The Film Daily (1945)

onday, September 17, 1945 ^te ajor Soviet Studio eps Up Reieases (Continued from Page 1) eens in December, along with the ond part of "Ivan the Terrible" '■[ "Admiral Nakhimov." Slated for earlier release are Ity Without Guilt," "Hello Mos'Real Fellow" and one other ture. yonservation of prints is currently eiving attention in the USSR inluch as the shortage of film has yet passed. Consequently, the ivincial Motion Picture Adminis ion is attempting to make prints ; for a span of 700 performances. related conservation step which been suggested is to have outlets down on the number of performes. he feature "Hello Moscow" is eduled to make its bow next ith, and deals with the life of ational school students and Soviet In it are impressive sequences ling with dancing, singing, and anastics. The scenario is by M. pin and N. Erdman, and it was diJed by S. Yutkivic. Imes to Produce i^hnny Fletcher" Series ( Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY o 11 y w o o d — Frank Gruber's hnny Fletcher" detective series, jd on his novels, will be produced OJWalter Colmes, with the first one -ig before the cameras around , 1, starring Albert Dekker, and ^ting with a film version of "The nch Key" which was awarded the •y Roberts Rinehart prize in 1940. nes will film two Gruber novels ually for three years for release Republic. iw Heads Studios' [ited Charity Drive Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY ollywood — Leadership of the film istry's first annual united appeal charity campaign to be auI'ized and conducted within the lios in the next 12 months has jjjfi accepted by David L. Loew, first pendent producer to head an allstry drive. w "Dolly Sisters" Tomorrow wentieth-Fox, will' tradeshow e Dolly Sisters," in all exchange ers on tomorrow. EHD BIRTHDflV GREETIRGSTO: Sept. 17 Lewis Milestone Al Kingston Esther Ralston Helen Vinson Herman Ruby Edward Ruff Ed Paramore, )r. Roddy McDowall Monty Schaff Twinkle Watts Dolores Costello Barrymore HOLLYWOOD • * * • — By RALPH WILK — Memo from Monogram HOLLYWOOD • • • THE HIGHEST PRODUCTION budget in the history of Monogram has been allotted to "Glamour Girl," the next Belita starring vehicle which is now being prepared for production by King Bros. Frank Tuttle has been signed to direct, and the picture, instead of being a skating spectacle only, will carry a highly dramatic story Belita literally brought down the house one night in Hollywood recently, when she was guest star at an ice show put on at the famous Trocadero for the benefit of the Hollywood Guild Canteen T T T • • • PHIL REGAN has been in vaudeville and pictures for 12 years, but he has just played his first date at the Orpheum in Los Angeles, where he headlined the stage show After closing, and with plenty of gas, Phil drove to Chicago, to open a four-week engagement as soloist in the Blackstsne Hotel's Mayf air Room Another traveler to the East was Kay Francis who, after starring in and co-producing two box office films, "Divorce" and "Allotment Wives," went to Newark to star in the stage play, "Windy Hill" ▼ ▼ T • • • THE FIRST PICTURE produced by Harry A. Romra, head of the theaters division of General Amusement Corp., is the just-completed "Swing Parade of 1946" It's the highest bracketed straight musical ever made by Monogram, with Gale Storm, Phil Regan, Connee Boswell, The Three Stooges and others ▼ TV • • • FOR THE FIRST TIME, Johnny Mack Brown will sing in his next western And for the first time Sidney Toler's next Charlie Chan film will have musical trimmings, with the Oriental detective doing a rhumba Ice has just been broken in another direction with the opening of "The Shanghai Cobra," first Charlie Chan picture 1o play the fabled Grauman's Chinese in Hollywood ▼ ▼ ▼ • • • "DILLINGER." the gangster drama produced by King Eros., has turned out to be Monogram's most profitable picture And indeed one of the sensations of the current season in its box office potency T ▼ ▼ • • • LEO GORCEY, HUNTZ HALL and the other East Side Kids will continue on the Monogram program, but next season they are to be known as The Bowery Boys Same uninhibited gang, however ▼ ▼ T • • • JIMMY WAKELY, singing western star and Number One singing cowboy on Decca records, has just completed the fifth in his Monogram series, and is off on another p.a. tour through the Southern states. . . 9 They are saying around Hollywood that the big outdoor set for "Sunbonnet Sue," reproducing New York's old Bowery, elevated railroad and all, has never been excelled for nostalgic realism T ▼ ▼ • • • A POST-WAR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, involving the expenditure of almost half a million dollars at the studio in Hollywood, has just been announced Improvements will include a new sound stage, enlargement of another, new and enlarged quarters for various departments, and a new commissary ▼ ▼ ▼ • • • NOW LETS WIN THE PEACE!!! Mrs. Enos Struck by Auto Laconia, N. H. — Mrs. Pauline Enos, assistant manager of the Colonial, is recovering from arm injuries and bruises suffered when she was knocked down by an automobile. Balaban in Hotel Deal Chicago — John Balaban heads a Chicago syndicate which is taking over the Laquinta Hotel near Palm Springs, Calif. Building Race is on ^ In the Northwest (Continued from Page 1) available, exhibs. are making preliminary plans and applying for construction permits in a number of locations. Typical revelations of recent days include the filing of theater permit applications by the owners of two Merriam Park district property owners with the question of which is to build thrown into the laps of the City Council. Lee, Frank in Clash Another disputed location is Richfield, South Minneapolis suburb. Lyman 0. Lee, associated in the operation of several Minneapolis and State houses, has secured a permit from the Richfield Council but is expected to meet serious protest and possible court action from W. R. Frank who operates the 1,000-seat Boulevard about a mile from the proposed Lee site. Frank has sent to California for an architect to draw plans for a Richfield theater and Lee has declared that his proposition is "indefinite." John Friedl, president of Minnesota Amusement Co., recently announced plans to build theaters in Minot, Mankato, Rochester, St. Paul and Eau Clare, and improvements are to be made in a number of the circuit's existing operations. Donald Guttman has purchased a site in St. Paul and will build a 750-1,000-seat theater, while Lake Region Amusement Co. will remodel the Strand, Preston, Minn. Berger Amusement Co. is mapping improvement plans on a number of the circuit's theaters and is considering a number of sites for new houses. Plans to remodel the World, Minneapolis, and to change the entrance from 7th St. to Hennepin Ave. were announced by W. A. Steffes. Swirsky to RKO New Haven — Sidney Swirsky, Columbia booker here for more than ten years, has been appointed salesman at RKO, succeeding Max Salzburg, new PRC manager. UJEDDinG BELLS Caskie-Guehl Pittsburgh — The engagement of Violette Caskie, of Canada, to Francis Guehl, city salesman for Universal here, has just been announced, and the wedding is expected to take place in the early Fall. Zucker-Weill Gladys Zucker, secretary to Ben Melniker of the M-G-M legal department, on Sept. 30 will marry Capt. Malcolm R. Weill. There will be a reception at the Sherry Netherlands following the wedding.