The Film Daily (1945)

•^ DAILY Friday, July 27, isl AKNnsMra Jf niMDOM Vol. 83, No. 19 Fri., July 27, 1945 10 Cents ICHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and General 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 March 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, 9-7120, 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 Ordway 9221; CHICAGO, 45, 111., Joseph Esler, 6241 N. Oakley Ave., Phone Briargate 7441. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St,, W. I. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. HONOLULU— Mrs. Annabel Damon. MEXICO CITY — Arthur Geiger, Augusto Compte 5, Mexico, D. F. SAN JUAN — E. Sanchez Ortiz, San Sebastian No. 3. MONTREAI^Ray Carmichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. finnnciflL (Thursday, July 26) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (21/2%) Columbia Picts. pfd. Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. East. Kodak 1 do pfd Gen. Prec. Eq Loew's, Inc Paramount RKO RKO SS pfd 20fh Century-Fox . . . 20th Century-Fox pfd, 20th Century-Fox ppf. Universal Pict Warner Bros NEW YORK Monogram Picts. Monogram Ficts. pfd. Radio-Keith cvs. . . . Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux High 211/4 221/2 Low Close 211/4 211 Net Chg. . ■ % 211/4 22 — 1/2 1/4 3/4 11/2 4% 43/4 43/4 291/s 28% 28% 72 171/2 171/2 263/r 263/, 263/r 2!.% 251/7 251/7 il 30 30 81/? 8V4 8 1/4 W% 98 98 27% 271/4 273/8 ib 34% 3434 253/4 247/8 25" I6I/2 15% 15% CURB MARKET 3% 3% 3% yi/4 91/4 91/4 iv« 1/7 IV7 J% 31/4 31/4 204^8 20 20 4/2 41/2 41/2 5/8 1/8 Max Hecht Dies 'Max L. Hecht, brother of Harry H. Hecht of Passaic, N. J., passed away at his home in Los Angeles. He leaves a widow. He had been associated in the theater business with Harry Hecht and had retired because of ill health. ^' ART FOR ADVERTISING i 165 WEST 46.» ST. N. V. C. PH(h BR..«i 9-4153-4 Rosary This Evening For Winfield Sheehan West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Eosary for Winfield R. Sheehan was recited at 8 p.m. today at the Chapel of Cunningham and O'Connor's mortuary. Solemn requiem high mass will follow tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Blessed Sacrament Church, with burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers include Louis B. Mayer, Joseph M. Schenck, Darryl F. Zanuck, Charles P. Skouras, B. G. De Sylva, Lloyd Bacon, Sol M. Wurtzel, David 0. Selznick, Robert Cummings, John Ford, Henry King, Frank Borzage, Leo Carrillo, Pat Casey, Frank Lloyd, Harry Brand, Douglas Rothacker, Gabe Yorke, Loyd Wright, W. C. Fields, Harry Sherman, William K. Howard, Lew Schreiber, Max H. Golden, J. K. McGuinnes, William Demarest, Henry Herzbrun, John Seitz, John Tucker Battle, Christy Walsh, Eddie Welsh, Pete Harrison, Henry Clive. Active pallbearers will be David Butler, Jack Gardner, Arthur Ungar, George Bagnall, Edward Butcher and Don McElwaine. St. Louis Amusement Co. Named in Injunction Suit St. Louis — The Congress Investment Co., owners of the 900-seat Congress Theater, has brought an injunction suit in the Circuit Court to prevent the lessee, St. Louis Amusement Co., from removing seats, scenery and other fixtures from the building. The court is asked to enjoin the defendant permanently. The St. Louis Amusement Co.'s six-year lease on the building will expire at midnight on Aug. 31. The house has been closed for several weeks. The petition states that the defendant company has threatened to remove property from the building at the expiration of the lease. No Roadshow in Canada For "Ziegfeld Follies" Toronto — "Ziegfeld Follies" cannot be played in Canada as a roadshow at advanced prices under the continued system of Federal Government control of theaters, vvith frozen admission scales, according to an official source. It is expected the picture will be released when it is available for regular bookings, as in the case of several other films such as "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "Going My Way." Teresa Wright and Niven Gel 7Year Goldwyn Pacts Hollywood — Samuel Goldwyn has signed a new contract with Teresa Wright for seven years beginning with "The Bishop's Wife," Robert Nathan novel, for which Goldwyn reportedly paid $200,000. 'Goldwyn has also signed David Niven to a new seven-year contract and Niven will return to Hollywood in December. His first picture under his new agreement will be "The Bishop's Wife." Wm. Scully Leaves Today For Studio Conferences W. A. Scully, general sales manager and vice-president of Universal Pictures, leaves today for the studio to participate in a series of conferences with studio executives. While at the studio, Scully will review completed pictures, and discuss plans for their release. He will also participate in discussions on future production plans. Following these conferences, he will visit branch offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Salt Lake City, Des Moines, Omaha and Kansas City. "Wonder Man" in Record At Atlantic City House Atlantic City — An "in-season" house record for the Hollywood Theater was topped here yesterday at the close of the first week of Samuel Goldwyn's "Wonder Man." Picture did 160 per cent of the in-season house mark. Blair Heads Ampa Com. Dave Bader, president of Ampa, has appointed Harry N. Blair chairman of the publicity committee for the ensuing year with the following members comprising the committee: Blanche Livingston, Sam Zimbalist, Sally Perle and Jerry Pickman. cominc Hi Gomc JACK L. WARNER, executive producer )r Warner Bros., and CHARLES EINFELD, \ ; president in charge of advertising and illclty, leave Nevi York today for the Coai DAVID E. ROSE, Paramount managing rector in Great Britain, left New York a !r yesterday for his headquarters in Lond PAULA STONE, who conducts Sts WNEW's "Hollywood Digest" programs, leave here for the Coast today to begin rangements for a Broadway production of mund Romberg's "The Red Mill." Her ter, Carol, now appearing in the Broad hit, "Dark of the Moon," will substitute the WNEW series. CLIFF ALMY, general manager for Wa i Bros, in the Philippines, following home fice conferences, has returned to the C where his wife is hospitalized. A!my v'sit New York again before going back i Manila. EVERETT €. CALLOW, zone adverti g and publicity head for Warner Theaters n the Philadelphia territory, was in New ' k yesterday. ! Annabella Meets Press Annabella, stage and screen st last seen on Broadway in "Jacobc sky and the Colonel," who just turned from an eight-month US Camp Show tour of Italy and Fraie as the star of Noel Coward's come ', > "Blythe Spirit," told members of fe press yesterday that "all the act' Is who have the same opportunity to o overseas and don't go don't knS what they're really missing."