The Film Daily (1934)

Intimate in Character Internationa! in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Sixteen Years Old VCL. LXVI. NO. 37 NEW yOCI^, TLE$D/iy, AL6LST 14, 1934 <S CENTS II ' Warners Adding $5,000,000 to 1934-35 Budget REVISING CODE CHARGES TO AID SMALL TOWNS Congress Being Asked to Probe Fox Met. Agreement Protective Agreement of aJ Noteholders Arouses Protest e ' Archibald Palmer, attorney for leveral noteholders of Fox Metropolitan Playhouses, Inc., announced )a!esterday that Congress will be wsked to investigate a "noteholders' Protective agreement" under which substantial part of a $13,000,000 isue of Fox Met. was deposited with committee. Palmer said this acion would supplement the summons nd complaint filed in Supreme jourt yesterday and his petition in quity in the U. S. courts to be (Continued on Page 8) injunction! duals held legal in cleve. Cleveland — Common Pleas Judge iLee Skeel has overruled the motion jo dissolve the injunction against ((louble features, thereby holding that the single feature agreement t'gned by every exhibitor of Greater Cleveland and put into effect on (Continued on Page 7) New Company to Make Edgar Burroughs Films IV est Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — The Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, Inc., has been formed with George W. Stout, president; Ben S. Cohen, vice-president; Ashton Dearholt, vice-president in (Continued on Page 8) Movie Boom in Colombia Motion picture business in Colombia is having a boom, according to reports received by the U. S. Department of Commerce. Ten sound houses, closed since the silent era, have been reopened in the last three months, while new houses have been started in Medellin, Barranquilla and Giradot and another is contemplated in Bogota. Out of 140 features shown here in the second quarter of this year, all but five were American. Hollywood Has $1,000,000 in Silver West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — About $1 ,000,000 in silver bullion, reclaimed from used films, is reposing here awaiting word from the Government on its disposition as a result of Presidential action last week in nationalizing silver. Laboratory executives have queried the federal authorities on whether the government's 90-day sale limit oder would apply to their accumulations. Annual reclamation of silver in Hollywood is placed at about $500,000. DETROIT ZONING PLAN DETAILS ANNOUNCED Detroit — Detroit zoning plan released Monday gives first runs 28 days protection over second runs with prices of 35 cents afternoons, 55 cents nights, minimum with stage shows, 30 cents matinees and 45 cents nights without stage shows. All matinees end at 6 o'clock with minimum price of 10 cents, but such houses cannot get pictures till six months after first runs. Three sec (Continued on Page 3) Pope Insists All Films Must Be "Moralizing" Rome — A compromise suggestion, calling for the production of a certain number of films on religious subjects to satisfy the demand for "moral" films, has been turned down by Pope Pius. The Pontiff insists that the entire output of the industry be a "moralizing educational force." I0WA-NEBR. EXHIBS WOULD ACCEPT CODE By CLAUDE WILBUR FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Omaha — Calvin Bard, chairman of a group of independent exhibitors and Allied members of Nebraska and Western Iowa who announced "withdrawal" from the code a few months ago, made overtures to have his group re-affiliated when Division (Continued on Page 7) Philly Independent Group Elects Alternate Boards Philadelphia — At its meeting yesterday the Independent Exhibitors Protective Ass'n elected the following board of governors: Morris Wax, Chairman; Harry Fried, Columbus Stamper, Herb Elliott, Bill Butler, John Bagley, Norman Lewis, Dave Shapiro and Clarance Hexter. David Barrist was elected honorary member. An alternate board also was elect (Continued on Page 7) $5,000,000 is Being Added To Warners' 1934-35 Budget Robert Frenzel Joins Wisconsin Enterprises Milwaukee — Robert Frenzel, formere executive with Fox-Midwesco and more recently with Skouras Bros, on the west coast, has been named supervisor of suburban theaters for the Wisconsin Amusement Enterprises. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Voicing optimism in the outlook for the new season, Jack L. Warner yesterday stated that the Warner production budget for 193435 would be increased by more than $5,000,000 in excess of last year and any previous year. The company is making 60 features, 30 each under the Warner and the First Na(Continued on Page 7) Big City Theaters to Pay Higher Code Fees Under New Allocation Revision of the code system of allocating theater assessments, with the purpose of reducing fees charged against houses in small towns and transferring the burden to theaters in large centers, is expected to be effected by the Code Authority. The plan, understood to be set to become effectiive in connection with the second half of the assess(Continued on Page 7) ENJOIN GROSS TAX IN STATE OF WASH. Seattle-Exchanges in the state of Washington were victors in a tax ruling wh^n the state tax commission in Olympia was enjoined by court order from enforcing the state business tax law against the gross (Continued on Page 8) RKO Circuit May Charge Overbuying by Loew Group As a result of new season product situation in the New York metropolitan territory, the RKO circuit is reported planning to file an overbuying complaint with the local grievance board against Loew's. RKO is understood to have obtained (Continued on Page 7) Columbia Becomes Lender West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Columbia, which until a few months ago had few players under contract and was obliged to borrow for almost every picture, is now one of the principal lenders. Recent loans from its roster include Gene Raymond and Nancy Carroll to Reliance, Ann Sothern and George Murphy to Samuel Goldwyn, Donald Cook to Select, Richard Cromwell to Paramount, John Buckler to M-G-M and Geneva Mitchell to Universal