The Film Daily (1935)

Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought i The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Seventeen Years Old VOL. 68 NO. 96 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1935 TEN CENTS Theater Openings Registered Big Jump Last Month GOV'T MAY RECALL WITNESSES IN ST. LOUIS SUIT Next S.M.P.E. Meets to be in Chicago and Rochester Hold Symposium on Screen Brightness at Second Day's Meeting By PRESCOTT DENNETT FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Washington — Delegates to the fall convention of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, now in progress at the Wardman Park Hotel, decided yesterday to hold their spring conference in Chicago and next year's semi-annual meeting in Rochester, N. Y. A symposium by experts on screen brightness featured yesterday's session, with technical meetings at the (.Continued on Page 7) 160 DISTRIBUTING NON-THEATRIGALS Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Non-theatrical films are at present being distributed by no less than 160 sources in this country, according to a compilation by Cline M. Koon, senior specialist in Radio and Visual Education, U. S. Department of the Interior. In (Continued on Page 4) How They Started Lichtman to Announce New Plans in Few Days Al Lichtman said yesterday that he plans to formally announce his future plans late this week. Lichtman is generally expected to join M-G-M in the East, as indicated in The Film Daily of Oct. 11. Allied Leaders to Speak At Michigan Convention Detroit — Speakers scheduled for the Allied Theaters of Michigan convention Nov. 12-13 at the Hotel Statler include Sidney Samuelson, national president; Abram F. Myers, general counsel; Col. H. A. Cole of (Continued on Page 6) Presenting Abe Montague, general sales manager of Columbia Pictures, in the popular FILM DAILY "How They Started" series. Abe broke into the show business via the combination musicalcommercial route, playing the piano and doubling in the ticket booth for a jitney theater he owned in Weirs, N. H. He later went into distribution and was Columbia district manager before taking charge of sales. "Col." Hap Hadley, the incorrigible, is the man behind the brush and pen ■ 1 15 Openings, Only 50 Closings Reported for the Past Month Wilding Productions Gets Essanay Studio, Chicago Chicago— Wilding Picture Productions, makers of industrial films, has acquired the old Essanay studio at 1333 Argyle St. which was the production center of the industry in early silent days. The building will be remodeled and equippi I with (Continued on d Opening of new theaters and reopening of closed houses set a high mark for a year or more last month when a total of about 175 houses were added to the operating list, while closings dropped to a low of around 50. Pittsburgh territory topped in number of openings with 19, followed by the Minneapolis and St. Louis areas with 14 each; Cleveland, 11; Atlanta, 11; Oklahoma (Continued on Page 6) Government Rests Case in St. Louis With Proviso to Recall Witnesses By DAVID BARRETT FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent St. Louis — The government rested its case in chief against Warners, et al, in the conspiracy trial at 11:40 A. M. yesterday with the reservation that Russell Hardy, special assistant to the U. S. Attorney General, be permitted to submit to •Judge George H. Moore a memorandum setting forth particular points in the record where he thought the Court should reverse its rulings that portions of the testimony relative to various conversations should apply only to those individual defendants present at such conversations and the corporations they represented, and not instruct the jury that such (Continued on Page 6) SHEEHAN HOLDING OFF ON PLANS FOR FUTURE Returning on the Majestic after a European vacation with his bride, Maria Jeritza, Winfield R. Sheehan yesterday stated that as yet he has made no future plans or connections and so far has not even discussed (Continued on Page 4) K. C. Exhibs Give Majors 10 Days on Zoning Reply Indicating that they contemplate an anti-trust action unless the Kansas City zoning and clearance schedule is revamped, Ringolsky, Boatright & Jacobs, attorneys for a num (Continucd on Page 6) StoryWriter Demand At Peak, Says Hampton Demand from Hollywood for stories and writers is at the peak point in many years, according to David B. Hampton, literary agent. In (Continued on Page 21