The Film Daily (1942)

W1^ Tuesday, September 1, 1942 Coast Studios Send 7 Into Production {Continued from Page 1) ing "Du Barry Was a Lady," Technicolor version of the Broadway hit, with Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Virginia O'Brien, John Carradine, Grace Gillern, Douglas Dumbrille, Richard Ainsley, Zero Mostel and Donald Meek. Producer, Arthur Freed; Director, Roy Del Ruth; "The Human Comedy," William Saroyan story, starring Mickey Rooney, with Donna Reed, Van Johnson, Gene Kelly, Marsha Hunt, Henry O'Neill. Clarence Brown directing. At Monogram : Three shooting, including A. W. Hackel's "The Living Ghost," mystery, with Joan Woodbury, James Dunn, Constance Worth, Jan Wiley, J. Farrell MacDonald, William Beaudine directing. At Paramount: Six shooting. At Republic: Four shooting, including The Roy Rogers special, "Heart of the Golden West," with Joe Kane producing and directing; Mr. District Attorney picture, based on the radio program of the same name. Leonard Fields, associate producer. At RKO-Radio: Three shooting. At 20th Century-Fox : Seven shooting. At United Artists: Charles R. Rogers shooting "The Powers Girl." At Universal: Eight shooting. At Warners: Six shooting, including "Background to Danger," drama, with George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. Raoul Walsh directing and Jerry Wald producing; "Action in the North Atlantic," film based on the heroism of Mer chant Marine sailors, with Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale and Peter Whitney. Lloyd Bacon directing and Jerry Wald producing. TO THE COLORS! Douglas Netter, son of Leon Netter, Paramount Theater executive, left on Saturday to commence his training for a commission as an Ensign at Notre Dame University. He is in the V-7 branch of the United States Naval Reserve. Salem, Mass. — Philip D. Bloomberg, president of the Naumkeag Amusement Co., operating the Paramount and Empire here, has been inducted into the Army and reports for duty September 7, at Fort De Detroit — Bill Hendricks, on the publicity staff of United Detroit Theaters for several years, is enlisting in the Marine Corps. Detroit — Bob Transer, operator of the Dix theater, has left to join the Army. Miami Beach, Fla. — Irving Kumin, former assistant to Phil Friedman, Warner casting director, has reported for Army Air Force duty here. Buster Bonoff, son of Leo Bonoff, Saybrook and Madison, Conn, exhibitor, has been accepted in the Army Air Corps. Harriet Radin West, daughter of Matty Radin, formerly of the local Cameo Theater, has been inducted into the WAAC. $1,500,000 SALE AT D.C. RALLY "Stars Over America" Tour Opens in Washington; Treasury's Drive Premiere Attracts 50,000 ■^^^^^^^^^^^^^ {Continued from Page 1) ^^^^^^^^^m^ZZ^l Bellamy, James Cagney, Bing Crosby, Irene Dunne, Greer Garson, Virginia Gilmore, Hedy Lamarr, Ann Rutherford, Dinah Shore, Martha Scott, Larry Adler, Ginny Simms and Kay Kyser doled out autographs on Bonds for those making a purchase or turning in stamp books for Bonds. The stars, who were seated at tables below the Treasury steps before which purchasers passed for the signatures, took turns providing entertainment via loudspeakers for the benefit of the huge audience that stood throughout the entire 2% -hour long rally. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., speaking over the radio in a 30-minute program that preceded the actual selling of Bonds, praised the motion picture industry for its all-out effort to go over the top in September. Speaking for the Treasury, Morgenthau declared: "I should like to pay my tribute to these actors and actresses and the entire motion picture industry. They are putting their special talents to work to help win our common victory." Kenneth Thomson, secretary of the Screen Actors Guild, and head of the Hollywood Victory Committee said, "The Hollywood Victory Committee is proud to furnish talent for the Government, its agencies and for charitable institutions. Today, the Hollywood Victory Committee is especially proud because it is supplying motion picture personalities to tour the country in behalf of a gigantic drive to help the Treasury Department sell War Bonds. Every large city and many towns will be visited within the next 30 days." Thomson also introduced a few of the stars to the radio audience during the broadcast of the program aptly titled, "This Is Worth Fighting For." Following conclusion of the rally, the entire group of actors and actresses were guests of Morgenthau at a luncheon in the Treasury Building. In addition, Oscar Doob, Si Fabian and Francis S. Harmon of the WAC attended. Irving Heller, Blank's Kin, Missing at Dieppe {Continued from Page 1) has been reported as missing in action in the Commando raid on Dieppe, France. Heller, who enlisted in the Canadian army in 1940 attended Kemper Military Academy where he won several medals for his rifle marksmanship. He also graduated from the University of Nebraska. His wife and children now reside at Columbus, Neb. Lt. Andre Vennat, Canadian Musician, Killed at Dieppe Montreal — Lt. Andre Vennat, 32, of the Fusiliers Mont-Royal, was killed in the raid on Dieppe. A violoncellist, he was widely known in Canadian theatrical and radio circles. His wife and two sons survive. Hummel, Wounded by Japs At Bataan, Is Decorated Seattle — Johnny Hummel, who was employed at the Paramount exchange before entering the Army was wounded at Battan. Hummel has been decorated with the Order of the Purple Heart. — A Billion In September! — Julian King With Chi. UA Chicago — Julian King, formerly with M-G-M exchange here, has been named country sales manager for the Chicago United Artists exchange. — A Billion in September! — Germaine Dulac Dead Vichy — Germaine Dulac, only French woman to direct pictures, is dead at Toulouse. Plan Art Theater Circuit To Embrace 33 Cities {Continued from Page 1) Dwain Esper of Hollywood. The circuit will be known as the United Art Theaters, Inc., and will have home offices at 165 W 46th St. here. The theaters will fall into four groups. Those in New York will be in Class A; Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Detroit and Boston, Class B; Cleveland, Baltimore, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Washington, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New Orleans, Minneapolis, Cincinnati and Newark, Class C; Indianapolis, Houston, Seattle, Rochester, Denver, Louisville, Columbus, Portland (Ore.), Atlanta, Oakland, Dallas, Toledo, San Antonio. Omaha and Syracuse, Class D. Alexander said product would be bought for a flat sum for the entire circuit, with each house paying according to its classification. Among the pictures to be shown in the theaters will be Adventure Films' entire program, which will consist of eight productions for the new season each of which, according to Alexander, will be made expressly for Art houses. The first production will be ready for release Nov. 1 and the second on Dec. 1. —A Billion in September! — Shaw Leaves WB for PRC Cleveland — Allan Shaw has submitted his resignation from the Warner theater department where he is assistant booker, to join the local PRC exchange as office manager. Show will succeed Bernard Rubin who has a September date with Uncle Sam. Indies Organizing To Fight WPB Order {Continued from Page 1) appeal from the WPB ruling and if no relief is afforded, they will ask for a judicial review in a Federal court on the grounds that the action is an unfair, arbitrary and unconstitutional exercise of WPB pow^^i. A sub-committee, composed of l^B ers, who has been retained as clSisel, Charles Hirliman, Walter Futter and Jack Hoffberg, will go to Washington today to serve the notice of appeal and confer with Harold Hopper and other WPB officials. Mayers, in Washington last week, asked that the rationing of new stock to the 11 established companies be increased by a total of 3 per cent, pointing out that the 3 per cent would be sufficient to permit the independents to stay in business. The request was refused. Mayers said that the Washington officials told him plainly that their object was to dissolve all independent production and that they wanted only three laboratories to stay in business. The three labs, were not identified. The states rights market will be washed up for the duration of the war unless the WPB sanctions the allotment of film to the independents, Mayers said yesterday. The independents who attended the meeting declared that their existence was necessary to the war effort, inasmuch as they supply personnel and facilities to the armed forces as needed and that they had offered their services to make training and propaganda films and the laboratory work. To force them out of business and permit others to continue operations will, create the very kind of monopoly that the Department of Justice has been seeking to break down, they said. The independent field, they contended, has been a proving ground and a school for the majors. Hundreds of exhibitors rely on the independent pictures for their existence, they insisted. All independent exchanges are participating in the action, as well as laboratories, studios and distributors here and in Hollywood. Industrial film producers, who also are affected by the freezing order, are scheduled to meet today or tomorrow to prepare a similar protest. —A Billion in September!— Martin, Memphis Critic, In Navy Press Berth Memphis — Harry Martin, amusement editor of the Commercial Appeal since 1934, who enlisted in the Navy as a yeoman, third class, has been assigned to duty with the public relations department of the Naval Training School near Millington. Martin, an international vicepresident of the Newspaper Guild, will be on leave of absence from the paper for the duration, and no successor will be appointed. His column "Footlight and Flickers" will be dropped and amusements covered by the general staff. DAN JLS H _L+7 17 M U Z 1 A 15 I Z 1 S I CI CIUM d d W