The Film Daily (1948)

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:Wt! Wednesday, September 22, 1948 Vol. 94, No. 58 Wed., Sept., 22, 1948 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE : : : : : Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associate Publislier 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-ofBce 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 AndreM \9 Older B4I7 Dahlonega Rd. Pfione: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler, Chief C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Brlargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Kenter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco. Virtudes 214. BOMBAY — Ram L. Gogtay, Kltab Mahal. 190 Hornby Rd., Fort, Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul Saffar, Fllmafric, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL— Ray Carmlchael. Room 9, 464 Francis Xavler St. VANCOUVER — .Tack Droy. 411 Lvrl Theater Bldg. SYDNEY — Bowden Fletcher, 19 Moxon Ave., Punchbowl, N. S. Phone. UY 2110. BRITSSELS — Jean Pierre Meys, 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGENJohn Lindberg, Jernbanealle No. 3, Copenhagen-Van Loese. ROME — John Perdlcarl, Via Ludovlsl 16. Phone, 42758. finflnciRL (September 21) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 241/2 241/2 241/2 . . . East. Kodak 411/8 41 41 1/3 East. Kodak pfd 162 162 162 — i 1/2 Gen. Prec. Eq 13% 13% 135/8+ Vs Loews, Inc 153^ ISS/g 15%— i/g Paramount 21 3^ 213/8 215/= + i/„ RKO 75/8 71/2 71/2 i/s Republic Pict 31/8 3 3 — i/a 20th Century-Fox ... 197/s I91/4 19% + 5/„ 20th Century-Fox pfd. 331/2 33'/2 331/2 Universal Pict 85/8 83/3 83/8 — 1/4 Unrversal Pict. pfd.. , 591/4 591/4 591/4— 1/, Warner Bros IQi/j IOI/4 lOV, + l/s NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Pict; 3% 37/a 37/3 1/3 ?K0 ,.. ^% 15/g 13/4 4. 1/ ^^"''"'"lor ...121/8 121/3 121/8 -, 1/4 Translux 43^ 45/3 43A + 1/0 OVER THE COUNTER ^ ^ ^' ., , Bid Asked Cineeolor 35/g 4 Pothe 3i>^ I cominG flno come MANNING "TIM" CLAGETT, of the MPAA, has returned to Washington from Los Angeles. HUBERT ROUSSEL, motion picture and music editor of the Houston Post, will arrive in New York for an eight-day visit on Monday. JUNE LOCKHART, Eagle Lion Films star, will arrive in New York tomorrow to be guest of honor at the Army Air Force Reunion in Madison Square Garden Saturday night. LEONIDE KIPNIS, president of Westport International Films, sails tomorrow aboard the Queen Elizabeth for a two-month European trip. New NBC Code Nixes More Giveaway Radio Programs Sun Valley, Ida. — NBC will accept no additional give-away programs of the type questioned by FCC until there has been an opportunity to clarify the questions raised, Niles Trammel, NBC president, revealed yesterday in announcing the network's revised code of standards and practices for both radio and video programs. Document includes all provisions of the NAB code, plus a number of major rules for the operation of NBC stations and network affiliates. Services for Dillon in St. Patrick's Tomorrow Funeral services for John R. Dillon, 58, member of the 20th-Fox board of directors, will be held tomorrow in St. Patrick's Cathedral at 10 a. m. Dillon died Monday after a long illness. He was a partner in the brokerage firm of Hayden, Stone & Co., and was elected to the 20th board in 1935. In addition to his widow, Dillon is survived by a daughter and son. Interment will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla, N. Y. Toronto Fears Repeat of Daily Power Interruptions Toronto — Daily power cuts, started last year by the Hydro-Electric System, will probably become necessary again before the end of the year, it is announced. System promises to give reasonable warning and to provide theaters with a regular schedule of power blackouts. Meanwhile, dimout regulations now in effect are being carefully observed by theaters. BANK OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY MEMBER F.D.I.C. Mew York Re|Sf es«ntotive, 44 Wei! St, foreign Sfosjhes: , London, fV!a«lla, OKtt Tokve Bunk o£ Ktntxitu NATIONAL imVi^'Sl ASSOCIATION California's Statewide Bank COL. KENNETH CLARK, MPAA public relations chief, is vacationing. YVONNE DE CARLO returned to Hollywood yesterday from a six-week European vacation. ARTHUR ABELES, JR., newly appointed managing director for Warners in England, arrived yesterday aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam for h. 0. conferences. He will proceed to the Coast for Studio talks. FRANK CAPRA leaves the Coast tomorrow, en route to Sunday's meeting in Boston of UNESCO. He will visit in New York before re turning to the Paramount studio. GERALD MAYER, managing director of the MPAA international department, arrived from Europe yesterday aboard the Queen Elizabeth. BERNARD GOODMAN, supervisor of Warner exchanges, left for Chicago yesterday and is due back at the end of the week. Savini in Deal for 3-4 Pix to be Made in Italy Robert M. "Bob" Savini may go to Italy in connection with the three picture deal he closed in Hollywood with Dr. Alexis Pantaleoni and F. H. Fodor, the Astor Pictures president, said yesterday. Also, he added, a fourth picture may be added to the present deal. Pact calls for the production in Italy of "Children of the Sun," "Pocahontas" and "Danger Point," while a deal is pending to acquire an original opera based on Shakespeare's "As You Like It," with music and score by Florence Wickham. American casts and directors will be used in the Italianmade productions. Weitman Heads Production Committee for UJA Show Producing committee of "Night of Stars," to be held at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 15, will be headed by Robert M. Weitman, managing director of the Paramount Theater, Nathan Straus, general chairman, announced. Proceeds go to the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. "Night of Stars" committee on Sept. 28 will honor Weitman with a luncheon at the Astor Hotel, to pay tribute to the Paramount executive for his years of service to the annual appeal. SCREENING ROOM Our Air Conditioned Comfortable Screening Room is part oi "BONDEO'S 3-WAY SERVICE" • film Storage • Film Bxcliange Service • Air Conditioned Screening Room BONDED FILM STORAGE CO., INC. 1600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY CIRCLE 6-0081-2-3-4 Exchange Service 630 Ninth Av N. Y. Representative of Notional Film Service, Inc. Miles and Block Join Goldwyn Publicity Dept. Philip Miles and Arthur Block have been added to the Samuel Goldwyn Productions publicity staff headed by Lynn Farnol, it is announced. Miles, formerly with Allan Meltzer & Co., will handle exploitation, formerly headed by Bill Ruder, while Block will take on the expi'^itation assignment formerly \ *by George Weissman. Block has" .een with U-I. In a reorganization of the staff, Marion Sawyer becomes publicity assistant, and Martin Davis takes the No. 2 spot in exploitation. Ruth Cosgrove will continue in the radio and music exploitation of "A Song Is Born." Staff probably will be further augmented in preparation for Goldwyn's "Enchantment," scheduled for release in Hollywood and New York before Christmas. Hearing Set for Friday On Philco-A. T. & T. Suit Philadelphia — Philco Corp. and Philco Television Broadcasting Co. has filed a suit in Federal Court here against American Telephone & Telegraph Co. over the former's right to use privately owned television relay links. Suit asks for a ruling on whether A.T.&T. can shut off stations from network video broadcasts because they use privately owned relay with radio broadcasting stations instead of major company facilities. Philco alleges A.T.&T. twice cut a broadcast in two weeks which was transmitted to NBC in New York. Plaintiff asserts NBC has been ordered not to supply WPTZ, this city, with the Army-Villanova football game next week from West Point. A hearing before Judge William H. Kirkpatrick has been set for Friday. 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