Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1945)

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BROADWAY pol. Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros, studio head of sound recording and engineering, has returned to the coast . . . Jay Emanuel, independent circuit head, is chairman of the Philadelphia Sponsors Committee to help raise a $5,000,000 endowment for the expansion of Yeshiva College, New York, to university status. Lieut. William Demille, former Paramount Film Service booker in Toronto, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. R. N. Savini, Astor Pictures president, visited New Orleans en route to Fort Worth and Dallas . . . Mrs. Helen Hall Rathvon, wife of RKO’s president, is in Hawaii serving as a Red Cross club supervisor. Harry H. Thomas, vice-president and general sales manager for PRC, is on a threeweek business trip to the Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and western exchanges. Leonard Sillman, producer of Republic’s “An Angel Comes to Brooklyn,” arrived from the coast to look for scripts. He is stopping at the Hotel Pierre. Bruce Humberstone, director of RKO’s “Wonder Man,” arrived from Hollywood to attend the world premiere of the film at the Astor upon the termination of the engagement of “The Enchanted Cottage” (RKO). Mildred Lewis, who has been with the M-G-M publicity department for the past 19 years, has resigned. Marjorie Wright, formerly associated with Frank Whitbeck’s office at the company’s studios, succeeds her in the post of secretary to Howard Dietz, vice-president and director of advertising, publicity and exploitation. Edwin W. Aaron, M-G-M circuit sales head, left for coast conferences with George A. Hickey, coast supervisor, and Eddie Zabel, film buyer for Fox West Coast. He will be gone several weeks, with a number of stopovers scheduled for his return trip. William Fadiman, M-G-M studio story editor, is here from Hollywood, looking over the current theatrical field . . . Harry M. Warner, president of Warner Bros., has arrived at the coast. Jack Kirsch, head of Allied Theatres of Illinois, is registered at the Warwick Hotel. Rodney Bush, 20th-Fox exploitation manager, was in Des Moines for discussions with Ralph Branton, general manager of Tri States Theatres, and others of the circuit officials on the forthcoming world premiere of the Hammerstein-Rodgers Technicolor musical, “State Fair.” On his return to the home office Bush began work on national plans for exploitation of the film. Bob Lynch, M-G-M district manager in Philadelphia, and Lou Formata, branch manager in that city, attended a two-day meeting with home office executives. Trem Carr, Monogram executive director, returned to his coast office after attending the company’s semiannual board of directors’ meeting in Chicago. Richard Mealand, head of Paramount’s story department, arrived from Hollywood. This business trip marks Mealand’s first visit since last November when he assumed the post of story chief at the studio. Roland Reed, RKO-Pathe producer, arrived from Culver City, and is a guest at the Waldorf-Astoria. Steve Broidy, Monogram's vice-president and general sales manager; George D. Burrows, vice-president and treasurer, and Maurice and Franklin King, producers, are back at the Hollywood offices. Pfc. Eli Gottlieb, former WAC office boy, the holder of the Purple Heart and other decorations, was a visitor at the committee’s headquarters. Sonya Levien, M-G-M script writer, has arrived from Beverly Hills and is stopping at the Waldorf-Astoria . . . Norman H. Moray, short subject sales manager for Warner Bros., is serving on the grand jury. Robert A. Kreier, 20th-Fox International Corp. continental European manager, visited Stockholm, Sweden, en route to Paris, where he is making his headquarters. Sol Lesser, producer, and Col. William H. Keighley, director, recently discharged from the army, stopped off here from Hollywood before leaving for Paris, where Lesser will begin arrangements for the production of “Paris Canteen,” which will be released through UA. Joseph Pincus, head of the 20th-Fox talent department under Vice-President Joseph H. Moskowitz, is on the coast conferring with Moskowitz and studio officials. Jerry Dale, publicity representative for Benedict Bogeaus, arrived from the coast with a print of “Captain Kidd.” Dale conferred with Barry Buchanan, UA director of advertising and publicity, on the forthcoming campaign for the film. Martin Starr, UA director of exploitation, left for Cincinnati to arrange for the midwestern premiere of “Blood on the Sun,” a William Cagney production. Heinz Roemheld of the Warner Bros, studio music department, left for London on leave of absence to fulfill an assignment with the Office of Policy and Control for occupied Germany. His duties will embrace coordination of press, film, radio and other cultural fields. Warrant Officer Ben Washer, who served as public relations officer and general manager of "This Is the Army,” has been honorably discharged. Leo Samuels, Walt Disney Productions foreign manager, has returned from a ten-week Central and South American tour, which included a visit to the company’s coast studios. E. C. Grainger, president and general manager of Shea’s circuit, is on a ten-day trip through the circuit in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. T/5 Stuart H. Aarons, formerly of Warner Bros.’ legal staff, has been awarded a Bronze Medal for meritorious achievement in the Philippines action. George Brown, director of publicity at the Paramount studio, and Mrs. Brown, are expected from Hollywood June 16. Two of Leo's Pictures Have Set Some Records NEW YORK— Two M-G-M films, “Valley of Decision” and “Thrill of a Romance,” set several records during current engagements at the Music Hall and Capitol respectively. “Decision” scored the best fourth-week gross of any Metro picture at the Music Hall. The combined four weeks’ gross was the highest attained by any Metro attraction. Each week’s gross was higher than the preceding week up to and including the fourth. “Romance” just missed breaking the hous° record at the Capitol, but it did set a new high for any Metro film to have played there. Industry Group to Scan Future Growth of Films NEW YORK — The future of motion pictures in the postwar world will be discussed by a panel of Hollywood screen writers, actors and producers on June 23 at the Conference of Arts, Sciences and Professions in the Postwar World. The conference will be held at the WaldorfAstoria Hotel under the auspices of the Independent Citizens’ Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions. United Files Appeal NEW YORK — Notice of appeal has been filed by United Enterprises, Inc., on behalf of its Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, Maine, following the recent decision of an arbitrator in the clearance case filed by Hollis Reed, operator of the Neptune Theatre, McKinley, Maine. United was an intervenor. Ginny Simms to Costar in “Alibi" Ginny Simms has been ticketed to costar with Charles Coburn and Robert Paige in “Alibi in Ermine.” Susanna Foster, originally scheduled for this role, will return to the cast of “Once Upon a Dream,” also on the Universal roster. 25TH ANNIVERSARY — Paramount associates of Charles M. Reagan gave a luncheon in his honor at the 21 Club in observance of his completion of a quarter century of service with the company. Left to right — Oscar Morgan, C. J. “Pat” Scollard, William Erbb, Robert M. Gillham, Reagan, Hugh Owen and C. B. J. Frawley. 44 BOXOFFICE :: June 9, 1945