The Film Daily (1945)

TV l^fhursday, July 26, 1945 l^te: (ruman Lauds Y. C. iward to Fleming (Continued from Page 1) ;rson, Senator Alben Barkley, U. S. largeon General Thomas Parran, (I ritish Minister Harold Butler, Va \ "ety Clubs' president R. J. O'Donnell. U J Also read was a letter from Presi |j[ lint Han-y S. Truman, who paid libute to Fleming in these words: "For all that Sir Alexander has me to alleviate pain and suffering irough the great discovery which ir ever will bear his name, the world ,ves a debt of gratitude difficult to timate. It is particularly fitting, lerefore, the Variety Clubs should -^jive him its award for 1945 in rec '^'^jnition of his unusual and unselfish _^ ;rvice in behalf of all humanity. I "From afar I welcome him to the apital of the nation and hail him as le who in our day and generation is y. oing forward in the noble tradition :' Lord Lister, William Harvey and ''"' lat other grand old Briton, Sir homas Browne. "I could not close this note with,it adding a word of heartfelt ap leciation to the Variety Clubs of _ merica for their unwearied efforts _ I support of the war and in aiding idI)|'11 good causes both in peace and rar." O'Donnell remarked that "with the evation of Cordell Hull and Sir lexander Fleming we humbly be eve that 'Variety — the heart of I how business' is approaching the pgnity and extensiveness of the __ fobel prize and Pulitzer awards. It — •; our dream and our hope that the iture afford us additional opportuities to bestow awards upon the reat humanitarians of the world." Among the guests were: Dr. J. R. lote, British Ministry of Supply "^' lission; Sir Frederic Eggleston, ;« Lustralia; Dr. Wei-Tao Ming, Am_ assador from China; Senor Dr. _ ruillermo Bolt, Ambassador from |— Juba; Heeter David Castro, Ambasm ador from El Salvador; Senor Dr. y Ion Julian iCaeeres, Ambassador l^lfom Honduras; Dr. Alexander Louon. Ambassador from the NetherHnds; Senor Dr. Don Guillermo Sa Jjlla Saeasa, Ambassador from Nicajaugua; Semor Carlos P. Romulo, esident commissioner to the U. S. !rom the Philippines and Dr. Nazom _ll-Koudsi, Minister from Syria. .. )ther distinguished guests included I lear Admiral J. W. A. Waller, repesenting Admiral Sir James Somerille; Surgeon General Thomas Par, an; Hon. Leslie Bifflo, secretary to he U. S. Senate and others. SERD BIRTHDflV GRGETinCS TO: July 26 Virginia Cilmore Nat Levine Cliarles Butterworth C. L. Yearsley Beverly Loyd Midtveek Chatter — • • • THEY'RE TELLING ABOUT a iemme manager in a Midwest theater who was approached by the projectionist who informed her that the motors in the booth needed ne-w brushes and the manageress replied, "Dust them loff with a whisk broom until I can order some brushes" You've read worse ones in this column. . . • And that reminds us of another femme theater pilot who was in the booth when sparks started shooting out of the projector "There must be a short in it," said the operator and the lady piped up with, "We don't run shorts. It must be the feature" It must be the heat. • Leonard Gaynor of the 20th-Fox publicity staff filled in for Eileen Creelman 'on her WHOM radio program last night Miss Creelman is on vacation. . . • Bing Crosby yesterday accepted an invitation to serve as national chairman of the $5,000,000 Elizabeth Kenny Institute campaign. . . • Has it been printed that Dotty Shea, who was Rutgers Neilson's aide at RKO and who later went to Monogram, died recently in childbirth? A grand gal, she was a favorite among the trade paper scribes. . . • A U. P. dispatch from Santa Monica yesterday told how Hollywood make-believe experts co-operated with Douglas Aircraft engineers to camouflage the firm's big plant so it looks like a war housing project on washday from the air It was done in co-operation with Warner Bros, studio technicians. . . • As soon as the 20th-Fox boys wash up that big premiere of "Captain Eddie" in Columbus on Aug. I, they will start on another big shin-dig for the debut of "State Fair" in Des Moines At least four network radio shows will originate from there during the premiere. . . • For the second time in the history of Loew's State, a picture will stay for a third v/eek when "Thrill of a Romance" starts its third stanza today First 21-day run was that of "Meet Me in St. Louis.". . • Bill Ornstein's article "Free Movies Tonight" appears in the August issue of "Facts," now on the newsstands It's a great pitch for the industry and what it's doing to help maintain G.I. Joe's morale. . . • And speaking of G.I. Joes, returning soldiers can place free "Situations Wanted" ads, limited to 25 words, in THE FILM DAILY T y T • • • WE'RE AVENGING PEARL HARBOR! Harold Conner Resumes At St. Louis Tribunal St. Louis — iHarold D. Conner on Aug. 1 vdll resume the duties of clerk of the St. Louis tribunal of the American Arbitration Association, which handles arbitration of motion picture industry trade disputes under the terms of the Consent Decree. Conner will succeed Miss Helen D. Borger, who has resigned. Mr. Conner served as tribunal clerk from Dec. 1, 1941, to Nov. 1, 1944, when he was succeeded by Miss Borger, who previously had served the AAA as secretary to the clerk of the St. Louis tribunal. Metro Has a Financial Interest in New Play West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — ^M-G-M is considering a bid by Gilbert Miller to cast Elizabeth Taylor in the Broadway stage production of "The Rich Full Life," in which M-G-M is financially interested. According to reliable reports the company is investing $75,000 plus 15 per cent of the box office take for the film rights in addition to 25 per cent of the total required for the stage production. Miss Taylor would also appear in the film version of the play later on. Exodus in St. Louis Affects Attendance (Continued from Page 1) a statement from Frank M. Bristow, State War Manpower director, shows a downward trend in war plant jobs. Moving companies report an increase in business from 15 to 20 per cent over already high levels, with one official remarking that "more people have been leaving the city recently than for several years." Another firm revealed an especially high increase in short-range hauls (100 to 150 miles) as war workers return to their former homes in Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois. Bristow, who headquarters at Jefferson City, said that the State now has only 315,000 war plant workers as against a peek of 360,000. That sharp drop has sent some of the war plant workers back to the farms they left when war-time expansion brought some $256,192,000 worth of additions to St. Louis industrial plants and $513,694,000 to the entire State. St. Louis was one of the top 10 areas in the country in the increase in industrial facilities during the war. Film "Crime and Punishment" Stockholm (By Air Mail)— Terra Film will produce Dostojevski's "Crime and Punishment," with exteriors to be shot in Helsinki. Lorenz Marmstedt will produce and Hempe Faustman, direct the film. Revives "Starr Dust" Martin Starr will revive his "Movie Starr Dust" program of Hollywood news, reviews of the latest pictures and other chatter of the scenes in back of the scenes of picture making on Saturday, at 10 p.m., and Aug. 4, (same time) over the facilities of WMCA. Blake Succeeds Martin As "U" E. Story Editor (Continued from Page D show and motion picture business. He was a reader with Universal from 1935 to 1937, then was associated with the Federal Theater, radio station WFAS in White Plains, and also was a Metro reader. In 1929 Blake was stage manager of the old Provincetown Playhouse on Macdougal Street when Bette Davis, appearing in "Earth Between," was discovered. He also was associated with stock companies in Chicago and Boston. He returned to Universal, as assistant to Martin, in January, 1943. iUEDDinC BELLS Scott-Powell Stamford, Conn. — Hazel Scott, featured pianist of many film musicals, and Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., New York congressman, will be married here Wednesday by the groom's father, a minister of the Abyssinian Baptist Church. Gorcey-Marx West Coast Buyeait of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Groucho Marx and Catherine Marvis Gorcey were married over last week-end. Wittman-Bodmar Detroit — Robert Wittman, manager of the Majestic Theater in Wyandotte for Associated Theaters Circuit, was married to Rose Bodmar, cashier at the Rialto Theater in Wyandotte, operated by the same circuit. ■Bj