The Film Daily (1948)

Rafhvon Takes Charge Of RKO's Prod. Dept. (Continued from Page 1) Nolan, in charge of contracts, the other members of Schary's production cabinet, have been with RKO for several years and are expected to continue with the organization. Video Production Code Before TBA in December (Continued from Pa^e 1) rence W. Lowman, CBS vice-tiresident. has been appointed to studv the problem and draft the first official guide for television programming on an industry wide basis. Serving with Lowman are Noran E. Kersta, executive assistant to the administrative vice-president in charge of television of NBC: Robert L. Coe. general manager of the Daily News' WPIX, and Neil Swanson. executive vice-president of WMAR-TV, operated by the Baltimore Sunpapers. PeifUPT Bpcomes Counsel Of TV Film Orpanization Retention of Seymour Peyser of Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin & Krim, as legal counsel for National Television Film Council, is announced by Melvin L. Gold, chairman. Selection of Peyser was approved at a meeting of sub-committee chairmen. Peyser will work on the finalization of the standard exhibition contract, and will draft a set of by-laws for the new organization. Kersta on TBA Board Noran E. Kersta, executive assistant to the administrative vice-president in charge of television at NBC, has been elected a director of the Television Broadcasters Association. Kersta succeeds John F. Royal of NBC, who recently resigned as a TBA director. Siegel Succeeds Schreiber Myron Siegel succeeds Edward Schreiber as director of advertising and publicity for Century Theaters, .J. R. Springer, general theater manager, announced. Siegel has been assistant to Fred J. Schwartz. ?<'♦♦•♦♦♦•♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦ ♦♦•♦♦v# l\ Sena Slrtndau | I Qreeting,A Uo"— | July 2 Ben Wolf George Folsey Le Roy Mason J. E. Fontaine July 3 Wynne Gibson Leon Errol George Sanders Luther Reid Florence Miles Alicoate July 4 Louis B. Mayer Barbara Weeks Harvey Thew Joseph Ruttenberg Ed Savin Irving Caesar Mrs. Thomas Meighan Helen Gilbert Gertrude Lav^rence George Murphy Gloria Stuart Henri Elman Vince Barnett Joe C. Hornstein Mary Patricia Bergen July 5 Helen Harrison DAILY THE RIALTO Friday Fade-out • • • IF YOU'VE BEEN SPECULATING over what might happen to the 45% British film quota were the Tory parly to take over His Majesty's Government at some future date, you might remember that the Tories gave the measure 100% support in Commons. . . • Edward Schreiber, ex-Century Theaters ad-publicity chief, is actively entering the residential construction field in New Jersey. . . • The NCCJ has given a special citation to Fred Zinnemann for his direction of "The Search." ... • Franchot Tone and the missus, Jean Wallace, return from the Coast today for a final week's shooting on "Jigsaw" Either RKO or Columbia may distribute this first indie venture of Ed and Harry Danziger. ... • Eddie Cantor's coat was decorated with a Haganah lapel emblem at Waldorf-Astoria ceremonies yesterday. . . . • Perry Lieber starts the trek to Hollywood from our fair city today, leaving on the Century. ... • Return of stage shows to the Chicago Theater gave the house a $70,000 first week Billy De Wolfe headed the bill, and the pic was Columbia's "Fuller Brush Man." T ▼ T • • • MOVIETONE NEWS is being besieged by letters, wires, and postcards these days ever since the "Stop the Music" giveaway show started using the newsreel's opening theme as its mystery tune Everybody in the country seems to know where the tune comes from But the title is something else Phil M's been sworn to secrecy unless he gets a Sunday night phone call. . . . • James V. Boyle, ex-RKO Radio home office publicity dep't, is now with the Arrow Press, Inc. ... • Fred Polangin, rusticating "down on the farm" at Loup City, Neb., will be back in Enterprise harness here next Tuesday. . . . • Didja know that nine of the 22 current Broadway stage shows are using two-for-ones to keep seats filled? ... # When the Circus Saints and Sinners resume luncheon meetings on Sept. 28 at the Waldorf, Gene Autry will be the Fall Guy Ride 'em. Fall Guy! T T T • • • DISCOUNT THOSE RECURRENT REPORTS that National Allied is planning to organize affiliates on the West Coast. ... • Didja know that it will be 25 years ago next Monday that the first complete 16mm outfit was placed on sale here by Eastman? Tempus certainly does fugit. ... • It's a helluva situation, isn't it, when students at the University of North Carolina threaten a Chapel Hill, N. C, theater manager when "The Iron Curtain" is shown and hiss and boo when the bill is "Make Mine Freedom." ... • Personal to Dave Golding in London: Salute, the magazine which you helped to launch as managing editor, calls it quits with the August issue. ... • There's something for both exhibs. and distribs. to mull over in that Consolidated Edison report, based on a survey, that 8,005,000 people now live in New York's five boros. T ▼ ▼ • • • METRO COULD HAVE a hot weather "sleeper" in its Esther Williams pic, "On An Island With You" Opening day biz in Loew stands from Boston to Akron, and from Atlanta to Houston, was way ahead of expectations. ... • Vincent (NSS) Trotta thrilled no end when, on visiting the White House to have coffee the other morn with Matt Connelly, Presidential secretary, he was invited to meet the President The two briefly talked art Vine was en route home from attending the marriage in Memphis of the 1947 "Miss America." . . . • Broadway's Criterion will have a Colorado State Pen. aspect when "Canon City" bows in Wednesday. ... • Publicity-wise, "Easter Parade" was launched at Loew's State with the greatest campaign given a Metro distributed pic since GWTW. ... • Now it's Sonny Tufts who has a yen to own a baseball club Sonny heads a syndicate dickering for the St. Louis Browns. Friday, July 2, 1948 Expect TOA lo Back Fox on Conciliation (Continued from Page 1 • into conversations concerning the system as yet since Minneapolis, the area where the plan received its initial impetus last week, is a i^ ,«^tory dominated by National A^ J-s North Central unit. *^ Support by TOA is a "must" if the plan is to be extended since Andrew W. Smith, Jr., 20th-Fox general sales manager, has made cooperation by all exhibitor groups within a particular territory a condition of the extension of the plan to that territory. At the March meeting of TOA officers and directors in Los Angeles, the formation of a Motion Picture Industry Forum was suggested as a method of solving problems and eliminating lawsuits. The question was referred to the organization's executive committee, which subsequently decided to defer action until the Supreme Court had handed down what was thought would be the ultimate decision in the industry anti-trust ITOA "Anxious" to Join Fox Conciliation Plan ITOA is "anxious" to institute the Minneapolis conciliation plan in the Metropolitan exchange area, Harry Brandt, president, said yesterday in revealing his approval of the SmithBerger project. "This is a plan to which all exhibitor organizations should give their wholehearted support," Brandt declared. "With exhibitor-distributor relations deteriorating and the dam to a flood of litigation opened by the Supreme Court," the ITOA leader stated, "we must prove that we are capable of working out our problems ourselves in a spirit of mutual understanding. There will never be any peaceful or harmonious solution of intra-industry problems by resorting to agitation, litigation or legislation." Brandt's statement marked the initial approval of the Minneapolis scheme by a non-Allied exhibitor organization. Plan was initiated by Benjamin Berger, head of North Central Allied, and since has been endorsed by Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey. Latter plans to approach Andy W. Smith, Jr., 20th-Fox general sales manager, to institute the conciliation system for its members. DEATHS SAM KAPLAN, executive board member and former president of Local 306, the projectionists' union, died yesterday following a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Riverside Chapel. Kaplan, who was 59, is survived by his wife and two sons. P. S. CASE, Altec service inspector. Rites at South Branch, N. J.