Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1950)

DO NOT REMOVE qp NEWS v MOTION PICTURE DAILY Ac and Impar I 'ii£_}NO. 101 NEW YORK, U. S. A., THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1950 TEN CENTS Fill Urge $1 linimum for (y Film Help ate Board Will Weigh c Hourly Increase Representatives of organized film ustry labor will propose at the le 7 hearing here of the New rk State Minimum Wage Board : the state's minimum wage, as it lies to motion picture personnel, -aised from 40 cents to $1 an hour, i;as reported in union quarters here erday. The board, which was apointed recently by State Inustrial Commissioner Edward orsi to consider a minimum age for the amusement indusry, has scheduled the June 7 paring as a full-dress inquiry ito wage scales paid in dis (Continued on page 6) uMontNetUp33% t First 12 Weeks fet profit of $1,967,000 for the first veeks of 1950, after taxes and all "ges, including network losses — valent to 92 cents a share, on 2,597 common shares outstanding — 1 reported yesterday by Allen B. (Continued mi page 6) UJA Campaign Is Making Progress The United Jewish Appeal Irive for 1950 is making satsfactory progress, the execuive committee of the amusenent division reported here esterday following a meetng at which Sam Rosen and •'red Schwartz, co-chairmen, presided. Some sub-divisions already iave reached and passed last ear's quotas, but regardless, he drive will continue on all ronts without abatement ntil its conclusion. Unable to Replace Fabian as Arbiter Principals in the Bridgeport-Stratford, Conn., arbitration case, from which Si H. Fabian withdrew as arbitrator, have failed thus far to agree on anew arbitrator with an industry background, and indications are that a selection will be made from outside the industry. Fabian withdrew from the case, which involves Elmwood Theatre Corp. and five majors, on May 3 because he could not be certain that a decision would prevent future litigation. It was said that American Arbitration Association may be asked to hear the dispute. Allied Bypasses Arbitration Plan Memphis, May 24.— The Allied board convened here this morning for its third successive day of meeting but the final session was called off when it was found that a quorum was not present. Thus, arbitration, first subject on today's program, was postponed for discussion at the next board meeting, a date for which has not been set. Mid-South Allied was scheduled to open its convention here today but the event was postponed until tomorrow to give the delegates an opportunity to attend a private screening today of (Continued on page 7) Many to Campaign For Palsy in June Numerous theatres which have been prevented by other activities from participating in the current industry campaign for the United Cerebral Palsy Associations are scheduling fund-raising activities for next month instead. Fox West Coast Theatres will launch a UCPA fund drive on June 1, and so will more than 100' theatres in Iowa and Nebraska, spearheaded by Tri-States and Pioneer circuits. Thalheimer and Fabian in Virginia (Continued on page 6) German Quota Fight Impends A three-cornered fight involving American distributors, the Economic Cooperation Administration and German film producers is building around proposals for a German quota to restrict motion picture imports. Heretofore there have been no quota restrictions in Germany beyond the "gentleman's agreement" adhered to by the Motion Picture Export Association. The MPEA pulled out of the Reich last January and since then American distributors have been pursuing individual operations in that country. With physical costs substantially increased under solo operations the companies have been seeking to make up for that with the marketing of considerably more product. German producers now seek to have a quota enacted to protect their own product in the domestic market. Lewisburg Ruling To Protect Owners Nashville, May 24. — In denying the motion filed last Friday by U. S. Attorney Ward Hudgins to restrain Crescent-Lewisburg interests from opening and operating a drive-in at Lewisburg, Federal Judge Leslie Darr yesterday ruled that such an injunction would work a hardship upon the non-Crescent holders of the other 50 percent of the theatre's stock. None of these stockholders was represented in court, Darr said, and issuance of the injunction order would take away their right to expand with (Continued on page 7) Court Adds Week to File Trust Record The Department of Justice and Loew's, Warner and 20th CenturyFox have been allowed an additional week's extension, to June 2, by the U. S. Statutory Court for completing the filing of the record of the industry anti-trust suit with the U. S. Supreme Court. All testimony, exhibits and other data which has been entered in the case since it left the high court in 1948 are to be included. 'Break9 Seen In U.K. Pact Negotiations Compromises Likely for Showdown Meet Friday By PETER BURNUP London, May 24. — A possible break in the deadlock of negotiations for a new Anglo-U. S. film remittance agreement occurred at a_ private meeting here tonight of principals for both sides, following a daytime session at which no progress had been achieved. If the break materializes it will come at a meeting scheduled for Friday when Harold Wilson, president of the Board of Trade, will make definite and final proposals for the British government. Those proposals are expected to be put (Continued on page 7) Must Make TV Ally Of Theatres: TOA Contending that "effective action" can make television the ally and not the enemy of exhibitors, Theatre Owners of America executive director Gael Sullivan has asserted in a TOA brochure entitled "Harnessing the Tele (Contiiiued on page 7) Independents Quiet On the RFC Front Washington, May 24. — A top official of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. said that it appears no decision is "imminent" on the question of government loans to independent motion picture producers. "They don't seem to be pushing us right now," he said, "and in view of the difficult problems involved for us, I don't look for anything very soon." 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