The Film Daily (1948)

/londay, August 30, 1948 THE rnu DAILY iCA Guarantee May ie Ready This Week (Continued from Page 1) lort Association, Inc., Germany. While the first guarantee may be .nnounced this week, it was also ioint"d out that the National Ad•is^^-Council has not yet set a forau'iwBfor the rate of exchange in ','uarantee contracts. EGA officials stated at the weekind that the announcement by Gen. liucius Clay in Berlin last week that he MPEA application had been ap)roved was "premature." In his miltary capacity in Germany, it was laid, General Clay had approved the )act but it still requires clearance lere. As reported from Berlin last week ilm imports, as part of the EGA ijrogram for informational media, vould cover 52 feature films and ,ialf that number of shorts. Sum to 16 guaranteed films was put at ,?456,000. Counti-ies participating in .a^CA must approve convertibility contracts, it was emphasized. REVIEIUS OF REUJ FlimS 'Candid Microphone" Will Become Video Film Series ' Allen A. Funt's "Candid Microjphone" radio series will be filmed for television by a new film-producing subsidiary of Funt's radio organization. New organization has its Dwn headquarters and a staffs of film 2xperts. Funt will star in the TV series as he does on the radio. First release of a series for ABC is in production. 20th-Fox Sales Meet Now Set for Coast, Sept. 14 (Continued from Page 1) booked for Hollywood, Sept. 14-17 Spyros P. Skouras, president, and Darryl F. Zanuck, vice-president and production chief, will attend the convention, Smith said, which will bring together all U. S. branch managers, division managers and their assistants, corporation executives and do'mestic distribution department heads. Hearings on Minimum Wage Boston — A minimum wage of 62% cents per house was recommended by a commission set up to study the matter for the Legislature. Public hearing on the proposed minimum, which will affect theater ushers and doormen, will be held this month by the Department of Labor and Industries. CHARTERCD CHARWIN AMUSEMENT CORP., 188 W. Randolph St., Chicago, by Charles Cole and Nicholas Taylor. McHENRY FILM CO., 537 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, by W. C. McHenry, Violq McHenry ond Guy C, McHenry. "Blanche Fury" with Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger. E-L, Rank (Technicolor) 93 Mins. WELL DIRECTED, PERFORMED BRITISH PERIOD PIECE SHOULD DO ITS BEST BUSINESS WITH THE FEMALE AUDIENCE ELEMENT. GOOD PRODUCTION VALUES. Directionial effects displayed by Marc Aliegret will considerably enhance the audience reception of this British production. He has taken the flashback device and put it to new use and treatment. One of his most compelling effects is the camera conception of a woman dying. He uses the camera to interpret fading vision and progressive demise until the last flicker of life's light is extinguished. This is the concluding bit. In the beginning he uses the camera in a similar manner to convey via vivid coloration the pangs of a woman in labor. Richly rendering the period of the story in Technicolor, the story is one of the cracking of a dynasty based on ownership of an estate called Clare Hall. Once the possession of the Fury family, it is in other hands when the narrative gets started. Stewart Granger, illegitimate son of the founder of the line, lurks on the grounds as steward. He is given to brooding. Miss Hobson is a lady's companion when she is summoned to Clare Hall to become a governess to the young, motherless heiress to the place. She brings freshness and beauty with her. A slow, smoldering passion is indicated between her and Granger which culminates in the real thing after she marries Michael Gough. Their passion desperate, after a bit they plot to kill the present owner of Clare Hall and his son. Trouble with some gypsies in the vicinity affords them an opportunity to accomplish a double murder. There is no suspicion That is until Granger, now in command, indicates that in order to be master of the place young Suzanne Gibbs must be put out of the way. Miss Hobson is horrified at this and goes to the police to tell them how Granger murdered Gough and Walter Fitzgerald. Granger is arrested, goes on trial and eventually is sentenced to hang. The fates have insured that Clare Hall remain in his family strain. Miss Gibbs is killed in a riding accident. At the conclusion Miss Hobson gives birth to Granger's son. The story reproduces the Victorian period well and its main ingredients should prove of more than passing interest to the female contingent of the audience. Performances are restrained, very effective. CAST: Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger, Michael Gough, Walter Fitzgerald, Suzanne Gibbs, Maurice Denham, Sybilla Binder, Ernest Jay, Townsend Whirling, J. H. Roberts, Allan Jeayes, Edward Lexy, Arthur Wontner. CREDITS: A Cineguild Production; Producer, Anthony Havelock-Alan; Director, Marc Alleqret; Screenplay, Audrey Lindop, Cecil McGivern; '^rom the novel by Joseph Shearing; Photography, "juy Gren, Geoffrey Unsworth; Editor, Jack Morris; Art, Wilfred Shingleton; Sound, Charles ''oulton, Winston Ryder. DIRECTION: Good. PHOTOGRAPHY: Good. SHORTS "Big Mouth Bass" RKO (Sportscope) 8 Mins. Good Luring, hooking and landing bigmouth bass on a Connecticut lake makes for interesting look-see in this briefie. The fish is quite a battler. Al McLane of Field and Stream demonstrates the finer points of filling the creel with big ones. Mrs. McLane rows the boat, catches a six-pounder. Okay fare for everywhere; "The Rattled Rooster" WB 7 Mins. Okay Rooster chase's worm for his meal. Worm leads the hungry bird on a merry chase. Several imaginative sequences help in making this short a cut above the average. CCNY in Expansion Of Film Institute Cocteau Coming Here Jean Cocteau will come to this country soon in connection with the preem of "The Eagle Has Two Heads," French pic to be handled in the U. S. by Vog Film Co. Film has not been shown in France yet. Cocteau is an author-director-producer His previous film works include "Blood of a Poet," "Beauty and the Be^st," "The Eternal Return." Community Sing (No. 9— Series 12) Col. 9 Mins. Very Good Good selection of such favorites as "California Here I Come," "Pennsylvania Polka," "Red River Valley," etc. Offstage singing is catchy. City College's Institute of Film Techniques will be expanded to full daytime status this Fall and will offer courses which may be credited toward a bachelor's degree, Dr. Harry N. Wright, CCNY president, announced. He also revealed that Hans Richter, director of the Institute, has been promoted to the rank of assistant professor. Courses in the new daytime Institute, according to Professor Richter, will be credited toward a degree in either the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences or the School of Education. Current plans call for daytime courses in the history of motion pictures, the documentary film as an educational tool, fundamentals of film production, motion picture photography, motion picture writing, motion picture editing, practice in film production, and a film workshop. Rep. Will Use Available Cash to Trim Bank Loans (Continued from Page 1) dent, told the board that he was voluntarily reducing his salary by 50 per cent as prelude to other economies which would be introduced within the next 60 days. The board passed the regular quarterly dividend of its preferred stock, attributing the action to unsettled industry conditions throughout the world. WILL BE YOUR PAY DAY!