The Film Daily (1944)

<9l DAILY Monday, October 2, 1944 Vol. 86. No. 64 Mon., Oct., 2, 1944 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and 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, 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, 111., Joseph Esler, 6241 N. Oaklev Ave., Phone Briargate 7441. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. HONOLULU— Mrs. Annabel Damon. MEXICO CITY— Marco-Aurelio Galindo, Apartado 8817, Mexico, D. F. SYDNEY—Allan White. SAN JUAN— E. Sanchez Ortiz. MONTREAL— Roy Carmichael. Financial. (.Sept. 29) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 16i/4 16V4 I61/4 — Vk 19 1834 19 4 l/4 Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (2y2%) Columbia Piers, pfd. . Con. Fm. fnd Con. Fm. Ind. pfd . . East. Kodak 1 do pfd. , 1 Gen. Prec. Eq Loew's, Inc Paramount RKO RKO $6 pfd 20th Century-Fox 20th Century-Fox pfd 20th Cent.-Fox ppf. 1 Warner Bros NEW YORK Monogram Picts RKO cvs Sonotone Corp. Technicolor Trans-Lux Universal Pictures . . . Universal Picts. vtc . 45/s 24 64 1 89 1 23 653/4 261/4 85/8 903.4 24S/8 3iy2 05% 1 12i/2 CURB 4% 45/8 — % 233/4 24 + 1/2 64 164 — 1 89 189 — 4 22Vi 23 4 'A 643,4 6534 4 1% 26 26I/4 + % 81/2 81/2 901/4 9OV4 — 3/4 24!i 245/8 — i/8 311/2 311/2 + 1/4 05% 105% + % 12'/4 121/4 — 1/4 MARKET 1V4 2% 213/4 4 19% l'/4 2% 1 V4 — % 2% 2134 213/4 _ y4 4 4+1/4 19% 19% — % Adventure To Produce 'Hopalong Cassidy' Series Adventure Pictures Corporation has completed arrangements to produce a new series of the Hopalong Cassidy stories, it was announced over the week-end. The part of Hopalong, formerly enacted by Bill Boyd, will be played by a new personality, with the first of the new series planned for production about Jan. 15. oast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood—Questioned regarding a report that Adventures Pictures Corp., would produce a series of Hopalong Cassidy westerns, Harry .Shorman said he planned to continue to produce the Cassidys and would not dispose of his rights. Hick-s Names Ackerman Para. Int. Ad Director August Deals In Film Securities Reported Light Appointment of Paul E. Ackerman as director of advertising and publicity for Paramount International was announced Friday by President John W. Hicks in a move to streamline for overseas post-war film advertising, exploitation and publicity. Ackerman has been Paramount's foreign publicity chief for the last four years and has been a member of the company's overseas advertising and publicity department for the last 10 years. Wakoff Leaves Reade To Open Own Office Arthur Wakoff, buyer and booker for the Walter Reade theater circuit, tendered his resignation to become effective Oct. 28. Wakoff leaves the Reade organization after 10 years service to open his own buying and booking office, acting as representative for theater owners in the New York metropolitan area. York, Para. Scandinavian Chief, Here for Parleys For his first trip to the United States since 1934, Carl P. York, Paramount's general manager for Scandinavia has arrived here from Stockholm for conferences with John W. Hicks and George Weltner, president and vice-president, respectively, of Paramount International. Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — August dealing in pix stocks was extremely light, with no major transfers reported over the week-end by the SEC. Joseph Moskowitz was reported to hold 500 shares each of Twentieth-Fox common and $1.50 cumulative preferred. Trem Carr dropped 1,500 shares of Monogram dollar par common, retaining 5,167, while Ray Johnston dropped 497 shares of the same stock, holding 18,690 personally and 900 through Monogram Pictures, Inc. J. Miller Walker sold 100 shares of RKO dollar par common and warrants for another 2,000, retaining none of the stock and no warrants. Walter Green picked up another 100 shares of capital stock in General Precision Equipment, now holding 220 shares, and Loew's bought another eight shares of Loew's Boston Theaters $25 par common holding 121,221 shares. March of Time Using Title of Nizer Book The March of Time has obtained permission of Louis Nizer to use the title of his book "What to do With Germany" for its current issue, which presents many of Nizer's ideas of the solution to the German problem. It was learned Friday that the edition of the book published in England by Hamish Hamilton, Ltd. had been completely sold out. Because of the great number of requests for seats and the limited capacity of the RKO Projection Room in New York (originally announced place of showing) RKO RADIO PICTURES now announces the NEW YORK TRADE SHOWING at the NORMANDIE THEATRE 51 East 53rd St., at Park Ave., New York. N. Y. Monday, October 9, at 10:30 A. M. Sharp of the second great production from International Pictures, Inc. EDWARD G. ROBINSON and JOAN BENNETT in "THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW" IV. Y. THEATERS p-W AY & j 47th St. j 'BRIDE BY MISTAKE' ALAN MARSHALL • LARAINE DAY MARSHA HUNT • ALLYN I0SLYN Extra! BRAZIL Today PARAMOUNT present! Fred MacMUR RAY Barbara STANWYCK Edward G. ROBINSON "Double Indemnity" IN PERSON THE ANDREWS SISTERS MITCHELL AYRES AND HIS BAND P4*AMOi/#r HELD OVER— 4th WEEK "STORM OVER LISBON' Starring Vera Hruba Ralston — Richard Arlen Erich Von Stroheim with Otto Kruoer — Eduardo Clannelll Robert Livingston-Mona Barrie A Republic Picture Air Cooled REPUBLIC THEATRE B'way Bet. 51st and 52nd St». Tel. CO. 5-9647 RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Showplace of the Nation — Rockefeller Center GARY COOPER TERESA WRIGHT in International Pictures' "CASANOVA BROWN" A NEW WALT DISNEY CARTOON and "ROCKEFELLER CENTER" ("This Is America" Series) SPECTACULAR STAGE PRESENTATION 1st Mezz. Seats Reserved. Circle 6-4600 p^i ON SCREEN g^BT M-G-M's New Musical H 'MAISIEGOES H TO RENO' r=l ANN SOTHERN JL^L J0HN HoDIAK fSSpj! TOM DRAKF IN PERSON' JIMMIE LUNCEFORD i & ORCHESTRA I joyn!r& FOSTER j A PARAMOUNT presents Joan Fontaine Arturo de Cordova "Frenchman's Creek' * RIVOLL B'way & 49th St. -kjcj VICTORIA jglllll] Broadway & 46th St. Ij I Doors Open 9:45 A. M. • Continuous f ARRYL F ZANUCK^