The Film Daily (1935)

nnrew Intimate in Character ^International in Scope Jlidependent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Seventeen Years Old -1PDAILY VOL. 67, NO. 143 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1935 TEN CENTS RKO Set On About Two-Thirds of '35-36 Program ST. LOUfTHIAL IS LIKELY TO GO OVERJJLL FALL Joe Brandt Joins Law Firm as Film Industry Counsel Leaves Saturday for the Coast to Make Investment Survey Joe Brandt, former president of Columbia Pictures and later head of World Wide, has joined the law firm of Hartman, Sheridan, Tekulsky & Pecora as business counsel and technical expert on matters pertaining to the film industry. He leaves Saturday for Hollywood to investigate proposals submitted to his new associates by financial interests desirous of making substantial investments in the industry. Brandt would (Continued on Page 9) EIGHT NEW THEATERS IN NORTHWEST AREA Minneapolis — ■ Opening of eight new theaters in this territory last month is shown in the current report of the Film Board of Trade. This is in addition to the reopening of seven houses. Only four closings took place in the same period. The new nouses are Peter Bilotti's Hill City theater in Hill City, Minn., and Remer theater, Remer, Minn.; the (.Continued on Page 8) S. M. P. E. to Nominate At Meeting on July 19 Nomination of officers for the S. M. P. E. will be made by its board of directors at a meeting on July 19 at the Hotel Pennsylvania. Balloting will take place through the mail, with results to be an(Continued on Page 9) How They Started f !l I Pass Penna. Sunday Bill IXy Harrisburg, Pa. — The Senate yesterday passed a local option bill permitting any municipality, on petition of 5 per cent of the voters, to hold a referendum on Sunday movies. The vote, 29 to 20, was a blow to the ancient blue laws of 1794 and ended a bitter fight of many years. Presenting Edward P. Curtis, sales manager of the Motion Picture division of the Eastman Kodak Company, in the "How They Started" series. "Ted" broke in with the Eastman outfit as a bookkeeper. He is one of the most popular men in the industry, a low handicap golfer, and was an aviator during the war. Old Col. Hadley of the fighting Kentucky Hadleys is the artist Motions in St. Louis Case Are Taken Under Advisement by Court St. Louis — Federal Judge George Moore late yesterday took under advisement motions for a demurrer and a bill of particulars filed on behalf of Ned E. Depinet, President of RKO Distributing Corp., and that corporation in the Government's anti-trust conspiracy case against Warner Bros., Paramount and RKO and affiliated companies and individual officers. Counsel were given four days in which to file necessary briefs. On (Continued on Page 8) PRODUCTION SPURTS AT M-G-M STUDIOS West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — A step-up in activities at the M-G-M .studios has resulted in 11 pictures being currently in production. The group includes "Manhattan Madness," "Murder Man," "A Tale of Two Cities," (Continued on Page 9) 48 Features and 107 Shorts Planned by RKO for 1935-36 N. Y. City Seeks to Collect Sales Tax from Exchanges As the New York City finance department is now demanding that exchanges pay the city sales tax which amounts to approximately 2 per cent, major distributors will meet at the Hays office tomorrow to determine their course in the situation. United (Continued on Page 9) Chicago — Announcing a program of 48 features to be released by RKO Radio Pictures in the 1935-36 season, President Ned E. Depinet of RKO Distributing Corp. yesterday outlined about 30 of the pictures that have already been set. In addition, Depinet told the sales convention delegates in session at the Drake Hotel, RKO will release 107 short subjects, exclusive of the (Continued on Page 10) I.A.T.S.E. May Take Up Sound Jurisdiction Issue St. Louis — Annual midsummer meeting of the general executive board of the I. A. T. S. E. & M. P. 0. opened at the Hotel Statler yesterday with President George E. Browne presiding. The executive (Continued on Page 8) Hughes Seeks to Buy in U.A. Howard Hughes is understood trying to buy into United Artists as a producer-member. His proposal may come up at the meeting of the company's board of directors Tuesday in New York. Hughes, who is now in the East, produced "Hell's Angels", "Scarface" and other pictures for United Artists release several years ago.