The Film Daily (1948)

rnu DAILY Tuesday, August 10, 1948 [! Vol. 94, N 0. 28 Tues. August 10, 1948 lOCts. JOHN W. ALICOATE : : : Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate and General Publisher 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 (iseph Esler, Chief C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Brlargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman. The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St.. TV. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Vlrtudes 214. BOXfBAY — Rara L. Gogtay. Kltab Mahal. 190 Hornby Rd.. Fort. Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar, Fllmafric, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL — Ray Carmlchael. Room 9. 464 Francis Theater Bldg. SYDNEY— Bowden Fletcher, 19 Moxon Ave., Punchbowl, N. S. Phone, UY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Meys. 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN— John Llndherg. Jernbanealle No. 3. Copenhagen-Van Loose. ROME-^John Perdicarl, Via Ludovlsl 16. Phone, 42758. IfEXICO CITY — Jay Kaner — c/o American Chamber of Commerce — San Juan de Letran 24. nnnnciflL {August 9) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Net High Low Close Ciig. Am. Seat 251/2 251/2 251/2 — % Bell & Howell 191/4 I91/4 I91/4 Columbia Picts 93^ 9% 93^ -f '/g East. Kodak 421/4 41 1/4 413/8 — 1 East. Kodak pfd 168 168 168 +1 Gen. Prec. Eq ISVs 15 15 — 1/4 Loew's, Inc 16% 16 16'/8 — ^/s Paramount 223/4 221/2 221/2 — 1/4 RKO 8 7% 77/8 Republic Pict 35/3 31/2 31/2— '/s Republic Pict. pfd. . 83/4 85/8 83^ 20th Century-Fox... 193^ 191/8 I91/4 — Vi 20th Century-Fox pfd. 34'/) 341/4 341/4 Universal Pict 10% 103^ 103^ Warner Bros IO3/4 i05/s los/g NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts. ... 4 4 4 — Vs RKO 17/8 1% 17/g Sonotone Corp 1% V/2 V/2 — i/s Technicolor I21/4 12'/8 I21/4 . OVER THE COUNTER Bid Asked Cinecolor ... 37/8 4% Pathe 4 41/2 OUTDOOR REFRESHMENT CONCESSIONAIRES (roffl Ceitt to Ceaiti over V4 Century/ Now Specializing} in Refreshment Service for RIVE-IN theatres; #^°'*"''SEr?VICE, inc. JACOBS BROS. HpRST BLDG. BUFFALO, N. Y. commc flno come JOHN BALABAN has returned to Chicago from a Wisconsin vacation. JOSEPH H. NADEL, Cardinal Pictures production manager in Hollywood, is en route East for conferences at the UA home office. DAVID N. JONES, Coca Cola ad manager, has left for the East by train following confferences with WALTER LANTZ on a series the Lantz studio is making for foreign sales. C. H. CHRISTENSEN, National Carbon Co. exec, is vacationing in the North woods. First Lt. JOSE A. CORDERO, son of the president of Trans-Continental Films, left aboard the S. S. America for a honeymoon trip to England with his bride, the former RUTH REIMAN, of Vienna and New York. On his return, Jose Jr. will re-enter Columbia University for his moster degree in political history and sciences. NORMAN ELSON, v-p Trans-Lux Theaters, left yesterday for Chicago and will return Friday. LEW BARASCH, UA special events coordinotor, returned from a two-week vacation yesterday. Barasch announced his engagement to Miss Beta Asmoe, of the Copa chorus. ABE DICKSTEIN, UA assistant to Edward M. Schnitzer, returned from his two-week vacation yesterday. DICK POWELL, star of "Pitfall," comes to New York Wednesday from Hollywood to make P.A.'s on the Capitol stage in conjunction with the showing of the film. ROBERT MOCHRIE, RKO Radio vice-president in charge of domestic distribution, has returned to New York headquarters after spending a week at the studio looking over the new product. ZEB EPSTIN, managing director of WB Strand, returns today from a vacation with his family at Woodmont, Conn. ELYA LOPERT, foreign film distributor, sails aboard the S. S. America, Aug. 24, for a sixweek tour of Italy and France. He will join Roberto Rossellini at the Venice Film Festival where the latter's "Amore" will be submitted in the competition. To Seek Maximum Prices For "Babe Ruth Story" Chicago — Maximum rentals will be sought by Allied Artists-Monogram in the best houses in all key cities for "The Babe Ruth Story," it was stated by Maurice Goldstein, sales manager, at a meeting of franchise holders and exchange managers in the Drake Hotel at the week-end. Top price admissions will be asked. Pic will open locally Sept. 2 at the State Lake. Larry Stein has been engaged for special preem exploitation. Goldstein disclosed the film had been sold to all Warner and RKO key spots. He reported record business in the New York, Baltimore and Atlantic City runs. Maurice Maurer, Astor, New York, director, was a guest at lunch. He is en route West. Goldstein left for New York Sunday night. OFFICE SPACE in FILM BUILDING 1225 Vine St., Philadelphia Two units available — 2500 sq. ft. and 1035 sq. ft. In some building as Clark Film Distr. Co., Republic Film, EagleLion Films, and Film Censor Board of Penna. Albert M. Greenfield & Co. Walnut & Juniper Sts. Phila. 7, Pa. PAUL HENREID arrives in New York today for a visit and radio appearances on major network shows. SAMUEL GOLDWYN and his wife, upon completion of "Enchantment," flew to Reno, from where they motored to Lake Tohoe for a vacation prior to the start of "Roseanna McCoy." ANN MARSTER, Chicago Herald American film critic, is on a European vacation. DORE SCHARY, vice-president in charge of M-G-M production, who arrived Sundoy from Denver, will leave for the Coast tomorrow. CLARK GABLE has cut short his European vacation and is due in New York Thursday aboard the S. S. Queen Mary, en route to the Coast. On the same boat will be SPENCER TRACY, HOWARD STRICKLING and his wife, GAIL. DR. LEO HANDEL, head of M-G-M's audience research department, returned yesterday from a vacation In California and Louisville, Ky. TOM GERETY, of M-G-M's publicity department, got back yesterday from a vacation. SIDNEY FRANKLIN arrives from the Coast tomorrow and will sail Aug. 13 for South America with MRS. FRANKLIN. SAM BEHRMAN and SONYA LEVIEN, who have been working on the script of "Quo Vadis" for M-G-M, left New York Sunday and are due at the studio Aug. 12. RICHARD POWERS, head of the M-G-M studio music department, is in town from the Coast on a short business trip. $75,000 Cleveland Drive For Rogers Hospital Cleveland, O. — Plans to launch a $75,000 area drive for the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital will be announced by local committee chairman I. J. Schmertz at an industry luncheon meeting on Monday, Aug. 16 in the Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Association Club Rooms, to which all theater owners and their managers are invited. Mayor Thomas A. Burke, Law Director Lee C. Howley, Harland Holmden of lATSE and William Finnegan of the Stage Hands Union have accepted invitations to attend. Wallis Buys "Irma' Air Show for Pix Hal Wallis has bought the film rights to the CBS-owTied radio show, "My Friend, Irma," which is sponsored by Lever Bros, on its Swan Soap program. Radio program returns to the air Aug. 30, and Monday nights thereafter from 10 to 10:30. "Irma" is the second important radio property acquired by Wallis for filming. The first, "Sorry, Wrong Number," will be released nationally next month. IRK 245 WEST 5i STREET ARE SHOWMENS lOS ANGELES CHOICE EVERYWHERE '"•»ww4shincton FINEST QUALITY*? DQ SERVICE B'way Radio Quiz Shows jli Spread to Strand Stage ia J'or Warner's Strand is the secondi Broadway theater to offer giveaways as part of its program, beginning Aug. 27, when "Two Guys From' Brooklyn" makes its New Yorkj preem. On the stage, four tim^ '.ily|o' and five times on Saturday; LBS quizmaster Bill Cullen will take ovei' with "Winner Take All," which will continue to be sponsored over tht| , air at 4:30 Monday through Fridayrf by 40 different sponsors. Prizes to-; tie taling about $5,000 include a l94SJstl Ford. Capitol's giveaway package "Stop the Music," concluding itri three-week stay on Aug. 18, has al-jiest ready distributed $5,000 and $7,50C )f in prizes. Harry Greenman, manag 'wa ing director of the Capitol, told THBiii Film Daily that the Santa Clau^ gimmick was well worth the trouble citing the fact that the house haAa' been jammed with customers. DeRochemont Addresses Visual Ed. Dealers Meet ten Chicago — Louis DeRochemont o United World Films was the chie speaker here yesterday at the con Py vention and trade show of the National Association of Visual Educajt^ tion Dealers at the Sherman. Exhibits' include DeVry, Amprc Bell & Howell, RCA, Natco, Radianjuai and Dalite Screens, Argus, Unite World Filmls, Coronet, British Filr Service and Jam Handy. Dr. Glen Burch is presiding at th sessions which are emphasizing com munity wide film programs. 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