The Film Daily (1945)

Monday, July 2, 1945 "Ji* DAILY \i^^ir "Ziegfeld Follies' On Road Show Basis (Continued from Page 1) pected to determine Metro's policy on the picture, but in any event admission price on tlie pre-release bookings will be pegged at $2.40, matinees ^nd evenings. Initial engagements ^vvill be on a two-week basis only, with two shows a day. If Metro lines up other road show bookings, effort will be made to lease the theaters outright, most of which will be Shubert houses in which the Follies played as stage attractions. In New York, the original stage Follies played at the Amsterdam, Globe and Ziegfeld Theatei's, so it is possible that the picture will play in one of those three theaters. "Ziegfeld Follies" will not be released generally until early in 1946. Raw Stock CompliaiKe Pledged by 6 Studios (Continued from Page 1) drawing will be released as soon as the letters from the studios are all in verifying the WPB figures on excess usage and pledging to draw correspondingly less stock in the present quarter. The confirming letter from Universal was said to be in the mail, with letters from two other studios already received. Othei's are due next week. The "'making up" of the amount overdrawn will be the only penalty, it has been stated here. "Decision" Sets Gross Peak "Valley of Decision," now in its ninth week at the Music Hall, scored a new gross record for any M-G-M picture to play the theater for eight weeks. Only two other M-G-M pictures have played longer at the Music Hall. They are "Random Harvest," which ran 11 weeks, and "Mrs. Miniver," which wound up with a 10-week engagement. Sauter Heads Dem. Division Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Re-activiation of the stage, screen and radio division and the appointment of James Sauter as director of the division, were announced by the Democratic National Committee yesterday. Sauter has been liaison between the Democrats and theatrical talent since 1935. SEi\D BIRTHDAY GREETIifiS TO: JULY 2 George Folsey Ben Wolf LeRoy Mason J. E. Fontaine Joan Perrin All in the Day's News « • e THE PERSONAL TOUCH: James Welch, widely-known retired Detroit exhib. and the missus, will celebrate their 70th — yes, 70th! — wedding anniversary July 14. . . • Bessie Mack, for many years associated with Major Bowes, has opened her ovm publicity-exploitation agency in the RKO Building. . . • Judy Garland will be the honor guest when Loew's Mayfair marks its 10th anniversary Friday night. . . • Jim Beidler, Jr., a partner in the Smith & Beidler Theaters Co., has been elected a vice-prexy of the Toledo (O.) Exchange Club. . . 9 li you're having trouble conserving time, take a gander at "How to Get the Most Out of Your Day" by Adelaide Hawley of Metro's News of the Day (among others) in the July issue of True Confessions. . . • Ralph Daigh of Fawcett can take o bow for that Fawcett Digest just released It's a swell promotional work. . . • Also privileged to take a bow is Ted Weber, amusement advertising manager of Marshall Field's Chicago Sun, which is now leading the Windy City field in film advertising. . . • Mrs. Cecil Doyle of Para.'s St. John (N.B.) branch has received a leave of absence for volunteer nursing in English Army hospitals . . • Three More by Omstein And by that Phil M. means that Bill Omstein will have three more articles on the film industry in as many magazines shortly His "Future of the Flickers" has been included in the Summer edition of "Prairie Schooner" And the new trio will be seen between the covers of Pageant, Facts and Swing, most of these pocket sized magazines to appear on the stands in July In the April issue of Swing, his "Movies for Theaters at War" gave the industry its due credit for a commendable, job foi the men in uniform His next one in the same magazine will ^ve the industry another plug, along different lines T ▼ ▼ • • • THIS, THAT AND T'OTHER: City Councils can be funny F'rinstance, Houston's Council rejected an offer of Interstate circuit to remove the esplanade in front of a Houston house and pave it at the circuit's own expense. . . • Is it news that 20th-Fox has decided it won't film "An American Guerrilla in the Philippines" in Puerto Rico after all? Decision is tied to the transportation problem. . . O NEA Syndicate starts a novel 30-day serialization of Columbia's "Kiss and Tell" on July 9 "Twill be in shooting script format, illustrated with stills. . . • The next time a Hollywood columnist complains of his job, Phil M. will supply trot out a July issue of Motion Picture Magazine and point to that picture of Sidney Skolsky interviewing Esther Williams It's on page 32 if you're intrigued. . . 9 Parents Magazine which likes to give plaques has presented one to Republic to mark the company's 10th anniversary Speaking of Republic, that series ol radio p.a.'s by its stars is a promotional honey. . . Q M-G-M has been informed that the Army Pictorial Service will distribute prints of "Her Highness and the Bellboy" starring Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker and June AUyson, and "The Hidden Eye" with Edward Arnold and Frances Rafferly for showing to troops in combat areas overseas These films have not yet been released for showing in the United States ▼ T T • • • WE'RE AVENGING PEARL HARBOR! Brandt's Holdings In Trans-Lux Rise (Continued from Page 1) added small blocks of the stock to the accounts of two of his four trusts. Aside from Brandt's activity with Trans-Lux shares, there was little important trading by pix executives. Jack Cohen made a gift of 71 shares of Columbia common, retaining 32,425, while Herbert Yates dropped 1,500 shares of $2 cumulative part preferred in Consolidated Flm Industries, retaining only 82 shares. William Philips dropped 500 shares of 20th-Fox common, retaining 1,001. Jules Brulatour, who continues to hold 16,178 shares of capital stock in Associated Motion Picture Industries, Inc., is revealed to have redeemed $.35,369 worth of 3 per cent notes in December, and a like amount in March. He retains notes worth $247,579. Loew's, Inc. purchased an additional 302 shares of $25 par common in Loew's Boston Theater, raising its block of that stock to 121,757 shares. Correction of the June, 1944, report showed Al Lichtman dropping his 100 shares of Loew's common in that month, while a correction to the April, 1945 report showed Edward Schiller acquiring 800 shares of the same stock through split-up. Schiller now holds 1200 shares. Charles Prutzman last month made a gift of 400 shares of Universal coiamon, retaining 6,600 and 15,000 warrants. Daniel Sheaffer dropped 1,000 shares, retaining 23,265. George Burrows was shown to have dropped 200 shares of Monogram dollar par common, holding 633 shares. Howard Stubbins, who holds 828 shares, personally, was shown to have added 1,349 shares to the account of Monogram Pictures, California, last month by 100 shares to a current block of 7,772 shares. Tub for Milwaukee Boston — Sixty applications for affilation with the Tub Thumpers of America, Inc., have been received by Dan S. Hickey, national executive secretary of the group. Tub No. 50 is being organized by James Gahagen in Milwaukee, and applications are coming in daily, Hickey noted in a bulletin. STORK REPORTS Phillip K. Scott Killed Phillip K. Scott, production manager at Kayton-Spiero Co., Inc., advertising agency for 20th CenturyFox, was killed in a vehicular accident in Germany on June 17. He was with the American Army of Occupation. Rank Para. Guest ll'e'st Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Arthur Rank, British film magnate, was the guest of Paramount Friday at a luncheon given in the company's studio with Henry Ginsberg, studio head, and David Rose, Paramount managing director in Great Britain, acting as hosts. Matthew Polon, RKO Theaters booker, last week became the father of a baby boy, Ronald, born at Women's Hospital. This is Polon's second son. Chicago — John . P. Hallahan, of the Central Part Theater, announces the birth of a nine-pound baby girl. Dunlap Henry, manager of the Enzor, at Troy, Ala., is the father of a son.