Boxoffice-December.02.1950
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OLLYWOOD<br />
NEWS AND VIEWS THE PRODUCTION<br />
(Hollywood Office— Suite 219 at 6404 Hollywood Blvd.: Ivan Svear, Western Manager)<br />
U.S. Court Dismisses<br />
CSU-IATSE Dispute<br />
HOLLYWOOD—A major setback for the<br />
Conference of Studio Unions in its lengthy<br />
fight against major producers and the lATSE,<br />
growing out of the 1946 studio strike, came<br />
when a motion to dismiss, filed by the defendants,<br />
was granted in federal district court<br />
here. CSU attorneys immediately announced<br />
they would appeal the ruling.<br />
The CSU, headed by Herbert K. Sorrell,<br />
originally filed the $43,000,000 suit in 1947,<br />
charging the major companies and the lATSE<br />
had conspired to lock out CSU workers in<br />
asserted violation of antitrust laws. Defendants,<br />
in addition to the lATSE. included<br />
MGM, 20th-Fox. Paramount, Columbia, RKO,<br />
Warners, Republic, Hal Roach, Samuel Goldwyn.<br />
Universal, the Motion Pictures Ass'n<br />
of America, the Paramount and Warner distributing<br />
companies and more than 40 film<br />
executives.<br />
In order to continue a detailed study of<br />
the request, the major studios secured a postponement<br />
until Monday (11) of a meeting<br />
with the Hollywood AFL Film council concerning<br />
the latter's petition for a cost-ofliving<br />
wage boost for nearly 20,000 studio<br />
workers. The unions involved maintain they<br />
are entitled to such an increase because, while<br />
wage scales have remained static since 1947.<br />
living costs have skyrocketed during the<br />
past three years.<br />
Paving the way for the launching of negotiations<br />
for a collective bargaining agreement,<br />
publicists employed by members of the Society<br />
of Independent Motion Picture Producers<br />
and the Independent Motion Picture Pi'oducers<br />
Ass'n. in an election supervised by<br />
the National Labor Relations Board, voted<br />
to select the Screen Publicists Guild as their<br />
bargaining agent. The SPG already has a<br />
basic contract with the major production<br />
companies.<br />
Move to Roach Studios<br />
HOLLYWOOD — Headquarters have been<br />
established at the Hal Roach studios in Culver<br />
City by Mid-Century Productions, newly<br />
formed independent unit, organized by Scenartists<br />
Aubrey Wisberg and Jack PoUexfen.<br />
Basin Drive-In Sold<br />
DURANGO. COLO.—T. R. Knox of Denver<br />
has purchased the Basin Drive-In here.<br />
Mrs. Knox will manage the airer.<br />
East: S. Sylvan Simon, Columbia producer,<br />
will leave late this month for South Africa to<br />
scout locations for an adventure drama which<br />
the studio will produce there in 1951.<br />
West: Robert V. Newman, Republic vicepresident<br />
and executive aide to President<br />
Herbert Yates, returned to his studio desk<br />
after two weeks of conferences with New<br />
York executives.<br />
West: Ray Heindorf, Warner studio musical<br />
director, trained in from Gotham after<br />
completing huddles on music campaigns on<br />
upcoming releases.<br />
West: Ted Tetzlaff, RKO director, accompanied<br />
by Lowell Farrell, unit production<br />
manager, and Lieut. Col. Stanley Latiolais.<br />
technical adviser, planed to Tokyo and<br />
Korea to scout locations for a forthcoming<br />
picture about the Korean war.<br />
West: Producers William Pine and William<br />
Thomas returned from Florida after<br />
scouting locations for their next picture for<br />
Paramount release. They were accompanied<br />
by Director Lewis R. Foster.<br />
South: Bryan Foy. Warner producer,<br />
checked in at the studio after completing<br />
location work at Folsom prison, near Sacramento,<br />
on his cuiTent picture.<br />
East: David A. Lipton, advertising-publicity<br />
director for U-I, planed for Manhattan<br />
for home office conferences.<br />
East: James A. Mulvey, president of Samuel<br />
Goldwyn Productions, returned to his<br />
New York headquarters after parleys here<br />
with Goldwyn anent the 1951 production<br />
program.<br />
West: Sidney Albright, managing director<br />
for 20th Century-Fox in Australia, checked<br />
in at the studio after huddles with New York<br />
officials of the company. He is conferring<br />
here with Darryl F. Zanuck and Joseph M.<br />
Schenck, production chiefs, before returning<br />
to his headquarters in Sydney.<br />
West: Ned E. Depinet, president of RKO,<br />
arrived from New York to sign a new distribution<br />
agreement whereby his company will<br />
continue to release cartoon and live-action<br />
product manufactured by Walt Disney,<br />
TV Actor Struggle<br />
Appears Near End<br />
HOLLYWOOD—That the long-standing<br />
and bitter controversy between the Screen<br />
Actors Guild and Television Authority concerning<br />
jurisdiction over thespians appearing<br />
in motion pictures, no matter through what<br />
medium they are exhibited, might be close<br />
to a settlement was indicated at midweek.<br />
Actmg upon a request from TVA, the SAG's<br />
executive committee postponed for two days<br />
a board meeting which had originally been<br />
called for November 27.<br />
The SAG directorate was informed that<br />
TVA "believes their contract in the live<br />
field"— a recently secured bargaining agreement<br />
— "narrows the issue between us." Possible<br />
settlement of the dispute was up for<br />
discussion at a midweek SAG board session<br />
which two TVA delegates, George Heller and<br />
Ken Carpenter, were scheduled to attend.<br />
Earlier, an NLRB hearing on the jurisdictional<br />
battle had been recessed until Monday<br />
(4). Both SAG and TVA are members<br />
of the Associated Actors and Artistes of<br />
America.<br />
SAG has held firm to its argument that<br />
it should retain jurisdiction over all actors<br />
appearing in any type of film, whether for<br />
theatrical, commercial or video use, w-hile<br />
TVA has been holding out for control over<br />
players appearing in TV pictures.<br />
Under sponsorship of the Family Theatre,<br />
Jerry Fairbanks Productions will shortly<br />
launch filming on "The Joyful Hour," a 60-<br />
minute subject which will be telecast on<br />
Christmas day by major networks and independent<br />
TV outlets. The Rev. Patrick<br />
Peyton, CSC, will produce.<br />
Harry Cohn Will Direct<br />
Cancer Hospital Drive<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Harry Cohn, president of<br />
Columbia, was named chairman of a national<br />
campaign to raise $1,400,000 for the construction<br />
of a new cancer hospital on the grounds<br />
of the City of Hope in Duarte, Calif. Cohn<br />
will head a committee of 100 civic and business<br />
leaders in the drive to complete the first<br />
all-free cancer hospital in America.<br />
Writer Turns Producer<br />
HOLLYWOOD—After several years under<br />
contract as a writer of screen musicals.<br />
George Wells has been elevated to producer<br />
status at MGM. His first assignment as producer-scripter<br />
will be "Broadway Baby." to<br />
star Red Skelton.<br />
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