The Film Daily (1945)

Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Six Years Old F DAILY )rOL. 87. NO. 43 NEW YORK MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1945 TEN CENTS DISTRIB& TO 'STANDPAT' ON DECREE MOVES New Checking Service Starts Operating April 2 Confidential Reports To iave Branches in 31 Key Cities; O'Connor Prexy Confidential Reports, Inc., new checking service formed by five najor companies, will start opera;ions on April 2, it was announced Friday at an industry press luncheon it the Hotel Astor. The service was )rganized by Paramount, Universal, United Artists, RKO Radio and Coumbia. Organized on a non-profit basis, ;he physical operation of the service ivill be under the direction of Jack I (Continued on Page 6) SMPE ASKS TELE CLARIFICATION Specific Frequencies in the 480-920 Band for Theater Tele Requested; Larsen Critical of CBS Viewpoint IVashiuaton Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — The FCC was asked Friday by Paul Larsen, representing SMPE, to clarify its proposals for post-war frequency use by theater television, since only temporary channels are proposed for intra-city multiple address in the commission proposals of January. Relay is authorized in six bands above 1900 megacycles, and the commission proposed it authorize experimental intra-city multiple addi'ess stations between 480 and 920 megacycles — ; the region reserved for wide-band ; color tele broadcasting. These aui thorizations would be good only so long as the new home tele service does not need the frequencies, after (Continued on Page 12) WPB Advisory Com. To Meet March 16 Distribs. May File ssentiality Brief Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Next meeting of the producers and Distributors Industry .\dvisory Committee has been set by WPB for March 16, it was learned here Friday. Stanley Adams and Lincoln V. Burrows of WPB will (Continued on Page 10) 7fli Loan Drive Runs From May 14-June 30 Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Secretary of the I No Further Concessions [Expected at Today's Hear\ ings Before Judge Goddard j The distributor signatories to the i New York consent decree will "stand pat" on their previous recommendations for changes in the decree today when their counsel appears before Fedei'al Judge Henry W. Goddard to determine the next step in the Government's anti-trust action, it was indicated at the weekend. Despite the fact that the Department of Justice was said to be hopeful that there would be concessions by the distributors, there appears to be no hint that the film (Continued on Page 7) Theater Not Liable for 'Third Person' Accidents New Orleans — The Louisiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court decision which, in effect, ruled that (Continued on Page 10) Idaho Admission Tax Aimed at Theaters B:ise, Idaho — A bill which would levy a state tax of V2 cent per dime on admission prices to any theater, event or place of entertainment has been introduced in the Idaho legislature. Excepted would be religious, charitable, educational and military affairs. Authors of the bill predicted passage would increase theater ticket costs very little and said revenue could finance increases in old age pensions. They said the measure is aimed chiefly at theaters. Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Only inclusion on the WMC essential list can spare the Treasury Henry Morgenthau anaters and exchanges from the con ' nounced over the week-end the types stant surveys now being conducted ! of securities to be sold in the Seventh by WMC, which are being followed ^ War Loan Drive and the period durmore and more often bv orders to i^g which the intensive campaign will be conducted to sell these securities to investors. The goal for the Seventh War I Continued on Page 7) $2,368,565 Warners Net for Nov. Quarter (Continued on Page 11) Talk of "Action" Over Resuhs of Lab. Huddles Rights To Joe E. Brown Pix Grabbed By Trinity Jack Rieger has acquired for Trinity Pictures Co. the world-wide distribution rights to the features in j which Joe E. Brown starred under j Unless contract negotiations bethe production aegis of David Loew, tween the Motion Picture Laboratory it was learned on Friday. Technicians Union, Local 702, Representing Rieger and Trinity lATSE, and the Eastern processors (Continued on Page 7) (Continued on Page 10) A net profit of $2,368,565 for the quarter ended Nov. 25, 1944, was reported on Friday by Warner Bros. Pictures and subsidiary companies. This compares with $1,981,730 for (Continued on Page 10) I Metro to Dub All Top Pix In Spanish for Latin Mart MndiBr China Seen Big Maris U. S. Dubbing for Indian Theaters Forecast 48-Hour Work Week for Minors Proposed in Ohio Columbus, O. — Proposal to modify the present law regulating the employment of women and minors by setting an eight-hour day and a 48hour week has been introduced in the Ohio Legislature by Rep. Mary (Continued on Page 7) A prediction that the end of the war would see the creation of vast new markets for United States screen merchandise in India and China was made on Friday by Charles Newbery, Indian managing director for 20th-Fox and supervisor for the company in Free China, just arrived in this country. Asserting at a trade press confer(Contlnued on Page 11 ) San Juan, P. R. (By Cable)— All top Metro pix will be dubbed into Spanish for export to Puerto Rico (Continued on Page 7) Trend to Singles in Colutnhus First-Runs Columbus, 0. — Trend toward single features has been pronounced since the first of the year in all local first-runs but that trend has not yet made itself felt in neighborhood situations. Four out of five attractions since Jan. 1 have been played solo at the Ohio, with many of these single features moving for second and third weeks to the Broad. The Palace has played fewer single features but the trend is making itself felt. THE RED CROSS CAiV'T DO THE JOR UIVLESS YOV HELP PROVIDE THE ]\ECESSARY NIOIVEY