The Film Daily (1948)

DAILY; Tuesday, July 6, 1948 Vol. 94, No. 3 t Tues., July6, 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. Phone: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older (417 Dahlonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler. Chief G. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St.. W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. Vlrtudes 214. BOMBAY — Ram L. Gogtay. Kltab Mahal, 190 Hornby Rd., Fort, Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar. Fllmafrlc. 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL— Ray Carmlchael, Room 9. 464 Francis Xavler St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy, 411 Lyric Theater Bldg. SYDNEYBowden Fletcher, in Moxon Ave.. Punchbowl, N. S. Phone. UY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Meys, 110 Rue des Paquerettes. finADCIAL i (July 2) : NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Am. Seat 2614 Bell & Howell 21 Columbia Picts lOS/g East. Kodak 43% East. Kodak pfd 172 Low Close 26 26 'A 21 21 101/2 105/8 425/8 423/4 172 172 16 151/2 16 18 175/g 17 233/4 23 235/8 9 8% 9 37/8 3% 37/8 95/8 95/8 95/8 21 1/4 21 21 121/8 12 121/8 631/2 62% 631/4 111/4 1 1 l/s 11 1/8 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts 4% 43/^ 4% RKO 2'/4 Sonotone Corp 3% Technicolor 1234 Gen. Prec. Eq. Loew's, Inc Paramount RKO Republic Pict. . Republic Pict. pfd. 20th Century-Fox Universal Pict Universal Pict. pfd. Warner Bros Net Chg. + i/e + 1 + 'A — Vs — 1 + V4 + 1/7 + 1/8 21, 3% 123/4 OVER THE COUNTER 21/4 3 7/8 123/4 Cinecolor Bid 3% Va Asked 41/4 f^ STORAGE Film Storage in Modern Fireproof Vaults . . . part of "BONDED'S 3-WAY SERVICE" • Film Storage • film exchange Service • Air Condlf/oned Screening Room BONDED FILM STORAGE CO., INC. 1«00 BROADWAY. NEW YORK CITY CIRCLE 6-0081-2-3-4 cominG nno Goinc JOSEPH SHEA returned to New York late last week from San Francisco after a year on the road with the Joe E. Brown "Harvey" company. RUTH and AUGUSTUS GOETZ left Hollywood for New York over the week-end. They will spend the Summer on their farm In Bucks County, Pa., and leave for London in late August. IRVING MAAS, MPEA vice-president and general manager, was in Munich at the week-end on his tour of MPEA headquarters and branch installations in Germany. Following these visits, Maas will proceed to Prague and Warsaw. EDWARD CHEYFITZ, assistant to Eric A. Johnston, MPAA president. Is motoring to the Coast. AL HORWITZ, U-l Eastern publicity manager, is in Philadelphia. CHARLES SIMONELLI, U-l Eastern exploitation manager, was in Des Moines over the week-end. F. J. A. McCarthy, U-I Southern and Canadian sales manager, leaves today for Jacksonville. JIMMY WAKELY opens a P.A. tour of 20 Warner houses in Altoona, Pa., today. Four Branch Promotions Revealed by Silverstone Four promotions in foreign branches were announced Friday by Murray Silverstone, president of 20th-Fox International. Joel Hart, of the Chilean office, becomes man ager of Peru, succeeding Charles Matzen, who will be transferred to Europe. Thomas Sibert of the Mexico City office, becomes manager of Puerto Rico, replacing Andrew Jaeger, on leave of absence because of illness, while Donald McAfee of Barcelona, is transferred to Mexico City. Prof. Madden, Loew's Personnel Director, Dies Professor John Thomas Madden, 66, personnel director of Loew's, Inc., died here at his home Friday. Madden joined Loew's in 1943. He was author and co-author of many economic and finance works. Surviving are his widow, four daughters, two sisters and three grandchildren. A solemn high requiem mass will be offered at St. Patrick's Cathedral today. Burial will take place at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Morristown, N. J. JOE LOUIS in THE FIGHT NEVER ENDS Now available for booking ALEXANDER RELEASING CORP. 306 Lenox Avenue New York City You can get your SPECmL TRAILERS THE TIME BY GOING TO YOUR NEAREST I I i* BRANCH N«w Yorit fSlktt. Chicago 1127 L Wobok An9«lM IJT4 W. JACQUES CHABRIER, president of Pathe Cinema of the U. S., flew to Paris over the week-end to discuss plans for the French parent company to produce and distribute in America. S. R. KUNKIS, film attorney, is due from Europe Thursday aboard the S. S. America. FLORENCIO DE DIGS, of the Luzon Theaters circuit in Manila, has arrived on the Coast from New York. ARTHUR JEFFREY, Eagle Lion exploitation director, returned to the home office over the week-end from Moline, Des Moines and New Orleans. FRED AHERN, production manager for Transatlantic Pictures, is in New York from Hollywood on the first leg of his trip to London. WILLIAM F. RODGERS, M-G-M vice-president and general sales manager, will leave Thursday for Buffalo and return the following day. RUDY BERGER, M-G-M Southern sales manager, has returned to his Washington headquarters after three days at the home office. RUSS STEWART, of M-G-M's publicity department, left over the week-end on a vacation. CLARK GABLE left the Coast yesterday for New York and will sail Friday on the Queen Mary for London. SONYA LEVI EN, M-G-M writer, arrived from the Coast over the week-end for a short stay here. LES PETERSON, head of M-G-M radio activities at the Culver City studios, leaves Holly wood today for Chicago. JOHN FARROW, Paramount director, is in from L. A. and is slated to fly via TWA to Eire today. He is accompanied by his daughter, Maria, and sons, Patrick and John. BILL SNYDER, FILM DAILY staffer, is vacationing in Nantucket. Post-War Peak for U. S. Films Reached in Poland Warsaw (By Air Mail) — A postwar peak in the distribution of U. 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