The Film Daily (1934)

THE ■a&a DAILY Tuesday, Oct. 23, 1934 WARREN TO HANDLE CHRYSLER EQUIPMENT {Continued from Page 1) ly, with Walter P. Chrysler Jr. as president heading Airtemp Incorp., the world distributing organization which will itself handle all sales under the sales management of H. C. Jamerson, except in the theater classification granted to Warren's company. Readiness to make immediate surveys and installations in the aters is announced by Warren with the statement that equipments are available for quick delivery and that the executive operating staff of the Control Corp. has been named. The head of the engineering staff will be Andre Merle, formerly with Carrier Engineering and lately with Clyde R. Pearce, air-conditioning consultant. William E. Harkness will be traffic and contracting consultant. He has been with A. T. & T. and Erpi. Arthur E. Ralph for years with Erpi, will head the survey and installation division, as well as holding the post of assistant treasurer. I. M. Magnus will be secretary. Sales personnel appointments will be announced later. Warren retires from Erpi on Dec. 31. He was founder of Associated Producers and also a founder and vicepresident of the Goldwyn Co. which merged with M-G-M. Jimmy Savo Film Titled "Once in a Blue Moon" is announced as the release title of the Jimmy Savo feature film being produced by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur at the Eastern Service Studios, Astoria, L. I., under the tentative title of "Laugh Little Clown," for Paramount release. 3DUWORLD "Hits" on BROADWAY— Now "The BLUE LIGHT" 6th Week • 55th St. Playhouse * * * 3 Stars — Daily News "The MAN WHO CHANGED HIS NAME" 2nd Week • Westminster Cinema Edgar Wallace's Thriller Better for U. S. than average British picture. — Hollywood Reporter "NORAH O'NEALE" 42nd St. Cameo Theatre All-Irish Talkie with tinFamous Abbey Players • good pictures cannot be denied • Distributed by 729 Seventh Ave. MEdallion 3-2943 Studios Donate to Fight Against Sinclair West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Studio employees in all departments, from clerical help to stars, are being asked to donate a day's pay for a chest to defeat the election of Upton Sinclair as Governor of California. Believing that Sinclair's election will hurt the film industry along with others, the movie colony is plugging the candicacy of Gov. Frank F. Merriam. Actors' Guild Officials Confident of AFL Tieup (.Continued from Page 1) privileges and 2,500 members in the Junior Guild. Guild officials deny any real opposition in their own ranks to the proposal and point out that producers must recognize an Actors' organization and that the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences has less than 25 active members who are actors. Majority of Class A and B members are under contract to studios. Council of the Actors' Equity Association will vote next week on the proposed affiliation with the Screen Actors' Guild provided directors of the Guild approve today at their meeting in Hollywood the terms and conditions of the affiliation worked out between a Guild committee and Frank Gillmore, president of Equity, now on the coast. The Film Daily learns that Equity is not likely to accept any affiliation with the Screen Actors' Guild unless this affiliation provi es for a closed shop and that all Guild members shall become members of Equity. Gillmore is slated to arrive in New York by plane on Thursday, bringing with him the proposed agreement of affiliation. It is learned that the agreement, if ratified by the Equity Council, may have to be submitted to the Equity membership for approval and that similar procedure may have to be taken by the Screen Actors' Guild. Negotiations between Equity and the Screen Actors' Guild have been proceeding for several months. When Gillmore departed for the coast several weeks ago to attend the A. F. of L. convention he had a fully prepared plan of affiliation with him. This plan has been modified in some respects. Beeksteak Party for Sophie Tucker A welcome-home testimonial beefsteak party to Sophie Tucker will be given Nov. 3, starting at 11 P. M., in Mecca Temple Casino, under auspices of the council of the American Federation of Actors. Eddie Cantor is chairman of the arrangements committee, and tickets are $3 a head. Miss Tucker is returning from England, where she filled theatrical engagements and appeared in pictures. Vita. Signs Seely and Fields Blossom Seely and Benny Fields, stage and radio entertainers, have been signed by Sam Sax, production head of the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio, for appearance in a one-reeler. Buster West will also appear in this film, which enters production today. Roy Mack has been assigned to direct. Erpi Trying Out New Equipment {Continued from Page 1) including the Carlton at Red Bank. The apparatus is said to turn out an excellent grade of sound without employing the flywheel process controlled by the William Fox company and infrigement upon the American Tri-Ergon double print system is avoided through the vertical cut system of re-recording. That Erpi would likely adopt rerecording was exclusively indicated in The Film Daily of Oct. 17. Bondholders Draft New Paramount Plan {Continued from Page 1) reorganization proceedings under Sec. 77B. The plan is said to be more moderate in its cost to Paramount than the underwriting under the plan prepared by Kuhn-Loeb at the request of the Vanderlip bondholder committee and the bankgroup committee. Sumner declined to comment on the proposed plan. Reade Must Give Up 138 Films in Jersey New York grievance board yesterday sustained two overbuying complaints of Herbert and Leon Shusterman against Walter Reade and ordered Reade -to give the Shustermans 70 pictures of major producers for the Carlton Theater, Red Bank, and 68 for the Roxy Theater, Perth Amboy. The Shustermans will be permitted to take their choice of two lists of pictures to be prepared in both cases which shall be equal in number and as nearly equal in quality as possible. The exchanges involved in Red Bank are Fox, United Artists, MG-M, Vitagraph, Columbia and Paramount; in Perth Amboy, Fox, United Artists, M-G-M, Vitagraph, Columbia, Paramount and Big U. Complaint against RKO exchange was dismissed in both cases. 6 Gaumont-British Films Being Made at Twickenham London — Arrangements have been concluded for the production of six pictures for Gaumont-British Distributors at the Twickenham studios at a total cost of about $1,000,000. Titles are "A. 1 at Lloyd's," "Squibs," "Morals of Marcus", "Vintage Wine", "Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" and "Oliver Cromwell." Plan Film on King George London — A picture dealing with the life of King George is being prepared by Winston Churchill for London Film Productions, of which Alexander Korda is head. WITHDRAW PETITION IN FOX THEATERS CASE {Continued from Page 1) ton expressed regret that the attorneys for the receiver and the creditors could not "get together and work out a plan of reorganization". Although no mention was made' yesterday of the "bad faith" charge which was being prosecuted by Archibald C. Palmer, counsel for certain creditors, it was believed that Kelby wished to relieve A. C. Blumenthal of further examination at the hands of Palmer who was to resume questioning of Blumenthal at yesterday's hearing. In requesting the withdrawal of the petition, Kel-; by told the court that all claims in| equity receivership of Fox Theaters will be heard Nov. 8 by a special master and that "if the claims arei disposed of on their merits, there will be a limited number of credi-i tors left and only about eight attorneys with whom to deal in the matter." Kelby also stated that since filing the original petition for reorganization, he has not received the cooperation of attorneys for certain other creditors. Blumenthal's entrance into the case came about as the result of the assignment to his sister, Miriam Rogers of Boston, of his claim of $400,000 against the corporation. In granting the withdrawal, Judge Manton gave Kelby the right and privilege to reopen the case subsequent to the settlement of claims by the special master. Italy Raises Tax Rome — To encourage native production, the government has raised the tax on imported films from $2,000 to $3,200. Ask $150,000 for Play Producer and authors of "Merrily" We Roll Along," Broadway hit, are asking $150,000 for the screeirj rights. Several majors, including) Paramount and M-G-M, are in on the bidding. Monogram Declares Dividend Third quarterly dividend of 1% per cent has been declared by Monogram, payable Nov. 1. Sam E. Morris Harry Cohn Harry Scott Fred Datig Sally O'Neil