The Film Daily (1948)

Record Details:

Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

' riday, March 19, 1948 W*\ DAILY :ush to Buy U. K. Pix forecast by Mulvey (Continued from Page 1) | British films distributed here by ■rangements 'with American comj anies are to be pooled together for .: ibs *_■ jmt allotment to the individil j_«^ucers on a basis proportionte to their earnings in England, ompanies engaged in the distribuon of British films under this syssm would have no advantage over le non-distributors. If, however, Mulvey explained, an jnerican company makes outright archase of a British film, all revenue jtained in the dollar areas would be ?tained by the owner of the rights, i Mulvey expressed complete satisfaction with the position of the indeendent producer under the pact. Not fcrily will they derive their propori onate share of British earnings but ley have the same opportunities as ther companies to make pictures in ngland and to utilize accrued sterng, he said. jjj The agreement also specifies that 1 1 lere shall be no discrimination ■_]* gainst any American company in ny manner which means that the fjjj idependents are assured of getting a — ;air share of the available playing 1 me, Mulvey added. Plan Apportionment of U.K. $$ Moore, WB Eastern Johnston Extolls Pact as Victory Division Manager Colonial to Train Altec ^tfen in Video Projection ■. ii i (Continued from Page 1) --Television receiver, it is announced lajiy Colonial. Through a series of lectures by Ira : decker,' Colonial vice-president; Peter -;::.'sokoris, chief engineer, and Martin ~i:'.ettan, service department engineer, : iiLltec representatives will be enabled rxuo thoroughly understand the CoMHBnial equipment. Lectures will be :'; supplemented by practical assigniexhents on the production line. Altec men, it was learned, were :> pawn from the various cities were :i -elevision stations are being oper:i.]ted, and where there is a possibility ::;hat theaters may use large-screen ; Television as an added attraction. .Shelton Leaves Siritzky, Returns to A. F. E. Post 'm William Shelton has resigned as -l^eneval sales manager of Siritzky wjfnt'l to rejoin A. F. E. Corp., headed fffiy Paul Graetz. Shelton was with L F. E. for several years, before ioining Siritzky six months ago. 0 nEUI POSTS HOWARD YOUNG, Keraiotea manag»r, Havana, III. -IARRY FRYER, manager, Home, Rantoul, III. ;5' -. R, GILLIAM, acting manager, Hollywood <»d Mastic, Albion. : -"RANK U NORRIS, oH\c* manager and h*ad booker, EagU Lion, Kaniai City. r >OEt BLUBTONE, rolttman, EoaU Lion, Ntw OrhMUH. (Continued from Page 1) ment of films to Britain effective sentatives of the British Government, upon formal repeal of the tax by the MPEA and the SIMPP. If the Parliament in early April. ! agreement is extended at the end of Maintaining that the agreement the initial two-year term, 50 per represented a joint victory for the cent of the unexpended residue will American and British film industries be carried forward, with the reas well as for the people of both '■■ mainder to be utilized for charitable countries, Johnston expressed the | or cultural bequests to the British people. In the latter connection, THE MARKET Sixty per cent of American film earnings come from the domestic market, Eric A. Johnston, MPAA president, declared at yesterday's press conference. A variable 15-16 per cent comes from the British market, a variable 23-24 per cent from the remainder of the foreign market, he added. opinion that under the terms of the instrument the American film companies would, in the long run, be able to get out most of the money earned in the British Empire. Pointing out that over and above the remittable earnings, there was no restriction upon the use of accrued sterling for "anything connected with motion pictures," Johnston foresaw greatly augmented Laugh of the afternoon at the Eric A. Johnston MPAA press conference was provided by an inquiry from a London newspaper staffer in N. Y. who wondered if the settlement would bolster Hollywood where, he understood, they were starving and walking around without soles to their shoes. American production in Britain as an immediate consequence of the agreement. All dollars earned by such pictures would go to the U. S. companies. There would be no offsetting sacrifice of production in Hollywood, he added. Johnston would not hazard a guess ] as to the total potential in dollars that the industry could derive under the pact, but there wras no denial at the press interview that the figure of $40,000,000 (estimated in a Film Daily story Tuesday) might be possible. Several points of the agreement, A hint that Hollywood is giving a thought to production for video came at Eric A. Johnston's MPAA press conference yesterday when, in discussing production expansion potentials, he cited "15-minute pictures for television." a bit obscured in initial reports, were clarified by Johnston in answer to specific queries. The Canadian earnings of British films are not included in remittables, but it is to be remembered that the industry treats Canada as part of the American gross. An equivalent of $10,000,000 in accrued sterling can be used for investments outside the film industry, subject to approval of a Control Commission which will include repre Johnston said that the MPEA membership had reacted favorably to the suggestion that a national art theater might be erected on the Thames. Johnston listed three primary New York correspondent of a London newspaper at Eric A. Johnston's press conference yesterday was curious about how American distribs. would invest unremittable funds in London. Noting that there had been talk funds might be used for British hotels, he wondered if there might not arise a "M-G-M Hotel in the Strand?" Johnston, smiling, said there might. British advantages of the compromise: 1. There will be no drain on Britain's critical dollar supply. 2. England is assured of an adequate supply of American pictures, so sorely needed by her theaters. 3. There will be an established (Continued on Page 8) (Continued from Page 1) ton, it was announced yesterday by Ben Kalmenson, vice-president in charge of distribution. Moore, who will headquarter in Boston, has been with the company for 10 years, starting as a salesman in Pittsburgh, and promoted to branch manager in 1941. Paul Krumenacher, salesman in Pittsburgh, has been promoted by Kalmenson to replace Moore as Pittsburgh branch manager. Sam Lefkowitz will confine his entire activities to supervising sales in the New York metropolitan district. Changes take effect March 29. Philly Allied Charges "Coercive" Selling Used Philadelphia — Sidney E. Samuelson, general manager of Allied ITO of Eastern Pa., has been instructed to bring alleged violations of the N. Y. Statutory Court's decree to "the attention of the proper authorities." Violations allegedly pertain to current selling methods, claimed to be "coercive." Allied claims that in addition to violating the Court's decision they run counter to "published instructions apparently given by sales execs, in New York to their field staffs." A delightful treat!" REPUBLIC'S EASIER SURPRISE