Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1950)

:IRST IN FILM JEWS FILE COPY . MOTION PICTURE DAILY Accurate Concise and impartial NO. 95 hary Lists I Features 3 Sept., '51 \s Industry Is In sically Healthy' Era G-M has a schedule of 55 picto be produced between now I Sept. 1, 1951, Dore Schary, president in charge of produc, disclosed at the company's sales hg at the Hotel Astor here yesy, following home office conferwith Nicholas M. Schenck, pres; Louis B. Mayer, first vicedent in charge of the studio, and ,am F. Rodgers, vice-president in re of sales. "he schedule includes 13 ns which will be part of the 9-'50 program with the bal:e of 42 to comprise the slate the 1950-'ol fiscal year. the start of 1949, Schary re (Continued on page 6) NEW YORK, U.S.A., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1950 TEN CENTS NSS to Service Theatres Set Meet on With Television Trailers Business on B 'way Slow Business at New York's first runs this week continues at a slow pace. Theatremen attribute the box-office sluggishness to a "general economic condition" rather than weak product. They hope for an early pick-up. "Champagne for Caesar," with George Olsen's orchestra on stage, had a mild opening at the Capitol, where the first week's revenue is figured at $33,000, under expectations. (Continued on page 3) National Screen Service has entered the television production field to service theatres with packages of four brief promotional trailers on key product for local telecasts at $35 per package, in either 16mm. or 35mm. width to meet the requirements of all TV stations. This was disclosed here yesterday by NSS president Herman Robbins. "We are now ready to make available television trailers," stated Robbins, "and in this effort we have been assured the cooperation of many of the producing companies and anticipate that in due time, we shall have the cooperation of all. "The first of these television trailers have been prepared on 20th Cen (Continucd on page 3) Commons Hears UK Plea for Tax Cut -Elect Skouras, I Other 20th-Fox Jicers, Directors yros P. Skouras, president, and ther officers of 20th Century-Fox reelected yesterday at a meeting it board of directors which fol$d the annual stockholders' meetit which all board members were feted. rer 800 persons crowded the com I (Continued on page 7) * Ith-Fox 13-Week t Is $1,841,030 London, May 16— A plea for relief from Britain's 38 per cent amusement tax was taken to the House of Commons today by J. Arthur Rank, Sir Alexander Korda and Sir Henry French. The industry leaders met with members of all parties to press the seriousness of the crisis in the motion (Continued on page 2) la.-Neb. Allied Plans Action on Practices Omaha, May 16. — Resolutions against "some current unfair trade practices" will come up before tomor row's session of the two-day Allied In dependent Theatre Owners of Iowa and Nebraska convention which opened here today at the Fontenelle Hotel. The step was decided at a (Continued on page 2) Arbitration In Two Weeks Initiator to Be Decided; UA Refuses TO A Bid With only a technical point to be settled, namely, whether it will be exhibition or distribution that will initiate an "all-industry" conference in behalf of an industry arbitration system, Theatre Owners of America revealed here yesterday that all companies are "enthusiastically in favor of such a conference, except United Artists. TOA president Samuel Pianski indicated through the organization's counsel, Herman M. Levy, that it will be settled in about two weeks as to which branch of the industry will sound the official call for the meeting. UA declined to participate in the all-industry arbitration conference on advice of its (Continued on page 7) .ventieth Century-Fox and all idiaries, including National Theyesterday reported net earnings 1,841,030 after all charges for the quarter ended April 1. After icting dividends on prior preferred convertible preferred stocks, the olidated net earnings amounted to ents per share on 2,769,143 shares (Continued on page 6) Guard Production Code, Keough, Masterson Urge Strong appeals that a constant vigil be maintained against efforts to lower the standards of the Production Code came yesterday from Paramount vicepresident Austin C. Keough and Father Patrick J. Masterson, executive secretary of the National Legion of Decency. The two spoke at the annual luncheon of the motion picture division of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae, held at the Hotel Pierre here, at which Martin Quigley was presented with a division citation for his "vision and courage" m behalf of the preservation of high moral standards in motion picture entertam(Continued on page 6) House Group Okays 10% Dividend Tax Washington, May 16.— The House Ways and Means Committee today approved a 10 per cent withholding tax on dividends of motion picture and other company stocks, designed to raise an estimated $100,000,000 to $150,000,000 a year from stockholders who do not now declare their full dividend income. GoldwynSuesFWC, T-D, Golden State, For $6,750,000 San Francisco, May 16. — Samuel Goldwyn filed in Federal Court here today a suit against Fox West Coast, Charles P. Skouras, and others, charging monopoly and violation of the anti-trust laws and asking damages of $6,750,000. The suit, filed on behalf of (Continued on page 7) E-K First Quarter Profit $10,591,051 Rochester, N. Y., May 16. — Eastman Kodak today reported net income of $10,591,051 for the first three months of this year, compared with $10,732,854 for the same months of last year. Earnings for the March quarter were equivalent to 76 cents a share, against 81 cents for the correspondingperiod of 1949. , . A PARAMOUNT PICTURE, IT'S THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN! • I F IT'S A PARAMOUNT PICTURE. IT'S THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN! • IF IT'S A PARAMOUNT PICTURE. IT'S THE BEST SHOW THE NEW "IRMA" COMEDY THAT EXHIBITORS DEMANDED! LT <T PICTURE, IT'S THE BEST SHC// "?C^ 'HfT^ PARAMOUNT PICTURE, IT'S THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN! ■ IF IT'S A PARAMOUNT PICTURE, IT'S THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN !