The Film Daily (1931)

Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The D lily N ewspaper Of M o t i o n Pict u res Now F ourteen Years Old VOL. LV NO. 133 NEWyCPK, SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1331 V » « I SIN General Cuts In Studio Salaries Declared Unfair FOX CONSIDERING LOCAL AD-FIL!VfriE-UPS Ruling Protects Innocent Exhibitor In Film Dispute Consideration is Granted to Second Theater in Prior Right Claim A far-reaching decision on exhibition contracts was made in the Supreme Court, New York County, Friday, when Judge Yalente ruled that in event of a dispute over the right to a picture, the second exhibitor to buy the picture constitutes an innocent party in the situation and as this party must not be injured, he is entitled to the film. The decision was rendered in a case wherein Coy Operating Co. asked an injunction against Tiffany, RKO Film Booking Exchange and (Continued on Page 3) GEN. THEATERS EQUIPMENT DEFERS DIVIDEND ACTION Quarterly dividend action on General Theaters Equipment preferred stock, due at this time, has been deferred. Deal Gives Hunt Circuit Four Houses in Trenton Trenton — Increasing its Trenton houses to four, William C. Hunt Theatrical Enterprises has acquired the Gaiety, seating 1,300, and the Centre, with 1,000 capacity. The latter house will be remodeled and opened in the Fall. Hunt acquired the theaters from Charles Silevor to add to his local circuit, comprising the State and Orpheum. 27 Cities Proposed For M. P. T. O. A. Meet Twenty-seven cities have so far been proposed as the place of the next annual M. P. T. 0. A. convention in the fall. St. Louis, Chicago, Pinehurst and Boston are being mentioned most frequently as the convention city. Not So Big Although the impression has got around and statements are frequently made that motion pictures represent the fourth largest industry, statistics compiled by the government in its census of manufactures place the film business considerably lower. On the basis of annual production costs amounting to approximately $181,000,000, the films rank 77th. In receipts, with the peak season of 1929 estimated at somewhat over $750,000,000, the picture business is topped by no less than 16 manufacturing, printing and publishing industries, each of which reported $1,000,000,000 or more in receipts, sales or production. 25 -Mile Limit Television Predicted At Radio Meet Chicago — Television will eventually settle down to ultra-short wave broadcasting, with a range of about 25 miles, according to papers read Friday at the Institute of Radio Eng ;ieers convention here. J. W. Conklin, J. L. Finch and C. M. Hansell, all of RCA, were among those represented at the meeting. This means that television images will not be sent vast distances for public amusement as radio is today, it was stated. Instead the sight broadcasts will be from stations local in range as well as in location, and thus television would not be as cramped as ladio broadcasting is today. In addition, where only one channel is now available for broadcasting, ten or more would be open to television, and cities could have a dozen or more television stations where they now have only one or two sound broadcasters. Youth Revolts at 'Sin Implication Dallas — Films depicting young folks of today as living a wild and sinful life have aroused a strenuous protest from local high school boys and girls. During the showing of "Young Sinners" at the Palace, the school pupils went up in arms, declaring that the title does injustice to the story, the actors and young folks generally, who do not, they said, deserve the name "sinners." Studio Slashes Affect Many Not To Blame for High Costs West Coast Bureau, Hollywood — Explaining his stand in opposition to general -alary reductions in the studios, B. P. Schulberg of Paramount declares that the i rouble with such slashes is that they affect too many persons who are in t of contributing to pi conditions, whereas too many of the THE FILM DAILY guilty ones would not be affected enough, and an inequality would result. Schulberg denied thai the pub ding the theater less I" pictures are bad. It is be; au-e they n't the money, he said. "We ntinued on Pao* 3) Circuit Making Survey on Direct Advertising Pictures Although Fox officials have in the past declared the company's policy was against advertising or commercial films in Fox Theaters, western division managers of the circuit have been instructed to investigate the possibilities of local ad-film tie-ups with merchants, The Film Daily learns. Results of the surveys are to be in the hands of home office executives within the next two weeks, when (Continued on Page 3) PLAN N. CAROLINA CIRCUIT EMBRACING SMALL HOUSES Roanoke, Va. — A circuit of small second-run houses in North Carolina is being planned by Elmore Heins and Heinie Schultze, local operators. They have been inspecting a number of theaters in this territory A.M.P.A. Makes Wanger Honorary Life Member Walter Wanger yesterday was formally presented with a resolution adopted by the A. M. P. A. mal him an honorary life member of the organization. The honor v Ferred on him in recognitioi valuable lectures before the A. M. P. A. and the helpful interest he I shown in the advertising and publicity men's »n. Birmingham Gets Behind Juvenile Film Movement Birmingham— |uvcnilc attendance at theaters is expected to be spurred as a result of a plan launched by the City Amusement department, under the direction of Mrs Myrtle Sncll. whereby suitable kid films will receive publicity in weekly broadcaif* over WBRC