The Film Daily (1948)

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I esday, March 9, 1948 wising Schedules on K. Film Shipments (Continued from Page 1) Midatory this month. For those jbrfja^s in which MPEA operates, 1 1; .— .the license for all pix its ;= ,nf^7 companies will ship, but ' ! | ere the companies deal individual they get separate licenses. !;lvVith two new assistants and a Bi'iid scheduled, Golden will move ;hjs week to larger quarters in the :,mmerce Building. Included in the ; plications are several for authorimpion to ship into the so-called Iron ujrtain countries — including Czechorvakia, which is still slated to reilltjj.ve a number of Hollywood fea■es. The applications for shipnt to the U.K. stipulate shipment only token footage, but Goldexplains that supplemental thorizations can be okayed. elznick Will Produce Wjor 4 Pictures Abroad fiiil (Continued from Page 1) oppjks considerable picture making tal TCJi't overseas capable of turning out jjod-uct with a high commercial lue in the American market, pro ttjtlied the pictures were made in iglish and there was American lidance in the selection of stories. Discussing foreign films that have €n imported, Selznick singled out ,'ppen City," which already has Jlossed $6,000,000 in the U. S. dur Lg the last two years, and "The '►arch," shortly to make its bow on Voadway, for high praise. jjnckridge Services Today ;a E Bloomington, Ind. — Funeral servas will be held for Ross Lockridge, !., 33, at 2:30 p.m. today at the :ist Methodist Church. His first vel, "Raintree County," brought Jm the M-G-M award of $125,000 I the company's novel contest. rB Meeting Ends Today Warner's conference of theater ad jne .managers, which began yesterly with talks by Mort Blumenstock, arry Kalmine, Ben Kalmenson and <arry Goldberg, at the home office, i scheduled to wind up today. Herman Dies in Brazil jSao Paulo (By Cable)— I. A. Ekeri:an, leading theater supply dealer j Brazil, died suddenly. He hanhd Simplex projectors, Four Star und systems and other National iieater Supply equipment. At one hie Ekerman was general manager i Brazil for Columbia Pictures. SICK LIST r OSCAR A. DOOB of Loew's Theaters is rsing a burned hand as result of short -cuit in electric wall plug in his home. HUGH FRENCH, British player, broke his jht leg in five places when he fell downairs in his Hollywood home. hollviuood-iihe vabd By RALPH WILK r^lRECTOR HENRY KOSTER has adopted an innovation in his preparations on "The Happy Girl," which he expects to bring to the screen as an independent later. He is having Jack Moffitt write the story into a series of seven one-act stage plays which can be presented all in one evening or separately. . . . Story device which permits this is one in which a girl reporter is instructed by her editors to dig up follow-up stories on seven Ex-GI's whom she had originally interviewed two years previously on the occasion of their just getting out of the Army. . . . Under Koster's conception the story is now handled as seven separate one-acters, each episode depicting the personal drama of one of the veterans. . . . Director has arranged for the presentation of the first four single-acters by the drama department of Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. ... He plans to bring it to the screen in the old Paramount "If I had A Million" formula, with a different top director megging each separate sequence. . . . Meanwhile, Koster continues to be one of the busiest men in town. ... As soon as he winds up "For Fear Of Little Men," Irish fantasy he is directing as a Fred Kohlmar Production at 20th-Fox, he immediately reports to Warners for conferences with Jerry Wald regarding the next Danny Kaye starrer, "The Inspector General." . . . Both Hal Wallis and 20th-Fox are negotiating for his services on completion of his Warners stint. . . . Kearns Invites Pegler To Testify on Sorrell (Continued from Page 1) strong possibility that Rena Vale will also be called here. In the meantime, the hearing goes into its fourth week today, after a one-day recess yesterday. Recess at the end of this week is looked for, with additional hearings probably next month. Rep. Gerald Landis of Indiana, ranking Republican member, said yesterday he does not look for any legislation to come out of the hearings, although he thinks they provide additional evidence of the need for non-Communist registration by union business agents and management negotiators. Atlas Holders to Vote On Stock Reduction Video Scale Raised as Chi. Reaches 15,062 Sets Chicago — With the installation of 15,062 television sets in Chicago, basic rate of WBKB is raised from $375 per hour to $500, Capt. Bill Eddy, director of the B & K station, announced. Total average audience, when no unusual attraction is on the air, is estimated at 162,545. Residential installations account for 69.7 per cent of receiver installation, business (including restaurants and night spots), 22 per cent, and dealers, 8.3 per cent. Charles Bordonaro Buried Olean, N. Y. — Funeral services were held for Charles X. Bordonaro, 75, president and treasurer of Bordonaro Brothers Theaters, Inc. A month ago, he had won $85,500 damages in a Sherman anti-trust suit against Paramount, RKO, and Circuit Management Corp., a WB subsidiary, on the charges that the companies had conspired to withhold films from theaters operated by his firm. Authorization to reduce the capital stock of Atlas Corp. by 53,682 shares held in the treasury, will be sought at the annual meeting on April 7. Action would restore $268,410 to the amount legally available for dividends. Proxy statement for the meeting shows that Floyd B. Odium:, president, held 74,820 common shares at the end of the year, an increase of 8,000 over last year, while L. Boyd Hatch, executive vice-president, held 4,840 common shares and had options to buy 24,531 shares. Odium last year received $100,333, while Hatch received $69,733. Polacolor Available For Feature Pix Use (Continued from Page 1) stated. Cartoons processed thus far have met with highly favorable reception, it is said, from the point of view of both quality and its potential low cost. Pilot plant has sufficient orders for cartoons from Paramount alone to keep it fully employed for some time. Plans for expanding capacity, which were deferred while efforts were concentrated on commercializing the process, are being considered. France Wants 28 Weeks For Own Producers' Films CIO Reiterates Stand Against Ticket Levy Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — CIO Economist Allen Ruttenberg told the Senate Finance Committee yesterday his organization still believes the admissions and other excise levies should be knocked out completely. This was the CIO position last year, and it was simply reaffirmed yesterday. "3ob How Says KEN MURRAY'S A FULL LENGTH FEATURE t'/tT£(/COlO£ "IT'S SO DIFFERENT I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE MY EYES.'" REPUBLIC'S EASTER SURPRISE (Continued from Page 1) shown in French theaters four of every 13 weeks. Government now wants to raise this to seven weeks of every 13, or 28 weeks a year. French Government and industry claim that the move is an attempt to stop the flooding of the market with American product, thus crowding out local product. Industry officials say they have no quarrel with the MPAA members. "It is the independent producers who are flooding our market with bad ones," several officials complained.