The Film Daily (1942)

V* Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought 9r te£MOx't The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Four Years Old -^FDAILY k 82, NO. 32 NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1942 TEN CENTS ARNOLDMNIES UMPI PLAN POCKET VETO Dissension Over Policy Splitting N.W. Allied New Exhibitor Group May Be Organized in Minneapolis Shortly Minneapolis — Exhibitor association situation here is said to be "in a mess" as political policies continue on an uneven keel. Rumors that a new independent organization will be formed to combat Northwest Allied are making the rounds, while internal controversies are reported to be raging within the latter group. Big question here appears to be whether Northwest Allied will launch another legislative move against the consent decree. This may be a key (Continued on Page 5) $5,780,000 in Bonds At 'Dandy' Coast Bow West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Western premiere of Warner Bros.' "Yankee Doodle Dandy" at the Hollywood Theater last night represented Bond sales of $5,780,000, thereby topping the New York opening of the picture by $30,000. It was said to have been the biggest Hollywood opening in years, with most of the cast of the picture (Continued on Page 8) "Pride of Yankees" Last Lighted Coast Premiere San Francisco — Lt. General John L. DeWitt's recent dim-out order here for the Fourth Military Area ends an era in Hollywood history with Samuel Goldwyn's premiere of (Continued on Page 5) Effect of Rationing On Marquee Sign? Effect of the Eastern g a s o I i ne rationing might well be seen in this double feature which was noted on the marquee of Manager Fred Martin's Northtown Theater in Lansing, Mich, the other day: "A Gentleman After Dark" "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" Paramount Announces First Block for New Season; Expect Group of 5 to be Policy Announcement by Paramount of its first group of pictures for the 1942-43 season was taken as an indication that the company would sell in blocks-of-five until the UMPI plan is clarified. In addition to "Wake Island," which was trade-screened yesterday, the first group includes "The Major and the Minor," "The Glass Key," "Priorities on Parade" and "Henry Aldrich, Editor." Tradeshowings have been arranged for Aug. 27 and 28. Treasury Checking On Pix Bond Sales Less than 6,000 theaters have reported selling War Bonds and Stamps during the month of June, leaving more than 10,000 unaccounted for, according to the Treasury Department which has requested that a survey be made to ascertain to what extent motion picture theaters are co-operating. Charges 'Arbitrary, Unfair' Clearance vs. Big Five St, Louis — John M., Leo F., Angelo J. and Louise M. Marre, doing business as the Marre Theater Company, owners of the Rivoli Theater Building here at 208 North Sixth St., yesterday filed an "unreasonable, arbitrary and unfair clearance" complaint against the Big Five, naming as interested parties the former lessees of the Rivoli, The Marvin Amusement Co., Charles Goldman, president, and Julius Leventhal, vicepresident and secretary of the Mar (Continued on Page 5) Taxes Pare Eastman Kodak 6-Mos. Profit Rochester — Eastman Kodak Co.'s net profit for the first six months ended June 13 was $7,462,336, Frank W. Lovejoy, chairman of the board, and Thomas J. Hargrave, president, reported yesterday. This is equal to $2.94 per share of common stock and compares with a net profit for the same period last year of $10,460,425, or $4.15 per share. Directors of the company declared (Continued on Page 5) Buenos Aires May Lift Ban Against "Invaders" Buenos Aires (By Cable) — Columbia's "The Invaders," which was banned by the Government following protests by the German embassy, may be re-admitted, it was learned here yestreday. Lifting of the ban will depend on the elimination of certain sequences, it was said, although identification of the cuts requested was not revealed. "The Invaders" played first-run (Continued on Page 5) Joint Operation for Rivoli Para, and UA Theaters in Term Agreement Organization of Film Workers at UOPWA Meet The United Office and Professional Workers of America, CIO affiliate, will hold its biennial convention in Albany from Sept. 5 to 10. The main purpose of the conclave will be to plan ways and means of intensi (Continued on Page 5) Executives of Paramount Pictures and the United Artists Theater CirL cuit announced yesterday that the two companies have signed an agreement whereby, for a term of years, Paramount Pictures will participate in the operation of the Rivoli Theater, New York City. United Artists Theater Circuit will continue to manage the theater in conjunction (Continued on Page 8) D of J Will Act on Sales Formula Shortly, Asst. Attorney General Says By VAN BEUREN DeVRIES Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — A blanket denial of the charges hurled by Allied that he was permitting the UMPI plan to gather "cobwebs" and that the Department of Justice intended to give it a "pocket veto" was voiced here yesterday by Thurman Arnold, Assistant Attorney General. "These charges are just not so," Arnold told The Film Daily, "and (Continued on Page 8) Report on UMPI Plan May Come This Week While Thurman Arnold in Washington would not commit himself as to when there would be a public announcement on the UMPI sales plan, it was learned reliably in New York that his report on the issue had been completed and turned over to (Continued on Page 8) Schenck Named Honorary Chairman, Relief Show Nicholas M. Schenck, president of Loew's, Inc., has been appointed honorary chairman of the entertain (Continued on Page 8) M. P. Appeal Board Modifies Award Motion picture appeal board has modified an award of an arbitrator who dismissed the clearance complaint of the Playhouse, Clyde, N. Y., which claimed that the 14-day clearance granted to the Capitol "Theater, "Newark, N. Y., was unreasonable. Clearance immediately after Newark was asked. The intervener, Ohmann Bros., operating the Ohmann Theater at Lyons, made the same request. The appeal board ruled that the Capitol should have seven days' clearance over both theaters. ) ' N 1 b v v — rx — rrz fl ( n ) n , i < i kn