The Film Daily (1944)

16 3K DAILY Friday, February 11, 1944 Arbitration Change Proposed by Indies (Continued from Page 1) may appeal if the award is made by a single arbitrator. The three arbitrators would be selected from the regular panels of the American Arbitration Association in each exchange city. It is further suggested that an attorney in each district be named to represent a complainant exhibitor, with the lawyer's fee to be paid out of the AAA motion picture budget. This, it is argued, would equalize the legal side of a hearing. The independents expressed the opinion that the distributor defendants had the advantage in a hearing because they weie able to present a "battery" of legal talent. The exhibitor's lawyer would be appointed by the AAA administrator in each district. Roadshows are re-defined to provide for no more than two shows daily, a reserved section for all shows, and admission of not undei $1.50. They would be excepted from the quarterly blocks only if produced by some other than the distributors handling them. U.S.-U.K, Co.'s Pad Near, D of J Hears (Continued from Page 1) ment last month in a cable from London, it is believed, which not only gave details of the projected deal but named the companies involved. Inquiries at the Department of Justice yesterday were to no avail. They would not discuss it at all. From the same authoritative source, however, it was learned, that both large and smell companies on this side of the Atlantic are expected to be signatories to the pact. "It will be a sort of omnibus deal, with everybody anxious to get in on it now," this reporter was told. The Department of Justice officials did not say there was anything illegal about the proposed deal, but it was obvious that the matter has been receiving considerable attention here. One attorney who had been interested in picture matters some time back has been reassigned to work with Robert L. Wright on this matter. Wright has talked on the telephone with Barrington Gaine who has been here as a representative of J. Arthur Rank, but has made no STORK REPORTS Cleveland — Henry Greenberger, Community Circuit official became the grandfather of a little girl born to his daughter and son-in-law, Corp. and Mrs. Earl Rogoff. HOLLyWOCD DIGEST SIGNED BARBARA BROWN, termer, Warners. LOUIS F. EDtLMAN, producer termer, Warners. BERNARD SCHOENFELD, screenplay, "Bella Donna," Edward Small-UA. ALEXIS SMITH, new option, Warners. THOMAS LENNON, writer termer, American Films Corp. CASTINGS JAMES WARREN, "Marriage Is a Private Affair," M-G-M; HUMPHREY BOCART and WALiER BRENNAN, "To Have and to Have Not," Warners; ANNE JEFFREYS, Sinatra musical, RKO. BRIAN DONLEVY and ALAN LADD, "Two Years Before the Mast," Paramount: HARRY ROSENTHAL, "The Horn Blows at Midnight," Warners; DONALD CURTIS, "Meet the People," M-C-M; DOOLEY WILSON, "Since You Went Away," Selznick-UA; MARGARET CHAPMAN, untitled Kay Kyser, Columbia; CLAUDETTE COLBERT and FRED MacMURRAY, "Practically fours," Paramount; DORIS DOWLINC, "And Now Tomorrow," Paramount; LENA HORNE, "Ziegfield Follies," M-C-M. ROtf ROGERS, "Roll A.ong Prairie Moon," and "Montana," Republic; CAROL NUGENT and RICHARD LYON, "Pilebuck," Terneen-ColumbiaDANNY O'NEIL, "Calling All Stars," Columbia; MARGARET O'BRIEN and JACKIE JENKINS, "Our Vine Has Tender Grapes," M-G-M; CAROLE MATHEWS, "Girl in the Case," Columbia; LARAINE DAY, "Spanish Main," M-C-M; MICHAEL OSHEA, "Something for the Boys," 20th-Fox; CHARLES BICKFORD and HENRY MORGAN, "Wing and a Prayer," 20th-Fox; HELEN MACK, "And Now Tomorrow," Paramount; DOUGLAS COWAN, "Marriage Is a Private Affair," M-C-M. CHARLES DINGLE, "Practically Yours," Paramount; CHARLES BICKFORD, "Wing and a Prayer," iOth-Fox; MICHAEL O'SHEA and BRENDA MARSHALL, "Something for the Boys," 20rh-Fox; JAMES JORDAN, JR., untitled Frank Sinatra, RKO; MARGARET O'BRIEN, LENA HORNE and LEWIS STONE, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," M-G-M; INGRID BERGMAN, Sarah Bernhardt life story, David O. Selznick; BARRY SULLIVAN, "Two Years Before the Mast," Paramount; FELIX BRESSART, "The Seventh Cross," M-C-M; ROSEMARY DE CAMP, "Practically Yours," Paramount; CHARLES COBURN, "The Impatient Years," Columbia. SIR OEDRIC HARDWICKE and THOMAS MITCHELL, "Keys of the Kingdom," 20th-Fox; MARTHA O'DRISCOLL and NOAH BEERY, JR., "A.lergic to Love," Universal; J. CARROLL NAISH, RALPH MORCAN, WANDA McKAY and TALA BIRELL, "The Devil's Apprentice," PRC; THURSTON HALL and LLOYD CORRIGAN, "Bring On the Girls," Paramount; ARTHUR LOFT, "Practically Yours," Paramount; CHARLES COBURN, "Since You Went Away," Selznick-UA. OSA MASSEN, JONATHAN HALE, IVAN TRIESAULT and ART SMITH, "Mission ThirtySix," Columbia; HENRY ARMETTA, "Curly," Columbia; IDA LUPINO and DENNIS MORCAN, "The Very Thought of You," Warners J EDGAR BUCHANAN, "The Impatient Years," Columbia; TOM DRAKE, "Marriage is a Private Affair," M-C-M. Morgan to Visit Para. Studios, Western Offices (Continued from Page 1) today on the first lap of an extended trip in the interests of Paramount shorts and News. In addition to his periodical visit to the studios, which will occupy one week, Morgan has extended his itinerary one month to include a number of sales meetings in West and Midwest exchanges. While on the Coast, Morgan will meet with the various short subject producers there to discuss preliminary plans in the preparation of Paramount's short subject program for 1944-45. He will confer with Jerry Fail banks, producer of "Popular Science," "Unusual Occupations" and "Speaking of Animals"; George Pal, producer of the "Madcap Models" Puppetoons and Y. Frank Freeman, Walter MacEwen and Louis Harris at the Paramount studios on the Musical Parade series. Developments in the latter series will be considered for the new season. Several meetings with West Coast theater circuit heads are also on the agenda. Following the production conferences, Morgan will join George Smith, Western Division sales manager in a swing around the West and Midwest exchanges, where joint sales meetings will be held on both features and shorts. appointment for a personal meeting as yet. He said yesterday that he has no immediate plans to see Gaine or any other representative of Rank. Morris L. Ernst, prominent New York attorney, was here recently and while in Washington conferred for some time with anti-trust chief Wendell E. Berge concerning BritishAmerican pix relations. Cleveland's Anti-Bingo Ordinance Faces a Test (Continued from Page 1) passed by the City Council by a 28 to 3 vote. It is scheduled to become effective about April 1 when Bingo operators will be required to obtain municipal licenses, post large bonds and meet other restrictive measures. But the ordinance may never be put into effect. Reason is that there is question of the constitutionality of the Bingo law passed by the State last September because of a prohibition law against lotteries. A test of the legality of the restraining ordinance just passed is thought to be a forerunner of a test of the Bingo law itself. The ordinance requires operators to post a $1,000 bond if Bingo pots are less than $500 and a bond of $100,000 if the pots exceeds $500. These bonds are to be forfeited in case of violations of state or city laws. Playing time is limited to 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight. Full information as to receipts, expenditures, personnel and beneficiaries must be submitted to the city before a license is issued. Columbus, O. — City Council in Columbus is considering an ordinance to put more teeth in the city's gambling laws, in an effort to ban all forms of Bingo. The clause included in present legislation, including the words "not for his own profit," will be deleted in order to help the police in prosecuting offenders. East Liverpool, O. — Police Chief Hugh McDermitt has ordered the lid clamped down on all Bingo games not sponsored by religious or charitable organizations. It is reported there are seven Bingo establishments operating in the city. ! 40% Rental Ceiling Asked by P. R. Exhibs (Continued from Page 1) top film rentals, the classificatioi of all theaters into three g:oups, an< wage scales were adopted yesterday at a general meeting of the Pue»* Rican Exhibitors Association whL represents a majority of the islancri houses. Rentals resolution, drawn to in elude all exchanges and distributors calls for a ceiling of 40 per cent oJ gross on Class A films, with all contracts to be on a percentage basis. Association recommended to the Insular Minimum Wage Board Association that theaters be classified into groups as follows: Group A, those with more than $1,000 gross income per week; Group B, from $500 tc $1,000 income, and Group C, less than $500 weekly income. Association's salary recommendations to the IMWB propose 30 cents per hour for projectionists in houses, 40 cents for B theateis and 50 cents for A stands. For nontechnical employes, Association rec ommended 15 cents per hour in Group C, 20 cents for Group B and 25 cents for Group A. New Board of directors elected Rafael A. Quinones president; Jose G. Salgado, secretary and Benigno Navas, treasurer. Plans for a co operative association to be formed in the near future to purchase material, equipment and probably some film, were discussed. WAC's Red Cross Drive Committee Meets Monday (Continued from Page 1) ner Theaters general manager will be Si H. Fabian, WAC chairman; Arthur L. Mayer, Francis S. Harmon and others. On the agenda are the appointment by Bernha: d of an administrative staff, discussion of a special trailer to be supplied all theaters, a drive press book, radio tieups and other promotion activities. Plans for holding a series of regional meetings of exhibitors and local Red Cross chapter officials will be discussed. Bernhard, who returns from the Coast tonight, will arrange his Warner duties so that he can make his office in the WAC headquarters and devote his entire time to the Red Cross campaign. iVew Hampshire Ends Blackout Drills Concord, N. H. — State-wide blackout drills, which on some occasions have interfered with night show schedules in New Hampshire film theaters, have been dropped by the State Council of Defense. All air raid centers in the state have ben abolished, and if any alert warnings come in the future, they will be relayed by the State Police.