Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1948)

2 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, September 8, 194! Seek Building Code Waiver for Popcorn Albany, N. Y., Sept. 7.— The New York State Board of Standards and Appeals is expected to adopt amendments suggested by exhibitors to the section of the proposed revised state building code relating to the operation of popcorn machines in theatres. The provision against which exhibitors objected at a hearing in New York last month bans the use "of any combustible or volatile fluid." Exhibitors have meanwhile advanced the proposition that a line of demarcation be drawn — this barring fluids "with a flash point less than 400." Gasoline, kerosene and other such fluids have a flash point under 400 and are believed to be potentially dangerous to public safety. Over 400 is considered safe. Organized exhibitors maintain that the popcorn ban as now written might be very costly. New York City's ultra-strict code is said to have no provision banning the use oi jiny combustible or volatile fluid, it is pointed out. Revision on Building Code Compliance Is Sought Albany, N. Y., Sept. 7.— Holding in a brief filed with the State Board of Standards and Appeals that "there is some confusion" among exhibitors as to how strict two-year limitation on a certificate of compliancy would operate practically under the proposed new state building code, Leonard Rosenthal, attorney for Smalley Theatres, has appealed to the board for revision in the language of the appropriate section of the proposed code. He also sought revisions in the definition of the word "stage." Harry Hellman, 65, Partner of Fabian Albany, N. Y., Sept. 7. — Harry Hellman, theatre owner, died today at the age of 65 at Albany Hospital after a brief illness. He was celebrating his 40th anniversary in show business. Hellman opened his first film theatre in Albany in 1908. He was a pioneer in the drive-in theatre field and was interested with Fabian Theatres in four drive-ins, two located in Albany, one in Binghamton and one in Philadelphia. He also owned the Paramount and Royal in Albany and the Palace in Troy. Hellman is survived by the widow, Nettie Brower Hellman and a son, Neil. The funeral will be held tomorrow from Silberg's Funeral Home and services will be at Mount Hebron Cemetery, Long Island. S. T. Manghon, Exhibitor Atlanta, Sept. 7. — S. T. Manghon, theatre owner in Patterson and Scriven, Georgia, passed away at his home in Patterson, last Friday. William H. Rice William Herbert Rice, 71, veteran screenplay writer, died here at the weekend in Flushing Hospital of euremic poisoning. Personal MAURICE A. BERGMAN, Universal-International Eastern advertising publicity director, and Charles Simonelli, Eastern exploitation manager, have returned to New York from Cincinnati. • Darryl F. Zanuck, production vice-president for 20th Century-Fox, planed out of New York yesterday for Hollywood, after a six-week trip through Italy and France. He was accompanied by Mrs. Zanuck and their daughter, Susan. • Don Steinkamp of the French Lick Amusement Co., French Lick, Ind., is accompanying his father to the Mayo Clinic where the latter is undergoing observation. • Fred Curd, Paramount booker in Memphis, has become RKO office manager in that city, replacing Glenn Calvert, who has been promoted to salesman. M. A. Lightman, Sr., Malco Theatres president, is serving on the bridge committee of the Bear Creek Lake Bridge Tournament Sept. 2426 at Marianna, Ark. • David Skvirsky, 20th-Fox bookersalesman in Boston, has returned from a leave of absence spent in Europe. He will report to the New Haven office as a salesman. • Wayne Hartman has been named sales manager in charge of the industrial department lor Academy Film Service, Cleveland, by Gilbert Lefton, president. • Jules Lapidus, Warner Eastern and Canadian division sales manager, left here yesterday for Cleveland and Pittsburgh. • Al Horwits, U-I Eastern publicity manager, and Phil Gerard, publicist, are in Philadelphia from New York. • Alex Schimel, U-I salesman, was in New York last weekend from Cleveland. Matthew Rapf to Form Own Company Hollywood, Sept. 7. — Matthew Rapf, writer-producer, plans to form his own independent film company. Its first picture will be "Silhouette," of which he is the author. Rapf, who is a son of Harry Rapf, was formerly a scenarist at the M-G-M studio. He and Gerald Briskin, son of Samuel J. Briskin, president of Liberty Films, recently produced "The Adventures of Gallant Bess." 'True Name Law' Due Boston, Sept. 7. — The Massachusetts' "True Name Law" will go into effect on Thursday. All actors, film and otherwise, will have to register their true names with the Department of Public Safety. Failure to comply may mean a fine of $100. Mention FREDERICK BRISSON of Indedependent Artists is due here today from the Coast. • Stephen Crane, producer ; Cornel Wilde, and his wife and Norma Shearer, her children and her husband, Martin Arrouge, are among passengers who will sail for Europe today on the 5*5" Queen Elizabeth. Among arrivals when the ship docked here yesterday were Rita Hayworth, Jack Buchanan and Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock. • J. Raymond Bell, manager of the Donahue and Coe Washington branch, has been appointed chairman of the publicity advisory committee for the economic mobilization course for reserve officers. • Frank J. Alford, assistant treasurer of the Motion Picture Export Association, and Mrs. Alford became parents of a second son, born on Labor Day at the Lenox Hill Hospital here. • John P. Byrne, M-G-M Eastern sales manager, will move his headquarters to the home office building in a few days from the New York exchange. • John A. Schwalm, manager of the Northio Rialto Theatre in Hamilton, O., has returned home following an eye operation at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. • George Mann, co-owner of Redwood Theatres Circuit, San Francisco, has purchased a newspaper in Fort Bragg. He writes a column entitled "From Mann to Man." • Bill Porter, head of Allied ArtistsMonogram West Coast contract department, has returned to the Coast from a tour of Midwest exchanges. ■ • Joseph Harris, Realart treasurer, has returned to New York from a month's trip to Europe. Arthur Greenblatt left the Coast yesterday by plane for New York. 74', 200 Detroit Theatres Stalemated Detroit, Sept. 7. — About 200 local theatres are operating without a contract with the IATSE covering projectionists as the result of failure to arrive at settlement on wage increases in a preliminary conference. Pact Talks Continue Hollywood, Sept. 7. — Independent producers and negotiators for the American Federation of Musicians will hold another session tomorrow to negotiate a contract to replace the pact which expired last month. House Changes Hands Hebron, Neb., Sept. 7. — E. H. Kassebaum, formerly of Hebron, has purchased the Hebron Theatre from Clarence Wright. Change was effective Sunday. Newsreel Parade CHINA, France, Palestine, Canada and the Belgian Congo provide backgrounds for newsreel highlights in current issues. Items in a differenl vein cover sports, fashions and human interest. Complete contents follow: MOVIETONE NEWS, No. 72— Krav-'j chenko tells about Red teacher case. World's! smallest republic run by boys and>*j-ls. Automatic garage. New Chinese (t'''4v-, National AAU long distance swim rri ▼ NEWS OF THE DAY, No. 202 — Report from China. Israel builds as truce quiets Palestine. Good news for car owners. Soccer. Something new in headgear. | PARAMOUNT NEWS, No. 5— UN moves to France. School daze — twirlersl learn tricks with sticks. Aid for Greece. ;! Novelties in fashion. China fights inflation, a UNIVERSAL, NEWS, No. 176— China: I inflation rampant. News in brief: Gen.l Eisenhower dedicates hospital; Belgium fes-l tival; baby parade; ax-chopping champion[ ship. Three-year-old swimmer. Mountbatten opens Canadian exposition. WARNER PATHE NEWS, No. 7— China's _ worst inflation. French government crisis. Mountbatten in Canada. Belgium Congo volcano. Railroad news, junior grade. Fall evening gowns. Vienna wrestling. Ruder and Finn Are Promotion Partners William Ruder has resigned from Samuel Goldwyn Productions to form his own publicity-exploitation organization in association with David Finn, with headquarters at the Hotel Lombardy, New York. Ruder had been associated with Lynn Farnol, at Goldwyn since 1941, and for the past several years has been head of exploitation. The new organization will have field representatives in 30 key cities. Among clients represented by Ruder and Finn are Perry Como, Pioneer Pictures, Pioneer Telefilms and Telespots, Inc. To Honor Bromhead, Co-Founder of G. B. London, Sept. 7. — A. C. Bromhead, co-founder on Sept. 13, 1898, of the Gaumont Company, which afterwards operated as Gaumont-British, will be guest of honor at a luncheon celebration here on Monday of the 50th anniversary of the company's founding. Old associates of Col. Bromhead will give the luncheon. May Move 'Caravan' To Indianapolis Philadelphia Sept. 7. — Leaders of Allied States will meet here tomorrow and Thursday to consider transferring the headquarters of the organization's product "Caravan" from this city to Indianapolis. They will also probably decide whether there will be a board meeting this month. Bowes Left $3,641,112 The late Major Edward J. Bowes left a gross estate of $3,641,112, it was disclosed in papers filed in Surrogate's Court here at the weekend. The estate shrunk to a net of $648,304 after 61 separate charitable bequests. The papers revealed he left $2,874,765 to St. Patrick's Cathedral here. MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherwin Kane, Editor; Martin Quigley, Jr., Associate Editor. Published daily, except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, by Quigley Publishing Company, Inc., 1270 Sixth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, New York 20, N. Y. Telephone Circle 7-3100. 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