The Film Daily (1945)

Friday, July 13, 1945 DAILY Youth Cinema Clubs to Fight Theater Vandalism Women's Clubs to Launch General Federation of Youth Guidance Program (Continued from Page 1) with MPPDA executives and heads of ithe educational departments of the major companies. Exhibitor leaders will be, and have been, contacted by Mrs. Burt who said yesterday that a keen interest in the program had been expressed by those with whom she already had conferred. It is the committee's plan to set up an organization to be known as the Youth Cinema Clubs of the U.S.A., the objective being "to provide an educational medium through motion pictures for young people throughout America which will promote healthful development mentally, physically and emotionally and to foster evaluation of the highest standards of manhood, womanhood and citizenship." The national scope of such a venture can be seen in the fact that the motion picture committee includes 16,500 clubs comprising 2,500,000 women. Co-operation also will be sought from the Department of Education in Washington. The program committee for each club would be composed of an adult leader, a junior member and a theater manager. Each club would be self-governed and its duties would be embodied in a nine-point formula; namely, sell tickets at box office with adult leader, act as doorman, serve as ushers, police regular movie program, arrange lectures on theater behavior, conduct film analysis classes, arrange auditions for talent, conduct annual film awards and arrange programs on adult education. Mrs. Burt said the project's program would interest itself in health, life, democracy, history, arts, life and geography of other countries, beauty spots of America and leisure time opportunities. It is Mrs. Burt's contention that vandalism in theaters can be stopped by educational efforts of the church, home and school. mm BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO: July Carl E. Milliken Sidney Blackmer Leslie Brooks July Irene Dunne George Tobias M. J. Siegel Dave Fleischer Charles Weinstein Stuart Stewart George July Samuel Schneider Raymond Hatton Ben Cammack 13 Cornelius Keefe Ulrik F. Smith Tim Spencer 14 Lucien Prival Zita Johann OI!va Borden Hal Sloane Jay Henry John S. Twist Blake 15 Alan Ward Craig Reynolds Marjorie Massow Riding Herd on the Hollywood News Range West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Today's studio news round-up: Metro has set "No Leave No Love " as Van Johnson s next picture, and will introduce Pat Kirkwood, British music hall star in it... Peggy Weed is due here July 21 to appear in Paramount's "The Bride Wore Boots". ... Diana Lynn has also been cast in the picture which will co-star Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Cummings. ... Metro has signed Sara Haden and Renie Riano as a comedy team for "Bad Bascomb'' which wil! co-star Wallace Beery and Margaret O'Brien ... .20th-Fox has signed Ira Wolfert, author of "An American Guerrilla in the Philippines," to write originals when he returns from the wars. ... David 0. Selznick will costar Shirley Temple and Joseph Gotten in Sid Sheldon's original, "Suddenly It's Spring'. .. .Producticn, however, will not start until next year. . ..Walter Wanger has signed Jacques Tourneur to direct "Canyon Passage" by Ernest Haycox. . . .Trem Carr has purchased the Hollywood Hotel, film colony landmark. .. .Warners has set "Never Say Goodbye" as the releasing title for "Don't Ever Leave Me." Gillham to Again Take Helm of PIC To Ask NLRB to Remove Strike Case Examiner Hollywood — Contending that Robert Denham, NLRB trial examiner, has been giving prejudicial rulings in favor of the producers since the opening Monday of the hearing on the studio set decorators election. Attorney Frank Pestana, counsel for Set Designers Local 1421, at yesterday's afternoon session announced he was appealing to the NLRB in Washington to remove Denham and appoint a new examiner in his place. Denham had upheld Attorney Homer Mitchell, counsel for the producers, on the issues of qualifications of replacement decorators and evidence of alleged violations of war manpower referrals when Pestana made his announcement and also quit the hearing along with officials and meinbers of his union and of the Conference of Studio Unions who had been in the hearing chambers. Denham announced the hearing would proceed without them. SOPEG Ratifies Pact With Five Companies The new agreement between the Screen Office and Professional Employes Guild, CIO, and Paramount, 20th-Fox, RKO, Loew's and Columbia, covering some 2,000 white collars at the home offices of the companies, has been ratified by the membership of the union. The contract, which runs to July, 1946, provides for a five per cent wage boost, pay rates ranging from $2 and $4 above the WLB scales, 65 per cent maintenance of membership, new grievance machinery, improved discharge and seniority clauses, and uniform classifications for the five companies. The agreement is retroactive to July, 1944, with certain clauses retroactive to October, 1943. Tenney Conducting Own Hollywood "Red" Hunt West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Sen. Jack B. Tenney, Chairman of Un-American Activities Committee of the California Legislature, announced his group has joined forces with the House Committee on Un-American Activities for a dual investigation of alleged subversive activities in Hollywood. Robert Gillham, director of advertising and publicity for Paramount, yesterday was elected chairman of the Eastern Public Information Committee at a luncheon meeting, held at the New York Athletic Club. Gillham, who currently is visiting the Coast studio, takes over the chair from Frank Rosenberg, Coliumbia's advertising and publicity director for a sixmonths' term. Gillham was the first chaii-man of the Eastern committee upon its organization several years ago, and becomes the first chairman to be designated a second time under the existing rotation policy. ROBERT GILLHAM Rites Held for Bothner Newark, N. J. — Funeral services were held here for Albert Hugo Bothner, 65, manager of the Congress Theater in Newark, and former vaudeville performer, who died after a short illness.