The Film Daily (1937)

THE ran CHECK BILLS IN N. DAKOTA {Continued from Page 1) of one cent per 50c or fraction thereof on all theater tickets or tickets to athletic events in addition to the 2 per cent sales tax already collected. The measure is a revenue measure and not directed at the entertainment trade by any certain group. House Bill 310 is aimed at checkers. It provides for a $5 license fee annually, and a monthly report to the auditor accompanied with remittances of $10 per month for services performed in cities of less than 2,000 population; $15 per month in cities between 2,000 and 4,000; $20 per month from 4,000 to 6,000; and $25 per month for checkers in cities over 6,000 in population. (Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Bismarck, and Jamestown). New ITOA-306 Agreement Stirs Ire of Small Exhibs {Continued from Page 1) ed to protest against the deal at a meeting of the exhibitor association today at the Hotel Astor. Clashing with the opinion of some I. T. O. A. officials, the exhibitors will take the position that they are not bound by the contract inasmuch as they have not conveyed the power of approval to the unit. It is their contention that terms of the deal are impossible for them to carry out. Paramount Shifts Branch Managers in Three Cities {Continued from Page 1) manager, there. James Donahue, exchange manager at Minneapolis, takes over the Chicago branch spot and as yet his successor at Minneapolis has not been named. Appointments were made by Neil F. Agnew, vice-president in charge of sales. Expect Eastman Net for 1936 to Hit 18 Millions {Continued from Page 1) 1936, will approximate $18,000,000, which is company's best since 1930. This would equal between $7.60 and $7.70 a common share, as against $6.90 reported for 1935 when net amounted to $15,913,251. Kuykendall Will Fight the Alien Actor Measure {Continued from Page 1) tion and Naturalization. Kuykendall is now in Washington, having arrived from Richmond recently. Major company representatives to attend the hearing to protest against the measure will include: J. Robert Rubin of Loew's, and Joseph H. Seidelman, Columbia foreign department head, in additon to Attorney Gabriel L. Hess of the Hays association, who will file a brief. Jean Hersholt may be present to offer the player's viewpoint. -2&1 DAILY vr^~———r rc^. — — x -' } ~~iMrZ • • • A VERY worthy movement has been started by M G-M among the trade press and newspaper lads Join the Navy and See the World it seems that the publicity dep't of Metro figured out that something should be done to get the scribes away from the daily grind possibly their reviews have been getting so lousy in quality that the Metro lads had to think up a way to get nice fresh, bright slants from the tired reviewers • • • SO THEY thought up the Navy Movement and yesterday they launched it with a cruise to a foreign country where the Statue of Liberty is located aboard the U. S. S. Tattnall 125 of the destroyer fleet The Calumet, a Coast Guard cutter transported the press lads from the destroyer to the Statue of Liberty then the Superintendent of the National Park on Bedloe's Island convoyed the gang to the Army's old guard room within the Statue where the production of the Metro short subject, "Servant of the People," was held ▼ ▼ ▼ • • • THE SHORT subject is dramatically and entertainingly presented all about the stirring events that led up to the writing of the U. S. Constitution which insures us all our Liberty and years later Metro had to call on a big part of the government forces to help us poor writing mugs to reach Liberty • • • AND SO quite appropriately the projection showing was held in the former guard room of the Statue of Liberty which is alongside the solitary confinement cells they once used for the soldiers stationed there that's why the Founding Fathers left the Constitution wide open for any sort of interpretation future generations wanted to give it they no doubt had a prophetic vision of us muggs reviewing this Liberty picture alongside prison cells in the Statue of Liberty that shows you how smart and subtle these Metro publicity lads are ▼ T T • • • THE POINT is that this new style in previewing shorts is a tremendous improvement over the old system looking at 'em in projection rooms See a Short and See the World at the same time everybody benefits as one of the officers aboard the U. S. S. Tattnall remarked a lot of the sailors had never seen the Statue of Liberty either. T T ▼ • • • ALL THE officers in the mess room while we ate lunch made Si Seadler feel right at home "I certainly enjoyed that Fred Astaire picture your company made," said one and another remarked : "I'm glad the Navy can help along this anniversary of your president, Adolph Zukor" • • • ON THE way back from East 24th Street where the scribes disembarked from the destroyer we all boarded a sea-going taxi and were addressing each other aye, aye, sir as the cab turned a corner sharply somebody sang out "We're listing badly to the port side, sir." and another replied "It's only Jimmie Cunningham, sir, who has swollen up after finishing that pot of Navy beans" one of the grandest and most novel stunts ever pulled for a preview, everybody said « « « » » » Initial Condor Financing Completed; Stock Offered Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1937 IA. THEATER DIVORCE BILL WILL BE SOUGHT {Continued from Page 1) Steffes of Minneapolis and H. M. Richey of Detroit. A resolution was passed by the Iowa-Nebraska Allied opposing the giving out of actual box office receipts by trade papers and checkers. It voted oppositon to distributors' representatives promoting additional theaters in towns where they cannot sell product. It opposed the M.P.T.O.A. 10 point trade practice plan on the ground it is a "smoke screen for Congress and accomplishes nothing." The anti-lottery bill now in a subcommittee of the Iowa House, is of major concern to the theater owners as "dropping of Bank Night would put half of the theaters in the state out of business", according to Leo F. Wolcott of Eldorado, president of Iowa-Nebraska Allied. The convention went on record as opposed to the bill now in the Senate that would bar any minor under 19 from attending a motion picture show or other theatrical entertainment in which the entertainers are divorced. Leo F. Wolcott of Eldora was reelected president to head an active legislative program. H. A. Larson of Oakland, Neb., was re-elected vice-president; Charles Peterson of Hampton, re-elected secretary. M. L. Dickson of Mount Pleasant and Wesley Mansfield of Tama were named new directors; W. A. Dutton of Manchester and E. C. Potter of New Hampton were re-elected directors. {Continued from Page 1) wholly-owned subsidiary, Schuyler Securities Corp., owns 50 per cent of the outstanding Class A stock of. the Van Beuren Corp., which is deposited under a voting trust agreement with RKO, holder of the re-| maining 50 per cent. The companies controlled by I George A. Hirliman, which were J merged to form Condor Pictures had a program of 20 pictures for 193637 of which nine had been completec at a cost of $450,894. NBC Deal Puts Para. Players On Air Every Sunday Nigh {Continued from Page 1) participate in an half-hour broad cast every Sunday night over thi NBC nation-wide red network, witl WEAF as the New York outlet Boris Morros, musical director a' the film company's Hollywood stu dio, will direct the proceedings an< scripts will be written by Paramoun staff writers.