Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1952)

2 Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, July 1, 1952 Personal Mention ARTHUR L. MAYER is back in New York following a two months' tour of Europe. • Charles C. Moskowitz, Loew's vice-president and treasurer, returned here from the Coast yesterday. Nicholas M. Schenck, Loew's president, is due back at the end of the week. • William B. Zoellner, M-G-M short subject sales manager, will be in New Haven and Boston next week, followed by a visit to Albany and Buffalo before returning here July 18. • Walter Mirisch, Monogram-Allied Artists executive producer, has arrived in Great Britain from New York and plans to spend a month there and on the Continent. • Arthur Krolick, United Paramount Theatres manager in Buffalo and Rochester, is in Detroit attending a meeting called by vice-president Edward L. Hyman. • Vincent R. McFaul, general manager of the Shea circuit, was married in Buffalo on Saturday to Mrs. Anthony J. Canney. • Elmer F. Lux, Darnell Theatres general manager, has been appointed deputy chief zone warden of Civil Defense in Buffalo. • Morey Goldstein, Monogram-Allied Artists general sales manager, is confined to his home here with virus pneumonia. • P. T. Dana, Universal Eastern sales manager, left here yesterday on a trip to Albany, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. • Walt Disney and his family will leave here today for England aboard the .9.5'. Queen Elisabeth. • Ted R. Gamble, head of Gamble Enterprises, is here from Oregon. Alex Gottlieb, producer, is in New York from Hollywood. Display Award to MGM for 'Vadis' The Lithographers' National Association has given its annual award for the best ads and displays to MetroGoldwyn-Mayer for its material on "Quo Vadis." M-G-M advertising manager Silas F. Seadler accepted the award, on behalf of the company, from Albert Barlow of the Hennegan Co. of Cincinnati, for the association. 'Charley,' 'Robin9 Open Big to Pace New York lst-Runs Treasury Plans Bond Selling By Trailers Washington, June 30. — The Treasury Department's defense bonds division plans to set up a permanent trailer program for "plugging" E-Bond sales. The division has been pledged the aid of the Motion Picture Association of America and the studios in the production of a new one-minute trailer every two months. In each trailer, a top star will make a pitch for buying bonds. Humphrey Bogart will be in the trailer to be issued next month. It was made by M-G-M. New Law Gives SSB Statutory Position Washington, June 30. — The new controls law gives specific statutory recognition to the Salary Stabilization Board, which controls salaries of ex ecutives and also of talent workers in the film industry. Until now, the board has just functioned under an order of the President. The House had voted to transfer salary stabilization to the Bureau of Internal Revenue but HouseSenate con ferees voted not only to drop this pro vision but also to legalize specifically the salary board. New Buying Firm Covers Popcorn, Too New Orleans, June 30. — A new booking and buying service for area exhibitors has been opened here by L. C. Montgomery and Eldon F. Briwa. Known as the Bri-Mont Booking and Buying Co., it announces that in addition to film booking and buying it will also handle purchases of popcorn, seasoning, boxes, bags and equipment, and will assist with theatre construction, modernizing and income tax returns. Montgomery is president of Delta Theatres, of which the first run Joy here is one. Formerly with E. V. Richards theatres here, he is a veteran of the local film and theatre business, as is Briwa, who was with the MGM exchange here for many years. Injunction Restrains WEC From Picketing Hollywood, June 30. — Federal Judge Ernest A. Tolin issued a temporary injunction restraining Wage Earners Committee from picketing Loew's State Theatre, downtown house which WEC has been picket ing to discourage management from playing M-G-M pictures. United Artists Theatres Circuit, operating the house, had petitioned for the injunction on the ground that the WEC action was "secondary pick eting." Extend Eidophor Stockholder Shows In order to enable as many com pany stockholders as possible to view the new Eidophor large-screen color theatre television system, the series of demonstrations here has been extended through the remainder of this week 20th Century-Fox announced. The special showings, which began last week, will be concluded with four half-hour presentations on Thursday. Two newcomers, "Where's Charley?" at Radio City Music Hall, and Walt Disney's "Robin Hood" at the Criterion are setting the pace for grosses at New York's first-runs during a week marked by weather that ranged from hot and humid to mild and pleasant. The Music Hall, which also features a stage presentation, is looking for a big first week's gross of $150,000 after having chalked up $92,000 Thursday through Sunday, described as the best opening four days of any Warner picture to play the theatre. The initial week of "Story of Robin Hood" at the Criterion, ending to$48,500 after a recording of $15,250 for a 10-day run of the previous tenant, "Red Planet Mars." Opening more or less satisfactorily at the Astor was "3 for Bedroom C," with a first week's gross of $17,000 indicated. Considerably less than spectacular is the $65,000 quoted for the first stanza of "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" and a new ice revue on stage at the Roxy. "We're Not Married" is slated to open at that theatre on July 11. A moderate $60,000 is seen for the second week, ending today, of "Clash by Night" at the Paramount where singers Les Paul and Mary Ford top a stage bill. The program will hold for one more week. The Globe, where "Scarlet Angel" is in its second week, and where attendance picked up sharply when the Maxim-Robinson fight pictures supplemented the program, expects a huge $15,200 for the second seven days. "The Lady in the Iron Mask" will take over on Friday. "Has Anybody Seen My Gal" will open Friday at the Mayfair where the second and final week of "The Winning Team" is mild, with $8,500 looked for. The second inning of "Pat and Mike" is giving the Capital a fair $32,000. The one-week stand of "I Dream of Jeanie" resulted in a poor $9,000 for the State where "The Washington Story" bows today. "Walk East on Beacon" is proving to be a sturdier grosser than most hold-overs. The Victoria is looking for $18,000 for the fifth week. Among the off-broadway houses where hold-overs by and large fare well is the Sutton where the 13th week of "The Man in the White Suit" is expected to bring in $9,800, and the new Normandie, where the 13th week of "Encore" is due to ring up $7,500. The 52nd Street Trans-Lux will open "High Treason" today. Texas Interested in 'Hollywood Fair' Columbus, June 30. — Texas, the nation's biggest state, bowed to Ohio, the Buckeye State, in a letter from James H. Stewart, executive vicepresident and general manager of the Texas State Fair at Dallas, to officials of the Ohio State Fair. Stewart read of the "Hollywood at the Fair" exhibit in Motion Picture Daily and asked for further details. "This sounds like a very interesting operation," wrote Stewart. "As you perhaps know, we have a very big and active theatre group in Texas and such an activity as you are going to stage at your fair might fit very well into our operations." Blumberg, Rackmil Returning from Coast Nate J. Blumberg, Universal president, and Milton R. Rackmil, president of Decca Records, are expected back here from the Coast at the weekend. Both will attend the annual meeting of Universal stockholders at Wilmington, Del., next Tuesday. Rackmil, representing Decca's controlling stock interest in Universal, will be elected to the latter's board at the meeting and is scheduled to be elected president, with Blumberg becoming chairman of the board, at the organization meeting of the "U" board this month. The same board meeting, it is reported, will consider dividend action on "U's" common stock. Some financial sources believe that in view of "U's" recent strong earnings statements the stock may be placed on a $2 annual dividend basis again. NEW YORK THEATRES 0 — RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Rockefeller Center RAY BOLGER <* "WHERE'S CHARLEY?" Color by TECHNICOLOR A WARNER BROS. PICTURE pirn SPECTACULAR STAGE PRESENTATION Paschall to Roach Hollywood, June 30. — Benton Paschall, former vice-president and West Coast manager of Liberty Broadcasting System, has been named general sales manager for the Roach Studios, it was announced here by Hal E. Roach, president. 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