The Film Daily (1934)

Intimate in Character Internationa! in Scope Independent in Thought The D aily N ewspc iper Of M o t i o n Pict u res Now S ixteen Years Old APp • VOL. LXV. NO. 9<5 NEW YORK, TLEfOAy, Al I IL. 24, *^3* = L <5 CENT/ Code Assessments Called Unfair to SmatnSouses REVAMPING OF ZONING [SYSTEMS STARTSJN WEEK Trade Practice Complaints Committee Is Set Up losenblatt Okays Group to Supervise Grievance Operations Division Administrator Sol A. Roenblatt has approved appointment >y the Code Authority of a Trade Practice Complaints Committee which will supervise operations of ocal grievance boards as they funcion as local industrial adjustment agencies. Comprising the commit;ee are: Charles L. O'Reilly and J. Robert Rubin, with vote, and Rosenblatt, without vote, but with veto power subject to review by the NRA administration. Boards will handle all trade practice complaints sxcept production, vaudeville presantation and labor. 16 IN PREPARATION AT WARNER STUDIOS West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Maintaining their high rate of activity, the WarnerFirst National studios currently have 16 stories in preparation for {Continued on Page 12) Harry Joe Brown Signed As Warner Assoc. Prod. \West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Harry Joe Brown, vice-president and production executive of Charles R. Rogers Productions, has been signed by Warner Bros, to a long-term contract as associate producer starting July 1, when Rogers terminates his activity at Paramount. Mass. Censor Bill Withdrawn Boston— The bill to establish a board for censorship of all films in Massachusetts has been withdrawn. This move means that all attempts at unfavorable film legislation at the present session of the Legislature have failedOn the other hand, a proposed bill to do away with Sunday censorship never went through. E. J. Rosenberg on Laboratory Code Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — E. J. Rosenberg, former laboratory operator in New York, has been appointed Administration member of the motion picture laboratory Code Authority. He is no longer connected with the industry. 16MM. COLOR TALKIES POSSIBLE, SMPE HEARS Atlantic City — Practicability of 16mm. sound-on-film pictures in natural colors and the development of a simplified apparatus making it possible for anyone to make personal sound pictures in the near future were described at yesterday's opening session of the S.M.P.E. convention here by research engineers (Continued on Page 9) Complaints Against Passes Up Before Cleveland Bd. Cleveland — Three complaints filed with the grievance board by exhibitors, charging competitive houses with violating Article 5, Section E, Part 3. dealing with distribution of passes in large quantities, were postponed yesterday until next Monday. Complainants are A. E. Ptak of the Lyceum, against the Arion (Continued on Page 9) SELZNICK TO HANDLE 8 OR 10 NEXT SEASON David O. Selznick, who arrived in New York yesterday, will make between eight and 10 pictures for the M-G-M 1934-35 program. He sails within 10 days for England in comnany with George Cukor and Howard Estabrook, who came East with him. En route to England they will work on the script of "David Copperfield," which Selznick is producing. Al Jolson Signs to Make One a Year for Warners West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Al Jolson has signed a long-term contract with Warners calling for one picture a year. Healthy returns from his current picture, "Wonder Bar," induced the star to call off his intended retirement. P. J. Wood of Ohio I. T. O. Protests Code Assessments Report Healthy Gain In Philadelphia Area Philadelphia — Reports reaching Philadelphia (exchanges from theeaters in this territory indicate that business shows as much as 25 per cent improvement compared with this month last year. Exhibitors regard it as a permanent pickup which will further assert itself next fall, following the regular summer slump. Columbus — P. J. Wood, business manager of the Independent Theater Owners of Ohio, takes sharp exception to the schedule of assessments for code enforcement expenses on the independent theaters. He declared that in this city, where first run houses are assessed $36 a year, the second run hons^ are assessed $24 per year which means that every (Continued on Page 9) Instructions Issued to Clearance Boards in 31 Cities Work of revamping zoning systems existent at present will be undertaken by zoning and clearance boards in 31 key cities during the next week, following issuance of instructions by the Code Authority to hold informal meetings for this purpose. Impartial members will not attend the sessions, which are called, (Continued on Page 9) GOERGIONISDENIED BY UNION OFFICIAL Chas. C. Levey, secretary of Local 118, service union, will plead not guilty today in Special Sessions Court, Brooklyn, to a charge of (Continued on Page 9) Sunday Performances Legalized in Asheville Asheville, N. C. — The city council has passed an ordinance permitting Sunday movies. After May 4, all local theaters will be open Sundays from 1 to 7 o'clock in the afternoon and from 9 in the evening. "Beyond Bengal" Dave Mountan, president ot Showmens Pictures, spread himselt in two ways last night. On board the good ship Queen of Bermuda, he regaled about 350 invited guests, first with a preview of Harry Schenck's jungle thriller, "Beyond Bengal," and then with an enjoyable program in the ship's main dining room, with a menu and speakers and everything. The pictu.. as jungle melodramas go, is one of the most actionful and thrilling of its kind, depicting a big game hunt in the Malayan wilds. It is sufficiently different from others of its type to be in a class by itself. It has extensive exploitation possibilities, and' those whom it attracts to the box-office will not go home disappointed. Judging from the reaction of last night's audience, which included many distinguished persons, it should go over with a bang. GILLETTE.