The Film Daily (1945)

^•^ DAILY Tuesday, February 27, if Vol. 87, No. 39 Tues., Feb. 27, 1945 10 Cents )CHN W. ALICOATE : : : : Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Editor Published daily exi-cpt 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. Subscribers 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: Filraday, New York. Representatives: HOLLYWOOD, 28, Calif. —Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. WASHINGTON— Andrew H. Older, 5516 Carolina Place, N. W., Phone Ordway 9221; CHICAGO, 45, 111., Joseph Esler, 6241 N. Oakley Ave., Phone Briargate 7441. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. HAVANA — Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. HONOLULU— Mrs. Annabel Damon. MEXICO CITY — Arthur Geiger, Augusto Compte 5, Mexico, D. F. SAN JUAN — E. Sanchez Ortis. MONTREAL— Ray Carmichael. Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. MnflnciflL (Monday February 26) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Con. Fm. Ind. pfd . East. Kodak do pfd Gen. Prec. Eq Loew's, Inc Paramount RKO RKO $5 pfd. 20th Century-Fox 20th Century-Fox pfd Warner Bros NEW YORK Monogram Picts Radio-Keith cvs. Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux Universal Picts High Low 31 301/4 178 1761/2 1891/2 1891/2 26 253/4 777/8 771/4 30 291/2 91/4 98 9 971/4 283/4 281/2 35% 353/4 14% 141/2 CURB MAR 33/8 13/4 35/8 31/4 1% 3% 225/8 22 51/8 4% 241/8 23% Close 31 177 — 1891/2 . 26 + 771/2 + 30 + 91/4 . 973/4 + 283/4 . 35% — 143/4 — KET 31/4 . 1% — 35/8 . 221/8 — 5 — 24 — Net Chg. Hcdperin in Oxygen Tent Miami — Hal Palperin, Chicago USO and Theater Authority chairman, is in an oxygen tent here. Watch U. A. releases bearing G.CF. Presents Screen Guilds Play Major Role in France (Continued from Page 1) who have an interest in the production or exploitation of films. Another association known as the Syndicat des Technicians de la Production Cinematographique which existed before the war, but was obliged to limit all its activities during the German occupation, has been reorganized. This syndicate is faced with two major problems: the granting of professional cards, and collective bargaining with the producers. The Syndicate of Screen Writers has also been formed. With increasing evidence that a good film is determined by a good story, a move is now under way to create writer teams specializing in adaptations and original stories. American Seating and NTS Set Up Co-op Arrangement Completion of a new co-operative ariangement eff'ective immediately was announced yesterday by American Seating Co. and National Theatre Supply with an eye to better service to theater owners both during the reconversion period and the post-war era. Sales and service of the new "combined operations" will be handled by the 28 district offices of NTS in close conjunction with ASC theater chair specialists working from their network of U. S. offices on public seating problems. Currently, ASC's facilities are given over to the making of tank seats; seats for Victory and Liberty ships; seats for the Thunderbolt and other aircraft, as well as large quantities of wood and metal airplane wings, and other parts. Many of the processes and developments employed in this work will be applied to post-war theater chairs. Tele "A Going Medium" In Year After V-E Day Television is good enough commei-cially to go ahead right now, John F. Royal, NBC vice-president in charge of television, declares in an article appearing in the JanuaryFebruary issue of 'The Musical Digest.' According to the NBC vice-president, television should be operating at good strength, and as a going medium of information and entertainment within one year after V-E Day. Spencer's Son-in-Law Killed Chicago — William Spaulding, son m-, in-law of Archie Spencer, B l^:^ & K booker, was killed in a bomber chash at Dyersburg, Tenn. Audience Reaction Platters, RKO Idea St. Louis — In order to catch the audience reaction to the world premiere of "The Body Snatcher," Terry Turner, RKO exploitation chief, arranged to have a recording machine placed on the stage apron. The s:und track and the audience's response were picked up on the platters. The patrons were not aware that the records were being made. Platters have been sent to Hollywood and New York for careful studies by the studio and sales departments. Premiere was held at the Missouri Theater.. Post-War Houses Planned in Canada (Continued from Page 1) will be available on an unrestricted basis. A national expenditure of $350,000,000 for all types of new constructions has been estimated, but theater applications are only a part of the over-all post-war building program. Indications are that there will not be a free flow of materials to any one industry. Coslow, Roosevelt Sell RCM Production Stock Wat Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Sam Coslow has sold all his stock in RCM Productions to the company in order to concentrate all of his activities on Mary Pickford's Technicolor production, "One Touch of Venus." Col. James Roosevelt sold his stock to the company at the same time, leaving Mills Enterprises of Chicago the sole owners. RCM Productions has been making training films for the armed services exclusively and will continue to od so. Ben Hersh continues in charge of production. Skinner-Kimbrough Para. Suit Dismissed Suit of Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough seeking to restrain Paramount from making a fictional sequel to "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" has been dismissed by the Appellate Division of the First Judicial Department. Louis Nizer represented Paramount in the injunction proceedings. Bill Hirschhorn Slricken William Hirschhorn, 24, Universal associate publicist, who died from a heart attack at his home on Friday was buried Sunday. Alexander Simmons Dead Toledo, O. — Alexander Simmons, 43, former manager of the Bijou and Shoreway in Toledo, died after a two years' illness. COminG and GOind CHARLES SKOURAS, president of Fox \st Coast theaters, arrived In Mexico City by f]ie yesterday from Los Angeles to view the p|iibilitles of entering Mexican exhibition. JACK COHN, Columbia vice-president, ft the Coast yesterday for a 10-day stay in Phc ix before coming to New York. LAUDY LAWRENCE, formerly M-G-M's iitinental European manager, arrived here to ,i, fer with military officials. At present h|i| attached to the Services of Supply as clvm consultant to the Army communications zone or the French area. FRED MATTHEWS of Chicago is on the \sl Coast visiting the B. F. Shearer branches. LEO SAMUELS, Disney's foreign manager, ill leave New York In a fortnight for a 10-v;k tour of Latin-America. R. P. HACEN, Warner Bros, film checig service manager, is on a two-week tour of le Midwest branches. ALAN LADD and SUE CAROL returned o Hollywood yesterday after a month's absenc HY CLICK, Republic's treasurer and assis il general salesmanager left for Hollywood aft(y two-week stay In New York. LANA TURNER, star of M-C-M's "Keep '| Powder Dry," arrived here yesterday and leave for Washington next week to atteni 5remiere of the film. lACK HOLT, MICHAEL KIRBY, and Al HAVIER, arrived on location at Miami, Fla., wire scenes for M-C-M's "They Were Expendab!" w!ll be made. ^ WESLEY RUCGLES left over the week-end! London to make "London Town" for Ea* Lion. \ JACK HARRIS, cutter, and JOHN DENNIS !8 DESMOND DREW, sound men, for J. Ar ir Rank are here en route to Hollywood. OSCAR A. DOOB, Loew's advertising manar, is back at his desk from Florida where le spent time with M-C-M's "They Were :pendable" company on location on Bisceie Key, eight miles off Miami. HERB CROOKER, M-C-M publicity manar, returned Monday from the Coast. ADA SIEGEL, editor of This Month magaz:. Is in Montreal where she will spend four cs Interviewing Canadian authors. EVE ARDEN leaves the Coast for New >k this week to fill a two-week guest star com t ment on Danny Kaye's radio show. KITTY FRINGE is en route here from Howood to confer on the Broadway staging of i novel, "Cod's Front Porch." H. A. Ross, president of Ross Federal, reti s this week from Charlotte, Washington and P adelphia., BERT KULICK, PRO general sales mana;-, leaves today for Cleveland and Pittsburgh, JOHN ASH, M-C-M auditor, Is spending seral weeks in Cleveland. JOHN D. KALAFAT, president of AssoclaJ Circuit and P. E. Essick of the Scovllle, Essk and Reif circuit, Cleveland, have left fora Florida vacation. J. S. JOSSEY, Cleveland producer-distrlbu , has joined his partner, KROGER BABB, i Miami; he was accompanied by CHARLIE DECMAN, Cleveland exhib. TED LLOYD, head of the radio department? 20th-Fox, left last night with BETTY SMT, author of "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn," to .pear on the Hlldegarde broadcast in Chicago. LT. COL. DAVID MacDONALD, who m;; "Desert Victory." Is in Burma working i "Jungle Victory." um mnm aumu TO. February 27 Joan Bennett , Ian Keith David A. Sarnoff ' A. A. Shubart Franchot Tone Reginald Gardiner Albert Deane Elizabeth Taylor