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Wednesday, March 24. 1948
Voi. 93, No.
57 Wed., Mc
rch 24, 1948
lOCts.
JOHN W
ALICOATE :
Publisher
DONALD
M
MERSEREAU
: Associate Publisher and General Manager
CHESTER
B.
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. 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 _11 communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broa'dway, 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 6425 Hollywood Blvd
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. Chief C. L. Esler.
6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 '
STAFF CORRESPONDENTS
LONDON — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St.. W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Vlrtudes 214. BOMBAY — Ram L. Gogtay. Kltab Mahal. 190 Hornby Rd.. Fort. Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar. Filmafrlc. 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL— Ray Carmichael. Room 9. 464 Francis Xavier St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy. 411 Lyric Theater BIdE. SYDNEY— Bowden Fletcher. 19 Moron: Ave.. Punchbowl. N. S. Phone. UY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Me.vs. 110 Rue des Paquerettei. COPENHAGEN— John Llndherc Jernbanealle No. 3.
Will Consider ticket Tax Cut
Washington Chairman
K nut son of House WaysMeans Com. yesterday assured Herman Levy, TOA general counsel, committee taking up excise tax cuts next month will give "very sympathetic consideration" to industry' s calls for ticket tax reduction-.
MERGE CANADIAN CONFECTIONS
TorontoTheater Confections, Ltd., Famous Players Lasky subsidiary, absorbs Hollywood Confections » Ltd. as of April 1. J. J. Fitsgibbons, Jr., will head the combined organization.
TRADE TO WRITE FINAL TICKET
Minneapolis— Col. H. A. Cole, addressing the NCA convention, while predicting Supreme Court would okay theater divorcement , declared " the final ticket must be written by the industry , not bv the courts. w
Catholic Drive Meets Tomorrow
The rery Rev. Msgr. Christopher J. Weldon, director of Catholi c Charities, will be guest at tomorrow's Hampshire House luncheon meeting of the Motion Picture Committee for the Catholic Charities drive. Other speakers will be Frank C. Walker and George A. Schaefer, drive's assistant treasurer.
Percentage Fraud Actions in R.I.
Providence-Myer Stanzler, Joseph Stanzler, Artcraft Pictures and the Harragansett Pier Amusement Corp. were named as defendents in separate percentage
fraud suits filed in Federal Court here by Paramount, Loewrs,20thFox, Warners, HKO.
DEATHS
LINCOLN STEDMAN, producer, in Hollywood.
CHARLES RAYMOND, veteran Loewfs *heater exec* , at Scituate, Mass.
Alexander Film
Distributes Abroad
Colorado SpringsAlexander Film Co. , has taken over foreign distribution of its advertising films, J. Don Alexander, president announced. World Screen Advertising, now dissolved, formerly ha ndl ed.
Film Stocks On the Rise
Film stocks are currently on the upsufctS, benefiting from both the general bullish activity in the market and the effects of settlement of the British tax situation.
From the lows reached earlier this year, Universal and 20th-Fox have each rallied 3 3/4 points to close last night at 14£ and 22 3/4 respectively. Paramount is up 3 7/8 at 21 1/8, Loew's at 17 3/4 is two points higher and Columbia has rallied 1 7/8 to stand at 11 7/8. Warners and RKO are each l£ points above their lows and now stand at 12 and 8 5/8 respectively.
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Every exhibitor can't play 'The Mating of Millie"
—but every exhibitor will love it when he sees it!
GLENN
FORD
EVELYN
KEYES
in a truly great family picture...
L.
A COLUMBIA PICTURE
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