The Film Daily (1944)

■ k ednesday, December 13, 1944 DAILY lorda Places >ood Pix First (Continued from Page 1) giving the latter a "fair ■ knee." Hope for Post-war "Balance" (Before the war, Korda asserted ankly, film trade between America Id England was "a one-way street," t that he and other interests in land hoped for a fair post-war Jance, whose hope of realization 6 in the determination of British iducers' abandonment of "seconry pictures" such as pre-war quota eulations spawned. Economics of t future will assist England, he Jed, because the tendency will be vard production of fewer films of tter and better quality. orda said that British interests |ire set the playing-time goal for tir post-war productions on U. S. j«eens at from 8 to 10 per cent, jelity of the entertainment will be sole yardstick because "no Govment can force pictures on an tailling public, and it is up to itain to produce good pictures." Jese, through swapping of talent 1 technicians with Hollywood, will aimed at world-wide acceptance, I stress will also be placed on ■duct which will tell the stories ' and appeal to, the British Com.nwealth. There have not been I ugh of the latter, he added. iorda, in addition to "The Perfect [angers," which will be ready for lease here via M-G-M in about six jjeks, plans to put before the cameach or all of three features in . These are "Velvet Coat," the oert Louis Stevenson biography, Robert Donat slated for title "Pastoral," set for Carol Reed's •ction; and "Pickwick Club." He jraised Deborah Ken as "a realreat actress" and indicated that would play a top role in one of Ise attractions. Next week he |as to be in Hollywood to arrange directors to handle the othe: All three will be top-bracket budgeted at over $1,000,000 orda has 14 scripts on hand now-, war work is occupying all avail • studio stages, and only some 0 exempted technicians are now king. tudio equipment in Britain is ry run down, and shortages exist, color film is scarce, he added. 'es France, Russia Big Factors ilm production and consumption be very great in Europe when war ends, and France and Ruswill be important factors, Korda [lectronics' use in war, when api to peacetime film pursuits, will 'oundly, but constructively, affect land, Korda asserted, — and this ides, of course, television, — but med to comment on extent of its act. orda said that he will return to ion in mid-January. Santa 'Claws' Show Biz Although show business is conceded to be generally good, a premature drop, "scooping" the weekbefore-Christmas results, was explained by Sam Rinzler, partner in the Randforce Circuit, as due to the inability of gift purchasers to secure the merchandise they want from their regular shopping haunts, making it necessary for the consumer to take extra time in scouting other neighborhoods. U. S. Crescent Victory Seen N. Y. Suit Help Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Government attorneys are agreed that the U. S. Supreme Court's upholding of the D of J's demands for divorcement among the various affiliated Sudekum circuits and the ban of further Crescent expansion without prior court approval represent major victories which will be of great importance in che New York suit. Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge had already made it plain that he expected a favorable Crescent decision to react favorably on the Government attempts to combat ''predatory practices by other circuits— independent or affiliated. Berge's statement on the Supreme Court's decision follows: "The decision represents a complete victory for the Government. The Supreme Court upheld the findings that Crescent and its affiliates have violated the Sherman Act by using their vast circuit buying power to crush independent theaters. More .han that, the Supreme Court upheld :he Government's request for a stronger decree than the District Court had imposed. Under the holding of the Supreme Court, the defendants cannot buy any more theaters unless they get prior court approval, so we now will have a strong decree that should be really effective. "Today's decision should strengthen the Government's position immeasurably in its other litigation with motion picture companies." Pioneers Honor Five At Gala Event Tonight (Continued from Page 1) night will be Darryl F. Zanuck, John Harris, R. J. "Bob" O'Donnell, Walter Vincent and Francis Doublier. Event will be attended by more than 300 prominent film men and 64 candidates will be inducted, with oath administered by Judge Ferdinand Pecora. Jack Cohn, house manager of the Pioneers, will preside and the evening's program features will be in charge of Sam and George Dembow. Dinner will be at 8 p m., preceded by an informal cocktail reception which starts an hour earlier. J. R. Poppele is Elected President of the TBA (Continued from Page 1) day conference which ended yesterday at the Commodore Hotel. He succeeds Allen B. DuMont. Robert Gibson, vice-president of General Electric, was elected vice-president succeeding Lewis A. Weiss. Will Baltin was re-elected secretarytreasurer and O. B. Hanson vicepresident of NBC, was elected assistant secretary. DuMont, F. J. Binglev of Philco and Curtis W. Mason of KFI, Los Angeles, were re-elected directors for a three-year term. Poppele was elected to the board to fill out the unexpired term of Worthington Miner of CBS. Three new companies were mace full members of the association. They were Farnsworth Television and Radio Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind.; Bremer Broadcasting Corp., Newark; and Yankee Network, Boston; RCA Victor and Raytheon Manufacturing Co. Elected to an affiliate membership were 20th Century-Fox, Rauland Corp., Chicago; American Television Laboratories, Chicago; Federal Telephone and Radio Corp., Newark and Pan American Television Corp., New York. There are now 37 companies in the association, 20 of which are active and 17 affiliates. An educational membership was voted at yesterday's meeting. Para, Asks FCC for Tele Relay Stations (Continued from Page 1) Vermont, New York City, Buffalo, Detroit, El Paso, Des Moines, Chicago and Los Angeles. Channels nine through 12 were asked for the West, 13 through 16 for the East. Paramount already has, through Television Productions, a tele station in Los Angeles, W6XYZ, and through B & K a station in Chicago, and has applied, through United Detroit Theaters, for a Detroit license. Yesterday's applications, however, are strictly for experimentation in demonstrating and developing the practicability of a nation-wide tele network, Attorney Karl A. Smith said here. Kent Leaving to Take G-B Post in 2 Weeks Larry Kent is scheduled to leave for London within 10 days to two weeks to establish permanent headquarters there as 20th-Fox's representative on the Gaumont-British board of directors and as a member of the G-B theater operating and post-war planning committee, the other member of which is Mark Ostrer. Kent will report to J. Arthur Rank, who holds control of G-B. Mrs. Kent will remain behind, joining her husband after the war. PMSI i,yJS=i V