The Film Daily (1941)

Approve Decree: he terms o. i.>e decree and the bos.^ s About 700 members of Ascap, meeting last night at the Hotel Astor, approved without one dissenting vote the signing of the jxy, and Charles Poletti, counsel explained decree's details. Buck flies to Hollywood today for a meeting scap on the decree. Copies of the decree were distributed which each member was to sign, agreeing to » tion. Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Two Years Old rOl. 79, NO. 36 NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1941 TEN CENTS WINN. JILL NULLIFIES BL0CKS-0F-FIVE London Files Two Arbitration Cases in Detroit •ase Affects Detroit Lower ktst Side Subsequent Runs; Arbitrary Rentals Charged Detroit — First two Detroit comlaints filed under the arbitration ■:: etup are by Julius D. London, ciruit operator. First demand on belalf of the Booth Theater is against Titagraph and Paramount and affects he entire lower East Side setup of . ubsequent-runs, naming Co-operaive Theaters of Michigan as inolved because of booking some of louses concerned. London claims ■ (Continued on Page 7) \nti-Ascap Measure In South Dakota Sioux Falls, S. D. — Based on the Visconsin law and directed particuirly against Ascap, a bill has een introduced in the lower house f the South Dakota legislature ,-hich would impose a 25 per cent ax upon gross income of organizaions collecting fees for use of copyighted music in the state. Fees coljcted from both theaters and broad < Continued on Page 8) \rmy Chief Signal Officer *o Confer on Defense Pix -Vashington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Maj. Gen. J. 0. 'lauborgne, Chief Signal Officer of he Army, will leave Washington n Sunday, on an inspection trip • hich will take him to Hollywood to onfer on motion picture defense (Continued on Page 7) JJ Rep. Allots 8500,000 For Trade, Fan Mags West Coast Bur.. THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— Herbert J. Yates has okayed $100,000 for fan magazine advertising for Republic which will be first time the company has done any fan magazine advertising. Republic will spend $400,000 for trade paper advertising which makes a half million dollars to be spent on RepuBlic's 1941 product starting with "Sis Hopkins." UNFINISHED HOUSE ASKS ARBITRATION New Akron House Seeks Same Run As Competitors in Demand Under Consent Decree Whether a theater under construction can demand a run is the basis for an arbitration case filed in Cleveland by the Ellet Amusement Co. of Akron. Named in the complaint were Paramount, Loew's, RKO, Warner Bros., 20th Century-Fox, W. L. Hart, Co-operative Theaters of Ohio, Martin Mooney, while interested parties were listed as the Norka and Rialto Theaters in Akron. Operators of the uncompleted Ellet Theater asked that the house, when completed, be given the same run as the Norka and Rialto. Move to Kill Ind. "Fly-by-Night" Bill Indianapolis — Determined effort by oponents to kill the so-called fly-bynight bill, designed to curb the activities of itinerants in Indiana, is slated for today when the measure will have its second reading. Backed by the Associated Theater Owners of Indiana, the bill was reported out by the Judiciary B Committee and had its first reading •esterday. Should the measure be lost, it (Continued on Page 8) Outstanding "U" Preferred Stock Cut to 10,739 Shares Washington Bui eon of THE FILM DAILY Washington — A decrease of 7,125 shares of Universal Pictures Co. first preferred 8 per cent cumulative stock ($100 par) now outstanding since the last report is revealed in a report for Jan. filed with the (Continued on Page 2) Soviet Commission After Equipment, Pix West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — A three-man commission from the Soviet Union has arrived here for a three months' stay to purchase production equipment and cameras and also to negotiate for product, it was learned yesterday. Commission is headed by Gregor Irsky. It is reported that they will spend $500,000 on the purchase of equipment alone. It is understood that the commission has made an offer to Para (Continued on Page 7) Cite New Federal Rules In Gary Trust Suit Brief Chicago — Brief filed by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. opposing the appeal of the Gary Theater Co. of Gary, Ind., from the dismissal of its anti-trust suit against Columbia Pictures, et al., (Continued on Page 2) Urges Flexible Ad Budgets Would Mean Larger Grosses, Says Robbins Neb. Industry Tax Bills Killed in Committee Lincoln, Neb. — E. M. Neubauer's luxury tax bills, which asked a licensing of distribs. at $1,000 a year plus $1 a reel tax and a tax of one cent against each 10 cents or fraction of ticket price, were killed in com(Continued on Page 8) Larger grosses would result in the instances of many film outlets if exhibitors were to make their weekly advertising budgets flexible, Herman Robbins, National Screen Service's president, told a capacity luncheon meeting of Ampa yesterday in the Sun Room of the Hotel Edison. He cited the fact that, "hell or (Continued on Page 7) Companion Bill Planned In Effort to Speed Action; Prison for Default of Fine By GEORGE E. GUISE FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Minneapolis — The anti-'block-offive' bill of Allied Theater owners of the Northwest, designed to nullify the purchase clause of the New York consent decree so far as Minnesota is concerned, was introduced yesterday in the state legislature by Reps. Harry Nonnemacher and Arthur T. Gibbons, both of St. Paul. It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. A companion bill also will be introduced shortly in the Minnesota Senate to speed consideration of the measure. Fred Strom, executive secretary (Continued on Page 8) PRC Gets $1,000,000 Through Deal With CFI Deal reported to involve more than $1,000,000 was closed yesterdoy between Producers Releasing Corp. and Consolidated Film Industries, by which capital will be made available by CFI to the producing company for the completion of its present program and its 1941-42 lineup. Total comprises 63 produc (Continued on Page 8) Detroit Exhibs. Indicted Over Admish Tax Returns Detroit — The Federal drive against exhibitors who failed to return to the Government admission taxes collected has been started here. Eight indictments each have been brought against Sol and Mac Krim, circuit owners, for alleged failure to return (Continued on Page 7) LeBaron, 20th-Fox Sign 2-Year Pact West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — William LeBaron has been signed to a two-year contract as a producer by 20th Century-Fox. He will report to that studio March 10.