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ROGERS TO MAKE TEN UNDER NEW PARA. DEAL
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new with the major company owing to dissatisfaction as to conditions under which he worked during the present year. First will be "McFadden's Flats"; starting Sept. 1.
Affirm N. Y. Clearance Bd. Loew Case Ruling
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uct. Century held that the Luxor is in the same category as the Grand. Arguments on eight appeals from local board rulings were heard yesterday afternoon. A. C. Berman, attorney represented the Harvard Amusement Co., Brookline, Mass., which appealed the Boston board decision which was in favor of the respondent, Olympia Theaters, Inc. H. LeBaron Sampson, receiver for the Olympia appeared for that corporation. At the same time an overbuying charge brought by Harvard against Olympia and dismissed by the local board was heard with the same attorneys appearing. Sampson also argued the appeal of the Olympia Corp., in the case of Bloomberg and the Strand of Gloucester, Mass., which was decided by the local board in favor of the plaintiff. Louis Hamburger appeared for Bloomberg.
Charles D. Walton and John Cunningham of the Tivoli Theater, Miami voiced the first protest to be heard by the Code Authority against a local board's protection schedule. The case was against the E. J. Sparks Enterprises, Paramount Publix and Fox. Fred Kent appeared for the respondents. Washington, D. C appeals included Louis Turnick nf the Brooklyn Theater, Baltimore against McHenry and Pacy's Garden Theater. Turnick represented his interests while J. Calvin Carney appeared for the respondents; Lichtman theaters of Norfolk against Grandy, Loew's State, Newport and Norva theaters and an additional appeal by Lichtman against several first-run Washington theaters were argued by Sam Boyd for Lichtman and Irving H. Greenfield for the defendants. The same attorneys appeared in the appeal of the Zimmerman, DeLuxe Theater of Baltimore against McHenry and Pacy. Following the afternoon session, adjournment was taken to next Friday.
Samuel Fleishman of the Rex, Portland. Ore., was unanimously selected by the Code Authority to represent subsequent run exhibitors unaffiliated on the Portland Clearance and Zoning board for the summer in place of Philip Blaumauer, resigned.
The Chicago exhibitor petition to compel United Artists to permit a 10 per cent cancellation, was deferred to next week.
SHOWMAN'S
REMINDER
Make thorough fire inspection of your theater.
THE
HPHIL M. DALY
• • • THAT SALES meet of Warners at the Medinah
club in Chi was a resounding success after it was all over
Grad Sears in charge of Southern and Western distribution received phone calls from six major circuit heads
and guess what they wanted? the New Product of
course individual meets at the various branch offices in
the Midwest territory followed the convention and had the
salesmen reflecting the enthusiasm of the Chicago regional meet for execs, district and branch managers
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• • • A CAMERAMAN'S conception of how a champ
fight should be recorded was demonstrated in the pictures
taken of the Baer-Carnera go produced by Oliver Pictures
with Arthur Gottlieb in back of the outfit J. Bergi Contner
and Frank Zucker of the M. P. Camera Supply Co. took the pix
and supplied all the equipment as well as the Blue
Seal Cineglow Sound System used in recording all the announcements it marks the first time a big fight was ever covered
completely with long shot, closeup and slow motion from start
to finish three cameras were constantly shooting these
phases with three cameras in reserve for emergency
two slow-motion cameras alternated grinding 1,000-foot
rolls for every round IF there had been any question of
fowling these "essems" would show it
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• • • A PLAY. ..... ."The Mating Season" opened last
nite at the Bandbox theater in Hempstead Playwright
Halsey Raines, of Metro hopes the play will run over
thru next week you know how fussy these Hempsteaders
are the Nassau Drama league produced it under
supervision of Mary Forrest directed by Richmond Cooper
A vodka cocktail-with-caviar party was thrown by
Vladimir A. Usievitch head of the foreign commerce division of the Soviet picture industry at the Astor yesterday
and vodka good time was had by all !
CODE ASSENTS RUN UP TO AUGUST 15
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with the new period beginning immediately.
Under the plan exhibitors who desire to execute forms of assent must get the written endorsement of two exhibitors of the same territory who have assented and who have paid their first half-year assessment. All new applications must be accompanied by checks covering the full assessment for the first six months. Plans in connection with reopening the assents were exclusively printed in The Film Daily last Tuesday.
ITOA Switches C. A.
Suit to State Court
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sel for the exhibitor association, said. Object behind the move, it was stated, is to seek broader relief possible through the state court, as compared with the Federal court.
Withdrawal of the U. S. District Court case followed failure of the I. T. 0. A. to secure an adjournment of the case until Tuesday. William D. Whitney of Cravath, von Gersdorff, Swaine & Wood appeared for the Code Authority and refused to agree to a postponement. The action seeks to restrain the defendants from refusing to allow exhibitors who have not assented to the code filing complaints with local boards.
Cal. State Compliance Bd. Turns Over 94 Complaints
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Labor complaints. Instructions were issued to Studio Labor Committee of the Code Authority and the Complaints and Grievance Committee to immediately hear these cases in California and settle the complaints.
Little, Baltimore, Closing
Baltimore — The Little theater, the only art-film theater in the south, closes Sunday for the balance of the summer. It will reopen early in September, probably on Labor Day. Managing director Herman G. Weinberg, will leave for New York shortly to make the roands of the new imported films to line up programs for the Fall.
Paramount Trains Halts In Stanley Waite Tribute
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and Newton, Kans., in tribute to Stanley B. Waite, whose funeral services commenced simultaneously with the halt. Services held for the late divisional sales manager at his residence in Bronxville were attended by various executives, including John D. Clark, Walter B. Cokell Montague Gowthorpe, Herman Wobber, Charles E. McCarthy, Al Wilkie, Claude Saunders, Harry Ross, Miles Gibbons and Frank Meyers. Burial was in Mt. Hood cemetery in Westchester.
MOTION PICTURE BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDING 6/14/34
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Columbia Pictures 1 0
Electrical Research Products, Inc.... 0 0
National Broadcasting Co 0 0
Radio Keith Orpheum 0 0
Warner Club 0 0
Rockefeller Center, Inc 0 1
MOTION PICTURE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BASEBALL SCORE SUMMARY
R.K.O. vs. E.R.P.I., played at George Washington H. S. Athletic Field, 6/13, 1934. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8— R. H. E.
R.K.O 02001 02 0—5 8 2
E.R.P.1 0000005 0—5 8 6
Batteries: R.K.O., Schultz and Alexander. E.R.P.I., Lee and Desmond. Umpires: Spector. Time of Game: 1 hour and 30 minutes. Highlights: Tie game, will be replayed later in the season.
Columbia Denver Changes
Denver — Sam Dare has been promoted from poster clerk to office manager and booker at the Columbia exchange, succeeding Al Poulten, who resigned and left for New York. Russell Guild will be accessory manager and shipper. Max Myer, western division auditor for Columbia, spent several days here making the change.
First Run Duals in Akron
Akron, O. — Palace here has inaugurated a policy of first-run duals for the summer season, with two changes of program weekly.
Report Allied May Get New Philadelphia Unit
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is scheduled to speak at a mass meeting to be held Monday at the Hotel Broadwood, Philadelphia. Other speakers will include Ex-Congressman Golder, president-elect of the association, and Harry Brandt, president of the I. T. O. A.
H. Altman Gets New House
Buffalo — Harry Altman, president of the Mac-Alt Amusement Corp., which has taken over the Central Park, 1100-seat neighborhood house, is now installing new sound equipment and making "+^o" renovations announce I
Ona Munson William B. Davidson Norman Kerry Philo McCullough
Louise Fazenda
Ralph Bellamy
Stan Laurel
William K. Howard
Lupino Lane
Barry Norton
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