The Film Daily (1948)

jriday, April 16, 1948 %&* \ DAILY iberson Sees Costs f Building Rising (Continued from Page 1) Don lead, in his opinion, to higher prices for steel and lumber with jn obvious effect upon theater conduction. t The architect declared that in the ■ rake of the lifting of building re trictions by the Federal govern lent, he had submitted plans for j pproximately a dozen theaters to arious contractors for bids. Reac ion of exhibitors to present-day osts will not be forthcoming until 11 bids are in. Answers to these bids and those equested by other architects, are xpected within another month. It j|vill, therefore, be mid-May before .n accurate picture of the construc ion situation is available. Sees ' . Builders' Survey Reveals *Hiffh Material Shortages National survey of available build"ng materials, just completed, disloses troublesome shortages in iome lines. Survey covered 1,300 Guilders, 75 per cent of whom re>orted as "plentiful" only common md dimension lumber, concrete olocks, cement, lighting fixtures, iVarm air furnaces. More that 90 per cent of the builders reported trouble finding mough nails, galvanized steel pipe, black or wrought iron pipe, cast iron pipe and gypsum lath. Severe shortages also exist in toilets, cast Iron radiation, plumbing and heating fittings and wall board. Taverns with Tele Only Exempt from 20% Fed. Tax I Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Bars and other pubic places with television are exempt :rom the Federal 20 per cent cabaret ;ax unless they permit dancing, singjng and other entertainment, it was announced by D. Bliss Lane, the IRB ieputy collector for miscellaneous ^axes. SUN Group at 'Arch' Bow A distinguished group of UN delegates and their guests will attend ;he premiere of "Arch of Triumph" Monday night at the Globe. Opening a benefit for American Overseas Nations Appeal for Aid-United hildren. % Sena Sirthdaii « $ it | Qreetlng-d Uo — j| April 16 Fifi Dorsoy Charles Chaplin Jean Stevens Paul Sloane April 17 William Travis Lon McCallister William Holden Joan Lorring Arthur Lake J. S. Ward H. H. Goldstein Anne Shirley Raymond Gallagher April 18 Col. Fred Levy Wendy Barrie Barbara Hale Glen Allvine *♦»•***♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»>♦*♦♦•♦♦'♦♦'♦♦♦♦>♦>♦>*♦♦♦»♦*♦♦♦♦♦*♦» ^/iTKf-v^€l "^PHIL M. DALY Ringing Down the News WeeH's Curtain • • • HENRY GINSBERG due in New York via Consellation tomorrow night for Paramount office home confabs. ... • Gus S. Eyssell. Radio City Music Hall managing director, will host a cocktail party for Frank Capra Monday afternoon in the Hall's studio apartment. . . . • Spyros P. Skouras has joined the board of St. Moritz-on-the-Park. Inc., operator of the Hotel St. Moritz. ... • Where exhibs. object to "The Burning Cross" as implying a religious theme. Screen Guild is switching the title to "They Ride by Night." ... • Floyd B. Odium's Atlas investment trust is going in for oil stock, specifically that of Barnsdall. . . . • Director Max Opuls is plugging for the establishment of an International Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a forum for exchange of ideas by creative talent, with any awards system playing a minor role. ... • Next low-cost video receiver to be marketed may come from Emerson Price for its new 10-inch tube direct-view set will be under $200. ... • Speaking of tele, it's the opinion of Harry Bannister, WWI, Detroit, general manager, that in 10 years time there will be video stations in all cities of 50,000 population and over, and that standard radio stations will be restricted to a handful of high-powered ones So: What are YOU doing about television? ▼ ▼ ▼ • • • AITO OF IOWA-NEBRASKA, which seems to have a "mad on" insofar as 20th-Fox is concerned, in its latest bulletin bewails the fact that the company has a pic starring a pair of "sexless mules" Someone at 20ih should send the AITO a few stills from "Scudda-Hoo, Scudda-Hay" showing June Haver in a bathing suit RKO's plan to delve into its vaults for sequences from old pix that can be woven into a seven-reeler. "Variety Time," with Jack Paar bringing the clips together as emcee, intrigues no end The promotional angles are well nigh limitless With the production costs obviously low, the picture could prove a gold mine. ... • Hedda Hopper quotes Val Parnell of the London Palladium as saying that Britons paid as much as $500 a ticket to see Danny Kaye when he played there recently That's even better than an American loan! ▼ TV • • • ISN'T SRO HANGING UP a new high for tied-in advertising with "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"? More than 50 national companies are now in the lineup. ... • New trend in Hollywood musicals taking shape is best described as tell-the-story-with-music Those expensive, lavish production numbers are going out the studio window And good riddance, too. ... • Washington opening of "The Search" at the Playhouse on April 27 will be a ne plus ultra benefit for the National Symphony Ork. ... • The small town film audience makes up its own collective mind as to what it wants to see Witness the fact that Film Classics' "Women in the Night," playing the 500-seat second-run State in Greensboro, N. C, grossed $1,146.50 in four days. ... • There's apparently no limit to a drivein theater's services F'r instance, the Fabian-Hellman Mohawk between Schenectady and Albany will inaugurate a playground for the kiddies in front of the screen in June Leo Rosen will have an attendant in charge, too. Arent to Skirball Circuit Cincinnati — Marvin Arent, Schine booker here, has' resigned to join Skirball Circuit as booker in Cleveland. Schine Transfers Raines Cleveland, O. — Harold Raines, Schine district manager in Cleveland, has been transferred to Cincy. Denney-Carr Paper at SMPE Hollywood — Bruce Denney and Robert Carr of Paramount's sound department will describe their timesaving system of photographing and recording dialogue sequences havingmusical backgrounds at the SMPE convention, May 17-21 at the Santa Monica Ambassador Hotel. Svstem operates via small hearing aid earphones worn by actors. 2 (Continued from Page 1) up in the 16 weeks ended March 11, the company estimated that its gross sales and operating revenues for that period hit $59,127,000, compared with $56,655,000 for the same period a year ago. Operating profit, including wholly and partly owned subsidiaries, after the latter's preferred dividends, for the 28 weeks this year was $10,433,649, as compared with $18,236,730. Reserve for contingencies this year was slightly lower, $1,050,000 as against $1,550,000, but the reserve for depreciation was up — $2,276,215 as against $2,122,927. Net profits before Federal taxes this year was $7,107,434 as against $14,563,803, and after Federal taxes, $4,364,740 as against $9,038,787. Reserve for Federal t^.xes this year was $2,742,684, much below last year's $5,525,016. Eisenberq-Cohen Named In Four % Fraud Suits (Continued from Page 1) Rhinebeck. the Lyceum, in Red Hook, the Pine Plains, in Pine Plains, the Millerton, in Millerton, and the Stuart, in Lakeville. Conn. The theaters comprising the Eisenberg and Cohen Circuit. Paramount claimed damages of $25,000: Warners of $15,000: Big U of $5,000, and Columbia of $5,000. Each complaint charges all the defendants with having made false box office returns on percentage pictures during the six-vear period beginning1 April 14, 1942. and continuing until the present date. The actions are being prosecuted by Phillips, Nizer. Beniamm & Krim, attornevs for the distributors. Loew's and RKO Radio on January 30, instituted similar actions in the Federal Court against the same defendants. Foundation Board Meeting Is Called for May 11 (Continued from Page 1) progress had been made by the various committees to make a full board conclave desirable at this time. Stadium Realty Sold Evanston, 111. — Stadium theater building was sold by the LaSalle National Bank to an undisclosed buver for $300,000. Theater seats 1485 and is under the management of Sam Myers, who ooerates the Myers circuit on the north shore. DEATHS JOHN DROMEY, 86, father of John P. Dromey, Great States booking director, in Chicago.