The Film Daily (1942)

Cf*^ DAILY Thursday, October 22, 194J Thurs., Oct-. 22, 1942 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICCAT'E : : : : Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : General Managei 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. 8, 1938, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., 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. Representatives: HOLLYWOOD, CalifRalph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. WASHINGTON— Van Beuren De Vries, 732 Woodward Building. LONDON—Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. PARIS— P. A. Harle, Le Film, 29 Rue Marsoulan (12). HAVANA — Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. HONOLULU — Eileen O'Brien. BUENOS AIRES— Dr. Walter P. Schuck. Casillo de Correo 1929. MEXICO CITY— Marco-Aurelio Galindo, Depto. 215, Calle del SindicalLsmo, 99, Tacubayo, D. F. FINANi 111 (Wednesday, Oct. 21) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 103/4 1034 10*4 Col.. Picts. vtc. (2Vi%) 10% 10% 10% Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd East. Kodak 139y2 139 139'/2 Cen. Prec. Eq 14% 14 14 Loew's, Inc 443/4 44 1/4 44% Paramount 17y8 17 17'/8 Para. 1st pfd 1203/4 120% 12G^ RKO 3% 33/8 3% 20th Century-Fox .. 14y2 14% 14y2 20th Century-Fox pfd. 25 25 25 Univ. iPict. pfd 153 153 153 Warner 8ros 63/4 65/8 6% do pfd 76% 76% 76% NEW YORK BOND MARKET Para. Picts. deb. 4s56 . 1 00% IOOV2 100% Warner Bros.' dbs. 6s48 101 101 101 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts Radio-Keith cvs % % % Technicolor 8% 8% 8% Trans-Lux 1 % 1% 1% Universal Corp. vtc. 7% 7% 7% — Scrap Socks Japs — Hollywood Price Scale Set at 35 Cents to $1.10 Net Chg. '/a Price scale at Warner's Hollywood Theater, which starts a continuous policy today with "Now, Voyager," will run from 35 cents to $1.10 with $1.50 top for loges. This places the Hollywood scale on practically the same basis as Warner's other Broadway first-run, the Strand. Seating capacity of the Hollywood is 1,500. Week-day admissions will start at 35 cents in the morning and go as high as 85 cents at night, with loges at 55 cents to $1.25. Saturday and Sunday scale will be 35 cents to $1.10 and 55 cents to $1.50 for loges. COfllMG MID GOIHG JOSEPH HAZEN, Warner Bros, attorney, leaves today to attend the civilian orientation course at the Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. He will be gone four weeks. IRVING YERGIN, Warners' field rep. in the Chicago territory, returned to Chicago yesterday following home office conferences with Mort Slumenstck. EDWARD C. RAFTERY, ORAD SEARS, CARL LESERMAN, ARTHUR W. KELLY and "SKIP" WESHNER have returned from Washington. AUSTIN KEOUCH and GEORGE WASSON were back from Washington yesterday. ARTHUR MOSKOWITZ and JOSEPH MCCARTHY of Rosenheim Carpet, New York, are making a tour of Loew-Poli houses. Consolidated Boosts Offer Toronto Industry Stages For Loew's in Montreal Own Victory Loan Rally Montreal — Notices are going out to shareholders of the Mansfield The ater Co. of Montreal which owns Loew's Theater, in connection with the coming special general meeting that was adjourned from Oct. 8 to Nov. 3. There will be laid before the meeting an amended rental offer by Consolidated Theaters Ltd., which has increased the amount proposed from $57,000 to $60,000 per annum, as compared with the payment of $52,000, in effect from September, 1938, to August 31, 1943. This amended offer is the outcome of a competitive proposal received by Mansfield Theater Co. just before the earlier meeting from Odeon ^heaters of Canada. Ltd., of which N. L. Nathanson, formerly president of Famous Players Canadian is president. This offer suggested a joint management operation of the theater by the owners and Odeon Theaters with a guarantee of net profits of $60,000 per annum, and in addition 50 per cent of the balance. Socks Japs — "Names" Volunteer Early For "Night of Stars" P.A.'s First acceptances from the array of personalities who annually volunteer for the "Night of Stars," are beginning to flow in for the current edition to be held at Madison Square harden on Nov. 24, Marvin Schenrkchairman of the producers' committee, said yesterday. All proceed? of "Night of Stars" go to the United Jewish Appeal. Contingent of "early birds" includes Milton Berle, Berrv Brothers. Ttay Bolger, Benny Fields, the De Marcos, Jay C. Flippen. Jack Haley. George Jessel, Danny Kave, Gypsy Hose Lee, Joe E. Lewis, Ella Logan. Lucy Monroe, Hazel Scott, Lawrence Tibbett and former Mayor James J. Walker. —Scrap Socks Japs — Sub-Committee Considers The Preview Situation West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — The industry's public relations group has named a subcommittee to consider preview situation problems. The committeemen will consider John Leroy Johnson's suggestion that a central preview theater be used. Other suggestions embrace combining domestic and foreign press showings and screening of pictures by two studios on a single program. Toronto— Upwards of 800 exhibitors of the Toronto district and exchange employes turned out yesterday for a Victory Loan rally of their own at Victoria Theater to press home the campaign for subscriptions. Speakers included Col. John A. Cooper, T. J. Bragg of Odeon Theaters, J. P. O'Loghlin, president of the Motion Picture Distributors Association, and Barnett Laxer, president of the Ontario Council of Independent Exhibitors. Later a large number of trade officials attended an open house in the new club headquarters opened by the National Council of Independent Exhibitors which includes suite of offices for unaffiliated Independent Theater Owners of Canada for dealing with Government war measures, Laxer being host for the occasion. — Scrap Socks Japs — Paramount Sets Its Next Block-of-Five Pictures Paramount's next group of five pictures were announced yesterday by Neil Asrnew who set trade screenings for Nov. 2, 3 and 13 in key city exchanges. The new block consists of "The Palm Beach Story," "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," "Lucky Jordan," "Wrecking Crew" and "The Avengers.' In New York the screenings will be held in the Fox projection room at 345 W. 44th St. on the following schedule: "The Avengers" and "Wrecking Crew" on Nov. 2, the former at 10:15 a.m. and the latter at 11:45 a.m.. At 2:15 p.m. of the same day, "The Palm Beach Story" will be shown. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" will be screened on Nov. 3 at 2:15 p.m. "Lucky Jordan" will be shown on Nov. 13 at 3:45 p.m. —Scrap Socks Japs — Assistance in Austeritv Drive Discussed by IFRC Script material for trailers and transcriptions to be used in the Australia austerity campaign was discussed yesterday at a meeting of the International Foreign Relations Committee. Donald H. Sheehan of the U. S. Department of Commerce attended the session and told of the Rockefeller organization's plan to stimulate advertising in LatinAmerican countries. Leonard Kane of the OWI and Harold Suerarman and Ed Shellhorn of the Hollywood Foreign Committee also attended. • Metro Promotes Walsh; Will be Feted on Nov. 2 Albany — John G. Walsh, Metr exploiteer here the past four years has been promoted to salesman will report to the M-G-M Detroit flee No. 10. Walsh will be succeeded here by Jay Gunderson. Walsh is to be feted Election eve, Nov. 2 at Duncan's Inn. 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