Variety (Sept 1929)

Wednesday, September 25, 1929 PICTURES VARIETY 37 34 Summoned in W. C. Case (Continued £fonv page 12) Fox; J. Robert Rubin, secretary, M-G-M; P. Cochrane, secretary Universal; Ned E. Depinet, sales head, First National; Robert Per- kiixsi secretary First National; Sam- uel E. Morris, vice-pres. War- ner Bros.; J. F, Coney bear, laboratory. manager. Fox, New York; J. H. Stray, laboratory man- ager, Warners, New Vork; A- W. Miller, laboratory manager, Pathe, New York; iFrank La Grande^ lab- oratory mjinager, Paramounti NeSA/ York; Carl E. M.illiken, ssep. M.P>P, & P;. of America;. Mel Hulling, branch manager, Warners,; ; Sart Francisco; G. E. Rosehwald, Vn'- versal Exchange, San Francisco; EIek John Ludvigh, secretary Para- mount; Herman Wobber, Para- Art MAHON cmd r OV n IN G P U B LIX T H E AT RES "DALLAS TIMES-HERAl-D" : ity - JAvk IJwall, Jr. ■ ■. -Cin tlic^ {itase there is a .show oall(?a 'Siiy rt Wilh KlDw^ra." outatandlhK. in which Is thp AiliiKlo Trio ol" MAHON and KIAJIIKNI.'R. who huv<*- HOtnetliliiS Tiew in tht- adaerio ■ line. There nre two incn to the one.Kill.and they have flBured out novel . :w;»ys 6C • maltreating hcir. Tiuckily- rihe . hastn't a bone in her ■ Vody." •. :. Direction SAM BRAMSON WM. MORRiS OFFICE mount, San Francisco; L O Lukan, First National, Seattle; Matt Apar.- ion, branch manager, Universal, Seattle; F. W Yates, manager Coh' splidated Film Indiistries, New York; A. M.. Bowles, northern' diyi - sioh manager^ VyiBst Coast. Theatres, San 1 Francisco; Lewis Innearity, secretary , Pathe exchange, New Yprk;., Abel: ;C. Thomas, attorney Warpe.r Brothers; Josisph H.^ GpJd- berg, sales rrtanager Cdlut^bia, Nevy York; Arthur B. L-amb, Electrical R es e a l'.c h Products, -Hpllywood; Charles S/ Levin, secrotary ■ Fox, New York; N, A. Thomp$on, U n ited Artists; Frihk d'Heron, asst. treas- irrier, R KOV; J oh n: bilion. H aydo n, Stone & Co, New. York; Gabriel L. Hess, general attorney, Film Board of Trade;; t; ; M. SaU nders,, M - 6 - M;' ,L. B. Metzger, general sales.man- ager, .Universal; J A. Haais, aud- itpii' Cohsdiidated - i^'iims; Irving Stplzer,; laibpratory UniversaJ> New York iand E, E. Hpwrey, attorney, Washington; ; - Before .Judge Pollock . Trial, which will be heard heftire Jiuljje John C. Pollock, of Kansas; win .climax a He.archinff tnve.sti|?ii-- tion of more than a year's dunition into the business.' rrvetliofls of West Coast Theatres and 10 of the in:.i"- G i p a 1 distributiher oi-jjanizationjC Answerinyr the spoclfie oha're.es br violation of the Sherniun; :Anti- Trust law, by- restiuinini?'. ti'ade Crorn the independent, tiieatro o^yn-. .ers of southern California 'iVii.l..be HArold I!. I'^ranklini president of -West Coast Theatres; West Coast Theatres Inr; Paramoiint.'.Famous I-asky Corp.; Mett-o-G o.l d w y n^ Mayer Distributing Corp.; I'MrstNa- tional; Universal Film Exchanges: United Artists' Corp.; Fox Film C^orp.; Vitagraph Corp.;. Warner IJrothers Pictures, Inc,; Vitagraph corp., of California, and rathe Exr: (•han8:es. Inc. Chief bone of coritentio.ri at the' trial will be the alleged '^oniit'^ and ;<learance si hedules of 'West; Cba.st Theatres anti the asserted agree- ment of the'distributing. oDjnpanies to it. Spe.eitically the defendants ;ire charged with..iinliiwfully enter- ing into a conspiracy v.hefel^y the order in whick ind^pondent thea- tres would get i)S<:ture.s v,-as estab- lli.slied to tlius prote-^t tlie shpwir.;?^ I In the V,'..»st Coast hOL^iies; ' T li r o u g h the co.Tespondence Harry and Grace (Maslers and Grayce) PARAMOUNT, NEW YORK, NOW (SEPT. 20) PARAMOONT, BROOKLYN, SEPL 27 Playmg in Soris Petrofifs **?£inted Melodies";Unit' THANKS TO All Direction WM. MORKIS AGENCY which passed between West Coast and the various distributing, home onice and oxchan.ge.';, the Govern^ nient liopei? to prove that no Indo-. pendent . oxhibll'or cDuid ?et the product from the 'exchanges unless lie .ngr'-ed to .'lyoept.lhe West Coast- clearanee .' schedules; that indtl-- pendetiis. Ayore prevented from ■ se- c'urijvg priiuri' until :pictures- had greatly diniiiiished in •exiiibition value;.' tliat - West -Coast liouses were gi ven . arbitt'.ary protection 6vei:: con.ipel iiig theatres and. tha t independents . ! were:; autpma'tically barred I'roih. the i)rod.u«'i of.the.va- vibu-s' disirihuibrs if-'i.hoy exhililted two feat.u.ros' oh. a'-biil Of .donut'.''d gifts-W their-patrons.- ■ : Cited Correspondence ■ . .SpeciIle-eorr\>siVoivdenee on whiel,i the. (rbyei'hmeivt ba..<.ns M)n»e 'of .its allegatifjirs ■ is. revi»a I'mI i,). refei:iMii''i> attached to the siipiieiuvs ti) some i.if the '.principal c^ixeeaiives m the iii-- dustry, Samuel E.. Morris, .vic(>-presideht of Vitagraph and: W.irners; is re- quested. to. api>!:\Vr at Uve .trial. Willi; a copiy of a^ tole'.'xram from. M. Jv; Mulling .iii which is ttie &enLe.ii.ce: "We assure you we are not laying down;" Also he. in asked to pi'p- duce a ielegrai'ti a'rbiVi .llarry Luslig, /date'l Aiiji;. ,17.^ .-li).27.; which reads.; '.'Zohin.g. -.agi-eecl to -;.hy all cohi.pa- nle.'f. Need tliis . businr'ss,'' and one rea.ding; ■ '•rieference ;:.ining ' Ogree-: .meiit we p'.iV;bd' sh'mo ,po:sitii'm. as Paraniouiit, I'.'iriii N'ational. jMetro;- Unitefl /: Artist><. .;. l''bx, .' I'liiverisyi; The^y accept, the a.grei'inent.". ; I..' Q. ■lAiUan. of i'ii-st Natibnal'-s ocattle' exchange, i.s' oi tkved' ..to bring with him .certain letter.s ;0.nd telegrams, received by. him from H. 13.; Franklin rega.rclinig the exliibitor situation in Kakersneld, Cal. Matt Aparton, of the . Universixl ex- chiEinge. in the .same cityl is asked to prudi'.ce a letter froin J. H. Gold- berg to D. S. Mitchell, which ends: "Which naturally gives you bigger filni .rentals." Charles S. Levin. socre:tary of Fox, is reqaested to produce a copy . orf . a telegram . from Japies. : K. fSrain^er to iJen Gould, branch manager, ih Los Angeles,., which states: "We will .observ,i> the clear- ance as ostabli.shed by West Coast." Ali<o a;'letter from Beh ,Gould pPn- tiiining the sentence, ">Ve are servhig all accounts under now- West Coast clearance." Grainger 1;.^ oVdei-ed - to • produce certain letlers and telegrams from Franklin, all h.avrjng to do with the acceptance by .the tos- Angeles-exclianges of the cjearance schedules. • John Dillon, of U.iydon-Sjtone,' is asked for a letter-received i)y hirii from I'-ranklin which e:-.dod "A big a..rgu.ment with you would .be a niost. Veleome-toi.iie at this time .to tne." U'illiam Fo:c also is asked for a Oopy oCthis letter from liis files. Ned I-:. Depinet, of First Xat.lona.', is asked' for a letter frmn N'- 'If- l'.ro'\vev. manager of. First N'atibnal's Los Aiigele.s exchnn.ge. .ending;. "Detihltely accepting ViV-^if Coli-sc I'learanCos." . A'ttornies . Pi-osecuting the case .for ' -tl\e' Govi.'i.rnment are tliree si)0<'i<il''as-, 'sistiints to the attorney general: .rohn .,Harlan Amen, Joseph Vin-; cent'.. MacHu.i;h, and C. Stanley 'rhon-i''])son. Thrse three attorneys, aid.ed by an extensive staff of in- vesU.gatorf- of the Dep;irtment of ,i,i.!vci>v, have been .engaged for moiitlis in ffrrijling inrormaciiMi; friiin iiid.ependenc theati'^e ownor.s .md fron\ the records of tlie dofeiid- Miv^ (oTn^)anic:s. . ()pi)osihg them will be one of th? most spectacular arrays of counsel ever eeen in a trial here. West Cost ami. Fox \vill be represented by Ilughefj, Schurnian ii: Duight; Pillsbtiry. Madison <K: Stithor;Daucr Wright <fi Macdonald; Alfred Sutro and .Ali'vod- Wright. 11. P. F;'anHlin will pCM'siipaliy.be di-fonded, by <lur- ney K, New lin apd A. W. AyhburhV Milton. H. .Si-hw-artx,. of Loeb, \Vai.ker yC: I.oeb. . will repre.sont M-Gr.M. First Nalibnal and I'ni- Ver-sal; vllohe I'd Fo.estbn for. .AVar- iier' and. A':it;i.griiph;. Neil; fc\..Mc- Carthy; Tn tlie^ Ivfank James.-para- nVbuni; .Mott, '. Vallee it ■ Grant, United Artists, (Cbhihuie.d fron) i>;ige ariety. reporter a.nd objei'is tlu- '\ roiiiained skeptii'al. Dr. IJvi-nard 1 .then suggested the repK.rter- take- iv -'9>i^V';V'>-: - '^^'iV' his own •('»l■di^lar^■. panVnromatlc stock tiliii,' 'shoot sev'ei'al hundred feet, of .anything, develop, it whcric» he iUkeiT and bring. It- t.tv lilin for prpjection'. Tlii.s proposition . was aeceptt'd ^it! a;.-fa-i.i;,;test/ ■' .. ' '■ ■■ Sirriple Giecrets .' H(vtheii showed tiie Hiriit>li> secrets of his .proce.^^s.- lii.-^ide . iln^ o!i liii'r.a is plaeeil a lens which i.i divided inli) fo.ui- siiiian-s, 'i'li.o .vi^>i)ei- loVt- liand:.square hfis a K-ns tbitt-takes care of ..ill. the' or;).nge-re;d erul oi the. speotruini; tho lower. ri.'Abt.- hiind scjuare catches all .11k\ greeii- blues. . The ot.h.ct' -two square.^ are blacked out;' Hp that in the nega- tive '>'0u. get the' image . dupiiciito.d. ill tlie ut>per left-hiind cornier and ■ lower vigh.t-hand coi'iicr of caiQiv ilranie leaving th.e uiVper. right-hand corner and. lower ieft-hand cornci- black. .■'..' ;: ■ ■'" '. ■ ■ . fiaycbi. uses the- siame colors, as Tcchnicolbf, but it is liPt limited .to a speciar camera or. ,f oi-ped to iiSG film dye;3. br> :Bernardi e:!|:plainGd that lie. had; tried tl^ee-cploi*- •pro-, cesses, even four-color, years agb^ and iinally had hit on this twu-cplor as .the ch<fapest aiid be.sL , In. projection a small filter, .half of which is .white glass' and the oUier half a special red, cbnipletcs the process.- One guess is that his lenses break up the spectrum oh shooting; and collecjt it on projection. Mr. Elvey and Dr; IJerriardi take .•special pains to emphasize that liaycbl is ' d commercial - iM'ppos.Ition for professionals as well as ama- teurs. Cei'tain .previous discoveries were and still are i)rbjectable only on size.s of i6x2'2. liayeol ha.sn't this .limitation:. Others are. also limited and copditioneil. by dyes , or special cameras, or double negatives—ex- pensive'iteiiiis. Asiced how mu;h. the ..sy.stem would cost, he said not over $2!)0, camera included. Flvej added the cbmiian.\' hopes to bring that own, for amateurs to as low as. $7.'), •1/ike ail color processes, liayeol h.as . its ditliculi ies with the .vi')l« t. end. of I he speet rii.Mi, but. it. did vi-ry weir with llowers in this color ;in..l had no. reds rupiiing . thrb.'u.iih tiie whites as foatin-'e -pictures reIc.i»Ml in .two-colbr.have.all ,shb\vn to d;tt.e, if .showed blpnde Ijhir bealitifully and a gold bracelet qiiite paissiible, \Vlien, ybu cqiisidi't-. . that even. . a painter .can't ger gohl-w-iitioitt-.aetu-.' ally u,sing gold, ih.ls i.s a fe.ai l''.>r color photogr;Vphy, OrdiTiary i;eds, yelhVws. y rei-ns aiid t>liies were v.ery es;cellently caught. - -. Another ad vantage - ;t»v Vl 'ib'^ '^l -^s that thp sound traclc can he. i>rin't^'d on ihe sanre nc^gative, a.?5 tlie nega'r\ tiye is straiglit "biack ' nad white. ii>ahchrbmatic. The whole secret i.s. in the. lens in 'the canvcra, H sihii- lai? one; In pi'bjection aiid th? red filter- in projcction.^^:^^^'^^^. .\\ari!.v(y-s test is to be .made this week.'; ■ ■ -. V -■'■■ ■ 3<l (.)»HM<cuti\f kfiir MARKS BROS. Grianada and Marbro Theatres cnicA<io rer. Mgr., MUKKAY BliOOM 5th Ave. Theatre, Seattle, Wash. BETTY and RAMON ..■-:'■•■..■:•,::■:-■■..';:■ FEATURED. IN & M. *'IMNC K MOOI»S" IIM:A TIIANX TO CAE FOSTKK Featured in F. & M. "SWEET COOKIES" IDEA VlliaiiUs l« I'ANt llON & MAICtO AL DUBIN JOE BURKE Take tHii Opportunity to thank all th eir friendsj newspaper critics and the profession in general kind things they saad about their scor^ t>^ A Warner Bros/Vitaphone Production Direcled by ROY DEL RUTH