Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1941)

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MOTION PICTURE *« 44^ i?A' ,f,C ILY — 1 50. NO. 73 NEW YORK, U.S.A., MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1941 TEN CENTS exico Strike iettled; Men Get 15% Raise Brackett, Buchman Head Election Slate For Writers' Guild tionists Had Asked for One-third Increase Iexico City, Oct. 12. — The xican film workers strike which i launched first against Loew's Warners more than a month L, was settled here yesterday on isis acceptable to the eight major :ributors who had maintained a d front against the union's initial nands throughout the controsy. The union workers were grantd wage increases of 15 per cent y the distributors, as contrastd with the 331/3 per cent inreases originally demanded and, a addition, successfully reisted demands of the union for delusion of theatre checkers -nd office cashiers in the union's lembership. 'he latter demand was the princiobstacle to an agreement through(Continued on page 4) olumbia Endorses udson Ad Proposal Columbia Pictures' endorsement of 1 Hudson's institutional advertising n for motion pictures and the intry, through exhibitors, was given Abe Montague, Columbia general :s manager, at the company's Eastregional convention at the Hotel irwick here over the weekend, vlontague also voiced approval of Allied States' proposal for a joint ustry committee to handle probis pertaining to all branches of the ustry and to seek increased indusunity. vlontague attended the Michigan ied meeting in Detroit last week which Hudson, head of United De (Continued on page 4) Hollywood, Oct. 12. — Charles Brackett and Sidney Buchman, nominated for president, head the slate of the Screen Writers Guild presented by the nominating committee. Additional nominations for the officers and the board may be made by petition and from the floor at the annual meeting Nov. 12. Nominations presented by the committee include : Ralph Block and Mary McCall, Jr., vice-president; Leonard Lee and Robert Rossen, secretary ; Richard Maibaum and Harry Tugend, treasurer. For the executive hoard, for which 1 1 will be elected plus six alternates, the following have been nominated : Art Arthur, Claude Binyon, Ralph Block, Charles Brackett, Harold Buchman, Sidney Buchman, Hugo Butler, Alan Campbell, Jerome Cho(Continuc d on page 4) Linde Should Have Bought a U.S. Bond Minneapolis, Oct. 12. — Per M. Larson, assistant county attorney here, is investigating chance games in theatres because a winner imbibed his winnings. When Ernest H. Linde won $3, he visited a bar, subsequently became involved in a fracas, which was halted by the police, and heard Municipal Judge William A. Anderson, before whom he appeared, declare, "This is gambling." Then followed the announcement of Larson's investigation. ix Companies Close At 1 O'clock Today vYarners and United Artists will ■se at 1 P. M. today in observance Columbus Day. Also operating a If day are RKO, M-G-M, Unirsal and Columbia. Paramount 11 be open all day, while 20th Cen"y-Fox will observe the full holi>*• William Fox to Be Called for Sentence Washington, Oct. 12. — Department of Justice officials announced Friday that William Fox will be called for sentencing on charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice and defraud the United States, to which he pleaded guilty in Philadelphia. No date was announced. Attorney General Biddle said that no new trial will be sought for Judge Davis, indicted with Fox, whose two previous trials resulted in jury disagreements. AFL Delegates Lay Basis for Browne Ouster Seattle, Oct. 12. — What is believed by officials to be a paving of the way for the elimination of George E. Browne, I. A. T. S. E. president, from the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, occurred here when the convention delegates in session unanimously voted to amend the Federation's constitution so as to reduce the executive council membership from IS to 13. A. F. L. officials, pointing to the absence of opposition to the amendment, indicated they anticipated no difficulty in electing an executive (Continued on page 4) 24 Touring Units Planned For Army and Navy Shows SPG Will Get Mail Ballot on CIO Vote Ballots will be mailed Friday to members of the Screen Publicists Guild here for a referendum on affiliation with the CIO. The union will be known as Screen Office and Prosionnal Employes Guild, Local 109, if affiliation is voted. At its regular meeting last week, the SPG voted support of the Stop Film Censorship Committee and made a financial contribution to the committee. The amount was not disclosed. The committee includes a number of theatrical unions. One of the largest aggregations of live talent shows ever to tour the country is planned by the Citizens Committee for the Army and Navy as the result of discussions with heads of the armed forces held in Washington last week. Committee officers declared here that they planned to have in operation by Dec. 1 a total of 24 touring units to play before soldiers and sailors. These units are scheduled to give 4,000 performances in the six-month period starting Dec. 1. Vaudeville, musical revues and legitimate stage plays are planned. Six units are now (Continued on page 8) Union -Studio Talks Facing New Problems IATSE Envoys Absent From Negotiations Negotiations with the IATSE studio locals faced new . complications over the weekend as the international representatives, Steve Newman and Carl Cooper, absented themselves from the negotiations as the locals weighed the producers' counter-proposals. Further complicating the procedure, several business representatives of studio locals received directions to return to Hollywood within a few days, whereas others were instructed by their locals to remain here until they obtained their original demands. No meetings are scheduled with the producers' committee, headed by Pat Casey, today but the sessions are expected to be resumed tomorrow. No agreements were reached at Friday's sessions, at which the representatives of the locals voiced objections to virtually all of the producers' counterproposals. These included wage increases for the rank-and-file workers amounting to 10 per cent and increases as high as 50 per cent for some classifications of technical workers. Upstate House Wins Clearance Reduction A consent award was entered Friday at the New York arbitration board in the clearance complaint against the five consenting companies brought by Cornwall Amusements, Inc., operator of the Storm King Theatre, Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y. Under the award, which was entered by Osmond K. Fraenkel, arbitrator, the former 30-day clearance of the Ritz and Broadway theatres, Newburgh, over the Storm King was reduced to a maximum of 20 days for (Continued on page 4) SMPE to Observe 25th Anniversary The Society of M. P. Engineers will observe its 25th anniversary at its 50th semi-annual convention to be held Oct. 20 to 23 at the Hotel Pennsylvania here. More than 200 delegates are expected to attend. On the opening day several new of(Contimied on page 8)