The Film Daily (1947)

esday, December 31, 1946 M^* DAILY ■I aterialsShoriage ay Limit Buiiding (Continued trom Page 1) partment of Commerce, have canned that a too sudden end to Ihtrols over commercial building 11 h"'ng the supply situation in arj Dalance. !rop government leaders, however, ing with industry representatives, U insist that materials will be in fficient supply to carry the burden a real boom in commercial conruction by the latter half of 1947. ~ if/Several Government building ma^\ srials specialists ai-e pointing out '^jat unfinished construction must be rried over to the new year. Shoii;•es which held up completion of 'any projects in 1946, they say, will imain critical for most of the new lar. These new figures will be pre nted to top Government officials fore weekly authorizations for mercial construction are upped $50,000,000. Ij., — Happy New Yearl — 9 Pix Arbitration Cases Ued in '46 Tops '45 by 17 (Continued from Page 1) ation under the decree. In 1941, ere were 148 demands; in 1942, .6; in 1943, 83 and in 1944, 45. Forty of the cases filed during the 146 fiscal year involved clearance implaints under Section VIII of the |!cree. Of the thirty-four awards inded down, 22 were decided in ivor of the exhibitor, while 12 up;ld the contentions of the distrib;ors. Eighteen cases were with:awn before any decision was made. — Happy New Year! — oseniield Joins Goldwyn ".^ [ Isidro Rosenfeld has been en '•j 'aged by Samuel Goldwyn Prods, as jecial sales rep. for the Northern ilf of the South American terri>ry. He will make his headquarters I Mexico City. Before joining Gold ■^ -yn, Rosenfeld was a Warners rep. "■"* Chile. :;:i II iJXl Universal Hatches Slich Chich Contest Chicago — The Poultry and Egg National Bsard tomorrow greets the New Year by launching a nationwide hunt for Miss Slick Chick of 1947, alias "the Most Beautiful Hen in America," to be so acclaimed at the world premiere of Universal's "The Egg and I." Contest closes March 10, with final judging of regional winners to follow in New York. Owners and winners will attend the opening. "Miss Slick Chick's" owner will get $500 and a gold egg; five regional winners will get Orry Kelly fur-lined nests. P. S. Universal gets the five hens for its studios. MPE A Operates in 12 Countries Deals with Yugoslavs, Bulgar$ Pending (Continued from Page 1) field, and the newly opened European and Asian markets have been sui-veyed and supplied with films both of pre-war vintage and others made during the v/ar. The first deal completed by MPEA n August of this year was with the Dutch Government of the Netherland East Indies. It was concluded in the Summer and called for the immediate iispatch of product. The deal runs until next May. In four of the countries in which MPEA operates, deals were consummated with various state authorities and exhibitor organizations. These include Czechoslovakia, Holland, Poland and the aforementioned Dutch colony. In Hungary, Rumania and Austria MPEA has taken over branch opera.ions of its member companies. Aus SAG, Inter-Faith Group fo Meet on Labor Peace litest Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — A meeting on a proposal of the Inter-Faith Council to settle difficulties arising from the current studio strike will be held shortly by that organization and the joard of directors of the Screen Actors Guild. A permanent settlement is sought. It was indicated that all participants in the strike will be urged to end .he dispute by arbitration and nego:iation. Meanwhile, Herbert K. Sorrell, CSU prexy, answering the interraith council, which is urging settlement of the studio strike, wrote, in part, "as for matter of jurisdiction, we contend that producers, with support of CSU, have it within their power to establish workable arbitration machinery to settle questions of work allocation, by inclusion of such provision in all union contracts." — Happy New Year'. — Korda Buys Wilde Play; Gives Pact to Beaton tria is a partial case of this nature for the American Military Government acts in a supervisory capacity. Deals are pending with Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. MPEA already has representatives in these countries. In Japan and Korea, the same situation as in Germany and Austria prevails— AMG supervises. Great progress in operations is reported in Japan where Charles Mayer is managing director. The deal with Czechoslovakia was signed here by a representative of the Czech Film Monopoly Sept. 13. It took effect a month later, Oct. 15, with an inaugural showing of "Wilson" in Prague. The deal with the Bioscoop Bond of Holland was concluded in The Hague Sept. 11. It goes into effect the first week of the new year. Latest deal is with Film Polski, recently concluded in Warsaw by Irving Maas, vice-president and general manager of MPEA, who is at present winding up a survey tour of MPEA bases of operation in Europe. Maas is due back around Jan. 10. In seven months of operations, spearheaded by the Netherlands East Indies agreement, the MPEA has secured playing time for U. S. product in 12 of 13 countries listed on its original prospectus. Para's New Saies Pian To Operate From Fieid (Continued fro^m Page 1) alignment of the districts in the Western division. Instead of three, as in the past, the 10 branches will be divided into two districts. Hugh Braly, formerly in charge of the Denver district, comprised of Denver, Salt Lake and Omaha, has been transferred to the West Coast district, succeeding Del Goodman, resigned. In addition to the four Coast offices, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, he will retain supervision of Denver and Salt Lake. The Omaha branch will be added to Ralph Libeau's district, which will be comprised of Kansas City, St. Louis, Des Moines and Omaha. In making the announcement, Reagan said that "With single picture selling to individual accounts, we believe we can further improve our operation, to the benefit of both our customers and ourselves, by having our division managers operate in the field so they will be able to maintain close contact with rapidly-changing conditions and make on-the-spot decisions." Felix Marshick Dead Detroit — Felix Marshick, orchestra leader at the Avenue Theater for about 15 years, died suddenly. Sir Alexander Korda has bought Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband." Pic will be shot in Technicolor at Korda's London studio next Summer. The British producer also announced that he has signed Cecil Beaton, photographer-artist and designer as an associate producer. Beaton sails on the S.S. Queen Elizabeth on Friday to supervise costume-design for "Salome," starring Orson Welles and Eileen Herlie. Beaton will also do similar chore on "Husband." — Happy New Year! — Rogers Plans Bernhardt Pic IVeit Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Charles R. Rogers is negotiating with Tallulah Bankhead to play the title role in "The Divine Sarah," based on novel "The Real Sarah Bernhardt" by Basil Woon, which Rogers acquired 10 years ago. FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFY NINE (559) CRITICS AND COMMENTATORS HAVE VOTED IN THE 25th FILM DAILY ANNUAL POLL FOR THE TEN BEST PICTURES" OF 1946 rr T As usual, as has been the custom for the past 25 years, the names and ballots of participants in the FILM DAILY TEN BEST X, poll are available for inspection for the next thirty days. 1