The Film Daily (1945)

TWI DAILY Tuesday, August 21, 1945 Mex. Exchange Men's Walkout Ruled Legal (Continued from Page 1) ident, said that the board's decision followed opinions of its members that the legality had basis in the Federal Labor Law, and fulfilled the provision of the collective bargaining contract that revision follow a term of two years. Three Settlement Avenues Castro said that he had advised Labor Minister Francisco Trujillo Gurria that the strike might be settled in one of three ways — ^by arbitration, by bpth parties' agreement to incorporate the union's demands in a contract and by Government mediation, if requested. Employes of the domestic industry are organizing to prevent, if possible, the extension of the strike to domestic distributors on Sept. 10. A demonstration is being planned for Sept. 8, Mario Cantinflas Mereno, general secretary of the studio workers, disclosed, and it will be aimed at securing Presidential intervention in the crisis. Cantinflas asserted that if labor troubles continue there is danger that the Mexican industry might migrate to Chile, and added: "Everyone knows that there is none more loyal than I to Mexico, and I love Mexico with all my heart, but if the President does not intervene in our behalf, we will move regretfully to another country where we can enjoy security and work in peace." Guadalajara Offices Closed Owing to the strike's spread to Guadalajara, 20th-Fox, Warner Bros, and Universal closed offices there. Declaration by Cantinflas brought squarely into the open the veiled threats by Mexican producers that they would transplant their filmmaking activities to South America. According to spokesmen, certain Governments have held out inducements such as allocation of studio sites and studio tax exemption for a five-year period, provided that the producers in turn set up and finance schools of instruction in the film art. Venezuela, according to reports, is the most logical locale at the moment, and is said to be receiving "special attention," although no move has yet been made toward accepting relief from that company. Ask Camacho Intervene The Association of Mexican Film Producers and Distributors, and the Mexican Chamber of Motion Picture Commerce have asked President Camacho to intervene in the strike to "save the native industry." Accusations by certain union leaders that U. S. interests represented, according to the hackneyed charge, Yankee Imperialism, were promptly deflated by the American organizations which pointed out that the benefits derived by Mexico from U. S. attractions were far greater than the benefits which accrued to the U. S. companies from the distribution and exhibition of such product, and called the statements of the propagandaspreaders grossly untrue and unjust. REviEUJS Of neuj Fiims "The Gay Senorita" with Jinx Falkenburg (HOLLYWobo PREVIEW) Columbia 58 Mins. UNIQUE BACKGROUND AND GOOD CONTENT MAKE THIS ONE PLEASING ENTERTAINMENT. This modest budget opus has a unique background and should please in its classification. It has been given good direction by Arthur Dreifuss, who is an experienced hand in guiding offerings embracing songs and dances. Jay Gorney, veteran song and screen writer, functioned as producer. Jinx Falkenburg and Jim Bannon supply the love interest, while Corinna Mura scores with her Spanish songs. Isabelita also delivers with her songs and dances, and little Luisita Triano is one of the standouts in the cast. Thurston Hall is determined to build a warehouse on a Coast city's historic spot, despite opposition of the Mexican population, whose forbears founded the city. He assigns his nephew, Jim Bannon, to acquire the ground secretly, but Jim falls in love with Jinx Falkenburg, who is one of the leaders in the fight to preserve the historic site. In the end. Hall also capitulates and decides to build his warehouse elsewhere. CAST: Jinx Falkenburg, Jim Bannon, Steve Cochran, Corinna Mura, Isabelita, Thurston Hall, Isabel Winters, Marguerita Sylvia, Luisita Triana, Lola Mentes, Tommy Cook, Nina Bara, Leander de Cordova, Antonio Triama. CREDITS: Producer, Jay Gorney; Director, Arthur Dreifuss; Screenplay, Edward Eliscu; J. Robert Bren; Cameraman, Burnett Guffey; Editor, Al Clark; Art Director, Jerome Pyoha; Dances staged by Antonio Triana; Songs, George Walter, Don George; Henry Myers, Edward Eliscu, Jay Gorney. DIRECTION, Good. PHOTOGRAPHY, Good. Nine New Theaters Set For Ohio and Ky. Cities (Continued from Page 1) ly indicated by the building program just announced by the F & Y Construction Co., and involving numerous projects both in the local and adjacent territories. The program, according to Leo Yassenoff, F & Y's chief, includes the 1,200-seat University on North High St. here, opposite the Ohio State University campus, and the 1,000-seat Esquire, to be built on East Broad St. at Chesterfield Road, serving suburban Bexley, Eastmoor and East Columbus. Owners of the University are not ready to announce their identities. The Esquire, being constructed for the Samson Operating Co., is expected to become the seventh theater in the Academy chain. Other new outlets included in the F & Y program are the 1,350-seat Madison at Covington, Ky., costing an estimated $150,000; the Ludlow, at Ludlow, Ky.; the 1,000-seat house, yet unnamed, for Pfister & Myers at Troy, 0.; an unnamed theater at Greensburg, Ky.; a 1,000-seater to be known as the Loop, Price Hill, Cincinnati; and the Coverdale, also in Cincinnati. Nick Shafer, who operates the Family and Shirley in Covington, Ky., and is interested with WhiteLibson in the Dayview, Dayton, has "Follow That Woman" with William Gargan and Nancy Kelly (HOLLYWOOD PREVIEW) Paramount 68'/2 Mins. NEAT COMEDY MYSTERY, WELL PLAYED AND DIRECTED, SHOULD SATISFY EASILY. This is a neat comedy mystery, with William Gargan and Nancy Kelly doing splendid work in the starring roles. It has been given good direction by Lew Landers, with William Pine and William Thomas functioning as producers and Maxwell Shane as associate producer. Audrey Young, a nightclub singer, is found murdered in her dressing room, William Gargan, a private detective, is engaged to solve the murder, and his wife, Nancy Kelly, is determined to help him. Gargan talks in his sleep and the various leads he mentions while slumbering are investigated by Nancy, much to his annoyance. Regis Toomey, a gambler; Don Costello, a nightclub operator; Pierre Watkin, a wealthy playboy, and Byron Barr, a student, who was in love with Audrey Young, are all suspected of the murder. Gargan is finally able to force a confession from Barr. CAST: William Gargan, Nancy Kelly, Ed Gargan, Regis Toomey, Byron Barr, Don Costello, Pierre Watkin, Nella Walker, Audrey Young. CREDITS: Producers, William Pine and William Thomas; Associate producer. Maxwell Shane; Director, Lew Landers; Based on a story by Ben Perry; Screenplay, Winston Miller, Maxwell Shane; Cameraman, Fred Jackman, Jr.; Supervising Editor, Howard Smith; Editor, Henry Adams; Art Director, F. Paul Sylos; Musical Score, Alexander Laszlo. DIRECTION, Good. PHOTOGRAPHY, Good. Brandt Would Weld All Indies into One Big Unit (Continued from Page 1) nance of the War Activities Committee as a pennanent body. Brandt said yesterday that if the WAC is continued as a permanent organization, there was much that it could do in the interest of the independent exhibitors. If the WAC is dissolved after it completes its wartime duties, Brandt will then invite independent leaders to attend a conference to set up a national all-indie association. The independent theater man must be protected from a large number of adverse factors that are going to face him in this post-war era, Brandt said. A centralized national association is an absolute necessity, he added, declaring that he would put the machinery in work for its founding as soon as the future of the WAC had been determined. War Fund to Carry On The National War Fund will go through with its third annual appeal despite the termination of the war. plans in preparation for him by F & Y for a new 1,000-seater in Belmont, Dayton suburb. The house will be at Wayne Ave. and Smithfield Road. Remodeling is proceeding on the Broadway, Covington, Ky., and the Reading, Reading, Pa. Detroit Sees Peace Employment Higher (Continued from Pa^e 1) that will mean steady business for several years. That is the considered judgment after careful study. The immediate prospect for un employment is estimated by the Board of Commerce at 200,000, by the United Automobile Workers at 250,000 in the area. By October, it is believed, the trend of employment totals will be upward, though the speedy demobilization of many vet erans would mean that the total un employed might even grow a bit temporarily. Peak war employment was reported at 1,361,000 in November,, 1943, dropping to 1,093,000 just bei foi-e the end of the Pacific war. Bj contrast, pre-war employment, i^ March, 1940, was 850,000, increasin; in June, 1941, to 975,000— only 118,1 000 under the total of a week ago The plans of Detroit industrialist] are based upon a higher employment than in 1940 by one-third after fuIF reconversion — in about 12 to 18 months. This is based upon expanded industrial production here, and the continued use of employes who would not have worked in pre-war times — women and older workers chiefly, with the women predominating. The population net increase in the Detroit area — four metropolitan counties — is estimated at 280,000 since the 1940 census — 2,458,139. So far, it is believed that about 100,000 persons have migrated away from the city, as plants culled doAvn their forces or closed entirely like Willow Run. The 280,000 increase included about 530,000 estimated immigrants into the area, less 250,000 men going into the Armed forces. About 200,000 of the servicemen are expected back — after deducting casualties, those who move elsewhere, and those remaining in the services. With a possible 180,000 further people moving out of the area, there is a probable net result of an increase in population of about 200,000 since the 1940 census, after all adjustments, a year or more hence. That means more patrons for theaters. Exhibitors locally look forward to this prospect with fair, if not buoyant, confidence. The Wisper and Wetsman Circuit, for instance, is planning five new theaters — two already under construction. Sam Stecker Under Knife Cleveland — Sam Stecker of the Associated Circuit is recovering from an operation which took place at the Cleveland Clinic. , REEVES SOUND STUDIOS, INC. 1600 BROADWAr, Complete Film and Disc Recording Facilities