The Film Daily (1934)

HELP THE FILM DAILY RELIEF FUND TO HELP THOSE IN NEED « : ntimate in Character nternational in Scope ndependent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Sixteen Years Old DL. LXVI. NO. 138 NEW yOCI\,>VtDNE$DAy, DECEMBER 12, 1934 5 CENT* \ale of Tickets to Free Radio Shows Charged iOO SERVING CODE WITHOUT PAY, SAYS FARNSWORTH [ode Has Been a Boon to Industry, Says Will H. Hays Ites Benefits of First Year Under SelfGovernment The motion picture code, which just completed the first year of operation, has proven a boon to industry, declared Will H. Hays sterday. lays Hays: The motion picture industry was ong the first to join the major 'ustries of the nation in the deopment of a code of fair compeon under the National Industry covery Act. Through this further step of (Continued on Page 6) .LIED DIRECTORS GO INTO SESSION How They Started By WILLIAM SPECHT FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Sew Orleans ■ — Attempts to get :k for exhibitors excessive Erpi vice charges, decision to back a jyright amendment similar to the 5 defeated in 1932 so that Ascap (Continued on Page 6) dustry Offers Aid In War Against Crime ishington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Five definite _ forms motion picture co-operation in venting and detecting crime was dered to the Attorney-General's iference on crime yesterday by rl E. Milliken, secretary of the ys association, who suggested (Continued on Page 6) Plan Gulf Buying Combine New Orleans — Independent exhibitors from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama will meet at the Jung Hotel here today to discuss the formation of a booking combine. members of National Film Carriers, Inc., ! dependable service. — Advt. Presenting Mississippi Ed Kuykendall, President of the Motion Picture Theater Owners of America, in the sixth of the "How They Started" series. Maestro Kuykendall broke in as a black-face comedian with the Medicine Show of Dr. Allen. He doubled as an acrobat and in his spare time made balloon ascensions and did parachute jumping. The impression is by that artist unique, "Hap" Hadley Tickets to Free Radio Shows Are Being Sold in New Racket Clark Gable, Myrna Loy Lead in Popularity Poll Clark Gable and Myrna Loy are the favorite film stars in the New York metropolitan district, it is indicated in a radio poll conducted at WMCA by Sam Taylor, movie commentator for the station. Out of about 2,500 mail replies received in response to a single broadcast last {Continued on Page 8) That free admission tickets to sponsored radio broadcasts are being sold on occasion was learned on good authority yesterday by The Film Daily. This budding new racket was started as a result of the big demand for passes to broadcasts of important programs, it is stated and the ducats bring anywhere from 50 cents to a dollar or more. One enterprising individual who (Continued on Page 8) Big Majority of Code Setup Giving Time Without Compensation By RICHARD H. CUNNINGHAM FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Washington — Rallying to the defense of the film code setup, Deputy Administrator William P. Farnsworth told The Film Daily in an exclusive statement yesterday that there are "500 persons in the administration and in the film, industry who are serving the code entirely without compensation." "In the code authority headquar(Continued on Page 6) THIS CASE NEEDS MORE THAN CODE AUTHORITY As special reporter for this Film Daily Relief Fund Drive, your correspondent finds that he never lacks for copy. As we started to write this one, a film mug in dire distress (Continued on Page 8) 75-Cent Extra Dividend Is Declared by Loew's An extra dividend of 75 cents in addition to the quarterly dividend of 25 cents was declared by Loew's yesterday. Election of C. C. Moskowitz as a director was announced. At the annual meeting of stockholders it was brought out that the salary and bonus paid during the (Continued on Page 8) Skouras Deal Near Signing Signing of the contract whereby Skouras Brothers will operate the reorganized Fox West Coast circuit under the new name of National Theaters for a period of 10 years, as first reported in THE FILM DAILY of Nov. 28, is now but a matter of hours, it was learned on good authority yesterday. Chase National Bank and Fox Film interests are said to have reached an agreement on the details of the deal.