Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1951)

Monday, October 1, 1951 Motion Picture daily 3 TV Trouble At Minnesota House Minneapolis, Sept. 30.— The management of the 4,000-seat Radio City hopes to have better luck for future fight and other events than it had for the Saddler-Pep bout when mechan;cal trouble blacked out action from the fourth to the eighth round. More than 3,300 fans packed the main floor of the theatre, but because of the mechanical failure Radio City had to refund several hundred admis Stars' Liquor Ads (Continued from page 1) TOA regard as a "touchy" question. The explanation is that those who would hesitate in asking for COMPO action are inclined to believe that a less formal approach, such as a quiet appeal by organized exhibitors for distillers' cooperation, might be preferable. Origin of Move It is understood that the movement to seek COMPO action originated in the TOA committee on COMPO, headed by Morton G. Thalhimer, which was set up during the early stages of the exhibitor organization's convention at the Hotel Astor here last week to deal with public relations. Members deemed the liquor ads "bad public relations." US-UK Agreement (Continued from page 1 ) sentative in London, a cable indicating that British government representatives would come to New York in mid-October for pact-signing ceremonies. THIS IS A TEASER! $ A YVONNE DE CARLO stars in Hotel Sahara released thru UA ,». SPECIAL TRAILER 1 327 S. Wabash Chicago, Illinois FILMACK 630 Ninth Ave. New York, N. Y. ; TOA Grievance Panel (Continued from page 1) leaders from each territory, as deemed necessary or advisable. Complaints regarded as having merit will be taken up by the TOA officials either in the local area, if they can be resolved there, or with distribution home offices in New York, if not. The TOA action, constitutes the most positive approach in the organization's history, brief though it is, to a confrontation with specific trade practice complaints and their solution. Trade circles view it as a direct result of the protests so earnestly and eloquently voiced by the "little fellows" in TOA's ranks at the closingsession of TOA's annual convention here last week. They took the position that no real or effective solution of their problems had been offered by the convention and that TOA lacked established machinery with which to help them throughout the year. Several of the regional representatives put TOA on net-ice that unless something were done about it "we will not be back next year." Glen Thompson of Oklahoma City told the convention "We l'ttle fellows have no illusions about TOA being able to get along without us. But we feel that TOA is stronger with us than it will be without us. We are leaving this convention with disappointment and hope." The prompt establishment of the visiting trade practice panel is regarded by many of TOA's smaller cohorts as the justification for that "hope" which Thompson mentioned. It will no doubt serve to avert important defections from TOA ranks of small town theatre operators. On its accomplishments will hinge TOA's future policies to an imnortant degree. Some of TOA's "little fellows" also regarded it as significant that Walter Reade, Jr.. although renamed chairman of TOA's exhibitor-relations committee by the board last week, despite the fact that his conduct of the committee meetings during the convention touched off the gr >s-roots revolt, was not included on the panel which will hear these comolarits in the field. Nor has any provision been made up to now for giving Reade's committee a role in the processing of complaints which are accepted by the committee for attempted settlement. Convention delegates remaining in New York over the weekend were unanimous in their praise of the promptness with which the new administration had acted and felt that augurs well for the Wolfson-Skouras regime just getting under way. SB Short Subjects From 'U' in 1952 A program of 28 two-reel short subjects, 35 one-reelers and 104 issues of -Universal Newsreel was announced for 1951-52 by Charles J. Feldman domestic sales manager of Universal The two-reelers will include 13 to be released in the "Earth and Its Peonies" series produced bv Louis de Rochemont, 13 "Name Band Musicals", featuring Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra and Woodv Herman and his band, and two specials, tworeelers, the first being "Danger Under the Sea", filmed in the Mediterranean, with some amazing under water scenes and the second to be announced. TOA Joins in Annual 'Pioneer' Awards Theatre Owners of America directors last week voted to make an annual award, in association with Motion Picture Pioneers, to the individual or individuals designated by the latter organization as "Pioneer of the Year." The first TOA award will be made at the Pioneers' annual dinner here on Nov. 15 to Harry M., Jack L. and Albert Warner, who were previously designated "Pioneers of the Year." Some 261 acceptances for the dinner have already been received. Hold Services for R. E. Dwight Today Funeral services for Richard Everett Dwight, 77, 20th Century-Fox counsel during the early stages of the industry's government anti-trust suit, will be held in New York today. He died at his home here on Friday. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. A senior member of the New York law firm of Dwight, Royal, Harris, Koegel and Caskey, Dwight had practiced law here since 1899. In recent years, however, he was in virtual re Newsreel Parade D EPORTS on Britain's ailing -*» King and fighting in Korea mark current newsreel highlights. Other items imlude people in the news, fashions and sports. Complete contents folloziK MOVIETONE NEWS, No. 79 — Korean fighting-. Korean officers here for training. London awaits news of King. Unveil statues of heroes at Arlington Bridge. Gen. Ridgway visits Tokyo farm. Mississippi raft experiment. Jet fighters. Sports. NEWS OF THE DAY, No. Z09 — Anxiety grips Britain over King. Equality pledged to Italy by President Truman. Korean officers here for training. Fashions in swim suits. Sports: turf thrills, boxing. PARAMOUNT NEWS, No. 11 — Rodeo "World Series," King George's Illness, People in the Global Spotlight: Premiere de Gasperi, Gen Alphonse Juin, General and Mrs. Ridgway, Combat report from Korea, Frenchman walks across the Thames River — on a tight-rope. TELENEWS DIGEST, No. 39-B— Korea battling. Korean officers here for training. William Green urges CIO-AFL merger. Japan farms modernized. Duke of Windsor in London. Eisenhower welcomes Gen. Juin. Camouflage artists. Sports. UNIVERSAL NEWS, No. 495— Report on Korean fighting. War statues here from Italy. X-ray program sponsored by Variety Clubs. Latest fashions in swim suits. News from the sport world: football, rodeo. WARNER PATHE NEWS, No. 14.— Fight for Heartbreak Ridge. Britain keeps vigil for ailing King. Senate probe in Washington. Italy gives statues to Truman. Korean officers to train here. Mass X-ray drive. Swim suit fashions. Donkey derby. Football. tirement. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emily H. Wright Dwight. Color by Technicolor A Paramount Picture