The Film Daily (1946)

W*^ DAILY Monday, August 19, 194 Vol. 90, No. 35 Mon., Aug. 19, 1946 10 Cents cominc nno dome JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate PubJisher and General Manager BARNEY BALABAN flies to Toronto today to LEON J. BAMBERGER, RKO Radio sales proattend board meeting of Famous Players Canadi | motion manager, returns today from a two-week an. I vacation at Excelsior, Minn. 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, Secretary-Treasurer; 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 communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. Phone BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address: Filraday, New York. Representatives: HOLLYWOOD, 28, Calif. — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. WASHINGTON— Andrew H. Older, 6417 Dahlonega Road, Wash. 16, D. C. Phone Wisconsin 3271. Manning Qagett, 2122 Decatur St. NW. Phone, Hobart 7627. CHICAGO, 45, 111.— Joseph Esler, 6241 N. Oakley Ave., Phone Briargate 7441. LONDON —Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127133 Wardour St. W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. BOMBAY— Ram L. Gogtay, Sandhurst Bldg. ALGIERS — Paul Safifar, Filmafric, 8 Rue Charras. STOCKHOLM — Gunnar Ruud, Jaktvarvsplan 30.g. HONOLULU— Eileen O'Brien. MEXICO CITY — Airi Andrade, Mexico City Herald, Colon 14. D. F. SAN JUAN — E. Sanchez Ortis. MONTREAL — Ray Carmichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy, 411 Lyric Theater Bldg.; SYDNEY, Bowdin Fletcher, 19 Moxon Ave., Punchbowl, N. S. W. Phone, UL 2510. BRUSSELS — Jean Pierre Meys, 110 Rue des Paquerettes; MOSCOW, Raymond A. Davies, Hotel Metropole. FINANCIAL (.Aug. 16) = NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Bell & Howell 27 27 27 Columbia Picts 311/4 31 311/4 East Kodak 235 235 235 Gen. Prec. Eq 331/2 331/4 331/4 Loew's, Inc 341/4 3334 333^ Paramount 361/4 35% 357/8 RKO 21 1/2 21 1/4 21 1/4 Republic Picts 123/8 I21/4 I21/4 20th Century-Fox ... 54 5234 527/8 20th Century-Fox pfd. 67 67 67 Universal Pict 421/2 421/2 421/2 Universal Picts. pfd.. 99 99 99 Warner Bros 45% ^Si/s 451/8 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts. . . , 734 7% 1% Radio-Keith cvs 87/8 83^ 83^ Sonotone Corp 41/2 43/8 4% Technicolor 21 21 21 Trans-Lux 53/4 5% 5% OVER THE COUNTER Bid Pathe Industries 10% Cinecolor 9 Net Chg. 1/4 4 1/4 Vz % 1/4 1/4 1/4 + 1 — 1 Asked "7/8 91/2 CHESTER B. BAHN, editor of THE FILM DAILY, is vacationing on his Skaneateles, N. Y., farm. A. J. BALABAN is due in Chicago this week. TOM CONNORS and WILLIAM C. CEHRINC arrived in Chicago yesterday for the 20th-Fox meeting. JOHN BALABAN and NATE PLATT are vacationing at Mercer, Wis. AL ZIMBALIST, national ad head of Film Classics, leaves for Providence today to assist on the premiere of "Stella Dallas" at the Empire; he returns Wednesday. HENRY L. NATHANSON, president of Regal Films, Ltd., Canada; TED COULD, general sales manager; and DEWEY BLOOM, M-G-M exploiteer for Canada, left over the week-end for Toronto after conferring with home office executives. TOM WALLER, UA's publicity manager, will leave here today for a week's vacation at his home in Long Beach, L. I. EARL SWEIGERT, Paramount's Eastern division manager, goes to Cleveland today. ANNA MAY WONG has arrived in New York from Hollywood, and is a guest at The WaldorfAstoria. DIANA BARRYMORE is in Brattleboro, Vt., to appear in "Philadelphia Story" at the Brattleboro Summer Theater. HARRY ROSENQUEST, Warner Theaters' executive, is in the New Haven territory for a few days. JOHN P. BYRNE, Eastern sales manager for M-G-M, was in Detroit over the week-end, preliminary to moving his family to New York. WILLIAM B. ZOELLNER, head of M-C-M's reprint and importations division, completed his New England and Eastern tour of exchanges yesterday when he returned to New York from Philadelphia. SEYMOUR SIMON, Chicago film attorney, was in New York last week in connection with the Monroe Theater availability complaint. FOR SAME DAY SPECIAl TRAILER SERVICE FILMACK PDQ and PERFECT, too rilMACK TRAILER CO. a □ a a LEDA BAUER, RKO Radio's Eastern story editor, is in Hollywood for conferences with Manny Wolfe, head of the studio's story and writing departments, before she leaves for England on a special assignment for the company. SID BLUMENSTOCK, assistant exploitation manager of 20th Century-Fox, left Friday for his vacation. He will be gone for two weeks. ROBERT MONTGOMERY, M-G-M star, is scheduled to leave the Coast Sept. 1 for New York to produce a new play. "The Big Two," on Broadway. WILLIAM ERBB, Vanguard sales manager in Great Britain, sailed Friday on the Queen Mary, accompanied by MRS. ERBB. JOSEPH BREEN, accompanied by MRS. BREEN, left Saturday for the Coast. WINFIELD ANDRUS, of THE FILM DAILY staff, returned today from a vacation. MALCOLM KINCSBERG, SOL SCHWARTZ, and WILLIAM HOWARD have returned here from the Chicago debut of "Caesar and Cleopatra." JEAN PIERRE AUMONT. M-G-M star, and his wife MARIA MONTEZ, will leave the Coast this week by plane, en route to Paris for a twomonth visit with Aumont's relatives. "Henry V" May Move Ove To John Golden Theater A deal is reported to be in wc for the acquisition of the Jo: Golden Theater for an extended rr. of "Henrj' V," following the cor elusion of the film's current engage ment at the City Center. It is said that the picture will b booked into the former legit house for an extended engaj of six months to a year. The*trui' rent run at the City Center finishe Sept. 2. Opening at the Golden reported to be set for Sept. 5. Boles Named Beck's Aide West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAJL Hollywood — Universal-Internation al announced the appointment 0 George Boles as assistant to Joh Beck, Jr., U-I's general managei Until the merger of Universal ani International, Boles had been an ex ecutive in the latter studio's advis ory board. Boles assumes his ne\ duties at once. Enterprise Retains Capital Legal Firm Enterprise Productions has augmented its legal representation with the retaining in Washington of the firm of Arnold & Fortas. The senior partner is Thurman Arnold, former assistant Attorney General. The company is represented in Los Angeles by Schwartz, Tiffren & Steinberg and in New York by Howard Reinheimer. ]\. Y. THEATERS 21 More Indies Join NCA; Call off Board Meeting Minneapolis— All 21 North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota independent exhibitors who attended the North Central Allied regional meeting at Grand Forks, N. D., this week joined the organization, Donald Swartz, NCA executive secretary, disclosed. Another NCA regional meeting wil be held in Minot, N. D., the end of the month. The NCA board meeting scheduled for Minneapolis this month has been cancelled. RVIULaBLE — GIRL FRIDAY Motion Picture Production. Top Notch Secretary. Keep Script — Assist at Studio, in Cutting Room. Box 58, Film Daily, 1501 Broadway, New York 18. TRANS-CONTINENTAL FILMS, INC. 33 W. 42nd St., N. 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