The Film Daily (1945)

londay, July 30, 1945 W'A DAILY: Irges Foreign Plan 0 Protect Pictures (Continued from Page 1) an of onerous conditions by foreign ^ernments." Xin view of the enormous amount : help being rendered by the United tates in finance and material, it lould not be difficult to incorporate 'reements for the adequate supply American motion pictures which re in greater demand than ever jfore," he added. Supporting his view, he cited the ;ronghold British pictures were ihieving in the foreign market rough the large pound sterling edits available in London, whereas ireign governments apparently do it wish to create a debt, premature•, by the purchase of American films fore the dollar credit can be estabhed. Russian Pix in Athens Briefing the report on the results his trip, Daff sounded a clarion ote for Russia's bid for film promience in the world market when he isclosed that four of the seven theajrs in Athens showing Russian films ere first-run situations, but added lat these films were being disributed in very "unorthodox" fashm. Russian film importers in Greece re importing freely with eight aleady released and another 25 ready, "he English have sold 22 films in this erritory and 17 more are on their 'ay. The American companies here re represented only through the 40 1ms distributed by the OWL No inication of French films finding a larket in Greece or in any of the ther countries has been shown he ointed out. 90% Operating In concluding his report on Greece, : was learned that 90 per cent of the re-war houses are still operating • ith a great many open air theaters Derating during the Summer. In Egypt, conditions have been retored to normalcy, and, despite the .'ithdrawal of troops, business is on he upgrade. Two new theaters are low being planned — one for Alexndria, the other for Cairo. Turkey was also repori;ed going .head with theater building plans. Conditions in Naples are not too rood, although plenty of develppQent in exhibition is being set for he future, Daff said. Questioned on conditions in Porugal, the foreign executive said they vere back to normal, and that an imusement center is now being planled for Lisbon which will contain a SEnO BIRTHDflV GREETIRGS TO: luly 30 Robert Bennett Holmes Herbert Duke Hickey Monday Meanderings — • • • THE BOYS AND GIRLS ol the M-G-M Pep Club are forgetting all about Leo today and are holding on all-day outing at Bear Mountain. . . • Gregory Abbott, WNEW announcer and Paramount News commentator, has completed the narration on "The History of the Newsreel" for Newsreel Distributors, Inc Film based on a recent Saturday Evening Post article, will be shown in all Embassy newsreel houses. . . • The 2,200-ton destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., was launched at Quincy, Mass., last week Ship was named for the lieutenant son of Joseph P., Sr., former Ambassador to England and ex-film industry executive. . . • William F. Rodgers off to the Coast late in August. . . • A. W. Stanford, new manager of the State Theater, Cocoa, Fla., is said to be the highest point soldier in Florida, having been discharged with 243 points He served five years in the Army, 30 months overseas, holds the Air Medal vnh 16 clusters, the Purple Heart with two clusters, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the good conduct medal .... ▼ ▼ T • • • THOSE TWO ACES of ace cameramen, Robert Planck and Charles Boyle, who are responsible for that super-duper camera work in "Anchors Aweigh," should be deserving of Special Oscars Their work is superb. . . • Reports from Dallas tell of an innovation. Technicolor motion pictures of criminals, to be introduced by the Dallas Police Department While the idea has been used experimentally in other cities, Dallas is said to be the first city to employ the idea permanently. . . • Sol Lesser is back in Hollywood from Paris vrhere he shot thousands of feet of film in and around the French capital's canteen to be used in his forthcoming production "Paris Canteen" During his trip he met up with the other industry executives who were touring Europe. . . • The pin-up poster of Dolores Moron in a halter bathing suit, which reminds pilots at the Naval Air Station in Ottumwa, la., to keep their shoulder straps tight, was the brainchild of Lt. Allen Adams, now on leave from Motion Picture Magazine. . . • Bill Ornstein is vacationing upstate Ditto Walter Brooks T ▼ ▼ • • • CAPTAIN EDDIE RICKENBACKER, leading American ace of World War I, and Lt. Col. John C. Meyer, top ace of World War U, will meet for the first time Wednesday when 20th-Fox's "Captain Eddie" opens in Columbus for its world premiere T T T • • • WE'RE AVENGING PEARL HARBOR! legitimate theater, movie, and nite club. The two major problems in Spain are the lack of raw stock and quality of production, he pointed out, with the Spanish government attempting to "legislate" quality. U. S. Pix Dominate Based on the quality of a film which Universal produced in Spain, permits for the release of five films were granted the company. Despite the unfavorable conditions of securing permits, U. S. films still dominate the market there; and the people in Spain, whose top item on the family budget is money for film entertainment, still want American pictures. Referring to France, Daff reported that exhibitors were anxious to secure American films for the coming season, which starts in September. However, there seems to be little possibility of that at this time, he added. Commercial operation by the companies began a few weeks ago in Belgium, and conditions there are rapidly returning to normal. In Holland, he concluded, films are still under PWB control. Settle Monroe Theater Suit Chicago — Monroe Loop Theater and Trinz Theater Circuit have settled their equipment suit out of court. Trinz has removed air-conditioning equipment to the Monroe Theater. UA Producers Sponsor $100,000 Sales Drive (Continued from Page 1) greatest amount of prize money for any sales contest ever offered by any film company. Approximately 65 per cent of the prize money is to be awarded winners for sales performances on individual producer's product with the other 35 per cent to be distributed to the sales staff for the best over-all performance on all UA product. Final details on the division of awards is now being worked in by Carl Leserman, general sales manager, who is now in Hollywood. Individual producer's product in the contest includes: David 0. Selznick's "Since You Went Away," "I'll Be Seeing You" and the soon to be released "Spellbound"; Hunt Stromberg's "Guest in the House"; Bing Crosby's "The Great John L."; Edward Small's "Abroad With Two Yanks" and "Brewster's Millions"; Benedict Bogeaus' "Dark Waters" and the forthcoming "Captain Kidd." Also, William Cagney's "Blood on the Sun"; Andrew Stone's "Bedside Manner"; Lester Cowan's "Tomorrow the World" and "Story of G.L Joe"; Jack Skirball's "It's in the Bag" and "Guest Wife"; Charles R. Rogers' "Delightfully Dangerous"; J. Arthur Rank's "Mr. Emmanuel" and "Colonel Blimp"; David L. Loew's "The Southerner" and the "World in Action" and Daffy Ditty short subjects. Motiogroph's Civilian Output at Half PreWar (Continued from Page 1) Army and Navy at top levels, with large orders still to be filled. War expansion will permit Motiograph to meet more adequately than at any time in its existence the demand for sound systems and projectors. Not only will this trade jump in the domestic field, but in many foreign countries, and export of Motiograph products is expected to reach unprecedented proportions. He said that the new Motiograph projectors and sound systems vdll carry many new features which have been designed into them by a staff of engineers who have based refinements upon research and exhaustive laboratory tests. UJEDDinG BELLS Silverman-Bernstein Chicago — Wilbur W. Silverman, of the Essaness booking department, will marry Miss Velva Bernstein next month.