The Film Daily (1935)

DAILY MCK MOVE TO DELAY VCAP SUIT TILL FALL (Continued from Page 1) esterday when Judge Henry W. [oddard suggested the advisability f putting over the case till fall, udge Goddard pointed out that if tie trial extended beyond July 1, as eemed probable, he would have to djourn the cast till October because e would be occupied with other ;gal duties during July and Augst. Whether Attorney General lummings will take some action to ree Judge Goddard from his duties uring July and August so that the rial can proceed without interrupion could not be learned yesterday. Prior to Judge Goddard's statelent of his position, Nathan Buran, chief counsel for Ascap, made fruitless plan to have the trial ■ostponed until fall. In requesting n adjournment, Burkan said that rial of the suit was not urgent beause Ascap had agreed to extend 11 broadcasters' licenses until Jan. , 1936, and that some broadcasters ;ad signed with Ascap for a fiveear period. Among the companies yhich have signed five-year pacts .re the National and Columbia •roadcasting systems, Burkan said. Five special assistants have been ^signed to aid Andrew W. Bennett, ihief of the government counsel, in rying the case. They are Master i. White, Harold F. Collins, Richird Bird, Francis H. Horan and Jos. Klein. 2 More Code Suits Dismissed Two more suits arising from ;rievance board bans on "bank ; lights" have been dismissed by U. ', 5. District Courts, making a total ' ;if six discontinued since the Sut ireme Court decision outlawing the >JRA. They are actions of Robb & Jtowley against V. E. Hamm, the { )allas grievance board and distribe ttors and the Northern States Amusement Co. against the Minneapolis grievance board and distribitors. Chi. Unit Leaves for Florida Chicago — William F. Craddick, ii >roduction manager; Robert Hackfjitt, director; Byrdine Zuber, assisant director; John Muehl, cameranan; Ernest Ludwick, assistant; ./eon Pairee, makeup director, and I Dlaine LaBlanc, wardrobe director j if Sunshine Productions, have left , Chicago for Miami, Fla., to start ' vork on a three-reel picture, "God's '.'. Country." Lasky Predicts Opera Wave [Vest Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Within three years r«^ popular grand opera will y been sung on the screen, Jesse Lasky predicted at the second innual dinner of the American Institute of Cinematography. He also expressed his belief that pictures vill gain the third dimension. ML man • 0 • TEN GOOD ways to chase audiences out of theaters being the sum total of the experiences of Victor and Edward Halperin, who have made quite a few pix in their time. * * * • • • 1. FOLLOW A cycle similarity of subjects is a guaranteed house vacuumizer 2. Employ "Standard" mugs use the same actors who have been seen in everybody else's pix 3. Mush-mouth diction have actors practice this with hot boiled eggs in their mouths to make sure folks won't understand them 4. Dragged-in Hotcha so-called musical entertainment, commonly called "P.W." ("production walue") — the kind that drags the tempo and has no story value 5. Star boon-doggling making a round star fit in a square hole — just to use up an expensive story 6. Histrionic halitosis where the "natural" actors, emulating the high-brow legits, whisper their lines and gesture for the gallery. Nobody can hear them, and nobody wants to 7. Western Union endings where the climax is telegraphed to the audience by some expert heavy handed plotplanter right after the credit titles are over 8. Zombie direction where the actors are so dominated by the director that they move through the action like disembodied spirits 9. Cock-eyed tempo make filmic flow slow where it should be fast, and vice versa 10. Nymphomaniac's Appeal real torrid zone below-the-belt sex stuff, to make a patron ill at ease with his best girl sitting alongside him, or his children * * * • • • FUN ON the Warner Convention Train en route to the Coast Robb & Rowley, Texas exhibs, raced by motor from Dallas to Big Spring with the local sheriff Grad Sears and Andy Smith were arrested and handcuffed to baggage trucks, and Andy was given a blood test but Grad later turned the tables and Robb and Rowley were kidnapped and dragged on the train for the convention * * * • • • THE LEADER of the cowboy band at Abilene was also kidnapped by this convention gang this cowboy band are great entertainers Norman Moray has signed 'em for a Vitaphone short to be made in New York on their way to barnstorm Europe * * * • • • THE FINAL exit of two of Broadway's ancient landmarks Loew's New York theater and Roof was a colorful and sentimental ceremony seated on the tottering old New York stage without scenery and orchestra the tiny audience of oldtimers were there to pay their last respects to the Final Exit reminiscences flowed freely dances of long ago were executed songs of the Gay Nineties were sung the gang was headed by Daniel Froh man others attending were Arthur Hammerstein, son of Oscar, who built the theater Ned Wayburn, George W. Lederer, Gus Edwards, Eugene Howard Jim Mclntyre, Victor Moore, Belle Blanche, Joe Weber Charles Mosko witz, Harry Cooper, Alice Rose, Harry Brooks, Joe Laurie, Jr. at the conclusion of the ceremonies, a small group went to Loew's Mayfair, where the Traditions of the Founder will be carried on and a plaque of Marcus Loew was unveiled in the lobby of the theater * * * • • • THAT COCKTAIL party for Edward Arnold arranged by Beulah Livingston takes place this afternoon at the Essex House after which Arnold returns to the coast * * * • • • A FLOCK of celebs jammed the new ChidnofT studio at 469 Fifth Avenue yesterday to participate in a rousing housewarming. Guests included Tullio Carminati, Edwin Arnold, Emil Jensen, Florence Strauss, Glenn Hunter, Fannie Hurst, Rita Weiman, Harry Hershfield, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Gulick, Attorney Louis Nizer, Vaughn de Leath, Louis Rubsamen Irvting Chidnoff was a splendid host SCHENGK IS AFTER GB CONTROL FOR FOX (Continued from Page 1) cent with Lord Lee owning the balance of its stock. Fox now handles physical distribution of GB product in America as well as in Australia and South Africa. Schenck is scheduled to sail Saturday on his return to New York. M. P. Research Council Closes New York Office Motion Picture Research Council has given up its New York office and now has its main office in San Francisco. Mrs. Walter McNab Miller of 50 West 50th St., is acting as honorary secretary of the Council here. Gould Rejoins U. A. Walter Gould, who recently became assistant to Joseph H. Seidelman, Columbia foreign department sales head, has rejoined United Artists as division manager in charge of South America. He formerly occupied this post. Curbing Fan Writers on Coast West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — The policy of the publicity committee of the Association of M. P. Producers in refusing studio credentials to representatives of publications with less than 25,000 circulation and publications that have not been in existence will be continued. Hollywood now has 250 accredited correspondents, in addition to 190 other writers who contact the studios. The committee will make a survey of the present credential cards, in an effort to make some legitimate eliminations. Guard Theaters in Dog Track Row Orangeburg, N. Y. — Police are guarding theaters throughout Rockland County as a result of threats against the exhibitors for their activities in trying to close the dog racing track here. Theater men said they had been warned by telephone that they would be "taken for a ride." Flinn Denies Hays Report John C. Flinn, executive secretary of the Code Authority, yesterday denied a report he is joining the Hays association. He completes his present job shortly after June 17, following folding up of the motion picture code. Cameramen Elect Tonight Election of a new business manager of Local 644, cameramen's union, to succeed O. V. Johnson, resigned, will take place tonight. Charles Downs, acting business manager, is understood slated for the post.