The Exhibitor (1950)

EXHIBITOR 17 MISCELLANEOUS NEWSREELS In All Five: Korea: UN forces fight delaying action. Washington and New York City: “March of Dimes.” In Addition to the Above: Movietone News (Vol. 34, No. 6) Nor¬ folk Navy Yard, Va.: USS Wisconsin back in service. Pontiac, Mich.: Quadruplets. New Hampshire: Summer fashions put on ice. Australia: Yacht classic. French Alps: Slalom race. Garmisch: Crash kills bobsledder. News of the Day (Vol. XXII, No. 240) Korea: “Airlift Orphan”. Washington: Harold Stassen reports. Chicago: Factory fixe. San Francisco: Hurricane. New York: Colonel in the Reserve Rickenbacker swears in his 22-year-old son, William. Pontiac, Mich.: Quadruplets. Paramount News (No. 43) Washington: Harold Stassen reports. The Hague, Oslo, Norway, and London, England: Eisen¬ hower continues tour. Switzerland: Ski styles. Universal-International Newsreel (Vol. 24, No. 422) Chicago: Factory fire. Phila¬ delphia: Plane crash. Sunnyvale, Cal.: Hurricane. Pontiac, Mich.: Quadruplets. Miami, Fla.: Chihuahuas on parade. Warner Pathe News (Vol. 22, No. 45) Chicago: Factory fire. Philadelphia: Plane crash. New York: A pastor goes back in the army. Switzerland: Ski styles. Telenews Digest (Vol. V, No. 3-A) Korea: UN forces fight delaying action. Korea: “Airlift Orphan”. California: Hur¬ ricane. Chicago: Factory fire. England: Eisenhower continues tour. England: Britain decides to abandon construction of world’s largest commercial airliner. New Zealand: Former Prime Minister Peter Fraser buried. India: Deputy Prime Min¬ ister Sardar Patel dead. Indo-China: French troops continue to blunt enemy attacks. New York: Motor boat show. In All Five: Paris, France: Eisenhower on tour. Cypress Gardens, Fla.: Aquatic steeple¬ chase. In Addition to the Above: Movietone News (Vol. 34, No. 5) Wash¬ ington: President Truman presents Medals of Honor. Formosa: Free China heroes honored by Chiang Kai-shek. Fort Worth, Tex.: Mass production of giant B-36. Los Angeles: Mangrum noses out Ransom in open golf. New York: Silver Skates spectacle at Madison Square Gar¬ den. New York and Hollywood: Gala twin world premieres of 20th-Fox’s “Halls Of Montezuma.” Gubernatorial inaugurations: Governor McKeldin sworn in at Annapolis (Washington, D. C., only); Governor .A.rn takes office in Topeka (Kansas City only); Governor Thornton inaugurated in Denver (Denver only). News of the Day (Vol. XXII, No. 239) Korea: The fighting retreat. Washington: President Truman presents Medals of Honor. Formosa: Free China heroes hon¬ ored by Chiang Kai-shek. Miami Beach, Fla.: Latest beach fashions. Glasgow: Scotland; University’s 500th anniversary (except Los Angeles). Los Angeles: Man¬ grum noses out Ransom in open golf (Los Angeles only). Paramount News (No. 42) Korea: The fighting retreat. Washington: Republican Senator Robert A. Taft questions 12-nation army that General Eisenhower is to head. Washington: Defense Secretary George Marshall and Assistant Anna Rosenberg appear before Senate Preparedness Com¬ mittee; ask 27 months’ military service for 18-year-old boys. Los Angeles: Man¬ grum noses out Ransom in open golf. Universal-International Newsreel (Vol. 24, No. 421) Washington; President Tru¬ man presents Medals of Honor. Florida: Beauty goes bathing and cycling. Annap¬ olis, Md.: Governor McKeldin sworn in (Washington, D. C., only). Warner Pathe News (Vol. 22, No. 44) Korea; The fighting retreat. Washington: President Truman presents Medals of Honor. Washington: Defense Secretary George Marshall and Assistant Ann Ros¬ enberg appear before Senate Preparedness Committee; ask 27 months’ military service for 18-year-old boys. England: Common¬ wealth Premiers in crisis talks in London. New York: Silver Skates spectacle at Madison Square Garden. Los Angeles and New London, Conn.: Twin premiere for Warners’ “Operation Pacific.” Telenews Digest (Vol. V, No. 2-B) Korea: The fighting retreat. Paris, France: Eisenhower on tour of European capitals. Austria: American troops take over from the Russians in the monthly change of guards in Vienna. Indo-China: French step up their offensive against Commun¬ ist rebels. California: “Your Host” wins Santa Catalina Handicap. NATIONAL LEGION OF DECENCY Jan. 28, 1951 Unobjectionable for General Patron¬ age; “Buckaroo Sheriff Of Texas” (Rep.) ; “The Flying Missile” (Col.); “Gasoline Alley” (Col.); “Mr. Universe” (ELC) ; “Prairie Roundup” (Col.) ; “Pride Of Maryland” (Rep.); “Target Unknown” (U-I) ; Unobjectionable for Adults: “The Company She Keeps” (RKO) ; “Double Deal” (RKO); “The Enforcer” (WB); “Hue And Cry” (English-made) (Fine SEC Reports Stock Shifts Washington — The following industry stock transactions were reported last fort¬ night by the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the period between Nov. 11 and Dec. 10: Paramount Pictures: Maurice Newton sold a total of 2,600 shares of common, dropping his holdings to 9,605 shares. He sold two blocks of 1,000 shares each and another block of 600 shares. Universal: Daniel M. Sheaffer, sold 800 shares of common in six blocks of 100 each and one block of 200. His holdings at the end of the period were down to 107 shares. Warners: Jack L. Warner gave away 1,500 shares of common, and now holds 425,000 shares in his own name and 21,500 more shares through trust accounts. Trans-Lux Corporation: Brandt Founda¬ tion, Inc., gave away its entire holdings of 900 shares of common. Harry Brandt still owns 99,115 shares in his own name, 750 shares through Broadway, Inc., and 1,400 shares through Harday, Inc. His wife owns 17,700 shares. Loew’s Boston Theatres: Loew’s, Inc., acquired 1,002 additional shares of com¬ mon, boosting its holdings to 127,336 shares. Allen Sparrow Mourned Memphis — Allen Sparrow, 52, southern division manager, Loew’s Theatres, died of a heart attack last week. Sparrow had returned to his duties after having been hospitalized for several weeks with virus pneumonia. A native of Washington, D. C., he had managed the Strand from 1919 to 1927. In 1942 he was appointed a division manager. He is survived by his widow, a daugh¬ ter, two sisters, and four brothers. Arts); “Hunt The Man Down” (RKO); “Rawhide” (20th-Fox) ; Objectionable in Part: “Gambling House” (RKO); “The Great Missouri Raid” (Para.) ; “Operation Pacific” (WB). January 24, 1951