The Film Daily (1945)

T 3te Thursday, July 19, 19^1^ Vol. 88 No. 13 Thurs., J uly 19 1945 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M . MERSEREAU : Associate and Genera Publisher 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 Marcn 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-?120, 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 Orxiway 9221; CHICAGO, 45, 111., Joseph Esler, 6241 N. Oakley Ave., Phone Briar gate 7441. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardoui St., W. I. HAVANA — Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. HONOLULU— Mrs. Annabel Damon. MEXICO CITY — Arthur Geiger, Augusto Corapte 5, Mexico, D. F. SAN JUAN — E. Sanchez Ortiz, San Sebastian No. 3. MONTREAL — Ray Carmichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. WE'RE AVENGING PEARL HARBOR! MnflnciflL ~ (Wednesday, July 18) ^ NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Am. Seat 22 Col. Ficts. vtc. (21/2%) 22V8 Con. Fm. Ind 43/4 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. . . 30% East. Kodak 172 1 Gen Free. Eq 261/2 Loew's, Inc 26 Paramount 301/2 RKO 83/4 RKO $6 pfd 100 20th Century-Fox . . . 273^ 20th Century-Fox pfd. 347/8 Universal Pict 25% Warner Bros 16% NEW YORK CURB Monogram Ficts 4 Monogram Ficts. pfd.. 9% iRadio-Keith cvs. ... 13/, Sonotone Corp 3% Technicolor 21 % Trans-Lux 4% Low Close 213/4 213/4 — 22 22 — 43/4 43/4 — 293/4 293/4 — 711/2 1711/2 — 261/s 261/2 . 251/2 257/8 + 297/8 301/2 + 81/2 83/4 4 981/4 100 -H 271/2 27% + 341/4 347/8 -H 25 251/8 — 161/8 163/8 + MARKET 33/4 33/4 — 9% 93/8 — 1% 1% — '" 3% . , 211/8 + 43/4 + Net Chg. Vi % % Vi 2 3% 25% 4% Vs Telecast Fire in Chicago Chicago — First telecast of a fire took place here when Arch Brolley, chief engineer of WBKB tele station, yesterday morning turned the equipment to a window of the station and televised a fire across the street in B & K property at 10 West Lake St. FOR SALE: COMPLETE 35inm DEVELOPING MACHINE Box 237 c/o THE FILM DAILY 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood 28, Calif. commc flno Goma LOUIS B. MAYER left for New York Wednesday for conferences with Nicholas M. Schenck, and E. ). Mannix who is due to arrive in New York following visit to areas which were in battle fronts. SAM BRISKIN, Columbia production chief, is en route to New York from the Coast. WALTER WINCHELL is expected to arrive here tomorrow from Hollywood. MORT BLUMENSTOCK, Warner's eastern director of advertising and publicity, is in Washington today. PETER COLLI, general manager for Warner Bros, in the Caribbean territory, has arrived in New York from his Havana headquarters. HARRY FEINSTEIN, assistant to Moe Silver, Pittsburgh zone manager for Warner Theaters, is in New York for a few days. BILL SCRANTON, Ampro advertising manager, has returned to Chicago from Hot Springs. Riskin in an Ex-Officio Govt. Post in Hollywood Robert Riskin, recently resigned chief of the Overseas Motion Picture Bureau of the OWI, has accepted an ex-officio post with the Governmental agency in Hollywood and will serve as special consultant. Riskin, writer-producer, is now working on his first independent screen production since leaving his Government post. The film will be based on an original entitled "The Magic City." "Joe Palooka" Rights Acquired by Monogram West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Film rights to Ham Fisher's comic strip, "Joe Palooka," have been acquired by Monogram, Trem Carr, executive director, announced. Negotiations between McNaught Syndicate and Monogram were handled by Hal E. Chester who will produce a series of comedies based on the character, said to have a reader circulation of 40,000,000, some 5,000,000 ahead of its nearest comic-strip rival. SIMPP Elects Exec. Com. To Work With Pres. Nelson IVest Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Donald M. Nelson presided at the first meeting held yesterlay of the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers since he became president of the organization. David H. Noyes was also present. The following members were elected as an executive committee to work with Nelson: George Bagnall, Roy Disney, Sol Lesser, Samuel Goldwyn, Daniel T. O'Shea, Edward Small and Leo Spitz. Wilschke in Altec Post E. 0. Wilschke has arrived in New York from the West Coast to take up his new duties as assistant to Vice-President H. M. Bessey of Altec Service orp. IRA EPSTEIN, Warner Bros, exploiteer working out of Indianapolis, arrived in Terre Haute yesterday. J. D. WOODARD, field man for Warner Bros, in the Atlanta territory, arrived in Tuscaloosa yesterday. DON WALKER, Kansas City field representative for Warners, is in Joplin, Mo. SOT. DESI ARNAZ, former screen actor, arrived here from the Coast ■ to join his wife, Lucille Ball. )0E COTTESMAN of Warner Bros, home office publicity department planed to the Coast yesterday for a 10-day visit with his folks. JOSEPH ROBERTS of Vanguard's publicity department is vacationing. H. M. RICHEY returned yesterday from Boston. HARRY and ELMER BALABAN are in Detroit to close negotiations for Howard Hughes' Downtown Theater. House will be added to their circuit. EARL HINES, president of General Precision Equipment, is in Chicago for business conferences. Action is Settled (Continued from Page 1) Gloria to the Clinton upon tl)' change of ownership. The Glorj sought to have the first-runs r«' stored. Amount of the cash settlemen was not disclosed, but it is undei stood that there will be no change i: the present clearance or run sched ules. Bamberger Tele Request Denied by Zoning Board Washiugtou Bureau of THE FILM BAIL] Washington — Bamberger Broad casting Service was denied permis sion to locate a transmitting statioi and a 300-foot tele tower in a resi dential area of the Northwest sectior of this city by the Zoning Board ol the District of Columbia, following a seven-hour hearing. XEW YORK THEATERS THE PICTURE THAT MAY CHANGE YOUR LIFE! 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