The Film Daily (1945)

hursday, August 23, 1945 DAILY oldman's Victory resages Law Suits (G>ntinued from Page 1) jnsel, as a result of the Goldman 56 in Philadelphia. iWilliam Goldman's legal victory, it s pointed out, paves the way for fiibitors to take their cases to irt rather than to arbitration if iy have not been operating their >aters the required length of time J prescribed by the decree. :i^llied directors in session here de:}.-ibed the Goldman victory as being :.=Ty valuable." Goldman, who was jable to get first-runs for his Er-riger Theater, is expected to indurate his newly won first-run vilege in September, with "Won• Man" the lead-off picture on the v policy, it was said here. It was 50 said that Goldman plans to build 43 or more theaters in Philadelphia. jrporate Tax Revisions Jgh on House's Agenda {tihington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY iVashington — Among the major !lasures which the House of Repre^Ttatives will consider when Con^ss reconvenes on Sept. 5 will be 'Iporate tax revisions. It is also (jclosed here that income tax linges are also high on the agenda (^emergency measures. Hep. Adolf Sabath stated that the (islative program he had proposed President Truman is as follows, h items in order of importance: ^ Reconversion legislation; (2) ,11 Employment; (3) Social SecurP Act extension; (4) Establishment ■higher minimum wage scale; (5) liendments to GI Bill of Rights; ^ Unemployment compensation for ir workers and veterans; (7) Legjiition providing a single surplus "I'Perty administrator; (8) Hous5f; (9) Repeal of normal income tax (increased exemptions for those lower-income brackets and corate tax changes; (10) Release of plus and hoarded materials held Government and industry; (11) Sjdier vote bill; (12) Travel comisation for discharged war workand Government employes, and !) Bills from military and naval TTiirs committees. I'^ilm channels here in the nation's ital point out that the program rgested by Sabath will, by and ?e, have important effects on the industry both directly and in( bctly, and will be watched closely the trade's observers. in ERD BIRTHDflV GREETinCS TO: AUG. 23 Max Fleischer Careth Hughes Grace Rosenfield Salmagundi • • • LINDY'S CHATTER PLATTER: A movement ought to be started cmiong the lilm boys to form another Film Club or Variety Club and take over the building at 50th St. and Broadway restricting it to people in show business who would like a place of their own lor gabbing, dining, and social functions. . . • Lionel Kaye, the daffy auctioneer on the stage at the Capitol, has given away $25,000 in War Stamps with his act since Pearl Harbor, as of yesterday. . . • Larry Cowan, Fabian's Staten Island publicity and advertising chief, is in St. Clare Hospital and had an operation on his arm as a result of an automobile accident last week. . . • Talk about a huge theater building and expansion program was hahed by an industry execuuve who spoke of a survey he made recently with the aid of the FILM DAILY YEAR BOOK: "There's hard!y a town in the United States with a population of at least 1.000 that doesn't have a theater It's all right to think about starting a 16 mm. theatrical circuit or setting up prefabricated theaters, but where ore you going to find a town with enough population to support 'em? And, don't forget there's going to be a lot of ghost 'defense' towns whose popu'.ation will return to their former homes Boulder Dam is a good example of that" T T ▼ • • • GOOD "NEWS OF THE DAY": H. S. "Newsreel" Wong, M-G-M's famed Chinese correspondent, who filmed the famous wor shot of a lone baby sitting in the bombed ruins of the South China railroad station prompting the laps to put a price of 350,000 on his head will be guest of honor at a house-warming party given by Edgar B. Hatrick, general manager of M-G-M's News of the Day, for the press, M-GM and MPPDA execs The Time: Tomorrow at 4 p.m The Place: The newly-remodeled quarters at 450 W. 56th St T T ▼ • • • ONE OF THE HAPPIEST of 20th-Fox execs, these days is M. D. "Doc" Howe, of the exploitation department His son, Sgt, Edward H. Howe, USMC, has been a prisoner of war since 1942 He was recently transferred to Japan and "Doc" is anxiously waiting for the word that he wi'.l soon be freed T ▼ ▼ • • • THE MAIL BAG: Henry Kallin, of the Goldwyn office, has a few peeves: Why haven't the movies portrayed effectively the weekly routine of a typical American family to counter general impressions throughout the world that America is a place for nite clubs and society dissipations? Peeve No. 2: How about including Handball as a typical American sport in movie sequences? Handball, he claims, has never been touched by the newsreels ▼ ▼ T • • • NIKITAS D. DIPSON, of Batavia, president of Dipson Theaters, Inc., is crwaiting airplane priority for a trip to Greece and the Near East as an observer-consultant for the United Nations ReUef & Rehabilitation Administration He will also act for Greek War Relief, of w^hich he formerly was a national director T T T • • • "SPRINGFIELD'S JOBLESS Pack Rim Theaters" — FILM DAILY headline Ah, another "Springfield Plan?" (with apologies, of course, to Warners) ▼ ▼ T • • • MIRIAM TEICHNER, of Columbia's home office wants to know if that famous line of the last few years will now be changed to, "Don't you know there's a war gone?" the customer asking, of course ▼ ▼ T • • • NOW LET'S WIN THE PEACE!!! Hard Work . . . the only tvay (Continued from Page 1) the knowledge that the crowds are coming anyway. Make no mistake about this: The exhibitor or manager who approximates wartime business during the reconversion period — and even beyond — will be one who brings into play every bit of "know-how" In the showman's book and is everlastingly on his toes. And, moreover, sees that his staff is ditto. 0 A S to the latter, a couple of words about '* staff courtesy. By and large, wartime service in the nation's theaters held up remarkably well, although there were exceptions, both on Brradway and on Main St. During the war years, the public accepted impudence and arrogance on the part of waiters, clerks and others. But Heaven help those who attempt to continue the "shoving around" practice from now on. And not only will it be extremely unhealthy for them but it will be disastrous for their employers. The theater operator indeed will find it the real "poison at the box office." Seven Theaters Serving Secret Tenn. Atomic City Oak Ridge, Tenn. — Secrecy surrounding atomic bomb experiments and development permitted a city of 75,000 population to spring up with little public attention. It is now revealed that seven movie theaters were put into operation during the secret city's expansion, the Central being the largest. Theater personnel were under the same restrictions as to secrecy as the plant's employes. Two of the theaters — Middletown and Jefferson — also were used for religious services of a non-denominational character on Sunday. Buildings used by the theaters ai'e of temporary construction, and the accident rate was below normal for such plants. "Back to Bataan" At Palace RKO's "Back to Bataan," makes its Broadway bow at the RKO Palace next Wednesday. (UEDDinG BELLS Rank-Packard London (By Cable) — The marriage of Shelagh Rank, youngest daughter of J. Arthur Rank, and Lt. Fred M. Packard, U. S. Army Signal Corps, cook place yesterday. In civil life, Lt. Packard is a film writer. Roma-Serrao New Kensington, Pa. — Engagement of Aileen Roma, of Arnold, to Fred Serrao, of the Circle The has just been announced by the bride's parents. The marriage is expected to take place in the early Fall.