The Exhibitor (Nov 1941-May 1942)

THE EXHIBITOR 17 Jr (Editor’s Note: Arbitration activity in the territory covered by The Ex¬ hibitor will always be found under this heading .) New Haven The longest hearing to date, that of the Plaza, Windsor, Conn., in a complaint to seek the elimination of the Windsor’s 30day clearance, finished up last fortnight after five full days of arbitration before Professor George P. Murdock. Starting on Nov. 24, testimony continued on Nov. 25, 26. It renewed on Dec. 8, with a full day, a half day the next day, and a full day of hearing on Dec. 10. Hearing date for the Grand Theatre Corporation case naming RKO, Loew’s, and 20th Century-Fox, and asking a clear¬ ance of seven days after the Pequot, New Haven, will be after the first of the new year, it is believed. New York RKO, 20th Century-Fox, and Paramount were named defendants in an arbitration demand filed last week by Coy Operating Company, operators, Savoy, Jamaica, L. I., who seek a designated run. Complainant charges that first two named companies refused to license the Savoy for secondrun, giving the product, instead, to Skouras’ Jamaica. Paramount, it is claimed, refused to sell second-run to the Savoy, favoring Loew’s Hillside. Complainant seeks an award which will give it second run from those companies. Philadelphia Clearance Case No. 11 — Parkside, Cam¬ den, scheduled for hearing on Dec. 20, was again postponed last week. No new date has been set for hearing. Ex-judge Joseph Varbalow, intervenor, has entered a hospital for a physical check-up, and hearings in the case are now held up pending his recovery. Lewen Pizor and Herman Coane last week have withdrawn their AAA clear¬ ance complaint against the "Big Five’’ filed, on behalf of their Colonial, Phoenixville, Pa. It is understood a satisfactory settlement was made out of court. What’s Being Shown Today? See The Exhibitor’s Territory TradeScreening Guide Every Issue. Book Reviews HOLLYWOOD. THE MOVIE COLONY —THE MOVIE MAKERS: Leo C. Rosten. (Harcourt, Brace and Company; 436 pp.; $4.00). This is probably the best factual book about Hollywood ever published, and al¬ though it does not divulge anything that is particularly startling, it is nevertheless interesting as a compilation of all the facts, statistics, and other data about movie making. Under “The Movie Col¬ ony” are discussed The Hollywood Le¬ gend, The Movie Colony, The Movie Elite, The Big Money, Eros in Hollywood, Pol bitration Cases National Legion of Decency List — Dec. 25, 1941 UNOBJECTIONABLE FOR GEN¬ ERAL PATRONAGE — “Land of the Open Range,” (RKO); “Babes On Broadway,” (Metro); Lone Star Law Men,” (Monogram); “Borrowed Hero,” (Monogram); “Corsican Brothers,” (United Artists); “Red River Valley,” (Republic); “Remember the Day,” (20th Century-Fox); “Vanishing Vir¬ ginian,” (Metro). UNOBJECTIONABLE FOR ADULTS — “All American Co-Ed,” (United Artists); “Among the Living,” (Para¬ mount); “No Hands on the Clock,” (Paramount); “Ball of Fire,” (RKO); “Blue, White and Perfect,” (RKO); Century-Fox). OBJECTIONABLE IN PART— “TwoFaced Woman” (revised version), (Metro). itics Over Hollywood, The Fight for Pres¬ tige, The Night Life Of the Gods, Of Marble Halls, and Horses, Gifts, and Superstitions. The second section, The Movie Makers, describes the functions and other data pertinent to producers, di¬ rectors, writers, and actors. In section three, the far-reaching influence of Holly¬ wood throughout the world is discussed. All this is generously supplemented with statistical information, which is gone into even more thoroughly in a series of ap¬ pendices in the back of the book. Metro "Ideas" Issued New York — A new exploitation service known as “Ideas Of the Month,” to be de¬ voted exclusively to assisting theatres in smaller towns and cities throughout the United States, was launched last week by Metro. Created by the company’s exploitation department, this latest promotional aid will be issued twice monthly and will con¬ tain concrete suggestions for conducting campaigns in small situations and present stunts which have been used successfully in actual campaigns and submitted by the Metro field staff. The first issue deals exclusively with suggestions for Christmas exploitation and proposes a variety of promotions suitable for smaller town theatres. Monogram Gives Bonus New York — All Monogram home office employees and all employees of the New York, Philadelphia, and Washington ex¬ changes, owned by the company, are being given a Christmas bonus payable in de¬ fense bonds and stamps, according to W. Ray Johnston, president, Monogram, last week. Scully On Tour New York — William A. Scully, Univer¬ sal vice-president and general sales man¬ ager, left last week for a series of cir¬ cuit sales meetings through the south. Following the completion of the tour, Scully will leave for Hollywood. Buu U. S. Defense wTm\L PAYS off republic picture 7* DRAMA OF SPIES AND SABOTAGE AT SEA! . WILLIAM WRIGHT, as Chris, and MARGARET TALLICHET, as Joan, get together in a spy-hunt . . . and love. J. EDWARD BROMBERG OSA MASSEN WILLIAM WRIGHT MARGARET TALLICHET ABNER BIBERMAN JOHN H. AUER— Director Screen play by Lawrence Kimble and Malcolm Stuart Boylan Original story by George Worthing Yates and Julian Zimet December 24, 1941