The Film Daily (1934)

II Intimate in Character Internationa! in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Sixteen Years Old -IF DAILY VOL. LXV. NO. 26 NEW yCCI\, WEDNESDAY, JANDADY 31, 1934 S CENT! 'New Censor Setup for N. Y. State Proposed in Bill ALLIED AGREES TO DELAYJ CODE AUTHWTY SUIT 'U' May Boost 1934-35 Lineup to 40, Says Laemmle, Jr. Current Program to be Completed Early in May Universal's program for 1934-35 may provide as many as 40 features, with a minimum of 36 certain, Carl Laemmle Jr., told The Film Daily in New York yesterday on his arrival from the coast. The company's current year schedule calls for 36. Production policy of Universal is to make unusual themes, away from the beaten path, such as "The Invisible Man," declared Laemmle. He predicts the greatest year ahead that the industry has ever experienced. Laemmle sees tremendous (Continued on Page 7) hwarnerTn.films ready m release West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Warner-First National studios are maintaining the biggest production activity in their history and now have 14 features finished ahead of release dates, according to Jack L. Warner, production (Continued on Page 7) Code Authority Denies Separate Zone in N. J. Pointing out that existing film zones will be used for code purposes, as specified in the code, the Code Authority has denied petition of 52 New Jersey exhibitors seeking to have a separate zone made (Continued on Page 6) Stealing Our Stuff Movie theater marquees aren't the only places where naturals and other kinds of combinations occur. Gordon White of Educational reports the following Church advertisement noted in a daily paper: Sermon "DO YOU KNOW WHAT HELL IS?" Come and Hear Our New Organist. Ask Johnson for Permission on Give-aways New Orleans — Charging the film code with driving the small exhibitor to the wall by ordering abolition of give-aways and the like before machinery is set up to correct abuses which forced the independents into these policies, Allied Theaters of Louisiana, together with unaffiliated independents, have petitioned Gen. Hugh Johnson for relief. The letter also asks permission to continue give-aways until zoning and grievance boards are established. MPTOA JOINS FIGHT ON FREE RADIO SHOWS In event radio studios throughout the country ignore its appeal to ban free broadcasting shows, the M. P. T. O. A. will ask the Motion Picture Code Authority to urge the Radio Code Authority to take steps to end he practice, President Ed Kuykendall of the exhibitor association said yesterday in New York, prior to leaving last night for his home in Columbus, Miss. Kuykendall at(Continued on Page 2) CBS Going Right Through With Hudson Radio Show Columbia Broadcasting System ntends to use the Hudson Theater for free broadcasts starting Feb. 3 despite the announced plan of the Legitimate Theater Code Authority to enlist the support of the Motion Picture Code Authority in protesting to the Radio Code Authority on (Continued on Page 7) PARA.THEATERS SETUP COMPLETED BY SPRING Complete reorganization of all Paramount Publix theater subsidiaries will be completed this spring with the reorganization of three remaining circuits, the Film Daily learns. Negotiations are now well under way for the re-vamping of Olympia Theaters, operating 77 New England houses, and Minnesota Amusement Corp. and subsidiaries, operating 80 theaters. The other circuit, Atlantic States Co., with (Continued on Page 2) Chesterfield-Invincible Complete 11 Out of 18 Out of 18 features planned by Chesterfield and Invincible for this season, 11 have been completed and the entire program is expected to be finished by June 1, according to George R. Batcheller, Jr. "The Quitter," with Emma Dunn and (Continued on Page 6) Would Take Censorship Duties Out of Education Department Consent to Later Hearing in View of More Time for Code Assents Allied agreed to postponement of the hearing on the Congress Theater suit against the Code Authority, seeking to enjoin the body from refusing to accept qualified assents, in consideration of an extension of the period for filing assents to Feb. 28. The action, filed by the Newark theater, was on the calendar of the U. S. District Court yesterday but Judge Bondy approved postponement until Feb. 20, a move which was agreeable to the Code Authority members' attorneys. The case was on the calendar of (Continued on Page 7) NEW EXCHANGE GROUP IS IN FORMULATION Creation of a new national distributing organization, embracing several important independent exchanges, and with the program of eight Liberty Pictures releases for 1934-35 as a nucleus, is at present (Continued on Page 6) 25 Speakers Scheduled At Vaudeville Hearing Twenty-five speakers are listed to talk at the hearing to be held at 2 p. m. today in the East ballroom of the Hotel Astor on the vaudeville (Continued on Page 6) Rosenblatt to Hasten So. California Board West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Following a conierence yesterday with the independent M.P.T.O. of Southern California, Division Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt promised he would get busy on the setting up of zoning and clearance boards for this territory. Albany — Changes in the state censorship setup, specifying the comptroller as head of a new motion picture division, to take over the functions at present carried on by the education department, are proposed in a bill introduced by Assemblyman Neustein and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Under the measure it would (Continued on Page 7) Only One Suit Despite reports to the contrary, a second suit has not been brought by Allied against the Code Authority in an effort to enjoin the code body from refusing to accept qualified assents, THE FILM DAILY learned yesterday. Papers which were served on six members of the Authority and Executive Secretary John C. Flinn last Saturday were in connection with affidavits in support of the suit filed previously by Allied through the Congress Theater, Newark.