The Film Daily (1943)

FILE, tun Canada Registration Order Affects Theaterinen Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought (See Column 1 Below) The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Four Years Old =/L. 83, NO. 87 NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1943 TEN CENTS flPTOA ASKS FOR FULL-SEASON SELLING PLAN Classify Managers, Operators "Useful"-Allied heaters Unlikely to Get uel Oil Next Winter, eventhal Tells Directors By H. F. REVES ^ILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Detroit — National Allied's board ;ung into action here yesterday the Book-Cadillac Hotel with the anpower and fuel shortage probnis holding the spotlight. Following detailed consideration the WAC report, the directors ok formal action to seek from the •oper national authorities, specific assification of theater managers (Continued on Page 6) rade in Canada Hit y Registration Order Montreal — The motion picture inistry in Canada will be seriously fected in all probability by the seeping order for registration pre.ratory to compulsory transfer om non-essential to essential inistry following the passing of an cler-in-council April 2 in connec(Continued on Page 8) A May Make New Jffer for Eorda Stock est Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Following yesterday's eeting of United Artists stockholds it was announced that there had en a discussion of the Alexander orda stock but no details were ^closed. It is known that UA re(Continued on Page 8) Bingo Legalization Bills Dead In Penn. Harrisburg, Pa. — A bill to permit Bingo licenses to social and fraternal organizations has been returned to committee permanently by the Senate. A House-approved bill legaliz* ing B'ngo is also dead in Senate committee and legalization appears dead for this session of the General Assembly. MPTOA TO AVOID LEGISLATION But Certain Units Threaten State Action Unless Relief is Obtained for Independents on Sales Policies The MPTOA will make every effort to avoid legislation in adjusting sales policies which cannot be met by independent exhibitors, but unless some relief is forthcoming some of the units may make a state issue of the situation, it was indicated at the board of directors' meeting yesterday. It was pointed out by some dele gates that many exhibitors could not exist because of the number of percentage pictures in the blocks offered by distributors. It also was asserted that the first-runs and move-overs were "milking the possibilities" for the independent and subsequent-run exhibitors. While the major companies' net (Continued on Page 8) Actor Job Changes Without Layoff? West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Under an amended plan developed by the War Manpower Commission's regional offices in San Francisco, actors, directors, writers, and other artists, would be able to switch from one studio to (Continued on Page 6) Leserman Names Schnitzer Western Division Manager In a realignment of the sales staff, Carl Leserman, UA general sales manager, yesterday announced the appointment of Edward Schnitzer as (Continued on Page 6) MPTOA Elects Levy As General Counsel Herman Levy of New Haven was elected general counsel of the MPTOA and all officers and members of the executive committee were re-elected at yesterday's session of the board of directors at the Hotel Astor. Levy succeeds Frank Walker who, because of his (Continued on Page 8) Appoint Harold Postman Assistant to Rodgers Promotion of Harold Postman, of M-G-M's home office sales department, to the post of assistant to Wil (Continued on Page 6) New Zealand Coin For Majors Will Follow U.K. Example On Remittances Col. Gillette to Capital; Lt. Col. Barrett Succeeds Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — New commanding officer at the Signal Corps Photographic Center, Astoria, L. I., is Lt. Col. Roland C. Barrett. Col. Melvin E. Gillette who has been in charge of the Astoria plant has been re (Continued on Page 4) New Zealand is expected to fall into line behind Great Britain in removing all special restrictions on the remittance of film moneys to American distributors, but direct negotiations will be necessary in the instance of Australia and undoubtedly in the case of India as well, it was reported yesterday. There is said to be an understanding or commitment with New Zea(Continued on Page 4) Board Goes on Record Against Consent Decree Plan; Asks Cancellation MPTOA's board of directors yesterday called for the return of full season selling with a reasonable cancellation clause. A resolution against the consent decree method of sales was presented by Mitchell Wolfson of Miami and passed unanimously by the directors in session at the Hotel Astor. The board went on record as being opposed especially to the small noncancellable blocks of pictures and recommended the "correct method of fair approach to community selection by selling a season's supply of pictures with reasonable cancel (Continued on Page 4) . Cohen Sees No Cut En Pix Production There is no apparent reason to believe the producers are cutting down on product, according to a report made by Max A. Cohen to the MPTOA board of directors yesterday. Cohen made a studio survey on behalf of the MPTOA recently, (Continued on Page 8) Nation-Wide Ban On Pleasure Driving Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Suburban Theaters may once again feel the effects of gas rationing to the same extent as last Winter while the pleasure driving ban was in effect. A nation(Continued on Page 8) New YorU Blachout Affects Biz Slightly New York City's blackout last night, lasting for nearly an hour, affected attendance at theaters in various degrees. As final audiences were in most theaters when the blackout started, b.o. "takes" were generally not seriously affected. Nassau County had a blackout at practically the same time.