The Film Daily (1945)

M. P. Production Dist. 28 W. 44th St. 21st floor New York N. Y. ^qVeVTn Character vn^rnational in Scope idependent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Oi Motion Pictures Twenty-Seven Years Old -^DAILY )L. 88. NO. 34 NEW YORK, MONDAY. AUGUST 20, 1945 TEN CENTS >EACE PROBLEMS BEFORE CIE AND ALLIED ndustry's Place in Tele Before FCC Th!s_Week Reeling 'RoundWASHINGTON By ANDREW H. OLDER = WASHINGTON NEW complication has arisen to plague » the industry's foreign managers. A je line of Bulgarians was waiting in the jital city of Sofia last week to buy tickets 'Ziegfeld Girl," first new Hollywood n to be screened in Bulgaria since the r, when the militia showed up and arted about 30 men. The men were told it if they had enough time to stand lund in a box-office queue, they had time work, and were put to work clearing Tib debris But the Bulgarians weren't couraged by that. The lines are just long, and have been constant since iegfeld Girl" opened a few weeks ago. .OWI has recently booked several ler new American entertainment feaes, documentaries and newsreels in Sofia, i indications are that business will be t as good for these. • • . FRIEND of ours just returned from * three years in Europe, remarks that en new Hollywood films arrive the natives on a spree reminiscent of a two-week nder. Their desire to see the American jduct is so great they will drop everything forget all responsibility — in order to inIge themselves. In Bulgaria, as in many tier countries, the exhibitors have been nning pre-war Hollywood product since e Nazis left, and doing good business, t the new films are the ones the natives ally want to see. Our friend was of the inion that huge numbers of Europeans II make it their business to see every new nerican film locally shown during the xt year. • • lUT the industry still has a public relations job to do in some areas. A ques)nnaire sent 3000 school children in the lion of South Africa reveals some interjting ideas about Hollywood. One girl was ad set against becoming a pix star "beuse you have to be kissed by every Tom, ck and Harry." Another objected belise "you have to get married too often. )U get divorced after six months. You we no privacy." But the kids like to !t to the pix. Here are three answers to e question of how they raise the money I go to the movies: "My father gives it to e when mother is cross, and my mother es it to me when father is cross. When (Continued on Page 12) Authority of FCC Raises Question as Result of Crosley Property Sale IVashiiiDton Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Question of film companies' operation in television will come in for indirect discussion by the FCC this week with release of assenting and dissenting opinions from the Commission on the recent sale of the Crosley Corp.— including valuable radio broadcasting properties— to the aviation company. The sale was approved two weeks ago by a 4 to 3 vote of the FCC. Important difference in the oppos(Continued on Page 13) lA Executive Board To Mull AFLOrder Action to be taken by lATSE on the AFL executive council's order for the revocation within 60 days of charters granted painters, carpenters and machinists in an effort to nullify the effects of the studio strike called by the Conference of Studio Unions 23 weeks ago will be considered by the (Continued on Page 9) Connors and Smith Open Atlanta Meet Tomorrow EXECS. SEE NEW COLOR PROCESS Captured German Filtn Seen As Being Revolutionary Equity Suit, Checking, Pix Prices and Sales Policies Before Pittsburgh Parleys Tom Connors, vice px-esident in charge of distribution of 20th-Fox, accompanied by A. W. Smith, Jr., Eastern sales manager, Clarence Hill, executive assistant to Smith, (Continued on Page 12) A revolutionary color process may result from the capture of a German reel of film which is being shown to the executives of all American companies by the U. S. Army Signal Corps. While opinions on the color appear to be divided among the industry leaders who have seen the reel, the majority have described the color as "excellent." The revolutionary factor lies in the fact that the colors are photographed on a single negative, the secret being in the raw stock base. The U. S. Army, which obtained the reel in Berlin, is reported to have the necessary chemicals, although the labora(Continued on Page 13) British Survey Seen Aiding Its Product London (By Air Mail)— Series of articles which have appeared in The Financial News, following an intensive survey of Hollywood and general study of the U. S. film industry's production and marketing methods in order to provide a yardstick by which Bi-itish interests can gauge their prospects in the peacetime (Continued on Page 13) A wide range of subjects, covering post-par problems, the Government's anti-trust action, checking, film prices and sales policies, is ineluded in the agenda of the Ailed board meeting and the Conference of Independent Exhibitors which opens tomorrow at the William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh. T h e C I E s e s sions will precede those of Allied's national board. With Martin G. Smith as temporary moderator, the CIE will start its huddles tomorrow (Continued on Page 9) OWI-WAC Releases Run Till Year's End MARTIN C. SMITH Sees Screen Time tor UK Pix Normal Solution to Problem Sure— Maj. Baker Report UA Into Theater Biz Here and in Chicago With the reported closing of the deal for the Winter Garden by United Artists and another in negotion for the Oriental Theater in Chicago, reports were current last week that UA was entering into exhibition on a limited scale. "Henry V" will be among the first (Continued on Page 9) Confidence that the problem of playing time on American screens for quality British pix will be solved on "normal grounds" was voiced here Friday by Maj. Reginald Baker, president of Britain's KRS (distributors organization), speaking at a luncheon tendered at the WaldorfAstoria in his honor by the MPPDA international department. Former Gov. Carl E. Milliken, MPPDA secretary, introduced the (Continued on Page 13) iVashington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — OWI-WAC release schedule until Dec. 1 will go through as planned, according to OWI Director Taylor Mills. No plans are being made beyond that date, although OWI will have at least two (Continued on Page 13) Maxtvell Son-in-latc Heads ABC's Board London (By Cable) — Appointment of Sir Philip Warter to the chairmanship of the board of Associated British Cinemas was announced Friday. The post had been vacant since the resignation in July, 1943, of A. G. Allen. Sir Philip is the son-in-law of Mrs. John Maxwell. Max Milder, representing the Warner interests, continues as managing director.