The Exhibitor (Jun-Nov 1944)

8 DEPINET ANNOUNCES DISTRIB. DRIVE AIDES Kingsberg Appoints Met. Bond Committee New York — Ned E. Depinet, chairman, distribution division, last week announced the complete lineup of his committee com¬ posed of 41 capable veterans located in 11 districts covering 31 key cities, to aid the trade’s Sixth War Loan. The list of distributor chairmen, in The Exhibitor territory, according to Leon J. Bamberger, assistant to Depinet, consists of many persons who served during the Fifth War Loan. Distribution chairmen in the following districts are: Metropolitan district — Jack Bowen, Loew’s, district chairman; Ralph Pielow, New York; B. Abner, New Jersey. Northeastern district — A. M. Kane, Para¬ mount district chairman, and the following Paramount men in his area: New Haven, John Moore; Albany, C. G. Eastman; Buffalo, M. A. Brown; Boston, A. M. Kane, and Ed W. Ruff. Eastern district — R. J. Folliard, RKO, dis¬ trict chairman, with Sam Gross, 20th Cen¬ tury-Fox, Philadelphia; M. E. Lefko, RKO, Pittsburgh, and J. B. Brecheen, RKO, Washington. Eastern central district — Jack D. Goldhar, United Artists, district chairman, with the following UA representative: Cleve¬ land, Maury Orr. Southeastern district— Paul Wilson, 20th Century-Fox, district chairman, with the following 20th Century-Fox co-workers: Atlanta, Fred Dodson, Charlotte, John E. Holston. Kingsberg Appoints Metropolitan Committee New York — At a committee luncheon at the Hotel Astor last week, Malcolm Kings¬ berg, general chairman, New York area campaign, Sixth War Loan, made 16 or¬ ganizational appointments. Major Leslie E. Thompson was named campaign director; Wilbur B. England, campaign co-ordinator; Harry Mandel, publicity director; Edward C. Dowden, spe¬ cial events; Ernest Emerling, War Finance Committee liaison; Irving Lesser, Broad¬ way chairman; James Sauter, talent co¬ ordinator; Leonard Goldenson, corporate chairman; W. Stewart McDonald, home office chairman; Garrett Van Wagner, ac¬ counting chairman; Mike Rosen, labor re¬ lations chairman; John A. Cassidy, press liaison; Ed Rugoff and Dave Weinstock, issuing agents, and Ralph Pielow, distribu¬ tor liaison. Among those attending the meeting were Leo Brecher, James Brennan, Si Fabian, Irving Lesser, C. C. Moskowitz, Sam Rinzler, Ed Rugoff, Fred Schwartz, Dave Wein¬ stock, William White, Harry Brandt, Max A. Cohen, John Hertz, Jr., William Crock¬ ett, Max Youngstein, and Herman Schleier. More Exhibitors Set For Sixth War Loan New York — With independent exhibitors acting as the spearhead for the Sixth War Loan, Harry Brandt, national chairman for the industry’s efforts in this $14,000, THE EXHIBITOR O'Connor Thanks Industry NEW YORK — Joseph Bernhard, general manager, Warner Theatres, and chairman, industry’s 1944 Red Cross Drive, made public a letter of appreciation from Basil O’Connor, chairman, American Red Cross, for the great job done by the film industry in the last campaign. In making the letter public, Bernhard said that the tribute from O’Con¬ nor, although addressed to him, was intended to apply to everybody in the business who had a hand in the highly successful drive. JUVENILE BUREAU EYES "BOBBY SOCKS" FANS New York — The Juvenile Aid Bureau last week investigated the mass truancy problem created by the rush of ’teen age school children at the Paramount to see Frank Sinatra. With a group of patrolmen in plain¬ clothes and 20 policewomen, they were trying to cope with a situation which brought many into Times Square at 4 A. M. in spite of Mayor La Guardia’s 9 P. M. cur¬ few for them. George H. Chatfield, mem¬ ber of the Board of Education and former director of the board’s bureau of attend¬ ance, called for a concerted program by the board, the police, and the courts to deal with the problem. “We don’t want this thing to go on,” he said. “We can’t tolerate young people making a public display of losing control of their emotions. If we find anybody encouraging truancy,” he explained, “we can prosecute them di¬ rectly.” The number of truancies is re¬ ported too large for the bureau of attend¬ ance to handle with its present staff, and there are not enough judges in the Juvenile Courts at present to handle the cases if a drive were made, so the Bureau is endeav¬ oring to work out a plan to deal with the problem. Keep Up With the Headlines In the World Of Television Weekly In This Publication. 000,000 drive, last week announced the ap¬ pointment of additional exhibitor state chairmen. Several of the appointed chairmen have been active in previous bond drives. Among the additional exhibitor state chairmen appointed were: Florida, J. L. Cartwright, Hawkinsville; I. Epstein, Southern New Jersey; Ohio, Charles Ray¬ mond, Cleveland; Rhode Island, Martin Toohey, Pawtucket, and South Carolina, Warren Irwin, Columbia. Bader Leaves For Coast New York — Dave Bader, 20th CenturyFox publicist who has been loaned to the national committee for the industry’s par¬ ticipation in the Sixth War Loan, left last week via plane for Los Angeles. Bader will act as advance man for the national committee’s 19 regional key city meetings. THREE CENT STAMP HONORS ANNIVERSARY New York — A signal honor was paid the industry last week by an announcement from Postmaster General Frank C. Walker that a special three-cent stamp would be issued commemorating the 50th anniver¬ sary of motion pictures. Announcement was made in a letter from the Postmaster General to George J. Schaefer, national chairman, War Activi¬ ties Committee. The stamp, a special delivery size, shows a group of servicemen viewing one of the industry’s 16 mm. gift films overseas. It will be placed on “first day” sale at Holly¬ wood and New York on Oct. 31. In his letter, the Postmaster General said: “I take great pleasure in announcing the issue of a three-cent stamp commemorat¬ ing the 50th anniversary of motion pic¬ tures and the impressive record of the function of motion pictures in the war effort . . . the Department has given con¬ siderable study to the subject ... I sin¬ cerely hope that you and the members of the War Activities Committee will re¬ gard it as truly interpreting motion pic¬ tures in this great war. “It is true that motion pictures have taken the finest actors and best plays to the crossroads and villages of the world, that they have become predominant as an instrument of education and outstanding in the development of culture, bringing to the peoples of the world a visualiza¬ tion of the life and habits and customs of one another. It is likewise true that motion pictures are an important means of communication, and one of the great media of expression and education of this age. But I am pleased to inform you that the Department decided upon this recognition of motion pictures at this time because of their splendid contribution to the war effort, both from a technical and a morale standpoint. “The Post Office Department is happy to issue this special stamp on the 50th anni¬ versary of motion pictures.” RKO Negotiates With Mgrs. New York — Following a conference be¬ tween Monroe Goldwater, RKO attorney, and representatives of the State Mediation Board, it was expected last week that a new start on contract negotiations between RKO and the Motion Picture Theatre Operating Managers and Assistant Man¬ agers Guild, whose membership is made up of managers and assistants in the cir¬ cuit’s 41 houses in the metropolitan area, would be made. The union recently won the right to bargain for the managers and assistants in the 41 houses. The first joint meeting between RKO and the Motion Picture Theatre Operating Managers and Assistant Managers Guild was scheduled for Oct. 13. The Season’s Hit: The Service Kit. "Mr. Emmanuel" Set New York — “Mr. Emmanuel” was last week selected as the first of the Eagle-Lion pictures to be released by United Artists. Decision was made following a screen¬ ing attended by all company executives, and plans for a national campaign, par¬ ticularly intensive in the larger cities, were laid. October JS, 1944