The Film Daily (1934)

Saturday, June 30, 1934 THE ■cB2£ DAILY ESTIMATE $1,600,000 FOR LOEW IN QUARTER {Continued from Page 1) to come near $4 a share. The company's cash position is strong, with over $10,000,000 in cash and government securities on hand, but in view of the conservative policy of the management it is believed that the full year's results will be awaited before any action on increased dividend is taken, says the summary. Warners Move to Block St. Louis Foreclosure {Continued from Page 1) tive committee, an involuntary bidders' petition has been filed in the Federal Court against St. Louis Properties Corp. The plaintiffs include Vitagraph, Warner Brothers Artist Bureau, and Francis M. Allen of Chicago, holder of $6,000 in bonds issued by the defendant. The court is asked to hold up approval of the sale until a plan for reorganization can be submitted by the petitioners. Theaters Using Trailers Total 8,500, Says Dembow (Continued from Page 1) i". O. of Eastern Pa. meeting at Philadelphia. Attacking the entrance of M-G-M into the trailer field, Dembow der clared that approximately 4,000 houses have protested to the national distributor on this move since the first of January. National Screen is serving 2,500 theaters with trailers on Warner pictures, despite the fact that Warner-First National is making its own trailers, said Dembow. If M-G-M actually adopts a trailer-producing plan, National Screen will turn out its own trailers covering their pictures, Dembow stated. Kansas City Zoning Board Meeting on Call Hereafter Kansas City — After one more regular session, the local clearance and zoning board will meet only on call. Schedules have been set up in all cities in the territory where there have been complaints, except Kansas City, which will be considered and may be settled next week. Schedules have been set up in Wichita, St. Joseph and Atchison. Joplin and Springfield have not filed any clearance complaints. Start A. C. Film Next Week Atlantic City — Shooting on "Con vention Girl," being produced by Falcon Pictures, will get under way here next week, with advance units scheduled to arrive Monday. Rose Hobart, Weldon Heyburn, Sally O'Neill and Herbert Rawlinson have the leading roles, with Luther Reed directing. MONCthe • • • THE MAIN BOUT was a knockout at the Empey Fight Club yesterday Max Baer scored in the final event and the preliminary fighters weren't hard to take either leading off with Colonel Alicoate then came Kid Louis Nizer, the curly-haired demon and Benny Rubin, who can fight in seven different dialects • • • THE RINGSIDE was crowded Maestro Alicoate invited all the gang to take off their coats and be comfortable setting the good example himself he then introduced Louis Nizer as the kid who had been fighting in the film arena for 15 years without pulling one split infinitive most of that film gang didn't know what a split infinitive was but they cheered anyway to cover up • © • AT THE start Louis Nizer pulled a fast one on Benny Rubin when he introduced him chiding him for not being a member of our club so Benny came right back by saying "It looks as if I'm stuck — so I'll start off by sajing 'Hello Brothers'." Benny said he had attended a lot of Empey Club luncheons and some of those things Hal Home used to put on as AMPA prexy but he was surprised to find the present guest of honor a nance referring to Max's Hollywood regalia at which Baer laughed louder than anybody so when the Champ got up to speak and they gave him a big hand, he said sweetly "Thank you, girls-" Max showed his stage technique by stepping over to the piano and singing his current Paramount song, "Dreams Come True" and doing a neat bit of acting in between the verses all the film mugs present agreed that Max Baer has practically everything to make him a Big Time Act on stage and screen both his fight and show managers were there Ancil Hoffman and Leo Morrison CODE CASES Activities of Local Grievance and Zoning and Clearance Boards SCREENO RULED A VIOLATION Chicago — Screeno, which has become popular at a large number of theaters here, has been declared by the local code authority to be a lottery and a direct violation of the code. This is said to be the first time such a decision has been made and it is regarded as quite important as Screeno is being used in some 175 theaters here, or half of the picture houses in the city. The decision was the outcome of a complaint filed against the Indiana Theater, Indiana Harbor, Ind., by the Garden Theater in the same town. It is probable the case will be appealed. APPEAL DENVER CLEARANCE Denver — Two appeals have been taken from the clearance and zoning schedule recently issued for the city of Denver. The Webber. Federal and Rex complain of the rule that cuts protection on double feature pictures in half. They claim that since the code does not place double features under unfair trade practice that the board has no right to penalize such actions. Harry Huffman, who controls four first runs, as well as four subsequent houses, has taken an appeal and also objects to the double feature angle. He objects on the grounds that most of the revenue to producers is obtained from first runs, and if they are not protected, this revenue will be cut, and with the subsequent houses unable to make it up, quality of pictures will drop. SETTLE ADVERTISING COMPLAINTS Chicago — The grievance board of the local code authority settled 12 complaints of premature advertising filed by Balaban & Katz. The complaints were: Tower vs. Jackson Park; Lakeside vs. Bryn Mawr; Congress vs. Oak; North Shore vs. Howard; Tower vs. Piccadilly; Southtown vs. Englewood; Belmont vs. Lincoln; Southtown vs. Linden; Pantheon vs. Bryn Mawr ; Berwyn vs. Ritz, Roxy and Villas, of Berwyn. STOP REDUCED ADMISSIONS Kansas City — On complaint of reduced admission filed by Clyde McAleer of the Orpl eum, Parsons, Kas., the grievance board here has asked Glen Dickinson's Uptown, Parsons, to cease and desist the practice. On a complaint of playing for five cents pictures which contract calls to be played at a 10-cent minimum, the grievance board has asked Rube Finkelstein of the Belmont, Kansas City, to cease and desist. The complaint was filed by Mrs. A. Baer. CASINO WILL BECOME THEATER OF THE AIR (Continued from Page 1) will be operated in conjunction with radio programs, sponsored and sustaining, which will be broadcast over direct wires through the major metropolitan stations direct from the stage before paying audiences. Performances will run from noon to midnight. The luxurious lounges in the theater will be converted into merchandising centers where each sponsor's product will be placed on display. Many of the elaborate green rooms formerly used by artists will be made into audition rooms for the use of sponsors, while ten floors of dressing rooms are being altered into offices for the use of the sponsors and the broadcasting stations. K.C. EXHIB FILES 5 COMPLAINTS Kansas City — Among cases to be heard by the grievance board at its July 11 and July 18 meetings are five complaints by Mrs. A. Baer, operating the Lindbergh, charging reduced admissions or passes. Houses named are Fox's Vista, Isis, Linwood, Waldo and Gladstone, Emanuel Rolsky's National, Dusty Rhodes' Gillham, all charged with cutting scales, and C. A. Schultz's Mokan, for giving passes. Complaint also has been filed by Fox West Coast against Bill Perry, who runs three free open air shows in Coffeyville, Kans. 48 Code Case Appeals Up for July Hearing (Continued from Page 1) act as chairman. Gradwell L. Sears of Warner Bros, and Harry Shiffman are the other two members representing distributors and unaffiliated exhibitors, respectively. John C. Flinn, Code Authority executive secretary, has been empowered to select personnel of the 10 appeals committees from a panel consisting of 30 distributors and 30 unaffiliated theatermen. Four appeals will be heard at each committee session. Personnel of the committees will be flexible, and members selected to serve will not be identified with companies interested in cases to be heard. Blames Bad Judgment For Films That Offend {Continued from Page 1) ing of the remaining 25 percent. "It's up to the indusry to eliminate it," said the producer. Franklin described the move as generally constructive and indicative of the importance of motion pictures to the nation. It stresses to producers their responsibility in the matter, said Franklin. "The sanctity of the home must be respected", he observed. "Vulgarity and unwarranted suggestiveness must go." Franklin also criticized "bad taste" in advertising. H. Abrams' Daughter Gets House Poland Springs, Me. — Mrs. Grace Abrams McKean, daughter of Hiram Abrams, former president of United Artists, has opened the Pavilion here. The house was formerly operated by the late Del Bibber, sales representative for First National in New England for many years. William A. Dillon Dead Providence — William A. Dillon 65, of Fall River, Mass., international representative of the I. A. T S. E., dropped dead on Fountain St. here this week.