The Film Daily (1938)

M P PROD 6, I J I S T 2 tt W 44TH ST N Y C DAILY Thursday, November 3, 1938 DISTRIBS. AND ALLIED TALK REFORMS IN CHI. (Continued from Page 1) headed by Col. H. A. Co]e, of Texas. Nathan Yamins, Allied president, and E. H. Stoneman arrived here last night for the meeting which opens tomorrow. Acting for the distribs. will be William F. Rodgers of Metro, who came on from Oklahoma City; A. Montague of Columbia and Grad Sears of Warners. Sitting in with Cole will be, notably, Abram F. Myers, Nathan Yamins, Sidney Samuelson, Ray Branch and M. A. Rosenberg. The huddle will be preceded by a meeting of Allied's board at which Myers will preside. The board convenes at the Congress Hotel at 10 a.m. and will receive a full report on the progress made to date. Whether the negotiating committee will receive additional instructions is a matter of speculation. It was uncertain last night whether the conferees would wind-up today; a further parley here tomorrow or another meeting in the East next week is possible. Allied, it was reported may elect to formally announce its position at the forthcoming Central Regional Conference set for Columbus, Pete Wood's bailiwick, on Nov. 14-16'.; Latter will be held in conjunction with the ITO of Ohio's annual convention. Fleischer Employes Drop CIO as Bargaining Agent Employes of the Fleischer Studios voted at a meeting in the new Florida headquarters on Monday against their representation by the United American Artists, a CIO affiliate which had previously represented the workers during the past year. Rejection was by a 66 to 58 count. Louis Nizer, counsel for the Fleischer Studios, who announced the ballot result yesterday at his offices in the Paramount Building, declared that although this vote excluded the Union as the exclusive bargaining agent, Max Fleischer would continue the same hours and salary provisions as existed the preceding year. For Further Control Sydney (By Cable) — The Committee of Three set up under the Australian Cinematograph Films Act 1937, has made its report, accompanied by the draft of a new act for further government control of the industry, to the government. Under the 1937 Act building of new cinemas was generally prohibited, a special license being required for such projects as were permitted. The committee was called upon to investigate standards of accommodation for the public to be required of cinemas, amount of license fees, general quality of films shown, method (if any) of control of seat prices, and safety requirements. Draft of a new act embraces findings on these matters. ALONG THE with PHILM. DALY T T ▼ • • • FAST WORK capitalizing on the National Scare you know when that radio program kicked the pop-u-lace into mass hysteria dramatizing the raiding party from Mars landing in the Hack ensack Meadows over in Jersey well. Universal decided to rush through a feature version of their Flash Gordon serial which tells all about Mars and what we want to tell you about is the rush job turned out by the ad and pub dep't at the home office T T T • • • OAT TUESDAY afternoon Lou Pollock and Andy Shareck looked at the print in the projection room before they came out they had the title: "Mars Attacks the World" early Wednesday afternoon they had proofs on new ads for the. pressbook (saw 'em on Lou's desk with our own eyes) and the copy for the pressbook was practically all ready new ads, new stories and by this afternoon a full line of paper will be on the train en route to the exchanges everywhere 35 theaters have already been serviced pretty good piece of work, Lou and Andy ▼ TV • • • WHO WAS that certain film gent who took off his shoes and socks at the Charlie Stern Hallowe'en Party at the Astor last Saturday eve and rolled up his tux trousers and did a September Morn in the fountain in the ballroom foyer? we have seen the photo it's a pip the gent still doesn't know the candid camera caught him till he reads this but he. was having a lovely time so did everybody else ▼ ▼ T • • • CO-OPERATION of the newspapers everywhere on the industry Drive continues special inserts, complimentary full-page ads, co-op ads, news and feature stories and photo layouts show that the publishers and the editors are backing up the campaign generously to date, New York State leads in number of replies sent in for the Movie Quiz returns are coming in to contest headquarters at the rate of 1,000 a day and the half-way mark has only been reached in the contest to stimulate interest of youngster in the Quiz, a special trophy is being offered by Deanna Durbin to the boy or girl nearest her age (15) who wins any one of the numerous cash prizes ▼ ▼ ▼ • • • THAT legion of friends of popular Harry Glickman chief of Mecca Film Lab will be glad to know that Harry is out of the hospital and convalescing at his home 200 W. 86th St phone the guy ENdicott 2-6511 Harry is lonesome for film gossip ▼ ▼ T • • • INITIAL showing of the first Documentary Film series ever given in America tomorrow nite at the Pauline Edwards Theater, 23rd St. and Lexington Ave with the presentation by the Film and Sprockets Society of the City College Art Dep't of "Nanook of the North," "Rain," "Potemkin" . . other films in the series include "The River," "People of the Cumberland," and "The Spanish Earth" to be presented on Nov. 18 and Dec. 2 series tickets covering the three shows for a dollar T ▼ ▼ • • • FEMME SPECIALIST Evelyn Jones frau of Charles Reed Jones of Republic she is doing a nifty job on modernistic showman pressbooks for the indie trade the latest on "Spy of Napoleon" is a piperoo MPTOA AGAINST RADIO APPEARANCE OF STARS (Continued from Page 1) and their appearance in cheap sketches, poorly directed, sharply reduces their value on the sflReen, weakens their box office dif jlng power and destroys their popularity. The picture industry appreciates, the value of radio as entertainment and as an advertising medium for1 motion pictures, the resolution: stated, but "We strongly protest against the dramatization of current motion pictures on the radio which, if effective, makes the per-1 formance in the theater a twicetold tale, or which is poorly presented on the radio convinces the listeners that the motion picture version cannot possibly be good entertainment, although the picture may be outstanding." Para. Drops Morris Deal; Fletcher Will Purchase (Continued from Page 1) Corp., subsidiary of Paramount Pic tures, Inc., relinquished his option when Archie Fletcher, long asso ^iated with Morris, asked to buy the business. Terms of the Fletcher offer are said to call for the payment of a portion of the purchase price now, and the balance at a future date. Block-Booking Hearings By Congress Are Assured (Continued from Page 1) the Neely bill was reported out and! went to a vote without the formality| of new hearings. Brylawski told the convention that! the support for the measure waslj largely due to the fact that exhibs.a ran pix they knew offended and! then, when squawks poured in J blamed the situation on block-book ing. Para. Rushes Burns Pix To capitalize on the biz done by "The Arkansas Traveler" in keys, Para, is rushing 'I'm From Mis-1 souri" into production as Bob Burns' second starrer. WEDDING BELLS Cincinnati — Harold Bernstein, owner of the Plaza Theater, Norwood, and president of the Greater' Cincinnati Exhibitors' League, is leaving for Los Angeles to marry Miss Gladys Horwitz of that city. I The newlyweds will honeymoon in Honolulu. Omaha — Corrinne Riley, Brandeis* Theater cashier, was married this* week to Dr. Thomas L. Dwyer.l Couple will live in Omaha.