The Film Daily (1940)

,1! es D.C errei erif er letf ■riday, June 21, 1940 THEl DAILY House Will Accept Senate Tax {Continued froyn Page 1) xecutive session and the conferees all not hear further testimony. It i believed that the House will acept th' — admissions tax change dthout '7/ I'ction. i Reports from Washington last ight indicated that the conferees /ere likely to eliminate the excess rofits and war profits provisions oted by the Senate as amendments J the House measure. Both would ffect industry corporations. 10 Pix Patrons Hurt \,s Plaster Falls Thirty persons were injured, six i,eriously enough to need hospital ebrtjfeatment, when sections of the laster on the ceiling of the West ;nd Theater, 362 West 125th St. fill 75 feet upon the audience at o'clock yesterday afternoon. AcciMsjient caused a near panic among the 00 present at the time. Manager leymour Londoner, standing outside, leard the crash and through the |)udspeaker emplored patrons to be ialm. Bellevue emergency unit, including ,2 doctors, 20 nurses and three amulances and two police emergency Iquads responded to the call. The(ter, the police stated, is 30 years ild. Chief Inspector John O'Connor f the Building Dept., said house Irould be closed pending investigaion of the accident. gflu Film being shown at the time was The Shriek in the Night." "! Baltimore Legit. House L purchased for Films Baltimore, Md. — Auditorium The(ter, 1,000 seats, legitimate theater, kas been acquired by the Hampden Amusement Co. and will be extenively remodeled as a film house, pening in mid-October. The Hampen company, headed by C. W. Hicks, iperates a chain of motion picture ouses in Baltimore, and plans to ipen another one in the Westport .Mjection in about two weeks. The "''' Jompany also has a house at Littles "■ lown, Pa. tiverview House Bows In Riverview, Ala. — The new Riverriew Theater, built at a cost of $23,Is8 ^00, has opened. Sen, Tax Provisions Sil 0 Free Roof Dancing At Loew*s Apollo Innovation in Summer theater entertainment has been inaugurated by Loew's Apollo Theater Roof Garden on the lower East Side, with the presentation of free dancing every night, except Wednesday, from 7 to 9 p.m. Buddy Crover and his Apollo Swing Band furnish the rhythms that accompany the breezes from the East River. Downstairs in the Apollo Theater proper, business goes on as usual. To end confusion, apparently existing in certain industry quarters us to the admission tax provisions of the Senate-approved revenue measure, THE FILM DAILY herewith prints the complete text: Section 1700 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code is amended to read as follows, effective July 1, 1940: "(a) SINGLE OR SEASON TICKET; SUBSCRIPTION.— "(1) RATE. — A tax on the amount paid for admission to any place, including admission by season ticket or subscription, at the followingrates : "(A) For the period after June 30, 1940, and before July 1, 1945— "Where the amount paid is 9 cents or less, there shall be no tax; "1 cent where the amount paid is 10 cents or more and less than 20 cents ; "1 cent for each 10 cents or fraction thereof where the amount paid is 20 cents or more; "1 cent for each 10 cents or fraction thereof of the amount paid for admission by season ticket or subscription, if the amount which would be charged to the holder or subscriber for a single admission is 10 cents or more. "(B) For the period after June 30, 1945— "Where the amount paid is $3 or less, there shall be no tax; "1 cent for each 10 cents or fraction thereof where the amount paid is more than $3; "1 cent for each 10 cents or fraction thereof of the amount paid for admission by season ticket or subscription, if the amount which would be charged to the holder or sub scriber for a single admission is more than $3. (2) Exceptions. — "(A) In the case of persons (except bona fide employes, municipal officers on official business, and children under twelve years of age) admitted free or at reduced rates to any place at a time when and under circumstances under which an admission charge is made to other persons, an equivalent tax shall be collected based on the price so charged to such other persons for the same or similar accommodations, to be paid by the person so admitted. "(B) No tax shall be imposed in the case of persons admitted free to any spoken play (not a mechanical reproduction), whether or not set to music or with musical parts or accompaniments, which is a consecutive narrative interpreted by a single set of characters, all necessary to the development of the plot, in two or more acts, the performance consuming more than one hour and forty-minutes of time. In the case of tickets or cards of admission to any such spoken play sold at the ticket office of theaters at reduced rates the tax shall be based upon the price for which sold. "(3) B WHOM PAID.— The tax imposed under paragraph (1) shall be paid by the person paying for such admission." Ampa Will Co-operate With Nat'l Book Week Ampa met yesterday at Dempsey's Eighth Ave. restaurant in a closed membership session and decided that when meetings are resumed after Labor Day they will continue to be held on alternate Thursdays. Preference for that day was expressed by a poll of members. It was also decided that Ampa will co-operate with National Book Week next November. Joe Gould is now working on plans to determine the form and extent of the participation, one element of which will be concerned with the awarding of a plaque, or other form of symbol emblematic of the best film to be made from a book during the present year. Approval was given to a resolution, already adopted by the Board, extending "recognition and encouragement" to the Screen Publicists and Advertisers Guild. An Ampa board meeting is scheduled for mid-July, at which time the directorate will discuss what form of aid can be extended by the organization with respect to the Motion Picture Relief Fund in concert with Motion Picture Associates and the Motion Picture Pioneers. Lynne Overman Signed To New Para. Contract West Coast Buican of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Para, has handed a new commitment to Lynne Overman, who is winding up his present contract with "There's Magic in Music." First assignment under his new contract will be the portrayal of a mountaineer in "Shepherd of the Hills," Paramount's Technicolor picturization of Harold Bell Wright's famous story which Henry Hathaway will place in production next month. Young With Hepburn irest Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Metro has assigned Roland Young to replace Frank Morgan as Uncle Willie in "The Philadelphia Story," Katharine Hepburn vehicle. Studio has added Robert Middlemass and Emory Parnell to the "Dulcy" cast, and Jack Mulhall, James Flynn, William Demarest and Cyril Ring to "Bittersweet." rr rr Flood of Suits Talked by Allied (Conliiiticd from Fage 1) ing at the national Allied convention here. In one territory alone, it was learned, approximately 30 suits are being prepared for filing, pending the outcome of distributor Government negotiations or any peace plan that may be offered by or to the industry. "American Way" Filming To Be Put Up to Public (Continued from Page 1) der direction of Manny Strauss. Survey is to be conducted via newspapers, magazines and radio. Survey will use a series of questions, including: "If you saw 'The American Way' when it was playing at the Center Theater in New York do you feel that if produced as a picture it would be helpful in promoting American ideas and ideals and also whether it seemed to be sufficiently entertaining to create a desire to see the picture?" M. P. Film Editors Guild Elects Officers "Broken Dishes" Re-make iresf Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— Warner Bros, will remake "Broken Dishes," first produced; in ,1930 and again in 1936 under an1 other title. • '■ ' At a special meeting of the Motion Picture Film Editors Guild at the Hotel New Yorker, the following officers were elected: President, John Michon of Hearst Metrotone News; Vice-president, Ben Loweree of Fox Movietone News; Secretary, .Joseph Castilone of Hearst Metrotone News; Treasurer, Jack Bradford of The March of Time. Membership and public relations committees also were chosen. Wellman to Direct St. John Pix for Para. IVest Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — William Wellman has been assigned by Paramount to direct Adela Rogers St. John's "Pioneer Woman." Mrs. St. John is preparing the script. Barbara Stanwyck is being sought for the lead. Rep. Shelves Indian Pix West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Republic has shelved "Storm Over India" for the reason that story deals with the unrest in India over British rule. Execs, feel that such a story is not timely. "Barnyard Follies" has been selected to replace it on the schedule. iVeilson, IVEA's Only Press Agent Member The only press agent holding membership in the National Editorial Association, Rutgers Neilson, RKO's publicity manager, has been attending its sessions here this week. Neilson joined up some , two decades ago.