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The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Sixteen Years Old
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VOL. LXV. NO. 73
NEW yOCIX, TULCSDAT, HACCH 29, 1934
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British Circuit of 100 Houses Nets $2,300,000
CODE AUTHORITY EXCUSjDJROM WASHTHEARING
Franklin and Selwyn Going to London on Show Deals
MIAMI
. . . and points west =^By JACK ALICOATE —
\A/E'RE traveling. No particular reason ^ * except that it seemed a good idea. Besides, Spring is in the air. So here goes. Col. Alicoate, "With Gun and Camera," through Florida, the Southland and California. t t t
IF WHAT goes on in Florida in general ' and Miami in particular can be taken at face value, speaking strictly, of course, from the standpoint of the screen, then pictures and the art-industry they represent are in for a grand and glorious comeback. Here in Miami, with the social season already closed for oh so many days, one must stand in line for a half hour to get into even a shooting gallery. In spite of all other competition, pictures here are a panic. Yes, Welford, it looks like the talkies are here to stay.
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A ND what is it all about? To this ** weazened old big game hunter this condition has significance far and away from local conditions. It means a universal reaction back to pictures, for at this time of the year one meets people from everywhere in the world except Miami, here in Miami. It means that America and Americans are far from broke. It means that after a few years of depression-forced hibernation they are again demanding and paying for class in recreation and entertainment. Foremost, it means that no competition on earth will hurt pictures provided pictures keep to a high standard. Witness. Tropical Miami and all the resort attractions it has to offer and picture houses still playing to SRO constantly. r t r
WE have not had a minute to be lonesome in Miami for in less than a sailor's week-end we swam, cocktailed or horseraced with Nate Burkan, Tommy Meighan, Estelle Taylor, Hal Home, Amos V Andy, Jack Cohn, Dave Loew, Norma Talmade, Ben Hicks, Fanny Ward, Earl Gulick, Harry Richman, Billy Gaxton, Georgie Jessel and others of the Broadway Grenadiers. We hear there are no picture houses in Nassau, so we are flying over tomorrow to investigate them for FILM DAILY readers. Next stop New Orleans. The town made famous by good food and E. V. Richards.
Will Confer on Bringing
British Stage Hits
to Broadway
H. B. Franklin, due back in New York from the coast on Saturday, is scheduled to sail April 5 for England on the Berengaria with Arch Selwyn, theatrical producer affiliated with Fox, to confer with C. B. Cochran, also a Fox associate, on the Broadway presentations of "Escape Me Never" and Noel Cow
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M.P.T.O.A. TO GET BORDER RECEPTION
When the special M.P.T.O.A. Hollywood convention trains reach El Paso the morning of April 8, a local reception committee headed by John Paxton, manager of Plaza, will meet the delegates and treat
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Toeplirz on His Own
London — Ludovico Toeplitz De Grand Ry, who recently concluded his year's contract as joint managing director with Alexander Korda in London Film Productions, is planning to form his own independent production unit. Toeplitz has had extensive film experience, especially on the Continent.
1000 MORE ACCOUNTS FOR ROACH SHORTS
IV est Coast Bureau, of THE FILM DAILY
Hollywood — Refuting stories that the market for shorts has been affected, Henry Ginsberg, vicepresident of the Hal Roach studios announced that M-G-M had 1,000 more accounts for his company's entire output of comedies than it had this time last year.
All Milwaukee Theaters Using Union Operators
Milwaukee — All local theaters are now employing operators affiliated with the Motion Picture Projectionists' Union of the American Federation of Labor. It is first .ime in local show business that all houses have been unionized.
New Orleans Code Boards Start Operating April 9
New Orleans — Local grievance and zoning boards will be ready to operate April 9 unless the Code Authority decrees otherwise, it was announced by both boards after a lively joint session in the Paramount screening room. Because the entire membership was not present, the oath was deferred until April 3 at 4 P. M., at which time both boards
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$2,300,000 Profit in Year By Provincial Cinema Group
Rosenblatt to Attend
C. A. Session Today
Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY
Washington — The Code Authority is expected to go ahead with its regular Thursday meeting which Division Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt said he would attend a si usual, despite further hearings which are scheduled today before the Nation
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London — Profit of approximately $2,300,000 for the year ended Jan. 31 is reported by Provincial Cinematograph Theaters, Ltd., third largest British circuit, having about 100 houses. The net represented a decrease of 10 per cent from the previous year. Dividend of 15 per cent on the ordinary shares is proposed, same as the year before.
Sales Managers Also to
Appear Later Before
Review Board
Members of the Code Authority yesterday were excused from attending the code hearing to be held by the National Recovery Review Board today in Washington, following a request by the code'; administrative body that its attendance be deferred owing to the importance of its meeting scheduled for today in New York. Major company sales managers who had been requested by Clarence Darrow, chairman of
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RESEARCH COUNCIL LAYSOFFADULTFILMS
The Motion Picture Research Council intends to concentrate on eliminating what it considers objectionable in films designed for child audiences, and does not "at the present time propose to lay its
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Operator Scale Reduced In St. Louis Compromise
St. Louis — Under the compromise settlement between independent theaters and the operators' union, base wage of men in 21 small houses seating less than 700 will be cut from $45 to $40. Revision starts March 26 and will continue while the code is in effect.
Wampas Winners
West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — The Wampas Baby Stars winners are Judith Arlen, Betty Bryson, Jean Carmen, Helene Cohan, Dorothy Drake, Jean Gale, Hazel Hayes, Ann Hovey, Lucille Lund, Lou Meredith, Gigi Parrish, Jacqueline Wells, Katherine Williams. The alternates selected are Jean Chatburn, Dorothy Granger, Neoma Judge, Leone Keefe, Mary Kornman and Irene Ware. Phil Gersdorf was elected president of the Wampas over Sam W. B. Cohn.