The Film Daily (1945)

Goodman to Munich To Join Schwartz 'Continued from Page 1) available at the request of Brig. Gen. Robert A. McClure, chief of the Information Control Division. General McClure, who arrived from Frankfui-t late last week, reviewed the film situation within his jurisdiction at a meeting of the Association's board at which Goodman was present. The eight majors are making available these 48 pictures for Army use in Germany: Warners — "Dr. Ehrlieh's Magic Bullet." Across the Pacific' "Maltese Falcon," "Actum in the North Atlantic." "Corn Is Green Destination Tokyo," "Airforee." Columbia — "Ton Were Never Lovelier." ■Here t omee Mr. Jordan," .Men In Her Life," "Ladies in Retirement," "Adam Had Four Sons," 'Ton l an'1 Take It With Vou." RKO — "Abe Lincoln in Illinois." "All That Money Can Buy." "Tom. Dick and Harry," "Enchanted Cottage," ''No, No. Nanette," "Snow White," "Mr. ami Mr-. Smith," "Navy i omes Through." 20th-Fox — "The Sullivan.-." "Remember the Day, "Moontide," "Sunday Dinner for a Soldier." "Wing ami a Prayer," "Tales ol Manhattan.' "Fighting Lady." Metro — "Pride ami Prejudice." "Human Comedy," "Young Tom Edison." "Madame Curie," "Seven Sweethearts," "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo." Universal — "Corvette K-225," "Shallow of a Doubt " n Started With Eve." "Appointment for Love." "Flesh and Fantasy," "One Hundred Men and a Girl." I'A — "Gold Rush," "It Happened Tomorrow." "] Married a Witch," "Topper Return-. "Our Town." "Dangerous Journey." Paramount — "Christmas in July," "Magic in Music," So Proudly We Hail," "No Time for Love Coins My Way." BIR Seeks $30 Million in Back Taxes from Indies i Continued from Page 1) tion regulations approximately 100 suits are expected to be filed under section 501 of Internal Revenue Laws which defines a personal holding company as any corporation not having more than five bona fide individual stockholders. "One of principal devices was to incorporate an individual picture and sell stock to a star or stars at nominal prices," Nunan asserted. "Later the company would buy the stock back from the star at a high valuation. The star then would list this transaction as capital gain instead of income, therefore the tax paid would be around 25 per cent whereas were it reported as income it would be around 85 per cent." Business managers are advising clients planning producing units to be certain that corporations comprise more than five bona fide stockholders to avoid future tax difficulties. Coast Pix Labor Czar Post to Fitzgerald! 'Continued from Page 1) resentatives of the industry and if the proposition is attractive enough he will accept. Fitzgerald's name was first mentioned when President William Green of AFL conferred with heads of the international brotherhoods and Richard F. Walsh, IATSE prexy, in Chii ago. Fitzgerald is said to be looked upon with favor by the unions as well as by the film companies. Fitzgerald handled labor disputes tor the New York Central, Illinois ral, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and other railroads before entering Government service. In three years he would be eligible to retire Erom Government service. Fox's Two for November Twentieth Century-Fox will release "The Dolly Sisters" and "And Then There Were None" next month. SEFID BIRTHDflV GREETinGSTO: Oct. 9 Irving Cummings Jane Woodworth Marjorie Bccbc Wally Brown Jeanette Loff Michael St. Angel Dennis J Shea Hilda Lesser Outsiders Propose Ohio Statewide 16mm. Circuit (Continued from Page 1) is said to involve the construction and operation of auditoriums to seat not more than 500 in towns of less than 7,000 population. Rites for Mrs. Kaufman Funeral rites were held yesterday for Mrs. Beatrice Bakrow Kaufman, 51, writer and editor, and wife of playwright George S. Kaufman, who died at her home here, 410 Park Ave., after a brief illness. Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Anne Kaufman Booth and two brothers, Leonard and Julian Bakrow of Rochester, N. Y. Kent Funeral Held Funeral services for William T. Kent, 59, once one of Broadway's top-flight comedians, who died last week, was held here yesterday at St. Malachy's Church. Kent made a brief sortie in the film field appearing in "King of Jazz" and "Scarlet Letter." Gregory Thomas Dead Halifax, N. S. — Gregory Thomas, 81, for the past 60 years on the staff of the Capitol and the previous theater on the same site, the Academy of Music-Majestic, is dead here. Jack M. Davis Stricken Detroit— Jack M. Davis, 42, wellknown Detroit theatrical booker, is dead following a heart attack. He was the head of the Empire Theatrical Agency here. "Lost" at the Rivoli Originally slated to follow "Hold That Blonde" at the N. Y. Paramount, "Lost Weekend" had its trailer switched to the Rivoli and is now set to follow the same company's "Love Letters." DAILY Tuesday, October 9, 1945 $1 OO Television Set Due on Mart by \ mas A television receiver to retail for about $100 is due on the market before Christmas, it is announced by the manufacturer, Viewtone Co. Company expects to reach its normal capacity of about 1,000 sets a week as soon as parts shortages are overcome, according to Irving Kane, president of Viewtone. Set is a table model producing an image visible from a distance of two or three yards. Schine Corporations Ordered Dissolved (Continued from Page 1) sidiaries maintained an unlawful combination through which they "monopolized the business of operating movie houses" in violation of the Sherman Act. The court's decision in the case was long held up because the record of the case included 4,728 pages of testimony and nearly 1,400 exhibits. Judge Knight meticulously took them under advisement one by one before rendering his decision. Judge Knight's opinion was 45 pages long. Suit against Schine was begun by the Government six years ago. The opinion directed issuance of a deci'ee ordering "that Schine and the various affiliated Schine corporations be dissolved, realigned, or reorganized in their ownership and control, so that fair competition between them and other theaters be restored and hereafter maintained." Determination of the question of re-organization or dissolution and the way m which one or the other will be accomplished, will be left for the court to decide after further consideration with Schine officials, it was understood. Suspend Production At Warner Studio (Continued from Page 1) 800 massed pickets attempted a blockade. Escorted by policemen and deputy sheriffs, 400 studio workmen managed to break the picket line and enter the studio. Union spokesmen said several IATSE costumers, sound men, cameramen and film technicians refused to cross the picket line. Herbert K. Sorrell, CSU prexy, got a black eye in the melee, while Leroy Prinz, Warner dance director, was struck over the head with a bottle ;is IK' attempted to enter the plant. Five pickets were arrested on charges of inciting a riot and disturbing the peace. One picket, Miss Winona Chalmers, a screen office worker, was also booked on suspicion of carrying a deadly weapon. Around 8(10 persons remained inside the studio last night. Meals were served by th studio. Ask Truman Intervene In Studio Strike (Continued from Page 1) causes for the inept handling of thj situation by the NLRB will be pressed by Rep. Gordon R. MacDonough, Republican, and Ned R. Healy Helen Gahagan Douglas and Ellis E. Patterson, Democrats, all of Hj£ lywood. Patterson made such a eft last month, and MacDonough is e5f. pected to be very vocal about thi situation today or tomorrow on th< House floor. In the meantime, the strike hai been brought to the attention of th« White House by Mrs. Douglas anc Patterson, both of whom wired th( President that the situation is noiii so serious as to merit White Housi intervention. Violence is increasing with bullets to be expected unles there is swift Governmental actioi toward a settlement, they said. Mrs. Douglas proposed that th< President demand the resignation o; the entire NLRB as the result of iti long delay and failure to reach i decision . The NLRB did not work Saturday having gone on a five-day week witl most other Government agencies, am made no strides toward a decisioi yesterday. Local 306 Again Talks With Skouras, Randforce (Continued from Page 1) operators employed by the two cir cuits were reopened yesterday. Talk between union and employers wer resumed as plans were being mad for a meeting of the Local 306 mem bership for ratification of the term of a settlement agreed upon on Fri day by representatives of the unio and of Broadway first-runs, RKC Loew's, home offices and newsreels The settlement ended a threatene boycott of RKO and Loew's produc which was to have gone into effec yesterday. Lem Jones With Skouras As Executive Assistant (Continued from Page II the late 20th-Fox board chairman campaign for the Presidency. B( fore his association with Willkie, h acted as confidential secretary to Toi Dewey when the latter was Ne York district attorney. Prior to h Dewey connection Jones was a new paper man on the staff of the Ne York Herald-Tribune. STORK REPORTS ' Havana (By Air Mail) — Edit Portes Luque, of Warner Bros., an Jose Paredes Ruitz, are the paren of a boy, their first.