The Film Daily (1935)

DAILY Tuesday, June 11, 1935 WARNER CONVENTION UNDER WAY ON COAST (.Continued from Page 1) ner yesterday at the international sales convention of Warner-First National. He declared that owing to competition, Warners was forced to buy theaters at the time when everything was at its height and, although the organization had many obligations, it refused to go into bankruptcy or receivership, as was done by other companies. The motion picture business, he said, has not emerged from the depression but it may do so next year, he predicted. International sales convention swung into action yesterday with preliminary activities and studio visits taking up the first day. This morning's session at the Ambassador Hotel will be devoted to a detailed discussion of problems relative to the current season's product. Andy Smith, eastern and Canadian sales executive, Grad Sears, western and southern sales head, Bob Mochrie, assistant to Smith, and Carl Lesserman, assistant to Sears, will lead the discussions. The following productions, forthcoming on this season's release schedule, will be included in the talks: "Alibi Ike," starring Joe E. Brown; "Stranded," co-starring Kay Francis and George Brent; "Don't Bet On Blondes", starring Warren William; "Broadway Gondolier" allstar musical headed by Dick Powell and Joan Blondell; "The Irish In Us", with James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh; "We're In The Money", with Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell and Hugh Herbert; "Broadway Joe," musical with Joe E. Brown, Ann Dvorak and Patricia Ellis and "Front Page Woman", with Bette Davis and George Brent. The afternoon session will be turned over to Norman H. Moray, Vitaphone executive in charge of shorts and trailers, who will present the short subjects policies and introduce the Vitaphone product lineup for the coming season. Paul Ash for Roxy Paul Ash and his "Jamboree of Stars" Revue will headline the stage show which opens Friday at the Roxy Theater. Ziegfeld Broadcasts Grow To accommodate the expending audiences for the WHN broadcasts staged at 11:30 o'clock Tue;d;.y nights from Loew's Ziegfeld Theaier, Manager Bob Rose has arranged to preisr. tonight's fourth program in the series from the stage of the theater instead cf from the lounge downstairs. Tor.ght s bill will include Jack Os.c.m.n, Andrea Marsh, Ross Peardon, Mare Lambert, Stanley Smith, Rose Perfect, Ucile Watson, Lester Allen, Jules Bledsoe, Arthur Tracy and Stanley Davis, wiih Charlie Leland of NBC as master of ceremonies. Efforts also are being made to include Babe Ruth and Robert Montgomery on the program. Short Shots from Eastern Studios By CHARLES ALICOATE i T-IAL LeRoy is completing work at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio in "Step by Step", a two-reel musical comedy in which he is supported by the New York University Glee Club and Eleanor Whitney. Also in the cast are Allan Gooae, Ralph Blane, Wally Coyle, Phillip Truex, Bobby Bixler, June Carter and the Paxton Sisters. Roy Mack is directing. • Major Bowes, who has been connected with the motion picture industry for the past 20 years, wUl make his initial screen appearance when the first of the series of artmteur shorts goes into production this week at the Biograph studio in the Bronx. John Auer will direct, with Chris Beute assisting and handling the casting. • Al Christie has started shooting on another Tom Howard-George Shelton laughmaker for Educational at the Astoria Studios. Supporting Howard and Shelton in the cast are Walter Armin, Jean Stuart, Lilian and Vivian Andrews, Linda Hill and Eddie Roberts. Fred Scheld is assisting on the direction, with Warren Murray doing the casting. Upon completion of the Tom Howard-George Shelton comedy short, Educational's eastern production unit, under the direction of Al Christie, will take a three-week vacation before resuming production on the new season's product. Eddie Foy and Ted Claire have been signed for leading roles in the Hal Roach amateur short which goes into production Thursday at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria. Principals in the cast are the winners of the amateur contest recently conducted by the Loew theaters and the New York Daily "News". Hal Roach will personally supervise the direction, with George Weber doing the camera work. Joe Rivkin, who was in charge of the theater contests, will handle the casting and supervise on the production. Educational foreign representatives now in this country for convention meetings were guests of Earle W. Hammons, president, and Jack Skirball, general sales manager, at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria, where they witnessed Al Christie directing a Tom Howard-George Shelton comedy short. • Hal Roach, while in the east on his amateur shorts, will make some scenes for his "Our Gang Follies of 1935", a miniature musical spectacle which he will produce on the coast. • Sol S. Midwall, assistant cameraman at the Astoria studios, is taking the fatal leap and will marry Helen Smith on Sunday next. Otto Huellete, appearing in "Personal Appearance" opposite Gladys George and under the direction of the Leo Morrison office, has been given a screen test by Fox for a featured part. Hal Thompson, juvenile, has been given a screen test by Universal. Cleveland Clips Cleveland — Milt Harris, Loew publicity manager here, doesn't have to fall for chain letters to pick up a little extra change. He just received a check for $50 for his exploitation campaign on "Ruggles of Red Gap" at the State. Col. Harry E. Long, Loew division manager, and Mrs. Long are visiting Ccl. Long's father in Baltimore. Irving Solomon, Lincoln Theater, Massilon, was married last week to Maxine Treeter of Fremont. "Doc" Elliott, manager of Warner's Alhambra, Canton, and Mrs. Elliott are vacationing in the Adirondacks. Victor Schram, formerly with National Screen Service in the midwest, has joined the company again in charge of special made-to-order trailers in the Ohio territory. John Kalafat, circuit theater owner, has sold his Willoughby restaurant to Dan Stearns, P. E. Essick and Howard Reif, who operate the Willoby Theater, Willoughby. Florida Briefs Miami, Fla. — E. J. Sparks has acquired the Hollywood Theater in Hollywood and will immediately remodel it. It is a 900-seat house, but is to be enlarged. Contract for the new theater being erected in Chattahoochee for Mrs. J. 0. Holland of Marianna has been awarded to C. C. Joiner, Jr. Colonel John L. Crovo is leaving the Paramount in Miami to take over the Arcade in Jacksonville. His transfer presages the change in parent management of all the Sparks theaters in the Maimi area. Boston Briefs Boston — Gene Fox, Metropolitan Theater publicity director, is motoring to his lodge at Lake Burnside, Minn., with Mrs. Fox. Joyce Dana, m.p. editor of the "American," and Helen Eager of the "Traveler" are on vacation at Peconic, L. I. Dave Cohen of the Fenway staff is the father of a girl. KUYKENDALL HAS PLj ON DUALS, PRICE CU (Continued from Page 1) rider would apply to pictures specified in contracts and covering their exhibition in the specified territory in which the theaters involved are situated. In event a distributor violates provisions of the rider, the rental on the pictures concerned would be re-i duced 25 per cent and "if paid by the exhibitor, the distributor shall repay or credit the account of the exhibitor with the amount of such reduction," it is proposed. If, on the other hand, the theater infractures the agreement, its provisions are void, under the plan, which defines a feature as a picture of more than 3,000 linear feet. Exhibitors should be prepared to defend the agreement in court, if necessary, Kuykendall declared. "If a subsequent run secures a limited license on condition that he will charge a minimum admission, etc., then violates his agreement, it is believed that the exhibitor would have a right to bring suit against such a subsequent run for damages and, or an injunction because the agreement was made for his benefit, even although the exhibitor is not actually a party to the contract," asserted Kuykendall. Commenting on the situation fol ] lowing demise of the motion picture Code, the M. P. T. O. A. leader said) "there will probably be a gradual return to unrestrained cut-throat competition, unscrupulous practices, chiseling, lawsuits and trade re-j prisals." He admitted that "a new i and stronger law, together with a general revision and clarification of the code, was badly needed to re-j gain and advance the progress that had been so painfully made." Yamins Committee to Meet Nathan Yamins, chairman of the Code Authority's finance committee,! is due in New York tomorrow to examine matters in connection with the disbanding of the code setup. A meeting of his committee will be held shortly. Labs Continue Code Scales All motion picture laboratories) employing union members are continuing code hours and scales as before, it was stated yesterday by Sol A. Scoppa, business agent of the laboratory workers' union. Museums to Benefit Several American museums will soon have additions to their collections of armour when Cecil B. DcMille finishes his current Paramount production, "The Crusades." The director is donating to these institutions helmets and arms which he copied from rare, pieces which are still in existence, ing made them in great quanti the picture, DeMille has enough of everything to go around and has overcome the great expense which museums generally find in having single copies made. ind arms J authentic ff u ,ce. HaJJ %1 rities fol 2 1