The Exhibitor (1950)

20 EXHIBITOR Snaper Reelected Jersey Allied Head Atlantic City, N. J. — At the annual con¬ vention of Allied Theatre Owners of New Jersey last week at the Traymore Hotel, Wilbur Snaper was reelected president. Also reelected were vice-presidents Lou Gold and Sam Frank; secretary Haskell Block, and sergeant-at-arms William Basil. Frank will also again serve as vice-president for southern New Jersey. Lou Martin was named treasurer. Snaper told members that since they have been educated as to their rights under the new court decisions they have improved their position in distributor dealings. Film companies have come to realize, Snaper maintained, that further offenses would mean direct opposition to the law, with the penalties clearly de¬ fined. Exhibitors were asked by him to cooperate with Allied in policing the decree. It was revealed that no adverse indus¬ try legislature had been passed by the state last year. Praise was given to New Jersey Allied’s effort in the COMPO tax drive. Every Congressman in the state had been won over to the industry’s cause, with one exception. Snaper said Allied’s board had decided to take a firm stand on television and public relations. TV performers will be censured for sniping at the industry, he said, while film stars making TV appear¬ ances will be asked to build up the industry. David O'Brien, Pete Smith, and Carter Barron re¬ cently were awarded statuettes by Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin in Washington, D. C., for their work in connection with MGM's industrial safety short, "Wrong Way Butch." Seen from left are: O'Brien, Tobin, Smith, and Barron. SAG Sets Television Scale Hollywood — Screen Actors Guild last week approved a code of wage scales and working conditions in televised motion pictures, setting basic minimum salaries at $55 per eight-hour day, and $175 per 48-hour week, for one role in one picture. Contract proposals of the SAG in its nego¬ tiations with all employers of actors in televised motion pictures provide the Guild as negotiator for all such actors. William Pizor In Hospital New York — William M. Pizor, vicepresident, Lippert, was at Mount Sinai Hospital last week undergoing a major operation. THE SCORE BOARD (In this department will be found a rating o'j pictures screened by Warners, MGM, Paramount, RKO, and 20th Century-Fox under the decree. Complete reviews appear in The Pink Section. — Ed.) RKO “Riders Of Tucson” — Average series western. “Treasure Island” — Excellent picturization of classic. “Armored Car Robbery” — For the duallers. 20TH-FOX “Broken Arrow” — High rating outdoor show. “Panic In The Streets” — Good meller. WB “The Great Jewel Robber” — Okeh pro¬ gram action show. MGM “Crisis” — Well-made adult drama. “Duchess Of Idaho” — High rating musical. Rogers, Rep., Foundation In Plan Hollywood — Roy Rogers, Republic, and The National Kids’ Day Foundation have joined forces to offer the 1,800 theatres sponsoring “Roy Rogers Riders Clubs” a unique plan to raise funds for helping underprivileged children, and, at the same time, increase their boxoffice receipts with paid-in-advance admissions, it was an¬ nounced last week. The National Kids’ Foundation, a non¬ profit charitable organization which works with the more than 3,100 Kiwanis Clubs in the country in aiding less fortunate children, is distributing buttons to the exhibitors which the Riders Club mem¬ bers will sell for 10 cents apiece during September. The buttons are to be worn on Sept. 23, which will be the second annual observance of “National Kids’ Day.” TTie “Roy Rogers Riders” return the money they have received for the but¬ tons to the manager. Out of every dollar the theatre receives, it retains 50 cents, for which a club member receives 50 cents worth of admission tickets good until used. The remaining 50 cents goes to The National Kids’ Day Foundation Fund. The National Kids’ Day Foundation is supporting the nation-wide button sale with a newspaper and radio campaign. Odeon Passes Dividend London — It was announced last week by J. Arthur Rank’s Odeon Theatres that it can’t pay the dividend due on June 30 on its six per cent cumulative preference shares. The company also said that it was not practicable to issue an interim finan¬ cial statement at this time, but declared that its bank indebtedness had been re¬ duced by 2,000,000 pounds. Sir Malcolm Balcon is a new board member. Academy Reelects Brackett Hollywood — Charles Brackett was last week reelected president, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. George Murphy is first vice-president. 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