The Film Daily (1945)

28 W. 44tn _St. ^JJ-t'^ Ne^ York w. ^« Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Seven Years Old -IFDArLY )L. 88, NO. 48 NEW YORK, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1945 TEN CENTS 1 PIX DELEGATES FOR UN TRADE PARLEY Industry Raked Nearly $6,000,000 for "Dimes" Editorial II Witch Hunt' . . . is still on =^ By CHESTER B. BAHN •= F you've been wondering if that Hollywood "witch hunt" by the House Comittee on Un-American Activities — a "witch jnt" in which Rep. John Rankin, Dem., Jss., has manifested a lively and even 'oprietary interest — is still on, the answer in the affirmative. , The United Press reported yesterday that ice early July two of the committee's Ivestigators have been in Hollywood "gathing material on what Rankin says is a igantic plot to overthrow the Governisnt." And so, with Congress again in Ission, the industry again may expect to be Iced with cne of those things most any fy now. Happily, the public and the press have lirly good memories. They'll recall that te same committee indulged in an invesi;ation in kind when its chairman was ;p. Martin Dies, Dem., Tex. And they'll jmember that Dies, among other things, lade the sensational discovery that Shir}f Temple probably was a communist. IA/HICH reminds that recently Jack Wil" son, of the Des Moines Register's ashington Bureau, penned a nifty column 1 the Hollywood "Red peril" that must ,ve made Rankin see red (in lower case), jlilson, assuring that "I have my own means I knowing about some other things that |S going on in the cinema world," said he jiuld be "glad to tell the committee about ' least one movie person who is corrupting |s morals of the young and filling them jth communistic ideas. I refer to Roy jgers." J Continued Wilson: ! "Rogers, I learn from conversations with i' son, portrays a cowboy, or horseman (A ilANSPARENT DISGUISE FOR THE RUS l\N COSSACK) who rides rapidly about 30ting robbers and cattle thieves (THE JMMUNISTIC SYMBOL FOR CAPITAL rS) and aiding the poor small farmers HE WORKING CLASSES). "This propaganda is patently calculated poison the mind of my child, destroy his ifidence in American institutions and nent revolution, whatever Mr. Dickstein |iy say about it. 'If Mr. Rankin and his committee don't ■ pretty soon, it will be too late. The 'olution will be upon us, and my young (Continued on Page 7) $5,961,785 Collections by Theaters Reported by Schenck at White House Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — March of Dimes collections resulting from the industiy's 1945 drive reached a new high of $5,9 6 1,785, Nicholas M . Schenck, national chairman of the Motion Picture March of Dimes Committee, revealed yesterday at a White House conference with President Truman. Schenck, while with the P r e s ident, presented to Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly.^is a cheek for half of the col( Continued en Page 6) N. M. SCHENCK City's Tele License ToCost$5aMontli Public places where television is shown for profit in New York City will be required to buy a license, according to License Commissioner Paul Moss. The public showing of television will be governed by the (Continued en Page 6) K. M. YOUNG PRC'S PREXY Succeeds Fromkess — Board Confirms Espy, Thomas Kenneth M. Young, chairman of the board of Pathe Industries, Inc., was elected to the presidency of PRC Pictures to succeed Leon Fromkess, resigned, at a special meeting of the board at the home office yesterday. At the same time, the directors confirmed the appointment of Reeves Espy as vice-president in charge of production and of Harry Thomas as vice-president in charge of distribution. This is the second time that Young has held the PRC presidency. Joining the Producers Releasing Corp. board in 1942, he was elected president when PRC was reorganized last year as PRC Pictures. When Fromkess became president subsequently, Young was named board chairman. Benton of E B Flims In State Dept. Post Washington Bureau nf THE FILM DAILY Washington — William Benton, founder with OPA Administrator Chester Bowles of the advertising agency, Benton & Bowles, and cur (Continued on Page 7) iA Council to Meet Sept. 24 will Act on AFL Charter Revocation Order Douglas Nominees Named For APC Advisory Group Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Two journalists and one labor leader have been nominated by Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas of California to serve on the special committee to be named by the Alien (Continued vn Page 6) The AFL executive council's order for the revocation of charters granted painters, carpenters and machinists by the lATSE in a move to halt the studio strike called a half year ago by the Conference of Studio Unions will be acted upon by the Alliance at the regular midSummer conference of its executive board, scheduled to be held in New York (Continued on Page 7) Naming by White House Expected; Non-Theatrical Global Setup Envisioned Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Seven pix deledates are soon to be named, probably by the White House, to attend the United Nations Trade Conference to be held in London this Fall, it was learned yesterday. They will serve not only in discussions of foreign pix trade, but some of them, at least, will work for the establishment of a United Nations distribution system for non-theatrical films. Plans are being made, OWI pix (Continued on Page 7) SlMPP, Export Corp. Will Closely Co-op. The Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers will work closely with the Motion Picture Export Corp. on common problems relating to foreign distribution, Don(Continued en Page 6) Johnston Decision Near on Proposed MPPDA Deal Announcement of his decision regarding the MPPDA post proffered him is due from Eric Johnston this month — possibly next week, his office said yesterday. Johnston was in (Continued on Page 6) Industry Advisory Council in Fadeout With the termination of the raw stock shortage, the Motion Picture Industry Advisory Council has been disbanded. As the Council's sole function was the obtaining of raw stock ailocati'ns, the group has no further reason for existence. Advisory councils of other industries, now concentrating on reconversion problems, may continue to h Id joint discussions in the presence of Government officials.