The Film Daily (1943)

1M Wednesday, May 19, 1943 Vol. 83, No. 96 Wed., May 19, 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 18, 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'Erien. BUENOS AIRES— Dr. Walter P. Schuck, Casillo de Correo 1929. MEXICO CITY— Marco-Aurelio Galindo, Apartado 8817, Mexico, D. F. FINANCIAL (Tuesday, May IS NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High tow Close Chg. 161/2 161/4 161/4 _ 3/8 16 16 16 Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (2i/2%) Columbia Picts. pfd. . Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. . . East. Kodak 1 do pfd 1 Cen. Prec. Eq Loew's, Inc Paramount RKO RKO $6 pfd 20th Century-Fox 20th Century-Fox pfd Warner Bros do pfd NEW YORK Para. B'way 3s55. . . . Para. Picts. deb. 4s56 Warner Bros.' dbs. 6s48 31/g 181/s 69 83 22i/8 561/, 26% 8 86 3/i 20% 30% 14% 80 3% 18% 169 183 22 545/s 253/4 7% 86% 20% 30% 14% 80 3% 18% 169 183 22% 56% 26 8 86% 203/4 30% 14% 80 — % + % + 1 + "% + 11/4 + 1/4 + % + % + Vz + % + 3/8 + % BOND MARKET 103 103 103 Correction Officers of Technicolor, Inc., who were re-elected by the directors Monday were Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus, president and general manager; George F. Lewis, vice-president and secretary; L. G. Clark, treasurer, and Miss L. A. Skinner, assistant secretary. Through an error yesterday, the officers of Technicolor Motion Picture Corp. were listed as reelected. WANTED 35 millimeter title camera and stand for animating slide films. Reply Box 140, care FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York City. L. A. Clearance Case Affirmed on Appeal The motion picture appeal board has affirmed the award of an arbitrator, with slight modification, in the case brought by the Eagle Theater, Los Angeles, against Paramount, Loew's, RKO and 20th Century-Fox. The Eagle claimed that the defendants licensed Los Angeles first-runs on the basis of 63 days' clearance over the Eagle and licensed product to the Glen, Glendale, 2.3 miles from the complainant's house, on the basis of seven days over the Eagle. The Dale and other theaters in Los Angeles suburban sections charging the same 30-cent admission as the Eagle have been permitted to play 49 days after Los Angeles first-runs, according to the charge. The Eagle asked that clearance between the Glen and the Eagle be eliminated and that the clearance of the Los Angeles first-runs be fixed on the basis of admission prices. The arbitrator agreed that there was not sufficient competition between the Glen and the Eagle to warrant seven days clearance. He directed that the clearance be eliminated and ordered the distributors to grant the Eagle equal availability with other theaters in the area charging the same admission price in their respective zones. Paramount and Far West Theater Corp., the latter operating the Glen, appealed. Appeal board, after reviewing the facts, affirmed the award and fixed the Los Angeles first-run clearance over the Eagle at 49 days provided the Eagle charged an adult evening admission price of 30 cents exclusive of tax. Leserman Bares Changes In UA Sales Personnel Changes in United Artists sales personnel were announced yesterday by Carl Leserman, general sales manager. With the promotion of Edward Schnitzer to Western division manager, his former territory has been split between Sam Lefkowitz and James Winn. Lefkowitz will be in charge of District No. 1 comprising New York, Philadelphia and Washington, while Winn will be in charge of District No. 2 covering Boston, New Haven and Buffalo. C. W. "Ching" Allen, former New Orleans branch manager, now is manager in Atlanta and T. L. Davis, former Atlanta manager, goes to New Orleans in the same capacity. Edwin Ashkins has been appointed branch manager in St. Louis, succeeding James Winn as already reported by The Film Daily. Montagu Love Dies West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Montagu Love, 63, veteran screen and stage player, died at his Beverly Hills home Monday night. Survivors are his widow, the former Marjorie Hollis, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Carol Doherty. V. C. Copper Salvage Hailed by O'Donnell The nation's Variety Clubs are doing a "tremendous" job in both charitable and copper salvage activities, according to Bob O'Donnell, national chief barker, who has been touring the country and meeting with the various tents. The Minneapolis and Denver tents are leading the field in copper salvage, the former having turned in 30 per cent of the total collection and the latter accounting for 25 per cent of the total. O'Donnell said in New York yesterday that a goal of 10 million pounds of copper had been set for the next few months. He said it was not the intention of the WAC to refer to the collections as a drive but as a permanent and continuing event for the duration. In the charity fields, the Variety Clubs are going overboard to give assistance, O'Donnell said. The Chicago tent has contributed $10,000 to the La Ribida clinic for children suffering with rheumatic hearts. The Los Angeles tent is building a $100,000 premature birth clinic for all creeds at the Cedars of Lebanon. The Indianapolis tent is preparing to do a similar deed. The Baltimore tent last week gave a check for $5,000 to the mayor for a local charity. In fact, O'Donnell said, every tent is going full speed ahead on local charities. The national officers, O'Donnell said, are hopeful that the Kansas City tent, which became inactive last year, will be revived and reinstated with the national body. Some discussions on the matter of a tent for New York City will be held during his stay here. Canada Closes Railroads To Carnivals, Circuses Ottawa — The Dominion Government through the Office of the Transit Controller has banned all carnival companies and circuses from use of Canadian Railways for balance of war because of traffic conditions due to need of rolling stock for essential movements. Labor department has also applied manpower draft callup to males 19 to 40 years employed by carnivals for transfer to essential farm employment. Lewis-Lesser-Goldbergs Acquire Carnegie Lease Lease of the Little Carnegie Playhouse, W. 57th St., has been purchased from Jack Davis by Martin J. Lewis and Erwin Lesser in partnership with Goldberg Brothers. Lewis and Lesser operate a chain of New York art theaters while the Goldbergs have the Studio Theater, Philadelphia. Albert Strauss and Edward I. Brown were brokers for the deal. COfnifiG and GOIDC ERNEST BACHRACH, head of the portrait division of the RKO Radio studio photograph department, got in from the Coast yesterday. BEN PIAZZA, RKO Radio studio casting head, returns to the Coast tomorrow. OSCAR SERL1N has returned to his New York headquarters, following a vacation at his farm in West Cornwall, Conn. JULES LAPIDUS, Warner Bros. Eastern division manager, and NORMAN J. AYERS, Srw England district manager of the company, in Albany yesterday. Today they'll be in burfa lo. LOU KAUFMAN, WB theater executive, is on a business trip to Cleveland. FHIL ENGEL, Warner Bros. New England publicity representative, is in Buffalo HANK MARKBREIT, Chicago Times amusement manager, is in Hollywood on vacation. LUCIEN P1ERRI6O, Chicago Herald-American movie critic and her mother are in Hollywood for a two weeks' vacation. S. J. CREGORY, Alliance Theater circuit general manager and his chief assistant, JOHN DOERR, have returned to Chicago from an extended inspection tour of Washington theaters. K. T. STEVENS, daughter of Hollywood's director Sam Wood, has arrived in New York, her first visit since signing her long-term contract with Columbia. REG ARMOUR, European managing director for Walt Disney, has arrived in New York for a short visit in connection with Disney's instructional and entertainment films. Rooney fo Appear In British Hardy Pix (Continued from Page 1) M-G-M stars and directors have been placed at his disposal. In announcing his elaborate production plans, Korda said that his first picture for M-G-M release would be "War and Peace," with Orson Welles directing and starring. Korda yesterday reiterated his declaration that he was not selling his interest in United Artists to any outsiders. , However, it is known that under UA by-laws, owner-members must first offer their stock to the corporation. Gov. Tugwell Vetoes P.R. Anti-Block-Booking Bill (Continued from Page 1) able reports made to the governor by the attorney general as to the bill's constitutionality. Sidney Schreiber, general attorney of the MPPDA, has returned from Puerto Rico where he presented briefs on behalf of the American distributors opposing the measure.