The Film Daily (1935)

[[Thursday, Oct. 3, 1935 JURY SELECTED FOR ST. LOUIS HEARING (Continued from Page 1) general contractor and real estate. Shortly after Judge George H. Moore had convened his court, Senator James Reed, Warner counsel, again brought up his application for continuance of the criminal case, but the judge reminded him that he had been overruled in the matter. I District Attorney Harry Blanton, in I behalf of the Government, then beI gan examination of prospective j jurors, and at the afternoon session I Samuel Fordyce, attorney for Para| mount, questioned them. As a basis for questions he j planned to ask the candidates, AtI torney Jacob Lashly briefly went inj to the charges involved in the action. Counsel for all three defendant corporations objected to the court's plan to select additional jurors beyond the twelve required for active duty, declaring that the move was unconstitutional. Judge Moore, howI ever, overruled the objection. Opening statements this morning are expected to be made for the corporate defendants as follows: Gentry for Paramount, Lashly for RKO and Reed for Warners. Russell Hardy, in charge of the Government's criminal conspiracy action against the three major distributors, expects that a maximum of four days will be required to put in his case. Counsel for Paramount, Warner Bros, and RKO figure that they will need a substantially longer period. St. Louis Sidelights St. Louis — Cigar-chewing Jim Reed made a terrible mistake the other day when he mistook Harry Warner's nice new hat for a receptacle. Fanchon & Marco has furnished the press with passes to its Fox, Ambassador and Missouri theaters. The Mayfair Hotel is getting a big play from the trialists in quest of luncheon. Al Zimbalist, who has set St. Louis on its head with his exploitation stunts in behalf of Warner theaters hereabouts, is guiding some of the visitors to the local battlefields, or whatever you call 'em. Russell Hardy, who is prosecuting for the Government, cleared up one issue the other a. m. when he told reporters that his name has no middle initial, despite a variety of contributions of spare initials. Indiana Operators Sign Indianapolis — Indiana exhibitors and operators' union have reached an agreement, with contracts made to 1938. Meetings continue with reference to downtown theaters and the stage hands. Short Shots from Eastern Studios By CHARLES ALICOATE "QENTLEMEN'S SPORTS", newest short subject featuring Bill Corum as narrator, has been completed at the Van Beuren studio for release by RKO Radio. Such well known personalities as Gar Wood, Richard DuPont, Eltinge F. Warner, Woolworth Donahue, G. H. "Pete" Bostwick and Francis and Edgar T. Appleby are shown at their favorite sports and hobbies. Don Hancock supervised the production. • Phil Harris, orchestra leader currently featured with his band at the Starlight Roof of the Waldorf-Astoria, is being starred in a two-reel musical now in production at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio. Featured with Harris in the short is Leah Ray, songstress. Joseph Henabery is directing. • Walter Sheridan h&s completed writing the screen version of "The Song of the Tenement", by Jacob Kalish, to star Molly Picon. Linda Lee Hill, now rehearsing in a Broadway show, is scheduled to play the ingenue part opposite Miss Picon in the feature. Plans are now being made to go into production in an eastern studio within the next two weeks. • Al Christie started work yesterday at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria on the short featuring Tim and Irene of radio fame. The comedy, titled "One Big Happy Family", is being produced and. directed by Christie for Educational. • B. K. Blake will get under way Tuesday at the Biograph studio on another of the "'Voice of Experience" shorts for Columbia release. • "A Capitol Idea" is the final title of the second "Easy Ace" release for the season. It is a Van Beuren production for RKO Radio release and was formerly called "In Washington". The film takes the audience behiyid the scenes in many departmental buildings in the nation's capital. • Niela Goodelle, Nell Kelly, Earl Oxford and Fred Lightner will be featured in the next two-reel mus:<?al. tentatively titled "Perfect Thirty Sixes", to be produced and directed by Al Christie and scheduled to get under way next week at the Astoria studios. Charles Williams and Marcy Klauber are credited with the story as well as the music and lyrics of the songs used in the short, which will be released through 20th Century-Fox. • Ina Ray Hutton and her musical girls are scheduled to start work next week at the Astoria studios in a musical short to be produced by Paramount for release in its "Headliner" series. Fred Waller will direct. • Jottings .... Final cutting on the William Rowland feature, "Sweet Surrender", for Universal release, is expected to be completed this week .... Pat Donahue, will again hold script for the Hecht-MacArthur unit getting under way Tuesday on the feature, "Soak the Rich", at the Astoria plant .... Leon Shamroy and Charles Harten will be behind the cameras .... A musical comedy short featuring Phil Baker is being planned, with work likely to be done at the West Coast Service studio.... Johnnie Doran has been casting for types, with Johnnie Walker slated to do the megging. . . .Opal Baker, known for her ingenue roles in eastern studios, has returned after a five-month European trip .... A camera crew is expected to arrive this week from the coast to shoot exterior scenes for a Columbia feature which Ben Schwab will supervise. .. .Don Hancock will start shooting this week in the Van Beuren studios on another one-reeler for RKO Radio release. .. .Harold Godsoe, assistant director on the Hecht-MacArthur feature, is being deluged by extras looking for work .... Production on a series of features in color is being planned at the Irvington studios .... Ray Foster has succeeded Ed DuPar as first cameraman at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio, with Jay Resher, filling Foster's place as second.... • The Yacht Club Boys start work today in their third two-reel Vitaphone comedy at the company's plant in Brooklyn. Lloyd French has been assigned to direct the new film, which is as yet untitled. • The Phil Harris musical film currently before the cameras at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio will contain three songs written especially for the film by Irving Kahal and Sanford Green. Set Fire Prevention Week New Orleans — Sponsored by the Hays Office, film row here will hold a fire prevention week beginning Oct. 7. The week will open with an inspection and a mass meeting of film men in the Paramount screening room. A prominent official of the fire company will address the film men. This row holds a record for no fires originating in the film departments themselves. Birthday Opposition in N. O. New Orleans — Harold Wilkes of Paramount and Mickey Mouse of United Artists and King Features, celebrated their birthdays Saturday, the first at the Blue Room and the second at Loew's State. Mickey pulled the bigger crowd. New Indiana Company Indianapolis — Beverly Theaters, Inc., Brazil, Ind., has been incorporated to operate theaters. Incorporators are William P. Tilley, Harold V. Neese and Joseph E. Kohn. FINISH GROUNDWORK IN ERPI-AT&T PROBE (Continued from Page 1) sional hearings later in fall. "One of the primary questions we are interesting ourselves in is the matter of Erpi's connection with A. T. & T", Walker stated. "This was one of the factors leading Senator Wheeler and other members of Congress to demand the investigation." Expressing interest in the Sirovich Committee's investigation of patent pools, the Commissioner stated that the findings might be useful to his own probe. A. T. & T. Abandons Plans for Television (Continued from Page 1) be made available to others who may desire to conduct experiments. The A. T. & T. holds that to do so would be to give away the fruit of its labors to outsiders. The result of AT. & T.'s decision may be to delay television transmission for some time. Arrest Unlicensed Agent In Test Case by Moss Wm. Schilling, actors' agent, was held for Special Sessions by Magistrate Brough in Municipal Court, Central Term, on charge of operating without a license in the test case instituted by License Commissioner Paul Moss. Date for hearing will be fixed soon. Schilling was released in custody of his counsel, I. Robert Broder. New Incorporations NEW YORK Prudential Circuit of Theaters, Inc., Manhattan. Motion Pictures; capital, $2,000. Stockholders: David Coral, Jacob Schaum and Margaret Hanaghan, Brooklyn. Instructional Films, Inc., New York. Educational screen products; capital, 200 shares of stock. Shareholders: H. W. Wilson, J. L. Kauffman and C. D. Francis, New York. Herbert's Homunculi, Inc., Kings County. Motion pictures; capital, $10,000. Stockholders: Reuben B. Schmitz, Seymour A. Guttman and Paula Rothenberg, New York. Bull Theaters, Inc., Manhattan. Theatricals; capital, $10,000. Stockholders: Alexander Ramer, Meyer Funt and Leo Fortier, New York. Odessa Operating Corp., Manhattan. Theatricals; capital, $1,000. Stockholders: Ruth Glundell, Emma F. Kob and Catherine R. Muench, New York. Cleartone Theater Corp., Bronx. Theatrical business; capital, seventy-five shares of stock. Shareholders: Herman Young, Sara G. Miller and Harold D. Scharf, New York. Armac Amusement Corp., Manhattan. Theatricals; capital 200 shares of stock. Shareholders: Elliot A. Wieser, Lee Resnick and Nettie Weisman, Brooklyn. Livingston Theaters, Inc., Oneida. Motion pictures; capital, $20,000. Stockho'ders. Myron J. Kallet, Sidney J. Kallet and Alexander L. Saul, Syracuse. CHANGE OF NAME France Films Inc. to Franco-American Film Corp. DISSOLUTIONS C. H. Buckley Theatrical Enterprises, Albany. Artlee Pictures Corp., New York. Moviegraphs, New York.