The Film Daily (1942)

we? Wednesday, August 12, 1942 to Vol. 82, No. 31 Wed., Aug. 12, 1942 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE DONALD M. MERSEREAU General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN Editor Published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer. 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. Subscriber should remit with order. Adddess all communication to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway New York, N. Y. Phone BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Representatives: HOLLYWOOD, Calif.— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. PARIS— P. A. Harle, Le Film, 29 Rui Marsoulan (12). MEXICO CITY— MarcoAurelio Galindo, Depto. 215, Calle del Sindicalismo, 99, Tacubayo, D. F. FINANCIAL (Tues. Aug. 11) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat Col.iPicts. vtc. (2!/2%) 8 8 8 + i/8 Columbia Picts. pf d Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.... 7'/2 7'/2 7l/2 — Va East. Kodak 130y4 130 130i/4 + % do pfd 175 175 175 -f IVi Gen. Prec. Eq 13% 13% M% Loew's, Inc 44 Vi 44V4 44l/2 + % Paramount 16y4 16 16%+ % Para. 1st pfd RKO RKO $6 pfd 20th Century-Fox .11 11 11 + Va 20th Century-Fox pfd Univ. Pict. pfd Warner Bros 5% 5% 5 7/6 + % do pfd NEW YORK BOND MARKET Para. B'way 3s55.. 65 65 65 + 1 V2 Para. Picts. deb. 4s56 99% 995/8 995/8 Warner Bros.' dbs. 6s48 102 102 102 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Radio-Keith cvs i/g y8 i/8 Sonotone Corp Technicolor 7'4 7 'A 7y4 + % Universal Corp. vtc. 6y4 6% 6V4 — % Universal Picts N. Y. OVER-THE-COUNTER SECURITIES Bid Asked Met. Playhouse, Inc. 2nd deb. '45.. 67 71 Roxy Thea. Bldg. 4s 1st '57 633/8 65% Sternberg 111 Toronto — Sam Sternberg, general manager of the B & F Theaters, Ltd., operating 18 theaters in Toronto in affiliation with Famous Players, is recovering in Toronto General Hospital from a major operation and is expected to leave for his home shortly. FOR SALE— A SECRETARY experienced with top executives, both in distribution (N.Y.) and production (Hollywood), plus ability to handle personal books, financial, banking and social details. What am I offered? Box 5080 THE FILM DAILY 1501 B'way New York, N. Y. Schine Managers Discuss Plans for New Season Rochester — Advertising and pro motion plans for the coming season were discussed here yesterday by 45 managers of the Schine circuit from New York State. Plans for selling War Bonds and Stamps dur ing the huge theater campaign next month were also studied by the managers. Gus Lampe, assistant general manager of the Schine circuit and Bud Silverman, Schine city manager, were in charge of the ses sions. At the request of the Schine cir cuit management, Mike Simons, editor of M-G-M's The Distributor will visit four of the circuit's managers meetings to present a treatise on "Basic Principles of Motion Picture Advertising in American Newspapers." Simons delivered the presentation at Schine's district managers' meeting recently in Gloversville and the response to it was such that he was asked to repeat it at the managers' regional meetings. Simons will visit Ashland and Bellefonte, O., and Lexington and Middlesboro, Ky., between Tuesday and Friday. The advertising treatise grew out of an original slide presentation on the subject originally orepared for M-G-M's Exhibitors' Forums by the Bureau of Advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. St. Louis Clearance Case Dismissed by Arbitrator St. Louis — While recognizing that the complainant Al Rosecan, operator of the Princess Theater, St. Louis, is suffering an "injustice inherent in a situation" that compels him to wait long periods of time until both the rival Cinderella Theater, and the Gravois, have played such pictures, Arbitrator Kenneth Teasdale, in a decision yesterday, dismissed Rosecan's "unreasonable and indefinite clearance" complaint against Warner Bros., Paramount, RKO-Radio and 20th Century-Fox. Teasdale said that the complainant's case had been ably and thoroughly presented but that on the record he was unable to grant the award sought, adding: "though I do, however, recognize the injustices inherent in the situation and that they are visited alike on various exhibitors. I cannot in this proceedings remedy them." Lynn Farnol to Close His Publicity Office Major Lynn Farnol will close his public relations office on Park Avenue at the end of this week for the duration of the war. Major Farnol, stationed at Mitchel Field, was unableto give the proper time and attention to his bureau. He formerly was director of publicity and advertising for United Artists. Burt Champion, who has been associated with Farnol, has gone to "Paramount to handle the opening of "Wake Island" which opens at the Rivoli early next month. M-G-M Execs. Talk NT Deal, Discuss New Films (Continued from Page 1) pleting a new deal with the 700 theaters of National Theaters and engaging in studio conferences on 1942-43 product. They went into conferences at once with Charles Skouras, president of National Theaters. They will discuss renewal of a three-year franchise which is currently expiring. Deal, one of largest ever discussed in Los Angeles, includes over 700 theaters, with division points in Los Angeles (Fox West Coast), San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Denver, St. Louis, Kansas City and Milwaukee. Louis B. Mayer will start studio conference with sales executives today. They will be joined for these meetings on 1942-43 product by Howard Dietz, Si Seadler and William R. Ferguson. Tomorrow Mayer will head a luncheon conference between the Eastern group and producers and directors of the studio. Referring to general business conditions in the film theater field, Rodgers said that while naturally there are lows and highs due to population shifts to war production centers film theaters in general are enjoying excellent business. They are extremely busy at their important job of maintaining civilian and military morale. Particularly significant has been the sensational success of "Mrs. Miniver." In Los Angeles it broke all records in not one but five theaters. It has been held for additional playing time in every one of 131 engagements to date. It did an unhard of 10 weeks at the Radio City Music Hall playing in that theater alone to 1,500,000 people. COmmC and GOluG Picture Executives Meet For Army Relief Show Entertainment, publicity and advertising committees for the Army Emergency Relief Show, to be held at Madison Square Garden, Sept. 30, met at the Astor Hotel, on Monday evening, and completed the final plans for the giant benefit's campaign and entertainment program. Major figures of the motion picture and advertising worlds, who attended the conference were: Marvin Schenck, of Loew's; Hal Home, of 20th Century-Fox; Barret McCormick, of RKO; Maurice Bergman, of Universal Pictures; Dave Lipton, of Columbia; John Krimsky and John Hertz Jr., of the Buchanan Agency; Leon Leonidoff, and G. E. Eyssell, of Radio City Music Hall; Lee Shubert; George Skouras; John Golden; Oscar Doob, of Loew's, Inc.; Bert Lytell, president of Actors Equity; Sonny Werblin, of Music Corporation of America; Abe Lastfogel, of William Morris Agency; Jack Cohn, of Columbia Pictures; Bob Weitman, of the Paramount Theater; Bob Ritchie; Douglas Leigh; Jack Rosenberg, of Musician's Union, Local 802, and Solly Resnick, of the IATSE. Ticket sales which opened last Friday totaled $11,500 at the end of the first day. ROY DISNEY will plane to New York tomorrow from Hollywood. GLORIA STUART, Universal star, was in Hazleton, Pa., yesterday where she addressed a War Savings Bond dinner. M. J. SIECEL, head of Republic studiq trained out last night for the Coast after 10-day stay in New York. HARRY ROSENQUEST of Warner theaters left yesterday for Albany, where he will re main for several days on business. BASIL WRIGHT, British documentary direcor, is here from England for conferences with Inited Artists on "The World in Action" shorts, Yhich he will edit for exhibition in Great Briain. He's at the Warwick. Frank T. Zinn Elected To Directorate of RKO Frank T. Zinn, resident counsel of RCA has been elected a member of the RKO board of directors, to succeed Lunsford P. Yandell. Zinn, who will represent RCA on the board, has been associated with RKO matters for some time. He came to RCA about eight years ago from the legal staff of Cravath, de Gersdorf, Swaine & Wood. He acted as assistant to the general counsel under Colonel Davis before assuming his present position. Yandell resigned to enter Red Cross work. WB Sets Release Dates On First Three of Season Release dates on the first three pictures on the Warner Bros, schedue for 1942-43 are announced by General Sales Manager Ben Kalmenson as follows: Sept. 5 — "Across the Pacific," with Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet; Sept. 19 — "Busses Roar," with Richard Travis, Elisabeth Fraser and Julie Bishop, and Sept. 26 — "Desperate Journey," with Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale and Arthur Kennedy. EVERY TELEGRAM GETS INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION AT Tostal Telegraph