The Film Daily (1939)

Friday, August 18, 1939 w DAILY COMPROMISE PROPOSAL IN ACTOR UNION ROW (Continued from Page 1) nade clear on all sides that one individual stands in the way of a complete settlement, that man being Ral ) Whitehead, executive secre:ary^l' the AFA. A new compromise proposal was considered at an all night session, ind a statement is expected today. The 4-A's yesterday demanded of the A F of L an interpretation of Authority vested in the committee of LO provided for in the original recommendation, especially in the matter of this committee deciding on the aligibility of officers to be elected or voted upon. The intention of the i-A's being, from all appearances, to clip the wings of Whitehead who had previously stated he would be i candidate for re-election in the elections ordered 90 days from date. Negotiations Continue Today Further negotiations will be continued today when the complete clarification of the recommendations will be put before executive committee. Kenneth Thomson speaking for 4-A's stated: "We are still standing pat on our original three points and will have absolutely nothing to io with anything in which the name of Whitehead appears. We wait patiently to see what further the Council has to offer." Green, after an all-night session, stated: "In response to representatives of the 4-A's we are endeavoring to get an interpretation on those parts of the decision which provided for a committee of 10. The A F of L will go further into that authority. This discussion will involve procedure and principle." Council Not in Accord Green stated he had brough back to executive committee qualifications for candidates which seemed to be agreeable to 4-A's but the Council itself was not entirely in accord. It was agreed, however, that if committee should have tie vote that they should select an arbitrator who should have full authority to make decisions. Green intimated that the new arrangement of things would not be so agreeable to Sophie Tucker and Whitehead as was the previous decisions, but refused to enlarge upon the statement. Miss Tucker could not be found immediately for statement. It became apparent last night that Some agreement was reached between the 4-A's and the A F of L on the committee recommendation which has been a sore spot. Complete report of the "clarification" of recommendations will be made today and released. Woll Works on Peace Plan The proposal which it is hoped may jresult in bringing peace to the warring unions resulted from conferences held during the day yesterday between a spokesman for the 4A's and Matthew Woll, vice-president of the A F of L, with advice of William Green, prexy of the A F of L, being FWC's Gold Rush Oakland — Fox West Coast theaters in the Eastbay area are having $4,000 Gold Rush giveaway during August to boost Wednesday night biz. In Peninsula FWC theaters, $300 a week is being given away on same plan. Coast Labor Council Will Co-op in Coast Pix Probe (Continued from Page 1) Labor's Central Labor Council here promising full co-operation in the Government probe of industry affairs that has been launched by Charles Carr, Special Assistant Attorney General. The Council at the same time charged Murphy had been induced to take a part in the CIO studio drive, and assailed the National Labor Relations Board as being responsible for the current labor strife. United Studio Technicians' Guild also wired Murphy welcoming the investigation and asking for a bargaining election. Denies Further Particulars to UA in N. Y. Equity Suit (Continued from Page 1) Artists Corp. for a further bill of particulars in the government's anti-trust suit. The order directed UA to file its answer by August 28. United Artists is the only major defendant that has not filed its answer as yet. "Bill of Rights" Debut To Be Carried by NBC World premiere of Warners Technicolor featurette, "Bill of Rights," will be held Aug. 31 at the National Conference of Christians and Jews to be held at Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. Warner publicity department has arranged for a national radio broadcast of events over the NBC Blue network, with company's stars participating on Coast hookup. New Canal Point House Canal Point, Fla. — Prince Theater will give way to a new house. sought at various times. The 4A representatives did not appear before the Council session, but presented their arguments in a private conference. The 4A delegation which came for the conference included Frank Gillmore, president of the 4A's; Kenneth Thomson, executive secretary of the Screen Actors' Guild; Paul Dulzell, secretary of Actors' Equity; Emily Holt, secretary of AFRA; Ed. win Arnold, SAG vice-prexy; Paul Turner and Henry Jaffe, attorneys. Asked if they were considering a changeover to the CIO if no decision could be reached, the 4A spokesman stated: "It is too early in the game to say." The 4A spokesmen received telegrams supporting its position relative to Whitehead from a number of Hollywood actors. New York Labor Federation , i Demands Production in East (Continued from Page 1) exclusively forecast in The Film Daily earlier this week. With the convention winding up yesterday afternoon, it was expected that action would be taken by the State organization within the next few weeks as soon as State Prexy George Meany returns from a vacation. Governor Herbert Lehman and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia will in all probability be petitioned to help this move as an opening gun in the union's campaign, it was reported. Industry to Get Hearings on Belgian Trade Treaty (Continued from Page 1) treaty now being negotiated with Belgium, the State Department said yesterday. Under the procedure in effect only list available of products to be negotiated on are those exported from Belgium. On this list appears photographic films sensitized but not exposed or developed of every kind except motion picture films having a width of one inch or more and motion picture films sensitized but not exposed or developed having a width of one inch or more. The U. S. industry is invited by the State Department to submit application to appear before committee for reciprocity information to suggest changes in the trade treaty. The industry has until Sept. 16 to submit application to be heard with hearing opening Oct. 2. Williams-Griffith Charter $250,000 Oklahoma Circuit (Continued from Page 1) ficers. Circuit has a $250,000 Delaware corporation charter and will be known as Williams-Griffith Theaters, Inc. First acquisition was of theaters in Auburn and Nebraska City, Neb., as the nucleus for a planned expansion program through Nebraska and Iowa. The two Nebraska towns are now being operated out of the Griffith-Dickinson office in Kansas City under supervision of H. J. Griffith. H. F. Williams is president of the new organization, K. Lee Williams is vice-president, H. J. Griffith is secretary and tresaurer and Harry McKenna, assistant secretary and treasurer. Chi. May Nix Dual Parking Chicago — Police officials here launched a drive yesterday against double parking of automobiles on city's thoroughfares. Film theaters having no parking lots regard the step as adverse to attendance and conseauent revenue. Defer Ford Case Hearings Chicago — Hearings in Ford Theater's anti-trust action against B & K and major company defendants have been postponed until Aug. 25. Counsel for both sides agreed to the move yesterday. 'WIZARD OF 01' OPENS TO RECORD BUSINESS (Continued from Page 1) tains and sergeants on hand to assist the patrolmen. Highly efficient crowd handling permitted a constant line movement, with 2,000 admitted every 20 minutes and only a half hour wait from time of joining the waiting queue. Not only is the Capitol benefiting but stores and restaurants as well as other Broadway houses appeared to be capitalizing on the crowds. New York dailies gave the recordbreaking opening Page 1 attention. 15 Technicolor Features to Follow "Wizard of Oz" Opening of M-G-M's "Wizard of Oz" yesterday at the Capitol leaves on Technicolor's schedule 15 features to come. Set for release shortly are "Elizabeth and Essex," Warners; "Hollywood Cavalcade," 20thFox, and "Queen of Destiny," RKOWilcox. In production are "Dr. Cyclops," "Typhoon," and "Untamed," Paramount; "Gulliver's Travels," Paramount Fleischer; "Drums Along the Mohawk," 20thFox; "Gone With the Wind," UASelznick; "Thief of Bagdad," UAKorda; and "Northwest Passage," M-G-M. In preparation are "Blue Bird" and "Swanee River," 20thFox; "Royal Canadian Mounted," Paramount; and "Pinocchio," RKODisney. "Stanley And Livingstone" Draws 200,000 in Two Weeks Total attendance for "Stanley And Livingstone" in its first two weeks at the Roxy had gone well past the 200,000 mark yesterday, with final audit expected to show a total of 225,000 paid admissions. Picture had a stronger day yesterday than any other day of the second week with exception of Saturday and Sunday. Pix goes into its third week today. "Old Maid" Sets Wednesday Record for the Strand At the Strand yesterday Warners' Bette Davis-Mirian Hopkins attraction,"The Old Maid," rolled up another huge week-day gross, final returns for the day disclosing 17,400 paid admissions. The Strand management asserted this was a Wednesday record for the house since the stage and screen show policy was inaugurated. Monday and Tuesday of this week showed business of similar proportions. B & K Holding "Each Dawn," "Stanley And Livingstone" Chicago — Balaban & Katz are holding 20th Century-Fox's "Stanley And Livingstone" for another week at the Chicago Theater and will give Warners' "Each Dawn I Die" another week at the Garrick. Business generally in the Loop area is picking up.