Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1950)

2 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, February 15, 195C Personal Mention NEWS in Brief RADIO City Music Hall will be awarded a "Special Honor Medal" by Freedoms Foundations, Inc., Valley Forge, Pa., for the production of its Independence Day stage pageant, "Let Freedom Ring," at a luncheon of the New York Kiwanis Club today at the Hotel McAlpin here. The medal will be presented by Kenneth Dale Wells, of Freedoms Foundation, and will be accepted by Russell V. Downing, vicepresident of the theatre. • Kansas City, Feb. 14.— The board of directors of the Allied unit for the Kansas City territory today approved plans for a regional drivein equipment show and owners conference to be held here May 8-10. Allied units of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas and the Rocky Mountain states will cooperate. • Hollywood, Feb. 14. — Trial of the multi-million-dollar suit of the Conference of Studio Unions against the majors and the IATSE, scheduled to start today, was postponed to Feb. 23, due to the preoccupation of counsel with other obligations. The suit filed three years ago under the Sherman Act, charges conspiracy between the majors and the IATSE in connection with the 1945 studio strike. • Kansas City, Feb. 14. — Fred Herbst, Kansas City Allied unit booker and buyer, has been appointed to succeed C. M. Parkhurst as general manager of the unit. • New Orleans, Feb. 14. — Universal will hold a world premiere of "The Kid from Texas" on March 1 at the Majestic Theatre, Dallas. Hollywood, Feb. 14. — All officers and directors of Cinecolor Corporation were re-elected at the annual stockholders meeting here Monday. • Washington, Feb. 14. — O. F. Sullivan, president of Allied of KansasMissouri, has been named chairman of Allied States Association's outdoortheatre committee, replacing Sidney E. Samuelson. BARNEY BALABAN, Paramount president, will leave here tomorrow for a Florida vacation. • General E. L. Munson, former chief of 20th Century-Fox Productions in Europe, and Mrs. Munson; Deborah Kerr, her husband, Anthony Bartley and their daughter ; Agnes Moorhead, actress, and Frederick Lonsdale, playwright, were among the passengers who arrived here from Europe on the S. S. Queen Mary yesterday. • David Coplan, managing director of International Film Renters, London, an affiliate of Film Classics, arrived in New York yesterday from England aboard the S. S. Queen Mary. • Henry Ginsberg, Paramount studio chief, left here last night for the Coast. • Joseph C. Goltz, Eagle-Lion foreign sales manager, has returned here from Havana. Samuel Goldwyn will leave here on Saturday for the Coast. stage show at the Music Hall opened strong but was victimized by the weather over the weekend. The first week's take is estimated at $120,000, below expectations. "Mrs. Mike," with Gordon Jenkins topping the stage bill is fair enough at the Capitol where the first week's gross is estimated at $46,000. The film will hold for a second week with "Malaya" to follow on Feb. 22. "The Third Man" continues at a terrific clip at the Victoria which looks for $40,500 in a big third week. "Dear Wife," with Celeste Holm and Buddy Rogers' orchestra on stage, at the Paramount, drew a mild $50,000 in a second and final week and will be replaced by "Paid in Full" today. "Key to the City" probably will do $15,000 in a slow second week at the State. Holding up, "Samson and Delilah" is likely to reach $34,000 in a good eighth week at the Rivoli. "Sands of Iwo Jima" promises to give the Mayfair about $18,500 in its seventh week, which is fairly healthy business. "Cinderella" will replace 'Samson' Canada Grosses Cecil B. DeMille's "Samson and Delilah" grossed $2,540 at the Century, Hamilton, Ont., for Saturday opening and had a three-day gross of $7,649 for the Capitol, Windsor, Ont., through Saturday. Investigator Named London, Feb. 14. — The Board of Trade has appointed M. L. Gedge, attorney, to investigate under the Companies Act, the financial affairs of Plantaganet Films which produced Rod Geiger's "Give Us This Day" with a government loan. JOSEPH HAZEN, president of Hal Wallis Productions, has returned to New York from Hollywood. • Murray Silverstone, head of 20th Century-Fox International, and Mrs. Silverstone; Henry Henigson, . MG-M executive; and Harry Bruchman, assistant to Paramount president Barney Balaban, are among the passengers sailing from here today for Europe on the 5". S. Queen Mary. • Jack M. Warner, son of Jack L. Warner, Warner vice-president and Mrs. Jack M. Warner, ar,e the parents of their first child, a girl born at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Hollywood. • Carl York, Motion Picture Association representative for Scandinavia, has left Hollywood, en route to Stockholm. • Ezra Stern, Los Angeles film attorney, is in New York fom the Coast. • Fred Hift of Motion Picture Herald, was married on Sunday to Bernice Mattus of this city. "Man on the Eiffel Tower" brought an estimated $12,500 in a mild third and final week at the Criterion, which is among the spots opening with "Stromboli" today. "When Willie Comes Marching Home" will bow in at the Roxy on Friday, replacing "Twelve O'Clock High." The latter figures to do $55,000 in a fair third and final week. "Montana," with Sugar Chile Robinson on stage, is likely to reach $35,000 in an adequate second week at the Strand. "Tight Little Island" is still strong at the Trans Lux where $8,500 is apparent for the seventh week. "The Astonished Heart" opened at the Park Avenue yesterday after a series of revivals at the house. About $13,000 is indicated for the 14th week of "Battleground" at the Astor, which has no complaints. "Port of New York," mild at the Globe, is likely to wind up its second and final week with $10,000; it will be succeeded by "The Outlaw" on Saturday. Consistent, "The Red Shoes" has $7,800 in view at the Bijou. 'Francis' at Dinner Francis, the talking mule, featured in Universal-International's "Francis," will be at the $100-a-plate JeffersonJackson Day Dinner of the Democratic Party at the National Guard Armory in Washington tomorrow. "Iwo" on Feb. 22. 'Wall' Premiere Feb. 17 Universal-International's "Outside the Wall," which was shot in part in Philadelphia, will have its premiere at the Aldine Theatre there, Feb. 17, backed by an intensive promotional campaign. Newsreel Parade PARAMOUNT _ NEW'S _ currem issue is a special nine-minute al sports reel dedicated to those namec the greatest athletes in the past 5C years. Complete contents follow. MOVIETONE NEWS, No. 14— "Brother hood Week." Toys for Europe. Largesi passenger ship in U. S. siclent Trumat. and Boy Scouts. Snow'. ; racing. In ternational snow shoeinlPBPPbpeed skating, Washington: "12 O'Clock High" premiere NEWS OF THE DAY, No. 248— Neu York: $2,000,000 dope haul. Toys to Europe: President Truman greets Boy Scouts. Horst racing on ice. "Helicopter Girl." "Broth erhood Week." PARAMOUNT NEWS, No. 51— "Greates Athletes" named in mid-century poll. Thi* special issue is devoted to the nine mer and women named as the greatest athletes of the past SO years in a recent AP midcentury poll. TELENEWS DIGEST, No. 7-A— En gland: Attlee fights for reelection. Jeru salem problem. Chinese squatters moved tc safety. New York: narcotis haul. Norfolk America's biggest passenger ship undei construction. Newsphoto contest. Salvadoi Dali previews debut in jewelry. Bob slec champions. UNIVERSAL NEWS, No. 3Z6^Carniva. in Florida. Queen Mary's carpet. WAC< in Japan. Puerto Rico: housing development of hotels and industry. Golden gloves. Women wrestlers. WARNER PATHE, NEWS, No. 53President Truman and the Boy Scouts. Dope ring capture. Berlin slowdown. Puerto Rico: "Operation Bootstrap." Italian storms. Queen Mary's carpet. WACs in Japan. "Helicopter Girl." "Brotherhood Week." Cross country ski championships. Chas. Skouras Dinner Draws N. Y. Group Hollywood, Feb. 14. — A New York industry contingent, headed by Spyros P. Skouras, president of 20th Century-Fox ; George P. Skouras, president of Metropolitan Theatres, and Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, will join Coast studio executives at a dinner for Charles P. Skouras, president of Fox West Coast Theatres, who has been named B'nai B'rith's "Man of the Year." The dinner will be at the Ambassador Hotel on March 4. Para. Has 17 Ready For 1950: Ginsberg Seventeen of Paramount's line-up for 1950, either completed or near completion, were listed here yesterday by Henry Ginsberg, vice-president and head of studio operations, prior to his return to the Coast. The films are : "Dear Wife," "Fancy Pants," "Let's Dance," "Riding High," "Mr. Music," "My Friend Irma Goes West," "Samson and Delilah," "Capt. Carey, U. S. A.," "Cooper Canyon," "No Man of Her Own," "Appoint 'Treason' Grosses $22,000 Cincinnati, Feb. 14. — Edward A. Golden's "Guilty of Treason," an Eagle-Lion release, will gross an estimated $22,000 in its area premiere week, at RKO's Albee Theatre, against a house average of $13,000, ment with Danger," "The Furies," "Paid in Full," "September Affair," "Captain China," "The Eagle and the Hawk" and "The Lawless." Arnall No Candidate For Ga. Governorship Ellis G. Arnall, president of the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers, yesterday disclosed he will not be a candidate in this year's gubernatorial campaign in Georgia. The former governor of the state said that "political and personal reasons account for my decision." Arnall previously had asked Georgia's attorney general for a ruling on his eligibility to be a candidate and had received a favorable reply. N. Y. First Run Income (Continued from page 1) MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherwin Kane, Editor; Terry Ramsaye, Consulting 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. Cable address: "Quigpubco, New York." Martin Quigley, President; Red Kann, Vice-President; Martin Quigley, Jr., Vice-President; Theo. J. Sullivan, Vice-President and Treasurer; Leo J. Brady, Secretary; James P. 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