Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1941)

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Uert. 'inteiUgei: >pensa to the^k Picture 'industry tion MOTION PICTURE DAILY First in . 50. NO. 97 NEW YORK, U.S.A., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1941 TEN CENTS BC, Mutual ove to Drop Berlin Talks Assert Censorship Kills Value of News Reports XBC and Mutual yesterday took keps to eliminate broadcasts from Serlin unless censorship restrictons are lifted. Alex Dreier, NBC | Correspondent, notified his network [jesterday that the ban on his talks lad been lifted but NBC stated pat none of his broadcasts will e accepted until assurances are ieceived against ''undue censortiip." John Paul Dickson, Mutual's corespondent, in a telephone report to (Continued on page 7) 20th-Fox 39-Week Profit $1,549,164 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. •tsterday reported a consolidated net dofit, after Federal income tax, of '1 .549.164 for the 39 weeks ended JJast Sept. 27, after providing a refl.trve for foreign assets of $3,150,000. i This compares with a loss of $1,075,|{oll for the first 39 weeks of 1940, afj :er a comparable reserve of §2,200,000. These improved earnings, observers ieel, are reflected from the progressive ; increase in sales shown by the company with the new season, j For the third quarter ended Sep. umber 27, the consolidated net profit, after all charges, including provision of $1,650,000 of reserve for foreign assets was $687,886. This compared w ith second quarter profit of $457,189, after a reserve of SI, 150,000, and a Iks of $1,192,824 for the third quar (Continued on page 7) Unity Meeting Seen For Early December A meeting of representatives of all branches of the industry to discuss the formation of the unity committee proposed by Allied States is in prospect for the first week in December. Representative industry figures are being canvassed as to the place and date. Either New York or Chicago are said to be favored as the meeting place. Republic Plans 16 3rd Quarter Films, Meeting Informed Republic has nine features, seven westerns and four serials on its schedule for the third quarter of the new season, which begins about the first of the year, it was announced yesterday at the close of a twoday Eastern regional meeting at the New York Athletic Club. Titles of the films will be disclosed soon, it was said. Following a .J. R. GriUiifirer luncheon James R. Grainger, president, declared that Republic is enjoying the most successful year in its history. Grainger said that Republic began selling new season product in April (Continued on page 3) RKO 39-Week Net Is Up to $664,774 RKO yesterday reported consolidated net profit of $644,744 after all charges for the 39 weeks ended Oct. 4. The result compares with net profit of $318,385 for the corresponding period last year. Operating profit before the usual deductions for the first three quarters of 1941 amounted to $1,971,201, compared with $1,867,691 last year. (Continued on page 7) Para, and National Circuits Close Deal Paramount has closed deals on the first two blocks for the new season with Fox West Coast, Fox Midwest, Fox Intermountain, Fox Wisconsin and Evergreen State Theatres, Neil Agnew, distribution chief, announced yesterday. The deals followed resumption of negotiations between Paramount and National Theatres units, and were negotiated by Charles M. Reagan, assistant sales manager, during a trip West. Discussions were held between Agnew and Spyros Skouras, head of National, late last week. Films' Strength Is In Entertainment, Grierson Declares "The strength of the film industry lies precisely in the fact that it is an entertainment industry. What is most valuable to the State in time of war as in time of peace is that it commands a vast audience who go genuinely and spontaneously for the emotion stimulus which the movies give them," John Grierson, Canadian Film Commissioner, told the annual convention of the National Board of Review, meeting at the Pennsylvania Hotel yesterday. Defining the policy of the Canadian Government with respect to films during time of war, he said : "We (Continued on page 7) Short Subjects Have Their Day at Big Ampa Meeting Kaufman Slate Is Renamed in Newark The entire administration slate of Newark's operator union, Local 244, was renominated at a meeting attended by 140 of the local's 160 members early yesterday. George Gilligan, who has brought a receivership suit to oust the incumbents and Louis Kaufman, indicted business agent, was named to head an opposition slate. Elections will be held Dec. 9. Applause greeted the statement of administration supporters who de(Continued on page 7) By SHERWIN A. KANE "If short subjects are worth producing, they are worth buying, and if they are worth buying they are worth selling," is a maxim propounded by R. J. O'Donnell of Interstate Circuit. It was elaborated upon by Besa Short, head of the short subject department of the Southwest's largest circuit, for the consideration of several hundred persons at the Ampa short subjects luncheon yesterday at the Hotel Edison. Observers said the meeting was one of the largest and liveliest in Ampa (Continued on page 7) $319,000 Year Budget Is Set On Arbitration Credits to Majors Under Expansion Plan A budget of $319,000, of which $25,000 is a contingent fund, has been set for the operation of the 31 arbitration boards for the ensuing 12 months under the new plan by which the boards are being opened to the arbitration of general industrial disputes as branch offices of the American Arbitration Association, rather than as exclusively motion picture tribunals. Under the new plan, the five consenting distributors, responsible for the maintenance of the boards under the consent decree, will receive 50 per cent of the fees aid into the local boards by parties to arbitration cases. Their share of the fees will be credited to their budget obligation. The consent decree allowed a maximum budget of $490,000 for the first (Continued on page 7) Univ. Opens Sales Meeting Tomorrow Universal's second mid-season sales meeting is scheduled to open at the Hotel Astor tomorrow, with W. A. Scully, vice-president and general sales manager, presiding. Home office officials and district and branch managers from the Eastern and Southern territories will attend. On the speakers' list are : Nate J. Blumberg, president ; J. Cheever Cowdin, chairman of the board ; Matthew (Continued on page 7) Report Masters Talks Odeon Circuit Post Toronto, Nov. 13. — It is reported here that Haskell Masters, Western sales manager for United Artists, is discussing a deal with N. L. and Paul Nathanson whereby he will become general manager of the Odeon Circuit in Canada. Haskell Masters was reported last night in Detroit en route to Toronto. He could not be reached for comment.