The Film Daily (1945)

Ill Today^s issues The Equipment Hews Section jlntimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought (See Pages 9 and 12) The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Seven Years Old -IFDAILY )L, 88, NO. 47 NEW YORK, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1945 TEN CENTS RUMAN, HAYS TALK FOREIGN PROBLEMS Fabian to Lead Industry Victory Loan Campaign laster Strategy Committee Appointed; Other Execs. ^o be Designated Shortly In his capacity as chairman of JAC's Theater Division, Si H. i'abian will head the industry's Victory Loan campaign, Oct. 29Dec. 8, inclusive, it was announced yesterday atW A C headquarters. Coincident with the disclosure, Fabian named a master strategy committee, comprising all previous War Bond chairman, to assist him in WAC's final war emergency task^ before terminating |its work on Dec. 31. On the master strategy committee are: L. C. Griffith, Oklahoma City, Continued on Page 12) SI FABIAN lelroit's AT Circuit illSpend$900,000 Detroit — Associated Theaters has 11 construction program involving Ithe erection of two new theaters. Irhe largest of these will be located |at North Line and Fort Roads in (Continued on Page 8) BiT Deal for 29 Mex. Houses Said IVear West Coast Bur.. THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — It is reported here that the purchase of Rodriguez y Hno Sucrs. 29 theaters in Monterrey district of 'Mexico by National Theaters is near completion and that Charles P. Skouras is in New York conferring with board of directors of 20th-Fox on deal. With Skouras in New York is R. V. Sturdivant who represents National Theaters in Mexico City. TIte President to You: '■I HAVE been told about the plans being projected by the Motion Picture Industry in support of the Treasury's Victory Loan. Knowing and appreciating what the theaters, the exchanges, the studios and Hollywood stars have done throughout the war, I commend you for the enthusiasm with which your entire Industry is tackling this remaining big job." — Textof a telegram commending the film industry for its war work from Prestident Harry S. Truman to the WAC. Columbia Wiii Hold Four Zone Meetings Annual sales convention of Columbia Pictures will be held in four zone meetings, it was announced yesterday by A. Montague, general sales manager. Meetings will be in Chicago, Sept. 11-13; New York, Sept. 19-21; New Orleans, Sept. 26-28, and Los Angeles, Oct. 2-4. Post-war operational plans will be discussed and the sessions will be tied (Continued on Page 3) Picketing Committee To Be Organized Here That a committee to organize picketing of houses here will be set up upon the arrival of a spokesman for the studio strikers dispatched from the Coast to obtain the assistance of local groups affiliated with the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America was discontinued on Page 12) Tlieater Remodeling Wave for Australia A vast program of theater remodeling is in store for Australia, although new theater construction will be sidetracked in favor of home building, it was said yesterday by N. Bernard Freeman, general manager for M-G-M in Australia and New Zealand. There was no new theater construction or remodeling during the war. Approximately 80 per cent of the pictures shown in Australia are (Continued on Page 8) Arnold Stoltz Named PRC Ad-Publicity Head Appointment of Arnold Stoltz as publicity and advertising director of PRC was announced yesterday by Harry Thomas, vice-president and general sales manager. Stoltz, who has been serving as head of the East(Continued on Page 8) Equip, Dealers^ Mirs, to Meet Associations in Joint Chi. Sessions Oct. 6-7 Para. Domestic Subsids. Now Free of Funded Debt Immediate pre-payment at par of 12,000,000 of its 3 per cent debentures due 1955 and 1956 was authorized yesterday by the board of directors of Paramount Pictures. After (Continued on Page 2) Chicago — Heralding the closest peacetime co-operation between all wings of the motion picture equipment field, the Theater Equipment Dealers Protective Association as well as the revitalized Theater Equipment and Supply Manufacturers Association will hold joint sessions at the Edgewater Beach Hotel (Continued on Page 3) Pix Usefulness in Peace Era All Over the World Also Under Consideration Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Will H. Hays, MPPDA prexy, was a White House caller yesterday, conferring with President T r u man on the general international situation and discussing as well the potential usefulness of motion pictures in the period ahead all over the world. Hays, it was assumed, brought the President upto date On th e problems currently encounterd by the industry in Europe, with at least some reference (Continued on Page 8) WILL H. HAYS Spain Proposes 65% Pix Quota for U. S. Madrid (By Cable)— A plan, formulated by a committee representing Spain's distribution interests, yesterday went before Juan Antonio Suances. Minister of Commerce and Industry, and its provisions called (Continued on Page 8) Harmon at Capitol For OWI Pix Parley Washington Bur., THe' FILM DAILY Washington — Francis Harmon, WAC executive secretary, was in Washington yesterday. it is believed that he was conferring with OWI pix chief Taylor Mills concerning the liquidation of the OWI bureau, which will pass out of existence a week from tomorrow. WAC has committed itself to carry on the theatrical release schedule set up in co-operation with OWI for the rest of the year. i^&