The Film Daily (1940)

Wednesday, September 18, 1940 W*Adajly 3 Indies on Canada's ^ Clearance Board {Continued from Page 1) Vancouver and Regina. A third indie member will represent Ontario. The National Clearance Board to be made up of six members; ree representing the circuits and three representing the independents. Distributors will not be represented on either the central or regional boards. National board is to draw up general clearance rules which are expected to embody reforms outlined by the Anti-Protection League. Both N. L. Nathanson, prexy of Famous Players Canadian, who ent?ied into the negotiations at a late iate, and the ITA board of directors have okayed the new setup. Nathanson rejected an original proposal for a national board of eight, to be composed of four indies, with circuits and distribs. represented by :\vo members each. Stewart Will Make P.A. At "Aid the Allies" Meet Cleveland — James Stewart has no u ified the local committee of the :: Tommittee to Defend America by : Aiding the Allies, that he will fly .:: ; o Cleveland on Monday, at his own . ; .'.xpense, to make a P.A. on the pro ..: rram sponsored by the committee, :-c be held in the Music Hall of the ^ublic Auditorium. The program : vill consist of the showing of "The .Iortal Storm," "The Flag Speaks" a movie of Kate Smith singing 1 God Bless America." Admission will •e free. The program is the outcome of a ecent speech by Dr. Dilworth Lupon of First Unitarian Church in /hich he praised "The Mortal Storm" s a movie and suggested that everyne should be given a chance to see : whether or not he could pay. JI3! \ep. Closes with Great States Republic has closed a deal with the -'ublix Great States Circuit of Illiois and Indiana for its 1940-41 prodct. J. R. Grainger, president of lepublic; Irving Mandel, Illinois and ndiana franchise holder, and Harry orch, Chicago branch manager, repesented Republic in this deal. J. . Rubens, Henry Stickelmeier and ohn JJromey represented Publix reat States. -urn Cleveland Unit Meets Friday Cleveland — The Cleveland Motion icture Exhibitors Association will Did its first Fall meeting Friday. i ::tf Salesman's Paradise Lincoln, Neb. — This is a film salesman's paradise. Town only has about 90,000 population, but every one of the 9 theaters, 8 downtown and 1 suburban, is running. Together they consume 24 features, of which 11 are first-run, each week. "The Shoiv Must Go On" It Does in London >j Despite Fact That "That Man's Here Again Aerial blitzkrieg etiquette in British West End film theaters, as reported by United Press: "The night's first air alarm sounds. The lights go up, and the manager appears on the stage to observe: 'That man's here again. We are going to continue the Show.' "Soon the 'all clear' is dimly audible. Then a second alarm, and the manager comes on: 'He has just sent over another batch, but the rest of this show is worth seeing if you want to stay.' "Nobody leaves." Hick and Weslon Defend Their Ads Picture Pioneers Set Fall Dinner on Oct. 24 (Continued from Page 1) been selected, it was stated yesterday by Jack Cohn, organization's head. In all probability, he added, the affair will be in the form of a Circus Night. Ten applicants, Cohn said, have just been elected to membership: Jay Emanuel, exhibitor and publisher, Philadelphia, Pa.; Harry K. Hecht, exhibitor, Passaic, N. J.; Ralph D. Goldberg, exhibitor, Omaha, Nebr.; Harry David, exhibitor, Salt Lake City, Utah; Ira S. Cohn, distributor, Pittsburgh, Pa.; George H. Balsdon, film buyer, New York City; Rutgers Neilson, publicity manager, New York City; Henry Holms, distributor, New York City; Otto Ploug Madsen, distributor, New York City and Harry K. Black, exhibitoi-, Staten Island, N. Y. Durbin's "Spring Parade" Tags "Brigham" into Roxy (Continued from Page 1) one of its biggest summer weekends, the home office reported yesterday. "Foreign Correspondent" Getting Heavy Grosses "Foreign Correspondent" is reported to be rolling up heavy grosses, following the favorable response on the Walter Wanger picture at its New York opening, now in its fourth week at the Rivoli. After a reported record breaking first and second weeks at the Apollo ind Strand in Atlantic City, the picfure moves to the Embassy for a third week. In Providence, "Foreign Correspondent" moves over to the Carlton after a big week at the State. Picture moves into the Palace, Hartford, for a week after seven days at the Poli. Second week holdovers and moveovers also were reported from New Haven, San Francisco, Albany, Waterbury and Troy. Metro Exchange as WB Tenant Chicago — The Warner Brothers Circuit Management will spend $50,000 on modernizing the Warner buildingat 1307 S. Wabash Ave., preparing the quarters for Metro's exchange, which will move in next month, sharing the structure with the Chicago offices of the Warner Film and Theater management. NTSC Panels Will Study CBS Television in Color (Continued from Page 1) tional Television Systems Committee that an intensive study of this color tele system will be made by panels of the NTSC. Although introduction of the Columbia method will necessitate further studies bv the panels now analyzing various aspects of tele problems, hope still was expressed that standards will be established by about Jan. 1, next. While the Committee as such issued no official reaction to the Columbia pictures, various engineers privately expressed complimentary views of the showing. Several FCC officials, in addition to NTSC members, also attended the demonstration which was held vesterday morning at CBS. A two-hour meeting in the Hotel Roosevelt followed a luncheon. In addition to discussions of color tele, several personnel shifts were also planned, V. M. Graham of the Hygrade Sylvania Corp., and Committee executive, declared at the meeting's close. Two panel meetings are also i scheduled to be held today in the same hotel. AGMA-AFM Scrap Hearing Deferred Till Tomorrow (Continued from Page 1) formances of the instrumentalists in films, on the air and in concert unless they join the AFM was postponed until tomorrow by New York Supreme Court Justice Aron Steuer yesterday. Reason for the postponement was a request by the defendant to allow Samuel Seabury, new attorney for Petrillo, sufficient time to study the case. Obtains Astor Franchise Majestic Pictures, Kansas City, operated by M. W. Krawitz and W. W. Wintraub, has just signed up for the Astor Pictures franchise in Western Missouri and Kansas, according to an announcement by R. M. Savini, president of Astor Pictures Corp. Leo Has "Mayerling" Sequel Leo Films, Inc., announces that the first of its Autumn releases would be "Mayerling To Sarajevo." Film is a sequel to "Mayerling." "M" Rights to Malchin Leo Malchin, French Film Exchange, 545 Fifth Avenue, has acouired the rights to the film "M" starring Peter Lorre, for all LatinAmerican territories. (Continued from Page 1) most of the afternoon, denied flatly that he received $6,500 from Walter Thimmig, a local theater owner, in 1937 or that he ever demanded payment of $10,000 for a satisfactory wage scale and working agreement with the operators' union. He admitted that he had received a $2,000 personal loan from Harry C. Arthur, Jr., Fanchon & Marco executive, but explained that his house had cost him $2,000 more than he had anticipated and that he needed money to hold off mechanics' liens. "Arthur offered to loan me the money and I accepted his offer," he said. He stated he has recognized it as a debt and intends to pay it back when he can. Explaining the chaotic conditions in the Local 143's affairs when he and Nick took charge, Weston said there were 37 different wage agreements, that while the men were supposed to have a 33-hour week they actually worked 38% hours. Weston further denied he had ever instructed operators to damage sound equipment or that he had at any time or in any way interfered with interstate shipments of films. Nick, who took the witness stand at a night session, said he received no part of the $10,000 certain motion picture theater owners are alleged to have paid to State Representative Edward M. "Putty Nose" Brady in 1936. He also entered a general denial of the other contentions of the Government. The night session was required by Judge Collet in an effort to bring the case to a close today. It should reach the jury some time this afternoon unless there is an unexpected delay. $400,000 Valcarce House To Be Ready in Winter Havana (By Air Mail) — Jose Valcarce is building a 1,850-seat house next door to his Radio Cine Theater. New house will have a fully equipped stage, Carrier air conditioning and Western Electric sound. Building, to be completed in December, will cost $400,000. "Names" for Chi. Oriental Chicago — Stage shows lined up by Jones, Linick & Schaefer for the Oriental include Tommy Tucker and crk, Uncle Walter's Dog House, radio show; Duke Ellington and band, the Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys in "Double Dynamite," Phil Spitalny and ork and Ina Ray Hutton and ork. Root Beer Giveaway Minneapolis — A new wrinkle to entice customers to the box-office has proven a success at Marty Lebedoff's Brynwood Theater. A six-bottle carton of root beer is given to purchasers of two 15cent tickets.