The Film Daily (1942)

Thursday, August 6, 1942 More Than 75 Actors In Armed Services (Continued from Page 1) ert Sterling, Dan Dailev, Jr., Lew Avres. Richard Ney, Clark Gable, (details incomplete). ^_At Monogram: Frankie Dan-o. ^HAt Paramount: Stirling: Havden, IRchard Webb, Ken Griffith. Macdonald Carey (going into the Marines, at present on a loanout to Universal). At RKO-Radio: Gene Raymond, Tim Holt, George O'Brien, Lee Fredericks, Jack Briggs, Robert Smith. At Republic: Gene Autry, Ray Middleton and David Bruce. At 20th Century-Fox: Victor Mature, Richard Greene, Robert Connell, Tyrone Power. At Universal: Billy Halop, Gabriel Dell. Peter Sullivan and Frank Kelly. Robert Stack, awaiting his physical examination, and Robert Cummings may join up shortly. At Warners: Ronald Reagan, Jeffrey Lynn, Wayne Morris, Herbert Anderson, George Camneau, Russell Arms, Keith Douglas, Hugh Enfield and Douglas Kennedy. George Brent to enter shortly. Sam Goldwyn: David Niven. Among the f'ee-lance players are Frankie Albert, George K. Arthur. William Bakewell, Richard Barthelmess, George Blakely, Jackie Coogan. Pat Collins, Robert Coote, Alex D'Arcy, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Eddie Gribbon, Louis Hayward, Leslie Howard, Kenneth Howell, Bradley King, Patric Knowles (disability discharge), Nick Lukats, Burgess Meredith. Laurence Olivier, Leonard Penn, Craig Reynolds. Charles (Buddy) Rogers, Arthur Rankin, Gilbert Roland, Jack Searl, Robert Shaw, William Stellings, Harvey Stephens, Douglas Walton, Jeff Yorke. RKO Radio In Further Sales Force Promotions (Continued from Page 1) of the Charlotte office since 1939, has been moved up to the branch managership of the Washington office. His successor at Charlotte is Rovy F. Branon, promoted from salesman in the same office. Branon started in the film business with the old Pathe company and has been with RKO Radio in various sales capacities since 1931. A Medal For Richey! A medal for being top individual book contributor to the local Film Row Book Drive, to provide recreational and informative reading to the men in our armed forces, should go to H. M. Richey of M-G-M, the elated Leon Bamberger of UMPI, drive's chairman, suggested yesterday. Richey personally gathered up 150 books from his own home, packed them in boxes and carted them to Loew's New Rochelle Theater where they were picked up. vi r This-a and That-a: • • • BECAUSE Paramount feels, and justifiably so. that it has a picture of unusual power, quality and consequence in "Wake Island," Bob Gillham, the company's promotional generalissimo, has conceived and executed an unusual plan to accent the importance of the opus among the top executives of filmland This plan, part of a potent campaign, centers upon the dispatch to said execs, of a set of four magnificent reproductions of the Beaumont drawings on "Wake Island" These drawings depict the heroic defense of that now-lost outpost by our air and land forces Another use to which these reproductions will be put is placement in leading department store windows as part of elaborate displays therein In that role they will be seen by large segments of the public, and are certain to thrill all who look upon them Consequently, the Gillham-hatched plan carries with it a strong and practical patriotic angle It's another example of Paramount's all-out efforts toward achieving Victory T T T • • • UNIVERSALE latest coup in behalf of exhibitor and industry welfare is the decision, after wide canvass of outlets, to make "Eagle vs. Dragon" and "Roar, Navy, Roar" into 30-minute streamlined features, or featurettes Step will enable exhibs. to effectively adjust their programs to a full-length attraction plus product of the streamlined type Because so many stands are on a dual policy, is one of the chief factors in the decision by the "U" strategists Benefitting, too, will be the single-feature houses Character of the two streamliners afford showmen everywhere another opportunity to help the war effort and, at the same time, offer to John Q. Public rousing entertainment T ▼ T • • • DEPARTURE of Monroe Greenthal to aid the WPB Scrap Drive finds one of filmland's most capable and versatile gents now in the publicity-ad director's seat oe'r at UA For many years this corner has known, and marveled at, the incumbent David E. Weshner, who answers to the nickname of "Skip," which probably denotes the. blythe and ambitious manner in which he has progressively mastered all ends of the pic biz At an early stage in his lively career, "Skip" was on the faculty of boys' school up the Hudson He's been a press agent, a journalist, treasurer of a printing company, prexy of his own ad agency, a production manager for film interests on the Coast, a general manager of some 60 theaters, a zone manager for one of the great circuits, a director of MPTO of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan; a member of the Grievance Board, Code Authority, representing affiliated theaters; a cog in Major Adjutant General's Dept., National Guard of New Jersey; aide-de-camp on former Gov. Harry Moore's miltiary staff there; a director of Philadelphia's Variety Club Tent 13; and a public relations man de luxe, all along the way But we best remember "Skip" as the guy who went our present Wonder Boys in Washington one better They contrived autos without gasoline and tires But Prof. Weshner, a good decade-and-a-half ago, inaugurated the "driverless automobile." which he sent 'round the land to exploit a then film luminary, Johnny Hines UA has a real heavy-hitter in the Professor!...... T T ▼ • • • THOSE smiles of pride you can see these days on the genial face of Roy Haines, Vitagraph vice-prexy, are with good reason His son, Glenn, just past 20, displayed the old American spirit by enlisting in the Army without telling anybody about it until he was on his way to the Air Corps Technical School, Keesler Field, Miss. T T ▼ • • • AVENGE PEARL HARBOR! To Set Sales Plans For '42-43 Next Week (Continued from Page 1) hope that Thurman Arnold, assistant Attorney General, was about to make a move on the long awaited UMPI project, but there appeared to be no confirmation of the report. It is known that Arnold has been swamped with protests and strong endorsements of the plan and it is likely, observers say, that he intends to move cautiously. It is probable that the companies will continue on the straight blocksof-five program, although the expiration of certain provisions of the decree exempts them from that method. Peace Talks Fade in WB White Collar Walkout (Continued from Page 1) to end the strike of white-collar employes at the Warner home-office and exchange. The walkout, called by Motion Picture Office Employes, Local 23169, AFL, has been in effect since last Thursday morning. That the truce might be called off was indicated by the statement of a union official that the attempt to reach a settlement was proving "a flat failure." Negotiations for a contract were resumed on Tuesday at the insistence of Mrs. Elinore Herriek, regional director of the National Labor Relations Board. A second peace meeting was held yesterday at the Warner home offices. After the conference the company issued a statement in which it said that "the agreements previously reached with the union were the limit to which the company could go in the exercise of sound business judgment." The statement added in part: "During the Wednesday meeting the union submitted to the company 17 new demands which were entirely at variance with agreements previously reached. The company's position is, and was so stated to the union, that all the demands that they presented at the meeting Wednesday had been discussed and negotiated for a period of months and that a full agreement had been reached on these points and that the action of the union at this time was a repudiation of all previous agreements." A report on the status of the negotiations was made to the strikers at a meeting in the afternoon at the Capitol Hotel. 256 Fix Released in Cuba to July 1 Havana (By Air Mail — Passed by Censor) — American and independent distributing companies released a total of 256 features in Cuba during the first six months of 1942, according to a check-up. Of thii number, 207 films were from the U. S., three from Soviet Russia, three from France and 43 in Spanish. _