The Film Daily (1934)

THE g£S DAILY Monday, May 7, 1934 SEX THEME PERENNIAL, SAYS BARNEY GLAZER If r i of 7 ///■ / •// 1/ DAILY Hollywood — The screen can no more abandon sex as the predominating theme in its entertainment than the earth's mortals can abandon romance in their daily life's pursuit, declares Barney Glazer, prominent Paramount producer, in answer to the present clamor for more "Little Women" type of pictures. "Since our entire civilization is founded on sex and not on fairy tales whose premise is the life of animals, I fail to see how these self-appointed guardians of public morals can expect the public to consistently and avidly accept unexciting and unemotional entertainment. "Romance is sex; blame it on Adam and Eve and not on Hollywood producers. The public wants it regardless of purported statements to the contrary and if the industry is to survive, which it surely will, we must cater to the box-office." Contracts for Fight Picture Film rights to the Ross-McLarnin fight to be held May 28 at the Long Island Bowl have been acqu:red by Garden Pictures, Inc. M. H. HOFFMAN p b e s e rvr s •A with LEILA HYAMS PHILLIPS HOLMES JACK LA RUE ROBERT McWADE Hedda Hopper Vince Barnett "Amusing travestj . . developed with freshness and having an excellent -tory l>aM> for it comedy" — VARIETY. "Unique situations and clever dialogue sustain interest throughout" — M. /'. DAILY'. "Very splendid photoplaj for anj theatre"— FILMOGR H'U. "Handu„„In mounted." EXHIBITOR. 1934 1935 NEWS OF THE DAY St. Petersburg, Fla.— Jack Fitzwater, with the Sparks Theaters for five years, has been sent to manage the Plaza. He succeeds Vernon Wooten, transferred to the west coast. Denver The Sheffield exchange was broken into and the cash drawer rifled. About $35 was secured. Labor Board Reinstates Union Man Kansas City — The labor difficulty of the Civic theater, Webb City, Mo., with a projectionist who claimed he was discharged because of union affiliations, has been settled through the offices of the Regional Labor Board at Kansas City, of which R. L. Blume is executive secretary. The Civic reemployed the projectionist. A case not yet settled is that of the Isis theater at Arkansas City, Kans. A discharged operator claims discrimination because of union affiliation. Seven projectionists and one relief man are being discharged by Dubinsky's Regent and Liberty theaters here. The men claim discrimination because of union affiliation. Charge Unfair Competition McGehee, Miss. — The McGehee Theater has filed a complaint with the grievance board in New Oreans against a theater being operated by the state sanitarium here. Claims sanitarium theater is operated with state funds, by state employees and is unfair competition. Complaint also is made specifically against Universal, M-G-M and RKO for selling the hospital. Completing Negro War Film Lincoln Productions is completing "The Unknown Soldier Speaks," a compilation of World War shots almost half of which is devoted to activities of negro soldiers in the fray, and expects to arrange a Broadway showing, according to Jack Goldberg, president. Goldberg has made a tieup with every negro newspaper in the country whereby the papers will devote five pages to shots from the picture, he said. Sack Acquires Shorts San Antonio — Sack Amusement Enterprises has closed with DuWorld Pictures for distribution rights in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas on "Dawn to Dawn," fourreeler. Sack has also acquired 14 singlereel "Port O'Call" travelogues from William M. Pizor. K. C. Boards in Quarters Kansas City — The local zoning and clearance and the grievance boards are now occupying offices at 907 Davidson Building. Grace Gannon is secretary. Denver — Wm. Rosenfeldt is taking over for distribution in this territory all the World Wide product from Fox. It includes westerns and feature dramas. ZANUCK TO LINE UP 1934-1935 MATERIAL Bartow, Fla. — The old Orpheum is being remodeled and will be known as the Bartow theater. R. J. Barnes is manager. Allied Not Acting on Duals Although the M. P. T. 0. A. has officially gone on record as urging the Code Authority to impose a ban on double features, Allied States Asso. will not adopt a similar stand. The latter exhibitor organization will hold firm to its policy to the effect that the matter should be left to individual determination, President Sidney E. Samuelson told The Film Daily yesterday. 1 t ontiiiued from I'anc 1 ) up the remainder of the lineup foi next season. The four stories already scheduled to go in production on his return to the coast early in September include "Half Angel," Fanny Heaslip Lea magazine serial; "Richelieu," which will star George Arliss; "The Mighty Barnum," which Gene Fowler and Bess Meredyth wrote for Wallace Beery in the star role, and "The Red Cat," the stage play which 20th Century will produce in New York in arrangement with A. H. Woods. In addition, Zanuck is on the lookout for story material suitable for Fredric March and Constance Bennett in which both players will be co-starred and vehicles for Ronald Colman and Lorctta Young. V'i i Preparing Fight Film Bill Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — A bill to remove the ban on interstate shipment of fight films is being prepared for introduction in the Senate by Senator 3arbour of New JeJrsey.