The Film Daily (1945)

=^i^ Tuesday, July 31, Vi Vol. 88, No. 21 Tues., July 31, 1945 10 Cents JOHN 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 Louisa 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. MONTREAL— Ray Carmichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. MnnnciflL ; (Monday, July 30) i NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. . East. Kodak Cen. Prec. Eq Loew's, Inc Paramount RKO RKO $6 pfd 20th Century-Fox . . . 20th Century-Fox pfd. Universal Pict Warner Bros NEW YORK Radio-Keith cvs. . . . 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BFILM STORAGE CORPjl IBOOR'WAY, N.Y.CCIRCLE 6-0081-2-3-4 To Ask (ul in Entertainment Tax (Continued from Page 1) other things, for the so-called Monopoly Report, submitted last year by a Films Council committee, and since the subject of lively discussion and consideration by branches of the British trade. Wardour St. is of the opinion that it is yet too early to speculate on the effect upon the industry of the Labor Party's victory. American industry observers, while awaiting London developments, are largely of the opinion that under the new Labor Government the tendency toward governmental intervention in British foreign trade may be far more pronounced than it would have been had the Churchill Government been returned to power. This might not be immediately the case, it was conceded, but it was accepted as an eventuality., Another expectation voiced was that the Attlee government would exercise supervision over private trading for a longer period than a Conservative administration. It was pointed out that if the Labor Government does take an active hand in British foreign trade, J. Arthur Rank might easily find his own global plans expedited. Kalmenson to Attend Studio, District Meets Ben Kalmenson, WB general sales manager, left yesterday for the Coast, where he will meet with Jack L. Warner, executive producer, to discuss policy matters originated last week in New York. While on the Coast, Kalmenson also will attend a regional meeting being called by Henry Herbel, West Coast district manager, for branch managers in that territory. These sessions will be attended by Fred Greenberg, Los Angeles; Earl A. Bell, Denver; Al Oxtoby, Portland; William F. Gordon, Salt Lake City; Al Shmitken, San Francisco, and Vete Stewart, Seattle. Titus on Rep. Branch Trip Walter L. Titus, Jr., executive assistant to James R. Grainger, president of Republic Pictures Corporation, in charge of branch operations, arrives in Milwaukee today on the first lap of a trip which will take him to company branches in Minneapolis, Des Moines, Omaha, and Chicago. Titus is expected back in New York about Aug. 11. Attorney 10 years on legal staff of major motion picture company wishes to connect as attorney or assistant to executive of independent motion picture producer, or theater chain or artists' representative or agency. Address Box 238, THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York. Rose Asking $8,000 Weekly tor Ziegfeld Billy Rose is reported to be asking around $8,000 a week rental for the Ziegfeld Theater in which United Artists is considering the engagement of "Henry V." Rental is regarded as steep and UA is reported to have the Winter Garden under consideration. Reeling 'Bound . WASHINGTON (Continued from Page 1) entertain at Army and Navy hospitals. "Let Mr. Rankin make something of that,'' he 3aid to cheers. . . . U. S. Surgeon General ?arran was talking about the drama in science. Washington Star critic, Jay Carmody, leaned over to us to remark, "What I want to see is mere science in drama." Three-Day UA Sales Meet Opens on WC Tomorrow H-'cst Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — A three-day United Artists regional meeting, with J. J. Unger presiding, opens tomorrow at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. It will be attended by sales staff members from Denver, Salt Lake City, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. District Manager W. E. Callaway will assist Unger in conducting the meeting. Jack Goetz Leaves Post With Canadian Laboratory Toronto — Jack Goetz, vice-president of Du-Art Laboratories of New York, has resigned as vice-president and a member of the board of directors of Film Laboratory of Canada. Increased activities in the New York lab necessitated Goetz's resignation from the Canadian company. General Curtis Going On Army Inactive List Rochester — ^Maj. Gen. Edward Peck (Ted) Curtis, in town here for a brief stay, said yesterday he had applied to the Army Air Forces for inactive status and that he expects it to be granted soon. "Beyond that" Gen. Curtis said, "my plans are quite indefinite." Connors and Gehring Return Tom Connors, vice-president in charge of distribution of 20th-Fox, returned to New York yesterday after a two-week visit to the Coast conferring with studio officials. Connors was accompanied by William C. Gehring, Western sales manager. Lt. AUvine Leaves Navy Lt. Earl Allvine, USNR, who has been editing battle film for the last three years at the Photo Science Laboratory, has received his honorable discharge and, after a vacation, will return to the motion picture industry. He is a brother of Glen Allvine of the MPPDA. cominc aid Goini SAM LEFKOWITZ, United Artists' dl manager, will be .n Boston this mornii company business. 1H£ HOOSIER HOT SHOTS, featured ii lumbia pictures, arrive in New York tod, .cute overseas. HARRY C. ARTHUR is due back In St. from New York on Aug. 5. CHARLES H. KO'ERNER, PERRY LIEBEl ROBERT WOLFF arrive from the Coast to< attend the RKO regional sales conference 6-8 at the Waldorf Astoria. J. KNOX STRACHAN, Warner theater ( land publicity d. rector, left over the wee' for a semi-vacation trip. J. J. UNGER, UA Western sales manaj expected to arrive on the Coast tomorrow' New York. 1 ALLEN WILSON, Republic Pictures vice-, dent, is due to arrive here today from the i JACK L. WARNER and CHARLES m ariived in Hollywood yesterday from New HAROLD MORTON, Loew's State ma Syracuse, N. Y., and family are vacation! ,-rovidence, R. I. TONY STERN, Warner theater Cleveland ing manager, ALAN MO'RITZ, Columbia C nati branch manager, SAM CALANTY, Col district manager and BOB UNCERFELD, versal Boston exploiteer are on a deejl fishing vacation at Cap'e Charles, Va. CHARLES "fITZ" FITZGERALD, assistant ager of Proctor's Troy, is on his vacatii' Lake George. GUY CRAVES, city manager for Fabi; jchenectady, has returned from his vacati .ake George. FLORA COHN, independent booker, Haven, back from Canada and a Sag River trip. GARDNER HART, chairman of the Comr on Motion Pictures in Education, New F vacationed on a sailing trip on a 32-ft. bo. Nantucket. MARY WORSTELL, Metro booker. New ll 5 vacationing at Asbury Park, N. J. JOHN HESSE, Warner theaters district ager. New Haven, is off with his family .ake George vacation. JUNE WILLIAMS, dancer, who has just I pleted work in Warners' "The Time, the ind the Girl," arrives in New York on Thii from the Coast for an engagement al Copacabana. 1ST LIEUT. MEL RAINEY, formerly sec to Dave Wallerstein, B & K district mai ,s in Chicago on leave. CHRISTINE LEMPERIS, secretary to Gregory, Alliance theater circuit general ager, is vacationing in New York City. JOHN DOERR, booking manager for Al circuit, has returned to Chicago from a k ;an vacation. PETER PANACOS, Alliance theater circull motion manager, is back from a Coast insp( trip. S. J. GREGORY, vice-president and gi manager of the Gregory circuit is expected .1 Ch cago from a Western theater inspc rip, early next month. MIKE TODD is in Chicago for business .'erences. NAT STEINBERG, Republic's district ma headquartering in St. Louis, leaves that ci the week-end by plane to spend Sunday Monday in Des Moines, Tuesday and Wedn in Omaha, and Thursday and Friday in K City. HARRY BLOOMFIELD, Broadway producei here for the West Coast to seek Freddie tholomew for a role in "Foxhole In The Pa when he reopens the play in Sept. CONSTANCE COLLIER is planning to the Coast for London to play her old pi Somerset Maugham's "Our Betters." HERMAN SHUMLIN is expected to here from the Coast Sept. 1. CELESTE HOLM, 20th-Fox actress, w overseas shortly for USO-Camp Shows. FRANCIS ALSTOCK, OIAA chief of the it picture division, planed out for Mexico New York at the weekend, ■DAVID ROSE and RAY MILLAND have ai in London. REEVES SOUND STUDIOS, INC. 00 BROADWAr N Y. !9 Complete Film and Disc Recording Facilities