The Film Daily (1944)

November 27, 1944 &*\ DAILY lauds Showmen's inal Service Continued from Page 1) Idward E. Stettinius, who acfor the hospitalized Hull, briefly. ''resident expressed his regret weing able to attend the dinner . plauded the selection of Hull i award, "but I hope," he add-at I may take this occasion J your organization to thank Imbers of the amusement in who have done so much for "»d of the community in our "1 life. I am thinking of such -i.s War Bond drives, Red Cross b, participation in USO ac ihe March of Dimes for the of crippled children, the stance of children's camps all e country, and in many kinIt dds. The members of your f, management, actors and lis alike, seem to have un; capacity and energy in giving ne and effort to good causes." I inius and Byrnes lauded the astry and Hull. 'Tribute to the Industry Connolly, chairman if the Foreign Relations Committer paying tribute to Hull, 1 American motion picture has vital influence in moulding ^pinion because it gives a gra d visual picture understood people. It is a common tator of all races, creeds and '3 of human society. American motion picture is -issador of the United States, to all countries and serves as •preter of American life. The in motion picture has an inon our foreign relations, •esponsibility and its opporwill increase with the years, an be little doubt that in the r days the motion picture will ier gates of opportunity, the responsibility of the in;o present to our own people ;he world products of such a andard and of merit as will e good-will and understanding the peoples of the world, y, it is a mirror of American 'he recent picture, 'Wilson,' tremendous impression upon pie of the United States. I the days to come that the mo:ure industry may carry other of a similar nature to all the of the earth. It will render a service to the people of the ID BIRTHDAY EETINGS TO November 27 ft J. Ochs inter Booth d Aliwyn Spencer Charters Madge Hunt H. A. Arata BRIEflM THE DAY'S nEUJS Mono. Underwriting Plan Gets Finishing Touches 20th-Fox Field Reps. Meet Twentieth Fox field representatives huddled at the home office at the week-end to talk over plans for the national exploitation of "Winged Victory." Field men present at the sessions, which will be conducted by Sidney Blumenstock, the company's assistant exploitation manager, included Spence Pierce, Leonard Allen, Bill Michaelson, Mike Weiss, Seymour Freedman, Wally Allen, Al Fowler, Al Winston and Ralph Stilt. • 20th Sending Gifts Overseas Some 5,000 Christmas parcels will be on their way this week to 20thFox employes in service. Accompanying each package will be a $10 money order. • rPA Meet Stresses Pix Television Producers Ass'n meeting in the local Hotel des Artistes auditorium on Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. will hear John Flory, of Hollywood's film industry, discuss use of movies with live action in tele shows, and Vernon Lewis, local film producer, explain part spot commercials on film will play in post-war audiovideo programs. Bill Baird, worldfamed puppeteer, will champion puppet presentation outlook in tele. • MPA Nominates Tomorrow Nomination of officers for next year will be made tomorrow by the membership of Motion Picture Associates in the Hotel Astor. world. It will vindicate what it has done today in making this award to the eminent Secretary of State." The making of the Variety Club's Humanitarian Award to Secretary Hull attracted a crowd of 500 persons. Among those present were Will H. Hays, Barney Balaban, Spyros Skouras, Ned E. Depinet, Robert J. O'Donnell, George Dembow, Rep. Luther Johnson of Texas, George J. Schaefer, Col. Curtis Mitchell, Senator Arthur Walsh of New Jersey, Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig of the Marine Corps, Sen. Theodore Green of Rhode Island, Vice-Admiral R. R. Waesche, Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard; Neil Agnew; Col. Edwin A. Halsey, secretary to the U. S. Senate; Sen. Warren R. Austin of Vermont; Daniel Bell, under-secretary of the Treasury; Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge, Vice Admiral Ben Moreell, J. A. Krug, WPB head; Herman Robbins, Paul C. McNutt of the WMC; Jack Cohn, Sister Kenny, Ambassador Cimon Diamantopoulos of Greece; Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Franchot Tone, Rep. Wright Patman of Texas; Sen. Ernest McFarland of Arizona; Sen. Kenneth McKellar of Tenn.; Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed, Tom Connors, J. Robert Rubin, Frank C. Walker and many others. (Continued from Page 1) sent the financing project to the stockholders at their annual meeting Dec. 6. It will be the first motion picture underwriting assignment by Emanuel & Co. Approximately $860,000 will go to Monogram for production and reduction of accounts payable. W. Ray Johnston, president, who is in New York, said that the past year's expansion had been the most rapid in the history of the company and that the gross collections for the year ended June, 1944, had exceeded the previous year by $1,700,025. Plans for foreign business are progressing rapidly, Johnston said. An office will be opened in Paris and a representative will be assigned to cover South America, working out of the new office in Mexico City. A contact man also will be assigned to London to work with Pathe Pictures, Ltd., Monogram's distributors. Johnston said he looked for a 33 per cent increase in gross business in the United Kingdom. Twenty of the 45 features announced for the 1944-45 season have been completed. Raytheon Applies for Waltham Tele Permit (Continued from Page 1) theon Co. on Friday applied to the FCC for permission to construct a commercial television station at Waltham, Mass. Earlier in the month it had applied for an FM permit. Raytheon plans a system to relay tele programs for home reception and theater reception in the ultrahigh frequencies. Terminal cities will be Boston, New York, Washington, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. In addition to relaying regular tele for theaters, it plans a supplementary slower service for theaters, comprising pix of the important news events of the day. Electronic Parts Release Not to Affect Shortage (Continued from Page 1) types of capacitors, microphones, speakers and various other parts were made available for civilian or export, but the types released are not those of great use to manufacturers of 35 mm. sound systems. The shortage of electronic parts continues to be acute for this purpose, with sound system production the sole facet of the WPB schedule which still lags. Although it is estimated that current production is just about enough to prevent any disastrous closings, the fact remains that it will be a long time before the supply will be plentiful. Eleven New Pix to Start Hollywood— Eleven new pictures go into production this week making total of 48 shooting. COfllNG and GOIM m W. RAr JOHNSON and GEORGE BURROWS return Wednesday to the Coast. BEN KALMENSON, WB general sales manager, is back from a Southern tour. SAM SEIDELMAN, Latin American Supervisor for Unite dArtists, has arrived in Havana. RALPH H. CLARK, general manager for Warners in Canada, is on an extended tour of the Western provinces. LT., (j.g.) LEN CRUENBERC, formerly RKO's Rocky Mt. district manager, paid the home office a visit last week and is now "winging" his way to Hawaii. HARRY REINER, RKO field supervisor, is back at the home office after a two-month trek on territorial runs of "The Master Race." NORMAN ELSON, vice-president of TransLux Theaters Corp., leaves New York today for Toronto where he will remain all week. IRWIN ZELTNER, of 20th-Fox's home office exploitation department, is in Detroit. SERGT. BURT B. BALABAN, USMC, son of Barney Balaban, president of Paramount is home on a month's furlough after 15 months in the South Pacific. OLIVER H. P. GARRETT has left for Hollywood to make revisions on the screenplay of "Duel In The Sun." JACK SCHUYLER, FILM DAILY'S Syracuse correspondent, is in town for a week's cod fishing. ROBERT WRIGHT and CEORGE FORREST, who did the musical adaptation and lyrics of Broadway's "Seng of Norway," have gone back to the Coast. ETHEL BARRYMORE has arrived in Hot Springs, Va., to recuperate from her hospital siege. JULES LAPIDUS, Eastern division sales manager fcr Warners, leaves today for Washington. AL DAFF, vice-president of Universal International, left London Friday for New York. ALFRED HITCHCOCK left London at the weekend for New York. DuMont Eyeing Main Stem for Tele Studio Facilities Persistent reports to the effect that DuMont Laboratories, Inc., is dickering with the Shuberts for acquisition of the latter's Ambassador Theater on 49th St., west of Broadway, to be utilized, after alterations, for tele studio facilities needed by the DuMont organization, were characterized by well-informed sources on Friday as "if anything, in very preliminary stages." No _ action in the matter, it was said, is expected one way or another for some time, although the informing channels implied that DuMont is eyeing the Great White Way sector for prospective space of this type. It was added that the company has several sites in mind. In any event, sales office and transmitter are expected to remain at 515 Madison Ave. Rites for Adolph Romish West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Funeral services for Adolph Ramish, 82, pioneer in film financing, who died Thanksgiving Day, will be held today from the Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, with Dr. Maxwell Dubin officiating. In 1920 Ramish founded West Coast Theaters, Inc., with Gore Brothers and Sol Lesser, and acted as treasurer. He was a franchise holder in First National and was a heavy backer in new Universal, when Charles R. Rogers took over the company, and continued as a stockholder in Universal. He was also president of Royal Amusements, Ltd , of Honolulu.