Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1948)

Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, November 10, 194' Personal Mention MAX YOUNGSTEIN, EagleLion advertising-publicity vicepresident, will leave here on Monday tor Hollywood. • Harry K. McWilliams, Columbia exploitation manager, and Mrs. McWilliams have become the parents of a daughter, Sarah Jane Fuller, their third child. • Milton Goodman, assistant to Columbia's short subjects sales manager, and Mrs. Goodman have become the parents of their first child, a son, named Robert. • William Howard, assistant general manager of RKO Theatres, will leave here today on a Southern and Midwestern business trip. • Edward Arnold, M-G-M star, will address the AFL convention in Cincinnati on Sunday as a representative of the Screen Actors Guild. • Ed Hinchy, head of the Warner playdate department, will be in Washington today from New York. • Virginia Mayo, Warner star, has been selected as "March of Dimes Girl" for the 1949 campaign. • Lawrence Weingarten, M-G-M studio executive, has returned to the Coast from here. • Milton Stern of Uniled Telefilm has returned to New York from Italy. • Steven Pallos has arrived in New York from London. Most Companies to Observe the Holiday World War I Armistice Day, tomorrow, will be observed by a half or full-day closing of most home offices and by many other film firms in the industry here. Closing at one o'clock will be Film Classics, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Monogram, Paramount, Republic, 20th Century-Fox, Universal, Warner Brothers and the Motion Picture Association of America. Closed all day will be Eagle-Lion and RKO. Undecided late yesterday were Columbia and United Artists. SIMPP President (Continued from page 1) Farmer Agnew Has 2,000 For Release Neil Agnew, former head of Selznick Releasing Organization, is engaged in capon raising on a big scale at his Southbury, Conn., farm. His flock numbers 2,000 birds and he will handle distribution himself to the holiday markets. The 21 Club here is reported to have made a standing offer for all Agnew can deliver. U-I Latin American Meet to Run A Week Joseph H. Seidelman, head of foreign operations for Universal-International, has set a U-I Latin American convention for Buenos Aires, during the week commencing Nov. IS. Al Daff, U-I vice-president will leave here today for Buenos Aires, accompanied by Robert H. Weait, Latin-American supervisor for the J. Arthur Rank Organization. Latin American supervisor Americo Aboaf and Fortunat Baronat, director of foreign publicity, are already in Buenos Aires making preparations. Video Not a Film Threat: Mamoulian Motion pictures will not meet sudden "death" at the hands of television as predicted by some "television experts," Rouben Mamoulian, director of stage and screen, told a luncheonmeeting of the American Television Society at the Hotel Astor here yesterday. "My opinion," said Mamoulian, "is that television will flourish as a fascinating medium of communication ; it will vitally hurt and restrict radio, but it will not affect motion pictures adversely." On the contrary, he pointed out, television will depend •upon motion pictures for much of its material." Charles J. Durban, president of the American Television Society, presided at the meeting. ATOI Convention in Indianapolis Today Indianapolis, Nov. 9. — Election of directors will highlight the opening session of the Associated Theatre Owners of Indiana's two-day convention at the Hotel Antlers here tomorrow. Other features include a report, "Making Caravan Work," by Charles Niles, secretary of Allied States, and a film forum with a panel including William L. Ainsworth, president of national Allied, Niles, Sam Switow, -Joe Cantor; Al Blocher, Earl Herndon, Herb Ochs and Joe Finneran. An ATOI report for 1948 by Bill Carroll, secretary, and discussion of future ATOI policies by the membership also are on the first day's program. Trueman Rembusch, president of the state organization, will deliver the convention welcome. Opening of the convention was preceded by a directors meeting and dinner for directors and their wives at the Antlers tonight. Newsreel Parade respect to foreign distribution problems, particularly those involving effects of Motion Picture Association of America and Motion Picture Export Association policies in the British and other markets. SIMPP has been without a president since the resignation last January of Donald Nelson. Among those participating in the current conferences, latest of which was held here Monday, are David Selznick. James Mulvey, Roy Disney, Walter Wanger, Daniel O'Shea, and others. House Group to Meet In Phila. on Dec. 1 Philadelphia Nov. 9. — Complaints in connection with monopolistic practices in the theatre field will be heard at a Dec. 1 meeting of a sub-committee of the House Small Business Committee here, it is announced by Joseph D. Henderson, national managing director of the American Association of Small Business. Telecasts 'Full' Story on Thomas Television Newsreels claims to be first on the nation's television and theatre screens with the "full" film story on the J. Parnell Thomas case, following the Congressman's Federal Grand Jury indictment for allegedly accepting salary "kickbacks" from staff members. Actual evidence was secured by Telenews before the indictment, also direct interviews with former employes involved. Columnist Drew Pearson, first to bring the case against Thomas to the government's attention, cooperated with Telenews in the case" and appears in the story, Telenews reports. 'Dinty' Moore Quits Warner Boston Post Boston, Nov. 9. — Forrest (Dinty) Moore, Northeastern district sales manager of Warner Brothers, has resigned, to take effect on Friday. No successor will be named. The district will be operated out of New York. Goetz Consultant At Republic and CFI Appointment of Jack Goetz as special consultant on laboratory and studio activities was announced here yesterday by Herbert J. Yates, Republic president. Goetz will serve with both Republic and its affiliated Consolidated Film Industries. Goetz was previously associated with Yates in Consolidated, for many years. He had been plant manager of Erbograph, which Yates amalgamated with two other laboratories to form Consolidated. Since 1930, he has had his own organization. TRUMAN'S triumphal return ■„ Washington highlights all curra newsreels. People in the news, foo ball and human interest items roun out the reels. Complete contents jo low: MOVIETONE NEWS, No. 90— Trunin returns to Washington in triumph. Nam< in the news: DeGaulle scores in electior Athenagoras heads Greek Church ."~~A[en ei ter Army in nation's first jr'^ei) draf Science: Arctic expedition; aton^ -. eactio display. Pigskin parade. NEWS OF THE DAY, No. 220— Tn man hailed as conquering hero. Nation; Horse Show. Berlin kids run Red blockad Football. PARAMOUNT NEWS, No. 23 — Wasl ington's greatest victory show. Football. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL, No. 194^ Truman hailed in Capital; takes Florid holiday. News in brief: canyon fire; fir inductees. Football. WARNER PAT HE NEWS, No. 25Truraan wins ! New inductees. Berli kids. Colorado vacation. Football. Ns tional Horse Show. MPEA Fetes Kekich, Attache at Prague Emil Kekich, Commercial Attach at the American Embassy in Pragut was guest at a luncheon given her yesterday by the Motion Picture Ex port Association. Kekich, who has served for man years in U. S. Government foreig trade activities, chiefly in Easten European countries, stated that tlv vast majority of fans want America! films and are displeased when they ar not permitted to see them. Irving Maas, MPEA vice-presiden and general manager, stated that thi American industry owed Kekich ; debt of gratitude for his effective co operation in helping MPEA meet tin special problems of American film dis tribution in Eastern Europe. 2 Odeon Theatres Curtail Matinees Toronto, Nov. 9. — Due to increased power blackouts in this district as a result of the electricity shortage, Odeon Theatres has announced cancellation of all matinee performances except on Saturday at the Fairlawn and Danforth theatres until further notice, while other neighborhood exhibitors also are rearranging their schedules to fit the latest cut-off order. The new Odeon-Toronto Theatre will continue to operate continuously since it is free of blackouts in its downtown location. Premiere of W anger' t 'Joan' Here Tonight Screen, stage and other personalities will attend the benefit world premiere of Sierra Pictures' "Joan ol Arc" at the Victoria Theatre tonight Screen, stage and opera will bt represented by Ingrid Bergman, Walter Wanger, Joan Bennett, Victot Fleming, Eric Johnston, Ned E. Depinet, Anna Neagle, Herbert Wilcox Guy Kibbee, George Coulouris, Barbara Bel Geddes, Madame Lucretia Bori, Fletcher Markel, and others. FWC Signs Up for Commercial Film Los Angeles, Nov. 9. — With showings set to start on Thursday in outlying districts, a hundred Fox West Coast houses in this area will exhibit the 10-minute subject, "Biggest Inch," under commercial sponsorship of the Southern California Gas Co. at the rate of $10 per thousand admissions, a circuit spokesman disclosed today. The film was produced in 16mm. by Polaris Pictures and enlarged for theatre use. 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