The Film Daily (1948)

w Monday, May 24, 1948; DAILY All Para. Directors To be Renominated in new inousTRv posts (Continued from Page 1 ) Edwin L. Weisl and Adolph Zukor. Statement indicated that officers and directors of the corporation received $1,199,793 as a group in fees and salaries during 1947. Among the top earners were Balaban, who received $156,000 during the year, plus $20,800 in expense allowance; Freeman, who drew $130,000; Henry Ginsberg, whose $241,000 was $26,000 more than his 1946 earnings, and Zukor, who received $109,750. Others listed are Leonard H. Goldenson, who drew $91,000; Keough, $91,000, and Reagan, $86,233. Annual benefits estimated to be payable under the Paramount pension trust plan in the event of retirement were listed as follows: Balaban, $37,687; Freeman, $10,797; Goldenson, $1,174; Keough, $6,479, and Reagan, $940. Common stock holding's of director candidates are: Balaban, 1,200 shares, in addition to which he owns $2,000,000 of the company's 2 3^ per cent convertible notes; Callag-han, 1.400; Freeman, 900; Gibson, none; Goldenson, 1,600, of which his wife is joint owner of 1000 shares: Goodyear, 4,900, in addition to 4,200 shares owned by a trust in which he has a substantial beneficial interest; Griffis 9,000, plus contingent beneficial remainder interest in a trust owning' 18.300 shares; Harris, 2,400; Hertz, 2,000; Keough. 500: McClintock, 200: Newton 18,605, plus 18,380 shares owned by a trust in which he has a contingent remainderman; Reagan, none: Richards, a majority of voting securities in Rochelle Investment Corp., which owns beneficially 13,500 shares; Weisl, 200, and Zukor, 1,000. EDWARD HARRISON, manager. Sundown Auto Theater, Westfield, Mass. EDWIN C. (EDDIE) MURPHY, manager, SRO, Detroit. JOSEPH URBAN, manager, Lenox, Highland Park, Mich. JAMISON HANDY, manager, headquarters operations. Jam Handy Organization, Chicago office. ALLEN SHAW, Film Classics salesman, Cleveland. JOHN FLAHERTY, assistant manager, Olympia, Lynn, Mass. JOHNNY JOHNSTON, manager, Tremont, Galveston, Tex. HAROLD GASSAWAY, publicity director. Corpus Christi Theaters, Corpus Christi, Tex. LEROY HANDLEY, relief manager, Interstate Theaters, San Antonio, Tex. C. A. SMITH, JR., manager, Fain, Newton, Tex. C. P. FREDERICH, manager. Fain, Sourlake, Tex. Appeals Court Upholds Fielding in "Outlaw" Ban Albany— The New York State Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that New York, and any other city in the state, has the right to censor films. In handing down the ruling without an opinion the Court held that City License Commissioner Benjamin Fielding was within his powers on October 7, 1946 when he threatened to revoke the license of theaters showing Howard Hughes' "Outlaw" on the grounds that it was obscene. Anglo-U. S. Talks To Continue This Week (Continued from Page 1) hours at the first meeting at the BOT, and in their exploratory talk covered all points of the tentative schedules and interpretations, it was said. McCarthy at the weekend said he was "greatly impressed" with his first contact with the BOT officials, and declared that the talks were going according to plan. He said he expected to remain here until July 1 to collaborate on the execution of details and get the agreement, negotiated in March, in running order. Somervell was scheduled to confer with the Treasury over the weekend, and McCarthy and Allport will talk with Treasury officials this week. BOT Hints on Long Talks Meanwhile, while conceding progress had been made, a more cautious note was struck at the BOT at the weekend. It was hinted there might be protracted talks before finalization, and it was said that the publication of the agreement text, already deferred several times, might be further delayed. The Cinema, a British trade paper, at the weekend published a story asserting that the Treasury was opposing certain of the MPAA proposals concerning monetary aspects of the agreement and adding that they might be referred back to New York. There was no confirmation forthcoming from Government quarters, and McCarthy denied the story. FRANCESLANGFORD "Once Upon a Wintertime'^ NEW TECHNICOLOR MUSICAL RELEASED BY RKO-Radio Pictures ©WDP 3-Mos.' ASCAP Deals Only, Is Allied Plan (Continued from Page 1) to make sure that they insert in the ASCAP applications the statement, "This is an application for a three months license," and have been further advised to pay ASCAP's ensuing bill by ordinary check. Claims Mexico Could Be Indie Film Center 5% of Australian Houses Found in Capital Cities Sydney (By Air Mail) — Approximately five per cent of Australia's estimated 1,600 theaters are located in the principal cities, while 29 per cent are in the suburbs, and 66 per cent in rural areas, a survey reveals. In addition, over 50 touring exhibitors travel the country. Mexico City (By Air Mail) — "Mexico could at this time become the ' world center of independent Englishlanguage production. We can to-! morrow sign 12 important foreign independent producers for imme'^te work here if we can obtain 1 ly1 35 per cent of the financing," Chiles B. Woram, manager of RKO's Churubusco Studios outside the Capital, declared. Woram pointed out that Churubus co represents an investment of five | million dollars and is as modern as any lot in the world. The technical facilities compare favorably with the best in Hollywood. He pointed out, however, that no studio in Mexico has modern rear-projection equipment, and special effects departments are extremely weak. Taking a slam at -local film men who want the Mexican Government to block the funds of U. S. companies and engage in a "pointless trades war," Woram said: "The market enjoyed by Mexican pictures in the U.i S. represents 30 per cent of the cost of a Mexican picture — the market enjoyed in Mexico by U. S. pictures represents some one per cent of the production cost." "Fric-Frac" to Golden Oxford Films' French import, "Fric-Frac," opens Friday at the" Golden Theater. HARD TO GET ALONG WITHOUT