Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1946)

PREVIEWS OF TRADE SHOWS CYNOSURE. That's Betty Grabfe, in Twentieth Century-Fox's "The Shocking Miss Pi/grim", in which she stars with Dick Hoymes. The picture in Technico/or, was to be seen by exhibitors Friday, December 27. NABBED. Eddie Bracken, star of Paramount's "Ladies' Man", taces his fate. Co-star of the picture is Cass Daley. The picture will be seen by exhibitors at national trade-showings January 3. Zimbalist New Promotion Head of Film Classics Al Zimbalist has been named national director of advertising, publicity and exhibitor relations of Film Classics Pictures. Former advertising and publicity head for St. Louis Amusement Company, Mr. Zimbalist has won 15 national awards for advertising and exploitation. He was formerly associated with RKO Theatres in New York and is the author of several screen stories. Company of Raleigh, N. C. The meeting, planned by the association's officers as the first in a series, is expected to attract visual education dealers from nine southeastern states from Maryland to Louisiana. In addition, representatives of 20 or more manufacturers, film producers and distributors are expected to attend the meeting. NAVED Plans Regional Meeting in Atlanta The first southeastern regional meeting of the National Association of Visual Education Dealers will be held at the Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta, Ga., January 31 and February 1, it was announced this week by E. E. Carter, NAVED regional director and president of the National School Supply New England Variety Club Sponsoring Blood Bank The Variety Club of New England has given an annual endowment of $10,000 to the Blood Bank of the Children's Hospital, Boston, it was announced November 22 at th<? dinner meeting held by the club at the Hotel Bradford, Boston. Col. William C. McCraw, national executive director of Variety Clubs of America, was the principal speaker. Maurice M. Wolf, branch manager of MGM and former chief barker of the local club, was toastmaster, See Coast Strike Nearing an End With many studio workers belonging to the striking Conference of Studio Unions going back to work the CSU leadership may be forced to order its members to return to their jobs, sources close to IATSE headquarters in New York predicted this week. At the same time these observers pointed out that a settlement after January 1 is possible. . The strike reached its most crippling phase when laboratory technicians of IA's own Local 683 decided to join the walkout, coast reports said. However, since the international union intervened and took over the local, 1,400 out of 1,500 workers have resumed work. Consequently processing plants now are going at a capacity rate with Technicolor scheduled to turn out about 6,000,000 feet a week, nearly normal. Meanwhile the CSU exodus is understood to be continuing with at least half a dozen important and numerically strong former CSU groups back at work under the I A banner. The return of 34 out of 90 set decorators is cited as an example. Other defections in the CSU ranks are said to include set designers, scenic artists, carpenters, painters and story analysts. IA headquarters in New York have made it clear that, although some of these groups have been asking for IA charters, these will not be granted because existing classifications, "mechanics," for example, can always be expanded to take in enough craftsmen to fill studio needs. It is assumed, therefore, that, with the end of the strike, workers not normally falling within the jurisdiction of IA will be free to return to their original locals. Flaherty President of Chicago Reel Club Frank Flaherty of Columbia was elected the new president of the Chicago Reel Fellows Club, local salesmen's organization, at the annual election of officers. Mr. Flaherty succeeds Milton Simon ci 20th Century-Fox. Other officers elected, all of whom will be installed January 19, are : Ted Meyers, first vice-president; R. C. Herman, second vicepresident ; Thomas Greenwood, treasurer ; Rpbert Funk, assistant treasurer ; Si Lax, secretary ; John Sokeley, assistant secretary ; Oscar Bernstein, sergeant-at-arms ; and three trustees — Jack Armgardt, Cleve Adams and Lou Goldberg. Set Monogram Meeting For January 11-12 Samuel Broidy, president of Monogram, announced last Wednesday that a meeting of all franchise holders and branch managers would be held in St. Louis, January 11 and 12 at the Coronado Hotel. Discussions of 1946-47 sales will be held as well as a showing of Roy Del Ruth's "It Happened on Fifth Avenue." 42 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, DECEMBER 28, 1946