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San Antonio Showmen
Meet Reviewing Group
SAN ANTONIO— Behind clcstU door.N, exhibitors
mid members of the San Antonio
Motion Picture AdvLsory and ReviewlnR
Board discussed "matters of public welfare
but without public interest," Mrs. Harold
Oee. president of the advisors and reviewers
group, said last week (20) at the close of
the session.
However, one exhibitor, who requested
nonymlty. .said Mrs. Gee had authorized
him to say: "We were discussing private
business which is of no interest to the public.
It was a get-acquainted luncheon." He
did say that members of the recently formed
San Antonio Motion Picture Exhibitors Ass'n
were Invited to the luncheon. This was the
first Joint meeting of exhibitors and the reviewing
board.
The meeting was attended by Chief of
Police R. D. Allen, and a representative of
the district attorney's office. Alien conferred
at length with Mrs. Gee at the end
of the session. Cooperation of the police
department and members of the reviewing
board was mentioned during the cour.se of
the joint session.
Reviewers and advisors also offered some
sort of proposal to the exhibitors who,
through a spokesman there, postponed acceptance
until the next meeting at least.
Some legal difficulty ruled out immediate
acceptance, the exhibitor spokesman explained.
That the meeting touched on matters of
good taste in motion pictures and advertising
here and its effects on the audience,
there was little doubt.
One exhibitor told the group:
"The exhibitors association meeting admitted
there have been errors. We exhibitors
feel a deep obligation to the public
for its faith and deep trust and to the
parents and children who see movies."
Mrs. Gee referred a reporter to the board's
constitution when asked if its function was
censorship. The board's avowed purpose is
to estimate, evaluate and recommend new
films as they come to this city.
The San Antonio Motion Picture
Advisory
Westerns-Features-Serials
Tower Pictures Co.
HAROLD SCHWARZ
302 S. Harwooi St. Dallas 1. Texas
Phono RA-7736
and Reviewing Bo«rd grew out of • movfment
.itartcd In February 1»48 The organizational
mietlng wui held In January IMS
Before Its founding, civic groups and cUy
poUce agreed that a need exljit«d for »uch
a body.
The board Li compoAcd of IB repmentatlvex
from participating organlzatloai with
one member from the public at large Each
member is required to evaluate two motion
pictures a month. Their findings arc given
to the participating organizations.
At the InstuUatlon of officers in IM9, Mn.
Gee declared:
"ThI.s board la not to be conXujed with a
cen.sorshlp council, board or group."
She went on to say that It would take a
positive attitude toward new plcture.-s, evaluating
them on the grounds of entertainment,
education, cultural, .social and ethical values
for both children and adults.
Gene Harris Files Suit
Over Sale of Theatre
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX —Gene G HarrLi
has filed suit against Tilllc and Perry Thayer
for $19,178.80, charging fraud In the .sale of
the Mustang Theatre of Ingelslde, which
Harris recently purchased. The complaint,
filed in district court here, alleges that the
Thayers took advantage of Harris, of his lack
of knowledge of local F>eople and the future
income potential of the Mustang.
The complaint also charges that the
Thayers intentionally deceived HarrLs as to
the seasonal nature of the theatre's business,
misrepresented the actual gro.ss Income of the
theatre and falsely said that all fixtures of
the theatre, some of which it is claimed needed
repair, were in working order. In addition to
the more than $6,000 which Harris said he
paid for the theatre, he alleged that because
of the misrepresentations he had suffered a
loss in the amount of $9,178.80. He is seeking
another $10,000 in exemplary damages.
File $80,000 Lawsuit
COLORADO CITY, TEX.—Two local
theatre
owners have filed suit in district court in
Abilene alleging violations of the federal antitrust
laws and asking triple damages of
$80,000. The theatremen, Mac Carnohan and
H R. Barker jr., owner of the Westerner
Drive-In on Highway 80 near here, charged
Warner Bros, and five theatre firms with
"unreasonably restrained and monopolized
interstate commerce in films in violation of
the law." Defendants named Included Rowley
United Theatres, Amu.sement Co., Inc.,
Westex Drive-In Theatre. Ross Dixon. Elliott
Dixon and Warner Bros.
Heavy Damage Caused
By Vandals at Kermit
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