The Film Daily (1945)

'ifi^ DAILY; Monday March 5, 1941 Foreign Language Press Honors Paramount, WAC Vol. 87, No. 43 Mon., March 5, 1945 lOCents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and 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. 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: Filmday, 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. nnnnciflL (March 2) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close 233/4 24" —V* Net Chg. Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (21/2%) 24 Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind 5% 534 S'/s + V* Con. Fm. Ind. pfd... 317/8 SO'/a 313/8 % East. Kodak 179 1781/4 1781/4 + 1/4 do pfd I88V2 1871/2 188 Gen. Prec. Eq 283/4 28I/4 28I/2 — Vs Loew's, Inc 80 793/8 797/8— Vs Paramount 311/8 303/8 31 + 1/4 RKO 93/8 91/4 91/4 RKO $6 pfd 977/8 973/8 973/4 + 1/2 20th Century-Fox 287/8 28I/2 28% — 20th Century-Fox pfd 36 357/8 357/8 — Warner Bros I47/3 143/4 143/4 — NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts. . .. 33/8 iV^ 3% .... Radio-Keith CVS 13^ IS/g 1 34 + 14 Sonotone Corp 3% 31/2 3% ^\ /^6 Technicolor 227/8 2234 223^ Trans-Lux SVs 5 5 — Vs Universal Picts 247/8 241/2 245/8 — Vs GLOBE TICKET COMPANY 154 W. 14th ST. N. Y. C. Phone W Atkins 9-1486 PROMPT SERVICE AS USUAL Paramount's "Going My Way" received over Station WNYC on Friday night the award of New York's 94 foreign language newspapers for the best film of 1944, and the industry's WAC a merit certificate for providing 16 mm. film entertainment gratis to the nation's armed forces overseas. The runner-up slot for the best '44 feature was shared by M-G-M's "Dragon Seed" and 20th-Fox's "Song of Bernadette." Fredric March and Greer Garson were named the best male and female star, respectively, the actor for his performance in "Adventures of Mark Twain" and the actress for her work in "Madame Curie." Barry Fitzgerald was selected as the best supporting player of the span. Walter T. Brown, WAC's assistant co-ordinator, acknowledging the certificate of merit presented by Andrew Valuchek, secretary of the Foreign Language Press Film Critics' Circle, said that the gift film project, under which 24,867 prints of feature length features went to our fighting men, has cost filmland more than $43,000,000. William Edlin, editor of the Jewish newspaper. The Day, presented the award to Paramount, and Arthur Israel, Jr., executive assistant to Barney Balaban, stated in his acceptance speech that "Going My Way" has proved one of the biggest money-making films in Paramount's history. Speaking for the American Foreign Language Press, Sigmund Gottlober, its director, declared that "American ideas, through the medium of the silver screen, have paved the way for a brotherhood of man the world over, a powerful promise which the statesmen of the world will see fulfilled." Newbold Morris, president of the Anti-Games Bills In Ohio Legislature Columbus, 0. — Bingo and similar games of chance would be prohibited under bills introduced in the Ohio Senate. Measure offered by Sen. Carl Sheppard, Akron, would make gambling a common felony, with a penalty of one to five years' imprisonment. Another bill introduced by Sen. Carl Shurtz, Newcomerstown, would prohibit games of chance entirely, with a fine of $50 to $500 and jail terms of 10 days to six months. IV. Y. TSniATERSI UA to Continue Exploit Plan of SYWA in S. A. Success in the exploitation of David 0. Selznick's "Since You Went Away" in Latin-American countries through a three-man team sent from New York will result in the continuance of the plan on other pictures of importance. Al Katz and Len Daly, who have returned from a four-month stay below the border, reported Friday that the injection of American promotional methods has caused records to be broken in a majority of the engagements. Katz, who stayed in Mexico City, said that the premiere of SYWA was a great event in the Republic, the picture receiving three awards. Press co-operation was excellent, he said, although the newspapers will not go for too much ballyhoo. The press book in Spanis^h, prepared by Daly, was an innovation in that it was comparable with the press books used here. Daly covered Buenos Aires, Panama, Chile and Peru where new house records were established. The Greatest Lode of Thrills in Townll Second Week H THE BIG BONANZA" starring Richard Arlen Robert Livingston Jane Frazee with George "Gabby" Hayes A Republic Picture First N. Y. Showing REPUBLIC B'way Bet. 51st & 52nd Sts. Buy War Bonds! RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Showplac* of tht Nation • Roekefoller Cont«r| "A SONG TO REMEMBER' Paul Muni • Merle OberonI Introducing CORNEL WILDE A Columbia Picture in TECHNICOLOR SPECTACULAR STAGE PRESENTATION SAMUEL GOLDWYN presents BOB HOPE THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE Popular Prices Midnight Show Continuous in Technicolor ASTOR B'way Ct 45th St. Doors open 9:30 A.M. WALT DISNEY'S 'The THREE CABALLEROS' in TECHNICOLOR Released by RKO Radio Pictures NOW Brandts GLOBE^ 1/g City Council, and Maj. Orton Hicks, of the U. S. Army Signal Corps, paid tribute to both the foreign language press and the motion picture industry. Columbia International Official Slate Revealed M-G-M International's Officers Announced Officers of the recently formed MG-M International Films, Inc., were announced at the week-end. They are Arthur M. Loew, president; Leopold Friedman, secretary-treasurer; Irwin Margulies, assistant secretary and counsel; Charles K. Stem, assistant secretary, and J. Van Straten, assistant treasurer and controller. The board of directors is composed of Arthur M. Loew, Joseph R. Vogel and Leopold Friedman. Headquarters of the company are at 723 Seventh Ave. and it is the purpose of the Loew subsidiary to dub and produce pictures in Spanish. Officers of Columbia International Corp., incorporated July 1 last, with 100 shares of capital siock, were announced Friday. They are: Joseph A. McConville, president; Louis J. Barbano, vice-president; Jack Segal, treasurer; David Fogelson, secretary; Bernard E. Zeeman, assistant treasurer, and Bernard Birnbaum, controller. The board of directors consists of Harry Cohn, Jack Cohn, Joseph A. McConville, A. Schneider and Louis Barbano. The new Columbia subsidiary's distribution staff follows: Joseph A. McConville, president and general manager; Jack Segal, treasurer and assistant general manager; Bernard E. Zeeman, assistant treasurer and manager of branch operations; David O'Malley, director of advertising and publicity, and Joseph Levy, manager of traffic department. Four New Pix to Start West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Four new pictures start this week making a total of 41 shooting. Paramount presents Veronica Sonny LAKE • TUFTS Eddie Marjorie BRACKEN • REYNOLDS /n Person The Ink Spots Ella Fitzgerald Buck &. Bubbles Cootie Williams BRING on the GIRLS" and his Orchestra ■^ P/i^AMoa^r OH SCREEN 'MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS' Judy GARLAND Margaret O'BRIEN IN PERSON VINCENT LOPEZ and ORCH. |l BTTfl B WAY & 47th St. Edward G. Robinson • Joan Bonnatt Raymond Mastey WOMAN IN THE WINDOW An International Picture — RKO Releaia BUY BONDS!