Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1944)

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MOTION PICTURE DAILY Alert, tion Picture Industry VOL. 56. NO. 107 NEW YORK, U.S.A., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1944 TEN CENTS President Asks 100 Leaders to 'Dimes' Confab Calls Capital Meeting For Tuesday, Dec. 19 One hundred industry leaders have been asked to attend a conference at the White House, with President Roosevelt, Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 19. Under leadership of national chairman Nicholas M. Schenck, the meeting will be attended by the state chairmen and national executive committee of the motion picture 1945 March of Dimes campaign. It is said that the President's re(Continued on page 10) 20th Opens Winter Convention Here The first day of 20th Century-Fox's Mid-winter sales meeting, at the Astor Hotel, New York, got under way yesterday with Tom Connors, vicepresident in charge of sales, presiding. Meetings will continue for a week. Personal greetings to the division, (Continued on page 10) See Grierson Trip On Production Plan Toronto, Dec. 4. — John Grierson, manager of the National Film Board of Canada, is in Hollywood on business of an important nature, but his office in Ottawa stated today that his visit there was merely routine. However, there is a rumor that Grierson is following up his recent proposal for (Continued on page 9) 100 T elecasters Now for Postwar Television Broadcasters Associated predicted here yesterday that 100 television stations will be operating in at least 29 states just as soon as wartime restrictions on materials are relaxed Three additional applications for television stations were filed with the FCC last week bringing the total number of commercial applications pending to 91. Decree Date Set Dec. 20 Petition of the Department of Justice to modify the industry consent decree, and the application of Harry Arthur's St. Louis Amusement Co. to intervene in the proceedings, will be heard by Judge Henry W. Goddard in the New York Federal Court on either Dec. 19 or 20, with the latter date the more likely. Both were scheduled to be heard today — but Judge Goddard is engaged in another trial which will run the balance of the current week, necessitating a postponement of the industry cases. John Caskey, of counsel for 20th Century-Fox, acted as spokesman for consenting companies at a conference yesterday with Judge Goddard, which resulted in the setting of the new hearing date. Robert L. Wright, special assistant to the Attorney General, requested the postponement, since on • (Continued on page 10) National Conference Tribute to Willkie J. Robert Rubin, Loew executive, chairman of the amusement division of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, yesterday presided at a luncheon at the Astor Hotel here with a committee of 30 and set preliminary plans for an industry-wide luncheon on Dec. 15 at the same hotel. It is planned to have several prominent speakers for the occasion, which will be a memorial tribute to the late Wendell Willkie. At yesterday's luncheon were Will (Continued on page 10) Four from Lasky at A Million Apiece Chicago, Dec. 4. — The new Jesse Lasky-Walter MacEwen producing company will make four $1,000,000 films during 1945, the producers jointly disclosed here during a stopover while en route to New York. Lasky said one of his first productions will be based on the career of Mother Cabrini. PRC in Hollywood has a similar theme on its schedule. Yule Shopping, Cold Cut N.Y. Grosses; 6 St. Louis' Is Big Early Christmas shopping and the cold spell is cutting some current grosses at New York first-runs. Outstanding of the new arrivals is "Meet Me in St. Louis," at the Astor, which brought a big $37,000 gross on the first seven days ending last night, despite the length of the picture, which is holding the house to one less show daily. The Capitol, with "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" and a stage bill featuring Jimmy Dorsey and band and Henny Youngman, is headed for a good third week's gross of $70,000 on the basis of $45,000 taken in on the first four days ; it will continue. Radio City Music Hall, with "Together Again" and a stage presentation, expects a light $100,000 on the second week on the basis of $65,000 taken in on the (Continued on page 10) "Hollywood Canteen 9? [Warner Bros.] Hollvzvood, Dec. 4 QMASH! Sockeroo! Wow! Showmen in a hurry don't have to know any more about "Hollywood Canteen." If they want to call it a day, they've read enough. But if they want to know why, here's why : "Hollywood Canteen" tells the facts behind Hollywood's internationally known pride and joy: the place where the greats and near-greats do their stuff seven nights a week for the uniformed men of the United Nations. No one can compute how many millions know about the Canteen and, knowing about it, will want to see it. Now, the fact this entertainment colossus is about the Canteen is one thing. It is entirely another that the facts never get in the way of the name-power which drives the dynamos or in the way of the mild, but pleasantly handled, romantic story which winds through and around the name acts. Two soldiers are invalided home from the South Pacific. Robert Hutton's dream girl is Joan Leslie ; Dane Clark's is practically any girl. They (Continued on Page 7) Strike Closes 12 St. Louis Area Houses Projectionists Act After Para. Exchange Walkout St. Louis, Dec. 4. — With seven more theatres in St. Louis and St. Louis County closing today, a total of twelve houses have now been darkened through the sympathetic action of projectionists following Friday's strike of 17 members of the AFL Film Exchange Employes' Locals B-l and F-l at the Paramount Film Distributing Co. branch here. Meanwhile, Federal Judge Rubey M. Hulen has taken under advisement the injunction suit filed by the Kirkwood (Continued on page 10) 4A's Support SAG In Extras' Vote Hollywood, Dec. 4. — The American Federation of Labor's Associated Actors and Artistes of America (the 4A's) has thrown its support behind the Screen Actors Guild in the latter's contest with the Screen Players Cnion for the votes of extra players in a (Continued on page 10) Nominate MacLeish And Rockefeller Washixgtox, Dec. 4. — Nelson Rockefeller, Coordinator of InterAmerican Affairs, and Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress, were today named as two of three Assistant Secretaries of State, nominated by President Roosevelt to assist Sec (Continued on page 10) Nine Reviews Today In addition to "Hollywood Canteen," reviewed in adjoining columns, today's issue carries reviews of the following: "The Falcon in Hollywood," page 7; "Nothing. But Trouble," "My Gal Loves Music," "Cyclone Prairie Rangers" and "Trigger Law," page 8; and "End of the Road," "Swing in the Saddle" and "Army Wives," page 9.