The Film Daily (1945)

' ^ DAILY Thursday, August 9, 1 Vol. 83, No. 28 Thurs., Aug. 9, 1945 10 Cents )CHN W. ALICOATE Publisher Astor Franchise Holders To Consider New Product 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 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 Carraichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. Acquisition of three new independently made pictures will be considered by the Eastern franchise holders of Astor Pictures Corp. at a twoday parley in New York starting yesterday. Matters pertaining to several new major company re-issues also will be discussed. R. M. Savini, president, will preside. Attending the meetings are Joe Levine, Boston; Eleanor Paradeis, Buffalo; Moe Kerman and Joe Felder, New York; Max Shulgold, Pittsburgh; Jack Zide, Detroit; John Colder, Philadelphia, and Teddy Shull, Washington. At a subsequent meeting of Western franchise holders in Chicago, Friday and Saturday, to be conducted by Jacques Kopfstein, executive vice-president, the following will attend: Henri Elman, Chicago; Julian King, Des Moines and Kansas City; Andy Dietz, St. Louis; Charles Koehler, Milwaukee, and Nat Wolfe, Denver. Trustees of PCCITO Meet In Portland Next Week nnflncifiL 4'/2 293/4 4'/2 293/4 rWtyrfiicsdnM August 8) ^a NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High 'Low Close Am. Seat 223/8 223/8 223/8 Col. Picts. vtc. (21/2%) Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind 45/8 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 30 East Kodak do pfd Cen. Prec. Eq 26V4 loew's, I no 25% Paramount 32 RKO 93/8 RKO ?6 pfd 98'/2 20th Century-Fox .28 20th Century-Fox pfd 35 20th Century-Fox ppf Universal Pict 253/8 25 25 4 Warner Bros MVg 16% 17 + NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts. ... 3% 33/4 3% + Monogram Picts. pfd. 93^ 9% 93^ + Radio-Keith cvs. .. 1% 13^ ^% , Sonotone Corp 3V^ 3V4 31^ — Technicolor 2OV2 20 20'/2 -| Trans-Lux Net Chg. % Strong Progress Continues In Visual Education Pix Washington Bureau of THE FILM -DAILY Washington — ^Use of pix in schools is growing and will continue to grow, according to spokesmen of five States who reported on the use of audio-visual equipment in their respective State educational systems to the Washington Visual War Workers yesterday. The spokesmen were from Virginia, California, Louisiana, Iowa and Illinois, and stressed the relationship of motion pictures to peace and human welfare in the post-war world. Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— PCCITO will hold its quarterly trustee meetings in Portland, Aug. 14-15-16 at the Benson Hotel. Those who will attend are Hugh W. Bruen, George Diamos, and Robert H. Poole from Los Angeles territory; Rotus Harvey, Ben Levine, San Francisco; L. 0. Lukan, Leroy Johnson, James Hone, Seattle; M. W. Mattacheck, William Greper, Jr., 0. J. Miller, Portland. Following Portland sessions, Bruen and Poole will leave for Pittsburgh to attend Allied board and Conference of Independent Exhibitors meetings from Aug. 20 to 24, inclusive. 26 251/4 31 8% 983/8 27% 341/2 261/4 . . 251/4 — % 32 ■+ V? 91/4 + V4 981/2 + % 28 + % 35 Walsh to Chicago for AFL Council Meeting Richard F. Walsh, lATSE president, left for Chicago yesterday to appear before an AFL Executive Council meeting there in a new attempt to solve the studio strike now in its 21st week. Gertrude Gelbin to Head PRC Press Book Dept. PRC is moving its press book department to New York from the studios, starting with the 1945-46 program. Gertrude Gelbin, formerly with Loew's as newspaper biographer of stars and fictionization writer, has been named press book editor by Arnold Stoltz. An art department will be installed when space is available. Paramount Issuing Kits For Celebration Plugs Paramount has sent special kits containing publicity and exploitation aids on the One Third of a Century celebration to key theaters, R. M. Gillham announced yesterday. The kit consists of 25 specially prepared newspaper stories, 34 stills which tell the story of Paramount's progress, a showman's manual and a series of matted ad slugs. Special aids include two trailers, available gratis at Paramount exchanges. WB Leaves Door Open For Industrial Pic Activity West Coast Bureau: of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Report that Warners will enter the industrial film field in 1946 brought from representatives of the Burbank lot the statements that there is always a possibility that the company will take such a step, but there are no such plans at present. Kedzie Annex Theater Action Is Dismissed Saltonstall Here on Biz L. P. Saltonstall, representative of the MPPDA in Europe, flew in this week from Eire on personal business. It is understood that he will return shortly to Europe. Bob Cooper Leaves UA Robert Cooper, who has been handling special events at the UA Home Office, has resigned. Cooper, who has been a member of the publicity and exploitation staff for almost five years, part of which time was spent as director of radio, publicity and exploitation in the Midwest with headquarters in Chicago, will leave for a vacation before announcing his future plans. While at UA, Cooper became Eastern publicity director for Edward Small Productions. Albert, Goldstein Campaigner Mel Albert, prominent film attorney, has accepted the chairmanship of the speakers committee for the election of Judge Jonas Goldstein as mayor. Chicago — Arbitrator Albert McCaleb dismissed the Kedzie Annex Theater arbitration case against the Senate and Crawford Theaters, Paramount, M-G-M, Warners, 20th-Fox and RKO, and declared there was no cause for action and that clearance was reasonable. Incorporate Star Pictures West toast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Steve Sekely. Andre Dumonneau and Edward A. Lashins have formed Star Pictures, Inc., with Sekely as president; Dumonneau, who formerly produced in France, vice-president; and Lashins, active in financial circles, treasurer. Agnew Returning to N. Y. West toast Bureau of THE FILM VAILY Hollywood — Neil Agnew, of Vanguard Pictures, left here yesterday for New York after conferring on exhibition policies for the Alfred Hitchcock production, "Spellbound," and the Selznick International feature, "Duel in the Sun." Meritorious Civilian Dut Award Goes to Jose Yovii Washington Bureau of THE FILM ,DA Washington — Jose A. Yovin, sistant chief of the War Dept. reau of Public Relations Oven Film Section, has received an a'w of Meritorious Civilian Service. P entation, made by Maj. Gen. A. Surles, was for Yovin's handling newsreel footage and for his tad contact with the newsreel repr/^ tives. Before joining the WaA^ Yovin was production director Vision Educational Productions, J York. :| ]\EW 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 CORDOV/I in Paramount's "INCENDIARY BLONDE' In Technicolor IN PERSON "Tlie Hour of Charm" ALL-GIRL ORCfiJ I'nder the Direction of PHIL SPITALNY P4/^AMoa/^r Samuel Goldwyn pretentM Danny Kaye in "Wonder Man" in Technicolor ASTOR; B'way & 45 8t Continuous ' Popular Priemt B WAY & 47th St. Gary Cooper Loretta Young "ALONG CAME JONES" INTERNATIONAL PICTURE Released by RKO J ON SCREEN Greer GARSON Gregory PECK in M-G-M't 'VALLEY of % DECISION' IN PERSON ^ 'ScafJAVIS RUIHMY FRED MacMURRAY ''Captain Eddie" 20th Century-Fox — ^A Eureka Picture Plus on Stage — PHIL SILVERS BERRY BROTHERS— Extra! Prof. LAMBERTI BUY MORE D /^ Y V 7tli Ave. & BONDS tX\J A I 50f|, st.