The Film Daily (1941)

m r timate in Character r ternational in Scope independent in Thought FILE COPY DO NOT REMOVE The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Three Years Old 'O 80, NO. 94 NEW YORK. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 11. 1941 TEN CENTS >ICK WALSH IA PREXY AS BROWNE QUITS arners, RKO Radio to Aid Allied Unity Plan /ill Report to General ommittee This Week, /ith Action to Follow RKO and Warner Bros, have ;reed to co-operate with Allied in ; unity program. Sidney Samueln, of Allied's committee, discussed e situation with RKO and Warner ecutives on Friday, thus completer conferences with all distributors, ajor and independent. Report on the meetings will be ade to the general committee this ?ek and future action may be dermined shortly. It is understood at both Allied and the distributors ant the details of the plan worked it and a possible joint meeting •fore the Christmas holidays. oast Studios Send Into Production est Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Nine new pictures ■e scheduled to go into production is week. The check-up: ' At Universal : Five shooting, in pding "Temporary Bride" (tenta (Continued on Page 8) ilbany Variety Club lects Silver Barker I Albany — The new Albany Variety ub, Tent Nine, elected its first of:ers in a week-end meeting at the ?n Eyck Hotel, unanimously nam.g M. A. Silver as chief barker. {Continued on Page 6) To Screen "Target" on British Warship Philadelphia — Unique feature of Armistice Day observance here today will be the screening by Warners of the British war pic, "Target for Tonight," on the hangar deck of HMS Furious in the Philadelphia Navy Yard for the officers and crew of that aircraft carrier and of HMS Manchester. British Admiralty has okayed the screening and attendance at it of the press arid radio commentators. Appeals Board Refuses Full Elimination of Clearance to the American, Canton, IV. Y. Motion Picture Appeals Board has partially reversed the arbitrator's award in the case filed by the American Theater, Canton, N. Y., which asked for the elimination of clearance between the Ogdensburg Theater, Ogdensburg, and the American in the adjacent town. The arbitrator granted the relief asked for but the case was appealed by RKO, the Appeals Board reversing the award on a technicality, provided the complainant filed a corrected brief. When the corrected brief was filed, the Appeals Board considered the case on its merits. In the new award made by the Appeals Board, clearance between the two houses was cut to three days instead of eliminated entirely. Rename Zanuck Head Van Schmus Heads Of Research Council Pix Red Cross Unit West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Appointment of Darryl F. Zanuck, 20th-Fox Production Chief to serve a third term as Chairman of the R esearch Council of the Academy of Motion P i c ture Arts and Sciences, i s announced by Bette Davis, newly elected President of the Academy. While the designation of the Research Council Chairman usually takes place toward the end of the year and (Continued on Page 4) DARRYL F. ZANUCK W. G. Van Schmus, managing director of Radio City Music Hall, will again function as chairman of the Motion Pictures Group in the Roll Call of New York Chapter American Red Cross, the chapter anno unced yesterday. Urging industry support of Red Cross activities, Van Schmus in a statement released yesterday d e clared: "By supporting the Red Cross in (Continued on Page 4) W. C. VAN SCHMUS Asks Browne-Bioti Expulsion Local 683 Would Oust Entire IA Exec. Board PRC Sets Releasing Deals In 5 S. American Countries Producers Releasing Corp. has arranged for distribution in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, and Chile, it was reported yesterday by Roberto D. Socas, export man(Continued on Page 8) West Coast Bureau, of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Resignation of ail members of the IATSE Executive Board and expulsion of George E. Browne and William Bioff from the IA together with "permanent revocation of their membership cards" is demanded in a resolution adopted by Local 683, Film Technicians. The resolution, made public yesterday by President John R. Martin (Continued on Page 8) 'Clean and Honest' Administration Pledged; Willie Bioff Labor Career Ended Richard F. Walsh, who joined the Theatrical Stage Employes Local 4 in Brooklyn 24 years ago as an electrician apprentice, was named president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada at a special meeting of the general executive board late Sunday night in Atlantic City. Walsh succeeds George E. Browne, who submitted his resignation to the general executive board on Friday. Browne's decision to resign was made following his conviction Thursday night on the (Continued on Page 7) Bowles Files First Indianapolis Case First case to be filed in the Indianapolis tribunal was announced yesterday by the American Arbitration Association. Complaint involving Section VI (some run) of the consent decree was docketed (Continued on Page 7) Ad Execs., Publishers Seek Funds for Travelers Aid Donald S. Stralem, president of the Travelers Aid Society of New York, yesterday announced the formation of a committee of advertising executives and publishers to con(Continued on Page 8) SPG Counts Ballots on CIO Affiliation New York Screen Publicists Guild tellers last night counted the ballots cast in the mail referendum on the question of affiliation with Local 109, Screen Office and Professional Employes Guild (UOPWA-CIO). Official announcement of the result is expected during the week. A twothirds affirmative vote is necessary to carry the proposal.