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THE EXHIBITOR
EVERY
WEDNESDAY
THERE
WILL
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A
NEW
ISSUE
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THIS
PUBLICATION
COMPLETE
IN
COVERAGE
SERVICE
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A
LAST
MINUTE
REPORT
ON
WHAT'S
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INDUSTRY
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Celebs at 20th-Fox Bows
New York City — World premieres of two 20th Century-Fox pictures, Maurice Maeterlinck’s “The Blue Bird.” in Technicolor, set for the Hollywood January 19, and “The Grapes of Wrath,” which opens at the Rivoli January 24, will bring to New York a distinguished group of players, producers and directors from Hollywood.
Elson on F. A. Tour
New York City — Norman Elson, sales manager, left last week for visits to Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and Boston. With the completion of franchise arrangements with several out of town spots, Film Alliance announces the completion of its national exchange setup.
"Ziegfeld” Restraint Granted
New York City — Supreme Court Justice Valente last week end granted the application of Select Operating Corporation, Loew’s, Inc., and Billie Burke Ziegfeld to restrain the Ziegfeld Midnite Operating Corporation and Nicholas Blair from using the name “Ziegfeld.”
Edwards Warner’s Rep
New York City — Sol Edwards, formerly with Grand National, was last week appointed eastern representative for Franklyn Warner’s Fine Arts Company. The courts turned over five pictures to him, ordering Grand National to comply.
Nov. Exports Announced
Washington — Exports of motion picture equipment and films during the month of November, 1939, were announced last week by James W. Young, director of the U. S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce.
The summary:
Unit Amount Value
Cameras
Standard Number 8 4,937
Substandard Number 930 24,206
Projectors
Standard Number 49 20,415
Substandard
Silent Number 1,987 33,510
Sound Number 99 17,492
Film, sensitized but unexposed Less than one inch wide
Linear feet 1,510,572 32,382
One inch or more wide
Negative Linear feet 1,490,464 44,171
Positive Linear feet 10,412,529 80,217
Film, sensitized and exposed Negative
Features Linear feet 616,462 25,878
Newsreels Linear feet 57,102 1,331
Other .. Linear feet 116,976 5,066
Positive
Features .. Linear feet 12,509,670 254,326
Newsreels Linear feet 386,359 7,239
Other Linear feet 2,877,836 74,217
Sound equipment
Recording 11,119
Reproducing 64,068
Lubitschs Arrive East
New York City — Ernst Lubitsch, accompanied by his wife, leaving Hollywood to consider story material here for his first United Artists release, arrived January 16.
Charles BICKFORD
OWEN DAVIS, JR. • DORIS DAY • PAUL GUILFOYLE
A Republic Picture
January 17, 1940