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The Daily Newspaper Oi Motion Pictures Twenty-Nine Years Old
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VC 13, NO. 58
NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1948
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Recoup Plan Takes Shape
WashingtonNoel Macy, State Dep't. official working out details of plan whereby pix distribs. and publishers will be able to recover portion of their out of pocket expenses for foreign distribution , said yesterday he hopes to be able to present detailed plan to Budget Bureau shortly, possibly next week.
Macy said mechanical details are still to be worked out.
Skouras To U.K.;
Silverstone Too
-array Silverstone sails on Queen Elizabeth tomorrow for England. Spyros P. Skouras flies over Monday. Later they visit the Continent.
Appoint Auten Seidelman Aide
H. William Auten until recently UA's assistant sales supervisor for Europe, has joined Eagle Lion Films as an executive assistant to S. L . Seidelman, head of company1 s foreign operations.
Equitable Share in Remittance$,End Of U.K. Exhibition Restrictions, No Reciprocal Guarantees
HollywoodJames Mulvey, for the SIMPP, helped to win three major concessions for indie producers in the Angle— American film pact, it was disclosed at the SIMPP" s testimonial dinner to the G-oldwyn Prods, prexy.
They are: Removal of restrictions under which indies were showing pix in UK; equitable share for indies dollar remittances, and showing of British pix here without receiprocal guarantees by major producer-distribs.
SEVEN DELIQUENCY SUB-COMS.
Seven subcommittees were appointed yesterday by Charles P. Skouras to effectuate TOA's participation in the program to combat juvenile delinquency. Committees and their chairman include: Publicity, Ernest Emerling: Special Activities, Richard Kennedy: Special Film", Edwin Levin; Advertising, Harry Browning; Radio, Charles Winchell; Small Town Theater Exploitation, Bob Selig; Trailers and Newsreels, Thornton Sareent.
UA TO SELL OFFICES ABROAD
United Artists, whicn recently stepped out of Mexican distribution on its own, is negotiating for the sale of its distributing offices in China, Egypt and Palestine, it was learned yesterday. As alternatives, UA may sell pix outright or make franchise deals.
TO MEET ON ROGERS MEMORIAL
Meeting of industry toppers will be called within two weeks to prevent the shuttering of the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, Gus Eyssell, institution's treasurer and Radio City managing director told THE FILM DAILY yesterday.
Pact "Helps" Para-Balaban
First major company comment on Anglo-American film agreement came yesterday from Para. , via Barney Balaban' s letter to stockholders which called it "helpful to us." Balaban said that while it was "short of what we hoped for" , in view of British economicfinancial problems, "it's terms measure up to satisfactory level of fairness to both sides."
Balaban revealed Para has experienced "no diminution in our revenues by reason of the tax order" , and that it has time to work out postagreement problems "adjust ourselves to curtailed flow revenues from England for second half of year"
Balaban Expects June Decision
trexy Barney Balaban of Paramount told stockholders by letter yesterday that it is "possible" that the Supreme Court ' s decision in the N.Y. equity suit will come thru before term ends in June.
FIIM DAILY'S "New Look" Today Is Occasioned by the N.Y. Printers Strike