Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1930)

November 29, 1930 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD 21 Hundred Musicians Get Work As St. Louis Strike Is Ended ThirtyWeek Working Season Is Guaranteed by Settlement What Could One Officer Do In a Case Like This? (Special to the Herald-World) COLUMBUS, OHIO, Nov. 28. — Exuberant over the winning of a football game, 50 students of the Ohio State University attempted to crash the gate at Loew's Palace recently. Eight of the students were arrested, but Manager Meniker refused to press charges. However, from now on, there is to be a policeman stationed at each theatre to care for small disturbances, according to Chief of Police French, but — what would one policeman do if those 50 students really wanted to get in? Warner Booking and Sales to Have New N. Y. (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Nov. 28.— Following the recent internal consolidation of Warner Brothers and First National, the combined booking and sales divisions of Warner Brothers, Vitagraph, First National Pictures and Vitaphone for the Metropolitan area, will be housed at the Film Center Building on 44th street and Ninth avenue. The new quarters contain the executive, sales and booking offices as well as the poster and shipping departments of the three picture companies. George Balsdon, Jr., Metropolitan sales manager for Warner Brothers, expressed the certainty that the exhibitor will be well pleased with the centralization, since the company is prepared to render the quickest service possible in the new quarters. Lichtman Denies >r Tht Going to Warner (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Nov. 28.— Al Lichtman, sales chief of United Artists, recently reported going over to Warner Brothers, has sent through the New York office of the producing company, an emphatic denial that he has any intention of severing his present connection, which he has held for the past four years. Joseph M. Schenck, president and chairman of the board of United Artists Corporation, has joined Lichtman in the denial. Ask Federal Censors In Resolution Passed at Convention of W C T U (Special to the Herald-World) HOUSTON, Nov. 28.— A resolution asking for federal censorship of the moving picture industry because "present day films scoff at prohibition, portray wanton waste and instruct youth in methods of committing crimes," was adopted unanimously by the national convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. "Prohibition will be a menace as long as the motion picture industry continues unrestrained," Miss Maude M. Aldrich, the union's motion picture department head, said. Fox and Ambassador Theatres Resume Stage Shows — Dispute Reached Climax September First [By Special Correspondent to the Herald-World] ST. LOUIS, Nov. 28. — The musicians' strike is over. Settlement of the issue with musicians employed by the motion picture theatres of St. Louis was reached at a conference held in New York City November 24, by a delegation from the St. Louis local of the Musicians Union, headed by President Samuel P. Meyers, and national representatives of Warner Brothers, Publix, Fox, Loew's Inc., and Radio-Keith-Orpheum Circuits. Under the terms of the agreement 100 musicians are to be employed in the St. Louis theatres as follows: Ambassador, 27; Fox, 23; St. Louis, 13; Granada, 15; Missouri and Loew's State, 2 each, and the St. Louis Amusement Company 18 in addition to those used at the Granada. According to Associated Press dispatches from New York the musicians are guaranteed a thirty-week working season. Resume Stage Shows Both the Fox and Ambassador theatres have announced they would resume their stage shows on Thanksgiving Day. While complete details of the New York agreement have not reached St. Louis, it is understood that all of the difficulties between the musicians and the theatres were ironed out satisfactorily for both sides and that peace will reign for at least another year. Reached Climax September 1 The dispute this year reached a climax on September 1. when the contracts of the St. Louis and Fox theatres with the union expired. The theatres refused to accede to a demand that the status of the_ St. Louis theatre be changed from a vaudeville to a motion picture de luxe house, thus increasing: its orchestra from 12 to 20 men. The union also sought to have the Fox increase its orchestra if stage shows were continued. When the musicians failed to reach an agreement with the musicians ort September 1, the Skouras Theatres and the St. Louis Amusement company dispensed with the services of their musicians although their contracts with the union did not expire until September 19. local union, which is affiliated with the International Alliance of Theatrical Employes and the Motion Picture Operators of the United States and Canada. Charles Potter, owner of the Baltis and National, local suburban houses, filed suit November 18 against the union and the following of its officials : W. J. Croft, J. H. Morgan, Robert Dillon, Russell Ransdell, Jack Herrin, Marion Crawford and W. E. Higgins. The suit was filed in connection with the bombing of the Baltis in October. Burroughs has filed injunctions against the union, seeking to restrain it from picketing and placarding the Art, Gauntier and Pershing houses. K. C. Non-Unionists To Settle All Disputes Photoplay Medal Goes to "Disraeli" As Best 1929 Film (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Nov. 28.— "Disraeli," Warner Brothers picture starring George Arliss, has been awarded the gold medal by the Photoplay Magazine as the best motion picture released during 1929. This follows another medal award to George Arliss, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which pronounced his performance in "Disraeli," the best individual portrayal of the year. A third medal was awarded the actor for the purity of his diction, by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The Photoplay award is said to be significant in that it represents the opinion of members of the picture going public, thousands of whom voted in the contest. The formal presentation of the medal to Warner Brothers will take place some time in December. With Union by Law Stench Bombers Pay Three Visits Within One Month (Special to the Herald-World) KANSAS CITY, Nov. 28— Battles of the non-union Sound Projectionists Association with union men will be fought out only in the law courts, declares _ F. _ E. Burroughs, legal advisor to the organization. Several suits are now pending against the (Special to the Herald-World) FRESNO, CAL., Nov. 28.— Three times within a month, stench bombers have visited the Majestic theatre here, a non-union house. Stanley Company Reports $1,366,992 Net Profits for Year Ending Aug. 30 (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Nov. 28. — The Stanley Company of America, which is a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, which owns 99 per cent of the stock, reports a net profit for the year ended August 30 of $1,366,992. In addition to this there was a so-called intercompany profit of $5,926,138 from the sale of F N stock to Warners.