Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1946)

SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, March 9, 1946 1Z NATIONAL NEWSREEL AFL Wins Round in Tug-O'-War First showdown in Hollywood's tangled labor jurisdictional situation this week came from the coast as the AFL Screen Extras' Guild won the right to bargain for screen extras over the Conference of Studio Union's Screen Players' Union in a National Labor Relations Board Election. The vote was 1,227 for SEG to 821 for SPU. SEG had the backing of the AFL lATSE unions and the 4A'S. Next bargaining agent question which may require a NLRB election may be in the office workers where the employers claim a union seeking to represent the employes no longer represents the majority. 41 Unions in Labor Organizations Under Contract to Film Studios 7 Nc Forty-one unions — representing crafts and skills that range from the cook who feeds the inner man to the musician whose melodies heighten dramatic scenes are employed in the complicated business of movie-making, a list of unions having contracts with Hollywood studios reveals. The list does not cover similar unions which may claim jurisdiction of certain fields but which are not under contract. This diversity of interests and occupations hint at the reason why the Hollywood labor picture can appear so confused and bewildering to those outside the motion picture capital. Of the 41 unions, seven are not afliliated with the AFL. They are : Machinists, Cinema Lodge 1185 of the International Association of Machinists ; Society of Motion Art Picture Directors ; Dance Directors' Guild; Screen Directors' Guild; Script Clerks' Guild ; Production Manager's Guild, Inc. ; and the Screen Writers' Guild. AFL affiliates are : Local 946, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America ; Locals 17, 284, 440, 468, 639, Hotel and Restaurant Employes' International of America ; Local 399, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America ; Local 40, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ; Local 724, International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers' Union ; American Federation of Musicians ; Local 755, Operative Plasterers and Cement Finishers, International Association of United States and Canada ; Screen Cartoonists' Local 852 of Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America ; Janitors' Local 278, Building Service Employes' International Union ; Screen Ofhce Employes' Guild Local 1391, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America ; Local 644, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America; Local 193, Building Service Employes' International Union ; Screen Publicists Local 1489, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America ; Screen Story Analysts' Local 1488, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America ; Screen Set Designers' SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW Title and Trade Mark Registered U. S. Patent Ofict Published every Friday by Showmen's Trade Review Inc., 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. Telephoo. BRyant 9-5606. Charles E. 'Chick' Lewis, Editor Publisher; Tom Kennedy, Aseociate Editor; Jame> A. Cron, General Manager; Ralph Cokain, Manaein« Editor; Harold Rendall, Equipment Advertising Mane get; West Coast Office, 6777 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood 28. California; Telephone Hollywood 2855 Ann Lewis, manager. London Representative, Jock Ma"Gregor, 16 Leinster Mews, London, W. 2.; Australiat Representative. Gordon V. Curie, 1 Elliott St., Home bush. Sydney, Australia Member Audit Bureau of Cir culations. All contents copyright 1946 by Showmen'i Trade Review. Inc. Address all correspondence to th< New York office 'Subscription rates : $2.80 per year if the L^nited States and Canada; Foreign, $5.00 Sin^Itopics, ten cent* Local 1421, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorat'irs and Paperhangers of America; Local 659, International Photographers of the Motion Picture Industries ; Local 705, M. P. Costumers, Local 776, Motion Picture Film Editors ; Local 767, Motion Picture First Aid Employes ; Local 80, Motion Picture Studio Grips ; Local 683, Film Technicians of the Motion Picture Industry; Local 727, Motion Picture Studio Laborers and Utility Workers ; Local 728, Studio Electrical Technicians ; Local 706, Make-up Arti&ts and Hair Stylists ; Local 165, Motion Picture Studio Projectionists ; Local 44, Affiliated Property Craftsmen ; Local 695, International Sound Technicians of the Motion Picture, Broadcast and Amusement Industry ; Screen Actors' Guild ; Local 212, International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers, Welders and Helpers. Local 374, International Molders and Foundry Workers' Union of North America ; Local 67, Metal Polisliers, Buffers, Platers and Helpers International Lhiion ; Local 78, United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters of the United States and Canada; Screen Extras' Guild; Local 108, Sheet Metal Workers' International Association. Wage Raises for Exchange Workers Hinges on Vote Whether future contracts of the CIO United Office and Professional Workers' Union No. 1 of New York will have clauses raising wages from $5 to $10 will depend upon the referendum to be held by the members shortly, union headquarters announced. The union, which is said to have contracts covering office workers in film exchanges and home offices, said its contracts with the majors expired in July. Recently at the national convention in Cleveland raises from $5 to $10 weekly, depending upon present earnings, had reen approved by the national organization. Taxes Show BO Increase The federal government's 20 per cent amusement taxes showed a substantial increase for the month of January, 1946, over the same month in 1946, figures released this week show. Total admissions throughout the United States for 1946 were $33,741,349.70 as compared to $24,3-15,560.17 in 1945. Want Movieless Sundays Sunday movies, baseball or any other form of entertainment will be out in Americus, Ga., if the Ministerial Union of that community has its way. The association recently passed ;i resolution against these Sunday activities and are understood to be ready to follow it up with concerted action. States Contribute to York Theatre Code Seven cities — Boston, Philadeljiliia, Chicago, New Orleans, Kansas City, Mo., San Francisco and Los .Angeles — will probably furnish information and experience to help shape New York's new theatre code which is now in the making. License Commissioner Ben Fielding told .Showmen's Tkauk Kkview this week. Fielding did not anticipate the code would be ready for the next four or five months and said that it would not be adopted until every interested group — exhibitors, legitimate theatre operators, unions, etc. — had had the opportunity to study it and to confer with him upon it. "After this project got under way," the Commissioner said, "it aroused great interest elsewhere. I have had letters from cities across the nation asking for the benefit of our experience. These cities are also sending us their codes and their experience wliich is being carefully studied, and which may help us shape our code. "Every interested section (group) will be given the opportunity to study the proposed code and to confer with me. When we came into this job there were no rule^ and regulations. We are trying to formulate those now. And we shall not adopt the code imtil all elements in the industry have had full opportunity to study and to make suggestions." Conn. Exhibitors Must Flameproof Materials Connecticut theatre owners have been ordered by State Police Commissioner Edward J. Hickey to flameproof all "drapes, curtains, acoustical materials, scenery, coverings, furniture" in all parts of the theatre used by patrons or employes. Managers are to certify in writing to the Commissioner's office the date articles have been flameproofed. Non-flameproofed material will be removed from the theatre after a "reasonable time." Clamp Down on Bank Night Bank night and bingo games have been clamped down upon at Mansfield, Ohio, by order of Police Chief Meade K. Bates. Bates' order followed a raid on a city gambling house in which 67 persons were arrested. Three theatres, which have been sponsoring a joint bank night in that city, are affected. Net t® right Midnight Ban Because its members are not solidly behind fighting the Toronto police commissioners' ban against midnight shows, the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Ontario has decided to take no further action against such prohibitory rulings in various municipalities. INDEX TO DEPARTMENTS Advance Dope 51 Box-Office Slants 24 Current Product Summary 49 Feature Borking Guide 45 Feature Guide Title Index 48 Hollywood 42 Newsreel Synopses 41 Regional Newsreel 32 Selling the Picture 28 Shorts Booking Guide 50 Short Subject Reviews 41 Theatre Management 19