The Exhibitor (Jun-Oct 1943)

9 WARNER MEN HOLD FIRST REGIONAL Kalmenson Opens New York Session New York — First of three regional sales meetings to be held by Warners gets under way tomorrow (July 1) at the WaldorfAstoria, with Ben Kalmenson, general sales manager, presiding. In addition to home office and studio executives, the eastern sessions will be at¬ tended by district managers, branch man¬ agers, and salesmen of the New York metropolitan, eastern, mid-Atlantic, and central territories, embracing the New York, Albany, Buffalo, New Haven, Bos¬ ton, Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis exchanges. Home office executives participating will include, in addition to Kalmenson, Major Albert Warner, Joseph Bernhard, vicepresident; Sam Schneider, assistant to Harry M. Warner; Mort Blumenstock, in charge of advertising and publicity in the east; Arthur Sachson, assistant general sales manager; Roy Haines, western and southern division sales manager; Jules Lapidus, eastern division sales manager; A. W. Schwalberg, supervisor of exchange operations; Norman H. Moray, short sub¬ jects sales manager; I. F. (Mike) Dolid. head, contract department; Edward E, Hinchy, head, playdate department; How¬ ard Levinson, legal staff; Jacob Wilk, east¬ ern production manager; Albert S. Howson, eastern scenario editor; Mitchell Rawson, eastern publicity manager; Mar¬ tin Jurow, head, talent bureau in east; Robert Schless, general foreign manager; Joseph S. Hummel, foreign sales manager; Gil Golden, advertising manager; Bernard R. Goodman, advertising accessories sales manager; Charles Baily, assistant to Moray; A. C. Brauninger, H. M. Doherty, and Stanley Hatch, sales department. Charles Einfeld, director of advertising and publicity, will come east from his Burbank sudio headquarters to take part in the sessions. Field group attending the New York meeting will include District managers: Harry A. Seed, me¬ tropolitan; Norman Ayers, eastern; Rob¬ ert Smeltzer, mid-Atlantic; Charles Rich, central. Branch managers: Clarence Eiseman. New York; Paul S. Krumenacker, Albany; George W. Horan, Boston; Max Roth, Buffalo; Carl Goe, New Haven; William G. Mansell, Philadelphia; Charles Beilan, Cleveland; Fred W. Beiersdorf, Washington; James S. Abrose, Chicago; C W. McKean, Indianapolis; F. D. Moore, Pittsburgh. All salesmen also will attend. While Kalmenson is expected to an¬ nounce that the 1943-44 releasing schedule June 30, 1943 NOTE THAT TABLE (EDITOR'S NOTE: Complete in¬ formation on the new withholding tax, which goes into effect with the first payroll period during July, will be found in THE SERVISECTION, Section 2 of this issue. The informa¬ tion has been printed in a com¬ plete and easy-to-use form. Turn to it now, and learn what has to be done by every theatre owner in regard to his employes.) will be kept on the same flexible basis as the past two seasons, so that it may be adapted to any new market conditions arising from time to time, details of sub¬ stantial backlog of pictures along with important new plans will be given to the sales group. Among the already finished pictures be¬ ing carried over into next season are “Arsenic and Old Lace,” “Thank Your Lucky Stars,” “Watch On the Rhine,” “Old Acquaintance,” “The Desert Song,” “Ad¬ ventures of Mark Twain,” “Princess O’Rourke,” “Saratoga Trcmk,” and sev¬ eral others. Now shooting are: “Shine On, Harvest Moon,” “In Our Time,” “Northern Pur¬ suit,” “Passage To Marseilles,” “Destina¬ tion Tokio,” and “Conflict.” Pictures scheduled to start soon include “Rhapsody In Blue,” “Battle Cry,” “The Young and the Brave,” “Gay Nineties,” “The Horn Blows at Midnight,” “Uncertain Glory,” and “Mr. Skeffington.” New season program also will be aug¬ mented by some special releases to be announced by Kalmenson. The short sub¬ ject lineup will be the same size as last season. Following the New York session, there will be regional meetings in Chicago, July 8-10, and San Francisco, July 15-17. At the Chicago meeting, in addition to home office execs, the following will at¬ tend with their staffs: District managers: Hall Walsh, prairie; Ralph L. McCoy, southern; Wolfe Cohen, Canadian. Branch managers: A. J. Shumow, Chicago; Robert H. Dunbar, Detroit; Don Woods, Milwaukee; A. W. Anderson, Minneapolis; E. J. Tilton, Des Moines; Russell C. Borg, Kansas City; F. J. Han¬ non, Omaha; Lester Bona, St. Louis; W. O. Williamson, Jr., Atlanta; John A. Bach¬ man, Charlotte; Doak Roberts, Dallas; H G. Krumm, Memphis; Luke Conner, New Orleans; J. W. Loewe, Oklahoma City. Drafted? Let The Exhibitor Fol¬ low You to Camp. It Has All the News Of the Industry — And the News Of Your Own Home Town As Well. the exhibitor ALLIED MOVE IS ENCOURAGED Metro Making J. D. Short Chicago — Allied’s committee on juvenile delinquency revealed last week that it had received a letter from W. F. Rodgers, Metro sales chief, indicating that Metro was considering a short to be called “Juvenile Delinquency,” which touches on the subject suggested by the Allied body. That plans are also under way by RKO Pictures to co-operate in the making of a similar reel was indicated in a reply to Jack Kirsch, committee chairman, from Robert Mochrie, general sales manager. Mochrie states that his company is com¬ mitted to the government for a series of short subjects this coming season, and that he will be very glad to make sug¬ gestions along the ideas expressed by the Allied committee. Allied is hopeful of getting an early release of such a subject to coincide with the school vacation period. 'The committee feels, that if used to good advantage, this time can be properly con¬ sumed by boys and girls of the nation in aiding the war effort through the col¬ lection of scrap and sales of war bonds and stamps. Film Classics Announces Bookings New York — First major bookings of pictures they have recently acquired for distribution were announced today by Ir¬ vin Shapiro and George Hirliman, Film Classics, Inc. At the RKO-Schine Em¬ pire, Syracuse, N. Y., Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Lady Vanishes” and “The Lisbon Clipper Mystery” are set for a week’s engagement. At the RKO-Temple, Ro¬ chester, N. Y., Shapiro and Hirliman have set a week’s engagement for another Hitchcock film, “I Married a Murderer,” starring Oscar Homolka and Sylvia Syd¬ ney; and “Diamond Empire,” starring Walter Huston. Another booking is at the RKO -105 th Street, Cleveland, O., where “I Married a Murderer” and “The Lisbon Clipper Mystery” will play an en¬ gagement. Exhibs Back Stamps Drive New York-At a special meeting last week called by co-chairmen Fred Schwartz and Sam Rinzler, which brought together representatives of exhibitors in the local exchange area, plans were outlined to en¬ list the aid of all theatremen in the area behind the July $130,000,000 war stamps drive. It is expected from reports made at the meeting that more than 1000 houses will participate in the month drive, which be¬ gins on July 1. Orders will be placed for the trailer specially made for the drive, available at National Screen Service exchanges. Bigwigs See "Madman" Washington — A special screening of Metro’s “Hitler’s Madman” was held in the Loew’s screening room for high ranking officials of the Czechoslovakian govern¬ ment here last week. QUIN.