The Film Daily (1948)

Ws? Friday, April 16, 1948 ? Mexican Circuit to Add 7 Nabes in Mexico City Eastman's Evans Will Address SMPE Meet Vol.93, No. 74 Fri., April 16, 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, Mew York 18, N. Y., by Wid's Film? 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, iy38, 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 BPyant 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 W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., \V. 1. HAVANA — Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. BOMBAY — Bam L. Gogtay. KHab Mahal, 1U0 Hornby ltd.. Fort. Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar, Filmafric. 8 Hue Charras. MONTREAL — Ray Carmichuel, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. VANCOUVER — Jack Uroy. 411 Lyrii Theater Bldg. SYDNEY— Bmvden Fletcher. 19 Moxon Ave., Punchbowl, N. S. Phone, UY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Meys, 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN — John LindberE, Jernbanealle No. 3. Copenhagen-Van Loese. ROME — John Perdicari. Via Ludovisl 16. Phone, 42758. MEXICO CITY — finAIKIAL ; (April 15) ; NEY YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Boll & Howell 21 21 21 Columbia Picts. vtc. 11% H5/s 11% Columbia Picts. pfd.. 67 67 67 East. Kodak 43% 43 43% Loew's, Inc 19% 18% 19% Paramount 24% 23% 23% RKO 9 8% 8% Republic Pict 3% 3% 3% 20th Century-Fox . . . 23% 233/8 23% Universal Pict 13% 13% 13% Universal Pict. pfd... 64% 64 64 Warner Bros 1234 12% 12% NEW YORK CURB MARKET RKO 2% 2 2% Sonotone Corp 3% 3% 3% Technicolor 13% 13% 133,4 Trans-Lux 6% 6% 6% OVER THE COUNTER Bid Cinecolor 4% Pathe 43/4 Net Chg. % % + % + '/« + ^s + Va + % — % + % + % + Vs Asked 4% 5'/4 Mexico City (By Air Mail)— Compania Operadora de Teatros will inaugurate seven movie houses in various sections of the Aztec Capital this year, partially easing the city's neighborhood theater shortage. Sprawling Mexico City's population has jumped from 1% to 2% millions in eight years. First two houses to be opened, according to Manuel Espinosa Iglesias, will be the 3,000-seat Cosmos Theater and the 3,950-seat Roble Theater. William O. Jenkins' Operadora de Teatros and its affiliates already operate a 70-theater circuit with 19 houses in the Capital. A virtual monopoly, the Jenkins circuit owns 80 per cent of the better movie houses in Mexico. In many towns Jenkins has no competing theaters. The Iglesias-operated circuit over the past four years has given 60 per cent of its booking dates to Mexican pictures. It will continue to finance domestic production. Van Leer Heads IE Publicity Boston — Arnold Van Leer, Paramount field representative, has been named publicity chairman for the Independent Exhibitors 20th anniversary convention and equipment exposition, Walter E. Mitchell, public relations chairman, announced. Meeting will be held May 4-5, at the Somerset Hotel. Siegel, Brown's Aide West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Paramount yesterday announced the appointment of Norman Siegel as executive assistant to George Brown, studio director of publicity and advertising. N. Y. Group to Attend Testimonial to Levy Testimonial dinner to Herman M. Levy upon his election as TOA general counsel, will be held at the Racebrook Country Club, Orange, Conn., on May 6. Special car will be attached to the four o'clock New Haven train from Grand Central for the accomodation of the New York guests attending. The dinner committee includes Michael Alperin, Harold E. Alprovis, Robert W. Coyne, Frank Durso, Hy Fine, Ted R. Gamble, Henry Germaine, Ted Jacobs, Bernard P. Kopkind, Arthur H. Lockwood, Albert Pierson, Samuel Weber and George H. Wilkinson, Jr. Reisman Shifts Four Foreign Dep't Execs. Personnel changes involving four RKO foreign department executives were announced by Phil Reisman, vice-president in charge of foreign distribution, prior to his departure for Europe. Jack Osserman takes over home office control of Latin American operations while Michael Havas replaces him as supervisor for that area, with headquarters in Buenos Aires. In addition, Ned Clarke will handle the Far Eastern division while Jack Kennedy assumes charge _ of non-theatrical and transportation bookings. Theaters Escape Flood Damage in Mid-west Though about 4,000 families have been stricken by the Ohio flood, home offices here say that no difficulties have been reported so far as film delivery is concerned. Nor have there been any reports of theaters flooded by the rampaging Ohio. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Santa Monica — Ralph M. Evans, superintendent of all color film and print processing at Eastman Kodak, rtochester, N. Y\, will deliver the feature paper on color at the SMPE's 63rd semi-annual convention May 1721 at the Santa Monica Ambassador Hotel here, SMPE president Loren L. Kyder announced Friday. Evans, chairman of the motion picture industry's delegation to the interSociety uolor Council, has done research work for Fox Film Corp. Laboratory, 20th-Fox Film Research Division and the DeLuxe Laboratory in New ^ork. Serving with the television sessions as cne high points of the SMrn, Convention, tne color sessions will also include papers by other color experts from Hiastman-Kodak, the Inter-Society Color Council, the University of Cincinnati, Max Factor, the University of Southern California and Ansco, climaxing with two joint sessions with the Inter-Society Color Council. Para. Buys 332 Spots To Bally "Big Clock" Paramount has scheduled the heaviest radio advertising for the New York area in the company's history for the opening of "The Big Clock" here, Wednesday, April 21. Company has bought 332 spots on eight stations for the nine day period beginning today, April 16. This type of round-the-clock radio saturation is more commonly used in smaller cities and has had few applications in metropolitan areas. DuMont Goes Into Black With Profit of $563,677 Allen B. DuMont Labs has reported net income of $563,677 for the year ended Dec. 31, 1947, equal after charges and taxes to 27 cents per share on 2,031,040 capital shares outstanding. This compares with a net loss of $1,472,270 for fiscal 1946. In his report to stockholders, DuMont predicted that output of cathode-ray tubes for 1948 would triple that of last year. Sales of tele receivers for the first eight weeks of the current year are more than double the like period in 1947. File McLendon Transcript With U. S. Circuit Court New Orleans — Transcript of the record in the McLendon anti-trust action against the majors and Interstate was filed with the clerk of the Circuit Court of Appeals here yesterday. Vine Valentini Dead Baltimore — Funeral services for Vincent Valentini, 52, veteran film and vaude script writer, who died here Wednesday, will be held tomorrow. Valentini was rated as one of the ablest of scenarists specializing in Negro films, and recently had written for Herald Pictures. COminG hIiD GOIflG ROY DISNEY, at the Waldorf. in from the Coast, is stopping HARRY KOPIT president of General Film Pro <_ ductions Corp., together with his wife and son, ELBERT, are on tneir way to the Coast, conducting television negotiations cross country. J They expect to return on or before May 10. W. J. TURNBULL, sales promotion manager of Notional Theatre Supply, is on a 10-day trip, i visiting the company's branches in Philadelphia, 1 Baltimore, and Charlotte. GEORGE D. BURROWS, executive vice-presi if dent and treasurer of Monogram and Allied If Artists, is on a two-week business trip to New 4~ fork from the Coast. HERMAN MANKIEWICZ, who will write and produce "The Life Story of Johnny Broderick" ior RKO Radio, is due here to consult with the mow retired Broadway detective. FRED AHERN, production manager for Transatlantic Pictures at Warners Studios, arrives in San Francisco today to confer there with the bureau head of the Australian Information Serv; ices. ELEANOR PARKER and her husband, BERT FRIEDLOB, have arrived in London by plane rrom Hollywood. Couple will spend three weeks in England before going to Paris and Stockholm' v here Friedlob has business interests. PETER LAWFORD left for the Coast yesterday by train. M. L. SIMONS, assistant to H. M. Richey at M-G-M, left Boston yesterday for St. John, Canada, where he will spend today and tomorrow, and then head for Montreal, returning to New . York Tuesday. LUTHER DAVIS left yesterday for the Coast by plane after spending several days here looking at plays. HARRY RAPF arrives from the Coast Monday for a vacation in the East. His wife accompanies. ALAN F. CUMMINGS, in charge of M-G-M exchange operations, returns today from Detroit. JOHN S. ALLEN, field assistant to Rudy Berger, Southern sales manager for M-G-M, is due shortly from Dallas to spend a month at the home office. ROBERT J. RUBIN, SIMPP general counsel, J1' is in from the Coast. r It Leasim Forms IAF West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — International Alliance Films has been formed here by George Leasim with other offices also located in Paris. Company is arranging a program of 12 feature' imports from Italy, France, Sweden.1 First will be distributed in the sum mer. ;: 31 _ Writers Plan Forums East coast scripters represented bj^, Associated Film Writers will shortly launch a series of forums dealing with various aspects of educational commercial and documentary pix Unit is located at 418 West 20tr Street. 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