The Film Daily (1947)

w DAILY Tuesday, May 13, 1947 J. P. Normanly, Once U" Vice-Prexy, Dead rriirr West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — James P. Normanly, 53, former vice-president and general manager of the Universal Studio, died at his home here of a heart ailment. Normanly was with Universal from 1936 until his retirement in 1941. Before that he had a long banking career during which he specialized in financing motion pictures and theatrical ventures. In 1932 he came to the West Coast from New York to take charge of the Bank of America branches. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mae V. Normanly, and a son, John F. NORMANLY Labor Situation Halts AA Mono. Production (Continued from Page 1) further productions until such time as current negotiations between producers and the various Guild groups are clarified, he has decided to temporarily halt production at Monogram and Allied when the current pictures are completed. There are three pictures in work at the present time. Supreme Court Will Hear Griffith Appeal (Continued from Page 1) is a bare possibility it might be heard in the latter part of this year. The appeal was brought by the Government from a ruling by a Federal District Court in Oklahoma City which turned the Government back on every major count. Emanuel Ellis Elected To Philly MPF Posts (Continued from Page 1 ) Elected to the board of directors for two-year terms were Ellis, Wurtele, Abbott, George Schwartz, Lewen Pizor, Norman Lewis, Ted Schlanger and Bud Hissner. Elected for oneyear terms were Smith, Sidney Samuelson, Al Davis, William Mansell, Jack Greenberg, Sam Gross, Sam Varbalow and Ben Amsterdam. :* ~_J e n d (JjS i rtkd ♦ ♦ \\ \u r e el i n.Q 4 -Jo :': rig 5 May 13 Mary Kenyon Jack Holt Joseph A. McConville ALONG Tuesday's Telelines • • • UNIVERSALIS "THE EGG AND I," which is doing very well indeed, is reported going back into first-runs in certain towns. . . . • Arthur Pierson. one of Broadway's ace stage directors, has been set by Sol Wurtzel to direct the highest budget pic the latter has ever produced. .... .Story is as yet untitled; shooting starts in Ju!y. ... • Walter Vincent again heads the. Actors Fund, which he long has served so admirably. ... • Sen. Owen Brewster's proposed bill to establish a foreign trade board holds industry interest. ... • Town of Manlius wants Onondaga County (Syracuse is the county seat) to impose a 5 per cent admissions tax. ... • Didja know that Jean Hersholt thinks the next Academy awards ceremony should be less pretentious? Final decision of course is up to the reps, of each of the Academy's 11 branches. ... • Caterer for Variety's Humanitarian Awards dinner at the Warner, studios Saturday will be Dave Chosen Yum, yum! ! • Clem McCarthy will make a special trailer for Jeffrey Bernerd's "Black Gold". ... • Al Lichtman, who was under the surgeon's knile in March, will be back at bis Culver City desk in about a fortnight ▼ T T • • • DIDJA KNOW that the British film industry, thanks to YouKnow-Who, now ranks seventh among all U. K. industries in importance and monetary return? Before JAR's day, it was 35th And didja also know that the J. Arthur Rank Org. has nearly 30,000 on its collective payrolls? ... • Advance p!aydates on Warners "Cheyenne" have hit a record total of 570. . Wow! ! . . . . • 20th-Fox will shoot "Green Grass of Wyoming" in OHIO! ! ! Unit will shoot throughout June at the Fairfield County Fair grounds and Mount Pleasant. . . . • Better drop into RCA's new Exhibition Hall at 36 W. 49th St. when it opens tomorrow for a look-see. ... • Trailer for the Greater N. Y. Fund campaign will be previewed at today's first report luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel 500 Met. area theaters will show it T ▼ T • • • JUST WAIT 'till Berne J. Ellis puts those free color pix in N. Y., Chi. and L. A. super-markets! Phil M. knows of one circuit that's mulling over the idea of countering with groceries, frozen foods. . . . • RKO's 12ih annual boat ride to Bear Mountain will be in two installments, on the 19th, 26th. ... • What's this about Harlem's Club Baron being converted into a Cinema-Cafe on the 21st, with Herald's Negro feature, "Boy! What a Gir'.!" Single price will cover entertainment, and food-drink. ... • Congrats to Peter Perakos, marking his 40th year as a Conn, exhib. ... • Mono, is setting back release of its two-reeler. "Climbing the Matterhom," photographed in the new Ensco color, until December. . . . T ▼ ▼ • • • AMPTO OF WESTERN FENN. will tender a testimonial dinner June 4 in Pittsburgh's William Penn for Secretary Fred J. Herrington who with the Missus will celebrate their golden wedding. ... • Warners Poplar Theater in Philly currently is playing "Les Miserables". . . . • Emerson Yorke has entered his short, "Life Cycle of the Mosquito" in the Brussels Film Festival. ... • Encyclopaedia Britannica Fi'.ms is bowing in the color field. ... • Milton Berle heads the Urban League Service Fund's entertainment division; goal is $450,000. ... • N. Y. State Dept. of Commerce is releasing a color chart, first in a series of vacation films. . . . ▼ ▼ ▼ • • • PERSONAL MEMO to Chairman George A. Arkwright of the N. Y. State Public Service Commission and to Samuel Reiter, LIRR district passenger agent: Phil M. had a 10 a.m. date uptown yesterday with Robert R. Young He couldn't keep it Train No. 927 due out of Malverne for N. Y. at 8:57 A.M. instead pulled in from N. Y. bound for its West Hempstead terminus at that hour! ! U. K. Nationalization Not Practical— Rank (Continued from Page I) time during the cold spell of the past Winter but that grosses today were slightly higher than last year. He anticipated no falling off of film The AP in a London cable, published in New York yesterday, said that Sir Stafford Cripps, pr# ^nt of the Board of Trade, had sugj^ted to a special Parliamentary Committee of the Labor Committee that proposals for part-nationalization of the British film industry be discussed at "another meeting later in the year when the position of the film industry generally will be more clear." rentals in England within the next 12 months, and on the world front, envisaged tremendous box office expansion. Turning to the American scene, Rank expressed his appreciation to Eagle-Lion Films (a Pathe subsidiary) and to Universal for the promotion and distribution of his product here. He said that he had set no specific revenue goal for the U. S. at the moment, but wanted to see British pictures receive an ever-increasing number of bookings. "We have got to have much more playing time than we are now getting," the British film magnate staced. "This must start with the major circuits. When they set an example the rest will follow." Anglo-American co-operation in the film industry pointed toward greater international understanding, Johnston declared. He asserted that those who branded such efforts as cartels or monopolies were grossly mistaken. For, he added, the purpose of AngloAmerican film interests was to expand the world market for all films. Cartels, he pointed out, strive to contract world markets. Gracing the dais at yesterday's Anglo-American press conference in the Sherry-Netherland were Arthur B. Krim, Robert Benjamin, John Davis, J. Arthur Rank, Eric Johnston, Robert R. Young, Nate Blumberg, Matty Fox, Joseph H. Seidelman and Jock Lawrence. Other biggies who sat in on the RankYoung confab were: Maurice A. Bergman, Max Youngstein, Al Schwalberg, Bob Weait and Monroe Greenthal. Eyssell Luncheon Today Honors J. Arthur Rank J. Arthur Rank will be guest of honor at a luncheon given by G. S. Eyssell, president and managing director of Radio City Music Hall, in the theater's studio apartment today. Among those present will be Robert R. Young, Arthur Krim, Robert Benjamin, Matthew Fox, John Davis, Jock Lawrence, Thomas Deegan, Jr., Nate J. Blumberg,, Barton P. Turnbull, Vanderbilt Webb, Thomas M. Debevoise and Russell V. Downing.