The Film Daily (1944)

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Cf'VDAILY; Wednesday, April 5, 1944 Vol. 85, No. 67 Wed., All il 5, 1944 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE DONALD M. MERSEREAU CHESTER B. BAHN Publisher General Manager 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, SecretaryTreasurer ; Al Steen. Associate Editor. 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. Subscribers 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, 28, Calif. —Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. WASHINGTON— Andrew H. Older, 5516 Carolina Place, N. W., Phone Ordway 9221; CHICAGO, 45, III., Joseph Esler, 6241 N. Oakley Ave., Phone Briargate 7441. . LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. HONOLULU— Eileen O'Brien. MEXICO CITY— Marco-Aurelio Galindo, Apartado 8817, Mexico, D. F. Fi]\A]\€IAL \Tnesday, April 4) ^; NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 14 14 14 — 1/2 Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (21/2%) Columbia Picts. ptd. . Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. ptd. . . East. Kodak do ptd Cen. Prec. Eq Loew's, line Paramount RKO RKO $6 ptd 20th Century-Fox . . . 20th Century-Fox pfd. 20thFox pot Warner Bros NEW YORK Monogram Picts Radio-Keith cvs Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux Universal Pictures . . . Universal Picts. vtc. . 4 4 4 191/2 191/2 19'/2 166 1/4 166 166 'A — 1/2 203/8 195/8 203/8 + '/8 61 6O34 603/i — 1/4 25 1/2 251/8 253/3 •+■ i/s 83/4 8I/2 83/4 -f 1/8 911/2 901/2 911/2 -f 1 241/2 235/, 241/8 + 3/, 32 313/4 32 -f 1/4 103 1027/8 103 123/4 121/4 121/2 + 1/3 CURB MARKET 1% 13/8 1% 23/4 25/8 23/4 -f 1/8 14 14 14 + 1/4 231/2 231/2 231/2 — 1/2 227/8 225/8 225/8 _ 3/8 British Exhibitors Quota Defauhs for Year at 846 London (By Cable) — Exhibitors quota defaults for last year numbered 846, it was officially announced yesterday. This figure compares with 1,721 for the previous 12-month period when the minimum quota was 17% per cent as against the present 15 per cent. piincn ■ [film storage corpjI l# V II ■# k ll 1600 B'WAY.H.y.CCIRCLE 6-0081-2-3-4 Reeling 'Round WASHINGTON (.Continued from Page 1) up. Reason is simple: They want to know v^iiai' is g-ing on on the other fronts. Maybe It is because the men want eveything that is going on so that they might form a clue as to when they might be coming home — tnat is, when the war will end. Yet, oecause they are close to events, they seldom hazard guesses as to the date when Finis' will be unreeled." Rick reports that he sees plenty of new pix in camp, adding that if a film is not brand new, the date doen't matter so long as it provides some relaxation. "As for the theaters here in Ireland (Ulster), they are doing a terrific business. In Belfast, all the theaters are jammed in the evening. The queues go arcund the corners, and one doesn't see where they end because of the blackouts." He adds that there's no particular impatience about waiting, and that Irish crowds will stand in line regardless of the weather. Allied Asking Toughest, x^ost Favorable Pic Deals National Allied, through the medium of its affiliates, has launched a four-point country-wide survey to determine which company, in the estimation of the individual member, (1) "gives you the most favorable deals?"; (2), "is the toughest?"; (3), "do you believe has the best product?" and (4), "the least valuable product?" Metro, Paramount, RKO, Twentieth-Fox and Warners are listed in "Group A" and Columbia, UA and Universal in "Group B" for purposes of the survey. Additionally, members are asked to say of all eight companies listed "which one gives you the most favorable deals" and "is the toughest of all." Replies are to be summarized and made available to members in a fortnight, it is understood. Irving Cummings Signs Col. Producer-Director Deal IVest Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Irving Cumtnings has signed a producer-director deal whereby he will make six pictures for Columbia over a period of three years. He has two pictures remaining on his 20th-Fox commitment, but under his new Columbia pact he will be allowed to make as many outside pictures as he desires. Hochstein Trial on May 2 Trial of Harry Hochstein, former Chicago morals inspector on a perjury indictment growing out of the film racketeering cases, yesterday was put over to IMay 2 by Federal Judge Alfred Coxe. Seventh Week for "Lady" "Lady in the Dark," holding for a seventh at the N. Y. Paramount, is the third pic in house history to stay that period. Report Eaton Withdraws As Counsel for Finkel Pittsburgh — Withdrawal of Oliver K. Eaton as counsel for William Finkel and the Carson Amusement Co., named by each of seven distributing companies as co-defendants in complaints charging the falsifying of statements on percentage pictures, was reported here yesterday. It is understood that J Roy Dickie of the law firm of Dickie, Robinson & McCanney is taking over the defense. New WAC Exchange Area Heads in Two Territories Sam Gross of 20th-Fox succeeds Charles Zagrans of RKO Radio as WAC exchange area chairman in Philadelphia, while in Milwaukee, Don Wood of Warners takes over from Harry J. Shumow of Loew's, Ned E. Depinet, WAC distributor chairman, announced yesterday. Resignations are due to illness. "The Master Race" May Get Labor Day Release Edward R. Golden is aiming for a Labor Day release for his new picture for RKO release, "The Master Race," it was disclosed by the producer yesterday. The film is scheduled to go into production on May 1. Golden, who has been in town for the past week, returns to the Coast on Friday. Bergman in Cincinnati On "Courageous" Plans Cincinnati — Maurice A. Bergman, Eastern director of advertising and publicity for Universal, arrives from New York today to put the finishing touches on plans for the simultaneous opening of Walter Wanger's "Ladies Courageous" in 70 cities. Radio campaign over WLW is tied in. Contests to pick the "lady courageous" in each of the 70 cities are a feature of the exploitation. Ask Individual Theater Pacts Chicago — Operators' union officials are asking a contract from each Chicago theater for better sanitary facilities and working conditions. A meeting between both parties is expected before the week-end. Operators' meeting tomorrow will elect Chicago delegates to the international union convention. COfflinG and GOIDC iBARNEY BALABAN is back from the Coast. BOB CILLHAM returns to New York today. MA). ARTHUR LOEW has arrived in London from New York. H. M. RICHEY returns to New York at the end of the week. JOSEPH SISTROM is here from the Coast en route to London; he is stopping at the Waldorf. JOSEPH H. HAZEN returned from Washnj, ton late yesterday. MIKE SIMONS, editor of Metro's Distributor, house organ, returned yesterday from St. Louis, Kansas City and Pittsburgh. He leaves on the 12th for Atlanta, New Orleans and Memphis. HARRY RAPE arrived from the Coast yesterday. WARREN SLEE, Metro field exploitation man headquartering in Chicago, is in town. E. K. "TED " O'SHEA leaves for Memphis at the week-end. LINDA BRENT is at the Waldorf-Astoria from the Coast. iBENAY VENUTA went to Atlantic City yesterday to entertain service personnel in the Army Air Forces hospital there. HARRY GOLDBERG, Warner Theaters director of advertising and publicity, spent yesterday in New Haven. COL. ROBERT L. SCOTT, author of "Cod is My Co-Pilot," which Warners is preparing for early production, leaves New York today for the Coast. JOHN GARFIELD who has been on a USO overseas tcur, leaves New York on Sunday for Hollywood. EDWARD EVERETT HORTON arrived in New York yesterday from the Coast. CHRIS DUNPHY. assistant at the Bijou, New Haven, will go on a 10-day fishing trip to Houlton, Maine. DAN POUZZNER, of the Middletown Theaters, will vacation at Southern Pines, N. C. HERBERT SILVERBERC, film attorney, is in from the Coast, stopping at the St. Regis. ,■» SAM KESTENBAUM of PRC is off with BUS ! TER CRABBE for a p. a. tour, with Washington the first stop; Crabbe opens his own "Water Follies" there. HERBERT SORRELL, president of the Conference of Studio Unions, and D. T. WAYNE, its vice-president, returned to the Coast yesterday after talks on new contracts with producer representatives. LEONARD GOL'DENSON, vice-president of Paramount in charge of theater operations, returns today from Arrowhead Springs, Calif., where he attended a meeting of Paramount Theater partners. LEON D. NETTER and SAM DEMBOW, JR., theater department executives, are due back Friday. GEORGE A. SMITH, Paramount Western division manager, is back from a two-week tour of his territory. SEEKING A DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR YOUR THEATRE TICKETS? . INTERNATIONAL OFFERS: Dapandabi* ••nric* . . . 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