The Film Daily (1934)

Intimate in Character Internationa! in Scope Independent in Thought VCL. LXV. NC. 145 NEWyOC^fCIDAy, JUNE 22, 1934 <S CENTS Ten C.A. Committees to Hold Hearings on Appeals WARNERSJET $2,500,000 CASH IN SETTLEMENT New Offer Pending For Fox Met. Playhouses Circuit Noteholders' Committee To Consider Warner Loew Bid Today That another bid would be made for the Fox Metropolitan Playhouses circuit, higher than the Loew-Warner Bros, offer of $4,000,000 cash, was indicated yesterday in Federal Court at a hearing before Judge Mack by David W. Kahn, who had previously presented a bid of $3,000,000 on behalf of Walter Reade and Jos. Plunkett. Kahn said he expected to present his bid in about 10 days and denied he was acting either for Reade, Plunkett, or (.Continued on Page 13) RE-ELECTINGWEBER AS MUSICIANS HEAD Cleveland — Joseph N. Weber was again nominated as president of the American Federation of Musicians at its annual convention yesterday and indications are he will be reelected today. Other nominees are as follows: vice-president, C. L. Bagley, Los Angeles; secretary, Wil (Continued on Page 13) Trans-Lux Will Build Theater in Brooklyn Trans-Lux will build a $100,000 theater at 561-563 Fulton St., Brooklyn, it was announced yesterday. The site was leased from C. Ludwig Baumann for a long term at an aggregate rental of $350,000 plus a (Continued on Page 13) All-Nighter for Detroit Detroit — The Mayfair , operated by Herbert Apfelbaum, Harry Goldberg, and George Evans, Chicago circuit owners, has closed. The house is being taken over by the Cohen Brothers, Lou and Ben, and will be opened in September as an all night theater, giving the Cohens a third house on Woodward, as well as the Hollywood and other local houses. M-G-M Sales Meet Pays Tribute To Marcus Loew Chicago — The M-G-M annual sales convention paused at the Hotel Drake yesterday to pay silent tribute to Marcus Loew, founder of the1 organization. Later, as the meeting gained enthusiastic momentum, the slogan, "Star Spangled Banner Year", was adopted as the sales war cry. Program also included rendition of the national anthem by an opera singer with raising of the colors as lighting effects played across the auditorium. Decorations carry out the color scheme of red, white and blue. ASK ROOSEVELT AID AGAINST CODE BOARDS New Orleans — Eighteen local exhibitors, plus Lazarus, Allied unit secretary, have asked President Roosevelt to investigate operations of local code boards here and seeking better representation on both boards. Move started when theatermen learned that the zoning and (Continued on Page 16) Transfer ITOA-C. A. Suit Back to Federal Court On motion of counsel for the Code Authority, the suit of the I.T.O.A. against the Code Authority and the local boards to compel entertainment of complaints of non-assenters was transferred yesterday from Supreme Court back to the Federal Court by order of Justice Walsh. Code Au (Continued on Page 16) PLAN WASH. HEARINGS ON CODE AMENDMENTS Under a plan to amend the motion picture code to embrace major Code Authority decisions, assenters who fail to pay their assessments will be in violation of the code. This course was decided upon by the Authority and approved by Division Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt at (Continued on Page 16) No Deliberate Flaunting Of Decencies, Cohen Says West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Referring to the church crusade against so-called immoral pictures, Emanuel Cohen, addressing the Paramount sales convention at the Ambassador yesterday, said that executives "are aware that errors have been made but these were not deliberate (Continued on Page 13) C. A. Emergency Committees Planned to Speed Hearings Live Up to Code 100 P.C., Feist Tells M-G-M Meet Chicago— All M-G-M employees must live up to the code provisions 100 percent, said Felix F. Feist in addressing the company's annual sales convention yesterday at the Hotel Drake. Highlighting the session was a discussion of the code's provisions as they affect not only distribution but exhibition and production as well. Sid Bromberg of (Continued on Page 16) In order to expedite pre-selling season hearing of appeals, the Code Authority yesterday unanimously authorized establishment of 10 committees which will hear appeals and make recommendations to the parent body, which will decide them. The plan, recommended by a committee, goes into effect immediately and operates until the emergency is over. A Code Authority member will function as chairman of each com(Continued on Page 13) E r p i Controversy Ends ; Warners Remain Licensee In a joint statement, announcing settlement of the long-standing controversy between Warner Bros, and Electrical Research Products over royalties, statement was made last night that the arrangement provides that the latter company pay Warners $2,500,000 in cash, $1,300,000 in negotiable promissory notes and an amount not to exceed $200,000 payable on certain contingencies. "The settlement also clears accounts of the parties outstanding at various dates and in addition provides for the surrender by the Vita (Continued on Page 16) SKOURA^SCHWARTZ POOLING 8 ON L I. Three Long Island pooling deals involving eight theaters have been worked out by Skouras Theaters and A. H. Schwartz of Century Circuit with Skouras operating all groups. At Jamaica the Merrick, Schwartz (Continued on Page 16) Code Authority Hears Seven Appealed Cases Seven appeals from local board findings were heard yesterday afternoon by the Code Authority. The case of the Davies, San Francisco against the Casino was postponed indefinitely due to the failure of (Continued on Page 16) Blames Beer, Bridge, Radio Wet Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Beer parlors, bridge parties and the radio are providing picture houses with real competition these days, according to Frank Newman of Seattle. He made the statement while here to attend the meeting of the National Advisory Council of Famous Theaters Corp. ■w* ■Mi