The Film Daily (1946)

Wednesday, September 4, 1946 IHEi •^ DAILY: Zanuck Acquires 100,000 Fox Shares lUyashington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY jjjj Washington — Acquisition by Dar•lyl F. Zanuck of 100,000 shares of 20th-Fox common highlighted the ' [picture security transactions for the period July 11 to Aug. 10, reported ■ I yesterday by the SEC. |,— Other 20th-Fox transactions re r Hed included purchase of 900 ^(f^res by Joseph H. Moskowitz. ';'■; A trust stock split-up resulted in •iseveral switches in Paramount $1 ipar common holdings, SEC said. •jThese included acquisition of 4,000 tshares by Stanton Griffis, bringing (Ihis total holdings to 9,200; acquisi•ition of 4,000 shares by T. G. La':touche, bringing his total to 8,000; acquisition of 4,000 shares by N. ij Griffis, bringing total to 8,000; 3,000 ■shares by P. K. Griffis, bringing total ■|to 6,000; 1,400 shares by W. E. Grif^liis, bringing total to 2,800; 40 shares "by Duncan and Harris, New York ; City, bringing the total to 2,400; 100 •shares by Lehman Bros., for a total lof 200; 9,360 shares by Maurice Newton, bringing total to 18,720. In jjtrust under the split were 9,190 'shares, bringing the total to 18,380. i Warner Bros, transactions injcluded acquisition of 2,000 shares of '|$5 par common by Albert Warner ■ and acquisition of 100 shares by ];Samuel Carlisle. ] Dealings in Monogram $1 par common for the period included selling of 2,600 shares by W. Ray Johnston, leaving his total holding at 17,617, and the selling of 1,000 shares !by Paul Porzelt. JPhilly's Film Theaters i In General Price Hike (Continued from Page 1) upped six or seven cents on each admission. 1 Goldman houses, including Keith ► and Karlton, increased proportionlately, as did the second-run Arcadia. iThe Studio did not increase, claiming $.68 top is about all it can get for its policy of mixed art and sensational stuff. The new Goldman will maintain present prices until the end of the run of "Monsieur Beaucaire" and the Fox will also advance its prices to same scale as S-W on its next picture. SICK REPORT j RAY BROWN, SR., Warner southern ^Ohio theater district manager, is ill at his ! Springfield, O. home. I CHARLES BULLOCK, president of Local 160, lATSE and projectionist at Loew's ^ State, Cleveland, 0., for the past 28 years, ^ is convalescing from an operation at Cleveland Clinic Hospital. . V. E. BURKLE, who operates the Rialto Theater, Fortvilie, Ind., is slowly recovering from a heart attack. Holly woodVine Yard ;By RALPH WILK iyest Coast Bttreau of THE FILM DAILY HOLLYWOOD r^AY'S studio news digest: Twentieth-Fox has named Annabeila to co-star with Richard Greene in "The Night the World Shook," under her one a-year contract, and Jeanne Crain to the lead in "Party Line," following her replacement by Nancy Guild in "My Heart Tells Me" Arthur Kramer and Frank L. Moss have acquired film rights to "The Rover Boys," authored by the late Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer). No indication was given as to whether or not the property wculd be made as a straight story or shot as a high-budget musical with top-bracket stars "Saigon," a pix dealing with the post-war adventures of an American flier in the Chinese theater, will be Alan Ladd's next Para, stint Stuart Erwin goes into Seymour Nebenzal's "Heaven Only Knows" Truman Bradley has been added to Twentieth's George Jessel production, "1 Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" RKO producer, Bert Granet, in Washington to submit his script of "Berlin Express" to War and State Depts. Shooting script calls for filming in Berlin and Frankfort, while basic production will be handled in Paris by RKO in conjunction with Pathe-Cinema Before Constance Dcwiing stars in Eagle-Lion's "His Wedding Night," opposite Dennis O'Keefe, she will play the femme lead opposite Chester Morris in Columbia's "Inside Story" Charles McGraw is a late entry into RKO's "Katie For Congress" Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson have been set for M-G-M's "Green Mansions," with Elizabeth's only objection being that she only gets to kiss him three times! The ever-growing Twentieth-Fox cast of "Forever Amber' has been joined by George Sanders, who will portray Charles II Paul Mantz, winner of the recent Bendix airrace and long time H'wood stunt flier, has been signed by Para, to take charge of all the aviation sequences in its forthcoming "Blaze of Neon." Cast is headed by William H:lden, Sterling Hayden, Sonny Tufts, John Lund and William Bendix Jean Rogers will star in Sol M. Wurtzel's "Backlash," formerly titled "Backfire" That company, incidentally, is celebrating its first anniversary with six pictures to its credit Richard Cahoon has been named by Hal Roach, Jr. as production assistant to him en 12 feature comedies scheduled for '46-47 release 20th-Fox Starlet Would Annul Personal Contract Columbus, O. — Jean Peters, who won the Miss Ohio State contest and a 20th-Fox $500-a-month contract earlier this year, has requested an annulment of her contract with Paul Robinson, campus photographer who sponsored the contest. Miss Peters, whose home is in East Canton, 0., said that she can't afford to carry out her agreement which she said had been changed from 20 per cent of her earnings for five years to 10 per cent for 10 years. Robinson, however, said that a supplementary agreement was drawn up which would pay him 10 per cent of her earnings for seven years. Miss Peters was signed by 20th-Fox for seven years at $500 a month. She said that California Superior Court had ordered her to put 10 per cent of her salary into Government bonds and that she is making payments on a calf, a farmhouse and a car. Lou Armoxir Dies Chicago — Lou Armour, 44, Midstates Theater Circuit executive, died from heart attack. His widow and a daughter survive. Burial was at Witch Lake, Mich, Metro's Blimp Aids in Rescue of Passengers The 253-foot blimp, recently leased by M-G-M to advertise its product, figured prominently in the rescue of a 32-foot cabin cruiser Sunday, when distress signals were spotted by pilot James Punderson of Lakehurst, N. J., six miles East of Sandy Hook. Punderson notified air traffic control authorities ot Newark, and then hovered over the boat with 10,000 electric bulbs illuminating the area until a Coast Guard cutter arrived on the scene to take the cruiser in tow. Harris Service Tomorrow A memorial service for William Harris, Jr., 62, Broadway theatrical producer who died at the French Hospital Monday after an operation there seven weeks ago, will be held at noon tomorrow in the Walter B. Cooke chapel, 117 W. 72nd St. Among his notable successes are lifted John Drinkwater's "Abraham Lincoln," "Outward Bound," "The Bad Man," "The Greeks Had A Word For It," "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife," "The Yellow Jacket," "Twin Beds" and "Silk Hat Harry." Plans Expansion of Eagle-Lion and PRC (Continued from Page 1) here yesterday from Europe on the Queen Mary. Young said he regarded the reciprocal distribution deal with J. Arthur Rank as a permanent arrangement. Commenting on reports that either PRC or Eagle-Lion might be absorbed by the other, Young compared the situation with that of General Motors which found it profitable to market both high and low-priced cars. Young said he conferred with Rank in England but that their meeting was more of a social nature than one of business. Also arriving on the Queen Mary was Nat Deverich, executive of Music Corp. of America, who said that MCA intended to establish a Paris office shortly. He said MCA executives would visit Europe on a rotating arrangement. Other picture arrivals on the Queen Mary were Ann Todd, British film star, and her husband, N. T. langye; Phyllis Calvert, who is en loute to Hollywood for a Universal picture, and her husband, F. Murray Hill. Metro's "Narration" to Bow in 5 Languages "Narration," a new film technique developed by M-G-M to make films more intelligible to audiences in five large language groups all over the world, will start being used early in October, it was announced yesterday by Arthur M. Loew, president of Loew's International Corp. The countries to which narrated versions have already been sent are India, China, Brazil, the Middle East and Siam. It is expected this new technique will open new markets in these countries where natives cannot read sub-titles in their own languages or understand the English sound track. The new idea utilizes a narrator who explains the English dialogue right from the screen in the language of the audience. First showing will be in Brazil with the release of "They Were Expendable." CHARTERED FILM DOCUMENTS, INC., New York City, with $100 capital in 10-cent shares, three shares subscribed, to deal in still and motion pictures, pictures negatives, etc. Incorporated in Albany, by Janice Loeb, Helen Levitt, Mortimer H. Caplin. WORD ENTERPRISES, INC., New York City, capital, 100 shares no par value stock, three shares subscribed, to import, export, publish, print motion pictures, films. Incorporated in Albany, by Theodore Wiley, Susan Ross, Moli Prebluda. X. F. 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