The Film Daily (1931)

THE Sunaav. iune 7. 19J1 -Zg\ DAILV INNOCENT EXHIB PROTECTED IN FILM CONTRACT RULING (.Continued from Page 1) the Long Island Operating Co. to prevent the latter from nlaying "Hell Bound" ahead of it. Judge Valente denied the petition and dismissed the complaint. The petitioner claimed that by virtue of contract, it had prior right to play the picture at the Merrick in Jamaica. The defendants declared that the picture Coy had bought was specified as James Cruze Production No. 190 and not "Hell Bound." B. B. Kahane represented the defendants, whose case was argued by Attorney Louis Nizer. New Irish Sound Tax Blow to Dual Policy Dublin — Among the expected consequences of the coming into operation of the higher import duty on sound films in the Irish Free State will be the discontinuance of double feature programs. Distributors believe the increased tax will discourage the showing of two features on a bill, and that shorts and vaudeville will be used instead of the extra feature. New Virginia Companies Richmond, Va. — Virginia Operating Co., Inc., of Hampton, has been chartered with an authorized maximum capital of $50,000 to operate various places of amusement. E. Sclater Montague of Hampton, is president. A. Padis, of Virginia Beach, is president of the newly formed Padis Amusement Corp. of Norfolk. The company has been chartered with authorized capital of $10,000. Mo. — 111., Theater Changes St. Louis — A number of theaters in Southern Illinois have been closed for the summer months, including the Dupo, Dupo; Washington, Belleville; Roland, Marion; De Luxe, Witt, 111., and Palace, Springfield. The American, East St. Louis, 111., has reopened. The Lead Belt Amusement Co. has sold the Ritz, Farmington, Mo., to George H. Karsch. The Cape, Cape Girardeau, Mo., has closed indefinitely. The Ritz, Marshfield, Mo., and Valencia, Macon, Mo., have been reopened. Clara Bow to Rest on Ranch West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Clara Bow who has been recuperating in a local sanitarium, is leaving for her ranch near Las Vegas, Nev., for an indefinite rest. COMING & GOING GLORIA SWANSON, EDNA FERBER and SAM HARDY were on the passenger list of the He de France, which sailed Friday for Europe. . MRS. COUKTr.AND SMITH sailed Friday on the Olympic for the other side. MR. and MRS. RICHARD RARTHELMESS are in New York for a visit. • • • WE TRIED to get Giuseppe, that string of spaghetti in the Gondola, to send in his entry for the Film Golf Tournament and after looking over the list of entrants, he shook his head "You tink I'm one crazee Wop?" sez he "to poosha da golf ball aroun' wit soocha bunch? an' wot happens to poor Giuseppe? dey getta me out on da golf curse an' start one beeg racket first comes Joe Hornstein, an' sella me some second-hand hequipaments for a teater I no got an' Lee Ochs, he sell me a palooka palace in da Bronx in a Joosh neighborhoods — an' me, a Wop! an' H. J. Yates, first ting you know, he got my good gondol for a coupla shares of Seetay stock an' Joe Brandt, he grab me an' say, come, Giuseppe, prosper wid Columbus at 100 bucks a share cash money an' Al Jolson goes down on his knees an' try an' sell me Mammy an' Sonny Boy when I got one beeg family already no, no, Phil Giuseppe, he stick to da gondol I poosha da gondol you poosha da boloney we gotta one dam good racket, too don't we take all dissa bunch for a ride every day?" • • • STRONG SIGNS that the independent producer is getting into his stride with heavy whisperings from out Hollerword way that Harry D. Edwards' production of "Pagan Lady" for Inspiration, Columbia release has got SOMETHING seldom does an independent come through with a cast like this Evelyn Brent, Charles Bickford, William Farnum, Conrad Nagel, Lucille Gleason, Leslie Fenton, Gwen Lee, Roland Young and with John Francis Dillon directing the adaptation of the stage play that really HAD a Broadway run and dialogue by Leslie A. Pearce, who made "Meet the Wife" zip with snappy lines it looks darned interesting • • • YOU CAN'T stop the guy with a Real Idea who keeps everlastingly at it referring to Jack Livingston's second issue of his International Casting Directory which is a bear with all the dope and listings in every branch of the amusement world invaluable to every agency or individual hiring talent and with a Forward Slant on the Television angle which is nearer to realization than most folks realize • • • EDDIE GOLDEN has decided to quit telling funny stories it has been his custom while trying to sell an exhibitor prospect his Popular Classics book proposition to stop in the midst of his sales talk and tell a story and the other day one exhib laughed so hard he suffered a paralytic stroke and couldn't sign on the dotted line. • • • THINGS THAT Get Us All Choked Up. when we call on a publicity gent and he "don't know nothing" and after talking to him a li'l while.. we dig out a story and as soon as we leave his ossif he gets on the phone and gives our story to someone else and we hear about it indirectly and naturally don't run the yarn and he calls us up next day, sore as a pup because we didn't run Our Story he gave to someone else! and it's muggs like this that go aroun yelping that they Never get a Break oops • • • SAYING WHICH, we lay aside the cares of the day, and go out to do some Real Work viewing a lotta these super special productions some of which are and some — oh, well, God's in his Heaven and all's right with the world — Almost LOCAL AD-FILM TIE-UPS BEING CONSIDERED BY FOX {Continued from Page 1) a final decision will be reached. The films, if issued, will be along the lines of those now distributed by Alexander Films, which claims to hold advertising film contracts with 4,000 theaters. No attempt will be made to conceal the fact that the proposed shorts are "direct advertising." Alexander shorts average 50 feet each in length and boost local retail merchants. General Studio Cuts Are Declared Unfair (.Continued from Page 1) have learned that pictures are not a necessity, although we had long held the smug belief that the world could not do without films," Schulberg declared. "There never have been better pictures than in the last year." Speaking of production costs, the Paramount studio head said he couldn't understand why 140,000 feet of film should be shot to make a 6,000-foot picture. "If directors approach the taking of pictures as they do retakes, there would be a reduced negative cost," he stated. "Too much time is wasted on unnecessary shots that never go into pictures." Next Ufa Offerings Following the engagement of "The Great Tenor" at the Cosmopolitan, Ufa will play "Love at the Gasolene Station" with Lillian Harvey and Willy Fritsch. "The Student Song from Heidelberg," with Betty Bird and Willy Forst, will follow. "Night Angel" for Rivoli Paramount's "Night Angel," costarring Nancy Carroll and Fredric March, and written and directed by Edmund Goulding, will open at the Rivoli on June 10, succeeding "Seed." E. C. Prinsen in Marion, O. Marion, O. — E. C. Prinsen of San Antonio, has succeeded B. W. Bickert as manager of the two Publix Theaters here, the Marion and the Palace. « « « » » » Many Happy Returns Best wishes and congratulations are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrating their birthday! : June 6-7 Charlie Murray Tyler Brooks Maurice Hanline William F. Rodgers Jacob Wilk Ralph Wilk Normal Devol John Ir