The Film Daily (1948)

Vol.93, No. 37 Wed., Feb. 25, 1948 JOHN W. ALICOATE DONALD M. MERSEREAU CHESTER B. BAHN 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; 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 Wilk, Manager ollywood Blvd. Phone: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU 6417 Dahlonega Rd. CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler, Chief C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman. The Film Henter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes -Ml. BOMBAY — Earn L. Gogtay, Kitah Mahal, 11)0 1 Inrnhy ltd.. Furl . Bombay 1. ALGIERS ^— Paul Safl'ar. Filmafric, 8 Rue Charras. MOXTHKAL -Bay Carmichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. VANCOUVER — Jack Dvoy, 411 Lyric Theater Bids. SYDXKY Bondcu Kl. 'teller, 19 Moxon Ave., Punchbowl. N. S. Phone, TJY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Meys, 111) Hue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN— John I.indlicn:. Jcrnhanealle No. 3, Copenhagen-Van Locsc. HOME .T< il 1 1 1 Perdicari, Via Ludovisi 16. Phone, 42758. MEXICO CITY — Latin American News Servile, Humboldt 49. 1 finAIKIAL I (Feb. 24) =^ NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. East. Kodak Gen. Prec. Eq 14*4 Loew's, Inc Paramount RKO Republic Pict. . . . Republic Pict. pfd. 20th Century-Fox 20th Cent.-Fox pfd. 39i/8 381/2. 387/8 4. I41/4 I41/4 16 16l/8 33% 33% 335/s War rsal Pict 5 6 1/2 56 11/4 56i/2 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts 2% 2% 2?/8 — % RKO 1% H/2 U/2 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Asked Cinecolor 4% 5'/8 1 "LA 1 ill «ACK OP NEW YO >f MS J RK ^^ Here we are at 245 W. 5STH ST. Ready to serve you with NEW lines! special announcement trailers. YORK PHONE 11 you haven't tried filmack's PLAZA quality and rapid service, send us 7-3809 your next order and be agreeably surprised. [ NEW TORK 1 1 245 WEST ' ^ 55 STREET IIM 1141 J Los Angeles J 1574 W.Wash-l mgton 5< J cimfUG avid goidg MOE KERMAN, president of Favorite Films, is en route to Hollywood. FRANK N. PHELPS, Warner Theater department executive, left for Albany last night, returning to New York the end of the week. JOHN JOSEPH, Universal-International director of advertising-publicity, has returned to the Coast. GINNY SIMMS, via plane, left yesterday for Los Angeles. MORT SPRING, Loew's Int'l vice-president, and his wife return today from the Coast via plane. DAVID D. HORNE, assistant secretary-treasurer of Monogram Int'l, will leave by air today on a three weeks' inspection trip of the Caribbean and South America. ALLYN BUTTERFIELD, after several weeks in the East completing arrangements, leaves for the Coast today to start production on specialized films for television. Washington's Birthday Grosses Set New Marks George Washington handed Broadway theater managers a birthday gift in the way of unprecedented grosses. All Washington's Birthday records for receipts and attendance were broken at the Capitol, where more than 22,000 fans went to see "Three Daring Daughters" and the Horace Heidt stage show. Radio City Music Hall, Paramount and Roxy all came near bustin' previous records with these respective attractions: "A Double Life," "Calling Northside 777" and "Road to Rio." "If You Knew Susie" racked up top grosses at the Palace. "Bishop's Wife" at the Astor and "The Burning Cross" at the Victoria all did well, as did "Sleep My Love" at the Criterion, "Killer McCoy" at the State, "Gentleman's Agreement" at the Mayfair. "Jassy" did very well at the Winter Garden. "My Girl Tisa" at the Strand, "Miracle Can Happen" at the Warner also chalked up some neat figures at the box office. George Weeks to Make Four Pix in Vitacolor West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — After being absent from the industry since 1945, George Weeks, former Monogram producer and general sales manager, has signed a four-film commitment with Hollywood Colorfilm for the use of Vitacolor. Weeks, who produced a series of Range Buster pictures for Monogram, is negotiating for release with three companies, one of which will be signed up this week. He has his four story properties and is now lining up casts. Col. Sales Meet Today Three day Columbia district managers meetings will begin today at the Warwick with A. Montague, general salesmanager, presiding. Discussions will center around plans for forthcoming product and the "Montague Sales and Liquidation Drive, 1947-48." RALPH EDWARDS left yesterday via plane for Los Angeles. VANESSA BROWN, 20th-Fox player, arrives in New York today following a tour of Alaska where she entertained U. S. troops stationed there. Miss Brown is flying in from Great Falls, Mont., via an Army bomber. EDWARD M. SAUNDERS, EDWIN W. AARON, JOHN P. BYRNE, FRANK C. HENSLER and HERMAN RIPPS leave for the Coast tomorrow to attend an M-G-M studio sales conference. They will be joined in Chicago by BURTUS BISHOP, RALPH MAW, RUDY BERGER ond JOHN J. MALONEY. MICHAEL REDGRAVE and FLORA ROBSON, two of J. Arthur Rank's leading contract stars, arrived in New York on Monday via AOS airlines, to appear here under the auspices of Theater, Inc., in "Macbeth." GEORGE J. SCHAEFER, vice-president in charge of distribution for Enterprise, and ROBERT TAPLINGER, vice-president in charge of advertising and publicity, have returned to New York from Miami. L. J. (JACK) SCHLAIFER, Eagle Lion assistant to the vice-president in charge of distribution, has left for Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco to meet with branch officials in those cities. Robert Fairbanks, Studio Supervisor, Dead on Coast West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Robert P. Fairbanks, 67, who supervised the construction of two studios, died in his home here. He had been ill for several years. Brother of the late Douglas Fairbanks, he served as a partner in the star's film ventures and handled production matters. Later he supervised construction of the Samuel Goldwyn Studio, then the United Artists Studio, and served as president of the UA Studio Corp. In 1929, he supervised construction of the Fox plant, now the 20th-Century-Fox Studio. Survivors include his wife, two daughters and two grandchildren. Hyde Is Named Talgar Circuit General Manager Lakeland, Fla. — Bolivar F. Hyde, Jr., who recently resigned from Florida State Theaters, will become general manager of the Talgar Theaters organization. There are 22 theaters in the Talgar chain. B. B. Garner is president and M. C. Talley, secretarytreasurer. They were both connected for some time with the Paramountowned Florida State Theater chain. SCREENING ROOM Our Air Conditioned Comfortlable Screening Room is part of "BONDED'S 3-WAY SERVICE" Film Storage Film Bxehange Service Air Conditioned Screening Room J0NDEDF,lS,!ri MTiT~i nlli II 1 1 II In M Wednesday, February 25, 194! ■ '■'"Rank Months" Campaigr Set by E-L's Heineman ,'0 Eagle Lion has designated Marcel and April as "J. Arthur Rar>' Months" in tribute to the Briti;producer-exhibitor whose arrival i this country is expected early ne.\. month, William J. Heineman, con,;; pany vice-president in charge of. di :in tribution, announced yesterday ) ' Among the Rank product cur>rv.:>ti I being released by Eagle Lion ai , "The Smugglers," "Green For Dai : ger," "The October Man," "Take M Life," "Caravan" and "The Advei*. turess." Cinema Lodge to Honor Rep. Javits, Hazel Scott New York's Cinema Lodge of B'n; B'rith will pay tribute to Rep. Jacc K. Javits and Hazel Scott pianist i : two outstanding American champioi of the oppressed at the Hotel Asto -■ March 2, Robert M. Weitman, pres dent of the Lodge has announced. •■ Javits, who recently returned fro Palestine, has been active in recei ■-' weeks in seeking a lifting of the TM S. embargo on the shipment of arnjp to Palestine. Miss Scott is currently appearing at the Roxy. "Vulture People" Initial Film of World-Adventure West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DA I Li Hollywood — Formation of Worh Adventure Pictures Co., Inc., to pr<J duce adventure films in out of tl! way places, is announced by Phil N. Krasne, president. Other office are George Breakston, vice-presidei and York Coplen, secretary. Company's first production, "Tl! Vulture People," was shot in Braz and is now in the cutting stage. Dc Hix has been named publicity dl rector for the company. FASTEST COASTTO-COAST SERVICE! Go by TWA Constellation For quick reservations, see your travel agent or call your local TWA office. | TRANS WORLD AIRLINE M U.S.A. • EUROPE • AFRICA • ASM M