Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1951)

Tuesday, October 16, 1951 Motion Picture Daily 3 NEWS in Brief . • Shortage {Continued from page 1) BY a vote of 202 to 3 in a National Labor Relations Board election, New York Motion Picture Actors have voted the Screen Actors Guild to continue representing them in all types of motion pictures made by New York producers, specifically including television films in addition to theatrical pictures. Results of the election were announced by Mrs. Florence Marston, New York representative of the Guild. • Budd Rogers has been appointed independent exhibitor chairman for "Midnight Frolics," the fund raising show which the Foundation of the Motion picture Pioneers will present at the Roxy Theatre here on November 16, it was announced yesterday. The Metropolitan Motion Picture Theatre Association has voted 100 per cent cooperation to the Fundation for the latter fund raising show. • More than 60 associates and employees of Walter Reade joined last weekend at the Hotel Astor in New York to honor the founder of Reade Theatres on the 50th anniversary of his entrance into show business. The veteran showman was presented with a plaque, and engraved walking stick by the home office executives, theatre managers and film company branch managers who attended the testimonial. • Miami, Oct. 15. — The American Legion, meeting in its 33rd national convention here, today awarded to Cecil B. DeMille a special citation for his 37 years in the field of entertainment and popular education. The citation came as the climax of a salute by the Legion to the motion picture industry, which is curently celebrating its Golden Jubilee. DeMille appeared at the convention. mated 60 per cent of the convention time will be given over to examination of trade practice problems. Snaper said. Snaper declared that it could not be determined at this time whether the availability failures he referred to were the result of distributor negligence, lack of workers at exchanges, or whether they were created "on purpose." They have, however, the effect of lengthening clearances, he contended. The convention will demand action to correct them, he added. Will Hold 6 'Film Clinics' Snaper said six "film clinics" will be held. They will be open to all convention registrants, and will be staffed as follows wtih moderators : Problems relating to theatres in towns under 3,500 population, H. A. Cole (chairman), Charles Niles, John Mohrstadt and Jeff Jefferies ; towns under 25,000 population, Ray Branch (chairman), Ed Johnson, Arthur Rush, Dr. J. B. Fishman and William Carroll ; large cities, Nathan Yamins (chairman), Ben Berger and John Wolfberg ; key neighborhoods and sub-runs; Snaper (chairman), Martin Smith, Morris Finkel and Lauritz Garman ; outdoor theatres ; O. F. Sullivan (chairman), Rube Shor and C. Elmer Nolte; Circuit buyers and bidding; Jack Kirsch (chairman), Ben Marcus, Abe Berenson and Irving Dollinger. Memphis Meet {Continued from page 1) launched for a full years duration in the Memphis trade territory. Delegations of Mid-South officials waited at the airport for the arrival of Abram Myers, general counsel of Allied, Trueman Rembusch, Allied States president, and Mitchell Wolfson, TOA president, who were to be taken to a "Hello" cocktail party at the Hotel Gayoso this evening. Business sessions will open at 10 A. M. tomorrow following a Main Street parade led by officials and visiting Hollywood personalities. AVAILABLE Young public relations man now employed in Motion Picture Distribution desires affiliation with active organization in distribution, exhibition, radio or television. Alert, industrious and qualified. Box 4C6, Motion Picture Daily, 1270 Sixth Ave., New York 20. Ind. Allied in 25th Anniversary Meet Indianapolis, Oct. 15. — The silver anniversary convention of Allied Theatre Owners of Indiana will be held at the Hotel Lincoln here on Nov. 14 and 15. W. F. Rodgers, vicepresident and general sales manager of Loew's and the Rev. William Alexander, Oklahoma showman and "Movietime U.S.A." speaker, will be among the convention's guests. Despite Indiana's disappointing experience with the Hollywood personality tour, the convention will be devoted in large part to continuing the "Movietime" campaign efforts and translating them into business-building activities, Indiana Allied states. Allied Board Open To E. Pa. Queries The question of the suspension of Allied of Eastern Pennsylvania from the national Allied organization will be dealt with at the preconvention Allied board meeting at the Biltmore Hotel here Oct. 29 only if the regional raises it, it was learned here yesterday. The suspension was decreed some months ago following differences of opinion on a number of organization policies. It is known that Sidney Samuelson, head of the Eastern Pennsylvania unit, has been invited to the convention, which will open on Oct. 30. N.Y. Grosses {Continued from page 1) Capital's lst-Run Business Is Good INDEPENDENT FILM EXCHANGE equipped to distribute new American and foreign films, in New York metropolitan area, as well as on a national basis. Call or write Jack Bellman, Realart Film Exchange, 630 9th Avenue, New York City. Telephone Circle 6-1717. Monogram Reports $1,061,648 Net Hollywood, Oct. 15. — Consolidated net profit shown by Monogram Pictures for the year ended June 30, 1951, was $1,061,648, compared with a net loss (restated) of $663,342 in the preceding fiscal year, it was disclosed in the company's annual report. The net profit is equal to $1.40 per share. No federal Taxes were incurred in the 1951 fiscal year because of loss carryforward credits. Gross income in 1951 was $9,311,900, compared with $9,225,800 in 1950. Steve Broidy, president, declared in the report, "For the first time in the history of Monogram and Allied Artists we will be able to deliver to exhibitors one color picture every month for the next 12 months. Washington, Oct. 15.— Good downtown business and extremely spotty neighborhood business characterized the Washington theatre, situation as the first week of "Movietime" ended. Proprietors of first-run houses, with a flood of top product, were extremely happy about grosses, with long lines outside of several theatres over the weekend. On the other hand, neighborhood exhibitors were by and large, disappointed in business last week and over the weekend. They blamed unusually good weather, with people "getting outdoors while they still can," plus a limited availability of good pictures. TESMA-TEDA {Continued from page 1) fastly confident that the. coming year will witness a triumph over problems which engaged both groups in their three-day session. The worst news marking the meeting came from Nathan Golden of the. National Production Administration, who stated that the government's accelerated defense production effort will make essential materials scarcer rather than more plentiful for the immediate future. Although theatre equipment will not be drastically affected, prospects for obstaining theatre building materials are slimmer than they have been heretofore, Golden stated. such as "Showboat" and "Sunset Boulevard" did a bit better during their initial weeks, they were shown during the peak summer months. Holdovers predominated along Broadway which will see six new films bowing this week. At the Warner, "A Streetcar Named Desire" is holding up excellently with another $65,000 forecast for the fourth week. Still going strong is "Flying Leathernecks," with Louis Prima and his band at the Paramount where a strong $60,000 is seen for the fourth and final week. "The Mob" opens there tomorrow. Following a seven-week run, "A Place in the Sun" bows out of the Capitol tomorrow and a nice $40,000 is seen for the final week compared to the corrected previous week gross of $39,500. "Angels in the Outfield" is the new attraction there. At the Roxy, where Josephine Baker is being featured on stage, with "A Millionaire for Christy" on the screen, a very good $100,000 is forecast for the second week. Another consistent grosser is "David and Bathsheba" at the Rivoli which is expected to hit a healthy $30,000 for its ninth week. "Here Comes the Groom" continues satisfactorily at the Astor, with $23,000 seen for the fourth week. The opening week of "Whistle at Eaton Falls" at the Victoria is expected to rack up a fair $18,000, while "Mr. Imperium" at the Criterion which opened last Saturday is expected to hit a satisfactory $15,000 for its initial week. A neat $25,000 is seen for the first stanza of "Texas Carnival" at Loew's State. "Journey Into Light" at the Globe is dropping sharply with a so-so $9,500 slated for the second week. The "Desert Fox" bows there tomorrow. Still bringing in the customers are "Oliver Twist" at the Park Avenue where. $7,500 is forecast for the 11th week and "Tales of Hoffmann" at the Bijou with $11,000 seen for its 28th week. Another consistently healthy grosser is "The River" at the Paris with a robust $13,100 expected for its sixth week. A very good $22,000 is slated for the fourth and final week of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" at the Mayfair. Selznick Setting Sales Drive Abroad Paris, Oct. 15.— David O. Selznick has arrived here from Rome to confer with Selznick Releasing Organization executives on selling operations in all foreign territories, with Germany first on his agenda. While here he will set release of several of his productions, including "Duel in the Sun", "Spellbound" and "Portrait of Jennie" for the first time in Western Germany and other Continental areas. Victor Hoare, SRO managing director, who accompanied the producer on his European trip, returns to the. Selznick London headquarters following the meetings to launch a sales drive covering 52 countries. Selznick plans to return to New York by plane Oct. 19 to arrange release there of "Gypsy Blood." YVONNE DE CARLO stars in Hotel Sahara' released thru UA