Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1947)

12 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, February 1, 1947 NATIONAL NEWSREEL 14 Distributors List 2©@ Pictures Meld in Reserve Total is 29 Fewer Than at First of the Year; Western Pictures Are Not Included Fourteen distributing companies entered the second month of 1947 with a total of 200 pictures listed in reserve, product data gathered by Showmen's Trade Review revealed this week. The reserve, which does not include westerns and which represents pictures either completed or in actual production, represents 29 fewer pictures than were in this classification at the beginning of the year. For the most part individual companies also showed less product in reserve than they did at the beginning of the year, the two exceptions beingUnited Artists, whose reserve jumped from 29 to 33, and Universal-International, whose reserve rose from 21 to 22. The 200 features listed by titles and companies follow : COLUMBIA : (17) "Assigned to Treasury," "Blondie's Holiday," "Bulldog Drummond at Bay." "The Corpse Came C.O.D.," "Down to Earth," "For the Love of Rusty," "Framed," "The Guilt of Janet Ames," "The Gunfighters," "Johnny O'Clock," "King of the Wild Horses," "The Lady from Shanghai," "Last of the Redmen," "Millie's Daughter," "The Swordsman," "The 13th Hour," "Three Were Thoroughbreds." EAGLE-LION: (5) "The Adventuress," "Bedelia," "It's a Joke, Son," "Lost Honeymoon," "Repeat Performance." MGM: (25) "A Love Story." "A Woman of My Own," "The Arnelo Affair," "The Beginning or the End," "The Birds and the Bees," "Cynthia's Secret," "Fiesta," "Green Dolphin Street," "High Barbaree," "The Hucksters," "It Happened at the Inn," "It Happened in Brooklyn," "Little Mister Jim," "Merton of the Movies," "The Rich, Full Life," "Sea of Grass," "Song of the Thin Man." "Summer Holiday," "Tenth Avenue Angel," "This Time for Keeps," "To Kiss and to Keep," "Undercover Maisie," "The Unfinished Dance," "Wild Harvest," "The Yearling." MONOGRAM: (3) "Black Gold," "Panic," "Tragic Symphony." PARAMOUNT: (23) "Adventure Island," "Big Town." "Blaze of Noon," "Calcutta," "Danger Street." "Dear Ruth." "Desert Fury," "Emperor Waltz," "Fear in the Night," "Golden Earrings," "I Cover the Big Town," "I Walk Alone," "Jungle Flight," "Perils of Pauline," "Road to Rio," "Saigon," "Seven Were Saved," "The Trouble with Women," "Unconquered," "Variety Girl," "Welcome Stranger," "Where There's Life," " Wild Harvest." PRC: (6) "All in the Game," "Crime Doctor's Vacation," "Philo Vance's Peril," "Return of RinTin-Tin," "Step-Child," "Untamed Fury." RKO: (22) "A Likely Story." "Amazing Mr. Hammer," "Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer," "Banjo," "Born to Kill," "Dick Tracy's Dilemma." "Flight." "The Fugitive." "Honeymoon," "How Dear to My Heart," "If You Knew Suzie," "Indian Summer," "The Long Night," "Magic Town," "Out of the Past," "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," "Seven Keys to Baldpate," "Tarzan and the Huntress," "They Won't Believe Me," "Trail Street," "Under the Tonto Rim," "Woman on the Beach." REPUBLIC: (9) "Bells of San Angelo," "Crime Passionelle." "Gallant Man," "Lightnin' Strikes Twice," "One Exciting Kiss," "Spoilers of the North," "Web of Danger," "Winter Wonderland," "Wyoming." SCREEN GUILD: (1) "God's Country." SELZNICK RELEASING ORGANIZATION: (3) "Duel in the Sun," "The Paradine Case," "Portrait of Jenny." 20TH-FOX: (15) "Backlash," "Bob, Son of Battle," "The Captain from Castile," "Carnival in Costa Rica," "The Crimson Key." "Forever Amber," "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," "Homestretch," "Miracle on 34th St.," "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now," "Jewels of Brandenburg," "The Late George Apley," "Meet Me at Dawn," "Moss Rose," "Mother Wore Tights." UNITED ARTISTS: (33) "A Miracle Can Happen," "Adventure of Don Coyote," "Arch of Triumph," "Body and Soul." "Carnegie Hall," "Christmas Eve," "Copacabana," "Curly," "Dangerous Venture," "Dishonored Lady," "The Fabulous Dorseys," "Fabulous Joe," "Fanny by Gaslight," "Heaven Only Knows," "Henry V," "Here Comes Trouble," "Hoppy's Holiday," "The Little Prince," "The Macomber Affair," "Monsieur Verdoux," "New Orleans," "The Other Love." "Personal Column." "The Pretenders," "The Private Affairs of Bel Ami," "Ramrod," "Red River," "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock," "Stork Bites Man," "The Stray Lamb." "The Unexpected Guest," "Vendetta," "Who Killed Doc Robin?" UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL: (22) "A Lady Surrenders," "Brief Encounter," "Buck Private Comes Home," "The Captive Heart," "The Egg and I," "Great Expectations." "Hungry Hill," "I Know Where I'm Going," "Ivy." "Johnny Frenchman," "The Magic Bow." "Michigan Kid," "My Heart Goes Crazy," "Odd Man Out," "Oh Say Can You Sing," "Privates of Monterey," "Slave Girl," "Stairway to Heaven," "This Happy Breed," "Time Out of Mind," "Vigilantes Return." "The Years Between." WARNER BROS.: (16) "Cheyenne." "Cry Wolf," "Dark Passage," "Deep Valley," "Escape Me Never," "Life with Father," "Love and Learn," "My Wild Irish Rose," "Night Unto Night," "Possessed," "Stallion Road." "That Way with Women," "The Two Mrs. Carrolls," "The Unfaithful," "The Unsuspected," "The Woman in White." U-I Sets Three Conferences To Set Sales Policies (See The News Spotlight) First of a series of three sales conferences from which it was expected Universal-International will formulate its new sales policies got under way in San Francisco Monday under the leadership of Vice-President and General Sales Manager William A. Scully. The second will be held Feb. 7 at the Drake Hotel in Chicago and the third in New York at an unannounced date. The San Francisco meet, which considered release plans for "The Egg and I" was attended by exchange managers from the areas in that section and by Assistant General Sales Manager A. J. O'Keefe, National Director of Advertising and Publicity John Joseph, Eastern Advertising and Publicity Director Maurice Bergman as well as District Managers Foster Blake and Barney Rose. RKO Field Managers Meet Individual meetings between district managers and division managers concluded the midwinter conference which RKO held in New York this week under direction of Vice-President and General Sales Manager Robert Mochrie. The conference, which discussed product, was attended by Short Subjects Sales Manager Harry Michalson, Advertising and Publicity Director S. Barrett McCormick, Exploitation Manager Terry Turner and members of the sales organization. Upped to First-Runs With United Artists setting the run of "Henry V" in the neighborhood Dundee Theatre at Omaha, another subsequentrun house was put into the temporary first-run class for roadshowing of a picture this week. Prior to that "The Outlaw" has been playing subsequent-run houses in Dallas and is now playing them in Ft. Worth. 6 British Films Assured World Release by Warner (See the News Spotlight) By JOCK MacGREGOR London Correspondent General distribution for six British films to be made by the Associated British Picture Corporation as an integrated part of Warner Bros, world-wide distribution program and not just as additional pictures handled by the company, was pledged in London Tuesday by Executive Producer Jack L. Warner. Speaking at a luncheon tendered him by the Associated British Picture Company, in which Warners have an interest, Warner told his audience, which consisted of Board of Trade President Sir Stafford Cripps as well as editors and critics, that there was need of an exchange of films between the United States and Great Britain. He added that the Hollywood release schedule would be amended insofar as the United Kingdom was concerned to make room for the British six and said : "The (British) films will be shown throughout the complete Warner Bros, theatre circuit in America and all other theatres in the United States and Canada which our distribution organization services and in addition they will be distributed by Warner Bros, throughout the world." "Associated British Picture Corporation will produce a series of six pictures at their Elstree Studios," Warner continued. "These productions will be similar in quality to those now produced by Warner Bros, at their California studios. Warners will supply their leading stars, directors, and producers to ensure that these pictures are of the highest quality suitable for world markets. Warner Bros, personnel will be in charge of production of these films, but they will be produced by Associated British Picture Corporation. "These pictures will not be distributed as additional pictures in the United Kingdom, but will constitute a part of Warners' regular program." Cripps Says British Won't Ban Warner ABPC Holding Sir Stafford Cripps, president of the British Board of Trade, said in London Tuesday that the British had no intention of banning Warner Bros." holdings in the Associated British Picture Corporation, but indicated that their say so in its management might be curtailed. Sir Stafford also kayoed any hopes of a British film monopoly with the statement that it was not suited for an art form. The Cinema Trades Unions had suggested that the government "should take over 500 cinemas from circuits."