The Film Daily (1945)

#nday, July 16, 1945 NCjr Raw Stock Keeps REVIEUJS Of tede Trade Running : W*^ DAILY Films (Continued from Page 1) •'1 i Day this source of film dried up ">«' iipletely. ^ Lt the time of his arrival in Swed* kin May, Lebensburger said there ^9 ! on hand a stock which, by ■"■■i etching, could last for approxi■y'; tely three weeks. There was no ■;Lfei ispect of replenishing this supply ■■■;: i lause although Sweden supplies ;! i V materials for film it has no 3. ill 1 manufacturing facilities of its ■'K-;j n. ^ifOliiebensburger said the allies will ■■: Kiitinue to supply Sweden with film .Ithough probably not more than jut half the film the Swedish instry would like to receive. He is jeful that some can be obtained iin the German film manufacturing ,nts, most of which are now in ssian-held territory. \merican films are an extremely portant part of our foreign relans, Lebensburger observed, both Sweden and in other parts of rope. He found that they are perps the most important single ;ans of presenting the Swedes an derstandable picture of American e. A.t the same time, he urged more re in selection of films for export. tire and comedy which we recog56 heie as that are sometimes J aen in European countries as legit iate protrayals of American cusms, he said, with unfortunate reIts. la. Theatermen Home iter Nazi Imprisonment Annlston, Ala. — Guy IMcDowell, rmer Wilby-Kincy employe, has reigned home after being liberated cm a prisoner-of-war camp in Ger'any. Tuscaloosa, Ala. — Lt. "Little rother" Pou, former Alabama Thears, Inc. employe, a prisoner of the ermans for more than a year, is reiperating at Northington General ospital here. Pfc. Jack Ehlert and ^aj. Sandy Helms, taken prisoners in le Ardennes Bulge, were also libated and have returned to the omeland. IN NEW POSTS ILT YOUNG, Columbia Pictures' exploiteer, Philadelphia. DDIE RCSENBAUM, Columbia's promotion staff, New York OB SWAIN, Universal booker, Philadelphia. USSELL EICHENCREEN, Paramount salesman, Philadelphia. EORCE ELMO, Paramount branch manager, Panama. M FLYNN, Republic booker, Philadelphia. ETE KELTY, assistant manager, Orpheum, Kansas City. 4ILT0N WOODWARD, acting manager, Orpheum, St. Paul, Minn. "The Caribbean Mystery" with James Dunn, Sheila Ryan, Edward Ryan 20th-Fox 65 Mins. INTRIGUING DETECTIVE MYSTERY; DIRECTED WITH MUCH SUSPENSE AND BUILT INTO GOOD PROGRAM CLASS. Shoppers of detective yarns will find this 3 satisfying dish of entertainment with James Dunn stealing ail the takes as an sasy-going wise-guy flatfoot from Flatbush who has garnered a reputation as a good detective. With an interesting cast chosen to fill the suspect roles, Robert Webb has kept the action and direction paced with sufficient suspense to withhold the "who-dun-it" solution for a photo-finish. Adapted from the novel, "Murder In Trinjdad," by John Vandercook, the locale of the story is planted on one of the small swampland islands fcund in the Caribbean Sea, Aihere pirates gold and treasures are often sought by adventure hunters. Dunn is engaged to solve the mystery of disappearing scouts of the United Oil Company who are checking the islands for possible oil depcsits. He gets his man after several narrow escapes and reveals the dis;overy of several treasure chests loaded with gold coins as the motive for the killings. CAST: James Dunn, Sheila Ryan, Edward Ryan, Jackie Faley, Reed Hadley, Roy Roberts, <ichard Shaw, Daral Hudson, William Forrest, Roy Cordon, Virginia Walker, Lai Chand Mehra, Katherine Connors, Robert Filmer, Lucien Littlefield, Selmer Jackson, Eugene Borden, Charles Miller. CREDITS: Producer, William Cirard; Director, Robert Webb; Screenplay, Jack Andrews, Leonard Praskins; Adaptation, W. Scott Darling; Cameraman, Cylde De Vinna; Art Director, Lyie Wheeler, Cecrge Dudley: Set Decorators, Thomas Little, Fred J. Rode; F:im Editor, John McCafferty; Special Effects, Fred Sersen; Sound, George Leverette. Harry M. Leonard; Music, David Buttolph; Musical Director, Emil Newman. , DIRECTION, Good. PHOTOGRAPHY, Good. Grainger Closes M & P For Rep. 1945-46 Lineup (Continued from Page 1) Friday. Chester Stoddard, chief film buyer, represented the circuit, while Grainger was accompanied by Jack Davis, New England district sales manager. Local 702 and Labs. Will Sign Pact on Thursday (Continued from Page 1) to be arrived at in collective negotiations with the employers, is scheduled for formal signing by both sides on Thursday. John Francavilla, president of Local 702, will sign for the union. Alia Nazimova Dead Hollywood — Alia Nazimova, 66, Russian stage and screen actress, died here Friday, in the Good Samaritan Hospital of a heart ailment. After a career of 11 years as a "silent screen" actress, Nazimova became famous for her stage roles in Ibsen and O'Neill plays. She returned recently to films and appeared in such pictures as "The Bridge of San Luis Rev," "In Our Time," and SYWA. 'The Beautiful Cheat" with Bonita Granville, Noah Beery, Jr. Universal 59 Mins. MILD COMEDY IS RATED AS BOOKING FOR SMALLER SPOTS; SONG NUMBERS HELP. A preposterous little comedy made up of stale ingredients — such is "The Beautiful Cheat." The film is slated primarily for the smaller spots, being too fragile to stand up anywhere else. The production will have to lean mainly on the names of Bonita Granville and Noah Beery, Jr. From the familiar Manny Seff-Fritz Rotter story Ben Markson has concocted an adolescent screenplay which offers Noah Beery, Jr., !s a N bel prize winner (!!!) who is a professor of sociology, a character treated purely as burlesque. So that he may get first-hand material on his subject, the professor, who is preparing a study on juvenile delinquency, iakes Miss Granville into his home under the impressicn she is a delinquent. Beery doesn t learn it is all a trick until he and the gal have fallen in love. Then Cupid really goes to work. Charles Barton did a routine job in his dual capacity of producer and director. Three song numbers, one sung by Miss Granville and two by Card Hughes, help the film a lot. The cast does the best it can with the material at its disposal. CAST: Bonita Granville, Noah Beery, Jr., Margaret Irving, Sarah Selby, Irene Ryan, Carol Hughes, Milburn Stone, Tom Dillon, Edward Gargan. Lester Matthews, Edward Fielding, Tommy Bond. CREDITS: Producer, Charles Barton; Director, Charles Barton; Screenplay, Ben Markson; Based on story by Manny Seff, Fritz Rotter; Additional Dialogue, Elwood Ullman; Cameraman, Woody Bredell; Art D rectors, John B. Goodman, Abraham Grossman' Sound Director, Bernard B. Brown; Set Decorators, Russell A. Gausman, Ted Vcn Hemert; Film Editor, Ray Snyder. DIRECTION, Fair PHOTOGRAPHY, Okay. "U" Will Train College Graduates in Publicity (Continued from Page 1) ships in the home office and studio publicity departments, John Joseph, Universal national advertising-publicity director, revealed Saturday prior to his departure for the Studio. Initial steps in this direction were the appointment of Jerome Evans, recent NYU graduate, to contact collegiate papers for the company, and the employment of Rita Kalcheim, of the University of Syracuse, who will join the department about Aug. 1. Other publicity department changes announced by Joseph were the appointment of Charles Simonelli as radio contact man and Hai-ry Keller as field contact man. Robert Ungerfeld has been transferred from the Cincinnati exploitation office to the Boston territory. Advertising budgets and exploitation plans for "Uncle Harry," "Lady on a Train" and "Night in Paradise" were concluded during Joseph's stay and plans were made for the new season's product. Extra appropriations will be allotted all media, Joseph stated. If transportation permits, newspaper critics will be invited to sectional previews of "Uncle Harry." $35,000,000 Okayed For OWI by House (Continued from Page 1) approved the recommendations of the Joint Conference Committee that the agency receive $3.5,000,000 for the present fiscal year. The Senate had recommended nearly $40,000,000, after the House had voted OWI only $18,000,000. The $35,000,000 figure is that originally voted by the House Appropriations Committee, and is seven million less than recommended for OWI, by the Budget Bureau. Rep. John Taber, (R., N. Y.) lost his fight to cut the figure to $18,000,000 by a 3-1 vote. During his attack on the agency he reported that OWI "had seven cameramen over in Europe from early July, 1944, until about July of this year, equipped to take motion pictures, housed at one building at 47 Mount St., London, drawing about $8,500. These people were bottle-necked by a British representative of the theater situation named Bernstein; were sent on false errands 400 miles by airplane trips to Ireland down to Southport and Cherbourg and then ordered back. They were sending broadcasts over the air all the time which were an absolute waste." Lafayette Warehom Dead Columbus, O. — Lafayette G. Wareham, 47, for 17 years projectionist at Loew's Ohio, died after a six months' illness. W^areham was first mayor of suburban Valleyview. He was a charter member of the Operators' Union. Ray Chadwick Dead Havana, 111. — H. Ray Chadwick, 36, manager of the Lawford and Havana theaters here owned by Kerasotes brothers of Springfield, died at the home of his parents, in Peoria, following a long illness. TO THE colors: • DECORATED * LT. KENNETH ROSS, son of Charles C. Ross, operator of the Campau, Hamstrack, Mich., the Navy Cross and two gold stars for service on Okinawa. — • • ARMY * PAUL YAMPOLSKY, shipper. Universal, Detroit. GEORGE BRESSLER, Chicago theater staff, Chicago. • NAVY * TOM COLEMAN, JR., Wilby-Kincy employe, Selma, Ala., to Great Lakes Naval Training Station. HAL CLARK, Jasper employe, Jasper, Ala., to Memphis, Tenn., for naval training. JACK M. GRISSOM and JAMES V. GRISSOM, twin ushers at the Ritz, Birmingham, Ala., to Corpus Christi, Texas for naval training. W. R. CULVER, Wilby-Kincy employe, Birmingham, to the Naval Air Corps (V-5). HUEY FOSTER GRANT, usher at the Enzor, Troy, Ala. j * MERCHANT MARINE * , BUDDY BURLAND, Wilby-Kincy employe at both Lyric and Strand, Birmingham, Ala. FRED McCALLUM, manager. Strand, Birmingi ham, Ala., US.M.S.T.S , St. Petersburg, I Fla.