Boxoffice-March.04.1950

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fHcft ottcC Sf^^c*tt^ Peimanent Tax Fight QOMPO's tax and legislation committee, or its equivalent, will be needed as a permanent fixture, if this industry is going to carry on a diffused fight against local ticket levies in all states. There is nothing new or sporadic about the plans of a group of organizations to replace federal taxes with local taxes. The plan has been under discussion for more than a year and is thoroughly organized. When these plans were revealed at the house ways and means committee hearing, some of the committeemen became sarcastic and said they thought cuts, if made, should be passed along to the taxpayers. The advocates of local taxation were neither dismayed nor surprised. They were prepared for the criticism. Six organizations are united in their determination to get this source of revenue. They are: Council of State Governments, the Governors' Conference, National Ass'n of County Officials, American Municipal Ass'n and Federation of Tax Administrators and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. This is a formidable group with a program. It will have to be combated on a national scale. In the latest bulletin of the National Ass'n of County Officials there is a resume of the tax-seekers' arguments which concludes: "The Council of State Governments and the Governors' Conference were among the groups proposing that admissions be left largely to local taxation in order to relieve local pressure for funds from the states which would in turn relieve state need for demanding funds from the federal government. If this purpose is achieved, valuable strengthening of local government could be prevented only by failure of the local units to take advantage of the opportunity." Color Television •pELEVISION is at the crossroads. The Federal Communications commission decisions on the granting of new permits for television stations, on wavelength assignments, on permits for theatre television and on color may come all at once before the end of the year. There is no way of predicting when the present series of hearings will end or when the decisions will be made. When the new rulings are formulated it could be that television will start on a new basis. If wavelengths are assigned for color television, there will be a scramble for them. The recent CBS questionnaire on color which drew 9,423 detailed replies shows that 84 per cent enjoyed color television much more than black and white, 13 per cent enjoyed it somewhat more. That total of 97 per cent is a warning. The first color sets that get onto the market will make many current sets obsolete and will force conversion of others. If theatres succeed in getting television permits and they can start with color, they will have an important advantage in the race for audiences. -By JAMES M. JERAULD Rush for Oil Burners JT IS a perfectly safe bet that there will be few coal burning boilers in theatres in the northern section of the country next winter. Conversion has been steady since the war. Now there is a rush on. This may cause a temporary scarcity of oil-burning apparatus for installation under old coal boilers, but relief will be faster than it was during the war when everything was scarce. Exhibitors feel that some of the pubhc officials who laid down drastic fuel conserving rules last week were over-dramatizing the situation. Brownouts were accepted without protest, but, when the administrators started talking about closing theatres, exhibitors quickly pointed out that a vast number of them were in buildings with stores and offices. The storekeepers and office tenants joined in the protest. A committee of New York exhibitors went to Albany and induced Governor Dewey to announce that he had no immediate intention of ordering theatre closings. Claiming Records J^LL the major companies and some of the lesser companies have claimed records for openings of pictures in the past three weeks. Some companies are giving out figures running into millions. There is nothing new about this: it is standard practice of the publicity departments, but at this time it is not good public relations. Industry leaders have been quoting figures before the house ways and means committee to convince Congress that a recession requires abolition of the ticket tax. Senators and congressmen read the papers. Some of them might start asking: "Who's kidding who?" Pi-oviding the answers could be embarrassing. Vaughan Is Inducted MAJ. GEN. HARRY VAUGHAN was inducted, lambasted and investigated by the Circus Saints and Sinners last week. He can take it. The Waldorf-Astoria ballroom was jammed up to the third balcony. There were deep freezers and other things on the dais. A couple of hundred wellknown film men are still repeating the stories privately. In introducing Vaughan, Tex O'Rourke said that his mother, like all mothers, had wanted him to get into the White House. "Last Thursday was the first time," he said. "It wasn't in good shape. I asked them why they didn't get along with the work, and the military aide to the military aide said: 'Every time we get a stockpile of materials somebody wants to build a racetrack." " With Harold Hoffman in a judge's robe, the "jury" "acquitted" the general at the finish. Testimonial For Ben Shiyen Dinner KANSAS CITY—A testimonial dinner will be tendered Ben Shiyen, publisher of BOXOFFICE, March 28 by the Motion Pictiire Ass'n of Greater Kansas City in recognition of his 30th anniversary as a motion picture trade magazine publisher. The affair will be the first public function of the recently organized all-industry group. Industry leaders from throughout the country are expected to attend the dinner, which will be held in the ballroom of the Hotel Muehlebach. The Kansas- Missouri Theatre Ass'n has scheduled its spring meeting for March 28 so that its members may attend the testimonial. E. C. Rhoden, president of Fox Midwest Amusement Co., is chairman of the committee in charge of the affair, with Arthur Cole, Senn Lawler and M. D. Cohn as co-chairmen. Others on the committee are: Sam Abend, Al Adler, George Baker, R. R. Biechele, Howard Burkhardt, James Castle, Nathan Cohen. Stanley Durwood, Dale Danielson, Bernie Evens, Glenn Hall! Finton Jones, James Lewis, Jay Means, Louis Patz, B. J. McKenna, Leon Robertson, Robert Shelton, Jesse Shiyen, Felix Snow, O. F. Sullivan, William Truog and Robert Withers. Patterson Is Arbitrator In Selznick-Korda Suit NEW YORK—Robert P. Patterson, former secretary of war, has been named arbitrator of the David O. Selznick-Alexander Korda dispute over distribution of the latter's "The Third Man" and "Gone to Earth" by Federal Judge Irving Kaufman in U.S. district court. Joseph M. Schenck, 20th Century-Fox studio executive, who agreed to act as arbitrator in the dispute several weeks ago, later withdrew because his current vacation in the south made it inconvenient for him to set a date for the hearing. Schwartz & Frohlich, attorneys for Selzniok, have also filed an application for a temporary injunction to halt Korda from licensing the eastern hemisphere version of "Gone to Earth" because the completed film departs from the original version and detracts from the professional standing of Jennifer Jones, the star. Korda originally brought the action against Selznick alleging breaches of their original agreement for Selznick to release Korda's two films in the western hemisphere in return for eastern hemisphere distribution of "Portrait of Jennie" and "The Paradine Case." Korda had also received the services of three Selznick stars, Joseph Gotten, Valli and Miss Jones, but he stated he was willing to reimburse Selznick for their services. MPSC to Handle 'Rachel' NEW YORK—Motion Picture Sales Corp. has closed a deal for the distribution in the U.S. of "Rachel," which will be made abroad by M. DeFontaine, French producer. William Dieterle will direct the film in Technicolor with Edana Romney in the title role of the great French actress and Zachary Scott costarred. 18 BOXOFFICE :: March 4, 1950
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