The Film Daily (1945)

Friday, September 7, 1945 7W< DAILY Columbia Will Hold Four Zone Meetings (Continued from Page 1) in with the launching of topflight new product, including "Kiss and Tell," "She Wouldn't Say Yes," and "Pardon My Past." Col. Curtis Mitchell ^ill addi'ess each regional meet in 'connection with "The True Glory," OWI-WAC film being released by Columbia. Montague will preside at the Chicago meeting, to be held at the Hotel Drake. Other home office personnel in attendance will include Rube Jackter, Louis Weinberg, Louis Astor, M. J. Weisfeldt, George Josephs, H. C. Kaufman, Maurice Grad, Seth Raisler, Irving Sherman, Vincent Borelli, Joseph Freiberg, Sydney Singerman and William Brennan. Also present will be managers and sales personnel of branches under the supervision of Carl Shalit and D. C. Marcus, Central and Midwestern sales manager, the Albany, Buffalo, Des Moines, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Omaha and St. Louis offices. New York session, at the Hotel Wai'wick, will have in attendance managers and sales staffs of branches under Nat Cohn, Sam Galanty, I. H. Rogovin and H. E. Weiner, New York, Mid-East, New England and Eastern Pennsylvania-southern New Jersey division managers, including the Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, New Haven, New York, Philadelphia, ] Pittsburgh and Washington offices. \ Home office representatives at the \ New Orleans meeting, in the Hotel Roosevelt, will include Montague, j Jackter, Weinberg, Josephs and I Kaufman. Personnel from branches I under R. J. Ingram and Robert Un' derwood. Southeastern and Southwestern division managers, including \ Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Memphis, j New Orleans and Oklahoma City offices will attend. Montague, Jackter, Josephs and Kaufman will go on to Los Angeles where the local representation, at the Hotel Ambassador, will be from branches under Jerome Safron, Western division manager, including Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle. SEnO BIRTHDIiy CREETinCS TO: September 7 Arthur W. Kelly Merna Kennedy Roscoe Karns Roy Barcroft September 8 Howard Oietz ' David Horsley John Farmer Gloria Gray May McAvoy Wm. C. Cehring September 9 Ned E. Depinet Neil Hamilton Charles Farrell Jay A. Cove Pauline Garon Vera Vague Wandering at Warners HOLLYWOOD • • • "THE LUTE SONG," a play with music to be produced in New York, is said to be Mary Martin's next assignment upon completion of her scenes for Warners' "Night and Day," the Cole Porter biography to star Gary Grant. . . • Full of high praise for the volunteer workers of the American Red Cross was Dennis Morgan when he returned from on eight-week tour of stateside service hospitals He claims the tour would not have been nearly as successful without their wonderful co-operation Morgan is ready to take off on another tour as soon as picture commitments will permit. . . • 20th-Fox gets Monty WooUey as soon as he finishes playing himself in Warners' "Night and Day." "The Beard" seems to be on the mend after several weeks' illness T T T • • • DANE CLARK has bought a California adobe home just opposite the Riviera Polo Field and will move in as soon as the property is through escrow The purchase was made immediately after his return from p.a.'s at the New York Strand, which may or not mean he prefers the West Right now Dane is working in "Her Kind of Man," the Faye Emerson-Zachary Scott starrer. . . • Alexis Smith and Craig Stevens are both working and have had to give up house shopping for the time being. . . • When Addison Randall was killed recently while doing a serial for Universal, the studio replaced him with Joe Haworth. Joe is one of Wally Ford's brothers-in-law and the Haworths have been actors for three generations T ▼ T • • • ERROL FLYNN'S schnauzer, a little guy, tried to get tough with Eleanor Parker's massive sheep dog outside the set of "Never Soy Goodbye" The big hound stood for the yapping as long as he could, then gave Errol's pet the fire-hydrant treatment. . . • Both Martha Vickers and Janis Paige, feminine leads in "The Time, the Place and the Girl," stepped up a notch in billing for the Warner musical Not only that, but they have both drawn fat assignments and seem headed straight for star billing. Martha recently signed with a new agent, Sam Jaffe ▼ ▼ ▼ • • • BRUCE BENNETT nee Herman Brix, the Olympic star is very happy because he has drown the only sympathetic mole role, San Tomas, in "The Man I Love" All the rest of the males in the cast are heels of one kind or another The role is a nice reward for the swell job he did with Joan Crawford in "Mildred Pierce.". . • In spite of rumors to the contrary, Charles Boyer has not sold his fabulous Beverly Hills home He is keeping it and working hard on the final pages of script for "Confidential Agent.". . • Bob "Rhapsody in Blue" Alda is making up for all the idle months he had vrhile waiting for release of the Gershwin musical "The Man I Love" is but the first of several picture assignments which will keep him busy jor months ▼ T T t • • NOW LET'S WIN THE PEACE!!! Arthur Gutman Dead Wist Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Arthur Gutman, 54, composer and musical director for many films, died Tuesday of a heart attack. Outstanding among his musical accomplishments was his direction for M-G-M's "The Great Waltz." Richard V. Lesueur Dead Montreal — Richard Vryling Lesueur, 64, director of General Theater Corp. and of Odeon Theaters Ltd. died yesterday in a Toronto hospital. He was chairman and president of Imperial Oil Ltd. and of International Petroleum Co., and v.-p. of three gold mining companies. Equip. Dealers, Mfrs. MeetOd. 6-7 (Continued from Page 1) here Oct. 5-7, inclusive, it was learned yesterday. During the 1944 TEDPA convention, there was much informal discussion among trade representatives attending the conclave regarding the advisability of equipment manufacturers dovetailing, through an organization of their own, their activities with those of TEDPA. Thus TESMA, an old established body which predates by many years the newer association of dealers, again comes into the trade picture, chiefly through the action of Oscar Neu, president of Neumade Products, and a consistently strong supporter . of TEDPA. Another TESMA official, E. Allan Williford, formerly of National Carbon, and now in a key post with Ansco, has also been a supporter of TEDPA, and active in the latter's purposes. Whether or not TESMA continues under that name, or is succeeded by a newer organization in expanded forni,' may be known before the E(Igewater Beach Hotel meeting is concluded, but the important thing is that both manufacturers and dealers alike intend to embark on a new era of harmonious trade relationships. STORK REPORTS Vancouver, B. C. — Edith Manning of Regal Films and Bessie Neill of 20th-Fox both gave birth to baby girls in Vancouver Hospital last week. TEDPA Conclave Will See New Equip. Demonstrated St. Louis — Demonstrations of new theater equipment by manufacturers during the three-day TEDPA convention, Oct. 5-7, inclusive, in Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel, will be an important facet of the ! meeting, it was stated here yester j day by TEDPA's chief, Ray G. Colvin. Indications point, he said, to a very large attendance, and pointed out that this is the first time the organization has met without clouds of war and full-scale restrictions hovering over the deliberations. TEDPA, he declared, will hold its business sessions on the opening day of the convention, and subsequently will meet jointly with manufacturers' representatives. On Saturday night, Oct. 6 the banquet will : be held. Sunday sessions will be followed by adjournment, so that all delegates can return by Monday morning to their businesses.