Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1941)

xlert, MOTION PICTURE DAILY First in 50. NO. 74 NEW YORK, U.S.A., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1941 TEN CENTS all Reaction ^avorable to \ew FCC Rule wrt Case Not Expected By Chairman Fly Washington, Oct. 13— Despite lunciation of the new FCC raonGy rules by NBC, CBS and the tional Association of Broad.ters, FCC Chairman James L. • declared today that reaction to new regulations has been "favble." He added that he would "surprised if any one goes to ;rt" in view of the standing offer the commission to consider any dification than can be shown to necessary. "Nothing constructive can be ained by going into court," Fly aid. He declared there would ie no further extensions of ime unless it can be shown ihat such procedure is necesary to get operations going in in orderly way. Monopoly regulations, originally isd in May, have been postponed (.Continued on page 8) Deals Submit Pact Terms to Members Business representatives of the keup artists, property men and ;ps, IATSE locals, have returned H Plywood to submit the producers' inter proposals to their demands on ges and working conditions to the mbership of the locals. They are Vduled to return here to resume *otiations with the producers' labor (Continued on page 8) Holiday Good for BVay Bonus After Strong Weekend With the weather crisp and clear, Broadway yesterday appeared to be the chief objective of the thousands of students and others observing the Columbus Day holiday. Theatre boxoffices were unusually active. Lines formed early and were in evidence throughout the day. The Paramount and Roxy each had an extra show in the morning. This was the follow-up to a good weekend, moreover. The Paramount, with "Hold Back the Dawn" and Xavier Cugat's orchestra had a Saturday-Sunday gross estimated at $24,000 and the show is expected to finish its second week tonight with an estimated $50,000. It will continue. At the Radio City Music Hall, "It Started With Eve" and a stage show grossed an estimated $55,000 Thurs (Continued on page 6) Pickford and Korda Talk With Selznick Mary Pickford and Alexander Korda conferred here yesterday with David O. Selznick on final phases of the latter's producer-owner deal with United Artists, closing of which may take place in a day or two. Miss Pickford returned over the weekend from a brief Coast visit. The three are scheduled to confer during the week on the selection of a new United Artists president. LaGuardia Guest At Ampa Thursday Mayor F. H. LaGuardia of New York will be the honored guest and chief speaker at the second Ampa luncheon meeting of the new season, at the Hotel Edison on Thursday at 12:45 P.M., Vincent Trotta, president of the Ampa, announced yesterday. Y. Allied Names Members of Board Albany, Oct. 13. — A permanent ^anization of a New York State 'it of Allied was completed here toy with the naming of a board of ectors. H. P. Wallace of Auburn -S named chairman of the board ; )e Stone, Albany, treasurer, and onard L. Rosenthal, Troy, execue secretaryOther members of the board are larles Wilson, Troy; Clarence TOP, Johnstown ; Mitchell Conery, ivena; and Robert Goldblatt, Tarry*vn. The meeting was held at the btel Ten Eyck with about 35 exoitors present. Loew's, Para. Decide On Selling Methods For Minnesota Soon Decisions on selling procedure in Minnesota may be made by Loew's and Paramount by the end of the week, company officials stated yesterday. \V. F. Rodgers, Loew's vice-president and general sales manager, said on his return from the Coast yesterday that he has not had time to consider future policy in Minnesota since the state's anti-block-of-five law was upheld by the state court at St. Paul, but expected to reach a decision in a few days after conferring with home office sales officials and counsel. A Paramount official said that that company was considering a plan of action and might make a decision by the end of the week. Warners already has indicated it will not sell in Minnesota under the state law and United Artists plans (Continued on page 8) Theatre Advertising Hit By Strike of Newsdealers Theatrical advertising in metropolitan newspapers lost considerable circulation, it was estimated yesterday, when Newsdealers Federal Labor Union, Local 22371, AFL, started a strike on the newsstands against eight morning and afternoon dailies. The strike got under way unofficially on Friday but did not reach full momentum until yesterday, following a strike vote on Sunday. The Brooklyn Eagle and PM were unaffected as the newsdealers had worked out a satisfactory agreement with those papers. The newspapers which were not carried on the stands were World-Telegram, Sun, Post, Daily News, Times, Dailv Mirror. Journal-American and Herald Tribune. The union is demanding full credit for unsold papers, greater profit, elimination of allegedly coercive methods and other concessions. Mark Variety Club Revival in Albany Albany, Oct. 13— More than 100 members and guests greeted the return of Tent No. 9 of the Variety Club at its reorganization in the Hotel Ten Eyck this noon as James Balmer, national officer from Pittsburgh and one of the Tent's 11 charter members, hailed it as a force for charity. Balmer traced the Variety Club's inception and progress to date. Other speakers were Si Fabian, J. Myer Schine and Moe Silver, Warner circuit zone manager and chairman of the temporary reorganization committee. Headquarters will be in the Hotel Ten Eyck, with a formal opening scheduled for Nov. 12. Officers will be elected shortly and will be installed Nov. 20 at a public meeting. Exclusive Run Is Ruled Out Under Decree Appellate Board Denies Loew Plea in Del. Case The selling of exclusive runs by a distributor to its affiliated theatres is not authorized by the consent decree, the arbitration appeals board held yesterday in a decision denying an appeal by Loew's from a decision directing it to offer some run to the Earle Theatre, New Castle, Del. That theatre is in the same competitive area as Loew's Parkway, Wilmington, to which the distributor has been selling its product for years on an exclusive run basis. "To enable independent exhibitors to obtain pictures is a basic object of the decree," the appeals board held in affirming the original award of Prof. Ruppert C. Schaeffer, Jr., who heard the complaint brought by David Silver, former owner of the Earle, at the Philadelphia arbitration board last Spring. Loew's relied upon Section 17 of the decree in its appeal. That section specifies that "nothing contained in this decree shall be construed to limit, impair or restrict in any way whatsoever the right of each distributor defendant" to sell to its affiliated theatres "in such manner, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as may be satisfactory to it." The complaint was brought under (Continued on page 8) No Nye-Clark Probe Sessions This Week Washington, Oct. 13. — A meeting of the Nye-Clark propaganda subcommittee is unlikely this week but the members might be called together next week to discuss the future of the investigation, it was stated at the office of Sen. D. Worth Clark, subcommittee chairman, today. Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee, who appointed the subcommittee, said today on his return to Washington from a speaking tour that he had taken no part in the inquiry and did not expect to.