The Film Daily (1948)

TOE Thursday, April 1, 1948 DAILY Vol.93, No. 63 Thurs., Apr. 1, 1948 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN Editor Published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y.. by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J, W. Alicoate, President; Donald M. Merser eau, Vice-President and Treasurer; Patt. Alicoate, Vice President and Secretary. Entered as second class matter, Sept. 8, 1938, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. Phone BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address Filmday, New York. WEST COAST OFFICES Ralph Wilk, Manager 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phnnn: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older 6417 Dahtonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler, Chief C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Brlargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON — Ernest VV. Fredman. The FilBi Renter. 127-133 Wardour St.. W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. BOMBAY — Ram L. GogUy, Kltab Mahal, 190 Hornby Rd., Fort. Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar. Filmafrlc, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL— Ray Carmichael. Room 9. 464 Francis Xavler St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy. 411 Lyric Theater Bldg. SYDNEY— Bowden Fletcher. 19 Moxon Ave.. Punchbowl. N. S. Phone. UY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Meys. 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN— John Lindberc Jernbanealle No. 8. Copenhagen-Van Loese. RuME— John Perdicarl, Via Ludovlsl 16. Phone. 42758. MEXICO CITY — Latin American News Service. Humboldt 49. STORKS Pittsburgh— There"1 g a new baby girl at the home of J. McCormick, BKQ exchange. Bernlce Levy, M-G-M Contract Dept,, is leaving Friday to await the stork* VELAZCO STUDIOS Snil Velazco has taken Metro's former dubbing studios. POSITION WANTED Attractive, intelligent young lady wishes position as Executive secretary— or -assistant, exrellent references,— personable, excellent film backgrounds Write Box 79, The Film Daily, 1501 Broadway, New York. ft SECURITY BOND" PREMIERE "Security Bond" premiere of T*-I's "Are You With It" at the Winter Garden April 14 will serve to kick off the State1 s participation in the Treasury's Security Loan campaign. Purchasers of $25, $100, $1,000 bonds receive tickets. PARA. LAUNCHES LIMA HOUSE Lima, Peru — George Weltner, A. L. Prachett, Clement S. Crystal, Abe Piatt, Para, execs., and Bay Mi Hand are here for today's gala launching of Para's Tacna, l,9Ufj-seat de luxer, and the first house to be constructed and operated by Para Int'l Theaters. Peru's President will head the distinguished first night ers. Opening pic is "Blue Skies." Gene Goodman, formerly of Philadelphia, manages. PLACE TO ACQUIRE GPE STOCK President Hermann G. Place and other key officers and employes of General Precision Equipment Corp. will be enabled to purchase 50,000 shares of the corporation's stock under arrangement made with Place at the time he assumed the presidency last year, annual stockholders report reveals. Half of the 50,000 will be available for purchase by Place. Details are yet to be worked out, report notes* U-l, RANK AFRICAN BUY Lonaon-U-I and J. Arthur Hank paid the Schlesinger interest £619,822 for the 250 shares acquired in the African Consolidated Theaters, operating company of African Theaters, latter' s annual report reveals. Book value of the shares was £250. African Theaters earned ££97,866 in 1947, paying 30% dividends for year. STEIN HEADS TORONTO BRANCH Toronto-Morris Stein of FPC is the new chairman of the Toronto Board of Trade's mp branch, DEATHS CHARLES CONRAD, Monogram salesman in St.Louis. JOHN WILLIAM DA^ls, 77, owner, Monte i. .ter, Montezuma, la. ELECT IN MAY Kansas City—Officers of Allied IT0 will be elected at the Spring convention, May 12-13. NEW YORK THEATERS _ RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL _ Rockefeller Center IRENE DUNNE in GEORGE STEVENS' Production of "I REMEMBER MAMA" Barbara Oscar Philip BEL GEDDES HOMOLKA DORN Produced by HARRIET PARSONS Music Hall's Great Easter Stage Show SOL LESSER present, EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' TanaiuiMermaids JOHNNY WEISSMULLER-BRENDA JOYCE lf and in.,od«in, LINDA CHRISTIAN ▼ -PALACE; BWAf \47ttST 000IS OPEN ! 1 II MIDHITE SNOW MlClT starring FRED MacMURRAY VaSJU, FRANK SINATRA RsltOMd br HO RADIO t ICTUMJ ^JlVOLI "SK <$iU EXCHANGE SERVICE Physical Handling of Film i nspection — Receiving — Shipping is part of 'BONDED'S 3-WAY SERVICE" • Film Storage • Film Exchange Service • Ah Conditioned Screening Room FILM STORAGE CO., INC 1600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY CIRCLE 6-0081-2-3-4 BONDED