The Film Daily (1948)

^ 5f€a* 44tJi Street [ntimate in Character [nternational in Scope [ndependent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Thirty Years Old -IF DAILY DL=^, NO. 42 NEW YORK. MONDAY. AUGUST 30. 1948 TEN CENTS iinCLE U. K. DISTRIBUTOR PLfln DISCARDED nim Biz Works £or Uncle Sstm, Check-Up Shows 1 Per Cent of Earnings )f Workers on Typical foduction Goes to Taxes By RALPH WILK West Coast Representative, The Film Daily Holllywood — The general public IS a grossly distorted picture about ollywood salaries and expenditures hich are dispelled in a break-down st compiled by Sam Wood, prpicer-director who recently wound 5 direction on "Command Decion" at M-G-M. It shoots full of )les the theorem that $2,000,000 oUlywood productions are top(Continued on Page 4) irosses Up as Heat ends the Customers Last week's heat wave, which reed many businesses to curtail :tivities, had an opposite effect on eater attendance, both on Broaday and in nabe stands, a checkup vealed Friday. Patrons, theater men reported, jcked to air-cooled theaters to (Continued on Page 6) ihouinard Named Mgr. .t UA Milwaukee Branch Caspar J. Chouinard has been ap)inted Milwaukee branch manager r United Artists by Fred M. Jack, estern division sales manager, louinard replaces Robert Allen, 10 resigned. Chouinard joined UA as bookerice manager in Minneapolis in 34. He became a salesman in 1936. ; one time he was buyer for Asciated Theaters, Minneapolis. S. C neulth Director Bars Kid Attendance Greenville, S. C. — Theaters and youth organizations have been notified of a state-wide ban on gatherings of children under 16. Dr. Ben F. Wyman, state health director, wrote the order, a polio precautionary measure. Schools, parks and playgrounds are affected, as well as theaters. TV BAN STANDS AS AFM-NAJORS RENEW Expiring Pact Renewed by Petrillo for Another Year With Reservation Contract May be Reopened Agreement of the American Federation of Musicians to extend for another year the terms of its pact with the major companies evidently means that music in films made by those companies will continue to be barred from television, it was pointed out at the week-end. Existing contract, which expires tomorrow, so provides. New pact stipulates no change in wages, hours, working conditions. Provision is made for right by AFM to reopen contract upon 60 days notice. Scale for studio musicians is still $13.30 an hour, with guarantee of 520 hours work a year. Studios that are party to the extended pact are Metro, Paramount, 20th-Fox, RKO, Republic, Warners, U-I and Columbia. AFM Prexy James C. Petrillo told the industry heads that he was tak(Continued on Page 6) ECA Guarantee May Be Ready This Week Wusbiugton Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Government attortorneys are proceeding slowly and with extreme care in the preparation and wording of the initial Economic Cooperation Act convertibility guaranty which is being readied for signatures with the Motion Picture Ex(Continued on Page 7) 20th-Fox Sales Meet Now Set for Coast, Sept. 14 Change in the site and date of 20th-Fox's domestic sales convention was announced by Andy W. Smith, Jr., general sales chief, at the week-end. Originally scheduled for Chicago during the week of Sept. 11, confabs have now been I (continued on Page 7) Philippine Studios To Mal(e 50 Features Manila (By Air Mail) — Philippine motion picture studios will turn out approximately 50 features in the Tagalog dialect during 1948, production checkup discloses. Pix are made on very modest budgets, with shooting schedules generally held to a 20-day maximum. Under common practice, it is not un(Continued on Page 6) Rep. Will Use Available Cash to Trim Bank Loans Republic will utilize all available cash above operational requirements to further reduce the company's bank loans, it was announced at the weekend following a meeting of the board of directors here. Herbert J. Yates, Republic presi(Continued on Page 7) Hits Canada Trade Practices Freedman Calls for Fairer Exhib. Dealings Treasury Official Will Discuss Taxes for TOA Excise taxes will be discussed by Edward H. Foley, Jr., Under Secretary of the Treasury, at TOA's Chicago convention, Gael Sullivan, executive director, announced Friday. Foley joins FCC Chairman Wayne Coy on the list of TOA speakers. Toronto — Anticipated reaction of independent Canadian exhibitors to the U. S. Supreme Court decision in the trust actions has manifested itself in a statement by Ben Freedman, president of the Independent Motion Picture Exhibitors Association of Ontario. Canadian exhibs., Freedman said, feel that certain trade practices denounced by the U. S. (Continued on Page 4) Objection by UA Claimed To Have Ended Proposal; Korda Backs Reciprocity London (By Cable) — Proposed single channel distribution system for American film in the U. K. evidently was discarded late last week in discussions between American company representatives here and MPAA President Eric A. Johnston. Such a plan was believed favored by most companies, but United Artists is understood to have held out strongly against the project, resulting in its discard On Friday Sir Alexander Korda (Continued on Page 8) Revenues Meaning Cieared in London London (By Cable) — Clarification of the meaning of American and British film revenues within the framework of the Anglo-American film agreement has been worked out here by the control committee which is reportedly close to completing its entire text of interpretations. Although no substantial altera( Continued on Page 8) Select UK Films to Test Johnston "Quality" Stand London (By Cable) — Six selected British films have been elected to test a statement by Eric A. Johnston that the U. S public will always want to see quality films produced in this country, it was reported here at the week-end. Move stems from (Continued on Page 8) Tropical ParU Will Build Otvn Drive-In Miami, Fla. — Failing in their attempt to block off the Drive-In theater to be constructed just East of Tropical Park Track, the Gables Racing Association announced plans for its own Drive-ln to be built opposite the race course. John M. Wolfberg, president of Wolfberg Theaters, is associated with the Association in the proposed theater.