The Film Daily (1943)

12 rf ~ilL TOI * DAILY Thursday, July 1, 1943 Warners to Seek Increase in Percentage Deals Small Isolated Accounts To Be Only Exceptions Under Kalmenson Plans (.Continued from Page 1) today in the Sert Room of the Waldorf-Astoria. Warners already has converted a majority of its accounts to a percentage basis, leading all distributors in this respect, and the company cites long-run records, hefty grosses and other data in support of the desirability of such a policy. Kalmenson's aim it is understood, is to put all except small isolated accounts on the percentage plan. With Kalmenson presiding, principal speaker at today's . opening session of the sales confab, first in the series of three such meetings being held this year, will be Joseph Bernhard, vice-president. There also will be talks by Mort Blumenstock, Norman H. Moray, Arthur Sachson, Howard Levinson, A. W. Schwalberg, Albert Howson and others, in addition to Kalmenson. Sessions will wind up Saturday, and there is a possibility that two or three of company's backlog of product for next season will be screened for the field staff. Salesmen attending New York sales meeting include: New York City— L. Jacobi, G. Solomon, Lee Mayer, George Waldman, J. Vergesslich, H. P. Decker, I. Rothenberg. Albany— George Goldberg, R. S. Smith. Boston — Sol Edwards, H. G. Segal, A. Daytz, A. B. Cronin, J. Moore, E. Leavitt. Buffalo— John A. Strauss, L. Astrachan, J. Zurich. New Haven — Al Herman. Philadelphia— T. N. Noble, B. Bache, 0. B. Guilfoil, R. S. Eichengreen. Washington— Gordon F. Contee, G. P. Price, Sterling Wilson, J. A. Walker. Cincinnati — R. Burns, W. L. Kerr, R. Salyer, Max Birnbaum, J. P. Eifert. Cleveland — Joe Kaliski, E. Catlin, Jack Kalmenson. Indianapolis — Wm. Wallace, G. J. Black, R. S. Sharader. Pittsburgh— J. M. Wechsler, N. Marcus, H. G. Minsky, Charles L. Dortic. TO THE COLORS! * DECORATED. * CPL. ALFRED GOLO, son of Joseph Colo, manager, Orient, Scranfon, Pa., awarded Soldier's Medal for attempting to save a fellow soldier from drowning at Miami Beach. * COMMISSIONED * CAPT. MONROE CREENTHAL, Army Specialists Corps. * ARMY * manager, LEONARD BRAVERMAN, assistant RKO-Schine Eckel, Syracuse. JAMES RODGERS, adsales manager, 20th-Fox Cleveland. SPENCE PIERCE, 20th-Fox, southwestern exploitation representative. SAMUEL WEBB, assistant shipper, 20th-Fox, Pittsburgh. 1,000 Attend 20th-Fox Family Club Outing (Continued from Page 1) held its first annual outing here yesterday afternoon. Offices were closed at noon and employes arrived by boat, with lunch served on board. Afternoon was devoted to athletic contests for which prizes were donated by National Theaters, Skouras Theaters and company officials. The publicity department met home office executives in a soft ball game and the Broadway office was teamed ,vith the home office advertising department, while on another diamond the girls of the contract and accounting departments vied for the women's championship. Lew Lehr of Movietonews was chairman of the entertainment committee and the chairmen of the athletic events were: men's soft ball, Mike Navias and Ed Wyant; women's soft ball, Elsie Collins and Eleanor Coney; swimming Doris Adelman; tennis, Lee Dratta; quoits and horse-shoes, Jack Gordon; boxing, William Attadino; handball, Sam Shapiro; singers and dancers, Vic Lourie; gin rummy contest, George Droulia. Dinner was served in Bear Mountain Inn and on the return trip to New York, music for dancing was supplied by a well known dance band. Peak Employment Hits Walnut Beach Attendance Walnut Beach, Conn. — The Tower which opened every Summer in addition to the Colonial here, will be closed this year. The Colonial remains on regular schedule, with four matinees weekly. Exhibitor Albert Smith reports the working population is now year-round at this beach resort, but too much employment hits theater attendance. Late advices from Dave Bader, 20th-Fox's "Bear Mountain correspondent" for the day, brought the news that the baseball game between company executives and the publicity department was won by Hal Home's scriveners by a score of 15 to 12. It was described as a "swell game". Egg and potato races, and soft ball game by the girls helped to round out a full day of pleasurable activity amid perfect weather. Cleveland Allied Men Hear Report on Caravan Cleveland — Local Allied members met yesterday at the Statler Hotel, to hear details of discussions held here last week by the National Caravan. It is understood UA's selling policy of "Stage Door Canteen" was also discussed. Congressional Library Requests 104 Films Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Library of Congress has requested distributors to deposit with it 104 films and portions of films, released between May 1, 1942 and April 30, 1943, under an agreement between the Library and the film companies made in April, 1942. Temporary storage and screen facilities are supplied by the Museum of Modern Art Film Library as the result of a three-year grant of the Rockefeller Foundation made last year. NEK Com. to Map Council Meet Plans Organization of the National Entertainment Industry Council in 3jr~ amusement world's determination! go all-out in the nation's war efre.t, will move a step closer to completion tonight at a meeting of the group's continuation committee at the Hotel Astor. Plans for the initial meeting of the council, to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria on July 14 and 15, will be mapped by representatives of every branch of the entertainment business. The committee members also will consider recommendations to be placed before the council, which will be dedicated to complete mobilization of the show world in victorious prosecution of the war. Yovan Subs in Wilmington Harrisburg, Pa. — Zeva Yovan, assistant manager at Loew's here is at present acting as assistant for Loew's Wilmington, Del. During Yovan's absence, Pat Walker is filling his job. tmmifmmitmi' imtSlZZ' 3 A N X 5 H It?"* N\ <)Z -) N I V CI cl d ^