Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1949)

Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, July 12, 1949 Personal Mention COL A. SCHWARTZ, RKO ^ atres general manager and . president, left here last night by plane for the Coast. Thevice Hoy L. Russell, Millersbnrg, Ohio, exhibitor and attorney, who was recently appointed Probate Court judge of Holmes County, Ohio, was married last week to Mrs. Helen Halter Smith, president of the Akron Theatre Owners and owner of the Majestic Theatre, Akron. • Loth ar Wolff, assistant director of March of Time, and Mrs. Wolff, will leave here today for Paris, by Dutch Airlines KLM. flying by way of Amsterdam, to produce a series of shorts on results of the Marshall Plan in operation. • F. J. A. McCarthy. Universal-International Southern-Caradian division manager, will leave here today for New Orleans. • Hexry A. (Hank) Linet, Universal-International Eastern advertisingmanager, returned to New York yesterday from Chicago. • Vincent R. McFaul. general manager of Shea Theatres at Buffalo, is in New York. • Sam Wood, M-G-M director, will return to Hollywood this week from Gallup. N. M. 1st Cleveland Case Filed This Year Edward Muhl, department head, from the Coast. Universal contract is in New York R. M. (Bob) Sayini, Astor Pictures president, has returned here from St. George, Utah. • Noble Arnold, city manager of North Carolina Theatres at Durham, N. C, is in New York from that city. • Fred Meyers, Universal-International Eastern sales manager, is in Philadelphia today from New York. • Gael Sullivan, Theatre Owners of America executive director, has retmrned to New York from the Coast. • Jay Eisenberg, M-G-M attorney, is vacationing in upstate New York. Cleveland, July 11. — In the first case to come before the local arbitration board this year, Herbert K. Hoglan owner of the Genoan Theatre, Genoa Ohio, claims that a 14-day clearance granted to the Limelight Theatre Woodville, by 20th Century-Fox, RKO Radio, Loew's and Warners is unreasonable and detrimental to the dignity of his theatre and sought an irrespective run from the companies named. Genoa is approximately five miles from Woodville. _ The complainant cited as a basis of his request that these distributors are currently granting an irrespective run to the Del Lu Theatre of Gibsonburg which is also five miles from Wood ville. On the stand the defendant distributors all claimed that in grant ing the 14-day clearance to Woodville over Genoa they were merely protecting an established account, a satisfied customer. The Limelight, Woodville, is owned and has been operated for the past 10 years by Paul Pontius. The Genoan opened in July, 1948. L. L. Marshall, attorney, was the arbi trator. Complainant was represented by Ben Gordon of Ulmer, Berne Gordon and Glickman. Albert B Lefton represented the intervenor, while Paul Pontius and C. F. Youn„ of the 20th-Fox legal department^ represented the defendant distributors BFPA to Name an Export Manager London, July 11.— The British Film Producers Association has decided to appoint an officer "capable of speaking for all members' export interests in Continental countries." The decision follows BFPA's recent representations to the Board of Trade that it feels it is not getting all the help it might from Britain's ambassadors abroad. Harold Wilson replied that a number of ambassadors had suggested that the industry should appoint a man qualified to speak for for them. The new appointee will be stationed in Europe and will be supported by a special export department here. Campaign for 'Joe' S. Barret AlcCormick, RKO Radio advertising manager, has assigned the DiAngelis Outdoor Advertising Co. to a billboard sniping campaign, starting yesterday, for the New York Criterion campaign of "Mighty Joe Young," which is scheduled to open on January 27. Rank Film to Prestige J. Arthur Rank's "The Girl in the Painting" will be released here by Universal-International as a Prestige Picture. Special NTFC Meeting A special meeting of National Television Film Council officers, directors and advisory board has been called for today by Melvin Gold, NTFC president, to consider a plan to have NTFC act for TV film producers in a capacity similar to that of Ascap in its field. Under the proposal, made by Gold at a NTFC forum, the council would supply copyright and other protection for TV films assigned to it. Statewide Smoking Prohibition in Mass. Boston, July 11.— Governor Paul A. Dever has signed an act authorizing the Board of Fire Prevention Regulations of the Department of Public Safety to draw up statewide rules prohibiting smoking in theatres. Up to now this has been a matter of local ordinance. It takes away such authority from cities and towns and places it in the hands of the state. More stringent rules and regulations will be forthcoming. Shooting 5, Editing 15 at M-G-M Studios Hollywood, July 11.— In line with the stepped-up program developed at conferences between Louis B. Mayer, Dore Schary, production, executives, and Nicholas M. Schenck and Wiliarn F. Rodgers, president and vicepresidents in charge of distribution, respectively, M-G-M has IS pictures now being edited, nine in various stages of preparation and five before the cameras. _ This marks one of the most intensive production schedules for the company in years, and emphasizes the desire of production and distribution executives to establish a three-a-month releasing schedule. Filming now are the following: "On the Town," "Ambush," "Adam's Rib," "Nancy Goes to Rio," and "East Side, West Side." In various stages of editing are : "Bodies and Souls," "Stars in My Crown," "Tension," "Madame Bovary," "Border Incident," "That Midnight Kiss," "The Forsyte Saga," "Challenge to Lassie," "Malaya," "Sidestreet," "Conspirator," "Battleground," 'Red Danube," and "Intrud er in the Dust." $13,262 for 'Brave' In its first four days at the Majestic, Dallas, "Home of the Brave" grossed $13,262 and out-distanced "Red River" at $12,300, for the same period at the same theatre. At $3,194, the attraction ran slightly under the opening day of "Red River," which grossed $3,250 and not $1,250 as reported here yesterday in a typographical error. New Anti-Red Film Released by F.C. _ Editing of Edward Leven's produc tion "Red Bait" is in its final stages, and a print will be turned over shortly to Film Classics for distribution. The documentary-styled drama, which is an expose of the Communist spy ring in the U. S., was shot on location here, and its cast is composed of war veterans. The film marks the first production effort of Leven's Transcontinental Productions. The company plans three more films by the end of the year. Featured in "Red Bait" are Keith Andes, Jack Lord and Rita Colton ; Edward Montagne directed. $1.06 Columbia Dividend Columbia Pictures' board of directors, at a meeting held here yesterday, declared a quarterly dividend of $1.06i4 per share on the $4.25 cumulative preferred stock, payable August 15 to stockholders of record on August 1. Lipton Adds Four to Promotional Staffs In hue with accelerated promotion plans on forthcoming Universal-International releases, as recently formulated by David A. Lipton, U-I national advertising and publicity director, the addition of Maurice (Bucky) Harris and Paul Kamey to the staff of the Eastern exploitation and publicity departments and the engagement of Abe Bernstein and Lou Gerard to work on two special campaigns was announced here yesterday. Harris, who has been added to the staff of the exploitation department under Charles Simonelli, has been doing special exploitation work for U-I for a past year. Kamey, who is joining the staff of the publicity department under Philip Gerard, was with M-G-M as a publicity writer for 12 years. Gerard has been engaged to work on promotion campaigns on "Yes Sir, That's My Baby," and Bernstein is being assigned to Eastern openings of "Johnny Stool Pigeon." Gluckman in Loew Deal Herman Gluckman, president of NuScreen, has closed a deal for installations of Glas-Screens with Loew's International Theatres. 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