Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1952)

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L,.sT I MOTION PICTURE NEWS ■ M I I ^ ■ ' l'"P°r^>°l VOL. 71. NO. 13 NEW YORK, U.S.A., FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1952 TEN CENTS Myers Submits Allied Plan Of Arbitration Organization Unit Will Review It, Board Next Washington, Jan. 17. — A proposed draft of an all-inclusive industry arbitration system has gone out to members of Allied States Association's arbitration committee, general counsel Abram F. Myers has revealed. Myers, who prepared the draft, said it was put in the mails today. He said details would not be made public until this or some other plan is approved by the Allied board meeting here early next month. Copies of his proposal will go out to all board members early next week, it was understood. Present plans are for the arbitration committee to compare notes on the proposal, either through correspondence or at a meeting just in ad {Continiied on page 4) Perkins Wins QP Quarterly Al Perkins, manager of the Roxy Theatre in Midland, Ontario, is a clear first in the quarterly competition for the Quigley Awards, sponsored by the Managers Round Table of Motion Picture Herald. Jerome Baker, manager of RKO Keith's in Washington, D. C, is an equal winner for a large theatre situation. Judges were John Murphy, general manager of Loew's out-of-town theatres ; Lynn Farnol, publicity director for the Metropolitan Motion Picture Theatre Owners Association of New {Continued on page 7) End 2 -Day Republic Sales Meet Here _ James R. Grainger, Republic executive vice president in charge of sales, presided here yesterday at the closing session of a two-day sales meeting at the company's home office, followingsimilar meetings on the Coast and in Chicago. Grainger's return to New York followed a five-week absence during which be spent three weeks at the {Continued on page 7) House 'Red' Probe Reopens on Monday Washington, Jan. 17. — The House Un-American Activities Committee announced it would reopen its Communism-in-Hollywood hearings on Monday, and will probably continue all week. While Committee officials refused to reveal the witness list, it was learned that producer Sidney Buchman had been subpoenaed and that George Glass had asked voluntarily to appear. The official announcement said the hearings would be on "Communist activities in California. This hearing will not be confined to the motion picture industry." Night Meeting on New AFM Contract Miami Beach, Jan. 17. — Negotiations between major company executives and the American Federation of Musicians on' a new contract for Hollywood studio musicians did not get under way at the Lombardy Hotel here until seven o'clock tonight. The negotiators still were in session at a late hour. Conferences among the company executives, begun yesterday with Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, presiding, continued today. Johnston and other members of the executive group, {Continued on page 4) MPAA and SIMPP Reach Accord on Spanish Film Pact Following an exchange of views here yesterday between oihcials of the Motion Picture Association of America and the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers, John G. McCarthy, MPAA international department chief, reported that the two organizations had reached an accord which will result in a united American film industry approach to an agreement with the Spanish government. Declining to elaborate on the basis of the accord until the views of the Spaniards toward new proposals are received here, possibly in a few days, McCarthy did indicate, however, that the SIMPP member-producers would receive equitable consideration in the allocation of licenses under the proposed Spanish-American pact. The independent producers, under {Continued on page 2) New UA Posts for Winikus, 2 Others Francis Winikus, United Artists advertising manager, and Al Tamarin, publicity manager, in about 30 days will receive promotions which will be accompanied by the naming of Mort Nathanson, publicity aide to independent producer Sam Spiegel, to the post Tamarin will vacate. Max E. Youngstein, UA vice-president, reported yesterday that Winikus will become advertising-publicity di{Continued on page 2) TOA Atlanta Grievances Meet Called 60 Exhibitors from Five States to Convene Thurs. Some 60 exhibitors and circuit owners operating in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Eastern Tennessee will gather in Atlanta next Thursday for Theatre Owners of America's second major trade practice grievance meeting, it was disclosed yesterday by TOA headquarters here. The meeting will be presided over by E. D. Martin, head of Martin Theatres of Columbus, Ga., who, it is expected, will relay in person the complaints aired at the meeting to members of the oflfical TOA grievance panel during the course of the TOA board meeting in Los Angeles on Jan. 28-31. It is likely that Mitchell Wolfson, TOA president, will stop over in At {Continued on page 4) Offered Para. $12,000,000 Washington, Jan. 17.— An offer of $12,000,000 for Paramount Pictures, Inc.'s stock in the Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories, Inc. was made by the Du Mont company in 1950, the Federal Communications Commission was told today. Paramount turned down the offer, Dr. Allen B. Du Mont said, even though the Du Mont company had made firm arrangements with Kuhn, Loeb, investment bankers, for financing the deal. On the stand for the third day in {Continued on page 4) Pathe Seeks Early RKO-Loew's Trial If the RKO and Loew's circuits conform to the Feb. 1 deadline for providing Pathe Industries with gross records and other data requested in conjunction with the latter's $15,000,000_ triple-damage anti-trust action against the two theatre companies, the plaintiff will be in a position to move immediately_ thereafter for trial in U. S. District Court here, it was in {Coutinucd on page 4) The Herald Institute The Herald Institute of Industry Opinion, formation of which was announced on Nov. 10, 1951, makes its debut in the Jan. 19 edition of Motion Picture Herald, out today. The Institute, functioning through representative panels in exhibition, distribution and production, will sample each group for views on important industry problems and will present the results for the combined industry, as well as for its individual branches. The first report, published today, presents findings on these questions: Should there he an industry arbitration system? If so, what subjects should be arbitrated? How should arbitration panels be selected? What is the business prospect? How did 1951 business compare with 1950? What are the reasons for changes in the business trend? Subsequent findings on other major topics will be published regularly thereafter.