The Film Daily (1939)

Thursday, July 20, 1939 w DAILY; COMMERCE DEPT. GETS ALLIED'S CODE VIEWS (Continued from Page 1) Government conferees to present Allied's views. Abram F. Myers, Allied General Counsel, did not accompany_Colonel Cole to the meeting as wa^B^cpected. 4 \^J same Government trio — Dr. IWillard L. Thorp, Nathan D. Golden, knd E. A. Tupper — talked with Cole for several hours in the Commerce conference room before the meeting adjourned. It is understood that Cole presented Allied's views on the Trade practice Code and general reforms ■deemed necessary by Allied. Golden, chief of the Commerce Deipartment's Motion Picture Division, told The Film Daily following the confab that the line of talk largely followed previous meetings with Harry Brandt and Ed Kuykendall. "We discussed general industry problems," Golden said, "and Colonel Cole gave us Allied's views on the matters under study." Conferences continue this morning when Kuykendall leads a group of exhibitor leaders to another meeting with the Government officials. Among those who will accompany the MPTOA chief are Oscar Lam, representing Southeastern Theater Owners Association; L e w e n Pizor, UMPTO prexy, Stanley Sumner, Cambridge, Mass.; Walter Vincent of New York and Sidney Lust, capital city independent exhibitor. This will be Kuykendall's second visit. Commerce officials indicated Colonel Cole may return for another conference at a later date. Names Group for Further Commerce Dept. Parleys A committee to represent the ITOA at future sessions with the Dept. of Commerce was appointed yesterday at a meeting of the organization at the Hotel Astor. The group consists of Leon Rosenblatt, chairman, Arthur Rapf, Irving Rapf and Harry Brandt, the latter acting in an ex officio capacity. The ITOA will call a special meeting in about two weeks to discuss the trade practice code, arbitration, film buying and United Artists' nonparticipation in the trade practice negotiations. tyim,, VRTHV 6gw|pT Best wishes from THE FILM DAILY to the following on their birthdays: JULY 20 Muriel Evans Maurice Marks 4LCNG THE with PHIL M. DALYi • • • INNOVATION Loew's Theaters axe departing from their rule of not advertising the actual starting times oi shows in the case of "On Borrowed Time" in all ads and publicity, the patrons are urged to catch the picture from the beginning, and they are given the specific starting times the announcements emphasize the "unusual ness of theme and plot" making if essential to catch the flicker from the jump-off the innovation is a result of an editorial suggestion made in a recent issue of THE FILM DAILY Lou Brown reports that the managers of the Loew-Poli Theaters in New England went even further with the idea, and made announcements from their stages in advance Ben Simon, of Loew's Metropolitan, Brooklyn, has reproduced THE FILM DAILY review, and is sending it to a mailing list of 25,000 • • • TWENTY years in films and so they are honoring W. J. Hutchinson, Director of Foreign Distribution for 20th Century-Fox at the joint suggestion of President S. R. Kent, Managing Director F. L. Harley of Great Britain and European Manager Ben Miggins the Overseas Conventions being held this year in Paris and London are dedicated to Hutchinson he is one of the few men now associated with the company who has served successively and successfully as pioneer, district manager and executive leader • • • LANDMARK changes the lobby of the Palace Theater on Broadway is about to be modernized the spot where in the old vaude days the headliners were wont to gather, is due for refurbishing and so this seems to call for a gathering of the oldtimers the stars who helped to make the Palace the leading vaudeville house are being invited to a farewell gathering in the lobby on Monday at 4 p.m. • • • RECEPTION given by Republic in the Pine Room of the Warwick Hotel for Gene Autry tomorrow at 4:30 Saturday has been named "Gene Autry Day" at the World's Fair Gene will spend the day there as the guest of Grover Whalen T T T • • • AMAZING how these brilliant ideas take root, grow, and blossom forth into overwhelming successes as in the case of the National Dunking Association the purpose of which is to spread friendliness and good cheer through doughnut dunking the idea originated in Hollywood when Warners ran a doughnut dunking party last year plans for the organization call for a gala "National Dunking Association Day" at the World's Fair on Aug. 8 there will be a world's championship dunking contest for boys and girls, with charter member screen celebs on hand as judges here may be the germ of an idea for exhibs. to use the Dunking Party to replace the B pictures. • • • SPECIAL weekly screenings for leading exhibs. in the New York territory started by salesman John Dacey, who specializes in shorts and RKO Pathe News for the RKO Radio local exchange. . . • We like that marquee sign on the Broadway Paramount: " 'The Magnificent Fraud' In Person, Bob Hope" SWISS QUOTA ACTION VIEWED AS CERTAIN (Continued from Page 1) Chamber have progressed rapidly and are reported to have been virtually concluded. Consequently, a decision on quota is looked for this week. Representatives of U. S. distribution interests have left here for Paris, having strongly advocated that import status remain as now constituted. Rival GB, Odeon Circuits to Play 2 UA Pix Day-Date (Continued from Page 1) announced yesterday by Arthur W. Kelly, vice-president of United Artists. Described by UA as the "most amazing circuit contract ever made" in England, the deal calls for the playing of the two pictures day and date even in those situations where the circuits are in direct opposition to each other. The terms for each film are reported the biggest ever to have been paid for a picture in Great Britain. The so-called "barring clause," whereby each circuit demands a picture solely and exclusively for its own houses has been dropped for this contract. « « « » » » Spring Fever in Title Only As New "Andy Hardy" Clicks "Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever" is off to a big start in its first key city openings, home office said yesterday. M-G-M's 7th in the Hardy Family series, the film in three days at the Michigan, Detroit, played to the best business since last November, topping "Idiot's Delight" gross for a like period. At the Orpheum, Denver, the picture did 102 per cent over normal biz. Four days at the Broadway, Portland, grossed better than seven days of "Tarzan Finds a Son," and "The Hardys Ride High." At the State, Los Angeles, first six days of Spring Fever" beat seven days of the Christmas engagement of "Out West." Capitol, N. Y., premiere Tuesday marked the house's biggest opening in several months. To Vote on Bargaining Election will be held tomorrow from 1 to 1:30 p.m. to determine whether the American Federation of Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants, Local 20940 A F of L will be bargaining agent in Paramount's warehouse here. WEDDING BELLS West Coast Bureau of THE FILM -DAILY Hollywood — Frankie Darro and Aloha Wray, actress, will wed here July 31.