The Film Daily (1945)

lursday, March 1, 1945 DAILY VC is Lauded In Floor of House (ConHnued from Page 1) due HVC for lending its wholearted efforts to the drive for vicry. Members of HVC have, he deued "travelled 4,000,000 miles, ide 37,979 free appearances, sent 9 guest stars to appear on the hting fronts, provided 341 actor lyers for 324 camp and hospital ows, given 1,510 one-night stands embarkation points, helped the ar Department armed forces radio rvice by making 1,574 entertain3nt transcriptions, volunteered the ■vices of 233 actors and musicians six War Loan Bond-selling drives, ide 100 broadcasts and transcrip>ns for inter-American affairs, cocrated with .WAC in producing film shorts for distribution in 16,0 theaters, assisted the Red Cross, fantile Paralysis Foundation, War lest. Army Emergency Relief Fund, avy Relief Society, and kept up is showf every day for three years." HVC, he said, has "brought smiles id happiness to the boys at the ont when keeping up morale was tough job for their commanding ficers." "They are good American citizens id have done their best by lending eir talents to help win the war," cDonough told the House. "Credit due where it has been earned, ere is one group that has earned <:ognition." urfew Hour Change Irged for Met. N. Y. (ConHnued from Page 1) Lyons announced he would proDse the Board of Estimate, at its eeting today, request War Mobilizer imes F. Byrnes to move the curfew p to 1 a.m., although Paul Henkel, resident of the Society of Restaura;urs revealed that such a request ad already been forwarded to Washigton. Another suggestion to the Reconersion chief has also been made by eter Katavaols, first vice-president f the Restaurant and Liquor DealI's, Inc., urging extension of the losing time to 3 a.m. on Fridays nd Saturdays, to offset any threat f speakeasies. urn BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO. March 1 John Loder Michele Morgan Wells Root Lois Moran 0 • e CUFF NOTES: Joe Felder, recently resigned from Monogram as New York branch manager, will join Louis Geller, owner of the Palace, Jersey City, as an associate in a doll manufacturing business with headquarters in the Times Building, when he returns from a Florida vacation. . . • Charlie Reagan yesterday advanced lack Roper, statistician in Para.'s distribution department, to assistant to Hugh Owen, New York and Southern division manager. . . • Cinema Lodge, of B'nai B'rith, will be among those to receive a Treasury Department Citation tonight for meritorious service in the Sixth War Loon Drive. . . • Setting something of a new record in up-to-dateness of material as well as subject, Warners' "Hotel Berlin," which has its world premiere tomorrow at the New York Strand, is so close on the heel of the news that it even includes the statement made by the Big Three at Yalta. . . • Zac Freedman, considered a Sultan among the press agents with the harem of show titles he publicizes — "School For Brides," "Follow The Girls," and "Good Night Ladies" — salaamed out of a deal to hand'.e screen star Richard Arlen's Broadway debut when he heard the name of the new show was "Too Hot For Maneuvers." 9 Leo Seligman has been appointed Eastern rep. for the Edwards' Theater Circuit on the Coast by James Edwards, Jr He will assist in the selection and booking of foreign and art pictures from New York. • Adolph J. Silverstein, former member of the Hal Home staff at 20thFox, and recently honorably discharged from the Army, will serve as assistant to Max E. Youngstein in publicizing the activities and promotions of the Treasury in connection with forthcoming War Loan Drives. • • • THIS, THAT AND T'OTHER: Believe it or not, Howard ]Vaugh, manager of IVaryiers Theater, Memphis, used 12 inches of precious ad space in local newspapers to tell how good "Guest in the House" is This in spite of the fact that Warners tried to secure the run and lost out to Loew's State there! ... • Nearly four and one-half million people viewed films produced by United States Steel during 1944 Theatrical distribution of the wartime film, "To Each Other," accounted for 60 per cent of this total, and the balance of showings were made through U. S. Steel's six distribution centers, subsidiary companies, and outside agencies That will give vou an idea of just how important the industrial pix field is going to be in the post-war period. . . • Mrs. H. Siewert, former manager of the Rainbo Theater, Detroit, has completed training with the Gray Ladies organization, and is being assigned to a permanent post in Miami. . . 9 As an indication of wartime interest in films, Warners' studio reports that the fan mail reported in 1944, increased more than 1.000 f^er cent over 1941 About 29 per cent of the mail xvas from service personnel • • • HAVE YOU NOTED the increasing attention to the motion picture field devoted by advertising agencies? Newest move is by Ruthrauff & Ryan, the Coast agency signing Cliff Lewis to head a new department which will be devoted to film clients Lewis, recently with the Metro studio advertising department as assistant to Frank Whitbeck, is well qualified for the new connection He's been identified with the industry for more than 20 years, during which he has filled such key posts as advertising manager for Paramount here and publicity and advertising director for the some company in Hollywood T T ▼ • • • We're Avenging Pearl Harbor COminC and GOinG GEORGE SCHAEFER left for Washington yesterday to consult with representatives of the Foreign Economic Administration on raw stock American film releases in Sweden. H. M. RICHEY, M-C-M exhibitor relations head, returns today from a week's trip to Charlotte, New Orleans, Atlanta and Washington. J. ROBERT RUBIN, Loew general counsel, has returned from the Coast. MAURICE N. WOLFF, M-C-M New England district manager, arrived yesterday from Boston for a visit with E. K. (Ted) O'Shea, Eastern sales manager. SIR ALEXANDER KORDA, who planned to leave for England this week, has delayed his departure due to a bad cold. FLOYD FITZSIMMONS, Albany; ED GALLNER, Philadelphia; JACK CILMORE, Buffalo; BURT McKlNZIE, Boston; and WARREN SLEE, Chicago, M-C-M field exploitation men, will arrive here Monday to spend a week at the home office with department executives. ANDREW STCNE, UA producer, has arrived in New York from the Coast. CHARLES CHAPLIN, JR., visited William Saxton of Loew's Century, Baltimore, while stationed temporarily at Fort Meade, Md. WALTER A. TITUS, JR., in charge of branch operations for Republic, is visiting the company's Atlanta branch, and will stop over in Charlotte prior to his return here tomorrow. LT. GLEN McBRIDE, RAN, former publicity director of Ozone theater circuit, Adelaide, Australia, is visiting New York after four years of service in England. EWEN WATERMAN, chairman, and CLYDE WATERMAN, managing director of Ozone and S-A theaters, Australia, are expected to arrive here this month. ROBERT RISKIN, head of OWI overseas motion picture bureau, deferred his departure to the Coast and left yesterday. A. WERTHEIMER, Radiant Screen's executive, is in Washington on business with War Department. PHIL WILLIAMS, March of Time advertising director, has returned from a business trip to New Orleans, Atlanta, and Charlotte. WILLIAM BORACK, assistant to Harry David, operator of Northio Theaters, associated with Paramount, with headquarters in Cincinnati, is a New York visitor. JOAN CRAWFORD is expected in New York the latter part of March. Attack Injuries Are Fatal Indianapolis — Brutally attacked by two men he found asleep in the theater after closing, Robert L. Jarrett, 77, doorman at the Cozy, died at City Hospital from a fractured skull. Police are seeking the assailants. Harry T. Roywood Dead Miami, Fla. — Harry Thomas Raywood, 29, died in a local hospital. He was projectionist at the Mayfair. Watch U. A. releases bearing G.CR Presents I