The Film Daily (1945)

Ljsday, July 31, 1945 I9ii(< DAILY im Toppers Figure Many Stock Deals (Continued from Page 1) ry Brandt disposed of 6,000 Ires of Trans-Lux dollar par comn during June, retaining 52,915 IS 2,500 to the account of Helsel, 1,000 to the account of Broad rk, Inc., 1,400 to the account of rday Operating Co. and 14,700 in wife's name. Revision of the ly, 1945, report showed Maj. Al.^t Warner selling 9,000 shares of arner $5 par common. He retained 3,000 shares. Revision of the April, i4 report showed Ned Depinet, LO Radio head, acquiring 100 ares of RKO six per cent converle preferred, all of that stock he ns. He held 1,000 shares of RKO liar par common at the time. David Bernstein was revealed to ve dropped 2,000 of Loew's Comyn no par value during June, reining 55,150 shares. William Parr dropped 800 shares of the same Dck, retaining 1,000. Jack Cohn was shown to have ade a gift of 29 shares of Columbia mmon no par value retaining 32,396 ares personally and 10,871 in trust, eston Davie exercised 311 warrants r Universal common, now holding 409 warrants and 4,000 shares of e stock. Disposal of 1,500 shares of Mono am dollar par common by W. Ray ihnston was revealed, with Johnston taining 18,991, as well as the dis )sal of 600 of his 633 shares by eorge D. Burrows. Paul Porzelt of ew York bought 1,000 shares of this lock in four small blocks. Purchase of 1,200 shares of $2 ■imulative par preferred of Consoli ited Film Industries by Herbert J. ates through Associated Motion icture Industries during May was vealed. AMPI holds 30,050 shares f this stock, 154,173 shares of the 1 par common and jointly another DO shares of the preferred and 4,200 lares of the common. Sale of 400 shares of Bell and [owell $10 par common by H. W. emerscheid of Hollywood was also avealed, Remerschied retaining 4,500 bares. Other holding of this stock ;ere also listed as follows: Joseph larold Booth, 850; Charles V. Clark, 50; Fred M. Hall, 5,000; Albert S. lowell, 675 plus 59,490 in trust; J. H. IcNabb, 99,730 Charles H. Percy, ,925, and B. E. Stechbart, 1,000. 'reducers and SOEG Issue lonficting Picket Claims 'est Cuast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Representatives of najor producers last night declared hat 75 per cent of SOEG members vere at work yesterday, while a ■pokesman for the union countered vith a claim that 70 per cent of the irganization's members are observng the picket lines. About 175 workers deserted the Mcket lines at M-G-M, according to ;he producers, bringing the total at A^ork there to 515. REVIEWS Of neuj fiims "George White's Scandals" with Joan Davis, Jack Haley RKO 95 Mins. GENEROUSLY PRODUCED MUSICAL OFFERS DIVERSION OF STRONG POPULAR FLAVOR. George W.hite has lent his name as a producer to a scatterbrained antic that stacks up as diversion of strong popular flavcr. Those whose tastes are not too demanding will derive considerable fun from what goes on in this film in the production of which George White has been more than open-handed. Peppered with songs and production numoers that will capture the fancy of the man in the street, the film offers Joan Davis and Jack Haley as a pair of daffy performers in a George White stage show who are in love. The plot has to do chiefly with the attempt of Miss Davis and Haley to keep the latter's spinister sister (Margaret Hamiltcn) from breaking up the romance. The film moves at a headlong pace under the direction of Felix E. Feist, who has worked from a script by Hugh Wedlock, Howard Snyder, Parke Levy and Howard jreen which uses familiar yet tested material with journeyman skill. Miss Davis and Haley perform with vigor. Phillip Terry, as dance director for White's show, is teamed romantically with Martha Holliday, who gets a job in the line through 1 fluke. Miss Holliday stands out in a couple of dance solos. Miss Davis as a child is played amusingly by her own daughter, Beverly Wills. The presence cf Gene Krupa and his band is a sop to the bobbysock trade. CAST: Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Phillip Terry, Martha Holliday, Ethel Smith. Margaret Hamilton, Glenn Tryon, Bettejane Greer, Audrey Young, Rose Murphy, Fritz Feld, Beverly Wills, Gene Krupa and band. CREDITS: Executive Producers, Jack J. Cross, Nat Holt: Producer, George White: Director, Felix E. Feist; Screenplay. Hugh Wedlock. Hov^ard Snyder, Parke Levy, Howard Green: Based on story by Hugh Wedlock, Howard Snyder: Cameraman, Rcbert de Grasse: Dance Director, Ernst Matray; Musical Director, C. Bakaleinikoff ; Specal Effects, Vernon L. Walker; Art Directors, Albert S. D'Agostino, Ralph Berger; Set Decorators, Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller; Sound, Jean L. Speak; Film Editor, Joseph Noriega. DIRECTION, Okay. PHOTOGRAPHY, Okay. "Captain Eddie Day" to Be Oberved by Ohio Columbus — Gov. Frank J. Lausche of Ohio has officially proclaimed tomororw "Captain Eddie Day" in honor of Eddie Rickenbacker and the 20th-Fox film story of his life, "Captain Eddie." The proclamation was made in a coast-to-coast radio address on the "We, the People" broadcast over the CBS network on Sunday night. The picture will have its world premiere here tomorrow. The Ohio governor has given the 20thFox field exploitation force unlimited co-operation in the city's preparations for the event. "Captain Eddie" will play 60 day and date engagements. in the Northern Ohio area, opening the week of Aug. 8, date on which the picture breaks at Warners' Hippodrome, Cleveland. "Captain Kidd" with Charles Laughton, Randolph S:ott, Barbara Britton UA-Bogeaus 89 Mins. ADVENTURE FILM IS STORY-BOOK STUFF THAT WILL APPEAL STRONGLY TO CHILDREN. Benedict Bogeaus' latest production is a swashbuckling tale of high adventure straight out of a story b:ok. Directed passably by Rowland C. Lee, it represents the kind of entertainment that rouses the imagination of impressionable youth. Older persons will more than likely be slightly bored by this ccstume melodrama. These will be drawn primarily by whatever boxoffice significance the names of Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Reginald Owen and John Carradine bear. The desultory story, marked on occasion by flashes cf action that the kids will regard as thrilling, is purportedly that of Captain William Kidd. Fiction has been generously resorted to in the Norman Reilly Raine screenplay. Captain Kidd is depicted as thoroughly black with no redeeming trait. It is a character out of melodrama. The tale deals mainly with Kidd's pbt to plunder a British treasure ship which the king has commissioned him to escort safely home. He is pictured as an overly ambitious scroundrel who one by one disposes of associates feared by him. Laughton makes Kidd quite a repulsive fellow. Scott and Miss Britton are the principals in a conventional romance. The for.-ner is a n;bleman who goes along with Kidd to clear the name of his father, branded a pirate on Kidd's say-so after his being slain in a sea encounter by the villain. Miss Britton is a British lord's daughter whom Kidd takes along with him after her father goes down with the galleon plundered by the buccaneer. The end and them in a clinch while Kidd is about to have his neck stretched. CAST: Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Reginald Owen, John Carradine, Gilbert Roland, John Qualen, Sheldon Leonard, Abner Biberman, Henry Daniell, William farnum. Miles Mander, Ray Teale. CREDITS: Producer, Benedict Bogeaus; Production Associate, Arthur M. Landeau; Director, Rowland V. Lee; Screenplay, Norman Reilly Raine; Based on story by Robert N. Lee; Cameraman, Archie Stout; Art Director, Charles Odds; Set Decorator, Maurice Yates; Special Effects, Lee Zavitz; Sound, Frank Webster; Film Editor, Joseph Smith. Earle, Washington, Reverts To Straight Pic Policy irashiiigtou Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — After 15 years of stage shows in connection with its first-run screenings, Warner Bros. Earle, 2,400-seater in downtown Washington, will revert to a straightpix policy on Aug. 16. This leaves Loew's Capitol the only local theater catering to white patronage which will have stage shows as well as pix hereafter. Three New Pix to Start If est Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Three pictures start this week, making total of 48 i shooting. French Set Festival For Early November (Continued from Pafe II to the United Nations will be invited to participate. Those nations producing 100 or more films annually may enter 10 productions for exhibition at the Festival; those making 50 or more, but less than 100, will be allowed to show six, while countries making less than 50 features can enter two in the competition. Following are the prizes posted: (1) Grand prize for the best picture; (2) Prize of the International Jury to countries exhibiting more than eight productions; (3) Prize to the film considered to be the best in production values; (4) Award for best female performance; (5) Award best male performance; (6) Award for best scenario; (7) Award for best producer; (8) Prize for best orchestral composition; (9) International award to best short not over 4,921.25 ft.; (10) Prize for best cartoon not over 4,921.25 ft. Films will be shown at the Festival in language of country or RKO in Move for Closer Co-operation with Radio In a move intended to take further advantage of film merchandising through closer co-operation with radio, RKO has arranged a national tie-up with American Safety Razor Co. and Mutual Broadcasting System, on behalf of the company's "Falcon" series and the radio series of the same name. Details, as announced by S. Barret McCormick, RKO advertising publicity director, calls for co-op advertising promotion by theaters and radio stations. War Bond prizes will be awarded for the best campaigns to be shared by theater managers and radio stations, with the contest running through December 31. First prize is $500, second, $200 and third, $100. Judges of the campaigns include: Chester B. Bahn, editor, The Film Daily; Terry Ramsaye, Motion Picture Herald; Sherwin Kane, Motion Picture Daily; Abel Green, Variety; James M. Jerrauld, Boxoffice; Tom Kennedy, Showmen's Trade Review; Herbert Miller, The Exhibitor; Moe Wax, Film Bulletin; Chester Friedman, Motion Picture Her-ald; R. W. Baremore, The Independent and M. H. Shapiro, Radio Daily. Father of Robert Wile Dies After Long Illness Alfons Wile, 73, father of Robert Wile of Universal's publicity department, died yesterday, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Universal Chapel, Lexington Ave. at 52nd St. Robert Wile and his brother, Howard, are the sole survivors.