Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1952)

4 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, July 2, 1952 RKO RADIO PICTURES, Inc. TRADE SHOWINGS of "FAITHFUL CITY" ALBANY Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 1052 B'way ATLANTA RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 195 Luckie St., N.VV. BOSTON RKO Scr. Rm. Wed. 122-28 Arlington St. BUFFALO Mo. Pic. Oper. Scr. Rm. 498 Pearl St. Tues. CHARLOTTE Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 308 S. Church St. CHICAGO RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 1300 S. Wabash Ave. CINCINNATI RKO Scr. Rm. Wed. 12 East 6th St. CLEVELAND Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 2219 Payne Ave. DALLAS Rep. Scr. Rm. Tues. 412 S. Harwod St. DENVER Para. Scr. Rm. Tues. 2100 Stout St. DES MOINES Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 1300 High St. DETROIT Blumentha(ls Scr. Rm. 2310 Cass Ave. Tues. INDIANAPOLIS Univ. Scr. Rm. Tues. 517 N. Illinois St. KANSAS CITY Para Scr. Rm. Wed. 1800 Wyandotte St. LOS ANGELES RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 1980 S. Vermont Ave. MEMPHIS Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 151 Vance Ave. MILWAUKEE Warner Screen Room Tues. 212 W. Wisconsin Ave. MINNEAPOLIS Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 1015 Currie Ave. NEW HAVEN Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 40 Whiting St. NEW ORLEANS Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 200 S. Liberty St. NEW YORK RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 630 Ninth Ave. OKLAHOMA Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 10 N. Lee St. OMAHA Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 1502 Davenport St. PHILADELPHIA RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 250 N. 13th St. PITTSBURGH RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 1809-13 Blvd. of Allies PORTLAND Film Exchange Screen Room Tues. 925 N.W. 19th Ave. ST. LOUIS RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 3143 Olive St. SALT LAKE CITY Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 216 E. 1st St. S. SAN FRANCISCO Fox Scr. Rm. Tues 245 Hyde St. SEATTLE Jewel Box Scr. Rm. 2318 2nd Ave. Tues SIOUX FALLS Hollyw'd Thea. Tues 212 N. Philips Ave WASHINGTON Film Center Scr. Rm. Tues 932 New Jersey Ave. 7/8 3:30 P.M. 7/8 10:30 A.M. 7/9 2:30 P.M. 7/8 3:30 P.M. 7/8 3:30 P.M. 7/8 11:00 A.M. 7/9 10:30 P.M. 7/8 10:30 A.M. 7/8 10:30 A.M. 7/8 3:30 P.M. 7/8 10:30 A.M. 7/8 10:30 A.M. 7/8 2:30 P.M. 7/9 2:30 P.M. 7/8 10:30 A.M. 7/8 2:30 P.M. 7/8 10:30 A.M. 7/8 10:30 A.M. 7/8 3:30 P.M. 7/8 2:30 P.M. 7/8 11:00 A.M. 7/8 2:30 P.M. 7/8 10:00 A.M. 7/8 10:30 A.M. 7/8 3:00 P.M. 7/8 10:00 A.M. 7/8 2:30 P.M. 7/8 3:00 P.M. . 7/8 10:30 A.M. . 7/8 3:00 P.M. . 7/8 9:00 A.M. . 7/8 10:30 A.M. Spencer Tracy Named 1st Honorary President of Boys' Town Alumni Spencer Tracy was elected the first honorary president of the Boys Town National Alumni Association at its first meeting held at Boys Town, Omaha, this week, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced here yesterday. At the same meeting, Tony Villone was elected its active president. Back in 1938, Tony was a member of Boys Town and met Tracy who was starring as Father Flanagan in M-G-M's "Boys Town." The two became friends and together with Dore Schary, the writer of the picture, were a close knit trio — so close that following his graduation Tony went to Hollywood to work in the studio art department, of which he has since become an important part, M-G-M reported. The star, the boy, and Schary, now head of production at M-G-M, are still the pals they were at Boys Town 14 years ago. Arbitration {Continued from page 1) Tax Coordinator {Continued from page 1) cause of his work with the industry arbitration conference. Also mentioned has been Maurice Bergman of Universal, who also would be prevented from serving by pressure of other duties. Paul Short of National Screen Service, Dallas, an official of Texas COMPO, is another whose name is being mentioned. Additional names are sure to be introduced at next week's meetings of the campaign directors. Preliminary Work Advances Preliminary organization work for the industry's campaign is being advanced daily by COMPO personnel here under the direction of Robert Coyne, special counsel, and Charles E. McCarthy, director of information. Policy matters, basic campaign strategy and instructions are expected to be well in hand for transmission to all parts of the country as soon as the campaign directors complete their national organization. Designation of regional and local campaign drectors, constituting the organizational framework, may be completed at next week's sessions, it is believed. Compo Survival {Continued from page 1) ago was its lack of a "sufficiently specific" program. "The vague term public relations," he said, has none of the magic for unifying the industry behind COMPO that is suggested by the material reward inherent in a fight for elimination of the tax. Gratification was expressed by Mayer over the selection of Al Lichtman, Trueman Rembusch and Samuel Pinanski as the committee which will direct COMPO's affairs until an election of officers can be held, possibly not sooner than next February. Asked if he intended to assist with the anti-tax campaign or other COMPO projects, Mayer replied that he "always will be at COMPO's disposal." Mayer found theatre business to be "excellent" in England, France and Italy, the countries he visited. He said several deals for the importation of product from these countries are being worked out by his distribution firm, Mayer-Kingsley, Inc., in consequence of the trip. Mayer had at hand yesterday the final page proofs of his new book about the industry, "Merely Colossal," which Simon & Schuster will publish in the fall. for a week or more before completing its work or setting a date for resumption of the industry conference which went into recess on June 18 when a stalemate arose over the acceptability of several points in the Drafting Committee's report. This possibility hinged on two factors : the committee's progress on the report has not been fast, and one of its members, Abram F. Myers, Allied general counsel, was scheduled to depart this evening for Chicago to join in the Republican National Convention activities. On the other hand, committee members declined to concede that they might not finish their task by today or tomorrow. Although the group presumably could continue without Myers' being present, it was regarded as unlikely that it would want to. When asked if the committee, which consists of five representatives each from exhibition and distribution, appeared to be on the way toward compromising the differences over bidding and other points that brought about the conference impasse, a spokesman for the group said the word "compromise" is not appropriate for ref-1 erence to the committee's activity. He said the 10 were tackling the job with "tenacity," a word he employed several times in describing the effort being made. COMPO Warned {Continued from page 1) Wall Street Journal had advised COMPO officials that the survey was in progress and that, from the tenor of the questions being asked, it appeared to the exhibitors that the article in preparation would be incomplete, erroneously interpreted or wrongly emphasized. Acting on information, COMPO officials urged that industry counsel on the article in preparation be sought or that publication be withheld until an accurately interpretative article could be prepared. The Wall Street Journal ignored the requests and published its misleading roundup of theatre closings last Friday, widely regarded in the industry as unfair and injurious. TOA Headquarters {Continued from page 1) charge of two minor clerical employes. Several weeks ago the TOA president disposed of the office's telephone switchboard system. TOA's executive director, Gael Sullivan, is on leave of absence to manage the campaign for Presidential aspirant Estes Kefauver. Dick Pitts is serving as acting executive director. 'Clash9 Grosses Are Strong in 6 Cities Wald-Krasna's "Clash by Night" is tallying top grosses in many cities, according to RKO Radio, distributor. • At the Orpheum in Denver it was held over after an $11,090 first week. It also holds over for a second week at the Brandeis, Omaha, after $5,287 in the first. At the St. Louis in Missouri it did better than $8,700 in the first three days. Other first weeks include $6,644 at Towne, Baltimore ; $9,700 at Orpheum, Seattle, and $6,482 at Centre, Salt Lake City. It goes into the third week at the Paramount New York tomorrow after drawing $74,650 the first week. Name Anderson {Continued from page 1) district will comprise the Des Moines, Kansas City, Omaha and St. Louis branches. The changes take effect immediately. 20-Cent Price Cut Cincinnati, July 1.— The Palace Theatre, independent downtown run in Hamilton, playing double features, has made a 20-cent price reduction good two days each week. Einfeld Concludes {Continued from page 1) in November, the company reported here yesterday. Einfeld conducted the discussions aided by Fritz Micucci, 20th's manager for Italy, during which distribution personnel of the company's Italian organization and leading exhibitors took part. Einfeld will leave tomorrow for Central Europe where he is scheduled to hold similar sessions in Munich over the weekend before continuing on to Switzerland, Holland and France. Kalmine Chairman {Continued from page 1) and Edward L. Fabian of Fabian Theatres, are co-chairman of the industry-wide JDA effort. The JDA is seeking $5,000,000 to finance the activities of the American Jewish Committee and the AntiDefamation League of B'nai B'rith. Defense Appeal Luncheon The importance of the local Joint Defense Appeal drive was stressed at an industry luncheon at the Hotel Astor here yesterday. Speakers included Leon Goldberg, Ed Fabian, Harrv Brandt and Irving Engel. Approve Cinecolor Financing Plan Hollywood, July 1. — Cinecolor's financing plan which was favorably acted upon by the majority of stockholders and the board of directors, last March, has been approved by the California Corporation Commissioner. The securities to be issued under the plan will be available to stockholders immediately after the registration statement has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.