The Film Daily (1945)

' "dffe Monday, August 6, 19 Vol. 88, No. 25 Mon., Aug. 6, 1945 10 Cents commG RHD Goinci JOHN W. ALICOATE 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. = ! HARRY M. WARNER, WB president, arrives Publisher \ back on the Coast today from the east. JAMES ALLEN, assistant to Charles Einfeld, director of advertising and publicity for Warners, returned to Hollywood over the weekend. 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 Louise 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. MONTREAI^Ray Carmichael. Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. MnnncBflL (Friday, Any list 3) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Hgh Low Close Am, Seat 215/g 21% Zis/j + Con. Fm. Ind 5 5 5 + Gen. Prec. Eq 261/2 261/2 261/2 . Loew's, Inc 257/8 255/8 25% + Paramount 31% 31 Vs 313/4 + RKO 91/2 85/s 91/2 + RKO $6 pfd 981/2 98 981/2 + 20th Century-Fox . . 28I/2 281/8 283/8 + 20th Century-Fox pfd. 351/2 351/2 351/2 -| 20th Century-Fox ppf.1041/4 IO41/4 IO41/4 — Universal Pict 251/8 25 251/8 -| Warner Bros 1634 161/2 ISS/s + NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts. ... 4 33^ 33/^ — Vs Radio-Keith cvs. ... 2 13^ 2 + Vs Sonotone Corp 33/3 33/8 334 — 1/8 Trans-Lux 43^ 43/i 43/4 Net Chg. 3/8 1/4 ■1/4 3/4 % % 3/8 % % 3/8 Vs N. Y. Allied Calls Off Conclave; Plans Outing Allied Theaters of New Jersey has cfncelled its proposed annual meeting which had been scheduled tentatively for Atlantic City in September. Transportation situation was a principal reason for deferring the meeting. An outing, however, is planned for late August. EX-SERVICEMAN Excellently po'sed, keen, willing, wellspoken. Seeking opportunity in publicity, exploitation, etc. Exp. pub. relations, contact publicity, desk work. Creative; ideas. LEE PLANET, c/o SCHWEDEL 215 W. 78th Street, New York City CHARLES STEINBERG, Warners assistant Eastern publicity manager, spent the week-end in Washington. TREM CARR, Monogram vice-president and executive director, is on a 10 day vacation at Del Mar. A. J. O'KEEFE, Universal's Western sales manager, left last night for Los Angeles where he will meet William A. Scully, U's distrib. chief. FLORENCE CHUMBECOS FOSTER, wife of Harry Foster, London theatrical producer, has returned to England after six years in this country. THERESA STONE, assistant to H. M. Richey, M-C-M exhibitor relations head, has returned to New York after attending a series of meetings and making several Coverment calls in Washington, ED HINCHY, head of the Warners playdate department, leaves tonight for Chicago, Milwaukee, M-nneapolis and Kansas City to set up midv/est opening dates for "Pride of the Marines" and "Rhapsody in Blue." JULES LEVEY of Warner Theaters and HERMAN GOLDBERG of the exchange purchasing and maintenance department leave today for Indianapolis. TIMOTHY LYNNE, Chicago film censorship chief, is vacationing in Wisconsin. HENRY MURDOCK, Chicago Sun film critic, is vacationing. JACK OSSERMAN, RKO Radio's general manager for South America, who has been visiting in Hollywood, arrived in New York on Sunday from the Coast to attend the company's sales meeting which starts today. CHARLES 0. JULIAN, general manager of RKO Radio for India, arrived in New York on Friday by boat from Bombay for his first v sit here in several years, having previously been company's manager In Japan before Pearl Harbor. JOHN BECK, general manager of International Pictures, arrives here today from Hollywood. Writing Fellowships Offered by 20th-Fox An unlimited number of writing fellowships to service men and women who have written for military publications will be offered by 20th Century-Fox, Reynal & Hitchcock and Hawley Publishers. Each fellowship will pay $4,000 in advance option money. The new contest will not interfere with the current soldier fellowship of 20th-Pox to service men who never have written for publication. Accepted manuscripts will be published by Reynal & Hitchcock, screen rights to go to 20th-Fox and reprint rights to Hawley Publishers. Arthur Kane Funeral Held on Coast Friday West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — ^Funeral services were held Friday for Arthur S. Kane, pioneer film executive, who died two weeks after an abdominal operation. He had been sales manager for Select Pictures and Realart and had also been with General Films, Famous Players, Harold Lloyd, Charles Ray and United Artists. Local 771 Names Wolfe Business Representative Charles Wolfe has been elected business representative of Motion Picture Film Editors, Local 771, lATSE. The office is a new one. Wolfe will step into the post on Aug. 15. Griffis Due In Today Stanton Griffis, chairman of Paramount's executive committee, will arrive in New York today from Los Angeles. Griffis recently returned from Hawaii where he made his headquarters as Red Cross Commissioner for the Pacific Ocean area. He resigned that post on July 15 after service of about a year. WB British Sound Chief Here for Equip. Survey Ernest Royls, in charge of all sound activities at Warners English studio in Teddington, before the plant was destroyed by German rocket bombs, has arrived in this country to confer with Warner officials and make a survey of American equip.nient in anticipation of the rebuilding of the British studio as soon as materials are made available. Royls will leave on Wednesday for Burbank to talk with Jack L. Warner, executive producer, and Col. Nathan Levinson, head of engineering and sound activities. On his way West, Royls will stop off at the Eastman Kodak plant in Rochester and the General Electric plant in Schenectady to get a line on their latest developments pertaining to the motion picture and television fields. Survey being made by Royls vnll take in exhibition as well as production. He already has conferred in New York with Frank E. Cahill, Jr., director of sound and projection for Warner Theaters. Para. Puts Four Features In First 1945-46 Block Paramount's first block of four features for the 1945-46 season was announced Friday by Charles M. Reagan, vice-president in charge of sales. The lineup, includes '"Duffy's Tavern," "The Lost Weekend," "Love Letters" and "Follow That Woman." Reagan has asked branch managers to set up trade screenings on "Duffy's Tavern" and "The Lost Weekend" on Aug. 16 and on "Love Letters" and "Follow that Woman" on Aug. 17. Operators Refuse Wage Hike Chicago — A three cents an hour wage hike offered by theater managers has been turned down by the Chicago operators union. New contract sessions will be continued tomorrow. Aerial Route Pictures Save AAF Lives, Planes i Films play a major part in t savinp of Army Air Forces lives a equipment, it is revealed with I showing of formerly restricted si jects made by the Overseas Techni( Unit of the Air Transport Commai Unit, headed by Pare Lorentz, pi war producer of documentary tures, made the series shown to pf and crews before their first trip ov any air route. Covering practically every existi: aerial lane, pictures show che points, radio and weather advice, a; include shots of actual landing a preaches at the end of each I't: More than 20,000 pilots were brief before crossing the North Atlanl and losses were held to a minimu. Not a plane was lost on the fli movement of B-29s to the Sou Pacific. NEW YORK THEATERS RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Showplace of the Nation Rockefeller Center "A BELL FOR ADANO" GENE TIERNEY • JOHN HODIAK WILLIAM BENDIX Directed by Henry King A 20th Century-Fox Picture SPECTACULAR STAGE PRESENTATION BETTY HUTTON • ARTURO DE CORDOVA in Paramount's "INCENDIARY BLONDE' In Technicolor IN PERSOIM "The Hour of Charm" ALL-GIRL ORCH Under the Direction or PHIL SPITALNY p4MMOi/A^r StxtnvL^l Goldvryn presents Danny Kaye in "Wonder Man" in Technicolor ASTOR B'way & 49 St. Continuous •■ Popular Prices i'y\^.X4: "47th St. i Gary Coooer Loretta Young IB "ALONG CAME JONES" li INTERNATIONAL PICTURE II Released by RKO [1 ONSCREEN Greer GARSON Gregory PECK in M-G-M's 'VALLEY of DECISION' IN PERSON 'Mm ROIH MV