The Film Daily (1948)

1?i* DAILY Monday, August 30, 1948 CHARLES G. CLARKE Director of Photography "CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE'* "GREEN GRASS OF WYOMING' "IRON CURTAIN" "SMOKY" "MARGIE" "MIRACLE ON 34th STREET" My Gratitude to the Critics "With ARTHUR E. ARLING ■€• RAY RENNAHAN Director of Photography "Duel in the Sun"* My gratitude to the critics. * Co-Photographed Charles Clarke "The Green Grass of Wyoming" voted two of the Ten Best Photographed pictures of 1947-1948. Philippine Studios To Malce 50 Features i«oe««90«eoeeoe< (Continued from Page 1) usual for top players to appear in two or three features which shoot simultaneously. Curiously, the biggest b. o. smash in Tagalog playing here at the present time is "Ang Venjador" which was produced, not in the Philippines but on the Enterprise lot in Hollywod by Sidney Salkow. Its success has irked local studios which are allegedly waging a campaign to keep it out of the provinces. While business has dipped up to 30 per cent from the peak reached in the post-war boom, it is still healthy, both in Manila and the provinces. Top price is $1.80. Metro and Paramount show cases are doing exceptionally well. Ernesto Bufino's Luzon Theaters circuit, comprising five Manila first runs — the Orient, State, Rialto, Capitol and Lyric — with a sixth building, shortly will adapt American promotion methods. Florencio de Dios is due here shortly from the U. S. where since April he has been studying American advertising, publicity and exploitation under guidance of Paramount Int'l. Luzon circuit serves as the Paramount P. I. "show case." De Dios was at the home office for some time and later was assigned to the Minnesota Amusement Co. in Minneapolis. Distributors, with a four-year backlog of product due to the war, and with no exchange restrictions to worry about, are sitting pretty. Carolina Houses to Observe '^Youth Month' Charlotte — Theaters in North and South Carolina will observe "Youth Month — Saluting Young America," Sept. 1-30. Exhibitors see observance of the movement as an opportunity to serve youngsters in the two states who have been barred from the^^rs due to the polio epidemic. i Grosses Up as Heat Sends tiie Customers TV Ban On Music Stands as AFM-Majors Renew Pact (Continued from Page 1) duck the oppressive heat, with the result that grosses were substantially increased. All theaters benefited during late matinee and evening jhours because of the number of people released from office duties and able to duck warm homes for air-cooled theaters. With the weather still on a heat rampage, RKO sent its h. o. employes home for the second day, along with Warners, E-L, Monogram, Paramount, Vanguard, Columbia and Metro workers. Broadway houses cooperated with Consolidated Edison during the afternoon when three generators failed. Some houses cut off air-conditioning units to comply with a request to use less current. km )Ott W ri5: Lk; itar said pact iere (Continued from Page 1) ing into consideration the uncertain economic conditions in the film industry both here and abroad. However, he added, he still felt free to reopen negotiations at a more appropriate time. Appreciation for this attitude was expressed by toppers Nicholas M. Schenck, Barney Balaban, Charles Boren, Spyros Skouras, Albert Warner and others. New Indie Sets First Pic Idlest Coast Bureau of THE FILM <DAILY Hollywood — An independent production company has been formed by Russell Wade, Ralph McCutcheon and Harry Reid, Jr. First virill be "Justin Morgan Had a Horse." Pic's theme will deal with breeding of the Morgan horse, a distinctive American equine. Script will be based on a novel by Marguerite Henry. Doyle Wins Civic Award Detroit — In recognition of his services in preventing juvenile delinquency. Bud Doyle, manager of tJie Motor City Theater in the suburb of Van Dyke, was given the annual civic award of the Van Dyke Aerie of Eagles. Chicago — Hot weather last week dented theater grosses here. Plan TV Film Production By Mexican Agency Unit Mexico City (By Air Mail) — Producciones Comerciales, S. A., new film associate of the ad agency. Advertising & Administration, in addition to making commercial Latin American films, plans to film television shorts here for U. S. video stations. Television pix would feature artists under contract to Capitol Recordings, one of A & A's accounts, with the plan being for artists to make quick trips here between U. S. recording dates. It is estimated that costs of film made would be some 40 per cent under charges above the border. Charles B. Woram, head of RKO's Churubusco Studios, is chair' man of Producciones, while Ryland Madison, veteran indie film producer, is head of the A & A uni^J FCC to Proceed on Giveaways Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington— The FCC Friday reasserted its right to take action against radio giveaway programs and announced its intention to proceed with hearings on the contemplated regulations. Waters Heads Downtown Club Birmingham, Ala. — Newman H, Waters, Sr., Waters Theater Co., official, was reelected president of the Downtown Club, and Frances Falkenberg, Alabama Theater manager, was elected to the board of directors. fie