The Film Daily (1948)

: ^'A daily Thursday, September 23, 1 Vol.94, No. 59 Thur., Sept. 23, 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; 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 8417 Dahlonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler, Chief C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 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 Saffar, Filmafrlc, 8 Rue Charras. MOIfTREAL— Ray Carmlchael, Room 9. 464 Francis Xavier St. TANCOtTTER — Jack Droy, 411 Lyric Theater Bldg. SYDNEY — Bowden Fletcher, 19 Moxon Ave., Punchbowl, N. S. Phone, UY 2110. BRUSSBI,9 — Jean Pierre Meys, 110 Hue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN — ^John Llndberg, JembaneaUe No. 3. CopenhagenVan Loese. ROME— John Perdlcarl, Via Ludovisl 16. Phone, 42758. nnflnciflL •^^ (September 22) ^ NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Bell & Howell IS^/s ISS/g 183/s Columbia Picts. ..,. 9 83^ S^A Columbia Picts. pfd.. 641/2 641/2 641/2 East. Kodak 41 '/a 41 1/4 415/8 Gen. Prec. Eq 133^ 133/4 133^ Loew's, Inc 15% ISS/g 157/8 Paramount 221/2 213^ 221/2 RKO , 73/4 75/8 75/8 Republrc Pict 31/3 3 3 20th Century-Fox ... 197/8 I91/2 19% Universal Pict 83/8 8I/4 83/8 Warner Bros 103/, 10% IOI/2 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts 33/4 33^ 33/4 RKO 134 15/8 15/8 Sonotone Corp 35^ 31/2 3% Technicolor I21/4 I21/4 I21/4 Trans-Lux 43^ 43^ 434 OVER THE COUNTER Bid Cinecolor 3% Pathe 31/2 Net Chg. + 'A — m + Vi + 1/8 + i/s + % + Vb — ' Va + "1/4 — Vs — Vs + 1/4 Asked 4 4 Ask Reconsideration in Alger Suit Chicago — Attorneys for major film companies are asking Federal Judge William Campbell to reconsider his ruling on referring the Alger case to Master in Chancery for hearing. Majors are filing briefs in court to support their plea. NOW IT CAN BE TOLD 13th Week World Theater St. Louis Contact NATHAN CY BRAUNSTEIN 77-! 7th AVE., NEW YORK 19, NEW YORK cominc flRD Goinc H'. M. RICHEY, M-G-M exhibitor relations head, left yesterday for Chicago, to attend the TOA convention. MAXWELL ARNOW, Columbia studio executive, is in New York. WALTER PIDGEON has arrived from Bel-Air, Calif., and is at the Waldorf-Astoria. CHARLES DARDEN, of the Charles E. Darden Co., Dallas, popcorn distributors, will attend the TESMA meeting in St. Louis next week. JOHN S. BROOKES, transferred to Chicago headquarters of The Jam Handy Organization. J. W. SERVIES, district supervisor of National Theatre Supply, and ARTHUR MEYER, manager of the company's projection equipment department, will attend the TESMA Trade Show in St. Louis next week. Sailing today aboard the Queen Elizabeth will be CHESTER MORRIS, J. H. SEIDELMAN, president of Universal-International Films, and MRS. SEIDELMAN, and VICTOR SAVILLE. WALTER E. GREEN, president of National Theatre Supply, has returned from the Coast. SOL KAPLAN, musical director of "Alice in Wonderland," has gone to London to supervise final recording of his score for the Paris-made American film. GEORGE SIDNEY will leave for the Coast tomorrow accompanied by his wife, actress LILLIAN BURNS. DAVE PALFREYMAN, JACK BRYSON and EDWARD CHEYFITZ, of MPAA, train to Chicago today for the TOA meet, with FRANCIS HARMON to join them there from the New York MPAA office. Nelson Joins Mission Pak As Executive Vice-Prexy West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Donald M. Nelson, former SIMPP president, has been named executive vice-president of Mission Pak, John Landis, president, announced. Nelson will visit principal Eastern cities in a move to expand the shipments of fruits and nuts in the national markets. Wartime head of WPB, Nelson also served as chairman of the Sears, Roebuck & Co. executive committee He vv^ill supervise all sales activities for Mission Pak, headquartering here. St. Louis Dinner to Mark 20 Years of RCA Service Camden, N. J. — A dinner at the New Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, on Monday will mark the celebration by RCA Service Co. of 20 years of theater service. E. C. Cahill, RCA Service president, will preside, while other speakers will be W. L. Jones, vice-president and general manager; Barton Kreuzer, manager of RCA theater and film recording activities, and Jack O'Brien, manager of the RCA theater equipment group. axn GIVES YOU THE BEST VALUE IN SPECIAL TRAILERS ICHICAGO 1327 S WABASH AVE I THREE COMPLETELVl I EQUIPPED PLANTS '574" ^mh \^ASH, i^o'i RUDY BERGER, M-G-M Southern sales manager,, is in Oklahoma City from his headquarters in Washington. SID BOEHM, M-G-M writer, is in town. WILLIAM D. KELLY, M-G-M home office exexecutive, returns today from a vacation. RUSSELL HOLMAN, Paramount Eastern production head, will leave New York by plane Sunday for conferences at the company's Hollywood studio. He will be away a week or 10 days. BOB HOPE will leave Hollywood for New York by chartered plane today to attend the first national reunion of personnel who served in the Army Air Forces during World War II, at Madison Square Garden Saturday night. JOSEPH H. SEIDELMAN, head of U-I's foreign department, is skedded to sail today aboard the Queen Elizabeth for a five or six-week tour of Europe. JACK BUCHANAN, British actor and theater ov/ner, arrived here Tuesday, aboard the Queen Elizabeth. WILLIAM SNYDER, FILM DAILY staff writer, is in Chicago to cover the TOA convention. Michigan Allied Plan to Spur Membership, Contact Detroit — Reorganization plan recently adopted by Allied Theaters of Michigan, with a member of the board of directors elected from each of the state's 17 Congressional districts plus three members at large, is significant not only in its legislative significance but also in the new emphasis on local organization and its direct effect on the independent exhibitor, Charles W. Snyder, executive director, said in explaining the new move. "Members of the board of directors and the alternate from the district will also act as membership representatives, contacting non-members. These men will also provide ways to acquaint the public with the contribution the exhibitor makes through the availability of his theater for drives, etc. He should stress the potential strength of the screen, explaining that a unified screen directed toward a particular object could be most effective," Snyder declared. Santley Due East West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Upon completing direction of "Make Believe Ballroom" for Columbia, Joseph Santley goes to New York to confer with Lee Shubert on plans for a Broadway production of his play, "The Story of Lily Crane," which will be presented early iri the season. YOUR FILM DAILY DELIVERED TO YOU IN LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY BIT MANNING'S DELIVERY SERVICE A SPECIALIZED MESSENGER AND DELIVERY SERVICE HO-7155 Steve Edwards to Handle Special "Macbeth" Bally Steve Edwards, Republic's i publicity and exploitation chief, li been made special rep. in charge ' roadshow engagements of Ors ' Welles' production of "Macbeth," was announced yesterday by Jan R. Grainger, exec, veepee in char of sales and distribution. ^^^ Edwards left yesterday I '' et the campaign for the preeiii'''at 1 Esquire Theater, Boston. Milton S ver, his exec, assistant, takes 0^ in Edwards' absence. Harrisburg Nets $66,331 In 6 Months Ticket Taxes Harrisburg, Pa. — Receipts froi the city amusement tax law totali $66,331.27 in the first six months its operation, A. A. Poist, director accounts and finance, reported. Fi ure is about $20,000 short of t income anticipated when the law w. approved. _ RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL ^ 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 Bartara Stanwyck Burt Lancaster 'SORRC WRQNGNUMBER' A Poramount R«1cot* J^/l^/J/WO(//vr . ROSALIND RUSSELL in "THE VELVET TOUCH" A FREDERICK BRISSON PRODUCTION Released through RKO B'way & 49th St. RIVOLI LORETTA YOUNG RKO presents WILLIAM HOLDEN ROBERT MITCHUM 'RACHEL and the STRANGER' Brandt's IVI AYFAI R 47th sl 3 TYRONE POWER, ANNE BAXTER "THE LUCK OF THE IRISH" A 20th Century-Fox Picture ON VARIETY STAGE Ed Sullivan & Harvest Moon Ball Winners Joe Howard . Al Bernie • Illinois Jocquet On Ice Stage— "SYMPHONETTE on ICE" Starring ARNOLD SHODA R/W V 7th Ave. & WV^ ¥ 50th St. =: