The Film Daily (1948)

^ Wednesday, September 15, 1948 DAILY Vol. 94, No. 53 Wed., Sept. 15, 1948 lOCts. 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; 5 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, Manager 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older 6417 Dahlonena Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler, Chief C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Brlaraate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman. The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St.. W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. Vlrtudes 214. BOMBAY — Ram L. Gogtay, Kltab Mahal. 190 Hornby Rd., Fort, Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul SafTar, Pilmafrlc, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL— Ray Carmichael, Boom 9, 464 Francis Xavler St. VANCOUTER — Jack Droy, 411 Lyric Theater Bide. SYDNEY — Bowden Fletcher, 19 Moxon Ave., Punchbowl, N. S. Phone, UY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Meys, 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGENJohn Llndberg, Jembanealle No. 3, Copenhagen-Van Loose. ROME — John Perdlcari, Via LudoTlsi 16. Plione. 42758. MEXICO CITY — Jay Kaner — c/o American Chamber of Commerce — Ban Juan de Letran 24. nnflnciflL : {September 14) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Am. Seat 241/2 241/2 Columbia Picts 9 9 East. Kodak 43 42% Gen. Prec. Eq 14% 141/4 Loew's, Inc 16'A 16 Paramount 22% 22 RKO 77/8 73/4 Republrc Prct BVs 3 P.epubMc Pict. pfd. , 71/8 7i/s 20th Century-Fox 201/2 201/8 Universal Pict 9% 8% Universal Pict. pfd. . 60 59 Warner Bros 10% 103^ NEW YORK CURB MARK Monogram Picts. 4 4 RKO 13/4 134 Sonotone Corp 35/8 3% Trans-Lux 4% 4% OVER THE COUNTER Cinecolor . . Pathe Close 241/2 9 42% 141/4 161/8 221/2 7% 3 71/8. 201/2 9 60 10% ET 4 13/4 35/8 4% Bid 3% 4 Net Chg. + 1/4 + '/b + % — 1/4 + "% + '/s + Vi — % + 1 + Vs + 1/4 Asked 3% 41/2 Schine Regional Meet in Syracuse Tomorrow Syracuse — Louis W. Schine, Gus Lampe and Bernie Diamond, of the Schine home office, are scheduled to lead the discussions at the regional meeting of Schine managers at Hotel Syracuse tomorrow. The North country, Syracuse, Central New York and the Mohawk Valley zones will be represented by Zone Managers Harry H. Unterfort, Lou Hart and Joe Schwartzwalder. More than 41 house managers are expected in. cominc nno Goinc COL. JOCK LAWRENCE, JARO, Inc., vicepresident, and SYDNEY WYNNE, of London, JARO ad-publicity chief, left for Hollywood yesterday for a stay of a week or 10 days. JERRY DALE, of the JARO New York stoff, has returned from Toronto. WILLIAM HOLDEN will arrive in New York Friday. JOHN JENKINS, president of Astor Pictures of Dallas, is in town for conferences with R. M. "Bob" Savini, president of Astor Pictures Corp. F. J. A. McCarthy, U-I Soutliem and Canadian sales manager, leaves today for Buffalo and Canada. OSCAR NEU, of Neu-Made Products, leaves today for Buffalo and Chicago, and from there goes to the TESMA-TEDPA joint conventions in St. Louis. JOSEPH MARKS, SRO's Canadian division sales manager, is en route from Toronto to attend the SRO divisional sales meeting which will be held in the home office tomorrow. B. G. KRANZE, Film Classics vice-president and general sales head, left by plane yesterday for San Francisco and Los Angeles. AL ZIMBALIST, Film Classics ad-publicity chief, flies bock to Chicago today with MISCHA AUER, who will make a P. A. tour of the midWest in connection with "Sofia — City of Intrigue." Paramount's Mesibov Joins Faculty at CCNY Sid Mesibov, Paramount exploitation manager, has joined the CCNY faculty as an instructor in the College's Institute of Film Techniques. Mesibov will teach a course in the principles of motion picture advertising, publicity, exploitation and distribution in the College's evening session. Although the Institute formerly concentrated on the production and writing phases of motion pictures, the new courses have been added in order to satisfy student interest in other branches of the industry. Mesibov was invited to conduct the course by the Institute's director, Hans Richter. Wrather, Wayne, Grant Form New Production Co. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Jack Wrather, Monogram producer, announced plans to form Epic Pictures in conjunction with John Wayne and James Edward Grant, writer-director. Incorporation papers are to be filed this week, with the initial production to go before the cameras soon after the first of the year. Company plans three films in Technicolor, starring Wayne, with stories and direction by Grant. Titles are "Incident in Illinois," "A Man's Story" and "Stagecoach to Tucson." Loew's Managerial Shifts Several managerial shifts were announced yesterday by Eugene Picker, in charge of Loew's New York theater operations: William Carroll from Avenue B to Burland; Buddy Neustein from Brevoort to Bedford; John O'Connor from Bedford to Woodside. Larry Stark, acting manager of Loew's Burland, becomes manager of the Brevoort, Brooklyn; Joseph Stica from Woodside to Avenue B. FRANK AHLGREN, executive editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, is visiting New York. PAULA GOULD, Capitol Theater publicist, is vacationing. JOHN MURPHY, in charge of Loew's out-oftown theater operations, has returned from Boston. He was accompanied by Harry Moskowitz, tile company's chief engineer. CLARK GABLE left Hollywood yesterday for a ten-day stay in New York. W. W. SPENCER, M-G-M studio executive, and his wife are scheduled to leave Hollywood Friday for a visit to New York. S. N. BEHRMAN, playwright, will arrive in New York over the week-end from Hollywood offer completing the script on "Quo Vadis," which Arthur Hornblow, Jr., will produce for M-G-M in Italy. LARRY WEINGARTEN, M-G-M studio executive, and MRS. WEINGARTEN will leave the Coast on Sept. 30 for New York. FRED QUIMBY, M-G-M short subject production head, and his wife leave Hollywood on Oct. 1 for New York with a short stopover ot London, Ont., Canada. EDWIN PAULEY is returning to Los Angeles fiom Chicago, reported seeking television station permit for that territory. El Salvador Censors Reject U.S. Horror Pic U'ashiinjton Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — El Salvador censors screened 234 features during the first six months of 1948, including 185 from the United States, 32 from Mexico, 12 from Argentina, four from Great Britain and one French. One U. S. film was rejected because of the horror of the characterizations, the Department of Commerce reports, one British because of alleged Communist propaganda, and two Mexican films — one because of artistic deficiency and the other on grounds of pornography. St. Louis Amusement Wins Stay Pending Suit Appeal St. Louis — Motion by St. Louis Amusement Co. for a stay of the District Court and Circuit Court of Appeals judgments, pending determination of the proposed petition to the U. S. Supreme Court, has been granted by District Judge Harper. Move is in connection with the $285,000 anti-txust damage action against Paramount, American Arbitration Association and the Apollo and Princess Theaters, which was found in favor of the defendants. Rutter Joins Warners as Art Abeles Aide London (By Air Mail) — Sidney Rutter, formerly contract controller here for RKO, has joined Warners as personal assistant to Arthur S. Abeles, Jr., WB's managing director. Court Reserves Decision On MPAA Dismissal Motion Federal Judge Samuel H. Kaufman yesterday reserved decision on a motion by MPAA to either dismiss or order a clarification of the complaint in the SWG action brought against MPAA, AMPP, SIMPP, seven major producers and Eric A. Johnston. SWG seeks a court order to ^ fy the Nov. 25, 1947, pact to refu^,.mployment to witnesses who refused to answer House Un-American Committee questions. Motion was argued yesterday by Judge Samuel Rosenman for MPAA with Thurman Arnold appearing for SWG. CBS Plans Second Video Clinic for Jan. 21-23 CBS will hold its second nationwide television clinic here on Jan. 21-23, 1949. Invitations to video executives have been forwarded by Frank Stanton, CBS president. Agenda will cover a wide range of subjects, including programming, network service, coaxial and radio relay timetables, as well as specific subjects to be suggested by clinic guests. Would Produce English Language Pix in India Oriental International Film Corp., headed by Kenneth McEldowney, now in the Far East, plans to make six English-language films in India, it is learned. Pictures will be produced in Bombay and Poona, with American and East Indian financial backing. Initial subject is to deal with the Indian version of the FBI, and one film is expected to treat on the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. I Young man with ability, ingenuity and capital seeks association with low budget movie producer or distributor. Write Box 230 THE FILM DAILY 1501 Broadway New York 18, N. Y. 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