Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1939)

Government Charges Seen Only Starter (Continued from page 5) theatre because of threats to open, and the actual opening and operation of opposition theatres, and because of threats to deprive, and actually depriving and causing him to be deprived, of desired product. Granada, Sioux City, Iowa; Nathan and Abe Sadoff; 1936. Independent exhibitor was forced to lease his theatre because of the imposition of unreasonable clearance and because he was deprived of desired product. Strand, Gardiner, Me.; Willard B. Harwood; 1933-1937. The independent exhibitor was forced to sell his theatre because he was deprived of desired products; because of the operation of an opposition theatre; because of a price war; because of unwarranted interference with his advertising; because of the imposition of unreasonable clearance. Swan. Columbus, Neb.; William N. Youngclaus; 1935. Independent exhibitor was forced to sell his lease in the Swan Theatre because Central States Theatres Corporation, a Paramount subsidiary, operating the Columbus Theatre, took necessary first run product away from him. Liberty and Orpheum, Lincoln, Neb.; Frank D. Eager; 1933. Independent exhibitor was forced to lease his theatre because he was deprived of desired product. State and Stratton, Middletown, N. Y. ; Edward Quittner; 1928-1931. Producer exhibitor sought to acquire independent exhibitor's theatres by charging him excessive film rentals; by imposing upon him unreasonable block booking terms and other harsh and oppressive terms; by opening and operating opposition theatre; and by depriving him, and causing him to be deprived of desired product. Palace and Marion, Marion, Ohio; Theatrical Managers, Inc.; 1933 or 1934. Threat to oppose independent exhibitor in its Indiana situation by the erection of new theatres. Garing, Greenville, S. C. ; L. D. Joel; 19191920. Independent exhibitor was forced to sell his theatre because of threats to open and the actual opening and operation of opposition theatres; and because he was deprived of desired products. State, Watertown, S. D. ; Carl P. Knudsen; 1932-1936. The independent exhibitor was forced to sell his theatre because he was deprived of desired and necessary product. Rio, Beaumont, Tex.; Robert Z. Glass; 1935. Independent exhibitor was forced to sell his theatre because of his inability to get desirable product. Knox, Fair and Long, Dallas, Tex.; Robert Z. Glass; 1937. Independent exhibitor was forced to sell his theatre because of discriminatory clearance, minimum admission prices, elimination of double featuring, threats of increased clearance and threats of loss of product. Varsity, Dallas, Tex.; Paul Scott; 1937. Independent exhibitor was forced to sell his theatre due to discriminatory clearance, minimum admission prices, the threat of buying all product and threatening to and building in opposition. Joy, Tyler, Tex.; H. E. Fulgham; 1937. Refusal to sell product and threats to use every means to close the doors of the theatre. Opera House, Greenville, Tex.; Theo. Palemanakos; 1918-1919. Paramount Pictures, Inc., forced Palemanakos to sell his theatre by threatening to build opposition theatre and by threatening to deprive and actually depriving Palemanakos of desirable product. Theatre owned by W. H. Powers, Henderson, Tex.; 1932. Independent exhibitor was forced to sell his theatre because of inability to secure desirable product and the threat to and actually building in opposition. Rialto, Jacksonville, Tex.; New Dixie, Bryan, Tex.; Stone Fort, Nacogdoches, Tex.; Stone Fort, Austin, Tex.; Stone Fort, Seguin, Tex.; Strand, Marshall, Tex.; Sabine, Port Arthur, Tex.; Creighton, Conroe, Tex.; L. M. Threet, President Inca Theatres, Inc.; 1935. Independent exhibitor was forced to sell theatres because of inability to secure desirable product. Dorbandt and Claire, Jacksonville, Tex.; Ross Dorbandt; 1935. Independent exhibitor was forced to sell his theatres because of the threat of loss of product. Casino and Liberty, Jacksonville, Fla.; L. D. Joel; 1919. Efforts were made to force independent exhibitor to sell his theatres by threatening to open and by actually opening and operating opposition theatres, and by depriving and causing him to be deprived of desired product. Photosho, McAlester, Okla. ; Joseph C. Boss; 1919-20. Paramount Pictures, Inc., after promising independent exhibitor exclusive right to show Paramount products in McAlester, Okla., opened an opposition theatre, interfered with his film service, increased the price of films above contract price, deprived him of desired product, and induced owner of building not to let premises for theatrical purposes, thereby forcing independent exhibitor out of theatre exhibition business. Grand, Columbia, Tenn. ; H. H. Jackson; 19211923. Efforts were made to force independent exhibitor to sell his theatre by threatening to open an opposition theatre and by depriving him of desired product. Majestic, Tyler, Tex.; S. G. Fry; 1935. Independent exhibitor was forced to turn over his lease of a theatre because of the threat to build a theatre in opposition and his inability to secure desirable product. Cine, Chicago, 111.; Sam Meyers; 1936. Immediately after wwork commenced upon the independent theatre. Paramount, through a subsidiary, announced publicly that it intended to erect a theatre in the immediate vicinity and paid the owner of a nearby lot a sum of money for the privilege of placing a steam shovel upon his land and commenced to excavate upon it. Intimidated by the threat of an affiliated opposition theatre the independent exhibitor entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Paramount for the construction of what is now the Cine Theatre at their joint cost and for the operation of that theatre when it was constructed by the subsidiary of Paramount as the managing partner. Unnamed theatre, Belmont near Central Ave., Chicago, 111.; Harry Solomon; about 1935. Immediately after announcement by the independent exhibitor that a theatre would be constructed, Paramount, through a subsidiary, announced the construction of an opposition theatre in the vicinity and commenced excavation for what is now the Will Rogers. Intimidated by the threat of an affiliated opposition theatre, the independent exhibitor abandoned his project. Avon, Decatur, 111.; Gust Constan; about 1929. The independent exhibitor was threatened with the reopening of the Bijou Theatre in Danville by a subsidiary of Paramount unless he sold his house to it and he was warned that if the Bijou was reopened he would have difficulty in operating the Avon. Theatre unknown to petitioner, Anderson, Ind. ; Verner U. Young; 1928. Immediately after the acquisition of a site for a theatre in Anderson, Ind., by the independent exhibitor, he was threatened by Paramount Pictures, Inc., or its subsidiary, with the erection of an opposition theatre by Paramount unless he sold his site to Paramount Pictures, Inc., and refrained from building a theatre in the town. Evangeline. New Iberia, La.; Kalil Sliman; 1933-1939. Efforts were made to purchase or acquire control of the independent exhibitor’s theatre by threatening to open and by actually opening and operating opposition theatres, and by threatening to deprive, and by actually depriving and causing him to be deprived of desired product. Urban, North Mankato, Minn.; Irving Gillman; 1936-1937. Independent exhibitor lost his theatre because theatres were opened and operated in opposition to him and because he was deprived of desired product. Rialto and Colonial, Greenville, Tex.; H. A. Cole and A. W. Lilly; 1932-1938. An effort was made to force independent exhibitors out of business by opening and operating opposition theatres and by depriving them of desired product. Jefferson, Huntsville, Ala.; Strand and Grand, Forence, Ala.; C. L. Hackworth; 1919-1922. Efforts were made to force independent ex hibitor to sell his theatres by threatening to open, and by actually opening and operating opposition theatre, and by threatening to deprive, and by actually depriving and causing independent exhibitor to be deprived of desired product. Crystal, Greenville, Tex.; F. R. Newman; 19191921. Efforts were made to force independent ex hibitor to sell his theatre by opening and operating opposition theatre and by depriving him of desired product. Lone Star and Lamb, Ranger, Tex.; H. S. Cole; 1919-1920. Efforts were made to force independent ex hibitor to sell his theatres by threatening to open, and by actually opening and operating opposition theatre; by threatening to deprive and by actually depriving independent exhibitor of desired product; and by interfering with film service. Old Mill, Queen, Crystal and Palace, Dallas, Tex.; Hippodrome and Palace, Fort Worth. Tex.; Queen and Zoe, Houston, Tex.; Queen and Tremont, Galveston, Tex.; Hippodrome, Waco, Tex.; E. H. Hulsey; 1919. Paramount Pictures, Inc., forced independent exhibitor to sell it his theatres, by depriving him of desired product; by threatening to open, and by opening and operating, opposition theatres; and by causing independent exhibitor’s fi Four Firms Variously Named in Answer nancial backers to cease supporting him. RADIO-KEITH-ORPHEUM CORP. Capitol, Marshalltown, Iowa; C. C. Dunsmoor; 1934-1936. Independent exhibitor was forced to lease his theatre because of the opening and operation of theatres in opposition to him and because he was deprived of desired product. Kingsway, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Century Circuit; 1934. RKO threatened to build a theatre in opposition to the Kingsway Theatre and take product away from the Kingsway Theatre if independent exhibitor did not permit RKO to take over the operation of the Kingsway Theatre upon terms satisfactory to it. Merrick, Long Island, N. Y. ; Century Circuit; 1934. RKO threatened to take product away from the Merrick Theatre and put it in the Alden Theatre which it was contemplating to take over if independent exhibitor did not permit RKO to take over the operation of the Merrick Theatre upon terms satisfactory to it. Subsequently RKO did take over the Alden Theatre and took product away from the Merrick Theatre. 20TH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP. Compton, Compton, Calif.; Compton Theatre Corporation; 1934-137. Independent exhibitor was forced to sell its theatre because of threats to build and operate, and the actual building and operation of an opposition theatre; because of threats to deprive and because it was in fact deprived, of desired product, and because of the imposition of excessive increases in film rental prices. Tower, Los Angeles, Calif.; H. L. Gumbiner; 1935. Independent exhibitor was forced to lease his theatre because he was deprived of the desired necessary product. Sunkist, Pomona, Calif.; Maurice Feigenbaum; 1932. Independent exhibitor was forced to sell his theatre because he was deprived of desired product. Brookside, Kansas City, Mo. ; Brookside Theatre Corporation; Stanley H. Schwartz, President; 1937. • Independent exhibitor was forced to sell its theatre because of the imposition of excessive clearance; because it was deprived of desired product; and because of the threat to open and operate opposition theatre. Lincoln, Mozart, Alamo and Pearl, Milwaukee, Wis. ; B. K. Fischer; 1936. Independent exhibitor was forced to transfer his lease on the Lincoln Theatre because of destructive price cutting by opposition theatres and intimations that additional opposition theatres would be operated. The producer exhibitor acquired a partnership interest in independent exhibitor’s other theatres as a result of assurances that he could license product cheaper and that no opposition theatres would be operated against him. Layton Park, Pearl and Grace, Milwaukee, Wis.; Charles YVashicheck; 1936. 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation acquired control of the independent exhibitor’s theatres as a result of rumors conveyed to the independent that Fox was going to build and operate theatres in opposition to him. WARNER BROS. PICTURES. INC. Seco and Silver, Silver Spring, Md.; William E. S. Wilcox; 1933-1938. Independent exhibitor was forced to sell his lease because of the imposition of unreasonable clearance. Geneva, Lake Geneva, Wis.; Delavan, Delavan. Wis.; William Silcock; 1937. The exaction of unreasonably high film rentals, coupled with the suggestion that competing theatres would be built; block booking and the forcing of short subjects and newsreels; refusal by all distributors to recognize the fact that both Lake Geneva and Delavan are resort towns and that Mr. Silcock needed only a relatively small amount of product for the winter months; as a result a deal w7as made with Standard Kenosha Theatres, Inc., a subsidiary of Standard Theatres, Inc., which is affiliated with Warner. Capitol, Wheeling, W. Va.; Capitol Theatre Co., and Capitol Enterprises, Inc.; 1931-1938. Producer exhibitor sought to acquire independent exhibitor’s theatre by deliberately causing poor quality pictures to be played therein; by threatening to deprive and by depriving independent exhibitor, and causing it to be deprived of desired product; by causing independent exhibitor’s tenant to default in rental payments; by discouraging prospective tenants from leasing property; by inducing foreclosure proceedings on property; by endeavoring to purchase and by purchasing an equity in property in order to gain control thereof. BOXOFFICE :: June 3, 1939 19