The Film Daily (1943)

DAILY Tuesday, May 11, IS] Expect Paramount to Restrict New Line-up to 3< Market Requirements to Guide WB; United Artists Will Add Two Producers (Continued from Page 1) tures for the 1942-43 season, is expected to restrict its output for the new season to 30 offerings. It is banking heavily on the hold-over policy and its representatives declare that many of its pictures are gaining double the playing time of previous Paramount productions. Its completed product includes "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "Lady In The Dark," made in Technicolor; "So Proudly We Hail," "Let's Face It," "Riding High," "Dixie," "Hostages," "No Time For Love," "True To Life" and "Miracle Of Morgan Creek." C B. DeMille's "The Story Of Dr. Wassell" will be made in Technicolor, while among other subjects to be produced by Paramount are "The Hitler Gang," "Three On A Rainbow," "Standing Rocm Only," "A Medal For Benny," "And Now, Tomorrow," "The Road To Utopia," "The Uninvited," "And The Angels Sing," "Double Indemnity" and "The Ministry Of Fear." Market to Guide Warners Warners will cling to the present policy of tailoring releases to the market requirements, it is understood, but regardless of the number of pictures finally set for release, there will be no marked production curtailment. The studio is geared to turn out up to 40, with the backlog of course benefiting. Recently, Warners have been releasing one or two features a month. While the complexion of the 1943-44 lineup still is to be fully set, "Animal Kingdom," "To the Last Man," "The Pentacle" and "Pillars of Society" are slated for the next exhibiting year. 20th Century-Fox's schedule for 1943-44 has not been completed, but will run between 30 or 40 pictures, including "The Song Of Bernadette," "The Girls He Left Behind," "Guadalcanal Diary," "Pin-up Girl," "Winter Time," "Heaven Can Wait," "Holy Matrimony," "The Life Of Roger Tuohy" and others. M-G-M's schedule for the forthcoming season is also incomplete, but will include "America," "Russia," "Madame Curie," "The Man From Down Under," "Girl Crazy," "Heavenly Body," "Cry Havoc," "A Thousand Shall Fall" and others. RKO-Radio will make between 35 and 40 pictures, with "Show Time," starring Eddie Cantor, and "Sister Kenny," starring Rosalind Russell, on the slate. Other important offerings will be "The Robe," "This Is Russia," "The Gibson Girl," "Behind The Rising Sun," "Government Girl," "Higher And Higher," "Navy Blues," "Lady Takes A Chance," "Marine Raiders" and a Dudley Nichols-Jean Renoir production, costarring Jean Gabin and Michele Morgan. Samuel Goldwyn and Sol Lesser are expected to continue to release through RKO, as well as Edward A. Golden. United Artists will release be Thens. to Seek Blood Donors WAC and Red Cross Plan Natl Lobby Drive Nation-wide extension of the blood donor solicitation plan, currently in operation in New York theaters, is planned by the WAC and the American Red Cross, which contemplate that theatei's may become one of the chief avenues through which Americans can contribute their blood. Plan, as operated in New York, had booths and Red Cross workers in the lobbies of four to six theaters each week. To date, 16,647 have registered with more than 75 per cent fulfilling their appointments to given blood. Mrs. George Baehr, who directed the plan, has been placed in charge ot the expanded effort by the Red Cross and is in Hartford today to consult with Red Cross officials and theater men on plans for launching a donor campaign in that city. She will visit other cities to assist local committees in organizing drives. Arthur Mayer is handling the campaign for WAC while Edward C. Dowden, chairman of the N. Y. Public Relations Committee, is preparing a brochure outlining the methods used by New York theaters, to serve as a guide for other communities. Red Cross has mobile equipped blood banks in some 31 key^ cities and theaters will be asked to help where quotas have been increased to meet rising war needs. Pathe Lab.-Local 702 Dispute to Mediation (Continued from Page 1) signing of a new contract to replace the one that expired in March yesterday was submitted to the New York State Mediation Board. Both parties were unable to agree on added compensation for night work and multiple operations and on two-week paid vacations. These advantages sought by the union were accepted by all other laboratories with which Local 702 has signed new pacts. Disney Studio Sets Record For Six Months' Production Rubin Subs for Durante Benny Rubin has replaced Jimmy Durante in the Capitol Theater stage show. Durante is ill in Midtown Hospital. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM 'DAILY Hollywood — By photographing 100,245 feet of film in the past six months, Walt Disney has broken the production record of his studio. Late Disney productions completed include "Water Friend or Enemy" for the Office of the Co-ordinator of InterAmerican Affairs; two sequences of "Rules of the Nautical Road" for the Navy; the "Fog" division of "Aerology" for the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and "Fall Out, Fall In," a Donald Duck for RKO. "Masquerade" Set in Stanley The Russian film, "Masquerade," will have its American premiere at the Stanley Theater on Saturday. tween 22 and 25 pictures and will soon announce the acquisition of two new producers, whose names cannot be divulged at present. One will make three pictures and the other, one to three. Cagney Prods, is making "McLeod's Folly," Andrew L. Stone "Hi Diddle Diddle" and Walt Disney "Victory Through Air Power." Hunt Stromberg will produce "Dishonoi-ed Lady" and "Guest In The House," with David O. Selznick now preparing a production. Charley Chaplin is expected to deliver "The French Bluebeard" and Samuel Bronston "The Life Of Jack London." One of the two specials from Harry Sherman will be "The Gun Master." He will also provide six "Hopalong Cassidys." Edward Small is preparing three stories and Charles R. Rogers will do "One Man's Family" and "The Gaunt Woman." Arnold Pressburger is to make "Tomorrow Never Comes" and Gregor Rabinovitch's subject is "Russian Girl." Universal made 56 features, seven Westerns and four serials for the 1942-43 season, but its plans for the new season are yet to be completed. However, it is known the company will make a greater number of expensive pictures than here tofore "Phantom Of The Opera" will be in the 1943-44 output. Republic's program for 1943-44, just announced, establishes there will be no curtailment of production, the lineup embracing 32 features, eight Roy Rogers vehicles, 24 Westerns and four serial entailing a studio expenditure of a record $16,000,000. Columbia's plans are incomplete, but "Cover Girl," "Tropicana" and "Officers' Candidate School" are to be forthcoming. Columbia's tentative line-up may be disclosed at one of its scheduled regional sales-meetings. Mono. Reducing Features Monogram will reduce its features from 32 to 24, but will continue to make 18 westerns. Its subjects in the $400,000 to $500,000 class will be "Lady Let's Dance," "Hitler's Women" and "Ground Crew." It will also make three in the $200,000 budget classification. PRC plans to deliver 24 features and 18 Westerns. It will double its usual budget on from 10 to 12 of the feautres. "Submarine Base," "Strange Music," "Talent School," "Drums Of the Jungle," starring Frank Buck, and "Danger — Women At Work" will be among the PRC pictures for the 1943-44 season. 1 S DN I 300th Arbitration Complaint is Filed (Continued from Page 1) fused to license product on /*'■■' requested, the Columbia \£? L; Co., operating the Columbia Tl ater, Longview, Wash., entered tcomplaint in the Portland tribun Complainant claimed that it fornn ly had first-run pictures from Pai mount which now offers them fii to the Roxy "because it is part a large circuit." Return of the fir run availability is asked by the co: plainant. Rolla, Mo., House Gets Run, Clearance Relief Paramount and 20th Century-F have been directed to offer prodi on reasonable terms to the Ritz Ti ater, Rolla, Mo., by an arbitral who also found that clearance o^ the Ritz was unreasonable. The i bitrator found that Loew's had r refused to offer product to the Ri while the charges against RKO a Warner Bros, were withdrawn I the hearings in St. Louis by the coi plainant. The arbitrator instructed the fi consenting companies to release p tures to the Ritz within 120 da after territorial release. If secor. run is offered, first-run shall have days over the Ritz and if third-r is offered, second-run shall have days over the house, but pictui shall never be withheld after 1 days. ^^_ Walter Gould Returns Walter Gould, UA's foreign ma ager, returned to his home offi desk yesterday, after an absence several weeks due to illness. The ... . FEMME TOUCH BETTY LARRIMORE, advertising poster depa merit manager, 20th-Fox, Indianapolis. LENORE SCHMIDT, booker, Warners, Cincinn; HELEN McDonald, Universal, Albany. MRS. TERESA MARCELLA, door girl, Oix» Theater, New Haven. DOROTHY CRONIN, assistant manager, Co nial, Brockton, Mass. MRS. FRANK DEANE, manager, Colonial, M* Chester Depot, Vt. MRS. BETTY HARTZELL, Boyd Theater, All( town, Pa. HELEN ELIZABEH TINDALL, acting manag S-W Ritz, Wilmington, Del. BETTY SHAWE, M-G-M exchange, Washingti MRS. EDNA TUCKER, aide, Virginia Theat Portsmouth, Pa. MARCARET HAY, office staff, Wilmer & cent, Richmond, Va. MARIE JOHNSON, State Theater, Richmo Va. THE FEMME TOUCH. JOAN WITTENSTEIN, biller, Universal, C Moines. DOROTHY CHRISOPHERSON, head usheret Winter Garden. Seattle. DAN H 1+7T M HZ V CI cl d ^