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Show Theatre--Managers -Declare War on 2 Films XKW YORK. Aug. II. tec1e!ve anion on matters of Importance to motion pu t u re exhibitors throu thou th-ou t the nat Ion w aa taken by the theatre owners' hamb-r of com-mercN com-mercN of New York at an opea me-tinr heM at the Hotel A at or. Hy far the moat Imuortant action ac-tion in the picture Induairy In yeara waa the parsing of resolu-tione resolu-tione condemnitta: Itloik bookt.-i of features and ai'polnting a cornmlt-tre cornmlt-tre to met with Will H. Hays, prea-Idelnt prea-Idelnt of the Motion Picture Producers Pro-ducers an.1 IXstribtitora of America, Amer-ica, and present to htm the organisation organ-isation s vlewf on the aubject for the purpose of enllstlnc his atd In the elimination of block booking. The meeting k.so took u, the Oitestlon of contract rights on Vne'iten cf Women. and "Little Old Sow York two Cosmopolitan pi turea manv member bought a year ago. They have heen negotiating nego-tiating th p.atter for several months. Ooldwyn, throih whom the pictures are distributed, demanding de-manding thst the exhibitors pay more money for th-m than the original contracts, which wre made with Famous I "layers- Iky, call for. ' I'a RFgOMTIOw. Previous to this meeting a resolution reso-lution had been passed binding evry member not to make any sit.rate e-Mt!em-nt with Coldwyn-Cosmopolltan. Coldwyn-Cosmopolltan. Marcus loew and ill lam fox. operating thestre In the New York sone. ar-a member, of the T. O . C. and hav maJe rew contracts for "Knemies r Women." The phture Is shrduled l be shown In the Loew houses beginning be-ginning August I'.'-. A resolution w as passed forbidding Ixe w and fn to show the picture, on penalty pen-alty of expulsion, until the organisation organ-isation obtalncl a settlement with Ooldwya. Charles T O'Reilly, president of the T. O. C. C. Informed the meet -l-.g that Xlck gciienck. , general manager for Loew. had told him tht he n unaware of the resolution reso-lution blndlrg all members not to book the two pictures, but that he woull without showings In any of tr Ixew theatrta In New York that the T. O. C considered would encroach on the rivhte of Its memhera. Deaptte this the tneet-Ing tneet-Ing passed the resolution dmand-i:i; dmand-i:i; that ahowfngs be withheld In II 1trw and Fox houses until negotiations ne-gotiations were definitely stUd. Fred Mitchell. Iyew representative, e trended the meeting, and th fcei-htga fcei-htga of ths members wars directed st him. Ml ST HIS F.TTI.KD. President O Relllv said that ' ths r alter ot th two Cosmopoliten pictures awaited the decision of VIMtam P.xi.Iolph Hearst and Mr. Godsol of C.oldwyn. He charged James Oralnaer, general sales mail-ager mail-ager for Goldwyn, with breaking faith, asseritng that he had not kept hla word to rrfraln from seeking seek-ing to make new contracts with Individual In-dividual members on ths two plc- lUWe must flnih thess nearotla-tlons nearotla-tlons with Mr. Hearst wtthtn a week" dcr!srd O Iteilly. "snd un-n un-n our rlchts aie fully upheld s wilt take the PHter to court" The meet'Tg was opened by the redlne; of the two resolutions condemning con-demning block bo king. President OH-Mlly said: "Thsre W a tendency, by propa- franda and otherwise, to create the mnrersion that mors monev meaning hltrhcr reTtals ts needed fr product-Ions'. Ktstlstlcs show tl.at JVC houses arw closed In New York, and that attendance in the picture- theatres H steadily falling eff. That is almost solely becauae of poor plcttvrea. |