Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1950)

irsday, April 27, 1950 Motion Picture Daily 7 lms Not Prominent t Fall Tariff eeting in England Washington, April 26. — Governf officials said they do not expect ion junctures to figure too promi1 ' Jthe international tariff negoo"rSPKhich will be held this fall ingland. 'he State Department has annced that negotiations will begin 5ept. 28 at Torquay, England, with 3ther countries. This will be the i round of post-war international I negotiations — the first was at eva in 1947 and the second at An-, France, last year, articipating at Torquay will be 11 ltries that took part in one or . of the earlier parleys and six new ltries. The oldtimers are : Ausa, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, .ice, Luxembourg, New Zealand, nerlands, Norway, Union of South ca and United Kingdom. The six ltries that the U. S. will bargain . for the first time this year are tria, Western Germany, Guatei, Korea, Peru and Turkey, he Department said there is no inlation available yet on what conions the U. S. will seek from the r countries. 3gotiations With 'gentina Advance Washington, April 26. — A new entine-U.S. film agreement is reed near completion after several ; of intensive negotiations here ben Argentine officials and the MoPicture Association of America, eportedly it will provide for united importation of Hollywood 5 into Argentina, along with perion for U. S. companies to remit 00,000 or better annually. Argenhas not allowed any American ; into the country since March, . Participating in the negotiations Eric Johnston and Latin-Ameriexpert Joaquim Rickard, and nee Minister Ramon Cereijo of entina. •A Dinner Tonight (Continued from page 1) fFred J. Schwartz is dinner trea •ayor William O'Dwyer is schedto be on hand to receive a citafor "outstanding service to the -,i of human rights." Joceeds of the dinner will benefit rescue, relief, rehabilitation and 'tlement program of the UJA and r >sram maintained by JDA-sup |d agencies. Highlight "of the event a presentation on civil rights 'a cast including Raymond Massey rrator, and Representative Frank V. Roosevelt, Jr., Senator Irving Ives, Jackie Robinson, Elmo |r, Prof. William H. Kilpatrick, Reuther and Gloria Swanson. VIE FIRM IS LOOKING FOR KCE IN THE HEART OF THE M DISTRICT. WE HAVE IT A REASONABLE RENTAL. WRITE BOX 439 MOTION PICTURE DAILY 1270 6th AVE., N. Y. CITY Review Operation HaylifV (Lippert Productions) Hollywood, April 26 AN expert blend of fact and fiction makes "Operation Haylift" ripe for the type of exploitation suggested by the title and the topic. The title applies, of course, to the spectacular and spectacularly headlined operations of the U. S. Air Force in flying hay and grain to the millions of cattle and sheep pinned down by the blizzards that blanketed the Great Plains a year ago, and the Air Force cooperated with Lippert Productions in making the film in a manner to make this phase of the film powerfully impressive. Exhibitors in most locations should find equivalent cooperation in exploitation obtainable. The fiction side of the picture — and the weaving of fiction with fact is admirably accomplished — casts Bill Williams and Tom Brown as brothers, the former a rancher in Nevada and the latter an Army pilot recently discharged upon whom the former depends for aid in working the ranch. But Brown is attracted back into the military service, and that results in a tension between the brothers which is not healed until, when the snows come and Williams' herds are starving, Brown returns in charge of the planes assigned to fly relief to the stock. Competent support is rendered by Joe Sawyer, Ann Rutherford, Jane Nigh, Richard Travis, Raymond Hatton, Jimmy Conlon, Tommy Ivo, Dink Dean and Joanna Armstrong. Sawyer produced and shared the script with Dean Reisner. William Berke directed. Running time, 74 minutes. General audience classification. Release date, May 5. TOA on COMPO (Continued from page 1) from Sullivan in reply to a query on the TOA's stand on the recommendation made early this week by M-G-M sales vice-president William F. Rodgers that COMPO undertake to develop a new arbitration system. Sullivan said that TOA has no plans to alter its course in the preparation of trade practice code proposals for eventual discussion at a "round table" of representative exhibitors and distributors. A key factor in the preparation of proposals for a code draft is arbitration and TOA president Samuel Pinanski has been corresponding with distribution company presidents in the expectation that industrywide conferences, not necessarily rooted in COMPO, will be held preparatory to the setting up of an allindustry arbitration system. The TOA executive director reported yesterday that a recent wire poll of TOA regional leaders produced evidence of continuing belief within the organization that COMPO is a "good idea" insofar as making advantageous use of the industry's resources and talent is concerned. However, Sullivan indicated, there remains strong sentiment among TOA leaders against an "inflated" COMPO budget. Allied Toppers (Continued from page 1) cording to general counsel Abram F. Myers of Allied. Trueman Rembusch and Nathan Yamins, delegate and alternate, will be there. Myers will be there to make a report on the tax repeal situation, and since Rembusch and Myers have to leave after the first day to attend the drive-in theatre convention at Kansas City, Jack Kirsch will attend to act as No. 2 man to Yamins for the rest of the COMPO meeting. OK Trade Organization Washington, April 26. — The Committee for the International Trade Organization today urged the House Foreign Affairs Committee to endorse the ITO and ratify its charter. Eric Johnston and Matthew Fox are members of the Committee's executive board, and other supporters include William J. Donovan. Douglas Fairbanks, Marion B. Folsom, Robert P. Patterson and Spyros P. Skouras. Kingsberg Resigns (Continued from page 1) of certain holders of preferred stock of Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corp. After such stock had been retired he remained as an executive officer of RKO theatre subsidiaries. Depinet said Kingsberg's services were valuable in solving problems arising from the depression, and in reducing and consolidating theatre funded debt, in simplifying corporate structure and in the solution of various operating problems. Kingsberg said yesterday he has no immediate plans for the future to announce at this time. It is known he has been interested in forming a syndicate to bid for Howard Hughes' controlling stock interest in the RKO circuit. Sol A. Schwartz, vice-president and general manager, will be the operating head of RKO Theatres until a successor to Kingsberg is officially appointed. Born in Springfield, Mass., in 1900, Kingsberg is a graduate of Harvard. He was associated with Goldman Sachs and Co. from 1922 to 1931 and then with M. J. Meehan and Co. until 1933, when he joined Keith-Albee as representative of the Meehan preferred stock holdings. He was named president of RKO Theatres in 1946. Bill Due This Week To Ease Film Import Washington, April 26. — Secretary of the Treasury Snyder said a bill to reform and simplify U. S. Customs procedure would be sent to Congress within the week. The bill would fit in with the efforts of the Motion Picture Association of America to make things easier here for foreign film imports. British Films Trail Foreign in Registry London, April 26. — According to Board of Trade statistics, films registered here during the year ending March 31, 1950, were: 81 British and 283 foreign films of more than 6,500 feet; 50 British and 157 foreign films from 3,000 to 6,500 feet long, and 244 British and 519 foreign short subjects. U. S. films in the foreign categories numbered, respectively, 243, 149 and 482. May Test Elimination Of Dual Bills in N. Y. A movement for the substitution of single features for double bills in the New York Metropolitan area has been launched by Harry Brandt, president of the Independent Theatre Owners Association of New York, he reports here. Brandt indicated that a meeting of area theatre owners may be held shortly to discuss the proposal. If the plan is approved generally, it is possible that the mid-town theatre area will be "blocked out" for a test. Seek Legislators' Aid (Continued from page 1) members of the California House and Senate delegations to take the floor and urge the RFC to make the loans in the interest of stimulating employment in California. The legislators would outline the unemployment situation in the film industry on the Coast and the bad effect that unemployment has on other California industries. They would say the situation hurts the entire state. JUST AS THOUGH HE HEARD THE CALL... HE'S C0MIHG.. bigger and better Copyright 1950, Xational Comics Publications, Inc. ATOM MAN vs. SUPERMAN than before... to do a job vf°r you i I... COLUMBIA'S NEW^ FEATURE SERIAL!