The Film Daily (1943)

T» Wednesday, September 15, 1943 DAILY Vol. 84, No. 53 Wed., Sept. 15, 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 18, 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) 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 New York, N. Y. Phone BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Representatives: HOLLYWOOD, 28, Calif.— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. WASHINGTON— Andrew H. Older, 841 Longfellow St., N.W., Phone Taylor 0882. 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 ; (Tuesday, September 14) ; NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Close Net Chg. High Low Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (2'/2%) Con. Fm. Ind 27/8 2% 2%+ Vs Con. Fm. Ind. pfd do pfd Cen. Prec. 'Eq 19% 19% 19% — Loew's, Inc 593/8 58'/4 58 'A — Paramount 25% 25% 253/4 — RKO 83/„ 83/8 83/8 — RKO $6 pfd 91 1/4 91 91 — 20th Century-Fox . 223/8 22*4 223/8 — 20th-Fox pfd. (l'/2). 313/8 31'A 31 1/4 + 20th-Fox pfd. (4i/2) 100 100 100 — NEW YORK BOND MARKET Par B'way 3s55 NEW YORK CURB MARKET 2% + 1% — 13l/2 . . 31/2 + 17 + I71/4 .. Monogram Picts. . . 2% 2% Radio-Keith cvs. ... 1% 13/8 Technicolor 13V4 13'/2 Trans-Lux 31/2 3% Universal Pictures .17 17 Universal Picts. vtc. 17% 17 — Back 3rd Loan Drive! — WB War Loan Rally Tomorrow A Bond rally in behalf of the Third War Loan will be held at the Warner Bros, home office tomorrow. S. HACKER 8c COcertified PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS TAX CONSULTANTS SPECIALIZING IN THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY 132 WEST 43rd STREET NEW YORK 18, N. Y. CHICKERING 4-1812 Advertising . . . fact vs. fantasy (Continued from Page 1) dull day when film biz turns the preparation of its advertising copy over to the bankers' factual and institutional copy writers. Any dissent to the dissent? U. K. Negative Costs Said Higher Than Hollywood's London (By Air Mail — Passed by Censor) — British negative costs have increased recently so that they are now higher than Hollywood's, Michael Balcon said at a meeting of the British Film Producers' Association. Speaking on staff "stealing," Balcon commented that the growing practice can only end in disaster if it goes on unchecked. Industry circles are concerned as many realize that it is next to impossible to lower production costs and they fear a disadvantage in competing with American-made films in the European markets to be opened as the Allied armies advance. Meeting decided to contact all members of the Association asking them to reaffirm their adherence to the agreed practice of telephoning a company before hiring one of its employes. — Back 3rd Loan Drive! — Court Reserves Decision In Para. vs. Cooper Suit Federal Judge Murray Halperin yesterday reserved decision on the motion of Paramount Pictures, Inc., to enjoin Joseph H. Cooper from transferring securities of J. H. Cooper, Inc., Rialto, Inc. and Intei-state Theaters, Inc. Paramount is suing Cooper and his three corporations in an action in which they seek to be declared owners of one-half the stock of the corporations, now held by Cooper. — Back 3rd Loan Drive! — Smith, Weber to Chicago For Equip. Dealers Meet Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Allen G. Smith, head of the Theater Equipment Section of WPB and Ed. Weber, CMP specialist attached to the agency's Service Equipment Division, left last night for Chicago, where they will attend the convention of the Theater Equipment Dealers Protective Association. Both Smith and Weber will address the group on Saturday, and probably again on Sunday. Paramount Week Boosts Company Biz to Record Paramount business during the 25th observance of Paramount Week, which has just ended, topped last year's figures by 13 per cent and reached the highest total ever attained in the annual seven-day period, Neil Agnew, general sales manager, announced yesterday. New records hung up by "So Proudly We Hail" were held partly responsible for the new high mark, while bookings on "Dixie" contributed heavily to the final results, Agnew said. Agnew declared that on the basis of an analysis of grosses, "So Proudly We Hail" is one of the top grossers of the industry. — Back 3rd Loan Drive! — Plan "Army" Premieres In Latin-American Field Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Karl G. Macdonald, former Warner foreign department executive and now on leave for duty with the Office of Co-ordinator of Inter-American Affairs, and G. R. Keyser, in charge of the company's foreign publicity and advertising, arrived here yesterday from New York to confer with Inter-American and U. S. Army officials regarding LatinAmerican premieres of "This is the Army." Setting a new record for extended runs, the first 300 engagements of "This is the Army" have piled up additional playing time averaging, to date, 80 per cent more than any previous Warner release. Every booking thus far has been a holdover. — Back 3rd Loan Drive! — Hunter, Para.'s Aussie Manager, on West Coast Hairy Hunter, managing director in Australia and New Zealand for Paramount, has arrived on the West Coast en route to New York for home office conferences. He first will visit his home in Puyallup, Wash., before coming East. In New York he will await the return of John Hicks from London. — Back 3rd Loan Drive! — Warner Price Boosts Completed in Chicago Chicago — Warner theaters, have completed price adjustments in the Chicago area. The Metropolitan's evening admission is now 40 cents, a five cent advance; the Oakland theaters and Frolic have a 33 cent evening scale, while the juvenile price has been advanced from 17 cents to 20 cents in several of the houses. — Back 3rd Loan Drive! — A. H. MacMillan Recovering Seattle, Wash.— A. H. MacMillan, former manager of the Northwest Film Club, who has been in the hospital with infantile paralysis, has been moved to his home in Tacoma. COMinC and GOIRG HARRY SEEDS, Warners' Chicago district mana ger is in Detroit, acting as relief manager for Bobbie Dunbar, who is ill. JULES LAPIDUS, Eastern division sales manager for Warners arrived in Pittsburgh yesterday on the first leg of an extended tour of his territory. Next stop will be Cleveland. WILLIAM CELL, PRC British sales chie en route from the Coast on his way to England. BUDD ROCERS, Alliance Films Corp., is on his way back from Hollywood. HARRY HUNTER, Paramount manager in Australia and New Zealand, has arrived on the West Coast. FRANK SINATRA leaves the Coast for New York today. He is scheduled to return to the RKO Radio studios around Thanksgiving for his next screen assignment. VIRGINIA O'BRIEN, Metro contract player, arrives in town today for an engagement at the Capitol starting Sept. 23. S. J. GREGORY, Chicago circuit executive, is due back next week from a West Coast business trip. TED SCHLANGER, Warner Circuit zone manager in Philadelphia; JOHN TURNER, film buyer for that territory, LOU DAVIDOFF and LESTER KRIEGER of Schlanger's staff are in New York for home office conferences. Monogram Producer JACK DIETZ is in from the Coast. — Back 3rd Loan Drive! — Cocktail Reception for Stars of New "U" Films Universal yesterday afternoon tendered a cocktail reception at the "21" Club to Louise Allbritton and Robert Paige, co-stars of the company's comedy hit, "Fired Wife," and to Allan Jones, star of the forthcoming picture, "Larceny With Music." Among those present were: William A. Scully, Charles Prutzman, Maurice Bergman, Jack Alicoate, Henry Linet, E. T. Gomersall, Marion Orford, Andy Sharick, Lou Smith, Louis Sobol, Sherwin Kane, Fred Waters, Zach Freedman, Irene Thirer, B. B. 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