The Film Daily (1940)

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Wednesday, April 3, 1940 -^g^ DAILY: I WCHISE HOLDERS TO GET MONO. STOCK (Continued from Page 1) tandard Statistics Corp., was electd a member of the board at the iieeting. , /Fohnston stated that more Dp bra ^==; pictures are planned for ext season than were on this year's rogram, with product lineup to con;st of 26 features and 24 westerns, nal details of which will be anounced at the Dallas meeting, eorge W. Weeks will produce eight f the westerns scheduled. Johnston plans to return to the ^'if oast in a few days to speed up pro'action on the 11 features remainig on the current season's program, 'id to finalize plans for the franchise holders' convention. Attendg to board meeting were: W. Ray phnston, T. P. Loach, 0. Henry ,riggs, J. A. Sisto, William B. Jaffe, amuel Broidy and John Mangham. jKO Launches Newspaper J Feature Plugging Shorts , RKO Radio has launched a series 1 movie quizzes covering its short Objects in the form of a newspaper trtoon feature. The cartoon mats ill be sent to publications and fans •e to be queried on various phases ! RKO shorts. 1 From Sage to Orchids ■ lest Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY .'Hollywood — Smiley Burnette, hose principal hobby is horticul:re, is supervising the construction ■ a greenhouse at his San Fei-nando alley ranch home. The rotund comlian, whose natural film habitat is igebrush, will make a specialty of lising orchids. vlary Hughes in "Four Sons" est Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Mary Beth Hughes ill have the lead opposite Don meche in "Four Sons" in place of ancy Kelly. Rep. Bowlers Still Lead Chicago — With three games reaining on the schedule, Republic's 'wlers continue to lead the local P Bowling League. National reen trails by one game. Star, Davenport, Burns Davenport, la. — Damages totalling 0,000 resulted from a fire at the ar theater. It uma, Ariz. — June Lang, film ;ress, and John Roselli, were marid here on Monday. The bride ;ned the license with her real jme, Winifred Vlasek. 10,500 Titles in ''Reserve'' of Studios open to non-affiliates, now has approxistory, according to Will H. Hays' annual MPPDA's Title Registration department, mately 280,000 cards, each telling its own report. Included are 10,500 titles in the file of unreleased pictures, indicating the extent of Hollywood's title reserve. N.E.EXHIBS. AGAINST ANY CONSENT DECREE Kurtzman and Raymond New Loew Div. Managers (Continued from Page 1) Kurtzman's territory will be Boston, Providence, Syracuse, Rochester, Toronto and London, Canada. Charles Raymond, who for many years has been managing foreign theaters for Loew's, was appointed district manager with headquarters in Cleveland. Raymond succeeds Col. Harry Long, who because of ill health is taking an extended leave of absence. Raymond's territory includes Cleveland, Toledo, Canton and Akron. Raymond's last assignment was the Empire Theater, London, England. Before that he was at the Loew house in Johannesburg, South Africa. Industry Execs. Attend Louis Frisch Luncheon (Continued from Page 1) Rinzler, Frisch's partner, Carl Leserman, John J. O'Connor, Max Fellerman, Phil Hodes, Roy Haines, Edward Schnitzer, Fred Meyers, Max Cohen, Harold Blumenthal, Dave Levy, Leo Abrams, George Skouras, Emanuel Frisch, Louis Frisch, William Phillips, Milton Weisman, Harold Rinzler, Irving Kaplan, Jack Birnbaum and Irving Goldstein. Also William Sussman, Harry Buxbaum, Joe Lee, Morris Sanders, William White, Sidney Deneau, Joseph Felder, Nat Cohn, Saul Trauner, Joe Hornstein, Irving Wormser, Sam Lefkowitz, Harry Decker, Jerry Schnitzer, Arthur Sexton, E. K. "Ted" O'Shea, Tom Connors, Moe Streimer, Jack Bowen, Ben Abner, John Benas, Milton Kusell, Henry Randall, Bob Wolff, Herman Gluckman, Bill Moses, Marvin Schenck, Andy Smith and Eugene Picker. Election of Davidson Faces Court Challenge (Continued from Page 1) Fromberg, trustee of Grand National Pictures, criticizes a vote cast by Erpi, creditor of Educational to the extent of $250,000. Fromberg opposed Davidson at the hearing in which the latter was selected as a candidate for trustee. Geyer Opens New House East Troy, Wis. — A. L. Geyer has opened his new $25,000 Troy theater here. Exterior walls are of Waylite blocks; front is of Oriental plaster, trimmed with vitrolite structural glass in cadet blue, tan and white, while the stage arch and front are treated with acoustical plaster. Court Directs Dismissal of Lloyd Plagiarism Suit (Continued from Page 1) days. Plaintiffs had charged the plagiarism of their work, "Greek to You," in the film, "Professor Beware." Judge Goddard ruled that the film was adapted from a play, "The Road to Jerico," and said, "I think it is plain that defendants have not copied plaintiffs' work." Phillips & Nizer were attorneys for the defendants. Monty Westmore Buried West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Funeral services were held here Monday for Monty Westmore, makeup artist, and brother of Perc, Ern, Walter and Hamilton Westmore. Brandt Books Duke Paul Duke, internationally known magician who recently appeared on NBC television, has been booked over the Brandt circuit. (Continued from Page 1) Nathan Yamins, chairman of the executive board, directed proceedings at the three-hour conference. Independent Exhibitors, Inc., sent to Attorney General Jackson the details of their stand, putting themselves on record as being against a conciliatory consent decree for the following reasons: "The monopoly in the motion picture industry rests and has rested upon: 1, Restriction of feature motion picture production; 2, Compulsory block-booking and blind-selling of such feature pictures; 3, Ownership and or control of first and subsequent-run theaters; 4, Unreasonable and oppressive protection requirements in favor of producercontrolled theaters; 5, Onerous and oppressive sales policies such as preferred playing time, forced short subject sales, score charges, arbitrary percentage allocations, etc., made possible by clauses one and three above." Frank Hornig Renamed Baltimore — MPTO of Maryland has re-elected Frank Hornig as prexy. "Tlie DARK COMMAND" RAOUL WALSH • DIRECTOR wilh CLAIRE TREVOR ^ JOHN WAYNE • WALTER PIDGEON ROY ROGERS • GEORGE HAYES • PORTER HAll MARJORIE MAIN • RAYMOND WAtBURN ^ / ''" /PICTURE