The Film Daily (1947)

^3fe Thursday, July 17, 1947 Vol. 92, No. 12 Thurs., July 17, 1947 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. \V. Alicoate, President; Donald M. Mersereau, Vice-President and Treasurer; Patti Alicoate, Vice President and Secretary. 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 Filmday, New York. WEST COAST OFFICES Ralph Wllk, Manager 6425 Hollywood Blva. Phone: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older, Chief Manning Clagett 6417 Dahlonega Rd. 2122 Decatur PI., NW Phone: Wisconsin 3271 Phone: Hobart 7627 CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler, Chiof H. H. MacDonald C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, I'T-ISS Wardour St., W. 1. MANILA — Homer Stuart Hotel Manila. HAVANA — Mary Louise Blanco. Virtudes 214. BOirBAT— Bam L. GogUy, Kitab Mahal, 100 Hnmby Rd.. Fort, Bombay 1. AL GFERS — Paul Satfar, Filmafrlc, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL — Ray Carmlrhael. Room 9. 464 Francis Xavler St. TANCOTTVER — Jacl( Droy. 411 Lyric Theater Bide. SYDNEY — Bowden Fletcher. 19 Moxnr Ave.. Punchbowl. N. S. W. Phone, UY 2110. BRUS SETyS — .lean Pierre Meya. 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN — .Tohn Llndherg, .Tembanealle No. 3. Copenhaqen-Van T/oese. ROSfE — .Tohn Perdicari. Via Lndovlsi 16. Phnne, 427.5S. ^rOXTEYTDEO — Dr. Walter Schuck, Cerrito 597. IifEXICO CITY— nnnnciRL (Wed., July 16) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 18 18 18 Bell & Howell 221/8 2' 21 Vs Columbia Picts 19 ISVs 19 East. Kodak 471/2 471/8 471/2 Gen. Prec. Eq 2OI/4 201/8 20 1/4 Loew's, Inc 24% 24 24 Paramount 293/g 291/8 291^ RKO 137/8 13% 133/4 Republic Pict 6 6 6 Republic Pict. pfd... I21/2 I21/4 I2V2 20th Century-Fox ... 33 32'/2 327/8 Universal Pict 231/2 223/, 227/8 Warner Bros 17 I63/4 167/8 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts. .4 334 4 RKO 41/8 4 41/8 Sonotone Corp 33^ 3% 33^ Technicolor I43/4 14% 14% Trans-Lux 41/4 4V4 41/4 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Cinecolor 6^/4 Pathe 53/8 Net Chg. + 1 -f I'/s + 1/4 + 1/4 — % — '/8 — Vs "V4 — V7. — Vs Asked 7 63/8 latmtt It M.M. touno •4u<pm«nt fioi been Installed In our air conditioned . . . SCREENING ROOM . . . in addition to our 35 M.M. R.C.A. High Fidelity Sound and Simplex Projectors ... Con We "Show" Yout ^ ' Call: CIrcIa 6-0081-2-S-4 BOfiDED FILM STORAGE Ce., Inc. KM BROADWAY. N. Y. C. cominG flno Goinc JOSEPH SIRITZKY, secretary treasurer of Siritzky Int'l arrives Monday on the S.S. America with his family after several months' visit in Fronce. MYRON SETTLER, Poramount's New York bronch manager, will leave town tomorrow, bound for a two-week holiday in Westbrook, Conn. CLAUDE LEE, Poramount's director of public relations, is on a vacation in the South. FRED MEYERS, Universal-International Eastern division sales manager, was in Albany Tuesday, returning to New York yesterday. LOUIS J. KAUFMAN, Warner Theaters' executive, left last night for Cleveland, Akron and Pittsburgh, returning to New York early next week. BEN KALMENSON, WB vice-president and general sales manager, is on a trip to Chicago, Kansas City and other Midwest points. He is due bock in New York early next week. ROY HAINES, Western division sales manager for Warners, returns today from Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis. ARTHUR HORNBLOW, M-G-M producer, ond his wife, will arrive from the Coast the end of the month and soil on the S.S. Queen Elizabeth Aug. 1 for London. VICTOR SAVILLE, M-G-M director, his wife and daughter, will leave the Coast Aug. 3 for New York, from where they will sail Aug. 8 on the S.S. Queen Mary. Wirthwein on Exchange Swing for Parq.'s Drive Harold Wirthwein, captain of Pai-amount's 1947 sales drive, left for Buffalo yesterday to conduct pre-drive meetings in that city today and tomorrow^. From Buffalo, the assistant West Coast district manager will leave for meetings in Cleveland, July 21-22; Detroit, July 23-24; Cincinnati, July 25-26; Indianapolis, July 28-29; Chicago, July 30-31. Also, Milwaukee, Aug. 1; Minneapolis, Aug. 4-5; Des Moines, Aug. 6; St. Louis, Aug. 7-8; Kansas City, Aug. 11-12; Omaha, Aug. 13; Denver, Aug. 14-15; Salt Lake City, Aug. 18-19; Seattle, Aug. 20-21; Portland, Aug. 22; San Francisco, Aug. 25-26, and Los Angeles, Aug. 27-28. Sales drive runs from Aug. 31 to Nov. 29. Boren Named AMPP V.-P. For Industrial Relations West Coast Bureau oj THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Charles S. Boren, who has been in charge of AMPP's labor relations since March 23, has been appointed vice-president in charge of industrial relations. AMPP's law committee members yesterday submitted their digest of the Taft-Hartley bill to the board of directors. Devry Sells Film Library To Film Registry Chicago — Devry Corporation announced yesterday that they have sold their film library business to Film Registry, L. R. Robbins manager, as Devi-y needed the library space for expansion of their theater equipment department. GEORGE SHARP, of M-G-M's legal staff, is bock from Cincinnati. FRANK BIBAS, vice-president and general manager of Casanave-Artlee Pictures, Inc., is on a week's trip to Cincinnati, Cleveland, and surrounding points. LIZABETH SCOTT left Hollywood for the premieres of Paramount-Hal Wallis' "Desert Fury" in Salt Lake City, Sunday; San Francisci, July 28; Phoenix, July 30; Denver, Aug. 1; Oklahoma City, Aug. 4 and Tulsa, Aug. 6. JOSEPH SLOANE, manager, Loew's Strand, Syracuse, is vacationing with his brother in Allentown, Pa. HERBERT STOTHART, M-G-M's musical director, will arrive from Hollywood Aug. 7 and sail for England on the S.S. Queen Mary the following day. SELMA STOFF, of the Paramount publicity department, is vacationing in the Pocono Mountains. M. L. SIMONS, editor of The Distributor, M-G-M sales organ, and assistant to H. M. Richey, will leave for Toronto Aug. 11 to spend two days there on business. DOROTHY DAY, M-G-M fan magazine contact, leaves tomorrow for the Coast for conferences with Howard Strickling and his staff. Gaines Named Prexy of New Chi. "CoUarite" Union Chicago — Jerry Gaines, drive-in theater, was elected president of the new lATSE B. Local 46 yesterday; Wanda Brown, RKO cashier, veepee, and Clarence Jalas, of Operators Union, was named temporary secretary-treasurer. Gladys Denton, Essaness Circuit; William McBreen, B&K Circuit; George Lane, Schoenstadt Circuit, were named trustees. James Bemardine serves as sergeant-at-arms. Ten cents hourly wage increase was granted to all white collar workers retroactive to July 1. One week and two week vacations with pay, depending on length of employment. Circuit and independent theater owmers signed wage agreements yesterday. Gene Atkinson, business agent of the Operators Union, said this is the first large city with one hundred per cent unionization. Screen Publicists Guild Vote Withdrawal from CSU West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — By a vote of 160 to 115 the Screen Publicists Guild members have moved to withdraw from CSU. Screen Story Analysts, IBEW and Janitors Unions were recent withdrawals from CSU. CALIFORNIA HERE I COME Northern Exhibitor, Charmed by Your Climate, wishes to obtain one or more theatres, small town or nabes. Will consider any proposition up to $250,000. Box 590, THE FILM DAILY 6425 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood 28, California $10,500 Opening Day For Criterion's Prison Pix U-I's "Brute Force," with a take of about $10,500, set a new nonholiday opening day record at Loew's Criterion Theater in New York yesterday. Opening day's receipts were more than $1,000 highe^^han those of the previous record^Bier, "Bandit of Slierwood Forest.^^^ For the engagement of "Brute Force," the Criterion is remaining open until 4:30 a.m. Prison front created by Sterling Sign for the Criterion is reportedly the most costly the theater has ever used. ^. Y. TBDE ATERS — RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL—? Rockefeller Center Gene TIERNEY Rex HARRISON George SANDERS "THE GHOST and MBS. MUIR" A 20th Century-Fox Picture SPECTACULAR STAGE PRESENTATION EM ROBERT YOUNG • SUSAN HAYWARD Ahey '" RITA JOHNSON Wi BEiryHUTITIH JOHN UIND '?=■•■ ■p^R^MO(//vr . ^XCOISK I ^^^* OH SCREEN JAMES MASON 'GOD MAN our IN PEKSOM HARRY BABBITT CIRO RiMAC and his Band EximI SUE RYAN Plus others THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES' 'S^kiit THE MOST HONORED FILM OF OUR TIME! •COOL ASTOR B'WAY & 45th ST. Peggy CUMMINS Victor MATURE Ethel BARRYMORE "MOSS ROSE" A 20th Century-Fox Picture PLUS ON STAGE— OLSEN and JOHNSON ROXY^r;st.'