The Film Daily (1945)

DAILY Wednesday, October 10, 1945 Vol. 88, No. 70 Wed., Oct. 10, 1945 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : : : : Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and General Manager CHESTER 8. 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, 6417 Dahlonega Road, Wash. 16, D. C. Phone: Wisconsin 3271. CHICAGO, 45, 111., Joseph Esler, 6241 N. Oakley Ave., Phone Briargate 7441. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. Yirtudes 214. MOSCOW— Dagmar Stein, Hotel Metropole. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar, Kilmafric. STOCKHOLM— Armas Morby, \l ..ursamuclsg 25. HONOLULU — Mrs. Annabel Damon. MEXICO CITY— Arthur Geiger, Augusto Compte 5, Mexico, D. F. SAN TUAN — E. Sanchez Ortis. MONTREAL — Ray Carmichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. VANTCOUVER— Jack Droy, 411 Lyric Theater Bldg. nnnnciRL (Tuesday, Oct. 9) Lewis Moses Stricken; Funeral Rites Today Funeral services for Lewis Moses, 47, pioneer exhibitor who was associated with his brother Charles Moses in the latter's Staten Island theaters and who died Monday of a heart attack, will be held here today in the Universal Chapel, 52nd and Lexington Ave., 2:30 p.m. In addition to his brother Charles, he is survived by brothers Morton and Elias, and four sisters, Florence Neuman, Amelia Stern, Hannah Graubai'd and Lillian Pett. He was a member of the Motion Picture Associates, the Motion Picture Bookers Club, and veteran of World War I. Home Offices to Mark Columbus Day Holiday Quigley Hosts Dinner Honoring Tom Connors Martin Quigley was host to publishers and editors of the ftrade press at a dinner at "21" last night in compliment to Tom Connors, 20th Century-Fox sales chief. Guests included Jack Alicoate, Abel Green, "Red" Kann, Don Mersereau, Charles Schlaifer, Chester B. Bahn, Sam Shain, Lionel Toll, Sherwin Kane, Moe Wax, James Jerauld, Mel Konicoff, Al Picoult, Terry Ramsaye, Tom Kennedy and "Chick" Lewis. Quigley introduced as speakers Connors, Alicoate and Green. NEW YORK STOCK High Con. Fm. Ind 5'A Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. . 33 '/2 East. Kodak 200'/4 1 do pfd 196 Cen. Prec. Eq 30 Loew's, Inc 30% Paramount 39% RKO 13'/2 RKO $5 pfd 109 20th Century-Fox . . 33% 20th Century-Fox pfd. 41% Universal Pict. Warner Bros. . . NEW YORK Monogram P cts. . . . Monogram Picts. pfd. Radio-Keith cvs Sonotone Corp 4% Technicolor 28% Trans-Lux 5 MARKET Net Low Close Chg. 5'/4 5'/4 33 33 i/2 98 200 +2 96 196 + 1 291/2 29% — % 30 30 '/2 — i/4 391/2 393/4 _ 1 125/8 13 07 108 1/2 — 1/2 323^ 33% — 3/g 41% 413/4 _ i/4 32 33 + 11/4 19% 20 MARKET 33 20% CURB 4'/2 10% IO1/4 1 41/4 4% 43/8 _ % 3% 3% 27% 5 + 41/4 + % 28 — % 5 Columbia Se!s Dividend Columbia board has declared a quarterly dividend of $.68% per share on the $2.75 convertible pfd. payable Nov. 15 to stockholders of -ecord, Nov. 1. % ART FOR ADVERTISING I8S WEST 48.. ST. NYC PH0 BB... 9-4153-4 Radin Back to Buchanan Paul Radin is returning from Europe where he was Chief of Films for OWI in the Balkans. After reporting to Government and film officials, he will return to the staff of Buchanan & Company, Inc. as account executive. Home offices of most of the major producer distributor companies as well as leading indies will shutter al day Friday in observance of Columbus Day, their front offices decided yesterday. Formal declarations that the holiday would be completely observed came from Paramount, M-G-M, 20thFox, RKO Radio, and Monogram. Word that "nothing official yet" issued from Republic and PRC, but officials of Columbia, UA and Universal clarioned that their home offices would close Friday at 1 p.m., thus giving their employes a half day. Warner Bros, official channels could not be reached last night, but expectations are that they will adhere, along with the other members of the so-called Big Five, to the allday lockdown. Name James Wolcott to Audience Research Posts James L. Wolcott who recently resigned as production manager of The Mai'ch of Time has been appointed vice-president, general manager and a director of Audience Research, Inc., it was announced yesterday by Albert E. Sindlinger, executive vice-president. Wolcott will make his headquarters in Princeton, N. J., ARI's home office and plans to move his family there. Mrs. Louis Domm Dies Osgood, Ind. — Mrs. Louis Damm, who operated the Damm Theater here since her husband's death several years ago, died at her home. M-G-M TRADE SHOWS "YOLANDA AND THE THIEF" NEW YORK • NEW JERSEY and LOS ANGELES TERRITORIES ONLY NEW YORK NEW JERSEY TU ESDAY, OCTOBER 16 ^^.m. M-G-M SCREEN ROOM— 630 NINTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY LOS ANGELES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 • 2:30 P.M. AMBASSADOR THEATRE AMBASSADOR HOTEL NOTE: AT LOS ANGELES. "SHE WENT TO THE RACES," ORIGINALLY SCHEOULED FOR OCTOBER 16 at 2 P.M. WILL BE TRADESHOWN INSTEAD AT 10:30 A.M. ON THAT DAY cominc and come «unri i Pari*] •1 r ,.U NED E. DEPINET, RKO Radio president, is back at his desk at the New York home office following a tour of Texas territory during the past week. A. W. SMITH, JR., Eastern sales managei of 20th-Fox, left yesterday for Pittsburgh whe he will conduct sales meetings on behalf of tf Tom Connors Drive. ROBERT SCHLESS, Paramount division man ager for Continental Europe, French North Africa and the Near East, left Boston for Pan; yesterday aboard the S. S. Mariposa. SAMUEL COLDWYN is leaving the Coast New York Saturday to round out plans for next production. WILLIAM WYLER, JAMES MULVEY and SYLVAN OESTREICHER, will accompany. SID ROCELL, RKO Radio production executive, arrived in New York from Hollywood yesterday for a round of playgoing, and conferences. STELLAN DAHLSTEDT, head of the technical department of AB Svensk Filmindustri, operating a circuit of 80 theaters with headquarters ir Stockholm, is in New York. EKNESTO SMITH, manager of Columbia Pictnres, Havana, and ERNESTO SMITH, JR., an en route to New York on a vacation trip. PEDRO VALCARCE, administrator of Americi and Radio C ne theaters, left Havana for New York on a talent search, and to study Unitec States stage shew presentation technique. CEORCE JOSEPHS, assistant to Abe Montague and Leonard Picker, Columbia producer, an here from the Coast. CHARLES S. CHAPLIN, UA Canadian sale! manager, left New York yesterday for Montreal. JACK LAMONT, manager of Monogram Picture! of Mexico, will leave Mexico City on an in' specfion trip through the Central American republics. CEORCE FISHMAN, Warners field man for tht Philadelphia territory, returns to that city today from home office conferences. Revenue Upped Sharply By Previews, WB Finds Tabulation by Warners' sales de partment of advance midnight pre views, generally held a week or tw< before regular engagement, reveals that such previews have boosted re ceipts of pictures from 20 to 60 pe: cent. Figures are based on more thai 150 previews held within the pas several months. Report also show; that these events have extende< playing time in practically ever] instance. 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