The Film Daily (1948)

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Wednesday, September 22, 1948 W*^ DAILY: a ' a : Mexico Film Quotas Urged by Commission Mexico City (By Cable)— Efforts to obtain Government approval for a law to establish quotas of imports of.,7~^tion pictures are reported on tl' -=ijlirt of the National Commission for the Moving Picture Industry, headed by Antonio Castro Leal. Measure is proposed as a move to protect the Mexican production industry, now in the midst of a serious slump. Important producer interests, however, fear that such a move may worsen the situation, as it would eliminate all possibility of any financial assistance from U. S. film interests, and might cause retaliation on the part of other countries. It is pointed out that Mexico exports about 60 features a year to the U. S. and that they bring in important revenue in their border city playdates. AR Reports Scales Steady Between March and Aug. (Continued from Page 1) age adult general admission price is put at 50.5 cents, in August, compared with 50.4 cents last March, with both figures including state, local and Federal admission taxes. Conducted by AR's field staff in all sections of the country, survey embraced first run as well as neighborhood houses and drive-ins. Western and Eastern States showed opposite trends, with the East showing a one and a third cent price bike, and the West reporting a decline of two and a half cents. Larger cities showed a price increase of three-fourths of a cent, but this is offset by a comparable drop in the average admission in small cities and towns. Florida Theater Starts Weekly Quiz Air Show Palm Beach, Fla. — The Paramount Theater has started a weekly quiz show called "Who's Talking?" with a jack-pot which is increased $100 weekly. Merchandise prizes are also awarded lucky patrons. The program is broadcast over WIRK, West Palm Beach, every Tuesday at 7:.30 p.m. DCflTHS MARTIN H. ROGERS, manager of the McHenry Theater, Baltimore. HUGUES JACQUES JEAN-MARIE BRUSSEL, 29, of Paramount's St. Louis exchange. LEO WHITE, 68, film comedian, in Glendale, Calif. NOAH REYNOLDS, 65, former stage and screen actor, died Sunday in Philadelphia. V\h^ PHIL M. DALY iff id-Weelc Report • • • ARTHUR MAYER is slated for another American Red Cross call to service. ... • Frank Copra's first pic for Parcnnount, "A Woman Of Distinction," will start in early January. . . . • Ralph Austrian, who separated himseLi from Foole, Cone and Belding, where he was vice prexy in charge of television, is mulling both film company and broadcasting chain bids. . . . Decision will probably come after a short rest at his Norwalk place. ... • Industryites who attended the Variety Clubs Int'l sessions at Washington still talking about Richard C. (Coca Cola) Fowler's dinner for Bob O'Donnell and the Washington Variety Club cocktail party at which Jack (Berlo Vending) Beresin and Jim (Highway Express Lines) Clark were joint hosts. ... • Which reminds that femmes attending the TOA Chicago sessions this week will receive souvenirs from Harry Pinkey on behalf of the Kelling Nut Co. ... • Britain's Royal Acadesriy of Dramatic Arts is getting six specially bound scripts of "Rope" for study purposes. T T T • • • PARAMOUNT'S PAUL RAIBOURN addresses the National Industrial Conference Board's round table at the Waldorf-Astoria tomorrow on "The Outlook for Entertainment and Recreation." . . . Panel topic is "The Surrender to Inflation." ... © NSS is sending out a special mailing piece, "How to Win Friends and Influence Patrons." . . . Points up a series of Insiitutional trailers to stop vandalism, get the gals to remove their hats, maintain silence and solve other problems that plague exhibs. ... • Ask Si Seadler how come that bandaged hand and he'll hand you a printed slip which notes that with Herb Crooker, he had a narrow escape when Skipper Crocker's sloop caught fire and sank in the Sound. . . . The two were rescued by the Coast Guard. . . . Si's fingers were burned. T ▼ ▼ • • • GIFT-OF-THE-YEAR-DEP'T: Fhil M dined on as fine a cut of red meat as has come his way in many a day last night, thanks to Howard Hawks and UA. . . . Back from lunch yesterday, he found deposited on his desk a steak on the wrapper of vrhich was printed: . . . "This steak, originally on the hoof, was a part of the cast of the forthcoming screen epic, 'Red River'." . . . Wotta precedent, wotta precedent!!! T ▼ ▼ • • • SAMUEL GOLDWYN'S "ENCHANTMENT" will be roadshown in New York in December, opening about the same time on the Coast to qualify for Academy "Oscar" consideration. . . . Br'r Goldwyn already has allocated $300,000 for its promotion. . . . Which sorta further underscores the revamp of Goldwyn's N. Y. publicity office. ... It will be full speed ahead for Lynn Farnol's sta'f in the months ahead, what with the Oct. 19 opening at the Astor of Danny Kaye's "A Song Is Born" and the buildup work to be done for "Rosanna McCoy." T T T • • • THAT WAS A HELLUVA two-day campaign which Al (Film Classics) Zimbalist put behind "Sofia — City of Intrigue" in Chicago. . . . Not a bet missed, and as a result the B&K Apollo is reported mopping up. ... • Sherry Netherland cocktail party yesterday for Hoagy Carmichael in Elliot Gorden's suits attracted a galaxy of celebs. ... • Metro's mulling Eastern shooting for "The Black Hand" which will be done a la documentary. ... • Paramount's providing a special Bob Hope short for Oct. 2 observance of National Newspaper Boy Day which climaxes Newspaper Boy Week. ... • Maria Van Slyke is Eagle Lion's new national mag. contact, replacing Marie Slate who leaves to wed. ... • "Now Swan Ties Up L.I.RR." — N. Y. Sun headline . . . That's giving the Long Islcmd the bird, huh? T T T Italian Pix Market Second to British By JOHN PERDICARI FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Rome (By Air Mail) — Italian film market has recovered since the war to a point where it is the second inarket of Europe, immediately behind Britain, and boasting an annual gross of over 250,000,000,000 lira ($434,782,608). Theaters operating in the country now total 6,980, of which 5,700 are industrial operations, and there is a total of 2,500,000 seats in the field. An average picture, according to a recent survey, produces a profit of about 30,000,000 lira ($53,913), while a picture of outstanding value may return profits up to 100,000,000 lira ($174,087). Cook Named in Percentage Suits Filed in Missouri (Continued from Page 1) filed in various other Federal Courts throughout the country but are the first such suits filed in the Kansas City exchange territory. Each complaint alleges a conspiracy by the defendant to defraud the respective distributor by submitting false reports on percentage pictures. Theater involved is the Missouri in Maryville, Mo. Plaintiffs seek punitive damages in addition to the damages sustained by reason of the alleged fraud. Attorneys for plaintiffs are Cooper, Neel, Sutherland & Rogers, of Kansas City, with Sargoy & Stein of New York as of counsel. CRI Counsel to Report On Milwaukee Ruling Counsel for Confidential Reports, Inc., will shortly report on the legality of the recent ruling by Milwaukee District Attorney Grover L. Broadfoot, which specifies checkers must be licensed as private detectives. A CRI spokesman yesterday stated: "We are studying the ruling to ascertain whether or not CRI field representatives are subject to it." CHARTERCD AGFA CAMERAWERK, INC., Dover, Del.; capital, 250 no par shares. SKYVIEW THEATER, INC., Greensboro, N. C; capital stocl<, $100,000; by Max Zager, Dorothy Lawson, Sidney Stern, Jr. CONSOLIDATED THEATERS, INC., Charlotte; authorized capital stock, $100,000; by J. F. White, Jr., T. A. Little, F. H. Beddingfield. PLAZA THEATER, INC., Greenville, S. C, Heyward Morgan, president. J. G. S. FILMS CORP., New York; capital, 200 no par shares; to distribute films, by Grace M. Scorsone, Nathan Tingel, Jacob Rosenbloom. MAYNARD FILMS, INC., New York; capital, 200 no par shares; by Paula Primrose, Beatrice Weiss, Albert Heim. RINGSIDE PICTURES CORP., New York; capital, 100 no par shares; to produce films; by Gloria Anzalone, Paul L. Herzog, Godfrey Joffe.