Variety (December 1924)

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.'.»',ifcT"". -!*■. 1,1 •■ VARIETY POLITICS . i yk7tjif:wu)w.s£rwaf^-'..it tuv.: Wednet^jr, December 8, m4 WiNSLOW^JONES BlU IN CONGRESS ■f. Sli i<'>-*»r OF SHOW BUSINESS IMPORTANCE Supportecl by Mays Organization—^Wifl Aid to Wr crease Ezportatioiu of American-Made Picturti% Phonographs and Musical Instruments—Show > Business Urged to Support It Through Senators and Congressmen ^ ' '^ ' ^ ,, Variety Bureau . WaaKiNgton, Oao. 2. The motion picture producer* aa^ 41etrlbtttor8 ot the United Statea realise over 175,000,000 yearly from (heir Bales in foreign countries. Otlter phases of amusements are also earning vast suma each year from this same source. This in- cludes the manufacturers of araslcal iBstruments, puhUsbers of sheet music, as well as the numerous American-made . park devices and the makers ot general theatrical •, equipment, That much o( this business hka ^een huilt up through Uncle Sam's foreign trsudq envoys is an estah- ItAed fact. Tat this whole struc- ture couU he jiUted to pracUcally haiiff upon » silken thread—suhlect to being snapped at any moment. ' It is but necessary to refer to the ^tles of the Departsaent of Coin- nerce to note what part this for- eign service plays la the scheme of things In Anierician amusements. Tbous^^da of iaquirias are answered each year, a«« eoBtaets are made with nmiiUant qew business. The , large producers and'^dlstrlbulors of .IBOt only the motion pictures, but the other phases of amusement re-; ferred to are constantly being t-d- vlsed of happenings effecting their Interssts. Winslow-J'onee Bill There is now before Congress a bin that'ineans' mi^eh to show busi- ness. It is known as the Winsiun- Jones Bin and If not acted upon during the (n^aent short sesMon. which optaed y^terdsy (Monday), will, aWni With thousands of other measure^; eJcplr^ by limitation pn Mareh I-.IVSS, the end of the present asssion. ' * This bill, if enacted, will place the Commerci^ Attaches and other for- eign represenuttlVes of the Depart- nent of Commeroe on a permanent legislative basis, Rivins them the same status 'before the law as the Diplomatic and Consular oAlclals of the State Department, and—what is more—does this without calling on the man who pays the bills, the tax- payer, for the expenditure of any additional funds. This measure has the approval of 'v'-the Will Hays organisation and is \^ being supported by practically every $tadustry whosis foreign business' is ['of any proportions. V At the present time, the Bureau of ^yocelgn and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce main- tains 40 foreign ofllces in 14 dlf- ^ferent countries. These sfflces are % constantly working for the develop- j^ Stent of the sale of American mo- i^tlon pictures, musical instruments. '^J.amusement park devices, and the ^'Uke. Reports are submitted regn- vijilarly to the department here as to ' conditions in the several countries -s,which reports are eagerly scanned :'. by the American producers. Films' Gross Exports la motion pictures, for example, there were exported from the United 8Utes for 1>28 over S4,«00,000 feet , Of raw Alms, valued at over a mll- ''Uon dollars; over 8,000,000 feet of V. Bkgatlves valued at nearly a mil- rUon, and about 138,000,000 feet of ^I'^positives valued at about five and ^•ne-half million. That these figures will be sur- >| passed in 1924 is indicated 1^ the fact that for the first ten months of the present year, over 62,000,000 feet of raw film, about 7,100,000 feet ot negatives, and neafiy 141,000,000 feet of positives have been exported with values for the flret two of $1,- 187,000 and $1,200,000. and for the last about $6,000,000. It should be added that the values given for the exportation of positives do not re- flect in any way the rights gained from the sale of these motion pi«> tures abroad, si H is <^te^t0d by the Mpartment of Coiiunerce that Americap producers gain over |T6,- 000,000 a year tfi revehue from their foreign s<l^.t '' * . MvsiesI Exports For the makers of musical ,tnt' struments Uncle Sam's foreign serv- ice has accomplished the following: Total, exports of musical.lastm- ments of all kinds for 1923 reached almost twelve mUlioa; fer -the first ten months pt 1824. it hs^ exceed- ed ten million. ' A few of the'taiore important items In 181S - disclosed player pianos valued at 83,860,000 were sent ahrmd, while for the- ten months of tt84 thlp has already reached. 82,86«,000. Phonographs to the val\ie of two and a half mil- lion ana records worth 11,400,000 were sent abroad in 1823, while the ten months ef 1924 gives these flg-r ores as |8,8M.009 and 8i,(18.M0. re- spectively. Add to this Amount about $400,000 worth of band and stringed Instruments- exported Ih 192r, and'about H half a )nU^n. for the ten' months of 1924, and It will be readily seen that a foreign trade of such proportions Is worth hold- ing and developing. J'igures- on amusement park devices and the- atrical e<iulpment were not avail- able before 1924. but the extent of this foreign business can be seen in the department's .figures which dlsclose^the amount to be" In excess of $260^000 for (he.teiuntontbs Just passed. The demand has increased each month. ' with lAtin-Americ^ the best customer. Foreigners' Desperate Attempts As -for foreign competition, C. J. N6rth, of (he department, etates taat the foreiap manufacturers are "making desperate attempts to re- gain and further develop their in- ternational trade in alt these com- modities. American Interests are, feeling competition in nearly all foreign markets." As an exfmpio of this. Mr. NbrthI referred to the exclusive story re- eently publUhed in Variety on Ger- many's "One for One" picture plan,' further pointing out that It was the vigilance of the Berlin otHce of the Department ot Comiherce that brought these facts out. and "made them known to the nvotion picture Industry through Variety." The expense ot carrying on this' work is simply carried as a few' Items In the annual approprtations' bill ef the ECureaja of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. A "temper-, mental" Congressman or two could, knock it all out with the result that' amusement Interests of |he country may awake some morning and find that the Foreign Service of the de- partment has been completely elim- inated. Such a disaster would mean nothing but chaos. Tour correspondent, to whom Va- riety has not only assigned the task of news gathering, but also that of serving the. amuseipent industry, wishes to point out that the con- structive work being done tOr amusements and for the export in- terests of the country In general, by American Commercial Attaches, warrants their service being ^i.vcn permanent recognition by congres- sional enactment The bill, known as H. R. 7084, has been favorably reported out of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce- The report stating that the bill "does not cre- ate any new executive machinery, nor dc^s it require additional ap- propriations." The Senate hill Is S 3384, and Is identical to the House measure. Show business will do well to support these measures. e A Messi^ from Shore or Ship Will guarantee a Boom at tm PICCADILLY ■ WHERE ALL THE SHOW FOLK STOP Cable A'idteU^ l>*^*?!>IL1.0, LONDON m ■F^ffHPi^P^" SecL B^tIks: 1 Wor^ W^hlngton, Doc 8. Secretai^ of States Ctaarleg ^. HugMss permits no one In WashlngtOB to work harder tbin he 49IML i^t $10,000 as Ms oadal salary. Sseretary Bughes Is at his desk by 9:15 every morning, remains at U until 1:80}'never takss a vaoatlon—and doesn't Vita gtat: - BIG SHOW IS ON! Varisty Btiriiau, 1^**Mnaton, Dec. 2. The big show is on! Congress opened td a free gate yesterday; (Mondajry to flhldi out the <8th session^ a session that has had show busll^iss wondering'"where it was it- ■■ . . . ' ■ Bveiyttaing opened peaesfttU^ enough yeftterday tanmedlately fol- lowed by adjournment until tomor- row (Wednesday) to honor the memory of the legislators who died durtov the ^ecete. Tomorrow X^eal- •dent' CooUi%i*s imeasacs wiU i b» read. . \.f>:i:: .': '■'.. -,.':"■••■;:.- It Is geaenOly understdod here that the President is against any tax reduction until the present fis- cal year has been completed, that is, not ibnta after JuheSO; I92fi.- It la also believed that Mr. Coolidge Is opposed to th« publicity given tax returns and will urge that this portion of the now operating reve- nue act be amended.' In. this stand on taxation Secre-' tary of the Treasury Mellon is un- derstood to suppo|:t the President. The Secretary's report will itlsp be presented tomorrow.. ■_ , Senator Reed Smoot,. (Utairman of the Senate Finance Comijalttee, is urging an extra session to Vving about further, tax reductions. , According to , the . caleiidar, .this s«wlon .win last 93 days. Out of that span when holidays, etc., are observed, there will- be but approxi-. mately 80 working days. . In that time 11 appropriation bills are set for passage. This. In itself. Is a mighty big Job^ but with able lead- ership, membejps of. both . branches state, these could be put through— if—no one starts a "little war all of his own.? <■,■'■■ •-• Practically. nothing win be done until after the first of the year- It win take a week or ten days to get both branches organized, an-. Other two or three weeks to get going,,and then there is the holt- day recess that will retard this. TJ)* Democrats see their power waning and there may be an un- expacted llare-pp. from this all powerful minority, which, when combined with the. insurgent group at the last session had things pretty generally their own way. That combination Is still existent—the fireworks need but, a match to set them off I .. ■, ' ^Washlriartoin, Dec. 2. A new recjptocal copyrl^^t agreement has been entered Into between the itntted States and SwlUerland, it if as announced, at the Bute pe^artment yesterday. tinder this new arrangements cltlxens of the United States will be accorded the protection. of th^ Swiss Copyright Act ot 1922, and Citizens ot that country will be af- forded the protection of the copy- right laws ot the United £Matea Jewish Guild Meeting A meeting at 11.15 wlU be held tomorrow (Thursday) night of the Jewish Theatrical Guild at the Bijou theatre on West 45th street As usual the meeting Is an open one for men and women. "iJli^vis" fV#«'i«ienal Notice Provisional notice has been posted for the cloelng of "fUllng Ijeaves." It glvda; i||M;«l|ow's management optional- |HV4M«d «( ending the en- gagement this week or at any fu _ Into OuUlver. Wrote Jolo, wrote KeHer. wrote myj six sheet; pepple filiputr my sheets/ Saw my.motbet-^; Got Harry Ashton with ma tn' Siathbfnf. »atd niy in- surance. Sent 8,000 Christmas wires, cables, etc. Made the audience yelL Saw a letter where one big timer is getting after another for,using kids. Saw my nam« in both letters. One fellow sold, "What will 1 do. Van." I said, don't quarrel, just wait till I return from Itondon, ..I'll give you both a new act Ul over again. Dec. Sth, Winnipeg, then a few short weeks west, then April 5. Hol- bom, London. .^ Thanks to Ijoon Zeitlin aiyl my- self. Charlie Foy write Harry at 867 North Clark. FRANK VAN HOVEN Direction EDWARD 8. KELLER K K. K. mm BBIRYPAYNE .i-'j "SATEVEPOSr ISERIALBY ISSREVELL Friars Dinner Speeches as . Volume of "Modem . Elp<meiic^:;:^;,;, r *Nrille Revell By' NeiUe Revell" may be the title of the serial oi 10 stories Miss ReveH will write tor the "Saturday Evening ^ost." Jlfiss ReveU^ls preparing the material at present, making each story of 8,000 words with the total 80,(>00. Another request assented to. by ^ellle is that '.'Modern Sloquence" ^or 1924 be permitted to Include as one ot its volumes tiis speeches made at the Friars' dinner to Nellie Revell last June. "Modern Elo- quence" Is a class publication, as its title indicates, issued under the aus- pices of the Hamilton Institute of New York. ~^ If the heading of the Revell serial fn the "Post" in fuU be "Nellie Re- fen by Nellie ReveU," It wUI mark a departure for that paper to head a story with the name of the writer St It as the tUIsl CINCINNATI TAXES Clnclnnatli Dec. t. • With the reports on Income taxes liut recently released tor pubUcatlon Ih this district, the foHowing names Of interest in show circles thus far iMtyc been made pubUo: Rose Bachrach (Pbot^H'itiV ' " graphs) ...' ,',,, .'.i 898 Blsslnger Candy 067 ..",..;.. 1,446 SOsiness ttsn's CIttb (Ne«) 8J81 Cincinnati Art Pufblishlng Co •,S80 Theo. C. Dorl (U. S. Playing Card Co.) 197 R D. Qihson (Gibson Art Co.y 14,093 B; A. Gldding (Art Store)... 1.000 Henderson Lithographing Co 84,142 Heuck's Opera House ....... 2,608 Hnber Art Co 654 John O. Kidd (Publisher) .. SI Lrftuisville-Cincinnati Pack4t Co. (Excursion Boats) ..-.. 928 Phil Morton (Outdoor Ads.) 1,428 Ren Mulford, Jr. (Ads.) .... 14 H. C. Newj»nd 184 Odorno Co. (Toilet -Articles) 8.114 CEASER FOB "BAMBOUIA" Irving Ceaa«r will sail for Lon-v don with J. L. Sacks, who has been here seeking directional aid tor hia forthcoming production "Bam- boula." Ceaser will auperriss both the tfK* tlms vttli9»t AurtlMv notice llrrtM 4u>d soor* lor 4Im nsir pleoa. ^I'lt^rs ti Minister Behind It, Re- ported Interested in Edu- cational Film Firm Tndianapoli •, Dec. l] ^ ..Plos^ relation waf-^fsen b^f^^ the Ktt Klux Klan threat of theatre closing and movie (Kfthiii ship before the ^ocent electt<n^,'i the definite announcement .by i~ ator Earl "W. Payne, or Bloqi^ii toi>, that he would lntroduc«^,|^J^ atre restriction bill in the Leflfii ^ ture in January. Payn«; is a x(<|^« crat. While the exact nature of bill was not divulged, he anoouffc^ he will seek censonf^lp of all rn<^y]{ and more rigid Mitrictions Sunday shows. Coincident with Payne's annoitni! m^nt came word from the Rev..; coe Carpenter ot Greene county tig he Is backing Payne's bill and ls,a tempting to organise Protest^q preachers of the statf to supporf Carpenter, it Is said. Is Inters tn a firm dealing In education movies. Whether Payne's announce ment' he would seek "more ^Ig restriction" of Sunday movies meag he would attempt to' limit Sundi bills to educational features was made plain. D. C. Stephenson has been ask^ to organize and lead the forces favor of the bill. Stephenson Is former grand dragon of the Klan Indiana. While he Is said not to a member of the Klan, as i>reaei^l! controlled, he Is known to be'Hli leader of an Inkurgent Klan facUOH Movie censorship was overwheli higly defeated in the 1923 liegisls ture, hut with the Klan cli control of the 1926 body theMl4<SI interests look for a hard fight HENRY IHLmi OUT (Continued from page 1) day. o.wa«r8hi|> then passing to Ml Chatterton and Lee Shubert. latter is reported having been flnan^ dally Interested previously, whlc explains its booking into the 8hu> bert. Miller -belongs to the Erlangef J group ot managers. The transfer is understood to bs a move accompanying a cut ot sal- aries to the extent of one-third all along the company. The first Indi- cation of a cut was a notice issued the chorus men that they must take a cut of $6 weekly or accept notice. Hassard Short, who directed ths show, objected, saying a report ot slashing salaries might hurt ths show's chances. It is said the tot> chorus salary is now $36 weekly, that sum being the minimum Bqult)^ rate. "The Magnolia Lady" is the mi slcal version ot "Come Out oit I Kitchen," a comedy in w^lcb', Chatterton was originally starr< several seasons ago. It started tepidly, the first week's groaa bsinc around $14,000. which shotdd hav«r been th6 company's Share for a% even break. Under the original salf ary hook-up a $20,000 gross wag) required. i( Miss Chatterton and-^ Millv «r<i reported having disagreed di the preparation ot "The Lady*' and after it reached boards. He Is said to ha've dis* missed the company at one time, with Miss Chatterton subsequently recalUng the players. THE TILLER SCHOOLS OFDANCWG 143 Charing Cross Read *^ LONDON Director. JOHN TILLPt '^ :1 Est. AMMC 18M WILLIAM MORRISil aOBNC* INC Lackawanna M40-<1 VUmm •tSasriM VsMa %i*» \