Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1950)

FILE COPY MOTION PICTURE ^ EES.r'Sy""'» 28 WEST 44TH ST., NEW YORK 18, tW5 ILY g&?'Q 93_ NEW YORK, U.S.A., MONDAY, MAY 15, 1950 TEN CENTS pr erne Court ants Decree ly to Three fs, 20th-Fox, W.B. More Divorce Time iHiNGTON, May 14. — SuCourt Justice William O. is on Friday stayed the New statutory court's decree proon divorcement and divestiture \ie high court has finally dis•i the appeals of Loew's, Warfth Century-Fox and the govt. stay means that until such time high court either rejects the or takes the appeals and finalies the case, the three theatredefendants need not draw up ment and divestiture plans, er, it means that the various es on divorcement and divestithe New York court decree, inf dating from Feb. 8, the date (Continued on pace 3) 'Korda-Selzn ick Dute Hearings weeks of arbitration hearings dispute between David O. Selzrd Sir Alexander Korda on by both of breaches of their :al distribution agreement were ed here on Saturday with sumby Selznick's attorney before (Continued on page 3) tlook Good If TV lintains Standards jeried on the results of recent exchange of busi lj: information at a meetof Universal-Internation ' astern division representes, Maurice Bergman, U-I utive, said: "To paraise Nicholas Schenck, •re is nothing the matter i this business that a few e bad television programs 't cure'." TOA Would Invite Allied To Arbitration Meetings Goldwyn Suit vs. Fox West Coast Near San Francisco, May 14. — Local attorneys for Samuel Goldwyn Prod, are putting the final touches to a bill of complaint for an anti-trust suit to be filed against Fox West Coast Theatres, possibly this week. The oft-threatened and long anticipated action, to be filed in U. S. District court here, will charge monopoly and discrimination in FWC's film booking practices, it is reported. AppealTowne DeereeRu ling Chicago, May 14. — An appeal was filed here today in the District Court of Judge John J. Barnes by attorneys for the defendants in the Towne Theatre, Milwaukee anti-trust suit. The appeal seeks a reversal of the decision handed down by Judge Barnes who granted the Towne plaintiff damages of $1,295,878, court costs of $5,000 and attorneys fees of $225,000. Tomorrow, the major distributor and circuit defendants will post a $2,000,000 appeal bond with the Federal Court with which to impose a stay of execution of the decree. Columbia to Probe Effects of Decrees Atlantic City, May 14— Attended by 22 home office executives and sales personnel, and 81 delegates from the field, representing 14 exchanges, the second of Columbia's two-part sales convention for 1950 will get underway here tomorrow at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. The meetings will run four days, under the chairmanship of general sales manager A. Montague. Following a message from Jack (Continued on page 3) Allied States, the Pacific Coast Conference of Independent Theatre Owners and other exhibitor organizations will be invited by Theatre Owners of America to participate in exhibitor-distributor conferences looking to the establishment of an industrywide arbitration system, if the TOA executive committee at its meeting here today and tomorrow authorizes Sam Pinanski, president, to proceed with an arbitration plan. Allied leadership has demonstrated recently an attitude of indifference toward the establishment of a system of arbitration, but it is believed in exhibition circles here that the organization would accept an invitation to send a delegate to any all-industry meeting on the subject. PCCITO recently struck an arrangement with 20th-Fox for getting an arbitration system started on the Coast. Andy W. Smith, 20th-Fox vicepresident, and PCCITO president Rotus Harvey are scheduled to confer next weekend on plans to implement the Coast arrangement. Scully and O'Keefe Hold Field Meetings Continuing their current nationwide analysis of business conditions, Universal-International sales executives will leave New York today for a series of meetings in the field following conclusion of initial meetings in the home office. W. A. Scully, sales vice-president, and F. J. A. McCarthy, SouthernCanadian sales manager, will open meetings in Cincinnati tomorrow with branch managers, while A. J. O'Keefe, assistant sales manager, accompanied by Foster Blake, Western sales manager, will start meetings in Chicago. UK Report Asks New Child Film Rules London, May 14. — After nearly twoand-one-half years of investigation, the Home Office committee has issued its report on "Children and the Cinema." Among its recommendations : That children under seven should not be admitted unless accompanied (Continued on page 3) Pact Set with Argentina; to Run 5 Years 'Hazen Plan' Allows $1,100,000 Annually American companies will resume shipments of films to Argentina for the first time in over a year in consequence of an agreement signed here Friday by Argentine Finance Minister Ramon Cereijo prior to his departure for Buenos Aires, and by Eric Johnston, Motion Picture Association of America president, prior to his departure for London to participate in the Anglo-American film remittance talks which open there today. Known as the "Hazen Plan," because the accepted provisions were suggested by Joseph H. Hazen, president of Hal Wallis Prod., the fiveyear agreement permits American companies to send unlimited numbers of films into Argentina ; to withdraw $1,100,000 in remittances annually, to be credited against the more than $5, (Continued on page 3) Color TV Is First On FCC 's Schedule Washington, May 14. — The Federal Communications Commission will announce its color television decision before it goes on to hearings on reallocating existing TV channels and (Continued on page 3) Rodgers to Preside At MGM Meet Today Approximately 85 members of M-G-M's home office and field sales, advertising, publicity and exploitation staffs will be on hand today for the first of three "Say It with Pictures" meetings called by William F. Rodgers, sales vice-president. The two-day session will get under way at the Astor Hotel with Rodgers conducting the sessions. 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