The Film Daily (1934)

Intimate in Character Internationa! in Scope Independent in Thought The D aily N ewspe iper Of M o t i o n Pict ures Now S ixteen Years Old VOL. LXV. NO. 127 new rccr, ri^iDAy, june i, 1934 <5 CENTS Premium Regulations Don't Apply to Theaters SUIT toTest code legality filed iFbutfalo Educational Making 100 of Fox's 112 Shorts for '35 Four Bing Crosby Subjects Are Being Reissued as Specials ii Of the 112 shorts to be distributed by Fox in 1934-35, Educational will produce 100 subjects, including the entire group of 52 two-reelers and 48 one-reelers, it was announced at yesterday's sessions of the Fox sales convention, which winds up tonight at the Waldorf-Astoria. The other 12 shorts, Along the Road to Romance Upon the Magic Carpet of Movietone and Adventures of a Newsreel Cameraman series, will be 'provided by the Fox Movietone (Continued on Page 8) ADVERTISING OCCUPIES FOX MEET SECOND DAY Talks by heads of the advertisng, exploitation and publicity delartments were the highlights of he second day of the Fox sales ■onvention being held at the Wallorf-Astoria Hotel. Those who adiressed the delegates were Charles McCarthy, in charge of all ad (Continued on Page 8) Harold Lloyd to Continue Individual Picture Deals Having delivered his latest picure, "The Cat's Paw" to Fox, Harld Lloyd intends to stick to his polcy of individual picture deals, he old The Film Daily yesterday in *Iew York, where he is attending he Fox sales meeting at the Wallorf-Astoria. As yet he has not (.Continued on Page 8) Zukor a Coast Commuter Adolph Zukor, who went to the coast recently with plans to remain there overseeing production for several months, will be back in New York tomorrow. He leaves again to attend the Paramount sales convention June 18 in Los Angeles. Lowell Thomas, Laurence Srallings for Fox Newsreel Fox Movietone News will have Lowell Thomas as its chief commentator and Laurence Srallings as editor beginning with the Labor Diy release. Another important change announced by John D. Clark, geneml manager of distribution for Fox, will be in the length of the newsreel, which are to have a minimum of 15 new shots, making each release a full 1,000 feet. Other new trimmir.gs also are planned for the reel. Truman H. Talley continues as producer. WANGER CONSIDERING INDEP'T FRANCHISES Walter Wanger, who recently left an executive production post at the M-G-M studio, is understood considering a franchise plan in connection with his contemplated production project. He has contacted a number of important independent (Continued on Page 8) National Film Carriers Meet June 4-5 in Chicago A meeting of the National Film Carriers Inc. is officially scheduled for June 4-5 at the Palmer House, Chicago, to discuss developments since formation of the association last December. Leading film delivery operators from all sections are expected to attend. The organization now has a membership of 40, operating 500 trucks and delivering film to approximately 75 per cent of U. S. theaters. TERRITORY EXTENDED IN NEW K, C, ZONING Kansas City — Local zoning and clearance board has extended Greater Kansas City limits for the purpose of clearance and zoning to include the suburban towns of Olathe, Shawnee, DeSoto, Tonganoxie and Bonner Springs, all in Kansas, and Independence, Buckner, Lees Summit, Edgerton, Liberty, Smithville and Excelsior Springs, Mo. Operators of theaters in these towns will be heard next Monday on inclusion in Kansas City clearance, after which the board will start on a new schedule. On Tuesday the board (Continued on Page 6) Finish Liberty Lineup Before Selling Season Setting something of a precedent, Liberty Pictures already has completed six of its eight pictures for 1934-35 release, and the remaining two will be finished before the start (Continued on Page 6) Premiums Are Not Included In Regulations — Rosenblatt Johnson Says Code Gives Indie First Real Chance Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Wash. — "The Motion Picture Code gives the small independent producer the first reasonable chance of survival and fair play that he has had in the past ten years," said General Johnson in a speech before the Na (Continucd on Page 8) Regulations on premiums announced recently by National Administrator Hugh S. Johnson of the NRA do not affect the motion picture code provisions on the same subject, Sol A. Rosenblatt, divisional administrator, told The Film Daily yesterday in New York. This statement shatters the hopes of premium distributors, who had felt (.Continued on Page 6) Exhib Goes to Court After Films Withheld for Code Violation Buffalo — In the first suit testing legality of a local code board's order a Buffalo exhibitor yesterday started an action which will determine the right of the grievance board and distributors to refuse to deliver films to a theater charged with violation of the board's ruling. Edwin Wick of the Majestic instituted the injunction action in the Supreme Court against the Buffalo grievance board and Universal, Vitagraph, RKO, M-G-M and First Di (Continued on Page 6) DECISION RESERVED IN 8 CODE APPEALS Eight appeals were heard by the Code Authority yesterday afternoon and decision reserved in each case until today, when the Authority meets again at noon in executive session. J. Lewis Rome, operator of the Gwynn, Baltimore, appealed from a Washington grievance board decision ordering the Forest, Harry F. (Continued on Page 6) J. E. Robin Re-elected Head of Supply Dealers Chicago — J. E. Robin of New York was re-elected president of the Independent Theater Supply Dealers Ass'n at its annual convention here. Joe Hornstein, New York, was elected vice-president, and Clem Rizzo, Philadelphia, sec (Continued on Page 8) "World Moves On" Separate Fox's "The World Moves On" will be sold separately and not included on the 1934-35 general release list, says a notation in the company's annual announcement book. il