The Film Daily (1941)

Tuesday, August 12, 1941 Mexican Film Strike Set Back to Sept. 2 (Continued from Page 1) this time, it is reported, is wel corned by the distribs. in Mexico City who believe union leaders will be more willing to mediate over is sues involved. Detroit Theater Workers Strike May be Extended (Continued from Page 1) ship consists of every type of employe of the theater, managers, assistant managers, cashiers, ticket takers, ushers, janitors, etc., was granted a CIO charter recently, and it is now seeking to obtain a closed shop agreement here. The application for the charter was signed by a number of members of the Detroit Theater Managers and Assistant Managers, an AF of L organization, according to Clayton Bordner, attorney for the DTSE, who also states this is the first charter ever granted and the first place that the CIO has ever stepped into the theatrical field in the United States. Bordner claims the DTSE represents a majority of theater employes and a number of crafts in the theater which have been AF of L associates for several years. Polio Hits in Wis.; Will Affect Attendance (Continued from Page 1) beaches, wading pools, nursery schools and toy-loan centers have been closed and parents have been urged to keep their children from crowded places, such as theaters, parks and athletic contests. Phelan, Cutter, Killed West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — William Phelan, assistant film cutter at Warner Bros. Studio, was killed instantly early Friday when he fell asleep at the wheel of his car and crashed into a telephone pole at the intersection of Coldwater Canyon and Riverside Drive. Iu THE FILM W^j DAILY to x*5T yV Cecil B. DeMille -■ / Hal Home J Gfi A /' ^sk / Mort Spring Ben Hersh D. H Finke T T T • • • PIC companies have oft used the local subways for ad campaigns but it remained for M-G-M to strike a new note .in "underground" promotion namely the launching of jingle-copy posters anent "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" which opens today at the Astor A feature of the campaign is that it flags intensively the tens of thousands who use the Shuttle which is big and brawny New York's own version of the rural cattle crossing T T T • • • LAST night a checkup disclosed everything in readiness for the luncheon at Toots Shor's Restaurant which'll be tendered by W. G. Van Schmus the Music Hall's managing director to Joseph Bernhard chairman of the industry's drive for the USO More than 100 film bigwigs are poised to tie on their linen bibs T T T • • • THAT "Take a Movie Vacation" idea which has been spreading so fast among the nation's Fourth Estate is being fostered down Tuskegee, Ala., way by the Tuskegee News which is a weekly sheet and the only one in the town But the newspaper front-paged the plea thus demonstrating wholehearted co-op with our biz The San Francisco Chronicle is another newspaper which is getting solidly back of the movie vacation bally Well, the more the merrier Myers Wins Clearance Relief for L. W. Lea (Continued from Page 1) following hearings, that the maximum clearance between first and second-run in Danville should not exceed 40 days, whereas clearance formerly ranged from 90 to 160 days. Clearance between subsequent-runs was ordered at 14 days. Wilby-Kincey circuit was the interested party. Hitchcock Returns Director Alfred Hitchcock, who was in New York over the week-end, returns today to the Coast. Next megaphone call for Hitchcock will be for David O. Selznick. Production is let untitled and will get under way in about two months, Hitchcock said. John Harrison and Joan Harris have been engaged to do script. Lewis Joins Hoffberg Mannie Lewis, road show specialist, has been added to the sales force of Hoffberg Productions, Inc., and will leave today for New. Orleans on the first leg of trip through the South and South West. Ulmer Quits Springer Resignation of Edgar G. Ulmer, has been accepted by R. W. Springer, head of Springer Pictures. Ulmer's resignation is effective as of today. NLRB Certifies SPG As Bargaining Agent (Continued from Page 1) contact men who work within the State of New York. Ruling applies to exploitation men who work mainly in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area, and salaried artists employed in the domestic advertising and publicity departments in the New York City offices of each of eight motion picture companies. Books Father Steps Out" West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — "Father Steps Out," Monogram's comedy-drama featuring Frank Albertson with Jed Prouty and Lorna Gray, has been booked for the week starting tomorrow at the Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles' leading combination vaudeville and film house. Jean Yarbrough directed the picture, under the production supervision of Lindsley Parsons. Albert F. Brentlinger Dies Indianapolis — Albert F. Brentlinger, pioneer motion picture theater operator, fell dead last week in the Hotel English here. A deputy coroner said death was due to heart disease. He formerly was vicepresident of First National Pictures in Indiana. Birdwell Moves Russell Birdwell & Associates has moved to new quarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York. Say Crescent Charges Are Not Sustained (Continued from Page 1) fense testimony will completely "take care of" all testimonv offered by the Government in the five weeks t%t the hearing has been in progre^^j Edward H. Raftery, counser**f>r Universal Pictures and United Artists, declared in open court Friday: "This suit (against the three distributors) has been brought for the purpose of forcing Universal, United Artists, and Columbia to come under the consent decree. If it fails, the 'Big Five' will come out in 1942. The 'Big Five' want us in and we don't expect any help from them in this suit." Raftery asks only two hours when the defense testimony begins in which to completely clear away the one-witness testimony which prevented Universal from being dismissed as a defendant. William Waller, associated with George H. Armistead in defending Crescent and its affiliates, in supporting a motion to dismiss charges against his clients, declared (unchallenged) that every independent theater involved in the hearing has at all times had all the distributor connections that the Government says they should have. The Government's "theory," maintained by Wright, is that "in order to operate successfully a first-run theater must have for exhibition a substantial number of the feature pictures" released by "three or more of the defendant distributors each year." The second-run houses "should be able to exhibit on second-run a substantial number of the feature pictures released by three or more of the defendant distributors each year." The Government's complaint, printed copies of which were made available to the press Friday, divides the Government's charges against defendants into four divisions (A-B-C-D), but that plaintiff has offered proof only under Division A. The statement of Judge Davies, in ruling on the motions Friday, that the Strand and the Nu-Strand Corporations were being dismissed because they are not "in any of the franchises" and that Columbia was released because it was not a party to any franchise or blanket contracts with exhibitors, leads to the conclusion that the court considers these franchises and contracts as the strongest evidence against those defendants not dismissed. "73-situation contract" or series of contracts, is figuring heavily in the testimony. "Ice-Capades" Premiere In Minneapolis Friday West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — The world premiere of Republic's "Ice-Capades" will be held at the Gopher Theater, Minneapolis, Friday. Gene Autry is to head a contingent of stars who will be flown there for the premiere.