The Film Daily (1948)

Thursday, March 18, 194! Vol.93, No. 53 Thurs., March 18, 1948 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE CHESTER B. BAHN Editoi 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. Phnnn: 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 VV. Fredman. The Film Renter. 127-133 Wardour St.. W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. Virtudes 214. BOMBAY — Ram L. Gogtay, Kitab Mahal. 190 Hornby Rd., Fort. Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul SafTar. Filmafric, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL— Ray Carmichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavler St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy, 411 Lyric Theater Bldg. SYDNEY— Bowden Fletcher, 19 Moxon Ave., Punchbowl, N. S. Phone, UY 2110. BRUSSELS—Jean Pierre Meys, 110 Rue des Paquerettee. COPENHAGEN— John LIndberg, Jembanealle No. 3. Copenhagen-Van Loese. ROME — John Perdicarl, Via Ludovisl 16. Phone, 42758. MEXICO CITY — Latin American News Service, Humboldt 49. finAIKIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Columbia Picts. vtc. 11% 11 1 1 Vz East. Kodak 39'/8 38'/2 38'/2 Loew's, Inc l7i/4 17 17y4 Paramount 197/8 19'/8 193/4 RKO 8i/4 8 8'/s Republic Pict 4 3% 4 Republic Pict. pfd... 9l/2 9'/2 9l/2 20th Century-Fox . . . 203/4 20 '/8 203/8 20th Cent.-Fox pfd.. 34 34 34 Universal Pict 133/4 13l/4 13% Universal Pict. pfd.. . 63 63 63 Warner Bros 1 1 V2 1 1 Vs 1 1 Vl NEW YORK CURB MARKET RKO 1% 1% 1% Sonotone Corp 33/8 3% 3% Technicolor 12'/2 12y4 12l/4 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Cinecolor 43/4 Net Chg. % Vl + V* — % ±1* + % + Va — ' ii COmmG ADD G0MG GLENN FORD arrives in New York today for radio appearances and will remain in the East for a few weeks. F. E. HUTCHINSON, Paramount's managing director of sales for Great Britain, will arrive in New York on the S.S. Queen Mary today. HAL WALLIS heads for the Coast tomorrow from New York. DOROTHY STICKNEY, upon conclusion of her role in "The Tatlock Millions," will return to New York for rehearsals of "Life With Mother," currently being polished by her husband, Howard Lindsay, and Russell Crouse. WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN, RKO sales executive, leaves for Dallas next Tuesday. MITCHELL RAWSON of M-G-M's publicity department left for Washington yesterday and will return Monday. CHARLES M. REAGAN, Paramount vice-president in charge of distribution, is in Hollywood to view the completed product. JOSEPH M. SCHENCK, executive head of production of 20th-Fox Studio, arrived from the Ccast yesterday for home office conferences. ROBERT W. COYNE, TOA executive director, is in Washington to confer on the coming War Bond drive. WNBC to Record AMPA's Tribute to Publicity Gals Station WNBC will record a broadcast, "Never Underestimate the Power of a Woman — Especially in Advertising1," at the AMPA luncheon March 25 in Town Hall Club. Irene Kuhn, NBC assistant director of information, and her daughter, Rene, will participate. Phil Williams will preside at the luncheon, to honor the industry's advertising-publicity women. Dais guests include Mary McClung, Mae Caryle Wagner, Paula Gould, Eve Siegel, Blanche Livingston, Evelyn Koleman, Virginia Morris, Hortense Schorr, Tess Michaels, Rose Natkins, Dorothy Day, Marian Orford, Madaleine White, Aileen St. John Brenon, Marie Slate, Beatrice Ross, and Marjorie Harker. Yates Adds 22,387 Rep. Common to Holdings Herbert J. Yates, Republic prexy, purchased 22,387 of the movie company's common shares Feb. 27, the N. Y. Stock Exchange reported. The purchase increased Yates' Republic common holdings to 73,687 shares. 35c Matinees in Two Oklahoma City 1st Runs Oklahoma City — Attendance declines locally have brought further price adjustments at first runs. Matinee tickets now begin at 35 cents at two houses, a 15 cent reduction since first decrease was announced last December. UNPARALLELED SERVICE FOR FILM PRODUCERS cutting -screening-recording studios «eb»VELAZC0 INCORPORATED 723 Seventh Ave., NewYork 1 9— PL 7-8530 ERIC A. JOHNSTON, MPAA president, returns from England today on the Queen Mary. Also aboard will be F. E. HUTCHINSON, Paramount sales director in England and JAMES MULVEY, president of Samuel Goldwyn Productions. CAROL BRANDT, Eastern editorial chief for M-G-M, is in England. PAUL LAZARUS, JR., and MRS. LAZARUS return from Hollywood over the week-end. HARRY H. UNTERFORT, Schine zone manager in Syracuse, and his wife have returned from Florida vacation. JAMES STEWART is at the Waldorf-Astoria from the Coast. TIM HOLT has returned to Hollywood following the completion of his seven-day Oklahoma stay with the annual 4-H & FFA rodeo. JIMMY WAKELY will open a p.a. tour at Oakland, April 14, and then play Berkeley and Richmond with Las Vegas and Amarillo, Tex., to follow. SAMUEL N. BURGER, Loew's Int'l sales manager, flew to Oslo yesterday on a three-month trip that will also take him to Germany and Paris. Back around June 15. GENE AUTRY begins a second p.a. trip March 23 in Wichita, Kans. Autry will appear with his western troupe in 21 Middle West and Eastern cities. JULES K. CHAPMAN, assistant general sales manager of Film Classics, Inc., who is in Buffalo pinch-hitting for Branch Manager Joe Miller, ill with pneumonia, will tour the entire tciritory before he returns to New York. MIKE HAVAS, RKO foreign sales exec, arrives today on the S.S. America. RKO to Release 12 Pix From Now to Labor Day RKO has announced that it will release 12 features between now and Labor Day. List includes "I Remember Mama," "The Miracle of the Bells," "Fort Apache," "Berlin Express," "Tarzan and the Mermaids," "Bring 'Em Back Alive" (reissue), "Fighting Father Dunne," "The Best Years of Our Lives," "Your Red Wagon," "Melody Time," "The Velvet Touch" and "Good Sam." Distinguished Gets "Week-End" "Quiet Week-End," British pic. has been acquired by Distinguished Films for distribution in this country. CANDY AND POPCORN SPACE AVAILABLE IN EIGHT THEATERS. LICENSEE TO PAY GOODWILL OR ADVANCED RENTAL. OTHERS NEED NOT APPLY. CALL BETWEEN 10 A.M. and 5 P.M. ONLY. CIRCLE 5-4247 f^ EXCHANGE SERVICE Physical Handling o I nspection — Receiving BONDED " CO., INC. Says Optical Printing Will Help Tele Sound Greater sound fidelity, that can achieved through optical printing will prove of tremendous advantag to television sponsors using 16 mm film, stated J. E. Maurer, 16 mir pioneer, last night at the Hotel Penr sylvania before the Atlar'^L Coay Section of the Society ucB^otio Picture Engineers. ^^ Sound distortion, which is ofte produced by contact printing, is rt duced to a new minimum by optic; printing, Maurer said. While opt cal sound track printing: can be use to advantage as was done in Wal Disney's "Fantasia," the improve method is of greater importance t 16 mm. telefilm since video still ha to achieve greater clarity both vi: ually and aurally. NEW YORK THEATERS ^_ RADIO CITY MUSIC HAU — Rockefeller Center IRENE DUNNE in GEORGE STEVENS' Production of "I REMEMBER MAMA" Barbara Oscar Philip BEL GEDDES HOMOLKA DORN Produced by HARRIET PARSONS Music Hall's Great Easter Stage Show (|SgKFR m FRED MacMURRAY FRANK SINATRA! RdeoKd bv RKO RADIO PICTURES | ^IVOLI :: r PALACE EDDIE CANTOR* JOAN DAVIS vw f%,w m ,ilh ALLYN J0SLYN W CHARLES DINGLE • BOBBY DRISC0LL V BING CROSBY BOB HOPE DOROTHY LAMOUR with. THEAMPRfWS SISTERS