The Film Daily (1948)

Ws? Thursday, April 8, 1941 Vol. 93, No. 68 Thurs., April 8, 1948 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 Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President; Donald M. Mersereau, 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. cominc MID G0MG WEST COAST OFFICES Ralph Wilk, Manager 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phnnn: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older 6417 Oahlonega Rd. Phono: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler, Chief C. L. Eilti 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter 127-133 VVardour St., W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louisf llanco, Vlrtudes 214. BOMBAY — Bam L. Gogtaj. Kitab Mahal, 190 Hornby Rd., Fort, Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar, Filmafrlo, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL— Ray Carmlchael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavler St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy, 411 Lyric Theater Bldg. SYDNEY — Bowden Fletcher. 19 Moxon Ave., Punchbowl, N. S. Phone. UY 2110. BRUS | SELS — Jean Pierre Meyn, 110 Rue des Paquerettes. HARRY M. WARNER is scheduled to leave New York today for Hollywood. J. ARTHUR RANK and JOCK LAWRENCE returned from Philadelphia last night, Rank remaining here until the 15th when with Mrs. Rank he goes to White Sulphur Springs as the guest of Robert R. Young. Director HENRY KING, cameraman LEON SHAMROY and assistant director JOE BEHM leave for Italy tomorrow to prepare for the midSummer production of "Prince of Foxes" starring Tyrone Power which will be filmed in Rome. VICTOR MATURE and RICHARD CONTE have returned to Hollywood from New York following exterior work on "The Law and Martin Rome." BING CROSBY will return to Hollywood today iroiti San Francisco. RAY MILLAND has returned to Hollywood by plane from Lima, Peru. THERESA HELBURN and JEROME WHYTE of rhe N. Y. Theater Guild sailed for London yesterday on the SS Queen Mary. FREDRIC MARCH sails for London April 14 to appear in J. Arthur Rank's production of "Christopher Columbus." Local Monopoly Tendency Seen in Dutch Market HI.AIKIAL (April 7) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Columbia Picts. vtc. 12% 123/8 12% — Vs East. Kodak 44 4314 43% + l/4 Gen. Prec. Eq 16'/2 16'/2 I6V2 Loew's, Inc 195/8 19'/4 1 93/8 — V4 Paramount 23% 233/8 23 Vi — ]fy RKO 91/4 9% 9% Republic Pict 4 4 4 Republic Pict. pfd.... 10 10 10 — % 20th Century-Fox ... 24% 23'/2 23 Vi — 1% 20th Cent.-Fox pfd.. . 35 35 35 Universal Pict 15 14% 14%— % Warner Bros 13% 12% 12%— 1/4 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts 3% 3 3 — % RKO 2% 2V4 21/4 Sonotone Corp 3% 3% 13A Technicolor 13% 133/8 13%+ % Trans-Lux 53/8 5% 5% -f 1/4 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Asked Cinecolor 4% 5% Pathe 43/4 51/4 Monopolistic tendencies in the Dutch film market are more likely to be found in local operations rather than in the procedure of the Motion Picture Export Association, it was declared yesterday by Irving Maas, vice-president and general manager. Of more than 400 films imported into Holland in 1947, Maas pointed out, MPEA accounted for 92. One Dutch distrib., Maas said, released 90 pix of which 46 were U. S. product of U. S. non-MPEA member companies. Other U. S. product was released in the country, too, Maas stated. MPEA has arbitrarily limited its exports via selectivity of product to avoid flooding the market. MPEA has released less than one-third of the number of pictures which its member companies combined released in Holland in an average pre-war year, Maas said. A. A. WARD, Altec vice-president, is in from the Coast. PETER LAWFORD in from the Coast. He's at the Waldorf. MIKE NEWMAN, who has been appointed national ad rep. of James Nasser Prods., leaves the Coast tomorrow for New York to arrange tieups with "An Innocent Affair" and to confer with UA executives. BUDD ROGERS and JOSEPH HARRIS, of Realart, have returned to New York after holding a series of sales meetings in various Mid-Western cities. BEN KALMENSON, vice-president in charge of Warner distribution, and NORMAN AYRES, Southern division sales manager, are on a trip to Philadelphia and Washington. ED HINCHY, head of Warners home office playdate department, is visiting New Haven and Boston, returning to the home office tomorrow. FREDERICK BRISSON of Independent Artists arrived from the Coast yesterday with a print of "The Velvet Touch," to be released by RKO. LEON J. BAMBERGER, RKO sales promotion manager, will be in Little Rock to address the ITO of Arkansas convention. May 4-5. BENNY RUBIN arrives in New York today for conferences with legit producers and radio and television execs. GREGOR RABINOVITCH, Columbia producer, sailed on the Queen Mary yesterday for Europe. Upon arriving he will begin preparations on "Faust" in Rome. GLENN FORD, Columbia actor, left on the 20th Century Limited last night for the Coast after a three-week vacation in New York, his first visit here in seven years. Truman Attends Preview Of "State of the Union" Washington Bureau, of THE FILM DAILY Washington— A world press preview of Frank Capra's "State of the Union" was witnessed here last night by a packed audience headed by President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Truman and their daughter, Margaret. Others attending the preview, which was sponsored by the White House Correspondents Association, included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Capra, Howard Dietz, Oscar A. Doob, Ernest Emerling, Carter Barron, officials and officers of the Army and Navy and members of the Senate and House. COMPLETELY EQUIPPED SOUND STUDIO 2 Sound Stages, Mitchell Camera Equipment, Process Projection, RCA Sound Channels, Lights, Filmvaults, Executive Offices, Dressing Rooms, Shops, Props. LONGTERM LEASE, REASONABLE RENTAL S. O. S. Cinema Supply Corporation 602 W. 52nd St., N. Y. 19 PL 7-0440 Holt to Make 3 For 20th-Fox Release Dreyer to Coast on Deal Carl Dreyer, Danish director here for American premiere of his new film, "Day of Wrath" at Little Carnegie, goes to Hollywood next week for negotiation of director deal. Henri Leiser is agent. Dreyer plans to return to New York for "Day of Wrath" opening. Pete Smith Finishes West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Pete Smith has completed his 1948 lineup for Metro. FILM OPTICAL!, INC. formerly at 630 Ninth Avenue. Now in new and larger quarters at — 421 W. 54th STREET PLAZA 7-7120 YOUR FILM DAILY DELIVERED TO YOU IN LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY Br MANNING'S DELIVERY SERVICE A SPECIALIZED MESSENGER AND DELIVERY SERVICE HO-3129 West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY , Hollywood — Prior to departing foi the East by train, Nat Holt, formei RKO producer whose contract with that company is expiring, announced conclusion of a deal to produce three pictures for 20th-Fox release. Cost of the trio will be $2,500,01";' '" First "Canadian Pacific," to be V ied in! Canada, will be written by Jack de Witt. Atlas Retiring 53,682 Shares of Its Common Atlas Corp. stockholders at their annual meeting here yesterday approved the reduction in the investment trust's capitalization through the retirement of 53,682 shares of common and re-elected directors. NEW YORK THEATERS _ RADIO CITY MUSIC HAIL _ Rockefeller Center IRENE DUNNE in GEORGE STEVENS' Production of "I REMEMBER MAMA" Barbara Oscar Philip BEL GEDDES HOMOLKA DORN Produced by HARRIET PARSONS SPECTACULAR STAGE PRESENTATION SOL LESSER proems E06AR RICE BURROUGHS' Taizan^Mermaids JOHNNY WHSSMULLEHRENDA JOYCE fl and introducing LINDA CHRISTIAN