The Film Daily (1943)

V^V DAILY \ Monday, January 4, 1943 Vol. 83, No. 1 Mon., Jan. 4, 1943 10 Cents JOHN W. ALiCOATE Publisher 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) Jnited 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. Address all communications 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. WASHINGTON— Andrew H. Older, 520 Third St. N.W., Phone District 1253. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter; 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. PARIS— P. A. Hade, Le Film, 29 Rue Marsoulan (12). HAVANA — Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. HONOLULU — Eileen O'Brien. BUENOS AIRES— Dr. Walter P. Schuck. Casillo de Correo 1929. MEXICO CITY— Marco-Aurelio Galindo, Apartado 8817, Mexico, D. F. RKO Theater-Studio liaison Post to Holt (Continued from Page 1) make his headquarters at the studio. Special exploitation openings oil RKO pictures will come under his supervision. Holt is a native Californian and began his theater career as a scenery painter and usher. 50-City Premiere Set For "Hitler's Children' (Continued from Page 1) mer's book, "Education for Death." The premiere will be sponsored by the Crosley radio station WLW in Cincinnati in honor of Ziemef who is the station's news commentator. Plans call for the station's full facilities including daily announcements and climaxed by a series of radio; shows highlighted with scenes from the picture during the week preceding and on the night of the simultaneous premieres. : Home office and studio executives, including N. Peter Rathvon, Ned jE. 'Depinet, Charles Koerner, Robert Mochrie, S. Barret McCormick, Nat Levy, Walter Branson, Edward Golden and stars of the picture, will participate. Warners Continuing Triple-Runs on Coast West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Warner's new policy of presenting first-run attractions simultaneously in three local houses, the Hollywood, Downtown and Wiltern, will be continued. H The Broadway Parade H Picture and Distributor Theater For Me and My Gal (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures) — 11th week Astor Casablanca (Warner Bros. Pictures) — 6th week Hollywood Random Harvest (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures) — 4th week Music Hall In Which We Serve (United Artists-Noel Coward) — 2nd week Capitol The Black Swan (Twentieth Century-Fox) — 2nd week Roxy Arabian Nights (Universal Pictures-Waiter Wanger) — 2nd week Rivoli Yankee Doodle Dandy (Warner Bros. Pictures) — 2nd week (b) Strand Whistling in Dixie (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures) Criterion A Night to Remember (Columbia Pictures) Loew's State Star Spangled Rhythm (Paramount Pictures) Paramount Jacare (United Artists-Mayflower) Globe Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (Universal Pictures) Rialto Springtime in the Rcckies (Twentieth Century-Fox) (a-b) Palace Secret Enemies (Warner Bros. Pictures) (a) Palace Miss V. from Moscow (Producers Releasing Corp.) — Last day (a) New York Undercover Man (United Artists) — Last day (a) New York Undercover Man (Monogram Pictures) (a-b) Central Miss V from Moscow (Producers Releasing Corp.) (a-b) Central ♦ FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURES ♦ Fortress on the Volga (Artkino Pictures) — 2nd week Stanley ♦ FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ Reunion in France (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures) (c) Capitol They Got Me Coveted (RKO Radio-Samuel Goldwyn) (c) Music Hall China Cirl (Twentieth Century-Fox) (c) Roxy Journey Through Fear (RKO Radio Pictures-Orson Welles) (c) Criterion No Time for Love (Paramount Pictures) (c) Paramount The Silver Queen (United Artists) (c) Glebe Shadow of a Doubt (Universal Pictures) — Jan. 12 (c) Rivoli Gentleman Jim (Warner Bros. Pictures) (a-b-c) Palace Flying Fortress (Warner Bros. Pictures) (a-c) Palace Boss of Bigtown (Producers Releasing Corp.) — Opens tomorrow (a) ...New York Sundown Kid (Republic Pictures) — Opens tomorrow (a) ...New York (a) Dual bill, (b) Subsequent run. (c) Follows current bill. LATE NEWS BULLETINS (Continued from Page 1) ^_^^ Langton, who goes into the Army. Miss Manson has been story editor at Columbia, Samuel Goldwyn, and more recently with Feldman-Blum Agency. COPPER MATINEES FOR WB All Warner circuit theaters will stage copper matinees early in the new year, it was learned Saturday. Each house will set ts own date. Details are now being worked out. FLOOD CONDITIONS IMPROVE Cessation of rain and colder weather at the week-end saw the flood conditions in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York materially improved, alleviat'ng the situation which had confronted film carriers, exchanges and theaters. Through Thursday and in some points through Friday, film shipments had been delayed or undelivered. In the Albany territory, delays up to 18 hours prevailed. In the flood areas, biz was off up to 50 per cent. Skourqs Theater Opens First Service Canteen (Continued from Page 1) Mrs. J. Albert Dear, Jr., and Mrs. Althea O'Hanlon. Notis Komnenos, manager of the theater, will serve as canteen director. Pies, cookies and cakes are being provided by members of the corps, while the theater is contributing "offe'e, sugar and all equipment. Writing desks and material also are furnished. 90,000 Feet of Film Arrives from Russia (Continued from Page 1) tures, several documentary shorts and 2,000 feet of newsreel shots. Among the shorts are six "Historical Notebook" subjects dealing with the re-enactment of important episodes in the present war. Newsreel material from Russia is now arriving every week. Bob Wolff Off Today on First Depinet Drive Trip (Continued from Page 1) sistant to the Western division sales manager. Wolff will hold a series of sales meetings, preceding the start of the drive, with his first stop at New Haven, followed by Albany, Buffalo, Detroit and the rest of the branches. Drive will last 15 weeks, running from Feb. 5 to May 20. Einfeld and Aides Eastbound Next Week Charles Einfeld, Warner director of advertising and publicity is scheduled to leave the Coast next week-end for Chicago, Washington and New York. Mitchell Rawson, Eastern publicity manager, who has been at the studio for the past several weeks, returns to New York with Einfeld. Alex Evelove, in charge of studio publicity, also comes East for his first New York visit in several years. COfTiinO and GOinG LEON FROMKESS, P'RC's vice-president in charge of production, returned Friday to the Coast with several new story properties. BETTE DAVIS, will arrive in New York from California sometimethis month. GLEN ALLVINE went to Washington Thursday. SAM BUCHWALD, general manager, and I. SPARBER and DAN GORDON, producing directors of Famous Studios, are here from Florida. 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