Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1946)

12 Motion Picture Daily Friday, January 11, 1946 Review "The Lonesome Trail" {Monogram) Hollywood, Jan. 10 A FAST-MOVING Western, interspersed with tuneful songs, is the latest contribution of Oliver Drake, who produced, directed, and wrote the original story of "The Lonesome Trail." Jimmy Wakely and his chum, Lee (Lasses) White, are the top names in the cast, which also includes John James, Iris Clive, Horace Murphy, Lorraine Miller, Eddie Majors and Zon Murray. Louise Rousseau's screenplay is laid in the town of Peace Hollow, whose sole resident is indignant when a group of strangers move in on him. Presently rumors of a gold strike start, and soon the town is overrun with unsavory characters. Jimmy Wakely goes to the rescue of the innocents who buy worthless land in the belief that it is rich in ore. He exposes the confidence men, and runs them out of town. Then he persuades the land-owners to turn to ranching instead of mining, and all ends well for Peace Hollow and its new citizens. Running time, 57 minutes. General audience classification. Thalia Bell France {Continued from page 1) trade will be a condition demanded by the United States negotiators. Failing to reach a satisfactory agreement on the import of our films into France, it is expected that the French negotiators will be met with a demand for strict adherence to the reciprocal trade agreement entered into in 1936. The 1936 agreement provided for the importation into France of 188 dubbed pictures this year, of which the companies claim their share is 150 pictures, based on past experience and the somewhat ambiguous wording of the treaty itself. While the groundwork for the elimination of trade barriers is being laid in negotiations with countries which may seek loans, the actual working out of such arrangements will be undertaken at the international trade agreements conference originally planned for March but now postponed until the middle of the year. Ten of the 14 nations invited to participate in the conference have already accepted, replies not yet having been received from Czechoslovakia, Brazil, Holland or Russia. Children Shows Start At Beacon Tomorrow The Beacon Theatre will inaugurate a community service Children's Saturday Matinee Club tomorrow with two Technicolor featurettes, five Technicolor cartoons and a stage show. Three performances will be provided and a new program will be offered each Saturday thereafter. School and civic officials will cooperate. Services Today for Maurice Ridge, 62 Hollywood, Jan. 10. — Funeral services are to be held here tomorrow for J. Maurice Ridge, 62, general sales manager of Altec Lansing Corp., who died Monday. Survivors are his widow, Agnes, and a son, Dr. Gerald M. Ridge. Ridge joined Altec in 1940 after various associations in the industry including General Service Studios, Electrical Research Products, Inc., and Paramount-Famous-Lasky. At one time he published a motion picture trade magazine, Reel Facts. Baldridge's Mother Dies Jackson, Tenn., Jan. 10.— Tom Baldridge, M-G-M's Washington exploiteer, attended funeral services for his mother here today. Story Prod, in New Headquarters Here Eastern headquarters of the recently-formed Story Productions, Inc., have been established in space recently vacated by the OWI in the Fisk Building here, Hal Home, chairman of the board, announced yesterday. Location of the firm's West Coast offices, to be headed by Stanley E. Kramer, vice-president in charge of production, will be announced soon. The company's initial production will be "This Side of Innocence." Para. Names Albany, New Haven Managers Albany, Jan. 10. — John Moore will be transferred from New Haven to Albany as branch manager for Paramount on Jan. 21. Moore will replace Clayton Eastman who has resigned to become United Artists district manager for New England with headquarters in Boston. Henry Germain, a salesman, will be promoted to Paramount manager in the New Haven zone. ' Sam Nesson Named Boston City Censor Boston, Jan. 10. — Sam Nesson, real estate man, has been named by Mayor James Michael Curley as city censor, succeeding Charles Spencer. William 'Buddy" Sheppard, veteran booker and amusement world official, has been appointed to succeed Lt. Comdr. Louis Brem as city greeter. O. D. Woodward Dies Hollywood, Jan. 10. — O. D. Woodward, 79, stage producer, died yesterday at Beverly Hills. His widow, a son and two brothers survive. 20thFox Auditors Conclude Meeting Spyros Skouras, 20th Century-Fox president; W. C. Michel, executive vice-president ; Tom Connors, vicepresident in charge of distribution ; Donald A. Henderson, treasurer, and William J. Kupper, general sales manager, addressed meetings of the company's traveling auditors which ended here yesterday. W. J. Eadie, comptroller, supervised the meetings, which were conducted by his assistants, Nat B rower and Maurice Goodman. Among the auditors who attended were George F. Cooper, R. Doherty, William Gunzelman, R. Hildreth, E. Pelson, M. Schmalzbach, A. C. Wilson, B. Wolff and H. Wood. Goldwyn Sets Own Music Publishing James A. Mulvey, president of Samuel Goldwyn Productions, has announced the formation of the Samuel Goldwyn Music Publishing Corp. in association with Chappel and Co. The new company will publish and exploit the music in Goldwyn productions, and also. the music of other independent producers. President of the new company will be Max Dreyfus, and Mulvey will serve as vice-president. Four Join Paramount Everett N. Olsen has joined Paramount's field staff under Alec Moss, exploitation manager. He will work out Of the Minneapolis exchange. Fred Goldberg and Joseph Callahan have joined Moss' home office staff. Richard M. Halsey has become an assistant to Al Wilkie, publicity manager. Elect Harry Goldberg Harry Goldberg, director of advertising-publicity for Warner Theatres, has been elected a member of the board of directors of B'nai B'rith's Anti-Defamation League. Grant Advanced by 'U' Hollywood, Jan. 10. — Universal has elevated producer Marshall Grant to an executive producership, and has assigned him eight pictures. To Honor Ginny Simms Columbia Broadcasting and Young and Rubicam will honor Ginny Simms at a reception at the Hotel Waldorf Astoria here Monday. Scrap Army 16mm. Films, Says SCTOA Hollywood, Jan. 10. — A resolution recommending that all feature films reduced to 16mm. for the benefit of the Armed Forces be "scrapped" has been adopted by the Southern California Theatre Owners Association. Opposing "16mm. competition in any and all forms against theatres utilizing 35mm.", the resolution calls on producers and distributors to "make every effort to terminate the possibility of such competition." The association has sent copies of the resolution to all producers and distributors. UNO Weighs Film, Radio Divisions The establishment of a Department of Public Information under an assistant secretary general and having film, radio and press divisions, has been recommended by a committee of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations Organization, it is learned. The commission is presently engaged in selecting a site in the U. S. for the UNO, which locality will p ro b a b 1 y have "extraterritorial rights." The UNO would have full ownership of the land and buildings in its zone, according to the committee's draft, and police could enter only with permission of the secretary general. Luncheon for Emde, 31 Years with RKO Russell Emde, RKO Radio zone manager, was guest of honor at a luncheon at the Mayan Restaurant here yesterday on the occasion of his 31st anniversary with the company. Edward Sniderman and Joseph Di Lorenzo, division managers, were among those present. Emde was presented with an anniversary cake. Rapisarda, Mancuso Made Sileo Partners Henry Rapisarda and Ben Mancuso have been made partners in the CosmoSileo Co., industry photographers, Jimmy Sileo, company head, announces. Rapisarda has been with the company 15 'years and Mancuso 12l years prior to his enlistment in the Navy. Clark Here from D. C. Kenneth Clark, publicity director for the Motion Picture Association of America, came here from Washington to attend the luncheon-meeting of the Eastern Public Information Committee at the New York Athletic Club yesterday. Col. Savage Returning Col. William B. Savage, connected with the RKO legal department before he entered the armed services, will return to the company in a foreign department post to be announced shortly by Phil Reisman, vice-president in charge of foreign distribution. Capt. Smith to Classics Atlanra, Jan. 10. — Capt. Kenneth R. , Smith, wearer of a number of citations for meritorious service in] the Army Air Forces, has joined Film Classics here as a salesman. RKO RADIO PICTURES, Inc. BOSTON TRADE SHOWING "RIVERB0AT RHYTHM" Tuesday, January 22nd at 2:30 P.M. RKO PROJECTION ROOM 122 Arlington Street Boston, Mass.