The Film Daily (1943)

DAILY Wednesday, April 28, 1943! Urge "Buy a Bond To Buy a Bomber' (Continued from Page 1) eluded, it was announced yesterday. New exhib. drive, which will str.rt May 27 and continue as long as it "sells," will enable Bond-buying film fans to sign scrolls in lobbies, which will then be micro-filmed and placed in cabins of North American's Mitchell bombers, the famed B-25. This is the type of plane which is at present over the air in North Africa, and is also the craft used by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle and his air men in the raid on Tokyo. Exhibitors participating in the campaign will receive a free 100foot trailer from National Screen Service Exchanges. Five thousand of these are being prepared. Exhibs. can also get gratis from National Screen 40x60 display posters, to which the signature scrolls are rffixed. A special section in the Treasury Department's Bond-selling manual is devoted to this "Send Your Name To War" campaign. In a letter which accompanied the manual, sent to all exhibitors by the WAC, Si Fabian, Chairman of the Theaters Division, declared : "Here is an extremely important job which theatermen. all experienced showmen, can do. Whether an exhibitor is an official issuing agent, selling his Bonds and Stamps on a cash and carry basis, or whether he takes pledges, makes no difference. After the Second War Loan ends there may be a tendency on the part of the nation to slough oft on purchases. The Theaters Division, using the slogan 'Buy A Bond To Buy A Bomber and Send Your Name To War', can do much to counteract any such tendency." Authentic Sources Deny Any Negotiations Looking to Schenck-Goetz Producing Co. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Authentic sources here denied that there has been any negotiations between Joseph M. Schenck and William Goetz looking to the formation of a new company. Goetz will remain at 20th-Fox for from six to eight months and has no plans other than the formation of his own producing company after he leaves 20th-Fox. Boston Attendance Breaks All Records Guttman Heads New Minn. Exhibitor Group (Continued from Page 1) Northwest Allied, stepping out in January. Sol Lebedoff, another ex-governor and board member of Northwest Allied, is in the organization, which started with a nucleus of 58 theaters. No decision to affiliate with national group has been made. "Lady of Burlesque" Screening Draws Exhibs. Leading circuit and indie exhibitors in the Metropolitan area atmded UA's trade screening of Hunt Stromberg's "Lady of Burlesque" at the Normandie Theater yesterday, lunt Stromberg, producer, Michael )'Shea, who appears opposite Baraara Stanwyck in the picture, and Stephanie Batchelor also in the film, ^ere present. Among the exhibs. in attendance were: Jack Hatten, Interboro Circuit; Edwin Gage and Arthur Wakoff, Walter Reade Circuit ; Barold Klein, J. J. Theaters; Cliff Smith,. St. 21oud Amusement Enterprises; Sam Goodnan, Century Circuit ; Harold Rinzler, Jack Jirmbaum and Irving Kaplan, Randforce Circuit; Irving Ludwig, Rugoff & Becker; Irving and Richard Dollinger, Associated Theaters of N. J., and Ted Krassner, of the iskin Amusement Enterprises. I 'A home office and exchange was represented by Carl Leserman, Lowell Calvert, larry Gold, Edward Schnitzer, Emanuel Silverstone, Sam Lekowitz, Dave Hurkan, Abe Jickstein and Paul Lazarus, Jr. MPE Program Puts Emphasis Upon War (Continued from Page 1) announced yesterday by William C. Kunzmann, convention vice-president. While scheduled events are qualified as "tentative," few, if any, important changes or additions are expected to be made. Program follows: May 4, Registration, Hotel Roof, 9 a.m.; Business and Technical Session, Salle Moderne, 10 a.m., agenda including opening of meeting by Donald E. Hyndman, engineering vice-president, and his report and those by Convention Vice-President W. C. Kunzmann, Financial VicePresident Arthur S. Dickinson, and Studio Lighting Committee's chairman, Robert Linderman; "Development in the Use of Motion Pictures by the Navy," Lt. William Exton, Jr., Bureau of Navigation, Navy Dept., Washington; "The Production of Training Films by the U. S. Navy," Training Film Section, Photographic Division, Bureau of Aeronautics; "Fast Motion Analysis as an Aid to Organized Invention," Capt. E. M. Watson, Ordnance Dept., Wright Field, Dayton. At 12:30 p.m. in the Roof Garden will be held the Informal Get-Together Luncheon, with Ed Kuykendall, MPTOA president, the principal speaker. At 2 p.m., Exhibitors' Session starts in the Salle Moderne, a joint meeting of the Society and MPTOA. Henry Anderson will submit report of Sub-Committee on Theater Protection, Theater Engineering Committee. Papers will include "Handling Crowds in Emergencies," Walter Cutter, N.Y.U.; "Question and Answer Conference on Theater Protection," under aegis of Henry Anderson; and "Motion Picture Standards in Wartime," Donald E. Hyndman. Terry Ramsaye, Motion Picture Herald's editor, and William C. Formby, editor of Boxoffice, are invited speakers. At 8 p.m., delegates will attend a lecture by Iris Barry, curator of the Film Library, Museum of Modern Art. Her topic will be "The Work of the Film Library in Wartime." May 5 program calls for morning and afternoon sessions, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.. respectively, in the Salle Moderne. and at 8 p.m. in the Georgian Room is the 53rd SemiAnnual Dinner and Dance. Morning session includes reports by three committees, namely those on Sound, Cinematography, and NonTheatrical Equipment, through Chairman Gordon Sawyer, J. W. Boyle, and John Maurer, respectively. Papers are "Some Suggested Standards for Direct 16 mm. Production." Lloyd Thompson, and "Some Notes on the Application of Fine-Grain Film to 13 Benchley Shorts Only New Metro Series (Continued from Page 1) only one new group of tab reels, those starring Bob Benchley, it was declared yesterday by Jerome Bresler, head of company's shorts setup, on the eve of his leaving New York for the Coast, following a business visit here, studded by home office conferences. While his department is standing pat on existing series, plus Benchley, there is planned an accent on new and novel material of an amusing nature, and elimination as much as possible of so-called heavy themes. Thus the forthcoming season will find Leo the Lion with eight separate and distinctive groups of one and two-reelers. There will be the "Passing Parade," John Nesbitt; "Miniatures," Carey Wilson, and one-reel dialogue subjects; Pete Smith Specialties; the Two-Reel Specials, "Crime Does Not Pay" and documentaries; "Our Gang Comedies"; the FitzPatrick Traveltalks; M-G-M Cartoons; and Bob Benchley reels. Present transcending quality of Metro shorts, Bresler pointed out, is due to the complete backing of this type of screen entertainment by Louis B. Mayer, both because of its value to the exhibition field and the fact that tab reel production furnishes an excellent proving grounds for development of screen talent, which also pays dividends to the nation's theatermen and public. mm. Motion Pictures," by W. H. Offenhauser, Jr., Precision Laboratories. New York. Papers at afternoon session will be "The Federal Film Index," J. G. Bradley, National Archives, Washington ; "Film Incunabula in the Library of Congress," H. L. Walls, Library of Congress; "Resurrection of Early Motion Picture Paper Prints," C. L. Gregory, National Archives; "Conservation of Photographic Chemicals," Allen Haines. Pathe Laboratories, Los Angeles ; and "Preparation and Care of Motion Picture Equipment under Unusual Weather Conditions," H. B. Tuttle, Eastman Kodak. May 6 morning session in the Salle Moderne at 10 o'clock will be featured by the following papers : "Resistance of Glass to Thermal Shock," C. D. Oughton, Bausch & Lomb ; "Optics of Motion Picture Projection," J. A. Maurer and A. Offner, of J. A. Maurer, Inc. ; "A Compact Production Unit for Specialized Films," O. W. Hungerford. Washington ; "The Operations of Army Air Force Combat Camera Units in the Theaters of War." Major Ralph Jester, Air Corps Headquarters, Army Air Forces, Washington ; and "Some Factors Affecting Resolution in 35 mm. Film," Capt. Michael Bruno, U. S. Army Map Service, Washington. Afternoon session at 2 o'clock in the Salle Moderne will be a symposium on U. S. Army Training Film Activities by members of the Army Signal Corps, Army Service Forces. Tentative titles, subject to approval, are : "General Description of the Motion Picture Activities of the U. S. Army Signal Corps," "Training Film Production," "Tech (Continucd from Page 1) record-breaking crowds and in man;, instances actually turned away people on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, while business yesterday stil_ held up to the sudden surge offeri by Easter and the conclusion of tlr Lenten period. Obviously thousands of those who attended were war workers who had come from their plants direct to the theaters. Thousands of others were persons from nearby towns and from far away points as well, spending a long week-end in the Hub. The Metropolitan, the two Keith houses, the two Loew houses, the Paramount, Fenway and other downtown houses were filled to capacity for four and five shows Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. No such influx into Boston over a week-end has been seen in the memory of the oldest inhabitant and certainly no such business at theaters ever was registered before. The nearby suburbans such as the Circle, Coolidge Corner, Brookline Village, Harvard Square, University in Cambridge, Somerville, Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop and Newton Theaters were likewise crowded over the entire four-day period and evidently many persons decided to use their gallon and one-half, allowed in New England for pleasure driving, for one last fling at the movies. Lines of ticket buyers formed for several blocks at many of the theaters. Night business, despite dimouts and traffic regulations, was equally as good as that of the afternoons. Legit, theaters also were at tops and did tremendous business over the entire week-end. Five legits, are running in Boston at this time and all were sell-outs for the four days. Boston is strictly a Roman Catholic city, more than 75 per cent of its population in Boston proper being communicants of that Church and the release from Lenten regulations evidently brought all of the members of that denomination in as theater patrons. , Better indication perhaps than ever the Holy Week business was the business on Monday and yesterday, to the delight of all the theater owners, and the outlook for another banner week is bright. Interboro Leases Uptown Interboro Circuit has leased the Uptown, Broadway and St. Nicholas Ave., from Northern Metropolis Corp. House is about 17 years old. nical Equipment and Methods Employed in Producing Films at the U. S. Army Signal Corps Photographic Center, Astoria, L. I.'' "Objectives and Uses of the Film Bulletin," "Combat Photography," "Training Film Distribution." and "Training Film Utilization." A lecture, illustrated by lantern slides and prints, also in the Salle Moderne at 8 p.m., and titled "Visual Processes and Color Photography," by Eastman Kodak's Ralph M. Evans, will conclude the convention