The Film Daily (1948)

;awfe Tuesday, July 27, 1948 Vol.94, No. 18 Tues., July 27, 1948 10 Cts. 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. 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. Terras (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 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older 6417 Dahlonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler, Chief C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON— Ernest W. Frndman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. BOMBAY — Bam L. Gogtay, Kitab Mahal, 190 Hornby Rd., Fort, Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar, Filmafrlc, 8 Kue Charras. MONTREAL — Ray Carmlchael, Room 9, 464 Francis Jheater BIdg. SYDNEY— Bowden Fletcher, 19 Moxon Ave., Punchbowl, N. S. Phone, UY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Meys, 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN— John Lindberg, Jernbanealle No. 3, Copenliagen-Van Loese. ROME — John Perdlcarl, Tia Ludovisl 16. Phone, 42758. MEXICO CITY — Jay Kaner — c/o American Chamber of Commerce — San Juan de Letran 24. nnAnciAL (Jrily 26) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 27% 27 271/4 Bell & Howell 201/2 193^ 201/4 Columbia Picts 9% 934 93/4 East. Kodak 417/8 41% 41 1/2 Gen. Prec. Eq 14% 14 14 Loew's, Inc 163^ I6I/4 16% Paramount 221/2 213^ 213/4 RKO 8I/4 8 81/8 Republic Pict 35/8 31/2 35/8 20th Century-Fox . . 20% lOVs 2OI/4 Universal Pict 10% IOI/4 10% Universal Pict. pfd., 641/, 64 641/2 Warner Bros 1 1 1/4 lOVs 10% NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts. . 5 4% RKO 2 2 Sonotone Corp ii/4 33/, Technicolor 121/4 121/8 OVER THE COUNTER Net Chg. + Vi + % — 1/4 — ' ' V2 — % — V2 + % Cinecolor Rathe . . . 4% 2 33/4 121/8 Bid 4% 4 Vz + l'/2 1/4 % + " 1/4 + Vs Asked 4% 41/2 "Casanova" on Loew Circuit E-L's "Adventures of Casanova," has been booked into the Loew metropolitan circuit to open on Aug. 11. cominc nno coinc MANNING "TIM" CLAGETT, of the MPAA, was in town yesterday from Washington. WILLIAM F. RODGERS, M-G-M vice-president and general sales manager, returned yesterday from Chicago. HERB CROCKER, M-G-M publicity manager, is on vacation. He's spending his time on his 25-foot sloop, cruising the waters of New York and Connecticut. ALBERT LEWIN, M-G-M studio executive, arrived yesterday from the Coast. GERALD FAIRLIE, M-G-M writer, will leave the Coast Aug. 1 and sail aboard the S. S. Mauretania, Aug. 11 for England. SIDNEY FRANKLIN, M-G-M producer, will arrive from the Coast Aug. 7 and sail Aug. 13 aboard the S. S. Argentina for Rio de Janeiro. He had originally been slated to sail for Paris last week and cancelled out for the Argentine trip. MRS. FRANKLIN will accompany him. CHARLES C. MOSKOWITZ, Loew's vice-president and treasurer, will leave the Coast July 29 for New York, after spending several weeks at the M-G-M studios in Culver City. TOM GERETY, of M-G-M's publicity department, is on vacation. BETTY HUTTON signed for a two-a-day stage engagement at the London Palladium for two weeks. She will leave Hollywood for New York on Aug. 26 with her husband, TED BRISKIN, and her mother and sail on the Queen Mary on Aug. 31. Backen, Crisp To Speak At Griffith Memorial ROY ROWLAND arrived in Chicago yesterday to supervise scenes for Metro's "The Story of Monty Stratton." MONTY STRATTON arrives in Chicago today by air from the Coast. LYNN FARNOL returned to his Goldwyn desk here yesterday after a Colorado vacation. RODDY McDOWALL leaves the Coast tomorrow by plane for Nashville, Tenn., to participate in a Nashville-sponsored program to raise funds for a home for under-privileged children. He returns to Hollywood Friday. HELEN WALKER will visit 25 key cities on a P. A. tour for "My Dear Secretary," with Atlanta and Knoxville the first stops. EDDIE ALBERT is at the Waldorf from Hollywood. SEYMOUR EICHMAN, Astor advertising manager, returned from a New England vacation. FREDERICK BRISSON, executive producer of Independent Artists, is due from Europe Thursday. DAVID D. HORNE, foreign sales manager of Film Classics, has returned from a trip to Europe and South America to report on foreign markets at the FC meeting opening Friday. DAVE A. EPSTEIN heads East from Hollywood late this week. JAMES NASSER, in from the Coast via Washington, is at the Warwick. HUGH OWEN, Paramount's Eastern and Southern sales manager. Is spending today and tomorrow in conferences at the Atlanta branch. He will be at the Jacksonville branch Friday, Saturday and Sunday. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Holllywood — A memorial service for D. W. Griffith will be held today at Masonic Temple, with Charles Bracken, Academy vice-president, to deliver a tribute. A eulogy will be said by Donald Crisp, actor in "The Birth of a Nation" and many other of the director's early films. Following the rites the body will be flown to Mount Tabor, Ky., near LaGrange, where Griffith was born. Griffith's estate, according to his attorney, will not exceed $50,000. Mishkin Leaves Fox For Hartford Agency The Hartford Agency yesterday announced the appointment of Meyer Mishkin as a vice-president and general manager of its Beverly Hills office. Mishkin has resigned his position as executive assistant to Joseph Pincus, casting director and chief talent scout in New York for 20thFox, with whom he has been associated for 12 years. The Hartford Agency in California will handle talent for motion pictures, television and radio. One-a-Week Circus Films for Video, Selznick Plan West Co<ist Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — David 0. Selznick, who has acquired video rights to the Ringling Bros., Barnum and Bailey Circus, for 15 years, plans the filming of individual circus subjects with a running time of about 25 minutes each. Release schedule would be on a one-a-week basis. As many as 50 films are planned. Project would not interfere with a previously announced Technicolor feature production about the Big Top. Cecil Burke and Arthur Fellows head up the Selznick tele project. Burke, who has been studying tele requirements here for a period of months, returns to the Coast this week. Davis Named Republic's Atlanta Branch Manager Merritt Davis has been appointed branch manager of Republic's Atlanta branch and assumes his post on Monday, Aug. 2. Davis succeeds James E. Hobbs, who has resigned. WANTED Theatre operating company would like to complete file of FILM DAILY YEAR BOOKS. Now has all editions from 1926 to date. Would like to get copies of all editions prior to 1926. Write Box No. 219 c-o THE FILM DAILY 1 501 Broadway New York 1 8, N. Y. Hitchcock's "Rope" To Bow At Globe Aug. 26 World premiere engagement of Alfred Hitchcock's Technicolor "Rope," will take place at Brandt's Globe Theater, Aug. 26, Warners disclosed yesterday. The premiere is being accorded an elaborate publicity-exploitation campaign teaser in the r* '"^'es, starting three weeks ago, iff^^' a seven-week ad build-up in ac^Hnce of premiere date. A radio campaign covering all local stations starts this week. Special trailer, directed by Hitchcock, is currently running in the Globe, Gotham, Mayfair and Strand. Pi Lindner Named Columbia Manager In New Zealand Sydney (By Air Mail) — Terry Lindner, Western Australian manager for Columbia, has been named New Zealand general manager for the company, Nick Pery, Columbia chief here, announced. Bill McKeown will take over Lindner's former assignment. Three Turned Back By Interstate Circuit Dallas — Interstate has turned back to C. J. Musselman the Lamar and Dixie Theaters in Paris. At the same time the Gem at Wichita Falls was returned to Aaron Mcllheran and Mrs. R. C. Mcllheran. Watkins Named Sec'y Of U.K. Film Censors London (By Cable)— A. T. L. 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