The Film Daily (1939)

Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought FILE. COrY DO NOT REMOVE The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Twenty-One Years Old -1FDAILY' Vtii2 76, NO. 16 NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1939 TEN CENTS Pans Reports France May Abolish Film Visa System U. E. OfTERSON IN $6,01.000 TELEVISION SETUP Summer Re-issues of 10 Companies Show 50% Decline Eight Majors, Two Indies Have Total of 30 Now Available That the eight major companies, plus Eepublic and Monogram, have a total of 30 reissues available for the current Summer season was disclosed by a checkup yesterday. Figure represents a decline of about 50 per cent in reissues by these same companies as compared to a year ago when 59 attractions were given special exhibitors availability. Currently RKO Radio is pushing "Of Human Bondage" and "Lost Squadron," in addition to "Star of Midnight" and "Lost Patrol" which the company made available in Feb (Continued on Page 10) ALABAMAEXHIBITOR'S TRUST SUIT NAMES 11 Birmingham, Ala. — Naming 11 defendants, who, it is charged, conspired to monopolize and deliberately run him out of business, M. M. Buchanan, Athens, Ala., exhibitor, has filed suit in Federal Court here. The defendants are the Muscle Shoals Theaters, Inc.; the Crescent Amusement Co.; Paramount; RKO (Continued on Page 3) 50 P. C. of Possibilities Already Set by 20th-Fox Chicago — Better than 50 per cent of the sales possibilities of 20thFox in the major territories and key cities of the country have already been signed for the company's 193940 product lineup, William C. Geh (Continued on Page 4) Nebraska-Iowa Exhib. Unit Said Weighing Buying Pool Omaha— MPTO of Nebraska and Western Iowa has started a membership campaign in the Omaha dis(Continued on Page 2) Film Loans Reported a Profitable Outlet for Surplus Funds of New Yorh City Banhs New York banks are finding motion picture loans a profitable outlet for surplus funds, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday. The story pointed to the Chase National Bank, Irving Trust Co. and the Commercial National Bank & Trust Co. as houses which have shown interest in lending money to producers. Admitting that local banks were "scared away from the industry by its complications and several unfortunate ventures," the Journal asserted that banks were now returning to a field that can be "very profitable if properly handled." PIX BIZ BIG DESPITE GOLDWYN SIDESTEPS FAIR'S BARGAIN RATE ALL SUIT QUESTIONS Another wave of big b.o. grosses broke into the tills of Broadway's pix palaces on the week-end, checkup showing SRO signs in plentiful use during the two-day span. Significant were the results gleaned from a survey yesterday in light of what was previously prophesied as providing stiff competition to the Great White Way (.Continued on Page 4) Balaban and Keough Will Address FPC's Banquet Niagara Falls, Ont. — Managers of the Famous Players Canadian Corp. in the Dominion, assembled here yesterday for their first national conference in 12 years. Sessions are being ( Continued on Page 10) Sidestepping all questions regarding his pending suit against United Artists, Samuel Goldwyn arrived in New York yesterday with the announcement that he planned to recruit great musical talents of Europe and America for a picture tentatively titled "The Great Music Festival." The subject of future distribution was taboo at a press conference held (Continued on Page 4) Celebrate Eckhardt Jubilee; 20th-Fox Exchange Opened Chicago — With 500 representatives of filmdom and state and local governments in attendance, Silver Jubilee testimonial dinner to Clyde W. Eckhardt, 20th-Fox branch (Continued on Page 3) Abolition of French Film Visa System Seen as Benefiting U. S. Distributors 10 New Features Before Coast Cameras This Week West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Ten new pictures are scheduled to go into production this week. At Paramount, "Remember the Night" with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. Mitchell Leisen, (Continued on Page 10) Paris (By Cable) — A move by the French government to rescind its film import quota law by abolishing the film visa system, which would in effect open the market up completely, was reported last night in official circles as being under consideration for immediate action. Although this would mean that all countries would have equal op(Continued on Page 3) Nation-wide Tele Service by Wire Looms Thru New Corporation By GEORGE H. MORRIS FILM DAILY Staff Writer Formation of a new parent company, Radio Wire Television Corp. of America, headquartering at 160 East 56th St. where studios will be maintained, and e m b r a cing former holdings of Wire B r o adcasti n g, Inc., Whole sale Radio, Inc., together with various subsidiaries o f the latter e n t erprises, was announced yesterday with John E. Otterson, (Continued on Page 10) ASK SECHtTPAY FOR STUDIO GRAFTS JOHN E. OTTERSON West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— United Studio Technicians Guild has adopted a platform calling for minimum security pay of $2,000 a year for every studio crafts (Continued on Page 3) IATSE Seen Granting Charter to AFA Group With a complete understanding reached between the American Federation of Actors and the IATSE, according to Ralph Whitehead, ex (Continued on Page 4) Hear Trendle May Delay Departure From UDT Post Detroit — All conjectures published to date about the future of United Detroit Theaters are merely guesses, (Continued on Page 4)