The Film Daily (1948)

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Wednesday, April 7, 1948 DAILY ndustry, JTG Fete Vincent on May 2 The film industry will join with the ewish Theatrical Guild in honoring Walter Vincent with a testimonial linner on May 2 in the Hotel Astor's :ran^ ballroom. EJ— % Cantor and Si Fabian are o-cu-^fmen and George Jessel will net as emcee. Walter Vincent, president of the Actors' Fund of America, was fornerly chairman of the board of Republic Pictures, president of the Wilner & Vincent Circuit, and treasurer >f the MPTOA. k*-C-G to Release /ia Film Classics Film Classics will be the releasing ^nedium for pix to be made by Greg>ry-Cook-Griffiths Motion Pictures, .'nc, just organized here with offices jit 226 W. 42nd St. First pic will be The Strange Case of Malcolm praig," to be made at General Service with shooting starting April 25. (Phil Nasser will be exec, producer. Company's principal officers are: president, Ken Cook; board chairman, John Gregory; vice-prexy, Robert E. Griffiths. National Daylight Saving Bill Faces TOA Attack Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Herman M. Levy, [TOA general counsel, and A. Julian 3rylawski, chairman of the TOA national legislative committee, will apoear before a Senate Interstate Comnerce sub-committee April 13 to opoose the pending national daylight saving measure. New York State goes on daylight saving time April 25. Daylight Saving for D. C. I Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — The Senate yester3ay passed by a lop-sided vote the McGrath resolution to authorize the commissioners of the District of Columbia to put the capital city on liaylight saving time the last Sunday )f this im.onth. Choice is left to the Commissioners. (They adopted dayight time last year and are held certain to do so again this year.) Zh\. Subs Tilt Prices Due to Earlier Runs Chicago — Subsequent-runs are advancing their admission prices due to earlier showing of Loop films. ;! Sena (Birthday | I QreetinaA 7Jo — April 7 Walter Winchell Irene Castle Gavin Gordon William Eythe Neal Hart Gloria Warren MidWeek Memos • • • PRODUCERS DARRYL F. ZANUCK of "Gentleman's Agreement" and Dore Schary of "Crossfire" will receive Thomas Jefferson Awards for "the advancement of democracy during 1947" from the Council Against Intolerance in America at a Waldorf-Astoria dinner Sunday night. ... • Exhibs. getting patron squawks against 15 cent popcorn, 10 cent soft drinks and candy bars And candy biz in some spots, including Chi., is definitely down, even the five cent baT sales being off. ... • Edward Small, who recently broke off with Eagle Lion, is talking a new deal with UA. ... • Byron Price, ex-MPAA vice prexy, now assistant secretary general of the UN, goes to Bloomington, Ind., May 5 to receive an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Indiana U. ... • Add Signs o' the Times: Curtis Publishing is tilting Ladies Home Journal ad rates 8 per cent effective with the October issue. ... • What's this about the prexy of a leading major's international subsidiary planning to step out to produce independently here and in Europe? T T ▼ • • • N. Y. MET. MPTA in selecting an industryite as its new executive secretary — the post goes to D. John Phillips, ex-Para., ex-UA (and ex-AAF, too) — impresses Phil M as having shown sound judgment For maximum productivity and achievement, the post requires a working knowledge of the industry's problems Phillips, handpicked, has affability, drive and tenacity of purpose to boot. ... • Martin Murray, eyeing the 16 mm field potential, thinks tele sets in two years will include 16 mm projectors. ... • Philip A. Waxman is aiming for a $500,000 budget for his first indie pic, "Dreadful Summit," based on the novel by Stanley Ellin which Simon & Schuster will publish on the 22nd Waxman is negotiating a major release here. . . . • Didja know that Para's Los Angeles video station, KTLA, has signed 16 advertisers to term deals in the last six weeks? ... • Speaking of tele, the William Morris agency is readying a new video package featuring Marilyn Buferd, Miss America in 1946 and formerly under Metro contract. . . • Harold Stassen will shun politics, discuss world affairs when he addresses the Variety Clubs Miami Beach convention Stassen originally was a member of the Minneapolis tent. . . . • Gabriel Heatter told his Mutual radio audience last night that Broadway houses were considering lower prices. T T T • • • PCC'S 1947 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for humanitarian efforts in behalf of the industry goes to Bob Hope. ... • National Legion of Decency put Eagle Lion's "Ruthless" in Class B. . . . 9 White House correspondents sponsor a special preview of "State of the Union" in Washington's Capitol Theater tonight for members of Congress, et al. . . . • E. B. Hatrick is fully recovered from that illness, returns to his News of the Day desk here in about three weeks. ... • Al Jolson will be on the air Saturday night over ABC for the UJA campaign. ... • Disabled American Veterans Service Foundation is proposing either "premiere benefits" or company gifts of percentage of proceeds of certain films. ... • Jean Benoit-Levy speaks on "Motion Pictures and the Fight for Peace" at the New School tonight. T T T • • • ALLIED NON-THEATRICAL FILM ASS'N will reveal the recipient of the third annual 16 mm Industry Award at its convention banquet at the Hotel New Yorker April 25. . . . • Take it from William Fineshriber of CBS, just back from France, video transmission there comes thru with a clearer pic than here, but French studio technique is deficient R. L. Williamson, Columbia's new Charlotte branch head, is doubling as Film Row's new fire marshal. ... • Didja know that Pan-American World Airways has a full-fledged film production unit headed by Frank Howe? Bryant Warns PCC On Anli Trust Suits (Continued from Page 1) You can't change such practices as buying, bidding, distribution, runs and clearances without having to change your whole modus operandi, Bryant declared, adding that the exhibitors aren't ready because they don't know yet in which direction the anti-trust "bombings" are going to drive their business. If the Supreme Court adopts either complete divorcement or enforcement of the lower court's decree by compulsory arbitration, "we may expect a wholesale re-shuffling within the industry, both as to theater ownership and almost every existing trade practice," Bryant asserted. In such re-shuffling, he continued, the independent exhibitor should be alert to possible opportunities for expanding his theater holdings or throwing off irksome shackles and strengthening his position in relation to that of the major defendants. Bryant said that since the success of the Goldman and Jackson Park suits, between 50 and 100 additional private suits have been filed. A serious question is whether the very number of these suits will cause them all to be thrown out by the court. Bryant said he believed the courts would continue to remain open for redress and compensation of legitimate victims of monopoly, but will become increasingly strict in awarding damages to those who have not not been injured. He pointed to the case in Texas where a plaintiff charged he had been forced to sell his theater for $200,000 less than what it should have been worth. The court found that the plaintiff actually made $50,000 on the sale, refused to recognize that he had been damaged and decided for the defendants. Bryant said he was certain that the Supreme Court decision would be unfavorable to the defendants. Ticket Price Fixing Charge is Filed by FTC (Continued from Page 1) ficial level was filed against 37 manufacturers and six trade associations. The six trade associations are all quartered at 369 Lexington Ave., New York City, and Gooch & Co. of that address is secretary and industry counsel to each of the half dozen groups. Respondents have a 20-day period in which to file a reply. STORKS Patricia Lambert Burt, formerly of Metro's Eastern Story Dept., is the mother of William Griswold Burt III. Windfall, Ind. — Fletcher Brewer, | operator of the State Theater, has a I new son.