The Film Daily (1948)

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W5S? Monday, March 1, IS ns wnsBWB Jg If NbkAUni Vol. 93, N o. 40 Mon. March 1, 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, 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 W. Fredman, The Film Renter. 127-133 Wardour St.. W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Tirtuiics 211 BOMBAY — Ram L. Gogtay. Kitab Mahal. 190 Hornby Rd.. Fort. Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar, Filmafric, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL Ray Carniichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy, 411 Lyric Theater Bids. KYONEY Bmv.len Fletcher. 19 Moxon Ave., Punchbowl, N. S. Phone, TJY 2110 BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Meys, 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN John Li! ith. J. ■rnhanealle No. 3. Copenhagen-Van Lnese. ROME — John Perdicari. Via Ludovisi 16. Phone. 42758. MEXICO CITY — News Service, Humboldt 49. finAIKIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. East. Kodak Gen. Prec. Eq Loew's, Inc Paramount RKO Republic Pict 20th Century-Fox Universal Pict Warner Bros High Low Close 17 17 17 38V4 39 141/s 141/4 153/4 161/s Net Cha. Vs ;&i4 71/4 3 3/8 19'/8 NEW YORK Monogram Picts RKO Scnotone Corp Technicolor 14% I6I/4 187/8 18 71/4 7 33/3 3 191/8 19 12 11 11 lli/s 10% 11 CURB MARKET 2% 2% 2% IV2 1% 1% 3'/. 3% 3i/2 12 12 12 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Asked 43/4 5% filMACKMAKES Yes, our New York City Branch at 245 WEST 5STH STREET is now in rail swing and ready to serve you. 'NEW Send your next special announce YORK «ent trailer order to Filmack . . PHONE and see why exhibitors all over PLAZA the country get their trailers '•3809 from us. N£W YORK 245 WEST 55 STREET lih7swZh,cU.q.r.'„ COflflMG flili) G0IE1G OSCAR A. DOOB, Loew's general theater executive, will return to his desk today after a Havana vacation. NORMAN KORFIST, of attorney Thomas McConnell's staff, has left Chicago for Dallas for the McLennen anti-trust cases, which opens today before Judge Atwell. COMPTON BENNETT, British writer, is due on the Queen Mary March 3 and will leave the following day for tile Coast to report at the M-G-M studios for an assignment. Distribs. Must Specify Pix Claimed Underreported N. Y. Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora in his ruling on motions by Paramount, 20th-Fox and Warners, ordered the plaintiffs in the fraudulent underreporting actions filed against Jesse L. Stern, Abram H. Levy and their corporations, to specify in particular which pictures were alleged to be involved in the suits, it is learned. Decision by Judge Pecora is seen as establishing a precedent, according to attorneys for Stern and Levy, who claimed they could find no other ruling in which plaintiffs in a fraud claim were instructed to indicate in advance which pictures were alleged to have been underreported. Prepare For Six-State "Scudda Hoo" Openings Rodney Bush, 20th-Fox exploitation manager, left at the week-end for Kansas City for confabs with Elmer Rhoden, Fox Midwest headman, to prepare the six-state regional premiere of the company's "Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!" Initial opening of the Technicolor pic will be in Sedalia, Mo., March 10. Lon McCallister, who stars in the picture, will attend with Colleen Townsend. Over 600 theaters in the Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Kentucky territory will show the picture following the Sedalia teeoff. Sedalia has proclaimed a "Scudda Hay Day." Fox and Liberty theaters will give two reserved seat performances opening night. Also scheduled are parades, a mule show and regional radio promotion. Dudelson Named UA's Cleveland Branch Head Harris Dudelson has been appointed Cleveland branch manager, it was announced this week by J. J. Unger, general sales manager. Dudelson rejoins UA after a short absence. He previously held posts as manager in the St. Louis and Cincinnati branches. FILM SALESMAN WANTED FOR SMALL COMPANY HANDLING SPECIALTY PICTURES TO SELL DIRECTLY TO THEATRES THROUGHOUT COUNTRY. MUST BE WILLING TO TRAVEL. MUST BE TOP NOTCH MAN. Box No. 174 1501 Broadway THE FILM DAILY New York 18 JOHN MURPHY of Loew's returned from a tour of Loew's Southern theaters on Friday. DAN TERRELL of Loew's advertising department, who accompanied Murphy, returns today. EMILE LUSTIG, vice-president of Westport International, is en route back to the U. S. aboard the Queen Mary, after a two-month European buying trip. EDMUND L. DORFMAN, United World vee-pee, left New York for the West Coast last Saturday on a month's visit. MAX WEINBERG, M-G-M's Eastern shorts representative, arrives in Chicago today on a studio assignment. Rodgers to Open Metro Coast Meets Tomorrow West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — With the arrival today of 13 home office executives, field sales managers and their territorial assistants, William F. Rodgers, vicepresident and general sales manager, will begin the first of a five-day conference tomorrow at the M-G-M studios at Culver City. Screenings will be held on six new films to be released during the next six months. Discussions also will be held on sales policies. The men are slated to leave for their home territories March 5. However, Rodgers will remain here for several weeks. Edwin W. Aaron, assistant general sales manager, is expected to stay on for two more weeks for talks with FWC execs. Appoint Craddock E-L Indianapolis Manager Gordon C. Craddock has been named Eagle Lion branch manager in Indianapolis, William J. Heineman, vice-president and distribution chief, announced at the week-end. Craddock comes to E-L from Universal. Alexander Film Elects Directors Colorado Springs — Directors for 1948 were elected at the annual stockholders meeting of Alexander Film Co. Board includes J. Don Alexander, president; Don M. Alexander, vice-president; Don Alexander, Jr., vice-president; Vernon A. Cheever and Thomas M. Burgess. M. J. Mclnaney is vice-president in charge of sales, while E. B. Foster is secretary-treasurer. EcsJasi -ring HEOV LAMARR WRITE US Eureka Productions Inc. FOR BOOKING DATES OR STATE AND WORLD RIGHTS 165 W. 46th St. N. Y. City NEW YORK THEATER RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Rockefeller Center RONALD COLMAN "A DOUBLE LIFF V SIGNE HASSO • EDMOND 0'Blt,co A Kanin Production A Universal-International Release I SPECTACULAR STAGE PRESENTATION "A VERY FUNNY PICTURE"— Sun SAMUEL GOLDWYN presents CARY LORETTA DAVID GRANT. 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