The Film Daily (1948)

^ DAILY Monday, September 20, 1948 Vol. 94, No. 56 Mon., Sept. 20, 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; Fatti 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, Manager 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older 6417 Dahlonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU loseph Esler, Chief C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON— Ernest W. Fredraan, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. Vlrtudes 214. BOifBAY — Ram L. Gogtay, Kltab Mahal, 190 Hornby Ed., Fort, Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar, FUmafrlc, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAI^-Ray Carmlchael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavler St. VANCOUTER — Jack Droy, 411 Lyric Theater Bldg. SYDNBT— 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. finflnciflL i^-^ {September 17) ^ NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 25V8 245/8 24% Columbia Picts. . . 9 9 9 East. Kodak 42% 421/2 421/2 East. Kodak pfd 1631/2 162 I631/2 Gen. Free. Eq 14 1334 133^ Loew's, Inc 161/8 16 leVs Paramount 225/8 221A 221A RKO^.. 75/8 71/2 75/8 Republic Pict 31/8 3 3 20th Century-Fox . . . 201/8 20V8 20V8 Universal Pict 9 8% 8% Universal Pict. pfd... 591/2 591/2 591/2 Warner Bros 10% lOS/g 103^ NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts. ... 4 4 4 RKO 134 11/2 11/2 Sonotone Corp 31/2 33/8 33/s Technicolor 13 123/8 123/8 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Cinecolor 33/, Pathe 4 Net Chg. 1/4 + Vi — 1/4 + 1/8 — '/4 + % — Vs — Vz Asked 4 43/8 Isley Succeeds Cole As Texas Allied Head Dalla-s — Phil Isley was elected president of Allied Theater Owners of Texas at a special directors meeting, called to act on the resignation of Col. H. A. Cole. No other officer changes were made. Directors also voted to defer the annual convention to early Spring because of the closeness of dates between National Allied's meeting and the Texas schedule. Cole continues as board chairman until Spring. cominG flno goihg JOSEPH BERNHARD, president of Film Classics and Cinecolor, leaves for the Coast today. A. J. O'KEEFE, U-l assistant general sales manager, returned from the Coast over the week-end. JACK ELLIS, New York district manager for UA, and JAMES WINN, Buffalo branch manager, have returned from a trip to Kallet Theaters in Oneida. MILTON SPERLING, of United States Pictures, has arrived from Burbank and is at the Waldorf-Astoria. CHARLES MAYER, MPEA managing director In Japan and Korea, is due today from Tokyo for conferences. WILLIAM HOWARD, assistant general manager of RKO Theaters, is in Chicago on a tour of the company's theaters in that city. Champagne, Detroit and Grand Rapids. SYD GROSS, Film Classics' assistant director of ad-oublicitv, is on a week's vacation. O'Donnell Speaks Tonight At Variety Citation Dinner Boston — Bob O'Donnell, chief barker of Variety Clubs International, will be the principal speaker tonight when the Variety Club of New England receives the Charity Citation Award. Lou Perini, Tent president, will accept the award on behalf of the Braves baseball team, for outstanding contiibution in spearheading the Jimmy Fund for cancer research. Jim Britt, Joseph S. Cifre, John J. Dervin, Ralph Edwards, William H. Sullivan, Jr., and George Swartz will be honored for individual contributions. Kronenberg Wins Major Warner Golf Trophy Winner of the Major Warner Trophy at the Warner Club's annual golf tournament at the Vernon Hills Country Club in Tuckahoe last Friday was Abe Kronenberg, holder of the lowest gi-oss score. Other divisional winners in the tourney, attended by 160, were Harry Rosenquest, Tom Bills and Joe Goldstein; Leonard Palumbo, Bill Cannon, Phil Heineman and Jack Kingsley; Nat Fellman and Hy Blaustein. Roberts Resigns as SRO Eastern Publicity Director Resignation of Joseph L. Roberts, Eastern public relations director for Vanguard and SRO is announced, effective Sept. 30. Roberts joined Selznick in 1944, following five years as publicity director for the Center Theater. He will devote his time to various enterprises in the amusement field. WELCOME!! REALART Franchise Holders on your 1st anniversary convention NOW IT CAN BE SOLD 12th Week ' World Theatre St. Louis A Real Sleeper for Realart Showmen Contact NATHAN CY BRAUNSTEIN 723 7th Ave., New York City CIr. 6-5883 LEON J. BAMBERGER, RKO sales promotion manager, will go to Chicago for the TOA convention, Sept. 24-25, proceeding to the St. Louis MFTO meeting on Sept. 27, and the KMTA convention, Sept. 28-29. EZRA E. STERN, Los Angeles film attorney, is in New York. BEN WIRTH, president of Warners Service Corp., left for the Coast. He will be gone about 10 days. SONDRA RODGERS, New York stage actress who made her film debut recently in "Tap Roots," planed to New York from Hollywood to begin rehearsals for Sean O'Casey's "So Red The Rose." HENRY GINSBERG, Paramount vice-president and studio chief, returned to the Coast. TOA Officials, Staff in Chi. on Pre-Confab Biz Chicago — Top TOA officials and staff members begin convergence here today to make final preparations for the organization's national convention at the Drake Hotel on Friday and Saturday of this week. Gael Sullivan, TOA executive director, arrived over the week-end and will be joined today by Stanley Presnosil, his assistant, and Henry Murdock, of the public relations staff. They will immediately huddle with John Balaban, convention chairman, and Edward Zorn, vicechairman. Tomorrow's arrivals will include Ted R. Gamble, president; Robert W. Coyne, retiring executive director and convention consultant; Herman Levy, general counsel; Henry Ferber, comptroller; Charles P. Skouras, treasurer; Spyros P. Skouras and Thornton Sargent. Expected Wednesday are Fred Wehrenberg, board chairman; S. H. Fabian, executive committee chairman; Leonard H. Goldenson and Morris Loewenstein. Also Mrs. Sally Meiselman and Miss Sylvia Raskin of the New York staff. Three Sheridans for RKO In Deal with Polan Banks IVest Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Ann Sheridan will make three films for RKO, under a deal completed by Howard Hughes with Polan Banks Productions. Banks will produce the films, to include "Carriage Entrance," "Women Must Weep" and "The Newport Story." MITCHELL MAY, Jr. CO., INC. INSURANCE Specializing in requirements of the Motion Picture Industry 75 Maiden Lane, New York 510 W. 6th St. Los Angeles Lober Joining Warners As Assistant to Hummel Lou Lober, 20-year veteran of Loew's International, on Oct. 1 will join Warners' European staff as assistant to Joseph Hummel, Warner [nternational vice-president in charge of Europe, Near East, North Africa and Middle East. Lober sails for Europe on Oct. 15, aboard th buw Amsterdam. He will work y,^u of Paris. For the past three years, Lober has been associate regional director for Loew's for Europe, North Africa, Egypt and the Middle East. During the war he was Chief of the OWI Overseas Motion Picture Bureau, and prior to that was Loew's Near East manager in Cairo from 1930 to 1940. London Warner Theater Booked Through February London (By Cable) — Warners has set its "showcase" bookings at the Warner Theater through February, it is announced by Arthur S. Abeles. Following "Life With Father," current at the house, will be "My Wild Irish Rose," Oct. 15; "The Voice of the Turtle," Nov. 19; "To the Victor," Dec. 3; "Johnny Belinda," Dec. 24; "Treasure of Sierra Madre," Jan. 21 and "April Showers," Feb. 18. NEW YORK THEATERS _ RADIO CITY MUSIC HAIL _ Rockefeller Center GARY COOPER, ANN SHERIDAN in LEO McCAREY'S "GOOD SAM" A Rainbow Production, Inc. Picture Released by RKO Radio Pictures SPECTACULAR STAGE PRESENTATION Barbara Stanwyck Burt Lancaster WRONG NUMBER' ^**^' A Poremount RvleoM , 7^/J^/JA/ro(/A/r z Pi ROSALIND RUSSELL in "THE VELVET TOUCH" A FREDERICK BRISSON PRODUCTION Released through RKO B'way &49thSt. RIVOLl LORETTA YOUNG RKO presents WILLIAM HOLDEN ROBERT MITCHUM 'RACHEL and the STRANGER' MAYFAIR™^ Brandt's 47th St.