The Film Daily (1948)

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FILE COPY DO NOT" RTi ntimate in Character international in Scope ndependent in Thought srJstmjAiiy The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Nine Years Old IOL » ■PS NO. 52 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1948 TEN CENTS IMVERSflL PREPBRinG fOR VIDEO PUMICE TOA Would "Sell" Public on Pix High Quality I Grrass Roots" Campaign to e Mapped by PR Com. [A Meeting Here Next Wk. Plans for a national TOA public lations program to sell the motion cture public the idea that HollyDod may be looked to for a continuE supply of high quality entertainent will be discussed next week at meeting of a special committee ^aded by Ted R. Gamble, TOA present. Gamble said yesterday that the oblem of public apathy to films had (Continued on Page 6) agle Lion Picks 16 or U.K. Distribution ::|' Eagle Lion will send over the top m pix of its 1947-48 release schedule me British distribution by J. Arthur : I ink's GFD, it was announced yesrr relay by William J. Heineman, vicei exy in charge of distribution. :::First group to go over will be "Out m the Blue," "Love From a Stran| r," "T-Men" and "Adventures of sanova." idsljjjPictures completed and not yet re( Continued on Page 5) S. Distribs. Can Acquire K. Pix for Latin America ^London (By Cable) — Dispatches Wished in the U. S. quoting Eric A. j:rmston, MPAA president, to the ect that under the Anglo-Amerii film agreement it will be perssible for American distribs. to lude equivalent of earnings of i K. pix in Central and South Amer(Continued on Page 4) . 2l/2% StocU Dividend I , On Columbia Common Holders of Columbia's common stock on April 30 will receive a 2Vz per cent stock dividend, payable on May 14, as a result of directors' action announced yesterday. Where fractional shares are injjj volved, payment will be in cash, it was stated. Johnston to Go on Air Saturday Over NBC National Hookup to Discuss Pix Agreement The national and international significance of the Anglo-American film agreement signed in London last week was heavily underscored yesterday when it was announced that Eric A. Johnston, MPAA-MPEA president, one of the two U. S. signatories, will go on the air Saturday afternoon on a national hookup to discuss the pact. Johnston will be heard for 15 minutes over the NBC web, starting at 5:30 p.m., and speaking from Washington. Johnston, James A. Mulvey, SIMPP negotiator, and Joyce O'Hara and Allen Dulles, both of the MPAA, arrive in New York from London tomorrow aboard the S.S. Queen Mary. Reported Considering Establishment of Studio in N. Y. to Make Video Films BMI Silent on ASCAP Blast in Trust Brief Execs, at Broadcast Music, Inc., yesterday were silent on charges brought by ASCAP in its brief filed in Federal Court here, that BMI has attempted to destroy all association of composers and authors and to make the composers and authors of the world subservient to the American broadcasting industry. The blast formed part of ASCAP's answer to the Department of Jus< Continued on Page 7) MPEA Protest Ignored By Dutch East Indies Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Despite vigorous MPEA protest, the government of the Netherlands East Indies has not abandoned consideration of a regulation which would require its theaters to show a European film at least once monthly. This would mean discrimination in favor of the British, MPEA holds, since the British are the only European country producing suffi( Continued on Page 4) House Rejects Proposals For Theater Bldg. Controls Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY j Washington — The House yesterday knocked down by voice vote proposals by Representatives Javits, N. Y., and Helen Gahagan Douglas, Calif., which would have put into its rent control bill renewed authority to control theater building. Javits' proposal called for control over all com(Continued on Page 4) Jersey Allied Battles Bingo, Tax Legislation Newark — Opposition to the state Bingo bill in its entirety was voted by Allied of New Jersey at a membership meeting in the Newark AC here yesterday. President Ed Lachman presided and appointed George Gold as chairman of a committee to follow closely all new tax developments. Special at(Continued on Page 6) Next major company to make the television plunge, and in a big way, will be Universal Int'l, it was learned reliably yesterday. Universal directly, and its subsidiary, United World Films, both have been exploring various aspects of the television field, and one recent "U" board meeting is said to have been largely concerned with considering the video plans. One project reported receiving (Continued on Page 6) Confirm Sorrell's Red Parly Affiliations Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — A self-styled close associate of Herb Sorrell in the 1937 studio labor strike told the House Labor Committee yesterday he saw Sorrell's Communist membership card in 1937 and heard Sorrell brag of party membership. John R. Rob(Continued on Page 7) "U" Officers Re-named; Board Hears Cowdin, Rank Film Dividends Top $54 Million Figure Rises $7,900,000 Over '46 52 Catholic Features To be Made in 16 mm. Though final production details have yet to be ironed out, the Catholic Dramatic Movement, headed by Fr. Matthias Helfen, is about to embark on a 52-feature venture. Almost all of the financing will come through voluntary contribu(Continued on Page 8) Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Publicly-reported cash dividend payments by film companies rose to $54,600,000 in 1947, the Department of Commerce said yesterday. This compares with a 1946 total of $46,700,000. Had the payments in December of last year matched the corresponding j payment for 1946, the total would have been even higher. The Depart ( Continued on Page 6) J. Cheever Cowdin, board chairman; Nate J. Blumberg, president, and all other officers of Universal Pictures were re-elected at yesterday's board meeting, at which J. Arthur Rank was in attendance. There was a full discussion of the (Continued on Page 6) SAG Bars Feature Films for Television West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Screen Actors Guild has notified 200 producers throughout the United States with whom it has contracts that the Guild takes the position that no producer has legal right to sell or use for television any film made for theater exhibition. In its continuing negotiations Guild will take stand that film made for theaters may not be used for television without compensation to actors.