The Film Daily (1945)

M. P. Production Dist. S8 W. 44th St, 21 8t floor New York N. Y, ternational in Scope ^]«|tendent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Seven Years Old -IFDAILY' )L. 88. NO. 37 NEW YORK, THURSDAY. AUGUST 23. 1945 TEN CENTS iLLIED TO PRESENT 3-POINT TRADE POLICY 'Vuman Said Eyeing U. S. Film Export Situation Editorial Hard Work . . . the only way ^-^ By CHESTER B. BAHN i= |l Day, when officially observed after Japan's surrender has been formalized, be no holiday but a day of work, ndent Truman has announced. lere could be no better — or more lopriate — way to mark the event, le victory over Japan brings with it I his nation a call to work — hard, hard c — if America is to win the peace, at e as well as abroad. ork, translated into terms of maximum jloyment, alone can cushion the imof the economic adjustment which must will accompany today's industrial reersion. is hardly necessary to point out that continued prosperity of the American on picture industry — and the tens of sands whose livelihood it provides — is inevitably, to maximum national eminent. nd it should be equally unnecessary to t out, further, that the industry and 100,000-odd men and women must work id together — perhaps even harder than before to make a maximum contriDn to a sound national economy. 0 CTUALLY, the situation confronting the industry today is little different from existing in September, 1939, when Id War II began. In an editorial then was captioned "The War and the Inry" and it appeared in the issue of 7 — it was stressed that only work d solve the trade's economic problem, nd work did. will again, rovided, of course, the effort is conated all along the line. 0 jPINIONS will differ as to who the key man may be, but from this column's tage point it looks very much as though nomination goes to the exhibitor, just it has during the war period in the ierous industry drives and campaigns, latently, the exhibitor is in for many a rfache in the months ahead, he day when pictures "sell themselves" ust about over. )0, too, the day when the theater operig head can "take it easy," secure in (Continued on Page 3) Term President's Interest "Lively"; De Gaulle Will Get U. S. Views on France M^asbingfon Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — President Truman is taking "a lively personal interest" in both the general welfare of, and the commercial opportunities for, American motion pictures in the world markets, it was reported authoritatively yesterday. This disclosure, which is highly assuring to the trade, took on added significance as it coincided closely with the arrival here of Gen. Charles DeGaulle. During DeGaulle's official visit the (Continued on Page 6) To Confer on Films' Part in Victory Loan Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Opening up of the Victory Loan drive vi^as announced for Oct. 29 by the Treasury yesterday. The goal will be $11,000,000,000. Sales to individuals, which will extend through Dec. 8, will again be (Continued on Page 6) Kostelanetz to Probe Black Market Operations Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Boris Kostelanetz, attorney who helped to prosecute Willie Bioff and George E. Browne and obtained the conviction in 1945 (Continued on Page 7) Detroit Theaters Go Back to EST Oct. 1 Detroit — Detroit theaters will revert to Eastern Standard time October 1 by vote of the City Council setting the clocks back to pre-war time on that date. Exhibitors here generally favor change after wartime experience, on theory that the earlier twilight by clock will mean better evening attendance generally, especially in Fall and Winter. However, some independents express an opposite point of view also. l^ti No Economy in Pre-Made Theaters Pittsburgh — The practicability and economy of pre-fabricated theaters insofar as their domestic use is concerned are dubious, Leo Yessenoff, well-known theater builder and operator, told Allied's board of directors here yesterday. Some apprehension had been ex(Continued cr Page 6) Army-Navy Censorship Of Newsreels to Continue Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — ^Army and Navy censorship of newsreels is being continued for the time being, said Claude Collins, yesterday. No indication has been given by the War Department when censorship will be (Continued on Page 71 Gov^i Film Clearance Unit Proiect Discussed At Capital Meeting Film Laboratory Ass'n Ready to Start Program The Movie Film Laboratory Association, into which the smaller processors banded themselves in January in a move for the betterment of conditions in the laboratory field in the East, will put its program into effect (Continued on Page 7) Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — First meeting of an inter-departmental committee to consider the establishment of a clearance unit for films produced by or for all Government departments was held yesterday. Representatives of OWI, OAA, the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Mines met in response to suggestions made by (Continued on Page 7) Against Forced Percentage Selling, Blind-Pricing; Policy up to Exhibitors By AL STEEN Associate Editor, THE FILM DAILY Pittsburgh — Because they believed there were good and bad points in Metro's 19-point trade policy, Allied directors yesterday neither approved nor disapproved the program. However, a three-point policy of their own was drawn up and will be dii'ected to the (Continued on Page 7) Goldman's Victory Presages Law Suits Pittsburgh — A number of legal actions by exhibitors who have been deprived of a run and unable to qualify under Section X of the New York consent decree w^as predicted by Abram F. Myers, Allied general (Continued on Page 3) "U" Set for Italy Return; Zama, General Manager Presaging an early re-entry of U. S. film companies to the Italian market, Joseph H. Seidelman, president of Universal International, an(Coniinued on Page 7) Sees Ark. 'Insulted* hy 'Over 2V Dialog Little Rock, Ark. — Glenn Green State publicity director, has made public here the text of a letter of protest to Harry Cohn, Columbia's president, that certain dialogue in that company's attraction, "Over Twenty-One," which has had a local preview showing, constitutes "a gross insult to our State." Green's letter asks Columbia s president to give immediate attention to this matter by recalling the film and eliminating all of the dialogue lines mentioning Arkansas in relation to Crocker Field.