The Film Daily (1927)

iTHE :Bf^ NEWSPAPER of FILMDOM AH D WEEKLY FILM DIGEST VOL. XLII No. 1 Sunday, October 2. 1927 Price 25 Cents $2,500,000 STANLEY ' HOUSE fOR SYRACUSE Bite Obtained Will House Sixteen Story Office Building I Syracuse, N. Y. — Erection ol a I $2,5UU,0U0 theater is planned here by the Stanlej" Co,, of America. I'lie theater will be housed in a lO-story [ ottice building, site tor wliicii has I been obtanied. ! Stanley Corp. has had its eye on the Syracuse held tor some time, taking over tentative plans made by the Hark Strand Corp. prior to its absorption by the Stanley interests. The Mark Strand firm originally ^ contemplated a theater on the Ba,s j table site in Syracuse. The Syracuse Strand Co., while maintaining booking affiliations with the Stanley-Mark Strand circuit, is not controlled by Stanley, either di I rectly or through a subsidiary. Buf j falo and Syracuse money dominate the Syracuse Strand Corp. with At I torney William Rafferty of Syracuse heavily interested. Rickard Ordered to Appear in Coast Fight Film Case San I'rancisco — GoverTinicnt action 111 the fight film ca.se is expected to be centered here following issuance oT a warrant for arrest of Te.\ Rickard and the assertion of .Acting C S. District .Attorney l-'ngene Bennett. that the i)romotor must come here Oct. 12 for hearing. This is the first felony action growing out of the films. The crime i> punishable by t\v.> rears in the i)enitentiary and fine of $10,000. Previous actions have been on misde(Continiied on Parte 11) Fight Film Shown At Indianapolis Theaters Indianapolis — TIk Dempscy-Tuiiney fight pictures were shown vesterday at the Bandbo-x and Rialto. owned by Frank J. Renibusch, and thus far no action has been taken bv ; the Federal authorities. The U. S. district attornev could not be reached by THE FIL^[ DAILY, so it is uncertain just what action niav be contemplated. Pictures of the Dempsey-Sharkcy (Conthiurd on Page 11) Carewe — Del Rio with U. A. Los Angeles — Edwin Carewe and Dolores Del Rio are understood to have signed long term contracts with United Artists. PUBLIC OPINION SEEN Exhibitors Speed Selection of AS EACTOR IN STRIKE General Sympathy Said to Favor Theater Owners Minneapolis — Public opinion probably will decide the outcome of the •struggle between theater owners and labor unions here and at St. Paul and public opinion now strongly favors the theater owners. This is the reaction reflected by attendance, to the "campaign of enlightenment" being conducted by exhibitors, who in "cold turkey" terms are putting their side of the case before the public, stating in advertisements, posters and slides that they deplore the walkout and are availing themselves of the only alternative — keeping their houses open with non-union labor. Theater owners have been at grips with the union in what both state (Continued on Pane 11) Delegates to Trade Parley N. J. Incensed New Jersey's lack of representation at the trade practice conference Oct. 10 will be under discussion at a meeting of the board of directors of the exhibitor to be held Tuesday. New Jersey has no representation on the arbitration board, according to Joe Seider, president, and so will be denied representation at the forthcoming trade parley. Arbitration cases involving New Jersey exhibitors are acted upon by exhibitors appointed by the Theater Owners Chamber of Commerce, a practice which the New Jersey unit is seeking to e'iminate. Final Settlement Made in Atlanta Labor Row .Atlanta — Contracts between theaters and operators have been signed following a scries of conferences. This ends open shop operation of suburban houses. A temporary agreement kept the houses running while negotiations were in progress. Theaters arc divided in three classifications. The Howards and three combination houses granted a $10 a week raise with increase of 30 min(Continned on Page 11) M.P.T.O. COOPERATION PLEDGED TRADE PARLEY riie M.P.T.O. A. is grateful to the government for calling the trade practice conference which oi)ens in Xew York Oct. 10. R.F. (Pete) Woodhull. president, and a committee representing the organization told M. Markham Flannery, who is in charge of arrangements for the commission. (Continued on Pope 12) Applesauce TTfO.SK who read liijhtly rarely read well. The orticiai attitude of the Theater Owner.^' Chamber of Commerce toward the selective process worked otit for e.xhihitor re|)resentation at the forthcoming' trade conference parley is a first rate example. Sol Raives has filed objections with the Inderal Trade Commission because, as the easiest way out of a situation marked by many obstacles, it has been determined to use the ready-made machinery of the Film Boards to expedite the selection of the two exhibitors accredited each film zone. Raives is upset at the plan of "allowins; Film Boards of Trade to advise the local exhibitor to select delegates" when as a matter of fact no such suggestion has been advanced. Film Boards are (.Continued on Page 4) Fewer and Better Theaters SIojj:an Emphasized by U. S. Survey Selection of e.\bibitor delegates to tile trade practice conference to be held Oct. 10 in Xew York under auspices of the i'ederal Trade Commission is proceeding rapidly, Charles C. Pettijohn, head of Film Boards of Trade announced yesterday. The boards throughout the nation are >erving as the agency through which selection of delegates is made. Seventeen exchange centers have completed selectioi] of exhibitor delegates, Pettijohn states. Territories and delegates selected are: Atlanta -S;mi U. Horisky, Chattanooga, liiiii. ; r. F. Tlionipsoii. Palace, Cedartowii, (!a. : .Mttiii.iti — O. ('. Lam, Rome, Ga. Boston .Stanley Siinincr. University Then.. CamliiidKe. .Mass.; .\atlian Vamins, Kialto, Fall River. Mass. Charlotte — Chas. W. Picquet. Pinehurat. X. (".: ,S. S. Stevenson. Henderson. N. C. Chicago .lack .Miller. .M.P.T.O.; Ludwig SieKel. I'rairie Garden. .S744 Prairie Ave. Cincinnati — .\. G. Hettesheimer, 2318 St. (Continued on Page 12) Finkelstein Won't Talk on Fox Twin City Invasion -Xfimieapolis — M. L. Finkelstein of -Vorthwest Theaters (Finkelstein & Rnben) has no statement to make >n proposed invasion of the Twin Cities by Fo.x. This will i>ring cf)ni•>etition to the two cities for the first time in several vears. First Two Medical Films to be Shown at Detroit First two of the series of pictures 'caching surgery and medicine will be shown at Detroit Oct. 3 to 7 at the annual meeting of the American Vollege of .Surgeons. The series is to be sold or rented to doctors, hospitals and nurses and is being produced by Fastm,->n Kodak with cooperation of the Hays organizations. Fim Row Escapes No fatalities in the film industry occurred at St. Louis in the tornado which wrecked large sections of the city, according to report of L. F. Scofield. Film Board secretary, to Charles C. Pettiiohn, head of Film Boards of Trade. Damage to film row was slight, he states.