Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1952)

2 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, April 2, 1952 Personal Mention EuropeanProducers Eye 'Late' Showing At Loew's Theatres The grossing performance of the Italian-made film, "Tomorrow Is Too Late;" which has been booked in Loew's State here and the Loew's circuit, will be watched carefully by European film producers, Leonide Moguy, producer of the film, said on his arrival yesterday from Rome. Moguy, who arrived here with Giuseppe Amato, director of the picture, expressed satisfaction that his picture has been given equal treatment with American-produced films. The Italian producer also disclosed that he has just completed "100 Little Mothers" for Columbia Pictures and that he has signed a contract to make another film, titled "Too Young" for Columbia. Next week, he said, prints of three of his films will arrive here for trade screenings. They are "Umberto D," director Vittorio DeSica's newest picture, "Goodmorning Elephant," which stars DeSica and which was supervised by him ; and "The World of Don Camillo." Picker to Preside At U.A. Meeting Arnold M. Picker, vice-president of United Artists in charge of foreign distribution, will conduct a three-day sales conference in London, starting Friday, at which he will outline the company's current and future operations. Nine U. A. pictures will be screened, followed by discussions of the campaigns that will launch the films in all key cities in Great Britain. Mont}' Morton, general sales manager, will be co-chairman at the conference, the company reported here yesterday. Legion Hails Hughes Stand on Jarrico Hollywood, April 1. ■ — Howard Hughes's open stand on Communism, and his action in the Jarrico case, was praised in a resolution passed by 300 delegates of 145 Legion posts in caucus at Santa Barbara, Cal., yesterday. Six Foreign Films Acquired by Davis Arthur Davis, president of Arthur Davis Associates, has purchased American distribution rights to six new French and Italian pictures. Each is currently being prepared with English subtitles, and all will be released nationally in 1952. Blood Donor Rally New York's Mayor Impellitteri has designated City Commerce Commissioner Walter Shirley to represent him at a blood donor rally to be held in Times Square at noon tomorrow under the slogan "Give Blood to Our Armed Forces with a Song in Your Heart." The rally will be jointly sponsored by the Armed Forces, the Red Cross and U.S.O. Camp Shows. BARNEY BALABAN, Paramount president, returned here yesterday from Florida and Washington. • Col. Geoffrey Boret, general circuit manager of Globe Theatres, Ltd. of India, with headquarters in Bombay, who has been in New York for the past two weeks, will sail for England Saturday. • Danny Pujatti and Mrs. Pujatti, the former Wanda Germanis of the 20th Century-Fox home office advertising department, have become the parents of a girl, named Valerie. • Cecil B. DeMille and Frank Scully, author and columnist, have accepted appointments to the national campaign committee of the Muscular Dystrophy Appeal. • Al Lichtman, 20th Century-Fox director of distribution, will speak at the Georgia Theatre Owners convention in Atlanta April 13-15. KXOB to Corwin Group Los Angeles, April 1. — Sherrill C. Corwin, Los Angeles exhibitor, and associates, have purchased radio station KXOB, a mutual affiliate in Stockton, Cal. RICHARD F. WALSH, IATSE international president, is in Hollywood from New York. • Max E. Youngstein, United Artists vice-president, is due back in New York today from New Orleans. • Mrs. J. Earl .Lawson, widow of the former president of Odeon Theatres of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, was married to V. A. Mason, a British banker. • Mrs. Sam Levitt, daughter of Joel Levy, Loew's out-of-town booker, on Sunday gave birth to a son, Richard, at Lenox Hill Hospital here. • Louis B. Mayer left New York for Florida yesterday and is scheduled to return here next week. • B. G. Kranze, United Artists assistant general sales manager, is in Philadelphia today frofn New York. Brill Gets 'Tobruh Rats' David Brill has obtained the United States and Canadian distribution rights to "The Fighting Rats of Tobruk," a Renown production made in England. Newsreel Parade PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S with*■ drawal from the Presidential race and Gen. Eisenhower' s report on NATO are current newsreel highlights. Other items include the cancer fund appeal and sports. Complete contents follow : MOVIETONE NEWSi No. 28^-Eisen. hower reports on NATO1. Truman announces he will not run. Labor officials at union exhibit in Sacramento. Greek independents parade in New York. Olympic divers in practice. NEWS OF THE DAY, No. 262— Truman makes historic announcement. Mrs. Roosevelt home. Irish defense. Eisenhower and NATO. Sport flashes: Horse racing. Aqua starlets. Cancer appeal. PARAMOUNT NEWS, No. 65-Truman withdraws from Presidential race. Eisenhower's report on NATO. British horse race. Oxford vs. Cambridge in boat race. Cancer appeal. TELE NEWS DIGEST, No. 14A— Truman says he's out of the race. Students in Italy riot over Trieste. Olympic riding preview. UNIVERSAL NEWSi No. 54&-Truman bows out. Eisenhower reports. Swedish King in Denmark. Greek independence day. Badminton in England. Basketball. WARNER PATHE NEWS, No. 67— Truman's announcement that he is out of the Presidential race. Eisenhower's report. Swimming championship. Oxford and Cambridge. 'Color Rhapsodie' At N.Y. Music Hall "Color Rhapsodie," first of a series of color short abstract film compositions produced by Mary Ellen Bute, is now being shown as part of Radio City Music Hall's new Easter program and according to the management, the audience response is very favorable. The novel six-minute subject interprets visually Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" in a series of color abstractions. A. Ted Nemeth Studio is distributing the film. George Cave, V-P of Technicolor, Dies Hollywood, April 1. ■ — Funeral Services will be held at Forest Lawn Cemetery tomorrow for George A. Cave, 53, vice-president and Hollywood sales manager of Technicolor, Inc., who died Sunday from a heart attack. Cave joined Technicolor in 1921 as manager of the Boston plant. He is survived by the widow, a daughter, Diane, and a brother, Thomas, all of Glendale. Golden Will Tour Film Centers Abroad Washington, April 1. — Nathan D. Golden, head of the Commerce Department's film section, will deliver the opening address on April 26 at the International Photo-Cine Exhibition and Trade Fair at Cologne, Germany. The fair will run until May 4. Golden will leave here on April 16. Following the speech at Cologne, he will attend the Film Festival at Cannes, France, and then visit other film centers in England and Europe. He will return to the U. S. late in June. TELEVISION. . . is the subject of the April Report of the Herald Institute of Industry Opinion in this week's issue of Motion Picture Herald 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." 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