The Film Daily (1944)

sday, October 31, 1944 3* DAILY I ine Ally. Denies Gov't Charges (Continued from Page 1) )ck, when court adjourned, but -ill be continued today, t the beginning of his address, Uennen indicated the defense will ;ume considerably less time than Government's case against the ter chain (29 days) but declared /ould rather make no predictions o how long it will take in weeks :ays. breakdown of Sherman Act cClennen outlined the principles aw as he interprets them with ;ion to the Schine case and then i_e down the Sherman anti-trust into two separate parts, neither j'hich he claimed Schine has vio [jie Schine attorney charged jp has been no evidence and 1 there will be none by the time i is over that will show that me has been in a conspiracy to fain interstate commerce. He What in the first place, the Schine ijindants are no more engaged in state commerce than the "vilgrocer." pClennen also emphasized that ibutors are not a party to the In even though Schine is ac,H of conspiring with them. He lerated the eight separate con;.cies charged by the Government the statement that proof has and will not be offered to show I existed. *der the heading of monopoly, '[ ennen was equally vigorous in ilenial that Schine conspired to t one possible. nefactor, Not "Monopolistic" uch confusion has been brought the consideration of this matter the conception that a unitary ion is a monopoly. It is not. ( monopolizing, there must be jthing which constitutes an unliable restraint of trade, ■j man sees a flourishing, prosts town with no place of laud amusement in it. He goes into town and builds a theater. He 3 it so well and adequatelv that ?ases the patronage. He" goes |T years in that situation. He lot monopolized anything. All is done is to create something pever existed before." jClennen said: 'That man is not nopolist." the term "closed town," Mcen provided his definition beof its so frequent use by the , nment during the trial. BRIEflhG THE DAY'S REUJS Trans-Lux Will Pay 10c Directors of Trans-Lux Corp. declared a dividend of 10 cents per share payable Dec. 15 to holders of record on Dec. 5. o Lt. Paul Wiley Missing Portland, Me.— Lt. Paul C. Wiley, formerly with Standard Theaters Supplies, Boston, is reported missing in action in Luxembourg. He received the Pu;ple Heart for wounds suffered at Cassino. ' • Ind. ATO Meets Nov. 16 Indianapolis — Associate Theater Owners of Indiana, Inc., will hold its 18th annual convention and membership meeting Nov. 16 at the Athletic Club. • ASC Elects First Canadian Montreal— First Canadian cameraman to be granted membership in the American Society of Cinematographers is Alfred Jacquemin, on the staff of the Associated Screen studios since 1927. • Trans-Lux Changes Name Albany— Trans-Lux Movies Corp., chartered under Delaware laws has changed its corporate named to Trans-Lux Theaters Corp. • SPG Names HWM Co-op Com. A special committee has been appointed by the Screen Publicists Guild of New York to co-operate with the Hollywood Writers Mobilization in the selection of films representing outstanding examples of entertainment combined v/ith an important idea. The committee consists of Aileen St. John Brenon, chairman; Halsey Raines, Al Ry lander, Sid Garfield, George Gumperts, Gene Schrott, Bob Ferguson, June Blythe and Miriam Brandon. • "Creek" Headed for Record Detroit— "Frenchman's Creek" is headed for a record opening week at the United Artists Theater on the basis of the first four days' receipts, ending Sunday night, Earle W. Hudson, president of United Detroit Theaters, said yesterday. • Chicago Theater Sets Bands Chicago — Andrews Sisters go into the Chicago theater Friday for a two weeks' stand. Sammy Kaye's band follows, with Cab Calloway's band set for the first week in December. • Film Space Quota Cut Bridgeport, Conn.— Bridgeport papers have lifted the 1,000 lines per picture restriction on national ads imposed several months ago, but cut the quota of film advertisers to 10 per cent of last October's space. During September the quota was 15 per cent. 9 Speigel Estate $500,000 Chicago— Estate of the late Sidney Speigel, Essaness Circuit partner, is valued at $500,000, according to the Probate Court's report. His widow will receive $30,000 annually from the estate, Jewish Charities 20 per cent, United Charities, five per cent. New Cuban President Ends Ticket Taxes (Continued from Page 1) Havana inasmuch as few, if any, houses charge more than 30 cents' Many theaters, in order to get around the tax, cut their admissions to 29 cents. Abrogation of the tax is expected to bring better business to second and subsequent-runs as it will now be possible to increase their scales. "The Master Race" Previewed RKO Radio and Edward Golden jo'intly hosted an invitation preview of "The Master Race" in the Waldorf-Astoria's grand ballroom last night. A buffet supper followed the screening. rORK REPORTS Canadian Pix Industry Awaits Davis' Arrival Cardinals' Management Swelled Keith's Estate Film Stock Ownership Changes by Execs. Few Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Stock ownership changes among pix execs, for the period from Sept. 11 to Oct. 10 hit a new low, with only three relatively unimportant transfers reported tod'ay by the SEC. The first showed addition of 11 shares to its holding of Loew's Boston Theaters $25 par common by Loew's Inc. raising the total to 121,232 shares. W. Ray Johnston dropped 966 shares of Monogram dollar par common, retaining 17,724. Monogram Pictures, Inc., disposed of its last 900 shares of Monogram Pictures Corp., and Norton V. Ritchie picked up 200 shares of the dollar par common, now holding 4,467 shares. Only other activity was the dropping of 2,000 shares of Paramount dollar par common by Stanton Griffis' trust, which retains 4,000 shares The F. K. Griffis trust holds 3,000, the N. Griffis trust 5,000, the T. G. La Touche trust 6,000, and Griffis, m his own name holds, 5,250 shares of the stock. (Continued from Page 1) although circuit officials here hinted ladelphia— Bill Schwartz, Moni booker, became the father of V girl. Deborah, last week. yestreday there "might be something to announce about Nov. 8." He declined to amplify the statement except to say that developments might reach a stage where an announcement could be made on that date. Asked if this meant Davis would be here, informant said there was no definite word, while there was no knowledge that Rank himself planned to visit Canada. Rumors are flying around local trade circles, but the actual news is that Canadian Odeon has not denied an offer from Rank is being considered, but arrival of Davis here is a question mark. According to a report in another quarter, Davis is said to be in the United States, probably New York, but Paul Nathanson and other executives of Canadian Odeon in Toronto are perhaps awaiting his visit. Boston — Executors of Cardinal O'Connell's will have filed a complete account of the late Cardinal's management of the estate of the late A. Paul Keith, theater owner valued at $2,406,035.64. The actcounting showed that the estate had increased by more than $750,000 during the 18 years in which the Cardinal was trustee, Keith, son of the late B. F. Keith, founder of the Keith Theaters, and himself head of the chain after his father's death, bequeathed the estate to Cardinal O'Connell in memory of Ketih's mother. Keith stipulated that the Cardinal could use the proceeds "for the benefit of such charitable purposes as he may deem best." Maurice Musgrave Dead Chicago — Maurice D. Musgrave. 45, secretary of Celotex Co., is dead' His widow survives. IN NEW POSTS British Board Going Inactive West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— British War Services Advisory Board will become inactive at the end of the year with its duties transferred to the British ConsulateGeneral, Los Angeles. ERNEST EVERHART, operator, Amo, Detroit. HY LEVINE, Connecticut representative, Federal Films, handling Film Classics re-issues (AMES B. CONWAY, manager, Robinson, Richmond. CARL W. BEBBS, manager, Booker T. Richmond. HAROLD MILLER, manager. Walker, Richmond SPENCER STEINHURST, assistant manager Loew s State, Syracuse. CHARLES CHAPLE, assistant manager, Loew's Richmond, Va. KARLE HARTE, 20th-Fox Cleveland booker transferred to New York. ROSEMARY McGREW, secretary to E V Lan da.che, 20th-Fox New Orleans branch manager. MRS',ntlL'rZABEJH.MARTIN' adsa,« manager. 20th-Fox, Omaha. JOSEPHINE COTT, adsales head, 20th-Fox Detroir. PHILIP DERCOLE, shipper 20th-Fox, Vancouver. SID ZIN3, exploitation department, 20th-Fox Cleveland. |OE ANTHONY, assistant manager. Apollo Chicago dBHH ■■