Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1950)

Hf_r COPY Motion picture DAILY FIRST L-\$J NO. 110 NEW YORK, U. S. A., THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1950 TEN CENTS Jl-Industry ionciliation lan Is Seen ould Join Arbitration > It Under New System Distributors may take to the imiding all-industry conference on litration the proposal that any lure system of industrywide arbifcion should make adequate proyii for conciliation of exhibitor-disaitor disputes before they are taken jan arbitrator. The principal consideration ehind such a proposal would re economy. Conciliation acivity would be conducted by he principals involved in a ispute, and without benefit of ounsel. Thus, conciliation atempts would cost nothing, for t would be taken for granted hat if non-disputants from the ndustry joined in such conferences it would be for the ake of maintaining a conciliaion system. jvndy W. Smith, Jr., 20th-Fox dis'Ution vice-president and chair(Continued on page 7) ar amount Division eet Starts Today Iollywood, June 7. — Sales and ertising plans for Paramount' s rent and future product will be :ussed during the three-day pre' vention division managers meeting ch begins tomorrow at the Parajnt Studio, presided over by A. (Continued on page 6) odgers to Preside t Canadian Meeting ■ix M-G-M home office executives I attend the Canadian "Say It h Pictures" meetings to be held ie 15-16 at the Royal York Hotel, "onto. Members of the six Canai offices will be on hand for the (Continued on page 6) Film Labor Seen Influencing US Decision on UK Pact That organized film industry labor will have a key role in the outcome of the Anglo-American trade negotiations is considered a strong likelihood in high industry circles. The points is made that in the event the British terms could be found workable on an equitable basis there would be much hesitancy about entering a new foreign tie-in at the expense of trouble with labor on the home front. Labor's concern centers around the possibility that Hollywood production activity might drop proportionately with any increase by American companies in England. Both Ellis G. Arnall, president of the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers, and Eric A. Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association of America have slated Coast visits for late this month and doubtless will take up the matter with studio unions. Additionally, Richard F. Walsh, president of the Interna (Continued on page 7) Film Board of Trade Hears Martin Quigley Martin Quigley yesterday addressed the New York Film Board of Trade, discussing "the character, purposes and effect" of the film industry's Production Code in all of its ramifications. Following his address, Quigley answered questions from Board members. In attendance were Louis Nizer and Henry Danziger of the Film (Continued on page 7) Rank Withdraws as BFPA Candidate London, June 7. — J. Arthur Rank, for seven years president of the British Film Producers' Association, announced here that he is unable to accept the nomination for another term, feeling the time has arrived for another person to hold the presidency. He assured the BFPA that his companies will continue to give the association its full support. Warner, US Decree Unaffected by Supreme Court Rule Status of Warner's consent decree with the government in the industry anti-trust suit has been unaffected by the U. S. Supreme Court's affirmation of the New York Federal Court's three-year divorcement order, a Warner official disclosed here yesterday. He said the company has no thought of asking the high court to reconsider an appeal and in all likelihood will stick to its decree agreement with the government despite the fact that this will mean considerably less time for (Continued on page 7) Industry Leaders to Be Honored by UJA at an 'All Presidents' Dinner Climaxing its 1950 United Jewish Appeal drive, the New York amusement division under the joint chairmanship of Fred J. Schwartz and Sam Rosen yesterday announced an "All Pres'dents' Dinner" at the Waldorf Astoria here on June 29. The function will honor past and present chairmen of the many drives which the amusement division has held. They are: Barney Balaban, Jack Cohn, Matthew Fox, S. H. Fabian, Billy Rose, Albert Warner, the late David Bernstein and the incumbents, Schwartz and Rosen. The dinner will be an invitational affair under the sponsorship of Balaban, Nate J. Blumberg, Harry Cohn, Ned E. Dep;net, Herman Robbins, Nicholas M. Schenck, Lee Shubert, Gradwell L. Sears, Spyros P. Skouras and Harry M. Warner. Harry Brandt will preside. N.Y. Theatres Oppose a Law To Hike Wages Schwartz Urges '47 Rate; Film Unions Ask $1 Floor While maintaining reservations as to the constitutional right of the State of New York to establish a minimum wage rate for motion picture industry employes, Century Circuit vice-president Fred J. Schwartz urged yesterday that if such a rate is recommended by the State Minimum Wage Board it be set at the level established by the State Department of Labor in 1947 for other industries. The basis of his appeal was that the cost-of-living index has not risen since that year. Schwartz, who made his recommendation as a spokesman for the Metropolitan Motion Picture Theatres Association at yesterday's public hearing here of the Wage Board, did not specify wage figures. However, it was indicated later by a spokesman for the State Industrial Board that the aver (Conlinucd on page 7) Expect Settlement Of Hughes Suit The long-standing and to a large extent dormant anti-trust suit instituted by Howard Hughes against the Motion Picture Association of America stemming from the "Outlaw" Production Code dispute, will very likely be settled, Federal Judge Alfred C. (Continued on page 6) Schimel Heads Film Scholarship Fund Adolph Schimel, vice-president and general counsel of Universal Pictures, has been named chairman of the motion picture industry scholarship fund at Yeshiva University here, by Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of the uni (Continued on page 6) 10UNT PICTURE, IT'S THE BE WN ! • IF IT'S A PARAMOUNT PICTURE. IT'S THE BEST SHOW Paramount's SUNSET BOULEVARD is -a giant among motion pictures' -. 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