The Film Daily (1945)

Cy*A DAILY ■4 } Friday, August 3, II Vol. 83, No. 24 Fri., Aug. 3, 1945 10 Cents ICHN W. ALICOATE Piiblisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Edtor 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 Louis* 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. MnnncifiL ; {Thursday, August 2) — NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd Loew's, Inc Paramount RKO RKO $6 pfd 20th Century-Fox 20th Century-Fox pfd. Universal Pict Warner Bros NEW YORK Monogram Picts Monogram Picts. pfd. Radio-Keith cvs. . . . Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux High Low 43/4 43/4 303/8 295/8 255/8 251/4 31 98 307/8 B5/8 971/2 281/8 28 35 347/8 251/8 243/4 I6I/2 161/8 Close 43/4 295/8 255/8 31 83/4 98 28 347/8 243/4 I6I/2 Net Chg. 1/4 1/8 1/8 -"'/s -■ ' i/s 1/2 CURB MARKET % 91/4 13/4 31/2 33/4 91/4 31/2 37/8 91/4 15/8 31/2 201/2 193/4 20 43/4 41/2 43/4 -I 1/8 % Cronin Leaves P. O. Post To Rejoin Frank Walker Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — William F. Cronin, who left his post here as executive assistant to the Postmaster General, as of July 31, is returning to his old position as assistant to former Postmaster General Frank C. Walker in the operation of the Gomerford theater enterprises. 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 233, THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York. cominG flno Goinc Newsreel Editors Leave Today for European Tour H-ashinyton Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Six newsreel editors scheduled to take off here this morning for a month-long European inspection tour were briefed yesterday on their trip. They go this morning to Halifax, where they will take off for London, Paris, Berlin and numerous other European centers. The group includes editors Al Richards Paramount; Walton Ament, Pathe; Thomas Mead, Universal; Edmund C. Reek, Fox Movietone; Michael Clofine, Metro News of the Day and Richard De Rochemont, March of Time. Gapt. James Faichney of the Pictorial Section of the Army's Bu reau of Public Relations will accom pany them. UDC Backs Out on Award For Southerner of Year Atlanta Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy has withdrawn is previously announced support of David Loew's "The Southerner," and its sponsorship of an award to a Southerner of the Year it is learned here. Move follows the banning of the film by the Memphis Board of Censors. As a result the UDC cancelled plans to make the Southerner presentation to Col. Louis Burwell Puller, Marine veteran of two wars, and holder of 16 decorations, who had been selected for the award. A spokesman for Loew said Colonel Puller would receive a prize of a $500 War Bond despite the UDC action. EX-SERVICEMAN Excellently poised, keen, willing, wellspoken. Seeking opportunity in publicity, exploitation, etc. Exp. pub. relations, contact publicity, desk work. Creative; ideas. 215 LEE PLANET, c/o SCHWEDEL W. 78th Street, New York City NORMAN KASSEL, advertising and publicity ! manager. Essaness circuit, is spending his vaca , ticn at South Haven, Mich. j JACK HARRISON, manager of the Hollywood Reporter's New York office, will leave here today on a three-week's trip to th West Coast. AL SHERMAN returns to Washington today. ZELMA BROOKOV, Eastern talent scout for Warner Bros., leaves today for an upstate vacation trip combined with a little scouting. ALLEN KOHAN, Warners field rep. for the Cincinnati territory, and I. Q. CROSS from the Cleveland branch arrive in Toledo today for advance work on "Christmas in Connecticut" at the Paramount Theater. "DOC" BAMFORD, Metro Chicago exchange manager will spend his vacation at Wauwasee, Ind. MALCOLM KINCSBERC, RKO vice-president and treasurer, will leave the Coast today for New York. WILLIAM HOLLANDER, B & K advertising director, has returned to Chicago from a New York vist. LESTER COWAN, UA producer, will leave here for the Coast today, but will detour to Boston and Detroit en route. ANNE CWYNNE, Monogram actress, will leave the Coast next week to make a film in Mexico City. ROBERTO D, SOCAS, PRC's foreign export manager, left here yesterday to attend the threeday sales meet in Chicago which will begin tcday at the Blackstone Hotel. /AMES BOOTH, Essaness circuit chief booker, has returned from a fishing trip to Canada. DAVID ENGLISH, appointed special home office rep. for Republic in South America, is leaving today for a visit at the company's branch in Brazil. A. L. HICGENBOTHAM, executive of the Dixie Theaters, New Orleans, associated with Paramount, is a New York vis tor. )ULES Z. WILLING, manager of branch operations for Confidential Reports, Inc., leaves over the week-end on vacation. ALLEN USHER, Paramount Month captain, returns to his Chicago district headquarters over the week-end. DUKE CLARK, Para. Dallas district manager, and a Paramount Month captain, returns to the Texas city from Los Angeles at the week-end. RUDY BERCER, M-C-M's Southern sales manager, has returned to his headquarters in Dallas after a few days in New York. HERB CROOKER, M-G-M publicity director, returns to his desk here on Monday from a two-weeks vacation. FRED RIPPINGALE, salesman for M-C-M in the Washington exchange, has returned to his post following a few days at the home office. The SavieiB . . . global exhihs.? i » (Continued from Page 1) been studying the American theater may not be too far out of line. Investr m houses to assure playing time for ( pany product is an old, established polie this capitalistic democracy. There is a bit of a smile, to be the situation which contemplates the while dedicated to Marxism, becoi global capitalists in the film field. Russians, however, are extremely prac people, it has been well observed. At any rate, can you think of a be way to assure a global market for Ru< films than for the Soviets to become fii cial partners, silent or otherwise, in the eration of theaters in the world's counti 0 A ND, at the same time, can you thin ** a better way to plug Russian export the post-war era, or to guarantee the p entation of the Soviet point of view? Incidentally, don't be too surprised when the Russian program is officially i firmed, perhaps by developments insteai any Moscow announcement, American f appear somewhere in the overseas se There already have been some approac if you'll credit what you hear. Maybe about that later. Meanwhile, you might keep an eye Hollywood for departures on "missionf Moscow." iti B in It K! BIGGEST LOCOMOTIVE IS OWNED BY THE PENN. R. R. * BIGGEST MOTION PICTURE EVER PRODUCED... * k 111 -k * * |i