Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1944)

^eremonies Mark le of Industry \irthday Stamp lales of the Post Office Department's new threet stamp commemorating the SOth anniversary j;he motion pictures, and showing in its design i: work the industry is doing for service men, [(■e made for the first time Tuesday, at Los Anj?3 and New York with appropriate ceremonies. |n New York, Postmaster General Frank ComDrd Walker and George J. Schaefer, chairman the industry's War Activities Committee, re.-ed from New York Postmaster Albert Goldn framed sheets of stamps, including one frame delivery by Air. Walker to President Roosea leading philatelist, 'resent, and also a speaker, was Will H. Hays, sident of the Alotion Picture Producers and ■tributors of America. 'he ceremonies included a parade of the colors Post Office employees ; singing of the National them by Lucy IVIonroe, and music by the New rk Post Office Band. The stamp, larger than normal, shows in its ign soldiers in a South Pacific jungle watching tion picture. The Los Angeles ceremonies, under sponsorship Post Mistress Mary Briggs, featured talks by )minent persons of the industry, including John Flinn, Coordinator of the WAC Hollywood ision. ~ifty million of the new stamps were printed s week by the Bureau of Engraving and Print;, which began work Saturday. Eight hundred )usand were offered for sale in New York, and it amount also in Los Angeles, Tuesday, issuance of the new stamp was praised by Col:1 E. L. Munson, chief of the Army Pictorial rvice, who said that the films' SOth anniversary ds them "helping to shape the vital tactical and ategical decisions which will bring final victory." obak Named President >f Mutual Broadcasting Edgar Kobak, who last week resigned as execue vice-president of the Blue Network, has been cted president of the Mutual Broadcasting Sys n, it was announced Monday by the board of ectors. Mr. Kobak will succeed Miller McClin :k, resigned. He will take up his new post No raber 20. Before joining the Blue Network, Mr. Kobak IS a vice-president of National Broadcasting 5mpany in charge of Blue Network sales. When j£ Blue was divorced from NBC, by Government rective, in 1942, he was executive vice-president the Blue and continued in that capacity when e company was sold to Edward J. Noble in AugIt, 1943. Mr. McClintock joined Mutual in 1942. Prior i that he was executive director of the War Ad( rtising Council. He formerly was director of search for the Can Manufacturers Institute and director of the Advertising Research Founda lold Two-Day Meeting for Varner District Managers Eight Warner district managers will meet in ew York November 9 for a two-day home office inference presided over by Ben Kalmenson, gen•al sales manager. Forthcoming product and :her matters will be discussed. Regional executives attending will include Noran Ayers, eastern district manager ; Robert meltzer. MidAtlantic ; Charles Rich, Central ; iarry A. Seed, Midwest ; Hall Walsh, Prairie ; . L. McCoy, Southern ; Henry Herbel, West oast, and Ralph H. Clark, Canadian. Charles infeld, director of advertising and publicity, who in New York, will be a speaker at one of the :3sions. Home office executives who will participate inude Mort Blumenstock, in charge of advertising nd publicity in the east ; Arthur Sachson, assismt general sales manager ; Roy Haines, western By Staff Photographer AS THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY stamp went on sale Tuesday, in New York: New York Postmaster Albert Goldman hands to War Activities Committee chairman George Schaefer a framed sheet of stamps, while Postmaster General Frank Comerford Walker and francis Harmon, vice-chairman of the WAC, watch. and southern division sales manager ; Jules Lapidus, eastern division sales manager; Norman H. Moray, short subject sales manager; L F. Dolid, supervisor of exchanges ; Ed Hinchy, head of playdate department ; Stanley Hatch, contract sales manager, and others. Waste Paper Drive Aided By Minneapolis WAC The War Activities Committee in Minneapolis, Minn., under John J. Friedl, chairman, aided the waste paper campaign by collecting 1,496,190 pounds of waste paper during one month of this year, according to information received recently in the New York offices of WAC. Working in cooperation with the Salvage for Victory Committee, Minneapolis, Henry Greene, Everett Seibel, Walter Hoffman and Harold Kaplan, exhibitors, organized a "Free Show Paper Hunt" for school children which produced outstanding results, by givmg a single pass to one of the theatres to each Minneapolis child who brought in 50 pounds or more of waste paper. Area committeemen who cooperated were William Levy, Leo Aved, Martin Lebedoff, Charles Zinn, William Elson, Mike Guttman, John Hurley, Kenneth Ereckson and Tedd Mann. In a similar drive, 29 neighborhood theatres in Columbus, Ohio, collected 332,150 pounds through special Friday afternoon matinees. A $50 Bond went to the best among the youngsters. Second award was a $25 Bond. Other youngsters were awarded War Stamps. Skouras Announces Itinerary Of Arnny at War Exhibit Charles P. Skouras, chairman of the national executive committee of the Army at War Art Exhibition, presented by the U. S. Treasury Department and the War Department, announced this week the complete itinerary of the exhibition, following its stay October 31 at the Roxy theatre, New York, where 80,000 persons attended in three weeks. The itinerary and dates follow : New York, October 11-31; Rochester, November 3-9; Buffalo, November 12-18; Cleveland, November 21-27; Detroit, November 30-December 13 ; Chicago, December 15-28 ; Milwaukee, December 30-January 5, 1945. Minneapolis, January 7-13; Seattle, January 2026 ; Portland, January 28-February 3 ; San Francisco, February 6-12; Los Angeles, February 1528; Denver, March 8-14; Kansas City, Mo., March 18-24 ; Dallas, March 29-April 4 ; Houston, April 7-13; New Orleans, April 16-22; Atlanta, April 26-May 2; St. Louis, May 6-12; Indianapolis, May 14-20; Louisville, May 21-27; Cincinnati, May 28-June 3; Columbus, June 4-10; Pittsburgh, June 13-19; Baltimore, June 22-28; Philadelphia, June 30-July 6; Newark, July 8-14; Boston, July 16-22; July 23, return show to Washington, D. C. Gillespie Buys Washington Theatre, to Open in 1945 L. A. Gillespie, circuit manager in eastern Washington, has purchased the Grange theatre at Cashmere, Wash. After remodelling, he plans to open it early in 1945. Currently, Mr. Gillespie owns a house at Dishman and the Vale theatre at Cashmere, and also manages theatres in Oro^ ville, Tonasket and Brewster. Service Tickets to Loew's Pass 20,000,000 Mark More than 20,000,000 uniformed men and women in the armed forces have been admitted to Loew's theatres at cut-price rates, according to H. J. Cleary of Loew's. In the New York area, some 6,500,000 were registered by Loew's theatres. Value of the reduced prices involved is approximately $500,000. Wanger Acadenny President For the Sixth Term The board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood October 25 reelected Walter Wanger to a sixth term as president. Others retained in office are : Jean Hersholt, first vice-president ; John Leroy Johnston, secretary ; W. B. Ihnen, assistant secretary ; Y. Frank Freeman, research council chairman, and Margaret Gledhill, executive secretary. Others chosen were : Michael Curtiz, Ronald Colman and Mary C. McCall, Jr., as second, third and fourth vice-presidents, respectively ; Nat W. Finston, treasurer, and Gordon Hollingshead, assistant treasurer. Kupferm^n Discusses Copyright A 24-page discussion on "Renewal of Copyright" by Theodore R. Kupferman of the Warner legal department, is contained in the current issue of Columbia Law Reviezv. The paper won the sixth annual Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition established by the late attorney to encourage the study of copyright matters. |10TI0N PICTURE HERALD, NOVEMBER 4, 1944 t 47