The Film Daily (1948)

14 IDE •^ DAILY Wednesday, September 22, 1948-; Balaban, Skouras to Address TOA Banquet (Continued from Page 1) business will be discussed by the organization's board of directors tomorrow afternoon in order that the initial open business session can get under way promptly at 10 a. m. Friday. Following a business luncheon on the latter afternoon, various committees will meet separately in order to discuss specific problems of concern to exhibitors. The Coca-Cola Co. will host a cocktail party and buffet supper in the early evening, after which many guests will attend the Chicago Railroad Fair which has designated Friday as "TOA Night." Saturday's activities will tee off at 9 a. m. with a demonstration of theater television in the Esquire Theater, after which the business session will resume for the remainder of the morning and afternoon. Balloting for a new president to succeed Ted R. Gamble, who has thus far resisted efforts to draft him for another term, will take place at this session. Warners will host a cocktail party preceding the President's Dinner. Imppro to Produce Series Of CBS Television Films CBS has closed a contract with Imppro, Inc., of Hollywood, for the production of a series of half-hour films designed or use by CBS affiliated video stations. Deal calls for delivery of 13 films of "The Cases of Eddie Drake" by Jan. 8, with others to follow. Original techniques designed to avoid long shots, eliminate edge glare and prevent images from bleeding off receiver tubes have been devised. Harlan Thompson is producer of the series, with Herbert L. Storck as co-producer, and Paul H. Garrison directing. Top roles are assigned to Don Haggerty, Patricia Morison and Theodore Von Eltz, with Jason James writing the scripts. nEUJ POSTS DON MAXWELL, Skirball manager, Bryan, 0. ROBERT SCHAEFER, manager, Thompson Square Theater, Boston. MILTON ETTINGER, Eagle Lion salesman, Indianapolis. JACK BENSON, booker-office manager, U-l, Indianapolis. GUY HANCOCK, United Artists salesman, Indianapolis. JAMES SHERIDAN, personnel supervisor. Bell & Howell, Chicago. ROBERT LANGE, personnel assistant, Bel! & Howell, Chicago. DAVID GOLDSMITH, production manager. Bell & Howell, Chicago. BILL WILLIAMS, general manager, Santa Fe Theater Corp., Santa Fe, N. M. T. J. DAVEY, student booker, RKO, Denver. JERRY BANTA, M-G-M salesman, Denver. JOHN ROBBRTS, assistant booker, M-G-M, Denver. LARRY GAUTHIER, acting assistant manager. State Lake Theater, Chicago. THEATER DEALS Maryland, Baltimore, 0., to Michael Fox from C William Hicks. Zla, Springrer, N. M., to John Woods from Carl Garitson. Mission and Drive-In, Hatch, N. M., to Bohanan Bros, from Marlin Butler. Manilla, Manilla, la., to M. H. Norag'on from L. R Howorth. Ainsworth, Ainsworth, Neb., to Verne Lindholm from Roy Syfert. Idaho, Sumner, 111., to Ralph Clark from Merrill Atkins. Lincoln, Lincoln, Mich., to James Ellis from Mrs. J. Helen Kruttlin. Kingston, Daytona Beach, Fla., to Donna P Burtis from Paul Hesse. Palace, Waterloo, la., to Minneapolis business group. Avon, Dysart, la., to Robert Severeid from Frank Parizek. Belmond, Belmond, la., to W. A. Mack from Dayle Allen. Anita, Anita, la., to Carl Benson from Thomas Brooks. Milltown, Milltown, Wis., to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mitchell from A. M. Paulson and Son. Grand, Grantsburg-, Wis., to Joseph Murray. Rapids, Sauk Rapids, Minn., to Russell C. Clepper from Leo Ross. Clark, Canistota, S D., to Jack Flemmer and J. W. Hovey. Valley, Golden Valley, N. D., to Raymond H. Isaak from H. C. Miller. Wesfield, Wesfield. Wis., to Elmer Ericson from E. J. Alfery. Ritz, Lake City, S. Car., to Everett Enterprises from L. L. Probst. Colony, Detroit, Mich., to George Campbell from Shad D. Hakin. Fairview Gardens, Detroit, Mich., to Shad D. Hakin. S(Cotia, Scotia, N. Y., to Clifford L. Riehey. Winfield, Winfield, O., to Mr. and Mrs. Dayle Allen from Harold Hill. Chopin, Chicag'o, 111., to Sam Chernoff and Jack Ruben from Ed. Austerlaide. Enfield, Enfield, Mo., to Wilfred Fromm from Vernal M. Elliott. Jean, Seaboard, N. Car., to Pete Lassiter from Roy Champion. Florence, Florence, N. J., to Harry Nestler from Martin Fisclibein. Lincoln, Lufkin, Tex., to James H. Butler from Joe Stephano. Victorj', Amarillo, Tex., to Hiram Parks from Underwood & Ezell Circuit. Playhouse, Whiteliall, Mich., to Herbert Bolslioven from Charles Bissell. Drive-In, Sioux City, Nebr., to Tri-States Theaters from L. E. Davidson. Crittenden, West Memphis, Tenn., to M. A. Lig-htman and Associates. Egyptian, Seattle, Ore., Egyptian Building Corp. Lyric, Harbor Springs, Mich., to Mr. and Mrs. Tliomas C. Reinwand from Mr. and Mrs. Walter Large. Grafton, Grafton, O., to Albert Wolf and Harold Weaver from Frank Gidlin. Elk, Italy, Tex., to S. S. Spurloek from B. L. Waldon. Lyceum, Minneapolis, Minn., to Izzie Slavin and associates. Allen and Majestic, Lima, O., to Don F. Loukos from George liitzler. Hudson, Hudson, O., to Loren Solether from Charles Powers. Rose, Detroit, Mich., to Harry Pertner from David Newman. Regal, Detroit, Mich., to Bernard Yaker from Leon Cutler. Lyric, LeCenter, Minn., to Floyd Perkins. Amsterdam, Detroit, Mich., to Mrs. Gitla Jakubowicz from Bert Ogus. < Anita, Anita, la., to Carl Benson from Tom Brooks. Uptown, Davenport, la., to Richard A. Moore from Julius Geertz. State, Clarence, la., to Bruce Hall from Richard Blahnik. Rio, Wall Lake, la., to Herbert Anderson from Roy DeBow. Majestic, DeWitt, la., to E. Garbett from Buck DeNeune. Cozy, South Bend, Ind., to Lubliner and Booth from Harry Pravot. Legion, Steelsville, Mo., to E. Pruitt from J. R. Thompson. Edge, Edgewood, Tex., to Charley Wise and M. Mitchell. Moran, Moran, Tex,, to W. D. Robbins. Ohio, Marion, O., to Nate Schultz, Sam Schultz, Nate Marcus and Dave Marcus from John Huebner. Capitol, Pittsfield, Mass., to Western Mass. Theaters, Inc., from Laura T. Mills and Mabel Mills estate. Kameo, Pittsfield, Mass., to Bill Powell from Peter Cimini. Rice's "Twist" Request Under Rabbinical Study New York Board of Rabbis is studying the request made by Elmer Rice to drop action against JAR's "Oliver Twist." As chairman of tiie National Council for Freedom of Expression, ACLU's anti-censorship affiliate. Rice wrote to the rabbinical body deploring "a rather alarming tendency on the part of minority groups to demand the suppression of anything that might conceivably be detrimental to their own interests." Rice also noted, "I am well aware that the action taken by you and your organization is motivated by a laudable desire to check the growth of anti-Semitism in this country. With this objective, the Union is wholly in sympathy." Rossoff, Yusen Head Brandt Pub. Arthur Rosoff and Henry Yusen will supervise the advertising-publicity department set up by Brandt Theaters. Circuit's advertising and publicity functions will be coordinated in the new set-up. MP Bookers Club Will Aid Will Rogers Drive Full suppoirt of the Will Rogers Memorial Fund Drive has been pledged by the membership of the Motion Picture Bookers Club. Part of the funds of the organization's ninth annual dinner and dance on Sunday, Oct. 17, will go to the WRMFD. Tickets for the affair can be obtained from: Lou Wolfe of the Brandt Circuit: Irving Kaplan of Randforce; Harry Margolies of Loew's; Etta Segal of Monogram; George Trilling of Fabian: Alex Arneswalder of 20th-Fox; Jerry Horowitz of Paramount: Dave Jacobs of Columbia; Pete Saglobiene of Warners; Jean Slade of RKO. "Red Shoes" First at National Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Eagle Lion's J. Arthur Rank production "Red Shoes," will be the first attraction at the National Theater when the house becomes a film stand on Oct. 14. Major in New Offices Cleveland — Major Films, 16 mm. distributor, on Oct. 1 moves to new headquarters at 1800 E. 30th St. Sees Advantages in ' Production in France '' (Continued from Page 1 ) told The Film Daily that he is getting ready for a production on the life of Vincent Van Gogh. ^ Yet, despite the advant/ '■ of using blocked funds, only two ^. S. companies have made films in France in recent years: RKO with French Pathe made "Le Silence Est D'Or," and U-I with Graetz' Transcontinental Film made "Le Diable Au Corps." Latter cost the equivalent of $200,000, Graetz revealed. Though "Diable" has already been "phenomenally successful" in Western Europe as well as in Hungary and Poland and in Latin America the film will first be preemed in America at the Paris Theater following the run of "Symphonie Pastorale." The French Government, Graetz said, would welcome fifty-fifty Franco-American deals. Not only would the French film industry be helped back on its feet, but the country's foreign exchange position would be immeasurably improved, he added. Only those who have had experience in French production and who are familiar with its many problems, psychological, economic and otherwise, should be entrusted with making films in France. Otherwise, he warned, the savings which are possible would be lost through inexperience. Some French producers blame the Blum-Byrnes pact for the low state of production, Graetz reported. Such an attitude, he said, does not consider such facts as "the sordid, morbid, defeatist attitude of many recent French films, and the sharply reduced market on the Continent." Just as U. S. companies have been put on the spot with reduced revenues from England and elsewhere, the French producers cannot anticipate any appreciable revenue from such countries as Poland, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Albania and Austria. Before the war, a good French film could earn the equivalent of $100,000 in these countries. Such is no longer the case, Graetz opined, with rampant nationalization of the film industry behind the Iron Curtain. 1^ Ai O'Brien Re-elected to TUG London (By Air Mail) — Tom O'Brien, general secretary of NATKE, was re-elected to the general council of TUC in a five-cornered contest. STORKS Chicago — Alex Pukalo, United Artists salesman, reports the arrival of a new son, Joseph. St. Louis— Patrick F. Byrne, RKO salesman, reports the birth of Patrick F., Jr.