The Film Daily (1945)

:3% Wz\. 88, No. 74 Wed., Oct. 17. 1945 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and General Manager CHESTER B. 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, Secretary Treasurer; Al Steen, Associate Editor. Enterer as second class matter, Sept. 8, 1938, at thi post-office at New York, N. Y., under th< 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 addresi Filmday, New York. Representatives: HOLLYWOOD, 28, Calif —Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phon< Granite 6607. WASHINGTON— Andrew H Older, 6417 Dahlonega Road, Wash. 16, D. C. Phone: Wisconsin 3271. CHICAGO, 45, IllJoseph Esler, 6241 N. Oakley Ave., Phone Briargate 7441. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman. The Film Renter. 127-133 Wardoui St., W. I. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. Virtudes 214. MOSCOW— Dagmar Stein, Hotel Metropole. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar. Filmafric. STOCKHOLM— Armas Morby. Mastersamuelsg 25. HONOLULU — Mrs. Annabel Damon. MEXICO CITY— Arthur Geiger, Augusto Compte 5, Mexico, D. F. SAN 1UAN — E. Sanchez Ortis. MONTREAL — Ray Carmichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. VAVCOUVER— Jack Droy, 411 Lyric Theater Bldg. nnnnciflL ; (Tuesday, Oct. 16) ■ NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net Low Close Chg. 30 30 5V8 5V2 + 1/4 343/4 35'/2 + li/g High Am. Seat 30 Con. Fm. Ind 554 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 3534 East. Kodak 199'/2 1 Cen. Prec. Eq 31 Loew's, Inc 30 Paramount 3834 RKO 12V2 RKO $6 pfd 1075/8 ! 20'h Century-Fox . . 33% 20th Century-Fox pfd 41 Universal Pict 31 Vs Warner Bros 193/i NEW YORK CURB Monogram Picts. . . . 43/g Monog'am Picts. pfd. lO'/^ Radio-Keith cvs. . . . 37/8 Sonotone Corp 43/fc Technicolor 27'/4 Trans-Lux 5'/fc 99 Vi 199y2 — i/2 30 31 + S/8 29 3/4 29% — V8 383/8 3834 — Vs 123/g 123/s — Va 07 V2 1075/8 323/4 323/4 "4 Vs 403/4 403/4 -• I/4 31 31 l/2 195/8 195/8 _ l/8 MARKET 41/4 43/8 + 1/g 1014 iov4 33/4 334 — i/8 4V4 43/8 2634 27V8 — i/g 5 5'/g + Vs James Lewis Returns Kansas City — James (Jimmy) Lewis has been discharged by the Army rnd resumes as manager of the RKO Radio exchangs after a brief vacation. During his absence A. A. Renfro has been acting manager. W IMJL Y c, CIRCLE 6-0081:2'3-4 Whitney as Temporary State Dept. Consultant Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Appointment of Col. John Hay (Jock) Whitney to serve as consultant to Assistant Secretary of State William B. Benton is a temDorary measure, it was said at the State Department yesterday, Col. Whitney, who will not be a full-time worker at the Department, will advise Benton on his dealing with the industry and on the dissolution of the OWI and OIAA pix bureau. The appointment is taken here as clear indication that the OIAA pix program in South America as inaugurated by Colonel Whitney four years ago and carried on by Francis Alitock after Whitney left will be con:inued. The Whitney appointment, it is understood, runs until Jan. 1 next. Sudekum Taking Full Time To Meet Disposal Order Nashville, Tenn. — Tony Sudekum, president of Crescent Amusement Co., has until Jan. 18, 1946, to meet the terms of a court order in the Government's anti-trust suit, and may take the full time allotted, according to George H. Armistead, chief counsel for Crescent in the suit. Without discussing what has been done by Sudekum to withdraw his holdings in six other circuits, Armistead stated that his client will make a report to Federal Judsre Elmer Davies on or before Jan. 18. Blaustein Editorial Supervisor for Selznick West Coast Bureau of THE FILM 'DAILY Hollywood — Maj. Julian Blaustein has been signed as editorial supervisor of Vanguard and Selznick International Pictures. Blaustein expects to be released from the Army shortly. He will headquarter in Hollywood, but will spend several months each year in New York. This appointment in no way affects Margaret McDonell who remains as story °ditor. Before entering the Army, Blaustein was story editor of Paramount. Howard Chisholm to PRC Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Howard Chisholm, former Paramount booker here, has been appointed head booker for PRC by George Gill, Washington franchise holder. Danny Rosenthal, former booker, has been named a salesman, covering: the Virginia territory. Dick Johnston to Para. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Richard L. Johnston has joined Paramount as studio operations manager. Johnston recently was production manager of Hunt Stromberg productions. Sf verstein Returns Having been discharged from the Army Signal Corps. Adolnh Silverstein has reioined 20th-Fox and is working in Rodney Bush's exploitation department. DAILY Wednesday, October 17, 1945 16 mm. Territorial Reps. Named by Arthur Loew Appointment of eight men to serve as 16 mm. territorial representatives in Cuba, France, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Chile, Venezuela and Belgium was announced yesterday by Arthur M. Loew, president of Loew's International Corp. Appointments are in line with M-G-M's plans for globegirdling 16 mm. operations in all countries outside of the United States and Canada. The eight men, each a native of the country in which he will serve, will be given extensive training for eight weeks in this country by Dr. Ronald Carroll, Robert Schmitt and Haven Falconer, in charge of training, equipment and educational aspects, respectively, of M-G-M's 16 mm. operations abroad. Griffith-Fowler to Film 'Good Night, Sweet Prince' West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— Director E. H. Griffith and Writer Gene Fowler have formed an independent producing unit tr film "Good Night, Sweet Prince." Griffith will direct from a screenplay by Fowler. No plans have been set as yet for distribution and no deal is expected to be made before early 1946. Actual production on "Good Night. Sweet Price" won't start for several months, as Griffith and Fowler plan first to film "Rip Van Winkle" ir Technicolor. Barry Fitzgerald will be third co-producer on this independent film and is also slated for the starring part. Van Every Loses Round In 20th Cent.-Fox Suit New York Supreme Court Justice Benedict Dineen yesterday denied Edward Van Every, a motion for a temporary injunction to restrain 20th-Fox from further distribution and exhibition of "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" with his name as the author. The court held that the suit, which seeks $75,000 for alleged unauthorized use of the name, must go to trial. Van Every at the same time seeks to collect a balance of $5,750 from +he sale of three stories to 20thFox in 1941 for $11,500, according to the plaintiff. David D. Home Elected To Mono. Int'l Board David D. Home, assistant treasurer of Monogram International Corp., has been elected a director of the comnany, it was announced yesterday by Norton V. Ritchey, president. The slate of officers and directors of the international subsidiary now is as follows: Norton Ritchey, president and director; W. Rav Johnston, chairman of the board; George Burrows, treasurer and director: Peter J. Fredh^ff, vice-president and director; N. Witting, secretary; David Home, assistant treasurer and director, and William B. Jaffe, director. comma and come BEN KALMENSON, WB general sales manager and ARTHUR SACHSON, assistant general sale: manager, arrived in Toronto yesterday. The] return to New York the end of this week. SAMUEL COLDWYN was in Washington yester day and was a calier at the Wnite House to se President Truman. HARRY C. ARTHUR, JR., Central regio state cha'rman for the Victory Loan Campai; arrived in town yesterday for conferences. CEORCE BANNAN, Southwest field man foi Warners, arrives in San Antonio today anc leaves for Austin the latter part of the week. CHARLES S. STEINBERC, assistant to Larry Colob, public'ty director for Warners in New Yoik returns today from Washington. ED SCHOEN, Cincinnati field man for Warners, is in Toledo. EDWARD A. AARON, M-C-M's circuit sales head, returns from the Coast this week-end. CHARLES K. STERN, Loew's assistant treasurer, will leave on another tour of M-G-M exchanges in two weeks. LOUIS SCH'NE, of the Schine circuit, Cloversville, was in town yesterday. CHARLES TAYLOR, of the Shea chain, Buffalo, and State Publcity Chairman for the WAC in that territory, spent yesterday in New York. DORIS ARDEN, Chicago Times movie critic, is in Hollywood on a special assignment. RUDY BERCER, M-C-M Southern sales manager, returns to Atlanta on Friday after spending a few days in Jacksonville. SAM LEFKOWITZ, United Artists d'strlct manager, is in Boston. On his way back he will stop in Albany. He's due at his desk here on Friday. M. H. SIMPSON, Paramount studio comptrol'er, irrived in New York yesterday on a brief busiless visit. OLLIE NORDEMAR of Europe Films, Stockholm, is a business visitor at the Ampro factory in Chicago. Rocamora Organizes Screen Test Company West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Wynn Rocamora has organized a company known as Tests, Inc. This organization, which is underwritten by Rocamora, will specialize in making screen tests to be shown to producers and directors. He will set up his office at General Service Studios and actual operations are expected to be started by Nov. 1. Tests, Inc., will feature 10-minute sequences filmed under supervision of recognized directors. The services of the company are designed mainly for agents who want a particular type of dramatic talent for their clients. Kiwanians to Hear Lee Claude F. Lee, director of public relations for Paramount, will be the principal speakers at the Fellowship Dinner at the annual state convention of the Florida District of Kiwanis. He left yesterday for Miami Beach where the affair is to be held at the Roney Plaza Hotel. w ARI tOLJUUfERTISING i 1«5 WES/ 4S» ST. K.Y.C ? !0: BR.... 9-4153-4