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concern :i TKctt . pacted to serve i»' £ \ sistant to Donaldi^ w P son, president ol'' M^ Kt 7* Society of Indep Wf^ ent Motion PI Vl^ I Producers, In hi-^ IMT^ ";, position, Rubin < • ^mm J A himseUt _^^^^r t marily with siUTl' ^^^^Kr MmA the distribution: ^^^^|K^ ^^^H terns pictures ^^^^ ^^^ duced by the 2S J r. ROBERT RUBIN bers of the socle
i; ridf 1 if hat Sipi'eme Court Rules U.S. Suit Charges Ascap Lo Acl Is Valid VkSniNGTON—By a 5 to 3 ruling the jupmi' court this week held that the Lea »ct '01 ;,'ress aimed at James C. Petrillo and With a Music Monopoly hlskFt. American Federation of Musicians ll cislitutional. While holding the act con- M iotial the court did not rule on a spe- I ch.irge that Petrillo violated it. It -sent Ifl le nsi- back to the federal district court to e question. P rillo. musicians union "czar," was ac- violating the act, soon after its pas- 1(1 ^t year, by trying to force Chicago s;ation WAAF to hire three additional d librarians. WAAF said the extra emiols were not needed. The charge of "co- " involved withdrawal of three regurmployed musicians and picketing of ifttaiion. The district court ruled the act ..nstitutional and the government ap- :[>d directly to the supreme court. Jstire Black delivered the court's finding the law itself is within the constitution. ,ii »n pcrtion of the finding was that the act jplied to Petrillo plainly does not violate amendment against slavery and in- _j(i3tli rohtary servitude. Eic Johnston to Speak A SMPE October Meet I ISW YORK—Eric Johnston will be a îpJker at the opening luncheon of the Si'E 62nd semiannual convention to be jhe^ October 20-24 at the Hotel Pennsylvania, ihnston replied to the invitation by sayuthat the society "is performing a worth- *e ."service in sponsoring a Theatre Engie-lng Conference." This will be a feature the fall meeting. pie motion picture theatre has been a lieer in developing many of the features ImoderH building design with which we ue become so familiar in recent years," mston wrote. "It has been a leader in ûse of new materials in building conb.ction; of air conditioning, of acoustical rvtment, of scientific lighting, and of inlijierable advances in providing for the tatty and comfort of its patrons. in many ways the growth and develop- Jît of the modern theatre has been reipnsible for the healthy progress of the îern motion picture industry. This der^pment is about to take on new momenta. It offers a great field for the improvetOjit and expansion of our business—right iufi in our own country." ,j,|âim 11,250 Theatres Now ^*îng Advertising Films fEW YORK—There are 11,250 theatres s. fjD'f accepting advertising films, according ;a three-year study just completed by the "Wvle Advertising Bureau. The bureau is Wt aUia'ed with the Motion Picture Advertis- * It] Service. New Orleans, and the United Fai Advertising Service, Kansas City, ad- '• vtising film producers and screen "space b.er ." which sponsored the study at a etc; $100,000. ;ur ey data recorded on International E.Mr, ss Machine cards, includes the fol- Icin. information: number of theatres in a:or;.munity, theatres showing advertising fns. location of theatres with reference to itlal and business areas and seating '" c)ac ty. rhi.s information will be available to ad- ^rtlsiTs and advertising agencies intereed in using theatre screens. WASHINGTON— Action which may have a far-reaching effect on making a wealth of hitherto unavailable foreign musical compositions accessible to the motion picture industry occurred this week when the Department" of Justice filed a civil suit charging the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers with engaging in a worldwide con- .spiracy to monopolize musical performing rights in violation of the antitrust law.s. The complaint alleges that Ascap joined with 25 foreign musical societies in exclusively cross-licensing each other to the end thatthe playing of the world's music was restricted to themselves and their licensees. Asst. Atty. Gen. John F. Sonnett, head of the Justice department's antitrust division, filed the suit in the southern district of New York (Manhattan). ASCAP QUITS INTERNATIONAL The filing of the Department of Justice's suit coincided with Ascap resigning its membership in the International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies, which opened its second postwar convention in London. Deems Taylor, Ascap president, is attending the convention and was notified of the suit by cable. Other Ascap officials in London for the sessions are Oscar Hammerstein II, vice-president; Herman Finkelstein, resident counsel; Rudolph Nissim and Richard Murray. Sonnett said Ascap had engaged in a conspiracy with La Confederation Internationale des Societies d'Auteurs et Compositeurs, in Paris, of which the American organization is a member. "This worldwide combination has acquired a virtual monopoly of performing rights to practically all of the world's musical compositions not in the public domain. This includes most of the popular, as well as symphonic music which is today played over the radio, at theatres and in other places of entertainment," he said. FOR WIDER DISSEMINATION Atty. Gen. Tom Clark in a statement released by Sonnett said that the alleged cartel had prevented thousands of American commercial users from "getting music from abroad, except through Ascap, and has hmdered composers and authors of music in the United States, who are not members of Ascap, from getting their music played abroad." The attorney general emphasized that the complaint did not question the right of authors, composers and publishers to band together for the joint protection of performing rights. "Nor does it in any way," he continued, "seek to hamper the legitimate ac- 'Nickleby/ 'Thunderbolt' Honored by Review Board NEW YORK—"Nicholas Nickleby." a J. Arthur Rank production released by Universal-International, and "Thunderbolt," a 44- minute army air forces film released by Monogram, have been given starred selected features rating, the top honor of the National Board of Review, in the weekly guide to selected features. Selected features rating has been awarded to "Fiesta" (MGM), "High Conquest" (Monogram), and "Possessed" (WB). tivities of musical performing rights soccieties such as Ascap. "On the contrary, the suit aims to increase the opportunities for the performance of the musical compositions of authors and composers and to make pos.sible a wider dissemination of American musical compositions abroad." Sonnett said the government asks from the court a directive requiring Ascap "to withdraw from membership in illegal foreign societies." The government further asks that A.scap be enjoined from accepting music rights in the United States from any foreign society that refuses to make its music available to other societies here. The Justice department said Ascap's foreign connections were in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, France, Finland, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay and Yugoslavia. New Authors, Composers Group To Ban Location License Fee DETROIT—Organization of a new music writers and publishers organization that will ban a location license fee—In sharp distinc- well tion to the present practice of Ascap— is under way, under the banner of the American Federation of Authors and Publishers, Inc. (Afapi. The new group now includes 138 writers and four publishers, acordlng to Robert Seibert of Detroit, who was elected president on May 15, and is taking over active direction. The body was incorporated In Massachusetts in February as a nonprofit organization, but is at present being directed from Detroit—which was. Incidentally, the home town of Gene Buck, long the top figure in Ascap, as well as the scene of the sudden death of its general manager, John G. Paine a few weeks ago. The new group will issue licenses gratis to locations, and to entertainment units, and draw income for its members from royalties only. Seibert said. While the question of motion picture fees has not been specifically worked out, the present policy indicates that Afap will work on the objective of a royalty fee from the producer and make no attempt to Impose a seat tax. Simplified accounting and overhead and improved public relations are among the benefits seen in this deviation from the present Ascap operating pattern. Simpex Sues Export Firm On UA Foreign Rights NEW YORK—The Simpex Co., Inc., has brought suit against U. S. Film Export Corp. and United Artists for $65,000 alleging that Jacques Grinieff, head of the export firm, .sold the company the exclusive foreign rights to "Hi Diddle Diddle" and "Sensations of 1945" after previously selling these rights to other concerns in Denmark and Greece. Both pictures were produced by Andrew Stone for United Artists release The case will be tried in the New York supreme court in the fall, according to Geraid Blumberg, attorney for Simpex. BXOfTICE :: June 28, 1947 23
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