The Film Daily (1948)

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iff. P. Production Xttftt. 38 W. 44th St. 21st floor Kew York jr. Y. Apr. S: Allied IIO or tostera Pennsylvania general membersnip meeting, Khilaaelphia. Apr. 6: Republic Pictures annual stockholders meetiiwj, home ottice. New York City April 6-S: Annual convention of the Ppcitic Coast Conference of Independent theater Owners ot tne St. Irdncis Hotel, San Francisco. Apr. 9: Columbia Pictures annual stockholders' meeting, nome ottice, New York City. April 14: Cinema Lodge B nai B'rith honors Robert M. Weitman at dinner. Hotel Astor, New York City. April \l-\1: International Variety Clubs 194* convention at I le Roney Haza Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla. Apr. 19^21: Television Film Coordinating Committee meets. Hotel New Yorker, New York. Apr. J.I-U: Allied Non-Theatrical Film Association annual convention. Hotel New Yorker, New York City. May 2: Jewish Theatrical Guild testimonial dinner to Walter Vincent, Hotel Astor, New York City. May 4-5: Nsw £nglnnd regional Allied convention. Hotel Somerset, Boston. May 7-0 : Indjpenaenr i nearer Owners of Iowa and Nebraska convention, Des Moines, la. May 10-11, 1948: Allied ITO ot Iowa-Nebraska convention, Omaha. May 14: Motion Picture Associates annual din Moy 15-17: National Allied's board of directors meeting. Cosmopolitan Hotel, Denver (instead ot Colorado Springs). May 18-19: Allied Rocky Mountain ITO convention, Qcnver. ncr, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City. May 17-21: SMPE semi-annual convention, Bilt May 21 : Motion Picture Associates annual dinner dance, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, more Hotel, Santa Monica, Calif. June 28-30: Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey annual convention, Hollywood Hotel, West End, N. J. Sept. 20-24: First annual Premiums and Advertising Specialties Exposition, 71st Regiment Armory, New York City. Sent. 28-30: Tieater Equipment and Supply Manufacturers Association annual convention, Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis. ■ DEW POSTS BENJAMIN LANDER, Eagle Lion head booker and office manager, Minneapolis. CLARENCE B. WILSON, Eagle Lion salesman, Dallas. JOHN A. GARSIN, JR., student assistant, Randolph, Randolph, Mass. JAMES H. GODSILL, student assistant. Colonial, Brockton, Mass. COLA GIOVANA, manager, Strand, Providence, R. I. WILLIAM J. WILSON, JR., manager, Beachom, Orlando, Fla. ALEX COOPERMAN, Eagle Lion booker, Los Angeles. FRENCH MILLER, Eagle Lion salesman, St. Louis. C. M. SWABB, manager, Roxy, Mounds, III. WILLIAM HIGGINS, assistant shipper, 20th-Fox, Omaha. RAYMOND COOLEY, head shipper. Republic, Omaha. M. C. CALL, manager, Broadway Strand, Chicago. F. E. DeWOLF, manager, North Center, Chicago. SAUL KARP, assistant manager, Loew's Poli, Springfield, Mass. WILLIAM CLIFFORD, manager, Esquire, Columbus, 0. JACK HOUBLER, manager, Westmont, Columbus, 0. RALPH DENNISON, manager, Cleve, Colum Send (Birthday, QreetinaA Ui March 30 Saul Jaffee Herbert Anderson Si Borus Edward Schreiber Anna 0. Nilsson Martin Geon T T ▼ Tuesday's Tele-lines ♦♦•WHAT'S THIS ABOUT A RE-CONSTRUCTION OF MOTION Picture Committee Co-operatimg for National Defense? There's talk in some quarters.., • Here's why TOA's participation in the campaign against juvenile delinquency is more important; fifty-two per cent of all u.s. crimes are committed by persons !n the iu to 21 year age range... ♦un is providing opening shots of the World Congress on Freedom of Information at Geneva to the five newsreels. . .♦Vivian Gordon joins Sherman H. Dryer as tel director... * Paramount' s picture inventory at the end of I9U7 is estimated to have been $3.5 to $k million LOWER THAN THE 19^6 YEAR-END, BUT TH I S does not include the inventories of rainbow and Liberty which Wall St. believes would make the total on a par with the 1^6 f i gure ... ♦television audience continues to snowball with the New York area reporting receiver installations AT THF RATE OF 1 000 PER OAY...In PHILADELPHIA, SETS ARE GOING INTO HOMES AT A 2000 PER MONTH RATE. ..♦Rl VOL I '8 USE OF TRADE REVIEW QUOTES IN N.Y. DAILIES* DISPLAY ADS. ON HEELS OF UI ' S SIMILAR ACTION IN INSTANCE OF "ALL My SONSM COULD INSPIRE A TREND. ▼■•.▼▼ ♦♦♦LEASING DEAL for a widely known Broadway HOUSE IS REPORTED IN NEGOT I AT ION. . . *W| TH De troit's city Council decreeing daylight saving tiem, Detpoit Tiger's night games will start at 9«30 P.M., JUST LATE ENOUGH TO KILL SECOND SHOW for film houses... ♦Mot 1 on Picture Relief Fund Silver Jubilee will be marked by an industrywide CAMPAIGN, TO KICKOFF APRIL 22 WITH GeORGE Bagnall as Chairman... ♦Brig. Gen. David Sarmoff is represented in the american magazine for april by an article "every chance in the worldm... "Paramount has finalizeo "Beyond Glory" as the TITLE FOR ITS WeST POINT PIC, ORIGINALLY DUBBED "The Long Grey line"... ♦National Legion of Decency has put "Are You With It," "To the Victor" and "Paisan" Class B, "The Eternal Return" in Class C... ♦Eastern background and atmospheric FOOTAGE FOR "The BaBE RUTH StORy" WILL BE SHOT IN THI8 CITY, BaLT IMORE ,CoOPERSTOWN ,B08 ton, Pittsburgh and Chicago. ..Second unit heading East in about a week will be headeo by D. Ross Lederman... ♦Warners says Alfred Hitchcock HAS 8IGNED A TERMER, EFFECTIVE JAN.I; HlTCHCOCK SAYS THEY'RE 8TILL TALKING. T T T "Nc-vy Crew Champions" Columbia 10 miru For Sport Fans Bill Stern provides the commen tary as the camera follow-' 1 Mid shipmen through their tnTT''..g fo the Poughkeepsie Regatta. Re« closes with the exciting race whicl Navy, as underdog, won to becom the nation's top crew. Sports iij "Samba Mania' Paramount 18 Mini Lots of Fun Latin lovely, Isabeli.a, stars i this tale of a jealous dancing st£ who traps her night club owner be friend when his roving eye falls on red-headed boogie-woogie doll. E pours on the masterfulness and it \ agrees to love, honor and obey. Doi in Technicolor, it's gay, musical ar lots of fun. "Miracle in a Cornfield" M-G-M 8 Mir Dramatic Photographed in Technicolor ai containing some actual pictures the eruptions of Mexico's most fab lous volcano, Paricutin, this one the John Nesbitt Passing Parade se ies is highly spectacular. The dr matic story surrounding the birth the volcano makes interesting fodd for any audience. "Bet Your Life" RKO 14 mh In the Groove When Leon Errol swears off gai bling, and then finds be.'s holding Lucky Sweepstakes Ticliat, the sil ations really become involved. ] ;can't let on to hi3 wife that he h the ticket, therefore he can't colle Usual mix-ups and laughs. "Flicker Flashbacks' (No. 2) RKO Very Good Flashing back to the silent moi days, this reel oresents footage fr< two epics of the past; "Mile a M ute" or "A Brave Girl Does E Duty," and "Weighed in the B ance." Humerous commentary a< -. to the flavor of these. Very ~ for general consumption. ;: "Racing Day" (No. 5) RKO 8 Mi Should Click The Sportscope cameras inve gate the doings at Hialeah Pe Florida, one of the world's m famous race tracks, Highly in; esting as the behind-the-scenes ri penings are recorded. Should pr successful with sports fans. Garitone Imports Hungarian F Garitone Co. has imported '"I Young Hearts" from Hungary will release it as the first Hungar film to be shown with English tit ' J ?