The Film Daily (1944)

PN Vol. 85, No. 1 Mon., Jan. 3, 1944 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, SecretaryTreasurer; Al Steen, Associate Editor. 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 Broadwaj 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; CHICAGO, 45, 111., Joseph Esler, 6241 N. Oakley Ave. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardoui 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. Copyright by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. FINANCIAL {Frday, December 31) — NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 133/4 133/4 133/4 17'/4 1634 1634 — l/2 403/8 403/g 403/g + l/4 2% 27/8 27/8 Reopen Minn. Theater As "Radio City" DAILY Monday, January 3, 1944 Minneapolis — Rechristened "Radio City" the Minnesota Theater here, largest amusement house in the Northwest, will reopen March 2 unuer management of Minnesota Amusement Co. The firm has completed a lease on the property, John J. Friedl, president, announced over the weeK-end. The deal including rental of the DUilding's second floor to KSTP, National Broadcasting Company's iNo.thwest outlet. Friedl said the house, dark nearly two years, will operate on a straight picture policy, with added stage attractions from time to time. KSTP will have three studios, each seating bo0 people, on the second floor in the space now occupied by the Minneapolis Costume (Jo. It also will nave a reception room on the theater's mezzanine floor. Minnesota Amusement Co., operated the Minnesota when it first was opened, then gave it up when the company's first lease expired. It has been opened only for short periods since that time. Walsh to Set Early Date r or Chi. Union Election Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (2y2%) Columbia Picts. pfd. . Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. . . . Cen. Prec. Eq Loew's, Inc Paramount RKO RKO $6 pfd 1 20th Century-Fox . . . 20th Century-Fox pfd. 20rh-Fox pfd. (4'/2).l Warner Bros NEW YORK Par. B'way 3s55 NtW YORK Monogram Picts Radio-Keith cvs. . . . Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux Universal Pictures . . . Universal Pitcs. vtc. 20 1934 193/4 + 583/4 58 583/4 + 241/4 233/4 233/4 — 87/s 83/4 87/8 + 00 Vi 991/4 100 — Vi 223/8 215/g 215/g — 29 2814 287/s + 00 100 100 + 121/4 12 121/g .. CURB MARKET BOND MARKET 33/g 3Vi 33/8 + 1/4 1% 27/g l'/2 23/4 IVi 23/4 — 1/8 125/4 12i/2 i2iA .. 4'/8 4 4i/8 + 187/g 18 18 Klaiber's Son Dead Buffalo — Interment services were held here for Jack Klaiber, 3, son of Vainer Klaiber, former Metro booker here, now salesman at Indianapolis. Baby, a polio victim, was one of twins. WANTED A JOB! Where an experienced film man can put his ability and talents to use in the Production of Features, Trailers or Short Subjects. Box 176, Film Daily, 1501 Broadway, New York City. Date for the election of officers of Chicago opeiators' Local 110 to replace those who were removed last month by Richard F. Walsh, IATSE president, may be set in the next week or so by the alliance head, it was learned on Friday. Walsh is expected to go to Chicago this week. Officers of Local 110 removed were Peter Shayne, president; Clarence Jalas, secretary -treasurer; John Smith, business agent; George Krag, Joseph Berunstein and James Cisco, members of the executive board. Felix Snow, sixth vice-president 01 „he IATSE, has been in charge of che local since the withdrawal of its office: s. Reeling"Mtound WASHINGTON Second War Bond Bonus r or Monogram Employes West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Employes of Monogram participated in a bonus of 117,676 for the 1943 fiscal year, accoiding to President W. Ray Johnston. The bonus, second of a twoyear plan, was paid in War Bonds on Dec. 31 to all employes who were on the company's payroll at least three months prior to expiration of the fiscal year. The minimum sum paid to any employe in bonus Bonds provided worker has been on payroll for two yea:s is $288. Under the plan, any employe of the company with exception of president, executive director and all vice-presidents may participate therein. {Continued from Page 1) announcement regarding the new outfit. Although some announcement is promised, however, it is not anticipated that it will be more than a prelim. nary statement, with details yet to be worked out.... That this plan has come as far along as it has, however, makes the absorption of CIAA by the State Department, which has l.ng been under discussion, seem colder than ever. • • THE announcement on Hemisphere Films ' is due just about the time the film industry will lose one of its best friends in Washington, for E. Palmer Hoyt, domestic d. rector of OWI, returns to his Oregon newspaper and radio interests after this week. Hoyt came here in July, replacing Gardner Cowles, Jr., Iowa publisher, ana ;ias justified in every way his selection for the post. He has been friendly toward rhc film industry, he has respected the .ndustry and its representatives and everyone in the industry who has had deal.ngs with him — whether in the past six months or prior to his coming to Washington — ias nothing but the highest regard for him ....Hoyt is responsible for the coming to OWI of Stanton Griffis, present head of .he pix bureau, and he is credited with hav.ng influenced the military in great measure coward fuller and franker co-operation with rhe newsreels and the industry generally Successor will be George Healy, New Orleans newsman. • • A NNOUNCEMENT should be out this ** week of the completion of the film bank setup, by which newsreel photographers in the war zones will be able to draw film from Signal Corps stocks. The companies w.ll deposit film here perhaps n a month, and their men will be permitted to draw from the same stores as service photographers. Arrangements with the Arny, the Navy and the Marine Corps have jeen completed by Claude Collins, with jnly final confirmation now to come. ioasberg Off to Start Jepinet Drive Machinery Charles Boasberg, captain of the 1944 Ned Depinet Drive, and Harry Gittleson, leave today on a 40-day tour of RKO exchanges to set the drive machinery in motion. First meeting will be held in the New Haven branch. The annual billings contest runs for 15 weeks, starting Feb. 4 and ending May 18. From New Haven Boasberg and Gittleson will go to Albany, with che lest of their itinerary following in this order: Buffalo, Detroit, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, New Orleans, Memphis, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha, Des Moines, Kansas City, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, returning to New Yoik on Feb. 11. COminG and come WILLIAM F. RODGERS, M-G-M vice-president and sales chief, leaves Jan. 15 for a Florida vacation. J. CHEEVER COWDIN, Universal beard chairman, leaves Friday tor studio conferences. PHIL REISMAN leaves this week for London. CLAUDE LEE returned to Washington over the! week-end. JACK FLYNN is due here this week frc Chicago. SIC SCHLACER returned to the Coast <■>• the week-end. HENRY SUCHER, screen writer, returned to Hol.ywcod on Sunday after spending the holiday in town. WILLIAM B. JAFFE, film attorney, left New York on the week-enj for the Coast for conreiences with Sam Wood in connection with his releases through Columbia, and also to huddle with Edmund Coulding and officials of Monogram. JULES LAPIDUS, Eastern division sales manager tor Warner Bros., left yesterday for Aloany, Buffalo, Cleve,and, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. NORMAN AYERS, Warners' New York Metropolitan and New tng.and district manager, was; in Boston over the week-end and win be in Buffalo today. LEON SCHLESINCER, Warner cartoon producer is in irom the Coast. KATHRYN WHEELER of the M-C-M offic in Kansas City is a New York visitor. RKO personalities in town include MICHELi MOKGAN, JOAiM BROOKS, PAUL STEWART u ALAN REID, ELAINE RILEY. NANCY KELLY and THE HARTMANS. NEW YORK THEATERS RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL 50th St. & 6th Ave. GREER GARSON-WALTER PIDGEON in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "MADAME CURIE" CALA STACE REVUE SYM. HONY ORCHESTRA First Mezzanine seals Unserved. Circle 6-4600 Dorothy LAMOUR Victor MOORE Dick POWELL "RIDING HIGH" A Paramount Picture IN TECHNICOLOR In Person TOMMY DORSEY and Band PARAMOUNT &«. SAMUEL COLDWYNS THE NORTH STAR NEW VICTORIA • RKO PALACI B'WAY & 46th B'WAY & 47th Continuous performances, pcpular prices, doors open 9:00 A.M., midnight show every night both theaters.