The Film Daily (1948)

DAILY Monday, May 24, 194<« Vol. 93, No. 100 Mon., May 24, 1948 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN Editor Published dailv 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 BRvant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119. 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address Filmdav, New York. WEST COAST OFFICES Ralph Wilk, Manager 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older 6417 Dahlonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler, 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. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. Virtudes 214. BOMBAY — Ram L. Gogtay, Kitab Mahal, 190 Hornby Rd., Fort, Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar, Filmafric, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL — Ray Carmirhael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy. 411 Lyric Theater Bldg. SYDNEY — Bnwden Fletcher. 19 Moson Ave.. Punchbowl, N. S. Phone, UY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Meys, 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN— John Lindberg, Jernbanealle No. 3, Copenhagen-Van Loese. ROME— John Perdicari. Via Ludovisi 16. Phone, 42758. MEXICO CITY — Jay Kaner — c/o American Chamber of Commerce — San Juan de Letran 24. finAnciAL (May 21) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 24 y4 24'/4 24 '/4 Bell & Howell 233/4 23% 233/4 Columbia Picts 13'/4 123/4 123/4 Columbia Picts. pfd. 67 67 67 East. Kodak 44'/2 44 44 do ofd 168'/2 1 68'/2 I68V2 Gen. Prec. Eq 17V8 17 17 Loew's, Inc 20 Vi 19% Paramount 25% 25 Vs RKO IH/4 10% Republic Pict 5V4 5 Republic Pict. pfd. l|5/8 lll/2 20th Century-Fox 20th Cent. -Fox pfd. 253/8 245/s 20 253/8 10% 5 IH/2 25 36'A 36l/4 36V4 Universal Pict 151/2 15 Warner Bros 13% 13% 153/8 13% NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts 43/8 41/g RKO 33/8 31/8 Sonotone Corp 4 3% Technicolor 15l/4 143,4 Trans-Lux 5% 53,4 OVER THE COUNTER 43/8 31/s 3% 143/4 5% Bid Cinecolor 43,4 Pathe 4 Net Chg. + % + 'A + '2" + " J4 + '/4 + 14 + 14 — % — Vs + "Vs + % + V2 + % + 14 % f 14 Asked 5% 5 Theater in Prudential Project Cincinnati — A 1,200 seat theater is included in the 32-building garden apartment project to be built by Prudential Insurance Co. Ecs[asi Stent*! HEDT LAMAR* WRITE US Eureka Productions Inc. FOR BOOKING DATES OR STATE AND WORLD RIGHTS 145 W. 46th St. N. Y. aty cominG ADD GOinG JESSE L. LASKY and FRANK SINATRA head a Hollywood contingent due to arrive in Chicago tomorrow for the Midwest premiere of "The Miracle of the Bells." L. J. KAUFMAN, Warner Bros. Theaters executive, left last night for Cleveland and Pittsburgh, returning to New York Wednesday. SPENCER TRACY is at the Waldorf from Hollywood. JANE WYATT has finished her assignment in Enterprise's "No Minor Vices" and is vacationing in New York. MALCOLM KINGSBERG and SOL A. SCHWARTZ of RKO Theaters are in Kansas City, returning to New York Wednesday. RAY MILLAND will arrive in New York from Hollywood on June 1 for a stay of one week. BING CROSBY, who has been in the East for a month, left yesterday for Hollywood to attend the world premiere of "The Emperor Waltz" there Wednesday. LAURA WELLS, special Eagle Lion home office publicity rep., has left for Washington and from there goes to Pittsburgh, May 27, and Cleveland, May 31. OTTO PREMINGER, who will produce and direct 20th-Fox's "The Fan" left yesterday for England on a talent search. Preminger, who arrived from the Coast Friday, over the week-end saw several plays. BERNARD M. KAMBER, Eastern ad-publicity rep. for Benedict Bogeaus Prods., leaves for Hollywood today to discuss campaigns for "On Our Merry Way" and "Girl From Manhattan." E-L Exploitation Reps. To Get $1,000 in Awards Chicago — Max E. Youngstein, Eagle Lion veepee in charge of advertising, publicity and exploitation, announced $1,000 in cash prizes to E-L field exploitation reps, for the most productive campaigns during the 26-week Bill Heineman Sales Drive which starts June 4. Announcement was made Saturday at the second of the company's four regional meetings, at the Hotel Blackstone here. The $1,000 exploitation prizes are separate from the $27,500 earmarked for prizes to sales personnel and branch managers for results in the Heineman Drive. Exploitation prizes will be confined solely to the 11 regularly assigned field men under the direction of Arthur Jeffrey, exploitation manager. Others who addressed the sales meeting Saturday and yesterday were: William J. Heineman, veepee in charge of distribution; L. Jack Schlaifer, assistant to Heineman; Herman Beiersdorf, Western sales manager. OSCAR B. DEPVE Optical Picture Reduction Printers, Contact, Microfilm and Sound Reduction Printers manufactured and sold by OSCAR F. CARLSON CO. 2600 Irving Park Road, Chicago 18, 111. SITUATION WANTED Young man, 26, desires position in motion picture industry. Has degree in MechanicalIndustrial Engineering from Univ. of Michigan. Was coordinator and manager of foreign and experimental film service at the University. Am willing to work in U. S. A. or in Europe. If interested, please write Phillip Bedein, 1340 North University Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich. L. M. ECKERT, Selznick studio manager, is in New York from California for a series of conferences with David O. Selznick. AL ZIMBALIST, FC's publicity chief, heads out for Cleveland, June 1 to exploit "Will It Happen Again?" at the Alhambra. First-run spots are getting his personal attention in exploiting this pic. JOAN CAULFIELD heads East from Hollywood for Summer stock appearance in "The Voice of the Turtle." HARRIET PARSONS has returned to the RKO Radio studio, following a nine-week vacation in Santa Fe, N. M. HAROLD ZELTNER, M-G-M Chicago salesman, is vacationing in New York. TERRY TURNER and WALTER BRONSON are in Chicago for "Miracle of the Bells" premiere. Student Campaigns In Schlaifer Course Students of Charles Schlaifer's course at the New School, "The New Significance in Motion Picture Public Relations," on Friday began preparation on campaigns for a film they have seen since the course started. Final presentation of the campaigns will be made prior to June 4. Practical work is based on preliminary discussions of film advertising, publicity and exploitation and their specific application. Buying-Booking Co-op. Formed by Kansas Allied Kansas City — Eighteen theaters initially joined the non-profit booking-buying service approved by Allied Independent Theater Owners of Kansas & Missouri at its recent convention. Service is open only to Allied members, on a voluntary basis. Silverman Named to Head New Haven Col. Branch Walter Silverman today becomes Columbia's New Haven branch manager, succeeding T. F. O'Toole, who remains with the company in an advisory capacity. Silverman joined Columbia in 1932, became a salesman in Boston, and was transferred to New Haven in 1944. OF COURSE TEMS, nidi mnm sent from UA "Command Performance" Show at Garden Tomorrow Stars to appear in tomorrow's night "Command Performance," ben efit at Madison Square Garder started arriving over the weekenc from Hollywood. Show is for Amer ican Overseas Aid-United NationAppeal for Children. Listed to appear are Marlene Dietrich, Marie McDonald, Mart Stevens, Jane Wyman, Janet ^air Jack Haley, Fred Waring's Pi v /lvanians, Xavier Cugat, Ed Sui^wan Vivian Blaine, and many others. Second Chi. Telenews Theater Chicago — Telenews Theater Circuit has secured a site for its second. Chicago Telenews theater to be or: near North side at Rush and Oak Streets. NEW YORK THEATERS _ RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL _ ii Rockefeller Center JUDY GARLAND • GENE KELLY in "THE PIRATE" Songs by COLE PORTER Color by TECHNICOLOR A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture SPECTACULAR STAGE PRESENTATION VERONICA LAKE JOAN CAULFIELD ^wSakvo\ barry mmmli/Mtoffiy >^ Picture , jD/tKAMOt/A/r z:. Mer/e Ro6erf Charles rliu/ OBERON • RYAN • KORVIN ■ LUKAS vXtmi&ys greatest starand song-show! 4lELQPYT,M£ Released thru RKO Radio Picture ASTOR B'WAY 8. 45th ST. ERROL FLYNN ANN SHERIDAN i s,v8?e* In Person : f EDDY DUCHIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA <w ARTIE DANN WB3fflh OPENS 9:30 AM b way AT 47th LATE MIDNIGHT FIIM