Variety (Aug 1934)

Tue«d«]r« August 7, P I C T ■ R E S fARlETY ams JiKt affig boMy 0, p. p^^ ; \ ' Iiivi^tonai 'Adm Soi A. Rosenblatt loavos horo tftniorrow (.T<ie«day> for San Fraininoo and ' lot' to^t daj H thore, .', ■ 'in'm'-code; --itfikifi'fiml^^^ ■ ■ Clvii"aK<>- ' In 'Hollywood lo.sn than two weekfi, i^i))j4Jnblatf 8 stay on eoast twocn surveying operation Of film in<lu.stiy and others under codes which he administtTs, and plciisuro. TennlH, KOlC and dininK with friends unid former «blto|cci )iM;Uf> M htis ItM 1nul^K of hli Announced as comliii? hieri to ;Btart off the two flve-and-five com- miitees—writers and actors—he told : them no more about pi>eration at tIKeM c<iHeoi(ye bargalii^^^ than he could have told thi?in in tetter. ' He attended hoUi orKauixing ses- iiibmi of these ttro committees (ind ttlthoUglli ; |>iedfHi|rgr^^^; 1^^ ■'is^tticy-^ all iiioee- 'in the Session* admit that scorory thing is a myntery to them as nothing came out of tliem but instructions hOW te . conduct parley;^. itbSehblatt itttended Ittform^id meethiK of Affency code committee which has been deadlocked in ar- rivipK at an agency fair practice .clause to go into the fllm code. , Atone wall Is In lAbgit msAto 6f . 'i^hts of ah agent of « contlractcd ; flliht Iii dealing with atudfo execs. I..attor in.sist 10 percenters hog too niucli time after client is set. Tenta- tive clause has been assembled and ; jLliis to vote W#dj|iesday night v^llftt*' «ie DiVinliytiM A<!IM • leaves town. . rr.xiuci'r and oinpli)yi-c.s KumminK l!P Ilo.scnblatt'B visit see only in it vjpemjnder tlvit t|ie Federal govern- WITH FRISCO'S Z C SET, SCAIISGOIIP i4« Even before the double-feature crisis, threiaitcning to rip open the MltA front In ftlmdoni. Is aettlii^ the Code Autlioiity is ru.shinp out ballots, to jEoning buard sejcrelArjiif^ wltii limtriictiQns to eotlect M iCifct^ (M^ i^^ of eg-, jhlhltors on whether or no t gi ve- aways will .survive. The rebate situation, however, differs from douhle'a. In that the code specliscally i>rovldes that In the event 75% of the ihdlf^s and 75% of the afllliatcd theatres in any one zone vote for the elimination of ,give4#r|^3rs--<>titvthey M% io MU(f^ , .San I'^niiicisco, Aiip, 6. ' 'Willi till! l''ris('o /.dniriK and cii-ai iitii e .setup Ix-lii'vcd due tlii.s wock, .there is a piobability that ; tnnny^^ l>i0luref hbvisifts will ral.<»e their prices soon, followint? the lead taken by the Warfield last witIc. and-':\''':ltn1tfdS\;il^ 'tllla 8t;i -.l/'i'.:'"' : ■ '. ; If or M»« P#»t ytsar, t owrt has i>«fen ; idc tbi»,; jjn io^e^ cftses for duialsi; al- ,.tHir>t3ifth ;ih;e' Waffietd has ^onslSt- ;ently niaintaiTicd It.s fi5c Kate. I«'ist Weok Uie Warf raised its eafly bird lhiH.tInecH from 3* to . SSc, and on »iriturdn>'» aivd Sondays to,:4,i>c, with Wec^kenM prices: frbrrt 1. to: R^p.m. [jgoiut; to tutc. \Vhen United Altists reopened this week after 'two Thonths of df^rltne sy last "'i^Sson**,:4« /tb- W-,'^'4t"lSnd R5e, other downtown flr.«t runners, notably RKO (fohlon Gate and Fox- Wewt Coast's I'aramount and pos- sibly St, Frgincis a^*.; ItWiii .ready ■•<<>, rt|lse .^hrtr^--'J^httw-^«':''ii^:*tih tf and" when, that will leave the Fox scllinf? two first run pix at 15 and :jr» cents,, but Fox-West Coast hq;s « d^l iDM With JToe l^oo Cor^i^at liiiuWe, so that situation undoubted- ly jivill be altered If the deal goes .:'|liroUktu: ' ■ FV S» jyicsyer QuiU L. A, ,. ;;Angt*Jeiii,'■■;Aiigr'''i5V;^' •■' After, iicaily four 4nonth.s here tec upt-r.'itinff from , the illho.s.s w ith which ho was Hti ic);r II (liirim> the closing hoijirs ot tbo Al I'TOA coiv- ^ toil'hert»- '^i^i -kxtt^.-'-fx^^■ M«ytr,;iiatronal sec .md pros- Jdenf bif ihe AVIsionsiii .mi'Toa, .s (On, I'oiitc to liis lininc ill Mihvaulii'*. M« yer l. ft hero bV *Mt«Vs acPO|i»* |»anied by Mrs.-'"Stej^ie*' ^HWii-'^^itfcetr' ■ daughteiv T)eJpHin<ft. exixcflnir to mal:(> the ea>,y xtaKes and >*rr|y!|iMir'■;hf»i!|»e;'»l*<Mi*vAti«i> 't«.'.:'^v' . REVISE OFMP. LABS CODE Washington, Auff. 9. Complete overhauling of the mo- tion plctiire laboratorjr ^e^e was proposed last week Katlonal Recovery Administration In making public a tentative bMdget of f 21,157. Hearing; «*V4^h t^ itjdget ahd »Qaendehts t6 the pact WIH be held next Tuesday (14) by Depllit^ Ad- ministrator William Pt\iim0»mtr*it at tl»o Ilfilcigh. hotel. » ' ■" ■• .;,. Twe seriiM' eir iAveiid men ts have been put forward, one by the Mo- tion ricture Laboratories Associa- tion and tlie other by NRA. Gov- ernment draft involves perf<^cting Vfcitiik!^ of the i^xK^feAg^^ A general |1 increa.se in minimum weekly wages lor all workers ex- <ept classUicd skUliid fmplojre^ Is a. featidii piqpyewim^ pro- ■ jWwalr'' '' '-^"■ ■•■ ■■■ >' . fJovcr-nm'Mit propo.sos Goniple>tc new set-up fur adminlBtrAtlVif ])ur- poses, while traili^ iMwbe^^ 'thig^i gteS^ S^V?*^^ in the.se fca- ture« ioif the present agreement. l!()lh (Icsiic a codo autliority of nlnej individuals. Trade associatiqn platn ealla for nb.ntfniitiohs by Iwnird of directors 6t the a'SSociation and bal- loting by members of the indu.stry, Whilo NRA suRgcst.s four members from association ranks, four inde- pendents, and' an tlnp«MrfH|l; chair- man named by the (;ovornin«ii|ti l)ol«?tioii of clauses ullowing ptiee lixiii;; i.s i>roj)osc(i t*y NRA. ip ac- • oidanue with new policlea f^dopted aS cbnseatienec df atiacRSby Baii*ow Review poard. Covernmint draft continues prohibitions on secret re- batf.s-, refunds, discounts and allow- ances, however. Kew,article stipu- lates thiit \ 'It; ip ■, .'r^e^gft^;' ;'that, pi'iee increases, except such as may be required to meet individual cost, should be delayed and when made such Increases should, so far as possible, W llliiitcd to jktiltaai ttddl-- tlonal |tiOJi#iMi|s in the seller's cost.s.' Tehtiitlirtf'lttidget estimated $6,3X0, will bo roqulriMl for .s.daries, $1,S27 for office expenses, |2,600 for travcl- irVf. expenses, |2;WlirL^ fer .i^jojiWsum, f3;90O for cciniinlttees, {in<i 9S-^ffV'.mr regional (?od6 Authoriu. « in Los Angflcs and Chicago. As- .st'.ssmenf.s will be on ba.sis of num- lUii EAGLE Shitldown on Duals Thurs- . day, or Else—Pro-Duals' Companifft^; 1^ Life of the UBi^.- In^. '^'MmB^ '. ^* threatened. At' least tW» tliMi3or companies, it was reveiled bfflcially Monday («), are prepared to turn in their Blue Eagles before the end of the week., Scores of leaders t^rbiighbut the country Will do the same if tb^jr foUow l^ulsrs. Such wholesale renunciations of the NRA are solely contingent upon how the Code Authority votes on the double- feature situation Thursday. , If a iqajoritr C A. vote reveals NRA sehtinnihts aa being thait doubles can be controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Government machine, the resignations are sched- uled to be handed, in immediately. If the ii^ote refistwa t|k# K as completely ignoring dttaitsBl and of- flcially recognizing It ai a problem to be handled by the Industry out- side the NRA, the Eagle will retain its present united front in fllmdom. rCharges art now l»eiiv na^e by the pro-doubW troap that anjr ac- tion by the C. A. In sanctioning dualism will be a direct repudiation of the gentlemen's agreement reached in Washington. Every ef- fort Is now hMair mMe t» have present at: the ithursday meeting flrst string hien or all the company heads who sat In on the conccs.sion confabs which ended one of the greatest obstacles to the code wliiie in the formulatlve process. S. R. (Continued on page 12) NRA TABUS HX INTO PARKS AO^^ Philadelphia, Aug. 8. On Friday, Grievance Board ex- tended its recent non-theatrical ruling with a prohilbltlQii to ^lis- tributorp.; aiata^::'iMnrliif^ m ent j i iarks gl v lB i i ao < |^^^^ lure showings,' I'hiladelphia situation In this re- spect is not acute, but U(K-state it is qiiite WldeilpreiMt «Mt siiff^ lilidBty Ttr enlployee^^. ' TaHff iimouqit. to , a littj© less f di* • iMtCfc. eiHplQyee. ■ ■ ^ "wITT $6.50 ■ .i<bb, cfolll^^^^ joine-i Jar tv 1' br's tiieati'hal d.-parlmcnt in tlic Lord & 'i'honiris at'i-n* y. . Colli^ix >v'a9 brovght , in , frorn it«a^w&<Ht-':.:lMr'', .'ih*:e J^iitbn'.:";&i6w' igency to hafidlc radio, but t'eglor with|n;«^ nionth bidd"d him over to Buffalo 'Grocery ffight' ''''' BullCalO," Aug*' '. II. Wick, bpt^ratiiig' tM> Ifajestlt, Buflfalo nabo house, has been found guilty by the National Code Au- thority of conducting'» lottery in connection with the o|jieratioQi of his th es it re ahd 1^^^ htm ordeif^ to cease and desist. Wick was operating a 'grocery night', giving away J>ags of grocorlea to h.<Hd<^^^^ of lucky numbers; : , ;.;.;t;|l!<m\;tllft:.''<^ -'eoin- petjtbrr ;Wtck<was found guilty of th^ violation last named, and or- dered to di.scontinue the practii r.. Jn June, upon proof that Wick had continued to vIoUttili tho' Code, the Buffalo Grievance ^bard entered a cease and desist ordi^r and a direr-' tion to distributors not to furnisii lilm to Wick. Wick then ),'aitie(,l wide.si)read pubUclt„ by bringing an aotloy in guprema f?o»rt for art InJurtetfoA tb p<«vent distributors from witliholding film. Jiy .stjpul.i- tion, the matter was adjourned and later Wick withdrew bis actlort flow the C<Mrt^ Jbit) Shapes 1^^^ AnJ MftimJiig fninnlptplv TimiaiI While several btlier industries are < • omplaining to the .courts a^Wut the XRaI IhW' flkn^'lndiiiiih^ to C.A. Secretary John C. Flinn, Is .sticking to K.igbi^jTidgmcnt, even tht labor matters. Ttake V^ictoria (Texas) ezhlb who Wei^t''^;oyer ■'the'' - .C.A.^''';liead- 'was promptly spanked In Wa.shlngton and sent home. And, JMinn further reports, the Denver exhlbs who thriBf|ii.tehed to defy the C.A. and wore told to be good children havea'^t; been heard from since. LA. PASSES BUCK ON DUALS TO aiNN.y. '\ "v tM',^n«reles, Aug. 9. BAttte of -tM- bills ahlfts to the Code Atttfic»rit|r in New York, following a 4-2 hiling by the local zoning-clearance board that the 182-day penalty be kept In the pro- posed new i-c schedule for i93,4vtS; Split over the d|6termlnation re- sulted Whbri J. Iteeyes Espy, Fox - West Coast member of the Ijoard, refused to vote, and W. C. Kiter, local Columbia exchange manager, voted in favor of the. protestiints. Both Bifiy iwid JRIter. med dis- senting opinions with the tribunal in which they dccl.ared the z-c board exceeded Its authority by im- posing a penSbity fkgalnst double fea- tures,' ahd;:'d^teqWiiw.'C^a^ to concur with the fbt|if<:«ii^ members. Decision by the tribunal to out- law balcony .j>ric.es <|.t. night, a,nd ruliiig thttt i)rlfDfi**<^(ei^^ on the minirnum i^Pl^ charged, has already been appealed by Fox-West Coast, as well as ruling that limits continued first runs to towns of 100.000 or more population. V Flood oji piNM^sts :i^iled ^ip with the x-« bbSrd bit Thtilrtiday f2), last night on whi' h ohjocfions to the jiroposed new .schedule could be tiled. Total number of protests is 163» Of Which 94 were poured into tHe lieppe^ on the last two days. Board waded througli a batch of protests during tho week, and will resume Us hearings at 11 a.m. today (Mon,) hoping to wind up by the close -of■■■thls;>week.'--^v::-:-:v:,, Major exhlbs entered the zoning- clearance fight during tho week when Metro and Warners filed pro- tests against preferred clesranccs, taklftir th^ stand that first run rev- enUeiB «i«; ieo)^^^^^ the board's fullhg which permits the- atres located in the county of L.A. but withiri u sliort di.stanco from houses inside the city limits, play, ing pix almost ImmedlateiyCtttte^^^^ close of L A. first runs^ bui inciting li.ick tiie liouse.«i insldfll the; citir^^^^.^^^^^^ varying periods; • Grievances Should Not Shift Burden «(» Defend. MinneripoTl.s, Aup^ <L •agreeing to go before the f^pde Authorlty With th* 'ihtiffH.'"- ; The 1,1'y t d'" i.Mion of tle^ T'ode Authority on llie ca.se Uirert.s di.s..! tributitra to refuse to make furtJi*T '^eUvcrjr of ftHctyre* to Wick tihle»is h*,; « Cjeftifhmto Of Corhrdirinee with the l:u(YaIo <':rl<^varHo It l» under.stood that Wick will lile ^t«;h- cerlincaiei; : "Crlevance board licro rofu.scd to ■ clo|.t as ;i li.v. (1 poli( y the nhifUng of the burden of proof from this Idalntift to idefeHdsipt tase* brou;;ht br-foro it. . .The proi>o:-iiion cariie l«;foro t)ie i.)"ar 1 wiiili.- to.stimo.i.v w.i<4 },.-iriV,' i'P(iiv<.d in the rase <«f F. U Iloloff, .\Jaiplet(;n, Xliirn , V^vhlbftf .W^liey; lleath. W'-ll.s, "Minn, the.'' nl# o'Wner. II'Mtj, Had denied Ro- lofff, ffi^ii-.,'.' tl)-it he violat.d a' board order to ceu.scv hoTdng '^mer• ,0l*«t•■■«iIrlliilL»■•-•. ^■■ What is now khi^^ a* the 4% country's NRA fight arc.i. Incidents- ally includinc; only territories updi^jr,' iV i ^' i i t";i te6c>i^orat>d ' i,||.r;ciBineyttl nim map of the U. S. bringing zon- ing work of the Eagle up^^~to' date. Exchange center* In which h»v Kagle zoning has been accomplished include Des Moines, New York. Oklahtma City, Philadelphia, Pitts- btju^h. WMhlngtoib This iiiei|n>' that thesO eltlW will opienitO tihder old territorial agreements since, un- der the Code Authority ruling, n<> further soAlrtf Will be iitttmptsAlItt^^ tii^aftet Smwry, im, .^dfiliy^ilree :«ixehahige cehtecif"-/to^., tho U. Sv Los Angeles, Dallas aMjl- Mempbla are oiHcially listed as compie.t<|ity soiled.' fvoni thMiiVl^ with all the frtliWi 'libhed In part are coming the squawk.s which have in- undated the code authority and es- tablished inforeseen complications The exchanges <and the cities or tOirkia theiy cover) which bisva KItA ol(M|rance and zoning schedules on the fli'e, and which must be settled before the new sales ^in0mr9tm!:9^w under way, include: ' AlMtfiyt Olen^ails. Atlanta: Atlanta, Newman, Jack- sonville, St. Petersburg, Miami, Bir- mingham. Boston: Cain.bridf e, SonkerviUa 8outhwei«UMrii:Mai«.'''''' v Buffalo: Buffalo. Charlotte: Newton, Hickory, An- derson. Chicago: Metropplitaa Chicago,. I>bwnstiate (lit. and Ind.V. Cincinnati: Greater Cincinnati. Dayton, Columbus, Ashland, Green- ville. I'iqua, Troy, O., Tippecanoe, Cleveland: Cleveland, Tpled^i, , Denvert Denver, l4Ktl»io&^^^;^ ;: Detroit: petroit. Grand Rapids. Indianapolis: Indianapolis, I..ouis- ville. Ft. AVayne, Lafayette, Torrw llfittte, EvansviUe# ApdersoiiiL Hun-; ci4^'.' iJei^ki^tiia*,'. 'Harlett,' 'tUchmOndT (Ind.), Peru, New Castle, New Al bany, Huntington, Bloomlngton. Vlncenne.s, Frankfort. KapssA jCltyi, , . Ki^nsas City, Wichita, IWV Atofilson. Milwaukee; Milwaukee, NevV ilTaven: New Haven, Hart ford, Bridgeport. Newprleana: New QrleapjB,; Al*r- rort;.■WestWepo,,GiM:W», 'Wlt^ti ■'■ ■ Portland, Ore.! Pbrtlilld. Salt Lake City: Botsi^ Provo. Sap Francisco: San Jose, Sants Clara, Willows <31ennu ^ St. tkjilifiii: Alton, Bell«vil|^; \l^ tralla, Kast St. Louis, Jerseyvllle^^^ Springfield, Kirkwood. Seattle: Everett, Bremerton, olympia,. soattle, Spokane. Tacovaa; wenat«3h«k^:^f•;:^^■•f^:"■■'. V»UverMl:o««i«l^v .Colufvkbia reftf«l- '■ ■ ■.'^Hofr' AtMie9Siiiiisfite' On the theory that distrlbs get only lOpv o,,ut of every dollar paid into ihi U. a, box office, some of the majors currently figure exhibs should contribute a lot more than 50% :/for .the- .''ihaih|jnt#|^, ^ ^ NRA.- 'v .c: '.'' y,..;; / By the sime toki^n they do ind^ Hgure, that <V»ii..s should bavi- a riO% VOto on tlie Code Auihority, tiolding that thcr t y^ — u*4* — many tlicatrva with pi^jor i^tniiatiofls tq' ,mak* thatieiisfbief:;';: .^-i'^":-'.:.■•>;.;; ■ V;?«arroWiin'g;Vdf'wri- to ', the' »is3e3S'-''\. then'ts ithlori::; them.'felvc.s, I'tiiyeisat ' ati'l Colijiiibia (lo,;not .spy why thej .should p.iy only; l.'i.OOO. l.ess, ll.i^i'ii . ■.s.Uch.. i, ..(i i J1. 111}' -H .as; ■>f et/'<>;'*fiiid-''\;W'^^^ ;(:est.s,;to'.'>Hi7*^ <?fif<'ft.''i*h*i:'tte\,\*sja^^^ nii^t'jn NRA. ArirtiTivnt |ir'.-vall.-! in some jnajor /fu irt.frsy.fhitt. th.'; lia,yV;i«Mrtliod\:of ,t,;ikit»«: A pWcetiiCiige oif fH«f groep ; sh0alia:,|t»(Bt:udi<^