The Film Daily (1942)

Tuesday, June 2, 1942 ™3$k DAILY Coast Studios Start Seventeen Pix (Continued from Page 1) hiding "Destroyer," drama with Lou Melman as the producer; "The Spirit f Stanford," college picture, with SVgnkie Albert, Marguerite ChapI Kay Harris, Shirley PatterC'rForrest Tucker, Robert Stevens .rid Lloyd Bridges. Charles Barton ivecting for producer S. White. At M-G-M : Six shooting. At Monogram : Four shooting, including Isle of Terror," drama, with John Howard. 1. en Gilbert, John Litel, Gilbert Roland Noah Beery, Producer-director, Richard >s-.vald. At Paramount : Seven shooting, including '.) Pine and William Thomas. "Sub Urine Alert," action drama, with Richard ir en and Wendv Barrie in the leads. Frank lonald directing; Harry Sherman's "1 >inyon," western, starring William Boyd \ndy Clyde, Jay Kirby and Douglas .vley. Lesley Selander directing. At Republic : Four shooting, including i"apades Revue," with the Icecapades > ops of Skaters. Producer, Robert North rector, Bernard Vorhaus; "Call of tin "a-iyon." Gene Autry western, with Smiley lunette. Harry Grey producing. At RKO-Radio: Six shooting, including We Go Again," comedy, starring Edrgen & Charlie McCarthy and Fibber 1 Cec & Molly, with Ginny Simms. "The •real Gi'dersleeve," Ray Noble and his Or 'ustra. Sterling Holloway and Ariel Heath, 'r ilucer-director. Allan Dwan : "Sweet Or musical, with Tim Whelan producine n'l directing. Picture stars Victor Matur ucflle Ball, with Freddie Martin and Les Brown and Band. Peter Lind Marcy McGuire and Mapy Curies; Vavy Comes Through." drama, with i. Edward Sutherland directing for proOslin Auster, and a cast headed by O'Rrien, Tackie Cooper, Desi Arnaz and • t U'yatt ; "Son of the Saddle." Tim Hob testern, with Ann Summers in the feminine I. Lambert Hillyer directing for prouder Bert Gilroy. At 20th-Fox: Eight shooting, including Wan Tn The Trunk." mystery, with .ynne Roberts. George Holmes and Raymond '" 1'Mirn. Producer. Walter Morosco and ii.'Ctor. Mai St. Clair. At UA: Hal Roach shooting two. "Taxi. fister" and "Prairie Chicken." western, with immy Rogers and Noah Beery, Jr. Glenn ryon producing and Hal Roach. Jr. directing. At Universal: Six shooting, including "The fummy's Tomh," horror drama, with John [t'bbard and Elyse Knox, with Dick Foran I Lon Chaney. Associate producer and ' rold Young directing; "Sherlock Holmes 'ights Back." second in the studio modernfd Holmes films, with Basil Rathbone and ierel Bruce. Howard Benedict associate roducer and Roy William Neill directing ; "'inny Mack Brown-Tex Ritter western. Texas Cowboy." with Elmer Clifton direetne. Jennifer Holt in the feminine lead. Miver Drake is the Associate producer. At Warners: Six shooting, including "You 'an't Escape Forever." drama, with George Irent, Brenda Marshall. Gene Lockhart. Eoscoe Karns. Edmrdo Ciannelli, Paul Harey and George Meeker. Director. Jo Graham WEDDING BELLS Springfield, Mass. — Leslie L. Crosby of the Crosby Film Service and 3eta L. Hockenberry will be mar•ied June 27 in Hope Church. Las Vegas, Nev. — Walter Mitchell Morosco, producer, and Shirley Newnan Listenwalter, of Los Angeles, vere married here over the weeknd. TO THE COLORS: Charles Lynch, assistant booker in the Toronto office of 20th-Fox, has been summoned to duty with the Royal Canadian Army. Nat Rubin, manager of the Lyric, Bridgeport, reports for Army duty June 10. Chicago — Corp. Charles Teitel, son of this city's A. Teitel, is editor of the Golden Gate Guardian, published by the personnel of the Harbor Defenses of San Francisco and associated camps. Carey, O. — Bernard W. Denning, manager of the Carev Theater, has joined the U. S. Marines. He was inducted in a public ceremony along with 34 others, at the Warner Club, Cleveland. Freeland. Pa. — Word was received here that Tom Evanko, former doorman at the Refowich Theater, has been assigned to a machine eun unit at Camp Gordon, Augusta, Ga. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Three more industry men have been inducted into the Army last week. They are: Alex Alexander, manager of the Forty Fort Theater in nearby Forty Fort; Henry L. Kammler, assistant manager of the Kingston Theater, nearby Kingston; Frank W. Pepe, Jr., associated with his father, owner of the Roosevelt Theater, nearby Swoyerville. Memphis — James Barnes, who has been acting manager of Warner's theater, is leaving to enter the Naval Air Corps. Sam Rosen of Rosen Film Delivery, New Haven, and theater operator in the state, is enlisting in the Army Transpoi'tation Corps. Rochester — Kenneth W. Schlueter of Eastman Kodak Company, is in the Army, and William J. Pickett, also of Kodak, is in the Marines. Buffalo — First and second sons of John J. Scully, Universal branch manager are now corporals in the armed forces. Peter Scully is in the Marine Corps in Oklahoma and John, Jr., is assigned to officers artillery school in Oklahoma. Chicago — Herman Green of the Universal Sound Screen has joined the Army. Howard DeTamble of the 20th Century-Fox sales department will take the officers training course at Camp Grant. Tohn Barrymore Funeral Services on Coast Today (Continual from Pane 1) the Rev. John O'Donnell. Burial will follow in the Barrymore family crypt in Calvary's mausoleum. Because of the chapel's limited capacity, admittance will be by invitation only. Yesterday, Barrymore's body lav in state at Pierce Bros.' Chapel in Los Angeles. Active pallbearers will be John Decker, artist; Gene Fowler, writer; E. J. Mannix, studio executive; Actor W. C. Fields, and two business friends of Barrymore, C. J. Brider and Stanley Campbell. Honorarv pallbearers will include Edward Sheldon, Charles MacArthur, Roland Young, Thomas Mitchell, Alan Mowbray, Ben Hecht, Arthur Hopkins, George M. Cohan, Herbert Bayard Swope and Bramwell Fletcher. Dearth of Carbon May Close Cuban Theaters (Continued from Page 1) Ministry of Commerce and the Cuban Ambassador in Washington and is making efforts to have all supplies available in Miami shipped to the Island to bridge the gap until carbons can be received from normal supply sources. War Exposition August 1 Chicago — Chicago United War Exposition will open Aug. 1. Holiday Biz Slightly Better Than Normal (Continued from Page 1) the crowds on a two-a-day basis at the Hollywood where a reserved seat policy is in operation. Paramount with "Take a Letter, Darling," and the Strand with "In This Our Life" in its fourth week were among the better holiday grossers. Other houses drew good holiday crowds but no records were equalled or broken. Memorial Day Week-end Biz Reported Off 15% in Boston Boston — Final reports from downtown and suburban theaters all over greater Boston, including north and south shore districts, indicate Memorial Day week-end business this year was off about 15 per cent over last year, but this is partially accounted for by fact that last year's business was reckoned on three-day week-end when the holiday fell on Friday while this vear's accounting is for two days only. On the shore spots the dim outs unquestionably hurt business over the holiday but the °:as rationing had little or no effect. Checkup on turnpikes showed automobile traffic nearly normal on Sunday. The drive-ins, of which there are half a dozen on the shores, did good business over the week-end but, due to dimouts, were obliged to start shows early and close early losing the former second or late show trade. Philly Mayor Would Keep Amusement Tax Philadelphia — Mayor Samuel has sent an ordinance to the City Council proposing the indefinite continuation of the city's amusement tax of one cent on each 25 cents or fraction thereof. Original ordinance was for five years from July 23, 1937. Last year the levy yielded $1,102,383. Gold-Rush Business Marks War Bond Sale (Continued from Page 1) that New York's moviegoers greeted the opening of the campaign in some 800 New York pic houses with a regular bargain-counter buying rush. Many theaters, underestimating the stock of War Stamps that would be needed over Sunday, were sold out before Sunday noon, after a goldrush biz Saturday. Lower East Side seemed to report the most enthusiastic counter-sale. Loew's Delancey, for instance, sold $393 worth of Stamps and $300 worth of Bonds in the two days. Commodore Theater, nearby sold $527 in Stamps and $100 in Bonds. The Boulevard in the Bronx sold $335 in Stamps and $175 in bonds. Average appeared to be around $100 per day in Stamps, or around $15,000 for the week-end in the Loew New York theaters, or at the rate of about $50,000 per week. There was some confusion over the fact that banks had not been notified by the Treasury regarding the new "pledge" plan being used by theaters. Hence, the pledges from theaters were not immediately accepted by banks. This oversight will be corrected, according to Fabian. Cleveland — Variety Post, under Com. Edwin Bergman of 20th-Fox, sold over $175,000 in War Bonds and Stamps in six days at the Taylor store window headquarters which the Post took over for the week. This is the second highest amount sold at this center in one week since its opening the first of the year. Commander Bergman and finance officer Harry Goldstein, Paramount district manager, were largely responsible for the sales success. Paul Walker Under Knife Harrisburg, Pa. — Paul Walker, movie critic and writer of the column "Reviews and Previews" for the Harrisburg Telegraph, underwent an emergency operation for appendicitis at the Harrisburg Hospital. Walker was stricken while at work. His condition was reported as satisfactory following the operation. C'est la Guerre! New Haven — Gas rationing has already affected Summer theater policy in this territory. The Cinema, Sound View and the Tower, Walnut Beach, will not open this summer for the first in several years.