Great Lakes 14 Gray's Lake 14 Antioch 14 Lake Bluff 14 'Immediately after. Indiana GARY Valparaiso 7 Thirty days' protection. Crown Point 14 First run. Hobart 14 Bebron 14 HAMMOND Indiana Harbor. Day & date Sixty days over all (If the Indiana Theatre houses. charges the same eve ning adult admission price as first run theatres in Hammond it shall play day and date with Hammond. If the Indiana Theatre charges a lesser admission than Hammond it shall play one week later than Hammond. East Chicago 7 Lowell 14 Whiting 7 MICHIGAN CITY Chesterton 14 Tivoli Theatre — Sixty New Buffalo 14 days' protection on Porter 14 subsequent runs. Starland Theatre— Thirty days' protection on subsequent runs. SOUTH BEND Walkerton 14 Thirty days' protection Mishawaka 30 on subsequent runs. Elkhart 14 Goshen 14 Plymouth 14 New Carlisle 14 Niles. Mich 14 Nappanee 14 "Immediately after.