Boxoffice-December.02.1950

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^uUe SW^ Zenith Says It Has Films TOA Talks on COMPO Await Return of Ned Depinet RKO head will be busy at three-day district managers meeting starting Monday (4) in New York: Ted Gamble's committee seeking greater representation will await Depinet's convenience. Excess Profits Tax Bill Passes House Group Ways and means committee approves $3.4 billion tax bill retroactive to July 1, 1950; to be sent to rules committee; members confident it would reach floor early next week. Booking Problem Studies Scheduled by Paramount First of three regional sessions held over weekend in Kttsburgh. with two more set for New Orleans December 9, 10 and Chicago December 16, 17; bookers and supervisors attend. United Artists Theatres Yearly Earnings Drop -X Circuit and subsidiaries report $614,383 for 12 months ending August 31; total is $281,031 below previous year; receipt of $225,991 from United California Theatres noted. X Eric Johnston Joins Talks On the Business Outlook Attends Washington session called by National Security Resources board to discuss possible new controls and other problems growing out of war emergency. -X Joint Convention Is Likely For TOA, TESMA. TEDA Oscar Neu, TESMA president, says chances favor three-group conclave in November 1951 at Shoreham hotel, Washington; decision to be made at early meeting in New York. X Old Fox Theatres Corp. Wins Full Settlement New York federal court approves plan by which 20th Century-Pox will make payments totaling $200,000 in the next two years to claims made by trustees of the assets. -X Gerald L. K. Smith Suit Vs. 20th-Fox Dismissed Tulsa, Okla.. judge holds there had been no invasion of the rights of privacy by the film company in its production of the film, "Gentleman's Agreement." -X To Rename Ampitheatre For Carter T. Barron National capital's sesquicentennlal commission endorses proposal in memory of Loew's late eastern division manager; plan dedication next spring with proceeds for cancer fund. For Phonevision Tests CHICAGO—Phonevision has sufficient feature product to undertake its 90-day limited commercial test of "home boxoffice television," but the test scheduled to begin Fi-iday (D will be delayed for several days pending final selection of the features to be used, according to announcement made by Ted Leitzell of Zenith Radio Corp. "Technical preparations for the test have been in readiness for three months," Leitzell said, "and commencement of the actual trial will shortly be made possible by decision of several of the film producing companies to provide feature motion picture for the experiment. From the lists of films now being made available for the Phonevision test it will be possible to select a true crosssection of features of all types so as to make the 90 films to be used in the test truly representative of the motion picture industry's feature production. Zenith representatives are now in New York, working with the several cooperating film companies in final selection of the films to be used." FIRST TIME IN HOMES Leitzell pointed out that this will be the first time that a television audience has had the choice or the opportvmity to pay for a home television program of premium entertainment which could be seen in the home without advertising or commercials upon payment of a boxoffice fee. "In view of the pioneering nature of this test," said Leitzell, "we are indebted to the cooperating producers who are making it possible for us to obtain a wide selection of full length motion pictures. We are at the same time indebted to James C. Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians, who has given us splendid cooperation by authorizing television use of the sound tracks on the films in this 90-day test." The Chicago test of Phonevision has been authorized by the Federal Communications commission for the purpose of gathering data on whether people desire—and to what extent they will patronize—a home boxoffice method of presenting premium programs on television, and whether Phonevision as such a system is in the public interest. The 300 test families will be offered a new feature program every day by Phonevision and will be charged one dollar for each program they decide to see in their homes. NOT YET APPROVED BY FCC Any television receiver in the Chicago area turned to channel 2 will be able to receive the Phonevision broadcasts of the pictures, but in a manner so jumbled as to be unintelligible. Only those television receivers equipped with Phonevision decorders, which are in the 300 test homes, will be able to receive the corrected picture and only after the Phonevision set user has called the transmitting station and asked to have the key signal .sent to his set over the telephone. In this manner Phonevision provides a 'subscription television .service" whereby the user can pay for premium type programs. No Comment on Films At the Home Offices NEW YORK—Despite the claims of Zenith Radio Corp. that it is ready to start its Phonevision tests using features released 18 months ago or longer, sales departments of the various major companies in New York decUned both to comment on the matter or name any of the films which might be used. Originally, Zenith had intended using unreleased features as the big selling point for Phonevision but none of the major companies would agree to give up new product for the experiment. If, as Zenith says, the companies have provided pictures which were released at least 18 months ago the situation is one of compromise. Phonevision took what it could get in the way of fairly recent pictures instead of unreleased films and the majors gave up older product rather than face the possibility of court action, which had been threatened. such as movies, to be seen in his home. Since television sets equipped with Phonevision will receive regular television broadcasts, Phonevision will, if approved by the FCC, provide an auxiliary but not a substitute for established commercial television. Leitzell emphasized that authorization of the 90-day test in no way indicated approval of Phonevision by the FCC or prior indication that it would be authorized as a new public service. FCC Grants WOR-TV Permit For SO-Day Skiatron Test WASHINGTON—The FCC this week grant- licensee of WOR-TV, per- ed Teleradio, Inc., mission to conduct a 30-day test of Skiatron, new subscriber-vision TV subscription system which reportedly dispenses with the decoders required by Phonevision to unscramble paid-for programs. However, the commission refused to allowany receivers to be placed in homes, as they did in the case of Phonevision, and restricted broadcasts to one receiver in the laboratory —with another to be allowed in the studio. Files a $450,000 Suit Against Crescent BIRMINGHAM—Suit for $450,000 damages was filed in U.S. district court here Monday i27) by B. Ward Wright, Alabama City, Ala., independent exhibitor, against Crescent Amusement Co., of Nashville, Tenn., and four major film distributors. Named as defendants along with Crescent were RKO Radio, 20th Century-Fox, United Artists, and Loew's, Inc. The suit, which charges violation of a federal court injunction in Nashville and violation of the Sherman antitrust act, seeks triple damages. 14 BOXOFFICE December 2, 1950
FIVE SONGS Scott "making vivid impression" with numbers like"ThatOld Block Magic"and"LetlerFrom Lady in Love," says Hollywood Reporter. here, Mr. Exhibitor, long enough to examine some boxoffice scenes that speak your language. They all Date say: DARK CITY Paramount's Fine-Performing Hal Wallis Hit TERRIFIC SUSPENSE in'SCenes tike this policeprotectect clip-joint where respectable citizen (brilliantly played by Don DeFore) is driven to suicide. "PUNCHFUL MELODRAMA for both keys and subsequent runs," says Daily Variety as it appraises the picture's exciting underworld themes. MEMORABLE ACTING that includes sock performance of big-town detective by Dean Jogger, "fresh from an Academy Award," says Film Daily.
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