The Film Daily (1935)

THE Tuesday, May 21, 193!Pi( 10 ALLIED PLAN AIMS TO SOLVE FILMS' ILLS (.Continued from Page 1) mit at the final session on Thursday a plan which if adopted will solve these major problems. At a meeting of the board of di rectors late yesterday afternoon the following committees were appointed: Walter Littlefield, Aaron Saperstein, Morris Wax and Sam Boriski comprising convention policy committee to advise the president; Pete Smith, H. M. Richey, Fred Herrington, Abe Stone and Ike Katz comprising convention committee on committees to advise the president; Pete Smith, Henry Lazarus, and C H. Olive comprising directors' committee to consult on insurance. Another meeting of directors to consider internal organization policies and convention business will be held at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. Today's schedule as announced by the directors last night will start with a call to order at two o'clock by Col. Sam Boriski, who will introduce Ike Katz, president of the G.F.T.A. unit, who in turn will introduce Newman H. Waters, national vice-president. S.M. P. E. SIDELIGHTS HOLLYWOOD Bill Kunzman, who has not missed a convention since the Society was organized years ago, is busy with convention delegates. Bill represents the National Carbon Company of Cleveland. Will Whitmore, demon publicist for the Society, was unable to make the trip to the Coast. * * * Peter Mole is busy as the proverbial beaver. He is the local chairman of the convention committee. J. 0. Baker, head of the papers committee, and Sylvan Harris, editor of the Society's magazine, were among the early arrivals. * * * The vanguard of the delegates got a fine break on the weather. Ola Sol, after an absence of several days, made his appearance Friday and Saturday. G. D. Lai is a long way from home. He is a native of Delhi, India, ana will be one of the speakers at the Friday afternoon session. His subject is "The Motion Picture Industry in India". The „ chaplain will then be introduced after which Mrs. Alonzo Richardson is scheduled to introduce Mayor Key. President Samuelson will reply for Allied and the business program will then get under way. Heading the business will be the code, on which Abram F. Myers will talk. The film situation has been assigned to David Barrist, who will discuss distributor practices and H. A. Cole, who will talk on affil 'LOR OY ■ HAT Ml/l/at OkVl&hX in knowing how to make life enjoyable. Our atmosphere is truly Continental, our view of the Park is superb, our service is really superior, and our rates invitingly inexpensive. We successfully created the now famous sidewalk CAFE de la PAIX, the popular CONTINENTAL GRILL, and imported America's only RUMPELMAYER'S. ST. MORI ■ Z CP.1-±frlt pOUlik 50 CENTRAL PARK SOUTH NEW YORK ii-ted theater practices. The American picture plan, a goodwill build er tested in some Allied spots ana in whicn sets of colored pictures arc given away to kids, will tnen be outlined. James Clark will follow with a talk on film carriers. Walter B. Littlefield will discuss block booking and Myers will speak on the Ascap situation. Committees will then be appointed. General tone of the convention yesterday indicated harmony and earnestness of purpose. Arrivals up to last night were well up to expectations with many still expected today, especially the delayed auto caravans which are bringing the majority of delegates. All business .sessions will be open to the press, affiliated representatives ana others although, executive sessions will be closed. A big and merry crowd was on hand last night for the reception to President Samuelson. Attack on Purity Seal Expected at Allied Meet Atlanta — Attack on the purity seal i,s expected to occur at on«_ of the sessions. In addition to some exhibitor sentiment against continuation of seal, protests are under -stood being sponsored by independ ent distributors, handling reissues because affiliated houses of the majors are said to have beei. ordered to stop showing these re vivals. S.M.P.E. to See New Film Recording System A new system or recording known as the double track will be demonstrated and explained by RCA at the final session of the current S. M. P. E. Spring convention at the Hotel Roosevelt Friday. The deviceeliminates background noises and otherwise improves the quality o' sound, it is stated. Its use involves only minor ad justments to existing equipment through the attachment of twe photo cells. E. D. Cook of RCA Manufacturing will demonstrate the equipment. TELL SMPE TELEViSl WILL NOT HURT FILM! ■■;< (Continued from Page 1) jxhibitors must not rely on pas achievement but must steadily im prove and frequently exper'ment. The great need for television is t |, bring sight to American radio, ac cording to H. R. Lubcke, who spok on theatrical possibilities of televi sion. He pointed out that televisio; vill demand only 15 to 30 minute in home in comparison to theater' 90 to 120 minutes. "Television will become a new en tertainment industry and cannot b considered a destroyer of existini mtertainment enterprises," he de clared. "Our Daily Bread", "As Th Earth Turns" and "President Van ishes", which portray important cur -•ent social and economic problem as used as basis of lessons in socia science and history courses accord ing to Miss Marion Evans of Sai Diego who spoke on the use of film and motion picture equipment ii schools. Washington was voted the fal convention. Thomas Armat of Wash ington, pioneer motion picture in ventor was given honorary member ship. The nineteen thirty-sevei spring convention awarded to Lo Angeles. Mutual respect of each other's do main must be observed by the S. M P. E. and the I. A. T. S. E., Georgi E. Browne, president of the union told the convention. Unable to at tend personally his address was pre sented through Thad C. Barrows president of Local 182 of Bostoi and a member of the society. Asking for greater cooperation between the two organizations Browne said: "I disclose no secre; when I say that in the not too dis tant past the relations existing be tween the engineers and other studio and theater workers certainlj left a great deal to be desired." H( attributed the situation to "an al most complete lack of understanding on the part of both groups as to the place occupied and the rights en joyed by each other." That the American Standards Asociation has approved standards set by the S. M. P. E. for 16 millimeter sound projectors was announced at the Society's convention yesterday standard provides that the sound track be on the inside as on Amei ican-made projectors. German projectors have the track on the outside. An international standard ft sought and the matter will be broached at the International Congress of Photography at Paris in July. A paper prepared by George Brown of the I. A. T. S. E. urgecontinued friendly relations between ongineers and theater craftsmen pointing out that the laboratory is the domain of engineers and the the ater that of craftsmen. lin :.tl ' itri ■i id Kite for no ISO "II h ld< '■! HI ged