New Britain herald., 1927-10-21
DOUBLE ATTACK
 0N FIGHT FILMS
One Company Would Restrain
 Rival and Competitor
GOVERNMENT READY TO ACT
Crowds Meanwhile Fill Theaters and Follow Bout, Blow By Blow-At- torneys Seek To Dissolve Judge Thomas's Injunction.

Hartford. Oct. .1 P)-The Demp- @ey-Tunney championship bout films, absent from Hartford the. aters for a week after having been shown for few days early las. week at the Grand. were on view here today at two theaters. the Grand and the Majestic. But all was not well. The Leonard Film Go. Of New Haven, distributors. who furnished the pictures being shown at the Grand, Were reported today seeking to restrain by legal meas ures the Midwestern Film Exchange, Inc, sponsors Of the film being shown at the Majestic, from exhib- ting that film. And meanwhile, in his office in the federal building here. Assistant United States District Attorney George H. Cohen was hard Tt work on the motion which he ex- pected 10 file at New Haven later in the day to dissolve the injunction granted by Judge Edwin s. Thomas in New Haven Wednesday restrain ing the federal agents from inter- fcrring with the showing Of the dis puted films.
 Will Press Charge
 Mir Cohen will press for a speedy hearing on his motion. and expects that it will probably be set for ear- ly next week.
 Among those who will be present at this hearing will be Thomas J. Spellacy. counsel for the sponsors of the film at the Majestic. who indi- cated today that he will be prepared to fight to the limit the dissolution of the injunction which ne obtained Wednesday for his clients. MT. Spell lacy said this noon that he knew of no move by any film company ol individuals to restrain his clients from showing their film, and clared that any such action would be i'm possible"
 "FIlms All Right
 'I personally know that the films being shown at the Majestic are all right" he declared.
 David Weinstock. manager of the Grand theater was informed this noon, however in a telephone con- versation with officials of the Leon- ard Film company. that that com pany was preparing q petition for an injunction to restrain all the aters in Connecticut from show ing Dempsey -Tunney fight films other than those which 1t supplied.
 MT. Weinstock declared that the pictures being shown at the Grand are duplicates made In Connecticut from negatives supplied by Goodart Pictures, Inc, which had exclusive motion picture rights of the fight from Tex Rickard and the posters on display in the Grand theater lob by display the name of both Tex Rickard and the Goodart company. This company sold exclusive distri- button rights In Connecticut to the Leonard company. according to Mir. Weinstock.
 Julius Gross, a mamber Of the Nidwestern Elm Exchange. Inc, which has leased the Majestic the ater for seven days 10 show the fight films, asserted that the films his company Is showing came Fin directly" from the Goodart com pany.
 Plan Local Showing
 Mir Gross declared that his com pany is showing or preparing to show Dempsey fight pictures in New Haven, New Britain. Water bury and Bridgeport. Reports re- ceived here today also indicated that fight films are to be shown in Norwich and Meriden. but did not indicate which distributor was sup plying those two cities.