The Film Daily (1932)

•"-•Irllf f •** «*..(*,, Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old VOL. LX, NC. 18 new yccr, rciDAy, jlly 22, 1932 * CENTS Warner Studios Resume Aug. 6 With 7 Productions OISTRIBS EVADE DUAL BILL ISSUE, SAYS FRED MEYER Hiram S. Brown is Finishing Up at RKO on Aug. 27 CRITICS' FORUM Pertinent excerpts from Responses to The Film Daily's Questionnaire B. O. CONSCIOUS "Theaters, especially those of the circuits, are not concerned so much with the virtues of their attractions as with the reports on weekly receipts, and, as a result, the exploitation is often deliberately misleading . . . Lurid, catchline advertising, which either colors or conceals the facts, is unjust to the public — which sometimes turns." —CLARENCE BOYKIN, Richmond, Va., "Times-Dispatch." ACTION, NOT PROBLEMS "Motion pictures must have movement. Get stories with action and have actors who can act with their bodies. The fans are having plenty of problems of their own and don't want any more problems thrust upon them." — E. D. KEILMANN (Ki), Topeka, Kan., "Daily Chronicle." APPEAL TO HEART "It lies within the power of producers to cure the ills of the industry— by sponsoring a 'down to earth' movement, capturing the hearts and not the fancy of their audiences, by producing fewer and better films, adapting casts to the themes of pictures and selecting more appealing stories." —EDWARD J. LALLY, JR., Wheeling, W. Va., "News." TOO MUCH MONOPOLY "I think there is too much monopoly in the picture business, both in production and in operation of theaters. When there were more independent producers and more independent exhibitors, I think we had (Continued on Page 8) Former Pres. May Take Up Old Post With U. S. Leather Hiram S. Brown, former president of RKO and for the last four months executive advisor to Merlin H. Aylesworth, has tendered his resignation and will leave the organization, July 27, The Film Daily learns. AylesWorth had recently announced that Brown would remain until August. (Continued on Page 2) six featIsIanned BY AUSTRALIAN COMPANY Sydney — About six features a year are planned by Cinesound Productions, Ltd., new organization with studios at Bondi, Sydney, and St. Kilda, Melbourne. The company Will use the plant and equipment formerly used by Australasian Films. Arrangements have been (Continued on Page 2) John Weber With Majestic As General Sales Manager John Weber, eastern district manager for Talking Picture Epics and Principal Distributing Corp. for the last three years, is joining Majestic Pictures as general sales manager and assistant to Herman Gluckman, president. All Plus Under the stimulus of the healthy earnings statement announced by Loew's Inc., showing the full annual dividends more than amply covered in the first 40 weeks of the fiscal year, amusement securities scored an advance all along the line yesterday. Every issue closed the day with a plus sign, the biggest gains being scored by Loew's preferred, which rose 5Vi points; Loew common, l?/%\ Paramount 5'/2S, bonds, 3, and KAO bonds, 4. FAIL TO REACH ACCORD IN CLEVELAND DISPUTE Latest efforts to reach a settlement in the Cleveland exhibitors' action against the distributors fell through yesterday, and taking of depositions is scheduled to be resumed at 10 o'clock this morning in the Bar Ass'n Building. (Continued on Page 2) Blanke Made Assoc. Exec. At Warner-F. N. Studios West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Henry Blanke has been made an associate executive at the Warner-First National studios, which will resume production the first week in August. Activity at Warner Studios Resumes Aug. 6 With 7 Films Some Paramount Shorts May be Produced in East In addition to making part of its feature production, "The Big Broadcast," at the Long Island studio, Paramount is considering the production of some shorts at the eastern plant. "The Big Broadcast" is now in work on the coast, and shooting of the New York sequences will start next month. Decision on the shorts will be made later. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Production activity at the Warner-First National studios will resume Aug. 6, at which time seven features, including three to be released as specials, will go in work, it is announced by Jack L. Warner. The specials are "20,000 Years in Sing Sing," with Spencer Tracy; "I'm a Fugitive," with Paul Muni, (Continued on Page 2) Says Entire Industry, Not Lone Exhibs, Must Settle Double Features Solution of the double feature evil is not an individual exhibitor but instead an industry problem, declared Fred Meyer, president of the M. P. T. O. of Wisconsin and a member of the M. P. T. O. A. executive committee, in an interview in New York yesterday. He charged distributors (Continued on Page 2) NEW TRAILER SERVICE LAUNCHED BY H1RLJMAN A new trailer service to be known as Exhibitors' Screen Service, Inc., has been formed by George Hirliman, for years prominent as a film laboratory executive. The company, which has been in the process of (Continued on Page 2) See Hindrances in Way Of Canadian Film Quota Toronto — Should the question of enacting a film quota come up for action at the Ottawa conference which is now getting under way, it is pointed out in film circles here that one of the chief hindrances to successfully putting into operation a film preference regulation is the fact that Canada and the other British dominions are producing so few pictures. The dominions could agree to give preference to films produced in England, but the British could not reciprocate because there is not a regular supply of (Continued on Page 2) Chi. Summer Closings Not as High as Feared Chicago — Number of summer closings in this area has reached only about 20 per cent of the anticipated figure, a checkup shows. Estimates had placed the number of houses that would go dark all the way from 125 to 150, whereas actual closings are under 30, according to Film Board of Trade records.