The Film Daily (1945)

Strikers to Extend Picketing to Republic and 'UJ {Sec Columns 2 and 3 Below j Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Oi Motion Pictures Twenty-Seven Years Old -1PDAILY' j>L 88, NO. 70 NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1945 TEN CENTS BLOCK MOVES TO DISMISS THE "LITTLE 3" State Dept. Would Guide Studios on Production Senton Draft Calls for Producer Co-op; Film Attaches on Global Basis By ANDREW H. OLDER Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — So long as Hollywood producers are willing to coderate with the State Department >n the matter of film content for pix he Department wishes to feature in ts new international information )rogram, Assistant Secretary Wiliam Benton's organization will push he Hollywood product in other lands luite aside from the present operaions of the Telecommunications Division of the State Department, (Continued on Page 6) Victory Loan Rally At Breakfast Oct. 23 As a preliminary to the forthcom.ng Victory Loan, a giant Breakfast Rally to be attended by more ;han 1,200 film theater executives, ;heater managers and home office Dfficials, will be held in the WaldorfAstoria at 9 a.m., Oct. 23, it was announced yesterday by Irving Lesser, general chairman for the local area, (Continued en Page 7) Mayor LaGuardia to be Pioneers' Honor Guest Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia will be the guest of honor at the annual Harvest Dinner to be held by the Picture Pioneers, Nov. 28th, at the Waldorf-Astoria. Upon Jack Cohn's return from the Coast next week, a (Continued on Page 7) G-B Earnings Soar; Tilt Dividend Rate London (By Cable) — Net profit of Gaumont British for the past year was £257,923 as against £192,334 the previous period, it was announced yesterday. Directors recommended an ordinary dividend of seven and one-half per cent, compared with six per cent paid last year. MEXICO BARS STOCK TO ARGENTINA Re-shipment to Spain Also to be Blocked With Rationing's End on Jan. I Mexico (By Wire) — Despite the announced end of raw stock rationing in Mexico as of Jan. 1, the Committee on Motion Picture Affairs will continue to eye film distribution, it was revealed by a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior. Announcement came as a surprise to many industry members who assumed that the Committee would be dissolved with the end of rationing. Spokesman explained that all local producers are free to request raw stock after Jan. 1, and said the purpose of retaining the Committee is to prevent possible reshipment of excess raw stock to Argentina and Spain. Charges of such shipments made in the past have been invariably denied by government and industry leaders. Australia to Follow U. K, Remittance Lead J. E. Perkins, Paramount manager for the Far Eastern, Australian, New Zealand and South African Division returned yesterday to the home office after three months of globe-circling travel which took him to Australia, New Zealand and India, 26,000 miles of which was by air. Perkins, who immediately went (Continued on Page 6) Emergency Control Bill In Canadian Parliament Ottawa — The Canadian Government has come forward in the Commons here with the National Emergency Powers bill providing for the (Continued on Page 6) N. J. Allied Ads On Over-Building Faced with an over-building problem, Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey at its annual convention yesterday in Passaic voted to set up a committee to find ways and means of combatting the threat. A substantial fund will be provided to fight the possible encroachment of un-needed theaters. The threat appears to stem from (Continued on Page 6) Columbia Plans British Pix for World Market London (By Cable) — Plans for production in England were outlined yesterday in an interview with Joseph A. McConville, president of Co(Continued en Page 7) To Extend Studio Picketing in m Lines to Be Formed at Republic and "U Philly Allied Suggests Protection Via 16 mm. Philadelphia— Allied ITO of Eastern Pennsylvania is warning exhibs. in small towns and in thinly populated city nabes to survey their situations immediately with a view to buying 16 mm. portable equipment (Continued on Page 7) West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — With studio representatives reporting no production at Warners yesterday due to inability of cameramen to cross picket lines, strike leader Herbert K. Sorrell, CSU prexy, declared that his pickets would close Republic and Universal by the end of the week. "We won't relax the number of (Continued on Page <:) Wright Says They Should Remain; Gov't Offers OneThird of Its Documents By AL STEEN Associate Editor, THE FILM DAILY Moves by Columbia, Universal and United Artists to be dismissed from the Government's anti-trust trial and an attempt by the other five defendants to be granted a three-week recess after the Government states its case were blocked, temporarily at least, yesterday at the second day of the equity trial. Meanwhile, the Government offered 105 documents in evi(Continued en Page 7) Continuance of WAC Is Under Discussion Continuance of the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture industry for special drives at least was stated to be under discussion by Si Fabian at yesterday's annual convention of New Jersey Allied at Passaic. WAC is scheduled to end on Dec. 31, but Fabian stated that its continuance beyond that date for (Continued on Page 6) Strike Deadline Stands Versus Randforce, Skouras The Oct. 19 deadline on strike action still stands in the instances of Randforce and Skouras if a settlement in negotations with IATSE Local 306 for new contracts for pro( Continued on Page 7) Netv London GHQ. Planned by Metro London (By Cable)— -M-G-M has revealed plans for a new London headquarters. Company will move into a building on St. James St. as soon as the site is de-requisitioned by the government department now in occupation.