The Film Daily (1931)

THE DAILY Thursday, May 28, 1931 REIS PATENT DECISION BEFORE SUPREME COURT (Continued from Page 1) corded on film, and G.T.I', complains of the lower court's opinion on the ground that it erroneously held "a method or process patent not infringed, because of differences in mechanical structure between the alleged infringing device and that illustrated in the patent as one means of use." Wm. Fox Sues for Share In Profits of Grandeur (Continued from Page 1) which he is half owner. Fox charges that General Theaters Equipment, which owns the other half, has realized "handsome profits" from Grandeur whereas he has received nothing. Two More Theaters Set In Loew-Af rican Drive (Continued from Page 1) Schiller on his return to this country yesterday. The cities in which the new theaters are to be constructed will be announced within the next month. According to Schiller, a Loew representative will leave for Johannesburg within 60 days with plans for the new house, which will seat 5,000. Waite Made Sales Mgr. For Para. News, Shorts (Continued from Page 1) visions, said Kent. Waite will work in association with George Schaefer eastern divisional sales manager, and John Clark, western divisional sales manager, and will handle the sale of the shorts and news contracts for both divisions. Miles Gibbons, former short subject sales representative for the east, has been transferred to Emanuel Cohen's department and will function with him in production. CORINNE GRIFFITH and WALTER MOROSCO sailed on the Leviathan yesterday for Europe. GEORGE ARLISS sails on the Majestic tomorrow for England. MARION DAVIES is booked to sail June ■t on the Europa for a vacation abroad. COL. E. A. SCHILLER of Loews, Inc., arrived yesterday on the Bremen. ROBERT WYLER is on the Resolute bound for France to supervise six Consortium1 nternationale-Cinematographique productions winch Universal will market abroad. DORIS KENYON and her little son, Kenyon Sills, will sail for Europe tomorrow on the Aquitania. EDWARD G. ROBINSON had to call off his eastern sojourn on account of work in his next First National picture. Mrs. Robinson (Gladys Lloyd) will remain in the east for several weeks. FRED McCONNELL, Universal short subject sales manager, returns to New York today after a trip to various exchanges, ir eluding Uneago, Des Moines and Omaha A LITTLE from "LOTS ►// By RALPH IV ILK HOLLYWOOD QEORGE ARCHAINBAUD, RK-O director, has been asked by a New York publication to write an article on the subject, "Is the Director Important?" Archainbaud is hesitating about accepting the job on the ground that there are two contradictory answers to the question, — one for the director's viewpoint and another from the actor's. * * * Bernard Schubert, New York playwright under contract to Radio Pictures, is writing additional dialogue for "Fanny Foley Herself." * * * Harold Goodwin and Joan Standing are the latest additions to the cast of the James Cruze-Tiffany picture, "Women Go On Forever," which Walter Lang is directing. Clara Kimball Young heads the cast. * * * Glenn Tryon has completed his second comedy for Educational a campus opu-y, titled "A College Racket." * * * "Bird of Paradise," Richard Walton Tully's epic of the South Seas, which is to be produced by Radio Pictures with Dolores Del Rio in the starring role, will be adapted to the screen by Louis Stevens. * * * Thirty-six hours at a typewriter with stops only for gulps of coffee is some kind of a record in the estimation of Howard Estabrook, who re' cently completed this marathon ses' sion in preparing the script for RKO's "Are These Our Children?" A last-minute change in the scenario made it necessary for the scenarist to "step on it" in order to meet the schedule. * * * "Movie Town," the EducationalMack Sennett Comedy which features Mack Sennett himself, also features George Olsen and his band, in their present setting — the Olsen Club in Hollywood. "Among those present" in the popular night club at the time the scenes were shot for the comedy, was Ben Turpin, one of the comedy producer's early comedy players. * * * Arnold Lucy is the latest recruit to the cast of "Merely Mary Ann," Fox film co-starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. * * * "Blonde Baby," modern novel by Wilson Collison, is the latest vehicle selected by Columbia for production next season. * * * "Mother and Son" will be the second Monogram melodrama to go into work under Trent Carr's supervision. It is an adaptation of a story by Wellyn Totman. J. P. McCarthy will likely direct. * * * One-Eyed Connelly, the famous gate crasher, will be seen as a timekeeper in James Gleason's initial prize fight comedy for RKO Pathe, "I'm Tellin' Ya." Joel McCrea has been assigned the juvenile lead in Will Rogers' Fox film. * * * Marion Shilling, whom RKO Pathe is grooming for steller roles, will be featured in a series of "Gold Digger" comedies with June MacCloy, popular Broadway singer. "June First," initial comedy of the series, is in production under the direction of Don Gallaher. * * * Blanche Mehaffey, John Elliott and Ethan Laidlaw have been added to the cast of Monogram's "Dugan of the Badlands," starring Bill Cody and Andy Shuford. Robert North Bradbury wrote the story and is directing. * * * Another dramatic production in Technicolor will be made by Radio Pictures in "Fanny Foley Herself," directed by Melville Brown. * * * William Hurlburt is writing the adaptation of "Fate," original screen story by Erich Maria Remarque, to be produced by Universal. * * * Hal Mohr has been assigned to photograph Bill Boyd's new starring vehicle, "The Iron Chalice," for RKO Pathe. * * * "The Lone Wolf's Son," an original story by Louis Joseph Vance, has been purchased by Fox. * * # George Melford will direct "Homicide Squad" for Universal. * * * Earl Pingree will appear in " Wyoming Wonder," George O'Brien's latest film. Irving Cummings is directing it for Fox. * * * Carole Lombard and William Powell are to be married in about two months. * * * George Archainbaud, who recently completed the direction of "Helga," Radio production, has just celebrated his 10th wedding anniversary. * * * Wallace Smith, whose reputation as an artist is as widely recognized as his literary accomplishments, has designed a swimming pool for his Hollywood hills estate. It will be one of the most unique in the country, it is reported. * * * Howard Estabrook's newest original story for Radio Pictures, "Frontier," is said to rival Edna Ferber's "Cimarron," for which Estabrook contributed the screen version and dialogue. * * * Mauri Grashin is being kept busy writing material for the comedies Lou Brock is producing for Radio Pictures. He has worked on two Rosco Ates subjects, a Jimmy Savo comedy and a Ned Sparks picture. GRIFFITH CIRCUIT OUSTER SOUGHTBYOKLA.ATTORNEY (Continued from Page 1) tomie County. In addition to asking that Griffith be restrained from operating, Tankersley demands that a receiver be appointed for the company's houses, which, in the event that the circuit is found guilty of trust-law violation, would be sold and the proceeds turned over to the state. He further asks that a fine be imposed. The suit also names L. C. Griffith, R. E. Hefner, Paramount manager, John B. Terry, Universal Films, and Paramount Publix Regal Theaters. Tankersley charges that the major producing companies entered into an agreement within the state of Oklahoma to drive out all competition. He declares this agreement was entered into with the Griffith company, making it virtually impossible for independents to obtain first-class pictures. He also charges that Griffith made arrangements to rent all pictures produced by the major companies, preventing them from being shown in independent theaters. Tankersley states Griffith made efforts to force out the Momand Theaters, Inc., operating in Shawnee and other cities in Oklahoma. He said Griffith opened houses in every city in the state where Momand operated and followed the practice of monopolizing films. As a result, only inferior films are released to independent houses, the attorney declares. The court is asked to restrain the defendants from these practices and restrain them from operating the Bison, Criterion and Ritz in Shawnee. It is also asked that a receiver be appointed to operate the houses while suit is pending in court and that the receiver be ordered to bring all Griffith records into court for examination. Upon final determination, the attorney asks that the court enter a decree either ordering these theaters to be sold and proceeds therefrom forfeited to the state, or the defendants ordered to pay a fine and that the company be permanently restrained from operating theaters in Oklahoma. A suit along similar lines was instituted recently by A. B. Momand of Shawnee against about two dozen distributing companies and circuits. This is now pending. Other actions of somewhat the same kind, charging anti-trust activities, have been filed at various times without success. New Incorporations NEW YORK CHARTERS Century Productions, motion pictures; R. Chatkin, 295 Lafayette St., New York. Artists Pictures; theatrical enterprises, Veron & Veron, 545 Fifth Ave., New York. $50,000 pfd. 500 shares common. NEW JERSEY CHARTERS Saf-T Amusement Corp., Newark, amusement enterprises; Hannah F. Sokobin, Newark, N. J. 1,000 shares common. World-Wide Theater Equipment Corp., Plainfield, manufacture theatrical equipment, etc. William Newcorn, Plainfield, N. J. 1,000 shares common.