The Film Daily (1939)

Tuesday, March 21, 1939 17 NAT'L ADMISH TAXES Momand's Bill of Particulars Lists OFF: BROADWAY'S UP Washington Bureau of THE FILM 'DAILY Washington — • Admissions taxes collected in February, 1939, were below those of February, 1938, and the previous month of January, 1939, i: was reported yesterday by the E=?au of Internal Revenue. j. axes collected for February, 1939, amounted to $1,503,127.31 compared to $1,659,640.83 for the same month of last year. This is a decrease of $156,513.52 from the February, 1938, collections and a decrease of $61,006.97 from the figure of Januarv, 1939, which was $1,564,134.28. In contrast to this, however, were the Broadway collection figures which showed an increase over February, 1938. Admissions taxes from the Broadway area for February, 1939, were $514,746.21 compared to $506,240.25 for February, 1938, representing an increase of $8,505.96. This is also a substantial increase over the January Broadway collections, which totalled $447,839.87 making an increase of $66,906.34. 136 Indie Producers as Forced Out (Continued from Page 1) Vote on N. Y. Juvenile Admission Bill Delayed Albany, N. Y.— The Butler children's theater admission bill has been put over to Tuesday for vote, but it is expected to pass without amendment. The Webb bill for petitioning for a referendum on Sunday movies was stricken from the calendar by its introducer. Censor repeal bill has not been introduced up to time of filing this message. Theater Trailer Corp. Creditors Split $2,547 Federal Judge Vincent Leibell yesterday ordered distribution of the estate of Theater Trailer Corp., with $2,547 going to general creditors whose claims total some $46,000, and payment of fees and disbusements in amount of $1,018. Company went into voluntary bankruptcy some time ago. Boston — William Cuddy, RKO booker and first vice-president of the Cinema Club, is a father for the fourth time. It's a girl. A son was born on Saturday to Capt. Henry T. (Dick) Merrill, trans-Atlantic flier and regular Eastern Air Lines pilot, and his wife, Toby Wing, film actress, at Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. names and locations alleged in the "conspiracy" be specifically indicated and that facts with regard to alleged construction by the defendants of protection schedules for the benefit of their controlled theaters be stated. A complete list of indie producers driven out of business or forced to merge due to their inability "to procure the exhibition of their films in producer-controlled theaters"; names of "producer-controlled theaters in which said indie producers have been unable to procure the exhibition of their films"; names of indie producers who have been obliged to convey their "assets to the major producers or distributors, or to merge with them"; names of producers "compelled to retire from business due to their inability to place films in producer-distributor controlled circuits"; list of circuits designated as comprising those to which protection was granted; a detailed list of contracts calling for specific protection coverage against independents, and details of correspondence between Film Board of Trades in various cities and attorneys for or officials of the defendants with regard to protection schedules, and all presented in the detailed Bill of Particulars. 136 Indie Producers Listed The list of 136 indie producers alleged either forced to merge or go out of business were given as follows : Action Pictures, Inc.; Aeolian Pictures, Inc.; Associated Producers, Inc.; William Alexander; All Art Pictures Corp.; Allied Distributors; American Cinema Associates; American General Film; Aristocrat Pictures; Arkay Film Exchange; Artclass Pictures Corp.; Artlee Pictures; Associated Cinemas of America, Inc.; Astor Pictures; Audible Pictures; Aurora Film Corp.; Harold Austin; Aywon Film Corp., and Beekman Film Corp.; Big Four; Biltmore Pictures; J. Stuart Blackton; Richard G. Block; Bottonelli Film Co.; Bowes Productions; Bray Pictures Corp.; Broadway Hollywood Productions; Ernest Bru; Capitol Film Exchanges; Century Productions; Chadwick Pictures Corp.; Clois Phyllis Productions; Celebrity Pictures; Cosmos Pictures; J. V. Crenonin; Eagle Films; Elbee Pictures Corp.; Enrico Cutali; Bruno Duday; Equitable Pictures; Ernest Mattson; Excellent Pictures; Exhibitors Film Exchange; Exploitation Pictures, Inc., and Faith Pictures Corp.; Famous Attractions; Fanchon Royer; Film Exchange, Inc., Filmchoice, Inc.; First National Productions Corp.; James A. FitzPatrick; Freuler Film Associates, Inc.; Goldie Films; Goodwill Pictures, Inc.; Symon Gould; Al Griffith Grey: Arthur Greenblatt; Headline Pictures Corp.; Heller Pictures; High Art Pictures; M. H. Hoffman; Invincible Pictures; F. B. Isaac, and Jafa; Henry Kaufman; Kowo Tonofilm; Sherman S. Krellberg; John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran; Lee-Bradford; Nat Levine; Liberty Productions; Lumas Film Corp.; Jack Lustberg; Madison Pictures; Master Art Products, Inc.; Ex-nest Mattson, Inc.; Maxim Productions, Inc.; Mayflower; Mercury Pictures; Monopoly Film Corp.; Motion Picture Guild; Moviegraphs, Inc., and National Plays, Ltd.; New Era Pictures; Olympia Macre-Excelsior Pictures Corp.; Osso Productions; Peerless Pictures; Picture Classics, Inc.; William Pizor; Adolph Pollak Productions; Budd Pollard Productions; Portali Pictures; Powers Pictures, Inc.; Preferred Pictures; Rayart Pictures Corp.; Regal Talking Pictures; Regent Pictures; Reliance Pictures; Remington Pictures; Rex Pictures; Roadshow Productions; Herman Ross Enterprises, Inc.; William Rowland-Monte Brice Productions, Inc.; George Schneider; Lester F. Scott; Screencraft; Select Pictures Corp., and Sierra Pictures Corp.; Dr. Alexander Singelow; Sono-Art WorldWide; Sidney A. Snow; Stanley Distributing Corp.; Sterling Pictures Corp.; Sunset Productions; Superb Pictures; Superior Talking Pictures, Inc.; Syncro Art; Talking Picture Epics; Thalia Amusement Corp.; Tiffany Productions, Inc.; Otto Trippie; Charles Unger; Unique Foto Film; Unusual Photoplays; Van Beuren Corporation; Bruno Vallety; Vitullo Films; Carveth Wells; J. R. Whitney; J. D. Williams Associates; Windsor Picture Plays; Worldart Film Corp.; World-Wide Pictures; Worldkino Corp. 6 Producers Forced to Merge? Producers who were forced to merge with the defendant majors were listed as six: First National Producing Corporation; Tiffany Productions, Inc.; Sono-Art World-Wide Corp.; Select Pictures Corp.; W. W. Hodkinson Corp.; Van Beuren Corp. Sixteen Circuits in which indie producers were unable to procure exhibition of their films were Balaban & Katz Corp.; W. S. Butterfield Theaters Inc.; Century Circuit, Inc.; Comerford Theaters, Inc.; Dent Theaters, Inc.; Fox Theaters Corp.; Fox West Coast Theaters; Loew's, Inc.; Publix-Salt Lake, Inc.; Publix Theaters Corp.; Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp.; RKO Southern Corp.; United Artists Theaters Circuit; Universal Chain Theatrical Enterprises, Inc.; Wilby Theaters Enterprises; Wilmer & Vincent Theaters. This list of circuits was designated as those to which protection was granted "against substantially all of the independent theaters operating in the same localities and using the films of the same distributors as GOV'T EXAM OF UA EXECUTIVES, MAR, 27 (Continued from Page 1) on March 27 at 2 p.m. in Federal Court before W. J. Briggs, notary, it was revealed yesterday by the D of J which has served notice of examination on UA counsel, O'Brien, Driscoll & Raftery. Examination will be held under the blanket order signed last week by Federal Judge William Bondy, which authorized the Government to examine all UA defendants in the equity action brought against filmland. It was also disclosed that Judge Bondy has before him an order submitted by UA which requires service of a bill of particulars by the Government within 60 days, and also 20 days thereafter for service of answers by UA defendants. The Government, it is declared, will not oppose this order and indicated that 60 days will be sufficient time in which to prepare the bill. Introducing "Kwiznite" Atlanta, Ga. — Educational Enterprises, Inc., is introducing a copyrighted feature, "Kwiznite," described as a theater biz stimulant that is not a lottery. those exhibited by the said producercontrolled theaters." Cite Franchises, Contracts Franchises and contracts cited include the following list: Between Universal Film Exchange, Inc. and Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. dated Sept. 29, 1930; between Universal Pictures Corp. and RKO Corp., dated July 30, 1930; between Fox Film Corp. and Publix Theaters Corp., dated Aug. 17, 1931; between Fox and Skouras Theaters Corp., Nov. 2, 1931; between Fox and Publix, June 30, 1930; between Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and Publix, Aug. 8, 1929; between Paramount FamousLasky Corp. and Marcus Loew Booking Agency, June 25, 1937; be-j tween Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. and Publix, June 25, \ 1937; between United Artists Cor-j poration and Loew's, Inc., Feb. 3.1 1928; between United Artists anc. Publix, Feb. 3, 1928; between Unij versal and Fox Metropolitan Playi: houses, Inc., Aug. 12, 1929. Listed as circuits owned by pro J ducers or distributors operating h | Oklahoma on or prior to January 1| 1931 were the Griffith Amusemen J Co. (Universal Chain Theaters!^ Inc.); Regal Theaters, Inc. (Pubii lix Theaters Corp. and Paramoun Pictures, Inc.); Warner Brother! Theaters, Inc. (Warner Bros. Pic{ tures, Inc.). Patriotic Cartoon West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Leon Schlesinger will personally supervise the production of "Old Glory," a Merry Melodie cartoon in Technicolor, starring Porky the Pig, a patriotic one-reeler which will be directed by Charles M. Jones. Pix is for Easter release.