The Film Daily (1942)

10 Monday, August 10, 1942 New Conservation Proposals to Come (Continued from Page 1) Bros., Paramount and 20th CenturyFox are in accord on the necessary reductions, but that Universal and United Artists claim they are using the minimum of footage at the present time. Columbia and RKO, it was reported, are willing to make the cuts if Universal does likewise. Possibility that the WPB will accept a smaller percentage of film reduction than first advanced was indicated. 'World At War' Next WAC Pic to Get Joint Release "The World At War," which will be the next release of the War Activities Committee, will be distributed jointly by five companies — M-G-M, Paramount, RKO, 20th Century-Fox and Warner Bros. Release date is Sept. 18. There are two versions of the film, one running an hour and six minutes, the other 40 minutes, both written and produced by Sam Spewack, consultant in the office of the Coordinator of Government Films. All scenes are authentic, it is stated, some having been taken from enemy films confiscated by the Government. The picture can be obtained at the following exchanges: Twentieth Century-Fox — Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Seattle. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, New Haven, New York. Paramount — Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Memphis, New Orleans. Warner Bros. — Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Washington. RKO Radio — Cincinnati, D e s Moines, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Omaha. Leonard Picker Named Assistant to Kahane Leonard Picker, who has been a member of Columbia's Legal Department since 1932, leaves New York tomorrow to become assistant to B. B. Kahane, at the studio in Hollywood. Columbia colleagues are giving him a farewell luncheon at Gallagher's today. More than 50 Columbia executives and members of the organization are expected to attend. Mrs. Emde Recovering Mrs. H. Russell Emde, wife of the division manager of RKO Westchester and New Jersey theaters, has been confined at the Knickerbocker Hospital, 70 Convent Avenue, during the past five weeks. She is quite ill having undergone two serious operations. She may leave the hospital within the next two weeks. HOLLYWOOD SLEALINO By RALPH WILK —HOLLYWOOD r\ I RECTOR Clarence Brown this week ^ will begin testing and interviewing players in an effort to obtain some unusual character people for roles in "The Human Comedy," based on the William Saroyan play, which Brown will make next at M-G-M. • • PRODUCER-DIRECTOR Gregory Ratoff ' last week began directing the principals in "Something To Shout About" at Columbia. Dance sequences for the new musical extravaganza were filmed last week. The cast includes Don Ameche, William Gaxton, and Jack Oakie. • • £* EORGE BRUCE, former scenarist who ^^ is now under a writer-producer-director contract at M-G-M, has returned from San Diego where he visited the marine base for background for "Salute to the Marines," which Bruce is now writing. • • f* EORGE MARSHALL, who directed "The ^^ Forest Rangers" and "Star Spangled Rhythm," has been assigned to direct "Canadian Capers," Technicolor musical, as his next Paramount picture. • ' • DECAUSE of patriotic Chinese aspect of "^ "Night Plane From Chunking," the story of America's sky life-line to China's warriors, Paramount has decided not to ask Chinese actors of Hollywood to portray Japanese heavies in the picture. American character actors will be made up for those roles. • • 1 I FR hair cropped to within two inches of ' ' her scalp to conform with Ernest Hemingway's description of his heroine, Maria, in "For Whom the Bell Tolls," Ingrid Bergman left yesterday for Sonora to join Producer-Director Sam Wood and the Paramount company headed by Gary Cooper. • • PRODUCER Bruce Manning has taken over ' the directorial reins on Deanna Durbin's latest Universal picture, "Forever Yours," because of the enforced resignation of the noted French director, Jean Renoir, due to the flare-up of a serious leg injury sustained in World War I which required im mediate medical attention. The picture was approximately half finished when Renoir was forced to retire. • • ERNEST TRUEX will replace Gus Schill^ ing in the cast of Universal's "Moonlight In Havana." Schilling has been called into service by the Army and was therefore forced to resign. • • "/COUNTER-ESPIONAGE" will replace ^ "The Lone Wolf In Scotland Yard" as the release title for the latest in Columbia's series of detective dramas starring Warren William. • • I INDA DARNELL, on loan from 20th ■■ Century-Fox, has been assigned to one of the two feminine leads in Columbia's forthcoming drama, "City Without Men," to be directed by Sidney Salkow. • • WHEN Milton Berle reports back to the 20th Century-Fox Film Studio, he will start work in "Over My Dead Body," which is a detective mystery scheduled to start Aug. 15. • • LJUNT STOMBERG has signed Craig Rice, ' ' author of murder mystery novels, to write the screenplay for Gypsy Rose Lee's "G-String Murders" in which Barbara Stanwyck will be starred. • • \A/ANDA McKAY has been engaged for ™" the leading feminine role in "Bowery at Midnight," newest Bela Lugosi starring vehicle which has just entered production at Monogram. John Archer, Edward Kane, Bob Hill and George Eldridge have also been signed for important roles. Wallace Fox is directing from an original story by Gerald Schnitzer, and the picture is produced by Sam Katzman and Jack Dietz. • • LIOWARD BRETHERTON has been signed " to direct "West of the Law," eighth in the current Monogram series of "Rough Riders" pictures featuring Buck Jones, Tim McCoy and Raymond Hatton. • • •■LJELLO, FRISCO, HELLO" will bring " " Alice Faye back to the screen after a six months' absence. Film goes into production next month at 20th-Fox. Film War Service Council Pledges Bond Drive Aid The five local unions comprising the Film War Service Council have voted to co-opeiate with the industry in making a success of the September billion-dollar War Bond and Stamp drive. The unions are Moving Picture Machine Operators Union, Local 306, IATSE; Motion Picture Laboratory Technicians Union, Local 702, IATSE; Screen Office and Professional Employes Guild, Local 109, UOPWA; International Photographers of the Motion Picture Industry, Local 644, IATSE; Screen Publicists Guild, Local 114, UOPWA. Locals 306, 702 and 644 are AFL and 109 and 114 CIO. The five unions will be able to draw upon the services of some 7,000 or 8,000 workers for the drive. Army Taking Australian Theaters as Storehouses Sydney (By Air Mail) — Urgent needs by the military for storehouse space, particularly as a consequences of the growing supplies accompanying U. S. forces in Australia, has resulted here in the commandeering of several film theaters, one of which, the De Luxe in North Sydney, was requisitioned so promptly that its proprietress was unable to complete an immediate booking schedule. Attitude of theater owners under these conditions is that the war "omes first, and that, unless the conflict is won by the United Nations, ownership of houses will be unavailing anyway. "Yankee speed," is philosophically given as the cause of the prompt requisitioning when a theater is needed for storage space. Para. Stockholders' Action is Dismissed (Continued from Page 1) on behalf of the corporation for sum mary judgment on the ground that the decision in the State Supreme Court by Judge Walter after in favor of the defendants with spect to the moneys paid under ess to William Bioff and George Browne was res adjudicata and binding upon the stockholders in any other litigation based ut>on the same facts. Judge Bright of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the motion to amend the defendants' answer so as to set forth Judge Walter's decision and then granted summary judgment for the defendants based upon that decision. The Federal Court thus held that a judgment in a stockholders' derivative action is final "both as to the corporation and as to all of its stockholders, including stockholders who were not parties to the original action in subsequent actions based upon the same subject matter." Louis Nizer and A. C. Bickford had contended on behalf of the defendants that since a minority stockholders' action was brought in the interest of the corporation a decision in one action was binding on all stockholders of that corporation and none of them could maintain other actions in other courts. The Court agreed and held that the fact that the trial was held in the State Court did not affect the rule of law; that decision is final and binding in the Federal Court as well. Buffalo Hopes to Better 20% Mileage Cut Goal Buffalo — First step of a progressive schedule for reducing film delivevery mileage in the Buffalo exchange territory becomes effective today. Calling for elimination of over-the-road film deliveries on Mondays, the program is designed to accomplish a 20 per cent cut in mileage by Sept. 7. Solid August bookings prevented putting the schedule into full operation at once, said Max Roth, branch manager for Warners, who heads the committee which has been endeavoring for more than a month to work out a feasible program. He declared the conferees have hopes that the 20 per cent cut can be better. Next item for consideration by the committee, comprising branch managers, bookers and representatives of exhibitors and truckers, is reduction of local film delivery routes, which now cross each other repeatedly. "Dandy" Ail-Night Shows Dayton, O. — To enable all defense workers here to see "Yankee Doodle Dandy," which opens one of its limited test engagements at the Victory Theater on Aug. 14, special allnight showings will be held on Aug. 18 and again on Aug. 21.