The Film Daily (1935)

THE Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1935 iint plan is likely Irfoxmetropolitan {Continued from Page 1) ences, appeared yesterday before Judge Mack and were granted their joint request that the time for presenting a reorganization plan be extended to March 15. They said they expected to have a plan ready by that time. Archibald Palmer, representing petitioning creditors, and William A. Littlefield representing the Irving Trust Co., trustee for Fox Met. Theaters, agreed to the extension of time for presenting a plan. Weisman and the Fox Met. bondholders' committee have so far found no common ground of agreement because the committee took the position that there was no equity for the stock in the company and also because the committee ignored a claim exceeding $5,000,000 held by Fox Theaters against Fox Met. Trade Comm. Promises Action on Free Shows {Continued from Page 1) ter receiving from Otis B. Johnson, secretary of the Federal Trade Commission, a letter stating that the legit code authority's resolution against free broadcasts had been -turned over to the "proper channels for attention." I.A.T.S.E. to Probe Chicago Union Funds {Continued from Page 1) salary and other income. Dr. Emmett Quinn also has resigned as steward of the union. George E. Browne, president of the International, is in charge of the situation. He has announced that the union hereafter will be conducted in a law-abiding manner. No Changes Intended in Para. N. Y. Staff {Continued from Page 1) of Paramount News, under supervision of Austin C. Keough, who is now vice-president in charge of Eastern production activities as well as occupant of other important Paramount posts. "Home on Range" at Criterion "Home On The Range" Paramount picture with Jackie Coogan, Randolph Scott and Evelyn Brent, opens tomorrow at the Criterion. International Western West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Production Manager Frank Melford, together with Director Edward Cline and Cameraman Frank B. od, have left to scout location scenes Sol Lesser's third George O'Brien icle, "The Cowboy Millionaire." Half of the picture was filmed in England and the rest will be made in and around the swanky Biltmore Hotel at Phoenix, Ariz. t| ■3&H MOHCthe PHIL M DALY • • • THE LADS who put the Sparkle and Glamour into all our Broadway picture premieres with their powerful floodlights meaning Charlie Ross, M. W. Palmer and H. D. Clark known as the M. P. Lighting & Equipment Corp. are expanding as they deserve to and are therefore moving into larger quarters at 244 West 49th Street and the occasion calls for a bit of a ballyhoo for these chaps have devoted their lives to ballyhooing the other fellow's proposition so it is but fitting that they get a li'l blurb themselves ▼ ▼ T • • • THEY ARE the Electrical Wizards of Filmdom in the East whether it is a battery of floodlights to stage a Hollywood opening on Broadway a specially designed electrical sign to cover the front of the theater or any of the intricate lighting equipment for the picture studio this organization can furnish it on short notice they have a million dollars' worth of lighting equipment on hand for emergency purposes and with their fleet of portable motor generator trucks could light up any given section of New York if all other lighting sources failed so the Industry can be proud of this organization that has developed strictly within the motion picture field • • • NOW THESE lighting experts have merged with the pioneer Charles Pf eiff the first man in the theatrical display lighting field by purchasing an interest in the Pisch Equipment Corp. of which he is prexy the new combine have taken over their enlarged quarters to accommodate an elaborate machine shop where they will build all their specially designed electrical equipment a self-contained plant if the lighting problem calls for new equipment they'll go out and create it and build it right in their own shop a technical organization of which the film biz can be proud with its Technique founded on Showmanship • • • WE SEE by another trade paper that Jack Cohn has appropriated Hal Home's joke about Abraham Lincoln which we ran several days ago but this must not make Hal feel too happy for we picked it up from a newspaper published in the town of Lincoln's birth they ran it three years ago it just got around to Hal last week so we ran it to make him feel good we hope the matter is now cleared up to everybody's satisfaction except Mister Lincoln and he probably wouldn't care even if he was here to hear Hal tell it and he tells it very well these film folks, they tell us, are saps for Old Stories just look at some current films • • • THAT YARN about the S.O.S. from the schooner "Seth Parker" in the South Seas that all the newspapers broke on the front page with streamer heads now a gent in the film biz chirps that it is his Very Own Publicity Stunt well, if he framed a stunt that sent ocean liners and a battle cruiser miles out of their courses why brag about it? • • • THE PRODUCERS of the stage play, "Post Road" which is understood to have been banned for films have sent out queries to the drama crits asking their opin ipn as to whether there is anything objectionable in the play as movie material if the crits vote "yes" the producers promise to withdraw the play from Broadway « « « » » » 12 APPEALS DECIDED BY CODE AUTHORITY Seven appeals decisions affecting the Milwaukee territory are included in a batch of 12 announced by the Code Authority yesterday. Rulings are as follows: Mlilwaukee — Strand, Os'hkosh, Wis., vs. Rex, Oshkosh, affirms decision ordering cessation of "Bank Night"; Bay, Green Bay, Wis. vs. Strand, Green Bay, affirms ruling finding violation through "Bank Night" ; Granada and Juneau, Milwaukee, vs. Rivera, Milwaukee, approves decision ordering dropping of "Bank Night"; Appleton, Appleton, vs. Embassy, Neenah, Wis., affirms decision against "Bank Night"; Bay, Green Bay, Wis., vs. Orpheum, Green Bay, affirms decision outlawing "Bank Night"; Appleton, Appleton, Wis., vs. Brin, Menasha, Wis., approves order ordering cessation of "Bank Night"; Capitol, West Allis, Wis., vs. Allis, West Allis, Wis., affirms decision finding "Bank Night" a violation. Salt Lake City — Majestic and Adelaide, Nampa, fdaho, vs. Egyptian, Granada and Pinney, Boise, sustains ruling that seven days' clearance is reasonable. Dallas — Cozy, Orange Grove, Texas, vs. Rialto, Alice, Texas, sustains decision dismissing premature advertising complaint. St. Louis — Roxy, St. Louis, vs. Granada and Kingsland, St. Louis, affirms decision placing Roxy in zone with Granada, Kingsland and Grant. Cleveland — Sunbeam, Cleveland, vs. Sun, Cleveland, sustains decision finding violation of minimum admissions stipulation. "Indianapolis — Tacoma, Indianapolis, vs. Roxy, Indianapolis, confirms decision ordering cessation *of "Gift Night" and "Grocery Night" upon compliance on part of complainant. New Indep't Producer Starts With "Nick Carter" {Continued from Page 1) Jack Hayes, who last produced the Baby Burlesk shorts for Educational, vice-president, and Sam Wiesenthal, formerly with Universal, secretary-treasurer. First release in the "Carter" series is scheduled for June 1. The pictures will be exploited through an exploitation tieup with Street & Smith, publishers of the stories. This series will probably be followed by another group of features and some shorts. Hayes and Wiesenthal leave in about 10 days for the coast to start production. Theater is Enjoined On Dual Bill Charge {Continued from Page 1) single features when he sold the house to his wife. As owner of the theater, Kaplan had signed the single feature agreement which went into effect July 8, 1934. Drama Critics at Forum Among dramatic critics and editors scheduled to appear at today's luncheon Forum of the Motion Picture Club are Bernard Sobel, Bide Dudley, John Mason Brown, Bugs Baer, Robert Coleman, Leo Marsh, Julius Cohen, John Anderson, John Chapman, George Ross, Marsh Barron, Whitney Bolton, Arthur Pollock, Rowland Fields, Edgar Price, Percy Hammond, Robert Garland, Gilbert Gabriel, Kelcy Allen and Martin Weyrauch, managing editor of the "Brooklyn Eagle." Harry Hershfield will be the principal speaker, with Louis Nizer as introducer and Jack Alicoate as chairman.