The Film Daily (1948)

W55? Monday, March 22, 1941 Vol.93, No. 55 Mon., March 22, 1948 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN Editor 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 Saffar. Filmafric. 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL— Ray Carmkhael. Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy. 411 Lyric Theater Bldg. SYDNEY Kmvden Fletcher. 19 Moxon Ave.. Punchbowl. N. S. Phone. UY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Meys. 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN John Umlborg. Jembanealle No. 3, Copenhagen-Van Loese. ROME — John Perdicari. Via Ludovisl 16. Phone, 42758. MEXICO CITY — Jay Kaner — c/o American Chamber of Commerce — San Juan de Letran 24. finAIKIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 18 17'/2 18 Columbia Picts. vtc. 11% 11% 11% East. Kodak 393/4 39 39% Gen. Prec. Eq 15y4 15 1514 Loew's, Inc 173/4 17% 17% Paramount 20y2 20% 20% RKO 8% 8i/4 83/8 Republic Pict 4 33,4 33^ 20th Century-Fox .21 20% 21 Universal Pict 14l/4 133,4 14'/4 Warner Bros 11% 11% 11% NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts 3 3 3 RKO 1% 13/4 17/8 Sonotone Corp 3% 3% V/z Technicolor 12% 12% 12% Trans-Lux 43/4 43/4 43/4 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Cinecolor 4% Pathe 4 Net Chg. + % — ' % + % + % + % + % + 1/4 + Vs Asked 5% To Appeal Vogue Award Cincinnati — Loew's will appeal the award of Arbitrator Anthony B. Dunlap in the Vogue clearance action, it is learned. UNPARALLELED SERVICE FOR FILM PRODUCERS cutting— screening— recording studios <ffl»VELAZC0 INCORPORATED 723 Seventh Ave., NewYork 19— PL 7-8530 comma ano going ALBERT DEZEL returned to Detroit over Hie week-end after a week's New York sojourn. LEW BARASCH of United Artists publicity dep't has returned from Florida. JOSEPH HARRIS, board chairman of Realart and U. S. Film Export Corp., and MRS. HARRIS, returned Friday from Boca Raton, Fla., where they have been vacationing. DANNY KAYE arrives at LaGuardia Field tornoirow from Europe en route to Hollywood where he will begin "Happy Times," first picture under his new long-term Warner contract. ALF JORGENSEN, Swedish producer, arrived in Hollywood Friday to confer with Selznick execs regarding the filming of SRO's "A Doll's House" in Sweden. DOROTHY McGUIRE, who will co-star in "A Doll's House," the first of David O. Selznick's productions to be made in Europe, sailed for England and France at the week-end. accompanied by her husband, JOHN SWOPE. NORAN E. KERSTA, NBC director of television operations, will speak on television today in Danbury, addressing the convention of the Disney Sales Organization. STEVE SLESINGER flew to the Coast over the week-end. EZIO PINZA flew into New York Saturday to join Boris Morros in the final judging of the nation-wide "Carnegie Hall" contest. HERMAN BEIERSDORF, Eagle Lion Films' Western sales manager, left Friday for a swing through the Midwest and Southern areas, his itinerary embracing Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Dallas, Atlanta, Charlotte, Memphis and New Orleans. WILLIAM F. RODGERS, Loew's vice-president and general sales manager, and EDWIN W. AARON, assistant general sales manager, are scheduled to return from the Coast the end of the week. JAMES S. BURKETT, Monogram producer, is in from the Coast with a print of "16 Fathoms Deep." Kalmenson Shifts Woods From Dallas to Detroit Donald Woods, Warners branch manager in Dallas, will be transferred to the same post in the exchange in Detroit, according to an announcement by Ben Kalmenson. Woods replaces Robert H. Dunbar, who has been granted an indefinite leave of absence due to illness. The change is effective next Monday. It is expected that Kalmenson will announce Woods' successor in Dallas sometime next week. Zimbalist, Gross to Tour Al Zimbalist, ad-publicity director of Film Classics, accompanied by his aide, Sid Gross, will tour the key cities to put over a special ad-exploitation campaign on "Devil's Cargo," which goes into general release April 1. WANTED— EXPERIENCED 16 mm. Film Booker SAcramento 2-3784 COMPLETELY EQUIPPED STUDIO OCCUPYING 6 FLOORS 2 Large Sound Stages, Mitchell Camera Equipment, Process Projection, RCA Sound Channels, Lights, Filmvaults, Executive Offices, Dressing Rooms, Shops, Props. LONGTERM LEASE, REASONABLE RENTAL. Wire or Phone for details. S. O. S. Cinema Supply Corporation, 602 W. 52nd Street, New York 19. PL 7-0440. Independent in Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, S. D.— Ernie Frace in charge of the branch sales offi< opened here by independent Fib ! Distributors, of Minneapolis. KARIN BOOTH is in town from the Coast. JOHN P. BYRNE, Eastern M-G-M sales manager, is due back today from a visit to New Haven and Boston. WILLIAM B. ZOELLNER, head of M-G-M short subjects and reprints and importations, returned over the week-end from Omaha. MARVIN H. SCHENCK, Loew vice-president and Eastern studio rep. for M-G-M, returns today from a vacation at Hot Springs, Ark. MITCHELL RAWSON of M-G-M's publicity department is slated to get back from Washington today. He has been visiting the Capitol city in connection with "State of the Union." IRVING HELFONT, home office assistant to M-G-M field sales managers George A. Hickey and Burtus Bishop, Jr., returns to his job today after a week's vacation. KAY HARRISON, Technicolor vee-pee, sailed on the Queen Mary, Saturday. Also aboard were: MARGERY RHODES, British actress; CLIFFORD FISHER, theatrical producer; MARTHA RAYE, comedienne, and her husband and manager, NICK CONDOS. L. J. SCHLAIFER, Eagle Lion sales executive, has returned from the Coast. En route he conferred with Ed Heiber in Chicago and Beverly Miller in Kansas City. F. C. DICKELY, Detroit district manager of Altec Service, is in New York. HAROLD MOLANDER, vice-president of A. B. Siodmak, Conte, Mature Here for "Rome" Scenes Director Robert Siodmak and Richard Conte and Victor Mature are on location here with a production unit shooting scenes on the Lower East Side for 20th-Fox's "The Law and Martin Rome." Film is based on Henry E. Helseth's novel, "The Chair and Martin Rome." Rank's "Smugglers" Gets Full Play Over NT Chain West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — National Theaters in a hands -across -the -sea post -film agreement deal, has set Rank's "The Smugglers," released by E-L, to play its entire list of theaters. Set Cairo Regional Date St. Louis — April 1 has been set as the date of the MPTO of St. Louis' regional meeting in Cairo, Fred Wehrenberg, president, announced. Committee on local arrangements is headed by Carson W. Rodgers, MPTO vice-president, and Bill Griffin, Rodgers Circuit booker. 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