The Film Daily (1935)

code auth'y not to Restrict premiums (Continued from Page 1) "HI a zone designated by the local griev I ance board, so vote, i J The theatermen's association proton I poses to limit giveaways to two days vm each week and believes that the plan iif inst :■:-! ' \( uld -be successfully adopted on a national scale. S.M.P.E. To Ask Colleges To Study Screen Light (Continued from Page 1) ject is assembled, the matter will be submitted to the Society's standards committee. The committee has not yet acted on eight millimeter sound film for home use nor on production of a 16 millimeter test film for testing 16 millimeter sound projectors. It will endeavor to keep in closer touch with European standardization groups. A metal-coated carbon has been designed for arcs that will eliminate extra heat and give wider light, C. W. Handley of National Carbon Co., announced in speaking on lighting for Technicolor pictures. Fiber gears are used with the carbons to reduce mechanical noises. India needs a financially strong and centrally organized body to control its motion picture industry, according to G. D. Lai of Delhi, who will speak before the S.M.P.E. convention today. India has comparatively few wired houses due to lack of electric power circuit and cost of equipment^ he said and it needs foreign technicians and standard equipment. Sound reproduction in India theaters is very poor as projectionists do not even know the fundamentals of electricity said Lai. India has 90 producers and 30 sound studios. It has about 600 sound theaters, the majority of which have not been suitably treated for sound. At the engineers' banquet, Frank Lloyd praised the engineers. Other speakers included Howard Estabrook, Major Nathan Levinson, Frank Murphy, and Emery Huse. President Tasker was toastmaster. The convention concludes today. 12,000 See Bergner Film "Escape Me Never," Elisabeth Bergner picture, in its opening day at the Music Hall, attracted 12,000 admissions by 5 p. m. yesterday, according to United Artists. This compares with 9,800 paid admissions by the same hour on the initial day's showing of "The Scarlet Pimpernel," another U. A. picture. Cops No Like Kenosha, Wis. — Declaring war on mopjpn pictures and stage plays thnt det a policeman as a "dumb cop" or "flatfoot detective." the Wisconsin olicemen's Protective Association has adopted a resolution boycotting similar exaggerations. DAILY Hits Canadian Music Tax Toronto — H. A. Thompson, counsel for Famous Play:rs Canadian Co. p., at tederi'. government's probe into Canadian Performing Rights Socie.y here, recently declare*. exli.bitors in Canada are being charged three times over by the society to.' th3 us. of the s-me music. He said Canadians, average $2.40 a year in their outj_y to see .h. movies, contrasted with $6.25 by average American, so that the society sh.u.d no be p^rmitled to levy the same charges made in the United States. Price, Discount Problem Supply Firms' Meet Topic (Continued from Page 1) as dealers will aiscuss the situation. Another important subject will be new developments in equipment. An institutional advertising campaign is planned by the association, which has engaged the Media Counselors, New York, to map it out. The following have already reserved space for exhibits at the convention: Herman D. DeVry, Inc., Carbon Products, Inc., Balaer Eieccric Co., United Optical Corp., Wenzel Co., Platter Sound Products Corp., Brenkert Light Projection Co., Da-Lite Screen Corp., Newmade Products Corp., National Carbon Co., and Continental Electric Co. Would Raise $2,070,000 By Wis. Theater Tax Madison, Wis. — A substitute lor che Carow bill, which has been recommended for passage by tne assembly taxation committee, seeks to raise $20,000 per year by licensing amusements in the state and $^,070,000 by a tax on gross incomes of theaters. The new measure wouiu shift the property tax burden by assessing other commodities incluaing amusements. Lee Goldberg in New Post Louisville — Lee L. Goldberg, secretary of the Big Feature Rights Corp., has gone to Cincinnati where ne will manage the emerged Majestic Film and First Division Exchanges. Interested with him in the venture are Col. Fred Levy, president of Big Feature Rights, and Maurice Chase. A. H. Kaufman, former Louisville manager, now of Indianapolis, has Deen appointed sales manager ol the local office. Joseph Goldberg wih continue as manager of the Louisville office, while Israel Laundau it shorts manager. Joseph Poisson Dead Grand Rapids, Mich. — Joseph H. Poisson, pioneer theater owner here, died at his home Tuesday at the age of 70. Surviving are the widow and two sons. Fines Brooklyn Theater Fox Theater, Brooklyn, has beei fined $500 by License Commissioner Paul Moss for permitting four children under 16 years of age to ap pear in the stage show. C. O. D. on Fox Pick-Ups New Orleans — Fox has inaugurated a C. O. D. policy on film here. Initial B. I. P. Showing At Waldorf Tuesday Night First of a series of trade showings of B.I. P. product will be given Tuesday night at the Waldorf-Astoria with a second to follow on Wednesday night, it was said yesterday by Arthur Dent, B.I. P. vice president and general manager. Other showings will be given during the following week until 11 pictures have been previewed. Dent said he expected John Maxwell, chairman of the B.I. P. board, to sail for New York in a few days, despite reports to the contrary. Protestant Women Ask Special Child Programs Rochester— Coupled with an appeal to 22,000,000 Protestant women to support a renewed campaign "for decent and better motion pictures," the seventh annual convention of the National Council of Federated Church Women yesterday launched a seven-point program which urged theaters to inaugurate selective programs for children and to each theater managers to feel a social responsibility towards their communities. Calling upon women to support only pictures of "moral excellence," the convention recommended establishment of classes for young peop1" .n picture appreciation. Offers Drastic Tax Plan New Orleans — The amusement tax ordinance came into the spotlight again recently when Finance Commissioner A. Miles Pratt, president of the St. Charles 'theater, proposed an ordinance which would give the tax departments authority to issue permits which could be revoked wnen the tax is not paid. The ordinance would also make presidents and secretaries of amusement enterprises subject to charges for violations of the ordinance. See Films' Quality Improved Rochester — Quality of pictures has been improved, not lowered, by the campaign for clean entertainment, .said a report made by the committee on drama and motion pictures to the National Council oi Federated .Vomen here Wednesday. Muncie Exhibitor Dies Munice, Ind. — Thomas C. Lacey, aged 81, oldest of this city's theater owners in years and service died Tuesday. He was active in the management of the Vaudelle theater until a few days before his death. He also formerly owned and operated the Royal here. OLUMBIA SETS TWO FOREIGN SALES FIRMS With establishment of companie s in Spain and Australia, Columbia now has its own distributing agencies in every territory throughout .he world, said Joseph H. Seidelman, foreign manager, yesterday, following his return to New York from abroad. He is now conferring with Jack Cohn on the results of his trip, which included a visit to Australia. At Sydney, Columbia took over General Australasian Films and placed its sales manager, Cecil Mason, in charge. Through Joe Friedman, a distributing firm has been organized in Spain. Warner Sales Meeting Is Extended Ten Days (Continued from Page 1) statement from Major Albert Warner yesterday. In daily conference with Harry Warner will be district sales managers, branch managers, zone managers, theater operators as well as various studio department representatives and foreign managers, including Max Milder, Warner managing director in Great Britain, Peter Colli, Cuban manager; A. S. Abeles, manager for Mexico, and D. E. Griffiths, First National managing director in Great Britain. Business sessions will be presided over by A. W. Smith Jr. and Gradwell L. Sears. Addresses will include those by Harry Warner, Jack Warner, Major Albert Warner and Hal B. Wallis. "Roxy" Claim Seeks $211,404 From RKO (Continued from Page 1) $1,000 per week. Statement is also made that he was promised 10,00 J shares of Class A stock which he did not receive, as part of his deal. Newton Manager Dies Newton, Mass. — John N. Snyder, manager of the M. & P. Paramount theater, passed away at the Baker Memorial Hospital on Wednesday at the age of 51 years. Funeral will be held today at 2:30 P. M. from The Newton Cemetery Chapel. He was one of first motion picture theater owners in the United States. He opened the Idle Hour theater. Pittsburgh, in the early days of pictures. In 1929, he was appointed manager of the Paramount Theater, Newton, where he was located for the past six years. He is survived by wife, Martha L. Snider and a brother, William, in Texas. $22,500,000 for Fox Pix London — Fox will spend $22,500,000 on 50 pictures during the coming year, Clayton P. Sheehan, foreign manager, said in a recent interview here.