The Film Daily (1943)

ay, April 30, 1943 W* % DAILY G-M To Build i eater in Cuba (Continued from Page 1) t was the splitting up of the -run combination on the insist'. of Antonio Rodriguez, owner iJe America Theater, top Havhouse, which has been having •ulties since M-G-M, 20th-Fox, imount and United Artists red to sell product, le America has been exhibiting nd grade product and filling out stage shows but patrons did respond, and Rodriguez is said ave forced Valcarce to end the nee with Smith. There are intions that Rodriguez is now willto sign up for the M-G-M prodbut no deal has been closed. menstock Calls Field ps. for 5-Day Confab (Continued from Page 1) or of advertising and publicity is now in the East, also will •ess the sessions, which will deal ■ cipally with the handling of ssion to Moscow," along with r timely plans in the line of : relations. mong the field men arriving in York over the week-end and "duled to remain through the * are: 3d Tod and Norman E. Kassel, ':ago; Glen Ireton, Toronto; Bill mberg, Cincinnati; Phil Engel, ;on; Marty Weiser, Los Ants; Tom Baldridge, Memphis; Walker, Kansas City; Frank nner, Dallas, and Herbert Pick(., Atlanta. IN NEW POSTS : WEISS, assistant manager, Studio Theater, Philadelphia. TEWART SILVER, night manager, News Theater, Philadelphia. • KANE, manager, Keith's Philadelphia. '/HR B. STRAUSE, student manager, Diamond 1 'Theater, Philadelphia. f»< CIRASCIO, manager, Plaza, Philadelphia. 4I ?Y HELLER, manager, Grand, Wilmington, UtDel. ^'PH FELDHUN, manager, Levoy and Peoples, Millville, N. J. ES RICCI, manager, Virginia, Atlantic City, N. J. £RT SUITS, manager, Strand, Pottstown, Pa. A RECK, manager, Hippodrome, Pottstown, Pa. •IK CARR, assistant manager, Paramount Theater, New Haven. iRLES PAINE, contract department, RKO home office. WELTY, manager, Pickwick, Greenwich, Conn. rfl*:. HOLLAND, manager, Shea's North Park, Buffalo. FORD CILL, 20th-Fox exploitation representative, West Coast. E YORKE, 20th-Fox studio in charge of trailer deDartment and Los Angeles first-run exploitation. -TER HOFFMAN, 20th-Fox exploitation representative, Des 'Moines, Minneapolis, Omaha. Harvested At Random: • • • FILE under Hooey with o capital "H" those spectral reports that official pressure from Washington is holding up release of Disney's "Victory Through Air Power." the picturization oi Major Seversky's book Opus isn't even completed Besides, those controling so-called "pressure valves" haven't as much as seen the iilm Officialdom doesn't go sticking the neck out speculatively This corner hasn't lamped the. footage either But it does know the patriotism, good taste, and diplomacy of the producer Further, it has some dope on hand from the cinematic underground This points decisively to the fact that "Victory Through Air Power" will do a great deal, — as much as any entertaining and informative film can — , to hasten Victory It will take on, we hear, the proportions oi a crusade, putting air power in true and constructive perspective before the American people, and raise the latter's knowledge oi the current war's material prosecution ▼ TV • • • WHILE the majority of Straw Hat Circuit stands around the country are to carry on bravely this Summer, a helluva lot won't Player and gasoline famines are toughest obstacles And don't forget that resort populations ain't gonna be what they were Some of the cream of the young actress crop are doing and will continue to do their bits at Army camps Film talent scouts know this and are figuring accordingly. ... 9 Ted Green, now coaching radio thespians with noteworthy results, really belongs back in the film kingdom, what with the increasing need for such directorial talent as result of wartime drain. ... * Here's a Cinderella yarn from Harry Foster, Columbia's test director: He was preparing Doiothy Porter, recently chosen Miss Philadelphia, for a test when she told him that five years ago, when she was taking dramatic lessons, her coach had her audition for Harry Cohn, Columbia president Colin told her that inasmuch as she was only 13 years old that she should come back to see him in five years Now her test is on its way to Hollywood and the same Mister Cohn TV ▼ • • « i VENGE PEARL HARBOR! "Wings Up," AAF's Gable Short, to Exhibs. May 27 (Continued from Page 1) division has accepted the short from the AAF for handling by the WAC. Other releases via the WAC for May will include "Weapons for War," 6th; "Doctors at War," 13th, and "What We Are Fighting For," 20th. Hopalong to Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — A Golden Anniversary party, celebrating the 50th Hopalong Cassidy Western, will be given by Producer Harry Sherman for William Boyd, tomorrow. "Riders of the Deadline," a United Artists release is number 50. Guests will include cast, many of whom have worked on the whole series, and the production crew. Breen Going Over CIAA Film Program at Capital (Continued from Page 1) six weeks at this time, Joseph I. Breen, PCA director, is expected to return here occasionally for additional consultation with the CIAA motion picture division. Breen is not actually employed by the Government, but has been loaned by the MPPDA to serve in an advisory capacity. While here he has been going over the entire film program of the agency, sitting in on policy meetings, and so on. When he returns to the Coast he will keep in frequent touch with the CIAA office in Hollywood, and will probably come to Washington at frequent intervals Sheehan Rep.'s Biz Manager Hollywood — Howard J. Sheehan, who was executive vice-president of Fox West Coast, and who has been an aide to M. J. Siegel at Republic for the past few months, has been made business manager at that studio. TO THE COLORS! * DECORATED * WILLIAM PUCHALKI, USA, former assistant manager, Calvin Theater, Northampton, Mass., posthumous award of the Order of the Purple Heart for gallantry in action. He died on Guadalcanal. SGT. FREDERICK CHRISTMAS, Air Corps, formerly Grand Theater, Ruthland, Vt., Silver Star for action off Buna, New Guinea. * COMMISSIONED * COODLOE BARRY, acting film editor, TimesUnion, Rochester, N. Y., commissioned a lieutenant (j. g.) USN. BEN KRESCH, Warners legal department, Philadelphia, commissioned a 2nd lieutenant, USA. — • — * PROMOTED * 2nd LT. SPERIE PERAKOS, Coast Artillery, manager, Strand, Thompsonville, Conn., promoted to lieutenant. ROBERT LEVINE, USA, owner, Portsmouth Theater Richmond, Va., promoted to staff sergeant. GENE O'BRIEN, USA, Columbia, New Haven, promoted to corporal. CHRISTOPHER JOYCE, USA, manager, Durfee, Fall River, Mass., promoted to sergeant. — • — * ARMY * JOHN HANRAHAN, 20th-Fox sales department. MAURICE GOODMAN, 20-Fox auditing department. JAMES CONTOS, 20th-Fox publicity department. WILLIAM BRAMSWIC, 20th-Fox international department. DAVID KATZ, associated with his father and brothers, PRC Atlanta and Charlotte franchises. MARTY BURENSTEIN, assistant manager, Fays, Philadelphia. ARNOLD SHORE, Warner booking department, Philadelphia. NATE WATKINS, manager, Plaza Theater, 'Philadelphia. GEORGE SANTORO, prop department head, Republic, Hollywood. — • — * NAVY * NORTON J. WOLF, son of Maurice Wolf, M-G-M district manager, Boston. * MARINE CORPS * VINCENT ESPISiTO, National Screen Service, New Haven. Harris-O'Donnell Party In Buffalo on May 24 Buffalo — Chief Barker Stanley Kozanowski of Buffalo Tent No. 7 will appoint a committee Monday night to arrange a luncheon meeting of all exhibitors and distributors in Hotel Statler Monday, May 24, at which Big Boss John Harris and Chief Barker Robert O'Donnell of the Variety Clubs of America will be guests of honor. The ... . FEMME TOUCH MARGARET STANT, assistant booker, United Artists, Washington. MRS. GERTRUDE EPSTEIN, PRC, Washington. RHODE ABRAMS, M-C-M, Washington. MRS. HEPTHA MILLS, contract clerk, M-G-M, Washington. RUTH WALSH, receptionist, Columbia, Boston. FLORA COHN, office manager, RKO, New Haven. MABEL DWYER, cashier, RKO, New Haven. MRS. F. PAUL, manager, Marvel Theater, Car linville, III. MRS. DOUGLAS L1GHTNER, manager, Davis Theater, Higginsville, Mo.