Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1951)

2 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, March 28, 1951 2-Day Warner Meet Starts Here Today Ben Kalmenson, Warner Brothers' sales vice-president, will preside over a twoday meeting of the company's district managers beginning here today in the home office. All home office executives will also be present at the meetings during which plans will be discussed for Warner's top releases during the spring and summer. Coast Studios Hum With New Activity Hollywood, March 27. — With spring in the air, the production tally certainly took a leap in the right direction, for a total of 29 pictures in work. Eleven new pictures were started while four were completed. Started were : "Disc Jockey," Allied Artists ; "The North Country," "People Against O'Hara" and "Rain, Rain Go Away," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; "Behave Yourself" (Wald-Krasna Productions), RKO ; "Mr. Belvedere Blows His Whistle," "The Dr. Praetorious Story," "Skid Row" (Joseph Bernhard Productions), and "ChuckA-Luck" (Fidelity Pictures), 20th Century-Fox ; "One Never Knows," Universal-International ; "Force of Arms," Warner. Completed were : "Silver Canyon," Columbia ; "Savage Drums," Lippert ; "A Lady Possessed" (Portland Production), Republic; "Friendly Island," 20th Century-Fox. Personal Mention UJA 'Kick-Off' Meeting Today The executive committee of the amusement division of the United Jewish Appeal will hold a "kick-off" meeting today in the Hotel Astor here at noon, it is announced by Sam Rosen of Fabian Theatres, and A. Schneider, Columbia Pictures, division chairmen. "The executive committee is putting the industry's UJA campaign into high gear with many of the industry's leading figures taking an active part," division spokesmen declared here. yjy ILLIAM RODGERS, MG-M vice-president and general sales manager, is due to leave here for the Coast on Friday. Norton V. Ritchey of MonogramAllied Artists, en route home from the Uruguay Film Festival, is due to stop off in Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Haiti and Jamaica. • John Mangham of Atlanta, Jack Zide, Detroit, and Don Schwartz, Minneapolis, were in New York to visit with Jack Berkson of Screencraft Pictures last week. • John P. Byrne, M-G-M Eastern sales manager, is scheduled to spend all of this week in New Haven from New York. • James H. Eshelman, district manager of Buffalo Paramount Corp., is due to return there tomorrow from Minneapolis. • Dick Dirkes, Universal home office representative, is at the San Francisco office for an indefinite period. • Morton Schwam, 2'0th CenturyFox publicist, was married here Saturday to Regina Price, Copacabana vocalist. • Harry Franklin, Aaron Goldberg Theatres executive, is recuperating from an illness in San Francisco. • Pandro Beeman, M-G-M producer, is due to arrive here from the Coast tomorrow en route to Italy. • Carl Halpin, Milford Drive-in Theater manager at Milford, Conn., has returned from a Florida vacation. PHIL REISMAN, RKO Pictures vice-president in charge of for eign distribution, has returned from a tour of South America. here Prepare 1st USO Unit For Korean Front The first USO Camp Shows entertainment unit to be formed since the declaration of a national emergency will be ready to leave for the Korean Theatre of Operations within 30 days, James Sauter, president of Camp Shows, Inc., announced here. Sauter said that there is a possibility, of Hollywood "names" being added to the company for the tour. Gamble Move Complete The last office equipment was re moved yesterday. from the Gamble En terprises office here to mark completion of the transfer of the company's headquarters to Milwaukee. Ted R Gamble will continue to make his home in New York, however. Allen A. Grant, Century Theatres field representative, was presented with a gold watch commemorating his 20th anniversary with the organization, by Fred J. Schwartz, vice-president of Century Theatres. • Ernest L. Miller, owner of the Cinema and Coronet theatres at Indianapolis, has been elected president of the Northern division of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. • Charles Thall, California Theatres Association manager, has accepted the Red Cross drive motion picture chairmanship in San Francisco. • Irving Sochin, Universal-International special films division sales head, is due to leave here tonight for Chicago. • Russell Bleek, formerly Screen Guild Indianapolis branch manager, has joined the Eagle Lions Classics sales staff there. • Lou Weinberg, Columbia circuit sales executive, left here yesterday for a three-week visit to the Coast. • Rene Clair, director, is scheduled to leave France on the lie de France April 10 for New York. • C. D. Owens has been appointed vice-president of All-Scope Pictures, Inc., Hollywood. • Max Bercutt, Warner exploiteer, is in Portland from San Francisco. Newsreel Parade Chabrier Quits Pathe, Nachbaur in Charge Jacques Chabrier has resigned as president of Pathe Cinema and the Paris Theatre here, it was disclosed yesterday in a joint statement made by Chabrier and Pierre Cabaud, Secretaire General of the Societe Nouvelle Pathe Cinema, France. Chabrier has been with Pathe for the last nine years. He started with the company in 1942, and came here five years ago as its representative, subsequently forming the American affiliate, which built the Paris Theatre on 58th Street. Lucien Nachbaur, manager of the Marignan Theatre in Paris, Pathe showcase, is now in this country on a temporary visit to represent the parent company's interests here. Jack Kalmenson Is Named WB Manager Jack Kalmenson, local sales manager for Warner Brothers in Pittsburgh, has been promoted to the post of branch manager of that office, the company disclosed here yesterday. Previously, Kalmenson served as salesman for Warner in Detroit and Cleveland. Film to Be Made On Academy Awards Hollywood, March 27. — Eastman Kodak, through Emery Huse, executive of the motion picture division of the Hollywood branch, has made a gift to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the necessary Kodachrome footage to be used in the Academy's filming of the actual Awards presentation ceremony on Thursday night. The picture, which will be previewed for Academy members early in April, is being made for Academy archives. It will be produced by G. Carleton Hunt and photographed by John Boyle and Charles G. Clarke, all members of the Academy's board of governors. Colquhoun Heads Columbia Branch Memphis, March 27. — Norman J. Colquhoun, formerly of Eagle Lion Classics at Dallas, today was named branch manager of Columbia Pictures in Memphis, succeeding the late Herman Chrisman, who died two weeks ago. Colquhoun was also formerly Republic branch manager in Memphis. rHE Senate crime probe and the return of U. S. Marines from Korea are among the latest newsreel highlights. Other items include Easter observances, sports and fashions. Complete contents follow: MOVIETONE, NEWS-, No. 26 Senate crime investigators. Allies clear South Korea. Marines return from Korea. Brotherhood Awards. Easter observed. "Follow the Siim" premiere. Sports: auto racing, billiards. NEWS OF THE DAY, No. 260— Senate probe. War heroes come home. "Mighty Mo" battles storm. Greek rulers visit U.S. carrier. Easter across the nation. Hoop classic. Italian speed demon. PARAMOUNT NEWS, No. 63— Marines home from Korea. Senate crime hearings. Nuremberg: unique toy exhibit. Easter across the nation. Kentucky beats Illinois in basketball. TELENEWS DIGEST, No. 13-A— Sea and air war in Korea. Senate crime hearings. Czech Ambassador to India seeks asylum in England. Italian tanker explodes. Easter parade. Fashion preview. UNIVERSAL NEWS, No. 442— Senate crime probe. Marines return from Korea. Tide of toys in France. Afghanistan mining secretary visits Washington. Dick Button wows Vienna. Italian sets auto speed record. WARNER PATHE NEWS, No. 65— Easter, 1951. Senate crime probe continues in Washington. Iran votes to nationalize British oil fields. Marines return from Korea. Basketball thriller: Kentucky beats Illinois. Talmadge to Attend 'Queen' Premiere Waycross, Ga., March 27. — Governor Herman Talmadge of Georgia has accepted an invitation to be guest of honor at the Lyric Theatre here on April 14 at the world premiere of Robert Stillman's "Queen for a Day," being released by United Artists. Also participating in the citywide celebration will be the mayor and all local and county officials, as well as State Senator Jack Williams, publisher of the W aycross JournalHerald. Promote Albeck to Foreign Sales Post Andy Albeck has been promoted to assistant foreign sales manager of Eagle Lion Classics, by S. L. Seidelman, head of foreign operations. Albeck joined the home office foreign department of Eagle Lion in December, 1949, on his arrival from Japan, where he managed the Tokyo branch of the Motion Picture Export Association. Landa, Cowan in New ELC Posts Freedom Landa has been named trade press contact for Eagle Lion Classics here. Miss Landa, with the company for two years, will continue to handle fan magazines promotion. Phil Cowan, former trade press contact, will handle news and syndicate publicity. 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 Quiglev, Jr., Vice-President; Tlieo. J. Sullivan, Vice-President and Treasurer ; Leo |. Brady, secretary , James P. 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