The Film Daily (1934)

Thursday, April 5, 1934 THE -Z&>* DAILY ALLIED ASKS BOARD TO UR6EC0DECHANGES (Continued from Page 1) the President. No one from the Code Authority was present at the final session, although a letter from Harold Bareford, as chairman of the ninth Code Authority, outlining that body's view of the problems concerned, was introduced into the evidence. It amplified its position of the right of the seller to choose the outlet best adapted for the showing of its product and denied any price discrimination between single and circuit theaters. The first rebuttal witness of the day was A. Burt Carlisle, independent labor representative of Minneapolis, who claimed that the code was unfair to unaffiliated unions. His group offered an amendment to the labor provisions of the code which he claimed would allow the unaffiliated as well as A. F. of L. unions to set a minimum wage. He was followed by Harry Brandt, I. T. O. A. president, who asked that the entire code be reopened and a deputy administrator other than Sol A. Rosenblatt be assigned to it. He wondered why the code authority did not show up in person and attacked the selection of John Flinn as its executive secretary, citing his former connection with Paramount. Pathe. He also attacked Bareford's Code Authority letter. From this he went to the labor provisions of the code allegedly favoring the A. F. of L. and made charges against Local 306 of New York. He was followed in summation testimony by Myers, whose testimony brought the hearings to a close. Myers claimed that the Code Authority has "quasi-judicial" powers which he said were unlike other codes he had seen a' NRA. He claimed that regardless of the suspension of the anti-trust laws under NRA. the code sanctioned practices deemed unfair in court decisions such as the Youngclau ca»e relating to Film Boards of Trade. H; said Allied members were willing to arbitrate by rules of arbitration but that th" rules set up in the code unbalanced the Boards. He attacked the definition of code authority members and claimed that under it there were seven sellers to three buyers on that body and that as a result of the definition; United Artists and Columbia representatives were being selected on the regional boards. Following Myers' testimony, which concluded the hearings, Lowell Mason, Review Board Counsel, said a two-page report of the federal trade commission on the code, was being introduced into the evidence. It wa<= also announced that William Elliott, I. A. 1. S E head, would offer A. F. of L s side of the labor question informally next Monday to Chairman Clarence Darrow. MOKGthe Legit Code Up Again Tuesday Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Hearings on the legitimate theater code will be resumed here Tuesday. FACTS ABOUT FILMS Three sound films were made in Finland in 1933, but an increase is expected in 1934. • • • A PAGE from the diary of Eddie Carrier reporting a day's work for the M-G-M Traveling Motion Picture Studio which he is taking with his crew across the country this happened recently when the Traveling Studio first invaded Mississippi at the city of Jackson T T T • • • OFFICIALS of the State turned out en masse to formally welcome the Train to the land of cotton arrived at Jackson at 1.00 o'clock escort of motorcycle police led the Studio to the State Capitol grounds where official state reception ceremonies were held here Governor Mike Conner, and members of his staff headed by Lieut. Governor Dennis Murphree received the studio and welcomed it to the State participating in the reception ceremonies were the heads of various state departments and a group of state senators and representatives the Studio later proceeded to the City Hall where Mayor Walter Scott and his City Commissioners welcomed the outfit a visit to the office of the Jackson "Clarion-Ledger" followed this newspaper sponsoring the Traveling Studio and its search for new screen personalities then a parade through the downtown area after which the Studio was opened for inspection of enormous crowds in front of the Majestic theater Manager Seal said the Studio brought hundreds of visitors from outlying points throughout the rest of the day an endless stream of people inspected the studio on wheels then in the evening a screen show from the rear of the Studio showing coming M-G-M pictures and filming of the screen and voice tests taken at the theater ballyhooed over the studio's loudspeaker system studio departed for the garage at 9 o'clock T T T • • • AND THAT will give you1 just a slight idea of a day's work for the crew of the Studio Train up at sunrise practically off to a new town sometimes two in one day and this has been going on steadily since January a year ago! when the Studio started its tour of America at Boston and still plenty of territory to cover but when they finish every center large and small in the Youessay will have been actually visited by the Studio received by thousands of important officials inspected by millions of men, women and children really a Colossal Ballyhoo the like of which has never been known in the entire history of the biz Hail, Leo the Lion! and he doesn't even roar about his Stunt just lets the record speak for itself T T T • • • BACK FROM his direction of "Wild Cargo" Armand Denis stopped off at St. Louis from the Coast visited the local zoo and said "howdy" to the huge rhino captured by Frank Buck during filming of the pix the rhino unquestionably remembered Denis but at his next stop at the Sececa Park Zoo in Rochester 10 monkeys collected by the director didn't give him a tumble even though he conversed in monk lingo with 'em which seems to show that a rhino has more intelligence in some respects than our ancient ancestors ▼ T T • • • A WIRE from Frank Bruner Mary Pickford's representative stating that Mary is slaying 'em at the Michigan theater in Detroit in her personal on opening day the biggest mob in the history of the house tlr theater manager expects to chalk up a new attendance record for the week with Mary's appearance in "The Church Mouse" The manager of the Crescent theater in Sanish, North Dakota, sends his subscription for the Film Daily in response to a subscription letter dated April 21, 1931, no less boy, our subscription arguments sure must carry a Lasting Impression! « « « » » » 20TH CENT'Y TAKING THREE-MONTH RECESS West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Twentieth Century will stop all studio activities during May, June and July. Production will be resumed the first of August with "Half Angel" and "The Great Barnum" as the first two in the new line-up of 12 pictures. "The Firebrand" is completed. "The Last Gentleman" and "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back" will be finished by May 1, following which Daryl Zanuck and Joe Schenck will leave for Europe for a vacation and to arrange for the exchange of stars and directors between Hollywood and London. George Arliss will also -tave for Europe about May 1. Gay Street Fair Closes Gulf States Convention (Continued from Page 1) a street fair as the closing event of the G. S. T. 0. A. convention. Streets were decorated with exchange booths. Merriment was general, with clerks to executives in street dancing until late, the first such event and m lish a precedent. The moi S. T. O. A. session listene E. S. Tucker, Better Filn president, who said her g ■ vp opposed censorship. New 0dependent circuit subsequc; ;ases agreed to establish Friday ;■ nights with Mrs. Tucker previewing product two weeks ahead and endorsing it. G. S. T. 0. A. agreed to take in all exhibitors for benefit of the industry. Ed Kuykendall, in a radio talk over WSMB, explained problems of the industry to the public. Gaumont-British Lineup Being Delivered in Full (Continued from Page 1) aration, states Lee, that have not as yet been released in America. The next release is to be "Orders Is Orders," co-starring James Gleason and Charlotte Greenwood. This will be followed by "Channel Crossing," with Constance Cummings and Matheson Lang, and "Dick Turpin," starring Victor McLaglen. Mike Simmons Spencer Tracy Estelle Bradley