Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1948)

Wednesday, November 3, 1948 Motion Picture Daily tent for the two companies is assured, [though there is nothing to prevent fficers of one from holding stock in le other. Sale to independents of two firstun houses in Cincinnati is required nd one in Trenton if RKO should cqv .^fcthe interest of the Walter teat ' , ^Circuit in their jointly-held heatres in that city. , Kacn of the two companies will be (ied up by all the various prohibitions if the Supreme Court, with the RKO listribution company to be bound also »y any additional provisions which nay be . included in a final decree igainst the "Little Three." The cir:uit wul be bound by the requirement j.hat all future theatre buys are subject to approval by the New York District Court. Hughes Must Choose Hughes is the only stockholder who .must choose between the two companies, since he is believed to be the only individual to hold as much as one per ,:ent of tne RKO stock. I There is nothing in the decree to govern parties to whom the RKO distribution company may sell, or from ,whom the theatres may buy. This means that the 60 per cent crosslicensing ban asked by the Government for the five-year period in its proposed findings last month will apply only to the remaining four defendants left in the case. The agreement regarding specific theatres calls for an agreement not to buy or continue to own any houses with independents. Such houses include, the Department listed, these below : Academy, New York, N. Y.; Ace, Ozone Park, N. Y.; Alba, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Albany, New Brunswick, N. J.; Alden, Jamaica, N. Y.; Alhambra, Brdoklyn, N. Y. ; Ambassador, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Apollo, Jersey City, N. J.; Astoria, Queens, N. Y. ; Bay, Bay City, Mich.; Bayside, Bayside, N. Y. ; Benson, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Beverly, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Big Rapids, Big Rapids, Mich.; Bijou, Battle Creek, Mich.; Biltmore, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Boulevard, Jackson Heights, N. Y.; Broad, Trenton, N. J.; Broadway, Astoria, Queens, N. Y.; Broadway, Haverstraw, N. Y. ; Broadway, Nyack, N. Y. ; Bronxville, Bronxville, N. Y. ; Brook, Bound Brook, N. J.; Biunswick, Trenton, N. J. N. Y., N. J., Michigan Caldwell, St. Joseph, Mich.; Cameo, Ossining, N. Y. ; Capitol, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Capitol, Flint, Mich. ; Capitol, Jackson. Mich.; Capitol, Jersey City, N. J.; Capitol, Kalamazoo, Mfch. ; Capitol, Lansing, Mich.; Capitol, Owosso, Mich.; Capitol, Portchester, N. Y. ; Capitol, Trenton, N. J. ; Carroll, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Casino, Ozone Park, N. Y.; Castle Hill, Bronx. N. Y. ; Center, Bay City, Mich.; Center, Cadillac, Mich.; Center, Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Center, Holland, Mich.; Center, Ionia, Mich.; Center, Ludington, Mich.; Center, Owosso, Mich.; Center. Saginaw, Mich.; Center, Willow Run, Mich.; Centre, South Haven, Mich.; Claridge, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Clinton, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Colonial, Brooklyn. N. Y. ; Colonial, Holland, Mich. ; Colony, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Commodore, Brooklyn, N ; Y. ; Congress, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Corona, Corona, N. Y. ; Cove, Glen Cove, N. Y.; Crescent, Astoria. Queens, N. Y. ; Cross Bay, Ozone Park, N. Y. ; Crosswell. Adrian, Mich.; Cnrtona, Bronx, N. Y.; Culver, Brooklyn, Dawn, Flint, Mich.; Delia, Flint, Mich.; Desmond, Port Huron, Mich.; Duffield, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Dumont, Dumont, N. J.; Eagle, Pontiac. Mich.; Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Eastown, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Elm. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Embassy, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Embasy, Portchester, N. Y. ; Englewood, Englewood, N. J.; Family, Adrian, Mich.; Family, Monroe, Mich.; Family, Port Huron, Mich.; Folly, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Forest Hills, Forest Hills, N. \.; Four Star, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Franklin, Saginaw, Mich.; Fuller, Kalamazoo, Mich,; Fulton, Jersey City, N. J.; Garden, Flint, Mich.; Garden, Ozone Park N, Y.; Gem, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Gibson, Greenville, Mich.; Gladmer, Lansing, Mich.; Glen, Glen Cove, N. Y.; Glenwood, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Granada, Corona, N. Y.; Grand, Astoria, Queens, N. Y.; Grand, Chicago, 111.; Grand, Grand Haven, Mich. Hackensack, Hackensack, N. J.; Halsey, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Hamilton, Hamilton Township, N. J.; Hempstead, Hempstead. N. Y.; Highway, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Hill, Hillsdale, Mich.; Hillstreet, Los Angeles, Cal. ; Holland, Holland, Mich.; Interboro, Bronx, N. Y.; Ionia, ionia Mich.; Jackson, Jackson Heights, N. Y.; Jamaica, Jamaica, N. Y. ; Jerome, Ozone Park, N. Y.; KeithAlbee, Huntington, W. Va. ; Kent, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens, N. Y. ; Kinema, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Lafayette, Suffern, N. Y.; Lake, Benton Harbor, Mich. ; Lansing, Lansing, Mich. ; Lefferts, Richmond Hill, N. Y. ; Liberty, Benton Harbor, Mich. ; Liberty, Elizabeth, N. J. ; Lincoln, Trenton, N. J. ; Lincoln, Kearney, N. J.; Lynbrook, Lynbrook, N. Y. ; Lyric, Alpena, Mich. ; Lyric, Cadillac. Mich. ; Lyric, Ludington, Mich. ; Lyric, Manistee, Mich. ; Lyric, Traverse City, Mich. Majestic, Columbus, O. ; Majestic, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Majestic, Jackson, Mich.; Majestic, Jersey City, N. J.; Majestic. Port Huron, Mich. ; Maltz, Alpena, Mich. ; Manhasset, Manhasset, N. Y. ; Marblehill, Bronx, N. Y. ; Marboro, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Marcy, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Martha Washington, Ypsilanti, Mich.; Maspeth, Maspetn, N. Y. ; Mecca, Saginaw, Mich.; Meserole, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Michigan, Battle Creek, Mich.; Michigan, Jackson, Mich.; Michigan, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Michigan, Lansing, Mich.; Michigan, Muskegon, Mich.; Michigan, Saginaw, Mich.; Michigan, South Haven, Mich.; Michigan, Traverse, Mich.; Midway, Forest Hills, N. Y.; Model, South Haven, Mich.; Monroe, Monroe, Mich.; Monticello, Jersey City, N. J.; Nemo, New York, N. Y;. Northtown, Lansing, Mich. Oakland. Pontiac, Mich.; Oasis, Ridgewood, N. Y.; Ogden, Bronx, N. Y.; O'rpheum, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Orpheum, Huntington, W. Va.; Orpheum, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Orpheum, Pontiac, Mich. ; Our, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Palace, Bergenfield, N. J.; Palace, Flint, Mich.; Palace, Trenton, N. J.; Pantages, Hollywood, Cal.; Parkhill, New York, N. Y.; Park Plaza, Bronx, N. Y. ; Parthenon, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Pascack, Westwood, N. J.; Pelham, Bronx, N. Y. ; Pilgrim, Bronx, N. Y. ; Playhouse, Great Neck, N. Y.; Plaza, Englewood, N. J.; Post, Bat-tie Creek, Mich.; Rainbow. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Ramsdell, Manistee, Mich.; Reade, Highland Park, N. J.; Reade's Trent, Trenton, N. J.; Ready, Niles, Mich.; Regent, Allegan, Mich.; Regent, Battle Creek, Mich.; Regent, Bay City, Mich.; Regent, Flint, Mich.; Regent. Jackson, Mich.; Regent, Kearny, N. J.; Regent, Muskegon, Mich.; Republic, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rex, East Rutherford, N. J.; Rex, Jackson,, Mich.; Rialto, Jersey City, N. J.; Rialto, Pontiac, Mich.; Rialto, Three Rivers, Mich.; Ridgewood, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Riviera, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Riverside, New York, N. Y. ; Riviera, New York, N. Y. ; Riviera, Niles, Mich.; Riviera, Three Rivers, Mich.; Rivoli, Hempstead, N. Y. ; Rivoli, New Brufis'wicik, N. J.; Rivoli. Rutherford, N. J.; RKO Proctor's, Newark, N. J.; Robinhood, Grand Haven, Mich.; Rockland, Nyack, N. Y. ; Roosevelt, Flushing, N. Y. ; Roosevelt, Woodhaven, N. Y. ; Roxy, Flint, Mich. ; Roxy, Sturgis, Mich. ; Royal, Grand Rapids, Mich. Savoy, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Scarsdale. Scarsdale, N. Y. ; Senate, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Silver, Greenville, Mich.; Southtown, Lansing, Mich.; Square Bronx, N. Y.; Squire, Great Neck, N. Y. ; Stadium, Brooklyn. N. Y. ; State, Ann Arbor, Mich.; State. East Lansing, Mich.; State, Flint, Mich.; State, Huntington, W. Va. ; State, Jersey City, N. T-. State, Kalamazoo, Mich. ; State. Muskegon, Mich.; State, New Brunswick, N. J.; State, Pontiac, Mich.; State, Trenton, N. J.; Steinway, Astoria, Queens, N. Y. ; Stoddard, New York, N. Y.; Stone, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Strand, Battle Creek, Mich. ; Strand, Flint, Mich. ; Strand, Jersey City, N. J.; Strand, Niles. Mich.; Strand, Owosso, Mich.; Strand, Pontiac, Mich.; Strand, Rockville Center, N. Y. ; Strand, Saginaw, Mich.; Strand, Richfield Asks 28-Day Clearance in Minn, Minneapolis, Nov. 2. — In an effort to bolster business which has sagged at the stand since neighboring houses dropped from 56 days into the 42-day slot which the Minneapolis suburban Richfield had to itself since opening last year, operators Mans-O'ReillyLee have joined the Varsity and Homewood in the 28-day run schedule. A spokesman for the Richfield group said a majority of branch managers "has assured us we will get product for the run," adding that "unless we do, we may go to court." Sturgis, Mich. ; Sunnyside Woodside, N. Y. ; Supreme, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Surf, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Teaneck, Teaneck, N. J.; Temple, Saginaw, Mich.; Times, Cincinnati, O. ; Tipton, Huntington, W. Va. ; Tivoli, Jersey City, N. J.; Trabay, Traverse, Mich.; Triboro, Astoria, Queens, N. Y. ; Tuxedo, Bronx, N. Y.; Uptown, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Utica, Brooklyn, N. Y.. Valentine, Bronx, N. Y. ; Valley Stream, Valley Stream, N. Y.; Victoria, Ossining, N. Y.; Victory, Bayside West, N. Y. ; Vogue, Manistee, Mich.; Waldorf, Brooklyn, N. Y; Walker, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Ward, Bronx, N. Y. ; Wealthy, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Westown, Bay City, Mich.; Westwood, Westwood, N. J.; Whitney, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Wilson, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Wolverine, Saginaw, Mich. ; Wuerth, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Wuerth, Ypsilanti, Mich.; 43rd Street, Long Island City, N. Y.; 77th Street, New York, N. Y. The existing joint ownership in the above enumerated theatres shall be terminated within one year from the date hereof in accordance with the following provisions : Limited to 30 Theatres (A) As to not to exceed 30 theatres from the above list, the RKO exhibitor-defendants or the new theatre company may elect to terminate such ownership either by acquiring the interest of the co-owner or co-owners therein, or by sale of the interest of RKO therein in accordance with paragraph (B) hereof. Such 30 theatres may include the Alden Theatre, Jamaica, N. Y. ; Midway, Forest Hills, N. Y. ; and two of the following theatres : Castle Hill, Marble Hill and Pelham theatres, Bronx, N. Y. Except for such four theatres, none of such 30 theatres shall be located in New York City. In the event that the existing joint interest in the RKO Proctor's Theatre at Newark, N. J., is not terminated within one year in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, such joint interest may continue, provided that one of the joint owners shall have the sole management of the theatre and the other shall exercise no control of any kind over the theatre, except to receive fixed payments during the balance of the agreements, which shall not be determined by the net earnings of the theatre. (B) As to the remainder of the theatres located in New' York City, the RKO exhibitor-defendants shall terminate such relation by a sale or other disposition of the interest of RKO therein, which may be either ( 1 ) to a co-owner or co-owners ; or (2) to a party not a defendant and not owned or controlled by or affiliated with a defendant in this case. Trenton Circuit Is Named B. In the event that the RKO exhibitor-defendants shall, pursuant to the provisions of section III-A-9-(A), acquire the interest of their co-owners in all the theatres now owned, leased, or operated by Trenton-New Brunswick Theatres Co. in Trenton, N. J., the RKO exhibitor-defendants shall dispose of all of their interest in one first-run theatre in Trenton. The RKO exhibitor-defendants shall effect such disposition within one year from the date of their acquisition of such theatres, and shall effectuate this provision by a sale to a party not a defendant herein or owned or controlled by or affiliated with a defendant herein. C. Within one year of the date hereof, the RKO exhibitor-defendants shall dispose of all their interest in two of the theatres now operated by them on first-run in the central business district of Cincinnati, O. The RKO exhibitor-defendants shall effectuate this provision by a sale to a party not a defendant herein or owned or controlled by or affiliated with a defendant herein. They're Gonna change the ^me of the Music m to the MUSIC 1 1 ' when it p/ct(fS— Gom