The Film Daily (1943)

nit newwer Jg f||k| Of HUMCOM^ fad** HSftl ■ ^^ All TH£ T1MI Lake Charles, La., Case Dismissed by Arbitrator Vol. 83, No. 53 Fri., March 19, 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.p 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. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway \ew 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. Harle. 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. FINANCIAL (Thursday. Mar. 18) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 14'/2 141/2 14'/2 An. Seat. Col. Picts. vtc. (2l/2% I Columbia Picts. pfd. Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. East. Kodak 1 Gen. Prec. Eq Loew's, Inc Paramount Para. 1 pf. called A 1 Para. 1 pf. Called M 1 RKO RKO $6 pfd 20th Century-Fox 20th Century-Fox pfd. Warner Bros do pfd NEW YORK Monogram Picts. Radio-Keith cvs Sonotone Corp. Technicolor Trans-Lux Universal Corp. vtc. 36 15/8 13 1/8 54 18 50 225 8 55 57 1/2 7 77V4 17% 30 10 V4 CURB 2 l Vt 3'/4 9% 3V8 16'/2 36 36 — Vi 1% 1% 13'/8 13Vs 531/z 1 53 1/2 17V2 18 + 1/4 491/2 50 + % 221/2 223'8 — 'A 55 155 55 155 — 1 6% 7 4 1/4 77V4 771/4 + 11/4 17% 173/4 — y4 30 10 i/s + 1/4 30 10 MARKET 17/8 l'/8 31/4 934 3 161/4 2 + 1 Vi 31/4 . . 934 3VS .. 161/4 . Va Houston to Continue Free Movies in Parks Houston — This city will again offer free films in municipal parks, starting April 1. with Orrill O'Reilly again in charge. Two units will operate nightly on a weekly schedule covering most of the city's larger parks. Product will be of indie origin, comprising releases from one to two years old. Wanda Howard Kennedy Dies Wanda Howard Kennedy, 62, actress, who appeared in a number of Al H. Woods' Broadway productions, died yesterday at the Lenox Hill Hospital after a lingering illness. (Continued from Page 1) offered to the Delta by the two companies were inconsistent with the spirit of the consent decree. Arbitrator ruled that the clearance granted to competitive houses was not unreasonable and that distributors had not refused to offer product for the Delta. Designated Run Complaint Is Filed by N. O. Theater A designated run complaint has been filed by Anthony Demharter, operating the Peacock Theater, New Orleans, against Paramount, RKO, 20th Century-Fox and Warner Bros. Demharter claims that prior to 1935 the Peacock followed the downtown first-runs by 60 days and that after 1935 the run was taken away from him and given to the Rivoli and Dreamland Theater, United circuit houses, which previously had no clearance over the Peacock. Complainant asks for the return of the original clearance. Englers Withdraw Case Engler Brothers, who operate the Royal Theater, Hopkins, Minn., have withdrawn their clearance complaint against the five consenting distributors without prejudice. Para. Appeals Award Paramount has appealed an arbitrator's award which ruled that the company had not complied with the "some run" provisions of the consent decree in its relations with the Welldon Theater, St. Albans, Vt. WAC's to Handle Passes For Service Men in Capital Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington— From 7,500 to 10,000 service men will benefit weekly from the decision of the local WAC to organize a special committee to handle collection and distribution of passes to all types of amusements in Washington. Distribution of these tickets is already under way. The WAC's new amusements division is headed by John J. Payette, Waner Bros, zone manager, and Carter T. Barron, Loew's division manager. Sidney Lust, head of the Lust circuit, serves as chairman of the free tickets for servicemen unit of the committee. Tickets are available at the Union Depot, and arrangements are being made for construction of a special booth in the cente" of the city. Houston Indies See No Pix Dearth for Duals Houston — Exhibs. here do not anticipate any imminent shortage of pix for double feature bills. This, of course, is a matter of interest to the indies rather than to Interstate. One independent, however, was of the opinion that 1944 would see a shortage. , HA DAIIY Friday, March 19, 1943 Lewis Favors Gov't Co-op. Instead of Production of Pix (Continued from Page 1) various bureaus which came under his wing as a result of the reorganization of the OWI domestic branch last week, William B. Lewis, deputy director of the domestic branch, made it plain that he will not deviate from the policy he followed as head of the Radio "Bureau for OWI — a policy which calls for Government co-ope: ation rather than Government production. This means it is not unlikely that the motion picture bureau, over which he now has supervision, will be directed to concentrate on aiding the industry to produce the films it wants rather than carrying a heavy production schedule itself. Expect "Prelude to War" Release Within Next Month Wa-hington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Although Elmer Davis, OWI director, announced a month ago that "Prelude To War," the film made by Lt. Col. Frank Capra for the A: my, would be available for public showing, no definite date for release has yet been set, but is expected to be within the next month. It is expected that the Capra film will be shown also in Britain and Russia. Georse Archibald, who represents the British industry here, reveals that he has had several conferences : ecentlv with Lowell Mellett and Arch Mecey of the OWI motion picture bureau, Riskin and others on th-? seneral fubject of exchanging British productions. Republic Budaet to Be Highest in Its History West Coast Bureau of. THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— H. J. Yates announced that after Republic's sales meetings in Chicago and New York, M. J. Siegel will announce their p: ogram which will call for the highest budget in the history of the company. Yates, Siegel and Prexy James R. Grainger leave today for the Eastern conventions. At a meeting of producers and branch managers yesterday Yates stressed the importance of' making pictures for the foreign market as well as for domestic consumption. COfllinG and GOING JOE E. BROWN has arrived in Sydney on his tour of our Scuth Pacific army posts. KATE SMITH will be in Baltimore today to christen the latest ship to be turned out at the Betlvehem-Fairfield yards. GRACE GEORGE leaves for Hollywood tomo:-] row to appear opposite James Cagney in. his first UA release, "McLeod's Folly." jf fc] PAUL N. LAZARUS. JR. GRAD SEARS, ARNOLD PRESSBURGER, leave for Hollywood today. S. BARRET McCORMICK, RKO ad-publicity chief, is a week-end departure for the Coast. RUTH HUSSEY was in Washington yesterday for the opening of "Tennessee Johnson." SPYROS SKOURAS, president of 20th CenturyFox is expected back at his New York headquarters today after a week's visit in Havana. DORRIS BOWDON is flying from the Coast to appear at a Waldorf-Astoria reception to be given on Wednesday for Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess Martha of Norway. JULES LAPIDUS and ARTHUR SACHSON, return to New York today from Philadelphia. EVELYN KOLMAN is back at her desk in the Republic publicity department after a threeweek vacation in Havana BEN SIMON. 20th-Fox manager, New Haven, is on vacation in Philadelphia. GEORGE RABBOTT, exhibitor at the Alcaiar. Naugatuck, Conn, has returned from a month's vacation in St. Petersburg, Fla "Heart of Nation" Bows At New Abbey Theater "The Heart Of a Nation," the new film that has been called "a cavalcade of France,' will have its world premiere at the newly-opened Abbey Theater, Broadway at Fiftyfirst St. early next month. Goldberg's Third Pint Harry Goldberg, director of advertising and publicity for Warner Theaters, this week gave his third pint of blood to the Red Cross. Mrs. Goldberg also has contributed to the Red Cross blood bank. The Goldbergs' only son is in the Coast Artillery. Alfred P. Morell. Author, Dies Greenwich, Conn. — Alfred Parker Mo" ell, 36, magazine and screen writer, died yesterday at Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, where he had undergone an operation. He wrote the scripts for "Diamond Jim Brady" and "Lillian Russell." — 'n <rsLovinq IV / e m o r $ y SIDNEY R. KENT SbieJ WJarcli 19, 1942