The Film Daily (1945)

IHEl Vol. 88, No. 54 Tues., Seph 18. 1945 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Editor Published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W Alicoate, President and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, SecretaryTreasurer; Al Steen, Associate Editor. Entered as second class matter, Sept. 8, 1938, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communication;, to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone BRyant 9-7117. 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address: FUmday, New York. Representatives: HOLLYWOOD, 28, Calif. —Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. WASHINGTON— Andrew H. Older, 5516 Carolina Place, N. W., Phone Ordway 9221; CHICAGO, 45, III., Joseph Esler, 6241 N. Oakley Ave., Phone Briargate 7441. LONDON— Ernest W. Fred roan. The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardoui St., W. I. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. Virtudes 214. MOSCOW— Raymond Davies. Hotel Metropole. HONOLULU— Mrs. Annabel Damon. MEXICO CITY — Arthur Geiger. Augusto Compte 5. Mexico, D. F. SAN JUAN — E. Sanchez Ortis. MONTREAI^Ray Carmichael. Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. finnnciflL (^Monday, Sept. 17) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net Low Close Chg. 281/4 281/2 — 3/4 243/8 25 + % High Am. Seat 29 Col. Picts. vtc. (21/2%) 25 Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind 41/2 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. . SQi/g East. Kodak 1921/2 1 do pfd IS Gen. Prec. Eq 2814 Loew's, Inc 2714 Paramount 34 RKO 103/8 RKO $6 pfd 104 20th Century-Fox ... 29 20th Century-Fox pfd. 353^ 20th Century-Fox ppf Universal Plot 26I/4 Warner Bros MVs NEW YORK CURB Monogram Picts 41/3 Monogram Picts. pfd Radio-Keith cvs. . . . 27/8 Sonotone Corp 35/8 Technicolor 22Ys Trans-Lux 5 41/2 41/2 30 30 — 1/4 92 192 — 1/2 188 188 — 2 28 281/8 + l/s 263/4 271/4 + 1/2 331/2 34 10 103/8 104 104 — 1/8 283/4 29 -t 1/8 353/4 353/4 — 3/8 253/4 26" '.'.'.'.'. 167/8 171/8 — 1/4 MARKET 4 41/8 + 1/8 '25/8 '2% +"V8 35/8 35/8 + 1/8 22 223/8 + 1/8 5 5—1/8 Frank McNamee Resigns As WMC Deputy Chairman Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Frank L. McNamee has submitted his resignation as deputy chairman of the War Manpower Commission to Paul V. McNutt, WMC chairman. Prior to his WMC service, McNamee was associated with Jay Emanuel in the operation of an Eastern Pennsylvania circuit, and before that he was active in motion picture distribution. Benton, Sworn In, Will Consult Pix, Radio Execs. Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — William E. Benton, Assistant Secretary of State in charge of international information and cultural relations, took the oath of office yesterday and is at work drafting an overall program to present to Secretary of State Byrnes soon. Ferdinand Kuhn, who heads the Interim International Information Service, will remain as Benton's deputy when the program formally comes into the State Department in January. Benton is expected to begin consultations shortly with pix and radio figures in an attempt to get their ideas on how the program should operate and to find out how much co-operation he can expect from them. SAG Signs New Pact; Salary Increases Provided West Coast Bureau, of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Screen Actors Guild has signed a revised contract with the major producers providing for increases in minimum rates of pay and improvements in working conditions for screen actors. The new pact became effective Sept. 17 and salary increases are retroactive to April 1, 1945. Salary increases for day players: Minimum rate raised from $25 to $35 a day for free-lance players; minimum rate increased from $100 to $115 a week for stock contract players; minimum increased from $50 to $60 a week for the first six months and to $75 thereafter. Remove More Restrictions On Building Materials Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — All restrictions on the use of critical materials in construction were removed yesterday except for those on lead and tin. Effect of the relaxation is to make procurement of lumber, concrete and other construction materials easier for small jobs, and it will thus be valuable to exhibitors with small addition and remodeling projects planned. It does not affect the building restrictions of L-41, however, with approval still required for expensive new construction. Rites for Mrs. Dash Funeral services were held Sunday for Mrs. Ethel Dash, wife of A. J. Dash of The Film Daily's business department. Mrs. Dash died Friday morning after a long illness. Besides her husband, she leaves two daughters. DSM for Mai. Gen. Surles Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Maj. Gen. Alexander D. Surles, head of the Army's Bureau of Public Relations, was yesterday awarded a Distinguished Service Medal by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. DAILY Tuesday, September 18, 1945 Louis Cowan Leaves OWI; To Make Non-Theatricals Louis G. Cowan has tendered his resignation as chief of the New York office of the overseas branch of the OWI. He leaves the organization on Saturday. Thomas A. Malley has been appointed chief of the New York office of the Interim International Information Service of the State Department, successor to the OWI's overseas service. Cowan, who will continue to serve as consultant to the IIS, will return to the radio production field. He also is planning to produce non-theatrical films. Malley, who has worked in the newspaper and communication fields, has been with the OWI since November, 1943. New Screen Extras Guild Talks Pact with SIMPP West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — The Screen Extras Guild, which was chartered as an affiliate of the Associated Actors and Artistes of America on July 29, has started contract talks with the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers. Members of the society who were parties to the NLRB election for extras on Dec. 17, 1944, are not parties to the huddles. The conference with the SIMPP is the first to be held by the SEG with film producers since the union's inception. Jack Fuld is Named Head Of Classics Ad-Publicity Jack Fuld, veteran publicity and trade paper man, has joined Film Classics as advertising and publicity director. For the last three and a half years he has been with the U. S. Army Engineers. Fuld formerly was with the Motion Picture News and Exhibitor Trade Review, subsequently serving in the exploitation departments of the major companies. Initial assignments will be on "Marco Polo," "Woman Catches Man" and "Stella Dallas." While with the Army Engineers, Fuld was twice cited for meritorious achievements. Bachman Named Secretary Of MPTO of D.C., W. Md. Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Harry Bachman, operator of the Circle Theater here, has been elected secretary of the MPTOA of the District of Columbia and Western Maryland. He succeeds the late Nat B. Browne of Warner Bros. Ampa Meets Thursday Oi'ganization matters and the relief fund will be discussed at a closed Ampa luncheon meeting Thursday at Ronnie's Steak House. Session is the first since the Summer recess. COminC and Goinc CECIL B. DeMlLLE departs the Coast for Pittsburgh today in search of locations fof "Unconquered." HUMBERT O'CAMP, recently assigned to Phil ^eisman's foreign division as RKO Radio's Latin American traveling exploitation rep., leaves New ^ork today for Rio de Janeiro. TERRY TURNER, RKO Radio manager of e^, ploitatlon, returned to New York yesterday fro' jan Francisco. EDDIE DONAHOE, RKO assistant director, and Cameraman PAUL EACLER are in Minneapolis io shoct scenes for the movie version of Sister Elizabeth Kenny's life. ALBERT BENJAMIN, field rep. for Warners at Minneapolis, will be in LaCrosse, Wis., this week. J. O. KEEFE, Western division sales manager of Unversal, and MANNING GOTTLIEB, district manager, both of Chicago, are visiting the Universal exchanges in Minneapolis today and tomorrow. FRANCES SILVERMAN, Warner exchange cashier, New Haven, is on the Saguenay River trip, and on to Quebec and Montreal. COL. EUGENE R. HOUSEHOLDER, field rep. for Mcnogram, has arrived in Hollywood for, conferences with Steve Broidy. HELEN JAROSCAK, biller at UA, Minneapolis, is vacationing in Connecticut. DAVE EPSTEIN is at the Beaux Arts from the Coast. Honorary Membership In Local 306 for McGuire p. A. McGuire, veteran advertising and publicity official of the motion picture equipment field, and director of public relations for National-Simplex-Bludworth's Projection Equipment Division, will be made an honorary member of the Moving Picture Machine Operators, Local 306, lATSE, at a formal ceremony to be held tomorrow at noon in the local Manhattan Opera House. Herman Gelber, president of Local 306, will present McGuire with a gold card in recognition of his outstanding services over many years to the welfare of projectionists both here and throughout the nation, and to the advancement of the science of projection within the commercial motion picture industry. John McCormack Dead Dublin (By Cable) — Bronchial pneumonia brought death on Sunday to John McCormack, famous Irish tenor who took one fling at motion pictures in 1930 when he appeared in "Song o' My Heart" for Fox Film Corp. The singer, 61, died in retirement at his home outside of Dublin. SERD BIRTHDRV GREETinCSTO: Sept. 18 Greta Garbo C. Gardner Sullivan Geraldine Fitzgerald Charles Cribbon Diana Lewis Ed Jones Bobby Blake