JUNE

Statutory Court Will Hear
Joint Officers Complaint
Refuses to dismiss Department of Justice
application to amend "Little Three" consent
decree to bar Robert Benjamin, Arthur Krim
and Louis Philips from representing more
than one firm.
Charles Skouras in New York
For Talks on Divorcement
President of National Theatres arrives from
Los Angeles June 23 for conferences on problems
arising from the 20th Century-Fox divorcement,
due to become effective June 28.
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Providence Theatre Trust
Complaint Thrown Out
Metropolitan's antitrust action seeking triple
damages of $8,500,000 from majors not simple
and concise, court rules: judge leaves way
open to file new complaint.
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Bell System Adds 10 Cities
To TV Network by July 7
Political convention coverage assured
Miami, New Orleans, Dallas, Port Worth,
Houston, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Tulsa,
Phoenix, Seattle; total of 107 stations in 65
cities.
Paramount Heads Conferring
On Color TV Development
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Richard Hodgson, in charge of Chromatic
tube production, called in from west coast by
Paul Raibourn after National Production Authority
eases controls over experimental manufacture.
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British Producers Reject
Plan to Cut Eady Levy
Proposal by Cinematograph Exhibitors
Ass'n that the tax be reduced from three
farthings to one farthing is turned down by
the producers' association in Britain.
Movietone News, United Press
Unite on Big Conventions
Agree on joint coverage of political meetings,
with combined staff of 70 men to service
30 TV stations with film and news reports
on sessions.
Richard DeRochemont Joins
Transfilm as a Producer
Former executive head of March of Time
will take with him business accounts and will
make films both for commercial and television
use.
CBS Gets College Football
Program for Exclusive Use
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One major game on each of 12 dates and
series of smaller games to give other colleges
a break will be included in the National Collegiate
Athletic Ass'n roundup.
Eidophor Debut
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theatre patrons in large and small communities
throughout America.
"A new era of prosperity for the motion
picture industry has now come to us."
The equipment is now being perfected. It
is designed to receive either black and white
or color and can be made to receive any type
of television signal now in use or to be used
in the foreseeable future, Skouras said.
From the earliest days of motion picture
theatres, Skouras pointed out, films have been
supplemented by live attractions of various
kinds, beginning with the piano player in the
nickelodeon. Attractions have taken the form
of stage shows, personal appearances, vaudeville
and other forms of supplementary entertainment.
He also predicted that Eidophor would help
to eliminate the double feature problem.
"As now planned," Skouras continued,
"Eidophor will be launched with a show built
6 ELECTRON GUN AND
DEFLECTION SYSTEM.
7. SPHERICAL MIRROR WITH
THIN LAYER OF EIOOPHOR LIQUID.
B. ELECTRON BOMBARDED LIQUID AREA
THAT MODULATES LIGHT BEAM.
9, KNIFE EDGE DETERMINING
THICKNESS OF LIQUID LAYER
10 PROJECTION LENS.
II. DIRECTING MIRROR
13. THEATRE SCREEN.
up for telecast in the same manner as stage
shows are presented at the Music Hall or
at the Roxy. Just as these shows are played
in the theatre three or four times a day, they
will be telecast for exclusive theatre reception
and used by each theatre according to
its individual policy, whether this calls for
two, three or four shows a day. The main
attraction will be a feature motion picture
with a live show built around it.
"It is planned to telecast these shows from
New York, for example, to cover the eastern
time zone. For the central time zone, other
or similar shows will be telecast from Chicago,
or some other central location in that
zone; from Denver to cover the mountain
time zone, and from Los Angeles or San
Francisco to cover the Pacific time zone."
He said there would be a new show every
week and that eventually there might be
three or four or more shows for theatres with
two changes a week. These shows would be
designed to suit different types of theatres.
Either microwave relays or coaxial cables
will provide the connection between theatres
and the telecasting studios, he said.
Screen 'Closer to Home for Ivanhoe
NEW YORK—Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will
tradeshow "Ivanhoe" for exhibitors in "closer
to home" theatres. They will be held in the
morning or early afternoon, while the regularly
scheduled tradeshowings in theatres
will be held at night. The schedule of screenings
follows:
June 30— Esquire Theatre, Springfield, III., ond
Palms, Phoenix, Ariz; Fine Arts, Boston; Plaza, Charlotte;
San Morco, Jocksonville; Four Star, Los Angeles;
Century, Milwaukee; Will Rogers, Oklahoma
City; Dundee, Omaha, Southeast, Salt Lake City,
and Apex, Washington. On the some day, the
Philadelphia branch will show it in its projection room
at 2 p. m.
July —World Theatre, 1 Columbus, Ohio; Orpheum,
Galesburg, III.; Rivoli, Altoona, Pa.; Koyton, Franklin,
Pa.; Capitol, Sioux City, Iowa, and Bing, Springfield,
Mass; Delawore, Albany; Guild, Cincinnati;
Heights, Cleveland; Federal, Denver; Globe, Detroit;
Uptown, Indianapolis; Hollywood, Memphis; Imperial,
New Orleans; Loew's Lexington, New York; Shady
Side, Piltsburgh; 30th Avenue Theatre, Portland, Ore.;
Apollo, St. Louis; El Presidio, San Francisco, and Great
Lake, Seattle.
July 2—State, Charleston, W. Vo,, and Brook,
Tulsa, Okla.; Garden Hills, Atlanta; Loew's Elmwood,
Buffalo; Adelphi, Chicago; Uptown, Des Moines;
Vogue, Kansas City; Granada, Minneapolis, and Poli
Bijou, New Haven.
July 8—State, Garden City, Kas.; State, Jackson,
Miss.; Riverview, Norfolk, Va.; Olympic, Watertown,
N, Y.; Franklin, Frankfort, Ky.; Esquire, Cape Girardeau,
Mo.; New Star, Upper Sandusky, Ohio; Ritz,
Newcomerstown, Ohio; Madison, Madison, Wis.; Hollywood,
Eau Claire, Wis.; Paramount, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; Coed, Fairfield, Iowa; Kent, Grand Rapids,
Mich., and Capitol, Grand Island, Neb.
July 9— Ritz, Birmingham, Ala.; Crest, Great Bend,
Kas.; Plaza, Trenton, Mo.; Ogden, Baton Rouge, La.;
Rialto, Baltimore; Strand, Plattsburgh, N. Y,; Stadium,
Mount Vernon, III.; Westwood, Toledo; Braumort.
Iron Mountain, Wis.; Esquire, Enid, Okla.;
State, Sioux Falls, S. D.; Brainerd, Brainerd, Minn.;
Riviera, Three Rivers, Mich., and Park, Knoxville.
July 1 —Colby, Colby, Kas.; Nona, Lafayette, La.;
Mayflower, Eugene, Ore.; Carolina, Florence, S. C;
Tower, Fresno, Calif.; Alhambra, Sacramento, Calif.;
Oneida, Utica, N. Y.; Orpheum, Green Bay, Wis.;
Hollywood, Wausau, Wis.; Huron, Huron, S. D.; Michigan,
Saginaw, Mich., and Tivoli, Miami.
July 1 I — Don, Shreveport, La., and Palace, Lemmon,
S D. Those July 16 will be at the Gillioz, Monett,
Mo.; Mainstreet, Beloit, Kas.; Booth, Independence,
Kas., and Grand, Crookston, Minn. The State in
Jamestown, N. D., will show the picture July 17 and
the State at Minot, N. D., July 18. The Granada,
Virginia, Minn., will show it July 23.
Pi'actically all of the regular screenings will
be at 8:30 p. m, St. Louis and Salt Lake City
screenings are scheduled for 8 p. m.
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