The Film Daily (1935)

Ji.Liim Wednesday, June 12, 1935 DAILY m? PRICE-FIXING Charged by attorney I diietl II arriv *eek iN I! i[£i» wi ' id,,, (CoMfiKMeo! from Page 1) ower their prices as they have no ; Slower to do so, he asserted. They aust cry on Ascap's shoulder for Dwer prices and then take what hey are asked to pay, he declared. Competition has been suppressed by autual agreement between the de „ 0l| endants to fix prices, Bennett harged. i manjg, Bennett's opening speech was »* preceded by a statement from NalCHhan Burkan, chief counsel for Mfiuscap, that the society was fully as ager as the government to have the si lude rice-fixing issue decided. Burkan aid that the society members were ]ll men of good character and wantd to know if they were violating IKen,ny law. They will promptly end taktmy violations, if the court finds i "Where has been any breach of the suiiy comivi 'h Wi I recent ?if iw, Burkan said. player, j 1 1» June I:." Iti) oi Moid liit Burkan made a motion to rule out iHokJme of the government allegations s immaterial and sought also to ave the cases against Ascap and le Music Publishers Protective .ss'n severed. He was joined in the roposal to separate the two cases iy Abraham Gilbert of counsel for le M.P.P.A. Bennett opposed sevu ,. ranee of the cases, contending that "kkniey could not be separated, and . H. Hot tso objected to striking out any of ml "a le allegations termed immaterial a"£V Burkan. Judge Goddard order, uli memoranda filed on the sever' nee of the cases by Saturday. The Jise against the Music Dealers Service Corp. was dismissed yesterday jcause that corporation was dis>lved since institution of the gov•nment's action. From present indications the trial ill be adjourned on July 1 and con , nue in October, unless Attorney wfM'eneral Cummings finds some way * freeing Judge Goddard of other >urt duties which he must now ful 1 during July and August. Judge oddard yesterday asked govern ent counsel and Burkan how long tey would take to present their tse. Bennett said he would need least 10 court days and Burkan id he could not complete his case ithin less than three weeks. The hearing resumes today. " .'.It iltymi lis soil e leaves He PM director iliie, Hi Voik' nk en • tie will iciliol, IK' [j Buys Stenog's First Story .'tis Irving Cummings, director, has ad night an original story, "My ,. gather's House," from Mayme -jq'jJ uffy, Chicago stenographer, who id never before written anything r the screen. ill ,ei»™ || lelW ill (oik C* Butchering in Movie ^tsburgh — Something new here has started by Mark Browar at his Center Square Theater. An usher middle-aisles it all day selling candy and ice cream while folks are watching the show. RUM • • • THE FIRST Company tin 1935-1936 that's the Title Page of Metro's annual announcement book stated with the quiet assurance of declaring something that everybody must take for granted it's that Spirit of Confidence backed up by the organization and experience that has delivered season in, season out, for years • • • THE BACK of the book contains another simple statement "Only One Company Can Be First" "The answer has been the same for 11 years." what more is there for us to say ? oh, yes the Announcements IN the book well, f'rinstance six Specials 22 Star Productions four Promotion Specials (and what Billy Ferguson will put in back of those!) three Musicals 14 Marquee Pictures the latter reverting to the original pop policy of timely stories, strongly cast • • • AS FOR the art and typographical presentation of this First Company Book it's the Last Word each page done with silver embellishment with the star's photograph centered around some Classy art display Charm, Dignity, Class it's a pleasure, Mister Si Seadler ! • • • A SWELL break for the Technicolor special, "Becky Sharp," with "Time" magazine featuring Miriam Hopkins in color on the cover, and a very comprehensive story written with the usual intelligent thoroughness and clarity of this publication running thru four pages that's what you call a Real Break • • • WE THINK that the many friends of that National Screen guy will be delighted to learn that his full name is Edward JOCELYN White ha • • 0 ACCORDING TO the Mayors of some Seaport cities now in convention in New York Mae West is Tops asked by Paul Moss, Commissioner of Licenses, who their favorite screen star was they unanimously selected Mae so Boris Morros in appreciation is having the Mayors as guests of the N. Y. Paramount today Miss West is now in her fifth week at this house with her pix, "Goin' To Town". • • • NOT TO be outdone, the Capitol theater has also invited the visiting Mayors today to see "Public Hero No. 1" and Sophie Tucker and her "WHN Music Hall Revue" Zac Freedman, former managing director of the Fox Brooklyn, is now producer of the Kathryn Parsons Showboat Revue which will have its premiere on Saturday The Roxy baseball team licked the league-leading Loew's 175th St. team by 3-0 yesterday G-B will give a cocktail party for Walter Huston today at their offices he sails Thursday to make a pix for the company • • 9 EDWARD ARNOLD who starred in "Diamond Jim Brady" for Universal was given a cocktail party by Beu lah Livingstone yesterday at the Hotel Essex with newspaper critics and trade paper scribes attending Among those present were William Boehnel, Andre Sennwald, H. LeRoy Johnston, Paul Gulick, Louis Cline, Bill Heinnanmann, Universal's West Coast sales manager, and Parker Morell Arnold leaves for the Coast within a few days « C* « » » » 100% SALESMEN CLUB STARTED BY WARNERS (.Continued from Page 1) Norman Ayers, Washington; John Bachman, Philadelphia; Gus Solomon, New York; R. L. McCoy, Dallas; Fred Greenberg and G. C. Diamond, Kansas City; R. Lohrenz, Minneapolis; Newt Levi, San Francisco; C. W. Young, Seattle. Each member was given a $50 bonus. Los Angeles — Harry M. Warner will again address the Warner-First National delegates at this morning's session of the company's international sales meet at the Hotel Ambassador here. He will outline the position of the company and its future prospects. Talks by Major Albert Warner and Joseph Bernhardt, theater head, will follow. The afternoon's session will be taken up with the presentation of the new season's product by S. Charles Einfeld, advertising and publicity executive. He will be followed by Grad Sears and Andy Smith, sales executives, who will present the company's sales plans and policies to the delegates assembled. More Men Attending RKO Sales Meeting (.Continued from Page 1) 19 at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, it was announced yesterday by Jules Levy, vice-president and sales manager of RKO Distributing Corp. Leon J. Bamberger, RKO sales promotion manager, who has charge of the new-product displays, is already in Chicago, accompanied by H. R. Follette, construction chief of the American display company. Luis Lezama, RKO's Mexican manager, and Fred S. Gulbransen, manager of the Panama branch, have arrived at the home office in New York for conferences before proceeding to the Chicago meeting. Specific Data Asked In Nebraska Action (Continued from Page 1) collusion and conspiracy between the defendants forced the house out of business. The theater, says the petition, showed earning capacity of $15,000 a year, which for the least period would have amounted to near $148,000, but instead finished $11,000 in debt. Damages in the action are to be tripled. Court action will not start until November, it is believed. Lunch Mats for Biz Men Seattle — Luncheon matinees for business men are being offered at the Rex. Programs consist of shorts dealing with travel, sport and other subjects appealing to business men.