Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1942)

2 Motion Picture Daily Monday, March 2, 1942 Coast Flashes Hollyzvood, March 1 REPUBLIC executives who had purchased a minute of the newsreel clip showing Japanese Emissary Kurusu for the opening shot in "Remember Pearl Harbor," forthcoming feature, have decided that the hissingwould last that long and therefore have bought two more minutes in order that the hubbub could subside before start of the story. • Harry M. Warner, chairman of the Industry Red Cross campaign here, has set March 15 as the deadline for reaching the quota. He said that donations are still $100,000 short of the goal and directed drive colonels to give special attention to 250 individuals in high salary brackets who have not made contributions. e David Bader has relinquished his post as general manager of George Pal Productions and has left for New York where he is expected to announce future plans. The Pal organization produces puppet shorts for Paramount release. • M. L. Jones, chief auditor for Republic, is scheduled to be inducted in the Army tomorrow. Leser Nelson is replacing him at the studio. SPG Is Victor in Loew Circuit Vote Loew's Theatres publicists, by a vote of eight to five, named the Screen Publicists Guild of New York as their collective bargaining agency. The SPG had previously been named for Loew , and other major company home office publicists in NLRB elections and negotiations have been under way. The Guild said it would ask immediately for the start of negotiations on behalf of the circuit publicists. Ad Group Nominates Secretary Candidates Nominations for the post of fulltime executive secretary to the Public Relations Committee of the Motion Picture Industry, Eastern division, are under consideration. Because of the number of names placed in nomination a selection may not be made for some time, it was indicated. Shift RKO Feature The RKO feature, "Syncopation," originally scheduled for the fifth group, with a trade showing set for March 16, has been placed in the sixth group. "The Tuttles of Tahiti" will replace it at the trade showing March 16. MITCHELL MAY, Jr. CO., INC. INSURANCE Specializing in requirements of the Motion Picture Industry 75 Maiden Lane, New York Personal Mention E K. O'SHEA left over the weekend for Buffalo. Harry Cohn, Columbia president, is expected from the Coast today or tomorrow. • W. A. Scully, vice-president and general sales manager of Universal, is in Florida for a vacation. • Steve Pallos, Alexander Korda representative, returned at the end of the week from an extended South American business trip. • Frank P. Rosenberg, Columbia exploitation manager, was married yesterday to Thei.ma Dorfman of this city. Irving Reiner of Warners reports for Armv service today. BARNEY BALABAN, Paramount president, returned from Toronto over the weekend. • Paul .Nathanson, A. W. Perry and W. Painter of Empire Films, Toronto, were visitors here at the weekend. • Irving B. Rubinstein was given a surprise party by friends last night on his 50th birthday. Tyree Dillard, is expected back at his office today after a week's illness. . • Leo Pillot left for Quebec last night. • Irving Browning leaves shortly for the Coast. Boulevard Display To Honor PeMille Hollywood, March 1. — Hollywood Boulevard will be hung with banners and otherwise decorated on March 19, in tribute to Cecil B. DeMille, whose 30th anniversary will be marked by the premiere of his latest Paramount film, "Reap the Wild Wind," at the new Hollywood Theatre, which will open on that date. Funeral Rites Held For Thomas Lamb Funeral services for Thomas W. Lamb, 71, prominent architect, who died suddenly on Thursday, were held Saturday at the Universal Chapel, 52nd St. and Lexington Ave. Interment was at Elizabethtown, Essex County, N. Y. Lamb, president of Thomas W. Lamb, Inc., designed scores of theatres and other buildings around the world, including India, Australia, South Africa, Egypt, England and Canada. Among the theatre structures which he planned in Manhattan are the Capitol, Strand, Rivoli, Rialto, Ziegfeld, Cort and the State. He had to his credit the designing of the Madison Square Garden among other buildings. Lamb resided at 1 East 88th Street, Manhattan. Surviving are a widow, five sons and a daughter. Seattle Independents Favor Block Booking Seattle, March 1. — Independent theatre owners of this region, meeting here, have gone on record favoring block booking with 20_ per cent cancellation. The meeting ratified air raid and blackout regulations which have been adopted by the I. T. O. of Washington, Northern Idaho and Alaska. British Film for Univ. Universal has acquired American distribution rights to the British production, "A Girl Must Live," starring Margaret Lockwood. The film will open at the Little Carnegie here March 16. Set Wartime Rules For Coast Premieres Hollywood, March 1. — Despite the war and the consent decree Hollywood still may be able to indulge itself with elaborate premieres, but subject to Army regulations. This developed last week when George Glass, Western exploitation chief for United Artists, emerged from a conerence with Army and local civilian defense authorities over premiere arrangements for Charlie Chaplin's "The Gold Rush" with the following rules : Searchlights may be used but their beams must not be pointed skyward. Floodlights, ditto. An attendant must be present at all times to extinguish lights immediately in the event of an air raid alarm. Crowds must be restricted to 5,000 and adequate policing must be furnished. All streets and other public thoroughfares must be kept open. Defense Unit Needs 16mm. Projectors An urgent need for 16 mm. sound projectors to be used for screening defense subjects throughout the city has been reported by the Film Bureau of the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office. Owners of such projectors who are willing to place them "on call" for occasional use have been requested to communicate with Mrs. R. Guggenheimer, Civilian Defense Office, 93 Park Ave., in New York. Subjects shown at these screenings teach proper behavior during blackouts, air raids, how to fight fire bombs and similar defense topics. Ginsberg to Coast After Confabs Here Henry Ginsberg, vice-president and general manager of the Paramount studio, left for the Coast by train on Friday. Ginsberg was in the East for about two weeks conferring with Paramount home office officials. Honor Albert Kolitz Cincinnati, March 1. — The local Variety Club tendered a farewell dinner in the club quarters to Albert F. Kolitz, RKO salesman, who will leave shortly for Denver as manager of the company's branch there. 1,000 British Houses To Increase Prices London, March 1. — Approximately 1,000 houses of three major British circuits already have decided to increase admissions beginning April 1, as suggested by the CEA general council because of increased theatre employe war bonuses and operating costs. Despite hesitancy by some cf units, it is expected all of them shonM* ly will set plans for the price increase. The increase by the major circuits is expected to be based on a six-penny minimum, with nine-penny tickets raised to one shilling, and one shilling two-pence tickets to one shilling and sixpence, and so on. ITO of Washington Reelects Director si Seattle, March 1. — Reelection of A the entire board of the Independent Theatre Owners of Washington for the ensuing year was announced at the annual convention here at the New Washington Hotel. James M. Hone, executive secretary, who presided,; was reappointed. The group elects no officers. Robert White was chosen to! represent the Washington group in] Umpi meetings. Membership of the board for 1942 j is as follows : Leroy V. Johnson, L. 0 Lukan, Paul Westlund and Ben F.J Shearer, all of Seattle ; H. D. McBride and Cecil Miller, Spokane; Mikel Barevic. and S. P. Dean, Tacoma; Charles Grieme, Wenatchee; Al St. John, Ceritralia ; W. G. Ripley, Longview ; Eugene Groesbeck, Enumclaw ; Ed Hallberg, Pert Angeles ; Fred Mercy, Jr., Yakima ; Milburn Kenworthy, Moscow, Idaho. Exhibitors of Eastern Washington held an auxiliary session in Spokane _ j earlier, with Hone presiding. 'Big Six* Report to MPPDA This Weekl The "Big Six" committee report oni public relations contacts in the in-p dustry is scheduled to be presented to( the MPPDA at a meeting this week. The report was adopted by the Association of Motion Picture Producers in Hollywood on Feb. 20. Will H.I Hays is scheduled to arrive here to-k |i morrow from the Coast and will at tend the meeting. MOTION PICTURE DAILY {Registered U. S. Patent Office) Published daily except Saturday, Sunday anc holidays by Quigley Publishing Company Inc., 1270 Sixth Avenue, Rockefeller Center. New York City. Telephone Circle 7-3100 Cable address, "Quigpubco, New York." Mar tin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Colvin Brown, Vice-President and Genera Manager; Watterson R. Rothacker, Vice President; Sam Shain, Editor; Alfred L Finestone, Managing Editor; James A Cron, Advertising Manager; Chicago Bureau 624 South Michigan Avenue, C. B. O'Neill Manager; Hollywood Bureau, Postal Unioi Life Building, William R. Weaver, Editor London Bureau: 4 Golden Square, Londoi Wl. Hope Williams, Manager, cable addres "Quigpubco, London." All contents copy righted 1942 by Quigley Publishing Com! pany. Inc. 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