The Film Daily (1932)

Metro G^wwyn Mayet UMARY ef City. • Caill. Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought V The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old VOL. LX, NO. 2€ NEW yCCr, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1932 <5 CENTS Ufa GaumontA lliance in New Bid for World Market PATENT CASE BLOCKS SERVICE CHARGE CUT TALKS Settlement Abruptly Ends Cleveland Protection Case CRITICS' FORUM Pertinent excerpts from Responses to The Film Daily's Questionnaire AMONG THE ARTS "Moving pictures have reached a place where, properly handled, they deserve recognition among what we term the arts. Literature, at least the best literature, goes to life for its material. Pictures should do the same, yet I can see danger in this, as there would be a tendency for them to become excessively realistic; but they could carry more balance than they do now and be given more form thereby. While I personally have a deep-rooted yen for realism. I think there should be a generous supply of mirthful, ribald movies as well as fantastic ones." —MERLIN N. HANSON, Mobile, Ala., "Register." • INCIDENTAL MUSIC "The musical accompaniment for dramatic pictures reminds one of the days back in tin type era when the villain clutched the heroine to his breast to the accompaniment of thunder from the piano in the pit. Certainly it doesn't add to the d'»logue and in most cases makes the dialogue hard to understand. The symphonic arrangement that is advertised with so many pictures as a special inducement would be more of an inducement if it wre confined to the silent closeups and eliminated in the dramatic sequences. In a musical picture it's to be desired, but why inflict it on every scene?" —MARY BERGER, Steubenville, O., "Herald-Star." • MORE ORIGINALS "I believe that more original stories would be of benefit to the producers. In the past few years we have had few originals and it seems that production has suffered (Continued on Page 7) Agreement Provides For Arbitration of All Future Disputes The long pending Cleveland protection dispute came to an abrupt conclusion Saturday afternoon when the defendant distributors, in a joint statement with the exhibitors involved in the action, announced that an agreement had been reached and the litigation would be dismissed. (Continued on Page 2) RACINE NEIGHBORHOODS ASK OPERATORS' WAGE CUT Racine, Wis. — All five local neighborhoods, dark at present, will reopen providing the operators' union gives them a substantial reduction in wages paid to projectionists. President Fred Meyer of the Wisconsin M. P. T. O., has asked for (Continued on Page 2) Associate Executive Post For Blanke at Warners Hollywood — Henry Blanke has been appointed an associate executive at the Warner Bros.-First National studio and Hal Wallis, Lucian Hubbard and Raymond Griffith, have all been re-appointed to similar posts. Appointments made by Jack Warner. Darryl Zanuck has returned from a vacation. Open One-Cent Show Richmond — One-cent admission prices have been introduced in Richmond by the Ponton, which has just reopened after being closed several months. Plan requires a customer to buy one ticket at full price and he gets another one by paying one cent more. Matinee prices are 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. PROMISE TO SERIOUSLY 5-5-5 PACI Distributors have promised to give "serious consideration" to the M. P. T. 0. A. demand that the 5-55 contract be made available without further delay, declared a statement issued by President M. A. Lightman of the exhibitor organization Saturday, following conferences of its executive committee with counsels of the various companies. The M. P. T. O. A. asks that exhibitors be given the opportunity to use the 5-5-5 agreement, if they prefer it to individual company contracts. Irving Starr Handling Westerns for Tiffany West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Irving Starr is leaving the Pelton Star Agency to supervise westerns for Tiffany. Six Specials To Be Produced Jointly By Ufa and Gaumont Memphis Houses Seek New Operators Deal Memphis — Readjustments in their relations with operators will be sought by 14 Memphis neighborhood houses which soon start to negotiate a contract to replace the one expiring Sept. 1. At present the local requires the theaters to use one operator and an assistant in the booth. Berlin (By Cable) — In a new English-German bid for further prestige in the world market, Ufa and Gaumont-British have agreed to joint'y make six specials costing approximately $2,500,000. The deal, engineered by Isidore Ostrer and C. M. Wolff, will bring into close (Continued on Page 2) Erpi Won't Confer 'Till Warner Suit is Settled Electrical Research Products cannot enter into discussions in regard to a service charge reduction until after its pending patent case involyng Warner Bros, is settled, the M. P. T. O. A. executive committee was informed Saturday. The committee also announced that efforts will be made to curb local .ensorship through promoting pub1 c relations throughout the country. Work will be carried on by the organization's national office in conjunction with the board. EIVE FEATURES PLANNED BY AUBREY KENNEDY FIRM Five features will be made by Aubrey Kennedy Pictures Corp. for 1932-33 release, stated Jules Burnstein upon his arrival in New York Saturday from the Coast. In addition to the first, "Face on the Barroom Floor," a print of which Burnstein has with him, three of the other titles are tentatively set as follows: "Power of the Cross," "After the Ball" and "The Bar Sinister." Julius Hagen Resigns From Nat'l Distributors London — Julius Hagen has resigned from National Distributors, Ltd., to devote all his time to his production activities at Twickenham. Definite Percentage of Fox Films For Britain London — Fox is going to make a definite percentage of its product for the English market. Sidney R. Kent declared in a recent statement. He stressed the company's intention of signing up as much new blood as possible in players, writers and technicians. Kent, who returns to New York on Aug. 4th. will spend ten days at the home office, and then to the coast for two weeks' stay. \