The Film Daily (1947)

(}*\ DAILY Monday, April 7, 194" Univ. Showcase Plan Reported Stymied (Continued from Page 1) time. While there have been key city theater deals negotiated by other interests during the last several months, it was pointed out that Universal's requirements are precise. Universal, now operating the Winter Garden and the Park Ave. Theater here, is reported interested in acquiring a lease on the new Victoria Theater which the City Investing Co. plans to construct. The Victoria is one of two Main Stem houses which City Investing will replace, the other being the Astor. Summer building is contemplated, with of course the removal of Government restrictions the controlling factor. At the present time, Universal's Broadway outlets are the Winter Garden and the Criterion. The latter, however, is also carded to do a fadeout sometime in 1947. Bond Clothing Co. plans to utilize the theater space for an addition to its present store. This presumably figures in Universal's hunt for its own second theater. Universal's theater acquisition plans otherwise are understood at the present to be largely concerned with such cities as Chicago, Cleveland and Boston. In due time, however, Universal is expected to have "show windows" in all U. S. keys, with John J. O'Connor, rated one of the industry's ablest theatermen, directly in charge. Young Planning E-L Sales Training System (Continued from Page 1) to screen applicants for his sales training program. Though vets will be given preference, anybody meeting Young's specifications will be accepted. Not only will tyros be taught the various phases of distribution, but they will even be shown the intricacies of production so that the new crop of E-L salesmen will have a more comprehensive view of the whole industry than many an oldtimer. Young has long maintained that the industry has neglected the development of new talent. His aim is to do in films what he has already accomplished in rails. 5 JF*V01f0V9W4V*V< i.t ree Gavin Gordon Neal Hart :.5 }.{ :.: $ J.J J.: :.: \i :.; j.t :.; ;.: :.: J.J t ~~>end iSirtkdan tin Vo Apr. 7 William Eythe Walter Winchell Irene Castle PHIL M. DALY • • • YOU MAY EXPECT a new 16 mm. sound projector designed for home use to sell tor about $200. .... .Distribution will be via a large mail order house, through its catalogue and 800 retail stores ...... A new original film library now is being prepared tor about half the standard price and to sell tor about one-third less ...... Present plans call for the projector and library to be ready tor Sept. 1. . . . • A 17-cartoon Easter Monday kiddie show has been set tor today by RKO-Schine for four Syracuse downtown theaters. Keith's, Paramount E:kel and Empire. ... • Monogram will send Jackie Cooper and Jackie Coogan tor a p.a. tour in conjunction with the openings of "Kilrcy Was Here" next Fall. ... • Miles Sherover says that recent report of a deal with Charles Chaplin and Elliot Roosevelt to distribute Russian iilms here, is absurd. .... .That's backed by Nicholas Napoli. who points out that Artkino has exclusive rights in the Western hemisphere to all Soviet pix. ... • Hollywood, in embarking on the production of stories about racial issues, would do well to think twice before altering the stories to any great extent. . . . . . Any drastic changes made in the scripting are certain to invite industry attack not only from thoss who want such subjects on the screen but from those who object to them. ... • Bob Wol.'f, RKO managing director in Britain, reports that Danny Kaye is rapidly moving up into the popularity class of Bob Hope and Eing Crosby among English iilmgoers ...... Still another philatelic promotion has been set by RKO ...... Exhibs. will receive a souvenir envelope bearing the new Joseph Pulitzer three-cent Commemorative stamp with a "first day of issue" cancellation T T ▼ • • • THAT FILM DAILY boxed Detroit story the other day which told about a theater patron who changed his mind about committing suicide after viewing a picture at the Palm State Theater, has Wm. L. Ainsworth, president of Independent Theaters. Inc., of Fond Du Lac. Wise, much concerned. .... .Writes Br'r Ainsworth to Phil M.s. „ ... .'1 am afraid that if this same young man would come into my theater tonight to see one of the so-called specials, that I am running, he would not sit through two features. He would probably get up after he had sees about half the picture; come back to my office and instead of handing me the loaded gun, would probably shoot me". ..... ▼ T T • • • ADD WHAT'S-IN-A-NAME DEPT.: The Joy Theater in Doiroit's North End has two new names for its owners. .... .The former Misses Claire and Marion Levin are now respectively Mrs. Stan Max Sussman and Mrs. Louis Nueman ...... Sussman manages the Joy while Neuman is identified with Detroit's National Drug Co. V Y ▼ • • • ODDS 'N' ENDS: Blue law threat to theater John Geyser intends to build in Verona, N. J. has been removed by the borough council. ... . .Community of 9.000 has no theater, so the gentlemen of Verona and their families patronize the two movie houses in neighboring Montclair ...... Geyser has yet to get okay from Washington to go ahead with his plans. ... • Are the Schines negotiating for the Longchamp Restaurant chain? ... • In the words of the MPAA's Glen Allvine, "What the Long Island Railroad needs are Young ideas — specifically Robert R. Young ideas.". . . • James A. FitzPatrick signed a new deal with Metro for a lS47-*48 travel talk series. ... • Didja know that Milwaukee now has 20 theaters co-operating with the city's Children Movie Council program of special Saturday matinees? ... • The National Legion of Decency has placed 20th-Fox's "Carnival in Costa Rica." Universal's "Time Out of Mind" and Monogram's 'Tall Guy" is class "B." Goldwyn Heads Up Coast UJA Appeal (Continued from Page 1) chairmen of the Motion Picture Di vision on the Coast will be Jack War ner, Walter Wanger, Abe Lastfoge and Dore Schary, Balaban said. The Paramount president j^^ en thusiastic about Holhnvoo^B re sponse to the 1947 UJA appeal anc was gratified that the appointees have accepted the responsibility. "Al: of them are deerjly moved by the urgency of the 1947 UJA," Balabar stated. Others who attended the Coast conferences with the national chairman were Harry Warner, Sol Lesser, Jules Stein, Bert Allenberg, Ben Kahane, Leon Goldberg, Fred Meyer, E. Blackburn, Jimmie Allen, George Bilson and Marvin Ezell. Curtis Hosting Luncheon For Edison Foundation (Continued from Page 1) Foundation's Motion Picture Section, of which E. P. "Ted" Curtis, Eastman Kodak vice-president, is chairman in the Hotel Plaza's White-Gold Room on Wednesday. Philip Reed, chairman of the board of General Electric, and Curtis will speak at the luncheon. The Foundation, recently formed for the purpose of preserving and furthering the ideals and philosophies of the inventor, proposes to: raise a $2,590,000 fund, largely from industries which have benefited directly from Edison's genius. The appeal will be to corporations rather than individuals. May 10 Deadline for "Big Five" Docketing (Continued from Page 1) Augustus N. Hand, Henry W. Goddard and John Bright. The extension, which also applies to those appeals entered by the Department of Justice and the "Little Three," gives the appellants until May 10 to docket their cases. Prime reason for the reauest was the tremendous amount of material that must be printed into the record, which made it almost impossible to meet the previous deadline of April 7. An attempt will be made to prepare one record embodying the data desired by all of the appellants. IDE h m \ [|jo] UIEDDIIIG BELLS Holman-Fitter Old Greenwich, Conn. — Alison Holman, daughter of Russell Holman, Eastern production manager for Paramount, and Edgar Alvon Fitter, Jr., associated with the company in New Orleans, were married yesterday at the First Congregational Church. After a short honeymoon the couple will proceed to New Orleans.