Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1944)

ariety Clubs to E2et for Annual ffair Nov. 23-25 e ninth national business meeting of the . :y Clubs of America will be held Novemj-,, _'o-25 at the Statler Hotel in Washington, * ]t., with Robert O'Donnell, national chief barkjj, ilcalling the meeting to order. Because of the gjfemment's request to conserve transportation hotel facilities, each tent will be represented ' V a limited number of delegates, c national tent will be represented by Mr. Jonnell, John H. Harris, founder of the clubs; Iter Barron and Earle Sweigert, assistant naal chief barkers ; Marc Wolf, national dough ; Lou Rome, national property master ; Charles Lewis," national publicity director; James G. jjl-mer, national ceremonial barker, ijj ",|.lthough the business sessions of the meeting 5,-1 be held at the Statler Hotel, the Humanitarian jjj^ard will be made at a dinner the evening of jj yember 24 at the Mayflower Hotel. jjjr^Ir. O'Donnell announced Wednesday Secretary jt'.&tate Cordell Hull would receive the HumaniAward for 1944, a silver plaque and a honrium of $1,000 "for his tireless efforts in behalf ;^orld peace." ^rnong those who have received the Award prejjsly are : Father Flannagan, Martha Berry, ►rge Washington Carver and Sister Elizabeth 5ct||.t last year's national meeting the clubs took 'iu\ initiative in sponsoring support of the Sister ig;any Institute. This matter and other charity itaivities will be brought up at the meeting, a-ij'i. meeting of the board of directors will be held iTlL^fember 23. The opening business session will i£;November 24, followed by luncheon. The final jKainess session will be held Saturday, at which ; j's the winner of the Charity Citation Plaque 'j t be named. In the afternoon, the Washing1' tent will be hosts at their newly-decorated tjitfi* rooms in the Hotel Willard. In the evening, .annual dinner and dance of Tent 11 will be . pi. Those remaining November 26 will be guests 3 [the Washington football game, bii %0 Field Force Realignment ,^|inounced by McCormick aE'!hanges and reassignments in RKO Radio's field es^iloitation force, headed by Terry Turner, have : C''»ated Fred Ford, former exploiteer in the JOtmphis and New Orleans territories, to acting : t. ervisor of the southern area with headquarters Atlanta, it was announced November 14 by S. iret McCormick, director of advertising and pub ' i-he promotion of Mr. Ford will give him suIvision over exploiteers Carol Weld, in charge Atlanta and Charlotte ; Charles Underwood, in rge of Memphis and New Orleans, and Fred fvin, in charge of Dallas and Oklahoma City. )ther changes in the field staff were : Maurice jrris, who shifts from Buffalo and Albany to ' ""'.'ladelphia, replacing Robert Pryor, reassigned; "" '.n Weider, who moves from Pittsburgh to Buf?^'» and Albany ; Charles Rader, who takes over ^j'tsburgh ; and William Prager, transferred '"'^m San Francisco to Chicago, with the San '8|\ncisco territory to be temporarily handled by Cantor, western states supervisor. *iarmon, WAC Coordinator, beaks at War Exhibit 35 f rancis S. Harmon, War Activities Committee jj,0rdinator, spoke Tuesday at the opening of the fovies at War" exhibit at Pershing Square, vv York. In his talk, broadcast over Station \ YC. he listed the various phases of the work formed by the industry to aid the war effort, ,1 promised even greater effort in the current '.eiK^th War Loan campaign, and the coming March -R Dimes and Red Cross collections. The exhibit Pershinsr Snuare, which explains the showing j5i$'tl6mm gift films at fighting fronts, indicates the se cooperation between the WAC and the U. S. torial Service. IN N i W S R E E L S Film Executives To Speak Before MOVIETONE NEWS— Vol. 27, No. 21— Roosevelt reelected .... New Army overseas post office handles millions of parcels. . . . 90,000 fans see charity soccer game in London. . . . England's royal family gathers at christening. . . . ■ Key Dutch city taken. . . . Jap-American troops. . . . Jewish services on Peleliu. . . . Miracle of war supply. . . . Turkey for G.I.s in Germany. MOVIETONE NEWS— Vol. 27, No. 22— Battle for the Philippines. . . . Admiral Nimitz. . . . The Leyte front. . . . Allied offsenive in Holland frees port of Antwerp. .... President returns to Washington for fourth term. . . . Army defeats Notre Dame 59-0. NEWS OF THE DAY— Vol. 15, No. 219— Election special, Roosevelt wins. . . . British in battle of canals, mop up Germans in Holland. . . . Japanese Americans reinforce Yanks on the European front. . . . Mail speeded to Yanks, overseas. . . . Royal family welcomes new arrival. . . . Soccer classic in Britain. . . . Thanksgiving overseas. NEWS OF THE DAY— Vol. IS, No. 220— First films of big sea battle. . . . Official analysis by Navy experts. . . . MacArthur's men-push ahead on Leyte. . . . British amphibious force storms key to Antwerp. . . . Roosevelt hailed in return to Capital. . . . Army crushes Notre Dame 59-0. PARAMOUNT NEWS— No. 22— Miracle speedway. . . . Largest post office speeds G.L gifts. . . . Roosevelt reelected. PARAMOUNT NEWS— No. 23— Capital welcomes F.D.R. . . . Walcheren cleanup frees Antwerp. . . . Battle for Leyte. . . . Navy air power. . . . Army guns blitz Irish 59-0. RKO PATHE NEWS— Vol. 16, No. 24— Roosevelt wins. . . . British capture 's Hertogenbosch. . . . Trucks supply armies in Europe. . . . Allies occupy wrecked Bucharest. . . . New York A.P.O. rushes Xmas gifts. RKO PATHE NEWS— Vol. 16, No. 2S-First pictures of Philippine sea battle. . . . President Roosevelt returns to capital. . . . Great Army 11 crushes Notre Dame 59-0. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEl^VoI. 17, No. 345— F.D.R. wins fourth term. . . . Flanking the West Wall. . . . Tolerence in the U.S.A. . . . Gold panning in 1944. . . . G.I. Xmas mail. . . . Wembley Soccer. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL— Vol. 17, No. 346— Defeat of Japanese fleet. . . . Victory in Antwerp harbor. . . . The chief returns. . . . Army 59, Notre Dame 0; Georgia Tech 34, Tulane 7. ALL AMERICAN NEWS— Vol. 3, No. 108— Red Cross worker back from fighting front. . . . Onetime slaves tell of childhood. . . . Gallery shows Brazilian art. . . . Housing heads tell future. . . . Hard fighting Negro boys in Italy. . . . The U.S.A. goes to the polls. National Board of Review Meets The 35th anniversary conference of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was held at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York Thursday. James Shelley Hamilton, executive director of the Board, presided. Quincy Howe, president of the organization, introduced the educators, who discussed special fields of the motion picture during the morning session. Reports by presidents of film councils of Cleveland, Ohio, Detroit, Washington, D.C., Charlotte, Jacksonville, Worcester, Philadelphia and other communities were submitted, after an introduction by Bettina Gunczy, secretary of the National Motion Picture Council. In the afternoon, delegates attended special screenings arranged by MGM, RKO, Twentieth Century-Fox and Warner Bros. Deny Injunction Against Withholding of Product A motion by Emil K. Ellis of Leader Theatre Corporation for a temporary injunction restraining Twentieth Century-Fox from withholding product allegedly purchased for the theatre when it was a part of the Randforce circuit was denied November 8 by New York Supreme Court Justice Carroll G. Walter. Judge Walter set no date for trial of the suit against Twentieth Century-Fox and Randforce circuit, but counsel for the latter offered to go to trial by November 15. The product, according to the complaint, was transferred to another Randforce house when the Leader was sold to the plaintiff. Television Group Several film executives whose activities now are directed toward developing television operations will be guest speakers at the first annual conference of the Television Broadcasters Association at the Hotel Commodore, New York, December 11 and 12. Jack R. Poppele, chairman of the conference, in announcing the plans, said the meeting promised to be the "most ambitious undertaking attempted to date by the coordinated television interests of the nation." The sessions have been planned for the attention of those now operating television stations, those planning stations in the future; manufacturers of television and radio equipment; motion picture companies, newspapers, advertising agencies, stage, screen and radio entertainers. Subject and speakers planned for the occasion include : "New Horizons on Television," Dr. W.R. G. Baker, vice-president in charge of electronics for General Electric, and E. W. Engstrom, director in charge of the RCA Laboratories at Princeton, "Television Programming," John F. Royal, vice-president in charge of television for NBC; Robert L. Gibson, director of TBA and advertising and publicity executive for General Electric ; Thomas H. Hutchinson, in charge of production for RKO Television Corporation. "Establishing Television Networks," Harold S. Osborne, chief engineer, AT&T. Others who will participate in the discussions are Paul Larsen, of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ; C. A. Priest, GE ; Samuel H. Cuff, DuMont; Clifford Denten, New York Daily News; William Morris, president of the William Morris agency; Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith, consulting engineer; O. B. Hanson of NBC; Allen B. DuMont, president of TBA and head of DuMont Laboratories ; Dr. C. F. Jellife, RCA ; F. J. Bingley, Philco ; J. E. Keister, GE; Harry Lubcke, Don Lee Network; A. H. Brolly of Balaban and Katz, and Klaus Landsberg of Television Productions. Presentation of awards of merit to those who have contributed to television progress will be made by a committee, headed by Paul Raibourn, president of Television Productions, a subsidiary of Paramount. (Special programs will be telecast by New York stations direct to the hotel where a large number of receivers will be set up for the convention banquet. "Sadie Thompson", by Dietz And Mamoulian. Opens A. P. Waxman was to present "Sadie Thompson," stage production of Rouben Mamoulian, Hollywood director, with June Havoc in the title role, Thursday evening at the Alvin theatre. New York. A play with music, the new version is by Howard Dietz, vice-president and director of publicity and advertising for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Mr. Mamoulian, based on the famous play, "Rain," by W. Somerset Maugham, John Colton and Qemence Randolph. The lyrics are by Mr. Dietz and the music by Vernon Duke. Gloria Swanson starred in United Artists' "Sadie Thompson," 1928, and Joan Crawford and Walter Huston were starred in "Rain," also United Artists, 1932. Both pictures were based on the original stage play. Army Puts Roach on Inactive List; His Plans Indefinite It was revealed from Washington last week that Colonel Hal Roach, who had been with the Army Air Corps for three years, had been placed on the inactive list. His future plans were not made known. However, if he returns to production, it will not be in his own Culver City studio for some time to come since the Army has contracted the Roach lot until the end of the war. Mr. Roach is studying the production situation and is expected to come east early in January. 'TiON PICTURE HERALD, NOVEMBER 18, 1944 43