The Film Daily (1948)

CW> DAILY Thursday, March 18, 1! Kearns Will Resume Hearings On May 17 (Continued from Page 1) is a Communist. Instead, he will be here May 17. Committee members will gather this morning in the Loew's projection room here to view an hour of films shot on the picket lines in the 1945 and 1946 strikes. Showing is under IATSE auspices, designed to convince the Congressmen of the truth of charges that the strikers resorted to violence. IATSE Prexy Dick Walsh was on the stand yesterday, vigorously denying charges of corruption and graft made ag-ainst him by Sorrell. Also heard yesterday again was John Robinson, who on Tuesday had told the Committee Sorrell had boasted to him of being a Communist in 1937. Robinson said he had never met Walsh, Roy Brewer or IATSE counsel Matthew Levy before Tuesday night, and that he came to testify "on my own." When Rep. Thomas Owens suggested that faced with a choice between racketeering, as represented by Willie Bioff, and Communistic influences in opposing unions in 1937, Robinson had elected the latter, Robinson replied that there were "three bad evils there — Communism, racketeering and the producers." Custard Pie Nights Clich in Melbourne Melbourne (By Air Mail)— Hoyt's has introduced "Custard Pie Night" when famous silent pix are screened. Policy has been a remarkable box office success and is to be extended to Sydney and other cities. Cinecolor Magazine Holds 1,000 Feet of Bipack Neg. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Greater efficiency of operation and an expected 60 per cent reduction in short ends wastage are claimed for a new type camera magazine developed by Cinecolor to permit the use of 1,000-foot rolls of bipack negative. Most magazines now in use are limited to 400 feet of bipack. Magazines are being built in Cinecolor's machine shop and will be available to customers in the near future, William T. Crespinel, president, said. Feeley. Brennan Oppose Bill Boston — A bill to make theater managers who wrongfully eject or refuses admission to a theater subject to fine or imprisonment, was opposed in committee hearing by Ray E. Feeley, business manager of Independent Exhibitors, and Joe Brennan of Allied Theaters. "Ford and Miss Keyes make a sock team... Should click with all types of theatregoers."^ * VARIETY am Ff YES in a truly great family picture... A ^kM^f^mX^ A COLUMBIA PICTURE PR Pro ff ram for TO A . . . is something to cheer (Continued from Page 1) and New York news and radio people follow the industry press closely. So, too hundreds of others up and down the country. DUT Hollywood, not New York, is the accepted point-of-origin of production ^ and those stories and radio reports with which the TOA rightly is conceded — stc and reports that the studios have been and are in a slump, with inferior p ofc t co off the assembly line — are of Hollywood origin. ,c™ The stories come over the press wires from Hollywood, or they have Hollywood lines when they come in mail services. And the radio shows, by and large, are of H: wood origin. So it would seem that it's there the job confronting not only the MPAA and the 1 but the entire industry should start. With Nate J. Blumberg heading the MPAA's own new public relations committee with Ted R. Gamble at the helm for the TOA, the "how" of it would appear to b very good hands. f* ETTING back to Hollywood as a publicity "sore spot," for a paragraph or two, ^^ MPAA can do the industry a service by nixing the practice of "planting" pi romances in chatter columns. Incidentally, you find some trace of that in N'Yawk, You can argue that it's not "authorized" publicity, and much of it isn't. But that over which company control is exercised, directly or indirectly, could be eradicated the good of the cause. The indiscriminate linking of film "names" romantically, with a procession of switc may seem innocent fabrication, but there are those in the small towns who draw f own conclusions. And those conclusions do not help the young actress, usually unknowing "pawn," or the industry generally. There's really a helluva difference between Broadway and Hollywood and Vine Main Street in this respect. And in one other: Your average small towner is keenly aware of the fact thai resides in a glass house, and generally is governed accordingly. THE penalty for a misstep in the small town is a piece in the local gazette, eloquent finger-pointing by the good women of the Ladies Sewing Circle. You'c surprised how efficacious that can be as a preventative. Maybe what Hollywood needs are a few Ladies Sewing Circles. "Bad" picture publicity is bad enough. "Bad" personality publicity is infinitely w< No mystery about it, either. The "bad" picture quickly runs its course. The per ality remains in the limelight . . . and the clips go into the newspaper "morg Ask Exhibs. Finance $200,000 Quick Coin! Tele Test in Courts Thru Norwegian Dei (Continued from Page 1 1 area exhibitors, Colonial spokesmen proposed that each theater would contribute the sum of $50 to fight the case. The spokesman pointed out that theater owners had more to gain from the success of such clarification than Colonial. Among those attending were Arthur Mayer, Philip Harling, A. Gebhardt, Walter Brecher, J. J. Goldberg, Kenneth Ryan, Harry Goldberg, Charles Horstman, Oscar A. Doob, Irving Greenfried, Manuel Frisch, Leonard Satz, E. E. Ford and Frank S. Irby. Two Paramount execs, were asked to leave since "it was assumed" their presence (as reps, of Du Mont) would be unfair to other exhibs. (Continued from Page 1) main features — immediate alloca of one million kroner for remitta with a second million to be pak dollars in four installments bet ning in 1949. The kroner is we about 20 cents. Third major feature is the rest tion of investment of blocked ings by the American distribut They are to be used for operal expenses only, for the pres Fourth proviso is that Hollywooc treated as well as any one else. Study of this agreement brought the general reaction the is a clear indication of the stak< the pix industry in the success European economic recovery. RKO Asking $1,250 for "Susie" After Chi. Loop Chicago — RKO is asking a guarantee of $1,250 against percentage for the first week engagement subsequent to Loop run of "If You Knew Susie," it is reported here. It is also understood that three towns in the Chicago exchange area are now bidding for RKO films: Kewanee and Decatur, 111., and Michigan City, Ind. Crystal Buys Foster Rights Foreign distribution rights t series of 12 16 mm. shorts on life and songs of Stephen Fo .: have been acquired by Crystal tures from Admiral Pictures. fEflimE TOUCH JO RITA SANDERS, cashier. North Main ater, Houston, Tex. ADELINE TOBIAS, assistant contract clerk, Fox, Omaha.