The Film Daily (1934)

innuu ^m Intimate in Character Internationa! in Scope Independent in Thought cipaU] iayi navyg nd th "ty-fli itei|| I at 3 nsiis !},: The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Sixteen Years Old VOL. LXV. NO. 138 NEW yCEK, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1934 5 CENTS Vaude Producers Appealing for Revision of Code OVERBUYING MAIN COMPLAINT TO CODE AUTHORITY Drastic House Bill is Aimed at Immoral Pictures House Bill Would Impose Penalties Considered Unusually Severe Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — A drastic and farreaching bill, designed to prevent immorality in pictures and introduced by Rep. Cannon of Wisconsin, is under consideration by the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commercg. Its attack particularly centers on distribution of films considered objectionable by the measure. The bill provides that "whosoever shall transport or cause to be trans(Continued on Page 7) EIGHT N, ^GRIEVANCE CASES WON BY LOEWS New York grievance board yesterday upheld eight Loew complaints and dismissed the overbuying complaint of the Roslyn Theater. Roselle Park, N. J.„ against the Springer-Cocalis Park Theater Roselle Park, N. J., against the Paramount, Universal, United Artists, Metro, Columbia, Vitagraph and RKO Radio exchanges. Six (Continued on Page 6) Jack Warner to Talk On Lineup at Meeting San Francisco — Jack L. Warner will address the fourth and final Warner Bros, regional sales meet, which will take place here Monday and Tuesday at the St. Francis Hotel, on the Burbank studio's lineup for the 1934-35 season. En route here for the convention (Continued on Page 7) Originals, Novels Is Trend Originals and novels will predominate over plays in virtually all major company programs for 1934-35, it is indicated by announcements for the new season Indicative of the trend is the fact Universal's 31 titles announced so far includes 12 originals and 12 novels. Kentucky Sunday Opening Law Effective Sunday Frankfort, Ky. — Theater owners throughout Kentucky are preparing for wholesale opening of their houses Sunday, when the new state law legalizing Sunday shows goes into effect. There are more than 400 theaters in the state, although many are dark. The new law takes away from cities of the first, second and third classes the right to prohibit the showing of motion pictures on Sunday. A recent ruling of Assistant Attorney General Sam Brown held that the act was not applicable to cities of the fourth class. Stanley B. Waite Dies Suddenly Hutchinson Js President Of Allied Vermont Unit White River Junction, Vt. — E. R. Hutchinson has been elected president of the newly formed Allied Theater Owners of Vermont. C. S. Cray is vice-president; Andrew Togu, secretary; A. M. Graves, treasurer; while the board of directors includes: Harry P. Boardman. Frederick Bedard, Roy Kiniry, P. S. Murray, George A. Valley and Charles Ross. Death came suddenly to Stanley B. Waite, Paramount divisional sales manager, in his office yesterday noon when he became the victim of an attack of acute indigestion. He was to have left New York last night with his associates bound for the company's annual sales convention in Los Angeles. Several months ago Waite had undergone an operation but had been apparently in good health up (Continued on Page 6) Loew Executives to Consider Building Theaters Col. E. A. Schiller, who is surveying the theater situation in northern California, will confer with Nicholas M. Schenck via telephone within a few days on the matter of building houses in this area. As yet no program has been laid out, it was stated at Loew's yesterday. Invasion of this territory would bring Loew into competition with the Golden State circuit. Ned E. Depinet Elected To Hays Ass'n Board Ned E. Depinet of RKO was elected an additional member of the board of directors of the Hays association at its quarterly meeting. Will H. Hays presided at the session. Vaude Producers in Report Blame Code for Hardships Mass. Catholics Plan Boycott on Theaters By BRAD ANGIER FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Boston — Admitting that 95 per cent of producers are making clean pictures, the Massachusetts Catholic Diocese is immediately inaugurating a boycott on theaters playing prod (Coivtinued on Page 7) A report citing the financial hardships worked upon vaudeville producers during the past season by the operation of the vaudeville Code and a request for revision of the code will be forwarded next week to Division Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt, it was stated yesterday by Chas. B. Maddock, president of (Continued on Page 2) Cut Admission Prices Second Principal Grievance Overbuying is the principal complaint to reach the Code Authority via appeals from local grievance boards, with reduced admission prices as a close runner-up, a checkup of the Authority's hearing schedules discloses. Total of 53 appeals have been filed with the code's administrative body up to the present time. Of these 15 have been heard. Decisions have been rendered in eight cases, seven coming from local grievance board decisions and one from zoning board rulings. SLIDING SCALE DEAL IN ROXY'S NEW PACT Samuel L. ("Roxy") Rothafel's contract under the reorganization plans of the Roxy theater will be on a sliding scale with a comparatively small guarantee, but with the production budget so arranged that with careful economies in the operation of the house and the presentation of stage attractions, it will be (Continued on Page 2) M. P. Council to Study Practices in Industry A study of the trade practices of the picture industry is to be made in behalf of the Motion Picture Research Council by Arthur Butler Graham, attorney, of 23 West 43rd (Continued on Page 7) S. M. P. E. to Nominate Officers of the S. M. P. E. for 1935 will be nominated by its board of directors at a meeting at the Westchester Country Club, Rye, July 16. The vote will be taken by ballots sent through the mail and the results will be announced at the society's fall meeting at the Hotel Pennsylvania beginning Oct. 29.