The Film Daily (1947)

■rirfay, becember 27, 1946 ^Sffe I kuvenile Segregation roposed in Detroit (Continued from Page 1) .rcuit. Rossman bases his proposal ion sound experiment in his own jLi^r, where he has segregated the — Asters in recent weeks in one lit of the house, near the middle id front, with due consideration of acement for those few yoimgsters ith special eye troubles. Result has been that they can be uch better controlled in a group lan when scattered through the )use, and are much safer for any ^cessary control in an emergency. xcessive noise is eliminated; young ers are warned they must be quiet iring the show, and toy guns and her noisemakers are checked at the )or. Bubble gum is voluntarily laced by the youngsters in wax laper furnished by the house, and pother noise source thus eliminated. t Result is an immediate increase in tendance of adults at Saturday and bnday matinees, which formerly |j:ew almost entirely juvenile attend iice. Children accompanied by an Idult of course may sit anywhere in jie house. ctra Film Dividends imp Corporate Totals (Continued from Page 1 ) kalled $344,700,000 as compared (lith $320,300,000 in October, 1945. For the three months ending in lictober, 1946, dividend payments Imounted to $959,000,000, an increase I? 12.6 per cent over the $851,900,|D0 paid in the same period of 1945. Extra dividends paid by several Ji.otion picture companies put the Itniscellaneous" group into the lead Jtith a gain of 54 per cent over the (ftme three months of last year, the department said. |.dded Houses for Piatt Chicago — It is reported that A. iatt, B & K division manager, will [.so supervise the Loop Chicago and Jnited Artist theaters, taking them fver from Abe Wallerstein, who beomes Great States division manlier. SEnO BIRTHDAV GREETinCS TO: Dec. 27 Jackie Pa ley Marlene Dietrich Sidney Creenstreet Maria Alba Oscar levant Sam Coslow Dec 28 Lewis Ayers Frank Butler Lee iBowman Arch Reeve Man's Wrixon I Dec 29 Tad Alexander Harry Cold Wm. German Max Graf Lou Irwin George E. Marshall Emory Parnell John Thomas Neville yiveca i Linfors Weeh'cnd Reports • • • CUFF NOTES: Page 28 of the New York Times yesterday, read as though it was a page in the London Times. ... • Century's Albemarle Theater Brooklyn, will be closed Jan. 6, in preparation for the first elimination in the 1947 Daily News Golden Gloves tournament that night The ring of course will be erected on the Albemarle's stage. • Didja know that the Jackson Park Theater, victorious in that Chicago onti-lrust suit, has re-ioined Allied Theaters of Illinois, and the Allied booking department, effective as of January 1? . . . • The Griffith circuit, will produce a short for Oklahoma A & M College School of Technical Training at Okmulgee The circuit recently produced a short on Oklahoma waterways in co-operation with the state planning and resources board. ... • Adrian D. Rosen, owner-mcmager of Detroit's Deluxe Theater, saw a vaguely familiar face among his patrons the other night The patron stepped up and introduced himself, and Rosen remembered that he was the client he had defended on a charge of murder 12 years' ago The picture which attracted him to Rosen's theater was — "Murder In the Big House"!!! ... • The phone situation in Miami certainly must be tough Burton Clark, manager of the Parkway Theater there, reports a thief entered the theater and took but one item You guessed it — the telephone!!! ▼ TV • • • THIS 'N' THAT: Theodore Smith, of the MP A A, will participate in a round table discussion on "Science and the Public" tomorrow, in Boston, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ... • Roland Culver, who was scheduled to report to Paramount next month, to start a new-term contract, has been given an extension of time to June 1, to permit his appearance on Broadway opposite Dorothy Stickney, in "Little for the Bottle.". . . • The Composer-Authors Guild is about to launch a movement enlisting support of leaders in various professional, political fields, calling for increased attention to musical creativeness in this country, and the more widespread exploitcction of the home product. ... • Since Walt Disney already has a similar pic on tap. Jack Schwarz has dropped plans to produce "Jack and the Beanstalk." as a combined live-action and cartoon feature. ... • Herb Washburn, National Screen Service of St. Louis manager, is the new president of the city's Cocker Spaniel Club. ... • Barney Gerard, producer of Monogram's "Bringing Up Father." has turned over the ms of his autobiography "King of Burlesque." to the William Morris Agency. • First theater employe in Atlantic City to receive a monthly award of the Atlantic City Hotel Greeters is Kathryn Howard, head cashier of the Hollywood Theater The Greeters is composed of hotel managers, operators and "front-desk" men. ... • Twenty-two Vienneseproduced post-war German-language pictures have been booked into Detroit's Art Theater by Nick Forest. ... • The movement to have Olivia deHavillond nominated for the Academy Award on the strength of her performance in Paramount's "To Each His Own" is quietly gathering momentum The latest urging that she be nominated for Ihe acting honors is Screenland, speaking through Delight Evans, editor of the fan magazine ▼ ▼ ▼ • • • ODDS 'N' ENDS: Didia know that the Colosseum of Motion Picture Salesmen of America, through its Loges (chapters), now is said to have a total membership of about 450? And that by next March, it expects to have enrolled a majority of the nation's film peddlers? You carry the ball from there. ... • Sixty-four of Loew's met. area houses will have New Year's Eve midnight shows. . . . • J. Stewart Fox, who recently opened his own new theater in Hutsonville. IlL, is the new treasurer for Crawford County. ... • With trained lions and elephants drawing anywhere from $50 to $250 daily, out H'wood way. Phil M. is wondering just how dumb animals really ore. Cliedter Licensing i^uiied in Illinois (Continued from Page 1) mitting ticket agency licensing bill. Detroit — While there may have been some justification for employing local clieckers during the war years, when gas rationing was in effect, none exists today, in the opinion of Jack Stewart, Allied Theaters of Michigan general manager. Bergman, Crosby Head Rural "Favorite Stars" (Continued from Page 1 ) results of which will appear in the January issue. Although Bergman and Crosby topped the poll by "overwhelming majorities," the runners-up among both male and female stars were closely grouped. Sharing second place honors among the actresses were Greer Garson, Margaret O'Brien and Claudette Colbert. Among the males, Gary Cooper held a slight lead over Cornel Wilde, Van Johnson and Gregory Peck. The poll's list of 10 best pictures of the year was offered by the editors as evidence that "rural audiences appreciate the best screen fare that Hollywood can offer." Ten pix selected tops were "The Bells of St. Mary's," "The Green Years," "Smoky," "To Each His Own," "Anna and the King of Siam," "Night and Day," "The Lost Week-end," "Easy to Wed," "Spellbound" and "Two Sisters From Boston." C. G. editors point to frequent complaints from subscribers against the excess number of "B" pictures in rural theaters as further proof that stix audiences are as discriminating at urbanites. Tyree Dillard Resigns From Metro Legal Staff (Continued from Page 1 ) ments and an adviser to William F. Rodgers, Metro sales chief. He is the second in the legal department to leave the firm within a few weeks, Herbert Nusbaum having departed Dec. 20. Nicholas Chamberlain Dead Akron, O. — Nicholas Chamberlain, 77, Akron businessman who introduced motion pictures in Summit County, is dead. He operated the old Crystal Maze. SICK LIST AMBROSE CONROY, manager of B & K loop Garrick, Chicago, was kicked in the leg by a young hoodlum who had crashed the gate and is confined to his home by the injury.