The Exhibitor (Nov 1948-Feb 1949)

THE EXHIBITOR Ifi RKO Divorcement (Contmued from page 7) lyn; Gibson, Greenville, Mich.; Gladmer, Lansing, Mich.; Glen, Glen Cove, L. I.; Glenwood, Brooklyn; Granada, Corona, L. I.; Grand, Astoria, L. L; Grand, Chi¬ cago; Grand, Grand Haven, Mich. Hackensack, Hackensack, N. J.; Hal¬ sey, Brooklyn; Hamilton, Hamilton Town¬ ship, N. J.; Hempstead, Hempstead, L. I.; Highway, Brooklyn; Hill, Hillsdale, Mich.; Hillstreet, Los Angeles; Holland, Holland, Mich.; Interboro, Bronx; Ionia, Ionia, Mich.; Jackson, Jackson Heights, L. I.; Jamaica, Jamaica; Jerome, Ozone Park, L. I.; Keith-Albee, Huntington, W. Va.; Kent, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens, L. I.; Kinema, Brooklyn; Lafayette, Suffern, N. Y.; Lake, Benton Harbor, Mich.; Lansing, Lansing, Mich.; Lefferts, Richmond Hills, L. I.; Liberty, Benton Harbor, Mich. Liberty Elizabeth, N. J.; Lincoln, Tren¬ ton, N. J.; Lincoln, Kearny, N. J.; Lynbrook, Lynbrook, L. I.; Lyric, Cadillac, Mich.; Lyric, Ludington, Mich.; Lyric, Manistee, Mich.; Lyric, Traverse City, Mich.; Lyric, Alpena, Mich. Majestic, Columbus, O.; Majestic, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Majestic, Jackson, Mich.; Majestic, Jersey City; Majestic, Port Huron, Mich.; Maltz, Alpena, Mich.; Manhasset, Manhasset, L. L; Marble Hill, Bronx; Marboro, Brooklyn; Marcy, Brook¬ lyn; Martha Washington, Ypsilanti, Mich.; Maspeth, Maspeth, L. I.; Mecca, Saginaw, Mich.; Meserole, Brooklyn. Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Michigan, Battle Creek, Mich.; Michigan, Jackson, Mich.; Michigan, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Michi¬ gan, Lansing, Mich ; Michigan, Muskegon, Mich.; Michigan, Saginaw, Mich.; Michigan, South Haven, Mich.; Michigan, Traverse, Mich.; Midway, Forest Hills, L. I.; Model, South Haven, Mich.; Monroe, Monroe, Mich.; Monticello, Jersey City, N. J.; Nemo, New York; Northtown, Lansing, Mich.; Oakland, Pontiac, Mich.; Oasis, Ridge¬ wood, L. I.; Ogden, Bronx; 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; Parkhill, New York; Park Plaza, Bronx; Parthenon, Brooklyn; Pascack, Westwood, N. J.; Pelham, Bronx, N. Y.; Playhouse, Great Neck, L. I.; Plaza, Englewood, N. J.; Post, Battle Creek, Mich.; Pilgrim, Bronx. Rainbow, Brooklyn; 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, Kearny, N. J.; Regent, Muskegon, Mich.; Republic, Brooklyn; Rex, East Rutherford, N. J.; Rex, Jackson, Mich.; Rialto, Jersey City, N. J.; Rialto, Pontiac, Mich.; Rialto, Three Rivers, Mich.; Ridgewood, Brooklyn; Rivera, Brooklyn; Riverside, New York; Riviera, New York; Riviera, Niles, Mich.; Riviera, Three Riv¬ ers, Mich.; Rivoli, Hempstead, L. I. Rivoli, New Brunswick, N. J.; Rivoli, Rutherford, N. J.; RKO Proctor’s New¬ ark, N. J.; Robinsood, Grand Haven, Mich.; Rockland, Nyack, N. Y.; Roosevelt, Flush¬ ing, L. I.; Roosevelt, Woodhaven, L. I.; Roxy, Flint, Mich.; Roxy, Sturgis, Mich.; Royal, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Savoy, Brook¬ lyn; Scarsdale, Scarsdale, N. Y. Senate, Brooklyn; Silver, Greenville, Mich.; Southtown, Lansing, Mich.; Square, Bronx; Squire, Great Neck, L. I.; Stadium’ Brooklyn; State, Ann Arbor, Mich.; State, East Lansing, Mich.; State, Flint, Mich.; State, Huntington, W. Va.; State, Jersey City, N. J.; State, Kalamazoo, Mich.; State, Government Case Again Up in New York _ NEW YORK — The government’s anti -trust case against the majors was scheduled to have resumed here on Nov. 8 before the special three-judge tribunal. It was reported, however, that 20th Century-Fox might make an offer to the government not dissimilar from the terms of the agreement concluded last week with RKO. Muskegon, Mich.; State, New Brunswick, N. J.; State, Pontiac, Mich.; State, Tren¬ ton, N. J.; Steinway, Astoria, L. I.; Stod¬ dard, New York; Stone, Brooklyn. Strand, Battle Creek, Mich.; Strand, Flint, Mich.; Strand, Jersey City; Strand, Niles, Mich.; Strand, Owosso, Mich.; Strand, Pontiac, Mich.; Strand, Rockville Center, L. I.; Strand, Saginaw, Mich.; Strand, Sturgis, Mich.; Sunnyside, Woodside, L. I.; Supreme, Brooklyn; Surf, Brooklyn. Teaneck, Teaneck, N. J.; Temple, Sag¬ inaw, Mich.; Times, Cincinnati, O.; Tipton, Huntington, W. Va.; Tivoli, Jersey City, N. J.; Trabay, Traverse, Mich.; Triboro, Astoria, L. I.; Tuxedo, Bronx; Up¬ town, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Utica, Brooklyn; Valentine, Bronx; Valley Stream, Valley Stream, L. I.; Victoria, Ossining, N. Y.; Victory, Bayside West, L. I.; Vogue, Man¬ istee, Mich.; Waldorf, Brooklyn; Walker, Brooklyn; Ward, Bronx; Wealthy, Grand Rapids, Mich. Westown, Bay City, Mich.; Westwood, Westwood, N. J.; Whitney, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Wilson, Brookl3m; Wolverine, Sag¬ inaw, Mich.; Wuerth, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Wuerth, Ypsilanti, Mich.; 43rd Street, Long Island City; 77th Street, New York. Galesburg Suit Brought Chicago — Weldon Allen, Grove, Gales¬ burg, Ill., last fortnight filed an anti¬ trust suit for $441,000 against B and K, Great States Circuit, Warners, Paramount, and Universal Film Exchanges. Seymour Simon is attorney for the plaintiff, who charges that since August, 1940, the de¬ fendants granted the Orpheum and West, Galesburg, first-runs, excluding the same opportunity from the Grove, which runs 60 days after these houses. It was also indicated that Loew’s, 20thFox, UA, and RKO have, since July 1, allowed the plaintiff to bid for first-runs, but that the defendants have not. Johnston Meeting Delayed Washington — Eric Johnston, MPAA head, announced last week that the pro¬ posed three-day meet of most company presidents and their aides in New York had again been postponed, this time from Nov. 10-12 to Nov. 17-19. THE EXHIBITOR wi// celebrate its 30th ANNIVERSARY in the issue of November 24 Watch For It! Paramount Files New Memorandum New York — In a memorandum filed with U. S. District Court last week. Paramount maintained that the government had not established a case for either divestiture of production and exhibition interests or the dissolution of jointly owned theatres, and asked that a new decree be framed in the equity suit “in the light of present-day facts.” The memorandum declared that the demands made by the Department of Justice in its recent memorandum to the court “ignored the true nature of the pro¬ ceeding directed by the U. S. Supreme Court.” The high tribunal’s directive, the Paramount memorandum continued, clearly indicated that the subject of the¬ atre acquisitions and their effect upon the markets claimed to be monopolized or unlawfully restrained be reviewed by the lower court on the basis of new evidence to be presented by the government in each individual situation. As to the question of joint ownerships, with other defendants. Paramount said that the divestiture proposed by the govern¬ ment went beyond the holding of the Supreme Court. In some cases, the high court had suggested divorcement, the memorandum admitted, but “divorce” means not divestiture, according to Para¬ mount, “but rather the splitting up of the joint ownerships by restoring to each co¬ owner his share of the partnership assets. Such a dissolution would create two vig¬ orous competitors, and would destroy the supposed restriction on potential competi¬ tion between the coowners.” Paramount also asked the court to re¬ ject the proposed ban on cross-licensing, and to establish an arbitration system as an effective substitute for the rejected system of competitive bidding. Goldwyn Helps Fund New York — Climaxing a year of nego¬ tiations with James C. Petrillo’s American Federation of Musicians and this country’s largest record manufacturing corpora¬ tions, Samuel Goldwyn last week an¬ nounced that a record album would be put on sale throughout the country, with all proceeds from the sale of the album going to the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for Cancer Research. Entitled “Giants of Jazz,” the album in¬ cludes for the first time in one set of recordings Benny Goodman, Tommy Dor¬ sey, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Barnet, Mel Powell, Page Cavanaugh Trio, Golden Gate Quartet, Jeri Sullivan, and Befmy Carter and Zutty Singleton. The artists have waived roy.Jties, as has the AFM. Samuel Goldwyn has given the entire sound tract from “A Song Is Born,” and Capitol is manufacturing the album with¬ out profit. Printers and engravers also donated their services. Sherman Lands Another Washington — Sherman Plan, Inc., has been appointed American sales repre¬ sentatives for A/S Nordlys Films, Nor¬ wegian producing company, it was an¬ nounced last week by A1 Sherman, presi¬ dent. The first Nordlys production, “Trollfossen” (Troll Falls), now is in the country. November 10, 194S