The Film Daily (1940)

1^4 DyULY Tuesday, April 2, 1940 WRITER GROUPS WOULD CONTROL TELE RIGHTS Writers' ornanizations, following the lead of actors unions, are seeking to obtain control of television rights to i-adio scripts, plays and scenarios, although all arrangements have been conducted without fanfare. Unlike the actor unions, the writer organizations are not struggling for jurisdiction, athough it is possible that such problems may develop as the field grows. Because of the large membership in affiliated groups, organization executives believe that definite scales and conditions will be developed as television progresses. It is possible, however, that eventual tangles may develop between both %va-iter organizations and picture or play producers and telecasters because of intei'pretations of rights. Trial of Buffalo Ex-Mayor's Bingo Organization Starts Buffalo — Trial began yesterday in county court hei'e of Old Vienna, Inc., former Mayor Frank X. Schwab's organization operating Bingo in the former Gayety theater, in conjunction with film shows. Indictment of corporation and three men, Schwab, Richie Roth and Suttell charges violation of anti-lottery laws. First 30 jurors, were withdrawn by Judge George Rowe after a motion for a mistrial by defense counsel because of remarks by the Assistant Prosecutor. Defense wanted trial postponed also, but Judge Rowe insisted on continuing, and obtained another panel. Trial will take the rest of the week. Bickford Story Bought for John Charles Thomas West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Producers Corporation of America has bought Charles Bickford's original story "Make Your Own Miracles" to star John Charles Thomas. Bickford will also appear in the picture which will follow "Kingdom Come," Thomas' initial starring vehicle for Producers Corporation of America. Latter is by John M. March, and David Boehm will do the screenplay. Bloff Counsel Seeks Writ Chicago — Counsel for Willie Bioff has filed application for a writ of supersedeas and bail bond pending Illinois Supreme Court review of his conviction. Election Free Beer Too Much for B. O. Detroit — Business in Hamtramck, Northeastern suburb with about a dozen theaters, was poor last week, despite anticipated Eastertide pickup. Local election with counter-attractions of tree beer and sandwiches at two dozen meetings is blamed. Gov't Expects Its New Witnesses to Show Coercion in Theater Buying coercive methods. The list was filed under a stipulation which provided that the Government would serve additional names of witnesses of whom the Government had (Continued from Page 1) Upplemental .lames K. Chiiuvin, Wallac Hepler, Fux— Ilniima (Paramount); Paul Ulanchct. Koyal, i.ilierij — Lafayette (Paramount); William Kreisle. New Oi)era House -Morgan City ( I'aramount) ; Harry Suddalli. .\niusu — Malcliiioches (I'aramount); Kalil .Slinara, , J , 1. .^ ^t r!! ^, Kvangclinc -.Vew Iberia (Paramount); C. & learned .subsequent to the hling of ! (■ Knterprises, Inc., Glenwood, Centenarey the original bill of particulars, which l Shrcvcport (Paramount) identified some 550 witnesses At the same time the D of J filed a supplemental bill referring specifically to Columbia. This additional statement set forth 68 instances where Columbia allegedly permitted an exhibitor to overbuy; five instances where Columbia allegedly prohibited theaters from showing its pictures as part of a double feature program, and finally, 38 instances where Columbia allegedly fixed minimum admission prices to be charged by an indie theater. The additional witnesses named, names of the theaters which were subjected to purported coercive acquisition by majors, addresses, and the names of (defendants who acquired interests in the theaters include: ARKAXS.AS— R. V. McGinnis, \ew-Hope (Paramount) ; Saul Harris and Ike Kempner, Gem, Royal and Kempner — Little Rock (Paramount) ; Arkansas Theaters, Inc., Arkansas — Little Rock (Paramount). ARIZONA — Xick Diamos. unknown — Bisbee (Paramount). CALIFORNIA — Russell Rogers, Nile— Bakersfield (20tli-Fox) ; Russell Rogers. Palace— Long Beach (20th-Fox) ; Arnold Schaak, Long Beach — Long Beach (20th-Fo.x) ; Dave Bershon, Leimert — Los Angeles (20th-Fox) ; Max Schotiner, Melrose, Ravena, Parisian — Los Angeles (20th-Fox) ; A. L. Gore, and Mike Gore, Irish — Los Angeles (20th-Fox) ; Robert Gumbiner, Tower — Los Angeles (20thFox) ; H. Herond and Mark M. Hanson, .Vrroyo. Western — Los Angeles (20th-Fox) ; Joe Leo, Los Angeles — Los Angeles (20thFox) ; Gus Metzger, Fairfa.\ — Los Angeles (20th-Fox) ; Simon Lazarus, Lyric — Monrovia (20th-Fox) ; Roy Hunt, Golden Gate, Riverside, Rubigous — Riverside (20th -Fox) ; Russell Rogers, Mission, Plaza, Aztec — San Jose (20th-Fox) ; George Nasser, New Mission. New Filmore — San Francisco (20th-Fox) ; Simon Lazarus, Rialto, Ritz — South Pasadena (20thFox). COLORADO— DeWitt C. Webber. Webber — Denver (20th-Fox) ; Charles Mclntyre. .\merica — -Sterling (20th-Fox). FLORIDA — Jesse Brown, Wallace — Bradenton (Paramount) ; M. Pitman, Clearwater — Clearwater (Paramount) ; E. C. Hall, Delray — Delray Beach (Paramount) ; Herbert Wales, Euston — Euston (Paramount) ; Charles Walder, Tivoli — Miami (Paramount) ; M. Beacham, Beacham — Orlando (Paramount) ; Guy M. Ragan, Garden — Sarasota (Para~ Gore. Nebraska — Tampa E. Gore, Garden — Tampa Gaston, Lincoln — — Idaho Falls Rialto, Cap mount) ; B. (Paramount) ; (Paramount). GEORGIA— O. O. Thomasville (Paramount) IDAHO— Joseph George, Ri^ (20th-Fox) ; A. B. Grosman, itol — Pocatello (20th-Fox). ILLINOIS — Joseph Desberger, Gem — Alton (Paramount). INDIANA — Lewis Cochavety, Blackstone — .South Bend (Paramount). IOWA — Vern S. Brown, Rialto — Missouri Valley (Paramount) ; Ludy Bosten. Uptown — Muscatine (20th-Fox) ; Bruno Pierce, Joe Stack, Mahaska, Princess, Rivoli, Strand — Oscaloosa (Paramount) ; A. B. Friedman, .Sol Shulkin, Iowa. Hipp — Sioux City (Paramount). KE.NTUCKY— Lee W. Moffit, SavilleOwensboro (Paramount). LOUISIANA— W. S. Samuel. Lamar Hargrove, New Realart — DeRidder (Paramount) ; .\I.\I.\E Willard H. Harwood, Strand — (lardiu-r ( Paramount I'ul)lix) ; .\braliam Gf)od! side. Strand-Portland (Paramount-Publix). I .\1ASS.\CIIUSETTS — Walter V. Littletield, Eggleston Boston (Paramount); Nathan Vamins. .Nathan Vamins Theater — Fall River (Paramount-Publix); George Ramsdell. Granada. Strand, Mystic, Orpheum — Maiden (Loew's). .\IICHI(;.\NW. A. Cassidy, Frolic. Mecca— Midlands (Paramount). MINNESOTA— Joseph Friedman, Tower — St. Paul (Paramount). MISSISSIPPI— H. H. Ale.xander. Crescent— Belzani (Paramount); E. D. Lawrence, Ritz — Laurel (Paramount) ; Mrs. F. L. Marshall, Strand — Temple, Paramount) ; Independent Theaters, Inc.. Strand — Vicksburg (Paramount) ; Mrs. A. J. DcZoto. Yazoo — Yazoo Citv (Paramount). MISSOURI— G. L. Hooper. Tiger— Carthage (20th-Fox) ; Frank C. Grubel, Paramount— Joplin (20th-Fox) ; A. C. Bowman, Arbo — Nevada (20th-Fox). NEBR.\SKA— George L. Monroe. Rivoli — Hastings (Paramount); George L. Monroe, Empres.s — Kearney (Paramount); Ralph C. Goldberg, Omaha, .State — Omaha (Paramount). NEW JERSEY — Eugene Mori, Landis — Vineland (Warners). NEW MEXICO — Joseph Barnett, Sunshine, Chief — Albuquerque (Paramount); Vic tor Bachechi Kino, Messa — Albuquerque (Paramount). NEW YORK-— B. S. Moss, CriterionNew York (Loew's) ; Benjamin Bordenaro. Palace — Olean (Warners) ; W. W. Farming, State. Erie, Strand, Van Curler — Schenectadv (RKO). NORTH CAROLINA— Ellis Blumenthal. Granada — Lexington (Paramount) ; Ellis Blumenthal. Carolina — Lexington (Paramount). NORTH DAKOT.A— Benny Berger, Metro politan, Strand, Orpheum — Grand Forks (Paramount). OHIO— Theodore and Gus Chifos. Strand — Middletown (Paramount) ; Earl Seitz, State. Sandusky — Sandusky (Warners). PENNSYLVANIA— Harry Fried, Suburban— Ardmore (Warners) ; Joseph Wodozk. County — Doylestown (Loew's) ; Charles Segall, Bromley — Philadelphia (Warners) ; George Graves, Carman — Philadelphia (War ners) ; William Freihoffer. Nixon, Tower, Frankford, Roosevelt — Philadelphia (Paramount) ; William Goldman, Terminal — Philadelphia (Warners). H. A. Batastiny, Alpine — Pun.xsutawney (Warners) ; I. Ouslander, Pinebrook ■ — Granton (Paramount) ; Harry Fried, Wayne, Saville — Wayne and Grenmore (Warners). SOUTH DAKOTA— Richard H, Wagner. Topical, Royal — Sioux Falls (Paramount) ; Carl P. Knudsen, State — Watertown (Paramount). TEXA.S — R. P. Condron, unknown— Harlinger (Paramount) ; W. H. Powers, unknown— Henderson (Paramount) ; I. V. Adelman, Delman — Houston (Paramount) ; Ruben Frels, Victoria, Uptown — Victoria, Normana — El Tampo, L'.A.rcade — Yorktown, Orphic — Columbus, Alamo — Bellville (Paramount) ; Z. E. Hann, State — Wichita Falls (Paramount). UTAH— W. Vosco Call, Capitol, Brigham Citv (20th-Fox). V'^IRGINIA — J. V. Trent, Trenton — Lynchburg (Paramount). WEST VIRGINIA— Don Tapulias. Capi tol — Wheeling (Warners) ; J. M. Ulmer. Capitol — Wheeling (Warners). WISCONSIN — William L. Amesworth, three unknown theaters — Fond du Lac (20thFo.x) ; J. Zanias, Myers — Janesville (20thFox) ; August Berkholtz. New Menasha — Menasha (20th-Fox) ; George Fischer, National, Milwaukee — Milwaukee (Warners) ; Edward F. Mertz, Zenith — Milwaukee (20thFox) ; Harry Perelwitz, Astor, Jackson — Milwaukee (20th-Fox) ; Joseph Luntz, Uptown— Racine (20th-Fox). GTE REPORTS 1939 NET0FS696,062 {Continued from Page 1) Hines, president. Net profit was equivalent to approximately $1.17 per share on 592,887 shares of capital stock outstanding at the yearend and compares with Hff-'i net profit of $507,267, equivalvui ■ .o 85 cents per share on 597,887 T.Viares. The 1939 net includes dividends of $185,600 received on the corporation's investment in the common stock of 20th Century-Fox Film Corp., which was one-half the amount received in dividends on this investment in 1938. The repoii; explains that currently no dividend is being paid on the common stock of 20th-Fox. During the year the corporation retired 5,000 shares of capital stock in the open market at a cost of approximately S9 per share, charging the cost to paid-in surplus. Five Studios Will Start Eight Features This Week (Continued from Page 1) with Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford, Miles Mander and Isabel Jewell; Wesley Ruggles' "Arizona" starring Jean Arthur with William Holden, Peter Muncie, Warren William and Porter Hall; Frank Lloyd's "Tree of Liberty" starring Cary Grant. At Paramount: "A Night at Earl Can-oil's." At M-G-M: "Strike Up The Band" with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. At 20th Century-Fox: "Four Sons" with Don Ameche, Nancy Kelly, Alan Curtis, Eugenie Leontovich, George Ernest, Robert Lowery and Lionel Royce. At Universal: "South to Karanga" with Charles Bickford, Dick Foran, Luli Desti and John Sutton; "No Exit" with Wallace Ford, Donald Woods, Kathryn Adams and Mona Bam'ie. Auto Injuries Kill Lacy Detroit — Edward M. Lacy, 62, checker for M-G-M, died in Receiving Hospital as the result of an automobile accident. Lacy was chief of staff and a former commander of the Department of Michigan, United Spanish War Veterans. His widow and one son survive. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Saul Jacobs, March 24, in Port of Spain, Trinidad, B.W.L, where Jacobs is branch manager for Paramount. The child has been named Diane Margaret. Milwaukee — Dick Pritchard, manager of the Amusement Mart, booking agency, is the father of twins, a girl and a boy.