The Film Daily (1943)

timate in Character iternational in Scope dependent in Thought ao^o^^^^ The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Four Years Old -1FDAIIY if 83. NO. 83 NEW YORK, FRIDAY. APRIL 30, 1943 TEN CENTS ARAMOUNT 1942 NET UP TO $13,125,436 4-G-M To Build First -Run Theater in Cuba •st-Run Combination lits As Result of /man's Announcement [avana (By Air Mail)— M-G-M US to build a theater in this capjust as soon as materials can be ired, Harry Bryman, local manr, has notified all newspapers, the meantime, M-G-M product I be released to all available thevs. Decision came after Bryman Ernesto P. Smith, who headed recently combined Smith and carce circuits controlling all Haa first-runs, failed to get together terms, mmediate result of the announce (Continued on Page 3) IA Scope Broadened i Flight of Rommel The Allied military "squeeze play" North Africa, forcing Rommel to reat to the sea, will facilitate the iiinistration of relief to many of 300,000 needy Jews in North {Continued on Page 8) een Going Over CIAA Im Program at Capitol skington Bureau of THE FILM 'DAILY Vashington — Although he will be Washington for only a month or (Continued on Page 3) "Moscow" Expected to Be Late May Release "Mission to Moscow," given its official world premiere yesterday at the Hollywood after press previews Wednesday in Washington and New York, is expected to be a late May release for Warners. Company otherwise may have no release for the month. For June, Warners is expected to send out "Action in the North Atlantic" and perhaps one of its action pix. Warners last night said "Moscow" had set a new opening day mark at the Hollywood, with estimated attendance of nearly 11,000. There were standees from 11 a.m. on. War Plants tit Mass. Using Films Between Shifts and at Lunch Periods for Morale Springfield, Mass. — War plants in this city, alive to the possibilities of the motion picture as entertainment, morale building and instruction are making full use of them. At the American Bosch plant here, special programs of movies are offered in the cafeteria before and after shift changes. It was found that hundreds of workers are glad to arrive an hour or so early in order to see a motion picture before starting work. Bosch also uses the films for training in special jobs. Movies are being shown every other day in the auditorium of the East Springfield plant of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. plant during the lunch periods which are 45 minutes in length. The turnout for them has been large thus far. OPA Discriminates, New England Charge Boston— That the OPA is "discriminating" against New England in its drastic orders regarding the banning of gasoline for trips to and from vacation spots, motion picture theaters and Summer homes, was the open charge made at the meeting of the New England Hotel Men's Association here this week. Film in (Continucd on Page 6) Harry Brandt Again Prexy As ITOA Nominates, Elects Harry Brandt was re-elected president of the ITOA at yesterday's semi-monthly meeting at the Hotel Astor at which the Edison, Sutton and Belle theaters were admitted to (Continued on Page 6) Local 306, Empire Vote for a Merger The long-sought merger between Local 306, IATSE, and the unaffiliated Empire State Motion Picture Operators Union was closer to realization yesterday with the disclosure that the majority of the members of both unions had voted to join forces in an endeavor to advance the interests of the projectionists in this (Continued on Page 6) Navy Stepping Up News Films from Pacific Area Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — A stepping up of Navy sequences from the Pacific area is in the offing, with at least half a dozen combat photographic (Continued on Page 6) Canadian B.O. Up 7% in '42 $45,000,000 in Receipts Forecast for Year "Wings Up," AAFs Gable Short, to Exhibs. May 27 With Metro handling physical distribution for the WAC, the Army Air Forces two-reeler, "Wings Up," for which Capt. Clark Gable did the commentary, will be released to theaters about May 27, it was learned yesterday. OWT's motion picture (Continued on Page 3) Canadian box-office receipts in 1942 jumped seven per cent to $45,000,000, it is estimated by The Film Daily Year Book, published last week. While official figures have not been compiled, the estimate is based on a competent Canadian source which believes that the increase was at least seven per cent. Official receipts for 1941 were $43,182,000, for 1940, $37,858,955 and 1939, $34,010,115. $3,919,394 Ahead of 1941; Affiliates Undistributed Earnings Are $1,506,214 Paramount Pictures, Inc. net profit for 1942 was $13,125,436, after charges for interest, taxes, depreciation and $3,000,000 additional reserve for contingencies, according to the annual report issued yesterday by Barney Balaban, president. This is a gain of $3,919,394 over 1941's $9,206,042 net. Company's interest in combined undistributed net earnings of partially owned affiliates amounted to $1,506,214 in 1942 compared with $1,045,000 in 1941. Combined consolidated earnings and share of undistributed earnings of partially owned companies for (Continued on Page 6) Casanave Forms New Distribution Firm Formation of Casanave-Artlee Pictures, Inc., with Charles L. Casanave as president and general manager and Edward P. Casanave as vice-president and secretary was an-' nounced yesterday. Simultaneously it was disclosed that the new company has closed (Continued on Page 6) Blumenstock Calls Field Reps, for 5-Day Confab Mort Blumenstock, in charge of Warners advertising and publicity in the East, will conduct a five-day meeting of all field reps, next week at the home office. Charles Einfeld, the company's di (Continued on Page 3) Lab. Resumes After No Stoch 2 Weeks Buffalo — Forced to suspend operations for two weeks because of a shortage of stock, Greyhound Film Laboratories, which makes trailers for many local and nearby theaters, / has resumed.