Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1953)

6 Motion Picture daily Monday, January 12, 1953 RKO RADIO PICTURES, Inc. TRADE SHOWINCS of "SWORD OF VENUS" M on. Mon. N.W. Man. Mon. Mon. Mon. Mon. Mon. Mon. Mon. Mon. Mon. Mon. ALBANY Fox Scr. Rm. 1052 B'way ATLANTA RKO Scr. Rm. 195 Luckie St., BOSTON RKO Scr. Rm. 122-28 Arlington St BUFFALO Mo. Pic. Oper. Scr. Rm. 498 Pearl St. CHARLOTTE Fox Scr. Rm. 308 S. Church St CHICAGO RKO Scr. Rm. 1300 S. Wabash Ave. CINCINNATI RKO Palace Scr. Rm. 12 E. 6th St. CLEVELAND Fox Scr. Rm. 2219 Payne Ave. DALLAS Rep. Scr. Rm. 412 S. Harwood St DENVER Para. Scr. Rm. 2100 Stout St. DES MOINES Fox Scr. Rm. 1300 High St. DETROIT Blumenthals Scr. Rm. 2310 Cass Ave. INDIANAPOLIS Univ. Scr. Rm. 517 N. Illinois St. KANSAS CITY Para. Scr. Rm. Tues. 1800 Wyandotte St. LOS ANGELES RKO Scr. Rm. Mon. 1980 S. Vermont Ave. MEMPHIS Fox Scr. Rm. Mon. 151 Vance Ave. MILWAUKEE Warner Scr. Rm. Mon. 212 W. Wisconsin Ave. MINNEAPOLIS Fox Scr. Rm. 1015 Currie Ave. NEW HAVEN Fox Scr. Rm. 40 Whiting St. NEW ORLEANS Fox Scr. Rm. 200 S. Liberty St. NEW YORK RKO Scr. Rm. 630 Ninth Ave. OKLAHOMA Fox Scr. Rm. 10 North Lee St OMAHA Fox Scr. Rm. 1502 Davenport St. PHILADELPHIA RKO Scr. Rm. Mon. 250 N. 13th St. PITTSBURGH RKO Scr. Rm. Mon. 1809-13 Blvd. of Allies PORTLAND Star Scr. Rm. Mon. 925 N.W. 19th Ave. ST. LOUIS RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 3143 Olive St. SALT LAKE CITY Fox Scr. Rm. Mon. 216 E. 1st St. South SAN FRANCISCO Fox Scr. Rm. Mon. 245 Hyde St. SEATTLE Jewel Box Scr. Room 2318 2nd Ave. SIOUX FALLS Hollyw'd Thea. 212 N. Philips Ave. WASHINGTON Film Center Scr. Rm. Mon. 932 New Jersey Ave. 1/19 3:30 P.M. 1/19 2:30 P.M. 1/19 2:30 P.M. 1/19 2:00 P.M. 1/19 3:30 P.M. 1/19 2:00 P.M. Mon. Mon. Mon. Mon, Mon. Mon. Mon. Mon. 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/20 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/20 1/19 1/19 1/19 1/19 9:30 P.M. 2:30 P.M. 2:30 P.M. 3:30 P.M. 10:30 A.M. 2:30 P.M. 2:30 P.M. 2:30 P.M. 10:30 A.M. 2:30 P.M. 2:00 P.M. 2:30 P.M. 3:30 P.M. 2:30 P.M. 11:00 A.M. 2:30 P.M. 1:30 P.M. 2:30 P.M. 3:00 P.M. 2:30 P.M. 1:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. 10 :30 A.M. 1:00 P.M. 10:30 A.M. 1/19 2:00 P.M. Television Radio with Pinky Herman, WHEN columnist Harriet Van Home missed a recent appearance as a regular panelist on the WABDavid Lowe TV production, "What's the Story ?" her substitute on the program was Henry B. Sell, editor of Toivn & Country. Mr. Sell not only sent the entire check he received to CARE but also included a note which read, "Donated by Harriet Van Home." (A LOWE bow to Mr. SELL for so generous and gracious an act without blowing his HORNE.) . . . Comedienne Vera Vague is en route East to confer with producer Walt Framer on the TV "ABChance of a Lifetime" series which she'll femcee starting Thursday (8:00 to 8:30 P.M.). . . . Technicians and behind the scenes personnel are cordially invited by chairman Wm. Offenhauser, Jr., and Emerson Yorke, chairman and secretary-treasurer of the Society of M.P. & TV Engineers (Atlantic Coast Section) to attend the Org's meeting tomorrow night at 8 at the 20th Cent. -Fox home office theatre to listen to a lecture by Karl Freund, A.S.C., and prexy of Photo Research Corp. of Hollywood. . . . Gil Stratton, Jr., featured in "My Little Margie," has been a Big League baseball umpire for the past six years. it With a record of more than 150 motion pictures and Broadway stage plays to his credit, Roscoe Karns jumped into TV with both feet back in 1949, assuming the lead role in the WABDetec, tive series, "Rocky King, Detective." R.K.'s down to earth sleuthing has resulted in the program being carried by 35 stations tvith an inJHJplliMMp) crease from a mediocre in a healthy Nielsen oj Bp 21. A'. . . . Show is a Wilbur Stark-Jerry Layton package. . . . Rex Marshall rejoined the Maxwell House coffee "family" (he used to announce the "Claudia" series) when he took over as announcer of the "Red Buttons Show" over CBS-TV last Monday. . . . A jeweler will sponsor a new MBSeries of "Lanny Ross Sings" musicals. . . . Because of the great job she turned in as femcee at the premiere of 20th Century-Fox's "Stars & Stripes Forever," Maggi McNellis will do a similar TV ABChore tomorrow nite at 8:30 when Warner Bros. "The Jazz Singer" opens at the Paramount. Dennis James will also be on hand for the festivities. Roscoe Karns Allied (Continued from page 5) "In order to succeed in our campaign for reforms which will pave the way for an all-industry recovery program, we must convince all concerned that our campaign is going to be prosecuted until our ends are achieved," the report said, it expressed the hope the film company heads would see the wisdom of yielding some of their power, but added that "we cannot depend on this and we must be prepared to fight it out along the lines laid down in Chicago." Turning to other subjects, Myers recalled that Republic had recently sold 104 of its old pictures to television. He said this would not in itself put any theatres out of business, but "it won't make the exhibitors' lot any easier, and if a few more companies should follow that company's bad example, it might spell the end." He cautioned exhibitors of the illegality of any concerted boycott of Re Ullman an Opportunist Albany, N. Y., Jan. 11. — A weekend letter by Saul J. Ullman, Upstate general manager for Fabian Theatres, accompanying the annual pass sent to selected area residents, included a plea for contributions to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital at Saranac Lake. Ullman is exhibitor chairman in this exchange district for the Rogers drive. public, but added that "it is inevitable that many exhibitors, acting individually, will figure out that it is unwise to continue business relations with a company that has shown such wilful disregard for their interests and for the industry of which it is a part." Praises Tax Progress Myers praised the progress of the tax repeal campaign, saying an unexpectedly large number of Congressmen and Senators had committed themselves to repeal. "Unless engulfed in some overriding Congressional or Administration policy," he said, "There is good reason to expect that this abominable tax will be repealed at the present session of Congress." The report warned against the possibility that the distributors might try to "appropriate to themselves" all the benefits of a tax cut. He said this made it more necessary than ever that Allied continue its activities to "force the distributors to their senses." Allied renewed its COMPO membership only until the next convention board meeting, Myers recalled. A decision on renewing it then, he said, "will undoubtedly hinge upon whether the tax campaign is successful and whether in the meantime the distributors have sufficiently modified their selling policies. If the exhibitors then are in the same position they are in now, there will be no future for COMPO or for the exhibitors." Report Tobey Again Questions ABC Deal Washington, Jan. 11. — Senator Tobey (R., N. H.), who will head the Senate Commerce Committee in Congress, has sent another wire to the Federal Communications Commission in opposition to early approval of the proposed merger between United Paramount Theatres and American Broadcasting Co., it is understood. It was believed that Tobey indicated his Committee wanted to investigate the circumstances of the merger, and possibly ask the FCC to hold off a decision until after this investigation. Neither Tobey's office nor the FCC would comment. Simonelli West on 'Gambler' Premieres Charles Simonelli, Universal's Eastern advertising-publicity department manager, left New York over the weekend for Chicago for meetings with Ben Katz, Universal's Midwest promotional representative, on plans for the, launching of "The Mississippi Gambler" in the Midwest following world premiere and pre-release territorial openings in the Mississippi River V alley starting tomorrow. While in Chicago, Simonelli will hold meetings with Manie M. Gottlieb, Universal district sales manager, on the promotional support being developed for product being released during the company's current "Charles J. Feldman Silver Anniversary Drive." From Chicago, Simonelli will go to St. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans to participate in the premiere of "The Mississippi Gambler." NCAA Okays Strict Controls on Video Washington, Jan. 11. — By an overwhelming 172 to 13 vote, the National Collegiate Athletic Association convention on Friday approved its TV committee's report recommending that strict controls be kept on next fall's college football games. Condon on Coast for Publicity, Ad Meets Hollywood, Jan. 11. — Richard Condon, director of advertising-publicity for RKO Radio, has arrived here from New York to survey studio publicity operations with Perry Lieber, studio publicity director. Delta Sues Majors For $1,450,000 New Orleans, Jan. 11. — Delta Theatres, Inc., operating the Joy firstrun theatre here has filed suit for $1,450,000 charging monopolistic practices against Paramount Pictures, Paramount Film Distributing Corp-, Paramount Gulf Theatres, I n c.| Loews, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. of Texas, RadioKeith-Orpheum, RKO Theatres, Warner Brothers, 20th Century-Fox, United Artists Columbia Pictures and Columbia Pictures of Louisiana.