The Film Daily (1948)

Friday, September 24, 1948 iwi Regionals Aid Local Discussions— Scully (Continued from Page 1) ings, he observed on the eve of the first of four regionals scheduled by IJ n-sal, starting today at the Waldt A.storia. Regionals, Scully pointed out, will offer the U-I sales cabinet an opportunity to further its project of maintaining closer relationship with exhibs., and to cope with economic and entertainment standards of individual communities, one of the objectives of the Unity Sales Drive being launched at the meetings. Today's meeting will be concluded Sunday, when Scully will reveal U-I's sales policy and the pictures to be released in 1948-49. Subsequent meetings will be held at the Terrace Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati, Tuesday and Wednesday, to be followed by a regional at the Hotel Blackstone, Chicago, Friday and Saturday. Final meeting will be held at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, Oct. 7-8. Attending: today's meeting', in addition to Scully, who will preside, are the following:: From Albany. Eug'ene Vog:el, Eugene Lowe and John Rubach. From Boston. John J. Scully. E. M. Feltman, Judson Parker, Fred Shohet, Kenneth Mayer, Joseph Kelly and Matthew Moriarty. From Buffalo, Dave Miller, Joseph Gins. Arthur Rose and J. J. Spandau. From Cleveland, P. T. r>ana, Lester Zucker, Leopold Gottlieb, Alex Schimel and Georgre P. Flynn. From New Haven, Arthur Greenfield and Georg-e Reif. From Philadelphia, Georg-e E. Schwartz, Joseph Leon, William J. Doyle, Maurice Rosen, Harold Saltz and Norman Weitman. From Pittsburg'h, F. J. Guehl, P. C. Quiter, M. Silverberg-, Carl Reardon and Milton Ripp. From Washington, H. J. Martin, W. V. Doug-herty, W. E. D.Tvis, Barney Frank and Isadore Ehrliehman. From New York, David A. Levy, Phil Winnick, Harry Fellerman, Leo Greenfield, Nat Goldberg' and Leo Simon, Prom. Canada, A. W. Perry. M. Israan, M. Plottel and O. Lightstone. Attending from the home office will be A. J. O'Keefe, E. T. Gomersall, Fred Meyers, F. J. A. McCarthy. C. J, Peldman, Maurice Bergman, L. J. McGinley, Lewis Blumberg, E. L. McEvoy, James J. Jordan, G. J. Malafronte, Milton Schneiderman, Prank Mooney, Ray Coyle, Eugene Kingston, Jack Huber. Sam Friedel, Morris Alin, A. J. Sharick and George Buhler. Erskine Gets New U-I Pact West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Chester Erskine has been signed to a new 15-months ■writer-producer contract with U-I, Leo Spitz and William Goetz announced. In addition to producing and directing "Take One False Step," Erskine will write and produce two other films for U-I. Welcome to Chicago. Better telephone me if you have time in regard to Reyam Brushless Plastic Finish the successor to Wax, wipes on with a cloth. Touch dries in 20 minutes, hard in eight hours for all finished surfaces. REYAM PLASTIC PRODUCTS CO. 1525 E. 53rd STREET CHICAGO 15, ILLINOIS Phone: BU 8-1332 TOA MEET PROGRAM CHICAGO Program for today's and tomorrow's sessions and events of the TOA convention, meeting at the Drake Hotel, follows: TODAY 9:00 AM to 12 Noon— Registration, French Room Foyer. 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM— Open business session. Grand Ballroom. 12:30 PM to 2 PM— Business Lunch . eon, Gold Coast Room. 12:30 PM.— Luncheon and Fashion Show, Narcissus Room No. 1, Marshall Field and Co. 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM^Committee meetings. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM— Cocktail party and buffet supper. Gold Coast and French Rooms. {Courtesy of Coca Cola Co.) 8 :15 PM to 11 :00 PM— "TOA Night" at Chicago Railroad Fair, 23rd St. and South Shore Ave. 10:00 PM — Executive Committee Meeting (if needed). Parlor C — East Mezzanine. TOMORROW 9:00 AM— Theater Television Demonstration, Esquire Theater, 58 E. Oak St. 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM— Business Session, Grand Ball Room. 12:45 PM to 2:00 PM — Business Luncheon, Gold Coast Room. 11:15 AM to 4:30 PM— Sight-seeing Tour of Chicago and Luncheon. Marine Dining Room, Edgewater 2:15 PM to 5 :00'PM— Business Session, Grand Ball Room. 6:30 PM— Cocktail Party, Walton and French Rooms. (Courtesy of Warner Bros.) 8:00 PM — The President's Dinner, Grand Ball Room. George Jessel. Master of CeremovAes. Army-Air Force To Merge Motion Picture Services (Continued from Page 1) ters of the Overseas Branch of the Service. When the consolidation is completed the Army-Air Force organization will headquarter in a midtown location. DAILY Seidelman Sails on Triple Assignment (Continued from Page 1) a four-day meeting in Paris beginning Oct. 2 with U-I's reps, of France, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy and Belgium for the purpose of sparking the sales drive on 12 U-I pix, prints of which Seidelman was taking with him. There is an emphasis on comedy in this group of films, Seidelman said, adding that the world was pretty well fed up with weepy themes. He cited "You've Got To Stay Happy," which is slotted for Radio City Music Hall this Christmas, as an instance of the type of picture the public needs and wants. The other 11 films Seidelman is bringing over are: "For the Love of Mary," "Saxon Charm," "One Touch of Venus," "The O'Flynn," "Rogues' Regiment," "Countess of Monte Cristo," "Family Honeymoon," "Criss Cross," "Mexican Hayride," "Kiss the Blood Off My Hands," and "Red Canyon." After the "Little UN of U-I," as Seidelman tagged the company's meet of foreign managel-s, he will huddle with J. Arthur Rank. His third chore, Seidelman revealed, would be to observe trends in film preferences. He pointed out that so far as picture trends are concerned, Europe is several months ahead of America. Thus, by getting the pulse overseas, U. S. toppers can gauge short-range policy accordingly. By the end of November, Seidelman expects to be meeting U-I's Latin-American managers in Rio for another sales convention similar to the one is Paris. Home office chiefs are expected to attend the Rio confab. Plan Sunday Pix for Hagerstown Hagerstown, Md. — Efforts to legalize Sunday movies here will be started at the next session of the Maryland General Assembly in January. State Senator David K. McLaughlin of Washington County, said he plans to .propose a referendum at that session. THE ARCUS TICKET COMPANY 348 NORTH ASHLAND AVENUE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Forty-one Years of Ticket Making RAPP & RAPP Theater Architects 230 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, III. Phone: Franklin 4800 GENERAL DETROIT (ORPORATION Mfgs. of fire extinguishers, fire hose and safety equipment 435 NO. LA. SALLE STREET Phone: WH. 4-7681 CHICAGO 10, ILLINOIS Greetings from — SACK TELEVISION ENTERPRISES FILM EXCHANGE BLDG. 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