Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1945)

12 Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, December 18, 1945 South America {Continued from page 1) of all companies. The Argentine is the lone exception to this increase, having registered a gain of only 25 per cent. Cohen said. It is not unusual to find native exhibitors who have increased their business by 100 per cent in one year, and 1,000 per cent in the last four or five years, Cohen asserted. No letdown has been experienced in South America since the conclusion of the war, except for temporary recessions in Panama and Puerto Rico, he said. Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela have all experienced a steady and constant climb in business, Cohen declared. American films have taken a hold in South America without opposition from Europe, he pointed but. Warners has lined Up theatres for that territory, Cohen said, and hopes within the next three years to have theatres in all major cities, some 15 situations. Most of these will be either purchased or rented rather than built, he said. Warners plans to operate with native partners, but will maintain operational control. Warner offices are being opened in Baranquilla and Medellin, Colombia, Cohen said ; the main office in Cali is being shifted to Bogota. Offices will also be established in Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador, where the company is now operating through an agent, he said. ■ Key City Grosses (Continued from page 10) N. Y. Grosses (Continued from page 1) 30c -48c) 6 days. Gross: $3,800. (Average: $4,500) BLITHE SPIRIT (UA)— UPTOWN (18c30c -42c -60c -90c) 6 days, 2nd week. Gross: $7,300. (Average: $9,300) KANSAS CITY A drop to near zero temperature Saturday and Monday, accompanied by snow, affected theatres, as did shopping and influenza. Estimated receipts for the week ending Dec. 18-20: THE DALTONS RIDE AGAIN (U) — ESQUIRE (800) (45c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $8,500. (Average: $8,000) KISS AND TELL (Col.) and I LOVE A BAND LEADER (Col.) — MIDLAND (3,500) (40c-60c) 7 davs, 2nd week. Gross: $13,000. (Average: $14,000) LOVE LETTERS (Para.)— NEWMAN (1,900) (45c-65c) 5 days, 3rd week. Gross: $6,500. (Average, 5 days: $8,500) JOHNNY ANGEL (RKO-Radio) and CHINA'S LITTLE DEVILS (Mono.)— ORPHEUM (1,900) (45c-65c) 7 dajys, 2nd week. Gross: $8,500. (Average: $10,000) MEXICANA (Rep.) and CLUB HAVANA (PRC)— TOWER (2,100) (39c-60c) 7 days. Stage show. Gross: $8,000. (Average: $9,400) THE DALTONS RIDE AGAIN (U)— UPTOWN—(2,000) (45c-60c) 7 days. Gross: $4,500. (Average: $5,400) THE DALTONS RIDE AGAIN (U) — FAIRWAY (700) (45c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $1,100. (Average: $1,750) irom the Fox. Gross: $12,000. (Average: $13,000) DAKOTA (Rep.) and SCOTLAND YARD INVESTIGATOR (Rep.) — ST. FRANCIS (1.400) (45c-65c-85c). 7 days on a moveover from the Fox. Gross: $12,000. (Average: $13,000) ST. LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO Kalmenson Deal (Continued from page 1) methods, Warner said, enabled both distributors and exhibitors to obtain • maximum results from product and proved a "life-saver" for the industry during the war years when material shortages and other restrictions made it necessary to curtail activities. Besides his sales-manager post, which he has held since 1941, Kalmenson recently was elected a vicepresident of Warner Bros., making him the first Warner sales manager to hold such an officership in the parent company. Kalmenson's film career started in 1927, when he joined First National as a salesman in Pittsburgh. $40,000 Verdict for Lloyd Against fU' Los Angeles, Dec. 17. — Federal Judge Ben Harrison today awarded Harold Lloyd $40,000 damages from Universal for alleged plagiarism of material from his "Movie Crazy" in its "So's Your Uncle," plus $10,000 attorney's fees. The comedian had asked $300,000. Saul Immerman Is Dead Saul Immerman, 47, president of Song Distributing Corp., and onetime traveling auditor for Warner Theatres, died last Wednesday in Mount Eden Hospital, here, after a brief illness. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Leah Immerman ; a sister, Mrs. Jessie Shapiro, and a brother, Dr. Hyman O. Immerman. RKO Party Friday Employes of RKO Radio and RKO Theatres will be guests of the company at the annual Christmas party in the Waldorf-Astoria, on Friday. Grosses are way down, with Christmas week shopping blamed. Estimated receipts for the week ending Dec. 19-21. THIS LOVE OF OURS (U) and STRANGE CONFESSION (U) — ORP ILEUM (2.440) (45c-65c-85c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $10,000. (Average: $18,000) GUEST WIFE (UA) and APPOINTMENT IN TOKYO (WB) — UNITED ARTISTS (1,200) (45c-65c-85c) 7 days. . 4th week. Gross: $11,500. (Average: $16,000) MAN ALIVE (RKO-Radio) — GOLDEN GATE (2,850) (45c-65c-85c) 7 days, with vaudeville. Gross: $27,000. (Average: $32,000). YOLANDA AND THE THIEF (M-G-M) and THE HIDDEN EYE (M-G-M) — PARAMOUNT (2,748) (45c-65c-85c) 7 days. Gross: $22,000. (Average: $24,000) ABBOTT AND COSTELLO IN HOLLYWOOD (M-G-M) and DANGEROUS PARTNERS (M-G-M)— FOX (5,000) (45c65c-85c) 7 days. Gross: $28,000. (Average: $34,000) SPELLBOUND (UA) — WARFIELD (2,680) (45c-65c-85c) 7 days, 4th week. Gross: $25,000. (Average: $27,000) FALLEN ANGEL (ZOth-Fox) and BEHIND CITY LIGHTS (Rep.) — STATE (2,308) (45c65c-85c) 7 days, 2nd week, on a moveover Grosses dipped with the mercury as the temperature dropped to zero. Estimated receipts for week ending Dec. 19: THIS LOVE OF OURS (U) and SHADY LADY (U) — AMBASSADOR (3.154) (40c50c-60c) 7 days. Gross: $12,000. (Average: $17,200) DUFFY'S TAVERN (Para.) and FOLLOW THAT WOMAN (Para.)— FOX (5,038) (40c50c-60c) 7 days. Gross: $12,500. (Average: $17,000) WHAT NEXT, CORPORAL HARGROVE (M-G-M) and VOICE OF THE WHISTLER (Col.) — LOEWS STATE (3,162) (40c-50cGOc-65c) 7 days. Gross: $10,000. (Average: $17,100) MILDRED PIERCE* (WB) and THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY* (U) — MISSOURI (5,514) (40c-50c-60c) 7 days. Gross: $8,200. (Average: $11,100) WEEKEND AT THE WALDORF* (M-G-M) — LOEWS ORPHEUM (1.900) (40c-50c-60c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $4,000. (Average: $7,100) ARROWSMITH (Film Classics-reissue) and YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT LOVE— (Br. Col.) — SHUBERT (1,900) (40c-50c-60c) 7 lays. Gross: $4,500. (Average: $6,200) IT ALL CAME TRUE (WB-reissue) and BORN FOR TROUBLE (WB-reissue)— ST. LOUIS (4,000) (40c-50c-60c) 7 days. Gross: $4,000. (Average: $7,900) *Indicates moveover picture. BUFFALO Blizzard-bound, box offices here have hit an all-time low. One major downtown house played to 29 patrons Sunday night. Estimated receipts for the week ending Dec. 22 : THE HOUSE ON 92ND STREET (ZOthFox) — BUFFALO (3.489) (40c-50c-60c-70c) 7 days. Gross: $10,000. (Average: $17,400) FALLEN ANGEL (20th-Fox) — GREAT LAKES (3,000) (40c-50c-60c-70c) 7 days. Gross: $12,000. (Average: $16,400) CONFIDENTIAL AGENT (WB)— HIPPODROME (2,100) (40c-50c-60c-70c) 7 days, 2nd week on a moveover. Gross: $4,000. (Average: $9,700) MEXICANA (Rep.) and DIVORCE (Mono.) —TWENTIETH CENTURY (3,000) (40c50c-60c-70c) 7 days. Gross: $7,000. (Average: $12,200) PARIS UNDERGROUND (UA) and THE ADVENTURES OF COLONEL BLIMP (UA)— LAFAYETTE (3,000) (40c-50c-60c70c) 7 days. Gross: $7,000. (Average: $12,400) contender for top money at the Rivoli, where it is destined to complete a third week on a gross of $64,000. "Spellbound" likewise remains near the top money makers, heading for a $47,000 seventh week, equalling the sixth. At the Hollywood, "Saratoga Trunk" continues strong, with a $39,000 fourth week in sight. "Too Young to Know," with Hal Mclntyre's orchestra at the Strand, figures to take in $40,000 in a second week, and continues, while "The Dolly Sisters," with Beatrice Kay and Maurice Rocco topping a stage bill at the Roxy, is headed for a $51,000 fifth week ; it also will hold. "Leave Her to Heaven" bows in at the Roxy on Christmas day. $44,000 at Paramount "Masquerade in Mexico," with Tony Pastor's orchestra on stage at the Paramount, is quieting down to a $44,000 for a third and final week ; it will be succeeded tomorrow by "Stork Club," with Woody Herman on stage. Fourth week of "Yolanda and the Thief," with Jiimmy Dorsey on the Capitol stage, is doing $43,000 for a fourth week after getting $54,600 in the previous week; "They Were Expendable" opens Thursday with Tommy Dorsey on stage. "Captain Kidd" continues to do a very gratifying box-office performance at the Globe, where $19,000 for a fourth week is apparent. At the Rialto, "The Daltons Ride Again" is dropping off to $7,500 for a second week after a robust $14,000 for its first week; "House of Dracula" will bow in Friday. "Frontier Gal," at the Criterion, raked in a fairly sound $11,600 over the weekend. "Pinocchio," at the Republic, now in its 18th week, is clinging to the $6,000 mark. "Adventure for Two" ■ will give the Winter Garden $12,000 for its initial week, not very exciting. Allied Board (Continued from page 1) tions and Cole has given no indication whether his committee has completed its work, but it is expected to submit a report at the February meeting. It is understood that a number of alternative plans, generally looking to the use of independent agencies, have been considered by the committee. Oscar Lager Elected By N. Y. Bookers The Motion Picture Bookers Club of New York in its annual dinnermeeting last night at the Hotel Lincoln elected Oscar Lager, booker for the Charles Moses circuit here, president of the organization for the new year. He succeeds George Trilling, booker for Fabian Theatres. Community Theatres (Continued from page 1) housing projects on the outskirts of metropolitan districts, and of excellent prefabricated theatres, we can expect this movement to gain great momentum during the next few years. "As the churches of small-town America established our national religious temperament, as the little red schoolhouse determined the nature of our country's education, so I sincerely believe will the neighborhood theatre become, in time, an influential factor in our community leisure life." Pathe Pool (Continued from page 1) B'nai B'rith Luncheon Some 200 members and friends of Cinema Chapter No. 459, B'nai B'rith attended a luncheon sponsored by the group at the '400' Club last Saturday. Proceeds will be allocated to various service projects of B'nai B'rith. and establishes a "close tri-partite working arrangement," Ament said yesterday, adding that the tie-up in no wise affects any of the partners' individuality. Ament likened the arrangement to the recently dissolved newsreel pool among the five American companies in Europe. He said the three companies will cooperate in the newsreel field "as closely as if we were all one unit." William Murray, RKO-Pathe's European manager, served as the company's liaison in affecting the cooperative arrangement, Ament said. Murray left here three weeks ago for London where he negotiated with Pathe there. At present Murray is enroute to Paris, where he will maintain permanent, headquarters. Combined in Past The three companies were originally all part of the first newsreel company established by Pathe Freres (Pathe Brothers), but have for many years been operating as separate and individual units. The recently-established cooperative arrangement, Ament said, does not amount to a remerging of the companies, but is purely a pooling of resources in the gathering of news.