The Film Daily (1932)

Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old VOL. LX, NC. 124 NEW TCPr, $ATtCDAy, NOVEMBER 26, 1932 5 CENTS Local Control Benefits Begin to Show — Balaban ZUKOR SAYS SETUP CLEMS WAY FOR PARAMOUNT Erpi-Fox Eastern Studio Deal Coming Up Next Week Plan to Expand Tenth Ave. Quarters Being Revived on Kent's Return Return of Sidney R. Kent from White Sulphur Springs next week will mark resumption of negotiations in a deal under which Capt. George McL. Baynes, representing Electrical Research Products, is to take over the Fox studio on Tenth Ave. Consummation of the deal will lead to reconstruction of the studio {Continued on Page 5) rockefellerInterests get rca and rko stock Rockefeller interests, in addition to getting 100,000 preferred shares of RCA stock, are to obtain 100,000 shares of RKO common stock, thus becoming partners in the Rockefeller Center enterprises. The New York Stock Exchange has approved application for listing (Continued on Page 5) Iowa-Nebraska Allied Discuss New Contr~"t Des Moines — A discussion oi new exhibition contract, which i be taken up further at the Chica6w mass meeting next Monday, was one of the main topics at the special meeting of Allied Theater Owners of Iowa and Nebraska held here this week. About 150 attended, with President Clifford L. Niles presiding. Speakers included Niles, Lester Martin, Harry Heirsteiner, Tom Brown, L. Bosten, and Congressman-elect A. C. Wilford. The program included a demonstration of the Sanabria television system. Brandt Taking Long Rest Joe Brandt will wind up his duties as president of World Wide today. A long rest and plenty of book reading are his plans for the near future, Brandt told FILM DAILY yesterday. Arbuckle Week in Dubuque Dubuque, la. — All in the same week, -Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle's new Vitaphone comedy, "Hey, Pop!" played one local theater, while another house showed a Paths comedy with Arbuckle's wife, Addie McPhail, in the cast, and at a third theater Arbuckle's sister appeared in a stage production. Faster Amortization of Films Is Adopted by Radio Pictures Fred L. Metzler Joining West Coast Next Month Fred L. Metzler, whose resignation as Publix comptroller was exclusively reported in The Film Daily of Nov. 3, ends his duties within two weeks. He is understood to be joining West Coast circuit in a similar capacity. RKO Radio Pictures is the latest to adopt a new plan of film amortization whereby negative films are completely written off in 78 weeks, while positives are written off in 52 weeks. Negatives will be written down 17 per cent in the first four weeks, against 14% previously; 73% per (Continued on Page 5) Film Daily Relief Fund Drive Starts Several film folk enjoyed their Thanksgiving turkey a little more as a result of their promptness in responding immediately to the first call in this year's FILM DAILY RELIEF FUND drive. Yesterday's mail brought half a dozen checks from dependable year-to-year supporters of this worthy cause, and some additional contributions were delivered by messengers during the (Continued on Page 2) Paramount Extending Five-Day Week Plan West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Paramount's experiment with the five-day week plan for workers who are on an hourly basis has turned out so well that 168 additional men have been given 40-hour-a-week jobs. Besides spreading work among more men, it eliminates overtime. Balaban Says Local Control Is Starting to Show Results Constant Takes Over Palace in Canton, O. Canton, O. — A. G. Constant, who has houses in various Ohio and West Virginia cities, is reopening the Palace here on Dec. 4 in association with a group of local men. George A. Delis will be resident manager of the house, which is one of the largest in this district. Chicago — Local operation of theaters as now being followed by Publix is proving its value every day, declares John Balaban, who is directing the work in this territory. Entertainment tastes are not entirely national, says Balaban, and the fallacy of the old system is that (Continued on Page 2) The Film Daily Year Book is Constantly in Preparation. — Advt. Creation of Subsidiaries Hailed as Sound Step for Company In the creation of the four new subsidiaries announced last week and the subsequent executive promotions, Paramount has "cleared the track for the greatest progress in its two decades of existence," declares President Adolph Zukor in a (Continued on Page 5) EMANUEL COHEN STAYING, HERTZ ASSURES STUDIO One mission performed by John Hertz while on the Coast was to re-assure Paramount studio employees that Emanuel Cohen will remain in charge of production, despite recent changes in the company's executive personnel. Cohen's contract runs until 1934. Hertz returned to his desk in New York yesterday. Report Loew Giving Up Allen Theater, Cleveland Cleveland — It is reported here that Loew has not renewed its lease on the Allen, expiring Dec. 1, and the house goes dark on that date, with the Allen's class A pictures going to the State in combination with vaudeville. The Stillman gets class B pictures, while the Mall, now third run, goes first-run with the former Stillman policy. Clara Bow Sets Roxy High A new one-day attendance record was set at the Roxy on Thanksgiving Day with the opening of Clara Bow in "Call Her Savage," Fox production. An attendance of 18,171 was registered. Reports to the Fox home office also indicated records by the Bow film at the Poli, New Haven; Palace, Worcester, and other situations.