The Film Daily (1939)

* ■ I II. ■ . Hollywood — H. V. Smith, business agent of Soundmen's Local 695 of the IATSE, has notified jOUnOlllGn 111 UmmCITUm--the MPPDA that an agreement must be signed no later than Monday guaranteeing "that only oundmen who are members of that local will be employed to do sound work of any nature for the studios and that current negotiations for vages and conditions must be retracted to Mar. 15, 1939. IA officials state that M-G-M has complied with the ultimatum. Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Twenty-One Years Old 6, NO. 14 NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1939 TEN CENTS Court to Get RKO Underwriting Pact Within 10 Days FILMSJACE COASTJRAND JURYfROBE Columbia Is Denied More Specific Bill in Equity Suit Company's Application Refused "in all Respects" by Judge Clancy Federal Judge John W. Clancy yesterday denied "in all respects" ipplication of Columbia Pictures 3orp. for an order requiring the Government to file and serve a more specific bill of particulars in the equity action brought by the D of 1 against the majors. Columbia had also sought to {Continued on Page 4) [REORGANIZE IMPPA; GHADWICK IS PREXY West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — The Independent M. P. producers Ass'n was reorganized yesterday. I. E. Chadwick was elected president, C. C. Burr, vice-president, !|and H. S. Webb, secretary-treasurer. These officials, together with Ben N. Judell, A. W. Hackel and Sam Katzman will comprise the executive Committee. Negotiations will be opened immediately with the unions and guilds {Continued on Page 4) July-August Production Peak Set by Paramount West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — With 11 productions before the cameras at Paramount and seven starting during the next {Continued on Page 4) What????!!!! Omaha, Neb. — Surprise was handed those who underwrote activities of the Chamber of Commerce attendant to the Omaha "Union Pacific" premiere, each donor being mailed a check for 20 per cent of his donation which went unused. 'Shekels' Held Lottery Janesvilie, Wis. — "Shekels," a game offered by the Rex, State and Majestic theaters in Beloit, has been ruled a lottery and public nuisance by Circuit Judge Jesse Earle here. The theaters, operated by the Wisconsin Theater Enterprises, refused to discontinue the game following the recent anti-Bank Night ruling by the State Supreme Court. ARBITRATION RULES MAY BE READY TODAY Sales heads of the major companies are hopeful of completing the revision of the arbitration provisions of the trade practice code at their meeting scheduled for 10:30 {Continued on Page 4) Universal to Have 16 Pix Ready When Season Starts Thirty-nine of its scheduled 40 feature productions for the 1938-39 program have been completed by Universal and 16 of its 1939-40 {Continued on Page 4) Charges of Labor Racketeering, Anti-Trust Law Violations and Income Tax Evasions Listed by Attorney General By PRESCOTT DENNETT Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Attorney General Frank Murphy admitted at his press conference yesterday that the Department of Justice expects to begin soon a Grand Jury investigation at Los Angeles into "certain conditions in the motion picture industry." The grand jury will investigate charges of labor racketeering, anti-trust violations and income tax evasions, Murphy said. Under the labor racketeering item, {Continued on Page 4) D OF C GETS AVERAGE EXHIBITOR VIEWPOINT Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Ed Kuykendall, MPTOA prexy, yesterday led a group of exhibitors to the Commerce Department to present their {Continued on Page 4) Milwaukee Exhibs. Hope All Bingo Games Banned Milwaukee, Wis. — Milwaukee county exhibitors are hopeful that the ruling by Circuit Judge Gustave G. Gehrz banning Bingo games at the {Continued on Page 4) Given Court's Okay, New RKO Co. Will File at Once as Delaware Corp. "Dr. I. Q." to be Dropped by B & K Chi. Theater Chicago — By agreement between B & K's legal department and Barnet Hodes, corporation counsel, B & K will terminate the "Dr. I. Q." broadcast and question hour at the Chicago theater after next Monday. Lottery case brought against B & K was dismissed when called before Judge Stephen Adamowski yesterday. Having obtained the consent of Federal Judge William Bondy at a hearing held yesterday, Hamilton C. Rickaby, counsel for the Atlas Group, declared that he will immediately file certificate of incorporation of the new RKO company with the Secretary of State in Wilmington, Del. The certificate will contain a provision for the issuance of only a nominal number of shares of both {Continued on Page 4) PARA. ASKS DISMISSAL OF STOCKHOLDERS SUIT Application was filed by Paramount Pictures, Inc., yesterday for a dismissal of the suit of Frank Jablow and Sam Acker, minority stockholders, on the ground that the suit is insufficient in law. Hearing is set for Aug. 6. Claim is made that Paramount officers and directors were guilty of waste and mismanagement. Reports of Woolf Tie-up False, Says Korda Cable Alexander Korda yesterday cabled to United Artists an emphatic denial of the report that he is involved in a {Continued on Page 4) Loew's in Fortune Forthcoming August number of Fortune will spotlight Loew's, Inc., with attention split between company's theater operations and the distribution and exploitation of Metro product. It's the second time that Fortune has given Loew's the o-o. Back in December, 1932, magazine considered Metro production.