The Film Daily (1935)

Intimate in Character International in Scope dependent in Thought i The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Seventeen Years Old vCL. LXVII, NO. Ill NEW TCCr, SATLCDAY, MAT 11, 1935 1€ CCNfS New York Indie Exhibs to Get State Hearing on Code KOLBE ISlLECTED CHAIRMAN OF FIRSTDIVISION M ■ Musi usical and Historical Films Have Made the Grade Mtics Report Costume and Song-and-Dance Pictures Clicking oubts as to whether musical and istorical films are here to stay, or ,re just a (passing type of screenare, appear to be set definitely at est by the reports of the more than 00 motion picture critics and ediors taking part in the third annual )ritics' Forum conducted by The 'ilm Daily. Asked if pictures of hese types are clicking in their commnities, all but 15 answered "yes" 1 the case of musicals, and all but {Continued on Page 7) IKO CONVENTION JUNE 17-19, CHICAGO Preliminary plans have been comleted for RKO's annual sales conention to be held June 17-19 at the >rake Hotel, Chicago, it is announcd by Jules Levy, vice-president and eneral manager of RKO Distributig Corp. About 250 from the home ffice, branches, studio, foreign field nd salesman ranks will attend. Consolidated Film Nets $212,536 in 3 Months Consolidated Film Industries reorts net of $212,536.73 for the iree months ended March 31. This j equal to 2 cents a share on the Dmmon stock, after allowing for 0 cents a share on the preferred. Church Lottery Show New Orleans — Sponsored by St. Theresa's Holy Name Society, which leased the house together with films »-■ -nd vaudeville, the Coliseum has open■ defied the code and the state ^■mbling laws twice within a month ! i» featuring lotteries in connection I with its shows. Because it's a neighborhood house, the matter did not become known in film circles until dodgers announcing it were found. PLAIN ENTERTAINMENT "So long as the public remains the public, all the criticism in the world cannot alter the fact that nothing pays so well as the well-produced entertainment directed to the average fan. The picturegoer asks no more than an evening's relaxation; give it, and he and the industry will be satisfied. Art or no art, there is much more happiness, for everyone concerned, in a 'Bright Eyes' and 'Life Begins at 40' than in a 'Painted Veil' and, I venture to say, a 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' "Public education appears the only way out. Such gallant movements as Chester Bahn's cinema club in Syracuse, N. Y., could, if they became universal, help." —LEO MILLER, Bridgeport Herald. SUPER-LA V IS H NESS "I used to squawk about those magnificent scenes which were supposed to be conceived at a moment's notice by some broken-down producer and produced on a shoestring, but I have seen so many now that I sit back and enjoy them and forget that it just couldn't be in real life. The same goes for those magnificent apartments occupied by the poor little girl who has a job wrapping bundles in a department store. As far as living conditions are concerned, the Hollywood perspective is all wet. And do I burn at those mixed up messes (montage shots, I believe they call them) which are supposed to indicate that the last four years of the war was Hell, or to show that the actor or actress is reviewing in memory all of the glorious (Continued on Page 7) Authorize Work on Ph illy Zoning Schedule Philadelphia — At the request of the M.P.T.O. board of managers, President Lewen Pizor and Chairman of the Board Charles Segall, the local zoning board yesterday voted to begin work on a zoning schedule for the entire territory (Continued on Page 2) Para. Assets Transfer Unlikely Before June The Paramount trustees have been informed by Root, Clark, Buckner & Ballantine, their counsel, that a transfer of assets to the reorganized company is unlikely before late in June at the earliest. Secretary of State to Fix Code Hearing for Indep 'ts GB Sales Convention June 27-29 in New York First GB sales convention will be held May 27 to 29 in New York, it is announced by George W. Weeks, general sales manager. Branch managers and salesmen from all GB ex(Continued on Page 7) Albany, N. Y. — More than a score of operators of independent theaters in Greater New York have filed objections to the film code with the Secretary of State, alleging that the code as it now stands is ruining their business. The Secretary of State will fix a date for a hearing at some time subsequent to May 24. Thomas Re-Elected F. D. President — Kolbe Also on Dupont Board Frank F. Kolbe, president of Pathe Exchange, has been elected chairman of the board of First Division Exchanges, Inc., to succeed Stuart W. Webb, while Harry H. Thomas has been re-elected president of F. D. and a director of the company, it was stated yesterday by Samuel Spring, Pathe counsel, at a press conference attended by Kolb?, Thomas, John W. Curtis, general manager of First Division Productions, and Al Friedlander. Other (Continued on Page 7) ALLIED MEETDJVIDED INTO 3 MAIN PROJECTS Business of the Allied national convention at the Hotel Piedmont, Atlanta, May 20-23, will be divided into three main projects, according to the present plans of President (Continued on Page 7) British Interests Seek Rights on Technicolor Negotiations for British rights to the new Technicolor process are being conducted by Sir Adrian Baillie, British member of Parliament and a cousin by marriage to Jock Whitney. Baillie is now in New York following a visit to Hollywood where he saw part of "Becky Sharp" in the new color process. He is traveling with Percy Pitt, London financier, with whom he founded Film City, studio in Bombay, India.* Neb. Chain Tax Looms Lincoln, Neb. — Circuit theaters have been incorporated in the bill now in the legislature seeking to tax chain stores up to $175 per unit. The measure, though sure of being advanced to the third reading in the House, must go back to the Senate for debate on this particular move. •;^ • w?-' " y