The Film Daily (1948)

m DAILY Thursday, April 15, 1948 Vol. 93, No. 73 Thurs., April 15, 1948 lOCts. 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. 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 Y'ork 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. Ester 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON — Ernest W. Fredraan, The Film Henter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. BOMBAY — Ram L. Gogtay, Kitab Mahal, 190 Hornby Rd.. Fort, Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar, Filmafric, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL— Ray Carmichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier 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 Lindberg, Jernbanealle No. 3. Copenhagen-Van Loese. ROME — John Perdicari, Via Ludovisl 16. Phone, 42758. MEXICO CITY — M.AIKIAL (April 14) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Am. Seat 19 Columbia Picts. vtc. 11% East. Kodak 43V2 Gen. Prec. Eq 16'/2 Loew's, Inc 19'/8 Paramount 23'/2 RKO 8% Republic Pict 3% 20th Century-Fox 23% Universal Pict 13% Warner Bros 12V2 NEW YORK CURB Low 19 11% 43% 161/2 18% 233/8 8% 3% 23 13V2 121/4 Close 19 "% 43% 16% 19 23% 83/4 3% 231/4 13% 12l/4 Monogram Piers. RKO Sonotone Corp. Technicolor Trans-Lux OVER 2 3% 13% 6i/8 Bid Cinecolor 4% 31 2% 3% 133/4 61/4 MARKET 3% 3% 2 3% 13% 6 THE COUNTER Net Chg. + "% — Va — % + % + 1/4 + % — 1/4 + % + % Asked 4% .^ALWAYS A JUMP 1&20R TWO AHEAD! We'll always give yon a better trailer than yon expect ■ ■ ■ and you'll get It quicker . . send your next trailer order to riLMACK! I YOtK 145 WIJT '.'. STRUT riLMACK 1327 S. Wabmh, Chicago 5 cominG fino Goina SAM GALANTY, Columbia Mid-East division manager, is visiting the Cleveland branch. XAVIER CUGAT is at the Waldorf-Astoria from the Coast. JOHN McNAMARA, New York theater architect, is in Syracuse with RICHARD MEYERS and DEWEY LEDERER of the Schine Gloversville home office, to watch progress in the remodeling of Schine's Paramount. JIMMY WAKELY leaves Hollywood today on a personal appearance tour through Northern California, New Mexico and Texas. He opens in San Francisco tomorrow. SAMUEL WHEELER has arrived in Hollywood from New York to assume his new duties as executive head of Film Classics' West Coast division. BILL BLOWITZ, Enterprise Coast publicity chief, and IRVING RUBINE, special assistant, have left for Santa Fe for world preem of "Wanted." J. ROBERT RUBIN, M-G-M vice-president and general counsel returns from the Coast Monday. JAY EISENBERG, M-G-M legal-sales liaison, has returned from Miami. U. S. Pictures to Spend $6,000,000 on 4 Pix West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Aggregate budget of $6,000,000 has been earmarked for four features, it is announced by Milton Sperling, president of United States Pictures. The quartet, to be released by WB, are: "Distant Drums" a play by Dan Totheroh, adapted for the screen by James Webb; "Sacramento Sal," a comedy drama by John Twist; "The Gentle Sin," a story by Daniel Fuchs; and either "Dream Street," by Robert Sylvester, or "The Long Way Home," by Millard Lampell. Production schedules for the first three are May 17, June 15 and Sept. 1. "Street" or "Home" will go before the cameras in Nov. Warners Sets 5 Features For U. K. Summer Release London (By Cable) — Warner Bros, has set five "showcase" releases in Great Britain this Summer, Max Milder, managing director, announced. Following runs at the first-run Warner Theater here, pictures will be nationally released as follows: "City for Conquest," May 24; "Beast With Five Fingers," June 28; "Deep Valley," July 19; "Cheyenne," Aug. 9, and "The Woman in White," Aug. 30. Realart Board to Close Series of Meets Today Colman to London for P. A. with "Double Life" FRANK CAPRA returns to the Coast Wednes day. DON McELWAIN of M-G-M studio publicity returns to Hollywood Tuesday. BORIS MORROS, head of Federal Films, sailed on the Queen Elizabeth yesterday for England. Fellow passengers are: FREDRIC MARCH and his wife FLORENCE ELDRIDGE. PHIL REISMAN. RKO vee-pee, sailed on the America yesterday for a five-week tour of Europe. VIRGINIA O'BRIEN leaves the Coast April 18 tor an engagement at the London Casino. LENA HORNE, M-G-M star, will make a personal appearance in Vancouver, B. C, April 19. IAN KEITH, M-G-M player, arrives from the Coast today following completion of his role in "The Three Musketeers." MAX WOLFF, Loew's and M-G-M purchasing head, has returned from a swing of Western offices. CHARLES BOYER gets in from the Coast Monday. Strong Speaker Lineup For Kansas Allied Meet Kansas City — Speakers at the May 13 convention of Allied Independent Theater Owners of Kansas and Missouri thus far include Abram F. Myers, National Allied chairman; Henderson M. Richey, assistant to William F. Rodgers, M-G-M general sales manager, and a group of presidents of regional Allied units. Latter include Trueman Rembusch, Indiana; Martin G. Smith, Ohio; H. A. Cole, Texas; William Ainsworth, Wisconsin; Jack Kirsch, Illinois, and Ray Branch, Michigan. More names are to be announced. Myers and Samueison To Speak in Des Moines Des Moines, la. — Annual convention of the Allied ITO of Iowa and Nebraska at the Hotel Fort Des Moines May 10-11 will hear addresses by Abram F. Myers, National Allied general counsel and board chairman and Sidney E. Samueison, national Allied Caravan chairman. Madison Buys E-L, PRC Rights Madison Pictures has acquired from Pathe Industries the entire Eagle Lion and PRC 1942-43 and 1943-44 programs, Armand Schneck, president of Madison, announced. Company previously purchased rights to the 1940-41 and 1941-42 programs. Final meeting of the Realart boar of directors, which convened her< Monday, is set for today in the offices of the organization. Those attending include Joseph Harris, chairman; Budd Rogers, Norman Eistenstein, Paul Broder, Jack Broder and Irving Kipnis. f> EXCHANGE SERVICE Defeat Sunday Pix Ban Stromsburg, Neb. — A proposed ban on Sunday movies, put up by the Citizens Party, took a 2-to-l beating in the municipal elections here. Physical Handling of Film inspection — Receiving — Shipping is part of 'BONDED'S 3-WAY SERVICE" • Film Storage • Film Cxehange Service • Air Conditioned Screening Room ONDED FILM STORAGE CO., INC. 1600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY CIRCLE 6-0081-2-3-4 Ronald Colman leaves for London about May 14 to make a p. a. at the gala London opening of "A Double Life" at the Leicester Square on th^ 20th, it was disclosed yesterday by Joseph H. Seidelman. Colman is ex-; pected to stay in Britain for two or three weeks. "A Double Life" will be the first U-I pic to open in the West End since the Anglo-American film agreement was reached. River Stay 'Way From My Door Though the Ohio River is on its seasonal rampage, threatening Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Ken-: tucky and Indiana, films were still getting through okay last night. Heads of exchange operations, sc far, have not received any SOS'f from the field. They've got theii fingers crossed. Friedl Funeral Rites In Sioux City Saturday Sioux City, la. — Funeral serviceswill be held here for John J. Friedl former president of the Minnesota Amusement Co., on Saturday at 2 p. m. in the Anderson Funeral Parlor. 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 SPECTACULAR STAGE PRESENTATION ALAN LADD Mt VERONICA LAKE SAfGON A faramownr^iclgr* 7?/l/?/<l/WO(/A/r Mi WllWUFJl ««!.»■ tfarriitf FRED MucMURRAY A/attU. FRANK SINATRA Ll.l«nW br HO IADIO FICTUUl '^IVOLIS JUNE HAVER Scudda-Hoo! Scudba/Iay! Color by TECHNICOLOR A 20th Century-rox Picture ROXY 7th Ave. & 50th