The Film Daily (1948)

DAILY Monday, August 30, 1948 Vol. 94, No. 42 Mon., August 30, 1948 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE : : Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN Editor Distribs. Name Attorneys In Towne Anti-Trust Suit 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 Joseph Ester, Chief 0. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON — Emest W. Fredman, The Film Eenter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. 1. HAVANA — Mary Louise Blanco. Virtudes 214. BOAfBAT — Ram L. Gogtay. Kitab Mahal, 190 Hornby Rd., Fort, Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar, Filmafric, 8 Rue Charra.';. MONTREAL — Ray Carmichael, Room 9, 464 Pranci.i XaTler St. VAJfCOUTER — Jack Droy, 411 Lyrii Theater Bldg. SYDNEY — Bowden Fletcher, 19 Moson Ave., Punchbowl, N. S. Phone, UY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Meys, 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN — John Lindberg, Jernbanealle No. 3, Copenhagen-Van Loese. ROME — John Perdicari, Via Ludovlsi 16. Phone, 42758. MEXICO CITY — Jay Kaner — c/o American Chamber of Commerce — San Juan de Letran 24. Chicago — Myles Seeley of Mayer, Myer, Austrian and Piatt has been retained by M-G-M, RKO and Columbia to represent them in the antitrust suit filed in Federal Court here by the Towne Theater, Milwaukee. Representing other companies will be Francis Matthews and Thomas D. Healy for 20th-Fox; Vincent O'Brien, for Warners, and Edward B Johnston, for Paramount. Despite first runs secured by the Towne from M-G-M and Paramount, via bids, action will go ahead before Federal Judge John Barnes, Thomas McConnell, Towne attorney, said. Film companies defense pleadings are due Sept. 15. Wanger to Have 8 Ready For Release in 18 Months Cohen Buys Partnership In SG N. O. Franchise New Orleans — Harold F. Cohen has purchased a partnership interest in the the Screen Guild franchise for this area, it is learned. Former Monogram district manager, Cohen joins Ernest Landaiche, who recently bought out Joy Houck's interest in the SG franchise here and in Memphis. Jerry Jernigan continues as Landaiche's partner in Memphis, operating under the latter's supervision from this city. FinnnciflL (August 27) Two-Color Newspaper Ads For "Luck of the Irish" NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Bell & Hov/ell I8I/2 I8V2 IS'/z Bell & Howell pfd. 100 100 100 Columbia Picts 10 10 10 East. Kodak 441/4 43^/4 44 Loew's, Inc. 17 I65/3 165/8 Paramount 231/2 227/8 231/2 RKO 8 7% 8 Republic Pict 31/2 31/4 S'A Republic Pict. pfd. . 8Vi 65/8 63/4 20th Century-Fox 211/8 20% 211/3 Universal Pict lO^/g lOVs 10% Universal Pict. pfd... 613/, 61 34 613^ Warner Bros lOT/g 105/g 10% NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts 4Vs 4 4 RKO 17/8 13/^ 134 Sonotone Corp 31/2 31/2 iVi Technicolor 13 13 13 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Cinecolor 33,4 Net Chg. + % + '/4 '/« — 1'/? + 1/4 + '/4 — % -1 Vs — Vs Vs — 1/4 Asked 4 Cox Joins Sutherlcmd Productions West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Rex Cox has joined John Sutherland Productions, as vicepresident in charge of the sponsored films division, Sutherland announced. Cox formerly was story man in the Walt Disney commercial division Twentieth-Fox will use two-color newspaper advertising in local assists for "The Luck of the Irish," Charles Schlaifer, ad-publicity director, announced at the week-end. Consisting of 800 and 1,000 line ads, which use green as the second color, campaign is designed to tee ofi^ Sept. 1 when picture opens in nine key cities. FCC Announces Tele Confab Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — The FCC announced on Friday that a conference with representatives of the television industry will be held here September 13 to "discuss substantial questions which may be presented by the record concerning the adequacy of existing rules and standards to achieve the soundest allocation plan." The Commission added that engineering details relating to these questions will not be taken up at this meeting. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Walter Wanger will have eight pictures in release or ready for release within 18 months, it is announced They are "Tap Roots," released by Universal-International: ".loan of Arc," to be released by RKO ; "Tulsa," the first of Wanger's three picture deal with Eagle Lion: "Reisrn of Terror" and "The Blank Wall" which are also being released by Eagle Lion. Wanger will have three other productions shooting early in 1949, including "The Ballad and the Source," an untitled picture to star Greta Garbo, and a new Susan Hayward starring vehicle. cominG flno come Chicago Tribune Video Station Tied to DuMont Chicago— WGN-TV, the_ Chicago Tribune's television station, has signed an agreement with the DuMont Television network to exclusively outlet network originated programs in this city, it was announced at the week-end. Under terms of the contract,, sisfned by Frank P. Schreiber, WGNTV manager, and Humboldt J. Greig, DuMont sales chief, station will begin network operations in early September. Until direct connections are established between East and West stations, programs will be made available to WGN by teletranscriptions. Henreid to Star in and Co-Produce 'Jack Hammer' Gold Heads WB Poster Art Promotion of William Gold to head Warners' poster art department, is announced by Mort Blumenstock, Warner ad-publicity chief. Gold succeeds to the position fgrmerly held by Joe Tiswan. McConnell Seeks Attorney Fees Chicago — Thomas McConnell, attorney for the Jackson Park Theater, will appear before Judge Michael Igoe on Oct. 1 in his move to secure plaintiff's attorney fees in the Jackson Park contempt actions. Polio Closes Ohio House Ottawa, O. — Hollywood Theater has been closed on account of polio. This is the first town to shut down, although polig is on th^ increase in West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Paul Henreid announced that the first picture under his two-picture deal with Canadian International Screen Productions will be the screen version of "Jack Hammer Song" play by Millard Lampell. Lampell is now working on the screenplay of the film to be produced in Toronto, in the Spring with Henreid as the star and also co-producer with Joseph Than. Henreid denied a report made recently that Allied Artists will release film. A deal is now being made and an announcement will be made within the next week. To Release Trimmed "Electro" An edited version of "Mourning Becomes Electra," with running time ti'immed to a little under two hours, will be released shortly, Robert Mochrie, RKO vice-president in charge of domestic distribution, announced Friday. "Mourning" has been played in special road show engagements. PUZZLE-BANK The Big money movie game for movie theaters. Enterprise House, Inc., 198 Broadway New York City DIgby 9-1278 DEBORAH KERR, M-G-M star, who recentii completed work in "Edward, My Son" at t| company's Boreham Woods studios, and her hiil' band, ANTHONY BARTLEY, are due to arri* from Southampton on the Nieuw Amsterdoij Thursday, en route to Culver City. , RICHARD POWERS, coordinator betwed M-G-M's music companies and studio^^-'int t| week-end visiting his mother in Be ind due to head back to the Coast torn, C. J. BRYANT, M-G-M New Orleans brani manoger, returned to his Southern headquarta over the week-end. j FRED M. JACK, UA Western sales monagJ and W. E. CALLAWAY, Western district ma) agar, will arrive today for home office confoli JAMES R. GRAINGER, executive vice-pre dent in charge of sales and distribution Republic, left for Hollywood Friday. Arriving today aboard the S. S. Queen Mi„ will be KAY HARRISON, managing director i Technicolor in London; JOCK LAWRENCE, e ecutive vice-president of JARO, accompanied I SYDNEY WYNNE, Rank's ad-publicity direct, in London; JACK BENNY, MARY LIVINGSTOI JACK WARNER, FRANCIS L. SULLIVAN c HAROLD BOXALL. CHARLES LAUGHTON and ROBERT HUTTl sailed for Europe Saturday aboard the S. Mauretania. WALTER H. GROSSELFINGER, Westrex ramanager, sails tomorrow aboard the S. S. Qud Mary. JEROME J. COHEN, film insurance speciali; Is on a Caribbean cruiser Early Ground Breaking For Ralle Texas Studios San Antonio, Tex. — Early grouni breaking is planned for the $2,00Q 000 combined film-television studi Ralle United, to be located on a 8i acre tract, part of the Alamo Dowi race track plant. Company is headc by Ralph A. Ralle and is beir backed by Texas oil men with 5 000,000 planned capitalization. NEW YORK THEATER T^ RADIO CITY MUSIC HAll _, Rockefeller Center "A DATE WITH JUDY" Wallace BEERY . Jane POWELL Elizabeth TAYLOR . 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