The Film Daily (1947)

Wednesday, October 1, 1947 Til DAILY: Carpenters Union Hit For Witiiiioicling Labor ! West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Superior Court Judge Frank G. Swain has ordered ;he Carpenters' Union, which is a Member of CSU, to show cause Oct. 15 why he should not confirm an arDitr" ■ in award against the carpenters^ defendants include Interna;ionai President William Hutcheson and plaintiffs of six construction companies that have contracts for ^20,000,000 of new studio construction. Plaintiffs seek to have union required to provide them with carpenjters as union agreed to do under jfnaster contract it made with Asso"ciated General Contractors of Amer.ca of which petitioners are members. Para.'s "Unconquered" Party Off to Pittsburgh Cecil B. DeMille will head a party Df Paramount executives and representatives of the trade and metropolitan press who will start for Pittsburgh at midnight to attend the ivorld premiere on Friday of "Unconquered," the producer-director's new Technicolor production. Premiere will be at Loew's Penn Theater. Home office executives in the party nclude Charles Reagan, vice-presiient in charge of distribution; Leonlard Goldenson, vice-president in 'charge of theater operations; EdAfard L. Hyman, Leon Netter and 'Robert Weitman, vice-presidents of Paramount Theaters Service, and 3urtis Mitchell, publicity-advertising lirectot. , Industry press representatives will nclude Chester B. Bahn, editor, The ,FiLM Daily; Red Kann, James Jeriuld, Sherwin Kane, Mel Konecofi', Merlin Lewis, Chester Friedman, Ben Halpern and Walter Brooks. From the metropolitan press will oe John Maynard of King Features; Alton Cook, World-Telegram; Lee Mortimer, Daily Mirror, and Hedda Eopper, who will meet the press larty in Pittsburgh. DeMille's immediate party will in;lude his son-in-law and daughter, VIr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Harper. Bites for Harry Horwitz Cleveland — Funeral services were leld yesterday at the Temple Memorial Funeral Home for Harry ... Horwitz, 62, who died suddenly on Saturday from a heart attack, folowing an operation. For the past :i years he managed the Astor "Thei.ter in which he had an interest. hS^end vDlrthda ree Linai Oct. 1 Alice Joyce Jack Mersereou Joseph Gotten Larry Simms G. Keva Marcus «>«« PHIL M. DALY Mid-iveeh Memos • • • DIDJA KNOW that Terry Turner. RKO's exploitation chief, is writing the Hie story of Sing Sing's former warden, Lewis Lawes, wiih Hollywood in mind? ... • Tight as the Technicolor situation may be, Warners will use an elaborate Technicolor trailer for "Romance in High C". ... • Credit those recurring reports that J. Arthur Rank is acquiring movie rights to "Brigadoon" with a view to Scotland filming to the show's irrepressible press agent Sure, J. Arthur might like to film "Brigadoon," but where's he goin' to get the American dollars to make the deal? ... • John Houseman will desert Hollywood, at least long enough to direct "Mirror in the Sky" for Broadway Musical will have Patricia Morison, also no stranger to Hollywood, in the lead. ... • "Doc" Blanchard is in Memphis today for a p.a. at the opening of FC's "Spirit of West Point". ... • The three brothers of the late Jack Kriendler get 85 per cent of his holdings in Club 21, the other 15 per cent going to Herman I. Berns and Anthony Berns, brother and son, respectively, of Charles A. Berns, his former 21 partner. ... •If you want to play a juke box for free, drop into the N. Y. Paramount lounge Machine is loaded up with the recordings by coming "in person" attractions Good gimmick. ... • The Associated Fur Coast and Trimming Manufacturers have picked Paule Croset, who makes her film bow in "The Exile" as "Fur Cinderella" That means a fiveweek tour of 20 key cities. ... • McCalls is the third of the four national women's mags, to give "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" top recommended position Nice going T ▼ ▼ • • • PARTIES ARE NOT EXACTLY NEW to film biz, but it was left for Paramount to stage the first Superlative Party in pix history in the Rainbow Room last night The purpose: to find a really good superlative to describe Cecil B. DeMille's "Unconquered" which has its world premiere in Pittsburgh Friday, climaxing two days o' high jinx And after due deliberation a panel of judges including lohn Kieran of Information Please fame chose, from a list of super-superlatives read by DeMille, "Paramonumenlal." which had been siibmitted by Ernest Emerling of Loew's, Inc., and Jack Lloyd from the fan magazine press The reward: One grand of Paramount's coin o' the U. S The paity attracted, not unnaturally, a turnout running well into the hundreds Paramounteers were out in force, the roster embracing Barney Balaban, Adolph Zukor, Chas. Reagan, Leonard Goldenson, Leon Netter, Edward L. Hyman, Russell Holman, John Byram, Alan Jackson, Robert Weitman, Austin Keough also Ted O'Shea, Hugh Owen, Earle Sweigert, I. J. Donohue, Oscar Morgan, Claude Lee, Paul Raibourn, Boris Kaplan, Hiller Innes, George Weltner, Paul Ackerman likewise Clinton J. (Pat) Scollard. Ben Washer, C. N. Odell, Lou Pelegrine, Mort Nathanson, Stanley Shuford, Bill Johnston, Rex Taylor, Sid Mesibov, Curtis Mitchell There were others from the trade galore, and of course the industry press was out in force for the fun ▼ T T • • • YOU ARE INDEBTED for this one to Ruth MacKay whose White Collar Girl column is to be found in Col. Robert R. McCormick's Chicago Tribune The customer was a bit befuddled as she wove unsteadily through the main aisle of Marshall Field's She approached the girl at the information desk "Where," she demanded to know, "can I see 'Mother Was Tight?'" The information clerk directed her, without comment, to the Windy City theater showing the movie, "Mother Wore Tights." T T ▼ • • • THE FINANCIAL TIMES of London suggested this week that the Anglo-American film impasse be solved by a barter deal — a swap of U. S. dollars earned in Britain for British pix to be exhibited in the U. S WHAT British pictures? MPEA Rejeds Danisli Pians for UJ. Pix $$ (Continued from Page I) sold and to establish maximum earnings. It was declared by MPEA directors that the Danish proposals were in effect confiscatory and totally unacceptable. A two-point resolution adopted at yesterday's meeting stated: "Members of the MPEA would instruct their subsidiaries in Denmark to reject the conditions in the proposals, and refrain from offering distribution rights for that country except through their regular distribution channels." It was also voted to continue to distribute films in Denmark under existing arrangements as long as permitted by the government, but under no other arrangements. It was deemed impossible to tell how much longer the Danish government might permit present distribution. The decision was voted in the affirmative by reps, of Columbia, Loew's, Paramount, 20th-Fox, RKO, Universal-International, Warners. In the absence of Norton V. Ritchey of Allied Artists, a spokesman for the company said his firm would go along with the action in line with present contractual commitments. Donald M. Nelson, SIMPP prexy, who was present, said he would call a meeting with members of his group who release via UA in order that they might individually instruct the company how to proceed. Norton V. Ritchey was elected representative director for Allied Artists at the meeting. AA joined MPEA on Sept. 1 to become the organization's ninth member company. Meeting was attended by: Joseph A. McConville, Morton A. Spring, Arthur M. Loew, George Weltner, J. William Piper, Phil Reisman, Emanuel Silverstone, Joseph H. Seidelman, Wolfe Cohen, John J. Glynn, David D. Home, Bernard J. Gates, Donald M. Nelson, Theodore S. Hope, Jr. From MPEA, in addition to Francis Harmon and Irving Maas, were Gordon E. Youngman, Joe C. Goltz, and Herbert J. Erlanger. MPAA was represented by Gerald Mayer, managing director of MPAA's International Division. STORKS Bert Mayers, theatrical attorney, member of the film of Fitelson and Mayers, is the proud Dad of a baby daughter, named Hillary Ann, born yesterday at Lenox Hill Hospital to Mrs. Mayers, professionally Gloria Story. Newcomer weighed in at six pounds, seven ounces. Dave Carson of the Warner Bros. advertising department, is the father of a six-pound girl, Gail Ann, born in Lebanon Hospital, the Bronx.