Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Educ'l Expected to Keep Present List Court Orders 306 Men Bacl Insiders? Outlook ed.iesday, February 7, 1934 lo Relatives Out of Para., Says Cokell (Continued from page 1) 1 some of his relatives who left company at about the same time, those on the list were still in the ploy of the company. He excluded, course, the late Emil Shauer, forr foreign manager and a brotherlaw of Adolph Zukor, who died ently. iogers inquired whether the profit .ring plan patterned after that in ce in the General Motors organizan and favored by Hertz, contemted profit sharing for "executives employes," and was told by Cokell t Hertz's interest was primarily in "rank and file." Wanted Profit Sharing 'Hertz had built up the Chicago How Cab Co. from nothing on a nt sharing basis," Cokell said. "He d us he didn't want to be associated Sh an organization in which the rank 1 file had no opportunity to share its profits. He took Ralph Kohn i myself to see the assistant treas:r of General Motors, who described it company's profit sharing plan to We discussed it for several weeks er that." Rogers sought to show that Kohn, mer Paramount treasurer, knew re about the company's 812,000,000 ■dit transaction of 1932 than he had nitted in testimony at an earlier iring. Kohn explained his lack of ormation on details of the transacn by declaring at the time that he 1 not been concerned with its mechcs, but merely had participated in Few preliminary conferences which . up to the credit arrangement. Yescay, Rogers queried Cokell on the mber of such conferences Kohn had ticipated in. 'Three or four," was Cokell's reply. Reads from Cokell Diary Rogers then read seven entries from day-by-day diary kept by Cokell :h of which named Kohn as a conee at a discussion on the credit .nsaction. rokell's diary piqued the interest of teree Davis, who inquired concern\ its origin and how closely the enes approximated actual happenings. 'It's a personal diary that I've kept r some time." Cokell explained. "I ed to make entries in it every night." Cokell testified that Hertz believed : Paramount real estate department be "weakly manned" and consulted th Charles F. Noyes, realty expert. an "experienced man to handle it." Samuel Zirn, attorney for another oup of bondholders, endeavored unccessfully to draw an admission Dm Cokell that Erpi's creditor claim ainst the company had been raised om approximately $1,000,000 at the ne of the receivership to $1,900,000 the time of the bankruptcy. Give "Moulin" Party Players traveling with the "Moulin }uge" caravan and a number of well town figures in film and theatrical "cles were guests last night at a pper-dance given by United Artists the Terrace Room of the Hotel ew Yorker. (Continued from page 1) tives, headed by John D. Clark, sales manager. This season, Hammons' company is releasing 52 two-reelers and 66 onereelers. The two-reel series are eight in toto, while the one-reelers break down into seven groups. (Continued from page 1) ruptcy to the U. S. Supreme Court for review. Zirn was admitted to the District of Columbia bar preparatory to inaugurating his actions. One -seeks the review of a denial of his action for the removal of the Paramount trustees in bankruptcy by the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals here last month. The other is on Zirn's unsuccessful attempts to have Paramount adjudicated an involuntary bankrupt at the time Paramount consented to a friendly equity receivership. He will seek a writ of certiorari within the next 10 days, Zirn said, seeking the high court's consent to review the cases. (Continuxd from page 1) secretaries, has been engaged by the Hays organization to handle national publicity. He succeeds no one, the post apparently being a new one. Trumbull is an old newspaper man and lists in his experience an association with the former New York World where he was a syndicate writer. Evangelist Loses Suit Hollywood, Feb. 6. — Judge Yankwich today handed down a judgment of $5,900 against Aimee Semple McPherson in the suit brought by the estate of the late J. Roy Stewart charging failure to proceed with a film called "Clay in Potter's Field," in which she had agreed to play. Cold Detains Hays Hollywood, Feb. 6. — Suffering from a cold. Will Hays has been forced to postpone his return east. He is at the Queen of Angels Hospital for observation. His condition is not critical. He will not attempt to start east before the week-end. Jolson Headlines Cheese Al Jolson headlined the Cheese Club guest list yesterday which included Jack Pearl. Rudy Vallee. John McGovern. Joseph Israels. Ferde Grofe. Louis Adamic, Julius Tannen and Paul Moss. Col. Boys* Novel Set Lou Goldberg and Ed Olmstead, both of Columbia, have finished "The Unsinkable Mrs. Jay," based on the life of J. J. Brown. The 90.000-word novel has been accepted by Macauley's. Ostrer in Hollywood Hollywood. Feb. 6. — Isidore Ostrer of Ostrer Bros., controlling factor in Gaumont British, is here from London. to Jobs (Continued from page 1) temporary injunction against the I.T.O.A. when the exhibitor unit began discharging the union's operators, claiming it a violation of the N.R.A. blanket agreement. The I.T.O.A. appealed for a re-argument of the case, which was denied yesterday. The 55 men will be returned to their jobs as soon as the judge signs the order handed down yesterday. Quebec Houses Want Child Ban Changed Montreal, Feb. 6. — Independent exhibitors of Quebec have asked Premier L. A. Taschereau for a modification of the law which now bars children under 16 years of age from theatres. They want this cut to 14 years, with children above 14 admitted when accompanied by parents. They are also asking for a special censorship for children's programs to be given on a designated day each week. At present no child under 16 in Quebec province is able to see a film except in school halls, which, they claim, are a greater panic and fire risk than inspected theatres. The law is the outcome of the Laurier Palace fire in which 79 children lost their lives. To Offer Plans to Aid Camera Union Hollywood, Feb. 6. — Cameramen's union, at a meeting last night, heard that plans for rehabilitation of the organization would be submitted soon. Continuation of the union was favored. At the same time the A. S. C. announced a plan for rotating work through the cooperation of the major studios. Under the scheme all but contract people will be cleared through the offices of the organization. The financial report of the union revealed assets of $101,000, with approximately $33,000 out on loans to members. Ed Estabrook, business manager, reported 400 members were in good standing. Actors to Pick Agents Hollywood, Feb. 6. — With Division Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt's approval, the Actors' Guild is calling a general meeting for Feb. 18 to nominate candidates for the agents' code committee and the producer-actor five-five committees. A committee has been elected to pass upon eligibility for voting at the meeting. It comprises Lucille Gleason, Boris Karloff, Bradley Page, Minna Gombell, Jean Hersholt and Edwin Maxwell. Laemmle to Celebrate Hollywood, Feb. 6. — Carl Laemmle celebrates the 27th anniversary of his entrance into the film field today. "Hiawatha," a one-reeler, filmed in Minneapolis, launched the producing organization now known as Universal Pictures. Production and distribution heads of Universal in Europe, South America and the United States will join Laemmle in celebrating the event in New York. (Continued from page 2) out charge; all the public has to do is to ask. The idea is not new. Before NBC moved over to its new hatrack at Rockefeller Center, weekly broadcasts of Cantor on the Chase and Sanborn Hour were held each Sunday night from the roof of the New Amsterdam. . . It's taking a long, long time for the code to get going, isn't it ? . . . T Institutional theatre advertising, winter model, 1934: The Lee Ochs circuit program for its Midtown and Yorktown telling patrons those houses are so attractive and comfortable they allow "you to relax to the extent that you almost sleep." Didn't know that was happening in the sound era, common as it was when loud speakers didn't blare at you. . . Another case of release titles that seem to go better when fixed up : "Fashion Follies of 1934," first sent forth by the Warners without the "Follies." . . T Catchlines subbing for feature titles out front of the Cohan, Gaiety, Globe and other Broadway twin bill, any-run houses are responsible for squawks from patrons who first pay and later discover the pictures are old. It doesn't help the neighboring houses who conduct their fronts legitimately. What about it? There's this much about it. The product still belongs to the distributor. . . Sirovich is doing his damndest to get that Congressional probe going. . . T Eddie Cantor's blood pressure got a bit out of hand when he issued the statement to the dailies he would resign his post on Code Authority if any changes were made in provision governing chorines and their light fantastic. The dope is he didn't really mean it — that is, the resignation threat. . . Does Fox Movietonews really want a newsreel theatre of its own again on Broadway? . . . The pants (trousers) gag in "Palooka" is pretty rough, particularly Schnozzle's blackout line. . . T Reports all over Times Square about the Publix situation in Detroit and all of them insist John Balaban will get those houses after all. . . Al Jolson, talking before the Cheese Club yesterday, said the Walter Winchell incident, a Hollywood hot one in its day not so long back, represented the chivalry of the South — the southern part of Russia. Julius Tannen, also among those present, remarked there were so many actors on deck the club monicker ought to be changed to the Ham and Cheese Club. For that one, you can blame him. . . K A NN Zirn Prepares to Go Into Highest Court Walter Trumbull to Do MPPDA Publicity