The Film Daily (1948)

:d^ DAILY Wednesday, July 28, 1 Vol.94, No. 19 Wed., July 28, 1948 lOCts. 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. 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 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older 6417 Dahlonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU iiseph Esler, Chief C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONTION— Ernest W. Fredman. The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St.. W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. Virtudes 214. BOSfBAT — Ram L. Gogtay, Kltab Mahal. 190 Hornby Rd.. Fort. Bombay 1. AL GUIRS — Paul Saffar, Filmafric, 8 Rue Charras. MONTRKAT^— Ray Carmlchael, Room 9, 464 Francis rheater BIdg. SYDNEY— Bowden Fletcher, 19 Moxon Ave.. Punchbowl. N. S. Phone, UY 2110. BRIJS SELf! — .Tean Pierre Meys, 110 Rue des Paquerettes COPENHAGENJohn Llndberg, Jembanealle No. S Oopenhagen-Van I>oese. ROJfE — .Tnhn Perdlcari Via Ludovisi 16. Phone. 42758. MEXICO CITY — Jay Kancr — c/o American Chamber of Commerce — San Juan de Letnin 24. FinARCIAL (July 27) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 273/8 27 27 Bell & Howell 20% 20 'A 20 'A East. Kodak 42V2 41 'A 421/2 Gen. Free. Eq 141/2 14'A MV2 Loew's, Inc 165/8 16% 161/2 Paramount 22 21% 22 RKO S'/s 8 8 Republic Pict 35/3 31/2 3'/2 Republic Pict. pfd. 91/4 91A 91/4 20th Century-Fox 201/4 20V8 20V8 20th Century-Fox pfd. 35 35 35 20th Century-Fox ppf. 99 99 99 Universal Pict IOI/2 lOlA IQIA Universal Pict. pfd. 64'A 641A 64'A Warner Bros 11 10% 11 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts. . . . 45A 4V) 4Vi RKO 2 17/8 2 Sonotone Corp 33^ 324 33^ Technicolor U'/s 12% 121/8 Trons-Lux 4% 434 43^ OVER THE COUNTER Bid Cinecolor 41/, Pathe 4 Net Chg. — 'A + 'l" + V2 + "Va — 1/8 — '/8 — i/s — 1/8 — 'A + Va — Vs Vs Asked 4% 43/4 Revive Griffith's "Nation" West Coast Burcun of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Vista Theater here revives Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation" today. « eu EDITORS fc DISTRIBUTORS SPAIVISH AIHERICAIV I^EWSMIEEl 252 W. 46th ST., N. Y. 19. N. Y. PL. 7-4916 Robertson Slander Verdict Reversed by British Court London (By Cable) ^Slander and libel judgment won by Edith Arnot Robertson in her suit against M-G-M has been reversed by the Appeal Court. Miss Robertson won damages of £1,500 in her suit arising from a letter sent by M-G-M to BBC commenting that she was out of touch with tastes and requirements of moviegoers. Lower Court upheld her contention that this meant she was an incompetent film critic, but the Appeal Court found there had been "no evidence that the film company wanted to silence or inhibit her" and that the letter to BBC had "been put in the kindest way possible." Air Force Association To Cite Show Business West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Show business will be commended for its contribution in boosting the morale of overseas forces at the first reunion of the Air Forces Association, to be held Sept. 24-25 in New York. A committee of ex-Air Force officers has been chosen to carry out the arrangement. Committee comprises Merian C. Cooper, Clark Gable, Joshua Logan, Tex McCrary. James Stewart, Jack Warner and Hal E. Roach, chairman. Citations for the SAG, Actor's Equity, radio artists and musicians union are being prepared, each to contain the names of all in the different organizations who entertained the Air Force overseas. Owen D. Young Named to ABC Board of Directors Owen D. Young was elected a member of the board of directors of the American Broadcasting Co. at a meeting yesterday, Edward J. Noble, ABC's chairman of the board announced. Election of Young increases the present membership in ABC's board to eight. One of radio's pioneers. Young was the first chairman of the RCA board from its organization in 1919 through 1929, later serving as chairman of the RCA executive committee as well as the NBC advisory council. He is now honorary chairman of General Electric. SCREENING ROOM Our Air Conditioned Comfort* able Screening Room it part of "BONDED'S 3-WAY SERVICE" • film Storage • film exchange Service • Air Conditioned Screening Room iDED vsr 1600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY CIRCLE 6-0081-2-3-4 20th-Fox's "Star Month" to Plug Six Top Players Supplementary "Star Month" bally will be launched by 20th-Fox in August to focus attention and give maximum publicity to six top rank players under contract to the company, it was announced by Charles Schlaifer, ad-publicity chief. Pix involved are "That Lady in Ermine" and "The Walls of Jericho." Plans for boosting attendance via "name" selling of stars include special trailers, posters and lobby displays in addition to the regular campaigns. Player lineup includes Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, Anne Baxter, Kirk Douglas. ABC Working on 10-Station Video Net on West Coast West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — A 10-station television network, with eight outlets in California, Oregon and Washington, and others in Salt Lake City and Denver, is planned by ABC, it was indicated by Don Searle, Coast vicepresident. Web-owned stations are under construction here and in San Francisco, with affiliates to make up balance of the proposed net. cominc AHD Goinc Nine German Businessmen Put Up Funds for Pix Prod. Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Nine Hamburg businessmen have put up 260,000 Reichsmarks to finance German film production, Nathan D. Golden reported this morning. The Department of Commerce pix chief said their film financing will have the status of a specialized bank to provide funds for production and other pix operations. Shortage of capital has hampered German production ever since the war, it is said. DeLuxe Theater Trust Suit Hearing Set for Sept. 27 Chicago — Hearing in the antitrust action brought by the De Luxe Theater of this city against the majors has been postponed until Sept. 27 before Federal Judge William Campbell, A. Brussell, plaintiff's counsel, reported yesterday. E. W. D'ARCY, DeVry Co. chief engineer, on a business trip in the Eastern territory J' GEORGE BROWN, Paramount studio ad-pul licity chief, flies in Friday from the Coast. SAM SHAIN, of 20th-Fox, is attending tl Indiana ATO convention at French Lick Spring DAVID NIVEN arrives in New York irrc morning on the Twentieth Century ' sol the same morning on the S. S. Britannitu. Wi him will be his Swedish bride, Hjordis, and h two sons, David Jr., 6, and Jamie, 3. SAMUEL SCHNEIDER, Warners vice-presiden and his wife, and W. STEWART McDONALI vice-president of Warner Bros. Theaters, qr his wife, returned today aboard the Ques Mary after a six-week trip to England. JULES LAPIDUS, Warners Eastern and Can| dian division sales manager, left last nigi for Buffalo and Clevleand, returning to Ne York over the week-end. RUDOLPH WEISS, head of Warners real e fate department, left last night for Springfieli 0., returning to New York tomorrow. WILLIAM GOETZ, U-l vice-president charge of production, arrives aboard the Ame ica today, accompanied by ROBERT GOLDSTEIN LOUELLA PARSONS arrives from Europe toda; DR. ALFREDO GUARINI, vice-president of til Italian circuit, ENIC, is enroute to Hollywoo( ROBERT WILBY is a New York visitor. Among those that had arrived from the Coos for "The Babe Ruth Story" premiere the fol lowing returned by plane today: GALE STOR^ CHARLES BICKFORD, JOE E. BROWN an daughter Mary, and JOE L. BROWN, membe of Monogram publicity staff, and his wife. Two Councils to Talk With Exhibitors Before Acting Richmond Heights, Mo. — Theater owners have been invited to attend the Aug. 2 meeting of City Council to discuss the proposed five per cent admissions tax and $150 a year li cense bill presented by Mayor Lee M Duggan. East St. Louis, HI. — Action of a bill to impose a three per cent tax on theater receipts has been postponed by the City Council following protests of theater operators. Council will call another meeting with Mayor John T. Connors and exhibitors before taking final action. $130,000 for "Emperor" in Two Weeks in Loop Chicago — Two weeks' loop run of Para.'s "The Emperor Waltz" at the Chicago Theater will gross approximately $130,000, setting a new year's mark. )rk Representative, I Brandies: Mo»!«» \et»'t 4ustr9 MEMBER F.D.I.C. Munkoi NATIONAL Ji'wNc; ASSOCIATION California 's Statewide Bank