Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1944)

Friday, March 24, 1944 Motion Picture Daily 17 Unions and Guilds Must Bare All Dollar Deals Exchanges in R.C. Drive 100%: Pielow All manpower in the New York exchange area has been made available to aid the industry's 1944 Red Cross drive, it was stated here yesterday by Ralph Pielow, local distributor drive chairman, following a meeting of zone captains and exchange managers at the M-G-M offices. The gathering was addressed by Pielow, who presided, and Sam Rinzler, local exhibitor cochairman. Each exchange employe will contact his neighborhood theatre every day during the campaign to offer personal service in connection with the drive, and will assist otherwise, Pielow said. He also revealed that the Metropolitan Bookers Association will cooperate. Rinzler, speaking of the importance of continuous contact of all theatres, also urged that the largest possible personal contributions be made. Among those present were Jack Bowen, M-G-M, metropolitan distributor chairman, and Myron Satler, Paramount ; Moe Saunders, 20th-Fox ; Howard Levy, M-G-M; Phil Hodes, RKO ; Dave Burkan and Jack Ellis, United Artists ; David Levy and William Murphy, Universal; Joe Felder, Monogram; Clarence Eisman, Warner Bros. ; Robert Fammon, Republic, and Irving Wormser and Saul Trauner, Columbia. 2,000 More Studio Red Cross Donations Hollywood, March 23. — The Red Cross studio "invasion year" drive has gained 2,000 contributions in the past week, a report luncheon at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel disclosed today, but the campaign is still 1,200 short of the "war chest" goal set a few months ago. With many top-bracket earners still absent from the list of contributors, industry leaders voted to continue the drive through the first two weeks of April, Chairman Frank Carothers announced. To date, 36 unions have accounted for 18,895 of the 21,322 contributions. M-G-M leads the studios with 4,032, followed by Warners t with 2,972 ; 20th-Fox, 2,953, and" Paramount, 2,705. Parade, Rally in Queens Climaxing the activities of the Queens theatre division of the War Activities Committee-motion picture industry 1944 Red Cross drive will be a parade and rally tomorrow at 2 P. M., with Joan Davis appearing in person and with borough president James A. Burke leading the procession. MacGowan to Leave 20th-Fox April 1 Hollywood, March 23. — Kenneth MacGowan will not renew his producer contract with 20th-Fox when it expires on April 1 but will, instead, enter independent production, it was learned here today. MacGowan, who joined 20th-Fox through a merger in 1935, left the studio in April of 1941 to take charge of film production for the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, from which post he was granted a leave in September of 1942 to finish out his contract with the company. (Continued from page 1) file on Form No. 990, which, basically, is the Government's standard form for organizational claims for exemption from Federal income tax payments and to which exemptions the unions are still entitled. But. the unions now subject to such filing must disclose their monetary status as never before. They must itemize income from all sources and itemize all disbursements. Income to be specified includes interest from Federal, state and municipal bonds ; interest on loans, notes, mortgages, bonds, bank deposits ; dividends ; profits on sale of stocks, bonds and other securities as well as on other assets not a part of inventory ; gifts, grants, dues, assessments, contributions, pledges, offerings and all other receipts. Among disbursements to be listed are salaries, wages and commissions ; compensation of officers ; interest ; rent ; taxes and other expenses ; dividends and other profit distributions to members or shareholders ; and all other disbursements. In reporting assets the unions are required to report on cash; notes and accounts receivable ; investments, including ownership of bonds and securities, and all other investments. Under liabilities, the unions must report accounts payable ; notes, mortgages and bonds payable ; shareholders' and members' equities ; and all other liabilities. Statements on gifts, grants, dues, assessments. contributions, pledges and on other receipts of the organization, as well as salaries, wages, commissions, compensation of officers and all other disbursements made by the organizations, must be supported not only by itemized schedules showing the amount, but also by lists of the names and addresses of all persons trom whom money or other property was received, or to whom money or other property was paid or distributed, in all cases where the money or property received, paid or distributed amounted to 54,000 or more during the year. Membership organizations must submit a schedule showing total number of membership ; classes of membership, if any ; number of members in each class ; and assessments, dues or other charges applicable to each class. Thousands of organizations in all fields have been filing such returns since March 5, 1942, among them the MPPDA, the new law having been extended to unions. Only religious, charitable and educational organizations are now exempt from filing. Midwest Circuits Over Top' on Bonds Des Moixes, March 23. — TriStates and Central States theatre circuits sold at least $14,170,163 in war bonds during the Fourth War Loan drive. Forty-two bond premieres were held. Returns from independent houses are not yet complete and only about one-third of the unaffiliated theatres have reported to date. Ryan Bars 500 Extras From Going on Stand Hollywood, March 23. — The Screen Actors Guild today won a salient point in the National Labor Relations Board's hearing on the petition of the Screen Players Union to determine the bargaining agent for extras, when examiner Charles Ryan ruled against the SPU's counsel's putting 500 class "B" players on the stand in an effort to prove that a majority of extras also play bit parts. William Berger. SAG counsel, protested on the grounds that records of all studios and central casting offices were being prepared for introduction and would provide factual evidence as to how great a percentage of "B" players do bit parts. Ryan has recessed the hearing until Wednesday, when the SAG will open its case, calling many prominent actors to testify. 150 Warnerites Were Inducted in 2 Months More than 150 additional Warner employes were inducted into various branches of the armed service in the past two months. Warnerites now in service total 3,353. Among this week's inductions was Richard Waring. Warner actor. WB Files to Quash Griffith Summons Oklahoma City, March 23. — Vitaphone Corp., long inactive, and Warner Bros, have filed motions to quash summonses brought in the anti-trust suit of three Oklahoma independents against the Griffith interest. Both Yitaphone and Warners state in petitions filed in Federal Court here that apparently mistakes were made by the plaintiffs in their petitions. The plaintiffs include A. B. Momand of Shawnee, Okla. Samuel Carlisle, assistant treasurer of Vitaphone, filed both motions. The Yitaphone petition states that a defendant named Vitaphone, Inc., is referred to in the petition, but that this apparently is a mistake. The second motion states that Warners is not qualified to transact business in Oklahoma. Momand has been joined by M. L. Riggs, of Yinita. Okla., and by Mystic Theatre, Picher, Okla., in suing the Griffith circuit. (U' Debentures Offered at 99 Offering was made here yesterday of $7,500,000 Universal Pictures iyA sinking fund debentures due March 1, 1959, at 99, by a banking group headed by Dillon, Read & Co. and 25 other banking houses. Proceeds will be applied to payment of $5,018,000 secured notes and redemption at 102 percent of $2,000,000 five percent convertible debentures with balance of the proceeds to be added to working capital. 01 m 'qosk V 0 (M ft/ft &OM SMALL