The Film Daily (1948)

™3fe Wednesday, March 31, 1948 Vol. 93, N o. $2 Wed. Morch 31, 1948 lOCts. JOHN W ALICOATE Publisher 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 W. Fredman. The Filn, Renter. 127-133 Wardour St.. \V. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. Virtmles 211. ROMBAY — Ham L. Oogtay. Kitalj Mahal, V.I0 Hornby ltd.. Fori, Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Sairar. Filmafrlc, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL— Ray ('armk'hacl, Room 9. 464 Francis Xavler St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy. 411 Lyric Theater Bids. SYDNEY— Bowden Fletcher. 19 Moxon Ave.. Punchbowl. N. S. Phone. UY 2110. BRUSSELS—Jean Pierre Meys. 110 Rue des PaqueretteB COPENHAGEN— John Llndberpr, Jcrnbanealle No. 3. Copenhagen-Van Loese. ROME— John Perdicarl. Via Lurlovisi 16. Phone. 42758. MEXICO CITY — Latin American News Service, nutuhnldt 49. PLANT TO B-H Chicago-Bell & Howell has purchased from the ETC for $2,000,000 the huge government plant it has been occupying under lease, and equipment it has been using, on the 10 acre tract at McOormick Rd. and Touhy Ave. The plant was erected by the U. S. in 1S^2. DEATHS JOHN J. CURRY, 47, Para. salesman, from a ^eart attack at Los Angeles yesterday. Curry had been leading the current Faro. sales $4,000,000 CREDIT FOR GPE General Precision Equipment Corp. has arranged a $4,000,000 credit with three N.Y. City banks, is committed to borrow up to $2,000,000 on or before May 31 and has presently borrowed $l,000,u00 on notes payable in instalments up to Jan. 31, 1953. For year ended Dec. 31, GPE reports consolidated net after taxes of $1,242,027 as against $1,743,694 in 1947 hit a record of $27,748,137. DON'T SNIP CREDITS-N.J. ATO Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey has called its members' attention to a practice in some parts of the country of snipping picture credits from feature prints in order to save running time. Members are reminded that this is in violation of contract with distributor which states that pic must be shown in the form delivered. ASK SEPARATE U.K. TELE PACT London (By Air Mail)— British tele faces a high hurdle in the demands served by both Actors Equity and the musicians union for separate video contracts and fees. BBC contends that existing radio pacts cover. Equity and musicians have fixed a June 1 deadline* BUY INTO DIXIE New OrleansJohn Jend.ns and 0. K. Bourgeois bought Jack Auslet's interest in Dixie Films, Astor's distributor here. STORKS Cuero.Tex — Mr. & Mrs. John Monroe are the parents of a baby girl. Father is Griffith manager here. Pittsbuxgi>-.rtl Kalzes, manager of the Squirrel Hill, has a new son. New Kensington, Pa.There'3 a new daughter in the family of F. Serraos, manager of the Circle. GORDON JOINS Richard Gordon hat, joined Hoffberg Productions as assistant sales manager. TWA Con siella tions set new winter performance record On its coast-' o-roast and New York-Chicago routes, TWAs Constellations flew 4..177.000 miles, carried 1 1 7,000 passengers -completed 97'o of scheduled mileage during one of worst winters in history! For reservations, call your TWA office or your travel agent Metro Plans 4-5 In U.K. Metro shortly will embark upon extensive British production program, Sam Eckman, U. K. jaaT-'jing director, disclosed here. Ben Goetz, M-G-M British produc*ix» chief, is readying four to fi\e pix program, with "Young Bess" likely kickoff film. "Edward My Son" may be second. Eckman estimates Metro's Elstree studios can make 12 top quality pix annually, adding that although Metro itself would not make that many, difference would be made up by other companies' production activity. 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