Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1933)

L The Leading Daily Newspaper of the' Motion Picture Industry MOTION PICTURE DAILY Alert, intelligent and Faithful Service to the Inditstry in All Branches VOL. 34. NO. 86 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1933 TEN CENTS SALARY-FIXING DROPPED; NEW NRA CODE '85% O. K.' Actors' Guild Will Not Join Equity-Cantor Hollywood, Oct. 10. — Eddie Cantor, in an exclusive interview today, spiked the persistent rumors that the Actors' Guild would affiliate with Actors' Equity, with local autonomy. He also denied the organization would ever affiliate with any other group, though it nas been hinted from inside sources not connected with Cantor that the guild might sooner or later be forced to become affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Cantor emphasized that the guild is a Hollywood organization for Hollywood actors in all classifications engaged in screen work, that they are in no way a belligerent body, but that they think when the final code is adopted it will be fair enough to (.Continued on Page 10) Deny Nathanson Is To Get Big Circuit Reports from Toronto that N. L. Nathanson, head of Famous Players Canadian, was here to negotiate for outright purchase of the Paramount Canadian subsidiary, were denied yesterday by Ralph A. Kohn, head of Paramount Publix theatre operations. Operating reports of the Paramount trustees have revealed the Famous Players Canadian circuit to be among the most profitable theatre properties of Paramount, which is regarded here as a strong argument against the likelihood that it will be disposed of. Warner Anti-Trust Suit Off to Nov. 6 Trial of the Department of Justice anti-trust suit against Warners, an outgrowth of the company's acquisition of First National was adjourned again, this time to Nov. 6, when the case came up on the U. S. District Court calendar here yesterday. Although ofiicial expressions cannot be obtained from either Attorney General Homer S. Cummings' office (.Continued on page 11) About 85% of Code Settled, States Deputy Washington, Oct. 10. — Estimating 85 per cent of the industry code is now in final form. Deputy NRA Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt tonight saw to it that necessary copies were forwarded immediately to the labor, consumers', research and planning, industrial and labor boards of the NRA for immediate study in the expectation that these five boards, which must pass on all industry codes, will be ready to submit reports by the end of the week. Rosenblatt said he had reason to believe these bodies had nothing of a pressing nature ahead of them which (Continued on page 10) Demountable Plans For Theatres Set Demountable theatres, made of interchangeable steel beams and ranging from 27& to 600 seats each, have been patented by Pix Theatres Corp., newly organized under New York state laws. Frank R. Wilson, formerly vice-president of Principal Distributing Corp., and John S. Clarke, Jr., are sponsors and say the plan which was patented in Washington two weeks ago makes possible construction of (Continued on page 11) Allied ^s Anti-Code Fight By Wires Irks Rosenblatt Article 10 Is Swung Back to the Original Proposal — Agents Are Restricted; Parleys Nearing End By RED KANN Washington, Oct. 10. — Efforts to regulate star salaries through a salary-fixing board passed entirely out of the code tonight when Deputy NRA Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt issued a second revision of the pact containing the highlights of the original Article 10. Generally it was made up of the same provisions included in the producers' code delivered to the NRA on Aug. 23, but with a number of changes which Lester Cowan, executive secretary of the Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences, declared were much more vigorous and applicable to a greater number of players in Hollywood than the first provisions covered. The second NRA draft to be issued within a week demonstrated itself to be more specific as to language. According to Rosenblatt, it is 85 per cent set as to acceptance by different groups with the exception of the insurgents, who, it appeared tonight, will rate little or no attention. Insofar as language and intent are concerned, the deputy declared the second revision was 90 per cent identical with the first. Making good on his promise that the much-disputed Articles 9 and 10 would be ready by Wednesday, the complete text, as issued tonight, contained them. No Final Date Set As close to the finish line as Rosenblatt declares the code to be, he continued to be cautious in his statements. For instance, he refused to make comment on when the code would go to General Hugh S. Johnson for the approval which precedes inspection and signature by the President. He conceded that while 85 per cent was agreed upon, the remaining 15 per cent presented need for additional (Continued on page 6) "Riders" for Sales Pacts Are Approved Washington, Oct. 10. — Distributors may insert "riders" in the standard optional license agreement under the general heading of individual sales policy, it is provided in Part 1, Section F, of the second NRA code draft made public here today. This provision was anticipated and, as a matter of fact, was insisted upon by distributors. The second draft adds this closing sentence to the clause which appeared in the first (Continued on page 10) Washington, Oct. 10. — Insurgent exhibitors will get no consideration in last-minute deliberations to formulate a code. Deputy Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt strongly intimated tonight upon discovering that a flood of telegrams received in protest to the NRA code had its origin in an organized campaign sponsored by various Allied States units. While awaiting copies of the second NRA draft, which now looks as though it would be the final code for the industry, Rosenblatt was given two bulletins. One was dated Oct. 8, and sent out by Allied of New Jersey. The second, dated Oct. 9, was sent out by the M.P.T.O. of Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware. Both bulletins were sent to members of those organizations and ordered the recipients to flood Pcesident Roosevelt and Administrjitor Hugh S. Johnson with telegrams solicited from their employes, local club women, newspapers, bankers and merchants calling upon them to pro(Continued on page 10) Still Speculate on Allied Dual Stand Washington, Oct. 10. — Curiosity is still rife over why Allied informed Deputy NRA Administrator Sol A. Rosenijlatt recently that its delegates could not agree on disposal of the double bill question. A man who says he has had access to the vote on the issue, as taken at the code-forming conferences in New York, asserts the record shows all (Continued on page 10)