The Film Daily (1928)

\^^ ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME .III No. 40 Thursday, February 16, 1928 Price 5 Cents t HOPE SEEN FOR \ CUTS THIS YEAR r ency Appropriations \ May Block Any Reduction Bureau, of THE FILM DAILY igton — Possibilities of tax this year, including exemp idniissions w to $1, are di i;r daily as treasury officials ( iblican leaders in Congress the business situation and ed for heavy appropriations relief and other purposes les which probably cannot ime. treasury it is feared that tax returns, to be filed by 5, will not show the rev i^inally anticipated. At the is pointed out that the tax Continued on Page 3) 4 delegates iIports sales jump ition of the company's abroad is making rapid lespite the handicap caused c of theater operation and aijion to progress commensurfleign sales managers of the ' stated yesterday in reports the company's first interna1 di Ingress. With speedier prog•" xhibition in the offing, concrease of sales may be ex[Contiitued on Page 3) sijan Departure Still Up by Pathe Affairs of the Pathe reorganiza e precluded departure for of Phil Reisman, member istributor contract commit resenting distributors at the are: Felix Feist, Ned E md R. H. Cochrane. Wheth .eijian will be .5le to leave ijiiJrk before th end of the ijoi^H least, appears problematical IV lis Winkler Contract '^•.ditional Three Years sal has completed arrange th Charles B. Mintz, presi inkler Prod., for an addi ec years' supply of the Os Lucky Rabbit cartoon comhe contract provides for 26 a year, which is similar xisting arrangement. If I 1 N. Y. INDEPENDENTS PLAN CO-OP. WITH $3,000,000 BUYING POWER smciisE m w BUIER PimOMCE wim Syracuse, N. Y. — Keen competition is seen looming here by Chester B. Bahn, picture editor of "The Syracuse Herald," who in a detailed survey of the local theater situation points out that with opening of Loew's State scheduled for March there will be 11 theaters on theater row with total seating capacity of about 18,462. As Syracuse has a population of 200,000, and the weekly capacity of the 11 houses is over 500,000, Bahn believes some houses will suffer in the battle for patronage which is bound to develop. The survey does not include two small houses in the downtown district, and neighborhood houses. Three more suburbans are planned to be built for the South End. These are a 2,500-seat house to cost $450,000 on South Salina St., a $475,000 theater seating 1,600 at 2606-16 South SaiContinued on Page 3) Hays Satisfied with Coast Conditions, Leaves for N.Y. Will H. Hays now is en route to New York from Hollywood. He has completed his semi-annual inspection at the studios, and recently announced himself as well satisfied with production activities. Made General Manager of Macfadden Film Interests Martin J. Starr, who has been as sociatcd with the Macfadden Publications since the firm entered the picture field, has been named general manager of the firm's picture interests. This follows his deal for production and distribution by FBO of two True Story pictures next year. Simon in N. Y. With First Picture of New Series Milton Simon, president of Raleigh Pictures, has returned to New York from the Coast with print of his first release, "Into The Night" cast of which includes Agnes Ayres, Corliss Palmer, Forrest Stanley, Allan Sears, Rhody Hathaway, Robert Russell, Tom Lingham and Arthur Thalasso. What New Co op. Plans to Handle Purchase of film. Standard contracts. Regulation of building and construction. Legislation — Federal, state and local. Co-operative purchase of supplies. Co-ordination in policies, practice and operation and standardization of practices and operations. Employment and labor policies. EOUR FOX SPECIALS ON BROADWAY SOON Four Fox specials will be playing the big street in a few weeks. "Mother Machree" is slated for a run at $2 top on Broadway. "The Street Angel" opens at the Globe on March 5. By that time, "Four Sons" which opened at the Gaiety MQnday night will be rounding out first stages of (Continued on Page 3) Fulton Starts Expansion; Handling German Machine Milwaukee — Under management of P. A. Rogers, a branch office has been opened here by E. E. Fulton Co., as a step in its expansion program which is expected to result in offices in keys of the nation. The firm, which is affiliated with a number of foremost cijcuits, is said to have acquired American rights to a (Continued on Page 3) Moses Going to Coast as Paramount Story Head Vivian Moses, who for eight years headed the advertising and publicity department for Fox, leaves Saturday for the Coast where he will become head of the story department for Paramount. He succeeds Fanny Franks. Moses has an optional contract which runs for two or three years. Sapiro to be Head of New Combine with Papers to be Signed Today Eleven New York circuits, embracing ISO unaffiliated theaters which arc declared to pay over $3,000,000 yearly in film rentals, today are scheduled to join in formation of M. P. Exhibitors Ass'n., Inc., theater owners' cooperative being organized by Aaron Sapiro. Contracts are drawn and ready for signing today. The new co-operative is designed to I.Mirchase product for theaters represented in its membership, in an effort to secure "more equitable allocation of product," and to serve as a clearing house for the multitudinous problems of Greater New York chains. Heads of six of the 11 circuits invited in as the organizing group have been ready to sign the agreement and meet Sapiro's stipulations. The other five have been conferring with their own corporate board of directors and are expected to be ready to close the deal today. It appeared very probable last night that the independent circuits interested in the formation of the organization are in accord. One of the requirements (Continued on Page 8) Efforts Made to Organize Chicago B. O. Employes Chicago — Efforts are being made to organize the box office employes of film and legitimate theaters into a union, but so far the organizers have not met with much success. Back stage they are 100 per cent union but out in front and among the ushers, very little progress has been made to put over an organization. Appeals to 12,000 Minneapolis — Literature advocating support for the Brookhart bill has been sent out to 12,000 theater owners, according to W. A. Steffes, Northwest unit president. In addition, an intensive campaign is under way in this territory involving the use of posters, slides, minute speakers and circulation of petitions.