The Film Daily (1948)

IHEl DAILY Tuesday, September 14, 1948 Vol. 94, No. 52 Tues., Sept. 14, 1948 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE : : : : : Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publisher and General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Editor 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 Wllk. Managar 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older 6417 Dahlonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler, Chief 0. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Brlargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. Vlrtudes 214. BOSfBAT — Bam L. Gogtay, Kltab Mahal. 190 Hornby Rd., Fort. Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar. PUmafrlc, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL— Ray Carmlchael. Room 9, 464 Francis Xavler St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy, 411 Lyric Theater BIdg. SYDNEY — Bowden Fletcher. 19 Moxon Ave., Punchbowl, N. S. Phone, UY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Meys. 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN— John Llndberg, Jembanealle No. 3, Copenhagen-Van Loese. ROME — John Perdlcarl, Via Ludovlsl 16. Phone, 42758. MEXICO CITY — Jay Kaner — c/o American Chamber of Commerce — San Juan de Letran 24. finnnciRL (September 13) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 24Vi 241/4 241/4 Bell & Howell I8I/2 ISVs IS'/s Bell & Howell pfd.... 985/8 985/8 985/8 Columbia Picts 8% 8% S'/s East. Kodak 43V8 42V2 42V2 Gen. Prec. Eq 145/8 MVi 141/2 Loew's, Inc I6I/2 16'/8 161/8 Paramount 22'/7 22% 221/8 RKO .. 73/4 75/8 73/4 Republic Pict 3 3 3 Republic Pict. pfd... 73^ 71/8 71/8 20th Century-Fox . . . 203^ 20 20 Universal Pict 95/8 91/2 95/8 Universal Pict. pfd... 59 S8I/2 59 Warner Bros 10% 103^ 103^ NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts. ... 4 3% 4 RKO 17/8 13/4 13/4 Technicolor 13 123^ 123^ Trans-Lux 45/5 45/, 45/8 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Net Chg. — Va + Vs — ■ Vs — 5/8 + Vs — 1/4 — % + Vs — v« — % — % + Vr — 1¥8 Cinecolor Pathe . . . 31/2 4 Asked 3% 41/2 Cleveland to Vote on Building Code Board Cleveland, O. — A charter amendment to establish a board of building standards and appeals will be submitted at the November elections by the City Council. Proposed five-member committee would pass on materials and types of construction, and enforce and revise the existing building code. Ealmine Presiding at Zone Managers Meet Milwaukee ITO Appoints Committees for Convention Harry M. Kalmine, president and general manager of Warners Theaters, will preside at a zone managers' meeting today at the home office. Those attending will be: Zone managers: James Coston, Chicago; Nat Wolf, Cleveland; I. J. Hoffman, New Haven; Frank Damis, Newark; Charles A. Smakwitz, Albany; Ted Schlanger, Philadelphia; M. A. Silver, Pittsburgh; George A. Crouch, Washington and Ben Wallerstein, Hollywood. Film buyers: Alex Halperin, Chicago; Ted Minsky, Cleveland; Bert Jacocks and Max Hoffman, New Haven; Sam Blasky, Newark; Max Friedman, Albany; John Turner, Philadelphia; Harry Feinstein, Pittsburgh; L. F. Ribnitzki, Washington and Leo Miller, Hollywood. Home office execs.: M. Alben, C. E. Bond, F. Cahill, H. Copelan, Z. Epstin, N. Fellman, H. Goldberg, L. J. Kaufman, H. Maier, F. Marshall, W. S. McDonald, F. Phelps, H. Rodner, H. Rosenquest, D. Triester, R. Weiss and B. Wirth. Ginsberg to Address Para. Group at Raiboum Lunch Henry Ginsberg, Paramount vicepresident in charge of production, will discuss the comnanv's forthcoming Droduft at a luncheon with home office ad-publicity-exploitation departments in the Hotel Astor tomorrow. Paul Raibourn, Paramount vicenresident, will act as host for the luncheon at which representatives of Paramount International's publicity department and the Buchanan Ad Agency will also be present. Arthur Jeffrev, E-L's Exploitation M'g'r, Quits Resignation of Arthur Jefl'rey from his post as E-L exploitation manager which he held ever since the inception of the company two years ago. was announced yesterday by Max E. Youngstein, veepee in charge of ad-publicity and exploitation. Exit is effective Oct. 1. Successor will be announced later. Tomarin's Father Dies Abraham Tamarin, 74, died Sunday of pulmonary post operative complications. Burial services were held at the Hudson City Cemetery in Hudson. Surviving Tamarin, who retired from business 10 years ago, are his sons, Alfred H. Tamarin, UA publicity director, and Dr. Joseph Tamarin of New York City. OUTDOOR REFRESHMENT ^ CONCESSIONAIRES (rtffl Coast to Coasts over V4 Century /] Now Specializing^ in Refreshment Service for E-IN THEATRES, SPORTSERVICE, Inc. jACons mo% HURST BLDG. ' ' ' BUFFALO, N, Ye Milwaukee — Committees for the annual meeting of Independent Theater Owners of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan are announced by Arnold Brumm, convention chairman. Sessions will be held at the Hotel Schroeder, Oct. 13-15. William L. Ainsworth, president of both ITO and National Allied, is ex-officio member of all committees. Committee chairmen include: Ervin Clumb, publicity; Charles Trampe, entertainment; Sig Goldberg, program; Oliver Trampe, decoration; Harry Perlewitz, reservations; C. W. Kraemer, convention book and displays; Edward Johnson, registration; F. J. Mc Williams, reception; Harold Pearson, tickets; Helen Hanke, ladies. L. W. Bergtold and Floyd Albert were named sergeantsat-arms. Indie Producers-AFM Pact Reduces Payroll 1/3 IVest Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Reduction in the number of musicians independent producers must keep on their payrolls has been effected via a new agreement with the American Federation of Musicians. A new one-year pact has been agreed to, subject to membership ratification. Instead of four orchestras with a total of 100 men, independents must now hire a minimum number of musicians for the several classifications of films for a minimum number of hours per picture and pay for not less than 35,000 man-hours per year. The new pact accounts for a reduction of over 'one-third. Chicago Financial Group Buys United International West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — A financial group headed by Edward Doherty, president of Apex Railway Supply Co., Chicago, has purchased United International, Inc., 16 mm. distributor. Doherty becomes chairman of the UI board, with H. W. Irwin the new president. Company plans call for the production and distribution of fulllength features in both 35 mm. and 16 mm. First order of business, however, will be the sale of 15 reissued 35 mm. films in 16 mm. sound. Hollywood office is under the management of Irwin. ARE SHOWMENS CHOICE EVERYWHERE FINEST QUALITY*? DQ SERVICE cominG nno Gomc AL HORWITS, U-l Eastern publicity manager, left for Chicago yesterday, accompanied by SHELLEY WINTERS. TOM CRAVEN, United World TV producer, has returned here from a two-week vacation at Auburn, N. Y. HARRY MINKEY, Kelling Co. theater rep., has returned to Chicago from an Eastern issiness *''"• #L MURRAY GOLDSTEIN, AA-MonograitT^ ,onal sales manager, leaves today for Pittsbingn, returning at the end of the week. FREDERICK BRISSON, executive producer of Independent Artists, returns in a week to Hollywood following conferences at RKO Radio's home office. Director MAX OPULS plans to leave Hollywood for New York Oct. 15 to embark on the French Liner de Grasse for a several month European business and pleasure trip. BERNARD J. GATES, Monogram Latin-American supervisor, left Rio by air Sunday for Montevideo, for conferences with Juan C. Mendez, Argentina manager headquartering in Buenos Aires. VICTOR VOLMAR, foreign publicity manager for Monogram, arrived in Hollywood over the week-end from New York, for conferences with Louis S. Lifton, publicity director. DICK POWELL, star of "Pitfall," left New York yesterday for Hollywood aboard the Constellotion. WILLIAM BEIN, Cincinnati theaterman. Is in Chicago on vacation. E. T. GOMERSALL, assistant to William A. Scully, U-l vice-president and general sales manager, has returned from Chicago. Funeral Services Today For W. R. Kernan of RKO Funeral services will be held today for William J. Kernan, 72, RKO Service Corp. assistant treasurer and paymaster, who died Saturday. Kernan had been with RKO and its predecessors for more than 32 years. A requiem mass will be offered at Holy Trinity Church this morning. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery, West Roxbury,. Mass. Kernan is survived by his wife, Ellen; a son, William, and three brothers, John B., Joseph F., and Edward H. Kernan. Correction Maj. 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