The Film Daily (1948)

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)ndav, March 1, 1948 W*V DA1LV > trrell Will Deny Red End of U.K. Pic impasse Near Rank-U-I Execs, in , filiation Today Expect Solution Tieup With ERP (Continued from Page 1 1 'Continued from Page 1 ) support for and influence within striking unions in Hollywood. nized as critical here as well as in the United Kingdom. The settlement formula, as was reorge Mulkev of the IBEW was I forecast by The Film Daily Jan. 16, t of Friday. Charging red ] was expected to be tied in to the Marthin the strike leadership, shall Plan. Giving support to this s set back on his heels belief were conferences held in Lon ;n Committee counsel Irving Mc don late last week between Lewis 0. m asked if Mulkev had not him' Douglas, U. S. ambassador to Brit >Uf been a Communist. He had, he ' ain; Ernest Bevin, British Foreign ■ -^ litted, from 1923 to 1930, but quit ' Secretary, and Sir Stafford Cripps, :H ause he found the Party to be I Chancellor of the Exchequer in Prime actionary." He was questioned at \ Minister Clement Attlee's Labor -3iti IP at length about his affiliation, ■li;ri the Committee sympathetically -7= ^ening to his recantation. -j A.TSE President Richard Walsh l"";fly complained about McCann, '■---> he said was "'uncanny at confus [ ■« things." "Walsh, who had to leave an IA board meeting in Pitts -? gh today, said he had found r:aiing Communist support for the Btffcce in Mexico City and London. .sked if Sorrell was a Communist, lsh said, "if he is not a Comniun he'll do till one comes along." aul Hinst, 20 years a carpenter at ^ i-M, took the 'stand to relate that had been asked to leave his job tember 23, 1946, without ever -ri-ing been asked to work on a hot ..' V Hinst. who drove to Washington j ' 'lis own expense, said he was told | M-G-M personnel official William ■""■:: .sh that he was not being dis 5 rged because a flat discharge ":'l .Id have entitled him to draw un iloyment compensation. ^'e said he was told by the com ation authorities that M-G-M said he was out of work because ^ trade dispute and not eligible to '-'-} .v compensation. He has appealed m ruling. Taurice Benjamin, attorney for the j iucers, then took the stand but he "can't assume the truth of ; 3 last witness' statement," when >;d about Hinst's story. He said st would have been free to apply • bkwork, and that for many months --^i tenters and other workers have : accepted on a completely non j -ri minatory basis. :' lat production is today "at a low " he said, is not the result of the ce, but of the "general economic ation in the industry." c I •oi« I d Everton Dead •st Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY ollywood — Paul Everton, 79, vetscreen and stage player, died at Motion Picture Country House. is survived by his wife and a ;hter. JEDDIRG BELLS Government. The meetings served to underscore the fact that settlement of the impasse by compromise had moved, as was inevitable, to top Government levels. On Aug. 18 last, The Film Daily's lead story for the day carried the headline, "U. K. Film Solution Held on Gov't Level." With James A. Mulvey, president of Samuel Goldwyn Prods., delegated to represent the SIMPP in the London moves and, as such, an eleventh hour addition to the American party emplaning for Britain Friday afternoon, it was apparent that settlement overtures were nearing the crucial stage. In some quarters, belief was expressed that Johnston and Mulvey might be armed with authority to give an all-industry okay. As Eric A. Johnston, MPEAMPPA president; Joyce O'Hara, his executive aide, and Allen Dulles, MPAA foreign affairs adviser, departed with Mulvey, The Film Daily in an exclusive London cable Friday disclosed that the British Government was no longer adamant on the 75 per cent ad valorem impost. The change of front by the Labor Government, deemed of the highest significance here, was stated by Harold Wilson, president of the Board of Trade, at a London testimonial dinner to Sir Michael Balcon, British producer. Addressing a distinguished British industry audience, Wilson said that there is no insistance on the principle of duty as a duty because the Labor Government is not committed to the duty as a fiscal part of the British integral taxation system. "We are prepared." continued the BOT president, "to consider any reasonable suggestion to assist the flow of films into this country and out of it. but there must be an arrangement based on recognition of our dollar position, and upon realization that that position is now worse than last August." I The duty was imposed on Aug. 7. and on Aug. S the MPEA acted to end shipments of new films to Britain.) Wilson. London dispatches to THE FILM DAILY at the week-end noted, was not eontent to let the occasion pass without some acid comments on American pictures. He made unflattering references to Hollywood product, referring to "stale plots" and "wearisome repetition." More, he gratuitously sneered at Johnston's visit, the cables revealed, stating that he understood that the MPAA-MPEA president was coming to Britain to discuss technical problems. British producers, remarked Wilson, would be happy to throw the studios open to him and show how films are made in Britain. The London dispatches reported that this part of the Wilson speech was "coldly received" and created a "bad atmosphere" for the talks, although it was insisted that it would not influence them. In New York, meanwhile, there was a disposition to dismiss the Wilson remarks as a bit of "window dressing" for home consumption, particularly on the part of that segment of the British press and public which has been notorious'? anti-Hollywood for some time. Wilson, continuing on the subject of American pictures, declared that there would always be a welcome for the best Hollywood product, adding that when free competition is established American producers would have to raise their standards to compete with British films. Meanwhile, in the wake of Johnston departure Friday for London, with his role still described as that of an observer on an ex ploratory mission, there was every reason tc believe that Britain and the U. S. were fast getting down to cases as regards a solution of the impasse, with a compromise certain to reward the Douglas-Bevins-Cripps conver sations. It seemed obvious that Johnston's trip over, suddenly announced, was undertaken on advice of the ambassador. (Writing in the Daily Film Renter, London, today, Ernest W. Fredman in his Tatler column will say that a solution of the tax impasse is only a matter of days.) In Sew York, the sudden decision to send Dulles with Johnston and O'Hara was regarded as significant. It was accepted as underscoring the fact that certain legal hurdles would have to be overcome in the framing of the alternative. Complete Agreement (Continued from Page 1) tion deal with Rank provides, in the face of the MPEA ban on American film shipments. Observers accepted this, in turn, as meaning that a quick settlement of the Anglo-American tangle was in sight. With dollars certain to be the settlement key and the UK looking to the US for more film coin it was expected that Universal would be called upon to redouble its efforts to sell Rank product in the U. S. It was emphasized that a wider market for all British pix in the U. S. would be vital to any settlement from the UK viewpoint. Six Pix Get '47 Brussels Award Brussels — Presentation of the Brussels 1947 World Film Festival awards were made to the following pictures: "Silence is Golden" (Fr.); "Odd Man Out" (U. K.), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (U. S.), "Paisa" (Italian), "Le Diable au Corps" (Fr.) and "Enamorada" (Mexican). Palmer, WB Auditor, Dies Ray Palmer, traveling auditor for Warners since 1931, died Thursday night in Atlanta. Funeral services were held Saturday in Washington, where he lived. He leaves a wife, daughter and son. Tuttle Stories to Sherman If 'est Coast Bureau of THE FILiI DAILY Los Angeles — Harry Sherman has purchased screen rights to William C. Tuttle's "Hash Knife" series of Bienstock-Seligman r. and Mrs. Nathan S. Bienstock ■unced the engagement of their ; stories for S100,000. Stories feature rhter Muriel, to Selig J. Seligman : "Hash Knife" and "Sleepy." Sher'aramount. Couple plans to be ; man is talking to Joel McCrea about :ied early next month. i starring. M-G-M TRADE SHOW NEW YORK NEW JERSEY TERRITORIES ONLY "SUMMER HOLIDAY" WED., MARCH 3rd 1:30 P.M. M-G-M SCREEN ROOM 630 Ninth Avenue, New York City