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ursday, April 29, 1943
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Corp. alleging the latter conrted for many more pictures than ould use in its Avalon Theater in er to prevent the White Bear The
rom obtaining sufficient prod
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he previous trial, a verdict for
defendants was ordered by Judge >ert C. Bell after the plaintiff had lpleted its case. Ratner then apled and was granted a new trial, udge Gunnar Nordbye and a jury rd the case the second time.
hner testified he was unable to
product for his White Bear
•ater, even though he purchased
entire output of Paramount and tial independents. He claimed the ■n was too small to make secondis profitable. Irs. Jessie Jensen, president of
State Company, and the defense Diney, Stanley Donnelly, made ch of this statement, holding that a second-run was unprofitable it 3 proof conclusive that the town 5 too small to make operation of > theaters profitable. The plaintiff company entered the :1 in White Bear with full inteni of driving these defendants out business," Donnelly told the jury closing arguments. "Mrs. Jensen I purchased the output of at least
of the major producing companies
many yeai's, even though she did always use all of the pictures, ny were unfit for showing in her ater for various reasons, chiefly ause they were not up to the ndard she tried to maintain. :The plaintiff secured Paramount tures, and one season the product Universal and RKO was open to i but he did not buy the pictures the latter two firms. 'The practice of an exhibitor concting for more pictures than he l use is a common one in this busi;s and surely does not indicate any lation of inter-state commerce or :i-trust laws." The jury was out overnight before
verdict was returned, the verdict ng in favor of the defendant comny and its officers.
ar Bond Rally Nets $175,000
War Bond rally last night at the ^oli by the theater's managing dirtor, Montague Salmon, netted 75,000 in sales, the largest amount t disposed of at the Rivoli's monthBond rallies. Ben Grauer was ister of ceremonies and was aided 65 AWVS women and six Merant Marines from Hoffman's and.
tzgibbons Re-purchases Roxy
Armstrong, la. — D. A. Fitzgibns has re-purchased the Roxy The♦-t from C. Waller.
Reviews of short subjects
"Jungle Drums"
(Superman Cartoon)
Paramount 8 Mins.
Imagination Taxation
Here's the latest of the Technicolor-hued Superman epics, with the mighty man hurtling down from a plane to rescue the captive Lois, — prisoner of a Nazi, jungle-based band of agents and wild natives who are plotting to destroy an American convoy. As Lois is being tortured by fi:e before a weird, gigantic pillar, the saving hero, in tights and cape snatches her from death, makes short shrift of her tormentors, and saves Uncle Sam's ships from de
"Hop and Go"
(Looney Tune)
Warner 7 Mins.
Amusing
The laughs in this Leon Schlesinger cartoon revolve around the efforts of a goofy kangaroo to prove his prowess as world's hopping champion. He is teased into activity by two doubting Scottish rabbits. The labbits' attempts to discredit him drives the kangaroo to put everything into a leap to end all leaps. The kangaroo winds up badly battered.
struction. It's all wild, woolly, and, in two words, in credible!
Celebs. To Attend Jap Submarine Rallies
Support of stars of stage, screen and radio has been enlisted for Bond rallies tied in with showings of the Jap suicide submarine, sponsored by the WAC, in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx and Westchester, starting Saturday. Al Rosen, chairman of the mid-town theaters, reports that Harry James, Jan Savitt, Fats Waller, Howard & Shelton, Ethel Waters, Jimmy Dorsey, Arthur Tracy, and others will help.
A change in itinerary, neecessitated by traffic difficulties and narrow streets, has added another day to the Times Square appearance of the sub. It now remains there through Monday.
Hold Mo. Blackouts Until Legislature Passes Bill
Jefferson City — Surprise blackout drills in Missouri are out until the State legislature, now in session, enacts the proposed civilian defense bill. While some Missouri cities have local ordinances providing for blackouts, OCD authorities state they will not order a drill until a proper OCD bill is passed by the Legislature.
Missouri Divorce Bill Not Expected to Pass
Jefferson City, Mo. — House bill that would bar divorced actors and actresses from local screens has no changes of passage, insiders believe. Measure is viewed as just another nuisance bill.
M of D Collections Pass $1,120,000 Mark
[Continued from Page 1) reached a total in excess of $1,120,000, according to latest figures reported by Nicholas M Schenck, chairman of the movie industry committee.
In this figure are not included totals from Wisconsin, Kansas, Oklahoma, New York, California, New Jersey, Arizona and Maryland, which states have not yet reported. It is anticipated that the final total will far exceed the 1942 collections of $1,450,000, and may come close to $2,000,000. Half of all local collections remain in the communities contributing; the other half goes to the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation, with headquarters in New York City.
Lou Walters to Produce Two Musicals for Mono.
West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY
Hollywood — Lou Walters, night club impresario, has been signed by Monogram to produce two musical spectacles embodying his own ideas of glittering, opulent entertainment. The first will be "Latin Quarter," which is the name borne by three Walters Night Clubs now in operation in Boston, Miami and New York.
Walters will bring his own staff to Hollywood, including his directress of production, Mme. Natalie Kamerova, who formerly staged "Folies Bergere" in Paris.
"Mission To Moscow"
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Alec Campbell, Mike Mazurki, Nicco Romoff, Noel Cravat, Tom Tully, Lionel Royce, Emile Rameau, Eugene Borden, Feodor Chaliapin, John Maxwell, Jacqueline Dalya, Herbert Ashley, Oliver Prickett, Monte Blue, Frank Penny, Ernie Adams, Eddie Kane, Eddie Cobb, Howard Mitchell, Frank Wayne, Jack Kenny, Ben Erway, Mauritz Hugo, Gene Gary, Frank Jacquet, Fred Essler, John Wenglaf, Robert Shayne, Michel Panaieff, Lily Norwood, Sid Charisse. .<
CREDITS: Producer, Robert Buckner; Director, Michael Curtiz; Screenplay, Howard Koch; Book, Joseph E. Davies; Art Director, Carl Jules Weyl; Montages, Don Siegel, James Leicester; Technical Adviser, Jay Leyda; Dance Numbers, Leroy Prinz; Cameraman, Bert Glennon; Film Editor, Owen Marks.
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