Motion Picture Times (1931)

Page 4 MOTION PICTURE TIMES December 15, 1931. More Mud in Philly Unit'-'U, A, Battle Editor’s Note — The “mov» ng spirits” of the M. P. T. O. of Eastern Penn. So. N. J., and Delaware have replied to A1 Lichman’s statement in answer to a request by the Philadelphia body that United Artists retire from business. While MOTION PICTURE TIMES believes that the trade press is no place for the slinging of mud, it reprints the following letter as a mater of record): Mr. A1 Lichtman, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr., United Artists Corporation, New York City. Dear Sir: It is not the practice of this organization to engage in verbal tilts in the trade press. Your reply to our open letter of protest against your company’s sales policies, however, is so shot through with inaccuracies and mis-statements, probably obtained by you second-hand, that we feel sure that, in the interest of accuracy and truth, you, as an executive of considerable reputation in the trade, will want these corrected. There were present at the November 27 meeting of the board of managers of this organization sixteen of its nineteen members. Among these you will find the names of some of the most representative and most conservative exhibitors in the territory — men whom you know personally to enjoy the highest reputation of hon esty and fairness. The vote to issue the protest letter calling upon United Artists Corporation to quit the distribution field was UNANIMOUS — without a single dissenting voice and followed one of the bitterest denunciations of any distributing company ever heard upon the floor of an exhibitor meeting. So much for that. The frantic attempts of your local representative to “reach” several members of our organization, both prior to and after the meeting. with tempting bait in the form of ridiculous rentals as a price for their silence, we are happy to say proved futile, the fish taking the bait but leaving the hook. One member of our organizaiton received an approved contract for “Palmy Days” for a rental equivalent to approximately one-fourth of the price for which his contract had been previously rejected. If some of these prices are ever revealed, they will make those exhibitors who are paying 40 per cent and 50 per cent for (Continued on page 9) WE BUY AND SELL USED SIMPLEX PROJECTORS f COMPLETE LINE STANDARD PROJECTION EQUIPMENT and Projection Acce«*ories Efficient Repair Department Day or Night Service HARDIN THEATRE SUPPLY CO. JOHN HARDIN. Prop. 714 Hampton Rd. Tel. 6-2235 Dallas Texas The theatre owner who operates a comfortably cool house is almost always more successful than some of his fellow exhibitors who treat the matter of cooling lightly. Buffalo Air Washers and Distributing Units CUrFALC ENeiNEEI^INe C€.« INC. 315 S. Harwood St. George W. Thornton, Gen. Mgr. Dallas, Texas Ranking High in the Replacement of Other Equipments UNIVERSAL SOUND ON-FILM UNIVERSAL Sound Heads have been put to the acid test by some of the best operated and most successful theatres in the Southwest. UNIVERSAL is meeting every requirement in big towns where competitive theatres are using the highpriced equipment. With All A. C. OPERADIO Amplification All A. C. Amplification makes UNIVERSAL Equipment a still greater success in hundreds of theatres. OPERADIO can be added to any sound-on-film for better results. HERBER BROS. & WOLF Distributors DALLAS “Fair Treatment and Adequate Service Always” THE PHOTO-TALKER CO. 313 S. Harwood St. B.G. HERBER, Mgr. DALLnS, TEXAS