The Film Daily (1948)

'uesday, August 10, 1948 Urea Conciliation Said Not for Metro Terming area conciliation boards ,or the handling of exhibitor comilaints as "unnecessary" from K-G^L's point of view, William F. i ;io*^^s, vice-president and general ' ^aleo^-^manager, said yesterday that | ;|^he company would continue to negotiate with individual exhibitors on j he branch, regional or home office evel. This did not preclude argument ^ iif an issue by someone other than \ •he specific exhibitor concerned if ii third party could more ably present the case, he said. | I Rodgers emphasized that there ' lad never been and was not now any Ij.-estriction upon the subject matter W )f a complaint, but that the company ■-.'was always happy to talk over any r_ liflferences, including film rental." !|. Were a national system of concil1 nation to take shape, he indicated i •;hat Metro naturally would be in i ;erested. However, the M-G-M topper 3xpressed his personal conviction ;hat a return to the old arbitration I >ystem on a national basis was the nost desirable method of adjudicatng whatever problems might arise ojoAfithin the industry. e|i Pye to Make Radio-Tele iBquipment in Canada w Montreal — Pye, Ltd., British firm E.Tianufacturing television and radio ei equipment, is to occupy 14,000 square rjiEeet of space in one of the buildings formerly used as a shell-filling plant h it Ajax, Ont. The firm will concen1 ;rate on radio assembly rather tJian te;elevision at the beginning. ic. olumbia Production Down Under Deferred Adelaide, S. A. (By Air Mail)—! Nick Perry, Columbia's chief here, j who is just back from Siam and ' Singapore, said that plans for pro! iuction in Australia would be de j -■layed until the housing shortage had been overcome so that material 1 would be available for the erection ! Df studios. DEATHS BERNARD (BUDDY) WEDIN, former midget screen actor, August 5, in Lansing, Mich. BOB MURPHY, 59, restaurant operator and former vaude player, in Hollywood. CHARLES BRYANT, 68, retired stage and j screen actor and at one time Nazimova's ! manager, in Mount Kisco, N. Y. WALTER V. COYLE, 60, former actor I who later was connected with Universal, I Bioscope and Pathescope, following a , I lengthy illness in Freeport, L. I. WALDO LEE ROBERTS, veteran Warners studio police officer, in Burbank. ^/ jT^^-VKF^ "'^ PHIL M. DALY Tuesday^s Tele-lines e • • BILL (METRO) RODGERS' views on arbitration, expressed at yesterday's press luncheon, make sense The effectiveness of the system established under the old consent decree is generally admitted— and cheerfully — by exhibitors and distributors alike In knocking it out, the court did the industry a distinct disservice And that stands regardless of the reasoning. ... • United Film Service and Motion Picture Advertising Service are offering a Theater Public Relations Series of 13 one-minute pix for purchase or rental on a cost basis Subjects range all the way from movie manners to child scfety in theaters Both TOA and Allied toppers hcrve given the series their blessings. ... • Chicago Theater is setting disc jockeys fcr p.a.'s with "Give My Regards to Broadway," which opens Friday. ... • Better study t>.ose population figures which the Census Bureau has just released The West's gains far eclipse the East's But New York State is still tops with 14,165,000. T T T • • • DORE SCHARY meets the New York industry press at Metro's home office this afternoon. ... • The Earle, Philadelphia, which has been playing pictures exclusively for some time, reverts to stage attractions early next month vrith one of those "Stop the Music" shows. ... • Chicago Tribune's amusement advertising is at an all-time high, the step-up in volume reflecting increased advertising by both subsequents and drive-ins. ... • Ken Murray and Richard M. Pittenger are mulling a New York visit in October. ... • Home talent pix as a box-office stimulant are reappearing in Texas. . . . • They're bidding 101 for B & K common stock in Chicago, but the asking price is 105, with offerings few at that figure. ... • Bob Kerridge, managing director of the Kerridge-Odeon circuit in New Zealand will be leaving for the U. S. at the month's end. ... • And if you don't believe drive-ins are getting a break on product, consider the fact that 20th-Fox's "The Street With No Name" already has been booked into Chicago and Waukegan stands. T T T • • • BOB WEITMAN, managing director of the New York Paramotint, discloses some mighty interesting side-lights on the development of stars and the part played in their rise by the younger fans when he appeared on Bill Leonard's "This Is New York" show on WCBS yesterday Perhaps the most amusing incident recounted by Bob, concerned the ycmngster who not only brought his lunch to the theater, but a. change of wearing apparel as well. ... • B & K's Chicago television station, WBKB, reports 28,739 receivers now in operation in the Windy City territory, with 80.1 per cent in homes. ... • Industryites over the weekend received invitations from the Postmaster General to attend a White House ceremony Aug. 11 to mark the placing on sale in Washington of the three-cent "Salute to Youth" commemorative postage stomp. . . • Betty Hutton will do a by-liner for Photoplay Magazine on her experiences in England while she makes a week of p. a.'s at the London Palladium. T T ▼ • • • ABC ENGINEERS took over the Palace Theater lobby early this morning to install the necessary equipment to handle the portion of WIZ-TV's inaugural telecast tonight originating from the theater stage. ... • Mutual's Bill Bems is touring the network stations in 16 Southwestern cities Bill notes that this is definitely Texas Month for the industry, with three pictures with Lone Star locales opening in the slate The trio are Warner's "Two Guys from Texas," and UA's "Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven" and "Red River." Metro Picks Seven Executive Trainees M-G-M will inaugurate its recently announced executive training plan Sept. 13 with the arrival here of the first group of company personnel to be chosen for the program. Seven men — one branch manager, one assistant branch manager, four salesmen and a booker — will comprise the initial contingent which will spend approximately a month at the home office. Training includes a thorough indoctrination in corhpany's principles and policies. All phases of motion picture operation will be covered as well as a brief survey of Loew's position in relation to records, radio and television. Group will also take a short Dale Carnegie course in order to equip each member for speaking before an audience. Sf-rtette scliecUiletl to uirive next month ini'luile the I'ollowiiijr: Louis I'oi'iir.ito, Branch Manafrer. Philade"iiiua. Joiiiftl oompany as Phila. salesman in 1941. Ansley B. Padgett — Assistant Branch Manag-ev. Atlanta. Joined M-G-M in Atlanta in the poster department. 1936. Michael .1. Ford — Salesman, Chlcag-o. Joined company as student salesman in 1942. H. Kussell Gaus — Salesman. Los Angeles. Joined company in 19.35 at Oklahoma City. Louis Marks — Salesman. Cleveland. With compan.v since 1937 when he joined checking' department. Loiiis J. Wel)er — Salesman, Dallas. Joined company as contract clerk, 1931. Philip F. Grai'itz — Office Manager-Head Booker. New Haven. Joined company as messenger in 1930. Mid Central Allied To Hear Charles Niles St. Louis — Charles Niles of Anamosa, la., an officer and director, Allied ITO of Iowa-Nebraska, Inc., will be the principal speaker at the first regional meeting of the Mid Central Allied ITO to be held at the Colonial Tavern, Cape Girardeau, Mo., Aug. 18. Clements Titles "Shadows" Charles Clements has finished the English titles for the German film, "Marriage In The Shadows," which will open on Sept. 9 at the "Little Met." Earlier "Escape" Opening "Escape," starts at the Globe on Saturday, Aug. 17. lUEDDinG BELLS Meadows-Krims Jayne Meadows left New York by TWA Saturday afternoon to fly to Rome, where she will be married to Milton Krims, Hollywood writer, working in Rome with Director Henry King on the picturization of "Prince of Foxes." Katz-Schiunan Hartford, Conn. — The engagement of Bella Katz, Colchester, to Daniel Schuman, son of Leon Schuman, of Hartford Theater Circuit, is announced.