The Film Daily (1934)

Intimate in Character International in Scope (Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Sixteen Years Old /CL. LXVI. NO. 58 NEW YORK, SATtCDAy, f I I I EMI II 8, 1934 5 CENTS Code Assessments for Small Houses Being Reduced SARNOFF NOT AFFECTED IN RKO CIRCUIT CHANGES Admission Scale Not to Govern First -Run in Zoning tasic Principles by Code Auth'y Give Distribs Leeway in Sales Under the set of basic principles f clearance and zoning okayea by tie Code Authority committee on )cal boards, distributors will be iven the r.ght to sell their prodct without admission price restricions adopted in some schedules for ae new season and which will be evised to conform with the memoandum. A number of plans drafted and pproved by local zoning and clearnce boards during recent weeks {Continued on page 4) JIRCUITS BUY PRODUCT WHILE INDEP'TS DELAY Wh'le hundred' of independent xhibitors are holding back on their 934-35 film buys owing to the curlent zoning and clearance situation fnd other reasons, operators in partnership with major companies ire getting set on new season prodct. Film-buying expeditions have (Continued on Page 4) Vill Seek to Standardize ?ilm Carriers' Equipment Standardization of film carriers' quipment will be planned at the nnual convention of the National ^ilm Carriers, Inc., at the Hotel ftetler, Detroit, Oct. 1-3. Various xhibitor leaders, including H. M. tichey of Detroit and Martin Imith of Toledo, will address the leetings. A banquet will take place n the evening of Oct. 2. Triples Back in Detroit Detroit — Triple bills returned here this week when Jacob Schreiber's Blackstone advertised three teatures House is a downtown all-nighter. Fairbanks Film Acclaimed at London Premiere London — Douglas Fairbanks in "The Pri /. te Life of Don Juan," produced by Alexander Korda of London Films for United Artists release, was acclaimed at its world premiere in the Pavilion. Opening night was a brilliant affair, and reviewers next day heaped praise en the production, described as a satirical romance. APPEALING TO PUBLIC SEE MANY REOPENINGS IN FIGHT ON RENTALS THROUGH HOUSING ACT Philadelph'a — Plans are being completed by the Independent Exhibitors Protective Ass'n to enlist public sympathy in its fight against what it considers high film rentals. Screen, rad'o and a big public mass meeting are among the mediums to be employed. RKO Ooening Offices In Spain and Portugal Final arrangements have been made for the opening of RKO Export Corp. offices in Spain and Portugal, with headquarters in Barcelona and exchanges in principal cities of the two coun*" »* according to a cable from Phil Reisman, vice-president of the company, to the home office?. Roberto Trillo, now manager in Panama, leaves that post shortly to assume management of the new RKO distributing territory. Bv LESLIE F. STONE FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Washington— Title 1 of the National Housing Act should prove a veritable boon to many small motion picture theaters that have been closed for some time says the Federal Housing Administration in ; special statement to the motion picture industry. It estimates there are between 3,000 and 4,000 such theaters in towns of between 2,000 to 25,000 population that have been (.Continued on page 4) 10 Theaters Are Added By Philly Exhib Unit Philadelphia — Ten additional theaters have joined the Independent Exhibitors Protective Ass'n. They are the Carman, Lyric and Jewel of this city; Roxy, Northampton; Parkway, Stone Harbor, N. J.; Strand, Steelton; Strand, Kutztown; Penlo, Emaus; Park, Allentown; Casino, S. Langhorne. Assessments for Small Theaters Lower in Second Half of Year Code assessments of hundreds of small theaters will be reduced for the second half of the code year under the revised schedule which will be submitted to the Code Authority for consideration at its meeting Thursday, along with a new assessment plan covering producers and distributors. Houses affected by the cut are small theaters in small towns and last run houses in large cities. Reduction in assessments is made possible through 925 additional assents received by the Authority when the period for indicating compliance with the code was reopened recently. A total of 8,825 assents has now been registered, as compared with the previous total of 7,900. RKO Theater Realignment Designed to Coordinate Activities Appointment of Herbert Bayard Swope as chairman of Keith-AlbeeOrpheum, the principal RKO theater subsidiary, in no way affects the status of David Sarnoff as chairman of Radio-Keith-Orpheum, contrary to an inadvertent statement by The Film Daily that Swope was succeeding Sarnoff. The new elections in RKO circuit personnel, designed to coordinate the activities of the various theater organizations, were announced by Merlin H. Aylesworth, president of Radio-Keith-Orpheum, as follows: New officers of Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corp.: Herbert B. Swope. chairman of the board of directors; Malcolm Kingsberg, vice-chair(Continued on page 4) THEATERS SIGNING NEW MUSIC SCALE A number of theaters have already signed for music licenses at the increased rates, it was said yesterday by E. C. Mills, general manager of the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers. Mills said ASCAP was having no difficulty with the average theater. Czech Government Stops Films Dubbed in German Prague — Dubbing of French andl American films in German has been prohibited by the Czechoslovakian government. Roxy Opens at 9 A. M. To accommodate the crowds for the double attraction of "Romance of a People" on the stage and "Romance in the Rain" on the screen, the Roxy will open at 9 A. M. today. Bill is expected to hold a second week.