The Exhibitor (Nov 1948-Feb 1949)

MISCELLANEOUS NEWSREELS In All Five; New York: First DP’s arrive. In Addition to the Above: Movietone News (Vol. 31, No. 88) Donora, Pa.: Deadly smog. Paris: Blockade suggestion vetoed. New York: Morgenthau reports on Palestine visit. US; Tight rope act. Lowell, O.: Tv/enty-five cent hair-cut (only Cincinnati, Cleveland). Maryland: Citation wins Pimlico Special. Baltimore, Md.; Notre Dame vs. Navy. Los Angeles: California vs. Southern California (except Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas) . Austin, Tex.: SMU vs. Texas (only Dallas) . Paramount News (No. 21) Parris Island, S. C.: Marine anniversary. New York: Morgenthau reports on Palestine trip. Los Angeles.: California vs. Southern Cali¬ fornia. Durham, N. C.; Georgia Tech vs. Duke. Baltimore: Notre Dame vs. Navy. News of the Day (Vol. XX, No. 218) New York: Morgenthau reports on Pales¬ tine trip. US: Tight rope act. Baltimore, Md.: Notre Dame vs. Navy. Los Angeles: California vs. Southern California (except Chicago, Cleveland, Atlanta, Charlotte, New Orleans, Memphis). Chicago: North¬ western vs. Ohio State (Chicago, Cleve¬ land, Cincinnati only). Durham, N. C.: Georgia Tech vs. Duke (Atlanta, Char¬ lotte, Memphis, New Orleans only) . Universal Newsreel (Vol. 21, No. 192) Parris Island, N. C.: Maring anniversary. Baltimore, Md.: Notre Dame vs. Navy. Chicago: Northwestern vs. Ohio State. Durham, N. C.: Georgia Tech vs. Duke. Austin, Tex.: SMU vs. Texas. Warner Pathe News (Vol. 20, No. 23) Donora, Pa.: Deadly smog. Germany; Re¬ port from the Ruhr. Los Angeles: Cali¬ fornia vs. Southern California. Chicago: Northwestern vs. Ohio. New York: Mor¬ genthau reports on Palestine trip. US: Tight rope act. California: Walnut harvest. Florida: Chaim school. Telenews Digest (Vol. 2, No. 44) USA; Truman wins. Danora, Pa.: Smog kills 20. New York: First D.P.’s arrive in US. New York: Pickets protest US indictment of 12 Communist leaders. Washington: Presi¬ dential inauguration stands and platform erected. Chicago: Horner Memorial un¬ veiled. Connecticut: New gadget auto¬ matically closes auto top at first drop of rain. France: All quiet in the mines. Panama Canal: Unrest near Canal. Eng¬ land: Falcons employed to drive birds away from airfields Germany: Pictorial evidence of Use Koch atrocities. England; King George opens Parliament with labor demand for nationalization of steel indus¬ try. Norway: Fishermen trap school of pilot whales. Texas; Mechanical lumber¬ jack. Football: Cornell vs. Columbia; SMU vs. Texas. All American News (Vol. 7, No. 315) — Tulsa, Okla.: City names “Men of the Week.” Chicago: New housing develop¬ ment planned. Kansas City, Kans.: Negroes open first private school for voca¬ tional training. St. Augustine, Fla.: Deaf and blind students have opportunity to learn skills at state school. Gary, Ind.: Governor of Virgin Islands visits. Chicago: Major Presidential candidates make last* minute appeals. THE EXHIBITOR Paramount Men In Coast Conference HOLLYWOOD— A group of Para¬ mount eastern executives including Paul Raibourn, vice-president and co¬ ordinator of publicity; Charles Reagan, vice-president in charge of distribu¬ tion; Stanley Shuford, advertising manager, and Ben Washer, publicity manager, arrived at the company’s studio to view newly completed prod¬ uct and discuss advertising and public¬ ity campaigns with George Brown and his studio staff. During this meeting of eastern and western promotional departments, plans will be out'ined for forthcoming releases. In All Five: France: Coal strike crisis. In Addition to the Above: Movietone News (Vol. 31, No. 87) Lon¬ don: King opens Parliament. Florida: Combined maneuvers. Ohio: New machine digs coal (except Atlanta) . Atlanta: Vet¬ eran wins free apartment (only Atlanta) . Brooklyn, N. Y.; Sweepstakes winners. Arrow Head Springs, Cal.: Fashions. Philadelphia; Penn vs. Navy. Chapel Hill, N. C.: North Carolina vs. LSU. Chicago; Roller skating derby. News of the Day (Voi. XX, No. 217) Florida: Combined maneuvers. London: King opens Parliament. Germany: Trial of Use Koch. Washington: New WAVE uniforms. New York: Plane puzzle. New York: “Big Mo” visits. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Sweepstakes winners. Paramount News (No. 20) China: Inde¬ pendence Day celebrated. Washington: New WAVE uniforms. Berlin: Airlift facts. Chicago: Roller skate derby. Universal Newsreel (Vol. 21, No. 191) Caldwell, N. J.; Flying laboratory. Ohio: New machine digs coal. Germany; Trial of Use Koch. Philadelphia: Connie Mack honored. Middleton, O.: “Mrs. America” on air tour. Seattle: California vs. Washing¬ ton. Memphis: Mississippi vs. Boston College. Warner Pathe News (Vol. 20, No. 22) Florida; Combined maneuvers. Germany: Mrs. Roosevelt visits DP school. London: Queen and King of Denmark visit. Lon¬ don: King opens Parliament. Washington: Paul Hoffman flies to Rome. Washington: New WAVE uniforms. U.S. Assembly line grocery store. Philadelphia: Eagles vs. Bears. Chicago: Roller skate derby. National Board of Review Oct. 23, 1948 Starred Selected Features: “Joan Of Arc” (RKO) ; “Jungle Patrol” (20th-Fox) ; Selected Features; “The Return Of Octo¬ ber” (Col.). Oct. 30, 1948 Selected Features: “The Paleface” (Para.), “The Untamed Breed” (Col). ARBITRATION Appeal Board In the matter of arbitration between Herman Hunt and Maurice Chase, Vogue, Wyoming, O., and Loew’s, Inc., and involv¬ ing the Emery, Reading, O., the Appeal Board last week amended the original award of the arbitrator to read as follows: WE SCORE BOARD (In this department will be found a rating of pictures screened by Warners, MGM. Paramount, RKO and 20th CenturyFox tinder the decree. Complete reviews appear in The Pink Section. — Ed.) 20TH-FOX “The Snake Pit” — High rating. “Belle Starr’s Daughter” — Okeh western. “When My Baby Smiles At Me”— Should get the dough. TE In Dallas Suit Oklahoma City — Theatre Enterprises, Inc., Dallas, was last week drawn into the government’s monopoly suit against Grif¬ fith Amusement Company. RobeKt E. Shel¬ ton, U. S. District Attorney, filed 16 questions in federal district court deal¬ ing in part with the Dallas firm. The questions are directed to H. J. Griffith, a defendant in the nine-year-old case. Griffith is president of Theatre Enter¬ prises, Inc., to whom several houses once owned by R E. Griffith Theatres, Inc., and Westex Theatres, Inc., were sold after the death in 1943 of R. E. Griffith. Shelton aimed his questions to learn how much Enterprise stock is owned by H. J. Griffith. He also asks how much En¬ terprise stock is owned by four companies which the government charges with con¬ spiracy to monopolize the film business in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. These are Griffith Amusement Company, R. E. Griffith Theatres, Inc., Westex Theatres, Inc., and Consolidated Theatres, Inc. Edgar S. Vaught, federal district judge, scheduled further hearings in the case for Nov. 30. Last October, Judge Vaught ruled the companies were not guilty of conspiracy to violate Sherman anti-trust laws, but the U. S. Supreme Court later reversed the decision. Schenectady Tax Ignored Schenectady, N. Y. — A five per cent ad¬ mission tax was ignored by City Council last week in adopting its 1949 budget. Theatre operators, cooperating with civic groups, were successful in winning support against the measure. “In licenses hereafter entered into by Loew’s, Inc., the maximum clearance which may be granted to the Emery over the Vogue shall be seven days after the Emery’s availability.” Costs were equally assessed against the complainants and Loew’s, Inc. __ . I _ i THE EXHIBITOR will celebrate its 30th ANNIVERSARY in the issue of November 24 Watch For It! November 10, 1948