The Film Daily (1948)

DAILY Tuesday, April 13, 19 Vol. 93, No. 71 Tues.,April 13, 1948 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and General Manager commG mid Gome 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. Mersereau, Vice-President and Treasurer; Patti 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. Phone: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older 6417 Dahlonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler, Chief C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 . STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON— Ernest \V. Ffeilman, The Film Renter. 1^7-133 .Wardoui St.. \V. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. ' Virtudes 214. BOMBAY — Ram L. Gogtav, Kitab -Mahal. l'M\ Hornby Rd.. Fort, Bombay 1. ALGIERS—-Paul Saffar, Filmafric, .. 8 Rue' Charras. MOVTREAL^Ray Carmichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavief St. VANCOUVER — Jack Dfoy. 411 Lyric Thea'ter.-.Blde. SYKXEY— Bowden Fletcher. 19 Moxon financiAL (Af.rU 12) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 19 19 19 Bell & Howell 21 1/4 21 'A 21 1/4 East. Kodak 43% 43'/4 43% do pfd. ,. ... .172 172 172 Gen. Prec. Eq 17 165/8 16% Loew's, Inc.". .... .". 19% 19 19 Paramount .......:v 233/s 22% 23'/4 RKO ....' 8V4 8% 8% Republic Pict 4 33,4 3% Republic Pict. pfd. 9% 9% 9% 20th Century-Fox 23V4 22% 23'/4 20th Cent.-Fox pfd. 35 35 35 Universal Pict. . .. :. . 13.3/4 133/8 135/8 V/arner Bros 13 12% 12% NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picfs .... 3% 3% 3% RKO . 2 -2 2 Sonotone Corp 334 3% 3% Technicolor 13% 13% 13% Trans-Lux 6 5% 6 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Cinecolor 4% Pcthe:. . . .. ,:.,, , 43,4-, Net Chg. + 'A — "Vt — 2 + 14 + % — % +; V4 + '+ Vs % Vs + % + Vi Asked 5 51/4 fd< STORAGE Film Storage in Modern Fireproof Vaults . . . part of "BONOED'S 3-WAY SERVICE" • Film Storage • Film exchange Service • Air Conditioned Screening Room 10NDED "M*" loOO BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY CIRCLE 6-0O81-2-3-4 ROY O. DISNEY has arrived in New York for conferences with RKO Radio home office execs, on distribution of "Melody Time." DOLORES DEL RIO has returned to her Mexico City home from Buenos Aires. MAX ARNOW, Columbia executive, is here from the Coast. HARRY H. GOLDSTEIN, Paromount Cleveland district manager and MRS. GOLDSTEIN are vacationing in Atlantic City. SPYROS P. SKOURAS is expected to return from London and Paris at the week-end. MARCEL HELLMAN returns from Hollywood Thursday. MANNY REINER, SRO's Latin-American sales chief, leaves for Havana today. AL O. BONDY distributor of GE pix, arrives in Detroit today from Buffalo, goes to Chicago tomorrow, en route to Milwaukee and Minneapolis. JOHN LEHRFELD, president, and Bert Goldberg, general sales manager. Herald Pictures, planed to Hollywood yesterday from New York for meetings with Screen Guild home office execs. LEO SELIGMAN, treasurer of Favorite Films, returns from Miami Beach next Monday. I. ZUSSMAN of Interstate Popcorn Co. returns to Chicago from Boston this week. Freeman Elected President Of Academy Foundation West, toast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Y. Frank Freeman was elected president of the Academy Foundation at the annual elections. Others taking office include Walter Wanger, vice-president; Mary C. McCall, Jr., secretary; Farciot Edouart, treasurer, and Margaret Herrick, executive secretary. Trustees elected are Freeman, Miss McCall, Charles Bracket! and Edouart. Jean Hersholt and Wanger continue on the board for an additional year. Baker 111, on Leave; Fischer Acting Manager Chicago — Abe Fischer, formerly with UA -has been named acting manager of the Chicago Republic branch, replacing Will Baker, who has gone to Ai'izona for his health. E. L. Walton, assistant to James Grainger, was here and made the transfer". Hanna Forms Video Films To Produce in Detroit Detroit — Video Films, with headquarters at 1004 E. Jefferson Ave., is the first studio in Detroit to specialize in production of films for television. John (Cliff) Hanna is setting up the company which while concentrating on video production will also make some other 16 mm films. Seek Indiana Ticket Tax Indianapolis — Legislation to authorize Indiana cities and towns to levy admissions taxes either on gross receipts or on each ticket sold will be backed in the 1949 General Assembly by the Indiana Municipal League. League represents 535 cities and towns. ERIC A. JOHNSTON has returned to Washington from Frisco and Hollywood. MILTON S. KUSELL, SRO's vice-president in cnarge of domestic and Canadian sales, is in San Francisco on his nation-wide exchange tour. BILL SCHULMAN, Realart ad-publicity director, has returned from Boston. WILLIAM GARGAN is in San Francisco for press interviews to plug Film Classics' "The Argyle Secrets." CHARLES VANDA, president of the Hollywood Radio Directors Guild and producer of the Abbott and Costello show, is visiting New York with MRS. VANDA on a combination business and pleasure trip. WILLIAM B. JAFFE, industry attorney, has retu'ned from a two-week vacation in Palm Springs, Flo. NAT HOLT, indie producer, is in from the Coast. B. G. KRANZE, Film Classics' world-wide distribution chief, leaves for New Haven today to huddle with I. J. Hoffman, WB zone manager, regarding FC product. HAROLD J. BOCK, manager of Western television operations for NBC, leaves Hollywood Friday for New York where he will spend several months in a study of operational methods. ALAN F. CUMMINGS, in charge of M-G-M exchange operations, is in Detroit for a few days. SYD BOEHM and LUTHER DAVIS, M-G-M writers, are due from the Coast today by plane. BING and DIXIE CROSBY left Hollywood yesterday for a visit of several weeks in tiie East; first stop, White Sulphur Springs, Vo., where Bing will play in a golf tournament. Savini Plans Series of Sales Meetings in South R. M. 'Bob' Savini, president of Astor Pictures, will conduct sales meetings at a number of Southern exchanges on his way back from the Variety Clubs convention in Miami Beach. Savini left for Florida over the weekend to join his brother N. E. Savini of Atlanta. Exchange sessions will be on the Sunset Carson Western series, as well as the Fred Kohler, Jr. and Harry Carey reissues handled by Astor. Netherlands Screen Quota In Effect for Six Months The Hague (By Cable)— The Netherlands screen quota, which gives U. S. pix a maximum of 16 weeks out of 26 weeks playing time, remains in effect for the six months period from Feb. 28 last. Separate Trial of Alger Percentage Suits Sought Chicago — Attorney Thomas McConnell, representing the Alger circuit, is moving before Federal Judge William J. Campbell for separate trials of the percentage suits filed against Alger by distribs. Higher Profits Earned By 2 Canadian Circuits OUTDOOR REFRESHMENT CONCESSIONAIRES from Coast to Coasti over % Century i. Nou» Specializing} in Refreshment Concessions for RIVE-IN THEATRES/ SPORTSERVICE, tins, Jacobs bros HtlftST 8LDG. -v* BUffALO. N. f. Montreal — Consolidated Theatei Ltd. and subsidiaries earned a n profit of $131,665 in 1947, it is r ported. Earnings in 1946 were $121 606. Hamilton, Ont. — Net earnings f Theater Properties (Hamilton), Ltc for the 53 weeks ended Jan. 2 ai reported at $33,655, compare 'halt $39,222 earned the previous ytCh1 Reid, Fabian Executive Dead; Burial Today Burial of A. Gordon Reid, Fabia Theater Corp. general manager unt his retirement two years ago, wi take place this morning from th Smith & Smith Funeral Home, New I ark, N. J. Reid, 73, died Friday. H j is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eliza beth Dalling Reid. Corwin, Lesser Buy Three Theaters from Blumenfeld West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Sherrill Corwin an< | Sol Lesser have purchased Joe Blum enf eld's interest in Los Angeles an< Hollywood Music Hall Theaters anc United Artists theater in San Fran cisco for a reported $500,000. Hawai and Beverly Hills Music Hall are unaffected by deal. MPAA Board Meeting No w Expected on April 20 Postponed annual meeting of the MPAA board probably will be held April 20, it was learned yesterday. Simon Switches to CoL West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — S. Sylvan Simon, leaving Metro, has been signed by Columbia to a long term producer's contract. T1LMACK special trailers steal the spotlight! 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