Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Jun 1949)

2 Motion Picture Daily Thursday, May 5, 1949 Ia.-Neb. Exhibitors Hit Hayworth, Ingrid Des Moines, May 4. — The marital affairs of Ingrid Bergman and Rita Hayworth were under discussion at the Iowa-Xebraska AITO convention which opened here today, with the two stars expected to be the subject of a possible resolution of censure before the parley adjourns Thursday night. One association official, an Iowan, said that the pastors of his town had called on him and asked what he was going to do about "Rita Hayworth pictures," and threatened to urge people not to see Rita Hayworth films. Speakers were unanimously agreed on the importance of creating good will between theatres and the public. Howard Brookings, Iowa theatre owner and state representative, urged independents to give passes to legislators and advised his fellow exhibitors to run for public office. Other speakers stressed the need for a rebirth of "showmanship" as it used to be in the 1920's, and told of the coming bond drive and its part in building good will. Personal Mention ALEXANDER KORDA, who here following a visit to the Coast, will leave by plane for London on Saturday. Canadian Showmen Set Annual Meets Toronto, May 4. — The annual meeting of the national committee of Motion Picture Theatres Associations of Canada, of which J. J. Fitzgibbons is national chairman, has been scheduled for June at Niagara Falls, Ont. The all-Canadian conference will deal with censorship, amusement taxation, legislation and other matters of mutual interest to all provincial exhibitor groups. The Alberta Exhibitors' Association will meet at Banff, in the Rockies, June 5-6, and the Manitoba association will have its annual meeting at Winnipeg June 13, after which the delegates from all Provinces will convene at Niagara Falls. Arch H. Jolley of Toronto, assistant secretary of the committee, is in charge of arrangements. Edward J. Wall, Paramount field representative for the Buffalo and Albany territories, is in Buffalo. His son, Robert T. Wall, was married recently to Miss Gloria Ann DAiello of Saratoga Springs, N. Y. • Earl Hudson, United Detroit Theatres president, and Mrs. Hudson, have left Detroit for a vacation at Lake Lure, N. C. • Arthur Goldsmith, RKO Cleveland salesman, suffered a sprained ankle when a ladder collapsed under mm. • John M. Antonuk of UniversalInternational's sales promotion art department, will be married to Anne Zorila of Yonkers on June 4th. • Rosemary Kelly, secretary at M-G-M's Detroit branch, was chosen "Orchid Girl" by the Detroit Times. CAM ECKMAN, JR., M-G-M man^ aging director for Great Britain, has recovered from his recent illness and' has left New York for a two weeks' vacation. Joseph Pasternak, M-G-M producer, and Mrs. Pasternak, sailed yesterday from here for a European vacation. • James Stewart is due here over the weekend from the Coast and will leave for Indiana, Pa., to visit his family. • Marion B. Folsom, Eastman Kodak treasurer, has been reelected to the board of the National Industrial Conference. • George Seaton, writer-producer, has arrived here from the Coast with his family and is scheduled to sail for Europe tomorrow. • William B. Zoellner, M-G-M short subjects sales head, left here yesterday for Oklahoma City. Coming Events Film To Be Shot Here Independent producer Edmund L. Dorfmann has announced that he will shoot his next film, "Guilty Bystander," in New York. Associated with him are Rex Carlton and Joe Lerner. Don Ettlinger is working on the screenplay and shooting will begin next month. Negotiations for a national release are under way. Production Total Unchanged at 26 Hollywood, May 4. — The production total remained the same as last week, 26. Seven pictures were started and seven completed. Shooting started on "Blondie's Hero," "Beyond These Walls," Col South of Rio," Republic; "The Bail Bond Story," RKO Radio; "Skyliner," Screen Guild; "Three Came Home," 20thFox; "Abandoned," U-I. Completed were : "Forgotten Women," "Range Rogues," Monogram; "The Fighting Kentuckian," "The Arizona Cowboy," "Flaming Fury," Republic "Father Was a Fullback," 20th-Fox ; "The Octopus and Miss Smith," Warners. Lockwood Allied Guest Boston, May 4. — Arthur Lockwood, president of Theatre Owners of America, has accepted an invitation to attend the 21st annual banquet of the Independent Exhibitors of New England, an Allied States affiliate, at the Copley Plaza Hotel here, May 26. Paderewski Services Held Funeral services for Arthur 'Paki' Paderewski, Warner home office artist, were held Tuesday at the Park West Memorial Chapel here. Paderewski, who had been with Warner since 1942 and was the winner of numerous awards in the field of commercial art, died on Monday. Book 'Champion' for 30 Loew's Cities Thirty Loew's cities will begin circuit bookings of "Champion," Screen Plays-United Artists film now playing New York and Los Angeles, early in June, Gradwell Sears, UA president, announced yesterday. Negotiations for similar bookings across the Warner circuit will also be concluded within the next few days, Sears said. Broders Here for Meet Paul Broder, Realart president, arrived here yesterday from Detroit accompanied by Si Lipson to attend a series of Realart board meetings. Jack Broder, Realart vice-president, has arrived from Los Angeles for the meetings. SIMPP Housewarming Ellis Arnall, president of the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers, and his staff here will be hosts at a reception at the organization's new headquarters offices here today in the International Bldg., Rockefeller Center. New Censor Board Set in W. Memphis Memphis, May 4. — Mayor P. M. Dacus, West Memphis, Ark., and his city council, have constituted themselves as the official board of censors of West Memphis. Mayor Dacus announced the new board today and said all pictures banned in Memphis by censors would be screened before being permitted to show in West Memphis. In the past all pictures in Memphis were shown in West Memphis — just across the Mississippi River from Memphis— and theatres there were attended by many Memphians. First two such pictures—"A Song Is Born" and "New Orleans" — which were banned in Memphis— were okayed for West Memphis showings. May 9-10— Georgia Theatre Owners and Operators annual convention, Henry Grady Hotel, Atlanta. May 15June 30— Industry participation in the U. S. Treasury's Savings Bond Drive. May 18-19 — Independent Theatre Owners of Arkansas annual convention, Hotel Marion, Little Rock. May 23-24— North Central Allied annual convention, Minneapolis. May 25-26— Independent Exhibitors' 21st annual convention, CopleyPlaza, Boston. May 30-31 and June 1— Allied States Association board meeting, and Texas Allied Theatre Owners convention, Dallas. June 7-8— Allied Independent Theatre Owners of Kansas-Missouri annual convention, Kansas City. June 8-9— Allied Rocky Mountain Independent Theatres annual convention, Brown Palace Hotel, Denver. June 21-23— Associated Theatre Owners of Indiana annual convention, French Lick Hotel, French Lick, Ind. Army Report Hits German Film Trust Radio, Video Show on Censorship of Films "America's Town Meeting" program over American Broadcasting radio and television networks next Tuesday evening will take up the question, "Should Minority Groups Exercise Censorship Over Books and Films.-"' George V. Denny, Jr., will be moderator and the affirmative speakers will be Harry Epstein, chairman of the National Community Relations Advisory Council, and Robert J. O'Donnell, professor of philosophy, Iona College. Taking the negative will be Morris L. Ernst, attorney and author, and John Mason Brown, author and drama critic. Washington, May 4. — The German decartelization law has not yet been "implemented" to break up monopoly in the German film industry, and "there has been no deconcentration of any kind in the industry,' according to the report of a special committee appointed by former Army Secretary Royall to study decartelization in Germany. The report admitted that breaking up the German film monopoly was "an enormous job." It praised the basic decartelization policy, but criticized present A.M.G. officials for not carrying out the stated policy. The report said, "There has been no deconcentration of any kind." O'Dea Heads Irish Equity Denis O'Dea, Irish actor who appears m Alfred Hitchcock's Trans"mtic production, "Under Capricorn," has been elected the first president of the Irish Actors Equity Association, according to a report received here by Warner Bros., which distribute the film. will NAM 'Freedom' Short Screened for Press A special press screening of the National Association of Manufacturers' new film, "The Price of Freedom," was held here yesterday at the RCA Exhibition Hall. The 23-minute subject, which is intended for distribution to television stations as well as clubs and civic organizations, is available free in 16 and 35 mm. Produced by Apex Film Corp., it emphasizes the role of a free press in maintaining our democracy. Jack Chertok produced, and William J. Thiele directed. SPG Names Goldsmith Len Goldsmith has been appointed the Screen Publicists Guild's business manager and organizer. He replaces Honore Armstrong who recently resigned. 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