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. 153 NEW yCCI\, WCNCAY, DECEMbCR 31, 1934 <5 CENTS Catholics Dissatisfied With Film Rating System PARA. PLAN MAY HAVE TO AWAIT TRI-ERGON RULING British Film Industry Sets New Peak in Expansion Overseating Reaches the Acute Stage — American Program Films Hit Development and expansion in the British film industry reached its alltime peak in 1934, it is shown in the annual survey of that country's movie situation by Ernest W. Fredman, managing editor of "The Daily Film Renter," for The Film Daily Year Book. While the upturn in the production end has been of a healthy nature, the indiscriminate building (.Continued on Page 5) A Happy New Year SEE MODERNIZATION IN BRITISH EXHIBITION BOOTH SCALE HEARING SHIFTED TO WASH'N British exhibition is modernizing itself through replacement of oldfashioned theaters with modern structures, declared Joe Friedman, in charge of Columbia's distribution in that territory, in New York yesterday. Friedman is in New York conferring with Joseph H. Seidelman, the company's foreign department head, and other home office officials, and plans to leave for England next week. More than 50 per cent of film con (Continued on Page 5) A Happy New Year 24 E. M. Loew Houses In Active Operation Boston — Out of 28 houses in the E. M. Loew independent circuit in New England, all but four are now in active operation. Phil Berler is booking all of the situations. Fights Newspaper With Radio Lincoln, Neb. — Milton Overman, Varsity manager here in a fight with newsprpers over rates and policies, has installed a mike in his office and takes two broadcast periods a day over KFOR, local radio station. He tells 'em the latest gossip about coming pictures and has a mike by the screen he can switch on at crucial spots in the picture to give 'em a teaser on the current attraction. Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Deputy Administrator William P. Farnsworth announced Saturday that a public hearing on the proposed amendment for determining minimum booth scales in Greater New York, will be conducted Jan. 11 in the Raleigh Hotel here. A Happy New Year Soviets Invite U. S. Firms In World Cinema Festival American major companies, through their foreign departments, have been invited to participate in the World Cinema Festival to be held under auspices of the Soviet Government in Russia beginning Feb. 10 in observance of the 15th anniversary of its film industry. A Happy New Year Smalley Case Closed Washington — On the basis of evidence submitted, the NRA Compliance Council has filed no violation of the code as charged in the case of William C. Smalley, Hamilton, N. Y., against the Glove City Amusement Co., Gloversville, and recommends that the case be closed, according to Deputy Administrator William P. Farnsworth. BRITISH LAUNCHING THIRD DIMENSION London (By Cable) — Experiments being carried on by Gaumont British and Imperial Chemical Industries indicate that stereoscopic films will be available for public exhibition in two years. One system which has already successfully produced these effects on a screen involves embed ding in the film itself two separat'lenses and also requires a spec'a! screen. A second process concern" printing of two views of the same scene on the same positive film. A Happy Ne-M Year 15 Gaumont British Films From Outside Producers London (By Cable) — Gaumont British is having about 15 pictures made by outside producers, including Julius Hagen, who is understood to have a contract to deliver six features. Maurice Ostrer has now assumed important status in the company's production activities. C. M. Woolf, formerly concerned with production, is now devoting virtually all of his efforts to distribution. Chicago Legion's Film Lists Are Called "All But Useless" Objections and dissatisfaction on the part of Catholics in the east over the rating and listing of clean pictures in accordance with the lists issued by the Chicago council of the Legion of Decency has resulted International Film Expo Is Being Held in Japan Tokio — An international exposition of the film industry will be held here from Jan. 7 to Jan. 21. in a movement to revise the system, with the likelihood that a national list may result. Both Catholic churchmen and the laity have criticized the Chicago lists as being of little value to New York moviegoers and also on the grounds that by the time the lists are made available the majority of pictures have completed their runs or remain to (Continued on Page 2) Determination of Para. e Claims Must Await Tri-Ergon Edict Indications are that Federal Judge Alfred M. Coxe may not approve a Paramount reorganization plan until after the U. S. Supreme Court rules ■< on the American Tri-Ergon Corp. ] patent litigation, and thereby deter i mines whether the claims filed v against Paramount by Tri-Ergon a for indeterminate sums have any validity. This is because it is provided that the Paramount reorgani » (Continued on Page 5) t. A Happy New Year v W.B. FRANK TO HANDLE" WANGER DISTRIBUTION ' Forget your delivery worries by shipping via National Film Carriers, Inc. — Advt. Walter Wanger, who is producing a series for Paramount, has appointed W. B. Frank, formerly Mack Sennett New York representative, to handle distribution matters. Wanger on Wednesday opens an office for Walter Wanger Productions in the Paramount Building. Helen Strauss will be identified with the office. A Happy New Year 16th Annual Movie Ball At Hotel Astor, Jan. 12 Theater owners of the metropolitan district will hold the 16th Annual Movie Ball on Jan. 12 at the Hotel Astor. There will be a midnight supper, with dancing from 10:30 A. M. Freddie Rich and His Orchestra and the Bama Collegians will supply music. Film celebrities f r the event are now being lined up. Record Run for Kansas City Kansas City — All local records for any kind of show, stage or screen, have been broken by "One Night of Love," going into a ninth week at the Fox Apollo. The event inspired an editorial in the Kansas City "Star," which couldn't quite figure out the reason for the film's unusual popularity.