Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1951)

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VOL. 70. NO. 75 MOTION PICTURE DAILY NEW YORK, U.S.A., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1951 TEN CENTS RCA Shows Its! TO A Regional DISCIPLINE UNITY Color Video Arbitration For Theatres Units Planned Hues Brilliant, Clear in Demonstration Here By MURRAY M. HOROWITZ An impressive demonstration of the Radio Corporation of America's compatible color television system for theatres was held here yesterday at the Colonial Theatre, where press representatives and others viewed the pictures in both color and black-and-white on a 9-by-12-foot screen. The hues of the show, which originated in National Broadcasting's studios here, were brilliant, varied, and clear, and shou'd satisfy the color demands of theatre patrons, although outline definitions at times appeared not as good technically as such processes as Technicolor. In addition to the NBC studio originated show, an outdoor program (Continued on page 6) WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.— The NLRB ruled today that actors employed by TV networks for television films should be a separate unit, for collective bargaining purposes, from other talent of the networks. The ruling was a victory for the screen actors guild and a setback for the Television Authority. • WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-Twelve of the country's 39 largest cities collected $9,070,000 last year in special local admission and amusement taxes, the Census Bureau reports. This compares with $10,244,000 collected by 10 cities in 1949 and $10,204,000 collected by nine cities in 1948. Memphis, Oct. 16. — Plans for the development of a voluntary arbitration system by the Theatre Owners of America were disclosed today by Mitchell Wolfson, TOA president, in an address before the joint convention here of Mid South Allied and the Tri States regional of TOA. Wolfson told the delegates that TOA's objective this year is to set up arbitration districts where TOA, exhibitors and distributors can sit down together and iron out differences. Costly lawsuits, he added, leave scars. On the television front, Wolfson said that "exhibitors are planning for (Continued on page 10) RENEGADES: MYERS Air Mail Edition Announcement On page nine of this issue, Motion Picture Daily announces an expansion of its A;r Mail Edition service, effective next Monday. Mitchell Wolfson Embassy, MOT in $100,000 Deal The consummation of a $100,000 deal between Embassy Newsreel Theatres here and March of Time for all of MOT's "History-in-the-Making" series, released from 1935 to 1942, was disclosed yesterday by Norman Elson, president of Guild Enterprises, Inc., owners of the four Embassy Theatres, and Phil Williams, MOT's theatrical sales manager. Williams also disclosed that MOT probably would make available its 91 releases of "History-in-the-Making" series in other areas early in 1952. Says Sales Managers Unit 'Won't Tolerate Forcing' Memphis, Oct. 16. — The Sales Managers Committee of the Motion Picture Association of America "will not tolerate the illegal practice of forcing pictures by any salesman or branch manager," Ben Kalmenson, committee chairman, has advised Trueman Rembusch, president of Allied States Association, the latter today told the opening session of the joint convention of Allied Independent Theatre Owners of the MidSouth and Theatre Owners of America's Tri-States unit. This reaffirmation of the Sales Managers Committee's position was imparted in a letter which urged that any complaints of forced selling be forwarded to national Allied which in turn could bring the matter to the attention of the sales managers, Rembusch reported. In a lengthy address in which he raised Allied leaders Abram F. Myers, Col. H. A. Cole, Ben Berger •md Nathan Yamins for their contributions to Allied and the industry as a whole, Rembusch also discussed several other trade practice problems. He said Paramount "has a particularly illogical approach to bidding." He declared he knew of one city where Paramount is staying with its so-called old customer and refusing {Continued on page 10) New Color Video System Explained Hollywood, Oct. 16. — A description of a new color television reproducing method differing from the Columbia Broadcasting, Radio Corporation of America, and the Geer systems, wa= perhaps the outstanding developmen+ at today's session of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. Harry Lubcke, who pioneered the development of television at the Don Lee experimental station and now is an independent television consultant, delivered a paper on the new method, which he described as "producing a multicolor image within the fluorescent screen itself, with phosphors so chosen, treated, and influenced that (Continued on page 10) Industry's 'Lone Wolves' Scored at Memphis Meet; Raised Rentals Attacked _ Memphis, Oct. 16. — Distribution's and exhibition's "satraps and lone wolves" who line themselves against united efforts intended to benefit the industry as a whole were scored today by Abram F. Myers, general counsel and board chairman of Allied States Association, in an address before the joint convention of Mid-South Allied and the TriStates regional of the Theatre Owners of America. Myers suggested that methods may have to be devised for disciplining "those who wilfully jeopardize the interests of the whole industry for no good reason." Some way must be (Continued on page 10) Abram F. Myers New RKO Board 'Unacceptable 9 To Greene Group A continued battle for proxies, and recourse to the courts, if necessary, by the David J. Greene group for greater representation on the board of directors of RKO Theatres was seen on the eve of tomorrow's hearing on the government's move to have J. P. Dreibelbis removed as a director. The recent election of William J. (Continued on page 10) Judy Garland Debuts As Palace Headliner Judy Garland last night made her debut as the headliner of an "All-Star Variety Show" as the Palace Theatre here returned to straight vaudeville policy. Miss Garland, whose act occupies the entire last half of the Palace show, tops a number of vaudeville bills featuring Smith & Dale, Max (Continued on page 6)