Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1934)

The Leading Daily Vrl/ Motion ' Picture Industry MOTION PICTURE DAILY % Alert, Intelligent and "\ Faith ful | Ji Service to' the Industry in All Branches 36. NO. 102 NEW YORK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1934 TEN CENTS New Uses for Films Coming, Says Quigley IProblem for Engineers, He Tells S. M. P. E. ! One of the aftermaths of the clean •icture drive will be a continuing jtemand that films, now devoted alnost entirely to theatrical entertainment, will project themselves into new ields, declared Martin Quigley, at he noonday lunch of the S. M. P. E. n the Hotel Pennsylvania yesterday. "It is the function of you engileers to supply the answer to this," le said. "It is the belief of many 'hat pictures should be given wider «ses than those to which they have »een applied." Col. Roy Winton, secretary of the \mateur Cinema League and the next •peaker, added to Quigley's thought ilong this line by saying that amateur ilms had reached the point where (Continued on page 4) Shuffle Impends Reports were current yesterday of important impending changes in the Warner Philadelphia theatre zone. The changes, it is rumored, will break in about a week, but will not affect Leonard Schlessinger, zone manager. He has about 130 theatres under his wing. Joseph Bernhard and Mort Blumenstock were in the Quaker City yesterday and could not be reached for a statement. The former returns today. GRANTS DAMAGES IN PA. TRI-ERGON CASE NRA May Hold A Hearing on Dues Schedule U. S. Judge Punishes 3 For Infringement; First Action of Its Kind Wisconsin's 1933 Gross $6,601,000 Washington, Oct. 29. — Wisconsin ast year had 303 film and vaudefilm heatres with box-office receipts of ;6,601,000 and payrolls of $1,404,000, t is revealed by the U. S. Census Bueau. Milwaukee had 72 houses taking in 2,730,000 and paying $693,000 in salaies, while Madison had five, with re:eipts of $296,000 and payrolls of $64,100 ; Kenosha had six with receipts of 1167,000 and payrolls of $49,000, and Marine eight with receipts of $190,000 md payrolls of $49,000. Look for Equity to Approve Guild Move The agreement by which the Screen Actors' Guild becomes an affiliate of Actors' Equity Ass'n. and of the American Federation of Labor is exacted to be approved by the Equity Council at the meeting of that body oday. Frank Gillmore, Equity president, i"as optimistic yesterday on the (Continued on page 3) Ostrer States BIP Plan Not To Be Revived By BRUCE ALLAN London, Oct. 29. — While he was in America, he discussed a possible amalgamation with B. I. P. with his associates, but these talks will never be revived, Mark Ostrer said at the annual meeting of Gaumont British today. He presided. G-B declared a final dividend of four per cent, or a total of seven per cent this year. A plan, involving £14,000,000 to consolidate various Gaumont British-owned subsidiaries, such (Continued on page 3) Individual Feature Sales Gaumont Plan Individual sales contracts for each of its 16 pictures will be the policy of Gaumont British, according to Jeffrey Bernerd, general manager. Bernerd is of the opinion that every exhibitor should see the picture he is buying before he signs a contract. "Chu Chin Chow" has been booked over the entire RKO circuit in Greater New York and "Power" is set in all Loew houses in this territory. Washington, Oct. 29. — Although but one objection to the exhibitor assessment schedule has thus far been received, approximately a dozen complaints from independents against the producer distributor charges have reached the National Recovery Administration, raising the possibility that a formal public hearing may be resorted to in the effort to straighten out the controversy which appears to have arisen. Within the next couple of days, Deputy Administrator William P. Farnsworth is expected to decide what action should be taken on the schedule, which when submitted was represented as having the unanimous approval of the Campi finance committee, including Edward Golden, alternate for W. Ray Johnston, head of Monogram, who appears to be behind (Continued on page 4) Scran ton, Pa., Oct. 29.— Altoona Publix Theatres, Wilmer and Vincent and the Locust Street Real Estate Co. of Harrisburg, Pa., were today ordered by Federal Judge Albert W. Johnson to pay to the American TriErgon Corp. and Tri-Ergon Holding, A. G., a Swiss corporation, profits and damages for patent infringement. This is the first instance of a court compelling a defendant in a TriErgon suit to reimburse the plaintiff for losses alleged to have been suffered through infringement of its double printing and flywheel patents. On Friday Judge Johnson appointed Frank H. Stross, former judge of the Northumberland County Common Pleas Court, as a master to report on (Continued on page 3) Denver Giveaways Amendment Drafted Denver, Oct. 29. — Exhibitors here have gone off on a new tack in their effort to get Code Authority to permit giveaways. They have drawn up an entirely new section of the code covering the subject so that a vote of 75 per cent of the independents actually operating and 75 per cent of the affiliated houses can legalize the practice. The new section also provides that no grievance board shall declare (Continued on page 4) Grand Jury Indicts 3 Empire Officers Arthur Farkash, president; Joseph Matt, business manager, and Joseph reperson, counsel of Empire State (Continued on page 3) Runs, Hits, Mostly Errors By FRED Nyack, N. Y., Oct. 29.— The exchequer of the Nyack Hospital was more comfortable today in anticipation of a check covering the proceeds of the alleged baseball game held here yesterday between the Nyack Eagles, organized by Ben Hecht and Charles BAEHLER MacArthur, and the "21" Hangovers, composed of New York's men-abouttown who make their headquarters at the "21" Club. The game was held in the Clarson Stadium. The Eagles claim a victory by a (Continued on page 3) Legal Points Face Joyce on Para. Fees Special Master John E. Joyce took under advisement yesterday the arguments of counsel on vital legal points affecting the allowance of fees aggregating approximately $800,000 to trustees, their counsel and special aids for services in connection with the Paramount Publix bankruptcy. The trustees, Charles" D. Hilles, Eugene W. Leake and Charles E. Richardson, have petitioned the court for interim allowances of $100,000 each; their counsel, Root, Clark, Buckner & Ballantine, ask $350,000. Joyce (Continued on page 4) Sinclair Asks Probe Of Film Activities Los Angeles, Oct. 29. — A demand that Congress investigate an alleged campaign of propaganda by film interests to defeat him in his race for the governorship of California has been made by Upton Sinclair. The request was contained in telegrams Senator David I. Walsh (D., (Continued on page 3) to Short Silent About E. G, Levy's Charge Dr. William H. Short, head of the M. P. Research Council, withheld an answer yesterday to the charge made by Edward G. Levy, M. P. T. O. A. (Continued on page 2)