The Film Daily (1945)

'5,londay, July 16, 1945 TK' DAILY 1. S. Distribs. May /ithdraw from France (Continued from Page 1) S pictures a year into France, sublet to the Franco-American trade •reement. The eight major comlies ask that each be allowed to ..d in 12 pictures a year, and the me' number is asked by a ninth lit consisting of the three estab;hed independent companies. If Conferences have been held in iris with the French government (3(. ficials, but the French will make no omises, insisting on a screen quota stem to which the American com 1) lilies object. The company presi■nts who made the recent European ur also conferred on the subject ith Embassy and French governent authorities. ibandon Allocations 1 Fourth Quarter! (Continued from Page 1) f film allocations in the fourth quar!r of the year appear almost certain 3W. Stanley B. Adams, head of the ^PB Consumers Durable Goods Diision, will have a press conference lis afternoon in which he will disass the film situation, but announceent of the dropping of film allocaons is not to be expected prior to 16 Aug. 15 meeting of the Industry dvisory Committee. At that seson, industry toppers will study the ituation and express their opinions. ■ The requirements of the Army and le Navy are not much smaller than flose for the piesent quarter, but the nportant consideration is that they re no larger. This virtually assures 7PB of a large enough raw stock upply so that regulation of use of 5 mm. film will not be necessary. iquipment Dealers Meet n Chicago Oct. 4 to 7 Chicago — The Equipment Dealers Issn. will meet here at the Edge rater Beach Hotel, Oct. 4-7. Arangements for accommodations have ust been completed by Ray Colvin, ecretary of the association. STORK REPORTS A six-pound girl, Barbara, was )orn to Mrs. Sonia Kaufman, wife )f H. C. Kaufman, Columbia's maniger of exchange operations, last Wednesday, at the Christ Hospital, lersey City. Chicago — Arnie Schulte of the For^sythe theater service staflf, became the father of a new-born daughter, Sue Ann, making two boys and two g'irls in the family. HOLLYWOOD SPEAKING By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD ARY PICKFORD has acquired screen rights to the Laszio Vadnay-Max Lief stage play, "Champagne For Everybody," and will star Armen Dariz in it. Armen Dariz is the new name for Pedro Armendariz, Mexican actor, whose contract is owned jointly by Miss Pickford and Hunt Stromberg. "Champagne For Everybody" will be placed in production following "There Goes Lona Henry' which goes before the Technicolor cameras on Sept. 15. Miss Pickford also set Jan. 1 as the starting date for her Technicolor version of the Broadway stage play, "One Touch of Venus." • • Sgt. Bill Copeland, former Hollywood screen writer for Columbia, has been assigned \ to work with Maj. Lanny Ross, in the production of Army Camp shsws in the Pacific theater. Stationed at GHQ, he will travel to the various Army headquarters in the Pacific to initiate, supervise and stage dramatic and musical productions. Sgt. Copeland wrote and directed the first Wac-GI musical revue to be produced in SWPA, "You Never Had It So Good." His new play of the same title is now in the hands of his Hollywood agent. "Teen Agers" has been set as the new title for the youthful jitterbug series to be produced for Monogram by Sam Katzman, and formerly known as "High School Kids." Bidding for rights to "Bloomer Girl" is setting a swift pace with David 0. Selznick, Jesse L. Lasky and Universal in the race. There is lively studio interest as well in Broadway's Ralph Nelson drama, "The Wind Is Ninety." • • T/Sgt. Harold J. Salemson, former Hollywood correspondent tor a string of French publications, has been named chief of radio in the Public Relations Office at Fort Benning, Ga. « 0 Fay Wray, in private life the wife of writer-producer Robert Riskin, will return to motion pictures after the anticipated birth of her child in December. Miss Wray may be seen first in her husband's indie production, "The Magic City,'' which will also mark Riskin's return to commercial' films after four years' Government service as Chief of the Overseas Motion Picture Bureau of the OWI. • • Charles Feldman is reported seeking the basic copyright to "The Glass Menagerie'" for about $2,000,000. • • "Renegades" is the final release title given by Columbia to the large-scale Technicolor western formerly identified as 'The Kansan." • • King Brothers have bought "Twilight," an original by Thilde Forster and John Kafka and will produce it following "Golden Girl." Abbott-Costello PIx Via Universal Only (Continued from Page 1) lars, have been in. progress for some months. Under settlement terms, the team is released from a contract calling for one Metro film each for the next four years. Recently completed, but unreleased, "Abbott and Costello in Hollywood," will be their last at Culver City. Next for Universal will be "The Noose Hangs High," to go into production as soon as the pair returns from an Eastern personal appearance tour. Film Post Chartered Film Post 1292 of the American Legion, recently organized by veterans belonging to lATSE Local 306, operators, was chartered Friday night at a Legion meeting in the Concourse Plaze Hotel in the Bronx. Hugh Holbrook Slain Anniston, Ala. — Hugh Holbrook, former Noble usher, was killed in fflg-^ action in the latter days of the \^^ war in Germany, the War De''""^ partment has notified his family. Loe'w's Circuit Seventh Sales Hit $19,115,750 Total Loew's circuit Seventh War Loan sales through July 8 was $19,115,750, including sales of 215,725 individual Bonds, Charles C. Moskowitz reported yesterday. Sixth War Loan total was topped by $2,034,850. Two theaters passed the milliondollar mark, Moskowitz reported. The Capitol, Washington, repoi-ted $1,118,275 maturity value, and Loew's Pitkin announcing $1,079,725. Next eight houses and their totals are: American, $937,475; Columbia, Washington, $706,925; State, Cleveland, $660,200; Boro Park, $638,375; Palace, Washington, $572,400; Paradise, Bronx, $545,450; Loew's Richmond, Va., $505,050, and the Kings, $483,625. Feeley Succeeds Howard As N,E. Exhibs. Bus. Mgr. Boston — Raymond Feeley of Franklin, Mass., will become business manager of Independent Exhibitors of New England, Inc., on July 23. He succeeds Arthur Howard, who will continue as a member of the board of directors. Howard has been business manager of the Allied unit here since 1934. Prior to his association with the organization, he was with the Chamber of Commerce. Howard is president 'of Affiliated Theaters. What picture is Over 21 times funnier than the Broadway sta^e hit if s based on? A COlUMeiA