The Film Daily (1931)

Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fourteen Years Old VOL. LV NO. 89 NEW yCCI\, TULRSDAY, APRIL 16, 1931 5 CENT* Star Series Out on Paramount9 s 1931-32 Program govTends SUIT AGAINST fox 35-40 Tiffany -World Wide Features Next Season Details of Merger With Educational Formally Announced From 35 to 40 features is next year's tentative program for the combined Tiffany and World Wide forces under the merger with Educational, E. W. Hammons told The Film Daily yesterday at the luncheon in Sardi's, where the completion of the deal was formally announced to the press. It 's expected that Tiffany and World Wide will be joined as one feature production unit, turning out an aggregate number of pic (Continued on Page 8) H. P. CARVER TO PRODUCE IN FRANCE EOR UNIVERSAL Contracts calling for the production in France of two English dialogue features and the making of six French and German versions of Universal pictures have been signed by Universal and H. P. Carver, representing the Consortium International Cinematographique, 11 Rue Mogador, Paris. An option for the (Continued on Page 11) Louis Morris Organizing New Circuit in England London — Another circuit of from 20 to 30 supers, each to seat about 2,000 or more, is planned by Louis Morris, who recently disposed of most of the theaters in his previous circuit. A company known as the Capitol, St. Albans, has been registered for the erection of a 2,000-seater in St. Albans. A site for a simi(Continued on Page 11) Coast-to-Coast Release Simultaneous coast-to-coast key city release of "The Millionaire," new George Arliss vehicle which is clicking strong at the Winter Garden in New York, is planned by Warner Bros, for April 25. Decision Reserved After a hearing yesterday in the suit brought by Edwin M. Stanton, stockholder, against Nicholas M. Schenck, David M. Bernstein and Arthur Loew, charged with making an illegal profit of $9,200,000 in the sale of Loew stock control to Fox, Supreme Court Justice S. Cotillo reserved decision until April 20 on a motion to dismiss the suit for lack of sufficient facts. Nathan Burkan and Henry W. Taft represented the defendants. Transfer of Loew Stock to New Corporation Gets Court Okay and Ends Long Litigation Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Suit instituted in 1928 by the Government against Fox Film, Fox Theaters and William Fox, charging violation of the Clayton Act through acquisition of control in Loew's, Inc., was brought to an end yesterday with the handing down of a consent decree by U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York approving the transfer of the Loew stock to the Film Securities Corp., it was announced yesterday by the Attorney General. The decree holds that the acquisition of the stock was a violation of the law, but approves the plan for Paramount Foreign Sales Up 20% in First Quarter Atlantic City — Paramount's foreign business increased 20 per cent in the first quarter of 1931 as compared with the corresponding period last year, said Joseph H. Seidelman at the opening session of the company's annual convention here. Paramount now owns 48 theaters abroad and has six more under construction. Fiftythree per cent of foreign playdates are being served by English dialogue pictures Seidelman declared. Spanish versions take care of 14^ per cent of the foreign territory and French talkers 13 per cent. Owing to the patent situation in Germany, this ter(Continued on Pane 61 $4,000 Penalty Decreed For Holding 16 Pictures Marquette, Mich. — Final decrees aggregating $4,000 were signed by Judge Raymond of the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan at the copyright infringement trials of Ben and Dan Grobaski, of L'Anse, for holding over five Warner, six Paramount and five First National pictures an additional clay. These actions were being watched nationally, the exhibitors having attacked the complaints on 10 separate grounds which were (Continued on Page 11) Paramount's 1931-32 Program To Be Sold on Individual Basis Daylight Saving Illegal Under Proposed Wis. Bill Madison, Wis. — A bill is being drafted by George Hampel, Milwaukee Socialist assemblyman, which would make the adoption of daylight saving time by any county or city in Wisconsin illegal. Atlantic City — Paramount features for the 1931-32 season will be sold individually and not as star series, said Sidney R. Kent in announcing the production program at the company's 20th annual sales convention which started yesterday at the Ambassador Hotel. Although Para (Contitiued on Page 6) transfer of the securities. One of the conditions of the transfer is that (Continued on Page 11) FOX FILM ANNUAL MEETING Annual meeting of Fox Film stockholders yesterday was adjourned to May 1 without action being taken on either the election of the new board of directors or the annual re(Continued on Page 8) Consolidated Film Earns $537,940 in First Quarter Net profit of Consolidated Film Industries for the first quarter of the current year, after federal taxes and depreciation, was $537,940.03. com (Continued on Page 11) More Advertising Atlantic City — In times of depression it is necessary to go ahead and spend larger sums than ever for advertising, said Sidney R. Kent in addressing the Paramount sales convention yesterday. Paramount will go in more heavily than before in its 1931-32 ad campaign, using all classes of publications, and extra effort will be made to exploit the company's 20th jubilee celebration.