The Film Daily (1945)

hursday, August 2, 1945 II i(dober Release hr "True Glory' (Continued from Page 1) pi'pared jointly by the U. S. and Ftish governments, deals with the lopean campaign from D-Day in rmandie to V-Day in Germany. 1 tiie U. S., it will be distributed b| ^|imbia. Special committee of IB; picture people will assist in IS promotion and booking. iii,a. Col. Mitchell's Statement '"wP a conclave of film company "lleutives, WAC and OWI repre" sitatives with Army officials in the 'tel Astor, Col. Curtis Mitchell, ef of the pictorial section of the . my's Bureau of Public Relations, \ishington, said: 'Reports that the release of 'True )ry' in the United States has been ayed because of certain expresiis in the commentary are withfoundation. Films made by the vernment and released through the ice of War Information and the ir Activities Committee are not iject to the Production Code. "However, the War Department : g ago established the policy of iforming to the industry's own Lintarily accepted standards of )d taste for such theater releases True Glory' and the minor editing juired in this instance is being lie." Col. Luther L. Hill, deputy chief of ' Bureau of Public Relations came the meeting in place of his chief, ij. Gen. Alexander D. Surles who IS required to remain in Washing n because of the arrival of Secre hy of State Byrnes, and General irshall, chief of staff, from Eu pe last night. Accompanying ,1 'ilonels Hill and Mitchell from jll'iashington was Taylor Mills, chief the motion picture bureau of OWI. Committee Named A committee for co-operation and Hey in the handling of "True Ji'iory," established today, consists of ivi Peter Rathvon, president of RKO; tl Montague, general sales manager, j])Iumibia, and Francis S. Harmon, !'i:ecutive vice chairman of the WAC. 5 1 The committee on promotion is -Liade up of Frank Rosenberg, Columtjlla; Maurice Bergman, Universal; sl|obert Gillham, Paramount; Silas F. i!?adler, M-G-M; and Glenn Allvine, iiiiiiiblic Information Committee. Those who constitute the commite on bookings are: S. H. Fabian, laijiairman theater division of WAC; aeonard Goldenson, Paramount; arry Kalmine, Warners; C. C. MosJwitz; Loew's; Harry Brandt; Lee tl ewberry, William White, Fox Theairs and Max Weisfeldt, Columbia. George J. Schaefer, chairman of /AC, presided at the luncheon meeting yesterday. Those who attended icluded: Barney Balaban, N. Peter '.athvon, William Michel, William upper, Harry Brandt, Harry KalAine, Dan Michalove, Max ' Cohn, Jlsfee Newberry, Leonard Goldenson, Ifharles Reagan, H. M. Richey, Mau UN Proiection for Proposed Cultural Body Stirs Trade Hopes (Continued from Page 1) major role in the applied aims and purposes of the new United Nations organization. The text is that of a suggested charter, whose adoption in its present or revised and amended form at an official conference in London, commencing Nov. 1, will be the new body's cornerstone and one of those on which the United Nations hope to build future international amity through cultural opportunity. On Tuesday, following formal announcement of the conference time and place, MPPDA spokesmen and industry leaders joined in expressing unanimously their gratification and the opportunity afforded to implement the San Francisco Charter. Their examination of the educational and cultural organization's proposed text yesterday gave impetus to their earlier enthusiasm. Plans are already being formulated by the industry, as reported yesterday in The Film Daily, to give every possible friendly assistance to the new organization's success, and to actively participate in the London meeting through accredited spokesmen directly from the trade, working in concert with both the State Department and educators. See Protection for Films Those studying, the proposals yesterday in their own behalf and that of the industry pointed out that the results of the London Conference may well point the way to a world-wide protective system for films of every nation, and be a bulwark against unfair and discriminatory practices by recalcitrant governments whenever and wherever they exist. It was cited that "educational and cultural films" certainly include entertainment productions of many kinds and types. As one industry official put it, "this new organization has vast potentialities for the film industry everywhere," and added that the proposed body "is, in essence, a world Chamber of Commerce and Culture for the motion picture." Following the preamble, whose initial sentence expresses the deter mination that "all possible steps be taken to further the attainment of international security and peace to advance the welfare of the peoples of the world," 15 Articles are appended. In form, the draft is highly flexible, presenting numerous alternatives for discussion at the forthcoming London meeting, and providing bases upon which the final charter can be built. Proposals Highlights Among the highlights of the proposals are: Membership right automatically goes to members of the United Nations; Other nations may be admitted to the conference by two-thirds vote; Each member State shall have one vote in the conference; Executive Board shall consist of 15 persons with defined functions and powers ; Secretariat shall consist of a director-general and such staff as may be required; National Commissions, with official status, shall be set up, or National Co-operating Bodies. Organization shall possess international personality and legal capacity, and members shall accord to the organization the privileges, immunities, exemptions and facilities which they accord to each other including in particular (a) immunity from every form of legal process; (b) exemption from taxation and customs duties; and inviolability of premises occupied by, and of the archives and communications of the organizations; (Editor's Note: These privileges, immunities, exemptions, and facilities are to be extended, it is suggested, to persons appointed by other members as their representatives in or to the organization, and to the higher officials of the organization not being their own nationals.) The organization shall be brought into relationship with the United Nations, this relationship to be defined by an agreement approved by the appropriate organs of both bodies (the Executive Board and the Secretariat). rice Bergman, Jack Alicoate, A. Montague, Frank Rosenberg, William White, Harold Mirisch, Sol Schwartz, Max Weisfeldt, S. H. Fabian, Francis S. Harmon, Walter T. Brown, Herman Gluckman, Mary Nossaman, J. Robert Rubin and Charles C. Moskowitz. "True Glory" Deletions Much Ado About Nothing Stand of MPPDA that the words "hell" and "damn" must be deleted from the Anglo-American documentary, "The True Glory," before this film is released under WAC and trade auspices in the U. S., was thoroughly clarified yesterday, following the widely disseminated story originating in Paris that this production's distribution to theaters in the U. S. might be postponed as a result of the MPPDA insistence. What apparently appeared yesterday morning to some as a tempest condensed in a teapot, had dropped in import by mid-afternoon to a mere teapot in a tempest. The words "hell" and "damn" will be taken out. Both MPPDA and the Army see eyeto-eye on that, and there will be no postponement whatever of the picture which deals with the Normandy invasion and the Battles of France and Germany. With three swift strokes as re BRIEFIRG THE DflV'S DEUIS Feist Wins Song Decision Federal Judge Edward A. Conger has dismissed the song infringement suit brought by Jewel Music Publishing Co. against Leo Feist, Inc. The plaintiff charged "Carnival in Cotton Town" was infringed upon in "Drummer Boy," composed by Roger Eden in 1940 while employed as a composer and arranger for M-G-M. The song was originally used in M-G-M's "Strike Up the Band." New Non-Theatrical Firm Public Affairs Films, Inc., has been chartered to produce industrial and educational films for non-theatrical use, with Brandon Films, Inc., serving as its distribution outlet. The new outfit will turn out four pictures this year. World trade and other subjects of public interest will be dealt with. The pictures will be for adult consumption. The company is temporarily quartered at the offices of Brandon Films. Ideal Expands Offices Chicago — Ideal Pictures has leased another store. This makes five stores now used by the home office, increasing the space 20 per cent. Oriental Dates Fox Pic Chicago — The Independent loop Oriental theater, is playing its first 20th-Fox film in two years, opening a first-run of "Molly and Me," next week. Malits Back to the Chi. Chicago — Bernie Malits, has returned to the managerial staff of the Chicago theater. GA & F Promotes Hanford Dr. William E. Hanford, manager of the central research laboratory of General Aniline & Film Corp. at Easton, Pa., has been named director of research for the company, it is announced by George W. Burpee, firm's president. minders of its position, MPPDA and WAC spokesmen stilled the very temporary tempest: (1) The Hays Office board had long ago passed a dictum excluding Government-sponsored subjects from the Code; (2) At the time of the release of "Memphis Belle," the War Department adopted as its policy not to have standards of good taste in films lower than those which the industry has voluntarily assumed; and (3) The Department will adhere to this previously announced policy, and consequently is in accord with the industry regarding the tone of "The True Glory."