The Film Daily (1940)

THE' DAILY Friday, June 21, 194(! Vol. 77, No. 122 Fri., June 21. 1940 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Editor Published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer. Entered as second class matter, Sept. S, 1938, at the post-oflfice at New York, N. \'., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year;' 6 months, $5.00; 3 months. $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Represent.atives: HOLLYWOOD, Calif.— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd.. Phone Granite 6607. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. PARIS— P. A. Harle, La Cineniatog raphie Francai^e, 29 Rue Marsoulan (12). MEXICO CITY— Marco-Aurelio Galindo, Av, Coyoacan No. lOOB. Mexico, D. F. BUENOS AIRES— Chas. de Cruz, Heraldo Del Cinematografista, Corrientes 1309. FINANCIAL (Thursday, June 20) % 5/8 % NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (21/2%) Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. East. Kodak 126 1241/4 1241/4 — 31/4 do pfd Gen. Th. Eq Loew's, Inc 233/4 231/4 231/4 — % do pfd Paramount 51/4 Sl/s Sl/g — Vs Paramount 1st pfd Paramount 2nd pfd.. VS'g 7^8 1}M + V^ Pathe Film TVs RKO New 3 RKO $6 pfd 361/4 20th Century-Fox . . . 63-4 20th Century-Fox pfd Univ. Pict. pfd 75 Warner Bros 2^/^ do pfd 71/8 2'/2 351/4 6% 75" 21/4 71/8 + Vs 27/8 + 'A 353/8 -f 13/8 634 _ 1/4 75" -^'4' 21/4 — 1/8 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith B. F. ref. 6s46.100i'4 IOO1/4 IOOI4 — Loew's deb. 3V2s46 102 102 102 Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55 Para. Picts. cv. 31/4547 78 78 78 + Warner Bros.' dbs. 6s48 Va NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts Sonotone Corp Technicolor lOl/g 93^ 93^ Trans-Lux "Mortal Storm" Opens Strong at N. Y. Capitol "The Mortal Storm" opened very strong at the Capitol Theater yesterday, M-G-M reported. Mid-afternoon figures showed the James Stewart-Margaret Sullavan film running ahead of the "Edison, the Man" opening and equalling "Test Pilot" premiere figures. Sterling in "Charter Pilot" West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Robert Sterling will have the lead role in "Charter Pilot." Outing Calls Columbia Personnel to Pine Brook Columbia Pictures will hold its annual outing today at Pine Brook Lodge, Nichols, Conn. Entire personnel of the New York offices will atted, including Jack Cohn, vicepresident; A. Schneider, treasurer; L. J. Barbano, assistant treasurer; M. Worniser, comptroller; A. Montague, general sales manager; Maurice Bergman, advertising director; N. Spingold and Louis Weinberg. Invited guests include Mitchell May, Jr., and Charles Schwartz, of the law firm of Schwartz & Frohlich, Columbia counsel. It's the third consecutive summer that the Columbia get-together has been held at Pine Brook. This is the first time in the history of the company that h.o. employes have been given a full day off for an outing of the Club. The local exchange staff will "hold the fort" on Film Row, doing business as usual. Between 250 and 300 Club members and their wives and families will attend the event, which will include a golf tourney with many prizes, softball, handball, field sports, tennis and swimming. All Columbia executives who are currently in New York will be at the outing. Place "Land of Liberty' At Disposal of Schools "Land of Liberty," feature picture assembled by the MPPDA as the film industry's contribution to the New York World's Fair last year and which again is being shown in the exposition's Federal Building, will be placed at the disposal of American schools without charge at the close of this year's Fair in October. Picture, it was said yesterday by Theodore T. Hayes, executive U. S. Commissioner to the Fair, would be used to supplement school history courses in particular. Arthur Lee Concludes Deals for English Pix Films produced in England by Associated British, Grand National Pictui'es, Ltd., General Film Distributors and Associated Talking Pictures will be distributed in the U. S. by Arthur A. Lee as the result of deals .I'ust set, it was learned yesterday. Print of "Convoy," Lee's latest English acquisition, is en route here. Because the handling of American rights to the British imports will require his entire time, Lee is deferring his plans regarding television. It's "The Man I Married" IVcst Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Permanent title for "I Married a Nazi" is "The Man I Married." RKO Execs. Will Attend Boasberg and Lux Dinner An RKO Radio Pictures' delegation headed by Ned E. Depinet and Andy Smith will plane to Buffalo Monday for the Variety Club testimonial dinner that night honoring Charles Boasberg, recently promoted from the post of Buffalo branch manager to that of east central district manager, and Elmer Lux, promoted from salesman to manager at Buffalo. Smith will be toastmaster. Accompanying the sales execs, will be Bob Mochrie, Eastern sales manager; Harry Michalson, short subject sales manager; M. C. Poller, head of the playdate department, and Bob Wolff, New York exchange manager. Among those at the speaker's table in addition to Boasberg, Lux and Smith will be Vincent McFaul, Charles Hayman, Bill Mahoney, Bob Murphy, Bert M. Stearn, George Roberts, Judge Joseph Kelly, Syd Lehman, Syd Samson. John Nolan, J. Meyer Schine, George Lynch, Herb Maclntyre, Nick Dipson, Nick Basil, Moe Silver and Assemblyman Harold Ehrlich. Warner Execs. Return Today from Chi. Meet Warner executives return to the home office today from the second of the company's two regional sales meetings held this week at the Blackstone in Chicago. Those returning are: Gradwell L. Sears, general sales manager; Charles Einfeld, director of advertising and publicity; Carl Leserman, assistant general sales manager; Roy Haines, Eastern and Canadian sales manager; Ben Kalmenson, Western and Southern sales manager; and Gil Golden and Sid Rechetnik of the advertising and publicity department. Mort Blumenstock, in charge of advertising and publicity in the East, returned to his desk yesterday. Levy, Castle on Board Of Health Foundation The Associated Health Foundation, Inc., the only non-profit medical service group licensed in Greater New York, announces the election of Jules D. Levy, Warner Bros, executive, and Eugene Castle, president of Castle Film Co., and Dr. Shirley W. Wynne, former health commissioner of New York City, to its board of trustees. 1560 Broadway COmmC and GOinG ALEXANDER KORDA is due here over I week-end on the Clipper. HARRY L. COLD, vice-president and East.l sales manager for United Artists, left yestert for Dallas. He returns to New York Mond,| EDWARD PESKAY, Eastern representative Edward Small, returned here 'erday fr the Coast. JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, l^t'er, has rived here from the Coast for a short stay. HARRY TUGEND, scenarist, is here from Hi lywood. GEORGE MARSHALL, director, and Al THORSEN, personal manager cf Horace Heii are here from the Coast to confer with t band leader on his "Pot-o-Gold" film whi gers under way in Hollywood in a few weeks. MORGAN CONWAY leaves for the Coast t day on the Commodore Vanderbilt. JAMES ROOSEVELT arrives here early ne week from the Coast. CRESSON E. SMITH, Western sales manag for RKO, flies to Minneapolis Sunday night. WALTER BRANSON, Midwest district ma ager for RKO, is here for home office cental MILDRED SMITH, Montgomery, Ala., Adve tiser, is in town to see the shows and Fair; stepping at the Wellington. Montgomery Back, Korda In Tomorrow by Clipper Robert Montgomery returned ye terday from Europe, via the Atlai tic Clipper. The Metro star, who fc several weeks drove an America ambulance in France, will lea\ shortly for the West Coast studic to take up discussion about a re role. He recently complete "Busman's Honeymoon" in Englam Alexander Korda, UA produce is scheduled to arrive at La Guai dia field tomorrow morning aboar the Yankee Clipper from Lisboi loan Valerie for 'Trofile" West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAIL^ Hollywood — Joan Valerie has beej added by 20th Century-Fox to thi cast of John Barrymore's "Th Great Profile." GIVE ME Pick up your phone and express the preference of discriminating advertisers who appreciate fine craftsmanship. PHOTO ENGRAVING CORP. 250 WEST 54th STREET. NEW YORK Telephone COIumbus 5-6741 r^