The Film Daily (1942)

GW DAILY : Wednesday, October 28, 1942 I THE' IHl U\UP4IER Of DIM DOM I3« IfftfLB ui ,u( *** ^^WfL * B ^^ All THI TIM! Vol 82 No 84 Wed. Oct. 28 1942 10 Cents JOr N W. AL ICO ATE 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. 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, Calif.— Ralph 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— MarcoAurelio Galindo, Depto. 215, Calle del Sindicalismo, 99, Tacubayo, D. F. FINANCIAL {Tuesday, Oct. 27) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (2y2%) N>3/4 lO'/i 101/2 — y2 Columbia iPicts. pfd. 35 35 35 + l/2 Con. Fm. Ind 9-16 9-16 9-16+1-16 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd East. Kodak do pfd Gen. Prec. Eq 14% 14 14 — l/2 Loew's, Inc 44i/2 44 44'/8 — % Paramount 17i/4 16% 16%— i/2 Para. 1st pfd RKO 35/g 3i/2 31/2 I/a RKO $6 pfd .... 20th Century-Fox .. 15y8 14% 15 — l/8 20th Century-Fox pfd. 25 25 25 — 1/4 Univ. Pict. pfd Warner Bros 6i/2 6% 6% — % do pfd 79 79 79 — i/8 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. deb. 4s56 1003/4 100% 100% + l/8 Warner Bros.' dbs. 6s48 101 101 101 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts. ... 1 1 1 Radio-Keith cvs 5-16 % % — 1-16 Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux 1% 1 1/8 V/& ...'.. Universal Corp. vtc. . 7V4 71/4 714— y4 Universal Picts — Scrap Socks Japs — WAC's Miss Kurtz Speaks On Pix's War Effort Role Marjiann Kurtz, of the WAC last night addressed the Regency Park Victory Council, an affiliate of the Queens Office of Civilian Defense, on the role of the motion picture industry in the nation's war effort. Miss Kurtz reviewed the movies' efforts to date and at the conclusion of her talk answered questions from the dais. Nat'l Ad Campaign by Mono, for 'Silver Skates' A national advertising campaign in newspapers, fan and trade magazines will be launched by Monogram in promoting the company's $300,000 special "Silver Skates," it was announced yesterday by Steve Broidy, general sales manager, following a meeting of managers from six Eastern offices. Advertising plans for two other important Monogram pictures, "Rhythm Parade" and "Beyond the Great Divide" also were mapped out at the meeting which will be continued today. Attending the sessions were Harry Thomas, Eastern sales manager; Joe Felder, New York; Mark Goldman, Pittsburgh; Nate Schultz, Cleveland; Bill Onie, Cincinnati; Sam Rosen, Philadelphia, and Harry Brown and Harry Crull, Washington. — Scrap Socks Japs — "Yankee Doodle" Breaks London House Records London (By Cable) — All paid admission records in the history of the Warner Theater here were broken by "Yankee Doodle Dandy" in its first week, it is stated by Max Milder, Warner Bros, managing director for Great Britain. Receipts for the week were in excess of 7,000 pounds sterling. Previous record holder for the house was "Confessions of a Nazy Spy." YDD is expected to run at the Warner for at least three months. — Scrap Socks Japs — Eleventh House Added To P. A. Magazzu Circuit Beaver Meadows, Pa. — P. A. Magazzu, circuit owner, purchased the Howells Theater here, extending his chain to 11 houses. The Howells Theater was closed several weeks ago when Morris Howells entered the Army. Purchase was completed with the Howells Estate. The house will be reopened shortly, Magazzu announced, with several improvements planned. — Scrap Socks Japs— Monogram Reports 13-Wk. Gross Profit of $57,370 Monogram yesterday reported a gross profit of $57,370 for the 13 weeks ended Sept. 26 after provision for employes' bonuses but before provision for Federal taxes. The profit for the corresponding period last year was $39,459. — Scrap Socks Japs — Columbia Buys "Malta" West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Columbia has bought "Malta," a story of the British defense of that island by Heinz Herald who will also write the screenplay. — Scrap Socks Japs — Juel Rogers Hospitalized Butte, Mont. — Juel Rogers, booker for Republic here, is in a hospital in Helena, suffering from a nervous collapse. Industry Leaders Attend "Moon" Rivoli Opening W. Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence" finally reached the screen last night when the Rivoli presented the David L. Loew-Albert Lewin production for UA, the gala premiere taking the form of a benefit for the French and American War Work of the Co-ordinating Council of French Relief Societies. The SRO audience, an assembly of society, industry and arts "names," included these of the trade: Adolph Zukor, Spyros Skouras, Barney Balaban, Grad Sears, Neil Agnew, Leon Netter, Leonard Goldenson, George Skouras, Bob Weitman, John W. Hicks, Jack Alicoate, Bob Gillham, William Phillips, Don Mersereau, Austin Keough, Harry D. Buckley, Carl Leserman, "Skip" Weshner, Eddie Schnitzer, Chester B. Bahn, Arthur W. Kelly, William A. White, Jules Catsiff. John Benas, Louis Weber, Harry Michalson and Bob Wolff. Pic, which co-stars George Sanders and Herbert Marshall, opens at the Montague Salmon managed house today on a continuous policy at pop prices. — Scrap Socks Japs — 20th-Fox's Minneapolis Branch Wins Drive Trophy Twentieth-Fox's Minneapolis branch won the Tom Connors Championship Drive Trophy, according to official figures just tabulated on the results of this sales drive that terminated Aug. 1. Employes of 11 other exchanges also received bonus checks for being outstanding prize winners. Following Minneapolis the next five prize winners were San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Memphis, New Orleans, Charlotte and in the Canadian division the first two offices were Calgary and Winnipeg. The five leading branches which captured special prizes for the concluding weeks of the drive were: Milwaukee. Des Moines. New Haven, Salt Lake City and Calgary. — Scrap Socks Japs — Leo Morrison Closes Offices Leo Morrison, Coast agent, has closed his New York office preparatory to his going into the service. Loretta Allen, who was in charge of the office, will continue to look after his interests here from her home. COfflinC and GOING SAMUEL COLDWYN, accompanied by his wife, arrives here today from the Coast to talk a new Russian film with Lillian Hellman, and a film deal with Danny Kaye. SONJA HENIE, is in Indianapolis supervising final rehearsals for her annual ice show which starts its six-week cross-country tour N< NAT LEVY, Eastern division sales for RKO Radio, left yesterday on a bi trip to the Boston and Detroit branch offices. Levy will return to New York on Monday. MARCY McGUIRE, who makes her pic debut in RKO Radio's "Seven Days' Leave," will arrive in New York tomorrow. MARCARET HAYES, is here from Hollywood for three radio shows and a Broadway stage production. HARRY M. BESSEY, secretary-treasurer of Altec Service, has returned from a business trip through the Eastern states. RAYMOND CONRAD, president and WILLIAM PIATT, business agent, of Local 325, IATSE and MPMO of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., will attend the dinner for Dick Walsh in Brooklyn this week. JOSEPH FELDMAN, assistant zone manager for Warner Theaters in the Pittsburgh area, is in New York for conferences with Harry M. Kalmine. ROY HAINES, Vitagraph vice-president, left last night for Albany and Boston. W. STEWART McDONALD, Warner 1 executive, returns today from Ohio. HARRY GOLDBERG, director of advertising and publicity for Warner Theaters, will hold an advertising meeting in Philadelphia today. SEYMOUR COHEN of Warners' publicity de sartment is being inducted into the Army this week. GERALDINE FITZGERALD, will arrive in New York late this week to make several p.a.'s foi the USO. AARON JONES, Jones, Linick & Schaefer prexy, Chicago, has gone to Florida for his annual sojourn. —Scrap Socks Japs — General Precision's Net For 3 Mos. at $319,194 General Precision Equipment Corp. and subsidiaries, excluding Cinema Building Corp., report for the three months ended Sept. 30, consolidated net profit of $319,194 after deduct ing estimated Federal income and excess profits taxes (calculated on the basis of the present law with no allowance for possible post-war refund but after adjustment of excess reserve of $78,456 for the firsl six months of 1942). This compares with net profit of $393,304 reportec for the corresponding quarter las year. RKO RADIO PICTURES, Inc. TRADE SHOWING ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON" Monday, Nov. 2 at 11 A.M. and 2:30 P. M. RKO Projection Room, 630 Ninth Ave., New Yorh a 1