The Film Daily (1948)

: Monday, August 2, 1948 W*^ DAILY ; Kranze Announces Eight promotions within the Film Classics organization were annou'-sad at the week-end by B. G. Kr':,^_« vice-president and general sales*Tnanager. Uppings included: Jake Lutzer, from Dallas exchange to Southern Division manager; Jules K. Chapman, from assistant general manager to assistant general sales manager; Ralph Peckham, from Atlanta branch manager to Dallas branch manager; George Lefko, from Indianapolis branch manager to Detroit branch manager; John McKenna, from salesman in the New York exchange to head of the same office; Lou Bernhard, formerly salesman in St. Louis and New Haven, to head of the home office playdate and liquidation department; Ed Spiers, from branch manager of the Milwaukee exchange, to branch manager of the 'Chicago exchange, and Bob Bernhard, from salesman in the New York exchange to assistant to David Home, foreign sales managerr. CBS "Hollywood Story" Broadcast on Sept. 19 , "The Hollywood Story," the CBS Documentary Unit production which twill analyze the movie industry, will be broadcast Sunday, Sept. 19, 10-11 P.M., EST. Werner Michel, who will produce the broadcast, said Friday that no big name" movie stars would be ased for the lead roles adding that A.FRA actors would be used. John Dietz will direct the script which has been prepared by Peter Lyon. The program will assay the social, economic and other factors which go into the selection and production Df a major film. The example used Dn the broadcast will be the Academy Award winner, "The Best Years Df Our Lives." Republic-GUT-BEF in New Australian Pact Sydney (By Air Mail) — A new ong term contract covering Repubic product in Australia was signed Dy Norman Rydge for Greater Union rheaters and British Empire Films, ind Bruce Newberry for Republic. UlEDDinG BELLS Kirinich-Peterson Chicago — Mary Kirinich, Eagle ^ion cashier, will be married to •"rank Peterson. Ryan-Leonard Jack Leonard, film actor, and !]dna Ryan, screen actress and forner Powers model, were married at "'reeport, L. L Monday Morning Report • • • THE PICTURE OF THE WEEK would be thaf phofo in the New York Daily News last Friday in which, decked out in West Point's cadet grey, were to be noted Paul Roibourn, Paramount vice president, E. K. "Ted" O'Shea, Paramount sales exec among others, standing inspection Along with Leonard Gaynor of Paramount and WINS' Martin Starr, in cadet garb, too, they were put thru a course of sprouts such as befalls the traditional Mr. Dumbjohn at the U. S. Military Academy A merry, merry time was had by all, including the Paramount visitors. T T ▼ • • • ONE OF THE INDUSTRY'S best legal minds is of the opinion that while New York exhibitors may have won the first round in the ASCAP battle, the Society may emerge as the final victor He notes that, in the past, the courts have shown a decided sympathy for the composer And, come to think of it, such an attitude is not surprising The composer is an artist Artists are — well, they're not presumed to be business-minded Ergo, their rights must be protected It's human reasoning, at any rate. T ▼ T • • • WHEN A PICTURE can ring up $875,000 in six weeks at Radio City Music Hall in the heat of Summer, and with the sixth week doy-by-day business topping that of the fifth week from $600 to $1,500, you gotta smash hit, right? And that's what Para.'s "Emperor Waltz" did at the Gus Eyssell emporium Yep, Hollywood's hand has NOT lost its cunning. . . • Universal's softball team is looking for games Address it in care of the photostat dep't Games are played weekly under the 59th St. bridge. ... • Speaking of biz, didja know that Warner's "Key Largo," which did $95,000 or thereabouts in its first Strand week, garnered $80,000 in its second? . . . • It will be 18 months or two years before the Selznick Television Corp. has its entire production program in full operation First video pix made will be strictly experimental The Selznick Test Stage series will embrace five to ten 30-minute shows. ▼ ▼ T • • • THE LONG ISLAND R.R.'S West Hempstead branch has a new commuter in Lou Lazar, Paramount Int'l exec, who has iust purchased a home in Lynbrook. ... • That Albany Knickerbocker News editorial tribute to Charles Smakwitz, new WB theater zone manager, brings a pleasant qlovr on reading. ... • Credit that mayoralty Babe Ruth proclamation to Irwin Zehner, who this week is in Washington for Allied Artists to set the local campaign for "The Babe Ruth Story." Pic, by the way, gets a swell break in the current Collier's. . . . • Sears, Roebuck will get behind Para's "Night Has a Thousand Eyes," "Sealed Verdict," "The Tatlock Millions" and "The Paleface" on both a national and local level via a nationwide amateur "snapshot contest" running from Oct. 1 to Nov. 15. . . . • No, Bob O'Donnell will NOT head the RKO studio for Howard Hughes; that's definite. . . . • Loew's is reported getting ready for the video plunge via a New York station. T ▼ T • • • THERE'S NO BUSINESS like film business It's fun to watch the promotion boys When the Lion's Clubs of America descended on New York by the thousands, Phil M. wondered whether the M-G-M crowd would be on their toes They were With special newspaper ads of Leo the Lion welcoming all the Lions to Broadway and to "Easter Parade" And, to clinch it, they had a roaring M-G-M lion capering through the big three-hour parade on Fifth Avenue. ▼ ▼ T Prod. Backlog Would Last Companies 9 Mos. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Backlog of unreleased pictures held by 12 companies is sufficient to supply theater outlets with an average of two pictures per month, per company, for nine months a survey indicates. Twelve companies, it is learned, have a total backlog of 205 completed films, including a few that have had only pre-release engagements. Unreleased product is held as follows: Columbia, 25; Warners, 20; Universal, 19; RKO, 21; United Artists, 20; Paramount, 18; Eagle Lion, 16, including four from Britain; 20th-Fox, 23, including 11 from indie producers; Republic, 11; M-G-M, 12; Monogram, 9; Allied Artists, 2, and Film Classics, 2. N. Y. C. "Numbers Racket" Footage Shot Silently All location footage now being filmed in New York for Enterprise's "The Numbers Racket, The Story of Tucker's People" will be shot silent to synchronize with the sound track previously recorded in Hollywood. Both producer Bob Roberts and director Abraham Polonsky decided to record all the dialogue of the New York scenes in advance since with the publicity attendant upon the unit's shooting in Manhattan, it became obvious that crowds would prevent use of on-the-spot sound recording. Physical movements of John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez and others in the cast are being governed by a wire recorder which recorded the dialogue simultaneously with the usual sound system. ^^''♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦V* ♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦>♦>♦ ♦♦>♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'.* K Sena Slrtnaau% :| Qreetin^J Uo — | ♦.♦ *♦ ■ iji :: i.i August 2 Jack L. Warner Olga Baclanova Myrno Loy Ruth Nelson Hal Mohr Larry Stein August 3 James Jordan, Jr. Wellyn Totman Richard Davies Charles M, Mersereau Dolores Del Rio W. W. Spruce Alice Fleming August 4 Daniel N. Rubin Anita Page Fred Steele Helen Kane Patricio Dane Charles Delaney Elaine Silverman August 5 Ann Morriss M. A. Lightman Robert Vignola Reginald Owen A. C. Brauninger Robert Taylor J. E. Comer A. C. Brauninger August 6 Lucille Ball Louis K. Sidney Victor Francen Frank Tuttle Bernie Brooks Hoot Gibson Mort Wormser Leo Carillo Marjorie Morrow Irvin Shapiro August 7 Georgia Settle Billie Burke Rudolph C. Ising J. J. Oulahan Ann Harding August 8 Sidney G. Alexander Sylvia Sidney Phil Abrahams Joe Orlando Sherry Hall Al W. Schwalberg John Hobble Walter V. Derham H