The Film Daily (1947)

l3iJ^ P DAiLY Wednesday, October 1, 1947 Vol. 92, No. 65 Wed., Oct. 1,1947 10 Cts. 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 Folic, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President; Donald M. Mersercau, Vice President and Treasurer; Patti Alicoate, Vice President and Secretary. Entered as second class matter, Sept. 8, 1938, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the 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 18, N. Y. Phone BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119. 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address Filmday. New York. WEST COAST OFFICES Ralph Wllk. Manager 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Granlt* 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. 0\4u, Chltr Manning Clsostt 8417 Dahlonega Rd. 2122 Decatur PI.. NW Phone: WItcontIn S27I Phone: Hobarl 7627 CHICAGO BUREAU jHeph Eiler, Chief C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. 1. MANILA— Homer Stuart. Hotel Manila. HAVANA — Mary lyonise Blanco. Vlrtudes 214. BOMBAY — Ram L. Gogtay, Kftah Mahal, 190 Hornby Rd., Fort. Bombay 1. ALGIERS— Paul Satrar. FUmafrlc. 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL — Ray Carmlrhael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavler St. VANCOUVER— Jack Droy. 411 Lyric Theater Bldg. STDNET — Bowden Fletcher, 19 Mojion Ave.. Punchbowl. N. S. W. Phone, UY 2110. BRUSSET^S — Jean Pierre Meys. 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN— John Llnrtherg, .Tembanealle No. 3, Copenhagen-Van Loese. ROMI>— John Perdicarl, Via Ludorlsl 18. Phone, 42758. MONTEVIDEO— Dr. Walter Schuck, Cerrito 597, MEXICO CITT— Dorothy Neal, Calle de Parts 1'2. BUUAl'b.MT — Andor Lajta, Fllmmuveszetl Evkonyy, Thokoly-ut 75. Budapest. XTV. STOCKHOLM^Gllbert Gels, Erstagaten 18 (m). FinflnciflL : (Seft. 30) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 163/4 163/8 163/8 Bell & Howell 2IV2 2II/2 21 Vi Bell & Howell pfd.. . .105 105 105 Columbia Picts. vtc. 16 16 16 Columbia Picts. pfd.. 70 70 70 East. Kodak 443^ 441/4 4434 Gen. Prec. Eq 161/2 I6I/4 I6V2 Loew's, Inc 195/8 191/4 I91/2 Paramount 231/3 227/8 231/3 RKO 11 107/8 11 Republic Pict 434 43^ 43^ 20th Century-Fox . . . 255/8 251/4 253/8 20th Cent.-Fox pfd... 377/8 371/2 377/8 20th Cent.-Fox ppf, lOQi/s lOOVs lOOVs Universal Pict 18'A 181/4 I8I/4 Universal Pict. pfd... 70 69 69 Warner Bros I41/4 14 I41/4 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts 31/2 31/2 31/2 RKO 3 27/8 27/8 Sonotone Corp 43^ 41/3 4Vi Technicolor 123/8 12'/8 I21/4 Trans-Lux 4 4 4 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Cinecolor 714 Pathe 33^ Net Chg. Va + V2 + % — % + V4 + % + i/r + % — % — 1 + 3/8 Vs + '/s + Va Asked 73/4 41/2 W. Lissim Due Tomorrow Wladimir Lissim, RKO Radio European general manager, arrives in New York tomorrow aboard the S.S. America, for conferences with Phil Reisman, vice-president in charge of foreign distribution and other home office executives. Mrs. Roosevelt Cited By Cinema Lodge Cinema Lodge of B'nai B'rith paid tribute to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, for her outstanding contributions to human welfare and her tireless efforts in promoting international understanding and inter-faith amity, before a capacity crowd of 1,000 including many industry leaders last night at the Hotel Astor. President Bob Weitman presented Mrs. Roosevelt the Lodge's honor scroll. In acceptance of the honor Mrs. Roosevelt called upon the American people to support delegates of the United Nations to achieve world peace. Col. Murray Gurfein, legal adviser to the Jewish Agency for Palestine in its hearing before the UN Commission, presented the audience with a first hand account of present conditions in Palestine. BMI Licensing Studios For Use of Its Music BMI, moving to promote wider use of BMI-licensed music in Hollywood features, has already established an active film synchronization department on the Coast under Eddie Janis. Where such BMI music is used in pictures, film synchronization rights are licensed to film producers in the accepted fashion. There is no "tax" levied upon the producer, despite the loose industry usage of the word "tax," and — as The Film Daily reported Monday — there is no licensing of film theaters. Carlson Skeds Whaling Film for N. Y. Studios Rudolph Carlson will direct a feature, tentatively titled "Harpoon," against background scenes secured on a seven-month expedition to the Antarctic. Studio scenes and additional local sequences will be shot in local studios and in Maine, from a script by Rudolph Carlson and Weyler Hildebraiid. Carlson is U. S. representative for SF of Sweden, and is also a vicepresident of the Screen Directors Guild in New York. Peirce Leaves Bogeaus West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Bill Peirce, Jr., who for the past two years has been director of advertising and publicity for Benedict Bogeaus Prods., has resigned that post effective immediately. Peirce formerly held similar capacities with Lester Cowan and Bing Crosby. He has several offers, including one from New York, but before making a decision he will take a two weeks' vacation. MOTION PICTURE STUDIO Complete studio facilities for 35MM and 16MM motion pictures. Cameras, Lights, Carpentry Shop, Dolly, etc. — Generous Lease. BOX 146, FILM DAILY 1501 BROADWAY, N. Y. C. 18, N. Y. Bricken Named Marathon's N. Y. Production Advisor Jules Bricken has been named Eastern production advisor for Marathon Pictures, it is announced by Frank Satenstein and Robert Joseph, president and vice-president, respectively, of the company. Bricken has been associated with several recent films which were partially made here and served in an executive capacity in the production of "Carnegie Hall." Joseph leaves for Hollywood tomorrow to supervice the final scoring and editing of "Open Secret," Marathon's first production. He will be on the Coast for three weeks. Geiger Arrives With "Concrete" Plans Luise Rainer has been signed foi the role of "Annunciata" in Rod E. Geiger 's forthcoming production of Pietro Di Donato's novel, a Book of the Month Selection, "Christ in Concrete," it was disclosed by Geiger on arrival from Hollywood. Sequences will be filmed in the metropolitan area and a commitment from Technicolor has been arranged. Geiger distributes "Open City," Italian-made pic in this country. He also has "Paisa" which will open next month. Berthold Brecht will do the script and Charles Laughton has been engaged for "Galileo" which will be filmed by Geiger next year in Italy. ANFA to Meet on Oct. 8 Fall dinner meeting of Allied NonTheatrical Film Association will be held Oct. 8 at the Sheraton Hotel, it was revealed yesterday. Guest speakers will be Anthony M. A. van Tetering, president of the Netherlands Sub-standard Film Association, and Rev. Benjamin Gregory, secretary of Religious Films, Ltd., of England, a division of the J. Arthur Rank organization. 450 "Amber" Prints Ordered A company record total of 450 Technicolor prints of 20th-Fox's "Forever Amber" are being rushed to completion this week for the mass openings of the film starting Oct. 22. Record number of prints was necessary because of the 2,300 bookings of "Amber" already set for the two and a half month period ending Dec. 31. MAGNIFICENT modem fireproof former First National Bank Building at Mamaroneck Ave. & Boston Post Road, in Mamaroneck. .3-story and full terrazzo floor basement; high ceiling mezzanine hanking floor; third floor all ofliees; 2 elevators. About 2.5,000 square feet. For long term lease. L. N. Rosenhaum & Son, Owner, 565 Fifth Ave., N. Y. 17. comiRG nno come ROBERT BENJAMIN, president of the J Arthur Rank Organization, Inc., and ARTHUR KRIM, president of Eagle-Lion, return today by plane from the Coast. HERMAN GLUCKMAN, president, and STANLEY HAND, general sales manager, of NuScreen Corp., have returned from Washington, where they attended the TESMA convention. Due from the Coost today are right BERTHOLD BRECHT and CHARLES La .TON, who will star in Geiger's production ot Brecht's "Galileo." COL. NATHAN LEVINSON, head of the Warner Bros. Studio sound and engineering research department, leaves New York today for the Coast. SAM LEFKOWITZ, Eastern district manager for Warners, will be in Boston until Friday. RONALD REAGAN, Warners star, orrives back on the Coast today from Eureka, III., where he took port in annual ceremonies at his alma mater. Eureka College. ED HINCHY, head of the Warners playdate department, leaves tonight for Pittsburgh and returns to New York Friday. DANNY KAYE arrived in New York yesterday from the Coast. HAL WALLIS has arrived in New York from Hollywood by plane for two weeks' conferences with Paramount home office executives on product for the new season and plans for the production of another film in England next Spring. PHYLLIS CALVERT will leave Hollywood for New York on Saturday. After a short stay she will sail on the Queen Mary with her husband, Peter Murray Hill, and their 4'/2-year-old daughter, AURIOL. BERNARD J. GATES, Monogram supervisor for Latin America, has returned from Havana. "PAT" SCOLLARD, Paramount home office executive, has returned from a vocation in New Hampshire. BERNARD G. KRANZE, assistant general soles manager of the J. Arthur Rank division of Universal-lnternatioal, left New York yesterday for Philadelphia and Washington. RITA HAYWORTH arrives in New York from Hollywood today for a week's stay. VIRGINIA WELLES, MocDONALD CAREY, BILLY De WOLFE, OLGA SAN JUAN and HOWARD DE SILVA will be in Pittsburgh tomorrow and Friday for the "Unconquered" festivities. WILLIAM SCHWARTZ of M-G-M's Detroit branch is in town on vacation. WALTER E. (DOC) BANFORD, M-G-M Chicago district manager, has returned to the Windy City after four days of home office conferences.