Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1945)

lib Extend Term Uf Appeal Board Judge Henry W. Goddard, who signed the Con,;nt Decree November, 1940, was to receive this 'eek an order for his signature, extending the Vms of the arbitration appeal judges for another Wr, according to the American Arbitration Asso'jiation. The terms expire January 31. The order is 'flsed on the signed stipulations of the five con■pting companies calling for the extension. Wenfell Berge, Assistant Attorney General in charge k the Justice Department's Anti-Trust Division, *d Robert L. Wright, special assistant in charge I the motion picture section, have signed for the jfepartment. 'I The Dallas tribunal's dismissal of the combina'pn some run, clearance complaint against the five insenting companies, filed by W. V. Aldwell, Operator of the Roxy theatre, San Angelo, Texas, %s been upheld by the Appeal Board, the Assoiiation reported this week. I'lThe complainant charged the distributors ignored j! previous order against them, except RKO, in jlhich the companies were directed to offer their Jms to the Roxy on a run to be designated by jcm and not calculated to defeat the purpose of :ction 6 of the Consent Decree. He also charged 'at pictures were otfered 120 and ISO days after ■rst run and asked that a reasonable maximum ■;arance be set. Concho Theatres, Inc., operating ;|e Texas, Ritz, Plaza, Angelus, Lyric, Royal and )px, all in San Angelo, intervened. 'William A. McSwain, arbitrator in the Chicago ibunal, has dismissed the combination some run, l^rance complaint against all five by R. J. Miller, (erator of the Colony theatre, McHenry, 111. iBenton Roy, operator of the Roy theatre, Man■ra. La., has filed a some run complaint in the Ew Orleans tribunal, against. Paramount, RKO, I ventieth Century-Fox and Warners. It is charged J It although the defendants have offered product ' the Roy, they have employed methods calculated ij defeat the purpose of Section 6. ^'rincess" in Ninth Week in Chicago, Report Holdovers ) Samuel Goldwyn's "The Princess and the Pi• te," starring Bob Hope, released through RKO idio, is now in its ninth week at the Woods ;atre, Chicago. Fourth weeks for the film are borted at Boston, Washington and Philadelphia. 'Third weeks are reported at St. Louis, Jacksonle and Minneapolis, with second weeks at Satinah, Oklahoma City and Portland, Me. Extra playing time has been reported at the , John's theatre, Jacksonville, where in its first ek it set a new house record. Holdovers are 0 reported at Macon, Ga., Ft. Wayne, Ind., ringfield, O., and Asheville, N. C, while new use records have been established at Sarnia, , Catherine's and Chatham in the Toronto terri Daballeros" Will Open in ew York February 3 'The Three Caballeros," Walt Disney's latest 1 length Technicolor musical, released by RKO, II have its New York premiere February 3 at : Globe theatre. The production, which comics cartoon characters with living actors, last ek reached its fourth week at the Alameda atre, Mexico City. It has grossed more than per cent beyond any other American or native ture to play the house over a similar period, :ording to RKO. ecency Legion Reviews ght New Pictures rhe National Legion of Decency this week [ssified eight new pictures as follows: In Class 1, unobjectionable for general patronage: othing But Trouble," "Sagebrush Heroes" and ,|hadows of Death." In Class A-2, unobjectionjie for adults: "I'll Be Seeing You," "Mr. imanuel," "The Mummy's Curse," "Song to , member" and "Thoroughbreds." International Unit Formed By Republic Pictures To handle the company's foreign business. Republic Pictures International Corporation has been formed with a capital stock of 1,000 shares, no par value. Officers are : Morris Goodman, president ; E. H. Seifert, vice-president; Walter Titus, treasurer, and A. E. Schiller, secretary. Republic is the most recent company to form a foreign corporate subsidiary. The first was adopted by Loew's. A tax saving is permitted as the result of two features of the U. S. law on the excess profits tax, from which companies doing 95 per cent of their business abroad are exempt and which, making a 40 per cent annual levy on profits from direct operating, applies this rate to only 15 per cent of the dividends paid by corporate subsidiaries to parent companies. Boston Dailies Cut Film Ad Space Further evidence of the newsprint shortage affecting motion picture advertising came this week from Boston, when three Boston newspapers joined scores of other American dailies in limiting advertising space to theatres. The Boston Herald and Boston Traveler, morning and evening papers, announced their schedule as follows : 50 lines on two columns, twice, 100 lines on two columns, one insertion; 140 lines on three columns, one insertion ; a total of 480 lines for a first run offering. This cut seriously upsets the national advertising sent out from studios and publicity offices in Hollywood and New York. Companies will be forced to prepare separate advertisements for each paper in Boston in most instances. The Boston Post notified theatres it would hold to a maximum of 200 lines daily. Thus far the Globe has made no further cuts but has held rigidly to the policy of holding the advertising down for several months past. The Record and American, both Hearst tabloids, have had limited ad space for some time. Promote Four of Republic Staff Four Republic sales staff promotions were announced this week by James R. Grainger, president and general sales manager, at the final regional sales conference of a series, held Monday and Tuesday at the North Hollywood studio. ElYective Monday, February 12, William Feld, formerly branch manager in Des Moines, assumes his new post as Chicago sales manager ; William Weiss, formerly salesman in St. Louis, is advanced to branch sales manager of that office ; B. C. Talley, formerly Atlanta salesman, becomes sales manager of that office; and Dave Nelson, formerly salesman in St. Louis, becomes Des Moines branch manager. These promotions supplement the promotions of Nat E. Steinberg and N. J. Colquhoun, former branch managers in St. Louis and Dallas, to posts as prairie and southwestern district sales managers, respectively. These assignments were announced by Mr. Grainger at the closing session of the recent Chicago regional sales meeting, increasing the total of district sales managers to eight, and allowing for greater concentration for all district managers. The Hollywood meeting was addressed by Herbert J. Yates, Sr., chairman of the board. Other home office executives present included : Edward L. Walton, assistant general sales manager ; western district sales manager Francis Bateman ; franchise holder J. T. Sheffield ; branch managers J. H. Sheffield, Portland, Gene Gerbase, Denver ; Harold C. Fuller, Salt Lake City ; L. W. Marriott, Los Angeles ; and Sid Weisbaum, San Francisco. Others included William Saal, executive assistant to Mr. Yates ; Allen Wilson, studio vice-president ; Walter L. Titus, Jr., executive assistant to Mr. Grainger ; J. L. Kaufman, studio publicity head ; Steve Edwards, New York publicity director ; Si Borus, home office contract department head. Kentucky Theatre Burns The Lyric theatre at Guthrie, Ky., was completely destroyed by fire last week. Change of Trade Screening Date INSTEAD OF JANUARY 29th AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED WARNER BROS.' TRADE SHOWINGS OF "OBJECTIVE, BURMA!" Starring ERROL FLYNN Will Now Be Held On Monday, February 5th SCREENING ROOMS AND TIME OF SHOWINGS REMAIN UNCHANGED OTION PICTURE HERALD, JANUARY 27. 1945 59