Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1941)

2 Motion Picture Daily Friday, July 25, 1941 j Coast Flashes Personal Mention Hollywood,' July 24 WENDELL WILLKIE will be guest of honor at a dinner tomorrow at the 20th Century-Fox studio given by the Association of Motion Picture Producers. Darryl F. Zanuck has been appointed toastmaster by Y. Frank Freeman, AMPP president. Two hundred persons including studio executives, Guild presidents, producers and directors, will attend. • A General Assembly committee consisting of three State senators and four Assemblymen on Monday will open an , investigation into reports of subversive activities in Hollywood film circles. Assemblyman Jack Tenney, former president of Musicians' Local 47, who is committee chairman, has asked the public to reserve decision on the allegations until the committee completes its Work. He said about 50 subpoenas had been served on film workers, "including some big shots." • William Z. Porter, Monogram booker in Philadelphia, has been appointed traveling auditor by Samuel "Steve" Broidy, Monogram sales manager. Porter's headquarters will be in Hollywood. Norris Rosen has replaced him. • Sol Lesser, RKO production executive, flew tonight to Philadelphia to visit his new grandchild. He is due back Tuesday. CHARLES W. KOERNER, RKO theatre head, left the Coast yesterday by plane for New York. • Alexander Korda postponed his departure from the Coast and now is expected in New York today or tomorrow. • Max Milder, managing director for Warners in England, left by plane for England on Wednesday. • J. B. Urbina, United Artists manager in Mexico, left by plane for his post yesterday after a New York visit. • Marie Frye, secretary to Myron Blank, Tri-States Theatres, Des Moines, is recovering from an operation. • George Loukides, formerly at the Poli, Waterbury, and now at Loew's Wilmington, spent his vacation in New England. • Dechantel Smith, chief accountant at the Paramount New Haven exchange, is on a Great Lakes boat trip. • Rodney Collier, manager of Warners' Stanley in Baltimore, is vacationing in Bedford Springs, Pa. • Leone Matthews of Tri-States Theatres booking department, Des Moines, is vacationing at Clear Lake, la. 'JpHOMAS J CONNORS has returned from Nashville. Newsreel Parade Merle Oheron Is Van Schmus' Guest Merle Oberon was the guest of W. G. Van Schmus, managing director of the Music Hall, and United Artists executives at a cocktail party at the Music Hall yesterday. Miss Oberon has just completed work in Alexander Korda's "Lydia." Among those attending were Arthur W. Kelly, U. A. vice-president; Monroe Greenthal, director of advertising and publicity ; Stephen Pallos, Eastern general manager of Alexander Korda Productions ; Morris Helprin, publicity director for Korda, and G. S. Eyssell, secretary of the Music Hall Corp. Joseph Hummel, Warner foreign department executive, is back from a South American tour. • Doris Weinberg, daughter of Lou Weinberg, Columbia sales executive, is spending six weeks on the Coast. • Leo F. Wolcott of Eldora, la., president of the ITO of Iowa and Nebraska, has entered the Master's golf tournament to be played at Iowa State college next week. • Francis Anderson, manager of the RKO Palace, Rochester, has returned from a vacation. • George Freeman, manager of the Poli, Springfield, Mass., is vacationing on Cape Cod. • Harold Field of the Pioneer Theatre Corp., Minneapolis, and his wife and son return the end of the week from a month in California. • Lee Beckley, manager of the State and Rapids theatres, Rock Rapids, la., is on a two-week vacation. • Baruch LeWitt, son of George LeWitt, operator of the Strand, Plainville, Conn., has left the theatre business for another field. 'J1 HE assorted subjects in the weekend issues include talks by Sumner Welles in Washington and Winston Churchill ' in London, American tourists visiting the Dionne quintuplets in Callander, Out., and the first cleavage o/W President Vargas diamond in Nvw1 York. The reels and their contents follow: MOVIETONE NEWS, No. 92— Sumner , Welles' address on peace aims. Independence parade in Buenos Aires. Stamping out forest fires in Washington. Vacationists visit Dionne quintuplets. Vargas diamond cut in New York. "Miss California" chosen. John D. Rockefeller supports USO. Yachting at Larchmont, N. Y. Lou Nova training in Maine. NEWS OF THE DAY, No. 290-British tanks in Egypt battle. Sumner Welles on peace aims. Churchill pledges air retaliation. California beauty contest. Vargas diamond cleaved. Dionnes entertain guests. Speed boat race in New Jersey. Dog show in Santa Barbara. Boston boys in boxing bouts. PARAMOUNT NEWS, No. 95— Aluminum drive. General Lear reviews troops at Camp Robinson, Ark. Churchill promises to out-blitz Nazis. Red Cross nurses tell of torpedoing on the Atlantic. Tourists j visit Dionnes. RKO PATHE NEWS, No, 95— Churchill speaks in London. Frenchmen in London celebrate Bastille Day. Welles talks in Washington. Lord Halifax at RKO' studio. Tourists visit Dionnes. California recruits for State Guard unit. Fort Riley, Kan., troops in review. Boston Boys' Club bouts. Armstrong in Conn Film Hollywood, July 24.— Henry Armstrong, retired former champion of three boxing divisions, has been signed by Republic for a small part in the film which will star Billy Conn. NSS Dance to Aid British Employes Home office employes of National Screen Service tonight at the Hotel Edison will hold a carnival dance, the entire proceeds of which will go to the relief of employes of National Screen Service, Ltd., London, some of whom have been wounded in air attacks. There will be dancing and entertainment featuring radio personalities in a concert, as well as a number of leading radio announcers, including Andre Baruch, Ben Grauer, Mark Hawley, Alois Havrilla and Del Sharbut. Will Hold Further Warner Ad Talks Regular advertising conferences, perhaps every three months, will be held by Warners, bringing together field and home office men for discussions of campaigns and general industry problems, it was decided yesterday. The first of such conferences, which started Monday, will end today. Mort Blumenstock, Eastern advertising and publicity head, presided. Hollis Kennahan on Monday will joint Warners' publicity department to handle trade paper contacts. Don Gillette, who has been handling this assignment, will be assistant to Mitchell Rawson, Eastern publicity manager. M-G-M Buys Rights To 'Mr. & Mrs. North' M-G-M has acquired the screen rights to "Mr. and Mrs. North," mystery drama which had 162 performances on Broadway last season. The reported price is $30,000 for the rights. Owen Davis dramatized the play from stories by Richard Lockridge, drama editor of the New York Sun, and Frances Lockridge. 4 U.A. Foreign Men 20 Years With Firm Four United Artists foreign managers are completing 20 years of service with the company, according to Walter Gould, foreign chief. The four are : Enrique Baez, Brazil general manager ; Henry Weiner, Cuban manager ; Harald Astrom, manager in Sweden, and Emilio Betran, manager at Bilbao, Spain. Waxmann Hearing Continues in Phila. Philadelphia, July 24. — Hearing on the injunction proceedings brought by Harry I. Waxmann, Atlantic City exhibitor, to restrain Columbia from booking the new Embassy as a zone first run in the resort city, was adjourned until tomorrow after an allday hearing in Federal District court here today. Testimony on contracts and Atlantic City clearance was given today by Waxmann, Harry E. Weiner, Columbia branch manager here, and Lester H. Wurtele, Columbia office manager. Preview 'New Winef In Cal. Vineyards Correspondents in the Los Angeles area, representing newspapers, trade papers, syndicates, magazines and radio, will attend a preview of the William Sekely production, "New Wine," at the winery of the Padre Vineyards, San Bernardino, Cal., next Tuesday. The film is a United Artists release. Rites for Exhibitor Philadelphia, July 24. — Funeral services were held today for Albert E. Brown, retired exhibitor, who died Monday at the age of 73 at Presbyterian Hospital after a long illness. He formerly operated the Overbrook and Grand theatres here. His widow survives. Col. Concerts Head Dies Philadelphia, July 24. — Calvin Monroe Franklin, vice-president of the Columbia Concerts Corp., died here yesterday after a long illness. He was S3 years old. He is survived by his widow and his mother. UNIVERSAL British tanks in tier. Churchill England. John NEWSREEL, No. 1C(K)— action on Egyptian froninspects defense army in D. Rockefeller urges USO cooperation. Vargas diamond cut in New York. Test auto for land and sea in Buffalo. New torpedo boat in New Orleans. New tax plan attacked in Washington. Tourists flock to visit Quintuplets. Fire in Philadelphia. Seals perform in Atlantic City. Firm Changes Name New Haven, July 24. — Certificate of organization has been filed for Windsor Theatre, Inc., by Greta L. Rosen, president, and Sam H. Rosen, treasurer and agent, both of New Haven, and Arthur H. Lockwood of Chestnut Hill, Mass., secretary. An amendment filed changed the name to the Webb Amusement Co. and the location from Windsor to New Haven. The corporation operates the Windsor Theatre, Windsor, Conn. MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Published daily except Saturday, Sunday and holidays by Quigley Publishing Company, Inc., 1270 Sixth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, New York City. Telephone Circle 7-3100. Cable address, "Quigpubco, New York." 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