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The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Nine Years Old
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VQ ,93, NO. 57
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 194*
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160 More Pix For Kid Shows
Availability of 160 features — 60 released during past year— for special children's
shows, thus supplementing Children's Library list of 46 was announced by the MPAA here yesterday. Supplementary roster was made possible by action sales chiefs of majors. Ned Depinet headed special committee.
Beacon Award Goes To Rodner
MP Associates voted annual Beach Award to Warners' Harold Rodner at yesterday's luncheon meet and by close vote rejected proposal to admit femmes.
More Ticket
Taxes in Pa.
Pittsburgh— New local admissions taxes go into effect in area towns on Apr. 1. In majority of cases* rate is 1C#, but in suburban West View rate will be 20$. Lowest rate, 0>t will be in Butler.
Clash Between Top Leaders of TOA
And Allied Coqls Off Members
Of House Judiciary Group
Washington— Prevailing opinion here yesterday was that the dispute Monday afternoon before a House Judiciary Subcommittee between top leaders of National Allied and TOA killed the Lewis Bill deader than a very dead duck. Agreement by TOA prexy Ted Gamble that the committee was in the midst of an intraindustry dispute was just about what it took to make those committee members on hand decide now would be a fine time to retire.
MULVEY INDISPENSABLE. EAJ
Hollywood— James Mulvey was "indispensable11 in the friendly settlement of the British film tax problem" , Eric A. Johnston asserted in a telegram to Sam Goldwyn, read at a SIMPP testi^ monial dinner to Mulvey last night.
WRIGHT WILL LEAVE D OF J
Washington— Robert L. Wright, Government legal expert in numerous film anti-trust actions, will resign his D of J post shortly. Wright told FILM DAILY he believes his work on the cases will terminate with the Supreme Court's equity suit decision.
16 MM SOLVES LOEW PROBLEM
Toronto-Faced by a ban on the use of high voltage power by the Hydro commission, 2,743seat Loew's uptown used an Ampro 16 mm. arc projector for three weeks until a generator ecvld be installed.
NEW BUYING COMBINE IN OHIO
Cleveland-Lou Ratener and Tony Stern resigned from Warner Theaters to set up Ohio Theater Service. Corp. , to buy and book for area houses. Company starts functioning May 1.
Deliquency Pic Is TOA Plan
A special program of participation in the forthcoming nationwide drive on Juvenile Delinquency was adopted here yesterday by TOA' s special committee headed by Charles P. Skour— as.
Plan includes the production of an appropriate film, special trailers and the recommendation to member theaters of the role they can play in the drive by sponsoring special children's performances, Youth Forums and kindred activities.
Sqndusky Votes 3 % Ticket Tax
Sanausky, O.-The City Council has voted a 3$ amusement tax, patterned after Cleveland's,
RKO Sets High Goal jn 16 mm
Indianapolis— RKO' s 16 mm. project aims at 50,000 accounts, according to the ATOI bulletin. Theatrical situations will be charged a guarantee of $25 against 50 per cent, with 18 months clearance.
LM DAILY'S "New Look" Today Is Occasioned by the N.Y.Printers Strike