The Film Daily (1943)

V*V DAILY Tuesday, May 11, 19' Columbia Chi. Meet Calls 80 Delegates Chicago — With more than 80 delegates from the home office and the sales staffs of 15 exchanges in attendance, Columbia will open a three-day sales meeting at the Drake Hotel this morning. Delegates will be greeted by Jack Cohn, executive vice-president, who will then turn over the meetings to A. Montague, general sales manager. In addition to Cohn and Montague, the home office contingent includes Rube Jackter, Lou Weinberg, Louis Astor, Max Weisfeldt, Leo Jaffe, Maurice Grad, George Josephs, Hank C. Kaufman, Bernie E. Zeeman, Vincent Borrelli, Seth Raisler, William Brennan, Joseph Freiberg and Al Seligman. Field representatives comprise: ATLANTA — Manager Bob Ingram; Sales men, B. A. Wallace, U. T. Koch, G. Jones Charles H. Robuck : CHARLOTTE— Man ager Joseph Gins; Salesmen, G. Roscoe, R. D Williamson; DALLAS— Manager Jack Un derwood; Salesmen, W. L. Penn, B. C. Gib son, O. L. Wilkes; MEMPHIS— Manager Jimmy Rogers; Salesmen, H. Chrisman, S Arnold; NEW ORLEANS— Manager Hus ton Duvall; Salesmen, J. Winberry, J. J Fabacher; OKLAHOMA CITY— Manager Dewey Gibbs ; Salesman, J. A. Smith, S. Gibbs; DETROIT— Central Division Manager Carl Shalit; Salesmen, H. R. Schilds, R. F. Cloud, G. L. McCoy, C. H. Townsend; also — _ _, . INDIANAPOLIS — Manager Guy Craig; Salesmen, H. Kaufman, C. Butler, A. J. Gelman; KANSAS CITY— Manager Ben Marcus; Salesmen, T. Baldwin, P. Springer, S. Frank, H. Berman, S. Lax; ST. LOUIS— Manager Clarence Hill; Salesmen, L. A. LaPlante, J. Bradford, W. Sherman; CHICAGO— Mid-Western Division Manager Phil Dunas; Manager Ben Lourie ; Salesmen, C W Phillips, F. Flaherty, W. J. Kahl, T. Greenwood; MILWAUKEE— Manager Oscar Ruby; Salesmen.T. J. MacEvoy, D. Chapman; MINNEAPOLIS— Manager Hy Chapman ; Salesmen, M. E. Mazur, I Marks, D H. Conley, W. Evidon, A. L. Aved ; DKS MOINES — Manager Mel Evidon; Salesmen, A B Leake, W. Johnson, E. Bruepberg; OMAHA — Manager Joe Jacobs; Salesmen, E. Dunas, Paul Fine, J. Gerehck. Para. Australian Employe Killed in Bomber Crash Flight Capt. Douglas Connell of the Royal Australian Air Force, formerly a member of the Paramount branch staff in Sydney, Australia, died recently in the crash of a bomber, the Paramount foreign department has been informed. Didn't The House Even Have a B.O.? Minneapolis — Although Minnesota's State Dept. of Health instituted official award of certificates of cleanliness some three years ago, no film house has ever won this honor, — until now. Successful theater is the local Nokomis, operated by the Minnesota Amusement Co., whose slogan coincidentally has been "Clean as a Battleship." Theodore Wold, director of the division of hotel inspection, formally presented the "blue ribbon" award to Conrad Carciofini, stand's manager, commending the latter's regime for "high standards of cleanliness consistently maintained." ▼ V T A Column In Khaki: (Editor's Note: Today, THE FILM DAILY presents, passed by the Field Press Censor for publication, a dispatch from one of its former editorial staff members, Sergeant Dave Golding, now serving with "The Stars and Stripes.") • • • ALGIERS, especially on a sunny Sunday, is an attractive city The homes are built on a large hill which slopes into the blue Mediterranean Most of the apartments appear white and modern There is a modern electric bus and trolley and also an old fashioned tram which runs coupled in threes and is always jammed to overflowing with everybody hanging outside the cars There are a lot of pretty girls in Algiers whose fashions, despite the war, look fairly up-to-date It takes a dogface a while, to get used to the sight of the world we know represented by these comely French lassies, and then intermingled in the street crowds the Arab women with their shawls and handkerchiefs covering their faces If you can't parlais the language, you find it difficult to get a tumble from the gals The Madamoiselle from Algiers is not the Madamoiselle from Armentiere as far as the GI's are concerned In fact most of the fellows miss the hospitality and friendship shown by the British girls, — bless 'em A GI's vocabulary is limited to a "Bonjour" or a "Bonsoir" and it won't even get him the right time ▼ ▼ ▼ • • • THERE is no night life to speak of in Algiers, outside of the cinemas which are now running 8 o'clock shows Soldiers can only buy wine from 12-2 and 5-7:30 and already they have made a dent in the supply There are one or two Black Market places about, which have champagne and cognac, but they are difficult to find, and patronized by a small elite crowd T T T • • • THE big news as far as the movies are concerned is that "Yankee Doodle Dandy" is listed as "prochainment," which means it is coming and I am sure it is eagerly awaited 'Tales of Manhattan" Is the latest Hollywood film, and it plays to packed houses three times daily with top price at 18 francs (36 cents) There are about 12 houses which advertise regularly Some of the pictures in town are: "It's a Date," "The Old Maid," "Grand Illusion," "Jamaica Inn," something with lean Arthur and Gary Cooper, one with Bela Lugosl, and another with Jean Arthur and William Powell, — haven't been able to translate the titles on these ▼ V ▼ • • • THERE is one vaudeville house in town that gets a top price of 40 francs A French chanteuse, Nita Salva, is the featured artiste and in her own torchy and horse style she is quite terrific There was a bicycle act called the Romano Bros.,— two young lads and a younger brother of about six who did amazing stunts on a small stage They would go in the States Aside from these two acts the bill was strictly Ridgewood There was a male and female master of ceremonies The latter announced the bill in French, and the former in English His punch line was "Okay," which the audience echoed back emphatically There was one dance scene with six chorus girls where the male dancer flopped unintentionally as he twirled his partner around A good laugh,— and was she mad T T ▼ • • • (Sergeant Dave Golding's Algiers notes will be concluded in an early issue Watch for them) and AVENGE PEARL HARBORI IN NEW POSTS Walt AL JACOBS, professional manager, Goldman, Inc., New York. NAT STEINBERG, manager, Victory (forme Opera House), Bayonne, N. J. DICK PERRY, salesman, Universal, Buffalo, AL BRICE, Movietonews West Coast supervis LEON HERMAN, office manager, United tisfs, Buffalo. JOHN WILHELM, assistant shipper, 2«*'"| Buffalo. <V>; HARRY COLD, salesman, Republic, Boston^ FRANK GRADY, sales, Joe Cifre, Inc., Bostc STEVE PUDNICK, manager, Tremont, Anson Conn. FRANK DAN, manager, Roxy, New Brita Conn. GLEN SULHAM, manager, Capitol, Athol, Ma GERRY GERMAINE, manager, Suffolk, Holyol Mass. Cleveland's Affiliated Nabes Share Indies Pinch Cleveland — For many months, o; erators of independent neighborho< houses have voiced their complain I about the extended downtown rui j of the money-getting box-office a tractions, claiming that the box-ofn> value of an entertainment pictu: has been "milked" dry by runs i] four and five weeks downtown, ail that pictures of topical value a: "dead" by the time they reach tl outlying districts. This, they claii is one of the vital reasons why bus ness at the nabes stays down und< last year's receipts, as opposed ' the better than 25 per cent advan< in receipts at the downtown firs runs. That this shoe, which has Ion i pinched the indies, is now beginnin to pinch the neighborhood hous< operated by the affiliated circuits ca be deduced from the fact that tl RKO Allen, a downtown hous which has successfully played hol< over and moveover product for tl past year, now announces a straigl run policy. This is done to assui sufficient product to their own subsi quent-run houses which, apparentl; are suffering from product shortage ' in the same degree as are the ind» pendent subsequent-run houses. He "Planted" Story and Reaped Harvest Des Moines — A salvo of front page newspaper publicity burst here for RKO Radio's "This Land Is Mine," and editors never suspected that it was a purposefully instigated stunt. A bitter municipal controversy had been raging because the street car company refused to repave the middle of the street in the central section of the city, — and holes and weeds showed forth. Emil Franke, manager of the RKO Orpheum Theater, had signs printed. One was put up on the controversial pavement strip, reading "This Land Is Mine — For a V Garden." Fourth Estaters thought it a grand joke and wrote reams on it. They forgot, however, that "This Land Is Mine" was about to bow at the Orpheum.