The Film Daily (1945)

'i^te Friday, September 21, 1945 Vol. 88, No. 57 Fri., Sept. 21, 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 ihe 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 communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Representatives: HOLLYWOOD, 28, Calif. —Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. WASHINGTON— Andrew H. Older, 5516 Carolina Place, N. W., Plione Ordway 9221; CHICAGO, 45, 111., Joseph Esler, 6241 N. Oakley Ave., Phone Briargate 7441. LONDON— Ernest W. Fred man. 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. MONTREAL— Ray Carmichael. Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. finflnciflL (Thursday, Sept. 20) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 30 297/8 297/8 — i/s 27 267/8 267/8 + 1/8 507/8 507/8 507/8 + 3/8 4'/2 41/2 41/2 313/4 31 311/4— 1/4 951/2 1941/2 195 +1 Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (21/2%) Columbia Picts. pfd. Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. . East. Kodak 1 do pfd Gen. Prec. Eq Loew's, Inc Paramount RKO RKO $6 pfd 1 20th Century-Fox . . . 20th Century-Fox pfd. 20th Century-Fox ppf. Universal Pict Warner Bros NEW YORK Monogram Picts. Monogram Picts. pfd. Radio-Keith cvs. . . . Sorotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux 291/2 29 29 — 3/4 273/8 267/8 27 — 3/8 361/2 353/4 361/2 + 3/8 107/j -- -- 041/2 1 297/8 371/8 101/2 107/8 + 1041/4 1041/2 + 295/8 297/8 + 1/8 28 181/8 CURB 4 93/8 3 3 1/2 231/8 51/2 37 371/8 -+ 1/8 27% is" +"% 177/8 18 — 1/8 MARKET 33/4 4 91/4 91/4 — 1/8 23/4 3 33/8 33/8 225/8 231/8 — 1/4 53/8 51/2 + 1/8 "U" Building in Chicago? Chicago — Universal is expected to build its new exchange building on S. Michigan Ave., near 13th St., adjoining the Crillon Hotel. Paramount has its building on Michigan Ave. but most of the others are on Wabash. "astonishing'' says A_ "keep our eye on your cash" ISOI BROAOWAy •PICTURE-THEATRE ITROL comiiiG flno GoinG IRVING BERLIN is planning to leave Hollywood by plane on Sept. 27 for New York. E. W. AARON, M-C-M circuit sales head, arrives in Milwaukee today to confer with Harold J. Fitzgerald, local opernting head for National Theaters. RUDY BERCER, M-C-M sales manager for the South, leaves Washington today for New Orleans, his headquarters. JAY COVE, head of M-C-M sales development, is on vacation in Long Island, recovering from a recent illness. RODNEY BUSH, exploitation manager of 20thFox, is on a belated vacation. CREER CARSON will arrive in New York from the Coast next week. RICHARD NEY, screen player, will arrive here from Hollywood Sept. 26. MARC CONNELLY West Coast. has arrived here from the OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II, has just returned from Hollywood. MARLENE DIETRICH arrived in Berlin this week by plane to perform for Allied troops and visit with her mother, Mrs. Josephine von Losch. SID BLUMENSTOCK, of 20th-Fox exploitation department, left here for Chicago last night. ADOLPH LINICK, of the Jones, Linick, and Schaefer circuit, Chicago, will arrive there next week for an extended visit from his California home. ANSON BOND, of Bond-Charteris Enterprises, arrived here this week from the Coast to plan production of animated television commercials. JACK FLYNN, of M-C-M's Chicago office, is heading for Lake Geneva, Wis., prior to setting out on a business trip over the central territory. JAMES A. FITZPATRICK, producer of FitzPatrick's Traveltalks for M-G-M, left for the Coast yesterday. Screen Guild Directors, Franchise Holders Meet A meeting between the members of the board and franchise holders of Screen Guild Productions was held yesterday in the Park Central Hotel, which was followed by a screening of its newest Cinecolor film, "Northwest Trail." Albert Dezel, Detroit franchise holder, said that arrangements are being made to world premiere this film, produced by Robert Lippert and starring John Litel, in Owosso, Mich., home of James Oliver Curwood, the author. The meeting will continue today. Socas to Head Foreign Sales for U. S. Films Robert D. Socas, who resigned recently as general foreign sales manager of PRC, on Monday will assume his new post as vice-president in charge of foreign sales and distribution of United States Films, a new company. Initial program of United States Films include two French, four Italian and two Argentinian pictures, with negotiations under way for some Mexican product. Company also will distribute product of American independent producers in foreign countries. Socas was with PRC from its inception and has been in the motion picture industry since 1912. Bernie Lewis Appointed Charles Schlaifer Aide Bernie Lewis has been promoted to assistant to Charles Schlaifer, 20thFox's assistant director of advertising, publicity and exploitation who has had supervision of the department since the resignation of Hal Home. Quimby Switches Name Fort Wayne, Ind. — Quimby Theatres has taken over the Shrine Theater and has renamed it the Quimby Auditorium. "Red" Silverstein Rejoins Metro in the Far East Maurice "Red" Silverstein, formerly Metro rep. in the Far East and more recently with the OWI, has been named by Morton Spring, vice-president of Loew's International Corp., as assistant regional director for the Far East. Eddie O'Connor is the regional director. L. A. Branch to Classics; Goldhammer to Move West Film Classics, Inc., has acquired the Los Angeles exchange, having purchased it from the franchise holders, Ben Peskay, H. S. Popkin and Jack Berman, it was announced yesterday by L. E. Goldhammer, vice-president and general manager. At the same time, Goldhammer announced his intention to establish ,| his headquarters in Los Angeles. h( I will supervise operations in the West, while Irving Wormser, Eastern sales manager, will direct operations of the Eastern offices from New York. Acquisition of the Los Angeles branch now gives Film Classics ownership of four exchanges, Buffalo, Albany, Chicago and Los Angeles. FPC to Redeem Bonds In the Amount of $236,000 Toronto — A marked reduction will be effected in the funded debt of Famous Players Canadian on Oct. 24 when bonds of a par value of $236,000 will be redeemed at 102 and accrued interest. The bonds called at this time include series A, B and C of the 4% per cent first mortgage and collateral trust issue due June 1, 1951. There were outstanding in the hands of the public of this issue at Dec. 31, 1944, bonds of a principal amount of $4,887,000. BIGGEST MOUNTAIN IS MT. EVEREST, INDIA : BIGGEST * MOTION PICTURE EVER PRODUCED... 1^0 ' r^ •»»», jK. / •;„y * • • *• • • • • • •^*