The Film Daily (1947)

liuesday, February 4, 1947 11 DAILY earling' as Special 'ia Competitive Bids (Continued from Page 1) anager, with his field sales mangers and home office execs, at the rake Hotel. It is planned to release "The e^t. 9S" genei'ally in March. The c, already playing in New York and Ihicago, is slated to open in B & K's rate Lake in the Loop the latter xt of the month. The local policy 11 be continuous, the same as the iadio City Music Hall. J Elaborate plans are being made ir the midwestem premiere, with & K executives William K. Holnder and James Savage co-operatg with William R. Ferguson, -G-M exploitation head, and his idwestern staff. Claude Jarman, \, the Jody of the picture, and Flag, ie fawn, will come for p.a.'s. Ted Morris of M-G-M's studio iblicity staff is now in New York orking with Howard Dietz, vice•esident and director of advertisg, publicity and exploitation; Ferason, and Herbert Crooker, publicly manager, en the New York and hieago visits of Jarman and the .wn. The latter are due there to IN NEW INDUSTRY POSTS HARRY HATCHELL, Chicago booking department. Great States circuit, Chicago, III. LEE DORAN, Universal newsreel, Chicago, III. JACK REED, manager. Booths Palace, Cicero, III. R. M. DAUGHERTY, Tampa area district manager, Florida State Theaters, Tampa, Fla. JESSE L. CLARK, manager, operations department, Florida State Theaters, Jacksonville, Fla. JOSEPH SLOAN, manager, Loew's Strand, Syracuse, N. Y. THOMAS DONIGAN, assistant manager, Eckel, Syracuse, N. Y. JERRY WELLS, manager. Ideals Films' branch, Cambridge, Mass. GEORGE KEMBLE, manager, State, Hanover, Pa.; from Ritz, Wilmington, Del. ALFRED LOWENTHAL, manager, Ritz, Wilmington, Del. EDWARD HOLMES, assistant manager, Arcadia, Wilmington, Del.; from the Warner, Wilmington. CHARLES TUCKER, assistant manager, Warner, Wilmington, Del.; from the Grand, Wilmington. JAMES LAMONT, assistant manager, Grand, Wilmington, Del.; from the Merchant Marine. Clem Pope, Former RKO Theater Exec, Is Dead Monogram to Produce 10 Films in Mexico Cleveland — Clem Pope, 52, born in Muskogee, Okla., who came to Cleveland in 1938 as publicity man for RKO Theaters and was RKO Theater district manager from 1940 to 1945, died Saturday at Mt. Sinai Hospital where he had been ill one week. For the past year he was associated with Mitchell, McCanless and Claus, advertising firm. Surviving are his wife, Margaret, and two sons, Clem, Jr., and Richard, a brother and two sisters. (Continued from Page 1) City Variety Club, who is visiting the film colony to interest stars in making appearances at four charity balls planned in the Mexican capital this year. Balls' proceeds will go to the Variety Club's campaign to raise more than a million pesos for the establishment of a home for poor children. The Mexican Government will donate the land for the institution. Montes said 10 theaters are under construction in Mexico City and five more will arise during the year. Forum Priority for Arbitration System (Continued from Page 11 "lies between litigation and Government control on the one hand, and self regulation and conciliation on the other. It will be fitting and proper for the projected forum to attempt to formulate a system of industry arbitration that will meet all objections to the present system." Levy indicated that an invitation to participate in the Forum will be sent to Allied States. Allied, at its recent board meeting, was non-committal on the Forum suggestion. If and when the MPTOA invitation is received, the question will be referred to the executive committee which in turn will poll members of the board before taking action. I Nelson Greene Passes Chicago — Funeral services were held here for Nelson L. Greene, a founder of Educational Screen Magazine, who died last week. Greene was 65. A graduate of Colgate, Greene received a' doctorate from Princeton. He served in the French Army during World War I and was a member of the Society for Visual Education. He leaves a widow and daughter. 1 ~J NORTH STAR • THE WESTERNER • THIEF OF BAGDAD . LYDIA • THAT HAMILTON WOMAN THE JUNGLE BOOK • RETURN OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL • SCARLET PIMPERNEL • FOUR FEATHERS