The Film Daily (1934)

Intimate in Character Internationa! in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Sixteen Years Old -IF DAILY M3L. LXV. NO. 33 NEW y€CI\,THLCSI)Ay, fECCtARy 8, Duals lastWest Indep'ts Join in New Ft lAJORSmCREASING FEATURE OUTPUT NEXTSEASON rpi Now Ready for Arbitration of Vitaphone Action Sees Way Cleared for the Resumption of Hearings in Royalty Issue Commenting' on the Delaware SuIpreme Court decision in the Vitaphone action for sound royalties, Electrical Research Products yesterIday stated that it was ready to reIsume arbitration of the issue. The Istatement said : "The decision entered by the Delaware Supreme Court yesterday is {Continued on Page 10) BRANDT RE-ELECTED HEAD OF I. T. 0. A. Harry Brandt was re-elected President of the I.T.O.A. yesterday ; at a meeting at the Hotel Astor. I Other new officers are: First Vice.Pres., Leo Justin; Second Vice.-Pres., Bernard Barr;'Treas., Hyman Rachmil; Sec, Maurice Brown. Paul Moss, new License Commissioner, who was a guest, told the exhibitors that grafting on the part of some license inspectors must stop. He appealed to the theater (Continucd on Page 2) More Studio Expansion Under Way in England London — Following announcement of the new production company formed by Stanley Lupino, London Film Productions has taken over the former Whitehall Studio for six months from Consolidated Film Studios, headed by J. V. Bryson, who plans to double its size and restore Continued on Page 11) Sermon on "Gallant Lady" Cleveland — In an arrangement effected by H. M. Addison of Loew's, "The Gallant Lady" was used as the title of a sermon at the First Unitarian Church here while United Artists' "Gallant Lady", starring Ann Harding, was having its first-run. The notice was played up on the church's bulletin board. Would Make Survey of Broadcasting Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Authority to create a committee to survey and report on radio broadcasting will be requested of President Roosevelt by Secretary of Commerce Roper, it was learned yesterday. I. T. 0. A. TO IGNORE NRA BOARD RULING The I.T.O.A. will ignore ruling of the local NRA Compliance Board ordering exhibitor associations to reinstate 55 operators released by eleven houses last fall. This was the decision reached at a meeting yesterday. The unit intends to carry the case to the U. S. Supreme Court, if necessary, it was declared last night. 17 Theater Workers Quit In Union Controversy Seventeen employes, members of the Building Service Employes Union, walked out at the Paramount Theater, Stapleton, S. L, Tuesday evening after a meeting at which the alleged action of the management in asking the employes to destroy their union cards and then inserting a help wanted "ad" in the Staten Island "Advance" was denounced, it was said yesterday by Charles C. Levey, secretary of the union. This action has terminated negotiations with Paramount-Publix, Levey added. SEE NEWSREEL HOUSES A COMING INSTITUTION Newsreel theaters will eventually become institutions in all cities, with the public attending them with much the same eagerness that they read their newspapers, it was predicted yesterday by Harold Wondsel, vice-president of Newereel Theaters, Inc., new company which is reopening the Embassy on Saturday with 45-minute programs of exclusively Pathe News material. New ideas will be employed in the operation of the Embassy Pathe Newsreel Theater, said Wondsel, who has had extensive experience with Fox Movietone and now is ediContinued on Page 11) 380 Pictures Tentatively Planned by 8 Companies for 1934-35 Output of features by major companies next season is slated for an increase, according to the tentative plans of eight leading producers showing an aggregate of about 380 pictures contemplated. Preliminary programs shape up as follows: Paramount, 60; WarnerFirst National, 60; Fox, 52 (minimum); M-G-M, 52; RKO, 52; Universal, 40; United Artists, 25 (max-' imum); Columbia, 32. > Kuykendall Reports Exhibs 100 Per Cent Behind Code Exhibitors are showing 100 per cent disposition to support the motion picture code, declared Ed Kuykendall, M. P. T. 0. A. head, following his arrival in New York yesterday from Mississippi. All believe that whatever difficulties arise un (Continued on Page 2) Indep't Associations Join In Fight for Double Bills 142 MORE ASSENTS RECEIVED YESTERDAY Assents to the motion picture cede yesterday reached the 7,147 mark, increasing by 142 okays sine'e the previous day. Deadline for filing approvals is Feb. 28. Mountan Makes New Deal With Screencraft Prods. A new contract whereby Screencraft Productions will produce the remainder of the Showmens Pictures lineup has been closed by David J. Mountan, president of Showmens. Al Alt, Abe Prell and Sam Katzman, officials of Screencraft, have returned to the coast from New York following conclusion of the deal, and production of "St. Louis Woman" begins Tuesday. Virginia Admission Tax Abandoned by Governor Richmond — Addressing the Legislature yesterday, Governor Peery said he had abandoned the proposal for a 5-cent admission tax in eliminating $312,000 from recommendations. Opponents of the bill said the movie tax would cause hundreds of small theaters to close. Although the Independent Motion Picture Producers & Distributors Ass'n in Hollywood has decided to retain its own identity, it has agreed to work together with the Federation of the M. P. Industry of New York in dealing with problems confronting independents, particularly in fighting any restrictions on double features, according to a tele(Continued on Page 10) "Devil Tiger" Jams Rialfo Fox's "Devil Tiger", the Clyde E. Elliott jungle picture, h3d them standing up almost from the opening hour yesterday morning at the Rialto. The picture came in with a cracker-jack selling campaign, and from the smiles on the faces of Arthur Mayer, managing director, and Ed Lenihan, house manager, as they watched the mobs squirming to get in, the Rialto is headed for several new records.