The Film Daily (1943)

id ere Friday, May 21, 1943 ;."9 i ■ Revival, Re-Issue Wave Is Looming (Continued from Page 1) j>orted more than satisfactory in practically all cases. One company, it is learned, now has under consideration the advisat:" ' of reissuing and reviving a l .— j of its 10 outstanding box-office 'successes of the past five or six vears, labeling them its own "Ten Best." Musicals, comedies and light drama will probably dominate the reissues, thus providing a balance with timely war films and the increasing volume of Government shorts. In recent weeks, The Film Daily survey reveals, exchanges throughout the country have been able to book practically every print they eould lay their hands on. Some difriculties have arisen, as in the case of a star like James Cagney whose old Warner releases have been much in demand by exhibitors but have oeen withheld by the company for the protection of the current bookings of Cagney's "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Warner field sales staff, however, in the sales drive just ended, is understood to have piled up a record in bookings of pictures from previous seasons, although the only official reissue on the company's current schedule is the musical, "Varsity Show." Morton Heads Nightingales Detroit — Houston S. Morton was elected president by the Nightingales Club at the annual election. Other new officers are: vice-presi dent, and secretary of bowling, Edgar Douville; treasurer, Michael Badarak; financial secretary, Harry W. Mason; recording secretary, J. R. Davison; bowling committee — Jack Lindenthal, Roy Light, and Edward Waddell. 5 Stars on I-I Service Flag Chicago — The Indiana-Illinois circuit service flag now has 53 stars. STORKS Albany — Bill Gaddoni, Metro salesman, recently promoted from head booker, is passing the cigars to exhibs. and Film Row friends as a result of the birth of a baby daughter, Patricia, in Albany Hospital. The Gaddonis have one other child, Bill, Jr., aged 23 months. St. Louis — Gerald Kochs, manager of Fred Wehrenberg's Lemay and Southway theaters has a new daughter. IN NEW POSTS IRVING COOPER, manager. Palace, Stamford, Conn. JAMES WELLS, manager, Strand, Stamford, Conn. EDMUND BUTLER, assistant manager. Auditorium, Lynn, Mass. MAX LERNER, operator, State Theater, Fishervi lie. Mass. DICK OWENS, manager, Olympia, Worcester, Mass. IRVING DUNN, manager. Colonial, Nashua, N. H. WILLIAM WOLF, manager, Colony, Philadelphia. WALTER POTAMKIN. manager, Diamond Theater, Philadelphia. HARRY STEVENS, assistant manager, Orpheum, ' Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ROBERT C. SPODICK, manager. Little Carnegie Playhouse. HERBERT J. ROYSTER, manager, Mayfair Theater, Portland. LEW KELLER, manager, Liberty; publicity director, Granada and Roxy Theaters, Lewiston, la. MAURICE CREW, manager, Paramount Theater, ; Des Moines. EVERETT PETERSON, manager. Strand Theater, Waterloo, la. GEORGE LAWSON, manager, Upton, Des Moines. SAM CHERNOFF and H. C. MULCH, associate managers, Apollo, Chicago. JAMES FROUCE, manager, Commodore Hull Theater, Derby, Conn. HARRY STEVENS, assistant manager, Orpheum, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Propose Group Insurance Plan for MP Associates (Continued from Page 1) organization. The premiums would be paid out of the MPA treasury, it was said. At the same time the membership will weigh a proposal that the organization change its name to the Motion Pictuie Foundation. Both proposals were presented to the membership for the first time at Wednesday's luncheon meeting of the group at the Hotel Astor. The name-changing proposal was placed before the members by Jack Ellis, MP Associates head, presiding officer at the luncheon, at the suggestion of William F. Rodgers, M-G-M distribution chief. National Board Junior Conference to Call 300 *■ The stork has brought a little sound engineer to the home of A. (Andy) Fiore, of Altec Lansing Corp., Hollywood. The new son is * Andrew Kinard Fiore. Over 300 boys and girls, members of the 4Star Clubs, are expected tomorrow morning at the Seventh Annual Junior Spring Conference of the National Board of Review in the School of Education Auditorium, N. Y. University. Representatives from schools in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut are scheduled to be present. General topic of discussion is "The Motion Picture and the School in Wartime." Highlights of the day will be the showings of a comedy made by the Motion Picture Club of Greenwich (Conn.) High School and a preview of RKO's "This Land is Mine." Bid 72 for B & K Common Chicago — B & K common is bid 72, with no offerings at this time. DAILY