Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1950)

sday. May 10. 1950 Motion Picture Daily 5 irvey Challenges Ions on Repeal hicago, May 9. — Rot us vey, president of PCCITO. iking: 'Til go into my itres with trailers to de any Congressman who ;s against repeal of the adsion tax. I don't care who opponent may be in the ^^lection. I'll support the 5 7-' m over anyone against iai of the tax." was during yesterday's ussion at the COMPO orizational meeting here t Harvey delivered these ting words. tit on Tax Continued from page 1) i any plans the committee may upon to accomplish that aim. im F. Myers, chairman, and mbers of the committee had lended a continued industry >r total repeal of the tax. Some it, and some diffident members industry had advocated acceptf the reduction of the tax to cent, as now proposed by the Ways and Means Committee. IPO's resolution adopted today, s and supporting Myers' cornfollows : ereas, the Federal 20 per cent ons tax as applied to motion theatres is unfair, discriminaid an abridgement of the freef the press, of which motion are a part, and comes out of kets of those who can least af; and ereas, the Committee on Taxind Legislation has waged a ;ous and aggressive campaign ;al totally this unfair 20 per x, and are unanimous in their that it is imperative that an .ive campaign be made both in use and in the Senate until this completely repealed ; v, therefore, be it resolved Council of Motion Picture Orions (COMPO) that the Cornhas earned the deep appreciaIf the entire industry and i O pledges to the Committee n its individual organizations as i the parent organization itself, pport in carrying out any plans Jnmittee may decide upon to ac-.h this end." Pick Permanent COMPO Slate re-the-Cost Plan Continued from page 1) I 'Your Pleasure Is All Ours" m the Proudest Man in Town," sought to personalize the local and manager in order to at"eater patronage, as well as listrthcoming 20th Century-Fox 5 for the spring and summer, large circuits have been plan laborate showmanship camfor the current season, and are ed to launch their ads within :xt few weeks. Intra-circuit are being given by large chains agers who came up with the mpaigns. tres have made extensive use "Movies Are Better Than J slogan in their newspaper ads, ■ir marquees, and throughout dvertising and publicity, it was (Continued from page 1) Ellis Arnall, Harry Brandt, Leo Brecher, Roy Brewer, Abel Green, Rotus Harvey, Sam Pinanski, Ronald Reagan and Trueman Rembusch, vice-presidents; Robert J. O'Donnell, treasurer, and Francis Harmon, secretary. Immediately upon incorporation of COMPO, whose name already has been cleared by the Secretary of State of New York as satisfactory, the executive board will hold its first meeting. At that meeting the foregoing roster of officers will be nominated for a full term of one year. The officers are representative of the 10 charter member organizations within COMPO and, in addition, are geographically representative of all parts of the country. Represent Organizations Depinet, president of RKO, represents the Motion Picture Association of America. The nine vice-presidents, alphabetically, represent the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers, Independent Theatre Owners Association of New York, Metropolitan Motion Picture Theatres Association, New York ; Motion Picture Industry Council, Hollywood; trade press committee; Pacific Coast Conference of Independent Theatre Owners, Screen Actors Guild and MPIC, Hollywood, and Allied States Association. O'Donnell, treasurer, represents Variety Clubs International, and Harmon, secretary', is vice-president of MPAA. Depinet was authorized to name five new committees. One, the committee on management of personnel, will be charged with selection of the paid executive vice-president. Nominations for this key executive post by any organization or individual in the industry, will be considered by this committee. It will then make a recommendation to COMPO's executive board, which must act unanimously thereon. The other four committees authorized are a committee on organization, which will chart the functional setup of COMPO ; committee on finance, which will handle problems incident to the one-tenth of one per cent contribution, and will control expenditures ; a committee on additional members for COMPO, such as supply organizations, concession firms, etc., and a committee on planning and program, which will chart the activities of COMPO. Invites Nominations Depinet has invited suggestions from all charter members regarding individuals to serve on all five committees. The by-laws adopted at yesterday's session were amended slightly today to permit the election of officers of persons other than members of the COMPO executive board, which Last Minute Changes In COMPO By-Laws Chicago, May 9. — Last minute changes in the by-laws of the Council of Motion Picture Organizations provide that in the case of the absence or disability of the president, the executive board shall designate one of the ten vice-presidents, who shall be listed alphabetically, to take the president's place and perform his duties. Another change provides that officers need not be members of the Council or of the executive board. Previously, all officers except the executive vice-president would have had to be members of the executive board. is composed of the two delegates from each of the 10 member groups. No date was set by the delegates for the next meeting of COMPO but a meeting of the executive board will be held as soon as the charter of incorporation has been approved, probably late this month or early in June. Kirsch Acts for Rembusch With the exception of Trueman T. Rembusch, president of national Allied, all delegates in attendance yesterday were present today. Rembusch left for Kansas City to attend a meeting of Allied of Kansas and Missouri, with Jack Kirsch of Illinois Allied taking over his place as delegate. Einfeld Confabs (Continued from page 1) showmanship plans launched in the United States earlier this year by the company. The occasion was a luncheon sponsored by the Motion Picture Association of America, with the MPAA's Gerald Mayer presiding, 20th-Fox's home office reported here yesterday. The Paris get-together was the latest in a series of meetings which Einfeld has attended throughout Europe, discussing the "Movies Are Better Than Ever" program as it applies to the foreign field. Also in attendance and speaking in favor of the showmanship drive were Phil Reisman, RKO Radio foreign chief, A. Schneider, Columbia treasurer, and Joseph McConnville, Columbia foreign chief. Einfeld is scheduled to address meetings in Brussels today and tomorrow, attended by representatives of American distributors, as well as Belgian exhibitors and distributors. M. Dutilleu, president of the Belgian Exhibitors Association, will preside. He will return to Paris on Friday to hold a similar meeting with representatives of the French industry. Einfeld will return to New York on Monday, May 22 ; it had previously been reported that he would return on May 15. Dubin Joins Davis Dave Dubin, motion picture executive who of late years has been associated with theatres, has joined Arthur Davis Associates as general manager, in the foreign film field and will develop a national organization to import European product for distribution here. The first release will be the prison film produced in Sweden, "Caged Women." BETTER story and production values! (Each and every chapter loaded with amazing SUPERMAN feats!) A BIGGER and BETTER exploitation campaign! (The greatest in serial history!) ForANYtheatre...ANYWHERE! A COLUMBIA SERIAL