Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1947)

British diroctor Carol Keecl (lie (lid "Odd Man Out", new Rank liit) is feted at New York reception. Group above, left to riglit: Gu9 E.vssell. pres. and dire<'tor of Radio C'it.v Music Hall; Mr. Reed; Robert Benj.iniin, pres. o( Rank Orgranization liere. and Freil L, I,.vnch, ad chief of the Music Hall. PICKUPS to and from Phila. Airports Meeting All Planes Day and Night Service ANOTHER SUPER SERVICE from HIGHWAY EXPRESS LINES, Inc. 236 N. 23rd St. 1239 Vine St. 1225 Vine St. Phila. 7. Pa. LOcust 7-431 I DEPENDABLE DELIVERY NEW JERSEY MESSENGER! SERVICE Member Nat'l Film Carriers 260 N. Juniper St., PhUa. 7, Pa. LOcust 7-4823 MARCH 3, 1947 ntUIS DIGfST (Continued from Page 19} SCHAEFER HEADS ENTERPRISE DISTRIBUTION George Schaefer, prominent industry executive, has been elected vice-president in charge of distribution for Enterprise Studios and will direct the company's sales activities in this country and abroad. Schaefer, a former president of RKO and vice-president of Paramount and United Artists, was national chairman of the War Activities Committee. Upon assuming his new position, Schaefer declared that "getting the ultimate 10 percent of a picture's potential gross means more than to a company's financial welfare than exceeding its production budget by that figure." Rising costs, he added, make it necessary to get "every possible box-office dollar." * * * KIRSCH RE-ELECTED ILL ALLIED PRESIDENT Jack Kirsch. recently re-elected president of National Allied, was again named president of the Illinois unit at its seventeenth annual meeting in Chicago last week. He was elected for a three-year term. Also elected, for one-year terms, were Van Nomikos, vice-president, and Benjamin Banov/itz, secietary-treasurer, in addition to the following directors: Lou H. Harrison, Arthur Davidson, James Gregory, Verne Langdon, Sinuel Roberts, Richard Salkin, John Semadales, Charles E. Nelson, Jack Rose, Harold Gollos, B. Charuhas, Joseph Stern, Howard Lubliner, Albert Bartelstein, Ludwig Sussman. Harry Nepo was again appointed to the post of Sergeant-at-Arms. ;K * * INDUSTRY FIGHTS N. Y. AD BILL Advertising and distribution executives are vigorously opposing the Condon-Wilson advertising bill recently passed by both houses of the New York State Legislature and awaitmg Governor Dewey's signature. The measure, advocated by the State Board of Regents, would empower the censor unit to revoke the license for any film because indecent or immoral advertising copy or display is used. Howard Dietz, vice-president and advertising-publicity director of Loew's; Mort Blumenstock, Warner vice-president and advertising chief; Glendon Allvine, Gordon White and Sidney Schreiber, representing the MPA, and Stanleigh Friedman, Warner counsel, comprised a delegation that called on Charles Breitel, Governor Dewey's counsel, to ask a veto of the measure. .1- * * MAJORS DISTRIBUTE RED CROSS SUBJECT The eight major distributors are cooperating to service the Red Cross short, "Call To Action!", to some 15,000 theatres throughout the country during Red Cross Month, March 1-31, it was announced by Tom J. Connors, chairman of the Distributors Committee. Independent and circuit theatres are joining in promoting the campaign by showing the 7-minute subject, which reviews the peacetime responsibilities of the Red Cross. However, there will be no audience collections as in previous years. According to Peter G. Levathes, assistant to Mr. Connors, close to 3000 prints have been made available to the 31 exchanges handling the reel in order to complete the national showing within this month. First-run houses started running "Call To Action!" the latter part of last week. » * * UNIVERSAL TO REISSUE FOUR TWIN BILLS Universal Pictures will reissue eight of its top pictures of recent years during the next few months in the form of four double feature programs, William A. Scully, vicepresident and general sales manager, announced. The four dual bills will be "Destry Rides Again," starring Jimmy Stewart and Marlene Dietrich, and "When the Daltons Rode," featuring Randolph Scott and Brian Donlevy; "Magnificent Obsession," starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor, and "100 Men and A Girl," one of Deanna Durbin's earlier hits featuring Leopold Stokowski; "You Can't Cheat An Honest Man," starring the late W. C. Fields and Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, and "I Stole A Million," with George Raft and Claire Trevor; a double feature bill o." ''Frankenstein," with Boris Karloff, and "Dracula," with Bela Lugosi. PARA. TO SELL 6 ON ONE CONTRACT Paramount will use a single contract form to cover all six of the current PineThomas features being offered, it was announced by Charles M. Reagan, v.p. in charge of distribution. However, Reagan, pointed out, the decree requiring pictures to be sold individually and theatre-by-theatre will be observed in handling all transactions. The purpose is merely to simplify sales procedure and the terms for each picture will be negotiated separately. The six features involved are "Big Town," "Seven Were Saved, Night," "Danger Street," "I Cover Big Town" and "Jungle Flight." "Fear In the 27