Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1940)

6 Motion Picture Daily Thursday, May 9, 1941 THE NAVY'S IN TOWN-WITH AN ADOPTED SON! A lonely orphan picks a gob as his"pop"-and the whole fleet plays Godfather! Then the kid "adopts" a "mom" who'd sworn she'd never marry a sailo < JEAN JAMES PARKER DUNN WITH MARTIN SPELLMAN Directed by WILLIAM NIGH Associate Producer GRANT WITHERS Original story by Grover Jones and True Boardman Screenplay by Marion Orth and Joseph West A MONOGRAM PICTURE U.S. to Scrutinize Philadelphia Files After Compormise {Continued from page 1) records first and then will continue with those of Warners and Paramount. If the Government is not satisfied with the scope of the records, another conference may be held, it was stated. Pending the inspection, the Government motion will be held in abeyance. Government attorneys declared after the conference that "very good progress" had been made toward an understanding by both sides of the difficulties of the situation and toward an amicable arrangement. Special Assistant Attorney General Paul Williams and U. S. Attorney William P. Farnsworth represented the Government. Herman Finkelstein represented Columbia ; Howard Levinson, Warners ; John Howley, RKO ; Lawrence Bunker, Loew's ; Albert C. Bickford, Paramount, and Myron Bull, 20th Century-Fox. Application of 20th Century-Fox to dismiss the suit as against 19 of its officers, which was referred to Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard, has not been set down for hearing as yet. Nate J. Blumberg, president of Universal, will take the stand in a pretrial examination today. Charles Moskowitz, Loew's theatre executive, will be examined tomorrow. Fight 6Wind' Terms CE A Tells Members London, May 8. — The Cinematograph Exhibitors Association general council today decided to instruct all members not to agree to M-G-M's 70 per cent rental terms for "Gone With the Wind," and not to raise admissions for the film. Members will be told to pay no more than 50 per cent. Harry P. E. Mears, C. E. A. president, cabled Louis B. Mayer, M-G-M production chief, appealing to him for the release of "Wind" here at normal rental terms and admissions. He criticized the much-publicized grosses on the film, and declared that the British public, already heavily taxed, objects to paying higher prices. The C. E. A. decided on no national recommendation on war bonuses for theatre staffs and referred the matter to the local branches. The National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employes claims that strike action is threatened in 48 districts. It is indicated that a serious trade problem may result from the situation. Hollywood, May 8. — The office of Louis B. Mayer, M-G-M production chief, denied that any cable had been received by Mayer from the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association in England. La Varre Case Settled Suit for $50,000 damages brought by William La Varre against Warners in the N. Y. Supreme Court was marked settled yesterday on the trial calendar call. Terms of settlement were not disclosed. La Varre contended that Warners had not paid for two stories allegedly used for the films, "The Bedside Manner" and "Gambling Lady." Optimists Cincinnati, May 8. — "Because optimism and dreams are the chief ingredients in the 'formula' of the picture industry, persons connected with that industry must necessarily be optimists," declared Arthur Frudenfeld, RKO division manager, in addressing the local Optimists Club. "Faith in the future is responsible for the large investments made daily in the/ production of filmed enter/ tainment," he said. 5 UA Producers At Sales Meeting {Continued from page 1) picture, "The Westerner," will be screened at both meetings. Sol Lesser will arrive from the Coast on Monday, bringing with him a print of "Our Town," his latest production. James Roosevelt will arrive from the Coast by plane this weekend. Selznick, Goldwyn and Roach are al-1 ready in New York. If Alexander Korda is unsuccessful in obtaining ac-1 commodations aboard the Clipper this weekend for his schdeuled trip to Europe he too will attend the sales meeting. Court Orders Data In U. S.-Schine Suit {Continued from page 1) Paramount Pictures, Inc., and the Paramount Film Distributing Corp. At the same time the court granted the defendant corporations 40 days after receiving the bills in which to file answers. The companies named have asked the U. S. for more definite information relative to the charges against them in connection with business dealings involving the Schine circuit. 1,291 Cuts Ordered By Ontario Censor Toronto, May 8. — A total of 1,291 cuts were made in 129 out of the 654 features examined by the Ontario censor board during the year ending March 31. No features were rejected. Seventeen deletions were made in 576 trailers, and 128 cuts in 10 of 284 newsreels. Only one of 199 shorts was revised. There were 86 revisions in 565 miscellaneous films. Out of 2,278 films submitted to the board during the year, 1,915 were produced in the United States ; 54 were from the United Kingdom ; five were made in Canada and 304 were foreign in origin. Of the latter, 276 were ; imported from France, five from Italy, 13 were Jewish, and the remaining few were from Poland, China, Czechoslovakia and Russia. Films from the Continent, with the exception of French, have been under a total ban since the outbreak of war. There was a decrease of 403 films in the number examined as compared with the previous year. It is understood this reduction was due largely to the campaign against foreign language and propaganda subjects.