The Film Daily (1941)

intimate in Character international in Scope independent in Thought FILE COPY DO N OT R EM.Q V R The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Three Years Old P 80. NO. 92— In Two Sections. Section I. NEW YORK, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1941 TEN CENTS FIND BROWNE AND BIOFF GUILTY f,841 Film Theaters Turn Over $943,684 to USO tseph Bernhard Presents heck to Dewey; Expect icrease to $1,000,000 Joseph Bernhard, vice-president of arner Bros, and chairman of the cture Theaters Drive, National SO Campaign, last night presented check for $943,684.47 to Thomas Dewey, chairman of the National SO Campaign. Presentation took ace at the Pathe News studios, at ceremony for the newsreels and ess. The money represented net collecDns to date from 7,841 theaters, (Continued on Page 12) hanghai Preference rogress Reported Foreign managers were advised sterday that "some progress" had ■en made in getting the industry ck on the Shanghai preferred list. I a result of the ban, when the instry was taken off the list, dis have been unable to remove :ney from Shanghai. Move came as surprise to distribs. aice Shanghai Exchange Control (Continued on Page 14) :cal 244 Receivership rgument Deferred Week Newark — Vice-Chancellor Bigelow ^journed yesterday for one week e argument on the order to show use why a receiver should not be pointed for Local 244, Moving Picre Operators Union. The order (Continued on Page 12) Censors Slap Late Ban Upon "Feeling" St. John, N. B. — The provincial board of censors have barred "ThaiUncertain Feeling" to all under 16. The ban was imposed suddenly, and after this picture had been shown minus the restriction on attendance at several theaters, on a number of occasions in recent months, the same delayed ban has been announced by the board. HOLMDEN MAY BE IA PREXY Walsh, Krouse Also Mentioned as Successor to Browne There was immediate speculation last night in labor circles on who would succeed George E. Browne as president of the IATSE in the event the convicted union leader resigned his post. Reports both current here and on the Coast report that either Harland Holmden, first vice-president from Cleveland, Richard Walsh, third vice-president of New York, or Louis Krouse, general secretary-treasurer, is the likely choice. Under the IA's constitution, the Executive Board is empowered to select the president. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Labor circles here are buzzing with the unconfirmed report that at last American Fed (Continued on Page 12) Canadian Industry Meets on Pegging Toronto — Representatives of exhibition, distribution and production branches attended an important meeting of the Motion Picture Section of the Board of Trade to consider the new order of the Canadian Government providing maximum ad mission prices, effective Nov (Continued on Page 11) IATSE Prexy and West Coast Rep. Convicted on All Three Counts; Court Refuses to Continue Bail; Both Will Appeal; Order to Liberate Browne to be Sought George E. Browne, IATSE president, and William Bioff, his West Coast representative, late yesterday were convicted on all three counts of an indictment which charged them with the extortion of $550,000 from Loew's, Paramount, Warner Bros, and 20th Century-Fox. They face maximum sentences of 10 years and $10,000 fines on each of the three counts. The Federal trial jury reached its decision after deliberating for two hours and 14 minutes. Defense Counsel to Appeal Both defendants were immediately remanded to the Federal House of Detention after Judge John C. Knox (Continued on Page 14) Kalmenson Elected Vilagraph's Prexy Election of Ben Kalmenson as director and president of Vitagraph, Inc., succeeding Grad Sears, resigned, was announced yesterday by Harry M. Warner, president of the parent company, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Warner emphasized that Kalmenson, as president of Vitagraph, Inc , and Warners' general sales manager, will be in full charge of the distribution of WB's pictures in the U. S. and Canada. Joseph Bernhard, newly elected (Continued on Page 13) "Watchful Waiting" Policy For Four on Minn. Selling RKO, M-G-M, Warner Bros, and 20th Century-Fox have adopted a policy of "watchful waiting" before making any move to sell in Minnesota. The four companies plan to await the outcome of the suits filed in Minnesota against RKO, Paramount and 20th Century-Fox for alleged 17, violation of the anti-blocks-of-five (Continued on Page 4) Want Frozen Australian Coin Expect Distribs. to Ask Full Remittances Pittsburgh V. C. to Fete Harry Kalmine on Nov. 24 Pittsburgh — C. C. Kellenberg, chief barker, has announced that the local Variety Club will sponsor a testimonial dinner for Harry M. Kalmine, who was recently promoted from (Continued on Page 4) Distribs. are expected to press for a full return of frozen coin in Australia when negotiations for the new currency agreement open shortly, it was learned yesterday. Present agreement expires in March. Estimates on the amount of frozen funds blocked in Australia vary since most of the companies received a (Continued on Page 4) Distributors Ponder Indian Restrictions With the British monetary agreement for the ensuing year officially closed, foreign managers at a Hays office meeting yesterday turned to the current remittance problem that has cropped up in India. Market, considered an important one, is worth about $2,000,000 in annual revenue, it was said. As reported Oct. 8 in The Film (Continued on Page 13) Phoenixville Clearance Cut Asked by Pizor-Coane Lewen Pizor and Herman Coane, operating the Colonial Theater, Phoenixville, Pa., have filed a demand for arbitration with the Phila (Continued on Page 11) Schenck-Moskotvitz Appeal Up Dec. 1 U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday postponed arguments on the anneals of Joseph M. Schenck and Joseph H. Moskowitz to Dec. 1. Schenck and Moskowitz are appealing from a conviction of income tax law evasion.