The Film Daily (1943)

DAILY Friday, April 30, 194: Vol. 83, No. 83 Fit, April 30, 1943 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE 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— Andrew H. Older, 520 Third St. N.W., Phone District 1253. 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, Apartado 8817, Mexico, D. F. FINANCIAL (Thursday, April 29) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seal 16% 16% 16% + % Col. Picts. vtc. (2i/2%) 16% 16% 16%+ Vi Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 14% 133,4 14% + Vi East Kodak 162% 161 3A 162l/4 + 1% do pfd 183 183 183 Gen. Prec. Eq 20% 20% 20% + % Loew's, Inc 54% 53V2 53%— % Paramount 24% 23% 243,4+ 7/8 Paramount 1st pfd RKO 7% 7% 7% + % RKO $6 pfd 20th Century-Fox ... 19% 19% 19% + % 20th Century-Fox pfd Univ. iPict. pfd Warner Bros 13% 12% 13V8 + Vi do pfd NEW YORK BOND MARKET Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. deb. 4s56.104% 104V2 104% + % Warner Bros.' dbs. 6s48 1023/4 10234 1023/4 _ l/4 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts. . . 2 2 2 Radio-Keith cvs. ... 1% 1% 1%— % Sonotone Corp Technicolor 103,4 10% 103,4 -f % Trans-Lux 23,4 23,4 2% Universal Corp. vtc... 17% 17 17i/2 + 7/a Universal Picts Joan Harrison a "U" Producer West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Joan Harrison, who ■was a scenarist for Alfred Hitchcock and M-G-M, has been made an associate producer for Universal. Her initial assignment will be "Phantom Lady" Jim Moneyhun Hospitalized James F. Moneyhun, former advertising manager of 20th-Fox and last year a member of the Indianapolis branch sales force, is a patient in the Robert Long Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind. "Bombardier" Premiere Will Involve 25 Cities RKO Radio's "Bombardier" will be given a three-day world premiere in the southwest on May 20-22, which will involve more than 25 cities and the Army Air Force at Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, N. M. Elaborate opening program will be sponsored by the Texas Quality Network and will include limited p.a.'s by Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott, and Anne Shirley, stars of the pic. and attendance by producer Robert Fellows, and company executives Ned E. Depinet, Charles Koerner, Robert Mochrie, S. Barret McCormick, and Perry Lieber. Spearhead of the unusual premiere on May 19 will be Albuquerque and Kirtland Field where much of the pic. was filmed. Party will proceed by Army bomber to San Antonio on May 20 and move on to Dallas on May 21 and to Fort Worth on May 22. The stars will leave the next day for Hollywood where they have commitments to report not later than May 25. Springfield May Lift Scarlet Fever Ban May 10 Springfield, Mass. — Encouraging news came yesterday to theatermen here, whose houses have been barred to kids under 16 since February as a result of a scarlet fever epidemic that has swept this city since September was recorded here this week. Public health officials, after careful analysis of the records, ordered the ban on all outdoor activities removed but continued the ban on indoor activities. If, they said, the decline continues they expect to be able to drop the ban on theaters by May 10. David Davis Funeral Rites to Be Held Today Funeral services for David Davis, 65, for 10 years a partner in Goldbaum & Davis Theaters, will be held at 12:30 today at Gutterman's Funeral Chapel, 2239 Church Ave., Brooklyn. He had been in retirement for several years before his death Wednesday. Survivors include his wife, Ethel; four daughters, Mrs. Molly Schulman, Mrs. Florence Kurent, Rose and Marion, and a son, Harold. "Trial of Adolph Hitler" To be Filmed by Krellberg "Trial of Adolph Hitler," an original story by Michael Young, has been sold through the Eleanor King agency to Sherman S. Krellberg of Goodwill Pictures. Fritz Lang will direct a film version, slated to be rushed into production May 15 at the General Service Studios on the Coast. Purchase price of the story was said to be $10,000. Charge Theater Men With Violating Order of WPB Newark, N. J. — Frank V. Merritt and Newman H. Waters, both of Birmingham, Ala., owner and lessee, respectively, of the local Mosque Theater, have pleaded not guilty before Federal Judge Meany here, to a joint criminal information charging them with violating a WPB order. Paroled until May 18 in the custody of counsel, they were advised that any motions contemplated must be made before that date. The criminal information charge filed a week ago by the Department of Justice Anti-Trust Division and the United States office, charges Merritt and Waters with violating the WPB order in the construction of the Terrace Room night club recently opened in the Mosque Theater under management of Frank Dailey. Under the ruling, construction work cost on any project designed for public amusement and entertainment or recreation, is limited to $200. WPB spokesmen say the work on the Terrace Room night club cost upwards of $4,000. CORING and GOIRG Court Ousts Heim Suit Claiming Song Piracy Universal Pictures Co., Inc., Universal Music Corp., Aldo Franchetti and Robbins Music Corp. won a dismissal yesterday of a copyright infringement action brought by Emery Heim, who charged that his song, "Ma, Este Meg Boldog Vagyok," was pirated bv Franchetti in composing "Perhaps," which was used in the film "Nice Girl." Federal Judge James Alger Fee ruled that the plaintiff's case was contradictory and untrustworthy and showed that Heim never had contact with Franchetti, who asserted that the music for "Perhaps" was taken from "Humoresaue," a composition long in the public domain. Court Reserves Decision On Arnstein Suit Motion JOSEPH M. SCHENCK, who has been in Ne York all week is expected to return to tl studio at the week-end. COLONEL JASON JOY, public relations re j of 20th Century-Fox Studio, returns to tl | Coast this week-end after two weeks in East. LOU IRWIN of the 20th Century-Fox casting department is in New York. FRANCIS L. HARLEY, managing director f! 20th-Fox in Creat Britain, has arrived safely London. OTTO BOLLE, 20th-Fox South African maii ager, is awaiting transportation to return I his post after two months here. HERMAN WOBBER, Coast division sales mai [ ager for 20th-Fox, arrives in New York tli j morning for conferences. HARPO MARX and LOU HOLTZ open a to : of service posts in the San Diego area on May NED E. DEPINET, BOB MOCHRIE, BARRI j McCORMICK and NAT LEVY leave New York « ; Wednesday for Cincinnati to attend that eit) central unit of the multi-world premieres , "This Land Is Mine." I CHARLS FRANCIS COE returns the first of tL week to his MPPDA headquarters from Atlant | HARRY MICHALSON, of RKO Radio's shoi department, gets back to his home office de ! this morning, following a brief visit to Phil dclphia. ! WILLIAM McSHEA, assistant manager : branch operations for RKO Radio returns New York next week from the Mid-West. HELEN FERGUSON, Hollywood publicist, is town and stopping at Essex House. JACOB WILK, Warners' Eastern story chii has returned from Washington, where he look over the new John Golden stage productic "Home Front." MARK HELLINGER, Warner producer, lea* today for the Coast following a two-week vi in New York. MILES WHITE, designer, leaves tomorrow I Hollywood, where he is scheduled to start wt immediately for Samuel Goldwyn on the Dan Kaye Technicolor film, "Up In Arms." BEN KALMENSON, Warners' general sa manager, and ROY HAINES, Southern and We; em division sales manager, returned yesferd from tours of exchange centers in the Midwi and South. CHARLES EINFBLD returned to New Y< from Washington yesterday, i H. M. RICHEY is back from Washington. j JOHN LeROY JOHNSTON is due from i' Coast today by plane. | GEORGE DEMBOW and WILLIAM SUSSM, are in Los Angeles for a National Screen Serv regional, opening today. 1 NATE SPINGOLD is on the Coast. Federal Judge William Bondy reserved decision yesterday on a motion for dismissal of the copyright infringement action brought bv Ira B. Arnstein. composer of "Kalamazoo," who alleges that the song was pirated by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon in the song "I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo." Arnstein named 20thFox and Bregman, Vocco and Conn, music publishers, as co-defendants. He charges that 20th-Fox used the allegedly pirated song in the film "Orchestra Wives." The music firm is cited as publishers of the tune. Arnstein seeks an injunction and an accounting. Smith Circuit in Cuba Gets Campoamor as 12th Havana (Bv Air Mail — Passed by Censor) — Ernesto P. Smith, president of the Smith Circuit, has leased the Campoamor Theater here, giving the chain a total of 12. APRIL 30 Joe Yule MAY 1 Rose Hobart Lee Loeb Robert Lord Arthur Creenblaft J. C. Bachman Ralph Freed Arthur Freed Glen Ford Charles Reed Jones MAY 2 Jules Levey Walter Strenge Brian Aherne Denison Clift Jack Gallagher William Bakewel