The Film Daily (1943)

Wi Monday, March 1, 1943 THE 11 DAILY Lazarus Named UA's Ad-Publicity Chief (.Continued from Page 1) chief graduated from Cornell University 10 years ago, joining War|. ners immediately. He served sucI cessively on press book advertising, ■ in charge of trade paper advertisir"T and sales promotion, and as 4>-^*f'visor over the field force. Lazarus left Warners last October to join the Buchanan agency. In 1939-40, he was president of Ampa and currently is vice-president. Lazarus' father, long identified with UA, is the company's contract and sales executive. Loew's Earnings Holding; Rename Directors, Officers ) (Continued from Page 1) ! Eugene Leake, Charles C. Moskowitz, William A. Parker, J. Robert ' Rubin, Nicholas M. Schenck, Joseph 1 R. Vogel, David Warfield and Henry 1 Rogers Winthrop. f Following the election, Rubin told 1 the stockholders that he expected profits for 1943 to be about the same as those of last year. Rubin , said that earnings for the 12 weeks ended Nov. 24 would be about the same as for the same period in 1941 when the net profit was $2, ,627,145. The difference will be slight, I he said, even though taxes have | doubled. Jo Directors, meeting to organize fol| lowing the stockholders' session, reelected President Nicholas M. ; S"henck and all other officers. The t directors also declared a regular -dividend of 50 cents a share on the itcommon, payable March 31 to stockholders of record on March 19. 15 Broadway Theaters ! Will Play "At the Front' Fifteen Broadway houses, including practically all first-runs, have been set by Warners to play "At the Front," the War Department's North African invasion film, the week. of March 18. Three Brooklyn first-runs also will play the pic the same week, with the entire Loew and RKO circuits getting the four-reeler later. Chi. M of D Collections Chicago — The March of Dimes :ollections here will exceed $20,000, it was stated at the week-end. Warner Bros, reports $5,200 had been collected at its 19 theaters. STORKS oast B.nra,: of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Twins, a boy and a girl, named Marina and Lucchino, vere born to the former Gale Page, iow the Countess Aldo Solito de Jolis. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Marriage is announced of Sandra Lynn and Harry Woolman. Des Moines, la. — Kathryn Adkinson, secretary in the Des Moines Theater Supply Co. will be married to Dr. R. O. Drews in Maine. New Haven — Shirley Cleveland of the Loew-Poli division secretarial staff, has resigned to be married to PFC Joseph Bianco in Detroit on March 8. The couple will reside near Chanute Field, 111. Avoca, Pa. — Margaret Franey, cashier at the Palace Theater, was married to Lt. Joseph McDonald in St. Mary's Church, Avoca. Des Moines, la. — Joe Ancher, now a corporal in the Army and former head booker at Warner's exchange in Des Moines, was married to Mary Altman of Chicago at Camp Hobbs, N. M., where Ancher is stationed. Washington, Pa. — Wedding of Chrystal Culper to Pvt. John G. Lacock, of this town, took place at Rockland, Me. recently where the bridegroom is stationed. Mrs. Lacock is the daughter of the late pioneer exhibitor, B. E. Cupler, and since his death has owned and operated the Court Theater here. Pittsburgh — Mrs. Florence Fisher Parry, columnist for The Press, has announced the marriage of her son, Lt. David F. Parry to Edith Nussbaum in Texas, where he is stationed at one of the Air Corps training fields. New Haven — Adolph Johnson, Strand, Hamden exhibitor, announces the marriage of his son, Ensign Robert Johnson of Miami, to Virginia Vickry of McKenzie, Ala. Scranton, Pa. — Engagement of Ruth Ann Shelare of Brooklyn, N. Y., to Ensign Thomas J. Walker, son of Postmaster General and Mrs. Frank C. Walker, is announced. 'Random Harvest" Lunch At the Music Hall Today Record-breaking 11-week run of Metro's "Random Harvest" at the Radio City Music Hall will be commemorated today at a luncheon at the theater at which Gus Eyssell, managing director of the Hall, will present plaques of appreciation to the stars, director and producer. Mervyn LeRoy, director, who is in New York, will accept. Eyssell's guests will include: From Metro home office: Nicholas M. Schenck. William F. Rodgers, Howard Dietz, Si Seadler. E. K. "Ted" O'Shea, Lou Smith. From the metropolitan press: Kate Cameron, Wanda Hale, Dorothy Masters, Alton Cook. Pauline Williams, G. E. Blackford, Bosley Crowther, Ted Strauss, Tom Pryor, Ahe Weiler, Arthur Folwell, Howard Barnes, Joseph Pihodna, Lt. Lee Mortimer, Eileen Creelman, John T. McManus, Leo Mishkin, Fane Corby, Archer Winsten. Irene Thirer, Kelcey Allen, Jesse Zunser. From the trade press: Chester B. Bahn, William Formby, Abel Green, Jack Harrison, Charles Lewis, George Morris, Ray Murray, Martin Quigley, Terry Ramsaye, Sam Shain, P. D. Harrison. From the Music Hall : R. V. Downing, Fred L. Lynch. Also, Clarence Brown, Henry Lustig, Ben Thau. Paul Muni, Danny Kaye, Adam Gimbel, \V. R. Hearst, Jr., Lee Batson, Max Gordon. Trying Hoffman. Bonuses for Men Whose Pay Overtime Ban Hit Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Industry employes whose real wages actually dropped when the President banned overtime pay for work on week-ends and holidays will be awarded bonuses to restore those losses, it appeared Friday. Three conditions must be met: that the premium pay was an imports nt part of the agreed wage for the job, that it had been received regularly over a long period of time and that the collective bargaining history of the employer indicates that this premium pay was considered in establishing the rates for the job and that it was accepted by employes in place of a general wage increase. Operator for Every Machine Hornell — An ordinance requiring that local theaters have one operator for every projection machine is before the Common Council here. City Attorney Albert E. Hollis has termed such a measure unconstitutional. Riding Herd on the Hollywood News Runge West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Week-end news roundup: With Teresa Wright ordered by her doctor to take a month's rest, Anne Baxter replaces her in "The North Star," courtesy of 20th-Fox. . . . Sam Goldwyn also has added Una O'Connor to the cast of "The North Star". . . . "Silver Skates" bookings, prior to national release, surpassed by 500 per cent the record of any Mono, pic for pre-release engagements, according to Steve Broidy, now here. . . . Fourth Lum and Abner pic starts shooting for RKO Apr. 1. . . . PRC will make "Minstrel Man" as a top budget musical in May. . . . George Sherman will produce-direct "Three Brothers" by Carl Rathjen for Rep. . . . Mono, is re-issuing "Her First Romance". . . . Andrew Stone has signed Lupe Velez, Edward Everett Horton and Dennis O'Keefe for "Hi Diddle Diddle." — WILK. FROM the KEYS and BEYOND By R. E. PORTER To solve the manpower problem, Henry Schoenstadt, prexy of the Chi. circuit bearing his name, will start a managerial training school. . . . Dorothy Therion, former booker at Star Film exchange, Portland, Ore., is now personal secretary to J. A. Foreman, Pacific Northwest circuit operator. . . . Mrs. Ernestine Greenberger, wife of Leo Greenberger of the Lefkowich-Greenberger Circuit, Cleveland, is co-author with Ruth Glick, of a story, "Good Home, Good Pay," which has been purchased by the Ladies Home Journal. . . . Guy Maxey, office manager in the Seattle Warner Bros, exchange, celebrates his 20th year with the company next week. —Tell It to PorterBill Blair, formerly manager of Cleveland's Hanna, legit, house, has been named manager of Associated's Memphis, Cleveland subsequent. . . . Ernest Grohe, 20th-Fox salesman in Chi., is vacationing at Phoenix, Ariz., destination also of Mike Bachman, manager of B & K's Harding. . . . William F. Hemphill has succeeded William V. Taylor as relief manager at the Village, Houston; Hemphill has been Tower treasurer. . . . T. L. Cameron has reopened his Medora, 111., house for Saturday and Sunday nights. . . . Bob Phillips, manager of the Davis, Higginsville, Mo., has resigned. —Tell It to PorterChuck Bier has been named manager of Warners' Aberdeen and Hoquiam (Wash.) theaters. . . . Local 457, operators, at Superior, Wis., has elected Stanley E. Anderson prexy. . . . Robert L. Lippert of Frisco has added the Liberty, Sacramento, to his circuit, buying from J. W. DiStasio. . . . Glenn Schrader has succeeded Art Covilli as manager of the Frisina Circuit's Capitol, Bridgeport, 111. . . . Dean Jones of the B & K accounting dept. is battling pneumonia in Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chi. . . . Jack Wohl, formerly Great States booker, is booking pix for the Great Lakes Naval Station's theaters. . . . —Tell It to Porter— H. Clay "Sonny" Harris is back at the Martin, Dothan, Ala., from the Ritz, Marianne, Fla., to replace Rufe Davis Jr., who joined the Army. . . . Elwood Rubin has succeeded Walter Chenoweth at the Metro, Frisco. . . . Chenoweth went to the Alexandria, Frisco, to fill in for Al Levin, now a Marine. . . . Don Beal, former Warners' shipper in Des Moines, is now in the Army at San Antonio. Press Sees "Human Comedy" Press premiere of M-G-M's film version of William Saroyan's "The Human Comedy" will be held tonight at the Astor, where it starts a continuous run extended engagement world premiere tomorrow morning.