Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1942)

8 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, January 28, 194. Road Companies Hit Transport Problem In Shortage of Cars Possibility that road companies of legitimate stage plays, traveling carnivals and circuses may be compelled to curtail their activities and cancel bookings because of a shortage of railroad cars appeared yesterday when it was learned that the Southern Railway had notified the "Hellzapoppin' " company that it would not be able to supply baggage cars for transportation of scenery and might not be able to supply coach accommodations for members of the company. Wartime conditions prevent, it was said. A special meeting of the Emergency Council of the Legitimate Theatre, organization of producers and unions, was called yesterday to take steps to insure a continued supply of transportation. "Hellzapoppin' " was scheduled to play in Richmond, Va., Friday, following an engagement in Wilmington, Del., tomorrow but may have to cancel the Richmond date. There are 80 actors in the cast, a large orchestra, stagehands and many others in the company. Asks Green's Assistance Declaring that the employment of 750 to 800 members of Actors Equity and Chorus Equity now on the road was jeopardized, Paul Dullzell, Actors Equity executive secretary, telegraphed William Green, AFL president, asking that he intercede with Governmental agencies or with President Roosevelt to prevent the loss "of thousands of jobs in all theatrical categories." "Entertainment of the people of the nation is vitally important to morale during these critical times," Dullzell declared in the telegram. Two Named to Fill Ogilvie's BBC Post London, Jan. 27. — Sir Cecil Graves and Robert Foot took up their duties today as joint directors of the British Broadcasting Corp., following announcement last night of the resignation of Frederick Wolff Ogilvie as director general. Graves, formerly deputy director general, will direct policy and programs. Foot, formerly advisor on wartime organization, will direct organization and administration. Ogilvie resigned because of disagreements over BBC reorganization. Dolan Heads Blue Traffic Department Thomas J. Dolan, NBC general traffic superior, has been named traffic manager for the Blue network, Keith Kiggins, vice-president in charge of stations, announced yesterday. Blue appointments announced for the Chicago division include E. J. Huber. manager of the promotion department ; Gil Berry, sales manager ; Rudi Neiibauer, member of the sales staff : Pav M. Neihenge, manager of sales traffic, and R. S. Peterson, auditor and office manager. 'New Wine' to Carnegie "New Wine," United Artists release co-starring Ilona Massey and Alan Curtis, will have its New York premiere at the Little Carnegie on Saturday, it was announced. Pa. Unions Buying Defense Securities Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 27.— Operators unions here and in Scranton, and the exchange employes union here, are doing their share in the war effort. The local operators have bought more than $5,000 in defense bonds, the operators in Scranton have bought $1,500 in bonds and offered their services in showing defense films, and the local exchange union has bought $1,500 in bonds and at the beginning of each quarter gives $1 in stamps to each member in good standing. 22 Shorts Nominated In Academy Contest Hollywood, Jan. 27. — Twenty-two cartoons and shorts have been entered in three divisions for short subject Academy awards. Cartoons are: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B," Universal ; "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt," Warners ; "How War Came," Columbia ; "The Night Before Christmas," M-G-M ; "Rhapsody in Rivets," Warners ; "The Rookie Bear," M-G-M ; "Rhythm in the Ranks," Paramount, "Superman No. 1," Paramount; two Walt Disney films as yet unnamed. One reel entries : "Army Champions," M-G-M ; "Beauty and the Beach," Paramount ; "Forty Boys and a Son," Warners ; "Kings of the Turf," Warners ; "Of Pups and Puzzles," M-G-M ; "Sagebrush and Silver," 20th-Fox ; "Down on the Farm," Paramount. 1,000 to 3,000 feet: "Alive in the Deep," Woodward Productions ; "Forbidden Passage," M-G-M ; "The Gay Parisian," Warners ; "Main Street on the March," M-G-M, "The Tanks Are Coming," Warners. Deny Empire Quota In Reels Dropped Toronto, Jan. 27.— The Ontario Board of Moving Picture Censors has officially denied that the requirement for a quota of British Empire content in Ontario newsreels has been eased, as was recently reported. The quota rule still is in effect. Officials here indicated that the report probably arose because several topical newsreel editions gave considerable space to U. S. war developments and speeches by President Roosevelt. Mrs. John Royal's Rites in Ky. Today Funeral services for Anne Kenny Royal, wife of John F. Royal, NBC vice-president in charge of international relations, will be held this morning at Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Mrs. Royal died here Monday after a long illness. '.loan' Capital Screening Washington, Jan. 27. — Film critics of Washington, Baltimore and Richmond newspapers will attend a screening of "Joan of Paris" here tomorrow evening. They will later be guests of RKO at a party at the Carlton Hotel. Michele Morgan, featured in the film, will attend. Loew's 12-Week Net Rises to $2,627,145 {Continued from page 1) $5,778,132, compared with $3,805,255 for the 1940 quarter. Reserve for contingencies and depreciation was $1,736,370, compared with $1,257,564, making the company's share of profit before Federal taxes $4,041,762, compared with $2,547,691 for the 1940 period. Reserve for Federal income and excess profits taxes for the quarter amounted to $1,414,617, compared with $611,446 in the 1940 period. Result was equivalent to $1.45 per share on the common, after deduction of preferred dividends, compared with $1.04 per share the preceding year. Webs Get More Time To Answer U. S. Suit The time for RCA, NBC and CBS to file answers in the Government's anti-trust suit brought in Chicago has been extended until Feb. 9, it was learned yesterday. Mutual, in its suit against NBC, also brought in Chicago, has likewise extended NBCs time to answer. John T. Cahill, former U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has been named head of the RCA legal department to succeed Col. Manton Davis, who resigned Dec. 31. Miller in New NBC Post William Burke Miller, who joined NBC 15 years ago, yesterday was named Eastern program manager for the network, C. L. Menser, program manager announced. Anti-5 Injunction Hearing Begins as Violation Suit End g (Continued from page 1) a temporary injunction was deniec last Fall when Judge Hugo O. Hanfl of the Ramsey County District Couri ruled the law constitutional. Fred Strom, secretary of Noa*^. west Allied, was the last State r.ujp;~ tal witness in the criminal suit, if{, testified about Allied's efforts to gel* a release of product during the days when the Minnesota law threatened an acute shortage and then told of a resolution in which Allied had asked exhibitors to take their 20 per cent cancellation permitted, under the law, from all brackets. Strom said all companies were notified of the resolution but L. E. Goldhammer RKO manager in Minneapolis, whe was called in rebuttal by the defense denied he had received word of it. Trial of the civil action began with the identification of various exhibits used in the criminal suit. Shearer said he would continue to represent the companies in the injunction suit, aided by Joseph Finley, of St. Paul. James F. Lynch, Ramsey County attorney, told the court that he represented himself, Ed J. Goff, Hennepin County attorney, and Thomas J. Gibbons, Ramsey County sheriff, all of; whom were named as defendants in the injunction case. George B. Sjoselius, assistant State attorney general, said he would observe the case with the intention oi filing a brief to represent the attitude of his office. MURDER IN THE DEATH HOUSE! * Surprise hit of the year! The sensation-packed story ...of a murder committed right before the eyes of a roomful of crime experts nd reporters/ THAT NAN" Produced by MAURICE KING Associate Producer FRANKLIN KING Directed by PHIL ROSEN Scmnpliy by HENRY BANCROFT • Original story by LEONARD FIELDS ana DAVID SILVERSTEIN WITH r Joan WOODBURY • Pat GLEASON MJ George PEMBROKE -Iris ADRIAN