The Film Daily (1939)

Ml3 lJ «Sr 13 2C W 4 AT H NYC S T Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought DO NOT REMOVE The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Twenty-One Years Old yOT -^6, NO. 35 WDT^ NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1939 TEN CENTS National and N. Y. Allied Split/ Cohen Raps Leaders CODE SELL ALIVE, URIBUTORSlSSERT Withdrawal From the A F of L Threatened by AAAA Green Says IATSE to Refuse to Return AFA Charter; 4A's Bolt Session By W. H. MacMAHON FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Atlantic City — Charging the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor with a "shameful betrayal" and the upholding of dishonest unionism, the AAAA Friday bolted the sessions and flatly refused to accept any recommendations or interpretation of recommendations and will consider the question of leaving the A F of L affiliation. The AAAA stated "the Executive Council's action forces us to consider terminating our 29-year relationship with the American Federa (Continued on Page 12) Exhib. Reactions to Code Rebuff FRELS SUIT CHARGES TRUST LAW VIOLATION ED KUYKENDALL, MPTOA prexy: "I am not surprised at the Department of Justice action on the Code. I have said many time publicly they would never approve it. I again say there was nothing to prevent d i s t r i b u tors making trade practice adjustment without a Code; it should have been done a long time ago. Exhibitors were Fast losing interest in the Code anyway because of the long procrastination on the (Continued on Page 13) ED KUYKENDALL COL. H. A. COLE, Allied States prexy: "The report of the Negotiating Committee at Minneapolis listed four basic reasons for Allied's rejection of the Code. Section Four of that report, which was referred to as "the most important factor entering into o u r decision" stated that acceptance of the proposals would jeopardize prospects for additional relief, specifically referring to the Neely Bill and Government (.Continued on Page 13) Col. H. A. COLE Victoria, Tex. — Rubin Frels has filed suit in the Federal Court here against J. G. Long, R. E. Griffith and all of their corporations, the Jefferson Amusement Co. and the East Texas Theaters, Inc., alleging a combination and conspiracy in restraint of trade in violation of the anti-trust law. TMAT Strike Affects 16 Gov't to Draft Standard N-R-E Houses in Brooklyn Contract for Australia $5,000 for Films Rights to Stage Flops Proposed Long pending negotiations between the Dramatists Guild and film producers hit a new snag last week when the latter informed the Guild that, in their opinion, a down payment of §15,000 on the screen rights (.Continued on Page 4) Columbia's "Arizona" Will Be Produced in Technicolor Columbia is going Technicolor with "Arizona," to be directed by Wesley Ruggles. Company over the week-end an(Continued on Page 12) Strike was called at the NelsonRenner-Endicott circuit in Brooklyn Friday night by the Theatrical Managers, Agents and Treasurers union following the circuit's refusal to rehire a discharged man (Continued on Page 13) Sydney (By Cable) — With a complete breakdown of parleys being conducted by a joint distributorexhibitor representation to effect an agreement on terms of the new standard contract, it is expected that (Continued on Page 13) New York Allied Will Carry On, Cohen Explains Cause of Break Tele Station Cost $300,000; 175 Commercial Hrs. 1st Yr. Capitalization required to organize and operate a television station is about $250,000-$300,000, while about 175 "commercial hours" can be expected to be sold during the first year of operation of such a station, David S. Spector, general (Continued on Page 13) By AL STEEN FILM DAILY Staff Writer The long-expected open break between national Allied and Allied Theater Owners of New York came to a head over the week-end when the parent body announced that it had severed all relations with the New York unit. At the same time, Max A. Cohen, New York Allied presi(Continued on Page 13) Hope to Persuade the Government to Okay It, Declares W. F. Rodgers The Trade Practice Code is not dead. Despite the action of Thurman Arnold, Assistant Attorney General, in advising counsel for the majors that the Code, as submitted, falls far short of meeting the Government's objectives and is in fact an invitation to "continued and perhaps additional prosecutions," the Distributors Negotiating Committee proposed to carry on. William F. Rodgers, Metro sales chief and spokesman for the Com (Continued on Page 4) WARNS CANADA INDIES ON APPEAL TO GOV'T Toronto — Warning against the present tendency of indie exhibs. to enlist the aid of organized groups and to appeal for Government aid in solving trade problems is voiced here bv N. A. Tavlor, vice-president of the ITA, head of Exhibitors Booking Association and prexy of 20th Century Theaters, Ontario's largest indie chain. Taylor brands such indie tactics (Continued on Page 12) Skirball, Wildberg Close Production Deal with Col. Jack Skirball and John Wildberg, who recently formed Knickerbocker Pictures, Inc., have closed a deal with Columbia whereby the latter (Continued on Page 4) National Allied Closing Headquarters to Sept. 6 Washington Bureau of THE FILM 'DAILY Washington — National headquarters of Allied here closes tight from Wednesday to Sept. 6. Abram F. Myers, general counsel (Continued on Page 12)