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The  Library  of  Congress 


Packard  Campus 
for  Audio  Visual  Conservation 
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Alert. 


MOTION  PICTURE 


Shipping  Space 
Priority  Given 
U.S.  Film  Firms 


Facilities  for  Export  to 
Allies  Assured 

Motion  pictures  will  be  granted 
priorities  on  shipping  space  to  Al- 
lied nations  and  to  certain  neutral 
countries,  major  company  foreign 
department  heads  were  informed 
yesterday  at  a  meeting  at  MPPDA 
headquarters. 

The  report  resulted  from  clarifica- 
tion of  recent  notifications  to  export- 
ers from  Washington  that  many 
classes  of  shipments  henceforth  will 
have  to  await  permits  due  to  the  lim- 
ited amount  of  ship  space  available. 
The  clarification  permits  continued 
film  shipments  to  Britain  and  the  Em- 
pire and  to  Sweden  by  way  of  Brit- 
ain. 

The  proposal  for  investment  of  the 
distributors'  frozen  funds  in  London  in 
British  war  bonds  was  shelved  as  a 
result  of  the  viewpoint  expressed  at 
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See  Goldwyn  Deal 
Within  Two  Weeks 

A  new  distribution  deal  may  be  set 
by  Samuel  Goldwyn  in  Hollywood 
during  the  next  two  weeks,  by  which 
time  negotiations  now  under  way 
there  are  scheduled  to  be  completed. 

James  Mulvey,  Goldwyn's  Eastern 
representative,  is  in  Hollywood  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  negotiations  which,  it 
is  reported,  involve  both  RKO  and 
United  Artists.  George  J.  Schaefer, 
RKO  president,  has  returned  to  the 
Coast  for  the  discussions  and  Edward 
C.  Raftery,  United  Artists  president, 
is  remaining  there  for  an  additional 
week  or  two. 

Goldwyn  has  set  no  distribution  deal 
yet  for  his  nearly  completed  "The 
Pride  of  the  Yankees"  nor  for  the 
other  five  or  six  productions  which 
are  on  his  schedule  for  the  future. 


Col.  Contracts  at 

Record  of  10,780 

Columbia  yesterday  reported  a  new 
all-time  high  for  the  company  of  10,- 
780  contracts.  The  new  total  is  re- 
ported as  780  more  than  the  highest 
number  on  the  company's  books  last 
year. 

The  company's  annual  sales  drive, 
known  as  "Columbia's  Victory  Sales 
Campaign,"  is  credited  by  the  com- 
pany with  making  the  new  record 
possible.  The  drive  has  four  more 
months  to"  go. 


Umpi  Cancellation 
Parleys  Continue; 
Expect  Agreement 


Exhibitor  and  distributor  members 
of  the  L  nited  Motion  Picture  Indus- 
try trade  practice  committee  will  con- 
tinue their  efforts  today  to  reach  an 
agreement  on  a  new  sales  plan,  follow- 
ing all-day  conferences  at  the  Astor 
Hotel  yesterday  which  were  not  de- 
cisive. 

Neither  side  made  any  formal  state- 
ment at  the  end  of  the  sessions  but 
it  was  indicated  that  the  chief  ob- 
stacle to  a  prompt  agreement  are  the 
suggestions  which  have  been  made  by 
exhibitors  for  changes  in  the  plan's 
cancellation  provisions.  Various  ex- 
hibitor formulae  have  been  proposed 
and  the  distributors  have  countered 
with  their  own  suggestions,  with  the 
result  that  this  phase  of  the  plan  is 
as  yet  undetermined.     Both  hope  to 

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List  13,000  Pledges 
To  Show  W  AC  Films 

Exhibitor  pledges  to  show  Govern- 
ment films  approved  by  the  War  Ac- 
tivities Committee  now  aggregate 
more  than  13,000,  Joseph  Bernhard, 
chairman  of  the  committee's  theatre 
division,  reported  yesterday. 

During  the  past  year,  16  films,  12 
Army  recruiting  trailers  and  a  series 
of  Defense  Bond  "tags"  have  been  ap- 
proved for  distribution  by  the  com- 
mittee, Bernhard  stated.  A  substan- 
tially larger  number  of  films  is  sche- 
duled to  be  distributed  and  exhibited 
in  the  coming  months,  he  said. 

The  drive  for  exhibitor  commitments 
for  showing  the  Government  films  is 
under  the  direction  of  Harry  Brandt. 


Camacho  to  Narrate 
Mexican  War  Film 

Mexico  City,  March  31.— 
President  Manuel  Avila  Ca- 
macho will  do  the  narration 
for  a  documentary  short  sub- 
ject to  be  produced  by  the 
Federal  Film  Censoring  and 
Supervision  Department.  Ti- 
tled "Mexico  y  la  Guerra" 
("Mexico  and  the  War")  it 
will  report  on  Mexico's  na- 
tional defense  work  and  its 
participation  in  the  war  effort 
of  the  Americas. 


60  Theatres  in 
Lower  Bronx 
Blackout  Area 


Some  60  theatres  in  the  lower  sec- 
tion of  the  Bronx  which  had  a  test 
blackout  from  9  to  9 :20  o'clock  last 
night  experienced  the  slash  in  grosses 
which  usually  accompanies  blackouts. 
Estimates  of  the  business  drop  ranged 
up  to  40  per  cent.  Last  week's  black- 
out in  lower  Manhattan  brought  a  re- 
ported box-office  decline  of  between  40 
and  50  per  cent. 

The  lower  Bronx  area  affected  has 
a  residential  population  estimated  at 
935,000,  and  was  the  largest  yet  of  the 
sections  in  which  blackouts  have  been 
conducted  in  the  New  York  metro- 
politan area.  The  blackout  was  total, 
with  street  lights  out  and  traffic  stop- 
ped. 

Loew's,  which  has  nine  theatres  in 
the  area,  reported  a  box-office  drop  of 
40  per  cent.    Skouras  and  RKO  the- 

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M-G-Mto  Open  Broadway 
'Show  Window ' 'for  Shorts 


WB  Zone  Managers 
Study  War  Problems 

Problems  likely  to  affect  theatre  op- 
eration during  the  Summer  in  view  of 
wartime  conditions  were  discussed 
yesterday  at  a  home  office  conference 
of  Warner  Theatres  zone  managers, 
presided  over  by  Joseph  Bernhard, 
general  manager. 

Harry  Kalmine,  assistant  general 
manager ;  Harry  Goldberg,  advertis- 
ing and  publicity  director,  and  other 
home  office  executives  addressed  the 
meeting,  which  ended  last  night. 


M-G-M  announced  yesterday  that 
it  has  taken  over  the  1,600-seat 
Broadway  Theatre,  Broadway  at  53rd 
St.,  for  the  showing  of  all-shorts  pro- 
grams, beginning  Saturday.  A  show 
is  being  built  to  run  about  an  hour 
and  10  minutes.  The  price  scale  will 
be  25  cents,  12  to  1  o'clock;  35  cents 
to  6  P.  M. ;  45  cents  weekday  eve- 
nings, and  55  cents  Saturdays  and 
Sundays.  Performances  will  be  con- 
tinuous to  midnight. 

The  purpose  of  the  program,  ac- 
cording to  M-G-M,  is  to  promote  the 
idei  that  short  subjects  "can  stand  on 

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WPB  Appoints 
Advisory  Unit 
On  Production 


Moore  Directs  Priorities, 
Brylawski  Consultant 

Washington,  March  31. — Es- 
tablishment of  a  producers'  commit- 
tee to  cooperate  with  the  War  Pro- 
duction Board  in  handling  prob- 
lems of  priorities,  critical  mate- 
rials, substitutes  for  scarce  mate- 
rials and  similar  matters,  was  an- 
nounced today  by  M.  D.  Moore, 
Chief  of  the  Consumers'  Durable 
Goods  Division  in  charge  of  mo- 
tion picture  priorities. 

Members  of  the  committee  will  be 
Barney  Balaban,  president  of  Para- 
mount ;  Joseph  Hazen,  Warner  Bros. ; 
William  F.  Rodgers,  M-G-M;  I.  E. 
Chadwick,  Chadwick  Productions ; 
Ted  J.  Buell,  Paramount;  A.  Mon- 
tague, Columbia ;  John  J.  O'Connor, 
Universal ;  Arthur  Greenblatt,  Pro- 
ducers Releasing  Corp. ;  W.  Ray 
Johnston,  Monogram ;  Earl  Sponable, 
Movietone,  (20th  Century-Fox )  ;  Ned 
E.  Depinet,  RKO  Pathe,  and  Louis  de 
Rochemont,  March  of  Time. 

[A  hearing  on  production  prior- 
ities   will    be    held    before  the 
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16  Arbitration  Cases 
In  March;  Total  198 

American  Arbitration  Association 
headquarters  reported  yesterday  that 
16  arbitration  complaints  under  the 
consent  decree  were  brought  in 
March,  bringing  the  total  filed  since 
the  opening  of  the  boards  14  months 
ago  to  198  complaints. 

Arbitrator  Rupert  C.  Schaefer,  Jr., 
has  dismissed  the  combined  clearance 
and  some  run  complaint  of  John  and 
Grace  Koczak,  operators  of  the  Earle, 
Newcastle,  Del.,  against  Loew's  at  the 
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Brauer  Named  'U' 
Memphis  Manager 

William  A.  Scully,  vice-president 
and  general  sales  manager  of  Uni- 
versal, yesterday  named  Roy  Brauer, 
New  Orleans  branch  manager,  to  suc- 
ceed the  late  H.  I.  Mansfield,  Mem- 
phis manager,  who  died  recently. 

At  the  same  time,  Scully  named 
Nicholas  Lamantia,  Jr.,  salesman  and 
office  manager  of  the  New  Orleans 
exchange,  to  the  post  of  branch  man- 
asrer  there,  succeeding  Brauer. 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  April  1.  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  March  31 
D  URCHASE  by  20th  Century- 
Fox  of  "The  Bird  of  Paradise," 
Richard  Walton  Tully  play,  from 
RKO,  which  made  it  in  1932,  was 
announced  today.  Gene  Tierney  will 
have  the  role  played  by  Irene  Dunne 
in  the  RKO  picture. 

• 

Frank  S.  Xugent,  former  New  York 
Times  film  critic,  who  joined  20th 
Century-Fox  as  a  writer  about  two 
years  ago  and  then  became  "trouble 
shooter"  on  scripts,  today  was  ap- 
pointed to  Darryl  Zanuck's  executive 
staff  and  given  a  year's  contract  ex- 
tension. Xugent  has  not  yet  received 
any  screen  credits. 

• 

Hollywood's  traditional  Easter 
Sunrise  service  which  in  former  years 
has  attracted  some  49,000  persons 
from  all  over  Southern  California, 
will  be  held  Sunday.  But  with  Army 
regulations  permitting  only  the  pro- 
gram participants  in  Hollywood 
Bowl,  Rise  Stevens,  Bette  Davis  and 
others  on  the  program,  which  will  in- 
clude 250  musical  and  dramatic  artists, 
will  have  only  a  radio  audience.  The 
ritual  will  be  shortwaved  around  the 
world. 


British  Ask  Better 
War  Film  Release 

London,  March  31. — The  British 
Ministry  of  Information  has  expressed 
dissatisfaction  with  the  present  dis- 
tribution of  its  films,  and  has  asked 
the  Kinematograph  Renters  Society 
for  greater  freedom  in  the  selection 
of  distributors.  The  distributors  will 
discuss  the  matter  at  a  meeting  in  the 
middle  of  April. 

A  Canadian  representative  here  has 
protested  the  refusal  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  admit  two  films  produced  by 
John  Grierson.  "Strategy  of  Metals" 
and  "Battle  for  Oil,"  to  quota  credit. 
In  addition  the  protest  of  M-G-M 
over  the  Board  of  Trade's  refusal  to 
count  "Wavell's  30,000"  for  quota  is 
expected  to  bring  about  amendments 
in  certain  sections  of  the  Quota  Act. 


Eye  Clinic  Opened 
By  Charlotte  Club 

Charlotte,  X.  C,  March  31. — The 
local  Variety  Club  has  opened  its  Eye 
and  Xose  Clinic,  the  most  ambitious 
undertaking  the  organization  has  yet 
sponsored.  Chief  Barker  H.  H.  Ever- 
ett made  the  presentation,  and  the 
clinic  was  accepted  for  the  city  by  R. 
W.  Flack,  City  Manager. 

The  Charlotte  Welfare  Agencies 
cooperate  with  the  Variety  Club,  and 
anjr  patients  sent  by  them,  with  proof 
that  they  are  unable  to  pay  for  treat- 
ment, are  treated  free.  All  expenses 
attached  to  the  operation  of  the  proj- 
ect, including  rent,  are  met  by  the 
club. 


Personal  Mention 


Griffis  Names  Aides 
In  Navy  Relief  Drive 

Persons  prominent  in  entertainment 
and  sports  will  serve  in  the  $5,000,000 
Navy  Relief  Society  drive,  Stanton 
Griffis.  chairman  of  the  special  events 
division,  said  yesterday.  Among  those 
who  have  volunteered  their  services 
are  Lieut.  Richard  Aldrich,  Sonja 
Henie,  Ted  Husing.  John  Ringling 
North.  G  rantland  Rice  and  Dan  Top- 
ping. 


TOE   ROCK  has  arrived  in  New 
York  from  London. 

Art  Schmidt  has  left  for  Florida. 
• 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Budd  Rogers  have 
announced  the   engagement  of  their 
daughter,   Rhoda,  to  Ensign  Wil- 
liam B.  Schulman,  U.S.N.R. 
• 

Harold  Hirshberg,  manager  of  the 
Bethlehem  Palace,  Allentown,  Pa.,  has 
recovered  from  an  illness. 

• 

Elmo  Sarno  of  Warners'  Center, 
Philadelphia,  has  joined  the  Marines. 
• 

Wilma  Freeman*  leaves  tomorrow 
for  Dallas. 

• 

Toxy  Gablik  has  a  painting  on  ex- 
hibit at  the  Ferargil  Galleries. 


D  OBERT  M.  GILLHAM  will 
*^  leave  this  weekend  for  a  vacation 
in  the  South. 

• 

Ben*  Grimm  is  confined  to  his  home 
with  a  cold. 

A.  A.  Schubart  has  left  for  At- 
lanta. 


Fred  Kohlmar  is  due  here  Friday 
from  the  Coast. 

• 

Ralph  W.  Maw.  Buffalo  branch 
manager  for  M-G-M,  is  an  official 
of  the  local  Community  Fund  cam- 
paign. 

• 

\\ "illiam  Bausch,  vice-president  of 
Bausch  &  Lomb  Optical  Co.,  Roches- 
ter, last  week  observed  his  81st  birth- 
dav. 


CBS  Sets  Tribute 
Honoring  DeMille 

Program  details  were  revealed  yes- 
terday in  connection  with  the  CBS 
"Calling  Pan  America"  program 
Saturday,  6:15-6:45  P.M.,  to  honor 
Cecil  B.  DeMille  and  the  Paramount- 
DeMille  30th  anniversary  picture, 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind."  The  program 
will  start  in  New  York  with  theme 
music  from  DeMille's  "Lux  Radio 
Theatre."  Carlos  Borcosque,  Argen- 
tine film  director,  will  be  heard  from 
Buenos  Aires ;  Leonard  W.  Brocking- 
ton,  former  chariman  of  the  board  of 
governors  of  the  Canadian  Broad- 
casting Corp.,  from  Vancouver,  and 
Fernando  de  Fuentes,  Mexican  pro- 
ducer-director, from  Acapulco,  Mex- 
ico. 

The  finale  will  come  from  Holly- 
wood where  DeMille  and  Donald  W. 
Thornburgh,  CBS  vice-president,  will 
speak.  The  program  will  be  carried 
in  English  by  CBS  and  CBC  for  the 
U.  S.  and  Canada.  It  will  be  short- 
waved  in  Portuguese  to  Brazil  and  in 
Spanish  for  the  rest  of  Latin  America. 


Deneau  Is  Given 

Farewell  Dinner 

Sidney  Deneau,  head  booker  for 
Fabian  Theatres,  who  is  to  be  induct- 
ed into  the  Army  Friday,  was  given  a 
farewell  dinner  by  a  large  gathering 
of  friends  last  night  at  Toots  Shor's 
restaurant. 

David  A.  Levy,  Universal  branch 
manager  here,  and  George  Trilling  of 
the  Fabian  office  arranged  the  affair. 
Harry  Black,  general  manager  of  the 
Fabian  houses  in  Staten  Island,  was 
toastmaster.  Among  those  attending 
were  J.  J.  O'Connor,  Si  Fabian.  Wil- 
liam Sussman,  Nat  Cohn,  Roy  Haines, 
Fred  Meyers  and  Max  Fellerman. 


Galanter  Joins  Metro 

Chicago,  March  31.  —  Theodore 
Galanter,  former  advertising  manager 
of  the  Filmack  Trailer  Co.,  will  suc- 
ceed Gene  Rich,  effective  April  8,  as 
assistant  to  William  Bishop,  M-G-M 
exploitation  man  here.  Rich  is  in  the 
Air  Corps. 


New  Company  Formed 

Albany,  March  31. — Shifra  Pro- 
ductions, Inc.,  has  been  chartered  here, 
by  Harold  Halpern,  Richard  K. 
Gregory  and  Sharon  Gould,  all  of 
New  York  City. 


Buxbaum  Honored  at 
Associates  Luncheon 

Harry  Buxbaum,  metropolitan  dis- 
trict manager  for  20th  Century-Fox 
and  president  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Associates,  yesterday  was  given  a 
"welcome  home"  luncheon  by  the  As- 
sociates at  the  Hotel  Astor.  He  re- 
cently returned  from  a  stay  of  several 
weeks  in  Florida.  Harry  Brandt  and 
Harold  Rodner  addressed  the  gather- 
ing in  a  program  arranged  by  Jack 
Ellis,  who  presided. 

Ellis,  who  is  vice-president  of  the 
organization,  announced  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  board  of  directors,  includ- 
ing Joseph  Felder,  Jack  Hattem.  Jos- 
eph Lee,  David  A.  Levy,  William 
Stein,  Lawrence  Wilson.  Dave  Snaper 
and  Morris  Sanders. 


Theatre  Wing  Plans 
War  Work  Checkup 

The  American  Theatre  Wing  War 
Service,  Inc.,  has  formed  a  War  Pro- 
duction Training  Committee  which 
has  for  its  purpose  the  enrollment  of 
all  employed  in  the  entertainment  field 
who  may  wish  to  undertake  training 
courses  for  work  in  war  production 
industries.  It  is  planned  to  send  a 
questionnaire  to  more  than  12,000  per- 
sons here  to  obtain  information  as 
to  skills  and  aptitudes. 

A  rally  is  planned  by  the  commit- 
tee for  midnight  of  April  16.  The 
questionnaires  are  expected  to  be  re- 
turned by  April  26. 


Newsreel 


Interned  by  Japs 

Mrs.  Clifford  E.  Almy,  wife  of 
Warners'  manager  for  the  Philippines, 
was  listed  by  the  State  Department 
yesterday  as  among  the  Americans  in- 
terned by  the  Japs  at  Manila.  Almy 
was  not  listed  but  since  the  report  is 
incomplete  the  Warner  home  office 
assumes  that  he  is  with  his  wife.  Sev- 
eral film  company  Far  Eastern  repre- 
sentatives were  reported  interned 
earlier. 


Scully,  Heineman  West 

Y\  "illiam  A.  Scully,  vice-president 
and  general  sales  manager  of  Univer- 
sal, and  William  J.  Heineman,  assis- 
tant general  sales  manager,  will  leave 
today  for  the  Coast  studio  to  attend 
conferences  on  the  lineup  for  1942-'43 
and  to  see  new  current  season  re- 
leases. 


Parade 


rVHE  war  news  in  the  new  issues 
includes  the  British  raid  on  Ger- 
man plants  in  Paris  and  a  Soviet 
drkc  against  the  Nasis.  A  troop  con- 
voy at  sea  also  is  shown.  Here  arc 
the  contents: 

MOVIETONE    NEWS,    No.    59— Brii 

bombers  leave  for  Paris.  Soviet  war  fil. 
Troop  convoy  at  sea.  Admiral  King  swoi.. 
in  as  Navy  chief.  Rickenbacker  sees 
air  show  in  Long  Beach,  Cal.  Acoustic 
alarm  fence  surrounds  duPont  plant  in 
Wilmington.  Ski  troops  on  Mt.  Ranier. 
Washington.  Fort  Meade  engineers  in 
maneuvers.  Dog  show  in  Chicago.  Rang- 
ers-Toronto hockey.  Man  of  War  has  25th 
birthday  in  Kentucky. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No  257— Soviet 
war  films.  R.  A.  F.  bombs  Paris.  Heavy 
snow  in  W  ashington.  D.  C.  Ski  troops  on 
Mt.  Ranier.  Rickenbacker  and  pilots  in 
Long  Beach.  Cal.  Maneuvers  at  Fort 
Meade.  Pandas  in  Bronx  Zoo.  Basketball 
in  New  York. 

PARAMOUNT     NEWS.     No.     62— Ski 

troops  on  Mt.  Ranier.  Blackout  test  in 
Manhattan.  British  aerial  offensive  in 
France.  British  airmen  near  Leningrad. 
British  warships  on  convoy  duty.  Annapo- 
lis trains  physical  training  instructors. 
Spring  in  New  Hampshire.  Explosion  in 
Pennsylvania  limestone  quarry.  Blizzard 
hits  Washington.  Maneuvers  at  Fort 
Meade. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  62—  British 
bombers  raid  Paris.  War  films  from  Rus- 
sia. Axis  aliens  in  Panama  concentration 
camp.  Blizzard  sweeps  capital.  Ricken- 
backer visits  fliers.  Pandas  at  Bronx 
Zoo.  Maneuvers  at  Fort  Meade.  Physi- 
cal training  instructors  at  Annapolis. 
British  convov  in  Atlantic.  Governor  Salt- 
onstall  of  Massachusetts  donates  blood  to 
Red  Cross. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  NO.  71— Rus- 
sians take  prisoners  and  munitions  in  drive 
Pennsylvania  quarry  blast.  Record  snow 
in  Washington.  D.  C.  Fort  Meade  troops 
bridge  river.  Canal  Zone  interns  aliens. 
Ski  troops  on  Mt.  Ranier.  Rickenbacker 
views  air  demonstration  at  Long  Beach. 
Cal.  Noted  coaches  in  physical  training 
course  at  Annapolis.  Dog  show  in  Chi- 
cago.    All-Star  basketball  in  New  York. 


Ivanoff  Rites  Today 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  this 
morning  at  the  Westhall  Funeral  Par 
lor.  Lakewood,  N.  J.,  for  Alexander 
N.  Ivanoff,  56,  musician  and  film  edi 
tor  for  Terry-Toons,  Inc.,  for  man 
years.     Ivanoff   died   suddenly  of 
heart  attack  on  Sunday.    He  is  sur 
vived  by  his  widow. 


Fire  at  Verdun  House 

Verdun,  Que.,  March  31. — Fire  to- 
day gutted  the  Palace  Theatre  here, 
operated  by  Superior  Theatres  of 
Montreal. 


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Not 


ONE! 


Not 

TWO! 


Not 

rHREE! 


Not 

FOUR! 


"In 

clover" 


but  F]VE  GREAT 
M-G-M  PICTURES 
WERE  PREVIEWED 
LAST  WEEK  IN 
CALIFORNIA! 

Here's  a  report  by  an  eye-witness! 

(look!) 


BBMi 


GREER  GARSON  •  WALTER 
PIDGEON  in  "MRS.  MINIVER" 
A  WILLIAM  WYLER  PRODUCTION 
with  Teresa  Wright  •  Dame  May 
Whitty  •  Reginald  Owen  •  Henry 
Travers  •  Richard  Ney  •  Tom 
Conway  •  Henry  Wilcoxon 
Screen  Play  by  Arthur  Wimperis, 
George  Froeschel  and  James 
Hilton  •  Based  on  the  Book  by 
Jan  Struther  •  Directed  by  William 
Wyler  •  Produced  "by  Sidney 
Franklin  •  A  Metro- Goldwyn- 
Mayer  Picture. 


MAKE  ROOM  IN  FILM  DOM'S 
HALL  OF  FAME  FOR  M-G-M's 


MRS.  MINIVER 


Previewed  to  literally  cheering  audiences  in  California,  packing  thrill  upon 
thrill  and  heart-throb  upon  heart-throb,  this  picture  is  already  being  hailed 
by  the  ambitious  word  "MASTERPIECE!"  Time  will  tell  and  you  shall  judge 
for  yourself.  We  are  able  to  state  without  reservation  that  it  is  one  of  the 
greatest  productions  ever  made  by  M-G-M,  and  we  have  no  hesitancy  in 
predicting  that  it  will  be  one  of  the  biggest,  perhaps  the  biggest  of  this  year! 


a 


Two!" 


THAT  PREVIEW  OF 

ABBOTT  and 

COSTELLO 


RIO  RITA 


in 


"Three!" 


m 

VICTOR  FLEMING'S  PRODUCTION 
of 


JOHN  STEINBECK'S 


TORTILLA 


FLAT 


A  thrilling  success  at  its 
California  Preview!  Star- 
power  that  comes  through 
to  captivate  and  delight  au- 
diences. Unusual  people  in 
an  unusual  setting,  where 
wine,  women  and  song  are 
the  essentials  of  a  gay  life. 
It's  got  that  magnetism  that 
draws  at  the  box-office! 


mth  FRANK  MORGAN  •  akim  tamiroff 

SHELDON  LEONARD  •  JOHN  QUALEN  •  DONALD  MEEK 
CONNIE  GILCHRIST  •  ALLEN  JENKINS  •  HENRY  O'NEILL 

Screen  F!cy  by  John  Lee  Mahin  and  Benjamin  Glazer  •  Directed  by  ViCTOR  FLEMING 
Produced  by  SAM  ZIMBALIST  •  A  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Picture 


Not  since  "King  Kong"  such 
thrills  as  the  Preview  audience 
gasped  at  in  TARZAN'S 
NEW  YORK  ADVENTURE! 

Here's  what  they  saw!  Look  at  him,  swinging  from  skyscrapers!  A  brilliant  stroke  of  showmanship 
has  yielded  the  best  Tarzan  picture  of  all  time!  They've  never  seen  this  Tarzan  before,  in  street 
clothes  but  just  as  primitive  as  ever!  Adventuring  in  New  York's  maelstrom  with  jungle  gold  on 
the  trail  of  kidnapped  "Boy"!  Tops  in  thrills  and  fun! 


TARZAN'S 
NEW  YORK 
ADVENTURE 


■ 


with  JOHNNY 
WEISSMULLER 

MAUREEN  O'SULLIVAN 

John  Sheffield  •  Virginia  Grey 
Chas.  Bickford  •  Paul  Kelly  Chill  Wills 

Screen  Play  by  William  R.  Lipman  and  Myles  Connolly  •  From 
a  Story  by  Myles  Connolly  •  Based  Upon  the  Characters  Created 
by  Edgar  Rice  Burroughs  •  Directed  by  RICHARD  THORP? 
Produced  by  FREDERICK  STEPHAN1    •  AnM-G-M  Picture 


"Five!" 


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WRITTEN  ALL  OVER  IT! 


Eleanor 


Red 


POWELL*  SKELTON 

SHIP  AHOY7 

BERT  LAHR  •  VIRGINIA  O'BRIEN 

TOMMY  DORSEY  and  his  ORCHESTRA 

Screen  Play  by  Harry  Clork  •  Directed  by  EDWARD  BUZZELL 
Produced  by  JACK  CUMMINGS  •  A  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Picture 


(Above)  Red  Skelton,  Eleanor  Powell,  Tommy  Dorsey 


Riotous  is  the  word  for 
"Ship  Ahoy"!  The  M-G-M 
studio  has  previewed  num- 
berless pictures  in  its  history 
but  seldom  such  hysterics, 
such  howls,  such  complete 
enjoyment  of  a  musical 
comedy  as  was  registered  by 
the  audience.  Teeming  with 
talent:  Eleanor  Powell's  bril- 
liant new  routines;  Red 
Skelton's  devastating  antics; 
Bert  Lahr  and  Virginia 
O'Brien  at  their  funniest; 
and  none  other  than  Tommy 
Dorsey  and  his  Orchestra 
flooding  the  screen  with 
music.  And  ship-shape 
beauties!  Tell  the  folks  fast! 


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THE  BIG 
NOISE  OUT 
WEST  IS 
LEAPING  LEO! 


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You've  been  in  this  business  a  long  time! 
It's  not  unusual  for  you  to  hear  that 
big  things  are  happening  at  the  M-G-M 
studios.  But  today  it's  truer  than  it  ever 
was.  In  one  week  the  World's  Greatest 
Studio  has  flashed  on  preview  screens 
FIVE  BIG  MONEY  ENTERTAIN- 
MENTS  and  that's  just  part  of  the  riches 
in  store  for  M-G-M  customers.  Leader- 
ship entails  this  obligation.  It  is  expected 
of  the  Friendly  Company.  And  again 
throughout  the  film  colony  they're 
watching  the  activity,  the  enthusiasm, 
the  outpouring  of  talent  and  treasure 
that  result  in  pleasure  and  profit  when 
the  Lion  Roars  on  your  screen.  This 
year,  last  year,  every  year . . .  there's  only 
ONE  company  that  can  do  it. 

(YOUR  CUE  ON  NEXT  PAGE '.] 


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Wednesday.  April  1.  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


11 


60  Theatres  in 
Lower  Bronx 
Blackout  Area 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

atres  also  reported  sharp  cuts.  Clem 

Perry  of  the  Julius  Joelson  Circuit. 

 Sich  has  nine  theatres  in  the  district, 

"^Jttd  business  was  off  30  per  cent,  but 

n?  attributed  it  in  part  to  Holy  Week. 

The  Interboro  Circuit  also  operates  in 

the  area. 

A  test  blackout  in  the  Jackson 
Heights,  Queens,  area  from  9  to  9  :30 
last  night  affected  only  one  house,  the 
Earle.  a  Brandt  operation.  Street 
lights  were  not  extinguished.  The 
Earle  management  said  business  was 
off  about  15  per  cent. 

A  surprise  blackout  of  the  entire 
county  of  Westchester  together  with 
the  mobilization  of  the  county's  50,- 
000  defense  workers,  has  been  an- 
nounced for  some  time  between  Sunday 
and  April  12.  Xo  warning  will  be 
given. 


16  Arbitration  Cases 
In  March;  Total  198 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
Philadelphia  board,  it  was  reported 
yesterday. 

The  case  was  the  second  to  be  de- 
cided involving  the  same  theatre  and 
complaint.  The  first  was  filed  last 
April  by  David  Silver,  operator  of  the 
theatre  at  that  time.  The  present 
owners  were  substituted  as  complain- 
ants after  taking  over  the  Earle. 
Schaefer.  also  arbitrator  in  the  first 
case,  entered  an  award  in  their  favor 
directing  Loew's  to  offer  some  run  of 
product  to  the  Earle.  Loew's  appealed 
the  award  and  the  appeals  board  af- 
firmed it  in  favor  of  the  Earle  last 
October. 

The  run  offered  by  Loew's  provided 
for  28  days'  clearance  over  the  Earle 
by  Loew's  Parkway,  Wilmington,  Del. 
The  operators  of  the  Earle  filed  the 
second  complaint  last  January,  charg- 
ing that  Loew's  were  attempting  to 
defeat  the  purpose  of  Sections  6  and  8 
of  the  decree.  In  his  recent  award 
dismissing  that  complaint,  Schaefer 
held  that  Loew's  had  complied  with 
the  provisions  of  those  sections. 


Reviews 


Para.  Broadway  Net 
Loss  $120,863  in  '41 

Paramount  Broadway  Corp.,  which 
owns  the  Paramount  Building  and 
theatre  property  at  Times  Square, 
yesterday  reported  net  loss  of  $120,863 

ie 1941- 

ie  report  lists  the  land  valuation 
f\eefil7,30l,  and  the  building  at  S6,- 
I  *Tj3,  less  $5,009,600  for  deprecia- 
at  $4  .serve.  Income  from  operations 
for  the  year  amounted  to  SI  .031 ,353, 
and  expenses,  less  -  depreciation  and 
amortization,  to  $775,338.  Deficit  ac- 
count amounted  to  $851,251. 


Cut  Service  Men's  Price 

Scranton,  Pa..  March  31. — The 
Comerford  Circuit  has  established  a 
price  of  22  cents  for  matinees  and  28 
cents  at  night  for  service  men  in  uni- 
form throughout  the  circuit. 


"Canal  Zone" 

(Columbia ) 

T?  AMILIAR1TY  in  story  and  its  characters  and  an  unexciting  pres- 
"  entation  for  the  most  part  tend  to  make  "Canal  Zone"  rather  inade- 
quate as  a  tribute  (as  the  prologue  so  labels  the  film;  to  American  pilots 
who  ferry  bombers  to  Allied  nations. 

Set  in  Panama,  and  primarily  concerned  with  the  training  of  a  group 
of  recruits,  the  film  is  replete  with  the  hardened  instructor,  the  com- 
mander's attractive  daughter,  and  the  all-knowing  socialite  student  who 
causes  the  crack-up  of  a  younger  colleague  and  finally  redeems  himself 
by  rescuing  the  instructor  who  crashes  during  a  storm. 

Chester  Morris,  the  instructor,  and  John  Hubbard  as  the  over-bright 
student,  make  the  most  of  the  material.  Harriet  Hilliard  is  the  girl. 
There  are  engaging  moments,  particularly  when  above  the  clouds.  Lew 
Landers  directed. 

Running  time,  79  minutes.   "G."*  Elgexe  Arneel 


"Sunset  on  the  Desert" 

( Republic) 

TWO  characters  identical  in  appearance  but  on  different  sides  of  the 
law  is  the  theme  of  "Sunset  on  the  Desert."  Roy  Rogers  plays  the 
dual  role  in  the  story  which  runs  an  active  but  obvious  course.  The 
performances  meet  requirements  and  intermittent  musical  numbers  by 
"The  Sons  of  the  Pioneers"  are  satisfying. 

Rogers,  with  his  team  mate,  George  "Gabby"  Hayes,  returns  to  his 
home  town  to  check  a  crooked  land-grabbing  scheme,  and  is  mistaken 
for  one  of  the  mob.  He  plays  the  part,  digs  beneath  the  surface  of  the 
plot,  and  the  outlaws  finish  out  of  the  money. 

Lvnne  Carver  is  the  girl  involved  and  Frank  M.  Thomas  is  the 
judge.  Directed  by  Joseph  Kane,  who  also  was  associate  producer,  this 
offers  sufficient  entertainment  for  western  fans. 

Running  time,  63  minutes.    *"G."*  Eugene  Arxeel 


¥"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Weigh  Summer  Stock 
Plans  for  Rochester 

Rochester,  March  31. — Ten  weeks 
of  Summer  stock  at  the  RKO  Temple 
is  under  consideration  here.  Plan  was 
taken  under  advisement  by  Jay  Gol- 
den, RKO-Paramount-Comerford  pool 
city  manager,  following  the  big  busi- 
ness done  by  "Life  with  Father"  and 
touring  band  shows. 


Gullette  Studio  Agent 

George  S.  Gullette  has  been  ap- 
pointed general  representative  for 
Marsh  Cinesound,  Inc.,  which  has  stu- 
dios at  Cedarhurst  and  Oceanside, 
Long  Island. 


Umpi  Cancellation 
Parleys  Continue 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

reach  an  agreement  at  today's  meet- 
ing, it  was  indicated. 

Distributor  members  of  the '  com- 
mittee convened  alone  at  10  A.  M. 
to  consider  exhibitor  proposals  for 
changes  in  the  original  Umpi  plan 
and  at  11:30  called  in  the  exhibitor 
members  for  a  joint  session  which 
lasted  into  the  early  afternoon.  The 
exhibitors  then  met  in  separate  ses- 
sion until  4 :30,  when  they  were  re- 
joined by  the  distributors  in  a  con- 
ference which  continued  to  6  P.  M. 
The  'oint  sessions  are  scheduled  to  be 
resumed  this  morning. 


M-G-M  to  Open  Broadway 
'Show  Window 9 for  Shorts 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

their  own."  The  best  of  M-G-M's 
one  and  two-reel  subjects  will  be  used, 
it  was  stated. 

It  is  planned  to  continue  the  initial 
program  indefinitely,  and  a  second  all- 
shorts  show  will  follow,  it  was  said. 

Subjects  Listed 

Called  "M-G-M's  Prize  Package," 
the  initial  program  will  include  these 
shorts,  among  others :  "Main  Street 
on  the  March,"  which  received  an 
Academy  award  as  the  best  two-reel 
film  of  1941;  "Telltale  Heart,"  two- 
reeler  featuring  Joseph  Schildkraut ; 
and  one-reelers  including  "Wanted 
a  Master,"  Pete  Smith  Specialty ; 
"The  Boss  Didn't  Say  Good  Morn- 
ing" ;  "This  Is  the  Bowery"  and 
"Every  Sunday,"  a  musical  in  which 


Judy  Garland  and  Deanna  Durbin 
were  first  seen  in  films. 

"Good  shorts  have  long  been  recog- 
nized as  bearing  the  same  position  in 
the  film  field  as  the  better  short  story 
does  to  the  novel,"  said  William  F. 
Rodgers,  M-G-M  sales  manager. 
"For  a  long  time  our  company  has 
been  getting  critical  and  audience  re- 
actions on  certain  shorts  which  struck 
those  distributing  the  product  as  rath- 
er remarkable.  We  have  long  felt 
that  some  place  should  be  made  on 
Broadway  where  a  collection  of  such 
shorts  could  be  exhibited  at  one  time, 
rather  than  just  as  the  tag  end  of  a 
feature  bill.  The  reaction  to  this 
experiment  will  be  awaited  with  great 
interest." 

The  Broadway  Theatre  is  a  Shubert 
house. 


WPB  Appoints 
Advisory  Unit 
On  Production 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
WPB   April   7   in  Washington, 
Motion  Picture  Daily  revealed 
yesterday.  1 

Meanwhile,  it  was  made  known  to- 
night that  A.  Julian  Brylawski,  an 
aide  in  the  WPB  in  connection  with 
film  industry  priorities,  has  resigned 
as  assistant  to  Moore.  He  is,  how- 
ever, being  retained  as  a  consultant 
to  Moore;  it  was  announced,  and  will 
continue  to  take  an  active  part  in  de- 
veloping the  program  for  the  war  op- 
eration of  the  film  industry,  it  was 
stated. 

The  Consumers'  Durable  Goods  Di- 
vision, now  consisting  of  four  assist- 
ants to  Moore,  will  be  considerably 
expanded,_  officials  announced,  and 
Moore  will  personally  take  over  the 
direction  of  film  priorities  and  con- 
servation. 

Brylawski's  resign;  tion,  it  was 
stated,  was  due  to  the  f;,ct  that  he  has 
found  it  difficult  to  take  care  of  his 
own  affairs  while  spending  practically 
all  of  his  time  in  the  War  i  roduction 
Board.  Brylawski  is  in  charge  of  the 
Warner  Bros.'  real  estate  department 
here. 


WPB  Sets  Unit  on 
Photo  Accessories 

Formation  of  a  photographic  acces- 
sories subcommittee  of  the  photo- 
graphic equipment  industry  advisory 
committee  was  announced  by  the  War 
Production  Board.  The  subcommittee 
will  cooperate  with  the  WPB  on 
priorities  problems  affecting  the  pho- 
tographic accessories  industry. 

Among  the  19  members  are  A.  C. 
Brandt,  G.  M.  Laboratories,  Inc.,  Chi- 
cago ;  Dalton  Craig,  president,  Craig 
Movie  Supply  Co.,  Los  Angeles ;  L. 
Fisch,  president,  Motion  Picture 
Screen  &  Accessory  Co.,  Inc.,  New 
York;  James  Forrestal,  general  man- 
ager, Agfa  Ansco,  Binghamton,  N. 
Y. ;  Jean  Foute,  Raven  Screen  Corp., 
New  York ;  R.  S.  Heck,  president, 
Da-Lite  Screen  Co.,  Inc.,  Chicago ;  J. 
J.  Kuscher,  Dejur  Amsco  Corp., 
Shelton,  Conn.,  and  W.  S.  Vaughn. 
Eastman  Kodak  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Shipping  Priority 

For  U.  S.  Films 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

the  MPPDA  board  meeting  on  Mon- 
day that  it  should  be  determined  as 
an  individual  company  matter  rather 
than  as  an  industry  one. 

The  meeting  was  advised  that  ap- 
proximately $8,000,000  of  the  compa- 
nies' frozen  British  funds  is  remittable 
today  under  the  current  British  mone- 
tary agreement.  The  withdrawal  is 
the  final  one  under  the  provision  re- 
leasing 50  per  cent  of  the  major  com- 
panies' frozen  funds  in  London  last 
Nov.  1. 


PRC,  Atlantis  in  Deal 

A  deal  by  which  Atlantis  Picture 
Corp.  will  produce  "The  Army  Takes 
Over"  for  Producers  Releasing  Corp. 
was  revealed  yesterday  by  Leon 
Fromkess,  PRC  vice-president.  PRC 
also  has  closed  for  "Corregidor,"  an 
original  story,  for  a  new  season  film, 
he  said. 


12 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday.  April  1.  194. 


Key  Grosses  Hold  Level 
During  Past  Few  Weeks 


KEY  city  grosses  during  the  past  several  weeks  maintained  a  fairly  even 
level,  compared  to  the  closing  weeks  of  the  1941  calendar  year.  For 
the  most  recent  week,  ending  March  20-21,  a  total  of  141  theatres  in  key 
cities  reported  an  aggregate  gross  of  $1,447,900,  according  to  a  compilation 
of  box-office  receipts  based  on  Motion  Picture  Daily's  weekly  gross  reports 
from  across  the  country. 

The  highest  total  recorded  since  the  New  Year  holiday  week  was  for  the 
week  ending  Feb.  27-28,  when  161  houses  reported  a  total  gross  of  $1,815,300. 

The  following  tabulation  indicates  the  total  gross  each  week  and  the 
number  of  theatres  reporting,  since  the  beginning  of  the  1941  calendar  year : 


No.  of 

Total 

...    .   „  J. 
Week  Jbnuing 

Theatres 

Gross 

T            1    A      1  a  A 1 

1 

(I*  1   1  "> 1  *7AA 

$l,/23,/00 

1   £A"7  TAA 

1,697,300 

Jan.  17-18   

1  CA 

  159 

1   £i  A  1  AAA 

1,644,001) 

Jan.  24-25   

1  CA 

  150 

1    /CT,<  7AA 

l,oz4,/00 

Jan.  31-Feb.  1   

1  C  1 

  lOl 

i  /C  o  i  *7aa 

l,6cl,/00 

Feb.  7-8   

  146 

i  £.  1  a  aa  a 

1,004,000 

Feb.  14-15   

1  A  A 

1    A  A  1  AC\f\ 

1,44/,40U 

lHeb.  21-22   

i  m  c\(\f\ 
1,4^J,000 

Feb.  28- March  1  

  146 

1    /A1  AAA 

1,601,900 

1  ri 

1     IOO  C  A  A 

l,48o,oOU 

March  14-15   

  162 

1,532,600 

1    CI  A   A  A  A 

1,614,400 

March  28-29   

  161 

1    f 1 t OAA 

1,612,800 

1     MA    7  AA 

1,449,000 

April  11-12   

  148 

1  io  a  /:aa 

I,oo4,600 

April  18-19   

1   COO  OAA 

l,6oo,o00 

April  25-26   

1  C  A 

  154 

l,b-tO,^00 

1    A  A  C    I A  A 

1,496,400 

May  9-10   

  166 

1    C  Af\  7AA 

1,540,300 

May  16-17  

1    ,10A  TCA 

1,489,750 

May  23-24   

1    9 A")  /"HA 

1,09^,600 

May  30-31   

  162 

1     A  A  9    1  A  A 

1,403,100 

1     /"  A  /AAA 

1,607,000 

June  13-14   

  146 

1    Tin  iCAA 

1,230,600 

June  20-21   

  145 

1    OOO  CAA 

1,322,500 

June  27-28   

1,284,300 

July  4-5   

i  mc  a  f\r\ 

1,306,-100 

July  11-12   

  134 

1    C  A  A   1  A  A 

1,549,100 

July  18-19   

  130 

1,233,200 

July  25-26   

  125 

1    0*7  1  r*l\A 

1,271,500 

Aug.  1-2  . .'  

  145 

1,352,700 

Aug.  8-9   

1    "t  r*  A    1 A  A 

1,358,200 

Aug.  15-16   

1     A  AA    1  A  A 

1,409,100 

Aug.  22-23   

■1     A  A  /"  AAA 

1,496,900 

Aug.  29-30  

  138 

1,383,800 

  147 

1,760,500 

Sept.  12-13   

  143 

1,520,400 

Sept.  19-20   

  147 

1,520,400 

Sept.  26-27   

  152 

1,562,700 

Oct.  3-4   

  153 

1,631,400 

Oct.  10-11   

  158 

1,695,000 

Oct.  17-18   

  150 

1,707,100 

Oct.  24-25   

  144 

1,586,800 

1  5? 

Nov.  7-8  

  148 

1,594,100 

Nov.  14-15   

  155 

1,713,300 

Nov.  21-22   

  145 

1,539,600 

Nov.  28-29   

  147 

1,769,400 

Dec.  5-6  

  148 

1,577,900 

Dec.  12-13   

  150 

1,493,100 

Dec.  19-20   

  148 

1,336,200 

Dec.  26-27   

  132 

1,078,000 

Jan.  2-3,  19,2  

  150 

1,815,500 

Jan.  9-10   

  138 

1,700,000 

Jan.  16-17  

  150 

1,600,600 

Jan.  23-24   

  142 

1,575,100 

Jan.  30-31   

  130 

1,474,700 

Feb.  6-7   

  148 

1,641,400 

Feb.  13-14  

  146 

1,518,600 

Feb.  20-21   

  136 

1,500,000 

Feb.  27-28   

  161 

1,815,300 

  137 

1,435,500 

March  13-14   

  129 

1,386,600 

March  20-21   

  141 

1,4-17,900 

(Copyright,  1942, 

Quiglcy  Publishing  Company,  Inc.) 

War  Dep't  Starting 
New  Radio  Series 

Washington,  March  31.  —  A 
new  series  of  war  broadcasts 
featuring  men  who  have  been 
prominent  as  overseas  news 
commentators  and  reporters 
will  be  sponsored  by  the  War 
Department  beginning  Thurs- 
day, it  was  announced  today. 
The  programs  will  originate 
at  army  camps. 

Two  programs  will  be  broa^"^ 
cast  weekly  by  CBS  and  shor 
waved  to  soldiers  overseas,  ii 
was  said.  Speakers  will  be 
Edward  R.  Murrow,  European 
manager  of  CBS;  Leigh 
White,  Quentin  Reynolds,  Wil- 
liam L.  Shirer,  Herbert  Agar 
and  Sergt.  Alvin  C.  York. 


]hort  Subject  IXeview 


"America's  New  Army" 

(March  of  Time) 

(RKO) 

A FEATURE  of  this  timely  reel  is  a 
recording  of  General  MacArthur's 
voice  in  the  now  historic  pledge  which 
he  made  on  arrival  in  Australia  to 
"keep  the  soldier's  faith."  Timed  for 
release  when  Army  Day  celebrations 
will  bring  to  many  minds  questions 
about  the  organization  of  the  Army, 
this  reel  describes  the  new  setup  with 
General  Marshall  at  its  head. 

The  film  starts  with  the  early  days 
of  the  draft  and  then  shows  how  the 
Army  moved  into  high  gear  with  the 
outbreak  of  war.  Among  those  seen 
are  General  Somervell,  General  Mc- 
Nair,  General  Arnold  and  members  of 
their  staffs.  Interesting,  too,  is  the 
opening  shots  of  "typical"  draftees.  It 
is  timely  and  interesting.  Running  time, 
17  mins.    Release,  April  9. 


G.B.  Claims  'Wind' 
Terms  Not  Too  High 

London,  March  31. — The  Cinema- 
tograph Exl  ibitors  Association  has 
published  '  jrrespondence  with  the 
Gaumont-'sritish  circuit  relative  to  the 
recent  G  jmont  deal  with  M-G-M  for 
"Gone  With  the  Wind."  Arthur  Jar- 
ratt,  "Gaumont  official,  contends  that 
the  terms  under  which  the  circuit 
rented  the  films  were  in  line  with 
those  proposed  by  the  CEA  in  May, 
1940,  when  the  exhibitor  organiza- 
tion originally  protested  the  terms 
asked  by  Metro,  and  sought  to  insti- 
tute a  boycott  of  the  film. 

Approve  Signing  of 
Madeleine  Carroll 

The  Stock  Managers  Association,  a 
group  which  produces  Summer  stock, 
yesterday  received  permission  from 
Actors  Equity  to  engage  Madeleine 
Carroll  for  a  series  of  appearances  this 
Summer.  The  union's  permission  was 
necessary  because  Miss  Carroll  is  an 
alien  actress. 

Paul  Dullzell,  Equity  secretary,  was 
named  to  the  board  of  governors  of 
the  American  Theatre  Wing.  Kenneth 
Thomson,  Screen  Actors  Guild  execu- 
tive secretary,  appeared  before  the 
Equity  council  to  explain  complicated 
new  procedure  for  suspensions  under 
a  recent  California  court  ruling. 


Scranton  Has  Ample 
Male  Usher  Supply 

Scranton,  Pa.,  March  31. — Accord- 
ing to  a  survey  here,  the  supply  of 
masculine  ushers  for  local  theatres  is 
ample.  "In  fact,  the  supply  is  greater 
than  the  demand,"  one  theatre  man  re- 
ported. "We  usually  have  plenty  of 
applications  every  day  from  young  fel- 
lows under  the  draft  age  but  over  16." 

Approximately  100  ushers  are  em- 
ployed in.  the  theatres  in  the  city  with 
250  employed  in  the  region. 


Two  New  Stations 
To  Join  Blue  Web 

Two  new  stations  will  join  the  Blue, 
it  was  announced  yesterday.  On  June 
IS,  WHDH,  with  5,000  watts  full 
time,  will  replace  WBZ  as  the  Boston 
outlet.  On  April  15,  WSRR,  Stam- 
ford, Conn.,  with  250  watts,  will  be- 
come a  basic  supplementary  outlet. 


New  House  for  L  &  J 

Smyrna,  Ga.,  March  31.  —  J.  S. 
Thompson,  Atlanta  banker,  will  erect 
a  theatre  here  for  operation  by  Lucas 
&  Jenkins  under  a  20-year  lease. 


Named  Raid  Warden 

Allentown,  Pa.,  March  31. — Leo 
Trainor,  manager  of  the  Rialto,  has 
been  appointed  air  raid  warden  for  all 
theatres  in  Lehigh  County. 


Shirley  Temple  Air 
Program  Rated  High 

Shirley  Temple's  first  audience  rat- 
ing for  her  new  program,  "Junior 
Miss,"  was  reported  almost  twice  that 
of  other  half-hour  shows  which  started 
during  the  past  two  seasons,  the 
March  report  of  Cooperative  Analysis 
of  Broadcasting  giving  Miss  Temple  a 
rating  of  11.6  per  cent. 

CAB  said,  that  while  the  rating  does 
not  compare  with  the  40  points  scored 
by  the  few  top  programs,  the  intro- 
ductory ratings  of  nearly  three  dozen 
half-hour  evening  shows  launched  dur- 
ing the  past  two  seasons,  except  news- 
casts and  commentaries,  averaged  be- 
tween five  and  six  per  cent. 

The  same  report  showed  a  gain  in 
Fred  Allen's  audience  since  he  switch- 
ed from  Wednesdays  to  Sundays  from 
20.8  to  22.7  per  cent.  Coincidentally, 
Wednesday  shows  formerly  opposite 
Allen  showed  gains  while  Sunday 
shows  now  opposite  him  showed  loss- 
es. The  "Ford  Sunday  Evening 
Hour,"  which  formerly  occupied  the 
Sunday  spot  now  taken  by  Allen,  had 
a  final  rating  of  12.8. 


Strike  Call  Seen  in 
Mutual- AFM  Dispute 

The  American  Federation  of  Mu- 
sicians may  call  a  strike  on  all  sus- 
taining and  commercial  programs  over 
Mutual  at  3  P.M.  today,  it  was  re- 
ported yesterday.  Conferences  were 
said  to  be  continuing  but  little  likeli- 
hood of  a  settlement  was  seen. 

The  dispute  involves  Mutual  be- 
cause its  Nashville  affiliate,  WSIX,  is 
in  dispute  with  the  local  musicians' 
union.  The  AFM  is  demanding  that 
all  sustaining  service  to  WSIX  be  dis- 
continued by  Mutual  and  it  is  be- 
lieved that  the  network  will  accede 
to  this  demand  if  the  strike  call  is 
actually  issued. 


Capital  Store  Hoi 
Shift  Without  hxr 

Washington,  March  31. — After 
two  weeks  of  experience  with  the  de- 
partment stores'  innovation  of  remain- 
ing open  until  9  P.M.  on  Thursday 
nights  and  opening  at  12 :30  P.  M.  on 
those  days,  exhibitors  have  decided 
that  the  effect  on  business  is  negligible. 

The  consensus  is  that  night  business, 
after  9  o'clock,  will  be  stimulated 
somewhat  on  Thursdays  but  this  will 
be  offset  by  an  adverse  effect  on  the 
morning  box-office. 


Alert, 


Picture 
Industry 


Do  6  SOT  R 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAI  LYI 


51.  NO.  64 


NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  THURSDAY,  APRIL  2,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Board  to  Name 
20th-Fox  Head 
Within  10  Days 

Skouras  and  Place  Among 
Those  Considered 


The  20th  Century-Fox  board  of 
directors  is  giving  "serious  con- 
sideration" to  several  individuals 
for  the  post  of  company  president 
and  expects  to  make  a  decision 
within  the  next  10  days,  Joseph 
M.  Schenck  said  yesterday. 

Spyros  Skouras,  head  of  Na- 
tional Theatres,  and  Hermann 
G.  Place,  chairman  of  the  com- 
pany's executive  committee,  are 
among  the  leading  possibilities 
for  the  post  at  this  time,  but 
consideration  is  being  given  to 
"several  others,"  Schenck  said. 

The  board  will  meet  today  and  pre- 
sumably will  discuss  further  the  quali- 
fications   of    the    several  individuals 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


N.J.  Sets  Blackout; 
Test  Held  in  Boston 

Trenton,  N.  J.,  April  1. — More 
than  100  theatres  will  be  affected  in 
a  test  blackout  in  a  wide  New  Jer- 
sey area  set  by  the  State  Defense 
Council  for  some  time  in  the  week 
of  April  12.  The  blackout  will  be 
the  largest  in  the  State  to  date,  em- 
bracing five  counties  and  parts  of 
three  others,  with  a  population  of  2,- 
500,000. 

Larger  cities  affected  will  include 
Newark,  Jersey  City,  Paterson,  Eliza- 
beth, Hoboken  and  Hackensack. 

The  blackout  will   include   all  of 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Reelection  of  All  'U' 
Officers  Due  Today 

Reelection  of  all  officers  of  Univer- 
sal Pictures  Co.  is  scheduled  for  to- 
day at  the  organization  meeting  of  the 
company's  board  of  directors  at  the 
home  office. 

Officers  of  the  company  who  will  be 
reelected  are:  Nate  J.  Blumberg, 
■  president ;  J.  Cheever  Cowdin,  chair- 
man of  the  board ;  Charles  D.  Prutz- 
man,  vice-president  and  general  coun- 
sel ;  W.  A.  Scully,  Matthew  J.  Fox, 
Joseph  H.  Seidelman  and  Clifford 
Work,  vice-presidents  ;  Samuel  Mach- 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


Coe  Will  Be  Named 
Vice-President  and 
Counsel  of  MPPD  A 


Charles  Francis  Coe,  newly  ap- 
pointed executive  assistant  to  Will  H. 
Hays,  is  scheduled  to  be  elected  a 
vice-president  and  general  counsel  of 
the"  MPPDA,  probably  at  the  next 
meeting  of  the  organization's  board 
of  directors. 

In  his  new  capacities,  Coe  thus  be- 
comes one  of  the-  mainsprings  of  the 
MPPDA.  His  duties  will  embrace 
many  of  those  formerly  performed  by 
C.  C.  Petti john,  Francis  S.  Harmon, 
Maurice  McKenzie  ajjj^the_Jate  Ga- 
briel Hess,  no  successors  to  any  of 
whom  were  ever  appointed.  Sidney 
Schreiber,  however,  will  continue  as 
the  mainstay  of  the  MPPDA  legal  de- 
partment. 

Coe,  it  is  understood,  will  have  full 
authority  to  represent  and  speak  for 
Hays  in  the  latter's  absence.   Coe  took 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Metro  Not  Granting 
Ayres  Cancellation 

M-G-M  is  not  granting  cancella- 
tions on  pictures  in  which  Lew  Ayres 
appears  and  the  "Dr.  Kildare"  films 
are  not  being  withdrawn,  William  F. 
Rodgers,  general  sales  manager,  de- 
clared yesterday. 

Ayres  arrived  yesterday  at  an 
Oregon  camp  for  conscientious  ob- 
jectors after  refusing  to  serve  in  the 
Army. 

Rodgers  admitted  a  number  of  no- 
tices of  deferment  of  playdates  on 
Ayres'  pictures  had  been  received  but 
said  that  exhibitors  would  have  to  pay 
for  the  films  if  they  cancelled.  He 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


UMPI  AGREES  ON 
NEW  SALES  PLAN 


Text  of  Umpi 
Selling  Plan 


Approval  to  Be  Asked  of  Exhibitor  Groups; 
If  Ratified,  Will  Go  to  Justice  Dep't 
For  Possible  Changes  in  Decree 

The  trade  practice  negotiating  committee  of  the  United  Motion  Pic- 
ture Industry  reached  an  agreement  yesterday  on  a  substitute  selling 
plan  for  the  consent  decree's  blocks-of-five  system,  and  the  proposed  plan 
was  immediately  adopted  by  the  Umpi  committee  of  the  whole. 

The  plan  must  now  be  returned  to 
exhibitor  organizations  throughout  the 
country  for  their  ratification  or  other 
action.  If  ratified  by  a  majority  of 
exhibitor  organizations  during  the 
next  two  or  three  weeks,  it  will  be 
presented  to  the  Department  of  Justice 
for  consideration  before  the  end  of 
the  month. 

The  proposed  plan  provides  for  sales 
of  pictures  four  times  a  year  in  blocks 
of  not  more  than  12,  five  of  which  are 
to  be  tradeshown  and  seven  to  be 
identified  but  not  tradeshown,  by  stars 
or  featured  players  or  by  source  ma- 
terial such  as  book,  play  or  original 
story. 

Cancellation  provision  remains  as 
originally  proposed  by  the  Umpi  com- 
mittee but  the  stipulation  is  made  that 
it  represents  "the  minimum  each  com- 
pany is  willing  to  grant."  Pictures 
cancelled  by  an  exhibitor  from  one 
block  may  not  be  included  in  subse- 
quent blocks  offered  him. 

Allocation  of  prices  on  individual 
pictures  is  to  be  given  to  the  exhibitor 
either  on  notice  of  availability  or  on 
booking  of  the  picture,  whichever  is 
earlier,  and  is  not  to  be  changed 
thereafter.  Specials  or  roadshows,  as 
defined  in  the  consent  decree,  and  fea- 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Tj1  OLLOWING  is  the  text  of  the 
■*-  amended  selling  plan  as  an- 
nounced yesterday  by  the  trade  prac- 
tice committee  of  the  United  Motion 
Picture  Industry : 

1.  Starting  in  September, 
1942,  the  five  consenting  compa- 
nies are  to  sell  four  groups  of 
feature  pictures  per  year,  not  ex- 
ceeding 12  features  per  group, 
five  of  each  group  to  be  trade- 
shown,  the  balance  to  be  iden- 
tified as  below. 

2.  CANCELLATIONS  :  In 
brackets  of  average  film  rentals 
based  on  season  1939-40,  $1  to 
$100,  two-picture  cancellation; 
$101  to  $200,  one-picture  cancel- 
lation. Such  cancellation  to  ap- 
ply only  to  identified  pictures 
(see  above).  These  cancellation 
privileges  represent  the  mini- 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Schine  Will  Ask  Suit  Delay, 
Charging  Evasion  by  U.S. 


Fred  Jack  Resigns; 
Couple  WB  Districts 

Fred  M.  Jack  has  resigned  as 
Southwestern  district  manager  for 
Warners,  Ben  Kalmenson,  general 
sales  manager,  announced  yesterday. 

Effective  immediately,  Kalmenson 
said,  the  Southwestern  and  South- 
eastern districts  will  be  combined  and 
will  be  known  as  the  Southern  dis- 
trict. It  will  be  placed  under  the  su- 
pervision of  Ralph  L.  McCoy,  for- 
merly Southeastern  district  manager, 
with  headquarters  in  Atlanta. 


Buffalo,  April  1. — Still  further  de- 
lay in  the  trial  of  the  Government's 
anti-trust  suit  against  the  Schine  Cir- 
cuit and  the  "Little  Three"  will  be 
sought  Monday  from  Federal  Judge 
John  Knight,  it  was  revealed  today 
when  Willard  S.  McKay  of  New 
York  and  Penney  &  Penney,  Schine 
counsel,  filed  motion  papers  seeking 
a  postponement.  The  trial  had  been 
set  for  April  28. 

Schine  counsel  will  move  for  an  ad- 
journment until  60  days  after  the  Gov- 
ernment furnishes  all  information  re- 
quired by  Judge  Knight's  order  of 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


England  May  Name 
Film  Emissary  Here 

London,  April  1. — The  British  Gov- 
ernment is  understood  to  have  given 
consideration  to  the  idea  of  appointing 
a  British  Government  representative 
to  Washington,  charged  with  super- 
vising film  affairs  as  they  concern 
England. 

It  is  thought  probable  here  that 
such  work  would  chiefly  concern 
propaganda  film  matters  and  the  dis- 
tribution of  British  films  in  which  the 
British  Government  is  interested. 

Official  confirmation  of  the  reports 
cannot  be  obtained.  Among  those  of 
the  industry  reportedly  mentioned  for 
such  a  post  is  Sidney  Bernstein,  chair- 
man of  the  Granada  Theatres  and 
Bernstein  Theatres,  Ltd.,  and  well 
known  industry  executive. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  April  2,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  April  1 

M-G-M  today  announced  purchase 
of  "Flying  Blonde,"  story  by 
Robert  Hopkins  of  women  test  pilots, 
as  a  vehicle  for  Lana  Turner. 

• 

Edward  G.  Robinson's  next  picture 
for  Warner  Bros,  will  be  "Deadline" 
from  an  original  script  by  Fred  Niblo, 
Jr.,  and  Hector  Chevigny,  it  was  dis- 
closed today.  Jo  Graham  will  direct 
and  Ben  Stoloff  produce. 

• 

Dorothy  Comingore  today  report- 
edly withdrew  from  RKO's  "The 
Silver  Spoon"  and  was  suspended 
from  salary  for  the  third  time  since 
her  appearance  in  "Citizen  Kane"  last 
year.  The  picture  went  before  the 
cameras  this  morning  with  Jane 
Randolph,  who  had  a  supporting  role, 
supplanting  her. 

• 

Ruth  Terry  has  been  signed  by  Re- 
public and  will  star  in  a  film  being 
prepared  for  her,  it  was  announced 
today. 


Personal  Mention 


A 


H.  BLANK  has  returned  to  Des 
i  Moines  from  a  visit  here. 


iV.  Y.  Senate  Passes 
Child  Performer  Bill 

Albany,  April  1. — The  State  Sen- 
ate today  passed  without  debate  the 
Ehrlich  bill  to  amend  the  laws  re- 
stricting the  appearance  of  children 
under  16  years  in  theatrical  perform- 
ances and  on  the  radio.  Assembly 
concurrence  is  expected  next  week. 

Senator  Coudert  has  introduced  an 
amendment  to  the  1940  law  restricting 
ticket  resale  to  75  cents  above  printed 
price.  The  amendment  would  exempt 
tickets  for  events,  attendance  at  which 
is  affected  by  the  weather,  where 
brokers  cannot  return  them  for  re- 
demption. 

The  District  Attorney  of  Ulster 
County  has  protested  to  Assemblyman 
Caffery  that  his  bill  regulating  the 
use  of  chance  game  apparatus  in  the- 
atres recognizes  the  conduct  of  a  lot- 
tery. 


E.  D.  Leishman,  personnel  director 
of  the  Schine  Circuit,  is  recuperating 
at  Littauer  Hospital,  Gloversville, 
N.  Y.,  following  an  appendix  opera- 
tion. 

William  Bien,  Cincinnati  film  man, 
is  in  Florida. 

• 

Jack  O'Connell,  former  assistant 
at  the  Roger  Sherman  Theatre,  New 
Haven,  has  reached  Australia  with 
the  armed  forces. 


Harris  Theatre  to  Open 

Pittsburgh,  April  1. — The  new  J. 
P.  Harris  Theatre,  named  for  the  late 
Senator  John  P.  Harris,  who  founded 
the  Harris  Theatres,  will  be  opened  on 
Saturday.  In  the  evening,  Mayor 
Cornelius  D.  Scully  and  Senator  Frank 
J.  Harris  will  participate  in  brief  open- 
ing ceremonies. 


Griffith  Office  Manager 

Oklahoma  City,  April  1.— Charles 
Guthrie  has  been  named  new  office 
manager  of  the  Griffith  offices  here. 


Mexico  Backs  New 
Film  Acting  School 

Mexico  City,  April  1.  — 
Nearly  1,000  men  and  women 
of  all  ages  and  nearly  all 
social  classes  are  pupils  at 
Mexico's  newest  school,  that 
of  film  acting,  which  has  the 
official  backing  of  the  Govern- 
ment and  the  National  Cine- 
matographic Workers  Union. 
The  school  is  known  as 
Academia  de  Artes  Cinemato- 
graficas.  Julio  Bracho,  winner 
of  the  award  as  the  best 
Mexican  director  of  1941,  is  in 
charge  of  the  school. 


NORMAN  J.  AYERS,  Eastern 
district  manager  for  Warners, 
returns  to  Boston  today  after  a  visit 
here. 

• 

Louis  Levy,  manager  of  the  Des 
Moines  exchange  for  Universal,  and 
Ina  Ray  of  Waterloo,  la.,  were  mar- 
ried recently. 

• 

Earl  Wingart  was  home  ill  yester- 
day. 

• 

Jerry  Magone,  manager  of  the 
Playhouse  Theatre,  Ridgefield,  Conn., 
will  leave  shortly  for  the  Army. 


Raftery  Is  Due,  May 
Return  for  Parleys 

Edward  C.  Raftery,  United  Artists' 
president,  is  scheduled  to  arrive  from 
the  Coast  today  or  tomorrow  by  plane 
to  spend  the  Easter  holidays  with  his 
family,  and  may  return  to  the  Coast 
soon  for  further  negotiations  on  new 
producer  deals  for  the  company. 

Hunt  Stromberg,  with  whom 
United  Artists  is  currently  negotiat- 
ing, is  scheduled  to  come  East  either 
with  Raftery  or  within  a  day  or  two 
after  his  arrival,  as  a  result  of  which 
there  is  a  possibility  that  those  nego- 
tiations may  be  resumed  here.  United 
Artists'  talks  concerning  a  new  deal 
with  Samuel  Goldwyn  have  been 
opened  on  the  Coast  but  may  not 
reach  a  decisive  stage  until  Raftery's 
return  there. 


Sears  Arrives  on  Coast 

Hollywood,  April  1. — Gradwell  L. 
Sears,  United  Artists'  vice-president 
in  charge  of  distribution,  arrived  to- 
day for  conferences  with  U.  A.  own- 
er-members and  producers. 


Hamrick  Managers 
Hold  Seattle  Meeting 

Seattle,  April  1. — Washington  state 
theatre  managers  for  the  Hamrick- 
Evergreen  circuit  attended  a  one-day 
sales  meeting  here,  presided  over  by 
Al  Rosenberg,  district  manager. 
Among  those  in  attendance  were  Oscar 
Nyberg,  E.  W.  Baker,  J.  B.  Reisman 
and  W.  R.  Seale  of  Spokane;  R.  J. 
Monohan,  John  Bretz  and  Mrs.  E.  T. 
Mathes  of  Bellingham ;  William  Hart- 
ford, Everett ;  Morrie  Nimmer,  Wen- 
atchee ;  Hal  J.  Murphy,  Olympia ; 
Thomas  L.  Clanton,  Vancouver ;  L. 
L.  Peterson,  Bremerton,  and  Russell 
Brown,  Aberdeen. 


Eyssell  Is  Host  at 
Hitchcock  Reception 

Alfred  Hitchcock  was  guest  at  a 
cocktail  reception  yesterday  given  by 
Gus  Eyssell,  managing  director  of  the 
Radio  City  Music  Hall,  at  the  theatre. 
Hitchcock  plans  to  go  to  Washington 
today  in  connection  with  plans  for  the 
forthcoming  premiere  there  of  "Sabo- 
teur," which  he  directed.  The  film  is 
a  Frank  Lloyd  production,  released  by 
Universal. 

Among  those  at  the  party  were  J. 
Cheever  Cowdin,  Charles  Prutzman, 
Joseph  H.  Seidelman,  Adolph 
Schimel,  Jules  Levey,  Larney  Good- 
kind,  J.  J.  O'Connor,  Fred  Meyers, 
Robert  Gillham,  Lou  Pollock,  Al 
Daff,  Norman  Lloyd,  Budd  Rogers, 
Cal  Swanson,  Russell  Downing,  Fred 
Lynch,  Grace  Beneke,  Leon  Leonidoff, 
Gene  Snyder,  Russell  Markert,  Al 
Margolies,  and  the  press. 


Stage  Shows  Well 
Received  in  Seattle 

Seattle,  April  1. — Stage  entertain- 
ment is  meeting  with  popular,  response 
here,  it  is  indicated.  Sally  Rand's 
show  at  a  local  club  drew  well  during 
the  first  week  of  a  three-week  engage- 
ment at  a  $1  top.  The  San  Carlo 
Opera,  in  a  one-week  stand,  played  to 
one  of  the  largest  attendances  of  re- 
cent years.  "Springtime  for  Henry" 
drew  well  at  $2.30  top. 

Following  two  attempts  to  operate 
the  Music  Hall  Theatre  on  a  first  run 
weekend  policy,  Hamrick-Evergreen 
executives  decided  to  use  a  regular 
continuous  run  policy  at  the  house. 
Opening  is  set  for  Saturday  with  the 
scale  the  same  as  other  local  first  runs, 
on  a  dual  bill.  Dan  Redden,  manager 
of  the  Paramount,  also  will  manage  the 
Music  Hall. 


Government  Agency 
Goes  to  Cincinnati 

Cincinnati,  April  1.- — Local  exhib- 
itors anticipate  some  improvement  in 
attendance  by  the  addition  of  more 
than  800  to  the  local  population  in 
the  transfer  of  employes  and  their 
families  from  the  Farm  Security  Ad- 
ministration, which  is  being  moved 
here  from  Washington  under  the  Gov- 
ernment decentralization  plan  of  some 
of  its  agencies. 


$1,918  for  Red  Cross 

Minneapolis,  April  1. — The  Twin 
City  Variety  Club  turned  over  a  check 
for  $1,918.40  to  the  Red  Cross  here. 
The  money  represented  receipts  of  a 
midnight  benefit  stage  show  at  the 
Orpheum  Theatre  recently. 


Sues  WB  on  Overtime 

Mansfield,  O.,  April  1. — H.  M. 
Rust,  attorney,  has  filed  suit  in  Com- 
mon Pleas  Court  here  against  War- 
ners asking  $5,000  in  attorney  fees 
and  $791  for  his  client,  Henry  Elliott, 
maintenance  man  at  Warner's  Ohio, 
claimed  as  back  pay  and  overtime. 
Rust  in  his  petition  alleges  that  El- 
liott worked  105  hours  a  week  for  24 
weeks,  or  a  total  of  1,560  hours  over 
the  40  hours  a  week  specified  by  the 
Federal  Wage  and  Hour  Law. 


No  March  Rejection 
By  Chicago  Censor 

Chicago,  April  1.— The  Chi- 
cago censor  board  made  no 
rejections  among  the  139  films 
reviewed  during  the  month  of 
March.  Of  the  total  of  584,- 
000  feet  of  film  reviewed,  59 
eliminations  were  made.  "The 
Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  was 
given  an  "adults  only"  per- 
mit, and  "Shanghai  Gesture," 
classed  for  adults  only  in  Feb- 
ruary, was  given  a  general 
showing  permit  during  March. 


Schedule  Union  Dance 

Chicago,  April  1. — The  second  an- 
nual dance  of  the  Film  Exchange  Em- 
ployes union,  Local  B-45,  will  be  held 
at  the  Skyline  Athletic  Club,  May  24. 
Music  will  be  furnished  by  the  Lou 
Brownie  orchestra. 


CEAWill  Name  Army 
Aid  Liaison  Officers 


London,  April  1. — The  Cinemato- 
graph Exhibitors  Association  has  be- 
gun the  selection  of  members  as 
nominees  to  act  as  liaison  officers  be- 
tween the  armed  services  of  England 
and  the  industry.  This  follows  the 
agreement  of  the  CEA  with  the  War 
Office  on  the  use  of  film  theatres  as 
locations  for  the  training  of  Home 
Guard  units  and  similar  activities. 

There  will  be  approximately  80 
liaison  officers  chosen,  and  all  will  be 
given  commissioned  rank,  as  either 
lieutenants  or  captains  in  the  Home 
Guard.  It  is  considered  likely  that 
W.  R.  Fuller,  general  secretary  of 
the  CEA,  and  T.  O'Brien,  general 
secretary  of  the  National  Association 
of  Theatrical  and  Kine  Employes, 
may  be  given  higher  rank,  probably 
as  majors  in  the  Home  Guard. 


Mich.  Theatre  Files 
Clearance  Complaint 

Daniel  Gregory,  operator  of  the 
Crystal  in  Beulah,  Mich.,  has  filed  a 
clearance  complaint  naming  all  five 
consenting  companies  and  Ashman 
Bros.,  operators  of  the  Garden, 
Frankfort,  Mich.,  as  respondents,  the 
American  Arbitration  Association  re- 
ported yesterday.  Gregory  states  that 
the  original  clearance  of  the  Garden 
over  the  Crystal  was  raised  from  seven 
days  to  21  last  November  and  seeks 
restoration  of  the  seven  days  on  the 
ground  that  21  days  is  unreasonable. 

Arthur  J.  Goldberg,  attorney,  has 
been  named  as  arbitrator  of  the  Free- 
port,  Freeport,  111.,  case  which  has 
been  set  for  April  8  at  Chicago.  The 
A. A. A.  sleected  Goldberg  after  the 
parties  failed  to  agree  among  them- 
selves on  an  arbitrator. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

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Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
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Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vice- 
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Ftnestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
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rOP  COMEDY  OF  THE  YEAR  IN  PHILLY! 


HENRY  OLIVIA  JOAN 

FONDA  *  de  HAVILLAND  '  LESLIE 
in"THE  MALE  ANIMAL"*;* 

JACK  CARSON  .  EUGENE  PALLETTE  .  HERBERT  ANDERSON 
Directed  by  ELLIOTT  NUGENT 
Screen  Play  by  Julius  J.  and  Philip  G.  Epstein  and 
Stephen  Morehouse  Avery  •  From  the  Play  by  James 
Thurber  and  Elliott  Nugent  •  Produced  by  Herman  Shumlin 


4 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  April  2,  1942 


Board  to  Name 
20th-Fox  Head 
Within  10  Days 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

under  consideration  but  the  election 
of  a  successor  to  the  late  Sidney  R. 
Kent  is  not  scheduled  at  today's  meet- 
ing. The  election  will  take  place  at 
a  special  meeting  expected  to  be  held 
in  about  10  days  following  the  return 
to  New  York  of  Darryl  F.  Zanuck, 
William  Goetz  and  Sol  Wurtzel. 

Schenck  yesterday  expressed  con- 
cern over  published  reports  quoting 
him  as  saying  a  decision  had  been 
reached  on  the  company  presidency. 
He  said  he  had  not  been  quoted  cor- 
rectly and  that  the  decision,  when  it 
is  made,  will  be  by  the  board  of  di- 
rectors. He  pointed  out  that  Skouras 
has  a  long  term  contract  as  head  of 
National  Theatres  and  could  not  be 
elected  to  the  presidency  of  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox unless  arrangements  could 
be  made  to  relieve  him  of  that  con- 
tract. 


Metro  Not  Granting 
Ayres  Cancellation 

{Continued  from  page  1) 

pointed  out  that  the  completed  pictures 
are  valuable  properties  and  that 
M-G-M  could  not  afford  to  shelve 
them.  He  plans  to  go  to  the  Coast 
next  week  to  confer  with  studio  ex- 
ecutives, and  the  future  of  the  "Dr. 
Kildare"  series  is  expected  to  be  taken 
up. 

"Dr.  Kildare's  Victory"  is  now  in 
general  release  around  the  country  and 
another  in  the  series  was  completed 
last  week.  "Fingers  at  the  Window," 
a  feature  starring  Ayres,  has  been 
tradeshown  but  not  released. 

Reaction  Immediate 

A  number  of  local  situations  arose 
immediately  after  the  Ayres  story  ap- 
peared in  newspapers  Tuesday  and 
several  exhibitors  withdrew  "Dr.  Kil- 
dare's Victory"  because  of  local  pres- 
sure. In  New  York,  most  circuits  in- 
dicated that  they  would  withdraw  the 
film.  It  played  yesterday  at  the  San- 
ders in  Brooklyn  and  at  the  Tuxedo 
in  the  Coney  Island  area. 

The  Sanders  reported  business  as 
normal  but  with  a  large  number  of 
protests  received.  At  the  Tuxedo,  it 
was  said  that  business  was  off  some- 
what but  that  business  is  generally  off 
there  on  the  eve  of  Jewish  holidays. 
Only  one  complaint  was  received  there 
during  the  course  of  the  afternoon,  it 
was  said.  The  Clinton  and  Farragut, 
both  in  Brooklyn,  withdrew  the  picture 
and  substituted  another. 


Studio  Studies  Problem 

Hollywood,  April  1. — M-G-M  stu- 
dio officials  are  studying  the  situation 
created  by  public  reaction  to  Lew 
Ayres'  refusal  to  serve  in  the  armed 
forces  but  no  decision  will  be  made 
independently  of  the  company's  New 
York  executives.  Because  the  films 
are  completed,  the  studio  attitude  is 
that  the  matter  is  primarily  a  distri- 
bution problem.  The  latest  in  the  Kil- 
dare series,  tentatively  titled,  "Born 
to  Be  Bad,"  is  in  the  editing  stage. 


Umpi  Agrees  on  Sales 

Plan,  as  'a  Beginning 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

tures  covered  by  special  contracts  be- 
tween producer  and  distributor,  may 
be  sold  separately. 

Groups  of  as  many  as  six  Westerns 
may  be  sold  without  trade  showing, 
identified  only  by  the  star. 

A  special  provision  is  made 
that  if  war  or  other  unavoidable 
conditions  force  a  distributor  to 
reduce  by  20  per  cent  or  more 
his  scheduled  seasonal  output, 
the    cancellation    privilege  is 
eliminated  and  a  new  arrange- 
ment is  subject  to  negotiation 
by  the  committee. 
In  an  Umpi  statement  accompany- 
ing the  text  of  the  proposed  plan,  sales 
in  blocks  of  12  were  described  as  the 
"best  and  only"  solution  to  the  ex- 
hibitors' demands  for  groups  larger 
than  the  decree's  blocks  of  five.  It 
was  pointed  out  that  the  Government 
could  not  be  expected  to  approve  blind 
selling  and  companies  could  not  iden- 
tify more  than  the  seven  pictures  now 
proposed.    The  identification  plan  is 
expected  to  meet  Government  and  pub- 
lic groups'  requirements. 

The  cancellation  proposal,  it  was 
claimed  by  Umpi,  will  benefit  approxi- 
mately 83  per  cent  of  the  exhibitors 
of  the  country,  whereas  under  the  de- 
cree none  receive  a  cancellation  right. 
Cancellation  on  religious,  racial  or 
moral  grounds  still  remains. 

Comment  on  Allocation 

Of  the  allocation  proposal,  Umpi 
said :  "Here  the  distributors,  recog- 
nizing the  abuses  which  have  crept 
into  the  cancellation  privileges  in  the 
past,  showed  their  willingness  to  safe- 
guard the  exhibitor  under  this  selling 
system  by  so  fixing  the  allocation  of 
prices  on  contracts  that  any  subter- 
fuges of  the  past  would  be  re- 
peated." 

The  aims  of  the  unity  movement, 
particularly  the  promise  it  holds  out 
for  establishing  a  new  and  better  era 


of  trade  relations  between  exhibitor 
and  distributor,  were  stressed  by  the 
various  exhibitor  and  distributor  rep- 
resentatives in  talks  at  an  open  session 
of  the  Umpi  committee  following  the 
agreement. 

All  emphasized  that  the  plan  is  to  be 
considered  only  as  a  beginning,  that  it 
can  be  revised  and  liberalized  as  con- 
ditions warrant. 

"The  important  thing  to  bear 
in  mind,"  said  William  F.  Rod- 
gers,  Umpi  chairman,  "is  that 
if  it  is  adopted  a  start  in  the 
right  direction  will  have  been 
made." 

The  exhibitor  representatives,  for 
the  most  part,  stated  that  the  plan  was 
acceptable  to  them  and  that  they 
would  return  to  their  organizations 
and  ask  for  its  ratification.  In  this 
group  were :  Ed  Kuykendall,  MPTOA 
president;  Robert  White,  Robert 
Poole  and  Hugh  Bruen  of  PCCITO ; 
Max  A.  Cohen,  Allied  of  New  York; 
John  Rugar  of  Intermountain  Thea- 
tres Association,  Salt  Lake  City,  and 
William  F.  Crockett,  MPTO  of  Vir- 
ginia. 

Allied  Board  to  Meet 

H.  A.  Cole  of  Allied  States  Associ- 
ation praised  the  objectives  of  unity 
and  the  spirit  of  the  negotiations 
which  made  the  agreement  possible, 
but  stated  that  he  was  not  authorized 
by  his  board  of  directors  to  speak  for 
the  organization.  A  meeting  of  the 
national  Allied  board  will  be  held  in 
Chicago  late  next  week  or  early  the 
following  week,  he  said,  to  take  ac- 
tion on  the  plan.  He  said  he  would 
submit  it  to  the  board  with  the  decla- 
ration that  it  represents  the  best  that 
can  be  worked  out  now. 

Statements  for  distributors  were 
made  by  Tom  J.  Connors,  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox; Ned  E.  Depinet  and  A.  W. 
Smith,  RKO ;  C.  J.  Scollard,  Para- 
mount ;  Howard  Levinson,  Warners, 
and  Rodgers  for  Loew's. 


Coe  to  Be  Named 
MPPDA  Counsel 

{Continued  from  page  1) 

over  his  new  duties  officially  yester- 
day. 

The  MPPDA  board  failed  to  ap- 
prove a  recommendation  for  appoint- 
ment of  an  executive  secretary  for  the 
Eastern  public  relations  committee  of 
the  industry  on  the  grounds  that  the 
proposed  salary,  $20,000  per  year,  was 
excessive.  The  committee  is  scheduled 
to  consider  other  eligibles  for  the  post 
at  its  regular  weekly  meeting  today. 


Operator  Hurt  in  Fire 

Montreal,  April  1. — The  fire  which 
destroyed  the  Palace  Theatre  in  Ver- 
dun, a  suburb,  yesterday,  resulted  in 
injuries  to  the  projectionist  and  sev- 
eral firemen.  Few  patrons  were  in  the 
house  at  the  time.  The  fire  occurred 
at  the  early  matinee  show. 


Nolan  Branch  Auditor 

New  Haven,  April  1. — Daniel 
Nolan,  RKO  home  office  representative 
here,  is  the  new  auditor  at  the  RKO 
branch  here,  succeeding  Emmet  Cash- 
man,  who  has  been  assigned  to  the 
home  office  staff. 


Reelection  of  All  'U9 
Officers  Due  Today 

{Continued  from  page  1) 
novitch,  treasurer ;  Peyton  Gibson, 
secretary ;  Eugene  F.  Walsh  and  Har- 
old Brewster,  assistant  treasurers ; 
Edward  Muhl  and  Machnovitch,  as- 
sistant secretaries. 

Fox's  reelection  is  expected  despite 
the  fact  that  he  is  on  a  leave  of  ab- 
sence to  perform  Government  service. 
He  was  reelected  to  the  company's 
board  of  directors  last  month  after  as- 
suming the  Government  post. 


Milgram  Gets  26th 

Philadelphia,  April  1.  —  David 
E.  Milgram,  head  of  Affiliated  Thea- 
tres, independent  circuit,  has  acquired 
the  Orpheum  in  Reading,  Pa.  Last 
month,  six  houses  in  upstate  Pennsyl- 
vania were  added  to  the  circuit.  The 
Orpheum  becomes  the  26th  house  in 
the  circuit. 


Shift  N.  H.  Personnel 

New  Haven,  April  1. — Jack  Mead- 
ow has  been  named  accessories  man- 
ager for  Universal  here,  succeeding 
Irving  Cooperstack,  who  has  joined 
the  Army. 


Text  of  Umpi 
Selling  Plan 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

mum  each  company  is  willing 
to  grant. 

3.  IDENTIFICATION  of  all 
pictures  not  tradeshown  to  be 
by  stars  or  featured  players  or 
original    stories,    if   based  on^ 
such,  or  well-known  book  orPl 
plays. 

4.  SUSPENSION:  If  a  mini- 
mum of  20%  reduction  in  num- 
ber of  pictures  to  be  produced 
by  any  one  company  is  necessi- 
tated by  the  war  emergency, 
the  above  cancellation  privilege 
to  be  eliminated  on  future  sales 
and  further  negotiation  to  be 
undertaken  by  this  committee 
to  arrive  at  a  substitute  privi- 
lege. 

5.  ALLOCATIONS:  Where 
contracts  entered  into  permit 
distribution  to  allocate  or  re- 
allocate film  prices,  such  price 
allocation  on  each  feature  to  be 
given  exhibitor  on  notice  of 
availability  or  upon  booking 
of  feature,  whichever  is  earlier, 
and  not  to  be  changed  there- 
after. 

6.  SPECIAL  FEATURES 
and/or  roadshows  as  defined  in 
the  Consent  Decree  and  those 
features  covered  by  special  con- 
tracts between  producer  and 
distributor  which  do  not  permit 
inclusion  in  group  sales  may  be 
sold  separately  from  groups  of 
12. 

7.  FEATURES  CANCELLED: 
These  are  not  to  be  included  in 
future  groups  offered  the  ex- 
hibitor who  originally  availed 
himself  of  the  cancellation. 

8.  WESTERNS:  Groups  of  as 
many  as  six  Westerns  may  be 
sold  unscreened,  identified  by 
star  only. 


N.J.  Sets  Blackout; 
Test  Held  in  Boston 

{Continued  from  page  1) 

Hudson,  Bergen,  Essex,  Passaic  and 
Middlesex  counties  and  parts  of 
Union,  Somerset  and  Morris  counties. 


Boston,  April  1. — More  than  ISO 
film  theatres  throughout  metropolitan 
Boston  were  affected  by  last  night's 
blackout.  Business  at  most  houses 
was  reported  unaffected,  and  many 
said  business  was  good.  Thousands 
went  to  the  shows  rather  than  sit  in 
the  darkness  of  their  homes. 

In  accordance  with  the  instructions 
of  the  State  Committee  of  Public 
Safety,  audiences  remained  in  the  the- 
atres during  the  15-minute  blackout 
to  aid  wardens  in  keeping  pedestrians 
off  the  streets. 


Comer  ford  Men  Prepared 

Scranton,  Pa.,  April  1.  —  Com- 
pleting a  tour  of  the  Comerford  Cir- 
cuit theatres  in  Pennsylvania,  New 
York  and  Rhode  Island,  Charles  A. 
Ryan  and  Tom  Comerford  reported 
that  all  employes  from  the  men  in  the 
projection  booths  to  the  janitors  and 
watchmen  have  been  instructed  in  air 
raid  precautions. 


March  31,  1942 

Columbia  Pictures  Corp. , 
729  Seventh  Ave .  , 
New  York,  N.  Y. 


Gentlemen : 

I  very  reluctantly  allowed  you  to  per- 
suade me  to  spend  more  than  my  normal 
budget  on  TWO  Jf  ANKS_  IN  J- RJjNI PAD  i  n  Hart- 
ford, particularly  in  view  of  the  fact 
that  the  picture  was  to  play  Holy  Week. 

The  results,  however,  are  excellent  and 
the  extra  money  that  I  spent  proved  to 
he  a  wonderful  investment.  The  gross 
for  the  first  four  days  of  the  engage- 
ment is  really  big  and  considering 
that  it  is  Holy  Week,  the  results  are 
amazing. You  unquestionably  have  a 
smash  picture  and  I  want  to  thank  you 
for  calling  it  to  my  attention. 

Kindest  personal  regards. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


7 


'Frisco,9  Band 
Chicago  High 
With  $21,000 


Chicago,  April  1. — The  Oriental 
with  "Frisco  "Lil"  and  Henry  Busse's 
band  on  the  stage,  did  $21,000,  while 
^ifc  Palace,  with  "Ride  'Em  Cow- 
-Sy  and  "Obliging  Young  Lady" 
.,  garnered  $20,000.  "To  Be  or  Not  to 
Be"  and  "Torpedo  Boat"  at  the  Gar- 
rick  did  $8,000. 

Estimated   receipts   for   the  week 
ending  March  26 : 

"Appointment  for  Love"  (Univ.) 
"A  Gentleman  at  Heart"  (ZDth-Fox) 

APOLLOM1.400)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $9,500.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"The  Mam  Who  Came  to  Dinner"  (W.  B.) 

CHICAGO— (4,000)    (35c-55c-75c)    7  days. 
Stage:     Tan    Savitt's    Orchestra.  Gross: 
$35,000.    "(Average,  $32,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
(2nd  week  in  Loop) 
"Torpedo  Boat"  (Para.) 

GARRICK  —  (1,000)     (35c-55c-65c-7Sc)  7 
days.    Gross:  $8,000.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"Frisco  Lib"  (Univ.) 

ORIENTAL  —  (3,200)    (25c -30c -40c -50c)  7 
days.      Stage:     Henry     Busse  orchestra. 
Gross:  $21,000.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"Look  Who's  Laughing"  (RICO) 
"Call  Out  the  Marines"  (RKO) 

4  days,  2nd  week 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Obliging  Young  Lady"  (RKO)  3 

PALACE— (2,500)  (40c-50c-68c) 
Gross:  $20,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Bedtime  Story"  (Col.) 
"Wild  Bill  Hickok  Rides"  (W.  B.) 

5  days,  2nd  week 

"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M)  2  days 

ROOSEVELT— (1,500)  (35c-55c-65c-75c) 
days.  Gross:  $10,500.  (Average,  $11,000) 
"Louisiana  Purchase"  (Para.) 

STATE- LAKE— (3,700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c) 


days 

7  days 


days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $14,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"Johnny  Eager"  (M-G-M) 

UNITED  ARTISTS — (1,700)  (35c-55c-65c- 
75c)    7   days,    3rd   week.    Gross:  $11,000. 
(Average,  $14,000) 
"Paris  Calling"  (Univ.) 
"Never  Give  a  Sucker  an  Even  Break" 
(Univ.)  1  day,  2nd  week 
"The  Men  in  Her  Life"  (Col.) 
"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.)  6  days 

WOODS— (1,200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,800. 


'Lady  Has  Plans' 

$9,500  in  Toronto 

Toronto,  April  1.  —  "The  Lady 
Has  Plans"  and  "Mr.  Bug  Goes  to 
Town"  reaped  $9,500  at  Shea's.  The 
Imperial  took  $8,500  on  a  dual  topped 
by  "A  Bedtime  Story." 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing March  28: 

"Sergeant  York"  (W.B.) 

EGLINTO'N— (1,086)  (18c-30c-48c-60c)  6 
days.  Gross:  $4,000,  for  repeat  run.  Gross: 
$4,500. 

"Bedtime  Story"  (Col.) 
"Texas"  (Col.) 

IMPERIAL— (3,373)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $8,500.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"To  Be  Or  Not  To  Be"  (U.A.) 
"Niagara  Falls"  (U.A.) 

LOEWS  —  (2,074)  (18c -30c -42c -60c -78c)  6 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,000.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 
"Mr.  Bug  Goes  to  Town"  (Para.) 

SHEA'S  —  (2,480)    (18c-30c-42c-6Oc-9Oc)  6 
days.    Gross:  $9,-500.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"Remember  the  Day"  (2©th-Fox) 
"Blue,  White  and  Perfect"  (20th-Fox 

TIVOLI— (1,434)   (12c-18c-30c-48c)  6  days. 
Gross:  $3,000.    (Average,  $3,900) 
"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.A.) 
"Havfoot"  (U.A.) 

UPTOWN— (2,761)  (18c -30c -42c -60c -90c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $6,000.    (Average,  $9,000) 


Wis.  Theatre  Opens  Soon 

Wausau,  Wis.,  April  1.  —  The 
new  Hollywood  Theatre  is  scheduled 
to  open  here  some  time  in  April.  The 
house  will  seat  about  700  persons  and 
will  be  operated  by  S.  M.  Grengs, 
Spooner  exhibitor. 


Review 


"Harvard,  Here  I  Come" 

(Columbia) 

T_J  AVING  been  selected,  at  the  outset  of  the  picture,  as  the  year's  out- 

*.  standing  moron  by  the  Harvard  Lampoon,  Maxie  Rosenblootn,  who 
has  made  a  career  of  acting  dumb,  becomes,  as  he  terms  it,  "a  vulture 
for  culture."  He  sets  out  to  enroll  at  Harvard,  and  instead  is  paid  by 
the  learned  professors — who  find  him  the  "perfect  throwback  to  the  cave 
man" — for  purposes  of  research.  From  then  on  it's  the  unique  Rosen- 
bloom  comedy  in  full  bloom. 

Rosenbloom's  rugged  handling  of  the  English  language  is  the  whole 
show,  the  story  merely  serving  as  a  backdrop.  Some  of  his  grammatical 
acrobatics  are  laugh-provoking,  but  are  hardly  enough  to  carry  the 
weight  of  the  entire  picture. 

Arlene  Judge,  Stanley  Brown,  Don  Beddoe,  Marie  Wilson  and  others 
are  in  supporting  roles.    Lew  Landers  directed. 

Running  time,  65  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


'Sucker,'  Masters 
Milwaukee's  Best 

Milwaukee,  April  1.  —  Frankie 
Masters  and  his  orchestra  and  the  pic- 
ture, "Never  Give  a  Sucker  An  Even 
Break,"  hit  $14,000  at  the  Riverside. 
"Ride  'Em,  Cowboy"  and  "Almost 
Married"  drew  $7,800  at  the  Warner. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  March  25-26 : 

"Son   of  Fury"  (20th-Fox) 
"The  Perfect  Snob"  (20th-Fox) 

WISCONSIN— (3,200)     (44c-60c)    7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $5,500.    (Average,  $5,500) 
"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 
"Ellery  Queen  and  the  Murder  Ring"  (Col.) 

PALACE  —  (2,400)     (44c-60c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $4,000.     (Average,  $4,000) 
"Never  Give  a  Sucker  An  Even  Break" 

(Univ.) 

RIVERSIDE— (2,700)  (33c-44c-55c)  7  days. 
Stage:    Frankie   Masters.     Gross:  $14,000. 
(Average,  $6,500) 
"Roxie  Hart"  (2«th-Fox) 
"Sullivan's  Travels"  (Para.) 

STRAND  —  (1,400)     (44c-6Sc)    7  days. 
Gross:  $1,700.     (Average,  $1,500) 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Almost  Married"  (Univ.) 

WARNER—  (2,400)  (33c-44c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,800.    (Average,  $4,500) 


'Woman'  at  $11,000 
Big  in  Minneapolis 

Minneapolis,  April  1. — "Woman  of 
the  Year"  drew  $11,000  at  the  State, 
while  "Roxie  Hart"  garnered  $8,000 
at  the  Orpheum,  despite  unfavorable 
Spring  weather. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing March  27 : 

"Blues  in  the  Night"  (W.  B.) 

GOPHER— (998)     (30c)    7    days.  Gross: 
$3,300.  (Average,  $2,500) 
"Roxie  Hart"  (20th-Fox) 

ORPHEUM— (2,800)   (30c -40c -50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,000.     (Average,  $5,500) 
"Lydia"  (U.  A.) 

WORLD— (350)    (30c-40c-50c-60c)    7  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $1,700.  (Average,  $1,600) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 

CENTURY—  (1,600)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $4,500.  (Average.  $4,000) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 

STATE— (2,300)     (30c-40c-50c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $11,000.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"Tanks  a  Million"  (U.  A.) 
"Man  Who  Returned  to  Life"  (Col.)  3  days 
"Bombay  Clipper"  (Univ.) 
"Treat  'Em  Rough"  (Univ.)  4  days 

ASTER— (900)  (20c-30c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$2,600.  (Average,  $1,800) 


Schine  Will  Ask  Suit  Delay, 
Charging  Evasion  by  U.S. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Feb.  27,  "or  at  least  until  such  date 
as  the  court  shall  deem  proper." 

The  request  for  delay  is  included  in 
a  motion  to  strike  out  certain  allega- 
tions of  the  Government's  complaint 
for  alleged  failure  to  comply  with  the 
Feb.  27  order.  In  an  accompanying 
affidavit  McKay  alleged  "continued 
failure  and  refusal  by  the  plaintiff  to 
answer  interrogatories  heretofore 
propounded  by  the  Schine  defendants 
fully,  fairly,  completely  and  non- 
evasively,"  and  asked  "a  postponement 
of  the  date  of  trial  of  this  action  be- 
cause of  incidents  which  have  oc- 
curred since  this  court  fixed  April  28 
as  the  date  of  trial." 

Repeated  delays  in  the  action 
were  blamed  on  the  Government 
by  McKay,  who  said  he  and 
other  counsel  have  been  "forced 
to  chase  the  plaintiff  around 
in  circles"  to  obtain  proper 
answers. 

"The  court  will  note  that  by  adopt- 
ing this  evasive  method  of  answering 
the  interrogatory,  the  plaintiff  has  in- 
corporated its  answer  in  the  'merry- 
go-round'  which  it  started  to  build  in 


its  answers  to  two  interrogatories  pre- 
viously discussed,"  McKay's  affidavit 
said.  "This  is  typical  of  the  plaintiffs 
tactics  throughout  this  case."  He 
also  charged  the  Government  had 
"frivolously  sought  to  avoid  the  effect 
of  the  decision  of  the  court." 

Also  on  Monday,  the  defendants 
will  ask  that  demands  by  the  prosecu- 
tion for  admission  of  certain  facts  be 
stricken  out  or  modified.  It  is  con- 
tended that  the  Schine  defendants  are 
asked  to  admit  or  deny  alleged  facts 
not  within  their  personal  knowledge 
and  as  to  which  a  full  and  complete 
disclosure  had  already  been  made  in 
the  sworn  answers  to  interrogatories. 


In  the  Federal  Court  at  Syracuse 
on  Tuesday,  Government  attorneys 
will  ask  permission  to  inspect  certain 
film  contracts  and  correspondence  pro- 
duced by  the  Schine  circuit  in  connec- 
tion with  a  deposition  of  J.  G.  Selm- 
ser,  taken  in  Gloversville,  N.  Y., 
Schine  headquarters.  The  circuit 
brought  the  documents  to  court  in  re- 
sponse to  a  subpoena  but  refused  to 
permit  the  Government  to  inspect 
them. 


'Reap'  Scores 
Good  $16,000, 
Los  Angeles 


Los  Angeles,  April  1.  —  The 
town's  newest  film  theatre,  the  Holly- 
wood Paramount,  with  1,407  seats, 
opened  auspiciously  with  Paramount's 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  to  gross 
$16,000,  exclusive  of  a  $5.50  top 
premiere.  The  house  was  converted 
from  the  El  Capitan  Theatre,  a  legiti- 
mate attraction  showplace. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing March  26: 

"The  Bugle  Sounds"  (M-G-M) 

"A  Yank  an  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 

CHINESE— (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $10,000.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"Paris  Calling"  (Univ.) 

4  STAR— (900)  (44c-55c)  7  days,  2nd  week. 
Gross:  $4,200.    (Average,  $3,250) 
"Hellzapoppin'  "  (Univ.) 

HAWAII— (1,100)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days, 
6th  week.    Gross:  $4,700. 
"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 
"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 

HILLSTREET— (2,700)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $8,900.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"The  Bugle  Sounds"  (M-G-M) 
"A  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS  STATE  —  (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c- 
75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $16,500.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 
"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 

PANTAGES—  (3,000)    (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $7,500.    (Average.  $7,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT   (HOLLYWOOD)—  (1,407) 
(44c-55c-65c-75c-8Sc)  7  days.    Gross:  $16,000. 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"No  Hands  on  the  Clock"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT    (DOWNTOWN) — (3.595) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross: 
$8,700.    (Average,  $18,000) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 
"Lady  for  a  Night"  (Rep.) 

WARNER    BROS.     (HOLLYWOOD)  — 
(3.000)     (33c-44c-55c-75c)     7    days.  Gross: 
$13,800.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 
"Lady  for  a  Night"  (Rep.) 

WARNER  BROS.  (DOWNTOWN  — 
(3,400)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$13,800.    (Average,  $12,000) 


'To  Be'  Pittsburgh 
Winner  at  $17,000 

Pittsburgh,  April  1.  —  "To  Be 
or  Not  to  Be"  was  good  for  $17,000 
at  Loew's  Penn,  and  "Night  of  Janu- 
ary 16"  with  Duke  Ellington  and 
Ethel  Waters  on  the  stage  at  the 
Stanley  took  $20,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  March  27 : 

"Citizen  Kane"  (RKO) 

FULTON  (1,700)  (30c-44c-S5c)  7  days,  3rd 
week.    Gross:  $4,200.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S   PENN— (3.400)    (30c-44c-55c)  7 
days.     Gross:    $17,000.     (Average.  $13,000) 
"Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 
"Sleepytime  Gal"  (Rep.) 

SENATOR— (1,800)    (30c-44c-5Sc)    7  days. 
Gross :_  $4,900.     (Average.  $5,000) 
"Louisiana  Purchase"  (Para.) 

RITZ— (800)     (30c-44c-55c)     7    days.  3rd 
week.    Gross:  $2,500.    (Average,  $3,000) 
"Night  of  January  16"  (Para.) 

STANLEY— (3,600)    (30c-44c-66c)    7  days. 
On  stage:  Duke  Ellington's  orchestra.  Ethel 
Waters,     Pegleg    Bates.      Gross:  $20,000. 
(Average,  $18,500) 
"Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 

WARNER — (2,000)  (30c-44c-55c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $8,500.    (Average.  $5,000) 


Aided  Paralysis  Drive 

Indianapolis,  April  1.  —  Marion 
County  (this  city  and  a  dozen  sur- 
rounding suburban  towns)  gave  net 
receipts  of  $23,458  to  this  year's  in- 
fantile paralysis  drive,  of  which  $6,910 
was  collected  by  theatres.  Kenneth 
Collins,  manager  of  the  Indiana  and 
chief  barker  of  the  local  Variety  Club, 
had  charge  of  theatre  collections. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  April  2.  1942 


30-State  Study 
Shows  Sets  in 
71%  of  Homes 


Washington,  April  1. — Census 
reports  from  30  selected  states  and 
the  District  of  Columbia  show  that 
71.1  per  cent  of  homes  had  radios 
in  1940,  according  to  a  report  re- 
leased today  by  J.  C.  Capt.  director 
of  the  Bureau  of  Census.  The  per- 
centage in  1930  was  26.9. 

Urban  homes  led  in  1940  with 
85.1  per  cent  equipped  with 
radio.  Rural  non-farm  homes 
were  next  with  71.5  per  cent  and 
rural-farm  homes  third  with 
52.4  per  cent.  Rhode  Island  and 
Connecticut  showed  the  largest 
ownership  with  95.7  per  cent 
each,  while  Mississippi,  with 
39.9  per  cent,  was  lowest. 

The  report  pointed  out  that  most  of 
the  larger  states  were  not  included 
and  therefore  the  figures  are  not  rep- 
resentative of  the  United  States  as  a 
whole.  In  this  connection,  it  was 
pointed  out  that  in  the  country  as  a 
whole  40.3  per  cent  of  homes  were 
equipped  in  1930.  while  the  30  selected 
states  and  the  District  of  Columbia 
showed  only  26.9  per  cent  ownership 
that  year. 

Percentage  by  States 

States  covered  by  the  census  and 
their  percentage  of  home  radio  owner- 
ship follow :  Maine,  86.5  ;  New  Hamp- 
shire. 90;  Vermont.  88.6;  Rhode 
Island.  95.7 ;  Connecticut.  95.7 ;  Iowa. 
90.2 ;  North  Dakota,  88.4 ;  South  Da- 
kota. 84.6 ;  Nebraska.  84.7 ;  Kansas, 
83 ;  Delaware,  87 ;  District  of  Colum- 
bia. 93.7 :  Virginia,  67.1 ;  West  Vir- 
ginia, 75.1;  North  Carolina,  61.8; 
South  Carolina,  49.6;  Florida.  64.8; 
Alabama.  49.4 :  Mississippi.  39.9  ;  Ark- 
ansas, 50.9 ;  Louisiana,  53.3 ;  Okla- 
homa, 68.8:  Montana.  86.2;  Idaho. 
86.4 ;  Wyoming,  84.4 ;  Colorado,  84.5  ; 
New  Mexico.  53.2 ;  Arizona,  69 ; 
Utah,  92.4;  Nevada.  81.4;  Oregon. 
S8.7. 


Order  Hearst  Radio 
To  Cease  Union  Ban 

Washington",  April  1. — The  Na- 
tional Labor  Relations  Board  today 
ordered  Hearst  Radio.  Inc.,  and  Sta- 
tion WBAL,  Baltimore,  to  cease  in- 
terfering with  the  efforts  of  employes 
to  organize  and  discontinue  attempts 
to  discourage  membership  of  employes 
in  the  American  Communications  As- 
sociation. 

A  complaint  was  filed  by  the  ACA 
in  January  charging  that  two  em- 
ployes had  been  discharged  because  of 
union  activities,  and  the  board  order 
requires  the  payment  of  SI  50  to  each 
employe  to  make  good  any  loss  suf- 
fered bv  reason  of  their  discharge. 


Ellis  Adds  3  Phila.  Houses 

Philadelphia,  April  1.  —  A.  M. 
Ellis  has  added  three  houses  to  his 
independent  circuit  in  acquiring  oper- 
ation of  the  Breeze,  Pastime  and 
Dixie,  all  in  the  South  Philadelphia 
section.  He  recently  sold  the  Towers 
and  Broadway  in  Camden.  N.  J.,  to 
the  Varbalow  interests,  but  since  ac- 
quired the  Admiral  here. 


THE  War  Department's  new  series  to  explain  to  soldiers  what  the  war  is 
about  will  get  under  way  today.  The  series  will  be  heard  Thursday,  6:15- 
6:30  P.  M.  over  CBS.  First  speaker  will  be  Edward  R.  Murrow,  CBS  Eu- 
ropean manager,  whose  subject  will  be  "The  Road  To  War."  Others,  in  order, 
will  be  Leigh  White.  CBS  European  correspondent,  speaking  on  "The  War 
To  Date"  :  Quentin  Reynolds.  "Our  Allies — Your  Comrades  in  Arms" ;  Wil- 
liam L.  Shirer,  CBS  correspondent.  "Your  Enemies,  the  Fascists" :  Herbert 
Agar,  editor  and  author.  "What  We  Fight  For,"  and  Sgt.  Alvin  C.  York, 
"A  Freedom  Worth  Fighting  For." 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Three  former  XBC  television  men  now  in  the  armed  forces 
will  participate  in  a  special  program  Sunday  night.  They  are  Lt.  Ray  Forrest, 
Lt.  Frank  C.  Laporc,  stage  -manager,  and  Pvt.  Pete  Barker,  producer.  .  .  .  Ray 
F.  Smults  has  joined  the  CBS  radio  sales  department.  .  .  .  Joy  V.  Grubbs  has 
resigned  as  assistant  director  of  the  CBS  "School  of  the  Air  of  the  Americas" 
to  join  the  staff  of  the  V.  S.  Embassy  at  Bogota,  Colombia.  .  .  .  Charles  Rynd, 
Blue  sales  service  manager,  is  the  father  of  a  daughter.  .  .  .  William  Mul- 
holland  has  succeeded  Bill  Trcadwell  as  press  representative  for  Uncle  Don. 
.  .  .  Howard  J.  London  has  been  named  radio  director  for  the  Navy  Relief 
Society-National  Citizens  Committee.  .  .  .  Art  Ford  of  WBYN  has  started  a 
music  publishing  firm. 

•  •  • 

KRMD,  Shreveport,  La.,  will  join  the  Blue  on  Sept.  1  as  part  of  the 
Southern  Group.  The  station,  operated  by  KRMD,  Inc..  of  which  T.  B. 
Lanford  is  head,  has  250  watts  power  on  1,340  k.c. 

•  •  • 

The  long  pending  baseball  broadcast  situation  has  finally  been  settled  with 
WOR  taking  the  home  games  of  the  Xew  York  Yankees  and  Giants.  General 
Mills  will  sponsor  and  Mel  Allen  will  be  the  play-by-play  announcer.  There 
will  be  no  "re-constructed"  descriptions  from  telegraph  lines,  of  course,  ex- 
cept for  pre-season  games,  because  either  the  Yankees  or  Giants  play  in  New 
York  each  da}'  during  the  season.    WHN  is  broadcasting  the  Dodger  games. 


Mutual  Cuts  WSIX, 
AFM  Strike  Averted 

Mutual  at  4  P.M.  yesterday  dis- 
continued service  to  WSIX.  its  Nash- 
ville affiliate,  following  a  strike  call 
against  all  sustaining  and  commercial 
programs  on  the  network  by  the 
American  Federation  of  Musicians. 
The  strike  was  called  off  without  any 
effect  on  the  program  service  when 
Mutual  agreed  to  the  union's  demand 
to  cease  feeding  the  station. 

WSIX  is  in  dispute  with  the  Xash- 
ville  local  of  the  AFM.  Fred  Weber. 
Mutual  general  manager,  stated  that 
discontinuance  of  service  to  WSIX 
was  necessary  to  protect  network  pro- 
grams to  198  other  stations.  Mutual 
last  night  resumed  its  remote  dance 
band  pickups  which  have  been  off  the 
air  since  the  controversy  started 
March  16. 


Indianapolis  Gives 
'Lady'  $8,000  Lead 

Indianapolis,  April  1.  —  "The 
Lady  Has  Plans"  and  North  to  Klon- 
dike" drew  $8,000  to  the  Indiana  in  a 
week  of  warm  weather  that  saw  all 
first  runs  a  bit  over  average. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing March  26-27 : 

"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.B.) 
"Lady  for  a  Night"  (Rep.) 

CIRCLE  —  (2,800)    (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  S7.400.    (Average.  $6,500) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 
"North  to  the  Klondike"  (Univ.) 

INDIANA— (3,200)    (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $8,000.    (Average.  S7.000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  To  Be"  (U.A.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.A.) 

LOEWS — (2.800)  (28c-33c-44c)  7  days.  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $7,800.    (Average.  S8.000J 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (20th-Fox) 
"Blue,  White  and  Perfect"  (20th-Fox) 

LYRIC— (2,000)  (28c-33c-44c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $5,000.    (Average.  $4,500) 


Caples  Moves  Office 

The  Caples  Co.,  advertising  agency 
for  Railway  Air  Express  and  other 
accounts,  including  radio,  has  moved 
its  office  from  230  Park  Ave.  to  535 
Fifth  Ave. 


'To  Be'  Is  Capital 
Winner  at  $20,500 

Washington,  April  1.  —  "To  Be 
Or  Not  to  Be,"  at  Loew's  Palace, 
took  $20,500.  "Dangerously  They 
Live,"  in  conjunction  with  a  stage 
show  at  Warners'  Earle.  did  $18,100. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing March  25-26 : 

"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  COLUMBIA— (1,250)  (2Sc-44c)  7 
days  return  engagement.  Gross:  $6,500. 
(Average,  $3,500) 

"The  Shanghai  Gesture"  (ZOth-Fox) 

LOEW'S  CAPITOL— (3.434)  (28c-39c-44c- 
66c)  7  days.  On  stage:  George  Beatty,  Mar- 
jorie  Gainsworth.  Mata  &  Hari.  Rhvthm 
Rockets.  Gross:  S17.200.  (Average,  $15,500) 
"Louisiana  Purchase"  (Para.) 

WARNER'S   METROPOLITAN  —  (1,600) 
(28c-44c)  7  davs,  return  engagement.  Gross: 
$6,800.    (Average  $4,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  To  Be"  (U.A.) 

LOEW'S   PALACE  —  (2,300;    (40c-60c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $20,500.    (Average,  $15,000) 
"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.B.) 

WARNER'S  EARLE-(2.200)  (28c-39c-55c- 
66c-77c)  7  days.  On  stage:  Ray  Kinney  & 
Orchestra,  Meymo  Holt,  Aloha  Maids.  Al- 
fred Apaka,  Carr  Bros.,  Six  Diplomats. 
Gross:  $18,100.    (Average,  $15,000) 


Showmanship 
Flashes . . . 


Girls  With  Books  in 
New  York  'Wind'  Stunt 

As  part  of  the  exploitation  cam- 
paign on  "Gone  With  the  Wind"  at 
the  Astor  Theatre  on  Broadway,  two 
attractive  girls  with  enlarged,  bright- 
ly decorated  copies  of  the  book 
traveled  about  the  city,  visiting  siv^-' 
busy  points  as  Radio  City,  Wall  Sti*-*<T 
and  Times  Square,  and  made  frequeni 
use  of  buses,  trolley  cars  and  subways. 


Recruiting  Tieup  LTsed 
For  'Sergeant  York' 

Spokane.  Wash.,  April  1. — A  tie- 
up  with  the  local  Army  recruiting 
station  was  arranged  by  Manager 
H.  A.  Black  of  the  Empress  for  the 
shoving  of  "Sergeant  York."  Pictures 
on  Army  training  were  shown  in  the 
theatre  lobby  by  the  recruiting  cap- 
tain, who  signed  up  some  recruits  on 
the  Spot.  The  theatre  advertised  that 
guest  tickets  would  be  given  all  men 
joining  the  Army  during  the  film's 
run. 


Skouras,  Magazine  in 
'Ball  of  Fire'  Promotion 

Skouras  Theatres  in  Greater  New 
York  and  New  Jersey  arranged  a 
tieup  with  Guild  Publications,  under 
which  reprints  of  the  first  install- 
ment of  "Ball  of  Fire,"  as  published 
in  Stardom  Magazine,  were  dis- 
tributed at  41  Skouras  houses. 
Trailers  announced  publication  of 
the  serial  before  it  appeared. 


Slogan  Contest  on  New 
Engagement  of  'Wind' 

A  radio  contest  with  $150  in  de- 
fense bonds  as  prizes  from  Clark 
Gable  and  Vivien  Leigh  is  under 
way  over  WHN  in  connection  with 
the  Broadwav  engagement  of  "Gone 
with  the  Wind"  at  the  Astor  The- 
atre. Contestants  must  submit  a 
victory  slogan  made  up  of  words  in- 
cluding only  the  letters  appearing 
in  New  York  newspaper  ads  on  the 
film.  The  contest  ends  next  Satur- 
dav. 


'Lady'  with  $6,000 
New  Haven  Leader 

New  Haven,  April  1.— "The  Lady 
Has  Plans"  and  "Mob  Town"  at  the 
Paramount  took  $6,000.  "Wild  Bill 
Hickok  Rides"  and  "Playmates"  at 
the  Roger  Sherman  grossed  $5,800. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing March  27: 

"To  Be  or  Not  To  Be"  (U.A.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.A.) 

COLLEGE— (1.627)   (40c-50c)  7  days.  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $3,200.    (Average,  $2,800) 
"We  Were  Dancin?"  (M-G-M) 
"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW-POLI— (3.005)     (40c  50c  >    7  davs. 
Gross:  $6,500.    (Average.  $8,000) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Univ.) 
"Mob  Town"  (Univ.) 

PARAMOUNT-(2.373)    (40c-50c)   7  davs. 
Gross:  $6,000.    (Average.  $4,600) 
"Wild  Bill  Hickok  Rides"  (W.B.) 
"Playmates"  (RKO) 

ROGER  SHERMAN^(2.067)  (40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $5,800.    (Average,  5.200) 


Resemblance  Contest  Is 
Used  on  'Sullivan's  Travels' 

Wilkes-Bafre.  Pa..  April  1.  — 
To  promote  "Sullivan's  Travels"  Man- 
ager Fred  Lee  of  the  Capitol  staged  a 
contest  in  cooperation  with  the  Wilkes- 
Barre  Record  and  several  local  mer- 
chants to  find  the  girl  in  Wyoming 
Valley  who  most  resembles  Veronica 
Lake.  The  winner  received  a  silver 
cup,  clothes  and  an  autographed  photo- 
graph of  Miss  Lake.  The  winner  and 
two  runners-up  were  guests  of  the 
Capitol  at  a  dinner  party. 


'Slangwidge'  Contest 
Aids  'Ball  of  Fire'  Run 

Alexandria,  La.,  April  1.  —  A 
"slangwidge"  contest,  executed  with 
the  cooperation  of  a  local  radio  sta- 
tion, was  used  to  promote  "Ball  of 
Fire,"  playing  at  the  Don  Theatre. 
In  addition  2,500  match  books  were  I 
distributed  carrying  copy  on  thej 
film  and  the  theatre. 


Plans  Tennessee  Theatre1 

Rockwood,  Tenn  ..  April  1.  —  Tb 
Rockwood  Amusement  Co.,  Inc.,  will 
open  another  theatre  in  the  Hutcher 
son  Building  here,  according  to  an 
nouncement  by  Walter  Howard. 


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NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  FRIDAY,  APRIL  3,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Theatres  Hasty 
In  Cancelling 
Ayres:  Rodgers 

Films  Cancelled  by  B&K, 
Phila.  Army  Bookers 

William  F.  Rodgers,  vice-presi- 
dent in  charge  of  sales  for  M-G-M, 
yesterday  issued  a  statement  in 
which  he  declared  that  exhibitors 
who  have  cancelled  films  in  which 
Lew  Ayres  appears  "are  perhaps 
acting  hastily." 

A  number  of  exhibitors  around  the 
country  have  announced  cancellation 
of  "Dr.  Kildare's  Victory"  and  other 
Ayres'  films  on  the  ground  of  pub- 
lic reaction  to  Ayres'  refusal,  as  a 
conscientious  objector,  to  serve  in 
the  armed  forces. 

Rodgers'  statement  follows : 

"The  number  of  theatres  request- 
ing release  from  their  contracts  is 
few.  Even  in  these  cases  the  can- 
cellation does  not  seem  to  represent 

{Continued  on  page  5) 


4-A  Takes  Over 
Affairs  of  A.G.V.A. 

The  long  standing  difficulty  among 
talent  unions  in  organizing  vaudeville, 
night  clubs,  film  stage  presentation 
houses  and  other  variety  fields  came 
to  a  head  yesterday  when  the  Asso- 
ciated Actors  and  Artistes  of  America 
superseded  the  national  officers  and 
board  of  the  American  Guild  of  Va- 
riety Artists. 

The  decision  was  made  at  a  joint 
meeting  of  the  4-A  and  AGVA 
{Continued  on  page  6) 


Talks  Resumed  for 
Breen  PC  A  Return 

Negotiations  with  Joseph  J.  Breen 
involving  his  resignation  as  general 
manager  of  production  for  RKO  and 
his  return  to  his  former  position  as 
director  of  the  Production  Code  Ad- 
ministration have  been  resumed. 

This  development  has  been  learned 
in  connection  with  the  ending  of  con- 
versations which  have  been  carried  on 
for  some  time  with  Judge  Stephen  S. 
Jackson,  of  the  Court  of  Domestic  Re- 
lations of  New  York  City.  Judge  Jack- 
son had  been  under  consideration  for 
the  Code  work  in  event  that  Breen's 
return  to  his  former  position  did  not 
eventuate. 

No  announcement  has  as  yet  been 
made  of  Breen's  retirement  from 
RKO.  He  is  on  vacation  in  Mexico. 


'Reap  Wild  Wind' 
In  $100,000  Week; 
Biggest  Pre-Easter 


"Reap  the  Wild  Wind,"  Cecil  B. 
DeMille-Paramount  30th  anniversary 
picture,  brought  the  Radio  City  Music 
Hall  the  biggest  pre-Easter  business 
in  its  history,  estimated  at  $100,000 
for  the  first  week.  Business  continued 
S.R.O.  yesterday  as  the  show  started 
a  second  week.  The  film  is  playing 
with  the  Music  Hall's  traditional 
holiday  pageant  "Glory  of  Easter"  and 
"To  the  Colors,"  patriotic  revue,  on 
the  stage. 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  at  the 
Roxy,  with  the  stage  show,  grossed  an 
estimated  $10,700  Monday  and  Tues- 
day, bringing  the  first  week's  business 
to  an  estimated  $65,700.  The  bill  is 
maintaining  the  strong  pace  in  its 
second  week,  which  began  Wednes- 
day. 

Although  business  in  the  neighbor- 
hoods has  taken  an  expected  dip  with 
the  observance   of   the   Holy  Days, 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Jack  Bryson  Here 
From  Washington 

Jack  Bryson,  MPPDA  official  who 
succeeded  Charles  C.  Pettijohn  in 
charge  of  legislative  matters,  arrived 
from  Washington  yesterday  for  a 
New  York  visit. 

Bryson  will  confer  with  Will  H. 
Hays  and  other  MPPDA  officials. 
He  formerly  was  in  charge  of  legis- 
lative matters  for  the  Association  of 
Motion  Picture  Producers  at  Sacra- 
mento, Calif.  He  was  appointed  to 
the  Washington  post  in  full  charge  of 
MPPDA  legislative  matters  on  the 
recommendation  of  the  Lawyers' 
Committee  of  Six  following  Petti  - 
john's  resignation. 


Kent  Successor 

Election  April  21 

Election  of  officers  of  20th 
Century-Fox,  including  a  pres- 
ident to  succed  the  late  Sid- 
ney R.  Kent,  will  be  held  April 
21  immediately  following  the 
company's  annual  meeting  of 
stockholders  at  the  home  of- 
fice. Company  officials  dis- 
closed this  yesterday  follow- 
ing a  special  meeting  of  the 
board  of  directors,  which  was 
adjourned  until  today  after 
a  brief  session. 


Unipi  Sets  Up  6  New 
Regional  Tax  Units 


Six  additional  regional  tax  protec- 
tive committees  have  been  set  up  un- 
der the  program  of  the  taxation  com- 
mittee of  the  United  Motion  Picture 
Industry.  Spyros  Skouras  is  chair- 
man of  the  committee. 

The  new  regional  units  bring  the 
total  of  such  committees  now  in  op- 
eration to  31,  according  to  Leon 
Bamberger,  Umpi  executive  secre- 
tary. The  program  calls  for  54  re- 
gional committees. 

The  six  new  committees  are  as  fol- 
lows :  Kansas,  R.  R.  Biechele,  chair- 
man, Howard  Jameyson  and  Frank 
C.  Hensler ;  Louisiana,  Gordon  Og- 
den,  Rodney  Toups  and  Page  Baker ; 
Mississippi,  H.  J.  Williams,  W.  A. 
Prewitt,  Jr.,  and  L.  C.  Connor ;  New 
Jersey,  George  Gold,  Robert  Paskob 
and  Albert  Gebhardt ;  North  Dakota. 
F.  E.  Wetzstein,  Edward  Kraus  and 
F.  R.  Anderson ;  Oklahoma,  I.  M. 
Loewenstein,  Frank  Roberts  and 
Charles  W.  Clark. 

The  following  have  been  elected 
chairmen  of  regional  committees  ap- 
(Contiuued  on  page  5) 


WPB  Priority  Edict  for  Theatres 

Will  Assure  Continued  Operations 

Washington,  April  2. — Orders  restricting  the  use  of  strategic  ma- 
terials by  theatres  are  expected  to  be  issued  by  the  War  Produc- 
tion Board  within  a  week  but  will  be  so  framed  as  to  assure  con- 
tinued operation  of  every  house  now  open,  it  was  learned  today. 

Limitation  and  preference  rating  orders  have  been  drafted  and 
are  now  being  reviewed  by  legal  and  industry  experts  of  the 
board.  It  is  planned  to  provide  sufficient  of  the  scarce  materials 
for  which  there  are  no  substitutes  to  take  care  of  maintenance 
requirements. 

No  new  equipment  will  be  permitted  or  any  replacements  other 
than  of  essential  parts,  it  is  understood. 

Board  officials  are  proceeding  on  the  theory  that  the  motion 
picture  theatres  are  engaged  in  an  essential  operation,  but  have 
warned  that  if  the  situation  in  strategic  materials  becomes  un- 
comfortably tight  at  some  time  in  the  future  it  may  be  necessary 
to  curtail  maintenance  and  repair  supplies  further  than  is  con- 
templated in  the  orders  now  being  framed. 


Acceptances  of 
Umpfs  Selling 
Proposal  Start 

Eastern  Pa.  and  Virginia 
Groups  Ratify 


The  proposed  sales  plan  of  the 
United  Motion  Picture  Industry 
was  formally  accepted  vesterday 
by  the  United  MPTO  of  Eastern 
Pennsylvania,  Southern  New  Jer- 
sey and  Delaware,  an  MPTOA 
unit,  and  the  MPTO  of  Virginia, 
an  unaffiliated  unit,  the  first  two 
organizations  to  report. 

Officials  of  other  unaffiliated 
organizations,  including  the 
PCCITO,  Allied  Theatre  Own- 
ers of  Iowa-Nebraska,  North- 
west Allied,  and  Intermountain 
Theatres  Association,  are  sched- 
uled to  act  on  the  plan  today  at 
a  joint  meeting  to  be  held  in 
Chicago. 

The  Allied  States  board  of  directors 
is  scheduled  to  take  action  on  the  plan 
about  April  10  in  Chicago.    Ed  Kuy- 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Rep.  Convention  in 
Hollywood  in  June 

Hollywood,  April  2.  —  Republic 
plans  to  hold  its  annual  convention 
here  in  the  first  week  of  June,  James 
R.  Grainger,  Republic  Pictures  presi- 
dent, announced  here  today.  It  is 
planned  to  bring  here  the  company's 
British  and  Latin  American  represen- 
tatives as  well  as  the  staffs  of  all 
domestic  exchanges,  he  said. 

Grainger  is  here  on  conferences  on 
the  balance  of  this  season's  product 
and  next  year's  schedule.  He  stated 
that  bookings  for  April,  May  and 
June  indicate  from  $2,500,000  to  $2,- 
750,000  gross  to  the  company,  the 
largest  12-week  period  in  its  history. 


Stromberg-U.A.  Deal 
Near  Closing  Stage 

Hollywood,  April  2. — Hunt  Strom- 
berg's  deal  to  form  his  own  produc- 
ing company  and  release  through 
United  Artists  was  virtually  set  to- 
day at  a  conference  of  Stromberg, 
Myron  Selznick,  his  agent,  and  Ed- 
ward C.  Raftery  and  George  Bag- 
nail,  who  represented  U.  A.  Raftery 
and  Stromberg  plan  to  leave  at  the 
end  of  the  week  for  New  York,  where 
the  papers  are  to  be  signed.  David 
O.  Selznick  may  accompany  them. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday.  April  3.  1942 


Variety  Club  Drive 
Adds  1,179  Members 


The  membership  drive  being  con- 
ducted by  the  national  Variety  Club 
has  resulted  in  the  opening  of  two 
new  clubs,  in  Chicago  and  New 
Haven,  and  the  addition  of  1,179  mem- 
bers in  the  25  clubs  already  existing. 
The  total  membership  in  the  27  clubs 
at  the  conclusion  of  the  drive  was 
6,921,  according  to  a  report  of  Paul 
Short,  drive  chairman. 

The  organization's  aim  is  a  total  of 
34  clubs  and  a  total  membership  of 
10,000  by  the  end  of  the  year.  On 
Monday  the  Memphis  club  will  re- 
ceive the  Charity  Citation  Award,  at 
a  dinner  in  that  city.  National  officers 
will  attend,  with  John  H.  Harris,  na- 
tional chief  barker,  as  guest  of  honor. 
Short  will  induct  new  officers,  and  R. 
J.  O'Donnell  will  present  the  award. 
M.  A.  Lightman,  chief  barker  of  the 
Memphis  club,  will  preside. 

O'Donnell  and  Short  will  go  from 
Memphis  to  New  Orleans  to  confer 
with  E.  V.  Richards  on  plans  for  a 
club  there,  on  which  preliminary  work 
already  has  been  done.  From  there, 
O'Donnell  and  Short,  with  Harris, 
will  go  to  Kansas  City,  for  the  open- 
ing of  new  club  quarters.  Also  at- 
tending will  be  R.  E.  Griffith,  Dallas 
chief  barker,  and  L.  C.  Griffith  of 
Oklahoma  City,  whose  brother,  H.  J. 
Griffith,  is  Kansas  City  chief  barker. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

50th  ST.  and  6th  AVE. 
CECIL  B.  De  MILLE'S 

"REAP  THE  WILD  WIND" 

RAY  MILLAND  .  JOHN  WAYNE 
PAULETTE  GODDARD  .  A  Paramount  Picture 
On  Stage:  "Glory  of  Easter" — pageant  .  .  . 
and  "To  the  Colors"  —  Leonldoff's  rerae. 
Symphony  Orchestra,  direction  of  Erno  Rapee. 
1st  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved     Circle  6-4600 


/Af/>£#s04, 
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PALACE 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


BETTY  GRABLE-VICTOR  MATURE 

'SONG  *  ISLANDS' 

and 

Walter  Huston-Kay  Francis 

'ALWAYS  IN  MY  HEART* 


John  Maureen  Randolph 

PAYNE    .    O'HARA    .  SCOTT 


'TO 
THE 


SHORES  of  TRIPOLI' 


PLUS  A   BIG  p  /"lY  V      7th  Ave. 

r\  \s  s\.  l    &  50th  st. 


STAGE  SHOW 


"A  GREAT  SHOW." — Herald  Tribune 

50C,  $  1  &  $  1 .50       NP0L U H | GHER 
2nd  Year — 2nd  Edition— Thrilling  2nd  Million 

It  happens  on  ice 

Sensational    Musical  Icetravaganza 
Center  Theatre.  Rockefeller  Center.  CO.  5-5474 
Eves,  except  Mon.  Matinee  TOMORROW  2:40. 
501  Seats  for  Every  Perf.  50c.  EVGS.  AT  8:40 
g  EASTER 


SEASO 


5  MATS.  DAILY 


Personal  Mention 


EDWARD  M.  SCHNITZER  is  a 
grandfather,  a  daughter  having 
been  born  to  his  son  and  daughter- 
in-law,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gerald  Schnit- 
zer,  at  the  Cedars  of  Lebanon  Hos- 
pital, Los  Angeles. 

• 

Darryl  F.  Zanuck  and  William 
Goetz  are  due  here  next  week  from 
the  Coast. 

J.  C.  Hunter,  general  manager  of 
Talbot  Theatres,  Tulsa,  Okla.,  is  ill 
of  pneumonia  in  St.  Johns  Hospi- 
tal, Tulsa. 

George  Simpson,  manager  of  the 
Fort  Theatre,  Fort  Smith,  Ark.,  has 
been  called  to  the  Army. 

• 

Samuel  Rosen,  Monogram  branch 
manager  in  Philadelphia,  became  a 
grandfather  this  week. 

• 

Francis  Flammer  of  Warner  The- 
atres in  Philadelphia  and  Florence 
Gamble  have  announced  their  engage- 
ment. 

Leon  Jackson,  M-G-M  booker  in 
New  Haven,  spent  a  few  days  in  Can- 
ada. 


T 


OM  J.  CONNORS  was  confined 
to  his  home  by  illness  yesterday. 


Leonard  Goldenson  is  scheduled 
to  return  from  Boston  today. 

Ed  Kuykendall  will  leave  for  hi; 
Columbus,  Miss.,  home  today. 

Roy  Haines  left  yesterday  for 
Pittsburgh.  He  is  expected  to  return 
on  Monday. 

• 

Charles  Stern,  United  Artists' 
district  manager  in  Chicago,  is  at 
Miami  Beach.  He  is  expected  back 
April  13. 

• 

Tony  Muto,  Movietonews'  repre- 
sentative in  Washington,  leaves  Holly- 
wood today  for  the  East. 

• 

Irving  Martin,  publicist  at  War- 
ner's Stanley,  Baltimore,  will  spend 
the  Easter  holiday  in  Richmond. 
• 

Howard  Smith,  20th  Century-Fox 
salesman  in  Philadelphia,  has  recov- 
ered from  an  appendix  operation. 
• 

Eli  Ginsburg  is  ill  at  the  Naval 
Hospital,  Philadelphia. 


Publicity  Unit  Hears 
Thomson,  Strickling 

A  report  on  the  activities  of  the 
Hollywood  Victory  Committee  was 
given  members  of  the  industry's  East- 
ern public  relations  committee  at  their 
weekly  luncheon  meeting  at  the  New 
York  Athletic  Club  yesterday  by 
Kenneth  Thomson,  chairman  of  the 
Hollywood  committee,  and  Howard 
Strickling,  M-G-M  studio  publicity 
director,  and  a  committee  official. 

Members  were  introduced  to 
Charles  Francis  Coe,  newly  appointed 
executive  assistant  to  Will  H.  Hays. 
David  Lipton,  Columbia  advertising 
and  publicity  director,  presided  in  the 
absence  of  Robert  M.  Gillham,  chair- 
man, who  left  yesterday  for  Florida. 


Exhibitor  Forum  Set 
For  N.  /.  Allied  Meet 

Exhibitors  will  be  invited  to  parti- 
cipate in  a  "Round  Table  Confer- 
ence of  Exhibitors  in  War  Time," 
which  will  form  a  part  of  the  23rd 
annual  convention  of  New  Jersey  Al- 
lied, set  for  June  3,  4  and  5  at  the 
Ambassador  Hotel,  Atlantic  City. 

At  a  meeting  earlier  this  week  the 
Allied  unit  appointed  Irving  Dol- 
linger  chairman  of  the  convention 
committee  and  E.  Thornton  Kelley 
convention  manager. 


Mono.  Convention 

May  14  on  Coast 

Hollywood,  April  2.  —  Monogram 
announced  today  that  it  has  changed 
its  convention  date  to  May  14-16  at 
the  Hollywood  Roosevelt  Hotel  here. 


Morton  Rites  Held 

Pittsburgh,  April  2. — Funeral  ser- 
vices were  held  here  yesterday  for  Ed- 
ward B.  Morton,  for  many  years  local 
manager  of  the  National  Theatre  Sup- 
ply branch  here,  who  died  on  Monday. 
Burial  was  in  Allegheny  Memorial 
Cemetery.  W.  E.  Green,  NTS  presi- 
dent, attended  from  New  York. 


Vogel  Resigns  as 
Round  Table  Head 


A-Mike  Vogel,  for  the  last  eight 
years  in  charge  of  the  Round  Table 
department  of  Motion  Picture  Herald, 
has  resigned,  effective  with  the  clos- 
ing of  last  week's  issue.  Motion  Pic- 
ture Herald,  out  today,  presents  a 
statement  from  Vogel  saying : 

"Having  seen  the  arrival  of  the 
Round  Table  at  a  high  point  of  box- 
office  effectiveness  and  assured  of  the 
continuance  of  that  effectiveness,  I 
have  asked,  and  received,  permission 
of  Martin  Quigley  to  resign  these  ac- 
tivities to  explore  certain  ideas  which 
for  some  time  have  engaged  my  atten- 
tion. 

"The  eight  years  of  my  stewardship 
have  been  full  ones,  colorful  and  kind. 
They  were  made  possible  only  by  the 
help  of  the  men  in  the  field,  the  unani- 
mous backing  of  Martin  Quigley,  Col- 
vin  Brown,  Terry  Ramsaye,  and  the 
whole  personnel  of  Quigley  Publica- 
tions, particularly  Gertrude  Merriam, 
associate  editor,  who,  of  course,  con- 
tinues in  that  post. 

"I  depart  rich  in  the  good  will  and 
friendship  of  the  many  Round  Tablers 
and  the  folks  in  the  home  offices  and 
studios  who  have  carried  the  ball  and 
to  whom  I  am  so  indebted." 


Roach  Films  Shown 
On  Train  in  Chicago 

Chicago,  April  2—  With  Ben  Eis- 
enberg,  United  Artists'  branch  mana- 
ger here,  as  host,  two  Hal  Roach 
"Streamliners"  productions,  "Hay- 
foot"  and  "Brooklyn  Orchid,"  were 
screened  today  aboard  a  Chicago  & 
Northwestern  streamliner  train.  Twen- 
ty guests,  including  Harry  and  Elmer 
Balaban,  Henry  and  Reuben  Schoen- 
stadt  and  other  exhibitors  and  Chi- 
cago and  Milwaukee  film  critics  at- 
tended. A  luncheon  in  the  dining  car 
preceded  the  showing. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


'TP  HE  first  pictures  from  the  Philip- 
-*-  pines — an  account  of  the  Japanese 
raid  upon  undefended  Manila — arc  in 
the  new  issues.  American  troops  in 
London  also  are  shoivn.  Here  are  the 
contents : 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  60-Jap  jfr. 
attack  on  Philippines.  Doughboys  in  T  )T\,; 
don.  Warship  returns  to  England.  3  \ 
torpedo  boats  in  England.  Golden  Gloats 
bouts  in  New  York.  Football  at  Miami 
University.  Soldiers  play  pushball  in  Vir- 
ginia. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  258-Manila 
attack.  Roosevelt  calls  War  Council. 
Troops  in  Australia.  Yanks  in  London. 
Cruiser  Renown  in  England.  New  torpedo 
boats  in  England.  Christen  Kentucky 
quadruplets.  Clear  way  for  road  to  Alaska. 
Football  in  Miami.  Army  sports  in  Vir- 
ginia. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  63— Ameri- 
can troops  in  London.  War  Relief  show 
in  Mississippi.  Miami  students  play  foot- 
ball. Rush  work  on  highway  to  Alaska. 
Tap  attack  on  Manila;  Francis  Sayre  in 
Washington.  Item  on  "loose-talk.''  Holy 
Week  services  at  West  Point. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  63— Manila 
bombed.  Speed  road  to  Alaska.  Ameri- 
can troops  in  London.  Amateur  boxing 
in  New  York. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  No.  72— At- 
tack on  Manila.  Cripps  in  India.  Austra- 
lian soldiers  prepare.  Yanks  in  London. 
Troop  review  in  Georgia. 


Turner  Film  Buyer 
In  WB  Phila.  Zone 

Philadelphia,  April  2.  —  Ted 
Schlanger,  Warner  Theatres  zone 
manager  here,  has  appointed  John 
Turner  as  chief  film  buyer  for  the 
Philadelphia  zone.  He  succeeds  Ed- 
ward Hinchy,  who  is  assuming  other 
duties  with  the  company. 

Louis  Davidoff ,  currently  a  Warner 
district  manager  in  this  zone,  has  -been 
promoted  to  Turner's  former  post  as 
assistant  to  the  chief  film  buver. 


Coe  Making  First 
Hays  Trip  to  Coast 

Charles  Francis  Coe  will  leave  for 
the  Coast  Sunday  for  his  first  Holly- 
wood visit  in  his  new  capacity  as 
MPPDA  general  counsel  and  execu- 
tive assistant  to  Will  H.  Hays.  He 
will  be  in  Hollywood  several  days 
for  conferences  with  officials  of  the 
Association  of  Motion  Picture  Pro- 
ducers and  the  Production  Code  Ad- 
ministration. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 
Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vice- 
President;  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill, 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau.  Postal  Union 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor; 
London  Bureau,  4  Golden  Square,  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany, Inc.  Other  Quigley  publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres,  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23, 
1938,  at  the  post  office  at  New  York,  N.  Y., 
under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscrip- 
tion rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
$12  foreign    Single  copies  10c. 


For-  "MY 
FAVORS 
BLONDE" 


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we  st  no  shrinking  ^Yiouers,  ok 

AHENV  DESERVED ,  AND  *MY  WOfoTg  * 
BLONDE'lSNV  A  DAISY  #0f  A  P/CTl/fte, 


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MLD  WIND1'/  BUT  IT  IS -AND  THEY  WILL/ 


Posses 

FROM  THE  TRADE  PRESS,  TOO 


REAP  THE  WILD  WIND" 

"Powerful  and  magnificent  boxoffice  attrac- 
tion; one  of  the  year's  and  DeMille's  best!" 

(Film  Daily) 

"Here  is  a  show.  A  very  genuine  package  of 
bucks  and  lots  of  them  at  the  boxoffice!" 

(Boxoffice) 

"A  showman's  picture  from  the  word  go. 
Should  make  itself  unstintingly  felt  at  box- 
offices!"  (Motion  Picture  Daily) 

"Capstones  the  span  of  three-score  big  features 
Cecil  B.  DeMille  has  turned  out  during  his  30 
years!"  (Daily  Variety) 

"Big  in  spectacle  and  boxoffice  . . .  magnificent! 
Will  earn  many  times  its  cost!" 

(Hollywood  Reporter) 


"MY  FAVORITE  BLONDE" 

"Watch  out  at  the  boxoffice  for  a  hefty  money- 
maker!" (Hollywood  Reporter) 

"One  of  the  studio's  top  money  pictures  of  the 
year.  Should  do  smash  business  everywhere!" 

(Daily  Variety) 

"A  laugh-provoking,  gag-filled  spy  melodrama 
guaranteed  to  take  troubled  minds  off  the  war 
.  .  .  pace  fast  and  furious!"   (Mof;on  Picture  Daily) 

"Bright,  gag-laden  romantic  metier  which  brings 
Hope  to  the  screen  again  and  coin  to  the  box- 
office!"  (Film  Daily) 

"A  natural  to  reap  rich  rewards  at  the  box- 
office;  Hope  at  his  wise-cracking  best!" 

(Showmen's  Trade  Review) 


Friday.  April  3,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


a 


Review 


"The  Mystery  of  Marie  Roget" 

(Universal) 

'""pHIS  Edgar  Allen  Poe  mystery  tale  has  been  fashioned  into  an  en- 
-■■  grossing  film,  one  that  should  have  sizeable  audience  waiting  since 
the  author's  works  have  long  been  on  the  preferred  list  of  mystery  fans. 

The  picture  has  been  handled  competently.  Under  the  well  balanced 
direction  of  Phil  Rosen,  the  atmosphere  of  mystery  is  sustained  until  the 
end  and  the  few  "horror"  phases  of  the  story  are  carefully  toned  down. 
The  performances  are  good,  and  the  settings  are  unusually  impressive, 
for  which  credit  goes  to  Jack  Otterson.    The  locale  is  Paris. 

Patric  Knowles  plays  the  police  chemist,  who  with  Lloyd  Corrigan, 
inspector,  investigates  the  disappearance  of  the  stage  star,  Marie  Roget, 
played  by  Maria  Montez.  Miss  Montez  returns  with  no  explanation 
shortly  after  the  body  of  a  girl  is  found  in  the  river  and  been  identified 
as  her.  The  plot  deepens  as  Miss  Montez  and  her  suitor,  Edward  Norris, 
undertake  to  murder  Miss  Montez'  sister,  Nell  O'Day.  The  girls'  grand- 
mother, Maria  Ouspenskaya,  learns  of  the  scheme  and  summons  Knowles 
to  prevent  its  execution.  As  it  turns  out,  Miss  Montez  is  the  victim. 
Knowles  and  the  befuddled  inspector,  with  the  help  of  John  Litel,  a 
friend  of  the  family,  work  out  the  solution.  Paul  Malvern  was  associate 
producer. 

Running  time,  61  minutes.   "G."*  Eugene  Arxeel 


Theatres  Hasty 
In  Cancelling 
Ayres:  Rodgers 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
public  feeling  in  the  matter.  Natu- 
rally, our  company  wishes  to  co- 
^terate  with  public  sentiment  but  the 
j—e  public  attracted  to  the  Dr.  Kil- 
%xA  pictures  does  not  wish  to  be  de- 
prived of  this  latest  in  the  series. 
Therefore,  it  may  be  said  that  those 
exhibitors  who  have  cancelled  the 
film  are  perhaps  acting  hastily. 

"We  have  conducted  a  survey  in 
the  last  two  days,  through  impar- 
tial checking  services  and  theatre 
managers,  with  investigators  sitting 
in  the  audiences  and  interviewing  pa- 
trons at  the  end  of  the  performance 
in  the  lobbies. 

Reports  from  Field 

"Typical  of  reports  are  the  follow- 
ing :  From  New  Orleans :  the  Para- 
mount Theatre,  at  Gulfport,  did  a 
normal  business,  with  no  adverse 
comments  from  an  audience  well 
sprinkled  with  soldiers ;  at  the  Circle 
Theatre,  New  Orleans,  'People  Vs. 
Dr.  Kildare'  was  generously  ap- 
plauded at  the  close.  Similar  reac- 
tions were  voiced  from  Sedalia,  Mo., 
Providence,  R.  I.,  Springfield,  Mass., 
Buffalo  and  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  three 
districts  in  Oklahoma  and  several 
more  in  Missouri.  In  five  situations 
in  Pittsburgh  there  were  no  adverse 
comments,  with  business  normal.  In 
eight  theatres  checked  for  comments 
in  Cleveland,  seven  had  none  and  in 
one  theatre  there  were  some  telephone 
objections.  In  Arkansas,  the  Conway 
Theatre,  at  Little  Rock,  reported  at- 
tendance above  average,  with  no  ad- 
verse criticism.  In  the  Denver  dis- 
trict several  runs  there  report  that 
there  was  no  adverse  reaction  when 
Ayres  appeared  on  the  screen.  In 
nine  situations  in  Chicago,  in  no  case 
was  there  any  comment  or  adverse 
criticism  by  the  audience  either  in 
the  theatre  or  going  out.  The  same 
conditions  were  reported  from  Omaha. 

'Fingers'  to  Criterion 

"We  have  two  films  in  which  Lew 
Ayres  will  appear  in  the  immediate 
future.  One  of  them,  'Fingers  at  the 
Window,'  will  shortly  play  at  the  Cri- 
terion Theatre,  in  New  York.  It  had 
been  erroneously  reported  that  this 
booking  was  cancelled. 

"After  all,  many  individuals  have 
been  active  in  the  making  of  these 
films  besides  Lew  Ayres  and  it  is  not 
right  that  their  work  should  arbi- 
trarily be  cancelled." 


Balaban  &  Katz, 
Great  States  Cancel 

Chicago,  April  2. — All  films  star- 
ring Lew  Ayres,  including  the  "Kil- 
dare" series,  were  banned  yesterday 
in  all  Balaban  &  Katz  theatres  in  Chi- 
cago and  vicinity  and  the  Great  States 
downstate  circuit,  totaling  100  houses. 
Several  Chicago  independent  exhibi- 
tors have  cancelled  the  latest  "Kil- 
dare" film. 

John  Balaban,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  two  circuits,  said:  "We 
are  not  in  sympathy  with  Ayres'  at- 
titude, when  the  security  of  the  coun- 
try is  at  stake,  and  we  don't  believe 
the  movie  public  is  either." 

W.  E.  Banford,  local  M-G-M  man- 
ager, reports  that  he  has  talked  with 


G"  denotes  general  classification. 


theatre  managers  in  Canton  and 
Peoria,  111.,  and  Laporte,  Ind.,  cur- 
rently playing  "Dr.  Kildare's  Vic- 
tory," and  all  state  they  have  received 
no  criticism  of  any  kind  and  that  no 
demonstration  or  unfavorable  reac- 
tion has  come  from  audiences. 


Cancellation  by 
Wehrenberg  Circuit 

St.  Louis,  April  2. — "Dr.  Kil- 
dare's Victory"  was  cancelled  at  28 
theatres  in  St.  Louis  today,  it  was 
disclosed,  including  25  of  the  Kai- 
mann-W'ehrenberg  circuit,  which  were 
due  to  play  the  picture  next  month. 
It  also  was  withdrawn  from  the  Em- 
press Theatre  following  a  demonstra- 
tion reported  to  have  taken  place 
when  the  trailer  was  shown  yester- 
day. Several  other  houses  in  the  area 
have  cancelled.  John  X.  Quinn, 
M-G-M  manager  here,  said  he  vis- 
ited one  neighborhood  house  showing 
the  film  Tuesday  night  and  there  was 
no  outward  demonstration. 


Army  Bookers 
Cancel  in  Phila. 

Philadelphia,  April  2.  —  Army 
bookers  today  disclosed  cancellation 
of  "Dr.  Kildare's  Victory"  and  "Fin- 
gers at  the  Window."  Army  book- 
ings are  arranged  here  for  three 
camps.  A  few  temporary  cancella- 
tions on  the  "Kildare"  film,  final 
action  depending  on  public  sentiment, 
were  reported  by  the  M-G-M  ex- 
change. The  film  has  opened  in  Phila- 
delphia and  is  playing  elsewhere  in 
the  territory. 


Hitchcock  in  Washington 

Washington,  April  2. — Alfred 
Hitchcock  conferred  here  today  with 
Archibald  MacLeish,  Office  of  Facts 
and  Figures'  chief,  and  Louis  Nich- 
ols of  the  FBI.  Earlier,  Hitchcock, 
whose  "Saboteur"  will  open  at  RKO 
Keith's  here  April  22,  was  interviewed 
at  a  press  luncheon  given  at  the  Carl- 
ton Hotel  by  Hardie  Meakin,  Keith's 
managing  director. 


Named  Booker  in  Phila. 

Philadelphia,  April  2. — Jack  For- 
scher  has  been  shifted  from  the  con- 
tract department  to  booker  at  the  local 
20th  Century-Fox  exchange.  He  re- 
places John  J.  Bergin,  who  has  joined 
the  Paramount  exchange  as  salesman. 


Directors  Reelect 
Universal  Officers 


All  Universal  Pictures  Co.  officers 
with  the  exception  of  Matthew  J.  Fox, 
vice-president,  were  reelected  by  the 
board  of  directors  yesterday.  Fox  is 
on  a  leave  of  absence  with  the  War 
Production  Board  in  Washington. 

Officers  reelected  include :  J.  Chee- 
ver  Cowdin,  chairman  of  the  board ; 
N.  J.  Blumberg,  president ;  Charles  D. 
Prutzman,  vice-president  and  general 
counsel;  John  J.  O'Connor,  vice- 
president  and  assistant  to  the  presi- 
dent ;  W.  A.  Scully,  J.  H.  Seidelman, 
and  Cliff  Work,  vice-presidents ;  Pey- 
ton Gibson,  secretary  ;  Samuel  Mach- 
novitch,  treasurer  and  assistant  sec- 
retary ;  Edward  Muhl,  Anthony  Petti 
and  Adolph  Schimel,  assistant  secre- 
taries ;  Eugene  F.  Walsh,  assistant 
treasurer  and  comptroller,  and  Harold 
S.  Brewster,  assistant  treasurer  at 
studio. 

Kaltenborn  Contract 
Renewed  for  2  Years 

H.  V.  Kaltenborn,  whose  20th  an- 
niversary in  radio  will  be  celebrated 
by  NBC  at  a  dinner  at  the  Harvard 
Club  tomorrow,  received  a  two-year 
renewal  of  his  contract  from  the  net- 
work yesterday.  The  contract  calls 
for  Kaltenborn's  exclusive  services. 
Kaltenborn  was  designated  best  news 
commentator  in  the  Motion  Picture 
Daily  "Champion  of  Champions" 
poll  on  behalf  of  Fame,  conducted 
among  radio  editors  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada. 


Renominated  in  Chicago 

Chicago,  April  2. — The  local  stage- 
hands' union  has  renominated  all  of- 
ficers for  reelection  in  May.  The 
only  opposition  candidates  are  Patrick 
J.  Egan,  for  executive  board  and  dele- 
gate ;  Henry  Burton  for  delegate,  and 
Fred  Conne  for  vice-president. 


Lewis  Service  Today 

Funeral  services  for  the  late  Ju- 
lius A.  Lewis,  brother  of  Charles  E. 
Lewis,  will  be  held  at  2  P.  M.  today 
at  Riverside  Memorial  Chapel,  Am- 
sterdam Ave.  and  76th  St. 


Acceptances  of 
Umpi's  Selling 
Proposal  Start 


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kendall,   MPTOA   president,  yester- 
day dispatched  requests  by  mail  to 
heads  of  all  affiliated  units  to  pass  on 
the  plan  without  delay. 

Kuykendall  included  in  his  request  a 
recommendation  that  the  regional 
units  approve  the  proposed  plan  as 
the  best  obtainable  at  this  time. 

It  was  reported  that  the  ITOA  of 
New  York,  an  unaffiliated  unit,  will 
act  on  the  plan  today. 

The  meeting  of  unaffiliated  organi- 
zations representatives  in  Chicago  to- 
day will  be  attended  by  Hugh  Bruen, 
Robert  H.  Poole  and  Robert  White, 
representing  the  PCCITO ;  Leo  Wol- 
cott,  Iowa-Nebraska  Allied ;  John 
Rugar  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Intermoun- 
tain  Theatres  Association,  and  Fred 
Strom  of  Northwest  Allied. 

Poole,  Bruen,  White  and  Rugar  left 
here  yesterday  for  Chicago.  All  four 
participated  in  the  negotiations  here 
and  prior  to  their  departure  said  they 
would  recommend  acceptance  of  the 
plan  to  their  units. 

William  F.  Crockett,  president  of 
MPTO  of  Virginia,  gave  the  accept- 
ance of  his  organization  in  a  notifica- 
tion yesterday  to  William  F.  Rodgers, 
Umpi  chairman.  The  Eastern  Penn- 
sylvania unit,  of  which  Lewen  Pizor 
is  president,  met  in  Philadelphia  yes- 
terday and  voted  acceptance  of  the 
plan.  Pizor  attended  the  Umpi  ses- 
sions here  as  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee of  the  whole. 

Umpi  Sets  Up  6  New 
Regional  Tax  Units 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
pointed  previously:  M.  S.  Fine, 
Northern  Ohio;  Elmer  C.  Rhoden, 
Western  Missouri ;  Don  Rossiter,  In- 
diana ;  John  Rugar,  Utah;  Henry 
Randel,  New  York ;  Frank  Newman, 
Sr.,_  Washington.  Fred  Wehrenberg, 
chairman  of  the  Eastern  Missouri 
committee,  has  been  named  state 
chairman  for  Missouri. 

James  C.  Quinn  has  been  added  to 
the  Southern  California  committee, 
and  Arthur  Lucas  is  to  be  replaced  by 
another  on  the  Georgia  group. 

New  Reel  House  Is 
Opened  on  14th  St. 

The  City  News  Reel  Theatre, 
Fourth  Ave.  and  14th  St.,  Manhattan, 
opened  yesterday  with  a  program  of 
shorts  and  newsreels.  Formerly  the 
City,  with  2,300  seats,  the  house  had 
been  completely  altered  with  the  sec- 
ond balcony  eliminated  and  the  seat- 
ing capacity  reduced  to  900. 

Operating  the  house  are  James 
Walsh  and  Robert  Weil,  who  plan  to 
open  a  second  newsreel  theatre  in 
Louisville,  Ky.,  within  10  days.  G.  B. 
Odium  is  manager  of  the  house. 


Kalmenson  on  Tour 

Ben  Kalmenson,  Sales  manager  for 
Warners,  left  yesterday  for  a  three- 
week  tour  of  exchanges.  His  first  stop 
will  be  Chicago. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  April  3,  1942 


'Reap  Wild  Wind' 
In  $100,000  Week; 
Biggest  Pre-Easter 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Broadway  in  general  is  drawing  sub- 
stantial grosses  and  prospects  for 
Easter  Week  are  bright. 

The  fourth  Broadway  presentation 
of  "Gone  With  the  Wind"  has  been 
playing  to  capacity  audiences  at  the 
Astor  since  its  opening  Tuesday,  ac- 
cording to  home  office  report.  At  the 
Paramount,  "My  Favorite  Blonde," 
with  Tommy  Dorsey's  orchestra,  is 
giving  an  impressive  box-office  per- 
formance with  an  estimated  $19,000 
for  the  first  two  days.  The  show 
opened  Wednesday. 

"The  Male  Animal"  and  Shep 
Fields'  orchestra  finished  the  first 
week  at  the  Strand  last  night  with  a 
healthy  gross  estimated  at  $38,600  and 
the  second  week  begins  today.  "To 
Be  or  Not  to  Be"  finished  its  fourth 
week  at  the  Rivoli  last  night  with 
an  estimated  $16,000,  plays  an  extra 
day  today  and  will  be  followed  tomor- 
row by  "Jungle  Book." 

"Canal  Zone"  concludes  a  week's 
run  at  the  Globe  tonight  with  an  esti- 
mated $6,000  expected  and  will  be  fol- 
lowed tomorrow  by  "Two  Yanks  in 
Trinidad."  "The  Strange  Case  of 
Dr.  Rx"  brought  an  estimated  $5,800 
to  the  Rialto  for  the  week  and  "Ghost 
of  Frankenstein"  bows  in  tomorrow. 

Army  officers  and  their  wives  were 
the  guests  of  M-G-M  last  night  at  the 
Capitol  which  yesterday  brought  in 
"The  Bugle  Sounds." 


6Roxie'  at  $13,000 
Cincinnati  Leader 

Cincinnati,  April  2.  —  "Roxie 
Hart"  gave  the  RKO  Palace  $13,000, 
while  "The  Invaders"  pulled  $7,500  at 
the  RKO  Shubert.  Otherwise,  busi- 
ness was  below  average,  with  warm- 
Spring-like  weather. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing March  25-28: 

"The  Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.  A.) 

RKO  ALBEE— (3,300)  (33c-4Oc-S0c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $9,600.  (Average,  $12,000) 
"Roxie  Hart"  (20th-Fox) 

RKO  PALACE — (2,700)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross :  $13,000.  (Average,  $10,000) 
"The  Invaders"  Col.) 

RKO  SHUBERT— (2,150)   (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $7,500.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 

RKO  CAPITOL—  (2,000)  (33c-4Oc-50c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,000.  (Average, 
$5,500)  „  „,  .  v 

"The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein  (Univ.) 

RKO  GRAND— (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $3,700.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"Woman   of   the  Year"  (M-G-M) 

RKO  LYRIC— (1,400)  (28c-33c-42c)  7  days. 
4th  week.    Gross:  $2,900.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Broadway  Big  Shot"  (PRC) 
"Mad  Doctor  of  Market  Street"  (Univ.) 

RKO  FAMILY^O.OOO)   (15c-28c)  4  days. 
Gross:  $1,100.     (Average,  $1,200) 
"Land  of  the  Open  Range"  (RKO) 
"Small   Town   Deb"  (2Cth-Fox) 

RKO  FAMILY—  (1,000)   (15c-28c)  3  days. 
Gross:  $800.    (Average.  $800) 
"Call  Out  the  Marines"  (RKO) 

KEITH'S — (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,400.     (Average,  $5,C00) 


Zenith  Profit  $1,598,450 

Chicago,  April  2. — The  Zenith  Ra- 
dio Corp.  reports  consolidated  operat- 
ing profit  for  the  first  nine  months  of 
its  current  fiscal  year,  ended  Jan.  31, 
1942,  of  $1,598,450,  after  depreciation, 
excise  taxes  and  reserves  but  before 
provision  for  Federal  income  and  ex- 
cess profits  taxes. 


Hollyzvood,  April  2 

SIX  story  purchases  marked  the  week's  production  news,  Monogram 
and  M-G-M  each  acquiring  two  properties.  Monogram  bought  "Dime 
a  Dance,"  original  by  Cornell  Woolrich  and  "Texas  to  Bataan,"  by 
Arthur  Hoerl. 


Screen  rights  on  "Oh,  Bury  Me  Not/' 
by  Patricia  Coleman,  a  play,  and 
"Three  Guys  Named  Joe,"  original  by 
Chandler  Sprague  and  David  Boehm 
of  American  fliers  killed  by  Jap  sabo- 
tage, were  bought  by  M-G-M.  Twen- 
tieth Century-Fox  purchased  "Ama- 
teur Bride,"  original  by  Sidney  Shel- 
don. Paramount  took  an  option  on 
"The  Well  Groomed  Bride,"  original 
by  George  Beck  and  Manny  Seff. 

•  • 

Victor  Young,  composer,  has  been 
given  a  contract  extension  at  Para- 
mount .  .  .  Bruce  Cabot  joins  Pris- 
cilla  Lane  and  George  Brent  in 
Harry  Sherman's  "Silver  Queen" 
.  .  .  Ian  Keith  goes  into  "Remember 
Pearl  Harbor,"  Republic  .  .  .  Eddie 
Albert  has  been  confirmed  for  the 
lead  of  "Lady  Bodyguard,"  Paramount 
.  .  .  Albert  Dekker,  Edgar  Kennedy, 
Patsy  Kelly  and  Dick  Purcell  are 
supporting  John  Wayne  and  Binnie 
Barnes  in  Republic's  "In  Old  Cali- 
fornia." 

•  • 

Samuel  Bronston  has  set  back 
production  of  "British  Foreign 
Legion"  to  follow  his  next  pic- 
ture, "City  Without  Men,"  which 
he  is  producing  with  B.  P. 
Schulberg  for  Columbia.  ...  53 
writers  working  on  43  story 
properties  is  the  new  Columbia 

record  Louis  Edelman  draws 

the  production  assignment  on 
"Carnival  in  Rio,"  featuring 
Fred  Astaire  and  Rita  Hayworth 
at  Columbia. 

•  • 

Ann  Sheridan  replaces  Olivia  de 
Havilland  in  "George  Washington 
Slept  Here,"  Jack  Benny  vehicle  at 
Warners  .  .  .  Harry  Barris  has  been 
set  for  Paramount's  "Priorities  of 
1942".  .  .  Robert  Young  will  play 
opposite  Jeanette  MacDonald  in 
M-G-M's  "Shadow  of  a  Lady".  .  .  Be- 
fore going  to  Paramount  to  direct 
"Silver  Queen,"  Lloyd  Bacon  set  a 
record  of  directing  100  films  at  War- 
ners, without  an  interruption. 

•  • 

Script  trouble  on  "Treasure  Chest" 
has  caused  Samuel  Goldwyn  to 
shelve  the  picture,  which  was  to  have 
starred  Bob  Hope  and  Dorothy  La- 


mour.  Instead  Hope  will  play  in  "The 
Washington  Story,"  which  Edwin 
Justus  Mayer  is  putting  into  screen- 
play form  .  .  .  Robert  Stevens  gets 
the  lead  in  "Perils  of  the  Royal 
Mounted,"  Columbia  serial  .  .  .  Rich- 
ard Carlson  in  RKO's  "Silver 
Spoon".  .  .  Donna  Reed,  film  new- 
comer, has  the  second  feminine  lead  in 
M-G-M's  "Random  Harvest".  .  . 
Monogram  will  start  four  pictures 
this  month — "Little  MacArthurs," 
East  Side  Kids  vehicle ;  "Do  Not  Dis- 
turb," "Down  Texas  Way"  and  Hot 
Rubber." 

•  • 

In  recognition  of  the  humani- 
tarian services  rendered  the  film 
industry  by  Hollywood  person- 
alities, the  Motion  Picture  Re- 
lief Fund  is  establishing  an  an- 
nual tribute  to  be  paid  the  per- 
son contributing  most  outstand- 
ing support  to  rehabilitation 
and  general  welfare. 


Louise  Beavers  has  been  cast  in 
M-G-M's  "Tulip  Time".  .  .  Set  to  ap- 
pear in  "She's  in  the  Army"  at  Mono- 
gram are  Veda  Ann  Borg,  Lyle  Tal- 
bot, Marie  Wilson,  Lucile  Gleason 
and  Robert  Lowery.  Jean  Yar- 
brough  will  direct,  with  Ted  Rich- 
mond producer  .  .  .  20th  Centum-Fox 
has  borrowed  Richard  Travis  from 
Warners  for  "The  Postman  Didn't 
Ring".  .  .  Carole  Landis,  Mary 
Beth  Hughes  go  into  "Orchestra 
Wife,"  20th  Century-Fox  .  .  .  David 
Lewis,  now  associate  producer  at 
Paramount  has  been  assigned  "French- 
man's Creek,"  "The  Hour  Before 
Dawn,"  and  "Storm." 

William  Tracey  has  been  signed 
by  Warners  for  "George  Washington 
Slept  Here".  .  .  Victor  McLaglen 
has  been  signed  by  Edward  Finney 
to  star  in  "The  Clown,"  which  will 
feature  Darryl  Hickman.  Fred- 
erich  Feher  will  direct.  Finney  is 
seeking  a  major  release  for  the  film 
.  .  .  Eddie  Albert  goes  into  RKO's 
"Battle  Stations"  with  Pat  O'Brien 
.  .  .  James  Ellison  has  the  title  role 
in  "Army  Surgeon,"  with  Jane  Wyatt 
and  Kent  Taylor,  at  RKO. 


'Invaders*  Smash 

$14,000  in  Buffalo 

Buffalo,  April  2. — "The  Invad- 
ers" led  here  with  $14,000  at  the  La- 
fayette. "Captains  of  the  Clouds"  con- 
tinued to  draw  in  a  second  week. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing March  28 : 

"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.B.) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

BUFFALO1  —  (3,489)    (35c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $10,900.    (Average,  $12,200) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 
"Torpedo  Boat"  (Para.) 

GREAT  LAKES— (3,000)  (35c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $11,900.    (Average,  $8,000) 
"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.B.) 

HIPPODROME— (2,100)   (35c-50c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $8,300.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Joan,  of  Paris"  (RKO) 
"Four  Jacks  and  A  Jill"  (RKO) 

TWENTIETH  CENTURY— (3,000)  (30c- 
35c-5Sc)  7  days.  Gross:  $8,800.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 

"Sing  for  Your  Supper"  (Col.) 

LAFAYETTE  —  (3,000)  (35c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $14,000.    (Average,  $6,500) 


Permit  FM  Station 
For  Indianapolis 

Washington,  April  2.— The  FCC 
has  issued  a  construction  permit  to 
Associated  Broadcasters,  Inc.,  Indian- 
apolis, for  a  new  FM  station  to  oper- 
ate on  47,300  kilocycles. 

The  commission  ordered  hearings 
on  a  number  of  applications,  including 
those  of  Stations  WBOC,  Salisbury, 
Md.,  for  change  of  frequency  from 
1,230  to  960  kilocycles  and  increase 
of  power  from  250  to  1,000  watts; 
WLEU,  Erie,  Pa.,  for  change  of  fre- 
quency from  1,450  to  1,260  kilocycles 
and  increase  of  power  from  250  watts 
to  1,000  watts  night,  5,000  watts  day; 
WLAP,  Lexington,  Ky.,  for  change 
of  frequency  from  1,450  to  630  kilo- 
cycles and  increase  of  power  from 
250  to  1,000  watts,  and  WTEL,  Phil- 
adelphia, for  increase  of  power  from 
100  to  250  watts. 


Half -Ton  Exhibit 

Providence,  April  2 
TTyTHEN  the  U.  S.  District 
rr  court  convenes  in  the 
Federal  Building  here  Mon- 
day before  Judge  John  P. 
Hartigan  a  half-ton  model  of 
a  drive-in  theatre  will  be  on 
display.  It  will  serve  as  an 
exhibit  in  the  patent  infringe- 
ment action  brought  by  Park- 
In  Theatres,  Inc.,  against 
Loew's     Drive-In  Theatres, 


4-A  Takes  Over 
Affairs  of  A.G.V.A. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

boards,  and  suspension  of  AGVA's 
autonomy  came  on  adoption  of  a  mo- 
tion by  Henry  Dunn,  AGVA  treas- 
urer. The  need  for  "drastic  action 
with  respect  to  AGVA  and  conditions 
existing  in  the  variety  field"  was 
given  as  the  reason  for  the  move. 

The  4-A  committee  on  AGVA,  con- 
sisting of  Walter  N.  Greaza,  of  Ac- 
tors Equity ;  Emily  Holt,  American 
Federation  of  Radio  Artists ;  Florence 
Marston,  Screen  Actors  Guild ;  Ruth 
Richman,  Chorus  Equity,  and  Thomas 
J.  Phillips,  Brother  Artists  Associa- 
tion, will  meet  Monday  to  consider 
further  plans  for  AGVA.  Gerald 
Griffin,  who  was  AGVA  executive 
secretary  until  superseded  yesterday, 
will  handle  the  union's  affairs  over 
the  weekend.  Local  officers  and  boards 
will  continue  until  notified  to  the  con- 
trary by  the  4-A. 

Chartered  in  1939 

AGVA  received  its  charter  in  1939 
after  the  charter  of  the  American 
Federation  of  Actors  was  revoked. 
The  AFA  obtained  a  charter  from  the 
IATSE  and  the  resultant  jurisdic- 
tional turmoil  threatened  to  tie  up 
the  entire  entertainment  industry.  The 
dispute  was  settled,  with  the  4-A  re- 
taining jurisdiction,  but  the  variety 
field  never  was  organized  and  there 
were  many  executive  shakeups  in 
AGVA.  Members  unions  of  the  4-A 
have  heavy  financial  investments  in 
AGVA. 


WNEW  to  Broadcast 
Giants'  Night  Games 

General  Mills  will  sponsor  night 
baseball  games  of  the  New  York 
Giants  on  WNEW.  All  home  games 
of  both  the  Giants  and  Yankees  will 
be  broadcast  on  WOR,  with  General 
Mills  sponsorship,  but  WOR  is  un- 
able to  carry  night  games  because  of 
other  commitments.  The  Yankees 
have  no  night  home  games  scheduled. 
The  arrangement  is  similar  to  that  of 
last  season  when  WOR  carried  all 
day  games  of  the  Brooklyn  Dodgers 
and  WNEW  broadcast  the  evening 
games. 


Carmichael  Joining  NBC 

Cecil  K.  Carmichael,  until  recently 
in  charge  of  special  programming  and 
exploitation  for  WLW,  WSAI  and 
WLWO,  Cincinnati,  will  join  NBC 
April  15  to  handle  program  exploita- 
tion, it  was  announced  by  Frank  E. 
Mullen,  executive  vice-president,  yes- 
terday. 


Alert, 


to  the 
Picture 
Industry 


tion 


MOTION 


DAILY 


and 

Impartial 


NO.  66 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  MONDAY,  APRIL  6,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Exhibitors  Act 
This  Week  on 
New  Umpi  Plan 

Its  Fate  Seen  Decided  By 
End  of  Week 

The  majority  of  exhibitor  organ- 
izations throughout  the  country  are 
expected  to  take  action  this  week  on 
the  revised  selling  plan  of  the 
United  Motion  Picture  Industry, 
which  already  has  been  approved 
by  the  United  MPTO  of  Eastern 
Pennsylvania,  Southern  New  Jer- 
sey and  Delaware  and  the  MPTO 
of  Virginia. 

Results  of  the  organization 
meetings  are  expected  to  give  a 
clear  indication  of  the  fate  of 
the  plan  by  the  end  of  the  week. 

Jack  Kirsch,  chairman  of  the  Umpi 
trade  practice  committee  which  draft- 
ed the  plan,  and  head  of  Illinois  Al- 
lied, will  call  a  meeting  of  the  latter 
organization  in  Chicago  this  week  for 
action  on  the  plan.  Allied  of  New 
York,  an  MPTOA  affiliate  headed  by 
Max  A.  Cohen,  also  will  act  on  the 

{Continued  on  page  5) 


WB  Executives  to 
Coast  for  Parleys 

Joseph  Bernhard,  vice-president  and 
general  manager  of  Warners,  and 
Mort  Blumenstock,  in  charge  of  ad- 
vertising and  publicity  in  the  East, 
left  over  the  weekend  for  production 
conferences  at  the  studios.  They  will 
be  joined  later  in  the  week  by  Ben 
Kalmenson,  general  sales  manager. 

The  conferences  will  be  held  with 
H.  M.  Warner,  Jack  L.  Warner  and 
S.  Charles  Einfeld  and  will  cover  the 
{Continued  on  page  5) 


Axis  Film  Shipments 
To  S.  A.  Disclosed 

Washington,  April  5. — Ger- 
many and  Italy  sent  135,000 
feet  of  film  to  South  America 
in  the  six  months  between 
Dec.  1,  1940,  and  May  31,  1941, 
the  Truman  Committee,  in- 
vestigating war  production, 
was  told  on  Friday.  The  films, 
mostly  from  Germany,  were 
transported  on  the  Italian 
Lati  Air  Line,  operating  be- 
tween Europe  and  Brazil.  The 
shipments  comprised  135  cans 
of  film  and  were  11.6  per  cent 
of  the  total  cargo  on  the  line 
during  the  period. 


Production  Material 
Supply  Scheduled 
For  Talks  Tomorrow 


Washington,  April  5. — The  new 
Producers'  Committee,  cooperating 
with  the  War  Production  Board,  is 
scheduled  to  discuss  studio  priorities 
when  it  meets  with  WPB  officials  on 
Tuesday. 

Barney  Balaban  is  chairman  of  the 
committee.  The  conferences  will  be 
with  M.  D.  Moore,  chief  of  the  Con- 
sumers' Durable  Goods  Division,  in 
charge  of  motion  picture  priorities. 

The  group  also  may  have  an  op- 
portunity to  review  the  proposed  re- 
strictions on  materials  for  theatres, 
now  in  the  final  stages  of  drafting, 
which  are  expected  to  be  issued  within 
the  next  few  days. 

As  in  the  case  of  theatres,  the  limi- 
tations on  the  use  of  strategic  mate- 
rials by  the  studios  are  expected  to  be 

{Continued  on  page  5) 


$1,122,511  Net  Profit 
For  Famous  Players 

Toronto,  April  5. — Famous  Players 
Canadian  financial  statement,  issued 
yesterday  for  1941,  showed  an  in- 
crease in  operating  profit  at  $3,035,858, 
compared  with  $2,624,247  in  1940,  and 
other  income  from  investments  to- 
talled $233,202.  After  payment  in  cor- 
poration taxes  of  $950,266,  the  net 
profit  was  $1,122,511,  compared  with 
$998,555  in  the  previous  year. 

Total  assets  were  reported  as  $16,- 
966,138  and  current  liabilities  $1,291,- 
379.  The  net  profit,  equal  to  $2.60  a 
common  share,  was  highest  in  10  years. 


U.  S.  Plans  Bond 
Sales  in  Theatres 

Los  Angeles,  April  5. — Sale 
of  defense  bonds  in  Southern 
California  theatres  at  the 
suggestion  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Variety  Club  amounted  to 
$403,970  in  the  first  four  weeks, 
according  to  local  Treasury 
officials.  Acting  on  this  evi- 
dence of  public  response  to 
theatre  sale  of  bonds,  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury  Morgen- 
thau,  it  was  revealed  here,  has 
invited  Adolph  Zukor  and 
Harry  Brandt  of  New  York  to 
Washington  to  work  out  plans 
for  applying  Southern  Cali- 
fornia sales  methods  through- 
out the  nation.  These  include 
use  of  sound  track  for  a  mes- 
sage during  intermission  with 
ushers  making  sales  and  the 
sale  of  bonds  at  foyer  candy 
counters. 


Report  $1,400,000 
In  Dimes  Campaign 


Total  collections  in  the  industry's 
March  of  Dimes  drive  reached  $1,400,- 
000  at  the  weekend,  according  to  a 
tabulation  made  by  Miller,  Donaldson 
&  Co.,  certified  public  accountants. 

Nicholas  M.  Schenck,  chairman  of 
the  drive,  said  a  number  of  theatres 
still  have  not  reported  their  collec- 
tions and  urged  them  to  do  so  at  once 
in  order  that  a  final  audit  may  be 
made.    The  accountants'  firm  has  do- 

{Continued  on  page  5) 


Unite  Now*  Allied  Declares 


Pittsburgh,  April  5 

ALLIED  States  Association,  in  a  bulletin  issued  by  M.  A.  Rosenberg, 
yi  president,  today  called  on  the'  industry  to  settle  its  differences  and 
unite  in  the  national  interest.    The  statement  said  in  part: 

"Our  industry,  particularly,  because  it  always  has  been  and  is  now,  more 
than  ever,  a  great  force  for  national  unity,  security  and  coordination,  must 
not  make  itself  ineffectual  through  internal  dissension  and  disunity.  To  do 
so  would  be  evidence  of  a  lack  of  wisdom  as  well  as  a  lack  of  patriotism. 
Differences  exist ;  that  is  only  natural.  But  these  must  now  be  sub- 
ordinated ;  or,  better  still,  settled  immediately  in  a  spirit  of  fairness  and 
honest  compromise,  lest  the  supreme  national  need  be  affected  or  hurt. 

"Wake  Up,  Industry !  Of  what  avail  will  an  advantage  gained  by  one 
group  in  our  midst  over  another  be  if  our  national  objective  should  fail? 
Remember,  our  industry  can  only  hope  to  survive  if  our  nation  survives ! 

"Let  us  bestir  ourselves  not  only  in  the  production,  distribution  and 
exhibition  of  entertainment  for  our  immediate  interests,  but  let  us  also 
bend  our  efforts  to  a  breaking  point  to  contribute  to  production,  distribution 
and  exhibition  towards  increased  morale  building.  We  may  think  that 
we  have  been  doing  this,  but  we  haven't  as  yet  scratched  the  surface  in 
our  efforts  towards  this  objective. 

"Let  us  discard  and  repudiate  any  and  all  who  show  interest  only  because 
it  brings  them  to  the  foreground!  Let  us  cut  red  tape  and  get  down  to 
doing  the  job  for  our  country  and  our  cause!  And  let's  stop  worrying 
as  to  who  should  get  credit  for  doing  what  and  when !" 


Committee  of  6 
To  Meet  on  War 
Effort  of  Films 


Eastern  Lawyer  Members 
Leave  for  Coast 


The  three  Eastern  members  of 
the  Lawyers'  Committee  of  Six 
which  has  been  formulating  a  new 
public  and  industrial  relations  policy 
for  the  industry  left  yesterday  for 
Hollywood  to  continue  conferences 
with  the  West  Coast  group.  The 
meetings  are  scheduled  to  begin 
Wednesday  when  the  Eastern  rep- 
resentatives arrive  on  the  Coast. 

The  conferences  will  concern 
the  over-all  place  of  the  indus- 
try in  the  war  activity  and  how 
it  can  best  serve  as  an  entity  in 
that  phase.  Organizing  the  in- 
dustry for  that  purpose,  it  is  re- 
ported, will  be  the  purpose  of 
meeting. 

Those  leaving  for  California  were 
J.  Robert  Rubin,  vice-president  and 
general  counsel  of  M-G-M ;  Austin 
C.  Keough,  general  counsel  for  Para- 
mount, and  Joseph  Hazen  of  Warner 
Bros.  Keough  is  chairman  of  the 
Eastern  group. 

They  will  meet  with  Mendel  Silber- 
berg,  Herbert  Freston  and  Maurice 
Benjamin,  who  were  in  New  York 
some  time  ago  in  connection  with  set- 
ting up  the  industry's  new  policy  and 
procedure. 


20th-Fox  Board 
Nominations  Set 


Nominations  of  candidates  for  re- 
election or  election  to  the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox board  of  directors  were 
completed  by  the  board  at  an  ad- 
journed meeting  on  Friday. 

The  form  for  notices  to  stockhold- 
ers for  the  annual  meeting  at  the 
home  office,  April  21,  which  includes 
the  nominations  of  directors,  was  ap- 
proved by  the  board  and  is  scheduled 
to  be  made  public  today. 

The  new  board  will  meet  immedi- 
ately following  the  stockholders'  meet- 
ing, April  21,  to  elect  officers,  includ- 
ing a  president  to  succeed  the  late 
Sidney  R.  Kent. 

Election  of  a  director  to  fill  the 
Kent  vacancy  is  expected  to  be  sched- 
uled for  the  stockholders'  meeting. 

Darryl  F.  Zanuck  and  William 
Goetz,  vice-presidents  of  the  company, 
are  due  here  this  week  from  the  Coast 
for  conferences  concerning  the  new 
executive  setup. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  April  6,  1942 


Personal  Mention 


Enlistments  in  Signal 
Corps  Will  Be  Aided 


F.  P.  Canadian  Bars 
Lew  Ayres  Pictures 

Toronto,  April  5. — In  the  belief 
that  the  Canadian  public  objects  to 
Lew  Ayres'  stand  toward  Army  ser- 
vice, Famous  Players  Canadian  has 
announced  the  banning  of  his  films 
from  the  circuit's  screens  by  order  of 
J.  J.  Fitzgibbons,  president. 

The  order  resulted  in  the  withdrawal 
of  Ayres'  pictures  from  150  theatres 
in  the  Dominion,  according  to  Ben 
Geldsaler,  manager  of  the  circuit's 
booking  department  here. 

It  was  pointed  out  by  circuit  offi- 
cials in  this  connection  that  Eugene 
Fitzgibbons,  second  son  of  the  Famous 
Players  president,  last  week  enlisted 
in  the  United  States  Army,  following 
his  older  brother,  Jack,  who,  it  is 
understood,  is  already  in  Australia 
with  the  American  forces. 

Withdrawn  in  Milwaukee 

Milwaukee,  Wis..  April  5. — The 
Fox  Circuit,  which  had  slated  'Fin- 
gers at  the  Window"  for  showing  at 
its  Palace  here  in  connection  with 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy," 
opening  April  1,  pulled  the  Lew  Ayres 
film  in  favor  of  "Kid  Glove  Killer." 


Protest  in  New  Bedford 

New  Bedford,  Mass.,  April  5. — "Dr. 
Kildare's  Victory,"  Lew  Ayres  film, 
was  withdrawn  from  the  program  at 
the  Empire  Theatre  here  on  demand 
of  the  local  American  Legion  Post. 

Disney  Thrift  Short 
Going  to  Australia 

The  Walt  Disney  subject,  "The 
Thrifty  Pig,"  made  for  the  Canadian 
Government  drive  to  encourage  sav- 
ings, has  been  requested  by  the  Aus- 
tralian Government,  RKO  announced. 

With  the  permission  of  Canada, 
RKO  plans  to  provide  30  prints  of  the 
Technicolor  subject  for  Australian 
use,  with  special  titles  to  meet  require- 
ments there.  The  deal  was  handled  by 
RKO's  Australasian  managing  direc- 
tor, Ralph  Doyle,  and  Phil  Reisman, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  RKO  for- 
eign sales. 


Hunter  and  Hake 
In  From  Australia 

Harry'  Hunter,  Paramount  manager 
for  Australia,  and  Clay  V*.  Hake,  20th 
Century-Fox  manager  there,  have  ar- 
rived on  the  West  Coast. 

Ralph  Clark,  Warners'  Australian 
manager,  and  George  Applegate,  man- 
ager there  for  Western  Electric,  also 
are  expected  from  Australia  for  home 
office  visits.  Hunter  and  Hake  are 
visiting  relatives  in  the  West  before 
coming  to  New  York. 


Hellinger  Returns  to 
Warner  as  Producer 

Hollywood,  April  5. — Mark  Hel- 
linger has  returned  to  the  Warner  stu- 
dio as  a  producer,  Jack  L.  Warner, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  production, 
announced  over  the  weekend.  Hell- 
inger was  with  Warner  from  1937  to 
last  year  as  associate  producer,  and 
left  to  join  20th  Century-Fox.  His 
first  assignment  at  the  Warner  studio 
will  be  "Mississippi  Belle,"  based  on 
a  story  by  Clements  Ripley. 


SA.    LYNCH    is    in   town  from 
•  Florida. 

William  F.  Rodgers  plans  to  leave 
for  the  Coast  in  a  day  or  two. 

Sheppard  Bloom,  son  of  Jack 
Bloom  of  the  20th  Century-Fox  home 
office,  now  in  the  Army,  is  entering 
the  Field  Artillery  Officers'  Training 
Camp  in  Oklahoma. 

• 

Col.  H.  A.  Cole  left  for  Dallas 
over  the  weekend. 

Tennant  C.  Wright,  Warner  stu- 
dio production  manager,  yesterday  ob- 
served his  20th  year  with  the  com- 
pany. 

• 

Mitchell  Rawson  returns  today 
from  the  Coast. 

Seeks  Tax-Exempt 
Tickets  at  Posts 

Washington,  April  5. — Suspension 
of  the  admission  tax  on  admissions  to 
theatres  and  other  activities  operated 
by  the  War  and  Navy  departments 
within  the  confines  of  military  reser- 
vations is  provided  for  in  a  bill  in- 
troduced in  Congress  by  Sen.  Robert 
R.  Reynolds  of  North  Carolina. 

As  chairman  of  the  Military  Affairs 
Committee  of  the  upper  house.  Sena- 
tor Reynolds  is  in  close  touch  with 
Arm}'  officials  on  all  matters  pertain- 
ing to  the  military  establishment,  and 
his  bill  is  believed  to  reflect  the  views 
of  military  officials  that  the  men  in 
uniform  should  not  be  taxed  on  their 
amusements. 

It  is  pointed  out  that  Federal  taxes 
on  other  things  used  by  men  in  the 
service,  such  is  cigarettes,  do  not  ap- 
ply on  taxable  goods  sold  through 
Army  and  Navy  stores  in  camps  and 
posts  and  on  shipboard. 

Several  Managers 
Are  Shifted [by  B&K 

Chicago,  April  5. — Al  Leonard, 
manager  of  the  Lakeside  Theatre, 
Balaban  &  Katz  house,  has  been  trans- 
ferred to  manager  of  the  Pantheon, 
succeeding  the  late  Adolph  M.  Eisner. 
Other  changes  among  circuit  man- 
agers are:  Frank  Leonard,  from  as- 
sistant manager  of  the  Central  Park- 
to  manager  of  the  Lakeside ;  Dean 
Jones,  from  assistant  manager  of  the 
Paradise  to  assistant  manager  of  the 
Marbro,  replacing  William  Bader,  re- 
signed ;  George  Diadum.  assistant 
manager  of  the  Howard  to  assistant 
manager  of  the  Paradise. 

Wisconsin  I.T.P.A. 
Meets  Next  Friday 

Waukesha.  Wris.,  April  5. — A 
combination  board  of  directors  and  re- 
gional meeting  of  the  ITPA  of  Wis- 
consin and  Upper  Michigan  will  be 
held  next  Friday  at  the  Avon  Hotel 
here.  L.  F.  Thurwachter,  Waukesha 
exhibitor,  will  be  host  to  the  gather- 
ing, which  will  be  attended  by  inde- 
pendent theatre  owners  from  the 
southeastern  section  of  Wisconsin. 


10  Shorts  on  Program 

Columbus,  O.,  April  5. — The  sub- 
urban Indianola  will  play  a  program 
of  10  Disney  cartoons  as  its  bill 
tomorrow. 


T  OHN  JOSEPH  and  Maurice 
•J  Bergman  are  expected  here  from 
the  Coast  late  this  week. 

• 

Sam  L.  Handler,  division  manager 
of  the  Interboro  circuit,  is  the  father 
of  a  second  son,  Kenneth  Jay. 

Edward  Golden  left  Saturday  for 
Dallas.  He  will  go  from  there  to  the 
Coast. 

Dave  Fleischer  is  in  town. 
• 

George  C.  Clanton,  owner  of  the 
Daw  Theatre  in  Tappahannock,  Va., 
has  joined  the  Navy. 

• 

Harvey  Pergamext  and  Esther 
Amateau  were  married  last  week  and 
are  honeymooning  in  New  England. 

Col.  Branch  Staffs 
Will  Share  Prizes 

The  entire  personnel  of  Columbia 
exchanges  which  attain  their  full  quota 
in  the  company's  Victory  sales  com- 
paign  will  share  in  the  850,000  defense 
bond  prizes  which  have  been  posted, 
Abe  Montague,  general  sales  manager, 
announced  on  Saturday. 

Additional  defense  bond  prizes  will 
be  awarded  managers,  salesmen  and 
bookers  of  branches  exceeding  their 
quotas.  Managers  of  branches  in  the 
100  per  cent  class  will  receive  $200  de- 
fense bonds  ;  salesmen,  $100  in  bonds  ; 
bookers,  $50  bonds,  and  all  other 
branch  employes,  $25  bonds.  The 
eligibles  in  exchanges  which  exceed 
their  quota  will  receive  defense  bonds 
equal  to  five  per  cent  of  every-  dollar 
over  the  quota  up  to  110  per  cent,  and 
10  per  cent  of  every  dollar  over  110 
per  cent  of  the  quota. 

Shift  Albany  Case  to 
New  York  Tribunal 

Albany,  April  5. — The  arbitration 
clearance  case  of  Thornton  Theatres 
against  the  five  consenting  companies 
which  was  filed  here  last  month  has 
been  transferred  to  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  New  York  tribunal.  The  com- 
plaint seeks  an  adjustment  of  the  14 
days  clearance  of  the  Broadway  and 
Kingston  at  Kingston  over  the  Orphe- 
um,  Saugerties. 

Leonard  Rosenthal  of  Troy,  execu- 
tive secretary  of  the  New  York  State 
unit  of  national  Allied,  is  attorney  for 
the  complainant. 

Kaufman  Trial  to  Be 
Delayed  Two  Weeks 

The  trial  of  Louis  Kaufman,  busi- 
ness agent  of  the  Newark  projection- 
ists' local,  is  scheduled  to  be  adjourned 
for  about  two  weeks  when  it  is  called 
in  Federal  Court  this  morning.  Kauf- 
man, together  with  Nick  Circella,  also 
known  as  Nick  Dean,  is  charged  with 
having  extorted  more  than  $1,000,000 
from  the  film  industry. 

The  sentence  of  Dean,  who  has 
pleaded  guilty,  is  set  for  tomorrow  be- 
fore Judge  John  C.  Knox. 


Evans  Joins  War  Dep't 

Edward  Evans  of  RKO  Pathe 
News  will  leave  for  Washington  today 
to  begin  service  with  the  public  re- 
lations bureau  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment. 


Hollywood,  April  5. — Appointment 
ot  a  Research  Council  Personnel  Com- 
mittee to  cooperate  with  the  War  De- 
partment and  to  assist  in  the  procure- 
ment of  qualified  photographic  per- 
sonnel for  enlistment  in  various  Sig- 
nal Corps  Reserve  units,  has  been  an- 
nounced by  Darryl  F.  Zanuck,  chair- 
man of  the  Research  Council  of  the 
Academy  of  Motion  Picture  Arts  & 
Sciences.  ^  I 

Nathan  Levinson  is  chairman  of  ( 
committee  and  S.  J.  Briskin,  vice- 
chairman.  Other  members  include 
John  Aalberg,  Bernard  Brown,  Hec- 
tor Dods,  Farciot  Edouart,  E.  H- 
Hansen,  Tohn  Livadarv,  C.  L.  Lootens, 
Wesley  C.  Miller,  Gordon  S.  Mitchell, 
T.  T.  Moulton,  J.  M.  Nickolaus. 
Elmer  Raguse,  Roy  Seawright  and 
Douglas  Shearer. 

The  committee  will  function  in  close 
cooperation  with  the  Signal  Corps 
and  the  industry's  War  Activities 
Committee,  it  was  said,  and  will  in- 
sure that  motion  picture  technicians 
and  others  interested  in  joining  the 
Army  are  assigned  to  units  for  which 
their  training  best  fits  them.  At  the 
same  time,  it  was  added,  the  commit- 
tee will  see  to  it  that  the  signal  Corps 
obtains  the  service  of  the  best  possible 
trained  personnel  available. 

N.  H.  Film  District 
Raid  Drill  Today 

New  Haven,  April  5.— The  film 
exchange  district  will  have  its  first 
official  air  raid  drill  tomorrow  at  3 
P.  M.,  with  George  Weber,  M-G-M 
office  manager,  in  charge.  Test  of  the 
time  required  to  vacate  the  film  offices 
will  be  made.  As  a  result  of  nego- 
tiations with  the  State  Police  Depart- 
ment bell  and  horn  systems  have  been 
installed  in  the  Film  Building. 

The  Metro  Pep  Club  devoted  its 
meeting  Thursday  to  discussion  of  air 
raid  precautions  and  emergency  meas- 
ures. Leon  Jakubson.  president,  and 
Weber,  who  is  air  raid  warden,  ex- 
plained the  procedure  in  case  of  air 
raids. 


'Bachelor'  Opening  Set 

The  opening  of  the  RKO  film. 
"Bashful  Bachelor,"  starring  Lum  and 
Abner.  radio  team,  will  be  held  at  the 
Pulaski  Theatre.  Little  Rock,  Ark., 
on  Thursday.  Their  first  film, 
"Dreaming  Out  Loud,"  also  opened 
there.  The  two  have  been  given  a 
long-term  contract  by  RKO. 


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Monday,  April  6,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


3 


'Bahama'  Is 
Best  in  Slow 
Phila.  Week 


Philadelphia,  April  S.  —  In  face 
of  opposition  from  the  three  legitimate 
theatres  and  the  "Roller  Skating  Vani- 

j  at  the  Arena,  along  with  the 

■^/ten  season,  business  at  the  down- 

'  town  houses  was  only  fair.  "Bahama 
Passage"  took  $15,000  .  at.  the  Fox, 
while  "What's  Cookin'  "  with  a  stage 
show  gave  the  Earle  $21,000  for  six 
.  days. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ended  March  24-27 : 

"Citizen  Kane"  (RKO) 

ALDINE^(1,400)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $7,000.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"How  Green  Was  My  Valley"  (20th-Fox) 

ARCADIA— -(600)  (35c-41c-46c-57c)  5  days, 
3rd  run.   Gross:  $1,800.    (Average,  $2,600) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.B.) 

BOYD— (2,400)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  <7  days. 
Gross:  $14,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"What's  Cookin'  "  (Univ.)  6  days,  $21,000. 
"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.)  1  day,  $1,800. 

EARLE  —  (4,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Vaudeville  including  Ina  Ray  Hut- 
ton's  orchestra,  Stuart  Foster,  Blackstone  & 
Co.,  and  Barr  &  Estes.  Gross:  $22,800. 
(Average,  $14,000) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

FAY'S— (2,190)  (15c-29c-35c-46c-57c)  7  days. 
Vaudeville  including  Zonia  DuVal,  Trixie, 
Neal  Keaton  &  Georgette  Armfield,  Merrill 
Miller,  The  Gay  Sisters,  Gae  Foster's  Roxy- 
ettes  and  Billy  Klaiss'  orchestra.  Gross: 
$6,200.  (Average,  $6,900) 
"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 

FOX— (3  000)  (35c-41c-46c-S7c-68c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $15,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Roxie  Hart"  (ZOth-Fox) 

KARLTON—  (1,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,   2nd  run,   2nd   week.     Gross:  $2,800. 
(Average,  $3,000) 
"Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 

KEITH'S  —  (2,200)  (3Sc-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  run.  Gross:  $5,500.  (Average 
$4,500) 

"To  Be  Or  Not  To  Be"  (U.  A.) 

STANLEY— (2,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $10,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.A.) 

STANTON  —  (1,700)  (35c-46c-57c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.   Gross:  $5,000.    (Average  $4,500) 


'Blues'  with  Basie 
$10,200,  Milwaukee 

Milwaukee,  April  5. — The  River- 
side with  Count  Basie  and  his  orches- 
tra and  the  film,  "Jail  House  Blues," 
took  $10,200  in  a  generally  slow  week. 
"Playmates"  and  "Dangerously  They 
Live"  hit  $6,000  at  the  Warner. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  March  31 -April  2  : 

"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 
"Flying  Blind"  (Para.) 

PALACE— (2,400)  (44c -60c)  5  days.  Gross: 
$3,000.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Jail  House  Blues"  (Univ.) 

RIVERSIDE— (2,700)  (33c-44c-55c) 
Stage:  Count  Basie.   Gross:  $10,200. 
age,  $6,500) 
"Roxie  Hart"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 

STRAND— (1,400)  (44c-65c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$1,500.    (Average,  $1,500) 
"Playmates"  (RKO) 
"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.B.) 

WARNER— (2,400)   (33c-44c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,000.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Rings  On  Her  Fingers"  (20th-Fox) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (ZOth-Fox) 

WISCONSIN  —  (3,200)  (44c-60c)  8  days. 
Gross:  $5,500.    (Average,  $5,500) 


7  days. 
(Aver- 


Plan  Rochester  Concerts 

Rochester,  April  5. — Outdoor  sym- 
phony concerts  will  be  presented  twice 
weekly  in  one  of  the  parks  here  this 
Summer  in  a  project  backed  by  the 
local  Junior  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
Popular  prices  are  planned. 


Critics9  Quotes  .  .  . 

"REAP  THE  WILD  WIND"  (Paramount) 

For  30  years,  motion  picture  audiences  have  been  able  to  count  on  Cecil  B. 
DeMille  for  spectacular  action  and  thrills  upon  the  screen.  The  producer- 
director  supplies  a  wealth  of  both  in  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind." — Harrison 
Carroll,  Los  Angeles  Herald-Express. 

This  will  probably  be  box-office  plus,  for  it  is  fast-moving — and  although 
it  is  long,  no  one  can  complain  that  it  is  ever  dull  or  lacking  in  action. — 
Louella  0.  Parsons,  Los  Angeles  Examiner. 

A  production  of  flaunting  excitement  and  tempest-tossed  pictorial  effects 
.  .  .  looks  like  sure-fire  box-office. — Edwin  Schallert,  Los  Angeles.  Times. 

A  rousing  and  resplendent  screen  spectacle  .  .  .  plays  to  the  gallery,  as  the 
saying  used  to  go,  but  it  does  a  superb  job  in  keeping  that  gallery  audience 
up  in  its  seats. — Hozvard  Barnes,  New  York  Herald  Tribune. 

You'll  love  every  inch  of  it. — Frank  Farrell,  New  York  World-Telegram^. 

It  definitely  marks  a  DeMillestone  ...  a  picture  which  represents  the 
quintessence  of  make-believe. — Bosloy  Crowther,  New  York  Times. 

The  story  has  given  DeMille  plenty  of  exciting  situations  to  direct,  and 
some  spectacular  sea  scenes  as  background  for  the  action.  The  director  has 
used  all  of  his  inherent  showmanship  in  putting  the  colorful  story  on  the 
screen  and  he  has  handled  Technicolor  as  skillfully  as  he  did  in  "Northwest 
Mounted  Police." — Kate  Cameron,  New  York  News. 

"TO  THE  SHORES  OF  TRIPOLI"  (20th  Century-Fox) 

It  is  a  battle  cry  as  well  as  a  lavish  entertainment  .  .  .  may  not  be  a  dis- 
tinguished film  but  at  the  moment  it  is  one  to  make  you  cheer. — Howard 
Barnes,  New  York  Herald  Tribune. 

Routine  wiseguy  yarn  .  .  .  plenty  of  martial  music  in  it,  some  handsome 
shots  of  "leathernecks"  at  training  drills  and  a  few  stimulating  glimpses  of 
our  real  battle  fleet  at  sea.  .  .  .  No  doubt  a  great  many  persons  will  take 
pleasure  in  "To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli." — Bosley  Crowther,  New  York  Times. 

Timely,  stirring  film  entertainment. — Rose  Pelswick,  New  York  Journal 
American. 

This  is  the  stuff  audiences  seem  to  like,  familiar,  pretty,  good-natured,  with 
a  military  rhythm,  no  fighting,  and  a  sentimental  plot.— Eileen  Creelman, 
New  York  Sun. 

"THE  MALE  ANIMAL"  (Warners) 

"The  Male  Animal"  which  delighted  so  many  theatre-goers  when  the  play 
was  here  a  couple  of  years  ago,  now  arrives  in  movie  form  to  enchant  many 
more  ...  a  gay  comedy  with  a  punch. — Laura  Lee,  Philadelphia  Bulletin. 

Promises  to  duplicate  the  success  of  its  stage  parent. — Mildred  Martin, 
Philadelphia  Inquirer. 

Here  is  a  genuinely  human  and  extremely  funny  comedy. — Harrison  Carroll, 
Los"  Angeles  Herald-Express. 

"MY  FAVORITE  BLONDE"  (Paramount) 

One  of  the  best  screen  comedies  of  the  season  .  .  .  will  keep  you  laughing 
from  beginning  to  end. — Hoitmrd  Barnes,  New  York  Herald  Tribune. 

Director  Sidney  Lanfield  has  kept  the  confusion  spinning  around  him  (Bob 
Hope).  That  is  entirely  gratifying,  for,  in  these  times,  we  can't  have  too 
much  Hope. — Bosley  Crowther,  New  York  Times. 

My  favorite  comedy  of  the  year  is  "My  Favorite  Blonde." — Lee  Mortimer, 
New  York  Daily  Mirror. 

"JOE  SMITH,  AMERICAN"  (M-G-M) 

Combines  excitement  and  a  pleasing,  heart-warming  quality.  Well  worth 
seeing. — Edith  Werner,  Nezv  York  Daily  Mirror. 

"Joe  Smith,  American"  is  not  a  "big"  film  as  Hollywood  productions  go, 
but  it  pulls  a  good  deal  more  than  its  own  weight. — New  York  Times. 

Powerful  propaganda  as  well  as  more  exciting  than  most  gangster  and 
adventure  pictures.  .  .  .  See  this  picture.  It  is  most  worth  while. — Robert 
W.  Dana,  New  York  Herald  Tribune. 

A  picture  you  must  see,  not  only  because  it  teaches  a  great  lesson  in 
patriotism  but  also  because  the  whole  production  commands  nothing  less  than 
great  admiration,  praise  and  respect. — Wanda  Hale,  New  York  News. 


'Cowboy'  Hits 
Good  $12,400 
Frisco  Tally 


San  Francisco,  April  5. — "Ride 
'Em  Cowboy"  scored  $12,400  on  a 
dual  at  the  Orpheum.  "The  Lady 
Has  Plans"  and  "Torpedo  Boat"  took 
$14,600  at  the  Paramount.  The 
weather  was  excellent. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing March  24-26 : 

"Playmates"  (RKO) 

GOLDEN  GATE — (2.850)   (44c-49c-65c)  7 
days.     Stage:  vaudeville.     Gross:  $17,000. 
(Average,  $15,000) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 
"Torpedo  Boat"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,740)  (20c-35c-40c-55c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $14,600.     (Average,  $11,500) 
"To  Be  Or  Not  To  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,200)  (20c-35c-40c- 
55c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $9,800.  (Av- 
erage, $7,500) 

"Captains  of  the  Clouds"   (W.  B.) 
"Sleepytime  Gal"  (Rep.) 

FOX— (5,000)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $14,500.  (Average.  $16,- 
000) 

"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 
"Pacific  Blackout"  (Para.) 

ST.  FRANCIS— (1,400)  (20c -35c -40c -55c)  7 
days,  5th  week.  Gross:  $4,000.  (Average, 
$4,500) 

"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (2flth-Fox) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (20th-Fox) 

WARFIELD— (2,680)     (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $11,700.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"Confessions  of  a  Cheat^'  (Foreign) 

CLAY— (400)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $1,100.     (Average,  $1,000) 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM— (2,440)  (20c-3Sc-40c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $12,400.    (Average,  $8,000) 


10  New  Pictures  Are 
Approved  by  Legion 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency 
for  the  current  week  has  approved  10 
of  12  new  films,  five  for  general  pat- 
ronage and  five  for  adults,  and  classed 
two  films  as  objectionable  in  part. 
The  new  films  and  their  classification 
follow : 

Class  A-l,  Unobjectionable  for  Gen- 
eral Patronage :  "Jesse  James,  Jr.," 
"Mokey,"  "My  Favorite  Blonde," 
"Rolling  Down  the  Great  Divide," 
"Tarzan's  New  York  Adventure." 
Class  A-2,  Unobjectionable  for  Adults  : 
"Affairs  of  Jimmy  Valentine,"  "Blon- 
die's  Blessed  Event,"  "The  Jungle 
Book,"  "Mexican  Spitfire  Sees  a 
Ghost,"  "This  Was  Paris."  Class  B, 
Unobjectionable  in  Part:  "Tuttles  of 
Tahiti,"  "Twin  Beds." 


"THE  INVADERS" 

/PRE-RELEASE  DATES 
7 HOLDOVERS 


TURN  PLEASE  ..J. 


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'    BOX-OFFICE  SMASH 

SINCE  "GONE  WITH  THE  WIND" 

THE  INVADERS 


OPENING  SOONRialto,  ATLANTA. Pantages,  &HM  St.  LOS  ANGELES-E.  M.  Loew,  HARTFORD •  Olympic,  UTICA-U.  S.,  PATERSON 
Strand,  NIAGARA  FALLS  •  Mayfair,  ASBURY  PARK  •  Grand,  EVANSVILLE  •  State,  OKLAHOMA  CITY  •  Orpheum,  NEW  ORLEANS  •  Strand, 
PORTLAND,  Me.  •  Palace,  CANTON  .  Orpheum,  SAN  FRANCISCO  •  Embassy,  READING  •  Strand,  ITHACA  •  Rivoli,  TOLEDO  •  Embassy, 
JOHNSTOWN  •  Loew's,  SYRACUSE  •  Loew's,  ROCHESTER  •  Loew's  Midland,  KANSAS  CITY  •  Loew's  State,  LOUISVILLE  •  Bijou,  SPRINGFIELD, 
Mass.  •  Opera  House,  NEW  BRUNSWICK  •  Colonial,  ALLENTOWN  •  Colonial,  HARRISBURG  •  Palace,  ALBANY  •  Palace,  AKRON  •  Palace, 
YOUNGSTOWN  •  Hippodrome,  BALTIMORE  •  Brandeis,  OMAHA  •  Palace,  STAMFORD  •  Palace,  INDIANAPOLIS 


Monday,  April  6,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


5 


Reviews 


"Shepherd  of  the  Ozarks" 

(Republic) 

HP  HE  Weaver  Family,  Leon,  Frank  and  June,  return  in  a  story  about 
A  the  patriotism  of  the  simple  people  of  the  Ozarks.  Ably  supported 
by  Marilyn  Hare,  Frank  Albertson,  Thurston  Hall  and  Johnny  Arthur, 
the  Weavers  give  their  usual,  well-rounded  performance. 

Miss  Hare  is  particularly  appealing  as  Susanna  Weaver.  When 
Albertson,  a  flying  lieutenant,  bails  out  near  Weaverville  he  falls,  almost 
literally,  into  the  arms  of  Miss  Hare.  The  romance  is  interrupted  by  the 
sudden  appearance  of  Hall,  as  Albertson's  millionaire  father,  but  the 
latter  is  suddenly  diverted  by  the  discovery  of  bauxite  ore  for  aluminum 
in  the  neighborhood. 

He  attempts  to  trick  the  Ozark  people  out  of  their  property.  Finally, 
however,  these  people  willingly  surrender  their  homes  to  the  Govern- 
ment and  Hall  confesses  that  he  is  ashamed  of  his  lack  of  patriotism. 
There  are  some  highly  amusing  interludes,  including  one  where  the  hill 
people  suddenly  intervene  in  Army  maneuvers  which  they  think  are 
genuine  attacks,  and  another  when  Elviry  sings  a  sentimental  ballad  at  a 
metropolitan  night  club. 

Heard  in  the  him  are  "Lonely  Hillbilly,"  "Life  Is  Like  a  Mountain 
Railroad,"  "Oh,  Susanna,"  "He  Was  a  Wandering  Sheep"  and  "Well, 
Well."  Frank  McDonald  directed  and  Armand  Schaefer  was  associate 
producer. 

Running  time,  70  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


"West  of  Tombstone" 

(Columbia) 

A  MEASURE  of  entertainment  is  offered  in  the  vocal  pleasantries 
of  Cliff  Edwards,  which  go  along  with  the  usual  Western  action 
in  this  film.  Charles  Starrett  is  the  gang  buster  of  the  western  and 
alongside  him  in  the  big  cleanup  clash  is  none  other  than  Billy  the  Kid, 
played  by  Gordon  DeMain.  Starrett  and  Edwards  do  a  little  grave 
digging  at  the  outset,  and  find  "the  Kid's"  casket  but  Billy  is  not  therein. 
Further  investigation  leads  them  to  the  outlaw  in  the  person  of  a  middle- 
aged  stage  coach  operator,  who  had  closed  the  books  on  a  nefarious 
career  a  generation  before. 

A  mob  of  outlaws,  former  colleagues,  turn  up  and  threaten  to  expose 
him  unless  he  assists  them.  The  battle  follows  and  Billy  the  Kid  is  killed, 
permanently,  and  his  identity  is  kept  from  his  grown  son  and  daughter. 
Russell  Hayden  and  Marcella  Martin  are  the  latter  two. 

Howard  Bretherton  directed  from  an  original  screenplay  by  Maurice 
Geraghty. 

Running  time,  59  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


'To  Be'  Takes 


High  $37,500 
Boston  Gross 


Boston,  April  5. — "To  Be  or  Not  to 
Be"   playing   at   Loew's    State  and 
Orpheum  drew  $37,500  at  both  houses. 
j'Tj&n  Green  Was  My  Valley"  in  its 
(  "^71  week  at  Keith's  Memorial  gar- 
"*nered    $22,000.    The    weather  was 
rainy. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing March  26-27 : 

"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S  ORPHEUM— (3,000)  (33c-44c- 
55c-65c)  7  days.  Gross:  $19,500.  (Average, 
$12,000) 

"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Brooklyn,  Orchid"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S  STATE—  (2,900)  (33c -44c -55c -65c) 
7  days.  Gross:  $18,000.  (Average,  $11,500) 
"How  Green  Was  My  Valley"  (20th-Fox) 
"Niagara  Falls"  (U.  A.) 

KEITH  MEMORIAL— (2,907)  (28c-33c-44c- 
55c-65c)  7  days,  6th  week.  Gross:  $22,000. 
(Average,  $16,000) 
"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 

KEITH    BOSTON— (2,679)  (28c-33c-44c- 
55c-65c)   7  days.   Stage  show  with  Alvino 
Rey  and  his  orchestra  and  the  King  Sisters. 
Gross:  $15,500.  (Average,  $8,500) 
"Playmates"  (RKO) 
"Young  America"  (ZOth-Fox) 

PARAMOUNT— (1,797)     (28c-33c-55c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $14,500.  (Average,  $7,500) 
"Playmates"  (RKO) 
"Young  America"  (20th -Fox) 

FENWAY— (1,320)    (28c-33c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross;  $9,500.   (Average,  $4,500) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (20th-F6x) 
"Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.  A.) 

SCOLLAY — (2,500)  (28c-33c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,200.  (Average,  $4,000) 


'Cowboy'  Garners 
$27,000  in  Detroit 

Detroit,  April  5.— The  Fox  led 
with  a  gross  of  $27,000  for  "Ride  'Em, 
Cowboy"  and  "The  Wolf  Man."  The 
Michigan  with  "Suspicion"  and  "Law 
of  the  Tropics,"  reported  $22,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  March  26: 

"Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 

"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 

ADAMS — (1,600)  (15c-39c-44c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,500.   (Average,  $5,500) 
"The  Little  Foxes"  (RKO) 
"International  Squadron/'  (W.  B.) 

FISHER — (2,700)  (15c-39c-44c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,800.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Ride  'Em,  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"The  Wolf  Man"  (Univ.) 

FOX— (5,000)     (20c-44c-55c-65c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $27,000.  (Average,  $15,000) 
"Suspicion"  (RKO) 
"Law  of  the  Tropics"  (W.  B.) 

MICHIGAN— (4,000)  (15c-39c-44c-55c-65c) 
7  days.  Gross:  $22,000.  (Average,  $12,000) 
( The  Fleets  in"  (Para.)  (2nd  week) 
'The  Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.  A.) 

PALMS— (2,000)   (20c-39c-44c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,500.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 
"Joe  Smith  American"  (M-G-M) 

UNITED  ARTISTS-(2,800)  (20c -30c -44c- 
55c)  7  davs,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $10,000.  (Av- 
erage, $10,000) 


Republic  Making 
Films  for  Cavalry 

Hollywood,  April  5— Republic  is 
producing  for  the  Research  Council 
of  the  Academy  a  series  of  War  De- 
partment training  films  on  horseman- 
ship, which  are  being  directed  by  Les 
Orlebeck.  Equipment  and  horses  for 
the  films  are  being  furnished  by  the 
11th  Cavalry  from  Camp  Lockett, 
California.  Lt.  Col.  Charles  S.  Stod- 
ter  of  the  Signal  Corps  is  liaison  of- 
ficer, and  Lt.  Col.  Marion  Carson  of 
the  Cavalry  is  technical  adviser. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Report  $1,400,000 
In  Dimes  Campaign 

{Continued  from  page  1) 
nated  its  services  for  that  purpose. 

After  all  outstanding  collections 
have  been  remitted  to  the  national 
committee,  it  was  decided,  propor- 
tionate expenses  of  each  state  will  be 
deducted,  after  which  half  of  the 
money  collected  in  each  county 
throughout  the  United  States  will  be 
returned  to  that  county. 

Allocations  of  funds  to  the  counties 
will  start  in  about  four  weeks,  it  was 
estimated.  Schenck  said  that  the 
money  will  go  to  each  community  and 
distributed  as  recommended  by  the 
local  Fight  Infantile  Paralysis  com- 
mittees. Consideration  will  be  given 
to  the  recommendations  of  the  theatre 
men  in  each  locality,  Schenck  said. 

Production  Materials 
C  onference  Tomorrow 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
framed  as  to  impose  a  minimum  bur- 
den on  the  producers.  It  was  reported, 
however,  that  the  studios  undoubtedly 
will  find  it  necessary  to  exercise  strict 
economy  in  the  use  of  new  materials, 
salvage  everything  possible  after  use 
and  forego  the  more  expansive  set- 
tings toward  which  Hollywood  was 
tending  before  the  outbreak  of  war. 


WB  Executives  to 
Coast  for  Parleys 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

remainder  of  the  current  season's 
product,  plans  for  next  season,  co- 
operation with  the  Government's  war 
effort,  and,  it  was  announced,  proce- 
dure for  meeting  any  emergency  which 
may  arise. 

fiernhard  and  Blumenstock  are  ex- 
pected back  next  week.  Kalmenson, 
who  is  stopping  off  at  exchanges  en 
route  West,  will  visit  additional  cities 
on  the  return  trip. 

Actors  Fund  Slate 
Named  Tomorrow 

The  board  of  trustees  of  the  Actors 
Fund  of  America  tomorrow  will  select 
a  committee  to  nominate  candidates 
for  office.  Walter  Vincent,  president, 
will  preside.  The  slate  will  be  pre- 
sented at  the  Fund's  annual  meeting 
May  8  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre. 


To  Reopen  in  Indianapolis 

Indianapolis,  April  5. — B.  F. 
Keith's,  dark  since  last  Summer  when 
a  locally-sponsored  stock  company 
operated  for  several  weeks,  is  to  re- 
open April  16  with  a  four-day-a-week 
film  and  vaudeville  policy.  Anton  F. 
Sibilia  will  be  resident  manager. 


Exhibitors  Act 
This  Week  on 
New  Umpi  Plan 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

plan  this  week  and  the  New  York 
Independent  Theatre  Owners  Associa- 
tion probably  will  take  action  within 
the  next  day  or  two. 

Leaders  of  unaffiliated  regional  or- 
ganizations conferred  on  the  plan  in 
Chicago  on  Friday  but  took  no  formal 
action  pending  meetings  of  their 
boards  or  memberships  which  will  be 
called  following  their  return  to  their 
territories. 

Among  those  at  the  Chicago  confer- 
ence were  the  PCCITO  leaders,  Rob- 
ert White  of  Portland,  Ore.;  Hugh 
Bruen  and  Robert  Poole  of  Los  An- 
geles, and  John  Rugar  of  Intermoun- 
tain  Theatres  Association,  Salt  Lake 
City,  all  of  whom  participated  in  the 
negotiations  which  led  to  the  agree- 
ment on  the  plan. 

Before  leaving  New  York,  Bruen 
and  Poole  stated  they  would  ask  their 
organization,  the  ITO  of  Southern 
California  and  Arizona,  to  approve 
the  plan.  Bruen  also  represented  the 
ITO  of  Northern  California  at  the  ne- 
gotiations here  in  his  capacity  as  al- 
ternate for  H.  V.  Harvey. 

Will  Urge  Approval 

Rugar,  before  leaving  New  York, 
said  he  regarded  the  provisions  of  the 
plan  as  adequate  and  would  ask  mem- 
bers of  his  organization  to  approve  it. 

White  is  on  record  as  saying  the 
plan  constitutes  a  foundation  for  im- 
proved industry  relations  and  offers 
an  improvement  over  the  present  sell- 
ing method. 

Approval  of  the  plan  has  been 
recommended  to  all  MPTOA  units  by 
Ed  Kuykendall,  president.  The  re- 
gional organizations  affiliated  with 
MPTOA  will  take  action  on  the  plan 
at  individual  meetings  during  the  next 
week  or  two,  beginning  at  once.  Al- 
lied States  units  also  will  act  on  the 
plan  at  individual  meetings  starting 
this  week  to  instruct  their  leaders 
for  the  meeting  of  the  national  Allied 
board  in  Chicago,  expected  to  be  held 
early  next  week. 


Justice  Dep't  Awaits 
Exhibitors'  Approval 

Washington,  April  5.— Depart- 
ment of  Justice  officials  over  the  week- 
end had  no  comment  to  offer  on  the 
new  Umpi  sales  plan,  explaining  that 
it  has  not  yet  been  brought  to  their 
attention. 

It  was  indicated  that  the  Depart- 
ment will  not  give  consideration  to 
any  plan  unless  and  until  it  has  been 
approved  by  the  various  exhibitor 
groups.  Officials  pointed  out  that  the 
original  plan  was  hailed  in  some  quar- 
ters as  solving  the  problems  involved 
and  that  efforts  were  made  to  secure 
the  Department's  views  before  the 
program  was  laid  before  the  theatre 
men.  The  Department  refused  to  take 
any  position  and  it  turned  out  that  the 
plan  was  not  acceptable  to  exhibitors. 

If  the  present  proposals  meet  with 
exhibitor  approval,  they  will  be  care- 
fully considered  by  the  Department, 
it  was  said.  While  exhibitor  endorse- 
ment will  not  dictate  the  Government's 
position,  the  fact  that  a  plan  is  of- 
fered which  is  supported  by  all  groups 
will  have  considerable  weight,  it  was 
stated. 


6 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  April  6,  1942 


Off  the  Antenna 


IN  response  to  a  suggestion  by  the  Office  of  Facts  &  Figures,  WINS  has 
arranged  for  a  series  of  four  spot  announcements,  one  of  which  either 
precedes  or  follows  all  news  broadcasts  or  commentaries.  They  read :  "Don't 
play  into  the  Axis'  hands  by  spreading  rumors.  Your  press  and  radio  give 
you  all  the  true  facts  of  the  war."  "The  repeating  of  rumors  plays  into  the 
Axis  partners'  hands.  Your  press  and  radio  give  you  true  facts  of  the  war." 
"The  American  press  and  radio  give  you  the  true  facts  of  the  war.  Rumors 
help  the  enemy  so  don't  you  play  into  the  Axis'  hands  by  spreading  rumors." 
"Don't  become  an  Axis  partner  by  spreading  rumors.  The  American  press 
and  radio  give  you  the  true  facts  of  the  war." 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Cecil  Broun,  CBS  foreign  correspondent,  will  address 
the  Overseas  Press  Club  Wednesday.  .  .  .  Louis  Ruppel,  CBS  publicity  head, 
and  members  of  his  staff  including  Hal  Rorke,  Will  Marcus,  Jack  Hanford, 
Michael  Boscia,  Helen  Brattmd,  Charles  Bensiger,  Thomas  Flynn,  Aim 
Harding,  Medea  Strasser  and  Jack  Hoins,  last  week  went  down  as  a  group 
to  the  Red  Cross  blood  donors'  station.  .  .  .  Joseph  Thompson,  formerly  NBC 
production  director,  has  been  promoted  from  private  to  second  lieutenant  and 
will  produce  the  "Army  Hour"  for  the  War  Department.  .  .  .  Hedda  Hopper, 
CBS  Hollywood  reporter,  is  in  town. 

•  •  • 

The  "Treasury  Star  Parade,"  15-minute  transcription  sent  to  stations 
by  the  Treasury  Department,  will  release  a  sequence  Friday  from  the 
Columbia  picture,  "The  Invaders." 

•  •  • 

WSPR,  Springfield,  Mass.,  will  become  a  basic  outlet  of  the  Blue  on 
Sept.  29.  It  operates  with  500  watts,  day  and  night,  on  1,270  k.c.  The  station, 
which  is  the  only  one  locally  owned  and  managed,  has  its  offices  and  studios 
in  a  private  home.  Another  Blue  station,  WOC,  Davenport,  la.,  will  increase 
its  power  from  250  watts  to  5,000  day  and  night  July  1.  At  the  same  time, 
the  frequency  will  be  changed  from  1,450  k.c.  to  1,420  k.c.  The  network  rate 
will  be  increased  from  a  basic  rate  of  SI  20  per  evening  hour  to  $180. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Seeman  Bros,  will  sponsor  a  newscast  over  WABC, 
9-9:15  A.M.,  Monday  through  Saturday.  .  .  .  Quaker  Oats  has  sign-ed  for 
nine  weeks  of  one-minute  announcements,  Monday  through  Saturday  on 
"Radio  Rendezvous"  over  WJZ,  and  Noxon  will  participate  on  "Breakfast 
in  Bedlam"  on  the  station  for  13  weeks,  Monday  through  Friday.  .  .  .  With 
Watty  Butterworth  leaving  the  CBS  "Vox  Pop"  show,  Parks  Johnson  will 
have  guests  as  his  co-interviewers.  .  .  .  "Tillie,  the  Toiler,"  based  on  the 
comic  strip  of  the  same  name,  will  make  its  debut  on  CBS  as  a  sustainer  this 
week.  It  will  be  heard  Saturdays,  7:30-8  P.M.  .  .  .  Effective  May  2,  the- 
American  Tobacco  Co.  has  renewed  "Your  Hit  Parade"  on  95  CBS  stations. 
It  is  the  seventh  consecutive  year  American  Tobacco  has  been  on  CBS.  .  .  . 
Boake  Carter  will  return  to  the  New  York  area  today  when  he  starts  a 
Monday  through  Friday  commentary  on  IVOR.  He  has  been  heard  on 
Mutual  regularly  but  not  over  WOR  for  the  past  few  months. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  Franklin  Tooke,  KDKA,  Pittsburgh,  program 
manager,  has  resigned  to  join  the  Navy.  .  .  .  Kennedy  Nelson,  formerly 
music  director  for  WAAF,  Chicago,  has  joined  the  music  staff  of  WJJD, 
Chicago.  .  .  .  Carl  A.  Cabasin,  formerly  with  WDAY,  Fargo,  N.  D.,  has 
joined  the  NBC  Central  division  as  studio  engineer. 


Police  Expand  ARP 
Television  Courses 


Expansion  of  the  New  York  City- 
Police  Department's  course  of  training 
for  air  raid  wardens  by  television 
was  announced  Saturday  by  Lewis  J. 
Valentine,  police  commissioner.  Two 
courses  will  be  added  to  the  basic 
training  instructions  now  being  given 
over  WXBT,  the  NBC  television  sta- 
tion. 

The  police  department  stated  that 
30,000  wardens  took  the  first  televi- 
sion course  of  six  weeks.  Beginning 
today,  these  basic  lessons  will  be  re- 
peated for  the  benefit  of  newcomers. 
Each  lesson  will  be  given  four  times, 
at  3,  4:30,  7:30  and  9  P.M.,  on 
Monday,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  for 
six  weeks. 

Pickups  and  retelecasts  by  WPTZ, 
Philco  station  in  Philadelphia,  and 
WRGB,  General  Electric  station  in 
Schenectady,  will  continue. 

Besides  the  84  precinct  reception 
centers,  additional  viewing  groups  are 
being  organized  at  private  homes 
equipped  with  television  sets. 

Meanwhile,  XBC  announced  a  new 
drama  series,  "The  City  Awakes," 
based  on  the  nation's  civilian  defense 
work.  Starting  this  week,  it  will  be 
heard  Fridays,  at  4,  8  and  9  P.  M., 
for  one  hour.  A  large  cast  will  be 
used  and  a  Broadway  stage  star  will 
be  guest. 

Crosley  Reelected 
Company  President 

Cincinnati,  April  5. — Powel  Cros- 
ley, Jr.,  was  re-elected  president  of 
the  Crosley  Corp.  at  a  meeting  of 
stockholders  and  directors.  Others 
reelected  were :  Lewis  M.  Crosley,  ex- 
ecutive vice-president ;  James  D. 
Shouse,  vice-president  and  general 
manager ;  Robert  E.  Dunville,  vice- 
president  and  general  sales  manager, 
both  of  the  broadcasting  division,  and 
Edwin  J.  Ellig,  secretary  and  treasur- 
er. _  All  officers  of  the  manufacturing 
division  were  reelected. 

Powel  Crosley  told  stockholders 
that  a  single  war  order  now  on  hand 
was  several  times  greater  than  the 
entire  radio  production  of  last  year. 
Sales,  which  last  year  amounted  to 
$26,000,000,  were  greater  by  $6,000,000 
than  any  previous  year  in  the  com- 
pany's history. 


'Maltese  Falcon' 

Omaha  Hit,  $9,300 

Omaha,  April  5. — "Maltese  Fal- 
con" took  top  honors,  grossing  $9,- 
300  at  the  Orpheum.  The  weather 
was  warm  and  clear. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  March  31-April  1 : 

"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.  B.) 
"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 

BRANDEIS— (1,200)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $4,200.     (Average.  $4,000) 
"Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 
"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

OMAHA— (2,000)  (30c -44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$7,100.    (Average.  $6,000) 
"The  Maltese  Falcon"  (W.  B.) 
"A  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 

ORPHEUM— (3,000)  (30c-44c)  7  davs. 
Gross:  $9,300.    (Average,  $7,000) 


Screening  for  Soldiers 

Cincinnati,  April  5. — RKO  offi- 
cials here  are  arranging  to  screen 
"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  and  an  as- 
sortment of  short  subjects  at  the  sub- 
urban Orpheum  tomorrow  to  entertain 
the  soldiers  here  for  the  Army  Day 
celebration. 


Grosses  Are  Slow 
For  Kansas  City 

Kansas  City,  April  5. — Grosses 
were  generally  slow  here.  "The  Wolf 
Man"  and  "The  Strange  Case  of  Dr. 
Rx"  scored  $4,100  at  the  Esquire  and 
$3,500  at  the  Uptown.  The  weather 
was  unfavorable. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  March  26: 

"The  Wolf  Man"  (Univ.) 

"The  Strange  Case  of  Dr.  Rx"  (Univ.) 

ESQUIRE — (800)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$4,100.    (Average,  $2,400) 
"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 
"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

MIDLAND  —  (3,600)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $7,000.    (Average.  $8,500) 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 
"Mr.  Bug  Goes  to  Town"  (Para.) 

NEWMAN  —  (1.900)     (30c-44c)     8  days. 
Gross:  $7,200.    (Average,  8  days.  $8,000) 
"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.  B.) 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 

ORPHEUM — (1,900)  (30c-44c)  8  days.  2nd 
week.  Gross:  $5,200.  (Average,  8  days. 
$5,750) 

"Right  to  the  Heart"  (ZOth-Fox) 

TOWER— (2,200)   (30c -50c)  7  days.  Law- 
rence Welk   and  orchestra  on   the  stage. 
Gross:  $7,000.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"The  Wolf  Man"  (Univ.) 
"The  Strange  Case  of  Dr.  Rx."  (Univ.) 

UPTOWN  —  (2,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,500.    (Average,  $4,000) 


'Laughing'  Scores 
$6,000,  New  Haven 

New  Haven,  April  5.— "Look 
Who's  Laughing"  and  "A  Gentleman 
at  Heart"  at  the  Roger  Sherman  took 
$6,000.  "Roxie  Hart,"  dualled  with 
"Castle  in  the  Desert,"  brought  the 
Loew-Poli  gross  to  S8,500,  and  at  the 
College  "A  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road" 
and  "Fiesta"  grossed  $3,400. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  2: 

"A  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 
"Fiesta"  (U.  A.) 

COLLEGE — (1.627)      (40c-50c)      7  days. 
Gross:  $3,400.    (Average,  $2,800) 
"Roxie  Hart"  (20th- Fox) 
"Castle  in  the  Desert"  (20th-Fox) 

LOEW-POLI— (3.005)    (40c-50c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $8,500.  (Average,  $8,000) 
"A  Farewell  to  Arms"  (Para.)  (reissue) 
"Mr.  Bug  Goes  to  Town"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,373)    (40c-50c)  7  davs. 
Gross:  $4,600.  (Average.  S4.600) 
"Look  Who's  Laughing"  (RKO) 
"A  Gentleman  at  Heart"  (20th- Fox) 

ROGER  SHERMAN— (2,067)  (40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $6,000.  (Average,  S5.200) 


Lamour  in  'Sombrero' 

Hollywood,  April  5. — Paramount 
has  announced  plans  to  star  Dorothy 
Lamour  in  "Sombrero,"  a  Western, 
to  be  made  in  Technicolor.  Sol  C. 
Siegel  will  produce. 


'Invaders'  Is 


Big  at  $7,800, 
Seattle  Lead 


Seattle,  April  5. — The  second  week 
of  "The  Invaders"  at  the  Liberty  drew 
a  strong  $7,800,  and  "To  Be  or  Not  to 
Be"  at  the  Paramount  took  $6,600* 
the  second  week.    The  weather  \i 
mild  and  clear. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing March  28 : 

"Roxie  Hart"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Confirm  or  Deny"  (20th-Fox) 

BLUE  MOUSE— (950)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Moved  from  Fifth  Avenue. 
Gross:  $3,900.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

FIFTH  AVENUE— (2,500)  (30c-42c-58c- 
70c)  7  days.  Gross:  $6,800.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 

LIBERTY— (1,800)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,800.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"The  Bugle  Sounds"  (M-G-M) 
"Obliging  Young  Lady"  (RKO) 

MUSIC    BOX— (950)    (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
davs,  2nd  week.   Moved  from  Paramount. 
Gross:  S3,60O.  (Average.  $4,000) 
"You're  in  the  Army  Now"  (W.  B.) 
"Juke  Box  Jenny"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM— (2.450)  (30c-42c-58c)  7  davs. 
Gross:  $5,900.   (Average,  $6,000) 
"Yokel  Boy"  (Rep.) 

"Ellery  Queen  and  the  Murder  Ring" 
(Col.) 

PALOMAR—  (1,500)  (20c-30c-42c-58c)  7 
days.  Stage:  Vaudeville.  Gross:  $5,200.  (Av- 
erage, $5,000) 

"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Castle  in  the  Desert"  (ZOth-Fox) 

PARAMOUNT— (3,050)  (30c-42c-58c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  S6.600.  (Average. 
$6,000) 


'Lady,'  Stage  Show 
$21,000,  Cleveland 

Cleveland,  April  5. — "The  Lady  Is 
Willing"  drew  a  strong  $21,000  at 
the  RKO  Palace  with  the  aid  of  the 
Andrews  Sisters  and  Johnny  Long's 
band  on  the  stage.  "Shanghai  Ges- 
ture" at  Loew's  State  drew  $12,100. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  March  26-27: 

"Men  in  Her  Life"  (ZOth-Fox) 

ALLEN— (3,000)     (33c-39c-47c)     7  davs. 
Gross:  S2,700.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 

WARNERS'   HIPPODROME   —  (3.800) 
(33c-39c-47c)    7  days,   2nd   week.  Gross: 
$8,700.     (Average,  $11,000) 
"Hellzapoppin"  (Univ.) 

WARNERS'  LAKE — (900)  (33c-39c-47c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $1,200.  (Aver- 
age, $1,500) 

"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 

RKO    PALACE— (3,100)    (40c-50c-55c)  7 
days.    Andrews  Sisters  and  Johnny  Long's 
Orchestra  c-n  stage,  7  days.    Gross:  $21,000. 
(Average,  $17,500) 
"Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S  STATE— (3,500)  (33c-39c-47c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $12,100.     (Average,  $11,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S  STTLLMAN—  (1.900)  (33c-39c- 
47c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $4,900.  (Av- 
erage, $4,000) 

"Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  GRANADA— (2,400)  (22c-31c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $4,200.     (Average,  $4,000) 


Promoted  by  Circuit 

Kenosha,  "Wis.,  April  5. — Francis 
P.  Schlax,  manager  of  Standard's  Ke- 
nosha Theatre,  has  been  named  dis- 
trict manager  of  the  southern  division 
of  the  Standard  circuit.  Schlax  con- 
tinues as  manager  of  the  Kenosha,  as- 
sisted by  John  Anoszko,  house  man- 
ager. 


CanadaMakes  Army  Short 

Ottawa,  April  5. — The  National 
Film  Board  is  in  the  process  of  pro- 
ducing a  short  documentary  film  on 
the  8th  Reserve  Force  Brigade. 


Uncle  Sam 
Demands- 


1.  Accurate  Record  of  Defense  Tax  Collections 

2.  Accurate  Record  of  Daily  Income 

3.  Accurate  Record  of  Admission  Ticket  Numbers 
4*  Accurate  Record  of  Daily  Disbursements 

5*  Accurate  Record  of  Payments  to  all  Employees 
6.  Accurate  Summary  of  All  Expenditures 
1.  All  This  and  Many  Other  Records 


Theatre  Management  Record 
and  Tax  Register 


Provides-* A  Practical  and  Simple  Accounting 
System— Requires  no  Bookkeeping  Experience 
—Eliminates  Tax  Headaches— Daily- 
Weekly— Monthly— Defense  Tax  Record- 
Meets  All  Bookkeeping  Requirements 


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IMPORTANT  NOTICE 


Eastman  Motion-Picture  Film  Cans  and  Cores 

MUST  BE  RETURNED 


WAR  requirements  have  sharply  curtailed  the 
supply  of  metal  and  plastics  needed  to  manufacture 
3  5 -mm.  motion-picture  film  cans  and  cores.  Conse- 
quently, the  Eastman  Kodak  Company  urges  the 
prompt  return  of  these  essential  supplies.  They 
must  be  used  over  and  over  again. 

Help  maintain  the  supply  of  motion-picture 
film  by  seeing  to  it  that  all  Eastman  cans  and  cores 
are  kept  in  good  condition,  collected,  and  shipped 
to  the  Kodak  Park  Works,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

By  doing  your  part  in  this  emergency,  you 
help  yourself  and  everyone  connected  with  the 
motion-picture  industry — as  well  as  all  those  who 
depend  more  than  ever  on  the  screen  for  vital 
information  and  entertainment. 

Write  for  prices  and  detailed  shipping  information. 


Motion  Picture  Sales  Division 

EASTMAN  KODAK  COMPANY,  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 


to  the 
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MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


51.  NO.  67 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  TUESDAY,  APRIL  7,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


20th -Fox  Net 
For  '41  Up  to 
4,921,926 


Profit  Compares  With  '40 
Loss  of  $517,336 


Twentieth  Century-Fox  yester- 
day reported  net  profit  of  $4,921,- 
926  for  1941  after  provision  of  a 
reserve  for  foreign  assets  of  $550,- 
000.  The  earnings  compare  with 
net  loss  of  $517,336  for  1940. 

The  company's  consolidated  net 
profit  for  the  fourth  quarter  of  1941 
amounted  to  $3,372,762,  compared 
with  a  fourth  quarter  profit  of  $558,- 
275  the  year  before. 

The  addition  to  the  reserve  for  for- 
eign assets  of  $550,000  compares  with 
an  addition  of  $2,800,000  for  1940.  A 
lesser  reserve  was  necessary  because 
of  the  more  liberal  British  monetary 
agreement  currently  in  force,  which 
released  half  of  the  company's  frozen 
British  funds  and  permitted  increased 
remittances  which  were  included  in 
income  for  the  year  1941,  as  received. 

Net  assets  in  foreign  countries  at 
the  end  of  the  year  amounted  to  $12,- 
828,374,  against  which  there  was  a 
reserve  of  $3,800,000,  leaving  a  net 

(Continued  on  page  3) 


Edmondson  Named 
For  20th-Fox  Board 

John  P.  Edmondson,  20th  Century- 
Fox  home  office  attorney,  has  been 
proposed  for  the  company's  board  of 
directors  by  the  proxy  committee  to 
fill  an  existing  vacancy,  it  was  dis- 
closed with  the  issuance  yesterday  of 
notices  of  the  company's  annual  meet- 
ing of  stockholders  to  be  held  April  21. 

However,  it  was  reported  that 
should  the  20th  Century-Fox  board 
agree  in  the  near  future  on  a  new 
president  of  the  company,  to  succeed 
the  late  Sidney  R.  Kent,  Edmondson 
would  withdraw  as  a  candidate  for 
the  directorate  and  the  vacancy  on  the 
board  would  go  to  the  new  company 
head.  The  election  of  officers  is 
scheduled  for  the  board  meeting  im- 
mediately following  the.  stockholders' 
meeting,  April  21. 

The  proxy  statement  proposes  the 
reelection  of  all  other  members  of  the 
20th  Century-Fox  board.  They  are 
W.  C.  Michel,  H.  Donald  Campbell, 
Daniel  O.  Hastings,  Hermann  G. 
Place,  Seton  Porter,  Sydney  Towell, 
Wilfred  J.  Eadie,  John  R.  Dillon, 
Felix  A.  Jenkins,  Edwin  P.  Kilroe 
and  William  P.  Philips. 


Minn.  Loss  Exceeds 
20%  Cancellations, 
St.  Paul  Court  Told 


St.  Paul,  April  6. — The  loss  to 
distributors  of  doing  business  under 
Minnesota's  anti-block-of-five  law  has 
been  much  greater  proportionately 
than  the  20  per  cent  cancellation  of 
pictures  granted  the  exhibitor  under 
the  law,  Joseph  W.  Finley,  counsel  for 
distributors  attacking  the  statute's 
constitutionality,  asserted  in  final  pleas 
here  today  in  two  actions  involving 
the  law. 

In  one  action  three  companies  are 
charged  with  violations  of  the  law,  and 
in  the  other,  six  companies  are  seeking 
to  have  it  declared  unconstitutional. 

In  his  argument  before  Judge  Albin 
S.  Pearson  in  Ramsey  County  District 
Court,  Finley  charged  the  law  en- 
forces compulsory  block  booking  on 
Minnesota  exhibitors,  and  is  harsh  and 
confiscatory  in  granting  non-negotia- 
tory  cancellation.  The  law  prohibits 
re-licensing  of  pictures  withdrawn  by 
cancellation  from  the  market,  and  pro- 

(Cantinued  on  page  7) 


Jewish  Appeal  Will 
Open  Drive  Tuesday 

The  first  luncheon  organization  com- 
mittee meeting  of  the  Amusement  Divi- 
sion of  the  United  Jewish  Appeal  here 
will  be  held  next  Tuesday  at  12:45  at 
the  Hotel  Astor.  Co-chairmen  of  the 
Amusement  Division  of  the  annual 
drive  are  David  Bernstein,  Major  Al- 
bert Warner  and  Barney  Balaban. 

Nathan  Straus  has  been  invited  to 
address  the  luncheon  meeting. 


HOLIDAY  GROSSES 
BOOM  BROADWAY 


Schine  Hearing 
Set  for  May  9; 
'Final  Delay' 


Buffalo,  April  6. — Trial  of  the 
anti-trust  suit  involving  Schine  Thea- 
tres, and  the  "Little  Three"  today 
was  delayed  by  Federal  Judge  John 
Knight  here  until  Saturday,  May  9. 
It  was  on  the  calendar  for  April  28. 

Counter-charges  came  thick  and 
fast  during  the  four-hour  hearing. 
The  session  was  based  on  a  set  of 
three  motions  advanced  by  Willard 
S.  McKay,  Schine  counsel,  chief  of 
which  concerned  a  request  to  delay 
the  trial  for  60  days  or  more. 

"We  won't  sanction  another 
postponement,"  said  Judge 
Knight.  "There  will  be  no  fur- 
ther delay  unless  death  or  war 
interferes.  This  case  has  been 
pending  for  two  years  and  seven 
months,  and  that's  long  enough." 

Judge  Knight's  decision  in  moving 
the  date  ahead  eleven  days  was  in  the 
form  of  a  rejection  of  McKay's  de- 
mand for  a  60-day  extension. 

In  addition  to  asking  extension  of 
trial,  McKay  sought  further  answers 
to  defendants'  interrogatories  by  the 
Government  and  modification  of  the 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


D.  ofC.  Appeals  Court  Has 
Power  to  Stay  FCC  Orders 


Group  to  Plan  Int'l 
Relations  Program 

Suggestions  for  an  international 
public  relations  program  to  improve 
the  standing  of  the  industry  through- 
out the  world  are  to  be  formulated  by 
a  subcommittee  appointed  at  a  meet- 
ing of  the  International  Publicity 
Committee  at  MP  PDA  headquarters 
yesterday. 

Members  of  the  subcommittee  are 
Albert  Deane,  Paramount,  chairman ; 
Leslie  F.  Whelan,  20th  Century-Fox, 
(Continued  on  page  7) 


Washington,  April  6. —  The  Su- 
preme Court  today  held  that  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  Court  of  Appeals 
has  the  power  to  stay  execution  of  or- 
ders of  the  Federal  Communication 
Commission,  despite  the  failure  of 
Congress  to  specify  that  right  in  fram- 
ing the  Communications  Act. 

The  court's  decision  was  given  on 
an  appeal  brought  by  Scripps  Howard 
Radio,  Inc.,  operator  of  Station 
WCOP,  Cincinnati,  seeking  to  have 
the  FCC  vacate  an  order  granting 
without  hearing  an  application  of  Sta- 
tion WCOL,  Columbus,  Ohio,  for  a 
change  of  frequency  and  increase-  of 
(Continued  on  page  7) 


'Blonde'  Sets  Para.  Record 
With  $31,000  Weekend; 
Other  Pictures  Big 


Favored  by  the  tremendous  in- 
flux of  visitors,  the  school  vaca- 
tion, mild  weather  and,  above  all, 
high-scoring  product,  Broadway 
film  houses  had  a  boom  Easter 
weekend,  with  new  records  estab- 
lished at  two  theatres  and  with 
near-record  business  at  others. 
Prospects  are  for  a  banner  week 
and  extra  shows  have  been  set  for 
the  rest  of  the  week  at  most 
theatres. 

Excluding  New  Year's  Eve 
when  the  price  scale  is  boosted, 
the  Paramount  set  a  new  Sat- 
urday and  Sunday  record  with 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  and 
Tommy  Dorsey's  orchestra  on 
the  stage,  estimated  at  $31,000. 
The  show  is  expected  to  bring 
an  estimated  $80,000  for  the  first 
week  which  ends  tonight  and  is 
expected  to  play  four  weeks. 

After  scoring  the  biggest  pre-East- 
er  business  at  the  Radio  City  Music 
Hall  last  week,  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind," 
Paramount-DeMille  30th  anniver- 
sary picture,  with  the  holiday  stage 
(Continued  on  page  3) 


Stromberg  to  Make 
6  or  More  for  U.A. 

The  deal  by  which  Hunt  Stromberg 
will  produce  for  United  Artists  release 
is  scheduled  to  be  closed  here  this 
week  following  the  return  of  Edward 
C.  Raftery,  United  Artists  president, 
from  the  Coast  today. 

Stromberg,  who  arrived  from  Holly- 
wood yesterday,  said  that  the  deal  is 
for  three  years  and  calls  for  a  mini- 
mum of  six  pictures,  and  the  number 
may  be  more. 


Will  Seek  Delay  of 
Divorce  Suit  Today 

Federal  Judge  Henry  W.  Goddard 
will  be  asked  today  to  postpone  until 
April  16  the  Government's  action  to 
compel  Paramount  and  20th  Century- 
Fox  to  divest  themselves  of  a  total  of 
38  theatres  which  the  Government  al- 
leges were  acquired  contrary  to  the 
consent  decree  provisions  governing 
theatre  acquisitions. 

The  new  postponement  has  been 
agreed  upon  by  opposing  counsel. 


2 


Motion  Picture  daily 


Tuesday,  April  7,  1942 


26  Disney  Shorts 
A  Year  for  RKO 

Hollywood,  April  6.— RKO 
today  announced  consumma- 
tion of  a  two-year  contract 
with  Walt  Disney  under  which 
the  company  will  distribute  26 
Disney  shorts  a  year.  The 
company  has  formerly  dis- 
tributed 18.  The  expanded 
number  includes  Latin-Ameri- 
can subjects  in  connection 
with  which  Disney  recently 
visited  South  America.  Disney 
also  will  revive  the  "Silly 
Symphonies"  series,  discon- 
tinued some  years  ago.  The 
deal  covers  distribution  of 
"Bambi"  but  no  other  feature- 
length  films. 


Personal  Mention 


Stars  to  Tour  for 
Service  Relief  Aid 

A  "Hollywood  Victory  Caravan" 
made  up  of  20  or  30  leading  film  play- 
ers about  May  1  will  begin  a  tour  of 
13  cities  across  the  country,  playing 
one-night  benefit  performances,  with 
the  proceeds  to  be  divided  equally  be- 
tween the  Navy  Relief  Society  and  the 
Army  Emergency  Relief. 

The  Hollywood  Victory  Committee 
will  supply  the  talent  for  the  shows, 
which  will  be  given  over  a  period  of 
about  two  weeks.  The  Navy  Society's 
share  will  be  added  to  the  current  na- 
tional drive  for  $5,000,000. 

In  charge  of  arrangements  will  be 
Stanton  Griffis  and  Clarence  Dillon, 
representing  the  Navy  Relief  Society, 
and  Under  Secretary  of  War  Robert 
P.  Patterson,  president  of  the  Army 
Emergency  Relief. 

The  "caravan"  will  open  in  Wash- 
ington and  appear  in  12  other  cities, 
in  the  following  order:  Boston,  Phila- 
delphia, Cleveland,  Pittsburgh,  De- 
troit, Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City, 
Des  Moines,  Dallas,  Houston  and  San 
Francisco.  The  exact  dates  and  the 
personnel  of  the  troupe  have  not  yet 
been  finally  determined,  it  was  said. 


M-G-M  'Ship  Ahoy' 
Tour  for  Bond  Sales 

In  conjunction  with  M-G-M,  the 
Defense  Savings  Staff  of  the  U.  S. 
Treasury  Department  will  launch  a 
nationwide  "Ship  Ahoy"  Minute  Girls' 
tour  next  Monday  to  stimulate  the 
sale  of  defense  bonds  and  stamps 
Two  starlets  from  "Ship  Ahoy," 
Jetsy  Parker  and  Dorothy  Schoemer, 
will  make  the  tour. 

The  tour  was  planned  by  Howard 
Dietz,  director  of  M-G-M  advertising 
and  publicity,  and  will  be  supervised 
by  William  R.  Ferguson,  exploitation 
manager,  in  cooperation  with  Carlton 
Duffus,  chief  of  motion  pictures  and 
special  events  of  the  Treasury  De- 
partment. 

The  first  appearance  will  be  in 
Minneapolis  with  dates  so  far  set  up 
to  June  1. 


$20,000  Raised  for  Navy 

Miami  Beach,  April  6. — Nearly 
$20,000  was  raised  for  the  Navy  Re- 
lief Fund  at  the  all-star  show  ar- 
ranged and  directed  by  Lt.  Comdr. 
Walter  Winchell  and  a  staff  of  aides 
here.  Winchell  and  Ben  Bernie  were 
masters  of  ceremonies.  The  show  was 
staged  by  Larry  Schwab,  former 
Broadway  producer. 


MR.  and  MRS.  HENRY  GINS- 
BERG are  the  parents  of  a 
daughter,  weighing  6  pounds,  12 
ounces,  born  at  Cedars  of  Lebanon 
Hospital,  Los  Angeles,  on  Saturday. 
It  is  their  third  child.  Ginsberg 
is  vice-president  and  general  mana- 
ger of  the  Paramount  studio. 

• 

Norman  H.  Moray  is  touring  the 
South  after  a  visit  to  the  Coast. 

Paul  Field,  manager  of  the  Strand, 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  has  enlisted  in  the 
Army.  Edward  Howard  has  taken 
his  place. 

• 

Mrs.  A.  M.  Schuman  of  the  Black 
Rock  Theatre,  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  is 
vacationing  at  Hot  Springs,  Ark. 


ALEXANDER    KORDA    is  ex- 
pected to  arrive  from  England  by 
clipper  within  the  next  few  days. 
• 

Walter  Branson,  Western  divi- 
sion manager  for  RKO,  returned  yes- 
terday from  a  trip  to  Chicago  and 
Minneapolis. 

• 

C.  E.  Peppiatt,  United  Artists'  dis- 
trict manager  in  Atlanta,  is  recover- 
ing after  a  recent  operation  in  Miami. 
• 

Darryl  F.  Zanuck  and  William 
Goetz  left  California  last  night  for 
the  East  by  plane. 

• 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Victor  Cassella  of 
New  Haven  are  parents  of  a  daugh- 
ter, born  last  week  at  Grace  Hospi- 
tal there. 


Cinema  Lodge  Gives 
Camera,  Film  to  Navy 

The  Cinema  Lodge  of  B'nai  B'rith 
has  donated  a  Bell  &  Howell  16  mm. 
camera  and  2,000  feet  of  Kodachrome 
film  to  the  U.  S.  Navy,  for  use  in 
making  photographic  records  of  activ- 
ities in  the  United  States  troop  trans- 
port service. 

Presentation  was  made  yesterday 
by  A.  W.  Schwalberg,  honorary 
president  of  the  lodge,  to  Chaplains 
Ernest  R.  Barnes  and  Joshua  L.  Gold- 
berg of  the  Navy.  Irving  H.  Green- 
field is  president  of  the  lodge. 


Allied  Board  Meets 
In  Chicago  April  14 

Washington,  April  6. — A  meeting 
of  the  national  board  of  directors 
of  Allied  States  Association  has  been 
set  for  April  14  in  Chicago  by  Abram 
F.  Myers,  chairman,  at  which  time 
final  action  on  the  proposed  new  sales 
plan  of  the  United  Motion  Picture 
Industry  will  be  taken. 

The  meeting  is  scheduled  to  de- 
cide whether  Allied's  annual  national 
convention  will  be  held  this  year.  A 
convention  is  doubtful  at  present  be- 
cause of  transportation  difficulties. 


Late  News  Flashes  from  the  Coast 


Hollywood,  April  6 

RKO  announced  today  that  Joseph  Nolan  will  rejoin  the  studio  next  Mon- 
day in  charge  of  casting,  stories  and  commitments.  Nolan,  who  has 
been  inactive  during  the  year  since  he  left  RKO,  formerly  was  for  some  years 
treasurer  of  the  company  and  later  vice-president  in  charge  of  the  studio. 

•  • 

Robert  Sisk  will  leave  his  Paramount  production  berth  in  May,  terminat- 
ing eight  months  during  which  he  produced  "Forest  Rangers"  and  completed 
scripts  of  "Texas  Guinan"  and  "Angel  in  Furs."  Sisk  has  not  as  yet  dis- 
closed his  plans. 

•  • 

Joseph  I.  Breen,  whose  return  to  his  RKO  post  was  originally  scheduled 
for  today,  will  continue  his  vacation  in  Mexico  until  late  this  month,  it  was 
disclosed. 

•  • 

William  Lundigan  was  named  today  for  the  Dan  Daily,  Jr.,  role  in  M-G-M's 
remake  of  the  lately  shelved  "Panama  Hattie."  Joan  Carroll,  Red  Skelton 
and  Virginia  O'Brien  also  are  set  for  the  new  version,  which  will  retain 
several  production  numbers  filmed. 

•  • 

The  Association  of  Motion  Picture  Producers  at  its  monthly  meeting  today 
approved  recommendations  of  the  guilds'  and  unions'  committee  for  the  system 
of  identifying  studio  employes.  The  recommendations  submitted  eliminated 
certain  features  considered  objectionable. 

•  • 

Ellen  Drew,  who  has  been  under  suspension  for  declining  a  role  in  Para- 
mount's  "Priorities  of  1942,"  will  return  to  the  studio  to  co-star  with  Eddie 
Albert  in  "Lady  Bodyguard,"  it  was  announced. 

•  • 

Gordon  S.  Mitchell,  manager  of  the  Research  Council  of  the  Academy 
of  Motion  Picture  Arts  &  Sciences,  left  tonight  for  Fort  Sill,  Okla.,  to  at- 
tend a  showing  of  two  field  artillery  training  films  after  which  he  will  pro- 
ceed to  Washington  where  he  will  be  joined  by  Darryl  F.  Zanuck  for  con- 
ferences with  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  on  the  training  film  production  pro- 
gram. 

•  • 

Producers  Releasing  Corp.  announced  today  it  will  fly  the  press  to  San 
Quentin  on  Sunday  to  preview  "Men  of  San  Quentin." 

•  • 

Mary  Roberts  Rhinehart's  "Tish"  was  announced  today  by  M-G-M  as  a 
vehicle  for  Mar j one  Main.  Spring  Byington  will  be  in  a  featured  role. 

•  • 

"Hero  Hunters,"  original  by  Ralph  Dietrich  based  on  the  investigations 
conducted  for  the  Carnegie  Foundation  by  field  men,  was  announced  today 
by  20th  Century-Fox  for  early  production. 


Memphis  Variety 
Club  Gets  Plaque 


Memphis,  April  6. — R.  J.  O'Don- 
nell  of  Dallas,  National  Assistant 
Chief  Barker  of  the  Variety  Clubs, 
formally  presented  Memphis  Variety 
Tent  20  with  a  silver  plaque  citing 
the  club  for  outstanding  humanitarian 
work  in  maintenance  of  its  mother's 
milk  bank,  credited  with  saving  the 
lives  of  many  newborn  babies,  a  , 
banquet  here  tonight.  ( 

The  award  was  not  for  money 
raised  by  the  Memphis  tent,  O'Don- 
nell  said,  but  for  the  good  it  had 
done.  He  cited  figures  of  $165,000 
raised  in  his  own  Dallas  tent,  $100,- 
000  by  Detroit  and  a  like  sum  by 
Pittsburgh,  but  said  the  $7,500  raised 
by  Memphis  tent  had  been  used  with 
outstanding  effectiveness.  The  plaque 
was  awarded  to  Memphis  at  the  na- 
tional convention  in  Atlantic  City 
last  Summer. 

M.  A.  Lightman,  Sr.,  Chief  Bark- 
er of  the  Memphis  club,  accepted  the 
plaque  and  acknowledged  the  club's 
indebtedness  to  cooperating  physi- 
cians, present  as  honor  guests.  Pre- 
vious winners  were  Washington  and 
Detroit. 

O'Donnell  said  there  will  be  no 
more  Variety  Club  conventions  un- 
til after  the  war,  but  that  it  is  hoped 
soon  the  national  membership  will 
be  raised  from  6,500  to  10,000,  with 
new  chapters  planned  for  San  Fran- 
cisco, Portland,  Salt  Lake  City,  Se- 
attle, Denver,  New  Haven  and  New 
York,  putting  a  club  in  each  of  the 
31    distribution  centers. 

Paul  Short,  Dallas  Chief  Barker, 
presided  over  induction  of  new  mem- 
bers. 


Jack  Warner  Given 
Medal  by  Veterans 

Hollywood,  April  6. — Jack  L. 
Warner  Saturday  night  was  awarded 
a  gold  medal  in  recognition  of  his  ser- 
vices to  war  veterans  by  2,000  disabled 
veterans  of  the  first  World  War,  at 
special  pre-Army  Day  ceremonies  at 
the  U.  S.  Hospital  at  Sawtelle,  Cal. 

Warner  said :  "It  has  been  a  priv- 
ilege and  a  pleasure  to  help  perpetuate 
the  heroism  of  our  soldiers  of  1917-'18. 
Your  deeds  have  given  courage  to 
millions  of  young  men  now  carrying 
the  burden  of  the  present  war."  The 
ceremonies  were  broadcast  by  short 
wave  to  the  nation's  forces  abroad. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

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holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center. 
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Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
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Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vice- 
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"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
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"In  This  Our  Life" 

{Warners) 

Hollywood,  April  6 

WITH  Bette  Davis  and  Olivia  de  Havilland,  two  of  the  five 
nominees  for  this  year's  Academy  Awards,  in  the  two  principal 
roles,  and  with  George  Brent,  Dennis  Morgan,  Billie  Burke,  Frank 
Craven,  Charles  Coburn,  Hattie  McDaniel  and  Lee  Patrick  leading  the 
supporting  cast,  there  can  be  little  question  about  the  exploitation  value 
of  this  picture. 

A  considerable  question  about  the  audience-satisfaction  value  of  it 
must  be  reported  in  evidence,  however,  on  the  occasion  of  its  preview 
at  the  Warner  Theatre  in  Beverly  Hills.  There  the  audience  manifested 
somewhat  the  kind  of  response  which  used  to  be  accorded  melodramas 
of  the  footlight  era. 

The  story  concerns  mainly  two  sisters,  good  and  bad,  and  the  dam- 
age to  their  individual  and  collective  lives,  and  to  those  of  their  family 
and  affiliates,  by  the  doings  of  the  bad  girl.  This  sister,  played  by  Miss 
Davis,  runs  away  with  her  sister's  husband,  leaving  her  own  fiance 
brokenhearted,  marries  him  after  a  period  in  which  a  divorce  is  ar- 
ranged, causes  him  to  commit  suicide,  then  returns  home  to  attempt 
to  regain  the  affection  of  her  fiance,  who  has  turned  to  the  good  sister 
and  is  on  the  point  of  marrying  her.  While  attempting  this,  she  kills 
a  woman  and  child  by  reckless  driving,  lies  to  place  the  blame  upon  a 
colored  servant,  is  caught  in  the  lie  by  her  former  fiance  and,  faced 
with  imprisonment,  tries  to  get  an  unprincipled  uncle  to  use  his  in- 
fluence to  save  her  from  justice.  She  fails,  flees  the  community,  is 
pursued  by  the  police  and  dies  when  her  car  plunges  over  an  embank- 
ment. 

The  bad  sister  is  introduced  into  the  picture  as  bad  and  presented 
as  consistently  and  persistently  bad  throughout,  with  no  explanation  as 
to  cause  and  little  as  to  purpose.  Lacking  this,  the  film  stacks  up  simply 
as  a  chronicle  which  makes  no  point  beyond  the  basic  one  that  the 
wages  of  sin  is  death.  The  audience  reported  upon  indicated  disinterest 
in  and  some  amusement  at  this  particular  redemonstration  of  that  prin- 
ciple. 

Performances  in  general  are  such  as  are  to  be  expected  from  the 
talent  employed,  but  artificialty  of  material  deprives  them  of  much  of 
their  power  to  entertain.  David  Lewis  acted  as  associate  producer  to 
executive  producer  Hal  B.  Wallis  and  John  Huston  directed  from  a 
screenplay  by  Howard  Koch  based  upon  a  novel  by  Ellen  Glasgow.  It 
is  not  a  picture  for  children. 

Running  time,  100  minutes.    "A."*  Roscoe  Williams 


*"A"  denotes  adult  classification. 


"Murder  in  the  Big  House' 

( Warners) 

Hollywood,  April  6 

WARNERS'  "Murder  in  the  Big  House"  is  a  concisely  told  story 
of  newspapermen  solving  a  murder  committed  in  a  prison  death 
row  to  prevent  a  killer,  about  to  be  executed  legally,  from  exposing 
a  crime  ring.  Well  made  and  tersely  directed,  the  picture  offers  little 
in  the  way  of  marquee  embellishments  other  than  the  title. 

Principal  players  are  Faye  Emerson  and  Van  Johnson,  newcomers 
to  the  screen ;  George  Meeker,  Frank  Wilcox,  Michael  Ames  and 
Roland  Drew. 

B.  Reeves  Eason  directed  the  original  screenplay  by  Raymond  L. 
Schrock,  with  Jerry  Chodorov  given  credit  for  the  idea.  Some  of  the 
dialogue  is  trite  and  the  ending  is  reminiscent  of  "The  Front  Page." 
A  cub  reporter  and  a  veteran  discover  that  a  convict  has  been  mur- 
dered in  death  row  under  circumstances  which  make  it  appear  that 
a  bolt  of  lightning  struck  him  as  he  was  awaiting  execution.  After 
a  series  of  adventures  they  manage  to  solve  the  crime  and  prevent 
other  murders,  thus  bringing  about  the  exposure  of  a  political  ring. 

Running  time,  60  minutes.    "G."*  Vance  King 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

balance  of  $9,028,374.  Net  balance  at 
(fc^lose  of  1940  was  $7,088,707.  The 
•jfizfase  of  $1,939,667  consists  mostly 
>oi  additional  funds  in  England  re- 
ceived after  Dec.  27,  1941.  During 
the  year,  assets  in  enemy-occupied 
countries  were  completely  written  off 
in  the  amount  of  $496,690. 

National  Theatres  Corp.,  in 
which  20th  Century-Fox  has  a 
42  per  cent  stock  interest,  had 
consolidated  net  income  of  $2,- 
397,246  for  1941,  it  was  reported, 
compared  with  $2,037,177  for  the 
previous  year.  A  dividend  of 
$693,000  was  paid  by  National 
Theatres  to  20th  Century-Fox, 
the  same  as  in  1940.  The  com- 
pany's interest  in  National  The- 
artres'  1941  earnings  amounted 
to  $1,006,843. 

Current  assets  shown  in  the  con- 
solidated balance  sheet  at  Dec.  27, 
1941,  amounted  to  $39,483,642,  includ- 
ing cash  of  $13,483,046,  domestic  and 
foreign,  as  against  current  liabilities 
of  $7,476,156.  Inventories  increased 
during  the  year  by  $5,986,180,  occa- 
sioned principally,  the  report  states, 
by  the  consent  decree's  trade  showing- 
requirements. 

$48,760,290  Income 

Gross  income  for  the  year  amounted 
to  $48,760,290,  of  which  gross  income 
from  sales  and  rentals  of  film  and  ac- 
cessories was  $46,493,707.  Operating 
and  administrative  expenses  amounted 
to  $11,859,180,  and  amortization  of 
production  and  other  costs  to  $26,073,- 
850.  Provision  for  Federal  income 
taxes  was  $2,275,162. 


Roxy  Theatre  Earnings 

Net  profit  of  $36,934  for  1941  was 
reported  yesterday  by  Roxy  Theatre, 
Inc.  Gross  income  amounted  to  $1,- 
903,408  and  operating  expenses  $1,- 
648,324. 

Depinet  Sales  Drive 
Extended  to  June  19 

Ned  E.  Depinet,  vice-president  of 
RKO  in  charge  of  distribution,  yester- 
day addressed  the  staffs  of  the  com- 
pany's 38  branches  in  the  United 
States  and  Canada  from  the  home 
office  over  a  long  distance  telephone 
hookup,  announcing  the  extension  of 
the  Depinet  sales  drive  from  May  8 
to  June  19. 

Nat  Levy,  drive  captain,  will  leave 
tomorrow  for  a  tour  of  all  branches. 
He  will  be  accompanied  through  the 
East  by  Robert  Mochrie,  Eastern  di- 
vision manager,  and  will  be  joined 
later  for  the  Western  tour  by  Walter 
F..  Branson,  Western  division  man- 
ager. A  number  of  home  office  RKO 
executives  were  present  at  Depinet's 
talk,  including  A.  W.  Smith,  Jr.,  gen- 
eral sales  manager ;  the  division 
heads ;  Leon  Goldberg,  treasurer ; 
Garrett  Van  Wagner,  comptroller ; 
Gordon  E.  Youngman,  vice-president 
and  general  counsel ;  J.  Miller  Walker, 
secretary,  and  others. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 

Schad  Anti-Trust 
Trial  Is  Resumed 

Philadelphia,  April  6. — Final 
hearing  in  the  anti-trust  suit  of  Harry 
J.  Schad,  Reading  Pa.,  exhibitor,  was 
resumed  today  before  Judge  J.  Cullen 
Ganey  in  U.  S.  District  Court  here. 
Frank  L.  McNamee,  former  RKO 
branch  manager  here  and  now  asso- 
ciated with  Jay  Emanuel  Theatres, 
which  has  a  pooling  arrangement 
with  Schad  in  Reading,  testified  all 


day  as  the  first  witness  for  the  plain- 
tiff and  will  return  to  the  stand  when 
the  case  is  continued  tomorrow. 

In  his  testimony  McNamee  charged 
that  Warner  Bros,  controlled  exhibi- 
tion in  Pennsylvania  and  that  Wilmer 
&  Vincent  circuit  in  Reading  was 
already  overbought  on  20th  Century - 
Fox  product  when  the  company  sold 
away  the  50  per  cent  franchise  from 
Schad's  Astor  to  the  circuit's  Em- 
bassy and  State  which  already  had 
the  other  50  per  cent. 


Easter  Grosses 
Boom  BVay; 
'Blonde'  Big 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

presentation,  grossed  an  estimated 
$68,500  for  the  four  days  of  its  sec- 
ond week  beginning  Thursday.  This 
is  better  by  an  estimated  $5,000  than 
the  first  four  days  of  the  first  week. 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  with 
the  stage  show  at  the  Roxy  drew  an 
estimated  $41,300  Friday  through 
Sunday.  The  film  is  now  in  its  sec- 
ond week  and  will  continue. 

'Jungle  Book'  Opens  Well 

"Jungle  Book"  had  a  big  opening 
at  the  Rivoli,  taking  an  estimated 
$1,5,100  Saturday  and  Sunday. 
"Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  provided 
the  Rialto  with  a  new  weekend  rec- 
ord, estimated  at  $6,000  for  Friday 
through  Sunday. 

"The  Male  Animal"  with  Shep 
Fields'  orchestra  grossed  an  esti- 
mated $25,100  Friday  through  Sunday 
at  the  Strand  and  will  bow  out 
Thursday  night,  completing  a  second 
week.  "Dangerously  They  Live" 
goes  in  Friday  with  a  stage  show 
headlining  John  Garfield,  Dick  Sta- 
bile's orchestra,  Gracie  Barrie  and 
Jerry  Lester. 

At  the  Globe,  "Two  Yanks  in 
Trinidad"  drew  an  estimated  $6,500 
Saturday  and  Sunday,  which  is  high 
for  the  theatre. 

'Happens  on  Ice'  Good 

Business  at  the  legitimate  shows 
was  less  impressive.  "It  Happens 
on  Ice"  at  the  Center  was  among 
the  better  grossers,  drawing  standees 
Saturday  evening.  At  the  12  shows 
which  gave  matiness  yesterday  busi- 
ness ranged  from  poor  to  good,  it 
was  stated,  with  the  Center's  ice 
show,  "Blithe  Spirit,"  "Junior  Miss" 
and  "Lady  in  the  Dark"  reporting  good 
grosses. 


Film  Priorities  Will 
Be  Weighed  Today 

Representatives  of  the  motion  pic- 
ture producing  companies  will  meet  in 
Washington  today  with  M.  D.  Moore 
of  the  War  Production  Board  to  dis- 
cuss the  priorities  situation. 

Yesterday  a  committee  of  producer 
representatives  met  at  the  offices  of 
the  industry's  War  Activities  Com- 
mittee for  preliminary  discussions. 
Those  present  yesterday  who  will  also 
attend  today's  meeting  include  Barney 
Balaban,  Paramount  president;  Har- 
vey Briggs,  Warners ;  L.  H.  Buell, 
Paramount ;  Frank  Cahill,  Warners ; 
Arthur  Greenblatt,  Producers  Releas- 
ing ;  Donald  E.  Hyndman,  of  East- 
man Kodak  and  the  War  Activities 
Committee;  John  J.  O'Connor,  Uni- 
versal ;  George  Smith,  Columbia ; 
William  Spencer,  Loew's ;  Steve 
Broidy  and  Lindsley  Parsons,  Mono- 
gram ;  George  P.  Ulcigan  and  Thomas 
E.  Mahaffy,  Soundies  Distributing 
Corp.,  and  Alex  Kelly,  20th  Century- 
Fox. 

Robert  Carr  of  March  of  Time  was 
also  present  at  the  session.  That  com- 
pany will  be  represented  .by  Richard 
de  Rochemont  at  today's  meeting. 
Fred  Schmidt  of  Erpi  and  Barton 
Kreuzer  of  RCA,  also  were  present. 


HHiOW  THIS  RAW 
MEAT  TO  YOUR  MARQUEE 
—AND  THEN  STAND  CLEAR! 

It's  the  greatest  adventure  story  ever  slashed 
from  frontier  annals  .  .  .  NOW  told  in  smash 
action  with  nerve- splitting  suspense! 

NATIONAL  RELEASE.  APRIL  10th! 


A  Charles  K.  Feldman  Group  Producti) 
starring 

MARLENE 

DIETRICH 

with  MARGARET  LINDSAY  •  HARRY  CAl 

Screen  Play  by  Lawrence  Hazard  and  Tom 


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ANDOLPH 


JOHN 


WAYNE 


i  HARD  BARTHELMESS  •  WILLIAM  FARNUM  •  GEORGE  CLEVELAND       Produced  by 
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Tuesday,  April  7,  1942 


Steinbeck  Play  to 
Open  Tonight  and 
Circus  Thursday 


First  event  of  the  week  on  the  legi- 
timate stage  calendar  for  Broadway 
is  the  opening  tonight  of  the  John 
Steinbeck  play,  "The  Moon  Is 
Down,"  which  will  be  presented  by 
Oscar  Serlin  at  the  Martin  Beck. 
Otto  Kruger  and  Ralph  Morgan  head 
the  cast,  which  includes  Whitford 
Kane,  Leona  Powers,  Jane  Seymour 
and  Alan  Hewitt. 

On  Thursday  evening,  at  Madison 
Square  Garden,  the  curtain  is  sched- 
uled to  rise  on  the  1942  edition  of  the 
"Greatest  Show  on  Earth."  The 
Ringling  Bros,  and  Barnum  &  Bailey 
Circus,  produced  by  John  Ringling 
North,  staged  by  John  Murray  An- 
derson and  designed  by  Norman  Bel 
Geddes,  has  among  other  features 
"Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gargantua  the  Great" 
and  a  "Ballet  of  the  Elephants." 

Among  the  subsequent  openings  is 
"Autumn  Hill"  which  begins  next 
Monday  at  the  Booth.  Beth  Merrill 
has  top  role  in  the  play. 

On  April  14,  Paul  Muni  will  ap- 
pear in  the  Emlyn  Williams'  play, 
"Yesterday's  Magic,"  a  Theatre 
Guild  production,  at  the  Guild  The- 
atre. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

50th  ST.  and  6th  AVE. 
CECIL  B.  De  MILLE'S 

"REAP  THE  WILD  WIND" 

RAY  MILLAND  .  JOHN  WAYNE 
PAULETTE  GOODARD  .  A  Paramount  Picture 
On  Stage:  "Glory  of  Easter"  —  pageant  .  .  . 
and  "To  the  Colors"  —  Leonidoff's  revue. 
Symphony  Orchestra,  direction  of  Erno  Bapee. 
1st  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved      Circle  6-4600 


PALACE 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


BETTY  GRABLE-VICTOR  MATURE 

'SONG  «  ISLANDS' 

and 

Walter  Huston- Kay  Francis 

'ALWAYS  IN  MY  HEART' 


John 

PAYNE 


Maureen 
O'HARA 


Randolph 

SCOTT 


^SHORES  of  TRIPOLI' 


PLUS  A   BIG  ROY  Y      7th  Ave. 

f>V/A  I     &  5oth  st. 


STAGE  SHOW 


"A  GREAT  SHOW" 


-Herald  Tribune 


50C,  $1&  $1.50  NP0LUHS,GTHAEXR 

SECOND  YEAR  —  SECOND  EDITION 
Now  Thrilling  its  SECOND  MILLION 

It  happens  on  ice 

Sensational  Musical  Icetravaganza 
Center  Theatre,  Rockefeller  Center.  CO.  5-5474 
Eves,   except    Mon.    Daily   Mats,   this  Week. 
501  Seats  for  Every  Perf.  50c.  EVGS.  AT  8:40 


Special  Concert  at 
Center  on  Sunday 

In  a  special  public  program 
marking  the  500th  perform- 
ance of  the  "Music  Hall  on 
the  Air"  radio  series,  Gustav 
Mahler's  "Eighth  Symphony" 
will  be  presented  at  the  Cen- 
ter Theatre  Sunday  at  12:30 
o'clock  by  the  Radio  City  Mu- 
sic Hall  Symphony  Orchestra, 
a  chorus  of  300,  and  seven  solo 
artists.  Erno  Rapee  will  direct. 

The  performance  is  under 
the  direction  of  Gus  S.  Eyssell, 
managing  director  of  the 
Radio  City  Music  Hall  and  the 
Center  Theatre.  The  advance 
ticket  sale  indicates  a  capacity 
house,  it  was  reported. 


Chicago  Service 

Center  Expanding 

Chicago,  April  6. — Expanded  activ- 
ities for  service  men  during  March 
were  described  in  the  fourth  monthly 
report  of  the  Amusement  and  Recrea- 
tion Division  of  the  Chicago  Commis- 
sion on  National  Defense.  Eight 
stage  shows  were  presented  on  Satur- 
days and  Sundays  during  March  and 
soldiers  were  invited  to  attend  the 
world  premiere  of  "Joe  Smith,  Ameri- 
can." The  film  was  run  three  times  to 
take  care  of  the  overflow. 

The  principal  work  of  the  division 
is  maintenance  of  a  16-story  building 
which  acts  as  a  center  for  the  service 
men.  An  electric  organ  has  been  in- 
stalled and  a  series  of  wrestling  and 
boxing  bouts  will  be  started  during 
April.  Another  special  feature  is  a  re- 
cording machine  which  permits  the 
men  to  send  records  of  their  voices 
back  home. 


Sunday  Dancing  Bill 
Is  R.  /.  Competition 

Providence,  April  6.  —  Awaiting 
only  the  signature  of  Gov.  J.  Howard 
McGrath  to  make  it  law  after  passage 
by  both  houses  of  the  legislature,  is  a 
bill  legalizing  Sunday  dancing  in 
Providence,  Pawtucket,  Woonsocket, 
Newport,  Cranston,  Central  Falls, 
Burrillville  and  West  Warwick. 

The  measure,  designed  to  provide 
additional  recreational  facilities  for 
service  men  on  weekend  leave  here, 
promises  to  open  up  a  field  of  com- 
petition to  film  theatres  which  hither- 
to have  had  the  recreation  and  amuse- 
ment field  much  to  themselves  in  these 
communities  on  Sunday. 


Baltimore  Club  Will 
Back  Summer  Camp 

Baltimore,  April  6. — The  local 
Variety  Club  plans  to  devote  its  Sum- 
mer charitable  activities  to  sending 
underprivileged  children  to  camp.  The 
welfare  committee,  of  which  J.  Louis 
Rome  is  chairman,  is  investigating 
desirable  locations  and  other  prob- 
lems. 

Sending  the  children  to  camp  will 
replace,  temporarily,  an  earlier  idea 
to  establish  a  medical  clinic. 


Brazil  Approves' Dictator' 

"The  Great  Dictator,"  Charles 
Chaplin  film  for  United  Artists'  re- 
lease, has  finally  been  approved  by 
the  Brazilian  Government,  U.  A.  an- 
nounced. The  film  will  open  in  Rio 
de  Janeiro  and  Sao  Paulo  on  May  15. 


'Happens  on  Ice' 

Seen  by  1,100,000 

The  Center's  "It  Happens  on  Ice" 
to  date  has  played  to  1,100,000  and  by 
the  end  of  this  week  the  figure  will 
be  raised  by  another  40,000,  according 
to  advance  sales.  However,  closing 
of  the  show  is  anticipated  within  a 
few  weeks,  in  which  event  it  would 
be  followed  by  another  skating  pro- 
duction which  would  open  about  June. 

The  current  show  will  continue 
after  April  18  on  a  week-to-week 
basis  for  as  long  as  business  war- 
rants. The  theatre  had  a  big  turn- 
over over  the  weekend  and  yester- 
day and  will  probably  finish  the  week 
with  an  estimated  $30,000.  Whether 
the  next  show  will  be  a  third  edition 
of  "It  Happens  on  Ice"  or  a  com- 
pletely new  production  has  not  been 
decided. 


4-A  Removes  Griffin 
As  Agva  Secretary 

The  international  board  of  the  As- 
sociated Actors  &  Artistes  of  Amer- 
ica yesterday  removed  Gerald  Griffin 
as  executive  secretary  of  the  American 
Guild  of  Variety  Artists.  In  his 
place  the  board  named  Thomas  J. 
Phillips,  executive  secretary  of  the 
Brother  Artists  Association,  to  serve 
as  general  organizer  for  AGVA. 

Griffin  will  continue  for  two  weeks 
to  advise  Phillips  on  current  affairs. 
Jonas  T.  Silverstone  was  continued  as 
counsel  for  AGVA.  Last  Thursday, 
the  4-A  suspended  the  authority  of  the 
AGVA  national  board  and  national 
officers.  This  suspension  will  continue 
in  effect  and  Phillips  will  be  re- 
sponsible to  the  4-A  board. 

Meanwhile,  AGVA,  together  other 
AFL  unions  in  the  Combined  The- 
atrical and  Amusement  Crafts  Coun- 
cil, has  called  a  strike  against  the 
circus  scheduled  to  open  at  Madison 
Square  Garden  Thursday.  It  is  claimed 
by  the  council  that  circus  officials 
refused  to  negotiate  a  contract. 


Indianapolis  Club's 
Installation  April  13 

Indianapolis,  April  6.— The  eighth 
annual  banquet  and  installation  of 
officers  will  be  held  by  the  local 
Variety  Club  April  13  in  the  Clay- 
pool  Hotel.  A  cocktail  party  in  the 
club  rooms  in  the  Lyric  Theatre 
building  will  precede  it. 

For  the  first  time  the  banquet  is 
open  to  the  ladies,  and  is  not  limited 
to  barkers,  but  is  open  to  all  Indiana 
people  in  the  industry.  Leo  J.  Mc- 
Ginley  is  chairman  of  the  banquet 
committee,  assisted  by  Al  Blocher, 
Richard  Frank  and  Marc  J.  Wolf. 


Honor  Loew  Manager 

Waterbury,  Conn.,  April  6. — Ed- 
ward FitzPatrick,  manager  of  the 
Loew-Poli  here,  was  guest  of  honor 
at  a  testimonial  luncheon  at  the  Hotel 
Elton  and  the  recipient  of  a  plaque 
for  obtaining  first  honors  in  exploita- 
tion campaigns.  Morey  Goldstein, 
M-G-M  manager  here,  presented  the 
plaque. 


Delay  'Saboteur'  Opening 

The  opening  of  the  Alfred  Hitch- 
cock-Universal picture,  "Saboteur,"  at 
at  the  Keith  Theatre  in  Washington 
has  been  postponed  from  April  15  to 
April  22.  Hitchcock  flew  to  the  Coast 
yesterday  for  the  final  approval  of  the 
film. 


Plays  Go  to  Eastern 
Houses  for  Summer 


Broadway  stage  plays  again  will  be 
presented  this  summer  in  a  group  of 
Eastern  theatres,  termed  by  the  pro- 
ducer, Jules  J.  Leventhal,  the  Atlan- 
tice  Coast  Circuit.  To  date  four 
houses  have  arranged  for  the  shows 
with  negotiations  under  way  for 
others.  The  four  are  two  Brandt  v 
the  Windsor,  Bronx,  and  Flat,! 
Brooklyn,  which  have  vaudeville  out- 
ing the  rest  of  the  year,  and  the  Cen- 
tral, Cedarhurst,  Long  Island,  and  the 
Central,  Passaic,  N.  J. 

More  Under  Consideration 

William  Brandt  said  yesterday  that 
the  Summer  stage  offerings  are  under 
consideration  for  other  Brandt  the- 
atres but  nothing  definite  has  been 

set. 

The  first  booking  is  at  the  Flatbush 
which  will  bring  in  "Native  Son" 
on  April  14.  The  house  will  drop 
the  current  vaudeville  tomorrow  eve- 
ning. The  Windsor  will  open  with 
the  play  April  21.  The  Passaic  and 
Cedarhurst  have  not  yet  set  bookings. 
The  price  scale  at  all  houses  will  be 
25  to  50  cents  for  matinee  shows, 
which  will  be  given  Wednesday. 
Saturday  and  Sunday,  and  40  cents  to 
$1  for  evenings. 


Oklahoma  Club  Aids 
Theatre  Stamp  Sale 

Oklahoma  City,  April  6. — The 
local  Variety  Club  has  prepared  a 
campaign  press  book  on  the  sale  of 
defense  savings  stamps  and  bonds  in 
Oklahoma  theatres.  The  book  was 
prepared  by  C.  B.  Akers,  a  director 
of  the  local  club  and  assistant  general 
manager  of  Griffith  Theatres.  Louis 
C.  Griffith  is  chief  barker  of  the  club. 

In  the  book  are  suggestions  for  the- 
atre promotion  of  the  sale  of  stamps 
and  bonds,  including  sale  at  the  box- 
office,  sale  to  employes,  as  prizes,  in 
cooperation  with  schools,  with  con- 
cessions and  the  like.  There  are  also 
suggestions  for  lobby  display  material, 
trailers  and  special  advertising  mats. 


Park  in  Pittsburgh 
To  Open  on  April  18 

Pittsburgh,  April  6. — This  area's 
leading  competitor  to  motion  picture 
theatres,  the  Summer  Kennywood 
Park,  will  open  its  44th  season  April 
18.  A.  Brady  McSwigan  is  presi- 
dent. Frank  L.  Danahey,  formerly 
publicity  head",  will  be  Kennywood 
manager  this  year,  succeeding  Carl 
E.  Denninger,  who  resigned  to  enlist 
in  the  U.  S.  Naval  Reserve.  R.  W. 
Comstock  will  be  assistant  manager. 


TMTME  AT 
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Tuesday,  April  7,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


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Schine  Trial  Is 
Set  for  May  9; 
'Final  Delay' 


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Government's  request  for  admission 
of  certain  facts  by  Schine. 

.-r.^anour  Simon,  special  assistant  to 
li'jCyj  S.  Attorney  General,  disclosed 
"to  tne  court  that  he  probably  will  be 
called  into  Navy  Service  on  or  about 
June  IS,  and  that  expediting  the  trial 
as  far  as  he  is  concerned  is  vital. 

Simon  said  the  admission  of  facts 
directed  at  Schine  was  based  only  on 
points  about  which  there  is  no  dis- 
pute, adding  that  if  defendants  do  not 
comply  his  own  recourse  would  be  to 
subpoena  Schine  books,  records  and 
employes  at  the  trial. 

"This  trial  can  be  concluded  in  from 
six  weeks  to  two  months,  if  defendants 
are  willing  to  cooperate  on  matters 
which  need  no  dispute,"  he  said. 

Will  Examine  Schine 

J.  Myer  Schine  was  present  at  the 
hearing.     McKay   revealed   that  by 
stipulation  with  Simon  he  has  agreed 
to  produce  Louis  W.  Schine  for  ex- 
amination next  Monday,  apparently  in 
Gloversville. 
Two  new  Schine  counsel  were  in- 
,  troduced  and  admitted  to  court.  They 
'  are  Herman   L.   Weisman   of  New 
i  York    and    Richard    B.    Byrne  of 
Syracuse. 

With  Simon  was  Holmes  Bald- 
!  ridge,  special  assistant  Attorney  Gen- 
eral in  charge  of  the  Government's 
anti-trust  trial  division. 

Declaring  considerable  hardship 
would  be  worked  upon  the  Govern- 
ment if  there  was  a  further  delay  in 
the  trial,  Simon  asked  early  during 
the  session  that  the  date  be  left  at 
April  28. 

McKay  began  his  opening  address 
to  the  court  by  pointing  out  this  was 
'  the  third  time  he  had  been  before 
Judge  Knight  on  the  question  of  an- 
swers to  interrogatories  which,  he  de- 
clared, still  were  unsatisfactory. 

"We  consider  these  answers  to  be 
vitally  necessary,"  he  said.  "We  would 
not  have  made  this  new  motion,  but 
it  was  forced  upon  us."  He  then 
enumerated  15  of  them  which  he 
branded  as  inadequate.  He  spent  the 
most  time  on  the  Government's  defini- 
tion of  first-class  theatres  and  pictures. 

"An  Endless  Circle" 

"This  is  an  endless  circle  we  have 
been  chasing  ourselves  around  on,"  he 
pleaded  in  asking  the  court  to  demand 
better  answers  by  the  Government. 
"Instead  of  enlightening  us,  their  an- 
swers have  made  us  more  confused." 

At  this  point,  the  judge  interrupted 
to  say:  "This  description  of  a  first- 
class  picture  or  a  first-class  theatre — 
both  you  and  Mr.  Simon  know  what 
they  are.    Why  all  the  argument?" 

McKay  admitted  they  both  knew 
what  "first  class"  means,  but  declared 
he  wanted  to  know  what  Simon  will 
claim  it  is  during  trial  and  that  much 
depended  upon  the  final  definition. 

Then  from  McKay  came  a  charge 
that  the  Government  could  have  ob- 
tained what  information  it  now  wishes 
from  six  to  nine  months  in  advance 
of  trial.  He  said  this  has  now  been 
v/bittlerl  down  to  30  or  60  days. 

The  Schine  attorney  also  demanded 
to  know  the  number  of  witnesses  the 
Government   intends   to   call  during 


PCCITO  Favorable 
To  Umpi  Proposals 

Los  Angeles,  April  6. — Trus- 
tees of  the  Pacific  Coast  Con- 
ference of  Independent  Thea- 
tre Owners  will  meet  April  14 
in  San  Francisco  to  pass  on 
the  proposed  Umpi  plan. 
Points  2,  3  and  4  are  reported 
by  officials  as  particularly  ac- 
ceptable to  the  organization's 
delegates  to  the  Umpi  meet- 
ings in  New  York,  who  assert 
they  believe  the  Umpi  plan 
"will  work  to  the  decided  ad- 
vantage of  the  small  inde- 
pendent exhibitor."  The  dele- 
gates included  Robert  H. 
Poole,  Robert  White  and 
Hugh  Bruen. 


200th  Complaint  Is 
Brought  in  Dallas 


The  200th  arbitration  complaint 
since  the  opening  of  the  boards  Feb. 
1,  1941,  was  filed  at  the  Dallas  tribu- 
nal last  Friday,  American  Arbitration 
Association  headquarters  reported 
yesterday. 

The  complaint,  which  seeks  some 
run  and  clearance  relief,  was  filed  by 
Edward  Joseph,  operator  of  the  Texas 
Theatre,  Bastrop,  Tex.,  against 
Loew's,  Warners,  Paramount  and 
20th  Century-Fox.  Joseph  charged 
the  distributors  refused  to  license  his 
recently  opened  theatre  on  terms  and 
conditions  conforming  with  Sections 
6  and  8  of  the  consent  decree.  He 
asked  that  a  run  be  granted  similar  to 
that  of  the  Strand,  Bastrop,  and  for 
clearance  over  new  theatres  in  the 
town  now  under  construction. 

A  clearance  complaint  filed  in  Min- 
neapolis by  Lyle  Carisch  and  Ray- 
mond Lee,  operators  of  the  Wayzata 
Theatre  Co.,  against  Loew's  and  Min 
neapolis  first  run  theatres  has  been 
withdrawn  following  a  settlement, 
terms  of  which  were  not  disclosed. 


Rules  Court  May 
Stay  FCC  Orders 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

power  to  the  frequency  and  power  of 
WCOP. 

The  original  petition  to  the  Circuit 
Court  was  rejected  by  a  two-to-one 
vote,  but  a  motion  for  rehearing  before 
all  six  members  was  granted  and  the 
judges,  being  equally  divided  on  the 
question  of  the  court's  power  to  grant 
a  stay,  certified  the  question  to  the 
Supreme  Court. 

In  ruling  that  the  court  had  au- 
thority to  issue  a  stay  order,  the  Su- 
preme Court  pointed  out  that  its  opin- 
ion does  not  "in  any  way  imply  that 
a  stay  order  would  or  would  not  be 
warranted  upon  the  showing  made  by 
the  appellant  in  this  case." 


Minn.  Loss  Exceeds 
20%  Cancellations, 
St.  Paul  Court  Told 


trial,  declaring  one  list  had  77,  a  sec- 
ond 81,  and  that  now  he  learns  about 
47  have  been  subpoenaed. 

At  another  point  in  the  hearing, 
Simon  told  Judge  Knight  the  Govern- 
ment has  attempted  to  answer  defend- 
ant's interrogatories  as  fully  as  pos- 
sible and  asserted  he  doesn't  believe 
McKay  has  any  right  to  come  into 
court  and  attempt  to  "make  us  file 
the  type  of  answer  he  wants." 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

hibits  spot  bookings  and  split  and 
short  deals,  all  definite  aids  to  the  in- 
dustry, he  said. 

David  Shearer,  also  of  counsel  for 
the  distributors,  charged  that  the  act 
"entirely  lacks  any  public  purpose, 
rather  it  is  opposed  to  the  public  inter- 
est." He  said  it  is  designed  for  the 
benefit  of  "a  small  pressure  group," 
and  "confers  advantages  exclusively 
on  a  small  class — the  independent  ex- 
hibitors." 

The  statute  is  in  violation  of  the  due 
process  clause  of  both  the  State  and 
Federal  constitutions,  he  charged,  and 
"is  beyond  the  limitations  of  State 
police  powers  and  legal  legislation." 

In  arguing  against  the  cancellation 
clause,  he  said,  "Every  picture  is  made 
for  a  definite  purpose  and  is  of  interest 
to  every  family."  He  charged  the  law 
constitutes  unlawful  interference  with 
the  copyright,  interstate  commerce  and 
Sherman  anti-trust  laws,  and  the  Fed: 
eral  industry  consent  decree. 

"The  motion  picture  industry," 
Shearer  said,  "was  developed  on  a 
flexible  basis  on  which  it  might  pros- 
per and  adjust  itself  to  meet  its  dif- 
ficulties. The  Minnesota  law  threat- 
ens that  flexibility." 

Other  attorneys  representing  the 
distributors  at  today's  hearing  were 
Frederick  W.  Lorenzen  and  C.  Stan- 
ley Thompson  of  New  York. 


Group  to  Plan  Int'l 
Relations  Program 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

and  Fortunat  Baronat,  Universal.  The 
program  will  be  based  on  the  joint 
efforts  of  the  New  York  and  Holly- 
wood foregin  department  committees, 
and  resulted  from  an  exchange  of 
views  by  the  two  on  March  25  in  Hoi 
lywood,  with  Whelan  representing  the 
Eastern  committee. 

William  Gordon  of  the  RKO  studio, 
a  member  of  the  Hollywood  commit- 
tee, reported  at  yesterday's  meeting 
on  the  successful  trip  to  Ensenada  of 
a  group  of  Hollywood  stars  to  enter- 
tain Mexican  soldiers.  He  also  re- 
ported on  Hollywood's  plans  for  en- 
tertaining Dr.  Assia  de  Figuerrido, 
assistant  to  the  head  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Press  and  Propaganda  of 
Brazil.  His  Hollywood  visit  will 
culminate  with  a  luncheon  tomorrow 
at  which  Y.  Frank  Freeman,  presi- 
dent of  the  AMPP,  will  preside. 


Mutual  Gross  for 
March  Double  1941 

Mutual's  March  gross  bill- 
ings continued  the  trend  of 
the  first  two  months  in  show- 
ing more  than  double  for  the 
same  month  in  1941.  Billings 
for  March,  1942,  totaled 
$1,053,444,  an  increase  of  105.4 
per  cent,  it  was  announced. 
The  total  for  the  first  quarter 
was  $3,016,141,  an  increase  of 
106.4  per  cent  over  $1,461,162 
billings  reported  for  the  first 
three  months  of  1941. 


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HOWLED 
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MONTHS 
COMES 
REPUBLIC'S 
GREAT  screen" 
SMASH  — 
"YOKEL  BOY!"  If 
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FOR  laughter,  now  is  the 
TIME.  And  if  ever  there 
WAS  a  picture  designed 
TO  fill  that  need,  "YOKEL 
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WITH  music  with  lots  of  very 
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ROSCOE  KARNS, 
MARILYN  HARE, 
MIKHAIL 
RASUMNY,  and  MARC 
LAWRENCE  to  help  them  in  the 
HIGH-jinks  and  shenanigans.  When 
BUGSIE  MALONE,  America's 
FOREMOST  mobster,  decides  to 
BECOME  a  glamorous  movie  hero, 
THE  laughs  pile  on  so  fast  that  you'll 
ENJOY  every  minute  of  it.  There 
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"YOKEL  BOY,"  1942  s  best 
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You've  got  the  jump  on  most  of  the  people  who  are 
competing  for  public  attention. 

You  have  Clamour  Preferred  in  your  advertising  pre- 
sentation. You've  got  the  stuff  that  other  advertisers 
cry  for.  You've  got  live,  well-known,  well-publicized 
personalities  who  are  in  the  news  to  begin  with  . . . 
who  are  news. 

Capitalize  on  these  facts.  Advertise,  advertise, 
ADVERTISE,  Institutionalize  .  .  .  sell  your  theatre  as  a 
consistently  good  place  to  look  for  entertainment. 

Reach  out  for  better  understanding  with  your 
audience  . . .  reach  out  for  more  profits  with  the  nu- 
merous aids  you  will  find  in  the  Prize  Baby's  3 -Way 
Advertising  stretch.. .Standard  Accessories... Special 
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TEN  CENTS 


Theatres  of 
Nation  to  Aid 
;  Sale  of  Bonds 

\  WAC  and  Treasury  Dep't 
\        Complete  Plans 


\     Plans  have  been  completed  be- 
'  tween  the  War  Activities  Commit- 
\  tee  of  the  Motion  Picture  Indus- 
try and  the  Treasury  Department 
^  for  participation  by  the  nation's 
\  theatres  in  the  sale  of  war  bonds 
and  stamps.   A  total  of  15,000  the- 
atres are  expected  to  participate. 

Joseph  Bernhard,  chairman  of  the 
Theatres  Division,  and  Adolph  Zukor, 
chairman  of  the  Drives  Division,  will 
be  in  charge  of  the  drive. 

Final  details,  including  the  dates 
of  the  drive,  are  expected  to  be  de- 
termined at  a  meeting  here  on  Friday 
to  be  attended  by  Treasury  Depart- 
ment representatives  and  WAC  offi- 
cials. 

Preliminary  meetings  already  have 
been  held  in  Washington  and  here. 
The  Hollywood   Victory  Committee 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


WPB  Cancels  Meet 
With  Studio  Group 

Washington,  April  7. — War  Pro- 
duction Board  officials  called  off  the 
meeting  which  was  to  have  been  held 
today  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  the 
material  priorities  situation  as  it  af- 
fects the  studios.  They  said  the  post- 
ponement was  indefinite  and  gave  no 
indication  when  the  conference  would 
be  held. 

The  conference,  it  was  said,  was 
arranged  by  the  Hollywood  industry 
with  the  purpose  of  securing  an  oppor- 
tunity to  discuss  studio  needs  before 
the  WPB  issued  any  restriction  or- 
ders covering  the  hundreds  of  items 
and  materials  required  for  production. 

It  was  proposed  that  representatives 
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70  Studio  Players 
Set  for  Relief  Tour 

Hollywood,  April  7.  —  Seventy 
"name"  personalities  will  entrain 
on  the  "Hollywood  Victory  Cara- 
van" when  it  tours  13  American  cities 
on  behalf  of  the  national  drive  for 
Army  Emergency  Relief  and  the 
Navy  Relief  Society,  it  was  decided 
.today  by  the  Hollywood  Victory 
Qommittee  following  an  emergency 
meeting  of  film  casting  directors  and 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


May  19  Fixed  for 
Schine  Case  Trial; 
10-Day  Stay  Given 


Buffalo,  April  7. — Trial  of  the 
Government's  anti-trust  case  against 
Schine  Theatres  and  the  "Little 
Three,"  has  been  set  for  May  19, 
instead  of  May  9,  by  decision  of  the 
court  and  agreement  of  opposing 
counsel,  it  was  disclosed  today. 

The  later  date  was  agreed  upon 
during  a  conference  between  coun- 
sel and  Federal  Judge  John  Knight 
which  took  place  immediately  follow- 
ing a  hearing  yesterday  on  motions 
by  Willard  S.  McKay,  chief  Schine 
counsel.  Apparently  in  haste  to  end 
the  controversy,  Judge  Knight  first 
set  the  earlier  date,  which  falls  on 
Saturday.  Court  sessions  are  brief 
on  that  day.  In  consideration  of 
this  and  further  requests  by  McKay 
— who  had  originally  asked  for  a 
60-day  postponement — a  further  ex- 
tenson  of  10  days  was  granted.  The 
trial  had  been  on  the  calendar  for 
April  28. 

On  file  now  are  affidavits  by  Mc- 
Kay and  Seymour  Simon,  special  De- 
partment of  Justice  attorney.  Their 
affidavits  voice  disagreements  in  the 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Divorce  Suit  Delay 
Approved  by  Court 

Federal  Judge  Henry  W.  Goddard 
yesterday  granted  a  request  by  coun- 
sel for  a  postponement  to  April  16  of 
the  hearing  scheduled  for  yesterday  on 
the  Government's  action  to  compel 
Paramount  and  20th  Century-Fox  to 
divest  themselves  of  a  total  of  38  thea- 
tres alegedly  acquired  contrary  to  pro- 
visions of  the  consent  decree. 


Minn.  Anti-5  Cases 
Await  Court  Ruling 

St.  Paul,  April  7.— The  two 
actions  involving  the  major 
distributors  in  a  constitu- 
tional test  of  the  Minnesota 
anti-block-of-five  law  went  to 
Judge  Albin  S.  Pearson  in 
Ramsey  County  District  Court 
here  today  after  the  State 
rested  its  case.  In  one  of  the 
actions  Paramount,  RKO  and 
20th  Century-Fox  are  charged 
with  violating  the  law  and  in 
the  other  those  three  and 
Warners,  Loew's  and  United 
Artists  are  seeking  to  have 
the  law  declared  invalid. 


KAO  Meet  Today; 
RKO  Has  Control 


The  annual  meeting  of  stockholders 
of  Keith  -  Albee  -  Orpheum  Corp., 
scheduled  for  today  at  the  home  office, 
will  be  the  first  in  approximately  10 
years  at  which  RKO,  the  parent 
company,  has  exercised  voting  con- 
trol. 

The  K-A-0  first  preferred  stock- 
holders received  the  right  to  elect  a 
majority  of  the  directors  in  1932  after 
three  consecutive  dividends  on  the 
preferred  had  been  passed.  Voting 
control  was  retained  by  the  preferred 
holders  until  last  Fall  when  RKO 
acquired  from  M.  J.  Meehan  the  ma- 
jority outstanding  preferred  stock, 
together  with  tenders  from  other  hold- 
ers. 

D.  K.  David  and  John  J.  McCaf- 
frey, representatives  on  the  board  of 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


144  of  199  Arbitration  Complaints 

In  14  Months  Are  on  Clearance 

Of  the  199  arbitration  complaints  filed  with  the  31  industry 
boards  during  the  first  14  months  of  operation  ended  March  31, 
144  were  on  clearance,  a  report  made  public  yesterday  by  the 
American  Arbitration  Association  revealed. 

Of  the  remaining  actions,  30  involved  some  run,  19  were  com- 
bination complaints  and  six  were  designated  as  run  cases.  In  the 
14  months'  period,  95  awards  were  made  by  arbitrators,  of  which 
49  were  in  favor  of  distributors  and  46  in  favor  of  exhibitors.  A 
total  of  48  cases  were  withdrawn  after  filing,  presumably  follow- 
ing settlement  agreements. 

The  national  appeals  board  received  30  appeals  and  handed 
down  20  decisions  during  the  14  months.  Nine  were  in  favor  of 
distributors  and  11  were  in  favor  of  exhibitors.  Eight  appeals 
are  still  pending  and  two  were  withdrawn  prior  to  a  decision. 

The  AAA  is  now  compiling  statistical  material  for  a  report  on 
the  average  time  required  for  the  determination  of  a  case  and  the 
average  cost  of  an  arbitration  proceeding  to  exhibitor  complain- 
ants. The  study  will  cover  the  same  14  months'  period  and  is 
expected  to  be  ready  about  the  end  of  the  month. 


Two  MPTOA 
Units  Approve 
NewUmpi  Plan 

Oklahoma,  W.Va.  Groups 
Accept  Proposal 

The  MPTO  of  Oklahoma  and 
the  MPTO  of  West  Virginia  have 
approved  the  revised  selling  plan 
of  the  United  Motion  Picture  In- 
dustry, Ed  Kuykendall,  president  of 
MPTOA,  with  which  both  organi- 
zations are  affiliated,  announced 
yesterday. 

The  organizations  are  the  third  and 
fourth,  respectively,  to  announce  rati- 
fication of  the  proposed  new  sales 
plan.  Earlier  the  plan  was  approved 
by  United  MPTO  of  Eastern  Penn- 
sylvania, Southern  New  Jersey  and 
Delaware,  also  an  MPTOA  affiliate, 
and  MPTO  of  Virginia,  an  unaffili- 
ated regional  organization. 

No  exhibitor  organization  has  yet 
announced  its  rejection  of  the  plan. 

Acceptance  by  the  Oklahoma  unit 
was  reported  to  Kuykendall  by  Mor- 
ris Loewenstein,  president  of  the  re- 
gional organization,  after  a  poll  of 
directors  and  members.  Acceptance 
(Continued  on  page  5) 


Dean  Gets  8  Years, 
Is  Fined  $10,000 

Nick  Circella,  also  known  as  Nick' 
Dean,  former  official  of  the  Chicago 
projectionists'  local  of  the  IATSE, 
was  sentenced  yesterday  by  Federal 
Judge  Henry  W.  Goddard  to  eight 
years  in  jail  and  $10,000  fine.  Dean 
pleaded  guilty  last  month  to  charges 
of  conspiring  to  violate  the  anti-rack- 
eteering act.  His  co-defendant,  Louis 
Kaufman,  business  agent  of  the  New- 
ark projectionists'  local,  is  scheduled 
to  come  to  trial  on  the  same  charges 
April  20. 

U.  S.  Attorney  Mathias  F.  Correa 
recommended    a    nine-year  sentence. 
(Continued  on  page  5) 


Zanuck  and  Goetz 
Here  for  Meeting 

Darryl  F.  Zanuck  will  arrive  from 
Washington  today  to  join  William 
Goetz,  who  came  directly  here  from 
the  Coast.  They  are  scheduled  to  re- 
main here  about  10  days  for  confer- 
ences with  company  officials  and  di- 
rectors preliminary  to  the  annual 
meeting  of  20th  Century-Fox  stock- 
holders and  the  organization  meeting 
(Continued  on  page  5) 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  April  8,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  April  7 

REPUBLIC'S  four  serials  for  the 
new  season  were  set  today  as 
"King  of  the  Royal  Mounted  Strikes 
Again,"  "G  Men  Versus  the  Black 
Dragon,"  "Daredevils  of  the  West" 
and  "Sambo  in  Darkest  Africa,"  ac- 
cording to  a  studio  announcement. 
• 

Tim  Durant,  film  executive  and 
former  stock  exchange  figure,  was 
named  today  as  the  fifth  member  of 
the  United  Artists'  product  commit- 
tee headed  by  George  Bagnall.  Du- 
rant until  recently  was  executive  as- 
sistant to  Edward  Small  and  previ- 
ously was  with  Charles  Chaplin  and 
King  Vidor.  Other  members  of  the 
committee  are  Arthur  W.  Kelly, 
Daniel  T.  O'Shea  and  Loyd  Wright. 
• 

Republic  plans  to  make  "Icecapades 
of  1943"  as  a  follow-up  to  the  first 
"Icecapades"  film. 

Paramount  Partners 
In  N.  Y.  for  Parleys 

Paramount  theatre  partners  from 
various  sections  of  the  country  are 
here  or  en  route  to  New  York  for 
conferences  with  Leonard  Goldenson, 
Sam  Dembow  and  Leon  Netter  at  the 
home  office. 

Already  in  town  are  G.  Ralph  Bran- 
ton,  Myron  Blank  and  Joseph  Dietch 
of  the  Tri-States  Circuit,  Des  Moines, 
and  Fred  Kent  and  Frank  Rogers  of 
Florida  State  Theatres.  Julius  Gor- 
don of  Beaumont,  Tex.,  and  Vincent 
McFaul  of  Buffalo  are  expected  here 
within  the  next  few  days. 


Personal 


WILL  H.  HAYS  and  Charles 
Francis  Coe  arrive  today  on  the 

Coast. 

E.  W.  Aaron  has  returned  from 
Florida. 

• 

Denis  Murray  of  TWA  is  the 
father  of  a  daughter,  born  to  Mrs. 
Murray  yesterday  at  Wickersham 
Hospital. 

Miles  Lamoreaux  and  William 
Eggleston  of  the  Forty  Fort  Theatre 
in  Forty  Fort,  Pa.,  have  joined  the 
Army. 

• 

Howard  Partridge  of  the  Century 
Theatre,  Rochester,  has  entered  the 
Army. 


Rodger s  to  Studio 

William  F.  Rodgers,  Loew's  vice- 
president  and  general  sales  manager, 
left  for  Washington  yesterday  en 
route  to  the  Coast.  After  visits  in 
Washington,  Chicago,  Dallas  and 
other  cities  on  the  way  West,  Rodgers 
will  spend  several  weeks  at  the  studio 
conferring  on  forthcoming  product. 


Tyrone  Power  in  Navy 

Tyrone  Power  yesterday  enlisted 
here  in  the  Naval  Reserve.  Officials 
said  he  probably  would  be  assigned  in 
the  morale  and  recreation  division. 
He  will  start  active  duty  after  com- 
pleting a  film  for  20th  Centry-Fox 
in  about  two  months. 


Mention 


MAX    ROTH,    Warner  Buffalo 
branch  manager,  is  in  town. 
• 

Jack  Kirsch  has  left  Chicago  for  a 
vacation  in  Miami. 

• 

Lester  McRae,  manager  of  the 
Pastime,  Lewistown,  Pa.,  has  joined 
the  Army. 

• 

Hi  Shapiro,  manager  of  the  Ter- 
minal, Philadelphia,  has  left  for 
Miami. 

• 

Jackson  T.  Eckenrode  of  the  Penn 
Theatre,  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  has  en- 
listed in  the  Army. 

• 

David  Dykes  of  the  Ashley  Thea- 
tre, Ashley,  Pa.,  is  in  the  Army. 

20th-Fox  and  Metro 
Set  Trade  Showings 

M-G-M  and  20th  Century-Fox  yes- 
terday each  set  trade  showings  on 
groups  of  five  pictures.  The  20th 
Century-Fox  group,  forming  the  com- 
pany's 10th  block,  includes :  "The  Man 
Who  Wouldn't  Die,"  "Whispering 
Ghosts"  and  "My  Gal  Sal,"  to  be 
shown  on  April  IS,  and  "The  Mad 
Martindales"  and  "Moontide,"  on 
April  16. 

M-G-M  will  show  "Tarzan's  New 
York  Adventure"  and  "Sunday  Punch," 
in  some  exchanges  on  April  16  and 
in  others  on  April  17 ;  "Ship  Ahoy" 
and  "Tortilla  Flat"  on  April  23 
and  "Grand  Central  Murder"  on  April 
24.  However,  the  New  York-New 
Jersey  schedule  is  as  follows :  "Tar- 
zan's New  York  Adventure"  and 
"Sunday  Punch,"  April  14;  "Ship 
Ahoy,"  April  16,  and  "Grand  Central 
Murder"  and  "Tortilla  Flat,"  April  21. 

Name  Lexey  Warner 
Circuit  District  Head 

Philadelphia,  April  7. — Jack 
Lexey,  manager  of  the  Broadway  The- 
atre in  South  Philadelphia,  has  been 
promoted  to  the  post  of  district  man- 
ager for  Warner  Theatres  in  this 
zone,  succeeding  Lou  Davidoff,  re- 
cently promoted  to  the  film  buying  de- 
partment. 

The  change  was  made  by  Ted 
Schlanger,  zone  manager.  Lexey  has 
been  with  the  organization  for  many 
years. 


Pep  Club  Concert  Set 

The  Spring  concert  of  the  Para- 
mount Pep  Club  Choral  Society  will 
be  held  April  17  at  the  Hotel  Plaza, 
for  the  benefit  of  the  James  Buchanan 
Brady  Foundation  of  the  New  York 
Hospital. 


Pathe  Luncheon  Friday 

Pathe  News  will  hold  a  buffet 
luncheon  on  Friday  at  12 :30  at  its 
new  quarters,  625  Madison  Ave. 


Newsreel  writer  to  write  concise, 
punchy  script  for  Newsreel's  Staff 
Commentators.  Ability  do  rapid 
research,  write  under  pressure. 
Write,  giving  work  qualifications, 
personal  data. 
Box  205,  Motion  Picture  Daily 


Mexican  Trade  Pact 
On  Films  Is  Studied 


Washington,  April  7. — The  treat- 
ment accorded  American  motion  pic- 
tures in  Mexico  will  be  explored  at 
hearings  to  be  held  by  the  committee 
for  Reciprocity  Information  beginning 
May  18. 

This  was  learned  as  a  result  <~>f 
disclosures  by  the  State  Departmk  1 
that  concessions  on  motion  pictu^>'5 
would  be  considered  in  the  course  of 
negotiations    of    a    reciprocal  trade 
agreement  with  Mexico. 

The  present  rate  of  duty  on  Mexi- 
can film  imports  is  two  cents  per  lin- 
ear foot  for  undeveloped  and  three 
cents  for  developed  negatives,  and  one 
cent  per  foot  for  positives.  Under 
the  law  providing  for  reciprocal  trade 
agreements,  rates  may  be  cut  up  to  a 
maximum  of  50  per  cent. 


Variety  Club  Unit 
Sought  in  Seattle 

Film  executives  of  Seattle  have  ap- 
plied to  the  National  Variety  Clubs 
for  a  charter  for  a  local  club  to  cover 
the  State  of  Washington  and  Alaska. 
The  petition  was  signed  by  Frank 
Newman  and  Frank  Christie  of  Fox 
Evergreen  Theatres,  exchange  man- 
agers, and  others.  It  will  be  known 
as  Tent  No.  27. 

The  national  officers  are  expected  to 
act  shortly  on  an  application  for  a 
charter  submitted  by  I.  J.  Hoffman, 
New  England  zone  manager  for  War- 
ner Theatres  at  New  Haven,  and 
other  New  Haven  executives.  The 
club  will  be  known  as  Tent  No.  28  of 
Connecticut. 


Westchester  County 
In  Total  Blackout 

Without  warning,  all  of  Westchester 
county  was  plunged  into  a  sudden 
blackout  at  8:50  o'clock  last  night. 
It  lasted  an  hour  and  10  minutes,  and 
was  complete.  The  only  exceptions 
permitted  were  war  plants  and  the 
beacon  lights  on  the  tower  of  Station 
WFAS  in  White  Plains.  The  test 
had  been  expected  some  time  this 
week,  and  theatres  for  the  last  several 
days  ran  trailers  pointing  out  that  the 
theatre  was  just  the  place  to  pass  a 
blackout. 


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FAIR  WARNING 

ABOUT  A 

BIG  PICTURE 


BS  Reports 
Year's  Net  of 
4,804,733 


n-BS  earned  a  net  profit  of 
$4,804,733  after  all  deductions  for 
-gkvear  ended  Jan.  3,  as  compared 
ia^h  $5,006,663  for  1940,  the  com- 
pany reported  yesterday.  The 
profit  actually  was  slightly  higher 
in  1941  than  1940  but  the  figure 
was  reduced  by  $220,000  through  a 
special  provision  for  contingencies 
representing  the  approximate  profit 
on  the  sale  of  artist  management 
subsidiaries. 

Earned  surplus  at  the  end  of  1941 
was  $11,874,594  as  compared  with 
$10,502,414  at  the  end  of  1940. 

Gross  Income  Increase 

Gross  income  from  the  sale  of 
facilities,  talent,  lines,  records  and  the 
like  was  $59,456,304  in  1941,  com- 
pared with  $50,912,063  in  1940,  while 
the  net  income  after  time  discounts, 
agency  commissions  and  the  like  was 

42,378,991   as   compared  with  $36,- 

43,356. 

In  his  annual  statement,  William  S. 
Paley  said  the  Pearl  Harbor  attack 
found  radio  "seasoned  and  ready." 
"For  the  duration,"  he  declared,  "Col- 
umbia's first  task  since  Dec.  7  has  been 
and  will  continue  to  be  to  make  radio 
serve  the  cause  of  victory."  He 
scored  the  FCC  network  regulations. 

Dean  Gets  8  Years, 
Is  Fined  $10,000 

{Continued  from  page  1) 

he  maximum  under  the  law  is  10 
ears.  Correa  refused  to  recommend 
uch  leniency,  asserting  that  Dean's 
'plea  of  guilty  is  a  typical  gangster 
aneuver  to  block  further  investiga- 
'on."  "He  is  simply  taking  orders 
rom  someone  else  to  prevent  the  Gov- 
rnment  from  continuing  its  investi- 
ation,"  Correa  said.  "He  has  done 
verything  in  his  power  to  obstruct 
e  administration  of  justice." 
Correa  added  that  Dean  had  saved 
h  Government  the  expense  of  a 
ial  and  therefore  recommended  one 
year  less  than  the  maximum.  The 
sentence,  as  imposed  by  Judge  God- 
dard  is  the  same  as  that  given  to 
jeorge  Browne,  former  IATSE  pres- 
ident, and  two  years  less  than  that 
fixed  for  William  Bioff. 

Correa,  however,  said  that  there 
were  more  than  just  Browne  and 
Bioff  involved  in  the  conspiracy  and 
that  Dean's  connection  was  "close  and 
intimate  with  the  gang  that  kid- 
napped the  union."  Dean,  who  had 
been  at  liberty  under  bail,  was  com- 
mitted immediately  after  sentence  was 
passed. 


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Schenck,  Moskowitz 
Win  Stay  for  Appeal 

Joseph  M.  Schenck  and  Joseph  M. 
oskowitz  have  been  granted  stays  of 
0  days  by  the  U.  S.  Circuit  Court  of 
ppeals  pending  their  applications  for 
a  writ  of  certiorari  to  the  U.  S.  Su- 
preme Court  for  a  review  of  their  con- 
viction on  charges  of  income  tax  eva- 


May  19  Fixed  for 
S chine  Case  Trial; 
10-Day  Stay  Given 


{Continued  from  page  1) 
manner    in   which   preparations  for 
trial   are  being  conducted. 

McKay  enumerated  difficulties  he 
said  he  has  encountered  in  obtaining 
names  of  witnesses  the  Government 
intends  to  call  to  testify  during  trial. 
In  other  parts  of  his  affidavit  he 
charged  the  Government,  although 
Schine  was  ready  for  trial  in  Janu- 
ary, is  still  trying  to  obtain  further 
information  from  distributors  and  that 
the  distributors,  as  a  result,  have 
been  prevented  from  furnishing 
Schine  with  data  that  they  have 
sought  for  months.  Other  charges 
were  made  of  a  similar  nature. 

Charges  Misstatements 

Simon  said  he  filed  his  affidavit 
principally  to  call  the  court's  atten- 
tion to.  some  instances  of  "flagrant 
misstatements  of  fact  contained  in 
McKay's  affidavit  and  unfounded  im- 
putations by  him  of  bad  faith  on  the 
part  of  the  Government." 

The  affidavit  contains  a  denial  that 
a  representative  of  the  U.  S.  Attor- 
ney's office  here  or  of  the  Attorney 
General's  office  had  directed  that 
the  names  of  witnesses  subpoenaed 
by  the  Government  must  be  kept 
from  defendant  distributors. 


Reserves  Decision  on 
Inspection  of  Records 

Syracuse,  April  7. — Decision  was 
reserved  today  by  Federal  Judge 
Frederick  Bryant  on  a  motion  by  the 
Government  in  the  anti-trust  suit 
against  the  Schine  circuit  and  the 
"Little  Three"  to  inspect  certain 
documents  in  the  case.  The  rec- 
ords of  the  circuit,  including  several 
film  contracts,  were  produced  by 
Schine  during  a  deposition  of  J.  G. 
Selsmer,  a  Schine  official,  but  the 
Government  was  denied  the  right  to 
inspect  them. 

Theatres  of  Nation 
To  Aid  Bond  Sales 

{Continued  from  page  1) 

has  pledged  its  cooperation  in  the 
drive. 

Bernhard  said :  "This  all-industry 
effort  aimed  at  selling  millions  of 
dollars  worth  of  defense  bonds  and 
stamps  is  being  organized  in  such  a 
fashion  that  every  branch  of  the  in- 
dustry will  participate."  The  indus- 
try's committee  is  expected  to  work 
with  Treasury  representatives  in  each 
state.  Special  material  including 
newsreels  and  publicity  and  advertis- 
ing will  be  prepared  for  the  drive. 


Two  MPTOA  Units 
Approve  Umpi  Plan 

{Continued  from  page  1) 
of  the  West  Virginia  unit  was  re- 
ported by  James   Shanklin  for  that 
organization. 

The  ITOA  of  New  York  is  sched- 
uled to  meet  here  next  week  to  take 
action  on  the  plan. 


Union  Party  Tomorrow 

The  Paramount  chapter  of  Screen 
Office  and  Professional  Employes 
Guild  will  give  a  Victory  party  at 
Malin  Studios,  West  44th  Street,  to- 
morrow evening. 


'Reap'  Holds 
Fast  Pace  in 
Los  Angeles 


Los  Angeles,  April  7. — "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  in  the  second  week  held 
a  good  pace,  taking  $12,200  at  the  new 
Paramount  Hollywood,  and  $19,000 
at  the  downtown  Paramount.  "The 
Turtles  of  Tahiti"  was  strong  at  the 
Hillstreet  and  Pantages. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  1  : 

"Tarzan's  Secret  Treasure"  (M-G-M) 
"Kathleen"  (M-G-M) 

CHINESE  —  (2,500)     (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,500.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"Paris  Calling"  (Univ.) 

4  STAR—  (900)  (44c-55c)  6  days,  3rd  week. 
Gross:  $2,600.    (Average,  $3,250) 
"Hell zapopp i n '  "  (Uniz.) 

HAWAII — (1,100)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days, 
7th  week.    Gross:  $3,900. 
"The  Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"Call  Out  the  Marines"  (RKO) 

HILLSTREET— (2,700)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,400.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"Tarzan's  Secret  Treasure"  (M-G-M) 
"Kathleen"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS  STATE— (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $14,000.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"Call  Out  the  Marines"  (RKO) 

PANTAGES— (3,000)    (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $7,800.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT  (Hollywood)— (1,407)  (44c- 
55c-65c-75c-88c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross: 
$12,200. 

"Reap'  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT  (Downtown)— (3,595)  (33c- 
44c-55c-75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $19,000.  (Aver- 
age, $18,000) 

"The  Male  Animal"  (W.B.) 
"Lady  For  a  Night"  (Rep.) 

WARNER    BROS.    (Hollywood)  —  (3,000) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross: 
$10,400.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.B.) 
"Lady  For  a  Night"  (Rep.) 

WARNER  BROS.  (Downtown)  —  (3,400) 
(33c -44c -55c -75c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross: 
$10,900.    (Average,  $12,000) 


WPB  Cancels  Meet 
With  Studio  Group 

{Continued  from  page  1) 

from  New  York  join  with  the  Holly- 
wood delegation  in  taking  the  matter 
up  with  the  board.  A  few  of  those 
who  had  planned  to  attend  the  meet- 
ing and  did  not  receive  notice  of  its 
postponement  in  time  arrived  in 
Washington  and  conferred  informally 
with  officials  of  the  Consumers  Dur- 
able Goods  Division,  in  charge  of 
motion  pictures. 


Zanuck  and  Goetz 
Here  for  Meeting 

{Continued  from  page  1) 

of  the  board  April  21  which  is  to  elect 
a  president. 

It  was  reported  in  informed  quar- 
ters yesterday  that  no  final  decision 
has  yet  been  made  on  a  successor  to 
the  late  Sidney  R.  Kent  as  president 
of  the  company  but  that  Spyros  Skou- 
ras  and  Hermann  G.  Place  still  are 
being  given  first  consideration  for  the 
post. 

KAO  Meet  Today; 
RKO  Has  Control 

{Continued  from  page  1) 
preferred  holders,  have  since  resigned. 
If  the  vacancies  are  filled  at  today's 
meeting,  RKO  will  be  entitled  to 
name  the  new  directors.  The  present 
directors  are  George  J.  Schaefer,  N. 
Peter  Rathvon,  Malcolm  Kingsberg, 
Monroe  Goldwater  and  Lunsford  P. 
Yandell. 


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IF  you  should  bust  a  rib  and  split 
YOUR  sides,  laughing  at  "YOKEL 
BOY,"  don't  say 
WE  didn't  | 
WARN  you. 
BECAUSE  we 
GO  on  record  - 
RIGHT  here 
AND  now  that 
THIS  latest 
REPUBLIC  comedy^ 
HIT  is  pure  and  I 

unadulterated! 

FUN  all  the  way 
FROM  start  to 

FINISH.  Which  is  just  what  you 
HAVE  a  right  to  expect  from  such 
SURE-fire  comedy  stars  as 
EDDIE  FOY,  Jr.,  JOAN  DAVIS, 
ALBERT  DEKKER,  ALAN 
MOWBRAY,  ROSCOE, 
KARNS,  MIKHAIL 
RASUMNY, 
LYNNE  CARVER, 
MARC  LAWRENCE 
AND  MARILYN 
HARE.  Grand 

PERFORMERS  all,  and  with  a 
RIOTOUS  script  and  some 
TOP-flight  musical  numbers  to 
HELP  them,  they  make  "YOKEL 
BOY"  a  real  comedy  classic.  It's 
FROM  the  Broadway^ 
SUCCESS  that 
HAD  audiences 
HOWLING  for 
MONTHS  in  New 
YORK  — and 

EVERYONE  who  has  seen  The 
PICTURE  agrees  that  "YOKEL 
BOY"  is  even  greater  on  the 
SCREEN.  You'll  jump  for  joy  at 
"YOKEL  BOY."  It's 


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A  REPUBLIC  PICTURE 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  April  8,  1942 


46  Pictures 
Now  in  Work; 
8  Completed 


Hollywood,  April  7.  —  Forty-six 
pictures  were  before  the  cameras  this 
week  as  eight  finished  and  11  started. 
Twenty-nine  are  being  prepared,  and 
62  are  being  edited. 

The  tally  by  studio : 

Columbia 

Finished:  "Valley  of  Lawless  Men," 
"Parachute  Nurse." 

In  W ork :  "Three's  a  Crowd," 
"S.  O.  S.  Iceland,"  "He's  My  Old 
Man,"  "He  Kissed  the  Bride." 


GoltiVyn 

"The  Pride 


of  the 


In  Work 
Yankees." 

M-G-M 

Finished:  "Get  Rich  Quick  Maisie." 

In  Work :  "Tulip  Time,"  "A  Yank 
at  Eton,"  "Apache  Trail,"  "Pierre  of 
the  Plains,"  "Jackass  Mail,"  "  'Til 
You  Return,"  untitled  Clark  Gable- 
Lana  Turner  picture. 

Started :  "Cairo." 

Monogram 

Finished :    "Where    Trails  End," 
"The  Corpse  Vanishes." 
In  Work  :  "She's  in  the  Army." 
Started:  "I  Am  an  American." 

Producers  Releasing 

Started:  "Bombs  Over  Burma." 

Loew-Lewin 

In  Work :  "The  Moon  and  Six- 
pence." 

Paramount 

Finished :  "The  Glass  Key." 

In  Work:  "The  Major  and  the 
Minor,"  "The  Road  to  Morocco," 
"The  Forest  Rangers,"  "Priorities  of 
1942." 

RKO 

Started:  "Army  Surgeon,"  "Scat- 
tergood  Survives  a  Murder,"  untitled 
Jane  Darwell-Richard  Carlson  vehicle. 

Republic 

In  Work  :  "Stardust  on  the  Sage," 
"Remember  Pearl  Harbor,"  "In  Old 
California." 

Roach  (U.  A.) 

Finished :  "Hitler's  Valet." 

In  Work  :  "Bridget  from  Brooklyn." 

20th  Century-Fox 

In  Work :  "The  Magnificient  Jerk," 
"The  Pied  Piper,"  "A  Haunting  We 
Will  Go,"  "Thunderbirds,"  "The  Loves 
of  Edgar  Allen  Poe,"  "Footlight 
Serenade"  (formerly  "Strictly  Dyna- 
mite"). 

Started :  "Through  Different  Eyes," 
"The  Postman  Didn't  Ring." 

Universal 

Finished :  "Broadway." 

In  Work  :  "Strictly  in  the  Groove," 
"Destiny,"  "Pardon  My  Sarong," 
"Eagle  Squadron." 

Started:  "Danger  in  the  Pacific," 
"Private  Buckaroo." 

Warners 

In  Work:  "The  Hard  Way," 
"Across  the  Pacific,"  "The  Constant 
Nymph,"  "Desperate  Journey." 


Rites  Held  for  Duffy 

Scranton,  Pa.,  April  7. — Funeral 
services  were  held  here  for  Patrick 
J.  Duffy,  79,  veteran  Comerford  Cir- 
cuit employe,  who  died  at  Mercy  Hos- 
pital. He  is  survived  by  his  brother, 
Anthony  J.  Duffy,  former  manager  of 
the  Lyceum  here. 


Reviews 


"Juke  Girl" 

(Warners) 

Hollywood,  April  7 

/^\FFERING  the  talents  of  a  large  cast  headed  by  Ann  Sheridan  and 
Ronald  Reagan,  "Juke  Girl"  is  the  story  of  migratory  farm  workers 
in  Florida,  their  lives,  their  entertainment  and  their  passions.  Its  prin- 
cipal villain  is  the  town's  sole  vegetable  packer,  who  controls  the  prices 
of  the  crops  and  who  in  the  end  commits  a  murder  and  then  incites  a 
lynch  mob  against  two  innocent  persons. 

Miss  Sheridan  and  Reagan  share  top  acting  honors  with  Richard 
Whorf,  of  the  stage,  who  does  an  outstanding  job  as  a  worker  looking 
for  the  easiest  "out"  in  life.   There  is  an  excellent  supporting  cast. 

Localed  in  Florida,  the  picture  presents  no  complimentary  picture  of 
the  plight  of  the  migratory  workers  and  the  packers  who  prey  on  them. 
It  opens  with  the  descent  upon  a  little  farm  community  of  a  horde  of 
workers,  including  "juke  girls,"  who  act  as  hostesses  in  bars  equipped 
with  slot  phonographs. 

One  of  the  workers  (Reagan)  joins  forces  with  a  Greek  farmer 
(Tobias),  who  singlehandedly  attempts  to  overthrow  the  yoke  imposed 
by  the  thieving  packer.  They  succeed  in  selling  a  bumper  bean  crop  in 
another  town  and,  in  the  celebration  which  follows,  the  farmer  attempts 
a  reconciliation  with  the  packer  and  is  killed  in  the  fight  that  follows. 
The  packer  incites  mob  violence  against  the  worker  and  the  "juke  girl" 
(Miss  Sheridan),  but  is  himself  its  victim  when  he  confesses  the  kill- 
ing. 

Curtis  Bernhardt  did  a  masterful  job  of  direction,  although  he  permits 
the  story  to  become  anticlimactic.  A.  I.  Bezzerides  did  the  screenplay 
and  Kenneth  Garnet  the  adaptation  of  a  story  by  Theodore  Pratt.  The 
production  sheen  that  is  characteristic  of  Hal  B.  Wallis'  pictures  was 
supplied  by  his  associate  producers,  Jerry  Wald  and  Jack  Saper. 

Running  time,  92  minutes.  "A."*  Vance  King 


*  "A"  denotes  adult  classification. 

"Lady  Gangster" 

(W  arners) 

T^HIS  picture  offers  gangster  melodrama  cut  closely  to  pattern,  yet 
*•  imbued  with  sufficient  action,  excitement  and  suspense  to  be  reason- 
ably satisfactory  to  the  action  film  fans. 

It  is  unpretentious  as  to  production  dress,  and  the  players  are  quite 
unknown,  but  their  efforts  are  for  the  most  part  of  good  quality.  Florian 
Roberts  directed  with  accent  on  action.  The  screenplay  was  prepared  by 
Anthony  Coldeway  from  a  play  by  Dorothy  Mackaye  and  Carlton  Miles. 

Faye  Emerson  has  the  title  role,  as  the  small  town  girl  who  becomes 
involved  with  a  gang,  is  their  accomplice  in  a  bank  robbery  and  is  sen- 
tenced to  the  penitentiary.  A  crusading  broadcasting  station  owner, 
Frank  Wilcox,  whom  she  had  known  as  a  child,  tries  to  befriend  her, 
but  a  series  of  misunderstandings  and  complications  get  in  the  way  of 
their  eventual  reconciliation  and  romance. 

Good  supporting  roles  are  supplied  by  Ruth  Ford,  as  a  prison  "stool 
pigeon ;"  Julie  Bishop,  as  a  prison  inmate  who  befriends  Miss  Emerson, 
and  Virginia  Brissac  as  the  unscrupulous  prison  matron.  The  climax 
comes  in  Miss  Emerson's  escape  to  warn  Wilcox  of  the  trap  she  had  set 
for  him  with  her  gangster  friends  when  she  mistakenly  thought  he  was 
double-crossing  her.  A  wild  police  car  chase  in  the  gangster  film  tradi- 
tion completes  the  film. 

Running  time,  62  minutes.  "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


"/  Was  Framed" 

(Warners) 

Hollywood,  April  7 

A  AIELODRAMA  bearing  the  marks  of  economy  exercised  in  its  pro- 
duction,  this  stacks  up  as  a  bit  of  material  with  which  to  fill  up 
running  time. 

The  players  are  Michael  Ames,  Julie  Bishop,  Regis  Toomey,  Patty 
Hale,  John  Harmon,  Aldrich  Howker,  Roland  Drew,  Oscar  O'Shea, 
WTade  Boteler,  Howard  Hickman,  Norman  Willis,  Hobart  Bosworth, 
Guy  Usher  and  Sam  McDaniel.  Direction  is  by  D.  Ross  Lederman, 
screenplay  by  Robert  E.  Kent  and  idea  by  Jerome  Odium. 

Ames  plays  a  big  town  reporter  framed  into  prison  by  crooked  poli- 
ticians. He  escapes  to  be  with  his  wife  when  their  child  is  born;  they 
flee  the  community  and  take  up  life  anew  under  an  assumed  name  in 
another  community  where  he  becomes  editor  of  the  local  newspaper  and 
a  power  in  the  affairs  of  the  area.  Then  a  crook  he  met  in  prison  arrives 
on  the  scene,  blackmails  his  wife  for  a  while,  but  is  identified  and  ulti- 
mately caught  by  the  police,  who  also  bring  news  that  Ames  has  been 
cleared  of  the  charge  which  sent  him  to  jail. 

Running  time,  63  minutes.  "G."*  Roscoe  Williams 


'G"  denotes  general  classification. 


'Cowboy'  Is 
Chicago  High 
With  $23,000 


Chicago,  April  7. — "Ride  'Em  Cow- 
boy" and  "Obliging  Young  Lady" 
topped  grosses  with  $23,000  at  the 
Palace.  "Courtship  of  Andy  Ha'| 
opened  to  a  good  §17,000  at  the  US  i. 
Artists. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  2 : 

"Appointment  for  Love"  (Univ.) 
"A  Gentleman  at  Heart"  (2t)th-Fox) 

APOLLO— (1,400)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $6,500.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"Song-  of  the  Islands"  (20th-Fox) 

CHICAGO  —  (4,000)  (35c-55c-75c)  7  days. 
Stage:  Variety  Show.  Gross :  $33,000.  (Aver- 
age, $32,000) 

"The  Man  Who  Came  to  Dinner"  (W.B.) 
"Bullet  Scars"  (W.B.) 

GARRICK  —  (1,000)    (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $5,000.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"Blondie  Goes  to  College"  (Col.) 

ORIENTAL  —  (3,200)    (25c-30c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Stage:  Red  Norvo  orchestra,  Mildred 
Bailey.    Gross:  $17,000.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Obliging  Young  Lady"  (RKO) 

PALACE  —  (2.500)    (40c-50c-68c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $23,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 
"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M) 

5  days,  2nd  week. 
"Dangerously  We  Live"  (W.B.) 
"Always  In  My  Heart"  (W.B.) 

2  days. 

ROOSEVELT— (1,500)    (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $15,000.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"Louisiana  Purchase"  (Para.) 

STATE-LAKE— (3,700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days,  4th  week.  Gross:  $12,500.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"Johnny  Eager"  (M-G-M) 

1  day,  4th  week. 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

UNITED  ARTISTS — (1,700)  (35c-55c-65c- 
75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $17,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"The  Men  in  Her  Life"  (Col.) 
"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 

WOODS—  (1,200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $6,800. 


Schad  Action  Final 
Hearing  Continues 

Philadelphia,  April  7.  —  Cross- 
examination  of  Frank  L.  McNamee  of 
Jay  Emanuel  Theatres  continued  to- 
day in  the  final  hearing  of  the  Harry 
J.  Schad  anti-trust  suit  in  the  U.  S. 
District  Court  here.  McNamee  will 
take  the  stand  again  tomorrow. 

The  suit,  originally  fihd  in  Aug- 
ust, 1941,  is  directed  against  20th 
Century-Fox,  Warner  Bros,  and  the 
Warner  and  Wilmer  &  Vincent  cir- 
cuits and  seeks  triple  damages  of 
$750,000.  It  is  expected  that  the 
hearing  will  continue  the  entire  week 
with  testimony  to  be  taken  also  from 
Schad  and  Leonard  Stallings,  Astor 
manager. 


70  Studio  Players 
Set  for  Relief  Tour 

(.Continued  from  page  1) 

representatives  of  the  Artists  Mana- 
gers Guild. 

Three  hours  of  entertainment  is  be- 
ing assembled,  to  be  headed  by  every 
top  star  available.  Production  sched- 
ules and  play  commitments  were  can- 
vassed at  today's  meeting  and  a  mas- 
ter list  of  players  drawn  up.  The 
tour  is  scheduled  to  start  about  May  1. 


'Gold  Rush'  to  Globe 

"The  Gold  Rush,"  Charles  Chaplin 
comedy  released  by  United  Artists, 
is  scheduled  to  open  at  the  Globe  The- 
atre on  Broadway  on  April  18. 


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MOTION  PICTURE 

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NO.  69 


NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  THURSDAY,  APRIL  9,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Future  Status 
Of  Television 
Is  Up  Today 

Industry  Delegates  Will 
Confer  With  Fly 

The  status  of  television  during 
the  war  is  expected  to  be  decided 
today  when  representatives  of  the 
industry  will  meet  with  FCC  Chair- 
man James  L.  Fly  in  Washington. 
Delegations  have  been  limited  to 
two  from  each  company. 

The  meeting  will  be  informal  in 
nature  but  the  exchange  of  ideas  is 
expected  to  govern  television's  future 
course. 

Although  opinion  was  reported  to 
be  divided,  even  among  officials  of  the 
same  company,  the  views  to  be  pre- 
sented today  are  generally  expected  to 
follow  three  main  lines. 

NBC  and  RCA,  it  was  said,  will 
recommend  continued  operation  on  the 

{Continued  on  page  8) 


Bronx  and  Astoria 
Blackouts  Tonight 

Continuing  the  series  of  blackouts 
in  the  Metropolitan  area,  the  northern 
section  of  the  Bronx,  not  included  in 
that  borough's  first  test  on  March  31, 
will  be  darkened  tonight.  Approxi- 
mately 30  film  theatres  are  included 
in  that  area.  Also  tonight,  the  Asto- 
ria precinct  of  Queens  Borough  will 
have  a  blackout.  That  area  has  10  the- 
atres, five  of  them  operated  by  Skou- 
ras. 

The  Bronx  'and  Astoria  tests  will 
not  be  simultaneous.  The  Bronx  test 
is  scheduled  for  20  minutes,  begin- 
ning at  9  P.  M.,  and  the  Astoria  test 
will  be  IS  minutes,  at  9:45. 

Brooklyn,  which  has  173  film  the- 
atres in  operation,  will  be  darkened 
in  two  tests.  The  first  is  set  for  next 
Tuesday  and  will  cover  the  southern 

{Continued  on  page  5) 


RCAF  Men  to  Attend 
'Captains9  in  Detroit 

Detroit,  April  8. — More  than  100 
cadets  of  the  Royal  Canadian  Air 
Force  will  come  from  Canada  to  at- 
tend the  opening  of  Warners'  "Cap- 
tains of  the  Clouds"  at  the  Michigan 
Theatre  here  Friday  night.  The  ar- 
rangement was  made  by  Earl  Hudson, 
Ereneral  manager  of  United  Detroit 
Theatres.  The  cadets  will  be  met  by 
an  American  Legion  band  consisting 
of  Canadians. 


Schaefer  Calls  Coast 
Meet  to  Discuss  War 
Effort  with  Mellett 


Hollywood,  April  8.  —  The  indus- 
try's cooperation  with  the  Government 
and  its  over-all  participation  in  the 
war  effort  will  be  discussed  at  a  spe- 
cial meeting  here  Friday  of  executives 
and  Lowell  Mellett,  Coordinator  of 
Government  Films,  who  will  arrive 
from  Washington. 

Attending  the  meeting,  among 
others,  will  be  the  Lawyers'  Commit- 
tee of  Six,  Eastern  members  of  which 
arrived  today  for  a  series  of  confer- 
ences on  matters  of  public  and  indus- 
trial relations  policy,  which  have  been 
under  discussion.  The  Committee  will 
focus  particular  attention  on  the  in- 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


K  A  O  A  dds  Robertson, 
Youngman  to  Board 

Hugh  Robertson  of  Rockefeller 
Center,  Inc.,  and  Gordon  Youngman, 
RKO  home  office  attorney,  were 
elected  to  the  Keith-Albee-Orpheum 
board  of  directors  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  company's  stockholders  at 
the  home  office  yesterday. 

Other  directors  of  the  RKO  theatre 
company  were  reelected.  They  are : 
George  J.  Schaefer,  N.  Peter  Rath- 
von,  Malcolm  Kingsberg,  L.  P.  Yan- 
dell  and  Monroe  Goldwater.  Robert- 
son and  Youngman  fill  the  vacancies 
created  by  the  resignations  of  D.  K. 
David  and  John  J.  McCaffrey,  who 
resigned  from  the  board  after  the  pre- 
ferred stock  of  M.  J.  Meehan  was  ac- 
quired by  RKO  last  Fall. 


Victory  Films  Given 
Full  Play,  Says  WAC 

Approximately  12,000  of  the 
13,000  or  more  theatres  which 
book  the  Government's  Vic- 
tory Films  are  not  only  using 
them  daily  but  at  every  per- 
formance, the  War  Activities 
Committee  reported  yesterday 
on  the  basis  of  a  survey  just 
completed  of  theatres  polled 
at  random.  Perfect  compli- 
ance with  the  pledges  to  run 
the  shorts  was  evidenced  by 
94  per  cent  of  the  theatres,  it 
was  stated,  thus  discounting 
reports  the  WAC  said  are  cur- 
rent that  actual  showings  of 
the  Victory  Films  are  not  up 
to  expectations. 


Report  Offer 
To  Zanuck  as 
20th-Fox  Head 


Darryl  F.  Zanuck  has  been  offered 
the  post  of  president  of  20th  Century- 
Fox  by  the  board  of  directors,  it  was 
reported  yesterday.  Zanuck,  who  ar- 
rived yesterday  in  New  York,  could 
not  be  reached  for  comment.  He  is 
vice-president  of  20th  Century-Fox  in 
charge  of  production. 

The  board  of  directors  is  scheduled 
to  meet  April  21  to  elect  a  president 
to  succeed  the  late  Sidney  R.  Kent. 
Spyros  Skouras,  head  of  National 
Theatres,  and  Hermann  G.  Place, 
chairman  of  the  executive  committee, 
(Continued  on  page  8) 


Treasury  Mobilizes  Studio 
Workers  for  War  Savings 


Suggests  Theatre 
Skylight  Protection 

Arthur  J.  Benline,  Acting  Deputy 
Commissioner  of  Housing  and  Build- 
ings in  New  York,  has  communicated 
to  the  film  circuits  and  legitimate  the- 
atres here  a  suggestion  for  emergency 
covering  of  stage  and  other  large  sky- 
lights. 

Benline  said  that  at  recent  discus- 
sions with  theatre  representatives  the 
question  was  raised  as  to  whether  the 
Building  Department  would  approve 
such  temporary  frame  structures.  The 
department's    suggested  construction, 

{Continued  on  page  5) 


Hollywood,  April  8. — A  drive  to 
bring  every  worker  in  the  studios  and 
affiliated  businesses  into  one  concen- 
trated war  savings  effort  will  be 
launched  tomorrow  night  at  a  meet- 
ing of  an  industry  committee  ap- 
pointed under  the  auspices  of  the 
Treasury  Department.  Henry  Gins- 
berg, vice-president  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  Paramount  studio,  has 
been  named  head  of  the  Motion  Pic- 
ture Committee  for  Hollywood,  form- 
ing a  division  of  War  Savings  Staff, 
by  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  Henry 
Morgenthau,  Jr.,  and  Howard  D. 
Mills,  State  administrator. 

The  purpose  of  the  initial  meeting 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


New  Theatres 
Ruled  Out  for 
War  Duration 


WPB  Edict  Bars  Projects 
Of  $5,000  or  More 

Washington,  April  8.  —  The 
War  Production  Board  tonight 
ruled  out  all  theatre  construc- 
tion for  the  duration  of  the  war. 
In  orders  going  much  further 
than  the  SPAB  announcement 
of  last  October  9  that  no  priority 
assistance  would  be  given  to  non- 
essential construction,  the  WPB 
provided  that  no  construction  in- 
volving more  than  a  nominal  cost 
may  be  started  without  its  author- 
ization. 

"It  is  in  the  national  interest 
that  all  construction  which  is 
not  essential,  directly  or  indi- 
rectly, to  the  successful  prose- 
cution of  the  war,  and  which 
involves  the  use  of  labor,  mate- 
rial or  equipment  urgently 
needed  in  the  war  effort,  be  de- 
ferred for  the  duration  of  the 
emergency,"  the  board  said. 
Under  the  new  order,  no  construc- 
tion of  recreational  projects,  including 

(Continued  on  page  5) 

N.J.  Allied  Defers 
Action  on  Umpi  Plan 

New  Jersey  Allied  has  deferred 
formal  action  on  the  proposed  new 
selling  plan  of  the  United  Motion  Pic- 
ture Industry  for  the  time  being,  after 
discussion  of  the  plan  at  a  meeting 
here,  it  was  learned  yesterday. 

The  organization  designated  Harry 
Lowenstein,  president,  as  its  delegate 
to  the  meeting  of  the  board  of  Allied 
States  in  Chicago  next  Tuesday,  at 
which  time  the  national  organization  is 
scheduled  to  act  on  the  plan. 

Presumably,  Lowenstein  will  be  au- 
(Continued  on  page  8) 


Classify  Employes 
For  SPG  Contract 

Classification  of  employes  at  the 
home  office  advertising  and  publicity 
departments  of  seven  major  companies 
is  under  way  as  one  of  the  final  steps 
in  the  negotiations  with  the  Screen 
Publicists  Guild  of  New  York  and  is 
expected  to  be  completed  within  a  few 
days,  it  was  reported  yesterday. 

Classification  in  the  various  wage 

(Continued  on  page  51 


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Thursday,  April  9,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Personal  Mention 


Hollywood,  April  8 

PARAMOUNT  at  a  studio  lunch- 
eon today  was  host  to  Dr.  Assis 
Figueiredo,  assistant  director  of  the 
Department  of  Press  and  Propaganda 
of  Brazil.  Dr.  Figueiredo  was  hon- 
ored at  a  reception  at  the  RKO  studio 
last  night  given  by  the  Motion  Pic- 
ture Society  for  the  Americas.  In  an 
address  he  said  that  cultural  missions, 
including  those  of  films  and  other 
arts,  had  a  definite  place  in  promoting 
understanding  among  the  Americas. 

• 

Carlyle  Ellis,  63,  film  producer  and 
writer,  died  following  a  long  ill- 
ness. He  was  drama  critic  for  the 
old  New  York  World  and  later  pro- 
duced, directed  and  wrote  films  for 
Tiffany  and  Fine  Arts.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  producers  of  films  for 
Government  agencies.  He  held  edi- 
torial posts  on  several  magazines. 
• 

Harry  Sherman,  producing  for 
Paramount  release,  announced  today 
that  the  first  two  of  four  pictures 
starring  Richard  Dix  will  be  "Peace 
Marshal"  and  "Buckskin  Empire." 


'Voyage'  Named  by 
Argentine  Academy 

Buenos  Aires,  April  8. — The  Ar- 
gentine Academy  has  voted  "The 
Long  Voyage  Home,"  Wanger-United 
Artists  picture,  as  best  1941  foreign 
film.  A  special  award  went  to  Walt 
Disney  for  "Fantasia."  It  was  said 
that  Charles  Chaplin's  "The  Great 
Dictator"  was  not  included  because 
it  had  not  yet  been  released  in  Ar- 
gentina. 

The  best  Argentine  film  was  judged 
to  be  "Los  Martes  Orquideas ;"  the 
best  director,  Luis  Saslavsky ;  best 
actor,  Enrique  Muino ;  best  actress, 
Delia  Garces.  The  awards  will  be 
made  April  20  in  the  National  Acad- 
emy Theatre.  Orson  Welles,  now 
here,  has  been  invited  to  participate. 


W.  B.  Employes  in 
Service  Total  508 

During  the  past  month  an  addition- 
al 67  Warner  employes  from  the  home 
office  and  the  field  have  entered  the 
country's  armed  services,  bringing  the 
total  to  508,  exclusive  of  the  studio, 
the  company  announced  yesterday. 
Among  the  home  office  men  leaving 
this  week  are  Morton  Brill,  Nat 
Gartsman,  Charles  Moscovitz  and 
Ellis  Ekus. 

Kansas-Missouri 

Meeting  April  28 

Kansas  City,  April  8. — R.  R.  Bie- 
chele,  president,  has  announced  that 
the  annual  convention  of  the  Kansas- 
Missouri  Theatre  Association  will  be 
held  in  Kansas  City  April  28  and  29. 


Boston  Party  Sunday 

Boston,  April  8. — Next  Sunday  eve- 
ning the  Variety  Club  of  Xew  Eng- 
land will  hold  its  annual  dinner-dance 
at  the  Club  Mayfair  here.  The  pro- 
ceeds will  go  to  assist  the  charity  ac- 
tivities in  which  the  club  is  interested. 
Phil  Smith  is  chairman  of  the  dinner 
committee.  M.  J.  Mullin  is  chief  bark- 
er of  the  club. 


LEO  JUSTIN,  general  manager  of 
Walter   Reade   Theatres,    is  in 
Beth  David  Hospital  for  a  checkup. 
• 

Ralph  Clark,  Warner  manager  in 
Australia,  arrived  in  town  from  the 
Coast  yesterday  with  his  wife  and  son, 
Ralph,  Jr.  Clark  reached  the  Coast 
Monday  from  Sydney. 

• 

Edward  M.  Schnitzer  left  for 
Philadelphia  last  night. 

• 

Russell  Gaus,  M-G-M  salesman  in 
Oklahoma  City,  has  been  called  into 
active  Army  service. 

• 

L.  E.  Delomey,  exhibitor  of  Mt. 
Park,  Okla.,  has  been  inducted  into  the 
Arm}'. 

Alexander  Harwin.  theatre  man- 
ager of  Mt.  Ephraim,  N.  J.,  has  joined 
the  Air  Corps. 


Will  Argue  Schad 
Dismissal  Motion 

Philadelphia,  April  8.  —  Argu- 
ments on  a  motion  to  dismiss  the  anti- 
trust action  of  Harry  J.  Schad,  Read- 
ing, Pa.,  exhibitor,  will  be  heard  in 
Federal  Court  here  on  May  18  before 
Judge  J.  Cullen  Ganey. 

Following  the  completion  of  the 
plaintiff's  testimony  today,  a  motion 
to  dismiss  was  made  by  Bernard 
Segal,  attorney  for  20th  Century-Fox, 
one  of  the  defendants.  The  plaintiff's 
attorney  asked  immediate  action  on 
the  motion  but  Judge  Ganey  said  he 
was  not  well  acquainted  with  the  film 
industry,  and  asked  both  sides  to  sub- 
mit briefs  on  the  motion  by  May  8.  If 
the  motion  is  denied,  the  defense  asked 
that  the  week  of  May  18  be  reserved 
for  the  presentation  of  its  testimony. 

Testifying  for  the  plaintiff  today 
were  Schad,  Frank  L.  McNamee  of 
the  Jay  Emanuel  Theatres ;  Leonard 
Stallman,  Reading  manager  for  Schad, 
and  Lester  Krieger,  former  chief  film 
buyer  here  for  Warner  Theatres. 


Set  St.  Louis  Office 
Workers  Hearing 

St.  Louis,  April  8. — The  regional 
office  of  the  National  Labor  Relations 
Board  has  set  April  16  for  a  consoli- 
dated hearing  on  the  petition  of  the 
Bookkeepers,  Stenographers  and  Ac- 
countants Union,  AFL,  for  designa- 
tion as  collective  bargaining  agency 
for  clerical  workers  employed  at  ex- 
changes here.  Companies  involved  in 
the  order  are  Columbia,  RKO,  Para- 
mount, Republic,  Monogram  and 
United  Artists. 


Actors9  Fund  Names 
Nominating  Group 

At  a  meeting  here  of  the  offi- 
cers and  trustees  of  the  Actors  Fund 
of  America,  a  nominating  committee 
was  designated  consisting  of  Sam  For- 
rest, chairman,  and  Marcus  Heiman 
and  Lee  Baker.  All  officers  and  six 
trustees  are  to  be  elected  at  the  annual 
meeting  to  be  held  May  8  at  the 
Lyceum  Theatre.  Walter  W.  Vin- 
cent is  president  of  the  Fund. 


WOLFE  COHEN,  Canadian  dis- 
rict  manager  for  Warners,  ar- 
rived here  yesterday  from  Toronto. 
• 

Hiller  Innes  has  left  for  Miami. 

Bernard  J.  McKenna,  general 
manager  of  the  Griffith  Amusement 
Co.,  has  left  St.  Anthony's  Hospital, 
Oklahoma  City,  after  recovering  from 
injuries  sustained  in  an  automobile 
accident. 

• 

Harry  Blatt,  salesman  for  M-G-M 
in  Seattle,  has  joined  the  Army.  He 
was  married  last  week  to  Mildred 
De  Foi  of  the  M-G-M  Seattle  branch. 
• 

Clarence  Bovver  of  Seattle  has 
joined  the  Air  Corps. 

• 

Walter  Dolin,  Warner  branch 
manager  in  Oklahoma  City,  is  back 
at  work  after  a  siege  of  influenza. 

Some  Run  Awarded 
Minneapolis  House 

An  arbitration  award  directing  20th 
Century-Fox  to  offer  some  run  to  the 
White  Bear  Theatre,  Minneapolis,  has 
been  handed  down  at  the  arbitration 
board  there,  the  American  Arbitra- 
tion Association  stated  yesterday. 

The  theatre's  complaint  was  the 
first  to  be  filed  at  the  Minneapolis 
tribunal,  having  been  entered  March 
5,  1941.  It  named  RKO,  Loew's, 
Warners  and  20th  Century-Fox,  but 
was  dismissed  as  to  Loew's  prior  to  a 
hearing  and  as  to  RKO  in  the  course 
of  the  hearing.  The  arbitrator's  award 
dismissed  the  complaint  as  to  War- 
ners, holding  that  that  company  had 
not  refused  to  license  the  theatre  on 
terms  and  conditions  calculated  to  de- 
feat the  purpose  of  the  some  run  sec- 
tion of  the  consent  decree. 


Postpone  Hepburn 
Play  to  September 

The  New  York  opening  of  the  The- 
atre Guild  play,  "Without  Love,"  star- 
ring Katharine  Hepburn  and  Philip 
Barry,  has  been  postponed  until  Sep- 
tember. The  decision,  the  Guild  said, 
was  reached  because  Miss  Hepburn's 
contract  for  the  current  season  ends 
June  1,  and  an  early  opening  would 
limit  the  engagement  to  five  weeks. 
The  play  will  continue  on  tour  for  the 
rest  of  the  season.  It  is  currently  at 
the  Colonial  Theatre  in  Boston. 


Bookers  Club  Party 
Will  Be  Held  May  10 

The  annual  dinner  and  dance  of  the 
Motion  Picture  Bookers  Club  has  been 
set  for  May  10  at  the  Hotel  Astor 
Roof,  with  the  net  proceeds  to  be  de- 
voted to  the  organization's  fund  for 
local  industry  personnel  now  in  the 
armed  forces.  Edward  Susse  is  chair- 
man of  the  entertainment  committee, 
which  includes  Max  Fried,  Dan  Pon- 
ticelle.  Myron  Starr  and  Jack  Meltzer. 


Warner  Club  Dance 

Philadelphia,  April  8. — The  local- 
Warner  Club  will  hold  a  "War  Bond" 
dinner  and  dance  on  May  8  at  the 
Cedarbrook  Country  Club. 


New  War  Picture 
Shown  in  London 

London,  April  8. — Rated  by 
many  critics  England's  best 
war   picture   to   date,  "The 
Foreman   Went   to  France," 
previewed    here    today  by 
United  Artists,  is  a  dramatic 
and  exciting  film  packed  with 
thrills  and  suspense.  Against 
a  realistic  background  of  col- 
lapsing France,  the   picture  J 
tells  a  story,  based  on  fact,  of,  ,  ^ 
a  foreman's  adventures  in  res-^ 
cuing  secret  machinery  from 
the  advancing  Nazis. 

Graphically  etched  are  the 
French  capitulation,  fifth  col- 
umn activity,  the  tragedy  of 
the  refugees  and  the  ruthless- 
ness  of  the  Germans.  Charles 
Friend  scores  with  his  direc- 
tion, and  Clifford  Evans,  Con- 
stance Cummings  and  Tommy 
Trinder  are  superlative  in  the 
leading  roles.  The  film  seems 
a  sure  box-office  hit. 

Flanagan 


Sunday  Baseball  in 
Ontario  is  Planned 

Toronto,  April  8.  —  Semi-profes- 
sional baseball  clubs  in  southern  On- 
tario are  preparing  to  play  Sunday 
games  during  the  coming  season  on 
the  ground  that  workers  in  war  indus- 
tries are  entitled  to  recreation  and  di- 
version on  that  day.  No  objection  has 
been  raised  by  religious  bodies,  but  the 
latter  have  been  campaigning  against 
what  the}-  believe  to  be  encroachment 
upon  Sunday  observance  by  the  hold- 
ing of  theatre  shows  after  Sunday 
midnight. 

A  court  in  eastern  Ontario  has  ruled 
that  bowling  on  Sunday  is  permissible, 
a  charge  against  the  proprietor  of  a 
bowling  establishment  of  violating  the 
Lord's  Day  Act  being  dismissed. 

Veto  R.  I.  Sunday 
Dancing  Measure 

Providence,  April  8. — Gov.  J.  How- 
ard McGrath  of  Rhode  Island  today 
vetoed  the  bill  which  would  have  per- 
mitted Sunday  dancing  here  and  in 
several  other  cities  and  towns  in  the 
state.  In  his  veto  message,  the  Gov- 
ernor said  there  had  been  "substan- 
tial and  sincere"  objection  to  the  meas- 
ure, and  that  it  "does  not  appear  to 
offer  any  special  advantage  to  service 
men." 


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CHARLES  COBURN 
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Anderson  •  Nancy  Coleman 

KAAREN  VERNE 
MARIA  OUSPEN5KAYA 
HARRY  DAVENPORT 

Directed  by  SAM  WOOD 
Screen  Ploy  by  Casey  Robinson 
From  the  Novel  by  Henry  Bellaman 
Music  by  Erich  Wolfgang  Korngotd 


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—Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  April  9,  1942 


'Ghost'  Is  Hit 
With  $11,000, 
Philadelphia 


Philadelphia,  April  8.  —  Holy 
Week  business  held  up  well.  At  the 
Stanton  "The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein" 
drew  $11,000.  "Ride  'Em,  Cowboy" 
gav«  the  Stanley  $16,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  March  31-April  3  : 

"Citizen  Kane"  (RKO) 

ALDINE — (1,400)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  4th  week.  Gross:  $6,000.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"Louisiana  Purchase"  (Para.) 

ARCADIA— (600)  (35c-46c-57c)  7  days,  2nd 
run.  Gross:  $4,300.  (Average,  $2,600) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 

BOYD— (2,400)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  10 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $12,000.  (Average, 
$13,000) 

"Call  Out  the  Marines"   (RKO)    (6  days, 
$16,000) 

"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.)  (1  day,  $2,000) 

EARLE— (4,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Vaudeville,  including  Gertrude  Nie- 
sen,  Jinx  Falkenburg,  Lew  Parker,  The 
Jansleys,  Lou  Breese's  orchestra,  Skip 
Moor,  Berry  Warren  and  Nita  Norman. 
Gross:  $18,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 

FAY'S — (2,190)  (15c-29c-35c-46c-57c) 
days.  Vaudeville,  including  Carol  Lord,  Jean 
Carroll,  Cleotoria,  Tel  Waldman  &  Susie, 
Nick  &  Vicki  Collins,  Lillian  Horner.  Val 
dena  &  Murray,  Gae  Foster's  Roxyettes 
and  Billy  Klaiss'  orchestra.  Gross:  $6,000. 
(Average,  $6,900) 
"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 

FOX— (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $10,000.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"Mr.  Bug  Goes  to  Town"  (Para.) 

KARLTON— (1,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) 
days.  Gross:  $3,000.  (Average,  $3,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (Para.) 

KEITH'S — (2,200)  (3Sc-41c-46c-57c-68c) 
days,   2nd   run.    Gross:    $5,500.  (Average, 
$4,500) 

"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 

STANLEY— (2,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) 
days.  Gross:  $16,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 

STANTON— (1,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) 
days.  Gross:  $11,000.  (Average,  $4,500) 


'Kings  Row'  Best; 
Providence  in  Lull 

Providence,  April  8. — "Kings  Row" 
and  "Don't  Get  Personal"  in  the  third 
week  got  $4,900  at  the  Carlton,  and 
"Ride  'Em,  Cowboy"  and  "Bombay 
Clipper"  were  good  for  $6,500  in  the 
third  week  at  the  RKO-Albee. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  1-2 : 

"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Bombay  Clipper"  (Univ.) 

RKO-ALBEE— (2,239)  (28c-39c-50c)  7  days, 
3rd  week.    Gross:  $6,500.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.B.) 
"Confirm  or  Deny"  (20th-Fox) 

MAJESTIC— (2,250)   (28c-39c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,600.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.A.) 
"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS  STATE— (3,232)   (28c-39c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,500.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Blondie  Goes  to  College"  (Col.) 

STRAND— (2,200)  (28c-39c-50c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $6,500.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"The  Strange  Case  of  Dr.  Rx"  (Univ.) 

FAY'S—  (1,800)  (20c-33c-44c)  7  days.  Stage 
show  with  Louis  and  Oliver  Sisters;  Four 
Medlodears;  Kelly  and  Hayes;  Whaling  and 
Yvette;  Richards  and  Adrian;  Duke  Nor- 
man; Al  Jahns  Orchestra.  Gross:  $5,700. 
(Average,  $5,000) 
"Borrowed  Hero"  (Mono.) 

METROPOLITAN  —  (3,045)  (30c-39c-55c- 
75c)  3  days.  Stage  show  with  Alvino  Rey 
and  Orchestra;  Eddie  Julian;  the  Four  King 
Sisters;  Lane  Brothers;  Spencer  and  For- 
man.  Gross:  $8,200.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 
"Don't  Get  Personal"  (Univ.) 

CARLTON— (1,526)    (28c-39c-50c)   7  days, 
3rd  week.    Gross:  $4,900.    (Average,  $3,500) 
"Louisiana  Purchase"  (Para.)  (3  days) 
"Young  America"  (20th- Fox)  (3  days) 
"Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.A.)  (4  days) 
"Dr.  Kildare's  Victory"  (M-G-M)  (4  days) 

EMPIRE— (1,200)  (20c-28c)  2nd  run.  Gross: 
$2,100.    (Average,  $2,000) 


Reviews 


"One  of  Our  Aircraft  Is  Missing" 

(Anglo-American) 

London,  March  29  (By  Air  Mail) 
TF  war  is  still  an  entertainment  factor  in  Britain,  then  the  R.A.F. 

is  probably  Box-Office  Champion  No.  1.  Michael  Powell  and  Emeric 
Pressburger's  film  is  thus  on  safe  ground,  for  it  exploits  that  appeal, 
in  a  telling  story  of  British  fliers  grounded  in  friendly  Holland.  In  tell- 
ing of  their  concealment  by  the  friendly  Dutch — people  for  whom  the 
British  have  no  small  affection  these  days — of  their  escape  across  the 
North  Sea,  the  picture  not  only  hands  out  a  fairly  exciting  and  dramatic 
yarn,  but  tears  the  veil  from  a  side  of  the  war  about  which  not  much 
is  known  but  about  which  there  is  plenty  of  curiosity.  With  so  much 
appeal,  and  a  title  which  spells  box-office,  the  picture  should  not  fail  to 
hit  the  target  bang  in  the  center. 

Most  of  the  settings  are  in  Holland,  but  the  picture  includes  a  rousing 
re-creation  of  a  raid  on  Germany  and  R.A.F.  station  episodes  which 
are  as  near  to  documentary  as  possible.  In  Holland  the  four  fliers  are 
cared  for  by  the  Dutch— after  a  searching  investigation  of  their  creden- 
tials— evade  the  eagle  eye  of  the  Gestapo,  and  are  helped  to  cross  to 
Britain  again  during  a  R.A.F.  raid  on  the  port.  The  general  flavor  of 
the  drama  is  adventure,  and  there  are  thrills  and  suspense.  There  is, 
however,  also  a  touching  treatment  of  the  theme  of  Dutch  bravery 
under  the  Nazi  yoke,  a  sympathetic  depiction  of  their  quiet  friendliness 
and  warmth  of  temperament,  and  the  atmosphere  seems  accurate  and 
faithful. 

Eric  Portman,  rising  rapidly  to  stardom  here,  has  a  leading  role  as 
the  pilot  of  the  abandoned  bomber,  and  handles  it  with  no  small  com- 
petence. Few  of  the  other  names  are  topliners  but  Bernard  Miles,  God- 
frey Tearle,  and  Hay  Petrie — the  latter  as  a  Dutch  people's  leader — 
deserve  special  mention. 

The  technical  qualities  are  notable,  particularly  the  camera  work, 
whether  it  be  of  airborne  craft  or  bucolic  Dutch  landscape.  The  editing 
is  effective,  although  there  are  one  or  two  wild  leaps  in  continuity. 

Running  time,  110  minutes.  "G."*  Aubrey  Flanagan 


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Girls  Town 

(Producers  Releasing) 

'"pHIS  film  deals  with  a  group  of  girls  trying  to  win  recognition  in 
Hollywood,  particularly  with  a  self-centered  beauty  contest  winner 
and  her  younger  sister,  who  is  the  direct  opposite.  The  story  is  drawn 
out  and  uneven,  weakening  the  presentation  considerably. 

Edith  Fellows,  June  Storey,  Kenneth  Howell,  Alice  White  and  Anna 
Q.  Nilsson  are  the  principal  members  of  the  cast.  Warren  Hymer 
appears  briefly  in  a  scene  as  the  long-lost  father  of  the  youngest  member 
of  Miss  Nilsson's  home  for  screen  aspirants,  and  Vince  Barnett  has  a 
small  part  as  the  proprietor  of  a  Hollywood  drive-in.  Miss  Fellows  is 
the  younger  sister  of  Miss  Story  and  Howell  is  the  booking  agent  who 
eventually  awakens  to  Miss  Fellows'  charm.  As  it  turns  out,  it  is  Miss 
Fellows  and  not  her  sister  who  is  "discovered."  A  few  glimpses  of 
studio  characters  are  included.    Victor  Halperin  directed. 

Running  time,  68  minutes.   "G."  Eugene  Arneel 


*"G"  denotes'  general  classification. 


The  Pasha's  Wives 

(Better  Films,  Inc.) 

"PVISTINGUISHED  performances  by  Viviane  Romance  and  Dalio 
mark  this  French  production  about  the  early  efforts  in  1910  to  mod- 
ernize Turkey  and  emancipate  its  women.  Beyond  that,  however,  there 
is  only  a  thin  plot  which  is  stretched  over  an  hour  and  a  half  of  screen 
time. 

Miss  Romance,  a  French  woman  who  marries  a  Turkish  official  (John 
Lodge)  accompanies  her  husband  to  his  native  land.  She  is  installed  in 
the  harem,  but  she  makes  an  effort  to  abide  by  the  Turkish  customs. 
Despite  several  outbursts,  during  which  she  daringly  appears  in  public 
without  a  veil,  she  manages  to  get  along. 

Meanwhile,  her  husband  has  gained  the  ear  of  the  Sultan  and  is  about 
to  initiate  some  important  reforms.  Motivated  by  Lodge's  enemies,  the 
Sultan  sends  Lodge  a  second  wife  which  the  latter  is  forced  to  accept. 
This  is  more  than  Miss  Romance  can  stand  and  she  attempts  to  flee.  She 
is  arrested,  released  and  finally  is  joined  by  her  husband,  who  flees  with 
her.  Dalio,  as  the  unprepossessing  but  crafty  Sultan,  will  delight  "art 
theatre"  fans. 

The  dialogue  is  in  French  with  English  subtitles.  Marc  Sorkin 
directed  and  C.  Geftman  was  in  charge  of  production. 

Running  time,  92  minutes.  "A."*  Edward  Greif 


'Andy  Hardy'  Takes 
$12,500,  Cincinnati 
Likes  'Invaders' 


'A"  denotes  adult  classification. 


Cincinnati,  April  8. — "The  Court- 
ship of  Andy  Hardy"  paced  the  field 
with  a  nice  $12,500  at  the  RKO  Pal- 
ace, and  "The  Invaders"  took  $5  Jjie 
on  its  second  move-over  week  atV  • 
RKO  Shubert. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  1-4: 

"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 

RKO    ALB  EE — (3,300)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $10,000.  (Average,  $12,000) 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

RKO    PALACE— (2,700)    (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $12,500.  (Average,  $10,000) 
"The  Invaders"  (Cod.) 

RKO  SHUBERT— (2,150)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,200.  (Average. 
$5,000) 

"Roxie  Hart"  (20m-Fox) 

RKO  CAPITOL— (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.    Gross:  $4,800.  (Average, 

$5,500) 

"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (20th-Fox) 

RKO     GRAND— (1,500)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $3,800.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 

RKO  LYRIC— (1,400)  (28c-33c-42c)  7  days. 
3rd  week.  Gross:  $2,800.  (Average,  $4,500) 
"Cowboy  Serenade"  (Rep.) 
"Bullet  Scars"  (W.  B.) 

RKO  FAMILY — (1,000)  (15c-28c)  4 
Gross:  $1,300.  (Average,  $1,200) 
"Riders  of  the  Timberline"  (Para.) 
"Jail  House  Blues"  (Univ.) 

RKO  FAMILY — ( 1 ,000)  (15c -28c)  3 
Gross:  $900.  (Average,  $800) 
"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

KEITH'S— (1,500)    (33c-40c-50c)  7 
Gross:  $3,400.  (Average,  $5,000) 


days. 


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'Roxie'  Hits  $5,300, 
Oklahoma  City  Lead 

Oklahoma  City,  April  8. — "Roxie 
Hart"  at  the  Criterion  drew  $5,300 
with  "The  Men  in  Her  Life"  at  the 
State  doing  $3,800. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  2 : 

"Roxie  Hart"  (20th-Fox) 

CRITERION—  (1,500)  (20c-25c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,300.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Rise  and  Shine"  (20th-Fox) 
"Man  from  Montana"  (Univ.) 

LIBERTY— (1,200)  (20c-25c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$2,100.    (Average,  $2,400) 
"Appointment  for  Love"  (Univ.) 

MIDWEST— (1,500)    (20c-25c-40c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $3,600.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Men  in  Her  Life"  (CoL) 

STATE— (1,100)  (20c-25c40c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$3,800.    (Average,  $3,500) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (2©th-Fox) 

TOWER— (1,000)  (20c-25c-40c)  7  days, 
moved  from  Criterion.  Gross:  $1,900.  (Aver- 
age, $1,750) 


'Fire'  and  'Fleef 

Score  in  Toronto 


Toronto,  April  8.  —  "The  Fleet's 
In"  at  the  Imperial  and  "Ball  of  Fire" 
at  Shea's  each  grossed  $16,000.  "Wo- 
man of  the  Year"  hit  $14,000  at 
Loew's. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  4: 

"Joan  of  Paris"  (RKO) 

EGLINTON— (1,086)  (18c-30c-40c-60c) 
days.  Gross:  $6,500.  (Average,  $4,500) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

IMPERIAL— (3.373)   (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days.  Gross:  $16,000.  (Average.  $9,000) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS— (2,074)     (18c-30c-42c-60c-78c)  6 
davs.  Gross:  $14,000.  (Average.  $9,000) 
"Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 

SHEA'S — (2,480)     (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $16,000.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Flying-  Cadet"  (Univ.) 

TIVOLI—  (2,434)    (12c-18c-30c-48c)  6  days. 
Gross:  $5,500.  (Average,  $3,900) 
"The  Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

UPTOWN— (2,761)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days.  Gross:  $12,500.  (Average,  $9,000) 


Thursday,  April  9,  1942 


MOTION  PICTURE  DAILY 


5 


Schaefer  Calls  Coast 
Meet  to  Discuss  War 
Effort  with  Mellett 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

dustry's  activities  in  the  war  effort. 
The  meeting  was  called  by  George 
\Schaefer,   chairman  of  the  War 
iivities  Committee.    It  is  expected 
St  Mellett  will  appoint  a  Hollywood 
representative  after  talking  over  can- 
didates with  the  industry  executives. 

Members  of  the  Committee  of  Six 
were  invited  to  the  meeting  by  Fred 
W.  Beetson,  executive  vice-president 
of  the  Association  of  Motion  Picture 
Producers. 

In  addition  to  the  Eastern  commit- 
tee members,  who  are  J.  Robert  Rubin 
of  M-G-M,  Austin  C.  Keough  of  Par- 
amount and  Joseph  Hazen  of  Warner 
Bros.,  arriving  today  were  Will  H. 
Hays,  president  of  the  MP  PDA,  and 
Charles  Francis  Coe,  his  executive 
assistant. 

Hollywood  members  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  Six  are  Mendel  Silberberg, 
Herbert  Freston  and  Maurice  Ben- 
jamin. 


Bronx  and  Astoria 
Blackouts  Tonight 

(.Continued  from  page  1) 
three-fifths  of  the  borough,  excluding 
the  Coney  Island  area,  which  already 
has  been  tested.  The  remaining  two- 
fifths  will  be  blacked  out  April  21. 
Both  tests  will  be  of  20  minutes  dura- 
tion beginning  at  9  P.  M. 

The  Brooklyn  neighborhoods  des- 
ignated to  be  darkened  in  the  first  test 
include  Bay  Ridge,  Fort  Hamilton, 
Flatbush,  Brownsville,  East  New 
York,  Borough  Park,  Midwood,  Van- 
deveer  Park,  Flatlands,  Bensonhurst 
and  Bath  Beach.  The  north  Brooklyn 
blackout  on  April  21  will  cover  Red 
Hook,  Borough  Park,  Williamsburg, 
Greenpoint,  Ridgewood  and  Bush- 
wick. 


McKay  Back  from 
Schine  Hearings 

Willard  S.  McKay,  attorney  for  the 
Schine  circuit,  returned  yesterday  from 
Syracuse  and  Buffalo  where  he  argued 
motions  in  the  Government's  anti- 
trust suit  against  the  circuit  and  the 
"Little  Three."  McKay  stated  that 
the  confusion  over  the  trial  date  set 
by  Federal  Judge  John  Knight  for 
May  19  arose  from  a  reference  to 
May  9  by  an  attorney  but  that  May 
19  was  the  only  date  set  by  the  court. 
He  also  pointed  out  that  the  adjourn- 
ment was  obtained  over  vigorous  ob- 
jection by  Government  counsel. 

James  Cagney  First 
'Caravan*  Volunteer 

James  Cagney  is  the  first  star  to 
volunteer  for  the  "Hollywood  Victory 
Caravan,"  which  will  tour  14  cities  in 
one-night  benefit  performances  for  the 
Navy  Relief  Society  and  the  Army 
Emergency  Fund.  The  "caravan"  will 
open  in  Washington  on  April  30. 

Newell  Leaves  20th-Fox 

Monroe  Newell  of  the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox exploitation  staff  at  the 
home  office,  has  resigned  to  join  the 
Sossner  Steel  Stamps,  Inc. 


Review 


"Unpublished  Story 

(Columbia) 

London,  March  29  (By  Air  Mail) 
/"^j.  RIM  and  harassing  as  the  blitzing  of  London  was  in  1940-41, 
bitter  its  memories,  Britishers  still  look  back  upon  it  with  a  certain 
wonder — wonder  mainly  that  life,  personal  and  commercial,  has  gone 
on  normally  since.  In  this  vivid,  and  for  all  its  fiction  side-issues,  touch- 
ing reaction  of  that  episode,  the  British  audience  will  be  able  and  not 
sorry  to  look  back  and  see  themselves  as  they  were  in  their  most  diffi- 
cult hour.  For  that  reason  the  picture  is  likely  to  overcome  objec- 
tions which  may  exist  to  war  as  a  source  of  entertainment.  Non- 
British  audiences  can  take  it  that  this  was  London — or  part  of  it  at 
any  rate. 

"The  Unpublished  Story"  is  the  inside  story  of  Fifth  Column  activi- 
ties and  the  Security  Office's  tussle  therewith,  a  story  which  a  boy  and 
girl,  reporters  both,  track  down  and  expose,  but  which,  for  security 
reasons,  must  remain  unpublished.  It  is  not  much  more  than  a  wartime 
variation  on  an  old  narrative  theme,  done  with  a  sense  of  drama  and 
comedy,  spectacle  and  thrill. 

Appeal  is  likely  to  be  greater  on  the  vivid  and  honest  recreation  of 
the  blitz,  with  its  destruction  and  its  tragedy,  its  courage  and  its  na- 
tive humors.  Spectacular  library  material  recreates  the  bombing  of  the 
docks,  with  blazing  warehouses  and  tottering  buildings,  homely  direc- 
torial touches  tilt  at  Civil  Service  officialdom,  salute  the  fraternity  of 
the  shelters,  and  the  zeal  of  fire  fighters  and  ambulance  teams.  It  is 
a  fair  picture,  without  emotionality  or  patriotic  fervors. 

Richard  Greene  is  the  reporter  and  Valerie  Hobson  plays  opposite. 
Brefni  O'Rourke  as  the  editor  is  a  sound  characterization,  with  Miles 
Malleson  etching  a  quaint  piece  of  whimsey  as  a  comedy  columnist. 

The  camerawork  is  Bernie  Knowles  at  his  best,  and  the  sound  track 
as  dramatic  as  it  is  realistic. 

Running  time,  91  minutes.    "A."*  Aubrey  Flanagan 


*"A"  denotes  adult  classification. 


New  Theatres 
Ruled  Out  for 
War  Duration 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

theatres,  may  be  initiated  without  au- 
thority if  the  cost  of  the  project 
amounts  to  $5,000  or  more. 

Although  the  order  applies  only  to 
construction  not  yet  started,  projects 
already  under  way  are  being  carefully 
examined  by  the  board  and  may  be 
stopped  if  scarce  materials  to  be  used 
in  them  can  be  put  to  more  effective 
use  in  the  war  program,  it  was  said. 
The  board  emphasized  that 
the  order  will  not  affect  ordin- 
ary   maintenance    and  repair 
work  not  involving  changes  in 
design. 

Another  order  expected  to  be  issued 
within  the  next  48  hours  will  prohibit 
the  use  of  iron  and  steel  in  hundreds 
of  metal  products  which  will  be  listed. 
That  order  not  only  is  expected  to  halt 
the  use  of  steel  for  many  purposes  in 
the  film  industry,  but  also  to  bar  the 
use  of  other  metals  and  the  scarce 
plastics. 

With  the  issuance  of  the  metals 
order  the  WPB  will  have  taken  prac- 
tically the  final  step  necessary  for  the 
conversion  of  civilian  industry  to  total 
all-out  war  production. 

Conservation  orders  for  the  indus- 
try, shortly  to  be  issued  by  the  board 
through  its  Consumers'  Durable 
Goods  Division,  will  reflect  the  limita- 
tions which  are  to  be  placed  upon  the 
use  of  metals  and  plastics. 


Classify  Employes 
For  SPG  Contract 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

brackets  is  being  worked  out  sepa- 
rately by  each  company  as  a  basis  of 
wage  scales  for  publicists  and  artists 
and  will  be  annexed  to  the  final  con- 
tract, it  was  said.  Annual  wage  in- 
creases in  accordance  with  the  sched- 
ule reportedly  will  be  provided. 

Guild  representatives  said  the  con- 
tract may  be  ready  for  final  drafting- 
next  week.  Warner  Bros,  is  not  par- 
ticipating in  the  present  negotiations. 
The  union  expects  to  start  conferring 
with  that  company  after  the  major 
contract  is  completed. 


Suggests  Theatre 
Skylight  Protection 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

according  to  Benline,  is  expected  to 
afford  protection  against  shrapnel, 
anti-aircraft  fragments,  other  falling 
objects  and  incendiary  bombs.  The 
structure  is  not  represented  to  be 
bomb-proof. 

The  proposed  protection,  Benline 
pointed  out,  is  not  required  by  law. 
It  has  the  approval  of  the  Fire  De- 
partment. Such  structures  are  to  be 
erected  only  for  the  duration  of  the 
emergency. 

Loew's  Leases  House 

Waterbury,  Conn.,  April  8.  — 
Loew's,  Inc.,  has  taken  over  the  1,556- 
seat  Strand,  leased  until  last  week 
by  Warner  Theatres,  and  has  started 
operation.  Wallace  Cooper,  formerly 
at  the  Poli,  Hartford,  is  manager. 


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Future  Status 
Of  Television 
Is  Up  Today 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

present  basis  although  its  major  pre- 
sentation will  consist  of  records  and 
statistics  of  its  operations  without 
stress  on  the  future.  This  contingent, 
it  was  reported,  is  content  to  keep 
going  with  its  limited  facilities. 

CBS,  on  the  other  hand,  was  re- 
ported to  be  favoring  relaxation  of  the 
operating  requirement  from  the  pres- 
ent 15  hours  weekly  and  was  said  to 
view  favorably  a  suspension  of  tele- 
vision service  for  the  duration.  In 
this  quarter,  it  was  said,  the  belief 
prevails  that  television  is  not  produc- 
ing the  proportionate  results  required 
of  wartime  expenditures  and  suspen- 
sion of  the  service  would  result  in  the 
release  of  important  engineering  and 
executive  personnel  to  more  needed 
services. 

DuMont  was  said  to  be  favoring  a 
middle  ground.  In  this  view,  if  pri- 
ority ratings  could  be  procured  for 
manufacture  of  receivers  to  be  used  in 
key  locations,  television  should  carry 
on  for  the  duration  with  a  view  to 
post-war  development.  However,  if 
these  minimum  priority  ratings  cannot 
be  obtained,  it  is  felt  that  operating 
requirements  should  be  eased. 


Report  Presidency 
Offered  to  Zanuck 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
have  been  considered   in  connection 
with  the  presidency. 

Zanuck  is  here  for  conferences  on 
the  company's  new  executive  setup. 
He  is  expected  to  go  to  Washington 
later  this  week  to  confer  with  War 
Department  officials  on  the  production 
of  training  films  by  the  Research 
Council  of  the  Academy  of  Motion 
Picture  Arts  and  Sciences,  of  which 
he  is  chairman. 


N.  /.  Allied  Defers 
Action  on  Umpi  Plan 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

thorized  to  vote  at  the  national  board 
meeting  as  he  sees  fit  at  that  time, 
unless  the  New  Jersey  organization 
takes  positive  action  in  the  meantime 
after  further  consideration  of  the  plan. 

The  Southeastern  Theatre  Owners 
Association  is  scheduled  to  meet  in 
Atlanta  Monday  to  act  on  the  plan. 


All-Night  Defense 
Show  in  Rochester 

Rochester,  April  8. — Featuring  its 
regular  program,  the  Lincoln,  managed 
by  Howard  Lurie,  has  held  its  first 
all-night  show  for  defense  workers. 
The  house  opened  at  midnight,  with 
the  film  program  starting  at  12:15 
A.  M.  and  running  to  4:30  A.  M. 
The  all-night  shows  will  be  held  Mon- 
day, Wednesday  and  Friday  nights. 


National  Screen  Sued 

Philadelphia,  April  8. — National 
Screen  Service  Corp.  in  a  suit  filed 
here  was  charged  by  13  independent 
competitors  with  seeking  to  obtain  a 
monopoly  on  the  distribution  of  litho- 
graphs and  other  advertising  materials 
for  the  film  industry. 


Off  the  Antenna 

THE  first  sponsor  for  the  two  CBS  shortwave  stations  will  be  the  Texas 
Co.  which  has  purchased  the  11  A.M.  to  noon  hour  Sundays,  beginning 
April  19,  for  re-broadcasts  of  Fred  Allen's  "Texaco  Star  Theatre."  The  re- 
broadcasts  will  be  directed  principally  to  U.  S.  service  men  on  the  battle 
fronts. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Bruce  Kamman,  NBC  production  director  in  Chicago, 
has  bc-en  named  assistant  to  Wilfred  S.  Roberts,  Eastern  production  manager. 
.  .  .  Norman  Clouticr  has  been  appointed  musical  director  of  the  NBC  radio- 
recording  division.  .  .  .  John  T.  Adams,  formerly  head  of  the  Adams  &  Adams 
talent  agency,  has  joined  the  Russel  M.  Seeds  advertising  agency  as  radio 
director.  .  .  .  John  D.  Whitmore  is  a  new  member  of  the  WOR  news  and 
special  features  division.  Charles  Oppenheim  HI  has  joined  the  publicity 
staff.  .  .  .  Martin  Block,  conductor  of  WNEW's  "Make  Believe  Ballroom" 
has  been  signed  by  American  Tobacco  for  commercial  announcements  on 
"Your  Hit  Parade"  and  "College  of  Musical  Knowledge."  .  .  .  George  Bryan 
has  been  engaged  for  the  9  A.M.  daily  newscasts  on  IVABC.  .  .  .  Ted  Husing 
will  describe  the  CBS  television  fights  from  the  ringside  tomorrow  night. 

•  •  • 

James  A.  Farley,  former  postmaster  general,  will  make  his  debut  as 
a  radio  actor  tomorrow  evening  at  9:30,  when  he  will  portray  the  role  of 
an  office  seeker  in  "The  Good  Party  Man,"  second  of  the  plays  on  the 
Blue's  "Celebrity  Theatre"  series. 

•  •  • 

Three  Oklahoma  City  stations  have  reduced  operating  time  to  conserve 
radio  equipment.  WKY  will  open  at  6  A.M.  instead  of  5  :30  and  shut  down 
at  11 :30  P.M.  instead  of  midnight.  KTOK  and  KOCY  also  will  shut  down 
at  11 :30  P.M.  but  will  continue  to  start  operations  at  6:30  A.M.  KTOK  will 
open  an  hour  later  than  usual  on  Sundays. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  The  Blue  will  inaugurate  "Alias  John  Freedom"  on  Sun- 
day, April  19.  It  is  described  as  a  morale-stimulating  adventure  drama.  .  .  . 
Beginning  Monday,  Red  Barber  will  be  heard  on  WOR  Monday  through 
Friday,  9:15-9:30  P.M.,  with  a  sports  review.  .  .  .  Neal  Hopkins  has  taken 
over  the  script  writing  of  "Joe  and  Mabel,"  NBC  Serial,  succeeding  Irving  G. 
Neiman,  who  has  joined  the  Army. 

•  •  • 

KDKA,  Pittsburgh,  has  set  up  a  special  department  to  coordinate  all 
programs  relating  to  the  war.  Victoria  Corey,  who  has  been  writing 
special  radio  programs  for  the  Pittsburgh  Civilian  Defense  Council,  will 
head  the  new  setup. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  Alvin  Flanagan,  formerly  of  WSB,  Atlanta,  has 
joined  KDKA,  Pittsburgh,  as  production  director.  .  .  .  Arthur  J.  Kemp  has 
been  placed  in  charge  of  the  CBS  San  Francisco  operations.  Kemp  continues 
as  Pacific  Coast  sales  manager.  .  .  .  William  Baldwin,  former  special  events 
director  for  KFWB,  Hollywood,  is  now  a  member  of  the  KGO,  San  Francisco, 
program  staff.  .  .  .  Ray  Schaeffer  has  succeeded  Shirley  Mayer  as  press 
representative  for  WPEN,  Philadelphia. 


Treasury  Mobilizes  Studio 
Workers  for  War  Savings 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
is  to  draft  plans  for  the  complete  co- 
operation of  all  workers  in  war  stamp 
and  bond  savings. 

Members  of  Committee 

Other  appointees  and  their  organi- 
zations include  Jane  Murfin,  Screen 
Writers  Guild;  Ralph  Byrd,  Actors 
Guild ;  King  Vidor,  Directors'  Guild ; 
Carl  S.  Cooper,  IATSE;  Francis 
Carothers,  Motion  Picture  Interna- 
tionals Labor  Committee ;  Herbert 
Sorrell,  president,  Conference  of  Stu- 
dio Unions ;  Fred  Othman,  United 
Press ;  J.  H.  Rosenberg,  Bank  of 
America ;  John  McCormick,  Artists 
Managers  Guild ;  Fred  W.  Beetson, 
Association  of  Motion  Picture  Pro- 
ducers ;  Teet  Carle,  Screen  Publicists 
Guild;  William  S.  Holman,  RKO ; 
W.  K.  Craig,  MGM ;  Fred  Metzler, 
20th  Century-Fox ;  Sol  Lesser,  Prin- 
cipal Productions ;  B.  B.  Kahane,  Col- 
umbia ;  M.  J.  Siegel,  Republic ;  E.  L. 
Depatie,  Warners ;  A.  H.  McCaus- 
land,  Universal ;  William  Dozier, 
Paramount  and  Edward  Blackburn  of 
J.  E.  Brulatour,  Inc. 


'Doctors'  and  Show 
Get  $15,300,  Buffalo 

Buffalo,  April  8. — "Doctors  Don't 
Tell"  and  a  stage  show  led  here  at 
the  Twentieth  Century  with  $15,300. 
"Mr.  V."  and  "Kid  Glove  Killer"  at 
the  Great  Lakes  drew  $11,100. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  4: 

"Raxie  Hart"  (ZOth-Fox) 

"The  Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (ZOth-Fox) 

BUFFALO — (3,489)     (35c-55c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $12,100.  (Average,  $12,200) 
"Mr.  V"  (U.  A.) 
"Kid  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 

GREAT  LAKES — (3,000)  (3Sc-5Sc)  7  days. 
Gross:  $11,100.  (Average.  $8,000) 
"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 
"A  Yank  on-  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 

HIPEODROME— (2,100)   (35c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,300.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Doctors  Don't  Tell"  (Rep.) 

TWENTIETH  CENTURY— (3,000)  (30c- 
35c-55c)  7  days.  "Meet  the  People,"  a  mu- 
sical revue  on  stage,  with  Buddy  Pepper, 
Joey  Faye.  Lorraine  Kruger,  Jack  Albert- 
son.  Ted  Arkin.  Dorothy  Roberts,  Sue  Rob- 
bins,  Tune  Tyrrell,  Danny  Hoctor,  Timmy 
Alexander,  a  male  sextet  and  a  chorus. 
Gross:  $15,300.  (Average,  $9,000) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Honolulu  Lu"  (Col.) 

LAFAYETTE — (3,000)  (35c-50c)  7  days. 
"Invaders,"  2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,700.  (Av- 
erage. $6,500) 


'Woman'  Is 
Seattle  Best 
With  $9,500 


Seattle,  April  8.— "Woman  of  the 
Year"  as  a  single  feature  took  a 
strong  $9,500  at  the  Fifth  Avenue. 
Edward  Everett  Horton  in  person.,.^ 
the  Metropolitan  in  "Springtime  \  ]  • 
Henry"  was  competitive.  The  weather 
was  warm  and  clear. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  4 : 

"Roxie  Hart"  (20th-Fox) 
"Confirm  or  Deny"  (ZOth-Fox) 

BLUE  MOUSE — (950)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.    Moved  from  Fifth  Avenue. 
Gross:  $3,800.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 

FIFTH  AVENUE — (2,500)  (30c-42c-58c- 
70c)  7  days.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Average,  $7.- 
000) 

"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Honolulu  Lu"  (Col.) 

LIBERTY— (1,800)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7  days, 
3rd  week.  Gross:  $4,800.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"The  Bugle  Sounds"  (M-G-M) 
"Obliging  Young  Lady"  (M-G-M) 

MUSIC  BOX— (950)  (30c -42c -58c -70c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Moved  from  Paramount. 
Gross:  $3,700.  (Average.  $4,000) 
"The  Wolf  Man"  (Univ.) 
"The  Mad  Doctor  of  Market  Street"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM — (2,450)  (30c-42c-58c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,200.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Sullivan's  Travels"  (Para.) 

PALOMAR  —  (1,500)  (20c-30c-42c-58c)  7 
days.  Stage:  Vaudeville.  Gross:  $5,300. 
(Average,  $5,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Castle  in  the  Desert"  (20th-Fox) 

PARAMOUNT  —  (3050)  (30c-42c-58c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,800.  (Average. 
$6,000) 


'Fleet'  in  St.  Louis 
Captures  $14,300 

St.  Louis,  April  8. — "The  Fleet's 
In"  grossed  $14,300  at  the  Fox. 
"Louisiana  Purchase"  took  $7,800  at 
the  Missouri. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  2: 

"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U. 'A.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.) 

LOEWS— (3,162)  (30c-40c-50c-55c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $11,000.  (Average.  $13,- 
000) 

"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 
"There's  One  Born  Every  Minute"  (Univ.) 

AMBASSADOR  —  (3.154)    (30c-40c-S0c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $11,000.    (Average.  $11,500) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"Pacific  Blackout"  (Para.) 

FOX— (5,038)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  davs.  Gross: 
$14,300.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"Louisiana  Purchase"  (Para.) 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (ZOth-Fox) 

MISSOURI— (3.514)    (30c-40c-50c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $7,800.    (Average.  $4,0001 
"Hellzapoppin"  (Univ.) 
"Birth  of  the  Blues"  (Para.) 

ST.  LOUIS— (4,000)  (25c-35c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,800.    (Average.  $2,600) 


Bill  in  Drive-In  Suit 

Providence,  R.  I.,  April  8. — Judge 
John  P.  Hartigan  in  Federal  Court 
here  has  granted  Loew's  Drive-in 
Theatres  Inc.,  a  bill  of  particulars  in 
the  patent  infringement  suit  brought 
by  Park-In  Theatres,  Inc.,  of  Newark, 
N.  J.  At  the  same  time,  the  defendant 
was  permitted  to  withdraw  a  motion 
for  summary  dismissal  of  the  suit. 


K.C.  Pioneer  Dies 

Kansas  City,  April  8. — Walter  O. 
Burkey,  68,  pioneer  exhibitor,  who  re- 
tired about  10  years  ago,  died  here. 
He  had  operated"  a  downtown  theatre, 
and  built  the  Admiral,  suburban,  which 
he  operated  several  years. 


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NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  FRIDAY,  APRIL  10,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Chas.  Skouras 
Is  Slated  as 
Circuit  Chief 


Charles   Skouras,  head  of  Fox 
West  Coast  Theatres,  is  slated  to 
become  president  of  National  The- 
atres  Corp., 
the    post  va- 
cated   by  his 
brother,  Spy- 
ros  Skouras, 
with   the  lat- 
ter's  election 
to    the  20th 
Century  -  Fox 
presidency,  it 
was  learned 
last  night. 

Charles 
Skouras  is 
scheduled  to  ar- 
rive here  early 
nextweek 

from  Los  Angeles  to  confer  with 
members  of  the  board  and  the  new 
management  on  details  of  the  pro- 
posed deal,  it  was  reported.  It  was 
also  reliably  reported  that  the  post 
was  offered  him  late  yesterday  by 
telephone  after  the  election  of  new 
20th  Century-Fox  officers  and  that  he 
indicated  that  he  would  accept. 

His  selection  has  the  approval  of 
the  20th  Century-Fox  directorate,  it 
was  learned.  The  deal  is  not  yet  ter- 
minated, it  is  understood,  and  the 
final  touches  will  be  given  the  nego- 
tiations when  Skouras  arrives  in  New 
York. 


Charles  Skouras 


Grosses  Continue 
Smash  BVay  Pace 

Extraordinary  grosses  were  clocked 
at  the  Broadway  first-runs  this  week 
as  the  tremendous  weekend  business 
continued  through  Wednesday.  The 
take  fell  off  in  some  houses  yesterday 
with  the  constant  snowfall,  although 
the  Music  Hall,  Astor,  Paramount 
and  Roxy  were  not  affected  to  any 
noticeable  extent. 

The  biggest  business  in  months  has 
been  brought  to  the  Rivoli  by  "Jungle 
Book,"  which  finishes  its  first  week 
tonight  with  an  estimated  $40,000  and 
continues. 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  with  the 
stage  show  at  the  Music  Hall  grossed 
an  estimated  $115,000  for  the  second 
week  and  began  a  third  week  yester- 
day, taking  an  estimated  $15,000  for 
the  day.  The  Paramount  with  "My 
Favorite  Blonde"  and  Tommy  Dor- 
sey's  orchestra  on  Wednesday  experi- 
(Continued  on  page  3) 


Skouras  20th-Fox  Head; 
Willkie  Board  Chairman 


See  Canadian 
Receipts  Tax 
Rising  to  30% 


Toronto,  April  9. — Canadian 
theatres  face  a  substantial  increase 
in  the  present  Federal  amusement 
tax  of  20  per  cent  on  gross  admis- 
sions, it  is  learned  on  reliable  au- 
thority, when  J.  L.  Ilsley,  Minister 
of  National  Revenue,  in  May  sub- 
mits his  annual  budget  for  the  new 
fiscal  year. 

There  are  intimations  that 
the  new  tax  will  be  30  per  cent 
instead  of  20,  with  the  tax  on 
receipts  to  be  collected  from 
exhibitors  under  the  arrange- 
ments effective  since  the  last 

(.Continued  on  page  4) 


157  Theatres 
Sue  Ascap 

Suit  for  total  damages  of  $606,784 
under  the  anti-trust  laws  was  filed 
yesterday  in  the  United  States  Dis- 
trict court  here  against  Ascap  on  be- 
half of  157  independent  film  exhibitors 
in  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Connecti- 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


i 

Wendell  Willkie 


Connors  Vice-President  in  Charge  of  Sales; 
Setup  Otherwise  the  Same;  Willkie  to  Be 
Inactive  in  Operation,  Firm  Is  Counsel 

Spyros  P.  Skouras  was  elected  president  and  Wendell  L. 
Willkie  chairman  of  the  board  of  20th  Century-Fox  at  a  meet- 
ing of  the  company's  board  of  directors  yesterday. 

Tom  J.  Connors  was  elected  vice-president  in  charge  of  sales. 
Skouras  will  relinquish  his  post  of  president  of  National 
Theatres,  with  whom  he  had  a  five-year  contract,  to  accept  the 
presidency  of  20th  Century-Fox  which  has  been  vacant  since 
the  death  of  Sidney  R.  Kent  on  March  19. 

Willkie's  law  firm,  Willkie, 
Owen,  Otis,  Farr  &  Gallagher, 
was  appointed  special  counsel  to 
the  company.  In  connection  with 
the  legal  appointment,  Willkie  was 
elected  chairman  of  the  board,  but 
will  not,  however,  perform  any  ex- 
ecutive duties  or  be  actively  con- 
nected with  the  operation  of  the 
company,  it  was  stated.  Skouras 
will  be  chief  executive  officer. 

Othe  company  executives  continue 
as  heretofore.  Darryl  F.  Zanuck  will 
continue  as  vice-president  in  charge 
of  production ;  William  Goetz  as  vice- 
president  in  charge  of  studio  opera- 
tion ;  Hermann  G.  Place,  chairman 
of  the  executive  committee ;  William 
C.  Michel,  executive  vice-president; 
Sydney  Towell,  treasurer ;  Wilfred 
J.  Eadie,  comptroller,  and  Felix  Jen- 
kins, secretary. 

Zanuck  threw  his  support  to 
Skouras  after  refusing  an  offer 
by  the  Chase  National  Bank, 
largest  single  stockholder  in 
20th  Century-Fox,  that  he  take 
the  presidency. 

Zanuck's  refusal  was  on  the  ground 
of  his  Hollywood  production  duties 
and  his  activity  in  the  production  of 
training  films  for  the  War  Depart- 
ment, as  a  lieutenant  colonel  in  the 
Signal  Corps,  which,  he  urged,  would 
not  permit  him  to  take  on  other 
duties. 

The  formal  elections  took  place  at 
a  meeting  of  the  board  yesterday 
afternoon.  First  word  of  the  new  set- 
up became  known  to  the  company 
personnel  after  4  P.  M.  The  board 
remained  in  session  until  a  late  hour. 

Eadie,  Jenkins,  and  Edwin  P.  Kil- 
roe  resigned  from  the  board  and  their 
places,  together  with  the  vacancy  re- 
Tom  3.  Connors  Darryl  F.  Zanuck  (Continued  on  page  3) 


SPYROS  SKOURAS 


Key  20th  Century-Fox  Executives 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday.  April  10.  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  April  9 

WA.  SCULLY,  Universal  gen- 
•  eral  sales  manager,  today  set 
release  dates  on  four  of  the  company's 
important  pictures  for  April  and  May. 
"The  Spoilers"  will  go  into  national 
release  April  10 ;  "Sabotuer,"  April 
24;  "Broadway,"  May  8,  and  "Eagle 
Squadron."  May  29.  Scully  and  W. 
J.  Heineman,  assistant  general  sales 
manager,  leave  tomorrow  for  New 
York. 

• 

George   J.    Schaefer,   president  of 
RKO,  is  scheduled  to  leave  for  New- 
York  tomorrow-  to  attend  the  monthly 
board  meeting  of  the  company. 
• 

Gradwell  L.  Sears,  vice-president 
of  the  United  Artists  in  charge  of  dis- 
tribution, leaves  tomorrow  for  New 
York  after  a  series  of  conferences 
here  with  owner-members  of  the  com- 
pany and  producers. 

• 

Republic  today  signed  Joe  E.  Brown 
to  co-star  with  Judy  Canova  in  "Lazy- 
bones." The  picture  will  be  Harriett 
Parsons'  first  feature. 


Time  Reel  Previewed 

Special  previews  of  the  March  of 
Time  subject,  "America's  New  Army" 
are  being  held  for  Army  officials  in 
all  parts  of  the  country.  The  first 
was  held  this  week  in  Washington. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

50th  ST.  and  6th  AVE. 
CECIL  B.  De  MILLE'S 

"REAP  THE  WILD  WIND 

RAY  MILLAND  .  JOHN  WAYNE 
PAULETTE  GODDARD  •  A  Paramount  Picture 
On  Stage:  "Glory  of  Easter"  —  pageant  .  .  . 
and  "To  the  Colors"  —  Leonidoff's  revue. 
Symphony  Orchestra,  direction  of  Erno  Rapee. 
1st  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved     Circle  6-4600 


TT77T 


PALACE 


B  WAY  & 
47th  St. 


ABBOTT  &  COSTELLO 

'RIDE  'EM  COWBOY' 

— ■  and  — 

LYNN  BARI  —  MARY  BETH  HUGHES 
'NIGHT   BEFORE  THE  DIVORCE' 


John 

PAYNE 


Maureen 
O'HARA 


Randolph 

SCOTT 


S SHORES  of  TRIPOLI' 


PLUS  A  BIG 
STAGE  SHOW 


ROXY 


7th  Ave. 
&.  50th  St. 


"A  GREAT  SHOW"  —Herald  Tribune 
50c,  $1  &  $1.50  NP0LUHS|GHER 

SECOND  YEAR  —  SECOND  EDITION 
Now  Thrilling-  its  SECOND  MILLION 

It  happens  on  ice 

Sensational  Musical  Icetravaganza 
Center  Theatre.  Rockefeller  Center.  CO.  5-5474 
Eves,   except   Mon.    Daily   Mats,   this  Week. 
501  Seats  for  Every  Perf.  50c.  EVGS.  AT  8:40 


Personal  Mention 


DAVID  LIPTON,   Columbia  ad- 
vertising and  publicity  director, 
left  for  Florida  yesterday. 

• 

William  F.  Rodgers  left  Chicago 
yesterday  for  the  Coast. 

• 

H.  M.  Richey  leaves  for  California 
tonight. 

• 

William   Finney,   Southern  divi- 
sion manager  for   Loew's  Theatres, 
left  yesterday  to  return  to  his  head- 
quarters in  Atlanta  after  a  visit  here. 
• 

Harry  Krebs  of  the  M-G-M  home 
office  advertising  and  publicity  depart- 
ment has  left  to  join  the  Army. 
• 

Orville  Renning,  manager  of  the 
New  Weed  Theatre  in  San  Francisco, 
has  joined  the  Army. 


CC.    PETTIJOHN   left  for  the 
•   Coast  by  train  yesterday  for  a 
visit  of  several  weeks. 

• 

Sam  Shain  will  arrive  in  New 
York  Monday  after  several  weeks  in 
California. 

• 

Norman  Moray  is  expected  Mon- 
day from  a  visit  to  the  Coast  and  a 
field  trip. 

• 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  Carson  are 
the  parents  of  a  daughter,  born  yes- 
terday at  Sydenham  Hospital.  Car- 
son is  with  Warners. 

• 

Herman  Silver  of  Loew's  Theatres 
leaves  today  for  the  Army. 


ill. 


Wilma   Freeman  of  Warners  is 


'Reap'  Charleston 
Premiere  Friday 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind,"  Paramount- 
Cecil  B.  De  Mille  30th  anniversary 
picture,  will  have  a  Southern  premiere 
next  Sunday  in  Charleston,  with  a 
three-day  celebration  next  Friday, 
Saturday  and  Sunday,  Paramount 
yesterday  revealed. 

Guests  of  honor  will  include 
Paulette  Goddard,  Walter  Hampden, 
Susan  Hayward  and  Martha  O'Dris- 
coll,  of  the  cast ;  John  Boles,  and 
other  players.  An  official  welcoming 
dinner  is  scheduled  for  next  Friday 
evening,  with  Mayor  Lockwood  as 
host.  A  charity  ball  will  follow. 
Various  events  are  planned  for  Satur- 
day. The  premiere  of  the  film  will  be 
held  at  2 :30  Sunday  afternoon.  The 
events  will  be  broadcast. 


Flinn  Declines  Post 
On  Publicity  Group 

John  C.  Flinn  yesterday  formally 
advised  the  Eastern  public  relations 
committee  of  the  industry  that  he 
would  not  accept  the  post  of  perma- 
nent secretary  of  the  organization. 
Flinn  had  been  the  unanimous  choice 
of  the  committee  for  the  post,  which 
was  proffered  him  early  in  March  as 
reported  in  Motion  Picture  Daily  of 
March  6. 

The  committee  began  consideration 
of  other  candidates  for  the  post  at 
its  weekly  luncheon  meeting  yesterday. 


Selznick  to  Move 
Office  in  New  York 

David  O.  Selznick  Productions, 
Inc.,  will  move  its  offices  on  May  1 
from  630  Fifth  Avenue  to  515  Madi- 
son Avenue.  Selznick  International 
Pictures,  Inc.,  which  is  now  liquidat- 
ing, but  still  holds  assets,  including 
the  films,  "Gone  With  the  Wind"  and 
"Rebecca,"  also  will  move  on  that 
date  from  the  Fifth  Avenue  address 
to  the  RKO  building.  Selznick  himself 
will  have  his  New  York  headquarters 
in  the  Madison  Avenue  office. 


In  Warner  Field  Post 

Tom  Baldridge  has  been  named  field 
Dublicity  representative  in  Atlanta  for 
Warners,  succeeding  Jack  Goldsmith, 
who  is  entering  the  service. 


Reels  Seek  Better 
Defense  Coverage 

Washington,  April  9. — More  than 
60  Government  publicity  officials  met 
today  with  representatives  of  the 
newsreel  companies  in  a  meeting  ar- 
ranged by  Harold  Jacobs,  in  charge 
of  newsreels  for  the  Coordinator  of 
Government  Films,  with  a  view  to  ex- 
ploring the  possibilities  of  developing 
better  national  defense  material. 

The  conference  was  held  at  the  re- 
quest of  the  companies,  who  expressed 
the  belief  the  Government  agencies 
were  not  making  the  most  of  their 
opportunities  to  get  the  war  message 
over  to  the  public. 

Jacobs  urged  the  publicity  men  to 
seek  to  develop  better  film  material 
after  company  representatives  had 
pointed  out  that  since  Dec.  7.  70  per 
cent  of  the  material  released  in  the 
reels  dealt  with  some  phase  of  the 
war  and  national  defense  and  asserted 
that  today  practically  all  of  the  news- 
reel  time  is  devoted  to  those  subjects. 


4-A  Clears  Griffin 
of  AGVA  Charges 

The  international  board  of  the  Asso- 
ciated Actors  &  Artistes  of  America 
yesterday  met  to  accept  a  committee 
report  clearing  Gerald  Griffin,  former 
executive  secretary  of  the  American 
Guild  of  Variety  Artists,  of  charges 
of  being  anti-Semitic.  The  board 
pointed  out  that  Griffin  had  been  de- 
posed because  of  difficulties  between 
AGVA's  locals  and  national  office  and 
not  because  of  the  charges.  The  4-A 
took  over  the  affairs  of  the  AGVA 
national  office  last  week. 


Greenblatt  on  Tour 

Arthur  Greenblatt,  PRC  general 
sales  manager,  will  leave  today  for  a 
tour  of  Southern  exchanges.  He  will 
preside  at  the  annual  convention  of 
franchise  holders  and  sales  executives 
in  Hollywood,  May  5.  O.  Henry 
Briggs,  PRC  president,  will  leave  for 
Washington  and  Charlotte  today  and 
will  return  early  next  week. 


Brooklyn  Strand  Closing 

As  in  previous  years,  the  Strand. 
2,911 -seat  Warner  house  in  the  down- 
town section  of  Brooklyn,  will  close 
for  the  Summer  on  Monday  night. 
The  theatre  features  stage  shows  and 
films.  ■ 


Newsreel 
Parade 


TJ/'ITH  the  exception  of  Para- 
mount,  each  of  tlte  new  issues 
presents  coverage  of  the  Army  Day 
observance,  ice  breaking  in  the  Great 
Lakes,  the  last  radio  set  turned  out 
at  the  RCA  plant  in  Camden  and  films 
of  air  hero  Lieutenant  O'Hare.  P^fc. 
mount  has  a  Special  on  the  trail 
motion  of  America  to  a  nation  at  H'ar. 
Here  are  the  contents: 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  62— Army  Day 
parades.  New  cruiser  at  Camden.  X.  J. 
Last  radio  set  for  the  public.  Ice  breaking 
in  Great  Lakes.  Lieutenant  O'Hare  in 
Honolulu.  Steeplechase  run  in  Mexico. 
Sergeant  Hank  Greenberg  in  Tampa. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  260— Army 
Day  observed.  Ice  breaking  in  the  Great 
Lakes.  Radio  production  halted.  O'Hare  in 
Honolulu.    Steeplechase  in  Mexico. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  6S— America's 
new  national  Army:  soldiers  on  parade; 
tanks  en  masse;  new  battle  hats;  new 
weapons;  commando  drills,  and  films  taken 
aboard  a  flying  fortress. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  65— Army  Day. 
O'Hare  in  Honolulu.  Last  radio  set.  Great 
Lakes  ice  breaking.    Boston  shipyard  blaze. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  No.  74— Last 
radio  set.  Ice  jam  in  Great  Lakes.  Ser- 
geant Hank  Greenberg  in  Tampa.  Charity 
drive  in  New  York.  Bust  of  MacArthur 
unveiled  in  Washington.  O'Hare  in  Hono- 
lulu.   Army  Day  observed. 


B.  F.  Keith  Board 

Vacancies  Filled 

Hugh  Robertson  and  Gordon 
Youngman,  who  were  elected  to  the 
board  of  Keith-Albee-Orpheum  on 
W  ednesday,  were  elected  directors  of 
B.  F.  Keith  Corp.  yesterday  at  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  theatre  com- 
pany's stockholders. 

As  in  the  case  of  K-A-O,  Robert- 
son and  Youngman  fill  vacancies  cre- 
ated by  the  resignations  of  D.  K. 
David  and  John  J.  McCaffrey.  Other 
B.  F.  Keith  directors  were  reelected. 
They  are:  George  J.  Schaefer,  N. 
Peter  Rathvon,  Malcolm  Kingsberg, 
L.  P.  Yandell  and  Monroe  Goldwater, 
comprising  the  same  directorate  as 
that  of  K-A-O. 

The  boards  of  the  two  companies 
are  scheduled  to  meet  next  week  to 
elect  officers. 


Heads  Salvage  Drive 

Rochester,  April  9.  —  Charles  H. 
Vayo,  traffic  manager  for  Eastman 
Kodak  Co.,  is  heading  the  city's  sal- 
vage drive  among  industries. 


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Friday,  April  10,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


3 


Willkie  in  20th-Fox  Posts 


Skouras  Election  Climax 
To  Exhibition  Career 


Senate  Inquiry 
Placed  Willkie 


Skouras, 


New  Executive 
Alignment  of 
Film  Company 


(Continued  -from  page  1) 

suiting  from  Kent's  death,  were  filled 
-by  the  election  to  the  board  of 
Skouras,  Willkie,  Zanuck  and  Goetz. 

The  election  yesterday  was  unex- 
pected, inasmuch  as  company  officials 
had  stated  only  a  few  days  ago  fol- 
lowing a  meeting  of  the  board  that 
action  would  be  deferred  until  after 
the  annual  meeting  of  stockholders, 
April  21.  It  was  indicated,  however, 
that  following  an  agreement  on  the 
new  management  reached  recently  by 
the  representatives  of  the  majority 
stock  interest,  comprising  Chase  Na- 
tional Bank,  Joseph  M.  Schenck,  Za- 
nuck and  Goetz,  and  with  the  further 
acceptances  of  the  new  management 
executives,  the  decision  was  made  to 
proceed  with  the  election  in  order  to 
fill  the  most  important  vacancies  in 
management  immediately. 

Herman  Wobber,  who  was  general 
sales  manager  of  the  company,  will 
I  devote  his  time  to  the  West  Coast 
'  division   with    headquarters    in  San 
i  Francisco,  which  is  his  home.  Wob- 
5  ber,  drafted  as  sales  head  by  Sidney 
1  R.  Kent  upon  the  death  of  John  Clark 
about  four  years  ago,  has  long  ex- 
'  pressed  a  desire  to  return  to  Cali- 
fornia. 

The  post  of  chairman  of  the  board 
has  been  unfilled  since  Schenck's  resig- 
nation a  year  ago. 

i   

Gross  Off  Sharply 
In  Bronx  Blackout 

;  A  blackout  of  the  northern  Bronx 
and  the  Astoria  precinct  of  Queens 
last  night  produced  severe  box-office 
repercussions  at  the  approximately  40 
theatres  in  the  territories  covered, 
with  the  drop  in  grosses  ranging  to 
40  per  cent.  Business  reports  ran 
parallel  to  those  of  theatres  in  previ- 
ously tested  areas,  including  the  south- 
ern Bronx,  lower  Manhattan  and 
Staten  Island. 

Units  of  various  circuits  were  af- 
fected in  the  Bronx  demonstration, 
which  began  at  9  o'clock  and  lasted 
20  mintues.  The  Skouras  circuit 
t  chiefly  was  concerned  in  Astoria,  op- 
erating five  of  the  10  houses  in  the 
area,  which  went  dark  at  9:45  for  15 
minutes. 


R.  /.  Blackout  Has 
No  Effect  on  Gross 

Providence,  April  9. — Northern 
Rhode  Island's  first  major  blackout, 
covering  an  area  occupied  by  more 
than  500,000  persons,  last  night  ap- 
parently had  little  if  any  effect  on 
grosses. 

Downtown  first  runs  have  reported 
trade  "about  average"  or  "slightly 
off."  Even  parking  restrictions  failed 
to  hurt  attendance  appreciably. 


Spyros  Skouras,  president  of  Na- 
tional Theatres  since  1933,  is  in  his 
10th  year  of  association  with  the  20th 
Century-Fox  affiliated  theatres.  In 
1932,  together  with  his  brother  Charles, 
Skouras  became  associated  with  the 
Fox  West  Coast  circuit,  brought  it 
through  the  bankruptcy  proceedings  in 
which  it  was  then  involved,  and  re- 
organized it  into  National  Theatres, 
of  which  he  has  been  president  since 
its  formation  in  1933. 

The  career  of  the  new  20th  Century- 
Fox  president  is  one  of  the  fabulous 
ones  of  the  industry.  The  three 
Skouras  brothers — the  third  is  George 
P.,  president  of  Skouras  Theatres 
Corp.  of  New  York — have  been  asso- 
ciated in  exhibition  during  their  en- 
tire business  career.  They  are  na- 
tives of  Skourohian,  Greece,  and  came 
to  the  United  States  in  their  youth. 
Started  in  St.  Louis 

Spyros  Skouras  began  his  long 
exhibition  career  in  1913  as  operator 
of  a  small  house  in  St.  Louis.  When 


Grosses  Continue 
Smash  B 'way  Pace; 
'Jungle  Book'  Big 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
enced  the  biggest  weekday  business 
since  its  present  policy  was  adopted, 
estimated  at  $12,100.  The  show  drew 
an  estimated  $11,000  yesterday.  It 
begins  a  third  week  Tuesday. 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  with  a 
stage  show  at  the  Roxy  took  an  esti- 
mated $70,000  for  its  second  week  and 
began  a  third  week  Wednesday  with 
an  estimated  $11,200  for  the  day.  "The 
Male  Animal"  and  Shep  Fields'  or- 
chestra in  a  second  week  at  the 
Strand  drew  an  estimated  $45,000  and 
will  be  followed  tomorrow  by  "Dan- 
gerously They  Live"  with  Dick 
Stabile's  orchestra,  John  Garfield  and 
Jerry  Lester  on  the  stage. 

"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  gave  the 
Globe  an  estimated  $12,000  during  its 
first  five  days  ending  Wednesday  night 
and  will  start  a  second  tomorrow. 
"The  Gold  Rush"  will  open  April  18. 

"Gone  With  the  Wind"  is  continu- 
ing to  draw  heavily  at  the  Astor,  ac- 
cording to  reports.  "M-G-M's  Prize 
Package,"  a  two-hour  program  of 
shorts,  has  been  drawing  favorable 
comments  from  the  audience  at  the 
Broadway,  it  is  said,  but  business  has 
not  been  up  to  expectations. 

Columbian  Club  to 
Celebrate  Tomorrow 

The  Columbian  Club,  organization 
of  home  office  employes  of  Columbia, 
will  hold  its  12th  annual  dinner-dance 
tomorrow  night  in  the  grand  ball- 
room of  the  Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel. 
The  proceeds  will  go  to  the  Navy 
Relief  Society.  Billy  Ryan  will  be 
master  of  ceremonies.  Seth  Raisler 
is  president  of  the  club. 


the  first  World  War  broke  out, 
Skouras  with  his  brother  George  en- 
listed in  the  aviation  corps,  leaving 
Charles  to  look  after  the  business. 
After  the  war,  the  circuit  continued 
its  expansion  until  it  consisted  of 
about  35  houses  in  St.  Louis  and 
vicinity. 

The  circuit  was  sold  to  Warners 
and  Skouras  became  general  manager 
of  all  Warner  theatres,  leaving  that 
position  to  join  Paramount-Publix  in 
1930.  After  a  short  time  there, 
Skouras  and  his  brothers  took  over 
operation  of  Fox  Metropolitan  Play- 
houses in  New  York  City  and  formed 
Skouras  Theatres  Corp.  which  now 
operates  these  theatres.  George  re- 
mained as  head  of  this  company  in 
1932  when  Spyros  and  Charles  Skouras 
joined  Fox  West  Coast. 

As  chief  executive  of  National  The- 
atres, Skouras  directed  operations  of 
some  450  houses  from  Detroit  to  Cali- 
fornia, with  a  large  concentration  on 
the  West  Coast. 

Connors  Came 
To  20th-Fox 
As  Kent  Aide 

The  signing  of  a  five-year  contract 
by  Tom  J.  Connors  as  personal  assis- 
tant to  the  president  of  20th  Century- 
Fox  was  announced  by  Sidney  R. 
Kent  on  Nov.  25.  In  a  statement  an- 
nouncing the  move,  Kent  declared  that 
he  had  admired  Connors'  "ability  and 
integrity  as  a  man  and  I  have  made 
the  choice  after  consideration  of  sev- 
eral men." 

Connors  is  regarded  in  the  trade  as 
one  of  the  most  capable  film  distribu- 
tion executives.  He  went  to  20th 
Century-Fox  from  M-G-M,  where  he 
was  Eastern,  Southern  and  Canadian 
sales  manager. 

Connors  was  born  in  New  York 
City  in  1893  and  attended  school  and 
Manhattan  College  here.  He  became 
a  salesman  of  cotton  goods  and  steel 
products,  and  entered  the  industry  in 
1913  as  a  salesman  for  Pathe  in  New 
York.  In  1916  he  joined  Metro  as 
salesman.  He  became  assistant  branch 
manager  and  branch  manager  for 
Metro  and  in  1924  was  named  assis- 
tant general  sales  manager. 

A  year  later,  he  was  promoted  by 
M-G-M  to  Southern  sales  manager 
and,  in  1933,  Canadian  sales  manager, 
then  being  placed  in  charge  of  both 
divisions.  In  1935  he  was  named  East- 
ern, Southern  and  Canadian  sales 
manager,  a  post  he  held  until  joining 
20th  Century-Fox. 


Buys  Phila.  Exchange 

Philadelphia,-  April  9. — Ben  Har- 
ris has  bought  out  the  interest  of  his 
partner  in  the  American  Film  Co. 
and  now  becomes  the  sole  owner  of 
the  independent  local  exchange. 


In  the  Industry 


Wendell  L.  Willkie,  who  as  Repub- 
lican candidate  for  the  presidency  of 
the  United  States  in  1940  achieved  the 
highest  popular  vote  ever  given  a  de- 
feated candidate,  came  into  the  indus- 
try picture  last  year  when  he  repre- 
sented the  companies  as  special  counsel 
during  a  Senatorial  investigation  of 
alleged  war  propaganda  in  films. 

He  won  the  admiration  of  many 
executives  in  the  industry  by  his  han- 
dling of  that  assignment  and  there 
were  numerous  reports  at  that  time 
that  he  would  take  a  position  in  the 
industry.  Willkie  spoke  at  the  last 
Academy  Awards  dinner  in  Holly- 
wood and  he  has  been  in  consultation 
with  the  Lawyers  Committee  of  Six 
which  has  been  formulating  the  new 
overall  program  of  industry  public 
relations. 

In  his  public  expressions  con- 
cerning the  motion  picture  in- 
dustry Willkie  has  consistently 
championed  the  cause  of  a  free 
and  untrammeled  screen. 
Willkie,  born  in  Elwood,  Ind.,  in 
1892,  was  graduated  in  1916  from  In- 
diana University  with  degres  of  B.A. 
and  LL.B.    He  was  admitted  to  the 
Indiana  bar  on  the  year  of  his  gradu- 
ation and  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
law.     In  1919,  he  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  Ohio  and,  in  1930,  in  New 
York  State.    He  became  president  of 
Commonwealth    &    Southern  Corp., 
large  utility  organization,  in  1933  and 
held  that  post  until  1940.    After  the 
1940  election  campaign,  Willkie  re- 
turned to  the  practice  of  law  in  the 
firm  of  Willkie,  Owen,  Otis  &  Bailly 
in  New  York. 


Robbins  Answers 
Philadelphia  Suit 

Herman  Robbins,  president  of  Na- 
tional Screen  Service,  yesterday  issued 
the  following  statement  concerning 
the  action  filed  by  members  of  Inde- 
pendent Poster  Exchanges  of  America 
in  Federal  court  at  Philadelphia  on 
Wednesday,  charging  National  Screen, 
Loew's,  Paramount  and  RKO  with 
attempting  to  monopolize  the  theatrical 
accessories  field  : 

"Anyone  can  make  reckless  charges," 
Robbins  said.  "To  prove  or  substan- 
tiate them  is  another  matter.  Our 
company  is  not  a  monopoly.  It  has 
certain  exclusive  arrangements  with 
three  companies  who  have  the  right  to 
turn  over  the  manufacture  and  dis- 
tribution of  their  copyrighted  material 
to  anyone  they  deem  responsible. 

"Our  company  has  made  available 
all  accessories  it  handles  on  a  basis 
that  has  material  financial  advantages 
for  all  exhibitors.  We  welcome  the 
opportunity  once  and  for  all  to  bury 
this  'monopoly'  charge.  We  are  proud 
of  our  record  of  achievement  and  repu- 
tation for  fair  business  methods  which 
we  have  won  in  the  industry  during 
the  22  years  we  have  been  in  busi- 
ness." 


4 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  April  10.  1942 


See  Priorities 
Bringing  Halt 
To  Television 


Washington,  April  9. — Inabil- 
ity to  secure  needed  materials  may 
bring  television  to  a  halt  until  after 
the  war.  it  was  indicated  today  at 
a  conference  between  some  50  tele- 
vision representatives  and  the  full 
membership  of  the  FCC. 

In  an  all-day  session,  representa- 
tives of  a  number  of  broadcasters  in- 
dicated they  would  like  to  suspend 
service  because  of  the  situation  cre- 
ated by  a  scarcity  of  cathode  ray 
tubes,  iconoscopes  and  other  essential 
equipment.  Others,  definitely  a  min- 
ority, saw  the  possibility  of  contin- 
uing service  if  the  15-hours  per  week 
rule  were  relaxed. 

FCC  members  maintained  a  non- 
committal attitude  but  the  proceed- 
ings were  recorded  and  a  decision  as 
to  the  wartime  fate  of  television  is 
expected  after  study  of  the  views  pre- 
sented. 

Considerable  discussion  centered  on 
television's  value  in  war.  Because  of 
lack  of  receivers,  the  value  was  ques- 
tioned and  some  representatives 
pointed  out  that  aural  broadcasting 
could  cover  the  whole  country  much 
more  cheaply.  Despite  the  critical 
effect  of  the  war  on  television,  some 
of  those  present  were  highly  optimis- 
tic on  its  ultimate  future,  expressing 
the  belief  that  research  work  now  be- 
ing conducted  may  make  television 
the  great  post-war  industry. 


Reviews 


Ascap  Is  Sued  by 
157  Theatre  Owners 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

cut,  Massachusetts  and  the  District  of 
Columbia. 

The  490-page  complaint  charged 
that  Ascap  maintains  an  illegal  mon- 
opoly by  forcing  exhibitors  to  take 
out  music  licenses  despite  the  fact  that 
the  producers  already  have  contracts 
with  Ascap  governing  the  use  of  all 
music  in  films. 

Named  as  defendants  in  the  action, 
in  addition  to  Ascap  were  the  latter's 
directors,  headed  by  Gene  Buck;  19 
corporate  members  of  Ascap  and  1,500 
individual  songwriters  who  are  Ascap 
members. 


Connecticut  MPTO 
Reelects  Jacocks 

New  Haven,  April  9. — At  the  an- 
nual election  meeting  of  the  Connecti- 
cut MPTO,  Irving  C.  Jacocks,  Jr., 
Branford  exhibitor,  was  reelected 
president,  Adolph  G.  Johnson  of  the 
Strand,  Hamden,  first  vice-president, 
George  H.  Wilkinson,  Jr.,  of  the 
Wilkinson,  Wallingford,  second  vice- 
president  and  treasurer,  and  Herman 
M.  Levy,  executive  secretary. 

In  addition  to  the  officers,  the  fol- 
lowing were  elected  to  the  board  of 
directors :  Lou  Brown,  Hy  Fine,  B.  E. 
Hoffman,  Arthur  H.  Lockwood,  Ed- 
win Raffile,  A.  E.  Robbins,  Jr.,  Peter 
Perakos,  Samuel  Rosen,  Louis 
Schaefer,  Harry  F.  Shaw  and  Irving 
Wheeler.  The  organization  voted 
unanimous  opposition  to  the  arbitrary 
withdrawal  of  the  Lew  Ayres  picture. 


"The  Spoilers" 

(Frank  Lloyd-U  niversal) 

"O  EX  BEACH'S  hardy  story  of  claim-jumping  in  the  Alaskan  gold 
rush,  centering  in  the  mud-filled  boom  town  of  Nome  in  1900,  comes 
once  again  to  the  screen,  and  it  should  be  a  grand  dish  for  the  appe- 
tites of  the  action  fans  up  and  down  the  land. 

This  time  John  Wayne  carries  the  lead,  as  the  mine  owner  who  would 
follow  the  course  of  law,  until  he  finds  that  the  alleged  law  is  crooked. 
He  does  a  splendid  job,  supported  to  the  hilt  by  Marlene  Dietrich  as  the 
saloon  owner  with  whom  he  is  in  love ;  Randolph  Scott,  as  the  crooked 
gold  commissioner ;  Harry  Carey,  as  Wayne's  partner :  Margaret  Lind- 
say and  Samuel  Hinds,  part  of  the  crooked,  claim-jumping  setup ;  Rich- 
ard Barthelmess  and  William  Farnum. 

Produced  by  Frank  Lloyd  as  a  Charles  K.  Feldman  Group  Produc- 
tion, the  film  was  directed  with  skill  and  plenty  of  pace  by  Ray  En- 
nght  from  a  screenplay  by  Lawrence  Hazard  and  Tom  Reed.  Lee 
Marcus  was  associate  producer. 

The  exhibitor  can  sell  this  for  all  he  is  worth,  emphasizing  that  here 
is  action  material  of  the  first  order.  And  the  exhibitor  must  not  fail 
to  make  mention  of  the  climax  fight  between  Wayne  and  Scott.  Built 
alike,  both  big,  they  settle  their  score,  over  mine  and  Miss  Dietrich, 
with  their  fists.  It  is  one  of  the  fistic  highlights  of  cinematic  bare- 
knuckle encounters.  It  starts  upstairs  in  a  room  of  the  saloon,  goes  down 
stairs  through  the  saloon,  out  through  a  window  and  winds  up  in  the 
road,  leaving  a  shambles  behind  it,  and  should  leave  any  audience  breath- 
less. 

Running  time.  87  minutes.   "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


'Continental  Express' 


(  Monogram) 

THE  style  of  presentation  of  "Continental  Express,"  which  was  made 
in  England  a  few  seasons  back,  is  typical  British  melodrama.  It 
deals  with  terrorists'  intrigue  which  aims  at  the  assassination  of  a  Balkan 
statesman  and  war.  The  story  unfolds  for  the  most  part  aboard  a  train 
from  France  to  the  Balkans.  It  is  tightly  put  together  and  although 
somewhat  vague  in  some  instances  the  mood  of  suspense  is  sustained  a 
good  deal  of  the  way. 

The  characters  aboard  the  train  include  Rex  Harrison,  who  as  a  secret 
agent,  frustrates  the  plan;  Valerie  Hobson,  the  misled  girl  who  becomes 
enmeshed  in  the  plot,  and  John  Loder,  French  journalist  assigned  to  the 
country  involved.  They  and  the  other  members  of  the  supporting  cast 
are  competent. 

Running  time.  70  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


V'G"  denotes  general  classification. 


St.  Louis  Complaint; 
Settled;  File  Second 

St.  Louis,  April  9. — The  clearance 
complaint  of  the  Olga  Theatre,  Hanni- 
bal, Mo.,  against  20th  Century-Fox, 
Warners  and  Paramount  was  settled 
at  a  hearing  at  the  local  board  yester- 
day. A  new  complaint,  the  ninth  for 
the  board  here,  was  filed  today. 

In  its  complaint,  the  Olga  had  asked 
for  a  definite  booking  date  from  the 
three  distributors,  claiming  it  had  been 
forced  to  wait  as  long  as  two  years 
after  national  release  for  their  pic- 
tures. The  companies  have  agreed  to 
make  pictures  available  to  the  theatre 
185  days  after  release. 

The  complaint  filed  here  today, 
on  behalf  of  the  Princess,  South  St. 
Louis,  also  is  on  clearance  and  names 
Warners,  Paramount,  RKO  and  20th 
Century-Fox  and  the  Wehrenberg- 
Kaimann  and  St.  Louis  Amusement 
Co. — Fanchon  &  Marco  circuits.  It 
charges  the  clearance  of  the  Cinderella 
and  Gravois  over  the  Princess  is  un- 
reasonable, asserting  that  the  latter 
must  wait  14  days  after  both  houses 
have  played  films. 


New  Cincinnati  Clerk 
Richard    A.    Stith,    attorney,  has 
been  appointed  clerk  of  the  industry 
arbitration  tribunal  at  Cincinnati,  re- 
placing J.  Vincent  Aug.  resigned. 


Order  New  Trial  in 
Suit  Against  U.  A. 

Columbus.  April  9. — Judge  Clifford 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Frank- 
lin County,  has  reversed  his  own  rul- 
ing made  last  year  and  ordered  a  new 
trial  in  the  suit  of  Ardmore  Amuse- 
ment Co..  operator  of  the  Bexley 
Theatre,  Bexley,  O.,  against  United 
Artists. 

Ardmore  claimed  that  it  had  built 
the  Bexley  with  the  understanding 
that  U.A.  would  grant  it  first  run  in 
that  city  but  that,  subsequently.  U.A. 
gave  another  house  first  run.  The 
plaintiff  asked  that  the  cost  of  build- 
ing the  Bexley  be  added  as  extra 
damages  and  a  jury  awarded  damages 
of  $225  as  damages  for  breach  of  the 
first  run  contract  and  $25,000  addi- 
tional tor  damage  to  the  plaintiff's 
reputation  and  good  will. 

In  his  decision,  Judge  Clifford 
stated  that  he  accepted  all  blame  for 
the  original  verdict  and  that  the  cost 
of  building  the  Bexley  should  not  have 
been  admitted  into  evidence.  The  con- 
troversy arose  in  the  Spring  of  1938. 


See  Canadian 
Receipts  Tax 
Rising  to  30% 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Dominion  Government  levy  last 
May. 

It  is  understood,  however,  that-^-'» 
suggested  30  per  cent  may  not  tner 
rialize,  and  that  it  was  .  broa*.  ...d 
to  obtain  exhibitor  reactions.  It  is 
said  the  circuits  already  have  under- 
taken discussions  with  Government 
officials. 

The  present  tax  is  expected  to  real- 
ize $8,000,000  for  the  Dominion  treas- 
ury in  the  first  fiscal  year,  since 
grosses  for  the  year  ended  March  31, 
last,  are  estimated  at  §40,000,000.  The 
Government  has  let  it  be  known  that 
so-called  "luxuries,"  with  the  excep- 
tion of  liquor,  will  be  more  heavily 
taxed,  and  theatres,  it  is  contended, 
are  not  essential  to  the  war  effort,  a 
premise  which  the  exhibitors  deny. 

It  is  considered  likely  that  exhibi- 
tors in  situations  where  a  provincial 
tax  also  is  levied  may  be  permitted  to 
add  the  Federal  tax  increase  to  admis- 
sions, although  Government  regulation 
prohibits  an  increase  in  the  regular 
admission  price. 


Attendance  Drive 
By  Canada  Houses 

Toronto,  April  9. — The  price  ceil- 
ings set  by  the  Canadian  Wartime 
Prices  and  Trade  Board  are  expected 
by  many  industry  observers  here  to 
result  eventually  in  an  increase,  rather 
than  a  reduction,  of  total  theatre  reve- 
nues in  the  Dominion. 

The  industry  is  engaged  in  a  wide- 
scale  drive  to  increase  attendance. 
Whereas  the  attendance  total  for  Can- 
ada in  1941  has  been  estimated  at 
160,000,000.  with  total  receipts  esti- 
mated at  $40,000,000,  the  1942  attend- 
ance, it  is  estimated,  will  reach  170,- 
000.000  and  the  aggregate  revenue 
$42,500,000.  The  Government  has  en- 
couraged the  theatres'  drive  for  in- 
creased attendance,  since  the  war 
treasury"  would  benefit  through  in- 
creased admission  tax  revenues. 

The  figures  for  1940  (the  last  year 
for  which  a  complete  compilation  has 
been  made)  show  that  1,232  Canadian 
theatres  had  paid  admission  totaling 
152.137.277.  but  the  total  patronage 
was  only  30  per  cent  of  the  aggregate 
seating  capacity  for  all  performances. 


Fined  for  Crowding 

Ottawa,  April  9. — Ambrose  Nolan, 
manager  of  the  Little  Theatre  here, 
has  been  fined  S50  and  $2  costs  in 
Magistrate's  Court  for  allowing  the 
aisles  to  be  overcrowded. 


CIO  Officials  Watch 
SOPEG  Negotiations 

Prominent  CIO  officials  are  taking 
an  interest  in  current  negotiations  by 
clerical  workers  in  home  offices,  a 
spokesman  for  the  Screen  Office  & 
Professional  Employes  Guild,  Local 
109.  stated  yesterday.  Lewis  Merrill, 
president  of  the  United  Office  &  Pro- 
fessional Workers  of  America,  parent 
union  of  the  SOPEG.  and  Philip  Mur- 
ray. CIO  president,  have  been  con- 
ferring- about  the  negotiations,  it  was 
said,  because  they  represent  the  first 
foothold  of  the  CIO  in  the  industrv. 

The  SOPEG  held  its  first  confer- 
ence with  Columbia  this  week  in  what 
was  termed  an  "exploratory"  meeting. 
Copies  of  union's  demands  have  also 
been  sent  to  Loew's  and  the  first  nego- 
tiating meeting  with  20th  Century- 
Fox  may  be  held  early  next  week, 
the  union  said. 


Alert, 

InteWgei 

to  the^l 

ojtion 

Picture 

Industry 

MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


L.  51.  NO.  71 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  MONDAY,  APRIL  13,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Completion  of 
New  20th-Fox 
Setup  Is  Near 

Charles  Skouras  Deal  Is 
Expected  Shortly 

Conferences  of  the  new  20th 
Century-Fox  management  and  op- 
erating officials,  headed  by  Spyros 
Skouras,  president,  are  in  progress 
for  the  completion  of  the  corporate 
setup  which  will  be  submitted  to 
the  annual  meetings  of  stockhold- 
ers and  directors  on  April  21. 

The  deal  by  which  Charles 
Skouras,  head  of  Fox  West 
Coast  theatres,  is  slated  to  be- 
come president  of  National 
Theatres,  succeeding  his  brother, 
Spyros  Skouras,  is  expected  to 
be  negotiated  shortly. 

The  Fox  West  Coast  head  is 
expected  here  this  week,  and  the 
negotiations,  it  was  reported,  will  de- 
cide whether  he  will  make  his  head- 
quarters in  Los  Angeles,  with  fre- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Television  Building 
Reports  Ordered 

Washington,  April  12. — Twenty- 
one  holders  of  construction  permits 
for  television  stations  were  ordered 
over  the  weekend  to  submit  reports 
to  the  FCC  showing  what  progress 
j  was  being  made  with  the  construc- 
tion. 

Detailed  information  regarding  the 
station  projects  was  asked  by  the 
Commission  as  an  aftermath  of  a 
conference  Thursday  at  which  repre- 
,  sentatives  of  the  industry  aired  their 
views  as-  to  the  course  to  be  taken 
with  respect  to  television  operation 
during  the  war. 

Permit  holders  were  asked  to  re- 
port the  percentage  of  construction 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


WAC  Officials  Attend 
Albany  Meet  Today 

Albany,  April  12. — The  local  Vari- 
ety Club  will  hold  a  defense  luncheon 
tomorrow  at  the  Hotel  Ten  Eyck  to 
urge  showing  of  defense  reels  in  the- 
atres. A  large  turnout  of  exhibitors 
from  this  area  is  expected.  Among 
those  expected  to  attend  from  the  in- 
dustry's War  Activities  Committee  are 
Sam  E.  Morris,  Si  Fabian,  Harry 
Brandt  and  Francis  Harmon.  Morris 
will  represent  Joseph  Bernhard,  chair- 
man of  the  WAC  theatres  division. 


W.  B.  Field  Changes 
Made  by  Kalmenson; 
Three  Going  to  U.  A. 


Chicago,  April  12. — The  resigna- 
tions of  Rud  Lohrenz,  Warners'  Mid- 
west district  manager ;  Sid  Rose, 
Chicago  branch  manager,  and  James 
Winn,  Detroit  branch  manager,  have 
been  accepted  by  Ben  Kalmenson, 
Warners'  general  sales  manager,  it 
was  learned  here  today  with  Kalmen- 
son's  arrival  from  the  Coast. 

All  three  of  the  former  Warner 
sales  officials  are  scheduled  for  impor- 
tant field  posts  with  United  Artists. 

"Following  our  usual  policy  of  pro- 
moting from  the  ranks,"  Kalmenson 
said,  "we  are  filling  the  vacated  posts 
with  the  appointments  of  William 
Shartin,  Seattle  branch  manager,  to 
Midwest  district  manager  with  head- 
quarters at  Chicago ;  Jack  Shumow, 
Omaha  branch  manager,  to  Chicago 
branch  manager,  and  a  successor  to 
Winn  will  be  announced  on  my  return 

(.Continued  on  page  6) 


One  Payment  Seen 
Aim  of  Ascap  Suit 

Ascap  would  welcome  an  arrange- 
ment by  which  clearance  at  the  source, 
involving  a  single  payment  for  music 
recording  and  performing  fees,  could 
be  put  into  effect  in  the  industry,  offi- 
cials of  the  Society  stated  on  Friday 
in  commenting  on  the  anti-trust  action 
filed  in  Federal  court  here  last  Thurs- 
day by  157  independent  exhibitors. 

The  Society  reserved  official  com- 
ment on  the  action  pending-  a  study 
of  the  complaint  and  formal  service 
on  defendants.    Speaking  unofficially, 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


RKO  Will  Distribute 
3  Goldwyn  Pictures 

Hollywood,  April  12.— RKO 
will  distribute  Samuel  Gold- 
wyn's  next  three  productions, 
it  was  revealed  over  the  week- 
end. The  deal  was  signed 
Friday  by  George  J.  Schaefer, 
RKO  president,  before  he  left 
for  New  York. 

The  pictures  are  "The  Pride 
of  the  Yankees,"  currently 
shooting,  with  Gary  Cooper; 
a  vehicle,  as  yet  untitled,  for 
Bob  Hope  and  Dorothy  La- 
mour,  and  "Spitfire,"  which 
was  made  in  England. 


Hutchinson  Dies; 
Hold  Rites  Today 


Walter  J.  Hutchinson,  director  of 
foreign  distribution  for  20th  Century- 
Fox,  died  of  a  lingering  illness  at 
Doctors'  Hospital 
at  12:30  A.M.  on 
Saturday.  He  was 
49  years  old. 

Funeral  services 
will  be  at  11  A.M. 
today  at  St.  Mar- 
garet's Church  in 
Waterbury,  Con- 
necticut, his  home 
town,  and  the 
place  of  his  birth. 
Burial  will  be  in 
Calvary  Ceme- 
tery in  Water- 
«  bury. 

One  of  the  in- 
dustry's leading 
foreign  depart- 
ment executives,   Hutchinson  was  a 
veteran  of  more  than  22  years  in  the 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


W.  J.  Hutchinson 


Permanent  Budget  of  $75,000 

Annually  Is  Proposed  for  Umpi 

A  permanent  budget  of  $75,000  a  year  has  been  proposed  for 
operations  of  the  United  Motion  Picture  Industry,  it  was  learned 
over  the  weekend. 

The  proposal,  still  in  an  informal  stage,  will  go  to  the  Umpi 
finance  committee  as  soon  as  a  meeting  can  be  arranged  following 
the  return  from  the  Coast  of  H.  M.  Richey,  committee  chairman. 
The  meeting  may  be  held  sometime  next  week. 

Under  the  proposal  the  bulk  of  the  budget  would  be  subscribed 
by  the  five  consenting  companies,  probably  at  the  rate  of  $8,000 
to  $10,000  each  per  year.  The  balance  would  be  subscribed  by 
exhibitors  individually  and  on  a  voluntary  basis.  One  proposal 
under  consideration  is  to  offer  Umpi  memberships  to  exhibitors 
with  dues  based  on  seating  capacity  of  theatres.  The  suggested 
scale  is  $2  a  year  for  theatres  seating  up  to  500;  $3  for  those  seat- 
ing: up  to  1,000;  $5  for  those  up  to  1,500,  and  $10  for  those  over 
1,500. 

The  five  companies  which  collectively  would  contribute  between 
$40,000  and  $50,000  a  year,  according  to  estimate,  are  Paramount, 
Loew's,  Warner  Bros.,  20th  Century-Fox  and  RKO. 


2  More  Groups 
Approve  Umpi 
Sales  Proposal 

Wisconsin,  Rhode  Island 
Units  Ratify  Plan 


The  proposed  new  selling  plan  of 
the  United  Motion  Picture  industry 
was  approved  over  the  weekend  by 
two  more  regional  exhibitor  organ- 
izations, Independent  Theatres  Pro- 
tective Association  of  Wisconsin 
and  Upper  Michigan,  affiliated  with 
Allied  States,  and  the  MPTO  of 


Allied  Board  Meet 
Delayed  to  April  30 

Allied  States  national  board 
meeting,  which  was  scheduled 
to  be  held  in  Chicago  tomorrow, 
has  been  postponed  to  April  30 
due  to  the  illness  of  Jack  Kirsch, 
president  of  Illinois  Allied,  who 
is  convalescing  in  Florida. 

The  board  is  scheduled  to  vote 
on  the  Umpi  plan  and  decide 
whether  the  organization  will 
hold  a  convention  this  year. 


Rhode  Island,  an  MPTOA  unit. 
Four  previous  organization  accept- 
ances are  on  record. 

In  addition,  the  plan  was  sanctioned 
informally  by  heads  of  three  regional 
exhibitor  organizations,  indicating  its 
probable  approval  by  their  units. 

Edward  M.  Fay,  president  of  the 
Rhode  Island  organization,  revealed  in 
Providence  Saturday  that  the  sales 
proposal  had  been  accepted  as  "a  first 
step"  toward  industry  unity. 

The  directors  of  the  Wisconsin 
ITPA  on  Saturday  disclosed  unani- 

(Continned  on  page  6) 


Studio  Heads  Hold 
Parley  with  Mellett 

Hollywood,  April  12. — Conferences 
of  studio  heads  and  the  Lawyers  Com- 
mittee of  Six  with  Lowell  Mellett, 
Coordinator  of  Government  Films, 
were  held  over  the  weekend.  The  con- 
ferences were  scheduled  to  start  Fri- 
day, but  Mellett  was  delayed  by  bad 
flying  weather.   He  arrived  yesterday. 

Out  of  the  sessions  are  expected  to 
emerge  indications  of  the  trend  pro- 
duction is  to  take  during  the  war. 

The  presence  here  of  Will  H.  Hays 
and  his  executive  assistant,  Charles 
Francis  Coe,  is  interpreted  here  as 
indicating  that  decisions  on  many 
points  in  the  realignment  of  the  in- 
dustry's public  relations  are  likely  to 
be  made  at  this  time. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  April  13,  1942 


Arrival  of  Films 

Booms  Australia 

Film  business  in  Australia 
is  "phenomenal,"  according  to 
Ralph  Clark,  Warner  Bros. 
Australian  managing  director, 
who  arrived  here  last  week 
from  his  territory.  He  said 
that  about  a  month  ago,  just 
before  he  left,  a  shipment  of 
50  pictures  from  various  com- 
panies arrived  at  Sydney,  and 
the  new  releases  were  doing 
big  business.  Exchanges  for 
three  months  previously  had 
no  new  pictures  because  of 
shipping  difficulties. 

An  occasional  propaganda 
picture  is  made  in  Australia, 
but  otherwise  production  is 
nil,  Clark  said.  He  plans  to 
remain  here  indefinitely. 


Itinerary  Set  for 
'Victory  Caravan' 

The  itinerary  of  the  "Hollywood 
Victory  Caravan,"  which  will  tour 
13  cities  on  behalf  of  the  Army  Emer- 
gency Fund  and  the  Navy  Relief  So- 
ciety, has  been  set  as  follows : 

Washington,  April  30;  Boston, 
May  1  ;  Philadelphia,  May  2 ;  Cleve- 
land, May  3;  Detroit,  May  5;  Chi- 
cago, May  6 ;  St.  Louis,  May  7 ;  St. 
Paul,  May  9  (matinee)  ;  Minneapo- 
lis, May  9  (evening)  ;  Des  Moines, 
May  10;  Dallas,  May  11;  Houston, 
May  12,  and  San  Francisco,  May 
14. 

Arrangements  are  being  made  ii 
Hollywood  under  the  direction  of 
Mark  Sandrich.  James  Cagney,  Cary 
Grant,  Olivia  deHavilland,  Joan  Ben- 
nett, Bert  Lahr  and  a  30-piece  or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Alfred 
Newman  are  among  those  already  on 
the  tour  roster. 


Western  Pa.  Allied 
Votes  Drives  Ban 

Pittsburgh,  April  12. — A  Hied 
MPTO  of  Western  Pennsylvania  vot- 
ed to  refrain  from  participating  in  any 
sales  or  booking  drives  by  individual 
producers  or  distributors,  at  a  general 
membership  meeting  here  late  last 
week. 

M.  A.  Rosenberg,  president  of  na- 
tional Allied  States,  as  well  as  of  the 
local  organization,  has  appointed  the 
following  regional  vice-presidents  of 
national  Allied :  Eastern  regional,  Jo- 
seph Reed,  Mt.  Carmel,  Conn ;  East- 
ern Central,  Ray  Branch,  Hastings, 
Mich. ;  South  Central,  Roy  Harrold, 
Rushville,  Ind.,  and  Middle  West, 
Jack  Kirsch,  Chicago. 


Civil  Defense  Rallies 
At  Skouras  Theatres 

Civilian  defense  rallies  were  held  in 
five  Skouras  theatres  here  yesterday 
morning.  Air  raid  information  was 
given  by  speakers  of  the  Police  and 
Fire  Departments  and  others,  and 
civilian  defense  films  were  shown.  The 
theatres,  all  on  upper  Broadway,  were 
the  Nemo,  Riviera,  Symphony,  Stod- 
dard and  the  Beacon. 


Snowstorm  Hits  Grosses 

Rochester,  April  12. — Attendance 
dropped  here  Friday  as  a  result  of  an 
unusual  four-inch  snowstorm  that 
started  early  in  the  day. 


Personal  Mention 


B 


ARNEY  BALABAN  left  for  the 
Coast  over  the  weekend. 


James  Mulvey,  Samuel  Goldwyn 
Eastern  representative,  is  expected 
back  from  the  Coast  today. 

• 

S.  Barret  McCormick  is  expected 
from  the  Coast  within  the  next  few 
days. 

• 

Het  Manheim,  head  of  the  Wil- 
liam Morris  office  literary  department, 
has  left  for  Army  service. 

• 

Harry  Rathner  is  on  a  tour  of 
key  cities. 


HOWARD  DIETZ,  director  of 
advertising  and  publicity  for 
M-G-M,  left  Friday  night  for  a  two- 
week  stay  on  the  Coast. 

• 

Roy  Haines,  Warner  Eastern  and 
Canadian  sales  manager,  is  expected 
back  today  from  Washington. 

Mark  Hellinger  will  leave  today 
for  the  Coast. 

• 

I.  M.  Rappaport,  owner  of  the  Hip- 
podrome Theatre  in  Baltimore,  will 
be  in  New  York  this  week. 

• 

Bing  Miller.  Columbia  salesman 
in  Des  Moines,  is  visiting  in  St.  Louis. 


B'nai  B'rith  Installs 
Officers  Tomorrow 

Pierre  van  Paassen,  author,  will  be 
the  chief  speaker  at  the  installation 
of  officers  of  the  Cinema  Lodge  of 
B'nai  B'rith  tomorrow  evening  at  an 
open  meeting  in  the  Sun  Room  of 
the  Hotel  Edison. 

Van  Paassen  will  be  introduced  by 
Dr.  Jonah  B.  Wise,  rabbi  of  the  Cen- 
tral Synagogue  and  New  York  chair- 
man of  the  United  Jewish  Appeal. 
Judge  Myron  Sulzberger  will  officiate 
at  the  installation  ceremony. 

New  officers  are :  Irving  Greenfield, 
president;  Victor  Blau,  Leon  Gold- 
berg, Leo  Jaffe,  Adolph  Schimel,  Ed- 
ward M.  Schnitzer,  Col.  A.  Ralph 
Steinberg,  William  Sussman,  A-Mike 
Vogel,  Robert  M.  Weitman,  vice- 
presidents  ;  Max  A.  Blackman,  treas- 
urer;  Julius  M.  Collins,  recording  sec- 
retary ;  Jerome  I.  Hyman,  correspond- 
ing secretary,  and  Harold  L.  Danson 
monitor. 


Pillot  Given  Party 
On  Joining  Army 

A  farewell  luncheon  was  given  Leo 
Pillot  of  the  Columbia  exploitation 
department,  who  has  resigned  to  en- 
list in  the  Army,  by  his  associates  on 
Friday. 

Present  were  :  Dave  O'Malley,  Hor- 
tense  Schorr,  Rita  Ankus,  Nick  Amen, 
Larry  Curtis,  Robert  Ferguson, 
Bernice  Gobel,  Miriam  Hirschhorn, 
Jack  Kerness,  Moe  Kalis,  Nancy 
Klein,  Wally  Lobel,  Morris  Leftoff , 
Ernst  Lichtenstein,  William  McHale, 
Ralph  Martin,  Florence  Palmer, 
Barrye  Phillips,  Seymour  Roman, 
Frank  Rosenberg,  Al  Rhylander,  Jose 
Schorr  and  Henry  Speigel. 


Detroit's  Opening 
Of  'Clouds'  Colorful 

Detroit,  April  12. — The  local  pre- 
miere of  Warners'  "Captains  of  the 
Clouds"  at  the  Michigan  Theatre  here, 
Friday  night,  was  a  colorful  event. 
The  event  was  arranged  by  Earl  Hud- 
son, president  of  United  Detroit  The- 
atres. Fifty  Royal  Canadian  Air  Force 
Cadets  attended,  and  the  activities  in- 
cluded a  "blind  date"  for  the  cadets, 
drills  in  front  of  the  theatre  and  a 
reception. 


Col.  Preferred  Dividend 

The  Columbia  Pictures  board  of  di- 
rectors has  declared  a  quarterly  divi- 
dend of  68)4  cents  a  share  on  the 
$2.75  convertible  preferred  stock,  pay- 
able May  15  to  holders  of  record 
May  1. 


Exhibitors  Opposing 
Ayres  Cancellations 

Resolutions  opposing  cancellation  of 
pictures  in  which  Lew  Ayres  appears 
were  adopted  late  last  week  by  the 
ITO  of  Washington,  Northern  Idaho 
and  Alaska,  the  MPTO  of  Virginia 
and  the  MPTO  of  Arkansas,  Mis- 
sissippi and  Tennessee,  the  M-G-M 
home  office  was  advised  on  Friday. 

A  similar  resolution  was  adopted 
earlier  by  the  Connecticut  MPTO. 
The  resolutions  urged  exhibitors  to 
"be  tolerant,  to  take  no  hasty  action 
and  to  avoid  cancellations  of  the 
Ayres  films."  . 

The  New  York  ITO  A  on  Friday 
issued  a  statement  by  Harry  Brandt, 
president,  saying  that  on  the  basis 
of  patron  reaction  obtained  by  mem- 
ber theatres,  they  "feel  it  is  not  in- 
consistent with  Americanism"  to 
show  the  Ayres  pictures. 


Ayres  'Washed  Up' 
At  Metro:  Schenck 

Miami,  April  12.  — Nicholas  M. 
Schenck,  president  of  M-G-M,  de- 
clared here  on  Friday  that  Lew  Ayres, 
now  in  a  camp  for  conscientious  ob- 
jectors, is  "washed  up"  with  the  com- 
pany "since  he's  washed  himself  up 
with  the  public"  as  a  result  of  his 
refusal  to  bear  arms.  Schenck  said 
he  has  pleaded  with  the  actor  to  give 
up  his  pacifist  views.  He  declared  he 
sympathized  with  the  actor,  "but  not 
with  his  views." 


WB  Office  Employes 
Ask  NLRB  Hearing 

The  Warner  Bros.  Associated  Of- 
fice Employes  of  Greater  New  York 
has  filed  a  petition  for  a  hearing  with 
the  National  Labor  Relations  Board 
on  its  complaint  that  the  Warner  man- 
agement has  refused  to  negotiate  with 
the  union  as  a  collective  bargaining 
agent,  according  to  J.  Ray  Price,  bead 
of  the  union.  The  management  based 
its  refusal  on  the  contention  that  no 
labor  dispute  is  existent  hence  negoti- 
ations are  not  in  order,  Price  declared. 


Scully,  Heineman 

Tour  Exchanges 

W.  A.  Scully,  Universal  vice-presi- 
dent and  general  sales  manager,  and 
William  J.  Heineman,  assistant  sales 
manager,  will  make  a  tour  of  the  com- 
pany's exchanges  this  week  while  en 
route  here  from  the  Coast.  They  are 
expected  to  return  to  the  home  office 
next  Monday. 


See  Films,  Radio  in 
Senate  Patent  Quiz 


Washington,  April  12. — The  Sen- 
ate Patents  Committee  tomorrow  will 
open  an  investigation  of  patents  cover- 
ing processes  and  products  needed  in 
the  war  effort,  with  a  view  to  deter- 
mining action  to  be  taken  on  legislation 
authorizing  the  compulsory  licensing 
of  such  patents  for  the  duration  of  the 
emergency.  ^£ 

Possibilities  that  the  inquiry  wfr 
extend  to  motion  pictures  and  radiu 
were  seen  in  a  statement  by  Chairman 
Homer  T.  Bone  that  "film"  would  be 
among  the  subjects  covered,  that  the 
Federal  Communications  Commission 
and  the  Office  of  Inter-American  Af- 
fairs were  among  the  agencies  which 
will  present  testimony  on  the  effect  of 
patents  on  production,  and  that  the 
General  Electric  Co.  is  among  those 
subpoenaed  to  produce  pertinent  docu- 
ments for  the  committee's  consideration. 

Bone  said  that  since  March  30  the 
files  of  the  anti-trust  division  of  the 
Department  of  Justice  relating  to  film 
and  a  number  of  other  products  have 
been  under  subpoena. 

As  the  Senate  committee  gets  its  in- 
vestigation under  way,  the  House  In- 
terstate and  Commerce  Committee 
will  open  hearings  Tuesday  on  the 
Sanders  bill  and  other  radio  legisla- 
tion, in  what  may  be  an  exploration 
of  the  attitude  and  activities  of  the 
FCC  and  the  necessity  for  amending 
the  Communications  Act. 


Pathe  News  Marks 
33rd  Anniversary 

A  buffet  luncheon  marking  the  33rd 
year  of  operation  of  Pathe  News  was 
held  on  Friday  at  the  new  Pathe  quar- 
ters at  625  Madison  Avenue.  Among 
those  attending  were  Frederic  Ull- 
man,  Jr.,  Phil  Reisman,  Terry  Ram- 
saye,  Ned  E.  Depinet,  Walton  Ament. 
Walter  Bonafield,  Harry  Michalson, 
Rutgers  Neilson,  Franklin  P.  Adams 
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Comedians  To  See  'Gold' 

United  Artists  will  hold  a  home  of- 
fice screening  of  Charles  Chaplin's 
"The  Gold  Rush"  today,  to  which 
leading  comedians  have  been  invited. 
Among  them  are :  Eddie  Cantor,  Dan- 
ny Kaye,  Ed  Wynn,  Victor  Moore, 
Ole  Olsen,  Chick  Johnson,  Billy  Gax- 
ton,  Bert  Gordon,  Frank  Fay,  Wal- 
ter O'Keefe  and  Billy  DeWolfe. 


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Motion  Picture  daily 


Monday,  April  13,  1942 


Review 


"SOS  Coast  Guard" 

(Republic) 

'HpHE  emphasis  is  on  action  in  this  story  of  the  activities  of  the  U.  S. 
*■  Coast  Guard  in  preventing  smuggling.  It  has  been  edited  from  a 
chapter-serial  of  the  same  name,  released  by  Republic  some  years  ago, 
and  takes  the  highlights  from  that  series.  As  a  result,  most  of  the 
chapter  endings,  with  a  series  of  explosions,  wrecks,  fights,  sea  battles 
and  the  like,  are  included. 

Although  the  action  is  somewhat  dated  in  spots,  the  film  takes  on 
a  certain  timeliness  because  of  its  dedication  to  a  branch  of  the  armed 
services  and  because  the  subject  of  the  smuggling  is  a  secret  gas  being 
sent  to  a  foreign  power. 

Included  in  the  cast  are  Ralph  Byrd,  as  a  lieutenant  in  the  Coast 
Guard;  Bela  Lugosi,  as  the  inventor  of  the  gas  and  head  of  the  smug- 
glers ;  Maxine  Doyle,  as  a  newspaper  woman ;  Lee  Ford,  as  her  pho- 
tographer ;  Herbert  Rawlinson,  Richard  Alexander,  John  Picorri,  Law- 
rence Grant,  Thomas  Carr  and  several  others.  William  Witney  and 
Alan  James  directed. 

Running  time,  69  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


'Ghost,'  Show 
Big  in  Boston 
With  $19,500 

Boston,  April  12.— Despite  Holy 
Week  and  a  blackout  which  hit  busi- 
ness, "The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein" 
and  a  stage  show  featuring  Jimmy 
Durante  grossed  a  big  $19,500  at  the 
Keith  Boston.  "To  Be  or  Not  to  Be" 
took  a  total  of  $26,500  at  Loew's  State 
and  Orpheum. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  2-3 : 

"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S     ORPHEUM— (3,000)  (33c-44c- 
55c-65c)  7  days,  2nd  week.    Gross:  $14,000. 
(Average,  $12,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S  STATE— (2,900)  (33c-44c-55c-65c) 
7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $12,500.  (Aver- 
age, $11,500) 

"The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 

KEITH  BOSTON— (2,679)  (28c-33c-44c- 
55c-65c)  7  days.  Stage  show  with  Ina  Ray 
Hutton  and  her  orchestra  and  Jimmy 
Durante.  Gross:  $19,500.  (Average.  $8,500) 
"How  Green  Was  My  Valley"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Niagara  Falls"  (U.  A.) 

KEITH    MEMORIAL— (2,907)  (28c-33c- 
55c-65c)  7  days,  7th  week.    Gross:  $17,800. 
(Average,  $16,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"A  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road1"  (M-G-M) 

METROPOLITAN  —  (4,376)  (28c-33c-55c- 
65c)  5  days.  Gross:  $14,500.  (Average, 
$15,000) 

"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 
"Torpedb  Boat"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (1,797)  (28c-33c-44c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,000.    (Average,  $7,500) 
"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 
"Torpedo  Boat"  (Para.) 

FENWAY  —  (1,320)    (28c-33c-44c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $6,500.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 
"No  Hands  on  the  Clock"  (Para.) 

SCOLLAY  —  (2,500)  (28c-33c-44c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $5,500.    (Average,  $4,000) 


'Night'  and  Kaye  Hit 
$14,500,  Kansas  City 

Kansas  City,  April  12. — "Fly  by 
Night"  on  the  stage  plus  Sammy 
Kaye  heading  a  stage  show  at  the 
Newman,  drew  a  powerful  $14,500. 
"Heart  of  the  Rio  Grande"  took  $7,- 
500  at  the  Tower. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  2 : 

"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (20th-Fbx) 

ESQUIRE— (800)  (30c-44c)  8  days.  Gross: 
$2,800.     (Average,  8  days,  $2,700) 
"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.  A.) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

MIDLAND'— (3,600)      (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $6,000.     (Average,  $8,500) 
"Fly  by  Night"  (Para.) 

NEWMAN— (1,900)   (35c-50c  plus  tax)  7 
days.       Sammy    Kaye    and    stage  revue. 
Gross:  $14,500.     (Average.  $7,000) 
"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 
"Shining  Victory"  (W.  B.) 

ORPHEUM— (1,900)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $3,500.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"Heart  of  the  Rio  Grande"  (Rep.) 

TOWER— (2,200)    (30c)    7   days.  Stage 
show.    Gross:  $7,500.     (Average,  $6,000) 
"Rings   on   Her   Fingers"  (20th-Fox) 

UPTOWN— (2.000)  (30c-44c)  8  days. 
Gross:  $3,500.    (Average,  8  days,  $5,000) 


Staff  Replacement 
Is  Circuit  Problem 

Chicago,  April  12. — Jack  Rose, 
official  of  the  Indiana-Illinois  Circuit, 
has  declared  that  it  is  becoming  in- 
creasingly difficult  to  replace  man- 
agers and  assistant  managers  because 
of  the  draft. 

He  has  appointed  Winifred  Stumpf, 
for  many  years  cashier  at  the  Lin- 
coln, Goshen,  Ind.,  as  manager  of  the 
house.  She  is  believed  to  be  one  of 
the  first  women  to  be  named  a  man- 
ager among  circuits  in  this  area. 


"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


'Night'  Cleveland 
Leader  at  $12,500 

Cleveland,  April  12. — "All  Through 
the  Night"  gave  Warners'  Hippo- 
drome $12,500.  "Ball  of  Fire"  earned 
$5,000  in  the  third  week  at  the  Allen. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing April  2-3 : 

'Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 

ALLEN— (3,000)  (33c-39c-47c)  7  days,  3rd 
week.    Gross:  $5,000.     (Average,  $4,000) 
"All  Through  the  Night"  (W.  B.) 

WARNERS'  HIPPODROME  —  (3,800) 
(33c-39c-47c)  7  days.  Gross:  $12,500.  (Av- 
erage, $11,000) 

"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (2ttth-Fox) 

WARNERS'  LAKE— (900)  (33c-39c-47c) 
7  days.  Gross:  $1,300.  (Average,  $1,500) 
"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 

RKO  PALACE— (3,100)  (40c-50c-55c)  7 
days.  Chico  Marx  and  orchestra,  Larry 
Adler  on  stage.  Gross:  $15,800.  (Average, 
$17,500) 

"Sullivan's  Travels"  (Para.) 

LOEW'S   STATE— (3,500)    (33c-39c-47c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $6,000.     (Average,  $11,000) 
"Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  STILLMAN— (1,900)  (33c-39c- 
47c)  7  days.  Gross:  $3,800.  (Average, 
$4,000) 

Messeri  Wins  $3,400 
On  Claim  for  Salary 

Judgment  was  entered  Friday  on  a 
verdict  of  $3,400  plus  interest  in  favor 
of  Marian  Palmer,  as  assignee  of 
Moses  J.  Messeri,  against  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox. The  judgment  was  based  on 
a  jury  verdict  following  trial  before 
Supreme  Court  Justice  Samuel  Null. 

Messeri  claimed  that  he  was  em- 
ployed as  managing  director  of  His- 
pano  Fox  Film,  S.A.E.,  Spanish  sub- 
sidiary of  20th  Century-Fox,  in  Barce- 
lona, from  June,  1939,  to  May,  1940. 
According  to  Messeri,  he  was  to  be 
paid  $100  weekly  in  New  York  and 
$200  weekly  in  Spain  but  that  for  a 
period  of  _  34  weeks,  from  September, 
1939,  until  his  discharge,  he  did  not 
receive  the  $100  to  be  paid  here. 
Messeri  also  claimed  $2,660  which  he 
alleged  was  an  adjustment  due  him  on 
differences  on  the  Spanish  rate  of  ex- 
change but  the  jury  ruled  against  him 
on  this  issue.  Saul  E.  Rogers  repre- 
sented the  plaintiff. 


Peel  Reported  Killed 

London,  April  12.— Sir  Robert 
Peel,  21,  son  of  Beatrice  Lillie, 
actress,  is  reported  to  have  been  killed 
in  action  with  the  British  Navy. 


'Bahama'  Scores 
$19,000  in  Capital 

Washington,  April  12. — The  leaders 
were  Loew's  Capitol  and  Warners' 
Earle,  each  with  a  stage  show.  The 
former,  with  "Bahama  Passage,"  did 
$19,000,  while  "Playmates"  at  the 
Earle  took  $17,300. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  1-2 : 

"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S  PALACE— (2,300)  (40c-60c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $11,000.  (Average, 
$12,000) 

"Son  of  Fury"  (20th-Fox) 

LOEW'S  COLUMBIA— (1,250)  (28c-44c)  7 
days,    return    engagement.     Gross:  $5,000. 
(Average,  $3,500) 
"Playmates"  (RKO) 

WARNER'S  EARLE— (28c-39c-55c-66c-77c) 
7   days.    On   stage:    Johnny   Long   &  His 
Orchestra,   Bob   Dupont,   Southern  Sisters. 
Gross:  $17,300.    (Average,  $15,000) 
"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 

LOEW'S  CAPITOL— (3,434)  (28c-39c-44c- 
66c)  7  days.  On  stage:  Cliff  Nazarro. 
Frank  and  Jean  Hubert,  Lester  Cole  and 
Debutantes.  Rhythm  Rockets.  Gross:  $19,- 
000.  (Average,  $15,500) 
"Louisiana  Purchase"  (Para.) 

WARNER'S  METROPOLITAN  —  (1,600) 
(28c-44c)  7  days,  2nd  week,  return  engage- 
ment.   Gross:  $4,400.    (Average,  $3,500) 

'Rings' Gets  $7,800, 
Indianapolis  Lead 

Indianapolis,  April  12. — Holy  week 
kept  grosses  close  to  the  par  line. 
'Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  and  "The 
Night  Before  the  Divorce"  brought 
the  Indiana  $7,800. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  2-3 : 

"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 
"Mr.  Bug  Goes  to  Town"  (Para.) 

CIRCLE  —  (2,800)    (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $5,700.    (Average,  $5,500) 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (20th-Fox) 
"The  Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th-Fox) 

INDIANA  —  (3,000)   (28c-33c-44c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $7,800.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 
"Mister  V"  (U.A.) 

LOEW'S  —  (2,800)    (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $7,200.    (Average,  $8,000) 
"Song-  of  the  Islands"  (Zflth-Fox) 
"Blue,  White  and  Perfect"  (20th-Fox) 

LYRIC—  (2,000)  (28c-33c-44c)  7  days,  3rd 
week.    Gross:  $4,000.    (Average,  $4,500) 


Institutes  Vaudeville 

Hazleton,  Pa.,  April  12.— The  Key 
Theatre  here  has  instituted  a  three- 
day  vaudeville  policy  weekly.  Five 
acts  will  be  shown  with  the  film  on 
Monday,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday. 


'Cowboy'  Hits 
$10,900  Tally, 
Frisco  Lead 


San  Francisco,  April  12. — "Ride 
'Em  Cowboy"  and  "Frisco  Lil"  drew 
$10,900  at  the  Orpheum.  "The  Court- 
ship of  Andy  Hardy"  scored  $14,70QV 
at  the  Warfield.  The  weather  w^T 
good.  V. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  March  31 -April  2  : 

"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 

GOLDEN   GATE— (2,850)   (44c-49c-65c)  7 
days.    Stage:    vaudeville.     Gross:  $16,200. 
(Average,  $15,000) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 
"Torpedo  Boat"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2.740)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $11,000.  (Average, 
$11,500) 

"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,200)  (20c-35c-40c- 
55c)    7    days.    3rd    week.     Gross:  $8,000. 
(Average,  $7,500) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (20th-Fox) 
"Last  of  the  Duanes"  (20th-Fcx) 

FOX  — (5,000)    (20c-35c-40c-55c)    7  davs. 
Gross:  $17,500.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"Kathleen"  (M-G-M) 

WARFIELD— (2,680)    (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $14,700.    (Average.  $12,000) 
"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.  B.) 
"Sleepytime  Gal"  (Rep.) 

ST.  FRANCIS— (1.400)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.    (Moved  over  from  Fox.) 
Gross:  $4,800.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM  —  (2,440)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $10,900.  (Average, 
$8,000) 

"Laburnam  Grove"  (Anglo  Film) 

CLAY— (400)  (15c-35c-45c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$900.    (Average,  $1,000) 


'Castle'  Pittsburgh 
Winner  With  $7,000 

Pittsburgh,  April  12. — "Castle  in 
the  Desert"  and  "Ghost  of  Franken- 
stein" hit  $7,000  at  the  Fulton.  "Sul- 
livan's Travels"  with  Blue  Barron  on 
the  stage  drew  $16,500  at  the  Stanley. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  2: 

"Castle  in  the  Desert"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 

FULTON— (1,700)    (30c-40c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $7,000.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  PENN— (3,400)  (30c-40c-55c)  6 
days.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Average,  7  days. 
$13,000) 

"Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 

RITZ— (800)  (30c-40c-55c)  6  days,  3rd 
week.      Gross:  $2,500.      (Average,  7  days. 

$3,000) 

"Juke  Box  Jenny"  (Univ.) 
"Shut  My  Big  Mouth"  (Col.) 

SENATOR— (1,800)    (30c-40c-55c)    6  days. 
Gross:  $4,000.     (Average,  7  days,  $5,000) 
"Sullivan's  Travels"  (Para.) 

STANLEY—  (3,600)      (30c-44c-66c) .  On 
stage:  Blue  Barron's  Orchestra,  Fred  San- 
born. Dick,  Don  and  Dinah.    7  days.  Gross: 
$16,500.    (Average,  $18,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 

WARNER — (2,000)  (30c-40c-55c)  6  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,000.  (Average,  7 
days,  $5,000) 


Film  for  Lakes  Region 

"Lake  Carrier,"  Government-pro- 
duced short  being  distributed  through 
the  War  Activities  Committee,  because 
of  its  subject  matter,  will  be  released 
only  in  the  Great  Lakes  areas,  the 
WAC  announced.  Prints  will  be  avail- 
able this  week.  Other  Victory  Films 
are  released  nationally. 


Relax  Ban  on  Slacks 

Hollywood,  April  12.— RKO,  Uni- 
versal and  M-G-M  have  relaxed  their 
ban  on  slacks  for  women  employes 
other  than  stars,  in  line  with  the 
clothing  conservation  campaigns. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  April  13,  1942 


2  More  Groups 
Approve  Umpi 
Sales  Proposal 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

mous  approval  of  the  revised  plan  and 
indicated  the  organization's  willing- 
ness to  cooperate  with  the  Umpi  com- 
mittee to  the  fullest  extent. 

The  organization  leaders  who  com- 
mended the  plan  were  Edward  G. 
Zorn,  president  of  United  Theatre 
Owners  of  Illinois,  downstate  organi- 
zation ;  William  R.  Griffin,  president 
of  Alabama  MPTOA,  and  R.  X.  Wil- 
liams, president  of  MPTO  of  Ar- 
kansas, Mississippi  and  Tennessee. 

The  MPTO  of  Maryland  gave  fa- 
vorable consideration  to  the  plan  at 
a  membership  meeting  late  last  week 
but  reserved  formal  action  until  the 
meeting  of  Allied  States  national 
board  of  directors  April  30  in  Chi- 
cago. 

The  proposed  plan  has  been  ap- 
proved by  United  MPTO  of  Eastern 
Pennsylvania,  Southern  New  Jersey 
and  Delaware,  the  MPTO  of  Vir- 
ginia, the  MPTO  of  Oklahoma  and 
the  West  Virginia  Managers  Associa- 
tion. Decision  on  the  plan  has  been 
reserved  by  Allied  of  New  Jersey 
until  the  national  Allied  board  meet- 
ing. The  only  known  rejection  is  b; 
the  Independent  Exhibitors,  Inc.,  o' 
New  England,  an  Allied  affiliate. 

Commenting  on  the  plan  late 
last  week,  Griffin,  the  Alabama 
MPTOA  head,  said:  "The  sales 
plan  should  be  adopted  whole- 
heartedly by  exhibitors.  Let's 
stop  quibbling  and  join  in  all- 
out  cooperation,  at  least  for  the 
duration.  It's  high  time  we 
ganged  up  on  foreign  enemies 
and  stopped  wrangling  among 
ourselves." 

Zorn,  of  the  Illinois  organization, 
said  that  while  the  plan  cannot  be  re- 
garded as  perfect,  "it  is  a  definite 
step  forward  and  will  go  a  long  way 
toward  alleviating  many  of  the  indus- 
try's internal  ills." 

Williams  reported  that  no  opposi- 
tion to  the  plan  has  been  expressed 
by  any  member  of  the  tri-state  organ- 
ization. 


Ohio  ITO  Sounds  Members 

Columbus,  April  12. — Copies  of 
the  revised  Umpi  sales  plan  have  been 
sent  to  members  of  the  ITO  of  Ohic 
by  P.  J.  Wood,  secretary,  with  re- 
guests  that  responses  be  sent  to  him 
prior  to  the  meeting  of  the  Allied 
States  national  board  in  Chicago  for 
the  guidance  of  the  Ohio  organiza- 
tion's delegates. 

Loew's  Sets  'Wind' 
For  34  Situations 

The  Loew  circuit  will  open  popular 
price  continuous  run  engagements  of 
"Gone  With  the  Wind"  at  34  theatres 
in  33  cities,  starting  April  22,  M-G-M 
announced  over  the  weekend.  These 
will  be  the  third  engagements  for  the 
picture  in  these  situations.  Similar 
runs  have  been  opened  in  eight  situa- 
tions, including  the  Astor  on  Broad- 
way. 


Astor  Reissuing  Film 

Astor  Pictures  is  reissuing  "The 
Terror  of  Tinytown,"  midget  feature 
produced  by  Sol  Lesser. 


Jersey  Allied  Pays 
Tribute  to  S.  R.  Kent 

Allied  Theatre  Owners  of 
New  Jersey  at  a  meeting  Fri- 
day adopted  a  resolution  ex- 
pressing regret  at  the  recent 
death  of  Sidney  R.  Kent,  pres- 
ident of  20th  Century-Fox.  The 
resolution  stressed  Kent's  fair 
dealings  in  his  relations  with 
independent  exhibitors. 

The  organization  has  sched- 
uled its  next  meeting  at  Harry 
Hecht's  Ritz  Restaurant,  in 
Passaic,  N.  J.,  on  April  30,  with 
a  beefsteak  dinner  and  social 
gathering  in  the  evening. 

W.  B.  Field  Changes 
Made  by  Kalmenson; 
Three  Going  to  U.  A. 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

to  New  York.  He  will  be  from  our 
own  sales  force." 

Other  moves  and  promotions  in  the 
Warner  sales  department  include :  Al 
Oxtoby,  from  St.  Louis  branch  man- 
ager to  manager  at  Portland ;  Vete 
Stewart,  Portland  manager,  to  man- 
ager at  Seattle ;  Lester  Bona,  St.  Louis 
salesman,  to  branch  manager  there, 
and  Frank  Hannon,  Omaha  salesman, 
to  branch  manager. 

Kalmenson  will  initiate  the  changes 
during  a  brief  stay  here.  He  is 
en  route  back  to  New  York  after  a 
series  of  conferences  with  studio  offi- 
cials and  Joseph  Bernhard,  Warner 
vice-president  and  general  manager. 
Bernhard  is  scheduled  to  arrive  in 
New  York  Tuesday.  Mort  B  lumen- 
stock,  Warners'  Eastern  advertising 
and  publicity  head,  who  was  en  route 
with  Kalmenson,  continued  to  New 
York  and  will  arrive  there  tomorrow. 


U.  S.  Required  to 
Give  Schine  Data 

Buffalo,  April  12. — In  an  opinion 
on  defense  motions  to  strike  out  cer- 
tain allegations  in  the  Government's 
anti-trust  complaint  against  the 
Schine  Circuit  for  reason  of  "non- 
compliance by  the  Government  with 
a  court  order  of  Jan.  27,"  Federal 
Judge  John  Knight  on  Friday  ruled 
that  seven  of  the  Government's  an- 
swers are  sufficient  but  two  others 
should  be  "more  specific." 

With  reference  to  a  Schine  query 
about  the  number  of  witnesses  to  be 
called  by  the  Government,  Judge 
Knight  said :  "While  it  seems  improb- 
able that  all  the  witnesses  named  will 
be  called  to  testify,  it  is  not  seen  how 
the  court  can  be  of  any  further  aid 
to  the  defendant  in  this  connection. 
It  is  believed  that  the  Government 
should  advise  the  defendant  of  any 
witnesses  who  probably  will  not  be 
called  in  order  that  the  efforts  of  all 
may  be  conserved." 


Malcolm  Douglas  Dies 

Morristown,  N.  J.,  April  12. — Mal- 
colm Douglas,  78,  author,  playwright 
and  producer,  who  managed  the  New 
Amsterdam  Theatre  years  ago,  died 
at  his  home  here  late  last  week.  He 
had  been  ill  since  suffering  a  stroke 
two  years  ago. 


Hutchinson  Dies; 
Hold  Rites  Today 
In  Waterbury,  Conn. 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

film  business.  With  the  former  Fox 
Film  Co.  and  then  with  20th  Century- 
Fox,  he  played  an  important  part  in 
the  development  of  the  foreign  mar- 
ket over  a  period  of  many  years.  His 
death  follows  by  only  a  few  weeks 
that  of  Sidney  R.  Kent,  president  of 
20th  Century-Fox. 

Hutchinson  is  survived  by  his  father 
and  mother,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James 
M.  Hutchinson  of  Waterbury ;  four 
brothers,  Rev.  Gerald  F.  Hutchinson, 
S.J.,  of  Weston  College,  Weston, 
Mass. ;  Rev.  John  M.  Hutchinson,  S.J., 
of  Holy  Cross  College,  Worcester, 
Mass. ;  William  T.  and  Vincent  A. 
Hutchinson,  both  of  Newark,  N.  J., 
and  two  sisters,  Mary  and  Gertrude 
Hutchinson,  teachers  at  Wilby  High 
School,  Waterbury. 

The  20th  Century-Fox  offices  will 
be  closed  all  day  today,  as  will  the 
company's  offices  in  all  foreign  terri- 
tories. 

Honorary  pallbearers  include  Spyros 
Skouras,  Herman  G.  Place,  Martin 
Quigley,  W.  C.  Michel,  Sydney  Towell, 
W  J.  Eadie,  T.  J.  Connors,  Herman 
Wobber,  Sol  Wurtzel,  William  Goetz, 
Darryl  Zanuck,  Joseph  M.  Schenck, 
Jason  Joy,  E.  I.  Sponable,  Frederick 
A.  Kuser,  Edgar  Mayer,  Saul  Rogers, 
Ben  Miggins,  Alan  E.  Freedman, 
Irving  Maas,  Leslie  Whelan,  Richard 
Dwight,  F.  S.  Irby,  Edmund  Reek  and 
Felix  Jenkins. 


Entered  Industry 
After  War  Service 

Walter  J.  Hutchinson  was  born  in 
Waterbury,  Conn.,  on  Dec.  24,  1892. 
He  received  his  degree  from  Holy 
Cross  College  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  in 
1914. 

He  taught  at  the  Concord  High 
School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  the  year 
after  he  left  college,  and  in  1916  be- 
came assistant  principal  and  head  of 
the  business  section  of  Wilby  Annex 
High  School,  Waterbury.  He  served 
in  the  Army  during  the  war,  and 
joined  the  Fox  Film  Co.  after  the 
war. 

In  1919  and  1920  he  was  in  Canada 
as  a  salesman,  branch  manager  and 
home  office  representative.  Subse- 
quently he  was  appointed  assistant 
foreign  manager,  and  in  1921  went 
to  Australia  as  home  office  representa- 
tive. Hutchinson  became  managing 
director  for  Australasia  and  then  Far 
Eastern  representative,  and  in  1921- 
1923  opened  company  offices  through- 
out the  Far  East. 

He  went  to  England  in  1925,  where 
he  was  appointed  managing  director 
for  Great  Britain.  In  1933  he  was 
made  general  European  manager,  and 
in  December,  1935,  he  was  appointed 
foreign  distribution  executive  for  20th 
Century-Fox. 

Under  his  leadership  the  company's 
business  abroad  underwent  gradual 
and  constant  growth^  Four  years  ago, 
establishment  of  20th  Century-Fox 
distribution  in  every  country  in  the 
world,  outside  Russia,  was  completed 
when  he  opened  sales  offices  in  South 
Africa. 

Hutchinson  was  a  member  of  the 
French  Legion  of  Honor.  He  was 
active  in  numerous  committees  and 
organizations  promoting  goodwill  in 
the  Far  East  and  Latin  America. 


Completion  of 
New  20th-Fox 
Setup  Is  Near 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

quent  trips  to  New  York.  Should 
this  arrangement  be  decided  upon,  it 
is  believed  probable  in  informed  circW 
that  he  will  appoint  a  New  York  ift." 
resentative  to  act  for  him  here  in  N„ 
tional  Theatres  matters.  It  is  re- 
ported that  Skouras  wishes  to  continue 
making  his  home  in  California. 

Meanwhile,  it  was  learned  that  fur- 
ther changes  in  20th  Century-Fox's 
directorate  are  in  prospect  for  the 
company's  annual  meeting  of  stock- 
holders, and  a  reorganization  of  the 
company's  executive  committee,  headed 
by  Hermann  G.  Place,  is  in  prospect 
which  may  give  the  committee  in- 
creased activity  in  company  affairs. 

In  addition  to  the  resignations  from 
the  20th  Century-Fox  board  last  week 
of  Edwin  P.  Kilroe,  Felix  Jenkins 
and  Wilfred  J.  Eadie,  it  was  re- 
ported that  Sydney  Towell,  treasurer, 
also  would  resign  from  the  board  and 
that  John  P.  Edmondson,  home  of- 
fice attorney,  who  was  proposed  for 
the  board  in  the  notices  of  the  an- 
nual meeting  sent  to  company  stock- 
holders last  week,  already  has  with- 
drawn as  a  candidate. 

Board  Additions  Expected 

The  stockholders  will  be  asked  to 
reelect  as  directors  Spyros  Skouras, 
Wendell  Willkie,  Darryl  F.  Zanuck 
and  William  Goetz,  who  were  added 
to  the  board  last  week,  and  indica- 
tions are  that  one  or  two  new  names 
may  be  proposed  for  election  to  the 
board.  The  reelection  of  W.  C. 
Michel,  Place,  Daniel  O.  Hastings, 
H.  Donald  Campbell,  John  R.  Dillon, 
William  P.  Philips  and  Seton  Porter 
is  expected. 

Provision  is  made  in  the  notices 
which  have  gone  out  to  company 
stockholders  for  the  substitution  of 
new  or  additional  names  for  those 
proposed  for  the  directorate. 

It  is  believed  likely  that  under  the 
reorganization  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee, Place  will  continue  as  chair- 
man, with  new  names  added  to  the 
group,  and  that  it  may  assume  a  more 
important  role  in  the  company's 
affairs. 


80%  of  Eastman  Co. 
Production  for  War 

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  April  12.— With 
expansion  and  conversion  of  its  camera 
and  optical  plants  effected  to  meet  the 
needs  of  the  military,  Eastman  Kodak 
Co.  told  stockholders  in  its  annual  re- 
port that  more  than  80  per  cent  of  its 
1942  output  will  be  for  war  produc- 
tion. 

The  company,  which  earned  a  net 
1941  profit  of  $21,588,790,  said  "more 
than  half"  its  American  output  of  pho- 
tographic sensitized  goods  is  currently 
being  used  for  military  purposes. 

Although  its  output  of  photographic- 
sensitized  goods  has  been  adequate  so; 
far  to  meet  the  normal  demands  as  I 
well  as  unusual  military  requirements.  1 
the  company  concluded  "progressive  I 
curtailment  of  photographic  materials  j 
for  civilian  use  seems  inevitable." 


Monday,  April  13.  1942 


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Minneapolis  Gives 
'Woman'  Big  $8,500 

Minneapolis,  April  12. — "Woman  of 
<  the  Year"  attracted  an  S8.500  gross  in 
its  second  week  at  State,  while  "The 
Bugle   Sounds"   drew  S7,000   at  the 
Orpheum. 

Estimated    receipts    for    the  week 
ending  April  4: 

"Kathleen"  (M-G-M) 

■GOPHER—  (998)    (30c)    7   days.  Gross: 
MW.    (Average,  S2.500) 

-tr.  Bug  Goes  to  Town"  (Para.) 
>  -On  the  Sunny  Side"  (20th-Fox) 
<-  CENTURY — (1,600)    (30c-40c-50c)   7  days. 
,     Gross:  S5.300.    (Average.  S4.000) 
"The  Bugle  Sounds"  (M-G-M) 

ORPHEUM— (2.800)   (30c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  S7.000.    (Average.  S5.500) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 
STATE  —  (2.300)    (30c-fOc-50c)    7  days. 
:    Gross:  S8.500.    (Averags,  $6,000) 
"Paris  Calling"  (Univ.) 

WORLD  —  (350)  (30c-40c-50c-60c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,000.    (Average.  S1.600) 
"Bombay  Clipper"  (Univ.  (2  days) 
"Treat  'Em  Rough"  (Univ.)  (2  days) 
"Shut  My  Big  Mouth"  (Col.)  (3  days) 
"Blue,  White  and  Perfect"  (20th-Fox) 
(5  days) 

ASTER— (900)   (20c-30c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$2,300.    (Average,  $1,800) 


Snow,  Pre-Easter 
Hurt  in  Baltimore 

Baltimore,  April  12. — A  snowstorm 

-  of  near-blizzard  proportions  combined 

-  with  the  pre-Easter  lull  resulted  in 
poor  business.  "The  Wolf  Man"  took 
S10.500  at  Keith's. 

Estimated    receipts    for    the  week 
ending  April  2 : 

"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (UA) 

CEXTURY— (3,000)  (28c-44c  and  55c  week- 
ends) 7  days.  Gross:  $9,500. 
"The  Wolf-Man"  (Univ.) 

KEITH'S  —  (Z406)     (15c-28c-33c-44c  and 

-  55c  weekends)  7  days.  Gross:  $10,500.  Aver- 
.    age  $9,000) 

"Roxie  Hart"  (20th-Fox) 

NEW— (1,581)  (15c-28c-35c-55c;  7  days.  3rd 
week.    Gross:  $5,000.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.B.) 

STANLEY— (3,280)  (15c-28c-39c-44c-55c)  7 
days.  Plus  Louis-Simon  Fight  films.  Gross: 
$10,000.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"Citizen  Kane"  (RKO) 

HIPPODROME— (2,205)  (15c  28c-39c-44c- 
55c-66c)    7    days.     Stage    show  featuring 
Jackie  Miles,  Kim  Loo  Sisters,  The  Shy- 
rettos  and  others.    Gross:   S12.000.  (Aver- 
•    age,  $14,000) 

"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 

MAYFAIR  —   (1,000)    (20c-40c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $6,500.    (Average,  $6,000) 


Seek  Dismissal  of 
Chicago  Complaint 

Chicago,  April  12. — Hearing  of 
the  arbitration  clearance  case  of  the 
Wheaton,  Wheaton,  111.,  was  ad- 
journed to  Wednesday  after  an  initial 
session  Friday. 
(       A  motion  to  dismiss  the  complaint 

-  was  made  by  Arthur  Goldberg,  Par- 
amount attorney,  who  pointed  out  that 
the  plaintiff's  clearance  was  governed 

-  by  the  Chicago  release  system  while 
;   that  of  the  Arcadia,  St.  Charles,  111.. 

named  as  an  interested  party,  was 
governed  by  the  country'  release  sys- 
tem. To  change  the  Wheaton's  sched- 
ule would  result  in  its  playing  sev- 
eral weeks  ahead  of  other  theatres  in 
the  nearby  territory  and  would  invite 
numerous  other  arbitration  com- 
plaints, Goldberg  said. 


Form  Theatre  Firm 

Albany.  April  12. — Shelter  Island 
Theatre  Corp.,  Greenport.  X.  Y.,  has 
been  chartered  here  by  Herbert  S 
Millard.  Forest  Hills,  Lillian  Din- 
ney  and  Sylvia  Goodman,  both  of 
Brooklyn. 


'Food — Weapon  of 
Conquest' 

(World  in  Action ) 

(Warwick-U.A.) 

The  third  release  in  the  "World  in 
Action"  series  deals  with  the  impor- 
tance of  food  in  the  war.  The  prob- 
lems of  food  supply  to  England  and, 
possibly,  Russia,  are  considered.  How 
England  is  approaching  the  food  prob- 
lem by  supplying  special  foods  to  its 
factorj-  workers  and  armed  forces  is 
shown.  This  is  followed  by  a  dis- 
cussion of  the  types  of  food  America 
is  growing  and  what  is  really  needed. 

As  in  the  case  of  the  other  issues, 
captured  reels  from  Germany  height- 
en the  interest.  The  Xazi  method  of 
starving  conquered  nations  into  sub- 
mission, and  its  agricultural  program 
planned  years  in  advance  of  the  war 
are  graphically  described.  The  sub- 
ject is  timely  and  instructive  and 
packs  a  dramatic  punch.  Running 
time,  20  mins.    Release  not  set 


"Eat  Me  Kitty, 
Eight  to  the  Bar" 

(Terry-Toons) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

Here's  an  amusing  little  cartoon 
which  should  be  received  well.  A 
cat  is  seen  feeding  the  birds,  leaving 
them  unmolested,  and  making  friends 
with  his  old  enemy,  the  mouse.  The 
cat  brings  gifts  of  cheese  to  his  friend, 
the  mouse,  while  the  latter,  in  turn, 
offers  to  be  eaten.  These  friendly 
relations  induce  a  nearby  bulldog  to 
try  to  make  peace  with  an  old  goat 
but  he  does  not  fare  so  well.  Running 
time,  7  mins.    Release,  March  6.  . 

"Sham  Battle 
Shenanigans" 

(Terry-Toons) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

Gandy,  the  goose,  is  being  inter- 
viewed on  the  radio  and  he  tells  how 
he  and  his  sergeant  engaged  in  ma- 
neuvers. They  start  on  a  cross-coun- 
try ride  in  a  jeep  and  "engage"  the 
phantom  enemy.  Real  enemies,  in  the 
forms  of  woodpeckers,  swordfish  and 
the  like  harass  them  and  they  sudden- 
ly find  themselves  in  the  midst  of  a 
genuine  barrage.  Done  in  color,  it 
should  amuse.  Running  time,  7  mins. 
Release,  March  20. 


"Hub  of  the  World" 

(The  World  Today) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

Fulton  Lewis,  Jr.,  the  Mutual  net- 
work commentator,  describes  the 
sights  of  the  nation's  capital.  Most 
of  the  scenes  are  familiar  but  the 
commentary  provides  a  timely  touch 
by  relating  all  Washington  activities 
to  the  war  effort.  New  interest  is 
seen  in  the  thousands  of  civil  work- 
ers now  doing  a  behind- the-lines  job; 
the  engraving  department  is  making 
defense  bonds,  and  the  new  activities 
of  the  War  Department  are  men- 
tioned. President  Roosevelt  is  seen 
asking  for  the  declaration  of  war 
against  Japan.  Running-  time.  10 
mins.    Release,  March  13. 


Sanson  Navy  Fund  Aide 

Manchester,  Conn..  April  12. — 
Tack  Sanson,  manager  of  Warners' 
State  Theatre  here,  has  been  ap- 
pointed chairman  of  the  local  Navy 
Relief  Fund. 


"Pipeye,  Pupeye,  Popeye 
Peepeye" 

( Popeye  Cartoon) 

(Paramount) 

Popeye's  four  little  nephews  are 
served  dinner  by  uncle.  All  goes  well 
until  they  rebel  at  the  spinach.  Pop- 
eye  demonstrates  its  value,  they  eat  it, 
then  go  to  work  on  the  hapless  uncle. 
When  they're  through,  they  still  dis- 
like spinach.  It's  only  a  fair  cartoon. 
Running  time.  7  mins.  Release,  April 
10. 


"Timing  Is  Everything" 

(Sportlight) 

(Paramount) 

With  Ted  Husing  supplying  the 
narration,  which  is  weakened  by  too 
much  attempted  "punning,"  this  sub- 
ject demonstrated  the  importance  of 
timing  in  such  expert  activity-  as 
juggling  with  hoops,  Indian  clubs,  and 
tennis  balls,  baton  wielding  and  acro- 
batics. It  is  interesting,  as  are  all 
well -photographed  exhibitions  of 
skill.  Running  time,  10  mins.  Re- 
lease, March  20. 


"The  Wrestling  Octopus" 

(Sport  Reel) 

(Columbia) 

This  covers  a  wrestling  match  be- 
tween a  masked  character  known  as 
"The  Octopus"  and  George  Becker, 
who  calls  himself  the  "American 
Adonis."  The  boys  get  a  hold  on 
each  other,  break  away,  then  entangle 
again.  "The  Octopus"  wins.  Wrest- 
ling fans  will  probably  enjoy  it  Run- 
ning time,  9  mins.   Release,  March  28. 


"Menace  of  the  Rising 
Sun" 

(Universal ) 

Thomas  Meade  of  Universal  News- 
reel  has  compiled  and  edited  a  vast 
amount  of  library  news  material  and 
skillfully  fashioned  it  into  a  docu- 
mentary which  testifies  to  more  per- 
fidy and  inhumanity  on  the  part  of 
the  Japanese  than  perhaps  anything, 
even  of  much  greater  length,  that  has 
come  to  the  screen  thus  far  in  the 
war.  Narration  by  Graham  McXamee 
not  only  ties  a  long  series  of  inci- 
dents in  Japanese  and  world  affairs 
into  a  cohesive  whole,  and  ascribes 
them  to  a  chronic  case  of  Jap  treach- 
ery, but  also  bristles  with  some  plain 
and  fancy  invective  that  many  will  re- 
spond to  and  none  can  misunderstand. 
It  finishes  with  some  unabashed  flag- 
waving,  and  the  net  result  should  be 
a  stepping  up  of  the  hate-Japan  tempo. 
Running  time,  20  mins.  Release, 
April  10. 


"Funny  Bunny  Business" 

(Terry-Toons) 

(20th  Century -Fox) 

Both  the  farmer  and  his  dog  re- 
joice at  the  opening  of  the  hunting 
season.  Even  the  bunnies  celebrate. 
All  await  the  official  start  of  the  sea- 
son and  then  the  chase  begins.  No- 
body gets  hurt  except  the  hunter  and 
his  dog  and  there  are  some  funny  ef- 
fects when  the  bunnies  start  popping 
out  of  silk  top  hats.  A  good  reel. 
Running  time,  7  mins.  Release,  Feb. 
6. 


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■  AWN  MOWBRAY-ROSCOE  KARNS- MIKHAIL  RASUMNY 

■  LYNNE  CARVER  -  MARC  LAWRENCE  -  MARILYN  HARE 

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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  April  13,  1942 


Off  the  Antenna 


NBC  will  dedicate  a  half-hour  show  at  10 :30  tonight  to  commemorate 
the  20th  anniversary  of  WMAQ,  the  network's  ke,y  station  in 
Chicago.  Fibber  McGee  &  Molly  and  Amos  'n'  Andy  will  describe  their 
experiences  on  the  station  from  which  they  rose  to  network  prominence. 
Also  on  the  program  will  be  Hal  Totten,  who  did  play-by-play  broadcasts 
in  1925  on  WMAQ ;  Judith  Waller,  now  public  service  director  of  the 
NBC  Central  division  and  formerly  manager  of  WMAQ ;  William  S. 
Hedges,  NBC  vice-president  and  first  president  of  the  station;  Joseph 
Gallicchio,  NBC  conductor  who  selected  the  first  Amos  'n'  Andy  theme 
music,  and  the  Dinning  Sisters,  one  of  the  station's  newest  discoveries. 
Fred  Waring  will  salute  the  station  during  his  "Pleasure  Time"  broad- 
cast at  7  tonight. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Lou  Frankel  has  resigned  as  WBYN  director  of  pub- 
licity, promotion  and  special  events.  .  .  .  George  Clapp  has  resigned  from  the 
Mutual  sales  service  department  to  become  manager  of  WALB,  Albany,  Ga. . . . 
John  W.  Elwood,  who  has  been  in  charge  of  NBC  shortwave ,  has  been  trans- 
ferred to  the  Pacific  Coast  division  for  special  assignments.  .  .  .  Joe  Hasel 
has  been  named  sports  reporter  for  WJZ.  Beginning  today,  he  zvill  be  heard 
on  the  station  Monday  through  Saturday.  6:15-6:30  P.M.  .  .  .  Lee  Shubert, 
Broadzvay  producer,  will  make  his  radio  debut  Wednesday  at  11:15  A.M. 
when  he  will  be  interviewed  by  Bessie  Beatty  on  WOR.  .  .  .  Frank  Lovcjoy, 
of  the  Blue  theatre  company,  is  featured  in  two  shorts  produced  by  Columbia 
pictures.  .  .  .  NBC  has  received  reports  that  Bert  Silen,  its  correspondent  in 
Manila,  is  probably  a  Jap  prisoner.  .  .  .  Irwin  Naitove,  of  the  WMCA  con- 
tinuity staff,  has  been  commissioned  as  ensign  in  the  Navy.  .  .  .  Don  Bryan 
has  been  named  WMCA  music  director. 

•  •  • 

Second  commercial  account  for  CBS  shortwave  is  American  Tobacco 
Co.,  which  will  sponsor  recordings  of  its  "Your  Hit  Parade"  show  for 
American  troops  abroad,  beginning  this  week. 

•  •  • 

WJZ  yesterday  started  to  test  the  commercial  possibilities  of  the  hour 
between  midnight  and  1  A.M.  Walter  Winchell's  repeat  broadcast  over  the 
Blue  was  recorded  and  aired  locally  at  12:45-1  A.M.  His  first  broadcast 
Sundays  is  heard  here  at  9  P.M.  The  station  is  trying  to  build  its  all-night 
show  from  1  to  7  A.M.  and  the  use  of  the  "Jergens  Journal"  is  described  as 
"frankly  an  experiment."  Test  offers  to  sponsors  may  be  made  in  several 
weeks,  it  was  said. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Bayer  Co.  will  sponsor  "American  Melody  Hour"  over 
CBS,  Tuesdays,  7:30-8  P.M.,  as  replacement  for  "Second  Husband"  which  has 
been  shifted  to  the  Blue.  .  .  .  "Those  We  Love"  will  be  the  Summer  replace- 
ment for  the  Eddie  Cantor  "Time  to  Smile"  show  for  Bristol-Myers  on  NBC 
beginning  July  1.  .  .  .  General  Petroleum  Corp.  has  renewed  "I  Was  There" 
on  the  CBS  Pacific  network.  .  .  .  Chamberlain  Sales  Corp.  has  returned  to 
C13S  with  sponsorship  of  David  Lane  with  songs  on  five  CBS  Pacific  stations, 
Tuesdays,  9  :55-10  P.M.,  PWT. 

•  •    •  ■ 

General  Electric  notes  that  its  three  shortwave  stations,  WGEO  and 
WGEA,  in  Schenectady,  and  KGEI,  San  Francisco,  now  broadcast  100 
news  programs  a  week  for  a  total  of  24^  hours  daily  as  compared  with 
3%  hours  weekly  in  October,  1940.  Newscasts  are  now  made  in  14 
languages. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  The  Chicago  Sun  has  purchased  six  quarter  hours 
and  one  half-hour  weekly  on  WLS,  Chicago.  .  .  .  WGAR,  Cleveland,  has 
purchased  the  full  United  Press  service  in  addition  to  day  and  night  trunk 
wire  of  International  News  Service.  .  .  .  Lou  Smith,  baseball  writer  for  the 
Cincinnati  Enquirer,  has  been  signed  as  sports  commentator  for  WCKY, 
Cincinnati.  .  .  .  Frances  Allen  has  replaced  Rosemary  Lambright  as  conductor 
of  women's  programs  of  WJJD,  Chicago.  .  .  .  General  Mills  is  now  sponsoring 
all  biseball  games  in  San  Francisco  and  Oakland. 


Daylight  Time 
Complicating 
Air  Schedules 


By  EDWARD  GREIF 

Daylight  Saving  Time,  always  a 
considerable  problem  for  radio,  is 
regarded  as  posing  an  even  greater 
mixup  this  year,  a  survey  revealed 
over  the  weekend.  Network  officials 
admitted  that  the  problem  of  DST 
imposed  on  top  of  War  Time  pre- 
sented a  far  more  complicated  pic- 
ture. 

The  complications  arise  prin- 
cipally because  DST  this  year 
will  be  more  localized  than  pre- 
viously. Officials  of  all  networks 
stated  that  if  DST  is  confined 
to  only  a  few  cities  or  states, 
they  will  continue  operations  on 
War  Time  and  disregard  DST 
entirely. 

Network  contracts  provide  that 
rates  and  time  available  are  based  on 
time  prevailing  in  New  York  City. 
However,  this  city  is  one  of  those 
contemplating  DST.  These  contracts, 
however,  also  provide  that  the  net- 
works may  not  switch  to  DST  unless 
a  large  portion  of  the  country  does 
so  and  this  situation  leaves  the  webs 
on  the  horns  of  a  dilemma. 

Blue  Stays  on  War  Time 

Keith  Kiggins,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  stations  for  the  Blue,  on 
Friday  notified  the  network's  119  af- 
filiates that  the  Blue  will  stay  on 
War  Time  even  if  "small  segments 
of  the  population  and  certain  geo- 
graphical areas"  decide  on  double 
daylight  time.  Kiggins  took  the  po- 
sition that  the  time  has  been  fixed  by 
Government  decree  and  that  it  should 
not  be  shifted  further  as  far  as  broad- 
casters are  concerned. 

At  CBS,  it  was  stated  definitely 
that  if  only  New  York  City  or  even 
the  entire  State  adopts  DST,  the  net- 
work will  continue  on  War  Time.  A 
similar  opinion  was  expressed  at  Mu- 
tual. NBC  has  taken  no  position  on 
the  issue.  Key  network  stations  lo- 
cated in  New  York  also  will  operate 
on  War  Time.  In  this  connection,  it 
was  said,  neither  the  city  nor  the 
State  could  control  the  time  by  legis- 
lation as  radio  stations  have  been  held 
to  be  engaged  in  interstate  commerce 
and  could  continue  on  the  same  time 
used  by  railroads. 

Advocate  U.  S.  Control 

Broadcasters  long  have  advocated 
Federal  time  control  to  prevent  the 
seasonal  upsets  of  radio  schedules, 
and  radio  circles  thought  the  prob- 
lem settled  when  Congress  adopted 
War  Time.  Most  of  the  big  radio 
shows  take  a  Summer  vacation  after 
the  last  Sunday  in  April  because  of 
the  customary  drop  in  radio  listening 
at  that  time.  Double  daylight  tinv 
would,  of  course,  cause  even  further 
inroads  into  the  networks'  audiences 

Although  proposals  for  DST  are 
not  nearly  as  widespread  as  in  previ- 
ous years,  many  communities  are  urg 
ing  its  adoption  because  of  local 
power  shortages  or  to  keep  disruption 
of  normal  activities  through  blackout? 
to  a  minimum. 


Television  Building 
Reports  Ordered 

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already  achieved ;  the  amount  ex- 
pended on  construction,  including 
land,  equipment,  etc. ;  man  hours  ex- 
pended on  construction  in  the  past 
six  months ;  a  description  and  ap- 
proximate cost  of  material  and  equip- 
ment on  hand  necessary  for  comple- 
tion of  the  station ;  the  personnel  and 
man  hours  required  for  completion, 
and  the  date  on  which  construction 
is  expected  to  be  completed. 

FCC  officials  explained  that  the 
purpose  of  the  inquiry  is  to  secure  an 
accurate  picture  of  the  situation,  re- 
garding which  little  information  was 
available    at   Thursday's  conference. 


Annual  Peabody  Air 
Awards  Presented 

Winners  of  the  George  Foster  Pea- 
body  annual  radio  awards  for  1941 
were  announced  at  a  dinner  at  the 
Waldorf  Astoria  Hotel,  Friday  night. 
S.  V.  Sanford,  chancellor  of  the  Uni- 
versity System  of  Georgia,  made  the 
presentations. 

Winners  were:  Cecil  Brown,  CBS, 
for  "best  reporting  of  news" ;  "Against 
the  Storm,"  a  daytime  serial,  and  Nor- 
man Corwin's  "The  Bill  of  Rights"  as 
"outstanding  in  the  field  of  drama"  ; 
Alfred  Wallenstein,  Mutual  musical 
director,  for  outstanding  work  in  the 
field  of  music,  and  "Chicago  Round 
Table  of  the  Air,"  an  NBC  program, 
for  its  work  in  the  field  of  education. 
All  international  shortwave  broad- 
casters were  cited  for  their  patriotic 
services. 


Ascap  Sees 
One  Payment 
Aim  of  Action 


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however,  Ascap  officers  said  that  they 
regarded  the  action,  on  the  basis  of 
newspaper  accounts,   as  another  £*"" 
fort  by   exhibitors   to   obtain  clei.- 
ance  at  the  source  on  film  music. 

Ascap,  they  said,  is  prevented  by  the 
Federal  Copyright  laws  from  enforc- 
ing a  clearance  at  the  source  plan 
unless  producers-distributors  agree  to 
it. 

Cites  Law  as  Bar 

"The  copyright  laws,"  one  Ascap  of- 
ficial said,  "do  not  permit  us  to  col- 
lect a  fee  for  public  performance  of 
our  music  for  profit  from  producers- 
distributors.  We  can  collect  only  the 
recording  fee  from  them.  The  per- 
formance fee  must  be  levied  on  ex- 
hibitors unless  producers-distributors 
voluntarily  agree  to  pay  both  fees." 

"In  the  past,"  he  said,  "Ascap 
has  made  several  proposals  to 
producers-distributors  for  single 
fee  arrangements,  only  to  have 
them  rejected.  The  average  of 
all  fees  paid  to  Ascap  by  theatre 
licensees  is  $80  per  year. 

"Producers-distributors  have  advised 
us  that  the  minimum  charge  they 
could  make  for  handling  collections  of 
performance  fees  under  a  single  fee 
licensing  plan  is  50  cents  per  film. 
The  average  theatre  uses  about  400 
films  per  year,  and  the  average  per- 
forming fee  on  that  basis  thus  would 
be  $200  per  year,  instead  of  the  $80 
now  paid  Ascap." 

John  G.  Paine,  Ascap  general  man- 
ager, said  that  in  his  opinion  there 
are  so  many  more  genuine  problems 
confronting  exhibitors  today  that  he 
regards  exhibitor  leaders  who  make 
an  issue  of  the  "modest  fees"  paid  to 
Ascap  as  "either  incompetent  or  lack- 
ing the  courage  to  tackle  the  exhibi- 
tors' real  problems." 

Negotiated  With  Exhibitors 

He  asserted  that  the  Ascap  per- 
forming fees  now  in  effect  were  es- 
tablished after  extended  negotiations 
with  exhibitor  representatives.  The 
charges  of  Ascap  "monopoly,"  Society 
officials  said,  were  gone  into  exten- 
sively during  the  Government  anti- 
trust suit  against  the  organization  last 
year  and  the  Society  now  is  operat- 
ing under  a  Federal  consent  decree 
which  terminated  that  action. 

The  exhibitors'  suit  seeks  recovery 
of  triple  damages  aggregating  $606,- 
784  and  $50,000  attorney  fees.  The 
sums  sued  for  range  all  the  way  from 
$34.80  asked  by  Ritz-Berk  Theatre 
Corp.,  operating  two  Brooklvn  houses, 
to  $232,982  asked  by  Randforce 
Amusement  Corp.,  operating  34  metro- 
politan New  York  houses.  Most 
plaintiffs  are  New  York  ITOA 
members. 


KFBI,  Wichita,  to  Blue 

KFBI,  Wichita,  Kan.,  joined  the 
Blue  as  the  network's  122nd  affiliate 
yesterday.  The  station  operates  on  a 
clear  channel  of  1,070  k.c.  with  5,000 
watts  days  and  1,000  nights. 


Alert, 


to  the 
Picture 
Industry 


tion 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


First  in 


L.  51.  NO.  72 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  TUESDAY,  APRIL  14,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Independent 
Producer  Unit 
HitsUmpi  Plan 

Urge  Exhibitors  to  Reject 
Sales  Proposals 

Hollywood,  April  13. — The  So- 
ciety of  Independent  Motion  Pic- 
ture Producers  in  a  statement  by 
Loyd  Wright,  president,  released 
through  United  Artists  today, 
called  upon  exhibitors  to  reject 
the  proposed  new  selling  plan  of 
the  United  Motion  Picture  Indus- 
try. 

Producer  members  of  the  society 
include  Charles  Chaplin,  Walt  Dis- 
ney, Samuel  Goldwyn,  Mary  Pick- 
ford,  David  O.  Selznick,  Walter 
Wanger,  Orson  Welles  and  Alexander 
Korda.  They  take  the  position, 
Wright  stated,  that  any  amendment 
of  the  consent  decree  in  the  nature  of 
a  return  to  blind  selling  is  not  in  the 
best  interests  of  the  industry. 

"We  believe,  rather,"  Wright's 
statement  said,  "that  if  any  modifica- 

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St.  Louis  Unit 
Ratifies  Plan 

St.  Louis,  April  13.— The  MPTO 
of  St.  Louis,  Eastern  Missouri  and 
Southern  Illinois  at  a  special  meet- 
ing here  today  attended  by  about  90 
members  unanimously  approved  the 
new  Umpi  "sales  plan.  The  organiza- 
tion previously  had  rejected  Umpi's 
original  sales  proposals.  Fred  Wehr- 
enberg  is  president  of  the  group. 


Atlanta,  April  13.— The  MPTO 
of  Georgia  rejected  the  proposed  new 
selling  plan   of  the  United  Motion 

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IATSE  to  Restore 
Pittsburgh  Charter 

Pittsburgh,  April  13. — Operators 
Union,  Local  171,  of  the  IATSE,  will 
have  its  local  autonomy  restored  with- 
in 60  days,  it  was  announced  here  by 
Richard  F.  Walsh,  IA  president,  and 
Louis  Krouse,  secretary-treasurer. 
Lawrence  J.  Katz,  business  agent 
who  has  controlled  the  local's  affair? 
for  the  past  seven  years  as  direct  IA 
representative,  will  continue  in  charge 
until  the  first  elections  are  held  and 
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B'way  Gross  Strong; 
4th  Week  for  'Reap', 
'Blonde'  at  $74,000 


Broadway  grosses  over  the  week- 
end actually  were  equal  to  and  in 
some  instances  above  last  week's,  al- 
though most  programs  remained  the 
same.  This  marks  the  third  conse- 
cutive week  of  top-notch  business 
for  most  first-run  theatres. 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  with  the 
holiday  stage  presentation  at  the 
Radio  City  Music  Hall  grossed  an 
estimated  $68,500  Thursday  through 
Sunday  and  will  be  held  for  a  fourth 
week.  An  overture  will  replace  the 
"Glory  of  Easter"  portion  of  the 
stage  presentation  beginning  Thurs- 
day. 

Taking  an  estimated  $29,000  Sat- 
urday and    Sunday,    the  Paramount 
show,    "My    Favorite    Blonde"  and 
Tommy   Dorsey's   orchestra,  finishes 
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Brooklyn  Blackout 
Is  Set  for  Tonight 

Broadway  theatremen  will  be  given 
an  idea  of  what  to  expect  in  the  way 
of  a  blackout  when  the  lights  go  out 
tonight  in  three-fifths  of  Brooklyn, 
including  the  borough's  downtown 
theatre  center.  Following  the  test  to- 
night and  a  second  covering  the  re- 
maining two-fifths  of  Brooklyn  next 
week  all  New  York  City  will  have 
been  tested  with  the  exception  of 
Manhattan  above  14th  Street. 

The  two  Brooklyn  blackouts  will 
affect  over  170  film  theatres.  The  one 
tonight  has  been  set  to  run  25  minutes 
beginning  at  9  o'clock.  Showmen  are 
suggesting  that  residents  spend  the 
time  in  theatres,  using  trailers  and 
posters  for  the  purpose. 


Miss.  Sunday  Ban 
Faces  Court  Test 

Jackson,  Miss.,  April  13. — Henry 
Seale,  manager  of  two  theatres  here, 
was  arrested  yesterday  for  operating 
on  Sunday,  and  the  show  was  stopped 
by  police.  He  faces  trial  in  City 
Court  in  what  is  expected  to  be  a 
test  of  the  State's  120-year  ban  on 
Sabbath  shows. 

In  the  last  session  of  the  Mississippi 
legislature  measures  to  permit  Sunday 
films  were  defeated  after  stormy  de- 
bate. Many  of  the  State's  theatres, 
especially  those  in  the  delta  region 
near  Vicksburg,  habitually  ignore  the 
ban. 


Jewish  Appeal  to 
Start  Drive  Today 

The  first  organization  meet- 
ing of  the  Amusement  Divi- 
sion of  the  United  Jewish  Ap- 
peal will  be  held  at  a  lunch- 
eon at  12:45  today  at  the 
Hotel  Astor,  to  set  plans  for 
the  1942  industry  drive  on  be- 
half of  the  organization. 

Co-chairmen  of  the  division 
are  David  Bernstein,  Barney 
Balaban  and  Major  Albert 
Warner.  Nathan  Straus  is  ex- 
pected to  address  the  meeting. 
Bernstein  will  preside. 


Oakland  Clearance 
Award  Is  Reversed 
By  Appeals  Board 


The  arbitration  appeals  board  yes- 
terday reversed  the  award  of  an  ar- 
bitrator at  the  San  Francisco  board 
reducing  the  clearance  of  the  Pied- 
mont Theatre,  Oakland,  Calif.,  and 
dismissed  the  case.  The  case  involved 
availability  with  relation  to  move- 
over  dates. 

Respondents  in  the  action  were  all 
five  consenting  companies,  and  Oak- 
land theatres  intervening  included 
the  Fox  Oakland,  Grand  Lake,  Para- 
mount, Orpheum,  Esquire,  Roxie, 
Senator  and  Chimes.  The  appeal  was 
taken  by  20th  Century-Fox,  West 
Coast  Theatres,  Inc.,  of  Northern 
California  and  Solano  Theatre  Corp. 

The  arbitrator's  award  reduced  the 
clearance  of  the  Chimes  and  Grand 

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Monroe,  N.  C,  April  13. — Sunday 
films  have  been  authorized  here  by 
the  Board  of  Aldermen. 


New  Tax  on  Gross 
Is  Seen  in  England 

London,  April  13. — A  new  theatre 
tax,  taking  the  form  of  a  percentage 
of  the  gross  receipts  of  the  theatres, 
is  expected  in  some  quarters  with  the 
presentation  of  the  new  budget  in  the 
House  of  Commons  shortly. 

The  recent  Treasury  suggestion  to 
exhibitors  that  admission  prices  not 
be  increased  until  after  the  new  bud- 
get is  introduced,  is  believed  to  indi- 
cate the  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer 
has  a  new  taxation  plan  for  theatres. 
The  general  council  of  the  Cinemato- 
graph Exhibitors  Association  will 
meet  on  Wednesday,  and  is  expected 
to  take  up  the  question  of  increased 
admissions.  It  will  also  discuss  the 
recent  booking  of  "Gone  With  the 
Wind"  by  Gaumont  British  Circuit, 
although  no  further  action  is  expected 
in  the  matter. 


Industry  Will 
Make  26  Films 
In  War  Effort 


Mellett  Names  Poynter 
Coast  Representative 


Hollywood,  April  13. — The  film 
industry  "has  as  clear  an  under- 
standing of  •  what  the  world  faces 
as  any  other  in- 
stitution today," 
Lowell  Mellett, 
Coordinator  of 
Government 
Films,  declared 
yesterday  at  the 
close  of  two  days 
of  meetings  with 
Hollywood  and 
New  York  exec- 
utives. "It  is 
with  confidence 
and  appreciation 
that  the  Govern- 
ment looks  for- 
ward to  a  new  and  greater  con- 
tribution to  the  war  effort,"  he  de- 
clared. 

Mellett  referred  to  an  agreement  to 

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Lowell  Mellett 


Hutchinson  Rites 
Held  in  Waterbury 

Funeral  services  for  Walter  J. 
Hutchinson,  director  of  foreign  dis- 
tribution for  20th  Century-Fox,  were 
held  yesterday  at  St.  Margaret's 
Catholic  Church,  Waterbury,  Conn., 
with  three  Low  Masses  conducted  by 
three  kin  of  the  deceased,  Rev.  John 
Hutchinson  and  Rev.  Gerald  Hutch- 
inson, bothers,  and  Rev.  David  Hutch- 
inson, a  cousin.  Burial  in  Calvary 
Cemetery,  Waterbury,  followed. 
Hutchinson,  who  was  49,  died  at  the 

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Warner  Sets  'York' 
Release  for  July  4 

The  general  release  of  "Sergeant 
York"  has  been  set  for  July  4,  it  was 
stated  yesterday  by  Mort  Blumen- 
stock,  head  of  Warner  publicity 
and  advertising  in  the  East.  Blumen- 
stock  returned  over  the  weekend  with 
Joseph  Bernhard,  vice-president  and 
general  manager,  from  product  con- 
ferences on  the  Coast  in  which  they 
participated  with  Harry  M.  Warner, 
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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  April  14,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Personal  Mention 


Hollywood,  April  13 

TEN  more  film  players  were  added 
to  the  roster  of  entertainers  for 
the  "Hollywood  Victory  Caravan," 
which  will  start  a  nationwide  tour  in 
Washington  April  30.  The  additions 
are  Charles  Boyer,  Eleanor  Powell, 
Rise  Stevens,  Laurel  and  Hardy, 
Merle  Oberon,  Frank  McHugh,  Bert 
Lahr,  Desi  Arnaz  and  Ray  McDon- 
ald. James  Cagney,  Cary  Grant, 
Olivia  DeHavilland  and  Joan  Bennett 
previously  volunteered. 

• 

Leon  Schlesinger  will  produce  39 
cartoon  shorts  for  Warner  Bros.,  next 
season,  it  was  announced  today.  In- 
cluded will  be  26  Merrie  Melodies  in 
Technicolor  and  13  Looney  Tunes. 
Six  of  the  latter  will  be  in  color, 
marking  the  first  time  this  series  de- 
parts from  black  and  white.  Fifteen 
of  the  Schlesinger  subjects  for  the 
new  season  are  in  preparation  or  in 
work. 

• 

Producers  Releasing  Corp.  last 
night  held  a  press  preview  of  "Men 
of  San  Quentin,"  in  the  mess  hall  of 
San  Quentin  prison.  The  audience,  in 
addition  to  newspapermen  from 
Hollywood,  included  some  500  con- 
victs and  400  guards  and  their  fami- 
lies. The  film  will  be  shown  to  the 
prison's  4,300  other  inmates  during 
the  week.  Among  those  attending 
were  Martin  Mooney  and  Max  M. 
King,  co-producers  of  the  picture, 
and  George  Batcheller,  PRC  produc- 
tion head.  Much  of  the  film  was 
shot  inside  the  prison. 


★ 


GEORGE  J  .  SCHAEFER,  RKO 
president,  returned  yesterday  from 
California. 

• 

Gradwell  L.  Sears,  United  Art- 
ists' vice-president,  arrived  from  the 
Coast  yesterday. 

• 

Oscar  A.  Morgan  returns  today 
from  a  three-week  trip  in  the  field. 
• 

William  Goldman,  independent 
circuit  operator  in  the  Philadelphia 
area,  and  and  Mrs.  Helene  La- 
maze,  widow  of  the  restaurant  man 
here,  were  married  last  week  and 
left  for  a  Mexican  honeymoon. 
• 

Frank  O.  Ackley,  manager  of  the 
Carman,  Philadelphia,  and  Helen 
Everett,  concert  singer,  were  mar- 
ried last  week  in  Alabama. 

• 

Sidney  E.  Samuelson,  Eastern 
Pennsylvania  Allied  business  mana- 
ger, and  Harry  E.  Weiner,  Colum- 
bia branch  manager  in  Philadelphia, 
have  left  for  Florida. 

• 

D.  A.  Doran,  Columbia  story  edi- 
tor, has  arrived  from  the  Coast  for 
a  visit  of  several  weeks. 


Heads  Phila.  Drive 

Philadelphia,  April  13. —  Ben 
Amsterdam,  independent  circuit  head, 
is  chairman  of  the  motion  picture  in- 
dustry division  in  the  Salvation  Army 
drive  here. 


★ 


TAMES  R.  GRAINGER,  president 
*■*  of  Republic,  returned  yesterday 
from  a  month's  field  trip. 

• 

Norman  Elson  has  left  for  Phila- 
delphia and  Washington,  and  returns 
Thursday. 

• 

Morris  Goodman,  head  of  foreign 
sales  for  Republic,  is  now  in  Panama, 
in  the  course  of  a  tour  of  Latin 
America. 

• 

James  W.  Wood,  manager  of  the 
Mariemont  Theatre,  Cincinnati,  and 
Roberta  Jean  Lewis  of  the  Cincin- 
nati Theatre  Guild  were  married  over 
the  weekend. 

• 

Cyril  S.  Landau  of  the  RKO 
legal  department  has  a  birthday  to- 
day. 

• 

Ted  O'Harra  of  Columbia  has  en- 
tered the  Army. 

• 

Herman  Arsham  of  M-G-M  has 
joined  the  Army. 

• 

Jules  Lapidus  left  yesterday  for 
Philadelphia  and  Washington.  He  is 
due  back  Friday. 

• 

Steve  Broidy  and  Lindsley  Par- 
sons have  returned  to  the  Coast  from 
the  East. 

• 

Roy  Haines  left  last  night  for  De- 
troit. 

New  Haven  Honors 
Jacocks  and  Kirk 

New  Haven,  April  13. — More  than 
300  persons  attended  the  party  at  the 
Waverly  Inn  here  tonight  for  Irving 
Jacocks,  president  of  the  Connecticut 
MPTO,  and  Frederick  Kirk,  Ham- 
den,  Conn.,  representative  in  the  state 
legislature,  jointly  celebrating  their 
birthdays. 

Among  the  speakers  were  Ex-Gov- 
ernor Raymond  Baldwin,  Senator 
John  Daneher,  and  other  notables. 
Samuel  Seletsky  and  Herman  M. 
Levy  were  in  charge  of  arrangements. 
On  the  committee  also  were  C.  Ray- 
mond Brock,  Frank  M.  Lynch,  state 
auditor,  and  William  L.  Hadden,  ma- 
jority leader  of  the  House,  who  acted 
as  master  of  ceremonies,  and  Judge 
Ellsworth  Foote.  David  Palfreyman 
of  the  MPPDA,  New  York,  was 
among  the  out-of-town  guests.  Ja- 
cocks has  been  in  the  state  legisla- 
ture for  the  past  two  terms. 

Child  Player  Bill 
Goes  to  Governor 

Albany,  April  13. — The  Assembly 
tonight  concurred  in  Senate  amend- 
ments to  the  Ehrlich  bill  which  re- 
peals "blue  law"  provisions  in  the 
penal  and  labor  statutes  relating  to 
film,  stage  and  radio  acting  by  chil- 
dren under  16  years.  The  measure 
now  goes  to  Governor  Lehman  for 
signature. 

Lou  Smith  Resigns 
Post  at  Col.  Studio 

Hollywood,  April  13. — Lou  Smith, 
head  of  the  Columbia  studio  publicity 
department,  resigned  today,  effective 
Saturday.  Lance  Heath,  his  assist- 
ant, will  be  acting  department  head. 


B 'way  Gross  Strong; 
4th  Week  for  'Reap' 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

its  second  week  tonight  with  an  esti- 
mated $74,000  expected  and  will  con- 
tinue. "To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli" 
will  go  a  fourth  week  at  the  Roxy 
beginning  Wednesday.  The  film  with 
the  stage  show  brought  an  estimated 
$56,200  in  the  five  days  ending  Sun- 
day night.  u 
"Gone  With  the  Wind"  at  the  Af' 
tor  is  reported  to  be  doing  well  in  ift 
current  second  week.  "Jungle  Book," 
at  the  Rivoli  drew  an  estimated  $13,- 
500  Saturday  and  Sunday.  Now  in  its 
second  week,  the  film  will  continue 
until  the  end  of  the  month,  when 
"Moontide"  is  scheduled  to  start  at 
the  theatre.  "Dangerously  They 
Live"  with  John  Garfield,  Dick  Sta- 
bile's orchestra  and  Jerry  Lester  on 
the  stage  gave  the  Strand  an  esti- 
mated $24,500  Friday  through  Sun- 
day and  will  be  held  for  a  second 
week.  At  the  Globe,  "Two  Yanks 
in  Trinidad"  grossed  an  estimated 
$8,500  in  its  first  week  and  began 
its  second  with  an  estimated  $3,800 
for  Saturday  and  Sunday. 


St.  Louis  Club  Nets 
$22,500  for  Navy 

St.  Louis,  April  13. — The  local 
Variety  Club  presented  a  check  for 
$22,500  to  the  St.  Louis  Navy  Relief 
Society,  about  25  per  cent  of  the 
St.  Louis  quota.  Louis  K.  Ansell, 
acting  chief  barker,  announced  that 
additional  funds  are  expected  to  come 
in  later  and  will  likely  raise  the  final 
figure  to  about  $25,000. 

In  appreciation  of  the  club's  efforts,' 
Charles  Belknap,  chairman  of  the  St. 
Louis  drive,  presented  the  club  with 
a  silver  trophy.  Mayor  William  D. 
Becker  was  made  an  honorary  mem- 
ber. 


Trade  Showings  of 
'Reap9  Held  Today 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind,"  Cecil  B. 
DeMille-Paramount  30th  anniversary 
film,  will  be  tradeshown  today  in  28 
Paramount  exchanges,  it  was  an- 
nounced by  Neil  Agnew,  Paramount 
general  sales  manager.  Screenings 
will  be  held  tomorrow  in  Denver,  Des 
Moines  and  St.  Louis.  They  were 
held  in  New  York,  Charlotte  and 
Los  Angeles  last  month. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 
Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vice- 
President;  Sara  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill, 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau,  Postal  Union 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor: 
London  Bureau;  4  Golden  Square,  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany, Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications;  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres,  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter.  Sept.  23, 
1938  at  the  post  office  at  New  York.  N.  Y., 
under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscrip- 
tion rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
$12  foreign.  Single  copies  10c. 


•  The  principal  obstacle  to  civilization  is  friction  in  all 
its  forms— political,  social,  mechanical.  And  sometimes 
the  removal  of  one  form  of  friction  automatically  takes 
care  of  one  or  more  of  the  other  forms.  In  such  a  world, 
air  transportation  is  more  than  the  movement  of  people 
and  things  with  a  minimum  of  mechanical  friction.  It  is 
a  means  of  bringing  people  into  closer  and  more  frequent 
personal  contact— which  automatically  tends  to  dissolve 
social  and  political  frictions.  And  that  means  fertile 
ground  for  the  seeds  of  peace. 


AMERICAN  AIRLINES  9m. 

ROUTE  OF  THE  FLAGSHIPS 


STATEMEN 


ABOUT  A  MONSTER 


If 


HE  has  broken  every  existing  money  or  atten- 
dance record  at  the  Rialto  Theatre  in  New  York! 


HE  has  just  broken  an  eight-year  record  for 
opening  week  business  at  the  Stanton  Theatre 
in  Philadelphia! 


HE  now  is  doing  a  box-office  business  at  the 
Woods  Theatre  in  Chicago  so  sensational  that 
nothing  comparable  to  it  has  been  seen  in  years! 


HE  is  doing  a  business  at  the  Grand  Theatre  in 
Cincinnati  that  has  already  put  him  among  the 
very  top  grossers  in  the  history  of  that  theatre! 


HE  is  absolutely  the  biggest  money  maker  for 
his  company  to  play  this  season  at  the  Fulton 
in  Pittsburgh,  the  Strand  in  Hartford,  the  Majestic 
in  Bridgeport,  the  Paramount  in  Denver,  the 
Lyric  in  Indianapolis,  the  Strand  in  Louisville, 
the  Mayfair  in  Portland,  Oregon,  and  the 
Civic  in  Portland,  Maine! 


Tuesday,  April  14,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


5 


Oakland  Clearance 
Award  Is  Reversed 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Lake  to  one  day  over  the  Piedmont 
and  also  held  that  the  computation 
of  the  Piedmont's  availability  date 
should  be  from  the  termination  of  a 
picture's  engagement  at  the  first  run 
theatre  in  which   it  opened,  rather 

^iaan  from  the  last  day  of  a  move- 

JRjjr  engagement. 

t  The  appeals  board  ruled  that  the 
existing  clearances  over  the  Pied- 
mont are  not  unreasonable  and  held 
that,  since  the  same  admission  price 
was  charged  during  the  the  move- 
over  engagement  as  at  the  opening 
first  run  theatre,  and  since  availabil- 
ity dates  to  subsequent  runs  were  not 
disturbed  by  the  move-over  practice, 
the  present  method  of  computing 
availability  dates  in  Oakland  is  not 
unreasonable.  Costs  were  divided 
equally  among  complainant,  interven- 
ers and  defendants. 


Hearing  of  Sosna 
Complaint  Starts 

St.  Louis,  April  13. — Hearing  of 
the  some  run  complaint  of  Louis 
Sosna,  Mexico,  Mo.,  exhibitor,  against 
Paramount,  RKO,  Warner  Bros,  and 
20th  Century-Fox,  started  here  today. 
Sosna  was  awarded  some  run  from 
Loew's,  after  the  appeal  board  re- 
versed the  local  arbitrator. 

Sosna  testified  that  Paramount  and 
20th  Century-Fox  refused  to  sell  him 
product,  and  RKO  and  Warner 
would  sell  him  under  conditions  he 
termed  unreasonable  and  unfair, 
claiming  they  wanted  him  to  raise  his 
admission  prices. 

Ben  Reingold,  20th  Century-Fox 
branch  manager  here,  testified  Sosna's 
business  practices  would  be  detrimen- 
tal to  the  company's  product  in  that 
area  and  said  efforts  were  made  to 
persuade  him  to  raise  his  minimum 
price  from  5  cents  to  10  and  15  cents 
before  films  were  sold  him.  The 
hearing  will  be  resumed  tomorrow. 


Pittsburgh  Plays  in  June 

Pittsburgh,  April  13. — For  the 
first  time  in  more  than  a  decade,  the 
Nixon  will  present  legitimate  shows 
in  June.  Manager  Sam  Nixon  has 
set  bookings  through  June  8.  In  re- 
cent years,  the  Nixon  has  closed  in 
April  or  early  May,  with  bookings 
for  local  organizations  following. 


Will  Play  Ay  res  Films 

William  F.  Rodgers,  general  sales 
manager  of  M-G-M,  has  received  com- 
munications from  the  executives  of 
several  circuits  indicating  their  inten- 
tion of  playing  M-G-M  films  featuring 
Lew  Ayres,  M-G-M  announced. 


HHfit  ME  AT 
77/E  ASTOZ 


Williams'  Play  with 
Muni  Opens  Tonight 

The  Theatre  Guild  production  of 
Emlyn  Williams'  "Yesterday's  Magic" 
which  has  Paul  Muni  in  the  starring 
role  is  set  to  open  tonight  at  the 
Guild  Theatre.  Jessica  Tandy  has 
the  top  feminine  assignment  and  in 
other  featured  roles  are  Brenda 
Forbes,  Patrick  O'Moore,  Margaret 
Douglass,  Cathleen  Cordell  and  James 
Monks.  Reginald  Denham  is  the  di- 
rector. 

"Yesterday's  Magic"  is  the  second 
and  final  of  the  week's  openings. 
Max  Liebman's  production  of  "Au- 
tumn Hill,"  by  Norma  Mitchell  and 
John  Harris,  was  presented  last  night 
at  the  Booth.  Beth  Merrill  heads  the 
cast. 


Operators  Study 

Burlesque  Appeal 

Operators  of  the  Gaiety  Theatre, 
one  of  three  burlesque  houses  closed 
in  February  when  New  York  City 
License  Commissioner  Paul  Moss  re- 
fused a  renewal  of  license,  will  de- 
cide this  week  whether  or  not  to  ap- 
peal Justice  Aaron  J.  Levy's  refusal 
to  compel  Moss  to  issue  a  new  li- 
cense. The  ruling  was  made  Satur- 
day. 

Justice  Levy  refused  to  sustain 
charges  of  "censorship."  "There  is 
abundant  factual  support  for  the  Com- 
missioner's determination  that  the  pe- 
titioner's performances  have  been 
predominantly  offensive  to  public 
morals  and  decency,"  the  court  ruled, 
"and  in  the  absence  of  any  showing 
of  abuse  of  discretion,  the  court  may 
not  substitute  its  judgment." 


Fight  Minneapolis  Closing 

Minneapolis,  April  13.  —  Mayor 
Marvin  L.  Kline  has  been  ordered  to 
show  cause  why  his  revocation  of  the 
license  of  the  Gayety,  burlesque  house, 
should  not  be  set  aside.  The  Mayor 
took  action  following  a  hearing  in 
which  church  groups,  police  officers 
and  Fort  Snelling  authorities  testified 
against  the  theatre. 


Loew's  Personnel 
Is  Shifted  in  Field 

Joseph  R.  Vogel,  in  charge  of  out- 
of-town  theatre  operations  for  Loew's 
Circuit,  has  made  a  number  of  pro- 
motions and  transfers. 

Thomas  J.  Foley,  treasurer  at 
Loew's  Orpheum,  Boston,  is  now  as- 
sistant manager  of  Loew's  State, 
Boston.  Dominic  Del  Torto  suc- 
ceeds Foley  at  the  Orpheum.  Wil- 
liam Tibbetts,  chief  usher,  is  now 
junior  treasurer  at  the  Orpheum. 
James  Dixon,  student  assistant  at  the 
Century  Baltimore,  is  assistant  at 
Loew's  Broad,  Columbus.  Joel  Mar- 
golis,  assistant  in  Norfolk,  is  now  at 
Loew's  Century,  Baltimore.  Russell 
Grant,  student  assistant  at  the  Loew- 
Poli,  Hartford,  succeds  Margolis  as 
assistant  in  Norfolk.  Harold  Mor- 
tin,  assistant  at  Loew's  Poli  in  Meri- 
den,  Conn.,  has  gone  to  Loew's  Poli, 
Springfield,  Mass.  Helen  Mc- 
Laughlin, cashier  at  the  Meriden 
house,  is  now  assistant  manager. 


Form  New  Company 

Albany,  April  13. — Astra  Pictures, 
Inc.,  has  been  chartered  here  by  F. 
L.  Myerson,  Lewis  Leeds  and  Gustave 
I.  Jahr,  all  of  New  York  City. 
White  Plains  Theatre  Corp.  has  been 
dissolved. 


Stage  Door  Canteen 
Subject   of  Picture 

The  American  Theatre 
Wing's  Stage  Door  Canteen, 
where  theatre  personalities 
give  their  time  and  talent 
nightly  to  entertain  service 
men  will  be  the  background 
of  a  film  to  be  made  by  Para- 
mount, that  company  has  an- 
nounced. Walter  MacEwen  is 
slated  as  producer  and  the 
story  is  an  original  by  Lester 
Cole  titled  "Stage  Door  Can- 
teen." 


New  Variety  Show 
Will  Open  April  24 

Clifford  C.  Fischer  and  Lee  Shu- 
bert  will  raise  the  curtain  on  their 
new  variety  show,  "Keep  'Em  Laugh- 
ing," April  24  at  the  Forty-fourth 
Street  Theatre.  Patterned  after  the 
producers'  current  "Priorities  of 
1942,"  the  show  will  be  of  the  vaude- 
ville type  in  makeup  and  will  be  pre- 
sented twice  daily.  The  team  of  Wil- 
liam Gaxton  and  Victor  Moore, 
Hildegarde  and  the  Hartmans  are 
among  those  to  appear  in  it. 


Managers  Moved 
By  Warner  in  Phila, 

Philadelphia,  April  13. — In  man- 
ager changes  in  the  Warner  circuit 
here  Henry  Kahan  has  moved  from 
the  Savoia  to  the  Broadway,  succeed- 
ing Jack  Lexey,  who  was  promoted 
to  district  manager.  Sam  Phillippe 
moves  from  the  Plaza  to  the  Savoia 
and  Nat  Watkin  from  the  Avon  to 
the  Plaza.  Walter  Krisbell  was  made 
assistant  manager  of  the  Orpheum 
Theatre. 

Other  manager  changes  in  the  ter- 
ritory include  Milton  Lewis  moving 
from  the  Sherwood  to  A.  M.  Ellis' 
newly-reopened  Victory  here.  John 
H.  Neuer  has  been  named  manager 
of  the  Strand  and  Standard  in  Steel- 
ton,  Pa.,  Don  Peifer  succeeding  him 
at  the  Lemoyne,  Lemoyne,  Pa. 


Phila.  Legion  Unit 
Is  Given  Charter 

Philadelphia,  April  13. — Formal 
presentation  of  the  charter  for  the 
Variety  Club's  American  Legion  Post 
was  made  tonight  by  I.  G.  Gordon 
Foster,  Pennsylvania  State  Com- 
mander of  the  American  Legion.  The 
club's  veterans'  group  will  be  known 
as  the  Philadelphia  Variety  Post,  No. 
713. 

Election  of  officers  will  be  held,  and 
with  all  the  candidates  unopposed,  the 
post  administration  includes  Henry 
Friedman,  commander  ;  Ted 
Schlanger,  first  vice-commander ;  El- 
mer O.  Wilschke,  second  vice-com- 
mander;  Jack  Kraker,  adjutant;  Al 
Davis,  financial  officer  and  Eli  Ep- 
stein, historian. 


More  Town  Hall  Time 

The  Blue  has  signed  a  new  contract 
with  Town  Hall  which  calls  for  a 
Town  Hall  broadcast  52  weeks  a  year 
for  the  next  five  years.  Heretofore, 
these  broadcasts  have  been  heard  26 
weeks  a  year.  The  contract  stipulates 
that  approximately  half  the  broad- 
casts originate  in  cities  other  than 
New  York. 


Defense  Rallies  in 
All  Skouras  Houses 


Civilian  defense  rallies  such  as 
were  held  Sunday  in  five  Skouras 
theatres  on  Broadway,  are  scheduled 
for  all  other  houses  of  the  circuit  on 
various  Sunday  mornings.  The  pro- 
gram consists  of  educational  talks  by 
officials  of  the  Office  of  Civilian  De- 
fense, the  Police  and  the  Fire  de- 
partments and  the  showing  of  defense 
films.  Theatres  will  call  attention  to 
the  rallies  in  advance  with  trailers 
and  lobby  notices. 


SOPEG  Certified  for 
20th  -  Fox,  Movietone 

Washington,  April  13. — Clerical 
employes  in  the  New  York  offices  of 
20th  Century-Fox  and  Movietonews 
are  to  be  represented  for  collective 
bargaining  purposes  by  the  Screen, 
Office  and  Professional  Employes 
Guild  (CIO),  it  was  announced  today 
by  the  NLRB. 

The  board  certified  the  guild  as 
agent  for  the  employes  on  the  basis 
of  an  election  held  March  30  in 
which  196  votes  were  cast  for  and 
96  against  the  union. 


Buffalo  Stage  Shows 

Buffalo,  April  13.— Robert  T.  Mur- 
phy, managing  director  of  the  Twen- 
tieth Century  Theatre  here,  has  signed 
players  for  personal  appearances. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

50th  ST.  and  6th  AVE. 
CECIL  B.  Da  MILLE'S 

"REAP  THE  WILD  WIND" 

RAY  MILLAND  .  JOHN  WAYNE 
PAULETTE  GODOARD  .A  Paramount  Picture 
On  Stage:  "Glory  of  Easter"  —  pageant  .  .  . 
and  "To  the  Colors"  —  Leonidoff'g  revue. 
Symphony  Orchestra,  direction  of  Erno  Rapee. 
1st  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved     Circle  6-4600 


533 


B  WAY  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


ABBOTT  &  COSTELLO 

'RIDE  'EM  COWBOY' 

—  and  — 

LYNN  BARI  — MARY  BETH  HUGHES 
'NIGHT  BEFORE  THE  DIVORCE' 


John  Maureen  Randolph 

PAYNE    .    O'HARA    .  SCOTT 


'TO 
THE 


SHORES  of  TRIPOLI' 


PLUS  A   BIQDAYV      7th  Ave. 

n  \j  y\.  i   &  50th  st. 


STAGE  SHOW 


"A  GREAT  SHOW"  —Herald  Tribune 
50C,  $1&  $1.50  NP0LUHS.GTHAEXR 

SECOND  YEAR  —  SECOND  EDITION 
Now  Thrilling  its  SECOND  MILLION 

It  happens  on  ice 

Sensational  Musical  I  cetravaaanza 
Center  Theatre,  Rockefeller  Center.  CO.  5-5474 
Eves,  except  (Hon.    Mats.:  Wed..  Sat.  &  Sun. 
501  Seats  for  Every  Pert.  50e.  EVGS.  AT  8:40 


THANK  YOU, 

.  .  .  for  your  continued  confidence  in  the  t 
sales  organization  of  RKO  RADIO. 


WE  are  proud  of  our  association  with 
you  .  .  .  proud  of  the  job  we  have  done 
with  your  masterful  boxoffice  productions 
THE  LITTLE  FOXES  and  BALL  OF  FIRE. 


IT  is  gratifying  to  know  that  you  are 
pleased  with  our  efforts  .  .  .  that  you 
are  granting  to  us  the  privilege  of 
distributing,  during  the  coming  year, 
three  superb  Samuel  Goldwyn  productions: 
(1)  THE  PRIDE  OF  THE  YANKEES  (the 


amuel  Goldwyn 

life  of  Lou  Gehrig),  starring  GARY  COOPER, 
with  TERESA  WRIGHT. 

(2)  the  BOB  HOPE-DOROTHY  LAMOUR 
comedy. 

(3)  SPITFIRE,  starring  LESLIE  HOWARD 
and  DAVID  NIVEN,  produced  in  Great 
Britain  with  the  cooperation  of  the  Fighter 
Command. 

THAT  IS,  indeed,  an  honor.  Again  .  .  . 
Samuel  Goldwyn,  THANK  YOU. 

/      GEORGE  J.  SCHAEFER,  President 
RKO  RADIO  PICTURES,  INC. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  April  14,  1942J 


Industry  Will 
Make  26  Films 
In  War  Effort 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

produce  26  "short  entertainment  fea- 
tures on  subjects  the  U.  S.  Govern- 
ment believes  will  meet  a  known  need." 
These  pictures  will  be  started  as  early 
as  possible,  it  was  revealed,  and  will 
be  completed  within  six  months,  "with 
Government  cooperation  and  assist- 
ance." 

Mellett  also  announced  appoint- 
ment of  Nelson  D.  Poynter,  as  his 
Hollywood  representative  charged 
with  setting  up  machinery  whereby  "a 
constant  flow  of  information  will  clear 
from  the  nation's  capital  to  assist 
Hollywood  producers  in  their  un- 
dertaking and  afford  every  other 
possible  assistance."  Poynter,  edi- 
tor and  publisher  of  the  St.  Peters- 
burg Times  and  a  former  Scripps- 
Howard  editor,  has  been  lent  by  Col. 
William  J.  Donovan,  Coordinator  of 
Information,  to  this  service.  Poyn- 
ter was  associate  director  of  the  for- 
eign information  bureau  for  the  COL 
Leo  R.  Rosten,  representing  the  Of- 
fice of  Facts  &  Figures,  also  attended 
the  meetings. 

Mellett's  statement  did  not  de- 
fine the  length  of  the  shorts  to  be 
produced  nor  the  manner  of  distribu- 
tion but  asserted  the  "finest  acting, 
directing,  writing  and  techinical  tal- 
ent will  be  utilized"  and  that  "access 
to  all  Government  agencies  for  com- 
plete knowledge  of  what  is  needed 
and  what  is  current  on  all  subjects 
of  vital  interest  to  the  American 
people"  will  be  afforded. 

In  addition  to  producing  company 
executives,  attending  the  meetings 
were  Will  H.  Hays,  Charles  Fran- 
cis Coe,  several  executives  of  the  As- 
sociation of  Motion  Picture  Produc- 
ers, the  Lawyers  Committee  of  Six, 
Geoffrey  Shurlock  and  Addison  Dur- 
land  of  the  Production  Code  Author- 
ity. Mellett  left  for  Washington  to- 
night. 


Rochester  Educator 
Heads  Chicago  Office 

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  April  13. — A 
leave  of  absence  has  been  granted 
Paul  Reed,  head  of  visual  and  radio 
education  for  the  public  school  sys- 
tem here,  to  establish  and  supervise 
the  Chicago  office  for  the  distribution 
of  morale  and  war  films  for  the  Office 
of  Government  Films  and  the  Office 
of  Inter-American  Affairs. 


Open  Mexico  City  House 

A  new  5,000-seat  house,  the  Cairo, 
has  opened  in  Mexico  City,  ac- 
cording to  word  received  by  Republic 
from  Morris  Goodman,  head  of  foreign 
sales,  who  was  in  Mexico  City. 


Hutchinson  Rites 
Held  in  Waterbury 


Slogans  for  Victory 

CBS  plans  shortly  to  start 
broadcasting  a  series  of  prop- 
aganda slogans  before  and 
after  sustaining  programs. 
These  slogans  will  be  heard 
at  times  when  commercial  an- 
nouncements normally  are 
made  on  sponsored  shows. 
Network  employes  are  being 
canvassed  for  ideas. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Doctors  Hospital  in  Manhattan  on 
Saturday. 

Cables  from  all  over  the  world  ex- 
pressing sympathy  were  received  dur- 
ing the  day  by  Hutchinson's  family, 
in  addition  to  wires  and  floral  trib- 
utes from  friends  in  this  country.  In 
a  cable  from  the  20th-Fox  office  in 
Lima,  Peru,  signed  by  Charles 
Matzen,  manager,  it  was  stated  that 
a  Seventh  Day  Mass  would  be  cele- 
brated in  Lima's  principal  church. 

In  Hutchinson's  honor,  flags  at  the 
20th-Fox  studio,  the  Waterbury  P<jst 
of  the  American  Legion  and  the  New- 
town, Conn.,  Fire  Department  were 
at  half  mast.  The  foreign  depart- 
ment at  the  home  office  and  company 
offices  abroad  were  closed  for  the 
day. 

Among  those  attending  the  services 
were  Spyros  Skouras,  Hermann 
Place,  W.  C.  Michel,  Sydney  Towell. 
Thomas  J.  Connors,  Robert  A.  Kreier,' 
Earl  I.  Sponable,  Frederick  Kuser, 
Saul  Rogers,  Irving  Maas,  Leslie  F. 
Whelan,  Richard  A.  White,  F.  S. 
Irby,  Edmund  Reek,  Felix  A.  Jen- 
kins, W.  J.  Clark,  Charles  Mayer, 
William  Sussman,  William  C.  Gehr- 
ing,  Sam  Dembow,  Clayton  Sheehan 
Mrs.  F.  L.  Harley,  William  White. 
Mrs.  C.  F.  Minck,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E. 
S.  Fraser,  Edith  Sinclair,  W.  Van 
Lockhourst,  Amy  Mayer,  Thomas 
Reed,  Norman  Steinberg  and  Nico 
Vandensteen. 


Warner  Sets  'York' 
Release  for  July  4 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Jack  L.  Warner,  Ben  Kalmenson  and 
S.  Charles  Einfeld. 

Blumenstock  said  the  major  cam- 
paign of  the  year  would  be  centered 
around  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy,"  and 
the  premiere  of  "In  This  Our  Life" 
would  probablv  be  held  in  Richmond, 
Va. 

Among  other  pictures,  at  least  five 
musicals  are  on  the  Warner  schedule 
for  the  near  future,  it  was  said.  The 
first  will  probably  be  "The  Desert 
Song,"  with  Dennis  Morgan  and 
Irene  Manning.  Others  include 
"Sweethearts  of  1942,"  with  Priscilla 
Lane;  an  untitled  film  to  be  produced 
by  Vinton  Freedley  with  Ann  Sheri- 
dan and  Joan  Leslie  in  the  leads ; 
"Rhapsody  in  Blue,"  based  on  the 
life  and  music  of  George  Gershwin, 
and  "Banjo  Eyes"  with  Eddie  Can- 
tor, to  be  produced  after  the  current 
run  of  the  Broadway  play  of  the 
same  name. 


Mrs.  Lucy  Horde  Rites 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  tomor- 
row morning  at  Our  Lady  of  Lourdes 
Church,  Malvern,  L.  I.,  for  Mrs. 
Lucy  Harde,  wife  of  Harry  Harde, 
Universal  Newsreel  New  York  staff 
cameraman.  Mrs.  Harde  died  Sunday 
night. 


St.  Louis  Showman  Dies 

St.  Louis,  April  13. — Conrad  Heib, 
76,  president  of  the  Empress  Amuse- 
ment Co.,  operator  of  the  Empress 
Theatre,  subsequent-run  house,  died 
last  week.  He  had  been  in  the  amuse- 
ment business  for  more  than  40  years. 


Series  Will  Stress 
Civilian  Aid  in  War 

The  Hollywood  Victory 
Committee  and  the  Blue  Net- 
work will  cooperate  in  a  new 
program  series,  "Three  Thirds 
of  a  Nation,"  which  will  start 
Wednesday,  April  22,  at  10 
P.  M.,  it  was  revealed  yester- 
day. Sponsored  by  the  War 
Production  Board,  the  series 
will  explain  to  civilians  how 
sacrifices  can  aid  the  war  ef- 
fort. It  will  originate  in 
Hollywood. 

Scripts  will  be  written  by 
Dorothea  J.  Lewis  of  the. 
WPB  radio  section.  Leith 
Stevens  and  Meredith  Wilson 
will  write  original  music  for 
the  program.  John  Nelson 
will  direct. 


St.  Louis  Unit 
Ratifies  Plan 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Picture  Industry  at  a  meeting  of  the 
state  organization  at  the  Henry 
Grady  Hotel  here  today,  J.  H. 
Thompson,  president,  announced  fol- 
lowing the  meeting. 


Plan  Approved  by 
Eight  Organizations 

The  proposed  Umpi  sales  plan  has 
now  being  approved  by  eight  re- 
gional exhibitor  organizations,  two 
have  deferred  action  and  the  Georgia 
organization  is  the  second  to  reject 
it.  Presidents  of  three  regional  or- 
ganizations have  personally  indorsed 
the  plan,  in  addition  to  those  unitc 
which  have  approved  it.  Allied  MPTO 
of  Western  Pennsylvania  approved  the 
plan  last  week. 

The  ITOA  of  New  York  is  sched- 
uled to  meet  Thursday  to  act  on  the 
plan. 


Legion  Approves 
Ten  New  Pictures 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency 
for  the  current  week  has  approved  10 
new  pictures,  six  for  general  patron- 
age and  four  for  adults.  The  new 
films  and  their  classificaiton  follow. 

Class  A-l,  Unobjectionable  for 
General  Patronage — "Ghost  Town 
Law,"  "Lone  Star  Ranger,"  "Secret 
Agent  of  Japan,"  "Sunset  on  the 
Desert,"  "When  Knights  Were  Bold," 
"Whispering  Ghosts."  Class  A-2, 
Unobjectionable  for  Adults — "Des- 
perate Chance  for  Ellery  Queen," 
"Klondike  Fury,"  "Ship  Ahoy,"  "This 
Gun  for  Hire." 


IATSE  to  Restore 
Pittsburgh  Charter 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

then  will  be  transferred  elsewhere,  it 
was  said. 

Adoption  of  a  constitution  and 
nomination  of  officers  are  set  for  April 
24  with  elections  two  weeks  later 
The  IA  took  over  the  local  in  1934 
when  an  organization  drive  at  in- 
dependent theatres  was  accompanied 
by  several  bombings.  Clyde  A.  Wes- 
ton preceded  Katz  as  IA  representa- 
tive. 


Independent 
Producer  Unit 
Hits  Umpi  Plan 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

tions  of  the  sales  methods  are  con- 
templated by  the  Department  of  Jus- 
tice such  changes  shall  more  vj  gc 
ously  protect  the  exhibitor  ag^-  ■/ 
any  forced  group  selling,  leaving  to 
his  sole  discretion  whether  he  shall 
license  one  or  more  films  from  any 
group,  tradeshown  exclusively." 

Find  Quality  Increased 

The  statement  credited  the  consent 
decree  selling  method  with  an  increase 
in  quality  productions  during  the  cur- 
rent season  and  said  that  it  has  been 
a  "spur  to  Hollywood  creative  tal- 
ent which  has  been  reflected  in  bet- 
ter pictures,  in  public  recognition  of 
merit  and  talent  and  in  the  inevitable 
purging  of  incompetence  and  trite- 
ness heretofore  fostered  by  volume- 
selling  of  films." 

"On  the  side  of  business 
showmanship,"  the  statement 
continued,  "the  provisions  of 
the  consent  decree  have  re- 
sulted in  higher  box-office  and 
film  rental  returns  for  the  de- 
serving and  satisfying  product." 

The  fact  that  the  Umpi  plan  pro- 
vides for  tradeshowing  of  some  of  the 
films  before  they  are  sold  and  identi- 
fication of  others  "does  not  mitigate 
against  the  inherent,  unfair  and  un- 
scientific angles  of  the  proposals,"  the 
statement  said. 

Say  Exhibitors  'Blinded' 

"It  is  declared  by  proponents  of 
the  so-called  unity  plan,"  it  continued, 
"that  exhibitors  shall  reclaim  some 
privileges  of  cancelling  films  unsuit- 
able or  undesirable.  In  fact,  the  lure 
of  cancellation  is  blinding  many  ex- 
hibitors to  the  far  greater  dangers 
and  potential  abuses  in  the  proposed 
plan  which,  among  other  evils,  re- 
sults in  forcing  on  the  public  indif- 
ferent and  trite  product." 

Loyd  Wright  is  of  counsel  to 
United  Artists. 


FCC  Official  Aiding 
*  CBC  War  Program 

Ottawa,  April  13. — Eric  Estorick, 
head  of  the  British  Empire  division 
of  the  foreign  broadcasting  service  at- 
tached to  the  U.  S.  Federal  Communi- 
cations Commission,  has  begun  in  Ot- 
tawa a  survey  of  Canadian  radio  ac- 
tivity with  the  object  of  gearing  Do- 
mion  broadcasting  to  the  needs  of  a 
nation  at  war. 

Estorick  is  on  leave  from  his  Wash- 
ington post  and  is  here  at  the  request 
of  Major  William  Gladstone  Mur- 
ray, chairman  of  the  CBC  board  of 
governors.  He  will  spend  five  weeks 
on  a  coast-to-coast  survey. 


Heads  K.C.  Auditorium 

Kansas  City,  April  13. — Louis  G. 
Lower,  assistant  director  of  the  Mu- 
nicipal Auditorium,  has  been  appoint- 
ed director,  succeeding  Eugene  C. 
Zachman,  lieutenant  in  the  Navy,  who 
will  be  public  relations  officer  for  the 
promotion  of  war  bond  and  stamp 
sales. 


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NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  15,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Trade  to  Open 
Jewish  Appeal 
Drive  May  12 

Robbins  Is  Chairman  of 
Luncheon  at  Astor 


Herman  Robbins,  National 
Screen  Service  president,  yester- 
day was  named  chairman  of  the 
luncheon  com- 
mittee of  the 
amusement  in- 
dustry's drive 
for  the  United 
Jewish  Ap- 
peal, which  will 
be  launched  at 
a  luncheon  to 
be  held  at  the 
Hotel  Astor  on 
May  12.  Harry 
Brandt  will 
serve  as  chair- 
man-with  Rob- 
bins. 

Rabbi  Hillel 
Silver,  of  Cleveland,  one  of  the  na- 
tional chairmen  of  the  campaign,  will 
be  the  principal  speaker. 

David  Bernstein,  Barney  Balaban 
and  Major  Albert  Warner,  who 
headed  last  year's  drive,  are  co-chair- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Herman  Robbins 


Para.  Sales  Meet 
Called  for  May  4 

Paramount  home  office  sales  offi- 
!  cials  and  district  managers  from  this 
country  and  Canada  will  hold  a  four- 
day  sales  meeting,  May  4  to  7,  inclu- 
.  sive,    at   Adolph  .-Zukor's  Mountain 
.  View  Farm,  New  City*,N-,  Y.  ... 

New  seas6n',  p.r"Q(JuctiQh'  plans  and 
.  selling  plans  for  the  balance  of  the 
.  current  season's  product  will  be  dis- 
,  cussed  at  the  meeting,  according  to 
Neil    F.    Agnew,    vice-president  in 
charge  of  sales. 


Nominate  Pollock  as 
President  of  Ampa 

Louis  Pollock  of  Universal  has  been 
nominated  as  the  next  president  of 
the  Ampa,  heading  a  slate  completed 
yesterday  by  the  organization's  nomi- 
nating committee.  Elections  will  be 
held  April  30. 

Other  officers  nominated  for  1942- 
'43  are :  Arthur  A.  Schmidt,  vice- 
dent  ;  David  A.  "O'Malley,  treasurer ; 
Blanche  Livingston,  secretary ;  Paul 
Lazarus,  Fred  Lynch,  Manny  Reiner, 
David  E.  Weshner,  Martin  Starr, 
(.Continued  on  page  6) 


Rodgers  Comments 
On  Producer  Attack 
Against  Umpi  Plan 


Hollywood,  April  14. — The  ex- 
hibitors themselves  asked  for  changes 
in  the  consent  decree  selling  method, 
William  F.  Rodgers,  general  sales 
manager  of  M-G-M,  declared  here  to- 
day in  comment  on  yesterday's  attack 
on  the  proposed  Umpi  sales  plan  by 
the  Society  of  Independent  Motion 
Picture  Producers. 

Declaring  he  had  not  read  in  full 
the  statement  issued  yesterday  by  at- 


Allied  Theatre  Owners  of  New 
York,  an  MPTOA  affiliate,  of 
which  Max  A.  Cohen  is  presi- 
dent, has  approved  the  Umpi 
plan,  Ed  KuykendalL,  MPTOA 
president,  announced  yesterday. 
The  organization  is  the  ninth  to 
ratify.  Two  organizations  have 
rejected  it.  About  25  regional 
organizations  have  not  yet 
acted  on  the  proposals. 


torney  Loyd  Wright,  president  of  the 
society,  Rodgers  said  he  would  issue 

(.Continued  on  page  6) 


Big  Five  May  Have 
Schine  Suit  Counsel 

The  five  consenting  companies  are 
weighing  the  advisability  of  retaining 
special  counsel  to  represent  them  in 
the  Government  anti-trust  suit  against 
the  Schine  Circuit  and  the  "Little 
Three,"  although  the  five  are  not  in- 
volved in  the  defense  of  the  case,  it 
was  learned  yesterday. 

Several  conferences  have  been  held 
by  attorneys  for  the  consenting  com- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


MINN.  ANTI-5  LAW 
DECLARED  INVALID 


St.  Paul  Court  Finds  Para.,  RKO,  20th-Fox 
Not  Guilty  of  Violation  and  Rules  Statute 
Breaches  U.  S.  and  State  Constitutions 

St.  Paul,  April  14. — The  Minnesota  anti-block-of-five  law  was  held 
unconstitutional  and  invalid  by  Judge  Albin  S.  Pearson  in  decisions 
given  in  Ramsey  County  district  court  here  today  in  two  cases  in  which 
major  distributors  sought  tests  of  its  validity. 

The  distributors  won  clear-cut  vic- 
tories in  both  cases.  Judge  Pearson 
found  Paramount,  RKO  and  20th 
Century-Fox  "not  guilty"  of  the 
State's  criminal  charges  of  violating 
the  law  in  consummating  sales  con- 
trary to  its  provisions.  In  the  second 
case,  Judge  Pearson  signed  the  find- 
ings of  fact  and  conclusions  of  law 
submitted  by  the  attorneys  for  the  dis- 
tributor defendants,  which  held  that 


StudiosAdopt 
Program  for 
War  Service 


Hollywood,  April  14. — A  five-point 
program  to  increase  the  industry's  use- 
fulness to  the  nation  at  war  was  adopt- 
ed today  by  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  Association  of  Motion  Picture 
Producers. 

Today's  session  culminated  a  series 
of  meetings  in  progress  for  the  past 
six  days,  attended  by  Will  H.  Hays, 
Charles  Francis  Coe,  Hays'  executive 
assistant;  the  industry  Lawyers'  Com- 
mittee of  Six  and,  on  Saturday,  by 
Lowell  Mellett,  Co-ordinator  of  Gov- 
ernment Films. 

The  program  adopted  at  today's 
meeting  includes :  development  of 
methods  of  inter-studio  cooperation^  to 
carry  out  the  industry's  contribution 
to  war  service ;  development  of  plans 
for  inter-studio  assistance  and  inter- 
use  of  equipment  in  the  event  of  war 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


British  Budget  Doubles  Admission 
Tax  on  All  Types  of  Entertainment 

London,  April  14. — The  admission  tax  on  film  theatres  and  all 
other  types  of  entertainment  in  Great  Britain  will  be  doubled, 
Kingsley  Wood,  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  told  the  House  of 
Commons  today  in  announcing  the  new  budget.  Seats  costing 
less  than  sevenpence  will  be  unaffected. 

The  new  taxes  will  be  the  subject  of  discussions  at  the  Cine- 
matograph Exhibitors  Association  general  council  meeting  tomor- 
row, which  has  been  called  to  consider  increased  admissions.  Gen- 
eral trade  opinion  prevalent  tonight  was  that  the  increased  tax 
suggests  increased  admission  prices. 

In  some  circles,  however,  it  was  believed  that  the  new  taxes  may 
operate  to  increase  the  number  of  cheaper  seats.  Wood  stated  that 
90  per  cent  of  all  entertainment  taxes  came  from  film  houses 
and  that  90  per  cent  of  all  film  house  taxes  came  from  seats 
priced  under  one  shilling  sixpence.  Attendance  at  film  theatres  in 
Breat  Britain  is  estimated  at  1,400,000,000  a  year. 


Current  season's  sales  con- 
tracts will  remain  in  force  in 
Minnesota  despite  the  court  de- 
cisions yesterday,  except  insofar 
as  companies  which  reserved 
the  right  to  cancel  contracts  in 
the  event  the  State  law  was 
held  invalid,  company  attorneys 
stated.  Upon  expiration  of  pres- 
ent contracts,  consenting  com- 
panies will  be  obliged  to  conform 
to  decree  sales  methods  in 
Minnesota,  it  was  said. 


it  had  been  proved  conclusively  that 
the  State  law  violated  the  State  and 
Federal  constitutions  and  was  invalid. 

The  court  took  no  action  on  the 
findings  and  conclusions  of  the  State. 

In  the  second  action,  the  five  con- 
senting companies  and  United  Art- 
ists sought  declaratory  judgment 
that  the  State  law  was  invalid. 

The  decisions  reversed  the  ruling 
of  Judge  Hugo  H.  Hanft  in  District 
Court  a  year  ago  who  found  the  law 
constitutional. 

The  Minnesota  anti-block-of-five 
law  was  sponsored  by  Allied  Theatre 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


All  vine  Secretary 
Of  Publicity  Group 

Glendon  Allvine,  veteran  industry 
advertising  and  publicity  official,  yes- 
terday was  named  secretary  of  the 
Eastern  Public  Relations  Committee, 
comprising  major  company  advertis- 
ing and  publicity  directors. 

Allvine  was  a  publicity  representa- 
tive for  Paramount  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  was  director  of  advertis- 
ing and  publicity  for  the  old  Fox 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  April  15,  1942 


Personal  Mention 


Newsreel 
Parade 


ONALD  NELSON  urging 
Americans  to  make  war  sacri- 
fices and  an  assortment  of  war  and 
defense  subjects  are  contained  in  the 
new  issues  of  the  newsreels.  The 
contents  follozv. 


Listening  Time, 
Film  Attendance 
Found  Related 


"Persons  who  do  not  listen,  or  listen 
rarely,  to  the  radio  are  poor  movie- 
goers and  persons  who  listen  a  great 
deal  to  the  radio  attend  the  movies 
frequently,"  it  was  concluded  yester- 
day by  Dr.  Leo  Handel,  director  of 
the  Motion  Picture  Research  Bureau, 
as  a  result  of  a  survey. 

Handel  said  a  "positive"  correla- 
tion between  radio  listening  and  mo- 
tion picture  theatre  attendance  was 
found  in  the  survey  which  was  con- 
ducted in  collaboration  with  the  Co- 
lumbia University  Office  of  Radio  Re- 
search. The  Research  Bureau  is  a  pri- 
vate survey  organization  which  con- 
ducts studies  of  factors  entering  into 
attendance  at  theatres. 

A  total  of  508  interviews  was  con- 
ducted in  four  boroughs  of  New  York 
City,  it  was  stated.  Those  interviewed 
were  asked  how  frequently  they  at- 
tended film  theatres  and  how  much 
they  listened  on  the  average  weekday 
to  the  radio  during  evening  hours. 
Those  who  never  listen  during  the 
evening  average  2.5  trips  to  films  dur- 
ing the  month ;  those  who  listen  for 
one  hour  average  3.1  attendances  ;  one- 
two  hours,  four  attendances  ;  two-three 
hours,  4.2  attendances,  three-four 
hours,  3.9  attendances,  and  more  than 
four  hours,  4.5  attendances. 


To  Ask  New  Delay 
In  Divorce  Action 

Government  and  major  company  at- 
torneys tomorrow  will  ask  Federal 
Judge  Henry  W.  Goddard  for  another 
postponement  of  the  hearing  on  the 
Department  of  Justice  action  to  re- 
quire Paramount  and  20th  Century- 
Fox  to  divest  themselves  of  a  total  of 
38  theatres  allegedly  acquired  con- 
trary to  provisions  of  the  consent  de- 
cree. 

A  two-week  postponement  of  the 
hearing,  which  is  scheduled  for  to- 
morrow, will  be  asked.  Attorneys  for 
both  sides  have  not  completed  work 
on  stipulations  of  facts  in  the  case 
designed  to  simplify  and  shorten  the 
hearing  when  it  goes  before  the  court. 


Employes  of  NSS 
Form  Social  Club 

Employes  of  National  Screen  Serv- 
ice have  formed  a  home  office  club 
known  as  the  N.S.S.  Club.  Officers 
are :  A.  G.  Stefanic,  president ;  Mae 
Ziff  er,  vice-president ;  Harry  Pritz, 
treasurer,  and  Sylvia  Cohen,  secre- 
tary. 

A  dance  will  be  held  in  the  Floren- 
tine Room  of  the  Park  Central  Hotel 
on  April  24.  Part  of  the  proceeds  will 
be  used  to  buy  gifts  for  service  men. 
A  Chicago  unit  of  the  club  has  been 
formed. 


Paulette  Goddard  Arrives 

Paulette  Goddard  and  Martha 
O'Driscoll,  featured  players  in  "Reap 
the  Wild  Wind,"  arrived  by  plane 
here  yesterday.  They  will  go  to 
Charleston,  S._  C,  where  the  Southern 
premiere  of  the  picture  will  be  held 
Sunday.  Miss  Goddard's  contract  was 
extended  this  week  by  Paramount. 


JOSEPH  A.  McCONVILLE,  Co- 
lumbia  foreign  manager,  left  for 
Mexico  yesterday.    He  will  also  visit 
several  South  American  countries. 
• 

Leonard  Gaynor  flies  to  Washing- 
ton tomorrow. 

Jules  Allen,  head  of  Premier 
Theatres,  Toronto,  has  returned  from 
Florida. 

Clifford  Farmer,  Warners'  Sym- 
phony Theatre,  Chicago,  is  in  Will 
Rogers  Sanitarium,  Saranac,  N.  Y., 
for  a  checkup. 

Joseph  Mack,  son  of  Irving  Mack 
of  Chicago,  reports  at  Camp  Grant, 
111.,  next  week  for  Army  service. 
• 

Lester  Jeffries,  assistant  manager 
of  Fay's  Theatre,  Philadelphia,  has  re- 
covered from  an  illness. 


Brooklyn  Grosses 
Hurt  by  Blackout 

A  20-minute  test  blackout  of  about 
two-thirds  of  Brooklyn  last  night 
caused  a  sizeable  drop  in  business  at 
theatres  in  the  area,  it  was  reported 
after  the  demonstration  by  exhibitors 
and  circuit  district  managers. 

The  reports  were  similar  to  those 
of  theatremen  in  areas  previously  test- 
ed, mostly  ranging  from  15  to  40  per 
cent  below  normal  business.  Century 
Circuit,  Loew's,  RKO,  Brandt  and 
Randforce  have  a  large  number  of 
theatres  in  the  borough.  The  blackout 
began  at  9  o'clock. 

Downtown  Brooklyn,  where  the 
borough's  first-run  theatres  are  lo- 
cated, will  be  included  in  a  blackout 
next  Tuesday  of  the  neighborhoods  not 
covered  last  night.  Brooklyn  has  173 
theatres  in  operation. 


Capital  Grosses  Off  in  Blackout 

Washington,  April  14. — Neighbor- 
hood theatre  business  fell  off  about  10 
per  cent,  but  was  normal  at  the  down- 
town first  run  houses  tonight  in  Wash- 
ington's first  total  blackout  trial.  The 
test  lasted  14  minutes,  the  all-clear  be- 
ing sounded  at  10 :42  p.  m. 


'Uf  Changes  Vehicle, 
For  Deanna  Durbin 

Hollywood,  April  14. — Universal 
today  announced  "Divine  Young 
Lady"  as  the  picture  in  which  Deanna 
Durbin  will  return  to  the  studio  in- 
stead of  "Three  Smart  Girls  Join 
Up,"  previously  announced,  which  has 
been  postponed.  Bruce  Manning  will 
produce  and  Jean  Renoir  direct  from 
an  original  screenplay  by  Leo  Town- 
send  and  Boris  Ingster.  Shooting  is 
scheduled  to  start  within  a  month. 


Schmidt  on  'Caravan' 

Arthur  Schmidt,  M-G-M  publicity 
manager,  left  yesterday  for  a  tour  of 
Midwestern  cities,  to  make  advance 
arrangements  for  the  Hollywood  Vic- 
tory Caravan,  whose  tour  on  behalf  of 
Army  and  Navy  relief  organizations 
will  start  April  30. 


DARRYL  F.  ZANUCK  is  expected 
back  on  the  Coast  today,  after 
visiting  Washington  and  New  York. 
• 

Claude  Lee,  director  of  Paramount 
public  relations,  returned  yesterday 
from  a  Southern  trip. 

• 

Irving  Refowich,  manager  of  the 
Refowich  Theatre  in  Freeland,  Pa., 
and  Ruth  Nassan  were  married  in 
Hazleton,  Pa.,  recently. 

• 

Sanford  Korn  of  20th  Century-Fox 
will  enter  the  Army  at  the  end  of  the 
month. 

• 

Joseph  Kane,  manager  of  the 
Woodbine  Theatre,  Woodbine,  N.  J., 
has  left  for  Army  duty. 

• 

Howard  Smith,  20th  Century-Fox 
salesman  in  Philadelphia,  is  at  Ander- 
son Hospital  for  an  appendix  opera- 
tion. 


Assembly  Passes 
NY  Agency  Fee  Bill 

Albany,  April  14. — The  New  York 
State  Assembly  has  passed  the  Con- 
don bill  to  amend  the  present  Gen- 
eral Business  Law  in  relation  to  gross 
fees  charged  by  employment  agencies 
of  applicants  seeking  theatrical  en- 
gagements. 

Under  the  bill,  the  amount  charged 
must  not  exceed  the  maximum  set 
forth  in  a  schedule  to  be  filed  with 
the  commissioner  of  licenses  or  other 
licensing  authority  in  each  city.  The 
agency  may  file  changes  in  the 
schedule,  which  become  effective  14 
days  after  filing  unless  disapproved 
by  the  licensing  authority  within  that 
time.  The  gross  fee  of  five  per  cent 
of  wages  provided  under  the  existing 
law  has  been  stricken  out  by  the 
Condon  bill. 


Miss.  Blue  Law  Case 
To  Be  Heard  Friday 

Jackson,  Miss.,  April  14. — Police 
Justice  L.  F.  Hendrick  on  Friday  will 
hear  the  case  of  Henry  Seale,  local 
manager,  arrested  for  violation  of  the 
state's  blue  laws  for  operation  last 
Sunday.  Hendrick  refused  to  impanel 
a  jury,  replying  to  the  request  of 
Ralph  Avery,  defense  attorney,  with 
the  remark,  "I  dispose  of  an  average 
of  75  cases  a  day  and  if  jury  trials 
were  held  on  each  the  docket  never 
would  be  cleared."  The  case  was  con- 
tinued to  Friday. 


Sol  Lesser  Named  to 
Disney  Prod.  Board 

Hollywood,  April  14. — Walt  Dis- 
ney today  announced  that  Sol  Lesser 
had  been  made  a  member  of  the  board 
of  Walt  Disney  Productions.  Disney 
in  a  statement  said  that  Lesser  will 
be  "active  in  the  production,  distribu- 
tion and  exhibition  phases  of  the  bus- 
iness.." 


MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  63— Nelson 
in  Washington.  Torpedoed  tanker  makes 
port  in  North  Carolina.  Malta  continues 
stand  under  raids.  General  Pershing's 
son  at  Fort  Belvoir,  Va.  Miami  pier  pre- 
pared for  Army  service  center.  Bomb 
production  in  Pennsylvania.  PT  boats  in 
Panama.  Select  "American  Mother  of 
1942."  Golf  in  Georgia.  Seals  in  Aus- 
tralia.     Jamaica  race  track  opens. 


PARAMOUNT    NEWS,     No.     66— New 

York  women  in  victory  march.  Princess 
Martha  sponsors  ship  launching.  New 
ship  on  West  Coast.  Private  Pershing  at 
Fort  Belvoir.  Mickey  Cochrane  coaches 
Navy  baseball  team.  Milwaukee  has 
youngest  mayor.  Cherry  blossoms  in 
Washington.  Military  demonstration  at 
Fort  Bragg.  War  paintings  in  Arkansas. 
Trial  of  French  leaders  ends  in  Riom.  Ja- 
maica track  opens.  Tony  Galento  com- 
poses a  song. 


Two  Houses  Burned 

Kewanee,  III.,  April  14. — The 
Rialto  and  Kee  theatres  were  among 
the  70  buildings  which  were  razed  or 
damaged  when  fire  swept  through  the 
heart  of  this  city's  business  district 
yesterday. 


RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  66— Torpedo 
beats  in  Panama.  Donald  Nelson  in 
Washington.  War  fashions  in  New  York. 
Girls  clean  Miami  pier  for  army.  California 
convicts  train  for  war.  Pershing's  son  in 
army.  Latin  American  flyers  at  Disney 
studio.    Golf  tournament  in  Georgia. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  No.  75— FT 

boats  in  Panama.  Nelson  calls  for  sacri- 
fices. New  York  women  in  war  parade. 
Bomb  production.  Norway  Princess  at  ship 
launching.  Pershing's  son  in  the  army. 
Minnesota  train  wreck.  Miami  girls  pre- 
pare recreation  center  for  army.  Jamaica 
race  track  opens. 


KRS  Cables  Regret 
At  Hutchinson  Death 

London,  April  14. — The  Kinemato- 
graph  Renters  Society  has  cabled  20th 
Century-Fox  expressing  profound  re- 
gret at  the  death  of  Walter  J.  Hutch- 
inson, director  of  foreign  distribution, 
who  died  in  New  York  Saturday. 
Hutchinson  spent  many  years  in  En- 
gland and  was  active  in  the  KRS 
council. 


Open  'Moontide'  April  29 

"Moontide,"  20th  Century-Fox  film 
starring  Jean  Gabin  and  Ida  Lupino, 
will  open  at  the  Rivoli  on  Broadway 
April  29,  it  was  announced. 


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NEWS    OF    THE    DAY,    No.    Z61— PT 

boats  in  Panama.  Defenses  hold  in  Malta. 
Nelson  in  Washington.  Princess  Martha 
of  Norway  christens  new  ship.  Pershing's 
son  in  the  army.  Victory  parade  in  New 
York.  Golf  in  Georgia.  Jamaica  track 
opens. 


AN  OPEN  LETTER  TO  LEW  AYRES 

i      '  I  f 

The  newspapers  this  week  have  carried  a  story  from  Miami  which  has  distressed 
me  deeply  because  things  I  said  have  been  misquoted.  These  are  the  facts: 

During  an  informal  dinner  in  my  home  at  Miami  Beach  where  I  spent  a  few 
days,  you  were  being  discussed  and  severely  criticized.  I  felt  that  my  guests  should 
know  you  as  I  do.  It  was  not  my  province  to  judge  your  philosophy  or  the  road  you 
have  taken.  I  said:  "Since  Lew  Ayres  is  not  with  us,  since  this  boy  is  away  at  camp, 
I  can  speak  as  an  individual  and  not  as  the  head  of  a  company  in  which  he  is  a  star." 

I  told  my  guests  that  you  were  one  of  the  finest  men  it  has  ever  been  my  privilege 
to  know,  a  person  of  utter  sincerity.  I  explained  to  them  that  you  had  asked  your 
country  to  send  you  to  the  front  lines  as  an  ambulance  driver  no  matter  how  great 
the  risk,  that  it  was  your  hope  to  save  human  lives,  that  you  could  not  kill.  In  this 
connection  I  told  them  a  fact  with  which  they  were  not  familiar,  that  you  did  not  eat 
fish  or  meat  or  anything  that  had  to  be  killed.  I  told  them  that  in  all  Hollywood  there 
was  no  more  charitable  individual,  that  there  was  no  cause  for  which  you  did  not  give 
bountifully.  I  pointed  out  specifically  the  splendid  work  you  have  been  doing  for  the 
Red  Cross.  I  told  them  that  you  not  only  made  large  contributions  of  money  but  that 
day  and  night,  apart  from  your  studio  duties,  you  had  devoted  yourself  to  conducting 
classes  in  first  aid. 

Among  those  present  was  a  Miami  newspaperman.  He  expressed  great  interest 
in  many  of  these  statements,  was  delighted  to  get  a  true  picture  of  an  individual  who 
has  been  misunderstood.  Mind  you,  at  no  time  did  I  discuss  or  express  agreement  with 
the  stand  you  have  taken.  Frankly,  I  must  confess  that  I  have  never  understood  your 
position.  It  is  a  peculiarity  beyond  my  personal  comprehension. 

What  you  saw  in  the  papers  was  a  distressing  misrepresentation,  doubtless 
unintentional.  I  wanted  you  to  know. 


-NICHOLAS  M.  SCHENCK 


THE  HUSBAND  TAKES 
THE  WIFE  TAKES 

JMYERf 


STARRING  _ 


BENNETT  TONE 


with 


ALLYN  JOSLYN 


CECIL  CUNNINGHAM  •  ROGER  CLARK 

(Screen  play  by  Gina  Kaus  and  Jay  Dratler  •  Directed  by  RICHARD  WALLACE 
Produced  by  B.  P.  SCHULBERG  .  A  COLUMBIA  PICTURE 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  April  15,  1942 


Minn.  Anti-5 
Law  Declared 
To  Be  Invalid 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Owners  of  the  Northwest.  It  wa 
introduced  in  the  legislature  early  in 
1941  and  was  passed  by  both  Houses 
and  signed  by  the  Governor  in  April, 
1941.  The  test  suits  were  filed  last 
July  and  went  to  trial  in  Ramsey 
County  district  court  before  Judg. 
Pearson  last  Winter.  Final  briefi 
were  filed  by  the  defendants  last 
week,  but  the  State  rested  its  case 
without  filing  reply  briefs.  Judge 
Pearson  had  the  case  under  advise- 
ment only  one  week  before  makin; 
his  decisions. 

The  decisions  are  regarded  as 
of  considerable  significance  out- 
side Minnesota,  as  well,  since 
several  exhibitor  organizations, 
particularly  in  the  Midwest  and 
South,  have  given  serious  con- 
sideration to  sponsoring  similar 
anti-consent  decree  legislation 
in  their  states. 

The  five  consenting  distributors 
halted  selling  in  Minnesota  last  Spring 
and  Summer  while  they  were  unable  to 
comply  with  the  State  law,  which  re- 
quired them  to  sell  an  entire  season's 
product  output  at  one  time  and  to 
grant  a  20  per  cent  cancellation  privi- 
lege to  the  exhibitor,  while  they  were 
bound  by  the  decree's  provisions  limit- 
ing sales  to  blocks  of  five,  without 
cancellation  rights.  The  result  was 
that  by  Fall,  theatres  throughout 
Minnesota  were  confronted  with  such 
limited  product  supplies  that  they  were 
threatened  with  the  necessity  of  out- 
right closing  or  part-time  operation. 
A  number  of  theatres  were  eventually 
forced  to  do  one  or  the  other. 

Resumed  Selling  in  Fall 

However,  the  consenting  companies, 
individually  went  to  Federal  Judge 
Henry  W.  Goddard,  some  of  them  at 
the  petition  of  Minnesota  exhibitor 
leaders,  and  obtained  exemptions  from 
the  decree's  selling  provisions  to  per- 
mit them  to  comply  with  the  Min- 
nesota law  and  resume  selling  in  the 
State.  All  five  were  selling  again  by 
mid-Fall. 

William  F.  Rodgers,  Loew's  vice- 
president  and  general  sales  manager, 
recently  intimated  that  distributors 
were  not  certain  that  they  would  con- 
tinue to  sell  in  the  State  after  this 
season  in  the  event  the  anti-decree  law 
was  upheld. 


Nominate  Pollock  as 
President  of  Ampa 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

board  of  directors ;  A.  M.  Botsford, 
board  of  trustees.  The  committee's 
slate  is  considered  tantamount  to  elec- 
tion. The  slate  will  be  mailed  to  mem- 
bers to  permit  the  introduction  of  an 
opposition  list  of  candidates. 

The  nominating  committee,  headed 
by  John  C.  Flinn,  includes :  Ray  Gal- 
lagher, S.  Barret  McCormick,  Charles 
Alicoate,  Hortense  Schorr,  Edward 
McNamee,  Joel  Swensen. 


600  Houses  in  Asia 
Lost  to  U.  S.  Films 

Hollywood,  April  14. — Leon 
Britton,  Far  Eastern  super- 
visor for  RKO,  who  arrived 
from  Bombay  over  the  week- 
end, disclosed  today  that  up- 
wards of  600  theatres  in  East 
Asia  which  had  used  Ameri- 
can and  British  product  have 
been  lost  to  the  war. 

Britton  said  that  large 
quantities  of  films,  machinery 
and  equipment  of  the  film  dis- 
tribution companies  have  been 
lost.  India  is  the  only  market 
left  open  to  American  films  in 
the  Far  East,  he  said.  He 
left  for  New  York  by  train 
tonight  for  his  first  home  of- 
fice visit  in  12  years. 


Trade  to  Open 
Jewish  Appeal 
Drive  May  12 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

men  of  the  campaign.  Bernstein  pre- 
sided at  an  organization  meeting  yes- 
terday at  the  Hotel  Astor.  Nathan 
Straus,  who  was  guest  speaker, 
pointed  to  the  necessity  of  continued 
support  of  the  United  Jewish  Appeal, 
which  raises  the  funds  administered 
for  the  Joint  Distribution  Committee, 
the  United  Palestine  Appeal  and  the 
National  Refugee  Service. 

No  quota  has  been  set  yet  for  the 
amusement  industry  and  the  drive  is 
expected  to  continue  into  the  Summer, 
it  was  said.  Among  those  who  at- 
tended yesterday's  meeting  were  Sig- 
mund  Romberg,  Leon  Goldberg,  Har- 
old Danson,  Arthur  Mayer,  Max  B. 
Blackman,  Leonard  H.  Goldenson, 
Louis  Nizer,  Toby  Gruen,  Hyman 
Rachmil,  Abraham  Schneider,  Sam 
Schneider,  Louis  Phillips,  Samuel 
Cohen,  Irving  H.  Greenfield,  Leopold 
Friedman,  Emanuel  Frisch,  Samuel 
Rinzler,  Sam  Machnovitch,  Edward 
N.  Rugoff,  Budd  Rogers,  Harry  A. 
Nadel,  Nat  Lefkowitz,  Max  A. 
Cohen,  Malcolm  Kingsberg,  Adolph 
Schimel  and  Stanley  Adams. 

Allvine  Secretary 
Of  Publicity  Group 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Film  Corp.  for  five  years.  In  1933 
he  became  an  associate  producer  at 
the  RKO  studio  and  later  was  chair- 
man of  the  editorial  board  at  the 
Paramount  studio.  For  the  past  year 
and  a  half  he  has  been  advertising 
and  publicity  director  for  the  Center 
Theatre,  Rockefeller  Center.  He  is  a 
past  president  of  Ampa  and  a  member 
of  the  board  of  governors  of  the  As- 
sociation of  Theatrical  Agents  and 
Managers. 


B  &  K  Service  Passes  Up 

Chicago,  April  14. — Balaban  &  Katz 
has  revealed  that  10.051  passes  were 
issued  to  men  in  uniforms  during 
March,  compared  with  4.300  in  Feb- 
ruary. The  Chicago,  with  single  fea- 
tures and  stage  shows,  was  most  fa- 
vored, with  the  Roosevelt  and  Garrick 
theatres,  showing  duals,  second  in 
preference. 


Rodgers  Comments 
On  Producer  Attack 
Against  Umpi  Plan 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

no  formal  reply  to  it  as  Umpi  chair- 
man. 

"The  producer  group's  statement 
was  issued  to  exhibitors  and  asked 
chem  not  to  approve  the  proposed  new 
sales  plan,"  Rodgers  said.  "It  was  the 
exhibitors  themselves  who  wanted  a 
change  in  the  consent  decree  sales 
method  and  asked  the  distributors  to 
amend  it. 

Seek  Larger  Blocks 

"Theatre  owners  want  to  buy  their 
product  in  larger  quantities  and  the 
Umpi  plan  gives  them  that  opportun- 
ity. Distributors  did  not  ask  them  to 
talk  to  the  Department  of  Justice 
about  it,  as  charged  in  the  statement. 
To  arrange  their  programs  more  ad- 
vantageously, exhibitors  want  to  buy 
their  pictures  in  greater  numbers  than 
is  possible  under  present  conditions. 
The  proposed  new  sales  plan,  however, 
is  only  one  part  of  the  unity  pro- 
gram. 

"Inasmuch  as  the  statement  was  ad- 
dressed to  exhibitors  and  called  upon 
them  to  act,  I  shall  not  issue  any 
formal  reply  to  it,  nor  do  I  care  to 
dissect  it  in  full." 


Southeastern  T.  O. 
Rejects  Proposal 

Atlanta,  April  14. — The  South- 
eastern Theatre  Owners  Association, 
an  MPTOA  affiliate  comprising  ex- 
hibitor groups  in  Alabama,  Flor- 
ida, Georgia  and  Tennessee,  rejected 
the  Umpi  sales  plan  at  a  meeting  here 
today  and  appointed  a  committee  to 
study  the  advisability  of  sponsoring 
state  legislation  to  require  single  pic- 
ture selling. 

Say  Relief  Insufficient 

A  resolution  stated  the  organiza- 
tion was  dissatisfied  with  the  propo- 
sals "in  that  they  afford  insufficient 
relief  from  the  forcing  of  undesirable 
pictures,  especially  those  trade 
shown." 

Previous  to  today's  meeting  the 
Alabama  MPTOA  had  approved  the 
Umpi  plan  and  MPTO  of  Georgia 
had  rejected  it.  Presumably,  the 
Florida  and  Tennessee  delegates  pro- 
vided a  majority  to  swing  the  As- 
sociation vote  against  it. 


New  York  Clearance 
Complaint  Dismissed 

The  clearance  complaint  of  Metro- 
politan Playhouses'  Ogden  Theatre 
was  dismissed  at  the  New  York  arbi- 
tration board  yesterday  and,  in  Phila- 
delphia, the  clearance  complaint  of  the 
Plains  Theatre,  Plains,  Pa.,  was  with- 
drawn following  a  settlement. 

Loew's  and  Paramount  were  named 
in  the  Ogden's  complaint,  with  J-J 
Theatres'  Mt.  Eden  an  interested  party. 
Lionel  F.  Popkin,  arbitrator,  held  that 
the  seven  days  clearance  of  the  Mt. 
Eden  over  the  Ogden  is  reasonable 
and  dismissed  the  complaint.  Costs 
were  assessed  against  the  complainant. 

The  complaint  withdrawn  at  the 
Philadelphia  board  had  named  Loew's, 
Paramount  and  Warners  and  the  Par- 
sons Theatre,  Parsons,  Pa.  Terms  of 
the  settlement  were  not  made  known. 


Studios  Adopt 
Program  for 
War  Service 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

damage ;  a  survey  of  available  trans- 
portation and  delivery  service  in  view 
of  war  shortages ;  the  employment  of 
engineers  to  determine  what  equip- 
ment now  used  in  producing  pictures 
can  also  be  used  in  part-time  produc- 
tion for  the  armed  forces  and  what 
method  can  best  apply  such  equip- 
ment to  war  needs^  and  an  analysis 
of  possible  methods  of  conserving  es- 
sential war  materials  in  all  phases  of 
production. 

The  AMPP  also  announced  that  it 
had  approved  a  recommendation  "en- 
larging the  functions  of  the  Washing- 
ton office  of  the  MPPDA,  with  Jack 
Bryson  in  charge,  through  which  will 
channel  all  contacts  by  producers  and 
distributors  with  administrative  and 
executive  Government  branches  in 
Washington  except  matters  now  han- 
dled by  the  War  Activities  Commit- 
tee and  the  Hollywood  Victory  Com- 
mittee." 

"These  steps,"  said  Y.  Frank  Free- 
man, president  of  the  AMPP,  "prim- 
arily represent  the  industry's  own  de- 
termination to  equip  itself  for  greater 
war  service." 

Public  Relations  Program 

Meanwhile,  the  western  division  of 
the  Public  Relations  Committee  today 
adopted  a  program  for  the  coming 
year  designed  to  further  integrate 
the  industry  output  of  publicity  with 
that  of  the  Government  and  other 
agencies  promoting  the  war  effort. 

The  meeting  was  attended  by  the 
lawyers  committee ;  Edward  L.  Rod- 
dan,  Washington  representative  of 
the  public  relations  committee ;  Hays 
and  Coe.  Details  of  the  program 
were  not  disclosed. 

Producers  who  will  carry  out  pro- 
duction of  the  26  shorts  furthering 
the  national  interest  agreed  upon  in 
weekend  meetings  with  Lowell  Mel- 
lett,  Coordinator  of  Government 
Films,  will  confer  tomorrow  with 
Nelson  D.  Poynter,  Mellett's  local 
representative,  on  allocation  of  the 
topics  suggested  by  Mellett.  It  is 
reliably  reported  that  Clark  Gable 
will  be  starred  in  one  of  the  sub- 
jects. 

Big  Five  May  Have 
Schine  Suit  Counsel 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

panies  on  the  subject  but  no  law  firm 
has  yet  been  selected.  Although  the 
five  companies  were  dismissed  as  de- 
fendants in  the  Schine  action  at  the 
time  of  the  entry  of  the  decree,  it  is 
understood  that  the  Government  will 
cite  Schine  deals  with  them  in  the 
course  of  the  prosecution,  as  was  done 
in  the  trial  of  the  Crescent  Circuit 
suit. 

Trial  of  the  Schine  action  is  sched- 
uled to  start  May  19  in  Federal  court 
at  Buffalo. 


Buffalo  Newsreel  Opens 

Buffalo,  April  14. — Buffalo's  first 
newsreel  theatre,  the  Telenews,  has 
opened  here.  Seating  300,  the  house 
is  operated  by  Telenews  Theatres. 


Wednesday,  April  15,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


7 


71  New  Films 
Being  Edited; 
47  Shooting 


Hollywood,  April  14. — Forty-seven 
pictures  were  before  the  cameras  this 
week  as  13  finished  and  14  started, 
i  ^Thirty  were  being  prepared,  and  71 

in  the  cutting  rooms. 
>>       Twentieth  Century-Fox  is  the  busi- 
est  studio,   with   eight   currently  in 
work. 

The  tally  by  studio  : 

Columbia 
Finished:   "S.O.S.   Iceland,"  "The 
Talk     of     the     Town"  (formerly 
"Three's  a  Crowd"). 

In  Work :  "He  Kissed  the  Bride," 
"He's  My  Old  Man." 

Started :  "Vengeance  of  the  West," 
"The  Lone  Wolf  in  Scotland  Yard." 
Goldwyn  (RKO) 
In    Work :    "The    Pride    of  the 
Yankees." 

M-G-M 

Finished:  "Pierre  of  the  Plains," 
untitled  Gable-Turner  film. 

In  Work :  "Cairo,"  "Tulip  Time," 
"A  Yank  at  Eton,"  "Apache  Trail," 
"Jackass  Mail,"  "  'Til  You  Return." 

Started :  "Me  and  My  Gal." 
Monogram 

Finished:  "She's  in  the  Army,"  "I 
Am  an  American." 

In  Work :  "Do  Not  Disturb." 
Producers  Releasing 

Finished :  "Bombs  Over  Burma." 
Loew-Lewin  (U.A.) 

In  Work :  "The  Moon  and  Six- 
pence." 

Paramount 

In  Work:  "The  Major  and  the 
Minor,"  "The  Road  to  Morocco," 
"The  Forest  Rangers,"  "Priorities  of 
1942." 

Started:  "Wrecking  Crew,"  "Silver 
Queen,"  "Triumph  Over  Pain." 
RKO 

In  Work :  "Army  Surgeon,"  "Scat- 
tergood  Survives  a  Murder,"  untitled 
Richard  Carlson-Jane  Darwell  pic- 
ture. 

Republic 

Finished:  "Stardust  on  the  Sage," 
"Remember  Pearl  Harbor." 
In  Work :  "In  Old  California." 
Started:       Springtime      in  the 
Rockies." 

Roach  (U.A.) 

Finished :  "Bridget  from  Brook- 
lyn." 

Started:  "Calaboose." 

20th  Century-Fox 

Finished :  "The  Loves  of  Edgar  Al- 
len Poe." 

In  Work :  "Through  Different 
Eyes,"  "The  Postman  Didn't  Ring," 
"The  Magnificent  Jerk,"  "The  Pied 
Piper,"  "A  Haunting  We  will  Go," 
"Thunderbirds,"  "Footlight  Sere- 
nade." 

Started:  "Orchestra  Wife." 

Universal 
Finished:  "Strictly  in  the  Groove," 
"Destiny." 

In  Work :  "Eagle  Squadron,"  "Par- 
don my  Sarong,"  "Danger  in  the  Pa- 
cific," "Private  Buckaroo." 

Started:    "The   Great  Impersona- 
tion," "Destination  Unknown." 
Warners 

In  Work:  "The  Hard  Way,"  "Ac- 
cross  the  Pacific,"  "The  Constant 
Nymph,"  "Desperate  Journey." 

Started :  "Now,  Voyager,"  "George 
Washington  Slept  Here." 


Notes  from  Hollywood 


Hollywood,  April  14 

ELEVEN  story  purchases  have  been  disclosed  by  five  studios.  M-G-M 
has  acquired  four  story  properties.  They  are  "Gentle  Annie,"  novel 
by  MacKinlay  Kantor;  "The  Gold  of  Eldorado"  and  "Look  Me  in  the 
Eye,"  originals,  and  "Right  About  Face,"  story  of  Private  Chuck 
Benson,  Army  boxing  champion,  by 
Matt  Brooks  and  Joseph  Hoff- 
mann. RKO  bought  three  for  its 
Tim  Holt  Western  series.  Purchased 
for  Holt  were  "Singing  Guns,"  by 
Bennett  R.  Cohen  ;  "Pikes  Peak  or 
Bust,"  by  Bernard  McConville,  and 
"Adventure  in  Salt  Valley,"  by  Mar- 
tin Sperber. 

Pine-Thomas  productions,  produ- 
cing for  Paramount,  has  acquired 
"You  Can't  Live  Forever,"  by  Joseph 
Hoffmann.  It  deals  with  truck  drivers 
who  cart  around  nitrogylcerine.  "Are 
You  Making  Any  Money?",  original 
by  Ray  Golden,  has  been  bought  by 
Columbia.  "Stage  Door  Canteen," 
original  by  Lester  Cole,  has  been  pur- 
chased by  Paramount. 


Bud  Abbott  and  Lou  Costello 
are  the  first  film  stars  to  ask 
their  studio,  Universal,  to  name 
a  street  in  a  motion  picture 
sequence  after  General  Mac- 
Arthur.  If  their  wish  is  granted, 
according  to  report,  the  city  of 
San  Francisco  will  be  screened 
in  "Pardon  My  Sarong"  with  a 
"MacArthur  Boulevard." 

•  • 

Jon  Hall,  Ilona  Massey,  Peter 
Lorre  and  Sir  Cedric  Hardwicke 
have  been  cast  in  "The  Invisible  Spy," 
Frank  Lloyd  production  for  Uni- 
versal .  .  .  John  Boles  and  Kay 
Francis  have  been  given  roles  in 
"Love  and  Kisses.  Caroline,"  Henry 
Koster  production  at  Universal. 

•  • 

William  Dieterle  has  signed  a 
term  director  contract  at  M-G-M, 
drawing  as  his  first  assignment  "The 
Man  on  America's  Conscience,"  which 
tells  the  story  of  Andrew  Johnson, 
who  was  almost  impeached  as  presi- 
dent of  the  United  States.  Van  Hef- 
lin  plays  the  title  role  .  .  .  RKO  has 
given  James  Craig  a  new  contract 
.  .  .  Howard  Bretherton  has  been 
set  to  direct  Monogram's  "Down 
Texas  Way,"  next  Rough  Riders 
western  .  .  .  "The  Great  Gildersleeve" 
will  support  Fibber  McGee  and 
Molly,  Edgar  Bergen  and  Charlie 
McCarthy  in  their  as  yet  untitled 
vehicle  at  RKO  .  .  .  Allan  Dwan 
will  produce  and  direct  .  .  .  Susan 
Hayward  will  support  Fredric 
March  and  Veronica  Lake  in  Para- 
mount's  "I  Married  a  Witch"  .  .  . 
Ellen  Drew  and  Eddie  Albert  will 
appear  in  Paramount's  "Lady  Body- 
guard." 

•  • 

Harry  Carey  gets  a  featured 
role  in  Paramount's  "Triumph 
Over  Pain,"  with  Joel  McCrea 
and  Betty  Field.  .  .  Harry  Sher- 
man has  placed  Lynne  Overman 
in  "Silver  Queen"  .  .  .  "Do  Not 
Disturb,"  Monogram  comedy, 
will  have  John  Beal  in  the  top 
role  .  .  .  Lindsley  Parsons  will 
produce  "Lure  of  the  Islands," 
Monogram  picture  which  will 
bring  Margie  Hart,  burlesque 
player  to  the  screen. 

•  • 

Ed  Gross,  Monogram  producer,  has 
engaged  Wiliam  Silvers  as  general 
manager  of  his  production  unit,  Capi- 
tol Productions  .  .  .  Columbia  has  ex- 


tended the  contract  of  Claire  Trevor 
.  .  .  Barbara  Britton  will  play  the 
feminine  lead  of  Paramount's  "Wake 
Island"  .  .  .  Zeke  Canova,  Judy's 
brother,  has  been  signed  to  a  Repub- 
lic term  deal  .  .  .  Claude  Binyon  has 
been  given  a  new  term  writing  con- 
tract at  Paramount  .  .  .  Michael 
Curtiz'  next  picture  at  Warners  will 
be  "Casablanca,"  Hal  B.  Wallis  pro- 
duction .  .  .  Warners  has  put  "Rem- 
inisence,"  the  Edwin  Gilbert  play, 
on  the  active  production  list  with 
Ben  Stoloff  given  the  production 
reins  and  Charles  Hoffman  the 
adaptation  assignment. 

•  • 

Randolph  Scott  and  Jackie  Coo- 
per will  support  Pat  O'Brien  in 
RKO's  "Battle  Stations"  ...  The 
radio  troupe,  Sons  of  the  Pioneers, 
has  been  set  by  Republic  for  eight 
more  Roy  Rogers  westerns  .  .  .  Jen- 
nifer Holt,  daughter  of  Jack  Holt, 
draws  the  feminine  lead  of  Universal's 
"Private  Buckaroo,"  opposite  Dick 
Foran. 


Gets  Monogram  Post 

Des  Moines,  April  14.  —  F.  E. 
Judd,  local  Monogram  franchise 
holder,  has  appointed  H.  L.  Frost  as 
assistant  branch  manager  and  sales- 
man in  this  territory. 


'Frankenstein' 
Takes  Chicago 
Lead,  $12,500 


Chicago,  April  14.  —  The  Woods 
Theatre,  with  "The  Ghost  of  Frank- 
enstein" and  "The  Strange  Case  of 
Dr.  Rx,"  chalked  up  a  fine  $12,500 
and  "Captains  of  the  Clouds"  at  the 
State-Lake  drew  $23,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  9: 

"Song  of  the  Islands"  (ZOth-Fox) 

"The  Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th-Fox) 

APOLLO1— (1,400)     (35c-S5c-75c)    7  days. 
Gross :  $6,200.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

CHICAGO— (4,000)    (35c-55c-75c)    7  days. 
Stage — Sammy     Kaye    orchestra.      Gross : 
$36,0C0.     (Average,  $32,000) 
"Louisiana  Purchase"  (Para.) 

GARRICK— (1,000)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days,  5th  week.  Gross:  $5,500.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"North   to  the   Klondike"  (Univ.) 

ORIENTAL— (3,200)     (25c -30c -40c -50c)  7 
days.  Stage — Art    Kassel    Band.  Gross: 
$20,0C0.     (Average,  $16,000) 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Mississippi   Gambler"  (Univ.) 

PALACE— (2,500)     (40c-50c-68c)    7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $17,000'.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.  B.) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.  B.) 

ROOSEVELT — (1,500)    (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.     Gross:    $12,000.     (Average.  $11,000) 
"Louisiana   Purchase"    (Para.)    1  day,  5th 
week. 

"Captains  of  the  Clouds."  (W.  B.)  G  days 

STATE- LAKE— (3,700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c) 
7  days  .  Gross:  $23,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"Courtship   of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,700)  (35c-55c-65c- 
75c)    7   days,    2nd    week.     Gross:  $14,000. 
(Average,  $14,000) 
"Ghost  of   Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 
"Strange  Case  of  Dr.  Rx"  (Univ.) 

WOODS— (1,200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $12,500. 


HFFHIRS  OF 

jimmv  unLEfiTinE 


A  REPUBLIC  PICTURE 


Right  from  the  opener  •  •  •  it's  been  hi 


of  20th!  And  the  industry's  cham 
champs ...  to  make  this  the  greate 


stf 


NG  1.000! 


will   keep    batting  'em   out  like 
ason  that  a  showman  ever  had! 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  April  15,  1942 


Reviews 

"Tarzan's  New  York  Adventure" 

(M-G-M) 

HP  HE  Tarzan  series  continues  with  a  fabulous  adventure  that  has  the 
-■■  unique  entertainment  values  of  its  predecessors,  and  then  some.  The 
picture  is  fast  and  the  action  abundant.  It  hits  a  high  mark  in  screen 
hilarity  when  attention  is  focused  on  Tarzan's  pet  ape  who  commits 
mayhem  on  the  slightest  provocation. 

It  begins  in  the  jungle  as  the  master,  his  attractive  wife  and  the 
youngster  known  as  "Boy"  encounter  a  party  of  trappers.  It  shifts  to 
New  York  as  "Boy"  is  carried  away  by  the  unscrupulous  visitors  to 
exploit  his  ability  in  handling  animals.  Asides  to  this  are  "Boy's"  battle 
with  a  lion,  a  native  attack  and  glimpses  of  the  makeshift  conveniences 
and  means  of  travel  in  the  jungle. 

Tarzan  and  his  mate  accompanied  by  the  comic  ape  follow  in  search 
of  the  youngster,  find  him  employed  in  a  circus,  but  in  the  legal  custody 
of  the  promoters.  A  court  session  is  unavailing,  Tarzan  gets  out  of  hand 
and  is  remanded,  leaps  out  of  the  window,  swings  to  another  building 
and  is  off  to  the  circus.  There  a  "Hey  Rube"  is  sounded,  Tarzan  is  cap- 
tured and  caged  in  while  the  kidnappers  are  escaping  with  "Boy."  The 
elephants  block  their  escape  when  Tarzan  gives  the  call  of  the  wild. 
The  family  returns  to  what  they  reason  is  a  more  civilized  way  of  life. 

Johnny  Weissmuller,  Maureen  O'Sullivan  and  John  Sheffield  are  in 
the  top  roles  and  Richard  Thorpe  directed.  Virginia  Grey,  Charles 
Bickford,  Paul  Kelly  and  Russell  Hicks  are  in  support.  William  R.  Lip- 
man  and  Myles  Connolly  wrote  the  screenplay. 

Running  time,  71  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


"Sunday  Punch" 

(M-G-M) 

■pvAVID  MILLER  has  directed  a  fanciful,  if  somewhat  minor,  tale 
*^  about  a  boarding  house  somewhere  in  Brooklyn  which  caters  only 
to  boxers.  No  woman,  except  Ma  Galestrum  (Connie  Gilchrist),  is  per- 
mitted to  pass  the  door  of  the  house. 

It  is  inevitable,  of  course,  that  Ma  should  have  a  niece  and  that  said 
niece  in  the  glamorous  person  of  Jean  Rogers  should  invade  the  sanctum. 
After  that,  the  boxers  start  dressing  for  dinner,  William  Lundigan,  the 
most  promising  of  the  fighters,  begins  thinking  of  returning  to  college, 
and  Dan  Dailey,  Jr.,  the  janitor,  starts  to  take  up  boxing.  It  is  Dailey 
who  ultimately  gets  a  crack  at  the  championship  by  knocking  out  Lundi- 
gan so  that  the  latter  will  return  to  college  and  marry  Miss  Rogers. 

This  bout  is  the  highlight  of  the  film — a  hangup  fistic  encounter.  Guy 
Kibbee  and  J.  Carrol  Naish  give  good  impersonations  of  fight  mana- 
gers but  it  is  Sam  Levene  who  draws  most  of  the  laughs  as  the  worri- 
some trainer  of  the  crew.  Others  in  the  cast  are  Leo  Gorcey,  "Rags" 
Ragland,  Douglas  Newland,  Anthony  Caruso,  Tito  Renaldo  and  Michael 
Browne.  Irving  Starr  produced.  The  story  is  an  original  by  Fay  and 
Michael  Kanin  with  Allen  Rivkin  collaborating  on  the  screen  play. 

Running  time,  76  minutes.  "G."*  Edward  Greif 


"Dudes  Are  Pretty  People" 

(Roach-United  Artists) 

f~\  NE  of  the  Hal  Roach  "Streamliner"  features  of  short  length,  re- 
leased  by  United  Artists,  this  tells  a  comic  tale  of  a  couple  of  cow- 
boys, one  of  whom  is  addicted  to  the  feminine  sex,  despite  the  efforts  of 
his  pal  to  keep  him  away.  One  of  those  episodes  is  recounted  here,  with 
a  fair  degree  of  amusement  and  a  few  laughs. 

Noah  Beery,  Jr.,  is  the  susceptible  cowboy,  and  Jimmy  Rogers  is  his 
buddy.  The  feminine  trouble  is  personified  by  Marjorie  Woodworth, 
and  Paul  Hurst,  Marjorie  Gleason  and  Russell  Gleason  are  in  support. 
The  trouble  arises  when  Beery  runs  into  Miss  Woodworth,  visitor  at 
a  neighboring  dude  ranch,  and  she  is  attracted  to  him — momentarily. 
Rogers  tries  one  ruse  after  another  to  get  Beery  away  from  the  fem- 
inine danger,  and  finally  succeeds.  Hal  Roach,  Jr.,  directed  from  an 
original  story  by  Donald  Hough,  and  screenplay  by  Louis  S.  Kaye. 

Running  time,  46  minutes.  "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


'Kings  Row'  in 
Philadelphia 
Gets  $22,000 

Philadelphia,  April  14 — Easter 
week  found  the  downtown  theatres 
enjoying  brisk  activity.  The  Boyd 
registered  the  best  business  with 
$22,000  for  "Kings  Row,"  followed  by 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  at  the  Fox  with 
$17,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ended  April  7-10 : 

"Mister  V"  (U.  A.) 

ALDINE— (1,400)     (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $12,000.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"Louisiana  Purchase"  (Para.) 

ARCADIA— (600)  (35c-46c-57c)  9  days,  2nd 
week,  2nd  run.  Gross:  $3,700.  (Average, 
$2,600) 

"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

BOYD— (2,400)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $22,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 
(6  days) 

"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.)  (1  day) 

EARLE  —  (4,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Vaudeville  including  Blue  Barron's 
orchestra,  Yvette,  Jerry  Lester,  Clyde 
Burk,  Tiny  Wolf,  Billy  Cower,  Three  Blue 
Notes,  Charlie  Fischer  and  Rae  &  Rudells. 
Gross:  $21,500.  (Average.  $14,000) 
"Mississippi  Gambler"  (Univ.) 

FAY'S  —  (2,190)  (15c-29c-35c-46c-47c)  7 
days.  Vaudeville  including  Joe  Young  & 
Charlie  Kaye,  Robbins  Trio.  Little  Fred  & 
his  Football  Dogs,  Leon  Fields.  Gae  Fos- 
ter's Roxyettes  and  Billy  Klaiss'  orchestra. 
Gross:  $3,500.  (Average,  $6,900) 
"Seng  of  the  Islands"  (ZCth-Fox) 

FOX— (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $17,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 

KARLTON — (1,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  run.  Gross:  $3,000.  (Average, 
$3  000) 

"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 

KEITH'S— (2,200)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  run.  Gross:  $4,500.  (Average, 
$4,500) 

"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 

STANLEY— (2,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $10,500.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 

STANTON— (1,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,500.  (Average. 
$4,500) 


Quebec  Exhibitors 
Form  Association 

Montreal,  April  14.— Unaffiliated 
exhibitors  of  Quebec  Province  have 
formed  the  Independent  Motion  Pic- 
ture Exhibitors  Association  of  Que- 
bec, with  C.  O.  Auclair  of  Montreal 
as  president;  S.  J.  Dunning  as  vice- 
president,  and  L.  K.  Jones,  secretary- 
treasurer. 

The  organization  was  formed  with 
the  cooperation  of  B.  E.  Laxer,  presi- 
dent of  the  IMPEA  of  Ontario.  The 
new  group  is  a  member  of  the  Na- 
tional Council  of  Independent  Ex- 
hibitors of  Canada,  which  cooperates 
with  the  Industrial  Advisory  Council 
of  the  Wartime  Prices  and  Trade 
Board. 


Army  Studies  Use  of 
Miami  Beach  Houses 

Miami  Beach,  April  14. — With  the 
Air  Corps  Officer  Candidate  School  of 
nearly  30,000  here,  some  of  the  eight 
theatres,  operated  by  the  Paramount 
and  the  Wometco  circuits,  may  be 
rented  by  the  Government  for  troop 
use. 

Plans  have  been  abandoned  for 
building  a  theatre  here  for  the 
school  and  representatives  of  the  War 
Department  Theatre  Service  are  here 
to  learn  what  facilities  are  available 
for  daytime  classes  where  training 
films  can  be  shown  and  for  general 
auditorium  needs. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Quits  Monogram  Post 

Chicago,  April  14. — Charles  Lin- 
dau,  for  13  years  associated  with  the 
Henri  Elman  enterprises,  has  resigned 
as  city  salesman  of  Monogram  to  de- 
vote full  time  to  his  Louis  Theatre. 


Lord  Called  to  Army 

Hollywood,  April  14. — Robert 
Lord,  for  12  years  a  Warner  producer, 
has  reported  to  the  U.  S.  Signal 
Corps  for  active  duty  as  a  major. 


Salesman  Transferred 

Chicago,  April  14. — Max  Schwartz, 
M-G-M  salesman,  has  been  transferred 
from  the  southern  Illinois  and  Indi- 
ana territory  to  handle  the  West  Side 
section  of  Chicago. 


Name  20th-Fox  Salesman 

Cleveland,  April  14.  —  Thomas 
Alley  has  been  promoted  from  the 
20th  Century-Fox  booking  staff  here 
to  salesman. 


'Tripoli'  Hits 
Good  $18,500, 
Frisco's  High 


San  Francisco,  April  14. — "To 
the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  and  "Night 
Before  the  Divorce"  drew  $18,500  at 
the  Fox.  "Wild  Bill  Hickok  Rides,"/ 
paired  with  "Lady  for  the  Night," \ 
took  $13,000  at  the  Paramount.  The 
weather  was  wet. 

Estimated  receipts    for    the  week 
ending  April  7-9 : 

"Joan  cf  Paris"  (RKO) 

GOLDEN  GATE— (2,850)  (44c-49c-65c)  7 
days.  Stage:  vaudeville.  Gross:  $15,500. 
(Average.  $15,000) 

"Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"Kathleen"  (M-G-M) 

WARFIELD—  (2.680)  (2Oc-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $12,900.  (Average, 
$12,000) 

"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.) 

UNITED  ARTISTS — (1,200)  (20c-35c-40c- 
55c)  7  days,  4th  week.  Gross:  $7,800.  (Av- 
erage, $7,500) 

"Wild  Bill  Hickok  Rides"  (W.  B.) 
"Lady  for  a  Night"  (Rep.) 

PARAMOUNT—  (2.740)  (20c-35c-40c-55c) 
7  days.     Gross:  $13,000.     (Average,  $11,500) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (ZOth-Fox) 

FOX—  (5,000)     (20c-35c-40c-55c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $18,500.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (20th-Fox) 
"Last  of  the  Duanes"  (ZOth-Fox) 

ST.  FRANCIS — (1.400)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days,  2nd  week   (Moved  over  from  Fox). 
Gross:  $4,800.     (Average,  $4,500) 
"Rid°  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM—  (2,440)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $7,800.  (Average, 
$8,000 

"Man  Who  Seeks  the  Truth"  (French) 

CLAY— (400)  (15c-35c-45c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$1,300.     (Average,  $1,000) 


'Islands'  Detroit 


Gross  Is  $26,000 

Detroit,  April  14. — The  Fox 
grossed  $26,000  with  "Song  of  the 
Islands"  and  "Secret  Agent  of 
Japan"  in  a  week  of  good  business. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing April  9  : 

"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

ADAMS— (1,600)   (15c-39c-44c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,500.    (Average,  $5,500) 
"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 
"Sundown"  (U.  A.) 

FISHER— (2,700)  (15c-39c-44c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,900.    (Average.  $7,000) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (ZOth-Fox) 

FOX— (5,000)     (20c-44c-55c-65c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $26,000.    (Average.  $15,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Mr.  Bug  Goes  to  Town"  (Para.) 

MICHIGAN— (4,000)  (15c-39c-44c-S5c-65c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $20,000.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"Suspicion"  (RKO) 
"All  Through  the  Night"  (W.  B.) 

PALMS— (2,000)  (20c-39c-44c-55c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Average.  $7,000) 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (2.800)  (20c-39c-44c- 
55c)  7  days.  Gross:  $14,000.  (Average,  $10,- 
000) 


Oriental  in  Chicago 
Increases  Wages 

Chicago,  April  14. — The  Oriental 
Theatre,  large  independent  Loop 
house,  has  increased  salaries  of  all 
non-union  employes  approximately  IS 
per  cent.  The  increase  affects  35  em- 
ployes, including  cashiers,  ushers, 
doormen,  assistant  managers  and 
others.  Michael  Michaels  has  been 
added  to  the  staff  as  treasurer,  suc- 
ceeding Elmer  Stromberg,  named 
second  assistant  manager. 


Wednesday,  April  15,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


11 


"The  Corpse  Vanishes" 

{Monogram) 

Hollyzvood,  April  14 

CAM  KATZMAN  and  his  associate  producer,  Barney  Sarecky  of  Ban- 
^ner  Pictures,  had  an  idea  that  the  public  wanted  horror  pictures  and 
decided  to  out-Dracula  Count  Dracula  and  make  a  baby  out  of  Franken- 
stein. So  they  concocted  "The  Corpse  Vanishes,"  which  is  about  as 
eerie  an  offering  as  has  appeared  on  the  screen. 

The  story  concerns  a  scientist  who  causes  beautiful  brides  to  go  into 
a  state  of  coma  at  their  weddings,  steals  their  bodies  and  drains  their 
blood  to  give  to  his  own  wife,  who  would  die  if  she  were  not  thus  in- 
vigorated. 

After  seven  or  eight  young  women  have  disappeared,  a  newspaper- 
woman gets  on  the  doctor's  trail  and  is  saved  from  a  like  fate  by  the 
timely  arrival  of  her  fiance  and  the  police.  Bela  Lugosi  was  the  natural 
selection  in  casting  the  doctor.  Luana  Walters  enacts  the  role  of  the 
newspaperwoman  and  Tristram  Coffin,  Elizabeth  Russell,  Minerva  Ure- 
cal,  Angelo  Rossitto,  Joan  Barclay,  Kenneth  Harlan,  Gwen  Keyon, 
Vince  Barnett,  Frank  Moran  and  George  Eldridge  complete  the  cast. 

Wallace  Fox  directed  from  a  screenplay  by  Harvey  Gates,  who  adap- 
ted the  original  story  by  Sam  Robins  and  Gerald  Schnitzer.  Some  of 
the  acting  and  part  of  the  dialogue  are  inept,  but  the  over-all  production 
job  is  competent.    There  are  chills  aplenty  for  the  horror  picture  addicts. 

Running  time,  63  minutes.    "A."*  Vance  King 


Reviews 


"Men  of  San  Quentin" 

{Producers  Releasing) 

Hollywood,  April  14 

'*  1VI  EN  °f  San  Quentin>"  a  stirring  document  of  prison  reform  which 

iyi  was  photographed  almost  entirely  within  the  walls  of  San  Quen- 
tin, is  an  exploitation  natural  for  almost  any  type  of  house.  Given  a 
fictional  plot  for  the  purposes  of  motivation,  the  film  narrative  of 
America's  largest  penitentiary  carries  a  strong  message  of  humanitari- 
anism  in  dealing  with  convicts. 

It  is  the  first  picture  to  be  filmed  inside  of  San  Quentin,  Warden 
Clinton  T.  Duffy  having  given  full  cooperation  to  producers  Martin 
Mooney  and  Max  M.  King.  In  effect,  it  parallels  the  rise  of  Duffy,  a 
modern  penologist  who  effected  many  reforms  at  the  institution. 

The  cast  includes  J.  Anthony  Hughes,  Eleanor  Stewart,  Dick  Curtis, 
Charles  Middleton,  Jeffrey  Sayre,  George  Breakston,  Art  Miles,  Michael 
Mark,  John  Ince,  Joe  Whitehead,  Skins  Miller,  Jack  Shay,  Jack  Cheat- 
ham and  Nancy  Evans.  Hundreds  of  inmates  of  the  prison  are  seen. 
Ernest  Booth,  himself  an  ex-convict,  wrote  the  screenplay  from  an 
original  story  by  Martin  Mooney.    William  Beaudine  directed. 

The  story  deals  with  the  reforms  brought  about  in  prison  administra- 
tion when  a  humane  guard  is  made  warden  with  no  political  strings  at- 
tached. 

Running  time,  78  minutes.  "G."*  Vance  King 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 

"The  Bulleteers" 

(Superman  Cartoon) 

(Paramount) 

The  weird  and  incredible  cartoon 
adventures  of  the  redoubtable  Super- 
an  in  this  instance  should  prove 
ghly  entertaining  to  the  youngsters, 
his  time  Superman,  in  his  usual  dis- 
guise as  a  newspaper  reporter,  saves 
the  city  from  destruction  at  the  hands 
of  a  mysterious  gang  riding  a  rocket 
car  which  changes  into  a  plane  at  the 
will  of  its  crew.  Superman  does  the 
trick,  and  it  should  bring  the  young- 
sters up  standing.  Running  time,  9 
mins.    Release,  March  27. 


"Unusual  Occupations 
L 1-4" 

(Paramount) 

The  avocations  of  several  inmates 
of  San  Quentin  Prison,  who  display 
amazing  skill  makes  for  an  interest- 
ing subject  in  this  number  of  the 
series  in  color.  The  Army  camouflage 
units'  work,  a  Texas  woman  who  does 
unusual  work  with  crochet  needles,  and 
Richard  Arlen's  operation  of  an  air- 
plane rental  airport  on  the  Coast  com- 
plete the  subject.  Running  time,  11 
mins.    Release,  April  10. 


"The  Raven" 

(Two-Reel  Special) 

(Paramount) 

An  amusing  and  cleverly  animated 
takeoff  on  Poe's  poem,  "The  Raven," 
involves  a  fox,  the  raven  as  a  vacuum 
cleaner  salesman,  and  a  Scottie  who 
owns  a  castle.  The  Fox  is  an  ex- 
convict,  and  the  vacuum  cleaner  most 
amusingly  undoes  his  elaborate  plans 
to  rob  the  castle.  It  is  a  good  sub- 
ject, in  Technicolor.  Running  time,  IS 
mins.   Release,  April  3. 


"Concerto  in  B-Flat 
Minor" 

(Color  Rhapsody) 

(Columbia) 

The  Tchaikowsky  concerto  is  per- 
formed in  satirical  fashion  by  the 
usual  assortment  of  cartoon  charac- 
ters. An  onlooker  cracking  peanut 
shells  and  the  eccentric  gesticulating 
of  the  conductor  afford  little  amuse- 
ment. Running  time,  7  mins.  Release, 
March  20. 


"Ascap  Songs" 

(Screen  Snapshots,  No.  8) 

(Columbia) 

Made  with  Ascap  cooperation,  this 
shows  a  group  of  composers  perform- 
ing at  the  San  Diego  Naval  Base, 
with  Allan  Jones  as  master  of  cere- 
monies. Groucho  Marx  sings  an  amus- 
ing little  ditty,  Jerome  Kern  plays 
nis  "Old  Man  River,"  and  other  tune- 
smiths  render  their  songs.  Jones 
:loses  the  show  with  "God  Bless 
America."  Running  time,  10  mins. 
Release,  April  10. 

'Snow  Trails" 

Sports  Review) 

[20th  Century-Fox) 

The  often  photographed  Sun  Val- 
ey  of  Idaho  is  before  the  camera 
igain  but  Ed  Thorgersen  adds  a  fillip 
>y  taking  over  much  of  the  footage 
or  himself.  He  describes  his  own 
eactions  to  the  scenic  beauty  and  the 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


*"A"  denotes  adult  classification. 


championship  form  displayed.  Skating 
by  Hans  Johnson  and  Yvonne  Broders 
is  outstanding,  as  are  the  slow  mo- 
tion shots  of  the  difficult  ski  jumps. 
For  the  finals,  Alf  Engen  takes  a 
group  of  skiers  down  the  long  Sun 
Valley  trail.  Running  time,  10  mins. 
Release,  Feb.  27. 


"Oh  Gentle  Spring" 

(Terry-Toons) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

The  animal  world  and  humans 
greet  the  coming  of  Spring  in  their 
respective  fashions.  The  robin  wins 
the  race,  as  usual,  to  be  the  first  bird 
North  to  bring  the  seasonal  greeting. 
Bunnies,  flowers  and  insects  each  pay 
their  tribute  to  Spring.  Some  clever 
animations.  Running  time,  7  mins.  Re- 
lease, March  3. 


"Cat  Meets  Mouse" 

(Terry-Toons) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

Paul  Terry's  appealing  characters, 
the  cat  and  mouse,  are  engaged  in  a 


naval  conflict  in  this  reel.  The  cat 
has  a  box  labeled  "Concentration 
Camp,"  in  which  he  imprisons  the 
mouse.  There  are  openings  in  the 
box  through  which  the  mouse  escapes 
but  is  inevitably  recaptured.  When 
the  cat  imprisons  some  more  mice, 
the  latter  sound  a  call  to  arms  and  a 
well-equipped  mouse  army  finally 
routs  the  aggressor.  It  should  bring 
laughs.  Running  time,  7  mins.  Re- 
lease, Feb.  20. 


"Fleets  of  Stren'th" 

(Popeye  Cartoon) 

(Paramount) 

Popeye,  sailor  on  a  warship,  has  his 
own  peculiarly  effective  fashion  of 
handling  enemy  dive  bombers  in  an 
amusing  cartoon  attuned  to  the  times. 
At  first  he  and  his  ship  take  a  beating 
from  the  carrier-based  planes,  then  the 
spinach  gets  in  its  licks,  and  that's 
that.  Running  time,  7  mins.  Release, 
March  13. 


'Kings  Row'  in 
Los  Angeles 
Does  $39,300 


Los  Angeles,  April  14.  —  "Kings 
Row"  scored  a  total  of  $39,300  at  two 
houses,  with  $19,900  at  the  Warner 
Hollywood  and  $19,400  at  the  Down- 
town. "Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  will  be 
held  a  fourth  week  at  the  Paramount 
Downtown  and  a  fifth  at  the  Para- 
mount Hollywood. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  8 : 

"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"Bom  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

CHINESE  —  (2,500)     (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $10,900.    (Average.  $12,CO0) 
"HellzapoppW  "  (Univ.) 

HAWAII — (1,100)  (33c -44c -55c -75c)  7  days. 
8th  week.    Gross:  $3,900 
"The  Turtles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"Call  Out  the  Marines"  (RKO) 

H I LLSTREET — (2,700)  (33c  -  44c  -  55c  -  75c ) 
7  days.  Gross:  $11,500.  (Average,  $6,500) 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS  STATE— (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $15,200.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Turtles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"Call  Out  the  Marines"  (RKO) 

PANTAGES-(3,000)     (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $10,200.     (Average,  $7,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT  (HOLLYWOOD)  —  (1407) 
(44c-55c-64c-75c-88c)  7  days,  3rd  week 
Gross,  $10,300 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT    (DOWNTOWN)— (3,595) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross: 
$16,000.    (Average,  $18,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER    BROS.    (HOLLYWOOD)  - 
(3,000)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days.    Gross:  $19,- 
900.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER  BROS.  (DOWNTOWN)  - 
(3,400)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days.  Gross- 
$19,400.    (Average,  $12,000. 


'Hardy'  Hits  $5,600 
Oklahoma  City  High 

Oklahoma  City,  April  14. — "The 
Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  scored 
$5,600  at  the  Criterion. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  9 : 

"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

CRITE.RION-(1,500)  (20c -25c -40c)  7  days. 
Gross  $5,600.     (Average,  $4,500) 
"No  Hands  on  the  Clock"  (Para.) 
"A  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"  (Univ.) 

LIBERT V — (1,200)  (20c-25c)  7  days.  Gross 
$2,600.    (Average,  $2,400) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.B.) 

MIDWEST-(1,500)    (20c-25c-40c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $4,600.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Jungle  Book"   (U.  A.) 

STATE  —  (1,100)     (20c-25c-40c)     7  days. 
Gross:    $4,200.    (Average,  $3,500) 
"Roxie  Hart"  (ZOth-Fox) 

TOWER —  (1,000)  (20c-25c-40c)  7  days. 
Moved  from  Criterion.  Gross:  $2,000.  (Av- 
erage, $1,750) 


' Hardy'  Is  Omaha's 
Winner  with  $7,600 

Omaha,  April  14.  —  Easter  week 
grosses  were  above  last  year,  exhibi- 
tors reported.  "Courtship  of  Andy 
Hardy"  pulled  $7,600  at  the  Omaha. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  8-9  : 

"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 
"Joan  of  Paris"  (RKO) 

BRANDEIS— (1,200)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross    $4,200.      (Average,  $4,000) 
"Courtship  of  Andy   Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"North   to  the   Klondike"  (Univ.) 

OMAHA— (2,000i)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross- 
$7,600.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZCth-Fox) 
"Dudes  Are  Pretty  People"  (U.  A.) 

ORPHEUM — (3,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,100.    (Average,  $7,000) 


12 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  April  15,  1942 


Survey  F.M. 
Unit  Facilities 
Now  Available 


A  survey  is  being  conducted 
among  FM  stations  now  in  opera- 
tion or  under  construction  to  de- 
termine the  facilities  which  will 
be  available  during  the  war.  Many 
of  the  stations  are  operating  on 
temporary  antenna  or  are  unable 
to  complete  the  frequency  measure- 
ment tests  required  by  the  FCC. 

Many  of  these  stations  are  re- 
quired to  work  on  short  exten- 
sions of  their  licenses  and  the 
survey  is  expected  to  reveal  the 
exact  situation.  If  the  facts  re- 
vealed warrant  any  action,  sug- 
gestions may  be  made  to  the 
FCC  which  will  permit  certain 
of  the  stations  to  continue  on 
their  present  basis  for  the  dura- 
tion. 

Further  expansion  of  FM  during 
the  war  appears  to  be  hampered  more 
by  the  lack  of  receivers  than  by  trans- 
mitting equipment.  In  cities  where 
FM  stations  are  already  operating, 
many  receivers  have  been  installed 
and  another  station  will  increase  the 
service  to  listeners  without  requiring 
new  sets.  On  the  other  hand,  areas 
which  have  no  present  station  have 
no  sets  in  the  homes.  Consequently, 
there  will  be  no  audience  for  a  sta- 
tion opening  in  such  areas,  as  FM 
receivers  are  becoming  increasingly 
difficult  to  obtain.  Those  interested 
in  FM  are  trying  to  encourage  new 
stations  in  cities  now  having  the  serv- 
ice and  discourage  it  in  other  locali- 
ties. 

At  present,  there  are  27  commer- 
cial FM  stations  in  the  nation,  of 
which  four  are  in  Chicago,  three  in 
New  York,  and  two  in  Philadelphia, 
with  a  third  about  to  start.  In  addi- 
tion, there  are  10  experimental  sta- 
tion on  the  air  regularly.  The  37  sta- 
tions are  located  in  about  15  cities. 
About  40  more  are  in  some  stage  of 
construction,  some  almost  ready  to  go 
on  the  air  and  others  with  only  con- 
struction permits  from  the  FCC.  In- 
cluding stations  now  on  the  air  and 
those  under  construction,  there  are  lo- 
cations in  about  30  cities,  although 
some  of  those  now  under  construction 
may  not  be  completed  during  the  war 


Fred  Bate  New  NBC 
Chief  of  Shortwave 

Fred  Bate,  former  head  of  NBC's 
London  office,  has  been  named  man- 
ager of  the  network's  shortwave  divi- 
sion. He  succeeds  John  W.  Elwood, 
who  has  been  shifted  to  the  West 
Coast  for  special  assignments. 

Bate  received  recognition  for  his 
broadcasts  from  London  while  air 
raids  were  in  progress.  He  was  wound- 
ed during  a  raid  and  returned  to  New 
York  for  a  rest  in  January,  1941.  He 
returned  to  his  London  post  and  came 
back  to  this  country  several  weeks 
ago.  Bate  has  represented  NBC  in 
London  since  1932. 


CBC  Barring  Talks 
Of  Draft  Opposition 

Montreal,  April  14.— The 
Canadian  Broadcasting  Co. 
will  not  grant  free  time  to  op- 
ponents of  conscription  in  the 
forthcoming  plebiscite,  it  has 
been  announced.  Time  will  be 
allotted  only  to  leaders  of  rec- 
ognized political  parties,  all  of 
which  favor  conscription. 
However,  opponents  will  be 
able  to  purchase  time  on  pri- 
vately owned  Canadian  sta- 
tions which  are  not  members 
of  CBC.  The  CBC  has  al- 
lotted 23  periods  of  free  time 
to  supporters  of  conscription. 


Bell  Engineer  Dies 

Charles  L.  Weiss,  Jr.,  41,  television 
engineer  for  Bell  Telephone  Labora- 
tories, died  this  week. 


Mary  Boland  Draws 
Equity  Fine  of  $500 

Mary  Boland  was  fined  $500  yes- 
terday by  the  council  of  Actors 
Equity  for  failing  to  communicate 
with  Equity's  Chicago  representative 
last  month  when  she  left  the  cast  of 
"The  Rivals,"  and  her  failure  at  that 
time  to  submit  to  a  physician's  ex- 
amination. 

The  fine  was  imposed  following 
charges  by  Frank  R.  Dare,  Equity's 
Chicago  representative.  Miss  Boland 
admitted  the  truth  of  the  charges  at 
the  hearing  yesterday  but  said  she  was 
too  ill  and  overwrought  at  the  time 
to  speak  to  Dare.  Her  temporary 
suspension,  imposed  March  10,  was 
:ontinued  by  the  council  until  the  fine 
is  paid. 

Warren  P.  Munsell,  Theatre  Guild 
business  manager,  and  Max  Meyer, 
company  manager  of  "The  Rivals," 
withdrew  charges  that  Miss  Boland 
had  broken  her  contract  by  withdraw- 
ing from  the  cast.  The  Guild  had 
asked  four  weeks'  salary,  or  $4,000, 
in  damages.  The  Guild  is  convinced 
that  Miss  Boland  was  genuinely  ill 
at  the  time,  the  officials  stated. 

The  council  set  Equity's  annual 
meeting  for  June  5  at  the  Hotel  Astor. 
Members  in  good  standing  at  May  1 
will  be  eligible  to  vote. 


British  Service  Film 
Release  Change  Due 


Col.  Division  Head 
Drive  Award  Posted 

Columbia  yesterday  announced  a 
special  award  of  a  $1,000  war  bond  to 
the  division  manager  whose  terri- 
tory achieves  the  highest  of  its  ori- 
ginal quota  for  the  fiscal  year,  as  part 
of  its  "Victory  Sales  Campaign." 

This  award  is  in  addition  to  more 
than  $50,000  in  bonds  which  will  be 
distributed  to  the  sales  staff,  Abe 
Montague,  general  sales  manager, 
said.  Eligible  for  the  latest  award 
will  be  Sam  Moscow,  Southern  di- 
vision ;  Nat  Cohn,  New  York ;  Jerome 
Safron,  Western ;  Carl  Shalit,  Cen- 
tral ;  Sam  Galanty,  Mideast,  and  Phil 
Dunas,  Midwest. 


Theatres  in  Miami 
Dim  All  Marquees 

Miami  Beach,  April  14. — Screen- 
ing out  of  the  whole  Miami  area  is  in 
effect  and  all  theatre  operators  have 
agreed  upon  a  uniform  lighting  policy. 
There  will  be  no  bright  lighted  mar- 
quees. From  now  on,  only  dim  lights 
will  announce  the  titles  and  the  stars. 
Bex-offices  will  continue  to  be  lighted 
and  for  safety,  the  entrances  and  the 
exits  will  be  brightly  lighted. 


London,  April  14. — The  method  of 
providing  films  for  the  armed  forces 
is  due  to  be  thoroughly  overhauled 
following  discussions  today  by  the 
Kinematograph  Renters  Society  coun- 
cil. 

It  was  pointed  out  that  the  armed 
services  all  over  the  world  are  gradu- 
ally becoming  the  largest  customer  and 
provision  for  them  is  becoming  a  basic 
economic  problem.  Minimum  terms 
for  the  armed  services  were  extensive- 
ly discussed  at  the  meeting,  and  the 
committee  considering  the  issue  was 
enlarged. 

KRS  members  unanimously  ex- 
pressed determination  to  provide  sol- 
diers and  sailors,  notably  the  Ameri- 
cans here,  with  the  latest  film  releases. 
Meetings  with  the  Cinematograph  Ex- 
hibitors Association  are  hanging  fire 
pending  tomorrow's  CEA  council  ses- 
sion. 


Shellac  for  Records 
Is  Cut  70°/c  by  WPB 

Washington,  April  14. — A  70  per 
cent  cut  in  the  amount  of  shellac  used 
in  the  production  of  phonograph  rec- 
ords and  transcriptions  was  ordered 
today  by  the  War  Production  Board 
as  part  of  a  program  to  conserve 
scanty  supplies  of  the  product,  which 
is  imported  from  the  Far  East. 

WPB  officials  said  that  by  reducing 
the  amount  of  shellac  used  on  each 
record  the  industry  might  be  able  to 
produce  more  than  the  30  per  cent  of 
last  year's  output  to  which  otherwise 
it  will  be  restricted. 

The  order  was  not  unexpected  by 
the  industry,  which  for  some  time  has 
been  devoting  itself  to  a  search  for 
substitute  materials.  So  far,  however, 
it  is  said,  all  of  the  possible  substi- 
tutes also  are  subject  to  priority  or- 
ders. 

The  manufacture  of  phonograph  rec- 
ords and  transcriptions  normally  is  re- 
sponsible for  about  one-third  of  the 
total  consumption  of  shellac  in  the 
United  States. 


WPB  Film  Priority 
Meeting  Tuesday 

Washington,  April  14. — War  Pro- 
duction Board  officials  will  confer  with 
representatives  of  the  producers  next 
Tuesday  and  with  exhibitors  and  rep- 
resentatives of  the  legitimate  theatre 
the  following  day  on  the  material  lim- 
itations which  shortly  are  to  be  im- 
posed upon  the  motion  picture  and 
theatrical  industries,  it  was  disclosed 
at  the  board  today. 

Officials  said  that  the  film  men, 
whom  they  would  not  identify,  will  be 
asked  to  nominate  committees  to  act  in 
an  advisory  capacity  to  the  agency  in 
the  handling  of  the  problems  arising 
in  the  restriction  of  consumption  of 
scarce  materials.  At  least  one  of  the 
restriction  orders  dealing  with  thea- 
tres is  said  to  be  ready  for  applica- 
tion at  once. 


Develop  Savings  Plan 

Hollywood,  April  14. — A  studio 
comptrollers'  sub-committee  has  ar- 
ranged a  systematic  handling  of  ac- 
counts in  a  unification  of  the  mechan- 
ics of  a  war  savings  plan  for  em- 
ployes of  all  studios  and  allied  indus- 
tries. 


FCC  Changes 
Are  Outlined 
By  Bar  Group 


Washington,  April  14.— Proposals 
of  the  Federal  Communications  Bar 
Association  for  revamping  of  the  or- 
ganization and  procedure  of  the  FCC 
were  set  before  the  House  Interstate 
and  Foreign  Commerce  Committee  to- 
day by  Herbert  M.  Bingham,  chair- 
man of  the  association  committee,  at 
the  opening  of  the  hearings  on  the 
Sanders  bill,  in  which  those  proposals 
are  incorporated. 

At  the  hearing,  which  attracted  only 
a  handful  of  radio  men,  most  of  them 
attorneys,  Bingham  told  the  committee 
that  the  "more  attractive  and  public- 
ity-making questions"  involved  in 
broadcasting  had  received  the  bulk  of 
the  FCC's  attention,  to  the  detriment 
of  other  services  which  it  also  regu- 
lates. The  work  of  the  FCC  is  so 
broad  and  varied,  Bingham  continued, 
that  it  can  be  handled  properly  only 
by  a  definite  segregation  into  separate 
divisions  of  public  and  private  com- 
munications. 

Sykes  to  Testify 

His  testimony,  almost  completely 
technical,  was  not  concluded  today.  He 
is  expected  to  finish  his  presentation 
tomorrow,  to  be  followed  by  Eugene 
O.  Sykes,  president  of  the  association, 
and  former  member  of  the  Federal 
Radio  Commission,  after  which  a  re- 
cess for  one  or  two  weeks  is  probable. 

There  is  little  pressure  for  the  legis- 
lation, particularly  since  war  condi- 
tions will  curtail  construction  of  new 
stations  and  restrict  other  activities, 
and  the  committee  is  expected  to  take 
its  time  in  considering  the  measure. 


F.  C.  C.  Authorizes 

Power  Increase 

Washington,  April  14.— The  FCC 
has  authorized  Station  KFAR,  Fair- 
banks, Alaska,  to  increase  its  power 
from  1,000  to  5,000  watts  and  author- 
ized Station  KRBA,  Lufkin,  Tex.,  to 
extend  its  time  of  operation  from  day 
to  unlimited. 

At  the  same  time,  the  commission 
ordered  hearings  on  the  application 
of  Station  WLAW,  Lawrence,  Mass., 
for  increase  of  power  from  5,000  to 
50,000  watts.  Hearings  also  were  or- 
dered on  a  three-way  contest  in  Ohio, 
in  which  WHBC,  Canton,  is  seeking  a 
change  of  frequency  from  1,220  to 
1,480  kilocycle  and  an  increase  of 
power  to  1,000  watts,  contingent  upon 
WGAR,  Cleveland,  moving  from 
1,480  to  1,220  kilocycles  and  increas- 
ing power  to  5,000  watts,  while 
WADC,  Akron,  asks  that  WHBC  be 
moved  to  1,350  kilocycles  in  order 
that  it  may  have  the  1,220-kilocycle 
frequency  and  increase  its  power  to 
50,000  watts. 


Officials  Tour  Canada 

Ottawa,  April  14. — Twenty  U.  S. 
radio  officials  will  start  in  Montreal 
April  20  a  four-day  tour  of  Que- 
bec and  Ontario  war  industries  and 
military  centers.  Guests  on  the  tour, 
arranged  by  the  Canadian  Broadcast- 
ing Corp.,  will  include  representatives 
of  the  Blue,  CBS,  Mutual  and  NBC. 


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NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  THURSDAY,  APRIL  16,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


leven  Groups 
Approve  Umpi 
Plan  to  Date 


Inter  mountain,  Southern 
Units  Ratify 


Intermountain  Theatres  Associa- 
tion, with  headquarters  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  and  the  MPTO  of  Ar- 
kansas, Mississippi  and  Tennessee 
have  approved  the  proposed  new 
selling  plan  of  the  United  Motion 
Picture  Industry,  it  was  disclosed 
yesterday.  With  these  two,  a  total 
of  11  regional  exhibitor  organiza- 
tions have  approved  the  proposals 
to  date. 

The  acceptance  of  the  Intermoun- 
tain organization  is  subject  to  the 
plan's  presentation  to  the  Umpi  com- 
mittee of  the  whole  along  with  the 
other  four  points  on  the  agenda  of 
the  trade  practice  committee,  accord- 
ing to  John  Rugar,  president. 

Theatre  Owners  of  North  and 
South  Carolina  will  meet  in  Charlotte 

{Continued  on  page  7) 


Kuykendall  to  Speak 
At  KMT  A  Convention 

Kansas  City,  April  15. — Ed  Kuy- 
kendall, president  of  the  MPTOA, 
will  address  the  Kansas-Missouri 
Theatre  Association  convention  here 
April  28-29,  at  the  Phillips  Hotel. 
Elmer  C.  Rhoden,  head  of  Fox  Mid- 
west Theatres,  regional  chairman  of 
the  War  Activities  Committee;  H.  J. 
Griffith,  head  of  the  local  Variety 
Club,  and  Byron  Spencer,  attorney, 
also  will  speak.  R.  R.  Biechele  is 
president  of  the  association. 


Exhibitors  in  Phila. 
Oppose  More  DST 

Philadelphia,  April  15. — A 
protest  against  another  hour 
of  daylight  time  was  regis- 
tered with  Mayor  Bernard 
Samuel  today  by  a  delegation 
from  Eastern  Pennsylvania 
Allied.  Milton  Rogasner, 
spokesman  for  the  group,  said 
the  extra  hour  of  daylight 
would  tend  to  reduce  theatre 
attendance  and  that  a  survey 
of  theatre  patrons  showed 
that  a  majority  opposed  the 
change.  The  Mayor  must 
make  his  decision  by  April  26. 


200  Film  Theatres 
In  Jersey  Blackout; 
Biggest  Yet  in  East 


Newark,  April  15. — Exteriors  of 
more  than  200  film  theatres  were 
darkened  in  tonight's  blackout  in 
Northern  New  Jersey,  this  State's 
first  general  blackout  test  and  the 
largest  ever  held  in  the  East.  The 
test  started  at  9:58  P.  M.  and  ended 
at  10:17  P.  M. 

Attendance,  in  the  larger  centers 
was  below  normal  and  dropped  off  in 
suburban  areas  where  many  potential 
customers  were  on  air  raid  duty.  Nine 
counties  with  an  estimated  population 
of  2,500,000  were  affected,  centering 
around  Newark,  Jersey  City,  Pater- 
son,  Elizabeth  and  Hackensack. 

Theatres  followed  blackout  orders 
without  exception.  Managers,  acting 
as  wardens,  had  staffs  trained  in  first 
aid  and  took  other  precautions.  The- 
atres reported  no  incident.  Station 
WAAT,  Jersey  City,  covered  the  test. 


U.  S.  Army  in  Eire  to 
See  New  Films  First 

London,  April  15. — American 
troops  in  Northern  Ireland  will  re- 
ceive the  latest  films  from  the  United 
States  immediately  after  they  are  re- 
ceived and  before  release  in  England. 

The  Cinematograph  Exhibitors  As- 
sociation today  expressed  willingness 
to  cooperate  to  the  fullest  extent  to 
permit  the  earliest  possible  showing 
of  American  films  to  U.  S.  troops  in 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Bill  Would  Restrict 
Government  Films 

Washington,  April  15. — 
Charging  that  Government 
publicity  activities  now  cost 
$27,000,000  annually,  Represen- 
tative Robert  F.  Jones  of 
Ohio  today  introduced  legisla- 
tion which  would  prohibit  a 
number  of  informational  serv- 
ices, including  expenditures 
for  radio  broadcasting  and 
motion  pictures,  by  all  Gov- 
ernment agencies  other  than 
the  War  and  Navy  Depart- 
ments. 


Bingham  Says  FCC 
Exceeds  Authority 


Washington,  April  15. — The  FCC 
is  showing  a  "growing  disposition" 
to  exercise  more  power  than  has  been 
delegated  to  it,  the  House  Interstate 
and  Foreign  Commerce  Committee 
was  told  today  by  Herbert  M.  Bing- 
ham, testifying  for  the  Federal  Com- 
munications Bar  Association. 

Continuing  his  explanation  of 
amendments  to  the  Communications 
Act  which  the  committee  is  studying, 
Bingham  criticized  the  FCC  for  re- 
sorting to  license  renewal  proceed- 
ings to  deal  with  violation  of  regula- 
tion by  stations  instead  of  bringing 
license  revocation  proceedings.  Bing- 
ham pointed  out  that  in  renewal  pro- 
ceedings, the  burden  falls  on  the  sta- 
tion to  prove  it  has  operated  in  the 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Cohen  Calls  Producers9 
Statement  'Red Herring9 

Max  A.  Cohen,  New  York  Allied  president,  in  a  reply  yesterday  to 
the  statement  of  the  Society  of  Independent  Motion  Picture  Producers 
urging  exhibitors  to  oppose  the  new  Umpi  plan,  said,  "The  producers' 
statement  is  a  feeble  attempt  to  draw  a  red  herring  across  the  path  of 

industry  unity   and   is   a   design  of 


Poe  Is  Loew-Lewin 
N.  Y.  Representative 

Seymour  Poe,  formerly  assistant  to 
the  Western  division  manager  at 
United  Artists,  has  been  appointed 
New  York  sales  representative  for 
Loew-Lewin,  Inc.,  it  was  announced 
yesterday. 

The  next  production  from  the 
Loew-Lewin  studios  will  be  Somerset 
Maugham's  "The  Moon  and  Six- 
pence" with  George  Sanders  and  Her- 
bert Marshall,  and  Albert  Lewin  di- 
recting.  Release  is  through  U.  A. 


selfish  interests." 

Cohen,  whose  unit  is  an  MPTOA 
affiliate,  declared :  "It  is  high  time 
that  the  belief  that  independent  exhibi- 
tors can  be  led  around  like  a  pack  of 
sheep  is  ended.  Exhibitors  proved  in 
the  conferences  that  led  to  the  unity 
program  that  they  know  what  it  is  all 
about."  The  producers'  statement  was 
issued  by  Attorney  Loyd  Wright, 
president  of  the  independent  producer 
group,  on  the  Coast. 

Cohen  declared  that  the  independent 
producers   derive   their   profits  from 
exhibitor  efforts,  but  did  nothing  to 
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Minn.  Seeking 
Stay  to  Appeal 
5-Block  Ruling 

N.  W.  Allied  May  Have  to 
Defray  Costs 


St.  Paul,  April  15. — James  F. 
Lynch,  Ramsey  County  Attorney, 
today  moved  to  obtain  a  40-day 
stay  of  entry  of  judgment  in  the 
Minnesota  anti-block-of-five  law 
cases  so  that  an  appeal  may  be 
brought. 

Judge  Albin  S.  Pearson  of  Ramsey 
County  district  court,  who  yesterday 
held  the  law  to  be  unconstitutional  and 
invalid,  indicated  he  would  grant  the 
stay.  However,  whether  an  appeal 
actually  is  taken  appears  to  depend  on 
the  costs  of  the  procedure  being  de- 
frayed by  Northwest  Allied,  which 
sponsored  the  State  law,  or  other  ad- 
vocates of  the  statute,  since  Lynch 
said  there  are  no  public  funds  for  the 
appeal  of  the  civil  case  by  the  State. 
It  is  impossible  to  appeal  the  criminal 
case,  he  said. 

Lynch  disclosed,  however,  that  he 
has  conferred  with  other  attorneys  in 
the  action,  who  have  indicated  that  an 
appeal  may  be  brought  about. 

An  appeal  of  the  case  might  be 
looked  upon  favorably  by  the  distrib- 
utors involved,  it  was  indicated  here, 
inasmuch  as  they  are  represented  as 
being  desirous  of  having  the  highest 
courts  pass  on  the  statute. 


Rise  in  English  Tax 
Is  Effective  May  10 

London,  April  15. — Chancellor  of 
the  Exchequer  Kingsley  Wood  has 
postponed  until  May  10  the  effective 
date  of  the  increase  on  entertainment 
taxes,  announced  yesterday  as  doubled 
in  the  new  budget.  Other  tax  in- 
creases are  effective  immediately. 

The  Cinematograph  Exhibitors  As- 
sociation today  discussed  the  tax  rise 
and  determined  that  there  would  be 
considerable  mechanical  difficulty  in 
adjusting  admissions.  While  it  was 
said  the  CEA  is  anxious  to  cooperate 
in  raising  the  maximum  revenue  from 
the  increased  taxes,  it  will  ask  that 
Sir  Wilfred  Eady  of  the  Treasury 
receive  a  delegation  to  discuss  price 
adjustment.  An  emergency  meeting 
of  the  CEA  general  council  has  been 
called  for  April  29. 

The  CEA  meeting  today  also  dis- 
cussed the  booking  of  "Gone  With 
the  Wind"  by  the  Gaumont  British 
circuit.  Criticism  was  voiced  but  no 
action  taken. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  April  16,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  April  15 

RKO  is  seeking  a  replacement  for 
Tim  Holt,  western  star,  who  to- 
day enlisted  in  the  Army  Air  Corps. 
He  had  been  set  for  six  westerns  for 
next  season's  release. 

• 

Universal  today  signed  Constance 
Bennett  to  play  the  title  role  in 
"Madam  Spy." 

• 

Claudette  Colbert,  Pat  O'Brien, 
Joan  Blondell  and  Charlotte  Green- 
wood volunteered  today  for  the  Holly- 
wood Victory  Caravan  which  will 
tour  the  nation  on  behalf  of  Army  and 
Navy  emergency  funds. 


Price  Pegging  Halts 
Canada  'Wind'  Runs 

Toronto,  April  15. — Repeat  engage- 
ments of  "Gone  With  the  Wind"  in 
Canada  have  been  held  up  because  of 
the  ruling  of  the  Wartime  Prices  and 
Trade  Board  pegging  theatre  admis- 
sions at  the  prices  in  effect  during 
the  period  Sept.  11  to  Oct.  15,  last. 
The  film  is  booked  at  advanced  ad- 
missions. 


At  the  M-G-M  home  office  it  was 
said  that  a  ruling  had  been  sought  for 
"Gone  With  the  Wind"  in  Canada 
on  the  basis  that  it  originally  ran 
before  prices  were  pegged,  but  that 
the  board  had  ruled  the  film  could 
not  be  played  now  at  advanced  prices. 
A  decision  on  the  showing  of  the  film 
in  Canada  will  be  held  in  abeyance 
pending  the  return  here  of  William 
F.  Rodgers,  general  sales  manager, 
now  on  the  Coas.t. 


'Holiday  Inn'  Will 
Be  Sold  Separately 

Paramount  has  decided  to  sell 
"Holiday  Inn"  separately,  Neil  Agnew, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  distribu- 
tion, announced  yesterday.  The  pic- 
ture is  scheduled  for  release  during 
Labor  Day  week,  he  disclosed.  The 
film  stars  Bing  Crosby  and  Fred 
Astaire,  with  a  score  by  Irving  Berlin. 
It  was  produced  by  Mark  Sandrich. 
"Holiday  Inn"  is  the  third  Paramount 
picture  to  be  sold  separately  this  sea- 
son, the  others  being  "Louisiana  Pur- 
chase" and  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind." 

New  W.B.  Theatre  Opens 

Bridgeport,  Conn.,  April  15. — The 
Merritt  Theatre,  a  new  Warner 
house,  opened  here  today.  Joseph 
Bernhard,  Harry  M.  Kalmine,  Leon- 
ard Schlesinger  and  Rudy  Weiss, 
home  office  executives,  attended  the 
opening.  Murray  Howard  is  manager 
of  the  house.  "Kings  Row"  was  the 
opening  attraction. 

20th-Fox  Trailer  Ready 

"Movies  for  Millions,"  a  10-minute 
trailer  stressing  forthcoming  20th 
Century-Fox  product  and  outlining 
the  part  the  screen  plays  in  the  na- 
tion's war  effort,  will  be  offered  by 
the  company  free  to  exhibitors,  it  was 
announced  yesterday.  A  total  of  150 
prints  will  be  sent  to  exchanges. 

Basil  Host  in  Buffalo 

Buffalo,  April  15.— The  Basil  Cir- 
cuit here  will  stage  a  party  for  local 
Variety  Club  members  in  the  club- 
rooms  on  April  25. 


Personal  Mention 


RB.    WILBY    of  Wilby-Kincey 
•  Circuit,  Atlanta,  was  in  town  yes- 
terday. 

• 

S.  Barret  McCormick  is  expected 
to  arrive  from  the  Coast  today. 
• 

Harry  Hunter,  Paramount  mana- 
ger for  Australia,  is  due  from  the 
Coast  today. 

• 

George  S.  Sharf,  M-G-M  attorney, 
and  Therese  Bergman  will  be  mar- 
ried at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel, 
May  17. 

• 

Harvey  Day  left  yesterday  for  the 
Midwest  and  the  Coast. 

• 

Jack  Hunt,  manager  of  the  Ori- 
ental Theatre,  Chicago,  plans    a  visit 
to  New  York  late  this  month. 
• 

James  Boyle  is  stationed  at  Camp 
Livingston,  La. 


VI/ ALTER  GOULD,  United  Ar- 
*  '    tists  foreign  manager,  plans  to 
leave  May  4  for  Latin  America. 
• 

Joseph  M.  Schenck  and  Darryl 
Zanuck  have  returned  to  Hollywood. 
• 

Bertram  Block  is  on  the  Coast. 
• 

Sam  Yellen,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Twentieth  Century  The- 
atre, Buffalo,  is  in  the  Army  technical 
school  at  Miami. 

• 

Stanley  Kozanowski,  chief  bark- 
er of  the  Buffalo  Variety  Club,  is  ill. 
• 

Leo  Bonoff,  exhibitor  of  Saybrook 
and  Madison,  Conn.,  has  returned 
from  Miami. 

• 

Robert  Bran  wick,  of  the  Strand, 
Hartford,  has  been  inducted  into  the 
Army. 


Mort  Blumenstock's 
Marriage  Revealed 

Mort  Blumenstock,  director  of 
Warner  Bros,  advertising  and  public- 
ity in  the  East,  and  Mrs.  Sandra 
Sandhurst,  formerly  of  San  Francis- 
co, have  been  married,  it  was  revealed 
yesterday.  They  are  expected  to  ar- 
rive in  New  York  from  Boston  to- 
day. 


'Banjo  Eyes'  Run  Ends 

Due  to  the  illness  of  Eddie  Cantor, 
the  engagement  of  "Banjo  Eyes"  was 
terminated  at  the  Hollywood  Theatre 
yesterday  afternoon.  The  show  may 
be  reopened  at  a  later  date. 


Mary  Boland  Reinstated 

Mary  Boland  yesterday  paid  the 
S500  fine  levied  against  her  by  Actors 
Equity  and  was  reinstated. 


Cohen  Calls  Producers9 
Statement  'Red Herring9 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
help  the  cause  of  industry  unity  or  aid 
exhibitors  when  they  were  seeking  a 
solution  to  their  problems.  He  said 
that  more  than  90  per  cent  of  the  na- 
tion's exhibitors  want  the  decree  sales 
method  changed,  and  that  they  need 
a  backlog  of  product  in  order  to  book 
to  the  best  advantage.  The  primary 
reason  for  seeking  a  change  is  to  pro- 
vide a  sufficient  flow  of  product,  not 
now  available,  Cohen  said,  referring 
to  the  producer  contention  that  films 
should  be  sold  separately. 

Replying  to  the  contention  that  the 
decree  method  has  improved  product, 
Cohen  said,  "the  box-office  value  of  a 
picture  is  a  question  of  dispute  be- 
tween   exhibitors    and  distributors." 
He  said  it  is  debatable  whether  prod- 
uct has  improved  in  the  past  season. 
He  agreed  with  the  producers 
on  one  point — that  the  decree 
has     increased     rentals,  and 
pointed   to   company  financial 
statements  as  proof.    But  the 
decree  has  not  increased  exhibi- 
tor earnings,  in  the  same  pro- 
portion, Cohen  said.  "Poor  prod- 
uct still  is  being  paid  for  by  the 
theatre  owners  without  relief 
of  any  kind,"  he  said. 
Posing  a  question  relative  to  the 
producers'    intentions,    Cohen  asked, 
"Do  they  have  the  best  interests  of 
the  public  and  exhibitors  at  heart  in 
advocating  single  picture  selling,  or  is 
it  merely  a  smoke  screen  to  get  high- 
er film  rentals  for  themselves?"  Single 
picture  or  small  group  selling  is  out- 
moded, if  blind  selling  and  block  book- 


ing is,  he  said,  since  the  former  ante- 
dated block  booking. 

He  claimed  the  producers  took  their 
stand  because  quarterly  selling  puts 
the  exhibitor  in  a  better  bargaining 
position  than  under  the  decree  selling, 
and  can  "navigate"  without  a  "special" 
for  which  exorbitant  rates  are  asked, 
under  the  Umpi  plan.  He  said  the 
producer  group's  members  are  the 
greatest  offenders  in  the  matter  of 
selling  "specials"  at  high  terms,  and 
in  granting  no  cancellation  privileges 
and  refusing  adjustments. 

Cohen  pointed  out  that  this  is  the 
first  time  a  majority  of  exhibitors  had 
agreed  on  what  they  want  and  that 
exhibitors  cannot  spend  all  their  time 
viewing  pictures.  "How  long,"  he 
asked,  "would  these  so-called  protec- 
tors stay  in  business  if  they  had  to 
operate  on  their  own  single  picture 
plan  if  any  of  them  maintained  their 
own  distribution  organization?" 

He  said  exhibitors  were  encouraged 
by  recent  Washington  conversations 
and  that  the  "best  interests  of  the 
public  can  be  served  by  the  great 
majority  of  exhibitors  putting  Umpi's 
accomplishments  into  practice."  De- 
claring that  the  "self-styled  protec- 
tors of  the  public"  refused  to  partici- 
pate in  trade  practice  conferences, 
Cohen  said  Umpi's  aims  are  "mainly 
concerned  with  the  little  exhibitor." 

Loyd  Wright,  in  addition  to  being 
president  of  the  independents'  so- 
ciety, is  chairman  of  the  United  Ar- 
tists production  committee  and  coun- 
sel to  some  of  the  U.  A.  producers. 
He  is  due  tomorrow  from  the  Coast. 


Bleachers  for  Bikes 

Buffalo,  April  15 
AyflLTON  HARRIS,  man- 
■l  vJ  ager  of  the  Buffalo 
Drive-In  Theatre,  which  opens 
on  Friday,  is  considering  the 
erection  of  bleachers  to  ac- 
commodate bicycle  riders, 
with  racks  beneath  for  the 
bicycles.  He  expressed  the 
opinion  that  driving  restric- 
tions will  not  materially  re- 
duce drive-in  patronage.  m 


Record  DeMille  Talk 
For  'Reap'  Premiere 


An  address  by  Cecil  B.  DeMille, 
producer  of  Paramount's  "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind,"  has  been  recorded  and 
will  be  heard  at  the  costume  ball  giv- 
en tomorrow  evening  by  the  Charles- 
ton, S.  C,  Junior  League  as  part  of 
a  three-day  celebration  in  connection 
with  the  film's  Southern  premiere  at 
Albert  Settile's  Gloria  Theatre  in  that 
city  Sunday  afternoon.  DeMille  will 
be  unable  to  attend. 

Mayor  Lockwood  will  be  host  at  a 
dinner  to  visiting  stars  tomorrow, 
preceding  the  ball.  On  Saturday,  there 
will  be  a  reception  at  the  Charleston 
Navy  Yard  with  Rear  Admiral  Will- 
iam H.  Allen  heading  the  receiving] 
line,  followed  by  luncheon  in  the  Cy-1 
press  Gardens  and  a  "Plantation 
Party"   at   WCSC   in   the  evening.) 


Writers  Volunteer 
For  'Caravan'  Aia 

Several  writers  have  volunteered  t< 
write  material  for  the  Hollywood  VJk 
tory  Caravan,  which  will  open  a  toui 
of  13  cities  on  April  30,  with  the  pro 
ceeds  to  go  to  Army  and  Navy  relie 
groups.  The  San  Francisco  playim 
date  has  been  changed  to  May  19. 

The  writers  include :  Ben  Hecht 
Marc  Connolly,  Edwin  Justus  Mayer 
Phil  and  Julius  Epstein,  Jerome  Chod 
orov,  Mary  McCall,  Arthur  Schwartz 
Donald  Ogden  Stewart,  Henry  Meyer 
Hi  Kraft,  John  Mercer,  Matt  Brooks 
True  Boardman,  Sidney  Perelman  anr 
Joseph  Schrank. 


Photographers  Set  Parti 

Philadelphia,  April  15.  —  Th< 
Philadelphia  Press  Photographers  As 
sociation  will  hold  its  annual  entertain 
ment  and  dance  on  Friday  at  the  Belle 
vue-Stratford  Hotel. 


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It's  S.R.O.  at  the  Astor.  The  photo  above  was  taken  Tuesday  of  the  second  week.  Both  Tuesday  and  Wednesday 
of  the  second  week  topped  corresponding  days  of  the  first  week  at  the  scene  of  its  earlier  triumph. 


We  conducted  a  nationwide  research 
And  followed  it  with  box-office  tests 
So  that  you  would  know  your 
Possibilities  for  success  when  you 
Play  "Gone  With  The  Wind"  again! 
Seven  triumphant  test  engagements 
In  cities  from  coast  to  coast 
With  hold-overs  of  two  and  three  weeks 
Climaxed  now  at  the  Astor  Theatre 
Where  it  is  making  history  anew! 
The  proven  facts  are  all  you  need  to 
Bring  it  back  for  sure-fire  success! 
Millions  haven't  seen  it  yet 
Millions  want  to  see  it  again! 
Returning  by  public  demand! 
The  Greatest  Picture  of  All  Time! 
Get  ready  for  ready  money! 

P.  S.  Watch  the  first  125  bookings  set  for  April! 


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Doors  Open  9:30  A.  M. 
Come  any  time  up  to 
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a  complete  show. 
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POPULAR  PRICES 
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FULL-LENGTH! 

Exactly  as  previously 
shown  1 

"You  really  haven't  seen 
G.W.T.W.  until  you've 
seen  it  at  least  twice." 
—Crowlher,  N.  Y.  Times 


(Above)  Simple  presentation  of  the  full 
facts  in  the  New  York  ad  camgaign. 


DAVID  O.  SELZNICK'S  Production  of 
MARGARET  MITCHELL'S  Story  of  the  Old 
South  "GONE  WITH  THE  WIND"  •  DIRECTED 
BY  VICTOR  FLEMING  •  In  Technicolor 
Starring  CLARK  GABLE  *  VIVIEN  LEIGH 
LESLIE  HOWARD  •  OLIVIA  DeHAVILLAND 
A  SELZNICK  INTERNATIONAL  PICTURE 
Screen  Play  by 'Sidney  Howard  •  Music 
by  Max  Steiner    •    An  M-G-M  Retease 


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Thursday,  April  16,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


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'Jungle  Book9 
Seattle  Tally 
Good  $9,000 

Seattle,  April  15. — "Jungle  Book" 
at  the  Liberty  took  a  strong  $9,000, 
with  "Captains  of  the  Clouds"  at  the 

IOrpheum  taking  $9,000. 
^Estimated   receipts   for   the  week 
pding  April  11 : 

"The  Wolf  Man"  (Univ.) 

"The  Mad  Doctor  of  Market  Street"  (Univ.) 

BLUE  MOUSE — (950)   (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,    2nd    week.    Moved    from  Orpheum. 
Gross:  $3,500.    (Average,  $4,0C0) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 

FIFTH    AVENUE— (2,500)  (30c-42c-58c- 
70c)    7    days,    2nd    week.     Gross:  $6,800. 
(Average.  $7,000) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

LIBERTY— (1,800)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $9,000.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Castle  in  the  Desert"  (ZOth-Fox) 

MUSIC    BOX— (950)     (30c -42c -58c -70c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.    Moved  from  Paramount. 
Gross:  $3,900.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.  B.) 

ORPHEUM— (2.450)   (30c-42c-58c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $9,000.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Riders  of  the  Purple  Sage"  (20th-Fox) 
"You're  Telling  Me"  (Univ.) 

PALOMAR —  (1,500)     (20c -30c -42c -58c)  7 
days.    Stage:  Vaudeville  headed  by  Lester 
Harding.    Gross:   $5,500.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 
Torpedo  Boat"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (3,050)  (30c-42c-58c)  7 
ays.    Gross:  $5,800.    (Average.  $6,000) 


Review 


efunct  Basil  Firms 
Sued  for  U.  S.  Tax 

Buffalo,  April  IS. — The  Govern- 
ent  filed  suit  in   Federal  District 
ourt  here  today  for  recovery  of  addi- 
'onal  income  and  excess  profit  taxes 
vied  against  three  dissolved  corpor- 
ions.    Cited  as  defendants  were  Ba- 
il Enterprises,  Basil  Bros.  Theatres, 
icholas  J.  Basil,  Basil  J.  Basil,  Con- 
tantine  J.  Basil  and  Theophilos  Basil, 
dividually   and   as   partners  doing 
usiness  as  Basil  Brothers  Theatres. 
The  suit  seeks  collection  of  $2,106 
rom    Basil    Central    Park  Theatre, 
Inc.,  which  formerly  operated  the  Vic- 
toria ;  $1,967  from  the  Genesee  Thea- 
tre, and  similar  amounts  from  Basil 
Strand  Theatre,  Inc.    The  complaint 
alleges  that  assets  of  the  defunct  cor 
porations  were  transferred  to  the  part 
nership  without  consideration. 


U.  S.  Army  in  Eire  to 
See  New  Films  First 

(.Continued  from  page  1) 

Ulster  as  well  as  in  England.  A 
provision,  however,  is  that  no  civilians 
be  admitted  to  such  showings.  The 
Kinematograph  Renters  Society  took 
a  like  position  with  respect  to  show 
ings  _  for  British  troops.  A  joint 
meeting  to  implement  the  plan  is  ex- 
pected shortly  between  CEA  and 
KRS  representatives. 


of 


Install  Union  Officers 

Buffalo,  April  15.  —  Officers 
Local  B-9  of  the  exchange  employes 
union  were  installed  here  at  the  annual 
dinner  at  the  Hotel  Markeen.  Ralph 
.Maw  and  Elmer  Lux,  M-G-M  and 
RKO  branch  managers,  respectively, 
were  guests.  Harold  Randall  is  pres' 
dent  of  the  union. 


New  Pensacola  Firm 

Tallahassee,  Fla.,  April  15. — L. 
C.  Hagler  and  associates  have  organi- 
zed the  Pensacola  Exhibition  Corp., 
Pensacola. 


"My  Gal  Sal" 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

Hollywood,  April  15 

TP  HIS  bundle  of  box-office  merchandise  contains  something  for  just 
about  everybody  to  be  found  in  the  longest  ticket-wicket  queue 
ever  stacked  up  in  front  of  a  theatre.  For  the  young  folks  who  make 
up  the  majority  of  the  theatre  going  body  this  picture  provides  Rita 
Hayworth,  complete  with  naming  tresses  and  nimble  feet,  and  Victor 
Mature,  in  gaudy  array  and  also  stripped  down  to  his  notable  torso,  in 
an  erratic  but  finally  happy  romance  in  Technicolor. 

For  the  older  folks  the  picture  provides  not  only  superb  presentations 
of  the  memorable  "My  Gal  Sal"  and  "On  the  Banks  of  the  Wabash"  but 
also  the  story  of  Paul  Dresser,  who  wrote  them  in  the  first  place  and 
writes  them  again  in  the  picture.  There  are  also  four  other  Dresser 
songs,  and  four  others  which  fit  well  enough  among  them  to  run  up  a 
total  of  10  musical  numbers  delivered  with  a  variety  of  handlings,  mostly 
production  numbers  staged  in  the  manner  current  in  the  era  immediately 
preceding  1900. 

It's  a  lush  and  seemingly  faithful  reproduction  of  the  New  York  of 
that  period  which  producer  Robert  Bassler  has  fabricated  for  today's 
customers,  and  it's  a  lush  treatment  in  Technicolor  that  the  camera- 
men have  given  it.  Life  as  the  world  believes  it  was  lived  in  the  New 
York  of  the  '90s,  in  its  theatres,  cafes  and  hostelries,  is  lived  again  and 
with  nourishes  and  supplies  audiences  with  much  to  look  at  and  con- 
template. 

To  this  New  York  comes  Mature,  as  Dresser,  to  write  songs,  to  fall 
in  love  with  an  actress,  to  touch  the  lives  of  several  people,  bringing 
wealth  to  some,  and  to  carry  on  at  length  to  a  happy  ending  his 
romantic  pursuit  of  the  star  who  has  fascinated  him.  Writers  Seton  I. 
Miller,  Darrell  Ware  and  Karl  Tunberg  have  kept  the  story  rolling 
steadily,  stressing  the  humor  more  often  than  earnestness,  and  director 
Irving  Cummings  has  put  credibility  and  coherence  into  all  that  happens. 

John  Sutton,  Carole  Landis,  James  Gleason  and  Phil  Silvers  handle 
the  other  principal  roles,  the  large  cast  including  Walter  Catlett,  Mona 
Maris,  Frank  Orth,  Stanley  Andrews,  Margaret  Moffat,  Libby  Taylor, 
John  Kelly  and  many  more. 

Running  time,  103  minutes.  "G."*  Roscoe  Williams 


Eleven  Groups 
Approve  Umpi 
Plan  to  Date 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

on  Monday  to  act  on  the  plan,  and 
Allied  Theatre  Owners  of  Connecticut 
will  meet  in  New  Haven  shortly  to 
take  action.  The  ITO  of  Texas  will 
hold  a  regional  meeting  at  San 
Antonio  on  Tuesday  for  the  same  pur- 
pose. 

Walter  Vincent,  head  of  the  Wilmer 
&  Vincent  Circuit,  accepted  the  plan 
for  his  company,  Ed  Kuykendall, 
MPTOA  president,  announced. 

The  Pacific  Coast  Conference  of  In- 
dependent Theatre  Owners  has  post- 
poned its  meeting  scheduled  for  San 
Francisco  yesterday  until  its  four 
component  units  have  acted  on  the 
plan.  It  was  indicated  that  the  ITO 
of  Washington  and  Idaho,  one  of 
the  units,  approved  the  plan  this 
week  in  Seattle  but  no  official  dis- 
closure has  been  made  pending  the 
main  organization  meeting.  The 
other  three  component  organizations, 
ITO  of  Southern  California,  ITO  of 
Northern  California  and  ITO  of  Ore- 
gon, are  scheduled  to  act  on  the  plan 
next  week. 


Warner  Commissioned 

Washington,  April  15. — Jack  L. 
Warner  has  been  commissioned  a  lieu- 
tenant colonel  in  the  Army  and  will 
be  assigned  to  advise  and  assist  in  the 
preparation  of  Air  Force  training 
films. 


Seattle  Union  Will 
Work  6-Day  Week 

Seattle,  April  15. — Members  of 
Local  15,  Theatrical  Stage  Employes 
and  Motion  Picture  Operators,  has 
voted  to  abandon  the  five-day  week 
and  return  to  a  6-day  basis.  The  de- 
cision was  occasioned  by  the  shortage 
of  available  men,  due  to  the  number 
of  younger  members  who  have  taken 
employment  in  war  industries. 

According  to  Basil  Grey,  union  busi- 
ness agent,  the  men  will  work  the  sixth 
day  at  a  straight-time  salary,  and  this 
day's  salary  will  be  used  exclusively 
for  the  purchase  of  U.  S.  war  bonds. 
This  is  in  addition  to  the  three  per  cent 
of  their  salaries  now  devoted  to  war 
bond  purchases  through  the  union. 


Bingham  Says  FCC 
Exceeds  Authority 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

public  interest,  while  in  revocation 
proceedings,  the  burden  is  shifted  to 
the  FCC. 

Duke  M.  Patrick,  also  of  the  Bar 
Association,  testified  along  similar 
lines,  pointing  out  that  the  FCC  has 
threatened  to  refuse  renewals  to  sta- 
tions in  an  effort  to  "whip  the  net- 
works into  line." 


To  Open  Newsreel  House 

Louisville,  Ky.,  April  15. — The 
Scoop,  750-seat  newsreel  theatre  op- 
erated by  James  W.  Walsh,  opens  here 
on  Friday.  Programs  will  run  an  hour 
and  20  minutes,  with  admission  at  20 
cents  to  6  P.M.  and  30  cents  in  the 
evening.  It  is  planned  to  interrupt  the 
program  for  important  broadcasts. 


0, 


"ne  of  the  most  exciting  events  of  the  year  in 
show  business  took  place  this  week!  Charlie  Chaplin  in 
"The  Gold  Rush"  was  the  feature.  But  the  audience 
also  represented  a  million  dollars  worth  of  entertain- 
ment. 

It  comprised  America's  top  fun-makers  .  .  .  Danny 
Kaye,  Ed  Wynn,  Jack  Haley,  Marty  May,  Billy  de 
Wolfe,  Benny  Baker,  Hugh  Herbert,  Sid  Marion,  Bert 
Gordon — the  Mad  Russian,  Frank  Fay,  Billy  Gilbert 
and  others. 

Only  a  Chaplin  picture  could  bring  together  such  a 
fabulous  group  of  great  comedians.  They  crowded  into 
the  projection  room.  They  chuckled — they  laughed — 
then  they  roared  and  then  they  cheered!  When  the 


Abbott  and  Costello  wire:  "We 
like  to  be  serious  when  praising 
Charlie  Chaplin.  'The  Gold 
Rush'  was  a  happy  event  and  its 
re-birth  is  a  cause  for  rejoicing!" 


picture  was  finished  what  a  unanimous  tribute  these 
masters  of  laughter  paid  to  Chaplin! 

Ed  Wynn  said:  "I  sincerely  believe  'The  Gold  Rush' 
is  the  funniest  picture  ever  made!"  Danny  Kaye  raved: 
"There  are  more  laughs  in  Chaplin's  'Gold  Rush'  than 
in  any  three  pictures  combined!"  Hugh  Herbert  ex- 
claimed: "All  comedians  become  straight  men  before 
Chaplin's  genius!" 


TOjffli  IMF 


3"d  Directed  by  CHARLES  CHAPLIN  - 


Re'e3Sed  ^"^ited  Artists 


Extended  Run  Engagement  Starts  Saturday  April  18th  at  the  Globe  Theatre,  New  York  City. 


PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 


I 


.aramount  Pictures,  Cecil  DeMille,  Adolph  Zukor 
. . .  one  without  the  others  would  seem  strange 
indeed  to  an  industry  that  is  hardly  much  older 
than  the  life  of  this  triumvirate  itself. , .  for  thirty 
years  in  motion  picture  industry  is  truly  a  lifetime. 

And  we,  at  National  Screen  Service,  who  have 
had  the  most  pleasant  relations  with  Paramount 
Pictures  throughout  our  own  business  lifetime, 
are  happy  to  add  our  small  contribution  toward 
making  your  Thirtieth  Anniversary  a  special  oc- 
casion in  the  industry  to  which  you  have  made 
such  signal  contribution. 

May  we  wish  you  continued  success  and  happiness 
together.  And  may  we  add  our  congratulations  to 
Mr.  Barney  Balaban  on  his  sixth  year  in  such  excel- 
lent company  as  Paramount... DeMille  and  Zukor. 


Cparamount 


1912 

1942 


TODAY  the  Paramount  Studio,  seen  here  from 
the  air,  is  emphatically  "first"  in  Hollywood.  Time 
Magazine  proclaimed  last  December  what  the 
industry  had  sensed  even  earlier — "Paramount  is 
paramount  again  in  show  business"!  Paramount  is 
stronger  than  ever .  .  .  working  harder  than  ever 


.  .  •  clicking  with  a  regularity  that  is  the  talk  of 
the  business.    Hit  after  hit  rolls  from  the  studio 


1%% 


that  grew  up  around  DeMille's  barn.  Hit  after  hit 
is  to  come,  as  Paramount  builds  up  a  huge  reser- 
voir of  top  story  properties,  top  stars,  top  talent 
in  all  the  things  that  make  good  pictures. 


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Sarah  Bernhardt  in  the  first 
feature-length  photoplay  to 
be  released  in  America, 
"Queen  Elizabeth*" — im- 
ported from  France  by 
Adolph  Zukor. 


In  1912  Adolph  Zukor  took  a  flyer.  In  the  face 
of  dire  predictions  by  his  contemporaries  he 
purchased  the  American  rights  to  the  French 
film  "Queen  Elizabeth,"  starring  Sarah  Bern- 
hardt. The  idea  of  "name  stars"  was  born. 

The  success  of  "Queen  Elizabeth"  inspired 
the  idea  of  the  "Famous  Players  in  Famous 
Plays"  company  .  .  .  and  inspired  the  infant 
company  to  seek  ever  more  name  stars  for  its 
productions.  Geraldine  Farrar  .  .  .  Lily  Langtry. 
Minnie  Maddern  Fiske  .  .  .  John  Barrymore. 

Through  the  years  Paramount  has  recognized 
the  power  of  "name  players";  today  its*  roster 
includes  many  of  the  top  film  "greats,"  and 
special  contract  agreements  bring  others  into 
the  Paramount  fold  for  specific  productions. 


op"  °  .s?\a"5* 


"The  Great  Profile," 
Barrymore,  as  he  apfK. 
in  1912  as  one  of  the 


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The  list  of  stars  Para- 
mount has  brought  to 
the  screen  is  a  "Who's 
Who"  of  filmdom.  From 
the  beginning  Para- 
mount has  been  quick 
to  spot  new  talent;  quick 
to  develop  players  who 
catch  the  imagination 
and  quicken  the  pulse 
of  the  film-going  public. 


Mary  Pickford  in  "Poor  Little  Rich  Girl"":  Adolph  Zukor  seized  "The  Biograph  Girl'"  for  his  Famous 
Players  company  in  1913,  at  the  then  fantastic  salary  of  S2000  per  week.  In  three  years  she  was 
"America  s  Sweetheart"  and  was  earning  S20.000  per  week — the  biggest   "name"  in  pictures! 


Anna  Q.  Nilsson  in  "Adam's  Rib." 


Gloria  Swanson,  as  she  appeared  in  Cecil  B. 
DeMille's  "Male  and  Female"  23  years  ago. 

— STILl 


VERONICA  LAKE,  who  mounted  to  stardom  overnight 
last  year  in  Paramount's  air  epic  "I  Wanted  Wings." 
Today,  following  appearances  in  "Sullivan's  Travels"  and 
"This  Gun  for  Hire."  she  is  firmlv  established  as  a  star! 


Rudolph  Valentino  as  "The 
Sheik."  Jn  all  the  history  of 
films,  no  name  has  touched  his 
for  its  power  at  the  hoxolTicc. 


Three  Paramount  "discoveries"  in  one  scene  .  .  .  Gary  Cooper,  Carole  Lombard 
and  Shirley  Temple  (who  appeared  first  in  "Little  Miss  Marker  "Jshown  here  in  a  scene 
from  "Now  and  Forever." 


Bebe  Daniels  in 
"Hot  News." 


"_\.  A  J  JJ 


From  the  day  the  screen  first 
found  its  voice,  Paramount  has 
contributed  much  of  its  greatest 
musical  entertainment.  This  year, 
Paramount  plans  more  musicals 
—  and  comedies  with  music  —  than 
any  other  company.  Nine  are  al- 
ready in  work  for  future  release, 
many  of  them  based  on  leading 
Broadway  stage  successes! 


TODAY,  Paramount's  roster  of  luii- 
makers,  headed  by  that  "Road  Gang"  trio 
of  "Road  to  Singapore,"  "Road  to  Zanzi- 
bar" and  "Road  to  Morocco,"  is  busy 
bringing  relaxation  to  a  hard-working, 
hard-fighting  world.  Comedy  has  a  leading 
role  in  Paramount  product  of  the  present 
and  of  the  months  to  come! 


IN  COM 


Tbe  first  colored  motion  pictures 
ever  to  flash  on  a  screen  came  with 
the  release  of  Cecil  B.  DeMille's 
'Joan  of  Paris,"  many  scenes  of 
which  were  hand -tinted.  Since  that 
day,  Paramount  has  increasingly  rec- 
ognized and  made  use  of  the  power 
of  color  for  certain  types  of  films. 


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Ralph  Forbes,  Ronald  Colraan  and 
Neil  Hamilton  in  "BEAU  GESTE" 


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SUPERMAN" 

BIG  boxoffice,  TOPS  all  other  car- 
toons! Produced  by  Fleischer  Studios, 
based  on  the  famous  character  created 
by  Jerry  Siegel  &  Joe  Shuster.  Filmed 
in  colorful  Technicolor,  12  money- 
making  releases. 


QUIZ  KIDS'" 


Mighty  mites  at  the  ticket-wicket.  Mil- 
lions hear  them  weekly  on  the  air  .  .  . 
and  Collier's  helps  you  cash  in  with 
two-page  spread  in  June  20th  issue  and 
free  co-op  Father's  Day  ads.  6  quiz 
movie  sessions  to  pull  them  in  for  you. 


mount  Pictures  1942 


POPEYE 


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He's  in  the  Navy  now — and  funnier 
than  ever!  See  "Blunder  Below"  and 
"Fleets  of  Stren'th"  for  laughing  proof! 
12  Fleischer  Studios  fun-sprees  on  the 
current  lineup. 


\s  Si/: 


George  Pal's 

MADCAP  MODELS 

Pup  pe  toons 

Miniature  musical  comedies  with  pup- 
pets— the  new  entertainment  marvel! 
Watch  for  "Mr.  Strauss  Takes  A  Walk" 
— it  tops  even  "Jasper  and  the  Water- 
melons." 6  Technicolor-splashed 
masterpieces! 


99 


"ROBERT  BEXCBLEY 

Comedies 

"Feed  them  laughs,  fellows,  they're 
hungry  for  'em!"  Benchley  speaking 
.  .  .  and  making  audiences  laugh  and 

howl  out  loud  ...  in  4  riotous  comedies. 


POPULAR  SCIENCE 

Modern-day  miracles  in  the  world  of 
science  .  .  .  and  behind-the-scenes 
with  Uncle  Sam's  fighting  forces!  Ex. 
ploitation  aids  sell  every  release  for 
you!  6  in  Magnacolor  to  light  up  your 
marquee. 


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'UNUSUAL 
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"What  am  I  doing  in  shorts?"  Yes, 
folks.  Bob  Hope  is  only  one  of  the 
name  stars  that  add  boxoffice  value 
to  this  popular  series.  Dick  Arlen  and 

Amos  'n  Andy  featured  in  recent 
issues.  6  Magnacolor  releases. 


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HEADLINERS' 

Music  SWEET  and  music  HOT!  Danc- 
ing, singing,  pretty  girls,  top-notch 
bands  . . .  it's  a  TIP-TOP  series.  6  swell 
musical  sessions. 


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SPEAKING 
OF  ANIMALS 


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The  animals  do  the  talking — and  audi- 
ences the  laughing!  Novelty  hit  of  the 

year  and  they  sell  tickets!  6  howling 

boxoffice  releases. 


Mak 


taking  History 
Twice  A  Week 


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SPORTLIGHTS 


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The  best  in  sports  reels!  Thrills  and 
spills  and  action  aplenty  .  .  .  with  the 
aces  of  the  sporting  world.  Ted  Husing 
narrates  13  excitement-packed  Sport- 
lights. 


"Hedda  Hopper's 

HOLLYWOOD" 

They'll  be  seeing  STARS  .  .  .  Gary 
Cooper,  Kay  Kyser,  Jane  Withers, 
Loretta  Young,  George  Raft,  Betty 
Grable,  just  to  name  a  few!  The  first 
lady  of  Hollywood  makes  public  the 
private  lives  of  the  stars  in  6  STAR- 
STUDDED  shorts. 


'■-  -  ■  ■  ■  ■■ 


HA. 


"FASCINATING 
JOURNEYS 


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India's  in  the  headlines  .  .  .  and  here 
are  rare  glimpses  of  the  trouble  spot  of 
the  globe !  2  Technicolor  visits. 


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THE  RAVEN 


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2-reel  Technicolor  Special  from 
Fleischer  Studios  .  .  .  introducing  three 
grand  new,  swell  new  comedy  cartoon 

characters! 


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FOR  WHOM  THE  BELL 
TOLLS 

Ernest  Hemingway's  latest  and  greatest 
best-seller;  Book-of-the-Month  selection. 

BOTANY  BAY 

The  famed  Sat,  Eve.  Post  serial  and  best-seller 
by  James  Normatt  Hall  and  Charles  Nordhoff. 

FRENCHMAN'S  GREEK 

Best-seller  by  Daphne  Du  Maurier,  author 
of  ''Rebecca";  Literary  Guild  selection. 

LADY  IN  THE  DARK 

Moss  Hart's  smashing  Broadway  musical  hit. 

LET'S  FACE  IT 

Musical  comedy  success  by  Dorothy 
and  Herbert  Fields;  Cole  Porter  music. 

STORM 

George  Stewart's  best -selling- 
noveland  Book-of-the-Month. 

RED  HARVEST 

One  of  Dashiell  Hammett's  greatest  novels. 


THE  FOREST  RANGERS 

Thelma  StrabeFs  CosmopoUtan  novel; 
by  the  author  of  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind.*' 

YOU  GO  YOUR  WAY 

Katharine  Brush's  best -seller;  serialized 
in  the  American  Magazine. 

MR.  AND  MRS.  CUGAT 

Isabel  Scott  Rorick's  best -seller.  This  pic- 
ture is  completed  and  soon  to  be  released. 

THE  PASSIONATE  WITCH 

Thorne  Smith's  last  and  funniest  novel: 
to  be  released  as  "I  Married  a  Witch."' 

THE  MAN  IN  HALF  MOON 
STREET 

Famous  London  stage  success  by  Barre 
Lyndon,  purchased  as  a  vehicle  for  Alan  Ladd. 

OUT  OF  THE  FRYING  PAN 

Francis  Swann's  uproarious  stage  success. 
To  be  released  as  "Young  and  Willing." 


SUNRISE  IN  MY  POCKET 

A  play  by  Edwin  Justus  Mayer. 

THE  GLASS  KEY 

Another  Dashiell  Hammett  best -seller. 

TRIUMPH  OVER  PAIN 

From  the  widely -acclaimed  book 
by  Rene  Fulop-Miller. 

THIS  GUN  FOR  HIRE 

Graham  Greene's  best-selling  novel,  completed 
and  released  in  Paramount's  fifth  block. 

MISS  SUSIE  SLAGLE'S 

Augusta  Tucker's  best-seller,  soon  to 
go  into  production  with  a  top  cast. 

MANHATTAN  AT  MIDNIGHT 

Based  on. radio  scripts  from  the  WJZ 
national  network  series. 

OVER  THE  HILL 

CosmopoUtan  story  by  I.  A.  R.  Wylie. 


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Dedicated  to  the  production  of 

THE  BEST  SHOWS 
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Theirs  is  a  single  aim: 


Y.  FRANK  FREEMAN  BUDDY  DeSYLVA 

Vice  President  in  Charge  of  Operations  Managing  Director  of  Production 

Paramount^  West  Coast  Studio  entered  1942 
as  a  company  manned  by  showmen,  geared  for 
the  production  of  boxoffice  hits.  Paramount^ 
position  as  leader  of  the  industry  today 
stands  as  eloquent  witness  to  their  skill,  their 
teamwork,  and  the  unanimity  of  their  aim! 


ENTERTAINMENT! 


Y.  FRANK  FREEMAN 

Vice  President  in  Charge  of  Operations 

BUDDY  DeSYLVA 

Managing  Director  of  Production 

HENRY  GINSBERG 

General  Manager  in  Charge  of  Operations 

EDWARD  EBELE 

 Production  Manager 

A.  C.  MARTIN 

 Studio  Comptroller 

JACOB  H.  KARP 

 Head  of  Legal  Department 

WILLIAM  DOZIER 

 Scenario  and  Story  Editor 

WILLIAM  MEIKLEJOHN 

.    Supervisor  Talent  Departments 

JOHN  ZINN 

.  Manager  of  Casting  Department 

GEORGE  BROWN 

 Director  of  Studio  Publicity 

CHARLES  BOREN  I  ' 

 Studio  Manager 

A.  B.  HILTON 

 Assistant  Studio  Manager 


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HE  THIRTIETH  anniversary  of  Paramount  Pic- 


tures is  an  event  of  significance — not  only  to  the  business  of  motion 
pictures,  but  to  a  vast  public  the  world  over  as  well,  who  through  these 
three  decades  have  sought  and  found  unfathomable  measures  of  inspira- 
tion and  diversion  in  the  entertainment  bearing  the  celebrated  trademark 
of  the  Paramount  peak.  The  history  of  Paramount  is  virtually  a  history 
of  the  modern  industry.  Paramount,  together  with  its  antecedent  un- 
dertakings, initiated  by  Mr.  Adolph  Zukor,  reaches  back  to  the  rise  of 
the  feature  attraction  and  the  evolution  of  the  film  from  its  short-reel 
and  variety  status.  No  influence  was  so  great  in  rescuing  the  film  from 
its  original  lowly  estate  and  ushering  it  into  the  province  of  legitimate 
dramatic  entertainment.  13  Paramount  made  an  early  and  important 
contribution  of  distinction  to  the  film.  It  set  a  lofty  standard  for  all  of 
its  activities.  It  sought  the  best  in  personnel  and  in  materials.  It  made 
not  merely  a  pretense  of  "class,"  but  an  actuality  of  quality — in  its 
production,  in  its  methods  of  presentation  and  advertising,  and  in  the 
general  conduct  of  its  business.  During  these  three  decades  it  has  con- 
tributed importantly  to  the  pace  of  industry  progress  and  often  has  been 
the  real  pace-maker.  C|  Partaking  of  the  inescapable  fortunes  of  human 
institutions,  the  course  of  Paramount  through  the  years  has  not  been  with- 
out its  peaks  and  valleys.  The  manner,  however,  in  which  it  has  succeeded 
in  conquering  its  vicissitudes  is  perhaps  the  most  eloquent  testimony  to 
its  vitality  as  an  institution,  and  to  the  wisdom  and  perseverance  of  its 
management.  Now,  at  the  conclusion  of  thirty  years  of  operation,  during 
which  one  world  war  took  place  and  another  has  had  its  beginning,  and 
during  which  both  the  world  and  the  domestic  economy  has  sustained 
repeated  shocks  and  dislocations,  Paramount  stands  triumphant  upon  a 
new  pinnacle  of  success.  CJ  To  Mr.  Zukor,  whose  intelligence,  courage 
and  aggressive  will  to  succeed  have  played  such  a  great  part  in  its  long 
history;  to  Mr.  Barney  Balaban,  who  captained  and  inspired  its  resurgence 
during  the  recent  years;  to  Mr.  Frank  Freeman,  who  has  made  a  con- 
spicuous success  as  the  directing  head  of  production;  to  Mr.  Neil  Agnew 
in  domestic  distribution;  to  Mr.  John  W.  Hicks  in  foreign  distribution, 
to  the  several  principal  executives,  and  the  organization  at  large — a  hearty 
word  of  compliment  and  congratulation  on  this  thirtieth  anniversary! 


» 


-  MOTION  PICTURE 


Martin  Quigley 


DA 


for  ENTERTAINMENT 
to  NOW 


By  SAM  SHAIN 

Editor  Motion  Picture  Daily 


STANTON  GRIFFIS 
Chairman  Executive  Committee,  Paramount 


Recounting  the  growth  p>f  the  Paramount 
Pictures  Corporation  and  its  contributions 
to  the  art  and  industry  of  the  motion 
picture,  through  the  thirty  years  since  its 
founding  )>y  Adolf  Zukor  i  |  J  ;v 


TOWE^|^^|^j|i  over  Times  Square  arid  Bfif^way,  holding 
a  gre^i^plp^pTiere  agagat'^^^^^^^^e^lParamount 
Buil(|in^p^  idea. 
Thirty  ijy^j0^80b  it  ..was  just  an  idea  that  the  motion  picture 
should  bete$^;^^  %■, 

It  was  ^inhibitor's  idea — a  driving  notion' that  took  possession 
of  AdolpJ|(|^^^  with  penny 


arcades.;  :Me'^M^^s  and-  nicke'lockuuisv^^vuc!  ^pressing  hini  -into  a 


ex 

vears 


It  is  ^an 


me 
as 


AUSTIN  C.  KEOUGH 
Vice  President  and  Secretary,  Paramount 


the  president  of  ^FaXahtffimtz I?a«tures .  •.Ckw poratt6n ,'  and  with  Mr. 
Zukor,  "the  elder  statesman,"  there  as  chairman  of  the  board. 

Down  in  the  lobby  of  the  big  Paramount  theatre  below  there  is 
a  wall  panel  of  tokens  of  glory — touchstones,  literally,  of  success. 
There  is  a  piece  of  Cheop's  pyramid,  a  shard  from  the  Taj  Mahal, 
a  flake  off  the  Arc  de  Triomphe,  a  pinch  of  the  Parthenon,  a  bit  of 
the  Coliseum,  and,  like  as  not,  a  slight  hunk  of  Blarney  Castle. 

There  is  symbolism  of  the  world  scope  of  the  institution  that  is 
Paramount,  naive  but  honest  expression  of  its  determination  to 
be  great  and  important — a  determination  that  before  and  since 
arrived  at  achievement  which  needs  borrow  nothing  from  the  fetish 
stones  of  the  ancient  yesterdays.  Millions  around  the  world  know 
Paramount,  but  not  Cheops.  He  was,  but  Paramount  is. 

Onlv  a  little  way  down  and  just  across  the  street,  where  the 
Times  Building  splits  off  the  traffic  of  the  Cross  Roads  of  the 
World,  those  30  years  ago  Mr.  Zukor  had  an  office  where  in  1912 
he  had  the  daring  to  offer  to  the  amusement  world  a  film  drama  a 
whole  four  reels  in  length,  and  had  the  temerity  to  talk  of  the 
screen  as  a  rival  for  the  stage. 

The  idea  had  come  a  long  way  round  about.  In  Paris,  Louis 
Mercanton  had  made  this  four-reel  picture,  entitled  "Queen  Eliza- 
beth," with  the  almost  immortal  Sarah  Bernhardt  in  the  title  role, 
and  with  Lou  Tellegen  as  Essex.  When  this  picture  reached  Lon- 
don it  attracted  the  attention  of  Frank  Brockliss,  agent  there  for 
some  American  films.  Brockliss  wrote  in  enthusiasm  to  Joseph 
Engel  in  New  York.  Engel  was  connected  with  Edwin  S.  Porter 
in  the  making  of  Rex  brand  pictures  for  Universal.  Engel  told 
his  friend  Frank  Meyer,  manager  of  the  Western  Film  Exchange 
in  New  York,  and  Meyer  talked  to  Al  Kaufman,  manager  of  the 


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WALTER  B.  COKELL  FRANK  MEYER 

Treasurer  Assistant  Secretary 


FRED  MOHRHARDT  EDWARD  A.  BROWN 

Comptroller  General  Cashier 


J.  P.  McLOUGHLIN  CLAUDE  F.  LEE 

Personnel  Manager  Director  Public  Relations 


Comedy  theatre  in  Fourteenth  street — and  Kaufman,  in  turn, 
told  his  brother-in-law,  the  proprietor,  Adolph  Zukor.  That 
incidentally  is  the  same  Frank  Meyer  who  is  today  the  pur- 
chasing official  for  Paramount. 

Mr.  Zukor,  laden  with  experience  in  penny  arcades,  Hale's 
Tours  scenic  picture  shows,  and  the  nickelodeon  theatre,  in- 
cluding a  period  of  association  with  Marcus  Loew  in  early  pic- 
ture showmanship,  was  highly  hopeful  of  finding  new  oppor- 
tunity in  extending  the  domain  of  the  screen. 

The  most  impressive  name  of  the  stage  in  that  period  was 
Charles  Frohman.  producer  of  note  and  the  man  who  brought 
David  Belasco  to  Broadway.  Daniel  Frohman,  brother  of  the 
augustly  important  Charles,  was  available.  With  Daniel  Froh- 
man and  Joseph  Engel  and  Edwin  S.  Porter,  Mr.  Zukor  formed 
the  Engadine  Corporation,  which  paid  $18,000  for  the  Ameri- 
can rights  to  "Queen  Elizabeth." 

"Queen  Elizabeth"  established  many  and  many  a  contact  that 
was  to  matter  in  years  to  come.  Early  among  them  was  Alex- 
ander Lichtman,  destined  to  salesmanagership  for  Famous 
Players  and  a  long  career,  continued  today  in  his  post  with 
Metro-Goldwyn-Maver. 

MR.  ZUKOR  MEETS  THE  "TRUST" 

Those  days  were  filled  with  problems  that  not  so  many  can 
remember,  now.  The  motion  picture  industry  was  dominated  by 
a  horizontal  trust,  the  Motion  Picture  Patents  Company,  con- 
trolling all  the  machinery,  and  with  its  marketing  arm,  the 
General  Film  Company,  all  the  theatre  markets — subject  of 
course  to  sundry  piracies  and  infringers. 

It  was  not  the  Zukor  idea  to  invade  the  way  of  order.  He 
had  arrived,  a  boy,  from  Hungary  and  worked  his  way  up  from 
nowhere,  fought  his  way  up,  in  fact,  because  if  you  go  far  enough 
back  into  his  record  you  will  find  that  he  was  a  bantamweight 
contender  'way  back  there  before  the  turn  of  the  century.  He 
had  a  certain  respect  for  the  American  way  and  things  legal. 
So  it  came  that  he  went  to  the  Patents  Company,  told  his  story 
and  all  about  "'Queen  Elizabeth"  ;  miracle  though  it  may  seem, 
he  got  a  license.  That  was  because  Jeremiah  J.  Kennedy,  iron 
boss  of  the  Patents  company,  and  Henry  Norton  Marvin  of  the 
Biograph  Company,  right  bower  to  Mr.  Kennedy,  thought  well 
of  the  Zukor  idea.  They  saw  it  as  constructive  for  the  future 
of  the  motion  picture  which  they  controlled. 

Unhappily,  the  associates  of  Mr.  Kennedy  and  Mr.  Marvin 
did  not  think  so  well  of  the  plan.  They  prevailed  when  the 
next  Zukor  picture  came  along,  and  they  kept  him  sitting  in 
the  reception  room  of  the  Patents  Company  office  for  many  an 
hour.  While  he  sat  there  he  stored  up  the  heat  of  determination 
that  was  to  be  the  downfall  of  the  Patents  Company  group.  It 
was  there  that  this  poignant  man  became  what  one  historian 
has  called  the  "terrible  meek." 

Perhaps  fortunately,  or  at  least  helpfully,  the  issues  of  the  in- 
dustry were  diverted  in  the  courts  by  the  battles  of  such  inde- 
pendents as  William  Fox  and  Carl  Laemmle,  and  such  com- 
petitors in  the  motion  picture  markets  as  the  Mutual  Film 
Corporation. 

Mr.  Zukor  and  his  feature  picture  idea  went  ahead,  while  the 
major  altercations  went  on  elsewhere. 

Among  the  sequels  to  the  Zukor  notion,  came  David  W. 
Griffith's  departure  from  Biograph  to  make  "The  Birth  of  a 
Nation,"  and  in  turn  came  Thomas  H.  Ince's  "Civilization"  and 
J.  Stuart  Blackton's  "The  Battle  Cry  of  Peace,"  in  which,  in- 
cidentally, a  person  later  known  as  Leon  Trotsky  appeared  as  a 
bit  player. 

What  the  old  line  industry  then  called  "the  feature  craze"  was 
underway. 

Far  from  apparent,  and  in  remote  places,  other  and  related 
movements  were  in  obscure  progress.  Out  in  Chicago  the  clan 
Balaban  was  on  the  way,  'way  back  in  1907.    A.  J.  and  Tela. 


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son  and  daughter  of  Israel  and  Gussie  Balaban,  who  had  a  gro- 
cery shop  in  Jefferson  Street,  got  a  job  with  piano  and  song 
at  a  Kedzie  Avenue  film  theatre.  Their  mother  went  betimes  to 
see  the  show.  She  was  impressed  with  the  fact  that  the  cus- 
tomers paid,  five  cents,  at  the  box-office,  in  advance.  It  was  not 
so  at  their  grocery ! 

In  time,  Barney,  oldest  son  and  one  time  messenger  boy,  gave 
up  his  job  as  chief  clerk  at  a  cold  storage  warehouse  (where 
he  got  some  cooling  ideas  to  come  in  handy  later),  and  presently 
the  Balaban  family  owned  theatres.  By  1909  they  had  the 
Center  Theatre  in  Chicago,  with  pictures  and  such  vaudeville  as 
the  then  inexpensive  Sophie  Tucker,  Charlotte  Greenwood  and 
the  Marx  Brothers. 

The  vaudeville  was  unimportant,  save  that  the  nickelodeon 
of  the  West  Side  was  on  its  way  up.  But  there  was  another 
messenger  boy  on  the  scene.  He  was  Sam  Katz,  the  barber's 
son.  Young  Mr.  Katz  had  nimble  fingers  and  a  sense  of  rhy- 
thm. He  played  the  piano  at  Carl  Laemmle's  White  House 
Theatre  in  Milwaukee  Avenue. 

The  Balabans  and  Sam  Katz  effected  a  contact,  at  first  a 
social  one,  but  eventually  resulting  in  the  formation  of  Balaban 
&  Katz. 

Balaban  &  Katz  expanded.  The  Central  Park  Theatre  arose 
in  Chicago  in  1917  and  became  a  model  and  pacemaker — what 
with  its  cooling  system  ! 

THE  PUBLIC  BE  PLEASED! 

In  time  and  by  the  reach  of  coincidence,  came  a  new  and 
special  influence — the  B  &  K  policy  of  theatre  operation — one 
which  was  important  in  the  rise  of  the  screen,  for  it  involved 
supplying  to  the  customers  of  Chicago's  West  Side  a  sort  of 
elegance  and  grandeur  of  environment  that  was  in  itself  an 
adventure  and  relief  from  dull  and  tawdry  homes. 

The  potent  names  of  John  D.  Hertz,  Morris  Rosenwald,  and 
Lawrence  Stern  headed  a  Chicago  syndicate  which  aided  in 
extending  the  Balaban  &  Katz  chain,  including  the  notable 
Chicago  Theatre,  the  Riviera,  the  Tivoli  and  the  Uptown. 
The  B.  &  K.  Theatres  of  today  number  over  100,  extending 
over  the  populous  region  about  Chicago. 

Developments  in  the  B  &  K  theatre  system  were  destined 
to  play,  ultimately,  an  entirely  unforeseen  and  uncalculated  part 
in  the  patterning  of  the  industry.  Part  of  the  extensions  of 
power  took  their  origins  in  the  activities  by  which  the  B  &  K 


BOARD 

• 

Business  leaders  who, 
with  principal  officers, 
make  up  Paramount 
Board  of  Directors 


Harvey  Dow  Gibson  was  born  in 
North  Conway,  N.  H.,  is  a  graduate 
of  Bowdoin  College.  His  business 
career  began  with  American  Express 
Co.  Successively  became  president 
of  the  New  York  banks,  Liberty  Na- 
tional, New  York  Trust,  Manufacturers 
Trust,  which  he  now  heads.  Director 
in  many  large  corporations,  his  civic 
activities  include  Red  Cross  work 
and  relief  committee  service. 


Duncan  G.  Harris  was  born  in  New 
York,  July  I,  1878,  and  educated  at 
Harvard.  Entered  real  estate  busi- 
ness in  New  York.  Now  heads  Brown, 
Wheelock,  Harris,  Stevens,  Inc.  He 
served  throughout  the  World  War  I 
and  was  decorated  several  times.  He 
was  on  bondholders'  committee  in 
connection  with  the  reorganization 
of  the  Paramount,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  executive  committee. 


John  D.  Hertz  was  born  in  Ruttka, 
Austria,  April  10,  1879.  In  early 
days  he  was  a  newspaper  reporter. 
Founded  Yellow  Cab  Co.,  in  Chicago 
in  1915,  followed  by  Chicago  Motor 
Coach  Co.,  Peoples  Motorbus  Co.  in 
St.  Louis,  Omnibus  Corp.  of  Ameri- 
ca, latter  merging  New  York's  Fifth 
Avenue  Coach  Co.  and  Chicago 
Motor  Coach  Company. 


A.  Gonger  Goodyear  was  born  in 
Buffalo  June  20,  1877,  is  a  Yale 
graduate.  Started  in  the  manufac- 
turing business  in  1900.  From  IV)/ 
to  end  of  World  War  I  he  served 
in  various  capacities,  finally  as  a 
military  instructor.  He  was  coal  com- 
missioner for  Central  Europe  under 
the  Supreme  Economic  Council.  Now 
chairman  of  Swayne  &  Hoyt,  Inc., 
Gaylord  Container  Corp.,  and  others. 


Stephen  Callaghan  was  born  Oct.  3, 
1876,  in  Lebanon,  Mo.,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  Kansas  City  and  the  Uni- 
versity Academy,  Columbia.  Mo.  He 
obtained  a  law  degree  from  the  New 
York  Law  School  in  1899.  He  was 
a  Justice  of  the  Municipal  Court  of 
New  York  from  1912  to  1915  and 
Justice  of  the  New  York  State  Su- 
preme Court  between  the  years 
1915  and  1929. 


Earl  I.  McClintock  was  born  in  Pitts- 
burgh, June  23,  1889,  and  was  edu- 
cated at  Pittsburgh  Academy  and 
at  Princeton,  from  which  he  graduat- 
ed in  1912.  Since  then  he  has  been 
associated  with  Sterling  Products, 
Inc.,  of  which  he  is  now  vice-presi- 
dent and  a  director.  Also  president 
of  Sterling  Products  International, 
Inc.,  and  the  Sydney  Ross  Co.  He 
also  is  a  director  in  many  drug  firms. 


Maurice  Newton  graduated  from 
Princeton  in  1913,  joined  Hallgarten 
&  Co.  the  following  year,  then  left 
to  enter  the  war,  from  which  he 
emerged  in  1919  as  a  major.  For 
the  following  two  years  he  had  his 
own  brokerage  business,  a  member  of 
the  New  York  Stock  Exchange,  and 
since  1921  has  been  a  partner  of 
Hallgarten  &  Co.  He  is  director 
of  a  number  of  corporations. 


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theatres  became  the  controlling  element  of  a  large  booking  com- 
bine. Buying  power  was  to  be  power  enough  to  count  heavily 
in  Paramount  developments  to  come. 

Through  all  this  time  affairs  had  been  moving  apace  in  Adolph 
Zukor's  expanding  domain  of  production  and  distribution.  His 
Famous  Players  Film  Company,  with  the  acquisition  of  Edwin 
S.  Porter,  famed  for  his  "The  Great  Train  Robbery,"  the  first 
story  film  classic,  had  gone  into  production,  starting  with  a 
policy  of  great  stage  names  including  such  figures  as  James 
O'Neill  and  James  K.  Hackett,  and  a  "Class  C"  category 
offering  famous  picture  players,  meaning  principally  Mary  Pick- 
ford.  Of  course  she  too  had  a  slight  tinge  of  the  greater  fame 
through  association  with  David  Belasco. 

<3  POPULAR  THEATRE  NEEDED 

It  was  presently  to  be  proved  at  the  box-office  that  "Class 
C"  was  in  truth  "Class  A"  in  the  minds  of  the  customers.  It 
was  made  obvious  that  for  all  its  glories  the  stage,  with  its  dis- 
semination by  roadshow  and  an  abundant  literature,  had  not 
achieved  enough  penetration  of  the  people  to  have  important 
elements  of  box-office  appeal  to  the  masses  which  the  screen  was 
serving.  The  American  Biograph  and  Mutoscope  company  had 
explored  that  in  the  dawn  years  around  1896,  when  the  great 
Joseph  Jefferson,  in  excerpts  from  the  famed  "Rip  Van  Winkle," 


Mr.  Zukor  signing  Mary  Pickford  as  one  of  the 
first  "big  names"  for  his  Famous  Players  company. 


was  spectacularly  outsold  by  "Girl  Climbing  Apple  Tree." 

Mary  Pickford,  who  had  been  on  the  screen  continuously 
from  her  beginnings  with  Biograph  in  1909,  was  by  early  1914 
the  prime  factor  in  the  program  of  Adolph  Zukor  who  was  on 
his  way  to  a  position  of  the  broadest  personal  dominance  in  the 
evolution  of  the  motion  picture.  Her  pictures  were  basic  dramas 
of  the  rags-to-riches  school,  sprinkled  a  bit  with  the  melo- 
dramatic boast  that  "rags  is  royal  raiment  when  worn  for  vir- 
tue's sake." 

The  industrial  age,  equipped  with  electricity,  photochemistry 
and  the  first  great  plastic  development,  from  cellulose,  was  put- 
ting art  in  the  service  of  the  emotions  and  wishes  of  the  many. 
The  famous  players  in  famous  plays  concept  was  plastic,  too. 
It  responded  to  the  nudges  and  pressures  of  a  hungry  public 
and  rode  the  wave  that  it  helped  to  make. 

Almost  concurrently  other  production  sources  of  a  rather  par- 
allel nature  were  arising  along  with  Famous  Players.  Jesse  L. 
Lasky,  son  of  California,  one  time  cornet  player  in  the  Royal 
Hawaiian  band  and  erstwhile  vaudeville  producer,  had  arrived 
at  loose  ends  on  Broadway  with  the  expensive  failure  of  his 


endeavor  to  introduce  the  cabaret,  apparently  permaturely,  to 
New  York. 

Minded  to  return  to  stage  production  he  went  shopping  in 
New  York  for  a  writer  to  do  the  book  on  a  projected  operetta. 
He  wanted  William  DeMille,  who  was  unavailable  and  employed 
in  more  impressive  projects.  He  got,  how_ever,  William's  brother 
Cecil.  Out  of  that  came  the  motion  picture  project  which  be- 
came the  Jesse  L.  Lasky  Feature  Play  Company,  and  including 
Arthur  Friend,  attorney,  and  Samuel  Goldwyn.  The  initial  effort 
was  that  first  DeMille  production,  starring  Dustin  Farnum  in 
Edwin  Milton  Royle's  stage  hit  "The  Squaw  Man."  Mr.  Far- 
num chose  a  salary  of  $5,000  rather  than  a  quarter  interest  in 
the  company. 

Some  kindred  production  enterprises  were  under  way,  also 
in  California,  and  among  the  names  to  be  remembered  of  the 
period  were  Bosworth  and  Morosco,  destined  to  be  absorbed 
very  early. 

The  arrival  of  this  order  of  production  inevitably  produced 
both  opportunity  for  and  necessity  for  facilities  of  distribution. 
Vitality  had  gone  out  of  the  Patents  Company  group,  those  smug 
possessors  of  "the  know  how,"  who  did  not  have  room  for  Mr. 
Zukor  in  their  position  of  control.  Distribution,  for  the  feature 
product  and  its  revolution  for  the  industry,  had  to  be  created 
anew. 

In  oblique  manner  that  Patents  Company-General  Film  insti- 
tution, which  had  decided  to  thwart  the  annoyingly  progressive 
Zukor  was  now  to  make  contribution  to  his  forward  looking 
movement.  The  contribution  came  in  the  person  of  W.  W.  Hod- 
kinson.  This  Mr.  Hodkinson,  one  time  railway  signalman, 
one  time  salesman  for  the  International  Correspondence  Schools, 
impressed  with  the  movies  of  the  nickelodeon  period  and  anxious 
with  neighbors  to  improve  the  quality  of  that  entertainment  for 
their  families  in  Ogden,  Utah,  had  become  an  exhibitor,  and 
presently  an  exchangeman,  because  early  exhibition  meant  buy- 
ing prints  that  left  over  unplayed  values.  The  Hodkinson  ex- 
change went  into  the  General  Film  and  he  went  into  its  service, 
becoming  a  Pacific  Coast  distribution  manager,  which  in  turn 
brought  in  Herman  Wobber.  The  Hodkinson  idea  was  uplift 
of  the  lowly  movie  with  a  marketing  addressed  to  quality  and 
a  larger  significance. 

A  NAME  AND  A  TRADE  MARK 

By  steps  too  complex  for  discussion  here,  along  with  the  ad- 
vent of  the  feature  film  and  quality  idea  which  Mr.  Zukor  so 
ardently  represented,  Mr.  Hodkinson,  with  the  General  Film 
fading  behind  him,  and  the  substantial  withdrawal  of  Mr.  Ken- 
nedy and  Mr.  Marvin,  espoused  the  cause  of  the  new  feature 
distribution.  It  was  he  who  casting  an  eye  to  the  side  one  morn- 
ing in  uptown  New  York  saw  the  name  Paramount  Apartments 
on  a  builder's  sign,  and  it  was  he  who,  forever  drawing  dia- 
grams on  a  blotter,  that  day  evolved  name  and  trademark  for 
the  distribution  company,  "Paramount"  with  a  mountain  behind 
it,  contribution  of  the  Hodkinson  mountain  environment,  and  a 
circle  of  stars  overhead.  Paramount  was  born  as  a  distribution 
channel  for  the  agglomeration  of  feature  product  which  cen- 
tralized about  the  especially  vigorous  Zukor  activity. 

Alexander  Lichtman  was  then  associated  with  Pat  Powers. 
This  was  in  1912.  Powers  bossed  the  Powers  Motion  Picture 
Company,  maker  of  one-reelers,  and  was  associated  with  P.  P. 
Craft  in  the  ownership  of  the  Monopole  Company.  This  firm 
owned  the  rights  to  "Dante's  Inferno,"  "Homer's  Odyssey" 
and  "The  Life  of  Buffalo  Bill."  Lichtman  was  sales  manager. 
His  office  boy  was  a  lad  named  Max  A.  Cohen,  who  presenthv 
is  the  head  of  the  Cinema  Circuit  of  New  York,  and  president 
of  Allied  Theatre  Owners  of  New  York. 

When  Powers  rejected  the  idea  of  producing  "The  Count 
of  Monte  Cristo,"  Lichtman  took  the  matter  to  Adolph  Zukor, 
and  the  latter  agreed  t  omake  the  picture  with  James  O'Neill 


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in  the  starring  role.  Joseph  Engel  introduced  Lichtman  to 
Zukor. 

Because  the  pictures  in  which  he  was  interested  were  not 
being  sold  in  some  territories,  such  as  Ohio  and  western  Penn- 
sylvania, Lichman  decided  to  find  out  why.  He  booked  the  films 
himself  and  soon  learned  that  it  cost  more  to  distribute  pic- 
tures, one-at-a-time,  than  the  task  was  worth.  Operating  over- 
head ate  up  possible  profits  of  distribution.  New  and  more 
customers  would  have  to  be  found  if  the  business  was  to  con- 
tinue. 

To  stabilize  his  own  operations  and  those  of  the  exchange- 
men,  Lichtman  conceived  an  all-year  production  program — 
52  films,  or  one-a-week,  which  he  proposed  to  rent  to  theatre 
owners  on  a  single  group  basis. 

That's  how  block  booking  was  born. 

Swiftly,  between  the  most  determined  Zukor  and  the  exceed- 
ingly determined  Hodkinson  arose  differences,  which  while  they 
may  have  seemed  personal  then,  were  in  fact  basic  issues  of 
between  production  and  distribution.  Production,  in  the  per- 
son of  Mr.  Zukor  won,  and  in  control  of  a  mechanism  which 
had  been  the  inheritor  of  all  the  experience  there  had  been  in 
the  field  of  distribution.  It  was  in  this  period,  and  a  part  of  the 
processes,  that  there  came  to  the  scene  such  names  as  Hiram 
Abrams  and  Walter  E.  Greene,  from  New  England  exhibition 
and  distribution. 

When  the  movements  of  that  period  were  over  production 
had  been  united  for  this  sector  in  the  Famous  Players-Lasky 
Corporation  of  1916  and  Paramount  was  a  clearly  established 
distribution  subsidiary.  Some  of  the  movements  and  reaction 
involved  were  so  vigorous  that  there  was  an  impression  that 
the  paramountain  that  Mr.  Hodkinson  had  drawn  on  the  blotter 
that  morning  was  in  fact  a  volcano. 

The  project  was  getting  very  big — quite  outgrowing  per- 
spectives of  that  morning  when  Mr.  Zukor,  Dan  Frohman  and 
Joe  Engel  had  tremulously  watched  the  opening  of  that  packing 
case  which  contained  "Queen  Elizabeth"  and  all  their  hopes. 

The  motion  picture  had  become  big  business.  Adolph  Zukor, 
who  had  begun  with  intense  personal  interest  in  drama  and 
production,  found  himself  driven  by  force  of  developments  to 
attention  to  finance  and  operation,  so  the  accent  on  picture  mak- 
ing concentrated  rather  rapidly  on  the  Hollywood  plant  of  the 
Famous  Players-Lasky  organization,  where  for  many  a  year  it 
was  for  Hollywood  known  as  the  "Lasky  Lot,"  with  Cecil  B. 
DeMille  stellar  director,  then  as  even  now. 

«3  WALL  STREET  NOW  INTERESTED 

It  was  through  this  period  that  Capital,  also  known  as  Wall 
Street,  began  to  be  involved,  in  varying  degrees  of  influence, 
and  in  this  instance  especially  in  the  institution  of  Kuhn  Loeb 
&  Company.  Kuhn  Loeb  had  been  a-dabbling  with  the  screen 
since  the  days  when  Crawford  Livingstone,  downtown  entrepre- 
neur from  out  of  James  J.  Hill's  northwest  empire,  had  en- 
listed that  banking  house  in  the  sales  of  the  rather  ill-fated 
Mutual  Film  Corporation.  Kuhn  Loeb,  through  Felix  Kahn, 
brother  of  the  eminent  Otto,  was  an  investor  with  several  Mu- 
tual figures  in  the  Rialto  Theatre  of  Times  Square.  Through 
that  Wall  Street  generally  and  Kuhn  Loeb  especially  had  learned 
something  about  a  new  flow  of  revenues  called  box-office  re- 
ceipts. 

That  was  just  the  brink  of  the  time  when  the  big  business  of 
America  discovered  the  commonality — and  its  vast  and  ready 
buying  power. 

For  the  Kuhn  Loeb  connection  there  was  what  is  now  amus- 
ing background.  The  first  head  of  that  Mutual  Film  Corpora- 
tion which  arose  as  one  of  the  marginal  consequences  of  the 
decline  of  General  Film,  was  Harry  E.  Aitken,  one  time  film 
salesman,  exchangeman.  As  head  of  Mutual  he  had  made  the 
apparently  fatal  error  of  committing  that  corporation  with  a 


An  early  Paramount  Studio  —  on  26th  Street,  New  York. 


quarter  interest  in  "The  Birth  of  a  Nation,"  the  project  of  ambi- 
tion which  took  D.  W.  Griffith  away  from  Biograph,  where  he 
had  brought  the  important  Miss  Pickford  to  the  screen.  By 
action  of  the  board  of  directors  Mr.  Aitken  was  personally  stuck 
with  his  share  of  "The  Birth  of  a  Nation"  yet  to  be  released — 
which  parenthetically  was  the  best  thing  that  ever  happened  to 
him.  By  Kuhn  Loeb's  decision  Mr.  Aitken's  erstwhile  associate 
in  film  exchanges,  John  R.  Freuler  of  Milwaukee  was  made 
president. 

Mr.  Aitken  in  his  agile  capacities  of  promotion  went  to  Wall 
Street,  too,  and  promoted  the  once  famous  Triangle  Film  Cor- 
poration-— the  points  of  the  triangle  being  Mr.  Griffith,  Thomas 
H.  Ince,  one  time  director  for  Carl  Laemmle's  Independent 
Motion  Picture  Company,  and  Mack  Sennett,  who  had  brought 
to  the  screen,  by  way  of  Keystone  comedies  and  the  owners, 
Kessell  &  Baumann,  one  Charles  Chaplin,  soon  lost  to  the 
elsewhere. 

So  it  came  that  as  Triangle's  star  was  ascendent  a  "Wall 
Street"  syndicate  offered  Mr.  Zukor  one  flat  cold  cash  and  im- 
mediate million  dollars  for  his  stock  in  control  of  Famous 
Players  and  what  went  with  it. 

Mr.  Zukor  was  at  that  stage  in  affairs  sure  of  only  two  fac- 
tors, himself  and  his  notions  and  the  box-office  certainties  which 
pertained  to  Miss  Pickford.  He  turned  down  the  million — 
which  was  more  than  he  had  ever  expected  to  have,  and  stayed 
in  the  game  with,  as  he  has  said  "one  ace" — that  being  Miss 
Pickford. 

That  in  1914  was  an  epochal  day  in  the  American  picture  in- 
dustry. Most  of  what  has  happened  since  has  had  some  rela- 
tion to  that  decision. 

That  was  no  end  of  the  immediate  sequence  of  struggle,  how- 
ever. 

Mr.  Zukor  was  ignoring  Chaplin,  because,  as  he  was  quoted 
then,  he  didn't  think  Chaplin  was  funny. 

But  when  Chaplin  drew  from  Mr.  Freuler  and  the  under- 
writers a  contract  for  $670,000  for  his  services  in  12  two-part 
comedies  to  be  delivered  in  a  year,  sensational  precedent  had 
been  established.  Miss  Pickford  was  interested.  Mr.  Griffith 
was  interested.  Mr.  Sennett  was  interested. 

Mr.  Zukor  kept  his  ace — at  half  of  the  Mutual's  offer  of 
$14,000  a  week — price  for  staying,  $7,000  and  a  percentage. 

From  that  time  onward  the  Zukor  policy  was  acquisition  of 
talent  at  a  level  of  prices  just  above  competition.  For  the  next 
ensuing  period  his  Famous  Players-Lasky  became  the  possessors 
of  something  near  to  85  per  cent  of  the  world's  box-office 
values.   He  got  in  time  and  for  their  periods  Griffith.  Ince  and 


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Sennett,  also  Douglas  Fairbanks,  first  star  that  Triangle  in- 
troduced. 

The  pattern  of  the  period  was  strangely  like  that  of  the 
old  General  Film,  a  concept  that  a  motion  picture  company 
should  be  equipped  and  try  to  serve  all  the  theatres  in  the 
world.  And,  somewhat  back  to  those  initial  da)'s  of  Famous 
Players  in  famous  plays,  the  new  picture  became  Class  A,  Art- 
craft,  with  the  topmost  stars,  Class  B,  Famous-Players-Lasky 
with  the  main  body  of  production  and  a  new  Class  C,  that 
evanescent  unit  called  "Realart."  Something  for  everybody. 

Principal  star  of  "Realart"  for  its  brief  day  was  Mary  Miles 
Minter,  who,  young  as  she  was,  carried  a  deal  of  history.  She 
was  born  Juliet  Shelby  and  attained  stage  fame  with  Dustin 
Farnum  in  "The  Littlest  Rebel."  She  came  to  the  screen  in 
"The  Nurse,"  a  production  by  P.  A.  Powers,  of  the  Universal 
group  of  independents,  being  acquired  presently  by  Richard  A. 
Rowland's  Metro  Pictures  Corporation.  That  Metro  was  a 
consequence  of  Mr.  Rowland's  having  sold  out  his  distribution 
interests,  centered  in  Pittsburgh,  to  General  Film.  While  Mr. 
Zukor  was  building  up  the  feature  era,  Mr.  Rowland's  Metro 
set  out  to  compete  by  acquiring  among  others  that  once  cele- 


Paramount  executives  arriving  in  Los  Angeles  'way  back  when — 

Left  to  right,  with  their  titles  of  the  time:  S.  R.  Kent,  general  man- 
ager of  distribution;  Jesse  L.  Lasky,  vice  president  in  charge  of 
production;  Adolph  Zukor,  president;  Cecil  B.  DeMille,  director- 
general;  Harold  Franklin,  manager  of  theatre  department;  E.  E. 
Shauer,  manager  of  foreign  department;  Sid  Grauman,  and  Charles 
F.  Eyton,  general  manager  of  Lasky  studio. 

brated  Mutual  team  of  May  Allison  and  Harold  Lockwood, 
principal  stars  of  the  American  Film  Company  of  Santa  Bar- 
bara, owned  in  substantial  partnership  by  Mr.  Freuler  of  Mu- 
tual and  Samuel  Sheffield  Hutchinson,  a  druggist  from  Ravens- 
wood,  111.,  who  got  into  contact  with  the  pictures  by  selling 
hyposulphite  of  soda  to  Burton  Holmes. 

Mr.  Rowland's  raiding  of  American  for  Lockwood  and  Al- 
lison so  enraged  American  that  it  bid  back  for  and  got  Miss 
Minter.  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  all  the  M's  of  Mary  Miles  Minter 
were  arranged  to  alliterate  with  Metro. 

Not  much  developed  directly  about  Realart,  save  that  it  may 
have  served  its  day  as  a  pawn  on  the  board.  There  was  a  master 
of  movie  chess  playing.  It  threaded  in  strands  of  continuity 
that  ran  back  to  the  beginning. 

Meanwhile  Mr.  Zukor  had  by  both  aggression  on  the  force 
of  gravity  acquired  for  a  spell  all  of  that  Triangle  of  Griffith. 
Ince  and  Sennett.  Great  names  of  "the  Paramount  Program" 
of  the  era  also  included  Marguerite  Clarke,  runner-up  to  the 
Pickford  tradition  ;  Pauline  Frederick  and  Elsie  Ferguson. 

Notable  among  those  who  were  not  caught  in  that  sweep, 

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was  Clara  Kimball  Young,  once  of  the  Patent  group's  member 
Vitagraph,  and  subsequently  with  the  World  Film  Corporation, 
promoted  by  the  spectacular  Lewis  J.  Selznick,  one  time  jeweler 
and  real  estater.  Mr.  Selznick  came  into  the  movies  by  way  of 
Mark  M.  Dintenfass,  who  became  a  producer  for  Carl  Laemmle's 
Universal.  Mr.  Selznick  departed  from  World,  taking  Miss 
Young  and  a  selling  idea. 

That  idea  was  independent  star  series — calculated  to  shoot 
holes  into  and  thereby  prosper  in  opposition  to  the  Paramount 
program.  That  bourgeoned  and  flourished.  The  friendship  be- 
tween Joseph  M.-  Schenck,  once  vaudeville  booker  for  the  Loew 
theatres,  and  brother  of  Nicholas  M.  Schenck  rising  in  Loew 
operations,  brought  to  the  Selznick  screen  the  Talmadge  pic- 
tures, too,  with  more  success  than  either  had  expected. 

Paramount  began  to  notice  and  before  long  Mr.  Zukor  and 
Mr.  Selznick  were  partners  and  the  new  name  was  Select 
Pictures,  but  taking  the  name  of  Selznick  off  the  electric  signs 
from  Times  Square  to  Central  Park. 

That  was  another  strong  and  skillful  arrangement  in  behalf 
of  the  "Paramount  Program,"  whatever  else  it  could  have  been 
suitably  called. 

The  end  of  that  story  came  quickly  after  Myron,  son  of 
"L.  J."  went  into  production  with  a  big  electric  sign,  bringing 
the  name  of  Selznick  again  in  lofty  letters  atop  729  Seventh 
Avenue  and  the  office  of  Select.  Ultimately  came  the  day 
when  "L.  J."  failing  in  health  but  not  in  spirit  set  out  for  the 
west,  saying  "In  spite  of  all  that  Hollywood  must  give  my  boys 
a  chance."  It  is  now  clear  that  a  chance  was  all  they  needed. 
David  Selznick's  fabulous  triumph  "Gone  With  the  Wind"  was 
far  ahead. 

NEW  HORIZONS  AND  FACES 

While  all  this  was  in  progress  the  Paramount  organization 
under  the  high  drive  of  that  determination  born  that  day  in  the 
waiting  room  of  the  Patents  company,  was  acquiring  man- 
power, accumulating  skills  and  drives. 

Prominent  among  those  was  that  Sidney  R.  Kent,  so  recently 
passed  on.  He  arrived  with  that  certain  guidance  and  dynamic 
urge  that  made  him  want  to  be  in  whatever  capacity  a  part 
of  what  he  saw  as  the  forward  wave  of  the  industry  with  which 
he  had  cast  his  destiny.  He  had  that  special  capacity  of  being 
very  much  himself  and  very  much  of  that  sort  of  manifestation 
that  Adolph  Zukor  would  have  been  in  the  post,  an  admixture  of 
plasticity  and  aggression,  a  compromiser  who  never  really  com- 
prised. About  Mr.  Kent  there  grew  an  organization  of  remark- 
able capacity  for  the  execution  of  policy.  Many  have  gone  else- 
where into  positions  of  importance  and  influence  in  the  industry, 
among  them  such  figures  as  George  Schaefer — incidentally  once 
secretarv  to  that  L.  J.  Selznick  at  World  Film,  now  president  of 
RKO. 

Importantly  pertaining  to  that  Kent  era  is  that  belligerently 
blue-eyed  Neil  Agnew,  sales  manager  of  the  Paramount  of  now. 
It  is  to  be  remembered  of  Mr.  Agnew  that  originally,  no  matter 
how  commercial  he  may  have  become,  his  interest  was  artistic, 
purely.  When  he  was  a  student  at  Chicago's  Art  Institute  he 
had  a  friend  who  let  him  into  those  Famous  Player's  screen- 
ings at  the  home  office  in  Wabash  Avenue,  where  he  saw  the 
movies,  free  and  plenty. 

Mr.  Agnew  was  a  free  hand  draughtsman  then.  Now  he 
works  by  blocks  of  five. 

Important  among  Mr.  Zukor's  heritages  was  a  consciousness 
of  the  Old  World,  and  the  rest  of  the  world.  Paramount  built 
a  foreign  organization  under  the  direct  auspices  of  Emil  Shauer. 
and  leading  up  to  the  contemporary  administration  of  John  W. 
Hicks,  Jr.,  which  became  important  to  the  total  motion  picture 
industrial  situation. 

Also  into  that  home  office  picture  where  in  some  curious  sort 


Metro- Gold wyn -Mayer,  Loew's,  Inc.  and  Station  WHN  extend  the  hand  of  friendship  to  Paramount. 


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of  way  administration  seemed  to  hold  on  to  production  there 
was  a  story  department  which  began  with  Robert  McAlarney 
and  continued  to  bring  in  such  names  as  Harry  Durant,  from 
the  famed  "Bob"  Davis-Munsey  organization,  as  editor  of 
Cavalier,  and  next  Julian  Johnson,  with  the  Los  Angeles  Times, 
Dillingham  and  Hearst  magazine  and  movies  behind  him. 

Then,  too,  came  into  that  office  and  its  functioning  Walter 
Wanger,  representing  both  his  own  idea  of  production  and  Jesse 
L.  Lasky. 

Time  marched  on  in  the  Paramount  destiny  and  concurrently 


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By  ADOLPH  ZUKOR 


'OOKING  back  over  the  thirty  years 
of  the  company's  existence,  I  am  more  than  ever  con- 
vinced that  one  constant  factor  has  been  responsible  for 
Paramount's  survival  and  present  position  in  the  in- 
dustry. 

That  factor  is  showmanship. 

Showmanship  cannot  be  mastered  in  college.  Show- 
men are  born  with  the  rare  combination  of  instinctive 
crowd  psychology,  vision  and  courage. 

This  organization  has  been  fortunate  in  that  it  has 
been  dominated  by  showmen  from  its  very  inception. 

It  was  showmanship  that  led  us  to  gamble  on  the 
first  feature-length  motion  picture  in  a  day  tvhen  one- 
reelers  were  the  established  form  of  film  entertainment. 

It  was  showmanship  that  kept  us  planning  new  ways 
and  means  to  lengthen  the  period  of  entertainment  for 
the  public  from  fifteen  minutes  to  a  half  hour,  from  a 
half  hour  to  a  full  hour  and  longer. 

It  was  shotvmanship  that  led  us  to  develop  our  own 
lithographs,  press  books,  heralds  and  other  advertising 
accessories  to  aid  the  exhibitor  in  bringing  additional 
patrons  to  his  box  office. 

It  was  Paramount  showmanship  that  introduced  lob- 
by displays.  Until  this  company  initiated  these  ideas 
the  pioneer  motion  picture  companies  depended  on 
cut-outs  from  the  lithographs  of  current  stage  plays. 

It  was  showmanship  that  added  specialty  acts  so  that 
the  theatre-going  public  might  spend  an  hour  and  a 
half  or  so  relaxing  and  enjoying  true  entertainment. 

It  was  showmanship  that  carried  this  company 
through  several  difficult  years  and  it  is  Paramount  show- 
manship today  that  is  responsible  for  the  steady  flow  of 
fine  pictures  emanating  from  our  studios. 

There  is  always  a  place  for  showmen  in  the  motion 
picture  industry.  To  the  young  man  of  today  who  has 
the  instinct,  the  vision  and  the  courage,  the  opportun- 
ities are  just  as  great  today  as  they  were  when  I  first  be- 
came interested  in  motion  pictures. 


with  some  of  the  developments  here  recorded,  production  be- 
came vastly  more  involved  with  exhibition. 

Exhibition  began  to  express  a  consciousness  that  buying 
power  was  real  power.  First  National  Exhibitors'  Circuit  was 
announced  in  mid- April  of  1917  and  launched  almost  immedi- 
ately a  program  of  production  with  top  rank  players.  The  first 
to  be  employed  was  Charles  Chaplin,  the  next  Mary  Pickford, 
on  deals  of  slightly  more  than  a  million  dollars  each  for  a  sea- 
son's product.  In  1919  Marcus  Loew  set  out  to  fortify  his 
position  as  a  metropolitan  exhibitor  by  acquiring  Metro  Pic- 
tures Corporation  and  today's  M-G-M  was  on  the  way.  Also 
in  1919  the  stars  began  to  express  their  power  with  the  forma- 
tion of  United  Artists,  by  Douglas  Fairbanks,  Mary  Pickford, 
Charles  Chaplin  and  D.  W.  Griffith. 

In  those  two  swift  years  of  1918-'  19  the  competitive  picture 
map  had  changed  remarkably.  The  Zukor  strategy  was  to 
answer  exhibitor  entry  into  production  by  taking  his  produc- 
tion company  into  exhibition  by  the  acquisition  of  theatres. 
Among  those  importantly  connected  with  that  campaign  of 
theatre  acquisition  was  Harry  Ross,  today  the  head  of  the  com- 
mercial research  organization  known  as  Ross  Federal  Service. 

As  a  measure  of  the  progress  from  the  dawn  of  the  Engadine 
Corporation  in  1912,  it  is  to  be  recorded  that  in  1918  Paramount 
closed  its  books  with  a  gross  income  of  $18,090,500,  and  this 
in  spite  of  the  inroads  of  World  War  I  and  the  influenza  epi- 
demic. 

Wall  Street  began  to  take  new  notice  of  the  burgeoning  new 
industry  in  1919.  Kuhn-Loeb  Company  floated  a  $10,000,000 
loan  for  Paramount's  theatre  purchasing  projects.  W.  C. 
Durant  and  Harvey  Gibson  were  named  directors  of  Loew's, 
Inc. 

Gibson,  today,  is  a  member  of  the  Paramount  company's 
board  of  directors.  He  is  the  head  of  Manufacturers  Trust 
Company. 

The  DuPonts  and  Chase  Bank  were  financially  interested  in 
Edgar  Selwyn  and  Samuel  Goldwyn. 

D.  W.  Griffith  produced  "Broken  Blossoms,"  starring  Rich- 
ard Barthelmess  and  Lillian  Gish.  Paramount's  "The  Miracle 
Man"  directed  by  George  Loane  Tucker  established  Lon 
Chaney,  Thomas  Meighan  and  Betty  Compson.  New  York  had 
become  the  financial  center  and  show-window  of  the  industry, 
whose  position  was  now  unshakeable  due  to  the  four  years  free 
of  foreign  competition,  by  reason  of  the  war.  There  were  new 
names,  many  of  whom  are  now  famous  in  the  business,  who 
were  part  and  parcel  of  the  Paramount  organization  in  1919. 

Adolph  Zukor  headed  the  corporation  with  young  Eugene 
Zukor.  now  a  Commander  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  as  his  assistant. 
Jesse  L.  Lasky  was  vice-president  in  charge  of  production. 
Cecil  B.  DeMille  was  director  general. 

While  Paramount  was  consolidating  its  huge  organization, 
other  developments  were  taking  place  on  all  sides. 

«]  GROWTH  OF  FOREIGN  MARKET 

The  effect  of  the  present  World  War  upon  Paramount's  for- 
eign business  and  the  remarkable  growth  of  that  market  despite 
the  ravages  of  war  under  the  direction  of  John  W.  Hicks,  Jr., 
will  be  found  elsewhere  in  this  issue. 

At  the  home  office,  Hicks  is  ably  assisted  by  George  Weltner. 

Paramount's  standing  around  the  world  is  second  to  none. 
The  company  only  recently  disposed  of  its  studio  and  theatre 
facilities  in  France,  and  in  England,  under  the  direction  of 
David  Rose,  Paramount  is  more  than  holding  its  own. 

It  produced  abroad,  just  as  other  companies  have  done,  until 
quotas,  nationalistic  restrictions  and  finally  World  War  II  com- 
pelled it  to  give  up  certain  activities. 

The  efficiency  with  which  the  foreign  department  has  carried 
on  is  indicated  by  the  millions  of  feet  of  film  which  consistently 


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are  being  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  world  where  possible,  even 
today,  without  serious  loss  of  footage. 

In  1919  the  Capitol  Theatre  was  built  in  New  York  with  a 
rated  capacity  of  4,600.  Sid  Graumann's  Egyptian  and  Chi- 
nese Theatres  on  the  Coast  were  setting  new  standards  in  ex- 
ploitation. 

In  this  period  foreign  films  were  enjoying  a  vogue  in  America 
due  in  part  to  their  impressive  advances  in  lighting  and  pho- 
tography. Ernst  Lubitsch  was  brought  over  from  Germany. 
Victor  Seastrom,  Mauritz  Stiller,  Greta  Garbo  and  Lars  Han- 
son came  over  from  Sweden.  Paramount  produced  DeMille's 
"Ten  Commandments"  in  1923,  with  the  prologue  in  color.  In 
that  year  also  James  Cruze  produced  "The  Covered  Wagon." 

These  two  pictures  were  typical  of  the  road  show  attractions 
which  were  later  to  sweep  the  country.  Other  changes  heralded 
the  industry's  rapidly  approaching  maturity.  Writers  were 
given  greater  recognition,  occasionally  even  accorded  a  status 
equal  to  that  of  the  director.  Among  the  well-known  scenarists 
of  the  time  were  Anita  Loos,  a  movie  veteran  at  28 ;  C.  Garner 
Sullivan,  June  Mathis,  Frances  Marion,  Bess  Meredyth,  Monte 
Kattergohn,  Sonia  Levine  and  Howard  Estabrook.  Erich  Von 
Stroheim  was  at  the  peak  of  his  career  in  1924  when  Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer  was  organized. 

Von  Stroheim  produced  "Greed,"  an  all-time  box-office  fail- 
ure. Notorious  for  his  extravagance,  Von  Stroheim  was  to 
silence  his  critics  the  following  year  with  "The  Merry  Widow." 

In  1926  Warner  Brothers  purchased  Vitagraph  and  D.  W. 
Griffith  was  passing  into  obscurity.  Panchromatic  film  was  revo- 
lutionizing photography,  lighting,  costuming  and  motion  picture 
interiors  with  its  greater  sensitivity  to  tonal  values.  It  was 
said  that  Roxy's  (S.  L.  Rothapfel)  stage  prologues  were  a 
symptom  of  the  soaring  admission  prices  of  this  period  brought 
about  by  rising  film  rentals,  necessitating  stage  presentations  to 
justify  the  increased  tariff. 

A  THE  PARAMOUNT-PUBLIX  CIRCUIT 

First  National  had  gone  in  for  production  on  a  large  scale 
by  1925.  It  built  a  new  studio  in  Burbank,  California.  Under 
the  guidance  of  Sam  Katz  (Balaban  and  Katz)  and  now  with 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,  First  National  planned  a  gigantic 
merger  of  producers,  exchanges  and  exhibitors.  This  would 
have  relegated  Paramount  permanently  to  a  secondary  role. 

Once  again,  however,  Zukor  rose  to  the  situation.  He 
acquired  for  Paramount  that  company's  leading  circuit,  the 
Balaban  and  Katz  Theatres  of  Chicago,  in  the  fall  of  1925.  Also, 
he  united  all  Paramount  theatres  under  a  new  name,  Publix. 
with  Sam  Katz  at  the  helm,  succeeding  Harold  B.  Franklin. 

Construction  of  the  Paramount  Theatre,  which  was  begun 
on  Broadway  under  Harold  B.  Franklin,  was  completed  after 
Katz  became  Paramount's  theatre  chieftain.  When  it  was 
opened  it  became  the  cornerstone  of  the  great  Paramount-Pub- 
lex  theatre  system.  Its  present  managing  director,  Robert  J. 
Weitman,  has  done  an  outstanding  job.  During  the  next  five 
years  Paramount  was  to  far  outstrip  all  its  rivals,  but  the 
fates  were  preparing  a  fulfilment  of  Thomas  Edison's  early 
prophecy  of  sound  that  was  to  keep  Paramount  from  rest- 
ing on  its  laurels  for  long.  In  1926,  before  the  storm  broke, 
the  motion  picture  scene  was  crowded  with  the  greatest  array 
of  talent  in  all  its  history.  Among  the  foreign  stars  were 
Pola  Negri.  Greta  Garbo,  Lars  Hanson,  Emil  Jannings  and 
Conrad  Veidt.  Native  feminine  luminaries  included  Gloria 
Swanson,  Mae  Murray,  Norma  and  Constance  Talmadge,  Wan- 
da Hawley,  Julia  Faye,  Colleen  Moore,  Clara  Bow,  Sue  Carol, 
Flo  Vidor,  Madge  Bellamy,  Louise  Brooks,  Joan  Crawford 
and  Norma  Shearer.  Among  the  men  were  Antonio  Moreno, 
John  Gilbert,  Ricardo  Cortez,  Ramon  Novarro,  Gilbert  Roland, 
Rudolph  Valentino,  William  Haines,  Richard  Arlen,  Douglas 


MacLean,  William  Boyd,  George  Walsh,  William  Powell,  Eric 
Von  Stroheim,  Lew  Cody,  Nils  Asther,  Adolphe  Menjou,  Rod 
La  Rocque  and  Roy  D'Arcy.  Master  photographers  of  this  great 
silent  area,  which  few  realized  was  drawing  to  a  close,  included 
John  Arnold,  Joe  August,  George  Barnes,  Lee  Garmas,  Burt 
Glennon,  Peverell  Marley,  Oliver  Marsh,  Hal  Mohr,  Charles 
Rosher  and  Henry  Sharp. 

Today  Paramount  operates,  or  is  interested  in  about  1,600 
theatres  in  the  United  States  and  Canada,  besides  other  parts 
of  the  world.  As  head  of  Paramount's  theatre  department  there 


By  BARNEY  BALABAN 

J  ' 

~/VS  PARAMOUNT  this  year  com- 
memorates its  Thirtieth  Anniversary,  it  is  a  source  of 
great  satisfaction  to  know  that  the  company  is  enriched 
through  the  loyalty  and  spirit  of  the  men  and  women 
who  make  up  its  world-wide  organization. 

This  is  an  asset  of  even  greater  value  than  those  tang- 
ibles appearing  on  the  financial  reports  of  our  company. 
Like  finely  tempered  steel,  this  spirit  was  forged  during 
the  difficult  years  through  which  the  company  passed, 
and  as  we  face  the  unknown  future  of  a  world  at  war, 
it  becomes,  I  think,  the  company's  greatest  single  asset. 

It  was  this  spirit  that  made  it  possible  for  the  studio 
to  rebuild  its  organization  to  its  present  high  point  of 
efficient  production.  To  destroy  a  studio  organization 
is  a  short  process;  to  reconstruct  it  takes  years  of  effort 
and  expendittire.  Only  an  organization  of  such  limit- 
less man-power  reserve  as  to  produce  a  Prank  Preeman 
could  have  weathered  the  adverse  years  and  survive  to 
take  its  present  high  place  in  this  industry. 

This  indomitable  spirit  makes  it  possible  for  our  com- 
pany to  render  the  service  it  owes  to  our  country  and 
to  the  millions  of  theatre  patrons  tvho  have  learned  that 
Paramount  means  just  that — Paramount;  and  it  is  with 
a  deep  feeling  of  responsibility  that  this  company  joins 
with  the  other  companies  comprising  the  industry  in 
serving  our  government  during  this  critical  period. 
Without  profit  or  remtmeration,  the  entire  industry — 
production,  distribution  and  exhibition — has  pledged 
and  is  delivering  the  fullest  cooperation. 

Prom  every  phase  of  our  tvorld-tvide  organization 
come  sincere  congratulations  and  best  wishes  to  our  real 
pioneers — Adolbh  Zukor,  the  founder  of  Paramount; 
and  Cecil  B.  DeMille,  who,  with  the  company,  this  year 
celebrates  his  thirtieth  anniversary  in  entertainment. 

To  them  and  to  every  member  of  our  Paramount 
family  our  company  is  indebted.  The  future  of  Para- 
mount never  looked  brighter. 


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is  Leonard  Goldenson,  whose  chief  aides  are  Sam  Dembow,  Jr., 
and  Leon  Netter.  They  work  in  association  with,  and  in  co- 
operation with,  about  40  associates  and  partners  in  the  United 
States  and  Canada.  These  theatre  associates  and  partners  in- 
clude : 

John  Balaban,  Chicago ;  Carl  R.  Bamford,  Asheville ;  Tracy 
Braham,  Salt  Lake  City ;  E.  C.  Beatty,  Detroit ;  A.  H.  Blank,  Des 
Moines ;  G.  Ralph  Branton,  Des  Moines ;  Harry  David,  Cin- 
cinnati ;  J.  J.  Fitzgibbons,  Toronto ;  John  J.  Friedl,  Minneapolis  ; 
B.  B.  Garner,  Lakeland,  Florida ;  Nathan  E.  Goldstein,  Spring- 
field ;  Julius  M.  Gordon,  Beaumont ;  Carl  Hoblitzelle,  Texas ;  E. 
J.  Hudson,  Detroit;  William  K.  Jenkins,  Atlanta;  Fred  H. 
Kent,  Jacksonville;  H.  F.  Kincey,  Charlotte;  M.  A.  Light- 
man,  Memphis;  Arthur  Lucas,  Atlanta;  S.  A.  Lynch,  Miami; 
Vincent  McFaul,  Buffalo ;  Frank  J.  Miller,  Augusta ;  M.  J.  Mul- 
lin,  Boston ;  Harry  Nace,  Phoenix ;  A.  N.  Notopoulos,  Altoona ; 
Robert  J.  O'Donnell,  Dallas;  J.  J.  O'Leary,  Scranton;  Hunter 
Perry,  Charlottesville,  Va. ;  Samuel  Pinanski,  Boston ;  E.  V. 
Richards,  New  Orleans;  H.  B.  Robb,  Dallas;  E.  H.  Rowley, 
Dallas ;  J.  J.  Rubens,  Chicago ;  Harry  Royster,  Poughkeepsie ; 
Frank  Rogers,  Jacksonville;  M.  C.  Talley,  Lakeland;  R.  h>. 
Wilby,  Atlanta ;  Marco  Wolff,  Los  Angeles. 


On  the  26th  of  August,  1926,  an  event  occurred  which  was 
to  usher  out  of  filmdom  many  famous  names,  and  effect  drastic 
changes  in  the  furthest  corners  of  the  motion  picture  world. 
At  the  Manhattan  Opera  House  in  New  York,  Warner  Brothers 


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By  STANTON  GRIFFIS 


HOSE  of  us  who  have  not  had  the 
privilege  of  serving  through  the  30  years  of  Paramount 
history,  but  who  have  become  part  of  that  organization 
in  recent  years,  are  proud  of  the  opportunity  at  this 
anniversary  time  to  pay  tribute  to  the  men  who  have 
made  and  are  making  Paramount — Adolph  Zukor,  the 
founder;  Cecil  B.  De  Mille,  the  master  showman;  Barney 
Balaban,  a  great  leader;  Y.  Frank  Freeman,  whose  un- 
selfish genius  guides  the  Studio,  and  the  host  of  others 
who  far  beyond  celluloid,  and  the  bricks  and  mortar  of 
theatres,  make  Paramount. 

The  year  1942,  in  the  midst  of  the  great  battle  for  de- 
cency and  integrity  in  this  world,  the  battle  in  defense 
of  everything  that  makes  men's  lives  worth  living,  is  a 
fitting  time  to  rededicate  this  Company  and  every  com- 
pany to  the  proud  doing  of  its  job.  Our  Newsreel  boys 
are  bringing  the  war  to  the  American  home  and  we  arc 
trying  to  bring  the  American  home  to  the  war,  to  every 
camp  and  to  every  ship — to  bring  the  spirit  of  America 
in  pictures — the  American  ideal  of  responsibility  with 
laughter  and  high  morale.  The  nation  that  attacks  and 
defends  with  laughter  and  joy  in  its  deep  spiritual  pur- 
pose must  win  and  camtot  be  defeated. 

Thirty  years  is  a  short  time  in  the  life  of  a  nation — 
yet  the  next  few  months  will  be  an  eternity — the  eter- 
nity in  which  we  are  charged  with  the  responsibility  of 
turning  the  world  back  towards  the  flickering  light  of 
civilization.  Paramount,  passing  a  new  milestone,  will 
try  to  do  its  part. 


A  galaxy  of  one  -time  Paramount  stars  who  made  box  office 
history.  Left  to  right:  Rudolph  Valentino,  Mildred  Harris,  Jac- 
queline Logan,  Thomas  Meighan,  and  Agnes  Ayres. 


pioneered  a  novelty  which  created  an  immediate  sensation — 
"Don  Juan,"  a  motion  picture  with  sound  accompaniment.  Fol- 
lowing this  quickly  with  "The  Better  Ole"  and  "When  A  Man 
Loves,"  Warner  Brothers  then  presented  the  first  film  with 
synchronized  speech,  starring  the  musical  show  comedian,  Al 
Jolson,  in  "The  Jazz  Singer." 

Audiences  everywhere  were  enthusiastic.  Other  studios,  ap- 
parently alarmed  by  the  possibility  of  such  a  revolutionary 
change,  girded  to  fight  "the  Vitaphone  peril."  William  Fox 
launched  Movietone  in  1927  and  before  another  eight  months 
had  passed,  other  motion  picture  producers  were  rushing  in 
wildly  to  make  up  for  lost  time. 

Zukor  himself  stepped  into  the  breach  for  Paramount.  He 
recruited  more  than  60  stage  stars  and  players  for  immediate 
Hollywood  assignment.  The  first  all-talking  picture  made  by 
Paramount  was  "Interference."  A  full  talking  picture  schedule 
soon  followed. 

Throughout  this  frenzied  period  motion  picture  technique, 
built  up  over  a  period  of  decades,  seemed  completely  forgotten. 
The  door  was  flung  wide  to  the  actors,  directors,  and  play- 
wrights of  the  legitimate  theatre,  vaudeville  performers,  song- 
and-dance  teams. 


A  INDUSTRY  YIELDS  TO  SOUND 

However,  the  industry  soon  came  to  terms  with  sound, 
although  it  had  brought  many  disturbances  with  it.  All  of  the 
established  studios,  with  the  exceptions  of  Fox  and  Warner 
Brothers,  had  "signed  contracts  with  E. R.P.I. ,  which  was  the 
talking  picture  equipment  subsidiary  of  Western  Electric.  RKO 
was  organized  to  make  talking  pictures  exclusively,  incorporat- 
ing Pathe,  Keith-Albee-Orpheum  and  employing  RCA  sound 
equipment,  which  was  manufactured  by  RCA  Photophone,  a 
subsidiary  of  the  Radio  Corporation  of  America. 

Although  sound  had  altered  almost  all  of  the  values  upon 
which  Paramount's  product  had  been  built,  the  seasoned  show- 
men who  entered  the  corporation  soon  saw  the  company  enter 
its  rightful  position  by  the  end  of  1928. 

An  event  of  far-reaching  importance  which  took  place  at 
about  this  time  was  Paramount's  purchase  of  a  50  per  cent 


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interest  in  the  famous  William  Morris  Agency.  Behind  this 
purchase  was  Paramount's  desire  to  have  access  to  the  services, 
counsel  and  experience  of  William  Morris  manpower,  in  all 
problems  relating  to  talent.  Later  the  William  Morris  Agency 
was  to  re-purchase  this  interest. 

In  1928,  another  event  of  importance  took  place  when  Walt 
Disney's  "Mortimer  Mouse"  made-  its  debut  at  New  York's 
Colony  Theatre.  In  a  few  years  the  animated  cartoon  was  to 
supplant  the  familiar  comedy  forms  and  the  Mack  Sennett 
school  of  comedy  direction  was  definitely  outmoded. 

The  stock  market  crash  in  1929  echoed  thoughout  the  Holly- 
wood citadels.  Strangely  enough,  receipts  continued  to  climb 
although  theatre  holdings  and  real  estate  depreciated  sharply. 
The  industry's  gross  attendance  in  1929  rose  to  an  estimated 
1 10,000,000  persons  weekly.  This  was  an  increase  of  50,000,000 
persons  over  the  estimated  1927  figure.  Adolph  Zukor  and 
Paramount  Pictures  entered  the  depression  with  a  chain  of  about 
1,500  theatres.  This  circuit  was  the  most  far-reaching  web  of 
amusement  enterprises  ever  created  in  theatrical  history. 

<3  BATTLE  OF  THE  CIRCUITS 

First  National,  which  had  been  the  chief  threat  to  Para- 
mount's hegemony,  expired  gently  when  Warner  Brothers  ac- 
quired its  last  valuable  affiliate,  the  Stanley  Circuit.  It  was  in 
1929,  also,  that  the  William  Fox  theatrical  empire  began  to 
crumble.  William  Fox,  through  the  Fox  Company,  had  pur- 
chased control  of  Loew's,  Inc.,  thus  to  fashion  the  largest  and 
most  powerful  combination  of  motion  picture  production,  dis- 
tribution and  theatre  interests  ever  known.  By  this  time  the 
Fox  Company  already  controlled  the  tremendous  West  Coast 
circuit  of  upwards  of  500  theatres,  in  addition  to  approximately 
200  theatres  in  the  East. 

Included  in  this  group  were  the  Fox  Theatres  Company  and 
the  Fox  Metropolitan  Theatres  and  the  old  Poli  chain.  Linked 
with  Fox  was  the  huge  Gaumont-British  motion  picture  com- 
pany and  theatre  chain  in  England. 

By  court  order,  the  Fox-Loew  merger  was  eventually  dis- 
solved. The  Fox  theatres  in  the  East  were  decentralized. 
Gaumont-British  is  partly  owned  today  by  Loew's  and  by 
Twentieth  Century-Fox  Film.  The  Fox 
Metropolitan  Theatres  were  split  up, 
when  Joseph  Schenck  and  associates  pur- 
chased the  group  after  Fox  Theatres  had 
gone  into  receivership.  Skouras  Theatres 
Corporation,  of  which  George  Skouras  is 
president,  operates  certain  of  the  theatres. 
Randforce  (Frisch  and  Rinzler)  operates 
the  others.  Fox  West  Coast,  a  chain  of 
more  than  400  theatres  associated  with 
Twentieth  Century-Fox  Company,  is 
operated  by  Charles  Skouras.  Spyros, 
brother  of  Charles  and  George,  today  is 
president  of  20th  Century-Fox. 

Box-office  grosses  declined  greatly  in 
1931.  In  the  spring  of  1932,  a  new 
figure  entered  Paramount.  He  was  John 
D.  Hertz  of  Chicago,  who  was  invited 
by  the  management  and  Kuhn-Loeb, 
financiers,  to  head  the  finance  committee. 
Jesse  L.  Lasky  had  left  the  company. 
Emanuel  Cohen  was  put  in  charge  of 
production. 

Sidney  R.  Kent  resigned,  and  George 
J.  Schaefer  was  placed  in  charge  of  do- 
mestic distribution. 

Sam  Katz  asked  Leo  Spitz,  brilliant 
young  attorney  of  Chicago,  who  repre- 
sented the  Balabans,  to  come  to  New 


LEO  SPITZ 

Reorganiier  of  Publi; 


WILLIAM  MORRIS.  SR. 

Founder  of  William  Morris  Agency 


HOME  OF  PARAMOUNT 
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York  and  take  charge  of  theatre  operation  and  the  Publix  leases. 
In  1932  Spitz  worked  out  a  theatre  decentralization  plan.  In 
situations  where  theatres  faced  receivership,  Spitz  brought  back 
old  partners.  Among  these  were  A.  H.  Blank,  E.  V.  Richards, 
M.  E.  Comerford  and  Frank  C.  Walker;  also,  Spitz  brought 
Sam  Pinanski  of  Boston,  into  Paramount  and  turned  over 
certain  theatres  to  E.  J.  Sparks,  R.  B.  Wilby  and  Joseph  Cooper. 

1933  saw  Paramount  and  RKO  go  into  receivership,  fol- 
lowed by  77B  bankruptcy  proceedings.  Charles  D.  Hilles, 
Eugene  Leake  and  Charles  Richardson  were  named  trustees. 
The  company  plan  for  reorganization  was  approved  finally 
by  the  Federal  District  Court  in  New  York  in  July,  1935. 
Kuhn,  Loeb  by  this  time  had  withdrawn  from  association  with 
the  company.  Reorganization  of  Paramount  saw  the  return  of 
such  men  as  John  D.  Hertz  with  other  financial  associates, 
Lehman  Brothers,  Hallgarten  Company  (Maurice  Newton) 
and  Atlas  Corporation  (Floyd  Odium-Edwin  L.  Weisl)  besides 
Harvey  Gibson  of  the  Manufacturers  Trust  Company.  Weisl, 
one  of  the  brilliant  young  men  of  industry  and  finance,  is  a 
member  of  the  law  firm  of  Simpson,  Thacher  and  Bartlett  of 
New  York. 

Tohn  Otterson,  president  of  E.R.P.I.,  was  named  head  of 
Paramount  after  reorganization,  and 
Adolph  Zukor  was  chairman.  Otterson's 
regime  was  short  lived.  Watterson 
Rothacker  assumed  charge  of  production 
pending  the  completion  of  arrangements 
under  which  Zukor  once  again  picked  up 
the  reins  personally.  William  LeBaron 
was  second  in  command  on  the  lot.  To- 
day Y.  Frank  Freeman  is  the  company's 
production  counsel.  Under  him  are  two 
of  the  most  able  men  of  Hollywood, 
Henry  Ginsberg  and  Buddy  DeSylva. 
Ginsberg  is  vice-president  and  general 
manager.  Freeman,  who  is  the  over-all 
director  of  production,  is  vice-president 
of  the  company  and  member  of  the  board. 

Five  years  ago  Barney  Balaban  suc- 
ceeded to  the  presidency  of  Paramount, 
and  from  that  time  on  Paramount  steadily 
won  its  way  back  to  a  position  among 
the  industry's  leaders  under  his  able  di- 
rection. Today  Paramount's  1,400  thea- 
tres constitute  a  larger  chain  than  those 
of  the  seven  other  "majors"  combined. 
Last  year  the  company's  earnings  rose  to 
an  extraordinary  figure  of  $10,125,000. 
And — in  the  words  of  Barney  Balaban. 
the  future  of  Paramount  never  looked 
brighter. 


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Press  Relations  Department,  DeMille  Productions 


^  ONE  of  the  world's  foremost  producers  of  screen 
and  radio  entertainment,  and  a  personality  who  has 
inspired  a  thousand  legends,  Cecil  B.  De  Mille  is  now 
celebrating  his  }0th  productive  year  in  Hollywood. 
No  one  knows  the  screen  town,  its  hits  and  misses,  its 
idiom  and  idiots,  its  fo'tbls  and  fables,  any  better  than 
this  man  who  has  spent  so  much  of  his  life  in  it.  Besides 
producing  and  directing  the  first  feature  length  film, 
"The  Squaw  Man,"  De  Mille  has  made  65  others  and  has 
"discovered"  and  trained  many  great  players.  Among 
the  headliners  he  aided  from  obscurity  are  such  screen 
immortals  as  Wallace  Reid,  Gloria  Swanson,  Sessue 
Hayakawa,  Tola  Negri,  Bebe  Daniels,  Ramon  Novarro, 
Leatrice  Joy,  and  many  more. 


HOLLYWOOD,  in  the  beginning,  was  an  afterthought ; 
an  addendum  to  a  trip  planned  to  end  in  Arizona. 
It  seems  grotesque  today,  only  30  years  later,  to  think 
that  Hollywood  was  ever  anything  but  one  of  the  most  vigorous, 
vital  communities  on  earth.  It  has  its  suave  metropolitan  Wil- 
shire  Boulevard,  where  a  walking  stick  and  a  top  hat  are  not 
out  of  place ;  its  colony  of  severely  elite  shops  and  night  clubs 
dainty  as  the  icing  on  a  wedding  cake,  along  the  Sunset  Strip. 
Radio  has  reared  its  tall  halls  right  next  to  the  crowded  studios, 
and  busy,  motor-clogged  avenues  criss-cross  a  plain,  the  dust 
of  whose  trails  was  once  disturbed  only  by  an  occasional  lone 
rider  or  whirled  by  the  dancing  of  gypsy  feet. 

Hollywood  then  perhaps  dreamed  of  its  glory,  drowsing  in 
the  sun,  its  green  wooded  hillsides  dotted  with  golden  fruit,  its 
hollows  veiled  in  beautiful  dripping  pepper  trees.  But  in  those 
days  celluloid  was  something  out  of  which  you  made  collars. 
Glamour  was  an  old  Scotch  word  meaning  "a  spell  cast  by 
magic."  And  though  Hollywood  had  been  here  all  along,  few 
had  heard  of  it. 

Three  men  planned  a  trip.  They  were  Jesse  Lasky,  former 
trumpet  virtuoso  in  vaudeville  and  also  New  York  vaudeville 
producer ;  Samuel  Goldwyn,  he  of  present  film  production  fame ; 
and  the  younger  son  of  Henry  Church  De  Mille,  31  years  old 
and  at  the  time  a  man-about-Broadway. 

The  latter,  Cecil  B.  De  Mille  might  have  gone  back  to  any 
one  of  three  previous  careers.  Belasco  had  given  him  a 
chance  to  write  for  the  stage  because  of  his  father's  many  suc- 
cessful plays  for  him,  and  together  they  had  turned  ou£  "The 


Return  of  Peter  Grimm."  He  had  appeared  opposite  Mary 
Pickford  and  many  actresses  better  known  at  that  time,  starring 
all  over  the  country  in  "The  Prince  Chap."  He  had  helped  his 
mother,  who  was  Mathilde  Beatrice  Samuel,  operate  her  play 
brokerage  and  author's  agency,  which  was  one  of  the  better 
known  manuscript  bureaus  in  America.  But  the  movie  medium 
intrigued  him  and  he  was  on  his  own,  with  a  proven  ability  to 
support  himself,  his  wife  and  child  on  an  income  of  $20  a  week 
or  less — so  he  was  willing  to  gamble  on  the  medium  that  has 
since  become  known' as  the  movies. 

Lasky,  Goldwyn  and  himself  met  at  Hoffman  House  bar,  and 
the  Jesse  L.  Lasky  Feature  Play  Company  was  an  outgrowth  of 
their  conversation  over  the  luncheon  table.  They  formed  the 
company  on  the  back  of  a  menu,  capitalizing  for  $20,000.  Each 
of  them  took  a  $5,000  share — and  then  went  from  one  end  of 
Xew  York  to  the  other  trying  to  find  a  buyer  for  the  remaining 
quarter. 

His  brother  W  illiam,  a  successful  playwright,  was  the  first  to 
turn  him  down.    He  smiled  sympathetically  and  said  he  would 


Cecil  B.  DeMille  at  the  entrance  to  the  "barn,"  his  first 
studio  on  the  Lasky  lot  about  30  years  ago,  now  a 
memento   and    gymnasium    of  the    Paramount  studios. 


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save  his  money  to  pay  his  brother's  fare  back  home  from 
wherever  he  was  going  with  his  crazy  idea.  Dustin  Farnum, 
whom  they  wanted  to  star  in  the  first  production,  said  he  would 
work  for  $5,000  total,  but  refused  to  accept  a  quarter  of  the 
company  in  lieu  of  a  regular  salary  check. 

It  took  them  about  a  year  to  get  organized  for  actual  produc- 
tion. De  Mille  obtained  a  little  income  by  helping  his  mother 
run  her  play  brokerage.  Finally,  he  and  his  partners  obtained 
the  rights  to  Edwin  Milton  Royle's  successful  play,  "The  Squaw 
Man,"  for  $10,000,  which  was  paid  a-little-down-and-the-rest- 
later.  They  decided  they  would  make  this  social  tragedy  against 
an  appropriate  background,  to  be  found  somewhere  near  Flag- 
staff, Ariz. 

Collecting  a  troupe  of  actors,  headed  by  Dustin  Farnum,  he 
herded  them  into  a  train  bound  for  that  town,  one  day  in  1913. 
They  arrived,  ultimately,  at  Flagstaff,  but  it  was  raining.  The 
country  looked  pictorially  uninteresting.  If  it  hadn't  been  rain- 
ing, Flagstaff,  instead  of  Hollywood,  might  be  the  film  capital 
today. 

The  powerful  Universal  company,  already  a  leader,  was 
making  pictures  in  the  pastoral  suburb  of  Hollywood.  Hal 
Roach  told  him  about  it.  Hal  was  a  young  cowboy  who  came 
to  De  Mille's  hotel  room  and  said  he  was  willing  to  ride  in  his 
picture  for  $5  a  day.  De  Mille  offered  him  $3  a  day,  so  they 
never  did  get  together — except  socially.  Hal  is  today  president 
of  Hal  Roach  Productions. 

Roach's  information  about  Hollywood  prompted  De  Mille  to 
go  out  and  and  take  a  look  around.  The  result  was  that  a  bam 
was  hired  for  $25  a  month,  and  this  promptly  became  their 
first  studio. 

THE  HORSE-AND-BUCCY  DAYS 

The  barn  is  now  owned  by  Paramount  and  is  used  as  a 
gymnasium,  but  in  those  first  days  De  Mille  had  the  use  of  only 
half  of  it.  On  the  other  side  of  his  office  partition,  the  "land- 
lord" kept  his  horse  and  buggy.  When  he  washed  his  equipage, 
the  water  ran  into  the  office,  and  De  Mille  had  to  put  his  feet 
uncomfortably  but  precautiously  in  the  wastebasket  to  keep  from 
getting  pneumonia. 

The  actors  used  the  stalls  for  dressing  rooms  and  worked  on 
a  rude  wooden  stage  outside  the  building.  Here  even  interiors 
were  shot,  since  they  hadn't  yet  learned  the  use  of  any  illumina- 
tion but  sunlight.  Oscar  Apfel,  later  a  well-known  character 
actor,  was  his  associate  scenarist  and  director.  They  finished 
filming  the  picture  in  four  weeks,  with  only  one  serious  over- 
sight. The  holes  in  the  margin  of  the  film  were  punched 
incorrectly,  so  that  no  projection  machine  in  America  could 
show  it. 

However,  the  holes  could  be  fixed.  The  hobnail  marks  ap- 
pearing on  prints  coming  from  the  laboratory  couldn't.  These 
scratches  definitely  indicated  sabotage,  as  if  somebody  were 
drawing  the  film  under  his  foot,  but  they  couldn't  find  the 
culprit. 

While  Goldwyn  and  Lasky  were  considering  checking  off 
their  investment  as  a  total  loss  and,  incidentally,  checking  out 
of  the  movie  business,  De  Mille  went  home  and  got  a  spare 
negative,  which  he  had  incidentally  shot.  With  a  pistol  in  his 
belt  and  a  pair  of  armed  guards,  he  rode  down  to  the  Santa  Fe 
station,  got  aboard  a  train  and  locked  himself  in  a  drawing 
room.  There,  he  set  up  perhaps  the  first  portable  cutting  room 
on  record  and,  working  without  sleep,  cut  and  spliced  the  film 
all  the  way  to  Philadelphia. 

Turning  the  results  over  to  the  Lubin  laboratories,  he  soon 
had  a  print  to  show  in  Jesse  Lasky's  theatre  before  a  large 
gathering  of  film  buyers  that  had  been  zealously  gathered  by 
Samuel  Goidwyn. 

"The  Squaw  Man"  had  cost  $25,450.24.  Eagerly  accepted  and 


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By  CECIL  B.  DE  MILLE 

SOME  day,  like  most  of  my  contemporaries  in  this  mellow- 
ing little  boom  town  called  Hollywood,  I  mean  to  write 
a  book. 

It  will  have  every  right  to  be  a  good  book,  because  it 
will  be  about  Hollywood,  and  that's  a  story  rich  in  drama, 
action,  human  interest  and  high  comedy.  It's  the  story  of 
one  of  the  most  remarkable  episodes  of  our  history — an 
"epic"  of  its  kind — picturesque  as  the  gold  rush  of  '49. 

Guitry  says  that  no  man  has  a  right  to  any  age — he  is 
either  a  man  of  20,  a  man  of  35,  or  a  man  of  50,  and  not 
until  he  achieves  the  age  of  his  fulfillment  is  he  ready  to 
"sit  for  his  portrait."  During  the  recent  festivities  over  my 
30th  motion  picture  anniversary  and  the  opening  of  "Reap 
the  Wild  Wind,"  I  was  made  uncomfortably  aware  that 
everybody  felt  that  I  was  ripe  for  that  autobiography. 

But  I  am  a  stubborn,  tenacious  fellow,  and  the  book  will 
have  to  wait.  The  future  is  still  more  interesting  to  me  than 
the  past. 

It  would  be  a  fascinating  game  if  we  could  go  Wellsian 
for  a  moment  and  try  to  project  ourselves  into  the  future, 
venturing  into  a  world  of  high  efficiency  machines  and 
planned  economy,  perhaps  of  habitual  air  travel,  of  more 
leisure  and  more  intense  competition — or  perhaps  of  some- 
thing quite  different,  something  far  less  attractive.  The  fu- 
ture of  our  world  hangs  in  the  balance;  it  is  bound  up  in 
the  present  world  conflict,  and  the  future  of  the  motion 
picture  industry  is  bound  up  with  the  future  of  America. 

We  have  just  began  to  pay  for  the  years  of  complacency 
and  false  values,  when  the  chief  aim  was  the  making  of 
money,  when  the  basic  truths  of  existence  and  civilization 
were  lost  sight  of  or  ignored,  when  we  behaved  dangerously 
.  like  the  Roman  Empire  before  its  fall.  Only  a  great  revival 
of  character  and  courage  can  save  us  now. 

And  yet,  I  could  wish  that  I  were  starting  life  all  over 
again  now.  I  am  glad  to  be  present  at  this  gigantic  upheaval 
of  destiny,  when  the  fate  of  mankind  is  to  be  decided  for  an- 
other age  of  history. 

Think  what  a  thrilling  thing  it  would  have  been  to  be 
present  with  Columbus  at  the  discovery  of  the  New  World! 
Or  with  the  Greeks  at  Macedon,  or  Wellington  at  Water- 
loo! This  generation  is  no  less  fortunate,  for  it  is  pioneering 
a  new  age.  It  must  be  a  better  age.  An  age  of  freedom 
and  progress.  And  the  momentous  chapter  of  history  that  is 
being  written  now  must  be  a  saga  to  make  the  eyes  of  our 
grandchildren  shine! 

I  have  faith  in  this  generation,  and  I  have  faith  in  Amer- 
ica. And  I  have  faith  in  the  motion  picture  industry  to  do 
its  part — not  only  with  training  films  and  the  other  direct 
ways  in  which  it  can  serve,  but  by  giving  harassed  America 
occasional  hours  of  relaxation,  laughter,  and  even  of  peace, 
and  by  holding  aloft,  and  ever  visible,  the  values  that  we're 
all  fighting  for — liberty  instead  of  slavery,  dignity  not  shame. 


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3-. 


GrMjqAatiilatk^ 

...  to  our  next-door 
neighbor,  Cparamoutit 
. . .  thru  30  years  of 
picture -making  flows 
a  lot  of  hfihd  thinking, 
planning,  doing  .  .  . 
Gparamount  can  look 
back  with  pride  as 
our  great  industry 
pauses  to  say:  Many 
Happy  Returns! 


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RADIO 

"pOures" 


RKO  RADIO  PICTURES 


Dl/A  D  A  IMA  ICM'T  DCCTIM/^  AM  ITC  AADC  CITUCDI 


^^ANNIVERSARY... 

that  focuses  attention  on  the 
men  behind  the  Cparamount 


success -scene 


...  so  personal 
congratulations  to  my  friends 

ADOLPH  ZUKOR,  CECIL  B.  DeMILLE, 
BARNEY  BALABAN,  Y.  FRANK  FREEMAN 

and  all  executives  responsible 
for  the  Cparamount  leadership. 

S        GEORGE  J.  SCHAEFER 


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distributed  by  the  film  buyers,  it  grossed  $255,000.  The  Lasky 
Feature  Play  Company  was  suddenly  a  going  concern  and, 
within  the  next  few  years,  Dustin  Farnum  was  the  most  de- 
jected man  in  Hollywood.  His  refusal  to  accept  a  quarter  of 
the  film  company  in  lieu  of  a  salary  check  had  cost  him  untold 
riches. 

«]  EFFECT  OF  "THE  SQUAW  MAN" 

The  success  of  "The  Squaw  Man"  had  a  gratifying  local 
effect  in  Los  Angeles  aside  from  the  pleasure  derived  from  its 
startling  triumph. 

Originally  the  banks  had  refused  to  accept  De  Mille's  ac- 
count, though  he  had  $10,000  of  the  company's  money  to  de- 


1913  —  "The  Squaii*  Man" 

posit!  Traffic  with  movie  people,  they  felt,  was  not  quite 
dignified.  Finally,  he  found  an  institution — of  which  he  was 
later  to  become  vice-president — that  consented  to  handle  the 
money. 

Their  second  picture  was  "The  Virginian,"  in  which  they 
again  starred  Dustin  Farnum  and,  as  with  the  previous  picture, 
they  went  on  location  in  the  San  Fernando  valley.  The  first 
morning  on  the  site,  they  saw  another  location  party  near-by. 
Presently  De  Mille  received  a  tart  note  from  the  director,  a 
person  named  Macpherson,  telling  him  to  clear  out,  as  the  ter- 
rain had  been  staked  out  by  the  rival  company  the  previous 
day. 

It  seems  that  he  was  not  only  trespassing  but  had  spoiled 
the  view  for  this  other  location  party  by  erecting  some  frame 
buildings  on  the  premises. 

Nobody  ventured  into  the  valley  unarmed,  and  the  tenor  of 
the  notes  the  other  director  and  he  exchanged  by  panting  runner 
for  about  half  an  hour,  might  easily  have  led  to  a  fist  fight  be- 
tween both  groups,  if  it  hadn't  presently  become  apparent  that 
the  other  director  was  a  woman. 

De  Mille  had  never  heard  of  her,  but  his  assistants  told  him 
that  she  was  Jeanie  Macpherson,  who  had  acted  in  two-reelers 
for  D.  W.  Griffith  and  was  now  writing,  directing  and  starring 
in  her  own  productions. 

After  he  had  gone  over  and  spoken  to  her,  he  consented  to 
let  her  use  the  vista  first — a  more  than  gallant  concession,  since 
it  was  costing  him  money — but  refused  to  tear  down  the  build- 
ings. So  in  Jeanie's  shots  of  the  wide  open  spaces  taken  that 
day  was  a  somewhat  unexplainable  colony  of  buildings  that 
shouldn't  have  been  there. 

About  this  time,  a  rival  writer,  producer  and  director  named 


Wallace  Reid  was  making  pictures  and  completing  them  in  less 
than  seven  days.  Striving  for  the  artistic,  Miss  Macpherson  was 
taking  10.  The  executives  of  her  company,  piqued  at  such 
dilletante  behavior,  fired  the  girl. 

Taking  two  armloads  of  still  books  and  press  clippings,  the 
slim,  determined  young  woman  came  to  call  on  De  Mille  in  the 
old  barn  he  was  using  for  an  office.  He  kept  her  waiting  for 
some  time,  while  he  scratched  something  out  on  paper  with 
a  rusty  pen  point,  because  he  had  formed  the  notion  that  she  was 
a  pretty  cocky  young  lady.  Finally,  he  looked  up.  "Did  you 
want  to  talk  to  me  about  something?"  he  inquired.  "Not  if  you 
don't  want  to  talk  to  me,"  said  the  one-woman  picture  unit,  pep- 
pering, whereupon  she  tried  to  wrestle  her  memory  books 
into  an  exit. 

He  called  her  back  and  she  returned,  scolding  him  soundly 
for  his  bad  manners.  More  unpleasantness  ensued.  He  made 
it  clear  that  he  wanted  no  actresses.  Of  actresses  he  had  plenty. 
Directors  he  had  one — himself — and  that,  he  was  inclined  to 
think,  was  enough. 

"Why  don't  you  learn  something  you  can  do  at  80  as  well  as 
18?"  he  asked.  "Learn  to  write — and  not  the  sort  of  tripe 
you've  been  writing  up  to  now,  but  genuine  dramatic  material. 
Or  would  you  rather  be  a  leading  woman  for  a  few  years  and 
then  do  a  permanent  fadeout?" 

Jeanie  stormed  out  of  the  room.  But  she  was  back  the  next 
clay,  asking  for  a  job  at  $25  a  week. 

For  three  years  after  that  she  worked  night  and  day,  writing, 
helping  him  cut  and  making  herself  generally  useful.  She  has 
now  been  with  him  28  years,  has  written  man)'  originals  and  she 
did  much  research  work  on  his  latest  completed  production, 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind." 

One  of  his  favorite  stories  concerns  the  introduction  of  arti- 
ficial lighting.  Pictorial  composition  had  interested  him  ever 
since  he  went  to  an  exhibition  of  the  works  of  Gustave  Dore 
when  he  was  about  five,  and  had  the  fine  points  of  composition 
explained  to  him  by  his  father.  As  he  learned  more  and  more 
about  the  primitive  camera  and  film,  he  wanted  to  experiment 
with  both  composition  and  lighting.  The  premise  that  faces  had 
to  be  flatly  and  fully  lighted,  and  that  the  far  corners  of  a  room 
had  to  be  as  brightly  illuminated  as  the  area  right  under  the 
chandelier,  irritated  him.  He  finally  obtained  a  spotlight  from 
the  old  Mason  Opera  House  in  Los  Angeles  and,  with  it,  cast 
the  glow  of  a  lamp  on  a  wall  for  a  scene  in  "The  Man  From 
Home."  That  was  an  early  attempt  at  artificial  illumination. 
Then,  in  "The  Watters  of  Virginia,"  he  tried  lighting  just 
half  a  character's  face  in  a  close-up,  instead  of  flooding  the 
physiognomy  as  usual.  When  the  print  arrived  in  New  York, 
Goldwyn  showed  it  to  the  film  buyers  and  then  sent  him  a  wire 
that  fairly  shrieked  with  dismay. 

The  buyers  had  viewed  the  picture  and,  because  you  could 
see  only  half  of  the  characters'  faces,  wanted  to  pay  only  half 
price  for  it.  This  was  only  one  of  many  novel  points  of  view 
regarding  early  picture  values. 

QREMBRANDTINC  THE  FLICKERS 

Then  and  there  the  term  "Rembrandt  lighting"  was  born.  He 
sent  Goldwyn  a  wire  saying,  "If  you  and  the  buyers  don't  know 
Rembrandt  lighting  when  you  see  it,  I  can't  regard  your  failure 
as  my  fault." 

Goldwyn  wired  back :  "Rembrandt  lighting,  eh.     If  that's 
what  it  is,  they'll  pay  double  for  it !" 
And  they  did. 

Much  of  the  legend  and  glamour  that  is  Hollywood  started 
with  Wallace  Reid — the  first  matinee  idol  of  the  screen.  He, 
it  is  said,  created  the  aura  that  now  surrounds  the  private  lives 
of  the  stars. 

Mild,  amenable,  he  was  a  man  of  great  charm,  as  well  as  one 
of  the  handsomest  men  that  ever  lived.  His  total  lack  of  self- 
consciousness  or  airs  of  any  kind,  even  after  his  popularity  had 


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attained  great  proportions  all  over  the  world,  made  him  beloved 
of  every  one  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 

When  success  came  to  him  he  drove  a  long  spectacular  blue 
roadster  through  the  pepper-tree-shaded  streets  of  Hollywood, 
waving  frequently,  because  everyone  knew  him  and  vice  versa. 

Hollywood  night  life  was  just  beginning  and  its  birthplace 
was  the  old  Sunset  Club  on  Sunset  Boulevard — still  Holly- 
wood's main  artery  for  this  sort  of  entertaniment.  Sunday  night 
was  the  night  to  howl,  and  Wally  was  usually  on  hand,  to  lead 
the  orchestra,  play  various  instruments  and  act  as  master  of 
ceremonies. 

Yet,  despite  the  many  triumphs  that  were  ultimately  his, 


1923  — "The  Ten  Commandments" 

they  called  De  Mille  crazy  when  he  was  willing  to  gamble  on 
Wallace  Reid  as  a  leading  man.  His  elevation  from  the  extra 
ranks  was  the  result  of  quite  an  interesting  experiment  in  movie- 
making. 

The  first  feature  length  picture,  "The  Squaw  Man"  was  such 
a  success  that  they  sought  a  similar  scoop.  Geraldine  Farrar 
was  the  most  romantic  and  intriguing  operatic  prima  donna  of 
the  hour.  She  gripped  the  popular  imagination  and  they  de- 
termined to  have  her  for  films. 

She  was  reluctant  to  try  the  new  medium.  After  all,  despite 
the  glamor  that  surrounded  her,  it  was  singing  that  her  prestige 
depended  upon — and  she  could  not  be  heard  in  silent  films.  Sam 
Goldwyn  finally  prevailed  upon  her  to  come  to  Hollywood  and 
she  arrived  early  in  1915.  Immediately  De  Mille,  Lasky  and 
Goldwyn  made  ambitions  plans. 

A  WHEN  $20,000  WASN'T  HAY 

They  had  agreed  to  pay  her  $20,000  for  three  pictures — a  deal 
that  staggered  the  world,  though  that  price  wouldn't  buy  a 
star  for  even  one  picture  today.  The  resultant  publicity  was 
such  that  they  set  about  capitalizing  on  it. 

First  of  all,  they  had  to  have  a  superior  cast.  Thomas  Meighan 
and  House  Peters,  already  established  as  leading  men,  were 
likely  choices  for  the  role  opposite  Miss  Farrar  in  her  first  pic- 
ture. But  De  Mille  preferred  to  capture  the  popular  fancy  with 
a  new  face,  if  possible.  The  only  requisite  was  that  the  per- 
sonality of  the  man  be  as  compelling  as  the  personality  of 
Miss  Farrar. 

About  this  time,  D.  W.  Griffith's  immortal  "The  Birth  of  a 
Nation"  was  thrilling  audiences  the  world  over,  and  it  was  in 
this  picture  that  De  Mille  saw  Wallace  Reid  for  the  first  time. 
His  profile  and  physique  impressed  him,  though  his  identity 


was  not  known  to  him  or  any  of  his  assistants  and  he  was  on 
the  screen  only  for  a  very  brief  period.  De  Mille  had  him  looked 
up  and  made  a  test  of  him. 

His  work  in  the  test,  oddly  enough,  was  not  impressive,  but 
De  Milie  selected  him  anyway.  His  pleasant  manner  and  will- 
ingness to  take  direction  were  also  in  his  favor,  and  he  went 
into  the  part. 

With  "The  Birth  of  a  Nation,"  followed  by  "Joan  the  Wom- 
an," starring  Miss  Farrar,  the  age  of  big  spectacles  was  under- 
way. Up  to  this  time,  a  $20,000  picture  was  considered  an 
expensive  one.  De  Mille  spent  $302,976  on  "Joan  the  Woman." 

De  Mille  once  went  so  far  as  to  direct  two  pictures  at  once, 
just  to  show  that  it  could  be  done.  Critics  were  saying  that 
not  enough  time  was  given  to  the  preparation  and  production 
of  motion  pictures. 

He  put  "The  Cheat"  and  "The  Golden  Chance"  in  produc- 
tion simultaneously.  One  he  directed  from  9  A.M.  to  4  P.M. 
After  a  nap,  he  ate  dinner,  and — with  a  fresh  crew — went  to 
work  on  the  other  picture  from  8  P.M.  until  2  A.M.  Both 
pictures  were  completed  inside  of  a  month,  with  four  new 
players — Fanny  Ward  and  Sessue  Hayakawa,  leads  in  "The 
Cheat,"  and  Wallace  Reid  and  Cleo  Ridgely,  leads  in  "The 
Golden  Chance." 

fl  TESTING  RELIGIOUS  THEMES 

The  "super-colossal"  epics,  however,  were  launched  with 
"The  Ten  Commandments,"  and  to  put  this  on,  he  had  to 
quarrel  with  almost  all  his  associates. 

In  the  first  place,  everyone  was  certain  that  religion  was  not 
a  topic  for  motion  pictures.  Secondly,  it  was  considered  the 
sheerest  folly  to  invest  any  great  amount  of  money  in  a  re- 
ligious picture. 

What  he  did  was  to  take  3,000  extras  on  location  in  the  desert. 
Nothing  of  that  magnitude  had  ever  been  attempted  before. 
For  10  days  they  remained  on  location — at  a  cost  of  $50,000 
a  day,  according  to  report. 

At  the  end  of  that  period,  half  a  million  dollars  had  been 
spent  and  the  picture  was  barely  started.  He  returned  from  the 


1927  —  "The  King  of  Kings" 

desert  to  be  told  that  his  contract  was  cancelled  and  that  the 
company  was  junking  what  he  had  already  filmed,  since,  to 
go  on  would  be  ruinous.  At  the  time  it  seemed  the  end  of  an 
arduous  trail. 

At  the  start  of  his  Hollywood  career  he  had  been  unable  to 
raise  $5,000  for  a  quarter  of  the  newly  formed  company.  Now 


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TO 

CECIL  B.  DE  MILLE 

Wishing  Continuous  Success  to  Paramount 
Pictures  on  their  Thirtieth  Anniversary 

• 

WILLIAM  BOYD 
"Hopalong  Cassidy" 


HARRY  SHERMAN 


Eighth  Year 

PRODUCING  FOR  PARAMOUNT 


MY  SINCEREST  WISHES  TO 


PARAMOUNT 

ON  THIS  THEIR  THIRTIETH 
ANNIVERSARY 


HARRY  SHERMAN 


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in  two  days,  he  raised  $1,000,000.  Laying  the  cash  on  Jesse 
Lasky's  desk,  he  said,  "I'll  buy  out  the  company's  interest  in 
'The  Ten  Commandments'  right  now.  You  can  draw  up  the 
papers." 

Lasky  and  the  board  of  directors  were  all  for  taking  the 
$1,000,000  in  cash  and  calling  it  quits  with  him.  But  Frank 
Garbutt,  Los  Angeles  business  man  and  philanthropist,  was  in 
Lasky's  office  at  the  time.  "Jesse,  don't  ever  sell  anything  you 
haven't  seen,"  he  warned.  Jesse  refused  to  sell.  De  Mille  went 
back  to  work  on  the  picture  and  it  became  one  of  the  largest 
grossing  films  ever  made  ! 

"The  King  of  Kings"  and  "The  Sign  of  the  Cross"  followed. 
Both  of  these  pictures  have  been  showing  ever  since,  in  various 
parts  of  the  world. 

A  DOORS  AND  MISS  SWANSON 

Gloria  Swanson,  the  screen's  first  real  "glamor  girl"  was 
elevated  to  stardom  because  De  Mille  liked  the  way  she  leaned 
against  a  door,  so  the  fable  goes. 

It  was  in  a  Mack  Sennett  comedy  that  he  saw  her  and  judged 
her  fit  for  better  things. 

The  piquant  brunette's  casual  and  languorous  indifference 
to  a  comedian's  tumble  downstairs  fascinated  him.  He  sent  for 
her  and,  after  some  consideration,  engaged  the  cleverest  design- 
ers, hairdressers  and  makeup  artists  to  give  her  a  gins?  and 
sophistication  and  it  was  only  then  that  she  really  began  to 
register. 

Contrary  to  the  technique  that  might  be  followed  today,  she 
was  not  launched  with  a  huge  publicity  campaign.  It  was  De 
Mille's  decision  to  "let  the  public  discover  her."  The  public  did. 
Gloria  was  sensational  in  her  first  picture,  "Don't  Change  Your 
Husband."  In  "For  Better,  for  Worse,"  she  added  to  her 
laurels.  This  was  followed  by  what  was  perhaps  her  greatest 
personal  triumph,  "Male  and  Female,"  a  picture  which  boosted 
not  only  Gloria,  but  Thomas  Meighan,  Bebe  Daniels  and  Lila 
Lee. 

This  picture,  it  is  said,  was  the  first  of  the  cinematic  journeys 
in  search  of  authentic  atmosphere.  Previously  it  was  not  unusual 
to  go  a  few  miles  out  into  the  mountains  or  desert  for  scenes 
of  a  picture,  but  De  Mille  loaded  actors,  crew  and  equipment 
aboard  a  private  yacht  and  sailed  away  for  the  island  of  Santa 
Cruz. 

There  is  the  more  or  less  legendary  incident  of  Gloria  and  a 
lion  with  which  he  tried  to  duplicate  the  famous  painting  "The 
Lion's  Bride."  She  would  do  anything  before  the  camera  that 
he  asked  her  to  do.  "The  Lion's  Bride"  depicts  a  beauty,  in 
bridal  garb,  prone  beneath  the  paw  of  a  snarling  lion. 

Gloria,  'tis  averred,  lay  on  the  floor  of  a  stage  with  a  lion's 
paw  in  the  small  of  her  back,  while  a  trainer  snapped  a  whip 
in  the  lion's  face  to  make  it  angry. 

Every  time  the  lion  roared,  it  had  the  effect  of  a  giant  electric 
vibrator  applied  to  her  back,  so  that  she  shook  from  head  to 
foot.  But  she  took  it  all  with  the  most  admirable  composure. 
Then  when  the  scene  was  over,  she  went  to  her  dressing  room 
to  dress  for  the  next  sequence. 

De  Mille  went  to  his  office,  at  the  same  time  to  get  a  grip  on 
himself  after  the  nervous  strain  of  what  had  transpired.  Pres- 
entlv  there  was  a  knocking  at  the  door  and  he  opened  it  to  find 
a  weeping,  trembling  Gloria,  who  was  there  to  apologize  because 
she  couldn't  continue  working  right  away.  She  sat  on  his  lap 
and  cried.    Anyway,  so  the  tale  runs. 

The  most  successful  picture  ever  made  was  "The  Ten  Com- 
mandments." 

It  has  grossed  perhaps  more  than  $5,000,000  and  is  still  show- 
ing in  various  parts  of  the  world.  It  was  not  a  "star"  picture, 
designed  to  display  the  talents  of  a  top  flight  box  office  per- 
sonality, as  most  successful  pictures  are. 


Mary  Pickford,  Douglas  Fairbanks,  Valentino,  Gloria  Swan- 
son  and  a  few  others  were  the  reigning  favorites  when  Para- 
mount executives  first  began  to  feel  the  pressure  of  increasing 
production  costs.  These  stars  were  demanding  so  much  money 
that  Hollywood  could  not  afford  to  pay  them  without  major 
adjustments. 

About  this  time,  De  Mille  went  to  Adolph  Zukor  and  his 
other  associates  and  told  them  they  could  make  a  picture  that 
would  be  a  sensation  at  the  box-office,  without  any  high-pow- 
ered star  to  draw  the  crowds.  They  were  interested  but  skep- 
tical. However,  they  made  "Old  Wives  for  New"  as  an  experi- 
ment and  shortly  afterward  they  followed  this  Florence  Vidor 
picture  with  "Don't  Change  Your  Husband"  and  "Why  Change 
Your  Wife." 

De  Mille  made  three- more  pictures  for  Paramount  and  then 
severed  his  relationship  with  the  studio. 

His  first  independent  production  was  "The  Volga  Boatman," 
which  made  Bill  Boyd,  who  had  been  an  extra  for  six  years,  a 
star. 

Then  he  reverted  to  the  Bible.  Choosing  the  life  of  Jesus  of 
Nazareth  as  the  most  dramatic  and  appealing  story  known  to 
man,  he  set  about  making  "The  King  of  Kings." 

There  were  14  plagiarism  suits  resulting  from  his  choice  of 
subject  matter.  It  was  the  decision  of  every  court  in  which  the 
cases  were  tried,  however,  that  the  picture  was  based  on  the 
gospels,  and  nothing  more. 

For  weeks  he  deliberated 
the  casting  of  the  Christus  in 
"The  King  of  Kings,"  and 
finally  chose  H.  B.  Warner  for 
the  role,  signing  him  to  the 
strangest  of  all  studio  agree- 
ments— a  contract,  it  is  as- 
serted, that  even  regulated  his 
private  life  during  the  term  of 
his  commitment.  He  could  not 
be  seen  in  cafes  or  theatres, 
nor  smoke  in  the  studio,  nor 
be  seen  in  makeup  eating  or 
drinking.  He  could  not  ap- 
pear in  public  as  the  escort  of 
anyone,  and,  in  effect,  was 
forced  to  live  the  life  of  a 
recluse,  strange  as  it  may 
seem. 

The  result  was  seen  in  the 
ascetic,  tender  quality  of  his 
performance,  and  when  the  picture  was  released  Will  Rogers 
said :  "There  will  be  a  better  picture  when  there  is  a  better  sub- 
ject." 

fl  FIRST'  DE  MILLE  TALKER 

His  first  fling  at  a  talking  picture  was  "Dynamite."  The 
idea  for  the  story  came  from  a  newspaper  clipping.  The  male 
lead,  Charles  Bickford,  was  an  actor  on  the  Broadway  stage 
whom  he  brought  to  Hollywood. 

Bickford  has  appeared  in  five  pictures  for  him,  including 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind,"  and  instead  of  a  headstrong  tempera- 
mental Irishman  such  as  he  is  often  described,  De  Mille  con- 
siders him  a  fine  actor  and  a  fine  man. 

"Dynamite"  resulted  in  some  technical  accomplishments.  With 
the  coming  of  sound,  closeups  became  difficult  because  the  micro- 
phone picked  up  the  whirring  of  the  camera.  Intent  on  getting 
a  good  closeup  filmed  with  sound,  he  had  the  camera  wrapped 
with  every  blanket  in  the  studio  property  department  and  suc- 
ceeded in  obtaining  what  he  wanted.  It  was  from  this  experi- 
ment, in  which  he  had  the  assistance  of  Norma  Shearer's 


The  late  Will  Rogers  and  another 
one-time  screen  favorite,  Lila  Lee,  in 
a  scene  from  a  1922  Paramount  pic- 
ture,   "One    Glorious  Day." 


56 


YEARS    OF  SHOWMANSHIP 


Congratulations 
to 

PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 
ADOLPH  ZUKOR 
CECIL  B.  DE  MILLE 

AND 

BARNEY  BALABAN 

ON  THE  OCCASION  OF  THEIR 

THIRTIETH  ANNIVERSARY 


J.  E.  BRULATOUR,  Inc. 

EASTMAN  FILMS 

FORT  LEE  CHICAGO  HOLLYWOOD 


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brother,  Douglas,  that  a  camera  "blimp,"  as  a  sound  proof 
device,  was  said  to  have  been  developed  by  Shearer. 

After  "Dynamite,"  he  spent  a  year  and  a  half  touring  Europe, 
signing  with  Paramount  on  his  return.  Since  then,  the  more 
lavish  of  his  65  pictures  have  been  made.  "The  Sign  of  the 
Cross"  brought  Charles  Laughton  to  the  attention  of  American 
audiences,  and  set  Claudette  Colbert's  career  and  introduced 
Henry  Wilcoxon,  whom  he  cast  after  seeing  a  test  of  him  made 
abroad.  "The  Crusades"  was  probably  the  first  picture  ever 
made  with  a  12th  Century  bagground  and,  in  the  matter  of 
costumes  and  properties  built  for  it,  was  one  of  the  most  pre- 
tentious of  films. 


THEN  TO  AMERICA'S  WEST 

After  "Cleopatra"  De  Mille  considered  doing  "Samson  and 
Delilah"  and  a  story  of  Buffalo  Bill's  early  days.  With  the 
latter  he  finally  went  ahead,  collecting  books  and  pamphlets. 

The  writing  of  the  Buffalo  Bill  story  went  ahead,  being  done 
largely  at  his  ranch  and  on  the  yacht,  Seaward.  As  Harold 
Lamb,  Waldemar  Young  and  himself  proceeded  on  the  script, 
a  rangy,  colorful  gentleman  of  the  old  West  kept  pushing  the 
other  characters  aside  and  striding  into  the  foreground.  This 
was  Wild  Bill  Hickok.  one  of  America's  little  known  heroes. 

As  they  learned  more  about  him  and  his  period  our  amaze- 
ment and  admiration  grew.  Finally  the}'  found  themselves 
throwing  most  of  the  scenes  his  way. 

When  they  got  the  script  finished,  Wild  Bill  was  the  dominant 
character,  with  Calamity  Jane  next  in  importance  and  Buffalo 
Bill  next.  De  Mille  had  Gary  Cooper  read  the  script  and  the 
following  day  he  came  back  saying  he  liked  it. 

With  Cooper  determined  to  play  the  role,  the  picture  went 
into  production  as  "The  Plainsman." 

Throughout  the  Summer  months  they  worked  in  a  broiling 


Cecil  B.  De  Mille's  headquarters  at  the  Paramount  studio  today. 


WILLIAM  FARNUM  KNEW    EM  WHEN— 

The  mountain  peaks  that  look  down  on  Hollywood  Boulevard 
have  been  there  a  long  time.  They  can  remember  when  cows 
ambled  down  its  once-dusky  length,  and,  no  doubt,  when 
Indians  plied  their  tomahawks  there  with  no  thought  of  $5.50 
a  day. 

But  not  even  the  peaks  can  remember  when  Adolph  Zukor, 
C.  B.  De  Mille  and  Jesse  Lasky  weren't  around. 


1942  —rrRea.p  the  Wild  Wind" 

sun,  both  on  the  Paramount  lot  and  out  in  the  chalk  hills  of  the 
Lasky  mesa.  A  location  expedition  to  Montana  was  made, 
lasting  almost  two  months.  Native  Cheyennes  from  the  Lame 
Deer  reservation  in  Montana  appeared  in  it. 

Still  with  a  lively  interest  in  history,  he  developed  the  story 
of  "The  Buccaneer."  with  Fredric  March  and  Franciska  Gaal. 
which  dealt  with  the  cannoneers  who  fought  against  the  British 
at  the  Battle  of  New  Orleans  during  the  War  of  1812.  In  the 
face  of  the  fact  that  he  had  once  been  laughed  at  for  wanting  to 
make  million  dollar  pictures,  scores  were  being  made. 

He  followed  "The  Buccaneer"  with  "Union  Pacific."  with 
a  strange  combination  of  inherent  dramatic  sense  and  show- 
manship. Now.  again,  a  leading  motion  picture  production 
company  and  one  of  the  nation's  leading  railroads  joined  hands 
in  an  exploitation  stunt  to  interest  all  America  in  the  value  of 
rail  transportation  as  well  as  the  fierce  struggle  to  make  it 
possible.  Robert  Preston  shared  honors  with  Joel  McCrea 
and  Barbara  Stanwyck. 

"North  West  Mounted  Police,"  in  Technicolor,  starred  Gary 
Cooper  and  gave  some  impetus  to  the  career  of  Madeleine 
Carroll,  also  adding  to  the  fame  of  Charles  Bickford. 

His  most  recent  production,  which  was  so  significant  that  it 
was  named  the  "Paramount  30th  Anniversary  Production"  has 
just  been  released.  Now,  going  into  his  61st  year,  De  Mille, 
screen  producer-director,  is  already  preparing  his  next  picture, 
"Rurales." 


I  am  told  that  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  is  De  Mille's  66th 
production  and  is  down  on  the  company's  books  as  Paramount 
Studio  Production  No.  1300.  In  30  years,  De  Mille  has  aver- 
aged about  two  pictures  yearly.  It  is  an  open  secret  that 
Paramount  Studio  Production  No.  I — "The  Squaw  Man,"  which 
starred  my  brother,  Dustin — was  also  a  De  Mille  picture,  filmed 
when  C.  B.'s  hair  was  still  blond  around  the  edges. 


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AMUSU'     Name  of  a  theatre 

and  of  a  great  purpose 


By  Y.  FRANK  FREEMAN 

Vice  President  of  Paramount  in  Charge  of  Production 

I  ERE  I  am  in  Hollywood.  Twen- 

'  '  ty-eight  years  have  passed 
since  my  start  in  the  amusement 
business  as  the  manager  of  "The 
Amusu  Theatre"  at  Fitzgerald, 
Georgia.  This  is  just  two  years 
short  of  the  life  of  this  great  or- 
ganization of  ours,  whose  thirtieth 
anniversary  we  are  now  celebrat- 
ing so  enthusiastically. 

In  looking  back  over  the  years, 
the  name  of  a  little  theatre  in 
Fitzgerald,  Georgia,  has  become 
more  significant  in  my  subsequent 
activities  than  ever  could  have 
been  visualized  at  the  time  of  my 
start  as  a  showman.  I  now  like  to 
feel  that  the  name  of  that  thea- 
tre, "Amusu,"  has  become  a 
guiding  principle,  a  credo  for  my 
own  efforts  and  for  the  efforts  of 
all  of  us  here  at  the  Studio. 

To  "amusu" — a  public  of  per- 
haps ninety  million  motion  picture 
fans  in  this  country  and  uncounted 
millions  elsewhere  throughout  the 
world — can  well  be,  and  is,  an 
unswerving  purpose  in  our  expen- 
diture of  substantial  amounts  of 
time,  thought  and  money  in  the  production  of  motion  pictures  to  be  seen  by  the  world. 

It  is  with  considerable  pride  that  I  now  look  back  to  the  beginning  and  to  the  little 
theatre  in  Fitzgerald,  Ga.,  called  "The  Amusu."  The  very  word  had  glamour.  Every  light 
bulb  hung  from  the  marquee  gleamed  somehow  of  adventurous  places,  glamour  person- 
alities and  romantic  imaginings  and  tremendous  drama.  And  so,  in  their  gleamings  they 
were  not  far  wrong,  for  that  is  the  way  it  is  in  the  making  of  motion  pictures. 

Now  having  the  opportunity  of  being  backstage  on  the  actual  photographing  of  all  of 
this  hasn't  in  any  way  dimmed  my  enthusiasm.  On  the  contrary,  it  has  heightened  my 
pleasure  at  being  associated  with  an  endeavor  so  colorful. 

I  have  a  deep  and  full  appreciation  of  the  responsibility  of  every  one  of  us  here  at  the 
Studio  in  the  maintaining  of  the  high  standards  set  by  our  predecessors  and  associates. 
This  is  av  ery  real  responsibility  and  all  of  us  here  are  complimented 
to  have  been  entrusted  with  it. 


FRANK  FREEMAN 


PARAMOUNT  PRODUCTION  LEADERS 

*  The  entire  world  has  seen  many  towering  Paramount  Pic- 
tures in  the  30  years  of  the  company's  existence,  but  un- 
doubtedly the  leaders  of  them  all  in  the  world  market  were: 


THE  TEN  COMMANDMENTS 
THE  COVERED  WAGON 
MALE  AND  FEMALE 
THE  MIRACLE  MAN 
BEAU  GESTE  (silent) 


THE  LOVE  PARADE 
MOROCCO 

LIVES  OF  A  BENGAL  LANCER 
SIGN  OF  THE  CROSS 
THE  SHEIK 


Among  these  were  films  which  grossed  more  in  the  foreign 
market  than  they  did  in  the  domestic. 


HENRY  GINSBERG 
Vice  President  &  General  Manager 
Paramount  Studio 


Todays  Harder 
Job  That  s  Cot 
To  Be  Done 


By  HENRY  GINSBERG 

Vice-President  and  General  Manager 
Paramount  Studio 


ON  THIS,  the  30th  anniversary  of 
Paramount  Pictures,  Inc.,  the  motion 
picture  industry,  which  during  the  past 
three  decades  of  major  growth  has  had  its 
high  times  and  its  low  times,  today  faces 
unparalleled  problems.  Like  every  in- 
dividual and  organization  through  the 
world,  it  is  getting  its  slice  of  trouble 
brought  about  by  the  international  holo- 
caust which  is  now  raging. 

We  do  not  know  what  we  will  face 
tomorrow.  We  know  that  today  some 
of  our  difficulties  are  priorities,  shortage 
of  man  power  and  rising  costs  of  pro- 
duction. At  the  same  time,  we  know 
that  we  must  continue  giving  entertain- 
ment, and  that  today,  in  the  face  of  the 
most  trying  times  the  world  has  ever 
faced,  we  must  rely  more  and  more  on 
teamwork,  clear-thinking  and  doing. 

At  Paramount  there  is  a  sincere  feeling 
that  no  matter  what  a  man's  job  may  ■ 
be,  it  must  be  done  well  to  bring  the 
finished  product,  even  in  the  face  of  at 
times  seemingly  unsurmountable  difficul- 
ties, as  near  to  perfection  as  possible. 
This  personal  pride  in  doing  one's  in- 
dividual job  well,  plus  a  genuine  desire 
to  help  others  do  their  jobs,  is  respon- 
sible for  the  success  of  Paramount. 

Individual  attitudes  make  up  the  whole, 
which  means  that  the  entire  personnel  is 
reflecting  general  good  will  as  well  as  an 
awareness  of  the  crisis  in  our  affairs.  It 
is  widely  realized  that  the  finished  prod- 
uct is  the  result  of  the 
effort  of  no  one  person, 
but  is  the  result  of  mana- 
gerial teamwork. 

To  the  general  public, 
in  normal  or  in  trying 
times  such  as  we  face 
today,  the  work  of  the 
rank  and  file  must  re- 
main anonymous.  How- 
ever, Paramount  man- 
agement looks  behind 
the  screen  credits  with 
the  knowledge  that  the 
success  of  productions  is 
not  based  alone  on  the 
work  of  those  whose 
names  are  seen,  but  on 
that  of  the  hundreds  of 
those  who  serve  silentlv. 


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Heartiest  Congratulations 


to 


Paramount 


on  its 


30th  Anniversary 


TECHNICOLOR  MOTION  PICTURE  CORPORATION 

Herbert  T.  Kalmus,  President 


IF   IT'S  A    PARAMOUNT    PICTURE  ,    IT'S   THE   BEST    SHOW  IN  TOWN 


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We  are  in  the  biggest  war  the  world  has  ever  seen.  Winning  it  in  the  shortest  time  possible  is  the 
tremendous  task  that  lies  ahead  of  everyone  of  us.  Time  is  short,  and  it  must  be  full  speed  ahead 
with  every  effort  we  have  at  our  command. 


If  we  are  to  win  this  war  every  man  and  woman  has  to  work  harder, 
work  longer  and  work  faster  than  ever  before.  Only  a  tremendous 
national  surge  of  extra  effort  will  get  the  job  done  on  time. 


This  is  true  of  the  farmer,  the  office  worker,  the  executive,  the 
housewife,  the  professional  man,  or,  in  short,  true  of  every  single 
solitary  citizen  in  these  United  States.  Particularly  is  this  true  of 
the  industrial  worker,  who  actually  makes  the  supplies  and  imple- 
ments of  warfare. 


WHEN  YOU  GO  TO  BED  AT  NIGHT,  DO  YOU  ASK  YOURSELF  "HAVE  i  DONE  EVERYTHING 
I  COULD  POSSIBLY  DO  THIS  DAY  TO  AID  AND  ASSIST  OUR  NATIONAL  WAR  EFFORT"? 


If  you  cannot  satisfactorily  answer  this  question  to  yourself,  don't 
wait  for  somebody  to  tell  you  what  to  do  but  inquire  of  any  estab- 
lished war  effort  agency  and  determine  how  you  can  best  serve. 
There  is  something  for  every  man  and  woman  to  do  if  you  will  seek 
it  out! 

Interstate  Circuit,  Inc.,  and  its  personnel  have  always  and  are  con- 
tributing daily  to  the  war  effort.  Over  200  of  its  employees  are 
now  serving  in  our  Armed  Forces.  The  efforts  of  these  men  are 
being  supplemented  by  many  other  employees  engaged  in  va- 
rious war  activities. 


Interstate  Theatre  employees  have  been  and  are  regularly  pur- 
chasing United  States  War  Savings  Stamps  and  Bonds  through 
the  salary  deduction  plan.  Every  employee  has  contributed  one 
day's  salary  to  the  American  Red  Cross  for  1942. 

As  an  organization,  Interstate  was  the  first  to  institute  the  sale  of 
United  States  War  Savings  Stamps  and  Bonds  at  the  box  offices 
of  every  theatre.  It  also  has  led  the  way  in  exhibiting  National  De- 
fense subjects  on  the  screens  of  its  theatres.  Wherever  and  when- 
ever possible,  it  has  taken  the  lead  in  humanitarian  activities  for  the 
underprivileged  both  here  and  in  war-torn  Europe! 


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ANSHIP 


"To  ELEVATE  AND  PERPETUATE  THE 
MOTION  PICTURE"  WAS  THE  ORIGINAL 
PURPOSE  OF  THE  FOUNDERS  OF 
PARAMOUNT   THIRTY  YEARS  AGO. 


THE  RECORD  SHOWS  HOW  WELL  THEY 
ACCOMPLISHED  THIS  IDEAL. 


CONGRATULATIONS  TO  ADOLPH  ZUKOR 
AND  TO  ALL  OF  THE  MEN  AND  WOMEN 
WHO    HELPED   HIM    BUILD  THIS  GREAT 


ORGANIZATION. 


zAl  J^tchtman 


IF   IT'S  A    PARAMOUNT    PICTURE   ,    IT'S   THE   BEST    SHOW  IN  TOWN 


H  I  P 


To  The  Paramount  "Gang"  Everywhere 
Thanks  For  The  Memories 

"BOB  HOPE 


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TODAY  IN  PRODUCTION  IT'S  THE 


Picture  Plant— 

MORALE-MOTIF      30  Years  Later! 


By  B.  G.  De  SYLVA 

Paramount  Executive  Producer 


THERE  OUGHT  to  be  a  slogan 
for  the  motion  picture  industry.  It 
ought  to  be — "Keep  'em  happy." 
That's  our  job. 

Paramount  has  been  around  30 
years.  In  that  time  it  has  put  out 
entertainment  which  has  made  mil- 
lions thrill,  cry  and  laugh. 

War  has  brought  problems  to 
every  home  in  the  nation.  There'll 
be  a  lot  more  of  that  before  the 
mess  is  over. 

The  industry  must  furnish  the 
escape  valve  for  all  the  emotion 
that's  piling  up.  It  has  to  give  a 
let-down  to  tight  nerves.  It  has  to 
take  minds  away  from  a  brutal 
reality. 

If  it  does  these  things,  it'll  be  do- 
ing a  real  job. 

It  can  do  that  job  by  putting  the  emphasis  on  entertainment. 
As  far  as  possible,  it  must  be  inspirational.  Turn  back  the 
clock  25  years.  Remember  "It's  a  Long  Way  to  Tipperary," 
"Over  There,"  "Pack  Up  Your  Troubles  in  Your  Old  Kit  Bag 
and  Smile,  Smile,  Smile,"  and  "Smiles"? 

Well,  we're  getting  a  new  crop  of  inspirational  numbers  right 
now.  Songs  that  soldiers  sing  for  courage,  for  laughs,  for  enter- 
tainment. Most  of  them  will  come  out  of  motion  pictures  this 
time.  Twenty-five  years  ago,  motion  pictures  were  inarticulate. 

In  short,  no  human  being  can  be  kicked  around  either  physi- 
cally or  mentally  for  a  long  period  of  time,  standing  up  under 
successive  shocks,  unless  you  give  him  a  rest.  That's  the  rea- 
son for  relaxation  periods  between  rounds  in  prize-fights  and 
between  periods  in  football  and  other  games. 

A  human  being  needs  a  chance  to  recuperate. 

So  the  motion  picture  is  putting  rest  periods  into  the  sweat- 
ing work  of  training  camps ;  the  rigors  of  battleships  on  patrol ; 
the  air  bases  after  reconnaissance  flights ;  the  army  camps  after 
mock  battles,  and  relaxation  and  escape  for  the  people  back 
home. 

Give  'em  laughter,  give  'em  romance,  give  'em  songs — give 
'em  entertainment  of  the  kind  they  want.  That's  the  motion 
picture's  job.  As  Paramount  goes  into  its  31st  year,  you'll  find 
that's  the  job  we  are  trying  to  do. 


MEMBERS    OF    PARAMOUNT    PRODUCTION  STAFF 


DICK  MURRAY 
Shorts  and  Musicals 


RICHARD  MEALAND 
Story  Editor 


RUSSELL  HOLMAN 
East.  Prod.  Rep. 


SMACK-DAB  in  the  center  of  Hollywood,  surrounded  by  a 
12-foot  wall,  is  a  city  within  a  city.  It  is  the  studio  of  Para- 
mount Pictures,  Inc.,  which  this  year  is  celebrating  its  30th 
anniversary.  It  is  termed  a  city  because  it  comprises  so  many 
efficient  departments  that  it  is  almost  self-sustaining.  The  studio 
can  house,  feed  and  keep  warm  and  comfortable  all  of  its  3,200 
employes  with  the  exception  of  producing  the  food. 

The  actual  studio  comprises  27  acres.  There  are  54  modern 
buildings  today.  In  1916,  when  the  present  site  was  converted 
into  a  studio  (Paramount  actually  started  in  a  barn  surrounded 
by  a  lemon  grove  a  mile  north  of  the  present  site  four  years 
earlier),  the  "plant"  consisted  of  one  shed  in  the  northeast 
corner  of  the  present  studio.  The  shed  was  12  by  14  feet  and 
contained  a  few  kegs  of  nails,  some  tar  paper  and  some  wall 
board. 

Within  these  54  buildings  are  a  total  of  750  offices,  work 
rooms  and  equipment  rooms.  These  house  a  total  of  98  depart- 
ments which  employ  an  average  of  3,200  regular  employes. 

For  the  making  of  pictures,  the  studio  boasts  of  18  modern 
sound  stages,  several  of  them  the  largest  in  the  world.  The 
studio  added  50,000  square  feet  of  new  stage  space  this  year. 
Paramount's  use  of  its  footage  is  the  most  economical  in  the 
world  since  more  pictures  are  made  on  a  minimum  of  floor 
space  than  is  the  record  of  any  other  studio  in  the  business. 

A  few  of  the  stages  still  in  use,  although  modernized  and 
sound  proofed,  were  actually  built  during  the  first  World  War 
and  were  so  well  constructed  that  they  are  still  in  perfect  con- 
dition and  have  withstood  all  sorts  of  weather,  including  earth- 
quakes. 

The  studio  contains  the  largest  outdoor  shooting  area  under 
cover  in  the  world.  This  is  the  covered  streets  on  the  "back 
lot."  During  the  past  year,  the  studio  rebuilt  all  of  its  outdoor 
street  settings  and  added  a  complete  new  street  for  extra  shoot- 

ing.  •  \Jl 

This  construction  and  the  three  new  sound  stages  erected 
w  as  in  addition  to  a  new  power  house  and  a  new  crafts  build- 
ing put  up  at  the  studio. 

This  filming  space  is  augmented  by  the  Paramount  ranch 
and  by  the  Harry  Sherman  studios.  The  ranch  is  the  largest 
motion  picture  location  site  owned  by  any  studio,  covering 
27,000  acres  at  Agoura,  40  miles  from  the  studio.  Here  are 
standing  sets  of  every  description.  The  Sherman  studios  are 
across  the  street  from  Paramount  and  is  where  all  of  the  Hop- 
along  Cassidy  and  Sherman  specials  are  made. 

Servicing  the  studio  is  15  miles  of  water 
pipe,  a  like  amount  of  gas  pipe.  Protecting 
the  studio  is  a  fire  extinguisher  system  com- 
prising 50,000  overhead  sprinkling  heads. 

There  are  99  dressing  rooms  for  stars  and 
plays,  including  27  star  suites,  30  featured 
player  suites,  30  rooms  for  bit  players  and 
eight  large  rooms  for  men  extras  and  four 
for  women  extras. 

Nineten  projection  rooms  are  available  for 
showing  of  film,  and  these  rooms  run  a  total 
of  200,000,000  feet  of  film  a  year— or  3,789 
miles  a  year.  In  spite  of  this  amazing  amount 
of  film  in  use,  plus  the  handling  of  film  in 
two  dozen  film  editing  rooms,  the  studio 
has  never  had  a  fire  and  efficiency  has  been 
JOHN  BYRAM  100  per  cent. 

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GENERAL  AMUSEMENT  CORPORATION 


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CINCINNATI 


LONDON 


My  Best  Wishes  To  The  Entire  Paramount  Organization 

"BARBARA  STANWYCK 

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A  TERRIFIC  JOB,  ROBIN  ... 
THANKS  TO  PARAMOUNT/ 
CLIMAXING  THIRTY 
YEARS  OF  OUT  STAN  PING 
PROGRESS,  PARAMOUNT 
IS  CURRENTLY  MAKING 
BOX-OFFICE  HISTORY 
WITH  ITS  SENSATIONAL 
SERIES  OF  SUPERMAN 
TECHNICOLOR  CARTOON 

SHORTS. 

CONGRATU  L  AT  IONS, 
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And  congratulations  to  you,  too, 
Batman  and  Robin/  You're  Super- 
man's only  rivals  in  popularity  polls 
across  the  country  .  .  .  and  you're 
due  to  make  your  bow  in  the  movies 
before  the  snow  flies  again! 

And  while  we're  on  the  subject  .  .  . 
Hop  Harrigan.  The  Three  Aces  and 
many  other  juvenile  heroes  of  proven 
popularity  are  just  waiting  their 
chance  to  meet  their  fans  on  the 
screen  .  .  .  and  millions  of  their 
fans  are  waiting  for  them!  You  can 
find  all  the  leaders  in  the  same 
office  that  created  the  mighty  Super- 
man Saga. 


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PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 


{Continued  from  page  68) 

Paramount,  which  this  year  won  three  out  of  the  five  awards 
given  by  the  Academy  for  technical  improvements,  has  the  best 
and  most  modern  transparency  equipment  in  existence.  Four 
machines  to  project  for  these  backgrounds  this  year  totaled  an 
expenditure  of  $150,000.  One  machine  contains  a  lamp  capable 
of  50,000  lumens  of  light.  The  other  three,  for  super-produc- 
tions such  as  the  Cecil  B.  DeMille  Technicolor  spectacle,  "Reap 
the  Wild  Wind,"  will  aggregate  a  total  of  130,000  lumens. 

The  studio  boasts  one  of  the  most  modern  wardrobe  build- 
ings in  the  world  where  a  half  million  items  of  clothing  are 
kept  and  where  every  day  workers  are  turning  out  gowns  de- 
signed by  Edith  Head  for  such  stars  as  Dorothy  Lamour, 
Veronica  Lake  and  Madeleine  Carroll. 

There  is  a  property  department  with  more  than  a  million 
useful  items  and  furniture  capable  of  dressing  any  type  of  set. 
There  are  the  carpenter  mills,  art  department,  camera  shop, 
cafe,  barber  shop,  telephone  switchboards,  paint  shops,  tool 
room,  blacksmith  shop,  garage,  air  conditioning  department, 
hospital,  laboratory  where  millions  of  feet  of  film  are  processed, 
plaster  shops,  portrait  galleries,  plumbing  department,  police 
department,  a  fire  department,  and  on  and  on  through  more 
than  200  professions  and  trades. 

• 

RESEARCH  IMPORTANT  TODAY 

THEY'RE  SUPPOSED  to  know  everything,  and  what  they 
don't  know  they  will  find  out  for  you.  That's  Paramount's 
research  department — they're  the  research  specialists  of  Para- 
mount films — able  to  answer  a  million  and  one  questions  and 
required,  at  a  moment's  notice,  to  dig  up  any  kind  of  informa- 
tion about  the  world  and  its  people. 

Because  absolute  authenticity  of  detail  is  demanded  by  the 
studio  picture  makers,  this  department  is  being  maintained. 
And  it  is  the  department's  boast  that  they  have  never  been 
"stumped"  by  any  request  for  information.   It's  a  tough  job, 


and  picture  audiences  have  become  more  demanding  in  the 
validity  of  their  screen  fare — but  no  matter  if  you  want  the 
exact  dimensions  of  a  prehistoric  brontosaurus  or  a  wine  list 
and  menu  used  on  a  trans- Atlantic  liner  just  before  World 
War  I — research  will  see  to  it  that  the  film  achieves  authen- 
ticity. 

Paramount  studio's  research  library,  established  1915  by 
Elizabeth  B.  McGaffey  and  now  under  Helen  Gladys  Percey, 
department  head,  constantly  adds  to  its  wealth  of  material  from 
all  parts  of  the  world.  It  now  boasts  15,000  books;  bound 
volumes  or  periodicals,  some  of  them  dating  back  as  far  as  the 
1870's  from  the  principal  countries;  1,000,000  photographs, 
clippings  and  "inserts,"  such  as  historical  documents,  maps, 
government  seals,  coats  of  arms,  passport  forms,  menus  of 
the  world's  leading  hotels  and  thousands  of  other  things  that 
might  be  needed  as  detail  or  technical  data  in  the  making  of 
screen  entertainment.  In  addition,  the  department  gets  full  co- 
operation from  any  library  in  the  United  States. 

The  first  research  department  was  started  at  the  old  Lasky 
Studio  on  Vine  Street  in  1915.  The  "tools"  of  that  depart- 
ment were  few — a  small  collection  of  clippings,  a  dictionary  and 
the  National  Geographic  Magazine.  Out  of  that  small  begin- 
ing  has  grown  the  present  Paramount  studio  library. 

The  research  department  has  no  budget.  It  invests  heavily 
in  indexes  and  increases  its  picture  file  by  every  possible  means. 
There  is  not  a  department  in  the  studio  that  does  not  come  to 
research  for  information.  It  is  used  by  writers  who  are  prepar- 
ing scripts  by  the  art  directors,  the  property  department,  the 
designer  of  clothes,  the  director  and  players  themselves. 

The  departmental  setup  is  simple.  Miss  Percey  is  the  depart- 
ment head  and  research  director.  There  is  a  group  of  nine 
research  assistants  who  are  given  more  or  less  responsibility 
for  assignments  on  various  pictures.  There  are  the  secretaries, 
the  catalogue  clerks,  who  keep  the  library  records  in  order, 
and  a  small  staff  of  clerical  workers. 

Research  as  a  part  of  motion  picture  production  has  had 
increasing  recognition  since  the  days  of  1914-1915  when  it 


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FOR  AMY  SUBJECT  IN  ANY  LIGHT 
USE  A  DU  PONT  SUPERIOR  FILM 


SUPERIOR-1  (Type  104)  Has  a  moderate  speed  and  re- 
quires normal  development.  Its  extremely  fine  grain 
makes  this  film  ideally  suited  for  taking  background 
negatives  and  for  general  exterior  use. 

SUPERIOR-2  (Type  126)  This  "balanced"  film  for  gen- 
eral studio  use  combines  high  speed,  fine  grain,  a  long 
scale  gradation  and  a  well  corrected  panchromatic  color 
response. 

SUPERIOR -3  (Type  127)  Ideal  for  cinematography  un- 
der adverse  lighting  conditions.  This  film  is  approxi- 
mately twice  as  fast  as  Superior  2,  yet  still  retains  a  re- 
markably fine  grain  size. 

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was  introduced  by  Mrs.  McGaffey.  Between  1935  and  1939 
the  research  department  trebled  its  staff.  Even  Cecil  B.  De 
Mille,  who  has  a  reputation  for  authenticity  of  detail  in  all 
pictures  which  he  undertakes,  has  been  known  to  go  himself 
on  research  expeditions. 

For  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  DeMille  demanded  painstak- 
ing research.  General  questions  of  climate,  terrain,  flora  and 
fauna,  were  quickly  followed  by  requests  for 'maps  and  hydro- 
graphic  charts,  for  local  histories,  and  information  about  boats 
and  wreckers.  The  writers  needed  Southern  customs,  costumes 
of  the  period,  and  more  specific  questions  on  deep  sea  diving,- 
salvage  laws  and  a  hundred  trifling  facts.  This  is  a  Techni- 
color production,  and  so  the  art  director  and  his  assistants 
came  in  for  a  good  share  of  research.  Property  men,  interior 
decorators,  technical  advisors,  men  from  special  effects  depart- 
ment, scenic  painters,  wardrobe  men  and  women,  makeup  men, 
publicity  and  advertising — all  had  questions  of  varying  dif- 
ficulty and  length. 

At  the  end  of  the  production,  Marion  Crist,  who  was  respon- 
sible for  the  research,  compiled  bibliography,  statistics ;  con- 
sulted 444  books,  77  periodicals,  28  dictionaries  and  encyclo- 
pedias, and  a  total  of  8,111  photographic  prints  were  made  for 
the  production. 


TECHNICIANS:  MIRACLE  MEN  OF  PRODUCTION 

By  JOE  ROBBINS 

Head  of  Paramount  Studio  Technical  Departments 

EVERY  ONCE  in  a  while,  someone  sighs  for  the  "good  old 
days"  of  film  making. 

Well,  they  can  have  them  I  don't  want  them.  I  had  my  share 
a  good  many  years  ago,  and,  for  my  dough,  I'll  take  film  mak- 
ing today.  It's  a  lead  pipe  cinch  compared  to  the  days  when  I 
was  doubling  as  everything  from  an  electrician  to  a  trouble- 
shooter  for  our  one  Model-T  truck. 

The  films  today  are  in  the  age  of  specialization.  To  the  lay- 
man, it  may  look  complicated,  but  there  is  a  highly  trained 
technician  for  every  conceivable  job.  In  those  days,  we  not 
only  had  to  train  our  crew  but  had  to  train  ourselves  at  the 
same  time. 

One  of  the  oldest  employes  at  Paramount  is  Russ  Pierce, 
now  assistant  head  of  the  property  department.  I  remember 
the  day  we  hired  him.  We  needed  someone  to  move  furniture 
about.  Russ  had  been  driving  a  truck  for  Barker  Brothers  so 
we  guessed  he  would  know  how  to  move  furniture.  He's  been 
with  us  a  long  time  now. 

Directors  are  no  different.  They  still  are  demanding  im- 
possible things  and  we  are  doing  them.  The  big  difference  is 
that  we  have  been  doing  the  impossible  so  long  now  that  it 
didn't  phase  us  when  Cecil  B.  De  Mille  wanted  a  giant  squid 
for  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  that  would  strangle  a  man  and 
turn  him  loose  on  cue. 

Locations  are  a  simple  matter  compared  to  the  days  when  I 
took  Jack  Pickford  and  the  "Huckleberry  Finn"  company  on 
location  to  Lake  Arrowhead.  We  had  to  load  all  our  equipment 
in  a  Model-T  Ford  which  we  had  made  into  a  truck.  I  rode 
a  motorcycle  and  the  cast  rode  in  an  old  Cadillac  that  wheezed 
like  a  horse  with  asthma. 

The  first  "colossal"  location  was  that  of  De  Mille  when  he 
decided,  for  some  reason  best  known  to  himself,  that  a  spot  a 
couple  of  hundred  miles  north  of  Los  Angeles  was  the  ideal 
place  to  make  "The  Ten  Commandments."  I  set  up  head- 
quarters at  Santa  Barbara  with  my  motorcycle.  Truck  drivers 
had  orders  to  call  me  from  every  town.  If  I  didn't  get  a  call 
from  the  driver  of  Truck  No.  10  at  some  village,  I'd  know  he 


was  either  in  jail  or  in  some  other  kind  of  trouble.  I'd  hop  on 
my  motorcycle  and  start  out  after  him. 

The  sets  were  built  on  open  stages  back  in  the  1917  era.  If 
a  sudden  rain  came  up,  all  we  could  do  was  to  sit  and  cuss 
until  the  set  dried  out  and  we  could  start  pasting  the  wall  paper 
back  up. 

The  sets  today  are  no  more  complicated  than  in  those  days. 
That  harem  set  for  "Road  to  Morocco"  is  easily  matched  for 
the  De  Mille  sets  for  "Cleopatra." 

The  good  old  days !  Oh,  yeah  ? 


IT  IS  significant  that  the  first  Paramount  feature  picture, 
"Queen  Elizabeth"  starring  Sarah  Bernhardt,  was  produced  in 
France  and  distributed  in  the  United  States  by  the  organiza- 
tion that  Adolph  Zukor  founded  for  that  purpose.  For  as  time 
went  on  Paramount  saw  great  possibilities  in  establishing  stu- 
dios and  production  units  overseas  and  filming  many  produc- 
tions in  the  actual  settings  of  their  stories. 

The  first  of  these  ventures  was  headquartered  in  London. 
Adolph  Zukor  believed  that  the  great  works  of  English  Litera- 
ture could  be  best  interpreted  on  British  soil,  and  in  1921  he 
founded  Paramount  British  Film  Productions,  Ltd.  A  giant 
distillery  in  a  London  suburb  was  converted  into  a  film  studio 
and  technicians  and  players  were  sent  from  Hollywood  and  the 
newly  developed  Long  Island  Studio.  Starting  with  a  produc- 
tion auspiciously  titled  "The  Great  Day,"  this  unit  made  10 
pictures,  all  of  which  were  distributed  throughout  the  world 
by  the  Paramount  organization.  Some  others  were  "Appear- 
ances," "Beside  the  Bonnie  Briar  Bush,"  "Spanish  Jade," 
(filmed  largely  in  Spain),  "The  Man  From  Home"  (filmed  in 
Italy),  and  "Three  Live  Ghosts." 

The  British  production  venture,  however,  lasted  only  until 
1922. 

About  this  same  time  a  distribution  alliance  was  made  with 
the  growing  German  company  of  UFA.  Paramount  took  for 
release  in  America  and  certain  other  territories  the  silent  prod- 
uct of  UFA,  which  had  under  contract  such  stars  as  Pola  Negri, 
Emil  Jannings,  Mia  May  and  the  director  Ernst  Lubitsch. 
Many  UFA  pictures,  among  them  "Variety,"  "Passion"  and 
"The  Loves  of  Pharoah"  were  huge  box-office  successes.  This 
arrangement  was  discontinued  chiefly  because  Negri,  Jannings 
and  Lubitsch  came  to  America  to  star  in,  and  to  direct,  Ameri- 
can films. 

In  the  few  years  which  followed,  Paramount  subsidiaries  in 
various  parts  of  the  world  accepted  locally  produced  pictures 
for  local  distribution.  In  several  instances,  these  pictures  were 
important  enough  to  be  distributed  in  America. 

In  1931  the  major  step  in  Paramount  production  overseas 
was  taken  with  the  acquisition  of  the  Joinville  Studio  estab- 
lished in  Paris  by  Robert  Kane.  This  was  in  the  early  days 
of  talking  pictures  and  Joinville  was  to  witness  one  of  the 
best  examples  of  polyglot  production  in  all  film  history. 

The  early  procedure  at  Joinville  was  to  take  a  standard 
American  production  with  a  theme  believed  likely  to  appeal  to 
picture-goers  of  all  nationalities  and  to  see  how  many  languages 
it  could  be  converted  into  in  the  shortest  possible  time.  The 
required  number  of  sets  were  erected  throughout  the  studio. 
Then  separated  casts  from  each  European  country  were  as- 
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Paramount  Production 
Activities  Abroad 

By  ALBERT  DEANE 

Director  of  Foreign  Advertising  and  Publicity 


74 


5©    YEARS    OF  SHOWMANSHIP 


Congratulations  to  Paramount 

to 


Y.  Frank  Freeman 

Buddy  De  Sylva 

Henry  Ginsberg 

and  the  entire  West 
Coast  Production  Staff 


CHARLES  K.  FELDMAN  GROUP  PRODUCTIONS  CHARLES  K.  FELDMAN  CORP. 

and 

THE  FELDMAN-BLUM  CORPORATION 


F   IT'S  A   PARAMOUNT    PICTURE  ,    IT'S   THE   BEST    SHOW  IN  TOWN 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


30tk 


FRIDAY,  APRIL  17,  1942:  SECTION  TWO 


anniversary 
PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 


OSCAR  A.  MORGAN 
General  Sales  Manager 
Short  Subjects  Department 


NEW  EMPHASIS  ON 
SHORT  SUBJECTS 


As  Paramount  celebrates  its  gala  30th  year,  the  company's 
new  streamlined  short  subjects  department  enters  its  second 
year  with  a  brilliant  record  of  first  year  accomplishment. 

Heralding  greater  emphasis  on  the  short-feature,  Neil  F. 
Agnew,  vice-president  and  general  sales  manager,  completely 
overhauled  the  sales  structure  of  the 
department.  Oscar  A.  Morgan,  a  Para- 
mount distribution  veteran  for  30  years, 
was  selected  as  general  sales  manager 
of  short  subjects  and  news.  He  named 
Monroe  Goodman,  a  Paramount  12- 
year  man,  as  his  assistant,  and  created 
a  special  field  organization  of  10  short 
subject  sales  representatives.  These  ex- 
perts represent  the  home  office  contact 
in  the  field.  Each  of  these  10  men  are 
short  subjects  sales  specialists ;  none 
were  newcomers  to  the  industry,  all 
were  seasoned  showmen.  Following  are 
their  names  and  territory  headquar- 
ters :  Edward  Ugast,  New  York ;  Al 
Benson,  Philadelphia;  Richard  Schein- 
baum,  Chicago ;  Harry  Dodge,  Atlanta  ; 
Charles  Duer,  Denver ;  Jack  Curry,  Los  Angeles ;  James  Harris, 
Boston;  Max  Stahl,  Cleveland;  Tom  McKean,  Dallas;  A. 
Mendenhall,  Kansas  City. 

A  separate  advertising  and  publicity  department  was  in- 
augurated with  Emanuel  Reiner  as  manager,  under  the  super- 
vision of  Robert  M.  Gillham,  publicity  and  advertising  director. 
This  new  department  started  a  shorts  promotion  and  publicity 
campaign.  Individual  campaigns  were  planned  for  each  series, 
and  resulting  tieups  and  publicity  ballyhoo  were  designed  to 
aid  exhibitors  in  selling  Paramount  shorts  throughout  the  year. 

Richard  F.  Murray  continued  as  business  manager,  under 
Russell  Holman,  executive  in  charge  of  eastern  production. 
Leslie  M.  Roush,  who  won  an  Academy  Award  in  1939  for 
his  editorial  work  on  the  prize-winning  "Busy  Little  Bears," 
directed  the  "Headliners ,"  "Quiz  Kids"  and  "Robert  Benchley 
Comedies"  series.  A  staff  of  writers  and  cutters  functioned 
under  his  direction,  with  Justin  Herman  as  head  of  the  short 
subjects  writing  department. 

The  "Superman"  and  "Popeye"  cartoons  were  produced  at 
Fleischer  Studios  in  Miami,  by  300  artists  and  animators,  under 
the  guidance  of  general  manager  Sam  Buchwald.  Jack  Eaton 
received  screen  credit  for  his  21st  consecutive  year  as  producer 
of  the  Grantland  Rice  Sportlights,  while  Herbert  Moulton  in- 
troduced a  new  series  of  shorts,  "Hedda  Hopper's  Hollywood," 
featuring  the  popular  writer  and  commentator. 

In  Hollywood  Jerry  Fairbanks  and  Robert  Carlisle,  creators 
of  the  "Popular  Science"  and  "Unusual  Occupations"  series, 
added  to  their  record  with  "Speaking  of  Animals,"  a  novelty 
group  of  films.  George  Pal,  producer  of  the  Madcap  Models 
Puppetoons,  struck  his  stride  in  the  production  of  these  pup- 
pet musicals  and  won  several  awards  for  the  outstanding  ex- 
cellence of  his  subjects.  Count  and  Countess  Von  Keller  re- 
turned from  a  visit  to  India  with  photographic  material  for 
two  "Fascinating  Journeys,"  in  Technicolor. 

An  innovation  at  the  start,  Paramount's  new  short  subjects 
department  is  now  a  success  and  its  present  organization  is 
geared  to  eclipse  its  first  year  record  of  achievement. 

One  of  the  biggest  "star-buys"  of  the  past  year  involved  no 


flesh-and-blood  performer,  but  a  fabulous  character  born  in  the 
world  of  newsprint  and  reared  in  comic  books  and  radio  pro- 
grams. 

"Superman,"  who  had  accumulated  a  phenomenal  following 
of  millions  of  newspaper  and  magazine  readers  and  radio  fans, 
was  signed  by  Paramount  for  a  series  of  12  one-reel  Technicolor 
cartoons,  produced  by  the  Fleischer  Studios. 

To  assist  exhibitors  in  selling  "Superman"  to  the  public  Para- 
mount lined  up  a  feature  picture  promotion  campaign.  Through 
meetings  in  all  sections  of  the  United  States  with  the  wholesale 
distributors  of  the  "Superman"  magazines,  arrangements  were 
made  for  theatres  to  obtain  free  posters  and  banners  on  trucks 
ad  newsstands  for  their  showings.  The  "Superman  of  America" 
club  already  had  enrolled  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  million 
youngsters  who  had  paid  10  cents  to  join  the  organization.  A 
plan  was  formulated  so  that  theatres  could  start  local  "Super- 
man" clubs  at  no  cost  to  children.  A  national  consumer  adver- 
tising campaign  was  inaugurated  in  the  "Superman"  magazines 
reaching  4,900,000  readers,  with  full-  and  half -page  ads  for  the 
Paramount  shorts  six  times  yearly. 

Already  "Superman"  has  rolled  up  an  unprecedented  number 
of  contracts  and  appears  likely  to  become  one  of  the  most 
popular  cartoon  characters  in  the  history  of  the  screen. 


In  the  Hearts  of  Men 
and  therefore  on  the  Screen 

By  HARRY  SHERMAN 

Producer  of  Paramount  Westerns 

THE  WEST  is  here  to  stay,  not  only  on  the  screen,  but  also 
in  the  hearts  of  men.  Western  films  are  as  permanent  as  litera- 
ture. 

That  is  my  belief  and  my  reason  for  a  pledge  of  loyalty  to 
Paramount,  which  will  continue  to  foster  action  tales  of  early 
Americana.  These  films  inculcate  and 
spread  a  love  of  country,  respect  for  hon- 
esty, admiration  for  democratic  ways  and 
desire  for  clean  living. 

All  of  the  foregoing  elements,  worth 
cherishing  as  a  pillar  of  prestige  for  the 
motion  picture  world,  are  incorporated  in 
the  longest-lived  Western  series  on  the 
screen — the  Hopalong  Cassidy  stories  re- 
leased by  Paramount. 

Typified  by  William  Boyd,  who  has 
merged  his  own  personality  with  that  of 
the  fictional  Robin  Hood  of  the  Range, 
Hopalong  Cassidy  does  not  indulge  in  the 
sensuality  of  wordly  affairs.  He  hates 
inequality  and  loathes  inhumanity.  For  seven  years,  he  has 
chased  rustlers,  cheating  politicians,  thieves,  murderers  and 
foreign  spies,  from  the  time  he  first  stepped  into  the  dark,  men- 
acing outfit  of  the  cowboy  detective  in  "Hopalong  Cassidy"  to 
his  present  job  of  establishing  goodwill  between  Mexico  and 
the  United  States  in  "Undercover  Man." 

To  this  date,  42  plots  have  revived  incidents  in  American 
history  gleaned  from  authentic  newspaper  and  county  records 
on  this  side  of  the  Mississippi  River.  Film  fans  have  enjoyed 
event  after  event  of  booted  pioneers,  fighting  to  preserve  the 
American  ideal. 


HARRY  SHERMAN 


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The  officials  and  personnel  of  Florida  State  Theatres 
extend  sincere  and  hearty  congratulations  to  Paramount 
on  its  30th  Anniversary. 

These  three  decades  of  marvelous  progress  have  wit- 
nessed a  development  of  the  black  and  white,  silent 
"flickers"  into  the  superb  sound  and  color  productions 
of  today. 

In  this  development  Paramount  has  pioneered  and  always 
led  the  way. 

Today  Paramount  literally  means 
the  "best  show  in  town". 

Congratulations  to  Paramount  and 
its  able  and  far-sighted  officials. 


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Paramount  News 
Goes  to  War 


By  A.J.  RICHARD 

Editor  of  Paramount  News 


OR  a  group  of  1942  newsreel  "minute  men," 
this  war  is  real.  They're  wearing  uniforms 
and  tin  hats.  Their  identity,  and  where  they 
are,  may  some  day  be  published — but  not  yet. 
I  think  all  of  us  owe  a  salute  to  these  men 
of  ours  and  to  their  comrades  from  the  other  four  newsreels 
who  now  constitute  the  pioneer  group  of  American  coverage 
of  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces.  They're  not  shooting 
merely  the  "background  color  stuff"  in  the  base  cities  back  of 
the  front  lines ;  they're  out  in  front  with  the  advance  units, 
they're  up  in  the  air  with  the  big  flying  fortresses,  and  they're 
out  on  the  dangerous  seas  aboard  American  fighting  ships. 

We  have  had  a  foretaste  of  the  coverage  the  American  screen 
definitely  can  expect  from  these  men  of  ours.  Getting  pictures 
back  from  hazardous  locations,  and  under  conditions  very  often 
just  as  perilous  as  war  itself,  is  an  old  story  to  these  men. 

Today,  your  newsreel  is  a  public  servant  in  a  wider  sense 
than  ever  before.  Those  who  service  the  reel,  and  those  who 
exhibit  the  reel,  share  with  editors  and  cameramen  a  task  of 
primary  importance  to  our  country  and  to  our  fellow  citizens. 

Not  propaganda  —  never  that  in  this 
free  country.  If  it's  bad  news,  the  coun- 
try wants  to  have  it — straight.  If  it's 
good  news,  the  country  wants  to  have  it 
— but  without  "icing." 

We  are  all  celebrating  the  30th  anni- 
versary of  Paramount.  In-  the  relatively 
short  generation  that  has  seen  the  rise 
of  the  motion  picture  industry  as  a  new 
and  vitally  important  factor  in  national 
and  international  life,  changes  in  develop- 
ment have  become  established  as  the 
"order  of  the  day"  within  the  industry. 
We  have  not  yet  reached  the  total  effec- 
tiveness that  is  open  to  us — no,  not  in  any 
branch  of  our  industry,  and,  let  me  tell 
you,  particularly  not  in  the  handling  and  publication  of  factual 
news.  As  we  know  it,  the  newsreel  of  today  is  doing  its  best 
to  meet  this  latest  call  upon  its  capabilities — the  call  of  the 
nation  for  accurate,  dependable  action-pictorial  reporting  of  the 
news  of  the  day. 

No  one  knows  better  than  newsreel  men  themselves  that 
the  "newsreel"  is  not  their  exclusive  property.  It  is  the  dis- 
tributor's, the  exhibitor's  newsreel,  and  it  is  the  function  of 
those  who  produce  that  newsreel  to  provide  a  product  that  can 
command  high-intensity  distribution,  and  the  most  powerful 
appeal  possible  to  the  highly  news-conscious  American  theatre- 
going  public. 

When  Paramount  News  was  founded  in  1927,  its  very  first 
issue  carried  a  dedication  title,  as  some  of  you  may  recall.  I 
think  the  time  calls  for  a  rededication.  It  can  be  simply  ex- 
pressed as,  "Paramiount  News  Stands  Dedicated  to  the  Service 
of  Our  Country,  Through  Service  to  the  Truth." 


A.  J.  RICHARD 


THE  WORLD  WILL  ALWAYS 
WANT  ITS  FILM  NEWS ! 

By  ALBERT  DEANE 

Director  of  Foreign  Advertising  and  Publicity 

WARS  do  not  change  human  nature  basically.  Scratch 
the  skin  of  a  film  patron  anywhere  in  the  world  today,  no 
matter  whether  he  is  looking  at  films  of  his  own  free  will  or 
under  compulsion,  and  you'll  find  that  he  still  wants  to  see 
pictures  of  Charlie  Chaplin,  Bob  Hope,  Madeleine  Carroll, 
Gary  Cooper  or  Mickey  Mouse. 

All  over  the  world  today  there  are  still  hundreds  of  millions 
who  want  to  see  the  pictures  directed  by  Cecil  B.  De  Mille, 
Ernst  Lubitsch,  Frank  Capra.  Go  any  place  in  the  world 
today  and  you'll  find  that  the  most  venerated  executive 
name  is  that  of  Adolph  Zukor,  a  name  completely  bound  up 
in  this  30th  anniversary  of  Paramount. 

Small  wonder,  then,  that  the  world  still  wants  its  film  news. 
Small  wonder  that  every  possible  device  is  being  used  to 
give  news  to  everyone  able  to  read  it,  to  listen  to  it  on  the 
air,  to  hear  it  passed  along  by  word  of  mouth.  It  is  not 
inconceivable  that  there  are  millions  of  people  today  in 
countries  deprived  of  American  films  who  are  getting  to 
know,  in  one  way  or  another,  about  new  favorites  whom  they 
may  never  have  seen  on  the  screen. 

It  would  be  tedious  and  involved  to  detail  all  of  the 
ramifications  whereby  this  service  of  publicity  goes  out  to 
the  world.  Suffice  it  to  be  said  that  it  does  go  out,  and  will 
continue  to  go  out,  so  that  when  the  pall  of  war  is  lifted, 
one  of  the  most  searching  of  all  beams  to  shine  into  all  of 
the  formerly  dark  spots  of  this  weary  old  world  will  be  the 
motion  picture,  which  has  retained  its  freedom  through  all 
the  travail.  Publicity — an  endless  flow  and  a  sparkling 
variety  of  newsworthy  items — will  have  played  its  part  in 
paving  the  way  for  this  phase  of  the  world's  emancipation. 


THOSE   GOOD  OLD  DAYS" 

B~y~  TULLY  MARSHALL 

I  AM  within  three  years  of  celebrating  my  own  30th  anni- 
versary in  motion  pictures.  It  was  1915  when  I  came  out  to 
Southern  California  on  a  vacation  from  the  stage — and  never 
went  back  to  the  footlights. 

When  I  landed  in  Los  Angeles  to  rest  in  the  sunshine  in  1915, 
D.  W.  Griffith  induced  me  to  make  a  picture.  I  made  it  and  said, 
"This  is  too  easy.  I'll  never  go  back  to  the  stage."  All  of  our 
work  was  done  under  sunlight,  which  meant  that  we  could  not 
shoot  past  3  :30  P.  M.  and  not  at  all  when  the  day  was  hazy. 

In  1916,  four  years  after  Paramount  started,  I  became  a  con- 
tract actor  with  the  company.  It  was  Famous  Players-Lasky 
then  and  we  had  only  two  open,  sunshiney  stages  in  the  center 
of  a  lemon  grove.    My  first  picture  was  "Joan  the  Woman." 

I  was  on  the  stage  some  30  thirty  years  before  I  ever  went 
into  films.  So,  today,  I  have  to  pass  up  the  locations.  It  was 
fun  making  "The  Covered  Wagon."  but  I  wouldn't  tackle  it  to- 
day. In  fact,  I  don't  remember  making  a  location  jaunt  since  I 
did  "Fighting  Caravans"  for  Paramount.  However,  with  the 
outstanding  set  builders  of  today,  locations  aren't  so  vital. 


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HEARTY  GOOD  WISHES  TO 
CECIL  B.  DE  MILLE 

AND 

THE  ENTIRE  PARAMOUNT  ORGANIZATION 


WILLIAM  H.  PINE 
WILLIAM  C  THOMAS 


PRODUCING  FOR 


Completed 


"POWER  DIVE" 

"FORCED  LANDING" 

"FLYING  BLIND" 

"NO  HANDS  ON  THE  CLOCK" 

"TORPEDO  BOAT" 

"I  LIVE  ON  DANGER" 

"WILDCAT" 


Preparing 

"WRECKING  CREW" 
"INTERCEPTOR  COMMAND" 
and 

SIX  MORE  PRODUCTIONS 


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PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 


PARAMOUNT  STARS  WHO 

^et  new  Stwlt 


IN  PERSONALITY 


FIRST  AMONG  the  Paramount  personalities  to  influence 
the  public  consciousness  was  Adolph  Zukor,  who  convinced  the 
public  that  it  would  sit  through  a  full  length  motion  picture — 
and  like  it.  His  success  with  "Queen  Eliza- 
beth" 30  years  ago  opened  the  way  for  a  new 
era  in  mass  entertainment  for  the  world's 
people. 

In  chronological  order — and  perhaps  in  im- 


"It"  of  the  '20'* 

CLARA  BOW 


'42  Glamour 

VERONICA  LAKE 


influence  on  the  mass  consciousness  unques- 
tionably was  profound. 

William  Boyd,  too,  has  had  a  share  in  mold- 
ing the  thought  of  the  younger  generations  in  his  portrayal  of 
the  courageous  honesty  of  Hopalong  Cassidy.  Veronica  Lake, 
among  today's  personalities,  has  set  a  style  and  as  such  made 
an  impress  on  the  public  mind.  Also  to  be  remembered  for  the 
marked  public  impression  they  created  were  Gloria  Swanson, 
Marlene  Dietrich  and  Adolphe  Menjou.  among  others. 

Styles  in  screen  personalities  are  subject  to  change — quite 
without  notice.  Periods  of  prosperity  may  bring  the  popularity 
of  one  player  just  as  economic  distress,  or  war,  may  elevate 
another.  The  influences  are  many.  But  a  few  hold  their 
publics  through  them  all. 


portance — the  next  would  be  Mary  Pick- 
ford,  who  started  as  "The  Biograph 
Blonde"  and  became  known  throughout 
the  world.  Then  came  William  S.  Hart, 
a  symbol  and  an  idol  to  youngsters  all 
over  the  country,  who  typified  the  doc- 
trine of  right  triumphant,  and  whose 
physical  appearance  enhanced  that  im- 
pression. He  was  the  first  of  the  long 
line  of  Western  heroes  who  still  endure. 

Meanwhile,  steady  progress  was  being 
made  by  a  man  of  taste  and  understand- 
ing, skilled  in  the  use  of  the  medium,  and 
who  still  after  30  years  is  in  the  fore- 
front of  screen  production,  Cecil  B.  De- 
Mille.  His  films  were  characterized  by 
superior  settings,  accenting  the  luxurious, 
and  he  was  notable  in  the  development  of 
talent. 

In  the  early  20's  a  dazzling  young 
redhead  from  Brooklyn  went  to  Holly- 
wood, zipped  her  way  through  half  a 
dozen  Paramount  films,  and  emerged  as 
the  "It"  girl,  the  essence  of  that  strange 
species  known  as  the  flapper,  and  sym- 
bolizing a  pattern  of  modern  life.  The 
embodiment  of  honesty,  forthrightness 
and  courage  was  Thomas  Meighan.  whose 


THREE  DECADES  of  PARAMOUNT  STARS 

<fl  Like  the  song-hits  of  previous  years,  nothing  recalls  the 
names  of  popular  motion  picture  stars.  Each  year  exacts  its 
and  only  the  truly  great  survive  a  generation  as  headliners.  In 


and  present  Paramount  stars,  many  wil 
1912 


Mary  Pick-ford 
Hobart  Bosworth 
Sarah  Bernhardt 
Pauline  Frederick 
James  O'Neill 
James  K.  Hackett 
Victor  Moore 
Marguerite  Clark 
Hazel  Dawn 
Dustin  Farnum 


1922 

Thomas  Meighan 
Jack  Holt 
Dorothy  Dalton 
Elsie  Ferguson 
Wallace  Reid 
Bebe  Daniels 
Wallace  Beery 
Raymond  Hatton 
Douglas  MacLean 
Clara  Bow 


Gloria  Swanson 
Rudolph  Valentino 
Agnes  Ayres 
Betty  Compson 
William  S.  Hart 
Charles  Ray 
Lila  Lee 
Ethel  Clayton 
Mae  Murray 
Lois  Wilson 
Theodore  Roberts 
Milton  Sills 
Wanda  Hawley 
Alice  Brady 
Conrad  Nagel 
Elliott  Dexter 


1932 

Fredric  March 
Kay  Francis 
Charles  Buddy  Rogers 
Jackie  Cooper 
Miriam  Hopkins 
Carole  Lombard 


ask,  "Where  was 

Wynne  Gibson 


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Marlene  Dietrich 
Gary  Cooper 
Ruth  Chatterton 
Nancy  Carroll 
Jack  Oakie 
Claudette  Colbert- 
Maurice  Chevalier 
Sylvia  Sydney 
George  Bancroft 
Richard  Arlen 
Leslie  Howard 
Tallulah  Bankhead 
Charles  Boyer 
Edmund  Lowe 
Marx  Brothers 
Jeanette  MacDonald 
Mae  West 
Bing  Crosby 
Adolphe  Menjou 
Charles  Laughton 
George  Raft 


past  so  vividly  as  the 
toll  of  top-flight  names, 
scanning  this  list  of  past 
en?" 

1942 

Bob  Hope 
Dorothy  Lamour 
Bing  Crosby 
Claudette  Colbert 
Veronica  Lake 
Fred  Astaire 
Joel  McCrea 
Fred  MacMurray 
Paulette  Goddard 
Brian  Donley 
Richard  Arlen 
William  Boyd 
Ellen  Drew 
William  Holden 
Mary  Martin 
Ray  Milland 
Fred  Astaire 
Charles  Boyer 
Gary  Cooper 
Melvyn  Douglas 
Raymond  Massey 
Victor  Moore 
Basil  Rathbone 
Ginger  Rogers 
Rosalind  Russell 
Barbara  Stanwyck 


84 


BETTY 


THE  FLEET'S  IN 
HAPPY  CO  LUCKY 

Under  Contract  to  Paramount 
Management    WILLIAM    MORRIS  Agency 


II  .  .  .  Betty  Hutton's  pep  in  both 
sound  and  action  is  overflowing. 
She's  a  pretty  blond  comedienne 
with  a  great  film  future.  .  .  ." 

John  L.  Scoff 
Los  Angeles  Times 


.  .  .  Betty  Hutton  gives  a  memor- 
able performance  as  the  daffy 
sweetie  pie.  .  .  ." 

Frank  Miitauer 
Daily  News 


If  .  .  .  dynamic  Betty  Hutton,  a  new- 
comer from  the  stage,  cinches  a 
movie  career  with  her  screwy 
comedy  and  with  the  way  she  puts 
over  a  hot  song  number." 

Harrison  Carroll 
Los  Angeles  Herald  Express 


11  .  .  .  Miss  Hutton  deserves  special 
mention  because  she's  the  kind  of 
discovery  that  comes  along  all  too 
seldom.  Her  brand  of  zestful 
comedy  is  really  something  to  see." 

Neil  Rau 
Los  Angeles  Examiner 


PARAMOUNT 


ON  30  YEARS  OF 
PROGRESSIVE  SHOWMANSHIP 
AND  SERVICE 

NATIONAL  THEATRES  AMUSEMENT  CO.,  INC. 

SPYROS  P.  SKOURAS 

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ELMER  C.  RHODEN 

EVERGREEN  THEATRES  CORPORATION 

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HAROLD  J.  FITZGERALD 

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ON  ACHIEVING  A  30TH 
ANNIVERSARY 


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INTERNATIONAL  VARIETY  AND 
THEATRICAL  AGENCY,  INC. 
220  WEST  42ND  ST.     NEW  YORK  CITY 


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ON  THIRTY  YEARS  OF  ACCOMPLISHMENT 


GENERAL 


As  a  supplier  to  Paramount,  of  General  Electric  Mazda 
Lamps,  we  take  this  opportunity  to  pay  tribute  to  Para- 
mount's  outstanding  record  in  the  creation  and  distribu- 
tion of  finer  motion  pictures.  We  are  proud  of  our 
long  service  to  you  as  you  should  be  of  your  long  service 
to  and  achievements  in  the  interests  of  the  American 
Public. 


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Paramount  Organization 

THE  ORSATTI  AGENCY 

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30tk 


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SPEAKING  of  the  RECORDS 


ALTHOUGH  selling  problems  were  somewhat  different  when  Paramount 
was  launched  30  years  ago,  the  company's — and  the  industry's — first 
feature,  "Queen  Elizabeth"  set  a  record  for  that  distant  day  in  the 
number  of  bookings  its  received. 

Down  through  the  intervening  years  Paramount  pictures  have  continued  to 
set  booking  records.  Cecil  B.  DeMille.,  whose  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  has 
been  named  as  the  company's  30th  anniversary  picture,  produced  "The  Ten 
Commandments"  almost  20  years  ago.  It  is  still  playing  and  stands  as  one 
of  the  industry's  all-time  high  grossers. 

Another  DeMille  picture,  "The  King  of  Kings"  produced  in  1927  is  still 
playing  in  near  and  far  parts  of  a  war-disturbed  world. 

There  have  been  many  other  examples  of  Paramount's  successful  showman- 
ship. All  of  you  remember  "The  Miracle  Man,"  "The  Covered  Wagon," 
"Wings,"  "Beau  Gests,"  "Lives  of  a  Bengal  Lancer,"  "The  Virginian," 
"Ruggles  of  Red  Gap"  and  a  score  of  other  Paramount  pictures  that  have 
made  booking  history  with  the  world's  exhibitors. 

We  have  had  lean  years,  as  what  company  has  not,  but  down  through  the 
30  years  of  Paramount's  existence  it  has  maintained  a  uniformly  high  average 
of  production  quality  that  has  been  the  bulwark  of  the  company's  continued 
•success.  We  approach  this  30th  anniversary  feeling  that  Paramount  is  30 
years  young.  Its  great  past  speaks  for  itself  but,  as  always,  it  is  the  present 
and  the  future  that  are  vital  to  our  success  and  so,  starting  the  1941 -'42 
season  Paramount  sent 
out  to  the  trade  such  out- 
standing  pictures  as 
"Nothing  But  the 
Truth,"  "Hold  Back  the 
Dawn,"  "Skylark," 
"Birth  of  the  Blues." 

We  followed  these 
with  "Sullivan's  Trav- 
els," "The  Lady  Has 
Plans,"  and  others. 

We  are  currently  re- 
leasing another  great  De- 
Mille  Technicolor  pro- 
duction, "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind,"  which  promises 
record  grosses. 


By  NEIL  F.  AS  NEW 

Vice-President  of  Paramount  in  Charge  of  Distribution 


(above)  NEIL  F.  AS  NEW 

(extreme  left) 
CHARLES  M.  REAGAN 
Assistant  Sales  Manager 

(immediate  left) 

C.  J.  SCOLLARD 

Executive  Assistant  to  Agnew 


THE  FILM  BUSINESS  IN  WARTIME  CANADA 


By  DEL  GOODMAN 

General  Manager  Canadian  Division 


CANADA  is  further  ahead  in  wartime  difficulties  than  you 
are  in  the  U.  S.  A.  The  motion  picture  business  in  the  U.  S.  A. 
can  profit  by  our  experiences  in  Canada  as  far  as  motion  picture 
distribution  is  concerned.  We  are  in  the  third  year  of  the  war 
and  experiencing  the  loss  of  men  through  enlistments.  When 
100  men  join  the  military  forces  in  a  small  community  it  reduces 
the  box  office  possibilities  by  100  men  plus  their  girl  friends. 
The  industrial  centers  have  shown  great  improvement  at  the 
box-office,  as  have  the  military  districts,  but  as  men  go  over- 
seas there  are  signs  of  diminishing  returns.  A  shift  of  popula- 
tion into  the  industrial  centers  where  men  are  employed  in  the 
making  of  war  materials,  gives  box-office  stimulus  there,  but 
at  the  same  time  reduces  attendance  in  non-industrial  com- 
munities. 


We  are  also  up  against  the  Price  Control  Law.  The  admin- 
istrator of  this  law  has  power  to  prescribe  the  terms  and  con- 
ditions under  which  motion  pictures  may  be  sold,  rented,  of- 
fered for  sale  or  supplied,  and  exhibited,  and  prohibit  any  trans- 
actions except  in  accordance  with  this  wartime  measure.  With 
admissions  and  film  rentals  frozen,  the  20  per  cent  Federal  tax 
at  the  box-office,  and  additional  provincial  box-office  taxes  from 
five  to  15  per  cent,  high  income  taxes,  defense  tax  on  salaries, 
etc.,  nevertheless  we  show  increased  revenue  over  the  previous 
year.  We  may  not  smile,  yet  we  are  not  visibly  sad  because 
we  see  signs  of  victory  for  the  United  Nations,  and  we  pray 
for  the  early  destruction  of  the  armed  forces  of  our  enemies, 
so  we  can  return  to  normalcy  of  peace  times. 

The  Canadian  motion  picture  industry  is  going  about  its 
business  optimistically,  uncomplaining  and  cooperating  in  every 
way  with  the  war  effort,  looking  forward  to  bigger  and  better 
results  at  the  box-office.  There  is  a  spirit  of  confidence  in  the 
Paramount  company,  its  leaders  and  the  undoubted  box-office 
quality  of  Paramount  product. 


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PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 


IN  THE  U.  S.  A.  AND  CANADA  THESE  MEN 


Take  Paramount  to  Market 


J.  J.  UNGER 

Eastern  Division 


G.  A.  SMITH 

Western  Division 


DEL  GOODMAN 

Canadian  Division 


HUGH  BRALY  R.  C.  LIBEAU  MANUEL  A.  BROWN 

Headq'+'rs,  Los  Angeles   Headq't'rs,  Kansas  City  Headquarters,  Denver 


WILLIAM  ERBB 
Headquarters,  Boston 


HARRY  GOLDSTEIN 
Headquarters,  Cleveland 


JOHN  KIRBY 
Headquarters,  Atlanta 


MILTON  S.  KUSELL 
Headquarters,  New  York 


HUGH  OWEN 
Headquarters,  Dallas 


E.  W.  SWEIGERT 
Headq't'rs,  Philadelphia 


ALLEN  USHER 
Headquarters,  Chicago 


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C.  G.  EASTMAN 
Manager,  Albany 


E.  B.  PRICE 
Manager,  Atlanta 


A.  M.  KANE 
Manager,  Boston 


K.  E.  ROBINSON 
Manager,  Buffalo 


SCOTT  LETT 
Manager,  Charlotte 


J.  J.  DONOHUE 
Manager,  Chicago 


J.  J.  OULAHAN 
Manager,  Cincinnati 


GEORGE  ELMO 
Manager,  Cleveland 


C.  L.  DEES 
Manager,  Dallas 


C.  J.  BELL 
Manager,  Denver 


J.  T.  MANFRE 
Manager,  Des  Moines 


JOHN  T.  HOWARD 
Manager,  Detroit 


J.  H.  STEVENS  R.  M.  COPELAND  M.  R.  CLARK 

Manager,  Indianapolis        Manager,   Kansas   City       Manager,  Los  Angeles 


L  W.  McCLINTOCK 
Manager,  Memphis 


F.  C.  CLARK 
Manager,  Milwaukee 


BEN  BLOTCKY  ED  W.  RUFF  SAUL  FRIFIELD  HENRY  RANDEL 

Manager,  Minneapolis       Manager,  New  Haven       Manager,  New  Orleans      Manager,  New  York 


C.  H.  WEAVER  ALFRED  R.  TAYLOR 

Manager,  Oklahoma  City    Manager,  Omaha 


ULRIK  F.  SMITH  D.  KIMELMAN  A.  R.  ANDERSON 

Manager,  Philadelphia        Manager,  Pittsburgh  Manager,  Portland 


M.  SCHWEITZER 
Manager,  St.  Louis 


FRANK  H.  SMITH  H.  NEAL  EAST 

Manager,  Salt  Lake  City    Manager,  San  Francisco 


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POWERS  REPRODUCTION  CORPORATION 


205  West  39th  Street 


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CONGRATULATIONS  TO 
PARAMOUNT  STUDIOS 
AT  THE  CONCLUSION 
OF  THIRTY  SUCCESSFUL 
YEARS  OF  TURNING  OUT 
THE  BEST  IN  MODERN 
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MORRIS  SEGEL  J.  E.  FONTAINE  WILLIAM  KELLY  THOS.  F.  DOWBIGGIN    P.  J.  HOGAN  JACK  HUNTER 

Manager,  SeaHle  Mgr.,  Washington,  D.  C.    Manager,  Calgary,  Alta.    Manager,  Montreal  Mgr.,  St.  John,   N.  B.      Manager,  Toronto 


RUSSELL  SIMPSON 
Manager,  Vancouver 


D.  M.  BRICKMAN 
Manager,  Winnipeg 


^fcO^  G    s    be  ATT  IE 

Booking,  Albany 


IRVING  MENDELSON      J.  C.  GOODSON 
Booking,  Albany  Sales  Managar,  Atlanta 


O.  O.  RAY  EDWARD  V.  MALONEY    E.  C.  WALTER  R.  A.  CARROLL 

Booking,  Atlanta  Booking,  Boston  Booking,   Buffalo  Booking,  Buffalo 


B.  A.  SLAUGHTER 
Booking,  Charlotte 


E.  C.  DE  BERRY 
Booking,  Charlotte 


J.  L.  WILLIAMSON 
Booking,  Charlotte 


HARRY  R.  HAMBURG  WILLIAM  HAMM 
Sales  Manager,  Chicago    Booking,  Chicago 


JOE  FITZGERALD  JAMES  ONDRACEK  HAROLD  WISE 

Booking,  Chicago  Booking,  Chicago  Booking,  Chicago 

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J.  C.  RODMAN 
Booking,  Cincinnati 


RICHARD  KAMPHAUS    JACK  KEATING 
Booking,  Cincinnati  Booking,  Cincinnati 


HOWARD  ROTH 
Booking,  Cleveland 


ROBERT  BLITZ. 
Booking,  Cleveland 


JOHN  J.  DUGAN 
Booking,  Cleveland 


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In  Release 

"RIO  RITA1 

M-G.M 


In  Production 

PARDON  MY  SARONG" 


UNIVERSAL 


Under  Exclusive  Management 

EDWARD  SHERMAN 

Hollywood  •  Philadelphia  •  New  York 


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FRED  LARNED  GEORGE  GAUGHAN      WILLIAM  C.  KROEGER    TOM  LUCE 

Sales  Manager,  Dallas       Booking,  Dallas  Booking,  Dallas  Booking,  Dallas 


SEBE  MILLER 
Booking,  Dallas 


RICHARD  PARKER 
Booking,  Dallas 


WILLIAM  C.  RAU  HOWARD  DE  WEESE      D.  WILSON 

Booking,  Dallas  Booking,  Denver  Booking,  Denver 


J.  H.  FOLEY 
Booking,  Des  Moines 


CHARLES  ELDER 
Booking,  Des  Moines 


BEVERLY  MAHON 
Booking,  Des  Moines 


JIM  VELDE 
Booking,  Detroit 


CHARLES  BARNARD  WILFRED  EMBACH 
Booking,  Detroit  Booking,  Detroit 


CARL  KEMP 
Booking,  Indianapolis 


JOHN  GENTILE 
Booking,  Indianapolis 


THOMAS  GOODMAN 
Booking,  Indianapolis 


GEORGE  W.  HINTON     JAMES  H.  STATES 
Sales  Mgr.,  Kansas  City      Booking,  Kansas  City 


M.E.ANDERSON  WALTER  P.  CLARK        EARL  C.  OGAN 

Booking,  Kansas  City         Booking,  Kansas  City         Booking,  Kansas  City 


I.  J.  WHITE 

Sales  Mgr.,  Los  Angeles 


E.  E.  BEUERMAN  HARLAN  BRUNT  VINCENT  MURPHY 

Booking,  Los  Angeles         Booking,  Los  Angeles         Booking,  Los  Angeles 


GAIL  PARKER 
Booking,  Los  Angeles 


FRED  CURD 
Booking,  Memphis 


TOM  DONAHUE 
Booking,  Memphis 


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from 

WALTER  WANGER 


Soon  to  be  Released 

EAGLE  SQUADRON 

with 

ROBERT  STACK      DIANA  BARRYMORE 
JON  HALL        EDDIE  ALBERT 
NIGEL  BRUCE     EVELYN  ANKERS 
LEIF  ERIKSON         JOHN  LODER 
ISOBEL  ELSOM      EDGAR  BARRIER 

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WALTER  WANGER 


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FRANK  NEEL 

Booking,  Memphis 


ALLEN  HOPPE 

Booking,  Milwaukee 


JACK  LENAHAN 
Booking,  Milwaukee 


JOHN  R.  FRITCHER 
Booking,  Minneapolis 


GEORGE  ENGELKING     JOSEPH  M.  PRILL 

Booking,  Minneapolis  Booking,  Minneapolis 


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JOSEPH  ROSEN 
Booking,  Minneapolis 


GILBERT  E.  SESSLER 
Booking,  Minneapolis 


WILLIAM  C.  SOPER        WILLIAM  E.  WOOD       RICHARD  CARROLL       CHARLES  LAMANTIA 

Booking,  Minneapolis  Booking,  Minneapolis  Booking,  New  Haven         Booking,  New  Orleans 


ALEX  C.  MAILLHO 
Booking,  New  Orleans 


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CURTIS  F.  MATHERNE    M.  E.  SATTLER 

Booking,  New  Orleans         Sales  Mgr.,  New  York 


J.  PERLEY 

Booking,  New  York 


K.  FLYNN 
Booking,  New  York 


NAT  HARRIS 

Booking,  New  York 


NAT  STERN 

Booking,  New  York 


J.  TUOHY 

Booking,  New  York 


ARTHUR  WILKINS 
Booking,  New  York 


BERNARD  BRAGER         E.  CHUMLEY  WAYNE  STEPHENSON 

Booking,  Oklahoma  City       Booking,  Oklahoma  City       Booking,  Omaha 


FRED  FARLEY  GEORGE  T.  BEATTIE        RALPH  GARMAN  JEROME  COAN 

Booking,  Omaha  Sales  Mgr.,  Philadelphia    Booking,  Philadelphia         Booking,  Philadelphia 


MATHEW  JUDGE  GEORGE  KELLY 

Booking,  Philadelphia  Booking,  Philadelphia 


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WILLIAM  SCHWARTZ  WILLIAM  BROOKS 
Booking,  Pittsburgh  Booking,  Pittsburgh 


WILLIAM  KLOSS  FRANCIS  SEUBERT  LOUIS  G.  STANG  E.  LARD 

Booking,  Pittsburgh  Booking,  Pittsburgh  Booking  Mgr.,  Portland      Booking,  Portland 


W.  WAN  DEL 
Booking,  St.  Louis 


H.  BAHMER  WAYNE  THIRIOT  TED  REESE  J.  BETTENCOURT  J.  HORLEY 

Booking,  St.  Louis  Booking,  Salt  Lake  City        Booking,  Salt  Lake  City        Sales  Mgr.,  San  Francisco     Booking,  San  Francisco 


RAY  KALISKI  DAN  PAVICH  R.  L  ESTILL 

Booking,  San  Francisco        Booking,  San  Francisco        Booking,  Seattle 


JOHN  KENT  H.  DONALD  HUNTER     R.  M.  GRACE 

Booking,  Seattle  Booking,  Washington  Booking,  Washington 


EDWIN  J.  SHERWOOD    RUSSELL  RICKER 
Booker,  Washington  Booking,  Washington 


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1940- 



-"North  West  Mounted  Police" 

1939- 

-"Beau  Geste" 

1938- 

-"Bluebeard's  Eiahth  Wife" 

"The  Adventures  of  Marco  Polo 

1937- 

-"Souls  At  Sea" 

1935- 

-"Lives  of  a  Bengal  Lancer" 

"Peter  Ibbetson" 

1934- 

-"Now  and  Forever" 

iy  00- 

-  A  rarewen  to  Arms 

it  1  naa  a  Minion 

une  ounaay  Airernoon 

L^cJoiy  1 !  rvjf  uiviiiy 

Alice  in  vvonaeriana 

1932- 

-"Devil  and  the  Deep" 

"1  Take  This  Woman" 

"City  Streets" 

"Fighting  Caravans" 

"His  Woman" 

"Nevada" 

"Arizona  Bound" 

"Wings" 

"Children  of  Divorce" 

"It" 

GARY  COOPER 


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EXTENDS  CONGRATULATIONS 
TO  PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 
On  its  THIRTIETH  ANNIVERSARY 


In  Release 
Damon  Runyon's 

BUTCH  MINDS  THE  BABY" 


Now  in  Production 
Bud  Abbott  and  Lou  Costello  in 

"PARDON  MY  SARONG" 


MAYFAIR  PRODUCTIONS,  Inc. 


CONGRATULATIONS  TO  PARAMOUNT  ON  THEIR  THIRTIETH  ANNIVER! 

and  from  our  clients 


GINGER  ROGERS 

appearing  in 

THE  MAJOR  AND  THE  MINOR' 


FRED  ASTAIRE 

appearing  in 
"HOLIDAY  INN" 


BILLY  WILDER 

directing 

THE  MAJOR  AND  THE  MINOR' 


CHARLES  BRACKETT 

under  contract  to 

PARAMOUNT 


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N  BEHALF  of  the  theatre  partners,  associates 
and  the  tohrtre  department  of  Paramount  Pictures,  Inc.,  I  want 
to  congratulate  Paramount  Pictures,  Inc.,  on  its  50th  Anniversary. 
We  are  proud  to  be  associated  with  such  a  great  company.  The 
trail  it  has  blazed  in  the  last  30  years  has  made  it  one  of  the  leaders 
in  this  industry.  The  sound  and  fair  policy  of  its  president,  Mr. 
Barney  Balaban  and  of  its  Board  of  Directors  will  insure  its  con- 
tinued leadership. 

Leonard  H.  Goldenson 


SAM  DEMBOW,  JR. 
Vice  President 


LEON  D.  NETTER 
Vice  President 


M.  F.  GOWTHORPE 
Treasurer 


ARTHUR  ISRAEL,  JR. 
Assistant  Secretary 


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PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 


PARAMOUNT  ON  PARADE 

at  the  Cross-Roads  of  the  World 

By  JOHN  MclNERNEY 

Publicity  and  Advertising  Director, 

q  SIXTEEN  YEARS  A-SHOWING  AT  THE 
PARAMOUNT  THEATRE  IN  NEW  YORK 


FILMS  plus  "swing"  brought  the  New  York  Paramount 
theatre  to  its  present  position  as  one  of  the  country's  top  motion 
picture  theatres.  Now  in  its  16th  year,  the  house  adopted  its 
present  two-for-one  policy  of  bands-in-person  and  screen  enter- 
tainment seven  years  ago.  This  plan  was  evolved  following 
three  other  phases  of  theatre  operation. 

Built  on  the  site  of  the  old  Putnam  Building  on  the  west  side 
of  Times  Square,  the  Paramount  opened  on  Nov.  19,  1926.  Its 
inaugural  policy,  as  flagship  of  the  then  Paramount-Publix  the- 
atre circuit,  was  the  presentation  of  "eight  shows"  in  conjunc- 
tion with  its  screen  releases.   Produced  and  staged  by  John 


Main  foyer  of  fhe  Paramount  theatre  in  New  York  on  the 
evening  of  its  gala  full-dress  opening,  November  19,  1926. 


Murray  Anderson,  R.  H.  Burnside,  Frank  Cambria,  Boris 
Petroff  and  others,  these  shows  were  miniature  musicals,  with 
such  titles  as  "Birthstones,"  "Winter  Nights,"  "Patches," 
"Egypt,"  "Way  Down  South,"  "Chinese  Jade,"  "Milady's  Per- 
fumes" and  "Stone  Age  Follies." 

These  stage  shows  not  only  played  New  York  but  all  other 


key  city  theatres  of  the  Publix  circuit.  Without  featuring  star 
names  they  nevertheless  provided  solid  entertainment.  But  they 
finally  began  to  pall  on  theatregoers,  and  it  wasn't  long  before 
the  Paramount  marquee  started  to  feature  such  stars  as  Maurice 
Chevalier,  Eddie  Cantor,  Mary  Pickford,  Gary  Cooper,  Miriam 
Hopkins,  Buddy  Rogers,  Nancy  Carroll,  George  Bancroft  and 
scores  of  others.  For  several  years  the  Paramount  was  star  and 
headline  conscious,  presenting  such  popular  persons  as  Walter 
Winchell  and  Max  Baer. 

About  1933,  following  dwindling  grosses  which  even  high 
salaried  star  names  could  not  counteract,  the  Paramount  became 
one  of  the  first  of  the  larger  theatres  to  discontinue  stage  enter- 
tainment and  go  "straight  sound."  Opening  with  Cecil  B.  De 
Mille's  "Cleopatra,"  the  Paramount  retained  its  "all  sound" 
policy  until  Christmas,  1935.  At  that  time  Robert  M.  Weitman, 
who  had  taken  over  the  reins  as  managing  director,  instituted 
the  theatre's  current  policy  of  leading  bands  in  person  with 
screen  attractions. 

Since  adopting  that  policy  seven  years  ago,  the  Paramount 
has  not  had  a  losing  .week  and  started  a  vogue  for  in-person 
band  entertainment  that  has  swept  the  country. 

In  addition  to  its  changes  of  entertainment  polic)',  the  Para- 
mount has  also  witnessed  many  other  innovations  in  general 
theatre  operation.  Originally,  doors  opened  at  10:45  A.M. 
With  most  pictures  now,  the  theatre  has  had  its  first  "spill"  at 
that  time.  For  many  attractions,  a  queue  of  patrons  winds  from 
the  Paramount  boxoffice  through  West  43rd  Street  as  early  as 
7  o'clock  in  the  morning. 

The  theatre  now  also  closes  later,  the  special  midnight  screen 
shows  constituting  an  additional  feature.  Whereas  four  stage 
shows  a  day  were  tops  in  the  early  history  of  the  theatre,  six 
in-person  shows  today  are  not  unusual. 

A  spirit  of  close  cooperation  and  harmony  prevails  in  the 
operation  of  the  Paramount.  Most  members  of  the  theatre  staff 
have  been  closely  associated  for  years.  Weitman,  managing 
director,  and  this  writer,  publicity  director,  worked  together 
more  than  10  years  ago,  the  former  as  city  manager  and  the 
writer  as  publicity  and  advertising  manager  of  New  York  Para- 
mount-Publix theatres  which  then  included  the  Rivoli,  Rialto, 
Criterion  and  Brooklyn  Paramount,  in  addition  to  the  New 
York  Paramount.  We  were  with  the  Paramount  when  it 
opened  in  1926.  Robert  Shapiro,  house  manager,  has  been 
with  Weitman  for  years,  as  have  Eugene  Pleshette,  assistant 
manager,  De  Witt  Celsor  and  Joseph  Conte,  treasurers,  and 
Paul  Bracco,  stage  manager.  Harry  Rubin,  head  of  projection, 
is  another  who  was  with  the  opening  crew.  Peg  Mahoney  in 
the  publicity  office,  and  Ann  Rubin,  Weitman's  secretary,  are 
also  members  of  the  theatre's  original  staff. 

The  history  of  the  Paramount  Building  goes  back  to  1922 
when  Adolph  Zukor,  head  of  a  subsidiary  corporation,  bought 
the  property  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  theatre  as  a  fitting 
home  for  Paramount  pictures  on  Broadway.  It  was  in  Novem- 
ber, 1925,  that  the  drills  began  boring  into  the  solid  rock  for 
{Continued  on  page  128) 


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BEST   WISHES   TO  PARAMOUNT 


CECIL  KELLAWAY 

APPEARING  IN 

"NEW  YORK  TOWN" 
"NIGHT  OF  JANUARY  16" 
"BAHAMA  PASSAGE" 

FORTHCOMING  RELEASES 

"MR.  AND  MRS.  CUGAT" 
"MY  HEART  BELONGS  TO  DADDY" 
"TAKE  A  LETTER,  DARLING" 

UNDER  CONTRACT  TO  PARAMOUNT 

MANAGEMENT 
FRANK  VINCENT  AGENCY 


PAUL  JONES 


PRODUCER 


Forthcoming  Releases: 
"THE  FLEET'S  IN" 

Dorothy  Lamour  —  William  Holden 

"MY  FAVORITE  BLONDE" 

Bob  Hope  —  Madeleine  Carroll 

"THE  PALM  BEACH  STORY" 

Claudette  Colbert — Joel  McCrea  —  Rudy  Vallee 

"ROAD  TO  MOROCCO" 

Bing  Crosby  —  Bob  Hope  —  Dorothy  Lamour 


PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 


John  Balaban,  secretary,  treas- 
urer of  Balaban  &  Katz,  super- 
vises 100  theatres.  Born  in 
Chicago  in  1894  he  entered 
the  business  in  1908  with  his 
brother  Barney,  now  Paramount 
president.  He  has  held  various 
Paramount  executive  posts. 


G.  Ralph  Branton  of  Tri-States 
Theatres,  came  from  Minne- 
apolis, was  associated  with  Edu- 
cational and  Finkelstein  &  Ru- 
ben, becoming  chief  film  buyer 
for  their  circuit.   He  joined  A. 

H.  Blank  interests  to  form  Tri- 
States. 


Tracy  Barham,  vice-president 
and  general  manager  of  Inter- 
mountain  Theatres,  entered  the 
business  in  1916.  From  Florida 
theatre  operation  he  joined 
Paramount-Publix,  and  assumed 
his  present  post  in  Iritermoun- 
tain  in  August,  1 941 . 


Harry  David,  operating  Northio 
Theatres,  Cincinnati,  for  Para- 
mount, started  as  assistant  man- 
ager in  San  Francisco  in  1912. 
He  has  been  with  Paramount 
since  1924,  serving  in  several 
cities  before  joining  the  Northio 
organization. 


A.  H.  Blank,  president  Tri- 
States  and  Central  States 
Theatre  Corp.,  started  in  1912 
in  Des  Moines.  Founded  pres- 
ent enterprise  in  1914,  now 
operating  125  houses  in  three 
states.  He  is  a  Des  Moines 
civic  leader. 


John  J.  Fi+zgibbons,  president 
of  Famous  Players  Canadian 
Corp.,  started  in  tMeriden, 
Conn.  Joining  Paramount  in 
1925  he  went  to  Canada,  was 
elected  Famous  Players  vice- 
president  in  1936,  became 
president  in  May,  1941. 


Myron  Blank  is  associated  with 
his  father,  A.  H.  Blank,  in 
operating  Tri-States  Theatres. 
He  joined  his  father  after 
graduation  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan.  He  is  Tri- 
States  secretary,  Central  States 
assistant  secretary. 


John  J.  Friedl,  president  of 
Minnesota  Amusement  Corp., 
born  in  1897  in  Sioux  City,  la., 
managed  Lincoln,  Neb.,  the- 
atres, worked  for  Fox  and  Para- 
mount, later  joined  Publix.  He 
went  to  Minnesota  Amusement 
in  Minneapolis  in  1932. 


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For  a  great  milestone  of  progress  capably 
marked  and  commemorated,  Motion  Picture 
Herald  this  week  extends  its  congratulations 
to  Paramount  Pictures  Corporation  which 
presents  its  story  in  this  special  edition  of 
Motion  Picture  Daily. 

Here  is  one  of  the  industry's  most  emphatic 
and  expansive  success  stories,  the  forward  drive 
from  a  small  but  daring  beginning  in  1912 
through  years  of  development  and  adventure 
to  the  imposing  institution  of  1942. 

The  success  of  the  institution  is  ever  the  success 
and  contributions  of  the  men  who  build  it.  Con- 
spicuous in  the  Paramount  saga  today  is  Adolph 
Zukor,  founder,  and  chairman  of  the  board  now, 
and  Barney  Balaban,  exhibitor  in  the  founding 
years,  today's  Paramount  president.  They,  and 
a  great  array  of  other  capable  men,  who  in 
these  thirty  years  have  given  to  the  development 
of  Paramount,  are  to  be  found  in  the  pages  of 
this  narrative.  It  is  for  the  record. 


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FRIDAY,  APRIL  17,  1942:  SECTION  TWO 


anniversary, 
PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 


THE  PARAMOUNT  PARTNERS:  continued 


Baylis  B.  Garner,  vice-president 
of  Florida  State  Theatres,  hails 
from  Alabama,  entered  the 
business  in  1911,  was  one  of 
early  exhibitors.  He  formed  a 
partnership  with  S.  A.  Lynch, 
later  with  the  E.  J.  Sparks  group 
of  theatres. 


Nathan  E.  Goldstein,  president 
of  Western  Massachusetts  The- 
atres, entered  show  business  via 
a  penny  arcade  in  Connecticut. 
He  started  theatre  operations 
with  his  brother  Samuel  in  1910. 
The  circuit  operates  17  the- 
atres. 


"Julius  M.  Gordon,  president  of 
'Jefferson  Amusement  Co.  and 
East  Texas  Theatres,  Inc.,  en- 
tered theatre  business  in  1934 
"with  Jefferson  Amusement,  be- 
ting elected  to  his  present  post 
r1as  head  of  Jefferson  Amuse- 
Jment  in  April,  1940. 


Karl  Hoblitzelle,  president  of 
Interstate  Circuit  and  Texas 
Consolidated  Theatres,  South- 
western amusement  pioneer, 
was  born  in  St.  Louis  in  1879. 
In  1905  he  founded  Interstate, 
became  a  Paramount  partner 
in  1932. 


Earl  Hudson,  president  of  Uni- 
ted Detroit  Theatres,  was  a 
Chicago  newspaper  man,  joined 
Universal,  then  First  National, 
and  later  engaged  in  produc- 
tion. He  was  elected  president 
of  United  Detroit  Theatres  in 
the  year  1940. 


Frederick  H.  Kent,  vice-presi- 
dent of  Florida  State  Theatres, 
practiced  law  in  Georgia  and 
Florida  until  July,  1941,  when 
he  left  active  practice  to  take 
his  present  post,  in  which  he 
is  now  serving  as  general 
counsel. 


M.  A.  Lightman,  heading  Malco 
Theatres,  Memphis,  opened  first 
theatre  in  Alabama  in  1918. 
He  formed  Malco  in  1925,  long 
has  been  an  exhibition  leader, 
including  five  years  as  head 
of  the  Motion  Picture  Theatre 
Owners  of  America. 


Arthur  Lucas,  president  of 
Lucas  &  Jenkins,  started  with 
the  Miles  Brothers,  film  renters, 
35  years  ago.  In  1921  he  built 
the  Lucas  in  his  home  town, 
Savannah,  now  operates  a  large 
group  of  important  theatres 
throughout  Georgia. 


Vincent  R.  McFaul,  president 
of  Buffalo  Theatres,  Inc.,  be- 
came associated  with  Michael 
Shea  in  Buffalo  in  1904.  Para- 
mount became  interested  in 
the  group  in  1916,  all  merged 
into  present  organization  in 
1934. 


Frank  J.  Miller,  Sr.,  operating 
Augusta  houses  as  a  Paramount 
partner,  started  at  15  as  an 
usher.  Years  with  legitimate 
shows  were  followed  by  film 
exhibition,  leading  to  Para- 
mount partnership  with  his 
houses  in  1931. 


Martin  J.  Mullin  started  with  S. 
A.  Lynch  in  1916.  In  1925  be- 
came head  of  Publix  mainte- 
nance, then  of  Finkelstein  & 
Ruben,  Minneapolis.  Later 
assigned  to  Publix  New  England. 
Organized  various  houses  into 
Jvlullin  &  Pinanski  Theatres  Corp. 


Harry  L.  Nace,  of  Rickards  and 
Nace,  Inc.,  operating  in  Ari- 
zona, started  there  35  years 
ago.  An  early  Paramount  fran- 
chise holder,  he  has  been  in 
charge  in  Phoenix  and  Tucson 
operations  for  Paramount  in- 
terests since  1929. 


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THE  PARAMOUNT  PARTNERS:  continued 


Anastasios  N.  Notopoulos  heads 
companies  operating  Pennsyl- 
vania theatres.  Born  in  Greece, 
he  has  owned  houses  in  Altoona 
and  other  Pennsylvania  cities 
since  1912,  and  has  been  a 
partner  of  the  Paramount  thea- 
tre organization  since  1933. 


R.  J.  O'Donnell,  general  man- 
ager of  Interstate  Theatres  of 
Texas,  operates  for  Karl  Ho- 
blitzelle;  started  as  a  Chicago 
usher  at  13,  worked  in  New 
York  theatres,  in  1925  became 
Hoblitzelle's  operating  man- 
ager. 


Hunter  Perry  was  born  in  Nor- 
folk, Virginia.  After  leaving  col- 
lege he  engaged  in  real  estate 
business  in  Atlanta,  Sa.  Was 
captain  in  World  War  I  AEF. 
Organized  Dominion  Theatres, 
Inc.,  in  1933.  Circuit  now  oper- 
ating fifteen  theatres  in  Virginia. 


Frank  Rogers,  guiding  head  of 
Florida  State  Theatres,  is  a 
Southerner,  born  in  Frankfort, 
Ky.  The  circuit  comprises  more 
than  100  theatres  throughout 
the  state.  Rogers'  career  in  the 
business  embraces  a  wide  range 
of  activities. 


Harry  Royster,  general  man- 
ager of  Netco  Theatres  Corp., 
operating  in  upstate  New 
York,  joined  Paramount  in  1928, 
in  Boston,  and  New  York.  Be- 
gan theatre  operation  in  1932, 
taking  his  present  post  in 
March,  1941. 


Marion  C.  Talley,  vice-president 
of  Florida  State  Theatres, 
joined  S.  A.  Lynch,  and  in  1922 
went  with  E.  J.  Sparks,  whose 
United  Theatres  of  Florida  be- 
came Florida  States,  which  cir- 
cuit was  acquired  by  Paramount 
in  1941. 


Harry  M.  Warren,  general 
manager  of  Central  States 
Theatres,  started  work  for  A. 
H.  Blank  in  Omaha  in  1914, 
later  worked  for  various  com- 
panies. He  became  general 
manager  of  all  the  A.  H.  Blank 
theatres  in  1923. 


R.  B.  Wilby,  associate  of  H. 
F.  Kincey  in  Wilby-Kincey  Ser- 
vice Corp.,  operates  Southern 
theatres.  Wilby  managed  one- 
night  stands,  joined  Southern 
Enterprises  under  Y.  Frank  Free- 
man, in  1923  returned  to  inde- 
pendent exhibition. 


THE  SCHLESSINGERS— VETERAN  SHOWMEN  OF  SOUTH  AFRICA 


M.  A.  SCHLESSINGER 


AS  long  as  there  has  been  a  Paramount  organization  its  product 
has  been  reaching  the  picturegoers  of  most  of  the  great 
African  continent  south  of  the  Equator  from  the  screens  of  the 
African  Consolidated  Films  circuit.  Presiding  officers  of  this 
circuit  are  the  Schlessinger  brothers — I.  W.  in  Johannesburg, 
South  Africa,  and  M.  A.  in  New  York,  where  he  heads  the  Inter- 
national Variety  &  Theatrical  Agency,  agents  for  Consolidated. 

I.  V.  T.  A.  presents  pictures  to  as  polyglot  an  audience  as  any 
circuit  in  the  world  can  boast  of.  Their  theatres  are  of  all  types, 
too,  those  in  the  equatorial  climes  being  designed  for  specific 
local  conditions  and  native  audiences,  those  in  the  larger  cities 
of  the  south  being  the  equal  of  American  metropolitan  houses. 

I.  W.  and  M.  A.  Schlessinger  have  many  other  commercial 
interests  besides  motion  pictures,  but  when  you  get  to  talking 
to  them  about  films  you  quickly  realize  that  the  exhibitor  side  of 
their  nature  is  uppermost. 


I.  W.  SCHLESSINGER 


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Congratulations 
to 

PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 
ADOLPH  ZUKOR 
CECIL  B.  DE  MILLE 


Criterion  Theatre  Corporation 

Regal  Theatres,  Inc. 
J.  H.  Cooper  Enterprises,  Inc. 
Lincoln  Theatre  Corporation 


JOE  COOPER 


CONGRATULATIONS  PARAMOUNT 

FROM 

JERRY  FAIRBANKS  and  ROBERT  CARLISLE 

NOW  PRESENTING 
THE  EIGHTH  SUCCESSFUL  YEAR  OF 
PARAMOUNT'S 

POPULAR  SCIENCE 
SHORTS 

IN  COLOR 


THE  SIXTH  SERIES 

OF 

UNUSUAL  OCCUPATIONS 

COLOR  SHORT  SUBJECTS 
FOR 

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AND 

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SPEAKING  OF  ANIMALS" 


SCIENTIFIC 
FILMS,  Inc. 

HOLLYWOOD,  CAL. 


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Congratulations 

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on  your 
30th  Anniversary 

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30TH  ANNIVERSARY 

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COMPANY,  Inc. 

Pioneer  Manufacturers 
of  Reflector  Arc  Lamps 
in  America  Since  1922. 

600  W.  Fifty-Seventh  St. 
New  York,  N.  Y. 


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ON  ITS  30TH  ANNIVERSARY 


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CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


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YOUNG  ORCHESTRA 

Congratulates 
Paramount 
On  Its  30th 
Anniversary 

VAUGHN  MONROE 

AND  HIS  ORCHESTRA 


JUST  COMPLETED  RECORD-BREAKING 
SEVEN-MONTH  ENGAGEMENT  AT  THE 
HOTEL  COMMODORE,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

ON  THE  AIR  FOR  CAMEL  CIGARETTES 
CBS,    FRIDAY,    7:30-8:00  P.M. 

BEST-SELLING  BLUEBIRD  RECORDS 


PERSONAL  MANAGEMENT 

MARSHARD'S  MUSIC 

EXCLUSIVE  MANAGEMENT 

WILLIAM  MORRIS  AGENCY,  INC 


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annwerbciru 
PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 


ON  YOUR  TOES! 


A  NOTE  ON  THE  SELLING  OF  PICTURES 


By  ROBERT  M.  GILLHAM 

Director    of    Advertising    and    Publicity    for  Paramount 


ALEC  MOSS 
Advertising  and 
Exploitation  Manager 


ROBERT  M.  GILLHAM 


"ON  YOUR  TOES !" 

If  I  had  to  sum  up  the  reason  for 
Paramount's  success  during  the  30 
years  of  its  operation,  I  think  those 
three  words  do  it  best. 

Those  in  the  Paramount  production 
department  have  been  on  their  toes  .  .  . 
always  keeping  abreast  of  the  public's 
changing  tastes  and  moods  .  .  .  always 
searching  for  novel  and  fresh  ways  of 
entertaining  the  public. 

And  for  30  years  the  "on  your  toes" 
policy  has  been  followed  in  the  adver- 
tising and  exploitation  of  Paramount 
pictures.  We  are  constantly  searching 
for  new  methods  and  techniques  of 
bringing  our  message  to  the  public  eye 
and  ear.  And  this  policy  pays  off.  We 
were  the  first  to  introduce  cooperative 
national  newspaper  campaigns  .  .  .  first 
in  the  extensive  use  of  national  maga- 
zines for  advertising  .  .  .  and  first  in  the 
use  of  radio  as  a  medium  of  motion 
picture  exploitation. 

In  connection  with  radio,  the  motion 
picture  industry  is  coming  to  realize 
more  and  more  that,  rather  than  a  com- 
petitive medium,  radio  is  a  valuable  ally  in  bringing  the  message 
of  motion  pictures  to  vast  audiences  at  a  minimum  cost.  We 
are  constantly  experimenting  with  this  medium,  and  are  achiev- 
ing real  results  at  the  box-office. 

Advertising  a  motion  picture  is  unique  in  this  respect :  the 
average  commercial  organization  has  one  product  to  sell,  and 
hammers  away  for  years  on  that  product.  On  the  other  hand, 
a  motion  picture  company  has  perhaps  50  or  60  different  prod- 
ucts to  sell  each  and  every  year  .  .  .  each  one  with  its  own 
original  characteristics  .  .  .  each  one  requiring  a  different  sales 
approach,  and  thus  requiring  a  "tailor-made"  campaign  for  each 
picture. 

Here  again,  the  "on  its  toes"  policy  pays  dividends.  For  we 
at  Paramount  have  developed  a  highly  specialized  technique  of 
knowing  just  what  the  public  wants  and  when  it  wants  it.  Our 
far-flung  organization  of  field  men  and  theatre  operators  are 
constantly  on  the  alert,  spotting  new  trends  in  what  the  public 
wants  to  see  in  entertainment.  Every  script,  as  it  comes  from 
the  Coast,  is  analyzed  for  its  box-office  elements.  Then,  co- 
relating  our  information  on  what  the  public  wants,  with  what 
we've  got  to  sell,  we  can  go  about  building  our  campaign,  with 


AL  WILKIE 

Publicity  Manager 


as  much  certainty  as  is  possible  in  this  most  uncertain  world, 
that  our  picture -will  receive  a  positive  reception  from  the  ma- 
jority of  theatregoers. 

Let  me  cite  an  example  of  what  I  mean  by  a  "tailor-made" 
campaign.  Currently  in  release  is  "The  Fleet's  In,"  a  great  big 
happy  musical  romance  starring  Dorothy  Lamour,  William 
Holden,  Eddie  Bracken,  with  Betty  Hutton,  Betty  Jane  Rhodes, 
Lief  Erickson,  and  Jimmy  Dorsey  and  his  Orchestra.  The  musi- 
cal score  is  especially  strong,  with  such  hits  as  "Tangerine," 
"Not  Mine"  and  "Arthur  Murray  Taught  Me  Dancing  in  a 
Hurry."  With  a  limited  budget,  how  to  get  the  maximum  audi- 
ence for  this  type  of  picture  for  the  least  amount  of  money? 
A  meeting  of  the  department  was  held,  and  radio  was  the  over- 
whelming choice.  As  a  result,  two  Coast-to-Coast  programs 
were  built  .  .  .  one  over  the  Blue  Network  from  the  Coast  .  .  . 
with  the  stars  of  the  picture  selling  the  show  .  .  .  the  other  over 
the  Mutual  Broadcasting  System,  featuring  Jimmy  Dorsey. 
Was  it  successful?  Well,  the  picture  is  doing  a  whale  of  a 
business  all  over  the  country,  and  letters  from  exhibitors  seem 
to  back  up  our  judgment. 

In  other  words  .  .  .  wherever  people  are  .  .  .  whenever  people 
listen  to  radio  .  .  .  whatever  people  read  .  .  .  it's  our  job  to  sell 
them  the  idea  that  "If  it's  a  Paramount  Picture,  It's  the  Best 
Show  in  Town!" 


Paramount  in  Exploitation 

THE  HISTORY  of  motion  picture  exploitation  is  synon- 
ymous with  the  history  of  Paramount.  The  industry's  first  ex- 
ploitation department  was  created  within  the  Paramount  organ- 
ization more  than  20  years  ago.  And  today  the  merchandising 
of  Paramount  pictures  for  the  ultimate  in  box-office  returns  is  a 
vital  part  of  the  entire  program  of  advertising  and  publicity. 

Basic  structure  in  the  exploitation  setup  is  the  Paramount 
field  force,  men  who  represent  Paramount  to  the  theatre  ac- 
counts in  the  capacity  of  advertising,  publicity  and  exploitation 
counselors.  These  men  operate  out  of  Paramount's  district 
sales  offices,  servicing  key  engagements  with  exploitation  cam- 
paigns that  include  advertising  and  publicity  as  well.  Special 
openings,  world  premieres,  test  engagements,  pre-release  runs 
and  other  out-of-the-ordinary  showings  are  established  through 
the  ingenuity  and  material  these  men  bring  to  their  jobs,  under 
home  office  direction. 

From  the  home  office  to  the  field,  and  back,  there  is  a  constant 
two-way  exchange  of  information — information  on  planned 
campaigns  that  go  to  the  field ;  complete  kits  of  plantable  mate- 
rial on  Paramount  pictures ;  special  photo  and  mat  services ; 
material  for  individual  newspaper  breaks  worked  up  by  the  men 
in  the  field,  and  the  many  other  phases  of  promotion  developed 
by  the  home  office,  or  by  individuals  in  the  field.  Any  ideas  that 
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Our  Congratulatory  Greetings 
To 

PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 
MR.  ADOLPH  ZUKOR 
MR.  CECIL  B.  DEMILLE 

In  acknowledgment  of  the  influence  for  good 
they  have  exerted  through  thirty  years  of 
Motion  Picture  Development. 

MILLER- BRYANT- PIERCE 

Division  of  L  C  Smith  &  Corona  Typewriters  Inc 

AURORA,  ILLINOIS 

SUPPLIERS  TO  PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 

Manufacturers  of 

CARBON  PAPERS 
INKED  RIBBONS 
STENCIL  INKS 
TELETYPE  ROLLS 

THE    LINE    THAT    WITHSTANDS  COMPARISON 

Write  for  Address  and  Telephone  Number  of 
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Compliments  of 

ARROW 
PHOTO  SERVICE, 
INC 

21  West  46th  Street 
New  York  City 


Congratulations 

and 

Best  Wishes 

for 

Thirty  More  Years 

of 

Successful  Product 

RANDFORCE  AMUSEMENT 
CORP. 

SAMUEL  RINZLER 
LOUIS  FRISCH 


SHIP 


Compliments 
of 


New  York  Supply  &  Inspection  Co.,  Inc. 
and 

Lorson  Electric  Co.,  Inc. 


MORGAN 

LITHO.  CORP. 
CLEVELAND 


V**PWoot\ 

V**PWooi\ 
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V*PWoot\ 
VupWoon 
VupMoo* 


HEARTIEST 
CONGRATULATIONS 


WESTERN  DAZE 

DIPSY  GYPSY 
HOOLA  BOOLA 
THE  GAY  KNIGHTIES 
RHYTHM  IN  THE  RANKS 
THE  SKY  PRINCESS 
JASPER  AND  THE  WATERMELONS 
MR.  STRAUSS  TAKES  A  WALK 

Nmv  in  Production 
TULIPS  SHALL  GROW 
JASPER  AND  THE  HAUNTED  HOUSE 
THE  LITTLE  BROADCAST 
THE  SYNCOPATED  SCARECROW 

★ 

A  Paramount  Release 
IN  TECHNICOLOR 


CONGRATULATIONS 

PARAMOUNT 

on  your  30th 
anniversary  of 
successful  picture-making 


FOREST  MANUFACTURING  CORPORATION 

Manufacturers  of  Arc-Light  Products 
200  MT.  PLEASANT  AVENUE  NEWARK.  NEW  JERSEY 


IF   IT'S   A   PARAMOUNT    PICTURE   ,    IT'S   THE   BEST    SHOW  IN  TOWN 


Leslie  Roush 


Richard  Blumenthal 


ASSOCIATE  PRODUCER 


"THE  REMARKABLE  ANDREW" 
"THIS  GUN  FOR  HIRE" 


M  I  P 


Here's  hoping  well  be  with  you 
30  years  from  now 

Many  thanks  to 

Bob  Weitman,  Harry  Levine  and  Milton 
Berger  for  a  most  enjoyable  3  weeks  at 
the  Paramount  theatre,  March  Nth  to 
March  3  I  st. 

LES  BROWN 

JOE  GLASER 


#  We  take  our  mortar  boards  off  to 
you,  Mr.  DeMille.  You  were  making  pic- 
tures seventeen  years  before  the  first  of 
us  were  born  —  but  we've  been  around 
long  enough  to  know  you're  a  great  man 
and  a  great  producer. 


IF   IT'S   A  PA 


SHIP 


"If  It's  A  Paramount 
Picture  It's  The  Best 
Show  In  Town  99 


Joining  With  Heartiest 
Good  Wishes  In  Paramount's 

30th  ANNIVERSARY 


Intermountain  Theatres  Inc. 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

Tracy  Barham 

General  Manager 


CONGRATULATIONS 

ON  30  YEARS  OF 
SHOWING  AMERICA 
A  GOOD  TIME... 


A.  H.  BLANK 

C.  RALPH  BRANTON 
MYRON  N.  BLANK 
J.  J.  DEITCH 


Congratulations  -  \ 

to  Paramount  \ 

on  its  30^  Anniversary 

from  a  30  ^ear 

Paramount  Exhibitor  ij 

Minnesota  Amusement 
Company 

John  J.  Friedl,  \\ 
President 

Congratulations 
to 

PARAMOUNT 


Here's  hoping  the  next  30  Years 
prove  as  Successful 


J.  R.  SHAYS,  Jr.,  Inc. 

Paramount  Bldg.  New  York,  N.  Y. 


IF   IT'S   A    PARAMOUNT    PICTURE  ,    IT'S   THE   BEST    SHOW  IN  TOWN 


YE 


F  S 


SHIP 


R.  C.  M.  PRODUCTIONS 

SAM  COSLOW 

Executive  Producer 

PARAMOUNT  "HEADLINERS"  SERIES 

12  Musical  Subjects  for  1942 
1st  Release 


// 


NIGHTMARE  OF  A  COON 

ALSO 

208  SOUNDIES  IN  1942 

DIRECTORS:  DAVE  GOULD,  JOSEF  BERNE,  REGINALD  LEBORG 


Adolph  Zukor,  pioneer  of  Paramount,  was 
first  to  recognize  the  possibilities  of  motion 
pictures  in  our  world  today. 

Under  Mr.  Zukor's  leadership,  Paramount's 
product  was  given  quality,  prestige  and  that 
superiority  which  lifted  motion  pictures  from 
the  realm  of  catchpenny  entertainment  to 
the  great,  vital  and  enviable  force  for 
good  the  entire  industry  enjoys  today. 

Paramount's  30th  Anniversary  is  truly  a  great 
event.  Our  whole-hearted  congratulations. 

SKOURAS  THEATRES  CORPORATION 


My  Sincere  Congratulations 
to 

PARAMOUNT 


You  can  feel  justly  proud  of 
your  30  years  of  achievement 


EARLE  W.  HAMMONS 


Congratulations 


AUGUSTA 
AMUSEMENTS,  INC. 

Augusta,  Georgia 

Proud  to  be  a  member  of 
the  Paramount  family 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


FRIDAY,  APRIL  17,  1942:  SECTION  TWO 


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PARAMOUNT  ON  PARADE 

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the  foundations  and  within  12  months  the  theatre,  a  completed 
project,  opened  its  doors  to  the  public. 

The  inaugural  program  was  held  on  Nov.  19,  1926,  when  the 
Paramount  presented  a  screen  opus  called  "God  Gave  Me 
Twenty  Cents."  Among  those  in  attendance  the  opening  night 
were  many  leading  figures  who  have  since  passed  on :  Thomas 
A.  Edison,  Florence  Ziegfeld,  Otto  Kahn,  Charles  Dillingham, 
and  the  high  priestess  of  the  night  club,  Texas  Guinan,  who  is 
said  to  have  paid  $200  for  a  choice  pair  of  opening  night  seats. 

The  names  which  illuminated  the  marquee  for  the  first  Para- 
mount show  are  probably  forgotten  by  present-day  patrons.  In 
the  opening  picture  were  Lois  Moran,  Lya  de  Putti,  Lois 
Wilson  and  Jack  Mulhall.  The  director  was  Herbert  Brenon. 

In  the  last  15  years,  the  Paramount  Theatre  has  played  a 
vital  part  in  the  history  of  the  theatre  world.  Scores  of  stars 
have  been  discovered  at  Paramount.  Ray  Bolger  first  shone  as 
a  future  "great"  when  he  appeared  in  one  of  the  early  Para- 
mount-Publix  stage  presentations.  Other  stars  whose  talent  was 
first  brought  to  light  through  Paramount  appearances  include 
Bing  Crosby,  Ginger  Rogers,  Ruth  Etting,  Martha  Raye,  Rudy 
Vallee,  the  Andrews  Sisters,  Helen  Kane,  "Red"  Skelton  and 
Danny  Kaye. 

Weitman  loves  to  reminisce  on  the  days  shortly  after  the 
opening  of  the  theatre  when  Bing  Crosby,  then  one  of  Paul 
Whiteman's  Rhythm  Boys,  used  to  beat  the  cymbals  in  the  Para- 
mount lobby  to  divert  waiting  holdout  crowds.  He  also  tells 
how  Ginger  Rogers,  who  made  her  first  Broadway  appearance 
at  the  Paramount  after  she  won  a  Charleston  dance  contest  in 
her  native  Texas,  was  ferried  back  and  forth  between  Brook- 
lyn and  New  York  in  an  ambulance  in  order  to  fill  simultaneous 
appearances  at  the  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Paramount 
Theatres.  But  the  favorite  Weitman  yarn  is  that  of  Rudy 
Vallee  being  rushed  from  a  benefit  performance  in  W estchester, 


and  telling  his  motor  cycle  escort  to  wait  and  see  nim  follow- 
ing the  performance.  Rudy  then  rewarded  the  motor-cycle 
jockey  with  an  autographed  picture. 

In  addition  to  discovering  many  stars  of  stage,  screen  and 
radio,  the  Paramount,  during  its  15-year  history,  has  offered 
in-person  shows  with  many  of  the  brightest  stars  in  the  show 
world.  Among  those  who  have  been  besieged  by  autograph 
hunters  at  the  44th  Street  stage  door  are  Eddie  Cantor,  George 
Jessel,  Gary  Cooper,  Maurice  Chevalier,  Nancy  Carroll,  Buddy 
Rogers,  Mae  West,  Gloria  Swanson,  Dorothy  Lamour,  Abbot 
&  Costello,  Rosemary  Lane,  Fred  Astaire,  Bert  Lahr,  Gertrude 
Lawrence,  Lenore  Ulric,  Milton  Berle,  the  Ritz  Brothers,  Ben 
Blue  and  Hal  Le  Roy. 

In  its  long  and  successful  history,  the  Paramount  has  been 
the  first  to  introduce  many  ideas  in  showmanship  that  are  now 
taken  for  granted.  In  addition  to  starting  the  vogue  for  the 
early  bird  matinee,  and  late  midnight  showings,  it  was  the  first 
theatre  on  Broadway  to  use  a  talking  trailer,  utilizing  the  public 
address  system ;  the  first  to  supply  lobby  entertainment  for 
holdout  crowds ;  the  first  to  introduce  community  singing  with 
its  organ  presentation ;  the  first  to  use  slide  effects  as  back-drop. 

A  fitting  climax  to  the  story  of  the  Paramount  Theatre  con- 
cerns its  first  7  A.M.  opening.  The  screen  featured  "Go  West 
Young  Man,"  and  Benny  Goodman  in  his  first  New  York  per- 
sonal appearance.  Benny  had  never  played  a  big  time  theatre 
before,  but  when  he  came  to  rehearsal  at  6  A.M.,  there  was  a 
line  forming  outside  in  the  biting  cold  and  kids  were  building 
bonfires  to  keep  their  feet  from  freezing.  By  6 :30  the  line  was 
a  block  long  and  the  management  sent  out  40  gallons  of  coffee. 
They  had  to  open  the  doors  at  7:00. 

The  kids  have  stormed  the  place  ever  since.  Riot  calls  have 
been  necessary  to  handle  them.  On  one  occasion  3,000  smashed 
the  box-office  windows  trying  to  get  in  for  a  dance  contest. 

When  the  jitterbugs  first  started  to  dance  in  the  aisles,  many 
skeptics  called  it  a  stunt.  But  the  whole  affair,  according  to 
Weitman,  was  spontaneous  and  had  never  been  planned. 

"They  tear  hell  out  of  the  place,  but  they  fill  it  up — God  bless 
'em,"  he  said.  "And  their  elders  come  at  night  and  pay  higher 
prices  and  enjoy  the  bands,  too.  What  more  could  you  ask?" 

PARAMOUNT  IN  EXPLOITATION 

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work  for  one  exploiteer  are  sent  to  the  home  office  and  passed 
along  to  the  other  men  for  application  in  their  territories. 

The  value  of  this  concentrated  activity  at  the  source  of  rev- 
enue— the  individual  theatre  showing  Paramount  pictures — has 
been,  and  is  being  reflected  in  bigger  grosses  all  around. 

Paramount  has  also  been  the  leader  in  radio  exploitation. 
Most  of  its  major  productions  have  been  exploited  on  one  or 
more  coast-to-coast  broadcasts.  Leading  commercial  radio  pro- 
grams have  worked  cooperatively,  among  them  the  Kate  Smith, 
Lux  Radio  Theatre,  Vox  Pop,  Silver  Theatre,  Fred  Allen  and 
similar  top-ranking  air  shows.  Music,  in  combination  with  im- 
portant radio  outlets,  has  been  a  source  of  great  publicity.  In 
addition  to  regular  air  show  exploitation,  Paramount's  radio 
exploitation  consists  of  free  15-minute  radio  transcription  shows 
on  the  more  important  pictures,  free  spot  announcement  records 
for  local  breakdown  time,  prepared  radio  chatter  columns  and 
scripts,  and  special  free  music  records  containing  tuneful  high- 
lights out  of  Paramount  productions  with  music. 

National  tieups  with  the  foremost  American  advertisers,  long 
a  policy  of  Paramount's  exploitation  department,  are  used  con- 
sistently. Not  only  are  tieups  arranged  that  provide  advertis- 
ing credits  in  leading  national  publications,  but  emphasis  is 
always  placed  on  the  local  possibilities  of  these  tieups  as  they 
affect  the  territory  near  a  theatre  playing  the  picture  credited. 

Exploitation,  now  more  than  ever  before,  is  the  mainspring 


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THIRTY  YEARS  AGO 

. . .  FAMOUS  PLAYERS  FILM  COMPANY 
. . .  the  organization  that  became 
PARAMOUNT  was  formed  

TWENTY-TWO  YEARS  ago...  FAMOUS 
PLAYERS  CANADIAN  CORPORATION 
LIMITED  was  organized  

TODAY  .  .  .  FAMOUS  PLAYERS 
CANADIAN  salutes  its  parent  company, 
the  oldest  in  the  Mot/on  Picture  Industry, 
and  joins  in  the  world-wide  chorus  of  con- 
gratulations to  PARAMOUNT  on  the 
occasion  of  its  Thirtieth  Anniversary  .  .  . 

With  United  States  and  Canada  united 
against  a  common  foe  . . .  we  look  with 
confidence  to  PARAMOUNT  to  make  an 
even  more  important  contribution  toward 
maintaining  morale  through  the  enter- 
tainment it  brings  to  people  everywhere. 

FAMOUS 
PLAYERS 

CANADIAN  CORPORATION  LIMITED 

HEAD 
OFFICE 
TORONTO 

J.  J.  FITZGIBBONS,  president 


COAST 

TO 
COAST 


HAPPY  BIRTHDAY 
TO  PARAMOUNT 


DNSDNDATED  HEATR 


MONTREAL 


J.  ARTHUR  HIRSCH 


CANADA 


MANAGING  DIRECTOR 


CONGRATULATIONS 

PARAMOUNT 

On  Your 
30  Years  of  Achievements 

Netco  Theatres  Corp. 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

HARRY  L.  ROYSTER         AL  GREENBERG 


CONGRATULATIONS  AND 
SINCERE  GOOD  WISHES 
TO  PARAMOUNT  ON 
ITS  THIRTIETH  BIRTHDAY! 


WESTERN  THEATRES,  Ltd. 

Head  Office:  Winnipeg,  Canada 
J.  MILES,  PRESIDENT 

ASSOCIATED  WITH  FAMOUS  PLAYERS 
CANADIAN  CORPORATION  IN  CANADA 


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UNITED  DETROIT 
THEATRES  CORP. 

Operating  the 

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Britain  Proved  the 
Morale  Value  of  Films 


When  Quentin  Reynolds  wrote  screen  immortality  for  him- 
self with  a  short  feature  entitled  "London  Can  Take  It"  he 
chose  as  his  medium  of  expression  the  film.  This  very  medium 
had  for  some  time  prior  to  this  been  proving,  by  the  simple  rou- 
tine of  its  duty  as  entertainment,  that  London  and  Londoners 
could  take  it.  Week  after  week,  through  fire  and  blitz  and  un- 
seen terror,  film  theatres  had  been  running  their  shows  as 
though  nothing  untoward  were  taking  place,  and  audiences  were 
assembling  and  laughing  and  crying  just  as  though  it  were 
Tuesday  in  1938  instead  of  Tuesday  in  This  Year  of  Blitz. 

People  love  crowds  at  any  time,  but  they  love  to  be  in  crowds 
at  motion  picture  theatres  and  other  kindred  entertainments 
more  than  anything  else.  Crowds  without  purpose  are  danger- 
ous to  morale;  crowds  assembled  for  the  purpose  of  watching 
performances  by  Veronia  Lake  and  Gary  Cooper  and  Bop  Hope 
were  something  else  again.  Here  were  crowds  in  which  morale 
quality  was  tops — and  that's  what  London,  and  all  of  England, 
Scotland,  Wales  and  Northern  Ireland  had  during  the  days 
and  weeks  and  months  of  the  blitz. 

It  was  an  amazing  source  of  inspiration  to  be  among  such 
people  during  those  crucial  months.  Such  calm,  such  serenity 
have  given  the  motion  picture  a  new  value  in  the  world's  esteem. 
It  has  progressed  beyond  the  stage  of  strictly  entertainment, 
and  historians  will,  I  am  sure,  rank  the  morale-instilling  quali- 
ties of  the  film  with  the  major  contributory  factors  in  the  win- 
ning of  the  war  so  far  as  Britain  is  concerned. 

It  has  been  my  privilege  to  visit  many  of  the  blitzed  areas 
shortly  after  the  raiders  have  passed.  In  every  instance  a  point 
of  duty  led  me  to  the  local  film  theatre.  Where  the  house  was 
still  standing,  and  capable  of  carrying  on,  the  entertainment  was 
already  pouring  forth  on  the  screen.  Where  the  theatre  had 
been  put  completely  out  of  action  local  authorities  were  giving 
priority  consideration  to  the  ways  and  means  of  getting  resi- 
dents to  the  nearest  untouched  cinema  so  that  there  would  be 
continuity  in  their  film  entertainment.  Uppermost  in  the  minds 
of  all  authorities  deeply  concerned  with  the  public  welfare  was 
the  value  of  the  screen  in  relieving  the  sorely  troubled  minds 
of  those  whose  lives  had  been  touched  by  the  blitz. 

Many  great  Britishers,  among  them  Prime  Minister  Churchill 
and  Lord  Beaverbrook,  have  given  sustained  public  utterance 
to  the  supreme  value  of  the  motion  picture  as  a  bulwark  of 
morale.  They  have  endorsed  this  view  in  many  ways,  but  prin- 
cipally through  constant  viewing  of  outstanding  'films  them- 
selves. Notwithstanding  the  immense  pressure  of  their  war- 
time duties,  both  men  are  able  to  keep  apace  with  the  best  that 
the  British  and  American  studios  have  to  offer,  and  it  is  already 
common  knowledge  that  neither  man  travels  abroad  in  the  world 
today  without  immediate  access  to  outstanding  motion  picture 
entertainment.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  when  Mr.  Churchill  really 
likes  a  film  he  likes  it  to  the  extent  of  seeing  it  many  times 
over;  and  when  Lord  Beaverbrook  becomes  inordinately  en- 


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thused  over  a  certain  film,  as  he  did  recently  in  the  case  of 
Paramount's  production  of  "Hatter's  Castle,"  he  expresses  his 
delight  in  the  form  of  a  personal  letter  of  praise. 

So  it  is  easy  to  see  how  and  why  the  motion  picture  has 
played,  is  playing  and  will  continue  to  play  so  impressive  a  part 
in  the  sustaining  of  Britain's  morale. — DAVID  E.  ROSE,  Man- 
aging Director  in  Great  Britain  and  Eire. 


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sembled  and  staggered  production  plan  worked  out.  The 
French  cast  would  go  through  their  scenes  on  one  set,  then  they 
would  step  aside  and  the  German  cast  would  perform.  The 
Swedish,  Spanish,  Italian,  Polish,  Dutch,  Roumanian,  Por- 
tuguese and  Jugoslavian  groups  would  follow.  In  this  fashion 
11  or  12  different  versions  of  one  picture  would  be  made. 

This  procedure  lasted  only  through  the  first  year,  by  which 
time  it  was  found  that  many  of  the  versions  failed  to  pay  their 
production  costs.  The  languages  were  cut  down  to  French, 
Spanish,  Italian  and  German,  with  occasional  productions  for 
other  countries.  But  during  that  first  year  it  is  estimated  that 
the  Joinville  Studio,  which  does  not  compare  in  size  with  the 
major  Hollywood  plants,  turned  out  130  feature  length  films, 
not  all  of  them  remakes  of  Hollywood  or  New  York  films. 

From  1933  to  the  outbreak  of  war,  Joinville  concentrated  on 
local  themes  with  most  of  the  production  in  French.  In  the 
meantime  the  need  for  dubbed  versions  of  American  features 
had  arisen,  with  local  language  voices  synchronized  with  the 
lip  movements  of  the  American  casts.  Joinville  originally  did 
the  dubbing  in  all  of  the  important  languages.  After  Germany, 
Spain  and  Italy  decreed  that  all  dubbing  must  be  done  in  the 
country  of  the  language,  Paramount  set  up  units  for  that  pur- 
pose in  Berlin,  Barcelona  and  Rome. 

Coincidentally  with  Joinville's  inception,  Paramount  pro- 
duction returned  to  Great  Britain.  The  quota  law  required  all 
distribution  organizations  to  include  a  number  of  locally  made 
films  in  every  year's  releases  and  Paramount  established  a  studio 
at  Denham,  20  miles  to  the  north  of  London.  Here  many  im- 
portant films  were  made,  including  those  which  gave  their 
starts  to  such  stars  as  Robert  Donat,  Leslie  Howard,  Emlyn 
Williams,  Pat  Patterson,  Merle  Oberon  and  Ida  Lupino.  '"Ser- 
vice for  Ladies,"  "Lily  Christine,"  with  Corinne  Griffith,  and 
"Aren't  We  All"  with  Gertrude  Lawrence  were  released  in  the 
United  States  on  the  regular  schedule. 

After  1932,  however,  Paramount  production  in  London  ceased 
and  the  British  organization  depended  on  what  became  known 
as  "Quota  Quickies."  These  were  films  of  official  length,  pro- 
duced by  independent  companies  on  low  budget,  and  not  classed 
as  Paramount  productions. 

But  in  1939  something  of  the  old  order  returned.  A  change 
in  the  quota  statutes  resulted  in  fewer  and  better  pictures. 

The  war  has  changed  the  scene  radically.  Joinville  studio 
is  under  enemy  control.  In  England  Paramount  produces  what 
films  it  can  between  blitzes,  and  for  the  time  being  the  official 
strictures  of  the  quota  law  have  been  relieved. 


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N  BRITAIN  Paramount  is  much  more  than  a  film  distributing 
organization.  It  is  a  motion  picture  institution  with  a  tradition 
built  up  over  three  decades. 

This  tradition  is  exemplified  in  film  supplies  which  constantly,  and  on 
time,  reach  British  exhibitors  from  the  Paramount  branches  located  in 
London,  Liverpool,  Manchester,  Birmingham,  Newcastle,  Cardiff,  Glas- 
gow, Leeds  and  Belfast;  and  to  exhibitors  in  Eire  from  Dublin. 

It  is  exemplified,  also,  in  the  timely  and  tireless  service  of  Paramount 
News,  which  records  history  in  the  making  and  serves  it  up  while  it  is 
strictly  news. 

Allied  with  both  of  these  services — and  in  itself  the  premier  institution 
of  its  kind  in  the  British  Isles — is  Paramount's  Olympic  Laboratory,  where 
prints  matching  the  world's  best  are  made  so  that  British  audiences  can 
enjoy  the  acme  of  projection  quality. 

Paramount  tradition  in  Britain  is  likewise  exemplified  by  the  theatres 
under  Paramount  direction,  wherein  have  been  set  such  standards  of 
management  and  operation  as  to  have  materially  advanced  the  prestige 
of  the  industry  over  the  passage  of  years. 

And  finally,  Paramount  production  standards  have  played  their  great 
part  in  the  exemplification  of  the  Paramount  tradition.  Firstly,  the  early 
productions  of  1920-21  did  much  to  rehabilitate  the  British  film  produc- 
tion industry  after  the  First  World  War.  Then  the  Paramount  production 
program  of  the  early  Nineteen  Thirties  not  only  brought  forth  some  fine 
films,  but  it  also  paved  the  way  for  young  British  film  players  to  become 
stars  of  international  brilliance  and  popularity.  In  more  recent  years, 
Paramount's  British  productions  of  the  calibre  of  "French  Without  Tears," 
"This  Man  Is  News"  and  "Flatter's  Castle"  have  achieved  world  promi- 
nence by  virtue  of  world-wide  distribution  by  Paramount. 

The  Paramount  organization  in  Britain  has  functioned  without  a  halt 
through  the  bitterest  trials  that  humanity  has  been  called  upon  to  face. 
It  has  demonstrated  the  British  attributes  of  grit  and  spirit  through  every 
tribulation.  It  will  carry  on  in  the  same  unwavering  fashion  until  Victory 
is  won. 


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PARAMOUNT 


on  its 

30th  ANNIVERSARY 

and  to 

ADOLPH  ZUKOR 
BARNEY  BALABAN 
CECIL  B.  DE  MILLE 

and  THANKS  for 

providing  so  much  grand  entertainment  for 
the  people  of  GREAT  BRITAIN  in  their 
brief  leisure  hours  during  these  critical  days 


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30tk  anniversary. 

PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 


American  Pictures 
Are  Still  Entertaining 

the  World 

C  War  But  Confirms  the  Value  of 
Foreign  Markets  to  Our  Industry 

By  JOHN  W.  HICKS,  JR. 

Vice-President  of  Paramount  in  Charge  of  Foreign  Distribution 


AT  the  moment  of  war's  impact  in  September,  1939,  Para- 
mount was  a  world  factor  in  every  sense  of  the  word. 
Strategically  placed  around  the  globe,  in  every  civilized 
country,  were  individual  organizations  engaged  in  the  local  dis- 
tribution of  Paramount  pictures.  These  units  were  in  turn  col- 
lectively serving  hundreds  of  millions  of  film-goers  who  had 
made  the  seeing  and  enjoying  of  Paramount  pictures  part  of 
their  daily  lives.  Paramount  had  pioneered  the  way  in  making 
the  motion  picture  an  instrument  of  international  understanding ; 
barriers  of  language  had  been  cleared  away  by  technical  skill 
and  the  film  was  at  last  speaking  a  universal  language.  Every- 
thing that  had  been  dreamed  of  it  by  its  inventors  and  developers 
had  come  to  fruition.  No  matter  in  what  part  of  the  world  one 
might  be,  there  one  could  see  Paramount  pictures. 

The  war,  which  has  struck  deeply  into  every  phase  of  human 
activity  everywhere  on  the  globe,  has  not  spared  the  Paramount 
organization.  Since  we  have  all  become  so  map-conscious  in  the 
past  two  and  a  half  years  it  requires  no  imagination  to  see  what 
has  happened  to  any  organization  which  has  world-wide  rami- 
fications. With  most  of  Europe  overrun  by  the  oppressor,  whole 
Paramount  units  have  been  wiped  out  of  commercial  existence 
for  the  time  being,  and  their  individual  personnel  members  have 
been  so  dispersed  that  the  actual  fates  of  many  of  them  are  even 
today  unknown  to  us.  In  other  instances,  men  and  women  have 
given  their  lives,  and  in  hundreds  of  cases  personal  existences 
have  been  blasted  beyond  hope  of  rehabilitation.  Elsewhere  on 
the  war  front  Paramounteers  who  stuck  by  the  company's  pos- 
sessions until  the  moment  for  possible  flight  had  gone  are  today 
prisoners  of  war.  For  all  of  these  personal  cases  we  have  noth- 
ing but  the  deepest  sorrow  and  the  hope  that  when  peace  comes 
again  we  will  be  permitted  to  do  everything  in  our  power  to 
build  up  again  the  lives  of  those  who  survive. 

GETTING  THE  MOST  FROM  AVAILABLE  PRODUCT 

On  a  numerical  basis  the  foreign  market  has  shrunk.  But 
the  demand  for  Paramount  pictures  has  grown  by  inverse  ratio. 
This  is  indicated  in  all  manner  of  informative  reports  reaching 
us  from  those  countries — France,  Denmark,  Norway,  to  name 
but  a  few — to  which  there  is  now  no  direct  export  of  American 
films.   Picture-goers  who  have  been  deprived  of  their  American 


film  entertainment  are  keeping  their  memories  alive,  and  Para- 
mount knows  that  the  demand  for  its  product  awaits  but  the 
day  of  deliverance  before  being  consummated  in  a  greater  meas- 
ure than  ever  before. 

In  certain  countries,  such  as  Unoccupied  France  and  Spain, 
the  motion  picture  has  proven  a  providential  avenue  of  escape. 
Although  cut  off  from  further  supplies  of  film  (in  1936  in  the 
case  of  Spain  and  four  years  later  in  France's  case),  these  terri- 
tories have  shown  how  lasting  is  the  entertainment  context  of 
Paramount  pictures  by  making  their  then  available  stocks  of 
film  serve  year  in  and  year  out.  The  exhibitors  in  these  lands 
have  gotten  to  know,  as  no  other  exhibitors  in  history  have, 
just  how  much  playing  time  can  be  extracted  from  a  motion 
picture. 

MARKET  PROBLEMS  BEING  MET  AS  THEY  ARISE 

Naturally  with  the  shrinkage  of  the  foreign  market  occasioned 
by  the  war,  the  problems  of  adaptation,  service  and  transporta- 
tion have  multiplied.  Every  phase  in  the  development  of  the 
war  presents  a  new  problem,  but  because  the  film  business 
expanded  through  an  ability  to  be  enterprising,  each  of  these 
new  obstacles  is  only  temporary.  The  adage  that  "the  show 
must  go  on"  applies  just  as  forcefully  to  the  providing  of  the 
world  with  film  entertainment  as  it  does  to  any  other  dramatic 
incident.  Sheared  of  theorizing,  the  hard,  brilliant  fact  remains 
that  the  films — and  particularly  Paramount  films — are  still  being 
shown  around  the  globe.  Great  Britain  continues  to  show  every 
Paramount  picture  made,  and  to  roll  up  a  volume  of  business 
handsomely  surpassing  the  best  that  peacetime  had  to  offer.  In 
Australia,  New  Zealand,  India,  South  Africa,  all  of  the  Para- 
mount product  is  shown  despite  the  closeness  of  the  war.  Organ- 
izations are  continuing  to  operate  despite  the  heavy  drain  on 
manpower. 

Within  the  Western  Hemisphere  the  grim  forces  of  evil  have 
failed  to  halt  the  flow  of  Paramount  product  to  South  and 
Central  America.  The  screens  of  Argentina  and  Chile  and 
Brazil  and  Mexico,  along  with  the  screens  of  all  of  the  other 
Latin-American  republics,  reflect  the  Paramount  product  just 
as  they  have  done  in  times  of  peace. 

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a  part  of  Man's  great  plan  as  the  printed  word  and  the  musical 
scale.  Xothing  that  man  can  devise — and  certainly  nothing  so 
base  and  senseless  as  war — can  halt  it.  As  fast  as  one  barrier 
appears  to  halt  its  progress,  Man  will  devise  a  way  to  van- 
quish it. 

In  our  modest  way  this  is  what  Paramount's  organization  is 
doing  throughout  the  world  with  Paramount  pictures.  And  no 
words  can  ever  express  the  full  measure  of  gratitude  that  the 
Paramount  organization  owes  to  the  men  and  women  all  over 
the  world  playing  their  parts  in  this  great  task. 


For  just  as  surely  as  the  sun  rises  and  the  earth  spins,  the 
time  will  come  again,  and  soon,  when  those  countless  millions 
who  love  the  screen  and  can  never  forget  it,  will  once  more  see 
cheir  favorite  stars  without  restrictions,  without  fear,  but  with 
the  knowledge  that  they  too  are  free. 

The  American  motion  picture  is  much  more  than  a  mere 
article  of  entertainment :  It  is  a  beacon  of  hope  and  faith  in 
deliverance  for  peoples  who  have  only  such  emotions  left  to 
cling  to. 

That  is  what  Paramount  means — Todav  and  Tomorrow ! 


Branching  Out  from  America 


THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  PARAMOUNT  S  FOREIGN  DISTRIBUTION  ORGANIZATION 


THE  YEAR  1912,  which  saw  the  birth  of  the  Paramount 
organization,  saw  also  the  start  of  its  foreign  department. 
Having  taken  "Queen  Elizabeth"  for  distribution  and  realized 
the  immense  potentialities  of  the  feature-length  film,  Adolph 
Zukor  at  once  set  to  work  to  produce  his  first  feature-length 
picture.  This  was  "The  Prisoner  of  Zenda,"  starring  James  K. 
Hackett.  With  this  picture  completed  and  set  for  American 
distribution,  Mr.  Zukor  tucked  a  print  under  his  arm,  hypo- 
thetically  speaking,  and  set  off  for  London.  Here  he  disposed  of 
the  United  Kingdom  rights  to  J.  D.  Walker's  World's  Films, 
which  organization  shortly  thereafter  became  Paramount's  first 
exchange  abroad. 

By  1914  the  second  Paramount  exchange  abroad  had  been 
opened  in  Liverpool.  It  was  at  this  point  that  Mr.  Zukor  per- 
suaded Emil  E.  Shauer  to  give  up  his  own  export  business  and 
to  assume  command  of  the  then  infinitesimal  Paramount  foreign 
department.  By  this  time  the  First  World  War  had  unleashed 
its  furies,  but  the  groundwork  of  a  Paramount  foreign  depart- 
ment had  been  laid  and  it  continued  to  progress.  During  1915 
new  Paramount  exchanges  came  into  being  in  Birmingham, 
Manchester  and  Cardiff. 

In  1916  came  the  appointment  of  John  Cecil  Graham  to 
London  as  general  foreign  representative,  although  the  major 
portion  of  his  duties  concerned  the  setting  up  of  a  major  film 


When  Java  was  safely  Dutch.  John  W.  Hicks,  Jr.,  now  head  of 
Paramount  foreign  distribution,  shown  (center)  in  front  of  the 
Paramount  office  which  had  just  been  opened  in  Batavia,  with 
R.  Bridges  (left)  as  branch  manager.  Mr.  Hicks  was  fhen  managing 
director  in  Sydney,  Australia. 


distribution  organization  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland.  This 
same  year  the  exchange  at  Leeds  was  opened. 

During  the  intensive  submarine  warfare  of  1917  the  problem 
of  supplying  all  of  Europe  with  Paramount  product  became  so 
acute  that  London  was  designated  a  supply  point.  Negatives 
were  sent  there  and  prints  prepared  for  all  European  centers. 
This  year  saw  also  the  installation  of  Paramount  exchanges  in 
Dublin,  Newcastle  and  Glasgow. 

It  was  a  matter  of  only  a  few  years  when  Paramount  had 
offices  in  all  the  leading  trade  centers  of  the  world. 

Paramount  early  recognized  the  importance  of  giving  an  inter- 
national flavor  to  its  product  in  order  to  assure  a  welcome  in 
the  world  market.  It  was  observed  that  certain  pictures  with 
wholly  American  appeal  were  well  received  at  home,  but  ignored 
abroad ;  and  steps  were  taken  to  obtain  foreign  stars  and  direc- 
tors who  would  be  more  appreciated  overseas  if  slightly  less 
applauded  at  home.  Pola  Negri,  Marlene  Dietrich,  Emil  Jan- 
nings,  Maurice  Chevalier  and  Ernst  Lubitsch  were  among  the 
stars  and  directors  engaged  with  this  in  mind  and  the  films 
they  made  supplied  the  foundation  for  Paramount's  success 
abroad.  An  outstanding  musical  hit  resulted  from  this  point  of 
view  in  Paramount's  "The  Love  Parade"  starring  Maurice 
Chevalier  and  Jeannette  Macdonald. 

SOME  FILMS  GROSS  MORE  ABROAD 

A  not  inconsiderable  number  of  similar  films  have  succeeded 
in  grossing  more  money  through  their  foreign  releases  than  they 
have  at  home,  an  important  factor  in  sustaining  Paramount's 
policy  of  designing  its  product  for  international  consumption. 
For  example,  Dorothy  Lamour  was  a  far  bigger  hit  abroad  than 
in  the  domestic  market,  and  with  the  foreign  territories  asking 
for  more  sarong  epics,  Miss  Lamour  became  a  fixture  on  the 
Paramount  schedule.  Today  the  internationalization  of  Para- 
mount programs  is  highlighted  by  the  productions  of  Cecil  B. 
De  Mille,  whose  pictures  have  always  been  a  tremendous  asset 
abroad,  by  the  adroit  comedies  of  Preston  Sturges,  by  the  devel- 
opment of  such  personalities  as  Veronica  Lake  and  Alan  Ladd, 
by  the  Bob  Hope  pictures,  and  the  "Road"  series  of  musical 
comedies  teaming  Bing  Crosby,  Hope  and  Miss  Lamour.  The 
present  product  is  doubtless  a  far  cry  from  the  Lubitsch-Negri- 
Dietrich-Janning  output,  but  the  books  show  that  this  new 
approach  to  the  making  of  pictures  with  the  broadest  possible 
acceptance  is  highly  profitable. 

When  hostilities  began  on  Sept.  1,  1939  the  world-wide 
organization  of  Paramount  comprised  one  of  the  first  corps  of 
workers  that  had  ever  been  assembled  in  the  history  of  interna- 
tional business.  Many  had  been  with  Paramount  for  more  than 
20  years  and  had  every  expectation  of  finishing  their  careers  in 
the  service  of  the  company.  As  country  after  country  succumbed 


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The  exhibitors  of  Cuba 
are  happy  to  extend  sin- 
cere congratulations  to 


Paramount 

on  its 

30th  ANNIVERSARY 

and  to  pay  tribute  to 
the  greatest  showman 
of  them  all 

CECIL  B.  De  MILLE 

on  his  30th  year  of  unequalled  motion  picture 

achievement 

UNION  NACIONAL  DE 
EMPRESARIOS  DE  CUBA 

(NATIONAL  EXHIBITORS'  UNION  OF  CUBA) 


EDELBERTO  DE  CARRERA,  President 
JOSE  VALCARCE,  Vice-President 
ENRIQUE  VAZQUEZ,  Treasurer 
DR.  OSCAR  TARICHE,  Counsel 
CELESTINO  DIAZ,  Vice-Treasurer 


MEMBERS  OF  BOARD: 
Francisco  Solis  Ambrosio  Guanche 

Oscar  de  Freixas  Manuel  Trillo 

Faustino  Rodriguez  Ernesto  P.  Smith 

Manuel  Lopez  Toca         Santiago  Rodriguez 


YE 


H  I  P 


GREETINGS 

TO  ALL 

PARAMOUNT  PERSONNEL 

FROM 

BERRY  of  BRADFORD 

on  thirty  successive  years 
of  successful  picture  making. 


The    Lithographic    Poster    Printing    Works  of 
W.  E.  BERRY,   LTD.  are  situated  at 
Nesfield    Street,    Bradford,  Yorkshire, 
in    Great  Britain. 


We  value  our  many  years  of  personal  contact 
with  Paramount  in  this  country. 


Qeorge  Qoodman, 
Qoverning  Director  of 
Commercial  Process 
Salutes  you — 

Warmest  Congratulations 
on  attaining  your  thirtieth 
birthday 


Commercial  Process  has  the  unique  distinction 
of  over  twenty  years  unbroken  service  to 
Taramount.' 


The  Commercial  Process  Co.,  Ltd. 
106,  Shoe  Lane,  London  E.  C.  4,  England. 


CONGRATULATIONS 
PARAMOUNT 

ON  YOUR 

30th  ANNIVERSARY! 


We,  too,  are  proud  of  our  record 
of   over   25    years'    service  as 

Specialist  Printers  to 
the  Film  Industry 


ERNEST  J.  DAY  &  CO.,  Ltd. 


10/16,  Rathbone  Street, 
London,  W.  I. 

Museum  7443  (4  lines) 


Congratulations  to  Paramount  from 
BRITISH  GUIANA 


ASTOR  CINEMA,  GEORGETOWN 

Demerara  Film  Exchange  Company 

is  proud  of  its  association  of 
25  YEARS  with  Paramount. 


PROPRIETORS  OF 

ASTOR  CINEMA 
GEORGETOWN 

OLYMPIC 
BUXTON,  E.  C. 

TIVOLI 
TRIUMPH,  E.  C. 

LYRIC 
SPARENDAAM,  E.  C. 


CONTROLLERS  OF 

DIAMOND  CINEMA 
PLN.  DIAMOND 


McKENZIE  CINEMA 
McKENZIE,  D.  R. 

ATLANTIS  CINEMA 
SUDDIE,  ESSEOUIBO 


IF   IT'S   A    PARAMOUNT    PICTURE  ,    IT'S   THE   BEST    SHOW  IN  TOWN 


Sincere  Felicitations  from 


CLEMENTE  LOCOCO 


BUENOS  AIRES,  ARGENTINA 


KEEP  THOSE  GOOD 
PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 
HEADING  SOUTH 


ERNARDO  GLUCKSMANN, 
ON  BEHALF  OF  CINEMATO- 
GRAFICA  GLUCKSMANN 
S.A.,  AND  UNITED  CINE- 
MAS LTDA.  OF  MONTEVIDEO,  COR- 
DIALLY ADHERES  TO  THE  WORTHY 
HOMAGE  RENDERED  TO  MR. 
ADOLPH  ZUKOR  AND  PARAMOUNT 
PICTURES,  INCORPORATED,  AND 
OFFERS  HIS  MOST  SINCERE  WISHES 
FOR  THE  PERSONAL  HAPPINESS  OF 
MR.  ZUKOR  AND  THE  EVER-IN- 
CREASING PROSPERITY  OF  THE 
FAMOUS  COMPANY. 


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ON  the  HOME  FRONT 
for  PARAMOUNT  ABROAD 


GEORGE  WELTNER 
Assistant  Foreign  Manager 


ALBERT  DEANE 

Director  Foreign  Advertising 


EDWARD  SCHELLBORN 
Studio  Foreign  Representative 


TOM  BENNETT 
General  Foreign  Auditor 


LUIGI  LURASCHI 

In  Charge  of  Censorship 


to  invasion,  the  lives  and  fortunes  of  many  of  Paramount's  loyal 
employes  passed  with  them.  A  number  were  killed,  others  dis- 
appeared from  sight,  still  others  reappeared  at  distant  points 
and  were  assigned  to  new  posts.  The  Company's  chief  execu- 
tives hold  every  hope  that  the  coming  of  peace  will  see  the  com- 
plete rehabilitation  of  every  Paramounteer  who  can  be  traced 
and  located. 

MEMBERS  OF  FOREIGN  FORCES 

In  this  section  of  our  special  issue  we  offer  a  pictorial  record 
of  Paramounteer s  abroad  who  are  still  on  the  job,  or  whose 
territories  are  considered  "active"  despite  enemy  action. 

Paramount's  business  activities  in  territories  outside  the 
United  States  and  Canada  are  under  the  direct  supervision  of 
John  W.  Hicks,  Jr.,  vice-president  in  charge  of  the  foreign 
department.  Hicks  has  been  with  Paramount  since  April  19, 
1919,  before  which  he  was  an  exhibitor,  a  staff  member  of  Gen- 
eral Film  Corp.  and  branch  manager  for  Sam  Goldwyn.  Since 
joining  Paramount,  he  has  been  an  assistant  to  the  general  sales 
manager,  and  managing  director  in  Australia  and  New  Zealand 
for  11  years,  until  finally  called  to  his  present  post.  He  has 
traveled  to  all  parts  of  the  world  for  Paramount  and  has  the 
widest  personal  knowledge  of  his  department's  problems. 

George  Weltner  is  executive  assistant  to  Hicks.  He  has  been 
with  Paramount  for  19  years  and  has  specialized  in  the  Latin 
American  territories. 

Fred  W.  Langein  holds  the  position  of  general  manager  for 
Continental  Europe  in  times  of  peace.  As  a  matter  of  fact  he 
was  able  to  function  actively  in  this  post  until  July  of  last  year 
when  the  aggressor  nations  had  driven  his  office  to  Lisbon, 
Portugal.  He  has  spent  most  of  his  life  in  the  picture  business, 
having  been  associated  for  many  years  with  Fox  Films  in  Latin 
America.  Later  he  became  Paramount's  managing  director  in 
Argentina  and  was  promoted  from  there  to  general  manager  of 
Continental  Europe.  Now  working  out  of  New  York,  he  made 
a  survey  trip  to  Latin  America  a  few  months  ago,  from  which 
he  has  recently  returned. 

Albert  Deane  entered  the  Paramount  organization  in  Sydney, 
Australia,  on  April  26,  1919.  He  made  a  world  tour  seeking  film 
knowledge  in  1921  and  in  1926  was  sent  to  New  York  to  attend 
the  opening  of  the  Paramount  Theatre.  He  has  remained  here 
since  and  is  director  of  foreign  advertising  and  publicity.  He  is 
also  responsible  for  censorship  and  production  liaison  between 
the  foreign  department  and  the  production  department  on  all 
matters  of  script  supervision. 

Paul  Ackerman  is  Foreign  publicity  manager.  He  has  been 
with  the  company  since  1934,  coming  to  Paramount  from  Asso- 
ciated Press.  Lawrence  P.  Flynn  is  head  of  the  customs,  ship- 
ping and  transportation  department,  and  his  wide  knowledge  of 
his  field  is  being  put  to  important  use  in  these  days  of  tangled 
transportation. 

Matilda  Kass,  who  was  secretary  to  Adolph  Zukor  in  1912 
when  the  Paramount  organization  numbered  only  two  persons, 
is  in  charge  of  foreign  department  billing.  Richard  O'Connell  is 
in  charge  of  Paramount  service  to  the  foreign  markets.  Milton 
Kirschenberg  is  in  charge  of  foreign  statistics  and  budgets. 


Covering  the  globe,  Paramount's  foreign 
distribution  organization  has  found  itself, 
in  nation  after  nation,  directly  in  the  path 
of  the  avalanche  of  Nazi  and  latterly 
Japanese  aggression.  Before  World  War  II 
began,  the  offices  in  Germany  and  Italy  had 
been  rendered  inactive.  Then  armies  actually 
marched,  and  Paramount  staffs  marched  be- 
fore them,  from  Austria,  Czechoslovakia, 
Poland.  Next  Denmark,  Norway,  Holland, 
Belgium,  France.    Now  the  Fav  East.  .  .  . 


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CoO-EE ! 


-and  Many  Happy  Returns! 


ustralian  Congratulations 
to  Paramount  on  its  Thirtieth 

Birthday  


FROM  THE  NATION'S 
LEADING  INDEPENDENT 
CHAIN  OF  THEATRES 
OPERATING  THE  GREATEST 
METROPOLITAN  CIRCUIT 
THROUGHOUT  AUSTRALIA 


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Ti 


REATER  UNION    I  HEATRES  PTYV  LTD. 

NORMAN  B.  RYDSE,  Chairman  of  Directors 


Proudly  Presenting   Paramount  Pictures 


IF   IT'S   A    PARAMOUNT    PICTURE   ,    IT'S   THE   BEST    SHOW   IN   TOWN  \9f^t.t 


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H  1  P 


THE  BANNER  OF  PARAMOUNT 

floats  proudly  in  Australia  for  the  reason  that  since  its  inception 
in  this  country  its  executives  have  given  their  leadership  and  con- 
structive thought  and  action  to  this  business.  .  .  . 

Forged  with  Paramount  is  the  name  of  Cecil  B.  De  Mille,  whose 
fine  scholastic  mind  ha<s  contributed  more  than  any  one  person  to 
the  lofty  pinnacle  of  artistry  and  intelligence  that  this  industry 
has  now  attained.  .  .  . 

With  a  unique  record  of  22  years  unbroken  association  with  you 
both  I  salute  you  and  wish  you  well! 

Dan  Carroll 
On  behalf  of  PRINCE  EDWARD  THEATRE,  SYDNEY 


WINTERGARDEN  THEATRE,  BRISBANE 
WINTERGARDEN  THEATRE,  IPSWICH 
WINTERGARDEN  THEATRE,  BUNDABERG 
WINTERGARDEN  THEATRE,  ROCKHAMPTON 
EMBASSY  THEATRE,  BRISBANE 
WINTERGARDEN  THEATRE,  MARYBOROUGH 


OLYMPIA  THEATRE,  BUNDABERG 
OLYMPIA  THEATRE,  TOWNSVILLE 
STRAND  THEATRE,  TOOWOOMBA 
BUNGALO  THEATRE,  MARYBOROUGH 
EARL'S  COURT  THEATRE,  ROCKHAMPTON 
WINTERGARDEN  THEATRE,  TOWNSVILLE 


HEARTIEST  CONGRATULATIONS 
TO  PARAMOUNT  FROM 
NEW  ZEALAND 


^May  our  association  see 
many  more  anniversaries 


SIR  BENJAMIN  FULLER     0O0      JOHN  H.  MASON      0O0       ROBERT  J.  KERRIDGE 


IF   IT'S  A   PARAMOUNT    PICTURE   ,    IT'S   THE   BEST    SHOW  IN  TOWN 


tje  dljileatt  (fxl)initorsJrienos  anb  admirers  of '  flje~? 
Itoramonnt  ©rganization  Hjrougljout  ttje  morliUssoriateo 
Irjemseloes  null)  pleasure  to  tl)e  celebration  of  Ifjr  30&.,3iimi 
uersarg  of  tljis  great  compann/s  Jonnbation.  moling  sincere- 
norns  jbr  its  artistic  anb  commercial  prosperita  iojjetljer  mitt)  its — - 
|)irector.incarnateb  iatrjelraman  person  ana  Brilliant  minb  of 

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FAR  AFIEL 
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ABROAD 


DAVID  E.  ROSE 
Managing  Director 


FRED  HUTCHINSON 

General  Sales  Manager 


TONY  REDDIN 

Director  Advertising  &  Publicity 


BEN  SIMMONS 
Division  Manager 


DAVID  GILPIN 

Division  Manager 


G.  T.  CUMMINS  EDWARD  A.  DAVIS 

Gen.  Mgr.,  Paramount  News       Manager  Legal  Dept. 


J.  A.  OJERHOLM 

Manager  Olympic  Laboratories 


FRANK  FARLEY 
Production  Dept. 


xV-O  General  Mgr.,  Scandina 


ANDRE  OLSEN 
Representative,  Scandinavia 


ERLING  ERIKSEN 
Manager,  Norway 


HARALD  FROST 
Manager,  Denmark 


HARRY  HAMMAR 
Manager,  Finland 


ANDRE  DRION 
Manager,  Lyons 


JEAN  STOHL 
Agent,  Switzerland 


MOISES  ISRAEL 
Manager,  Portugal 


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Los  Cines 


COLONIAL  y  COLOSO 


felicitan  a  la 


.PARAMOUNT  PICTURES,  INC 


en  su 


XXX  ANIVERSARIO 

y  tienen  el  placer  de  saludar 
a  los  Senores 

ADOLPH  ZUKOR  y  JOHN  W.  HICKS,  JR 


Oscar  Granat 


Samuel  Granat 


CINE  CANTARELL 
CINE  NOVEDADES 


Merida.  Yuc. 
felicitan  a  la 


PARAMOUNT 
PICTURES,  inc. 


por  sus  muchos  anos  de 
servicio  efectivo  a  los 
Exhibidores  Mexicanos 


LUIS  CASTRO 

CINE  PALACIO  CHINO 
CINE  REX 
CINE  LUX 
CINE  MUNDIAL 
CINE  ROYAL 
CINE  ALHAMBRA 
CINE  SAN  JUAN 
CINE  CAPITOLIO 
CINE  PRIMAVERA 
CINE  TACUBA 
CINE  CARTAGENA 

Mexico,  D.  F. 
Saluda  cordialmente  a  los  Senores 
ADOLPH  ZUKOR  y  JOHN  W.  HICKS,  JR. 
y  desea  a  la 

PARAMOUNT  PICTURES,  INC 

otros  30  anos  de  exito 


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FAR  AFIELD  for  PARAMOUNT:  continued 


A.  L.  PRATCHETT  JOHN  L.  DAY  FRED  W.  LANGE 

Manager,  Mexico-Cent.  Amer.    Manager,  Argentina-Brazil  Area   Representative,  Latin-America 


JACK  RAPAPORT  JOHN  B.  NATHAN,  Director     s.  E.  PIERPOINT 

Representative,  Cent.  America     Argentina,  Uruguay,  Paraguay      Manager,  Brazil 


BENITO  del  VILLAR  ALVARO  REYES 

Director,  Chile,  Peru,  Bolivia         Manager,  Colombia 


RAMON  COLL 
Agent,  Costa  Rica 


TEODORO  A.  OLCA 
Representative,  Ecuador 


MRS.  TULA  ANDREWS 
Manager,  Guatemala 


ROBERT  L.  GRAHAM 
Manager,  Mexico  City 


HENRY  GORDON 
Manager,  Panama  &  Cent.  A. 


O.  U.  CIENFUEGOS 
Manager,  Lima 


J.  P.  DONOHUE 
Manager,  Puerto  Rico 


A.  LANOS 

Agent,  San  Salvador 


L.  CONSTANTINE 
Manager,  Trinidad 


JUAN  OLIVER 
Manager,  Montevideo 


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CINE  MACERIT 


Mexico,  D.F. 
Felicita  a  la 


PARAMOUNT  PICTURES  INC 


en  su 


XXX  ANIVERSARIO 

y  a  los  Senores 

ADOLPH  ZUKOR  y  JOHN  W.  HICKS,  JR. 

por  sus  loables  esfuerzos  por  el  engrandecimiento 
de  la  cinematografia  en  Mexico 


Rafael  Gonzalez  Laffarga 
Eleuterio  Esteve  Sanz 


Andres  Conesa  Jimenez 
Santos   Martinez  Saura 


Los  Cines 


ENCANTO  y 
ALHAMBRA 


Tampico,  Tamps 
Felicitan  a 


Paramount  Pictures  Inc 


en  su 


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y  a  los  Senores 
ADOLPH  ZUKOR  y  JOHN  W.  HICKS,  JR. 

Enrique  Vigil  Gonzalo  Vigil 


LUIS  R.  MONTES 


Cine  Alameda 
Cine  Colon 
Cine  Cuauhtemoc 
Cine  Juarez 
Cine  Jalisco 
Cine  Goya 
Cine  Venecia 
Cine  Rosales 
Cinelandia 
Cine  Ideal 
Cine  Reforma 
Cine  Juan  Valle 


Guadalajara 

Guadalajara 

Guadalajara 

Guadalajara 

Guadalajara 

Queretaro 

Silao 

Acambaro 

Celaya 

Salvatierra 

Guanajuato 

Salamanca 


Felicidades  para 

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LUIS  H.  MURO 
Agent,  Venezuela 


SALVADOR  CARCEL 
Agent,  Venezuela 


HARRY  HUNTER 
Director,  Australia  &  N.Z. 


W.  M.  HURWORTH 
Sales  Manager,  Australia 


JAMES  A.  SIXSMITH 
Secretary-Treas.,  Australia 


HERMANN  E.  FLYNN  CLAUDE  HENDERSON 

Advertising  Mgr.,  Australia       Division  Manager,  Australia 


FRED  GAWLER  STANLEY  H.  CRAIG 

Division  Manager,  Australia      General  Mgr.,  New  Zealand 


•  Due  to  war  exigencies  and  certain  other  ele- 
ments, photographs  of  some  of  the  Paramount 
representatives  throughout  the  world  are  missing 
from  this  pictorial  line-up.  Among  the  missing 
pictures  is  that  of  K.  F.  J.  Wijsmuller,  manager  in 
Java,  who  was  inducted  into  the  Dutch  Nether- 
lands Army  several  months  before  the  Japanese 
invasion.  Also  missing  pictorially  is  Mrs.  O. 
Perides,  who  is  manager  of  the  Cairo,  Egypt, 
office  in  the  absence  of  her  husband,  who  is 
fighting  v/ith  the  French  forces.  Missing  from  the 
London  line-up  is  F.  W.  Cornwell,  Secretary  of 
Paramount's  organization  in  Great  Britain.  From 
the  Far  East  line-up  the  picture  of  Y.  Kao,  man- 
ager in  Hongkong,  is  missing — indeed,  Mr.  Kao 
himself  is  also  missing  after  the  island's  invasion. 


J.  E.  PERKINS 
Manager,  Orient  &  India 


F.  V.  KENNEBECK 
General  Manager,  India 


M.  F.  JORDAN 
Manager,  Calcutta 


S.  GANGULI 

Sales  Manager,  Calcutta 


PAUL  VERDAYNE 
Managing  Director,  Singapore 


F.  C.  HENRY 
Manager,  Manila 


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GRAN  CIRCUITO  RODRIGUEZ 

que  encabeza  el 

CINE  FLORIDA -CINE  RODRIGUEZ 

MONTERREY,  N.  L 

operando  en  los  Estados  de  Nuevo  Leon,  Coahuila,  Tamaulipas, 
Zacatecas,  San  Luis  Potosi,  e  importadores  de  la  primera 
pelfcula  Paramount  a  la  Republica  Mexicana 
felicitan  a 

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en  su 


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ADOLPH  ZUKOR  y  JOHN  W.  HICKS,  JR. 

ADOLFO  RODRIGUEZ  ANTONIO  RODRIGUEZ 


MIGUEL  JURY 
Cine  Morelos  —  Aguascalientes 

NEIF  JURY 
Cine  Rex  —  Morelia 

GUILLERMO  VERA 
Cines  Ideal  e  Isabel  —  Leon 

felicitan  a 

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en  su 

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y  a  los  Senores 
ADOLPH  ZUKOR  y  JOHN  W.  HICKS,  JR. 


JAVIER  SANCHEZ 

CINE  OTHON 

SAN  LUIS  POTOSI 

expresa  sus  cordiales 
felicitaciones 
a  la 

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The  Defense  of  Leadership 

in  the  World's  Wartime  Film  Market 


By  GEORGE  WELTNER 

Executive  Assistant  to  JOHN  W.  HICKS, 
Jr.,  Vice-President  of  Paramount  in  Charge 
of  Foreign  Distribution 


THE  MAELSTROM  of  war  which  is 
wreaking  such  havoc  everywhere  is  felt 
with  barometric  exactitude  at  the  head 
office  in  New  York.  As  the  fortunes  of 
war  shift,  the  face  of  the  business  as  re- 
flected in  New  York  changes ;  complexity 
of  distribution  increases  and  the  difficul- 
ties of  doing  business  multiply.  More  im- 
portantly, there  occurs  something  which 
weighs  even  more  heavily  and  more  con- 
stantly on  the  minds  of  the  foreign  man- 
agers directing  these  far  flung  operations, 
and  that  is  the  ever  increasing  roster  of 
the  names  of  those  individuals  who  have 
been  caught  up  into  the  net  of  war  and 
regarding  whom  we  have  received  little  or 
no  news.  It  is  an  ever  increasing  roster 
of  men  who  have  stuck  to  their  posts  until 
the  last  available  minute  and  who  have 
faced  their  fate  faithfully  and  heroically. 

We  in  Paramount  have  such  men  on 
the  Continent  of  Europe  and  in  the  Far 
Eastern  theatre  of  war,  and  it  is  our  one 
thought  to  contact  them  and  to  help  them 
if  we  can,  and  also  to  keep  up  our  own 
work  in  a  manner  that  will  be  worthy  of 
the  loyalty  that  they  have  shown.  Their 
images  are  constantly  with  us,  and  we 
pray  that  they  will  survive  this  ordeal. 

Thus  far  untouched  by  the  ravages  of 
war  is  the  great  market  below  the  Rio 
Grande — that  market  generally  called 
Latin  America.  It  is  a  solid  market  and 
a  good  market  and  it  is  inhabited  by  solid 
and  good  peoples  who,  generally  speaking, 
wish  us  well.  We  have  an  obligation  to 
them  as  an  industry  which  transcends  a 
mere  business  obligation.  Primarily  we 
must  see  to  it  that  nothing  appears  in  our 
pictures  which  will  in  any  way  offend 
their  susceptibilities  and  to  this  end  the 
studios  are  taking  all  possible  precautions. 
Each  studio  today  has  a  committee  set  up 
study  scripts  in  order  to  delete  therefrom 
anything  that  may  be  offensive  to  our 
neighbors  to  the  south.  The  setup  is 
elaborate  and  we  are  being  aided  in  our 
endeavor  by  the  good  offices  of  the  Co- 
ordinator for  Latin  American  Affairs  and 
also  by  the  Censorship  Departments  of  the 
Army,  the  Navy  and  the  Treasury.  We 
are  grateful  for  this  help  and  the  studios 
are  cooperating  thoroughly. 

The  second  obligation  which  we  have  is 
to  keep  the  actual  physical  films  moving 


La  Paramount  ha  sido  uno  de  los  pre- 
cursors de  la  Cinematografia 

PARAMOUNT  FILMS,  S.  A.  Ileva  de  establecida  en  la  Republica  Mexicana 
mas  de  20  anos,  que  han  constituido  una  cadena  de  constantes  exitos,  ya 
que  esta  gran  companfa  se  ha  distinguido  siempre  por  su  anhelo  en 
complacer  y  servir  a  sus  Exhibidores  y  al  publico  que  admira  las  pelfculas  Para- 
mount. 

Las  primeras  pelfculas  Paramount  fueron  importadas  al  pais  por  los  cono- 
cidos  y  estimados  empresarios  de  Monterrey,  N.  L.  Don  Adolfo  y  Don  Antonio 
Rodriguez,  y  es  de  hacerse  notar,  que  la  primera  produccion  Paramount  intitu- 
lada  "Queen  Elizabeth"  fue  exhibida  en  la  ciudad  de  Mexico;  por  los  inteligentes 
empresarios  y  conocedores  del  negocio,  'Sres.  Granat,  a  quienes  les  fue  otorgada 
por  este  hecho  interesante  una  placa  conmemorativa,  durante  las  bodas  de  plata 
de  la  Paramount,  en  el  ano  de  1937;  despues  la  Paramount  abrio  sus  oficinas 
en  Mexico  bajo  la  razo  social  de  Famous  Players  Lasky  Corp.,  cambiando  mas 
tarde  su  nombre  por  el  que  ahora  Ileva:  Paramount  Films,  S.  A. 

Rememorando  la  historia  de  esta  importante  empresa,  vemos  que  es  ella  la 
que  ha  presentado  al  publico  muchos  de  los  mejores  y  mas  destacados  artistas 
y  pelfculas  de  gran  calidad,  todo  esto,  gracias  a  que  sus  Estudios  de  Hollywood, 
se  han  esforzado  en  procurarse  los  mas  grandes  directores,  quienes  han  sabido 
llevar  a  la  pantalla  las  obras  mas  encomiadas  en  una  forma  admirable  y  llena 
de  interes. 

Artistas  immortales  como  Rodoifo  Valentino,  Dougals  Fairbanks,  Mary  Pick- 
ford,  Wallace  Reid,  Wiliam  S.  Hart,  John  Barrymore,  Pola  Negri,  Emil  Jan- 
nings,  Thomas  Meighan,  Harold  Lloyd  (el  famoso  Degadillo),  Bebe  Daniels,  Nita 
Naldi,  Pauine  Frederick,  Geraldine  Farrar,  Marion  Davies,  Dorothy  Gish,  Leatrice 
Joy,  Lila  Lee,  Clara  Bow  etc.  fueron  presentadas  al  publico  de  antano  por 
Paramount.  Anos  despues  presento  artistas  como  el  gran  chansonnier  Maurice 
Chevalier,  Jeanette  MacDonald,  Ruth  Chatterton,  William  Powell,  Fredric 
March,  Marlene  Dietrich,  Silvia  Sidney,  Clive  Brook,  Gary  Cooper,  George  Raft, 
Jack  Oakie,  George  Bancroft  etc.  y  en  al  actualidad  sus  artistas  como  Claudette 
Colbert,  Charles  Boyer,  Paulette  Goddard,  Barbara  Stanwyck,  Dorothy  Lamour, 
Madeleine  Carroll,  Ray  Milland,  Bob  Hope  y  Veronica  Lake. 

Han  contribuido  al  buen  exito  de  la  Paramount  en  Mexico  sus  habiles  y 
experimentados  dirigentes,  destacandose  la  personalidad  dinamica  e  inque- 
brantable  del  Sr.  Arthur  L.  Pratchett,  Gerente  General  de  Latino  America  y  la 
del  Sr.  Robert  L.  Graham,  Gerente  de  Mexico,  quien  siempre  se  ha  distinguido 
por  su  capacidad  y  buen  facto  en  los  problemas  de  los  Senores  Exhibidores. 
Estos  dos  leales  Paramountistas  han  abido  captarse  la  simpatfa  y  el  carino  de  sus 
empleados,  quienes  bajo  su  atinada  direccion  han  colaborado  hasta  el  maximo 
de  sus  esfuerzos  para  llegar  al  am  etal  de  triunfo. 

Dos  etapas  en  a  historia  de  la  Paramount  de  Mexico  dignas  de  mencionarse 
por  su  transcendencia  son  los  anos  de  1928  y  1936,  en  que  le  fueron  otorgadas 
placas  conmemoratives  y  los  premios  principafes  por  u  triunfos  al  fiaber  alcanzado 
los  mejores  rendimientos  de  estos  anos,  en  un  concurso  mundial  de  las  oficinas 
Paramount. 

La  aPramount  Films,  S.  A.  de  Mexico,  siempre  ha  sobresalido  por  su  cortesfa 
para  con  sus  favorecedores  y  amigos  y  siempre  ha  existido  entre  ella  y  los 
Exhibidores  una  comprension  mutua,  que  es  lo  que  hace  de  estos,  sus  clientes 
"eternos,"  cono  lo  son: 

La  marca  Paramount  sinonimo  de  garantfa  para  el  Exhibidor  y  para  el  publico 
de  Mexico,  representa  lo  mejor  de  lo  mejor  y  por  lo  tanto,  la  Paramount  Films, 
S.  A.  esta  a  la  cabesza  ...  y  a  la  cabeza  seguira. 


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La  Union  de  Exhinidores  Mexicanos 

que  comprende  los  cines 


Angela  Peralta 

Bravo 

Briseno 

Cesar 

Elena 

Majestic 

Morelos 

Regio 


Anahuac 

Bretana 

Cervantes 

Diaz  de  Leon 

Esperanza 

Moderno 

Reforma 

Titan 


felioita  a  la 

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i 
1 


CINE  PRINCIPAL 


Toluca,  Mex. 

CINE  IRACHETA 

Pachuca,  Hgo. 
deseando  a 

PARAMOUNT  PICTURES,  INC. 

en  su 

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mas  exitos  para  el  futuro 
Fco.  J.  Iracheta 


GABRIEL  SAENZ 

Distribuidor  de  Pelfculas 
Torreon,  Coah. 

con  sus  mejores  deseos 
para  la 

PARAMOUNT  PICTURES,  INC. 

y  los  Senores 

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en  el 


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steadily  southward,  regardless  of  the  difficulties  of  transporta- 
tion, so  that  the  theatres  are  constantly  fed  with  a  steady  supply 
of  pictures.  Release  dates  must  be  met  and  will  be  met  regard- 
less of  the  hazards  of  transportation  and  our  already  over-taxed 
traffic  department  has  thus  far  met  this  problem  so  successfully 
that  no  release  date  has  failed  for  feature,  short  or  newsreel. 

The  distribution  of  American  pictures  in  Latin  America  has 
been  solid  and  has  shown  a  steady  year  by  year  improvement. 
The  closure  of  the  Continental  European  market  by  the  war  has 
brought  no  sudden  upsurge  in  Latin  American  business — in 
some  cases,  almost  the  reverse.  There  is  a  two-fold  reason  for 
this :  first,  for  many  years  prior  to  the  war  American  pictures 
have  been  constantly  kept  at  a  sales  saturation  point  in  the 
growing  continent  to  the  south  and  also  in  Central  America. 
The  same  fight  on  unsold  possibilities  that  has  been  waged  else- 
where finds  its  counterpart  in  Latin  America.  Second,  the 
closing  of  the  European  market  meant  nothing  favorable  to 
South  America,  but  contrary  to  many  opinions  on  this  subject, 
in  certain  instances  it  was  actually  detrimental.  Many  of  the 
South  American  countries  are  agricultural  exporting  countries, 
and  in  some  instances,  such  as  Venezuela,  are  oil  exporters  and 
exporters  of  other  minerals.  The  scarcity  of  shipping  bottoms 
today  has  seriously  affected  this  export  business  and  has  brought 
economic  depression  to  large  areas  in  the  agricultural,  mining 
and  oil  producing  regions. 

In  spite  of  some  business  reverses  brought  about  in  Latin 
America  by  the  war,  no  one  can  gainsay  the  fact  that  the  Ameri- 
can continents  are  the  continents  of  the  future.  The  vast  natural 
resources,  thus  far  untapped,  in  Brazil;  the  richness  of  the  soil 
in  the  Argentine;  the  great  oil  and  mineral  deposits  in  the 
northern  part  of  South  America;  the  silver,  other  mining  prod- 
ucts and  agriculture  of  Central  America  and  Mexico,  are  the 
reservoirs  from  which  will  spring  the  great  advances  of  the 
future.  Nothing  can  hold  back  the  operation  of  economic  law 
which  dictates  that  by  their  natural  wealth  will  the  nations 
progress.  Not  war,  not  the  weakness  of  the  human  kind,  not  any 
other  obstacle  can  hold  back  these  continents  of  the  future,  the 
North  and  South  American  Continents.  As  the  Continent  of 
South  America  grows,  so  will  our  business  grow  in  direct  pro- 
portion. New  theatres  will  be  built,  more  wealth  will  be  cir- 
culated, and  the  American  motion  picture  industry,  as  always, 
will  partake  of  its  proper  share. 

Our  organizations  throughout  the  Latin  American  countries 
have  been  there  many  years ;  our  employes  are  of  long  standing, 
experienced  and  able.  They  have  behind  them  efficient  organ- 
izations and  the  very  highest  type  of  manpower.  These  men  by 
their  business  acumen  and  high  standards  are  the  finest  type  of 
executives  that  could  be  found  anywhere,  and  by  their  manner 
of  living  and  by  their  characters  are  the  best  ambassadors  of 
American  good  will  existing  today. 

AUSTRALIA 

The  earliest  Paramount  pictures,  Adolph  Zukor's  Famous 
Players  releases,  reached  Australian  audiences  through  a  small 
distribution  agency  known  as  Feature  Films,  Ltd.  Situated  in 
an  alley-way  close  to  Sydney  Town  Hall,  this  tiny  organization 
prospered  from  its  modest  beginnings  to  the  point  where  it  now 
occupies  a  building  of  its  own  on  Reservoir  Street  in  the  heart 
of  the  city's  business  district.  The  rising  fortunes  of  the  Aus- 
tralian organization  date  largely  from  John  W.  Hicks'  appoint- 
ment as  managing  director  in  March,  1921.  Hicks  brought 
modern  film  merchandising  methods  to  the  Australian  and  New 
Zealand  territory,  streamlined  publicity  and  exploitation  tactics, 
and  imported  John  E.  Kennebeck  from  the  United  States  as  his 
assistant.  When  Hicks  returned  to  America  to  assume  more 
important  duties,  Kennebeck  succeeded  him  as  chief,  remaining 
in  the  post  until  his  death  in  1937. 

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Many  large  and  splendidly  equipped  theatres  were  erected 
"down  under"  during  Hicks'  regime,  thanks  largely  to  this 
aggressive  executive's  profit-producing  innovations.  The  Prince 
Edward  in  Sydney,  the  Capitol  in  Melbourne  and  the  Winter 
Garden  in  Brisbane  were  among  the  first  constructed  in  the 
early  years  of  the  industry's  expansion,  to  be  followed  by  others 
modeled  closely  after  their  American  prototypes  in  New  York, 
Chicago,  St.  Louis  and  Miami.  Today  Australian  audiences  not 
only  see  the  same  films  as  American  audiences,  but  they  see 
them  in  theatres  equal  to  anything  we  have  here. 

Paramount  progress  in  Australia  and  New  Zealand  has  been 
characterized  by  unusually  cordial  relations  between  the  organ- 
ization and  its  exhibitor-customers.  This  healthy  situation  un- 
doubtedly had  its  origins  in  the  campaign  conducted  for  Cecil  B. 
De  Mille's  "Ten  Commandments,"  early  in  the  Hicks  regime, 
when  a  combination  of  exploitation,  publicity,  prologue  and  per- 
centage booking  proved  to  the  exhibitors  that  they  could  make 
more  money  in  a  single  week  than  they  formerly  had  grossed  in 
10.  The  success  enjoyed  by  this  one  promotion  paved  the  way 
for  future  cooperation,  and  reviewed  after  some  18  years,  con- 
stituted one  of  the  most  important  film  developments  in  that 
area. 

Throughout  the  late  20's  and  early  30's,  Paramount  worked 
with  local  producers  to  the  fullest  extent  possible,  distributing 
many  locally  made  films  as  well  as  a  series  of  officially  released 
travelogues  on  subjects  of  purely  Australian  interest. 

The  personnel  of  Paramount's  Australian  organization  in- 
creased sizably  with  the  years  to  take  care  of  the  growing  busi- 
ness. But  no  additions  were  ever  made  to  the  original  group  of 
exchanges  in  Sydney,  Melbourne,  Brisbane,  Adelaide,  Perth 
and  Launcestown,  nor  was  the  head  office  of  New  Zealand  at 
Wellington  ever  supplemented.  Following  the  death  of  Kenne- 
beck in  1937,  his  post  was  assigned  to  Harry  Hunter,  formerly 
branch  manager  in  Washington,  D.  C,  for  11  years.  Hunter 
and  his  staff  are  still  carrying  on  despite  the  war  now  spreading 
to  the  island  continent's  northern  coast.  The  New  Zealand 
organization  is  under  the  guidance  of  general  manager  Stanley 
H.  Craig,  who  has  been  in  charge  for  more  than  14  years. 

ASIA,  FAR  EAST  and  INDIA 

Before  the  beginning  of  the  present  world  conflict,  Paramount 
Pictures  were  reaching  millions  of  fans  daily  throughout  Asia, 
the  Far  East  and  India.  A  comprehensive  chain  of  organization 
offices  stretching  from  Japan  to  Bombay  took  care  of  the  dis- 
tribution of  Paramount  films.  Various  methods  of  adaptation 
to  meet  language  barriers  reshaped  these  films  to  meet  all  local 
requirements. 

Paramount  distribution  throughout  the  Orient  started  after 
the  last  war.  Various  franchise  holders  had  bought  supplies  of 
Paramount  films  for  their  territories,  paying  for  them  on  a  roy- 
alty basis.  Shortly  before  1920  it  was  felt  that  Paramount  could 
be  served  best  in  Japan  by  having  its  own  organization  and  one 
was  established  there  by  Tom  D.  Cochrane.  It  functioned 
effectively  right  through  the  great  earthquake,  and  with  the  aid 
of  several  branch  offices  in  Korea  and  Manchuria,  covered  all 
sections  of  the  Japanese  Empire. 

In  the  meantime  the  Paramount  organization  in  Australia  had 
extended  its  scope  northwards,  setting  up  branches  in  Singa- 
pore, Batavia,  and  another  branch  at  Soerabaia  on  the  island  of 
Java.  Later  on  this  territory  grew  to  such  proportions  in  its 
servicing  of  the  Straits  Settlements,  Federated  Malay  States, 
Siam  (before  it  became  known  as  Thailand),  Borneo  and  the 
adjacent  islands,  that  it  was  established  as  an  independent  area 
under  John  A.  Groves,  an  Australian,  as  managing  director. 
Groves  was  succeeded  last  Dec.  1  by  Paul  Verdayne,  but  re- 
mained in  Singapore  and  died  with  his  son  defending  that  city 
{Continued  on  page  159) 


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Congratulations, 
Paramount! 

on  30  Years  of 

Successful 

Showmanship 


Commonwealth  Film 
Laboratories,   Pty.  Ltd. 

Makers  of  all  Paramount  prints 
SYDNEY  AUSTRALIA 


From  Aussie 

The  Film  Weekly,  Australasian 
national  trade  paper,  in  conjunc- 
tion with  The  Market  Printery,  and 
Marketgravure,  offer  Paramount 
Pictures  congratulations  on  the 
occasion  of  their  Thirtieth  Anni- 
versary .  .  . 

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.  .  .  an  event  being  propitiously  celebrated 
by  the  world-wide  release  of  Cecil  B.  De 
Miile's  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind." 

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ON  THEIR  30TH  ANNIVERSARY 
FROM  THE 

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NUR  M.  SOKOOL,  Esq.,  Governing  Director 
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From  LESLIE  HOWARD- 


7  REGARD  APRIL  3n/  AS  A  MOST  IMPORTANT 
DAY  AS  IT  HAPPENS  TO  BE  MY  BIRTHDAY. 
SINCE  IT  IS  ALSO  PARAMOUNT'S  BIRTHDAY 
IT  BECOMES  MORE  IMPORTANT.  VM  AFRAID 
I'M  ALMOST  OLD  ENOUGH  TO  BE  PARA- 
MOUNT'S FATHER  SO  I'M  DELIGHTED  TO 
TENDER  THIS  FLOURISHING  YOUNG  GIANT 
MANY  HAPPY  RETURNS  OF  THE  DAY. 


From  A  LEADING  BRITISH  PRODUCER — 

GAUMONT  BRITISH  PICTURE  CORPORATION  CONGRATULATE  PARAMOUNT  PICTURES  ON  HAVING 
ATTAINED  THEIR  THIRTIETH  ANNIVERSARY.  DURING  THIS  PERIOD  PARAMOUNT  HAS  BROUGHT  TO 
THE  SCREEN  THE  WORLD'S  FAMOUS  PLAYERS  IN  PRODUCTIONS  OF  OUTSTANDING  MERIT, 
PIONEERING  WHAT  IS  KNOWN  TODAY  AS  THE  FEATURE  FILM.  THAT  THE  SAME  SPIRIT  PREVAILS 
TODAY  IS  EVINCED  BY  PARAMOUNT'S  RECENT  PRODUCTIONS,  WISH  YOU  CONTINUED  SUCCESS. 

Commander  Jarratt. 


From  VALERIE  HOBSON  and  BARRY  K.  BARNES— 

SINCEREST  CONGRATULATIONS  AND  BEST  WISHES  TO  PARA- 
MOUNT ON  THIRTY  YEARS  OF  GREAT  SERVICE  TO  PICTURE- 
GOERS  ALL  OVER  THE  WORLD.  GREAT  MOTION  PICTURES  DO 
MUCH  TO  PROMOTE  BETTER  UNDERSTANDING  BETWEEN 
ENGLISH  SPEAKING  PEOPLES.  LONG  MAY  PARAMOUNT  CON- 
TINUE TO  MAKE  THEM.  Valerie  Hobson. 


WOULD  APPRECIATE  SILVER-  OR  BALD-HEADED  FATHER  PART 
IN  PICTURE  TO  CELEBRATE  YOUR  SIXTIETH  ANNIVERSARY. 

Barry  K.  Barnes. 


From  BRITISH  EXHIBITORS- 
CONGRATULATIONS  TO  PARAMOUNT  PICTURES  INC  ON  30TH  ANNIVERSARY  FROM  EXHIBITORS  OF 
THE  SOUTH  AND  EAST  LANCASHIRE  BRANCH  OF  THE  CINEMATOGRAPH  EXHIBITORS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  GREAT  BRITAIN  AND  IRELAND. 


—and  GRATITUDE  FOR  THE  SMILES 

HEARTIEST  CONGRATULATIONS  ON  30TH  BIRTHDAY.  ALSO  TO  BOB  HOPE, 
BING  CROSBY,  DOROTHY  LAMOUR  AND  PARAMOUNT  PRODUCTION  STAFF 
ON  PART  PLAYED  IN  KEEPING  BRITISH  PUBLIC  SMILING  LAST  TWO  YEARS. 

A.  S.  Hyde,  Glenroyal  Theatre,  Shipley,  and  Elite  Cinema,  Bradford. 


*From  CLIVE  BROOK— 

PARAMOUNT  AFTER  THIRTY   YEARS  IS  STILL  PARAMOUNT. 


MORE  MESSAGES  of  CONGRATULATIONS 

From  EXHIBITORS  IN  IRELAND 

GREETINGS  AND  BEST  WISHES  TO  PARAMOUNT 
AND  TO  ADOLPH  ZUKOR  FROM  THE  THEATRE 
AND  CINEMA  ASSOCIATION  OF  IRELAND  ON 
COMPANY'S  THIRTIETH  ANNIVERSARY. 

John  J.  Flood,  President,  Dublin. 

From  DAVID  E.  ROSE  in  LONDON — 

TO  ADOLPH  ZUKOR— ON  THIS  THIRTIETH  ANNI- 
VERSARY OF  COMPANY  YOU  FOUNDED,  MEM- 
BERS OF  BRITISH  PARAMOUNT  SEND  YOU  AND 
YOUR  ASSOCIATES  HEARTIEST  CONGRATULA- 
TIONS AND  BEST  WISHES. 
• 

From  HARRY  HUNTER  on  behalf  of  AUSTRALIA 
and  NEW  ZEALAND— 

ANZAC  PARMOUNTEERS,  NOW  ACTIVELY  ALLIED 
WITH  AMERICAN  FORCES,  GREET  PARAMOUNT'S 
THIRTIETH  ANNIVERSARY  WITH  PARTICULAR  SIG- 
NIFICANCE AND  PLEDGE  UNDEVIATING  LOYALTY. 
• 

From  CARL  P.  YORK  in  STOCKHOLM— 

FROM  SWEDISH  PARAMOUNTEERS  SURELY,  AND 
FROM  NORWEGIAN,  DANISH  AND  FINNISH  BY 
UNDOUBTED  INFERENCE,  YOU  HAVE  OUR  PLEDGE 
THAT  WE  REMAIN  PARAMOUNTEERS  THROUGH 
THICK  AND  THIN. 
• 

From  FRANK  KENNEBECK  in  BOMBAY,  INDIA— 

THERE'LL  ALWAYS   BE  A   PARAMOUNT  ANNI- 
VERSARY,  AND   THERE'LL   ALWAYS    BE  PARA- 
MOUNTEERS SERVING  THE  BEST  COMPANY  IN 
THE  FILM  BUSINESS. 
• 

From  A.  L.  PRATCHETT,  presently  in  CHILE— 

OUR  TERRITORY  COVERS  AN  AWFULLY  LONG 
STRETCH  OF  THE  MAP,  BUT  IT  ENCOMPASSES 
PARAMOUNTEERS  WHO  ASK  NOTHING  BETTER 
THAN  ALWAYS  TO  SERVE  PARAMOUNT. 

From  JOHN  L  DAY,  JR.  in  BRAZIL— 

AS   PARAMOUNT  SWINGS   MERRILY   PAST  THE 
THIRTY-MILE  PEG  ALL  THE  WORLD  RECOGNIZES 
WITHOUT  QUESTION  WHAT  PARAMOUNT  MEANS. 
• 

From  JOHN  B.  NATHAN,  in  ARGENTINA- 
NOTHING  COULD  POSSIBLY  OCCASION  GREATER 
PRIDE  IN  OUR  COMPANY  THAN  TO  WITNESS  THE 
WHOLE-HEARTED  COMPLIMENTS  BEING  PAID  IT 
BY  ALL  SECTIONS  OF  BUSINESS  IN  ARGENTINA, 
URUGUAY  AND  PARAGUAY. 


THE  DEFENSE  of  LEADERSHIP 
In  the  WORLD  FILM  MARKET 

CONTINUED  FROM  PAGE  156 

against  the  Japanese  invader.  Verdayne  remained  at  his  post 
to  the  bitter  end  and  has  not  been  heard  from  since. 

For  many  years  Paramount  serviced  the  Philippine  Islands 
through  a  local  distributor,  but  in  1930  a  Paramount  branch 
was  organized  in  Manila  and  functioned  successfully  until  the 
Japanese  took  over  the  city.  At  that  time  Manila  was  also 
serving  as  headquarters  for  Paramount  in  the  Orient.  James 
E.  Perkins,  general  manager  for  the  entire  territory,  remained 
at  his  desk  until  the  Japanese  entered.  He  is  interned  there 
along  with  many  other  loyal  American  business  men.  Floyd  C. 
Henry,  Paramount  manager  for  the  Philippines  territory,  had 
been  inducted  into  the  Navy  as  an  officer  and  was  on  active 
service. 

Today,  ParamOunt's  Asiatic  business  is  centered  in  India. 
The  company  has  had  direct  representation  in  India  for  approxi- 
mately 12  years.  Prior  to  that,  Paramount  productions  were 
handled  through  Madan  Brothers.  Representatives  of  this 
famous  firm  came  regularly  to  the  United  States  to  buy.  Emil 
Shauer  finally  decided  that  the  company  should  have  its  own 
office  in  India  and  one  was  opened  at  Calcutta  and  Charles  B. 
Ballance  in  charge.  Later  a  branch  was  founded  at  Bombay. 
It  has  since  become  head  office  for  the  territory  and  is  under 
general  manager  Frank  V.  Kennebeck.  This  young  man,  a 
product  of  the  Theatre  Managers'  Training  School  which  pro- 
duced so  many  important  Paramount  executives,  served  first  in 
New  Zealand,  then  in  Australia,  and  is  now  rendering  the  com- 
pany fine  service  in  India,  despite  the  shadow  of  further  Jap- 
anese aggression. 

ORIENT  ALWAYS  PRESENTED  TECHNICAL  PROBLEMS 

Looking  back,  one  finds  that  the  Orient  was  not  without  its 
technical  problems  insofar  as  the  adaptation  of  American  pro- 
ductions was  concerned.  Japan,  for  instance,  took  only  selected 
films  from  the  complete  American  schedule.  Those  which  con- 
flicted with  modern  Japanese  ideology  were  omitted.  A  few 
pictures  were  dubbed  in  the  Japanese  language  by  having  syn- 
chronized Japanese  sound  tracks  replace  the  England  dialogue. 
The  remainder  were  fitted  with  superimposed  Japanese  subtitles, 
with  the  English  voices  remaining.  In  China  there  was  a  certain 
amount  of  local  superimposing  in  the  Mandarin  dialect,  but  the 
films  were  chiefly  shown  exactly  as  they  came  from  America. 
Pictures  in  which  action  predominated  were  the  greatest  suc- 
cesses. In  Siam  and  the  Malay  States,  the  films  were  exhibited 
largely  without  alterations,  save  those  necessitated  by  the  strict 
censorship.  The  same  applied  to  the  Philippines,  with  some- 
what less  emphasis  on  censorship. 

In  Java  the  pictures  bore  superimposed  Dutch  titles.  Prior 
to  1939  the  prints  for  Java  were  shipped  from  Holland.  Follow- 
ing the  Nazi  conquest,  the  superimposing  was  done  in  New 
York.  Under  current  conditions  it  is  impossible  to  ship  to 
Java,  and  patrons  there  are  seeing  their  favorite  films  repeated 
wherever  theatres  remain  open. 

In  India  the  pictures  are  presented  exactly  as  received  from 
America.  Probably  nowhere  in  the  world  is  there  as  complex 
a  question  of  adaptation  as  that  presented  in  India  and  no 
attempt  to  solve  the  problem  is  practicable. 

Reviewing  the  vast  panorama  of  the  Orient  one  must  be 
impressed  by  the  pioneering  job  Paramount  has  accomplished. 
Much  of  this  work  has  been  halted  by  the  war  but  one  day  these 
tens  of  millions  of  fans,  among  the  most  avid  picture-goers  in 
the  world,  will  again  be  seeing  the  favorites  with  whom  Para- 
mount has  made  them  familiar. 

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MAX  CLUCKSMANN 

Greets  PARAMOUNT 

FROM 

BUENOS  AIRES 

ARGENTINA 


30  YEARS  IS  NOT  A  LONG 
TIME  WHEN  THEY  HAVE  BEEN 
30  SUCH   FRIENDLY  YEARS 


Macdonald  Carey 


CONGRATULATIONS 
PARAMOUNT 
AND  THANKS 


Dr.  Broadway" 
Take  a  Letter,  Darling 
Wake  Island" 


(Peru  sends 
Qordial 
I  (Congratulations 
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La  Semana 
1  Cinematografico 


We  have  served  the  motion 
picture  industry  of  Peru  for  15 
years,  in  which  time  we  have 
known  of  the  accomplishments 
of  the  truly  great  pioneers  in 
the  film  world. 

Particularly  have  we  noted  the 
work  of  the  illustrious  Adolph 
Zulcor,  leader  of  them  all. 

La  Semana  Cinematograjica 
pays  homage  to  Paramount  on 
its  30th  Anniversary  of  great 
motion  picture  malting,  and 
offers  a  particular  tribute  to  its 
great  founder,  Adolph  Zulcor. 
C.  A.  BARRETO,  Publisher 


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SALUTATIONS 
FROM  PERU 

The  undersigned,  exhibitors 
of  Peru,  wish  to  pay  the 
highest  tributes  at  their  com- 
mand to  the  leaders  of  Para- 
mount, and  particularly  to 
the  founder  of  the  Company, 
Adolph  Zulcor. 

They  desire  also  to  express 
great  satisfaction  at  the  ar- 
rival of  the  30th  Anniversary 
of  the  foundation  of  Para- 
mount, since  it  is  their  ex- 
perience as  exhibitors  that 
the  picturegoers  of  Peru  have 
shown  a  particular  affection 
for  films  bearing  the  Para- 
mount Trade  Mark.  They 
have  found  that  this  seal,  in 
truth  the  pride  of  the  in- 
dustry, really  means  to  pic- 
ture audiences  that  "If  It's 
Paramount,  It's  the  Pro- 
gramme's Best." 


Guillermo  Delgado,  Manager,  Em- 
presa  de  Teatros  y  Cinemas  Ltda. 
.  .  .  Bolivar  and  Carcovieh,  Conws- 
lonanes  of  the  North  Zone  of  Peru. 
.  .  .  Aurelio  Costa  Vacearo,  Conees- 
lonary  of  the  Sierra  Zone  of  Peru. 
.  .  .  Nieolas  lovanne  .  .  .  Compania 
Cinematograflea  del  Sur.  .  .  .  Em- 
presa  Mundial  Ltda.  .  .  .  Luis  i 
Rospigliosi.  .  .  .  Ricsxdo  Rodrigo. 
.  .  .  Romulo  Batts.  .  .  .Augusto 
Valcareel.  .  .  .  Jorge  Thornberry. 
.  .  .  Segundo  Boy  Mercado  ...  J. 
Yates.  .  .  .  Juan  Marehesi  .  .  . 
Enrique  Adolph.  .  .  .  Verme  y  Del 
Rio. 

LIMA  — March,  1942 


IF   IT'S  A    PARAMOUNT    PICTURE       IT'S   THE   BEST    SHOW  IN  TOWN 


YEARS 


Congratulations 


to 


PARAMOUNT  PICTURES 


on  their 


Thirtieth  Anniversary 


EASTMAN  KODAK  COMPANY 


IF  IT'S  A    PARAMOUNT    PICTURE  ,    IT'S  THE   BEST    SHOW  IN  TOWN 


j  PASSAGi 


.»  FLORA  ROBSOW  •  LEO  6.  CARRI 
MARY  AWPERSOW  •  CECIL  KELLAWA' 

Produced  and  Directed  by    EDWARD    H.  GRIFFITH 

Screen  Play  by  Virginia  Van  Upp     Based  on  a  story  by  Nelson  Hayes     A  Paramount  Picture 


y  or  thirty  years,  Para  mount's  Ticket  Selling  Product  and  the  box  office 
have  been  made  for  each  other.  And,  incidentally,  for  twenty-two  of 
those  thirty  years,  we  have  been  creating  advertisements  for  Paramount. 
So,  we  speak  as  old  friends  when  we  say, 

...COA/GRATC/LAT/OA/S  PARAMOUNT 

★ 

BUCHANAN  AND  COMPANY,  INC. 

New  York  ★  Hollywood  *  Los  Angeles  *  San  Francisco  ★  Chicago 
now  serving  Paramount  Pictures,  Inc.,  Alexander  Korda  Film  Productions, 


Inc.  in  the  motion  lecture  field 


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IN   TWO    SECTIONS  — SECTION    ONEm  NOT  REMOVE 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


First  In 


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NO.  75 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  FRIDAY,  APRIL  17,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


3  Exhibition 
Groups  Ratify 
New  Umpi  Plan 

New  York,  Iowa  and  D.C. 
Units  Vote  Approval 

The  ITOA  of  New  York,  the 
ITO  of  Iowa  and  Nebraska  and 
the  MPTO  of  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia voted  approval  of  the  pro- 
posed new  selling-  plan  of  the 
United  Motion  Picture  Industry, 
in  developments  reported  yesterday. 

In  addition,  tentative  approval  has 
been  given  the  plan  by  the  UTO  of 
Illinois,  the  ITO  of  Oregon  and  the 
ITO  of  Washington.  The  action  of 
the  latter  two  organizations  does  not 
become  final  until  the  meeting  of  trus- 
tees of  the  PCCITO,  which  may  be 
held  in  Los  Angeles  next  week. 

The  ITOA  of  New  York  approval 
was  voted  yesterday  at  a  membership 
meeting  at  the  Hotel  Astor.  Action 
by  the  ITO  of  Iowa  and  Nebraska, 
also  an  unaffiliated  exhibitor  organiza- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Miller  Urges  FCC 
Power  Be  Limited 

Washington,  April  16. — Neville 
Miller,  president  of  the  National  As- 
sociation of  Broadcasters,  today  pro- 
posed the  FCC  be  forbidden  to  inter- 
fere with  programs  or  business  man- 
agement of  stations.  He  testified  at 
hearings  on  the  Sanders  bill  before 
the  House  Interstate  and  Foreign 
Commerce  Committee. 

He  proposed  that  the  FCC  be  pro- 
hibited from  imposing  "penalties"  not 
authorized  by  law,  such  as  forcing  the 
owner  of  two  stations  in  a  single 
community  to  dispose  of  one  before  he 
could  secure  a  power  increase  for  the 
other,  and  that  provision  be  made  for 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


Goltz  Is  Named  U.A. 
Mexican  Manager 

Joseph  Goltz,  former  United  Artists 
manager  in  China,  has  been  appointed 
manager  for  the  company  in  Mexico, 
replacing  J.  B.  Urbina,  resigned,  it 
was  announced  yesterday  by  Walter 
Gould,  foreign  manager. 

In  addition,  Sydney  J.  Albright, 
former  United  Artists  representative 
in  Java,  has  been  appointed  home  of- 
fice representative  for  the  company  in 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


'Reap'  Leads  B'way 
Grosses  With  Big 
$100,000  3rd  Week 


Broadway  first  run  theatres  with 
stage  shows  supporting  the  films  con- 
tinued to  score  heavily  during  the 
week,  with  good  weather  prevailing, 
while  at  other  houses  business  dropped 
to  about  normal. 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  with  the 
stage  presentation  at  the  Radio  City 
Music  Hall  is  still  setting  the  pace, 
taking  an  estimated  $100,000  for  its 
third  week  and  is  now  in  a  fourth.  Also 
consistently  strong  is  "To  the  Shores 
of  Tripoli"  which  with  stage  support 
finished  its  third  week  at  the  Roxy 
with  an  estimated  $62,300  and  is  being 
held. 

The  Strand  drew  an  estimated  $39,- 
000  during  the  first  week  of  "Danger- 
ously They  Live"  with  John  Garfield, 
Dick  Stabile  and  Jerry  Lester  on  the 
stage.  The  show  goes  into  a  second 
and  final  week  today.  "Jungle  Book" 
in  its  second  week  gave  the  Rivoli  an 
estimated  $22,000  and  begins  a  third 
week  today. 

"The  Gold  Rush"  with  dialogue 
added  makes  its  New  York  debut  to- 
morrow at  the  Globe,  where  it  will 
play  at  advanced  prices  ranging  from 
40  to  99  cents.  It  follows  "Two 
Yanks  in  Trinidad"  which  will  finish 
its  second  week  tonight  with  an  esti- 
mated $5,000. 


Halt  to  All  Radio 
Construction  Asked 

Washington,  April  16.  — 
The  Defense  Communica- 
tions Board  today  proposed 
that  radio,  FM  and  television 
station  construction  be 
brought  to  an  immediate  halt. 
The  board  disclosed  its  pur- 
pose in  recommending  to  the 
FCC  and  the  War  Production 
Board  that  no  further  author- 
izations involving  the  use  of 
materials  be  issued  by  the 
FCC  for  the  duration. 


No  American  Play 
Worthy  of  Award, 
Drama  Critics  Vote 


The  New  York  Drama  Critics  Cir- 
cle by  a  vote  of  11  to  6  decided  yes- 
terday that  there  was  no  play  of 
American  authorship  during  the  cur- 
rent season  worthy  of  its  award  as  the 
best  play  of  the  year.  Noel  Coward's 
"Blithe  Spirit"  was  selected  as  the 
best  play  of  foreign  authorship  by  a 
vote  of  12  to  one,  with  four  critics 
maintaining  that  there  was  none  in 
this  group  worth  honoring. 

The  decision  on  American  plays  was 
made  on  the  seventh  ballot  after  the 
sixth  ballot  failed  to  give  a  majority 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Industry  Salutes  Paramount 

TODAY,  through  Motion  Picture  Daily,  the  world-wide  indus- 
try of  motion  pictures  salutes  Paramount  on  its  30th  anniversary. 
The  Paramount  trademark  has  been  a  symbol  of  goodwill  and 
good  faith  through  all  these  years.  It  is  appropriate,  therefore, 
that  the  motion  picture  industry  should  hail  Paramount  and  the  men 
and  women  who  made  it.  Section  Two  of  this  issue  tells  in  type  and 
illustration  the  story  of  Paramount. 

Reflected  in  the  progress  and  achievements  of  Paramount,  first 
under  Adolph  Zukor,  and  since  1936  under  Barney  Balaban,  there 
are  the  progress  and  achievements  of  the  whole  industry.  Para- 
mount's  greatness  has  touched  the  entire  business,  and  the  story 
of  Paramount  is  the  story  of  the  industry. 

To  Barney  Balaban,  master  showman,  and  to  Adolph  Zukor, 
founder,  and  to  all  the  men  and  women  of  Paramount  who  have 
faithfully  striven  to  realize  an  ideal  —  If  It's  a  Paramount  Picture, 
It's  the  Best  Show  In  Town  —  Congratulations! 

SAM  SHAIN 


Asks  Removal 
Of  Money  Bar 
By  Australia 

Hunter  Urges  Step  Due 
To  Lease-Lend  Aid 


By  SHERWIN  A.  KANE 

All  restrictions  on  the  remittance 
of  American  film  companies'  earn- 
ings in  Australia  and  New  Zealand 
should  be  removed  in  view  of  the 
large  lease-lend  aid  being  given 
those  countries  by  the  United 
States  and  the  heavy  dollar  spend- 
ing by  American  troops  in  those 
countries,  Harry  Hunter,  Para- 
mount managing  director  for  that 
territory,  said  in  an  interview  here 
yesterday.  A  monetary  agreement 
for  the  current  year  has  not  been 
closed  with  those  governments. 

Hunter  is  in  New  York  for  his 
first  home  office  visit  in  three  years. 
He  will  be  here  and  in  Washington 
until  June,  when  he  is  scheduled  to 
start  back  to  Sydney. 

Hunter  reported  that  theatre  busi- 
ness throughout  Australia  was  ex- 
cellent at  the  time  of  his  departure, 
March  15.    Blackouts  and  restricted 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


M.P.  Herald  to  Make 
War  Activity  Award 

A  new,  and  additional,  Quigley 
Award,  for  War  Showmanship  in 
1942,  is  announced  by  Motion  Picture 
Herald  in  its  Round  Table  section, 
out  today.  Says  the  announcement: 

"The  award,  a  special  citation,  will 
be  made  on  the  basis  of  the  perform- 
ances in  service  by  the  theatre  screen 
to  the  war  effort.  The  conditions  do 
not  limit  themselves  to  any  special 
category  of  endeavor.  The  award  may 
be  won  by  one  single  and  spectacular 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Charles  Skouras 

Due  Here  Today 

Charles  Skouras  is  scheduled  to  ar- 
rive from  the  Coast  today  for  con- 
ferences with  Spyros  Skouras,  20th 
Century-Fox  president,  and  other 
home  office  officials  regarding  his 
scheduled  appointment  as  president  of 
National  Theatres.  Charles  Buckley, 
vice-president  and  counsel  of  Fox 
West  Coast,  and  Mike  Rosenberg, 
FWC  partner,  are  also  expected. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  April  17,  1942 


Sweden  Refuses  to 
Ban  American  Films 

Newspaper  dispatches  to 
this  country  from  Stockholm 
yesterday  reported  that  Swed- 
en has  refused  to  comply  with 
a  decision  of  the  Rome  Film 
Congress  that  American  films 
be  banned  beginning  next 
year.  According  to  the  dis- 
patches, the  Rome  congress  is 
alleged  to  represent  15  Euro- 
pean nations,  which  are  not 
identified. 


Divorce  Hearing  Is 
Postponed  to  May  19 

Federal  Judge  Henry  W.  Goddard 
yesterday  postponed  to  May  19  the 
scheduled  hearing  on  the  Govern- 
ment's action  to  require'  Paramount 
and  20th  Century-Fox  to  divest  them- 
selves of  38*  theatres  allegedly  ac- 
quired contrary  to  provisions  of  the 
consent  decree. 

Counsel  for  both  sides  requested 
the  postponement  to  provide  time  to 
complete  work  on  stipulations  of  facts 
in  order  to  shorten  the  proceedings. 

O'Leary  C.  of  C.  Director 

Scrantox,  Pa..  April  16. — J.  J. 
O'Leary,  general  manager  of  the 
Comerford  circuit,  has  been  elected 
a  director  of  the  Scranton  Chamber 
of  Commerce. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

Rockefeller  Center 
CECIL  B.  DE  MILLE'S 

REAP  THE  WILD  WIND" 

Ray   M  i  I  land .  John  Wayne,   Paulette  Goddard 
A  Paramount  Picture 
Gala  Stage  Revue  -  Symphony  Orchestra 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved      Circle  6-4600 


W 


t^^l    TIMES  / 


PALACE 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


KINGS  ROW 


ANN  SHERIDAN —  RONALD  REAGAN 
—  and  — 

"JUKE  BOX  JENNY" 

Ken   Murray — Harriet  Hilliard 


John  Maureen  Randolph 

PAYNE     .     O'HARA    .  SCOTT 


'TO 
THE 


SHORES  of  TRIPOLI' 


PLUS  A   BIG  p  f\  yr  Y      7th  Ave. 

■»  W  y\.   1       4  50th  St. 


STAGE  SHOW 


"A  GREAT  SHOW"  —Herald  Tribune 
50C,  $1&  $1.50  NP0LUHS,GTHAEXR 

SECOND  YEAR  —  SECOND  EDITION 
Now  Thrilling  its  SECOND  MILLION 

It  happens  on  ice 

Sensational  Musical  Icetravaganza 
Center  Theatre,  Rockefeller  Center.  CO.  5-5474 
Eves,  except  Mon.    Mats.:  Wed.,  Sat.  &  Sun. 
501  Seats  for  Every  Perf.  50c.  EVGS.  AT  8:40 


Personal  Mention 


HUGH  McGUIRE,  RKO  booking 
manager  in  New  Haven,  has  re- 
ceived his  certificate  for  advanced 
piloting. 

• 

Howard  Nelson  and  William 
Huffmax  of  the  Oakland  Square  and 
Hamilton  theatres,  respectively,  in 
Chicago,  will  join  the  Army  at  the 
end  of  the  month. 

• 

Paul  D.  Shapero  and  Raymond 
Ostermax  of  Warner  Bros,  leave  to- 
morrow for  Army  service. 


TED  GEXOCK,  Paramount  News 
cameraman,  has  returned  from  the 
Pacific  war  front. 

• 

Corp.  Roger  Lewis,  with  Warner 
Bros,  until  mustered  in  the  Army, 
and  Mildred  Steckel  were  married 
here  yesterday. 

• 

Richard  H.  Eisenhart,  son  of  M. 
Herbert  Eisenhart  of  Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  and  Virginia  H.  Cotins  of 
New  Hartford,  X.  Y..  have  been 
married. 


Schaefer  Reelected 
Chief  of  KAO,  Keith 

George  J.  Schaefer  was  reelected 
president  and  chairman  of  the  board 
of  Keith-Albee-Orpheum  Corp.  and 
B.  F.  Keith  Corp.  at  meetings  of  the 
boards  of  the  two  RKO  theatre  com- 
panies yesterday. 

The  boards  also  reelected  Malcolm 
Kingsberg  vice-chairman  of  the  board 
and  executive  vice-president  of  the 
two  companies.  Charles  W.  Koerner 
was  reelected  vice-president  and  Leon 
Goldberg  was  reelected  treasurer. 
Gordon  E.  Youngman  was  made  a 
vice-president  of  the  two  companies, 
J.  Miller  Walker  was  elected  secre- 
tary, succeeding  William  F.  Whitman, 
and  Garrett  Van  Wagner  was  elected 
comptroller,  a  new  post  in  the  theatre 
companies. 

A  new  finance  committee  consisting 
of  Schaefer,  Kingsberg  and  N.  Peter 
Rath  von  was  appointed  for  the  two 
companies. 

Whitman,  Louis  Joffe  and  Kenneth 
Umbreit  were  elected  assistant  secre- 
taries, and  A.  W.  Dawson.  W.  J.  Ker- 
nan,  O.  R.  McMahon  and  H.  E.  New- 
comb  were  reelected  assistant  treasur- 
ers. The  two  theatre  companies  have 
the  same  directors  and  officers. 


Kalmenson  Shifts 
Branch  Managers 

Two  more  changes  have  been  made 
in  Warner  field  personnel,  it  was  an- 
nounced yesterday  by  Ben  Kalmenson. 
general  sales  manager.  Robert  H. 
Dunbar  has  moved  from  the  branch 
manager's  post  in  Cincinnati  to  De- 
troit in  the  same  capacity,  and  in  Cin- 
cinnati John  Eifert  has  moved  up 
from  salesman  to  branch  manager. 
Kalmenson.  now  in  Chicago,  and  Roy 
Haines.  Eastern  and  Canadian  sales 
manager,  now  in  Detroit,  are  due 
here  Monday. 


New  York  ITOA  to 
Aid  in  Bond  Sales 

Members  of  the  ITOA  of  New 
York  yesterday  voted  to  cooperate  in 
industry  plans  for  sales  of  defense 
bonds  and  stamps  in  theatres  and 
pledged  continued  cooperation  in  the 
showing  of  defense  films,  it  was  an- 
nounced. 

Nomination  of  officers  for  the  an- 
nual elections  will  be  made  at  the 
next  meeting;,  in  two  weeks. 


Kodak  Official  With  WPB 

Rochester.  April  16. — W.  S. 
Vaughn,  assistant  production  manager 
of  Eastman  Kodak  Co.,  has  left  for 
Washington,  where  he  has  a  post  with 
the  War  Production  Board. 


Tulsa  House  Cancels 
Lew  Ayres  Picture 

Tulsa,  Okla.,  April  16. — Cancella- 
tion of  a  "Dr.  Kildare''  picture,  fea- 
turing Lew  Ayres,  has  been  ordered 
at  the  Cozy  here  by  John  Terry,  man- 
ager. "We  had  the  Ayres  picture 
booked  weeks  before  the  publicity 
about  him  broke."  Terry  stated. 
"Since  our  ads  and  lobby  placards 
were  posted  we  have  received  several 
threatening  anonymous  calls  and  de- 
cided the  wisest  policy  would  be  to 
cancel  it." 


Hollywood,  April  16. — M-G-M  has 
ordered  "Born  to  Be  Bad,"  last  "Dr. 
Kildare*'  picture  in  which  Lew  Ayres 
appears,  to  be  remade,  with  the  Kil- 
dare character  eliminated.  Philip  Dorn 
will  be  given  the  lead,  as  a  youthful 
Dutch  physician. 


Actors  Guild  to  Ask 
Increase  in  Wages 

Hollywood,  April  16. — The  Screen 
Actors  Guild  announced  today  it 
would  seek  wage  increases  for  extras, 
day  players  and  freelance  and  stock 
players,  when  it  reopens  its  basic 
agreement  negotiations  with  producers 
this  month. 

In  asking  for  increases,  the  Guild 
stated,  it  is  "not  only  trying  to  equal- 
ize losses  in  real  earning  power  which 
members  have  already  suffered  as 
prices  have  skyrocketed,  but  is  also 
trying  to  buttress  them  against  future 
cost  of  living  increases  which  seem  in- 
evitable." 


Disney  Short  to  Be 
Sold  With  'Yankees' 

Hollywood,  April  16. — Walt  Dis- 
ney has  begun  work  on  a  special  short 
cartoon  starring  "Goofy,"  which  will  he 
tailored  to  accompany  showings  of 
Samuel  Goldwyn's  "The  Pride  of  the 
Yankees."  The  cartoon,  in  color,  will 
have  a  baseball  background  and  will 
provide  a  humorous  prelude  to  the 
Goldwyn  picture.  It  will  be  sold  by 
RKO  with  the  Goldwyn  film  as  a 
"package"  deal. 


Foreign  Executives 
At  MPPDA  Meeting 

Dr.  Richard  P.  Momsen,  legal 
representative  at  Rio  de  Janeiro  for 
major  distributors;  Harry  Hunter, 
Paramount  manager  for  Australia  and 
Xew  Zealand,  and  Ralph  Clark,  War- 
ners' Australasian  manager,  were 
guests  at  a  meeting  of  foreign  depart- 
ment heads  at  MPPDA  headquarters 
yesterday.  The  visitors  reported  on 
conditions  in  their  territories. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


rT1  HE  new  issues  have  the  first  pic- 
*-  tures  of  General  Mac  Arthur  in 
Australia.  Other  subjects  are  the 
U.  S.  fleet  in  the  Southwest  Pacific, 
commando  training  at  Camp  Gordon, 
Ga.,  and  the  opening  of  the  baseball 
season.  Here  are  the  contents: 


sneral 
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MOVIETONE   NEWS,   No.  64— General 

MacArthur  in  Australia.    King  George 
Queen  Elizabeth  in  England.  New 
chute  in  Xew  York.    Maneuvers  in 
gia.    Pierre  Laval  resumes  power  in  Vichy. 
Chicago  prepares  for  military  show.  Cali- 
fornia girls  pose  for  camera.  Baseball. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  262-General 

MacArthur.  Vichy  crisis.  Commandos  in 
Georgia.  Churchill  in  England.  Negroes  in 
foreign  service.  Pacific  patrol.  Girls  in 
California.  Baseball. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  67— BasebalL 
Xew  parachute  in  New  York.  Laval  re- 
turns to  Vichy  Cabinet:  films  of  French 
fleet  and  Martinique.  Veteran  cameraman 
back  from  war  front.  Fleet  in  the  Pacific. 
General  MacArthur. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  67— General 
MacArthur.  Signal  corps  in  Panama.  Fleet 
in  Pacific.  Commandos  in  Georgia.  Jap 
Consulate  in  Batavia.  Movies  used  in  New 
York  gambling  probe.  Baseball. 

UNIVERSAL    NEWSREEL,    No.  76— 

General  MacArthur.  Fleet  in  Pacific.  Com- 
mandos in  Georgia.  Housewife  launches 
ship  in  Portland.  Fire  in  Illinois.  Base- 
ball.    Skiing  in  Washington. 


All  vine  Installed  in 
Publicity  Unit  Post 

Glendon  W.  Allvine  was  installed 
as  secretary  of  the  Eastern  public  re- 
tions  committee  of  the  industry  yes- 
terdav  at  its  weekly  luncheon  meeting 
at  the  Xew  York  Athletic  Club.  All- 
vine  takes  over  the  new  post  on  Mon- 
day with  offices  at  MPPDA  head- 
quarters. 

Kenneth  Clark  of  the  MPPDA  pre- 
sided at  the  meeting  in  the  absence  of 
Robert  M.  Gillham,  chairman,  and 
David  Lipton  and  Howard  Dietz, 
members  of  the  executive  committee. 


Fire  Razes  Pa.  Theatre 

Stroudsburg,  Pa.,  April  16. — The 
largest  local  house,  the  Sherman, 
was  destroyed  by  fire,  which  spread 
from  two  frame  barns  at  the  rear 
of  the  theatre.  The  blaze  started 
90  minutes  before  a  matinee.  The 
house  was  owned  by  Harry  and  Fred 
Schuermann. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 
Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vice- 
President;  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
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Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau.  Postal  Union 
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London  Bureau;  4  Golden  Square,  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany, Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications;  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres,  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23, 
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tion rates  per  3'ear  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
$12  foreign.   Single  copies  10c. 


ALAN  MOWBRAY  •  ROSCOE  KARNS 
MIKHAIL  RASUMNY  •  LYNNE  CARVER 
MARC  LAWRENCE  •  MARILYN  HARE 

Screen  Play  by  ISABEL  DAWN  •  Based  on  a  Story 
by  RUSSEL  ROUSE  •  Based  on  the  Musical  Play 
"YOKEL  BOY"  Written  by  LEW  BROWN  and 
Scored  by  LEW  BROWN,  CHARLES  TOBIAS  and 
SAM  H.  STEPT  •  JOSEPH  SANTLEY—  Director 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  April  17.  1942 


Forego  Award  for 
Best  American  Play 


Asks  Removal 
Of  Money  Bar 


3  Exhibition 
Groups  Ratify 
NewUmpi  Plan 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

tion,  was  taken  at  a  meeting  of  its 
board  of  directors  at  Des  Moines  yes- 
terday. The  plan  was  described  by 
Leo  F.  Wolcott,  president,  as  an  "im- 
provement over  the  consent  decree 
selling  method  and  a  good  start 
toward  remedying  unfair  trade  prac- 
tices in  the  industry." 

Action  by  the  MPTO  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  of  which  A.  Julian 
Brylawski  is  president,  was  reported 
by  Ed  Kuykendall,  MPTOA  presi- 
dent, with  which  the  organization  is 
affiliated.  Kuykendall  also  reported 
the  acceptance  of  the  plan  by  the 
Griffith  Amusement  Co.  of  Oklahoma 
City,  through  L.  C.  Griffith,  a  vice- 
president  of  the  MPTOA. 

Eastern  Pa.  Defers  Action 

Allied  Theatre  Owners  of  Eastern 
Pennsylvania,  Southern  New  Jersey 
and  Delaware  will  defer  action  on 
the  plan  until  the  end  of  the  month 
when  Sidney  E.  Samuelson  is  expect- 
ed to  return  from  Florida,  it  was  re- 
vealed yesterday. 


Wright  Asks  Guilds 
To  Oppose  Proposal 

Los  Angeles,  April  16. — The  aid  of 
talent  guilds  in  oppqsing  the  proposed 
Umpi  sales  plan  was  solicited  today 
by  Loyd  Wright,  president  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Independent  Motion  Picture 
Producers,  who  was  rebuffed  by  ex- 
hibitor leaders  this  week  after  asking 
them  not  to  approve  the  plan. 

In  telegrams  to  the  Screen  Direc- 
tors Guild,  the  Screen  Writers  and 
other  guilds,  Wright  repeated  his  ap- 
peal for  opposition  to  the  plan,  declar- 
ing a  return  to  block  booking  would 
stifle  creative  talent. 


Women  Managers 
In  III.  Impractical 

Chicago,  April  16. — State  labor 
regulations  in  Illinois  make  it  imprac- 
tical to  employ  women  as  theatre  man- 
agers to  ease  the  manpower  problem 
due  to  the  draft,  in  the  opinion  of 
Charles  H.  Ryan,  district  supervisor 
here  for  Warner  Theatres. 

Ryan  pointed  out  that  the  state  law 
limits  feminine  employment  to  40 
hours  weekly,  based  on  a  six-day 
week.  The  employment  of  women  as 
managers  would  necessitate  the  use 
of  a  relief  manager  almost  half  the 
time.  Ryan  said. 


Goltz  Is  Named  U.A. 
Mexican  Manager 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Australasia  with  headquarters  at 
Sydney. 

Gould  reported  that  Max  Baker, 
former  manager  for  the  company  in 
Netherlands  East  Indies,  has  evacu- 
ated to  Australia,  and  Charles  Core, 
manager  for  the  Philippines,  is  re- 
ported by  the  State  Department  to  be 
interned  by  the  Japs  at  Manila. 


Showboat  Returns 

Nashville,  April  16 
rP  HE  showboat  is  coming 
*  back  to  Tennessee.  The 
Tennessee  Showboat  Co.,  of 
Chattanooga,  has  obtained  a 
state  charter  to  bring  back 
the  old-time  river  craft.  The 
firm  was  incorporated  by  John 
W.  Dineen  and  W.  A.  and  W. 
E.  Wilkerson.  Years  ago  the 
showboats  plied  the  Tennes- 
see and  Cumberland  rivers. 


M.P.  Herald  to  Make 
War  Activity  Award 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
presentation,  or  by  a  continuous  and 
long  policy  and  practice. 

"It  is  contemplated  that  the  basis  of 
judgment  at  year"s  end  will  be  the 
standards  and  aims  for  the  industry 
which  have  been  made  manifest  by  the 
industry's  own  War  Activities  Com- 
mittee. 

"Primarily  the  indications  are  that 
the  winner  of  this  special  award  will 
be  one  who  most  effectively  puts  the 
available  screen  materials  pertaining 
to  the  nation's  war  effort  on  the 
screen.  There  is  an  automatic  pre- 
sumption that  this  will  include  par- 
ticularly those  official  and  semi-official 
pictures  which  pertain  to  the  cause 
of  the  nation  in  war. 

War  Being  'Sold' 

"The  war  is  still  in  the  process  of 
being  'sold.'  It  will  so  continue  until 
the  war's  end.  It  is  the  screen's  share 
in  that,  which  is  the  subject  of  this 
special  award. 

"The  competition  for  this  special 
Quigley  Award  lor  1942  is  neither  in- 
clusive nor  exclusive  of  the  other 
awards. 

"It  is  entirely  possible  that  any  win- 
ner of  other  showmanship  awards  may 
also  be  the  winner  of  this  one.  That 
will  be  determined  independently,  but 
without  regard  to  possible  coincidence. 

"The  award  is  to  be  made  to  what 
the  judges  may  decide  as  the  best  con- 
tribution to  the  theatre's  showmanship 
participation  in  the  war." 


British  Exhibitors 
Disturbed  by  Tax 

London,  April  16. — English  exhibi- 
tors are  seriously  disturbed  over  the 
doubling  of  the  entertainments  tax  in 
the  new  budget.  However,  the  mem- 
bership of  the  Cinematograph  Exhibi- 
tors Association  is  unanimously 
agreed  that  their  share  of  the  war  bur- 
den cannot  be  shirked. 

At  the  same  time  there  is  resent- 
ment against  the  circuit  membership 
of  the  CEA,  which  suggested  that  the 
tax  increase  was  due  to  the  CEA's 
public  announcement  of  its  intention 
to  increase  admissions.  It  is  under- 
stood the  expulsion  of  Gaumont  Brit- 
ish from  the  CEA  lost  by  one  vote 
at  yesterday's  meeting. 

The  CEA  tax  committee  will  meet 
next  week,  and  awaits  an  interview 
with  Treasury  officials  to  explain  the 
complications  involved  in  the  imposi- 
tion of  the  new  tax,  which  is  effec- 
tive May  10.  Some  exhibitor  groups 
are  said  to  favor  a  percentage  tax  on 
the  gross  turnover. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

to  any  play.  "Blithe  Spirit"  won  on 
the  second  ballot  by  a  three-fourths 
majority. 

Of  the  six  critics  who  disagreed 
with  the  majority  verdict,  four  picked 
"In  Time  to  Come"  as  the  best 
American  play,  while  two  chose  John 
Steinbeck's  "The  Moon  Is  Down." 
The  lone  contender  for  honors  among 
plays  by  foreign  authors  on  the  second 
ballot  was  "Angel  Street,"  which  re- 
ceived one  vote.  Burns  Mantle, 
drama  critic  of  the  Daily  News,  is 
president  of  the  circle.  The  meeting 
was  held  at  the  Hotel  Algonquin. 

"Blithe  Spirit"  was  produced  by 
John  C.  Wilson  and  is  current  at  the 
Morosco.  Featured  in  the  play  are 
Clifton  Webb,  Peggy  Wood,  Leonora 
Corbett  and  Mildred  Natwick.  It 
opened  in  New  York  Nov.  5,  1941. 


Omaha  Golf  Tourney 

Omaha,  April  16. — The  local  Vari- 
ety Club  will  hold  its  annual  spring 
golf  tourney  on  May  18  at  the  High- 
land Country  Club.  C.  W.  Allen  will 
be  in  charge  of  the  event. 


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newspaper  space,  which  has  curtailed 
advertising  and  publicity,  has  had  no 
noticeable   effect   on   attendance,  lie 
said.  X 

Australian  theatres  have  discussiB 
plans  for  staggered  performance 
schedules  so  that  audiences  will  not 
leave  theatres  simultaneously,  adding 
to  street  and  traffic  congestion  during 
blackouts  and  threatened  air  raids. 
Hunter  reported.  There  are  no  official 
regulations,  however,  on  opening  and 
closing  hours  for  theatres  now  in 
Australia-New  Zealand,  such  as  have 
been  invoked  in  Britain,  Hunter  said. 

Contrary  to  reports  which  reached 
here  from  Canberra  several  weeks 
ago,  the  Australian  Government  has 
not  ordered  theatre  closings,  he  said. 
Regulations  have  been  invoked  in 
many  localities  for  outdoor  entertain- 
ment, however,  and  racing  is  pro- 
hibited in  some  places. 


Campaign  for  Morale 


The  above  speaks  for  itself.  It  is  a  reproduction  of  an  advertisement, 
paid  for  by  Donahue  &  Coe,  which  appeared  in  the  New  York  Times 
yesterday.  Advertisements  carrying  similar  copy  will  run  in  full-page 
size  in  the  June  issues  of  11  film  fan  magazines,  without  charge,  as  a 
gesture  to  the  motion  picture  industry,  by  arrangement  with  Donahue 
&  Coe,  according  to  officials  of  the  agency. 


MORALE 

is  mightier  than  the  sword ! 


iK  I  OE  THL  factories  and  shipyards  of  America 
are  pouring  the  plain-?  ami  lank-,  the  gun-  and 
boat*  to  arm  ihtr  I'tiilrH  Nation-  in  lilt-  all-out 
(i^lit  for  Democracy. 

L)a\  t»v  »lav.  week  bv  week  our  power  mu>l 
grow  uniiL  ai  it?  flood,  it  sweeps  tlie  earth  cl»-an 
once  more  so  that  free  men  may  live  again  in 
|»eace  and  security. 

That  is  our  resolve —  and  from  tl  no  power 
uu  earth  shall  tuni  us. 

To  carry  it  through,  our  mind?  must  be  a- 
k<-cn  as  our  jwords.  our  hearts  a-  -trong  as  our 
tanks,  our  spirits  as  buoyant  as  our  planes.  For 
morale  is  3  mighty  force  — as  \ital  a-  the  mate- 
rials of  war  themselves. 


\ud  just  a-  it  is  the  job  of  some  industries  to 
provide  the  implements  that  will  k.-rp  Vm  riv- 
ing, keep  Vm  rolling,  and  krep  Vm  shooting, 
so  is  it  the  job  of  the  Motion  Picture  Indu-lrv 

to  keep  "em  smiling. 

Yes.  that  is  our  war-time  job.  »e  cannot 
build  comliat  piano  or  bombers  ...  we  cannot 
make  tank-  or  guns  or  shijts.  But  we  can  build 
morale — we  can  give  America  the  hours  of 
••arefree  relaxation  which  will  make  its  work 
hours  doubly  productive,  the  mental  -timulu- 
thal  will  rany  ns  on  and  on  with  heads  up 
through  dark  days  and  bright,  through  good 
news  ami  had  ...  to  \  ietorv. 


an  -  nnd  1 


ill! 


AMERICAN       MOTION       PICTURE  INDUSTRY 


,-uUb-hol  t~  Douhv  A  Car.  In 


Friday,  April  17,  1942 


MOTION  PICTURE  DAILY 


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Reviews 


"Ship  Ahoy" 

(M-G-M) 

AN  elaborately  staged  musical,  with  good  songs,  top  notch  dancing, 
first-rate  comedy  and  just  enough  of  a  plot  to  make  it  timely, 
"Ship  Ahoy"  should  spell  box-office  in  any  situation.  Verve  and  pace 
have  been  provided  by  the  direction  of  Edward  Buzzell,  and  the  film 
moves  swiftly. 

Tommy  Dorsey's  popular  orchestra  provides  the  music,  which  includes 
JXast  Call  for  Love,"  "Cape  Dance"  and  "Tampico."  Eleanor  Powell 
■»^s  some  of  the  best  dancing  of  her  career,  while  Red  Skelton  and  Bert 
Tlahr  do  some  expert  clowning.  Virginia  O'Brien's  "deadpan"  singing  is 
one  of  the  film's  highlights. 

Miss  Powell,  night  club  dancer,  signs  for  an  engagement  in  Puerto 
Rico.  She  is  asked  to  deliver  a  secret  magnetic  mine  as  a  service  for  the 
Government,  but  does  not  know  she  really  is  in  the  employ  of  enemy 
agents.  Meanwhile,  Skelton,  as  a  prolific  writer  of  adventure  stories, 
suffers  a  nervous  breakdown.  All  four,  Miss  Powell  and  Skelton,  and 
Miss  O'Brien  and  Lahr,  meet  on  ship  board  and  there  ensues  a  hilarious 
mixup  of  romance  and  spy  chasing.  Others  in  the  cast  include  William 
Post,  Jr.,  James  Cross,  Eddie  Hartman  (the  latter  two  in  a  good  dance 
routine),  Stuart  Crawford,  John  Emery  and  Bernard  Nedell.  Jack  Cum- 
mings  produced. 

Running  time,  95  minutes.  "G."*  Edward  Greif 

"Mississippi  Gambler" 

(Universal) 

Hollywood,  April  16 

DON'T  be  deceived  by  the  title,  folks,  for  this  is  no  saga  of  the  Deep 
South  in  the  era  of  the  sidewheelers.  It  is  another  telling  of  a  story 
about  a  newspaper  reporter  who  sets  out  to  track  down  a  gangster  and 
meets  a  girl  while  doing  so,  the  title  deriving  from  the  fact  that  the 
gangster  is  caught  in  Mississippi.  It  is  a  more  leisurely  and  less  exciting 
telling  of  the  tale  than  it  usually  gets  and  there  are  some  stretches  in 
which  the  pursuit  of  the  criminal  becomes  dilatory. 

Kent  Taylor  plays  the  reporter  and  John  Litel  the  principal  gangster, 
who  has  had  plastic  surgery  and  other  steps  taken  to  conceal  his  identity. 
It  is  by  means  of  a  dog,  recognizing  its  master  after  two  years  and 
despite  his  changed  appearance,  that  the  reporter  finally  unmasks  the 
murderer.  Frances  Langford,  singing  two  songs,  and  Claire  Dodd, 
singing  one,  are  the  girls  in  the  story,  the  singing  of  the  songs  occurring 
incidentally  and  without  particular  emphasis  or  relevancy. 

Shemp  Howard,  Wade  Boteler,  Douglas  Fowley,  Aldrich  Bowker, 
Eddie  Dunn,  Harry  Hayden,  Eddie  Acuff,  Paul  Phillips,  George  Reed, 
Alexander  Lockwood  and  Bob  Barron  are  the  others  in  the  cast.  Paul 
Malvern  produced  the  picture  with  John  Rawlins  directing  from  a  script 
by  Al  Martin  and  Roy  Chanslor.  It  assays  somewhat  less  entertainment 
than  is  par  for  this  type  of  product  from  this  source. 

Running  time,  61  minutes.  "G."*  Roscoe  Williams 

"About  Face" 

(Roach-Whit ed  Artists) 
*~pHIS  "Streamliner"  short-length  feature  produced  by  Hal  Roach  is 
*■  a  comedy  burlesque  on  the  Army,  featuring  William  Tracy  and  Joe 
Sawyer,  as  the  intellectual  type  of  young  sergeant  and  the  tough  old 
Army  sergeant,  respectively. 

The  result  is  comedy  which  often  verges  on  the  burlesque,  but  whose 
timeliness  and  speed  should  please  those  who  like  lively  comedy.  Jean 
Porter  plays  the  girl  who  continually  gets  in  the  way  of  Tracy's  bud 
ding  romance  with  Marjorie  Lord.  The  best  scene  occurs  when  Tracy 
by  accident  takes  Sawyer  into  a  stodgy  lecture  for  young  ladies  to  which 
Tracy  had  been  invited  by  Miss  Lord. 

The  conclusion  involves  a  slapstick  wrecking  of  rented  automobiles 
by  soldiers,  sailors  and  marines.  Fred  Guiol  produced  and  Kurt  Neu 
mann  directed  from  an  original  screenplay  by  Eugene  Conrad  and  Ed 
ward  E.  Seabrook. 

Running  time,  43  minutes.  "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Named  U.  A.  Salesman 

Kansas  City,  April  16. — Paul  Han- 
non,  formerly  with  Paramount  and 
RKO,  has  been  named  to  the  United 
Artists  sales  staff  here  by  W.  O. 
Truog,  manager,  succeeding  W.  J. 
Bradfield,  who  resigned  because  of  ill 
health. 


Club  Names  Directors 

Buffalo,  April  16. — Two  new  direc 
tors  of  the  local  Variety  Club  have 
been  elected  by  directors.  They  are 
Matthew  V.  Sullivan,  Jr.,  secretary 
and  Murray  Whiteman,  treasurer 
They  replace  W.  E.  J.  Martin,  whe 
held  the  two  posts  for  seven  years. 


Congratulations  to 


****** 


ON  ITS  THIRTIETH 
ANNIVERSARY 

and  sincere  thanks  for  giving  us 
the  privilege  of  supplying,  for 
Paramount  Pictures,  such  out- 
standing orchestras  as  those  of 

JIMMY 
DORSEY 

CLAUDE 
THORNHILL 


General  Amusement  Corp. 


THOMAS  G.  ROCKWELL,  PRESIDENT 


NEW  YORK,  CHICAGO,  BEVERLY  HILLS,  CINCINNATI,  LONDON 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  April  17,  1942 


Reviews 

"Moontide" 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

TEAN  GABIN,  brilliant  actor  of  pre-war  France,  herein  makes  his 
debut  as  an  American  screen  player,  and  scores  a  personal  success  no 
less  brilliant  that  in  his  most  notable  French  productions.  A  certain 
segment  of  the  American  screen  public  knows  of  Gabin  from  his  work 
in  those  importations,  and  for  the  others,  it  is  important  that  the  ex- 
hibitor sell  him.  He  and  his  performance  will  not  let  the  exhibitor 
down. 

Speaking  English  with  a  slight  and  pleasant  French  accent,  he  offers 
a  powerful  performance  as  the  dockworker  on  the  California  coast,  whose 
wanderlust  dies  under  the  influence  of  his  love  for  Ida  Lupino,  dock  waif 
whom  he  saves  from  attempted  suicide  in  the  ocean. 

It  is  a  simple  story,  told  with  a  keen  understanding  of  human  frailties, 
given  the  highest  quality  of  technical  production,  photographically  and 
otherwise,  and  endowed  with  perfect  casting.  John  O'Hara  wrote  an  ex- 
cellent screenplay  from  the  novel  by  Willard  Robertson,  and  Archie 
Mayo  gave  depths  and  focus  to  the  story  in  his  fine  direction.  Mark 
Hellinger  produced. 

Gabin,  wandering  dock  worker,  is  continuously  beset  by  his  companion, 
Thomas  Mitchell,  wholly  worthless,  who  lives  on  the  jobs  he  obtains  for 
Gabin.  He  bitterly  resents  the  love  of  Miss  Lupino  and  Gabin,  when  the 
latter  plans  to  settle  down  in  marriage  on  a  bait-selling  barge  on  the 
waterfront.  Mitchell  claims  to  be  sole  witness  to  Gabin's  "murder"  of  a 
bar  devotee,  when  Gabin  was  drunk,  while  Mitchell  himself  actually  was 
the  murderer.  Eventually,  unable  to  prevent  the  marriage,  performed 
in  a  scene  of  delightful  simplicity,  Mitchell  seriously  injures  Miss  Lupino 
and  is  himself  drowned  in  attempting  to  escape  Gabin.  That  scene,  too, 
is  a  highlight.  Claude  Rains,  as  a  night  watchman  whose  obvious  culture 
is  in  contrast  to  his  appearance  and  position,  offers  a  delightful  char- 
acterization as  the  friend  of  Gabin  and  Miss  Lupino. 

Running  time,  93  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


"Whispering  Ghosts" 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

MILTON  BERLE  is  the  star  and  the  picture  is  melodramatic,  with 
an  effective  setting.  Comedy  is  worked  into  it  and  the  combina- 
tion makes  for  a  good  package  of  laughs  and  thrills. 

It  places  the  glib-tongued  comedian,  as  a  radio  detective,  deep  in  a 
mystery  in  which  murder  and  an  assortment  of  weird  characters 
run  rampant  aboard  an  abandoned  ship  whose  slave-dealing  captain 
was  murdered  and  left  a  diamond  treasure  with  a  clue  as  to  where 
to  find  it.  Berle  ventures  aboard  with  his  pop-eyed,  ghost-fearing 
valet,  Willie  Best,  and  encounters,  among  others,  a  couple  of  actors 
whose  purpose  is  to  scare  Berle  off,  one  masquerading  as  the  harpy-like 
girl  friend  of  the  late  captain,  and  the  other  as  his  zany  first  mate.  . 

Brenda  Joyce  has  the  feminine  lead,  as  the  beneficiary  of  the  will. 
Berle  emits  a  constant  flow  of  flippant  remarks  before  solving  the 
mystery.  John  Shelton,  John  Carradine  and  Arthur  Hohl  are  in  sup- 
port.   Alfred  Werker  directed  and  Sol  Wurtzel  produced. 

Running  time,  75  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 

"The  Mad  Martindales" 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

f  fpHE  Mad  Martindales"  is  a  light-hearted,  innocuous  and  rather 
A  unusual  little  comedy,  set  in  San  Francisco  in  1900,  and  dealing 
with  the  neglected  mortgage  and  the  ruthless  collector.  An  assortment 
of  complications  involve  the  imperturbable  father  and  his  proposed  hous- 
ing development,  the  love-smitten  young  daughter  who  fancies  herself  a 
feminist,  and  the  older  daughter,  who  makes  a  hobby  of  collecting  en- 
gagement rings. 

Jane  Withers  and  Mar  jorie  Weaver  are  the  daughters  and  Alan  Mow- 
bray the  father.  Jimmy  Lydon,  Byron  Barr,  George  Reeves,  Charles 
Lane  and  Kathleen  Howard  are  in  support.  Based  upon  a  play  which  had 
been  taken  from  another  play,  the  picture  has  amusing  dialogue  and  is 
well  played,  but  the  entertainment  is  somewhat  limited  by  its  stage-like 
character,  with  few  compensating  screen  values  added.  Alfred  Werker 
directed  and  Walter  Morosco  produced. 

Running  time,  64  minutes.  "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 

"Donald's  Snow  Fight" 

(Disney  Productions) 

(RKO) 

Donald  Duck  battles  his  three 
nephews  in  a  clever  cartoon  that  is 
high  in  laugh  content.  Disney  has 
humor  in  every  detail  as  Donald 
starts  by  crashing  through  the 
nephews'  snowman  and  trying  it  again, 
not  knowing  that  the  second  snowman 
has  metal  framework.  Running  time, 
7  mins.    Release,  April  10. 


"Cactus  Capers" 

(Western  Musical) 

(RKO) 

Ray  Whitley  and  the  "Six  Bar 
Cowboys"  appear  in  this,  singing 
western  melodies  while  enacting  a 
story  which  has  little  substance.  The 
musical  numbers  are  pleasant  and 
should  appeal  to  western  fans.  Run- 
ning time,  17  mins.  Release,  April  24. 


"Symphony  Hour" 

(Disney  Productions) 

(RKO) 

This  is  topnotch  cartoon  comedy  of 
the  type  few  patrons  could  resist. 
Mickey  Mouse  is  the  conductor  of  a 
symphony  orchestra  that  includes 
Donald  Duck,  Goofy  and  various  other 
Disney  characters.  In  an  audition 
they  render  "Light  Cavalry  Overture," 
the  sponsor  is  impressed  and  the  radio 
show  is  set.  Goofy  drops  the  instru- 
ments down  an  elevator  shaft,  and  the 
boys  carry  on  with  very  funny  results. 
Running  time,  7  mins.  Release,  March 
20. 


Eight  New  Umpi  Tax 
Committees  Added 

The  personnel  of  eight  additional 
state  tax  committees  of  the  United 
Motion  Picture  Industry  was  an- 
nounced yesterday  by  Leon  J.  Bam- 
berger, executive  secretary  of  Umpi. 
A  total  of  39  local  committees  now 
have  been  set  up  as  part  of  Umpi's 
national  committee  on  taxation,  of 
which  Spyros  Skouras  is  chairman. 
Fifteen  more  state  committees  and  a 
Washington,  D.  C,  committee  are  to 
be  established. 

Following  is  the  personnel  of  the 
new  committees. 

Colorado:  Rick  Ricketson,  R.  J. 
Morrison  and  A.  P.  Archer;  Mary- 
land, Meyer  Leventhal,  William  K. 
Saxtqn,  Joseph  Young ;  Michigan, 
Ray  Branch,  David  Idzal,  John  How- 
ard ;  South  Carolina,  Warren  Irvin, 
chairman;  H.  R.  Berry,  J.  C.  Long, 
Scott  Lett;  Tennessee,  M.  A.  Light- 
man,  Kermit  Stengel,  G.  H.  Goff, 
Tom  Young;  Texas,  C.  W.  Sadler, 
L.  C.  Tidball,  John  Adams,  L.  Bickel ; 
Wisconsin,  Harry  Perlewitz,  H.  J. 
Fitzgerald,  Al  Kvool,  Charles  W. 
Trampe;  Wyoming,  E.  J.  Schulte, 
Ray  Davis,  R.  J.  Morrison. 

The  following  have  been  elected 
chairmen  of  committees  previously 
announced:  Harry  C.  Cohen,  South- 
ern California;  B.  E.  Hoffman,  Con- 
necticut ;  Fred  Strom,  Minnesota ;  H. 
L.  Ripps,  Central  New  York;  R.  W. 
Maw,  Western  New  York ;  Roy  L. 
Rowe,  North  Carolina ;  Charles  W. 
Clarke,  Oklahoma ;  Samuel  D. 
Schwartz,     Eastern      Pennsylvania ;  I 


*  "G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Fred  J.  Herrington,  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

The  following  have  been  added  to 
previously  reported  committees: 

James  C.  Quinn,  Southern  Califor- 
nia ;  Willis  Davis,  Georgia ;  Si  Myers, 
New  Jersey;  M.  J.  O'Toole,  Eastern 
Pennsylvania. 


St.  Louis  Price  Increase 

St.  Louis,  April  16. — Loew's  here 
has  raised  its  admission  scale  to  30,  40 
and  50  cents,  tax  included,  through 
the  week,  and  30,  40  and  55  cents  on 
weekends.  It  formerly  was  28,  40,  44 
and  56  cents. 


Miller  Urges  FCC 
Be  Prohibited  from 
Station  Interference 


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declaratory  rulings  by  the  FCC  which 
could  be  appealed  to  the  courts,  thus 
preventing  the  FCC  from  taking  away 
licenses  for  failure  to  comply  with 
Commission  rulings  before  the  courts 
had  an  opportunity  to  pass  on  them. 

Miller  said  the  FCC  was  assuming 
authority  over  business  managemedB 
by  requiring  voluminous  reports  Bjft 
stations  on  "every  phase  of  their 
financial  operations."  "It  has  also  by 
regulation  required  the  filing  of  prac- 
tically all  contracts  relating  to  the 
acquisition  and  broadcast  of  various 
types  of  program  material,"  he  de- 
clared. "But  further  than  this,  it  has 
attempted  by  regulation  to  control  the 
source  and,  consequently,  the  charac- 
ter, of  program  material  and  the  con- 
tractual or  other  arrangements  made 
by  the  licensee  for  the  acquisition  of 
such  material." 

Miller  also  alleged  that  the  FCC 
had  discriminated  against  newspaper 
applicants  for  broadcast  facilities. 
Earlier  in  the  day,  Robert  M.  Bing- 
ham and  Eugene  O.  Sykes,  represent- 
ing the  Federal  Communications  Bar 
Association,  urged  that  Congress  and 
not  the  FCC  should  determine  the  pol- 
icy toward  network  and  newspaper 
ownership  of  stations.  Bingham 
warned  of  discrimination  against 
newspapers  as  a  "dangerous  prece- 
dent" and  said  the  FCC  already  has 
all  of  the  information  necessary  for 
consideration  of  a  Congressional 
policy. 

3  More  CBS  Infl 
Shows  for  Soldiers 

Three  additional  programs  will  be 
sponsored  over  CBS  shortwave  for 
American  soldiers  abroad,  it  was  dis- 
closed yesterday.  These  bring  the 
total  to  six  since  the  CBS  shortwave 
stations  became  available  to  commer- 
cial sponsors  last  week. 

The  Wrigley  company,  which  do- 
nates the  time  for  "The  First  Line," 
a  non-commercial  morale  program  on 
CBS,  will  also  pay  for  the  shortwave 
time,  and  will  sponsor  "Melody 
Ranch,"  which  it  sponsors  on  the  do- 
mestic network.  U.  S.  Tobacco, 
which  sponsors  "The  Gay  Nineties." 
also  has  bought  time  for  the  program 
on  shortwave. 


CBS  Publicity  Dep't 
Voted  (Bestf  in  Poll 

The  CBS  publicity  department, 
headed  by  Louis  Ruppel,  was  voted 
the  best  network  publicity  department 
for  the  fourth  consecutive  year  in  the 
annual  poll  of  radio  editors  conducted 
by  Billboard.  NBC  was  second  and 
Mutual  third.  The  poll  also  adjudged 
network  publicity  services  as  best, 
with  independent  press  agents  as  a 
second  choice ;  stations,  third,  and  ad- 
vertising agencies,  fourth. 


Pep  Club  Concert  Tonight 

The  choral  society  of  the  Para- 
mount Pep  Club,  organization  of 
Paramount  home  office  personnel,  will 
give  a  concert  tonight  in  the  Grand 
Ballroom  of  the  Plaza  Hotel  for  the 
benefit  of  the  James  Buchanan  Brady 
Foundation  of  the  New  York  Hospi- 
tal.   Agnes  Mengel  is  in  charge. 


Alert, 


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NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  MONDAY,  APRIL  20,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


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Nat'l  Theatres 
To  Move  Main 
Office  to  Coast 


Chas.  Skouras  to  Appoint 
New  York  Executive 


Charles  Skouras  will  continue  as 
head  of  Fox  West  Coast  Theatres 
while  serving  as  president  of  Na- 
tional The- 
atres, it 
was  report- 
e  d  over 
the  week- 
end. Head- 
qu  a  rt  e  r  s  of 
National  The- 
atres will  be 
transferred  to 
Los  Angeles, 
with  the  New 
York  office, 
heret  ofore 
h  e  a  d  q  uar- 
ters  of  the  cir- 
cuit, supplementing  the  administra- 
tive operations  in  Los  Angeles. 

A  New  York  executive  for  the  cir- 
cuit, who  will  be  Skouras'  represen- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Charles  Skouras 


Appeals  Board  Asks 
First  Oral  Argument 

The  arbitration  appeals  board,  for 
the  first  time,  has  asked  for  oral  argu- 
ment in  the  clearance  case  of  the 
Dickinson  Theatre,  Mission,  Kan., 
when  the  appeal  is  heard  here  on 
April  29. 

Although  counsel  in  arbitration  ap- 
peals cases  have  frequently  requested 
oral  arguments,  the  board  has  never 
before  agreed  to  such  procedure. 

The  Dickinson  award,  which  was 
appealed  by  Fox  Kansas  City  Corp., 
was  handed  down  in  February  by  W. 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


'Saboteur'  Opens  in 
Capital  Wednesday 

Official  Washington  will  be  repre- 
sented in  force  at  the  opening 
Wednesday  evening  at  the  Keitli  The- 
atre there  of  "Saboteur,"  Frank  Lloyd 
production  for  Universal  release  di- 
rected by  Alfred  Hitchcock.  The  Sen- 
ate and  House  will  have  a  delegation 
of  58  members,  according  to  present 
plans. 

Members  of  the  Supreme  Court,  the 
Army  and  Navy  and  other  Govern- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


NW  Allied  to  Decide 
On  Appeal  This  Week 

Minneapolis,  April  19. — 
Northwest  Allied  members 
are  scheduled  to  meet  here 
this  week  to  discuss  the  ad- 
visability of  financing  an  ap- 
peal of  the  decision  holding 
the  State  anti-block-of-five 
law  unconstitutional. 

It  is  estimated  here  that  the 
appeal  may  cost  $2,500.  James 
F.  Lynch,  Ramsey  County  at- 
torney, has  stated  that  there 
are  no  public  funds  for  the 
purpose.  A  60-day  stay  of 
judgment  has  been  granted  to 
permit  preparation  of  an  ap- 
peal. 


Arrangements  Set 
For  Relief  Tour  of 
Hollywood  Caravan 


Routing  and  playing  arrangements 
for  the  Hollywood  Victory  Caravan, 
three-hour  musical  revue  with  about 
100  Hollywood  personalities,  was  an- 
nounced Saturday  by  the  functioning 
committee,  of  which  Stanton  Griffis  is 
chairman. 

The  Caravan  will  tour  13  key  cities, 
starting  in  Washington,  April  30,  for 
Army  and  Navy  relief. 

Members  of  the  functioning  com- 
mittee include  Abe  Lastfogel,  Bob 
Weitman,  Howard  Strickling,  Charles 
Feldman,  Mac  Krindler,  A.  M.  Bots- 
ford,  Ensign  Armand  Deutsch,  Eppy 
Epstein,  Art  Schmidt,  Mark  Sandrich 
and  Bob  Ritchie.  Sandrich  is  director 
of  the  show.  Alfred  Newman  is  musi- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


BIG  CUT  IN  STUDIO 
MATERIAL  SLATED 


Bond  Sales  in 
Theatres  Will 
Start  May  30 


The  nationwide  campaign  for  the 
sale  of  War  Savings  Bonds  and 
War  Savings  Stamps  in  approxi- 
mately 15,000 
theatres  will 
start  on  Sat- 
urday, May 
30,  Decoration 
Day,  it  was 
announced  Fri- 
day by  Joseph 
Bernhard 
chairman  of 
the  Theatres 
Division  of  the 
industry's  War 
Activities 
Commi  ttee. 
The  campaign 
will  continue 
for  the  duration  of  the  war. 

A  number  of  theatres  already  are 
active  in  the  sale  of  the  war  securi- 
ties, it  was  announced,  and  many 
more  are  expected  to  join  the  effort 
between  now  and  the  official  starting 
date,  by  which  time  virtually  every 
theatre  in  the  country  is  expected  by 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Joseph  Bernhard 


Coast  Group  Proposes  Donation  of 

Old  Prints  for  Blackout  Programs 

Los  Angeles,  April  19. — A  proposal  that  prints  of  films  now  out 
of  circulation  be  donated  to  theatres  in  blackout  areas  for  running 
when  regular  shows  are  completed  and  audiences  are  compelled  to 
remain  because  of  blackouts  will  be  made  to  the  distributors  by 
the  Los  Angeles  Theatre  Defense  Bureau,  it  was  disclosed. 

The  idea  was  suggested  by  Robert  H.  Poole,  PCCITO  executive 
secretary,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Bureau  Thursday  night  and  was 
adopted.  Under  the  proposal,  prints  would  be  stored  in  projection 
rooms  and  sealed  for  use  only  in  emergencies.  Following  their 
showing,  the  films  would  be  exchanged  among  theatres  to  provide 
a  new  emergency  program. 

So  far,  it  has  been  suggested  that  the  five  consenting  companies 
which  are  members  of  the  Umpi  be  approached  on  the  matter.  The 
proposal  has  been  discussed  with  William  F.  Rodgers,  Umpi  chair- 
man, and  he  is  said  to  favor  it. 

The  Bureau  plans  to  provide  an  emblem  for  theatres  cooperating 
in  the  emergency  in  this  area.  The  emblem  would  inform  patrons 
that  the  staff  is  trained  and  all  precaution  rules  are  being  observed. 
It  would  be  revoked  for  violations. 


Producers  Get  WPB  Data 
Tomorrow;  See  Product 
Output  Curtailed 


By  BERTRAM  F.  LINZ 

Washington,  April  19. — Repre- 
sentatives of  the  producers,  meet- 
ing with  War  Production  Board 
officials  on  Tuesday,  will  be  told 
that  the  studios  will  have  to  get 
along  with  considerably  less  ma- 
terial than  in  the  past  and,  in  fact, 
with  very  little  of  some  commodi- 
ties, it  was  indicated  here  today. 

Observers  feel  that  in  view  of 
this  situation  the  studios  will 
begin  immediate  consideration 
of  the  possibility  of  curtailing 
production.  Reports  are  that 
this  eventuality  is  not  unex- 
pected. 

The  producers,  and  the  exhibitors 
who  will  meet  with  the  WPB  on 
Wednesday,  will  be  given  detailed  in- 
formation regarding  the  WPB  pro- 
gram of  all-out  conversion  of  indus- 
try to  war  production.  As  part  of  this 
it  is  possible  that  the  studios  will  be 
asked  to  make  their  machine  tools 
available  to  the  aircraft  industry, 
either  by  turning  them  over  physically 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Lohrenz  Heads  U.A. 
Midwestern  District 

Rud  Lohrenz,  former  Warner  Mid- 
west district  manager,  was  appointed 
Midwest  district  manager  for  United 
Artists  by  Carl  Leserman,  general 
sales  manager,  on  Friday,  and  Sid 
Rose,  former  Chicago  branch  manager 
for  Warners,  was  appointed  United 
Artists  branch  manager  there. 

Lohrenz  will  supervise  Chicago,  In- 
dianapolis, Milwaukee  and  Minneapo- 
lis.   He  succeeds  Charles  Stern,  who 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Canada  Draft  Seen 
Hurting  Exhibition 

Montreal,  April  19. — The  problem 
of  operating  Canadian  houses  is  ex- 
pected to  become  aggravated  if  Can- 
ada's plebiscite  on  April  27  gives  the 
Government  license  to  exercise  more 
power  in  the  drafting  of  men  for  ac- 
tive army  service  at  home  and  abroad. 

Local  film  houses  have  lost  many 
employes  through  the  draft,  and  have 
replaced   these   losses   with  younger 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  April  20,  1942 


Personal  Mention 


W.  E.  Sells  Audio 
To  Speidell  Group 


Production  Methods 
Symposium  Set  for 
SMPE  Spring  Meet 

A  symposium  on  the  technique  of 
film  production  will  be  an  innovation 
at  the  31st  semi-annual  convention  of 
the  Society  of  Motion  Picture  Engi- 
neers, to  be  held  May  4-8  at  the 
Roosevelt  Hotel  in  Hollywood. 

Discussions  by  leading  technicians 
in  various  branches  of  production  will 
feature  the  symposium.  It  will  ex- 
tend through  four  technical  sessions 
on  three  days  of  the  five-day  meet- 
ing, and  will  trace  the  progress  of 
a  film  from  the  film  can  to  the  thea- 
tre. It  is  planned  to  print  the  sym- 
posium after  the  convention  in  a  single 
issue  of  the  SMPE  Journal. 

Numerous  other  technical  sessions 
are  scheduled  for  the  convention.  An 
informal  luncheon  will  open  the  meet- 
ing on  Monday,  May  4,  which  will 
be  addressed  by  prominent  industry 
figures.  A  general  session  will  fol- 
low that  afternoon,  and  the  first  of 
the  four  symposium  sessions  will  be 
held  that  evening,  with  the  others 
scheduled  for  Tuesday  evening  and 
Thursday  afternoon  and  evening. 

The  semi-annual  banquet  and  dance 
will  be  held  on  Wednesday  evening, 
May  6,  in  the  Blossom  Room  of  the 
Roosevelt.  Convention  arrangements 
are  in  charge  of  William  C.  Kunz- 
mann,  convention  vice-president  of  the 
SMPE.  Emery  Huse,  president,  will 
open  the  convention.  Reception  and 
local  arrangements  in  Hollywood  will 
be  handled  by  C.  W.  Handley. 

W.B.  Field  Staff  to 
Confer  on  'Dandy* 

Mort  Blumenstock,  Eastern  adver- 
tising and  publicity  head  for  Warners, 
will  hold  a  meeting  of  field  men  here 
this  week  to  develop  exploitation  plans 
for  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy."  Mit- 
chell Rawson,  Lee  Blumberg,  Gil 
Golden  and  Paul  Lazarus  of  the  home 
office  will  attend. 

The  field  men  will  include:  Jack 
Goldsmith  and  T.  O.  Baldridge, 
South;  William  Lewis,  Southwest; 
Monroe  Rubinger  and  Irving  Yergin, 
Midwest;  Phil  Engel,  New  England; 
Sam  Clark  and  Martin  Weiser,  Pa- 
cific Coast;  Ted  Todd,  Prairie,  and 
Glenn  Ireton,  Canada.  The  film  is 
scheduled  to  open  on  Broadway 
July  4. 

Companies  Aid  in 
Victory  Book  Drive 

Several  hundred  books  have  been 
donated  to  the  Victory  Book  Cam- 
paign for  service  men  by  the  Eastern 
story  departments  of  Paramount, 
Warners  and  other  companies,  in  re- 
sponse to  an  appeal  by  Leon  Bam- 
berger, executive  secretary  of  Umpi, 
his  office  announced  Friday.  Russell 
Holman  of  Paramount  and  Jacob 
Wilk  of  Warners  were  the  first  to  re- 
spond to  the  request,  it  was  said.  The 
appeal  was  addressed  to  all  Umpi 
member  companies. 


Selma  Hackman  Dies 

Chicago,  April  19. — Funeral  serv- 
ices will  be  held  here  tomorrow  for 
Selma  Hackman,  for  15  years  secre- 
tary to  Clyde  Eckhardt,  20th  Century- 
Fox  branch  manager  here.  She  died 
Thursday  after  an  illness.  She  had 
been  with  the  company  since  1922. 


BARNEY     BALABAN  returned 
from  the  Coast  over  the  weekend 
by  plane. 

• 

George  Bagnall,  vice-president  of 
United  Artists,  left  Hollywood  Satur- 
day for  New  York. 

• 

Edward  Small  is  scheduled  to  ar- 
rive from  the  Coast  this  morning. 
• 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rutgers  Neilson 
celebrated  their  20th  wedding  anni- 
versary over  the  weekend. 

• 

William    A.    Scully,  Universal 
vice-president  and  general  sales  man- 
ager, has  returned  from  the  Coast. 
• 

Gus  Schaefer,  RKO  New  Eng- 
land district  manager,  was  here  from 
Boston  at  the  weekend. 

• 

Sam  Cohen  of  United  Artists  is 
vacationing  at  Atlantic  City. 
• 

Mel  Evtdon,  Des  Moines  manager 
for  Columbia,  has  returned  from  a 
visit  to  Minneapolis. 

• 

Natale  DeFrancesco,  exhibitor  in 
Cheshire,  Conn.,  has  returned  from 
Miami  Beach. 

• 

Mrs.  Mary  Benjamin  of  Colum- 
bia's Des  Moines  exchange  is  vaca- 
tioning in  Springfield,  111. 


Wisconsin  Houses 
Increasing  Prices 

Milwaukee,  April  19. — An  in- 
crease of  admission  prices  in  various 
Wisconsin  areas  has  been  noted.  Lo- 
cally the  Riverside  has  dropped  its  30- 
cent  early  bird  admission  and  raised 
the  top  from  55  to  60  cents. 

In  Menasha,  the  Brin  has  raised 
its  prices  from  25  cents  to  30  cents, 
including  tax,  and  Fox's  Valley  in 
Menasha  has  also  raised  its  admis- 
sion from  30  to  35  cents.  Loge  admis- 
sions remain  at  40  cents.  The  Princess 
in  Superior  has  increased  the  adult 
admission  from  15  cents  to  20  cents, 
including  tax. 

The  Riverside's  admission  is  now  in 
line  with  the  Palace  and  Wisconsin, 
Fox  first  runs  here,  although  the  lat- 
ter houses  operate  on  a  straight  film 
policy  while  the  Riverside  has  been 
playing  films  and  stage  shows. 


Raise  Newport  News  Prices 

Newport  News,  Va.,  April  19. — Ad- 
missions have  been  advanced  at  three 
first  run  houses  here.  The  Paramount 
and  Palace  increased  top  prices  from 
44  cents  to  50  cents,  tax  inclusive, 
while  the  Wythe  advanced  from  38  to 
44  cents  top. 


Another  Tracy-Hepburn 

Hollywood,  April  19. — Spencer 
Tracy  and  Katharine  Hepburn  will 
be  teamed  again  by  M-G-M  in 
"Keeper  of  the  Flame,"  I.  A.  R.  Wy- 
lie  story.  Victor  Saville  will  produce. 


Fined  for  Sunday  Shows 

Jackson,  Miss.,  April  19. — Henry 
Seale  was  fined  $50  in  police  court 
here  for  operating  his  theatres  last 
Sunday.    An  appeal  will  be  taken. 


J ROBERT  RUBIN  arrived  from 
•  fhe  Coast  over  the  weekend. 
• 

Edwin  L.  Weisl  has  returned  from 
California. 

Sol  C.  Siegel  is  expected  here  to- 
day from  Hollywood. 

• 

Charles  Francis  Coe,  executive 
assistant  to  Will  H.  Hays,  is  sche- 
duled to  arrive  from  the  Coast  today. 
Hays  is  remaining  in  Hollywood  an- 
other week. 

• 

Alexander  Hall  arrived  from  the 
Coast  over  the  weekend. 

• 

Edelberto  de  Carrera,  circuit  ex- 
ecutive in  Havana,  has  been  elected 
president  of  the  Rotary  Club  of  Cuba. 
• 

D.  C.  Kennedy,  manager  of  the 
M-G-M  branch  in  Des  Moines,  is 
the  father  of  a  daughter,  born  late  last 
week. 

• 

G.  M.  Davis,  formerly  with  War- 
ner Bros,  in  Australia,  now  training 
in  Canada  with  the  Australian  Air 
Force,  is  visiting  here. 

• 

William  J.  Heineman  is  expected 
late  this  week  from  a  field  trip. 
• 

Sol  Baiano  of  the  Warner  studio 
visited  in  Chicago. 


Develop  Raid  Alarm 
For  Buffalo  Houses 

Buffalo,  April  19. — In  conjunction 
with  local  theatre  operators,  Police 
Commissioner  Jeremiah  R.  Cronin  has 
worked  out  a  plan  whereby  all  Buffalo 
theatres  will  be  notified  of  a  blackout 
or  an  alert  within  eight  minutes  of  the 
time  the  signal  will  be  given.  The  sig- 
nal will  emanate  from  Shea's  Buffalo, 
which  will  receive  the  first  warning 
directly  from  police  headquarters. 

Shea's  Buffalo  then  will  call  three 
designated  theatres  which  in  turn,  will 
phone  two  others  and  so  on  until  all 
theatres  have  been  notified.  In  cases 
where  theatres  do  not  have  phones, 
runners  will  notify  them.  Further,  a 
great  majority  of  local  houses  will 
have  short  wave  radio  sets  installed 
and  tuned  in  on  the  wave-length  of 
WMJ,  Buffalo  police  radio  station. 
This  will  serve  as  a  check  for  those 
theatres  in  the  event  of  an  alert  or 
blackout. 

Indianapolis  Club 
Officers  Installed 

Indianapolis,  April  19. — Kenneth 
T.  Collins  has  been  installed  as  chief 
barker  of  the  local  Variety  Club. 

Others  inducted  were :  Arthur  Lan- 
des,  first  assistant  chief  barker ;  Law- 
rence McGinley,  second  assistant ;  Al 
Blocher,  dough  guy,  and  Claude  Mc- 
Kean,  property  master.  Canvasmen  in- 
stalled were :  Curtis  Butler,  Harold 
Stephens,  Morris  Lefko,  George  Lan- 
dis,  Joseph  Neger,  Marc  Wolf,  Carl 
Niesse,  A.  C.  Zaring  and  Frank  Rich- 
ard Frank. 


Ronald  Reagan  in  Service 

Hollywood,  April  19.  —  Ronald 
Reagan  left  today  for  Ft.  Mason,  San 
Francisco,  for  active  duty  with  the 
cavalry. 


Audio  Productions,  Inc.,  a  Western 
Electric  subsidiary  and  producer  of 
industrial,  advertising  and  training 
films,  has  been  sold  by  Western  Elec- 
tric to  Frank  K.  Speidell,  Audio  pres- 
ident, it  was  announced  yesterday  by 
T.  Kennedy  Stevenson,  vice-president 
of  W.  E. 

Speidell  acted  for  himself  and  f 
tain  associates  and  interests  r^^ 
senting  outside  capital,  according^ro 
the  announcement,  among  them  Film 
Institute,  Inc.,  headed  by  Lawrence 
J.  Fox,  Jr.,  who  will  become  treasurer 
of  Audio.  Joseph  Cullman,  Howard 
S.  Cullman  and  John  F.  Wharton  are 
members  of  the  board  of  Film  Insti- 
tute. 

Herman  Roessle  will  continue  as 
vice-president  of  Audio,  and  P.  J. 
Mooney  as  secretary,  together  with 
Speidell  as  president.  Headquarters 
and  general  offices  of  Audio  are  in  the 
Film  Center  Building.  The  company 
is  producing  training  and  other  films 
for  the  Government. 

Hanson  Takes  16mm. 
Para.  Canada  Rights 

Toronto,  April  19. — Oscar  R.  Han- 
son has  acquired  all  Canadian  16mm. 
distribution  rights  to  Paramount  prod- 
uct, to  be  sold  through  a  new  com- 
pany, Hanson  16mm.  Movies,  Ltd., 
with  headquarters  here. 

Representatives  will  open  branches 
in  Montreal,  Winnipeg  and  Vancou- 
ver, Hanson  said.  He  will  continue 
Pioneer  Films,  Ltd.,  handling  Mono- 
gram and  independent  features.  Para- 
mount 16mm.  product  formerly  was 
released  in  Canada  through  N.  L.  Na- 
thanson's  company. 


Set  New  Crawford  Film 

Hollywood,  April  19. — Joan  Craw- 
ford will  star  in  "Reunion  in  Rotter- 
dam," by  Ladislaus  Bus-Fekete,  for 
M-G-M,  with  Joseph  Mankiewicz  pro- 
ducing. The  studio  has  given  new  con- 
tracts to  Kathryn  Grayson  and  Donna 
Reed,  the  studio  announced. 


Critic  Turns  Producer 

Manuel  Pena  Rodriguez,  motion 
picture  critic  for  La  Nacion,  Buenos 
Aires,  for  15  years,  has  resigned  and 
is  now  heading  production  for  Pan 
Americana  Studio  in  Buenos  Aires, 
according  to  word  received  by  Norton 
V.  Ritchey,  Monogram  foreign  chief. 


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Monday,  April  20,  1942 


Providence  Strong; 
'Fleet'  Gets  $11,200 


Providence,  April  19.  —  It  was  a 
generally  good  week.  "The  Fleet's 
In"  and  "Sleepytime  Gal"  at  the 
Strand  accounted  for  $11,200,  and 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  and 
"Night  Before  the  Divorce"  at  the 
Majestic  drew  $10,800. 

Estimated   receipts  for   the  week 
ending  April  8-9 : 
"Look  Who's  Laughing"  (RKO) 
"All  That  Money  Can  Buy"  (RKO) 

RKO-ALBEE — (2,239)      (28c-39c-50c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $9,000.     (Average,  S6.000) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS    STATE— (3,232)  (28c-39c-50c) 
7  davs.     Gross:  $10,000.   (Average,  $11,000) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 
"Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th- Fox) 

MAJESTIC  (2,250)    (28c-39c-50c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $10,800.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Fleefs  In"  (Para) 
"Sleepytime  Gal"  (Rep.) 

STRAND— (2,200)  (28c-39c-50c) 
Gross:   $11,200.     (Average,  $6,000) 
"Heart  of  the  Rio  Grande"  (Rep.) 

FAY'S— (1,800)  (20c-33c-44c)  7  days, 
show  with  Bill  Elliot,  Chappelle 
Honan,  The  Grant  Family,  De  Kosta  and 
Lenore,  William  Ames,  jack  Hoist  and 
Milady,  Bud  Harris  and  Howell,  Al  Jahns 
Orchestra,  Gross:  $5,800.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"Duke  of  the  Navy"  (P.  R.  C.) 

METROPOLITAN  —  (3,045)  (30c  -39c.55c- 
75c)  2  days.  Stage  show  with  Jimmy 
Durante,  Bob  Allen  and  Orchestra,  Pops 
and  Louie,  Nan  Rae  and  Mrs.  Waterfall. 
Gross:  $4,800.  (3-day  average,  $5,000) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (20th- Fox) 
"A  Gentleman  at  Heart"  (20th-Fox) 

CARLTON— (1,526)    (28c-39c-50c)   7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $2,900.    (Avertge,  $3,500) 
"Birth  of  the  Blues"  (Para)  (3  days) 
'Tather  Takes  a  Wife"  (Para.)  (J  days) 
"Hellzapoppin"    (Univ.)    (4  days) 
"Roxie  Hart"  (20th-Fox)  (4  days) 

EMPIRE — (1,200)  (20c-28c)  2nd  run. 
Gross:   $2,200.     (Average,  $2,000) 


7  days, 


Stage 
and 


Minneapolis  Gives 
'Fleet'  Big  $11,000 

Minneapolis,  April  19.  —  "The 
Fleet's  In"  attracted  a  big  $11,000  at 
the  State  while  "Ride  'Em  Cowboy" 
took  S8,500  at  the  Orpheum. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  10 : 

"Paris  Calling"  (Univ.) 

WORLD — (350)  (30c-40c-50c-60c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross.  $2,200.  (Average,  $1,600) 
"Confirm  or  Deny"  (ZOth-Fox) 

GOPHER— (998)    (30c)    7   davs.  Gross: 
$3,000.     (Average,  $2,500) 
"Remember  the  Day"  (20th-Fox) 

CENTURY— (1,600)    (30c-40c-50c)  \ 
Gross:  $5,000.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM — (2,800)  (30c-40c-50c)  \ 
Gross:  $8,500.    (Average,  S5.500) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

STATE  —  (2,500)     (30c-40c-50c)  7 
Gross:  $11,000.     (Average.  $6,000) 
"Torpedo  Boat"  (Para.)  2  days 
"Young  American"  (28th-Fox)  2  days 
"Castle  in  the  Desert"   (20th-Fox)  S  days 
'Tour  Jacks  and  a  Jill"  (RKO)  5  days 

ASTER— (900)  (20c-30c)  7  davs.  Gross: 
S2,10Q.    (Average,  $1,600) 


days. 


days. 


day; 


Woman'  at  $13,000 
Leads  in  Montreal 

Montreal,  April  19. — "Woman  of 
the  Year"  at  Loew's  scored  $13,000. 
"Son  of  Fury"  at  the  Palace  took 
$10,500. 

Estimated   receipts    for   the  week 
ending  April  9 : 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  —  (2,900)    (35c-40c-60c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $13,000.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Son  of  Fury"  (20th-Fox) 

PALACE— (2,200)     (30c-45c-62c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $10,500.    (Average.  $7,000) 
"The  Fleefs  In"  (Para.) 
"Glamor  Boy"  (Para.) 

CAPITOL— (2,800)    (30c-45c-62c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $7,800.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Dangerously  We  Live"  (W.  B.) 
"Tramp,  Tramp"  (Col.) 

PRINCESS— (2,200)    (27c-34c-47c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,800.    (Average,  $2,700) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 

ORPHEUM— (1,000)  (30c-40c-60c)  7  days. 
Gress:  $5,000.    f Average,  $4,000) 


Reviews 


"The  Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die" 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

J  LOYD  NOLAN  scores  again  as  the  hard-boiled  detective,  Mi- 
chael  Shayne,  in  the  most  recent  yarn  of  that  sleuth's  exploits. 
The  story  has  everything  to  please  an  audience — lots  of  horror,  bal- 
anced by  solid  laughs,  and  tied  together  with  a  logical  plot  develop- 
ment. The  film  has  been  edited  down  to  essentials  by  Herbert  I.  Leeds, 
director,  and  it  moves  along  briskly  for  a  pleasant  hour  of  entertain- 
ment. 

Shayne  is  called  in  to  solve  some  murders  and  attempted  murders 
committed  by  a  "corpse"  which  won't  stay  buried.  He  charges  an 
extra  $100  fee  when  he  learns  that  he  has  to  pose  as  Marjorie  Weav- 
er's husband  but,  aside  from  that  deviation  from  his  regular  routine, 
he  proceeds  to  his  usual  orderly  solution. 

In  bit  parts,  Olin  Howland  and  Jeff  Corey,  as  the  local  police  chief 
and  coroner,  respectively,  are  good  foils  for  Shayne's  wit  and  should 
draw  laughs.  A  well-rounded  cast  includes  Helen  Reynolds,  Henry 
Wilcoxon,  Richard  Derr,  Paul  Harvey,  Bill  Bevan  and  several  others. 
Sol  M.  Wurtzel  was  executive  producer. 

Running  time,  65  minutes.     "G."*  Edward  Greif 


"Suicide  Squadron" 

(Republic) 

PRODUCED  in  England  by  William  Sistrom  but  localed  for  the 
most  part  in  this  country,  "Suicide  Squadron"  has  a  fresh  slant  on 
drama  with  a  war  background.  The  picture  on  the  whole  is  milder 
than  the  title,  but  although  there  are  instances  when  wordiness  retard 
the  movement,  it  is  an  interesting  drama. 

Anton  Walbrook  and  Sally  Gray  are  in  the  top  roles  with  Derrick 
De  Marney,  Cecil  Parker,  Percy  Parsons  and  Keneth  Kent  in  support. 
It  opens  in  England,  where  attempts  to  restore  Walbrook's  memory  are 
finally  successful.  The  story  begins  at  that  point  as  he  looks  back,  first 
to  Warsaw  where  during  a  raid  he  met  Miss  Gray,  an  American  re- 
porter. He,  as  a  Polish  flier  and  outstanding  pianist,  leaves  for  a 
neutral  country  just  prior  to  Poland's  capitulation,  subsequently  journeys 
to  New  York  for  a  concert  tour  for  Polish  relief  with  his  colleague, 
De  Marney,  meets  Miss  Gray  again  and  they  are  married. 

Both  the  tour  and  marriage  are  successful  but  the  ever-present  shadow 
of  war  incites  him  to  return  to  battle.  He  joins  De  Marney  in  the 
Polish  division  of  the  R.  A.  F.  This  leads  to  his  intentional  crash  with 
an  enemy  plane,  when  his  ammunition  supply  had  gone,  which  causes 
the  lapse  in  memory.  The  aerial  combat  here  is  very  effective.  Brian 
Desmond  Hurst  directed  the  film. 

Running  time,  83  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


Billy  the  Kid  Trapped" 

(Producers  Releasing) 

DUSTER  CRABBE  continues  in  the  title  role  of  the  western  series 
-D  and  has  with  him  the  prairie  comic,  Al  St.  John,  and  a  third  partner, 
Bud  McTaggart,  in  his  battle  against  the  typical  assortment  of  bad  men. 
A  quantity  of  gunplay  and  fighting  comes  with  the  unfolding  of  a 
routine  story. 

As  it  opens,  the  trio,  jailed  for  a  murder  of  which  they  are  innocent, 
are  mysteriously  released  while  the  sheriff  is  engaged  in  a  gun  battle. 
A  series  of  robberies  and  murders  by  outlaws  masquerading  as  Crabbe 
and  his  partners  follows.  Crabbe,  St.  John  and  Taggart  find  the  hiding 
place  of  their  doubles  and  finally  bring  them  to  book.  Ann  Jeffreys,  Glenn 
Strange,  Walter  McGrail  and  Ted  Adams  are  in  support.  Sherman 
Scott  directed. 

Running  time,  59  minutes.  "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


'Kings  Row'  $10,600 
Cincinnati  Leader 


"Guerrilla  Brigade" 

( A  rtkino-Burstyn) 

HPHE  role  of  the  Soviet  guerrilla  bands  in  resisting  invasion  gives  this 
A  picture  timely  exploitation  value,  although  the  story  concerns  the 
struggle  of  the  Ukrainians  against  the  German  army  of  occupation  in  1918. 

The  plot  is  developed  in  episodic  fashion,  dealing  with  frequent 
skirmishes  and  reprisals.  Each  small  victory  carries  the  story  closer  to 
its  climax  and  it  winds  up  with  seizure  of  an  important  city  held  by  the 
Germans.  The  ending  is  an  entertaining  comedy  sequence  with  the 
German  general  staff  surrendering  to  a  motley  crew  of  guerrilla  "officers." 
English  titles  carry  the  story. 

Running  time,  73  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Cincinnati,  April  19.  —  "Kings 
Row"  gave  the  RKO  Capitol  a  smash 
$10,600,  and  at  the  RKO  Albee,  "The 
Fleet's  In"  grossed  §14,000.  Business 
at  the  other  houses  was  only  fair. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  8-11. 

"The  Fleefs  In"  (Para.) 

RKO  ALBEE— (3,300)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  .1<»  — 
Gross:  $14,000.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-GVjr 

RKO  PALACE— (2,700)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,500.  (Average. 
$10,000) 

"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 

RKO  SHUBERT— (2,150)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $3,800.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

RKO   CAPITOL— (2,000)    (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $10,600.    (Average.  $5,500) 
"Mr.  Bug  Goes  to  Town"  (Para.) 
"Hayfoot"  (U.  A.) 

RKO    GRAND— (1,500)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $4,200.    (Average.  $5,000) 
"The  Lady  Is  Wfflmg"  (Col.) 

RKO  LYRIC— (1,400)  (28c-33c-42c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $2,800.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Fighting  Bill  Fargo"  (Univ.) 
"Man  With  Two  Lives"  (Mono.) 

RKO  FAMILY — (1,000)  (15c-28c)  4  days. 
Gross:  $1,100.    (Average,  $1,200) 
"Duke  of  the  Navy"  (PRC) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

RKO  FAMILY—  (1,000)  (15c-28c)  3  days. 
Gross:  $800.    (Average,  $800) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.  B.) 

KEITH'S—  (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c) 
Gross:  $2,800.    (Average,  $5,000) 


7  days. 


'Roxie  Hart'  Draws 
$21,000  in  Capital 

Washington,  April  19. — Continuing 
good  business  saw  the  lead  taken  by 
"Roxie  Hart"  and  a  vaudeville  bill  at 
Loew's  Capitol,  with  $21,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ended  April  8-9 : 

"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S    PALACE— (2,300)    (40c-60c)  7 
days.   Gross:  $16,000.    (Average,  $15,000) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER'S  EARLE— (2,200)  (28c-39c-55c- 
66c-77c)  7  days.    On  stage:  Carol  King.  14 
Co-eds,  4  Arnaut  Bros.,  Roxyettes.  Gross: 
$19,700.    (Average,  $15,000) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (20th-Fox) 

LOEW'S  COLUMBIA— (1,250)  (28c-44c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $5,600.    (Average.  $3,500) 
"Roxie  Hart"  (ZDth-Fox) 

LOEW'S  CAPITOL— (3.434)  (28c-39c-44c- 
66c)  7  days.  On  stage:  Paul  Haakon.  Pat- 
ricia Bowman,  Sylvia  &  Clemence,  Robert 
Williams,  Rhythm  Rockets.  Gross:  $21,000. 
(Average.  $15,500) 
"Mr.  Buy  Goes  to  Town"  (Para.) 

WARNER'S  METROPOLITAN  —  (1,600) 
(28c-44c)  7  days.  Gross:  $4,600.  (Average. 
$4,000) 


'Cowboy'  in  Buffalo 
Tallies  Big  $14,000 

Buffalo,  April  19. — "Ride  'Em 
Cowboy"  took  a  big  $14,000  at  the 
Lafayette.  "Law  of  the  Tropics"  and 
Ina  Ray  Hutton  and  her  band  on  the 
stage  led  here  with  a  smash  $15,800 
at  the  Twentieth  Century. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  11 : 

"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

"Mr.  Bug  Goes  to  Town"  (Para.) 

BUFFALO  —  (3,489)     (35c-55c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $11,100.    (Average,  $12,200) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (20th-Fox) 

GREAT  LAKES— (3,000)  (35c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $11,400.    (Average,  $8,000) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 
"This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

HIPPODROME— (2.100)  (35c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,700.    (Average.  $7,000) 
"Law  of  the  Tropics"  (W.  B.) 

TWENTIETH  CENTURY—  (3,000)  (30c- 
35c-55c)  7  days.  Ina  Ray  Hutton  and  her 
band  on  stage,  with  the  LeBrun  Sisters. 
Lew  Parker,  The  Jansleys,  Stuart  Foster 
and  Evelyn  Farney.  Gross:  $15,800.  (Aver- 
age. $9,000) 

"Ride  'Em,  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Bombay  Clipper"  (Univ.) 

LAFAYETTE— (3,000)  (35c-50c)  7  days 
Gross:  $14,000.    (Average.  $6,500) 


Monday,  April  20,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


5 


•  Short  Subject  Reviews  • 


Bond  Sales  in 
Theatres  Will 
Start  May  30 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

the  WAC  to  participate  in  the  nation- 
wide campaign. 

♦  'Sponsored  by  the  theatres  division, 
■J  drive  will  reach  a  potential  buying 
audience  of  85,000,000  persons  weekly, 
Bernhard  indicated,  based  on  the  esti- 
mated average  weekly  attendance  at 
the  nation's  film  theatres. 

Theatres  will  show  trailers  and 
other  promotion  films.  According  to 
the  plans  developed,  there  will  be  no 
collections  or  interruptions  in  the  the- 
atre progams.  Attendants  at  booths 
at  advantageous  locations  in  theatre 
lobbies  will  handle  the  sales  of  bonds 
and  stamps  to  patrons. 

Details  of  the  drive  were  worked 
out  by  the  War  Activities  Committee 
with  the  Treasury  Department.  The 
Hollywood  Victory  Committee  has 
pledged  its  cooperation. 


Tripoli'  at  $17,000 
Pittsburgh's  Best 

Pittsburgh,  April  19. — "To  the 
Shores  of  Tripoli"  opened  the  new  J. 
P.  Harris  with  a  big  $17,000  despite 
inclement  weather  and  a  defense  par- 
ade. "The  Male  Animal"  hit  $15,000 
at  Loew's  Penn. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  9 : 

"Roxie  Hart"  (20th-Fox) 

FULTON  —  (1,700)    (30c-40c-55c)   7  days. 
Gross:   $7,000.     (Average.  $7,000) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 

J.    P.    HARRIS— (2.500)    (30c-40c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $17,000 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 

LOEW'S  PENN  (3,400)  (30c-40c-55c)  7 

days.  Gross:  $15,000.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  To  Be"  (U.  A.) 

RITZ— (800)     (30c-40c-55c)    7    days,  3rd 
week.    Gross:  $2,500.    (Average.  $3,000) 
"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (ZOth-Fox) 

SENATOR— (1,800)    (30c-40c-55c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $4,300.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"Wild  Bill  Hickock  Rides" 

STANLEY — (3,600)  (30c -44c -60c -66c)  7 
days.  On  stage:  Wayne  King's  Orchestra. 
Chris  Cross,  Ross  Wyse.  Jr..  and  June 
Mann,  Berry  Sisters.  Gross:  $22,000. 
(Average,  $20,800) 

"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 
"Mr.  and  Mrs.  North"  (M-G-M) 

WARNER— (2,000)  (30c-40c-S5c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,500.    (Average,  $5,000) 


'Boots'  Is  Toronto 
Best  Bet  at  $10,500 

Toronto,  April  19.  —  "They  Died 
With  Their  Boots  On"  at  the  Imperial 
was  the  leader  at  $10,500.  "Ball  of 
Fire"  grossed  $9,500  in  the  second 
week  at  Shea's. 

Estimated   receipts    for   the  week 
ending  April  1 1 : 
"Joan  of  Paris"  (RKO) 

EGLINTON— (1,086)  (18c-30c-48c-60c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $4,800.  (Average, 
$4,500) 

"They  Died  With  Their  Boots  On"  (W.  B.) 

IMPERIAL— (3,373)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $10,500.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S— (2,074)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-78c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 

SHEA'S  —  (2,480)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Average. 
$9,000) 

"Confirm  or  Deny"  (20th -Fox) 
"Rise  and  Shine"  (ZOth-Fox) 

TIVOLI— (1,434)  (12c-18c-30c-48c)  6  days. 
Gross:  $4,200.    (Average,  $3,900) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

UPTOWN-(2,761)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days,  2nd   week.    Gross:  $9,500.  (Average, 


"Mr.  Strauss  Takes 
a  Walk" 

(Madcap  Models) 

(Paramount) 

The  Mr.  Strauss  of  the  title  is  Jo- 
hann  Strauss  and  he  takes  a  walk  in 
the  woods  where  the  chirping  birds, 
the  tapping  woodpecker,  etc.,  inspire 
his  waltz,  "The  Tales  of  the  Vienna 
Woods."  This  clever  George  Pal 
short,  in  which  puppets  are  used,  is 
fairly  enjoyable.  Running  time,  8 
mins.    Release,  May  8. 

"There  Ain't  No 
Such  Animal" 

(Hollywood  Novelty) 

(Warners) 

From  far-off  Australia  comes  a  col- 
lection of  weird  animals  and  fish. 
They  were  collected  on  the  great  bar- 
rier reef  of  Australia  and,  with  the 
exception  of  several  huge  turtles,  are 
quite  probably  unlike  anything  the 
audience  here  has  ever  seen  before. 
There  are  some  unusual  shots  of  tur- 
tle eggs  being  hatched  and  the  promi- 
nence of  Australia  in  the  headlines 
should  heighten  interest  in  the  short. 
Running  time,  10  mins.  Release, 
May  9. 

'Frankenstein'  Hits 
$8,000  in  St.  Louis 

St.  Louis,  April  19. — "Ghost  of 
Frankenstein"  drew  a  strong  $8,000 
at  the  St.  Louis,  paired  with  "Among 
the  Living."  "The  Fleet's  In"  and 
"Bahama  Passage"  scored  $8,000  at 
the  Missouri.    The  weather  was  wet. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  8: 

"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Man  Who  Returned  To  Life"  (Col.) 

LOEW'S— (3,162)  (30c-40c-50c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $15,800.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 
"Tragedy  at  Midnight"  (Rep.) 

AMBASSADOR — (3,154)     (30c-40c-50c)  7 
days.     Gross:   $11,500.     (Average,  $11,500) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 
"Two  Yanks  m  Trinidad"  (Col.) 

FOX— (5,038)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$10,000.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 

MISSOURI— (3,154)   (30c-40c-50c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $8,000.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Ghost  of  Frankenstein' '  (Univ.) 
"Among  the  Living"  (Para.) 

ST.  LOUISr-(4,000)  (25c-35c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,000.    (Average,  $2,600) 

'Fleef  Gets  $10,000, 
Tops  Indianapolis 

Indianapolis,  April  19.  —  "The 
Fleet's  In"  and  "Fly  by  Night"  did 
$10,000  at  the  Indiana  in  a  week  of 
mild  weather.  At  Loew's,  "The 
Jungle  Book"  and  "Born  to  Sing" 
took  $9,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  8-10. 

"The  Male  Animal''  (W.B.) 
"Bullet  Scars"  (W.B.) 

CIRCLE —  (2,800)     (28c-33c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $7,000.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"Fly  by  Night"  (Para.) 

INDIANA— (3,200)    (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $10,000.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  —  (2,800)   (28c-33c-44c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $9,500.    (Average,  $8,000) 
"The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 
"Treat  'Em  Rough"  (Univ.) 

LYRIC  —  (2,000)  (28c-33c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,700.    (Average,  $4,500) 


"Glacier  Park 

and  Watterton  Lakes" 

(Fitzpatrick  Traveltalk) 

(M-G-M) 

A  good  travelogue  comes  of  the 
producer-commentator's  visit  to  Gla- 
cier National  Park  in  Montana  and 
northward  into  Canada.  The  glacier 
and  lake  regions  made  ideal  material 
and  the  Fitzpatrick  crew  recorded  it 
in  color  expertly.  Running  time,  9 
mins.  Release,  April  11. 


"Shoot  Yourself 
Some  Golf" 

(Sports  Parade) 

( Warners) 

Jane  Wyman  and  Ronald  Reagan  go 
out  on  the  golf  course  to  pick  up  some 
pointers.  They  meet  Jimmy  Thomson, 
who  holds  the  world's  record  for  the 
longest  drive,  and  Jack  Redmond,  the 
trick  shot  specialist.  Thomson  gives 
some  good  instruction  to  Reagan, 
which  will  be  appreciated  by  the 
golfers  in  the  audience.  Meanwhile, 
Redmond  entertains  Miss  Wyman  and 
the  non-golfers  with  the  trick  shots. 
Film  fans  should  also  enjoy  the  in- 
formal shots  of  Miss  Wyman  and 
Reagan.  Running  time,  10  mins.  Re- 
lease, April  4. 


"Horton  Hatches 
the  Egg" 

(Merrie  Melodies) 

( S  Me  singer-  Warners) 

Here  is  a  really  unusual  color  car- 
toon which  should  be  popular  with 
adults  and  is  ideal  for  children.  Based 
on  a  children's  story  by  Dr.  Seuss,  it 
tells  a  whimsical  tale  of  a  pink  ele- 
phant who  promises  to  hatch  an  egg 
for  a  lazy  bird.  The  bird  goes  off  on 
a  year's  vacation  while  Horton  the 
elephant  suffers  the  tribulations  of 
Winter  weather  and  the  scorn  of  the 
other  animals.  Horton  is  carried  off 
to  a  circus,  with  his  tree,  nest,  egg 
and  all.  Just  when  the  egg  begins  to 
hatch,  the  mother  bird  returns  to 
claim  it,  but  Horton  is  rewarded  when 
the  egg  hatches  into  a  little  flying  ele- 
phant. Running  time,  9  mins.  Re- 
lease, April  11. 


"The  Quiz  Kids,  No.  Ql-4" 

(Paramount) 

The  brilliant  youngsters  discuss 
various  subjects,  including  mythology, 
without  the  use  of  the  encyclopedia 
which  many  adults  would  require.  Joe 
Kelly  continues  as  quizmaster  in  the 
short,  which  is  equal  to  anything  pro- 
duced in  the  series.  Running  time,  11 
mins.    Release,  April  17. 


NEW 


JEAN  GAB  IN 


is  coming  in 

MOONTIDE 

co-starring  with 

IDA  LUPINO 

with  Claude  Rains 
Thomas  Mitchell 

Directed  by  ARCHIE  MAYO 
Screenplay  by  John  O'Hara 


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Monday,  April  20,  1942 


Showmanship  Flashes 


Big  Reduction 
In  Supply  for 
Studios  Seen 


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or  by  subcontracting  to  do  some  of 
the  work  in  which  the  plane  makers 
now  are  hampered  by  lack  of  tools. 

Washington  officials  are  said  to 
have  been  studying  this  situation,  and 
to  have  found  that  many  of  the  stu- 
dios have  very  complete  shops  for 
wood-working  and  some  metal-work- 
ing. Meanwhile,  the  plane  manufac- 
turers have  been  short  of  tools,  par- 
ticularly since  many  of  those  they  had 
contracted  for  have  been  turned  over 
for  lend-lease  export. 

The  production  requirements  plan, 
gradually  being  extended  to  all  indus- 
try and  under  which  manufacturers 
estimate  their  needs  of  scarce  mate- 
rials on  a  three-months  basis,  also  will 
be  discussed  at  the  meeting.  The  plan 
may  be  adopted  for  the  industry  al- 
most immediately,  instead  of  prefer- 
ence rating  orders,  which  are  to  be 
eliminated. 


Studio -Gov't  Plan 
In  Britain  Urged 

London,  April  19. — Closer  coopera- 
tion between  the  British  Government 
and  film  producers  and  technicians 
was  urged  here  today  in  the  chief 
address  of  Anthony  Asquith,  president, 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Associa- 
tion of  Cine  Technicians. 

Surveying  the  place  of  films  in  the 
war  effort,  Asquith  declared  the  Gov- 
ernment realizes  that  films  are  vital  as 
an  aggressive  weapon,  but  is  only  be- 
ginning to  realize  the  importance  of 
a  planned  policy  for  their  best  use. 
He  appealed  for  closer  cooperation 
among  the  technicians  of  all  the  Al- 
lied Nations  not  only  in  the  war  but 
in  the  post-war  period. 

A  message  of  greeting  was  read 
from  Fred  Jackman,  secretary  of  the 
American  Society  of  Cinematogra- 
phers,  who  said  that  the  ideals  of  the 
two  organizations  are  more  closely 
knit  than  ever  before,  with  the  two 
nations  fighting  beside  each  other.  A 
War  Office  security  film,  "Next  of 
Kin,"  exposing  the  danger  of  loose 
talk,  was  shown.  Originally  made  for 
military  instruction,  the  film  will  be 
shown  to  the  public. 

Disavows  Miami 

Story  on  Ayres 

The  Miami  Daily  News,  through 
Daniel  J.  Mahoney,  its  general  man- 
ager, has  disavowed  the  quotation  at- 
tributed to  Nicholas  M.  Schenck  in 
the  Lew  Ayres  case. 

It  will  be  recalled  that  Schenck  last 
week  published  a  statement  (see  Mo- 
tion Picture  Daily,  April  15)  set- 
ting forth  his  position.  M-G-M  over 
the  weekend  released  a  copy  of  a  let- 
ter received  by  Schenck  from  Ma- 
honey. 

In  this  letter  Mahoney  says :  "I  will 
appreciate  it  if  you  will  tell  Ayres  for 
me  that  the  statement  outlined  by  you 
is  a  hundred  per  cent  correct  and 
if  there  is  anything  I  can  do  to  cor- 
rect any  false  impression  which  may 
have  been  created,  I  will  be  more 
than  glad  to  do  it." 


Broadcast,  Screening 
For  'Tripoli'  Opening 

Philadelphia,  April  19. — A  special 
broadcast  and  screening  at  WCAU 
were  held  in  advance  of  the  opening  of 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  at  War- 
ners' Stanley.  Commissioned  officers 
from  all  branches  of  the  service  and 
heads  of  defense  plants  attended.  For 
the  broadcast,  Marines  were  inter- 
viewed on  their  reactions  to  the  pic- 
ture. The  regular  opening  at  the  Stan- 
ley was  marked  by  a  parade  of  200 
jeeps,  nurses  and  a  color  guard. 


Lobby  Library  Used 
To  Aid  'Kings  Row' 

Detroit,  April  19. — In  exploiting 
"Kings  Row"  Earl  Hudson,  general 
manager  of  United  Detroit  The- 
atres, arranged  for  a  lobby  layout 
including  a  circulating  library  booth, 
containing  copies  of  the  book  from 
which  the  film  was  made,  and  large 
easel  displays  with  blowups  of  the 
more  dramatic  scenes  from  the  film. 
Inside  lobby  door  panels  with  blow- 
ups of  stills  also  were  used. 


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cal  director,  and  Allan  Scott  is  hand- 
ling scripts. 

Caravan  talent  includes  Bob  Hope 
Spencer  Tracy,  Frances  Langford, 
Jerry  Colonna,  Ray  Middleton,  Clau- 
dette  Colbert,  Charlotte  Greenwood, 
Pat  O'Brien,  Joan  Blondell,  Joan  Ben- 
nett, Charles  Boyer,  James  Cagney, 
Olivia  De  Havilland,  Laurel  and 
Hardy,  Merle  Oberon,  Eleanor  Pow- 
ell, Rise  Stevens,  Desi  Arnaz,  Frank 
McHugh,  Bert  Lahr  and  Ray  Mc- 
Donald. 

The  Caravan  will  open  at  the  Capi- 
tol Theatre,  Washington,  April  30, 
where  Carter  Barron  and  John  Pay- 
ette are  theatre  contacts  for  the  show. 
The  schedule  thereafter  is  Boston, 
May  1,  at  Madison  Square  Garden, 
with  Sam  Pinanski  and  Martin  Mullin 
as  theatre  contacts,  and  Governor 
Leverett  Saltonstall  and  Mayor  Mau- 
rice J.  Tobin  as  honorary  officials. 
Next  is  Philadelphia,  May  2,  at  Con- 
vention Hall,  with  Ted  Schlanger  as 
theatre  contact  and  Governor  Arthur 
H.  James  and  Mayor  B.  Samuel  as 
officials. 

Pope  Aids  in  Cleveland 

On  May  3,  the  Caravan  will  play 
the  Auditorium  in  Cleveland.  Clem 
Pope  is  theatre  contact  and  Governor 
John  W.  Bricker  and  Mayor  Frank  J. 
Lausche  officials.  May  5,  the  Caravan 
will  play  the  Masonic  Auditorium, 
Detroit,  where  Earl  Hudson  is  theatre 
contact,  Governor  M.  D.  Van  Wagoner 
and  Mayor  Edwin  J.  Jeffries  are 
officials. 

The  Chicago  engagement,  May  6, 
will  be  at  the  Stadium  with  John 
Balaban  as  theatre  contact  and  Gov- 
ernor Dwight  H.  Green  and  Mayor 
Edward  J.  Kelly,  officials.  May  7  the 
show  will  be  at  the  Municipal  Audi- 
torium, St.  Louis,  with  Harry  Arthur 
as  theatre  official  and  Governor  F.  C. 
Donnell  and  Mayor  William  D.  Bec- 
ker as  officials.  The  Caravan  will  play 


Marine  Recruiting  on 
'Call  Out  the  Marines' 

Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  April  19.— The 
local  Marine  Corps  recruiting  sta- 
tion set  up  an  auxiliary  recruiting 
office  in  the  lobby  of  the  Penn  Thea- 
tre to  feature  Manager  Paul  Tighe's 
campaign  on  "Call  Out  the  Mar- 
ines." Tighe  arranged  a  special 
three-sheet  sandwich  board  in  front 
of  the  house  to  advertise  the  picture 
and  recruiting  station. 


Jewelry  Display  Boosts 
Run  of  'Jungle  Book' 

Baltimore,  April  19. — In  exploiting 
the  "Jungle  Book"  at  Loew's  Century 
here,  publicist  George  Avis  tied  in 
with  the  May  Co.  department  store 
and  arranged  an  elaborate  display  of 
what  was  introduced  as  "jungle  jew- 
elry." A  generous  assortment  of  stills 
from  the  film  was  presented  along 
with  the  ornaments.  Avis  also  arranged 
to  have  copies  of  "The  Jungle  Book" 
displayed  in  the  main  Public  Library 
and  its  26  branches,  with  stills  from 
the  film. 


May  9  at  the  Auditorium,  St.  Paul, 
for  a  matinee,  and  at  the  Auditorium, 
Minneapolis,  that  evening.  John  Friedl 
is  theatre  contact  for  both  engage- 
ments and  Governor  Harold  Stassen 
and  Mayors  J.  J.  McDonough  and 
M.  L.  Kline  are  officials. 

Branton  Des  Moines  Aide 

The  Caravan  will  be  at  the  Shrine 
Auditorium,  Des  Moines,  May  10, 
with  Ralph  Branton  as  theatre  contact 
and  Governor  George  A.  Wilson  and 
Mayor  Mark  L.  Conklin,  officials.  On 
May  11,  it  will  play  the  Fair  Ground, 
Dallas,  with  R.  J.  O'Donnell  as  the- 
atre contact  and  Governor  Coke  R. 
Stevenson  and  Mayor  V.  R.  Smithan, 
officials.  It  will  wind  up  at  the  Coli- 
seum, Houston,  May  12,  with  O'Don- 
nell as  contact  and  Governor  Steven- 
son and  Mayor  C.  A.  Pickett  as 
officials. 

Swedish  Paper  Hits 
Ban  Sought  by  Axis 

The  Swedish  newspaper,  Dagens 
Nyheter,  strongly  objects  to  the  ban- 
ning of  American  films  from  Europe, 
as  proposed  by  the  International  Film 
Chamber  in  Rome,  according  to  re- 
ports reaching  here,  as  picked  up  by 
CBS.  Sweden  already  has  refused  to 
comply  with  the  chamber's  move. 

In  an  editorial,  it  is  reported,  the 
Stockholm  newspaper  says :  "In  an 
international  organization  which 
wants  to  deprive  a  free,  neutral  na- 
tion of  the  right  to  decide  for  itself 
what  it  shall  enjoy  even  if  it  hap- 
pens to  be  American  films,  the  repre- 
sentatives of  the  Swedish  film  world 
have  no  place."  It  says  further: 
"When  the  Axis  powers  dictatorially 
call  the  so-called  international  film 
kingdom  to  their  service,  to  promote 
their  own  interests  in  the  war,  one 
must  say  they  are  driving  interna- 
tionalism pretty  far." 


Nat'l  Theatres  J 
To  Move  Main 
Office  to  Coast 

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tative  in  the  East,  will  be  appointed.  1 
The  new  setup  will  be  discussed  at  a 
meeting  of  National  Theatres  ex^ 
tives  and  division  heads  from  all  tife 
the  country,  which  starts  here  today. 

Skouras  arrived  Friday  to  set  de- 
tails of  the  new  administration  with 
Spyros  P.  Skouras,  president  of  20th 
Century-Fox,  whom  he  succeeds  as ,' 
head  of  National  Theatres,  and  other 
company  officials. 

The  new  National  Theatres  presi- 
dent plans  to  make  frequent  trips  to 
New  York  and  in  the  field. 

The    present    Coast  organization, 
which  handles  the  largest  concentra- 
tion of  the  circuit's  theatres,  will  be 
enlarged   in   line  with   the  national  ) 
operating  activities. 


Appeals  Board  Asks 
First  Oral  Argument 

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H.  Cloud,  arbitrator,  and  rejected  the 
contention  that  Section  17  of  the  con- 
sent decree  relieves  a  distributor  of 
liability  in  arbitration  cases  in  which 
its  affiliated  theatres  are  involved.  The 
case  involved  all  Kansas  City  first 
runs,  since  the  complainant  asked  that 
the  Dickinson  be  permitted  to  play 
14  days  instead  of  the  prevailing  56 
days  after  them.  The  arbitrator  set 
the  first  run  clearance  at  28  days  over 
the  Dickinson,  including  20th  Century 
Fox  product  played  at  Fox  Kansas 
City  houses. 

Lewen  Pizor  has  appealed  the  arbi- 
trator's award  reducing  the  clearance 
of  prior  runs  over  his  Tioga  Theatre, 
Philadelphia.  The  clearance  reduction 
ordered  was  less  than  that  sought  by 
Pizor. 


'Saboteur'  Opens  in 
Capital  Wednesday 

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ment  departments  are  expected  to  at- 
tend. Present  from  the  Coast  will  be 
Hitchcock,  Jack  H.  Skirball,  associ- 
ate producer,  and  Norman  Lloyd,  who 
plays  the  title  role.  The  coast  group 
is  due  in  New  York  today. 

Representing  Universal  will  be :  W. 
A.  Scully,  John  J.  O'Connor,  Fred 
Meyers,  E.  T.  Gomersall,  Charles  D. 
Prutzman,  F.  J.  A.  McCarthy,  B.  B. 
Kreisler  and  Louis  Pollock.  Also 
present  will  be  Leonard  Gaynor, 
Frank  Lloyd  representative ;  Jules 
Levey,  and  Fred  Lynch,  of  the  Radio 
City  Music  Hall,  where  the  film  will 
open  soon. 

Lohrenz  Heads  U.A. 
Midwestern  District 

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will  return  to  the  home  office  for 
a  new  assignment.  Rose  succeeds 
Ben  Eisenberg,  resigned. 

James  Winn,  former  Warner 
branch  manager  at  Detroit,  is  confer- 
ring here  with  Leserman  and  probably 
will  be  assigned  to  a  United  Artists 
post  within  the  next  few  days. 


Complete  Arrangements  for 
Tour  of  Hollywood  Caravan 


Monday,  April  20,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


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NAB  Attacks  Radio 
Time  Tax  Proposal 


Washington,  April  19. — Sugges- 
tions that  a  tax  be  imposed  on  sales 
of  radio  time  were  attacked  before 
the  House  Ways  and  Means  Com- 
ittee  Friday  by  the  National  Associa- 
tion of  Broadcasters,  on  behalf  of 
which  Ellsworth  C.  Alvord  told  the 
committee  such  a  levy  would  imperil 
industry's  contribution  to  the  war 

HI. 


n  a  brief  filed  with  the  committee, 
s  Alvord  said  the  levy  had  been  pro- 
posed by  the  Allied  Printing  Trades 
Council,  which  sees  in  radio  a  com- 
peting advertising  medium,  but  that 
other  labor  organizations,  including 
the  American  Federation  of  Labor, 
the  IBEW  and  AFRA  are  opposed  to 
it. 

Alvord  asserted  that  the  Treasury 
has  not  included  such  a  tax  in  its 
recommendations  for  the  new  bill,  al- 
though the  suggestion  was  made  by 
the  printers'  union  a  year  ago  when 
revenue  legislation  was  under  consid- 
eration. 


Urge  Canada  Ban  on 
SundayCommercials 

Ottawa,  April  19. — A  delegation 
of  the  Lord's  Day  Alliance  of  Can- 
ada, including  the  Bishop  Robert  Jef- 
ferson of  Ottawa,  on  Friday  met  with 
the  Canadian  Broadcasting  Corp. 
board  of  governors  to  urge  that  steps 
be  taken  to  eliminate  all  spot  adver- 
tising and  commercial  announcements 
from  radio  programs  broadcast  over 
Canadian  stations  on  Sundays. 

The  CBC  carries  many  commercial 
programs  from  the  U.  S.  networks 
on  that  day. 

The  Alliance  suggested  that  Sunday 
commercial  announcements  be  con- 
fined to  a  brief  statement  giving  the 
sponsor's  name.  Illegality  of  Sunday 
commercial  radio  advertising  was 
urged  by  the  delegation  which  cited' 
portions  of  the  Lord's  Day  Act  and 
CBC  regulations. 

The  governors,  who  gave  the  dele- 
gation a  sympathetic  hearing,  said 
the  whole  question  of  radio  advertis- 
ing is  to  be  reviewed. 


Station  Is  Granted 
Increase  in  Power 

Washington,  April  19.— The  FCC 
has  granted  an  application  of  Station 
KRMC,  Jamestown,  N.  D.,  for  change 
of  frequency  from  1,400  to  600  kilo- 
cycles and  increase  of  night  power 
from  100  to  250  watts. 

An  application  was  received  from 
WDAS  Broadcasting  Station,  Inc., 
Philadelphia,  for  a  construction  permit 
for  a  new  FM  station  to  operate  on 
47,700  kilocycles  to  cover  9,300  square 
miles  with  a  population  of  3,992,850 
persons. 


Argentine  Film  to  UA 

United  Artists  has  acquired  the 
Latin-American  rights  to  "Mar  del 
Plata,  Ida  y  Vuelta,"  comedy-drama 
to  be  produced  in  Buenos  Aires  by 
Santiago  Salviche,  Walter  Gould,  for- 
eign manager,  has  announced.  A  Por- 
tuguese version  for  Brazil  may  be 
made. 


Off  the  Antenna 

RADIO  advertising  in  Mexico  and  South  America  has  been  substantially 
increased  in  the  Coca  Cola  campaign,  despite  the  production  priorities 
situation,  according  to  reports  from  Mexico  City.  Adding  to  its  program  on 
XEQ,  Mexico  City,  initiated  last  Fall,  the  company  has  started  a  new  show 
on  XEW,  150,000-watt  station.  Recordings  are  being  made  of  156  programs 
of  15  minutes  each  and  654  programs  of  four  songs  and  they  will  be  used  in 
the  Latin  American  campaign. 

Also  from  Mexico  City  comes  word  that  equipment  of  XERA,  180,000- 
watt  station  near  the  U.  S.  border  which  was  expropriated  last  year,  is  being 
installed  at  Tlahuac,  near  the  capital,  for  a  Ministry  of  Interior  station. 
The  station  is  scheduled  for  opening  in  the  Fall. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Joseph  Lang,  chairman  of  the  NAB  foreign  language 
committee  and  general  manager  of  WHOM,  will  supervise  the  foreign  lan- 
guage radio  campaign  for  the  USO  Henry  Frankel,  formerly  with  the 

IVOR  Artists  Bureau,  has  joined  the  A.  &  S.  Lyons  agency  to  handle  radio 
and  theatre  bookings.  .  .  .  Hedda  Hopper,  CBS  Hollywood  commentator ,  has 
extended  her  New  York  visit  to  Friday.  .  .  .  Ira  Marion  and  Ranald  Mac- 
Dougall  have  been  added  to  the  Blue  script  division.  .  .  .  Martin  Hoade,  de- 
fense news  editor  for  NBC,  has  enlisted  in  the  air  corps  and  is  aivaiting  as- 
signment. 

•  •  • 

KPQ,  Wenatchee,  Wash.,  has  started  operations  on  1,000  watts  days 
and  500  nights  on  560  k.c,  the  Blue  revealed.  KPQ  formerly  used  250 
watts  full  time  on  1,490  k.c. 

•  •  • 

A  survey  of  Blue  network  time  devoted  to  the  war  effort  during  the 
last  half  of  March  shows  that  18  hours  and  50  minutes  of  sustaining  and 
sponsored  time  were  devoted  to  this  purpose.  WJZ  devoted  six  hours 
and  37  minutes  additional,  and  the  total  for  the  network  for  the  entire 
month  was  49  hours  and  13  minutes. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Philip  Morris  has  renewed  "Crime  Doctor"  on  70  CBS 
stations.  .  ■  ■  For  the  first  time  the  CBS  "People's  Platform"  ivill  originate 
from  a  point  outside  the  United  States  next  Thursday  when  the  microphone 
will  be  shifted  to  London.  Bob  Trout  will  preside  in  the  place  of  Lyman  Bry- 
son.  .  .  .  Hecker  Products  has  renewed  the  Moylan  Sisters  over  15  Blue  sta- 
tions for  an  additional  13  weeks.  .  .  .  R.  J.  Reynolds  Tobacco  has  renewed  Bob 
Hawk's  "How'm  I  Doin' "  for  an  additional  year  over  99  CBS  stations.  .  .  . 
"Abie's  Irish  Rose"  will  leave  the  Red  June  27  for  a  nine-week  Summer 
layoff.  .  .  .  Gillette  ivill  use  94  CBS  stations  for  the  Kentucky  Derby  broad- 
cast. 


WPB  Makes  Sharp 
Cut  in  Tube  Output 

Washington,  April  19. — Pro- 
duction for  civilian  use  of  349 
of  the  750  types  of  radio  tubes 
used  in  receiving  sets  will  be 
halted  within  seven  days 
under  orders  issued  Friday  by 
the  War  Production  Board. 

The  order  will  affect  dupli- 
cate and  obsolete  types  and 
those  for  which  there  is  very 
little  demand,  but,  it  was  said, 
it  probably  will  not  affect  the 
general  public  immediately  as 
present  stocks  are  sufficient 
for  two  years  and  will  be 
added  to  by  rejects  from  mili- 
tary production. 


650  Stations  Sign 
BMI  License  Pact 


License  agreements  with  BMI  have 
been  signed  by  650  stations  for  the 
coming  year  and  pledges  have  been 
received  from  62  others,  according  to 
a  report  to  the  BMI  directors  Fri- 
day by  Carl  Haverlin,  station  rela- 
tions director.  The  total  of  712 
represents  92  per  cent  of  the  num- 
ber holding  licenses  last  year,  it  was 
stated  and  10  are  new  licensees. 
Haverlin  expressed  the  belief  that 
BMI  would  obtain  about  the  same 
number  of  stations  as  last  year. 

It  was  announced  that  Edward 
Klauber,  chairman  of  the  CBS  board, 
had  resigned  as  a  BMI  director  and 
that  he  has  been  succeeded  by  Nef- 
ford  R.  Runyon,  CBS  vice-president. 


Craven  Leaves  for 
Canada  Radio  Study 

Washington,  April  19. — Federal 
Communications  Commissioner  T.  A. 
M.  Craven  left  tonight  for  Canada  as 
a  member  of  a  party  of  radio  officials 
and  technicians  visiting  the  Dominion 
as  guests  of  the  Canadian  Govern- 
ment to  get  first-hand  information  on 
Canada's  war  effort  and  discuss 
broadcasting  problems  of  mutual  in- 
terest. 

During  four  days  in  the  Dominion, 
the  party  will  meet  a  number  of  radio 
and  program  officials  and  at  a  lunch- 
eon will  meet  Prime  Minister  Mac- 
kenzie King  and  other  high  Canadian 
officers.  The  group  also  will  inspect 
war  production  activities  and  visit  the 
Royal  Canadian  Air  Force. 


Canada  Draft  Seen 
Hurting  Exhibition 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
men  who  eventually  must  also  be 
called  for  service.  Many  exhibitors 
are  now  studying  the  advisability  of 
hiring  girl  attendants  in  order  to 
maintain  a  constant,  trained  staff  for 
the  duration  of  the  war,  but  actual 
development  along  this  line  have  been 
left  for  the  future,  when  joint  action 
may  be  taken  by  all  local  exhibitors 
to  introduce  feminine  workers. 


Bergman  in  W.B.  Picture 

Hollywood,  April  19. — I  n  g  r  i  d 
Bergman  has  been  borrowed  from  Da- 
vid O.  Selznick  by  Warner  Bros,  to 
appear  opposite  Humphrey  Bogart  in 
"Casablanca."' 


4  a 


IN  THESE 
CHANCING 

TIMES  ■  ■  ■ 


Edited  by  TERRY  RAMSAYE 


12,000 
BIOGRAPHIES 

An  invaluable  and  exclusive 
feature  of  the  Almanac  is  the 
Who's  Who  section  containing 
12,000  complete  biographies 
of  players,  directors,  writers, 
technicians    and  executives. 


1942  continues  to  be  history  making  ...  all  over  the 
world  the  motion  picture  business  is  undergoing  pro- 
found changes  .  .  .  production,  distribution  and  ex- 
hibition are  being  markedly  altered  to  meet  these 
shifting  conditions.  The  1942-43  International  Motion 
Picture  Almanac,  now  in  preparation,  will  present  all 
this  in  a  new  and  greater  compilation  of  facts  and 
figures.  It  will  contain  thousands  of  items  of  up-to-the- 
minute  industry  information  covering  every  phase  of 
the  business  with  scientific  accuracy  and  precision. 
The  Almanac  is  indispensable  to  the  showman  .  .  . 
particularly  so,  in  these  changing  times. 


RESERVE  YOUR  1942-43  MOTION  PICTURE  ALMANAC  NOW! 


QUICLEY  PUBLICATIONS 


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51.  NO.  77 


U.A.  Schedules 
29  Productions 
In  New  Season 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  TUESDAY,  APRIL  21,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Stromberg  Deal  Closed 
For  3  Films  a  Year 


United  Artists'  new  season  pro- 
duction schedule  will  comprise  29 
releases,  Edward  C.  Raftery,  presi- 
dent, said  yesterday,  as  negotiations 
were  completed  with  Hunt  Strom- 
berg for  production  of  15  features 
over  a  five-year  period. 

The  schedule  will  be  made  up 
of  approximately  18  principal 
features  from  the  company's 
Hollywood  producers,  three 
features  from  England  and 
eight  Hal  Roach  "Streamliners," 
Raftery  said. 

Stromberg  is  scheduled  to  contrib- 
ute a  minimum  of  three  pictures  a 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


U.S.  Files  Answer 
To  Schine  Queries 

Buffalo,  April  20. — Seymour  Si- 
'  mon,  special  assistant  to  the  U.  S.  At- 
torney General,  has  filed  in  Federal 
District  Court  here  answers  to  inter- 
rogatories propounded  by  United  Art- 
ists Corp.,  Universal  Pictures  Co., 
Inc.,  and  Universal  Film  Exchanges, 
Inc.,  in  addition  to  a  supplement  to  a 
further  answer  of  the  U.  S.  to  de- 
fendant exhibitors. 

The  answers  to  distributors  are 
contained  in  more  than  30  pages.  They 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


34-Hour  Phila.  Alert 
Hits  Neighborhoods 

Philadelphia,  April  20.— A 
sudden  alert  called  Saturday 
night  and  continuing  until 
this  morning  with  35,000  air 
raid  wardens  and  15,000  aux- 
iliary police  and  firemen  on 
guard  for  a  34-hour  period 
had  a  serious  effect  on  week- 
end business  at  the  neighbor- 
hood houses. 

Theatres  reported  a  drop 
in  grosses  from  10  to  35  per 
cent.  The  downtown  houses 
were  not  affected.  The  rea- 
son for  the  alert,  which  was 
in  force  from  8  P.M.  Saturday 
to  6  A.M.  today,  was  a  mili- 
tary secret. 


'U'  Sales  Meet  Will 
Be  Held  Next  Month 

Universal  plans  to  hold  an 
annual  sales  meeting  late  next 
month,  it  was  learned  yester- 
day following  the  return  of 
W.  A.  Scully,  vice-president 
and  general  sales  manager 
from  the  Coast.  Date  and 
place  of  the  meeting  have  not 
been  decided. 

Scully,  with  W.  J.  Heine- 
man,  assistant  general  sales 
manager,  conferred  at  the 
studio  on  new  season  produc- 
tion plans  and  releases  for  the 
balance  of  this  season. 


'Reap'  Set  for  5th 
Music  Hall  Week; 
Holdovers  Strong 


Holdover  attractions  continued  to 
draw  huge  grosses  along  Broadway 
as  mild  Spring  weather  aided  the  box- 
office.  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  en- 
tered the  select  group  of  pictures 
running  more  than  four  weeks  at  the 
Radio  City  Music  Hall  when  it  was 
decided  to  continue  the  run  until  April 
29  for  a  fifth  week. 

Only  four  other  films  have  won 
this  distinction,  "Snow  White  and  the 
Seven  Dwarfs,"  "Rebecca,"  "The 
Philadelphia  Story"  and  "Woman  of 
the  Year."  During  the  first  four  days 
of  its  fourth  week,  "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind"   with   the   stage  presentation 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


25%  PRODUCT  CUT 
SEEN  IN  WPB  RULE 


Theatre  Drive 
Set  for  Army, 
Navy  Relief  Aid 


The  War  Activities  Committee  of 
the  Motion  Picture  Industry  yester- 
day announced  a  nationwide  drive  to 
raise  funds  for 
Army  and  Navy 
Relief,  to  run 
from  May  14 
to  May  20,  in- 
clusive. The- 
atres will  be 
asked  to  make 
collections  for 
the  period  of 
the  drive.  Stu- 
dios, home  of- 
fices, exchanges 
and  other 
branches  of  the 
industry  will 
participate  in 
the  campaign. 
Nicholas  M. 
Schenck,  president  of  Loew's,  Inc.,  is 
national  chairman  of  the  drive  by  the 
industry. 

Serving  with  Schenck  as  co-chair- 
men will  be :   Barney  Balaban,  Gus 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


N.  M.  Schenck 


167  Days  for  Determination 
Of  Arbitration  Complaints 


MPTO  of  Carolina 
Rejects  JJmpi  Plan 

Charlotte,  April  20.— The  MPTO 
of  North  and  South  Carolina  reject- 
ed the  proposed  new  sales  plan  of  the 
United  Motion  Picture  Industry  at  a 
meeting  here  today. 

In  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  board 
of  directors,  it  was  asserted  that  the 
proposed  plan  is  not  in  the  best  in- 
terests of  exhibitors  and  theatre  pa- 
trons and  affords  insufficient  relief 
from  the  present,  or  consent  decree, 
method  of  selling.  Copies  of  the  reso- 
lution were  sent  to  Thurman  W.  Arn- 
old, Assistant  U.  S.  Attorney  Gen- 
eral ;  Ed  Kuykendall,  MPTOA  presi- 
dent, with  which  the  organization  is 
affiliated,  and  others. 


The  average  time  required  for  de- 
termination of  an  arbitration  com- 
plaint during  the  first  year  of  opera- 
tion of  the  local  boards  was  167  days, 
according  to  a  study  completed  yes- 
terday by  the  American  Arbitration 
Association. 

The  study  covered  proceedings 
represented  by  a  total  of  95  awards 
made  by  arbitrators  during  the  period 
from  Feb.  1,  1941,  to  March  31,  1942. 
The  longest  elapsed  time  in  a  single 
case,  from  filing  date  to  the  making 
of  an  award,  was  371  days,  a  case 
reported  by  the  Detroit  arbitration 
board.  The  shortest  was  disposed  of 
at  the  Boston  board  in  27  days. 

Elapsed  time  of  the  20  cases  in 
which  decisions  were  made  by  the 
national    appeals    board    during  the 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


Output  May  Be  Reduced 
To  400  Films  a  Year; 
Prints  a  Problem 


Washington,  April  20. — On  the 
eve  of  the  important  conference  of 
film  industry  executives  with  War 
Production  Board  officials  here  to- 
morrow, observers,  it  is  reported, 
foresee  a  possible  reduction  in  film 
production  ultimately  amounting  to 
probably  25  per  cent,  due  to  the  re- 
striction in  materials  required  in 
production.  It  is  reported  that  this 
will  be  among  the  subjects  dis- 
cussed. 

Last  year  an  estimated  540 
features  were  made  by  all  com- 
panies. The  probable  reduction, 
it  is  reported,  would  reduce  the 
year's  output  to  about  400  fea- 
tures. 

In  order  not  to  make  the  reduction 
burdensome  to  the  smaller  companies, 
it  is  understood  that  a  plan  is  being 
worked  out  to  apply  the  reductic 
proportionately  to  all  companies'  out- 
put.    Consideration  will  be  given  to 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Theatre  Raid  Rules 
Sent  to  Exhibitors 

Washington,  April  20. — Copies  of 
a  booklet  containing  suggested  regu- 
lations for  theatres  and  other  enclosed 
places  of  entertainment  in  blackouts 
and  air  raids  have  been  sent  to  all 
theatres  in  the  country  by  the  Train- 
ing Section  of  the  United  States  Of- 
fice of  Civilian  Defense. 

Acknowledgement  is  made  to  the 
A.R.P.  Division  of  the  War  Activi- 
ties Committee  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Industry,  and  of  suggestions  from  the 
(Continued  on  page  5) 


Jacks  Heads  U.  A. 
Southern  District 

Fred  Jacks,  former  Southern  dis- 
trict manager  for  Warners,  has  been 
appointed  Southern  district  manager 
for  United  Artists,  it  was  disclosed 
yesterday.  He  will  leave  for  Dallas 
tomorrow  where  he  will  make  his 
headquarters.  He  succeeds  C.  E. 
Peppiatt,  who  will  come  to  New  York 
to  confer  with  Carl  Leserman,  gen- 
eral sales  manager,  on  a  new  assign- 
ment. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  April  21,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  April  20 

WALTER  WANGER  a  found- 
er and  member  of  the  recently 
organized  Society  of  Independent  Mo- 
tion Picture  Producers,  has  resigned 
his  membership  in  the  Association  of 
Motion  Picture  Producers,  it  was  dis- 
closed today. 

• 

The  U.  S.  Treasury  Department 
has  presented  the  Warner  Bros,  stu- 
dio an  award  for  leading  in  War 
Bonds  and  Stamps  purchases  among 
employes  of  the  studios.  The  War- 
ner percentage  of  purchasers  was 
given  as  95.7  per  cent  of  its  studio 
personnel.  The  studio  is  one  of  the 
leaders  in  the  nation  as  well,  it  was 
stated. 

• 

Melvyn  Douglas  left  by  plane  for 
Washington  today  to  resume  his  du- 
ties with  the  Office  of  Civilian  De- 
fense. 

• 

Harold  Glass  of  the  Gordon  The- 
atre today  was  named  to  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  I.T.O.  of  South- 
ern California,  replacing  M.  C.  Sin- 
ift,  who  resigned  because  of  business 
pressure,  it  was  announced. 


K-A-0  Votes  Dividend 

The  board  of  directors  of  Keith- 
Albee-Orpheum  Corp.  yesterday  de- 
clared a  dividend  out  of  operating 
surplus  of  $1.75  a  share  on  the  7  per 
cent  cumulative  convertible  preferred 
stock,  for  the  quarter  ended  June  30. 
It  is  payable  July  1  to  stockholders  of 
record  June  15. 


Personal  Mention 


WILLIAM  F.  RODGERS  is  in 
Washington.    He  is  expected  in 
New  York  tomorrow  or  Thursday. 
• 

Loyd  Wright,  who  is  visiting  in 
the  East,  went  to  Washington  yes- 
terday. 

• 

Howard  Dietz  arrived  in  Holly- 
wood yesterday  following  a  week's 
stay  at  Del  Monte. 

9 

Joseph  Mankiewicz  is  en  route 
East  from  California. 

• 

Harry  Hynes,  Universal  branch 
manager  in  St.  Louis,  has  returned 
from  Florida. 


MANNY  FRISCH,  son  of  Louis 
Frisch  of  the  Frisch  and  Rinzler 
Circuit,  is  the  father  of  a  son,  Michael 
Herbert,  born  on  Saturday. 

• 

Edward  Small  delayed  his  depar- 
ture from  the  Coast  and  now  is  ex- 
pected here  next  Monday. 

• 

George  Bagnall  left  for  Washing- 
ton last  night. 

• 

H.  M.  Richey  returned  to  New 
York  from  Hollywood  yesterday. 
• 

Carl  Vandiver,  owner  of  the  Pal- 
ace Theatre  at  Tennett,  Mo.,  is  the 
father  of  a  daughter. 


War  Time  Cuts  Into 
Grosses  in  St.  Louis 

St.  Louis,  April  20. — Wartime  is 
cutting  into  theatre  grosses  during 
weekdays  in  St.  Louis,  according  to 
Fred  Wehrenberg,  co-owner  of  the 
second  largest  circuit  in  the  city  and 
president  of  the  MPTO  of  Greater 
St.  Louis. 

Wehrenberg  said  there  are  no  more 
than  three  or  four  persons  in  any  of 
his  25  subsequent  run  houses  when 
they  open  at  6 :30  P.M.,  each  eve- 
ning. While  weekend  business  is 
satisfactory,  Wehrenberg  said  the 
receipts  between  Monday  and  Fri- 
day have  fallen  off  15  per  cent. 
Wehrenberg  said  he  is  contemplat- 
ing moving  up  the  opening  time  dur- 
ing the  week  nights  to  7  :30  o'clock. 


•  The  principal  obstacle  to  civilization  is  friction  in  all 
its  forms— political,  social,  mechanical.  And  sometimes 
the  removal  of  one  form  of  friction  automatically  takes 
care  of  one  or  more  of  the  other  forms.  In  such  a  world, 
air  transportation  is  more  than  the  movement  of  people 
and  things  with  a  minimum  of  mechanical  friction.  It  is 
a  means  of  bringing  people  into  closer  and  more  frequent 
personal  contact— which  automatically  tends  to  dissolve 
social  and  political  frictions.  And  that  means  fertile 
ground  for  the  seeds  of  peace. 

AMERICAN  AIRLINES  4*c. 

ROUTE  OF  THE  FLAGSHIPS 


Int'l  Press  Group 
Gets  Program  Plan 

A  preliminary  report  on  an  interna- 
tional public  relations  program  for  the 
industry  was  submitted  to  the  Inter- 
national Publicity  Committee  by  Al- 
bert Deane,  chairman  of  the  planning 
subcommittee,  at  a  meeting  at 
MPPDA  headquarters  yesterday. 

Formal  recommendations  will  be 
submitted  for  further  discussion  at 
the  next  meeting,  May  4,  by  the  sub- 
committee, of  which  Leslie  F.  Whelan 
and  Fortunat  Baronat  are  members. 
The  Hollywood  foreign  department 
committee  will  consider  the  recom- 
mendations prior  to  their  adoption  and 
the  resulting  program  will  be  carried 
out  jointly. 

Charles  Francis  Coe,  assistant  to 
Will  H.  Hays,  and  Glendon  Allvine, 
secretary  of  the  Eastern  public  rela- 
tions committee,  were  guests  at  the 
meeting. 

A  resolution  was  adopted  extending 
the  sympathy  of  the  organization  to 
the  family  of  the  late  Walter  J. 
Hutchinson,  was  was  20th  Century- 
Fox  foreign  manager. 


Phila.  Unit  Sanctions 
35%  on  WB  'Clouds' 

Philadelphia,  April  20. — A  meet- 
ing today  of  independent  exhibitors  at 
the  Broadwood  Hotel  sponsored  by 
the  "Independent  Committee  of  38" 
authorized  exhibitors  to  make  deals 
for  "Captains  of  the  Clouds,"  which 
has  been  boycotted,  providing  it  can 
be  bought  from  Warners  at  no  higher 
than  35  per  cent,  it  was  disclosed. 

A  percentage  ceiling  for  "To  the 
Shores  of  Tripoli"  and  "The  Invad- 
ers" will  be  discussed  at  the  next 
meeting  on  May  4,  it  was  announced. 


Louis  Kaufman  Trial 
Postponed  to  May  4 

The  trial  of  Louis  Kaufman,  busi- 
nesse  agent  of  the  Newark  operators' 
union,  who  was  indicted  with  Nick 
Dean,  of  the  Chicago  operators' 
union,  on  charges  of  extorting  large 
sums  from  major  film  companies,  was 
postponed  until  May  4  in  Federal  Dis- 
trict Court  here  yesterday.  Dean,  who 
pleaded  guilty,  is  serving  an  eight- 
year  sentence. 


Aiding  Salvage  Drive 

Rochester,  April  20. — Downtown 
houses  and  the  Schine  theatres  will 
use  trailers  to  help  promote  the  sal- 
vage drive  which  opens  Saturday. 


306,  Majors  Meet 
Tomorrow  on  Raise 


New  York  Operators  Union,  Local 
306,  will  meet  with  major  companies 
tomorrow  to  demand  immediate  15  per 
cent  wage  increases  for  home  office 
projectionists,  retroactive  to  Septem- 
ber, 1940. 

There  have  been  a  number  of  con- 
ferences for  renewal  of  the  contract, 
which  expired  more  than  a  year  d 
a  half  ago,  but  negotiations  t>4(^ 
snarled  in  the  efforts  of  the  unioi.  .o 
obtain  control  over  houses  now  em- 
ploying Empire  State  M.  P.  Opera- 
tors Union  members.  When  Loew's 
filed  suit  against  Local  306  last  De- 
cember all  negotiations  were  dropped 
pending  determination  of  the  litiga- 
tion. 

In  that  action,  Loew's  charged  that 
Local  306  had  threatened  to  walk  out 
in  all  New  York  houses  unless  the 
company  ceased  distribution  to  thea- 
tres which  did  not  employ  Local  306 
men.  The  local  filed  an  answer  and 
the  action  is  awaiting  trial. 

Late  last  week,  at  the  insistence  of 
the  local,  major  companies  met  with 
union  representatives  to  discuss  wage 
increases.  The  union  contended  that 
the  clause  in  the  contract  involved  in 
the  litigation  could  await  the  outcome 
of  the  suit  but  that  the  wage  increases 
retroactive  for  19  months  would  have 
to  be  adjusted  immediately. 


Wilcox,  Miss  Neagle 
Plan  Canadian  Tour 

Herbert  Wilcox,  British  producer, 
and  Anna  Neagle,  who  returned  to 
Canada  by  troopship  last  Friday,  will 
leave  today  for  Hollywood,  where 
they  will  recruit  a  group  of  players 
for  a  four-month  tour  of  Canada  in 
Noel  Coward's  "Tonight  at  8:30"  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Air  Cadet  League  of 
Canada. 

The  tour  is  scheduled  to  start  in 
three  or  four  weeks.  Miss  Neagle 
will  play  one  of  the  leading  roles  for 
the  first  two  months  and  James  Cag- 
ney  is  slated  for  appearances  during 
the  last  two. 

Wilcox  and  Miss  Neagle  spent  the 
last  eight  months  in  England  produc- 
ing "They  Flew  Alone"  for  RKO. 
They  flew  to  Montreal  after  their  ar- 
rival at  an  undisclosed  Canadian  port 
to  discuss  the  project  with  Air  Mar- 
shal William  Bishop.  Openings  of 
"They  Flew  Alone"  will  precede  the 
benefit  shows  in  the  principal  cities 
visited. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

{Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 
Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company. 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vice- 
President;  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill. 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau,  Postal  Union 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor: 
London  Bureau;  4  Golden  Square,  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany, Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications;  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres,  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
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HE-MAN  DRAMA  OF  THE  FIGHTING  NORTH! 


A  doctor  fleeing  a  shock- 
ing  murder  scandal 
crashes  in  the  primitive 
Alaskan  wilderness  •  .  • 
and  finds  the  most  start- 
ling adventure  of  his  life! 


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Produced  by  MAURICE  KING 

Associate  Producer  FRANKLIN  KING  •  Directed  by  WILLIAM  K.  HOWARD 
ScreenplaybyHenr^lmiljfo^ 


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Tuesday,  April  21,  1942 


25%  Product 
Cut  Seen  in 
WPB  Rules 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

all  companies'  requirements  on  an 
equal  basis,  it  was  reported. 

With  curtailment  in  the  number  of 
prints  also  reportedly  under  considera- 
tion, a  one-fourth  reduction  in  the 
present  225  to  250  prints  released  on 
each  picture  would  be  serious  to  the 
distribution  and  exhibition  branches 
of  the  industry,  according  to  observ- 
ers, who  see  such  a  curtailment  pos- 
sibly dislocating  clearance. 

Ordinarily,  it  was  pointed  out,  the 
life  of  a  release  print  is  40  or  50 
showings,  and  therefore  a  large  num- 
ber of  prints  is  regarded  as  desirable 
and  necessary. 

It  was  said,  however,  that  the 
industry  is  ready  and  willing  to 
cooperate  with  the  authorities 
and  do  its  utmost  in  the  war 
effort,  and  that  it  hopes  to  be 
able  to  find  a  means  to  meet  the 
problems  presented  by  the  ex- 
pected restrictions. 
Meanwhile,   the   WPB   today  ad- 
vanced its  program  to  put  industry 
under    the    production  requirements 
plan  in  an  order  that  no  individual 
application  wili  be  approved  for  mate- 
rials required  over  a  period  of  more 
than  one  month. 

All  industry  is  to  be  under  the 
PRP  by  July  1,  and  the  WPB  nov 
is  cutting  down  the  amounts  of  ma- 
terials allocated  so  that  companies 
coming  under  the  plan  will  have  no 
considerable  "carry  over." 

it  is  expected  that  the  production 
requirements  plan  and  its  application 
to  the  film  industry  will  be  discussed 
at  the  conference  here  tomorrow. 
Under  that  plan,  producers  will  file 
a  single  application  to  cover  all  of 
their  materials  requirements  for  a 
calendar  quarter  instead  of  making 
applications  every  time  material  is 
needed. 


Reviews 


Legion  Approves 
Ten  New  Pictures 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency 
this  week  has  approved  all  of  the  10 
new  pictures  reviewed  and  classified, 
five  for  general  patronage  and  five  for 
adults.  The  new  films  and  their  classi- 
fication follow. 

Class  A-l,  Unobjectionable  for  Gen- 
eral Patronage — "About  Face,"  "Down 
Rio  Grande  Way,"  "The  Mad  Mar- 
tindales,"  "Ships  With  Wings,"  "SOS 
Coast  Guard."  Class  A-2,  Unobjec- 
tionable for  Adults — "Continental  Ex- 
press," "Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die," 
"Powder  Town,"  "The  Spoilers," 
"Sunday  Punch." 


Montana  Houses 
Aiding  Bond  Drive 

Butte,  Mont.,  April  20. — Fox 
theatres  in  Montana  are  contributing 
to  the  bond  drive,  Manager  Bert 
Henson  of  the  Rialto  here  has  re- 
ported, citing  the  theatre  sale  of  bonds 
as  one  example.  In  all  of  the  theatres 
large  signs  announce  that  two  free 
tickets  will  be  given  to  each  person 
buying  a  defense  bond  through  the 
theatre.  Manager  Jack  Casey  of  the 
Fox  in  Butte  often  adds  a  line :  "Buy 
defense  bonds"  to  his  marquee  legend. 


The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer 

(Columbia) 

Hollywood,  April  20 

FUNNIEST  of  the  satires  on  Hitler  and  his  cohorts  to  come  out  of 
Hollywood  to  date,  "The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  is  a  riot  of  laughs, 
dealing  principally  with  the  story  of  an  English  flyer  shot  down  over 
Holland  and  his  adventures  in  outwitting  the  Gestapo  and  wooing  a 
pretty  girl  at  the  same  time.  Franchot  Tone  enacts  the  role  of  the 
Briton,  Joan  Bennett  that  of  the  girl,  and  Allyn  Joslyn  does  an  out- 
standing portrayal  of  a  German  major.  Others  in  the  cast  include  Cecil 
Cunningham,  Roger  Clark  and  Lloyd  Corrigan. 

The  picture  differs  from  other  anti-Nazi  films  in  a  number  of  par- 
ticulars. It  includes  the  Japanese  and  Mussolini  as  targets  of  its  wit 
and  scorn  and  it  makes  capital  of  the  Russians'  success  in  stopping  the 
Nazis,  employing  dialogue  on  a  number  of  occasions  which  refers  to 
this  Nazi  failure  in  a  manner  disconcerting  to  the  Nazi  major  who  is 
at  once  the  villain  of  the  film  and  the  butt  of  its  comedy. 

Reaction  of  a  Pantages  Theatre  audience  to  the  picture,  on  its  evening 
of  preview,  was  uproarious,  hilarious  and  unanimous,  indicating  a  de- 
cided change  in  attitude  toward  anti-Nazi  pictures  since  the  declaration 
of  war. 

Richard  Wallace  in  his  direction  milks  each  line  of  dialogue  and 
each  situation  for  the  maximum  of  corned}-.  Some  of  the  lines  in  the 
script  by  Gina  Kaus  and  Jay  Dratler,  who  adapted  Kaus'  original,  are 
screamingly  funny.  Harry  Segall  contributed  to  the  dialogue.  It  is  the 
type  of  picture  that  combines  suspense  with  comedy  in  a  rare  mixture. 
The  film  is  an  example  of  every  type  of  humor,  from  slapstick  to  cut- 
ting satire. 

Tone,  having  landed  in  Holland,  poses  as  the  husband  of  a  pretty 
Dutch  girl  who  is  divorcing  her  mate.  A  German  major  is  quartered 
in  her  house  and  the  plot  deals  with  outwitting  him,  the  Gestapo,  and 
the  courts  in  order  to  learn  certain  information  and  transit  it  to  England. 

The  picture  is  principally  Joslyn's,  whose  portrayal  of  the  flirtatious 
major  is  one  of  the  best  screen  performances  in  some  time.  B.  P.  Schul- 
berg  rates  credit  as  the  producer. 

Running  time,  87  minutes.    "G."*  Vance  King 


U.A.  Schedules 
29  Productions 
In  New  Season 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


"Twin  Beds" 

( U tiited  Artists-Small ) 

Hollywood,  April  20 

T  F  you've  been  thinking  that  the  once  sure-fire  type  of  bedroom  farce 

which  made  Broadway  history  is  dead  timber  in  the  world  of  to- 
day's show  business,  cock  an  ear  to  the  uproar  of  laughter  in  a  theatre 
where  this  picture  is  shown  and  adjust  your  opinion.  Everything  in  the 
way  of  chuckles,  blushes,  guffaws  and  haw-haws  which  this  comedy 
evoked  in  the  era  when  it  was  considered  hot  stuff  flourished  at  the 
Alex  Theatre  in  Glendale  on  the  occasion  of  its  previewing  to  an  un- 
prepared audience. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  the  essence  of  this  type  of  comedy  is  the 
frustration  of  the  wedded  pair  who,  in  the  course  of  it,  are  in  and  out 
of  bed  most  of  the  time  but  never  are  allowed  to  be  together  in  either 
twin  or  double  bed  alone  and  long  enough.  None  of  this  has  been  sac- 
rificed, it  is  to  be  reported,  and  the  film  is  full  of  men  hiding,  in  various 
stages  of  undress,  in  and  about  the  boudoir  of  the  bride. 

It  was  not  a  farce  for  the  kiddies  in  the  original  form  and  it  is  not 
a  film  for  juveniles  today. 

Setting  out  to  do  their  job  as  they  saw  it,  producer  Edward  Small, 
associate  Stanley  Logan,  writers  Curtis  Kenyon,  Kenneth  Earl  and  E. 
Edwin  Moran  and  director  Tom  Whelan,  whose  handling  of  a  welter 
of  players  in  complicated  portrayals  is  an  achievement  of  note,  spared 
no  energies  and  left  no  expedient  devices  unused  because  dated.  Their 
result  is  in  substance  a  revival  of  the  bedroom  farce  qualified  to  succeed 
with  an  audience  much  as  the  Abbott-Costello  revival  of  rough-house 
comedy  did. 

George  Brent  and  Joan  Bennett  are  the  newlyweds,  Mischa  Auer  and 
Glenda  Farrell  one  pair  of  marrieds  whose  affairs  cross  up  their  plans, 
and  Ernest  Truex  and  Una  Merkel  another.  Each  of  the  six  turns  in 
a  sparkling  performance,  and  it  is  of  particular  interest  to  remark  that 
Auer  not  only  comes  back  to  the  peak  of  his  powers  to  entertain  but 
raises  his  level. 

At  start  of  the  film  the  activities  of  the  U.  S.  O.  are  dealt  with  to 
link  the  script  with  today  and  today's  war,  but  the  picture  soon  turns 
into  a  presentation  of  the  old  bedroom  farce  in  the  bedroom  farce  man- 
ner. 

Running  time,  85  minutes.  "A."*  Roscoe  Williams 


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year.  Financing  of  Hunt  Stromberg 
Productions,  Inc.,  for  the  five-year 
period  has  been  concluded  f 
Bankers  Trust  Co.  of  New  YorkX^  . 
Security  First  National  Bank  of  Los 
Angeles.  Stromberg  is  negotiating 
now  for  space  in  one  of  the  larger 
Hollywood  studios.  He  has  not  yet 
set  his  first  story  and  expects  to  get 
started  after  returning  to  the  Coast. 

Two  Due  from  Selznick 

David  O.  Selznick  will  contribute 
two  pictures  to  the  company's  new 
season  schedule.  Selznick  said  yes- 
terday he  has  plans  to  start  "Jane 
Eyre"  as  his  first  under  his  new  part- 
nership in  United  Artists,  to  be  fol- 
lowed by  "The  Keys  of  the  King- 
dom," "Claudia"  and  "She  Walks  in 
Beauty." 

James  Cagney,  also  a  new  addition 
to  the  United  Artists'  producer  list 
since  the  advent  of  the  Raftery-Grad- 
well  L.  Sears  administration,  may 
contribute  two  or  three  productions 
to  the  new  season  schedule.  Edward 
Small  will  make  a  maximum  of  two 
or  three  instead  of  the  multiple  pro- 
gram he  has  contributed  heretofore, 
and  the  balance  of  the  releases  will 
be  contributed  by  Alexander  Korda, 
David  Loew  and  Albert  Lewin,  Ar- 
nold Pressburger  and  others,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  eight  "Streamliners"  from 
Hal  Roach. 

No  Deals  Under  Way 

Raftery  said  that  no  other  negotia- 
tions with  new  producers  are  under 
way  at  this  time  but  that  the  company 
will  continue  its  policy  of  welcoming 
outstanding  producers  if  and  when 
they  are  available. 


*"A"  denotes  adult  classification. 


Raftery,  Sears  Hosts 
At  Stromberg  Party 

Edward  C.  Raftery,  president  of 
United  Artists,  and  Gradwell  L. 
Sears,  vice-president  in  charge  of  dis- 
tribution, were  hosts  yesterday  at  a 
cocktail  party  at  the  home  office  for 
Hunt  Stromberg. 

Executives  Attend 

Among  those  present  were :  David 
O.  Selznick,  Sol  Lesser,  Martin 
Quigley,  Carl  Leserman,  Arthur  W. 
Kelly,  Laudy  Lawrence,  Sam  Shain, 
Harry  D.  Buckley,  George  J.  Schaef- 
er,  Leonard  Goldenson,  Sam  Dem- 
bow,  Walter  Gould,  Harry  Mueller, 
Steven  Pallos,  Paul  Lazarus,  Mon- 
roe Greenthal,  Ed  Schnitzer,  L.  J. 
Schlaifer,  Harry  Gold,  David  E. 
Weshner,  E.  J.  Peskay,  Henry 
Brash,  William  Jaffe,  John  Hertz, 
Jr.,  Al  Margolies,  Arnold  Pressburger, 
Morris  Helprin,  Maurice  Kann,  Pete 
Harrison,  Rud  Lohrenz,  James  Winn 
and  Fred  Jacks. 


Republic  Adds  Film 

Hollywood,  April  20. — Republic 
has  placed  on  the  production  program 
"Tundra  Road,"  story  by  Martin  Wil- 
liams of  a  military  road  being  built 
between  the  United  States  and  Alaska. 


! Tuesday,  April  21,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


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I  U.S.  Files  Answer 
To  Schine  Queries 
By  U.A.  Universal 


Raid  Rules  for  Theatres 
Sent  Out  to  All  Exhibitors 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

list  names  of  theatres,  managers, 
clearance  data  and  other  information. 
In  each  of  the  two  answers  Simon 
declares  the  Government  considers 
r~»ff  °^  tne  interrogatories  improper 
'wp  obj  ectionable  "but  in  order  to 
a£>id  argument  and  delay  has  deter- 
>mined  to  answer  them." 

Says  U.  S.  Lacks  Data 

In  the  supplemental  answers  to  the 
Schine  defendants,  Simon  asserts  the 
'  Government  is  unable  to  state  the  na- 
ture of  the  privileges  and  advantages 
the  defendant  exhibitors  allegedly  se- 
cured because  it  does  not  have  such 
information. 

"It  (the  Government)  is  informed 
that  an  automobile  was  given  by  the 
Schine  defendants  to  a  representative 
of  20th  Century-Fox  Film  Corp.," 
the  answer  reads,  "but  it  does  not 
know  whether  such  automobile  was 
given  in  return  for  any  particular 
privilege  or  advantage  then  received 
by  the  Schine  defendants,  or  for  the 
friendship  or  goodwill  of  the  recipient 
of  the  gift. 

'Public  Denied  Choice' 

"The  public  in  the  Schine  towns  has 
been  denied  as  wide  a  choice  with  re- 
spect to  admission  prices,  features  ex- 
hibited, runs  on  which  they  are 
shown,  and  character  of  the  theatres 
in  which  they  are  exhibited  as  would 
be  available  to  the  public  under  com- 
petitive conditions." 

This  supplementary  paper  was  filed 
in  accordance  with  Federal  Judge 
John  Knight's  order  of  April  10  and 
with  respect  to  a  renewal  of  a  motion 
by  the  Schine  defendants. 

Willard  S.  McKay,  chief  Schine 
counsel,  filed  notice  with  the  court 
that  he  will  move  for  an  order  ex- 
tending the  time  of  the  defendant  ex- 
hibitors to  comply  with  an  order  of 
March  26,  which  directs  them  to  an- 
swer Government  interrogatories. 

Holders  of  20th-Fox 
Stock  Meet  Today 

The  annual  meeting  of  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox stockholders  will  be  held  at 
the  home  office  this  afternoon  with 
indications  that  the  company's  recent- 
ly revised  directorate  will  be  reelec- 
ted. 

The  new  board  is  scheduled  to  meet 
following  the  stockholders'  session  to 
reelect  the  present  slate  of  officers, 
headed  by  Spyros  Skouras,  president, 
and  Wendell  L.  Willkie,  board  chair- 
man. 

Directors  to  Be  Reelected 

Directors  scheduled  for  reelection 
are:  Skouras,  Willkie,  Darryl  F. 
Zanuck,  William  Goetz,  Hermann  G. 
Place,  W.  C.  Michel,  Daniel  O.  Hast- 
ings, H.  Donald  Campbell,  John  R. 
Dillon,  Sydney  Towell,  William  P. 
Philips  and  Seton  Porter. 

Officers  scheduled  for  reelection  at 
the  board  meeting  in  addition  to 
Skouras  and  Willkie  are :  Zanuck, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  produc- 
tion ;  Goetz,  vice-president  in  charge 
of  studio  operations ;  Place,  chairman 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Theatre  Defense  Bureau  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Civilian  Defense  Council. 

OCD  officials  said  the  suggested 
regulations  for  theatres  are  as  com- 
plete as  their  own  experts  and  a 
large  number  of  theatre  operators  and 
organizations  could  develop. 

They  emphasized  that  the  setup  of 
theatre  defense  groups  may  of  neces- 
sity vary  between  houses,  largely  de- 
pending upon  the  number  of  employes, 
but  expressed  confidence  that  any  ex- 
hibitor could  set  up  a  group  which 
could  handle  the  problem  as  it  ap- 
plied to  his  own  theatre. 

The  necessity  for  speed  in  executing 
blackout  orders  from  the  Army  com- 
mand or  in  conjunction  with  air  raid 
warnings  is  emphasized.  The  booklet 
outlines  the  method  of  procedure  de- 
veloped to  flash  air  raid  warnings  for 
any  given  area,  preliminary  to  the 
functioning  of  the  blackout  and  air 
raid  systems. 

Theatre's  Responsibility 

Responsibility  for  the  protection  of 
patrons,  employes  and  property  rests 
with  the  thetare  owner  or  manager, 
the  OCD  says,  and  it  is  pointed  out 
that  intensive  organization,  personnel 
training  and  initiative  are  requisite. 

Listed  are  11  "direct  responsibili- 
ties" of  owners  and  managers,  as  fol- 
lows : 

(1)  Provide  mechanical  means  of 
receiving  and  transmitting  warnings 
to  the  theatre  warden;  (2)  make  cer- 
tain the  theatre  blackout  can  be  ef- 
fected quickly;  (3)  prepare  an  emerg- 
ency lighting  system  which  will  not 
affect  the  blackout;  (4)  prepare  signs 
and  directions  for  exits  and  first  aid 
posts;  (5)  eliminate  building  haz- 
ards;  (6)  organize  emergency  com- 


of  the  executive  committee ;  Michel, 
executive  vice-president ;  Towell, 
treasurer  ;  -  Wilfred  J.  Eadie,  comp- 
troller, and  Felix  Jenkins,  secretary. 

The  executive  committee  is  sched- 
uled to  be  reorganized  to  include  a 
larger  number  of  key  executives  and 
indications  are  it  will  have  a  more 
important  place  in  company  affairs 
than  heretofore. 


National  Theatres 
Setup  Due  This  Week 

Final  arrangements  for  the  new  ex- 
ecutive setup  for  National  Theatres 
and  Fox  West  Coast  Theatres  are 
scheduled  to  be  completed  tomorrow 
or  Thursday  following  meetings  of  the 
20th  Century-Fox  and  National  The- 
atres' boards  of  directors. 

Charles  Skouras,  who  is  scheduled 
to  head  both  theatre  companies  with 
headquarters  on  the  West  Coast,  con- 
ferred here  yesterday  with  National 
Theatres'  district  managers  from  all 
over  the  country.  Skouras  is  expect- 
ed to  designate  an  Eastern  representa- 
tive for  National  Theatres  following 
the  meetings  this  week.  He  will  be 
in  New  York  about  two  weeks. 


Raise  Prices  for  'Wind' 

Rochester,  April  20. — Prices  will 
be  increased  for  "Gone  With  the 
Wind"  when  it  opens  at  Loew's  Roch- 
ester here  April  30.  Admission  will 
be  40  and  55  cents,  and  17  cents  for 
children. 


munications ;  (7)  make  safety  provi- 
sion for  vital  points  such  as  furnaces 
and  gas  tanks;  (8)  appoint  theatre 
warden  and  "theatre  defense  groups"  ; 
(9)  organize  and  train  theatre  de- 
fense group;  (10)  provide  adequate 
equipment,  and  (11)  maintain  close 
liaison  with  zone  warden  on  local  ci- 
vilian defense  unit. 

Specific  Suggestions  Listed 

Detailed  suggestions  are  given  for 
the  formation  an  training  of  the  the- 
atre defense  group,  with  suggestions 
for  covering  each  part  of  the  house, 
the  stairways,  fire  watchers,  first  aid 
workers,  communications  operatives 
and  the  like. 

In  addition  suggestions  are  made 
relative  to  the  duties  of  the  defense 
group,  including  the  tasks  and  respon- 
sibilities of  the  theatre  warden,  before 
raids  and  during  raids,  in  the  event  of 
a  direct  hit,  and  after  raids ;  the 
orchestra  and  balcony  wardens,  first 
aid  workers,  fire  watchers  and  others. 

An  outline  of  equipment  necessary 
for  adequate  protection  is  included  in 
.the  booklet  and  suggestions  for  the 
training  of  personnel.  Books  for  study 
are  listed.  The  booklet  concludes 
with  general  suggestions  and  illustrat- 
ed procedure  in  the  quenching  of 
magnesium  or 'fire  bombs. 


Theatre  Drive 
Set  for  Army, 
Navy  Relief  Aid 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Eyssell,  George  Schaefer,  Spyros 
Skouras,  Joseph  Bernhard,  Charles  C. 
Moskowitz  and  Harry  Brandt. 

S.  H.  Fabian  is  treasurer.  Harry 
M.  Warner  is  studio  donation  chair- 
man ;  Abe  Montague,  chairman  of  ex- 
changes ;  Leonard  Goldenson,  home 
offices,  and  Oscar  Doob,  public  rela- 
tions.   Lionel  Toll  will  assist  Doob. 

State  chairmen  are  being  appointed. 
This  will  be  the  first  national  col- 
lection campaign  for  war  purposes  in 
which  the  industry  has  been  asked  to 
assist  since  the  United  States  entered 
the  war.  Army  and  Navy  officials,  it 
was  said  yesterday,  have  promised 
full  cooperation  to  participating 
theatres. 

Pledge  blanks,  with  explanatory 
material  on  the  drive,  have  gone  out 
to  more  than  13,000  theatres  which 
have  signed  the  War  Activities  Com- 
mittee pledge  on  war  cooperation. 
Those  theatres  which  did  not  sign 
the  original  pledge  and  wish  to  par- 
ticipate are  urged  by  the  committee 
to  communicate  with  the  Army  and 
Navy  Emergency  Relief  Committee, 
which  has  offices  in  the  Paramount 
Building  in  New  York. 


6 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  April  21,  1942 


'Dimout'  Order  for 
Ocean  Front  Houses 


Theatres  in  the  ocean  front  areas 
of  Brooklyn,  Queens  and  Richmond 
henceforth  will  operate  with  dimmed 
outside  illumination  following  the  is- 
suance by  New  York  Police  Com- 
missioner Valentine  of  an  order  to 
darken  the  areas  as  a  measure  to  safe- 
guard coastal  shipping. 

Coney  Island  and  the  Rockaways 
are  among  the  popular  Summer  re- 
sorts included.  Theatre  men  yester- 
day were  uncertain  as  to  how  far  in- 
land the  lights-out  order  extended.  Ex- 
hibitors in  Richmond  said  they  had 
not  as  yet  been  notified  to  douse  the 
lights.  The  order  is  said  to  affect 
only  the  south  shore  of  Staten  Island. 

The  order  emphasized  that  lights 
should  be  "masked,  screened  or  en- 
tirely extinguished." 


'Moontide'  Opening 
For  Theatre  Wing 

The  American  Theatre  Wing  War 
Service,  Inc.,  will  sponsor  the  pre- 
miere of  "Moontide,"  the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox film  featuring  Jean  Gabin 
and  Ida  Lupino,  at  the  Rivoli  Theatre 
April  29.  The  proceeds  will  be  used 
for  the  organization's  war  work,  in- 
cluding operation  of  the  Stage  Door 
Canteen.  Tickets  are  priced  at  $2.20 
and  $5.50  and,  according  to  a  report 
yesterday,  advance  sales  indicate  a  sell- 
out. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

Rockefeller  Center 
CECIL  B.  DE  MILLE'S 

"REAP  THE  WILD  WIND" 

Ray  Milland,  John  Wayne,  Paulette  Goddard 
A  Paramount  Picture 
Gala  Stage  Revue  -  Symphony  Orchestra 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved      Circle  6-4600 


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"TTT 


John  Maureen  Randolph 

PAYNE    .    O'HARA    .  SCOTT 


'TO 
THE 


SHORES  of  TRIPOLI' 


PLUS  A   BIG  R  AYV      7th  Ave. 

ri  v  A  I    &  50th  st. 


STAGE  SHOW 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


"KINGS  ROW" 

ANN  SHERIDAN— RONALD  REAGAN 
—  and  — 

"JUKE  BOX  JENNY" 

Ken   Murray — Harriet  Hilliard 


LAST  WEEK 
50C  $1&  $1.50  NP0LUHS.GTHAEXR 

SECOND  YEAR  —  SECOND  EDITION 
Now  Thrilling  its  SECOND  MILLION 

It  happens  on  ice 

Sensational  Musical  Icetravaganza 
Center  Theatre,  Rockefeller  Center.  CO.  5-5474 

Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday  2:40 
501  Seats  for  Every  Pert.  50c.  EVGS.  AT  8:40 


Hollywood,  April  20 
I  N  the  deal  that  will  bring  Ingrid  Bergman  from  David  O.  Selz- 
A  nick's  studio  to  Warners  for  "Casablanca,"  Olivia  de  Havilland 
will  be  loaned  to  Selznick  for  "She  Walked  in  Beauty,"  which  will 
co-star  Miss  Bergman.  The  latter  is  an  adaptation  of  the  novel,  "The 
Wings  of  a  Dove."  .  .  .  Kay  Harris, 
Bruce  Bennett  and  Edward  Norris 
have  the  leads  of  Columbia's  "Fin- 
gers," which  deals  with  subversive 
activities.  .  .  .  Eleanor  Stewart  will 
be  featured  with  Priscilla  Lane  and 
George  Brent  in  "Silver  Queen," 
Harry  Sherman  production.  .  .  . 
Monogram  has  acquired  "Man's 
Law,"  by  Peter  B.  Kyne,  and  "Pub- 
lic Defender,"  by  H.  H.  Van  Loan. 


Bud  Abbott  and  Lew  Costello 
plan  to  dedicate  one  of  their 
Universal  pictures  to  Charles 
Chaplin,  whom  they  greatly  ad- 
mire and  who  played  an  im- 
portant part  in  their  success. 
They  have  always  incorporated 
into  their  work,  they  say,  the 
Chaplin  principle  that  comedy 
and  tragedy  are  divided  by  a 
hair  line.  The  dedicated  picture 
probably  will  be  "Whodonit," 
which  is  to  follow  "Pardon  My 
Sarong." 

•  • 

A  new  ending  is  being  given  "It 
Happened  in  Flatbush,"  at  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox. The  final  scenes  will  show 
a  baseball  game.  .  .  .  Ann  Ruther- 
ford's first  picture  under  her  new  20th 
Century-Fox  contract  will  be  "Coney 
Island,"  opposite  George  Montgom- 
ery. .  .  .  Republic  has  purchased 
"Melody  and  Murder,"  original  by 
Mauri  Grashin  and  Robert  Shan- 
non, which  will  be  filmed  under  the 
title  of  "X  Marks  the  Spot."  .  .  . 
Herbert  I.  Leeds  will  direct  20th 
Century-Fox's  "12  Men  in  a  Box," 
the  seventh  of  the  Michael  Shayne 
films. 

•  • 

Eddie  Bracken  and  Gil  Lamb 
have  been  set  for  "Let's  Face  It," 
Bob  Hope  musical  at  Paramount.  .  .  . 
Monogram  has  purchased  "Tell  It  to 
the  Marines,"  William  C.  Dailey 
story.  .  .  .  Bonita  Granville  has 
been  set  for  Warners'  "Now,  Voy- 
ager," Bette  Davis  picture.  .  .  .  Ruth 
Terry  has  been  given  a  term  con- 
tract at  Republic.  .  .  .  Philip  Dorn 
gets  a  featured  role  in  "Random 
Harvest,"  M-G-M.  .  .  .  "Blondie  for 
Victory"    will    be    Columbia's  12th 


Second  Brooklyn 
Blackout  Tonight 

Brooklyn's  second  test  blackout, 
covering  the  area  not  tested  last 
Tuesday,  which  is  about  two-fifths  of 
the  borough  and  includes  the  down- 
town theatre  sector,  will  be  held  at 
nine  o'clock  tonight  for  20  minutes. 

Police  Commissioner  Valentine  an- 
nounced yesterday  that  the  first  major 
blackout  in  Queens,  covering  Jamaica 
and  all  the  Southern  part  of  the 
borough,  an  area  of  47  square  miles, 
would  be  held  next  Tuesday. 

Communities  in  the  area  to  be 
plunged  into  darkness  from  9  to  9:20 
p.m.  include  Howard  Beach,  Aque- 
duct, Ozone  Park,  Woodhaven,  Mor- 
ris Park,  Richmond  Hill,  Kew  Gar- 
dens, Forest  Hills,  Laurelton,  Spring- 
field, St.  Albans,  Hollis,  Bellaire, 
Rosedale,  Bellerose  and  Queens  Vil- 
lage below  Hillside  Ave. 


Blondie  picture.  .  .  .  20th  Century-Fox 
signed  Tamara  Geva  for  "Orchestra 
Wife."  .  .  .  Evelyn  Brent  returns  to 
the  screen  with  a  role  in  "Wrecking 
Crew,"  Pine-Thomas  production. 

•  • 

Jack  London's  "Trail  of  the  Wolf" 
is  on  Monogram's  production  program 

for  next  season  The  contract  of 

the  East  Side  Kids  has  been  renewed 
by  Monogram  producer  Sam  Katz- 
man  for  four  more  pictures.  .  .  . 
Albert  Dekker  has  been  given  a  new 
Paramount  pact. 

•  • 

Marguerite  Chapman  and  Wil- 
liam Wright  will  be  teamed  in 
"A  Man's  World,"  Columbia  pic- 
ture dealing  with  national  de- 
fense. .  .  .  Charles  Barton  will 
direct.  .  .  .  "Man  from  Mar- 
tinique" is  the  new  title  for 
M-G-M's  "'Til  You  Return," 
which  stars  William  Powell  and 
Hedy  Lamarr. 

•  • 

Dennis  O'Keefe  replaces  Craig 
Stevens  in  "Moonlight  Masquerade," 
at  Republic.  After  working  half  a 
day,  Stevens  developed  laryngitis 
and  had  to  be  replaced.  .  .  .  Columbia's 
"S.O.S.  Iceland"  has  been  changed  by 
Columbia  to  "Atlantic  Convoy." 


Traffic  Eased  by 
Taxi  Cruising  Ban 

Congested  traffic  in  the  midtown 
area  which  reaches  a  high  point  at 
the  close  of  evening  performances  in 
theatres  was  relieved  somewhat  with 
the  ban  on  cruising  taxi  cabs  which 
went  into  effect  yesterday. 

Under  the  no-cruising  order,  issued 
by  Police  Commissioner  Valentine, 
cabs  are  allowed  to  pick  up  passengers 
only  at  designated  cab  stations  and 
must  carry  "not  for  hire"  signs  when 
not  at  the  stands.  The  ban  will  con- 
tinue for  a  30-day  trial  period  and 
if  successful  will  be  made  permanent 
and  over  a  larger  area,  Valentine  in- 
dicated. The  area  involved  in  the 
initial  order  runs  from  Third  Ave. 
on  the  East  to  Seventh  Ave.  on  the 
West,  and  from  40th  to  51st  Streets, 
with  the  exception  of  Fifth  Ave., 
where  the  area  runs  from  33rd  St.  to 
60th  St. 


Opera  Group  Next 
Tenant  for  Center 

The  next  tenant  at  the  Center  The- 
atre following  the  current  "It  Hap- 
pens on  Ice"  which  bows  out  Satur- 
day night,  will  be  the  San  Carlo 
Opera  Co.,  scheduled  to  open  May  7 
for  an  11 -day  run.  Evening  per- 
formances on  each  of  the  11  days  and 
two  matinee  showings  will  be  offered. 

Immediately  after  the  opera  com- 
pany's stay,  rehearsals  of  another  ice 
show,  to  open  in  June,  will  begin. 
Sonart  Productions  (Sonja  Henie 
and  Arthur  Wirtz),  sponsor  of  "It 
Happens^  on  Ice,"  will  produce  the 
new  skating  production  also.  "It  Hap- 
pens on  Ice"  will  have  given  650  per- 
formances when  it  closes. 


'Reap'  Set  for  5th 
Music  Hall  Week; 
Holdovers  Strong 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

grossed  an  estimated  $56,500.  "We 
Were  Dancing"  will  open  at  the  Mu- 
sic Hill  April  30. 

Charlie  Chaplin's  sound  remake  of 
"Gold  Rush"  got  off  to  a  big  start  at 
the  Globe  over  the  weekend  witf 
$1.10  top,  and  reportedly  is  plavingj^ 
S.R.O. 

Record  Seen  for  'Blonde' 

At  the  Paramount,  "My  Favorite 
Blonde"  with  Tommy  Dorsey's  band 
on  the  stage  appeared  headed  for  the 
biggest  take  of  any  picture  in  its  third 
week  since  the  inception  of  the  present 
stage  show  policy  at  the  Paramount. 
With  an  estimated  $26,000  for  Satur- 
day and  Sunday,  the  picture  should 
bring  an  estimated  $53,000  for  the 
third  week  ending  tonight  and  will 
start  a  fourth  tomorrow. 

Other  Attractions  Strong 

Another  big  draw  was  "To  the  I 
Shores  of  Tripoli"  at  the  Roxy  which 
with  the  stage  show  took  an  estimated 
$38,900  for  the  first  five  days  of  the 
fourth  week.  The  run  will  extend 
one  day  beyond  the  current  week,  with 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  going  into 
the  Roxy  Thursday.  "Jungle  Book" 
was  strong  at  the  Rivoli,  where  it 
grossed  an  estimated  $8,500  over  the 
weekend  in  its  third  week.  At  the 
Strand,  "Dangerously  They  Live," 
with  a  personal  appearance  of  John 
Garfield  and  Dick  Stabile's  band  head- 
ing the  stage  show,  was  good  for  an 
estimated  $18,500  for  the  first  three 
days  of  the  second  week.  "Larceny, 
Inc.,"  will  open  at  the  Strand  Friday. 

A  newcomer,  "Kid  Glove  Killer," 
which  opened  at  the  Rialto  Thursday, 
grossed  an  estimated  $3,800  for  the 
first  four  days. 

Opening  April  30  at  the  Capitol  will 
be  "Twin  Beds,"  an  Edward  Small 
production  released  by  United  Artists. 


'Candida'  Matinees 
For  Service  Relief 

Under  the  sponsorship  of  the 
American  Theatre  Wing  War  Ser- 
vice, Inc.,  and  for  the  benefit  of  Army 
and  Navy  Relief,  four  matinee  per- 
formances of  George  Bernard  Shaw's 
"Candida"  will  be  given  by  an  out- 
standing cast,  including  Katharine 
Cornell,  Raymond,  Massey,  Burgess 
Meredith,  Mildred  Natwick  and  Dud- 
ley Digges.  The  presentation,  staged 
by  Guthrie  McClintic,  will  be  at  the 
Shubert  Theatre,  donated  by  Lee  and 
J.  J.  Shubert,  and  the  dates  are  April 
27,  28,  30  and  May  1. 


3k 

HUNTING  ROOM 


Tuesday,  April  21,  1942 


Motion  Picture  daily 


7 


'Male,'  Show 
Chicago  Best 
With  $45,000 


Chicago,  April  20. — The  Chicago 
Theatre,  with  "The  Male  Animal" 
and  strong  stage  show  led  here  with 
"^jOOO.  The  Woods,  with  "Ghost  of 
■Lnkenstein"  and  "Strange  Case  of 
iJ7.  Rx"  in  the  second  week  took 
$10,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  16: 

"Joe  Smith,  American,"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

APOLLO— (1,400)       (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.   Gross:  $8,500.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 

CHICAGO— (4,000)    (35c-55c-75c)    7  days. 
Stage — Four  Ink  Spots  and  Jinx  Falken- 
burg.     Gross:   $45,000.     (Average,  $32,000) 
"Louisiana   Purchase"    (Para.)    (6th  week 
hi  Loop) 

GARRICK — (1,000)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,500.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

ORIENTAL— (3,200)     (25c-30c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Stage — "Hawaii  Calls"  unit.  Gross: 
$20,000.     (Average,  $16,000) 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy''  (Univ.) 
"Mississippi  Gambler"  (Univ.)  4  days,  3rd 
week 

"Joan  of  Paris"  (R.K.O.) 

"Mayor  of  44th  Street"   (R.K.O.)   3  days 

PALACE— (2,500)     (40c-50c-68c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $14,000.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"Dangerously  We  Live"  (W.  B.) 
"Always  In  My  Heart"   (W.  B.)  5  days, 

"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 

"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.)  Z  davs 

ROOSEVELT— (1,500)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $10,000.  (Average,  $11,000) 
'Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.  B.) 

STATE  -  LAKE — (3,700)  (35c  -55c-65c  -  75c) 
7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $17,500.  (Aver- 
age. $14,000) 

"Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"    (M-G-M)  1 

day,  3rd  week 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.)  fi  days 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1.700)  (35c-55c-65c- 
75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $12,000.  (Average. 
$14,000) 

"Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 
"Strange  Case  of  Dr.  Rx"  (Univ.) 

WOODS—  (1,800)  (35c -55c -65c -75c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $10,000. 


'Lady,'  Minneapolis 
Winner  with  $16,000 

Minneapolis,  April  20. — "The  Lady 
Has  Plans,"  coupled  with  a  stage 
show,  did  a  big  $16,000  at  the  Or- 
pheum,  while  "Captains  of  the  Clouds" 
drew  $10,500  at  the  State. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing April  17 : 

"Joe  Smith,   American"  (M-G-M) 

GOPHER— (998)    (30c)    7    days.  Gross: 
$2,800.     (Average,  $2,500) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

CENTURY— (1,600)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,000.  (Average, 
$4,000) 

"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 

WORLD— (350)  (30c-40c-50c-60c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $2,200.  (Average,  $1,600) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 

ORPHEUM— (2,800)  (30c-40c-50c-60c)  7 
days.  Stage:  Gene  Krupa  orchestra,  Anita 
O'Day,  Maisie  &  Brach,  Pops  &  Looie, 
Wesson  Brothers.  Gross:  $16,000.  (Aver- 
age, $5,500) 

"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.B.) 

STATE — (2.300)     (30c-40c-50c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $10,500.     (Average,  $6,000) 
"The  Scorched  Earth"  (3  days) 
"Mr.  and  Mrs.  North"  (M-G-M)  (3  days) 
"Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"   (M-G-M)  (4 
days) 

"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.)   (4  days) 

ASTER— (900)  (25c-30c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$1,800.  (  Average,  $1,800) 


Leaves  PRC  Sales  Staff 

Philadelphia,,  April  20. — Joseph 
Silver,  salesman  at  Producers  Releas- 
ing Corp.,  has  left  the  local  exchange 
to  become  a  student  manager  with 
Warner  Theatres  here. 


Review 


« 


They  Flew  Alone" 

(RKO) 

London,  March  31  (By  Mail) 

QUEEN  VICTORIA,  Nell  Gwyn,  Peg  Woffington,  Nurse  Cavell 
were  the  resurrections  by  the  joint  hands  of  producer-director 
Herbert  Wilcox  and  actress  Anna  Neagle.  Now  joining  this  gallery 
of  feminine  fame  is  airwoman  Amy  Johnson,  pioneer  British  Trans- 
oceanic flier  and  gradually  fading  luminary  of  yesteryear.  Although 
Miss  Neagle  still  is  possessed  of  box-office  drawing  power,  contem- 
porary heroism  has  to  some  extent  dimmed  Amy's  star,  and  showmen 
will  have  to  create  their  own  brilliance.  The  subject  calls  for  keen  ex- 
ploitation, with  Miss  Neagle's  name  probably  an  easier  subject  than 
that  of  Miss  Johnson — erstwhile  Mrs.  James  Mollison. 

There  is  nothing  either  spectacular  or  hyper-dramatic  about  Wilcox's 
film.  Miss  Johnson's  life,  her  grit  and  her  struggles  to  do  something, 
her  valiant  crossings  of  continents  and  oceans,  her  stormy,  futile  mar- 
riage to  Mollison,  her  death  serving  her  country  in  the  present  war, 
are  all  cast  in  the  mold  of  human  drama.  Wilcox's  film,  however,  gives 
the  impression  of  a  hurried  chronicle  of  biography  rather  than  a  planned 
drama.  Amy's  flights  and  flashes  are  briefly  recaptured,  with  a  gen- 
erous use  of  library  material,  her  married  life  is  etched  scantily. 

As  Miss  Johnson,  Anna  Neagle  registers  a  sympathetic  and  sweet 
performance.  Robert  Newton  is  excellent  in  the  role  of  the  dissipated, 
elusive,  impulsive,  but  courageous  playboy.  There  are  others  in  the 
cast,  notably  Edward  Chapman  as  Amy's  father,  Brefni  O'Rourke,  and 
Joan  Kemp-Welch  whose  work  is  notable. 

Running  time,  104  minutes.  "G."*  Aubrey  Flanagan 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


'Wolf  Man,'  Kassel 
$13,600,  Milwaukee 

Milwaukee,  April  20.— A  $13,600 
gross  was  taken  by  Art  Kassel  and 
his  band  and  the  picture,  "The  Wolf 
Man,"  at  the  Riverside.  "Ball  of  Fire" 
and  "A  Date  with  the  Falcon"  drew 
$8,000  at  the  Warner.  The  weather 
was  unseasonably  warm. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  15-16: 

"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 
"Mr.  Bug  Goes  to  Town"  (Para.) 

PALACE— (2,400)  (44c-60c)  5  days.  Gross: 
$3,100.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Wolf  Man"  (Univ.) 

RIVERSIDE— (2,700)     (44c-60c)     7  days. 
Stage:  Art  Kassel  and  band.    Gross:  $13,600. 
(Average,  $6,500) 
"Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 
"A  Date  With  the  Falcon"  (RKO) 

WARNER— (2,400)    (33c-44c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $8,000.    (Average.  $4,500). 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"Son  of  Fury"  (20th-Fox) 

STRAND—  (1,400)  (44c-65c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$1,500.    (Average,  $1,500) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 
"The  Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th-Fox) 

WISCONSIN— (3,200)  (44c-60c)  6  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $5,000.    (Average,  $5,500) 


Indianapolis  Gives 
'Tripoli'  Big  $11,500 

Indianapolis,  April  20. — "To  the 
Shores  of  Tripoli"  and  "On  the  Sun- 
ny Side"  took  $11,500  at  the  Indiana 
for  the  week's  best.  A  Roller  Derby 
offered  competition.  The  weather  re- 
mained mild. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  15-16: 

"Dumbo"  (RKO) 

"Obliging  Young  Lady"  (RKO) 

CIRCLE— (2,800)     (28c-33c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $6,700.  (Average,  $6,500) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (ZOth-Fox) 

INDIANA— (3-200)    (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:   $11,500.   (Average,  $7,000) 
"We  Were   Dancing"  (M-G-M) 
"A  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS— (2,800)     (3Bc-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $8,800.  (Average,  $8,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"Fly  by  Night"  (Para.) 

LYRIC— (2.000)  (28c-33c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,200.   (Average,  $4,500) 


RCA  Renews  Contracts 

RCA  has  renewed  service  con- 
tracts with  three  circuits,  Paramount- 
Richards  Theatres,  United  Theatres 
and  Dixie  Theatres,  all  with  head- 
quarters in  New  Orleans.  In  all,  94 
theatres  are  involved. 


'Tripoli'  Smash  in 
St.  Louis  $18,500 


St.  Louis,  April  20. — "To  the 
Shores  of  Tripoli,"  grossed  $18,500 
at  the  Fox  to  lead  the  city,  while 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  and  "The 
Fleet's  In"  took  $7,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  week  ending 
April  15: 

"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Man  Who  Returned  to  Life"  (Col.) 

LOEWS— (3,162)  (30c-40c-50c-55c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $12,500.  (Average,  $13,- 
000) 

"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.  B.) 

AMBASSADOR— (3,154)     (30c-40c-50c)  7 
days.     Gross:    $12,500.     (Average.  $11,500) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (ZOth-Fox) 

FOX— (5,038)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$18,500.     (Average,  $11,000) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

MISSOURI— (3,514)   (30c-40c-50c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $7,500.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"New  York  Town"  (Para.) 

ST.  LOUIS—  (4,000)  (25c-35c)  7  days. 
Gross:    $4,000.     (Average,  $2,600) 


'Sullivan'  and  Show 
Hit  $16,100  in  Omaha 

Omaha,  April  20.  —  "Sullivan's 
Travels"  and  an  A.  B.  Marcus  stage 
show  pulled  $16,100  at  the  Orpheum. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  15-16 : 

"The  Turtles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  Street"  (RKO) 

BRANDEIS  — (1,200)     (30c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $4,300.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"The  Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (ZOth-Fox) 

OMAHA— (2,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$7,200.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Sullivan's  Travels"  (Para.) 

ORPHEUM  —  (3,000)  (40c-55c)  7  days. 
Stage:  Marcus  Show.  Gross:  $16,100. 
(Average,  $14,500) 


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Tuesday,  April  21,  194 


Expect  Halt  to 
Constructionof 
Radio  Stations 


Washington,  April  20. — The 
immediate  halting  of  all  station  con- 
struction involving  the  use  of  mate- 
rials was  under  consideration  at  a 
special  meeting  of  the  FCC  today 
with  the  possibility  that  an  an- 
nouncement will  be  made  tomorrow 
of  acceptance  of  the  Defense  Com- 
munication Board  recommendation 
to  that  effect. 

There  was  said  to  be  little  question 
that  the  Commission  would  adopt  the 
recommendation,  in  which  it  was  also 
proposed  the  War  Production  Board 
refuse  to  allocate  any  material  for 
new  stations  or  changes  in  facilities. 

Discussing  the  situation  today, 
James  L.  Fly,  chairman  of  both  the 
FCC  and  DCB,  said  that  stations  now 
having  construction  authorizations 
probably  will  be  permitted  to  complete 
their  projects  if  no  further  authori- 
zations are  required  and  if  they  have 
on  hand  all  the  materials  they  need. 


2  Conn.  Openings 
Last  for  Duration 

New  Haven,  April  20. — Opening 
of  the  728-seat  Lockwood  &  Gordon 
Webb  Playhouse  in  Wethersfield, 
Conn.,  and  the  1,000-seat  Warner 
Merritt  in  Bridgeport,  probably  will 
be  the  last  openings  for  the  duration 
in  this  territory,  film  men  say. 

No  materials  are  now  available  for 
new  construction,  although  several 
major  renovation  jobs  in  process  re- 
main to  be  opened.  The  580-seat 
Bethel  Theatre  job  has  been  aban- 
doned for  the  duration.  Fishman's 
Rivoli,  West  Haven,  is  being  en- 
larged and  completely  renovated  and 
will  be  opened,  after  several  mate- 
rial and  labor  delays,  early  in  June. 
Nick  Del  Rosso  will  enlarge  and  re- 
decorate his  470-seat  Camea,  Water- 
town,  and  Loew's  plan  renovation  and 
reseating  at  the  recently  acquired 
Strand,  Waterbury. 


Export  Censorship 
Functioning  at  E.  K. 

Rochester,  April  20. — With  the 
arrival  here  of  Lieut.  James  Todd 
Jr.,  the  Office  of  Censorship  is  check- 
ing all  import  and  export  films  sent 
to  Eastman  Kodak  Co.  for  process- 
ing. 

The  examination  of  the  films  by 
Lieut.  Todd  follows  an  order  issued 
two  weeks  ago  requiring  that  all  films 
imported  or  exported  be  inspected  by 
representatives  of  the  Office  of  Cen- 
sorship when  this  is  not  done  by  cus- 
toms officers.  The  officers'  examina- 
tion, it  was  explained,  supplements  the 
inspection  given  them  by  representa- 
tives of  the  U.  S.  Customs  office.  All 
films  are  examined  by  the  customs 
officials  to  see  that  they  conform  with 
various  regulations. 


Reopening  in  Baltimore 

Baltimore,  April  20. — Loew's  Va- 
lencia here,  which  has  been  closed  for 
several  years,  will  reopen  Wednesday. 
It  is  on  the  top  floor  of  the  Century 
Building. 


Off  the  Antenna 

EACH  night  time  program  on  the  networks  will  carry  a  Government  an- 
nouncement once  in  four  weeks  and  daytime  serials  on  the  networks  will 
carry  such  copy  at  least  once  every  two  weeks,  Archibald  MacLeish,  Director 
of  the  Office  of  Facts  &  Figures,  has  announced.  The  plan  was  evolved  in 
conjunction  with  networks  and  advertising  agencies  and  is  designed  to  effect 
an.  even  distribution  of  such  material.  Independent  stations  are  not  affected 
by  the  allocation  plan  and  they  will  be  asked  to  follow  the  outlines  of  a 
Radio  War  Guide,  which  will  be  issued  bi-weekly  and  will  indicate  the 
relative  importance  of  Government  announcements  during  the  period.  News 
programs,  forums  or  speeches  by  Government  officials  are  not  affected  by  the 
new  arrangement. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Ashton  Dunn,  NBC  director  of  personnel,  has  resigned 
to  join  the  Army  as  director  of  personnel  matters  in  General  Sonverz'eW  S 
office.  .  .  .  Hugh  Feltis,  of  the  Blue  station  relations  department,  returned 
yesterday  from  a  three  week  tour  of  affiliates.  .  .  .  Tim  Cohane  and  Dan 
Daniel,  "World-Telegram"  sports  writers,  have  been  signed  as  WNEW  sport- 
casters.  .  .  .  Lowell  Thomas,  Blue  commentator,  will  receive  the  honorary 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Letters  from  Franklin  and  Marshall  College  May  18.  .  .  . 
Ray  Nelson  has  been  appointed  NBC  Eastern  production  manager,  succeeding 
Wilfred  S.  Roberts  who  resigned  to  enter  Government  service.  .  .  .  Milo 
Boulton  will  be  master  of  ceremonies  on  the  new  "We,  the  People"  show 
on  CBS. 

•  •  • 

The  meeting  of  the  Newspaper-Radio  committee  of  Association  of 
Newspaper  Publishers  of  America  scheduled  for  yesterday  at  the  Hotel 
Waldorf-Astoria  was  postponed  until  this  afternoon  when  the  ANPA 
convention  starts  its  formal  meetings. 

•  •  • 

David  O.  Selznick,  United  Artists  producer,  will  be  heard  on  a  special 
shortwave  broadcast  to  Chungking,  China,  Friday.  The  program,  which  will 
originate  from  Constitution  Hall  in  Washington,  will  be  called  "The  American 
People's  Tribute  to  China."  Vice-President  Henry  A.  Wallace,  Paul  V. 
McNutt,  chairman  of  the  War  Manpower  Commission,  Henry  L.  Stimson, 
Secretary  of  War.  and  others  will  be  heard.  Luise  Rainer  will  do  a  scene 
from  the  film,  "The  Good  Earth." 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Nelson  Eddy  and  Robert  Armbruster's  orchestra  will  be 
featured  in  the  new  Old  Gold  show  which  will  start  on  51  CBS  stations 
Wednesday.  April  29.  .  .  .  Liggett  &  Myers  Tobacco  will  shift  the  CBS  Glenn 
Miller  show  to  Tucsdav.  ll'cdncsdav  and  Thursday,  7:15-7:30  P.M.,  effective 
May  5.  On  May  7,  the  Wrigley  "First  Line"  program  will  be  moved  for- 
zvard  15  minutes  to  Thursdays,  10-10:30  P.M.  on  the  same  web.  .  .  .  Firestone 
Tire  &  Rubber  Co.,  despite  priorities,  has  renewed  "The  Voice  of  Firestone" 
on  61  NBC  stations  for  another  year.  The  program  will  start  its  15th  year 
on  the  nctzvork  June  1.  .  .  .  Procter  &  Gamble  has  purchased  a  series  of  one- 
minute  transcriptions  for  Lava  Soap  on  WJZ  for  52  ivccks.  The  announce- 
ments will  be  aired  Monday  through  Friday.  The  new  contract  will  make  a 
total  of  Hvo  such  announcements  for  the  product  on  the  station  each  day.  .  .  . 
Pepsi-Cola  will  return  to  the  Blue  May  4  with  a  Monday-through-Fridav 
contest  on  171  stations,  9:55-10  P.M.  Four  $25  War  Bonds  will  be  offered 
nightly  to  the  best  rhyme  set  to  the  trine  of  the  Pepsi-Cola  jingle  and  promot- 
ing the  sale  of  War  Bonds.  .  .  .  "Gang  Busters"  will  be  offered  to  Blue 
affiliates  for  local  sponsorship  beginning  May  1. 


167  Days  for  Determination 
Of  Arbitration  Complaints 


B&K-Navy  School 
Graduation  Today 

Chicago,  April  20. — Gradua- 
tion exercises  for  the  first 
class  to  complete  the  course 
of  the  U.  S.  Navy  Communica- 
tions School  sponsored  in 
part  by  Balaban  &  Katz  will 
be  held  tomorrow  evening  in 
the  school's  headquarters  atop 
the  State-Lake  Theatre  Build- 
ing. The  school,  said  to  be 
the  first  of  its  kind  in  th 
country,  was  conceived  bv  Wflfc. 
Ham  C.  Eddy,  chief  of  the  b 
&  K  television  department. 
Susan  Hayward  arrived  today 
from  California  to  participate 
in  the  ceremonies. 


More  Daylight  Time 
Decried  by  Eastman 


Joseph  B.  Eastman,  director  of  the 
Office  of  Defense  Transportation,  yes- 
terday sent  telegrams  to  the  governors 
of  New  York,  New  Jersey  and  Penn- 
sylvania urging  that  New  York  State 
and  various  communities  in  New  Jer 
sey  and  Pennsylvania  drop  plans  for 
an  additional  hour  of  daylight  saving 
time. 

Although  Gov.  Herbert  H.  Leh 
man  of  New  York  would  make  no 
comment  on  the  telegram,  it  was 
learned  that  legislative  backers  of  a 
bill  pending  in  Albany  would  continue 
to  urge  its  passage.  Gov.  Charles 
Edison  of  New  Jersey  said  extra  day- 
light time  should  be  provided  on  a  na- 
tional basis  and  favored  discontinu 
ance  of  local  plans  for  daylight  time. 

Fifteen  cities  in  New  York,  includ- 
ing New  York  City,  have  urged  en- 
actment of  the  Coudert  bill  which 
would  add  an  extra  daylight  hour,  and 
it  is  now  on  the  Senate  calendar.  It 
was  reported  out  by  the  Senate  Com- 
mittee on  Cities  without  recommen- 
dation. 

Eastman  in  his  telegram  pointed  out 
that  aside  from  the  legal  question 
whether  a  state  or  city  could  enact  a 
law  on  daylight  time  after  Congress 
had  acted  on  the  matter,  the  step 
would  disrupt  transportation  schedules 
in  connection  with  the  war. 


(.Continued  fram  page  1) 

same  period  was  194  days,  represent- 
ing the  period  from  the  origin  of 
the  complaint  to  the  final  decision  by 
the  appeals  board. 

Meanwhile  two  specific  run  com- 
plaints were  filed  at  the  Oklahoma 
City  board  yesterday  and  an  award 
disposing  of  a  clearance  case  was 
handed  down  here.  The  award  in 
the  local  case  was  made  by  Robert 
Abelow,  arbitrator,  reducing  in  some 
respects  the  clearance  between  Asbury 
Park  and  Keyport,  N.  J.,  in  the  case 
brought  by  operators  of  the  Strand, 
Keyport,  against  Loew's,  Paramount, 
20th  Century-Fox  and  Warners,  and 
naming  the  Walter  Reade  theatres  in 
Asbury  Park  and  nearby  towns  as  in- 
terested parties. 

Abelow  dismissed  the  complaint  as 
to  the  Mayfair,  Paramount  and  St. 
James  at  Asbury  Park.  The  clearance 
of  the  Lyric  there  was  reduced  to  a 
maximum  of  three  days  over  the 
Strand,  and  the  clearance  of  the  Sa- 


voy and  Ocean  there  was  reduced  to 
a  maximum  of  one  day  over  the 
Strand.  The  complaint  had  asked  that 
Asbury  Park's  12  days  clearance  over 
Keyport  be  eliminated.  Costs  were 
apportioned  equally  among  the  parties 
concerned. 

At  Oklahoma  City,  specific  run 
complaints  under  Section  10  of  the  de- 
cree were  filed  by  the  Gem  and  New 
Cozy  of  Tulsa  against  all  five  con- 
senting companies  and  named  nine 
Griffith  Southwestern  Theatres,  Inc., 
as  interested  parties.  The  complaints 
charged  that  the  fifth  run  which  the 
Gem  and  Cozy  formerly  had  is  being 
sold  to  the  Griffiith  houses  and  en- 
tered a  demand  for  the  run  from  the 
five  consenting  companies  under  the 
provisions  of  the  decree. 


Renew  Altec  Contract 

Malco  Theatres,  Inc.,  of  Little  Rock, 
Ark.,  has  renewed  its  sound  service 
contract  with  Altec  Service  Corp., 
covering  66  houses  in  four  states. 


Cleveland  Theatre 
Men  Set  for  Raids 

Cleveland,  April  20. — One  hundred 
theatre  men  graduating  here  as  air 
wardens  are  fully  prepared  for  any 
war  emergency,  George  W.  Erdmanri. 
secretary  of  the  Cleveland  Motion 
Picture  Exhibitors  Association,  has 
reported. 

The  group  has  been  rehearsing  air 
raid  drills  under  the  association's  in- 
struction, and  makes  this  county  the 
first  in  Ohio  to  have  its  theaters  all 
organized  for  war  emergencies.  The- 
atres are  being  made  as  nearly  bomb- 
proof as  possible,  Erdmann  reported. 


Goldman  Acquires  House 

Philadelphia,  April  20. — William 
Goldman,  independent  circuit  head, 
has  acquired  the  Bandbox,  499-seat 
house  in  the  Germantown  section, 
which  his  William  Goldman  Theatres, 
Inc.,  had  been  operating.  Sold  to  H. 
Elizabeth  Carmon  for  $60,000,  a  later 
deed  reconveyed  the  theatre  property 
to  Goldman. 


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NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  22,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


See  $800,000 
20th-Fox  Net 
For  Quarter 


All  Directors,  Officers  Are 
Reelected  at  Meeting 


Estimated  net  profit  of  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox for  the  first  quarter,  ended 
March  28,  is  $800,000,  or  approxi- 
mately double 

 ~=  the  profit  for  the 

corresponding 
quarter  last  year, 
Spyros  Skouras, 
president,  told 
the  company's 
annual  meeting 
of  stockholders 
at  the  home  of- 
fice yesterday. 

The  stockhold- 
ers reelected  com- 
pany directors, 
and  all  officers 
were  later  re- 
elected by  the 
board. 

The  first  quarter  profit  estimate  is 
after  computing  Federal  income  taxes 
at  a  50  per  cent  rate  and  after  pro- 
vision of  $1,000,000  for  special  re- 
serve for  foreign  assets,  bringing  that 
reserve  to  a  total  of  $4,800,000.  The 
result  for  the  period  compares  with 

(.Continued  on  page  4) 


Spyros  Skouras 


Walter  J.  Rich  Dies; 
Organized  Vitaphone 

Walter  J.  Rich,  an  organizer  and 
first  president  of  the  Vitaphone  Co., 
died  yesterday  at  his  residence,  the 
New  Weston  Hotel,  here.  He  was 
62.  Death  was  reported  caused  by 
a  heart  attack.  Rich  was  interested 
in  Vitaphone  with  Warner  Bros., 
helping  to  organize  the  company  in 
1926.  He  sold  out  later.  His  widow, 
Mabel  Clark  Rich,  two  sons,  Eugene 
C.  C.  and  Walter  J.,  survive. 


Caskey  Is  Associate 
Schine  Case  Counsel 

John  Caskey,  of  the  law  firm  of 
Dwight,  Harris,  Koegel  &  Caskey, 
has  been  retained  as  associate  coun- 
sel in  the  pending  monopoly  suit 
against  the  Schine  Circuit.  This  was 
revealed  yesterday  by  Willard  Mc- 
Kay, general  counsel  for  the  Schine 
theatre  interests.  McKay  and  Caskey 
left  last  night  for  Buffalo  for  con- 
ferences with  Federal  Judge  John  C. 
Knight,  who  is  presiding  in  the  case. 


20th  -  Fox  Is  All  -  Out 
For  Morale:  Skouras 

Spyros  Skouras,  president 
of  20th  Century-Fox,  said  yes- 
terday that  the  company's 
new  administration  will  direct 
its  first  efiforts  to  the  respon- 
sibility of  maintaining  public 
morale  at  the  high  level  re- 
quired for  the  successful 
prosecution  of  the  war. 

"We  must  go  all-out  to  do 
this  vital  job  for  our  coun- 
try," he  said.  "I  believe  that 
it  is  important  that  we  un- 
derstand this,  for  with  a  clear 
picture  of  our  goal,  we  can  not 
only  attain  it  more  quickly, 
but  we  can  attain  it  in  a  way 
that  will  benefit  us  individ- 
ually as  well  as  collectively." 


Cohen  Heads  N.Y. 
State  Campaign  for 
Army,  Navy  Relief 


Max  A.  Cohen,  head  of  the  Cinema 
Circuit,  has  been  appointed  New  York 
State  chairman  for  the  theatre  drive, 
May  14-20,  for  Army  and  Navy 
Emergency  Relief.  Cohen  yesterday 
announced  the  personnel  of  the  state 
organization.  The  campaign,  in  which 
patron  collections  will  be  made,  is  un- 
der the  sponsorship  of  the  industry's 
War  Activities  Committee. 

Area  chairmen  are  A.  C.  Hayman 
for  Buffalo,  with  Ralph  Maw,  Sidney 
Sampson  and  Sidney  L.  Grossman  as 
co-chairmen ;  and  Lou  Golding  for 
Albany,  with  C.  J.  Latta  and  J.  Ripps 
as  co-chairmen. 

Chairmen  in  the  New  York  metro- 
politan area  are  Leo  Brecher,  Charles 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


FILMS  RANK  WITH 
PRESS,  RADIO  IN 
WAR,  SAYS  W.  P.  B. 

Must  Be  Supported  as  Morale  Builder  and 
Communication  Medium,  WPB  Declares; 
Balaban  Heads  Advisory  Body 

By  BERTRAM  F.  LINZ 

Washington,  April  21. — Motion  pictures  rank  with  press  and 
radio  as  a  morale  builder  and  medium  of  communication  which 
must  be  supported,  it  was  officially  declared  here  today  by  Louis 
C.  Upton,  chief  of  the  Consumers'   Durable  Goods   Branch  of  the 

Division  of  Industry  Operations  of  the 


Approval  of 
New  Umpi  Plan 
Appears  Sure 


The  proposed  sales  plan  of  the 
United  Motion  Picture  Industry  ap- 
pears certain  to  receive  the  approval 
of  a  large  majority  of  the  exhibitor 
organizations  of  the  country  as  ex- 
hibitor balloting  on  the  plan  goes  into 
its  final  stages. 

Fourteen  exhibitor  organizations 
have  approved  the  plan  to  date.  Three 
more  have  given  it  tentative  approval, 
and  two  large  regional  circuits  have 
approved  it.  Only  three  organizations 
have  rejected  the  proposals. 

Although  a  number  of  Allied  States 
units  have  approved  the  plan,  formal 
action  by  the  national  organization 
will  not  be  taken  until  April  30  when 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Active  Service  Seen  for  Studio 

Personnel  Having  Military  Rank 

Washington,  April  21. — Considerable  interest  is  being  shown  in 
various  Government  circles  regarding  the  future  status  of  impor- 
tant studio  personnel  who  hold  high  Army  and  Navy  rank  while 
still  employed  at  the  studios. 

That  the  Government  will  soon  decide  to  summon  these  men  to 
full-time  Army  and  Navy  service  seems  to  be  the  prevailing  belief. 

Presently,  Hollywood,  it  is  said,  is  studded  with  production 
personnel  who  also  hold  high  rank  in  the  armed  forces  but  who 
only  give  part-time  service  to  the  Government.  The  probable 
transfer  of  these  men  to  full-time  service  in  the  armed  forces  as 
Government  conditions  will  require  is  foreseen. 

It  is  also  felt  that  the  industry  has  been  aware  of  this  proba- 
bility for  some  time  and  that  the  company  heads  are  prepared  for 
the  depletion  of  important  manpower  when  it  comes. 


War  Production  Board.  Therefore, 
the  essential  character  of  motion  pic- 
tures in  the  war  effort  will  be  recog- 
nized by  the  WPB,  he  stated. 

Upton  made  his  statements 
before  representatives  of  the 
industry,  who  gathered  here 
under  the  leadership  of  Barney 
Balaban,  president  of  Para- 
mount, for  conferences  with  the 
WPB  in  working  out  the  prob- 
lem of  allocations  of  materials. 

Sharp  cuts  in  materials,  particularly 
raw  stock,  thus  affecting  production 
of  films  as  a  whole  and  causing  a  con- 
sequent reduction  in  the  number  of 
pictures,  was  foreseen  from  the  nature 
of  the  discussions  which  took  place. 
Emphasis  was  placed  on  the  necessity 
for  these  cuts  by  Government  spokes- 
men. 

The  committee  which  was  named  in- 
cludes :  Barney  Balaban,  president  of 
Paramount  Pictures,  chairman  ;  William 
F.  Rodgers,  vice-president  of  Loew's  in 
charge  of  distribution ;  Gradwell  L. 
Sears,  vice-president  of  United  Artists 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


New  System  Set  Up 
For  Talent  Requests 

Hollywood,  April  21. — Under  a 
plan  devised  at  conferences  between 
Government  officials  and  representa- 
tives of  the  Hollywood  Victory  Com- 
mittee in  Washington,  Federal  agen- 
cies will  classify  talent  needs  for 
radio  shows  and  other  programs  as  to 
importance  and  submit  them  to  the 
committee  for  filling.  The  plan  was 
propounded  by  Kenneth  Thomson, 
chairman  of  the  Victory  Committee ; 
Howard  Strickling  and  Charles  K. 
Feldman. 

All  Treasury  Department  requests 
will  pass  through  the  office  of  Carl 
Duffus  in  Washington.  His  repre- 
sentative in  Hollywood  will  be  Ivan 

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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  April  22,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  April  21 

HJ.  YATES,  Republic  board 
•  chairman,  is  due  here  Saturday 
to  set  the  first  six  months'  production 
schedule  for  the  new  season,  including 
a  number  of  pictures  in  which  Gene 
Autry  will  be  starred  and  a  group  of 
six  westerns  and  two  outdoor  specials 
for  Roy  Rogers.  He  also  will  make 
a  final  decision  on  the  Republic  sales 
convention,  tentatively  scheduled  for 
Hollywood  in  the  first  week  in  June. 
• 

Ninety  persons  including  23  top 
stars  are  set  for  the  Hollywood  Vic- 
tory Caravan  leaving  Sunday  for 
Washington,  where  the  first  appear- 
ance will  be  made  April  30. 

• 

The  executive  board  of  the  Screen 
Publicists  Guild  has  approved  the  con- 
ditions of  bargaining  contract  revision 
which  gives  members  10  per  cent  in- 
creases in  Guild  minimum  scales  of 
$100  for  seniors  and  from  $50  and 
$60  for  juniors.  Raises  will  be  re- 
troactive to  Oct.  9  and  be  effective 
next  week.  The  pact  also  provides  for 
10  per  cent  increases  for  workers  get- 
ting over  the  scale. 

• 

William  Koenig,  general  production 
manager  at  the  20th  Century-Fox  stu- 
dio, today  was  named  industry  chair- 
man of  the  USO  drive  by  Edward  Ar- 
nold, chairman  of  the  permanent  char- 
ities committee,  at  a  luncheon  given  in 
honor  of  Walter  Hoving,  chairman  of 
the  national  board  of  directors  of  the 
national  USO. 


Report  Flinn  Deal 
With  SIMPP  Near 

Negotiations  whereby  John  C.  Flinn 
is  to  become  administrative  executive 
of  the  recently  organized  Society  of 
Independent  Motion  Picture  Produc- 
ers are  in  the  closing  stage,  it  was 
reported  yesterday. 

His  position,  it  was  reported,  will 
correspond  to  that  of  executive  secre- 
tary, with  possibly  additional  public 
relations  duties  added.  While  head- 
quarters of  the  Society  are  on  the 
Coast,  it  was  learned  that  the  duties 
of  the  administrative  head  will  require 
trips  to  New  York. 


N.  J.  Group  to  Hear 
Richey  on  War  Films 

H.  M.  Richey,  assistant  to  William 
F.  Rodgers,  Loew's  vice-president  and 
general  sales  manager,  will  address  a 
convention  of  the  New  Jersey  State 
Federation  of  Women's  Clubs  at  Ho- 
tel Haddon  Hall,  Atlantic  City,  May 
21,  on  feature  and  short  subject  pro- 
ductions on  patriotic  and  war  themes. 

The  Federation  has  requested  in- 
formation on  such  films  in  order  to 
cooperate  in  having  them  exhibited 
and  patronized  in  New  Jersey 
theatres,  it  was  announced. 


Indiana  Houses  Aid 
State  Bond  Campaign 

Indianapolis,  April  21. — Over  250 
Indiana  theatres  are  running  a  trailer 
for  "Mac Arthur  Week"  April  27  to 
May  2  for  sale  of  war  savings  bonds 
and  stamps  in  the  state. 

Don  R.  Rossiter,  executive  secre- 
tary of  the  Associated  Theatre  Owners 
of  Indiana,  worked  out  the  theatre 
participation  with  Treasury  Depart- 
ment officials. 


Personal  Mention 


JOSEPH  H.  HAZEN  of  Warners 
*■»  has  returned  from  the  Coast. 

James  R.  Grainger  is  spending 
the  week  in  Boston. 

• 

Harold  Goodwin  of  the  Temple 
Theatre,  Rochester,  has  been  called 
for  Army  service. 

• 

Major  Ted  Doney  of  the  Canadian 
Overseas  Army,  formerly  Western 
Ontario  manager  for  Famous  Players 
Canadian,  has  returned  from  England 
to  Toronto  on  a  short  leave. 

• 

Sol  C.  Siegel  has  arrived  here 
from  the  Coast. 

• 

Robert  Benner,  manager  of  the 
Pastime,  Lewistown,  Pa.,  is  the  father 
of  a  daughter,  born  last  week. 


UARRY  S.  BUXBAUM,  son  of 
*■  *  Harry  H.  Buxbaum,  New  York 
branch  manager  for  20th  Century- 
Fox,  leaves  today  for  the  Naval  Re- 
serve Aviation  Base  at  Atlanta. 
• 

Austin  C.  Keough  of  Paramount 
is  back  from  Hollywood. 

• 

Al  Winston,  district  manager  in 
Providence  for  Associated  Theatres, 
has  been  inducted  into  the  Army. 
• 

Morris  Wolf,  Warner  attorney  in 
Philadelphia,  has  been  reelected  hon- 
orary president  of  the  Allied  Jewish 
Appeal  there. 

• 

Bernard  Keeney,  son  of  C.  G. 
Keeney,  manager  of  the  Park,  Read- 
ing, Pa.,  and  Olga  Flaga,  have  an- 
nounced their  engagement. 


Brooklyn  Blackout 

Easy  on  Grosses 


First  run  business  in  Brooklyn  last 
night  was  reported  by  the  manage- 
ments as  "good"  and  unaffected  by  the 
blackout  which  covered  the  main  busi- 
ness and  theatre  sector  and  leading 
theatres  including  the  Paramount, 
Fcx,  RKO  Albee  and  Loew's  Metro- 
politan. 

The  blackout,  which  lasted  from  9 
to  9:20  P.  M.,  was  the  second  large- 
scale  test  in  the  borough,  the  first  hav- 
ing been  held  last  week. 

Neighborhood  theatres  in  the  black- 
out area  last  night  reported  business 
off  from  15  to  30  per  cent.  This  was 
not  as  much  as  last  week,  when 
neighborhoods  reported  15  to  45  per 
cent  declines  in  grosses. 

With  the  two  tests,  all  of  Brook- 
lyn's 173  theatres  have  now  undergone 
a  blackout. 


Film  War  Council 
Asks  United  Effort 

The  Film  War  Service  Council, 
organization  comprising  the  Ampa, 
the  Association  of  Documentary  Film 
Producers  and  six  film  unions,  has 
issued  a  pamphlet  urging  all  in  the 
industry  to  aid  the  war  effort  in  what- 
ever way  is  possible. 

Titled  "Our  Industry  .  .  .  Our  Na- 
tion .  .  .  Our  War,"  the  pamphlet 
stresses  the  necessity  for  united  effort, 
urging  enrollment  for  civilian  defense, 
investment  in  war  bonds  and  stamps, 
support  of  relief  agencies  and  conser- 
vation of  materials. 


Stromberg-U.A.  Deal 
Talks  Continue  Here 

Discussions  leading  to  the  formal 
conclusion  of  the  deal,  announced  on 
Monday,  whereby  Hunt  Stromberg 
will  join  the  ranks  of  United  Artists 
producers,  continued  yesterday,  it  was 
learned.  Edward  C.  Raftery,  presi- 
dent of  United  Artists  Corp.,  is  nego- 
tiating for  the  company  with  Attor- 
neys William  Jaffe  and  Sol  Rosen- 
blatt of  Rosenblatt  and  Jaffe,  repre- 
senting Stromberg.  Indications  yester- 
day were  that  the  entire  transaction 
may  be  concluded  within  30  days. 


'Dandy'  Opening  on 
Broadway  May  29 

"Yankee  Doodle  Dandy,"  Warner 
musical  based  on  the  life  of  George  M. 
Cohan  and  starring  James  Cagney, 
will  open  at  the  Hollywood  Theatre 
on  Broadway  on  May  29,  after  an  in- 
vitation showing  the  previous  night, 
Ben  Kalmenson,  general  sales  man- 
ager, announced  yesterday.  The  price 
scale  and  policy  for  the  run  of  the 
film  have  not  yet  been  determined. 

An  extensive  advertising  and  ex- 
ploitation campaign  on  the  film  is 
planned.  Mort  Blumenstock,  in 
charge  of  advertising  and  publicity  in 
the  East,  yesterday  held  the  first  of  a 
series  of  conferences  on  the  film  with 
his  field  exploitation  staff. 


Shorts  Getting  More 
Time,  Says  Morgan 

A  tendency  on  the  part  of  exhibi- 
tors to  give  more  playing  time  to 
short  subjects,  even  in  double  bill  ter- 
ritories, was  reported  yesterday  by 
Oscar  A.  Morgan,  Paramount  short 
subject  sales  manager,  who  has  re- 
turned from  a  trip  through  the  South, 
Midwest  and  West.  "The  future  for 
short  subjects  is  becoming  brighter," 
Morgan  said. 

Alorgan  also  declared  that  exhibi- 
tors everywhere  are  anxious  to  coop- 
erate in  every  way  with  the  war  ef- 
fort through  the  showing  of  Victory 
Films. 


6th  Feature  Block 
Set  by  Paramount 

Paramount's  sixth  block  of  five 
features,  on  which  trade  screenings 
will  be  set  shortly,  were  announced 
yesterday  by  Neil  Agnew,  vice-presi- 
dent in  charge  of  sales. 

The  films  are :  "Take  a  Letter, 
Darling,"  "Beyond  the  Blue  Hori- 
zon," "A  Night  in  New  Orleans," 
"Sweater  Girl"  and  "Dr.  Broadway." 


Rites  for  Mrs.  Stiefel 

Philadelphia,  April  21. — Funeral 
services  were  held  here  for  Mrs.  Anna 
Stiefel,  widow  of  Abraham  Stiefel, 
pioneer  exhibitor  here  and  founder  of 
the  Stiefel  Amusement  Co.  She  died 
last  Thursday  at  the  age  of  72.  Her 
three  sons,  Samuel,  Nathan  and  Alex- 
ander, all  operate  theatres  in  the  ter- 
ritory. Two  daughters  also  survive. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


THE  midweek  issues  of  the  reels 
feature  coverage  on  Army  and 
Navy  heroes  reciving  awards  in  Ha- 
waii. The  contents: 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  65— Heroes 
decorated  in  Hawaii.  Lieutenant  O'Hare 
interviewed  in  Washington.  Knudsen  in- 
spects war  production.  Air  raid  wardr 
in  Chicago.  British  warships  in  nortt 
waters.  Victory  parade  in  SpringneVj, 
Mass.  Florida  girls  carry  the  mail. 
Hockey  in  Toronto.  Boys  boxing  at  Naval 
Academy.     Crew  race  on  West  Coast. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  263— Films 
of  Tokyo.  Chicago  air  wardens  mobilize. 
Lieutenant  O'Hare  in  Washington.  Gen- 
eral Marshall  returns  from  England.  Femi- 
nine mail  carriers  in  Florida.  British  air 
power.  British  naval  patrol  in  Arctic. 
Boys  boxing  at  Naval  Academy. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  68— Battle- 
ship Dunquerque  in  France.  Vichy  Ambas- 
sador Henry-Haye  in  Washington.  Films  of 
Paris.  Horse-cart  milk  deliveries  in  Se- 
attle. Pearl  Harbor  heroes  decorated. 
Texas  college  develops  "war  foods."  Lord 
Halifax  in  Texas.  Stratton,  with  artifi- 
cial leg,  stages  baseball  comeback.  Films 
of  Rangoon.  Fargo,  N.  D.,  quintuplets 
promote  enlistments. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  68— Pacific 
heroes  honored.  Knudsen  at  California 
plane  plant.  Flyers  demonstrate  sea  rescue 
at  Oahu.  Tow  war  material  on  Mississippi 
River.  Jap  Embassy  in  Washington  under 
guard.  Golf  balls  reclaimed  in  Chicago. 
Ground  crews  in  Hawaii.  Boston  mara- 
thon. 

UNIVERSAL    NEWSREEL,    No.  77— 

Films  of  Tokyo.  Heroes  decorated.  Lieu- 
tenant O'Hare  in  Washington.  Australian 
Army  officers  at  Capitol.  Lord  Halifax 
in  Texas.  Knudsen  at  California  plane 
plant.  Air  raid  wardens  sworn  in 
Chicago.  Girl  mail  carriers  in  Miami. 
Horses  pull  Seattle  milk  trucks. 


Pittsburgh  Club  Aids 
Army  Entertainment 

Pittsburgh,  April  21.  —  Joseph 
Hiller,  chief  barker  of  the  local  Vari- 
ety Club,  and  I.  Elmer  Ecker  of  the 
club,  are  engaged  in  assisting  in  the 
provision  of  entertainment  for  soldiers 
at  neighboring  camps  in  Western 
Pennsylvania,  under  the  auspices  of 
the  club.  Ecker  is  a  member  of  the 
USO  Council  here. 


100%  War  Bond  Record 

Chicago,  April  21. — Authority  has 
been  given  to  the  Indiana-Illinois  The- 
atre circuit  by  the  U.  S.  Treasury 
Department  to  display  the  "Minute 
Man"  flag,  signifying  its  100  per 
cent  coperation  in  purchases  of  war 
bonds  on  the  payroll-allotment  plan. 


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SOMBREROS  IN  THE  AIR  FOR 
ABBOTT  &  COSTELLO  in  '  RIO  RITA'  ! 

First  holcUovers  as  we  go  to  press:  Harrisburg,  New  Orleans,  Reading,  Memphis,  Dayton 
and  more-a-minute!  Opening  at  Norfolk  is  271  per  cent  of  normal  biz;  at  Memphis 
it's  212  per  cent  and  that's  typical  of  what's  happening  as  America's  First  Comedians 
convulse  the  nation  in  a  magnificent  M-G-M  musical  show  topping  "Ziegfeld  Girl," 
"Strike  Up  The  Band"  and  "Babes  In  Arms."  Reach  for  those  "Rio  Rita"  riches  now. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  April  22,  1942 


46  New  Films 
Are  Shooting; 
Para.  Has  10 


Reviews 


"Tortilla  Flat" 

(M-G-M\ 

HP  HIS  is  a  strangely  moving  tale  and  is  the  kind  of  a  picture  an  ex- 
■*•  exhibitor  can  be  proud  to  show.  With  a  cast  studded  with  big  mar- 
quee names,  Spencer  Tracy,  Hedy  Lamarr,  John  Garfield  and  Frank 
Morgan  among  them,  "Tortilla  Flat"  should  draw  well  satisfied  custom- 
ers. It  will  rank  among  the  top  productions  of  the  year,  with  the  critics. 

The  paisanos  of  Southern  California  are  a  simple,  home-loving  people 
but  the  rare  collection  of  half  a  dozen  ne'er-do-wells  around  whom  the 
story  centers  are  a  curious  lot.  Victor  Fleming's  direction  catches  the 
spirit  of  John  Steinbeck's  best  seller  of  the  same  title  but  the  film  has  a 
lively  romance  and  a  moving  religious  theme  which  tie  up  Steinbeck's 
episodic  narrative.  Basically,  however,  it  is  still  the  story  of  Pilon  and 
his  friends  who  love  to  sleep  in  the  sun,  get  drunk  on  wine,  sing  and 
avoid  all  manner  of  work. 

Garfield  (as  Danny)  is  in  jail  for  drunkenness  when  he  learns  that  he 
has  inherited  two  houses  and  a  watch.  Tracy  (as  Pilon)  and  Akim 
Tamiroff  (as  Pablo)  warn  him  that  ownership  of  property  means  worry 
but  they  helpfully  arrange  to  sell  the  watch  for  several  gallons  of  wine 
to  stage  a  celebration.  Tracy  even  undertakes  to  rent  one  of  Garfield's 
houses  for  $15  a  month  (which  he  does  not  possess)  but  after  the  house 
burns  down,  Tracy  returns  to  share  Garfield's  lodgings. 

The  real  test  of  the  men  comes  when  they  learn  that  an  old  peddler 
in  the  neighborhood  (Frank  Morgan  as  the  Pirate)  has  accumulated 
a  thousand  "two-bitses"  to  buy  a  candle  for  his  patron,  St.  Francis.  The 
men  resist  all  temptation  and  aid  Morgan  in  making  the  purchase. 
Meanwhile,  Garfield  has  fallen  in  love  with  Miss  Lamarr  and  shame- 
fully accepts  work  just  to  have  money  to  buy  her  presents.  Tracy  soon 
smashes  this  romance  by  telling  lies  to  both  parties  but  Garfield  is  hurt 
during  the  course  of  a  subsequent  drunk.  Tracy  promises  St.  Francis 
another  candle  if  Garfield  recovers  and  spends  a  whole  season  working 
to  make  good  on  the  promise.  When  Miss  Lamarr  and  Garfield  are  mar- 
ried, Tracy  gets  the  remaining  house  but  he  and  his  friends  set  fire  to 
it  to  sleep  under  the  sky  again. 

Morgan  gives  a  striking  performance,  particularly  as  he  tells  of  his 
vision  of  St.  Francis.  In  the  supporting  cast,  are  Sheldon  Leonard,  John 
Qualen,  Donald  Meek,  Connie  Gilchrist,  Allen  Jenkins,  Henry  O'Neill, 
Mercedes  Ruffino,  Nina  Campana,  Arthur  Space,  Betty  Wells  and  Harry 
Burns.   Sam  Zimbalist  produced. 

Running  time,  105  minutes.  "A."*  Edward  Greif 


*"A"  denotes  adult  classificatioi 


"Grand  Central  Murder" 

(M-G-M) 

A  N  engaging,  if  conventional,  murder  mystery  has  been  lifted  into 
a  superior  detective  yarn  by  outstanding  performances  of  Van 
Heflin  and  Sam  Levene.  With  a  good,  sound  plot  in  which  a  host  of 
characters  become  implicated,  the  picture  develops  along  logical  lines 
and  has  a  number  of  running  gags  which  should  draw  laughs. 

Levene  as  the  police  inspector  is  not  the  usual  type  of  police  foil  for 
the  superior  wit  of  the  private  investigator,  but  an  impetuous  and  keen 
thinker  in  his  own  right.  Heflin's  performance  matches  Levene's.  As  a 
private  detective  engaged  to  clear  an  escaped  criminal  of  an  unjust  con- 
viction, Heflin  matches  wits  with  the  inspector,  only  to  find  himself  the 
leading  suspect. 

S.  Sylvan  Simon  directed  with  skill.  The  plot  is  developed  principally 
through  dialogue,  but  it  is  witty.  Among  others  in  the  cast  are  Patricia 
Dane,  Cecilia  Parker,  Virginia  Grey  and  Samuel  S.  Hinds.  The  story 
begins  with  the  pursuit  of  an  escaped  convict  through  Grand  Central 
Station,  but  the  murder  of  an  actress  soon  brings  both  the  police  and 
Heflin  to  the  scene.  Suspects  are  shifted  from  place  to  place  as  the  police 
continue  their  investigation  and  the  mystery  is  intensified  by  the  inability 
of  the  coroner  to  determine  the  cause  of  death.  B.  F.  Zeidman  produced. 

Running  time,  71  minutes.  "G."*  Edward  Greif 


Hollywood,  April  21.  —  Forty-six 
pictures  were  before  the  cameras  this 
week  as  12  finished  and  11  started. 
Twenty-six  are  being  prepared,  and 
66  are  being  edited. 

The  busiest  studio  was  Paramount 
with  10  in  production. 

The  tally  by  studio: 

Columbia 

Finished :  "Vengeance  of  the  West," 
"He's  My  Old  Man,"  "He  Kissed  the 
Bride." 

In  Work :  "The  Lone  Wolf  in  Scot- 
land Yard." 

Started:  "Blondie  for  Victory," 
"Overland  to  Deadwood,"  "A  Man's 
World." 

Goldwyn  (RKO) 

In  Work :  "The  Pride  of  the 
Yankees." 

M-G-M 

Finished:  "Jackass  Mail,"  "The 
Man  from  Martinique"  (formerly 
"'Till  You  Return"). 

In  Work :  "Me  and  My  Gal," 
"Cairo,"  "A  Yank  at  Eton,"  "Apache 
Trail,"  "Seven  Sisters"  (formerly 
"Tulip  Time"). 

Monogram 

In  Work:   "Do  Not  Disturb." 

Producers  Releasing 

Started:   "Isle  of  Forgotten  Sins." 

Loew-Lewin  (U.  A.) 

In  Work :  "The  Moon  and  Six- 
pence." 

Paramount 

In  Work :  "Wrecking  Crew,"  "Sil- 
ver Queen,"  "Triumph  Over  Pain," 
"The  Major  and  the  Minor,"  "The 
Road  to  Morocco,"  "The  Forest 
Rangers,"  "Priorities  of  1942." 

Started:  "I  Married  a  Witch," 
"Wake  Island,"  "Happy-Go-Lucky." 

RKO 

In  Work :  Untitled  Richard  Carl- 
son-Jane Darwell  vehicle,  "Army 
Surgeon,"  "Scattergood  Survives  a 
Murder." 

Republic 

In    Work :    "Springtime    in  the 
Rockies." 
Started :  "Moonlight  Masquerade." 

Roach  (U.  A.) 

In  Work :  "Calaboose." 

20th  Century-Fox 

Finished :  "Through  Different  Eyes," 
"The  Magnificent  Jerk,"  "A  Haunt- 
ing We  Will  Go,"  "Footlight  Sere- 
nade." 

In  Work :  "Orchestra  Wife,"  "The 
Postman  Didn't  Ring,"  "The  Pied 
Piper,"  "Thunderbirds." 

Started :  "Iceland." 

Universal 

Finished :  "Eagle  Squadron." 

In  Work :  "Private  Buckaroo," 
"Danger  in  the  Pacific,"  "The  Great 
Impersonation,"  "Destination  Un- 
known," "Pardon  My  Sarong." 

Started:  "Madam  Spy,"  "Love  and 
Kisses,  Caroline." 

Warners 

Finished:  "The  Constant  Nymph," 
"Desperate  Journey." 

In  Work :  "Now,  Voyager,"  "The 
Hard  Way,"  "Across  the  Pacific," 
"George  Washington  Slept  Here." 


*  "G"  denotes  general  classification. 

Defense  Matinees  in 
All  Loew-Poli  Spots 

New  Haven,  April  21. — Harry  F. 
Shaw,  Loew-Poli  division  manager, 
reports  that  with  the  setting  of  morn- 
ing defense  shows  Thursdays  at  the 
Loew-Poli,  Springfield,  every  Loew- 
Poli  town  except  Norwich  now  has 
these  morning  shows,  aimed  at  the  3 
to  11  P.  M.  or  11  P.  M.  to  7  A.  M. 
shift  of  defense  worker. 


Ed  Hinchey  in  New  Post 

Ed  Hinchey,  former  chief  film  buy- 
er for  Warner  Theatres  in  Philadel- 
phia, has  taken  up  new  duties  at  the 
home  office  sales  department  under 
Ben  Kalmenson,  general  sales  man- 
ager, it  was  announced  yesterday. 


Universal  Signs  Hitter 

Hollywood,  April  21. — Universal 
has  signed  Tex  Ritter  to  co-star  with 
Johnny  Mack  Brown  in  a  series  of 
seven  western  pictures. 


See  $800,000 
20th-Fox  Net 
For  Quarter 

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net  profit  of  approximately  $400,000 
last  year. 

Skouras  also  reported  that  the  coa»: 
pany's  gross  business,  foreign  and  (4 
mestic,  for  the  first  quarter  was  $4^ 
000,000  ahead  of  the  corresponding 
quarter  last  year,  an  improvement  of 
about  40  per  cent. 

The  directors  reelected  at  the  meet- 
ing without  a  dissenting  vote  were : 
Spyros  Skouras,  Wendell  L.  Willkie, 
Darryl  F.  Zanuck,  William  Goetz, 
Hermann  G.  Place,  W.  C.  Michel, 
Daniel  O.  Hastings,  H.  Donald  Camp- 
bell, John  R.  Dillon,  Sydney  Towell, 
William  P.  Philips  and  Seton  Porter. 

Officers  Reelected 

Officers  reelected  at  the  board  meet- 
ing which  followed  include:  Willkie, 
chairman  of  the  board;  Skouras,  pres- 
ident; Zanuck,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  production;  Goetz,  vice- 
president  in  charge  of  studio  opera- 
tions ;  Place,  chairman  of  the  execu- 
tive committee ;  Michel,  executive 
vice-president;  Tom  J.  Connors,  vice- 
president  in  charge  of  distribution ; 
Towell,  treasurer ;  Wilfred  J.  Eadie, 
comptroller ;  Felix  Jenkins,  secretary  ; 
John  P.  Edmondson,  J.  Harold  Lang 
and  George  F.  Wasson,  Jr.,  assist- 
ant secretaries ;  Read  B.  Simonson 
and  Fred  L.  Metzler,  assistant  treas- 
urers. 

Skouras  opened  the  meeting  with  a 
tribute  to  the  late  Sidney  R.  Kent, 
whose  death,  he  said,  was  not  only  a 
great  loss  to  the  company  but  to  the 
motion  picture  industry  as  well. 

Skouras  Lauds  Executives 

Skouras  paid  tribute  to  the  com- 
pany executives,  saying:  "In  my  ef- 
forts to  carry  on  in  the  tradition  of 
the  late  Sidney  R.  Kent,  who  was 
an  inspiring  leader  and  friend,  I  am 
most  fortunate  that  I  have  associated 
with  me  many  outstanding  execu- 
tives. I  consider  Darryl  F.  Zanuck 
a  creative  genius  who  is  a  vitalizing 
force  not  only  in  our  industry  but 
also  in  our  American  way  of  life." 

He  termed  Joseph  M.  Schenck  "a 
tower  of  strength  without  equal,"  and 
praised  Connors,  Goetz,  Michel, 
Place,  Towell,  Eadie  and  Jenkins,  in- 
dividually, as  "invaluable  to  the  com- 
pany's plans  to  maintain  its  position 
of  leadership  in  the  industry." 

FDR  Orders  Seizure 
Of  Enemies*  Patents 

Washington,  April  21. — President 
Roosevelt  today  directed  Alien  Prop- 
erty Custodian  Leo  T.  Crowley  to 
take  over  all  patents  controlled  di- 
rectly or  indirectly  by  enemy  aliens. 

Crowley  disclosed  that  he  already 
has  begun  seeking  out  every  kind  of 
enemy  patents,  which  will  involve  a 
survey  of  patents  ostensibly  in  the 
hands  of  neutrals,  Allies  or  American 
citizens  which  actually  are  under 
enemy  control. 

It  was  made  plain  that  enemy- 
owned  patents  now  taken  over  will 
not  be  returned  to  their  present  own- 
ers at  the  end  of  the  war,  as  happened 
after  the  last  war. 


Wednesday,  April  22,  1942 


Motion  Picture  daily 


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'Jennie'  and 
Goodman  Big, 
Philadelphia 


Philadelphia,  April  21. — Business 
at  the  downtown  houses  continued  at 
high  levels  in  spite  of  warm  weather. 
The  Earle,  with  Benny  Goodman's 
•rchestra  on  the  stage  and  "Juke  Box 
yennie"  on  the  screen,  took  $36,500. 

Estimated   receipts    for   the  week 
ending  April  14-17: 
"Mister  V"  (U.  A.) 

ALDINE— (1,400)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,500.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"Citizen  Kane"  (RKO) 

ARCADIA — (600)  (35c-46c-57c)  7  days,  2nd 
run.    Gross:  $4,500.    (Average,  $2,600) 
"Kings  Raw"  (W.  B.) 

BOYD— (2,400)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $18,000.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"Juke  Box  Jennie"  (Univ.)  6  days 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.)  1  day 

EARLE — (4,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Vaudeville  including  Benny  Good- 
man's orchestra,  Peggy  Lee,  Art  London, 
Goodman  Sextet,  Shea  &  Raymond  and  The 
Ambassadorettes.  Gross:  $36,500.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"The  Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th-Fox) 

FAY'S— (2,190)  (15c-29c-35c-46c-57c)  7  days, 
Vaudeville  including  George  Beatty,  Harry 
Levan,  Letty  Bolles,  Lucienne  &  Ashour, 
Harold  Barnes,  The  Lazaros,  Gae  Foster's 
Roxyettes  and  Billy  Klaiss'  orchestra. 
Gross:  $4,800.  (Average,  $6,900) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (20th-Fox) 

FOX— (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $11,500.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"Obliging  Young  Lady"  (RKO) 

KARLTON— (1,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  Gross:  $2,000.    (Average,  $3,000) 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 

KEITH'S— (2,200)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  run.  Gross:  $3,500.  (Average, 
$4,500) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

STANLEY—  (2,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $23,000.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.  A.) 

STANTON— (1,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $11,500.  (Average,  $4,500) 


British  Tax  Formula 
Is  Expected  Shortly 

London,  April  21. — Despite  official 
silence,  it  is  understood  authoritatively 
here  that  exhibitors,  with  the  collabo- 
ration of  the  Treasury,  will  develop  a 
taxation  formula,  making  practicable 
and  economic  the  institution  of  new 
price  scales  incorporating  the  tax  in- 
creases called  for  by  the  Chancellor 
of  the  Exchequer's  new  budget. 

The  tax  committee  of  the  Cinemat- 
ograph Exhibitors  Association  dis- 
cussed the  situation  with  Sir  Wilfred 
Eady  of  the  Treasury,  and  although 
no  statement  was  issued,  it  is  under- 
stood the  committee's  problem  was  re- 
ceived sympathetically.  It  is  learned 
that  the  exhibitor  proposal  for  a  per- 
centage tax  on  gross  receipts  has 
been  shelved  in  favor  of  seeking  Gov- 
ernment approval  of  admission  in- 
creases. 


I A  Heads  to  Discuss 
Breach  of  AFM  Pact 

Richard  F.  Walsh  IATSE  presi- 
dent, will  meet  with  IA  officials  today 
to  discuss  the  abrogation  of  a  work- 
ing agreement  with  the  American 
Federation  of  Musicians  which  has 
been  in  existence  since  1913.  At  IA 
offices  it  was  said  that  no  notification 
of  the  move  had  been  received  except 
that  a  story  had  appeared  in  the  In- 
ternational Musician,  official  AFM 
organ.  At  AFM  offices  it  was  said 
that  although  the  contract  had  been 
abrogated,  there  was  still  a  possibility 
of  a  renewal  in  the  near  future. 


St.  Louis  Complaint 
Attacks  Clearance 


St.  Louis,  April  21.— The  10th 
complaint  at  the  local  arbitration 
board  was  filed  to  day  on  clearance 
by  Community  Theatres  Corp.,  opera- 
tor of  the  Beverly,  subsequent  run 
house  in  suburban  St.  Louis,  against 
all  five  consenting  companies.  St. 
Louis  Amusement  Co.  and  the  Shady 
Oak  and  Tivoli  are  named  as  inter- 
ested parties. 

The  complaint  charges  that  the  ex- 
isting method  of  determining  clear- 
ance in  the  city,  which  is  based  on 
runs  at  St.  Louis  Amusement  Co. 
houses,  is  unreasonable.  It  asserts 
that  the  system  results  in  the  Bever- 
ly's clearance  being  determined  by 
runs  at  the  St.  Louis  Amusement 
Co.'s  Victory  and  Wellston,  which  are 
in  a  distant  section  of  the  city  and 
are  not  in  competition  with  the  Bev- 
erly. The  system,  he  charges,  forces 
the  Beverly  to  wait  unreasonably  long 
periods  for  pictures,  and  operates  as 
protection  for  the  Shady  Oak  and  Ti- 
voli, in  competition  with  Beverly. 


Philadelphia  Complaint 
Dismissal  Appealed 

Dismissal  of  the  some  run  and 
clearance  complaint  of  John  and  Grace 
Koczak,  operators  of  the  Earle,  New- 
castle, Del.,  at  the  Philadelphia  arbi- 
tration board  has  been  appealed  by 
the  complainants  to  the  national  ap- 
peals board.  It  is  the  second  time 
the  complainants'  cases  have  been 
appealed. 

The  first  complaint  on  some  run 
was  filed  a  year  ago  against  M-G-M 
and  Loew's  Parkway  at  Wilmington, 
Del.,  and  was  dismissed  by  Rupert  C. 
Schaeffer,  Jr.,  arbitrator.  Loew's  ap- 
pealed and  the  dismissal  was  upheld 
by  the  appeals  board  last  October. 
The  complainants  filed  a  new  case 
on  both  some  run  and  clearance 
against  Loew's  last  January,  which 
was  heard  by  the  same  arbitrator  and 
dismissed  last  month. 

No  Further  Daylight 
Time  in  Philadelphia 

Philadelphia,  April  21. — There 
won't  be  any  additional  daylight  sav- 
ing in  Philadelphia  unless  the  Presi- 
dent should  find  it  necessary  for  the 
prosecution  of  the  war  effort.  Mayor 
Bernard  Samuel,  after  receiving  the 
results  of  a  special  poll  among  other 
surveys  conducted  by  local  newspa- 
pers, and  the  opinions  of  city  leaders, 
including  representatives  of  the  mo- 
tion picture  industry,  decided  against 
ordering  the  extra  daylight  saving 
time.  Leading  the  industry's  campaign 
against  the  extra  hour  of  daylight 
were  Ted  Schlanger,  Warner  theatres 
zone  manager,  and  Milton  Rogasner, 
operator  of  the  Iris,  representing 
Eastern  Pennsylvania  Allied. 

Exhibitors  protested  that  the  extra 
hour  of  daylight  would  result  in  a 
decrease  of  grosses,  cause  unemploy- 
ment, create  a  great  deal  of  confusion 
and  serve  no  beneficial  purpose. 


Houses  Aid  Book  Drive 

Buffalo,  April  21. — Shea  Theatres 
observed  Victory  Book  Day  here  by 
setting  up  receiving  depots  for  books 
for  men  in  the  armed  forces.  On  Sat- 
urday, the  first  1,000  patrons  at  each 
of  the  Shea  houses  received  a  souve- 
nir photo  of  Gen.  Douglas  MacArthur. 


Don't  Waste  Money, 
Advertise,  Gov't  Told 

"The  most  intelligent  use  of 
newspaper  space  can  be  made 
through  paid  advertising  by 
the  Government  prepared  by 
the  advertising  agencies  of 
this  country  that  know  how 
to  do  the  job,"  publishers  at- 
tending the  51st  annual  con- 
vention of  the  American  News- 
paper Publishers  Association, 
were  told  yesterday  by  Frank 
S.  Hoy  of  the  Lewiston,  Me., 
"Sun"  and  "Journal."  The  con- 
vention is  being  held  at  the 
Waldorf-Astoria.  Hoy  con- 
demned the  Government's 
"waste  of  time,  money  and 
materials  in  silly  publicity 
stories." 


Set  Late  Shopping  in 
Indianapolis  Stores 

Indianapolis,  April  21. — Major 
downtown  stores  have  inaugurated  a 
"late  shopping  night"  policy,  bring- 
ing hundreds  of  "off-shift"  defense 
workers  into  the  downtown  area  dur- 
ing the  evening.  The  reaction  at 
downtown  theatres  was  watched  care- 
fully by  operators.  The  anticipation 
was  that  defense  workers  would  end 
their  shopping  in  time  for  the  last 
shows,  boosting  Monday  receipts. 


' Spitfire'  and 
Carroll  Show 


Lead  Frisco 


San  Francisco,  April  21. — "Mexi- 
can Spitfire  at  Sea,"  with  an  Earl 
Carroll  revue  on  the  stage,  hit  $19,- 
500  at  the  Golden  Gate. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  14-15 : 

"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 

GOLDEN   GATE— (2.850)    (44c-49c-65c)  7 
days.     Stage:   Earl  Carroll  Revue.  Gross: 
$19,500.  (Average,  $15,000) 
"Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"Kathleen"  (M-G-M) 

WARFIELD— (2,680)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  6 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $10,200.  (Average, 
$12,000) 

"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A) 

UNITED  ARTISTS—  (1,200)  (20c-35c-40c- 
55c)  7  days,  5th  week.  Gross:  $7,000.  (Aver- 
age, $7,500) 

"Wild  Bill  Hickok  Rides"  (W.  B.) 
"Lady  for  a  Night"  (Rep.) 

PARAMOUNT — (2,740)  (20c-35c-40c-55c) 
7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $10,500.  (Aver- 
age, $11,500) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZMh-Fox) 
"Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th-Fox) 

FOX—  (5,000)  (20c -35c -40c -55c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.     Gross:  $16,300.   (Average,  $16,000) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (20th-Fox) 
"Last  of  the  Duanes"  (26th-Fox) 

ST.  FRANCIS— (1.400)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $4,600.  (Average, 
$4,500) 

"The  Invaders"  (Cbl.) 
"Hay  Foot"  (U.  A.) 

ORPHEUM  —  (2,440)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,600.  (Average,  $8,000) 


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He's  different! . . . 
He's  got  a  technique 
of  love-making  all 
his  own!  Don't  ask! 


*Jean  Gahin  will  make  hearts 
beat  faster  when  "MOONTIDE"  is  in! 
That's  the  first  American  triumph  for 
the  great  "Grand  Illusion"  star!  Co-star- 
ring Ida  Lupino!  With  Claude  Rains, 
Thomas  Mitchell.  Directed  by  Archie 
Mayo.  Screen  Play  by  John  O'Hara. 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Reviews 

"The  Girl  from  Alaska" 

(Republic) 

RAY  MIDDLETON,  Jean  Parker  and  Jerome  Cowan  appear  in  a 
drama  of  the  frozen  north.    The  film  is  rather  slow  in  getting  the 
plot  started,  but  there  is  a  portion  of  melodramatic  action  later. 

Under  the  misapprehension  that  he  committed  murder,  the  stern-faced 
Middleton  joins  the  unscrupulous  Cowan  in  a  scheme  to  relieve  an  old 
prospector  of  a  sizeable  gold  cache.  Middleton  poses  as  the  son  of  the 
prospector's  partner,  finds  that  the  prospector  had  died  shortly  before 
and  that  his  daughter,  Miss  Parker,  is  in  possession  of  the  gold  and 
anxious  to  leave  for  a  warmer  climate. 

Middleton  honestly  tries  to  assist  her  but  has  to  contend  with  Cowan 
and  another,  Robert  H.  Barrat,  also  bent  on  obtaining  the  gold.  Melo- 
drama develops  as  Miss  Parker's  dog  train  is  caught  in  the  thawing 
river  ice,  and  Middleton  rescues  her.  It  comes  to  a  close  as  Cowan  re- 
veals that  Barrat  is  the  murderer  and  Middleton  is  free  to  take  posses- 
sion of  Miss  Parker  and  her  gold.    Nick  Grinde  directed. 

Running  time,  75  minutes.   "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


"So's  Your  Aunt  Emma" 

(Monogram) 

Hollywood,  April  21 

A  FARCE  with  a  gangster  background,  "So's  Your  Aunt  Emma" 
is  a  well  made  item  of  entertainment.  The  story  deals  with  the 
confusion  of  identities  of  an  elderly  spinster  and  a  notorious  woman 
gang  leader.  A  newspaperman  takes  advantage  of  the  mistake  in  order 
to  clear  up  several  murders  and  kidnappings. 

Zasu  Pitts  has  the  title  role,  supported  by  Roger  Pryor  as  the  news- 
paperman, Warren  Hymer,  Douglas  Fowley,  Gwen  Kenyon,  Elizabeth 
Russell,  Tristram  Coffin,  Bud  McTaggart,  Stan  Blystone,  Dick  El- 
liott, Eleanor  Counts  and  Jack  Mulhall. 

Produced  by  Lindsley  Parsons  and  his  associate,  Barney  Sarecky,  the 
picture  was  directed  by  Jean  Yarbrough  from  a  screenplay  by  G-eorge 
Bricker  and  Edmond  Kelso.  Harry  Hervey  wrote  the  original  story. 
The  dialogue  and  the  situations  are  neatly  worked  out,  and  the  preview 
audience  was  hilarious  at  various  scenes,  notably  the  one  in  which  the 
spinster,  having  been  given  a  quick  lesson  in  gang  argot,  poses  as  a  cold 
blooded  killer. 

Running  time,  62  minutes.  "G."*  Vance  King 


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WPB  Advisory 
Group  Named 
For  Industry 


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in  charge  of  distribution;  Herman 
Robbins,  president,  National  Screen 
Service;  M.  J.  Siegel,  president,  Re- 
public Productions  ;  W.  Ray  Johnston, 
president,  Monogram;  A.  Montague, 
general  sales  manager  of  Columbia ; 
N.  Peter  Rathvon,  Pathe  News 
(RKO)  ;  Carrol  Sax,  studio  mana- 
ger for  Warner  Bros. ;  John  J. 
O'Connor,  Universal,  vice-president ; 
O.  Henry  Briggs,  president,  Pro- 
ducers Releasing;  Jed  Buell,  presi- 
dent, Commander  Pictures ;  Earl  I. 
Sponable,  Fox  Movietone ;  Louis  de 
Rochemont,  March  of  Time;  George 
Weeks,  president,  Range  Busters 
Pictures ;  and  Ray  Klune,  represent- 
ing the  Society  of  Independent  Mo- 
tion Picture  Producers. 

Moore  Represents  U.  S. 

M.  D.  Moore  of  the  Consumers' 
Durable  Goods  Branch  of  the  WPB, 
will  be  the  Government  presiding  of- 
ficer of  the  committee. 

The  war  situation  with  respect  to 
the  various  materials  was  explained  to 
the  group  by  Dr.  Sidney  Suffrin  of 
the  rubber  branch ;  Francis  Kennedy 
of  the  copper  branch ;  A.  F.  Hitchiner 
of  the  iron  and  steel  branch,  and  M. 
D.  Moore,  section  chief  under  Upton. 

The  production  requirements  plan, 
under  which  the  motion  picture  indus- 
try, in  common  with  all  others,  even- 
tually will  secure  its  material  sup- 
plies, was  explained  by  W.  S.  Wild- 
ing. 

The  industry  representatives  were 
asked  to  name  a  committee  by  T. 
Spencer  Shore,  chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Industry  Advisory  Committees. 

Night  Session  Held 

The  views  of  WPB  officials  were 
given  to  the  industry  representatives 
at  a  morning  session.  A  late  night 
session  was  held  by  the  group  at 
which  the  situation  was  further  dis- 
cussed and  the  proposed  limitation 
orders  of  the  board  outlined. 

Tomorrow,  representatives  of  the 
exhibitors  are  expected  in  Washing- 
ton for  similar  sessions,  the  chief 
subject  at  wkich  is  expected  to  be 
disclosure  by  board  officials  of  the  re- 
strictions to  be  imposed  on  theatre 
equipment  and  materials. 

'Saboteur'  Opens 
In  Capital  Tonight 

"Saboteur,"  Frank  Lloyd  production 
directed  by  Alfred  Hitchcock  and  re- 
leased by  Universal,  will  open  tonight 
at  the  Keith  Theatre  in  Washington, 
with  official  Washington  and  a  num- 
ber of  Universal  executives  scheduled 
to  attend. 

A  total  of  58  Senators  and  330  Con- 
gressmen are  expected  to  be  present, 
according  to  acceptances  received, 
while  various  Governmental  depart- 
ments and  agencies  are  expected  to  be 
represented  by  ranking  officials,  as 
well  as  high  officers  of  the  Army  and 
Navy.  Washington  newspaper  repre- 
sentatives also  have  been  invited. 

A  group  of  Universal  executives 
from  the  home  office  will  attend,  head- 
ed by  J.  Cheever  Cowdin,  chairman 
of  the  board,  and  W.  A.  Scully,  vice- 
president  and  general  sales  manager. 


G"  denotes  general  classification. 


New  System  Set  Up 
For  Talent  Requests 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Stauffer.  William  Inglish  will  act 
in  New  York.  Navy  requests  will 
clear  through  Lieut.  Cmdr.  A.  J.  Bol- 
ton. W.  B.  Lewis,  radio  coordinator 
in  the  Office  of  Facts  and  Figures, 
will  be  responsible  for  clearing  all 
air  time  for  Government  departments 
and  signify  the  priority  of  time  as 
well  as  classify  programs  as  to  im- 
portance. 

Formation  of  a  special  subcommit- 
tee to  coordinate  radio  and  film  war 
activities  was  announced.  Members 
are  Sidney  Strotz,  Don  Gilman,  Don- 
ald Thornburgh,  William  Forbes, 
Lewis  Allen  Weiss,  Bert  Allenberg, 
Bette  Davis,  Rosalind  Russell,  Charles 
K.  Feldman  and  Fred  W.  Beetson. 
Edward  Arnold  was  named  head  of 
the  speakers'  bureau  committee,  and 
with  Mervyn  LeRoy  and  Thornburgh 
will  compile  a  list  of  industry  leaders 
available  for  call. 


Talent  Clearing  Unit 
Set  Up  in  New  York 

In  New  York,  at  a  meeting  held  at 
the  CBS  offices  yesterday,  60  repre- 
sentatives of  all  branches  of  the  show 
world  devised  a  plan  to  route  all  war 
entertainments  by  actors  and  other 
professional  talent  through  the  newly 
formed  Actors  War  Activities  Com- 
mittee. 

Bert  Lytell,    president    of  Actors 


Equity,  is  chairman  of  the  new  com- 
mittee ;  James  Sauter,  executive  vice- 
chairman.  Lawrence  Tibbett,  presi- 
dent of  the  American  Guild  of  Musical 
Artists,  and  Blanche  Witherspoon,  ex- 
ecutive secretary  of  AGMA,  explained 
the  working  details  of  the  new  or- 
ganization, which  were  endorsed  after 
a  discussion. 

Will  Investigate  Requests 

Requests  for  entertainers  by  gov- 
ernment and  war  relief  agencies  and 
benefit  organizations  are  to  be  investi- 
gated and  filled  by  the  new  commit- 
mittee  at  2  West  45th  St.,  where  Sau- 
ter will  be  in  charge. 

The  name  of  the  committee  prob- 
ably will  be  changed  to  the  United 
Theatrical  War  Activities  Commit- 
tee, Inc.,  it  was  said.  It  will  cooper- 
ate with  the  Hollywood  committee. 

Cohen  Heads  State 
Army-Navy  Drive 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

C.  Moskowitz,  Wilbur  B.  England  and 
Marvin  H.  Schenck. 

Field  chairmen  for  Greater  New 
York  are :  Robert  Weitman,  Times 
Square;  Samuel  Rinzler,  Brooklyn; 
Henry  Randall,  Manhattan;  Fred 
Schwartz,  Long  Island ;  Leo  Abrams, 
Bronx  and  Staten  Island. 

Among  the  first  of  the  circuits  to 
file  their  pledges  of  cooperation  were: 
RKO,  Loew's,  Warners,  Paramount, 
Brandt,  Century,  Skouras,  Randforce 
and  Cinema  Circuit. 


Wednesday,  April  22,  1942  »e 


Approval  of  C 
New  Umpi  Plan 
Appears  Sure  I 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

its  national  board  of  directors  meets  L 
in  Chicago.  A  clear  majority  of  r 
Allied  units  and  its  principal  leaders  :  •• 
are  known  to  be  in  favor  of  the  pf 
posals.  Only  one  Allied  unit,  y 
Massachusetts  group,  has  rejected  the 
plan. 

Coast  Group  to  Act 

A     similar     situation     exists     in  ' 
PCCITO  ranks,  where  the  Washing-  f 
ton  and  Oregon  units  have  approved  P 
the  plan  but  final  action  by  the  organi- 
zation awaits  a  meeting  of  its  board  ^ 
of  directors  on  the  Coast  some  time 
this  week. 

A  majority  of  MPTOA  units  al- 
ready have  approved  the  plan,  al-  jr 
though  two  MPTOA  affiliates,  the  L 
MPTO  of  North  and  South  Carolina  j; 
and  Southeastern  Theatre  Owners  q 
Association,  have  rejected  it. 

A  number  of  the  most  important 
unaffiliated  regional  organizations  al-  t 
ready  have  approved  it,  the  PCCITO  h 
being  the  only  major  organization  in 
this  classification  not  to  have  taken 
final  action  as  yet. 

Units  Which  Ratified 

Acceptance  of  the  plan  has  been 
given  by  the  following:  MPTO  of 
Virginia,  United  MPTO  of  Eastern 
Pennsylvania,  Southern  New  Jersey 
and  Delaware,  West  Virginia  Thea- 
tre Managers  Association,  MPTO  of 
Rhode  Island,  MPTO  of  Oklahoma, 
Western  Pennsylvania  Allied,  ITPA 
of  Wisconsin  and  Upper  Michigan, 
MPTO  of  St.  Louis,  Eastern  Mis- 
souri and  Southern  Illinois,  MPTO  of 
the  District  of  Columbia,  Allied  of 
New  York,  ITOA  of  New  York, 
MPTO  of  Arkansas,  Mississippi  and 
Tennessee,  Intermountain  Theatres 
Association,  and  ITO  of  Iowa  and  ' 
Nebraska.  Approval  has  also  been 
given  by  Wilmer  &  Vincent  Circuit 
and  Griffith  Amusement  Co. 

Tentative  approval  has  been  ex- 
pressed by  the  United  MPTO  of 
Illinois. 


Holland  Succeeding 
Odium  on  CBC  Board 

Toronto,  April  21. — Succeeding 
General  V.  W.  Odium,  who  went  to 
Australia  some  months  ago  as  Can- 
ada's first  high  commissioner  to  that 
Dominion,  as  a  governor  of  the  Cana- 
dian Broadcasting  Corp.,  R.  Rowe 
Holland  of  Vancouver  has  been  ap- 
pointed to  the  CBC  board  by  the  Ca- 
nadian Government. 

N.  L.  Nathanson,  head  of  Odeon 
Theatres  interests,  retains  his  place 
on  the  CBC  board  of  governors  for 
another  12  months. 


Circuit  Profit  $37,200 

Montreal,  April  21. — Confedera- 
tion Amusements,  Ltd.,  operating  sev- 
eral neighborhood  houses  here,  has  re- 
ported net  profit  of  $37,200  for  the 
year  1941,  compared  with  $35,361  in 
1940.  Theatre  grosses  rose  from  $486,- 
686  in  1940  to  $565,117  last  year. 


'Wednesday,  April  22,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


7 


CBC  Policy  to  Be 
Subject  of  Inquiry 

Ottawa,  April  21. — The  policy  and 
( administrative  operation  of  Canadian 
Broadcasting  Corporation  is  to  come 
under  review  by  a  special  committee 
of  House  of  Commons. 

The  first  inquiry  in  three  years,  the 
main  points  are  indicated  as  investi- 
gation of  balance  sheets  and  accounts, 
j  "-nd  whether,  or  to  what  extent,  any 
I  lrtrol  or  influence  may  be  exercised 
Jn  the  CBC  by  the  Government, 
s  Political  controversies  over  broad- 
casts have  sprung  up  on  occasions,  and 
have  occurred  in  the  present  plebiscite 
campaign. 

In  the  fiscal  year  recently  ended  it 
was  shown  that  there  were  1,681,064 
licensed  radio  sets  in  Canada. 


NBC  Action  Taken 
On  Canada  Criticism 

Ottawa,  April  21. — A  return  tabled 
in  the  Canadian  House  of  Commons 
yesterday  to  a  question  of  T.  L. 
Church,  asking  if  the  attention  of  the 
Government  had  been  called  "to  the 
offensive  broadcasting  for  NBC  of 
one  Upton  Close  and  his-  tirades 
against  Britain,"  revealed  that  NBC 
had  taken  action  "which,  it  is  believed, 
will  be  effective." 

War  Services  Minister  Thorson 
said  that  the  attention  of  CBC  had 
been  called  to  the  broadcasts  and  com- 
plaints had  been  made  to  NBC.  He 
pointed  out  that  there  was  friendly 
cooperation  between  NBC  and  CBC. 


About  three  weeks  ago,  Upton 
Close,  NBC  commentator,  discussed 
the  Canadian  Government  and  news- 
papers in  Canada,  which  resulted  in  a 
number  of  complaints,  network  offi- 
cials said.  Although  NBC  would  not 
comment  officially,  it  was  said  net- 
work officials  had  discussed  the  issue 
with  Close  and  that  the  matter  had 
been  adjusted. 


FM  Station  of  CBS 
Limits  Sponsorship 

The  first  rate  card  of  W67NY, 
CBS  FM  station  here,  provides  a 
radical  change  in  methods  of  spon- 
sorship. Instead  of  a  specific  time 
period  or  program  being  sold  to  a 
sponsor,  50  and  100-word  announce- 
ments will  be  sold  and  they  will  be 
rotated  during  different  hours  of  the 
day  or  evening  so  that  each  sponsor's 
message  will  be  heard  at  various  times 
during  the  week. 

Full  control  of  the  program  content 
is  retained  by  the  station.  A  50- 
word  announcement  for  six  days  will 
cost  $28.80  weekly  after  6  P.  M.  and 
half  that  before  6  P.  M.  One- 
hundred  word  messages  will  be  double 
the  50-word  rate.  Discounts  of  five 
per  cent  will  be  given  on  contracts  of 
26  to  38  weeks ;  7%  per  cent,  39  to 
51  weeks,  and  10  per  cent,  52  weeks. 
Time  signals  will  be  sold  on  the  50- 
word  basis,  but  only  25  words  of  com- 
mercial copy  will  be  allowed.  No  an- 
nouncement will  be  made  immediately 
after  another  commercial  message. 


Set  'Invaders'  Screening 

A  preview  showing  of  Columbia's 
"The  Invaders"  will  be  held  at  the 
National  Press  Club,  Washington, 
April  26,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Washington  Newspaper  Guild,  the 
company  announced  yesterday. 


Off  the  Antenna 

AN  eight-day  celebration,  beginning  Sunday  and  lasting  until  the  fol- 
lowing Sunday,  will  mark  the  opening  of  the  new  San  Francisco 
Radio  City  on  both  the  NBC  and  Blue  networks.  Almost  all  programs 
on  both  webs  are  scheduled  to  mark  the  occasion. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Otis  T.  Wingo,  WMCA  Washington  correspondent,  and 
Eleanor  Lemly  Bunker  were  married  in  Washington  last  week.  .  .  .  FCC 
Chairman  James  L.  Fly  will  be  moderator  on  "America's  Town  Meeting  of 
the  Air"  Thursday,  April  30,  in  a  symposium  on  "The  Role  of  Criticism  in 
War'."  George  V .  Denny,  Jr.,  the  regular  moderator ,  will  be  one  of  the 
panel. 

•  •  • 

WNAB,  Bridgeport,  and  WELI,  New  Haven,  will  join  the  Blue  as 
basic  outlets  June  15.  WNAB  operates  on  1,450  k.c.  with  250  watts,  and 
WELI  on  960  k.c.  with  1,000  watts  days  and  500  nights.  With  these,  the 
total  number  of  Blue  affiliates  will  be  124. 

•  •  • 

CBS  will  start  a  weekly  lesson  in  first  aid  over  its  television  station 
next  Tuesday.  The  10-lesson  course  is  required  for  those  taking  part  in 
the  work  of  the  Office  of  Civilian  Defense.  Postcard  quizzes  and  ques- 
tion and  answer  periods  by  telephone  are  being  considered  to  bring  the 
audience  into  close  contact  with  the  instructor. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  Carl  O.  Wyman,  KDKA,  Pittsburgh,  night  super- 
visor, has  been  called  into  service  as  a  lieutenant  in  the  Marine's.  .  .  .  John 
D.  Scheuer  has  been  appointed  night  supervisor  of  WFIL,  Philadelphia.  .  .  . 
Jerry  Campbell,  formerly  with  WMRO,  Aurora,  III.,  has  joined  the  produc- 
tion department  of  WIS,  Chicago.  .  .  .  Luther  L.  Hill,  executive  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Iowa  Broadcasting  Co.,  has  received  a  major's  commission  in 
the  Army  and  will  report  for  duty  April  29.  .  .  .  The  Golden  Gate  Circuit  oper- 
ating theatres  through  Northern  California,  has  arranged  a  deal  with  KROW , 
Oakland,  for  spot  announcements  in  exchange  for  trailers. 

•  •  • 

Two  NBC  stations  plan  to  start  operations  on  increased  power  within 
a  month,  the  network  said  yesterday.  WIS,  Columbia,  S.  C,  now  operat- 
ing on  560  kc.  with  5,000  watts  day  and  1,000  night,  plans  to  step  up  to 
5,000  watts  full  time  on  May  1.  The  other,  KPRC,  Houston,  Tex.,  has 
not  yet  set  a  date  for  a  similar  power  boost  on  950  kc,  but  also  plans 
to  accomplish  it  within  a  month. 

•  •  • 

Jack  Benny  leads  in  the  current  Crossley  ratings,  followed  by  Edgar 
Bergen,  Fibber  McGee  &  Molly,  "Aldrich  Family,"  "Lux  Radio  Theatre," 
Bob  Hope,  Fannie  Brice,  Bing  Crosby,  Kate  Smith  and  "Mr.  District 
Attorney." 


'Andy  Hardy'  Gets 
$14,000,  Pittsburgh 


Pittsburgh,  April  21. — Unseasonal 
weather  hurt  business.  "The  Court- 
ship of  Andy  Hardy"  drew  $14,000 
at  Loew's  Penn. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing April  16: 

"Major  Barbara"  (U.  A.) 

ART  CINEMA— (300)  (30c-39c-55c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $1,900.  (Average, 
$1,800) 

"Roxie  Hart"  (Z&th-Fox) 

FULTON— (1.700)  (30c-40c-55c)  4  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $3,300.  (Average,  7 
days,  $5,000) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

J.  P.  HARRIS— (2,500)  (30c-40c-55c)  4 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Average, 
$12,000) 

"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S    PENN— (3,400)    (30c-40c-55c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $14,000.     (Average,  $13,000) 
"The  Kennel  Murder  Case"  (W.  B.) 
"Gambling  Lady"  (W.  B.) 

RITZ— (800)   (30c-40c-55c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$2,000.     (Average,  $2,500) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (20th-Fox) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

SENATOR— (1,800)    (30c-40c-55c)  4  days. 
Gross:  $1,800.     (Average,  7  days,  $5,000) 
"Mister  V"  (U.  A.) 

STANLEY — (3,600)    (30c-44c-55c-66c)  On 
stage:    Jimmy    Durante.     Mildred  Bailey, 
Red    Norvo's    Orchestra.       Gross:  $19,000. 
(Average,  $20,800) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER— (2,000)  (30c-40c-55c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $5,500.    (Average,  $5,000) 


Third  FM  Outlet 

Starts  in  Phila. 

Philadelphia,  April  21. — The  third 
FM  station  in  the  city,  W49PH,  went 
on  the  air  yesterday  as  a  sister  station 
to  WIP.  Clifford  C.  Harris,  WIP 
chief  engineer,  was  named  general 
manager  of  the  new  outlet,  which 
will  broadcast  six  hours  daily  except 
Sunday. 


Regular  Equity  Slate 
Accepted  by  Council 

The  Actors  Equity  council  yester- 
day accepted  the  regular  slate  pro- 
posed by  the  nominating  committee  for 
vacancies  in  offices  and  the  council  to 
be  filled  at  the  annual  meeting  next 
month.  Following  a  policy  adopted 
last  year,  the  regular  slate  contains 
twice  the  number  of  names  needed 
for  each  vacancy. 

Ruth  Hammond  and  Cornelia  Otis 
Skinner  were  named  as  candidates  for 
the  second  vice-presidency,  and  Louis 
Calhern  and  Dudley  Digges  for  the 
fourth  vice-presidency.  Named  for 
the  10  vacancies  for  the  full  five-year 
term  in  the  council  were  Ilka  Chase, 
Todd  Duncan,  Walter  Greaza,  Will- 
iam Harrigan,  Raymond  Massey, 
Aline  McMahon,  Byron  McGrath, 
Theodore  Newton,  Elliott  Nugent, 
Tom  Powers,  Donald  Randolph,  Roy 
Roberts,  H.  Ben  Smith,  Calvin 
Thomas  and  Ethel  Wilson.  Jack 
Sheehan  and  Joseph  Macaulay  were 
named  for  the  one  council  vacancy 
for  a  three-year  term,  and  Alexander 
Clark  and  one  other,  who  has  not  yet 
accepted  the  designation,  for  a  two- 
year  vacancy. 

There  are  four  vacancies  for  one- 
year  terms  on  the  council,  regular 
candidates  for  which  are  Edith  At- 
water,  Whitner  Bissell,  Philip  Bour- 
neuf,  Alfred  Drake,  James  V.  Curto, 
Brandon  Peters,  Ann  Seymour  and 
Edgar  Stehli. 


N.  C.  Theatre  Opened 

Charlotte,  N.  C,  April  21. — J.  E. 
Massey  has  opened  the  New  Ritz 
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TEN  CENTS 


Salary  Ceiling 
Will  Hit  Many 
In  Show  World 


High  Excess  Profits  Tax 
Also  Expected 


Washington,  April  22. — Show 
world  salaries  will  undergo  drastic 
alteration  should  the  President's 
new  tax  program,  as  part  of  his 
anti-inflation  program,  provide  a 
ceiling  of  $25,000  and  $50,000  on 
individual  incomes.  This  and  a  99 
per  cent  excess  profits  tax  on  all 
corporate  earnings  over  6  per  cent 
of  capitalization,  observers  report, 
might  be  incorporated  in  the  Presi- 
dent's message  next  Monday  to 
Congress  and  the  nation,  as  recom- 
mendations to  halt  inflationary 
trends. 

It  is  said  that  President  Roosevelt 
has  made  plans  today  to  spend  the 
rest  of  the  week  and  the  weekend  put- 
ting together  his  program  which,  it 
is  said,  has  not  yet  been  set. 

Labor  also  will  be  touched  upon, 
{Continued  on  page  4) 


Talent  Unions  Await 
Agency  Bill  Hearing 

Talent  unions  here  are  awaiting 
word  from  Governor  Lehman's  office 
on  a  public  hearing  on  the  employ- 
ment agency  bill  which  was  passed  by 
the  State  legislature  last  week.  The 
bill  fixes  no  limit  on  what  an  agency 
may  charge  and  the  unions  fear  if 
Governor  Lehman  signs  the  bill,  the 
agents  may  start  a  campaign  to  in- 
crease maximum  fees  now  permitted 
by  the  unions.  Requests  for  hear- 
ings have  been  sent  to  Albany  but  a 
hearing  is  discretionary  with  the  Gov- 
ernor, union  officials  stated. 


Haines  Holding  Two 
WB  Regional  Meets 

Roy  Haines,  Warner  Eastern  and 
Canadian  sales  manager,  and  Arthur 
Sachson,  sales  executive,  will  leave 
for  Boston  tonight  to  conduct  the  first 
of  two  regional  sales  meetings.  A 
second  session  will  be  held  Monday  in 
Pittsburgh. 

Attending  the  Boston  meeting  at  the 
Ritz  Carlton  Hotel  will  be  Sam  Lef- 
kowitz,  New  York  metropolitan  dis- 
trict manager ;  Norman  Ayers,  East- 
ern district  manager,  and  branch  man- 
agers John  R.  Mahan,  New  York ; 
Paul     S.     Krumenacker,     Albany ; 

{Continued  on  page  7) 


Unions,  Stage  Plan 
Policies  Covering 
Raid  Emergencies 


Unions  and  producers  in  the  legiti- 
mate stage  field  are  expected  to  start 
meetings  shortly  to  lay  down  general 
policies  to  be  followed  in  the  event 
that  bombings,  blackouts  or  other  war 
emergencies  interfere  with  perform- 
ances, it  was  learned  yesterday. 

The  meetings  will  start  as  soon  as 
the  producers  complete  current  nego- 
tiations with  unions  on  standard 
working  agreements,  it  was  indicated. 
Although  it  was  pointed  out  that  no 
definite  rules  will  be  set,  the  plan  is  to 
form  certain  general  policies  which 
can  serve  as  a  guide  to  an  immediate 
solution  in  the  event  of  an  emergency. 

Among  the  problems  is  the  question 
of  what  to  do  in  the  event  a  theatre  in 
which  a  play  is  current  is  destroyed  by 
bombs.  Contracts  now  provide  for 
minimum  notices  before  a  play  can  be 

{Continued  on  page  7) 


25  Radio  Set  Plants 
Get  Time  to  Convert 

Washington,  April  22. — Twenty- 
five  radio  manufacturers  needing  addi- 
tional time  to  re-tool  their  plants  for 
war  production  or  who  did  not  receive 
war  contracts  early  enough  to  make 
the  changeover  have  been  given  an 
additional  one  to  six  weeks  of  produc- 
tion of  civilian  radios,  but  30  other 
companies  discontinued  commercial 
work  tonight  to  change  over  immedi- 
ately to  the  production  of  war  needs. 

The  plants  permitted  to  continue 
until  they  can  make  the  switch  to 
war  work  will  produce  another  410,- 
000  sets,  half  of  which  will  be  re- 

{Continued  on  page  7) 


Ship  Advance  Clips 
Of  Morgenthau  Talk 

A  film  of  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  Morgenthau  speaking 
of  important  excerpts  from  the 
speech  which  he  will  make  to- 
night urging  purchase  of  War 
Bonds  has  been  shipped  to 
10,000  theatres  and  will  like- 
ly appear  on  numerous  screens 
almost  simultaneously  with 
the  speech,  the  War  Activities 
Commitee  announced  yester- 
day. The  innovation,  which 
parallels  advance  copies  re- 
leased to  newspapers,  was 
made  possible  by  cameramen 
taking  the  shots  Monday  in 
Washington. 


Admission  Rise 
To  Meet  Taxes 
Set  in  Britain 


London,  April  22. — The  British 
Treasury  has  agreed  to  a  revised  scale 
of  admission  increases  by  British  the- 
atres to  make  effective  the  increase 
in  entertainment  taxes  called  for  in 
the  new  budget  of  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer  Sir  Kingsley  Wood.  The 
new  scale  will  be  effective  May  17. 

Wood  declared  in  the  House  of 
Commons  today  he  would  make  modi- 
fications in  the  original  tax  increases. 
The  Cinematograph  Exhibitors  Asso- 
ciation today  released  details  of  the 
new  tax  schedule,  which  will  replace 
the  originally  planned  100  per  cent 
increase.  The  new  schedule  permits 
certain  gross  admission  rates,  which 
will  include  the  new  taxes-  The  new 
{Continued  on  page  7) 


Rationing  of  Gasoline  Seen 
Changing  Filmgoing  Habits 


Officialdom  Attends 
'Saboteur'  Opening 

Washington,  April  22. — The  na- 
tion's capital  tonight  had  its  first 
gala  premiere,  complete  with  flood- 
lights, since  Pearl  Harbor.  Attended 
by  hundreds  of  Congress  members, 
Government  officials,  diplomats  and 
service  men,  "Saboteur,"  Frank  Lloyd- 
Universal  film,  opened  to  an  invita- 
tional audience  at  RKO-Keith's.  Al- 
fred Hitchcock,  director  of  the  film, 
was  introduced  to  the  assembly  by 

{Continued  on  page  7) 


A  widespread  effect  on  theatre  busi- 
ness and  theatregoing  habits  was  fore- 
seen by  industry  executives  last  night 
as  a  result  of  the  Price  Administra- 
tion order  in  Washington  yesterday 
limiting  motorists  in  the  Eastern  sea- 
board states  to  from  two-and-a-half 
to  five  gallons  of  gasoline  a  week, 
beginning  May  15. 

Affected  by  the  rationing  plan  will 
be  the  17  Eastern  seaboard  states  and 
the  District  of  Columbia  now  included 
in  the  gasoline  "curtailment"  order 
extending  from  Maine  to  Florida. 

Although  it  was  anticipated  by  film 
{Continued  on  page  7) 


WPB  Order  to 
Affect  Theatre 
Maintenance 


Exhibitor  Advisory  Unit 
Named  at  Meeting 


Washington,  April  22. — Gov- 
ernment regulations  applicable  to 
motion  picture  and  legitimate  the- 
atres will  control  not  only  the  use 
of  materials  for  construction  work 
but  also  for  repair  and  maintenance 
of  furnishings  and  apparatus,  it 
was  indicated  here  today  following 
a  meeting  of  exhibitor  representa- 
tives with  War  Production  Board 
officials. 

The  formal  orders  will  be  issued 
within  the  next  two  or  three  weeks, 
the  exhibitor  representatives  were 
told.  Details  of  the  regulations  in 
prospect  were  not  made  known  out- 
side the  conference  room. 

Meeting  with  the  WPB  to 
perfect  the  organization  of  an 
advisory  committee  and  to  dis- 
cuss the  material  situation,  the 
exhibitors  were  told  that  short- 
{Continued  on  page  4) 


PCCITO  Approves 
Umpi  Sales  Proposal 

Los  Angeles,  April  22. — The  Pa- 
cific Coast  Conference  of  fndependent 
Theatre  Owners  and  its  board  of  trus- 
tees, representing  four  Coast  exhibitor 
organizations,  today  formally  ap- 
proved the  proposed  new  selling  plan 
of  the  United  Motion  Picture  Indus- 
try, with  one  exception. 

The  exception  asked  that  a  clarifica- 
tion in  language  be  made  so  that 
numbers  of  pictures  in  each  price 
bracket  shall  be  clearly  defined  and 
stipulated  at  the  time  of  sale.  The 
{Continued  on  page  4) 


Stern  to  Have  U.  A. 
Eastern  District  Post 

Charles  Stern,  who  has  been  Mid- 
west district  manager  for  United  Art- 
tists  for  the  past  several  years,  will 
return  to  his  former  post  as  North- 
eastern district  manager  for  the  com- 
pany, with  headquarters  at  Boston,  it 
was  reported  yesterday. 

Stern  will  replace  John  J.  Dervin, 
who  is  scheduled  to  become  Boston 
branch  manager.  The  territory  in- 
cludes upper  New  York  and  New 
Haven  areas  in  addition  to  Boston. 


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Coast  Flashes 


Personal  Mention 


Hollywood,  April  22 

A TOTAL  of  622  theatres  in  South- 
ern California  have  booked  the 
Government  film,  "Fighting  Fire 
Bombs,"  and  all  available  screen  play- 
ing time  will  be  liquidated  within  five 
weeks  of  the  first  showings,  B.  V. 
Sturdivant,  director  of  the  Los  An- 
geles Theatre  Defense  Bureau,  an- 
nounced today.  He  also  disclosed  that 
all  theatre  managers  have  been  ap- 
pointed building  wardens,  thus  reliev- 
ing air  raid  wardens  and  ending  the 
confusion  of  diffused  authority. 
• 

Victor  Moore  has  been  signed  by 
Paramount  to  a  two-picture  contract 
with  options  for  additional  pictures, 
it  was  announced  today.  He  will  re- 
port to  the  studio  next  month. 
• 

RKO  today  placed  a  horror  picture 
to  be  titled  "The  Cat  People"  on  its 
production  schedule.  Val  Lewton  will 
produce  and  Dewitt  Beaudine  write 
the  script. 

• 

Dick  Dickinson  and  Herbert  Men- 
delson,  members  of  the  Republic  pro- 
duction department,  leave  over  the 
weekend  to  join  the  armed  forces, 
raising  to  46  the  number  of  men  the 
studio  has  contributed. 

Acquit  Exhibitor  on 
Blue  Law  Charges 

Jackson,  Miss.,  April  22. — Henry 
Seel,  theatre  manager  who  was  fined 
$50  last  week  for  violation  of  the 
state's  120-year-old  blue  law,  and  an- 
other $50  in  police  court  for  a  second 
violation  last  Sunday,  yesterday  won 
an  acquittal  on  a  similar  charge  in 
Justice  of  the  Peace  court.  In  the 
trial  yesterday,  a  jury  acquitted  him 
after  arguments  that  the  law  is  being 
violated  widely  by  other  establish- 
ments. 

'Above  Air  to  Play 
B'way  Astor  Soon 

"This  Above  All,"  20th  Century- 
Fox  feature,  starring  Tyrone  Power 
and  Joan  Fontaine,  is  scheduled  to  go 
into  the  Astor  Theatre  on  Broadway 
in  about  two  weeks,  it  is  learned.  The 
film  will  follow  the  current  return 
engagement  of  "Gone  With  the  Wind." 


Army-Navy  Drive  Trailer 

An  appeal  trailer  featuring  Gary 
Cooper  to  be  filmed  at  the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox studio  will  be  supplied  to 
theatres  participating  in  the  Army  and 
Navy  Relief  drive,  May  14  to  20,  it 
was  announced  yesterday. 


AH.  BLANK  is  here  from  Des 
.  Moines  for  a  visit. 

• 

John  J.  Maloney,  M-G-M  district 
manager  in  Pittsburgh,  is  in  town. 
• 

Joseph  Bern  hard  is  expected  back 
from  Washington  tomorrow. 

• 

Edward  Selette,  manager  of 
Warners'  Albany  Theatre  in  Albany, 
was  in  town  yesterday. 

• 

Jack  Day,  manager  of  the  Penn, 
Reading,  Pa.,  has  been  called  up  for 
Army  duty. 

Elmo  Sarno,  assistant  manager  of 
Warners'  Center,  Philadelphia,  has 
joined  the  Marines. 

• 

William  Gross,  assistant  manager 
of  Warners'  Columbia,  Philadelphia, 
has  enlisted  as  an  aviation  cadet. 
• 

Hal  Sheridan,  manager  of  the 
Tri- States  Paramount  Theatre  in  Ce- 
dar Rapids,  la.,  has  returned  to  work 
after  an  operation. 

'U'  Advised  Japs 
May  Free  Perkins 

The  Universal  home  office  was  ad- 
vised yesterday  that  Robert  Perkins, 
its  former  manager  at  Shanghai,  has 
returned  to  that  city  from  Hong  Kong 
and  as  an  accredited  newsreel  repre- 
sentative is  eligible  for  evacuation  in 
an  exchange  of  nationals  betwen  this 
country  and  Japan. 

Word  was  received  through  the 
Swiss  Red  Cross  via  Stockholm.  The 
communication  disclosed  that  the 
China  Film  Co.,  a  Japanese  dominat- 
ed organization,  has  taken  over  film 
distribution  in  China  and  that  it  is  al- 
lowing some  interned  American  film 
executives  their  living  expenses. 


RKO  Golf  Tourney 
Set  for  Rye  May  14 

RKO's  annual  golf  tournament, 
which  this  year  is  the  War  Bond 
Tournament,  has  been  set  for  May  14 
at  the  Westchester  Country  Club, 
Rye,  N.  Y.  War  bonds  and  stamps 
will  be  given  in  prizes.  Guest  tickets 
are  priced  at  $10,  including  greens 
fees,  luncheon  and  dinner. 

The  arrangements  committee  con- 
sists of  J.  Henry  Walters,  chairman ; 
John  Farmer,  treasurer,  and  Al  Daw- 
son, Lou  Gaudreau,  Richard  Gavin 
and  Robert  Sherman. 


JOHN  JOSEPH,  Universal  adver- 
"   tising  and  publicity  director,  left 
Hollywood  yesterday  for  New  York. 
• 

William  F.  Rodgers  is  expected 
from  Washington  today. 

• 

Sam  Pinanski  is  in  town  from 
Boston. 

• 

Joseph  H.  Hazen  has  been  visiting 
in  Washington. 

• 

Ed  Kuykendall  is  expected  here 
from  Washington  tomorrow. 

• 

James  Riley,  assistant  manager  of 
the  Irving  Theatre,  Wilkes-Barre, 
Pa.,  is  the  father  of  a  son,  born  early 
this  week. 

• 

James  William  Wood,  manager  of 
the  Mariemont  Theatre,  Cincinnati, 
who  was  married  a  week  ago,  has 
been  called  for  Army  service. 

• 

John  Kain,  manager  of  Warners' 
Ritz,  York,  Pa.,  has  returned  to  his 
post  after  having  been  ill  with  pneu- 
monia. 


Mayer  Accepts  Post 
For  U.  S.  O.  Campaign 

Louis  B.  Mayer  has  accepted  an  ap- 
pointment as  a  national  vice-chairman 
of  the  USO  War  Fund  Campaign  for 
$32,000,000,  which  will  run  from  May 
11  to  July  4.  Alayer  joins  three  other 
vice-chairmen,  James  A.  Farley,  Al- 
bert G.  Milbank  and  Mrs.  Maurice  T. 
Moore.  Mayer  also  is  a  member  of 
Farley's  corporations  committee  and 
Milbank's  special  gifts  committee. 
Prescott  S.  Bush  is  national  chairman 
of  the  drive.  Mayer  will  represent  the 
films  industry. 

Theatres  will  not  participate  in  the 
drive  on  a  nationwide,  industry  basis, 
as  last  year,  it  was  said  yesterday,  but 
are  expected  to  cooperate  individually 
in  the  effort.  The  drive  will  take  the 
form  of  campaigns  in  6,000  commu- 
nities over  the  country,  with  a  quota 
set  for  each. 


Leslie  F.  Thompson  of  RKO,  yes- 
terday accepted  the  chairmanship  of 
the  commerce  division  of  the  USO 
campaign  in  Greater  New  York,  it 
was  reported  at  USO  headquarters. 


Cincinnati  USO 
Provides  Tickets 

Cincinnati,  April  22. — The  local 
USO  has  completed  arrangements  to 
furnish  theatre  tickets  as  well  as 
tickets  to  the  Zoo  and  Coney  Island, 
Summer  resort,  to  service  men. 


Confer  on  Schine  Case 

Buffalo,  April  22.— Willard  S. 
McKay,  counsel  for  the  Schine  Cir- 
cuit, and  John  Caskey,  associate  coun- 
sel, conferred  here  today  with  Federal 
Judge  John  C.  Knight. 


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Judges  Named  for 
Photography  Show 


Hollywood,  April  22. — Judges  for 
the  second  annual  Hollywood  Studios' 
Still  Photography  Show,  to  be  held 
at  the  Academy  of  Motion  Picture 
Arts  and  Sciences  Review  Theatre 
May  6-8,  have  been  announced. 

Editors  who  will  make  the  winning 
selections  are: 

Peter  Piening,  Fortune ;  Wor  m -'i 
Paxton,  Life ;  Harlan  Logan,  L  \  , 
Tom  Maloney,  U.  S.  Camera ;  Her- 
bert Larson,  Portland  Oregoman; 
William  A.  White,  New  York  Daily 
News;  A.  De  Bernardi,  Jr.,  Denver 
Post;  Harold  Hubbard,  Hollywood 
Citisen-News ;  Carl  Schroeder,  Click 
and  Screen  Guide ;  Warden  Woolard, 
Los  Angeles  Examiner  ;  Gene  Wither, 
Los  Angeles  Herald-Express ;  Stan- 
ley Gordon,  Los  Angeles  Times; 
Charles  Judson,  Los  Angeles  Daily 
News ;  George  Reineking,  Interna- 
tional News  Photos ;  Dick  Strobel, 
Associated  Press  Photos  and  Wide 
World,  and  Harlow  Church,  Acme 
Newspictures. 

The  Academy  supervisory  commit- 
tee in  charge  of  the  show  consists  of 
John  LeRoy  Johnston,  chairman ; 
Perry  Lieber,  John  Joseph,  Howard 
Strickling,  George  Brown,  Lou  Smith, 
Harry  Brand,  Alex  Evelove,  Arch 
Reeve  and  Donald  Gledhill,  with  Her- 
bert Aller,  business  representative  of 
Studio  Photographers  Local  659,  as 
an  ex  officio  member  of  all  commit- 
tees. 

Connors'  Son  Takes 
20th-Fox  Studio  Post 

Tom  J.  Connors,  Jr.,  M-G-M  sales- 
man in  the  West  Virginia  territory, 
and  son  of  Tom  J.  Connors,  vice-presi- 
dent in  charge  of  distribution  for  20th 
Century-Fox,  has  resigned  his  M-G-M 
post  and  will  assume  a  position  at  the 
20th  Century-Fox  studio.  Robert  Kay 
has  succeeded  Connors  in  the  M-G-M 
West  Virginia  sales  post,  working  out 
of  Pittsburgh. 


Gillham,  Reiner  to  Coast 

Robert  M.  Gillham,  Paramount  ad- 
vertising and  publicity  director,  will 
leave  for  the  Coast  tomorrow,  it  was 
announced.  He  will  be  accompanied 
by  Manny  Reiner,  head  of  short  sub- 
ject advertising  and  publicity,  who  has 
been  given  an  assignment  in  the  fea- 
ture department.  Budd  Getschal  is  tak- 
ing over  Reiner's  duties. 


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Review 

"Saboteur" 

( Lloyd-  U  niversal) 

T^HE  art  of  melodramatic  suspense  on  the  screen  has  no  more  expert 
*■  exponent  than  Alfred  Hitchcock,  and  in  "Saboteur"  he  made  the  most 
of  an  opportunity  to  display  his  skill.  The  result  is  a  fast-moving,  always 
exciting  and  thrilling  picture,  attuned  to  the  headlines,  and  appearing 
unquestionably  destined  for  box-office  success. . 

It  is  a  picture  with  which  the  alert  exhibitor  can  do  much  in  the  way 
of  exploitation.  It  is  timely  and  should  provide  a  waiting  audience  of 
large  proportions,  coupled  with  the  saleable  fact  of  Hitchcock's  name 
as  director. 

Jack  H.  Skirball  was  associate  producer,  and  Peter  Viertel,  Joan 
Harrison  and  Dorothy  Parker  wrote  the  original  screenplay.  The  story 
rambles  at  times,  but  these  occasions  are  compensated  for  by  suspense- 
laden  sequences  of  action. 

Priscilla  Lane  and  Robert  Cummings  share  the  lead,  with  Norman 
Lloyd  and  Otto  Kruger  in  chief  supporting  roles.  When  sabotage  fires 
a  huge  California  aircraft  plant  in  which  Cummings  works,  he  is  sus- 
pected of  sabotage.  An  accidental  occurrence  causes  him  to  suspect 
Lloyd,  who  disappears,  and  Cummings,  a  fugitive,  goes  after  Fry.  A 
clue  leads  him  to  a  ranch  owned  by  Kruger,  who,  he  learns,  is  the  leader 
of  the  saboteurs.  Kruger  causes  his  arrest  as  a  fugitive,  but  he  escapes. 

With  Miss  Lane,  niece  of  a  blind  mountain  dweller,  who  helps  him, 
Cummings  takes  up  the  trail  again,  the  girl  first  trying  to  turn  him  in, 
then  aiding  him  as  they  fall  in  love.  The  trail  leads  to  a  deserted  desert 
shack  near  a  huge  power  dam,  and  from  there  to  New  York  where  the 
two  are  held  prisoner  by  Kruger  and  the  saboteurs.  He  escapes  from 
the  New  York  mansion  which  is  a  base  for  the  gang,  and  in  an  excit- 
ing sequence  is  able  to  foil  the  blowing  up  of  a  battleship  about  to  be 
launched. 

A  concluding  sequence  which  scales  melodramatic  heights  of  thrill  for 
the  mass  audience  finds  the  pursuit  of  Lloyd  by  Cummings,  Miss  Lane 
and  the  FBI  ending  atop  the  Statue  of  Liberty,  where  Lloyd  slips  over 
a  balcony,  and  despite  Cummings'  effort  to  save  him,  plunges  to  death. 

In  a  novel  development  the  pursuit  of  Fry  goes  into  a  film  theatre, 
where  a  shooting  sequence  on  the  screen  has  its  counterpart  in  actuality 
in  the  auditorium. 

Running  time,  110  minutes.  "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


Salary  Ceiling 
Will  Hit  Many 
In  Show  World 


WPB  Order  to 
Affect  Theatre 
Maintenance 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

age  of  many  of  the  materials 
used  both  in  the  structure  and 
maintenance  of  theatres  makes 
necessary  severe  regulation  of 
their  use  for  those  purposes. 
The  advisory  group  formed  today 
will  be  called  the  Motion  Picture  and 
Speaking    Stage   Theatres  Advisory 
Committee.      Jesse    Maury,  deputy 
chief  of  the  Consumers  Durable  Goods 
Branch  of  the  WPB,  will  be  Govern- 
ment presiding  officer.  Membership 
of  the  committee,  it  was  announced, 
will  be  as  follows  : 

Ed  Kuykendall,  MPTOA,  Colum- 
bus, Miss. ;  Arthur  H.  Lockwood, 
Lockwood  &  Gordon  Enterprises,  Bos- 
ton ;  William  F.  Crockett.  Virginia  T. 
O.  A.,  Virginia  Beach;  Carter  Bar- 
ron, Loew's  Theatres,  Washington ; 
Simon  Fabian,  Fabian  Theatres,  New 
York;  M.  A.  Rosenberg,  Allied 
States,  Pittsburgh ;  Joseph  Bernhard, 
Warner  Bros. ;  Robert  H.  Poole, 
PCCITO,  Los  Angeles ;  Claude  Ezell, 
Northwest  Highway  Drive-In  The- 
atre, Dallas ;  Paul  Beisman,  Ameri- 
can Theatre,  St.  Louis ;  N.  B.  Cars- 
kadon,  Music  Hall,  Keyser,  W.  Va., 
and  A.  Fuller  Sams,  Jr.,  State  The- 
atre, Statesvijle,  N.  C. 

Para,  and  RKO  Set 
Tradeshows  in  May 

Paramount  and  RKO  yesterday  an- 
nounced tradeshowings  of  their  sixth 
block  of  features  for  early  in  May. 

Paramount's  block  will  be  screened 
in  the  31  exchange  centers  May  4,  5, 
7  and  8,  it  was  announced  by  Charles 
M.  Reagan,  assistant  sales  manager. 
The  block  consists  of  "Take  a  Letter, 
Darling,"  "Beyond  the  Blue  Hori- 
zon," "A  Night  in  New  Orleans," 
"Sweater  Girl"  and  "Dr.  Broadway." 
A  western,  "Undercover  Man,"  also 
will  be  shown. 

In  New  York,  "Sweater  Girl,"  "A 
Night  in  New  Orleans"  and  "Take  a 
Letter,  Darling"  will  be  screened  on 
May  4,  and  "Dr.  Broadway,"  "Beyond 
the  Blue  Horizon"  and  "Undercover 
Man"  on  May  5. 

RKO  has  scheduled  trade  screen- 
ings of  its  sixth  group  of  five  fea- 
tures in  all  exchanges  with  the  ex- 
ception of  St.  Louis  May  4,  5  and  6. 
The  schedule  is  as  follows :  "My  Fa- 
vorite Spy"  and  "Mexican  Spitfire 
Sees  a  Ghost,"  May  4;  "The  Falcon 
Takes  Over"  and  "Syncopation,"  May 
5;  "Powdertown,"  May  6.  The  films 
will  be  screened  in  the  same  order  in 
St.  Louis  May  5,  6  and  7. 

WB  Bowlers  Compete 
In  Phila.  Tomorrow 

About  75  Warner  home  office  em- 
ployes will  travel  to  Philadelphia  by 
special  coach  tomorrow  evening  to  en- 
gage the  Philadelphia  office  in  an  an- 
nual intercity  bowling  match.  The 
home  office  won  the  cup  last  year. 

Among  those  expected  to  join  the 
party  are  T.  J.  Martin,  W.  Stewart 
McDonald,  Leonard  Schlesinger,  J. 
M.  Brennan,  Ralph  Bndd  and  Martin 
F.  Bennett.  A  party  will  follow  the 
tournament. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Phila.  Area  Houses 
Aiding  in  War  Effort 

Philadelphia,  April  22. — Theatres 
in  the  territory  continue  to  cooperate 
extensively  in  the  war  effort.  In  con- 
nection with  the  drive  to  collect  read- 
ing material  for  the  men  in  service, 
Waxmann's  Hollywood,  Astor  and 
Cinema  in  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  have 
placed  receptacles  in  the  lobbies  for 
the  deposit  of  books  and  other  read- 
ing matter.  Wilmer  &  Vincent's  Ritz, 
Reading,  Pa.,  is  running  special  mati- 
nees this  week  from  3  to  5  P.  M.,  ad- 
mitting free  anyone  bringing  two 
books  or  phonograph  records  in  good 
condition. 

All  proceeds  of  a  matinee  tomorrow 
at  A.  M.  Ellis'  Parkside,  Camden, 
N.  J.,  will  be  donated  to  the  air  raid 
wardens  of  the  district  for  equipment. 
In  line  with  the  war  effort,  Warners' 
Midway  here  is  the  latest  circuit 
house  to  have  girl  ushers. 

PCCITO  Approves 
Umpi  Sales  Proposal 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
clarification  is  asked  for  Point  1  of 
Clause  5  of  the  selling  plan. 

The  PCCITO  comprises  the  ITO 
of  Southern  California,  ITO  of 
Northern  California  and  Nevada,  ITO 
of  Washington,  Northern  Idaho  and 
Alaska,  and  the  ITO  of  Oregon.  It 
completes  the  roster  of  unaffiliated  ex- 
hibitor organizations  approving  the 
plan  and  is  the  15th  exhibitor  group 
to  accept  it.  Three  groups  have  re- 
jected it. 


Clearance  Complaint 
Filed  in  Philadelphia 

A  clearance  complaint  was  filed  at 
the  Philadelphia  arbitration  board 
yesterday  by  the  Ambassador  Theatre, 
Philadelphia,  naming  RKO  and  the 
Benn  and  Cross  Keys  theatres,  the 
American  Arbitration  Association  was 
informed. 

The  complaint  charges  that  clear- 
ance granted  the  two  interested  thea- 
tres by  RKO  over  the  Ambassador 
is  unreasonable  and  asks  that  it  be 
reduced  to  one  day. 


Union  Threatens 

Cleaners'  Strike 

Porters  and  cleaners  employed  at 
legitimate  theatres  and  first  run  film 
houses  using  stage  shows  threaten  to 
strike  on  Saturday  unless  the  theatres 
grant  a  20  per  cent  wage  increase  to- 
day. Officials  of  Local  54,  Building 
Service  Employes,  said  the  union  has 
been  assured  the  support  of  stage- 
hands and  musicians,  who,  it  was  said, 
would  refuse  to  cross  an  AFL  picket 
line. 


Dave  Fleischer  to 
Head  Col.  Cartoons 

Dave  Fleischer,  former  director 
with  Fleischer  Studios,  has  been 
placed  in  charge  of  Columbia's  car- 
toon production  unit  in  Hollywood, 
the  company  announced  yesterday.  He 
will  be  in  charge  of  the  color  Rhap- 
sodies and  Phantasies  Cartoon  series. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

it  is  indicated,  by  a  possible  recom- 
mendation   prohibiting    any  further 
wage    increases    to    high-brackf  f  1 
skilled  workers. 

It  is  said  that  the  President's  mes- 
sage will  be  of  an  "informative" 
character  and  that  only  the  tax  pro- 
posals will  require  new  legislation. 

The  President,  it  is  expected,  will 
tell  Congress  that  if  the  American 
standard  of  living  is  to  be  maintained 
and  preserved  the  "menacingly"  ris- 
ing living  costs  must  be  stopped,  and 
that  thus  a  curb  on  prices  may  be 
recommended.  Whether  box-office  ad- 
missions will  come  within  this  phase 
of  the  situation,  observers  state,  is 
something  which  cannot  be  determined 
at  this  point. 

In  the  meantime,  the  House  Ways 
and  Means  Committee,  it  is  reported, 
started  work  today  on  a  new  tax  bill 
which  many  believe  will  contain  some 
form  of  general  tax. 

Branch  Union  Talk 
Resumption  Likely 

Negotiations  may  be  resumed  next 
week  with  major  companies  concern- 
ing contract  renewals  for  New  York 
exchange  employes,  Richard  F. 
Walsh,  IATSE  president,  said  yester- 
day on  his  return  to  the  city.  Walsh 
said  the  exchanges  in  four  cities,  New 
York,  Philadelphia,  Buffalo  and  Cin- 
cinnati, are  still  unsigned  and  that 
these  situations  are  expected  to  be 
cleared  shortly. 

Walsh  said  that  negotiations  may 
be  resumed  with  the  American  Fed- 
eration of  Musicians  for  renewal  of 
the  working  agreement  which  existed 
between  the  two  international  unions 
since  1913.  He  said  that  he  did  not 
know  why  the  AFM  had  decided  to 
cancel  the  agreement  but  that  further 
meetings  on  the  subject  were  likely. 

RKO  Circuit  Meets  in 
Chicago,  Rochester 

Luncheon  meetings  similar  to  that 
held  here  recently  for  RKO  theatre 
managers  in  the  metropolitan  area  will 
be  held  by  Edward  L.  Alperson  for 
RKO  circuit  out-of-town  managers 
to  discuss  film  bookings. 

The  first  will  be  held  tomorrow  at 
the  Bismarck  Hotel,  Chicago.  Mor- 
gan C.  Ames,  Singer  Theatres  divi- 
sion manager ;  Thomas  Gorman,  RKO 
Midwest  division  manager,  and  the 
circuit's  managers  in  the  Midwest  will 
attend.  On  Saturday  at  the  Seneca 
Hotel,  Rochester,  RKO  managers  in 
upper  New  York  State,  Cleveland  and 
New' England  will  meet.  Alperson  will 
be  accompanied  by  Sol  Schwartz, 
RKO  division  supervisor ;  Harry 
Mandel  circuit  director  of  advertis- 
ing and  publicity ;  Harold  J.  Mirisch 
and  Al  Dawson. 


Hold  Rich  Rites  Today 

Funeral  services  for  Walter  J. 
Rich,  an  organizer  and  first  president 
of  the  Vitaphone  Corp.,  who  died 
Tuesday  at  the  New  Weston  Hotel, 
Manhattan,  are  to  be  held  at  2  P.  M. 
today  in  Camden,  Me. 


ALAN  MOWBRAY  -ROSCOE  KARNS  *  MIKHAIL  RASUMNY 
LYNNE  CARVER  •  MARC  LAWRENCE  •  MARILYN  HARE 

SCREEN  PLAY  BY  ISABEL  DAWN  ■  BASED  ON  A  STORY  BY  RUSSELL  ROUSE 
BASED  ON  THE  MUSICAL  PLAY  "YOKEL  BOY"  WRITTEN  BY  LEW  BROWN 
AND  SCORED  BY  LEW  BROWN  ■  CHARLES  TOBIAS  AND  SAM  H.  STEPT 

JOSEPH  S  A  NT  LEY—  Director 


WARNERS 

Gambling  Lady 
(D)  127 
(Relssua) 
Kennel 
Murder  Case 
(D)  128 
( Reissue) 

The  Male 
Animal  (C)  126 

0.  De  Havilland 
Henrv  Fonda 

Murder  in  the 
Big  House 

(D)  125 

Faye  Emerson 

Kings  Row  (D) 
120 

Ann  Sheridan 
Robert  Cummings 

I  Was  Framed 
(D)  130 
Michael  Ames 
Julie  Bishop 

Larceny,  Inc. 
(D)  131 

Ed  Robinson 
Jane  Wyman 

In  This  Our 
Life  (D) 

Bette  Davis 
0.  deHavilland 
George  Brent 

Juke  Girl  (D) 
Ann  Sheridan 
Ronald  Reagan 

UNIVERSAL 

Juke  Box  Jenny 
(M)  6026 

Harriet  Hilliard 
Ken  Murray 

Mystery  of 
Marie  Roget 
(D)  6022 

Patric  Knowles 

Unseen  Enemy 
(D)  6053 
The  Spoilers 
(O)  6048 

Mississippi 
Gambler  (D) 
Strange  Case  of 
Dr.  Rx  (D)  6035 
Fighting  Bill 

The  Saboteur 

(D)  6047 
Priscilla  Lane 

? 

> 

1 

You're  Telling 
Me   (C)  6041 

Hugh  Herbert 
Robert  Paige 

Broadway  (D) 

George  Raft 
Pat  O'Brien 

Escape  From 
Hong  Kong 
<D) 

Leo  Carrillo 
Andy  Devine 

Almost  Married 
(C)  6024 

Robert  Paige 
Jane  Frasee 

Eagle  Squadron 
(D) 

Diana  Barrymore 
Robert  Stack 

— (l 

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Jungle  Book 

Sabu 
Joseph  Calleia 

The  Gold  Rush 
(C) 

(Reissue) 
About  Face  (C) 
(Streamliner) 

Twin  Beds  (C) 

George  Brent 
Joan  Bennett 
Mischa  Auer 



Ships  With 
Wings  (D) 

Friendly 
Enemies  (C) 

Miss  Annie 
Rooney  (D) 

Shirley  Temple 
William  Gargan 

20TH-FOX 

The  Remarkable 
Mr.  Kipps 
(D)  238 

M.  Redgrave 

Secret  Agent 
of  Japan 
(D)  239 

Foster-Bari 

To  the  Shores 
of  Tripoli 
(D)  240 

Payne-O'Hara 
Randolph  Scott 

Who  Is  Hope 
Schuyler? 
(D)  242 

/.  Allen,  Jr. 
Mary  Howard 

1  The  Man  Who 
Wouldn't  Die 
(D)  243 

Lloyd  Nolan 

My  Gal  Sal 
(M)  244 

Rita  Hayworth 
Mature-Landis 

The  Mad 
Martindales 
(C)  245 

Jane  Withers 

Whispering 
Ghosts  (C) 
246 

Berle-Joyce 

Moontide 
(D)  247 

Jean  Gabin 
Ida  Lupino 

RKO  RADIO 

Fantasia 
291 

Disney  Feature 

Land  of  the 
Open  Range 
(O)  284 
Tim  Holt 

Bashful 
Bachelor 
(C)  221 

Lwm-Abner 

Tuttles  of 

Taihiti  (C)  222 
Charles  Laughton 
Jon  Hall 

Scattergood 
Rides  High 

(C)  223 
Guy  Kibbee  j 
Dorothy  Moore 

Mayor  of  44th 

Street  (C)  224 
Anne  Shirley 
George  Murphy 

Syncopation 
(D)  226 

Adophe  Menjou) 
Jackie  Cooper 

Falcon  Takes  ' 
Over  (D)  227 

George  Sanders 
Lynn  Bari 

Come  On 
Danger  (O) 
285 

Tim  Holt 

My  Favorite 
Spy  (C)  228 

Kay  Kyser 
Ellen  Drezv 

REPUBLIC 

Affairs  of 
Jimmy 
Valentine  (D) 
Jesse  James,  Jr. 
Shepherd  of  the 
Ozarks  (O) 

Sunset  on  the 
Desert  (O)  155 

Roy  Rogers 

S.O.S.  Coast 
Guard  (D) 

Ralph  Byrd 
Bela  Lugosi 

Home  in 
Wyomin'  (O) 
146 
Girl  from 
Alaska  (D)  117 

Westward,  Hoi 
(O)  166 
Suicide 
Squadron  (D) 

Yukon  Patrol 
D  124 

Allen  Lane 
Lita  Conway 

Remember  Pearl 
Harbor  (D) 

D.  M.  Barry 
Fay  McKenzie 

In  Old 
California  (O) 

John  Wayne 
Binnie  Barnes 

Stardust  on  the 
Sage  (O) 
Gene  Autry 
S.  Burnette 

Springtime  in 
the  Rockies  (O) 

Roy  Rogers 

Moonlight 
Masquerade 
(C) 

Betty  Kean 
Ed.  Foy,  Jr. 

The  Cyclone 
Kid  (O) 

Don  Barry 
Lynn.  Merrick 

PRC 

Dawn  Express 
(D)  211 

Michael  Whalen 
Anne  Nagel 

The  Strangler 
(D)  229 

Judy  Campbell 
Sebastian  Shaw 

House  of  Errors 
(C)  208 

Harry  Lang  don 
Marion  Marsh 

The  Panther's 
Claw  (D)  217 

Sidney  Blackmer 
Ricki  V allin 

Rolling  Down 
the  Great 

Divide 
(O)  253 
The  Rambler 
Art  Davis 

Inside  the  Law 
(C)  218 

Wallace  Ford 

Men  of  San 
Quentin  (D)  201 

Anthony  Hughes 
Eleanor  Stewart 

Mad  Monster 

(D)  209 
Johnny  Downs 
George  Zucco 
Anne  Nagel 

Gallant  Lady 
(D)  219 
Billy  the  Kid's 
Smoking  Guns 
(O)  260 

Bombs  Over 
Burma  (D) 
208 

Anna  May  Wong 
Noel  Madison 

Lone  Rider  in 
Texas  Justice 
(O)  265 

George  Houston 

PARA. 

(Fourth  Block) 

Torpedo  Boat 
(D) 

The  Remarkable 
Andrew  (D) 

Holden-Drew 

The  Lady  Has 
Plans  (C) 

Fly  by  Night 
(D) 

Nancy  Kelly 

The   Fleet's  In 
(D) 

(Fifth  Block) 

This  Gun  for 
Hire  (D) 

Veronica  Lake 
Robert  Preston 

Dizzy  (C) 
Charlie  Smith 

Great  Man's 
Lady  (D) 

B.  Stanwyck 
Joel  McCrea 

True  to  the 
Navy  (C) 

Judy  Canova 
Allan  Jones 

My  Favorite 
Blonde  (C) 

Bob  Hope 
M.  Carroll 

MONO. 

Ghost  Town 
Law  (O) 

4155 

Rough  Riders 

Tower  of  Terror 
(D)  4137 

/  / '.  Lawson 
Movita 

So's  Your 
Aunt  Emma 

Zasu  Pitts 
Roger  Pryor  ' 

Boothill 
Bandits  (O) 

4164 
Range  Busters 

Where  Trails 
End  (O) 
4143 

Tom  Keene 

The  Corpse 
Vanishes 

Bela  Lugosi 

She's  in  the 
Army 

Veda  Borg 
Lyle  Talbot 

Let's  Get 
Tough  (D) 

Ilast  Side  Kids 

Down  Texas 
Way  (O) 

Buck  Jones 
Tim  McCoy 

One  Mysterious' 
Night  (D) 

John  Beat 
Wanda  McKay 

Texas  Trouble 
Shooters  (O) 

Range  Busters 

M-G-M 

Kid  Glove 
Killer  (D) 

230 
Van  Hefflin 

Mokey  (C)  231 

Donna  Reed 
Dan  Dailey,  Jr. 

Fingers  at  the 
Window  (D) 
232 

Ayres-Day 

Rio  Rita 
(C)  233 
Abbott-Costello 

Sunday  Punch 

(C)  234 

Wm.  Lundigan 
Jean  Rogers 

Ship  Ahoy 
(M)  235 

Eleanor  Poivoll 
Skclton-Lahr 

Tortilla  Flat 

(D)  236 

Spencer  Tracy 
Iledy  Lamarr 
John  Garfield 

Grand  Central 
Murder  (D) 

237 

Van  Lleflin 
Patricia  Dane 

ICOLUMBIA 

Two  Yanks  in 
Trinidad  (D) 

3010 
Pat  O'Brien 
Brian  Donlevy 

Alias  Boston 
Blackie  (D) 
North  of  the 
Rockies  (O) 

Blondie's 
Blessed  Event 

3018 
P.  Singelton 
Arthur  Lake 

The  Invaders 
(D) 

Leslie  LJoward 
Olivier-Massey 

Hello  Annapolis 
(D) 
Down  Rio 
Grande  Way 
(O) 

Wife  Takes  A 
Flyer  (C) 

Joan  Bennett 
Franchot  Tone 

A  Desperate 
Chance  for 
Ellery  Queen 
(D) 

Gargan- Lindsay 

Not  A  Lady's 
Man  (D) 
The  Devil's 
Trail  (O) 

Sweetheart  of 
the  Fleet  (C) 

/.  Falkenburg 
Joan  Davis 

Meet  the 
Stewarts  (C) 

William  Holden 
Frances  Dee 

Submarine 
Raider  (D) 

John  Howard 
M.  Chapman 

He  Kissed  the 
Bride  (C) 

Joan  Crawford 
Melvyn  Douglas 

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Rationing  of  Gasoline  Seen 
Changing  Filmgoing  Ha  bits 


Unions,  Stage  Plan 
Policies  Covering 
Raid  Emergencies 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

closed  and  a  question  arises  whether 
the  producer  should  be  compelled  to 
"pay  these  salaries.  Also,  some  actors 
^who  have  run-of-the-play  contracts 
;I"^y  desire  to  leave  the  cast  if  their 
varies  are  interrupted.  Even  if  it 
Tiecided  to  move  the  play  to  another 
: -theatre,  a  certain  amount  of  delay 
i  will  be  incurred  in  transportation  or 

■  rebuilding  of  sets. 

'  Another  question  which  may  arise, 
I  according  to  observers,  is  payment  for 
•j  the  cast  when  a  sudden  alert  or  black- 
'  out  prevents  an  audience  from  reach- 
\  ing  the  theatre  and  a  producer,  in 

■  order  to  keep  goodwill,  is  compelled 
}  to  make  refunds  or  give  tickets  for 
!  future  dates. 

■  Among  other  problems  to  be  con- 
\  sidered  is  the  possibility  of  play  can- 
i  cellations  because  of  priorities  as  they 
'  affect  sets,  transportation  difficulties 
>  for  roadshows,  sudden  power  failures 
j  or  shortages  and  similar  situations. 
!  All  unions,  except  Musicians'  Local 
;  802  and  the  League  of  New  York 
i  Theatres,  formed  the  Emergency 
\  Council  of  the  Legitimate  Theatre  last 
'  January  to  function  on  short  notice 
j  during  emergencies.  This  is  the 
|  group  which  will  formulate  the  gen- 
i  eral  policies  in  the  near  future.  Thus 

■  far  the  council  has  functioned  in  only 
i  one  case.  Last  January,  when  the 
|  "Hellzapoppin' "  road  company  was 
!  refused  railroad  transportation  because 
!  of  shortages,  the  Council  arranged 
!  with  the  Office  of  Defense  Transpor- 
|  tation  to  have  transportation  available 
I  at  all  future  times  except  in  the  case 
|  of  extreme  emergency. 

!  Bolstad  President 
Of  Canadian  Circuit 

Toronto,  April  22.— R.  W.  Bolstad 
I  was  elected  president  of  Eastern  The- 
j  atres,  Ltd.,  at  the  annual  meeting  held 
:  here  yesterday.  He  formerly  was  vice- 
I  president  and  treasurer  of  the  com- 
I  pany,  and  succeeds  J.  J.  Fitzgibbons, 
!  who  resigned.  Fitzgibbons  is  president 
j  of  Famous  Players  Canadian  Corp. 

N.   G.   Barrow   was   named  vice- 
!  president  and  will  continue  as  secre- 
tary. A.  MacCunn  was  elected  treas- 
!  urer,  and  J.  J.  Taylor  was  elected  a 
j  director,  succeeding  Fitzgibbons. 

Officialdom  Attends 
*Saboteur'  Opening 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
j  Drew  Pearson,  who,  with  his  column 
;  associate,  Robert  S.  Allen,  sponsored 
i  the  premiere. 

Among  the  many  notables  present 
were  Postmaster  General  Frank  C. 
Walker,  Paul  V.  McNutt,  Major 
Frank  Capra,  Thurman  W.  Arnold, 
Secretary  Claude  R.  Wickard,  Steve 
Early  and  representatives  from  the 
War  Department.  A  Universal  home 
office  group  came  from  New  York 
for  the  opening. 


Theatrical  Collector  Dies 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  at 
Flatbush  Memorial  Chapel,  Brooklyn, 
today  for  Albert  Davis,  80,  former 
actor  and  collector  of  theatrical  me- 
mentoes, who  died  Tuesday.  In  his  col- 
lection were  100,000  photographs, 
100,000  programs  and  other  items. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

executives  that  a  sharp  increase  in 
theatre  attendance  would  follow  the 
limitation  on  motoring,  especially  over 
the  weekends,  it  was  pointed  out  that 
neighborhood  houses  probably  would 
be  the  principal  ones  to  gain,  as  mo- 
torists would  be  reluctant  to  use  their 
automobiles  even  to  go  downtown. 

Drive-in  theatres,  of  course,  would 
be  hard  hit  and  many  might  be  forced 
out  of  business,  it  was  pointed  out. 

Exchange  managers  expressed  con- 
cern over  the  effect  on  film  salesmen's 
travel,  although  it  was  believed  in 
some  quarters  that  special  allowances 
would  be  made  for  them  because  of 
the  industry's  important  part  in  the 
war  effort. 

It  was  reported  from  Washington 
last  night  that  extra  allowances  will 
be  granted  those  who  need  gasoline  to 
get  back  and  forth  from  work  and 
there  will  also  be  a  special  classifica- 
tion for  those  in  the  "essential  civil- 
ian" category. 

There  will  also  be  a  special  classi- 
fication for  trucks,  which  would  in- 
clude film  delivery  services. 


NTS  Order  Cards 
To  Save  Auto  Use 

National  Theatre  Supply  Co.  has 
prepared  as  a  service  to  theatre 
owners  a  book  of  order  blanks  in  the 
form  of  self-addressed,  stamped  pos- 
tal cards,  designed  to  save  exhibitors 
from  using  their  automobiles  in  trav- 
eling to  National  Theatre  Supply 
branches  to  place  orders. 

Admission  Rises  Set 
To  Meet  British  Tax 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

scale  increases  the  tax  on  some  seats 
and  lowers  it  on  others  from  the  1942 
budget  rates. 

The  increased  scales  will  be  decided 
at  next  week's  meeting  of  the  CEA 
general  council.  The  Chancellor  said 
in  Commons  today  that  some  modifi- 
cations in  the  increased  duties  over 
the  existing  taxes  appeared  necessary. 
The  modifications,  it  was  indicated, 
are  not  expected  to  affect  the  estimat- 
ed revenue  anticipated  from  the  new 
taxes. 


Haines  Holding  Two 
WB  Regional  Meets 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

George  W.  Horan,  Boston ;  Max 
Roth,  Buffalo,  and  Philip  Sherman, 
New  Haven. 

At  the  Pittsburgh  meeting,  at  the 
William  Penn  Hotel,  will  be  Harry 
Seed,  Central  district  manager ;  Rob- 
ert Smeltzer,  Mid-Atlantic  district 
manager,  and  branch  managers  F.  D. 
Moore,  Pittsburgh ;  Robert  H.  Dun- 
bar, Detroit ;  Charles  Rich,  Cleveland  ; 
John  Eifert,  Cincinnati ;  William  G. 
Mansell,  Philadelphia,  and  Fred  W. 
Beiersdorf,  Washington. 


Frost  Dies  in  Copenhagen 

Harold  Frost,  former  branch  man- 
ager for  Paramount  in  Copenhagen, 
died  in  that  city  on  Monday,  John  W. 
Hicks,  in  charge  of  the  company's 
foreign  distribution,  was  advised  yes- 
terday by  a  cable  from  Carl  York, 
general  manager  in  Stockholm. 


25  Radio  Set  Plants 
Get  Time  to  Convert 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

served  for  export  at  the  request  of 
the  Coordinator  of  Inter-American 
affairs  and  the  lend-lease  administra- 
tion, it  was  disclosed  by  the  War 
Production  Board. 

Among  the  plants  which  will  con- 
tinue civilian  production  are  some 
RCA  and  Philco  factories,  but  those 
companies  will  shut  off  more  than  80 
per  cent  of  their  output. 

The  30  companies  which  shut  down, 
plus  RCA  and  Philco,  already  have 
war  contracts  totaling  $780,000,000, 
about  87  per  cent  of  all  the  war  con- 
tracts awarded  the  radio  industry. 

By  June  7,  the  WPB  said,  all  radio 
production  in  the  country  will  be  for 
war  purposes  only. 


W.B.  Salesman  Shifted 

Des    Moines,  April    22.  —  Paul 

Walsh,   Warner  salesman  here,  has 

been  transferred  to  the  Omaha  terri- 
tory. 


'Invaders'  Is 


Los  Angeles 
Hit  at  $30,200 


Los  Angeles,  April  22. — "The  In- 
vaders" and  "Go  West,  Young  Lady" 
drew  a  very  strong  total  of  $30,200. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  IS : 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 
"Kid  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 

CHINESE— (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $12,500.    (Average:  $12,000) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Go  West,  Young  Lady"  (Col.) 

HILLSTREET — (2,700)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:   $15,200.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 
"Kid!  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS  STATE— (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c) 
7  days.    Gross :  $18,500.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Go  West,  Young  Lady"  (Col.) 

PANT  AGES— (3,000)     (33c -44c -55c -75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $15,000.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.)  . 

PARAMOUNT  (Hollywood)— (1,407)  44c- 
55c -65c -75c -88c)  7  days,  4th  week.  Gross: 
$9,500 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT  (Downtown)— (3,595)  (33c- 
44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  3rd  week.    Gross:  $13,- 
000.    (Average,  $18,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER    BROS.    (HOLLYWOOD)  — 
(3,000)    (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  2nd  week. 
Gross:  $15,000.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER  BROS.  (Downtown)— (3,400) 
(33c -44c -55c -75c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross: 
$14,000.    (Average,  $12,000) 


5& 


Girls  will  want  to  get  that  name  right! 
Exhibitors  will  pronounce  it:  boxoffice! 


*  20th  introduces  Jean 
Gabin  (You  can  tell  the  gals: 
pronounced  Gab-Ban)  in 
"MOONTIDE".  .  .  a  triumph! 
Co-starring  Ida  Lupino!  With 
Claude  Rains, Thomas  Mitchell. 
Directed  by  Archie  Mayo. 
Screen  Play  by  John  O'Hara. 


A  STATEMENT  BY 
NICHOLAS  M.  SCHENCK: 


N  times  of  war  and  stress,  the  motion  picture  industry  finds  its  great  opportunity  for  ser- 
vice and  is  given  its  finest  chance  to  demonstrate  how  essential  it  can  be  in  the  life  of 
the  community  and  the  nation. 


Such  times  are  with  us  now.  And  calls  for  service  are  crowding  upon  us.  Our  industry 
cannot,  must  not  fail  to  respond  to  those  calls.  Every  worker  in  the  industry,  from  studio  to  most 
distant  theatre,  wants  to  tell  his  government  that  he  will  cooperate  when  called  upon. 

The  first  major  war  drive  of  the  industry  since  Pearl  Harbor  is  to  be  the  campaign  to  collect 
money  for  Army  and  Navy  Emergency  Relief.  The  time  set  is  May  14-20. 

The  War  Activities  Committee  of  the  Motion  Picture  Industry  has  asked  me  to  serve  as 
chairman  of  this  drive.  I  gladly  do  so,  feeling  it  is  proper  that  our  industry  should  give  every  possible 
help  to  a  vital  cause  like  Army  and  Navy  Relief.  It  surely  is  a  cause  close  to  the  hearts  of  our 
audiences. 

I  am  hoping  that  this  is  a  campaign  upon  which  we  can  be  unanimous— that  every  theatre 
in  the  land  will  join  in  taking  audience-collections  during  the  week  starting  May  14.  And  that 
every  studio,  exchange  and  home  office  will  unite  to  raise  the  maximum  contribution  from  our 
industry. 

Army  and  Navy  authorities  have  explained  tome  the  urgency  of  this  need.  Your  audiences, 
with  men  in  the  service  or  about  to  be  inducted,  will  honor  you  for  honoring  their  loved  ones.  I 
foresee  the  most  spontaneous  and  generous  response  ever  given  a  theatre  collection  drive. 

Some  13,000  theatres,  months  ago  signed  the  War  Activities  Committee  pledge  to  respond 
to  all  calls  from  our  war  government.  Now  the  call  comes  for  Army  and  Navy  Relief.  All  theatres 
have  been  mailed  special  pledges  for  this  campaign.  Please  sign  and  return  them  promptly  so 
that  you  will  receive  the  appeal  trailer.  I  can  imagine  no  reason  why  any  American  theatre  would 
not  want  to  join  in  this  patriotic  effort. 

May  I  take  this  opportunity  to  thank  the  theatremen  and  moviegoers  of  America  for  their 
magnificent  support  in  the  recent  Infantile  Paralysis  campaign.  It  was  a  glorious  example  of  what 
generous-hearted,  alert  showmen  can  do  in  a  good  cause.  Most  of  the  leaders  in  that  drive  are 
again  acting  for  the  Army  and  Navy  Relief  campaign.  I  thank  them  for  their  ready  response  to  this 
new  call  to  serve. 

While  I  fully  realize  that  this  drive  comes  at  a  time  when  we  are  all  preparing  for  the  opening 
of  the  industry's  U.S.  War  Stamp  and  Bond  selling  campaign,  I  am  sure  that  we  can  do  full  justice  to 
both  these  vital  efforts.  And  to  all  other  demands  which  the  emergency  will  put  upon  us. 


Motion  Picture  Industry  Campaign  for  ARMY  AND  NAVY  EMERGENCY  RELIEF 
(War  Activities  Committee)  Room  303,  1501  Broadway,  New  York  City 


DC' 


>>#■* 


Mp'   ON  PICTURE 


51.  NO.  80 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  FRIDAY,  APRIL  24,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Deems  Taylor 
Heads  Ascap; 
Buck  Advisor 


Change  Made  by  Board; 
Taylor  Serves  Gratis 

Deems  Taylor  was  elected  president 
of  Ascap  yesterday,  succeeding  Gene 
Buck,  who  had  been  president  of  the 
society  since  1923.  Taylor  is  a  com- 
poser and  commentator  on  music. 

The  board  of  directors,  which  elected 
Taylor,  voted  to  retain  Buck  in  an  ad- 
visory capacity,  it  was  announced. 
Taylor,  it  was  stated,  will  serve  as 
president  without  salary. 

Also  elected,  as  part  of  the  new  ad- 
ministration, were  the  following : 
Gustave  Schirmer,  vice-president ; 
Oscar  Hammerstein,  vice-president ; 
George  W.  Meyer,  secretary;  Max 
Dreyfus,  treasurer ;  J.  J.  Bregman, 
assistant  secretary,  and  Irving  Caesar, 
assistant  treasurer. 


Ad  Men  Act  to  Stop 
Use  of  Star  Ratings 

The  controversy  over  the  use  of  re- 
viewers' star  symbols  in  theatre  ad- 
vertising which  has  raged  on  Broad- 
way and  elsewhere  periodically  for 
several  years,  flared  again  yesterday 
when  complaints  against  the  Globe 
Theatre,  a  Brandt  house,  were  regis- 
tered with  the  Eastern  Public  Rela- 
tions Committee. 

Advertising  directors  of  company 
members  of  the  MPPDA  agreed  sev- 
eral years  ago  not  to  make  use  of  the 
symbols  in  advertising.  The  Globe, 
which  has  been  using  the  stars  in  its 
copy  and  on  its  marquee  during  the 
engagement  of  Charlie  Chaplin's  "The 
Gold  Rush,"  is  not  a  party  to  the 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Local  Talent  Pools 
Sought  by  Douglas 

Washington,  April  23. — Efforts  to 
build  local  talent  pools  from  which  en- 
tertainment for  war  purposes  could  be 
obtained,  to  lessen  the  drain  on  "big 
names"  which  have  been  in  demand 
throughout  the  country,  have  been 
initiated  by  Melvyn  Douglas,  director 
of  the  Arts  Council  of  the  Office  of 
Civilian  Defense,  it  was  disclosed. 

Douglas  today  said  nationally 
known  performers  could  not  continue 
to  meet  the  mounting  demands  for  per- 
sonal appearances  and  expressed  the 
belief  that  many  local  functions  for 
which  they  are  desired  could  be  han- 
dled   satisfactorily   by    home  talent. 


Reelect  Fitzgibbons 
FP  Canadian  Head; 
41  Tax  $5,500,000 


Toronto,  April  23. — J.  J.  Fitzgib- 
bons was  reelected  president  and  man- 
aging director  of  Famous  Players 
Canadian  Corp. 
at  the  company's 
annual  meeting 
here  yesterday. 

Other  officers 
elected  were :  R. 
W.  Bolstad,  vice- 
president  and 
treasurer  ;  N.  G. 
Barrow,  secre- 
tary ;  L.  G.  Geer- 
ing  and  J.  A. 
Troyer,  assistant 
secretaries,  and 
A.  MacCunn  and 
W.  E.  Kerr,  as- 
sistant treasurers. 

All  directors 
were  reelected. 
They  are:  Fitzgibbons,  Barney  Bal- 
aban,  Bolstad,  N.  G.  Barrow,  Wendell 
Farris,  Stanton  Griffis,  Austin  Keough, 
A.  MacCunn,  N.  S.  Robertson  and  H. 
P.  Robinson. 

In  his  annual  report,  Fitzgibbons 
said  that  the  company  had  paid  more 
than  $5,500,000  in  taxes  to  Dominion, 
provincial   and   city  governments  in 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


J.  J.  Fitzgibbons 


Conn.  MPTO  Votes 
Umpi  Plan  Approval 

The  MPTO  of  Connecticut,  an 
MPTOA  affiliate,  has  approved  the 
proposed  new  selling  plan  of  the  Unit- 
ed Motion  Picture  Industry,  Ed  Kuy- 
kendall,  MPTOA  president,  an- 
nounced yesterday. 

Herman  Levy,  secretary  of  the  Con- 
necticut organization,  reported  that 
the  acceptance  was  unanimous  and  un- 
conditional. It  is  the  16th  exhibitor 
organization  to  approve  the  plan,  al- 
though it  has  been  accepted  by  more 
than  20  exhibitor  units,  some  of  which 
are  members  of  consolidated  regional 
organizations  and  two  are  large  re- 
gional circuits. 


No  Support  for  SIMPP 
Opposition,  Says  Wright 

As  yet  there  has  been  no  formal 
exhibitor  support  for  the  Society  of 
Independent  «M  P.  Producers'  opposi- 
tion to  the  Umpi  sales  plan,  Loyd 
W right,  president,  said  here  yesterday. 
He  said  no  further  moves  are  planned 
now,  and  that  he  will  attend  the  Al- 
lied States  board  meeting  on  the  Umpi 
plan  in  Chicago  next  Thursday,  if  it 
was  believed  necessary  to  explain  the 
independent  producers'  stand. 


Myers  to  Canada  to 
Study  Pegging  Effect 

Washington,  April  23.  — 
Abram  F.  Myers,  chairman  and 
general  counsel  of  Allied 
States,  will  leave  for  Canada 
this  weekend  to  study  the  ef- 
fects on  exhibitors  of  the 
Dominion  Government  action 
freezing  film  rentals,  admis- 
sions and  runs  based  on  con- 
ditions prevailing  during  the 
control  period  from  Sept.  15 
to  Oct.  11,  1941. 

The  results  of  his  study 
will  be  reported  to  the  Allied 
board  of  directors  at  its  meet- 
ing in  Chicago  April  30. 


'Gas'  Rationing 
Less  Strict  for 
Film  Salesmen 


Washington,  April  23. — Re- 
gardless of  any  gasoline  rationing 
system  to  be  put  into  effect  in  the 
17  States  along  the  Atlantic  sea- 
board, film  salesmen  and  others 
needing  automobiles  for  business 
will  receive  a  larger  allotment  than 
pleasure  drivers,  Oil  Coordinator 
Harold  L.  Ickes  said  today.  Persons 
who  need  cars  to  get  to  work  also 
will  rate  higher  allotments,  it  was 
said. 

The  effect  on  theatre  patron- 
age was  also  seen  lessened  when 
Ickes  said  there  was  no  justi- 
fication for  statements  that 
pleasure  car  owners  would  get 
only  2'/2  to  five  gallons  weekly. 
He  indicated  that  the  figure 
would  be  nearer  10  gallons.  The 
order  is  effective  May  15. 

The  question  whether  rationing 
would  be  put  on  a  national  basis  or 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Tax  Revenues  for 
March  $10,592,455 

Washington,  April  23. — Federal 
admission  tax  collections  in  March  to- 
taled $10,592,455,  turning  upward 
after  two  successive  months  of  de- 
cline, it  was  announced  tonight  by  the 
Internal  Revenue  Bureau. 

Compared  with  February,  the 
month's  collections  showed  a  gain  of 
$823,058,  but  compared  with  March, 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


DunphyWPB 
Amusements 
Section  Chief 


dis- 
the 
in- 


New  Unit  Is  Defined  as 
Facilitating  Agency 

Christopher  J.  Dunphy  has  been 
appointed  chief  of  the  Amusement 
Section  of  the  Services  Branch  of  the 
War  Production 
Board,  he  con- 
firmed here  yes- 
terday. Dunphy 
said  he  will  take 
up  his  duties  in 
Washington  on 
Monday. 

Dunphy 
closed  that 
section  will 
elude  all  profes- 
sional entertain- 
ment and  sport- 
ing enterprises. 
He  will  have 
charge  of  a  "new- 
ly defined  focal 
and  facilitating 
agency,"  and  will 
function  under  N.  G.  Burleigh,  chief 
of  the  WPB  Services  Branch. 

A  definition  of  the  purposes  of  the 
new  Amusement  Section  was  not  avail- 
able from  Washington  yesterday. 
Dunphy  said  that  his  appointment  was 
a  Civil  Service  one.  He  said  that  he 
will  have  the  assistance  of  technical 
experts,  and  that  he  hopes  to  be  able 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Staff  Photo 

C.  J.  Dunphy 


'Gold  Rush'  at  Globe 
Headed  for  $35,000 

The  1,200-seat  Globe  on  Broadway, 
which  hasn't  seen  a  $35,000  week  in 
many  years,  appears  likely  to  attain 
that  goal  tonight  at  the  conclusion 
of  the  first  week  of  Charlie  Chaplin's 
"The  Gold  Rush,"  reissued  with  dia- 
logue by  United  Artists. 

The  film,  offered  at  a  scale  which 
tops  at  $1.10,  is  playing  about  12 
shows  daily,  and  from  the  moment  the 
curtain  went  up,  six  days  ago,  the  pic- 
ture has  been  playing  to  S.R.O.  For 
the  first  five  days  the  box-office  take 
amounted  to  about  $28,000.  It  is  the 
Main  Stem's  leader  of  the  week.  The 
Saturday  and  Sunday  take  last  week- 
end was  about  $13,000,  which  offers 
an  indication  of  how  heavy  the  trade 
has  been  there. 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  with  the 
stage  show  at  the  Radio  City  Music 
Hall  held  up  impressively  in  its  fourth 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  April  24,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  April  23 

PRESS  previews  of  outstanding 
short  subjects  produced  each 
month  will  begin  May  13  at  the  Film- 
arte  Theatre  here  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Academy  of  Motion  Picture 
Arts  &  Sciences.  All  resident  corre- 
spondents will  be  invited  to  the  screen- 
ings, which  will  be  held  the  second 
Wednesday  of  each  month.  Programs 
will  consist  of  one  two-reel  subject  or 
two  one-reel  films  selected  by  each  of 
the  seven  companies  as  its  best  of  the 
month. 

• 

Monogram  has  acquired  controlling 
interest  in  the  Des  Moines  franchise 
from  Forrest  E.  Judd,  it  was  an- 
nounced. The  company  will  take  over 
operations  of  that  branch,  with  Tom 
Burke  as  manager.  Judd  will  join  the 
home  office  staff  as  head  of  a  newly 
created  exploitation  department  under 
the  direction  of  Louis  S.  Lifton. 


Fredric  March  was  set  today  by 
Warner  Bros,  for  the  title  role  in  "The 
Adventures  of  Mark  Twain,"  Jesse  L. 
Lasky  picture. 

• 

Kenneth  Thomson,  chairman  of  the 
Hollywood  Victory  Committee,  and 
Charles  Feldman  will  act  as  co-mana- 
gers of  the  Hollywood  Victory  Cara- 
van, which  starts  here  Sunday  on  a 
13-city  tour. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

Rockefeller  Center 
CECIL  B.  DE  MILLE'S 

"REAP  THE  WILD  WIND'5 

Ray  Milland,  John  Wayne,  Paulette  Goddard 
A  Paramount  Picture 
Gala  Stage  Revue  •  Symphony  Orchestra 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved      Circle  6-4600 


'  L  J  TIMES 


Gene  Henry 

TIERNEY  •  FONDA 

'RINGSonkerFINGERS' 

PLUS  A  BIG  DftYV  7th  Ave. 
STAGE  SHOW      IWA  I     &  50th  St. 


PALACE 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


KINGS  ROW 


1 1 


ANN    SHERIDAN— RONALD  REAGAN 
—plus  NEW  2nd  Hit— 

"BULLET  SCARS" 

WITH   REGIS  TOOMEY 


LAST  WEEK! 

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SECOND  YEAR  —  SECOND  EDITION 
Now  Thrilling  its  SECOND  MILLION 

It  happens  on  ice 

Sensational  Musical  lestravaganza 
Center  Theatre.  Rockefeller  Center.  CO.  5-5474 

Last  Matinee  Tomorrow  at  2:40 
501  Sexto  for  Every  Per*.  50c.  EVGS.  AT  6:40 


Personal  Mention 


WILLIAM  GOETZ  is  due  here 
early  next  week  from  the  Coast. 
• 

Edward  Small  is  scheduled  to  ar- 
rive here  Monday  from  California. 
• 

Harry  Asher  is  in  Boston  Hos- 
pital, recovering  from  a  serious  oper- 
ation. 

• 

Nat  Levy  and  Walter  E.  Bran- 
son, RKO  sales  executives,  will  be 
in  Denver  today  and  are  scheduled 
to  be  in  Kansas  City  tomorrow. 
• 

Bette  Davis  will  receive  an  honor- 
ary degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from 
Bates  College  next  month. 


EARLE  J.  HUDSON  is  in  town 
from  Detroit. 

• 

Mary  Pickford,  who  arrived  from 
the  Coast  about  a  week  ago,  is  con- 
fined to  her  hotel  here  by  illness. 
• 

Al  Raymer,  booker  for  the  In- 
diana-Illinois Circuit,  Chicago,  is  the 
father  of  a  son,  Stephen  Scott 
Raymer,  born  to  Mrs.  Raymer  at 
Edgewater  Hospital  this  week. 
• 

John  Gray,  former  owner  of  the 
Cimarron  Theatre  at  Guthrie,  Okla., 
has  enlisted  in  the  Navy. 

• 

Ben  Kalmenson  left  for  Atlanta 
yesterday. 


L.  A.  Theatre  Files 
Run,  Clearance  Case 

A  combined  specific  run  and  clear- 
ance complaint  has  been  filed  at  the 
Los  Angeles  arbitration  board  by 
Cinema  Enterprises,  Inc.,  operator  of 
the  Monterey  Theatre,  Los  Angeles, 
against  Warners,  Paramount,  RKO 
and  Loew's,  the  American  Arbitra- 
tion Association  reported  yesterday. 

The  complaint  charges  that  both 
the  Crystal  and  Yern  have  been  sold 
runs  ahead  of  the  Monterey,  one  of 
which  runs  was  sought  by  the  com- 
plainant. A  reduction  of  the  exist- 
ing clearance  of  the  National  and 
Keystone  over  the  Monterey  is  sought. 

At  the  New  York  board,  the  some 
run  complaint  of  the  Coy  Operating 
Co.,  owner  of  the  Savoy  Theatre,  Ja- 
maica, L.  I.,  against  RKO,  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox and  Paramount  was  with- 
drawn yesterday  by  stipulation  grant- 
ing the  house  a  run  from  those  com- 
panies. 


W.  B.  Tradeshows 

Set  for  June  1-2 

Warner's  next  block-of-five  will  be 
trade  shown  June  1  and  2.  Pictures 
to  be  shown  are  "The  Gay  Sisters," 
"Wings  for  the  Eagle,"  "The  Big 
Shot,"  "Across  the  Pacific"  and  "Es- 
cape from  Crime."  The  exact  date 
and  time  for  each  picture  are  to  be 
announced  later. 


Business  Off  40%  in 
Rochester  Blackout 

Rochester,  April  23. — A  decrease 
of  40  per  cent  in  theatre  business  was 
reported  here  last  night  due  to  a  sur- 
prise blackout  lasting  one  hour.  Bus- 
iness was  off  most  of  the  week,  with 
most  people  remaining  in  their  homes 
in  anticipation  of  the  blackout. 


'Sal'  Preview  Here 
For  Service  Men 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  will  hold  a 
preview  next  Tuesday  night  at  the 
Roxy  Theatre  of  "My  Gal  Sal,"  in 
the  form  of  a  "blind  date"  party  for 
500  service  men  and  500  working  girls 
invited  through  the  New  York  Civil- 
ian Defense  Recreation  Welfare  and 
Hospitality  Committee.  The  film  will 
open  on  Thursday. 

Following  the  performance,  the 
couples,  as  well  as  the  Gae  Foster 
girls  of  the  theatre's  stage  company, 
will  dance  in  the  rotunda  of  the  house. 
A.  M.  Botsford,  director  of  advertis- 
ing and  publicity  for  20th  Century- 
Fox,  has  arranged  an  elaborate  ex- 
ploitation program  on  the  film. 

Breen  Is  Due  from 
Guatemala  Trip  Soon 

Hollywood,  April  23. — Joseph  I. 
Breen,  executive  head  of  production 
of  RKO,  is  expected  to  return  from 
Guatemala,  where  he  had  gone  from 
Mexico  City,  in  about  two  weeks,  ac- 
cording to  report.  Breen,  who  as- 
sumed charge  of  RKO  production 
about  eight  months  ago,  has  been  on 
vacation  for  about  two  months. 


Honor  Dunbar,  Eifert 

Cincinnati,  April  23. — The  local 
Yariety  Club  next  Monday  will  give 
a  dinner  for  Robert  Dunbar,  Warner 
manager,  who  is  leaving  for  Detroit 
to  become  manager  there,  and  for 
John  Eifert,  Warner  city  salesman, 
who  succeeds  Dunbar  at  the  local  ex- 
change. 


Brown  Republic  Manager 

Oklahoma  City,  April  23. — Rus- 
sell I.  Brown  has  been  named  branch 
manager  for  Republic  here,  succeeding 
Sol  Davis,  who  has  resigned. 


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nicest  neighborhood  of  Lake  Mahopac.  Perfect  quiet, 
with  panoramic  view.  Four  bedrooms,  bath,  hot  water, 
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Newsreel 
Parade 


ZLJ"  IGHLIGHT  of  the  new  issues 
J-  J-  comes  from  Australia.  The 
Yanks  arriving  and  General  MacAr- 
thur  with  his  family  and  President 
Quezon  of  the  Philippines  are  shown. 
The  reels  and  their  contents  follow: 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  66— MacA--. 
thur  with  family.  New  Army  unifq»  ) 
Launch  new  submarine.  Navy's  ^  I  , 
school  in  Chicago.  President  decorated 
O'Hare.  McNutt  on  manpower.  Horse 
racing.  Boating  on  McKenzie  River,  Ore. 
Daredevil  autoists  in  Memphis. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  264— Mac- 
Arthur  and  Yanks  in  Australia.  Cavalry 
tests  in  Northwest.  O'Hare  honored.  Mc- 
Nutt in  Washington.  West  Coast  war 
production.     Commandos  in  training  here. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  69— Cavalry 
maneuvers  in  Northwest.  Winant,  Mar- 
shall and  Hopkins  with  Roosevelt.  Dal- 
las girls  at  farming  school.  Navy's  radio 
school  in  Chicago.  O'Hare  honored.  Aus- 
tralia: troop  convoy,  doughboys  arrive, 
MacArthur  with  family. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  69— A.  E.  F. 

in  Australia.  McNutt  on  war  effort. 
O'Hare  honored.  Navy  commends  Grum- 
man aircraft  plant.  New  Army  uniforms. 
Gas  fighting  training  in  Hawaii.  Carica- 
tures of  Axis  partners  in  New  York. 

UNIVERSAL     NEWSREEL,     No.  78— 

Convoy  to  Australia,  Yanks  arrive,  Mac- 
Arthur  and  family.  Graduations  at  Geor- 
gia Military  Academy.  Daredevils  ride 
McKenzie  River  rapids.  O'Hare  receives 
highest  award.  McNutt  heads  manpower 
draft.  Incendiary  bomb  production  on 
West  Coast.  Cavalry  maneuvers  in 
Northwest. 


Korda  Due  Here  from 
London  on  Weekend 

Alexander  Korda  is  expected  from 
Lisbon  by  Clipper  this  weekend  fol- 
lowing an  extended  visit  in  London. 
While  abroad,  Korda  concluded  a  deal 
for  the  purchase  of  the  entire  Pruden- 
tial Assurance  Co.  interest  in  his  pro- 
ducing company,  reportedly  with 
blocked  sterling  of  Alexander  Korda 
Productions  held  in  London. 


Report  Selznick  to 
Make  OEM  Shorts 

David  O.  Selznick  will  produce  a 
series  of  short  subjects  at  Govern- 
ment request  for  the  Office  of  Emerg- 
ency Management,  it  is  reported  here. 
It  is  understood  the  arrangement  with 
Selznick  was  made  through  the  office 
of  the  Coordinator  of  Government 
Films,  Lowell  Mellett. 

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Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vice- 
President;  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
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THOMAS  MITCHELL  •  CLAUDE  RAINS 

and  JEROME  COWAN  •  HELENE  REYNOLDS 

Directed  by  ARCHIE  MAYO   Produced  by  MARK  HELLINCER 
Screen  Play  by  John  O'Hara 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  April  24,  1942 


Dunphy  WPB 
Amusements 
Section  Chief 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

to  facilitate  matters  for  the  motion 
picture  industry  coming  under  his  ju- 
risdiction. 

The  Amusement  Section,  Dunphy 
revealed,  will  include  motion  picture 
theatres,  legitimate  theatres,  opera 
houses,  professional  baseball  and 
football ;  horse,  dog  and  automobile 
racing,  all  amusement  devices,  car- 
nivals, circuses,  bands  and  orchestras, 
pool  and  billiard  parlors,  bowling 
alleys,  shooting  galleries,  dancing 
academies  and  ballrooms,  ice  and  roll- 
er skating;  athletic  fields,  professional 
boxing  and  prizefights. 

Was  With  Paramount 

Dunphy  was  with  Paramount  Pic- 
tures from  1934  to  1938,  serving  as 
advertising  and  publicity  director  of 
the  Paramount  studio  and  as  assistant 
to  Adolph  Zukor,  chairman  of  the 
board.  For  a  time  he  also  was  at- 
tached to  the  home  office  advertising 
and  publicity  department. 

Dunphy  was  born  in  1889  in  New 
York  City.  He  was  in  Wall  Street, 
and  later  for  several  years  was  assist- 
ant to  the  late  Edward  B.  McLean, 
publisher  of  the  Washington  Post.  He 
served  in  the  World  War  with  the 
rank  of  captain  and  was  attached  to 
the  staff  of  Major  General  James  G. 
Harbord  at  General  Headquarters. 
When  Secretary  of  War  Newton  D. 
Baker  visited  France  during  the  war, 
Dunphy  was  assigned  to  his  staff. 


Ad  Men  Act  to  Stop 
Use  of  Star  Ratings 

(.Continued  from  page  1) 

agreement.  The  picture,  however, 
is  distributed  by  United  Artists,  which 
subscribes  to  the  agreement. 

The  public  relations  committee  di- 
rected Glendon  Allvine,  secretary,  to 
petition  the  Globe  to  discontinue  the 
practice  in  what  the  committee  regards 
as  the  best  interests  of  the  industry. 
United  Artists  disclaimed  responsibil- 
ity for  the  advertising,  asserting  that 
it  contributed  nothing  to  the  expendi- 
ture and  had  no  control  over  the  copy. 

The  committee,  on  a  resolution  of- 
fered by  Nate  Spingold  of  Columbia, 
voted  to  set  up  a  method  of  avoiding 
conflict  in  industry  events  by  listing 
such  affairs  with  the  secretary.  These 
will  include  screenings,  tradeshows, 
premieres,  social  affairs  and  the  like. 
The  first  event  listed  will  be  given 
priority. 

A.  M.  Botsford  of  20th  Century-Fox 
was  appointed  cordinator  of  personal 
appearances  for  patriotic  benefits  in 
the  East.  He  will  represent  the 
Hollywood  Victory  Committee. 


Theatre  Assembly  to  Meet 

The  26th  annual  Spring  luncheon  of 
the  Theatre  Assembly  will  be  held  in 
the  grand  ballroom  of  the  Hotel  Astor 
tomorrow.  Mrs.  Edgar  Cecil  Mel- 
ledge  is  president  of  the  group,  which 
consists  of  women  interested  in  pro- 
moting the  theatre.  A  number  of  stage 
personalities  will  attend  as  guests. 


New  Variety  Show 
Will  Open  Tonight 

Clifford  Q.  Fischers  new 
vaudeville  show,  "Keer>  'em 
Laughing,"  with  William  Gax- 
ton,  Victor  Moore,  the  Hart- 
mans,  Hildegarde  and  others, 
opens  tonight  at  the  44th  St. 
Theatre.  Two  performances 
daily  will  be  given  with  a 
$2.50  top  for  weekend  eve- 
nings. 

'Gold  Rush'  at  Globe 
Headed  for  $35,000 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

week  with  an  estimated  $82,000  and 
began  the  fifth  and  final  week  yester- 
day. Another  strong  fourth  week  was 
enjoyed  by  "To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli" 
with  the  stage  show  at  the  Roxy,  es- 
timated at  $45,400.  The  film  held 
over  an  extra  day  and  was  followed 
by  "Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  yesterday. 

At  the  Strand,  "Dangerously  They 
Live"  with  John  Garfield  and  Dick 
Stabile's  band  on  the  stage  drew  an 
estimated  $29,800  in  the  first  six  days 
of  the  second  week  which  ended  last 
night.  "Larcency,  Inc.,"  opens  at  the 
Strand  today  with  Abe  Lyman's 
orchestra  and  Jackie  Cooper.  "The 
Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  completed 
a  second  week  at  the  Capitol  with 
an  estimated  $16,500  and  was  followed 
yesterday  by  "The  Lady  Is  Willing." 

The  third  week  of  "Jungle  Book" 
ends  tomorrow  with  an  estimated  $16,- 
000  expected  and  the  film  continues 
through  Tuesday.  The  premiere  of 
"Moontide"  takes  place  at  the  Rivoli 
Wednesday  night.  The  first  week  of 
"Kid  Glove  Killer"  at  the  Rialto  was 
good  for  an  estimated  $7,900.  "The 
Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  goes  in 
Monday  at  that  house. 

'Gas'  Rationing  Less 
Strict  for  Salesmen 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
confined  to  the  Eastern  States  still 
appeared  unsettled.  Ickes  said  there 
was  no  reason  for  rationing  except 
where  the  shortages  exist.  Others, 
however,  feared  a  migration  of  de- 
fense workers  to  non-rationed  States 
and  said  national  rationing  was  the 
solution. 

Methods  proposed  to  reduce  auto- 
mobile travel,  in  addition  to  gas  ra- 
tioning, include  a  national  40-mile-per- 
hour  speed  limit,  an  order  requiring 
motorists  to  surrender  any  tires  in  ex- 
cess of  five  in  their  possession,  and 
Government  requisition  of  pleasure 
cars  for  military  use  or  resale  to  de- 
fense workers. 


'Above  AW  Roadshow 

Hollywood,  April  23. — "This  Above 
All,"  20th  Century-Fox  film  starring 
Tyrone  Power  and  Joan  Fontaine,  is 
scheduled  to  open  at  the  Astor  The- 
atre on  Broadway  about  May  12,  stu- 
dio sources  said  today.  It  will  be 
the  company's  first  roadshow  in  some 
time. 


Palfreyman  to  Meeting 

David  Palfreyman  of  the  MPPDA 
will  leave  here  Sunday  for  Kansas 
City  to  attend  the  Kansas-Missouri 
TOA  convention  there  Tuesday  and 
Wednesday. 


'Tripoli'  Captures 
$16,500  Cincinnati 


Cincinnati,  April  23.  —  "To  the 
Shores  of  Tripoli"  gave  the  RKO  Al- 
bee  a  big  $16,500,  and  "The  Male  An- 
imal" grossed  $12,300  at  the  RKO 
Palace.  "King's  Row"  had  $9,700  in 
the  second  week  at  the  RKO  Capitol. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing April  15-18: 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

RKO  ALBEE— (3,000)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $16,500.  (Average,  $12,000) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 

RKO    PALACE — (2,700)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $12,300.     (Average,  $10,000) 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

RKO  S HUBERT— (2,150)    (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $3,000.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"Kinss  Row"  (W.  B.) 

RKO  CAPITOL — (2,000)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $9,700.  (Average. 
$5,500) 

"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

RKO  GRAND— (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
davs,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,200.  (Average. 
$5,000) 

"The  Eternal  Gift"  (Lamont) 

RKO  LYRIC — (1,400)  (28c-33c-42c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,300.     (Average.  $4,500) 
"Mr.  Wise  Guy"  (Mono.) 
"A  Tragedy  at  Midnight"  (Rep.) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1.000)  (15c-28c)  4  days. 
Gross:  $1,150.     (Average,  $1,200) 
"Torpedo  Boat"  (Para.) 
"Stick  to  Your  Guns"  (Para.) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)  (15c-28c)  3  days. 
Gross:  $800.     (Average,  $800) 
"Mr.  V"  (U.  A.) 

KEITH'S— (1.500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  S4.000.     (Average.  $5,000) 


'Spoilers*  Gets  Big 
$14,000  in  Baltimore 

Baltimore,  April  23.  —  Strong  at- 
tractions and  favorable  weather 
helped.  "The  Spoilers"  took  $14,000 
at  Keith's  while  "Two  Yanks  in  Trini- 
dad," with  a  stage  show,  drew  $17,- 
000  at  the  Hippodrome. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  16 : 

"We  Were  Dancnur"  (M-G-M) 

CENTURY— (3.000)  (2«c-44c  and  55c  week- 
ends) 7  days.  Gross:  $10,500.  (Average. 
$10,000) 

"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

KEITH'S— (2,406)  (15c-28c-33c-44c  and  55c 
weekends)  7  days.  Gross:  $14,000.  (Aver- 
age $9,000) 

"Song:  of  the  Islands"  (20th-Fox)  . 

NEW— (1,581)  (15c-28c-35c-55c)  7  davs,  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $7,000.    (Average.  $7,000) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 

STANLEY—  (3,280)  (15c-28c-39c-44c-55c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $10,000.  (Average, 
$12,000) 

"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad1'  (Col.) 

HIPPODROME — (2.205)  (15c-28c-39c-44c- 
55c -66c)  7  days.    Stage  show  featuring  Clyde 
McCoy    and    his    Orchestra    with  revue. 
Gross:  $17,000.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"Pacific  Blackout"  (Para.) 

MAYFAIR— (1,000)  (20c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,000.    (Average,  $6,000) 


'Kings  Row9  Takes 
$9,800,  New  Haven 

New  Haven,  April  23.  —  "Kings 
Row,"  dualled  afternoons  only  with 
"Dudes  Are  Pretty  People"  at  the 
Roger  Sherman,  took  $9,800.  At  the 
Paramount  the  "Fleet's  In"  and  "No 
Hands  on  the  Clock"  took  $6,000  in 
the  second  week. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  16 : 

"Sang  of  the  Islands"  (20th-Fox) 
"Ellery  Queen  &  Murder  Ring"  (Col.) 

COLLEGE— (1,627)   (40c-50c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.     Gross:  $3,500.     (Average,  $2,800) 
"Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Man  Who  Returned  to  Life"  (Col.) 

LOEW-POLI— (3,005)    (40c-50c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $8,600.    (Average.  $8,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"No  Hands  on  the  Clock"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT — (2,373)   (40c-50c)  7  dayt, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $6,000.    (Average,  $4,600) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 
"Dudes  Are  Pretty  People"  (U.  A.) 

ROGER  SHERMAN— (2,067)  (40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,800.    (Average,  $5,200) 


Reelect  Fitzgibbons 
FP  Canadian  Head; 
'41  Tax  $5,500,000 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Canada  in  1941,  which  was  equiva- 
lent to  more  than  three  and  one-half 
times  the  net  earnings  available  for 
distribution  to  shareholders. 

Citing  the  company's  w:ar  role, 
Fitzgibbons'  report  pointed  to  sci^ 
time  given  to  exhibition  of  Govt  | 
ment  films,  the  normal  function  of  the 
theatres  in  contributing  to  public 
morale,  their  cooperation  in  Victory 
Loan  and  War  Savings  campaigns  and 
in  Canadian  Red  Cross  drives,  its 
more  than  300  employes  in  military 
and  naval  service  and  its  huge  ex- 
penditures in  operations,  contributing 
to  Canada's  war  time  economy. 

"This  company  has  given  in 
the  past  and  will  continue  to 
give  in  the  future  every  possi- 
ble help  our  properties,  equip- 
ment and  manpower  can  pro- 
duce for  assistance  to  the  war 
effort  and  for  the  betterment 
of  the  social  life  in  the  com- 
munities which  we  serve,"  Fitz- 
gibbons stated  in  his  report. 
"That  the  industry  is  an  essential 
one  is  indicated  by  the  fact,"  he  said, 
"that  the   Government   includes  the 
cost  of  motion  picture  entertainment 
in  determining  the  cost  of  living  in- 
dex. 

"The  motion  picture  screen  must  be 
preserved  vigorous  and  intact  to  play 
its  important  role  in  the  world  of  re- 
construction that  must  follow  after 
peace  with  victory  and  to  this  end  we 
pledge  our  services,"  he  concluded. 

Tax  Revenues  for 
March  $10,592,455 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

1941,  the  increase  was  $3,487,499,  the 
bureau  reported. 

Collections  for  the  first  quarter  of 

1942,  it  was  stated,  totaled  $31,717,- 
492,  compared  with  $20,183,518  for 
the  corresponding  period  a  year  ago. 

The  increase  in  collections  over 
February  was  well  distributed  over  the 
country,  less  than  550,000  being  re- 
ported for  the  Third  New  York 
(Broadway)  District,  where  revenue 
was  $1,688,332  against  $1,638,707. 

All  of  the  increase  in  Third  Dis- 
trict collections  was  in  box-office  re- 
ceipts, which  jumped  from  $1,516,470 
to  $1,578,184,  it  was  disclosed.  All 
other  sources  in  the  district  declined, 
collections  on  tickets  sold  by  brokers 
dropping  from  $17,368  to  $16,121; 
tickets  sold  by  proprietors  in  excess  of 
established  prices  from  $824  to  S12; 
permanent  use  or  lease  of  boxes  and 
seats,  $192  to  $2 ;  and  admissions  to 
roof  gardens  and  cabarets  from  $103,- 
852  to  $94,012. 

FM  Broadcasters 
Closes  Office  Here 

Because  of  the  expected  cessation  of 
FM  growth  during  the  war,  FM 
Broadcasters,  Inc.,  organization  of 
those  interested  in  the  new  method 
of  broadcasting,  will  close  its  offices 
here  Monday.  Matters  of  importance 
will  be  handled  at  the  organization's 
office  at  W55M.  Milwaukee.  Dick 
Dorrance,  executive  secretary,  will 
handle  Eastern  matters. 


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NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  MONDAY.  APRIL  27,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Int'l  Newsreel 
Proposed  for 
Neutrals,  Allies 


Five  Companies  Discuss 
Joint  Project 

The  five  newsreel  companies  are 
discussing  plans  for  production  of 
a  collaborative  international  news- 
reel  release  for  distribution  to  terri- 
tories outside  the  Western  Hemi- 
sphere, and  particularly  to  major 
neutral  nations  such  as  Sweden  and 
Turkey  and  certain  parts  of  the 
British  Empire. 

Discussions  are  in  a  preliminary 
stage  and  problems  of  transportation, 


Buenos  Aires,  April  26. — Efforts 
of  the  Germans  to  smuggle  films 
into  this  country  by  Portuguese 
steamers  were  revealed  here 
Friday  when  customs  authori- 
ties seized  a  huge  shipment  con- 
taining 1,600  reels.  An  attempt 
was  being  made  to  smuggle  the 
reels  from  the  SJS.  Serpa  Pinto 
of  Portuguese  registry,  it  was 
alleged.  The  exact  nature  of  the 
films  was  not  revealed  but  they 
were  believed  to  be  propaganda 
films. 


Payment  on  Frozen 
Funds  Due  Today 

The  second  quarterly  pay- 
ment of  $5,000,000  of  the 
eight  major  companies'  Brit- 
ish earnings  is  due  today  un- 
der the  existing  Embassy 
agreement. 

The  agreement  provides  for 
the  withdrawal  by  the  eight 
companies  of  a  total  of  $20,- 
000,000  in  equal  quarterly  in- 
stallments during  the  12- 
month  period  ending  next 
Nov.  L  The  quarterly  with- 
drawals are  exclusive  of  the 
authorized  remittance  of  50 
per  cent  of  the  frozen  funds 
of  the  companies  as  of  last 
Oct.  28,  estimated  at  more 
than  $18,000,000. 


Bergman  Succeeds 
Pollock  in  4IT  Post 


print  supplies,  foreign  language  re- 
cording and  others  having  a  bearing 
on  final  arrangements  for  the  project 
still  remain  to  be  solved. 

The  newsreels  are  not  now  servic- 
ing the  major  neutral  nations  from 
this  country.    Hence,  the  object  is  to 

(Continued  on  page  3) 


CBS  Latin  American 
Web  Starting  May  19 

Full-scale  operation  of  the  CBS 
Latin  American  network,  "CBS  Ca- 
dena  de  las  Americas,"  will  start  May 
19,  with  a  special  dedicatory  program, 
William  S.  Paley,  president,  an- 
nounced Friday.  Governmental  poli- 
cies altered  by  the  outbreak  of  war 
and  the  priority  situation  prevented 
inauguration  of  the  network  on  its 
previously  scheduled  date,  Jan.  1,  it 
was  explained. 

The  new  web  consists  of  76  affiliated 
stations,  with  two  50,000-watt  and  one 
10,000- watt  short  wave  transmitters 
here.  The  transmitters  have  eight  di- 
rectional antennas,  capable  of  trans- 
mitting on  19  different  frequencies, 
and  there  are   10  more  frequencies 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Louis  Pollock,  Eastern  advertising 
and  publicity  manager  for  Universal, 
resigned  that  post  on  Friday. 

It  was  reli- 
ably reported 
that  Maurice 
Bergman,  for- 
mer advertis- 
ing and  pub- 
licity director 
for  Columbia, 
and  more  re- 
cently advertis- 
ing manager  at 
the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox home 
office,  will  be 
named  to  suc- 
ceed Pollock. 
However,  John 
Joseph,  Uni- 
versal advertis- 
ing and  publicity  director,  who  ar- 
rived from  the  Coast  on  Friday,  de- 
clined to  comment  on  the  report  pend- 

(Continued  on  page  3) 


Maurice  Bergman 


PRICE  EDICT  SEEN 
EXEMPTING  FILMS 


Ricketson  Reported 
Slated  as  National 
Theatres  N.Y.  Chief 


Frank  (Rick)  Ricketson,  head  of 
the  Fox  Intermountain  division  of 
National  Theatres,  with  headquarters 
in  Denver,  is 
reported  slated 
to  become  New 
York  executive 
of  National 
Theatres,  with 
Charles  Skou- 
r  a  s,  newly 
elected  pr  e  s  i- 
d  e  n  t,  making 
his  headquar- 
ters in  Los 
Angeles. 

Under  the  re- 
ported setup, 
Ricketson  will 
be  S  k  o  uras' 
represen- 
tative  in  New  York  and  act  as  liaison 

(Continued  on  page  3) 


Frank  Ricketson 


Service  Talent  in 
Show  Here  Tonight 

Talented  personnel  of  the  Army, 
Navy  and  Marine  Corps  tonight  at  the 
Metropolitan  Opera  House  will  par- 
ticipate in  a  show  designed  to  ex- 
press the  appreciation  of  the  services 
for  the  aid  given  by  the  entertainment 
industry',  including  free  admissions  to 
theatres.  Exhibitors,  theatrical  pro- 
ducers and  others  who  have  contribut- 
ed to  the  work  of  the  Defense  Recrea- 
tion Committee  have  been  invited. 
Ezra  Stone  and  Hiram  Sherman,  ac- 
tors, both  in  the  service,  are  producers. 


Arnold  Opposes  Triple-Damage 

Suits  in  Civil  Anti-Trust  Cases 

Washington,  April  26. — Opposition  of  the  Department  of  Justice 
to  triple-damage  suits  in  civil  anti-trust  violations  is  based  on  a 
belief  that  "private  policing"  of  industry  is  unwise,  it  was  disclosed 
Friday  by  Assistant  Attorney  General  Thurman  Arnold. 

Testifying  before  a  Senate  committee  investigating  the  patent 
situation,  Arnold  said  he  was  opposed  to  such  actions  "because  a 
triple-damage  suit  simply  means  that  the  plaintiff  gets  the  money 
and  then  he  becomes  a  member  of  the  gang." 

"I  do  not  believe  in  private  police  in  anti-trust  litigation,"  he  told 
the  committee.  "I  have  consistently  protected  business  from  triple 
damages." 

Many  triple  damage  suits  have  been  brought  by  exhibitors 
against  motion  picture  companies  and  a  number  are  pending. 


WashingtonBelievesFDR 
Order  Will  Not  Affect 
Admissions,  Rentals 

Washington,  April  26. — Speci- 
fically exempted  from  price  ceilings 
under  the  Emergency  Price  Con- 
trol Act  of  1942,  motion  picture 
rentals  and  admissions  are  seen  in 
Washington  as  not  likely  to  be  af- 
fected by  the  price  ceiling  action 
which  President  Roosevelt  is  ex- 
pected to  order  tomorrow  as  part  of 
his  anti-inflation  program. 

Only  in  the  event  the  Presi- 
dent resorts  to  powers  outside 
that  act  would  the  motion  pic- 
ture industry  be  brought  under 
price  control,  it  was  said.  It  is 
not  unlikely,  however,  that  the 
overall  price  ceiling  which  will 
be  put  into  effect  this  week  will 
govern  theatre  equipment  and 
supplies. 

The  exemption  of  motion  pictures 
from  the  price  control  act  was  secured 
by    Senator    Downey    of  California 

(Continued  on  page  3) 


B'way  Parade  for 
Army-Navy  Drive 

A  Broadway  parade  and  other 
demonstrations  were  arranged  Fri- 
day by  the  industry's  Army  and  Navy 
Emergency  Relief  Committee  for  the 
launching  of  the  theatre  drive  May 
14.  The  meeting  was  attended  by 
Max  A.  Cohen,  New  York  State 
chairman ;  Lt.  Com.  Leslie  Jacobs,  for 
the  Navy;  Major  A.  G.  Rudd,  of  the 
Armj' ;  Robert  M.  Weitman,  chair- 
man of  the  Times  Square  Committee ; 
Edward  C.  Dowden,  in  charge  of  par- 
ade arrangements ;  J.  J.  Martin,  Navy- 
Relief  Society,  and  Oscar  A.  Doob, 
publicity  chairman. 

The  parade  will  be  held  at  noon  on 
the  opening  day  of  the  drive  with 
large  divisions  of  the  armed  forces. 
(Continued  on  page  3) 


Dunphy  Assuming 
Post  in  WPB  Today 

Christopher  J.  Dunphy,  who  last 
week  was  appointed  chief  of  the 
Amusement  Section  of  the  Services 
Branch  of  the  War  Production  Board, 
left  here  yesterday  afternoon  and  re- 
ports for  duty  in  Washington  today. 
He  will  function  under  N.  G.  Bur- 
leigh, chief  of  the  WPB  Servkes 
Branch. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  April  27,  1942 


Personal  Mention 


Atlas  Purchase  of 
RKO  Stock  Listed 

Washington,  April  26. — Acquisi- 
tion by  the  American  Company,  Atlas 
Corp.  subsidiary,  of  2,900  shares  of 
Radio  Keith  Orpheum  common  stock, 
and  purchase  by  its  parent  company, 
Atlas,  of  400  shares  of  RKO  con- 
vertible preferred  stock  was  reported 
by  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Com- 
mission over  the  weekend.  Atlas  also 
owns  more  than  1,000,000  shares  of 
RKO  common. 

At  the  close  of  the  month,  the  SEC 
said  in  its  first  February  summary, 
American  held  290,130  shares  of  com- 
mon and  Atlas  51,571  shares  of  pre- 
ferred. 

The  only  other  February  transac- 
tions reported  were  the  purchase  of 
33  shares  of  Loew's  Boston  Theatres 
common  by  Loew's,  Inc.,  giving  it  a 
total  of  119,017  shares,  and  the  sale 
by  J.  Robert  Rubin  of  800  shares  of 
Loew's,  Inc.,  common  stock,  leaving 
him  with  13,615  shares. 

A  delayed  report  filed  by  Nathan 
J.  Blumberg,  Universal  president, 
showed  the  disposition  by  gift  in  De- 
cember of  12,000  Universal  Corp. 
common  voting  trust  certificates,  his 
entire  holdings,  and  the  receipt  as 
compensation  of  5,000  voting  trust 
certificate  warrants,  of  which  he  held 
20,000  at  the  close  of  the  year. 

Reports  on  the  holdings  of  persons 
becoming  officers  or  directors  of 
registered  corporations  showed  that 
DeWitt  Millhauser  held  no  RKO 
securities  when  he  was  elected  a  di- 
rector on  Feb.  3. 


Kalmine  to  Conduct 
W.B.  Bookers  Meet 

A  meeting  of  Warner  Theatres'j 
film  buyers  and  bookers  will  be  heldj 
at  the  home  office  tomorrow  with! 
Harry  M.  Kalmine,  assistant  general 
manager  of  the  circuit,  presiding.  The 
meeting  will  be  addressed  by  Joseph 
Bernhard,  Warner  Bros,  vice-presi- 
dent and  general  manager. 

Among  those  attending  will  be  Nat 
Fellman,  Cleveland ;  Alex  Halperin, 
Chicago ;  Bert  Jacocks,  Boston ; 
George  Crouch,  Washington ;  Max 
Hoffman,  New  Haven ;  Frank  Damis, 
Newark ;  Max  Friedman,  Albany ; 
Harry  Feinstein,  Pittsburgh,  and  John 
Turner,  Philadelphia.  In  the  home 
office  group  attending  will  be  Clayton 
Bond,  Harry  Rosenquest,  Sam  E. 
Morris,  Harry  Goldberg,  Frank  Mar- 
shall, Harry  Kaplowitz,  Lou  Kauf- 
man and  Leonard  Schlesinger. 

Gabin  in  N.  Y.  for 
'Moontide'  Premiere 

Jean  Gabin  will  arrive  here  today 
to  attend  the  premiere  of  "Moontide" 
at  the  Rivoli  Wednesday.  The  pre- 
miere is  sponsored  by  the  American 
Theatre  Wing  War  Service. 

Following  the  premiere,  a  benefit 
supper,  with  Gabin  as  guest  of  honor, 
will  be  held  at  the  "21"  Club.  Pro- 
ceeds of  both  the  premiere  and  the 
supper  will  go  to  the  Theatre  Wing. 
The  committee  in  charge  of  the  supper 
includes  Mrs.  Gilbert  Miller,  Mrs. 
Chester  LaRoche,  Mrs.  Vincent  As- 
tor,  Mrs.  Whitney  Bourne,  Mrs.  Car- 
roll Carstairs,  Mrs.  Julien  Chaque- 
neau,  Mrs.  Averill  Harriman,  Mrs. 
Walter  Hirshon,  Mrs.  Lawrence  Low- 
man,  Elsa  Maxwell,  Mrs.  John  Barry 
Ryan,  Mrs.  William  Rhinelander 
Stewart,  Mrs.  Paul  Felix  Warburg. 


CHARLES  SMAKWITZ,  Warner 
Theatres  Albany  zone  manager, 
was  in  New  York  at  the  weekend. 
• 

R.  K.  Haw  kin  son,  RKO  Latin 
American  division  manager,  is  ex- 
pected here  tomorrow  from  his  terri- 
tory. 

• 

Darryl  F.  Zanuck  is  expected  in 
Washington  tomorrow  from  Calif- 
fornia. 

• 

Leon  Britton,  Far  East  manager 
for  RKO,  has  arrived  in  New  York. 
• 

William  J.  Figueroa  left  over  the 
weekend  for  Boston. 


Irvine  Represents 
Big  5  in  Schine  Trial 

Raulston  Irvine,  a  member  of  the 
law  firm  of  Donovan,  Newton,  Leis- 
ure and  Lumbard,  has  been  retained 
by  the  five  consenting  companies  as 
special  counsel  to  represent  them  in 
the  trial  of  the  Government  anti-trust 
suit  against  the  Schine  Circuit  and 
the  Little  Three. 

The  suit  is  scheduled  to  go  to  trial 
in  U.  S.  District  court  at  Buffalo 
on  May  19.  Although  the  five  con- 
senting companies  were  eliminated  as 
defendants  in  the  Schine  action  at  the 
time  of  the  entry  of  the  consent  decree 
in  the  Government's  New  York  anti- 
trust suit,  film  deals  made  by  them 
with  the  Schine  Circuit  are  expected 
to  figure  in  the  trial. 

This  was  the  case  in  the  trial  of  the 
Government's  action  against  Crescent 
Amusement  Co.  at  Nashville  last  Fall, 
when  several  sales  executives  of  the 
five  consenting  companies  were  called 
to  testify  as  to  film  deal  negotiations 
and  contracts. 


C.I.O.  Union  Seeks 
W.B.  Theatre  Pact 

The  United  Office  &  Professional 
Workers  of  America,  a  CIO  interna- 
tional union,  has  filed  a  demand  with 
the  Warner  Theatre  circuit  for  recog- 
nition as  collective  bargaining  agency 
for  managers,  assistant  managers  and 
treasurers  in  six  cities  in  northern 
New  Jersey,  it  was  learned  over  the 
weekend. 

The  union  claims  a  majority  of 
more  than  100  men  involved.  The 
theatres  are  in  Newark,  Irvington, 
Union,  Union  City,  Hoboken  and  Jer- 
sey City. 

The  organizational  work  has  been 
conducted  by  a  national  organizer 
attached  to  Local  7  of  the  UOPWA. 
It  was  reported  that  a  separate  local 
will  be  set  up  for  the  theatre  men. 


Leave  for  Convention 

Claude  Lee,  director  of  public  rela- 
tions for  Paramount,  and  David  Pal- 
freyman  of  the  Hays  office  left  yes- 
terday for  Kansas  City  to  attend  the 
annual  convention  of  the  Kansas- 
Missouri  Theatre  Association,  tomor- 
row and  Wednesday.  Ed  Kuykendall, 
MPTOA  president,  also  will  attend. 


Toledo  Manager  Dies 

Toledo,  April  26. — Eldon  E.  Bair, 

14,  manager  of  the  Colony  Theatre 
here,  died  last  week. 


MANNY  GOTTLIEB,  Universal 
district  manager  in  Chicago,  has 
returned  from  Florida. 

• 

W.   J.   Heineman,   Universal  as- 
sistant sales  manager,  will  return  to- 
day from  a  tour  of  company  branches. 
• 

Frederick   Richards,  of  Warner 
Bros,  is  here  from  the  Coast. 
• 

Ted  Toddy  left  over  the  weekend 
for  a  tour  of   Southern  exchanges. 
He  is  expected  back  in  10  days. 
• 

Brandon  Wentworth  of  the 
Washington  staff  of  RKO  Pathe 
News  has  joined  the  Army  Air  Corps 
as  a  first  lieutenant. 


Freehold,  N.J.,  House 
Gets  Clearance  Relief 

The  arbitration  appeals  board  on 
Friday  handed  down  a  decision  grant- 
ing additional  clearance  relief  to  the 
Liberty  Theatre,  Freehold,  N.  J.,  in 
its  complaint  against  RKO  and  War- 
ners and  five  Walter  Reade  houses 
at  Asbury  Park.  The  appeal  was 
taken  by  the  plaintiff  from  an  arbi- 
trator's  award  at  the  New  York  board. 

The  appeals  board  eliminated  all 
clearance  between  the  Savoy  and  Lib- 
erty, reduced  the  clearance  of  the 
Lyric  to  three  days  over  the  Liberty, 
and  reduced  the  clearance  of  the  May- 
fair,  Paramount  and  St.  James  to  sev- 
en days,  and  not  later  than  30  days 
after  termination  of  the  pictures'  first 
runs  in  New  York  City.  In  the  event 
pictures  do  not  play  New  York  City 
first  run,  the  maximum  clearance  is 
placed  at  30  days  after  national  re- 
lease date. 

Costs  of  the  case  were  apportioned 
equally  among  all  parties  involved. 

U.A.  Set  to  Release 
Canada  Gov't  Shorts 

Ottawa,  April  26. — The  National 
Film  Board  of  Canada  has  announced 
that  a  new  series  of  short  subjects, 
"The  World  in  Action,"  will  be  dis- 
tributed on  a  commercial  basis  through- 
out Canada  by  United  Artists.  One  re- 
lease a  month  is  planned.  The  board 
indicated  that  the  series  will  be  dis- 
tinct from  the  "World  in  Action" 
series  currently  being  distributed  in 
the  United  States  by  United  Artists. 
The  new  series  will  not  be  offered 
by  U.A.  in  the  United  States. 


At  United  Artists  it  was  said  the 
deal  for  distribution  of  "World  in 
Action"  shorts  in  Canada  probably 
will  be  effective  within  about  two 
months. 


Cohn  Coordinator 
In  N.  Y.  USO  Drive 

Jack  Cohn,  Columbia  vice-president, 
has  been  appointed  coordinator  of  the 
entertainment  and  sports  division  of 
the  New  York  United  Service  Organ- 
izations campaign,  by  Henry  C.  Bru- 
nie,  chairman  of  the  New  York  cam- 
paign committee,  it  was  announced. 

The  groups  in  Cohn's  division  in- 
clude the  entire  motion  picture,  stage, 
radio  and  music  industries  and  all  of 
the  major  sports  branches.  Chairmen 
for  each  group  are  being  selected  by 
Cohn.  The  division's  goal  has  been 
set  at  $500,000. 


Winners  Named  in 
Para.-Loew  Contest 


The  Paramount-Loew  "battle  of  the 
boroughs"  showmanship  contest  was 
won  by  Brooklyn,  with  the  Bronx. 
Manhattan  and  Queens-Westchester 
in  tie  for  second  place,  it  was  an- 
nounced. Prizes  including  defense 
bonds  were  awarded  to  Loew  man- 
agers achieving  the  best  records  with 
eight  Paramount  films.  Barney  Bj/F  ' 
ban,  Paramount  president,  congr*  j 
lated  the  winners. 

The  Kameo,  Brooklyn,  placed  first. 
Harry  Brown  is  manager  and  John 
O'Connor  assistant.  Other  borough 
winners  were:  Bronx,  American  The- 
atre, Gilbert  Marbe,  manager,  Wil- 
liam Kleinert,  assistant;  Manhattan, 
Delancey  Street  Theatre,  Al  Gutter- 
man,  manager,  Buddy  Neustein,  as- 
sistant ;  Queens-Westchester,  Mt. 
Vernon  Theatre,  George  Miner,  man- 
ager, Edward  Lucey,  assistant. 

Other  Prize  Winners 

Assistant  managers  in  Brooklyn 
who  won  prizes  along  with  O'Con- 
nor were  Harry  Shamp,  Alpine ;  The- 
odore Blum,  Bay  Ridge;  Robert 
Frankl,  Bedford;  Harold  Prevalle, 
Boro  Park;  Sam  Kaplan,  Brevoort ; 
Samuel  Surrif,  Broadway;  Herbert 
Schoenof,  Century;  Eugene  Rosen, 
Coney  Island;  Seymour  L.  Mayer, 
46th  Street;  Louis  Kramer,  Gates; 
Harry  Weiss,  Kings;  William  Car- 
roll, Melba;  Edward  Schwartz,  Ori- 
ental; Milton  Schwartz,  Palace; 
Harold  Zeltner,  Pitkin ;  Samuel  Fron- 
son,  Premier,  and  Bert  Shopenn, 
Warwick. 


RKO  Will  Reissue 
'Gunga  Din,'  'Kong9 

RKO  plans  to  reissue  "Gunga  Din" 
and  "King  Kong,"  according  to  Ned 
E.  Depinet,  vice-president.  The  two 
films  will  be  released  on  June  12.  Cary 
Grant  and  Joan  Fontaine  are  starred 
in  "Gunga  Din." 


Brazil  Lifts  Ban  on  Films 

Reports  reaching  here  from  Rio  de 
Janeiro  indicate  that  Brazilian  au- 
thorities, who  had  previously  banned 
exhibition  of  "The  Great  Dictator" 
and  "Confessions  of  a  Nazi  Spy,"  have 
lifted  the  censorship  and  the  pictures 
may  now  be  shown. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 
Published  daily  except  Saturday.  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Ouigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
tin Quigley.  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vice- 
President;  Sara  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue.  C.  B.  O'Neill, 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau.  Postal  Union 
Life  Building.  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor; 
London  Bureau;  4  Golden  Square,  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
''Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany, Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres,  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
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1938.  at  the  post  office  at  New  York.  N.  Y., 
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Monday,  April  27,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


3 


Review 


"Home  in  Wyomin' " 

(Republic) 

TTHE  producers  provided  a  story  with  more  substance  than  usual  for 
*■  Gene  Autry,  and  suspend  the  telling  at  intervals  for  vocal  renditions 
by  the  star,  which  are  a  proved  part  of  his  success  formula.  Smiley  Bur- 
nette  supplies  the  comedy  and  Fay  McKenzie  is  attractive  as  a  news  pho- 
tographer. 

Autry  starts  it  rolling  with  "Any  Bonds  Today"  and  before  the  battle 
is  won  carries  out  other  musical  chores,  including  a  catchy  tune,  "Twee- 
die  O'Twill,"  and  the  ever-living  "Clementine."  Burnette  does  a  novelty 
tune,  "Modern  Design." 

As  it  opens,  Autry  returns  to  Gold  Ridge  to  unwind  the  financial  en- 
tanglements of  a  friend,  James  Seay.  Miss  McKenzie's  partner,  Chick 
Chandler,  is  murdered  and  evidence  points  to  Seay.  Gunmen  from  Chi- 
cago figure  in  it  as  suspects,  but  Olin  Howland,  who  wanders  through 
the  picture  as  a  harmless  prospector  who  struck  it  rich,  is  guilty.  Autry 
is  in  time  to  save  Miss  McKenzie  from  the  mine  shaft  into  which  Row- 
land tumbles.  William  Morgan  is  the  director  and  Harry  Grey  the  as- 
sociate producer. 

Running  time,  67  minutes.   "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


Int'l  Newsreel 
Proposed  for 
Neutrals,  Allies 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
prepare  a  representative  weekly  re- 
.  J ease  compiled  from  the  most  accept- 
i?LW  material  of  the  five  newsreels' 
^-weekly    issues.      Problems  of 
\,ti<msportation  due  to  the  war  prevent- 
ed the  five  reels  from  maintaining 
anything   like   normal    shipments  of 
their  weekly  releases  to  the  foreign 
markets  remaining  open. 

It  is  believed  that  the  collaborative 
idea,  replacing  the  former  10  releases 
with  one  weekly,  may  succeed  in  re- 
storing the  American  newsreel  to  for- 
eign markets  where  it  is  still  in  de- 
mand. 


BVay  Parade  for 
Army-Navy  Drive 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

participating.  Members  of  the  Ameri- 
can Women's  Voluntary  Services  will 
take  collections  in  front  of  Broadway 
theatres,  a  reviewing  stand  will  be 
erected  in  Times  Square,  and  legiti- 
mate stage  and  screen  stars  will  ride 
in  the  parade  in  "jeeps."  Banners  in 
front  of  theatres  will  announce  the 
opening  of  the  drive. 

The  General  Outdoor  Advertising 
Co.  has  donated  the  use  of  the  former 
Wrigley  sign  space  for  the  drive  and 
Artcraft-Straus,  Broadway  Mainte- 
nance Co.  and  the  electricians'  and 
sign  hangers'  union  are  donating  ma- 
terials and  services.  A  large  banner 
across  Broadway  at  45th  St.  will  be 
erected  with  the  cooperation  of  the 
Globe  Banner  Co.  and  Continental 
Sign  Co. 

Pledges  Pour  In 

The  national  committee,  of  which 
Nicholas  M.  Schenck  is  chairman,  re- 
ported that  5,190  theatres  already 
have  pledged  participation. 

State  chairmen  who  have  accepted 
include  R.  B.  Wilby,  Ala.  and  Ga. ; 
Harry  Nace,  Ariz. ;  Charles  Skouras, 
Robert  H.  Poole,  Cal. ;  I.  J.  Hoffman, 
Conn. ;  Carter  Barron,  Del.  and  D. 
C. ;  J.  L.  Cartwright,  Fla. ;  Oscar 
Lam,  Ga. ;  I.  H.  Harris,  Idaho ;  Har- 
ry Katz  and  Kenneth  Collins,  Ind. ; 
A.  H.  Blank,  la.  and  Neb.;  Fred 
Dolle,  Ky. ;  M.  Mullin,  New  Eng- 
land ;  E.  V.  Richards,  La. ;  Sidney 
Lust,  Md. ;  J.  O.  Brooks  and  Paul 
Schlossman,  Mich. ;  John  Friedl, 
Minn. ;  Harry  Arthur,  Mo. ;  Joseph 
English,  A.  M.  Russell,  Stewart 
North,  Mont. ;  Walter  Reade,  Don 
Jacocks,  N.  J. ;  H.  F.  Kincey,  N.  C. ; 
Mike  Cooper,  N.  D. ;  P.  J.  Wood,  O. : 
Ted  Schlanger,  Pa.;  E.  M.  Fay,  R. 
I.;  Charles  Klein,  S.  D. ;  M.  F. 
Schnibben,  S.  C. ;  Tony  Sudekum, 
Tenn. ;  W.  F.  Crockett,  Va. ;  Harolr' 
Fitzgerald,  Wis.,  and  E.  J.  Schulte, 
Wyo. 


To  Name  Relief  Slate 

Hollywood,  April  26. — The  Motion 
Picture  Relief  Fund  has  named  ? 
nominating  committee  to  select  candi- 
dates for  the  annual  election  June  30 
The  committee  includes :  Ewell  D 
Moore,  Walter  Wanger,  Irving 
Pichel,  John  Larkin  and  John  Butler. 


*  "G"  denotes  general  classification. 

Ricketson  Reported 
Slated  as  National 
Theatres  N.Y.  Chief 

(Continued  from  page  1 ) 

with  20th  Century-Fox,  with  which 
the  circuit  is  affiliated. 

Skouras,  as  first  disclosed  in  Mo- 
tion Picture  Daily,  will  continue  as 
operator  of  Fox  West  Coast  Theatres 
while  head  of  National  Theatres.  The 
West  Coast  division  has  the  largest 
concentration  of  theatres  in  the 
circuit. 

The  new  operations  setup  involving 
the  moving  of  headquarters  from  New 
York  to  the  Coast  was  discussed  at 
meetings  held  here  last  week  which 
were  attended  by  home  office  execu- 
tives and  division  managers.  Divi- 
sion heads  present  were  Arch  Bowles, 
San  Francisco;  Elmer  C.  Rhoden, 
Kansas  City;  Harold  J.  Fitzgerald, 
Milwaukee  ;  Frank  Newman,  Seattle  ; 
David  Idzal,  Detroit,  and  Ricketson. 

Ricketson  has  been  affiliated  with 
Spyros  and  Charles  Skouras  as  opera- 
tor of  the  Intermountain  division  for 
about  10  years.  Previously  he  was 
division  manager  for  the  Hughes- 
Franklin  circuit  in  Kansas  City,  and 
was  active  elsewhere  in  theatre  opera- 
tion.   He  is  a  former  newspaperman. 

Bergman  Succeeds 
Pollock  in  (U*  Post 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

ing  the  issuance  of  a  formal  announce- 
ment today. 

Bergman,  well  known  in  theatre  and 
home  office  advertising  and  publicity 
circles,  has  been  at  the  Universal  stu- 
dios for  the  past  two  months  doing 
special  campaigns  on  the  company's 
new  releases  for  Joseph.  Bergman 
also  arrived  from  the  Coast  late  last 
week. 

Pollock  had  been  with  Universal 
ince  1937.    Prior  to  that  he  was  with 
Balaban  &  Katz,  Chicago,  and  earlier 
was  associated  with   Chicago  news- 
papers. His  future  plans  are  indefinite. 


Young  in  Metro  Role 

Hollywood,  April  26. — Robert 
Young  has  been  assigned  a  leading 
role  in  "Journey  for  Margaret,"  at 
M-G-M. 


M-G-M  Retitles  Film 

Hollywood,  April  26. — M-G-M  has 
announced  that  "Red  Light"  would 
be  the  title  of  the  Clark  Gable-Lana 
Turner  film  formerly  known  as 
"Somewhere  I'll  Find  You." 


Geraghty  Is  Producer 

Hollywood.  April  26. — Maurice 
Geraghty  is  now  a  RKO  producer. 


Films  Believed 
Exempt  Under 
Price  Controls 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
through  a  series  of  amendments  of- 
fered when  the  measure  was  under  de- 
bate in  the  Senate.  Newspapers,  pe- 
riodicals and  broadcasting  stations 
were  also  exempted  from  price  regula- 
tion. No  opposition  to  these  exemp- 
tions was  voiced  by  the  administra- 
tion, which  has  refrained  from  all  at- 
tempts to  interfere  with  media  for 
the  dissemination  of  news  information. 

Just  how  far  the  president  will 
go  in  his  anti-inflation  program  is  still 
a  matter  of  uncertainty  and  will  re- 
main so  until  his  plans  are  disclosed 
in  his  message  to  Congress,  but  there 
has  been  no  indication  that  he  will  at- 
tempt to  regulate  film  prices  or  ad- 
missions. 


Weeks  Sets  2  Specials 

Hollywood,  April  26. — George  W. 
Weeks  will  make  two  specials  for 
Monogram  for  next  season  in  addi- 
tion to  eight  "Range  Busters"  west- 
erns. The  first  special  will  be  "Intelli- 
gence Bureau"  from  George  B.  How- 
ard's novel,  and  the  second  "Pony  Ex- 
press Riders." 


JEAN  GAB  IN 


is  coming  in 


co-starring  with 

IDA  LUPINO 

with  Claude  Rains 
Thomas  Mitchell 

Directed  or  ARCHIE  MAYO 
Produced  by  MARK  H  El  LINGER 
Screen  Play  by  John  O'Hara 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday.  April  27.  1942 


'Fleet'  Draws 


Good  $8,100, 
Seattle  Lead 


Seaitle,  April  26.— "The  Fleet's 
In"  as  reopening  attraction  at  Ham- 
rick's  Music  Hall  drew  $8,100,  and 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  at  the 
Fifth  Avenue  took  $8,700.  "Jungle 
Book"  in  its  second  week  at  the  Lib- 
erty hit  $6,500.  The  weather  was 
mild  and  clear. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing April  17: 

"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 
"Torpedo  Boat"  (Para.) 

BLUE  MOUSE — (950)  (30c-42c-55c-70c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Moved  from  Paramount. 
Gross:  $3,500. 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (Zttth-Fox) 

FIFTH  AVENUE — (2,500)  (30c-42c-58c- 
70c)  7  days.  Gross:  $8,700.  (Average, 
$7,000) 

"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

LIBERTY— (1,800)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $6,500.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 
"A  Date  With  the  Falcon"  (RKO) 

MUSIC    BOX— (950)     (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.     Moved  from  Fifth  Ave- 
nue.    Gross:  $3,900.     (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"The  Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th-Fox) 

MUSIC    HALL— (2,275)  (30c-42c-58c-70c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $8,100.     (Average,  $6,000) 
"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.  B.) 

ORPHEUM— (2,450)  (30c-42c-58c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $6,800.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Sleepytime  Gal"  (Rep.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.) 

PALOMAR— (1,500)     (20c-30c-42c-58c)  7 
days.     Stage:  Vaudeville  headed  by  Lester 
Harding.     Gross:  $6,500.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (20th-Fox) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (20th-Fox) 

PARAMOUNT— (3,050)  (30c-42c-58c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $6,100.     (Average,  $6,000) 


'Captains'  Scores 
$24,000  in  Detroit 

Detroit,  April  26.  —  "Captains  of 
the  Clouds"  and  "The  Remarkable 
Andrew,"  grossed  $24,000  at  the 
Michigan  while  the  Fox  had  $23,000 
with  "Roxie  Hart"  and  "Valley  of 
the  Sun." 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  16 : 

"Song  of  the  Islands"  (20th- Fox) 
"Blue,  White  and  Perfect"  (20th-Fox) 

ADAMS—  (1,600)  (15c-39c-44c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,800.     (Average,  $5,500) 
"Sergeant  York"  (W.  B.) 
"Minstrel  Davs"  (W.  B.) 

FISHER— (2,700)  (15c-39c-44c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,000  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Roxie  Hart"  (20th-Fox) 
"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 

FOX— (5,000)     (20c-44c-55c-65c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $23,000.     (Average,  $15,000) 
"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.  B.) 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

MICHIGAN— (4,000)  (15c-39c-44c-55c-65c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $24,000.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.A.) 
"All  Through  the  Night"  (W.  B.) 

PALMS  —  (2,000)       (20c-39c-44c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $8,500.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (2,800)  (20c-39c-44c- 
55c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross,  $11,000. 
(  Average,  $10,000) 


Midwest  Circuit's 
Patriotic  Show  Set 

Chicago,  April  26. — The  seventh 
annual  "Americanization  Show,"  given 
by  the  Indiana-Illinois  circuit,  will  be 
held  this  year  on  the  mornings  of 
May  18-19  ifi  the  firm's  Indiana  and 
Maywood  and  Forest  Park,  111., 
houses.  These  shows,  which  are  given 
in  cooperation  with  community  or- 
ganizations, are  furnished  without 
charge  and  attended  by  school  chil- 
dren with  their  teachers. 


Daylight  Time  Bill 
Killed  in  Albany 

Albany,  April  26.  —  New 
York  State  will  not  add  an- 
other hour  of  daylight  saving 
to  the  present  hour  under 
Federal  war  time.  Senator 
Coudert  has  killed  his  day- 
light saving  bill,  in  response 
to  the  declaration  of  Federal 
Transportation  Coordinator 
Eastman  that  adoption  of  the 
bill  would  hamper  shipments 
of  war  material. 


CBS  Latin  American 
Web  Starting  May  19 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 
available  on  four  different  antennas 
for  transmissions  to  Mexico  and  Cen- 
tral America. 

The  inaugural  program  will  feature 
many  Government  figures  from  all  na- 
tions involved.  Paley  emphasized  that 
CBS  here  will  pick  up  Latin  Ameri- 
can programs,  to  make  goodwill  "a 
two-way  street."  Edmund  A.  Chester, 
shortwave  director,  is  assembling  a 
staff  at  present.  Dr.  Antonio  C.  Gon- 
zalez and  William  H.  Fineshriber  are 
assisting  him.  Terig  Tucci  is  music 
chief  and  Roberto  I.  Unanue.  news 
editor,  with  Dr.  Luis  Jatoba,  head  of 
the  Brazilian  section.  Dan  Russell, 
presently  production  director,  will 
leave  shortly  for  Latin  America, 
where  he  will  serve  as  field  repre- 
sentative. Allen  J.  de  Castro  is  sales 
head  of  the  network. 

Nine  Pence  Is  Seen 
As  English  Minimum 

London,  April  26. — It  is  expected 
here 'that  the  minimum  admission  in 
most  English  theatres  will  be  raised 
to  nine  pence  under  the  general  re- 
vision of  prices  to  be  decided  next 
week,  to  conform  to  the  new  tax 
schedules.  The  circuits  will  meet  to- 
morrow independently,  and  the  gen- 
eral council  of  the  Cinematograph 
Exhibitors  Association  later  in  the 
week. 

_  Many  first  run  houses,  with  the 
circuits  leading,  will  have  a  minimum 
of  one  shilling,  it  is  believed,  with  18 
pence  and  two  shillings  as  the  next 
prices.  Some  small  houses  playing 
old  product  are  expected  to  keep  their 
minimum  under  nine  pence.  General 
satisfaction  is  expressed  with  the 
handling  of  the  situation  bv  the 
CEA. 

Will  Discuss  Future 
Of  D  armour -ColJP  act 

Hollywood,  April  26. — The  future 
of  Darmour  Studios'  production  con- 
tract with  Columbia  will  be  discussed 
this  week  at  New  York  conferences 
between  Mrs.  Larry  Darmour,  widow 
of  the  studio  founder,  who  died  recent- 
ly, and  Columbia  distribution  execu- 
tives. 

Two  Ellery  Queen  films  and  a  seri- 
al are  due  on  this  year's  contract. 
Possible  continuation  of  the  contract 
for  next  season  will  also  be  taken  up. 
At  present,  Ralph  Cohn  of  Columbia 
is  supervising  the  Darmour  company's 
film  preparations.  Mrs.  Darmour, 
now  president  of  the  company,  was 
accompanied  East  by  Lillian  Strom- 
berg,  secretary-treasurer. 


1,300  Shows  Held  in 
65  Army  Hospitals 

Washington,  April  26. — More  than 
1,300  motion  picture  shows,  involving 
250  features,  have  been  given  to  con- 
valescent soldiers  in  65  Army  hospitals 
from  Florida  to  Alaska  since  last 
October,  it  was  disclosed  tonight  by 
Chairman  Xorman  H.  Davis  of  the 
American  Red  Cross. 

The  entire  cost  of  the  program,  in- 
cluding film  rentals,  delivery,  cost  of 
operation  and  purchase  of  sound  equip- 
ment, is  being  met  by  the  Red  Cross, 
Davis  said,  but  expenses  have  been 
cut  through  the  cooperation  of  the 
film  industry  in  making  the  latest 
first  run  features  available  at  low 
prices. 

Initiated  last  October  at  the  Barnes 
General  Hospital,  Portland,  Ore.,  the 
project  has  expanded  to  65  hospitals 
and  a  circuit  of  108  hospitals  will  be 
completed  in  the  near  future. 

Jersey  High  Court 
Rules  Game  Lottery 

Trenton,  N.  J.,  April  26.— Bank 
Night  has  been  ruled  a  lottery  by  the 
Court  of  Errors  and  Appeals,  New- 
Jersey's  highest  court,  which  affirmed 
a  dismissal  of  a  suit  for  collection  of 
royalties  brought  by  William  Furst, 
as  assignee  of  Affilated  Enterprises, 
against  A.  &  G.  Amusement  Co.,  op- 
erator of  the  Majestic  Theatre,  Pat- 
erson,  N.  J. 

The  opinion  stated  that  one  of  the 
objects  of  the  chance  game  "is  to 
stimulate  the  patronage  at  his  theatre 
by  catering  to  the  natural  gambling 
instinct  of  humanity  in  general." 
"Those  that  pay  to  attend  the  per- 
formance may  well  be  induced  to  do 
so,  when  registering  their  names,  by 
the  prospect  of  hearing  their  names 
called,"  the  Court  said.  "Those  that 
have  not  paid  for  admission  to  the 
motion  picture  must  wait  outside  to 
be  sure  of  hearing  the  announcement 
and  of  entering  the  theatre  promptly 
thereafter." 

'Fleet7 at  $10,000 

Kansas  City  High 

Kansas  City,  April  26.  —  "The 
Fleet's  In"  drew  $9,000  at  the  New- 
man, while  "What's  Cookin' "  and  a 
stage  show  featuring  Gypsv  Rose  Lee 
scored  $10,000  at  the  Tower. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  16-17: 

"To   the   Shores   of   Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

ESQUIRE— (800)  (30c -44c)  6  days.  2nd 
week.  Gross:  $3,300.  (Average,  6  days. 
$2,000) 

"The  Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 
"Confessions  of  Boston  Blaclde"  (Col.) 

MIDLANDM3.600)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:   $9,500.     (Average,  $8,500) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

NEWMAN — (1,900)  (30c-44c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Turtles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  St."  (RXO) 

ORPHEUM— (1.900)     (30c-44c)     7  davs. 
Gross:  $5,000.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"What's  Cookm'"  (Univ.) 

TOWER— (2,200)  (3Oc-50c)  7  days.  Stage: 
Gypsy  Rose  Lee.  Gross:  $10,000  (Aver- 
age, 8  days,  $6,850) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

UPTOWN— (2,000)  (30c-44c)  6  days,  2nd 
week.  Gross:  $5,000.  (Average,  6  days, 
$3,500) 


Dim  Ocean  City  Lights 

Ocean  City,  N.  J.,  April  26. — A 
uniform  system  of  blue  lighting  for  all 
theatre  marquees,  display  windows  and 
other  illumination  visible  at  sea  has 
been  adopted  for  the  boardwalk  here 
to  comply  with  dimout  requirements. 


'Andy  Hardy' 
Big  in  Boston 
With  $33,500 

Boston,  April  26. — "The  Courtship 
of  Andy  Hardy"  playing  a  second 
week  at  Loew's  State  and  Orpheum 
drew  a  total  of  $33,500.  "Joaa»: 
Paris"  and  a  stage  show  at  the  W  . 
Boston  took  S24,500.  ' 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  16-17 : 

"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Adventures  of   Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 

LOEW'S  ORPHEUM— (3,000)  (33c-44c- 
55c-65c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $17,500. 
(Average,  $12,000) 

"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 

LOEW'S     STATE— (2.900)  (33c-44c-55c- 
65c)  7  days,  2nd  week.   Gross:  $16,000.  (Av- 
erage, $11,500) 
"Joan  of  Paris"  (RKO) 

KEITH  BOSTON— (2,679)  (28c -33c -55c- 
65c)  7  days.  Stage:  Chico  Marx  and  his 
Orchestra,  Dixie  Dunbar,  The  Little  Tough 
Guvs  and  Cliff  Nazarro.  Gross:  S24.500. 
(Average,  $12,500) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 
"Wild  Bill  Hickok  Rides"  (W.  B.) 

METROPOLITAN  —  (4.376)  (28c-33c-55c- 
65c)  7  days.  Gross:  $21,000.  (Average,  $15,- 
000) 

"Hellzapoppin"  (Univ.) 

"Blue  White  and  Perfect"  (20th-Fox) 

KEITH     MEMORIAL— (2.907)  (2Sc-33c- 
55c-65c)  7  days,  2nd  week.   Gross:  $16,500. 
(Average,  $15,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"A  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 

PARAMOUNT— (1,797)     (28c-33c-55c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $11,500.  (Average,  $8,500) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"A  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 

FENWAY— (1,320)    (28c-33c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $7,500.  (Average,  $5,500) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 
"Playmates"  (RKO) 

SCOLLAY— (2,500)  (28c-33c-44c-55c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $5,500.  (Average,  $4,000) 


'Fleet'  Providence 


Leader  with  $9,200 

Providence,  April  26.— "The  Fleet's 
In"  and  "Sleepytime  Gal"  drew  $9,200 
in  the  second  week  at  the  Strand. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  15-16: 

"Look  Who's  Laughing"  (RKO)  (2nd  week) 
(3  days) 

"All  That  Money  Can  Buy"  (RKO)  (2nd 
week)  (3  days) 

"Playmates"  (RKO)  (4  days) 
"Call  Out  the  Marines"  (RKO) 

RKO-ALBEE— (2,239)  (28c-39c-50c)  Gross: 
$8,500.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

LOEW'S  STATE— (3,232)   (28c-39c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $H500.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 
"Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th-Fox) 

MAJESTIC— (2,250)   (28c-39c-50c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $9,100.  (Average.  $7,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"Sleepytime  Gal"  (Rep.) 

STRAND— (2,200)     (28c-39c-50c)    7  days. 
Gross:   $9,200.     (Average,  $6,000) 
"The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 

FAY'S— (1,800)  (20c-33c-44c)  7  days.  Stage 
show  with  Dick  Nash  and  Janet  Evans; 
Dana  and  Kaplan;  Edwards  and  Dianne; 
Smiles  and  Smiles;  Hon.  Lee  and  Mr. 
Chang;  Ernie  Arno;  Wayne  and  Marilyn; 
Al  Jahns  and  orchestra.  Gross:  $6,800. 
(Average,  $5,000) 
"Private  Snuffy  Smith"  (Mono.) 

METROPOLITAN— (3,045)  (30c-39-55c- 
75c)  3  days.  Stage  show  with  Ken  Murray 
and  Oswald;  Ray  Heatherton  and  Orches- 
tra; Benny  Rubin;  Morton  Downey;  Sylvia 
and  Clemence.  Gross:  $6,800.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

CARLTON— (1.526)  (28c-36c-50c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $2,200.  (Average.  $3,500) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M)  (3  days) 
"Mr.  Bug  Goes  to  Town"  (Para.)  (3  days) 
"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.  B.)  (4  day») 
"All-American  Co-ed"  (U.  A.)  (4  days) 

EMPIRE — (1.200)  (20c-28c)  2nd  run.  Gross: 
$1,900.    (Average,  $2,000) 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


First  in 


51.  NO.  82 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  TUESDAY,  APRIL  28,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


BVay  Houses 
Are  Ready  for 
First  Blackout 


Thursday  Test  to  Darken 
'Bright  Lights'  Sector 

Broadway  and  the  Times  Square 
and  Rockefeller  Center  areas,  com- 
prising the  largest  amusement  sec- 
tion  in  the  world,  will  undergo 
their  first  total  blackout  from  9  to 
9 :20  o'clock  Thursday  night.  More 
than   100  film  theatres,  including 
the  first  runs,  are  in  the  designated 
area,  which  includes  all  of  Man- 
hattan from  23d  St.  to  123d  St. 
Exhibitors    along  Broadway 
believe  that  business  during  the 
20-minute  test  will  be  subnor- 
mal,  because   of   the  natural 
curiosity    to    see    the  Great 
White  Way  shrouded  in  dark- 
ness. They  feel,  however,  that 
with  large  throngs  drawn  to  the 
main  sector,  business  on  the 
whole  should  not  be  greatly  af- 
fected during  the  evening. 
The  blackout  is  one  of  a  series  held 
in  sections  of  Manhattan,  as  well  as  in 
(Continued  on  page  6) 

'Reap'  Still  Strong 
In  Final  5th  Week 

Although  warm  weather  induced 
many  to  remain  outdoors  over  the 
weekend,  Broadway  business  in  the 
main  was  fairly  healthy.  "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  at  the  Radio  City  Music 
Hall,  now  in  its  fifth  week,  matched 
the  business  of  last  weekend,  taking 
an  estimated  $50,000  Thursday 
through  Sunday,  with  the  stage 
presentation,  and  finally  leaves  the 
theatre  tomorrow  night.  'We  Were 
Dancing"  will  be  the  new  attraction. 

"The  Gold  Rush,"  having  finished 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Skouras,  Connors 
Confer  With  Zanuck 

Spyros  Skouras,  president  of  20th 
Century-Fox,  and  Tom  J.  Connors, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  distribu- 
tion, leave  here  today  for  Washington, 
where  they  are  scheduled  to  hold 
conferences  with  Darryl  F.  Zanuck, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  produc- 
tion. Skouras  and  Connors  are  ex- 
pected to  return  here  tomorrow.  Zan- 
uck, an  Army  colonel,  spends  consid- 
erable time  in  Washington,  in  con- 
nection with  the  production  of  films 
for  the  War  Department. 


W.P.B.  Amusement 
Section  Clearing 
Unit  on  Priorities 


Washington,  April  27. — The  new 
Amusement  Section  of  the  Services 
Branch  of  the  War  Production  Board 
will  serve  as  a  clearing  house  for 
business  men  in  the  amusement  indus- 
tries seeking  advice  and  information 
on  priority  problems,  it  was  explained 
today,  as  Christopher  J.  Dunphy  took 
over  his  post  as  chief  of  the  section. 

Organization  of  the  section  neared 
completion  today.  It  was  said  that 
business  men  have  found  themselves 
unable  to  cope  with  the  problems  of 
priority,  and  for  some  months  have 
complained  that  there  is  no  central 
point  to  which  they  could  bring  their 
problems. 

The  new  organization  is  designed 
to  meet  that  need,  and  will  invite  the 
amusement  industries  to  bring  their 
problems  to  it,  that  they  may  receive 
help  in  solving  them,  and  in  clearing 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Korda  Buys  British 
UA  Stock  Interest 

Alexander  Korda  has  acquired  from 
the  Prudential  Assurance  Co.,  Ltd., 
of  London  the  one-half  interest  held 
by  that  company  in  Korda's  block  of 
United  Artists  stock  and  the  deben- 
tures held  by  Prudential  in  Alexander 
Korda  Productions  for  approximately 
$1,400,000,  the  producer  stated  yester- 
day following  his  arrival  from  London 
by  way  of  Lisbon. 

The  securities  acquired  from  Pru- 
dential, he  said,  represent  that  com- 
pany's entire  investment  in  his  com- 
pany.   Korda's  United  Artists  stock 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


FDR  URGES  INCOME 
CEILING  OF  $25,000 


Films  Escape  OP  A  Edict 
For  Maximum  Prices 
On  Exports 


Washington,  April  27. — Mo- 
tion pictures  are  exempt  from  the 
provisions  of  orders  issued  yester- 
day by  the  Office  of  Price  Adminis- 
tration which  establish  maximum 
prices  on  products  sold  for  export. 

Officials  of  the  OPA  explained  that 
the  provisions  of  the  Price  Control 
Act,  specifically  exempting  motion 
pictures  from  price  ceilings,  apply  to 
export  as  well  as  domestic  trade. 

The  export-control  order  was  in- 
tended to  prevent  the  building  up  of 
influences  threatening  domestic  price 
ceilings. 

Tomorrow  a  new  and  detailed  order 
will  be  issued  in  accordance  with 
President  Roosevelt's  message,  plac- 
ing under  control  all  commodities  on 
which  ceilings  have  not  already  been 
fixed,  except  those  exempted  by  the 
Price  Control  Act,  including  all  types 
of  equipment  and  apparatus  used  by 
the  film  industry. 


Mayor  Thanks  Trade 
For  Million  Tickets 

In  a  ceremony  marking  the  distri- 
bution of  1,000,000  free  theatre  tickets 
to  service  men  through  the  New  York 
Defense  Recreation  Committee  and 
expressing  appreciation  to  the  donors, 
Mayor  F.  H.  LaGuardia  yesterday 
presented  to  executives  of  the  enter- 
tainment industry  an  official  lapel  in- 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Radio  Construction  'Frozen 9 
By  FCC  Order  for  Duration 


Bernstein  British 
Film  Liaison  Here 

London,  April  27. — It  is  understood 
that  Sidney  Bernstein,  chairman  of 
the  Granada  Theatres  and  Bernstein 
Theatres,  Ltd.,  has  been  appointed  as 
film  attache  representing  the  British 
Government  at  Washington. 

The  establishment  of  such  a  post 
and  the  probability  that  Bernstein 
would  be  named  were  forecast  in  Mo- 
(Continued  on  page  7) 


Washington,  April  27. — Acting  on 
the  recommendation  of  the  Defense 
Communications  Board  that  all 
further  construction  of  radio  stations 
be  halted  for  the  duration  of  the 
war,  the  Federal  Communications 
Commission  today  uninimously  adopt- 
ed an  order  refusing  all  authorizations 
involving  the  use  of  any  materials  to 
construct  or  change  transmitting  facil- 
ities of  any  standard,  television,  fac- 
simile, relay  or  FM  station,  but  de- 
ferred action  with  respect  to  experi- 
mental high  frequency  and  non-com- 
(Continued  o»  page  8) 


Satisfied  With  Price  Law 
Exempting  Admissions, 
Film  Rentals 


By  BERTRAM  F.  LINZ 

Washington,  April  27. — Presi- 
dent Roosevelt  today  urged  Con- 
gress to  enact  legislation  under 
which  no  motion  picture  company 
officials,  executive  and  talent  would 
have  a  net  income  greater  than 
$25,000  a  year  after  paying  taxes, 
but  expressed  satisfaction  with  the 
Price  Control  Act,  in  which  mo- 
tion picture  rentals  and  admissions 
are  specifically  exempted  from  ceil- 
ing orders. 

In  a  seven-point  anti-inflation 
program,  the  President  also 
told  Congress  that  profits  must 
be  taxed  to  "the  utmost  limit 
consistent  with  continued  pro- 
duction" and  recommended  that 
a  legal  profit  figure  be  set  and 
a  blanket  clause  adopted  cov- 
ering all  profits  in  excess 
thereof. 

He  told  Congress,  in  his  message, 
that  a  new  tax  bill  should  be  passed 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


MPPDA  Names  Coe 
As  General  Counsel 

Charles  Francis  Coe,  executive  as- 
sistant to  Will  H.  Hays,  has  been 
named  MPPDA  general  counsel,  ad- 
ditionally, it  was  learned  yesterday. 

Sidney  Schreiber's  official  appoint- 
ment as  general  attorney  of  the 
MPPDA  also  has  been  confirmed. 
Schreiber  has  served  in  that  capacity 
for  some  time  without  announcement 
having  been  made  of  the  appointment. 

Coe's  designation  as  general  counsel 
was  exclusively  forecast  by  Motion 
Picture  Daily  on  April  2. 

The  MPPDA  yesterday  was  host  to 
Coe  and  trade  press  representatives  at 
a  luncheon  at  the  Algonquin  Hotel. 


Tube  Wreck  Kills 
Jersey  Exhibitor 

Rube  Greenberg,  31,  operator  of  the 
Rex,  Irvington,  N.  J.,  and  formerly  a 
booker  for  Paramount,  was  killed 
Sunday  night  in  a  train  wreck  at  the 
Exchange  Place  station  of  the  Man- 
hattan-Newark Tube.  Four  other  pas- 
sengers also  were  killed  and  scores 
injured.  Greenberg,  who  became  a 
father  last  week,  was  en  route  to  his 
home  in  Brooklyn. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  April  28,  1942 


See  Canada  Change 
On  Soviet  Pictures 

Toronto,  April  27.  —  A 
change  in  the  Dominion's  at- 
titude toward  Soviet  Russia's 
films,  which  have  been  largely 
"taboo"  here  until  recently,  is 
believed  indicated  in  the 
opening  of  "Inside  Fighting 
Russia"  at  Shea's  Theatre  here 
today  under  the  direct  aus- 
pices of  the  Canadian  Govern- 
ment. 

One  newspaper  protested 
mildly  that  the  short  subject 
on  the  war  in  Russia  could  be 
classified  as  Communistic 
propaganda. 


Rapf's  Resignation 
Discussed  at  Metro 

Hollywood,  April  27. — Discussions 
were  held  today  between  M-G-M  of- 
ficials and  Harry  Rapf,  veteran  pro- 
duction executive,  who  over  the  week- 
end tendered  his  resignation  and  asked 
a  release  from  his  contract.  Rapf, 
who  headed  a  production  unit  with 
Dore  Schary,  is  said  to  have  resigned 
because  of  differences  over  production 
policies. 


Joins  Defense  Council 

Spokane,  April  27.— Cecil  D.  Mil- 
ler, manager  of  the  Ritz  Theatre,  has 
been  named  co-director  with  Elbert 
W.  Baker,  city  manager  of  Evergreen 
Theatres,  of  the  theatrical  unit  of 
Spokane's  Civilian  Defense  Council. 


Personal 


JULES  RUBENS  of  Publix  Great 
States   Circuit   is   in   town  from 
Chicago. 

• 

H.  J.  Yates  arrived  yesterday  in 
Hollywood  from  New  York. 

• 

Abe  Montague,  Columbia  general 
sales  manager,  arrived  from  the  Coast 
yesterday. 

• 

WrLLiAM  Goetz  is  expected  from 
the  Coast  by  plane  today. 

• 

Antoinette  Spitzer  has  returned 
from  the  Coast. 

Sherman  Germaine  of  the  Fair- 
mont Theatre,  New  Haven,  is  ill. 

Tom  Connors,  Jr. 
Praised  by  Stoner 

Pittsburgh,  April  27. — "Tom  Con- 
nors, Jr.,  should  go  far  in  the  pro- 
duction end  of  motion  pictures,"  M- 
G-M  exchange  manager  Byron  Stoner 
commented  on  Connors'  resignation 
from  a  Metro  sales  post  in  West  Vir- 
ginia to  take  a  studio  post  with  20th 
Century-Fox.  He  is  the  son  of  the 
20th  Century-Fox  vice-president  in 
charge  of  distribution. 

"His  future  in  production  seems 
bright,  better  than  it  would  be  in 
distribution,"  Stoner  said.  Connors, 
Jr.,  had  been  covering  the  West  Vir- 
ginia territory  since  last  July,  and 
previously  had  been  working  out  of 
the  Cleveland  M-G-M  office. 


★ 


Mention 


EDWARD  M.  SCHNITZER, 
Eastern  district  manager  for 
United  Artists,  is  home  ill  with  a 
cold. 

• 

Ben  Kalmenson  is  expected  today 
from  the  South. 

• 

Roy  Haines  and  Arthur  Sach- 
son  are  due  today  from  Pittsburgh. 
• 

Edward    Small   has   delayed  his 
scheduled  New  York  visit  to  May  9. 
•  ' 

Norman  H.  Moray  has  returned 
from  New  England. 

• 

Mrs.  Grace  Rodcf.rs,  St.  Louis  ex- 
hibitor, is  in  Florida. 

Blackout  Interrupts 
Grassgreen  Dinner 

Albany,  April  27. — A  blackout  in- 
terrupted oratory  at  the  testimonial 
dinner  given  by  the  local  Variety 
Club  at  Dinty's.  outside  Albany,  to- 
night in  commemoration  of  25  years 
of  service  completed  by  Moe  Grass- 
green,  branch  manager  of  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox, with  that  company. 

Dave  Miller  of  Universal  in  Cleve- 
land, toasmaster,  was  introducing 
Pete  Dana,  Universal  manager  at 
Pittsburgh,  when  the  sirens  sounded 
and  the  lights  were  dimmed.  Miller 
proved  up  to  the  occasion  by  telling 
stories  during  the  30-minute  test,  en- 
tertaining the  200  guests. 

Barker  Lou  Golding  presented 
Grassgreen  a  watch  on  behalf  of  the 
recently-reorganized  club.  Neil  Hell- 
man,  who  operates  three  Albany  area 
neighborhood  houses,  was  chairman 
of  the  affair,  with  Joseph  Miller  of 
Columbia  secretary  of  the  committee 
and  Charles  Smakwitz,  Variety  Club 
Dough  Guy,  treasurer. 

Speakers  included  Louis  Schine.  C. 
J.  Latta,  Tom  Bailey,  Sam  Rosen, 
Sidney  Samson,  Phil  Fox,  Pete  Dana, 
Clayton  Eastman  and  Harry  Thomas. 

Irene  Lee  Eastern 
Goldwyn  Story  Head 

Irene  Lee  has  been  appointed  East- 
ern story  editor  for  Samuel  Gold- 
wyn, it  was  announced  here  yesterday. 
She  is  expected  here  late  in  May  from 
Hollywood  to  begin  work  on  next 
year's  material.  For  the  last  four 
years  Miss  Lee  has  been  story  editor 
for  Warner  Bros,  on  the  Coast,  and 
reportedly  was  the  only  woman  in 
such  a  post  in  Hollywood.  Before 
joining  Warner  Bros,  she  was  in 
charge  of  the  Leland  Hayward  story 
department  in  New  York. 


Fromkess  to  Head 
Production  of  PRC 

Leon  Fromkess,  vice-president  of 
Producers  Releasing  Corp.,  will  be  in 
charge  of  the  company's  production, 
with  permanent  headquarters  on  the 
Coast,  it  was  announced  yesterday  by 
O.  Henry  Briggs,  president.  George 
Batcheller,  formerly  production  head, 
has  resigned. 


Named  Union  Officer 

New  Haven,  April  27. — Faye  Spi- 
doni  of  Universal  has  been  elected 
treasurer  of  Local  41B,  exchange  em- 
ployes, succeeding  Jack  Mullen. 


Show  U.S.  Pictures 
In  Paris  Secretly 


American  motion  pictures  are  being 
shown  in  "bootleg"  theatres  in  Ger- 
man-occupied Paris,  according  to  a 
United  Press  dispatch  from  Vichy, 
published  in  the  New  York  Times 
yesterday.  The  theatres  are  said  to 
be  part  of  the  "black  markets,"  func- 
tioning in  the  city. 

The  admission  price  to  the  bos»*^ 
house  is  about  double  that  of  the  m 
lar  theatres,  about  $1.10,  and  resenmTe 
the  American  speakeasy  of  the  pro- 
hibition era,  the  dispatch  said.  The 
films  shown  are  old  American  pic- 
tures. Since  American  films  are  ban- 
ned by  the  Nazis,  the  audiences  risk 
police  raids.  For  the  most  part,  the 
films  are  shown  in  small  theatres  in 
private  buildings,  and  have  sound 
equipment  and  generally  a  bar. 

Fishman  Reelected 
Conn.  Allied  Head 

New  Haven,  April  27.— Dr.  J.  B. 
Fishman  was  reelected  president  of 
Allied  Theatre  Owners  of  Connecticut 
at  a  meeting  of  the  organization  here 
today. 

Other  officers  elected  include  Max- 
well Alderman  ,  secretary  ;  Charles 
Repass,  vice-president,  and  Joseph 
Shulman,  treasurer.  Directors  elect- 
ed were  :  Daniel  Pouzzner,  chairman  ; 
A.  Schuman,  Leo  Bonoff,  Maurice  Bail- 
ey, Morris  Jacobson,  Jack  Schwartz, 
Harry  Lavietes,  Barney  Calechman, 
Martin  Kelleher,  George  Lewitt  and 
Joseph  Corwel. 

Alderman  was  designated  to  repre- 
sent the  Connecticut  organization  at 
the  meeting  of  Allied  States'  national 
board  of  directors  at  Chicago  on 
Thursday.  He  was  given  secret  in- 
structions for  the  organization's  vote 
at  the  meeting  on  the  proposed  new 
selling  plan  of  the  United  Motion 
Picture  Industry. 

Bergman  Is  Named 
To  Universal  Post 

John  Joseph,  advertising  and  pub- 
licity director  for  Universal,  who  is 
currently  in  the  East,  yesterday  con- 
firmed the  appointment  of  Maurice 
Bergman  as  Eastern  advertising  and 
publicity  manager.  The  appointment  is 
effectively  immediately,  Bergman  suc- 
ceeding Louis  Pollock,  who  resigned 
on  Friday. 


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Tuesday,  April  28,  1942 


Short  Subject  Reviews 


Theatre 
Changes . . . 


W.  B.  Changes  in  Phila. 

Philadelphia,  April  27.  —  More 
manager  changes  have  been  made  at 
Warner  theatres  here  as  a  result_  of 
men  being  called  for  military  service, 
it  was  announced  by  Ted  Schlanger, 
zone  chief.  Irving  Blumberg,  mana- 
ger of  the  Oxford,  succeeds  his  broth- 
er Al  Blumberg,  as  manager  of  the 
Midway.  Martin  Goldberg,  assistant 
manager  of  the  Midway,  was  named 
manager  of  the  Harrowgate,  replac- 
ing Richard  Park.  Richard  Raesly, 
manager  of  the  Imperial-2nd  St., 
moves  over  to  the  Oxford. 


W.  B.  Milwaukee  Shifts 

Milwaukee,  April  27. — Warners 
has  transferred  Karl  Kelly  from 
manager  of  the  Granada  to  the  Na- 
tional; Joseph  Reynolds  from  the  Na- 
tional to  the  Oriental ;  Elmer  Nimmer 
from  the  Juneau  to  the  Granada  and 
Larry  Schultz  to  manager  of  the 
Juneau.  All  are  local  neighborhood 
houses. 


Reopen  Philadelphia  House 

Philadelphia,  April  27.  —  Melvin 
Fox  and  Abe  Sablosky  have  reopened 
their  Holme  Theatre,  re-named  the 
Penypak.  The  house  was  completely 
renovated.  William  Conner  comes  in 
as  manager. 


Takes  Over  Oklahoma  House 

Eldorado,  Okla.,  April  27. — Mona 
Childs  is  the  new  owner  and  manager 
of  the  Ritz  Theatre  here,  taken  over 
from  Hugo  Hartley. 


Move  Schine  Managers 

Rochester,  April  27.  —  Manager 
shifts  have  been  announced  by  Bud 
Silverman,  Schine  city  manager. 
Under  the  changes,  Herbert  Gordon 
has  been  shifted  from  the  Webster 
to  the  home  office  at  Gloversville ; 
Joseph  Goldstein  goes  from  the  Lib- 
erty ,ta.the  Webster. 


Renovate  Seattle  Theatre 

Seattle,  April  27. — John  Danz  has 
completed  renovating  a  neighborhood 
house,  the  Beacon.  The  house  was 
entirely  reseated. 


Two  Conn.  Theatres  Bought 

New  Haven,  April  27. — Two  thea- 
tres have  changed  hands  in  this  terri- 
tory. Fred  Quatrano,  William  Sirica 
and  Robert  Schwartz  have  bought  the 
658-seat  Hamilton,  Waterbury,  Conn., 
and  Morris  Nunes,  Maurice  Bailey  ana 
Louis  Moscow  have  bought  the  284- 
seat  Lincoln  here. 


Building  North  Carolina  House 

Charlotte,  N.  C,  April  27. — Price 
Surpless,  operating  the  Amuzu  in 
South  Port,  N.  C,  is  building  a  new 
theatre  in  that  city. 


Open  Theatre  in  Raleigh 

Charlotte,  N.  C,  April  27. — T.  A. 
Little  of  Charlotte  and  Francis  White 
of  Asheboro,  N.  C,  have  opened  the 
new  Colony  Theatre  in  Raleigh,  N. 
C.  Little  and  White  operate  theatres 
in  Virginia  and  the  Carolinas. 


Open  North  Carolina  House 

Hickory,  N.  C,  April  27. —  The 
Center  Theatre  here,  owned  by  North 
Carolina  Theatres,  Inc.,  has  opened. 


"Nightmare  of  a  Goon" 

(Headliner) 

(Paramount) 

What  goes  on  here  could  only  hap- 
pen in  a  nightmare.  Teddy  Hart, 
known  herein  as  Wilbur  Droop,  is  a 
a  crackpot  composer,  who  lays  him- 
self down  to  sleep  and  is  thereafter 
a  nightclub  bandleader.  The  brief 
musical  comedy  has  pretty  chorus 
girls,  Borrah  Minevitch  and  his  Har- 
monica Rascals,  the  attractive  Mar- 
vel Maxwell,  Don  Wilson,  and  amus- 
ing camera  effects.  Mabel  Todd  is 
Hart's  landlady,  who  appears  in  the 
dream  singing  a  novelty  tune.  Run- 
ning time,  10  mins.    Release  May  29. 


"Don  Cossack  Chorus" 

(Melody  Masters) 

( Warners) 

Instead  of  the  bandstand  short 
which  is  customary  in  this  series,  the 
Don  Cossack  Chorus,  one  of  the  lead- 
ing choral  groups  in  the  world,  is 
heard  in  Russian  songs.  The  setting  is 
in  the  courtyard  of  a  Russian  village 
inn  and  there  are  several  of  the  wild 
Cossack  dances  shown  during  the 
singing.  Produced  under  the  direction 
of  Serge  Jaroff  by  arrangement  with 
S.  Hurok,  this  subject  should  prove 
a  good  novelty.  Running  time,  10 
mins.  Release,  April  25. 


"The  Magnetic  Telescope" 

(Superman  Cartoon) 

(Paramount) 

A  meteorologist  has  developed  a 
magnet  by  which  he  attracts  the  far- 
off  planets  for  purposes  of  study.  His 
initial  test  causes  a  few  deaths  and 
the  police  step  in.  The  scientist  con- 
tinues, regardless,  so  the  police 
meddle  with  the  works.  Down  comes 
a  flaming  planet  and  Superman  takes 
it  from  there.  He  does  a  good  job 
of  it,  but  his  previous  exploits  ap- 
peared to  'be  more  engaging.  Run- 
ning time,  9  mins.    Release,  April  24. 


"Personality  Plus" 

(Sportlight) 

(Paramount) 

Grantland  Rice  singles  out  some 
unique  sport  personalities  and  places 
them  in  his  own  Hall  of  Fame. 
Among  them :  Al  Schacht,  comic  of 
the  baseball  diamond ;  Jack  Erick- 
son,  who  wrestles  with  himself ; 
Stubby  Kruger,  slapstick  diver,  and 
archery  experts,  speedboat  demons,  an 
automobile  stunt  man,  and  Melville 
Koutz,  who  plays  with  his  pet  lion. 
Ted  Husing  narrates.  Running  time, 
10  mins.   Release,  April  17. 


"The  Wabbit  Who 
Came  to  Supper" 

(Merrie  Melodies) 

(Schies'mger-W  arners) 

Schlesinger's  popular  cartoon  char- 
acter, Bugs  Bunny,  is  trapped  by  El- 
mer's dogs  and  is  about  to  be  shot 
whftJi  Elmer  learns  that  he  has  inher- 
ited a  fortune  from  his  uncle  with  the 
proviso  that  he  must  be  kind  to  rab- 
bits. Bugs  takes  full  advantage  of  the 
situation  and  almost  ejects  Elmer 
from  Elmer's  own  house,  but  Elmer 
gets  another  wire  stating  that  taxes 
and  attorney's  fees  have  wiped  out  the 
fortune.  It  is  clever  and  amusing. 
Running  time,  7  mins.  Release, 
March  28. 


"California  Junior 
Symphony** 

(Broadway  Brevities) 

(Warners) 

About  100  youngsters  have  been 
gathered  by  Peter  Meremblum  for  a 
symphony  orchestra.  They  play  with 
considerable  skill  and  their  program 
in  this  short  is  varied  with  selections 
from  Tchaikovsky  to  variations  on  the 
theme  of  "Pop  Goes  the  Weasel." 
Outstanding  is  the  work  of  the  piano 
soloist  with  the  group,  a  young  miss 
of  eight  years.  It  is  a  bit  long  for  this 
type  of  subject,  but  quite  good.  Run- 
ning time,  20  mins.  Release,  April  18. 


"Acro-Batty" 

(Pete  Smith  Specialty) 

(M-G-M)  _ 

Pete  Smith  treats  in  his  humorous 
fashion  the  matter  of  circus  per- 
formers on  vacation.  This  they  spend, 
of  course,  on  the  high  wire  and  tra- 
peze and  the  fact  that  all  are  found 
in  various  parts  of  Southern  Califor- 
nia prompted  Smith  to  insert  a  run- 
ning gag  about  the  sunny  climate 
which  culminates  in  a  torrential 
downpour.  It's  fairly  amusing,  but  not 
one  of  Smith's  better  subjects.  Run- 
ning time,  9  mins.  Release,  March  28. 

"Don't  Lie"~ 

(Our  Gang  Comedy) 

(M-G-M) 

Probably  entertainment  for  the  chil- 
dren but  hardly  suitable  for  adults  is 
this  latest  "Our  Gang"  item.  In  an 
effort  to  cure  "Buckwheat,"  who  is 
addicted  to  telling  fibs,  another  of  the 
gang  dresses  as  a  gorilla  intending  to 
frighten  the  fibber.  Newspaper  head- 
lines tell  of  a  circus  mishap  and  a 
real  gorilla  turns  up.  Running  time,  11 
mins.  Release,  April  4. 


"Dog  Trouble" 

(Cartoon) 

(M-G-M) 

Tom  Cat  and  Jerry  Mouse  are  at 
it  again  chasing  each  other  around  the 
house.  The  two  join  forces,  however, 
when  a  ferocious  bulldog  enters  the 
picture.  They  trick  him  into  wrecking 
the  furniture,  which  brings  Mammy  to 
the  scene  and  the  dog  is  tossed  out. 
The  cat  and  mouse  then  continue  their 
own  battle.  The  cat  and  mouse  theme 
seems  overworked.  Running  time,  8 
mins.    Release,  April  18. 

"The  Lady  or  the  Tiger" 

(Miniature) 

(M-G-M) 

Carey  Wilson  recounts  the  Frank 
Stockton  story  of  the  woman  who 
must  choose  between  sending  her  lover 
to  death  or  to  another  woman.  Since 
the  writer  left  his  readers  in  the  dark 
concerning  the  outcome,  considerable 
curiosity  was  aroused,  and  under- 
standably so.  Wilson  handles  the  sub- 
ject in  a  wholly  interesting  manner. 
Running  time,  10  mins.  Release, 
March  28. 

"Hands  of  Victory" 

(Headliner) 

(Paramount) 

In  a  subject  that  presents  promotion 
possibilities,  Dr.  Josef  Ranald  finds 
indication  of  ultimate  victory  for  the 
Allied  Nations  in  his  palm  analyses  of 
those  in  whom  the  fate  of  the  world 
rests.  Ranald  interprets  the  hand  im- 
pressions  of   Roosevelt,  MacArthur, 


Showmanship 
Flashes . . . 


Special  Campaign  on 
Des  Moines  Victory  Film 

Des  Moines,  April  27. — In  connec- 
tion with  the  showing  of  the  Victory 
Film,  "Ring  of  Steel,"  A.  H.  Blank 
of  Tri- States  Theatre  Corp.  arranged 
a  special  exploitation  campaign.  A 
broadside  was  prepared  and  Spaj#  , 
Tracy's  narration  was  printed  in  p^i 
phlet  form  and  distributed  to  patrons 
and  local  newspapers. 


Marine  Week  Features 
'Tripoli'  in  St.  Louis 

St.  Louis,  April  27. — The  campaign 
of  the  Fox  here  for  "To  the  Shores 
of  Tripoli"  zvas  developed  around  the 
mayor's  proclamation  of  a  week  dedi- 
cated to  the  Marine  Corps,  with  spe- 
cific mention  of  the  film.  Lobby  dis- 
plays, air  flights,  special  broadcasts, 
intcrvicivs  with  former  Marines,  the 
use  of  an  Army  jeep  in  street  ballyhoo 
and  the  like  featured  the  campaign, 
which  was  developed  by  Les  Kauf- 
man of  the  Fanchon  and  Marco  ad- 
vertising department. 


Essay  Contest  Aids 
'Roxie  Hart'  in  Boston 

Boston,  April  27.— The  RKO  Me- 
morial Theatre  in  cooperation  with 
the  Boston  American  and  Sunday 
Advertiser  sponsored  a  New  York 
trip  for  the  two  writing  the  best 
200-word  essays  on  "Roxie  Hart." 


Dance  Test  in  Frisco 
Is  Used  for  'Tripoli' 

San  Francisco,  April  27. — A  Ma- 
rine Corps  "To  the  Shores  of  Tripo- 
li" dance  contest  was  promoted  by 
Herman  Kersken,  manager  of  the  Fox 
Theatre,  to  ballyhoo  the  run  of  the 
picture.  The  event  was  staged  in  the 
city's  new  Hospitality  House,  with 
five  sailors  acting  as  judges.  Tickets 
received  by  the  winners  and  their 
partners  were  good  any  day  or  night 
during  the  run.  All  newspapers  co- 
operated. 


Scranton  Tieup  on  'Hardy' 
Aids  Sale  of  War  Stamps 

Scranton,  Pa.,  April  27. — Manager 
Willard  Matthews  of  the  Strand  The- 
atre here  made  a  tieup  with  the  Scran- 
ton Times  on  "The  Courtship  of 
Andy  Hardy,"  under  which  a  war 
bond  was  presented,  on  behalf  of 
Mickey  Rooney,  to  the  Scranton  Times 
carrier  credited  with  the  most  war 
stamps  sales  during  the  week  of  the 
picture's  run.  The  paper  gave  wide 
publicity  to  the  tie-up. 


Hitler,  Mussolini  and  others.  The 
subject  is  well  presented.  E.  W. 
Hammons  produced.  Running  time,  9 
mins.    Release,  May  29. 

"Daffy's  Southern 
Exposure" 

(Looney  Tune  Cartoon) 

( Schlesinger-  Warners) 

Daffy  Duck  refuses  to  fly  South 
with  the  rest  of  his  relatives  when 
Winter  comes.  As  a  result  he  becomes 
snowbound  and  hungry.  Unfortunately, 
he  goes  to  an  equally  hungry  wolf  to 
get  something  to  eat.  He  makes  good 
his  escape  and  decides  to  join  the 
other  ducks  down  South.  A  pleasant 
black-and-white  cartoon.  Running 
time,  7  mins.  Release,  May  2. 


Tuesday,  April  28,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


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Allied  Asks  Greater  Trade 
Units'  Voice  in  War  Effort 


10  New  Films 
Are  Started; 
40  Shooting 


Holllywood,  April  27. — Forty  pic- 
tures were  before  the  cameras  this 
week,  as  10  started  and  15  finished, 
"ifcrhteen  were  being  prepared,  and  17 
^e  being  edited. 

"  Paramount  was  the  busiest  studio, 
'  with  seven  in  work.    Twentieth  Cen- 
tury-Fox and  Universal  each  had  six 
shooting. 

The  tally  by  studio : 

Columbia 

In  Work :  "Blondie  for  Victory," 
"Overland  to  Deadwood,"  "A  Man's 
World,"  "The  Lone  Wolf  in  Scotland 
Yard." 

Started :  "Fingers." 

Goldwyn  (RKO) 

In  Work :  "The  Pride  of  the  Yank- 
ees." 

M-G-M 

Finished:  "Apache  Trail." 

In  Work :  "Me  and  My  Gal," 
"Cairo,"  "A  Yank  at  Eton,"  "Seven 
Sisters." 

Started :  "Tish." 

Monogram 

Finished :  "Do  Not  Disturb." 
Started:     "Down     Texas  Way," 
"Texas  Trouble  Shooters." 

Producers  Releasing 

Finished:  "Isle  of  Forgotten  Sins." 
Started :    "The    Commandos  Have 
Landed." 

Loew-Lewin  (U.  A.) 

Finished :  "The  Moon  and  Six- 
pence." 

Paramount 

Finished :  "Wrecking  Crew,"  "The 
Forest  Rangers,"  "Priorities  of  1942." 

In  Work :  "I  Married  a  Witch," 
"Wake  Island,"  "Happy-Go-Lucky," 
"Silver  Queen,"  "Triumph  OverPain," 
"The  Major  and  the  Minor,"  "The 
Road  to  Morocco." 

RKO 

Finished :  "Army  Surgeon,"  "Scat- 
tergood  Survives  a  Murder,"  "High- 
way to  Night,"  (formerly  untitled 
Richard  Carlson-Jane  Darwell  vehi- 
cle). 

Started  :  "The  Big  Street." 
Republic 

Finished:  "Springtime  in  the  Rock- 
ies." 

In  Work  :  "Moonlight  Masquerade." 
Started :  "Cyclone  Kid." 

Roach  (U.A.) 

Finished:  "Calaboose." 

20th  Century-Fox 

In  Work :  "Iceland,"  "Orchestra 
Wife,"  "The  Postman  Didn't  Ring," 
"The  Pied  Piper,"  "Thunderbirds." 

Started :  "The  Black  Swan." 

Universal 

Finished:  "The  Great  Impersona- 
tion," "Danger  in  the  Pacific,"  "Des- 
tination Unknown." 

In  Work :  "Madam  Spy,"  "Love 
and  Kisses,  Caroline,"  "Private  Buck- 
aroo,"  "Pardon  My  Sarong." 

Started :  "Invisible  Agent,"  "Tim- 
ber." 

Warners 

In  Work :  "The  Hard  Way,"  "Now, 
Voyager,"  "George  Washington  Slept 
Here,"  "Across  the  Pacific." 


Washington,  April  27. — The  in- 
dustry's war  efforts  could  be  benefited 
by  making  proper  use  of  the  existing 
trade  associations,  Abram  F.  Myers, 
•chairman  and  general  counsel  of  Al- 
lied States,  asserts  in  a  membership 
oulletin  made  public  today. 

The  bulletin  urges  the  need  for  an 
adequate  information  service  on  in- 
dustry war  activities  for  exhibitors ; 
the  need  of  trade  organization  and 
committee  members  in  war  activities 
who  will  be  representatives  of  their 
trade  associations  instead  of  serving 
as  individuals ;  proper  recognition  of 
the  contributions  by  independent  ex- 
hibitors and  contributions  which  can 
be  made  by  the  trade  associations  in 
war  activities  cooperation,  and  full, 
authoritative  information  for  exhibi- 
tors on  industry  priorities  affecting 
them. 

On  Board  Agenda 

Lack  of  informational  services  for 
exhibitors  on  war  activities,  Myers 
says,  "may  seem  trifling,  but  nothing 


Korda  Buys  British 
UA  Stock  Interest 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

represents  one-fourth  interest  in  that 
company.  Prudential's  interests  in 
Korda  enterprises  have  been  estimated 
as  high  as  $12,000,000  at  times. 

Korda  disclosed  purchase  of  distri- 
bution rights  for  the  Western  hemi- 
sphere to  two  British  productions, 
"One  of  Our  Aircraft  Is  Missing"  and 
"In  Which  We  Serve."  It  has  not  yet 
been  decided  whether  United  Artists 
will  distribute  them  here,  he  said. 

Korda  said  he  would  leave  for  Hol- 
lywood within  two  weeks  to  resume 
production.  He  plans  to  contribute 
two  or  three  pictures  to  United  Art- 
ists schedule  for  the  new  season,  he 
said,  and  is  considering  Tolstoy's 
"War  and  Peace"  as  his  first. 

Korda  said  that  British  studios  are 
attaining  new  heights  of  excellence  de- 
spite wartime  production  obstacles. 

702,  Para.  Meet  on 
Closed  Shop  Demand 

Motion  Picture  Laboratory  Techni- 
cians Union,  Local  702,  held  its  first 
meeting  yesterday  with  Paramount  of- 
ficials on  the  union's  demand  for  a 
closed  shop  at  Paramount's  Long  Is- 
land laboratory.  The  union  is  seeking 
a  May  1  date  for  the  contract.  Local 
702  was  defeated  in  an  NLRB  election 
at  the  Paramount  studio  several  years 
ago  but  claims  that  it  has  since  ob- 
tained a  majority. 

May  1  will  be  the  date  under  which 
the  smaller  laboratories  in  the  city  and 
vicinity  are  to  grant  wage  increases 
ranging  up  to  10  per  cent  to  bring 
their  scales  up  to  those  paid  by  the 
larger  laboratories  here.  These  raises 
are  provided  under  the  terms  of  exist- 
ing contracts,  John  Rugge,  union 
president,  said. 


Northio  Operator  Dies 

Hamilton,  O.,  April  27. — John  J. 
Hammerly,  59,  projectionist  at  the 
Northio  Palace  here,  died  at  his  home 
last  night.  He  is  survived  by  his 
widow,  two  sons  and  five  daughters. 


is  trifling  that  interferes  in  any  de- 
gree with  an  all-out  war  effort.  Fail- 
ure to  utilize  the  good  will,  influence 
and  facilities  of  the  trade  associa- 
tions is  a  regrettable  loss." 

Myers  reports  that  there  has  been 
sufficient  demand  for  a  full  discussion 
of  the  subject  to  warrant  its  being 
included  on  the  agenda  of  Allied's  na- 
tional board  meeting  at  Chicago  on 
Thursday.  Other  subjects  scheduled 
for  discussion  include :  A  report  by 
Allied's  Umpi  committee  representa- 
tives, action  on  the  proposed  new  sell- 
ing plan  and  plan  for  conciliation,  dis- 
cussion of  the  attack  on  the  sales  plan 
by  the  Society  of  Independent  Mo- 
tion Picture  Producers ;  high  film 
rentals  with  a  report  on  the  Canadian 
law  freezing  rentals  by  Myers,  who 
is  in  Toronto  for  a  study  of  the  ef- 
fects of  the  law  on  Canadian  exhibi- 
tors ;  desirability  of  resuming  surveys 
on  product  buying  and  terms  by  Al- 
lied's Information  Department;  dis- 
cussion of  a  proposal  for  new  Ascap 
music  licensing  fees  for  theatres,  and 
a  decision  on  an  Allied  States  nation- 
al convention  this  year. 

The  bulletin  warns  against  "spiral- 
ing"  film  prices  which,  it  says,  may 
bring  motion  picture  companies' 
profits  out  of  line  with  those  of  other 


W.P.B.  Amusement 
Section  Clearing 
Unit  on  Priorities 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
the  way  for  any  formal  action  which 
may  be  necessary. 

WPB  officials  refused  to  discuss 
the  work  of  the  Amusement  Section 
in  advance  of  a  formal  announcement 
of  its  creation,  but  said  it  would  not 
take  over  any  of  the  work  with  motion 
picture  priorities  and  conservation 
which  is  being  handled  through  the 
Consumers  Durable  Goods  Branch  of 
the  WPB. 


industries  and  would  leave  the  indus- 
try open  to  Federal  regulation  despite 
the  exemption  of  films  from  the  price 
control  act. 

Comment  on  Anti-5  Ruling 

Commenting  on  the  recent  Minne- 
sota court  decision  holding  the  State's 
anti-block-of-five  law  unconstitutional, 
Myers  expresses  the  belief  that  it  will 
"deter"  exhibitors  in  surrounding 
states  "who  were  planning  to  obtain 
passage  of  a  similar  law."  He  also  ex- 
presses regret  that  the  court's  findings 
"make  it  appear  that  the  indepen- 
dent exhibitors  never  had  a  real 
grievance  and  put  them  in  a  very  un- 
favorable light." 


JEAN  GAB  IN 


is  coming  in 


MOONTIDE 


co-starring  with 

IDA  LUPINO 

with  Claude  Rains 
Thomas  Mitchell 


Directed  by  ARCHIE  MAYO 
Produced  by  MARK  HELUNGER 
Screen  Play  by  John  O'Hara 


4 


Brilliant  *2.20  World  Premiere 

RIVOLI  THEATRE 
N.  Y.  (APRIL  29) 


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MOTION  PICTURE  DAILY 


Tuesday,  April  28,  1942 


T: 


BVay  Houses 
Are  Ready  for 
First  Blackout 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

other  boroughs.  Northern  Manhattan 
is  to  be  darkened  May  7.  Blackouts 
covering  entire  boroughs  will  be  held 
later,  it  was  announced  by  Police 
Commissioner  Lewis  Valentine. 

Thursday  night's  blackout  will  take 
in  the  big  first  run  houses,  including 
the  Radio  City  Music  Hall,  Para- 
mount, Roxy,  Strand,  Capitol  and  Ri- 
voli,  all  legitimate  theatres  and  other 
important  amusement  places,  as  well 
as  all  film  company  home  offices  and 
exchanges,  the  NBC  and  CBS  build- 
ings, and  such  all-night  operations  as 
the  Associated  Press  in  Rockefeller 
Center  and  most  of  the  newspapers. 

The  theatres  are  prepared  for  the 
blackout.  All  exterior  illumination 
will,  of  course,  be  extinguished,  as  will 
the  inside  lighting  visible  from  the 
street.  Box-offices  will  remain  in  op- 
eration with  subdued  lighting  and  pa- 
trons will  be  permitted  to  enter  or 
leave.  A  minimum  of  lighting  will  be 
maintained  in  the  lobbies. 

Meanwhile,  one  of  the  most  exten- 
sive blackouts  in  the  East  will  take 
place  next  Tuesday  when  all  New 
Jersey  areas  not  tested  previously  will 
be  covered.  Included  will  be  the 
counties  of  Sussex,  Warren,  Hunter- 
don, Mercer,  Cumberland  and  Cape 
May  and  portions  of  eight  other  coun- 
ties. 

Tonight  Southern  Queens  will  be 
blacked  out  and  the  remainder  of 
Queens,  exclusive  of  the  Rockaways, 
will  be  tested  May  5. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

Rockefeller  Center 
CECIL  B.  D E  MILLE'S 

"REAP  THE  WILD  WIND" 

Ray  M  i  I  land,  John  Wayne,  Paulette  Goddard 
A  Paramount  Picture 
Gala  Stage  Revue  -  Symphony  Orchestra 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved      Circle  6-4600 


Gene  Henry 

TIERNEY  •  FONDA 

'RINGSohherFINGERS' 

PLUS  A  BIG  DftYV  7th  Ave. 
STAGE  SHOW      IW  A  I     &  50th  St. 


PALACE 


B  WAY  & 
47th  St. 


KINGS  ROW 


ANN    SHERIDAN— RONALD  REAGAN 
—plus  NEW  2nd  Hit — 

"BULLET  SCARS" 

WITH   REGIS  TOOMEY 


Two  Openings  on 
Broadway  Stage 

An  opening  tonight  and  an- 
other tomorrow  are  on  the 
Broadway  stage  calendar  for 
the  week.  Tonight  at  the  Ritz, 
Ed  Sullivan  will  introduce 
"Harlem  Cavalcade,"  vaude- 
ville show  with  all-Negro  tal- 
ent, headed  by  Noble  Sissle. 

"The  Life  of  Reilly,"  a  new 
comedy  by  William  Roos, 
will  open  tomorrow  night  at 
the  Broadhurst.  It  stars 
Glenda  Farrell,  with  Peter 
Hobbs,  Charita  Bauer,  Loring 
Smith  and  others  in  the  cast. 
Day  Tuttle  and  Harald  Brom- 
ley are  the  producers. 


'Reap'  Still  Strong 
In  Final  5th  Week 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

its  first  week  at  the  Globe  with  an 
estimated  $33,500,  continued  strong 
with  an  estimated  $12,500  for  Satur- 
day and  Sunday.  "My  Favorite 
Blonde"  with  Tommy  Dorsey's  orches- 
tra concludes  a  four-week  stand  at  the 
Paramount  tonight  with  an  estimated 
$49,000  expected  for  the  final  week. 
Business  Saturday  and  Sunday 
amounted  to  an  estimated  $23,000. 
"The  Great  Alan's  Lady,"  with  Claude 
Thornhill's  band ,  Carol  Bruce  and 
Jack  Durant  on  the  stage,  is  the  new 
show  opening  at  the  Paramount  today. 

"Larceny,  Inc.,"  with  Abe  Lyman 
and  Jackie  Cooper  at  the  Strand 
brought  an  estimated  $22,500  Friday 
through  Sunday.  The  show  will  be 
held  a  second  week.  After  a  good 
first  week,  "Kid  Glove  Killer"  drew 
an  estimated  $4,000  in  five  days  at 
the  Rialto,  and  was  followed  yesterday 
by  "The  Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die."  " 


Rudd  Is  Called  Into 
Active  Army  Service 

Major  A.  G.  Rudd,  vice-president 
and  general  manager  of  Newsreel 
Theatres,  Inc.,  which  consists  of  four 
newsreel  houses  in  Manhattan  and  one 
in  Newark,  has  returned  to  active 
service  in  the  Army.  He  is  presently 
active  in  Army  Emergency  Relief 
matters.  Stewart  R.  Martin,  man- 
ager of  the  Embassy,  Times  Square, 
has  been  named  circuit  supervisor  by 
W.  French  Githens,  president. 


WAC  Lists  Victory 
Films  Now  Available 

The  War  Activities  Committee  yes- 
terday disclosed  the  Victory  Films 
currently  available  to  exhibitors, 
bringing  the  listing  up  to  date.  The 
films  now  available  include :  "Bomb- 
er," "Pots  to  Planes,"  "Food  for  Free- 
dom," "Women  in  Defense,"  "Tanks," 
"Safeguarding  Military  Information," 
"Ring  of  Steel,"  "Fighting  the  Fire 
Bomb,"  "Any  Bonds  Today,"  "Lake 
Carrier"  and  "United  China  Relief." 


B'nai  B'rith  Delegates 

Philadelphia,  April  27. — Lewen 
Pizor,  president  of  the  United  MPTO 
here,  and  Michael  H.  Egnal,  exhibi- 
tor and  attorney,  have  been  elected 
delegates  to  the  B'nai  B'rith  district 
convention  in  Atlantic  City,  represent- 
ing the  Lincoln  Lodge  here. 


Victory  Caravan 

Starts  Thursday 

The  Hollywood  Victory  Caravan, 
including  a  number  of  the  leading 
stars  of  the  screen,  will  raise  the  cur- 
tain Thursday  evening  in  Washington 
on  the  first  of  a  series  of  13  one- 
night  stands  on  behalf  of  Army  and 
Navy  Emergency  Relief. 

The  show,  as  now  constituted,  will 
consist  of  solo  appearances  and 
sketches,  and  will  run  approximately 
three  hours.  Bob  Hope  will  be  master 
of  ceremonies,  introducing  each  of  the 
score  of  personalities  who  have  volun- 
teered their  services  for  the  benefit 
shows.  Key  spots  in  all  parts  of  the 
country  will  be  played.  A  special  train 
will  carry  the  troupe. 


Columbia  Talks  Deal 
For  4  Powell  Films 

Hollywood,  April  27.  —  Columbia 
officials  here  disclosed  today  that  nego- 
tiations are  under  way  with  Michael 
Powell,  British  producer,  to  distribute 
all  four  of  Powell's  scheduled  produc- 
tions to  be  made  in  England  and 
Canada  next  year.  Columbia  is  at 
present  releasing  Powell's  "The  In- 
vaders." 

Powell,  it  was  announced,  plans  to 
make  "The  Road  to  Nome,"  "Who 
Fights  for  Glory,"  "Life  Line"  and 
"Five  Who  Died."  Eric  Portman  and 
Niall  MacGinnis  are  set  for  "Who 
Fights  for  Glory,"  it  was  stated. 


$33,800  Gross  for 
Autry  in  Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh,  April  27. — More  than 
30,000  persons  paid  an  estimated  $33,- 
800  at  seven  performances  of  Gene 
Autry's  "Flying  A  Ranch  Stampede" 
at  the  Garden  here,  compared  with 
an  estimated  $35,000  gross  for  14  per- 
formances of  Autry's  show  last  year, 
it  was  revealed  by  officials. 

During  the  week  here,  the  cowboy 
film  star  led  a  parade  of  War  Savings 
workers,  entertained  at  various 
children's  institutions,  and  appeared 
at  charity  events  daily. 


Equipment  Dealers 
Weigh  War  Service 

Chicago,  April  27. — The  Theatre 
Equipment  Dealers  Protective  Asso- 
ciation ended  a  three-day  meeting  at 
the  Hotel  Stevens  here  today,  with 
Ray  G.  Colvin  reelected  executive  sec- 
retary. 

The  session  was  held  to  discuss 
methods  of  servicing  theatres  under 
wartime  regulations.  Manufacturers 
held  an  open  forum  with  dealers  yes- 
terday for  discussion  of  problems.  Lee 
R.  McCullough  of  the  War  Produc- 
tion Board  addressed  the  meeting. 


Trans-Lux  Houses 
Start  Sale  of  Bonds 

The  sale  of  War  Bonds  and  Stamps 
is  already  under  way  in  the  four  Man- 
hattan theatres  of  the  Trans-Lux  cir- 
cuit and  will  continue  indefinitely,  ac- 
cording to  Norman  Elson,  general 
manager.  Booths  have  been  placed  in 
all  four  houses. 


Named  Metro  Salesman 

Oklahoma  City,  April  27. — Lin- 
ford  Pitts,  head  booker  of  the  M-G-M 
exchange  here,  has  been  promoted  to 
salesman,  succeeding  Russell  Gaus, 
who  is  the  Army. 


Mayor  Thanks  Trade 
For  Million  Tickets 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

signia  reading  "Distinguished  Service- 
War  Entertainment." 

Mrs.  Eleanor  Roosevelt  presented 
the  1,000,000th  ticket  to  the  Army 
corporal  who  was  in  line  to  receive  it. 
The  Mayor,  Mrs.  Roosevelt,  Marshall 
Field,  chairman  of  the  defense  com- 
mittee ;  John  Golden,  chairman  of^1;? 
entertainment  branch,  and  Thom» 
Donovan,  executive  secretary,  spoA.e 
at  the  event,  which  took  place  at  the 
committee's  headquarters,  99  Park 
Avenue. 

Nicholas  M.  Schenck,  Charles  C. 
Moskowitz,  Joseph  Bernhard,  Harry 
Brandt,  Edward  Alperson,  Si  Fabian, 
Leo  Brecher,  Charles  Koerner,  Irving 
Lesser,  Albert  Lewis,  Arthur  Mayer, 
Charles  Moses,  Joseph  Vogel,  Wil- 
liam S.  Paley,  Robert  Weitman,  Al- 
fred J.  McCosker  and  John  Wright 
were  among  those  who  received  the 
awards  either  personally  or  through  a 
representative. 

Mrs.  W.  G.  Van  Schmus  attended 
on  behalf  of  her  late  husband,  who 
was  managing  director  of  the  Radio 
City  Music  Hall. 


Kreuzer  Manager 
Of  RCA  Recording 

Barton  Kreuzer  of  the  RCA  Holly- 
wood staff,  has  been  named  manager 
of  RCA  film  recording  sales,  by  Ed- 
ward C.  Cahill,  manager  of  the  RCA 
Manufacturing  Co.,  motion  picture 
division.  Kreuzer  succeeds  Ralph 
Austrian,  who  is  with  the  War  Pro- 
duction Board.  Kreuzer  will  continue 
to  direct  film  recording  rental  facili- 
ties on  the  Coast. 

Hollis  D.  Brandbury,  former  chief 
engineer,  has  been  named  to  manage 
the  New  York  film  recording  rental 
facilities. 


Admit  Service  Men 
Free  in  Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh,  April  27. — The  Har- 
ris Amusement  Co.  and  most  of  the 
independent  theatres  here  now  are  ad- 
mitting men  in  uniform  without 
charge  at  all  performances.  Local 
theatres  heretofore  charged  a  reduced 
admission  for  men  in  service.  The 
Warner  circuit,  operating  23  houses 
here,  has  not  yet  indicated  any  re- 
vision of  the  former  policy. 


Phila.  Wins  WB  Bowling 

The  annual  inter-city  bowling  match 
between  the  Warner  home  office  and 
the  company's  Philadelphia  office  was 
won  by  the  latter's  team  at  Philadel- 
phia last  weekend. 


HHW  ME  AT 
"WE  AST01T 


7h 

HUNTING  ROOM 


:  Tuesday,  April  28,  1942 


Motion  Picture  daily 


7 


'Scandal'  and 
Kyser  Score 
Hit  in  Chicago 


Chicago,  April  27. — Kay  Kyser  in 
person  and  "Design  for  Scandal" 
shot  the  Chicago  Theatre  gross  to 
*^000.  The  Oriental,  with  "The 
mi  Who  Returned  to  Life"  and 
iviartha  Raye  on  the  stage,  did  $22,000. 
iV  Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  23 : 

"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Vanishing:  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

APOLLO— (1,400)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"Design  for  Scandal"  (M-G-M) 

CHICAGO—  (4,000)    (35c-55c-7Sc)   7  days. 
Stage,  Kay  Kyser  Orchestra.   Gross:  $56,- 
000.    (Average,  $32,000) 
"Our  Russian  Front"  (Artkino) 
"Fly  By  Night"  (Para.) 

GARRICK  —  (1,000)    (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.   Gross:  $5,800.    (Average.  $5,000) 
"The  Man  Who  Returned  to  Life"  (Col.) 

ORIENTAL  —  (3,200)    (25c-30c-40c-50c)  7 
days.   Stage,  Martha  Raye.    Gross:  $22,000. 
(Average,  $16,000) 
"Joan  of  Paris"  (RKO) 

"Mayor  of  44th  Street"  (RKO)  6  days,  2nd 
week 

"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 

"Almost  Married"  (Univ.)  1  day 

PALACE — (2,500)    (40c-50c-68c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $15,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"The  Lady  Is  Wiling"  (Col.) 
"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad''  (Col.) 

ROOSEVELT—  (1,500)    (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $13,000.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.  B.)  S  days, 
3rd  week 

"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M)  2  days 

STATE- LAKE-(3,700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $18,000.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,700)  (35c-55c-65c- 
75c)    7   days,    2nd    week.     Gross:  $11,500. 
(Average,  $14,000) 
"Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 
"Strange  Case  of  Dr.  Rx"  (Univ.) 

WOODS—  (1,200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
3rd  week.    Gross:  $9,000. 


Review 


8  of  12  New  Films  Are 
Approved  by  Legion 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency 
for  the  current  week  has  approved 
eight  of  12  new  pictures  reviewed, 
three  for  general  patronage  and  five 
for  adults,  and  classed  four  as  objec- 
tionable in  part.  The  new  films  and 
their  classification  follow. 

Class  A-l,  Unobjectionable  for  Gen- 
eral Patronage — "Hello  Annapolis," 
"Suicide  Squadron,"  "Vagabond" 
(Polish).  Class  A-2,  Unobjection- 
able for  Adults — "The  Falcon  Takes 
Over,"  "Grand  Central  Murder,"  "The 
Man  With  Two  Lives,"  "Mr.  Wise 
Guy,"  "The  Saboteur."  Class  B,  Ob- 
jectionable in  Part — "In  This  Our 
Life,"  "Moontide,"  "Not  a  Ladies 
Man,"  "The  Pasha's  Wives"  (French). 


Uphold  Para.  Dismissal 

Dismissal  of  the  complaint  of  Da- 
vid Stoneman  of  Interstate  Theatres 
Corp.,  Boston,  against  the  directors 
of  the  old  Paramount  Publix  Corp. 
was  upheld  for  the  second  time  on 
Saturday  by  the  Court  of  Appeals  in 
Albany.  The  plaintiff  charged  that  a 
financial  statement  issued  by  Para- 
mount contained  inaccuracies  regard- 
ing Interstate.  Louis  Nizer  repre- 
sented the  defendants,  and  Jack  Kraus 
was  attorney  for  Stoneman. 


"Westward  Ho" 

{Republic) 


w 


ITH  favorable  effect,  the  "Three  Mesquiteers"  on  one  side  and 
exponents  of  banditry  and  murder  on  the  other  clash  and  generate 
all  the  roaring  excitement  that  the  action  fans  could  desire.  The  yarn, 
which  places  a  woman  in  charge  of  the  outlaws,  is  sufficient  in  itself 
and  serves  well  in  holding  together  the  many  gun  and  fistic  encounters. 

A  town  named  Spring  Valley  is  the  locale  and  the  townsfolk  and 
bankers'  association  are  the  victims  of  the  nefarious  organization  led 
by  Evelyn  Brent.  Rufe  Davis,  the  comedian  of  the  trio,  is  framed  by 
the  gang  and  is  about  to  be  hanged  when  his  two  partners,  Bob  Steele 
and  Tom  Tyler,  come  to  the  rescue.  The  three  are  then  branded  as 
outlaws,  and  pretend  to  tie  in  with  the  real  outlaws,  who  are  unaware 
of  the  scheme.  It  all  turns  out  for  the  best,  of  course.  Donald  Curtis, 
Lois  Collier,  Emmett  Lynn  and  others  are  in  the  cast.  John  English 
directed  and  Louis  Gray  was  associate  producer. 

Running  time,  56  minutes.   "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


'Fleet'  Takes 
Good  $19,600, 
Frisco  Lead 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Bernstein  British 
Film  Liaison  Here 


Warners  Shift  Lefko 

Cincinnati,  April  27. — George  Lef- 
ko has  been  transferred  here  from 
Cleveland  as  city  salesman  for  War- 
ners, replacing  John  Eifert,  who  last 
week  was  promoted  to  branch  man 
ager  here. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

tion  Picture  Daily,  issue  of  April  2. 

Official  silence  was  maintained  on 
the  report  today.  It  is  believed  that 
the  purpose  of  Bernstein's  appointment 
will  be  to  serve  as  a  liaison  on  films 
between  the  two  Governments,  and  to 
assist  in  developing  a  complete  under- 
standing with  regard  to  reciprocal 
propaganda  films,  legislation  and  the 
like. 

It  is  also  reported  that  George 
Archibald,  formerly  a  United  Artists 
representative  here,  will  function  in 
London  in  a  similar  capacity. 


British  Embassy 
Confirms  Appointment 

Washington,  April  27. — British 
Embassy  officials  today  confirmed 
London  reports  that  Sidney  Bernstein, 
English  circuit  head,  was  joining  the 
staff  in  Washington,  presumably  as 
film  attache,  but  neither  the  State  De- 
partment nor  the  Coordinator  of  In- 
formation could  confirm  the  report 
that  George  Archibald,  former  repre- 
sentative of  United  Artists  in  Eng- 
land, was  taking  a  similar  post  in  the 
U.  S.  Embassy  in  London. 

At  the  British  Embassy  it  was  said 
word  has  been  received  that  Bernstein 
was  coming  to  Washington  but  no  ad- 
vice had  been  given  as  to  just  what 
his  position  could  be. 


See  No  Effect  on  Official 
Canadian  War  Pictures 

Toronto,  April  27. — The  belief  was 
expressed  here  today  that  the  appoint- 
ment of  Sidney  Bernstein  to  a  film 
liaison  post  in  Washington  for  the 
British  Government  would  have  no  ef- 
fect on  the  distribution  of  official 
Canadian  films  in  North  America. 
National  Film  Board  pictures  are  re- 
leased in  the  United  States  through 
commercial  agencies,  it  was  pointed 
out,  and  not  in  cooperation  with  the 
United  States  Government. 


Para.  Transfers  Two 

New  Haven,  April  27. — Sol  Jacobs 
of  New  York  has  succeeded  Sidney 
Ellinson  as  assistant  booker  at  the 
Paramount  exchange  here,  while  El- 
linson returns  to  the  New  York  ex- 
change. 


Clearance  Complaint 
Withdrawn  in  Omaha 

The  clearance  complaint  of  Morris 
Cohn,  operator  of  the  Strand,  Council 
Bluffs,  la.,  against  the  five  consenting 
companies  and  the  Broadway,  Council 
Bluffs,  has  been  withdrawn  at  the 
Omaha  arbitration  board  following  a 
settlement,  it  was  disclosed. 


Buys  Three  Stories 

Hollywood,  April  27. — M-G-M  has 
purchased  three  story  properties.  They 
are  "Oh,  Bury  Me  Not,"  unproduced 
play  by  Patricia  Coleman;  "Fire  in 
the  Night,"  novel  by  Helen  Maclnnes, 
and  "Women  Know  Best,"  original  by 
Arndt  Guisti. 


San  Francisco,  April  27.— "The 
Fleet's  In"  and  "Among  the  Living" 
hit  $19,600  in  the  first  week  at  the 
Fox,  with  "The  Tuttles  of  Tahiti" 
and  a  stage  show  getting  $16,500  at 
the  Golden  Gate.  The  weather  was 
crisp. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing April  21-22 : 

"Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 

GOLDEN  GATE— (2,850)  (44c-49c-65c)  7 
days.  Stage:  vaudeville.  Gross:  $16,500. 
(Average,  $15,000) 

"Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

"A  Gentleman  at  Heart"  (2ttth-Fox) 

WARFIELD— (2,680)  (20c -35c -40c -55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $12,800.    (Average.  $12,000) 

"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
''Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,200)  (20c-35c-40c- 
55c)    7    days,    6th    week.    Gross:  $6,000. 
(Average.  $7,500) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"Among  the  Living"  (Para.) 

FOX— (5,000)     (20c-35c-40c-55c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $19,600.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 

ST.  FRANCIS— (1,400)  (20c -35c -40c -55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $4,800.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Hay  Foot"  (Hal  Roach) 

ORPHEUM  —  (2,440)  (20c-3Sc-40c-55c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Average. 
$8,000) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 
"Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th-Fox) 

PARAMOUNT—  (2,740)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.    (Moved  over  from  Fox). 
Gross:   $10,400.    (Average,  $11,500) 
"Man  Who  Seeks  the  Truth"  (French) 

CLAY—  (400)  (15c-35c-45c).  7  days,  3rd 
week.    Gross:  $1,000.    (Average,  $1,000) 


ALAN  MOWBRAY  •  ROSCOE  KARNS 
MIKHAIL  RASUMNY  •  LYNNE  CARVER 
MARC  LAWRENCE  •  MARILYN  HARE 

Screen  Play  by  ISA8EL  DAWN  •  Based  on  a  Sloru 
by  RUSSEL  ROUSE  •  Based  on  the  Musical  Play 
"YOKEL  BOY"  Wrillen  by  LEW  BROWN  and 
Scored  by  LEW  BROWN.  CHARLES  TOBIAS  and 
SAM  H.  STEPT  ■  JOSEPH  SANTLEY—  Oircclor 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  April  28,  1942 


F.D.R.  Urges 
$25,000  Top 
On  Income 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

without  further  delay  and  should  be 
so  written  that  "some  clever  people 
will  not  find  loopholes"  or  some  busi- 
nesses will  not  be  equitably  included. 

The  price  control  problem,  he  said, 
is  adequately  covered  by  the  existing 
law,  with  the  exception  of  farm  prices, 
and,  he  added,  "I  have  issued  instruc- 
tions to  put  this  into  effect  immediate- 
ly." The  necessary  orders  are  expect- 
ed to  be  issued  by  Price  Administra- 
tor Leon  Henderson  tomorrow. 

Roosevelt  said  there  was  no  need 
for  legislation  on  labor  and  approved 
continuance  of  overtime  for  work  in 
excess  of  40  hours  a  week.  He  sup- 
ported the  program  for  public  par- 
ticipation in  the  financing  of  the  war 
but  expressed  opposition  to  compul- 
sory' savings  plans. 

The  President's  plan  to  limit 
income  was  seen  as  the  feature 
of  a  program  hitting  hardest  at 
the  film  industry,  where  a  large 
number  of  salaries  run  in  ex- 
cess of  $25,000  a  year. 

"While  the  number  of  individual 
Americans  affected  is  small,"  he  said 
in  his  message,  "discrepancies  between 
low  personal  incomes  and  very  high 
personal  incomes  should  be  lessened ; 
and  I  therefore  believe  that  in  time 
of  this  grave  national  danger,  when  all 
excess  incomes  should  go  to  win  the 
war,  no  American  citizen  ought  to 
have  a  net  income,  after  he  has  paid 
his  taxes,  of  more  than  $25,000  a 
vear." 


Scranton  Grosses 
Hit  by  War  Exodus 

Scraxtox,  Pa.,  April  27. — Theatre 
business  in  this  area  is  reported  to 
have  been  hurt  by  the  wide  exodus 
of  many  families  to  war  industry 
areas,  coupled  with  the  fact  that  many 
men  have  entered  the  armed  services. 
The  same  is  true  in  the  Wilkes-Barre 
section,  where  20,000  persons  are 
estimated  to  have  left  the  Wyoming 
Valley  area  since  the  United  States 
entered  the  war. 

There  are  few  defense  plants  in 
this  section.  One  compensating  fac- 
tor is  the  fact  that  the  coal  mines 
have  recently  gone  on  a  five-day 
week,  instead  of  the  three  and  four- 
day  operation  previously  in  effect. 
One  exhibitor  declared  that  the  box- 
office  blow  would  have  been  worse, 
had  the  general  quality  of  product 
not  been  so  high. 


Goddard  to  Premiere 

Jacksonville,  Fla..  April  27.  — 
Paulette  Goddard  is  expected  here  for 
a  personal  appearance  at  the  opening 
of  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  at  the 
Florida  Theatre  Friday  evening.  She 
is  starred  in  the  film.  Miss  Goddard 
will  also  appear  at  the  Army-Navy 
relief  show  here  Thursdav  night. 


RKO  Studio  Wins  Match 

The  RKO  home  office  bowling  team 
lost  its  annual  telegraphic  match  with 
the  studio  team,  by  a  score  of  2.778 
to  2,773  pins. 


Off  the  Antenna 

MUTUAL'S  affiliated  station  list  will  pass  the  200  mark  Friday  when 
three  250-watt  stations  in  Xorth  Carolina  join  the  web  as  full-time 
outlets.  The  total  will  be  202.  WGTM,  Wilson;  WGTC,  Greenville,  and 
WGBR,  Goldsboro,  known  collectively  as  the  Tobacco  Network,  were  orig- 
inally scheduled  to  join  Mutual  March  29  but  a  fire  destroyed  WGBR  and 
the  affiliation  date  had  to  be  postponed.  Another  station,  WBTM,  Danville.. 
Ya.,  has  increased  its  night  power  from  100  to  250  watts,  and  is  now  a  full- 
time  affiliate  of  Mutual.  Meanwhile,  the  Blue  announced  that  KUTA.  Salt 
Lake  City,  will  start  operations  on  570  k.  c.  with  5,000  watts  full  time  Friday 
and,  as  a  result,  KLO,  Ogden,  Utah,  will  be  dropped  as  a  network  affiliate. 


Purely  Personal:  Ireene  Wicker  will  address  the  N.  V.  I'.  Radio  Club 
Thursday  on  "Children's  Radio  Programs  for  the  Duration."  .  .  .  G.  W. 
Johnstone,  Blue  director  of  nezi's  and  special  events,  ZL'ill  speak  on  "Radio 
News  Reports  and  Comments  in  Wartime"  at  the  Ohio  State  Institute  for 
Education  by  Radio  at  Columbus,  O.  .  .  .  Vivian  Wolfert,  formerly  with 
Constance  Hope  Associates,  has  joined  the  Mutual  publicity  staff,  succeeding 
Richard  Krolik,  now  in  the  Army  air  corps.  .  .  .  Gabriel  Hcattcr,  Mutual 
commentator,  is  on  a  two-week  vacation.  Frank  Singiscr  is  substituting  for 
him.  .  .  .  Charles  Gus  Chan,  Chinese  announcer  at  WWRL.  has  joined  the 
Army.  .  .  .  Don  Cordray,  formerly  with  NBC,  has  joined  the  WNEW  an- 
nouncing staff.  .  .  .  Mark  IVoods,  Blue  president,  is  due  back  in  ATezv  York 
May  15. 

•    •  • 

A.  M.  Botsford,  director  of  advertising  and  publicity  for  20th  Century- 
Fox,  and  Glendon  Allvine,  secretary  of  the  Eastern  Public  Relations 
Committee  for  the  film  industry,  will  be  interviewed  by  Martin  Weldon 
on  WINS  tomorrow. 


Three  more  network  programs  yesterday  were  added  to  the  growing 
list  of  programs  shortwaved  to  soldiers  overseas.  Sponsors  paying  for 
these  broadcasts  are  Philip  Morris  for  "Philip  Morris  Playhouse"  and 
"Crime  Doctor'''  on  CBS  shortwave,  and  Esso  for  "Esso  Reporter"  on 
XBC.  The  latter  will  be  a  daily  15-minute  news  program  including 
world  news,  a  digest  of  news  from  principal  cities  in  the  country,  and  a 
sports  summary  and  features. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  The  Blue  is  sending  prcssbooks  to  all  affiliated  stations 
carrying  the  new  Dinah  Shore  series  for  Bristol-Myers  to  help  build  an 
audience  for  the  shozi'.  .  .  .  Loezv's  is  buying  spots  on  stations  in  this  area  for 
the  return  engagement  of  "Gone  With  the  Wind"  at  the  Astor.  .  .  .  The  t  in 
can  shortage,  which  forced  Modern  Food  Process  Co.  to  cancel  its  program 
for  Thrivo  dog  food,  has  resulted  in  cancellation  of  tlte  "Oliz  io  Santoro"  pro- 
gram on  the  Blue  by  Philadelphia  Scrapple.  Ho'wever  Thriz-o  is  nozv  being 
packed  in  a  new  form  in  cardboard  boxes  and  returned  to  the  Blue  Sunday 
as  sponsor  of  "Olizio  Santoro."  .  .  .  Sheffield  Farms  has  purchased  participa- 
tions on  "Woman's  Page  of  the  Air"  over  WABC.  .  .  .  Crazciord  Clothes 
has  closed  a  26-zi'eek  contract  with  WMCA  for  10  hours  weekly,  including 
six  hours  of  live  talent  shozes.  .  .  .  Manhattan  Soap  has  signed  for  participa- 
tions on  the  Mary  Margaret  McBridc  shozi'  on  WEAF,  beginning  May  11. 
.  .  .  The  NBC  Summer  Symphony,  now  heard  on  the  Blue  Tuesdays,  9:30- 
10:30  P.  M.,  will  shift  to  Saturdays.  9-9:45  P.  M.,  beginning  May  9.  Con- 
ductors for  the  Summer  season  will  be  Icier  Solomon,  Burle  Marx,  Frank 
Black  and  Nicolai  Malko. 

•  •  • 

XEK,  Mexico  City,  recently  observed  its  17th  anniversary  with  a  fiesta 
that  lasted  17%  hours. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  KROW,  Oakland,  CaL,  is  now  broadcasting  the 
games  of  both  the  San  Francisco  and  Oakland  baseball  clubs.  KYA,  San 
Francisco,  was  unable  to  clear  time  for  the  games  and  KROW  was  able  to 
complete  the  deal  because  the  teams  alternate  at  home  games.  .  .  .  Jack  Swith, 
KDKA.  Pittsburgh,  newscaster,  is  father  of  a  girl.  .  .  .  Philip  Goulding  has 
joined  the  news  staff  of  WEEI,  Boston.  .  .  .  "Bump"  Hadley,  major  league 
baseball  star,  has  signed  to  do  baseball  and  sports  for  WBZ  and  WBZA, 
Boston.  .  .  .  WCAE,  Pittsburgh,  is  asking  for  song  manuscripts  from  service 
men  to  be  broadcast  on  "Song  Sampler."  .  .  .  Clifford  Gorsuch  has  joined 
KDKA.  Pittsburgh,  as  studio  operator.  .  .  .  Hal  Seville,  national  sales  man- 
ager for  Maryland  Coverage  Network,  was  married  this  month.  .  .  .  Vernon 
H.  Smith,  manager  of  KOWH,  Omaha,  has  been  promoted  to  salesmanager 
of  the  station  and  the  Omaha  IVorld-Hcrald,  which  owns  the  station.  .  .  . 
Mary  Little,  radio  editor  of  the  Des  Moines  Register  and  Tribune,  has  started 
a  weekly  program  on  KSO.  Des  Moines,  devoted  to  fan  news  about  radio 
programs.  .  .  .  New  recording  equipment  has  been  installed  at  NBC  Chicago 
studios,  reportedly  doubling  previous  facilities.  .  .  .  Clem  McCarthy  has  been 
signed  by  WAIT,  Chicago,  to  do  racing  broadcasts  from  Chicago  tracks.  .  .  . 
WIND,  Chicago,  is  now  airing  25  announcements  carrying  slogans  designed 
to  stimulate  morale  and  the  war  effort.  .  .  .  Robert  Kendall  is  acting  NBC 
Chicago  night  manager  pending  selection  of  a  successor  to  Philip  J.  Martin, 
resigned. 

•  •  e 

Beginning  May  4  and  for  the  duration  of  die  horse  racing  season.  Mutual 
zi'ill  broadcast  track  ez'ents  Mondays  through  Saturdays.  4:15-4.30  P.  M. 


FCC  'Freezes' 
Radio  Changes 
For  Duration 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

mercial  stations  of  an  educational 
nature.   

The  Commission  ordered  thatjf''1 
persons  with  applications  pending  . 
be  required  to  file  a  report  by  June 
1  to  prove  that  public  interest  requires 
the  grant,  and  no  applications  filed  to 
meet  the  requirements  outstanding  in 
the  form  of  conditional  grants  or  re- 
questing an  extension  of  time  for  con- 
struction will  be  allowed  unless  it  can 
be  shown  that  the  applicant  has  already 
made  substantial  expenditures  in  con- 
nection therewith  or  actually  has  com- 
menced construction,  and  has  on  hand 
or  available  all  materials  and  equip- 
ment necessary  for  completion. 

It  was  held,  however,  that  the  ban 
is  not  to  preclude  the  issuance  of  au- 
thorizations for  essential  repairs  or 
replacements  to  maintain  existing 
services.  This,  it  was  explained,  will 
permit  the  replacement  of  a  station 
damaged  by  fire  and  take  care  of  sim- 
ilar emergencies. 


Mexico  Announcers 
Face  Examinations 

Mexco  City,  April  27. — The  Fed- 
eral Government  has  become  more 
strict  with  radio  announcers.  It  has 
ordered  all  of  the  300  in  the  coun- 
try, including  about  20  women,  to  pre- 
sent themselves  during  May  for  an  ex- 
amination prepared  by  the  Ministry' 
of  Communications  and  Public  Works, 
in  charge  of  Mexico's  radio  business. 

The  idea  of  this  examination  is  to 
determine  just  which  of  the  an- 
nouncers are  fit  for  their  jobs.  Those 
who  pass  will  be  granted  permanent 
licenses.  Every"  radio  announcer  in 
Mexico  is  now  working  under  a  pro- 
visional permit.  All  these  permits  ex- 
pire in  May. 


WEVD  Transmitter 
Dedicated  Thursday 

WEVD  will  dedicate  its  new  5,000 
watt  transmitter  on  Thursday  here, 
with  a  special  program  from  lO  P.  M. 
to  midnight.  "Radio  at  War,"  will  be 
the  general  subject  of  discussion,  and 
those  scheduled  to  talk  include  Dr. 
Frank  Kingdon,  Herbert  Agar,  Dor- 
othy Thompson,  Jan  Masaryk,  Clifton 
Fadiman,  Elmer  Davis.  Rex  Stout, 
Eugene  Lyons  and  Tex  McCrary. 
Others  expected  to  appear  include 
George  S.  Kaufman,  Irving  Berlin. 
Paul  Muni,  Tallulah  Bankhead,  Ella 
Logan,  Barry  Wood. 


Records  to  Stations 
For  Navy  Relief  Aid 

The  Navy  Relief  Society  has  sent 
10  one-minute  transcriptions  to  600 
stations  for  use  in  the  current  drive. 
Those  making  the  one-minute  appeals 
were  Eddie  Cantor.  Merle  Oberon, 
Lowell  Thomas.  Madeleine  Carroll, 
Tyrone  Power,  Hedda  Hopper,  Fred- 
ric  March,  Geraldine  Fitzgerald,  Clif- 
ton Fadiman  and  Gene  Tunney.  The 
announcers  are  Harry  von  Zell,  Lyell 
Van.  Clayton  Collier,  Charlie  Cantor 
and  Ed  Herlihy. 


Alert, 

InteiHgei 

away 

to  the^ 

Gjtion 

Picture 

Industry 

MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


First  In 


(jL.  51.  NO.  83 

NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  29,  1942 

TEN  CENTS 

CEILING  PUT  OVER 
FILM  MATERIALS 


Everything  But  Rentals, 
Admissions,  Labor 
Under  Control 

By  BERTRAM  F.  LINZ 

Washington,  April  28. — Every- 
thing that  goes  into  the  production 
of  motion  pictures  except  labor  and 
everything  used  in  theatres  except 
pictures  was  tonight  placed  under 
a  price  ceiling  by  Price  Adminis- 
trator Leon  Henderson. 

Previously  issued  price  orders 
will  continue  to  apply  but  all 
commodities  not  heretofore  cov- 
ered are  to  have  as  a  maximum 
price  the  highest  price  at  which 
they  were  sold  by  manufacturer, 
distributor  and  retailer  in 
March.  The  order  becomes  ef- 
fective May  11  as  to  manufac- 
turers' and  wholesalers'  prices 
and  one  week  later  on  retail 
prices. 

Not  affected  by  the  general  over-all 
ceiling  orders  are  those  commodities 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Univ.  Will  Hold  Sales 
Meet  Here  June  2-5 

Universal's  annual  sales  convention 
will  be  held  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria 
Hotel  here  from  June  2  through  June 
5,  William  A.  Scully,  vice-president 
and  general  sales  manager,  announced 
yesterday. 

The  company's  entire  field  sales 
force  of  approximately  250  district 
and  branch  managers,  salesmen,  book- 
ers and  office  managers  will  attend 
the  convention,  and  also  home  office, 
studio  and  Canadian  sales  officials. 

Universal  is  the  first  major  com- 
pany to  announce  annual  convention 
plans. 


'Moontide'  Opens 
At  Rivoli  Tonight 

With  the  familiar  klieg  lights  ab- 
sent because  of  dimout  regulations, 
the  premiere  of  "Moontide,"  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox film  starring  Jean  Gabin, 
will  be  held  at  the  Rivoli  on  Broad- 
way tonight.  Civic  and  society  figures 
will  attend  and  more  than  200  mem- 
bers of  the  Free  French  movement 
are  expected.  The  opening  is  spon- 
sored by  the  American  Theatre  Wing, 
as  is  a  supper  following  at  the  "21" 
Club  at  which  Gabin  will  be  guest  of 
honor. 


Jewish  Appeal 
Is  Called  Part 
Of  War  Effort 


That  the  United  Jewish  Appeal 
campaign  this  year  is  a  definite  part 
of  the  war  effort  was  stressed  at 
a  luncheon  meeting  of  the  Amuse- 
ment Division  yesterday  at  the 
Hotel  Astor. 

David  Bernstein  and  Barney  Bala- 
ban,  co-chairmen  with  Major  Albert 
Warner,  declared  that  reports  on  the 
progress  in  connection  with  the  indus- 
try drive  luncheon  at  the  Hotel  Astor 
May  12  are  highly  encouraging.  Bern- 
stein pointed  out  that  the  United  Jew- 
ish Appeal  is  concerned  with  the  ulti- 
mate survival  of  the  Jews,  and  cited 
President  Roosevelt's  declaration  that 
this  is  a  war  of  survival. 

Present  at  the  luncheon  were :  Ar- 
thur Israel,  Jr.,  Leonard  Goldenson, 
Harold  Rodner,  Max  Blackman, 
Samuel  Schneider,  Jack  Bloom, 
Joseph  Lee,  Dan  Michalson,  Irving 
H.  Greenfield,  Leopold  Friedman, 
Toby  Gruen,  Hyman  Rachmil,  Samu- 
el Rinzler,  Louis  Frisch,  Edward  Ru- 
goff,  Joseph  Seidelman,  David  Levy, 
Max  Seligman,  Nat  Lefkowitz,  John 
Schubert,  Louis  Nizer,  Miss  I.  H. 
Garretson,  Sam  Forrest  and  Leo 
Brecher. 


THEATRES  HIT  BY 
'DIMOUT'  ORDERS 


Sales  Heads  Will 
Set  Cancellations 
Under  Umpi's  Plan 


General  sales  managers  of  con- 
senting companies  are  determining  in- 
dividual policies  on  cancellation  to  be 
offered  by  their  companies  under  the 
proposed  new  sales  plan  of  the  United 
Motion  Picture  Industry.  Indications 
are  that  several  may  liberalize  the 
plan's  provisions  by  permitting  cancel- 
lation from  among  the  five  films  which 
will  be  tradeshown,  it  was  learned 
yesterday. 

The  plan  provides  that  cancellation 
need  apply  only  to  the  seven  uncom- 
pleted pictures  in  each  block  of  12 
sold.  Several  distribution  companies, 
it  was  indicated,  will  adhere  to  this 
formula,  while  others  may  make  can- 
cellation applicable  to  as  many  as  10 
pictures  in  each  block. 

A  meeting  of  the  Umpi  finance  com- 
mittee will  be  held  at  the  Astor  Hotel 
today  with  H.  M.  Richey,  chairman, 
presiding.  Proposals  for  an  Umpi 
budget  and  financing  plan  will  be  pre- 
pared for  submission  to  the  Umpi 
committee  of  the  whole  for  approval 
at  its  next  meeting  early  next  month. 
Present  indications  are  that  the  budget 
may  be  less  than  the  $75,000  originally 
estimated  but  the  subscription  plan  of 
financing  reported  earlier  may  be  re- 
tained. 


FCC  Permits  Flexible  Minimum 

Hours  Schedule  in  Broadcasting 

Washington,  April  28. — The  Federal  Communications  Commission, 
in  a  move  to  aid  broadcasters  to  meet  the  emergency  situation 
created  by  the  shortage  of  materials  and  manpower,  today  an- 
nounced relaxation  of  the  operating  schedule  requirements. 

The  new  rules,  in  effect,  will  permit  licensees  to  maintain  such 
minimum  schedules  of  hours  as  are  best  suited  to  the  needs  of  the 
area  served  by  the  station. 

By  amendment  to  the  existing  rules,  the  new  operating  require- 
ments call  for  operation  during  two-thirds  of  the  authorized  hours 
between  6  A.M.  and  midnight.  The  FCC  believes  that  this  will  be 
of  material  assistance  to  licensees  and  operating  personnel,  and 
that  it  will  also  serve  to  extend  the  life  of  equipment  and  reduce 
maintenance  requirements. 

Although  the  equipment  shortage  has  not  yet  become  acute,  a 
real  shortage  of  engineers  is  believed  faced  by  the  industry  in  the 
near  future. 

The  FCC  ruling  applies  only  to  standard  broadcast  stations  and 
does  not  change  existing  FM  or  television  broadcast  regulations. 


E.  Coast  15  Miles  Inland 
Affected;  Specific 
Rules  Awaited 


All  marquee  and  other  lighting 
on  theatres  which  shines  at  an 
angle  higher  than  the  horizontal 
will  have  to  be  extinguished  for 
the  duration,  in  New  York,  New 
Jersey  and  Delaware  coastal  areas, 
according  to  official  interpretations 
given  yesterday  by  spokesmen  for 
the  Army  command  in  the  Second 
Corps  Area  and  the  Office  of  Civil- 
ian Defense. 

This  ruling  applies  to  all  the- 
tres  in  the  15-mile  area  extend- 
ing from  the  coast  as  designat- 
ed by  Major  Gen.  Irving  Phil- 
lipson,  commander  of  the  Sec- 
ond Corps  Area,  and  will,  of 
course,  include  the  entire  Times 
Square  sector.   The  same  inter- 
pretation is  expected  to  extend 
to  the  entire  coastal  area  from 
Maine  to  Florida,  now  under 
Army  jurisdiction. 
Both  Army  and  OCD  officials  stat- 
ed that  the  enforcement  of  regulations 
would  be  left  to  local  authorities  at 
present.    The  New  York  police,  up 
to  a  late  hour  yesterday,  had  not  is- 
sued any  specific  rulings. 

Theatres  actually  on  the  coast  line, 
will,  of  course,  have  to  extinguish  all 
lights  visible  at  sea  but  the  ruling 
is  also  directed  at  theatres  at  inland 
points  up  to  15  miles  from  the  coast 
to  reduce  the  glow  that  causes  ships 
to  be  silhouetted  against  the  shore. 

Lights  directly  under  the  marquees 
will  be  permitted  to  remain  because 
they  are  shaded  by  the  marquee  itself 
and  do  not  shine  above  the  horizontal 
angle,  but  those  on  top  of  the  marquee 
or  alongside  the  wall  of  the  theatre 
will  have  to  be  extinguished.  The 
Army  and  OCD  spokesmen  empha- 
sized that  there  was  no  objection  to 

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Para.  Common  on 
$1  Dividend  Basis 

Paramount's  common  stock  was 
placed  on  a  regular  $1  dividend  basis 
by  the  company  yesterday  when  the 
board  of  directors  declared  a  regular 
quarterly  dividend  of  25  cents  a  share, 
payable  July  1  to  holders  of  record 
June  15. 

The  board  also  declared  a  regular 
quarterly  dividend  of  $1.50  a  share 
on  the  first  preferred  stock,  payable 
July  1  to  holders  of  record  June  17. 


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Wednesday,  April  29,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Personal  Mention 


Hollywood,  April  28 

THE  cooperation  independent  pro- 
ducers may  expect  from  the  Navy 
will  be  discussed  Thursday  night  by 
Lieut.  Cmdr.  A.  J.  Bolton  at  a  meeting 
of  the  Independent  M.  P.  Producers 
Association.  At  the  same  time,  ac- 
cording to  I.  E.  Chadwick,  president, 
the  producers  will  tell  what  coopera- 
tion they  expect  to  give  the  Navy. 
• 

Rodney  Pantages,  a  member  of  Los 
Angeles  Theatre  Defense  Bureau, 
working  with  engineers  of  the  East- 
man Kodak  Co.,  has  devised  a  theatre 
lobby  blackout  lamp  which  has  been 
approved  by  local  defense  authorities. 
Sketches  showing  its  construction  and 
methods  are  being  issued  this  week  to 
bureau  members. 

• 

M-G-M  announced  today  that 
Mickey  Rooney's  next  picture  will  be 
Rudyard  Kipling's  "Kim,"  and  that 
Hedy  Lamarr  will  have  the  role  of 
"Tondeleyo"  in  "White  Cargo."  Victor 
Saville  will  produce  both  films. 
• 

Columbia  is  changing  its  setup  of 
western  picture  programs  with  Bob 
Wills  and  his  Texas  Playboys  to  be 
featured  in  a  series  of  eight  films  with 
Russell  Hayden.  Walter  "Dub"  Tay- 
lor will  have  the  featured  comedy  spot. 
Hayden's  former  co-star,  Charles 
Starrett,  will  be  featured  in  a  new 
series  of  westerns.  The  program  for 
Bill  Elliott,  another  Columbia  western 
player,  who  was  co-starred  with  Tex 
Ritter,  is  not  yet  set,  Ritter  having 
gone  to  Universal. 


Army-Navy  Relief 
Drive  Meet  Today 

Max  A.  Cohen,  New  York  State 
chairman  for  the  Army  and  Navy 
Emergency  Relief  drive,  scheduled  for 
May  14-20,  has  called  a  meeting  of  all 
industry  branches  for  11  A.  M.  today 
at  the  Hotel  Astor  to  discuss  plans 
for  the  campaign  in  the  Metropolitan 
area.  C.  C.  Moskowitz  is  co-chair- 
man. 

Details  of  the  military  parade  on 
Broadway  on  May  14,  the  opening 
day  of  the  drive,  will  be  discussed, 
as  well  as  the  organization  of  the 
theatres  in  the  area  for  auditorium 
collections  during  the  week  of  the 
campaign.  More  than  6,700  pledges 
have  been  received  from  theatres  thus 
far,  it  was  reported  yesterday.  The 
campaign  press  sheet  will  go  out  this 
week  to  all  theatres  signing  pledges. 

Proceeds  of  Col. 

Shorts  Go  to  USO 

Kate  Smith  will  make  a  series  of 
one-reel  community  sing  subjects,  to 
be  distributed  by  Columbia,  the  pro- 
ceeds to  be  donated  to  the  United 
Service  Organizations,  Columbia  an- 
nounced yesterday. 

The  series,  known  as  "America 
Sings  With  Kate  Smith,"  will  be  pro- 
duced here  by  Columbia,  under  Ted 
Collins'  supervision,  at  the  rate  of  one 
a  month.  The  subjects  will  be  re- 
duced to  16mm.  for  the  Army  and 
Navy  entertainment  centers.  Miss 
Smith  received  SI  as  consideration  for 
the  contract.  Jack  Cohn,  Columbia 
vice-president,  is  coordinator  of  the 
entertainment  and  sports  division  of 
the  New  York  USO  campaign. 


FRANK  KENNEBEC,  Paramount 
managing   director  for   India,  is 
scheduled  to  leave  for  New  York  soon. 
• 

Alfred  Hitchcock  and  Jack  H. 
Skirball  have  returned  to  the  Coast. 
• 

Hugh  Maguire,  office  manager  at 
the  RKO  New  Haven  exchange,  has 
entered  the  Air  Corps  as  a  lieutenant. 
• 

Colin  W.  Flannigan,  manager  of 
Schine's  Regent  Theatre,  Geneva.  N. 
Y.,  has  joined  the  Army. 

• 

Robert  Fulton,  manager  of  the 
Tri-States  Paramount  Theatre,  Des 
Moines,  has  returned  to  work  follow- 
ing an  operation. 

• 

James  Grainger  of  the  Stadium 
Theatre,  Woonsocket,  R.  I.,  has  been 
inducted  into  the  Army. 


Umpi  Plan  Approved 
By  Kansas -Missouri 


Kansas  City,  April  28. — Approval 
of  the  Umpi  sales  plan  was  voted 
here  today  by  the  Kansas-Missouri 
Theatre  Association  at  its  24th  annual 
convention.  The  plan  was  presented 
and  recommended  by  Ed  Kuykendall, 
president  of  the  MPT  OA.  Ku3*ken- 
dall  said  that  further  adjustments  in 
the  industry  unity  program  might  be 
expected  as  steps  were  tried  out. 

The  meeting,  held  at  the  Phillips 
Hotel,  will  continue  tomorrow.  R.  R. 
Biechele,  president,  is  presiding.  E. 
C.  Rhoden,  War  Activities  Commit- 
tee regional  chairman,  urged  complete 
cooperation  in  the  war  effort  and  sug- 
gested that  methods  be  adopted  to  im- 
prove the  coordination  of  exchanges 
and  exhibitors  in  war  work. 

H.  J.  Griffith,  chief  barker  of  the 
local  Variety  Club,  discussed  the 
club's  promotion  of  war  bonds  and 
stamps.  Byron  Spencer,  attorney,  dis- 
cussing Kansas  legislation  regarding 
music  copyrights,  reported  that  Ascap 
and  BMI  had  registered  compliance 
with  the  state  laws.  David  Palfrey- 
man  of  the  MPPDA  addressed  the 
meeting. 

20th-Fox  Purchases 
'The  Moon  Is  Down9 

Film  rights  to  "The  Moon  Is 
Down,"  play  by  John  Steinbeck,  were 
acquired  yesterday  by  20th  Century- 
Fox  in  what  the  company  described 
as  a  "transaction  involving  the  highest 
amount  of  money  ever  paid  for  a 
Broadway  stage  success." 

Oscar  Serlin.  producer  of  the  Stein- 
beck play,  said  the  price  was  S300.000. 
The  play  is  now  current  on  Broadway. 


Plan  Streimer  Tribute 

A  bronze  tablet  to  the  memory 
of  Moe  Streimer  will  be  unveiled  on 
Sunday,  May  10,  at  11 :4S  A.  M.  at 
the  Congregation  Ezrath  Israel,  at  339 
West  47th  Street,  by  a  group  of  indus- 
try friends.  Jack  Ellis  and  Michael 
Ruden  are  in  charge  of  arrangements. 


Greenthal,  Too 

Monroe  Greenthal  will  join  A.  M. 
Botsford  and  Glendon  Allvine  on  the 
Martin  Weldon  program  over  WINS 
today.  They  will  be  interviewed  on 
industry  public  relations. 


MICHAEL  O'DONOGHUE,  man- 
ager of  the  Capitol  Theatre, 
Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.,  is  the  father  of  a 
son,  born  last  week. 

• 

Robert  H.  Monks  of  Warners'  Fox 
Theatre,  Philadelphia,  will  be  induct- 
ed into  the  Army  next  week. 
• 

Max  Miller,  director  of  publicity 
for  the  William  Goldman  circuit, 
Philadelphia,  leaves  for  military  duty 
next  month. 

• 

Morris  Wolf  has  been  reelected  to 
the  executive  committee  of  the  Unit- 
ed Charities  Campaign  in  Philadel- 
phia. 

• 

Ben  Haber  of  the  20th  Century- 
Fox  advertising  department  is  the 
father  of  a  son,  born  Monday  at  the 
Jewish  Hospital  in  Brooklyn. 

Griffis,  Weitman  to 
Capital  on  Caravan 

Washington,  April  28.  —  Stanton 
Griffis,  chairman  of  the  special  events 
committee  of  the  Navy  Relief  Society, 
is  due  here  tomorrow  afternoon  from 
New  York  with  Robert  Weitman,  who 
is  acting  as  Griffis'  aide,  for  final  meet- 
ings on  die  scheduled  appearances  of 
the  Hollywood  Victory  Caravan. 
Griffis  will  return  to  New  York,  but 
Weitman  will  accompany  the  caravan 
on  part  of  its  tour. 

The  Caravan  of  Hollywood  stars 
will  arrive  here  tomorrow  morning 
from  the  Coast  to  prepare  for  the 
opening  performance  here  of  the  13 
scheduled  one-night  stand  benefits  on 
behalf  of  Army  and  Navy  Emergency 
Relief.  The  first  show  will  be  held 
at  Loew's  Capitol  on  Thursday  eve- 
ning. 

Two  rehearsals  of  the  troupe  are 
scheduled  for  tomorrow  and  another 
on  Thursday.  The  theatre  will  close 
at  5  P.M.  Thursday  for  a  dress  re- 
hearsal. Barrett  Kiesling  has  arrived 
here  to  assist  on  arrangements.  The 
visiting  stars  will  have  breakfast  to- 
morrow morning  at  the  Army  and 
Navy  Club,  and  a  tea  in  their  honor 
has  been  arranged  at  the  White  House 
for  Thursday  afternoon. 


Flinn  to  Start  With 
SIMPP  on  May  1 

John  C.  Flinn  will  establish  head- 
quarters for  the  Society  of  Indepen- 
dent Motion  Picture  Producers  in 
Hollywood  upon  taking  over  his  new 
post  of  executive  secretary  of  the 
organization  on  May  1,  Loyd  Wright, 
president  of  the  society,  announced 
yesterday. 

Wright  also  announced  that  Hunt 
Stromberg,  who  has  organized  his 
own  producing  company  to  release 
through  United  Artists,  has  joined 
the  Society.  Wright  plans  to  leave 
for  Hollywood  tomorrow. 


Operates  Buxbaum  House 

Joseph  M.  Seider,  president  of  Pru- 
dential Playhouses,  will  operate  the 
Casino  Theatre  on  Shelter  Island, 
L.  I.,  a  Summer  house,  for  Harry  S. 
Buxbaum,  while  the  latter  is  serving 
with  the  Naval  Air  Service.  Bux- 
baum is  the  son  of  Harry  Buxbaum, 
20th  Century-Fox  New  York  branch 
manager. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


THE  new  issues  have  a  variety  of 
subjects  including  the  draft  regis- 
tration for  men  45  to  65,  the  Holly- 
wood Victory  Caravan  beginning  its 
tour,  Marines  in  landing  maneuvers, 
construction  of  upside-down  sub-chas- 
ers in  Michigan  and  the  annual  Pena. 
Relays  meeting  in  Philadelphia.  T# 
reels  and  their  contents:  -» 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  67— New  draft 

registration.  Troopship  loaded  for  voyage. 
Marines  in  maneuvers.  Panama  tests  de- 
fenses. Annapolis  dress  parade.  Holly- 
wood Victory  show  begins  tour.  Production 
of  sub-chasers.  R.A.F.  uses  camera  gun. 
Quintuplet  goats.  Jamaica  racing.  Penn 
Relays. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  265— Grand- 
fathers register.  Marines  in  maneuvers. 
Sub-chasers  built  in  Michigan.  War  train- 
ing in  Panama.  Victory  caravan  in  Holly- 
wood. Millionth  ticket  to  service  man  in 
New  York.  Racing  in  Maryland.  Penn 
Relays. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  70— Hunt 
race  in  Maryland.  Penn  Relays  in  Phila- 
delphia. Torpedoed  Argentine  tanker 
reaches  port.  Senator  Connolly  married  in 
New  Orleans.  New  York  models  in  war 
posters.  Springtime  notes.  Marines  test 
new  equipment.  New  York  committee  dis- 
tributes millionth  free  ticket  to  service  man. 
Stars  on  Hollywood  Caravan.  Draft  regis- 
tration. 

RJCO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  70— Draft 
registration.  Troops  set  for  overseas  duty. 
Marines  in  maneuvers.  R.A.F.  air  show  in 
England.  Washington  co-eds  learn  about 
tractors.  Hollywood  star  caravan  begins 
tour.  Production  of  sub-chasers  in  Michi- 
gan. Troops  in  Canal  Zone  maneuvers. 
Penn  Relays. 

UNIVERSAL    NEWSREEL,    No.  79- 

R.A.  F.  maneuvers.  Roosevelt  registers  for 
draft.  New  type  sub-chasers  in  Michigan. 
Marines  in  landing  maneuvers.  Panama 
defenses  tested.  Dress  review  at  Annapolis. 
Hollywood  Victor}'  show  begins  tour.  Penn 
Relays.     Racing  at  Jamaica. 

Plans  Annual  Film 
Award  in  England 

London,  April  28. — Lady  Yule,  as- 
sociated with  British  National  Films, 
plans  to  establish  each  year  in  Eng- 
land, a  series  of  awards  to  British  film 
personalities  and  companies. 

Discussions  are  currently  in  prog- 
ress with  the  British  Film  Institute 
which,  it  has  been  suggested,  should 
be  the  judge  in  such  a  plan. 


W.B.  Plans  Musical 

Hollywood,  April  28.  —  Warners 
plan  a  musical  based  on  the  life  of 
Marilyn  Miller,  Ziegfeld  star. 


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Remember  M-G-M's  Prediction? 


Not 
ONE! 


Not 
TWO! 


Not 
THREE! 


Not 
FOUR! 


But  FIVE 
BIG  HITS! 


IT'S  TRUE! 


"RIO  RITA"  (Abbott  &  Costello) 

Topping  the  biggest  of  M-G-M's  past  musicals.  Held  over  from  coast  to  coast!  Absolutely 
sensational! 

TORTILLA  FLAT"  (Spencer  Tracy,  Hedy  Lamarr, 
John  Qarfield) 

Trade-shown  and  acclaimed  by  showmen  and  press!  Selected  as  Red  Book  Magazine's  Prize 
"Picture  of  the  Month."  Watch  the  first  engagements  next  week! 

"SHIP  AHOY"  (Eleanor  Powell,  Red  Skelton, 
Tommy  Dorsey  and  Orchestra) 

As  predicted!  As  confirmed  at  trade-showings,  M-G-M  adds  another  magnificent  musical 
extravaganza  to  its  "Great  Ziegfeld"  and  "Babes  on  Broadway"  crowd-getters.  Just  starting  its 
box-office  career  at  press  time!  Watch! 

"TARZAN'S  NEW  YORK  ADVENTURE 

(Johnny  Weissmuller,  Maureen  O'Sullivan) 

We  told  you  that  not  since  "King  Kong"  such  breath-taking  thrills  and  fun.  The  trade-press 
says  it's  the  best  of  them  all!  The  trade-show  enthusiasm  is  your  tip-off  to  get  set  for  a  show- 
manship spree! 

"MRS.  MINIVER  "(Qreer  Qarson,  Walter  Pidgeon) 

We  predicted  it  would  be  one  of  this  year's  Biggest,  perhaps  the  Biggest!  Never  has  a  motion 
picture  been  so  discussed  in  this  industry  prior  to  its  general  showing  to  the  trade  or  press! 
On  word-of-mouth  alone,  following  its  several  "sneak"  previews  in  California,  it  is  already 
conceded  to  be  the  Giant  Production  of  1942.  Watch  for  notice  of  its  trade  showings.  When 
you  see  it,  you'll  tell  us  "They  didn't  say  half  enough  about  'Mrs.  Miniver'!" 


Five  Big 


M-G-M  Shows  in  a  Row!    A  Prophecy  Come  TrueS 


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Wednesday,  April  29,  1942 


I 


Dimout  Order 
Hits  Theatres 
On  East  Coast 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

these  lights  remaining  on  provided 
that  they  were  shaded  from  above. 
However,  it  was  pointed  out  that  this 
would  be  extremely  difficult  generally 
and  impossible  in  most  cases.  One  of 
the  spokesmen  expressed  the  opinion 
that  all  of  Times  Square  would  be 
blacked  out  except  for  street  and  store 
front  lights  and  illumination  under  the 
marquees. 

The  text  of  Section  (d)  of  General 
Phillipson's  order  reads : 

"All  exterior  lights  used  for  illu- 
mination of  streets,  roads,  highways 
and  parkways  will  be  shaded  so  as  to 
prevent  their  direct  rays  being  visible 
from  the  sea  or  shining  at  any  angle 
above  the  horizontal.  Exterior  illu- 
mination used  for  advertising,  or  pur- 
poses other  than  the  foregoing,  that 
cannot  be  so  shaded  shall  be  extin- 
guished." 

Theatre  men  yesterday  said  they 
would  await  specific  instructions  and 
would  comply  promptly  when  the 
orders  came  through.  The  police  de- 
partment is  expected  to  issue  full 
regulations  shortly. 

Meanwhile,  the  first  premiere  to  be 
affected  here  by  dimout  regulations 
is  that  of  "Moontide"  at  the  Rivoli 
this  evening.  The  police  asked  that 
no  klieg  and  search  lights  be  used  in 
connection  with  the  premiere. 


Canada  Price  Plan 
'Splendid':  Myers 

Toronto,  April  28.— "I  think 
the  price  ceiling  plan  in 
Canada  is  splendid,"  Abram 
F.  Myers,  chairman  and  gen- 
eral counsel  of  Allied  States, 
declared  here  tonight,  after 
a  day  of  meetings  with  of- 
ficials of  the  Wartime  Prices 
and  Trade  Board  and  officers 
of  the  National  Council  of 
Motion  Picture  Exhibitors. 

Myers  expressed  satisfac- 
tion with  what  he  termed  "the 
elasticity  of  stabilization"  as 
applied  to  theatres  and  said 
he  was  pleased  to  learn  first 
hand  that  control  was  main- 
tained over  film  contracts. 
After  a  luncheon  session  with 
Henry  Falk,  Barnett  Laver, 
Tom  Walton  and  other  inde- 
pendent theatre  leaders,  a 
round  table  discussion  took 
place  regarding  the  coopera- 
tion of  independent  exhibitors 
in  the  two  countries  under 
war  conditions. 


Mandel  Takes  Over 
2  Elman  Exchanges 

Chicago,  April  28. — Irving  Mandel, 
who  recently  acquired  the  Monogram 
franchises  here  and  in  Indianapolis, 
formerly  operated  by  Henri  Elman, 
on  May  3  will  take  over  Elman's  ex- 
change quarters  in  both  cities. 

Mandel  also  will  take  over  all  Mono- 
gram product,  the  new  company  oper- 
ating as  Monogram  Pictures,  Inc.  Ben 
Eisenberg,  former  United  Artists 
branch  manager  here,  has  joined  Man- 
del  as  sales  manager.  Mandel  at  one 
time  held  the  Republic  franchise  here. 
Elman  has  not  announced  his  future 
plans. 


Kodak  Sales  Gain 
31%  for  12  Weeks 

Rochester,  April  28. — Eastman 
Kodak  had  a  31  per  cent  increase  in 
sales  during  the  first  three  four-week 
periods  of  the  current  year,  ended 
March  21,  last,  compared  with  the  same 
period  of  1941,  it  was  revealed  at 
the  annual  stockholders  meeting.  Sales 
for  the  period  this  year  totaled 
$40,430,035. 

Reelected  to  the  board  of  directors 
were :  Thomas  J.  Hargrave,  presi- 
dent;  James  Sibley  Watson,  Paul  S. 
Achilles  and  Herman  C.  Sievers,  a 
vice-president. 


British  Films  Drop 
In  Last  Quota  Year 


London,  April  28. — British  produc- 
tion suffered  a  numerical  drop  in  the 
last  quota  year  for  distributors,  closed 
last  March  31.  Only  46  British  fea- 
tures were  registered  in  that  period, 
compared  with  65  in  the  same  months 
of  the  previous  quota  year.  Of  these, 
five  counted  as  triple  quota,  13  as 
double  and  10  as  exhibitors  quota  only. 

A  total  of  447  foreign  features  was 
registered  as  compared  with  403  the 
previous  year.  Despite  the  boom  in 
documentaries,  shorts  production  also 
showed  a  decline.  In  all,  179  shorts 
were  registered  as  British,  62  less  than 
in  the  previous  12  months. 


Mexican  Film  Bank 
Increasing  Capital 


Mexico  City,  April  28. — Mexico's 
first  bank  devoted  exclusively  to  the 
film  industry,  the  Banco  Cinematogra- 
fica,  S.  A.,  shortly  will  increase  its 
capital  from  the  present  $600,000  to 
$1,000,000,  according  to  Antonio  Es- 
pinosa  de  los  Moneros,  president.  The 
capital  is  provided  by  the  industry,  the 
Federal  Government  and  private 
banks.  The  bank  has  moved  to  new 
offices  in  the  heart  of  the  city's  film 
row. 

Bank  officials  have  expressed  the  be- 
lief that  the  increased  capitalization 
should  permit  greater  adaptation  of 
films  to  audiences  in  the  United 
States.  With  improved  conditions  in 
Mexico  generally,  Mexican  producers 
estimate  they  will  far  exceed  the  total 
of  produced  films  of  recent  years, 
some  estimating  80  features  as  the  to- 
tal 1942  Mexican  production. 

Alonso  Sanchez  Tello,  leading  pro- 
ducer, plans  the  first  feature  in  color 
to  be  made  in  this  country,  "La  Pan- 
chita,"  a  comedy  drama. 


Board  Hears  First 
Oral  Appeal  Today 

The  first  oral  argument  before  the 
national  arbitration  appeals  board  will 
be  heard  here  today  in  the  appeal  of 
the  Fox  Kansas  City  Corp.  from  the 
award  in  a  clearance  complaint 
brought  by  the  Dickinson  Theatre, 
Mission,  Kan. 

John  Caskey  of  Dwight,  Harris, 
Koegel  &  Caskey,  20th  Century-Fox 
counsel,  and  Stanley  Thompson,  at- 
torney for  Loew's,  will  make  the 
arguments  for  the  five  consenting 
companies. 


Hold  Preview  of  'Sal' 

A  preview  of  "My  Gal  Sal"  fol- 
lowed by  a  dance  on  the  stage  was 
given  by  the  Roxy  last  night  for  serv- 
ice men.  The  dance  was  a  "blind 
date"  affair  to  which  hundreds  of 
working  girls  were  invited. 


Studio  Decorators  Get 
$130  Week  Minimum 

Hollywood,  April  28. — A  five-year 
agreement  calling  for  upward  revision 
of  minimum  wage  scales  and  screen 
credits  for  set  decorators  has  been 
signed  by  producers  with  the  Society 
of  Motion  Picture  Interior  Decora- 
tors. 

The  new  scale  for  decorators  is 
$130  weekly  minimum  instead  of  the 
former  $110.  Assistants  were  raised 
from  $66  to  $75  weekly  minimum.  The 
increases  are  retroactive  to  April  1. 
A  clause  in  the  new  pact  calls  for 
reopening  of  wage  discussions  in  1944. 


Frank  on  USO  Group 

Pittsburgh,  April  28.  —  Morton 
Frank  of  the  Pittsburgh  Pres/s  and 
Motion  Picture  Daily  correspond- 
ent, has  been  appointed  chairman  of 
the  USO  Committee  for  Serving 
Service  Men  stationed  in  and  around 
Pittsburgh.  I.  Elmer  Ecker  of  the 
Variety  Club  is  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee. 


Gary  Theatre  Files 
Clearance  Complaint 

Chicago,  April  28.— The  Y  &  W 
Management  Corp.,  operator  of  the 
first  run  Palace,  Gary,  Ind.,  filed  a 
clearance  complaint  here  today  against 
20th  Century-Fox  and  RKO.  The 
complaint  charges  that  the  clearance 
granted  B  &  K's  Tivoli  and  South- 
town  and  Warners'  Capitol  and  Ava- 
lon  over  the  Palace  is  unreasonable. 
Gary  is  25  miles  from  the  theatres 
named  as  interested  parties. 


Terry  Buys  Screen 
Rights  to  Comic  Strip 

Screen  rights  to  "Nancy,"  cartoon 
strip  running  in  the  New  York  Post, 
has  been  purchased  by  Paul  Terry, 
producer  of  Terrytoons,  from  United 
Features,  which  handles  the  Ernie 
Bushmiller  cartoons.  "School  Daze" 
will  be  the  first  release,  on  Sept.  18, 
for  20th  Century-Fox. 


U.  S.  Ceiling 
On  Materials 
In  Industry 


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specifically    exempted    in   the  Price 
Control  Act,  including  motion  pictu^ 
and  theatre  admissions.    Radio  bijl 
casting  also  is  exempt.  ™» 

The  Henderson  order  was  the  first 
step  taken  in  Washington  to  put  into 
effect  the  seven-point  anti-inflation 
program  laid  before  Congress  yester- 
day by  President  Roosevelt.  Members 
of  the  House  Ways  and  Means  com- 
mittee today  also  questioned  Treasury 
officials  regarding  the  President's 
recommendations  for  total  taxation  of 
all  excess  profits  and  a  limitation  on 
individual  net  income  to  $25,000,  but 
did  not  indicate  that  either  suggestion 
would  be  incorporated  in  the  tax  bill 
now  being  written. 

The  price  control  order  will  fix 
maximum  prices  for  everything  going 
into  theatres,  from  the  carpets  on  the 
floor  to  the  carbons  in  the  projector, 
and  similarly  will  apply  to  materials 
used  in  production,  but  each  manufac- 
turer, wholesaler  and  retailer  will  ob- 
serve the  price  he  charged  in  March, 
thus  making  it  possible  to  "shop" 
around  as  in  the  past. 

In  supplemental  orders  designed  to 
bring  under  the  general  price  control 
various  commodities  on  which  maxi- 
mum price  regulations  previously  have 
been  imposed,  the  OPA  revoked  the 
temporary  regulation  on  the  resale  by 
distributors  and  retailers  of  new  radio 
receiving  sets  and  phonographs. 


WJZ  Starts  Series 
On  Store  Leaders 

An  innovation  in  sustaining  broad- 
casts will  be  tested  on  WJZ  begin- 
ning Sunday  when  the  station  will 
start  a  program  listing  for  con- 
sumers the  10  leading  values  offered 
in  department  stores  the  following 
day.  Consumer  education,  including 
retail  policies,  wartime  regulations, 
conservation  practices,  and  merchan- 
dise status  will  also  be  featured. 
Called  "Department  Store  News,"  it 
will  be  heard  each  night  except  Sat- 
urday 11:05-11:15  P.M. 

The  program  is  designed  as  a  serv- 
ice to  the  stores  and  consumers  and 
will  not  be  available  for  sponsorship, 
it  was  said. 


Gillham  Visiting  Frisco 

Hollywood,  April  28. — Robert  H. 
Gillham,  director  of  advertising  and 
publicity  for  Paramount,  who  arrived 
here  yesterday,  left  tonight  for  San 
Francisco,  where  he  will  spend  two 
days  before  returning  to  New  York. 


Hays  Due  Tomorrow 

Will  H.  Hays,  president  of  the 
MPPDA,  is  due  here  by  train  to- 
morrow from  the  Coast.  While  in 
Hollywood,  he  presided  at  a  number 
of  meetings,  including  one  with  Low- 
ell Mellett,  Coordinator  of  Govern- 
ment Films. 


Mochrie  on  Tour 

Robert  Mochrie,  RKO  Eastern  di- 
vision sales  manager,  leaves  today  for 
Indianapolis  to  join  Nat  Levy,  captain 
of  the  Ned  Depinet  sales  drive,  on  a 
tour  of  Eastern  exchanges.  The  drive 
continues  until  June  19. 


NBC  Restricts  Music 
Publishers9  Contacts 

To  eliminate  evils  in  song-plugging, 
C.  L.  Menser,  NBC  program  man- 
ager, yesterday  ordered  that  all  con- 
tacts with  the  network's  music  library 
for  song  clearances  will  be  limited 
to  one  officially  delegated  representa- 
tive of  the  Music  Publishers  Contact 
Employes  Union,  Local  22102.  The 
rule  will  go  into  effect  May  4.  On 
the  same  date,  the  time  required  to 
elapse  between  renditions  of  a  song 
will  be  reduced  from  three  to  two 
hours. 


Quits'U'  Sales  Staff 

Philadelphia,  April  28. — Jack 
Graham,  Universal  salesman,  covering 
the  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  territory,  has  re- 
signed from  the  local  exchange. 


Wednesday,  April  29,  1942 


MOTION  PICTURE  DAILY 


5 


'Kings  Row'  in 
Philadelphia 
Gets  $16,000 


Philadelphia,   April   28— "Kings 
Row,"  in  the  third  week  at  the  Boyd, 
-^>red  516,000.    At  the  Earle,  "Sulli- 
%'s  Travels"  for  six  days  with  a 
vaudeville   show   headed  by  Johnny 
11  Davis'  orchestra,  took  $21,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ended  April  21-24: 

"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para) 

ALDINE— (1,400)    (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $6,000.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"Citizen  Kane"  (RKO) 

ARCADIA — (600)  (35c-46c-57c)  8  days,  2d 
run.     Gross:  $3,500.     (Average,  $2,600) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.B.) 

BOYD— (2,400)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  / 
days,  3d  week.  Gross:  $16,000.  (Average, 
$13,000) 

"Sullivan's  Travels"   (Para)    6  days 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

1  day  ,  „ 

EARLE— (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Vaudeville  including  Connee  Boswell. 
Johnny  Davis'  orchestra,  Gloria  Van,  Bob 
Reynolds,  Tony  Cabot  and  Cliff  Nazarro. 
Gross:  $21,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"Blanche's  Blessed  Event"  (Col.) 

FAY'S — (2,190)  (15c-29c-35c-46c-57c)  7 
days.  Vaudeville  including  Eddie  White. 
Ben  Yost's  Singing  Models,  Haynes  & 
Perry,  Judson  Cole,  Stewart  &  Lee,  Gae 
Foster's  Roxyettes  and  Billy  Klaiss'  orches- 
tra. Gross:  $4,200.  (Average,  $6,900) 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

FOX— (3,00)    (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $14,500.     (Average,  $13,000) 
"Mister  V"  (U.A.) 

KARLTOX— (1,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) 
7  days,  2d  run.  Gross:  $5,000.  (Average, 
$3,000) 

"Seng  of  the  Islands"  (20th-Fox) 

KEITH'S  —  (2,200)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2d  run.  Gross:  $3,500.  (Average, 
$4,500) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

STANLEY— (2,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2d  week.  Gross:  $15,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"The  Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.A.) 

STANTON — (1,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  " 


Notes  from  Hollywood 


Hollywood,  April  28 

1"»  WENTIETH  CENTURY-FOX  faces  its  heaviest  location  schedule 
in  years,  with  shooting  scheduled  tentatively  in  six  states  and  two 
foreign  countries.  With  wartime  regulations  restricting  outdoor  loca- 
tions on  the  Pacific  Coastal  plains,  the  studio  plans  to  photograph  seven 
pictures  in  the  locales  with  which  they 


days,  2d  week. 
$4,500) 


Gross:  $7,000.  (Average, 


Tripoli'  at  $5,800 
In  Oklahoma  City 

Oklahoma  City,  April  28. — "To 
the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  drew  §5,800  at 
the  Criterion,  and  "Kings  Row"  in  a 
third  week,  drew  $2,000  at  the  Tower. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  23 : 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th- Fox) 

CRITERION— (1.500)  (20c-25c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,800.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Confirm  or  Deny"  (20th-Fox) 
"Sailors  on  Leave"  (Rep.) 

LIBERTY— (1,200)  (20c-25c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$2,400.    (Average.  $2,400) 
"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M) 

MIDWEST— (1,500)   (20c-25c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,500.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Invaders"  (RKO) 

STATE—  (1,100)     (20c-25c-40c)     7  days. 
Gross:  S4.000.    (Average,  $3,500) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

TOWER—  (1,000)  (20c-25c-40c)  7  days. 
Moved  from  two  week  run  at  downtown 
Criterion.    Gross:   $2,000.    (Average.  $1,750) 


W.B.  Theatres  Staff 
Holds  Meeting  Here 

Joseph  Bernhard,  vice-president  and 
general  manager  of  Warners,  and 
Harry  M.  Kalmine,  assistant  general 
manager  of  Warner  Theatres, 
addressed  a  meeting  of  the  circuit's 
buyers  and  bookers  yesterday  at  the 
home  office.  The  conservation  pro- 
gram, economies  in  operation  and  ex- 
tended playing  time  for  important 
films  were  discussed. 


are  associated 

A  second  unit  of  "The  Black  Swan," 
which  will  star  Tyrone  Power  and 
Maureen  O'Hara,  is  already  at  work 
in  Mexico.  The  company  itself  is  ex- 
pected to  go  below  the  border  in  about 
five  weeks,  and  later  go  to  Florida  for 
other  shots. 

"Springtime  in  the  Rockies,"  a  musi- 
cal with  Betty  Grable,  Carmen  Mir- 
anda and  Harry  James'  orchestra, 
will  be  shot  in  part  at  Lake  Louise, 
Canada.  "Sioux  City,"  Technicolor 
outdoor  special,  will  probably  go  to 
the  Black  Hills  of  South  Dakota. 

Utah  backgrounds  will  be 
used  in  "My  Friend  Flicka," 
starring  Roddy  McDowall,  and 
"Crash  Dive,"  story  of  sub- 
marines, will  be  made  in  part 
at  New  London,  Conn.,  provided 
the  Navy  will  permit  the  use  of 
the  submarine  base  there. 

Nevada,  scene  of  the  action  of  "The 
OxBow  Incident,"  will  play  host  to 
a  20th  Century-Fox  troupe,  with 
"Coney  Island"  scenes  to  be  used  in 
the  picture  of  that  name.  Parts  of 
"Down  to  the  Sea  in  Ships"  will  be 
photographed  in  Mexico. 

•  • 

Six  literary  properties  were  ac- 
quired by  Hollywood  studios  last 
week.  Twentieth  Century-Fox  pur- 
chased two— "This  Little  Pig  Went  to 
Murder,"  by  James  O'Hanlan,  which 
W alter  Morosco  will  produce,  and 
"Porcelain  Lady,"  by  Edwin  Blum, 
which  Milton  Sperling  will  produce. 
Monogram  acquired  "The  Lady  Mem- 
ber," by  Damon  Runyon,  and  "Storm 
Out  of  the  West,"  by  director  Wil- 
liam K.  Howard.  Independent  pro- 
ducer Edward  F.  Finney  purchased 
"Wings  of  Mercy,"  story  by  Betty 
Laidlaw  and  Robert  Lively,  based 
on  the  work  of  women  ambulance 
drivers  in  the  war.  M-G-M  bought 
"I'd  Rather  See  a  Ghost,"  original 
mystery  yarn  by  Jack  Jungmeyer, 
Jr.,  and  Maurice  Rapf. 

•  • 

Alexis  Smith's  next  will  be 
"Heaven  on  49th  Street,"  at  Warners 
It  deals  with  St.  Malachy's  Church 
on  49th  Street,  New  York.  Ben 
Stoloff  will  produce  .  .  .  Archie 
Mayo  replaces  the  ailing  John 
Brahm  on  "Orchestra  Wife,"  20th 
Century-Fox.  Brahm  in  the  mean- 
time has  been  assigned  the  forthcom- 
ing "Crash  Dive"  .  .  .  "Mississippi 
Belle"  will  be  Mark  Hellinger's 
first  production  assignment  on  his  re- 
turn to  Warners  .  .  .  Anna  Lee  gets 
the  top  feminine  role  in  Republic's 
special,  "Flying  Tigers."  Young 
Bill  Shirley  has  a  supporting  part. 

•  • 

Sol  Lesser's  first  production  on 
his  return  to  United  Artists  will  be 
"For  the  Love  of  Michael,"  Rose 
Franken  script  .  .  .  Ozzie  Nelson 
and  his  orchestra  and  William  T. 
Orr  join  the  troupe  of  Damon  Run- 
yon's  "The  Big  Street".  .  .  Lela 
Rogers,  Ginger  Rogers'  mother,  will 
play  her  mother  in  Paramount's  "The 
Major  and  the  Minor"  .  .  .  "Junior 
Generals,"  based  on  the  activities  of 


the  Junior  Army  being  sponsored  by 
the  Hearst  Newspapers,  has  been 
placed  on  the  Columbia  production 
schedule.  Freddie  Bartholomew  prob- 
ably will  play  the  lead. 

Jean  Negulesco  and  Dudley 
Chambers,  accompanied  by  a 
camera  crew,  have  left  for  West 
Point  and  Annapolis  to  film  two 
short  subjects  presenting  the 
academies'  bands  and  glee  clubs 
.  .  .  Production  has  started  on 
"Tish"  at  M-G-M,  with  Marjorie 
Main,  Zasu  Pitts,  Aline  MacMa- 
hon,  Lee  Bowman,  and  Virginia 
Grey  in  the  leads.  S.  Sylvan 
Simon  is  directing  and  O.  O.  Dull 
producing. 

•  • 

Renamed  Leslie  Brooks,  Loraine 
Gettman,  former  model,  gets  a  term 
contract  at  Columbia.  Her  first  will 
be  the  feminine  lead  in  "Overland  to 
Deadwood,"  opposite  Charles  Star- 
rett  and  Russell  Hayden  .  .  .  Dal- 
ton  Trumbo,  writer,  has  been  loaned 
bv  Paramount  to  M-G-M  for  an  as- 


India  Increases 

Duty  on  Pictures 

London,  April  28. — Import 
duties  on  films  have  been  in- 
creased by  the  Indian  author- 
ities. The  increase  amounts 
to  20  per  cent.  The  duty  on  a 
feature  of  8,000  feet  is  now 
approximately  £150  (about 
$600). 


signment  .  .  .  Elinor  Troy  is  the  first 
supporting  player  to  be  signed  by 
Samuel  Goldwyn  for  the  Bob  Hope- 
Dorothy  Lamour  vehicle. 

•  • 

Warner  Bros,  signed  Paul  Lukas 
to  repeat  his  stage  role  in  "Watch  on 
the  Rhine,"  it  was  announced  today. 
The  film  is  scheduled  to  start  June  1. 

•  • 

Sidney  Buchman  has  arrived  from 
New  York  and  reported  to  Columbia 
to  do  the  script  on  "The  American 
Way".  .  .  Ralph  Sanford  has  been 
given  a  term  acting  deal  by  Pine- 
Thomas  .  .  .  RKO  has  set  Robert 
Stevenson  to  direct  "China  Sky," 
from  the  Pearl  S.  Buck  novel,  and 
Edward  Sutherland  to  guide  "The 
Navy  Comes  Through."  The  latter 
will  star  Pat  O'Brien,  Randolph 
Scott  and  Jackie  Cooper  .  .  .  Col- 
umbia has  changed  the  title  of  "Valley 
of  the  Lawless  Men,"  Charles  Star- 
ret-Russell  Hayden  western,  to 
"Bad  Men  of  the  Hills." 


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Co-starring  Ida  Lupino!  With 
Claude  Rains, Thomas  Mitchell. 
Directed  by  ARCHIE  MAYO 
Produced  by  MARK  HELLINGER 
Screen  Play  by  John  O'Hara. 


TO  THE  MOTHERS 
OF  AMERICA! 

The  Spring  offensive  of  the  motion  picture  industry 

As  vital  as  a  military  campaign 

Starts  Saturday,  May  30th. 

16,000  strong  and  raring  for  action 

The  Theatres  of  America 

In  one  great  concerted  movement 

Will  place  on  sale  in  lobby  or  at  box-office 

(continued  above) 


I  {continued) 


I  War  Bonds  and  Stamps  for  Victory! 
With  all  the  showmanship  at  our  command, 
jWith  all  our  hearts  and  souls 
I  We  pledge  the  Mothers  of  America 
fight  this  battle  of  the  home  front 

> 

1  So  that  the  weapons  of  war  will 
More  than  ever  pour  from  the  factories: 
|  Thunderous  tanks  to  back  your  boys 
1  Clouds  of  planes  to  support  your  sons— 
'  America's  fighting  machines  in  engulfing  torrents 
To  sweep  the  way  for  your  loved  ones 
To  Victory! 


THEATRE  DRIVE  FOR  WAR  BONDS  AND  STAMPS! 

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Notice  to  Exhibitors :  A  giant  Campaign  Book  for  Theatre  War  Stamp  and  Bond  Action  is  in  preparation.  You 
will  receive  one  shortly.  It  tells  you  how  to  fulfill  your  part  in  America's  crucial  war  effort.  It  presents  publicity, 
advertising,  showmanship  to  make  your  theatre  outstanding  and  an  inspiration  to  your  community.  In  unioni 
there  is  strength.  Let  the  motion  picture  theatres  of  America  be  at  the  forefront  of  the  home  front. 


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MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


First  in 


L.  51.  NO.  &4 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A..  THURSDAY.  APRIL  30.  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Police  Enforce 
Dimout  Order; 
Blackout  Set 


Times  Square  to  Be  Dark 
At  9:30  Tonight 


With  every  police  officer  made 
an  enforcement  agent  for  the  dim- 
out  ordered  by  the  Army,  Broad- 
way's display  lights  and  those  in 
other  sections  of  Manhattan  and 
Brooklyn  were  ordered  out  at  10 
o'clock  last  night. 

The  action,  forecast  exclusively  by 
Motion  Picture  Daily  yesterday, 
followed  issuance  of  general  dimout 


For  tonight's  mid-Manhattan 
blackout  the  Paramount  The- 
atre will  set  up  its  Broadway 
box-office  in  the  outer  lobby, 
and  the  Radio  City  Music  Hall 
will  close  all  box-offices  except 
the  one  located  underground  at 
the  theatre's  subway  entrance. 


orders  Tuesday  which,  according  to 
the  authorities,  were  observed  only  50 
per  cent. 

The  lights-out  order  will  remain 
in  effect  pending  specific  clarification 
of  the  rules  by  Army  officials,  it  was 
stated.  A  permanent  dimout,  either 
total  or  partial,  is  expected,  however. 

Meanwhile  the  Broadway  sector  is 
prepared  for  tonight's  test  blackout 
from  9:30  to  9:50.  The  blackout, 
scheduled  originally  for  9  to  9  :20,  will 
take  place  in  the  area  from  23d  St. 
to  123d  St.,  and  from  East  River  to 
the  Hudson. 

All  theatres  were  ordered  by  the 
police  to  put  out  exterior  lights  with 
the  exception  of  the  small  lamps  be- 

(Continued  on  page  3) 


Hollywood  Caravan 
Starts  Tour  Tonight 

Washington,  April  29. — The  Hol- 
lywood Victory  Caravan,  a  troupe  of 
23  stars,  tomorrow  night  at  Loew's 
Capitol  here  will  open  its  tour  on  be- 
half of  Army  and  Navy  Emergency 
Relief. 

The  troupe  will  play  one-night 
stands  in  13  cities,  the  proceeds  to  be 
divided  equally  between  the  two  serv- 
ice relief  organizations.  The  group 
arrived  today  from  Hollywood  by  spe- 
cial train  and  held  rehearsals. 

Bob  Hope,  who  will  be  master  of 
ceremonies  for  this  tour,  is  also 
scheduled  for  an  eight-week  tour  of 
personal  appearances  at  Army  camps 
and  Naval  stations. 


Allied  B  oar  d  Meeting 
Expected  to  Approve 
Umpi  Sales  Proposal 


Chicago,  April  29. — Approval  of 
the  proposed  selling  plan  of  the  United 
Motion  Picture  Industry  by  the  board 
of  directors  of  Allied  States  Asso- 
ciation is  expected  at  its  meeting  at 
the  Congress  Hotel  here  tomorrow. 

The  meeting  has  been  described  by 
Abram  F.  Myers,  chairman  and  gen- 
eral counsel,  as  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant ever  held  by  the  organization. 
In  addition  to  action  on  the  Umpi 
sales  plan,  which  Myers  and  H.  A. 
Cole,  a  national  director,  have  public- 
ly defended  against  criticism  by  the 
Society  of  Independent  Motion  Pic- 
ture Producers,  and  which  has  been 
rejected  by  only  one  Allied  unit,  the 
meeting  will  hear  a  report  from 
Myers  on  the  working  of  the  Canadian 
price  freezing  measures  as  they  apply 
(Continued  on  page  8) 


Paine  Made  Ascap 
Operating  Executive 

The  Ascap  board  of  directors  yes- 
terday voted  John  G.  Paine,  general 
manager,  full  authority  "to  conduct 
the  business  of  the  Society,"  subject 
to  the  approval  of  Deems  Taylor, 
president,  the  executive  committee  and 
the  board,  it  was  announced  last  night. 

The  announcement  stated  that  "this 
action  followed  the  recommendation  of 
Taylor  and  the  executive  committee 
as  part  of  the  general  plan  for  the  re- 
organization of  the  Society's  affairs." 

Gene  Buck,  former  president,  who 
was  succeeded  by  Taylor  last  week, 
was  voted  a  15-year  contract  in  a 
consultant  and  advisory  capacity  at  a 
salary'  of  $25,000  a  year.' 


10- WEEK  PRODUCT 
SUPPLY  ON  HAND 


10  Studios  Have  93  Features  Available; 
Paramount  Leads  With  17,  Universal 
Has  15  and  Columbia  13 


Veeder  Urges  Clearance 
Systems  Be  Coordinated 


By  ROSCOE  WILLIAMS 

Hollywood,  April  29. — If  enemy  action,  economic  stoppage  or  other 
cause  were  to  freeze  studio  cameras  at  a  given  moment  this  afternoon, 
the  flow  of  product  could  be  maintained  with  films  from  inventory  for 

about  10  weeks. 

As  of  today  Hollywood  has  in 
cutting  room  and  storage  vault  a 
total  of  93  feature  length  pictures. 
This  figure  is  exclusive  of  films 
now  in  shooting  stage  and  of  pic- 
tures which  have  been  tradeshown 
or  previewed  in  anticipation  of  re- 
lease. 

Circulated  reports  to  the  effect  that 
studios  have  been  amassing  a  backlog 
of  product  in  expectation  of  Govern- 
mental curtailment  are  without  sub- 
stantiation from  responsible  quarters 
and  are  not  supported  by  past  records, 
which  indicate  that  the  present  state 
of  inventory  is  normal,  on  the  whole, 
although  sharply  up  in  the  case  of 
Paramount  and  down  in  the  case  of 
RKO. 

Paramount  has  17  pictures  in 
post-shooting  stage,  not  includ- 
ing the  six  announced  for  trade 
showing  next  week.  This  studio 
was  first  among  those  which 
embarked  on  a  policy  of  build- 
ing up  a  large  backlog  at  the 
the  approach  of  block-of-five 
selling,  with  the  objective  of 
facilitating  showmanly  packag- 
ing, and  has  maintained  this 
policy  steadily,  although  most 
studios  relaxed  it  more  or  less 
later  on. 

Warner  Bros.,  formerly  and  long 
a  leader  in  point   of   backlog  with 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


What  Is  Ready 

Hollywood,  April  29. — The  backlog 
of  93  features  at  10  studios  in  cutting 
room  or  storage  vault  is  reflected  in 
the  following  breakdown : 

Paramount    17 

Universal   15 

Columbia   13 

20th-Fox    12 

Warners    10 

M-G-M    9 

RKO    5 

Republic    5 

Monogram   4 

United  Artists   3 


Canadian  Price  Rule 
Seen  Same  as  U.  S. 

Toronto,  April  29. — Price  ceiling 
regulations  in  Canada  may  eventually 
parallel  those  of  the  United  States 
with  respect  to  film  rentals  and  thea- 
tre admissions,  in  the  opinion  of  some 
industry  observers  here.  Rentals  and 
admissions  are  exempt  under  the 
price-fixing  rules  in  the  United  States. 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


Clearance  in  K.C. 
Seen  Appeal  Stake 

If  the  clearance  awarded  the  Dick- 
inson Theatre,  Mission,  Kan.,  is  per- 
mitted to  stand,  it  would  completely 
upset  the  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  clearance 
schedules,  John  Caskey,  of  counsel  for 
20th  Century-Fox,  told  the  arbitration 
appeals  board  here  yesterday  in  argu- 
ing for  a  reversal  of  the  award.  The 

(Continued  on  page  3) 


Coordination  of  clearance  schedules 
to  eliminate  conflicting  bases  for  de- 
termining clearance  would  simplify 
the  system  and  should  prove  desirable, 
Van  Vechten  Veeder,  chairman  of  the 
Arbitration  Appeals  Board,  said  yes- 
terday. 

Also,  competitive  conditions  on 
which  many  clearance  schedules  are 
based  will  be  outmoded  with  increased 
restrictions  on  automobile  use,  Veeder 
intimated.  He  made  these  observa- 
tions in  the  course  of  argument  on 

(Continued  on  page  3) 


WPB  Considering 
Conservation  Plan 

Washington,  April  29.— Donald  M. 
Xelson,  War  Production  Board  di- 
rector, is  expected  soon  to  take  up 
consideration  of  a  plan  for  a  voluntary 
conservation  campaign  by  the  film  in- 
dustry under  which  there  would  be  no 
need  for  an  official  order  restricting 
theatre  materials,  it  was  disclosed  here 
today. 

Meantime,  the  board's  conservation 
order  for  theatres  which,  it  had  been 
indicated  officially,  would  be  forthcom- 
ing before  the  end  of  the  month,  ap- 
(Continued  on  page  3) 


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Motion  Picture  daily 


Thursday,  April  30.  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  April  29 

THE  life  story  of  Draja  Mihailo- 
vich,  Jugoslav  minister  of  war  and 
Nazi-fighting  guerrilla  leader,  will  be 
brought  to  the  screen  by  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox as  "The  Seventh  Column," 
the  studio  announced  today.  Rights 
to  use  the  patriot's  story  have  been 
obtained  from  a  relative  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, it  was  stated.  Bryan  Foy  is 
scheduled  to  produce  the  film. 
• 

Brian  Aherne's  first  assignment 
under  his  Columbia  contract  will  be 
"Salute  to  Sahara,"  based  on  the  diary 
of  a  British  soldier  in  the  African 
campaign,  it  was  announced.  Glenn 
Ford  will  co-star.  Charles  Vidor  will 
direct  for  producer  Harry  Joe  Brown. 
• 

Samuel  Goldwyn  today  announced  a 
one-year  extension  of  the  contract  of 
Collier  Young,  his  story  editor  here. 


Personal  Mention 


Committees  Named 
For  RKO  Tourney 

Committees  have  been  named  for 
the  annual  RKO  golf  tournament,  to 
be  held  May  14  at  the  Westchester 
Country  Club  at  Rye,  N.  Y. 

The  committees  are:  Tournament, 
George  J.  Schaefer,  chairman ;  Ned 
E.  Depinet,  R.  C,  Patterson,  Mal- 
colm Kingsbcrg,  Phil  Reisman,  J. 
Henry  Walters,  Gordon  Youngman, 
Leon  Goldberg,  L.  E.  Thompson ;  Pub- 
licity, S.  Barret  McCormick,  Rutgers 
Neilson,  Harry  Mandel,  Arthur  M. 
Brilant,  Jack  Level,  Maurice  Harris, 
Al  Adams ;  Working,  John  J.  Jones, 
Harry  Gittleson,  Saul  Berman,  Al 
Tuchman,  Arthur  White,  Charlie 
Fretz,  Arthur  Herskovitz,  James  Mul- 
hall ;  Prize  Award,  J.  Henry  Wal- 
ters, John  Farmer,  Richard  Gavin, 
Lou  Gaudreau. 


Manager  Thanked 
By  Canadian  Army 

Toronto,  April  29. — Manager  Jack 
Nelson  of  the  Capitol  Theatre,  North 
Bay,  Ont.,  operated  by  Famous  Play- 
ers Canadian  Corp.,  has  received  the 
formal  thanks  of  the  Canadian  Army, 
through  the  Northern  Ontario  Com- 
mand, for  his  assistance  and  coopera- 
tion with  a  large  nearby  garrison. 

The  Capitol  has  entertained  an  av- 
erage of  1,000  soldiers  per  month  at 
a  free  show  since  the  opening  of  the 
camp  18  months  ago  and  Nelson  has 
sponsored  the  operation  of  club  rooms 
for  the  troops  as  a  community  feature. 


Faichney  to  Wed 

Jean  Davis  Here 

James  B.  Faichney,  motion  picture 
editor  of  the  pictorial  branch  of  the 
War  Department  Bureau  of  Public 
Relations,  arrived  here  yesterday  from 
Washington  and  tomorrow  will  be 
married  to  Jean  Davis  of  Yonkers.  He 
formerly  was  short  subject  editor  for 
RKO  Pathe  News. 


T  OSEPH  M.  SCHENCK  is  in 
*J    town  from  the  Coast. 

e 

Norman  Ayers,  Warner  Eastern 
district  manager,  was  in  Buffalo  and 
Gloversville  this  week. 

• 

E.  J.  McKenna  of  RKO's  Okla- 
homa City  exchange,  has  enlisted  in 
the  Army. 

Leon  Netter  has  left  for  the  South. 


ED   KUYKENDALL  is  expected 
in  New  York  from  Kansas  City 
this  weekend. 

Loyd  Wright  will  leave  for  the 
Coast  today. 

Frank  Phelps  of  Warner  Thea- 
tres has  left  for  Chicago. 


Henry  Henigson  is  in  town  from 
the  Coast. 


PRC  Meet  Opens 
On  Coast  Tuesday 


Delay  Ampa  Election 
Until  Middle  of  May 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Ampa, 
at  which  new  officers  were  to  be 
elected,  which  was  to  have  been  held 
today,  has  been  postponed  until  about 
the  middle  of  May,  with  the  date  to 
be  announced  shortly,  Vincent  Trotta, 
Ampa  president,  said  yesterday. 


Hollywood,  April  29. — Producers 
Releasing  Corp.  executives  have  ar- 
rived here  for  the  annual  franchise 
holders  convention  which  opens  next 
Tuesday  at  the  Hollywood  Roosevelt 
Hotel.  The  meeting  will  end  Thurs- 
day. 

Now  here  framing  the  program  are 
Leon  Fromkess,  executive  vice-presi- 
dent in  charge  of  production ;  Arthur 
Greenblatt,  general  sales  manager ; 
Joseph  O'Sullivan,  director  of  adver- 
tising and  publicity;  Roberto  Socas. 
export  manager;  Robert  Benjamin 
and  George  Bonwick,  board  members. 

O.  Henry  Briggs,  president,  will 
open  the  meeting  and  Greenblatt  will 
preside.  Fromkess  will  outline  pro- 
duction plans,  and  Sigmund  Neufeld, 
in  charge  of  westerns,  will  discuss  his 
program.  O'Sullivan,  Socas  and  Ben- 
jamin also  are  scheduled  to  speak. 
New  films  will  be  shown  Tuesday 
afternoon,  Wednesday  morning  will  be 
devoted  to  a  discussion  of  company 
policy,  with  further  screenings  in  the 
afternoon,  and  a  ranch  party  and  eve- 
ning banquet  at  the  studio  will  be  held 
Thursday. 


Moonlight  for  Kliegs 
As  'Moontide9  Opens 

Although  Army  regulations  ruled 
out  floodlights,  the  premiere  of  the 
20th  Century-Fox  film,  "Moontide,"  at 
the  Rivoli  on  Broadway  last  night 
was  an  elaborate  affair,  and  with  the 
house  virtually  filled  to  capacity,  a 
successful  one  for  the  sponsors,  the 
American  Theatre  Wing  War  Serv- 
ice, Inc.  The  Wing,  which  operates 
the  Stage  Door  Canteen  and  other 
services  for  uniformed  men,  netted 
about  $3,000  for  its  fund,  it  was  stated. 

Jean  Gabin,  who  co-stars  in  the  film 
with  Ida  Lupino,  and  scores  of  pro- 
fessionals and  executives  attended. 


W.B.  Circuit  Meets 
In  Ohio  Next  Week 

Meetings  for  Warner  circuit  mana- 
gers in  Ohio  will  be  held  Monday  in 
Columbus  and  Tuesday  in  Cleveland, 
the  latter  for  managers  in  the  north- 
ern part  of  the  State.  Harry  M.  Kal- 
mine,  assistant  general  manager  of 
the  circuit,  will  conduct  the  sessions. 
Harry  Goldberg,  director  of  advertis- 
ing and  publicity,  and  Nat  Wolf,  zone 
manager,  will  attend. 

These  meetings  follow  the  meeting 
of  circuit  buyers  and  bookers  held  here 
this  week  by  Kalmine, 


Committee  of  Whole 
To  Set  Umpi  Budget 

The  budget  of  the  United  Motion 
Picture  Industry  and  financing  plans 
will  be  left  to  Umpi's  committee  of 
the  whole,  it  was  decided  yesterday 
at  a  meeting  of  the  finance  commit- 
tee, of  which  H.  M.  Richey  is  chair- 
man. 

Divergence  of  views  on  the  size  of 
the  budget  and  the  need  for  coopera- 
tion from  all  exhibitor  organizations 
in  subscribing  finances  was  felt  to 
require  action  by  the  general  Umpi 
group,  it  was  explained. 

The  financing  will  be  taken  up  at 
an  Umpi  meeting  to  be  called  by  W. 
F.  Rodgers,  chairman,  within  the  next 
two  weeks. 


Biechele  Reelected 
KMT  A  President 

Kansas  City,  April  29.  —  R.  R. 
Biechele  was  reelected  president  of  the 
Kansas-Missouri  Theatre  Association 
at  the  concluding  session  of  the  or- 
ganization's two-day  convention  here 
today.  Tom  Edwards  was  elected 
vice-president  and  Fred  Meyn  secre- 
tary-treasurer. 

Directors  elected  for  Kansas  are 
Homer  Strowig,  J.  C  Pennington 
and  H.  J.  Griffith.  Missouri  directors 
elected  are  C.  A.  Schultz,  George  W. 
Harttmann  and  C.  E.  Cook. 

Plans  were  discussed  for  a  concilia- 
tion committee  on  industry  grievances 
and  for  checking  on  drives  in  the  terri- 
tory. 


GTE  Net  $284,568; 
Firm  Changes  Name 

General  Theatres  Equipment  Corp. 
and  subsidiaries,  excluding  Cinema 
Building  Corp.,  has  reported  consoli- 
dated net  profit  for  the  three  months 
ended  March  31,  last,  of  $284,568, 
after  depreciation  and  estimated  Fed- 
eral income  and  excess  profits  taxes. 
The  net  compares  with  $256,886  for 
the  corresponding  period  of  1941. 

Stockholders  have  voted  to  change 
the  name  of  the  company  to  General 
Precision  Equipment  Corp.,  in  recog- 
nition of  the  change  in  the  character 
of  the  business,  which  now  is  devoted 
chiefly  to  the  manufacture  of  precision 
equipment  for  various  industries  and 
war  purposes. 


'Tortilla'  to  Music  Hall 

M-G-M's  "Tortilla  Flat"  has  been 
booked  to  play  Radio  City  Music 
Hall,  it  was  announced  yesterday  by 
Gus  Eyssell,  managing  director  of  the 
theatre.  The  film  will  follow  "Sabo- 
teur," which  goes  in  after  the  current 
run  of  "We  Were  Dancing." 


Quote  on  'Moontide' 
Runs  Before  Review 

Showmen  last  night  com- 
mented on  the  appearance  of 
an  advertisement  on  "Moon- 
tide" in  the  first  and  second 
editions  of  the  New  York 
Daily  News  which  included  a 
quotation  from  that  paper's 
review  on  the  picture,  before 
the  review  itself  appeared. 
The  excerpt  from  the  revie 
headlined  the  advertiseme 
with  the  word  "  Terrific! 
Theatremen  said  that  appear- 
ance of  the  quote  in  such 
form  before  the  review  is 
printed  is  unusual.  The  film 
opened  last  night  at  the 
Rivoli. 


Canadian  Industry 
Is  Aiding  Red  Cross 

Toronto,  April  29. — Executives  of 
the  film  industry  in  Toronto  have 
formed  a  special  committee  to  assist 
the  Canadian  Red  Cross  in  its  drive 
for  funds  during  May  through  thea- 
tre displays,  trailers  and  newspaper 
advertising.  Use  is  to  be  made  of  150 
prints  of  the  campaign  trailer  of 
which  40  will  be  booked  into  Ontario 
theatres. 

The  committee  is  headed  by  J.  E. 
Lawson  of  the  Canadian  Picture  Pio- 
neers and  the  members  include  Col. 
John  A.  Cooper;  Morris  Stein,  gen- 
eral manager  of  Famous  Players ;  Os- 
car Hanson,  president  of  the  Canadian 
Picture  Pioneers;  T.  J.  Bragg  of 
Odeon  Theatres  of  Canada;  H.  T. 
Long,  general  manager,  Associated 
Theatres  Limited;  J.  Frank  Meyers. 
Exhibitors  Booking  Association;  N. 
L.  Nathanson,  president,  General  The- 
atres Investment  Corp.,  and  J.  J.  Fitz- 
gibbons,  president,  Famous  Players 
Canadian  Corp. 


Gould  to  S.A.  for 
Expansion  Survey 

Walter  Gould,  United  Artists  for- 
eign manager,  will  leave  for  South 
America  by  plane  tomorrow  to  study 
possibilities  for  theatre  expansion  by 
the  company  in  certain  Latin  Ameri- 
can territories,  the  company  an- 
nounced yesterday.  Gould  also  will 
visit  all  U.  A.  branch  offices  in  South 
America.  He  is  scheduled  to  be  away 
until  July. 


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Kansas  City  Clearance  Seen 
At  Stake  in  Appeal  Hearing 


it.  A  proper  interpretation,  he  said, 
would  be  that  distributors  may  sell  to 
their  own  theatres  only  provided  the 
effects  are  not  counter  to  other  pro- 
visions of  the  decree. 

Meanwhile,  two  clearance  com- 
plaints were  entered  at  the  Boston  ar- 
bitration board  and  an  award  reducing 
existing  clearance  in  another  case  was 
given  there. 

First  of  the  new  complaints  was 
filed  by  Frank  M.  Deane,  operating 
the  Colonial,  Manchester  Depot,  Vt., 
against  Loew's  and  RKO.  It  asks 
that  all  existing  clearance  over  it  held 
by  the  Paramount  and  Grand  at  Rut- 
land, Vt.,  32  miles  distant,  and  by  the 
General  Stark  Theatre,  Bennington, 
Vt,  which  is  served  out  of  the  Al- 
bany exchanges,  be  eliminated. 

Middleboro  Complaint 

The  second  complaint  was  brought 
by  Princess  Amusement  Co.,  operator 
of  the  Middleboro,  Aliddleboro,  Mass., 
against  all  five  consenting  companies. 
It  charges  that  theatres  in  Brockton, 
Taunton,  Boston,  Plymouth,  Buzzards 
Bay,  Wareham,  Onsett  and  Bridge 
water  have  been  given  clearance  over 
the  Middleboro,  although  there  is  no 
competition  between  the  situations.  It 
asks  for  elimination  of  all  clearance. 

Garrett  S.  Hoag,  arbitrator  at  the 
Boston  board,  granted  a  reduction  in 
clearance  of  15  days  to  the  Playhouse, 
Gorham,  Me.,  which  formerly  played 
60  days  after  the  State,  Empire  and 
Strand.  The  arbitrator  held,  how- 
ever, that  the  existing  30  days  clear- 
ance of  Portland  over  Gorham  is 
reasonable. 


Police  Enforce 
Dimout  Order; 
Blackout  Set 


C.E.A.  Decides  on 
New  British  Prices 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

neath  the  marquees,  which  themselves 
were  darkened.  The  18th  Police  Pre- 
cinct in  Manhattan  notified  the  Para- 
mount Theatre  of  the  order  and  at 
the  officers'  request  the  Paramount 
management  notified  all  other  houses 
in  the  Times  Square  sector.  Brook- 
lyn theatres  were  given  direct  orders 
by  the  police. 

Army  officials  said  last  night  that 
there  would  be  no  temporizing  with 
the  order  to  turn  off  lights  visible  at 
sea  or  which  cast  a  glow  upward. 
Violators  are  subject  to  penalties,  but 
there  will  be  no  arrests  at  first,  of- 
ficials said,  although  warnings  will  be 
given. 

Broadway  film  theatres  reportedly 
complied  with  the  dimout  order  at 
sundown. 

The  Great  Dark  Way 

The  normally  Great  White  Way 
presented  an  unusual  spectacle  for  the 
throngs  emerging  from  theatres  late 
last  night.  All  signs  were  out,  with 
the  exception  of  an  individual  one 
here  or  there,  and  the  only  lighting 
at  theatres  was  that  permitted  by  the 
regulations.  The  Astor  Hotel  sign 
was  one  conspicuously  dark. 

For  the  first  time  in  Broadway's 
history,  a  premiere  was  held  without 
the  customary  brilliant  lights.  This 
was  the  opening  of  "Moontide"  at  the 
Rivoli.  There  were  no  kliegs  or  other 
lights,  with  the  exception  of  the  mar- 
quee, and  that  went  dark  at  10  o'clock. 
An  electric  display  fronting  the 
house,  above  the  marquee,  reportedly 
built  at  an  expenditure  of  $7,000,  was 
not  turned  on. 


Veeder  Asks 
Coordination 
Of  Clearance 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

the  appeal   of  the   clearance  award 

^he  Dickinson  Theatre  case. 

▼  eeder  reminded  attorneys  appear- 
ing before  him  that  the  impending 
Automobile  situation  would  have  to  be 
taken  into  account  in  future  clearance 
complaints  brought  to  arbitration  and 
invited  the  attorneys  to  bear  in  mind 
and  present  their  observations  on  the 
subject  at  the  first  opportunity. 

Observers  at  the  hearing  were  of 
the  opinion  that  numerous  demands 
for  adjustment  of  clearance  schedules 
may  be  made  at  arbitration  tribunals 
throughout  the  country  wherever  such 
schedules  are  based  largely  on  condi- 
tions which  would  become  non-com- 
petitive in  the  event  of  appreciably  re- 
duced use  of  automobiles. 

Following  Veeder' s  observation  on 
the  desirability  of  coordinating  meth- 
ods of  determining  clearance,  John 
Caskey,  counsel  for  20th  Century-Fox, 
objected  that  the  establishment  of  uni- 
form clearance  schedules  might  sub- 
ject arbitrators  to  anti -trust  action. 

"Do  you  think  this  appeals  board  is 
authorized  by  the  consent  decree  to 
so  rationalize  those  clearance  sys- 
tems?" Veeder  asked  Caskey.  The  at- 
torney replied  that  he  believed  the 
board  had  the  authority. 


Mayor  Argues  for 
More  WNYC  Time 

Washington,  April  29. — Mayor 
LaGuardia  today  had  himself  admitted 
to  the  FCC  bar  and  in  the  capacity  of 
lawyer  argued  that  WNYC,  the  New 
York  City  owned  station,  be  permit- 
ted to  remain  on  the  air  until  11  P.M. 
New  York  time,  instead  of  being  com- 
pelled to  sign  off  at  sunset  Minneapo- 
lis time. 

The  application  was  opposed  by 
WCCO,  Minneapolis,  a  CBS  clear 
channel  sttaion  which  operates  on  the 
same  frequency  with  WNYC,  and  the 
State  of  Minnesota.  LaGuardia  and 
John  D.  Moore,  Jr.,  of  that  city's  le- 
gal staff,  told  the  commission  that  too 
many  Minnesota  stations  carry  the 
CBS  programs  and  that  no  interfer- 
ence could  be  offered  by  WNYC. 

D.  N.  Patrick,  CBS  counsel,  de- 
clared that  the  mayor  should  seek  one 
of  the  frequencies  now  used  in  New 
York  City,  in  which  case  he  would 
have  "to  justify  his  service  in  compe- 
tition with  existing  stations  there." 
A.  W.  Bowen,  Minnesota  special  as- 
sistant attorney  general,  said  the 
State  was  interested  in  protecting  the 
rights  of  listeners  in  Minnesota. 


Three  Stations  to 
Join  Blue  Network 

Three  stations  will  join  the  Blue 
June  1,  bringing  the  total  number  of 
affiliates  to  127,  it  was  announced  by 
the  network.  The  outlets  are  KMLB, 
Monroe,  La.,  and  KALB,  Alexandria, 
La.,  both  of  which  operate  on  250 
watts  full  time,  and  WQBC,  Vicks- 
burg,  Miss.,  on  1,000  watts,  days  only. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Dickinson  clearance  had  been  reduced 
from  56  to  28  days  with  respect  to 
Kansas  City  first  runs. 

The  hearing  marked  the  first  time 
the  appeals  board  had  permitted  oral 
argument.  The  board  reserved  de- 
cision. 

Should  the  award  be  upheld,  Caskey 
told  the  board,  it  would  result  in  de- 
priving or  curtailing  the  right  of  con- 
senting companies  operating  theatres 
in  Kansas  City  to  sell  their  own  thea- 
tres on  conditions  of  their  own  choice, 
as  permitted  them  by  the  consent 
decree. 

Cites  U.  S.  Approval 

Stanley  Thompson,  Loew's  attorney, 
told  the  board  that  section  17  of  the 
decree  was  the  result  of  negotiations 
with  the  Department  of  Justice,  and 
that  it  was  accepted  by  the  Govern- 
ment and  approved  by  the  Federal 
court  here  as  explicitly  exempting 
film  deals  between  a  consenting  distri- 
butor and  its  affiliated  theatres  from 
the  decree  regulations  governing 
deals  with  other  theatres. 

H.  C.  Boatwright,  attorney  for  the 
Dickinson,  contended  that  the  Kansas 
City  clearance  system  was  arbitrarily 
established  by  Ward  Scott,  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox district  manager,  and  that 
changes  have  been  refused  by  Elmer 
Rhoden,  Fox  Midwest  Theatres  head. 
He  said  that  a  literal  interpretation  of 
Section  17  would  mean  that  the  Gov- 
ernment and  the  unaffiliated  exhibi- 
tor for  whose  benefit  the  decree  was 
sought,  had  lost  instead  of  gained  by 


Award  CBS  Citation 
For  Best 

CBS,  which  won  first  place  in  the 
Billboard  publicity  survey,  also  won 
top  honors  in  its  annual  exploitation 
survey ,  it  was  disclosed  yesterday. 
This  is  the  first  time  the  same  net- 
work has  won  both  awards. 

KNX,  CBS  station  in  Los  Angeles, 
was  given  a  special  award  for  the 
"outstanding  exploitation  idea"  of  the 
year  for  arranging  to  have  streets  in 
the  Mayfair  housing  unit  named  after 
CBS  stars  and  programs.  WEEI, 
CBS  Boston  outlet,  won  first  place 
in  the  regional  station  division.  Louis 
Ruppel  is  CBS  publicity  head.  His 
assistant,  Hal  Rorke,  was  credited 
with  creation  and  execution  of  the 
KNX  stunt. 

WPB  Considering 
Conservation  Plan 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

peared  tonight  to  have  been  delayed. 
While  officials  refused  to  discuss  the 
reason  for  the  delay,  it  was  suggested 
that  it  has  been  held  up  pending  a  de- 
cision on  the  voluntary  plan. 

Board  officials  said  that  Nelson  has 
not  had  time  to  consider  the  proposal. 


Joins  UA  Sales  Staff 

Philadelphia,  April  29. — Harry 
Tyson,  who  had  been  associated  with 
various  exchanges  here,  has  joined 
United  Artists  here  as  a  salesman. 


London,  April  29. — The  general 
council  of  the  Cinematograph  Exhibi- 
tors Association  today  agreed  upon  a 
scale  of  increased  admissions  to  make 
effective  the  new  tax  on  amusements. 
The  circuit  recommendation  was 
adopted  with  a  minimum  admission 
set  at  six  pence  generally  and  one 
shilling  for  first  runs.  Thus  the  ex- 
hibitor increases  his  gross  price,  but 
pays  an  increased  tax,  and  is  expected 
to  increase  his  revenue  from  each 
class  of  admission. 

The  most  common  admissions  in 
better  class  houses  are  expected  to  be 
nine  pence,  one  shilling ;  one  shilling, 
three  pence ;  one  shilling,  six  pence, 
and  two  shillings.  The  CEA  still  is 
asking  for  minor  adjustments  in  the 
application  of  the  new  tax,  and  con- 
cessions are  expected. 


Trade  War  Activity 
Discussed  on  Radio 

The  industry's  war  activities  and 
participation  in  patriotic  efforts  were 
described  to  a  radio  audience  over 
WINS  yesterday  afternoon  by  A.  M. 
Botsford,  20th  Century-Fox  advertis- 
nig  and  publicity  director,  and  Mon- 
roe Greenthal,  United  Artists  adver- 
tising and  publicity  director.  Glen- 
don  Allvine,  secretary  of  the  Eastern 
Public  Relations  Committee,  also 
spoke  on  the  program. 


There  were  only  a  few  store  win- 
dows illuminated  to  pierce  the  dark- 
ness of  the  near  blackout  on  Broad- 
wajr.  On  the  side  streets,  however, 
the  orders  apparently  had  not  taken 
effect,  as  the  exteriors  of  cafes,  hotels 
and  most  of  the  legitimate  theatres 
were  lighted  as  usual.  . 

May  Ban  Night  Sports 

A  bright  spot  in  the  darkened  pic- 
ture for  exhibitors  appeared  to  be 
that  many  outdoor  amusements  which 
normally  afford  strong  competition 
for  the  amusement  dollar  may  be 
forced  to  discontinue.  Night  baseball 
and  other  outdoor  after-dark  sports 
appeared  certain  victims  of  the  dimout 
regulations.  New  York  Commission- 
er of  Parks  Robert  Moses  ordered 
six  parks  and  beaches  to  close  con- 
cession and  game  areas  by  9  P.  M. 
These  include  Jones  Beach,  Jacob  Riis 
Park,  Wolfes  Pond  Park,  Rockaway 
Beach,  Coney  Island  and  Orchard 
Beach.  "  Beach  resorts  along  the  entire 
Eastern  coastline  are  expected  to  be 
affected  similarly. 


Burr  Mcintosh  Dies 

Hollywood,  April  29. — Burr  Mcin- 
tosh, 79,  veteran  actor,  lecturer  and 
newspaper  man,  died  of  a  heart  attack 
here  yesterday.  He  appeared  in  a 
number  of  films  from  1913  to  1933. 
His  last  was  "The  Sweetheart  of  Sig- 
ma Chi"  for  Monogram. 


WARNERS 

The  Male 
Animal  (C)  126 

0.  De  Havilland 
Henry  Fonda 

Murder  in  the 
Big  House 

(D)   125  ! 
Faye  Emerson 

Kings  Row  (D) 
120 

Ann  Sheridan 

Robert  Cummings 

I  Was  Framed 
(D)  130 
Michael  Ames 
Julie  Bishop 

Larceny,  Inc. 
(D)  131  ! 

Ed  Robinson 
Jane  Wyman 

In  This  Our 
Life  (D)  132 

Bette  Davis 
0.  deHavilland 
George  Brent 

Juke  Girl  (D) 

133 

Ann  Sheridan 
Ronald  Reagan 

UNIVERSAL 

Mystery  of 
Marie  Roget 
(D)  6022 

Pa  trie  Knowles 

Unseen  Enemy 
(D)  6053 
The  Spoilers 
(O)  6048 

Mississippi 
Gambler  (D) 
Strange  Case  of 
Dr.  Rx  (D)  6035 
Fighting  Bill 

The  Saboteur 
(D)  6047 

Priscilla  Lane 
Robt.  Cummings 

You're  Telling 
Me   (C)  6041 

Hugh  Herbert 
Robert  Paige 
Anne  Gwynne 

Broadway  (D) 

George  Raft 
Pat  O'Brien 

Escape  From 
Hong  Kong 
(D) 

Leo  Carrillo 
Andy  Devine 

Almost  Married 
(C)  6024 

Robert  Paige 
Jane  Frazee 

Eagle  Squadron 
(D) 

Diana  Barrymore 
Robert  Stack 

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Jungle  Book 

Sabu 
Joseph  Calleia 
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The  Gold  Rush 
(C) 

(Reissue) 
About  Face  (C) 

(Streamliner) 

Twin  Beds  (C) 

George  Brent 
Joan  Bennett 
Mischa  Auer 

Ships  With 
Wings  (D) 

Friendly 
Enemies  (C) 

Miss  Annie 
Rooney  (D) 

Shirley  Temple 
William  G organ 

20TH-FOX 

Secret  Agent 
of  Japan 
(D)  239 

Foster-Bari 

To  the  Shores 
of  Tripoli 
(D)  240 

Payne-O'Hara 
Randolph  Scott 

Who  Is  Hope 
Schuyler? 
(D)  242 

/.  Allen,  Jr. 
Mary  Howard 

1  The  Man  Who 
Wouldn't  Die 
(D)  243 

Lloyd  Nolan 

My  Gal  Sal 
(M)  244 

Rita  Hayworth 
Mature-Landis 


The  Mad 
Martindales 
(C)  245 

Jane  Withers 

Whispering 
Ghosts  (C) 
246 

Berle-Joyce 

Moontide 
(D)  247 

Jean  Gabin 
Ida  Lupino 



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Film  Supply 
For  10  Weeks 
Now  on  Hand 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Bryan  Foy  turning  out  B  pictures  in 
quantity  while  Hal  B.  Wallis  con- 
centrated on  A's,  has  10  pictures  on 
its  vault  shelves  at  this  time. 

RKO,  which  has  experienced  a  se- 
ries of  lulls  in  production  during  ex- 
ecutive changes  and  readjustments  af- 
fecting operations,  has  five  pictures, 
it  is  said,  in  editing  stage,  in  addition 
to  the  five  scheduled  for  trade  show 
next  week. 

Universal 's  inventory  is  up  some 
from  average  to  15,  not  inclusive  of  a 
finished  serial,  and  Columbia  has  13 
attractions  in  stock. 

Twentieth  Century-Fox,  which  ex- 
hausted its  backlog  in  anticipation  of 
the  package-selling  system,  in  contrast 
with  general  procedure,  now  has  12 
pictures  editing  or  awaiting  trade 
showing,  and  M-G-M  has  nine,  two  of 
these  in  that  twilight  zone  which 
covers  films  once  counted  as  finished 
and  now  back  for  revision. 

The  United  Artists'  group  has  three 
features  ready  for  preview — two  Ed- 
ward Small  productions  and  one 
Loew-Lewin  film — and  also  three  sub- 
features,  "Streamliners,"  from  the 
Hal  Roach  quarter. 

Republic  has  five  pictures  in  post- 
camera  and  pre-screen  stage  and 
Monogram  has  four. 


Canadian  Price  Rule 
Seen  Same  as  U.  S. 

(.Continued  from  page  1) 

while  in  Canada  they  are  under  con- 
trol. 

Donald  Gordon,  chairman  of  the 
Wartime  Prices  and  Trade  Board  of 
Canada,  is  currently  in  Washington, 
discussing  collaboration  with  the  Unit- 
ed States  on  price  controls.  He  is 
conferring  with  Leon  Henderson, 
Price  Administrator. 

It  is  understood  the  situation  was 
discussed  during  the  visit  here  this 
week  of  Abram  F.  Myers,  chairman 
of  the  board  of  Allied  States  As- 
sociation. It  has  been  pointed  out  here 
that  under  the  Canadian  price  regu- 
lations, theatre  operation  and  film 
rental  are  classed  as  services  and  not 
commodities. 


British  Will  Not  Call 
Feminine  Film  Staffs 

London,  April  29. — Assurances  have 
been  received  by  the  Kinematograph 
Renters  Society  that  there  will  not  be 
a  wholesale  call  for  war  service  of 
feminine  staffs  in  the  distributors 
offices. 

The  Ministry  of  Labor  have  agreed 
not  to  call  "immobile"  women  over 
31  for  war  work,  and  to  grant  defer- 
ments for  a  limited  period  to  girls  over 
26  engaged  on  machine  operations  or 
in  pivotal  positions. 


Show  for  Polish  Relief 

Buffalo,  April  29.— Stanley  Koza- 
nov/ski  of  the  Rivola  Theatre  here 
conducted  a  benefit  performance  for 
the  relief  of   Polish   War  Victims. 


Review 


"Maxwell  Archer,  Detective" 

{Monogram) 

D  RODUCED  in  England  by  William  Sistrom,  this  detective-spy  melo 
*     drama  features  John  Loder,  whose  performance  is  superior  to  the 
material  with  which  he  has  to  work.  There  are  occasional  moments  of 
suspense,  but  the  film  as  a  whole  appears  to  lack  those  qualities  of 
action  and  excitement  which  would  give  it  greater  substance. 

John  Paddy  Carstairs  directed  from  a  screenplay  by  Hugh  Clevely 
and  Katherine  Strueby,  based  on  a  novel  by  Clevely.   Leueen  MacGrath 
has  the  leading  feminine  role,  Ronald  Adam  is  the  foreign  spy  and  ob- 
ject of  Loder's  attentions,  and  George  Merritt  is  the  Scotland  Yard  in 
spector  whose  toes  Loder  continuously  steps  on. 

Loder  finds  himself  involved  with  a  gang  of  crooks  who  are  referred 
to  as  spies  but  whose  chief  activity  apparently  concerns  stolen  money. 
Loder  through  the  use  of  one  ruse  after  another,  brings  them  in,  de- 
spite the  well  intentioned  interference  of  Miss  MacGrath  and  to  the  dis- 
comfiture of  Merritt. 

Running  time,  73  minutes.  "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


AlliedBoardMeeting 
Expected  to  Approve 
Umpi  Sales  Proposal 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

to  film  distribution  and  film  theatres. 

The  session  also  is  scheduled  to  con- 
sider expected  recommendations  for 
fuller  utilization  of  existing  trade  as- 
sociations in  industry  war  activities 
and  allied  endeavors.  Recommenda- 
tions also  are  likely  to  be  made  which 
will  urge  that  full  credit  be  given 
independent  exhibitors  for  their  co- 
operation in  patriotic  drives  and  col- 
lection efforts. 


Chicago,  April  29. — Illinois  Allied 
directors  today  authorized  Jack 
Kirsch,  president,  to  vote  as  he  sees 
fit  on  the  Umpi  plan  when  he  attends 
the  national  Allied  board  meeting. 
Kirsch  is  chairman  of  the  Umpi  trade 
practice  committee  which  formulated 
the  plan. 


Pittsburgh  Houses 
Fight  Vending  Tax 

Pittsburgh,  April  29. — Local  ex- 
hibitors have  protested  to  the  City 
Council  the  proposed  measure  to  li- 
cense service  vending  machines,  con- 
tending it  would  curtail  necessary 
service  to  patrons. 

The  proposal  calls  for  a  $2  annual 
license  fee  on  nickel  coin  machines 
and  a  $1  fee  on  penny  devices.  It 
also  is  contended  by  those  in  opposi- 
tion that  the  tax  would  net  much  less 
in  revenue  than  the  measure's  spon- 
sors estimate. 


Milgrim  Adds  Two 

Philadelphia,  April  29.  —  David 
E.  Milgrim,  head  of  Affiliated  Thea- 
tres, announced  the  addition  to  the 
circuit  of  two  more  theatres  in  the 
territory,  making  a  total  of  29  houses. 
The  new  Affiliated  houses  are  Ben 
Schindler's  Ace  Theatre,  Wilmington, 
Del.,  and  Joseph  Conway's  Brookline 
Theatre,  Brookline,  Pa. 


Take  PRC  Franchise 

Sam  Sobol  and  Armand  Cohn  have 
taken  over  the  San  Francisco  fran- 
chise for  Producers  Releasing  Corp. 
from  Louis  Rustin,  the  company  has 
announced. 


'Lady  Has  Plans'  at 
,800,  Providence 


Providence,  April  29.  —  At  the 
Strand  "The  Lady  Has  Plans"  and 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  took 
$7,800. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  22-23 : 

"Playmates"  (RKO)  (Z  days) 
"Call  Out  the  Marines"  (RKO)  (2  days) 
"Joan  of  Paris"  (RKO)  (5  days) 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  Street"  (RKO)  (5  days) 

RKO- ALB  EE — (2,239)  (28c-39c-50c).  Gross: 
$7,500.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.  A.) 

"A  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS  STATE — (3,232)  (28c-39c-50c) 
days.    Gross:  $11,000.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 
"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler?"  (20th-Fox) 

MAJESTIC— (2,250)    (28c-39c-50c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $5,200.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

STRAND— (2,200)     (28c -39c -50c)    7  days 
Gross:  $7,800.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (ZOth-Fox) 

FAY'S— (1,800)  (20c-33c-44c)  7  days.  Stage 
show  with  Sammy  Cohen,  Jack  Healy,  the 
Hartnells,  Drohan  and  Dupree,  Ray  and 
Mary  Norman,  Jane  Southard,  The  Two 
Tacks,  Al  Jahns  and  orchestra.  Gross:  $5,- 
900.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"Mr.  Wise  Guy"  (Mono.) 

METROPOLITAN  —  (3,045)  (30c-39c-55c- 
75c)  3  days.  Stage  show  with  Guy  Lom- 
bardo  and  Orchestra;  Kenny  Gardner,  Rose 
Marie,  Calgary  Brothers,  Don  Tannen,  Ja- 
son and  Bell.  Gross:  $9,200.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (ZOth-Fox) 

CARLTON— (1,526)    (28c-39c-50c)    7  days. 
3rd  week.    Gross:  $4,600.    (Average,  $3,500) 
"Mr.  V."  (U.  A.)  (3  days) 
"Glamour  Boy"   (Para.)   (3  days) 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.)  (4  days) 
"The  Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 
(4  days) 

EMPIRE  -  (1,200)  (20c-28c)  2nd  run. 
Gross:  $1,900.    (Average,  $2,000) 


'Kings  Row'  $8,500 
Indianapolis  Gross 

Indianapolis,  April  29. — The  In- 
diana, with  "Kings  Row,"  took  $8,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  21-23 : 

"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"Almost  Married"  (Univ.) 

CIRCLE  —  (2,800)     (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $6,100.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

INDIANA — (3,200)    (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $8,500.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Kathleen"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS — (2,800)     (28c-33c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $6,800.    (Average,  $8,000) 
'To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 
'On  the  Sunny  Side"  (ZOth-Fox) 

LYRIC  —  (2,000)  (28c-33c-44c)  7  days. 
Moved  from  Indiana.  Gross:  $4,900.  (Aver- 
age, $4,500) 


' Jungle  Book' 
Los  Angeles 
Best,  $31,200 


Los  Angeles,  April  29. — "Jungle 
Book"  and  "About  Face"  scored  a  to- 
tal of  $31,200,  with  $13,200  at  the 
Chinese  and  $18,000  at  Loew's  Sign 
in  a  week  of  fair  business. 

Estimated   receipts    for  the 
ending  April  22 : 

"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 
"About  Face"  (U.  A.) 

CHINESE— (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $13,200.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"Hellzapoppin'  "  (Univ.) 

HAWAII— (1,100)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days, 
10th  week.    Gross:  $3,300. 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Juke  Box  Jenny"  (Univ.) 

HILLSTREET— (2,700)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    "Invaders",   2nd   week.    Gross:  $9,- 
500.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 
"About  Face"  (U.  A.) 

LOEWS  STATE— (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $18,000.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Juke  Box  Jenny"  (Univ.) 

PANTAGES— (3,000)     (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    "Invaders",  2nd  week.    Gross:  $9,800. 
(Average,  $7,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT  (HOLLYWOOD) — (1,407) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c-88c)  7  days,  5th  week. 
Gross:  $7,500. 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT  (DOWNTOWN)  —  (3,595) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  6  days,  4th  week.  (Aver- 
age: $18,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER     BROS.     (HOLLYWOOD)  - 
(3,000)    (33c-44c-55c-75c)   7  days,  3rd  week. 
Gross:  $12,300.    (Average:  $14,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER  BROSt  (DOWNTOWN)— 
(3,400)  (33c-44c-55c-7Sc)  7  days,  3rd  week. 
Gross:  $14,000.    (Average.  $12,000) 


'Andrew'  and  Show 
$20,000  in  Buffalo 

Buffalo,  April  29. — A  big  week 
here  was  led  by  "The  Remarkable 
Andrew"  and  a  stage  show  at  the 
Buffalo  with  $20,000.  "To  the  Shores 
of  Tripoli"  was  a  hit  with  $18,000  at 
the  Great  Lakes. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  25 : 

"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

BUFFALO — (3,489)  (35c-55c)  7  days.  Ella 
Fitzgerald  and  her  orchestra  on  the  stage, 
with  The  Four  Ink  Spots,  Taft  Jordan. 
Tommy  Mulford,  Stump  and  Stumpy  and 
others.  Gross:  $20,000  (Average,  $12,200) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 

GREAT  LAKES—  (3,000)  (35c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $18,000.     (Average,  $8,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.B.) 

HIPPODROME—  (2,100)  (35c-50c)  7  days, 
2d  week.  Gross:  $10,300.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Turtles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 

TWENTIETH  CENTURY— (3,000)  (30c- 
35c-55c)  7  days.  Lou  Breese  and  his  orches- 
tra on  stage,  with  Gertrude  Niesen,  Johnny 
Burke,  Ruthie  Barnes,  Hally  Chester  and 
Harris  Berger,  Skip  Morr  and  Barry  War- 
ren. Gross:  $13,000.  (Average,  $9,000) 
'  Ride  'Em,  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

LAFAYETTE— (3,000)  (35c-50c)  7  days, 
3d  week    Gross:  $6,700.     (Average,  $6,500) 

Name  Union  Delegates 

Wilkes-BaRRE,  Pa.,  April  29. 
-Raymond  Conrad,  president,  and 
William  Piatt,  business  agent,  of  the 
operators'  Local  325,  were  elected 
delegates  to  the  international  conven- 
tion in  Columbus,  Ohio, 'in  June.  Rob- 
ert Piatt,  Jr.,  secretary,  was  chosen 
alternate. 


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Milne  in  Seattle  Post 

Seattle,  April  29.  —  Edward  J. 
Milne  has  arrived  here  to  handle  ex- 
ploitation and  publicity  in  the  Pacific 
Northwest  for  RKO.  He  succeeds 
Henry  Howard,  transferred  to  the 
Cleveland  and  Detroit  territory. 


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NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  FRIDAY,  MAY  1,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Para.  Profit 
For  '41  Up  to 

$9,206,242 


Compares  with  $6,402,130 
In  Previous  Year 


Paramount's  consolidated  net 
earnings  for  the  year  ended  Jan. 
3,  1942,  were  $9,206,242,  after  de- 
ducting all 
charges,  i  n  - 
eluding  inter- 
est, taxes,  de- 
preciation and 
$1,326,500  ad- 
d  i  t  i  onal  re- 
serve provided 
for  contingen- 
cies, Barney 
Balaban,  pres- 
ident, revealed 
in  his  annual 
report  made 

public     yester-        Barney  Balaban 

day. 

In  addition,  Paramount's  net  inter- 
est as  a  stockholder  in  the  combined 
undistributed  earnings  for  the  year  of 
partially  owned  companies  amounted 
to  $1,045,000,  resulting  in  combined 
aggregate  earnings  of  $10,251,242. 

Consolidated  earnings  for  1940  were 
$6,402,130,  while  the  companies'  share 

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High  Court  Hears 
FCC  Rules  Appeal 

Washington,  April  30. — NBC  al- 
ready has  been  severely  damaged  as  a 
result  of  FCC  network  rules,  the  Su- 
preme Court  was  told  today  at  the 
opening  of  argument  on  the  NBC- 
CBS  appeal  from  a  U.  S.  Circuit 
Court  ruling  which  held  the  rules 
/alid.  John  Cahill,  NBC  counsel,  said 
-nany  affiliates  have  indicated  their  in- 
-.ention  to  abrogate  their  contracts, 
jthers  have  refused  to  renew  and  ne- 
gotiations with  others  are  blocked. 


Umpi  Sales  Proposal 
Approved  by  Allied; 
Outline  Conciliation 


By  F.  LANGDON  MORGAN 

Chicago,  April  30. — The  board  of 
directors  of  Allied  States  Association, 
meeting  here,  today  approved  the 
Umpi  sales  plan. 

Allied's  representatives  on  Umpi 
made  a  full  report  on  proposals  pre- 
viously agreed  upon  and  other  points 
not  yet  ready  for  final  action.  These 
were :  forcing  of  shorts  ;  investigation 
of  territorial  complaints,  and  concilia- 
tion of  individual  grievances. 

The  board  approved  in  principle  the 
tentative  agreements  arrived  at  on 
these.  Regarding  the  investigation  of 
territorial  complaints,  the  plan  is  that 
when  a  disagreement  of  a  substantial 
nature  arises,  a  fact  finding  commit- 
tee consisting  of  an  independent  ex- 
hibitor, a  distributor  representative 
and  an  affiliated  circuit  representative 
would  be  appointed  by  William  F. 
Rodgers,  Umpi  chairman,  and  Jack 
Kirsch,  trade  practice  committee 
chairman,  to  investigate. 

Five  procedures  were  submitted  on 
conciliation  of  grievances :  that  the 
parties  would  try  to  iron  out  differ- 
ences themselves ;  that  failing,  the 
problem  would  be  submitted  to  a  com- 
mittee comprising  the  exhibitor,  a 
representative  of  the  regional  exhibi- 
tor organization  and  the  exchange's 
branch  manager ;  if  that  fails,  the  dis- 
pute would  be  referred  to  the  exhibi- 
tor, the  exhibitor  organization  and  the 
distributor's  New  York  office ;  if  that 
is   unsuccessful,   reference   would  be 

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B'WAY  BLACKOUT 
CUTS  GROSS  20-50% 

First  Test  of  New  York's  Theatrical  Section 
Attracts  400,000  but  Few  Buy  Tickets; 
Neighborhood  Business  Hit  Badly 

By  EDWARD  GREIF  and  EUGENE  ARNEEL 

Broadway  experienced  its  first  test  blackout  last  night  and  business 
dropped  20  to  50  per  cent.  The  drop  was  even  bigger  among  the  neigh- 
borhoods throughout  mid-Manhattan,  the  area  of  the  blackout.  Some  100 
theatres  were  affected  among  a  population  estimated  at  about  1,000,000, 

about   400,000   persons  crowd- 


Music  Hall  Blackout 
System  Works  Well 

The  Radio  City  Music  Hall, 
the  world's  largest  theatre, 
with  6,200  seats,  had  its  ex- 
tensive air  raid  precaution 
machinery  functioning  per- 
fectly last  night,  it  was  stat- 
ed. 

The  Music  Hall,  a  unit  of 
Rockefeller  Center,  prior  to 
Dec.  7  was  equipped  with  a 
complete  emergency  lighting 
system  at  an  estimated  cost 
of  $50,000.  Under  direct  su- 
pervision of  Rockefeller  Cen- 
ter air  raid  precautions,  the 
house  has  a  staff  of  78  trained 
wardens  and  60  auxiliary  war- 
dens. 


Phila.  Theatre  Files 
Suit  Against  Majors 

Philadelphia,  April  30. — An  anti- 
rust  suit  was  filed  here  today  by  Jo- 
eph  Conway,  operator  of  the  subur- 
>an  Egyptian  against  Warners,  Para- 
nount,  RKO,  Universal,  20th  Cen- 
ury-Fox,  Columbia,  United  Artists 
rind  Warner  Theatres.  Conway 
:harges  Warners  used  cross-clearance 
or  its  Wynne  and  Aremore  to  freeze 
>ut  the  Egyptian,  and  that  the  prod- 

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First  Victory  Caravan  Show 
Grosses  $25,000  in  Capital 


with 

ing  Times  Square  alone.  The  black- 
out was  on  from  9:30  to  9:50  P.  M. 

The  police  described  the  test  black- 
out as  "perfect."  Radio  commenta- 
tors described  it  as  "95  per  cent  per- 
fect." 

The  area  covered  was  from  11th 
St.  in  Greenwich  Village  to  123d  St. 

None  of  the  theatres  in  the  affected 
area  closed. 

Only  the  moon  lighted  the  world's 
biggest  amusement  area  at  9  :30  when 
the  first  alert  was  signalled  and  while 
from  some  of  the  skyscrapers  some 
lights  shone,  all  were  eventually 
darkened.  Police  cars,  ambulances 
with  blue  lights,  fire  engines  patrolled 
the  streets,  additional  to  motorcycle 
and  mounted  police. 

The  Times  Square  crowd  was  com- 
pared to  a  New  Year's  eve  throng  but 
more  subdued  and,  while  good 
natured,  was  by  no  means  hilarious, 
as  most  complied  and  obeyed  the 
wardens  and  the  officials  without  much 
ado.  Occasionally  the  wardens  were 
cheered  lightly. 

Atop  the  marquee  of  the  Hotel  As- 
tor,  famous  hostelry  of  Times  Square, 

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All  Theatres  in  N.  Y. 
In  Army-Navy  Drive 

All  theatres  in  the  New  York 
Metropolitan  area,  totaling  about  1,100, 
have  pledged  participation  in  the  in- 
dustry's Army  and  Navy  Relief  drive 
May  14-20,  it  was  reported  at  a  meet- 
ing yesterday  at  the  Hotel  Astor 
called  by  Max  A.  Cohen,  New  York 
State  chairman. 

More  than  100  salesmen,  branch 
managers  and  district  managers, 
representing  all  exchanges  here,  at- 
tended the  session  at  which  Leo 
Brecher  presided  as  chairman  of  the 
Metropolitan  area  committee.  The 
area  lias  been  zoned  so  that  each  thea- 
tre would  have  an  exchange  repre- 

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By  GERALD  GROSS 

Washington,  April  30.  —  The 
Hollywood  Victory  Caravan  for  Army 
and  Navy  Emergency  Relief  started 
its  13-city  personal  appearance  tour 
here  tonight  by  playing  to  a  capacity 
house  at  Loew's  Capitol.  The  pro- 
ceeds were  estimated  at  $25,000. 

In  the  audience  of  3,400  persons 
were  such  notables  as  Eleanor  Roose- 
velt, Secretary  of  the  Navy  Knox, 
Ambassador  Maxim  Litvinoff  of  Rus- 
sia, the  Greek  minister  and  other  dig- 
nitaries. Seat  prices  ranged  from 
$1.50  to  $20  and  there  were  no  com- 
plimentaries.  The  film  industry  paid 
for  seats  used  by  the  working  press. 

Witli  songs,  dramatic  sketches, 
dances  and  other  specialties,  25  film 

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'Sal9,  'Butch 9 
Lead  B'way 

"My  Gal  Sal"  and  "Butch  Minds 
the  Baby,"  on  the  eve  of  mid-Man- 
hattan's^  first  blackout  following  the 
city's  dimout  Wednesday  night,  were 
reported  to  be  Broadway's  leading 
box-office  contenders  of  the  week. 
Otherwise  business  on  the  Main  Stem 
yesterday  was  declared  by  managers 
to  be  off. 

"My  Gal  Sal"  is  playing  at  the 
Roxy  and  "Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  is. 
the  new  Damon  Runyon  picture  which 
is  current  at  Loew's  State.  Both 
houses  have  stage  entertainment  be- 
sides. 

"Moontide,"    first  American-made 

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2 


Motion  Picture  Dally 


Friday,  May  1,  1942 


Newsreel 
Parade 


'THE  feature  of  the  new  issues  is, 
■*-    of  course,  President  Roosevelt's 
address  to  the    nation.      A  railroad 
under  construction   in  North  Burma 
also  is  covered.    The  contents: 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  68— Roosevelt 
to  the  nation.  War  rallies  around  the 
country.  Burma  railroad.  Sea  battle  in 
Mediterranean.  Mrs.  Colin  Kelly  receives 
Distinguished  Flying-  Cross.  Sugar  ration- 
ing demonstrated.  Hollywood  Victory  Car- 
avan in  Washington.     Rodeo  in  California. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  266— Battle 
in  Mediterranean.  Burma  railroad.  Tor- 
nado hits  Oklahoma.  Sugar  rationing 
methods  shown  in  Washington.  Hollywood 
Caravan  in  Washington.  President  speaks. 
Town  meetings  on  war  effort. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  71— Cana- 
dians vote  foreign  service.  Chinese  con- 
struct railroad  in  Burma.  Malta  sea  battle. 
Roosevelt's  address.     Victory  rallies. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  71— Roosevelt 
addresses  nation.  Railroad  in  Burma.  Sugar 
rationing-  preview  in  Washington.  Holly- 
wood Caravan  in  Washington.  Malta  con- 
voy fights  attack. 

UNIVERSAL    NEWSREEL,     No.  80— 

Roosevelt's  address.  Towns  hold  victory 
meetings.  Tornado  in  Oklahoma.  Post- 
humous award  for  Colin  Kelly.  Sugar  ra- 
tioning under  way.  Hollywood  Caravan  in 
Washington.  Speed  railroad  construction 
in  Burma. 


Personal  Mention 


British  to  Sponsor 
Show  for  U.  S.  Navy 

The  premiere  of  "Ships  with 
Wings,"  British  picture  released  by 
United  Artists,  will  be  held  May  19  at 
the  Normandie  Theatre  under  the 
joint  sponsorship  of  the  British  War 
Relief  Society,  the  English  Speaking 
Union  and  the  Union  Jack  Club.  The 
proceeds  will  go  to  the  U.  S.  Navy 
Relief  Fund. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

Rockefeller  Center 
NORMA  SH  EARER-M  ELV YN  DOUGLAS 

"WE  WERE  DANCING" 

A  METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER  PICTURE 
Gala  Stage  Revue  -  Symphony  Orchestra 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved      Circle  6-4660 


mount  Presents 

BARBARA  STANWYCK  •  JOEL  McCR£A 

CLAUDE  THORNHILL  and  band 
Extra  CAROL  BRUCE 


Paramount 


Rita  Victor 

HAYWORTH    •  MATURE 

"MY  GAL  SAL" 

IN  TECHNICOLOR 
PLUS    A    BIG    p  Q  ^  Y     7th  AV6' 


STAGE  SHOW 


&  50th  St. 


PALACE 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


'FANTASIA' 


JOHN  GARFI  ELD-RAYMOND  MASSEY 
•DANGEROUSLY  THEV  LIVE' 


T  AMES  R.  GRAINGER  left  by 
«-*  plane  last  night  for  visits  in 
Washington,  Charlotte,  Atlanta  and 
New  Orleans. 

•. 

E.  S.  Gregg  has  left  for  London. 
• 

William  C.  Gehrig,  Central  divi- 
sion manager  for  20th  Century-Fox, 
returns  today  from  the  Midwest. 
• 

Joseph  C.  Yergesslich  has  re- 
turned to  his  duties  at  the  Warner 
New  York  exchange  after  being  ill 
with  the  grippe. 

• 

Paul  Jones,  Paramount  producer, 
is  due  here  today  from  Hollywood. 
• 

Helen*  Ferguson  is  here  from  the 
Coast. 

• 

E.  C.  Mills  of  Ascap  is  expected 
back  from  Chicago  on  Monday. 


LEONARD  GOLDENSON  is  vis- 
iting in  Boston  and  Springfield, 
Mass. 

• 

Claude  Lee  is  expected  today  from 
Kansas  City. 

• 

Jesse  L.  Lasky,  Jr.,  is  here  to  re- 
port for  duty  as  a  second  lieutenant  in 
the  Signal  Corps  at  Astoria,  L.  I. 
• 

Leo  Douglas  Netter,  Jr.,  son  of 
Leox  Netter,  will  be  graduated  from 
Holy  Cross  College  on  Tuesday  and 
will  start  Naval  training  immediately. 
• 

Lawrence  Hazelwood  of  the  Em- 
press Thetare,  Spokane,  has  been  in- 
ducted into  the  Army. 

• 

Tony  Crudell  of  the  Arcadia  The- 
atre, Philadelphia,  and  Mrs.  Crudell 
observed  their  25th  wedding  anniver- 
sary yesterday. 


Readers '  Say-So 


ITOA  Reelects  All 
Officers,  Directors 

Officers  and  directors  of  the  ITOA 
in  New  York  were  reelected  at  a 
meeting  at  the  Hotel  Astor  yesterday. 
Harry  Brandt  is  president.  Other  of- 
ficers are  David  Weinstock,  first  vice- 
president  ;  Stanley  W.  Lawton,  second 
vice-president ;  Abraham  Leff,  secre- 
tary ;  Leon  Rosenblatt  ,  treasurer ; 
Charies  Goldreyer,  sergeant-at-arms. 

Directors  are  Hyman  Rachmil,  Ray 
Rhonheimer,  Julius  Charnow,  Leo 
Brecher,  Rudy  Sanders,  Jack  Hattem, 
Samuel  Strausberg,  J.  Joshua  Gold- 
berg, Grant  Anson,  Isidore  Gottlieb, 
A.  H.  Eisenstadt,  Gilbert  Josephson, 
Charles  Steiner,  Emanuel  Hertzig, 
Samuel  Freedman,  Samuel  Seelen  and 
Al  Erickson. 


USO  Campaign  Film 
Starts  in  Hollywood 

Hollywood,  April  30. — A  one-reel 
film  dealing  with  what  the  USO  is 
doing  for  men  in  uniform  went  into 
production  today  at  M-G-M  with 
Ronald  Reagan,  Laraine  Day,  Charles 
Winninger,  Chill  Wills  and  Fay  Bain- 
ter  in  the  cast.  The  film  will  be  re- 
leased May  11  to  aid  in  the  national 
drive  for  USO  funds.  Carey  Wilson 
is  writer  and  producer  and  George 
B.  Seitz  directs.  "Air.  Gardenia 
Jones"  is  the  title.  The  talent  was 
donated  by  the  industry  through  the 
Hollywood  Yictory  Committee  and 
facilities  are  donated  bv  M-G-M. 


Wage  Rise  Snags 
Operator  Contract 

Negotiations  between  Operators'  Lo- 
cal 306  and  major  companies  for  con- 
tracts covering  home  office  projection- 
ists have  struck  a  snag  on  wage  in- 
creases and  a  number  of  contract  pro- 
visions, it  was  reported  yesterday.  A 
meeting  has  been  scheduled  for  Mon- 
daV. 


Handles  Cadoret  Estate 

Scraxton,  Pa.,  April  30.— William 
J.  Cary  has  been  granted  letters  of  ad- 
ministration in  the  $12,500  estate  of 
the  late  William  H.  Cadoret  of 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  formerly  of  Scran- 
ton.  Cadoret  was  for  many  years  with 
the   Comerford   Circuit  here. 


Publicity  Unit  Defers 
Business  for  Week 

Action  on  matters  pending  before 
the  Eastern  Public  Relations  Commit- 
tee was  deferred  at  the  weekly  meet- 
ing of  the  organization  yesterday  at 
the  New  York  Athletic  Club  due  to 
the  absence  of  Robert  M.  Gillham, 
chairman ;  Howard  Dietz,  Monroe 
Greenthal  and  A.  M.  Botsford. 

Next  week's  meeting  is  scheduled  to 
consider  proposals  for  a  poll  of  theatre 
audiences  to  determine  a  scientific 
basis  for  estimating  weekly  attend- 
ance, and  what  part  of  it  is  comprised 
of  patrons  who  attend  more  than  once 
weekly,  reasons  for  non-attendance 
and  similar  information. 

Glendon  Allvine,  executive  secre- 
tary, has  written  to  Harry  Brandt, 
operator  of  the  Globe,  regarding  that 
theatre's  use  of  four-star  symbols  in 
its  advertising. 


Foreign  Heads  Hear 
Of  S.A.  Trade  Pacts 

Progress  of  State  Department  nego- 
tiations on  reciprocal  trade  agreements 
affecting  film  distribution  with  several 
Latin  American  countries  was  report- 
ed to  managers  of  major  company 
foreign  departments  at  their  regular 
luncheon  meeting  at  MP  PDA  head- 
quarters yesterday.  Carl  E.  Milliken 
presided. 


Univ.  Renews  with 
Veterans'  Hospitals 

The  U.  S.  Yeterans  Administration 
has  renewed  its  contract  with  Univer- 
sal to  supply  features  and  shorts  to 
84  veterans'  hospitals  and  soldiers' 
homes.  The  renewal  with  the  non- 
theatrical  department  is  for  one  year 
from  July  1. 


Leaves  B'way  Paramount 

Peg  Mahoney,  with  the  publicity 
department  of  the  Paramount  on 
Broadway  since  it  opened  in  1926,  has 
resigned,  effective  May  5,  to  join  the 
publicity  and  advertising  staff  of  the 
Interstate  Circuit  at  Dallas. 


Barton  Set  for  Play 

James  Barton  is  scheduled  to  appear 
in  a  play  to  be  produced  by  John 
Golden  on  Broadway. 


Editor,  Monox  Picture  Daily: 

In  connection  with  statements  al- 
legedly made  by  me  in  Toronto  re- 
garding the  Canadian  price  ceiling 
plan,  permit  me  to  say : 

I  went  to  Canada  to  investigate  the 
plan  at  the  suggestion  of  several  Al- 
lied States  directors  because  it  is  a 
subject  of  general  interest  to  exhibit 
tors  just  as  it  is  to  distributors.  I  #^ 
not  meet  any  reporter  in  Toronto  a^v 
I  made  no  statement  indicating  my 
view  concerning  the  desirability  of 
such  an  arrangement  in  the  United 
States.  Since  I  was  making  an  in- 
vestigation for  the  board  of  directors, 
it  would  have  been  highly  improper 
for  me  to  have  expressed  such  an 
opinion  before  submitting  a  report. 

In  talking  informally  to  a  small 
group  of  exhibitors  I  said  I  was 
favorably  impressed  with  the  inform- 
ality and  simplicity  with  which  the 
Canadian  plan  was  being  administered 
and  with  the  flexibility  of  the  plan  it- 
self. 

If  you  will  look  back  through  the 
Allied  bulletins  you  will  find  that  I 
have  several  times  expressed  the  hope 
that  high  film  rentals  now  causing 
dissatisfaction  among  exhibitors  could 
be  moderated  by  voluntary  action  of 
the  industry.  I  assume  all  persons  in 
the  industry  read  the  President's  mes- 
sages and  speeches  and  have  noted  the 
trend  of  the  times  and  therefore  recog- 
nize the  danger  of  continuing  infla- 
tionary practices.  If  the  problem  can 
be  worked  out  in  accordance  with  the 
principles  I  have  advocated,  the  sub- 
ject of  Government  price  regulation 
will  become,  academic. 

I  should  hate  to  see  any  lukewarm 
friends  of  harmony  use  the  statements 
attributed  to  me  as  a  reason  for  with- 
holding support  from  the  program  to 
which  so  much  thought,  time  and  en- 
ergy have  been  devoted  by  Allied 
leaders. 

Abram  F.  Myers 


Freeman  Due  for 
Para.  Sales  Meet 

Y.  Frank  Freeman,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  operations  at  the  Paramount 
studio,  is  enroute  here  to  attend  a 
four-day  sales  meeting  opening  Mon- 
day. The  meeting  will  be  held  at 
Adolph  Zukor's  Mountain  Yiew  Farm 
at  New  City,  N.  Y. 


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First  Victory  Caravan  Show 
Grosses  $25,000  in  Capital 


First  Blackout 
On  B  Vay  Cuts 
Gross  20-50% 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

from  which  marry,  patriotic  and  chari- 
table events  are  *  -given  their  start, 
newsreel  cameramen  shot  their  stuff 
with  infra-red  lenses.  Along  the  build- 
ing walls  newspaper  cameramen 
careened  off  the  big  crowds  to  be 
noticed  only  by  the  sudden  flash  of 
their  automatic  bulbs. 

Box-offices  were  darkened, 
but  many  still  were  able  to  gain 
entrance  into  the  theatres. 
Some  were  reported  pushed 
in,  good  naturedly.  Ten  minutes 
after  the  start  of  the  trial 
blackout  patrons  began  to 
trickle  into  the  big  Main  Stem 
theatres,  according  to  man- 
agers, without  much  hesitancy. 

The  blackout  gave  theatres  and  the 
business  places  generally  in  Times 
Square  their  first  opportunity  to  test 
the  precautions  and  machinery  adopt- 
ed months  ago  and  gave  the  police 
and  authorities  also  the  first  oppor- 
tunity to  handle  such  a  situation. 

The  nationally  famous  electric  signs 
along  Times  Square  representing 
millions  in  advertising  and  equipment- 
cost  were  automatically  darkened  at 
sundown  under  dimout  regulations  in- 
stituted the  night  before.  The  black- 
out darkened  everything. 

Col.  Walter  W.  Metcalf,  acting  re- 
gional director  of  the  Second  Civilian 
Defense  Area,  who  sharply  criticized 
the  Times  Square  sector  for  failure  to 
cooperate  in  the  first  night  of  the  per- 
manent dimout  had  high  praise  for 
theatre  owners  for  dimming  marquee 
lighting  Wednesday  night.  He  said 
hotels,  restaurants  and  stores,  particu- 
larly in  side  streets,  were  still  far 
from  satisfactory  but  that  only  some 
"fine  points"  remained  to  be  cleared 
as  far  as  film  theatres  were  concerned. 

Col.  Metcalf  said  there  were  three 
rules  about  marquee  lighting  to  be 
observed.  Lights  under  the  marquee 
are  permissible,  those  above  the  mar- 
quee must  be  extinguished,  while  those 
on  the  face  of  the  marquee  could  re- 
main if  shaded  and  dimmed  so  that 
no  glow  is  cast  upward  or  on  the 
street.  He  observed  that  while  lights 
under  the  marquee  are  technically  all 
right,  too  many  soffit  lights  create 
an  undesirable  glow. 

The  police  department,  however, 
from  whom  theatre  oeprators  must 
take  their  orders,  left  the  question 
of  marquee  letter  lights  to  the  discre- 
tion of  precinct  captains. 

Phila.  Theatre  Files 
Suit  Against  Majors 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

uct  was  taken  from  Harry  Freed's 
Seville  into  his  Suburban  Theatre  in 
disregard  of  the  Egyptian  run  and 
clearance.  Freed  is  not  a  party  to 
the  suit. 

Damages  in  excess  of  $10,000  a 
year  since  1938  are  sought,  making 
for  triple  damages  of  $120,000  under 
the  Sherman  Act.  The  defense  has 
20  days  in  which  to  file  answers  to 
the  complaint,  after  which  a  prelimi- 
nary hearing  date  will  be  set.  Mau- 
rice Stern  represents  Conway. 


Allied  Board 
Ratifies  Umpi 
Sales  Proposal 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

to  the  exhibitor  organization,  the  dis- 
tributor's home  office  and  the  secre- 
tary -of  Umpi,  and,  as  a  last  resort, 
the  dispute  would  be  submitted  to  the 
Umpi  general  committee. 

This  plan  would  have  no  connection 
with  the  arbitration  system. 

Before  adjourning  tomorrow  the 
Allied  board  is  expected  to  make  a 
declaration  on  film  rentals  with  ref- 
erence to  the  distributors'  earnings. 
It  was  indicated  that  Allied  would 
seek  relief  from  Umpi  on  this. 

Abram  F.  Myers,  chairman  and 
general  counsel,  who  visited  Canada 
this  week,  reviewed  the  Canadian 
regulations  with  reference  to  price 
controls.  He  said  it  is  doubtful  a 
national  convention  will  be  held  this 
year  due  to  the  transportation  situa- 
tion.   Myers  is  presiding. 

Directors  Attending 

Among  those  attending  the  meeting- 
are  :  Nathan  Yamins  and  E.  H.  Stone- 
man,  Massachusetts ;  Maxwell  Alder- 
man, Connecticut;  H.  H.  Lowenstein, 
New  Jersey;  E.  L.  Peaslee,  Minne- 
sota ;  Ray  Branch,  Michigan ;  Sidney 
E.  Samuelson,  Eastern  Pennsylvania ; 
Meyer  Leventhal,  Maryland;  M.  A. 
Rosenberg,  Western  Pennsylvania ; 
Martin  Smith,  Max  Stearn  and  P.  J. 
Wood,  Ohio ;  Col.  H.  A.  Cole,  Texas ; 
Jack  Kirsch,  Illinois ;  Don  R.  Ros- 
siter  and  Roy  E.  Harrold,  Indiana ; 
and  William  Ainsworth,  A.  C.  Berk- 
holtz,  George  Fischer,  A.  C.  Guten- 
berg, F.  J.  McWilliams,  William 
Smith,  Harry  Perlewitz  and  John  P. 
Adler,  all  of  Wisconsin. 

All  Theatres  in  N.  Y. 
In  Army-Navy  Drive 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

sentative  assigned  to  it  for  liaison. 

Cohen  advocated  that  similar  meet- 
ings be  held  in  all  parts  of  the  State 
and  throughout  the  country.  He 
praised  those  present  for  their  enthusi- 
astic interest  in  the  drive.  "With 
every  section  of  the  United  States 
organized  for  this  drive  as  thoroughly 
as  will  be  the  New  York  area,  the 
Army  and  Navy  Relief  will  be  assured 
of  record-breaking  returns,"  Cohen 
said. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

stars  entertained  the  audience,  which 
reacted  warmly.  The  troupe  will  play 
in  Boston  tomorrow  night  at  Madison 
Square  Garden. 


Robert  M.  Weitman,  managing  di- 
rector of  the  Paramount  on  Broadway, 
was  in  Washington  with  the  Caravan. 
He  will  remain  with  the  troupe 
through  its  Boston  and  Philadelphia 
performances  and  will  return  Monday. 
Robert  K.  Shapiro  is  handling  Weit- 
man's  duties  in  his  absence. 


Chicago,  April  30. — Edward  Silv- 
erman, chairman  of  the  Hollywood 
Victory  Caravan  show  here  at  the 
Stadium  on  May  6,  has  reported  an 
advance  sale  of  $50,000,  and  expects 
a  sellout.  This  would  mean  a  total 
of  $100,000,  with  prices  from  $1  to 
$10. 


Philadelphia,  April  30. — The  local 
committee  expects  a  capacity  gross 
of  $26,000  for  the  Hollywood  Victory 
Caravan  date  here  at  Convention  Hall 
Saturday.  With  tickets  scaled  from 
$1  to  $5,  sales  are  beyond  $20,000, 
indicating  a  sellout.  The  Caravan,  ar- 
riving Saturday  morning,  will  parade 
to  Independence  Hall. 


Six  More  Umpi  Tax 
Committees  Named 

Six  additional  state  tax  committees 
have  been  named  to  function  under 
the  United  Motion  Picture  Industry 
committee  on  taxation,  of  which  Spy- 
ros  P.  Skouras  is  chairman,  it  was 
announced  yesterday  by  Leon  Bam- 
berger,  Umpi  executive  secretary. 

The  new  committees,  bringing  the 
total  of  such  units  to  45,  are  as  fol- 
lows :  Arizona,  Nick  Diamos,  Lou 
Christ,  Harry  Nace  and  J.  F.  Sam- 
uels ;  Arkansas,  B.  F.  Busby,  chair- 
man ;  Louis  Haven  and  M.  C.  Mc- 
Cord ;  Kentucky,  Sam  J.  Switow, 
chairman ;  Sylvester  Grooves  and  J. 
H.  Stevens ;  Montana,  Joseph  E. 
English,  Jack  Edwards  and  Sam 
Gardner ;  Nevada,  William  G.  Cooke, 
chairman ;  Arthur  Brick,  N.  D. 
Thompson  and  Leland  Hulling;  New 
Mexico,  George  L.  Tucker,  Milas 
Hurley  and  R.  J.  Morrison. 

P.  J.  Wood  has  been  named  state 
chairman  for  the  two  Ohio  tax  com- 
mittees and  the  following  have  been 
named  chairmen  of  the  indicated  state 
committees :  I.  H.  Harris,  Idaho ; 
Page  Baker,  Louisiana ;  L.  C.  Conner, 
Mississippi ;  F.  E.  Wetzstein,  North 
Dakota ;  T.  W.  Young,  Tennessee, 
and  E.  J.  Schulte,  Wyoming. 


Para.  Profit 
For  '41  Up  to 
$9,206,242 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
of  undistributed  earnings  for  that  year 
was  $1,231,000,  or  a  combined  total 
$7,633,130.  k;  }. 

Cash  on  Jan.  3,  1942,  amounted^?. 
$12,101,572,  of  which  $2,891,505 
represented  balances  in  Great  Britain, 
Australia,  New  Zealand  and  South 
America.  Total  current  assets  were 
$40,273,888,  and  current  liabilities 
$11,108,624,  leaving  net  working  capi- 
tal of  $29,165,264.  Inventories  aggre- 
gated $24,629,605,  an  increase  of  $6,- 
285,542  during  the  year,  attributable 
largely,  Balaban  said,  to  consent  de- 
cree requirements. 

The  report  reveals  that  Paramount 
borrowed  an  aggregate  of  $6,000,000 
from  four  banks  in  January  on  unse- 
cured notes,  repayable  over  five  years 
at  2%  per  cent  interest.  Additions  to 
property  in  consolidated  accounts  dur- 
ing the  year  amounted  to  approxi- 
mately $8,000,000,  representing  the  ac- 
quisition of  an  additional  interest  in 
the  All-Florida  Circuit,  purchase  of 
real  estate  adjacent  to  the  Hollywood 
studio  and  other  acquisitions  and  im- 
provements. 

Investments  in  foreign  subsidiaries 
amounted  to  $9,800,000,  of  which  $8,- 
700,000  was  in  England  ;  $800,000  in 
the  Far  East,  principally  Australia, 
and  $300,000  in  Latin  America.  Dur- 
ing the  year,  $1,388,250  was  charged 
off  to  earned  surplus  for  French  and 
Belgian  subsidiaries.  The  company's 
wholly  owned  theatre  subsidiaries  in 
England  paid  off  in  full  sterling  mort- 
gage obligations  of  $1,650,000  out  of 
blocked  funds. 

"Paramount  is  cooperating  whole- 
heartedly with  the  Government  in  the 
war  effort,"  Balaban's  report  states. 

'Sal', 'Butch' 
Lead  B'way 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

picture  of  Jean  Gabin,  French  star, 
was  given  a  big  opening  Wednesday 
night  but  business  yesterday  was  re- 
ported to  be  off.  One  of  the  costliest 
advertising  campaigns  of  the  year,  es- 
timated at  $20,000,  was  behind  the 
picture.  Critics  raved  about  Gabin, 
but  their  comment  on  the  film  was 
varied.  The  campaign  emphasized  the 
opening  event  and  Gabin,  rather  than 
the  picture.  The  American  Theatre 
Wing  received  the  entire  proceeds  of 
the  opening  night. 

Other  new  product  on  Broadway 
includes  "The  Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  at  the 
Criterion ;  "The  Great  Man's  Lady" 
at  the  Paramount;  "We  Were  Danc- 
ing" at  the  Radio  City  Music  Hall, 
and  "Twin  Beds"  at  the  Capitol. 

Grosses  for  the  past  week,  accord- 
ing to  estimate,  were :  "Rings  on  Her 
Fingers,"  Roxy,  $35,000,  fair;  "Lar- 
ceny, Inc.,"  Strand,  with  Abe  Ly- 
man's band  and  Jackie  Cooper  on  the 
stage,  $28,000  for  six  days ;  "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind,"  Radio  City  Music  Hall, 
fifth  and  final  week,  $70,000,  very 
good. 


Office  of  Inter- American  Affairs 

Sends  48  Films  to  Latin  America 

A  total  of  48  non-theatrical  films  have  been  sent  to  Latin  Ameri- 
ca by  the  motion  picture  division  of  the  Office  of  Inter-American 
Affairs,  it  was  disclosed.  In  addition,  21  other  subjects  are  near 
completion. 

By  July  1,  the  film  section,  headed  by  John  Hay  Whitney,  expects 
to  have  approximately  82  subjects  in  non-theatrical  circulation 
throughout  Latin  America.  They  are  16mm.  subjects  designed  for 
selected  audiences. 


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TEN  CENTS 


Way  Cleared 
For  U.S.  Move 
OnUmpiPlan 


Rodger s  Will  Name  Unit 
To  Submit  Proposal 


Approval  of  the  Umpi  sales  plan 
by  Allied  States,  following  similar 
action  by  an  overwhelming  major- 
ity of  regional  exhibitor  organiza- 
tions, clears  the  way  for  submission 
of  the  plan  to  the  Department  of 
Justice  for  its  approval  as  amend- 
ment to  the  New  York  case  consent 
decree. 

William  F.  Rodgers,  Umpi  chair- 
man, is  expected  to  set  a  date  for  a 
meeting  of  the  organization  within  a 
day  or  two,  at  which  the  trade  prac- 
tice program  will  be  placed  in  final 
form  and  a  committee  is  expected  to 
be  named  to  present  the  plan  to  the 
Department  of  Justice  for  its  consid- 
eration. 

It  is  probable  that  the  committee 
will  consist  of  representatives  of  con- 
senting companies,  rather  than  Umpi, 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


High  Court  Weighs 
FCC  Rules  Appeal 

Washington,  May  3. — The  Su- 
preme Court  has  under  consideration 
the  NBC-CBS  appeal  from  a  dismis- 
sal by  the  New  York  Federal  Dis- 
trict Court  of  their  suit  for  an  in- 
junction restraining  the  FCC  from 
enforcing  its  network  regulations. 

Hearing  of  the  case  was  concluded 
Friday  with  argument  by  Charles 
Evans  Hughes  for  CBS,  and  Louis 
Caldwell  for  Mutual,  the  latter  given 
time  by  counsel  for  the  Commission. 

With  a  former  member  of  the  court 
(Continued  on  page  8) 


Mellett  Seen  Head 
Of  Press  Relations 

The  possibility  that  Lowell 
Mellett,  Coordinator  of  Gov- 
ernment Films  and  director  of 
the  Office  of  Government  Re- 
ports, may  head  a  coordinated 
Government  information  and 
press  relations  center  was 
cited  in  a  Washington  dis- 
patch Saturday  of  the  New 
York  Herald  Tribune.  Plans 
for  coordination  of  press  ser- 
vices are  expected  to  be  ready 
in  about  a  week,  the  report 
said. 


Power  Cuts  Likely 
In  Some  Sections 

Washington,  May  3. — Con- 
servation of  electric  power, 
involving  the  dimming  of  ex- 
terior theatre  lighting,  the 
cutting  off  of  cooling  systems 
and  restrictions  of  interior  il- 
lumination, is  expected  to  be 
ordered  in  some  sections  of 
the  country  by  the  War  Pro- 
duction Board  soon  as  a  re- 
sult of  power  shortages  which 
are  beginning  to  make  them- 
selves felt,  it  was  learned  to- 
night. 


Allied  to  Forego 
Convention;  Hits 
High  Film  Rentals 


Chicago,  May  3. —  Allied  States' 
board  of  directors  decided  at  its  meet- 
ing here  late  last  week  that  it  will  not 
hold  a  national  convention  this  year 
due  to  transportation  problems. 

Closing  sessions  of  the  board  meet- 
ing Friday  were  concerned  mostly 
with  discussion  of  allegedly  high  film 
rentals,  which,  it  is  charged,  are  "out 
of  line  with  current  conditions"  and 
still  increasing".  Recent  financial  state- 
ments of  the  major  companies  were 
cited  as  evidence  that  there  is  no  need 
for  an  increase  in  rental  terms. 

Asserting  that  six  major  companies 
increased  their  profits  nearly  $20,000,- 
000  in  1941  over  1939  largely  in  the 
American  market,  the  meeting  agreed 
to  petition  Umpi  to  take  steps  to  ob- 
tain relief. 

H.  A.  Cole,  Sidney  Samuelson  and 
Harry  Lowenstein  were  designated  a 
committee  to  confer  with  Deems  Tay- 
lor, Ascap  president,  concerning  pro- 
posals for  lower  music  fees. 


WAR  BOOMS  KEY 
CITIES^GROSSES 

Survey  Indicates  War  Industries  Increase 
Populations,  Boost  Business,  But  Smaller 
Communities  Show  Losses 


By  SAM  SHAIN 

The  entrance  of  the  United  States  into  the  war  has  had  a 
decided  impact  on  theatre  business  throughout  the  country,  it 

is  revealed  in  a  survey  conducted 
through  representatives  of  Motion 
Picture  Daily  in  every  part  of  the 
nation. 

In  general,  theatre  grosses  have 
shown  marked  improvement  in  key 
metropolitan  centers,  especially 
where  war  industries  are  situated. 

Smaller  communities,  on  the  other 
hand,  report  declining  grosses,  attri- 
buted largely  to  the  drafting  of  young 


Home  Slated 
For  20th-Fox 
Ad  Dep't  Chief 


Hal  Home  will  shortly  be  named  the 
head  of  the  advertising  and  publicity 
department  of  20th  Century-Fox  Film 
Corp.  This  was 
reported  over 
the  weekend  as 
negotiations  be- 
tween company 
chieftains  and 
Home  neared 
completion. 

A.  M.  Bots- 
ford,  who  be- 
came chief  of 
that  division 
last  Fall,  is  ex- 
pected to  trans- 
fer his  office 
and  duties  to 
the  Coast  and  it 
is  said  he  will 
serve  as  liaison 

officer  between  the  Pacific  Coast  and 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Hal  Home 


Patterson  Plans  $25,000 
War  Bond  Top  for  'Dandy' 


CBS-Lux  Show  Will 
Tell  of  Film  Drive 

Hollywood,  May  3. — What  the  mo- 
tion picture  industry  is  doing  in  con- 
nection with  the  sale  of  war  bonds 
will  be  told  by  Cecil  B.  DeMille,  Joan 
Fontaine  and  Brian  Aherne  on  the 
Lux  Radio  Hour  program  over  CBS 
tomorrow  night. 

The  program  will  describe  the 
means  by  which  all  studio  employes 
(Continued  on  page  8) 


A  $25,000  top  world  premiere, 
making  it  the  highest  priced  perform- 
ance in  theatrical  history,  with  entire 
proceeds  going  into  War  Bonds,  will 
mark  the  debut  of  "Yankee  Doodle 
Dandy,"  Warner  Bros,  musical  based 
on  the  life  of  George  M.  Cohan  and 
starring  James  Cagney,  at  the  Holly- 
wood Theatre  on  Broadway  the  night 
of  May  29. 

Announcement  of  the  event,  which 
is  under  the  auspices  of  the  Treasury 
Department,  was  made  yesterday  by 
(Continued  on  page  8) 


A  city-by-city  breakdown  of 
the  war's  effect  on  grosses 
throughout  the  country  will  be 
found  on  Pages  4  and  5. 


men  and  the  migration  of  workers  to 
industrial  centers.  Many  industrial 
cities  have  doubled  their  population, 
with  resultant  box-office  gains,  while 
in  smaller  locations  population  losses 
have  been  reflected  at  the  box-office. 

In  rural  and  agricultural  districts, 
the  survey  shows  that  tire  and  gaso- 
line restrictions  have  served  to  keep 
many  farm  families  from  attending  the 
theatres  in  neighboring  towns  to  the 
accustomed  extent. 

In  the  New  York  area,  the  key 

(Continued  oh  page  4) 


Paramount  to  Open 
Sales  Meet  Today 

Paramount  home  office  executives 
and  district  sales  managers  will  begin 
a  three-day  meeting  today  at  Adolph 
Zukor's  Mountain  View  Country  Club 
at  New  City. 

Sales  conferences  will  be  held  today 
with  Neil  F.  Agnew,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  distribution,  and  Charles 
Reagan,  assistant  sales  manager,  con- 
ducing the  sessions.  Product  and  gen- 
eral company  affairs  will  be  discussed 
at  tomorrow's  meeting  by  Barney 
Balaban,  president ;  Y.  Frank  Free- 
man, vice-president  and  studio  head ; 
Zukor,  R.  M.  Gillham,  Oscar  Mor- 
gan, Reagan,  J.  J.  Unger  and  George 
Smith.  Russel  Holman,  Eastern  studio 
representative,  and  Jack  Karp,  studio 
legal  advisor,  will  attend  the  meeting. 
Sales  conferences  will  be  resumed  on 
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Motion  Picture  daily 


Monday,  May  4,  1942 


Personal  Mention 


SMPE  Meet  Opens 
In  Hollywood  Today 

Hollywood,  May  3. — Cecil  B. 
DeMille  will  make  the  chief  address 
at  the  informal  luncheon  which  will 
open  the  51st  semi-annual  convention 
of  the  Society  of  Motion  Picture  En- 
gineers at  the  Hollywood-Roosevelt 
Hotel  here  tomorrow. 

During  the  five-day  meeting,  a  series 
of  52  technical  papers  will  be  read, 
with  the  application  of  films  to  war- 
time training  method  needs  to  be  one 
of  the  important  subjects  discussed.  A 
new  feature  in  SMPE  conventions 
will  be  a  symposium  on  the  technique 
of  production.  Emery  Huse,  SMPE 
president,  will  preside  at  tomorrow's 
luncheon.  The  social  highlight  of  the 
convention  will  be  the  semi-annual 
banquet  and  dance  at  the  hotel  on 
Wednesday  evening. 

Army  and  Navy  representatives  will 
address  sessions  on  film  war  use  to- 
morrow. The  symposium  will  start 
tomorrow  night  at  the  first  of  four 
sessions.  William  C.  Kunzmann,  con- 
vention vice-president,  is  in  charge  of 
arrangements,  and  Herbert  Griffin, 
executive  vice-president,  will  open  the 
convention. 

Ampa  Board  Holds 
Luncheon  for  Flinn 

John  C.  Flinn,  secretary  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Independent  Motion  Picture 
Producers,  was  honored  at  a  lunch- 
eon on  Friday  at  Dinty  Moore's,  given 
by  the  Ampa  board  of  directors,  the 
advisory  council,  and  the  committees 
of  Ampa  with  which  Flinn  had  been 
associated. 

Present  at  the  luncheon  were : 
Charles  Stark,  Louis  Pollock,  Paul 
Lazarus,  David  O'Malley,  Monroe 
Greenthal,  Maurice  Bergman,  Charles 
Alicoate,  Ray  Gallagher,  Martin 
Starr,  Vincent  Trotta,  Kenneth  Clark, 
Joel  Swensen,  Leon  Bamberger,  Ed 
Schreiber,  S.  Barret  McCormick,  Ed- 
ward McNamee,  Blanche  Livingston, 
Eli  Sugarman,  Hortense  Schorr  and 
Joseph  Zimanich. 


WB  Union  Joins  AFL 

The  Warner  Brothers  Associated 
Office  Employes  of  Greater  New 
York  has  voted  affiliation  with  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor,  the 
AFL  has  announced. 


Lodge  Elects  Israel 

Arthur  Israel,  Jr.,  has  been  elected 
vice-president  of  the  executive  council 
of  B'nai  B'rith  for  Metropolitan  New 
York. 


JOHN  JOSEPH,  Universal  adver- 
«J  tising  and  publicity  director,  left 
for  the  Coast  over  the  weekend.  He 
plans  to  return  here  about  the  middle 
of  the  month. 

• 

Sol  Levy  of  Warners  has  left  for 
Toronto. 

• 

Bernard  Seamon,  manager  of  the 
Hippodrome,  Baltimore,  broke  his  col- 
lar bone  in  a  fall  from'  a  horse. 
• 

William  K.  Saxton,  city  manager 
for  Loew's  in  Baltimore,  visited  on 
Long  Island  over  the  weekend. 

SWG-Producer  Pact 
Goes  to  Vote  May  11 

Hollywood,  May  3. — Efforts  over 
six  years  by  the  Screen  Writers 
Guild  to  obtain  a  bargaining  contract 
with  producers  over  the  weekend  ap- 
peared nearing  conclusion  as  members 
received  copies  of  a  tentative  agree- 
ment for  study  before  a  meeting  May 
11,  when  they  will  vote  whether  to 
ratify  it. 

Almost  a  year  ago  producers  and 
Guild  negotiators  approved  in  prin- 
ciple the  tentative  agreement  setting 
minimum  salaries,  working  conditions 
and  the  like,  and  since  have  been  pre- 
paring the  contract  in  legal  form. 

The  fight  for  a  pact  at  one  time 
went  before  the  NLRB  and  several 
days  after  the  hearing  started,  the 
producers  agreed  to  recognize  the 
SWG  as  bargaining  agency  for 
writers. 

To  Release  Mexico 
Films  Through  S.A. 

Mexico  City,  May  3.  —  Juvenal 
Urbina,  who  resigned  as  United  Art- 
ists manager  here  recently,  has  an- 
nounced plans  to  establish  an  ex- 
change in  Buenos  Aires  for  the  dis- 
tribution of  Mexican  pictures  through- 
out South  America. 

Gonzalo  Elviea  is  organizing  a  pro- 
duction company  here  with  Jesus  Gil 
and  Victor  Cano  Ruiz.  Production 
is  expected  to  start  before  the  end  of 
the  Summer,  with  the  first  film  to  be 
"Linda,"  written  by  Miguel  N.  Lira. 

Para,  to  Release 
Hammons  Subject 

E.  W.  Hammons  has  completed  a 
short  subject,  "Hands  of  Victory," 
which  he  announced  over  the  weekend 
Paramount  will  release  late  this 
month.  The  subject  features  Dr.  Josef 
Ranald,  hand  scientist,  in  analyses  of 
the  hands  of  famous  world  leaders  of 
today. 


Accepts  'Woman'  Award 

J.  Robert  Rubin,  vice-president  and 
general  counsel  of  Loew's,  on  Friday 
accepted  for  the  company  a  certifi- 
cate citing  "Woman  of  the  Year"  as 
"the  best  picture  of  the  club  year 
1941-42,"  at  the  convention  of  the 
New  York  City  Federation  of 
Women's  Clubs. 


Name  PRC  Branch  Head 

Beverly  Miller  has  been  named 
Kansas  City  branch  manager  for  Pro- 
ducers Releasing  Corp.,  the  home  of- 
fice has  announced. 


HM.  RICHEY  returned  from  Chi- 
•  cago  over  the  weekend. 
• 

Herbert  Wilcox  and  Anna  Nea- 
gle  are  expected  here  Wednesday 
from  Hollywood. 

• 

Pvt.  Leo  Pillot,  formerly  with  Co- 
lumbia, is  now  stationed  at  the  Air 
Corps  School  at  Keesler  Field,  Biloxi, 
Miss. 

• 

Morris  Mechanic,  owner  of  the 
New  Theatre,  Baltimore,  was  a  New 
York  visitor  late  last  week. 

U.A.  Partners  Talk 
Finances  with  Korda 

Financial  obligations  owed  to  Unit- 
ed Artists  by  Alexander  Korda,  a 
U.  A.  producer-partner,  reportedly 
were  discussed  at  a  meeting  of  the 
company's  stockholders  here  on  Fri- 
day. It  was  reported  that  Korda  is 
indebted  to  U.  A.  in  an  amount  be- 
tween $500,000  and  $600,000,  for  pur- 
chase of  company  stock,  advances  for 
production  and  other  matters. 

It  was  also  reported  that  the 
stockholders  considered  the  possibility 
of  adding  two  producers,  one  a  Euro- 
pean. The  possibility  of  David  O. 
Selznick,  a  U.  A.  producer,  entering 
the  military  service  was  understood 
to  have  been  discussed. 


Navy  Gets  Offers 
Of  Film  for  Relief 

Hollywood,  May  3. — Two  produc- 
tion companies  have  volunteered  to 
make  a  film  on  the  history  of  the 
Navy  and  contribute  the  profits  to  the 
Navy  Relief  Fund,  it  was  reported. 
Lieut.  Comm.  Walter  Winchell  has 
arrived  here  reportedly  to  obtain  de- 
tails of  the  offers  for  submission  to 
the  Navy  Department.  One  plan 
would  have  Winchell  receiving  pro- 
duction credit. 


Theatre  Course  at  NYU 

Michael  Zala,  supervisor  of  Rugoff 
&  Becker's  Eighth  St.  Playhouse  and 
Art  Theatre,  will  serve  as  lecturer  in 
a  course  in  motion  picture  theatre 
management  to  be  given  by  the  De- 
partment of  Motion  Pictures  of  New 
York  University.  The  course  will 
start  next  September. 


Phila.  Club  to  Dance 

Philadelphia,  May  3. — The  local 
Warner  Club  will  hold  a  war  bond 
dinner-dance  at  the  Cedarbrook  Coun- 
try Club  next  Friday.  J.  Ellis  Ship- 
man  is  in  charge  of  arrangements. 


UNUSUAL  OFFICE  SPACE 

Available  on  third  floor, 
729 — 7th  Avenue 

Three-room  suite,  ideally  ar- 
ranged, light  and  airy,  fronting 
on  7th  Avenue.  This  is  rare 
opportunity  for  perfect  small- 
space  film  office.  Phone  Mr. 
Wilcox,  BRyant  9-7300. 


Virginia  Clearance 
Award  Is  Affirmed 


The  arbitration  appeals  board  on 
Friday  affirmed  the  award  of  an  arbi- 
trator in  the  clearance  case  of  the 
Bayne  Theatre,  Virginia  Beach,  Va., 
against  Warners. 

Also,  Metropolitan  Playhouses'  Og- 
den   Theatre,    New    York,  appealed 
from  the  dismissal  of  its  cleara.51  v 
complaint  against  Loew's  and  P.  M> 
mount  by  Lionel  F.  Popkin,  arbitr^' 
tor,  who  denied  a  reduction  of  the  Mt. 
Eden's  clearance  over  the  Ogden. 

In  its  decision  in  the  Bayne  Theatre 
case,  the  appeals  board  held  that  there 
was  virtually  no  competition  between 
the  Bayne  and  the  Newport,  Nor- 
folk, but  made  no  further  reduction 
of  the  five-day  clearance  held  by  the 
latter.  The  Bayne,  which  had  sought 
elimination  of  all  clearance  between 
the  two,  appealed  from  an  arbitra- 
tor's award  at  the  Washington  board 
reducing  the  former  21-day  clearance 
to  five  days.  The  appeals  board  also 
ruled  that  the  Bayne  shall  not  play 
more  than  45  days  after  national  re- 
lease date,  and  apportioned  costs 
equally  among  the  parties  involved. 

Schenck  Sentence 
Reduced  to  1  Year 

Federal  Judge  Grover  C.  Moscow- 
itz  on  Friday  reduced  the  sentence 
of  Joseph  M.  Schenck  from  three 
years  to  a  year  and  a  day  and  Schenck 
surrendered  on  Saturday.  He  will  be 
eligible  for  parole  after  serving  one- 
third  of  the  sentence.  Schenck  paid 
his  $20,000  fine. 

The  reduction  was  made  on  recom- 
mendation of  U.  S.  Attorney  Matthias 
F.  Correa.  who  stated  that  Schenck 
aided  the  Government  materially  in 
the  prosecution  of  George  E.  Browne 
and  William  Bioff.    Schenck  pleaded 


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guilty  to  a  perjury  indictment  fox 
which  the  one-year  term  was  imposed 
while  the  three-year  sentence  on  in- 
come tax  evasion  was  suspended. 

It  was  revealed  that  Schenck  placed 
in  escrow  with  the  Government  60,000 
shares  of  20th  Century-Fox  stock  as 
collateral  for  payment  of  approximate- 
ly $400,000  in  back  taxes. 

W.  B.  to  Release  Short 

Film  Associates,  Inc.,  has  an- 
nounced that  Warners  will  release 
the  short  subject,  "Adventure  in  the 
Bronx,"  first  of  a  proposed  series 
featuring  John  Kieran. 


YOU'LL  /CWF 


laugh-loaded  anti-Nazi 
comedy  to  come  out  of 
the  war! 


E  KIDS  THE  PANTS  OFF  THE  NAZIS 


...AND  THE  REACTION  IS  UPROARIOUS! 


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"THE  WIFE  TAKES  A  FLYER  is  a  riot  of  laughs! 
Funniest  of  satires  on  Hitler  and  cohorts  to  come  out 

—At  P.  DAILY 


of  Hollywood  ! 


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"One  of  most  explosive  satires  directed  at  Nazis 
since  film  writers  aimed  darts  of  ridicule  at  Hitler 
setup.  Wide  audience  appeal.  Will  give  excellent 
account  of  itself  at  box-off  ice. ..Studded  with  laughs!" 

^VARIETY 

"Sent  observers  into  howls  of  laughter.  Kids  the 
pants  off  the  Nazis,  in  such  a  mixture  of  satire  and 
slapstick  as  screen  and  public  have  not  yet  seen. 
Stretches  of  dialogue  lost  in  the  din!"  .—At  ft  HERALD 

"Hilarious  . . .  bears  stamp  of  22-karat  solid  gold 
amusement  for  any  kind  of  audience,  anywhere, 
any  time!"  —SHOWMEN'S  TRADE  REVIEW 

"Riotous  comedy  kidding  the  Nazis  a  sock,  should 
provoke  terrific  box-office  invasion.  Columbia  has 
crashed  through  with  sure-fire  comedy  that  hits 
funny-bone  so  hard  as  to  make  it  ache.  Laughs  are 
loud,  fast,  constant!"  —FILM  DAILY 

"Laughs  long  and  loud  at  the  Nazis,  and  audiences 


will  do  the  same.  A  sure-fire  hit!' 


—  BOXOFF/Cf 


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BENNETT  TONE 

with  ALLYN  JOSLYN  •  Cecil  Cunnineham  •  Roeer  Clark 


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Motion  Picture  daily 


Monday,  May  4,  1942 


All-Out  Industrial  Effort  Stimulates  Grosses 


Migration  of 
Workers  Hits 
Smaller  Spots 


FOLLOWING  is  a  city-by-city 
breakdown,  alphabetically  ar- 
ranged, indicating  the  effect  of  the 
war  on  grosses : 

Defense  Worker  Influx 
Boosts  Baltimore  Gross 

Baltimore,  May  3. — Business  has 
gained  through  the  influx  of  defense 
workers.  Official  figures  show  an  in- 
crease of  250,000  persons  in  Baltimore 
since  defense  plants  started  on  war 
orders. 

William  K.  Saxton,  local  city  man- 
ager for  Loew's  in  Baltimore  states : 
"Weekend  business  is  capacity  and 
even  more  than  that.  We  usually  have 
to  turn  away  people  on  Saturdays  and 
Sundays.  Through  the  week,  there  is 
some  let  down  which  we  attribute  to 
the  fact  that  people  are  working  hard 
and  have  less  time  to  seek  entertain- 
ment. The  product  is  particularly  good 
this  season  and  that  helps  the  box- 
office."  This  view  is  substantiated  by 
other  showmen  here. 


War  Brings  Increases  in 
Grosses  of  Key  Centers 


Buffalo  Houses  Enjoy 
Big  Gross  Increase 

Buffalo,  May  3. — The  big  increase 
in  business  now  enjoyed  by  exhibitors 
here  began  last  September,  according 
to  the  consensus  of  downtown  house 
operators  and  managers. 

"Since  September,"  said  Vincent  R. 
McFaul  of  Shea  Theatres,  "our  busi- 
ness has  continued  to  show  marked 
improvement  over  corresponding 
months  of  the  year  before."  He  at- 
tributed the  increase  to  the  employ- 
ment of  more  people,  the  addition  of 
more  people  to  payrolls  and  the  influx 
of  high-salaried  defense  workers  to 
the  Buffalo  area.  Buffalo  is  the  hub 
of  a  war  plant  center.  A  few  months 
ago  places  to  live  could  be  had  for  the 
asking.  Today  this  area  is  experi 
encing  a  sharp  housing  shortage. 

Exhibitors  in  general  have  hailed 
recent  product  as  excellent.  Taking 
cognizance  of  a  new  and  greater  de- 
mand than  ever  before  for  stage 
shows,  downtown  houses  have  booked 
name  bands,  motion  picture  personali- 
ties and  others  for  personal  appear- 
ances. ~  5  v~  - 


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runs  have  been  on  the  upswing  but  the 
neighborhoods  have  been  reporting 
contrary-wise. 

Taken  section  by  section,  it 
is  found  that  in  the  area  served 
by  the  key  city  of  Omaha,  the 
bigger  towns  are  all  right  but 
the  smaller  communities  have 
suffered  box-office  losses.  In  the 
larger  cities,  also,  the  evening 
increase  in  business  has  more 
than  offset  a  drop  in  day  time 
trade. 

Around  Minneapolis,  on  the  other 
hand,  a  sharp  increase  in  suburban 
box-office  income  is  reported  while  the 
rural  districts  are  off.  Attendance 
gains  are  noted  in  St.  Paul  and  the 
area  around  Duluth. 

In  Connecticut,  New  Haven, 
Bridgeport,  Hartford  and  New  Lon- 
don report  general  improvement  in 
box-office  income  in  the  downtown 
sectors  but  the  neighborhoods  are 
down  because  most  people  are  inclined 
to  go  downtown  for  their  entertain- 
ment. 

Baltimore  reports  credit  better 
product  as  helping  business  besides 
the  increasing  influx  of  workers  to 
war  projects.  Weekend  business  par- 
ticularly has  improved.  Savannah 
shows  normal  business  following  a  de- 
cline which  occurred  immediately  after 
Dec.  7.  The  box-office  curve  is  up  in 
the  Cincinnati  territory  since  Jan.  1, 
caused  by  an  influx  of  new  popula- 
tion. 

Tacoma,  whose  population  has  in- 
creased by  about  20,000,  reports  ex- 


cellent business,  as  do  Providence  and 
Newport.  The  trend  is  up  in  Milwiu- 
kee,  but  not  in  proportion  to  the  in- 
crease in  population  caused  by  war 
conditions,  according  to  exhibitor*. 

Philadelphia's  business  has  turned 
upward  decidedly  following  an  early- 
Winter  slump.  There  are  four  thea- 
tres in  the  city  operating  at  present 
on  a  24-hour  basis.  Business  is  slight- 
ly better  in  and  around  Nashville, 
but  the  small  Tennessee  communities 
are  off  because  of  tire  rationing  and 
the  depletion  in  population  caused  by 
draft  requirements. 

Buffalo  also  gives  credit  to 
good  product  besides  war  indus- 
tries for  its  improvement  in 
box-office  income.  Des  Moines, 
however,  reports  little  change 
for  itself,  but  the  smaller  com- 
munities have  been  affected  ad- 
versely, with  the  small  towns 
off  as  much  as  15  per  cent. 

Business  in  St.  Louis  is  reported 
off  five  to  15  per  cent  since  war  was 
declared.  The  downtown  first  runs 
report  strong  weekends,  but  not  as 
good  midweek  business.  In  general, 
the  exhibitors  describe  their  business 
as  "spotty"  with  no  specific  explana- 
tions offered. 

Spokane's  box-office  tempo  is  on 
the  upbeat  in  first  and  second-runs, 
the  survey  shows,  but  the  subsequents 
are  performing  in  reverse.  The  first 
runs  are  reported  to  have  improved  by 
as  much  as  10  to  15  per  cent.  Nor- 
folk reports  big  business,  which  was 
true  even  before  the  U.  S.  entered  the 
war. 


Attendance  of 
Farmers  Cut 
By  Gas  Cu^f 


plants  and  are  disinclined  to  patronize 
theatres  for  their  leisure. 

From  reports,  neighborhood  houses 
in  some  sections  of  the  city  are  enjoy- 
ing better  business  than  the  first  runs. 
The  reason  is  seen  in  auto  restrictions 
and  the  fact  that  many  young  men, 
ordinarily  good  customers  of  the  first 
run  houses,  are  now  in  the  fighting 
forces. 


Business  Curve  Up  in 
Cincinnati  Since  Jan.  1 

Cincinnati,  May  3. — The  theatre 
business  cferye  has  risen  somewhat  in 
the  Cincinnati  territory  since  Jan.  1, 
attributable  to  the  U.  S.  declaration  of 
war-^and  better  product  offered.  In- 
toads  into  civilian  life  caused  by  the 
>  draft  are  being  partially  compensated 
r  by  the  influx  of  out-of-town  factory 
and  office  employes  joining  war  in- 
dustries. 

Around-the-clock  factory  operation 
is  resulting  in  generous  pay  checks, 
with  a  commensurate  flow  to  the  box- 
office.  Additionally,  recent  removal  of 
Federal  agency  personnel  from  Wash- 
ington to  both  Cincinnati  and  Colum- 
bus   has    increased    the  population. 


Soldiers  from  Fort  Thomas,  Ky.,  ad- 
jacent to  Cincinnati,  and  Fort  Hayes, 
a  Columbus  suburban  post,  patronize 
the  theatres  in  both  cities,  as  do  also 
men  in  the  armed  forces  passing 
through  to  various  destinations. 

Inauguration  of  Monday  evening 
shopping  hours,  with  at  least  the 
larger  stores  remaining  open  until  9 
o'clock,  is  bringing  the  public  into  the 
downtown  areas,  with  an  increase  in 
theatre  patronage. 


Little  Change  in  Des  Moines ; 
Small  Communities  Hurt 

Des  Moines,  May  3. — Exhibitors' 
here  note  very  little  change  in  box- 
office  receipts  in  the  past  few  months. 
Although  young  men  are  constantly 
leaving  for  Army  centers,  the 
ordnance  plant  located  near  the  city 
and  the  induction  center  at  nearby 
Fort  Des  Moines  are  contributing  fac- 
tors in  keeping  the  box-office  at  a 
pre-war  level. 

Exhibitors  in-  the  state  outside  of 
Des  Moines  note  an  adverse  effect 
since  the  declaration  of  war,  especially 
in  the  smaller  communities.  Harry  M. 
Warren,  general  manager  of  the  Cen- 
tral States  Theatre  circuit,  reports 
that  at  Boone,  Iowa,  a  town  typical  of 
others  in  the  .state  in  the  10,000  to 
25,000  class,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that 


the  pictures  shown  here  have  been 
exceptionally  good,  box-office  receipts 
have  dropped  15  per  cent  since  the 
U.  S.  entered  the  war. 


Montana  Business 
Estimated  Off  15% 

Helena,  Mont.,  May  3. — Estimates 
place  the  decrease  in  business  in  this 
area  at  15  per  cent  during  the  past 
year,  resulting  from  an  estimated  drop 
of  30  per  cent  in  population.  Most  of 
the  decrease,  however,  has  developed 
since  Dec.  7.  The  loss  is  attributed  to 
the  fact  that  neighboring  states  have 
considerable  war  industrial  work,  and 
Montana  has  virtually  none.  In  Butte 
and  Helena,  the  drop  has  been  allevi- 
ated to  a  certain  extent  by  the  steady 
employment  in  mining  and  smelting. 


Milwaukee  Improvement 
Not  Up  to  Expectations 

Milwaukee,  May  3. — While  local 
exhibitors  in  some  areas  report  im- 
proved business  in  recent  weeks,  the 
uptrend  is  hardly  in  accord  with  the 
tremendous  boost  in  employment  in 
Milwaukee's  numerous  heavy  war  in- 
dustries. 

Exhibitors  generally  are  at  a  loss  to 
understand  the  continued  spotty  condi- 
tion at  the  box-office  here,-  although 
some  lay  it  to  the  fact  'that  many 
workers  are  putting  in  long' hours  in 


Cities  Gain,  Rural  Sections 
Lose  in  Minneapolis  Area 

Minneapolis,  May  3. — Business  in 
the  Minneapolis-Dakotas  territory  has 
increased  heavily  for  theatres  in  urban 
areas,  but  fallen  off  badly  in  rurul  sec- 
tions. 

The  Twin  Cities,  Duluth  and  other 
larger  centers  have  reported  a  gain  in 
attendance  beginning  shortly  after 
America's  entry  into  the  war.  The 
rural  decline  began  some  time  before 
Pearl  Harbor,  as  younger  men  were 
withdrawn  for  service  in  armed  forces, 
and  with  the  migration  of  defense 
workers. 

Many  rural  centers  have  shown  de- 
clines in  population  due  to  the  call  of 
service  and  of  defense  industries  in 
many  cities.  The  problem  of  late  day- 
light— it  will  be  light  until  about 
10  P.  M.  in  the  Minneapolis  latitude 
in  mid  Summer — has  been  recognized, 
but  theatre  operators"  have  adopted  a 
"wait  and  see"  attitude. 


Small  Tennessee  Towns' 
Theatre  Business  Hard  Hit 

Nashville,  May  3. — The  box-office 
in  Nashville  is  slightly  off;  but  it  is 
in  the  many  small  towns  in  this  terri- 
tory that  the  effects  of  war  are  felt 
keenly  in  theatre  attendance. 

Theatre  men  commented  freely  on 
conditions.  Small  town  theatres  al- 
ready are  hit  hard  by  the  tire  short- 
age, with  farmers  now  coming  to  town 
only  about  half  as  often  as  previously, 
it  was  pointed  out.  Too,  the  number 
of  draftees  leaving  rural  communities 
is  decidedly  noticeable.  These,  it  was 
said,  were  the  best  customers.  No 
small  town  in  this  area  was  boomed 
by  a  major  war  industry.  Tullahoma 
is  the  site  of  Camp  Forrest,  but  the 
cantonment  has  five  theatres  of  its 
own. 

Nashville,  with  no  other  metropoli- 
tan area  within  150  miles,  is  believed 
to  have  lost  somewhat  in  total  popu- 
lation. Its  Vultee  aircraft  plant  and 
higher  employment  by  other  local 
firms  have  not  overcome  the  drain 
from  draftees,  volunteers,  and  trades- 
men leaving  for  work  on  construction 
projects.  Weekend  business  is  stronger 
than  midweek. 


Downtown  Houses  in 
Conn.  Cities  Improve 

New  Haven,  May  3. — Downtown 
business  has  definitely  improved  here, 
and  in  Bridgeport,  Hartford,  and  New 
London,  where  defense  and  other  in- 
dustry payrolls  are  the  largest  in  his- 

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Monday,  May  4,  1942  MOTION  PICTURE  DAILY 

Expctnsion  of  Industries 
Is  Responsible  for  Gains 


(Continued  from  preceding  page) 

tory.  However,  the  3  to  11  P.  M.  shift 
and  11  P.  M.  to  7  A.  M.,  together 
with  public  training  courses  for  better 
jobs,  and  the  increased  call  upon 
w^psn  and  older  men,  leave  the  fami- 
Jx^kyfess  leisure  time  than  ever,  and 
comfentrate  business  more  and  more 
"nn  the  week-end. 

Meantime,  neighborhoods  are  com- 
plaining keenly  that  business  is  either 
very  poor,  especially  in  mid-week,  or 
spotty,  depending  to  some  extent  on 
the  quality  of  product.  Their  explana- 
tion is  that  increased  wages  and  in- 
come from  several  sources  in  the  fam- 
ily send  former  patrons  downtown 
more  than  before. 

Migratory  workers,  who  swelled 
the  population  to  a  great  extent  in  the 
months  since  the  declaration  of  war, 
are  not  now  as  considerable  a  factor. 
In  Bridgeport  particularly  the  housing 
shortage  discouraged  many  from  mov- 
ing their  families,  and  now  that  trans- 
portation is  more  difficult  because  of 
the  tire  and  gas  shortage,  many  work- 
ers are  moving  back  to  New  York. 


Norfolk  War  Establishments 
Boom  All  Theatre  Grosses 

Norfolk,  Va.,  May  3. — Box-office 
receipts  have  increased  considerably 
throughout  the  Norfolk-Portsmouth- 
Newport  News  area  since  the  outbreak 
of  war  though  the  box-office  was  in 
a  highly  flourishing  condition  for  some 
time  prior  to  Dec.  7. 

The  war  is  almost  entirely  respon- 
sible for  the  tremendous  increase  in 
business  here.  Capacity  houses  are 
almost  nightly  occurrences  and  turn- 
away  business  is  nearly  invariably  ex- 
perienced on  weekends  by  big  houses 
and  second  runs.  These  communities 
are  in  the  heart  of  a  vast  concentra- 
tion of  military,  Naval  and  shipbuild- 
ing establishments  that  have  doubled 
the  normal  population. 


Small  Communities  Hit 
In  Iowa-Nebraska  Area 

Omaha,  May  3. — War  has  hurt 
theatre  grosses  in  the  smaller  com- 
munities in  the  Nebraska-western 
Iowa  area,  increased  business  in  de- 
fense areas  and  changed  the  theatre- 
going  habits  of  many  persons,  exhibi- 
tors say. 

Larger  theatres  in  metropolitan 
areas  report  a  decrease  in  matinee 
business  "because  more  people  are 
working  now"  but  a  boost  in  night 
business  to  offset  it.  Small  town  ex- 
hibitors report  a  drop  in  business  be- 
cause "the  young  men  who  attended 
"the  theatres  are  now  in  the  armed 
services."  Other  exhibitors  report 
their  patrons  in- many  cases  are  moving 
to  the  metropolitan  areas  to  get  better 
jobs. 


Philadelphia  Business 
Definitely  on  Up  Grade 

Philadelphia,  May  3. — Coming  out 
of  a  b  jx-office  slump  that  followed  the 
U.  S.  entry  into  the  war,  theatre  busi- 
ness in  the  entire  Philadelphia  area 
has  taken  a  decided  upturn.  Operators 
of  the  central  city  and  neighborhood 
houses  agree  on  the  boom  and  believe 
the  business  peak  has  not  yet  been 
reached. 

Chief  factor  is  the  heavy  concentra- 
tion of  defense  work  being  carried  on 


here  by  the  shipyards,  plants  and  fac- 
tories, approximating  one-seventh  of 
the  nation's  entire  program.  As  a  re- 
sult of  the  defense  work  around  the 
clock,  the  biggest  increase  at  the 
neighborhood  houses  has  been  noted 
in  matinee  business.  Heretofore,  the 
afternoon  shows  were  patronized  al- 
most exclusively  by  the  housewives 
and  some  children.  Now,  for  the  first 
time,  the  wage-earner  has  become  the 
matinee  patron.  There  are  now  four 
theatres  on  a.  24-hour  schedule  and 
all   report  excellent  business. 

At  the  first  run  houses,  the  biggest 
increases  have  been  noted  on  Friday, 
Saturday  and  Sunday,  with  Sunday 
business  of  turn-away  proportions. 
Although  exhibitor  opinion  as  to  the 
quality  of  product  varies  all  the  way 
from  good  to  bad,  all  are  agreed  that 
the  business  boom  is  the  result  of  the 
public  seeking  out  the  film  houses  for 
recreation  and  relaxation. 


Noticeable  Improvement 
Noted  in  Rhode  Island 

Providence,  May  3. — In  Rhode  Is- 
land there  has  been  a  very  noticeable 
improvement  in  theatre  business  since 
Dec.  7.  In  the  metropolitan  areas  in 
the  north  end  of  the  state,  industry 
is  heavily  in  war  production,  with  a 
consequent  increase  in  the  amount  of 
spending  money. 

Edward  M.  Fay,  operator  of  three 
houses  here,  said,  "This  has  been  one 
of  the  best  years  we've  had.  There 
is  more  money,  but  another  important 
factor  is  that  people  need  recreation 
and  are  finding  it  in  the  theatres." 

At  Newport,  large  increases  in  the 
Naval  establishment  have  been  reflec- 
ted in  an  upswing  in  theatre  attend- 
ance. 


Savannah  Normal  Resumed 
After  Drop  at  War  Entry 

Savannah,  Ga.,  May  3. — Box-office 
receipts  here  have  resumed  normal 
proportions  the  past  four  months  after 
a  quick  drop  with  the  Pearl  Harbor 
attack. 

The  decline  in  attendance  lasted 
about  three  weeks — that  is,  until  about 
the  first  of  the  year  when  people  again 
took  on  a  normal  attitude  and  re- 
sumed theatre  attendance.  Hudson 
Edwards,  manager  of  Lucas  &  Jen- 
kins' four  theatres  here,  said  that  com- 
pared to  a  year  ago  the  box-office  still 
is  off,  but  pointed  out  that  the  four 
Army  camps  within  a  few  miles  of 
the  city  now  have  their  own  theatres, 
which  was  not  the  case  last  year. 


St.  Louis  Slumps, 
Weekends  Better 

St.  Louis,  May  3. — St.  Louis  busi- 
ness has  slumped  from  five  to  15  per 
cent  since  war  was  declared,  according 
to  leading  exhibitors.  First  run  houses, 
however,  have  managed  to  enjoy 
profitable  weeks  since  Dec.  7,  but  not 
consistently.  Rex  Williams,  manager 
of  Loew's,  says  his  weekend  business 
is  up  10  per  cent  over  last  year,  but 
weekday  and  night  business  is  fre- 
quently off.  Subsequent  run  houses 
report  they  have  good  weekend  busi- 
ness, but  sharp  drops  are  noted  from 
Monday  through  Friday. 

The  cause  of  the  trouble  is  a  prob- 
lem to  exhibitors  since  St.  Louis  has 
more  than  $125,000,000  in  war  con- 
tracts ;  population  has  increased  nearly 


200,000 ;  everyone  seems  to  have  suf- 
ficient money ;  and  four  big  Army 
camps  are  located  in  the  area. 


Spokane  First  Runs  Up, 
Subsequents  Report  Drop 

Spokane,  Wash.,  May  3. — The 
box-office  tempo  is  on  the  upbeat  ~at 
the  first  and  second  run  houses  here, 
but  not  at  the  small,  low-priced  sub- 
sequent runs,  a  survey  shows. 

The  difference  appears  due  to  the 
class  of  trade.  Spokane  has  lost 
thousands  of  workers  to  defense  jobs 
in  Seattle,  Portland  and  other  Pacific 
Coast  cities.  And  they  are  the  ones 
who  patronize  the  small  theatres. 
Then,  too,  the  higher  cost  of  living 
affects  the  small  wage  earner  most. 
The  higher-priced  theatres  report 
business  up  10  to  15  per  cent  over 
a  year  ago. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  small  houses 
report  business  off  as  much  as  25  per 
cent.  One,  however,  notes  a  slight 
improvement  setting  in  instead  of  the 
usual  seasonal  drop.  All  look  for  a 
sharp  upturn  this  Summer  or  Fall. 


Tacoma  Business  Gains 
Through  Defense  Workers 

Tacoma,  Wash.,  May  3. — Tacoma's 
15,000  to  20,000  defense  plant  workers 
added  to  a  pre-war  population  of  110,- 
000  have  made  business  good  for  the 
city's  eight  downtown  and  11  neigh- 
borhood theatres. 

Good  first  run  pictures  frequently 
stand  them  on  the  sidewalks,  particu- 
larly on  weekends.  The  neighbor- 
hoods do  it  on  occasion  with  favorite 
second  and  third  run  pictures.  Neigh- 
boring Army  posts  are  not  announ- 
cing populations  of  service  men  that 
run  into  high  figures,  but  the  uni- 
formed men  on  leave  do  not  flock  to 
theatres,  most  of  them  seeing  the  pic- 
tures at  camp.  The  service  men  pay 
20  cents  or  14  cents  in  script  at  camp. 


s 

Home  Slated 
For  20th-Fox 
Ad  Dep't  Chief 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

New  York  divisions  of  advertising 
and  publicity.  Harry  Brand  is  Coast 
head  of  the  department. 

Home  was  formerly  head  of 
United  Artists  advertising  and  pub- 
licity during  the  tenure  of  Joseph  M. 
Schenck  as  chief  executive  of  that 
firm.  Prior  to  that  he  was  engaged  in 
theatre  operation  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 
Later  Home  joined  RKO,  where  he 
served  a  brief  apprenticeship  as  an 
associate  producer  with  Sol  Lesser 
Productions.  He  was  associated  later 
with  Walter  Wanger  in  a  similar  ca- 
pacity. He  left  Wanger  and  became 
vice-president  of  the  Walt  Disney 
company  in  charge  of  that  company's 
New  York  office.  From  this  firm  he 
branched  out  into  private  enterprise 
and  established  his  own  publicity  and 
exploitation  firm  known  as  the  Hal 
Home  Organization.  He  formed  this 
firm  about  10  months  ago. 

E.  H.  Charleson  New 
CBC  Board  Member 

Ottawa,  May  3. — Edwin  H.  Char- 
leson, Ottawa  lawyer,  has  been  named 
to  the  CBC  Board  of  Governors,  it 
was  announced  yesterday  by  War 
Services  Minister  Thorson.  H^s  ap- 
pointment, which  brings  the  CBC 
board  up  to  full  strength,  is  for  three 
years,  dating  from  Nov.  2,  1940.  He 
fills  the  vacancy  created  by  the  resig- 
nation of  the  late  Alan  B.  Plaunt. 


CONSTANT.  IMPERISHABLE  LOVE  IN  A  CHANGING  WORLD! 


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ANTON  WALBR00K 
SALLY  GRAY 

BRIAN  DESMOND  HURST-D,Yecfor 

Original  Story  and  Screen  play  by  TERENCE  YOUNG 

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Two  great  stars  who  first  won 
fame  on  a  Broadway  they've  never 
forgotten  . .  .  now  return  in  the 
Broadway"  youll  never  forget! 

NATIONAL  RELEASE  MAY  8th! 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  May  4,  1942 


Way  Cleared 
For  U.S. Move 
On  Umpi  Plan 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

however,  since  the  sales  proposals  are 
designed  to  amend  the  decree's  blocks- 
of-five  and  trading  showing  provi- 
sions, which  expire  June  1. 

The  new  sales  plan  thus  would  have 
to  be  proposed  to  Federal  Judge  Hen- 
ry W.  Goddard  in  U.  S.  District  court 
here  by  the  consenting  companies  and 
the  Department  of  Justice,  rather  than 
by  Umpi. 

Doubt  June  1  Submission 

Trade  observers  are  doubtful  as  to 
the  chances  of  the  program  being 
ready  for  submission  to  the  court  by 
June  1  and  are  anticipating  that  some 
interim  provision  will  be  worked  out 
by  the  consenting  companies  and  the 
Government  to  cover  procedure  be- 
tween the  expiration  of  the  sales  pro- 
visions of  the  decree  and  adoption  of 
the  amendments.  It  is  pointed  out 
that  even  if  the  Department  ultimate- 
ly approves  the  Umpi  plan  it  may  be 
only  after  lengthy  study  and  further 
negotiation,  which  may  result  in 
changes  in  the  proposals. 

It  was  learned,  meanwhile,  that  the 
Society  of  Independent  Motion  Pic- 
ture Producers  plans  to  renew  its  at- 
tack on  the  Umpi  proposals  in  the 
near  future  and  may  concentrate  on 
public  groups  and  the  Department  of 
Justice  in  seeking  support  for  its  op- 
position to  the  new  selling  plan,  inas- 
much as  its  initial  attack  received  no 
trade  support.  It  is  believed  likely, 
however,  that  SIMPP  may  be  ignored 
by  the  Department  on  the  grounds 
that  its  members  have  no  legal  stand- 
ing in  the  consent  decree.  This  was 
the  position  taken  by  the  Department 
with  respect  to  exhibitors  in  their  op- 
position to  the  decree  at  the  time  it 
was  entered  by  the  court. 

Large  Majority  Approves 

Allied  was  the  last  of  the  important 
organized  exhibitor  groups  to  approve 
the  plan.  Only  three  organizations 
rejected  it.  They  were  Independent 
Exhibitors  of  New  England,  MPTO 
of  North  and  South  Carolina  and  the 
Southeastern  T.  O.  A.  It  was  ap- 
proved by  the  great  majority  of  Al- 
lied, MPTOA  and  unaffiliated  region- 
al exhibitor  organizations,  numbering 
about  40  units. 

Paramount  to  Open 
Sales  Meet  Today 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Wednesday  and  screenings  of  new 
product  and  a  beefsteak  dinner  will 
complete  the  program. 

District  managers  who  will  attend 
the  meeting  are:  W.  H.  Erb,  M.  S. 
Kusell,  E.  W.  Sweigert,  H.  H.  Gold- 
stein, Allan  Usher,  R.  C.  LiBeau,  H. 
W.  Braly,  M.  A.  Brown,  J.  F.  Kir- 
by,  H.  Owen  and  Del  Goodman. 
Others  who  will  attend  are :  Claude 
Lee,  C.  J.  Scollard,  G.  B.  J.  Fraw- 
ley,  Alec  Moss,  F.  A.  Leroy,  J.  A. 
Walsh  and  Al  Wilkie. 


New  Recording  Disc 

The  Gould-Moody  Co.  has  de- 
veloped a  new  recording  disc  for  radio 
stations  known  as  the  Black  Seal 
Glass  Base  Recording  Blank.  They 
are  in  10,  12  and  16-inch  sizes. 


May  Day  Closes 

Mexico  Theatres 

Mexico  City,  May  3.— Mexi- 
co's 1,009  theatres  were  closed 
Friday  to  permit  employes  to 
march  in  the  May  Day  par- 
ades. May  Day,  this  country's 
Labor  Day,  is  Mexico's  most 
widely  observed  holiday,  and 
exhibitors  acceded  without 
general  protest  to  workers' 
demands  for  a  day  off.  In 
previous  years  the  unions 
have  permitted  theatres  to 
open  at  6  P.  M.,  but  not  this 
year,  declaring  that  the  work- 
ers needed  rest  after  parad- 
ing. The  film  unions  ran  news- 
paper advertisements  lauding 
the  Government's  labor  policy. 

'Blondie'  and  Krupa 
$12,200,  Milwaukee 

Milwaukee,  May  3. —  "Blondie's 
Blessed  Event"  and  Gene  Krupa's 
orchestra  drew  $12,200  at  the  River- 
side. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  21-24: 

"Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 

"A  Date  With  the  Falcon"  (RKO) 

WARNER— (2,400)    (33c-44c-55c)    5  davs. 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $4,000.    (Average,  $4,500). 
"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 
"Glamour  Boy"  (Para.) 

PALACE — (2,400)  (44c-60c)  8  davs.  Gross: 
$6,400.    (Average.  $4,000) 
"Blondie's  Blessed  Event"  (Col.) 

RIVERSIDE— (2.700)  (44c-60c)  7  days. 
Stage:  Gene  Krupa.  Gross:  $12,200.  (Aver- 
age, $6,500) 

"Song  of  the  Islands"  (2Gth-Fox) 
"Right  to  the  Heart"  (ZOth-Fox) 

WISCONSIN— (3.200)     (44c-60c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $9,600.    (Average,  $5,500) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plains"  (Para.) 

STRAND—  (1,400)  (44c-65c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$2,100.    (Average.  $1,500) 

Miller  Will  Testify 
On  FCC  Revision 

Washington,  May  3.  —  Neville 
Miller,  National  Association  of 
Broadcasters  president,  will  be  the 
first  witness  called  when  the  House 
Interstate  and  Foreign  Commerce 
Committee  resumes  its  hearings  on  re- 
organization of  the  FCC  Tuesday. 

Miller  will  be  followed  by  other 
NAB  representatives. 

There  is  no  disposition  on  the  part 
of  the  committee  to  hurry  its  radio 
study  and  all  interests  will  be  given 
an  opportunity  to  present  their  views. 
Before  the  end  of  the  hearings,  the 
FCC  is  expected  to  submit  detailed 
information  regarding  the  chain  situa- 
tion and  newspaper  ownership  of  sta- 
tions, on  which  the  Sanders  bill,  the 
subject  of  the  inquiry,  calls  for  ex- 
pression of  Congressional  policy. 

CBS-Lux  Show  Will 
Tell  of  Film  Drive 

(Continued  from  page  .1) 

are  being  educated  to  invest  10  per 
cent  of  their  earnings  in  bonds.  More 
than  400  persons  associated  with  the 
industry  here  are  serving  as  voluntary 
salesmen. 

In  conjunction  with  the  bond  and 
stamp  drive  which  will  be  inaugurated 
in  theatres  throughout  the  country, 
Paramount  and  20th  Century-Fox  are 
making  newsreel  inserts  of  Dorothy 
Lamour  and  Tyrone  Power,  respec- 
tively, the  first  for  the  week  of  May  7 
and  the  latter  for  the  week  of  May  30. 


'Tripoli'  Grosses 
$6,200,  Cincinnati 

Cincinnati,  May  3.  —  "To  the 
Shores  of  Tripoli"  had  a  $6,200  week. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  22-25 : 


'Spoilers'  Is 
Seattle  High 
With  $7,900 


"The  Jungle  Beck"  (U.  A.) 

RKO  ALBEE— (3.300)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $11,000.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 

RKO    PALACE— (2.700)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:' $8,700.    (Average,  $10,000) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 

RKO  SHUBERT— (2,150)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $4,300.  (Average. 
$5,000) 

"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

RKO  CAPITOL— (2,000)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $6,500.  (Average. 
$5.5C0) 

"Joan  of  Paris"  (RKO) 

RKO  GRAND — (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,400.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

RKO  LYRIC— (1.400)  (2Sc-33c-42c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $3,800.    (Average.  $4,500) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 
"Tuxedo  Junction"  (Rep.) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)   (15c-28c)  4  days. 
Gross:  $1,100.    (Average,  $1,200) 
"Honolulu  Lu"  (Col.) 
"Billy  the  Kid's  Roundup"  (PRC) 

RKO  FAMILY — (1,000)   (15c-28c)  3  days. 
Gross:  $800.    (Average,  $800) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

KEITH'S — (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $6,200.    (Average,  $5,000) 

'Hardy'  Baltimore 
Winner  at  $15,500 

Baltimore,  May  3. — Business  was 
generally  strong  here.  "The  Court- 
ship of  Andy  Hardy"  took  $15,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  23 : 

"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

CENTURY— (3,000)  (28c-44c  and  55c  week- 
ends) 7  days.  Gross:  $15,500.  (Average 
$10,000) 

"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

KEITH'S— (2,406)  (15c-28c-33c-44c  and  55c 
weekends)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $9,500. 
(Average  $9,000) 

"Song  of  the   Islands"  (20th-Fox) 

NEW — (1,581)  (15c-28c-35c-55c)  7  days, 
3rd  week.  Gross:  $5,500.  (Average  $7,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

STANLEY— (3,280)   (15c-28c-39c-44c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $15,000.    (Average  $12,000) 
"Mayor  of  the  44th  St."  (RKO) 

HIPPODROME— (2,205)  (15c-28c-39c-44c- 
55c-66c)  7  days.  Stage  show  featuring  Les 
Brown  and  Orchestra:  Fred  Sanborn  and 
others.  Gross:  $17,500.  (Average  $14,000) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

MAYFAIR— (1,000)  (20c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:    $6,500.     (Average  $6,000) 


High  Court  Weighs 
FCC  Rules  Appeal 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

before  them,  the  Justices  appeared 
more  interested  in  details  of  the  case 
than  on  the  preceding  day,  when  NBC 
counsel  argued,  and  asked  a  number 
of  questions  regarding  the  finality  of 
the  Commission's  orders  and  their  re- 
view ability,  particularly  of  what  Jus- 
tice Frankfurter  called  an  announce- 
ment of  policy  without  definite  orders. 
Hughes  contended  that  the  issue  was 
reviewable. 

$25,000  Bond  Top 
For  'Doodle  Dandy* 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Col.  Richard  C.  Patterson,  Jr.,  New 
York  state  chairman  of  the  War  Sav- 
ings Staff.  With  the  1,500-seat  theater 
scaled  from  $25,000  down  to  $25,  ag- 
gregate revenue  of  $5,000,000  in  war 
bonds  will  be  derived  from  the  per- 
formance, according  to  estimates  of 
the  War  Savings  Staff. 

The  method  of  disposing  of  the  seats 
for  the  premiere  was  not  disclosed. 


Seattle,  May  3. — "The  Spoilers" 
took  $7,900  at  the  Orpheum,  while 
"Mister  V"  drew  $7,600  at  the  Music 
Hall.  The  weather  was  mild  and  clear. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the/ft^ek 
ending  April  24  :  M»> 

"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

"The  Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (ZOth-Fox) 

BLUE  MOUSE— (950)   (30c -42c -58c -70c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.    Moved  from  Music  Hall. 
Gross:  $3,900.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (ZOth-Fox) 

FIFTH    AVENUE— (2,500)  (30c-42c-58c- 
70c)     7    days,    2nd    week.     Gross:  $7,100. 
(Average,  $7,000) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

LIBERTY— (1,800)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7  davs. 
3rd  week.    Gross:  $4,700.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 
"A  Date  with  the  Falcon"  (RKO) 

MUSIC    BOX— (950)    (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.    Moved  from  Fifth  Avenue. 
Gross:  $3,500.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Mister  V"  (U.  A.) 
"About  Face"  (U.  A.) 

MUSIC  HALL— (2,275)  (3Oc-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $7,600.    (Average.  $6,000) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"Mississippi  Gambler"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM  —  (2,450)    (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $7,900.    (Average.  $6,000) 
"Heart  of  the  Rio  Grande"  (Rep.) 
"Jail  House  Blues"  (Univ.) 

PA  LOMAR  — (1.500)  (20c -30c -42c -58c)  7 
days.  Stage:  Vaudeville.  Gross:  $5,600. 
(Average.  $5,000) 

"Song  of  the  Islands"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (ZOth-Fox) 

PARAMOUNT  —  (3,050)  (30c -42c -58c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,900.  (Average. 
$6,000) 


'Animal'  in  Omaha 

Gets  Fair  $5,400 

Omaha,  May  3.  —  The  Brandeis 
took  $5,400  with  "The  Male  Animal" 
on  a  dual.  The  Orpheum  played 
Mischa  Auer  on  stage  plus  "Twin 
Beds"  and  drew  $15,200.  The  weather 
was  warm. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  22-23 : 

"Road  to  Happiness"  (Mono.) 

ADMIRAL— (950)    (35c)   7  days.  Gross: 
$900.     (Average,  $1,000) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.B.) 
"The  Man  Who  Returned  to  Life"  (Col.) 

BRANDEIS— (1,200)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $5,400.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.  A.) 
"Bullet  Scars"  (W.B.) 

OMAHA— (2,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$6,100.     (Average,  $6,000) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.  A.) 

ORPHEUM— (3,000)  (40c-55c)  7  days. 
Stage:  Mischa  Auer.  Gross:  $15,200.  (Aver- 
age, $14,000) 

"Phantom  Cowboy"  (Rep.) 
"Hold  That  Woman"  (PRC) 

TOWN— (1.100)  (20c-25c-30c)  7  days. 
Gross:   $1,200.     (Average,  $1,000) 


NLRB  Report  Favors 
Station  WOV  Strikers 

Washington,  May  3. — A  recom- 
mendation that  Station  W O V,  New 
York,  be  required  to  reinstate  with 
back  pay  31  employes  who  struck  in 
November,  1940,  and  be  ordered  to 
bargain  collectively  with  the  American 
Communications  Association  (CIO) 
has  been  set  before  the  National  Labor 
Relations  Board  in  a  report  by 
Trial  Examiner  Earl  S.  Bellman.  The 
report  held  that  the  station's  refusal 
to  bargain  on  the  ground  that  union 
members  had  committeed  sabotage 
was  "secondary"  to  its  "primary"  de- 
termination to  avoid  dealing  with  the 
union. 


Alert, 


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Picture 
Industry 


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DAILY 


First  in 


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Impartial 


NO.  87 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  TUESDAY,  MAY  5,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


|Oth-Fax  Ad 
Setup  Altered 
By  Skouras 

Home  Chief;  Botsford 
In  Liaison  Post 


Spyros  Skouras,  president  of  20th 
Century-Fox,  yesterday  announced  a 
realignment  of  the  company's  ad- 
vertising, pub- 
lcity  and  ex- 
ploitation de- 
partments. The 
announcement 
read  as  follows : 
"The  com- 
pany has  en- 
tered into  a 
contract  with 
Hal  Home  to 
become  director 
of  advertising 
and  publicity, 
working  from 
the  home  office 
in  New  York. 
[That  Home 


Spyros  Skouras 


would  become  advertising  and  publicity 
director  of  20th  Century-Fox  was  in- 
dicated in  Motion  Picture  Daily  yes- 
terday.] 

"Harry  Brand  will  continue  as  di- 

(Continucd  on  page  4) 


Strict  Price  Rule 
For  Canada  Seen 

Toronto,  May  4. — The  first  full 
conference  of  the  Industrial  Advisory 
Council  with  the  Wartime  Prices  and 
Trade  Board  was  held  today,  and  al- 
though information  was  withheld  on 
proceedings,  it  is  understood  R.  G. 
McMullen,  Administrator  of  Theatres 
and  Films,  laid  down  the  law  to  ex- 
changes and  exhibitors  with  regard  to 
enforcement  of  the  board's  regulations 
on  contracts  and  releasing  priorities. 

McMullen  will  issue  an  outline  of 
the  board's  policy  in  due  course,  fol- 
lowing the  lengthy  meeting,  at  which 
a  full  representation  of  independents, 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Caravan  in  Boston 
Brings  in  $78,000 

Boston,  May  4. — The  Hollywood 
Victory  Caravan  drew  a  capacity 
crowd  of  20,000  and  a  gross  of  $78,- 
000  in  its  engagement  here,  for  the 
Army  and  Navy  Emergency  Relief 
Fund.  Martin  Mullin  was  head  of  the 
local  committee. 


Loew,  RKO  Use  Star 
Ad  Copy  as  Protest 

Loew's  and  RKO  theatres  in 
the  metropolitan  area  re- 
sorted to  four-star  advertis- 
ing by  way  of  protest  against 
its  prior  use  in  New  York 
newspapers  during  the  past 
few  years. 

RKO  theatres  reportedly 
employed  the  symbols  in  their 
advertising  of  "Fantasia"  and 
Loew's  theatres  retaliated 
with  the  star  advertising  for 
"The  Invaders."  Harry 
Brandt,  whose  Globe  Theatre 
revived  the  banned  practice 
with  "The  Gold  Rush,"  has 
not  replied  to  protests  from 
the  Eastern  Public  Relations 
Committee,  it  is  reported. 


Abandon  Defense 
Talks;  Exhibitors 
Decrie  Precedent 


The  Civilian  Defense  Volunteer  Of- 
fice of  Greater  New  York  has  called 
off  a  campaign  which  was  to  bring 
three-minute  speakers  into  every  mo- 
tion picture  house  in  the  city  this  eve- 
ning, because  of  opposition  to  such  a 
move  by  local  exhibitors  and  circuit 
heads,  it  was  learned  yesterday. 

The  theatremen  opposed  the  move 
on  the  ground  that  any  appeals  direct- 
ed to  the  film  audiences  should  be 
placed  on  film.  It  was  pointed  out 
that  many  important  war  subjects  are 
being  shown  in  first  run  and  neigh- 
borhood houses  but  the  introduction 
of  speakers  would  create  a  bad  prece- 
dent. 

During  the  last  war,  it  was  ex- 
plained, theatres  opened  their  stages 
to  local  speakers  but  this  approach  is 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


FINAL  ACTION  ON 
UMPI  PLAN  MAY  13 


Paramount  to  Hold 
5  Regional  Sales 
Meets  This  Month 


Paramount  will  hold  five  regional 
sales  meetings  for  its  field  forces 
throughout  the  country  this  month, 
Neil  Agnew,  vice-president  and  gen- 
eral sales  manager,  announced  at  the 
company's  district  managers'  meeting 
at  Adolph  Zukor's  Mountain  View 
Country  Club,  New  City,  N.  Y.,  yes- 
terday. 

Agnew  also  informed  the  meeting 
that  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  will  b° 
handled  and  played  at  increased  ad- 
missions only  because  of  its  perform- 
ance in  eight  pre-release  engagements. 
General  release  date  for  the  picture 
will  be  announced  later  in  the  season, 
he  said. 

The  first  of  the  company's  five  re- 
gional meetings  will  be  held  at  the 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


'In  This  Our  Life' 
Gets  Pulitzer  Prize 

For  her  novel,  "In  This  Our  Life," 
Ellen  Glasgow  has  won  the  1942  Pul- 
itzer Award,  it  was  announced  yester- 
day. A  Warner  film  from  the  book 
stars  Bette  Davis.  The  $500  Gold 
Medal  for  "most  disinterested  and 
meritorious  public  service  by  an 
American  newspaper"  went  to  the  Los 
Angeles  Times.  The  award  for  best 
historical  work  was  given  to  Margaret 
Leech,  for  "Reveille  in  Washington." 
No  play  award  was  made. 


Republic  Plans  Ice  Show 
As  Film,  Stage  Spectacle 


Herbert  J.  Yates,  executive  head 
of  Republic,  yesterday  announced 
plans  for  an  ice  skating  spectacle  to 
be  produced  both  as  a  feature  motion 
picture  and  an  auditorium  attraction. 
It  will  be  known  as  the  "Republic 
Ice  Circus." 

Yates  said  the  company  will  ac- 
quire a  building  either  in  Hollywood 
or  New  York  to  house  a  "three-rink" 
attraction  including  the  leading  ice 
skating  acts  of  the  country.  It  is 
planned  as  a  year-round  show.  From 


the  leading  acts,  Republic  will  pro- 
duce, annually  or  semi-annually,  a 
picture  built  around  the  title.  The 
success  of  recent  ice  shows  influenced 
him  to  the  decision,  Yates  said. 

Last  year  Republic  produced  "Ice- 
Capades,"  a  skating  revue  on  the 
screen.  Another,  "Ice-Capades  of 
1943"  will  go  into  production  at  the 
studio  this  month.  It  is  planned  to  de- 
sign the  ice  circus  building  with  the 
top  in  the  shape  of  a  circus  tent,  with 
neon  pennants  carrying  the  title. 


Trade  Practice  Unit  to 
Meet  Day  Before  to 
Set  Last  Draft 


A  meeting  of  the  Umpi  commit- 
tee of  the  whole  to  take  final  action 
on  the  new  selling  plan  prior  to  its 
submission  to  the  Department  of 
Justice  will  be  held  May  13  at  the 
Warwick  Hotel  here  the  day  after 
a  meeting  of  the  Umpi  trade  prac- 
tice committee. 

Jack  Kirsch,  chairman  of  the 
latter  committee,  has  called  a 
meeting  of  his  group  for  next 
Tuesday  also  at  the  Warwick 
Hotel.  The  committee  will 
complete  work  on  several 
phases  of  the  trade  practice 
program  and  adopt  a  formal 
draft  of  the  new  selling  plan 
for  submission  to  the  Umpi 
committee  of  the  whole. 

William  F.  Rodgers,  Umpi  chair- 
man, will  conduct  the  meeting  of  the 
main  group  on  May  13  to  take  final 
action  on  the  selling  plan  and  trade 
practice  program.  The  meeting  also 
is  scheduled  to  designate  a  committee 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


4  Sal'  BVay  Smash 
In  Good  Weekend 

Broadway  first  runs  enjoyed  big 
business  yesterday  with  bright  Spring 
weather  and  thousands  of  school  chil- 
dren on  an  extra  day's  vacation.  The 
school  recess  w'as  made  necessary  be- 
cause schools  were  turned  over  to  the 
first  day  of  registration  for  sugar  ra- 
tioning cards  and  teachers  conducted 
the  registration. 

The  extra  grosses  added  to  a 
healthy  weekend  take  and  should  re- 
sult in  strong  first  week  totals  for 
the  new  product  along  Broadway. 

"My  Gal  Sal"  is  a  smash  at  the 
Roxy,  where  it  drew  an  estimated 
$51,800  for  the  first  four  days,  Thurs- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Six  Reviews  Today 

Six  features  are  reviewed  in 
today's  Motion  Picture  Daily. 
They  are:  "Take  a  Letter, 
Darling,"  "Broadway,"  "Night 
in  New  Orleans,"  "My  Favor- 
ite Spy,"  "Sweater  Girl"  and 
"Mexican  Spitfire  Sees  a 
Ghost."   See  pages  4,  6  and  7. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  May  5,  1942 


Personal  Mention 


Bernstein  Film  Post 
Confirmed  by  British 

London,  May  4.— The  Brit- 
ish Government  today  official- 
ly confirmed  the  appointment 
of  Sidney  L.  Bernstein,  cir- 
cuit head,  to  the  Ministry  of 
Information  Film  Division,  to 
be  stationed  in  Washington. 

It  is  stated  he  will  assist  in 
arranging  showing  of  Minis- 
try films  in  the  United  States, 
willJae  a  contact  between  the 
Hollywood  studios  and  the 
British  on  films  with  war 
themes,  and  will  assist  Amer- 
ican producers  seeking  the 
.collaboration  of  the  British 
Government. 


SMPE  Told  War  No 
Bar  to  Development 


Hollywood,  May  4.  —  Technical 
progress  in  motion  pictures  will  go 
forward  during  the  war  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  the  screen's  value  in  morale, 
Emery  Huse,  president,  declared  to- 
day at  the  opening  of  the  51st  semi- 
annual convention  of  the  Society  of 
Motion  Picture  Engineers  at- -the 
Roosevelt  Hotel. 

Pointing  out  that  the  Government 
needs  all  the  technical  developments 
of  the  screen  in  the  war  effort,  Huse 
said  the  engineers  and  technicians  will 
not  "go  into  hibernation"  for  the 
duration. 

Cecil  B.  DeMille  welcomed  the 
SMPE  delegates  on  behalf  of  the  in- 
dustry here  at  the  informal  luncheon 
which  opened  the  five-day  convention. 

The  role  of  the  screen  in  war  was 
emphasized  by  Capt.  Guy  J.  Newhard, 
chief  of  the  motion  picture  branch, 
technical  data  section  of  the  Army 
Air  Corps,  in  a  paper  read  during  the 
morning  session.  He  pointed  out  the 
use  of  the  motion  picture  in  plane  test- 
ing. Lieutenant  William  Exton,  Jr., 
of  the  U.  S.  Naval  Reserve,  told  of 
the  use  of  motion  pictures  in  naval 
training. 

The  technical  progress  of  the  screen 
in  Russia  was  reviewed  by  G.  L.  Ir- 
sky.  of  the  Amtorg  Trading  Corp., 
representing  Russia  in  the  United 
States.  He  said  80  per  cent  of  the 
Russian  films  are  translated  into  from 
30  to  40  national  languages  before 
being  released  throughout  Russia. 

At  tonight's  session  was  opened  a 
symposium  on  the  technique  of  pro- 
duction with  experts  in  various  phases 
of  production  explaining  their  work. 


S CHARLES  EINFELD,  director 
•  of  advertising  and  publicity  for 
Warners,  is  due  at  the  home  office 
from  the  Coast  next  week. 

• 

David  Palfreyman  of  MPPDA 
has  returned  from  a  business  trip  to 
Kansas  City  and  Chicago. 

• 

G.  R.  Gauthier  of  the  Associated 
Screen  News  staff  in  Montreal  has 
been  called  into  active  Army  service. 


Manhattan  Theatre 
Wins  Award  on  Run 


An  arbitrator's  award  directing 
RKO,  20th  Century-Fox  and  War- 
ners to  sell  a  designated  run  to  the 
Waverly  Theatre,  Manhattan,  was 
entered  at  the  local  tribunal  yester- 
day. 

Also,  a  new  clearance  complaint 
was  filed  here  by  the  Cameo  Theatre, 
Astoria,  and  the  some  run  complaint 
of  the  College  Open-Air  Theatre, 
Middletown,  Conn.,  was  withdrawn  at 
the  New  Haven  tribunal. 

The  Waverly's  complaint  was 
against  the  three  distribution  com- 
panies and  the  Art  Theatre,  and  in- 
volved some  run,  clearance  and  speci- 
fic run  complaints.  The  arbitrator 
dismissed  the  action  on  the  first  two 
grounds  but  sustained  the  complaint 
for  a  specific  run  on  the  product  of 
the  three  distributors. 

The  new  complaint  at  the  local 
board  was  filed  by  Stillson  Realty 
Corp.,  operator  of  the  Cameo,  against 
all  five  consenting  companies  and 
named  the  Skouras  Theatres,  the  Ho- 
bart  Theatre,  Woodside,  which  it 
identifies  as  an  Interboro  Circuit  af- 
filiate, and  Theatre  &  Cinema,  Inc., 
houses  as  interested  parties.  The  com- 
plaints seeks  the  elimination  of  the 
seven  days  clearance  of  the  Hobart 
over  the  Cameo  on  the  ground  that 
the  two  theatres  are  not  competitive. 

The  College  Open  Air  Theatre's 
complaint,  which  was  withdrawn  at 
New  Haven,  was  on  some  run  and 
named  all  five  consenting  companies. 
Reasons  for  the  withdrawal  were  not 
given. 

SPG  Contract  Will 
Be  Signed  Today 

AH  major  companies,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  Warners,  will  meet  with  the 
Screen  Publicists  Guild  of  New  York 
at  the  MPPDA  offices  at  3  o'clock 
this  afternoon  for  the  formal  signing 
of  a  contract  covering  publicists  em- 
ployed at  the  seven  companies.  War- 
ners did  not  participate  in  the  nego- 
tiations. 

The  occasion  will  mark  the  first 
time  publicists  have  won  union  recog- 
nition and  a  contract  in  the  home 
offices.  Similar  agreements  exist  with 
the  SPG  in  Hollywood  but  there  is  no 
direct  connection  between  the  two 
guilds. 


Chicago  House  Robbed 

Chicago,  May  4. — George  Rosen- 
thal, assistant  manager  of  Balaban  & 
Katz's  United  Artists  Theatre  was 
held  up  last  night  in  the  theatre's  bal- 
cony office  by  a  youth  who  escaped 
with  $658  taken  from  an  office  safe. 


ARTHUR  W.  KELLY  left  for  the 
Coast  last  night. 

George  Bagnall  is  enroute  to  the 
Coast  following  a  visit  here. 

• 

Frank  Durkee,  circuit  operator  in 
Baltimore,  was  in  town  yesterday. 
• 

Harry  Schiftrix,  Warner  sales- 
man in  Omaha,  has  joined  the  Army. 
Elmer  Huhnke  has  replaced  him. 


Chicago  Rejected 
No  Films  in  April 

Chicago,  May  4. — During  the  month 
of  April  the  Chicago  police  censor 
board  reviewed  121  pictures,  with  a 
total  footage  of  418,000  feet.  None 
was  rejected  and  nine  cuts  were  or- 
dered. One  film,  "Men  of  San  Quen- 
tin,"  was  given  an  "adults  only"  per- 
mit. 

A  Pete  Smith  short  subject,  "What 
About  Daddy?",  which  was  given  an 
"adults  only"  permit  in  March,  was 
given  a  general  permit  during  the 
month.  Cuts  ordered  in  Warners'  "I 
Was  Framed"  and  M-G-M's  "Rio 
Rita,"  earlier  on  the  month,  were  re- 
stored later. 


Legion  Approves 
Six  New  Pictures 

Six  of  seven  new  pictures  reviewed 
this  week  have  been  approved  by  the 
National  Legion  of  Decency,  two  for 
general  patronage  and  four  for  adults, 
while  one  was  classed  as  objectionable 
in  part.  The  new  films  and  their 
classification  follow : 

Class  A-l,  Unobjectionable  for 
General  Patronage — "Home  in  Wy- 
omin',"  "So's  Your  Aunt  Emma." 
Class  A-2,  Unobjectionable  for  Adults 
— "I  Was  Framed,"  "Larceny,  Inc.," 
"Men  of  San  Quentin,"  "My  Gal 
Sal."  Class  B.  Objectionable  in  Part 
— "The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer." 


Lou  Smith  Will  Head 
'U'  Studio  Publicity 

Hollywood,  May  4.— Lou  Smith  to- 
day was  named  Universal  studio  pub- 
licity head  by  John  Joseph,  director 
of  advertising  and  publicity.  Smith 
recently  left  a  similar  post  at  Col- 
umbia. 

Joseph  also  added  to  the  staff  here 
J.  W.  Dailey,  formerly  of  Columbia, 
and  Paul  Speegle,  formerly  on  the 
San  Francisco  Chronicle,  the  latter  re- 
placing Jack  Rosenstein,  who  had  gone 
to  Warners. 


UNUSUAL  OFFICE  SPACE 

Available  on  third  floor, 
729— 7th  Avenue 

Three-room  suite,  ideally  ar- 
ranged, light  and  airy,  fronting 
on  7th  Avenue.  This  is  rare 
opportunity  for  perfect  small- 
space  film  office.  Phone  Mr. 
Wilcox,  BRyant  9-7300. 


3  N.  Y.  Measures 
Affect  Film  Trade 

Albany,  May  4. — Among  the  600 
bills  lying  on  Gov.  Herbert  H.  Leh- 
man's desk  for  approval  or  veto  with- 
in the  30-day  period  following  the 
New  York  State  legislature's  ad- 
journment, three  measures  have  at- 
tracted motion  picture  and  theatrical 
attention. 

Principally  relating  to  motion  £\ 
trues  is  the  measure  of  AssemblyrK 
Harold  B.  Ehrlich,  which  the  legisla- 
ture unanimously  passed,  to  repeal 
"blue  laws"  now  on  the  statutes  pre- 
venting children  under  16  making  mo- 
tion pictures  in  the  state,  and  also  ap- 
plying to  theatre  exhibitions,  both  of 
professional  and  non-professional  na- 
ture, as  well  as  radio. 

Of  great  interest  is  the  generally 
misunderstood  legislation  on  the  re- 
sale of  theatre  tickets.  In  1940,  As- 
semblyman MacNeil  Mitchell  and 
Senator  Frederic  Coudert  filed  legis- 
lation limiting  resale  to  75  cents 
above  the  printed  price.  The  bill  be- 
came law  but  the  sponsors  found  that 
some  places  which  sold  tickets  to 
agencies  would  not  accept  back  the 
tickets  for  redemption  or  credit  if 
unsold.  An  amendment  to  the  law 
to  lift  the  75-cent  ceiling  only  in  cases 
where  no  credit  or  redemption  for  a 
return  is  allowed  was  introduced  and 
passed. 

A  few  "anti-discrimination"  bills 
are  before  the  Governor,  but  actually, 
insofar  as  theatres  are  concerned, 
they  only  supplement  or  strengthen 
the  prohibitions  now  on  the  books. 

Third  subject  of  motion  picture  in- 
terest is  the  Condon  amendment  to 
the  business  law  with  respect  to  fees 
charged  by  theatrical  employment 
agencies.  The  Condon  bill  would  re- 
peal the  5  per  cent  fee  law  and  make 
scales  subject  to  approval  by  the 
Commissioner  of  Licenses  in  New 
York  City. 


Day  Resigns  Para. 
Post  in  Argentina 

John  L.  Day  has  resigned  as  general 
manager  for  Paramount  in  Argentina 
and  Brazil,  effective  July  4,  John  W. 
Hicks,  Paramount  vice-president  and 
foreign  department  head,  announced 
yesterday.  Day,  who  has  been  asso- 
ciated with  Paramount  as  a  South 
American  manager  since  1917,  did  not 
announce  his  future  plans. 


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ilftTIOflHL  i*X%£eil  SERVICE 

will  do  that  with  the  3  Best 
Seat  Sellers  in  the  Business! 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  May  5,  1942 


Reviews 


"Take  a  Letter,  Darling" 

{Paramount) 

SPARKLINGLY  fresh,  this  smart  and  fast  paced  comedy  romance 
about  a  woman  executive  and  her  male  assistant  gushes  with  good 
humor  in  the  most  likable  and  effortless  manner,  to  make  it  one  of  the 
season's  most  promising  box-office  candidates.  It  will  please  old  and 
young  and  contains  additionally  certain  charming  prerequisite  enter- 
tainment personalities,  such  as  Rosalind  Russell,  Fred  MacMurray, 
Robert  Benchley,  Constance  Moore  and  Macdonald  Carey.  The  picture 
can't  miss.    It's  a  howl. 

The  story  is  the  smart  type,  dealing  with  an  arrangement  by  which 
Miss  Russell,  an  advertising  executive,  employs  MacMurray  to  assist  in 
landing  contracts  with  gullible  prospects,  via  his  charming  approach 
to  the  potential  client's  wife.  As  it  develops,  employer  and  employe 
fall  for  each  other,  but  she  refuses  to  acknowledge  it.  Carey  and  Miss 
Moore  enter  the  picture  about  here,  as  brother  and  sister  owners  of  a 
large  tobacco  business. 

Carey,  four-times  married  and  now  an  avowed  woman  hater,  suc- 
cumbs to  Miss  Russell,  while  MacMurray  pretends  an  interest  in  Miss 
Moore  to  serve  the  dual  purpose  of  obtaining  a  contract  and  to  make 
Miss  Russell  jealous.  On  the  brink  of  the  marriage  of  Miss  Russell 
and  Carey,  MacMurray  separates  the  two  by  trickery  and  the  two  gay 
deceivers  go  off  together. 

Benchley  has  a  relatively  small  part  but  is  good  for  a  laugh  with  his 
every  appearance.  Mitchell  Leisen,  director  and  producer,  has  kept 
it  rolling  at  a  brisk  pace  and  played  the  camera  at  comedy  asides  during 
the  entire  picture.  Claude  Binyon's  screenplay,  based  on  a  story  by 
George  Beck,  is  up  to  his  usual  high  standard. 
Running  time,  93  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


"Night  in  New  Orleans" 

(Paramount) 

THIS  takes  place  in  New  Orleans  and  it's  a  murder  mystery,  not 
played  too  seriously  and  spiced  with  some  amusing  lines.  Begin- 
ning with  a  murder  which  makes  the  central  character  the  logical  sus- 
pect, the  mystery  is  developed  well  and  although  a  bit  involved  at  the 
outset  makes  for  a  good  entertainment. 

Preston  Foster  is  the  New  Orleans  detective  who,  while  recovering 
the  childish  love  letters  written  by  his  wife  to  the  town's  big  gambler, 
finds  the  latter  dead  and  thereafter  has  a  job  clearing  himself.  Albert 
Dekker,  as  Foster's  rival  on  the  police  force ;  Patricia  Morison,  as 
Foster's  wife,  and  Charles  Butterworth,  the  murdered  man's  brother, 
have  the  other  principal  roles.  Foster  has  a  time  eluding  Dekker. 
After  a  second  murder  he  identifies  the  guilty  party. 

Running  time,  75  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


20th-Fox  Ad 
Setup  Altered 
By  Skouras 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

rector  of  advertising  and  publicity 
working  from  the  company's  studio  in 
Hollywood. 

"A.  M.  Botsford  has  been  ap- 
pointed special  studio  representative 
of  distribution. 

"The  Hal  Horne  Organization 
which,  since  last  July,  has  been  en- 
gaged in  work  on  several  of  the 
company's  biggest  pictures,  will  con- 
tinue to  function  in  its  present  setup 
and  operations.  Horne,  himself, 
will  "take  on  the  added  duties  of  his 
appointment  immediately. 

"Brand,  who  has  functioned  as  pub- 
licity head  for  the  company  since 
its  inception  will  continue  in  that  ca- 
pacity. 

"Botsford,  who  came  east  last  fall 
from  10  years'  service  in  the  Para- 
mount studio,  will  return  to  Hollywood 
in  June  where  he  will  establish  of- 
fices in  the  20th  Century-Fox  studio 
as  general  representative  for  sales. 

"This  move  has  been  made  in  an 
effort  to  build  the  company's  present 
efficient  advertising  services  up  to 
the  very  highest  standard.  We  hope 
to  make  this  department  the  best  in 
the  business.  With  the  proven  abili- 
ties of  the  three  men  named,  func- 
tioning in  their  new  capacities  and 
working  as  a  team,  with  the  full- 
est understanding  and  accord  be- 
tween studio  and  home  office,  we  see 
every  reason  to  believe  that  our  high 
aims  can  be  quickly  attained." 

Will  Continue  Film 
Broadcasts  to  S.A. 

Continuation  of  international  short 
wave  broadcasts  by  the  industry, 
largely  to  Latin  America,  was  voted 
by  the  International  film  relations 
committee,  comprising  foreign  pub- 
licity managers  of  major  distributors, 
at  a  meeting  at  MPPDA  headquarters 
yesterday. 

The  committee  also  voted  to  con- 
tinue its  cooperation  with  the  Coordi- 
nator of  Inter-American  Affairs  and 
Coordinator  of  Information.  Plans 
for  development  by  the  committee  of 
an  international  feature  news  service 
and  newsletter  will  be  discussed  in  the 
future  with  the  Hollywood  committee. 
Additional  activities  of  the  two  com- 
mittees will  be  suggested  in  a  report 
by  the  planning  committee  to  be  com- 
pleted soon,  according  to  Albert 
Deane,  chairman  of  the  Eastern 
group. 


Abandon  Theatre 
Talks  on  Defense 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

no  longer  necessary  or  desirable  be- 
cause of  the  advent  of  sound. 

The  plan  of  the  campaign  original- 
ly was  to  have  300  speakers  tour  the 
theatres  and  make  short  addresses  on 
the  subject  of  price  control  and  ra- 
tioning. Mayor  LaGuardia  addressed 
this  group  last  week  when  he  warned 
them  against  making  orations,  "show- 
ing off"  or  making  campaign  speeches. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


14,147  Houses  to 
Play  Victory  Films 

A  total  of  14,147  theatres  in  the 
country  have  pledged  to  run  all  Vic- 
tory Films  and  to  cooperate  with  the 
War  Activities  Committee,  it  was  an- 
nounced yesterday.  Most  recent  re- 
leases are  "Any  Bonds  Today,"  "Lake 
Carrier"  and  a  film  for  United  China 
Relief. 

Last  night,  Joan  Fontaine  and 
Brian  Aherne  were  interviewed  by 
Cecil  B.  DeMille  during  the  CBS 
"Lux  Radio  Theatre"  and  the  objec- 
tive of  $300,000  a  week  in  war  bonds 
by  the  Motion  Picture  Committee  for 
Hollywood  was  announced.  The  plan 
calls  for  $250,000  weekly  on  the  pay- 
roll deduction  plan  and  an  additional 
$50,000  by  cash  sales.  This  quota,  it 
was  stated,  would  mean  100  bombers 
a  year  purchased  by  Hollywood. 

Approximately  $100,000  on  the  pay- 
roll plan  already  has  been  pledged, 
it  was  said,  as  compared  with  $30,000 
weekly  before  the  current  drive  start- 
ed and  it  is  expected  that  it  will  reach 
the  $150,000  mark  by  the  end  of  this 
week. 


Strict  Price  Rule 

For  Canada  Seen 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
circuits  and  distributing  companies 
was  in  attendance.  It  is  understood 
Canada  will  enforce  control  of  rental 
contracts  regardless  of  any  rising  film 
costs  in  the  United  States. 

The  general  policy  of  enforcement 
by  the  Canadian  board  is  understood 
to  have  been  placed  before  members  of 
the  Film  Advisory  Council  and  the 
three  branches  of  the  industry  are  to 
hold  their  own  meetings  to  study  the 
rules  affecting  each  group.  The  at- 
mosphere surrounding  the  conference 
indicated  realization  that  the  board 
will  be  strict  in  enforcing  control 
measures. 


Seattle  Night  Baseball 

Seattle,  May  4. — Night  baseball, 
greatest  single  competitor  for  the  mo- 
tion picture  industry  in  this  city,  is 
back  for  the  1942  season.  Weekly  at- 
tendance ranges  from  25,000  to  50,000 
during  the  season,  covering  a  period 
from  May  through  September. 


To  Take  Final 
Action  on  Umpi 
Plan  May  13 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

to  present  the  new  sales  plan  to  the 
Department  of  Justice  for  its  conrTV 
eration.        That    meeting  prolJi.' 
would  take  place  in  Washington  me 
week  following. 

There  is  the  possibility  that  the  De- 
partment of  Justice  may  suggest 
changes  in  the  selling  plan  which 
would  entail  further  negotiations  and, 
assuming  the  department's  approval 
of  the  plan  is  then  obtained,  it  would 
be  submitted  to  the  Federal  court  here 
thereafter  as  an  amendment  to  the 
decree.  Any  substantial  change  in  the 
plan,  however,  might  necessitate  its 
being  returned  to  exhibitor  organiza- 
tions for  reconsideration  first. 

The  decree's  sales  and  trade  show 
provisions  expire  June  1  but  it  is  con- 
sidered doubtful  in  trade  circles 
whether  final  action  on  the  plan  can 
be  had  from  the  Federal  court  by 
that  date. 


Paramount  Sets 
5  Regional  Meets 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Hotel  Pierre,  New  York,  May  11  and 
12,  for  the  New  York,  Buffalo,  Al- 
bany, New  Haven  and  Boston  ex- 
changes, with  J.  J.  Unger,  Eastern 
division  manager,  presiding.  Unger 
also  will  preside  at  the  second  meet- 
ing, to  be  held  at  the  William  Penn 
Hotel,  Pittsburgh,  May  15  and  16,  for 
the  Pittsburgh,  Philadelphia,  Wash- 
ington, Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Indiana- 
polis and  Detroit  exchanges.  Agnew, 
Charles  M.  Reagan,  George  Smith 
and  Oscar  Morgan  will  address  the 
first  meeting  and  Agnew  and  Reagan 
the  second. 

The  third  meeting  will  be  held  at 
the  Peabody  Hotel,  Memphis,  also 
on  May  15  and  16.  George  Smith, 
Western  division  manager,  will  pre- 
side, and  the  personnel  of  the  Char- 
lotte, Atlanta,  New  Orleans,  Okla- 
homa City,  Dallas  and  Memphis  ex- 
changes will  be  present. 

On  May  18  and  19,  the  Kansas  City, 
St.  Louis,  Omaha,  Denver,  Des 
Moines,  Minneapolis,  Milwaukee  and 
Chicago  exchanges  will  meet  at  the 
Muehlebach  Hotel,  Kansas  City,  with 
Smith  presiding  and  Agnew,  Reagan 
and  Morgan  present. 

The  final  meeting  will  be  held  May 
22  and  23  at  the  Hotel  St.  Francis, 
San  Francisco,  with  the  personnel 
from  that  city,  Los  Angeles,  Portland 
and  Seattle  exchanges  attending. 
Smith  will  preside  and  Reagan  will  be 
a  speaker. 


Okla.  Tornado  Hit 
Theatres  in  Pryor 

Pryor,  Okla.,  May  4. — Total  dam- 
age done  by  the  state's  worst  tornado, 
which  swept  the  business  section  last 
week,  remains  as  yet  unestimated, 
but  theatre  properties  were  practically 
all  completely  wrecked  and  in  one 
house  12  persons  were  seriously  in- 
jured. 


it 


if 


An  immediate  saving  of  approximately  20%  of  the  copper  used 
on  copper  coated  projector  carbons  can  be  made  by  reducing  the 
current  at  the  arc  from  the  maximum  to  the  minimum  amperage 
recommended  for  the  trim  in  use. 

Added  to  the  saving  in  copper  will  be  a  substantial  saving  in 
power  and  a  lower  rate  of  carbon  consumption. 

The  resulting  loss  of  light  will  be  sufficiently  small  that  an 
acceptable  show  can  still  go  on. 

Exhibitors  and  projectionists  are  urged  to  adopt  this  economy- 
measure  immediately.  It  is  one  more  way  in  which  the  motion 
picture  industry  can  contribute  to  the  success  of  the  nation's 
war  effort. 

Give  or  sell  your  copper  drippings  from  the  lamp  house  and 
peelings  from  butt  ends  to  the  nearest  scrap  dealer,  unless  other- 
wise instructed  by  our  government. 


**★★★*★★★★ 

NATIONAL  CARBON  COMPANY,  INC. 

Unit  of  Union  Carbide  and  Carbon  Corporation 

GH3 

CARBON  SALES  DIVISION:  CLEVELAND,  OHIO 
GENERAL  OFFICES:  50  East  42nd  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y.  BRANCH  SALES  OFFICES:  New  York,  Pittsburgh,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  San  Francisco 


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Motion  picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  May  5,  1942 


'Sal'  BVay  Smash 
In  Good  Weekend; 
'Lady'  Also  Strong! 

{Continued  from  page  1) 

day  through  Sunday,  and  will  continue 
there  for  an  indefinite  run. 

Another  big  grosser  is  "The  Great 
Man's  Lady"  at  the  Paramount  with 
Claude  Thornhill's  band,  Carol  Bruce 
and  Jack  Durant  heading  the  stage 
show.  It  took  an  estimated  $21,500 
over  the  weekend  and  should  draw 
an  estimated  $46,000  for  its  first  week, 
which  ends  tonight.  It  will  be  held 
over. 

At  the  Music  Hall,  "We  Were 
Dancing"  was  highly  satisfactory 
with  an  estimated  $53,000  for  the  first 
four  days.  It  will  be  followed  by 
"Saboteur"  on  Thursday.  "The  Gold 
Rush"  continued  its  fast  pace  at  the 
Globe,  where  it  grossed  an  estimated 
$24,500  for  the  second  week  and  took 
an  estimated  $10,000  over  the  week- 
end to  start  its  third. 

In  its  second  week  at  the  Strand, 
"Larceny,  Inc.,"  wtih  Abe  Lyman's 
band  and  Jackie  Cooper  on  the  stage, 
drew  an  estimated  $12,500  Friday 
through  Sunday.  "In  This  Our  Life" 
will  follow  on  Friday. 

The  return  engagement  of  "Gone 
With  the  Wind"  at  the  Astor  is  still 
strong,  taking  an  estimated  $10,000 
for  the  fifth  week.  "Twin  Beds"  at 
the  Capitol  was  off.  It  grossed  an 
estimated  $11,000  for  the  first  four 
days  and  will  be  followed  Thursday 
by  "Rio  Rita,"  and  "The  Spoilers" 
will  be  next.  At  the  Rialto,  "The 
Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  grossed  an 
estimated  $7,500  for  the  week  and 
"Mystery  of  Marie  Roget"  opened 
there  yesterday. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

Rockefeller  Center 
NORMA  SHEARER- MELVYN  DOUGLAS 

"WE  WERE  DANCING" 

A  METRO- GOLDWYNMAYER  PICTURE 
Gala  Stage  Revue  -  Symphony  Orchestra 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved      Circle  6-4680 


Rita  Victor 
HAY  WORTH    •  MATURE 

"MY  GAL  SAL" 

IN  TECHNICOLOR 
PLUS    A    BIG    pQXY    7th  Ave- 


STAGE  SHOW 


&  50th  St. 


PALACE 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


'FANTASIA' 


JOHN  GARFIELD -RAYMOND  MA3SEY 
•DANGEROUSLY  THEY  LIVE' 


Review 


"Broadway 

(Universal) 

Hollywood,  May  4 

HP  HREE  actors  who  know  what  to  do  with  dialogue  to  make  it 
*•  crackle  put  enough  power  and  punch  into  this  melodrama  of  the 
bootleg  era  to  make  it  seem  like  right  now.  They  are  George  Raft,  Pat 
O'Brien  and  Brod  Crawford,  and  they  are  supported  by  many  another 
player  with  much  on  the  ball. 

"Broadway"  is  a  modernized  but  largely  unchanged  version  of  the  stage 
play  which  Jed  Harris  produced  some  years  ago  on  the  street  of  the 
same  name  to  the  profitable  satisfaction  of  first  nighters  and  late  comers 
alike.  It  is  now,  as  it  was  then,  the  story  of  a  hoofer  and  a  policeman 
and  a  racketeer,  and  of  plottings  and  murders  in  the  interests  of  crim- 
inality, and  there  has  been  no  gilding  of  the  theme  save  that  which 
accrues  to  it  by  the  passage  of  time  and  the  dimming  of  audience 
memory  as  to  just  how  bad  things  were  then.  All  the  spell  of  the  old 
days  is  preserved,  and  augmented  importantly  by  a  musical  score  made 
up  of  song  hits  of  the  period,  and  the  thrills  of  then  are  thrills  of  now  for 
as  long  as  the  picture  requires  them  to  be. 

Raft  plays  the  hoofer,  giving  him  his  own  name,  by  the  way,  and 
O'Brien  is  the  detective  whom  Crawford,  the  racketeer,  is  unable  to 
cow,  buy  off  or  outwit.  His  trying  gives  both  men  plenty  of  oppor- 
tunity to  do  well  the  kind  of  thing  each  does  best,  however,  and  Raft's 
role  as  the  hoofer  fits  him  like  his  old  hoofing  shoes. 

Others  participating  in  a  rounded  performance  are  Janet  Blair,  Anne 
Gwynne,  Marjorie  Rambeau,  S.  Z.  Sakall,  Edward  S.  Brophy,  Marie 
Wilson,  Gus  Schilling,  Ralf  Harolde,  Arthur  Shields,  Iris  Adrian,  Elaine 
Morey,  Dorothy  Moore,  Nester  Paiva,  Abner  Biberman,  Damian 
O'Flynn  and  Mack  Gray.  Bruce  Manning's  production  is  upper  bracket 
throughout,  and  William  A.  Seiter's  direction  keeps  interest  taut  from 
start  to  finish.  Frank  Shaw  served  Manning  as  associate.  The  script 
is  by  Felix  Jackson  and  John  Bright,  from  the  play  by  Philip  Dunning 
and  George  Abbott.  Musical  director  Charles  Previn  and  dance  director 
John  Mattison  account  for  many  gratifying  moments,  and  Frank 
Skinner  rates  a  salute  for  a  score  compounded  skillfully  from  hit  num- 
bers of  other  years. 

Running  time,  91  minutes.    "G."*  Roscoe  Williams 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Loew's  Managers 
Set  Plan  for  Drives 

Two  hundred  Loew  managers,  as- 
sistant managers  and  district  heads 
of  the  New  York  circuit  met  at  mid- 
night Sunday  at  Loew's  Ziegfeld  to 
set  plans  for  the  Army  and  Navy 
Relief  drive  in  theatres,  May  14-20. 

Charles  C.  Moskowitz,  in  charge  of 
New  York  theatres,  presided.  Fol- 
lowing that  session,  the  men  met 
shortly  afterward  to  discuss  the  war 
bond  and  stamp  drive  which  will  get 
under  way  in  theatres  on  May  30. 


Mrs.  Berlin  Heads 
USO  Drive  Publicity 

Mrs.  Irving  Berlin  has  been  ap- 
pointed chairman  of  the  publicity  com- 
mittee for  the  Greater  New  York 
USO  campaign,  it  has  been  announced 
by  Mrs.  Dwight  W.  Morrow,  chair- 
man of  the  women's  division.  Mrs. 
Lewis  Iselin  was  named  to  handle 
benefit  shows. 

Although  the  national  USO  drive 
does  not  open  until  May  11,  several 
communities  already  have  met  their 
quotas,  it  was  reported  by  Prescott 
S.  Bush,  national  chairman.  The  goal 
is  $32,000,000. 


Mrs.  Goodman  Rites  Held 

Private  funeral  services  for  Mrs. 
Belle  Goodman,  mother  of  Monroe 
Goodman,  Paramount  assistant  short 
subjects  and  newsreel  sales  manager, 
were  held  here  yesterday  with  Rabbi 
William  Rosenbloom  of  Temple  Israel 
officiating.  Burial  was  at  Ferncliff 
Cemetery,  Ardsley,  N.  Y.  Mrs. 
Goodman  died  Saturday. 


B'way  Group  Will 
Honor  Grossman 

The  Broadway  Association,  of 
which  Robert  K.  Christianberry  is 
president,  will  sponsor  jointly  with 
the  New  York  University  Law  School 
a  testimonial  luncheon  May  12  at  the 
Hotel  Astor  to  Judge  Moses  H. 
Grossman,  founder  of  the  American 
Arbitration  Association. 

Former  President  Herbert  Hoover 
and  Dean  Frank  H.  Sommer  of  NYU 
Law  School  will  speak.  Judge  Gross- 
man is  recognized  as  the  "father  of 
arbitration"  in  this  country.  Chris- 
tianberry is  chairman  of  the  luncheon 
committee  and  will  be  toastmaster. 


Pollock  to  Present 
Chicago  Symphony 

Louis  Pollock,  former  Eastern  ad- 
vertising and  publicity  manager  for 
Universal,  announced  that  he  has 
signed  Robert  Stolz,  Viennese  com- 
poser-conductor, and  will  present  him 
conducting  the  Chicago  Symphony 
Orchestra  at  the  Civic  Opera  House 
in  Chicago,  May  29  and  30. 

Among  other  workss,  Stolz  was 
composer  of  "White  Horse  Inn'"  and 
"Two  Hearts  in  Three-Quarter 
Time"  and  did  the  score  for  Univer- 
sale "Spring  Parade." 


Buys  Exchange  Interest 

John  Jenkins,  formerly  of  the  Dixie 
Film  Co.,  Atlanta,  has  purchased  an 
interest  in  Astor  Pictures  of  Dallas, 
from  O.  K.  Bourgeois,  and  will  serve 
as  general  manager,  Astor  Pictures 
Corp.  has  announced. 


'Walking  Gentleman' 
Will  Open  Thursday 

The    Albert  Lewis-Marion 
Gering   production   of  "The 
Walking  Gentleman"  is  the 
only  play  opening  set  for  this 
week  on  Broadway.  The  melo- 
drama, which  concerns  a  psy- 
chopathic murderer,  and  fea- 
tures Victor  Francen,  Arlene 
Francis  and  Richard  Gaines, 
is  scheduled  for  Thursday  atsr 
the  Belasco.  Fulton  Oursle^i  j 
and  Grace  Perkins  are  the  au 
thors. 


80%  Closed  Shop] 
In  SWG  Contract 

Hollywood,  May  4. — The  tentative 
agreement  between  the  Screen  Writers 
Guild  and  producers  which  has  gone 
to  members  pending  a  vote  May  11, 
provides  that  producers  establish  an 
80  per  cent  guild  shop  three  months 
after  the  pact  is  signed. 

The  percentage  would  increase  to  85 
three  months  later  an  increase  to  90 
per  cent  two  and  one-half  years  later, 
continuing  thus  for  the  life  of  the 
seven-year  agreement.  The  effective 
date  of  the  deal  is  May  1.  The  pay 
system  fixes  $1,000  as  a  minimum  for 
westerns,  and  $1,500  for  features  and 
serials  when  written  on  a  deal  basis. 

The  minimum  week-to-week  or 
term  payrate  of  $125  goes  into  ef- 
fect with  the  effective  date  of  the 
agreement,  with  a  $75  minimum  ap- 
plying in  some  cases  until  then.  A 
permanent  conciliation  committee  of 
six,  including  three  writers  and  three 
producers  is  provided.  A  lengthy  sec- 
tion describes  the  method  of  crediting 
writers  on  the  screen.  The  agreement 
has  been  in  ngotiation  for  six  years. 


Astor  Roof  to  Open 
May  19  for  Summer 

The  Hotel  Astor  Roof  will  be 
opened  to  the  public  on  May  19,  ac- 
cording to  Robert  K.  Christianberry, 
vice-president  and  general  manager  of 
the  hotel.  It  is  pointed  out  that  the 
roof  is  only  10  stories  in  the  air,  thus 
not  coming  within  the  range  of  the 
Army  dimout  order  on  lights  above 
the  15th  story  of  New  York  build- 
ings. 

All  skylights  on  the  roof  will  be 
blacked  out,  thus  making  it  invisible 
from  the  air. 


Howes  Joins  W.B.  Staff 

Wally  Howes  has  been  appointed  to 
the  sales  staff  of  the  Warner  Bros, 
exchange  here,  Roger  Mahan,  branch 
manager,  announced. 


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Tuesday,  May  5,  1942 


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BLAZING  THE 
TRAIL 

for  a 

BIG  PICTURE 


Production  in 
Drop;  34  Films 
Now  Shooting 


Hollywood,    May    4. — Production 
slumped   to   34   pictures   before  the 
cameras  this  week  as  13  finished  and 
n  started.  Twenty-three  are  being 
ared  and  76  are  being  edited, 
aramount    is    the    busiest  studio 
with  seven  features  in  work. 
The  tally  by  studio  : 

Columbia 
Finished:  "Overland  to  Deadwood," 
"Man's  World,"  "The  Lone  Wolf  in 
Scotland  Yard." 

j    In  Work :  "Fingers,"  "Blondie 
Victory." 

Goldwyn  (RKO) 

i    Finished:     "The     Pride  of 
Yankees." 

M-G-M 

:  In  Work:  "Tish,"  "For  Me  and  My 
Gal,"  "Cairo,"  "Seven  Sisters,"  "A 
Yank  at  Eton." 

|    Started:  "Random  Harvest." 
Monogram 
Finished :  "Down  Texas  Way." 
In  Work :  "Texas  Trouble  Shoot- 


for 


the 


Producers  Releasing 

Finished :  "The  Commandos  Have 
Landed." 

Paramount 

Finished:  "The  Road  to  Morocco." 

In  Work :  "I  Married  a  Witch," 
"Wake  Island,"  "Happy-Go-Lucky," 
"Silver  Queen,"  "Triumph  Over 
Pain,"  "The  Major  and  the  Minor." 
RKO 

In  W ork :  "The  Big  Street." 

Republic 
Finished:  "Cyclone  Kid." 
In  Work :  "Moonlight  Masquerade." 
Started:    "Flying    Tigers,"  "Lazy 
Bones,"   "The   Phantom  Plainsmen." 
20th  Century-Fox 
Finished :    "The    Postman  Didn't 
Ring." 

In  Work :  "The  Black  Swan,"  "Ice- 
land," "Orchestra  Wife,"  "The  Pied 
Piper,"  "Thunderbirds." 

Started :  "Twelve  Men  in  a  Box." 
Universal 

Finished:  "Madam  Spy,"  "Private 
Buckaroo,"  "Pardon  My  Sarong." 

In  Work :  "Invisible  Agent,"  "Tim- 
ber," "Love  and  Kisses,  Caroline." 

Started:  "The  Silver  Bullet." 
Warners 

Finished :  "Across  the  Pacific." 

In  Work:  "Now,  Voyager,"  "The 
Hard  Way,"  "George  Washington 
Slept  Here." 


Metro  Tradeshows 
Set  on  Six  Pictures 

M-G-M  yesterday  announced  trade 
showings  on  its  next  six  features. 
"Mrs.  Miniver"  will  be  shown  in  ex- 
changes May  15,  except  in  New  York, 
where  it  will  be  on  May  12.  "Once 
Upon  a  Thursday,"  "Pacific  Rendez- 
vous" and  "I  Married  an  Angel"  will 
be  shown  on  May  19,  and  "Her  Card- 
board Lover"  and  "Maisie  Gets  Her 
Man"  on  May  26. 


Promoted  by  W.  B. 

Chicago,  May  4. — Emil  Boehm, 
formerly  in  the  ad  sales  department 
at  the  Warner  exchange  here,  has 
been  promoted  to  head  the  contract 
department. 


Reviews 


"Sweater  Girl" 

(Paramount) 

WILLIAM  CLEMENS,  director,  has  fashioned  a  lively,  fast  mov- 
ing program  picture  from  a  combination  of  murder  mystery,  col- 
lege story  and  musical  background.  A  cast  of  youngsters,  for  the  most 
part,  gives  the  picture  a  fresh  quality  although  the  story  elements  do 
not  attain  any  high  degree  of  suspense. 

"Sweater  Girl,"  is  the  name  of  the  annual  student  play  and  it  is  in 
rehearsal  when  one  of  the  students,  the  campus  gossip  columnist,  dies 
suddenly.  Betty  Jane  Rhodes  appeared  disturbed  by  the  columnist's 
promise  of  a  big  expose  and  she  rushes  to  Phillip  Terry,  a  chemistry  pro- 
fessor to  whom  she  is  secretly  married.  Actually  she  was  the  last  per- 
son to  see  the  columnist  alive  but  Terry  induces  his  sister,  June  Preisser, 
to  suprress  this  fact,  and  the  coroner's  jury  states  that  the  boy  died  of 
self-administered  poison. 

While  rehearsals  continue,  another  boy  is  found  strangled.  Eddie 
Bracken  plays  the  lead  as  the  close  chum  of  the  two  murdered  students. 
Miss  Preisser  pursues  Bracken  but  he  rejects  her  romantic  advances  and 
is  almost  strangled,  too,  at  Miss  Rhodes'  home  when  he  undertakes  to 
stay  with  her  ailing  mother,  Frieda  Inescourt.  Ultimately,  Miss  Preisser 
discovers  that  the  student  columnist  was  murdered  by  poison  on  the 
glued  flap  of  an  envelope  and  from  a  typewriter  clue  learns  that  the  mur- 
derer is  on  the  campus.  It  develops  that  Miss  Inescourt,  maddened  by 
the  accidental  death  of  her  son  during  an  initiation  by  the  murdered 
boys  and  Bracken,  had  employed  a  half-witted  boy  to  execute  the  mur- 
ders. There  are  four  songs  and  several  dances  heard  and  seen  during 
the  numerous  rehearsal  periods.  Sol  S.  Siegel  was  producer  and  Jo- 
seph Sistrom  associate  producer. 

Running  time,  77  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


"My  Favorite  Spy" 

(RKO) 

A RING  of  spies  is  out-maneuvered  in  a  tongue-in-check  treatment 
of  espionage  and  counter  espionage  and  it  is  Kay  Kyser  who,  after 
a  series  of  chases  and  narrow  escapes,  brings  them  to  book. 

Kyser  appears  as  a  slow-witted  orchestra  leader  who  finds  himself 
an  undercover  agent  for  the  Intelligence  Department,  playing  opposite 
Ellen  Drew,  as  his  attractive  bride,  who  knows  nothing  of  his  secret 
assignment  and  becomes  naturally  suspicious  at  his  odd  behavior.  Jane 
Wyman  has  a  prominent  part  as  another  secret  operative  working  with 
Kyser. 

The  unrestrained  nature  of  the  comedy  occasionally  works  into  the 
melodramatic  theme  rather  awkwardly.  Redeeming  factors  are  enter- 
taining but  brief  musical  ado  by  Kyser's  band,  some  moments  of  excite- 
ment, and  Kyser's  name,  which  makes  for  a  good  selling  point.  Robert 
Armstrong,  William  Demarest  and  Una  O'Connor  round  out  the  good 
cast.    Harold  Lloyd  was  the  producer.    Tay  Garnett  directed. 

Running  time,  86  minutes.   "G."  Eugene  Arneel 


"Mexican  Spitfire  Sees  a  Ghost" 

(RKO) 

'  I  *  HE  gag  involving  Leon  Errol  as  both  the  British  Lord  Epping 
*■  and  the  homespun  Uncle  Matt  is  stretched  through  another  film 
herein  as  the  series  continues.  The  use  of  virtually  the  same  material 
in  successive  pictures  tends  to  cause  it  to  lose  flavor. 

Errol  has  with  him  again  Lupe  Velez,  Charles  Buddy  Rogers  and 
Elisabeth  Risdon,  who  carry  on  in  the  same  roles,  and  a  new  addition 
to  the  company,  Donald  MacBride,  whose  comical  facial  contortions 
brighten  the  comedy  in  a  few  instances.  Minna  Gombell  and  Don  Bar- 
clay also  are  in  support. 

It  takes  place  at  Lord  Epping's  country  estate,  which  is  tenanted  by  a 
few  crooks  and  to  which  MacBride,  a  prospective  investor,  is  invited 
by  Epping.  From  there  on  it's  Errol  bobbing  in  and  out  as  either  of 
the  two  characters. 

Running  time,  70  minutes.    "G,"*  Eugene  Arneel 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Named  City  Manager 

Mansfield,  O.,  May  4. — Frank 
Harpster,  Warner  Theatres  district 
manager,  has  named  Grattan  John- 
ston, manager  of  the  Madison,  as  city 
manager,  succeeding  William  Har- 
well, transferred  to  Portsmouth,  O., 
as  city  manager.  Harold  Olds,  Ma- 
jestic manager,  moves  to  the  Madison, 
but  no  successor  has  been  named  at 
the  Majestic. 


Phila.  AGVA  Vote  May  26 

Philadelphia,  May  4.  —  Frank 
Richardson  has  been  nominated  for 
the  presidency  of  the  local  AGVA 
chapter.  He  will  be  opposed  by  Al 
Rea.  Elections  for  the  1942-'43  sea- 
son will  be  held  May  26,  with  the 
slate  including  Sidney  Raymond  and 
David  Vanfield  for  first  vice-presi- 
dent ;  Jean  Maury  unopposed  for  re- 
cording secretary. 


THE  icy  wilds  of  America's  last 
FRONTIER  provide  a  magnificent 
SETTING  for  REPUBLIC'S  newest 
DRAMATIC  action  hit.  It's  "GIRL 
FROM  ALASKA"  and  the  cast 
INCLUDES  RAY 
MIDDLETON, 
JEAN  PARKER, 
JEROME 
COWAN, 
ROBERT 
BARRAT,  RAY 
MALA,  and 
RAYMOND 
HATTON. 
THEY  all  give 

INSPIRED  performances  in  this 
STIRRING  tale  of  conflict  and 
ADVENTURE  in  the  land  where 
NATURE  is  every  man's  enemy 
AND  only  the  strong  can 


►  « 


SURVIVE.  But  there's  always  time 
FOR  romance,  and,  with  RAY 
MIDDLETON  and  JEAN  PARKER 
AS  the  young  lovers,  you  can  be 
SURE  that  the  picture  has  its 
SHARE  of  tender  moments 
AS  well  as  its  gripping  melodrama. 
ALL  in  all,  it  adds  up  to  superb 
ENTERTAINMENT  in  every 
DEPARTMENT.  Stirring  action, 
EXCITING  romance,  and  a  grand 
CAST  make  "GIRL  FROM 


ALASKA"  a  great 
SHOW  you'd  better  not 
MISS.  It's 


A  REPUBLIC  PICTURE 


8 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  May  5,  1942 


Off  the  Antenna 


THE  NAVY  RELIEF  Society  has  formed  a  committee  of  seven  to  rep- 
resent radio  in  the  current  $5,000,000  drive  by  the  Society.  The  commit- 
teemen are  Alfred  J.  McCosker,  Mutual  chairman  of  the  board  and  WOR 
president;  Clair  R.  McCullough,  WGAL,  Lancaster,  Pa.,  president,  and  general 
manager  of  the  Mason  Dixon  Radio  Group  ;  Neville  Miller,  NAB  president ; 
William  S.  Paley,  CBS  president;  John  Shepard  III,  Yankee  Network  presi- 
dent ;  Niles  Trammell,  NBC  president,  and  Mark  Woods,  Blue  President. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Walter  Evans  has  been  elected  vice-president  of  Westing- 
house  Electric  &  Manufacturing  Co.  .  .  .  A.  B.  Chamberlain,  CBS  chief 
engineer,  has  been  called  into  active  service  by  the  Navy.  .  .  .  Sherman  Greg- 
ory has  been  twined  manager  of  WEAF  with  Cecil  K.  Carmichael  as  his  as- 
sistant Francis  C.  Barton,  Jr.,  has  succeeded  Joseph  H.  Burgess,  Jr., 

as  CBS  personnel  manager.  .  .  .  Clay  Morgan,  NBC  assistant  to  the  president, 
is  in  the  West  Side  Hospital  for  observation  on  an  abdominal  ailment.  .  .  . 
Lester  Gottlieb,  Mutual  publicity  director,  is  visiting  Mutual  affiliates  and  radio 
fditors  in  the  field  prior  to  going  to  Cleveland  zi'hcre  he  zvill  remain  for  the 
duration  of  the  NAB  convention.  .  .  .  Lester  O'Keefe  has  been  appointed 
NBC  assistant  Eastern  production  manager.  .  .  .  John  F.  Becker,  formerly 
with  the  Colonial  Network,  has  joined  CBS  as  an  assistant  director.  .  .  .  Arch 
Oboler  has  signed  a  renewal  for  an  indefinite  period  for  his  "Plays  for  Ameri- 
cans" series.  .  .  .  Tom  Tully,  of  the  "Young  Widder  Brown"  series  will  par- 
ticipate in  his  2000f/i  broadcast  this  week. 

•  •  • 

Effective  Sept.  1,  KLO,  Ogden,  will  become  a  full  time  Mutual  affiliate 
and  will  drop  its  Blue  affiliation  at  the  same  time.  At  present,  KLO  is  an 
outlet  for  both  networks. 

•  •  • 

Fox  West  Coast  Theatres  have  launched  a  52-week  promotion  campaign 
for  six  San  Francisco  theatres.  The  circuit  zvill  sponsor  "Last  Minute  Nczvs- 
casts"  on  KFRC,  San  Francisco,  six  times  weekly. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  KGO,  San  Francisco,  has  won  the  General  Electric 
plaque  for  the  second  successive  year.  With  only  47  seconds  off  the  air  be- 
cause of  transmission  difficulties,  it  topped  all  other  U.  S.  stations.  .  .  . 
Thomas  W.  Wyatt,  formerly  connected  with  a  Cincinnati  brokerage  house,  has 
been  appointed  public  relations  director  of  WCKY,  Cincinnati,  to  coordinate 
the  station's  war  activities.  .  .  .  Frank  Silva,  formerly  sports  announcer  at 
WHAM,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  has  resigned  to  become  sports  director  of  WESX, 
Salem,  Mass.  .  .  .  KNX,  Hollywood,  has  started  a  school  for  training  radio 
technicians.  .  .  .  Kenneth  W.  MacGregor  has  been  promoted  to  the  post  of 
director  of  production  at  WGN,  Chicago. 


Texas  Film  Heads 
Stage  Bond  Rally 


Dallas,  May  4. — The  Texas  indus- 
try this  morning  staged  a  rally  at  the 
Palace  Theatre  here,  in  connection 
with  the  Government  plan  for  an  in- 
vestment of  10  per  cent  of  income  in 
war  bonds.  Full  support  was  pledged. 

Karl  Hoblitzelle,  president  of  In- 
terstate Circuit,  was  elected  to  head 
the  organization  and  function  as  co- 
ordinator for  the  state.  He  explained 
the  plan. 

The  rally  was  preceded  by  a  parade. 
Mass  singing  and  inspirational  talks 
featured  the  rally  itself.  Paul  Short 
and  John  Adams  were  chairmen  of 
the  arrangements  committee  and 
Short  presided  at  the  rally.  Hoblit- 
zelle made  the  principal  address,  and 
W.  A.  Thomas,  collector  of  internal 
revenue,  and  R.  J.  O'Donnell  spoke. 

Among  those  prominent  in  prepar- 
ing the  rally  were  R.  E.  Griffith,  R. 
I.  Payne,  S.  L.  Oakley,  Harold  Robb, 
Ed  Rowley,  Don  Douglas,  Wallace, 
Walthall,  L.  M.  Rice,  John  R.  Mo- 
roney,  Joseph  Jack,  Jack  Adams,  Jus- 
tin Mclnaney,  Jack  Underwood,  Le- 
roy  Bickel,  John  Franconi,  Hugh 
Owen,  Lloyd  Rust,  Lester  Sack,  Her- 
man Beiersdorf,  Earl  Collins,  Fred 
Jack,  Doak  Roberts,  Hugh  Jameison, 
O.  K.  Bourgeois,  William  Finch,  Sol 
Sachs,  L.  G.  Bissinger,  P.  G.  Camer- 
on, C.  C.  Exell,  William  G.  Under- 
wood, Burt  King,  Jack  Zern.  Harvey 
Leuthstrom,  Norman  Steppe,  and 
every  theatre  manager  in  Dallas 
County. 


'Squadron'  Scores 
$11,800  in  Toronto 

Toronto,  May  4.  —  "International 
Squadron"  at  the  Imperial  drew 
$11,800,  while  Loew's  grossed  $11,500 
with  "We  Were  Dancing"  and  "A 
Yank  on  the  Burma  Road." 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing April  25 : 

"Joan  of  Paris"  (RKO) 

EGLINTON  —  (1,086)  (18c-30c-48c-60c)  6 
days,  4th  week.  Gross:  $2,500.  (Average. 
$4,500) 

"International  Squadron"  (W.B.) 

IMPERIAL— (3.373)  (18c-30c-42c-6Oc-90c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $11,800.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M) 
"A.  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  —  (2,074)    (18c-30c-42c-60c-78c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $11,500.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"Son  of  Fury"  (ZOth-Fox) 

SHEA'S  —  (2,480)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"Bedtime  Story"  (Col.) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

TIVOLI— (1,434)     (18c-30c-48c)    6  days. 
Gross:  $2,800.    (Average,  $3,900) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 

UPTOWN — (2.761 )  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $10,000.    (Average,  $9,000) 


'Joan'  Montreal's 

Winner  at  $8,000 

Montreal,  May  4.  —  "Joan  of 
Paris"  at  the  Palace  drew  $8,000. 
"Kings  Row"  at  Loew's  took  $7,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  23 : 

"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 

ORPHEUM—  (1.000)   (30c-40c-60c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,500.    (Average.  $4,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

LOEW'S— (2,900)     (35c-47c-67c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $7,500._  (Average.  $7,000) 
"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 
"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

PRINCESS— (2.200)    (27c-34c-47c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $3,500.    (Average,  $2,700) 
"Joan  of  Paris"  (RKO) 

PALACE— (2,200)     (30c-45c-62c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $8,000.    (Average.  $7,000) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Kid  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 

CAPITOL— (2,800)  (30c-45c-62c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,500.    (Average,  $4,000) 


'Male  Animal'  Hits 
$7,600  in  Capital 

Washington,  May  4.  —  In  a  gen- 
erally good  week  on  a  return  engage- 
ment at  Warner's  Metropolitan,  "The 
Male  Animal"  took  $7,600. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ended  April  22-23: 

"Sullivan's  Travels"  (Para) 

WARNER'S     EARLE— (2,200)  (28c-39c- 
44c-66c-77c)  7  days.    On  stage:  Blackstone 
and  His  Show  of  1,001  Wonders,  Roxyettes. 
Gross:  $18,000.    (Average,  $15,000) 
"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  CAPITOL— (3,434)  (28c-44c.66c) 
7  days.  On  stage:  Senor  Wences,  Stuart 
Morgan  Dancers,  Fredericks  &  Lane,  Bail- 
ey Sisters,  Rhythm  Rockets.  Gross:  $19,- 
000.  (Average,  $15,500) 
"Bahama  Passage"  (ZOth-Fox) 

LOEW'S    COLUMBIA— (1,250)  (28c-44c) 
7  days,  return  engagement.    Gross:  $5,500. 
(Average,  $3,500) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER'S     METROPOLITAN— (1,600) 
(28c-44c)  7  days,  return  engagement.  Gross: 
$7,600.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

LOEW'S  PALACE— (2.300)  (40c-60c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $20,000.     (Average,  $15,000). 


4  Programs  Win 

Institute  Awards 

Columbus,  O,  May  4. — Four  pro- 
grams of  "unusual  merit"  were  cited 
in  a  report  by  the  committe  of  awards 
at  the  13th  annual  Institute  for  Edu- 
cation by  Radio  here  today. 

The  programs  are :  the  eye-witness 
account  of  the  sinking  of  the  Repulse 
by  Cecil  Brown  over  CBS :  the  pro- 
gram, "Blood  Donor,"  over  KFI,  Los 
Angeles ;  the  play,  "Johnny  Oumri. 
U.  S.  N."  by  Arch  Oboler,  on  NBC, 
and  the  Canadian  Broadcasting  Corp. 
program,  "Quiet  Victory." 


Ban  Iron,  Steel  for 
Radio,  Conditioning 

Washington,  May  4. — Banning  the 
use  of  iron  and  steel  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  more  than  400  common  civilian 
products,  the  War  Production  Board 
today  announced  that  after  90  days  the 
use  of  such  metals  for  phonograph 
record  blanks,  radio  antennas  and  air 
conditioning  systems  must  stop. 

For  the  intervening  period  limited 
production  will  be  permitted,  amount- 
ing to  75  per  cent  of  the  1941  monthly 
average  for  the  first  45  days  with 
operations  thereafter  limited  to  as- 
sembling. Manufacturers  using  iron 
or  steel  for  the  manufacture  of  banned 
commodities  will  not  be  permitted  to 
resort  to  the  use  of  any  other  metals 
except  gold  or  silver.  In  other  words, 
production  of  the  great  majority  of 
products  will  be  absolutely  halted. 


Six  of  Oklahoma  City 
Houses  Give  Passes 

Oklahoma  City,  May  4. — Six 
downtown  theatres  now  are  supplying 
free  tickets  to  service  men.  About  175 
tickets  a  week  are  being  donated  to 
the  local  service  center.  The  theatres 
participating  include  T.  B.  Noble's 
State.  Griffith  Amusement's  Rialto 
and  the  Warner,  Midwest,  Criterion 
and  Liberty,  Standard  Theatres 
houses. 


Ohio  Station  Opening  Set 

Hamilton.  O,  May  4.  —  The 
new  250-watt  station  being  erected 
by  the  Fort  Hamilton  Broadcasting 
Co.,  is  expected  to  be  in  operation 
by  Sept.  1. 


'Saboteur'  at 


$23,600  Best, 
Los  Angeles 


Los  Angeles,  May  4. — "Saboteur" 
and  "Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  drew 
a  strong  $23,600  at  two  houses,  with 
$11,500  at  the  Hillstreet  and  $12,|p 
at  the  Pantages. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  weeTc 
ending  April  29 : 

"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 
"This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

CHINESE  —  (2,500)     (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $15,500.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"Hellzapoppin'  "  (Univ.) 

HAWAII— (1100)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days. 
11th  week.    Gross:  $3,200. 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 

HILLSTREET— (2700)   (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $11,500.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 
"This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  STATE— (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $18,300.    (Average:  $14,000) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 

PANTAGES— (3,000)     (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $12,100.     (Average,  $7,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT  (HOLLYWOOD)  — 
(1,407)  (33c-44c-55c-75c-88c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$14,000. 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Affairs  of  Jimmy  Valentine"  (Rep.) 

PARAMOUNT     (DOWNTOWN)— (3,595) 
(33c -44c -55c -75c)    7    days.     Gross:  $21,500. 
(Average,  $18,000) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.  B.) 
"Bullet  Scars"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER    BROS.    (HOLLYWOOD)  - 
(3.000)     (33c-44c-55c-7Sc)    7    days.  Gross: 
$9,500.     (Average.  $14,000) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.  B.) 
"Bullet  Scars"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER  BROS.  (DOWNTOWN))— 
^400)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$11,000.     (Average.  $12,000) 


'Jennie'  and  Busse 
Kansas  City's  Lead 

Kansas  City,  May  4.  —  "Juke 
Box  Jennie"  and  Henry  Busse  and  his 
orchestra  at  the  Tower,  drew  $10,000 
to  lead  the  city.  The  week  otherwise 
was  rather  slow. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  24: 

"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

ESQUIRE— (800)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$2,800.    (Average,  $2,400) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Blondie's  Blessed  Event"  (Col.) 

MIDLAND   —   (3,600)    (30c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $7,500.   (Average,  $8,500) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

NEWMAN— (1.900)  (30c -44c)  5  days,  3rd 
week.  Gross:  $5,000.  (Average,  5  days, 
$5,000) 

"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.B.) 
"Wild  Bill  Hickok  Rides"  (W.B.) 

ORPHEUM  —  (1,900)    (30c-44c)   7  days. 
Gross:   $4,500.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"Juke  Box  Jennie"  (Univ.) 

TOWER— (2.200)  (30c-50c)  6  days.  Stage, 
Henry    Busse.     Gross:   $10,000.  (Average, 
6  days.  $5,000) 
"The   Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

UPTOWN  —  (2,000)  (30c-44c)  7  davs. 
Gross:   $4,000.     (Average,  $4,000) 


Crosley  Net  $391,138 

Cincinnati,  Mav  4. — The  Crosley 
Corp.,  operating  WLW.  WSAI  and 
short  wave  station  WLWO.  and 
manufacturing  radio  receiving  sets 
and  other  electrical  devices  under 
Government  contracts,  reports  net 
profit  of  $391,138  for  the  fir<=t  miarter 
of  1942.  compared  with  $427,529  for 
the  same  period  of  1941. 


Raise  Rochester  Prices 

Rochester,  May  4. — Three  more 
houses  here  have  raised  nrices. 
Schine's  Madison.  State  and  Webster 
have  gone  from  22  to  25  cents. 


Alert, 


to  the 
Picture 
Industry 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


,  51.  NO. 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  6,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Canada  Moves 
To  Kill  Duals; 
Ban  Premiums 


Will  Reduce  Number  of 
Prints,  Cut  Shows 


Toronto,  May  5. — Steps  are 
being  taken  by  the  authorities  to 
abolish  double  bills  in  Canada,  but 
action  apparently  Is  being  withheld 
pending  a  decision  by  the  United 
States  on  the  freezing  of  prices  of 
exported  films,  it  was  disclosed  to- 
day following  a  meeting  of  the  Ad- 
visory Council  of  the  Wartime 
Prices  and  Trade  Board. 

R.  G.  McMullen,  administrator 
of  theatres  and  films,  announced  . 
at  the  same  time  that  an  em- 
bargo had  been  placed  on  all 
further  contracts  or  arrange- 
ments for  chance  games,  give- 
aways or  contests  in  theatres, 
and  present  arrangements  for 
such  premiums  cannot  be  re- 
newed on  expiration,  effective 
May  1. 

Theatres  were  ordered  to  designate 
the  minimum  number  of  holiday  dates 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


I  Para.  Executives 
Attend  Beefsteak 

Paramount's  district  sales  managers' 
meeting  at  Adolph  Zukor's  Mountain 
View  Country  Club,  New  City,  N.  Y., 
was  addressed  yesterday  by  Y.  Frank 
Freeman,  vice-president  in  charge  of 
the  studio ;  Oscar  Morgan,  short  sub- 
jects and  newsreel  sales  manager,  and 
A.  J.  Richard,  editor  of  Paramount 
News. 

The  three-day  meeting  will  close  to- 
morrow with  divisional  sessions,  con- 
ducted by  J.  J.  Unger,  Eastern  divi- 
sion manager,  and  George  A.  Smith, 
Western  division  manager. 

Sales  and  home  office  officials  at- 
tended a  beefsteak  dinner  at  the  meet- 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Skouras,  Connors 
To  Hollywood  Soon 

Spyros  P.  Skouras,  president  of 
20th  Century-Fox,  and  Tom  J.  Con- 
nors, vice-president  in  charge  of  dis- 
tribution, plan  to  leave  for  the  Coast 
May  22.  It  was  reported  they  will 
hold  extended  conferences  with  studio 
executives  on  details  of  the  company's 
1942- '43  production  program. 


Legitimate  Houses 
Join  in  Campaign 
For  Army,  Navy 


Broadway's  legitimate  theatres  will 
undertake  a  drive  in  behalf  of  the 
Army  and  Navy  Emergency  Relief 
campaign  May  14  to  May  20,  it  was 
revealed  yesterday.  Lee  Shubert  is 
chairman.  Marcus  Heiman  is  co- 
chairman  and  John  Shubert  is  execu- 
tive secretary.  Audiences  will  be 
asked  to  contribute  during  intermis- 
sion at  all  performances. 

Robert  M.  Weitman,  managing  di- 
rector of  the  Paramount  on  Broad- 
way, by  special  permission  of  Para- 
mount and  Barney  Balaban,  presi- 
dent, plans  to  leave  tomorrow  for 
the  West  in  connection  with  appear- 
ances of  the  Hollywood  Victory  Car- 
avan. The  Caravan  will  play  Minne- 
apolis and  St.  Paul  on  Saturday,  with 
John  Friedl  as  theatre  contact,  and 
Sunday  in  Des  Moines,  where  Ralph 
Branton  is  theatre  contact. 

Meanwhile  the  appointment  of  state 
chairmen  of  the  film  industry's  Army 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


SPG,  Six  Majors 
Sign  2 -Year  Pact 


A  two-year  contract  between  the 
Screen  Publicists  Guild  of  New  York 
and  six  major  companies  covering  ad- 
vertising and  publicity  employes  at  the 
home  offices  was  signed  yesterday  at 
the  MPPDA  offices,  it  was  an- 
nounced. The  contract  calls  for  salary 
increases  totaling  $79,000  annually  to- 
gether with  retroactive  pay  of  $31,000 
for  the  169  members  of  the  Guild. 

The  companies  which  signed  were 
Paramount,  20th  Century-Fox,  RKO, 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


20th-Fox  Planning 
Sales  Meet  in  June 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  will 
hold  annual  sales  meetings, 
probably  in  June,  but  it  has 
not  been  decided  whether 
there  will  be  a  national  con- 
vention or  regional  meetings, 
Tom  J.  Connors,  vice-president 
in  charge  of  distribution,  said 
yesterday. 

Asserting  that  the  company 
hoped  to  begin  its  new  season 
selling  in  June  or  early  July, 
Connors  said  that  arrange- 
ments for  the  annual  sales 
meetings  could  not  be  com- 
pleted until  the  fate  of  the 
new  Umpi  selling  plan  had 
been  decided  and  until  it  is 
known  what  transportation 
accommodations  will  be  avail- 
able in  the  near  future. 


Study  Tax  on 
Non- Admission 
Amusements 


Washington,  May  5. — Treas- 
ury tax  experts  are  reported  to  be 
studying  the  desirability  of  a  gen- 
eral tax  on  amusement  operations 
which  are  not  now  contributing  to 
Federal  revenue. 

Such  a  levy,  it  is  indicated, 
would  be  proposed  as  a  com- 
plement to  the  admission  tax 
and  would  be  directed  primarily 
at  bowling,  which  has  become 
a  leading  amusement. 
Proprietors  of  bowling  alleys  are 
taxed  at  a  rate  of  $10  a  year  for  each 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


War  Boosts  Grosses  in 

Northwest  and  Canada 


Rep.  to  Hold  Three 
Regional  Meetings 

Republic  will  hold  three  regional 
sales  conventions  to  discuss  new  sea- 
son plans,  it  was  announced  yesterday 
by  James  R.  Grainger,  sales  chief, 
and  M.  J.  Siegel,  production  head. 

The  first  will  be  May  12  and  13  at 
the  New  York  Athletic  Club ;  the  sec- 
ond May  14  and  IS  at  the  Drake 
Hotel,  Chicago,  and  the  third  May  19 
and  20  at  the  studio  in  Hollywood. 

All  branch  managers  and  sales  per- 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Additional  reports  from  correspon- 
dents in  Motion  Picture  Daily's  na- 
tionwide survey  of  the  effects  of  the 
war  on  theatre  business  reveals  that 
grosses  definitely  have  improved  in 
Canada.  Likewise  there  has  been  a 
marked  improvement  in  theatre  re- 
ceipts in  the  Pacific  Northwest  and 
in  the  northern  California  area. 

The  following  reports  outline  the 
situation : 


20th-Fox  Sets 
52  Features 
In  New  Season 


Skouras,    Goetz  Reveal 
$28,000,000  Budget 


Montreal.  May  S. — The  war  has 
had  a  decided  effect  on  the  Montreal 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


William  Goetz 


Twentieth     Century-Fox  Film 
Corp.  has  set  52  films  for  its  1942- 
'43  program  at  a  budget  of  $28,- 
000,000. 

This  was  re- 
vealed yester- 
day by  Spyros 
Skouras  at  a 
trade  press 
confer- 
ence  held  in 
his  offices  and 
which  was  at- 
tended by  Wil- 
liam Goetz, 
vice  -  p  r  e  s  i  - 
dent  in  charge 
of  studio  op- 
erations, who 
had  come  here 
from  the  Coast,  and  Tom  J.  Con- 
nors, vice-president  in  charge  of 
distribution. 

Goetz,  accompanied  by  Harry 
Brand,  West  Coast  advertising  and 
publicity  chieftain  of  the  company, 
left  last  night  for  Hollywood  follow- 
ing the  meeting.  Goetz  also  attended 
the  company's  board  meeting  held  here 
yesterday  at  which  the  budget  is  said 
to  have  been  approved. 

The  budget  figure  for  the  new 
season,  Skouras  pointed  out,  is 
a  new  high  for  the  company,  ex- 
ceeding the  current  season's 
figure  by  about  $4,000,000. 

Col.  Darryl  F.  Zanuck  did  not 
attend  the  meeting  because  of 
his  war  duties. 

The  1942-'43  production  schedule  of 
52  features  is  the  same  number  as  for 
this  season,  Goetz  said.  In  addition, 
at  least  one  feature,  "Dear  Mr.  Pitt," 
starring  Robert  Donat,  will  be  added 
from  the  company's  British  studio. 
Others  may  be  forthcoming  from 
England,  but  no  definite  plans  for 
them  have,,  been  completed  at  this 
time,  Skouras  said. 

The  company  also  will  release  52 
short  subjects,  to  be  made  in  the 
East,  and  104  issues  of  Movietonews, 
also  numerically  the  same  as  this  sea- 
son, according  to  Tom  J.  Connors, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  distribu- 
tion. 

Goetz  said  that  30  of  the  new  sea- 
son's films  will  be  top  bracket  pro- 
(Continued  on  page  5) 


2 


Motion  Picture  daily 


Wednesday,  May  6,  1942 


Personal 
Mention 


JM.  KNAUT  has  returned  from  a 
.  trip  through  Latin  America. 
• 

Max  Roth,  Warner  branch  man- 
ager in  Buffalo,  and  Mrs.  Roth  have 
returned  from  Minneapolis. 

• 

Norman  Kaphan,  photographer  at 
the  M-G-M  home  office,  and  Lillian 
Gronros  have  announced  their  en- 
gagement. 

• 

Lester  Riley  of  M-G-M's  ex- 
change in  Des  Moines  has  enlisted  in 
the  Navy. 

• 

Hal  Roach  is  expected  here  Sat- 
urday from  Hollywood. 

• 

Stanley  Hiersteiner,  son  of  Har- 
ry Hiersteiner,  owner  of  the  Fam- 
ily Theatre,  Des  Moines,  has  joined 
the  Air  Force. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


THE  launching s  of  four  destroyers 
at  Kearny,  N.  J.,  and  a  sub- 
marine at  Manitowoc,  Wis.,  makes 
for  a  good  newsreel  subject  in  the  new 
iss'ue.  The  Kentucky  Derby  also  is 
covered.    The  contents  follow: 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  69— Hender- 
son on  price  ceilings.  Manhattan  blackout. 
Destroyers,  submarine  launched.  Captain 
Wheless,  air  hero,  in  California.  Forest 
fire  in  Rhode  Island.  Speed  painting  in 
Kansas  City.  Herring  fishing  in  Massachu- 
setts.    Kentucky  Derby. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  267— Captain 
Wheless  in  California.  Destroyers,  sub- 
marine launched.  A.  E.  F.  in  Ireland. 
Broadway     blackout.       Kentucky  Derby. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  72— Herring 
run  in  Middleboro,  Mass.  Air  liner  crash 
in  Utah.  LaGuardia  sets  "I  Am  an  Ameri- 
can" Day.  Captain  Wheless  interviewed 
in  California.  Submarine,  four  destroyers 
launched.  Hollywood  Caravan  on  tour. 
Films  aboard  tanker  off  Atlantic  Coast. 
Kentucky  Derby. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  72— Destroyers 
launched.  Sugar  rationing.  Wartime  ex- 
pansion in  Washington.  Rhode  Island 
forest  fire.  Americans  arrive  from  Europe. 
Mail  reaches  doughboys  in  Ireland.  USO 
party  at  Pickfair,  Hollywood.  Indianapolis 
veterans  in  parade.     Kentucky  Derby. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  No.  81— De- 
stroyers and  submarine  launched.  Hen- 
derson sets  prices.  Soldiers  in  Virginia  buy 
War  Bonds.  Troops  in  Ireland  receive 
mail.  Refugee  ship  arrives.  Long  Island 
boys  do  farm  work.  Apple  festival  in 
Washington.    Kentucky  Derby. 


Production,  Sound 
Are  SMPE  Topics 

Hollywood,  May  5. — A  continua- 
tion of  the  symposium  on  production 
which  began  last  night  and  a  techni- 
cal session  on  sound  featured  today's 
program  in  the  five-day  51st  semi-an- 
nual convention  of  the  Society  of  Mo- 
tion Picture  Engineers  at  the  Hotel 
Roosevelt  here. 

Bernard  Brown  of  Universal  in  the 
symposium  described  a  method  of 
scoring  and  pre-scoring  which  permits 
maximum  vocal  and  visible  results 
on  the  screen  by  first  recording  a  song 
rendition  without  the  camera,  then 
filming  the  performance  without  sound 
in  order  that  facial  contortions  will 
not  appear  in  the  finished  picture. 
Other  symposium  contributors  were 
H.  G.  Tasker  of  Paramount  and  L. 
T.  Goldsmith  of  Warners,  speaking  on 
production  sound  and  re-recording, 
respectively. 

The  technical  aspects  of  film  sound 
recording  and  reproducing  were  dis- 
cussed at  tonight's  sound  session,  held 
at  the  M-G-M  studio.  J.  K.  Hilliard 
and  Theodore  Hoffman  of  M-G-M 
described  phases  of  sound  technique 
at  the  studio.  Gaspar  color  was  de- 
scribed, and  Dr.  Alexander  Goetz  and 
F.  W.  Brown  of  the  California  Insti- 
tute of  Technology  discussed  graini- 
ness  in  photographic  emulsions.  The 
semi-annual  banquet  and  dance  will  be 
held  tomorrow  night. 


Independents  Back 
War  Bond  Campaign 

Independent  theatre  owners  through- 
out the  country  are  rallying  to  the 
support  of  the  industry's  war  bond 
and  stamp  sale  drive,  starting  May  30, 
it  is  indicated  in  communications 
reaching  War  Activities  Committee 
headquarters,  it  was  said  yesterday. 

Among  the  letters  pledging  full  co- 
operation were  those  from  Edward 
M.  Fay,  Fay  Theatres,  Providence, 
R.  I. ;  Roy  E.  Harrold,  ATO  of  In- 
diana president ;  Martin  G.  Smith, 
ITO  of  Ohio  president;  Herman  M. 
Levy,  executive  secretary  of  the 
MPTO  of  Connecticut;  Arthur  H. 
Lockwood,  of  Lockwood  &  Gordon, 
Boston  ;  Morton  H.  Thalheimer,  head 
of  Neighborhood  Theatres,  Inc., 
Richmond;  Marc  J.  Wolf,  Y  &  W 
Management  Corp.,  Indianapolis ;  E. 
M.  Loew,  New  England  circuit  head, 
and  Harold  Stoneman,  Interstate 
Theatres  of  New  England. 


Perkins  Reported  Safe 

The  Paramount  home  office  has 
been  advised  by  the  State  Department 
at  Washington  that  James  Perkins, 
general  manager  for  the  company  in 
the  Orient,  has  been  reported  safe  at 
Manila.  Perkins  previously  had  been 
reported  missing. 


British  Exhibitors* 
Tax  Attitude  Lauded 

London,  May  5. — In  intro- 
ducing amendments  to  the 
recent  budget  with  respect  to 
theatre  taxes,  Sir  Kingsley 
Wood,  British  Chancellor  of 
the  Exchequer,  expressed  to 
the  House  of  Commons  today 
his  appreciation  for  the  help- 
ful way  in  which  exhibitors 
had  approached  the  new  tax- 
ation problem. 


Loew-306  Motion 
Delayed  to  May  12 

A  motion  to  dismiss  the  complaint 
of  Loew's,  Inc.,  in  its  injunction  suit 
against  Operators  Union,  Local  306, 
was  postponed  in  Federal  Court  yes- 
terday until  May  12.  Loew's  filed  suit 
against  the  union  in  December,  alleg- 
ing that  it  had  threatened  to  call  a 
strike  unless  Loew's  ceased  deliveries 
of  film  to  theatres  which  did  not  em- 
ploy Local  306  projectionists.  The 
union  contends,  however,  that  the 
complaint  fails  to  state  a  cause  of  ac- 
tion and  is  seeking  a  dismissal. 

Negotiations  between  the  union  and 
major  companies  concerning  projec- 
tionists employed  at  the  home  offices 
for  a  renewal  of  the  contract  which 
expired  in  September,  1940,  have  been 
resumed.  Although  the  companies  de- 
sired clarification  of  the  Loew  situa- 
tion before  signing  a  new  contract,  the 
unon  insisted  that  some  arrangement 
be  made  about  salary  increases  which 
are  retroactive  to  the  date  of  the  ex- 
piration of  the  last  agreement. 


Topeka  House  Files 
Clearance  Complaint 

Simon  Galitzki,  operator  of  the 
Coed  Theatre,  Topeka,  Kan.,  has  filed 
a  clearance  complaint  against  the  five 
consenting  companies  at  the  Kansas 
City  arbitration  tribunal,  American 
Arbitration  Association  headquarters 
here  reported  yesterday. 

The  complaint  asserts  that  the  Coed 
is  required  to  play  148  days  after 
Topeka  first  runs  and,  charging  that 
that  clearance  is  unreasonable,  asks 
that  it  be  reduced. 


Gaynor  Is  Leaving 
Lloyd  Productions 

Leonard  Gaynor,  Eastern  represen- 
tative for  Frank  Lloyd  Productions, 
has  resigned,  effective  May  IS,  it  was 
announced  yesterday.  At  the  request 
of  Jack  H.  Skirball,  associate  pro- 
ducer of  the  company,  Gaynor  is  re- 
maining with  the  organization  until 
after  the  opening  of  "Saboteur"  at  the 
Radio  City  Music  Hall.  The  film 
is  a  Universal  release.  The  cessation 
of  the  Lloyd  unit  at  Universal  was 
announced  recently. 


Newark  Dimout  Rule 
Is  Made  Permanent 

No  change  in  the  present  exterior 
lighting  at  Newark's  44  theatres  is 
permissible  under  the  Army  dimout 
order,  it  is  indicated  in  specific  in- 
structions issued  to  the  city's  8,500 
air  raid  wardens  by  the  Newark  De- 
fense Council  yesterday.  As  in  other 
coastal  regions  of  New  Jersey,  New 
York  and  Delaware,  Newark  film 
houses  have  been  operating  since  the 
Army  order  was  promulgated  last 
week  with  no  outside  illumination  ex- 
cepting the  marquee  soffits  and  with 
subdued  light  at  the  box-office. 


Buffalo  Club's  Head 
On  Mayor's  Council 

Buffalo,  May  5. — Stanley  Koza- 
nowski,  chief  barker  of  the  local 
Variety  Club,  has  been  named  to  the 
war  council  of  Mayor  Joseph  J.  Kelly 
here.  Theatres  are  cooperating  in 
blackout  preparations.  N.  J.  Basil 
handled  arrangements  for  the  club's 
annual  scholarship  fund  dinner  at  the 
Statler  Hotel. 


'Day  Will  Dawn'  Is 
Shown  in  London 

London,  May  5.— "The  Day 
Will  Dawn,"  produced  by  Paul 
Soskin  and  previewed  here  to- 
day by  General  Film  Distri- 
butors, scored  an  immediate 
audience  and  critical  success 
with  its  dramatic  and  exciting 
handling  of  a  theme  concern- 
ing Norwegian  revolt  against 
the  Nazis  and  British  col- 
laboration through  Comma'1!] 
do  raids,  secret  devices  anS^ 
the  like. 

In  an  accurate  setting  and 
atmosphere  and  possessing 
strong  emotional  appeal  is 
told  a  human  story  of  Nor- 
wegian victims  and  British 
Secret  Service  and  newspaper 
men.  Excitement  is  provided 
in  the  bombing  of  Britain,  U 
Boat  warfare  and  the  Nor- 
wegian rebellion.  Harold 
French  directed  with  skill  and 
polish.  Deborah  Kerr  and 
Hugh  Williams  are  excellent 
in  the  leads.  Box-office  suc- 
cess appears  assured  for  the 
film. 

Flanagan 


Korda  to  Start  on 
3  Pictures  Sept.  1 

Alexander  Korda  is  scheduled  to 
leave  for  the  Coast  within  the  next 
two  weeks  with  plans  to  start  produc- 
tion on  three  pictures  before  Sept.  i, 
United  Artists  announced  yesterday. 

It  was  also  stated  that  the  company 
will  distribute  the  two  British  produc- 
tions, "One  of  Our  Aircraft  Is  Miss- 
ing" and  "In  Which  We  Serve," 
American  rights  to  which  were  ac- 
quired by  Korda  during  his  recent 
trip  to  England.  Korda  reported  that 
his  latest  production,  "The  Jungle 
Book,"  has  been  booked  by  Odeon  and 
Gaumont-British  theatres,  the  two 
largest  circuits  in  England. 


South  Dakota  T.O.A. 
Approves  Umpi  Plan 

The  South  Dakota  Theatre  Own- 
ers Association,  an  unaffiliated  exhibi- 
tor organization  of  which  Dean  Nash 
is  president,  has  approved  the  pro- 
posed sales  plan  of  the  United  Motion 
Picture  Industry,  Leon  Bamberger, 
executive  secretary  of  Umpi,  reported 
yesterday. 


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BERRIES! 


(off  to  a  flying  start!) 

WILMINGTON  WOW! 

First  engagement  terrific  at  Wilmington,  Del. 
Business  tops  Biggest  of  M-G-M  attractions. 
Sure-fire  entertainment!  You're  next! 


More  Berries  I 

AHOY  RED 
SKELTON!" 

You're  the  Riot  of  Radio 
Your  Crosley  rating 
Millions  of  fans 
Are  waiting  to  see  you 
In  "Ship  Ahoy!" 

SHOWMANSHIP! 

Another  timely  M-G-M  ticket-selling  tour.  (Right) 
Dorothy  Schoemer  and  Jetsy  Parker— "Ship  Ahoy 
Minute  Girls"on  nation-wide  promotion  trip. They 're 
set  to  sell  $3,500,000  in  War  Bonds  and  Stamps. 


2  JOBS  TO  DO 


(One) 

(Two)  War  Bond 


Relief  collections  in  Theatres  Mf 
&.  Stamp  Sale  in  Theatres  begins  Ma^ 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  May  6,  1942 


Reviews 


"Beyond  the  Blue  Horizon" 

(Paramount) 

V)  OROTHY  LAMOUR  is  back  in  her  familiar  jungle  haunts  with 
*^  her  equally  familiar  sarong.  Whether  in  swimming  with  her  pet 
tiger,  or  emerging  with  her  sarong  closely  draped  around  her,  Miss 
Lamour  is  as  attractive  as  ever,  and  in  Technicolor,  too. 

In  lavish  jungle  settings,  with  exquisite  color  photography,  she  plays 
the  role  of  a  child  of  the  wilderness  who  is  discovered  by  an  explorer 
and  brought  back  to  civilization.  At  home,  her  right  to  inherit  a  large 
fortune  is  questioned  and  a  party  returns  to  the  jungle  to  find  proof  of 
her  parentage.  In  this  party  are  Richard  Denning,  another  child  of 
the  wilderness;  Jack  Haley,  comical  circus  press  agent;  Walter  Abel, 
the  doctor  who  first  found  Miss  Lamour,  and  Helen  Gilbert,  Denning's 
fiancee. 

Denning  is  the  first  to  question  the  authenticity  of  Miss  Lamour's 
story  when  he  hears  her  reports  of  a  swimming  tiger  but  he  lives  to 
see  this  animal  himself.  A  rogue  elephant,  who  killed  Miss  Lamour's 
parents,  makes  troubles  for  the  explorers,  but  Denning,  Miss  Lamour 
and  the  tiger  dispose  of  him  in  an  exciting  chase  which  climaxes  the 
action  in  the  film. 

There  are  a  number  of  highly  romantic  interludes  in  the  footage, 
and  Denning  and  Miss  Lamour  discover  that  they  are  in  love  with  each 
other,  while  their  erstwhile  sweethearts,  Abel  and  Miss  Gilbert,  make  up 
another  happy  pair.  The  music  consists  of  two  tuneful  numbers,  "A 
Full  Moon  and  an  Empty  Heart"  and  "Beyond  the  Blue  Horizon." 

Alfred  Santell's  direction  is  designed  to  make  the  most  of  the  romantic 
aspects  of  the  plot  and  Miss  Lamour's  sarong  is  still  a  potent  box-office 
factor.    Monta  Bell  was  asociate  producer. 

Running  time,  76  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


"Dr.  Broadway" 

(Paramount) 

HP  HIS  is  a  story  of  a  young  doctor  who  would  rather  treat  the  beg- 
*■  gars,  gangsters,  newsboys  and  the  other  characters  of  Broadway 
than  establish  a  lucrative  Park  Avenue  practice.  Anton  Mann,  who  di- 
rected, has  made  a  diverting  story  of  the  complications  in  which  the 
doctor  finds  himself  when  one  of  his  gangster  patients  (who  was  con- 
victed on  the  doctor's  testimony)  turns  over  a  large  sum  in  cash. 

The  story  starts  when  Broadway  traffic  is  snarled  by  Jean  Phillips 
on  a  hotel  ledge,  threatening  to  jump.  Macdonald  Carey  (Dr.  Broad- 
way) rescues  her  only  to  find  that  she  was  engaged  in  a  publicity  stunt. 
He  saves  her  from  a  jail  term  for  the  stunt,  too,  and  she  becomes  his 
nurse.  Troubles  start  when  Edward  Ciannelli  (the  gangster  convict) 
returns  from  prison  and  is  believed  gunning  for  the  doctor. 

Instead,  he  gives  Carey  $100,000  to  turn  over  to  a  long  lost  daughter. 
Ciannelli  is  found  murdered,  Carey  is  accused  and  other  gangsters  at- 
tempt to  get  hold  of  the  cash.  In  a  solution  to  these  difficulties,  which 
involves  a  false  news  bulletin  on  the  electric  board  on  the  Times  build- 
ing, all  of  Dr.  Broadway's  friends  come  to  his  aid,  while  the  doctor,  in 
turn,  goes  out  on  the  ledge  once  more  to  rescue  Miss  Phillips.  Sol  C. 
Siegel  was  producer,  and  E.  D.  Leshin  his  associate. 

Running  time.  67  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


"Undercover  Man" 

( Sh  er man-Par  amount) 

T^HERE  is  a  good  deal  of  long  range  shooting  in  this  "Hopalong 
*~  Cassidy"  western  and  that  about  takes  care  of  the  action.  The  pic- 
ture moves  rather  slowly  with  the  story  stress  placed  on  mistaken  iden- 
tity of  the  leader  of  a  band  of  outlaws. 

Bill  Boyd,  who  continues  as  "Hopalong,"  is  the  undercover  man  who 
is  sent  for  by  a  Mexican  rancher  to  break  up  the  outlaw  band.  Through 
the  machinations  of  the  outlaw  leader,  the  rancher  is  led  to  believe  that 
"Hoppy"  is  himself  the  gang  leader,  while,  the  former  becomes  suspi- 
cious of  the  rancher. 

They  finally  get  together  and  compare  notes  after  quite  a  time  and 
the  climax  follows  swiftly  thereafter.  Jay  Kirby  plays  "Breezy"  and 
Andy  Clyde  is  again  "California."  Harry  Sherman  produced  and  Les- 
ley Selander  directed  the  picture. 

Running  time,  68  minutes.  "G."* 


Canada  Moves 
To  Kill  Duals; 
Ban  Premiums 

{Continued  from  page  1) 

during  the  year  on  which  their  eve- 
ning prices  prevail  all  day.  Other- 
wise the  regular  scale  will  be  in  ef- 
fect on  holidays.  Religious  feast  days 
will  not  be  included. 

To  protect  theatres  in  the  chance 
games  ban,  the  Dominion  Government 
will  effectuate  legislation  to  include 
religious  and  fraternal  organizations 
within  the  scope  of  the  Federal  amuse- 
ment tax,  it  was  intimated,  such 
groups  now  being  exempt. 

In  addition  to  the  reportedly  ad- 
vancing cost  of  films  from  the  United 
States,  which  makes  enforcement  of 
the  price  freezing  regulations  difficult 
here,  the  forecast  is  that  print  pro- 
duction will  be  reduced  because  of  the 
need  of  cellulose  for  war  purposes, 
and  Canada  proposes  a  cut  in  the 
number  of  prints  in  circulation  by 
a  ban  on  double  features  in  the  near 
future,  it  was  indicated. 

See  Shorter  Programs 

Theatres  will  also  be  required  to 
run  shorter  programs  starting  in  the 
Fall  because  of  a  power  shortage,  it 
was  declared,  and  there  is  a  prob- 
ability   that    unprofitable  operations 
will  be  eliminated  to  save  electricity. 
McMullen  announced  that  the 
independent  exhibitors  had  or- 
ganized   their   own  grievance 
committee  with  the  board's  ap- 
proval to  deal  with  their  own 
problems  and  bring  pressure  on 
offenders  under  the  regulations. 

Summer  theatres  will  be  allowed  to 
reopen  where  they  do  not  compete 
with  houses  operating  all  year,  Mc- 
Mullen said.  This  applies  particular- 
ly in  the  West  where  many  commu- 
nities are  isolated. 

Exhibitors  were  told  that  they  must 
continue  to  buy  film  from  exchanges 
with  whom  they  were  doing  business 
during  the  basic  period  Sept.  15  to 
Oct.  11,  and  that  freezing  of  contract 
conditions  in  effect  that  period 
worked  both  ways  because  exchanges 
are  required  to  supply  product  to  the 
customers  on  their  books  at  that  time. 

Bookers  Will  Hold 
Affair  Next  Sunday 

The  Motion  Picture  Bookers  Club 
here  will  hold  its  annual  dinner  and 
dance  at  the  Hotel  Astor  next  Sun- 
day. The  proceeds  will  be  used  for 
the  benefit  of  former  members  of  the 
organization  who  are  now  serving  in 
the  armed  forces.  Bernard  Brooks, 
chief  buyer  and  booker  for  the  Fabian 
Circuit,  is  president  of  the  group. 

Ohio  Exhibitor  Dies 

Columbus.  O.,  May  5.  —  C.  E. 
Oberle,  70,  local  exhibition  pioneer, 
and  formerly  owner  of  a  theatre  in 
Logan,  O.,  for  23  years,  died  here 
yesterday.  His  widow  and  a  son  sur- 
vive. 


Shift  Goodman  to  Atlanta 

Manny  Goodman,  formerly  with  the 
Warner  Bros.'  home  office  sales  de- 
partment, has  been  transferred  to  the 
company's  Atlanta  office,  it  was  an- 
nounced. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Film  on  Canadian  Navy 

Ottawa,  May  5. — Joris  Ivens,  di- 
rector, now  of  the  National  Film 
Board  in  Halifax,  is  here  for  con- 
sultation with  Royal  Canadian  Navy 
officers  relative  to  the  production  of  a 
short  documentary  film  dealing  with 
life  in  the  Canadian  Navy. 


Prices  Are  Leveled  Off 

Providence,  May  5.  —  The  Avon 
Theatre,  Lockwood  &  Gordon  house, 
managed  by  Robert  Grossman,  has  in- 
creased its  prices,  two  cents  for  mati- 
nees to  30  cents,  and  one  cent  at  night 
to  40  cents  to  bring  them  to  even 
amounts. 


42  Are  on  PRC  New 
Season's  Schedule 

Hollywood,  May  5. — Producers 
Releasing  Corp.  will  release  a  mini- 
mum of  42  films  next  season,  includ- 
ing 24  features  and  18  westerns,  the 
franchise  holders  were  informed  at 
the  opening  of  the  company's  three- 
day  second  annual  convention  today  at 
the  Roosevelt  Hotel.  The  same  num- 
ber of  films  is  on  the  current  seat*";'- 
schedule. 

Home  office  executives,  producers  ' 
and   representatives    of   the   29  ex- 
changes  are  attending  the  meeting. 
O.   Henry   Briggs.   president,   is  in 
charge. 

Leon  Fromkess,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  production,  announced  the 
new  product  lineup.  Arthur  Green- 
blatt,  general  sales  manager,  is  presid- 
ing. 

The  new  season's  product  will  in- 
clude three  groups  of  features,  V 
Specials,  Pacemakers  and  Spitfire.  In 
the  first  are :  "Queen  of  Burlesque," 
"Berlin  Revolts,"  "Secrets  of  a  Co- 
Ed,"  "Corregidor,"  "Lady  from 
Chungking,"  "The  Way  of  the 
Jungle.''  Pacemakers  include : 
"Raiders  of  the  Pacific,"  "The  Lady 
Gambles,"  "Dead  Men  Walk,"  "The 
Black  Raven,"  "Dragon  Lady," 
"Sixth  Column,"  "Rackets,  Inc.,"  "A 
Yank  in  Libya." 

In  the  final  group  are :  "Queen  of 
the  Amazons,"  "Military  School," 
"House  of  Fear,"  "Ferry  Command," 
"North  of  the  Yukon,"  "Wings  of 
Vengeance,"  "The  Black  Pit,"  "The 
Yellow  Monster,"  "Manhunt  in  the 
Mountains"  and  "He  Couldn't  Take 
It."  The  18  westerns  will  include 
six  already  set  in  the  Billy  the  Kid 
series,  starring  Buster  Crabbe. 

At  today's  session  other  speakers 
included :  Sigmund  Neufeld,  in 
charge  of  westerns;  Robert  Benjamin 
of  the  board,  Roberto  Socas,  export 
manager,  Ralph  Bettinson,  of  Pathe, 
Ltd.,  London,  and  Joseph  O'Sullivan,  I 
in  charge  of  advertising  and  publicity. 

Warners  Transfer 
Jersey  Managers 

Camdex,  N.  J.,  May  5. — Manager 
changes  at  Warner  theatres  in  the  | 
South  Jersey  territory  were  announced  1 
by  Ted  Schlanger,  Philadelphia  zone  I 
chief.  Larry  Peterson,  former  man-  I 
ager  of  the  Princess  here,  has  moved  i 
to  the  Lyric,  replacing  Birk  Binnard, 
who  left  for  Seattle,  Gus  Hartmann,. 
assistant  manager  of  the  local  Stanley, 
is  manager  of  the  Princess,  with  the  i 
Stanley  post  going  to  Meredith  P. 
Cramer,  former  assistant  of  the  Col- 
lingswood    at    Collingswood,    N.  J. 
Robert   Ireland   is   manager   of  the 
Clementon  at  Clementon,  N.  J.,  suc- 
ceeding Harry  Orlow,  who  has  moved 
to   the   Leader   in   Philadelphia.    In  I 
Philadelphia,   Leon   Palmer,   of  the 
Fox  service  staff,  has  been  named  as- 
sistant manager  of  the  Capitol  there. 
Joseph  Solomon  has  taken  over  the 
management  of  the  Capitol  in  Wood- 
bine, N.  J.,  succeeding  Joseph  Kane,  , 
who  entered  the  Army. 


Named  City  Manager 

Savannah,  Ga.,  May  5. — John 
Cunningham,  formerly  manager  of  the 
State  Theatre  in  Miami,  is  now  city 
manager  for  the  Lucas  &  Jenkins 
theatres  in  Savannah,  succeeding 
Hudson  Edwards,  who  resigned  his 
post  to  accept  a  commission  in  the 
U.  S.  Coast  Guard. 


Wednesday,  May  6,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Study  Tax  on 
Non-Admission 
Amusements 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

alley,  but  no  tax  is  levied  on  players 
and  it  is  believed  a  considerable  sum 
j'd  be  obtained  by  a  tax  on  the 
— "ons  of  games  rolled. 
->    Pool  and  billiard  parlors,  less  im- 
portant but  still  popular  in  some  sec 
tions  of  the  country,  and  a  number 
of  lesser  amusements,  all  competitive 
with  theatres  and  other  Federal-taxed 
amusements,  also  would  be  caught  in 
■  the  dragnet  of  a  general  amusements 
tax,  it  was  said. 

The  suggested  levy  would  not  affect 
the  present  admissions  tax  but  would 
be  directed  at  amusements  of  types 
for  which  no  admission  is  charged. 

Members  of  the  House  Ways  and 
Means  Committee,  which  is  drafting 
the  new  tax  bill,  are  represented  as 
believing  that  the  theatrical  industry 
is  now  bearing  its  fair  share  of  the 
tax  burden  and  that  therefore  theatres 
should  not  be  saddled  with  any  addi- 
tional tax  or  higher  levy  at  this  time. 


New  Set  Materials 
Limited  to  $5,000 

Hollywood,  May  5. — Studio  execu- 
tives today  received  a  telegram  from 
the  War  Production  Board's  Director 
of  Industry  Operations  clarifying  ap- 
plication to  set  construction  of  the 
Government's  order  limiting  cost  of 
new  building  to  $5,000.  Set  building 
had  been  slowed  on  several  lots  pend- 
ing reecipt  of  ruling. 

Today's  communication  states  that 
studios  may  proceed  without  limita- 
tion in  construction  from  materials  al- 
ready in  inventory  and  that  new  mate- 
rials may  be  purchased  from  outside 
sources  up  to  a  cost  price  of  $5,000  for 
each  motion  picture. 

It  is  specified  that  this  $5,000  price 
ceiling  pertains  to  materials  only  and 
does  not  include  labor  costs  involved 
in  transportation  or  other  handling. 
No  limitation  of  any  kind  applies  to 
construction  of  sets  from  materials 
already  on  hand,  such  as  stored  or 
abandoned  sets  previously  used,  and 
no  stipulation  against  combining  old 
materials  with  new  is  made  in  the 
WPB  ruling. 


Sonja  Henie  Charged 
WithLabor  Complaint 

Hollywood,  May  5. — Sonja  Henie 
and  20th  Century-Fox  Studio  were 
charged  with  violating  the  Wagner 
Labor  Act  in  a  complaint  filed  by  Re- 
gional Director  William  R.  Walsh 
of  the  National  Labor  Relations 
Board.  A  hearing  has  been  set  for 
May  20.  The  charge  arose  from  a 
complaint  made  by  three  girl  mem- 
bers of  the  AGVA. 


4  Companies  Formed 

Albany,  May  5. — Four  companies 
have  been  chartered  here.  They  are : 
Venice  Theatre,  Inc.,  Victor  Theatre 
Corp.,  Scarsdale  Productions,  Inc., 
Fast  Street  Theatre  Corp. 


War  Boosts  Grosses  in 
Northwest  and  Canada 


SPG,  Six  Majors 
Sign  2 -Year  Pact 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Loew's,  Universal  and  Columbia. 
United  Artists,  which  was  a  party 
to  the  negotiations,  is  expected  to 
sign  this  morning. 

The  union  announced  that  it  would 
move  immediately  to  discuss  a  similar 
contract  with  Warner  Bros.,  the  only 
major  company  which  did  not  partici- 
pate in  the  negotiations,  and  Republic. 

Minimums  set  under  the  contract 
are  $65  weekly  for  publicists,  $40  for 
associate  publicists  and  $25  for  ap- 
prentices. Severance  pay  is  provided 
up  to  a  maximum  of  12  weeks'  salary 
for  those  in  the  employ  of  a  com- 
pany for  10  years  or  more.  A  "main- 
tenance of  union"  provision  is  includ- 
ed in  the  contract  which  requires  all 
present  members  of  the  SPG  to  main- 
tain membership  in  the  union,  with  a 
further  condition  that  at  least  70  per 
cent  of  all  eligible  publicists  employed 
in  each  unit  be  members  of  the  Guild. 

Negotiations  were  started  in  Sep- 
tember of  last  year.  The  pay  increases 
are  retroactive  to  Oct.  1  but  other 
terms  of  the  contract  date  from  yes- 
terday. The  pact  provides  negotiations 
may  be  reopened  by  the  guild  on  the 
sole  question  of  salary  after  one  year. 
Father  John  P.  Boland,  chairman  of 
the  New  York  State  Labor  Relations 
Board,  who  was  present  yesterday  at 
the  signing  ceremonies,  declared  the 
agreement  was  "a  step  in  the  direction 
of  lifting  human  relationships  to  par- 
ity with  scientific  and  material 
advances." 


Para.  Executives 
Attend  Beefsteak 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

ing  place  last  night.  Among  those 
present  were :  Barney  Balaban,  Zukor, 
Freeman,  Edwin  Weisl,  Claude 
Lee,  Neil  Agnew,  Charles  Reagan, 
Austin  C.  Keough,  Russell  Holman, 
John  W.  Hicks,  Jr.,  Robert  Weit- 
man,  Paul  Raibourn,  Stanton  Griffis, 
Walter  B.  Cokell,  Sam  Dembow, 
Leonard  Goldenson,  Dick  Arlen, 
John  Hertz,  Jr.,  William  H.  Pine, 
John  Krimsky,  Unger,  Smith,  Mor- 
gan, C.  J.  Scollard,  G.  B.  J.  Frawley, 
R.  M.  Gillham,  Alec  Moss,  F.  A. 
Leroy,  J.  A.  Walsh,  Al  Wilkie. 
George  Weltner,  Frank  Meyer,  Dr. 
Emanuel  Stern,  Richard,  Jack  Karp, 
Fred  Mohrhardt,  Louis  Phillips,  E. 
A.  Brown,  J.  J.  Fitzgibbons,  E.  C. 
Beatty,  Arthur  Israel,  Eddy  Hyman, 
Herman  Lorber,  Arthur  Dunn,  Jack 
Roper,  Joseph  Phillipson,  Monroe 
Goodman,  Larry  Flynn,  W.  H.  Erbb, 
M.  S.  Kusell,  E.  W.  Sweigert,  H.  H. 
Goldstein,  Allen  Usher,  R.  C.  LiBeau. 
H.  W.  Braly,  M.  A.  Brown,  J.  F. 
Kirby,  Hugh  Owen  and  Del  Good- 
man. 


Buys  Into  PRC  Franchise 

Oklahoma  City,  May  5.— Harry 
McKenna,  former  office  manager  and 
booker  of  K.  Lee  Williams  Theatres, 
Inc.,  has  joined  E.  L.  Walker  as  a 
partner  in  the  local  franchise  for  Pro- 
ducers Releasing  Corporation.  John 
Knislev  will  succeed  McKenna. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
metropolitan  area.  This  district,  with 
its  huge  industrial  plants  and  ammuni- 
tion factories,  has  become  a  concen- 
tration point  for  "squatters"  from 
throughout  the  Dominion,  but  partic- 
ularly from  the  western  prairies  and 
Quebec  rural  areas. 

Although  the  theatre  business  has 
been  hit  by  unusually  high  taxation, 
grosses  have  improved.  Army  and  air 
force  men  in  training  centers  in  Can- 
ada, of  which  there  are  many  thou- 
sands, also  help  attendance.  Weekend 
receipts  especially  have  increased,  but 
the  future  tax  situation  is  not  too  en- 
couraging. 


Maritime  Provinces  Show 
Marked  Attendance  Gain 

St.  John,  N.  B.,  May  5. — Wartime 
conditions  have  brought  heavily  in- 
creased business  to  most  of  the  the- 
atres of  the  Maritime  Provinces. 
There  is  not  a  city  or  town  in  this 
territory  which  does  not  report  im- 
proved grosses  during  the  past  two 
years. 

Halifax  tops  the  list,  and  with  all 
the  nine  theatres  doing  record  busi- 
ness. There  has  been  an  increase  in 
population  in  many  of  the  larger  cities, 
due  to  the  war.  At  Halifax,  the  popu- 
lation has  been  approximately  trebled 
since  the  war  began,  with  afternoon 
as  well  as  night  business  in  the  the- 
atres by  far  the  best  in  the  city's  his- 
tory, despite  the  highest  prices  on 
record. 


20th-Fox  Sets 
52  Features 
In  New  Season 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
ductions,  compared  with  24  in  that 
classification  this  season. 

There  will  be  eight  musicals 
on  the  schedule  and  a  number 
of    productions  especially 
planned  for  their  contribution 
to  national  morale.   In  the  lat- 
ter   group    will    be  "Thunder 
Birds,"  "The  Moon  Is  Down," 
"Crash   Dive"   and  "Immortal 
Sergeant."    Eight  of  the  new 
season  films  will  be  in  color. 
Goetz  said  the  proposed  budget  is 
exclusive  of  print  costs,  British  pro- 
duction and  short  subjects  and  news- 
reel  production  costs.    He  estimated 
that  costs  of  labor  and  materials  have 
advanced  10  to  12  per  cent  during 
the  past  year  and  said  that  the  balance 
of  the  increased  budget  contemplated 
increased  outlays  for  story  material, 
casts  and  other  production  values. 

Program  Near  Completion 

Goetz  reported  that  the  final  picture 
on  the  company's  current  season's 
program  has  been  completed,  and  that 
several  important  productions  for  the 
new  season  also  have  been  completed 
or  are  nearing  completion,  among 
them  "Tales  of  Manhattan"  and  "The 
Black  Swan." 


CONSTANT,  IMPERISHABLE  LOVE  IN  A  CHANGING  WORLD! 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  May  6,  1942 


Reviews 


"Syncopation" 

(RKO ) 

HPHERE  should  be  considerable  in  this  picture  to  attract  the  younger 
generation,  with  its  unlimited  fondness  for  the  rhythm  of  the  modern 
dance  band,  and  for  those  of  the  elders  who  like  the  "jive"  school  of 
music. 

Certain  to  arouse  spontaneous  enthusiasm  from  the  youngsters  is 
the  closing  sequence,  picturing  an  "All-American"  band  in  action,  com- 
posed of  the  winners  of  a  Saturday  Evening  Post  poll,  and  including 
Charlie  Barnet,  Benny  Goodman,  Harry  James,  Jack  Jenny,  Gene 
Krupa,  Alvino  Rey  and  Joe  Venuti. 

Produced  and  directed  by  William  Dieterle  from  a  screenplay  by 
Philip  Yordan  and  Frank  Cavett,  the  film  features  Jackie  Cooper, 
Adolphe  Menjou,  Bonita  Granville  and  George  Bancroft,  with  a  spe- 
cialty song  rendered  by  Connie  Boswell.  It  tells  the  story  of  the  loyalty 
to  his  own  type  of  music  of  young  Cooper,  and  of  his  romance  with 
Miss  Granville,  New  Orleans  girl  who  loves  the  blues  rhythm  of  the 
South,  and  brings  it  with  her  when  Menjou,  her  father,  brings  her  to 
Chicago  as  a  child. 

The  story  encompasses  a  period  from  1907  in  New  Orleans  to  the 
'30's  in  Chicago  and  New  York,  recounting  in  brief  highlight  some- 
thing of  the  development  of  the  jazz  form  of  dance  music  stemming 
from  the  Negro  bands  of  Basin  Street  in  New  Orleans.  Cooper's  in- 
ability to  get  dancers  to  listen  to  and  like  his  music  almost  results  in 
failure  but  his  faith  in  the  technique  and  the  girl's  loyalty  and  help 
bring  him  recognition  at  last. 

Running  time,  88  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


"The  Falcon  Takes  Over" 

(RKO) 

*HP  HE  Falcon,  in  the  person  of  George  Sanders,  again  finds  himself 
-■-  involved  in  one  of  those  private  investigations  and  comes  up  with 
another  entertaining  solution  of  the  kind  which  has  made  this  series 
popular. 

This  one  is  about  a  six-foot-five  convict  (Ward  Bond)  who  escapes 
from  prison  in  order  to  see  his  old  sweetheart  (Helen  Gilbert).  He 
threatens  to  strangle  anyone  who  interferes  and  commits  several  mur- 
ders during  the  course  of  his  search.  Meanwhile  Allen  Jenkins,  as  the 
Falcon's  chauffeur,  accidentally  meets  the  killer  and  Jenkins  does  his 
utmost  to  dissuade  Sanders  from  continuing  the  investigations. 

The  Falcon  is  alternately  aided  and  hampered  by  Lynn  Bari,  a  young 
girl,  who  hopes  to  become  a  newspaperwoman.  The  key  to  the  trail 
of  the  killer  is  in  learning  the  identity  of  his  former  girl  friend.  The 
Falcon  learns  that  she  is  really  aiding  the  man  who  sent  Malloy  to 
prison  and  when  Malloy  confronts  her  she  shoots  him. 

Jenkins  and  James  Gleason,  as  the  police  inspector,  are  good  foils 
for  the  Falcon's  wit.  Irving  Reis  directed  and  Howard  Benedict 
produced. 

Running  time,  63  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


"The  Yukon  Patrol" 

(Republic) 

Hp  HIS  offers  melodramatic  action  and  in  such  quantities  that  the  yarn, 
which  is  secondary,  is  sometimes  snowed  under.    It's  a  picture 
that  will  click  with  the  younger  trade  since  it  has  the  entertainment 
factors  of  juvenile  screen  fare. 

It  deals  with  the  Royal  Mounties  and  a  ring  of  foreign  agents  assigned 
to  "commandeer"  a  vital  war  mineral — "Compound  X" — from  a  source 
in  Canada.  The  continual  flow  of  battles,  chases  and  other  splurges 
of  rugged  excitement  culminates  in  the  expose  of  the  agents  and  the 
captive  Mountie's  destruction  of  the  submarine  in  which  the  leader  is 
escaping. 

The  cast  includes  Allan  Lane,  Robert  Strange,  Robert  Kellard,  Lita 
Conway,  Herbert  Rawlinson,  Bryant  Washburn,  and  Budd  Buster. 
William  Witney  and  John  English  directed,  and  Hiram  S.  Brown  was 
associate  producer. 

Running  time,  66  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 

"India  in  Crisis" 

(The  March  of  Time) 

(RKO) 

This  subject  is  the  first  of  two  re- 
leases dealing  with  India  and  Anglo- 
Indian  problems  in  the  light  of  the 
present  emergency.  The  first  release 
endeavors  to  shed  light  on  the  com- 
plex social  and  religious  structures  of 
India  and  the  history  and  policies  of 
British  relations  with  India.  In  much 
of  the  latter  it  is  frank  in  both  picture 
and  narrative.  It  succeeds  in  explain- 
ing some  of  the  obstacles  to  Indian 
cooperation  with  the  United  Nations 
in  the  present  conflict,  while  pointing 
out  at  the  same  time  that  India's  fail- 
ure to  cooperate  ultimately  could  be 
at  the  cost  of  the  permanent  loss  of 
the  independence  her  leaders  desire. 
It  is  a  well  prepared,  interesting  sub- 
ject of  considerable  topical  impor- 
tance. Running  time,  19  mins.  Re- 
lease, May  8. 

"Donald  Gets  Drafted" 

(Disney  Productions ) 

(RKO) 

Donald  Duck,  in  one  of  his  funniest 
cartoons,  is  intrigued  by  the  pictures 
of  pretty  hostesses  and  friendly  gen- 
erals on  the  Army  recruiting  posters. 
When  his  draft  number  comes  up,  he 
goes  cheerfully  to  his  draft  board  but 
he  soon  learns  that  Army  life  involves 
more  than  meeting  the  girls  and  chat- 
ting with  top  sergeants.  Running  time, 
9  mins.    Release,  May  1. 

"Palm  Springs  Weekend" 

(Picture  People) 

(RKO) 

A  wide  variety  of  film  stars  on  view 
as  the  camera  travels  down  to  Palm 
Springs  to  watch  them  at  play. 
Michele  Morgan,  Paul  Henreid,  Neil 
Hamilton,  Desi  Arnaz,  Lucille  Ball, 
Gail  Patrick,  Charles  Farrell,  Virginia 
Valli,  Peter  Lorre,  Jinx  Falkenberg, 
Phil  Reed,  Elyse  Knox,  Lili  Damita, 
Freeman  Gosden  and  Max  Baer  are 
among  them.  Should  please  the  fans. 
Running  time,  8  mins.  Release,  March 
27. 


"Wedded  Blitz" 

(Leon  Errol  Comedies) 

(RKO) 

Leon  Errol  brings  home  a  comely, 
blonde  bride  and  his  neighbors  in 
Bungalow  Court  are  impressed.  Busy 
at  the  studios  as  a  character  actor, 
he  rushes  home  between  takes  to  have 
lunch  with  his  wife.  The  neighbors, 
seeing  him  in  costume  and  makeup, 
think  his  wife  is  entertaining  strange 
men.  Finally,  Errol  himself  believes 
the  story  and  gets  a  neighbor  to  aid 
him  in  hunting  down  the  stranger. 
Unfortunately,  he  returns  in  costume 
again  and  the  neighbor  shoots  him. 
Good  for  a  number  of  laughs.  Run- 
ning time,  18  mins.  Release,  March 
13. 


"Inferior  Decorator'* 

(Edgar  Kennedy  Comedies) 

(RKO) 

Edgar  Kennedy's  family  decide  to 
put  him  into  the  interior  decorating 
business  and  help  him  with  the  work. 
A  call  comes  for  Kennedy  to  start 
on  a  job  but  the  address  is  lost  and 
they  go  to  the  wrong  home.  Lots  of 
slapstick  comedy  ensues.    There  are 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


a  number  of  funny  situations  but  the 
subject  is  a  bit  overlong.  Running 
time,  17  mins.    Release,  April  3. 


"Cruise  Sports" 

(Sportscope  ) 

(RKO) 

Sports  on  board  a  steamer  cruising 
to  South  America  are  the  subject  of 
this  reel.    They  include  the  familiar 


shuffle  board,  swimming  pool,  quoits, 
dancing  and  similar  activities.  There 
is  a  running  gag  of  the  man  who  con- 
stantly walks  on  deck.  Taken  before 
the  United  States  entered  the  war,  the 
reel  is  brought  up  to  date  somewhat 
by  a  commentary  which  refers  to  the 
fact  that  these  sports  will  be  resumed 
when  peace  comes  again.  Running 
time,  8  mins.    Release,  April  17. 


Legitimate  Houses; 
Join  in  Campaign 
For  Army,  Navy 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

and  Navy  Emergency  Relief  campaign 
were  announced  yesterday  by  Nicholas 
M.  Schenck,  national  chairman  of  the 
drive. 

The  state  chairmen  are  as  folloy^rc  .\ 
Alabama,  R.  B.  Wilby,  William^ 
Griffin ;  Arkansas,  M.  A.  Lightman , 
Arizona,  Harry  Nace ;  California, 
Charles  Skouras,  Robert  H.  Poole, 
A.  M.  Bowles;  Colorado,  Rick  Rick- 
etson;  Connecticut,  I.  J.  Hoffman; 
Delaware  and  District  of  Columbia, 
Carter  Barron ;  Florida,  J.  L.  Cart- 
wright,  Mitchell  Wolfson ;  Georgia, ' 
Oscar  Lam ;  Idaho,  I.  H.  Harris ;  Il- 
linois, Jack  Kirsch,  Jules  J.  Rubens ; 
Indiana,  Harry  Katz,  Kenneth  T.  Col- 
lins ;  Iowa  and  Nebraska,  A.  H. 
Blank,  Leo  F.  Wolcott ;  Kansas,  El- 
mer C.  Rhoden ;  Kentucky,  Fred 
Dolle;  Maine,  Massachusetts,  New 
Hampshire  and  Vermont,  Martin 
Mullin ;  Louisiana,  E.  V.  Richards. 

Maryland,  Sidney  Lust ;  Michigan, 
Paul  Schlossman,  J.  O.  Brook;  Min- 
nesota, John  Friedl,  Edward  Ruben ; 
Mississippi,  R.  X.  Williams ;  Mis- 
souri, Harry  Arthur ;  Montana, 
Joseph  English,  A.  M.  Russell ;  Ne- 
vada, Mike  Naify;  New  Jersey,  Wal- 
ter Reade,  Don  Jacocks ;  New  Mexi- 
co, George  L.  Tucker ;  New  York, 
Max  Cohen,  Meyer  Schine,  Charles 
Hayman ;  North  Carolina,  H.  F.  Kin- 
cey ;  North  Dakota,  Mike  Cooper ; 
Ohio,  P.  J.  Wood;  Oklahoma,  L.  C. 
Griffith ;  Oregon,  Albert  J.  Finke ; 
Eastern  Pennsylvania,  Ted  Schlang- 
er,  M.  A.  Rosenberg,  Sidney  Samu- 
elson,  Jay  Emanuel ;  Western  Penn- 
sylvania and  West  Virginia,  Moe  Sil- 
ver ;  Rhode  Island,  Edward  M.  Fay ; 
South  Carolina,  M.  F.  Schnibben,  Ben 
L.  Strozier ;  South  Dakota,  Charles 
Klein ;  Tennessee,  Tony  Sudekum ; 
Texas,  R.  J.  O'Donnell,  Julius  Gor- 
don ;  Utah,  John  Rugar ;  Virginia, 
W.  F.  Crockett;  Washington,  Frank 
Newman,  Sr. ;  Wisconsin,  Harold 
Fitzgerald ;  Wyoming,  E.  J.  Schulte. 

Gross  Off  50%  in 
Queens  Blackout 

A  test  blackout  in  Northern  Queens 
last  night,  during  which  residents 
were  compelled  to  remain  indoors, 
slashed  business  considerably  at  the 
44  theatres  operating  in  the  area, 
managers  reported.  The  drop  in 
grosses  was  placed  at  more  than  50 
per  cent  by  some  exhibitors. 

The  police  order  banning  pedestrian 
traffic  was  in  consequence  of  the 
crowds  along  Broadway  and  Times 
Square  in  the  mid-Manhattan  black- 
out last  week.  No  theatre  tickets 
could  be  sold  until  the  all-clear  was 
sounded.  The  test  ran  20  minutes, 
starting  at  9  o'clock. 


Merchants  Sponsor  Show 

Plymouth,  O.,  May  5. — Ed  Ram- 
sey, operating  the  Plymouth,  the  only 
house  here,  again  will  conduct  free 
open  air  shows  in  the  downtown  sec- 
tion on  Wednesday  evenings,  when  his 
theatre  will  be  closed.  The  showings 
are  sponsored  by  local  merchants. 


Wednesday,  May  6,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


7 


Mullen  Asks  New 
Radio  Legislation 
At  House  Hearing 


Washington,  May  5. — Declar- 
ing that  the  present  radio  laws  are 
outmoded,  Frank  E.  Mullen,  vice- 
president  of  NBC,  today  told  the 
House  Interstate  and  Foreign 
"^amerce  Committee  that  new 
■ — Elation  is  desirable,  but  that  it 
^should  "envisage  the  future  in  a  na- 
tion at  peace." 

Mullen  appeared  before  the  commit- 
tee in  support  of  the  Sanders  bill  to 
reorganize  the  FCC,  and  emphasized 
his  testimony  by  a  number  of  colored 
slides  depicting  the  outstanding  facts 
regarding  the  broadcasting  structure, 
the  part  played  by  the  chains  in  the 
national  picture  and  some  of  the  tech- 
nical problems  involved  in  the  place- 
ment of  stations. 

Cites  'Free  Radio'  in  U.  S. 

Pointing  out  that  the  United 
States  has  425  receivers  per  1,000  pop- 
ulation as  compared  with  62  receivers 
per  thousand  in  the  Axis  countries, 
Mullen  declared  that  "a  free  radio 
supported  by  private  enterprise,  free 
from  Government  subsidy  or  owner- 
ship, is  one  of  our  democratic  bul- 
warks." 

"A  combination  of  science,  art  and 
sound  business  management  has  given 
to  the  public  and  American  business  a 
national  broadcasting  service  without 
equal,"  he  said. 

Mullen  confined  himself  to  a  review 
of  the  broadcasting  structure,  leaving 
discussion  of  the  legal  points  of  the 
bill  to  John  Cahill,  NBC  counsel,  who 
was  unable  to  appear  today. 

Neville  Miller  Recalled 

Prior  to  hearing  Mullen,  the  com- 
mittee recalled  Neville  Miller,  presi- 
dent of  the  National  Association  of 
Broadcasters,  who  testified  April  16, 
in  order  that  Rep.  Sanders  of  Louisi- 
ana might  question  him  regarding 
provisions  in  the  bill  calling  for  adop- 
tion of  a  Congressional  policy  on 
newspaper  ownership  and  the  licens- 
ing and  limiting  of  networks. 

Miller  declared  that  the 
fundamental  principles  of  news- 
paper ownership  and  chain  op- 
eration "should  be  laid  down 
by  Congress"  and  contended 
that  the  FCC  has  attempted  to 
deal  with  those  problems  with- 
out definite  statutory  authority 
for  its  actions. 

Miller  declined  to  discuss  the  ques- 
tion of  newspaper  ownership  in  de- 
tail, but  said  representatives  of  the 
newspaper  stations  would  appear  for 
that  purpose.  The  newspaper  group 
is  scheduled  to  be  heard  May  19. 

Mullen  also  discussed  those  phases 
only  in  broad  terms,  testifying  that 
the  newspapers  have  done  a  "magni- 
ficent job"  in  running  stations.  "I 
do  not  believe  that  broadcasting  would 
have  made  its  way  in  the  early  days 
without  the  help  of  the  press,"  he  said. 


Dell  Concerts  to  Resume 

Philadelphia,  May  5.  —  Robin 
Hood  Dell,  outdoor  concert  auditor- 
ium featuring  guest  conductors  and 
soloists  with  the  Philadelphia  Orches- 
tra, will  open  June  22,  continuing 
through  August  10,  with  concerts 
scheduled  for  Monday,  Tuesday, 
Thursday  and  Friday  evenings  of  each 
week. 


Off  the  Antenna 

FIBBER  McGEE  &  Molly  was  adjudged  as  having  the  greatest  listening 
audience  during  the  Winter  season  of  1941-'42,  the  Cooperative  Analysis 
of  Broadcasting  reported  yesterday.  With  a  rating  of  36.5  per  cent  of  the 
entire  listening  audience,  the  team  won  first  place  for  the  first  time.  Close 
behind  were  Edgar  Bergen  and  Charlie  McCarthy  with  36.4  and  Jack  Benny 
with  36.2.  A.  W.  Lehman,  CAB  manager,  said  that  the  margin  of  three- 
tenths  of  one  per  cent  amounts  to  a  virtual  tie  when  allowances  are  made  for 
statistical  deviations.  Fibber  McGee  &  Molly  clinched  first  place  when  they 
attained  ratings  of  35.5  for  April  while  Bergen  drew  35  and  Benny  34.8. 

Following  the  three  leaders  in  the  seasonal  ratings,  in  order,  were  "Aldrich 
Family,"  "Lux  Radio  Theatre,"  Bob  Hope,  "Maxwell  House  Coffee  Time," 
"Kraft  Music  Hall,"  Kate  Smith's  Friday  evening  show  and  Walter  Winchell. 
The  CAB  also  reported  that  President  Roosevelt's  speech  last  week  scored 
a  rating  of  69.5  per  cent. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  C.  L.  Menser,  NBC  national  program  manager,  and  Irene 
Sexton  were  married  last  week  .  .  .  Maxine  Keith,  WOV  record  show  con- 
ductor, has  been  appointed  the  official  "radio  voice"  of  the  American  Women's 
Voluntary  Services  in  New  York  .  .  .  Peter  Aylen,  liaison  officer  of  Canadian 
Broadcasting  Corp.,  has  enlisted  in  the  Canadian  artillery  .  .  .  Cecil  Brown, 
CBS  Far  Eastern  correspondent  who  returned  to  the  country  recently,  will 
start  one-month  lecture  tour  of  25  cities  Saturday  .  .  .  Ted  Genock,  Paramount 
neivsreel  cameraman  who  has  returned  to  New  York  after  two  and  a  half 
years  covering  the  war  in  the  Far  East,  will  appear  on  NBC  television  at 
8:15  this  evening. 

•  •  • 

The  National  Concert  &  Artists  Corp.,  headed  by  Alfred  H.  Morton, 
now  established  in  its  Fifth  Avenue  offices,  yesterday  held  an  open  house 
reception.  The  NCAC  was  organized  to  take  over  the  concert  and  talent 
divisions  of  NBC. 

•  •  • 

Representing  CBS  at  the  National  Association  of  Broadcasters  convention 
in  Cleveland  next  week  will  be  William  S.  Paley,  president,  and  Edward 
Klauber,  M.  R.  Runyon,  Lawrence  W.  Lowman,  Herbert  V.  Akerberg,  E.  K. 
Cohan,  Julius  Braunner,  Thomas  D.  Connolly,  Ceorge  Crandall,  George  Dun- 
ham, Gilson  Gray,  John  G.  Gude,  Arthur  Hull  Hayes,  James  Kane,  John  J. 
Karol,  Howard  Meighan,  Charles  E.  Midgley,  Jerome  Sill,  Dr.  Frank  Stanton, 
Jack  Cowden  and  Robert  R.  Somerville. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  "Red  Ryder,"  a  dramatisation  of  the  comic  strip  of  the 
same  name,  has  started  as  a  regular  thrice-weekly  feature  on  Mutual,  replacing 
"Lone  Ranger"  and  "Jack  Armstrong ,"  now  on  the  Blue  .  .  .  American  Cigar- 
ette &  Cigar  Co.  will  start  participations  on  four  WEAF  programs  May  11. 
The  programs  include  "Studio  X,"  "Funny  Money  Man,"  "Morning  in  Man- 
hattan" and  "Rhymin'  Time"  .  .  .  Bethlehem  Steel  has  purchased  a  half  hour 
on  WJZ  Saturday  for  a  broadcast  of  ceremonies  when  the  Navy  presents  the 
"E"  pennant  to  its  Statcn  Island  yard  .  .  .  Seaside  Oil  Co.  will  launch  a  thrice- 
weekly  news  show  on  seven  Blue  Pacific  stations  May  18  .  .  .  "Bulldog  Drum- 
mond"  will  return  to  WOR  May  25  under  the  sponsorship  of  the  Borden  Co. 
for  Horton's  Ice  Cream.  It  will  be  heard  Mondays,  8  :30-9  P.  M. 

•  •  • 

Turnabout  being  fair  play,  Benny  Goodman,  the  band  leader,  is 
conducting  a  vote  among  radio  and  music  editors  to  determine  the  most 
popular  master  of  ceremonies  on  record  shows  among  New  York  sta- 
tions. Generally,  it  is  the  record  turners  who  poll  their  audiences  on 
favorite  band  leaders. 


RCA  First  Quarter 
Profit  $2,030,988, 
Stockholders  Told 


RCA  net  income  for  the  first 
quarter  of  1942,  after  provision  for 
normal  and  excess  profit  taxes, 
amounted  to  $2,030,988,  as  com- 
pared with  $1,922,174  for  the  cor- 
responding period  last  year,  it  was 
announced  yesterday  by  David 
Sarnoff,  president,  at  the  annual 
stockholders'  meeting. 

Sarnoff  said  the  provision  for  taxes 
was  $5,853,700  compared  with  $2,307,- 
000  for  the  first  quarter  of  1941,  but 
that  excess  profits  taxes  were  figured 
at  75  per  cent,  and  that  if  the  pro- 
posed 94  per  cent  tax  were  passed  an 
additional  $400,000  would  have  to  be 
provided. 

For  comparative  purposes,  the  1941 
net  income  was  adjusted  by  excluding 
operations  of  foreign  subsidiaries  and 
adding  retroactive  taxes.  , 

Maj.  Gen.  James  G.  Harbord, 
Charles  G.  Dawes,  Cornelius  N.  Bliss 
and  Bertram  Cutler  were  reelected  to 
the  board  for  three-year  terms.  Ar- 
thur Young  &  Co.  was  selected  as  in- 
dependent auditor. 

No  Offers  for  Blue 

In  discussing  the  company's  willing- 
ness to  sell  the  Blue  network,  Sarnoff 
said  "no  one  with  money  has  yet 
stepped  up,"  and  he  predicted  that  the 
Supreme  Court  would  decide  the  right 
of  the  FCC  to  force  a  sale  long  before 
any  group  with  money  would  make  an 
offer. 

Former  Justice  Joseph  M.  Pros- 
kauer  told  the  meeting  of  a  recent 
referee's  report  which  found  that  a 
minority  stockholder's  suit  against 
General  Electric  Co.  and  Western 
Electric  Co.  had  failed  to  offer  proof 
to  sustain  the  charges  against  RCA  or 
the  two  companies.  The  referee  held 
hearings  to  determine  whether  an  of- 
fer of  $1,000,000  to  settle  was  fair. 

In  his  address  to  stockholders,  Sar- 
noff declared  that  radio  has  now  been 
transformed  into  a  "powerful  weapon 
of  offense." 


Rep.  to  Hold  Three 
Regional  Meetings 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

sonnel  in  addition  to  executives  will 
attend  the  meetings.  Siegel  and  Wil- 
liam Saal  of  the  studio  are  expected 
here  over  the  weekend  for  the  New 
York  meeting,  which  will  be  attended 
by  the  home  office  executive  staff  and 
branch  managers  and  personnel  of  ex- 
changes in  New  York,  Albany,  Wash- 
ington, Boston,  Cleveland,  Atlanta, 
Buffalo,  Philadelphia,  New  Haven, 
Pittsburgh,  Charlotte  and  Tampa. 

Cancel  Int'I  Convention 

The  company  had  scheduled  an  in- 
ternational sales  convention  in  Holly- 
wood the  first  week  in  June,  but  de- 
cided to  cancel  it  and  hold  the  re- 
gional sessions  instead  because  of  pri- 
orities on  travel. 

"Remember  Pearl  Harbor"  will  be 
released  on  "I  Am  an  American  Day," 
May  17,  and  300  bookings  have  been 
set  for  the  opening,  it  was  announced. 


NOTICE  OF 

20th  CENTURY-FOX 
TRADE  SHOWING 

for  the  benefit  of  Exhibitors  generally 


NEW  YORK,  N.  Y. 


THIS  ABOVE  ALL 

will  be  trade-shown  at  the 

20th  Century-Fox  NEW  YORK  EXCHANGE 

345  WEST  44th  STREET 

on  MONDAY,  MAY  Uthr  at  10:30  A.  M. 


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(for  hit-hungering  crowds! 
(for  hit-covering  cameramen! 


BROADWAY  PR 


premiere  or  "MY  GAL  SAL" 


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Mr*  LIKE  THESE! 


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NLW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  THURSDAY,  MAY  7,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Keep  FCC  Out 
Of  Operations, 
Webs  Demand 


Paley  Urges  'Free  Radio' 
At  House  Hearing 


Washington,  May  6. — Restric- 
tion of  FCC  regulation  of  broad- 
casting to  purely  physical  require- 
ments was  urged  upon  the  House 
Interstate  and  Foreign  Commerce 
Committee  today  by  CBS  and  NBC 
representatives,  during  continuation 
of  hearings  on  the  Sanders  bill. 

William  S.  Paley,  CBS  presi- 
dent, asserting  that  the  basic 
law  of  radio  "should  be  delib- 
erately drawn  to  keep  radio  free, 
rather  than  to  throttle  and  ham- 
string it  by  shoving  it  into  any 
straitjacket  of  the  wrong  kind 
of  regulation,"  warned  that 
"regulation  inevitably  feeds  on 
itself." 

John  T.  Cahill,  NBC  counsel,  said 
a  clear  definition  of  "public  interest, 
convenience  or  necessity"  was  needed 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Mcintosh  to  Head 
WPB  Radio  Section 

Washington,  May  6. — Frank  H. 
Mcintosh  of  Toledo  has  been  appoint- 
ed chief  of  the  radio  section  of  the 
Communications  Branch  of  the  War 
Production  Board,  it  was  announced 
today  by  Leighton  H.  Peebles,  branch 
chief. 

Mcintosh  was  formerly  technical 
supervisor  of  the  Fort  Industry 
Co.,  Toledo,  O.,  which  owns  and  op- 
erates several  stations.  In  addition 
to  handling  problems  in  the  commer- 
cial radio  field,  the  communications 
branch  is  now  charged  with  the  re- 
sponsibility for  problems  arising  in 
the  domestic  radio  industry,  formerly 
handled  by  the  WPB  Consumers' 
Durable  Goods  Branch. 


N.  /.  Ascap  Measure 
Advanced  in  Senate 

Trenton,  N.  J.,  May  6. — New  Jer- 
sey's anti-Ascap  measure  has  been  re- 
ported favorably  by  committee  and 
advanced  to  a  second  reading  in  the 
State  Senate.  Identified  as  Senate 
Bill  110,  it  seeks  to  stop  the  forma- 
tion of  combinations  to  control  per- 
formances of  copyrighted  vocal  or  in- 
strumental musical  compositions  by  the 
exacting  of  license  fees. 


Producers  Given 
WPB  Rules  Details 
On  Set  Construction 


Washington,  May  6. — Details  of 
the  order  limiting  expenditures  for 
construction  of  sets  to  $5,000  have 
been  sent  to  producers  in  Hollywood 
by  James  S.  Knowlson,  Director  of 
Industry  Operations  of  the  War  Pro- 
duction Board. 

Producers  were  authorized  to  begin 
construction  of  sets  under  the  follow- 
ing conditions : 

1.  They  may  use  material  con- 
tained in  their  own  company's  inven- 
tories of  operating  supplies,  in  the 
similar  inventories  of  other  producers, 
and  in  those  of  persons  engaged  in 
the  leasing  of  sets. 

2.  They  may  use  additional  mate- 
rials which  are  not  contained  or  ac- 
quired for  such  inventories  provided 
that  not  more  than  $5,000,  exclusive 
of  labor  charges,  may  be  expended 
on  such  additional  material  for  sets 
used  in  the  production  of  a  single  pic- 
ture. 

The  authorization  does  not  include 
the  granting  of  any  priority  assistance 
to  obtain  new  materials  for  the  con- 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


RKO  Office  Staff  to 
Vote  on  Bargaining 

Washington,  May  6— The  NLRB 
today  ordered  an  election  within  30 
days  by  clerical  employes  at  the  RKO 
home  office  on  whether  they  wish  to 
be  represented  in  collective  bargain- 
ing by  the  Screen  Office  &  Profes- 
sional Employes  Guild,  Local  109.  The 
election  was  ordered  on  a  petition  filed 
by  the  SOPEG,  on  which  hearings 
were  held  in  March. 


See  Box-Office  Blow 
In  Blackout  Tonight 

Only  persons  acting  in  an 
official  capacity  will  be  al- 
lowed on  the  streets  in  a  20- 
minute  practice  blackout  to- 
night of  all  Northern  Manhat- 
tan beginning  at  123rd  St.  and 
the  Hudson  River  and  zig 
zagging  to  121st  St.  and  the 
East  River.  There  are  about 
45  film  houses  in  the  area. 

Theatres,  of  course,  will  be 
unable  to  sell  tickets  during 
the  test  period,  which  begins 
at  9:30.  The  order  ruling  out 
pedestrian  traffic  was  first  ap- 
plied in  a  Queens  blackout 
test  Tuesday  night  with  dam- 
aging effects  at  the  box-office. 


Added  Relief  Given 
Theatre  inJSuffalo 
By  Appeals  Board 


The  arbitration  appeals  board  yes- 
terday granted  additional  relief  to  the 
Bailey  Theatre,  Buffalo,  in  its  clear- 
ance complaint  against  the  five  con- 
senting companies. 

Meanwhile,  in  two  awards  at  the 
Buffalo  board,  arbitrators  dismissed 
the  clearance  complaint  of  Caroline 
Perrielo,  operator  of  the  Clyde  Play- 
house, Clyde,  N.  Y.,  against  the  five 
consenting  companies,  and  reduced  the 
clearance  against  Vincent  Martina's 
Astor  Theatre,  Attica,  N.  Y. 

In  the  decision  in  the  Bailey  case, 
the  appeals  board  held  that  the  cir- 
cumstances "afford  a  clear  illustra- 
tion of  discrimination  by  the  defend- 
ants against  a  theatre  solely  because 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Effect  of  War  on  Chicago 
Theatre  Business  Varies 


Chicago,  May  6. — Theatres  in  the 
Chicago  distribution  territory  are  ex- 
periencing varying  degrees  of  pros- 
perity and  adversity  due  to  the  war. 
In  certain  sections  box-office  receipts 
have  increased  while  in  other  spots 
the  exhibitors  report  a  steady  decrease 
in  business.  Most  affected  by  present 
conditions  are  some  of  the  smaller 
neighborhood  houses  in  Chicago  and 
several  small  towns  within  the  local 
exchange  area. 

The  small  city  houses,  in  most 
cases,  are  situated  in  neighborhoods 
from  which  many  have  been  drafted. 
The  women  and  girls  who  formerly 
accompanied  the  young  men  to  the 


theatre  have  found  other  interests, 
such  as  Red  Cross  work  and  other 
activities.  Small  towns  have  been 
affected  similarly  in  this  respect,  to 
which  has  been  added  the  migration 
of  labor  to  defense  areas. 

A  checkup  with  theatres  dependent 
to  a  great  extent  on  automobile  trade 
has  revealed  a  smaller  number  of  cars 
in  their  parking  lots,  indicating  that 
many  motorists  have  begun  conserv- 
ing on  use  of  tires. 

Business  in  Chicago,  however,  par- 
ticularly at  the  larger  houses,  on  the 
whole,  has  been  on  a  fairly  even  keel. 
In  many  instances,  it  is  said,  the  in- 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Para.  1942-43 
Product  Under 
Way:  Freeman 

4  Are  Ready,  9  in  Work; 
Shorts  Program  Cut 


Paramount's  production  for  the 
1942-'43  season  already  is  well 
under  way,  Y.  Frank  Freeman, 
vice-president  and  studio  chief,  told 
the  meeting  of  Paramount  district 
managers  yesterday  at  Adolph  Zu- 
kor's  Mountain  View  Country 
Club  at  New  City,  N.  Y. 

Freeman  identified  for  the 
district  heads  13  of  the  new  sea- 
son pictures  which  are  complet- 
ed, in  work  or  preparation.  The 
meeting  also  was  informed  that 
Paramount's  new  season  shorts 
subjects  program  will  be  re- 
duced to  64.  For  this  season  the 
company  scheduled  85  shorts. 

Oscar  A.  Morgan,  short  subjects 
and  newsreel  sales  manager,  told  the 
district  heads  that  company  execu- 
tives had  decided  on  the  reduction  in 
order  to  aid  in  lightening  the  short 
subject  market  to  provide  ample  play- 
ing time  for  Government  and  other 
patriotic  subjects. 
.  Barney  Balaban,  Paramount  presi- 
dent, and  Adolph  Zukor,  chairman  of 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Para.  Partner  Meet 
In  Chicago  May  19 

A  meeting  of  Paramount  theatre 
associates  of  the  Northern  division 
will  be  held  in  Chicago,  May  19,  with 
Leonard  Goldenson,  head  of  Para- 
mount theatre  operations,  and  Sam 
Dembow,  home  office  theatre  execu- 
tive, attending. 

Among  those  expected  at  the  ses- 
sion are:  Sam  Pinanski,  Martin  Mul- 
lin,  A.  H.  Blank,  John  Balaban,  Jules 
T.  Rubens,  Harry  David,  Earl  J. 
Hudson,  J.  J.  Friedl  and  Tracy  Bar- 
ham. 


Report  U. A. -Br own 
Deal  Near  Closing 

Negotiations  between  United  Art- 
ists and  Clarence  Brown,  by  which 
the  director  would  become  an  indepen- 
dent producer  releasing  through  U.A. 
were  reported  yesterday  to  be  near- 
insr  the  closing  stage. 

The  negotiations  are  being-  conduct- 
ed by  Edward  C.  Raftery,  U.A.  presi- 
dent, and  Loyd  Wright,  company  at- 
torney. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  May  7,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Personal  Mention 


Hollywood,  May  6 

FOR  the  first  time  since  it  released 
"Becky  Sharp"  in  1935,  RKO  to- 
day announced  plans  for  a  Technicolor 
picture.  It  will  be  "Grand  Canyon," 
and  Bert  Gilroy  has  been  assigned  to 
produce.  The  studio  also  exercised  a 
call  on  Victor  Mature  for  an  untitled 
musical,  which  Tim  Whelan  is  prepar- 
ing for  a  June  start. 

Republic  announced  it  will  make 
"Fu  Manchu  Strikes  Back,"  in  which 
Sax  Rohmer's  villain  turns  hero  to 
smack  the  Japs. 

• 

Ten  still  cameramen  share  14  first 
awards  in  the  Academy  of  Motion 
Picture  Arts  &  Sciences  second  annual 
still  photography  show  which  opened 
today,  to  run  through  Friday.  Top 
winner  is  Ray  Jones  of  Universal, 
who  placed  first  in  three  divisions. 

Machine  Licensing 
Now  Milwaukee  Law 

Milwaukee,  May  6. — By  a  vote  of 
18  to  8  the  Common  Council  has 
passed  the  Michalski  ordinance  licens- 
ing coin  film  and  other  amusement 
machines,  overriding  Mayor  Carl  F. 
Zeidler's  veto. 

Machine  distributors  will  be  re- 
quired to  pay  a  $25  annual  license 
fee  and  places  where  the  machines 
aje  installed  will  be  assessed  $5  per 
machine.  It  is  reported  that  nearly 
5,000  licenses  for  all  types  of  machines 
will  be  sought.  The  annual  revenue 
is  estimated  at  between  $175,000  and 
$200,000  a  year.  Licenses  will  run 
from  July  1,  each  year. 

UA  Signs  Contract 
With  Publicist  Guild 

United  Artists,  yesterday  signed  a 
contract  with  the  Screen  Publicists 
Guild  of  New  York.  The  contract 
was  identical  with  those  signed  on 
Tuesday  with  all  other  major  com- 
panies, except  Warners,  and  provided 
a  general  10  per  cent  wage  increase 
for  all  publicists  as  well  as  minimum 
salaries  for  three  classifications  of 
publicists. 


Montague  at  NYU  Class 

William  P.  Montague,  assignment 
editor  of  Paramount  Newsreel,  ad- 
dressed the  motion  picture  class  at 
New  York  University  yesterday  on 
"Newsreels  and  War  Documentaries." 


NATE    J.    BLUMBERG   is  ex- 
pected from  the  Coast  on  Mon- 
day. 

Everett  A.  Frohlich,  son  of  Louis 
D.  Frohlich,  attorney,  has  joined  the 
Air  Corps. 

Fred  L.  Schanberger,  son  of  J. 
Lawrence  Schanberger,  owner  of 
Keith's,  Baltimore,  is  now  an  aviation 
cadet. 

• 

F.    J.    A.    McCarthy,  Universal 
Southern  and  Canadian  sales  manager, 
has  left  for  Cincinnati  and  Dallas. 
• 

Tom  Agneta  of  RKO  has  joined 
the  Army.  Irwin  Kritchek  of  the 
company  is  scheduled  to  join  next 
week. 

R.  I.  Theatres  Cut 
Lights  Voluntarily 

Providence,  May  6. — William  E. 
Spragg,  Office  of  Civilian  Defense 
coordinator  for  the  amusement  indus- 
try in  Rhode  Island,  today  said  that 
exhibitors  in  the  state  have  voluntar- 
ily agreed  to  reduce  outside  lighting 
to  an  absolute  minimum.  The  dimout 
area  along  the  coast  was  most  af- 
fected by  the  Army  order  but  theatres 
elsewhere  in  the  state  hereafter  will 
do  without  upright  signs,  and  lower 
lights  on  marquees  and  display  win- 
dows will  be  dimmed. 

Spragg  also  notified  exhibitors  that 
there  is  ample  /ire-fighting  equipment 
to  provide  adequate  protection  for  all 
theatres  in  the  state. 

Army  Calls  Savage; 
Given  Lunch  Today 

William  S.  Savage,  of  the  RKO 
home  office  legal  department,  who  has 
been  commissioned  a  major  in  the 
Army  Air  Force,  has  been  notified  to 
report  for  active  duty  tomorrow. 

Fellow  employes  and  friends  will 
tender  him  a  farewell  luncheon  at 
Toots  Shor's  today  with  Gordon  E. 
Youngman,  RKO  vice-president  and 
general  counsel,  acting  as  toastmaster. 
Major  Savage  served  as  a  pursuit 
pilot  during  the  World  War. 

Exchange  Union  in 
Phila.  Signs  Pact 

Philadelphia,  May  6. — The  Film 
Exchange  Employes  union  here  has 
concluded  negotiations  started  several 
months  ago  with  the  local  exchanges 
for  a  new  contract.  A  two-year  pact 
was  signed,  retroactive  to  last  Dec. 
1,  and  providing  for  an  average  wage 
increase  of  $3  per  week  for  all  classi- 
fications of  exchange  workers. 


Fellerman's  Father  Dies 

William  Fellerman,  father  of  Max 
Fellerman,  RKO  Theatres  executive, 
died  at  his  home  yesterday.  Funeral 
services  will  be  held  at  2  o'clock  this 
afternoon  at  the  Prospect  Park  Me- 
morial Chapel,  Church  and  Flatbush 
Avenues,  Brooklyn. 


Reisman  to  S.A. 

Phil  Reisman,  RKO  vice-president 
in  charge  of  foreign  distribution, 
leaves  today  by  plane  for  a  trip  to 
Argentina  and  Brazil. 


PETER  PERAKOS,  Connecticut 
exhibitor,  has  recovered  from  a 
fractured  skull  sustained  in  a  fall  on 
a  handball  court. 

Ben  Greber,  manager  of  the  Ave- 
nue, Philadelphia,  returned  to  his  post 
after  leaving  Mt.  Sinai  Hospital,  re- 
covered from  recent  illness. 

J.  Clark  Hildinger,  exhibitor  in 
Trenton,  N.  J.,  has  enlisted  in  the 
Army. 

• 

Stuart  Dunlap,  Loew's  Argentine 
manager,  is  visiting  on  the  Coast. 

Jack  Goldsmith  of  Warner  Bros, 
has  been  commissioned  as  an  ensign 
in  the  Naval  Reserve. 

Expect  Ambassador 
Closing  in  St.  Louis 

St.  Louis,  May  6. — The  Ambas- 
sador Theatre,  big  first  run  house  of 
the  Fanchon  &  Marco-St.  Louis 
Amusement  Co.  is  likely  to  close  next 
Wednesday  because  of  the  lack  of  "A" 
pictures,  Edward  C.  Arthur,  assistant 
general  manager  of  Fanchon  &  Marco, 
said  here. 

Two-week  notices  have  been  sent 
to  the  50  employes  of  the  theatre, 
Arthur  said.  In  the  event  satisfactory 
pictures  are  not  made  available  within 
a  week  this  notice  will  be  effective 
May  13,  it  was  said.  The  Ambassa- 
dor seats  3,154  and  is  F  &  M's  only 
competition  to  Loew's  in  the  area. 
F  &  M  operates  the  other  three  first 
runs  in  the  city. 


'Wind'  Deal  Is  Set 
With  ABP  Circuit 

London,  May  6. — A  contract  has 
been  negotiated  between  M-G-M  and 
the  Associated  British  circuit  for  the 
showing  of  "Gone  With  the  Wind" 
over  the  entire  circuit  of  450  theatres 
throughout  Great  Britain.  The  deal 
was  announced  by  Max  Milder,  chief 
in  England  for  Warner  Bros.,  which 
owns  an  interest  in  the  circuit. 


Havana  Rotary  Will 
Present  Cup  to  RKO 

The  Havana  Rotary  Club  will  pre- 
sent a  cup  to  the  RKO  foreign  de- 
partment at  a  luncheon  today  at  the 
Hotel  Commodore  for  the  depart- 
ment's efforts  in  promoting  closer  re- 
lations among  this  country,  Cuba  and 
the  rest  of  Latin  America. 

Ray  O.  Wyland,  president  of  the 
New  York  Rotary  Qub,  will  make 
the  presentation  on  behalf  of  the  Ha- 
vana group.  About  400  guests  are  ex- 
pected to  attend,  it  was  said. 


'Oscar'  for  Brooks 

A  miniature  "Oscar"  will  be  pre- 
sented Sunday  evening  to  Bernard 
Brooks,  chief  buyer  and  booker  for 
the  Fabian  Circuit,  for  "the  best  per- 
formance as  a  booker  during  1942." 
The  presentation  will  be  made  by  Bill 
Berns,  WNEW  film  commentator,  at 
the  annual  dinner  and  dance  of  the 
Motion  Picture  Bookers  Club,  of 
which  Brooks  is  president,  at  the  Hotel 
Astor. 


Background  Screen 
Described  to  SMPE 


Hollywood,  May  6. — The  use  of 
motion  pictures  thrown  on  a  trans- 
lucent screen  for  background,  offset- 
ting the  cost  of  expensive  outdoor  lo- 
cation trips,  was  described  to  the  dele- 
gates at  today's  session  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Motion  Picture  Engineers, 
holding  their  51st  semi-annual  conj 
vention  at  the  Hotel  Roosevelt  htff^ 

The  method  was  described  by^> 
W.  Henderson  of  the  engineering  de- 
partment of  Paramount.  Also  today, 
J.  E.  Abbott  of  the  Museum  of  Mod- 
ern Art  Film  Library  in  New  York 
traced  the  development  of  sound  films 
from  1927  to  date.  L.  E.  Varden  of 
Agfa  An  sco  spoke  on  photography  in 
the  United  States,  and  Lloyd  Thomp- 
son of  the  Calvin  Co.,  Kansas  City, 
explained  the  production  of  industrial 
films.  Films  for  war  work  were  dis- 
cussed by  Floyde  E.  Brooker  of  the 
U.  S.  Office  of  Education. 

Committee  reports  were  read  today 
by  Alfred  N.  Goldsmith,  on  theatre 
engineering;  D.  B.  Joy,  standards; 
J.  E.  Abbott,  historical,  and  G.  A. 
Chambers,  progress.  The  semi-an- 
nual banquet  was  held  at  the  hotel 
this  evening.  The  meeting  will  end 
on  Friday. 

Eastern  Night  Ball 
Games  Start  Early 

Albany,  May  6. — Given  the  green 
signal  to  go  ahead,  Eastern  League 
baseball  clubs  have  scheduled  the 
earliest  opening  in  years  for  night 
baseball. 

Springfield,  Mass.,  opened  night  ball 
May  4  to  poor  attendance.  Albany 
starts  tomorrow,  two  weeks  earlier 
than  before,  while  Scranton  and 
Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.  begin  Friday.  El- 
mira,  Williamsport  and  Hartford  start 
next  week  and  Binghamton  June  1. 

Meanwhile,  local  drive-in  theatres 
also  have  opened  earlier  than  usual, 
playing  to  good  business  due  to  a 
warm  spell. 


On  Mayor's  Committee 

Maurey  Ashmann,  Interboro  Circuit 
zone  manager,  has  K°en  designated  by 
Mayor  LaGuardia  to  the  Mayor's 
Committee  for  the  "I  Am  an  Ameri- 
can Day"  celebration  to  be  held  in 
New  York  May  17.  Ashmann  is  also 
on  the  committee  for  the  New  York 
war  parade  scheduled  for  June  13. 


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AWARD 

.  ...  to  Miss  Ellen 
Glasgow,  the  coveted 
PULITZER  PRIZE 
for  "the  outstanding 
American  novel  of 
1941"- and  one  of  the 
best-sellers  of  all  time 


AWARD 

to  the  Strand,  N.  Y., 
the  Warner  and  Holly- 
wood, Los  Angeles, 
and  273  other  key- 
city  theatres,  the  first 
runs  -  beginning  this 
week-of  Warners' 


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late  crnr 

EDITION „ 


MLife."  "**■ 


BETTE  DAVIS  •  OLIVIA  de  HAVILLAND 
GEORGE  BRENT  •  DENNIS  MORGAN 

in 

"IN  THIS  OUR  LIFE" 

with  CHARLES  COBURN 
Frank  Craven  •  Billie  Burke 
Directed  by  JOHN  HUSTON 
Screen  Play  by  Howard  Koch  •  Based  Upon  the 
Novel  by  Ellen  Glasgow  .  Music  by  Max  Steiner 


Another  prize  package  from 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  May  7,  1942 


Para.  1942-43 
Product  Under 
Way:  Freeman 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

the  board,  addressed  the  meeting  on 
Paramount  business  matters  and  poli- 
cies, emphasizing  the  company's 
strong  position  and  long-range  plans 
for  coping  with  numerous  war  time 
problems.  The  three-day  meeting 
ended  yesterday  afternoon. 

Freeman  Lists  Titles 

The  completed  productions  identi- 
fied by  Freeman  for  the  new  season 
were  "Wake  Island,"  "Road  to 
Morocco,"  'Forest  Rangers"  and 
"Palm  Beach  Story."  New  season 
pictures  in  work  which  he  named  in- 
cluded "I  Married  a  Witch,"  "Silver 
Queen"  and  "Great  Without  Glory." 
Among  those  in  preparation  are  "For 
Whom  the  Bell  Tolls,"  "Lady  in  the 
Dark,"  "Let's  Face  It,"  "Frenchman's 
Creek,"  "Star  Spangled  Rhythm,"  and 
"Happy  Go  Lucky."  Five  of  these 
13  pictures  will  be  in  color,  Freeman 
said. 

Freeman  also  announced  that  Para- 
mount has  acquired  Rachel  Field's  un- 
published novel,  "And  Now  Tomor- 
row," and  that  it  has  signed  Franchot 
Tone. 

The  first  of  a  series  of  five  Para- 
mount regional  sales  meetings  will 
open  at  the  Hotel  Pierre  here  on 
Monday  with  J.  J.  Unger,  Eastern  di- 
vision manager,  presiding. 


Product  Outlined  to 
PRC  Sales  Meeting 

Hollywood,  May  6. — Three  series 
of  outdoor  films  of  six  pictures  each 
are  planned  by  Producers  Releasing 
Corp.  for  the  new  season,  it  was  dis- 
closed here  today  at  the  company's 
sales  convention. 

The  "Billy  the  Kid"  and  "Lone  Rid- 
er" series  will  be  continued,  the  for- 
mer continuing  to  star  Buster  Crabbe 
and  Al  St.  John,  and  there  will  be 
a  third  series  not  yet  titled. 

The  "Frontier  Marshal"  group  of 
the  present  season  will  not  be  re- 
tained, it  was  announced.  Leon  From- 
kess,  vice-president  in  charge  of  pro- 
duction, revealed  that  H.  B.  Warner, 
Walter  Woolf  King,  Parkyakarkas 
and  Duncan  Renaldo  have  been  set  for 
"A  Yank  in  Libya,"  and  Mary  Car- 
lisle, Robert  Armstrong,  Richard 
Cromwell  and  Warren  Hymer  will 
appear  in  "Baby  Face  Morgan." 

War  themes  are  planned  for  about 
SO  per  cent  of  the  features,  it  was 
stated. 

Last  of  the  business  sessions  were 
held  today.  Tomorrow  there  will  be  a 
location  party  at  Chatsworth  and  an 
informal  dinner  at  night. 


Set  WB  Checking  Staff 

A  Warner  Bros,  field  organization 
to  conduct  its  own  checking  through- 
out the  country  has  been  practically 
completed,  it  was  said  yesterday. 
Rudy  Hagen,  who  formerly  had 
charge  of  the  checking  department, 
will  resume  his  old  post,  and  a  large 
number  of  former  field  supervisiors 
for  the  company  have  been  re-engaged. 


Effect  of  War  on  Chicago 
Theatre  Business  Varies 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

crease  is  the  result  of  better  pictures, 
rather  than  increased  incomes. 
Patronage  in  the  Loop  has  fallen  off 
considerably  in  the  past  few  weeks 
from  Monday  to  Friday  but  weekend 
business  has  more  than  made  up  the 
drop. 

The  Warner  Circuit,  operating 
houses  in  Chicago,  Indiana  and  Wis- 
consin, reports  that  its  theatres  in  In- 
diana, close  to  war  industries,  and 
those  in  Wisconsin  have  experienced 
an  increase  in  business,  while  receipts 
are  off  in  Chicago  theatres  of  the  cir- 
cuit. 


Pacific  Northwest  Grosses 
Increase  from  15  to  25% 

Seattle,  May  6. — A  decided  in- 
crease in  theatre  attendance  in  the  Pa- 
cific Northwest  territory,  particularly 
in  this  city,  has  been  apparent  since 
the  declaration  of  war  last  December. 
Conservatives  estimates  place  the  gain 
at  15  to  25  per  cent. 

Primary  cause  for  the  increase,  of 
course,  is  the  exceptional  increase  in 
population  in  Seattle  and  suburbs. 
Government    reports    indicate  that 


there  are  80,000  new  residents  in  this 
locality,  most  of  whom  have  moved 
to  Seattle  within  the  past  12  months 
to  work  in  war  industries. 

Most  first  runs  are  holding  films  at 
least  two  weeks,  with  weekly  changes 
abandoned.  In  addition,  previously 
dark  houses  now  are  operating 
profitably  both  here  and  in  the  sub- 
urbs. Local  downtown  houses  are 
gaining  increased  revenue  through  ex- 
tra morning  shows  for  war  workers, 
and  there  are  many  late  night  shows. 
Several  smaller  theatres  operate  on  a 
24-hour  basis. 


Northern  California  Has 
Increased  Theatre  Revenue 

Sacramento,  May  6.— Theatres  are 
prospering  in  northern  California, 
with  soldier  trade  as  an  important 
factor.  Two  Army  air  fields  are  near 
by,  where  the  fliers  enjoy  better  in- 
come than  most  soldiers.  There  have 
been  no  blackouts  since  January,  and 
adequate  transportation  minimizes  the 
effect  of  automobile  restrictions.  The 
local  Summer  trade  is  not  expected  by 
exhibitors  to  experience  its  usual 
slump  this  year. 


Producers  Given 
WPB  Rules  Details 
On  Set  Construction 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
struction  of  sets.  Where  priority  as- 
sistance is  needed,  applications  must 
be  made  to  the  WPB  where  the  proj- 
ect will  be  considered  in  view  of  the 
need  for  such  assistance. 

It  was  stated  that  many  sets  re- 
quire a  relatively  small  amount  of  new 
material  because  material  is  salvaged 
when  old  sets  are  taken  down  and 
returned  to  stock  storage  for  use  on 
later  sets. 

Today's  order  is  expected  to  be  fol- 
lowed soon  by  an  authorization  to  the 
industry  to  undertake  voluntary  con- 
servation along  lines  suggested  to 
WPB  Director  Donald  M.  Nelson  last 
month.  The  WPB  also  plans  to  issue 
orders  restricting  the  use  of  materials 
in  theatres.  These  orders  have  been 
expected  by  the  industry  for  some 
time. 


McCurry  Reelected 
By  Canadian  Society 

Ottawa,  May  6. — Harold  O.  Mc- 
Curry was  reelected  president  of  the 
National  Film  Society  at  the  annual 
meeting  last  night.  Other  officers  in- 
clude F.  R.  Crawley,  treasurer ;  Mrs. 
F.  R.  Crawley,  secretary ;  E.  R.  Har- 
rold,  Col.  W.  A.  Steel,  0.  C.  Wilson, 
R.  Spottiswoode  and  James  Bev- 
eridge,  members  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee. 

McCurry  announced  that,  despite 
war  conditions,  the  society  has  been 
carrying  on  a  full  program,  and  there 
are  now  522  members.  British, 
American,  Canadian,  Russian,  French, 
German  and  Mexican  films  were 
shown  to  the  society  during  the  past 
vear  and  a  series  of  free  showings  of 
British  war  films  will  be  continued 
this  Summer,  it  was  said. 


Tripoli'  at  $12,000 
Minneapolis  High 

Minneapolis,  May  6.  —  "To  the 
Shores  of  Tripoli"  grossed  a  big 
$12,000  in  its  first  week  at  the  State 
"Ball  of  Fire"  got  $7,500  at  the 
Orpheum. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  2: 

"40,000  Horsemen"  (Ind.) 

WORLD— (350)    (30c-40c-50c-«>c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $2,700.    (Average,  $1,600) 
'Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 

ORPHEUM-(2,800)   (30c-4Oc-50c)  8  days. 
Gross:  $7,500.    (Average,  $5,500) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

STATE-(2,300)     (30c-40c-50c)     7  days 
Gross:  $12,000.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"What's  Cookui'  "  (Univ.) 

GOPHER-(998)    (30c)    7    days.  Gross: 
$2,200.    (Average,  $2,500) 
"Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

CENTURY— (1,600)    (30c-40c-50c)   7  days 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $4,000.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Nazi  Affent"  (M-G-M)  5  days. 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO)  5  days 

ASTER-(SOO)  (20c-30c)  5  days.  Gross: 
$1,700.    (Average,  $1,2800) 


Ky.  Insurance  Head 
Cannot  Close  House 

Louisville,  Ky.,  May  6.— The  Ken- 
tucky Court  of  Appeals  has  ruled  that 
State  Insurance  Director  Sherman 
Goodpaster  lacked  authority  to  close 
an  upstairs  motion  picture  theatre  at 
Stanford,  Ky.,  as  a  fire  hazard.  The 
order  to  close  was  issued  originally  on 
Dec.  28,  1940. 


Republic  as  Reel  House 

The  Republic,  a  Brandt  house  at 
209  W.  42nd  St.,  Manhattan,  formerly 
a  burlesque  theatre,  is  scheduled  to 
be  reopened  as  the  Victory  next  Tues- 
day with  a  program  of  newsreels  and 
shorts. 


'Kipps'  to  Little  Carnegie 

"The  Remarkable  Mr.  Kipps,"  Brit- 
ish made  20th  Century-Fox  film,  will 
open  at  the  Little  Carnegie  Playhouse 
May  25,  it  was  announced  yesterday. 


Added  Relief  Given 
Theatre  in  Buffalo 
By  Appeals  Board 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

of  a  change  of  ownership."  The 
Bailey,  a  second  run  Buffalo  theatre 
operated  by  Dipson  Theatres,  Inc., 
formerly  had  the  same  availability  as 
the  Kensington  when  both  were  oper- 
ated by  the  Shea  Circuit,  until  19tT^ 
Thereafter,  although  t  e  s  t  i  m  o" 
showed  the  Bailey  offered  the  better 
revenue  possibilities  of  the  two,  the 
Kensington  was  given  seven  days 
clearance  over  the  Bailey.  The  com- 
plainant asked  that  the  house  be  re- 
stored to  the  same  playing  status  it 
had  prior  to  1939. 

Old  Schedule  Refused 

In  the  original  award  the  arbitra- 
tor reduced  the  Kensington's  clear- 
ance to  three  days,  dismissed  Loew's 
and  Paramount  from  the  action  due  to 
the  fact  that  each  had  a  one-third  in- 
terest in  the  Kensington  and  pointed 
out  that  he  could  not  restore  the 
status  prior  to  1939  under  a  clearance 
complaint,  due  to  the  fact  that  a  spe- 
cific run  was  involved  in  the  relief 
sought. 

The  appeals  board  affirmed  the  lat- 
ter two  findings  but  reduced  the  Ken- 
sington's clearance  on  RKO,  Warners 
and  20th  Century-Fox  product  to  one 
day,  holding  that  "this  is  a  case  where 
complainant's  theatre  is  entitled  to  a 
maximum  of  relief."  It  also  ruled 
that  both  theatres'  availability  shall 
not  be  later  than  37  days  after  Buf- 
falo first  run.  Costs  were  divided 
equally  among  all  parties  involved. 

Clearance  Reduced 

Joseph  M.  Boehm,  arbitrator  in  the 
Astor  case,  reduced  the  30  days  clear- 
ance in  favor  of  the  New  Family 
Theatre,  Batavia,  on  Paramount, 
RKO,  Loew's  and  Warner  product  to 
14  days,  and  assessed  costs  equally 
among  all  the  parties. 

William  E.  Barrett,  arbitrator  in 
the  Clyde  Playhouse  complaint,  held 
that  the  14  days  clearance  of  the  Capi- 
tol, Newark,  N.  Y.,  over  the  Play- 
house and  the  Ohmann  Bros.  Theatre 
at  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  an  intervenor,  is 
reasonable  and  dismissed  the  com- 
plaint. Costs  were  divided  equally 
among  all  parties. 


'Rio  Rita'  Garners 
$14,500,  Baltimore 

Baltimore,  May  6. — Weekend  busi- 
ness is  strong.  "Rio  Rita"  took  $14,- 
500  at  the  Century  and  "To  the  Shores 
of  Tripoli"  tallied  $10,000  at  the  New. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing April  30 : 

"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

CENTURY— (3,000)     (28c-44c     and  55c 
weekends)  7  days.    Gross:  $14,500.  (Aver- 
age, $10,000) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 

KEITH'S— (2,406)  (15c-28c-33c-44c  and  55c 
weekends)  7  days.  Gross:  $11,000.  (Aver- 
age, $9,000) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

NEW— (1,581)     (15c-28c-35c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $10,000.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

STANLEY — (3,280)  (15c-28c-39c-44c-55c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $11,000.  (Average, 
$12,000) 

"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 

HIPPODROME— (2,205)  (15c-28c-39c-44c- 
55c-66c)  7  days.  Stage  show  with  Sybil 
Bowen;  Cappy  Barra  Boys;  Dick,  Dora  and 
Dick;  Three  Swifts.  Gross:  $17,000.  (Aver- 
age, $14,000) 

"Bombay  Clipper"  (Univ.) 

MAYFAIR  —  (1,000)  '20c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,500.     (Average,  $6,000) 


Thursday,  May  7,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


5 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 


"The  Wild  and 
Woozy  West' 

(Phantasy  Cartoon) 

{Columbia) 

The  wolf  is  a  western  badman  adept 
in  stripping  banks  and  such  in  no 
at  all.  He  meets  the  sheriff  and 
es  the  latter  in  some  embarrassing 
ptisitions.  A  well  animated  chase  fol- 
lows and  the  wolf  finishes  second.  It's 
a  fairly  imaginative  cartoon  that 
makes  a  good  program  item.  Run- 
ning time,  7  mins.   Release,  May  19. 


"Screen  Snapshots" 

(No.  9— Series  21) 

(Columbia) 

This  offers  shots  of  screen  stars 
in  bygone  days,  with  Ken  Murray 
supplying  humorous  narrative.  Char- 
lie Chaplin,  Mickey  Rooney,  Jackie 
Cooper,  C.  B.  DeMille,  Al  Jolson  and 
various  others  are  seen.  The  old  mate- 
rial is  interesting.  Running  time,  9 
mins.  Release,  May  8. 


"Community  Sing" 

(No.  9— Series  6) 

(Columbia) 

Here  is  a  good  item  for  the  theatre- 
going  vocalists,  highlighted  by  a  hu- 
morous parody  on  "Bicycle  Built  for 
Two"  and  including  "Deep  in  the 
Heart  of  Texas."  Running  time,  10 
mins.   Release,  April  30. 


"How  Spry  I  Am" 

(All  Star  Comedy) 

(Columbia) 

Andy  Clyde  appears  as  the  hotel 
proprietor  with  no  funds  but  with  a 
flock  of  orphans  to  care  for.  Routine 
comedy  situations  lead  to  a  benefit 
show  staged  by  the  youngsters  for 
their  benefactor.  The  short's  appeal 
appears  mainly  for  children.  Running 
time,  18  mins.   Release,  May  7. 


"Wolf  Chases  Pigs" 

(Fable  Cartoon) 

(Columbia) 

The  Three  Little  Pigs  fable  is 
brought  up  to  date  with  a  few  amus- 
ing effects.  The  pigs  herein  are  army 
sergeants  (although  the  artists  al- 
lotted them  only  two  stripes)  and  the 
wolf  is  the  lowly  private.  The  wolf 
of  course  has  an  unpleasant  time  of 
it.  Running  time,  7  mins.  Release, 
April  30. 


New  Haven  Gives 
$4,300  to  'Tripoli' 

New  Haven,  May  6. — The  second 
week  of  "To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli" 
and  "Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  at 
the  College  brought  $4,300.  "Ghost  of 
Frankenstein,"  dualled  with  "What's 
Cookin"  grossed  $6,100  at  the  Roger 
Sherman. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing April  30 : 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20*h-Fox) 
"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 

COLLEGE— (1,627)   (40c-50c)  7  days.  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $4,300.    (Average,  $2,800) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Right  to  the  Heart"  (20th-Fox) 

LOEW-POLI— (3,005)    (40c-50c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $7,900.     (Average,  $8,000) 
"Kathleen"  (M-G-M) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,373)    (40c-50c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $5,000.    (Average.  $4,600) 
"Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 
"What's  Cookin'  "  (Univ.) 

ROGER  SHERMAN— (2,067)  (40c-50c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $6,100.     (Average,  $5,200) 


Review 


"Powder  Town" 

(RKO) 

\  FEW  moments  of  sharp  suspense,  and  several  instances  of  humor 
are  redeeming  entertainment  factors  in  'a  picture  which  otherwise 
is  routine  program  fare. 

Victor  McLaglen  is  the  name  which  represents  a  selling  asset  in 
a  cast  including  Edmond  O'Brien,  June  Havoc,  Dorothy  Lovett  and 
Eddie  Foy,  Jr.  Based  on  an  original  idea  by  Vicki  Baum  and  a  novel 
by  Max  Brand,  the  film  was  directed  by  Rowland  V.  Lee  and  produced 
by  Cliff  Reid,  from  a  screenplay  by  David  Boehm. 

The  story  concerns  O'Brien,  as  an  absent-minded  young  scientist, 
sent  to  a  powder  plant  to  perfect  a  formula  on  explosives,  and  the 
attempts  of  enemy  agents  to  obtain  the  formula.  Romance  enters  when 
O'Brien  falls  in  love  with  a  night  club  hostess,  Miss  Lovett,  living  in 
the  boarding  house  where  he  finds  lodging.  McLaglen  is  a  plant  fore- 
man who  is  delegated  to  guard  O'Brien,  and  whose  girl  friend  is  Miss 
Hovac,  who  also  works  at  the  club. 

There  are  innumerable  complications,  usually  resulting  from  O'Brien's 
absent  mindedness,  and  the  film  is  climaxed  with  the  attempted  blowing 
up  of  the  plant  by  the  unsuccessful  agents.  The  attempt  is  halted  by 
McLaglen  and  O'Brien,  and  the  latter  learns  a  romantic  formula. 

Running  time,  79  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


'Jacks,'  Jurgens  at 
$15,000,  Milwaukee 

Milwaukee,  May  6.  —  The  best 
grosser  was  Dick  Jurgens  orchestra 
at  the  Riverside  with  the  film  "Four 
Jacks  and  a  Jill,"  taking  $15,000. 
"Rio  Rita"  and  "This  Time  for 
Keeps"  grossed  $8,300  at  Fox's  Wis- 
consin. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  28-30: 

"The  Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.  A.) 
"Whafs  Cookin'"  (Univ.) 

WARNER— (2,400)    (33c-44c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $5,700.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 
"A  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 

PALACE— (2,400)  (44c-60c)  7  days.  $5,000. 
(Average,  $4,000) 
"Four  Jacks  and  a  Jill"  (RKO) 

RIVERSIDE— (2,700)  (44c-60c)  7  days. 
Stage:  Dick  Jurgens.  Gross:  $15,000. 
(Average,  $6,500) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 

STRAND-(1,400)    (44c-65c)   6   days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $1,500.    (Average,  $1,500) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

WISCONSIN— (3,200)  (44c-60c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,300.  (Average,  $5,500) 


'Kings  Row'  Earns 
Top  Toronto  Gross 

Toronto,  May  6. — "Kings  Row" 
won  top  position  with  $13,500  at 
Shea's  Theatre.  "The  Courtship  of 
Andy  Hardy"  grossed  $12,500  at 
Loew's  Theatre,  and  "How  Green 
Was  My  Valley,"  on  a  repeat  run  at 
the  Tivoli  brought  $5,200,  a  good 
figure  for  the  house. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  3 : 

"Swamp  Water"  (20th-Fox) 

EGLINTON— (1,086)     (18c-30c-48c-60c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $3,800.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"You  Belong  to  Me"  (Col.) 

IMPERIAL— (3,373)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c) 
6  days.    Gross:  $8,500.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S— (2,074)     (18c-30c-42c-60c-78c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $12,500.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

SHEA'S^-(2,480)     (18c-30c-42c-6Oc-90c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $13,500.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"How  Green  Was  My  Valley"  (20th-Fox) 

TIVOLI— (1,434)     (18c-30c-48c)     6  days. 
Gross:  $5,200.    (Average,  $3,900) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 

UPTOWN— (2,761)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,500.  (Average, 
$9,000) 


Joins  RKO  Exchange 

New  Haven,  May  6. — Charles  B. 
Paine  of  the  Boston  RKO  office  and 
formerly  with  Universal  for  many 
years,  has  been  appointed  office  man- 
ager of  the  RKO  branch  here. 


Rebuild  in  Sacramento 

San  Francisco,  May  6. — Blumen- 
feld  Theatres  plans  to  rebuild  the  Del 
Paso  Theatre  in  North  Sacramento,  at 
a  cost  of  $225,000.  The  house  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire. 


'Mayor'  and 
Whiteman  Top 
Frisco  Gross 


San  Francisco,  May  6.  —  "The 
Mayor  of  44th  Street,"  with  Paul 
Whiteman's  band  on  the  stage,  drew 
$20,100  at  the  Golden  Gate,  followed 
by  a  good  $14,000  for  /'The  Fleet's 
In"  and  "Among  the  Living,"  in  the 
second  week  at  the  Fox. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  28-May  1 : 

"Mayor  of  44th  Street"  (RKO) 

GOLDEN   GATE — (2,850)    (44c-49c-65c)  7 
davs.      Stage:    Paul    Whiteman.  Gross: 
$20",100.    (Average,  $15,000) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,200)  (20c-35c-40c- 
SSc)  7  days.  Gross:  $9,600.  (Average, 
$7,500) 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

WARFIELD— (2.680)     (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $13,500.    (Average,  $12,900) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"Among  the  Living"  (Para.) 

FOX—  (5,000)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.     Gross:   $14,000.     (Average,  $16,000) 
"Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 
"Yokel  Boy"  (Rep.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,740)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $10,500.    (Average,  $11,500) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Hay  Foot"  (Hal  Roach) 

ORPHEUM— (2,440)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $7,800.  (Average, 
$8,000) 

"Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

"A  Gentleman  at  Heart"  (20th- Fox) 

ST.  FRANCIS — (1,400)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days,   2nd 1  week   (moved  over  from  War- 
field).    Gross:  $4,600.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Come  Back  to  Erin"  (Foreign) 

CLAY— (400)  (15c-35c-4Sc)  7  days.  Gross: 
$1,100.     (Average,  $1,000) 


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(Continued  from  page  1) 

and  that  the  business  aspects 
broadcasting  should  be  kept  free. 
~~jElmer  Davis,  CBS  news  analyst, 
the  committee  censorship  of  radio 
news  is  as  "abhorrent"  and  "injurious 
'to  the  public  interest"  as  press  censor- 
ship, except  insofar  as  it  involves  mil- 
itary secrecy. 

Paley  cited  the  FCC  network  regu- 
lations as  an  instance  of  the  way  un- 
certainties in  the  law  might  be  used 
to  achieve  objectives  not  contemplated 
by  Congress. 

"The  core  of  the  problem  in  con- 
nection with  a  revision  of  the  radio 
statute  is  in  the  extent  to  which  the 
licensing  authority  should  have  the 
power  to  regulate  broadcasting  be- 
yond necessary  physical  requirements," 
Paley  said.  "It  is  my  sober  judgment 
that  regulation  by  the  FCC  should 
stop  at  physical  requirements.  There 
are  laws  on  the  books  covering  the 
conduct  of  broadcasters  as  well  as  of 
other  business  men,  and  there  are 
Governmental  departments  charged 
with  bringing  to  the  courts  for  pun- 
ishment or  correction  violations  of 
those  laws." 

Cites  Censor  Threat 

Paley  pointed  out  the  dangers  of 
censorship  inherent  in  any  broad  and 
undefined  authority  granted  the  FCC. 
"A  resourceful  commission  so  minded 
might  devise  ways  to  seize  control  of 
every  phase  of  broadcasting  regardless 
of  the  prohibitions  and  the  silences  in 
the  present  statute  on  which  we  have 
relied  so  heavily  in  the  past,"  he  said. 
"Great  danger  exists  whether  the  com- 
mission can  censor  programs  in  ad- 
vance or  whether  it  is  in  a  position  to 
revoke  a  license  or  hand  over  a  wave 
length  to  someone  else  by  an  post  facto 
judgment  that  programs  have  not 
been  in  the  public  interest. 

"We  feel  the  time  has  come  when 
Congress  as  the  representatives  of  the 
people  must  express  the  will  of  the 
people  as  to  the  kind  of  broadcasting 
there  is  to  be  in  this  country."  Paley 
added  that  public  opinion  and  competi- 
tion are  sufficient  to  keep  broadcasting 
on  a  high  plane. 


Mutual  April  Gross 
Up  88%  to  $904,845 

Mutual  gross  billings  for  April  were 
$904,845,  an  increase  of  88.4  per  cent 
over  the  same  month  last  year,  the  net- 
work has  announced. 

Total  billings  for  the  first  four 
months  of  1942  were  $3,920,986,  com- 
pared with  $1,941,446  for  the  same 
period  in  1941,  representing  an  in- 
crease of  almost  102  per  cent,  the  net- 
work stated. 


Conn.  Wage  Minimum 

Hartford,  Conn.,  May  6. — State 
Labor  Commissioner  Cornelius  J. 
Danaher  has  accepted  the  proposal  for 
a  $16  minimum  weekly  wage,  students' 
part  time  minimum  wage  provisions, 
and  other  changes  generally  improv- 
ing the  wage  scale  for  the  mercantile 
trades.  The  provisions  go  into  effect 
June  1. 


Notes  from  Hollywood 


Hollywood,  May  6 

HP  HE  Academy  of  Motion  Picture  Arts  and  Sciences  has  established 
a  film  library  as  liaison  agency  between  the  Hollywood  studios  and 
British,  Canadian  and  United  States  offices  of  information  for  the  pur- 
pose of  increasing  the  availability  of  foreign  backgrounds,  war  shots  and 
other  film  needed  in  Hollywood.  The 
agreement  was  worked  out  with  the 
British  Ministry  of  Information  at  a 
meeting  between  Thomas  Baird,  di- 
rector of  the  non-theatrical  film  di- 
vision of  the  British  Ministry  of  In- 
formation ;  Eric  Cleugh,  British 
consul  in  Los  Angeles ;  Donald 
Gledhill,  executive  secretary  of  the 
Academy,  and  heads  of  studio  film 
libraries. 

More  than  a  quarter  of  a  million 
feet  of  film  will  be  available  from 
Great  Britain.  Also  the  Academy  will 
make  about  10,000  feet  a  month  of  in- 
spection prints  available  from  now  on. 


Twentieth  Century-Fox  has  put 
Dana  Andrews  and  Virginia  Gil- 
more  in  "Berlin  Correspondent."  .  .  . 
Tim  Whelan  will  go  to  England 
next  September  to  produce  and  direct 
his  original  story,  "The  King's  Mes- 
senger," with  Clive  Brook  as  the  star. 
He  first  will  do  a  musical  at  RKO. 
.  .  .  Eduardo  Ciaxelli  has  been  added 
to  the  cast  of  M-G-M's  "Cairo." 


Charles  R.  Rogers,  United 
Artists  producer,  has  purchased 
an  unproduced  play,  "What  a 
Lucky  Guy,"  by  Charles  Sher- 
man, and  is  seeking  Cary  Grant 
for  the  title  role.  .  .  .  Mai  St. 
Clair  will  direct  20th  Century- 
Fox's  "The  Man  in  the  Trunk." 
.  .  .  Edward  Finney's  next  pro- 
duction for  Monogram  will  be 
"King  of  the  Stallions,"  story  of 
a  wild  horse  owned  by  a  tribe 
of  Indians.  .  .  .  RKO  has  pur- 
chased "End  of  the  Gangsters," 
original  by  Robert  Gordon  and 
Dane  Lussier. 

•  • 

Ralph  Staub  has  completed  his 
1941 -'42  series  of  Screen  Snapshots 
for  Columbia  six  weeks  ahead  of 
schedule.  .  .  .  20th  Century-Fox's  pro- 
posed production  on  the  life  of  "the 
fighting  Jew,"  Sergeant  Sam  Dre- 
ben,  is  now  called  "One  Man  Army." 
.  .  .  That  studio  has  assigned  Irving 
Cummins  to  direct  "Springtime  in  the 
Rockies,"  which  will  feature  Cesar 
Romero,  Betty  Grable,  Carmen  Mi- 
randa and  Harry  James  and  his  or- 
chestra. 

•  • 

George  Cukor  will  direct  M-G-M's 
"Keeper  of  the  Flame."  starring 
Spencer  Tracy  and  Katharine 
Hepburn.  .  .  .  Paul  Lukas  has  been 
signed  by  Warners  to  star  in  the 
adaptation  of  the  stage  play,  "Watch 
on  the  Rhine."  .  .  .  Chester  Conklin 
draws  a  dramatic  role  in  Columbia's 
"Man's  World."  ...  A.  W.  Hackel 
will  produce  four  features  for  Mono- 
gram during  the  forthcoming  season. 
Two  of  the  vehicles  are  "Under 
Sealed  Orders,"  based  on  Edgar 
Wallace's  story,  "Mystery  Liner," 
and  "Queen  of  the  Honky-Tonks," 
dance  hall  melodrama  by  Ande  Lamb. 


Pine-Thomas  has  extended  the  di- 
rectorial contract  of  Frank  McDon- 


ald. .  .  .  Marhyn  Green,  radio  and 
screen  writer,  has  been  made  story 
editor  of  K-B  Productions.  .  .  .  John 
M.  Stahl's  next  picture  for  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox will  be  "$25,000  a  Year." 
.  .  .  Anne  Shirley  replaces  the  ailing 
Ellen  Drew  in  Paramount's  "Lady 
Bodyguard."  She's  on  loan  from 
RKO.  .  .  .  Joseph  Sistrom  draws  the 
production  reins  on  Paramount's  "The 
Well  Groomed  Bride." 

•  • 

Hattie  McDaniel  has  formed  a 
Hollywood  Victory  Committee 
subcommittee  of  Negro  artists 
to  aid  in  the  campaign.  Those 
who  volunteered  to  serve  with 
her  are  Eddie  Anderson,  Leigh 
Whipper,  Ben  Carter,  Fayard 
McNicholas,  Louise  Beaver  and 
Lillian  Randolph.  .  .  .  Vera 
Vague,  comedienne,  has  been 
signed  as  a  permanent  member 
of  Bob  Hope's  Pepsodent  show. 
.  .  .  Mark  Hellinger's  second 
picture  since  his  return  to  War- 
ners will  be  "Banjo  Eyes,"  Ed- 
die Cantor  vehicle. 

•  • 

George  Bbent  and  Jane  Wyman 
will  be  co-starred  in  "You  Can't  Es- 
cape Forever,"  Warners.  Jo  Graham 
will  dircet.  .  .  .  Columbia  has  signed 
Alfred  E.  Green  to  a  term  directorial 
contract.  .  .  .  Julie  Duncan  gets  the 
feminine  lead  in  "Texas  Trouble 
Shooters,"  Range  Busters  western  at 
Monogram.  .  .  .  Lupe  Velez  and  Leon 
Errol's  next  for  RKO  will  be  "Mexi- 
can Spitfire's  Elephant."  .  .  .  M-G-M 
will  bring  to  the  screen  Eric  Knight's 
"Lassie  Come  Home,"  story  of  a 
faithful  collie  which  will  be  directed 
by  Fred  Wilcox.  .  .  .  That  studio  has 
bought  an  original  screenplay,  "The 
Story  of  No.  5,"  tale  of  American 
fliers  in  the  Pacific,  by  David  Hertz. 

•  • 

Fay  Bainter,  Spring  Byington 
and  Van  Johnson  draw  top  roles  in 
"The  War  Against  Mrs.  Hadley," 
M-G-M.  .  .  .  Paramount  has  bought 
Warners'  song,  "Blues  in  the  Night," 
in  order  to  use  five  words,  "a  woman's 
a  two  faced  .  .  ."  in  "The  Major  and 
the  Minor."  .  .  .  "Smart  Alecks"  will 
be  the  next  Monogram  East  Side  Kids 
picture.  .  .  .  20th  Century-Fox  has 
purchased  "Amateur  Bride,"  original 
by  Sidney  Sheldon  and  Ben  Rob- 
erts. 


Station  Breaks  Now 
Accepted  by  WJZ 

A  change  in  policy  to  accept  spon- 
sors for  station-break  announcements 
was  revealed  yesterday  by  John  H. 
McNeil,  manager  of  WJZ.  The  an- 
nouncements will  be  limited  to  25 
words  and  will  be  spotted  between 
programs.  Procter  &  Gamble  was 
the  first  sponsor  to  sign  and  will  use 
seven  announcements  weekly  for  52 
weeks,  beginning  May  18. 

Rates  will  be  $120  per  announce- 
ment for  one  or  two  weekly;  $115  for 
three  or  four,  and  $110  each  for  five 
or  more. 


10,000  Theatres 
Give  Aid  Pledge 
For  Army-Navy 


More  than  10,000  theatres  through- 
out the  country  have  pledged  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  theatre  collection  drive 
May  14-20,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Army 
and  Navy  Emergency  Relief,  it  was 
reported  yesterday  by  the  industry 
committee.  At  the  present  rate  which 
pledges  are  arriving,  13,000  are  ex- 
pected, it  was  said. 

A  huge  banner,  30  by  40  feet,  has 
been  strung  across  Times  Square  from 
the  Hotel  Astor  to  the  Wrigley  sign, 
announcing  the  drive  and  with  the 
legend,  "Keep  Faith  With  Them." 
The  banner  was  arranged  by  Robert 
J.  Christenberry,  managing  director 
of  the  Astor,  and  Max  A.  Cohen, 
New  York  State  chairman  of  the 
drive. 

N.  Y.  Bookers  to  Assist 

New  York  City,  which  has  pledged 
participation  100  per  cent,  will  have 
bookers  assigned  to  independent  the- 
atres to  assist  in  collections,  through 
the  cooperation  of  the  New  York 
Bookers  Club. 

Stanton  Griffis,  head  of  the  Navy 
Relief  Citizens  Committee,  and  Nich- 
olas M.  Schenck,  national  chairman 
of  the  drive,  will  serve  as  grand  mar- 
shals of  the  parade  on  Broadway 
next  Thursday,  launching  the  drive. 
Edward  C.  Dowden,  in  charge  of  the 
parade,  said  there  would  be  1,000 
marchers  from  the  Army  and  a  simi- 
lar number  from  the  Navy  and  the 
American  Women's  Voluntary  Serv- 
ices. A  press  book  on  the  drive  has 
gone  out  to  all  theatres. 

Meanwhile,  Robert  M.  Weitman, 
representative  of  Griffis  and  New 
York  contact  for  the  Hollywood  Vic- 
tory Caravan  for  Army-Navy  relief, 
announced  that  with  the  combined  ad- 
vance sale  in  Dallas  and  Houston 
more  than  $100,000,  the  Caravan  will 
clear  the  $600,000  expectancy  figure 
set  by  Griffis. 

Caravan  Big  Draw 

Halfway  through  its  cross-coun- 
try tour,  the  Caravan  already  has 
grossed  $317,000  from  appearances  in 
Washington,  Boston,  Philadelphia, 
Cleveland,  Detroit  and  Chicago.  It 
grossed  an  estimated  $85,000  at  Chi- 
cago Tuesday  night  and  a  sellout  of 
$42,000  was  reported  at  St.  Louis  last 
night.  The  show  is  scheduled  next  for 
St.  Paul,  Minneapolis,  Des  Moines, 
Dallas  and  Houston.  The  tour  will 
end  at  Houston  May  12.  Weitman 
will  leave  tonight  for  St.  Paul  and 
will  accompany  the  Caravan  on  its  re- 
maining appearances. 


Jolson  First  $25,000  Bond 
Purchaser  for  'Dandy'  Seats 

Al  Jolson  yesterday  bought  $25,000 
in  War  Bonds  to  get  two  seats  for  the 
world  premiere  of  "Yankee  Doodle 
Dandy"  at  the  Hollywood  Theatre 
May  29,  it  was  announced. 

First  purchaser  of  a  bond  to  obtain 
a  seat  was  Mme.  V.  E.  Wellington 
Koo,  wife  of  the  Chinese  Ambassador 
to  Great  Britain,  who  bought  a  $1,000 
bond  from  Mrs.  Douglas  Gibbons, 
chairman  of  the  ticket  committee. 


Adds  Indianapolis  House 

Indianapolis,  May  6.  —  The 
Manny  Marcus  circuit,  operating  here 
and  in  Fort  Wayne,  Davton  and  Cin- 
cinnati, has  added  the  Ritz. 


An  Open  Letter  to  Exhibitors t 

When  I  saw  the  rough  cut  of  MY  GAL  SAL  at  the  Studio  last 
February,  I  felt  we  had  a  great  musical  picture. 

What  I  felt  about  the  picture  then,  has  more  than  justified 
itself  in  the  results  which  we  are  witnessing  today.      It' opened  in 
New  York  last  Thursday.     Since  then  the  business  has  been  nothing 
short  of  tremendous. 

Since  opening,  the  Roxy  has  had  the  biggest  business  it  has 
had  in  the  past  year  —  bigger  than  A  YANK  IN  THE  R.A.F.,  bigger  than 
TO  THE  SHORES  OF  TRIPOLI,  SON  OF  FORY  and  all  the  others.      There  is 
every  indication  that  all  box-office  records  at  the  Roxy  will  be 
broken  this  week. 

The  critics  agree  with  the  public  that  this  is  a  great  pic- 
ture.    Unanimously,  they  all  call  it  "the  best  musical  of  the  year". 

This  great  showmanship  picture,  which  unquestionably  is  what 
the  public  wants  and  which  is  the  finest  example  of  "escapist"  and 
morale-lifting  entertainment,  deserves  the  special  attention  of  every 
showman  and  special  plans  for  long  runs. 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  has  been  fortunate  in  offering  to  you 
this  year  some  of  your  greatest  hits.     I  sincerely  believe  thai;  MY 
GAL  SAL  is  going  to  top  them  all. 


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NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  FRIDAY,  MAY  8,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Committee  Set 
To  Give  Public 
Industry  View 


Blumenstock  Heads  New 
Information  Unit 


The  correction  of  "public  mis- 
conceptions" of  the  industry  will 
be  the  object  of  the  work  of  a  plan- 
ning commit- 
tee set  up  yes- 
terday by  the 
Eastern  Pub- 
1  i  c  Relations 
Commit- 
tee,  with  Mort 
B  1  u  m  e  n  - 
stock  as  chair- 
man of  the 
new  unit. 

This  was  an- 
nounced by  Rob- 
ert M.  Gillham 
chairman  of  the 
Public  Relations 
Mort  Blumenstock     Committee,  fol- 
lowing the  weekly  meeting  of  the  com- 
mittee.   The  planning  committee  will 
focus  on  a  long  range  public  relations 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Grosses  Spotty  in 
Oklahoma  City  Area 

Oklahoma  City,  May  7. — Auto  re- 
strictions are  having  a  noticeable  ef- 
fect on  first  run  and  neighborhood 
theatre  business  in  this  area.  Although 
grosses  on  quality  films  continue  to 
be  good,  they  are  not  as  high  as  in 
previous  years,  and  downtown  first 
run  operators  here  and  in  Tulsa  have 
noted  slight  decreases. 

However,  matinee  business  has  been 
particularly  high  since  the  start  of  the 
rationing  and  conservation  efforts. 
The  neighborhood  houses  report  in- 
creases in  grosses  even  though  their 
parking  lots  are  not  as  full  as  before. 
Particularly  hard  hit  have  been  the 
smaller  cities  and  towns  over  the  state 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


FPC  Director  New 
B.C.  Chief  Justice 

Toronto,  May  7. — Wendell  B.  Far- 
ris,  a  member  of  the  board  of  direc- 
tors of  Famous  Players  Canadian 
Corp.,  has  been  appointed  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  British  Columbia  by  the  Fed- 
eral Department  of  Justice,  it  was 
announced  here  today. 


Publicists  Weigh 
Enforcement  of  Ban 
On  44-Star'  Ad  Use 


Advertising  and  publicity  directors 
of  major  companies  at  a  meeting  of 
the  Eastern  Public  Relations  commit- 
tee yesterday  reaffirmed  the  principle 
of  not  making  use  of  reviewers'  star 
or  other  rating  symbols  in  their  ad- 
vertising and  discussed  methods  of  en- 
forcing the  principle  for  pictures  of 
their  individual  companies  when 
played  in  theatres  other  than  their 
own. 

It  was  intimated  that  the  distribu- 
tors' share  of  cooperative  advertising 
might  be  denied  repeated  offenders  on 
the  grounds  that  the  use  of  the  sym- 
bols in  advertising  is  detrimental  to 
the  best  interests  of  the  business,  and 
if  generally  employed  would  serve  to 
brand  the  bulk  of  product  which  does 
not  receive  the  maximum  number  of 
symbols  as  inferior  entertainment. 

The  committee  has  protested  use  of 
the  star  symbols  in  advertising  by 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


'Saboteur'  Opens 
Big  at  Music  Hall 

Alfred  Hitchcock's  "Saboteur," 
Universal  release,  got  off  to  a  good 
start  at  the  Radio  City  Music  Hall 
yesterday  in  spite  of  the  rain.  "Rio 
Rita"  at  the  Capitol  also  opened  well. 
"In  This  Our  Life"  opens  at  the 
Strand  today  with  Jimmy  Dorsey  on 
the  stage. 

Far  and  away  the  best  grosser  of 
the  week  was  "My  Gal  Sal"  which 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Industry  Lauded  for 
Anti-U.  S.  Probe  Aid 

Los  Angeles,  May  7. — Wil- 
liam Fleet  Palmer,  U.  S.  At- 
torney here,  today  lauded  the 
film  industry  for  its  coopera- 
tion in  voluntarily  providing 
information  in  connection 
with  a  Federal  Grand  Jury  in- 
vestigation of  subversive  ac- 
tivities. He  said  the  investi- 
gation is  still  in  progress  and 
he  therefore  could  not  disclose 
the  nature  of  the  evidence  or 
the  film  figures  responsible 
for  uncovering  un-American 
movements  here,  but  said  that 
indictments  are  probable. 


Plan  Bond  Carnival 
At  'Dandy'  Opening 


The  New  York  War  Savings  staff 
of  the  Treasury  Department  will  hold 
a  street  carnival  in  front  of  the  Holly- 
wood Theatre  on  Broadway  the  eve- 
ning of  May  29  in  connection  with 
the  world  premiere  of  "Yankee 
Doodle  Dandy"  at  that  house.  Tickets 
for  the  premiere  are  given  to  pur- 
chasers of  War  Bonds. 

Called  the  "Allied  Nations  War 
Bond  Rally,"  the  carnival  will  include 
bond  sales  booths  and  foreign  de- 
partments of  the  War  Savings  Staff 
will  participate. 

Meanwhile,  Local  802,  American 
Federation  of  Musicians,  with  Mayor 
F.  H.  LaGuardia  and  in  cooperation 
with  the  Treasury,  has  scheduled  a 
series  of  concerts  at  the  Cosmopoli- 
tan  Opera   House   to   promote  the 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Standard  Dimout  Rules  Aim 
Of  New  York  Official  Study 


Upper  Manhattan's 
Blackout  Hits  Gross 

A  20-minute  test  blackout  of  all  of 
Upper  Manhattan,  from  approximate- 
ly 123d  St.  to  the  northern  boundary, 
last  night  reduced  grosses  consider- 
ably at  the  film  theatres  in  the  area. 
Police  had  issued  orders  that  the  750,- 
000  persons  living  in  the  section 
should  remain  indoors.  The  blackout, 
affecting  about  45  theatres,  started  at 
9:30  o'clock.  Most  of  Harlem  went 
dark. 

Grosses  were  off  from  25  to  40 
per  cent,  reports  indicated,  with  no 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


With  the  aim  of  standardizing  pro- 
cedure on  dimouts  of  lights  at  theatres 
and  other  establishments  throughout 
the  city,  Police  Commissioner  Lewis 
J.  Valentine  has  appointed  a  five-man 
committee  to  study  the  whole  problem 
and  set  up  definite  rules  to  enforce 
the  Army  regulations. 

The  Army  orders  have  been  subject 
to  widely  different  interpretations  in 
various  precincts.  While  all  vertical 
illuminated  signs  have  been  extin- 
guished in  the  Times  Square  area  for 
more  than  a  week,  other  sections,  such 
as  the  Union  Square,  have  so  far  been 
undimmed.  Commissioner  Valentine 
said  the  committee  will  make  specific 
studies  of  lighting  extending  from  the- 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Breen  Back  in 
PC  A;  Koerner 
Gets  RKO  Post 


Additional  RKO  Changes 
Are  Expected 


Joseph  I.  Breen 


Joseph  I.  Breen  was  reengaged 
yesterday  as  director  of  the  Pro- 
duction Code  Administration  by 
Will  H.  Hays, 
MPPDA  pres- 
ident, follow- 
i  n  g  Breen's 
resignation  as 
vice-president 
of  RKO  in 
charge  of  pro- 
duction. 

Charles  W. 
Koerner,  who 
has  been  in 
charge  of  the 
RKO  studio  for 
the  past  two 
months  while 
Breen  was  on  a 
leave  of  ab- 
sence, immediately  was  appointed  gen- 
eral manager  in  charge  of  RKO 
production  and  the  studio  by  George 
J.  Schaefer,  RKO  president. 

Further  important  changes  in  RKO 
impend  as  a  result  of  these  develop- 
ments, according  to  observers. 

Breen's  appointment  is  effective 
May  15.  As  long  ago  as  Feb.  5 
Motion  Picture  Daily  reported  that 
Breen's  return  to  the  P.C.A.  was 
under  discussion  at  the  instigation  of 
the  industry  lawyers'  Committee  of 
Six.  On  April  3  Motion  Picture 
Daily  reported  that  negotiations  for 
Breen's  return  to  the  position  were 
in  progress. 

During  the  year  of  his  association 
with  RKO  no  successor  to  Breen  was 
named  by  the  MPPDA  for  the  P.C.A. 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Freston,  Goetz  New 
Directors  of  AMPP 

Hollywood,  May  7. — Issuance  of 
the  new  list  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  Association  of  Motion  Picture 
Producers  revealed  today  that  Her- 
bert Freston,  one  of  the  industry  law- 
yers' Committee  of  Six  engaged  in 
reshaping  the  industry's  public  rela- 
tions policies,  is  now  a  member  of  the 
association's  board.  He  replaced 
Jack  L.  Warner  as  representative  of 
Warner  Bros. 

The  new  list  also  disclosed  that 
William  Goetz  replaced_  Joseph  M. 
Schenck  as  representative  of  20th 
Century-Fox. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  May  8,  1942 


Shea  Circuit  Paying 
Week  Salary  Bonus 

The  Shea  Circuit,  of  which 
E.  C.  Grainger  is  president, 
this  week  is  paying  a  mid- 
year bonus  of  one  week's 
salary  to  all  home  office  and 
field  employes,  except  those 
whose  hours  are  regulated 
by  contract.  It  was  explained 
that  the  bonus  is  in  recogni- 
tion of  the  extra  time  re- 
quired of  many  employes 
due  to  the  war  emergency 
and  the  shortage  of  help. 


St.  Louis  Caravan 
Show  Nets  $40,000 


St.  Louis,  May  7. — More  than  12, 
000  persons  paid  about  $40,000  to  see 
the  Hollywood  Victory  Caravan  show 
at  the  Municipal  Auditorium  here  to- 
night. About  1,200  of  the  spectators 
stood  during  the  three-hour  show, 
which  was  a  sellout  since  Tuesday. 

About  50,000  persons  saw  a  parade 
of  the  stars  in  downtown  St.  Louis. 
Bing  Crosby  and  Bob  Hope  engaged 
in  a  golf  match  in  the  afternoon  for 
the  benefit  of  Army  and  Navy  relief 
before  2,000  persons.  Harry  C.  Ar- 
thur, Jr.,  was  theatre  contact  here 
for  show. 


Caravan  Breaks  All 
Records  in  Chicago 

Chicago,  May  7. — The  Hollywood 
Victory  Caravan  for  Army-Navy  Re- 
lief broke  all  theatrical  records  here 
in  playing  to  19,823  persons  for  a 
gross  of  $87,761  at  the  Chicago  Stadi- 
um last  night.  The  receipts  were  the 
largest  ever  realized  on  a  single  the- 
atrical performance  here. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


Personal  Mention 


T  J.  FITZGIBBONS,  who  has  been 
«J  •  in  New  York,  will  leave  for 
Toronto  today. 

• 

A.  N.  Notopoulos  of  Altoona-Pub- 
lix  Theatres,  Altoona,  Pa.,  arrived  in 
New  York  yesterday. 

• 

Capt.  M.  Francis  Shaughnessy, 
former  manager  of  the  Academy  of 
Music,     Northampton,     Mass!,  film 
house,  has  been  promoted  to  major. 
• 

Herman  Rifkin,  president  of  Lib- 
erty    Theatres     Corp.,  Springfield, 
Mass.,  is  en  route  to  the  Coast. 
• 

Roy  Haines  returns  today  from 
Philadelphia. 

• 

Shirley  Gerell  of  the  M-G-M  ex- 
change in  New  Haven  is  vacationing 
in  Louisville. 

Joseph  Reynolds  of  the  Warner 
Theatres  office  in  New  Haven  enters 
the  Army  next  week. 

• 

Robert  Johnson,  son  of  Adolph 
G.  Johnson,  operator  of  the  Strand, 
Hamden,  Conn.,  is  an  ensign  in  the 
Navy. 

• 

Ned  E.  Depinet  and  Robert  Moch- 
rie  are  due  back  today  from  Boston. 


CHARLES  P.  SKOURAS,  Arch 
Bowles  and  Charles  Buckley 
left  for  the  Coast  last  night  after 
three  weeks  in  New  York. 

• 

S.  A.  Lynch  is  in  town  from 
Miami. 

• 

John  McGuirk,  Warner  Theatres 
executive  in  Philadelphia,  is  recovering 
from  an  operation  at  the  Presbyterian 
Hospital,  Philadelphia. 

• 

Maurice    Metzger    of  Associated 
Screen  Studios,  Montreal,  is  expected 
back  from  the  Coast  next  week. 
• 

Al  Korman,  manager  of  the  Rivoli, 
Hartford,  Conn.,  has  joined  the 
Army. 

• 

John  Scully,  former  Universal 
booker  in  Philadelphia,  is  at  the  of- 
ficers' training  school  at  Fort  Bragg, 
N.  C. 

• 

Herbert  Gillis,  20th  Century-Fox 
booker  in  Philadelphia,  is  back  at 
work  after  recovering  from  a  back 
ailment. 

• 

Pvt.  Al  Longo,  former  Loew  pub- 
licity man  in  Boston  and  Cleveland, 
has  been  appointed  to  the  staff  of  The 
Leatherneck,  U.  S.  Marines'  publica- 
tion. 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

Rockefeller  Center 
ALFRED  HITCHCOCK'S 

"SABOTEUR'' 

Pristilla  Lane  -   Robert  Cummings 
A  Universal  Picture 
Gala  Stage  Revue  -  Symphony  Orchestra 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved      Circle  6-4600 


Paramount 


Rita  Victar 

HAYWORTH     •  MATURE 

"MY  GAL  SAL" 

IN  TECHNICOLOR 

PLUS  A  BIG  DAW  7th  Ave- 
STAGE   SHOW    l\  U  A  I    &  50th  St. 


PALACE 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


GENE  TIERNEY—  HENRY  FONDA 

'RINGS  ""FINGERS' 

—  and  — 

'Murder  In  The  Big  House' 


Show  in  Tulsa  Aids 
Service  Men's  Club 

Tulsa,  Okla.,  May  7. — A  show  will 
be  staged  Sunday  at  the  Coliseum 
here  for  the  benefit  of  the  service 
men's  barracks,  according  to  Glenn 
Condon,  president  of  Hey  Rube,  Inc., 
newly  organized  theatre  and  radio 
men's  organization. 

The  new  show,  to  be  known  as  Bob 
Wills  Parade  of  Western  Stars,  will 
feature  a  number  of  acts.  The  first 
show,  held  in  April,  netted  more  than 
$4,000  for  the  local  OCD. 


New  Mono.  Managers 
In  Seattle,  Salt  Lake 

Los  Angeles,  May  7.  —  Howard 
Stubbins,  Monogram  Pacific  Coast 
franchise  holder,  today  appointed 
Ralph  W.  Abbott  as  manager  of  the 
Seattle  branch,  succeeding  William  M. 
Duggan.  Don  Tibbs  was  named  man- 
ager of  the  Monogram  branch  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  replacing  W.  W.  Mc- 
Kendrick. 


Metro  Wins  Ball  Game 

M-G-M  defeated  Universal  5  to  1 
in  the  first  game  of  the  Motion  Pic- 
ture and  Affiliated  Industries  Baseball 
League.  Paramount  will  play  M-G-M 
tomorrow  and  International  Projec- 
tor will  meet  the  Skouras  team  Mon- 
day. All  games  are  played  at  Ma- 
combs  Park.  Ten  games  are  played 
by  the  five  teams  participating  in  the 
league.  Henry  Marcus  of  Republic  is 
president. 


Tyson  Named  Official 
Of  Arena  Managers 

Pittsburgh,  May  7. — George  Ty- 
son, publicity  director  for  the  Harris 
Amusement  Co.  here,  has  resigned  as 
producer  of  the  annual  Atlantic  City 
"Miss  America"  pageant  to  devote  all 
his  time  to  the  Arena  Managers  As- 
sociation, of  which  John  Harris  is 
president.  Tyson  will  be  executive 
director  of  the  AMA  and  general 
manager  of  Ice-Capades,  Inc.  Robert 
Russell  will  succeed  Tyson  in  Atlan- 
tic City. 


RKO  Golf  Tourney 
Delayed  to  May  20 

RKO's  annual  golf  tournament  has 
been  postponed  from  May  14  to  May 
20  in  order  to  avoid  conflict  with  the 
Umpi  meetings  scheduled  to  be  held 
here  next  week,  it  was  announced 
yesterday  by  the  tournament  commit- 
tee, of  which  George  J.  Schaefer  is 
chairman. 

Known  as  the  War  Bond  Tourna- 
ment, it  will  be  held  at  the  West- 
chester Country  Club  at  Rye,  N.  Y. 


Loew  Usher  Is  War  Ace 

Providence,  May  7. — Lt.  Albert  H. 
Stanwood  of  the  Army  Air  Corps, 
former  usher  at  Loew's  State  here, 
has  shot  down  three  Jap  planes  over 
Australia,  according  to  the  Providence 
Evening  Bulletin. 


Veto  Repeal  of  N.Y. 
Child  Actor  Laws 


Albany,  May  7.— Governor  Leh- 
man today  vetoed  the  Ehrlich  bill  to 
repeal  restrictions  against  children 
under  16  years  appearing  in  films,  the- 
atrical exhibitions  or  radio  programs. 
The  bill,  which  met  a  similar  fate  last 
year,  was  passed  by  the  legislature 
without  a  dissenting  vote  and  ha 
been  drafted  to  meet  the  objection 
made  by  the  Governor  to  last  year 
bill. 

In  his  veto  memorandum,  Governor 
Lehman  cited  objections  by  Mayor 
LaGuardia  of  New  York  City,  who 
said  he  was  not  opposed  in  principle 
but  that  the  city  could  not  assume 
additional  expenses  for  enforcement 
which  the  bill  requires. 


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Hartford  Theatres 
Join  Victory  Parade 

Hartford,  May  7. — Greater  Hart- 
ford theatres  will  have  a  float  in  the 
Hartford  Victory  Parade  next  Tues- 
day, Lou  Cohen,  Loew's  manager  and 
committee  member  for  the  Hartford 
theatres  division,  has  announced. 
Plans  were  made  at  a  meeting  at 
Cohen's  office  with  Frank  Morin, 
Warner  Theatres ;  Fred  Greenway, 
Loew's;  Walter  Lloyd,  M&P  Thea- 
tres Corp.,  and  Maurice  Shulman, 
Shulman  Theatres,  attending.  Ticket 
chairman  is  Dave  Sugarman  of  the 
Colonial,  assisted  by  George  Landers, 
managing  director  of  E.  M.  Loew's. 


Chicago  Stagehands 
Elect  Regular  Slate 

Chicago,  May  7. — The  entire  regu- 
lar slate  of  officers,  executive  board 
and  trustees  of  the  local  Stagehands 
Union,  headed  by  Frank  Olsen,  sec- 
retary, treasurer  and  business  man- 
ager, was  reelected  for  two-year  terms 
yesterday,  by  a  vote  of  five  to  one. 
Participating  in  the  election  were  338 
of  the  local's  410  members. 


Hornblow,  Sr.,  Dies 

Asbury  Park,  N.  J.,  May  7. — Ar- 
thur Hornblow,  Sr.,  77,  former  play- 
wright, dramatic  critic  and  magazine 
editor,  died  here  Wednesday.  A  son, 
Arthur  Hornblow,  Jr.,  Paramount 
producer,  arrived  for  the  funeral. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAI  LY 

{Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 
Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vice- 
President,  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill, 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau,  Postal  Union 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor; 
London  Bureau;  4  Golden  Square,  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany, Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres,  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23. 
1938,  at  the  post  office  at  New  York,  N.  Y., 
under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscrip- 
tion rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
$12  foreign.   Single  copies  10c. 


THE  ORDER  OF  THE  DAY 
-  -  SOtfADS  WW/ 


Tops  in  revelry,  with  something 
popping  every  second  from 
taps  to  reveille— khaki-wacky 
comedy  . . .  romance  and  toe- 
tapping  tunes . . .  another  timely 
hit  in  the  "FLEET'S  IN"  style! 


Jerry'5 

when  5 
his  c«"e- 


i 


Friday,  May  8,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


5 


Committee  Set 
To  Give  Public 
Industry  View 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

program  for  the  industry,  it  was  said. 
On  Blumenstock's   committee  will 

Jie  Howard  Dietz,  Kenneth  Clark  and 
»lendon  Allvine.   The  group  will  hold 

^fts  first  meeting  on  Monday  to  begin 
work  on  a  budget  and  what  was  de- 
scribed as  "a  blueprint  for  progress 
in  industry  public  relations." 

The  committee  will  aim  at  the  cor- 
rection of  wrong  impressions  and  their 
replacement  with  better  information 
concerning  an  understanding  of  the  in- 
dustry, as  well  as  public  relations  poli- 
cies which  will  keep  the  industry 
abreast  of  the  changing  times,  it  was 
stated. 

The  proposed  survey  of  theatre  au- 
diences and  attendance,  discussed 
earlier  by  the  Public  Relations  Com- 
mittee, will  be  made  a  part  of  the 
planning  committee's  activities.  Dietz 
was  designated  a  sub-committee  of 
one  to  give  further  consideration  to 
the  proposal. 


Standard  Dimout  Rules  Aim 
Of  New  York  Off  icial  Study 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

atres  and  illuminated  advertising  signs 
with  reflectors. 

The  committee  will  also  recommend 
whether  night  baseball  and  other 
after-dark  outdoor  sports  and  concerts 
shall  be  permitted.  Among  other 
points  to  be  covered  are  neon  lights, 
lights  in  all  buildings  above  the  15th 
floor  and  lighting  from  shore  points. 

The  committee,  including  city, 
police  and  Army  officials,  is  headed 
by  John  H.  Morris,  Sixth  Deputy 
Police  Commissioner,  and  head  of  the 
Air  Warden  Service.  It  is  to  report 
as  soon  as  possible  to  Deputy  Chief 
Inspector  Arthur  W.  Wallander, 
civilian  defense  coordinator. 


Says  FCC  Rule  Set 
Without  Evidence 

Washington,  May  7.— Charges 
that  FCC  members  who  had  not  par- 
ticipated in  the  investigation  had 
signed  and  supported  the  network 
regulations  which  the  chains  are  now 
fighting  were  laid  before  the  House 
Interstate  and  Foreign  Commerce 
committee  today  by  John  J.  Burns, 
CBS  counsel. 

Closing  the  CBS  presentation  on 
the  Sanders  bill  for  reorganization  of 
the  FCC,  Burns  said  the  four  most 
essential  provisions  of  network  con- 
tracts were  exclusivity,  option  time, 
financial  arrangements  and  duration. 
He  said  no  testimony  was  taken  on 
the  question  of  option  time,  although 
that  subject  is  covered  in  the  rules. 
He  said  affiliates  have  increased  their 
share  of  network  revenue  from  21.5 
to  48  per  cent  in  the  past  10  years. 

Dr.  Frank  N.  Stanton,  CBS  direc- 
tor of  research,  challenged  Mutual's 
contention  that  it  had  been  unable  to 
attract  CBS  outlets.  He  pointed  out 
that  since  1934,  when  Mutual  was  or- 
ganized, every  station  now  affiliated 
with  CBS  had  at  least  one  oppor- 
tunity to  join  Mutual  when  its  CBS 
contract  expired. 

Hearings  were  recessed  until  May 
19,  when  representatives  of  newspaper 
owned  stations  will  be  heard. 


Army  Praises  Dimout 
By  Boston  Theatres 

Boston,  May  7. — Army  officials 
here  praised  theatre  officials  and  man- 
agers for  their  cooperation  with  the 
dimout  order  now  being  enforced  for 
the  duration.  More  than  300  theatre 
marquees  and  exterior  lights  have 
been  extinguished.  The  theatres  af- 
fected were  not  only  in  the  three-mile 
coastal  area,  but  the  12-mile  "glare- 
out"  area  of  Boston. 

Beaches,  including  Revere  and  Nan- 
tucket, were  hard  hit  by  the  Army's 
ruling.  Concessions  along  the  shore 
reported  a  drop  in  business  of  "almost 
25  per  cent." 


Bond  Carnival  for 
'Dandy'  Premiere; 
USO  Meeting  Held 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

sale  of  bonds  and  stamps.  Outstand- 
ing conductors,  soloists  and  instru- 
mentalists from  the  local's  member- 
ship will  take  part  in  the  concerts, 
which  will  be  given  May  10,  17,  24 
and  31.  The  initial  program  will 
feature  the  New  York  City  Sym- 
phony with  Efrem  Kurtz  conducting 
and  Rudolph  Serkin  as  soloist.  Ad- 
mission will  be  by  purchase  of  stamps. 


Upper  Manhattan's 
Blackout  Hits  Gross 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

tickets  sold  during  the  test  and  few 
afterward.  Only  at  a  relatively  small 
number  of  houses,  including  those  near 
the  boundary  lines  of  the  blackout 
area,  and  a  few  in  Harlem,  was  the 
test  found  to  have  little  effect. 


McCann  Will  Head 
CBC  Commons  Quiz 

Ottawa,  May  7. — Dr.  J.  J.  Mc- 
Cann. Member  of  Parliament  from 
South  Renfrew,  has  been  selected  as 
chairman  of  the  House  of  Commons 
special  committee  on  radio  broadcast- 
ing. It  was  indicated  at  the  organi- 
zation meeting  that  the  scope  of  the 
committee'  inquiry  would  be  wide  and 
that  it  will  consider  the  Canadian 
Broadcasting  Corp.  annual  report  and 
examine  CBC  policies. 

War  Services  Minister  Thorson  is 
expected  to  appear  at  a  committee 
meeting  next  Tuesday.  All  records 
of  CBC  will  be  examined. 


Blackout  Benefits 
Toronto  First  Runs 

Toronto,  May  7.— The  Toronto 
district  had  its  long  expected  black- 
out test  tonight  and  lights  were  out 
for  more  than  an  hour. 

The  exact  time  of  the  test  was 
withheld  so  that  exhibitors  were  un- 
able to  make  plans  to  fit  program 
schedules  to  the  blackout  period. 

For  the  first  time,  orders  were  is- 
sued to  clear  people  off  the  streets. 
This  had  the  effect  of  sending  pedes- 
trians into  downtown  theatres,  which 
were  crowded  after  8:30  o'clock,  but 
suburban  houses  lost  business  because 
people  at  home  stayed  there  because  of 
rain  and  the  indefinite  hour  of  the 
test.  The  all-clear  came  at  10  o'clock. 


Breen  Back  in 
PC  A;  Koerner 
Gets  RKO  Post 


USO  Drive  Heads 
Hold  First  Meeting 

Twenty-five  chairmen  and  co-chair- 
men of  the  Entertainment  and  Sports 
Division  of  the  Greater  New  York 
USO  campaign  held  their  first  lunch- 
eon meeting  at  Toots  Shor's  restau- 
rant yesterday.  Jack  Cohn,  coordina- 
tor of  the  division,  presided.  Spyros 
Skouras  was  one  of  the  speakers. 

Speakers  expressed  confidence  that 
the  division  quota  of  $500,000  would 
be  exceeded. 

Among  those  who  attended,  in  ad- 
dition to  Cohn  and  Skouras,  were : 
W.  E.  Cotter,  executive  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  USO  ;  Herman  Robbins, 
Abe  Lastfogel,  Col.  Archibald  G. 
Thacher,  L.  E.  Thompson,  Bert  Ly- 
tell,  Brock  Pemberton,  Aubrey 
Schenck,  Joseph  Hornstein,  Howard 
Chandler  Christie,  Herman  Irion,  Os- 
car Levant  and  Hal  Hode. 

It  was  announced  that  the  division 
will  open  offices  in  Rockefeller  Center. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

position.  During  that  period  the  or- 
ganization's work  has  been  directed 
by  Geoffrey  Shurlock  in  association 
with  an  advisory  committee. 

Breen  returned  from  a  two-months' 
rest  in  Mexico  and  Central  America 
recently  and  came  to  New  York 
early  this  week  from  Philadelphia, 
where  he  visited  with  relatives.  Yes- 
terday he  attended  a  special  meeting 
of  MPPDA  officials  at  the  organiza- 
tion's headquarters  at  which  the  ne- 
gotiations for  his  return  to  the  P.C.A. 
post  were  concluded. 

Koerner  was  operating  head  of 
RKO  theatres  for  a  year  prior  to  his 
assignment  to  the  studio  as  acting 
general  manager  in  March.  Prior  to 
that  he  was  Los  Angeles  division 
manager  of  RKO  West  Coast  The- 
atres and  had  been  a  theatre  executive 
in  many  sections  of  the  country  since 
1919. 


Mass  Meeting  to 
Open  Coast  Drive 

Hollywood,  May  7. — A  mass  meet- 
ing of  USO  campaign  workers  at  the 
20th-Fox  studio  Monday  night  will 
inaugurate  the  Hollywood  USO 
drive.  Louis  B.  Mayer,  national  vice- 
chairman  of  the  campaign ;  William 
Koenig  and  Edward  Arnold  will  be 
among  the  speakers.  "Mr.  Gardenia 
Jones,"  industry-made  short  for  the 
campaign,  will  be  shown  for  the  first 
time. 


Grosses  Spotty  In 
Oklahoma  City  Area 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
with  farmers'  business  down  except  on 
Saturday. 

War  plants  in  the  larger  cities  are 
expected  to  be  in  full  swing  shortly, 
with  theatres  operating  additional 
shows,  but  there  have  been  severe 
population  losses,  in  some  cases 
amounting  to  30  per  cent,  in  the  smaller 
spots,  as  a  result  of  families  moving 
to  war  production  centers. 


Publicists  Weigh 

Star  Symbol  Ban 

(Continued  'from   page  1) 

Harry  Brandt's  Globe  Theatre.  Loew's 
neighborhood  theatres  employed  the 
symbols  profusely  by  way  of  protest 
against  Brandt's  use  of  them,  with  the 
intention  of  making  the  symbols 
meaningless  by  sheer  weight  of  num- 
bers. RKO  neighborhood  theatres 
also  advertised  "Fantasia"  as  a  "four- 
star  show." 


RKO  Gets  Rotary  Cup 

R.  K.  Hawkinson,  manager  of 
RKO's  Latin  American  sales  division, 
on  behalf  of  the  company,  yesterday 
accepted  a  cup  presented  by  the  Hav- 
ana Rotary  Club  for  its  efforts  in  pro- 
moting inter-American  understanding. 
The  presentation  was  at  a  luncheon  at 
the  Hotel  Commodore. 


Production  Topic 
Of  SMPE  Session 

Hollywood,  May  7. — The  technique 
of  production  was  further  discussed  at 
the  fourth  day's  session  of  the  Society 
of  Motion  Picture  Engineers  Conven- 
tion at  the  Roosevelt  Hotel  here  to- 
day. 

In  afternoon  and  evening  sessions, 
the  meeting's  symposium  on  produc- 
tion was  completed.  This  is  the  first 
convention  which  featured  such  dis- 
cussions. Frederick  Richards  of  War- 
ners and  Frederick  Smith  of  M-G-M 
discussed  editing,  and  the  finishing  of 
films  for  release  also  was  described. 
During  the  evening  George  Urey  of 
RCA  Manufacturing  Co.  and  Herbert 
Starke  of  RKO  spoke  on  theatre  pro- 
jection. Harold  Burris-Meyer  of  the 
Stevens  Institute  of  Technology  spoke 
tonight  on  recent  developments  in  le- 
gitimate theatre  and  opera  sound  con- 
trol, during  the  session  on  sound.  The 
convention  will  end  tomorrow. 


'Saboteur'  Opens 
Big  at  Music  Hall 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

with  a  stage  show  brought  the  Roxy 
an  estimated  $74,900. 

"Moontide"  finished  its  first  week 
at  the  Rivoli  with  an  estimated  $19,- 
000.  A  week  of  "We  Were  Dancing" 
gave  the  Radio  City  Music  Hall  an 
estimated  $71,000,  with  the  stage 
presentation.  "Twin  Beds"  grossed 
an  estimated  $14,000  in  a  week  at  the 
Capitol. 


Bette  Davis  on  FSA  Show 

Bette  Davis  has  been  selected  to 
read  President  Roosevelt's  letter  to 
the  mother  of  the  first  boy  killed  in 
action  in  the  present  war,  as  well  as 
the  Lincoln  letter  to  the  mother  of 
five  sons  killed  in  the  Civil  War,  dur- 
ing the  Federal  Security  Agency  pro- 
gram over  the  Blue  Sunday  at  2:30 
P.M.,  it  was  announced. 


IMPORTANT  NOTICE 

Eastman  Motion-Picture  Film  Cans  and  Cores 

MUST  BE  RETURNED 


WAR  requirements  have  sharply  curtailed  the 
supply  of  metal  and  plastics  needed  to  manufacture 
3  5 -mm.  motion-picture  film  cans  and  cores.  Conse- 
quently, the  Eastman  Kodak  Company  urges  the 
prompt  return  of  these  essential  supplies.  They 
must  be  used  over  and  over  again. 

Help  maintain  the  supply  of  motion-picture 
film  by  seeing  to  it  that  all  Eastman  cans  and  cores 
are  kept  in  good  condition,  collected,  and  shipped 
to  the  Kodak  Park  Works,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

By  doing  your  part  in  this  emergency,  you 
help  yourself  and  everyone  connected  with  the 
motion-picture  industry — as  well  as  all  those  who 
depend  more  than  ever  on  the  screen  for  vital 
information  and  entertainment. 

Write  for  prices  and  detailed  shipping  information. 


Motion  Picture  Sales  Division 

EASTMAN  KODAK  COMPANY,  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 


Alert, 

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Picture 

Industry 

MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


NO.  91 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  MONDAY,  MAY  11,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Republic  Sets 
66  Pictures 
Next  Season 


Includes  34  Features  and 
32  Westerns 

Republic  will  release  34  features, 
six  outdoor  "Specials"  and  26 
westerns,  for  a  total  of  66,  in  the 

1942 -'43  sea-    

son,  plus  four 
serials,  it  was 
disclosed. 

This  an- 
nouncement of 
product  will  be 
made  here  to- 
morrow at  the 
first  of  three 
regional  sales 
meetings  at  the 
New  York  Ath- 
letic Club  by 
James  R.  Grain- 
ger, president 
and  general 
sales  manager 

of  Republic  Pictures,  and  M.  J.  Siegel, 
studio  production  head. 

Four  of  the  outdoor  specials  will 
star  Gene  Autry  and  two  will  star 

(Continued  on  page  &) 


James  R.  Grainger 


Chance  for  Anti-5 
Appeal  Seen  Slight 

Minneapolis,  May  10. — The  prob- 
ability of  an  appeal  from  the  Ramsey 
County  Court  decision  holding  the 
State's  anti-block-of-five  law  uncon- 
stitutional is  slight,  local  exhiibtors 
believe. 

County  officials  already  have  assert- 
ed that  the  State  has  no  public  funds 
for  an  appeal.  The  exhibitors  who 
would  have  to  bear  the  cost  as  a  re- 
sult are  not  enthusiastic  about  reviv- 
ing the  issue  that  threatened  their 
product  supply  for  many  months  last 
Pall  and  Winter.  This  feeling  has 
become  more  pronounced  with  the  ad- 

(Continucd  on  page  5) 


Cinema  Lodge  to 

Induct  Members 

Cinema  Lodge,  B'nai  B'rith  will 
induct  new  members  tomorrow  eve- 
ning at  a  meeting  for  lodge  members 
at  the  Hotel  Piccadilly.  Leonard  V. 
Finder,  Eastern  regional  director  of 
the  Anti-Defamation  League,  will  be 
the  principal  speaker.  A  short  sub- 
ject, "MacArthur — Manila  Rombed," 
will  be  shown.  Irving  H.  Greenfield 
is  -president  of  the  lodge. 


Expect  Protest  to 
Ease  WPB  Limits 
On  Studio  Set  Cost 


Washington,  May  10. — Classifica- 
tion of  motion  picture  sets  as  tem- 
porary construction  and  relaxation  of 
the  $5,000-per-picture  restriction  on 
set  expenditures  are  being  sought  of 
the  War  Production  Board  by  indus- 
try representatives,  it  was  learned  to- 
night. 

Spokesmen  for  the  WPB  said  no 
order  has  been  adopted  changing  the 
original  restrictions,  but  indicated 
that  some  relaxation  of  the  rules 
might  be  adopted  in  the  near  future. 

Board  officials  said  that  represen- 
tatives of  the  producers  were  here 
last  week  with  protests  against  the 
restriction  order  as  making  impossible 
the  staging  of  pictures  on  anything 
comparable  to  the  basis  of  past  pro- 
duction. The  representatives  were,  it 
was  learned,  N.  Peter  Rathvon  of 
RKO  and  Joseph  Hazen  of  W arner 
Bros. 

The  film  men  were  said  to  have 
pointed  out  that  sets  are  not  perma- 
nent  construction,    but   cart   be  torn 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Staggered  Travel  to 
Affect  Theatregoing 

Washington,  May  10. — National 
planning  of  staggered  business,  school 
and  working  hours,  together  with 
group  riding  in  private  automobiles 
to  theatres  as  well  as  offices,  factories 
and  other  working  places,  is  asked  by 
Joseph  B.  Eastman,  Director  of  the 
Office  of  Defense  Transportation,  in 
a  manual  sent  to  governors  of  all 
states,   mayors  and  chief  executives 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Lehman  Supports 
Theatre  Bond  Sale 

Gov.  Herbert  H.  Lehman 
has  issued  a  proclamation 
designating  Saturday,  May  30, 
as  "Movie  War  Stamp  and 
Bond  Day"  in  New  York 
State,  marking  the  opening  of 
the  war  savings  sales  cam- 
paign in  theatres  which  will 
continue  for  the  duration. 
This  was  revealed  by  Joseph 
Bernhard,  chairman  of  the 
Theatres  Division  of  the  War 
Activities  Committee.  The 
Governor  urged  the  public  to 
buy  bonds  and  stamps  at  the- 
atres "regularly  and  often." 


See  Upset  in 
Clearance  for 
Chicago  Zone 


Chicago,  May  10. — Observers  over 
the  weekend  expressed  the  belief  that 
a  clearance  award  given  here  Friday 
in  the  complaint  of  the  Wheaton  The- 
atre, Wheaton,  111.,  may  upset  the 
suburban  clearance  system  of  Chicago. 
The  award  will  directly  affect  the 
Western  section  of  the  greater  city 
area. 

Thomas  C.  McConnell,  arbitrator, 
ruled  that  the  clearance  given  the  Ar- 
cadia, St.  Charles,  111.,  over  the 
Wheaton  is  unreasonable  and  that  in 
all  future  contracts  the  clearance  cre- 
ated by  any  system  of  licensing  films 
in  Chicago  shall  be  not  more  than  24 
hours  in  the  country  zone  and  that 
pictures  are  to  be  made  available  to 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Umpi  Aims  to  Have  Sales 
Plan  Ready  by  Week  End 


11,998  Houses  Pledge 
Army -Navy  Drive  Aid 

With  11,998  theatres  pledged  to  parr 
ticipate  in  the  Army  and  Navy  Emer- 
gency Relief  drive  by  the  end  of  last 
week,  a  new  high  was  set  for  cooper- 
ating theatres  in  such  compaigns. 
The  total  pledged  exceeded  the  num- 
ber enrolled  in  the  1942  March  of 
Dimes  campaign,  which  was  the  pre- 
vious high. 

The  rush  of  pledges  meant  that 
an  additional  4,000  trailers  had  to  be 
rushed  out  by  the  Consolidated  Film 
Laboratories  and  National  Screen 
:.(Continueji.onJla0^6).  . 


Umpi's  proposed  sales  plan  is  ex- 
pected by  committee  members  to  be 
ready  for  submission  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  Justice  for  consideration  by 
the  end  of  this  week  if  the  advance 
schedule  for  the  meetings  starting  at 
the  Warwick  Hotel  here  tomorrow  is 
adhered  to  by  the  Umpi  trade  practice 
subcommittee  and  the  committee  of 
the  whole,  it  was  learned  over  the 
weekend. 

The  trade  practice  subcommittee  is 
scheduled  to  complete  its  work  to- 
morrow on  all  five  subjects  of  Point  5 
of  the  unity  program.  Its  report  then 
would  be  made  to  the  committee  of 
„  i_QonJi>u<ed  on_Jiaj)_e._$.)m  ... 


Para.  Feature 
Total  36  to  40 
For  New  Year 


Freeman  Reveals  Lineup; 
6  Westerns  on  List 


By  SHERWIN  A.  KANE 

Paramount's  new  season  produc- 
tion schedule  will  provide  for  36 
to  40  features  and  six  Hopalong 
Cassidy  films, 
Y.  Frank 
F  r  e  e  m  a  n, 
vice  -  president 
in  charge  of 
the  studio, 
said  on  Fri- 
day. 

The  schedule 
has  not  been 
exactly  deter- 
mined  yet, 
Freeman  said, 
due  to  the  pos- 
sible effect 
which  the  new 
Umpi  sales  plan 
might  have  on 
the  distribution  department's  require- 
ments. The  final  production  schedule 
arrangements,  therefore,  may  not  be 
made  until  the  new  season  selling 
method  has  been  determined. 

Freeman  said  that  18  new  season 
productions  already  are  either  com- 
pleted or  in  work  and  that  three  more 
are    in    preparation,    accounting  for 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Y.  Frank  Freeman 


Allied  Studies  Price 
Control  Possibility 

Washington,  May  10. — Abram  F. 
Myers,  Allied  States  general  counsel 
and  chairman,  has  been  instructed  by 
the  organization's  board  of  directors 
to  study  the  possibility  of  a  price 
ceiling  being  placed  on  film  rentals 
and  admission- scales  in  this  country, 
similar  to  that  in  Canada,  in  the  event 
that  relief  fromassertedly  excessive 
film  rentals  is  not."  forthcoming. 

Myers  recently  visited  Canada  to 
study  the.  Canadian.. price  .ceiling  ef- 
fects on  theatres  and -reported  back  to 
the  organization's  board  of  directors 
at  its  recent  meeting  in  Chicago.  His 
study  is  being  undertaken  in  view  of 
the  "constitutional  differences"  be- 
tween Canada  and  the  United  States, 
according  to  an  Allied  bulletin  made 
public  here  today.  _  f 

it  is  unlikely  that  the  study  will  re- 
sult' in  any  immediate  action  on  Al- 
lied's  ^t.^e^ulletiuJiidicateli;  due 
(ContiiuteS'^Sn  page  6) 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  May  11,  1942 


Television  Topic  as 
SMPE  Meeting  Ends 


Personal  Mention 


Hollywood,  May  10. — The  develop- 
ment of  apparatus  for  television  and 
the  procedure  and  practice  on  16  mm. 
pictures  for  television  projection  were 
discussed  Friday  at  the  closing  tech- 
nical sessions  of  the  Slst  semi-annual 
convention  of  the  Society  of  Motion 
Picture  Engineers  at  the  Hotel 
Roosevelt  here. 

The  five-day  meeting  ended  with 
three  technical  sessions,  one  on  16mm, 
the  second  a  general  session,  and  the 
final  one  on  sound.  Edward  H. 
Plumb  of  the  music  department  of  the 
Walt  Disney  Studio  declared  that  de- 
velopments with  Fantasound  should 
result  in  advances  in  sound  recording 
and  reproduction  when  the  application 
of  the  new  developments  will  be 
practicable  after  the  war. 

G.  L.  Beers  of  RCA  Laboratories, 
H.  R.  Lubcke  of  Don  Lee  Broadcast- 
ing System,  and  R.  B.  Fuller  and  L. 
S.  Rhodes  of  Marsch  Cinesound  dis- 
cussed various  aspects  of  television, 
including  cameras,  and  the  production 
of  16mm  films  for  television. 

Research  leading  to  the  improve- 
ment of  sound  reproduction  through 
advances  in  loud  speaker  design  were 
considered  at  the  final  evening  session 
on  Friday. 

Wile  Takes  Post  as 
Round  Table  Editor 

Robert  Wile,  with  the  current  issue 
of  Motion  Picture  Herald,  has  as- 
sumed his  new  post  as  editor  of  the 
Herald's  Managers'  Round  Table  de- 
partment. A  native  New  Yorker, 
Wile  worked  on  newspapers  in 
Westchester  County  and  in  New  York 
City  on  the  New  York  American.  He 
joined  RKO  theatres  m  1930,  and 
later  did  advertising  and  publicity 
work.  He  managed  the  Granada 
Theatre  in  Pari  River  until  1936,  and 
'  since  then  has  been  with  film  trade 
papers. 

20th-Fox  Party  for 
Litvak  and  Knight 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  this  after- 
noon will  hold  a  cocktail  party  in 
the  Cottage  Room  of  the  Hampshire 
House  for  Eric  Knight,  author  of 
"This  Above  All,"  and  Anatole  Lit- 
vak, director  of  the  film  taken  from 
the  book.  Also  present  will  be  Flight 
Lieut.  Kathleen  Hunt  and  Assistant 
Section  Officer  Iris  Houston,  both  of 
the  English  WAAF,  who  were  tech- 
nical advisers  for  the  film. 


EO  SPITZ  arrives  in  California 
1  today. 


Edward  Small  is  expected  from 
California  today  or  tomorrow. 
• 

William  K.  Saxton,  Jr.,  of  Balti- 
more, has  returned  from  a  visit  in 
Hollywood. 

Roy  Haines  leaves  today  for  Al- 
bany and  Buffalo. 

• 

James  Schwalm  of  the  Northio 
Theatre,  Hamilton,  O.,  has  returned 
from  an  Indiana  visit. 


Vaudeville  Off  Here; 
Unit  Set  for  Chicago 

Two-a-day  vaudeville,  which  has 
essayed  a  comeback  in  New  York  and 
other  large  cities  throughout  the  coun- 
try during  recent  weeks,  suffered  a 
setback  on  Broadway  late  last  week 
when  two  newly  converted  vaudeville 
houses  closed.  The  policy  scored  in 
Chicago,  however,  where  plans  were 
completed  for  an  opening  next  month. 

In  New  York,  the  Eltinge  and 
Gaiety,  former  burlesque  houses, 
closed  after  two  weeks  with  variety 
presentations.  In  Chicago,  "Headliners 
of  '42,"  Alfred  Bloomingdale-Nat 
Karson  vaudeville  revue,  headed  by 
i  Bert  Lahr,  Joe  Lewis  and  Bert 
Wheeler,  was  set  to  open  June  10  at 
the  Grand  Opera  House. 


400  Attend  Dinner 
Of  N.  Y.  Bookers 

About  400  persons  attended  the  an- 
nual dinner  and  dance  of  the  New 
York  Motion  Picture  Bookers  Club 
at  the  Hotel  Astor  Roof  last  night. 
The  proceeds  will  be  used  for  the 
benefit  of  former  members  now  in  the 
service. 

A  miniature  "Oscar"  was  presented 
to  Bernard  Brooks,  president  of  the 
club,  for  "the  best  performance  as  a 
booker  during  1942."  Brooks  is  chief 
buyer  and  booker  of  the  Fabian  Cir- 
cuit. Edward  Susse  of  M-G-M  was 
in  charge  of  the  affair. 


'Pit t 9  Called  Good 
Audience  Picture 

London,  May  10. — "Pitt  the 
Younger,"  20th  Century-Fox  produc- 
tion, was  declared  by  observers  to 
have  scored  an  audience  success  at  a 
sneak  preview  held  in  a  London 
suburb.  Comment  was  made  con- 
cerning the  film's  effective  historical 
parallel  with  the  situation  today,  and 
the  excellent  performances  of  Robert 
Donat,  Robert  Morley  and  John 
Mills.  The  elaborate  backgrounds 
and  spectacular  settings  drew  audi- 
ence comment. 


CHANGE  TO  ALTEC  SERVICE 
..A  CHANGE  FOR  THE  BETTER 


250  West  51th  Street  •  New  York  City 


ARTHUR    KELLY    is    in  Cali- 
fornia. 

S.  S.  Krellberg  left  Saturday  for 
the  Coast. 

Ed  Hinchey  was  in  Philadelphia 
Friday. 

• 

Esther  Therrien,  secretary  to 
Nathan  E.  Goldstein,  president  of 
Western  Massachusetts  Theatres, 
Springfield,  and  Private  John  Car- 
rigg  were  married  recently. 

• 

Edith  Head  of  the  Paramount  stu- 
dio is  due  here  today. 


KRS  Seeks  Better 
Films  for  Sundays 

London,  May  10. — The  Kinemato- 
graph  Renters  Society  (distributors) 
is  planning  to  approach  the  Cinemato- 
graph Exhibitors  Association  on  the 
question  of  the  films  shown  on  Sun- 
day programs. 

The  KRS  contention  is  that  the 
type  of  films  currently  being  offered 
on  Sundays  are  damaging  to  the 
prestige  of  the  industry  and  an  insult 
to  the  public.  Industry  observers  are 
of  the  opinion,  however,  that  the  dis- 
tributors are  anxious,  also,  to  exploit 
the  current  prosperity  of  theatres  on 
Sundays. 

Byrnes,  Providence 
Critic,  in  New  Post 

Providence,  May  10. — Garrett  D. 
Byrnes,  more  than  12  years  theatre 
editor  of  the  Providence  Journal  and 
The  Evening  Bulletin,  today  turned 
over  the  theatre  desk  to  Bradford  S. 
Swan.  Journal  reporter.  Byrnes  will 
become  Sunday  editor  for  The  Provi- 
dence Journal.  Continuing  as  assist- 
ant film  reviewer  will  be  Winfield  T. 
Scott.  Swan  is  a  graduate  of  Yale, 
has  been  with  the  Providence  Journal 
for  about  five  years  and  is  Providence 
district  correspondent  for  Motion 
Picture  Daily. 


Indiana  ATO  Meet 
Is  Set  for  July  14-16 

Indianapolis,  May  10. — Associated 
theatre  Owners  of  Indiana  will  hold 
a  mid-summer  convention  at  Lake 
Wawasee,  Ind.,  July  14  through  16. 
Arrangements  are  in  charge  of  Roy 
E.  Harrold,  president,  and  Don  Ros- 
siter,  secretary. 

M-G-M  will  conduct  an  exhibitors' 
forum  at  Lake  Wawasee  coincident 
with  the  convention. 


Heads  Cincinnati  Unit 

Cincinnati,  May  10.  —  Harold 
Bernstein,  operating  the  suburban 
Norwood,  has  been  elected  secretary 
of  the  Greater  Cincinnati  Independent 
Exhibitors  Association.  He  succeeds 
Herman  Bly,  who  held  the  office  for 
18  years. 


Ritchey  to  Coast  Meet 

Norton  V.  Ritchey,  vice-president 
and  export  manager  of  Monogram, 
left  for  the  Coast  yesterday  to  attend 
the  company's  annual  sales  convention. 


See  Smith  Retained 
As  KRS  President 

London,  May  10.— Sam  W. 
Smith,  currently  president  of 
Kinematograph  Renters  Soci- 
ety, British  distributors'  or- 
ganization, is  expected  to  be 
retained  as  president  of  the 
unit  for  the  1942-'43  term,  it 
is  understood  here. 


Moskowitz  Seeks\l  ^ 
High  Court  Appeal 


Washington,  May  10. — A  petition 
for  a  writ  of  certiorari  was  filed  with 
the  United  States  Supreme  Court  on 
Friday  by  Joseph  H.  Moskowitz  in  his 
appeal  from  his  conviction  with  Jo- 
seph M.  Schenck  on  income  tax 
charges.  The  Government  will  have 
until  June  1  to  reply  and,  if  the  writ 
is  granted,  the  appeal  is  expected  to 
be  heard  in  the  Fall. 

In  a  brief  prepared  by  A.  H.  Frisch 
and  Bertram  S.  Nayfack,  among 
counsel  in  the  appeal  action,  five  er- 
rors are  set  forth.  These  are  alleged 
wrongful  admission  of  a  Government 
exhibit  purporting  to  show  additional 
taxes  due ;  the  refusal  to  limit  the  is- 
sues to  business  expense  deductions 
and  a  confusing  charge  about  gamb- 
ling; incorrect  charge  to  the  jury; 
exclusion  of  testimony  by  a  Treasury 
agent,  and  a  question  concerning  the 
weight  to  be  given  character  evi- 
dence. 

The  briefs  set  forth  that  the  ques- 
tions are  "novel"  and  that  the  decision 
may  affect  thousands  of  taxpayers. 
Among  these  are  what  are  "ordinary 
and  necessary"  expenses ;  the  right  to 
estimate  expenses ;  the  right  to  de- 
duct entertainment  expenses  incurred 
at  home,  and  the  right  of  the  Treas- 
ury to  deny  a  defendant  the  right  to 
subpoena  one  of  the  Treasury's  agents. 

Peppiatt  Again  UA 
N.O.  Branch  Head 

New  Orleans,  May  10.— C.  E. 
Peppiatt,  former  Southern  district 
manager  for  United  Artists  with 
headquarters  at  Dallas,  has  been  re- 
assigned to  the  U.  A.  exchange  here 
as  branch  manager,  a  post  he  held 
before  going  to  Dallas. 

Fred  M.  Jack,  former  Southern  dis- 
trict manager  for  Warners,  recently 
was  named  U.  A.  district  manager. 


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WATCH  OUT!!! 

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She  can  cut  a  rug . . .  she's  hep  to 
the  jive . . .  and  how  she  drives  the 
boys  wild!  Shirley's  the  smooth, 
snazzy,  sensational  Queen  of  the 
'Teens ...  in  the  brightest  hit  she's 
ever  been  in! 


This  is  a  reproduction  of  an  ad  appearing  in  LIFE.  In  addition, 
there's  an  eye-catching  catty-corner  double  spread  set  for 
LOOK.  Shirley's  first  grown-up  picture  is  so  big,  so  impor- 
tant that  Edward  Small  is  telling  25,000,000  people  about  it  in 
this  great  national  magazine  campaign  timed  perfectly  to 


4 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  May  11,  1942 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 


"Rocky  Mountain  Big 
Game" 

(Sports  Parade) 

( Warners ) 

That  intrepid  pair,  Mike  and-  Helen 
Lerner,  set  out  after  big  game  in  the 
Canadian  Rockies.  There  is  some  de- 
lightful scenic  photography,  coupled 
with  closeups  of  the  animals,  all  done 
in  color.  The  main  object  is  to  shoot 
a  long  horned  sheep  and  this  is  suc- 
cessfully accomplished.  It  should  hold 
interest.  Running  time,  10  mins.  Re- 
lease, May  2. 


"Tom  Thumb  Church" 

(Stranffer  Than  Fiction) 

( Universal) 

This  meets  the  standard  of  the  se- 
ries, containing  several  interesting  od- 
dities, beginning  with  a  marriage  cere- 
mony performed  at  a  Waco,  Tex., 
church  which  measures  only  eight  feet 
square.  A  woman  test  pilot,  an  auto 
which  travels  on  tracks  and  a  pet 
sparrow  are  the  other  subjects.  Run- 
ning time,  9  mins.  Release,  May  18. 


"Rainbow  Rhythm" 

(Musical) 

(Universal) 

Al  Donahue  with  his  orchestra  is 
the  headliner  in  a  musical  which,  while 
not  distinguished,  has  moments  of  en- 
tertainment for  devotees  of  modern 
music.  Kenny  Stevens,  the  Sportsmen, 
and  Jimmy  Dodd  are  among  those 
who  contribute.  Running  time,  15 
mins.  Release,  June  18. 


"Emit  Coleman  and 
Orchestra" 

(Melody  Masters) 

( Warners) 

The  popular  dance  orchestra  led"  by 
Emil  Coleman  is  heard  in  five  tuneful 
numbers.  These  include:  "Shalimar," 
"Voice  of  Spring,"  "Rustle  of 
Spring,"  "Just  One  of  Those  Things,". 
"Voodoo"  and  "Mexican  Magic." 
Jean  Negulesco  directed.  Running- 
time,  10  mins.    Release,  May  9. 


"The  Draft  Horse" 

(Merrie  Melodies) 

( Warners) 

Here  is  an  amusing  little  color  car- 
toon about  a  horse  who  tries  to  enlist 
in  the  Army  but  is  rejected  on  physi- 
cal standards.  He  makes  several  at- 
tempts to  get  in  but  finally  finds  him- 
self mixed  up  in  a  sham  battle  and  de- 
cides he  will  spend  the  rest  of  the  war 
just  knitting.  Running  time,  7  mins. 
Release,  May  9. 

"The  Wacky~Wabbit" 

(Merrie  Melodies) 

( Warners) 

Bugs  Bunny  and  Elmer,  two  popu- 
lar Schlesinger  characters,  get  mixed 
up  when  the  latter  goes  prospecting 
for  gold  and  Bugs  pops  up  just  to 
create  mischief.  Good  for  lots  of 
laughs.  Running  time,  7  mins.  Re- 
lease, May  2. 


"Pacific  Frontier" 

(Broadway  Brevities) 

(  Warners) 

Here  is  a  timely  tour  in  color  of 
the  Philippines,  Singapore,  Hawaii, 
India,    Java,    Wake    and  Midway 


Reviews 


"Remember  Pearl  Harbor" 

(Republic) 

'""THE  Japanese  treachery  that  was  masked  by  bogus  peace  negotiations 
*-  in  Washington  and  the  surface  loyalty  of  fifth  columnists  in  the 
Pacific  islands  "is  taken  up  in  an  ambitious  Republic  production  which 
offers  good  box-office  possibilities.  The  title,  besides,  adds  to  its  sales 
value. 

The  film's  main  point  is  emphatically  brought  out  with  the  under- 
cover war  preparations  depicted  simultaneously  with  radio  reports  of 
peace  negotiations.  Dramatic  punch  has  its  highlight  in  a  well  staged 
battle  sequence  at  the  climax. 

In  the  cast  are  Donald  M.  Barry,  as  an  incompetent  soldier  who  re- 
deems himself  in  action ;  Alan  Curtis,  a  conscientious  soldier  who  at- 
tempts to  cover  up  for  Barry ;  Fay  McKenzie,  employed  at  a  copra  plan- 
tation operated  by  a  fifth  columnist,  and  Sig  Ruman,  Ian  Keith,  Rhys 
Williams,  Maynard  Holmes,  Diana  Del  Rio,  and  others. 

The  picture  has  its  locale  for  the  most  part  in  and  around  Manila. 
Joseph  Santley  directed  and  Albert  J-  Cohen  was  associate  producer. 

Running  time,  75  minutes.   "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


Escape  from  Hong  Kong" 

(Umversa>l) 

Hollywood,  May  10 

'"TP  HE  scene  of  this  moderately  budgeted  melodrama  is  Hong  Kong, 
*-  the  time  is  just  prior  to  and  during  the  Jap  attack  on  that  place,  and 
the  story  is  about  three  vaudeville  actors,  expert  marksmen,  who  get 
involved  in  espionage  and  counter-espionage  conducted  by  British,  Ger- 
man and  Japanese  agents.  This  gives  the  picture  timeliness  and  a  link 
with  the  war. 

Leo  Carrillo,  Andy  Devine  and  Don  Terry  are  the  American  vaude- 
ville actors  and  Marjorie  Lord  is  the  girl  in  the  case,  suspected  of  being 
an  Axis  agent  although  really  representing  the  British.  Gilbert  Emery, 
Leyland  Hodgson,  Frank  Puglia,  Chester  Gan,  Frank  Kelly  and  Paul 
Dubov  are  the  others  in  the  cast. 

The  bombing  of  Hong  Kong  and  an  escape  from  there  by  motor  boat, 
with  the  American  marksmen  shooting  down  a  Jap  plane  with  their 
rifles,  supply  the  melodramatic  final  sequence.  Production  is  by  Mar- 
shall Grant  and  direction  by  William  Nigh. 

Running  time,  60  minutes.    "G"*  Roscoe  Williams 


"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Islands,  and  other  points  of  interest 
which  were  formerly  tourist  havens 
but  now  are  the  battle  fronts  of  war. 
Although  the  shots  were  taken  during 
peace  time,  they  are  effectively  tied  up 
with  the  current  news  by  a  commen- 
tary by  Raine  Bennett.  Running  time, 
20  mins.    Release,  May  30. 


"Nutty  Pine  Cabin" 

(Walter  Lantz  Cartune) 

( Universal) 

In  a  fairly  humorous  cartoon  Andy 
Panda  is  engaged  in  constructing  a 
cabin,  runs  into  the  usual  cartoon  dif- 
ficulties, with  boards  springing  loose 
and  the  like,  and  has  to  contend  with 
an  army  of  beavers  who  make  a  com- 
plete wreck  of  the  place.  Running 
time,  7  mins.  Release,  June  1. 


'Kings  Row'  Takes 
Bip  $9,000,  Omaha 

Omaha,  May  10. — "Kings  Row"  and 
a  second  feature  pulled  $9,100  at  the 
Omaha  for  the  week's  only  outstand- 
ing business.  The  weather  was  windy 
and  warm. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing April  29-30 : 

"The  Invaders"  (CoL) 
"Sleepytime  Gal"  (Rep.) 

BRAN  DEIS — (1,200)     (30c-44e)     7  days. 
Gross:  $4,8CO.     (Average,  $4,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (20th-Fox) 

OMAHA— (2.000)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$9,000.     (Average,  $6,000) 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (20th-Fox) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (20tth-Fox) 

ORPHEUM— (3,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,200.     (Average,  $7,000) 


'Rio  Rita' at  $15,500 
Leads  Providence 

Providence,  May  10.  —  "Rio  Rita" 
and  "Nazi  Agent"  led  the  parade  with 
$15,500  at  Loew's  State.  Early  Spring- 
business  seems  to  be  tapering  off  here 
somewhat. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  29-30: 

"Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RICO) 
"What's  Cookin'?"  (Univ.) 

RKO-ALBEE— (2,239)  (28c-39c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,200.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S   STATE — (3,232)    (28c-39c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $15,500.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Almost  Married"  (Univ.) 

MAJESTIC— (2,250)    (28c-39c-50c)  7 
Gross:  $7,500.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Twoi  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 
"Man  Who  Returned  to  Life"  (Col.) 

STRAND— (2,200)     (28c-39c-50c)  7 
Gross:   $7,500.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Kennel  Murder  Case"  (W.  B.)  (reissue) 

FAY'S— (1,800)  (20c-33c-44c)  7  days. 
Stage  show  with  Joes  and  Rea:  Grace 
Crysdale;  Fay  Rafael;  Joe  and  Betty  Lee; 
Frank  Duke;  The  Pelletiers;  Paul  Nolan 
and  Betty,  and  Al  Tohns'  Orchestra.  Gross: 
$4,800.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"Black  Dragons"  (Mono.) 

METROPOLITAN  —  (3,045)  (30c-35c-55c- 
75c)  3  days.  Stage  show  with  the  Four 
Ink  Spots;  Doc  Wheeler  and  Orchestra: 
Stump  and  Stumpy;  Red  and  Curlev. 
Gross:  $6,400.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 
"Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th-Fox) 

CARLTON— (1,526)    (28c-39c-50c)   7  days. 
4th  week.    Gross:  $3,100.    (Average,  $3,500) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.)  (3  days) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (2<Vth-Fox)  (3  days) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (20th-Fox)  (4  days) 
"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M)  (4  days) 

EMPIRE  — (1,200)  (20c-28c)  2nd  run. 
Gross:  $2,200.    (Average,  $2,000) 


days. 


days. 


'Plans',  King 
Chicago  Hit 
With  $42,000 


Chicago,  May  10. — "The  Lady  Has 
Plans"  and  Wayne  King's  orche~K;\ 
on  the  stage  gave  the  Chicago  jS  \l 
atre  a  fine  $42,000.  "Woman  oWe 
Year"  opened  to  $21,000  at  the  State- 
Lake  and  the  Oriental  garnered  $19,- 
000  with  "Call  Out  the  Marines"  and 
a  Major  Bowes  unit  on  the  stage. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  30 : 

"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M)  1  day, 

3rd  week 
"The  Invaders"  (CoL) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.)  6  days 

ATOLLO— (1,400)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  davs. 
Gross:  $9,000.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 

CHICAGO— (4.0CO)    (35c-55c-7Sc)    7  days. 
Stage — Wayne  King  Orchestra.    Gross:  $42. 
000.     (Average,  $32,000) 
"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.  B.) 
"Design  for  Scandal"  (M-G-M) 

GARRICK -(1,000)      (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $7,500.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"Call  Out  the  Marines"  (RKO) 

ORIENTAL— (3,200)     (25c-30c-40c-50c)  7 
days.     Stage — Major  Bowes  unit  &  Rajah 
Raboid.    Gross:  $19,000.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Almost  Married"  (Univ.)  6  days 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"What's  Cookin'  "  (Univ.)  1  day 

PALACE— (2,500)     (40c-50c-68c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $16,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 
"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"   (Col.)  S  days, 

2nd  week 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 
"Among  the  Living"  (Para.)  2  days 

ROOSEVELT— (1,500)  (35c -55c -65c -75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $12,000.  (Average,  $11,000) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 

STATE-LAKE— (3,700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $21,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,700)  (35c-55c-65c- 
75c)  7  days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Aver- 
age, $14,000) 

"Mystery  of  Marie  Roget"  (Univ.) 
"Drums  of  the  Congo"  (Univ.)  2  days 

WOODS— (1.200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $10,000 


Kansas  City  Good; 
'Kings  Row'  $12,000 

Kansas  City,  May  10. — Despite  wet 
weather  part  of  the  week  and  strong 
competition,  grosses  were  generally 
strong.  "Kings  Row"  drew  $12,000 
at  the  Newman,  while  "Gone  With 
the  Wind"  was  big. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  30 : 

"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 

ESQUIRE— (800)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
$2,400.     (Average,  $2,400) 
"Gone  With  the  Wind"  (M-G-M) 


Gross: 


days. 


days. 


MIDLAND— (3,600)  (40c-55c) 
Gross:  $15,000.     (Average,  $8,500) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

NEWMAN— (1,900)  (30c-44c) 
Gross:  $12,000.     (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 
"Bullet  Scars"   (W.  B.) 

ORPHEUM— (1,900)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $5,500.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"Almost  Married"  (Univ.) 

TOWER—  (2,200)    (30c-50c)    7   days.  On 
stage:  Jan  Garber  and  orchestra.  Gross: 
$9,500.     (Average,  $6,000) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 

UPTOWN— (2,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,000.     (Average,  $4,000) 


Manager  Unit  Totals  50 

Philadelphia,  May  10. — The  new 
Theatre  Managers  Benevolent  Asso- 
ciation, comprising  independent  theatre 
managers,  which  was  organized  last 
month  with  15  members,  now  has  50 
men  on  the  rolls,  it  was  announced  by 
Ben  Greber,  president.  Plans  are  now 
under  way  to  provide  group  insurance 
for  the  association. 


Mil  Monday,  May  11,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


5 


'Fleet's  In'  at 
$17,000  High, 
Philadelphia 


Philadelphia,  May  10.— Although 
i^ldovers  and  second  runs  predom- 
v'Ated  business  continued  strong.  "The 
Fleet's  In"  drew  $17,000  at  the  Fox. 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  at  the 
Stanley   took   $14,000    in    the  third 

week-  .  i 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week- 
ended April  28-May  1: 

"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

ALDINE — (1,400)     (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  / 
days.    Gross:  $7,000.    (Average.  $9,000) 
"Real  Glory"  (U.  A.)  (revival) 

ARCADIA—  (600)     (35c-46c-57c)    7  clays. 
Gross:  $2,500.    (Average,  $2,600) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

BOYD— (2,400)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days. 
4th  week.    Gross:  $10,000.   (Average,  $13,00(1) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.  B.)  (6  days) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.)  (1  day) 

EARLE— (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Vaudeville  for  6  days  including  Dick 
Stabile's  orchestra,  Paul  Warner,  Gracie 
Barrie,  Jack  Haley  and  Hal  LeRoy.  Gross: 
$19,500.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

FOX— (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $17,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Mister  V"  (U.  A.) 

KARLTON— (1,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,   2nd   run,   2nd   week.    Gross:  $4,000. 
(Average,  $3,000) 
"The  Men  in  Her  Life"  (Col.) 

KEITH'S—  (2,200)  (35c -41c -46c -57c -68c)  6 
days,  2nd  run.  Gross:  $2,800.  (Average. 
$4,500) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 

STANLEY— (2,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $14,000.  (Average. 
$14,000) 

"The  Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.  A.) 

STANTO'N— (1,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $5,500.  (Average. 
$4,500) 


Umpi  Aims  to  Have  Sales 
Plan  Ready  by  Week  End 


'Gal,'  Stage  Show, 
$17,700  in  Buffalo 

Buffalo,  May  10. — "Sleepytime  Gal" 
and  a  stage  show  led  here  with  $17,700 
at  the  Twentieth  Century.  "The 
Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  drew  $13,- 
500  at  the  Buffalo. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  2: 

"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  (20th-Fox) 

BUFFALO— (3,489)     (35c-55c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $13,500.     (Average,  $12,200) 
"To  The  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 

GREAT  LAKES  —  (3.0C0)  (35c-55c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,600.  (Average, 
$8,000) 

"King's  Row"  (W.  B.) 

HIPPODROME— (2,100)  (35c -50c)  7  days, 
3rd  week.  Gross:  $7,400.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Sleepytime  Gal"  (Rep.) 

TWENTIETH  CENTURY— (3,000)  30c- 
35c-55c)  7  days.  Benny  Goodman  and  his 
orchestra  on  stage,  with  Peggy  Lee,  Art 
London,  Shea  &  Raymond  and  The  Am- 
bassadorettes.  Gross:  $17,700.  (Average. 
$9,000) 

"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 

"A  Close  Call  For  EJlery  Queen"  (Col.) 

LAFAYETTE— (3,000)  (30c -44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,900.    (Average,  $6,500) 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

the  whole,  of  which  William  F.  Rod- 
gers  is  chairman,  when  that  body 
meets  on  Wednesday.  The  latter 
meeting  is  scheduled  to  put  the  pro- 
gram in  final  form  and  to  approve  a 
draft  of  the  new  selling  plan  for  sub- 
mission to  the  Department  of  Justice. 
It  will  designate  a  committee  for  that 
purpose. 

The  decree's  tradeshow  and  blocks- 
of-five  sales  provisions  will  expire 
June  1.  If  the  Department  accepts 
the  proposed  selling  plan,  it  would  be 
presented  to  the  Federal  court  here  at 
the  earliest  possible  date  as  an  amend- 
ment replacing  the  expiring  provi- 
sions. 

Exhibitor  Members  Due 

Exhibitor  members  of  the  Umpi 
trade  practice  subcommittee  or  com- 
mittee of  the  whole  will  arrive  here 
today  and  early  tomorrow  for  the 
week's  meetings.  Expected  here  are: 
Jack  Kirsch,  subcommittee  chairman; 
Ed  Kuykendall,  H.  A.  Cole,  Leo  F. 
Wolcott,  Sidney  Samuelson,  Robert 
White,  Roy  E.  Harrold,  Martin 
Smith,  John  Rugar,  William  F. 
Crockett,  Lewen  Pizor,  Fred  Wehr- 
enberg  and  Rotus  Harvey.  Hugh 
Bruen  will  be  PCCITO  alternate  for 
R.  H.  Poole  of  Los  Angeles,  who  is 
ill. 

New  York  members  expected  to  at- 
tend include:  Joseph  Bernhard,  Ned 
E.  Depinet,  William  F.  Rodgers,  T. 
J.  Connors,  H.  M.  Richey,  A.  W. 
Smith,  Felix  Jenkins,  Howard  Levin- 
son,  Max  A.  Cohen,  Joseph  Vogel, 
Neil  Agnew  and  C.  J.  Scollard. 
These  will  attend  the  trade  practice 
meeting.  For  the  sessions  of  the  Umpi 
committee  of  the  whole,  in  addition 
to  those  named,  Abe  Montague,  James 
R.  Grainger,  Steve  Broidy  and  Harry 
Brandt  are  expected. 


Form  Theatre  Company 

Albany,  May  10.- — American  The- 
atres, Inc.,  Watervliet,  N.  Y.,  has  been 
incorporated  here  by  Samuel  E.  Ro- 
senblatt, who  recently  took  over  the 
Family  Theatre  there.  Cohoes  The- 
atres Corp.  and  Amerfilm  Corp.  have 
been  dissolved. 


Sets  Laurel-Hardy  Deal 

Hollywood,  May  10. — Ben  Ship- 
man,  attorney  for  Laurel  and  Hardy, 
has  left  for  Mexico  City  to  complete 
a  deal  with  Azteca  Studios  for  a 
series  of  features  to  be  made  there  for 
distribution  through  Latin  America. 


Chance  for  Anti-5 
Appeal  Seen  Slight 

(.Continued  from  page  1) 
vancement  of  the  new  Umpi  selling 
plan,  which  is  regarded  by  many 
Minnesota  exhibitors  as  an  important 
improvement  over  the  'decree  sales 
method. 

If,  for  any  reason,  however,  the 
Umpi  plan  is  not  adopted,  the 
chances  of  an  appeal  being  taken  from 
the  anti-decree  law  decision  would  be 
much  stronger.  Under  the  60-day 
stay  granted  by  the  court,  the  exhibi- 
tors have  until  mid- June  to  decide  on 
the  appeal  move. 


'Male  Animal'  Hits 
$7,400  in  St.  Louis 

St.  Louis,  May  10.  —  "The  Male 
Animal"  and  "Kings  Row"  scored 
$7,400  at  the  Missouri.  "Gone  With 
the  Wind"  at  Loew's  drew  a  gross  of 
$15,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  week  ending 
April  30 : 

"Gont  With  the  Wind"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S — (3,162)  (30c-40c-50c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $15,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (ZOth-Fox) 

AMBASSADOR— (3,154)     (30c -40c -50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,500.    (Average,  $11,500) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 

FOX — (5,038)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$11,300.     (Average,  $11,000) 
"Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

MISSOURI— (3,514)   (30c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,400.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Call  Out  the  Marines"  (RKO) 
"Sing  Your  Worries  Away"  (RKO) 

ST.     LOUIS— (4,000)    (25c-35c)  7 
Gross:  $4,800.     (Average,  $2,600) 


days. 


Conn.  Allied  to  Meet 

New  Haven,  May  10. — Allied  The- 
atre Owners  of  Connecticut  will  meet 
tomorrow  with  Dr.  J.  B.  Fishman 
presiding.  Executive  Secretary  Max- 
well Alderman  will  report  on  the  re- 
cent Chicago  convention. 


House  Opens  Thursday 

Cleveland,  May  10. — The  Fair- 
mount  Theatre,  new  $300,000  house  in 
suburban  University  Heights,  will  be 
opened  Thursday  night.  The  house 
seats  1,625,  and  has  parking  facili- 
ties for  1,000  cars  with  a  special  en- 
trance to  the  lobby  up  to  which  cars 
may  be  driven. 


See  Upset  in 
Clearance  for 
Chicago  Zone 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Wheaton  not  more  than  24  hours  after 
St.  Charles,  which  plays  two  weeks 
after  Aurora,  111. 

The  distributors  contended  that 
Wheaton  was  regulated  by  the  Chi- 
cago clearance  system  while  St. 
Charles  was  in  the  country  zone,  al- 
though the  cities  are  only  a  few  miles 
apart. 


SWG  To  Celebrate 

Hollywood,  May  10. — A  victory 
celebration  is  planned  for  tomorrow 
evening  by  the  Screen  Writers  Guild, 
following  the  session  at  which  ratifica- 
tion of  the  agreement  with  producers 
is  expected. 


Beacon  House  Files 
Clearance  Complaint 

The  35th  arbitration  complaint  at 
the  New  York  tribunal  was  filed  Fri- 
day on  clearance  by  Dutchess  Amuse- 
ment Enterprises,  operator  of  the 
Beacon,  Beacon,  N.  Y.,  against  the 
five  consenting  companies. 

The  complaint  charges  that  the  14 
days  clearance  of  Netco's  Ritz  and 
Broadway,  Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  is  un- 
reasonable as  the  Beacon  is  not  in 
competition  with  them.  It  asks  that 
the  clearance  be  eliminated  and  that 
relief  also  be  given  the  Beacon  on  de- 
layed availability  of  pictures  due  to 
alleged  late  bookings  by  the  Netco 
houses. 


It  was  announced  that  J.  Noble 
Braden,  executive  secretary  of  the 
American  Arbitration  Association, 
has  been  elected  a  director  of  the 
Association. 


6  Motion  Picture  Daily  Monday,  May  u,  1942 


Republic  Sets  66  Pictures 
On  New  Season  Schedule 


Para.  Feature 
Total  36  to  40 
For  New  Year 

(.Continued  from  page  1) 

more  than  half  of  the  company's  prob- 
able 1942-'43  schedule.  The  produc- 
tion budget,  likewise,  has  not  been 
definitely  determined,  Freeman  said, 
due  to  the  uncertainty  of  long-range 
cost  planning  in  war  time. 

Freeman  said  that  studios  may  en- 
counter difficulties  obtaining  new  sup- 
plies of  materials  that  are  essential 
to  the  war  effort  within  the  next  few 
months,  pointing  out  that  shortages  of 
copper  and  aluminum  already  are  be- 
ing felt  in  Hollywood.  Studio  lumber 
inventories  also  are  limited,  he  said, 
and  difficulties  in  obtaining  new  sup- 
plies of  that  and  other  materials  are 
to  be  expected.  Uncertainties  such  as 
these,  he  pointed  out,  make  budgeting 
uncertain  for  any  lengthy  period  in 
advance. 

Freeman  pointed  out  that 
while  motion  pictures  have  been 
classified  as  an  essential  indus- 
try, that  is  so  more  in  a  civilian 
than  military  sense.  The  indus- 
try cannot  expect  to  obtain  sup- 
plies of  scarce  materials,  he 
said,  in  the  same  way  that  the 
armament  or  other  essential 
military  industries  can  obtain 
them. 

Freeman  planned  to  go  to  Washing- 
ton today,  returning  about  midweek, 
and  expected  to  leave  for  the  Coast 
next  Friday. 


Sales  Meeting 
In  N.  Y.  Today 

The  first  of  five  Paramount  re- 
gional sales  meetings  will  open  at 
the  Hotel  Pierre  here  today  with  ap- 
proximately 50  home  office  executives, 
district  and  branch  managers,  sales- 
men and  bookers  attending.  J.  J. 
Unger,  Eastern  division  manager,  will 
preside  and  Neil  Agnew,  Charles 
Reagan,  George  Smith  and  Oscar 
Morgan  are  scheduled  to  address  the 
meeting.  Others  from  the  home  of- 
fice who  will  attend  are  Adolph 
Zukor,  G.  B.  J.  Frawley,  C.  J.  Scol- 
lard,  Fred  Leroy,  Joseph  Walsh,  Jack 
Roper,  Herman  Lorber,  Arthur 
Dunne  and  Monroe  Goodman. 

Exchange  personnel  in  attendance 
will  include:  M.  S.  Kusell,  Harry 
Randel,  M.  E.  Sattler,  I.  Lesser,  M. 
Mendel,  H.  Kaufman,  E.  Bell,  A. 
Gebhart,  E.  Ugast  and  J.  Perly,  New 
York;  K.  G.  Robinson,  M.  Simon,  W. 
Rosenow  and  E.  Walters,  Buffalo;  C. 
G.  Eastman,  W.  A.  Waters,  R.  D. 
Hayes  and  G.  S.  Beattie,  Albany; 
William  Erbb,  A.  M.  Kane,  J. 
Moore,  J.  Gubbins,  T.  Duane,  E. 
Bradley,  W.  Hughes,  H.  Lewis,  J. 
Harris  and  E.  Maloney,  Boston ;  E. 
Ruff,  R.  Carroll  and  H.  Germaine, 
New  Haven. 


Gets  Writ  on  Film  Run 

The  Apollo  Theatre  has  obtained 
a  temporary  injunction  against  the 
Park  Theatre,  both  in  Manhattan, 
preventing  the  latter  from  playing 
"The  Forgotten  Village."  The  Apollo 
contends  it  had  protection  over  the 
Park  in  its  run  of  the  film.  Milton 
Weisman  represented  the  Apollo.  Ar- 
gument will  be  heard  today  in  N.  Y. 
Supreme  Court. 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

Roy  Rogers.  Thirty-three  produc- 
tions are  scheduled  for  the  first  six 
months  of  the  new  season,  it  was  an- 
nounced. 

The  two-day  meeting  here  will  be 
followed  by  a  second  at  the  Drake 
Hotel  in  Chicago,  on  Thursday  and 
Friday,  and  a  third  and  final  session 
at  the  studio  in  North  Hollywood  on 
May  19  and  20. 

The  product  schedule  for  the  new 
season  will  exceed  by  four  the  total 
for  the  present  season,  and  the  sales 
staff  will  be  informed  that  there  will 
be  no  curtailment  of  the  production 
budget,  which  is  said  to  be  the  larg- 
est in  the  company's  history. 

Feature  Divisions 

The  new  season  features  will  be 
divided  into  six  DeLuxe  features,  14 
Anniversary  features  and  14  Jubilee 
films.  The  outdoor  specials  will  in- 
clude four  Gene  Autry  Premiere  at- 
tractions and  two  Roy  Rogers  Gold 
Medal  productions.  Among  the  west- 
erns will  be  four  Gene  Autry  Su- 
preme productions ;  six  Roy  Rogers 
Master  Westerns ;  eight  Don  "Red" 
Barry  Action  Westerns  and  eight 
"Three  Mesquiteer"  Westerns. 

The  entire  current  season  lineup 
will  be  delivered  by  July  IS,  the  sales 
force  will  be  informed. 

Following  is  the  schedule  of  pictures 
planned  for  the  first  half  of  the  new 


Expect  Protest  to 
Ease  WPB  Limits 
On  Studio  Set  Cost 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

down  and  used  over  and  over,  while 
the  construction  limitation  orders 
have  been  aimed  at  reducing  the  con- 
sumption of  materials  which,  once  put 
in  place,  were,  so  to  speak,  frozen  in. 

They  also  contended  that  despite 
the  fact  that  they  were  free  to  use 
any  material  in  their  inventories  or 
which  they  could  borrow  or  rent,  the 
$5,000  limitation  was  too  severe. 
They  urged  that  while  it  is  possible 
to  secure  authorization  for  larger  ex- 
penditures, it  frequently  happens  that 
sets  are  found  to  cost  more  than  es- 
timated when  they  are  actually  under 
construction  and  delay  of  program 
schedules  would  result  from  the  neces- 
sity of  having  to  bring  the  problem 
to  Washington  each  time  it  arose. 

Northampton  Bars 
Children  in  Epidemic 

Northampton,  Mass.,  May  10. — 
An  epidemic  of  contagious  diseases, 
which  has  caused  the  Board  of  Health 
here  to  bar  all  persons  under  20  years 
from  theatres  and  the  Academy 
of  Music,  city  owned  but  privately  op- 
erated motion  picture  theatre,  to  close 
for  the  "duration  of  the  epidemic," 
took  another  spurt  forward  over  the 
weekend. 

More  than  20  new  cases  were  re- 
ported to  health  authorities,  and  they 
indicated  that  relaxing  of  the  ban  was 
not  in  sight. 


season,  as  disclosed  by  the  company : 
Sixteen  Features :  "Thumbs  Up," 
"The  Commandos,"  "Fighting  Devil 
Dogs,"  "Chatterbox,"  "The  Old 
Homestead,"  "Ice-Capades  Revue," 
"Hit  Parade  of  1943,"  "Back  to  God's 
Country,"  "X  Marks  the  Spot,"  "My 
Buddy,"  "Say  It  With  Music,"  "Ta- 
hiti Honey,"  "War  of  the  Wildcats," 
"Gangs  of  the  Barbary  Coast,"  "Hi, 
Neighbor,"  "Fu  Manchu  Strikes." 

Three  Outdoor  Super  Specials  :  "A 
Gay  Ranchero,"  "Starlight  on  the 
Trail,"  both  starring  Gene  Autry ; 
"Heart  of  the  Golden  West,"  starring 
Roy  Rogers. 

Westerns  and  Serials 

Two  Supreme  Productions :  "The 
Lone  Prairie"  and  "The  Ranger's 
Serenade,"  starring  Gene  Autry,  with 
Smiley  Burnette  and  Fay  McKenzie. 

Three  Master  Westerns:  "Ridin' 
Down  the  Canyon,"  "Man  from  Music 
Mountain,"  "Silver  Spurs,"  starring 
Roy  Rogers,  with  George  "Gabby" 
Hayes. 

Three  "Mesquiteers"  Westerns: 
"Shadows  on  the  Sage,"  "Valley  of 
Hunted  Men"  and  "Prairie  Pals." 

Four  Action  Westerns :  "The  Som- 
brero Kid,"  "Dead  Man's  Gulch," 
"Outlaws  of  the  Pine  Ridge"  and 
"The  Sundown  Kid,"  starring  Don 
"Red"  Barry. 

Two  serials :  "King  of  the  Royal 
Mounted  Rides  Again"  and  "G-Man 
vs.  the  Black  Dragon." 


11,998  Houses  Pledge 
A  rmy-Navy  Drive  A  id 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Service,  making  14,500  in  all.  Final 
shipments  are  scheduled  to  be  made 
tomorrow'.  Exhibitors  were  urged  to 
return  the  Gary  Cooper  audience  ap- 
peal trailer  to  their  National  Screen 
exchanges,  as  salvaging  of  those 
trailers  is  expected  to  add  another 
$1,500  to  the  fund. 


Chicago  Circuit  Heads 
Discuss  Relief  Drives 

Chicago,  May  10. — Circuit  heads 
and  exhibitor  representatives  here 
held  a  meeting  Friday  to  discuss  vari- 
ous drives  such  as  the  Army  and 
Navy  Relief,  USO,  China  Relief  and 
the  sale  of  War  Bonds  and  Stamps  in 
theatres  beginning  May  30.  Present 
were  John  Balaban,  Jack  Kirsch, 
James  E.  Coston,  Edward  Silverman, 
Jules  Rubens  and  Arthur  Schoen- 
stadt. 

Butte  Theatre  Aids 
Service  Men's  Fund 

Butte,  Mont.,  May  10. — A  recent 
ticket  sale  by  the  American  Women's 
Voluntary  Service  resulted  in  full 
houses  for  three  days  for  the  Rialto 
here,  Manager  Bert  Henson  reports. 
Profits  from  admissions,  sold  by  the 
A.W.V.S.,  went  to  the  organization's 
fund  for  men  in  the  armed  services. 
Henson  estimated  the  receipts  of  the 
third  day  as  larger  than  the  average 
first  day  of  ordinary  attractions.  "The 
Vanishing  Virginian"  and  "Born  to 
Sing"  were  the  features. 


Allied  Studies 
Possibility  of 
Price  Control 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

to  the  fact  that  Allied  first  will  en-  j 
deavor  to  obtain  voluntary  relief  fr«£"""  j 
distributors  through  Umpi  and  by  rj ■ 
rect  appeal  to  sales  executives.    Tne  I: 
bulletin  urged  exhibitors  and  exhibi-t 
tor  organizations  to  appeal  directly 
to  William  F.  Rodgers,  Umpi  chair- 
man, by  letter,  and  to  the  heads  of  all 
distributing  companies,   "urging  that 
they  apply  the  brakes  to  runaway  film 
rentals  and  thus  head  off  Govern- 
mental action,"  the  bulletin  stated. 

Forming  Exhibitor  Council 

It  was  also  disclosed  in  this  con-  j 
nection  that  a  Dominion-wide  organi- 
zation of  independent  exhibitors  is  be- 
ing formed  in  Canada  under  the  name 
of  the  National  Council  of  Indepen- 
dent Exhibitors  of  Canada. 

The  bulletin  reported  that  the  Al- 
lied board  approved  and  pledged 
whole-hearted  support  to  the  industry 
drive  for  sales  of  War  Bonds  and 
Stamps  in  theatres  and  urged  regional 
associations  affiliated  with  Allied  to 
duplicate  the  national  organization's 
action  in  sending  pledges  of  coopera- 
tion to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 
The  Allied  board  approved  a  recom- 
mendation that  Umpi  either  take  over 
or  coordinate  "the  work  of  the  num- 
erous, overlapping  emergency  war 
committees"  in  the  industry,  as  the 
most  representative  agency  for  all-in- 
dustry undertakings. 
_  Earlier  Allied  requests  for  propor- 
tionate representation  of  independent 
exhibitors  on  committees  named  to 
handle  drives  and  proper  credit  for 
their  contributions  to  such  drives  were 
reiterated  in  the  bulletin. 

Condemns  16  mm.  Competition 

The  bulletin  condemned  and  re- 
ferred to  the  Allied  Umpi  committee 
for  action  "the  alarming  increase  in 
the  number  of  new  films,  particularly 
those  released  by  United  Artists  and 
Monogram,  which  are  now  available 
for  non-theatricals  and  jack-rabbits 
in  16mm,"  terming  the  increase  a 
"menace  to  distributors  and  exhibi- 
tors alike." 

It  was  disclosed  that  the  Allied 
vote  on  the  Umpi  selling  plan  was 
13  units  in  favor  of  it,  two  not  vot- 
ing and  one  opposed. 

Staggered  Travel  to 
Affect  Theatre  going 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
of  all  communities  with  a  population 
of  10,000  or  more. 

The  plans  are  in  the  interest  of  con- 
servation of  private  and  public  trans- 
portation facilities.  The  staggering  of 
business,  school  and  working  hours 
has  not  yet  been  extended  to  cover 
theatre  operating  hours,  but  neverthe- 
less is  regarded  as  having  an  impor- 
tant effect  on  theatre  attendance  in 
large  communities.  Likewise,  the  urg- 
ing of  group  riding  to  theatres  in  pri- 
vate automobiles  is  expected  to  alter 
and  spread  theatre  attendance  habits 
in  large  cities. 

The  rationing  of  gasoline  in  the 
Eastern  seaboard  states,  starting  Fri- 
day, is  also  expected  to  have  an  effect 
on  theatre  business. 


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INTERNATIONAL 

Motion  Picture  Almanac 

T         VI    "J      ^    ^«  Revised  and  brought  up  to  the  minute,  it  will 

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will  be  over  1 , 100  pages  crammed  with  facts  and 
figures  covering  every  phase  of  the  motion  pic- 
ture industry. 

The  Who's  Who  Section  will  record  over  12,000 
biographies;  statistical  data  will  include  every 
branch  of  Production,  Distribution  and  Exhibi- 
tion. And  .  .  .  also  a  Rad:o  and  Television  De- 
partment. 

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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  May  11,  1942 


War  and  FCC 
Issues  Before 
NAB  Meeting 

Cleveland,  May  10. — The  role 
of  broadcasting  in  the  war  effort 
and  the  current  fight  against  FCC 
network  regulations  arq  expected 
to  attract  most  attention  at  the  20th 
annual  convention  of  the  National 
Association  of  Broadcasters  which 
will  start  in  full  swing  here  to- 
row  With' the  first- business  session 
at  theAH\o|el  Statler;  The  meeting 
will  run  through ,  ^hursday,  -\ 

Miller  to  Give  Report 

Neville  Miller,  president,  will  give 
his  annual  report,  and  this  will  be 
followed  by  appointment  of  conven- 
tion committees,  the  secretary-treas- 
urer's report  and  proposed  amend- 
ments to  the  by-laws. 

Byron  Price,  director  of  the  Of- 
fice of  Censorship  and  J.  Harold 
Ryan,  head  of  radio  censorship,  will 
lead  a  -discussion  on  "Radio  and  the 
War,"  with  Major  Gen.  A.  D. 
Surles,  Rear  Admiral  A.  J.  Hepburn, 
Major  General  F.  G.  Beaumont-Nes- 
bitt  and  Earl  J.  Glade,  participating. 

Archibald  MacLeish,  director  of  the 
Office  of  Facts  and  Figures,  will  make 
the  principal  address  at  a  luncheon  to- 
morrow. In  the  afternoon,  the  De- 
partment of  Broadcast  Advertising, 
sales  managers  division,  will  discuss 
"Radio  Advertising  for  Department 
Stores"  while  Network  Affiliates,  Inc., 
and  Independent  Radio  Network  Af- 
filiates hold  separate  sessions.  The 
NAB  war  committee  will  meet  in  the 
evening  and  a  Labor  Relations  Clinic 
will  follow. 

Hold  Preliminary  Meetings 

Meetings  were  held  today,  prelimi- 
nary to  the  opening  of  the  convention, 
by  these  committees :  sales  managers, 
executive,  general,  research,  engineer- 
ing, code,  wages  and  hours,  account- 
ing and  labor.  The  Broadcast  Music, 
Inc.,  board  of  directors  met  at  lunch- 
eon and  meetings  were  also  held  of 
the  board  of  directors  of  .  the^NAB. 
bureau,  of  -copyrights  and  the  NAB 
board  of  directors.'       ■  -  • 


Atlanta  Club  Starts 
Recreation  Center 

Atlanta,  Ga.,  May  10.  —  Chief 
Barker  Harry  G,  Ballance  of  the  Atr 
lanta .  Variety  Club  has  announced  the 
start  of  the  club's  $35,000  Recreation 
Center  for  Boys  and  Girls  which  is 
being  constructed  "here.  The  project 
when-  xornpleted'-wUl  he,. operate^  _by 
the  Salvation  Army  for  the  club.  In 
addition  to  a  playground  and  baseball 
diamond,  the  center  also  in  the  future 
will  house  a  medical  unit. 


Union  Cancels  Contract 

Philadelphia,  May  10. — The  The- 
atre Employes  Union,  local  IATSE 
union  comprising  the  doormen,  cash- 
iers, ushers  and  other  service  em- 
ployes, has  voted  to  cancel  its  contract 
with  the  local  theatres.  Last  June,  the 
union- signed  a--' two-year  contract,,  but 
a  higher  wage  scale  is  now  sought  be- 
cause of  increased  living  costs. 


Off  the  Antenna 

ARTURO  TOSCANINI  will  return  as  conductor  of  the  NBC  Symphony 
Orchestra  next  year  and  will  alternate  with  Leopold  Stokowski,  it  was 
announced  over  the  weekend  in  a  joint  statement  by  Frank  Mullen,  NBC  vice- 
president  and  general  manager,  and  Mark  Woods,  Blue  president.  The  sym- 
phony concerts  will  be  heard  Saturdays,  9-10  P.  M.,  from  Oct.  31  to  April  10. 
They  will  continue  on  the  Blue,  but  the  name  of  the  orchestra  will  be  retained 
as  "NBC  Symphony  Orchestra." 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Martin  Agronsky,  NBC  correspondent  now  with  General 
MacArthur,  has  been  voted  the  Rutgers  University.  Award  for  "fearless  and 
searching  interpretation  of  world  events"  .  .  »  Wallace  A.  Walker,  Mutual 
chief  statistician,  has  joined  the  staff  of  C.  E.  Hooper  .  .  .  E.  W.  Hammons, 
short  siibject  producer,  will  be  interviewed  by  Martin  Weldon  on  WINS 
Thursday  .  .  .  Frank  E.  Hill,  field  representative  of  the  American  Association 
for  Adult  Education  for  the  past  five  years,  has  joined  the  CBS  education 
department  .  .  .  Joseph  H.  Ream,  secretary  and  general  attorney  for  CBS, 
has  been  named  Jo  the  general  executive  staff.  Julius  Brainier  will  assume 
Ream^s  dutic^as  head  of  the  legal  department  .  .  .  IFilliam  N.  Robson  has  re.* 
tiiimea'.to  CBS  as  producer-director. 

The  Blue  devoted  83  hours  to  the  war  effort  during  April,  a  program 
analysis  released  by  the  network  reveals.  According  to  a  breakdown,  30 
hours  and  34  minutes  of  network  sustaining  time,  35  hours  and  53  min- 
utes of  network  sponsored  time,  and  16  hours  and  56  minutes  on  WJZ 
were  turned  over  to  war  causes. 

•  •  • 

In  a  move  to  regain  some  of  the  goodwill  lost  in  last  year's  dispute  with 
radio,  Ascap  will  announce  an  extensive  service  for  stations  at  the  NAB  meet- 
ing tomorrow.  This  service,  which  will  be  free,  is  a  series  of  weekly  scripts 
for  musical  shows.  The  scripts  are  set  up  for  particular  weeks  to  give  them 
timeliness  and  are  designed  to  permit  interpolation  of  commercial  announce- 
ments. There  will  be  no  song  plugs  or  mention  of  Ascap  in  the  scripts,  which, 
it  was  stated,  can  be  utilized  for  live  music  or  recorded  programs.  The  prin- 
ciple guiding  the  service,  it  was  stated,  is  to  encourage  the  use  of  music  to  aid 
sales. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Penn  Tobacco  will  sponsor  its  first  local  campaign  on 
WABC  when  it  takes  over  the  Mark  Haivlcy  newscast  Mondays,  Wednesdays 
and  Fridays,  6-6:10  P.  M.,  beginning  May  25  ...  R.  C.  Williams  &  Co.  today, 
starts  sponsorship  of  "Odd  Side  of  the-  Nczvs"  on  WABC,  Mondays,  Wednes- 
days and  Fridays,  8:20-8:25  A.  M.  .  .  .  Bloomingdale's  ivill  sponsor  "Women 
and  the  War"  on  WQXR  Monday  through  Friday  9-9:10  A.  M.,  beginning 
today.  The  program  is  designed  to  aid  women  in  conservation  and  to  explain 
Government  rulings  .  .  .  Bristol-Myers  has  renczved  "Time  to  Smile"  with 
Eddie  Cantor,  and  "Mr.  District  Attorney"  for  an  additional  year,  both  on 
NBC  .  .  .  Select  Theatres  Corp.  (Shubcrt)  today  will  increase  its  time  on 
WABC  to  one-minute  announcements  on  Mondays,  Wednesdays  and  Fridays 
.  .  .  Broadcast  time  for  Kathryn  Cravens  on  WNEW  has  been  changed  to 
4:45-5  P.  M.,  Monday  through  Friday  .  .  .  H.  V.  Kaltcnborn,  starting  today, 
zt'ill  be  heard  five  times  weekly,  Monday  through  Fridav,  at  7:45  P.  M.  over 
NBC. 

•  •  «~~ 

From  Mexico  City:  The  national  Supreme  Court  has  upheld  the  Gov- 
ernment's expropriation  of  XERA,  the  180,000-watt  station  at  Villa 
Acuna.  The  Government  recently  ordered  payment  of  $52,500  as  indemni- 
fication. .  .  .  The  Ministry  of  Communications  and  Public  Works,  which 
controls  radio,  is  operating  XESCUP,  on  both  long  and  short  wave,  at 
the  Book  Fair  to  increase  interest  in  books  and  publications  generally. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  WBZ,  Boston,  will  start  its  own  "Farm  and  Home 
Hour"  today  at  6  A.  M.  .  The  program  is  designed  to  aid  New  England 
farmers  .  .  .  Bonnie  Stuart  of  KYW,  Philadelphia,  has  joined  WLW,  Cin- 
cinnati, as  vocalist  .  .  WKRC,  Cincinnati,  is  conducting  courses  for  its  female 
staff  members  to  prepare  them  to  take  over  as  engineers  for  the  station. 

.  Robert  G.  Arnold  -has  been  appointed  studio  manager  for  WMBO, 
Geneva,  N.  Y.. 


Theatres  in  Mexico 
Aid  Red  Cross-Drive 

Mexico^, -City,,,  May  10.— Theatres 
here  plan  full  cooperation  in  the  fund 
-raising-  campaign'  -  "that.. -will  feature 
Mexico's  annual.  Red .  Cross  Week, 
May  16  to  23.  The  -Drmcrpal  first  run 
theatres,  Alameda,  Olimpia,  Magerit, 
Rex,  Chino  Palacio  and  New  Pala- 
cio,  have  donated  the  use  of  their 
tages  for  shows  the  Red  Cross  will 
present. 


Crosley  Corp.  Official  Dies 

Cincinnati,  May  10. — Robert  I. 
Petrie,  vice-president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Crosley  Corp.  manu- 
facturing division,  die,d  here  Friday 
night  after  four  weeks  illness.  His* 
widow  and  three  sons  survive. 


(Sullivans  Travels' 
Oklahoma  City  Best 

Oklahoma  City,  May  10. — "Sulli- 
van's Travels"  played  to  $4,800  at  the 
Midwest,  while  "The  Lady  Has 
Plans"  did  $4,800  at  the  Criterion. 

Estimated  receipts  of  the  week- 
ending April  28 : 

"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 

CRITERION— (1,500)  (20c-25c-40c)  7  davs. 
Gross:  $4,800.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Bom  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 
"North  to  the  Klondike"  (Univ.) 

LIBERTY— (J -200)      (20c-25c)      7  days. 
Gro^s :  $2,200.    (Average.  $2.4001 
"Sullivan's  Travels"  (Para.) 

MIDWEST— (1.500)    (?Oc-25e"-40c)   7  davs. 
Gross:  $4,800.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Irvadsrs"  (Col.) 

STATE — (1,100)     (20c-25c-40c)     7  days. 
G-oss:  $3,000.    (Average,  $3.5001 
"To,  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (Stth-Fox) 

"TOWER— (1.600)  —  (29e-25s-40rf  J.  d'sys.- 
moved  from  downtown  Criterion.  Gross: 
$2,000.    (Average,  $1,750) 


'Courtship'  at 
$8,000  Best 
Seattle  Gross 


Seattle,  May  10. — "The  Courtship 
of  Andy  Hardy"  at  the  Fifth  Avenue 
grossed  $8,800  to  top  the  town  by 
a  good  margin.  Other  new  first  ruj 
were  mediocre  in  their  draw,  but  s 
holdovers  as  "The  Spoilers"  and  "TnT 
Fleet's  In"  continued  to  draw  well. 
Night  baseball  was  competitive. 
Weather  was  clear  and  mild. 

Estimated   receipts    for    the  week 
ending  May  1  : 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"The  Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th-Fox) 

BLUE  MOUSE— (950)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  4th  week.    Moved  from  Music  Hall. 
Gross:  $3,850.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (MGM) 
"Kid  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 

FIFTH  AVENUE— (2.500)  (30c-42c-58c- 
70c)  7  days.  Gross:  $8,800.  (Average,  $7,- 
000) 

"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 
"Shut  My  Big  Mouth"  (Col.) 

LIBERTY— (1,800)     (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $5,150.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"To<  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (20th-Fox) 

MUSIC  BOX — (950)    (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.     Moved  from  Fifth  Ave- 
nue.   Gross:  $3,650.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Mister  V"   (U.  A.) 
"About  Face"  (U.  A.) 

MUSIC  HALL— (2,275)  (30c-42c-58c-70c) 
7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,600.  (Average, 
$6,000) 

"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"Mississippi  Gambler"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM— (2,450)   (30c-42c-58c)   7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $6,100.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"What* s  Cookin'  "  (Univ.) 
"Secret  of  the  Lone  Wolf"  (Col.) 

TALOMAR—  (1,500)  (20c -30c -42c -58c)  7 
days.^-  Stage:  Vaudeville.  Gross:  $5,300. 
(Average,  $5,000) 

"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (MGM) 
"Joe  Smith,  American"  (MGM) 

PARAMOUNT— (3,050)  (30c-42c-58c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $5,900.     (Average,  $6,000) 


'Kings  Row'  $6,200 
High  in  Cincinnati 

Cincinnati,  May  10. — "Kings  Row" 
gave  the  RKO  Capitol  a  good 
$6,200  fourth  week.  "Fantasia"  at  the 
RKO  Shubert  brought  $5,800  at  ad- 
vanced prices.  Hot  weather  and  base- 
ball hurt  business. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  April  29-May  2 : 

"The  Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 

RKO1    ALBEE —  (3,300)    (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,200.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

RKO    PALACE— (2,700)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,600.     (Average,  $10,000) 
"Fantasia"  (RKO) 

RKO  SHUBERT— (2,150)  (44c-60c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,S0O.  (Average,  at  33c-40c-50c, 
$10,000) 

"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

RKO  CAPITOL — (2.000)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  4th  week.  Gross:  $6,200.  (Average. 
$5,500) 

"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.  A.) 

RKO     GRAND  —  (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c). 
Gross:  $4,000.    (Average.  $5,000) 
"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 

RKO     LYRIC— (1,400)      (28c-33c-42c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $3,000.     (Average.  $4,500) 
"Unseen  Enemy"  (Univ.) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

RKO  FAMILY — (1.0O&)  (15c-28c)  4 
Gross:  $1,200.    (Average,  $1,200) 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 
"Cadets  on  Parade"  (Col.) 

RKO— FAMILY— (1,000)  (15c-28c)  3 
C.ross:  $800.    (Average,  $800) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

KEITH'S— (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  davs,  3rd 
week.     Gross:  $4,600.     (Average,  $5,000) 


days. 


davs. 


Goddard  on  USO  Tour 

Hollywood,  May  10.— Paulette  God- 
dard will  head  a  troupe  on  a  USO- 
Camp  Shows  tour  beginning  May  18. 
The  tour  of  Army-  and  Navy -camps 
will  last  two  weeks. 


to  the^tikjtion 
Picture 
Industry 


MOTION 


DAILY 


First  in 


1..  51.  NO.  92 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  TUESDAY,  MAY  12,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Price  Warns 
NAB  Meeting 
On  Aid  to  Foe 


U.  S.  Censor  Head  Pleads 
For  Common  Sense 


By  DAVID  I.  RIMMEL 

Cleveland,  May  11. — Indica- 
tions today  were  that  the  four-day 
convention  of  the  National  Associa- 
tion of  Broadcasters  which  started 
here  today  will  be  one  of  the  most 
peaceful  in  years.  Broadcasters  to- 
day heard  a  plea  from  Bvron  Price, 
director  of  the  Office  of  Censorship, 
to  give  the  American  people  com- 
prehensive news  coverage  but  to  be 
ruled  by  common  sense  and  not  to 
aid  the  enemy.  Price  warned  that 
trained  enemy  agents  are  listening 
to  United  States  broadcasts. 

Neville  Miller,  NAB  president, 
avoided   controversial    issues    in  his 

(Continued  on  page  8) 

Republic  Regional 
Starts  Here  Today 

The  first  of  three  regional  sales 
meetings  of  Republic  will  open  here 
today  at  the  New  York  Athletic  Club. 
The  two-day  meeting  will  be  followed 
by  a  second  in  Chicago,  Thursday 
and  Friday,  and  the  third  in  Los  An- 
geles, May  19  and  20. 

James  R.  Grainger,  Republic  Pic- 
tures president,  will  preside  at  the 
sessions  here.  M.  J.  Siegel,  president 
of  Republic  Productions,  will  discuss 
production  plans  for  the  new  season. 

The  following  are  scheduled  to  at- 
tend today's  meetings :  Branch  Man- 

(Continued  on  page  2) 


Jewish  Appeal  to 
Open  Drive  Today 

Industry  executives  today 
at  the  Hotel  Astor  will  attend 
a  luncheon  launching  the  film 
industry's  1942  war  emergency 
campaign  for  the  United  Jew- 
ish Appeal.  Herman  Robbins, 
president  of  National  Screen 
Service,  is  luncheon  commit- 
tee chairman.  Rabbi  Abba 
Hillel  Silver  of  Cleveland,  na- 
tional chairman  of  the  drive, 
will  be  chief  luncheon  speak- 
er. David  Bernstein,  Major 
Albert  Warner  and  Barney 
Balaban  are  amusement  in- 
dustry drive  chairmen. 


Zanuck  in  London  on 
Army  Film  Program 

Dispatches  from  London 
yesterday  stated  that  Col. 
Darryl  F.  Zanuck,  head  of  pro- 
duction for  20th  Century-Fox, 
had  arrived  there  in  his  ca- 
pacity as  producer  of  training 
films  for  the  U.  S.  Army 
Signal  Corps.  It  was  reported 
that  Zanuck  while  in  London 
will  coordinate  the  production 
of  training,  action  and  morale 
films  between  the  United 
States,  Britain  and  Russia, 
and  that  he  hopes  to  film 
Commando-like  operations  by 
the  U.  S.  forces. 


Umpi  Starts  Sales 
Plan  Meet  Today 


Umpi  sessions  which  are  expected 
to  culminate  at  the  end  of  the  week 
in  formal  completion  of  the  industry 
unity  program  and  the  submission  of 
the  proposed  new  selling  plan  to  the 
Department  of  Justice  for  considera- 
tion will  begin  this  morning  at  the 
Warwick  Hotel. 

Jack  Kirsch,  chairman  of  the  Umpi 
trade  practice  committee,  will  arrive 
from  Chicago  this  morning  to  preside 
today  at  a  meeting  of  that  group 
which  is  scheduled  to  complete  its  re- 
port on  Point  5  of  the  unity  program, 
of  which  the  new  selling  plan  is  a 
part.  Kirsch's  committee  will  report 
to  the  Umpi  committee  of  the  whole, 
of  which  William  F.  Rodgers  is  chair- 
man, at  a  meeting  of  the  latter  group 
tomorrow.  The  main  committee  will 
remain  in  session  until  the  entire  unity 
program  has  been  completed  and  ap- 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


WAR  AID  TO  SMALL 
TOWNS  CONSIDERED 


Rodgers  Expected  to  Invite  Trade  Leaders 
To  M-G-M  District  Meeting  to  Present 
Tentative  Remedy  for  Gross  Drop 


By  SAM  SHAIN 

An  invitation  to  industry  leaders  to  attend 
sales  managers 
by  William  F. 


M-G-M's  special  district 
meeting  in  Chicago  on  May  18  is  under  consideration 
Rodgers,  vice-president  in  charge  of  distribution,  it  has 


Alperson  Named  to 
Head  RKO  Theatres, 
Succeeds  Koerner 


Edward  L.  Alperson  yesterday  was 
named  general  manager  of  RKO  thea- 
tres by  George  J.  Schaefer,  RKO 
president. 

Alperson  succeeds  Charles  W. 
Koerner,  who  late  last  week  was  ap- 
pointed general  manager  in  charge  of 
the  RKO  studio,  after  having  served 
as  its  acting  head  for  10  weeks.  Dur- 
ing the  same  period,  Alperson  was 
acting  head  of  operations  for  the  thea- 
tres at  the  home  office.  Alperson's 
appointment  was  indicated  by  Motion 
Picture  Daily  several  weeks  ago. 

Alperson  began  his  career  in  the 
industry  in  1910  as  an  usher  at  the 
Brandeis  Theatre,  Omaha.  He  was 
shipping  clerk  and  later  film  sales- 
man for  Fox  and  First  National  in 
that  city,  and  in  1923  was  made  dis- 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Bronx  Blackout  Affects 
88  Houses:  Others  Set 


Eighty-eight  theatres  for  the  sec- 
ond time  felt  the  box-office  repercus- 
sions of  a  blackout  when  for  20  min- 
utes last  night  the  entire  Bronx  was 
tested  in  one  of  a  series  of  borough- 
wide  demonstrations  which,  accord- 
ing to  official  announcement,  will  be 
followed  by  a  city-wide  test.  The 
blackout  was  from  9:30  to  9:50. 

The  city  already  has  been  covered 
in  11  sectional  blackouts.  The  bor- 
ough of  Richmond  was  fully  covered 
in  one  test,  leaving  three  boroughs 
yet  to  be  darkened  before  the  lights 
go  out  in  the  entire  city. 

The  drill  in  Brooklyn,  which  has  a 


population  of  more  than  3,000,000  and 
about  200  theatres  in  operation,  is  set 
for  tomorrow  night.  The  Manhat- 
tan and  Queens  tests  have  not  been 
scheduled  as  yet  but  are  expected 
some  time  next  week. 

Bronx  theatremen  reported  that 
last  night's  test  produced  less  severe 
effects  on  business  than  previously, 
pointing  out  that  residents'  curiosity 
had  diminished  after  the  first  black- 
out. However,  business  was  substan- 
tially below  normal,  particularly  since 
tickets  could  not  be  sold  during  the 
test  period  when  the  streets  were 
cleared  of  pedestrians. 


been  learned. 

This  meeting,  which  will  be  of 
special  concern  to  the  whole  trade, 
has  been  called  in  order  to  discuss 
ways  and 
means  of  help- 
ing small  town 
exhibitors 
whose  box-of- 
fices have  been 
a  ff  e  c  t  e  d  ad- 
v  e  r  s  e  1  y  be- 
cause of  war 
conditions,  a  s 
shown  by  the 
recent  survey 
made  by  Mo- 
tion Picture 
Daily. 

Rodgers,  i  t 
has  been 
revealed,  has  w 
been  studying 
the  matter  for  some  time  and  it  is  be- 
lieved that  he  has  a  tentative  remedy 
which  he  may  present  for  consideration, 
(Continued  on  page  5) 


F.  Rodgers 


RKO  Stockholders 
To  Meet  on  June  3 

The  first  meeting  of  RKO  stock- 
holders in  10  years  is  scheduled  to  be 
held  at  Dover,  Del.,  June  3,  it  was 
announced  yesterday. 

The  company's  board  of  directors 
yesterday  set  May  23  as  the  record 
date  for  the  determination  of  stock- 
holders entitled  to  notice  of  and  to 
vote  at  the  meeting.    The  company's 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Monogram  Meeting 
To  Open  Tomorrow 

Los  Angeles,  May  11. — Monogram 
will  open  its  10th  anniversary  sales 
convention  at  the  Hotel  Ambassador 
here  Wednesday  morning,  with  fran- 
chise holders  and  branch  managers 
from  all  sections  of  the  country  in  at- 
tendance.  The  meeting  ends  Saturday. 

W.  Ray  Johnston,  president  of  the 
company,  will  preside  at  the  sessions. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  May  12,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  May  11 

LESTER  COWAN,  producer,  has 
checked  in  at  Columbia  to  prepare 
tor  filming  "The  Commandos,"  starring 
Paul  Muni.  C.  S.  Forrester,  who 
wrote  the  original,  will  also  write  the 
script.  Footage  of  Commando  raids 
in  Norway  has  been  turned  over  to 
Columbia  by  the  Norwegian  govern- 
ment in  exile  for  inclusion  in  the  film, 
the  studio  announced. 


W  arner  Bros,  today  announced  the 
start  this  month  of  "Special  Delivery," 
two-reel  subject  in  Technicolor  deal- 
ing with  the  air  force  bombardiers'  at- 
tack on  a  flotilla  of  Japanese  warships, 
and  "Sniffer  Soldiers,"  on  Fort  Mac- 
Arthur's  battalion  of  trained  dog  sen- 
tries. 


Pe  rsonal  Mention 


Sectional  Blackouts 
This  Week  in  Phila. 

Philadelphia,  May  11. — Neighbor- 
hood houses  here  face  a  sectional 
blackout  all  this  week,  the  city's  first 
regional  blackout  held  tonight  between 
10  and  11  P.M..  with  a  different  sec- 
tion of  the  city  blacking  out  at  the 
same  time  each  weekday  night  until 
and  including  Thursday  night.  The 
regional  blackout  will  be  partial  in 
that  it  will  not  be  enforced  on  indus- 
trial plants,  nor  will  street  and  alley 
lights  be  extinguished,  nor  traffic 
halted  as  it  would  be  in  the  event  of 
an  actual  air  raid. 

However,  homes,  schools,  business 
establishments,  institutions  and  all 
places  of  amusement  will  be  required 
either  to  extinguish  lights  or  else  to 
provide  some  screening  so  that  the 
lights  within  will  not  be  visible  from 
the  street. 


N 


ATE  J.  BLUMBERG  arrived 
from  the  Coast  yesterday. 


A.  H.  Blaxk  of  Tri-States  circuit, 
Des  Moines,  is  expected  in  New  York 
today. 

• 

L.  A.  Bonn  of  the  Jules  Brulatour 
office  is  recovering  from  a  major  op- 
eration at  New  York  Hospital. 
• 

Ray  Exolaxd^  manager  of  the  Co- 
lonial  Theatre,    Southington,  Conn., 
has  been  inducted  into  the  Army. 
■  • 

Robert  Harrisox,  son  of  Edward 
Harrison,    manager    of    the  Court 
Square   Theatre,    Springfield,  Mass., 
has  enlisted  in  the  Naval  air  force. 
• 

Liuet.  Jullax  Rifkix,  formerly 
chief  booker  for  Liberty  Theatres 
Corp.,  Springfield,  Mass..  is  the  father 
of  a  son,  born  last  week. 

• 

Paul  Kessler,  manager  of  the  Suf- 
folk Theatre,  Holyoke,  Mass.,  has 
entered  the  Army. 

"  • 

Mortox  Goldsteix,  Columbia 
salesman  in  Philadelphia,  has  entered 
the  officers'  training  school  at  Fort 
Monmouth,  N.  J. 


D 


AVID  O.  SELZNICK  left  for 
the  Coast  over  the  weekend. 


Earle  W,  Sweigert,  Paramount 
district  manager  in  Philadelphia,  this 
week  observes  his  25th  year  with  the 
company. 

• 

Mrs.  Lou  Gordox  of  the  Lock- 
wood-Gordon  circuit  is  recuperating 
at  home  in  New  Haven,  after  an  ill- 
ness. 

• 

Richard  Ettix",  Republic  booker  in 
Buffalo,  has  been  inducted  into  the 
Army. 

• 

Normax  Elsox  leaves  for  Boston 
today. 

• 

Johx  Waddock  of  the  Allyn  The- 
atre, Hartford,  Conn.,  is  in  the  Army. 
• 

Herbert  Given,  Producers  Releas- 
ing branch  manager  in  Philadelphia, 
is.  due  from  the  Coast  this  week. 
• 

Elmer  Wilschke,  head  of  Altec  in 
Philadelphia,  is  expected  to  enter  the 
Army  Signal  Corps  soon. 

• 

Hexri  Elmax  of  Chicago  is  on  the 
Coast. 


Business  Improves 
In  San  Antonio  Area 

Sax  AntoxiOj  May  11. — With  un- 
employment almost  eliminated  here 
through  war  work,  theatre  grosses 
have  shown  a  marked  improvement. 
Numerous  Army  camps  in  the  area 
also  have  increased  attendance  and  the 
use  of  vaudeville  also  is  credited  with 
increasing  receipts.  Restrictions  on 
automobile  use  have  resulted  in  in- 
creased business  in  certain  sections, 
and  in  the  Mexican  quarters  war  work 
has  brought  a  boom  in  grosses. 


Cohn  and  Spingold 
At  Columbia  Studio 

Hollywood,  May  11. — Jack  Cohn, 
Columbia  vice-president,  and  Nate  B. 
Spingold,  home  office  executive,  ar- 
rived from  New  York  today  for  a 
week  or  10  days  of  conferences  with 
studio  officials.  Louis  Barbano, 
Columbia  treasurer,  arrived  here 
earlier. 


Associates'  Board 
To  Meet  Tomorrow 

The  board  of  directors  of  Motion 
Picture  Associates  will  hold  a  meeting 
tomorrow  at  the  Hotel  Lincoln.  Harry 
H.  Buxbaum,  president,  has  called  a 
membership  meeting  for  May  19  at 
the  Hotel  Astor.  It  will  be  a  luncheon 
session. 


Para.  Inaugurates 
Profit-Sharing  Plan 

Paramount  will  inaugurate  a  profit- 
sharing  plan  to  be  participated  in  by 
the  field  sales  force,  Neil  Agnew, 
general  sales  manager,  announced  at 
the  first  of  the  company's  five  regional 
sales  meetings  which  opened  at  the 
Hotel  Pierre  here  yesterday. 

The  plan  is  designed  to  encourage 
more  efficient  selling  and  booking  of 
pictures,  Agnew  said,  and  it  will  be 
administered  by  a  committee  of  dis- 
trict managers  who  will  make  the 
awards.  He  emphasized  that  an  ob- 
jective of  the  plan  is  to  bring  about 
a  better  coordination  of  the  sales 
force  and  give  even'  member  an  op- 
portunity to  share  in  the  department's 
profits. 


Public  Relations  Unit 
Holds  First  Meeting 

The  planning  subcommittee  of  the 
Eastern  Public  Relations  committee 
held  its  first  meeting  yesterday  at 
Dinty  Moore's  and  initial  steps  were 
taken  for  a  long-range  program  of 
industry  public  relations,  a  part  of 
which  will  involve  a  factual  survey  of 
theatre  audiences. 

The  sub-committee  will  make  its 
first  report  to  the  public  relations 
committee  on  Thursday.  Mort  Blu- 
menstock  is  chairman  of  the  sub- 
committee and  Howard  Dietz,  Ken- 
neth Clark  and  Glendon  Allvine  are 
members. 


St.  Louis  Ambassador 
Will  Close  Tomorrow 

St.  Louis,  May  11. — The  Ambas- 
sador, Fanchon  &  Marco,  first  run 
downtown  house  here,  closes  Wednes- 
day night,  probably  for  the  summer, 
because  of  what  theatre  officials  claim 
lack  of  "A"  pictures.  Last-minute  at- 
tempts to  obtain  films  for  the  house 
by  F.  &  M.  officials  in  New  York  are 
understood  to  have  failed.  Arrange- 
ments are  being  made  to  provide  em- 
ployment for  the  50  employes  in  other 
F.  '&  M.  houses. 


Rochester  Defense 
Talks  in  Theatres 

Rochester,  May  11.  —  Through  a 
plan  worked  out  among  theatre  man- 
agers and  the  City  War  Council, 
speakers,  giving  two-minute  talks,  will 
appear  in  every  film  house  in  the  city 
simultaneously  to  speak  on  some  topic 
of  public  importance.  The  speakers, 
from  the  Council  Speaking  Bureau, 
will  appear  at  regular  intervals  to 
speak  on  war  measures. 


Capital  Exhibitors 
Pledge  Drives  Aid 

Washixgtox,  May  11. — Exhibitors 
representing  even-  film  theatre  in 
Washington  and  vicinity  attended  a 
luncheon  today  to  plan  two  campaigns. 
They  are  the  Army-Navy  Relief  drive 
opening  May  14  and  the  War  Bonds 
and  Stamps  drive  to  be  launched 
May  30.  Exhibitors  pledged  unani- 
mous support  to  both  after  hearing 
addresses  by  Lieut.  Allen  Brown, 
U.S.N.,  Col.  John  Taylor,  J.  Clifford 
Folger  of  the  defense  savings  com- 
mittee and  Carter  Barron  of  Loew's. 


Republic  Regional 
Starts  Here  Today 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

agers  Morris  Epstein,  New  York; 
Arthur  Newman.  Albany ;  M.  E.  Mo- 
rey,  Boston ;  Jack  Bellman,  Buffalo ; 
Sam  Seletsky,  New  Haven;  Sam  P. 
Gorrel,  Cleveland;  Max  Gillis,  Phila- 
delphia; J.  H.  Dillon.  Charlotte; 
Merritt  Davis,  Atlanta ;  Harold 
Laird.  Tampa.  Also  franchise  hohia^s 
James  H.  Alexander  and  SansA 
Fineberg.  Pittsburgh,  and  Jake  FcM, 
Washington.  George  Flax,  Washing- 
ton salesman,  also  will  attend. 

Canadian  distributors  of  Republic 
Pictures  will  be  represented  by  A.  W. 
Perry  and  H.  O.  Painter. 

The  home  office  group,  headed  by 
H.  J.  Yates  and  Grainger,  will  in- 
clude G.  C.  Schaefer,  Charles  Reed 
Jones,  W.  L.  Titus,  Jr.,  S.  Borus,  J. 
Pindat,  S.  Dorsey,  H.  Marcus  and  A. 
Schiller.  William  Saal  will  attend 
from  the  studio. 


Review  Sought  of 

Patent  Decision 

Washixgtox,  May  11. — A  Su- 
preme Court  review  of  lower  court 
decisions  on  validity  of  patents  on  a 
"contour"  theatre  curtain  was  asked 
today  by  Francis  E.  Weidhaas,  inven- 
tor, who  is  suing  Loew's.  Inc.,  and 
Metro-Goldwyn  Corp.  for  alleged  in- 
fringement. 

Weidhaas'  patents  were  held  valid 
by  the  trial  court,  but  that  decision 
was  reversed  by  the  Second  Circuit 
Court  of  Appeals,  which  upheld  Loew's 
contention  that  the  patents  did  not 
cover  a  new  invention  and  were  in- 
valid. 

The  patents  at  issue  covered  a  the- 
atre curtain  of  such  fullness  and  de- 
sign as  to  permit  its  being  draped  in 
various  contours. 


Rites  for  Mrs.  Brand 

Hollywood,  May  11.  —  Funeral 
services  were  held  here  yesterday  for 
Mrs.  Celia  Brand,  72,  mother  of  Har- 
ry Brand,  studio  publicity  and  adver- 
tising head  for  20th  Centun-Fox. 
She  is  also  survived  by  three  other 
sons.  Burial  was  in  Beth  Olam 
Cemeten'. 


Yacht  Goes  to  Navy 

Norfolk,  Va.,  May  11. — William  S. 
Wilder,  operator  of  the  Wilder  Circuit 
here,  has  turned  over  his  57-foot  yacht 
to  the  U.  S.  Navy. 


Harthill  to  Retain 
Mono.  Indp's  Post 

Chicago,  May  11.— Carl  Harthill, 
for  many  years  Indianapolis  manager 
for  Monogram,  will  be  retained  in  that 
post,  it  was  announced  today  by  Ink- 
ing W.  Mandel,  new  Illinois-Indiana 
franchise  holder  for  the  company. 
Mandel  left  today  to  attend  the  com- 
pany's sales  convention  on  the  Coast. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

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BETTE  DAVIS 
OLIVIA  de  HAVILLAND 
GEORGE  BRENT 
DENNIS  MORGAN 

"IN  THIS  OUR  LIFE" 

with  CHARLES  COBURN 
Frank  Craven  •  Billie  Burke 

Directed  by  JOHN  HUSTON 
Screen  Play  by  Howard  Koch  •  Based 
Upon  the  Novel  by  Ellen  Glasgow 
Music  by  Max  Steiner 


And  Oh!  Those  Raves! 

"As  finely  a  finished  product 
as  any  to  come  from  the 
Warner  Studio."  —Daily  News 

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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  May  12,  1942 


Reviews 


"This  Above  All" 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

"Hp  HIS  Above  All"  ranks  high  as  moving  dramatic  material,  a  human 

A  story  which  will  touch  many  a  heart.  Eric  Knight's  story  of  Eng- 
land after  Dunkirk  from  which  the  picture  was  taken  was  a  best  selling 
novel  and  a  condensation  appeared  in  a  national  magazine,  so  there 
would  appear  to  be  a  ready  audience  for  the  film. 

Tyrone  Power  turns  in  one  of  his  best  performances  as  the  young 
volunteer  who  joined  England's  fighting  forces  the  day  war  was  de- 
clared and  covered  himself  with  glory  at  Dunkirk.  Disillusioned  because 
he  believes  the  old  conditions  and  poverty  will  return  after  this  war  is 
over,  he  deserts.  Joan  Fontaine  is  at  her  best  as  the  daughter  of 
an  aristocratic  family  who  rejects  an  opportunity  to  take  a  privileged  job 
to  serve  as  a  private  in  the  Women's  Auxiliary  Air  Force. 

They  are  surrounded  by  a  fine  supporting  cast — Thomas  Mitchell, 
Henry  Stephenson,  Nigel  Bruce,  Gladys  Cooper,  Philip  Merivale,  Sara 
Allgood,  Alexander  Knox  and  other  excellent  performers. 

Miss  Fontaine  and  Power  meet  on  a  blind  date  in  a  blackout  and 
form  a  fast  friendship.  Power  gives  no  inkling  of  his  background  and 
Miss  Fontaine  does  not  ask  for  a  while.  Impulsively,  she  accompanies 
him  to  a  seaside  resort  during  her  furlough.  They  take  adjoining 
rooms,  although  the  relationship  is  kept  on  moral  grounds.  From 
Power's  buddy  (Thomas  Mitchell)  Miss  Fontaine  learns  of  Powers' 
bravery  and  subsequent  desertion.  They  urge  him  to  return  but  he  re- 
jects their  plea  because  his  intellect  tells  him  that  the  war  is  not  worth 
fighting.  Ultimately,  after  running  away,  his  faith  is  restored  in  a  little 
country  rectory  and  he  resolves  to  give  himself  up. 

Once  more,  he  proves  his  bravery  by  his  actions  during  a  bombing. 
He  suffers  a  brain  injury,  and  Miss  Fontaine's  surgeon  father  (Philip 
Merivale)  restores  him  to  health  and  witnesses  their  marriage. 

Darryl  F.  Zanuck's  production  is  one  which  is  likely  to  restore  the 
faith  of  many  moved  by  the  same  doubts  as  the  story's  principal  char- 
acter. The  direction  by  Anatol  Litvak  emphasizes  the  human  elements 
of  the  story. 

Running  time,  109  minutes.   "A."*  Edward  Greif 


*"A"  denotes  adult  classification. 


"Let's  Get  Tough" 

(Monogram) 

Hollywood,  May  11 

r  I  '  HE  thing  the  East  Side  Kids  get  tough  about  this  time  is  a  ring  of 
Japanese  saboteurs  whose  operations  they  find  themselves  en- 
meshed in  and  set  out  to  liquidate  by  such  means  and  methods  as  they 
know  how  to  apply.  A  major  murder  and  two  slight  cases  of  hari  kari 
occur  before  the  kids  personally  capture  the  culprits  by  invading  a  secret 
session  of  the  Black  Dragon  society  and  knocking  the  daylights  out  of 
all  present. 

The  kids  are  Leo  Gorcey,  Bobby  Jordan,  Huntz  Hall,  Gabriel  Dell, 
David  Gorcey,  Bobby  Stone  and  Sunshine  Sammy  Morrison.  Adult 
players  participating  are  Tom  Brown,  Robert  Armstrong,  Florence  Rice, 
Jerry  Bergen,  Sam  Bernard  and  Phil  Ahn,  assaying  a  somewhat  higher 
content  of  marquee  value  than  is  par  for  the  series  course. 

The  screenplay  by  Harvey  Gates  has  situations  more  to  the  measure  of 
the  juvenile  observer  than  the  grownup  but  plentifully  stocked  with  in- 
centive for  despising  the  Japanese.  Sam  Katzman  and  Jack  Dietz  pro- 
duced, with  Barney  A.  Sarecky  serving  as  associate,  and  direction  is  by 
Wallace  Fox. 

Running  time,  62  minutes.    "G."*  Roscoe  Williams 


Studios  Start 
On  7  Films;  36 
Now  Shooting 

Hollywood,  May  11.  —  Thirty-six 
pictures  were  before  the  cameras  this 
week,  as  seven  were  started  and  five 
finished.  Thirty-one  were  being  pre- 
pared and  74  were  being  edited. 

Paramount  was  the  busiest  studio, 
with  seven  in  work. 

The  tally  by  studio : 

Columbia 

Finished :  "Fingers." 
In  Work :  "Blondie  for  Victory." 
Started:  "Shot  Gun  Guard." 
M-G-M 

In  Work :  "Random  Harvest," 
"Tish,"  "For  Me  and  My  Gal," 
"Cairo,"  "Seven  Girls,"  "A  Yank  at 
Eton." 

Monogram 

In  Work :  "Texas  Trouble  Shoot- 
ers." 

Started:  "Lure  of  the  Islands." 

P.  R.  C. 

Started:  "Tumbleweed  Trail." 

Paramount 

In  Work :  "Lady  Bodyguard,"  "I 
Married  a  Witch,"  "Wake  Island," 
"Happy-Go-Lucky,"  "Silver  Queen," 
"The  Major  and  the  Minor,"  "Great 
Without  Glory"  (formerly  "Triumph 
Over  Pain"). 

RKO 

In  Work :  "The  Big  Street." 

Republic 

Finished:  "The  Phantom  Plains- 
men," "Moonlight  Masquerade." 

In  Work :  "Flying  Tigers,"  "Lazy- 
bones." 

20th  Century-Fox 

Finished :  "Thunder  Birds." 

In  Work :  "12  Men  in  a  Box,"  "The 
Black  Swan,"  "Iceland,"  "Orchestra 
Wife,"  "The  Pied  Piper. 

Started:  "Berlin  Correspondent." 

Universal 

Finished :  "Timber." 

In  Work :  "The  Silver  Bullet,  "In- 
visible Agent,"  "Love  and  Kisses, 
Caroline." 

Started :  "Sherlock  Holmes  Saves 
London,"  "Deep  in  the  Heart  of 
Texas,"  "I  Want  to  Dance." 

Warners 

In  Work  :  "Now,  Voyager,"  "George 
Washington  Slept  Here,"  "The  Hard 
Way." 

'Fantasia'  at  $5,500 
Oklahoma  City  High 

Oklahoma  City,  May  11. — "Fan- 
tasia" played  to  excellent  business  at 
the  State  with  $5,500,  while  "The 
Fleet's  In"  at  the  Criterion  drew 
$4,900. 

Estimated  receipts  of  the  week  end- 
ing May  6: 

"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

CRITERION— (1 ,50)   (20c-25c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,900.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.B.) 
"Under  Fiesta  Skies"  (Rep.) 

LIBERTY  —  (1,200)     (20c-25c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $2,000).    (Average,  $2,400) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

MIDWEST — (1,500)    (20c-25c-40c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $4,000.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Fantasia"  (RKO) 

STATE  —  (1,100)     (20c-25c-40c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $5,500.    (Average,  $3,500) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

TOWER— (1,000)  (20c-25c-40c)  7  days, 
moved  from  Criterion.  Gross:  $2,400. 
(Average,  $1,750) 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 

Legion  Approves 
Eight  New  Pictures 

Eight  of  nine  new  pictures  reviewed 
by  the  National  League  of  Decency 
for  the  current  week  have  been  ap- 
proved, three  for  general  patronage 
and  five  for  adults,  while  one  was 
classified  as  objectionable  in  part.  The 
new  films  and  their  classification 
follow. 

Class  A-l,  Unobjectionable  for  Gen- 
eral Patronage  —  "Boothill  Bandits," 
"Escape  from  Hong  Kong,"  "Pacific 
Rendezvous."  Class  A-2,  Unobjec- 
tionable for  Adults — "Bride  of  Bud- 
dha," "Broadway,"  "Dr.  Broadway," 
"This  Above  All,"  "Tortilla  Flat." 
Class  B,  Objectionable  in  Part— "The 
Corpse  Vanishes." 


'Favorite  Blonde' 
Is  Strong  in  Omaha 

Omaha,  May  11.  —  "My  Favorite 
Blonde"  and  "Fly  by  Night"  grossed 
$11,400  at  the  Omaha.  The  weather 
was  cool  and  rainy. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  5-6: 

"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.B.) 
"Always  hi  My  Heart"  (W.B.) 

BRANDEIS  —  (1,200)    (30c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $3,900.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Fly  by  Night"  (Para.) 

OMAHA — (2,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$11,400.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM  —  (3,000)  (40c-55c)  7  days. 
Stage:  Henry  Busse's  orchestra.  Gross: 
$14,200.     (Average,  $14,000) 


'Fleet,'  Krupa 
Chicago  High 
With  $43,000 


Chicago,  May  11.  —  The  Chicago, 
with  "The  Fleet's  In"  and  Gene  Krupa 
and  Connie  Boswell  on  the  stage,  »iH 
$43,000,  and  the  Oriental,  with  suTl 
Garber's  orchestra  and  "AfFairs'TTfl 
Jimmy  Valentine"  took  $20,000. 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  in  second  week 
at  State-Lake  drew  $17,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  7 : 

"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.A.) 

APOLLO— (1,400)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $6,000.  (Average.  $5,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

CHICAGO  —  (4,000)   (35c-55c-75c)  7  days. 
Stage:  Gene  Krupa  orchestra,  Connie  Bos- 
well.   Gross:   $43,000.    (Average,  $32,000) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para,) 
"Henry  and  Dizzy"  (Para.) 

GARRICK  —  (1,000)     (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $6,000.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"Affairs  of  Jimmy  Valentine"  (Rep.) 

ORIENTAL— (3,200)    (27c-31c-40c-50c)  7 
days.     Stage:    Jan    Garber    band.  Gross: 
$2<i,000.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"What's  Cookim'  "  (Univ.)  6  days 
"The  Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"A  Date  With  the  Falcon"  (RKO)  1  day 

PALACE  —  (2,500)    (40c-50c-68c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $12,500.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 
"Among  the  Living"  (Para.) 

5  days,  2nd  week 
"Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.A.) 
"Hay  Foot"  (U.A.)  2  days 

ROOSEVELT— (1,500)    (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,000.    (Average.  $11,000) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 

STATE-LAKE— (3,700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $17,500.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"Jungle  Book"  (U.A.)  1  day,  4th  week 
"Fantasia"  (RKO)  6  days 

UNITED  ARTISTS — (1,700)  (35c-55c-65c- 
75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $11,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"Mystery  of  Marie  Roget"  (Univ.) 
"Drums  of  The  Congo"  (Univ.)  5  days 
"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 
"Sing  Yovr  Worries  Away"  (RKO)  2  days 
WOODS— (1,200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $9,000. 


'Kings  Row'  Takes 
$12,100,  Milwaukee 


Milwaukee,  May  11. — "Kings 
Row"  and  "Brooklyn  Orchid"  took 
$12,100  at  the  Warner.  Wayne  King's 
orchestra  with  the  picture  "Honolulu 
Lu"  colected  $16,300  at  the  River- 
side. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  5-7 : 

"Kings  Row"  (W.B.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.A.) 

WARNER— (2,400)    (33c-44c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $12,100.    (Average,  $4,500). 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"No  Hands  on  the  Clock"  (Para.) 

PALACE— (2,400)  (44c-60c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$6,400.    (Average.  $4,000) 
"Honolulu  Lu"  (Col.) 

RIVERSIDE— (2,700)  (44c-60c)  7  days. 
Stage,  Wayne  King.  Gross:  $16,300.  (Aver- 
age, $6,500) 

"Seng  of  the  Islands"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 

STRAND— (1,400)      (44c-65c)      7  days. 
Gross:  $2,200.    (Average,  $1,500) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

WISCONSIN — (3,200)  (44c-60c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,800.    (Average,  $5,500) 


Stage  Show  in  Columbus 

Columbus,  O.,  May  11.— The  RKO 
Palace,  which  recently  discontinued 
stage  shows  in  favor  of  double  fea- 
tures, will  play  Earl  Carroll's  Vani- 
ties, May  18-20,  with  a  film.  The 
house  now  plays  stage  shows  oc- 
casionally. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


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'Blonde'  Providence 
High  Spot  at  $11,000 

Providence,  May  11— The  Strand, 
with  "My  Favorite  Blonde"  and  "A 
Tragedy  at  Midnight"  grossed  $11,000. 
The  RKO-Albee's  dual,  "The  Spoil- 
ers" and  "Butch  Minds  the  Baby," 
drew  $8,700. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ir£_May  6-7 : 

"/     ^..pollers"  (Univ.) 

Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

RKO-ALBEE— (2,239)      (2«c-39c-50c)  7 
Mays.    Gross:  $8,700.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Gone  With  the  Wind"  (M-G-M)  (revival) 

LOEW'S  STATE— (3,232)    (28c-39c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $11,000.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"Rings  On  Her  Fingers"  (20*h-Fox) 
"Whispering  Ghosts"  (2©th-Fox) 
'     MAJESTIC— (2,250)   (28c-39c-50c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $6,900.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Tragedy  at  Midnight"  (Rep.) 

STRAND  —  (2,200)    (28c-39c-50c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $11,000.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Mississippi  Gambler"  (Univ.) 

FAY'S— (1,800)  (20c-33c-44c)  7  days.  Stage 
show  with  Whitey  Roberts;  Bert  Burton's 
Birds;  Morris  and  Morris;  Garner  and 
Wilson;  Linda  Moody;  Hudson  and  Sharel; 
Al  Jahns  orchestra.  Gross:  $4,300.  (Aver- 
age, $5,000) 

"Man  With  Two  Lives"  (Mono.) 

METROPOLITAN  —  (3,045)  (30c-35c-55c- 
75c)  3  days.  Stage  show  with  Les  Brown's 
orchestra;  Betty  Bonney,  Ralph  Young  and 
Butch  Stone;  Happy  Felton;  Shirley 
Wayne,  and  the  Carr  Brothers.  Gross: 
$5,400.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

CARLTON— (1,526)    (28c-39c-50c)   7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $2,900.    (Average,  $3,500) 
"To  Be  Or  Not  To  Be"  (U.A.)  3  days 
"A  Gentleman  at  Heart"  (20th-Fox)  3  days. 
"Gentlemen  After  Dark"  (U.A.)  4  days 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.)  4  days 

EMPIRE—  (1,200)  (20c-28c)  2nd  run. 
Gross:  $1,900.    (Average,  $2,000) 


'America9  and  Show 
$10,000,  Kansas  City 

Kansas  City,  May  11.  —  "Young 
America"  and  a  Major  Bowes  unit  at 
the  Tower  drew  $10,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  7 : 

"The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 

ESQUIRE — (800)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$3,500.    (Average,  $2,400) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

MIDLAND  —  (3,600)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $11,000.    (Average,  $8,500) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.B.) 

NEWMAN— (1,900)  (30c-44c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:   $10,000.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.B.) 
"Bullet  Scars"  (W.B.) 

ORPHEUM— (1,900)  (30e-44c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $4,000.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"Young  America"  (2ttth-Fox) 

TOWER— (2,200)    (30c-50c)    7   days.  On 
stage:    Major    Bowes    1942   Revue.  Gross: 
$10,000.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 

UPTOWN  —  (2,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,000.    (Average,  $4,000) 


Alperson  Named  to 
Head  RKO  Circuit 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

trict  manager  for  Preferred  Pictures. 
Subsequently,  he  became  branch  man- 
ager, then  Midwest  district  manager 
at  Kansas  City  for  Warners.  In  1929 
he  became  assistant  to  Spyros  Skou- 
ras  in  charge  of  film  buying  for  War- 
ner Theatres  in  New  York,  and  in 
1931  was  named  Warner  general  sales, 
manager. 

The  following  year  he  joined  Skou- 
ras  Theatres  in  charge  of  film  buying. 
In  1936  he  helped  organize  and  was 
president  of  Grand  National  Films, 
now  defunct.  He  joined  Fox-Mid- 
wesco,  subsidiary  of  Fox  West  Coast, 
in  1940,  as  film  buyer,  and  subsequently 
joined  RKO  theatres  in  charge  of  film 
buying. 


War  Aid  to  Small  Towns 
Is  Considered  by  Rodgers 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

subject  to  discussion  at  this  meeting. 

The  survey  conducted  by  Motion 
Picture  Daily,  and  published  in  the 
issue  of  May  4  and  subsequently,  in- 
dicated that  while  big-city  business 
has  increased  to  a  marked  extent  as  a 
result  of  the  entry  of  the  United 
States  into  the  war,  and  the  resulting 
industrial  war  effort,  small  town  thea- 
tres have  suffered  losses. 

The  exhibitors  in  the  smaller  com- 
munities for  the  most  part  attribute 
the  decline  in  their  grosses  to  two 
major  factors.  The  first  is  the  draft- 
ing of  young  men  into  the  armed 
services,  and  the  second  is  the  migra- 
tion of  workers  and  their  families 
from  the  small  localities  to  the  large 
metropolitan  centers  where  war  indus- 
tries are  going  full  blast  and  in  need 
of  men. 

The  extent  to  which  small  com- 
munities have  lost  population  is  indi- 
cated in  the  fact  that  some  of  the 
industrial  centers  have  doubled  their 
populations  within  the  past  year,  with 
consequent  heavy  loss  in  neighboring 
small  localities. 

It  also  was  indicated  by  the  survey 
that  in  rural  and  agricultural  areas, 
tire,  gasoline  and  other  restrictions 
on  the  use  of  automobiles  have 
served  to  prevent  many  farm  families 
from  attending  the  theatres  in  neigh- 
boring towns  to  the  same  extent  as 
before. 


K-A-0  Quarter  Net 
Is  Up  to  $335,286 

Keith-Albee-Orpheum  Corp.  and 
subsidiaries  yesterday  reported  net 
profit  of  $335,286  for  the  13  weeks 
ended  April  4,  1942.  Profit  for  the 
corresponding  quarter  last  year  was 
$236,679. 

The  RKO  theatre  company's  profit 
before  provision  for  depreciation  and 
income  taxes  for  the  1942  quarter 
was  $747,696,  compared  with  $492,374 
last  year.  Depreciation  charges  for 
the  quarter  were  $158,816,  compared 
with  $162,798.  Provision  for  Federal 
incomes  taxes  was  computed  at  a  40 
per  cent  rate  for  the  1942  quarter  and 
amounted  to  $253,594,  compared  with 
a  24  per  cent  rate  amounting  to 
$92,896  for  1941. 

Umpi  Starts  Sales 
Plan  Meet  Today 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

proved.    This  is  expected  by  Friday. 

Ed  Kuykendall,  MPTOA  presi- 
dent ;  H.  A.  Cole,  national  Allied 
States  director,  and  Hugh  Bruen  of 
the  PCCITO,  arrived  yesterday  for 
the  meetings.  Other  out-of-town  mem- 
bers of  the  committees  are  expected 
to  arrive  today.  Fred  Wehrenberg, 
MPTOA  director  and  member  of  the 
Umpi  group,  will  be  unable  to  attend 
the  sessions  because  of  arbitration 
hearings  at  St.  Louis  in  which  some 
of  his  theatres  are  involved. 


Sidney  Sear  les  Dies 

Des  Moines,  May  11. — Sidney  A. 
Searles,  47,  stage  manager  at  Tri- 
States  Paramount  Theatre  and  secre- 
tary of  Local  67,  died  of  a  heart  attack 
at  his  home  here.  Survivors  are  his 
wife  and  an  aunt. 


RKO  Stockholders 
To  Meet  on  June  3 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

annual  financial  report  for  1941,  which 
will  show  a  net  profit  for  the  com- 
pany's operations  for  last  year,  will 
be  mailed  to  stockholders  with  notice 
of  the  meeting  about  May  19. 

No  meetings  of  RKO  stockholders 
were  held  after  1933,  when  the  com- 
pany went  into  reorganization.  In- 
asmuch as  the  company's  present  di- 
rectors were  named  by  the  court  to 
serve  two-year  terms  on  the  emerg- 
ence from  reorganization  in  1940,  no 
meeting  of  stockholders  was  held  last 
year.  It  was  reported  that  this  year's 
meeting  will  be  asked  to  elect  a  small- 
er number  of  directors  than  the  pres- 
ent 13. 

The  new  board  is  scheduled  to  meet 
shortly  after  the  stockholders'  meet- 
ing to  elect  new  RKO  officers. 


Jacocks  Is  Candidate 

New  Haven,  May  11. — The  candi- 
dacy of  Irving  C.  Jacocks,  Jr.,  Con- 
necticut MPTO  president,  for  the 
Republican  nomination  for  Congress- 
man has  been  announced.  Jacocks 
operates  theatres  in  Branford  and  East 
Haven. 


Studios  Discuss  Plan 
For  Transport  Pool 

Hollywood,  May  11. — A  definite 
move  toward  pooling  transportation 
facilities  of  the  studios  was  made  to- 
day at  two  meetings,  one  of  studio 
transportation  department  heads  and 
another  of  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  Association  of  Motion  Picture 
Producers. 

The  transportation  heads,  discussing 
the  recent  order  of  Transportation 
Director  Joseph  P.  Eastman  limiting- 
deliveries  and  cutting  mileage  on  rub- 
ber borne  vehicles,  decided  an  effort 
should  be  made  to  devise  a  plan  under 
which  all  studios  would  handle  trans- 
portation problems  for  themselves  and 
allied  industries. 

William  S.  Holman,  RKO  studio 
manager,  was  named  chairman  of  the 
department  heads,  who  will  meet  later 
this  week  to  start  a  survey  of  facilities 
on  hand  and  their  future  availability. 

The  AMPP  directors  discussed  the 
recent  War  Production  Board  limita- 
tion of  $5,000  on  new  materials  for 
studio  sets  and  some  basis  of  conserv- 
ing film  and  other  materials. 


April  Conn.  Ticket 
Revenue  Is  $8,984 

Hartford,  May  11.  —  Connecticut 
State  Tax  Commissioner  Charles  J. 
McLaughlin  has  announced  that  re- 
ceipts from  the  state's  amusement  tax 
during  April  amounted  to  $8,984,  as 
compared  with  $8,868  for  April,  1941. 


ANTON  WALBR00K 
SALLY  GRAY 

BRIAN  DESMOND  HURST-D.vecfor 

Original  Story  and  Screen  ploy  by  TERENCE  YOUNG 

R   REPUBLIC  PICTURE 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  May  12,  1942 


Theatres  Act  Today 
On  Stagehands'  Pact 

The  board  of  governors  of  the 
League  of  New  York  Theatres  will 
meet  today  to  consider  granting  retro- 
active pay  increases  to  Feb.  1  for  the 
stagehands  and  to  consider  raises  for 
others  working  in  shops  on  scenery, 
electrical  effects,  sound  equipment  and 
properties.  Pay  increases  effective 
yesterday  were  granted  to  the  stage- 
hands' union,  raising  pay  of  grips, 
cleaners,  and  operators  from  $54  to 
$58  weekly,  and  $87.50  from  $82.50 
for  carpenters,  electricians  and  prop- 
erty men,  but  the  retroactive  feature 
is  still  under  discussion. 

New  officers  of  the  Stagehands' 
Union,  Local  1,  elected  Sunday  night 
are  Joseph  Dwyer,  president ;  Bernard 
Quatrochi,  chairman  of  the  board  of 
trustees ;  George  Fitzgerald,  vice- 
president  ;  John  C.  McDowell,  secre- 
tary ;  John  J.  Garvey,  financial  secre- 
tary-treasurer, and  Solly  Pernick  and 
Vincent  Jacobi,  business  agents. 

Drama  League  Will 
Make  Awards  Today 

At  a  luncheon  at  the  Hotel  Pierre 
today,  the  Drama  League  of  New 
York  will  present  its  annual  award, 
the  Delia  Austrian  medal,  for  the 
"most  distinguished  performance  of 
the  season."  The  name  of  the  winner 
will  not  be  disclosed  until  the  actual 
presentation.  The  league  also  will 
present  awards  for  the  best  perform- 
ance in  a  supporting  role,  the  best  per- 
formance by  a  young  actor,  and  for 
the  performance  which  "has  given  au- 
diences the  most  pleasure." 

Otto  Kruger  will  be  master  of  cere- 
monies at  the  affair,  Paul  Muni  will 
make  the  presentation. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

Rockefeller  Center 


ALFRED  HITCHCOCK'S 

SABOTEUR 


ft 


Priscilla  Lane  -   Robert  Cummings 
A  Universal  Picture 
Gala  Stage  Revue  -  Symphony  Orchestra 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved      Circle  6-4600 


Paramount  Presents 

Barbara  Stanwyck   -  -  Joel  McCrea  £ 

"THE 

Qreat  Man's  Lady" 

(IN  PERSON) 

CLAUDE  THORNHILL  and  band 
Extra  CAROL  BRUCE 


PARAMOUNT  s™er8e 


Rita  Victor 

HAYWORTH    •  MATURE 

"MY  GAL  SAL" 

IN  TEOHNICOLOR 
PLUS    A    BIG    p  Q     Y    7th  Ave* 


STAGE  SHOW 


&  50th  St. 


B'WA  V  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


GENE  TIERNEY— HENRY  FONDA 

'RINGS  ii.  FINGERS' 


"MURDER  IN  THE  BIG  HOUSE" 


USO  Inaugurates  Drive; 
Will  Expand  Recreation 


United  Service  Organizations,  Inc., 
yesterday  opened  its  national  cam- 
paign for  §32,000,000  to  support  a 
greatly  expanded  program  of  provid- 
ing entertainment,  recreational  facili- 
ties and  other  services  for  the  armed 
forces.  The  USO  plans  to  have  900 
clubhouses  and  smaller  units  in  opera- 
tion by  the  end  of  the  yean  Louis 
B.  Mayer  is  national  vice-chairman  of 
the  USO  drive. 

John  U.  Rockefeller,  Jr.,  spoke  on 
behalf  of  the  drive  last  night  in  a 
15-minute  broadcast  over  the  Mutual 
network,  emanating  from  Chicago. 
Rockefeller  has  donated  $200,000  to 
the  fund,  it  was  reported  by  Pres- 
cott  S.  Bush,  national  chairman. 

Drive  Dinner  at  Astor 

The  greater  New  York  drive  was 
formally  launched  last  night  with  a 
dinner  at  the  Hotel  Astor,  at  which 
Mayor  LaGuardia,  Thomas  E.  Dewey 
and  Mrs.  Dwight  Morrow  were 
guests,  and  Lieut.  Gen.  Henry  M. 
Arnold,  commanding  general  of  the 
Army  Air  Forces,  was  principal 
speaker.  This  was  followed  by  a 
special  USO  camp  show,  arranged  by 
Harry  Delmar,  production  chief  of 
Camp  Shows,  Inc.  On  the  program 
were  a  number  of  screen,  stage  and 
radio  personalities,  including  Bert 
Lytell,  Stan  Kavanaugh,  the  Gae  Fos- 
ter Girls,  Marlene  Dietrich,  Lawrence 
Tibbett,  Jane  Froman  and  Claude 
Thornhill. 


Times  Square  Rally 
To  Start  Bond  Drive 

A  rally  in  Times  Square  on  May 
29  is  planned  to  launch  the  motion 
picture  industry's  nationwide  war 
bond  and  stamp  sale  drive,  which  will 
start  the  following  day. 

Plans  for  the  rally  were  discussed 
yesterday  at  a  meeting  in  the  office  of 
Si  Fabian,  campaign  director.  Mayor 
LaGuardia  will  head  the  speakers'  list 
and  all  film  players  in  New  York  at 
the  time  are  scheduled  to  participate. 
The  drive  will  be  started  with  per- 
sonal subscriptions  for  war  bonds  by 
industry  leaders. 


week 


days. 


'Wind'  Draws  High 
$17,000,  Baltimore 

Baltimore,  May  11. — Business  was 
slightly  below  recent  weeks,  managers 
attributing  the  slack  to  an  early  hot 
spell  and  the  races  opening  at  Pimlico. 
"Gone  With  the  Wind,"  playing  a  re- 
turn engagement  at  Loew's  Centurv, 
drew  $17,000. 

Estimated   receipts    for  the 
ending  May  7  : 

"Gene  With'  the  Wind"  (M-G-M) 

CENTURY — (3.000)  (40c-55c)  7 
Gross:  $17,000.  (Average.  $10,000) 
"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.A.) 

KEITH'S— (2,406)  (15c-28c-33c-44c  and 
55<r  weekends)  7  days.  Gross:  $12,000. 
(Average,  $9,000) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 

NEW — (1,581)  (15c-28c-35c-55c)  7  days,  2d 
week.    Gross:  $9,000.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 

STANLEY— (3.280)  (15c-28c-39c-44c-55c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $10,500.     (Average.  $12,000) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 

HIPPODROME— (2.205)  (15c-28c-39c-44c- 
55c-66c)  7  days.  Stage  show  featuring  the 
Little  Tough  Guys,  Dolly  Dawn.  Archie 
Robbins  and  Lowe,  Hite  and  Stanley. 
Gross:  $15,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (2flth-Fox) 

MAYFAIR—f  1.000)  (20c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,500.     (Average,  $6,000). 


Theatre  Wing  Board 
Totals   39  Members 


All  branches  of  the  entertainment 
industry  are  now  represented  on  the 
board  of  the  American  Theatre  Wing 
War  Service,  Inc.,  which  has  in- 
creased the  number  of  its  directors 
from  15  to  39,  it  was  disclosed. 

The  new  directorate  consists  of 
Vera  Allen,  Edward  Arnold,  Brooks 
Atkinson,  Mrs.  Martin  Beck,  Kermit 
Bloomgarden,  Ilka  Chase,  Jane  Cowl, 
Rachel  Crothers,  Morton  Downey, 
Vinton  Freedley,  John  Golden,  Helen 
Hayes,  George  Heller,  Emily  Holt, 
Mrs.  Josephine  Hull,  Vincent  Jacobi, 
Abe  Lastfogel,  Gertrude  Lawrence, 
Alfred  Lunt,  Bert  Lytell,  Fred  Mar- 
shall, Helen  Menken,  Gilbert  Miller, 
Warren  Munsell,  Brock  Pemberton, 
Antoinette  Perry,  Solly  Pernick, 
James  Petrillo,  James  F.  Reilly,  Ar- 
thur Richman,  Jacob  Rosenberg,  J. 
Robert  Rubin,  Oliver  Sayler,  Morrie 
Seamon,  Lee  Shubert,  Niles  Tram- 
mell,  Richard  F.  Walsh,  Dwight 
Deere  Wiman  and  Blanche  Wither 
spoon. 


Rites  for  Weber  to 
Be  Held  in  Hollywood 

Hollywood,  May  11.  —  Funeral 
services  for  Joseph  M.  "Joe"  Weber, 
74,  of  Weber  and  Fields,  comedians, 
who  died  here  yesterday,  are  expected 
to  be  held  here  tomorrow.  He  had 
requested  that  rites  be  private  and 
unannounced.  His  widow,  the  former 
Lillian  Friedman,  survives. 

Weber  formed  one  of  America's  top 
comedy  teams  with  the  late  Lew 
Fields.  They  also  produced  stage  and 
minstrel  shows  and  at  one  time  oper- 
ated a  few  theatres.  They  appeared 
in  three  motion  pictures  during  their 
joint  career,  the  last  being  "Lillian 
Russell"  for  20th  Century-Fox,  in 
1940,  for  which  they  came  out  of 
retirement. 


'Blonde'  New  Haven 
Winner  With  $8,000 

New  Haven,  May  11. — "My  Favo- 
rite Blonde"  and  "Torpedo  Boat"  at 
the  Paramount  took  $8,000.  "Rings 
on  Her  Fingers"  and  Dr.  Kildare's 
Victory"  at  the  College  took  $4,300. 
The  dimout  hurt  business. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  6 : 

"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (20th-Fox) 
"Dr.    Kildare's    Victory"  (M-G-M) 

COLLEGE— (1.627)      (40c-50c)     7  davs. 
Gross:   $4,300.     (Average.  $2,800) 
"Gone  With  the  Wind"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW-POLI—  (3.005)    (44c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $6,000.     (Average,  S8,0CO» 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Torpedo  Boat"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2.373)    (40-50c)    7  davs. 
Gross:  $8,000.     (Average.  S4,600) 
"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 
"Dumbo"  (RKO) 

ROGER  SHERMAX— (2,067)  (40c-50c)  7 
days.     Gross:  S6.100.     (Average,  $5,200) 


C  ormanArbitrationClerk 

E.  W.  Corman  has  been  named 
clerk  of  the  industry  arbitration  tri- 
bunal at  Albany,  succeeding  John 
Rawson,  resigned,  it  was  announced 
yesterday  by  James  Murphy,  head  of 
the  motion  picture  division  of  the 
American  Arbitration  Association. 


New  Pictures  Open 
Well  on  Broadway; 
'This  Our  Life'  Big 


Most  of  Broadway's  larger  first 
runs  had  a  good  weekend,  as  neither 
rain  Saturday  nor  warm  weather 
Sunday  discouraged  attendance  to*?y 
extent.  It  was  rather  slow  at  IsiJh  * 
which  had  holdovers,  however. 

Warners  "In  This  Our  Life,"  with 
Jimmy  Dorsey's  orchestra  on  the 
stage,  gave  the  Strand  record  busi- 
ness, according  to  home  office  reports, 
estimated  at  $30,600  for  Friday 
through  Sunday.  "Saboteur"  with  the 
stage  presentation  at  the  Radio  City 
Music  Hall  grossed  an  estimated  $61,- 
000  Thursday  through  Sunday. 

Third  Week  for  'Sal' 

"My  Gal  Sal"  with  a  stage  show 
at  the  Roxy  continued  strong  in  a 
second  week,  taking  an  estimated 
$47,100  Thursday  through  Sunday, 
and  begins  a  third  week  Thursday. 
At  the  Paramount,  "The  Great  Man's 
Lady,"  supported  by  Claude  Thorn- 
hill's  orchestra,  Jack  Durant  and 
Carol  Bruce,  finishes  its  second  week 
tonight  with  an  estimated  $34,000  ex- 
pected and  will  be  followed  tomorrow 
by  "This  Gun  for  Hire,"  with  Woody 
Herman's  orchestra  and  the  Ink  Spots 
on  the  stage.  Saturday  and  Sunday 
business  at  the  Paramount  amounted 
to  an  estimated  $20,000. 

§22,000  for  'Gold  Rush' 

"The  Gold  Rush"  at  the  Globe  drew 
an  estimated  $22,000  in  its  third  week 
ending  Friday  night  and  grossed  an 
estimated  $10,000  Saturday  and  Sun- 
day. "Moontide,"  now  in  its  second 
week  at  the  Rivoli,  garnered  an  esti- 
mated SI  1,200  Thursday  through 
Sunday. 

An  invitation  premiere  of  "This 
Above  All,"  20th  Century-Fox  feature 
starring  Tyrone  Power  and  Joan  Fon- 
taine, will  be  held  tonight  at  the  Astor 
Theatre  on  Broadway.  The  film  will 
start  an  indefinite  engagement  tomor- 
row morning  on  a  continuous  run, 
at  $1.10  top. 


Eric  Knight  Honored 
At  Press  Reception 

Eric  Knight,  author  of  "This  Above 
All,"  was  guest  of  honor  yesterday 
at  a  press  reception  at  the  Hampshire 
House  given  by  20th  Century-Fox. 
Anatole  Litvak,  director  of  the  film 
version  of  the  novel  attended.  Also 
present  were  Captain  Frank  Lang  of 
the  RAF,  Flight  Lieut.  Kathleen  Hunt 
and  Iris  Houston  of  the  Women's 
Auxiliary  Air  Force  of  England. 


fMEET  ME  AT 
1HE  ASTOI? 


Me 

HUNTING  ROOM 


Sculpture  by  Karl  lllava 

ARE  WE  IN 
THIS  PICTURE? 

You  bet  we  are! 

We're  standing  shoulder- to -shoulder  with  them! 

16,000  strong,  the  theatres  of  America 

Are  lined  up  to  sell  War  Bonds  and  Stamps! 

When  hell  breaks  loose — 

And  those  young  Americans  face  death 

So  that  we  may  live, 

Let's  know  deep  down  in  our  hearts 

That  weVe  done  a  job  they'll  be  proud  of! 

THEATRE  DRIVE  FOR  WAR  BONDS  AND  STAMPS 

Sponsored  by  the  Theatre  Division  of  the  War  Activities  Committee  of  the  Motion  Picture  Industry 

Mr.  Exhibitor:  Remember  the  starting  date,  Saturday,  May  30th.  Did  you  get  the  Campaign  Book  for  Theatre  War  Bond  and  Stamp  action?  If  hot^  write  to 
War  Activities  Committee,  1501  Broadway,  immediately.  The  response  has  been  literally  soul-stirring.  The  motion  picture  theatres  will  fire  the  patriotism 
of  the  nation  with  their  showmanship.  Help  strengthen  our  fighting  machine  with  the  pennies  and  dollars  of  democracy! 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  May  12,  1942 


Off  the  Antenna 


NBC  reports  that  a  South  American  station  (name  undisclosed)  has  been 
jamming  broadcasts  of  the  two  army  stations  in  the  Canal  Zone,  PCAN 
and  PCAC.  These  broadcasts  were  generally  pickups  from  shortwave 
stations  in  this  country.  When  the  Army  men  realized  what  was  happening 
they  switched  over  to  the  jamming  station's  regular  wavelength  and  jammed 
its  broadcasts.  Latest  word  is  that  broadcasts  of  the  Army's  two  small 
stations  maintained  solely  for  the  amusement  of  the  men  stationed  there  are 
no  longer  jammed.  Incidentally,  NBC  reports  that  efforts  are  being  made 
regularly  to  jam  its  shortwave  pickups  for  "This  Is  the  Army  Hour." 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Lyman  Bryson,  CBS  educational  director,  has  been 
elected  a  founding  member  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  for  his  ivork  on  "People's 
Platform."  .  .  .  Watson  Davis,  CBS  science  expert,  and  conductor  of 
"Adventures  in  Science,"  has  received  an  award  for  "distinguished  service 
in  the  interpretation  of  higher  education"  from  the  American  College  Publicity 
Association.  .  .  .  E.  W.  Hammons,  short  subject  producer,  zvill  be  interviewed 
by  Mary  Margaret  McBridc  on  NBC  May  20. 

•  •  • 

WAIT,  Chicago,  has  dismissed  four  members  of  the  Chicago  local  of 
the  Musicians  Union  and  employed  five  members  of  Radio  Technicians 
Union,  Local  1,220,  International  Brotherhood  of  Electrical  Workers,  to 
do  recording  work.  The  move  may  start  a  jurisdictional  fight  between 
the  unions,  it  is  believed  in  Chicago  radio  circles.  ...  A  spokesman  for 
the  technicians  pointed  out  that  the  IBEW  handles  this  work  in  all  cities 
except  Chicago  and  St.  Louis.  The  musicians'  scale  is  higher  than  the 
technicians'. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  The  San  Francisco  Call-Bulletin  has  set  two  pro- 
motion shows  on  stations  in  that  city.  KGO  will  produce  a  half-hour  show 
Saturday  mornings  for  the  newspaper's  Junior  Victory  Army  and  KQW 
will  air  a  sports  program  by  Don  Glendon,  the  paper's  sports  editor.  .  .  . 
Cedric  W.  Foster,  former  manager  of  WTHT,  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  now 
commentator  for  the  Yankee  Network,  received  the  Order  of  Ahepa  from 
Ahepa,  national  Greek  educational  fraternity,  for  his  description  of  the  Italian 
invasion  of  Greece.  .  .  .  With  its  new  10,000-watt  transmitter  not  yet  completed, 
WIBG,  Philadelphia,  has  arranged  with  WPEN  of  that  city  to  carry  the 
first  night  ball  game  May  22  for  the  sponsors,  Atlantic  Refining  and  General 
Mills.  .  .  .  WHO,  Des  Moines,  on  Sunday  played  host  to  a  Gold  Star  mother 
from  each  of  the  State's  99  counties.  .  .  .  WLW,  Cincinnati,  has  opened  new 
sales  offices  in  New  York  with  Warren  Jennings,  Frank  Denton,  George 
Comtois,  Eldon  Park  and  Bernard  Musnik  in  charge. 


Price  Warns 
NAB  Meeting 
On  Aid  to  Foe 

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report.  He  pointed  out  that  the  in- 
dustry would  save  $40,000,000  as  a  re- 
sult of  its  new  contract  with  Ascap. 
He  said  one  of  every  five  commercial 
radio  technicians  is  now  in  the  armed 
forces  and  that  another  200,000  would 
be  needed  in  the  next  six  months. 

William  S.  Paley,  CBS  president, 
announced  that  an  additional  $1,500,- 
000  is  being  spent  by  his  network  for 
newscasts,  shortwave  programs  to 
armed  forces  on  the  war  fronts  and 
other  news  programs  dealing  with  the 
war. 

MacLeish  a  Speaker 

Archibald  MacLeish,  director  of  the 
Office  of  Facts  and  Figures,  called  up- 
on the  industry  to  work  more  closely 
with  the  Government  in  its  war  pro- 
gram. "Are  you  giving  the  Govern- 
ment hours  on  the  air  or  hours  of 
your  lives?"  he  asked.  "The  Govern- 
ment in  war  time  has  certain  things 
to  say  to  the  people.  We  agree  that 
the  radio  is  an  important  means  of 
saying  these  things  to  them." 

Fred  Weber,  general  manager  of 
Mutual,  is  present  as  an  observer  al- 
though his  network  is  not  participat- 
ing in  the  NAB,  from  which  it  with- 
drew last  year.  Weber  urged  that 
the  NAB  adopt  a  policy  of  avoiding 
controversial  issues. 

Brig.  Gen.  Lewis  B.  Hershey,  selec- 
tive service  director,  will  be  the  prin- 
cipal speaker  tomorrow.  The  schedule 
also  includes  discussions  on  censor- 
ship and  information,  a  panel  on 
music,  a  forum  on  war  time  radio  ad- 
vertising and  a  luncheon  address  by 
Humphrey  Mitchell,  Canadian  Minis- 
ter of  Labor. 

Lewis  Awards  Made 
At  NAB  Convention 

Cleveland,  May  11. — The  William 
B.  Lewis  awards  for  the  most  effective 
education  of  an  audience  concerning 
the  war  effort  were  given  today  to 
WGY,  Schenectady,  for  the  super- 
power class  ;  WAAB,  Boston,  regional 
class,  and  WIBX,  Utica,  local  class. 
The  awards  were  made  during  the 
National  Association  of  Broadcasters 
convention  here. 

The  Lewis  awards  for  most  effec- 
tive inspiration  of  an  audience  to  con- 
tinued war  support  went  to  KMOX, 
St.  Louis,  super-power  class ;  KGO, 
San  Francisco,  regional.  There  was 
no  award  in  the  local  class.  Cer- 
tificates of  award  for  distinguished 
conduct  of  civilian  defense  activity 
were  given  to  WBBM,  Chicago, 
super-power  class ;  KMBC,  Kansas 
City,  regional,  and  WFPG,  Atlantic 
City,  local. 

Certificates  of  award  for  important 
contributions  to  progress  in  the  art 
of  broadcast  advertising  went  to 
WCCO,  Minneapolis,  super-power ; 
WEEI,  Boston,  regional,  with  no  lo- 
cal award. 


Reopens  Theatre  in  Tulsa 

Tulsa,  Okla.,  May  11.— Albert  Mar- 
tin has  announced  that  he  will  re- 
open the  Red  Fork  Cinema  here 
shortly.  The  house  has  been  dark 
through  the  winter. 


McNamee  Services 
Will  Be  Held  Today 

Private  funeral  services  will  be  held 
at  2  P.  M.  today  at  Campbell's  Fune- 
ral Home  for  Graham  McNamee,  53, 
veteran  radio  announcer  and  newsreel 
and  short  subject  commentator  for 
Universal,  who  died  at  St.  Luke's 
Hospital  Saturday  night.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  his  widow,  Anne. 

Honorary  pallbearers  will  be  form- 
er associates  of  McNamee  in  the  '20s 
when  he  first  became  famous  as  an 
announcer  for  WEAF  and,  later, 
NBC.  They  include  Phillips  Carlin, 
Blue  vice-president ;  Leslie  Joy, 
KYW,  Philadelphia,  manager ;  Sam- 
uel Ross,  National  Concert  and  Art- 
ists Corp.  secretary ;  G.  W.  John- 
stone, Blue  director  of  news  and  spe- 
cial events  ;  Thomas  Cowan,  WNYC 
announcer ;  Milton  Cross,  Blue  an- 
nouncer, and  Tom  Manning,  WTAM, 
Cleveland,  sports  announces  Follow- 
ing the  services,  the  body  will  be  tak- 
en to  Columbus,  O.,  for  burial  in  a 
family  plot. 

McNamee  came  to  WEAF  as  an 
announcer-singer  in  1923.  Subse- 
quently, he  built  a  huge  nationwide 
following  among  sport  fans,  became 
noted  for  his  coverage  of  political 
conventions  and  was  engaged  to  read 
the  commercial  announcements  on  a 
large  number  of  top  network  shows. 
Since  1935  he  has  been  narrator  for 
Universal  short  product  and  the  news- 
reel.  He  also  appeared  in  three  fea- 
ture pictures. 


'Blonde'  Cincinnati 


Best  Bet  at  $14,700 

Cincinnati,  May  11. — "My  Favor- 
ite Blonde"  was  strong  at  the  RKO 
Albee,  where  it  drew  $14,700,  while 
"Kings  Row"  took  $5,100  in  its  fifth 
week  at  the  RKO  Capitol. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  6-9: 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

RKO  ALBEE— (3.300)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $14,700.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 

RKO    PALACE— (2,700)    (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,300.    (Average,  $10,000) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

RKO  S HUBERT— (2,150)    (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $3,200.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"Kings  Row" 

RKO  CAPITOL— (2,000)    (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,   5th   week.    Gross:   $5,100.  (Average, 
at  33c-40c-50c,  $5,500) 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  St." 

RKO    GRAND  — (1,500)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $4,000.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th -Fox) 

RKO  LYRIC — (1,400)  (28c-33c-42c)  7  days, 
4th  week.    Gross:  $2,800.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Sleepytime  Gal"  (Rep.) 
"Below  the  Border"  (Mono.) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)   (15c-28c)  4  days. 
Gross:  $1,100.    (Average,  $1,200) 
"Shut  My  Big  Mouth"  (Col.) 
"Strange  Case  of  Dr.  Rx"  (Univ.) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)   (15c-28c)  3  days. 
Gross:  $800.    (Average,  $800) 
"Two  Yanks  in,  Trinidad"  (Col.) 

KEITH'S  —  (1.500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,700.     (Average,  $5,000) 

Hearing  on  New  Theatre 

Norfolk,  Va.,  May  11. — The  City 
Council  will  hold  a  public  hearing  on 
an  application  for  a  permit  to  operate 
a  theatre  in  the  south  end  of  the  City 
Market  building,  formerly  used  as  a 
union  bus  terminal. 


Showmanship 
Flashes . . . 


Quartets  in  New  York 
Plug  Songs  from  'Sal' 

In  exploiting  "My  Gal  Sal"  at  the 
Roxy  in  New  York,  20th  Century-Fox 
used  several  "My  Gal  Sal"  quartets  j 
plugging  the  songs  from  the  film  in  I 
night  clubs,  restaurants  and  similar  j 
spots.   Three  of  the  groups  were/fi^'-"- 
ing  the  city,  and  have  been  hear^tt  V 
several  radio  stations  and  on  television  ,  I 
broadcasts. 


Bouquets  to  Sororities 
As  'Male  Animal'  Stunt 

Madison,  Wis.,  May  11. — For  the 
engagement  of  "The  Male  Animal" 
at  the  Capitol  Theatre  here,  the  man- 
agement sent  bouquets  to  all  sororities 
on  the  campus  of  the  University  of 
Wisconsin  several  days  before  the  film 
opening.  Attached  to  each  was  a  card 
with  a  reproduction  of  a  cartoon  re- 
lating to  the  picture,  and  a  catch  line 
signed,  "The  Male  Animal." 


Small  Circus  Wagon 
Is  Used  for  'Dumbo' 

Evansville,  Ind.,  May  11. — A  mini- 
ature circus  wagon,  complete  with 
trappings  of  gold  and  silver  gilt, 
was  built  by  Jesse  Fine,  publicity 
director,  in  his  campaign  for  "Dum- 
bo" at  the  Grand  Theatre  here.  It 
was  drawn  from  one  school  to  an- 
other by  a  circus  clown,  who  dis- 
tributed heralds  to  the  children. 


Bond  for  Baby  in 
'Blondie'  Promotion 

Baltimore,  May  11. — The  Roslyn 
Theatre  here  arranged  a  stunt  tied  in 
with  the  opening  of  "Blondie's  Blessed 
Event."  The  first  baby  to  be  born  in 
the  city  after  noon  on  the  day  the 
film  opened  at  the  theatre  was  pre- 
sented a  $25  war  bond  as  a  gift  of  the 
management. 


Marine  Drill  Aids 
'Tripoli'  Engagements 

Rochester,  May  11. — Special  drills 
by  the  William  H.  Cooper  Marine 
Post  drill  team  were  staged  at  the 
RKO  Palace  here  when  "To  the 
Shores  of  Tripoli"  opened.  Patri- 
otic songs  were  sung  by  the  audi- 
ence. 


Ex-Marines  Interviewed 
As  Stunt  for  "Tripoli" 

Scranton,  Pa.,  May  11. — Manager 
Willard  Matthews  of  the  Strand  The- 
atre arranged  to  have  former  Marines 
interviewed  over  the  radio  to  promote 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli."  Mayor 
Snowden  proclaimed  Marine  Drive 
Week  for  the  run  of  the  picture  and 
was  presented  with  a  Marine  emblem 
by  the  local  Marine  Corps  League. 
Special  cards  linking  the  film  and  re- 
cruiting were  printed  and  distributed 
throughout  the  area  by  the  Marine  re- 
cruiting officer. 


Crosley  Plant  Expands 

Cincinnati,  May  11. — The  Crosley 
Corp.  has  purchased  the  building  of 
another  local  manufacturer,  which  will 
provide  350,000  additional  square  feet 
of  manufacturing  floor  space  for  300 
new  employes  in  the  manufacture  of 
radio  receiving  sets  and  similar  elec- 
trical devices  under  war  contracts. 


Alert, 

InteHigei 

awTy 

to  the^l 

cjtion 

Picture 

Industry 

MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


51.  NO.  93 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  13,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


See  $200,000 
Contributed  to 
Jewish  Appeal 

Industry  Drive  Launched 
At  Astor  Luncheon 


The  film  industry  is  expected  to 
raise  more  than  $200,000  in  its 
campaign  on  behalf  of  the  1942 
drive  of  the  United  Jewish  Appeal, 
it  was  estimated  yesterday  follow- 
ing a  luncheon  at  the  Hotel  Astor 
at  which  the  industry  drive  was 
launched. 

Approximately  $100,000  was  pledged 
yesterday  in  response  to  the  appeal 
of  Rabbi  Abba  Hillel  Silver  of  Cleve- 
land, chief  speaker  at  the  luncheon 
More  than  500  persons  attended. 
Approximately  $200,000  was  raised  in 
the  industry  campaign  of  1941. 

Herman  Robbins,  president  of  Na- 
tional Screen  Service,  presided  as 
chairman  of  the  luncheon  committee. 
David  Bernstein,  Loew's  vice-presi- 
dent; Major  Albert  Warner,  vice- 
president  of  Warner  Bros.,  and  Barney 

(Continued  on  page  4) 

Monogram  9-Month 
Profit  Is  $217,978 

Los  Angeles,  May  12. — Monogram 
gross  profits  of  $217,978,  before  pro- 
vision for  Federal  taxes,  for  the  nine 
months  ended  March  28,  were  report- 
ed today  on  the  eve  of  the  opening 
of  the  company's  10th  anniversary 
convention  at  the  Ambassador  Hotel 
here.  The  annual  sales  meeting  of  ex- 
ecutives, franchise  holders  and  ex- 
change heads  will  start  tomorrow  and 
last  four  days. 

Problems  of  production  and  distri- 
bution will  be  discussed  by  company 
executives  and  franchise  holders  dur- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


■ Above  AUf  Given 
Premiere  at  Astor 

The  premiere  of  "This  Above  All," 
20th  Century-Fox  film  starring  Ty- 
rone Power  and  Joan  Fontaine,  was 
held  last  night  at  the  Astor  Theatre 
on  Broadway. 

Among  those  present  were  Spyros 
Skouras,  T.  J.  Connors,  Martin  Quig- 
ley,  George  J.  Schaefer,  Colvin 
Brown,  Richard  Berlin,  Hal  Home, 
Edwin  Weisl,  Nate  Blumberg,  Mor- 
ris Kinzler,  Anatole  Litvak,  Eric 
Knight,  Harry  Brandt,  Hermann 
Place,  A.  M.  Botsford,  W.  C.  Michel, 
Felix  Jenkins  and  William  Kupper. 


Republic  Gross  20% 
Ahead  of  Last  Year, 
Yates  Tells  Meeting 


Republic's  gross  receipts  are  run- 
ning more  than  20  per  cent  ahead 
of  last  year's,  H.  J.  Yates  revealed  at 
the  opening  of 
the  two  -  day  re- 
gional sales  con- 
vention at  the 
New  York  Ath- 
letic Club  yester- 
day. Yates  said 
the  current  two- 
months'  booking 
of  $2,500,000  set 
an  all-time  high 
for  the  company. 

Yates  urged  all 
Republic  person- 
nel to  aid  in  the 
sale  of  war  bonds 
and  stamps,  stat- 
ing that  it  was  as  much  a  part  of  an 
employe's  job  as  selling  pictures. 

James  R.  Grainger,  president  of 
Republic  Pictures,  will  discuss  the 
1942-'43  program  during  the  closing 
session  today.  M.  J.  Siegel,  president 
of  Republic  Productions,  will  outline 
studio  plans  for  the  new  season. 

Following  the  meeting  today,  Yates, 
Grainger,  Siegel,  William  Saal  and 
W.  L.  Titus,  Jr.,  will  leave  by  plane 
for  the  two-day  Chicago  meeting 
which  opens  at  the  Drake  Hotel  there 
tomorrow.  Branch  managers  who  will 
attend  the  Midwest  meetings  are 
George  H.  Kirby,  Cincinnati ;  L.  V. 
Seicshnaydre,  New  Orleans ;  W.  M. 
Snelson,  Memphis ;  Lloyd  Rust,  Dal- 
las ;  R.  I.  Brown,  Jr.,  Oklahoma  City ; 
William  Baker,  Chicago ;  L.  W.  Mar- 
riott, Indianapolis ;  J.  G.  Frackman, 
Milwaukee ;  Sam  Seplowin,  Detroit ; 
F.   R.   Moran,   Des   Moines ;   C.  F. 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


H.  J.  Yates 


Variety  Club  Plans 
No  Meet  This  Year 

Pittsburgh,  May  12.  —  The 
Variety  Clubs  of  America 
will  not  hold  an  annual  con- 
vention this  year  due  to  war 
time  conditions,  according  to 
report.  Instead,  John  H.  Har- 
ris, president,  plans  to  call  a 
meeting  of  officers  of  Variety 
Clubs  to  be  held  in  the  next 
few  weeks  in  New  York. 


City  Will  Welcome 
Bulkeley  in  Parade 
Of  Army-Navy  Drive 


The  industry-sponsored  parade 
along  Broadway  tomorrow  to  launch 
the  nationwide  theatre  drive  for  the 
Army  and  Navy  Relief  Funds  will 
have  the  distinction  of  honoring  Lt. 
John  D.  Bulkeley,  one  of  the  war's 
greatest  heroes,  who  distinguished 
himself  in  Pacific  waters  as  a  com- 
mander of  the  Navy's  PT  torpedo 
boats. 

Nicholas  M.  Schenck,  national 
chairman,  and  Stanton  Griffis,  chair- 
man of  the  citizens'  committee  for 
Navy  Relief,  announced  that  Secre- 
tary of  Navy  Knox  had  approved  Lt. 
Bulkeley's  participation.  He  will  ride 
at  the  head  of  the  parade  escorted  by 
thousands  of  soldiers,  sailors  and 
marines.  The  welcome  to  New  York 
is  expected  to  rival  other  ticker  tape 
welcomes  accorded  returning  heroes. 

Mayor  LaGuardia  said  yesterday  he 
would  act  as  one  of  the  grand  mar- 
shals of  the  parade  with  Schenck  and 
Griffis.  The  parade  will  start  at  31st 
Street  and  proceed  along  Broadway 

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66 


Mrs.  Miniver ' 


[M-G-M] 

NEVER  has  the  screen  more  clearly  demonstrated  its  ability  to  be 
powerfully  articulate  in  the  expression  of  human  emotion  or 
in  the  conveyance  of  the  highest  idealism  in  terms  of  utter  sim- 
plicity than  in  M-G-M's  beautiful  production  of  "Mrs.  Miniver." 

The  best-selling  novel  by  Jan  Struther,  published  in  1940,  is  a  simple 
but  notable  story  of  the  impact  of  the  war  upon  an  English  family,  with 
Mrs.  Miniver  epitomizing  the  finest  type  of  freedom-loving  English 
mother.  From  that  novel  Sidney  Franklin,  producer,  and  William 
Wyler,  director,  have  developed  a  film  which  must  certainly  rank  as  one 
of  the  great  achievements  of  screen  drama.  Its  appeal  must  be  reckoned 
unlimited. 

The  simplicity  of  the  story,  as  of  the  lives  of  the  people  concerned,  has 
been  retained  to  the  last  degree,  but  that  very  simplicity  has  made  for 
dramatic  strength.  In  its  by  turns  humorous,  spirited,  and  tragic  exposi- 
tion, in  its  delineation  of  character  and  the  effects  of  war's  stunning 
impact  upon  those  characters  in  their  diverse  modes  of  life  and  ances- 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


M-G-M  Plans 
50-52  Films 
For  1942-43 


No  Sales  Convention  this 
Year,  Rodger s  Says 


M-G-M  plans  to  release  50  to  52 
features  during  the  1942-'43  sea- 
son, or  about  the  same  schedule  as 
was  announced  for  the  current  sea- 
son, William  F.  Rodgers,  vice-pres- 
ident and  general  sales  manager, 
disclosed  yesterday. 

Rodgers  said  the  company  will  not 
hold  a  national  sales  convention  this 
year  but  it  has  not  been  definitely  de- 
cided whether  regional  meetings  will 
be  scheduled  for  the  field  sales  force.' 
Earlier,  M-G-M  distribution  officials 
had  given  consideration  to  a  propo- 
sal for  a  national  convention  in 
Hollywood. 

"The  new  season's  schedule," 
Rodgers  said,  "will  provide  approxi- 
mately a  picture  a  week.  Insofar  as 
our  company  is  concerned  I  see  -no 
need  for  a  national  convention  this 
year." 

A  meeting  of  the  company's  district 
managers  and  home  office  officials  will 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Propose  Umpi  Office 
As  Services  Center 

It  is  the  plan  of  Dave  Levy  of 
Universal  and  Max  A.  Cohen  of 
Cinema  Circuit,  which  after  discussion 
with  William  F.  Rodgers,  president  of 


Trade  practice  subcommittee 
of  Umpi  reports  new  selling 
plan  today.    See  Page  4. 


Umpi,  reportedly  will  be  presented 
to  the  main  body  at  a  forthcoming 
session  of  the  organization,  to  open 
the  New  York  headquarters  of  Umpi 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Reelection  of  Para. 
Board  Is  Expected 

The  reelection  of  Paramount's  16 
directors  is  scheduled  at  the  com- 
pany's annual  meeting  of  stockhold- 
ers to  be  held  at  the  home  office  June 
16,  according  to  notices  of  the  meet- 
ing made  public  yesterday. 

The  directors  are :  Neil  F.  Agnew, 
Barney  Balaban,  Stephen  Callaghan, 
Y.  Frank  Freeman,  Harvey  D.  Gib- 
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2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  May  13,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Personal  Mention 


Hollywood,  May  12 

JOHN  JOSEPH,  Universal  adver- 
tising and  publicity  director,  left 
tonight  for  New  York  to  prepare  for 
the  annual  sales  convention  to  be  held 
there  in  June. 

• 

RKO  today  entered  the  baseball  pic- 
ture "cycle"  with  the  purchase  of 
"Ladies'  Day,"  story  by  Bob  Consi- 
dine,  Bertrand  Robinson  and  E.  C. 
Lilley.  It  will  treat  the  sport  from 
the  woman's  angle. 

• 

Thirty  newspapermen  and  film  play- 
ers today  went  to  the  Naval  Hospital 
at  Lake  Norconian,  where  Columbia 
was  host  to  some  350  sailors,  most  of 
whom  were  wounded  at  Pearl  Har- 
bor. Richard  Wallace  headed  the 
troupe,  which  returned  late  tonight. 
• 

Charles  Greenlaw  has  been  ap- 
pointed assistant  to  Tennant  C. 
Wright,  Warner  studio  manager,  it 
was  announced.  He  succeeds  James 
T.  Vaughn,  now  a  lieutenant  in  the 
Signal  Corps  at  Fort  Monmouth, 
N.  J.   

SWG  Will  Seek  Pact 
From  Independents 

Hollywood,  May  12. — Having  rati- 
fied its  collective  bargaining  contract 
with  10  major  producers,  the  Screen 
Writers  Guild  today  turned  to  the  in- 
dependent field  for  negotiations  for  a 
similar  pact  providing  minimum  sal- 
aries, minimum  flat  rate  deals  and 
other  conditions. 

The  pact  already  closed  was  given 
unanimous  approval  at  a  session  of 
some  1,000  SWG  members  last  night 
at  the  Beverly  Wilshire  Hotel.  The 
deal  is  retroactive  to  May  1.  Signa- 
tories were  Columbia,  Goldwyn, 
Loew's,  Paramount,  RKO,  Republic, 
Roach,  20th  Century-Fox,  Universal 
and  Warners. 

The  SWG  has  been  conducting  a 
survey  of  independent  production,  af- 
fecting writers,  for  several  months, 
and  is  expected  to  begin  talks  with 
those  producers  shortly. 

Comerford  Kin  Given 
Notre  Dame  Degrees 

Scranton,  Pa.,  May  12. — Two 
grand  nephews  of  the  late  Michael  E. 
Comerford,  founder  of  the  Comerford 
Circuit,  were  graduated  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Notre  Dame  last  Sunday, 
while  two  others  will  be  awarded 
their  diplomas  later  in  the  year. 

Thomas  J.  Walker,  son  of  Post- 
master General  and  Mrs.  Frank  C. 
Walker,  and  Thomas  F.  Comerford. 
son  of  Mrs.  Michael  B.  Comerford 
and  the  late  manager  of  the  circuit, 
received  their  degrees  at  South  Bend 
last  Sunday.  Michael  B.  Comerford, 
Jr.,  a  brother  of  Thomas  P.,  will  be 
graduated  in  December,  while  Joseph 
F.  Comerford,  Jr.,  son  of  Dr.  Joseph 
F.  Comerford,  will  be  graduated  in 
August. 


Cohan  Plaque  to  Savoy 

A  plaque  commemorating  the  first 
Broadway  stage  appearance  of  George 
M.  Cohan  will  be  given  to  the  Savoy 
Theatre,  34th  St.  and  Broadway,  at  a 
Broadway  Association  luncheon  May 
25.  It  ties  in  with  the  Warner  film, 
"Yankee  Doodle  Dandy,"  based  on 
Cohan's  life. 


ABRAM  F.  MYERS  is  in  town 
from  Washington. 

• 

I.  J.  Hoffman,  Warner  Theatres 
zone  head,  was  in  Hartford,  Conn., 
yesterday. 

• 

Jay  Bonafield,  head  of  shorts  pro- 
duction for  RKO  Pathe,  and  Doris 
Monarque,  also  an  RKO  Pathe  em- 
ploye, were  married  last  weekend. 
• 

Ray    Nolan,    RKO    St.  Louis 
branch  manager,  is  in  town. 
• 

Joan  Baxter,  of  the  Des  Moines 
Columbia  exchange,  was  married  last 
weekend  to  Corp.  Roger  Clayton  of 
Fort  Leonard  Wood,  Mo. 

• 

Sam  Komm,  St.  Louis  exhibitor, 
has  recovered  from  an  illness. 
• 

William  Cagney  is  in  town  from 
the  Coast. 

• 

Norman  Sprowl,  Paramount  ad- 
vertising representative  in  Cincinnati, 
has  reported  for  Army  duty  at  Fort 
Knox,  Ky. 

• 

Stuart  Meyers,  former  Ascap 
representative  in  New  Haven,  is  re- 
cuperating at  his  home  after  leaving 
the  New  Haven  Hospital. 

Los  Angeles  Dimout 
Is  Expected  Soon 

Hollywood,  May  12. — The  Elev- 
enth Naval  District  headquarters  at 
San  Diego  announced  early  today  that 
a  dimout  of  lights  from  Santa  Bar- 
bara south  to  San  Diego,  and  includ- 
ing the  Los  Angeles  area,  would  be 
ordered  soon. 

A  dimout  was  ordered  yesterday 
by  the  Twelfth  Naval  District  head- 
quarters in  San  Francisco  for  the  area 
from  Santa  Barbara  north  to  the 
Canadian  border.  The  Los  Angeles 
beach  areas  will  be  directly  affected 
by  the  proposed  order  but  the  down- 
town Los  Angeles  business  district 
and  Hollywood  Boulevard  area,  film 
amusement  centers,  may  not  be  hit, 
since  they  are  situated  from  15  to  20 
miles  from  the  shoreline.  Dimouts 
are  effective  usually  within  a  15-mile 
strip  from  the  coastline.  However, 
observation  tests  are  expected  to  be 
made  to  see  that  lights  from  the  busi- 
ness district  here  do  not  serve  to 
silhouette  ships  at  sea. 


So.  Cal.  Variety  Club 
Bond  Total  $586,556 

Los  Angeles,  May  12. — The  Thea- 
tre War  Savings  Committee  of  the 
Variety-  Club  of  Southern  California 
has  sold  $139,950  in  War  Bonds  in 
its  own  tent,  Dave  Bershon,  chairman, 
has  reported.  Additionally,  the  tent 
has  sold  |446,606  through  theatres  and 
film  companies  in  its  territory,  for  a 
total  of  $586,556. 


Dinner  for  Milgram 

Philadelphia,  May  12. — David  E. 
Milgram,  head  of  Affiliated  Theatres, 
was  honored  at  a  testimonial  dinner 
tendered  by  the  Northern  Liberties 
Hospital  at  Green  Valley  Country 
Club.  Milgram  was  chairman  of  the 
hospital's  1941  maintenance  campaign, 
which  finished  §900  over  the  $85,000 
quota. 


EDWARD  B.  ARTHUR  assistant 
general  manager  of  Fanchon  & 
Marco,  and  Les  Kaufman,  advertis- 
ing and  publicity  director,  will  return 
to  St.  Louis  tomorrow  after  a  visit 
here. 

• 

Noah  Bloomer,  Belleville,  111.,  ex- 
hibitor, is  in  California. 

• 

Paul  Klinger,  manager  of  the 
Rialto,  Lewiston,  Pa.,  has  been  elect- 
ed chairman  of  entertainment  of  the 
Lewiston  Elks  for  the  sixth  consecu- 
tive year. 

• 

Private  John  Rorick.  Jr.,  former 
Comerford  employe  in   Scranton,  is 
now  stationed  at  Camp  Wheeler,  Ga. 
• 

James  Morgan  of  the  Rialto, 
Lewiston,  Pa.,  has  left  for  Army 
service. 

• 

Jerry  Massimino,  of  the  M-G-M 
New  Haven  exchange,  has  left  for 
the  Army. 

• 

James  Burge,  former  exploitation 
man  for  M-G-M  in  Oklahoma  City, 
has  enlisted  in  the  Coast  Guard. 
• 

O.  W.  Hungerford  leaves  for 
Washington  today. 


Studio  Workers  at 
USO  Drive  Meeting 

Hollywood,  May  12. — Studio  cam- 
paign workers  last  night  opened  their 
participation  in  the  1942  USO  drive 
for  funds  with  a  meeting  at  the  20th 
Century-Fox  studio.  The  meeting  was 
addressed  by  Louis  B.  Mayer,  nation- 
al vice-chairman ;  Rosalind  Russell, 
Edward  Arnold,  William  Koenig. 
Capt.  Hewitt  T.  Wheless,  Lieut.  Ron- 
ald Reagan  and  Lieut.  Comm.  George 
O'Brien. 

At  the  meeting  was  shown  for  the 
first  time  the  short  subject,  "Mr.  Gar- 
denia Jones,"  made  by  the  industry 
for  use  in  connection  with  the  drive. 

Major  studios  today  held  "home- 
coming day"  for  about  500  former  em- 
ployes now  in  the  armed  forces,  as 
one  of  the  opening  events  of  the  drive. 

Fire  Fighting  Study 
Is  Urged  in  Newark 

Newark,  May  12.— The  Theatre 
Committee  of  the  Newark  Defense 
Council  has  issued  a  bulletin  urging 
that  theatre  men  in  this  city  attend  a 
course  in  fire  fighting  and  handling  of 
incendiary  bombs  which  opens  tonight 
at  the  Police  and  Fire  Training 
Academy.  In  addition  to  fire  instruc- 
tions, basic  training  in  war  gases  will 
be  given.  Ben  Griefer  is  chairman  of 
the  Theatre  Committee. 


Heads  Jewish  Fund  Drive 

Pittsburgh,  May  12. — Ira  Cohn, 
manager  of  the  20th  Century  Fox  ex- 
change, is  chairman  of  the  Motion 
Picture  and  Amusement  Division  of 
the  United  Jewish  Fund  Drive,  as- 
sisted by  co-chairmen  M.  A.  Silver 
and  Perry  Nathan,  David  Barnholtz, 
Harry  Feinstein,  Joseph  Feldman, 
Samuel  Fineberg,  Archie  Fineman, 
William  Finkel,  Mark  Goldman,  Saul 
Gottlieb,  Herbert  Greenblatt,  Arthur 
Levy,  Morris  Roth,  Michael  Shapiro, 
Ben  Steerman  and  Jerome  Wechsler. 


Newsreel 


Parade 


PERUVIAN  President  Prado  in 
■L  Washington  with  President 
Roosevelt,  Philippine  President  Que- 
zon arriving  in  San  Francisco,  and 
Lieut  John  D.  Bulkeley  of  PT-boat 
fame  with  his  family-  in  New  York 
are  subjects  of  interest  in  the  nnu 
issues.  Sports  material  includes£^0 
Giants-Dodgers  night  game  for  ivisio 
Relief  and  the  PreaknesS  race  at  Bal- 
timore.  Here  are  the  contents: 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  71— News  of 
Coral  Sea  victory.  War  Department  con- 
firms Tokyo  bombing.  Churchill  speech. 
Peruvian  President  in  Washington.  Philip- 
pine President  in  San  Francisco.  Bulkeley 
with  family.  Giants -Dodgers.  Preakness 
race. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  269— Subject 
on  Coral  Sea  battle.  Philippine  President 
in  San  Francisco.  Bulkeley  in  New  York. 
Clear  snow  on  Washington  mountains.  Pe- 
ruvian President  with  Roosevelt.  Giants - 
Dodgers. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  74— Peruvian 
President  here.  Mother's  Day  at  Army 
camp.  Draftees  leave  Flemington,  N'.  j. 
New  fighting  plane  in  test.  Clear  snow  in 
Washington  mountains.  Quezon  of  Philip- 
pines in  San  Francisco.  Lieutenant  Bulk- 
eley with  family.  Night  baseball  in  Brook- 
lyn. Bob  Hope-Bing  Crosby  golf  match  in 
Chicago.    Preakness  race. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  74— Roosevelt 
welcomes  President  of  Peru.  U.  S. -Peru 
trade  pact.  New  pursuit  plane  in  test. 
Production  of  Army  jeeps  in  Toledo.  Bulke- 
ley in  New  York.  Cadets  join  Merchant 
Marine.  Philippine  President  arrives  in 
U.  S.  Preakness  race.  Georgia  students 
form  Navy  squadron. 

UNIVERSAL    NEWSREEL,     No.  83- 

Peruvian  President  arrives  in  Washington. 
Bulkeley  at  home  in  New  York.  Air  hero 
at  West  Coast  plane  plant.  Japanese  round- 
up in  Los  Angeles.  Brooklyn -Giants  base- 
ball.    Preakness  race. 

Pick  Winners  of  'Uf 
Contest  Tomorrow 

Winners  of  the  Universal  "Exhibi- 
tors Good-Will  Featurette  Exploita- 
tion Contest"  will  be  selected  by  con- 
test judges  at  a  luncheon  to  be  held 
tomorrow  at  the  Hotel  Astor.  The 
winner  of  the  Col.  Eddie  Ricken- 
backer  "Cavalcade  of  Aviation"  sil- 
ver trophy  also  will  be  chosen  for 
the  best  exploitation  of  that  Univer- 
sal short  subject. 


Club  Plans  Luncheon 

Baltimore,  May  12. — Members  of 
the  local  Variety  Club  will  hold  a 
luncheon  on  Fridav  at  the  Emerson 
Hotel. 


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First  engagements  terrific,  hold- 
ing over  Cleveland,  Houston, 
Nor/o/fe.  Sensational! 


It's  doing  Ziegfeld  Girl's 
zippy  business.  Happy 
hold-overs! 


Extended  runs  everywhere  for 
their  first  Big  M-G-M  musical 
show! 
\ 


IN  THE 
SPOTLIGHT! 

Neatest  trick  of  the  week  is  Leo's.  Three  smash' 
ing  box-office  entertainments  simultaneously 
packing  them  in  from  coast-to-coast  with  hold- 
overs bringing  joy  to  jingling  cash  registers! 


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Patriotic 
Theatres 

Sell 
War  Bonds 

and 
Stamps! 


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Wednesday,  May  13,  1942 


See  $200,000 
Contributed  to 
Jewish  Appeal 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Balaban,  Paramount  president,  are  co- 
chairman  of  the  industry  drive. 

Rabbi  Silver,  who  is  a  national 
chairman  of  the  United  Jewish  Ap- 
peal campaign,  recently  returned  from 
England.  He  pointed  out  that  British 
Jewry  has  continued  its  "most  gener- 
ous support  of  all  Jewish  causes  in 
spite  of  the  heavy  drain  the  war  has 
made  upon  them."  He  urged  the 
American  Jewish  people  to  follow  the 
example  of  the  British.  He  cited  the 
three  agencies  affiliated  with  the  Ap- 
peal :  the  Joint  Distribution  Commit- 
tee, United  Palestine  Appeal  and  the 
National  Refugee  Service. 

On  the  dais,  besides  the  chief 
speaker,  the  co-chairmen  and  Robbins, 
were :  Martin  Quigley,  Louis  Nizer, 
Jack  Alicoate,  Harry  Brandt,  License 
Commissioner  Paul  Moss  and  George 
J.  Schaefer. 


Reelection  of  Para. 
Board  Is  Expected 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

son,  A.  Conger  Goodyear,  Stanton 
Griffis,  Duncan  G.  Harris,  John  D. 
Hertz,  John  W.  Hicks,  Austin  C. 
Keough,  Earl  I.  McClintock,  Maurice 
Newton,  E.  V.  Richards,  Edwin  L. 
Weisl  and  Adolph  Zukor. 

Stockholders  also  will  be  asked  to 
approve  an  amendment  to  the  by- 
laws providing  for  indemnification  of 
directors,  officers  and  employes  by  the 
company  against  all  costs  and  ex- 
penses resulting  from  any  legal  action 
to  which  they  may  be  named  a  party 
by  virtue  of  association  with  the  com- 
pany, except  in  instances  in  which 
they  may  have  been  adjudged  in  such 
action  to  have  been  liable  for  negli- 
gence or  misconduct  in  performance 
of  official  duties. 

Propose  Office  Transfer 

The  notice  also  proposes  to  the 
stockholders  the  transfer  of  the  com- 
pany's principal  office  from  Millbrook, 
Dutchess  County,  N.  Y.,  to  Manhat- 
tan. 

The  company's  proxy  statement  dis- 
closes that  an  aggregate  of  $1,030,643 
was  paid  to  directors  and  officers  as  a 
group  for  remuneration  for  services 
during  1941,  exclusive  of  $43,674  for 
expenses. 

Staggered  Hours 
Aid  St.  Louis  Gross 

St.  Louis,  May  12.— Exhibitors  in 
downtown  St.  Louis  are  viewing  a  new 
staggered  system  of  hours  in  stores 
and  offices  as  a  stimulant  to  business. 

The  new  system,  designed  to  relieve 
the  transportation  system,  has  enabled 
many  office  and  store  workers  to  re- 
main downtown  and  shop,  and  ac- 
cording to  Rex  Williams,  manager  of 
Loew's,  many  of  these  find  time  to 
drop  into  the  theatre  about  6  P.  M., 
before  going  home.  Most  of  the  down- 
town workers  are  being  freed  for  the 
day  between  4:30  and  4:45  P.  M. 


Would  Open 
Umpi  Office  to 
Service  Men 


The  chief  figures  at  the  Hotel  Astor  luncheon  yesterday  which 
launched  the  1942  film  industry  drive  for  the  United  Jewish  Appeal,  chat- 
ting informally.  Seated,  left  to  right,  are:  Major  Albert  Warner,  David 
Bernstein  and  Rabbi  Abba  Hillel  Silver,  chief  speaker.  Standing,  left  to 
right,  are:  Herman  Robbins,  luncheon  committee  chairman,  and  Barney 
Balaban. 


Sales  Plan  to  Umpi  Today; 
Consider  Local  Conciliation 


The  trade  practice  subcommittee 
of  Umpi  completed  its  report  on 
the  proposed  new  selling  plan  at 
a  meeting  at  the  Warwick  Hotel 
here  yesterday  and  will  submit  the 
plan  to  a  meeting  of  the  committee 
of  the  whole  today. 

The  subcommittee  also  gave 
further  consideration  to  the 
conciliation  proposals  for  indi- 
vidual and  territorial  grievances 
and  to  recommendations  for  ex- 
tending and  enhancing  the  ef- 
fectiveness of  the  industry  arbi- 
tration system. 

The  subcommitee,  of  which  Jack 
Kirsch  is  chairman,  may  meet  again 
this  week  for  further  action  with  re- 
spect to  these  and  other  phases  of 
Point  5  of  the  unity  program. 

In  addition  to  taking  final  action 
on  the  new  selling  plan,  the  commit- 
tee of  the  whole,  headed  by  William 
F.   Rodgers,   chairman,   is  scheduled 


to  designate  a  committee  to  present 
the  plan  to  the  Department  of  Justice 
for  consideration.  The  main  commit- 
tee also  is  scheduled  to  set  up  a  per- 
manent budget  and  financing  plan  for 
Umpi,  and  to  receive  and  act  upon  re- 
ports from  other  subcommittees. 

Allied  States'  members  of  Umpi 
will  make  requests  that  the  organi- 
zation take  action  to  obtain  relief  from 
its  distributor  members  from  allegedly 
high  film  rentals  and  terms.  Abram 
F.  Myers,  Allied  board  chairman  and 
general  counsel,  already  has  sent  let- 
ters of  protest  against  requested  play- 
ing terms  to  distribution  heads  of  all 
major  companies,  petitioning  their 
voluntary  cooperation  in  effecting  re- 
lief. It  was  reported  yesterday  that 
many  of  the  sales  executives  are  pre- 
paring replies  to  the  communication. 

In  recent  general  bulletins  Allied 
has  urged  exhibitors  and  organization 
leaders  to  address  protests  to  Umpi 
and  the  sales  heads. 


Protest  Sunday  Film 
Showings  in  Mobile 

Mobile,  Ala.,  May  12. — Protests 
against  the  operation  of  film  theatres 
in  forenoon  hours  on  Sunday  have 
reached  him  from  the  Central  Trades 
Council  and  some  of  the  city's  minis- 
ters, Mayor  Charles  A.  Baumhauer 
said,  but  he  saw  little  possibility  of  a 
prohibitory  ordinance,  due  to  con- 
tinued failure  to  find  legal  authority 
for  it. 

City  Attorney  Harry  Seale  still  has 
been  unable  to  locate  any  statute  un- 
der which  he  believes  the  City  Com- 
mission could  act,  except  on  mandate 
from  an  election  called  on  petition  of 
not  less  than  25  per  cent  of  the  quali- 
fied voters,  the  Mayor  explained. 


PRC  Officials  Return 

O.  Henry  Briggs,  president  of  Pro- 
ducers Releasing  Corp. ;  Leon  From- 
kess,  production  chief;  Joseph  O' Sul- 
livan, advertising  and  publicity  head, 
and  Robert  Socas,  export  manager, 
returned  yesterday  from  the  com- 
pany's Coast  convention.  Robert 
Greenblatt,  general  sales  manager,  is 
remaining  in  Hollywood  for  about  a 
week. 


Lewis  Para.  Publicist 

Martin  Lewis  has  been  placed  in 
charge  of  the  radio  department  of 
Paramount's  home  office  advertising 
staff,  it  was  announced  yesterday  by 
Robert  M.  Gillham,  director  of  ad- 
vertising and  publicity. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

to  men  and  women  of  the  industry 
who  have  joined  the  country's  armed 
services,  so  that  they  may  have  an 
industry  center  of  recreation  whi^^l)  \ 
leave.  vreio 

The  plan  encompasses  details 
which  if  adopted  and  thereafter 
executed  by  Umpi  will  provide 
suitable  recreation  centers  un- 
der other  appropriate  industry 
auspices  over  the  country. 

In  purpose  it  will  be  similar  to  other 
organized  national  recreation  and  en- 
tertainment facilities  for  those  in  the 
service,  but  it  will  be  created  and  de- 
signed to  meet  the  desires  of  the  men 
and  women  of  the  trade  to  continue  to 
keep  up  with  their  industry  contacts 
and  friends  while  in  the  service. 

The  method  of  making  the  plan  na- 
tionwide is  now  under  consideration. 


Goldberg  Named  in 
Suit  by  Tri-States 

Omaha,  May  12. — The  Tri-States 
Theatres  Corp.  filed  suit  in  Federal 
Court  today  for  $95,000  damages 
against  the  R.  D.  Goldberg  theatre 
interests.  The  damages  were  alleged- 
ly suffered  by  the  Tri-States  Omaha 
Theatre  because  of  the  reopening  of 
the  State  from  late  in  1939  to  March 
21,  1942. 

The  complaint  sets  forth  that  when 
Tri-States  purchased  the  Omaha  from 
Goldberg  in  1934  it  was  agreed  that 
Goldberg's  State  was  not  to  be  operat- 
ed as  a  theatre  for  10  years.  When 
the  State  was  reopened  in  1939,  Tri- 
States  brought  an  injunction  suit, 
which  was  decided  in  favor  of  Tri- 
States  recently.  The  State  has  been 
closed  since  March  21. 


Northampton  Child 
Film  Ban  Continues 

Northampton,  Mass.,  May  12. — 
Although  the  Board  of  Health  will 
meet  tomorrow  to  consider  the  state  of 
the  contagious  disease  epidemic,  here, 
officials  have  hinted  that  the  ban  on 
children  attending  films  will  not  be 
lifted  for  at  least  another  week.  A 
spokesman  for  the  board  said  that 
with  the  public  schools  now  closed 
for  the  regular  vacation  period,  lifting 
of  the  ban  would  add  to  the  hazard 
of  prolonging  the  epidemic,  which,  he 
said,  appears  to  be  under  control. 

All  other  prohibitions  ordered  by 
the  board  several  weeks  ago  have  now 
been  removed,  with  Sunday  schools 
and  other  gatherings  permitted. 


M-G-M  Plans  50-52 
Films  Next  Season 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

be  held  in  Chicago  on  Monday,  but 
the  principal  order  of  business  there 
will  be  a  discussion  of  the  problems 
of  small  town  and  country  theatres 
which  have  suffered  severe  patronage 
losses  due  to  war  time  conditions. 
Rodgers  has  invited  industry  leaders 
to  attend  the  meeting. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  DAILY 


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City  Will  Welcome 
Bulkeley  in  Parade 
Of  Army-Navy  Drive 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

to  46th  Street,  where  a  demonstration 
will  be  held.  Similar  parades  and 
demonstrations  are  planned  in  many 
cities. 

More  than  15,000  film  theatres,  in- 
c'Jbg  all  900  in  New  York  City, 
\v-^l>articipate  in  the  national  drive, 
(-which  plans  to  reach  80,000,000  film- 
goers  and  raise  $3,000,000. 

Among  those  who  will  participate 
in  the  demonstration  tomorrow  will  be 
Jimmy  Dorsey's  band,  Zero  Mostel, 
Ella  Logan,  Diosa  Costello,  Lou 
Holtz,  Jane  Froman,  Arthur  Treach- 
er, Ken  Murray,  Hazel  Scott,  Woody 
Herman's  band,  Billy  de  Wolfe,  Ben- 
ny Fields  and  the  Ink  Spots.  Among 
those  representing  the  industry  on  the 
reviewing  stand  will  be  Schenck,  C. 
C.  Moskowitz,  Marvin  Schenck,  Os- 
car A.  Doob  and  Harry  Brandt.  Danny 
Kaye  will  be  master  of  ceremonies. 
Soldiers,  Sailors  in  Line 

The  Army  will  have  1,000  soldiers 
and  a  band  in  the  parade,  the  Navy 
will  send  a  similar  representation  and 
900  members  of  the  American  Wom- 
en's Voluntary  Services  will  partici- 
pate. Twenty-seven  Powers  models 
will  carry  the  27  flags  of  the  United 
Nations.  AWVS  members  will  make 
collections  in  theatres  starting  tomor- 
row. 

In  addition  to  theatre  collections,  the 
industry  will  make  donations  through 
studios,  exchanges  and  home  offices. 
Gary  Cooper  will  make  an  appeal  to 
patrons  in  a  trailer. 

Meanwhile,  exhibitors  are  making 
plans  for  the  War  Bond  and  Stamp 
drive.  Exhibitor  groups  are  arrang- 
ing participation  in  Memorial  Day 
parades,  and  arranging  rallies  on  May 
29,  the  day  before  the  drive  starts. 
In  the  South,  where  Memorial  Day 
is  not  observed,  exhibitors  are  arrang- 
ing their  own  demonstrations.  Special 
broadcasts  on  local  stations  to  sup- 
plement the  coast-to-coast  shows  are 
also  in  preparation. 

Citations  to  Exhibitors 

The  Treasury  Department  is  plan- 
ning to  issue  engraved  citations, 
signed  by  Treasury  Secretary  Mor- 
genthau,  to  theatres  selling  $100  in 
bonds  or  stamps  during  the  drive.  The 
awards  will  be  issued  as  soon  as  the 
theatre  reports  to  the  national  head- 
quarters that  the  $100  mark  has  been 
reached.  The  citation  will  pay  tribute 
to  both  the  exhibitor  and  his  patrons. 

To  promote  enrollment  of  employes 
in  the  Payroll  Allotment  Plan,  War- 
ner Bros,  has  organized  a  committee 
for  a  "Payroll  of  Honor."  Martin 
F.  Bennett  is  chairman,  and  other 
members  are  K.  Aneser,  E.  Arnold,  J. 
Berg,  J.  Boos,  W.  V.  Broks,  S.  Bro- 
ner,  J.  Dabrowski,  J.  Dodd,  J.  Gold- 
stein, E.  K.  Hessberg,  B.  Lopez,  A. 
Martin,  R.  Nudelman,  D.  Rogers,  L. 
Siegel,  E.  Tasker,  E.  Ullberg  and  J. 
Wuhrman. 


Des  Moines,  May  12. — A  gross  of 
$25,902  for  the  Army  and  Navy 
Emergency  Relief  Fund  was  garnered 
Sunday  at  the  appearance  of  the  Hol- 
lywood Victory  Caravan  at  the 
Shrine  auditorium  here.  The  audience 
was  one  of  the  largest  in  the  history 
of  the  city.  An  estimated  150,000 
persons  crowded  the  mile-and-a-half 
route  of  the  parade. 


"Mrs.  Miniver" 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

try,  it  contrives  most  ably  to  picture  the  whole  pattern  of  the  English 
way  of  life,  and  it  is  one  wholly  to  our  liking. 

In  that  portrayal,  there  is  not  the  slightest  weakness.  The  screenplay 
was  prepared  by  Arthur  Wimperis,  George  Froeschel,  James  Hilton  and 
Claudine  West,  and  they  have  done  a  superb  job,  calculated  to  convey 
within  the  power  of  the  film  medium  the  full  scope  of  that  which  lay 
behind  the  Struthers  novel.  The  cast  is  well  nigh  perfect,  without  a 
weak  spot  anywhere. 

Greer  Garson  in  the  title  role,  and  Walter  Pidgeon,  as  Mr.  Miniver, 
offer  performances  which  are  so  humanly  real  in  their  portrayal  of  a 
man  and  wife,  a  father  and  mother,  that  they  must  rate  with  the  finest. 
No  less  effective  are  Dame  May  Whitty,  as  the  epitome  of  the  English 
country  and  gentry;  Teresa  Wright,  her  granddaughter,  whose  love  for 
Richard  Ney,  son  of  the  Minivers,  is  fine  and  true;  Reginald  Owen,  as 
the  village  grocer  and  air  raid  warden;  Henry  Travers,  the  station  agent 
and  rose  grower ;  Henry  Wilcoxon  as  the  understanding  vicar ;  Christo- 
pher Severn,  the  small  son  of  the  Minivers,  whose  amusingly  childish 
comments  are  delightful  bits  of  byplay,  and  all  the  others  of  the  cast. 

The  happy  and  home-loving  Minivers,  amused  by  their  son's  sociologi- 
cal views  as  he  comes  down  from  Oxford,  are  changed  into  a  purposeful 
family  unit,  protecting  itself  and  fighting  for  its  freedom.  The  son  is  in 
the  RAF,  the  girl  he  marries  over  her  grandmother's  objection  (which 
turns  to  happy  concurrence)  is  killed  by  a  strafing  Nazi  plane;  the 
Miniver  family  keeps  its  chin  up  as  their  home  is  blasted  to  ruins  and 
their  lives  endangered  in  their  bomb  shelter ;  the  inspiring,  breathless 
sequence  of  the  small  boats  gathered  from  miles  around,  plunging  across 
the  Channel  in  the  gallant  rescue  at  Dunkirk;  the  annual  flower  show 
at  the  home  of  Lady  Beldon  (Dame  Whitty),  with  the  station  master 
winning  the  coveted  rose  prize  from  her  Ladyship,  and  following  that 
night's  devasting  raid,  the  resumption  of  Sunday  services  in  the  ruined 
church,  with  Wilcoxon  splendidly  voicing  the  unconquerable  spirit  of 
the  British  people  to  save  that  freedom  for  which  they  are  fighting.  All 
these  highlights  diadem  a  picture  of  great  strength  and  greater  signifi- 
cance. 

Running  time,  134  minutes.  "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


*  "G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Republic  Gross  20% 
Ahead  of  Last  Year, 
Yates  Tells  Meeting 


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Reese,  Omaha,  and  Nat  E.  Steinberg, 
St.  Louis.  Gilbert  Nathanson,  Minne- 
apolis franchise  holder ;  R.  F.  With- 
ers, Kansas  City  franchise  holder,  and 
Jack  Curtin,  home  office  field  repre- 
sentative, will  also  be  present. 

The  last  of  the  current  series  of 
regional  meetings  will  be  held  in 
North  Hollywood  next  Tuesday  and 
Wednesday. 

Paramount-Richards  Deal 

Grainger  announced  at  the  meeting 
that  Republic  had  closed  a  contract 
for  next  season's  product  with  Para- 
mount-Richards Theatres  and  the 
Theatre  Service  Corp.,  operating  125 
houses  in  Louisiana  and  Mississippi. 
The  deal  was  closed  last  week  by 
Grainger  and  Seicshnaydre  with  Gas- 
ton Dureau  of  Paramount-Richards 
and  John  Richards  of  Theatre  Serv- 


Pittsburgh  Union  Elects 

Pittsburgh,  May  12. — New  officers 
of  the  operators'  union,  Local  171, 
are :  Paul  Perry,  president ;  George 
Engstler,  vice  -  president ;  Luther 
Thompson,  secretary-treasurer ;  Roy 
Grove,  business  agent;  Nartin  Ror- 
reano,  Irwin  Turner  and  David 
Thomas,  executive  board  members, 
and  Henry  Link,  Sr.,  Arthur  Wil- 
liams, and  James  Clair,  trustees. 


Downey  Lauds  Film 
Industry  War  Aid 

Washington,  May  12. — Senator 
Downey  of  California  has  paid  tribute 
to  the  war  effort  of  the  film  industry, 
calling  attention  of  the  Senate  to  the 
$750,000  which  is  to  be  raised  by 
the  13-city  tour  of  the  Hollywood 
Victory  Caravan  for  Army  and  Navy 
Relief  and  the  plan  of  the  nation's 
theatres  to  devote  a  week  to  collec- 
tions for  the  same  purpose. 

Downey  pointed  out  that  the  $25,000 
raised  by  the  April  30  show  at  Loew's 
Capitol  here  was  the  largest  amount 
of  money  ever  raised  in  a  benefit  per- 
formance in  Washington. 

"Our  hearty  commendation  for  a 
splendid  achievement  goes  to  the  Hol- 
lywood Victory  Committee,  which 
planned  and  directed  the  caravan ;  to 
the  famous  players  who  contributed 
their  time  and  talent  so  wholeheart- 
edly ;  to  the  technical  workers  who  as- 
sured the  success  of  this  unprecedent- 
ed series  of  one-night  stands ;  and  to 
the  theatre  men  in  each  city  who, 
cooperating  with  local  Army  and 
Navy  Relief  committees,  had  the  re- 
sponsibility of  selling  the  tickets  and 
presenting  the  Caravan  in  the  best 
traditions  of  showmanship,"  he  said. 


Baseball  Games  Set 

The  Paramount  and  Universal  base- 
ball teams  will  play  Saturday,  and 
Skouras  and  Metro  will  meet  next 
Monday  in  the  second  series  of  games 
in  the  Motion  Picture  and  Affiliated 
Industries  League.  International  Pro- 
jector beat  Skouras  last  Saturday,  9- 
2.  The  games  are  played  at  Macombs 
Park  Playground. 


PICTURE 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  May  13,  1942 


'Blonde'  Gets 
$21,500,  Rates 
Best  in  Frisco 


San  Francisco,  May  12.  —  "My 
Favorite  Blonde,"  paired  with  "No 
Hands  on  the  Clock,"  at  the  Fox  drew 
$21,500.  A  stage  show  at  the  Golden 
Gate  and  "Butch  Minds  the  Baby" 
took  $19,800. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  5-8 : 

"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

GOLDEN  GATE  —  (2,850)  (44c-49c-6Sc)  7 
days.     Stage:    Vaudeville.     Gross:  $19,800. 
(Average,  $16,000) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.A.) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,200)  (20c-35c-40c- 
55c)    7    days,    2nd    week.     Gross:  $8,500. 
(Average,  $7,500) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

WARFTELD— (2,680)  (20c-35c-45c-50c-6Sc) 
7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $12,400.  (Aver- 
age, $12,000) 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"No  Hands  on  the  Clock"  (Para.) 

FOX—  (5,000)    (20c-35c-40c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $21,500.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"Male  Aninial"  (W.B.) 
"Yokel  Boy"  (Rep.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,740)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days,   2nd  week.    Gross:   $9,500.  (Average, 
"Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 
"Mad  Doctor  of  Market  Street"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM  —  (2.440)    (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,200.    (Average,  $8,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 
"Among  the  Living"  (Para.) 

ST.  FRANCIS — (1,400)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days    3rd  week.    (Moved  over  from  Fox.) 
Gross:  $5,500.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Come  Back  to  Erin"  (Foreign) 

CLAY  —  (400)  (15c-35c-45c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $1,100.    (Average,  $1,000) 


'Captains'  St.  Louis 
Winner  with  $4,800 

St.  Louis,  May  12. — "Captains  of 
the  Clouds"  and  "The  Fleet's  In"  took 
$4,800  at  the  St.  Louis  Theatre  in  a 
week  of  only  fair  grosses. 

Estimated   receipts    for    the  week 
ending  May  6  : 
"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M) 
"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS — (3,162)  (30c-40c-44c-56c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $12,800.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fcx) 
"The  Mam  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  (2»th-Fox) 

AMBASSADOR— (3,154)     (30c-4Oc-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $11,800.  (Average,  $11,500) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

FOX— (5,038)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$9,600.  (Average,  $11,000) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (2ttth-Fox) 
"Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 

MISSOURI— (3,514)    (30c-4Oc-50c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $5,600.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.  B.) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

ST  LOUIS — (4,000)  (25c-35c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,800.  (Average,  $2,600) 


Notes  from  Hollywood 


'Hardy'  Is  Leading 
Indianapolis  Gross 

Indianapolis,  May  12.  —  "The 
Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  and  "El- 
lery  Queen  and  the  Murder  Ring" 
took  $10,400  at  Ixjew's. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  7: 

"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.B.) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.B.) 

CIRCLE  —  (2,800)     (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $4,900.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Sing  Your  Worries  Away"  (RKO) 

INDIANA — (3,200)    (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $9,700.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"Ellery  Queen  and  the  Murder  Ring"  (Col.) 

LOEWS  —  (2,800)    (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $10,400.    (Average,  $8,000) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

LYRIC  —  (2,000)  (28c-33c-44c)  7  days. 
Moved  from  Indiana.  Gross:  $3,100.  (Aver- 
age, $4,500) 


Hollywood,  May  12 

OLUMBIA  has  set  Brian  Aherne  to  co-star  with  Rosalind  Rus- 
^  sel  in  "My  Sister  Eileen,"  which  started  shooting  this  week  with 
Alexander  Hall  directing.  The  casting  necessitates  putting  back 
"Salute  to  Sahara,"  which  was  to  have  been  Hall's  first  picture  on  the 

lot.    That   studio  also  bought  "My   .  

Client  Curley,"  radio  drama  by  Nor 


man  Corwin,  and  is  seeking  Cary 
Grant  for  the  title  role. 

•  • 

John  Gunther,  noted  newsman 
and  analyst,  has  been  signed  by  20th 
Century-Fox  to  write  a  screenplay  on 
the  history  of  the  U.  S.  Army  Signal 
Corps.  .  .  .  Paramount  has  bought 
Rachel  Field's  novel,  "And  Now 
Tomorrow,"  running  serially  in  Mc- 
Call's  Magazine.  .  .  .  Cliff  Edwards 
has  been  given  a  term  contract  at 
Paramount.  .  .  .  Ivan  Lebedeff,  Gale 
Storm  and  Warren  Hymer  have 
been  added  to  the  cast  of  "Lure  of  the 
Island,"  Monogram  picture  which  will 
star  Margie  Hart.  .  .  .  Joan  Barclay 
has  received  an  RKO  contract  and 
will  appear  opposite  Tim  Holt  in 
"Singing  Guns."  Holt,  scheduled  to 
go  into  the  Army,  will  do  six  new 
season  westerns  first. 

•  • 

Wendy  Barrie  and  Nils  Asther 
draw  roles  in  Paramount's  "In- 
terceptor Command"  .  .  .  Patti 
McCarthy  goes  into  Paramount's 
"Wake  Island"  .  .  .  Frances  Dee 
has  been  given  the  feminine 
lead  in  "Name,  Age  and  Occupa- 
tion," Pare  Lorentz  production 
at  RKO  .  .  .  "Flight  Captain"  is 
the  release  title  for  Columbia's 
"He's  My  Old  Man,"  starring 
Pat  O'Brien,  Glenn  Ford  and 
Evelyn  Keyes. 

•  • 

Ray  Milland  will  be  starred  op- 
posite Ginger  Rogers  in  Paramount's 
"Lady  in  the  Dark,"  which  will  be 
filmed  in  Technicolor.  .  .  .  John 
Stahl  has  been  handed  directorial 
reins  on  "Blind  Man's  House,"  which 
Milton  Sperling  will  produce  at  20th 
Century- Fox.  .  .  .  Edmund  Lowe  will 
be  starred  in  "Dangerous  Money," 
next  King  Brothers  picture  for 
Monogram.  .  .  .  Aaron  Klein,  asso- 
ciated with  Edward  Finney  Produc- 
tions, has  bought  two  stories,  "Secret 
Base"  and  "Three  Dots  and  a  Dash" 
by  Sam  Lindenstein,  and  has  taken 
an  option  on  a  third,  "The  Man  with 
Two  Faces." 

•  • 

"Private  Henry  Aldrich"  will 
be  the  title  of  the  next  Aldrich 
Family  picture  at  Paramount. 
.  .  .  Paramount  has  changed  the 
title  of  "Triumph  Over  Pain" 
to  "Great  Without  Glory."  .  .  . 
"Eyes  in  the  Night,"  Edward 
Arnold  vehicle  at  M-G-M,  will 
be  started  this  week  with  Fred 
Zinnemann  directing.  .  .  .  Ann 
Sheridan  and  Humphrey  Bogart 
will  be  starred  in  Warners'  "The 
Edge  of  Darkness." 

•  • 

James  Craig  has  been  borrowed 
from  RKO  for  M-G-M's  "Ox  Train." 
.  .  .  Gilbert  Roland,  Sig  Ruman, 
Rose  Hobart  and  Minor  Watson  go 
into  "Ellery  Queen  Across  the  At- 
lantic," seventh  in  the  Columbia  series. 
.  .  .  Richard  Thorpe  will  direct 
"White  Cargo"  at  M-G-M.  ...  Re- 
ported for  several  weeks,  RKO  h.as 
concluded  the  deal  in  which  Rosa- 


M-G-M  to  Resume 
British  Production 

Hollywood,  May  12.— M-G-M 
today  announced  resumption 
of  its  British  production,  with 
"Sabotage  Agent,"  starring 
Robert  Donat,  to  be  the  first 
film  since  the  war  brought  a 
halt  to  the  company's  produc- 
tion program  in  England. 
Irving  Asher,  who  was  a  pro- 
ducer for  M-G-M  there,  is  ex- 
pected to  leave  shortly  to 
make  final  arrangements  for 
the  film. 


lind  Russell,  will  be  starred  in  "Stand 
By  to  Die,"  Horace  McCoy's  story  of 
a  woman  flier  working  for  the  U.  S. 
Government  in  Japanese-held  islands 
in  the  Pacific.  David  Hempstead  will 
produce.  .  .  .  Al  Rogell  has  been  set 
to  direct  "Seven  Miles  from  Alca- 
traz.  .  .  .  Paramount  has  given  Lor- 
raine Miller  a  term  contract.  .  .  . 
Ruth  Warwick  has  had  her  RKO 
contract  extended. 

•  • 

Two  of  Monogram's  eight  Rough 
Rider  westerns  for  the  new  season 
will  be  specials.  .  .  .  Jinx  Falken- 
burg,  Leslie  Brooks  and  Kay  Har- 
ris will  head  the  cast,  with  Russell 
Hayden  and  William  Wright.  .  .  . 
Frank  Morgan  joins  the  cast  of 
"White  Cargo,"  M-G-M.  .  .  .  Dean 
Jagger,  Harry  Nelson  and  Donald 
Meek  go  into  "Ox  Train"  at  the  same 
studio.  .  .  .  That  studio  also  set 
Douglas  McPhail  to  a  new  term 
contract.  .  .  .  Samuel  Goldwyn  is 
doing  added  scenes  on  "The  Pride  of 
the  Yankees."  .  .  .  Republic  announces 
that  it  will  make  "House  of  Stars" 
based  on  the  New  York  Stage  Door 
Canteen.  Paramount  has  announced  a 
similar  picture.  .  .  .  Paramount  has 
given  Don  Castle  a  new  contract. 


'Sun,'  Stage  Show 
$15^00  in  Buffalo 

Buffalo,  May  12. — "Valley  of  the 
Sun"  and  a  stage  show  was  the  leader 
here  with  $15,200  at  the  Twentieth 
Century.  "Jungle  Book"  on  a  dual 
drew  $11,800  at  the  Great  Lakes. 

Estimated    receipts    for   the  week 
ending  May  9 : 
"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.  B.) 

BUFFALO  —  (3,489)     (35c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $12,200.    (Average,  $12,200) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 
"Dudes  Are  Pretty  People"  (U.  A.) 

GREAT  LAKES— (3,000)  (35c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $11,800.    (Average,  $8,000) 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  (Z<tth-Fox) 

HIPPODROME— (2,100)  (35c-50c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,900.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO') 

TWENTIETH  CENTURY— (3,000)  (30c- 
35c-55c)  7  days.  Jimmy  Durante,  Red  Nor- 
vo  and  his  band  on  stage,  with  Mildred 
Bailey,  Chester  Fredericks,  Gloria  Lane 
and  Nancy  Haley  in  a  revue.  Gross:  $15,- 
200.  (Average,  $9,000) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"Melody  Lane"  (Univ.) 

LAFAYETTE— (3,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,800.    (Average,  $6,500) 


Monogram  9-Month 
Profit  Is  $217,978; 
Meet  Starts  Today 


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ing  the  first  day's  sessions,  which  will 
be  presided  over  by  W.  Ray  Johnston, 
president,  and  announcement  will  be 
made  of  the  1942-'43  product. 

Charles  P.  Skouras,  president  of 
National  Theatres,  and  R.  H.  BflY'J. 
executive  secretary  of  the  PCCy^  \ 
are  scheduled  to  speak. 

It  was  announced  that  Irving 
Schlank  has  been  appointed  Midwest 
district  manager  for  Monogram.  He 
formerly  was  Midwest  district  head 
for  United  Artists. 

Announcement  was  made  of  im- 
provements to  be  made  on  studio  prop- 
erty recently  purchased  in  Hollywood 
of  new  stages,  an  administration  and 
writers'  building,  cutting  rooms,  street 
sets  and  quarters  for  craft  depart- 
ments. The  cost  of  the  property  pur- 
chased was  $250,000  and  a  like  amount 
will  be  expended  for  improvements, 
it  was  stated. 

Sign  Producers 

Richard  Oswald,  European  pro- 
ducer, has  joined  Monogram  as  a  pro- 
ducer-director and  his  first  will  be 
"Isle  of  Terror"  for  next  season's 
program.  The  company  has  also 
signed  a  contract  with  Martin  Mooney 
and  Max  King  for  three  pictures. 

In  addition  to  Johnston,  home  of- 
fice executives  at  the  meeting  will  in- 
clude Trem  Carr,  executive  in  charge 
of  production;  Samuel  Broidy,  gen- 
eral sales  manager ;  Herman  Rifkin, 
vice-president ;  J.  P.  Friedboff,  secre- 
tary-treasurer ;  Louis  S.  Lifton,  direc- 
tor of  advertising  and  publicity ;  John 
S.  Harrington,  manager  of  prints  and 
accessories ;  Lloyd  L.  Lind,  contract 
department  head,  and  Russell  M.  Bell. 

Harry  Thomas,  eastern  division 
manager ;  Alton  W.  Brody,  board 
member,  and  Norton  V.  Ritchey,  for- 
eign sales  manager,  also  will  be  pres- 
ent. Four  representatives  of  the  sales 
organization  will  be  present  as  special 
guests  as  a  reward  for  outstanding 
effort  during  the  past  year.  They  are 
Nate  Furst,  New  Haven;  W.  J.  Cam- 
mer,  Dallas ;  George  Custer,  Detroit, 
and  Ralph  Heft,  St.  Louis. 

Branch  Heads  Attend 

Exchange  managers  and  franchise 
holders  at  the  meeting  include :  Harry 
Berkson  and  Nate  Sodikman,  Al- 
bany ;  John  W.  Mangham  and  M.  E. 
Wiman,  Atlanta ;  Herman  Rifkin  and 
Al  J.  Herman,  Boston ;  J.  Sam  Hin- 
son,  Charlotte ;  Irving  Mandel,  Chi- 
cago ;  William  Onie,  Cincinnati ;  Nate 
Schultz,  Cleveland ;  Ed  Blumenthal 
and  John  Franconi,  Dallas ;  Lon  T. 
Fidler,  Denver ;  Thomas  Burke,  Des 
Moines ;  William  Hurlbut  and  M. 
Harlan  Starr,  Detroit;  Carl  Harthill, 
Indianapolis ;  George  B.  West  and 
William  Benjamin,  Kansas  City; 
Howard  Stubbins  and  Martin  Solo- 
mon, Los  Angeles;  J.  Harry  Spann, 
Memphis ;  Charles  W.  Trampe,  Mil- 
waukee ;  Ben  Nathanson,  Minneapolis  ; 
Harold  F.  Cohen,  New  Orleans ;  Jo- 
seph J.  Felder,  New  York;  Carr 
Scott,  Oklahoma  City;  Sol  J.  Fran- 
cis, Omaha ;  Sam  Rosen,  Philadel- 
phia ;  Ben  Wolansky  and  Mark  Gold- 
man, Pittsburgh;  Walter  Wessling, 
Portland,  Ore.;  Robert  Taylor,  St. 
Louis;  Don  Tibbs,  Salt  Lake  City; 
Mel  Hulling,  San  Francisco;  Ralph 
Abett,  Seattle;  Harry  Brown,  Wash- 
ington. 


SO  THAT  HE  WHO 
RUNS  MAY  READ! 


International  Motion  Picture 
Afmanac  is  designed  for  speedy  refer- 
to  provide  authentic,  up-to-the- 


ence 


minute  finger-tip  information  on  any  and 
every  phase  of  the  motion  picture  busi- 


ness. 


Look  at  any  issue  of  the  Almanac  and 
you  will  not  only  find  it  well  thumbed 
from  use  but  always  within  easy  reach  of 
its  owner,  for  the  Almanac  is  a  treasure 
trove  of  statistical  industry  information 
that  is  exhaustive  in  its  scope  and  unim- 
peachable in  its  authority. 

The  new  1942-43  International  Motion 
Picture  Almanac  is  now  in  preparation 
and  in  keeping  with  these  changing  times 
it  will  present  a  greater  compilation  of 
facts  and  figures  than  ever  before  — 
everything  with  which  to  check  the  past 
and  chart  the  future. 

Edited  by  TERRY  RAMSAYE 

RESERVE  YOUR  1942-43 
MOTION  PICTURE  ALMANAC  NOW! 


QUICLEY  PUBLICATIONS 


ROCKEFELLER  CENTER 


NEW  YORK 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  May  13,  194; 


U.S.  to  'Draft' 
Broadcasting, 
NAB  Is  Told 


By  DAVID  I.  RIMMEL 

Cleveland,  May  12. — A  "draft 
radio"  plan  by  the  Government  was 
disclosed  to  the  National  Associa- 
tion of  Broadcasters  convention 
here  today  as  Maj.  Gen.  Lewis  B. 
Hershey,  Selective  Service  Direc- 
tor, warned  broadcasters  there 
could  be  no  blanket  deferment  for 
their  managers. 

The  program  draft  was  re- 
vealed by  William  B.  Lewis,  as- 
sistant director  of  the  Office  of 
Facts  and  Figures,  who  said  the 
plan  would  affect  every  pro- 
gram on  the  air  today. 
Sponsors  of  night-time  shows  will 
be  asked  to  donate  time  for  Govern- 
ment announcements  once  every  four 
weeks,   he   announced,   and  daytime 
shows  once  every  two  weeks.  The 
schedule  will  be  staggered  so  as  not 
to  repeat  the  messages  oftener  than 
once  every  two  hours  of  the  day  on 
any  one  network. 

Will  Aid  War  Effort 

The  messages,  said  Lewis,  may  deal 
with  such  things  as  war  bonds,  metal 
salvaging  and  auto  pooling  to  con- 
serve tires.  No  more  than  three  such 
messages  will  be  used  on  the  air  at 
any  one  time. 

Gen.  Hershey.  principal  speaker  at 
the  second  day's  sessions,  admitted 
to  the  broadcasters  there  was  a  dearth 
of  managers  in  the  country  and  said 
the  army  wanted  to  oblige  them  in 
leaving  their  indispensable  men. 

But  public  opinion,  which  has  re- 
acted strongly  against  the  favoring 
of  any  one  group,  must  be  reckoned 
with,  he  said,  therefore  it  was  decided 
to  refuse  any  blanket  exemptions. 

In  a  general  message  on  the  draft, 
the  selective  service  chief  asserted  the 
time  was  coming  when  all  able-bodied 
men  must  be  either  in  the  armed 
forces  or  in  war  work.  It  may  not 
come  this  year  or  next,  he  said,  but 
it  is  something  that  must  be  thought 
about  and  planned  for. 

Film  Players  on  Show 

Hollywood  and  radio  stars  started 
arriving  here  today  for  a  radio  show- 
to  be  staged  tomorrow  night  at  the 
annual  banquet  of  the  broadcasters. 

Marlene  Dietrich,  Al  Jolson,  Kenny 
Baker,  Bonnie  Baker,  Tommy  Riggs 
and  James  Wallington  will  be  among 
those  appearing.  The  special  show, 
to  be  recorded  for  shortwave  broad- 
casts to  American  fighting  forces 
overseas,  will  be  the  14th  presentation 
of  "Command  Performance,  U.  S.  A." 

In  business  sessions  the  delegates 
have  decided  that  witnesses  for  the 
newspaper-owned  stations  will  appear 
before  the  House  Interstate  Commerce 
Committee  May  19. 

Network  Affiliates,  Inc.,  which  in- 
cludes regional  stations  affiliated  with 
networks,  approved  the  employment  of 
a  general  manager  and  a  publicity 
director  to  work  with  Government 
agencies  in  directing  war  activities. 

Dissolution  of  Independent  Radio 
Network  Affiliates,  founded  in  1937 
and  composed  of  independently-owned 
stations  that  .use  network  service,  was 
voted  for  the  sake  of  unity. 


Off  the  Antenna 

MEMBERS  of  the  Victory  Network,  formed  recently  to  carry  baseball 
games  of  the  Pittsburgh  Pirates  and  political  commercials,  are  planning 
to  organize  on  a  permanent  basis.  Members  are  WWSW,  Pittsburgh ;  WSTV, 
Steubenville,  O. ;  WJPA,  Washington;  WMBS,  Uniontown,  Pa.;  WJAL, 
Johnstown,  Pa.;  WCED,  Dubois,  Pa.;  WISR,  Butler,  Pa.;  WFBG,  Al- 
toona,  Pa.,  and  WKST,  New  Castle,  Pa.  Plans  are  being  made  to  rebroad- 
cast_  pickups  from  W47P,  the  FM  affiliate  of  WWSW,  as  a  lower  cost  substi- 
tute for  telephone  lines. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Frank  J.  Reed,  Jr.,  NBC  assistant  sales  traffic  manager, 
has  been  called  to  active  duty  as  a  first  lieutenant  May  25.  .  .  .  Rad  Hall,  NBC 
announcer,  is  father  of  a  girl.  .  .  .  Vera  Vague  has  joined  the  Bob  Hope  show 
as  a  permanent  member  of  the  cast.  .  .  .  Charles  Godwin  has  been  named  pro- 
duction supenisor  at  WOR.  .  .  .  Helen  Dunlop  of  the  WOR  publicity  depart- 
'mient  has  resigned  to  join  the  Office  of  Emergency  Management.  She  has 
been  replaced  by  Virginia  Cornish. 

•  •  • 

Adrian  Murphy,  executive  director  of  CBS  television,  left  yesterday 
to  join  the  U.  S.  Army  Signal  Corps  as  a  first  lieutenant.  Leonard  Hole, 
manager  of  television  operations,  will  become  acting  director  of  television 
for  the  network.  Murphy  joined  CBS  six  years  ago  and  assumed  charge 
of  television  in  1939. 

•  •  • 

The  Blue  has  issued  its  first  rate  card  since  its  separation  from  NBC. 
Settling  a  long  standing  dispute  with  advertising  agencies,  the  card  provides 
that  the  first  two  per  cent  of  both  weekly  and  annual  discounts  are  cash  dis- 
counts and  are  contingent  on  payment  of  bills  on  or  before  the  12th  of  the 
month  following  the  broadcasts.  Stations  are  re-grouped  into  the  basic  net- 
work and  six  supplementary  groups,  and  the  discount  increases  as  each  group 
is  added.  Rates  for  Sunday  afternoon  hours  from  noon  to  4  P.  M.  are  re- 
duced from  three-quarters  of  the  basic  night  rate  to  two-thirds. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  The  "Cincinnati  Post"  in  addition  to  listing  daily 
programs,  hereafter  zvill  issue  a  Saturday  supplement  listing  programs  of  the 
five  Cincinnati  stations  for  the  entire  week.  The  "Post"  operates  WCPO, 
.  .  .  .  Profits  from  a  roller  skating  party  sponsored  by  the  Croslcy  Employes 
Glee  Club  will  he  used  to  buy  gifts  for  Croslcy  employes  in  the  armed  forces. 
.  .  .  .  A.  W.  Danncnbaum,  Jr.,  WD  AS,  Philadelphia  sales  manager,  has  joined 
'the  Signal  Corps  as  a  lieutenant.  He  will  be  replaced  by  Charles  Siahl. 
former  general  manager  of  WKNY,  Kingston,  N.  Y. 

•  •  • 

FCC  Chairman  James  L.  Fly,  William  Benton,  vice-president  of  the 
University  of  Chicago,  and  Harold  D.  Lasswell,  director  of  war  com- 
munications research  for  the  Library  of  Congress,  will  be  heard  on  the 
"University  of  Chicago  Roundtable"  Sunday  over  NBC  in  a  discussion 
of  the  problems  and  responsibilities  of  American  broadcasters  in  war 
time. 

•  •  • 

NBC  has  devoted  146  hours  and  37  minutes  to  news  and  announce- 
ments by  Government  agencies  since  Dec.  7,  it  was  stated  yesterday.  In  addi- 
tion, the  television  station  has  put  on  10  hours  and  25  minutes  of  air. raid 
programs  weekly.  At  the  present  rate,  NBC  will  devote  539  hours  during  the 
year,  in  addition  to  sustaining  and  commercial  programs,  to  this  type  of  news 
snd  announcements,  according  to  the  network. 


Television  on 
4-Hour  Weekly 
Wartime  Basis 


Washington,  May  12.— Com- 
mercial television  stations  will  be 
permitted  to  reduce  their  minimum 
hours  of  operation  from  15  to-4jkvir 
a  week,  in  order  to  conserve  t ' 
rial  and  equipment. 

The  necessary  order  was  issued  to- 
day by  the  Federal  Communications 
Commission,  which  explained  that  it 
is  hoped  in  this  way  to  "prevent  reces- 
sion of  this  new  art  to  a  purely  ex- 
perimental or  laboratory  stage  and 
keep  it  alive,  ready  to  flourish  as  a 
public  service  after  the  war  emer- 
gency." 

The  television  order  was  in  line 
with  a  policy  adopted  by  the  Commis- 
sion some  days  ago  of  permitting  reg- 
ular broadcasting  stations  to  reduce 
their  hours  of  service,  also  designed 
to  save  material  and  equipment  which 
may  not  be  replaceable  until  after  the 
war. 


Theatre  Changes 


Essaness  Shifts  Managers 

Chicago,  May  12. — Thomas  Hun- 
gerford  has  resigned  as  supervisor  of 
the  Oak  Park  and  Northwest  districts 
for  Essaness  Theatres.  He  has  been 
succeeded  by  Ralph  Smitha,  West  and 
South  Side  supervisor,  who  retains 
supervision  over  the  Michigan  and 
Crown  of  his  former  district.  Stanley 
Krueger,  manager  of  the  American, 
takes  Smitha's  former  territory  and  is 
succeeded  at  the  American  by  Elbert 
Truesdell,  assistant  manager  of  the 
house.  Other  changes  on  the  circuit 
are  Edward  Kennelly,  from  manager 
of  the  Mode  to  manager,  Davis  ;  How- 
ard Burns,  manager,  Davis,  to  man- 
ager, Town,  Cicero,  111. ;  Allan  Mar- 
shall, manager,  Town,  to  manager. 
Mode,  Chicago. 


Managers  Are  Transferred 

Indianapolis,  May  12. — Hubert  N. 
Scott,  for  three  years  assistant  man- 
ager at  Loew's  here,  has  taken  a 
similar  post  at  Loew's,  Akron,  Ohio. 
Harold  Garlinghouse  of  Loew's  Col- 
umbia, Washington,  is  now  assistant 
manager  here. 


Girl  Is  Assistant  Manager 

Seattle,  May  12.  —  One  of  the 
Pacific  Northwest's  first  feminine  as- 
sistant managers  has  been  appointed 
by  Manager  Oscar  Nyberg  of  the  Fox 
Theatre  in  Spokane.  She  is  Peggy 
Egbers,  a  member  of  the  theatre  staff. 


Manages  House  in  Oakland 

Oakland,  Cal.,  May  12.  —  Wally 
Feehan  has  been  named  manager  of 
the  Moulin  Rouge  Theatre,  an  inde- 
pendent, replacing  Allen  E.  King,  who 
died  recently. 


Leaves  Conn.  Theatre  Post 

New  London,  Conn.,  May  12. — 
Theodore  Smalley  has  resigned  as 
manager  of  the  Garde  Theatre  here, 
a  post  he  has  held  for  the  past  five 

years. 


Name  Rochester  Assistant 

Rochester,  May  12. — Edward  How- 
ard has  been  named  assistant  manager 
at  the  RKO  Palace.  He  is  formerly  of 
Loew's  Rochester  and  the  Strand, 


New  Orleans  Award 
Upheld  on  Appeal 

The  arbitration  appeals  board  yes- 
terday confirmed  the  award  of  an  ar- 
bitrator at  the  New  Orleans  tribunal 
reducing  the  60-day  clearance  of  the 
Poplar,  operated  by  United  Theatres, 
Inc.,  over  the  Ashton  to  10  days. 

In  another  award  at  the  New  Or- 
leans board,  RKO  and  Warners 
were  directed  to  offer  some  run  of 
product  in  accordance  with  Section  6 
of  the  decree  to  the  Lakeview  Thea- 
tre, Lakeview,  La.  Paramount,  which 
was  also  named  a  respondent  in  the 
complaint,  was  dismissed  by  the  arbi- 
trator. 

The  Ashton  case  was  appealed  by 
United  Theatres,  the  intervenor.  In 
affirming  the  arbitrator's  award  the 
appeals  board  held  that  the  60  days 
clearance  in  favor  of  the  Poplar  was 
"not  only  unreasonable  but  arbitrary," 
but  denied  the  complainant's  original 
request  that  the  clearance  be  reduced 
to  one  day.  The  decision  directs 
Paramount,  RKO  and  Vitagraph  to 
grant  a  maximum  clearance  of  10 
days  to  the  Poplar  over  the  Ashton, 
and  not  later  than  75  days  after  first- 
run  Canal  Street  theatres. 

The  complaint  originally  named  the 
five  consenting  companies,  but  20th 
Century-Fox  was  dismissed  following 
an  agreement  to  sell  the  Ashton  60 
days  after  Canal  Street  first  runs,  and 
M-G-M  was  dismsised  because  it  had 
no  contract  with  the  complainant. 


UA  Will  Screen  War 
Office  Film  in  London 

London,  May  12. — United  Artists 
tomorrow  here  will  preview  "Next  of 
Kin,"  a  War  Office  security  produc- 
tion produced  at  the  Ealing  Studio. 
Exhibitor  protest  over  distribution 
arrangements  for  the  film  are  foreseen 
in  some  industry  quarters.  The  Gau- 
mont  British  circuit  and  the  Odeon 
circuit  are  scheduled  to  show  the  film 
concurrently   in   competitive  areas. 


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MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


.  51.  NO.  94 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  THURSDAY,  MAY  14.  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Court  Orders 
Browne  -Bioff 
Cash  Returned 


Decides  Companies  Must 
Be  Reimbursed 


Money  paid  to  George  E.  Browne 
and  William  Bioff,  now  serving 
terms  in  Federal  prisons  for  extor- 
tion, must  be  returned  to  company 
treasuries  by  the  officers  who  made 
the  payments,  New  York  Supreme 
Court  Justice  John  E.  McGeehan 
ruled  yesterday  in  a  stockholder 
suit  against  Paramount. 

This  decision,  it  is  believed, 
will  set  a  legal  precedent  in 
similar  stockholder  suits  pend- 
ing against  other  companies. 

In  a  three-page  opinion  on  a  motion 
to  examine  before  trial  corporate 
books  and  officers,  Justice  McGeehan 
stated  that  "while  the  payment  of 
moneys  may  have  benefited  the  corpo- 
ration from  a  practical  point  of  view, 
nevertheless  those  payments  were  il- 
legally made."  He  added,  however, 
that  he  had  no  power  to  decide  the 
merits  of  the  suit  in  an  intermediate 
motion  and  stated  that  the  final  deci- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Repub.  Holds  Meet 
In  Chicago  Today 

Republic  completed  the  first  of  three 
regional  sales  meetings  at  the  New 
York  Athletic  Club  here  yesterday, 
and  the  company's  executives  left  by 
plane  to  preside  at  the  second  meeting, 
scheduled  for  the  Drake  Hotel  in 
Chicago  today  and  tomorrow,  for 
Midwestern  sales  staffs. 

The  final  regional  meeting  will  be 
held  next  Tuesday  and  Wednesday 
on  the  Coast.  At  yesterday's  conclud- 
ing session  of  the  Eastern  meeting, 
the  1942-'43  production  program  was 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Seats  Still  Available 
For  'Dandy"  Opening 

Warner  Bros,  announced  yesterday 
that  seats  are  still  available  in  all 
classes,  from  the  $25,000  top  down  to 
the  $25  war  bond  pledge  minimum 
for  the  premiere  of  "Yankee  Doodle 
Dandy,"  at  the  Hollywood  Theatre, 
May  29.  The  picture  starts  at  $2.20 
top  on  the  following  day.  The  pre- 
miere goal  is  $5,000,000  in  war  bonds. 


Para.  New  Season 
Budget  Estimated 
15%  Over  1941-'42 


Paramount's  new  season  production 
budget  was  estimated  yesterday  by  Y. 
Frank  Freeman,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  the  studio,  at  10  to  15  per 
cent  over  the  current  season's  budget, 
which  is  seen  as  increasing  the  budget 
to  approximately  $25,000,000  to  $27,- 
000,000,   according   to  Freeman. 

The  1942-'43  production  schedule 
will  consist  of  34  features,  two  West- 
erns and  six  Hopalong  Cassidys, 
Freeman  said.  The  schedule  com- 
pares with  38  features  and  six  Cas- 
sidys on  this  season's  schedule.  As 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Monogram  Opens 
Sales  Convention 

Los    Angeles,    May    13. — Mono- 
gram's   10th   anniversary   sales  con- 
vention  opened   at   the  Ambassador 
Hotel  here  to- 
day,   with  W. 
Ray  Johnston, 
president,  pre- 
siding. Fran- 
chise holders, 
exchange  man- 
agers and  home 
office  represen- 
tatives   are  in 
attendance. 

Addresses  of 
welcome  were 
made  at  the 
opening  session 
by  Robert  H. 
Poole,  execu- 
tive secretary 
of  the  PCCITO,  and  Charles  Skouras, 


WPB  Cuts  Fuel  Oil 
Supply  to  Theatres 

Washington,  May  13— Thea- 
tres on  the  Eastern  seaboard 
are  affected  in  a  War  Produc- 
tion Board  order  today  reduc- 
ing to  50  per  cent  of  1941 
levels  the  deliveries  of  fuel  oil 
used  for  cooling  equipment  or 
water  heating.  The  Board 
banned  deliveries  for  use  in 
oil  burners  installed  after 
June  15,  unless  foundations 
for  the  boilers  were  previous- 
ly installed,  in  the  Midwest- 
ern states,  Oregon  and  Wash- 
ington, as  well  as  the  Atlantic 
seaboard,  unless  no  other  fuel 
can  be  used. 


MPTOA  Urges 
Mediation  Plan 
Under  Decree 


W.  K.  Johnston 


(Continued  on  page  6) 


The  establishment  of  a  local  media- 
tion system  under  the  industry  con- 
sent decree  to  amplify  arbitration  and 
correct  some  of  the  deficiencies  be- 
ieved  by  the  MPTOA  to  exist  in  the 
arbitration  system,  is  urged  by  Ed 
Kuykendall,  MPTOA  president,  in  a 
bulletin  issued  yesterday. 

The  bulletin  also  replies  to  the  re- 
cent attacks  on  the  proposed  Umpi 
sales  plan  by  the  Society  of  Indepen- 
dent Motion  Picture  Producers  and 
Samuel  Goldwyn.  In  addition,  a 
warning  is  sounded  against  the 
dangers  which  the  MPTOA  believes 
would  result  from  the  fixing  of  a 

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Brooklyn  Blackout  Hurts 
Grosses  of  220  Theatres 


Brooklyn  went  dark  for  20  minutes 
last  night,  beginning  at  9 :30,  as  the 
series  of  borough-wide  practice  black- 
outs continued,  leaving  only  Manhat- 
tan and  the  Borough  of  Queens  to  be 
darkened  before  the  entire  city  is 
tested.  About  220  theatres,  catering 
to  a  population  of  nearly  3,000,000, 
felt  the  usual  adverse  effects  as  resi- 
dents were  confined  indoors  and  no 
tickets  could  be  sold  during  the 
period. 

Theatremen  reported,  however,  that 
business  showed  an  improvement  over 


previous  blackout  nights  when  sec- 
tional tests  were  held,  pointing  out 
that  the  public  has  to  some  extent  be- 
come acquainted  with  the  procedure. 

Brooklyn's  downtown  first  run 
houses,  including  the  Paramount,  Al- 
bee,  Fox  and  Metropolitan  reported 
grosses  off.  the  declines  ranging  from 
25  to  33  per  cent.  The  drop  in  busi- 
ness at  the  numerous  neighborhood 
theatres  was  estimated  at  an  aver- 
age of  20  per  cent.  Loew's,  RKO 
Century  and  Randforce  are  among  the 
circuits  operating  houses  in  the  bor- 
ough. 


Umpi  Practice 
Plan  Indorsed 
By  Exhibitors 

2  Consenting  Companies 
Reject  Conciliation 


Exhibitor  members  of  the  Umpi 
committee  of  the  whole,  meeting 
at  the  Warwick  Hotel  here  yes- 
terday,  indorsed   the   entire  five- 
point   trade   practice   program  as 
submitted  by  the  subcommittee  on 
Point  5  of  the  unity  program. 
With  respect  to  the  plan  for 
establishment  of  local,  regional 
and  national  machinery  for  con- 
ciliation of  industry  disputes, 
the  committee  indorsed  the  pro- 
posal to  be  effective  "with  such 
film  companies  as  are  willing  to 
subscribe"   to   the   plan  sub- 
mitted by  the  subcommittee. 
The  exhibitor  indorsement  took  this 
form,  it  was  reported,  due  to  the  fact 
that  two  of  the  five  consenting  com- 
panies had  indicated  at  the  meeting 
of  the  Umpi  committee  of  the  whole, 
which  preceded  the  separate  exhibitor 
session,  that  they  could  not  accept  the 
conciliation  proposals.  Efforts  to  meet 
the  objections  of  the  two  companies 
to  the  conciliation  plan  are  expected 
to  continue  when  the  committee  of 
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1,500  in  Army-Navy 
Drive  Parade  Today 

About  1,500  civilians  and  uniformed 
men  and  women  will  march  today  in 
the  industry-sponsored  Broadway 
parade  marking  the  beginning  of  the 
theatre  drive  for  Army  and  Navy 
Emergency  Relief. 

With  Stanton  Griffis  and  Nicholas 
M.  Schenck  as  grand  marshals,  the 
procession  will  start  from  31st  St. 
at  12 :30,  reaching  Times  Square 
about  1  P.  M.,  when  a  rally  will  fea- 
ture Mayor  F.  H.  LaGuardia,  Lieut. 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Plan  Cole  Banquet 
At  N.  J.  Allied  Meet 

New  Jersey  Allied's  23d  annual 
convention  program  has  been  set,  with 
a  rountable  conference  of  exhibitors 
on  wartime  operation,  the  election  of 
officers  and  a  testimonial  banquet  to 
Col.  H.  A.  Cole  highlighting  the  pro- 
gram. 

The  three-day  session  begins  June  3 
at  the  Ambassador   Hotel,  Atlantic 

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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  May  14,  1942 


Personal 
Mention 

Y FRANK  FREEMAN  plans  to 
•    leave  for  the  Coast  by  train  to- 
night after  two  weeks  here. 

• 

Robert  Wilby  is  in  town  from  At- 
lanta. 

Abram  F.  Myers  returned  to 
Washington  last  night. 

• 

William  Wyler  will  go  to  Wash- 
ington from  here  today  and  is 
scheduled  to  leave  for  the  Coast  on 
Monday. 

• 

Jasper   D.    Rapoport,  Paramount 
manager  in  Cuba,  left  here  yesterday 
for  his  new  headquarters  in  Panama. 
• 

Walter  Lynch  is  visiting  in  the 
Midwest. 

• 

Boris  Morros  and  S.  P.  Eagle  are 
expected  here  from  the  Coast  early 
next  week. 


Publicists  Consider 
National  Affiliation 

The  question  of  affiliation  with  a 
national  labor  group  is  again  being 
considered  by  the  Screen  Publicists 
Guild  of  New  York,  it  was  revealed 
yesterday  in  SPG  Nam,  official  pub- 
lication of  the  union. 

Affiliation  with  the  CIO  was  voted 
down  by  the  Guild  membership  last 
year,  but  it  was  stated  that  the  ques- 
tion has  been  reopened  by  the  guild's 
action  committee  "as  a  result  of  the 
experience  of  the  committee  during 
the  protracted  negotiations."  The  ne- 
gotiations referred  to  ended  last  week 
when  the  SPG  won  its  first  contract 
with  seven  major  companies. 


'Mrs.  Miniver'  Set 
To  Play  Music  Hall 

"Mrs.  Miniver,"  M-G-M  film  star- 
ring Walter  Pidgeon  and  Greer  Gar- 
son,  will  play  the  Radio  City  Music 
Hall,  following  the  booking  of  an- 
other Metro  picture,  "Tortilla  Flat." 
The  Music  Hall  booking  of  "Miniver" 
is  an  advance  showing  which  will  pre- 
cede the  picture's  regular  national  re- 
lease by  many  weeks.  A  special-event 
opening  is  under  consideration  for  the 
film  by  Gus  Eyssell,  managing  direc- 
tor. 


$650,000  Expected 
From  Caravan  Tour 


With  the  final  appearance  of  the 
Hollywood  Victory  Caravan  in  San 
Francisco  on  Tuesday,  it  is  expected 
that  the  tour  will  net  the  Army  and 
Navy  Relief  Funds  a  total  of  $650,- 
000. 

In  one  of  the  largest  charitable 
ventures  undertaken  by  the  industry, 
the  performers  will  have  made  13  ap- 
pearances when  the  tour  ends.  Cities 
visited  included  Washington,  Boston, 
Philadelphia,  Cleveland,  Detroit,  Chi- 
cago, St.  Louis,  Minneapolis,  Des 
Moines,  Dallas  and  Houston. 

Robert  M.  Weitman,  managing  di- 
rector of  the  Broadway  Paramount, 
who  has  accompanied  the  tour,  left 
Houston  yesterday  and  is  expected  to 
return  here  tomorrow. 

Musicians  Cut  Pay 
For  Service  Work 

Pittsburgh,  May  13. — Members  of 
American  Federation  of  Musicians 
Local  60  here  will  reduce  their  wage 
scale  20  per  cent  for  playing  at  parties 
or  parades  for  selectees,  Clair  E. 
Meeder,  president,  has  announced. 

In  explaining  the  union's  decision, 
Meeder  observed  that  "the  musician 
depends  upon  music  for  a  livelihood, 
that  his  only  means  of  existence  is 
through  paid  employment  which  he 
receives  at  his  profession,  and  that 
donating  a  night  or  a  day's  service  is 
synonymous  with  donating  a  day's 
wages  by  any  other  tradesman,  and 
that  it  is  no  more  just  to  ask  our 
members  to  donate  their  services  than 
it  is  to  ask  a  steel  worker,  munitions 
worker,  a  carpenter  or  tradesman 
building  a  cantonment  to  donate  his 
wages." 

Buy  Two  Baltimore 
Legitimate  Houses 

Baltimore,  May  13.  —  Two  Balti- 
more film  theatre  owners  within  the 
past  month  have  purchased  two  legiti- 
mate playhouses  here.  The  first  was 
William  C.  Hicks,  circuit  operator, 
who  bought  the  Maryland.  He  has 
suggested  the  possibility  of  restoring 
vaudeville  there. 

The  second  was  Morris  Mechanic, 
owner  of  the  New  and  Center,  who 
has  purchased  Ford's  where,  for  over 
70  years,  legitimate  shows  have  been 
presented.  He  plans  a  continuation  of 
the  same  policy. 

E.  K.  Dividends  Set; 
Officers  Reelected 

Rochester,  May  13. — Eastman  Ko- 
dak Co.  today  declared  a  quarterly 
dividend  of  $1.50  per  share  on  the 
common  stock,  and  a  similar  payment 
on  the  preferred,  as  present  officers 
were  reelected  at  a  board  meeting. 
They  are :  Thomas  J.  Hargrave,  presi- 
dent ;  William  G.  Stuber,  honorary 
board  chairman,  and  Frank  W.  Love- 
joy,  chairman. 


Schwarz  Rites  Friday 

Buffalo,  May  13. — Funeral  serv- 
ices will  be  held  on  Friday  at  Wilkes 
Barre,  Pa.,  his  birthplace,  for  Ralph 
D.  Schwarz,  55,  Western  New  York 
field  checking  supervisor  for  M-G-M, 
who  died  in  Syracuse  Monday.  His 
home  was  here.  He  is  survived  by 
his  mother,  Mrs.  Lillie  Schwarz,  and 
a  sister,  Mrs.  Joel  A.  Levy. 


'Next  of  Kin'  Film 
Shown  in  London 

London,  May  13.— "Next  of 
Kin,"  United  Artists  film 
made  for  the  War  Office  and 
aimed  to  stifle  loose  talk,  re- 
leased as  a  spy  film,  was  pre- 
viewed today.  An  action  climax 
features  a  Commando  raid. 
The  SDy  theme  elaborately 
outlines  Nazi  espionage  meth- 
ods, but  the  final  reels  are 
exciting,  with  an  attack  on  a 
U-boat  base.  The  film  will 
open  at  the  Pavilion  Friday 
with  Government  officials  ex- 
nected.  The  CEA  has  placed 
the  film  in  the  entertainment 
category. 


British  Circuit  Head 
Resigns  Suddenly 


London,  May  13.  —  Considerable 
speculation  in  industry  and  financial 
circles  has  resulted  from  the  sudden 
resignation  of  Sir  Ralph  Wedgwood 
as  chairman  of  Associated  British 
Cinemas,  Ltd.,  and  Union  Cinemas, 
affiliated  company. 

Wedgwood,  who  took  the  post  last 
September,  has  been  replaced  by  A.  G. 
Allen.  It  was  understood  at  the  time 
of  his  selection  that  Wedgwood's  ap- 
pointment had  the  approval  of  the 
Board  of  Trade,  and  was  related  to 
the  British  principle  that  control  of 
large  British  circuits  remain  in  Brit- 
ish hands.  This  followed  the  acqui- 
sition of  an  interest  in  the  crcuit  by 
Warners.  Max  Milder,  the  American 
company's  managing  director  in  Eng- 
land, remains  as  joint  managing  di- 
rector of  the  circuit,  the  post  to  which 
he  was  named  following  the  acquisi- 
tion. 

Vancouver  to  Curb 
Late  Child  Admission 

Vancouver,  May  13.— The  City 
Council's  Finance  Committee  recently 
approved  a  resolution  calling  on  the- 
atre managers  to  do  their  part  in 
keeping  very  young  children  out  of 
theatres  late  at  night. 

The  resolution  further  provided  that 
managers  of  theatres  be  notified  that 
it  is  illegal  for  any  other  than  parents 
or  guardians  or  other  persons  who 
would  make  themselves  responsible  for 
the  children  to  buy  film  tickets  for 
them. 


Kansas-Missouri  TA 
Membership  in  Gain 

Kansas  City,  May  13. — Member- 
ship of  Kansas  City  independent  the- 
atres in  the  Kansas-Missouri  Theatres 
Association  rose  to  more  than  80  per 
cent  as  a  result  of  a  meeting  this  week. 
Twelve  independents  were  already 
members ;  about  20  are  now  being- 
added.  The  circuit  theatres  have  been 
members  for  some  time. 


Honored  by  Theatre 

Oshawa,  Quebec,  May  13. — Walter 
Cockerill,  maintenance  man  at  the 
Marks  Theatre  here,  was  honored  for 
his  25  years  with  the  house,  during  an 
intermission  in  the  performance.  He 
was  given  an  inscribed  signet  ring. 


Pinanski  Says  Mass. 
Theatres  Prepared 


Springfield,  Mass.,  May  13— The 
theatres  of  Massachusetts  are  well 
organized  to  meet  any  war  emergency, 
Samuel  Pinanski,  head  of  M  &  P 
Theatres  and  executive  coordinator  of 
the  amusement  industry  division  of  the 
Massachusetts  Committee  of  Ptfj'v 
Safety,  told  delegates  to  the  Wc  - 
Agricultural  Fairs  Association  meet- 
ing at  the  Hotel  Kimball  here  today. 

"We  have  received  a  challenge  but 
we  can  meet  it,"  Pinanski  said,  as 
chief  speaker  in  a  discussion  of  war 
time  safety  requirements.  He  outlined 
methods  by  which  fair  operators  could 
make  use  of  the  work  done  by  theatre 
men  in  preparing  for  blackouts,  air 
raids  and  other  emergencies. 

"The  problem  is  to  keep  the  public 
safe  from  harm  and  at  the  same  time 
keep  Up  its  morale  by  entertainment," 
Pinanski  said.  "It  is  up  to  us  in  the 
amusement  industry  to  prove  that  we 
can  seriously  and  soberly  solve  the 
problems  peculiar  to  our  business." 

Seattle  Houses  Test 
Air  Raid  Procedure 

Seattle,  May  13.— Seattle's  theatre 
defense  program  was  given  a  demon- 
stration here  this  week  at  Hamrick- 
Evergreen's  Blue  Mouse  Theatre,  with 
approximately  1,000  ushers,  cashiers, 
doormen,  theatre  managers  and  other 
employes  of  Seattle  and  suburban  the- 
atres in  attendance.  Clarence  R.  In- 
nis,  director  of  the  theatre  branch  of 
the  Seattle  municipal  defense  council, 
presided. 

In  the  event  of  a  blackout  or  air 
raid,  all  theatres  in  the  Seattle  area 
will  be  notified  by  a  telephone  hookup 
radiating  from  the  switchboards  of  the 
Hamrick-Evergreen  and  Sterling 
Chain  circuit  offices.  From  these  focal 
points  all  places  of  entertainment  will 
be  notified. 

A  mock  panic  was  staged  at  the 
Blue  Mouse  as  part  of  the  meeting 
planned  by  Innis.  Ushers  on  duty 
posted  _  themselves  conspicuously  near 
the  exits,  shining  their  flashlights  on 
the_  floor.  Exits  were  quickly  opened, 
while  slides  directing  the  evacuation 
were  flashed  on  the  screen.  The  the- 
atre was  emptied  in  about  three  min- 
utes. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

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holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
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Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
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Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vice- 
President,  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
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Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau,  Postal  Union 
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London  Bureau;  4  Golden  Square,  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
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tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres,  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23, 
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under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscrip- 
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Sunday  Shows  Now 
Allowed  in  Jackson 

Jackson,  Miss.,  May  13.— Op- 
eration of  Jackson  film  the- 
atres on  Sundays,  heretofore 
prohibited  under  a  120-year- 
old  law,  was  given  official 
sanction  yesterday  by  the  City 
Commission,  which  took  up 
the  matter  following  a  rever- 
sal of  a  judgment  against 
Henry  Seel  for  opening  his 
theatre  on  Sunday. 

While  granting  permission 
for  Sunday  films,  the  commis- 
sion ruled  out  all  other 
amusements. 


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D  U  J  I  SN  l  j  J     U  i  r  U  !\  1  U  IN  1  1  1  l  ju 

S    screw  machines; 

nachining;  prompt  serv- 
jn,   55   West    16th  st. 

OPPORTUNITY  for  smart  ^ 
showmen  to  cash  in  on  great  r 
new  business  beginning  Deco-  ^ 
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pushing  av.,  B'klyn. 

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with  RICHARD  WHORF  •  GEORGE  TOBIAS  •  GENE  LOCKHART 
ALAN  HALE  •  BETTY  BREWER 

Directed  by  CURTIS  BERNHARDT 

Screen  Play  by  A.  I.  Bezzerides  •  From  a  Story  by  Theodore  Pratt 
Adaptation  by  Kenneth  Garnet  , 


WARNERS  again! 


OF  THE  SMARTEST  SHH 

REMEMI 


M  IN  THE  WORLD  WILL  PLAY 


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Thursday,  May  14,  1942 


Umpi  Practice 
Plan  Indorsed 
By  Exhibitors 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
the   whole   resumes   its   session  this 
morning. 

Other  phases  of  the  five-point  plan 
which  were  indorsed  by  the  exhibitor 
group  are :  the  proposed  new  selling 
plan,  measures  to  prevent  the  forcing 
of  shorts  with  features,  and  amplifi- 
cation of  arbitration  procedure.  The 
conciliation  proposals  are  in  two  sep- 
arate phases,  one  covering  concilia- 
tion of  territorial  complaints  and  the 
other  those  of  individual  grievances. 

Includes  Rental  Terms 

It  was  learned  that  the  subcommit- 
tee's report  on  conciliation  included  the 
reference  to  concilation  groups  of 
grievances  involving  allegedly  excess- 
ive film  rentals  and  playing  terms. 
This  has  been  an  active  subj  ect  in  Al- 
lied States  councils  recently,  with  that 
organization  having  gone  on  record  as 
favoring  Umpi  intervention  in  the 
matter  on  the  exhibitors'  behalf. 

Whether  or  not  it  was  the  inclusion 
of  film  rental  grievances  which  caused 
the  two  distribution  companies  to 
withhold  their  acceptance  of  the  pro- 
posal could  not  be  learned.  It  was 
stated,  however,  that  the  handling  of 
such  complaints  by  the  local  concilia- 
tion machinery  was  to  be  optional 
rather  than  obligatory.  Under  that 
method,  presumably,  only  patently 
meritorious  complaints  would  receive 
recognition. 


WAC  Studies  Umpi 
Coordination  Plan 

Allied  States  proposals  to 
the  War  Activities  Committee 
to  coordinate  many  of  the 
WAC  functions  with  those  of 
the  United  Motion  Picture  In- 
dustry, and  the  adoption  of 
measures  designed  to  give  the 
war  activities  participation  of 
independent  exhibitors  proper 
recognition,  have  been  re- 
ferred to  WAC  sub-commit- 
tees for  further  consideration, 
it  was  learned  yesterday. 

The  proposals  were  report- 
ed to  have  been  made  by 
Abram  F.  Myers,  allied  chair- 
man and  general  counsel,  at 
a  WAC  meeting  called  by 
George  J.  Schaefer,  chairman, 
on  Tuesday. 


Monogram  Opens 
10th  Anniversary 
Sales  Convention 


1,500  in  Army-Navy 
Drive  Parade  Today 


Ky.  Towns  Cannot 
Bar  Sunday  Films 

Frankfort,  Ky.,  May  13. — The 
Kentucky  Court  of  Appeals  has  de- 
clared in  a  Harlan  case  that  munici- 
palities are  prohibited  by  state  law 
from  barring  Sunday  operation  of  mo- 
tion picture  theatres. 

The  court  explained  its  decision  by 
saying  that  a  1934  amendment  to  the 
state  Sunday  closing  law  specifically 
stated  that  operation  of  films  on  Sun- 
day was  "not  to  be  construed  as  work 
or  labor  within  the  meaning  of  the 
Sunday  closing  law"  and  added :  "It  is 
clear,  therefore,  that  a  municipal  cor- 
poration has  no  power  to  prohibit  the 
operation  of  picture  shows  on  Sun- 
day" The  opinion  upheld  an  injunc- 
tion granted  by  Harlan  Circuit  Court 
to  L.  B.  Scott,  general  manager  of 
the  Phoenix-Harlan  Theatre  Com- 
pany, to  prevent  the  city  continuing 
to  prosecute  him  in  City  Court. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

John  D.  Bulkeley,  industry  executives 
and  entertainers.  Eddie  Dowden  is 
chairman  of  the  parade  committee. 

In  the  reviewing  stand  for  the  in- 
dustry will  be  N.  M.  Schenck,  C.  C. 
Moskowitz,  Marvin  Schenck,  Oscar 
A.  Doob  and  Harry  Brandt.  Danny 
Kaye  will  be  master  of  ceremonies. 
A  program  will  be  given  by  Jimmy 
Dorsey's  band,  Woody  Herman's 
band,  Ella  Logan,  Diosa  Costello,  Ken 
Murray,  Benny  Fields,  the  Ink  Spots, 
Lou  Holtz,  Jane  Froman,  Arthur 
Treacher,  Hazel  Scott  and  Billy  De 
Wolfe,  who  are  scheduled  to  appear. 

The  first  of  the  parade's  four 
formations  will  consist  of  Army  men. 
The  second  group  will  include  men 
from  the  Navy  with  the  Coast  Guard 
Band,  Coast  Guard  and  Marine  de- 
tails, an  open  car  with  Lieut.  Bulkeley 
and  his  associates  in  his  PT-boat  ex- 
ploits, Lieut.  Robert  Kelly  and  Ensign 
George  Cox,  and  a  Navy  band. 
Fabian  Band  in  Line 

The  third  formation  will  have  civil- 
ians, the  Fabian  Theatres  band  of 
Staten  Island,  27  Powers  models  car- 
rying the  flags  of  the  United  Nations, 
an  A.W.V.S.  corps  and  color  guard 
Loew's  cadet  band,  the  St.  James 
Girls  Cadet  Band,  a  Red  Cross  con 
tingent,  the  Father  Duffy  Canteen 
Unit  of  the  American  Theatre  Win 
led  by  Gertrude  Lawrence  and  an 
ambulance  corps.  Ushers  from  the 
Capitol,  Radio  City  Music  Hall,  RKO 
Theatres  and  Loew's  Theatres  will 
form  the  fourth  group. 


Disney  Devoting  75% 
Of  Time  to  U.S.  Films 

According  to  a  statement  released 
by  RKO,  the  Walt  Disney  Studios 
are  now  devoting  75  per  cent  of  their 
facilities  to  Government  films.  It  is 
also  stated  that  between  75,000  and 
100,000  feet  of  defense  films  are  to 
be  made  by  the  Disney  studio  this 
year,  and  that  this  footage  is  greater 
than  that  which  the  studio  has  pro- 
duced in  any  year  to  date.  "Bambi," 
Disney's  newest  full-length  feature,  is 
described  as  having  taken  five  years 
to  make. 


Republic  Chicago 
Meeting  on  Today 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

discussed,  and  the  representatives  left 
their  headquarters  following  a  lunch- 
eon. The  executives  who  left  by  plane 
yesterday  for  Chicago  were :  H.  J 
Yates,  executive  head ;  James  R 
Grainger,  president ;  M.  J.  Siegel 
president  of  Republic  Productions 
William  Saal  and  W.  L.  Titus,  Jr. 


Joins  WB  Checking  Staff 

H.  B.  Paul  has  rejoined  the  Warner 
checking  staff  as  supervisor  in  Den- 
ver and  Salt  Lake  City  with  head- 
quarters in  Denver,  the  company  an 
nounced. 


Samuel  Broidy 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

president  of  National  Theatres.  Trem 
Carr,  executive  director  in  charge  of 
production,     introduced     the  guests 
while   Samuel  Broidy,  general  sales 
manager,  presented  the  salesmen  who 
have  won 
awards  for  out- 
standing perfor- 
mances during 
the  past  season. 
Other  speakers 
included  Her- 
man R  i  f  k  i  n, 
Chas.  Trampe, 
Mel  Hulling, 
John  Franconi, 
L  o  n  F  i  d  1  e  r, 
Mark  Gold- 
rri  a  n,  John 
M  a  n  g  h  a  fn, 
Harry  Thomas, 
Joseph  Felder, 
Sam  Rosen, 
Harry  Brown, 
Irving  Mandel,   Norton  V.  Ritchey, 
Ralph  Bettinson,    Alton    A.  Brody, 
Louis  S.  Lifton  and  Forrest  Judd. 

In  the  afternoon,  delegates  attended 
a  screening  of  "No  Time  for  Love" 
and  saw  sequences  from  "Lure  of  the 
Islands"  and  "Killers  of  the  Ama- 
zon." 

New  Pictures  Set 

Among  pictures  set  for  the  new 
season,  it  was  announced,  are  "Under 
Northern  Lights,"  with  John  Boles ; 
"Frontier  Trails"  ;  four  films  starring 
the  East  Side  Kids ;  "Dangerous 
Money,"  with  Edmund  Lowe ;  "Isle 
of  Terror,"  with  John  Howard,  Helen 
Gilbert,  John  Litel  and  Gilbert  Ro- 
land ;  "The  Trail  of  the  Yukon" ; 
"You  Can't  Beat  the  Law,"  and  two 
films  starring  Bela  Lugosi. 

Howard  Stubbins,  West  Coast  fran- 
chise holder,  was  host  at  a  cocktail 
party  at  the  Variety  Club.  In  the 
evening  delegates  dined  at  the  Flor- 
entine Gardens. 


Court  Orders 
Browne -Bioff 
Cash  Returned 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

sion  on  the  law  will  have  to  be  made 
by  the  trial  court. 

The  court  denied  the  motion  Jfcir 
the  examination  on  technical  groflP,  ^ 
because  it  was  held  that  the  examina- 
tion papers  must  set  forth  the  specific 
officers  sought  to  be  examined.  Leave 
was  granted  for  a  renewal  of  the  mo- 
tion in  the  proper  form  by  the  stock- 
holders.  Justice  McGeehan  also  ruled  II 
that  the  pre-trial  examination  must  I 
be  limited  to  the  amounts  testified  to  9 
at  the  Browne-Bioff  trial.    "General  i 
information  as  to  whether  or  not  the  I 
officers  have  committed  wrongs  not 
known"  could  not  be  sought  in  the 
examination,  Justice  McGeehan  said.  1 

Cites  Trial  Testimony 

"The  proof  as  to  the  payment  of  the 
moneys  to  Bioff  and  Browne  cannot 
be  disputed  in  view  of  the  testimony 
given  in  the  U.  S.  District  Court  in  1 
the  criminal  trial  of  Bioff  and 
Browne,"  the  court  declared.  "It  ap- 
pears that  the  sum  so  paid  out  must 
be  returned  to  the  corporation  wheth- 
er or  not  the  corporation  benefited 
financially  by  not  having  any  strikes 
or  labor  disputes." 

Although  the  Government  charged 
that  Browne  and  Bioff  had  extorted 
more  than  $2,000,000  from  the  indus- 
try, film  company  executives  at  the 
trial  actually  testified  to  payments  of 
$828,977.  According  to  the  testimony, 
Loew's  paid  $200,000 ;  RKO  paid  $50,- 
000 ;  Smith  &  Aller,  as  commissions 
on  sales  of  raw  stock  to  Loew's,  $236,- 
477;  20th  Century-Fox,  $90,000; 
Warners,  $102,500,  and  Paramount, 
$100,000.  Chicago  exhibitors,  called 
as  rebuttal  witnesses,  also  testified  to 
payments  from  themselves. 


20th-Fox  Sets  Trade 
Showings  May  27, 28 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  yesterday 
announced  trade  screenings  in  the 
company's  exchanges  on  May  27  and 
28  of  the  11th  block  of  five  features. 
On  May  27  will  be  shown  "It  Hap- 
pened in  Flatbush,"  "Through  Differ- 
ent Eyes"  and  "Ten  Gentlemen  from 
West  Point,"  and  on  May  28,  "The 
Postman  Didn't  Ring"  and  "The  Mag- 
nificent Dope." 


Will  Produce  for  Canada 

Hollywood,  May  13.  —  George 
Louis  George,  assistant  producer  on 
"Our  Russian  Front,"  today  was 
signed  by  John  Grierson,  Film  Com- 
missioner of  Canada,  to  produce  a 
series  of  propaganda  pictures  for  the 
Canadian  National  Film  Board.  He 
will  leave  shortly  for  Ottawa. 


Associates  Drop  Quarters 

The  Motion  Picture  Associates 
board  of  directors  yesterday  voted  to 
discontinue  the  organization's  club 
rooms  at  the  Hotel  Lincoln,  effective 
June  15.  Harry  Buxbaum,  president, 
presided  over  the  meeting  at  the  Lin- 
coln Hotel. 


Plan  Cole  Banquet 
At  N.  J.  Allied  Meet 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

City,  with  a  review  of  exhibits,  meet- 
ing of  directors  and  selection  of  a 
nominating  committee. 

The  second  day,  designated  as  Na- 
tional Allied  Day,  includes  an  East- 
ern regional  conference,  to  be  fol- 
lowed by  a  luncheon  for  Eastern  re- 
gional directors,  a  roundtable  con- 
ference, which  will  be  presided  over 
by  Harry  H.  Lowenstein,  president  of 
New  Jersey  Allied,  and  election  of  of- 
ficers. June  5  is  Sales  Managers  Day, 
with  a  golf  tournament  at  the  North- 
field  Country  Club  in  the  morning. 
Scheduled  for  the  afternoon  are  ad- 
dresses by  sales  managers  of  distri- 
bution companies  and  committee  re- 
ports. The  Cole  banquet,  which  will 
have  M.  A.  Rosenberg,  president  of 
national  Allied,  as  master  of  cere- 
monies, will  be  held  Friday  evening. 


Minsky  Bankrupt 

Herbert  Kay  Minsky,  burlesque 
producer,  has  filed  a  petition  in  bank- 
ruptcy in  Federal  Court  here,  listing 
$64,837  in  liabilities  and  only  one  as- 
set, a  $5,000  insurance  policy  of  which 
Mrs.  Juanita  Minsky  is  beneficiary. 
Minsky  said  he  is  "presently  unem- 
ployed." 


12 


Thursday,  May  14,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


7 


MPTOA  Urges 
Mediation  Plan 
Under  Decree 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
price  ceiling  on  film  rentals  and  ad- 
missions. 

J he  MPTOA,  according  to  the  bul- 
i,  believes  that  the  decree  arbitra7 
system  is  defective  in  not  provid- 
'  ing  arbitrators  and  an  appeal  board 
whose  members  are  familiar  with 
the  industry,  its  operations  and  local 
conditions ;  that  arbitration  should 
have  "more  scope  and  authority,  less 
restrictions,  conditions  and  qualifica- 
tions" ;  that  arbitration  should  be  sup- 
plemented by  mediation  as  a  primary 
move  for  every  complaint,  and  that 
it  should  not  be  necessary  to  retain 
attorneys  in  connection  with  arbitra- 
tion. 

Proposes  Arbitration  Changes 

By  way  of  improvements  in  arbi- 
tration procedure,  the  MPTOA  bulle- 
tin suggests  the  following  changes  or 
modifications  in  the  rules :  The 
furnishing  of  stenographers  by  the  ar- 
bitration system  to  eliminate  the  cost 
of  transcripts ;  use  of  printed  docu- 
ments and  records  in  place  of  oral 
testimony  to  reduce  the  number  of 
hearings ;  modifications  of  present 
time  rules  to  obtain  earlier  decisions ; 
oral  arguments  of  appeals  to  give  the 
appeals  board  a  better  understanding 
of  local  situations  ;  avoidance  of  post- 
ponements and  delays  due  to  the 
presence  of  counsel  in  many  cases,  and 
the  right  to  amend  a  decree  at  any 
stage  of  a  hearing  to  avoid  filing  a 
new  complaint  if  the  existing  one  is 
shown  to  be  improperly  drawn. 

Sees  Mediation  Need 

"The  need  for  some  systematic  ef- 
fort to  adjust  disputes  and  grievances 
before  (and  beyond)  formal  legalistic 
arbitration  procedure  is  certainly  ap- 
parent in  every  section  of  the  coun- 
try," the  bulletin  states.  "It  seems  to 
us  that  there  is  no  real  reason  why  an 
organized,  established  local  mediation 
system  should  not  be  set  up  under  the 
decree  operation  forthwith." 

The  bulletin  expresses  the  belief 
that  production  quality  and  values 
would  suffer  if  a  ceiling  were  placed 
on  film  rentals  by  the  Government. 
Producers,  it  intimates,  would  reduce 
production  values  in  proportion  to  the 
price  ceiling  established. 


Para.  New  Season 
Budget  Estimated 
15%Overl941-'42 


Loop  House  Damaged 

Chicago,  May  13. — Air  condition- 
in  and  electrical  equipment  in  the 
Rialto  Theatre,  combination  burlesque 
and  film  house  in  the  Chicago  Loop, 
today  was  damaged  by  an  overflow 
of  water  used  to  extinguish  a  fire  in 
an  adjacent  building.  The  theatre  will 
be  closed  several  days. 


Featured  in  Univ. Musical 

Hollywood,  May  13. — Grace  Mc- 
Donald and  Dan  Dailey,  Jr.,  will  be 
co-starred  in  "I  Want  to  Dance," 
Universal  musical,  with  the  Andrews 
sisters,  the  studio  announced. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

reported  by  Motion  Picture  Daily 
earlier,  21  of  the  new  season  produc- 
tions already  are  completed  or  in 
work. 

The  new  season  schedule  will  in- 
clude six  or  seven  features  in  color, 
eight  or  nine  musicals  and  about  four 
specials.  In  the  latter  group  will  be 
"For  Whom  the  Bell  Tolls,"  which 
is  budgeted  at  $2,650,000,  but  which  it 
is  hoped  the  studio  may  bring  in  at 
$2,500,000,  Freeman  said.  Other  pro- 
ductions in  the  "special"  category  are 
the  tentatively  titled  "Rurales"  from 
Cecil  B.  DeMille ;  "Lady  in  the  Dark" 
and  "Let's  Face  It."  "For  Whom  the 
Bell  Tolls"  is  scheduled  to  be  com- 
pleted between  Nov.  15  and  Dec.  1, 
Freeman  said. 

The  Paramount  studio  head  said 
that  while  the  $5,000  new  construc- 
tion limit  on  sets  prescribed  by  the 
WPB  presents  numerous  problems  for 
producers,  it  will  not  affect  more  than 
25  per  cent  of  Hollywood  productions. 
Paramount  will  make  four  of  the  26 
films  requested  by  the  Coordinator  of 
Government  Films,  he  said. 


Los  Angeles 
Grosses  Off 
At  All  Houses 


Telecasters  Study 
Curtailed  Operation 

Television  executives  yesterday 
stated  that  future  operating  policies 
could  not  be  set  until  detailed  study 
was  given  to  the  FCC  order  of  Tues- 
day which  permits  stations  to  oper- 
ate only  four  hours  weekly  if  they 
see  fit  to  do  so. 

One  executive  stated  that  the  order 
might  mean  that  tubes  and  other  re- 
placement parts  no  longer  will  be 
available  to  telecasters  for  the  dura- 
tion. If  that  interpretation  is  correct, 
he  pointed  out,  telecasters  would  have 
to  study  the  situation  to  determine 
the  extent  of  materials  on  hand  and 
plan  to  spread  them  out  over  the 
period  of  emergency. 


Bette  Davis  Set  in'Rhine' 

Hollywood,  May  13. — Bette  Davis 
was  set  today  to  star  in  Warner 
Bros.'  "The  Watch  on  the  Rhine." 


C.E.A.  Plans  Set  for 
New  Films  to  Troops 

London,  May  13. — The  Cinemato- 
graph Exhibitors  Association  here 
tomorrow  will  meet  with  the  Kine- 
matograph  Renters  Society  to  present 
formally  a  release  formula  designed 
to  provide  the  latest  films  for  the 
American  troops  in  Northern  Ireland 
and  British  forces  generally.  A  basic 
plan  already  has  been  agreed  upon. 

Meanwhile,  it  was  said  that  also 
tomorrow  the  CEA  expects  to  com- 
plete plans  for  the  commissioning  of 
officers  to  act  as  liaison  between  the 
Home  Guard  and  War  Office  and  the 
film  industry.  Under  the  plan,  thea- 
tres would  be  used  for  the  training 
of  members  of  the  Home  Guard  and 
other  activities. 


Changes  Opening  Time 

Remsen,  la.,  May  13. — Allan  Banks, 
manager  of  the  Vogue  and  Grand 
theatres,  has  changed  his  opening  time 
to  8  P.M.,  Mondays  to  Fridays  and 
7 :30  P.M.  Saturdays  and  Sundays 
with  admissions  10  and  30  cents  at  the 
Vogue,  and  10  and  20  cents  at  the 
Grand. 


Los  Angeles,  May  13.  —  Grosses 
were  generally  off  here.  "Larceny, 
Inc.,"  and  "Bullet  Scars"  made  the 
best  showing,  with  $10,900  at  the 
Warner  Hollywood,  and  $13,200  at 
the  Warner  Downtown. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  6 : 

"We   Were   Dancing"  (M-G-M) 
"Joe  Smith,   American,"  (M-G-M) 

CHINESE  —  (2,500)      (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.     (Gross:  $11,000).    Average,  $12,000) 
"Hellzapcppin'  "  (Univ.) 

HAWAII— (1,100)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days, 
12th  week.    Gross:  $2,900 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Blondie's  Blessed  Event"  (Col.) 

HILLSTREET — (2,700)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  5 
days,  2d  week.  Gross:  $5,200.  (Average, 
$6,500) 

"We   Were   Dancing"  (M-G-M) 
"Jce  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS  STATE— (2.500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c) 
7  days.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Blondie's  Blessed  Event"  (Col.) 

PANTAGES — (3,000)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  5 
days,  2d  week.  Gross:  $5,000.  (Average, 
age,  $7,000) 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (Hollywood)— (1,407)  (33c- 
44c-55c-75c-88c)  7  days,  2d  week.  Gross: 
$7,000) 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Affairs  cf  Jimmy  Valentine"  (Rep.) 

PARAMOUNT    (Downtown)— (3,595) 
44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  2d  week.  Gross 
800.    (Average,  $18,000) 
"Larceny,  Inc"  (W.B.) 
"Bullet  Scars"  (W.B.) 

WARNER     BROS.     (Hollywood)— (3,000) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)    7    days.     Gross:  $10,900. 
(Average,  $14,000) 
"Larceny,  Inc"  (W.B.) 
"Bul'et  Scars"  (W.B.) 

WARNER  BROSt  (Downtown)— (3,400) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $13,200. 
(Average,  $12,000) 


(33c- 
$13,- 


'Gold  Rush'  $6,500 
Cleveland  Winner 

Cleveland,  May  13. — "The  Gold 
Rush"  earned  $6,500  at  Loew's  Still- 
man.  "Roxie  Hart"  drew  $14,000  at 
Warners'  Hippodrome,  while  "My 
Favorite  Blonde"  was  close  behind 
with  $13,500  at  Loew's  State. 

Estimated   receipts    for   the  week 
ending  May  8 : 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

ALLEN— (3,000)   (33c-39c-47c)  7  days,  3rd 
week.     Gross:  $5,000.     (Average,  $4,000) 
"Roxie   Hart"  (20th-Fox) 

WARNERS       HIPPODROME  —  (3,800) 
(33c-39c-47c)  7  days.    Gross:  $14,000.  (Av- 
erage, $11,000) 
"Larceny,   Inc."  (W.B.) 

WARNERS'  LAKE—  (900)  (33c-39c-47c) 
7  days,  2d  week.  Gross:  $1,700.  (Average, 
$1,500). 

"Always   in   My   Heart"  (W.B.) 

RKO  PALACE— (3,100)  (40c-50c-60c)  7 
days.  "Fats"  Waller  and  orchestra  on 
stage.  Gross:  $16,500.  (Average,  $17,500) 
"My  Favorite     Blonde"  (Para.) 

LOEW'S  STATE— (3,500)   (33c-39c-47c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $13,500.     (Average,  $11,000) 
"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.-A.) 

LOEW'S  STILLMAN— (1.900)  (33c-39c- 
47c)  7  days.  Gross:  $6,500.  (Average, 
$4,000) 


Shifts  Branch  Personnel 

Pittsburgh,  May  13. — Changes  at 
the  RKO  exchange,  announced  by 
manager  Herbert  Greenblatt,  are  pro- 
motion of  office  manager  Carl  Pepper- 
corn to  sales,  of  head  booker  Paul 
Reith  to  Peppercorn's  former  position, 
first  assistant  Marvin  Wolfish  to 
Reith's  old  berth,  second  assistant 
Earl  Friedman  to  Wolfish's  job,  and 
of  shipper  John  Weltner  to  booking. 
Student  salesman  Herman  Black  has 
been  transferred  to  Indianapolis. 


^»    0  ABOUT  A 

BIG  PICTURE 


FROM  the 
STORIES  c 
THOUSANDS 

OF  heroes 
AMERICA 
AND  her^ 
ALLIES 
IN  these 
DAYS  when 
HEROISM  is  so  vital  to 
OUR  existence,  REPUBLIC 
NOW  brings  you  one  tale  as 
BEAUTIFUL  as  it  is  dramatic. 
IT  is  called  "SUICIDE 
SQUADRON,"  and 
IT  will  thrill  you 
AS  only  a  truly 
GREAT  picture 
CAN.  With 
ANTON 
WALBROOK 
(ONE  of  the  greatest 
AND  best-loved  stars  of  the 
STAGE)  and  lovely  SALLY 
GRAY,  the  story  is  magnificently 
PLAYED.  It  concerns  a  few  of  the 
REAL  patriots  of  gallant  Poland— 
MEN  with  the  courage  to 
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YOU  cheering  at  the  end. 
IN  dramatic  action,  in 
EMOTIONAL  appeal,  and  in 
ROMANTIC  interest, 
"SUICIDE  SQUADRON"^ 
IS  a  powerful  triumph. 
SEE  it,  and 
YOU'LL  agree. 
IT'S 


A  REPUBLIC  PICTURE 


...AND  THESE  GENTLEMEt* 


"From  Eric  Knight's  best-sell- 
ing novel,  'This  Above  All,'  20th 
Century -Fox  has  made  an 
enormously  successful  picture. 
It  has  everything— an  enthrall- 
ing romantic  story,  a  disting- 
uished cast,  superb  perform- 
ances, skilful  direction  and  a 
handsome  production.  It  should 
evoke  enthusiastic  reviews 
and  potent  word  of  mouth  and 
it  is  a  cinch  for  extended  runs 
and  powerful  grosses." -variety 


"Packs  punch,  rates  as  poter 
boxoffice  entertainment.  Th 
picture  has  an  emotional  in 
pact  that  will  stir  audience; 
women  especially,  deeply  an 

sincerely."  —  The  Film  Dai 

"This  Above  Air  .  .  .  A  verl 
moving  love  story.  Miss  Foi 
taine  is  surpassingly  lovely. 
Tremendously  appealing." 

—Bosley  Crowther,  New  York  Tim 


We  quote  excerpts  from  the  early  reviews  only  ...culled  quickly 
as  this  ad  went  to  press!  But  they  are  token  of  20rh's  mightiest 
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Twentieth  Century-Fox  Film  Corporation 


IF  THE  PRESS  HAVE  SEEN  IT! 


Emotionally  stirring!  Inten- 
sely dramatic!  Casting  per- 
i  ict!  This  Above  Air  is  one  of 
ie  screen's  finest  produc- 
es!" 

—Rose  Pelswick,  N.Y.  Journal- American 

This  Above  Air  ranks  high  as 
oving  dramatic  material,  a 
iman  story  which  will  touch 
any  a  heart.  Tyrone  Power 
rns  in  one  of  his  best  per- 
formances ...Joan  Fontaine  is 

:  her  best."    —Motion  Picture  Daily 


"Beautiful  love  story. ..Splen- 
didly played  by  Joan  Fontaine 
and  Tyrone  Power." 

-Robert  W.  Dana,  New  York  Herald-Tribune 

"Absorbing,  gripping,  timely 
...I  enjoyed  every  minute  of  it!" 

— Lee  Mortimer,  New  York  Daily  Mirror 

"Tender  love  story . . .  Tyrone 
Power  and  Joan  Fontaine  ad- 
mirably suited." 

—Kate  Cameron,  New  York  Daily  News 

"The  No.  1  picture  of  the  year 
opened  attheAstor  last  night." 

—Leo  Mishkin,  New  York  Morning  Telegraph 


TYRONE  POWER  •  JOAN  FONTAINE  ?»  "THIS  ABOVE  ALL"  by  Eric  Knight 
Produced  by  Dctrryl  F.  Zartuck  ♦  Directed  by  Anatole  Litvak  ♦  with  Thomas 
Mitchell  ♦  Henry  Stephenson  ♦  Nigel  Bruce  ♦  Gladys  Cooper  •  Philip 
Merivale  •  Sara  Allgood  •  Alexander  Knox  •  Screen  Play  by  R.  C.  Sherriff 


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City  and  State 


12 


MOTION  PICTURE  DAILY 


Thursday,  May  14,  194 


Off  the  Antenna 


WNEW  will  continue  as  an  independent  station  despite  its  role  as  the 
key  station  for  the  new  Atlantic  Coast  Network  which  is  scheduled  to 
make  its  bow  June  15,  it  was  stated  by  the  staiton's  management  yesterday. 
The  station  will  not  grant  options  on  time  to  the  network  but  will  make  its 
time  available  at  card  rates  where  it  has  not  been  previously  sold,  it  was  said. 
The  stations  in  the  new  web,  besides  WNEW,  are  WCOP,  Boston ;  WNBC, 
New  Britain,  Conn. ;  WELI,  New  Haven ;  WPEN,  Philadelphia,  and 
VVWDC,  Washington.  Arde  Bulova  owns  interests  in  all  stations  except  the 
last  named. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  John  Andrews,  formerly  a  member  of  the  sales  promotion 
staff  of  "Liberty,"  has  joined  the  CBS  sales  promotion  staff  as  assistant  to 
George  Dunham,  supervisor  of  promotion  for  owned  and  operated  stations  .  .  . 
Ade  Hult,  Mutual  Western  sales  manager,  is  reported  recovering  rapidly  from 
his  recent  illness  and  is  expected  back  at  his  post  in  July  .  .  .  Thomas  F. 
Collison,  assistant  director  of  public  relations  for  Eastern  Air  Lines,  has 
joined  the  public  relations  department  of  N.  W .  Ayer  &  Son. 

•  •  • 

WMCA  will  start  a  series  of  revivals  of  famous  radio  plays  beginning 
next  week.  The  program  will  be  heard  from  8:35  to  9  P.  M.  on  Mondays 
and  will  be  produced  by  Walter  Craig,  program  director.  The  first  will 
be  "Descent  of  the  Gods"  by  Norman  Corwin. 

•  •  • 

C.  E.  Hooper  yesterday  announced  that  it  is  adding  a  second  monthly  re- 
port on  evening  national  ratings,  effective  this  month.  Also  a  simplified  re- 
porting form  will  be  used  to  cut  36  hours  from  the  present  seven-day  period 
between  the  interviews  and  publication  of  the  report.  The  addition  of  the 
second  report  will  require  an  additional  sampling  of  100,000  homes  and  will 
raise  the  annual  total  to  4,250,000  interviews,  it  was  said. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  The  Blue  will  present  Raymond  Clapper,  recently  returned 
from  India,  in  a  series  of  talks  on  three  successive  Fridays,  beginning  tomor- 
row .  .  .  Eversharp  will  sponsor  the  short  waving  of  "Take  It  or  Leave  It"  on 
CBS  for  the  benefit  of  the  armed  forces  abroad  .  .  .  The  Blue  will  start  a 
series  for  the  National  Association  of  Manufacturers  May  26,  called  "This 
Nation  at  War."  It  will  be  heard  Tuesdays  at  9  :30  P.  M.  .  .  .  The  Federal 
Security  Agency  will  test  a  new  series,  "Your  Neighbor,"  on  WWRL.  If 
the  response  is  satisfactory,  the  series  will  be  transcribed  and  sent  to  stations 
around  the  country,  according  to  WWRL. 


Priorities  an 
Issue  as  NAB 
Meeting  Closes 


By  DAVID  I.  RIMMEL 

Cleveland,  May  13. — A  discus- 
sion of  priorities,  which,  it  was 
feared,  would  seriously  affect  many 
small  stations,  and  adoption  of  a 
strict  code  governing  foreign  lan- 
guage broadcasts  featured  closing 
sessions  of  the  National  Association 
of  Broadcasters'  convention  here, 
which  ended  with  the  annual  ban- 
quet tonight. 

The  war  committee  on  for- 
eign language  broadcasts  voted 
that  to  guard  against  giving  in- 
formation aiding  the  enemy,  all 
persons  taking  part  in  such 
broadcasts  will  have  to  be  fin- 
gerprinted. 

The  possibility  that  the  FCC  may 
order  half  the  nation's  800  stations 
off  the  air  to  conserve  equipment 
for  the  clear  channel  stations  was 
an  unexpected  issue  which  con- 
cerned managers  of  smaller-powered 
stations  today. 

Affiliates  Combat  Move 

More  than  100  representatives  of 
the  network  affiliates  have  met  under 
W.  J.  Scripps,  head  of  WWJ,  De- 
troit, but  beyond  agreeing  to  strength- 
en their  organization,  Network  Affi- 
liates, Inc.,  to  combat  such  a  move, 
no  definite  plan  was  formulated  be- 
cause of  the  uncertainty  of  the  Gov- 
ernment program. 

It  was  said  the  equipment  of  the 
100,  500  and  10,000-watt  stations 
would  be  turned  over  to  the  big  sta- 
tions to  keep  them  on  the  air  under 
the  program,  but  some  broadcasters, 
pointing  out  the  small  stations'  equip- 
ment could  not  be  used  by  the  large 
ones,  believed  the  powerful  stations 
would  be  given  priority  on  replace- 
ments of  parts  and  that  this  would 
force  others  to  close  eventually  be- 
cause of  lack  of  equipment. 

Ed  Craig  of  WSM,  500,000-watt 
station  ol  Nashville,  chairman  of  the 
clear  channel  group,  has  announced 
the  big  stations  are  not  seeking  to  ex- 
pand operations  or  power. 

NAB's    stand    on    demands  for 


amendment  of  the  Federal  Communi- 
cations Act  of  1934  was  reaffirmed. 
Another  resolution  thanked  the  press 
for  its  cooperation  in  radio's  effort 
to  maintain  itself  as  a  free  medium  of 
expression. 

Full  membership  on  the  board 
of  directors  was  voted  to  radio 
networks.  The  networks  now 
hold  associate  memberships,  but 
under  the  new  setup  will  be  al- 
lowed to  name  one  director  each 
to  the  board.  Mutual,  which 
withdrew  from  the  Association 
a  year  ago,  has  made  no  effort 
to  rejoin,  however. 

Another  resolution  condemned  the 
use  of  "bribery  and  other  corrupt  and 
illegal  means"  in  pushing  the  perform- 
ance of  musical  compositions  "regard- 
less of  their  merit  or  popular  appeal." 
The  resolution  said  "pernicious  prac- 
tices" that  had  grown  up  in  broad- 
casting and  the  music  publishing  in- 
dustries in  popularizing  songs  are 
working  to  diminish  the  musical  in- 
terest of  programs. 

Races  'Bad  Radio' 

The  broadcasting  of  horse  race  re- 
sults, race  by  race  throughout  the 
afternoon,  also  was  condemned  by 
resolution  as  "bad  radio,"  and  of  be- 
ing of  interest  chiefly  to  bookmakers 
and  their  patrons. 

The  resolutions  were  recommended 
by  a  committee  under  the  chairman- 
ship of  Ben  Ludy  of  WIBW,  To- 
peka,  Kan. 

Byron  Price,  Director  of  the  Of- 
fice of  Censorship,  addressed  the  con- 
vention again  from  Washington,  dis- 
cussing policies  for  radio  stations  to 
follow  under  air  raid  conditions  and 
blackouts.  Charles  R.  Hook,  a  di- 
rector of  the  National  Association  of 
Manufacturers,  was  another  speaker. 


CBC  War  Activity 
Told  to  Commons 

Ottawa,  May  13. — Counter  action 
against  propaganda  aimed  at  merchant 
seamen  of  the  United  Nations  has 
been  put  into  effect  as  a  result  of  in- 
formation received  through  the  Cana- 
dian Broadcasting  Corp.  listening 
post,  the  House  of  Commons  commit- 
tee on  radio  broadcasting  was  told  to- 
day by  War  Service  Minister  Thor- 
son. 

Thorson  outlined  the  work  of  CBC 
for  the  committee,  which  has  instruc- 
tions to  study  the  annual  report  and  to 
present  findings  to  Commons.  He  re- 
viewed changes  in  regulations  since 
1939  and  said  CBC  owns  and  operates 
10  stations  with  total  power  of  213,150 
watts  as  compared  with  13,600  watts 
five  and  a  half  years  ago. 

"Growing  recognition  §>f  the  value 
of  broadcasting  in  war  time  is  re- 
flected in  the  increasing  degree  to 
which  the  Government  and  its  depart- 
ments look  to  CBC  for  aid  in  publi- 
cizing Government  policy,  legislation 
and  assistance  in  promotion  of  nation- 
al campaigns  and  appeals,"  Thorson 
said. 


St.  Louis  Park  Opens 

St.  Louis,  May  13.— Forest  Park 
Highlands,  St.  Louis'  only  amuse- 
ment park,  has  reopened.  The  park  is 
in  West  End  of  St.  Louis  and  offers 
competition  to  exhibitors  in  that  area. 


Altec  Sets  Two  Deals 

Altec  Service  Corp.  has  renewed  a 
contract  for  the  servicing  of  131 
houses  of  the  Schine  Circuit.  Another, 
with  Gibraltar  Enterprises,  Inc., 
covers  20  houses  in  the  Southwest. 


CBS  Quarter 
Net  Profit  Is 
$1,155,062 

CBS  net  profit  for  the  three- 
month  period  ended  April  4  was 
$1,155,062  as  compared  with  $1,- 
261,247  for  the  first  quarter  of  l|pv" 
it  was  reported  yesterday  by  v  > 
Ham  S.  Paley,  president,  at  the  an- 
nual stockholders'  meeting  of  the 
company.  Directors  were  reelected. 

Deductions  for  Federal  taxes  were 
made  on  the  basis  of  the  1941  Rev- 
enue Act  and  the  report  for  the  first 
quarter  of  1941  was  adjusted  accord- 
ingly. It  was  pointed  out,  however, 
that  the  adoption  by  Congress  of  the 
pending  94  per  cent  excess  profits 
tax  and  40  per  cent  normal  profits 
tax  bill,  would  require  deductions  of 
approximately  $300,000  additional 
from  the  profits  reported  for  the  first 
quarter  of  this  year. 

Income  from  the  sale  of  fa- 
cilities, talent,  lines,  records, 
etc.,  after  deductions  for  dis- 
counts and  allowances  was  $11,- 
449,645  for  the  first  three  months 
this  year,  as  compared  with 
$10,380,335  for  the  same  period 
last  year,  Paley  reported. 

In  response  to  questions  of  stock- 
holders, Paley  said  that  only  2,784 
shares  of  Class  A  stock  were  out- 
standing under  options  to  executives 
and  that  the  board  of  directors,  at 
its  March  meeting,  had  refused  to 
extend  the  time  limit  for  exercise 
of  options  which  accrued  during  1941. 
It  was  also  stated  that  there  were 
"practically  no  foreign  stockholders" 
of  CBS  on  the  books. 

Sees  'Inverse  Benefit' 

Paul  Kesten,  executive  vice-presi- 
dent, told  the  stockholders  that  the 
increase  of  stations  which  will  be 
made  possible  by  FM  wavelengths 
after  the  war  may  work  an  "inverse 
benefit."  He  pointed  out  that  compe- 
tion  will  increase  but  the  element  of 
monopoly  which  has  guided  Govern- 
mental regulation  and  control  will 
disappear  and  that  Governmental  bod- 
ies may  change  their  attitude. 

Class  A  directors  who  were  re- 
elected included  Prescott  S.  Bush,  J. 
A.  W.  Iglehart,  Kesten,  Edward 
Klauber,  Samuel  Paley,  Dorsey  Rich- 
ardson and  Herbert  Bayard  Swope. 
Class  B  directors  reelected  were 
Paley,  John  J.  Burns,  Ralph  F.  Colin, 
General  Malin  Craig,  Isaac  D.  Levy, 
Leon  Levy  and  Mefford  R.  Runyon. 
Lybrand,  Ross  Bros.  &  Montgomery 
were  named  independent  auditors. 

A  provision  was  adopted  to  indem- 
nify directors  in  the  event  of  suits. 
There  are  now  279  former  CBS  em- 
ployes in  the  armed  services,  Paley 
said. 

Following  the  stockholders'  meet- 
ing, the  board  declared  a  dividend  of 
30  cents  on  present  Class  A  and  Class 
B  stock  payable  June  5  to  stockhold- 
ers of  record  on  May  22. 


Aid  K.  C.  Service  Club 

Kansas  City,  May  13. — Four  Fox 
theatres,  two  downtown  and  two  sub- 
urban, will  contribute  all  facilities  for 
a  benefit  on  Saturday  for  the  Women 
Volunteers  in  behalf  of  its  Service 
Men's  Club. 


Radio  Aid  to  War 
Effort  Is  Lauded 

Washington,  May  13.  — The 
voluntary  contribution  of 
broadcasters  to  the  war  effort 
was  today  commended  by 
William  B.  Lewis,  assistant 
director  of  the  Office  of  Facts 
and  Figures. 

Announcing  that  the  OFF 
had  accepted  a  voluntary  offer 
from  the  National  Association 
of  Broadcasters  and  the  major 
networks  to  donate  time  for 
Government  announcements, 
under  a  plan  which  he  out- 
lined to  the  NAB  convention 
yesterday,  Lewis  said  it  has 
not  been  necessary  to  "draft" 
the  radio  industry.  He  said 
broadcasters  have  been  eager 
at  all  times  to  do  their  part  in 
aiding  the  war  program. 


Alert, 

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MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


First  in 


|L.  51.  NO.  95 

NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  FRIDAY,  MAY  15,  1942 

TEN  CENTS 

Parade  Starts 
Service  Relief 
Drive  of  Films 


Times  Sq.  Rally  Starts 
Nationwide  Campaign 


By  EUGENE  ARNEEL 

The  nationwide  theatre  drive  for 
Army  and  Navy  Emergency  Re- 
lief was  launched  in  star  spangled 
fashion  on  Broadway  yesterday 
with  a  blocks-long  parade  along 
Broadway  topped  off  by  a  stirring 
rally  in  Times  Square,  at  which 
Mayor  LaGuardia  introduced 
Lieut.  John  D.  Bulkeley  and  his 
shipmates,  Lieut.  Robert  Kelly  and 
Ensign  George  Cox. 

Thousands  lined  the  streets 
from  the  starting  point  at  31st 
St.  and  Seventh  Ave.  to  Times 
Square.  About  1,500  strong,  the 
paraders  were  led  by  Stanton 
Griffis  and  Nicholas  M.  Schenck, 
grand  marshals,  and  Harry 
Brandt  and  Max  A.  Cohen,  staff 
marshals. 

The  industry-sponsored  demonstra- 
tion included  officers  and  men  of  the 
armed  forces,  uniformed  members  and 
color  guards  of  the  A.W.V.S.,  a  Red 
Cross  ambulance   unit,   ushers  from 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Present  Umpi  Plan 
To  U.S.  Next  Week 


Counsel  for  the  five  consenting 
companies,  rather  than  a  committee 
of  Umpi,  will  present  Umpi's  pro- 
posed new  selling  plan  to  the  De- 
partment of  Justice  for  the  latter's 
consideration  early  next  week,  it  was 
indicated  at  the  close  of  yesterday's 
meeting  of  the  committee  of  the  whole 
at  the  Warwick  Hotel. 

This  procedure  is  said  to  be  most 
likely  due  to  the  fact  that  the  selling 
proposals  are  designed  as  amendments 
to  the  consent  decree  replacing  the 
trade  show  and  blocks-of-five  provi- 
sions which  expire  June  1.  Since 
Umpi  has  no  legal  standing  insofar 
as  the  decree  is  concerned,  the 
amendments  will  be  presented  by 
counsel  for  the  consenting  companies, 
which,  with  the  Government,  are  the 
legal  principals  concerned  with  the 
decree. 

However,  it  was  indicated,  counsel 
or  other  representatives  of  exhibitors 
either  may  accompany  the  attorneys 
for    the    consenting    companies  to 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Monogram  Plans 
48  Features  for 
New  Season  List 


Los  Angeles,  May  14. — Monogram 
will  release  a  total  of  48  features  dur- 
ing the  1942-'43  program,  the  10th 
anniversary  sales  convention  of  fran- 
chise holders  and  exchange  managers 
will  be  informed  here  tomorrow  at  the 
Ambassador  Hotel. 

Two  "Tenth  Anniversary  Specials" 
will  be  "Under  Northern  Lights"  with 
John  Boles,  and  "Frontier  Trails," 
from  the  James  Fenimore  Cooper 
story,  "The  Prairie."  Six  "Show- 
manship Winners"  will  include : 
"Dangerous  Money,"  with  Edmund 
Lowe;  "Isle  of  Terror,"  and  four 
with  the  East  Side  Kids,  "Neath 
Brooklyn  Bridge,"  "Come  Out  Fight- 
ing," "Little  Mobsters"  and  "Grand 
Street  Boys." 

Following  is  a  group  of  14  "Certi- 
fied Attractions."  They  will  include : 
"The   Gorilla   Strikes,"   "Bowery  at 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Congress  Library 
To  Be  Film  Archive 

Washington,  May  14. — Plans  by 
which  the  Library  of  Congress  will 
become  the  permanent  repository  of 
the  best  of  the  motion  pictures  pro- 
duced in  this  country  will  be  an- 
nounced within  a  few  days  by  Li- 
brarian Archibald  MacLeish,  it  was 
learned  today. 

Under  this  plan,  made  possible  by 
a  grant  of  funds  by  the  Rockefeller 
Foundation,  the  Museum  of  Modern 
Art  Film  Library  of  New  York  will 
screen  the  current  year's  output  of 
films  of  all  types  and  advise  the  Li- 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


WAC  Tables  Policy 
On  War  Film  Rental 

The  War  Activities  Commit- 
tee reportedly  has  tabled  the 
question  of  whether  exhibit- 
ors should  be  asked  to  pay  for 
any  of  the  26  films  to  be  made 
by  major  studios  for  the  Co- 
ordinator of  Government 
Films. 

Following  preliminary  dis- 
cussion, exhibitor  representa- 
tives on  the  WAC  are  repre- 
sented as  taking  the  position 
that  until  specific  films  have 
been  offered  at  specific  condi- 
tions, a  policy  cannot  be 
formulated. 


20th-Fox  Net 
For  Quarter 
Is  $841,561 


A  net  profit  of  $841,561  for  the  13- 
week  period  ended  March  28  after  de- 
ductions for  Federal  income  tax  and 
after  provision  for  a  reserve  of  $1,- 
100,000  for  foreign  assets,  was  re- 
ported yesterday  by  20th  Century- 
Fox.  This  compares  with  a  profit  of 
$404,089  for  the  same  period  last 
year,  after  a  comparable  reserve  of 
$350,000. 

In  the  last  quarter  of  1941,  20th 
Century-Fox  reported  a  profit  of  $3,- 
372,762  but  this  included  a  dividend 
of  $693,000  from  National  Theatres 
and  was  also  affected  by  a  release  of 
some  of  the  funds  previously  frozen 
in  England.  No  dividend  was  received 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


Film  News  Ranks  as  23rd 
Reading  Choice  in  Papers 


Memphis,  Pittsburgh 
Para.  Meets  Today 

Paramount's  second  group  of  two- 
day  regional  sales  meetings  will  be 
held  today  and  tomorrow  in  Pitts- 
burgh and  Memphis. 

The  Pittsburgh  session,  at  the  Wil- 
liam Penn  Hotel,  will  be  conducted 
by  J.  J.  Unger,  Eastern  division  man- 
ager, with  Neil  F.  Agnew,  distribu- 
tion chief,  and  Charles  Reagan 
scheduled  to  discuss  sales  problems. 
Present  will  be  the  complete  sales 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


Hollywood  news  and  chatter  col- 
umns are  23rd  on  a  list  of  45  continu- 
ing newspaper  features  as  the  reading 
choice  of  women  and  26th  for  men, 
according  to  a  study  conducted  by 
the  Advertising  Research  Foundation 
and  the  Bureau  of  Advertising  of  the 
American  Newspaper  Publishers  As- 
sociation. 

The  Hollywood  columns,  however, 
are  read  more  widely  by  women  than 
such  competing  features  as  New  York 
columnists,  political  commentators  and 
local  columnists.  The  study  embraced 
42  daily  newspapers  with  circulations 
from  8,500  to  more  than  250,000,  and 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


Gas  Rationing 
Seen  Shifting 
FilmPatronage 

Shore  Resorts,  Now  Hurt 
By  Dimout,  Fear  Worst 

Drastic  realignments  of  theatre 
patronage  were  foreseen  yesterday 
by  circuit  and  independent  theatre 
executives  as  a  result  of  the  gasoline 
rationing  system  which  goes  into 
effect   today    in    17    states  along 
the  Atlantic  coast.    Although  no 
overall  dip  in  patronage  was  anti- 
cipated— many    expecting    a  con- 
siderable increase  as  the  result  of 
the  gas  shortage — a  marked  change 
in  theatre-going  habits  is  expected. 
Already  badly  hurt  by  dimout 
regulations,  theatres  located  at 
shore  resorts  are  expected  to  be 
hardest  hit  by  the  reduction  in 
motoring.    Another  vulnerable 
group  will  be  the  drive-in  thea- 
tres, it  was  pointed  out.  Both 
types  of  theatres  are  open  for 
short  seasons  and   many  may 
not  open  at  all  this  year,  it  was 
said  by  observers. 
On  tlie  other  hand,  other  houses 
are  expected  to  benefit  by  the  virtual 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Australia,  N.Z.  Allow 
$2,500,000  Payment 

Australia  and  New  Zealand  have 
authorized  the  eight  major  distribu- 
tion companies  to  withdraw  approx- 
imately $2,500,000  of  their  balances  in 
those  countries  immediately,  without 
prejudice  to  subsequent  withdrawals 
which  may  be  permitted  by  those  Gov- 
ernments during  the  period  to  be  cov- 
ered by  the  new  remittance  agree- 
ment, home  office  foreign  departments 
have  been  informed. 

The  remittable  sums  specified  are 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Broadway  Grosses 
Reach  High  Levels 

Some  of  the  season's  top  product 
brought  big  grosses  to  Broadway  first 
runs  this  week.  Fair  weather  helped 
in  bringing  out  the  crowds,  particu- 
larly students  given  time  out  between 
scholastic  examinations. 

The  Strand  show,  "In  This  Our 
Life"  and  Jimmy  Dorsey's  orchestra 
on  the  stage,  is  doing  big  business, 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  May  15,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  May  14 
DART-TIME  workers  were  in- 
eluded  in  the  studio  employes'  war 
savings  allotment  plan  today  with  the 
creation  of  a  central  clearing  bureau 
to  handle  bond  savings  of  those  who 
might  work  at  as  many  as  five  studios 
in  one  week.  The  plan  was  announced 
following  a  meeting  of  union  and  guild 
representatives.  The  bureau  will  be 
at  the  20th  Century-Fox  studio. 

Republic  today  gave  Roy  Rogers, 
cowboy  star,  a  contract  for  seven 
years.  His  old  contract  had  three 
years  to  run. 

• 

Resumption  of  the  "Cisco  Kid" 
series  by  20th  Century-Fox  was  seen 
today  in  a  studio  announcement  that 
Ralph  Dietrich  would  produce  "The 
Cisco  Kid  Rides  Again." 


Warner  Bros,  revealed  today  that 
"The  Desert  Song"  will  be  in  Techni- 
color. Most  of  it  will  be  shot  on  loca- 
tion in  Arizona  and  New  Mexico. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

Rockefeller  Center 


ALFRED  HITCHCOCK'S 

SABOTEUR 


Priscilla  Lane  -  Robert  Cummings 
A  Universal  Picture 
Gala  Stage  Revue  -  Symphony  Orchestra 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved      Circle  6-4600 


mo  HAYWORTH  •  victor  MATURE 
"MY  GAL  SAL" 


20th  Century-Fox  Musical  Hi 


G  ROXY 


STAGE  SHOW 


7th  Ave. 
&  50th  St. 


B  WAY  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


TO  THE  SHORES 
OF  TRIPOLI' 

—  and  — 

'Sing  Your  Worries  Away" 


Jean  GABIN  •  Ida  LUPINO 

"MOONTIDE" 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Picture 

UNITED      Q  I  \g  /%  I    I      BVoy  & 

ARTISTS     Kl  V  \J  L  I     49th  St. 
Doors  Open  9:30  A.  M.   •   Midnite  Shows 


Tyrone  POWER*  Joan  FONTAINE 

THIS  ABOVE  ALL 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Triumph 

ACTAD  BROADWAY  &  45th  ST. 
•*  ■  W  K  CONTINUOUS 


Personal  Mention 


DAT  CASEY  will  arrive  from  the 
*     Coast  today. 

Marvin  Schenck  has  returned 
from  a  visit  to  Baltimore. 

• 

Daniel  McLean,  owner  of  the 
Embassy  Theatre,  San  Francisco,  has 
joined  the  Navy. 

• 

Herman  Levy,  executive  secretary 
of  the  Connecticut  MPTO,  and  Mrs. 
Levy,  have  returned  to  New  Haven 
after  several  days  in  Boston. 
• 

Stanley  W.  Hand,  Altec  Service 
staff  representative,  has  returned  from 
a  trip  through  the  Midwest. 
• 

Louis  Pollock  has  returned  from 
Chicago. 

• 

Roy  Haines  has  returned  to  the 
city  after  an  up-state  tour. 


A 


RTHUR  W.  KELLY  is  expect- 
ed back  from  the  Coast  today. 


John  Joseph  will  arrive  from  the 
Coast  by  train  today  for  a  stay  of 
about  three  weeks. 

• 

Joseph  H.  Moskowitz  arrived  on 
the  Coast  yesterday. 

Y.  Frank  Freeman  left  for  the 
Coast  last  night. 

• 

Thomas  Dunphy  of  Loew's  Pal- 
ace Theatre,  Hartford,  is  vacationing 
in  Canada. 

• 

Hy  Fine,  M  &  P  Circuit  district 
manager,  was  in  Hartford  yesterday. 
• 

Ben  Kalmenson  will  be  back  at 
his  desk  Monday  following  a  10-day 
business  trip  through  the  Midwest. 


Initial  Report  on 
Publicity  Submitted 

A  preliminary  report  on  a  long 
range  plan  of  industry  public  relations 
was  submitted  to  the  Public  Rela- 
tions Committee,  Eastern  division, 
yesterday  by  Mort  Blumenstock, 
chairman  of  the  planning  committee. 

Following  revisions  suggested  at 
yesterday's  meeting,  the  report  was 
approved  in  principle  and  will  be  pre- 
sented in  complete  form  to  the  Public 
Relations  Committee  at  its  weekly 
meeting  next  Thursday.  Charles 
Francis  Coe,  MPPDA  general  coun- 
sel and  executive  assistant  to  Will 
H.  Hays,  participated  in  the  meeting 
yesterday  with  the  heads  of  the  ad- 
vertising and  publicity  departments  of 
the  eight  major  companies. 


Hollywood  Studies 
Transport  Pooling 

Hollywood,  May  14. — Pooling  of 
studios'  transportation  facilities  is  be- 
ing worked  out  at  a  series  of  meet- 
ings. The  plan,  when  approved  by  all 
participants,  will  be  started  as  soon  as 
possible  in  view  of  government  orders 
concerning  conservation  of  rubber  on 
vehicles. 

Studios  must  cooperate  with  non- 
industry  groups  with  transportation 
facilities,  under  the  orders,  and  as  a 
result  studio  trucks  may  be  asked  to 
haul  groceries  or  other  commodities. 
However,  studio  attorneys  are  study- 
ing California's  Common  Carrier  Law 
to  determine  whether  it  is  applicable 
in  this  case. 


Honor  M-G-M  in  Chicago 

Chicago,  May  14.— The  M-G-M 
exchange  here  tomorrow  will  receive 
a  "Minute  Man"  banner  from  the 
Treasury  Department  for  enrolling  its 
employes  100  per  cent  in  the  war  sav- 
ings payroll  allotment  plan.  It  is  the 
first  exchange  here  to  be  so  honored. 

Frank  Churchill  Dies 

Hollywood,  May  14.  —  Frank 
Churchill,  41,  song  writer,  died  today 
from  self-inflicted  gunshot  wounds. 
Writer  of  tunes  used  in  Walt  Disney 
films  since  1930,  Churchill  had  been  in 
ill  health  for  some  time.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  his  widow  and  a  daughter. 


Joe  Jackson  Dies 
On  Stage  of  Roxy 

Joe  Jackson,  69,  noted  vaudeville 
performer,  died  of  a  heart  attack  in 
the  wings  of  the  Roxy  Theatre  stage 
yesterday  afternoon.  He  had  been 
appearing  at  the  house  for  the  past 
two  weeks.  Jackson  completed  his  act 
in  the  first  show  of  the  day  and  was 
about  to  return  to  the  stage  for  a 
final  bow  when  he  collapsed. 

He  was  born  in  Vienna  in  1873  and 
spent  the  past  40  years  in  vaudeville, 
during  most  of  that  time  as  a  head- 
liner.  Otto  Legal,  a  former  partner 
in  a  juggling  act  of  30  years  ago  and 
most  recently  his  valet,  was  with 
Jackson  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

He  is  survived  by  a  son,  Joe  Jack- 
son, Jr.,  now  in  California  with  an 
"Ice-Capades"  company. 


Sees  Merging  of 

3  British  Circuits 

London,  May  14. — Tom  O'Brien, 
secretary  of  the  National  Association 
of  Theatrical  and  Kine  Employes,  at 
the  annual  conference  of  the  organi- 
zation today,  voiced  the  fear  that  all 
three  leading  British  circuits  shortly 
will  be  combined.  He  thus  interpreted 
the  sudden  resignation  of  Sir  Ralph 
Wedgwood  as  chairman  of  the  board 
of  Associated  British  and  Union 
Cinemas. 

O'Brien  declared  to  the  meeting  that 
negotiations  aimed  at  such  a  merger, 
probaby  of  Associated  British  Cine- 
mas, Gaumont  British  and  Odeon,  al- 
ready have  begun. 


Raise  Fund  to  Aid 
Greenberg  Family 

David  A.  Levy,  Universal  New 
York  branch  manager,  is  raising  a 
fund  to  care  for  the  wife  and  infant 
daughter  of  Rube  Greenberg,  Irving- 
ton,  N.  J.,  exhibitor,  who  was  killed 
in  an  accident  in  the  Hudson  Tubes 
April  26.  The  fund  already  amounts 
to  $1,800  and  will  be  continued. 
Greenberg's  daughter  was  born  only 
a  few  days  before  her  father's  death. 


Form  Conn.  Company 

Hartford,  May  14. — World-Wide 
Pictures,  Inc.,  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  has 
been  chartered  here,  with  Edward 
Cone  as  president  and  treasurer,  and 
Laura  M.  Cone  as  secretary. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


GASOLINE  rationing  is  a  signifi- 
cant subject  included  in  all  the 
reels.  Opening  of  the  Belmont  race 
track,  New  York,  also  is  uniformly 
covered.   Here  are  the  contents: 


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MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  72— Gasoline 
rationing.  Philippine  President  Quezon  _in 
Washington.  Captain  Robinson  of  bat£ 
Marblehead  interviewed.  Snow  in 
Dakota.  Glider  instructions  f©r  Ma? 
in  South  Carolina.  Air  cadets  in  Miami. 
Belmont  track  opens.  Bowling  in  Milwau- 
kee. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  270— Films  of 
war  in  Russia.  Gasoline  rationing.  Glider 
instructions  for  Marines.  Train  for  both 
rail  and  highway  in  Illinois.  President 
Quezon  of  Philippines  in  Washington.  Log 
run  in  Maine.  Air  cadets  in  Miami.  Field 
artillery  practice  on  Pacific  Coast.  Bel- 
mont racing. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  75— Rail- 
highway  train  in  Illinois.  U.  S.  soldiers  in 
Guatemala.  Air  cadets  in  Miami.  Soldiers 
in  Hawaii  pick  "typical  sweetheart."  Base- 
ball at  San  Quentin.  Racing  at  Belmont. 
Bowling  in  Milwaukee.  Gasoline  ration- 
ing. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  75— Gasoline 
rationing.  Roosevelt  greets  Philippine 
President  Quezon.  American  troops  in 
Guatemala.  Army  pack  mules  in  Oahu. 
Illinois  train  for  rail  and  highway.  Air 
cadets  in  Miami.  Soldiers  in  Hawaii  pick 
"best  girl."    Log  drive  in  Maine. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  No.  84— Gas 

rationing.  U.  S.  forces  in  Guatemala.  Air 
Corps  in  Miami.  Train  wreck  in  Cleve- 
land. Marines  taught  gliding  in  South 
Carolina.  Rail-highway  car  in  Illinois. 
Drum  majorettes  in  Atlanta.  Bowling  in 
Milwaukee.     Belmont  racing. 


Warner  Showings 
Set  on  5,  June  1,  2 

Warners  has  set  trade  showings  for 
five  new  films  in  all  exchanges  on 
June  1  and  2.  New  York  screenings 
will  be  held  in  the  home  office  projec- 
tion room.  The  schedule  of  screen- 
ings follows :  "The  Big  Shot"  and 
"Wings  for  the  Eagle,"  June  1 ;  "Es- 
cape from  Crime,"  "The  Gay  Sisters" 
and  "Across  the  Pacific,"  June  2. 


'Bambi'  Trade  Shows 

RKO  has  set  trade  screenings  on 
the  Walt  Disney  feature,  "Bambi," 
for  exchange  cities  on  May  25  and  26. 
In  all  cities  the  showings  will  be  at 
the  exchanges  at  11  A.  M.,  except 
Detroit,  where  it  will  be  at  1  P.  M. 
A  repeat  screening  at  2  :30  P.  M.  will 
be  held  in  New  York.  In  St.  Louis 
the  showing  will  be  at  11  A.  M.  on 
May  26. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

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holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
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New  York  City.  Telephone  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
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Barbara  Stanwyck  at  the  zenith 
of  her  popularity  following 
"Ball  of  Fire"  and  "The  Lady 
Eve". ..  teamed  again  with  Joel 
McCrea  and  Brian  Donlevy,  the 
great  trio  of  "Union  Pacific"! 

Trade  critics  have  unanimously 
acclaimed  Miss  Stanwyck's 
performance;  the  Hollywood 
Reporter  calls  it  "a  performance 
gloriously  given .. .would  have 
undoubtedly  won  the  Academy 
Award  last  month  had  it  been 
released."  Jay  Emanuel  of  Exhib- 
itor says  that  "if  Miss  Stanwyck 
does  not  win  an  Oscar,  then 
Academy  Awards  are  a  fake!" 


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Motion  Picture  daily 


Friday,  May  15,  1942 


Launching  Service  Relief  Drive 


Swinging  into  Times  Square  at  the  head  of  the  parade  which  yester- 
day launched  the  industry's  nationwide  drive  on  behalf  of  Army  and 
Navy  Emergency  Relief  were  industry  drive  leaders  and  an  Army  relief 
representative.  From  left  to  right  are:  Max  A.  Cohen,  state  chairman 
of  the  drive;  Stanton  Griffis,  chairman  of  the  Citizens  Committee  for 
Navy  Relief;  Lt.  Col.  A.  G.  Rudd,  in  charge  of  Army  Relief  in  this  area, 
and  Nicholas  M.  Schenck,  national  chairman  of  the  industry's  Army  and 
Navy  Relief  drive,  which  runs  from  yesterday  to  May  20. 


Parade  Starts 
Service  Relief 
Drive  of  Films 


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circuits  and  Broadway  theatres  and 
military  and  civilian  bands.  Lieut. 
Bulkeley  and  his  party,  including  his 
wife,  rode  in  an  open  car  and  were  re- 
ceived enthusiastically  by  the  crowds. 

The  parade  started  to  move  at  12  :35 
with  the  completion  of  all  formations. 
At  1 :40  the  last  contingent  passed  in 
review. 

All  New  York  now  knows  how  the 
industry  is  rallying  to  the  cause  of  the 
fighting  men  of  the  nation.  Countless 
banners  carried  the  slogans,  "Keep 
Faith  With  Them"  and  "Help  Protect 
Families  of  Our  Fighting  Men."  They 
were  carried  by  marchers  and  draped 
on  theatres  along  the  route.  Also 
adding  to  the  color  were  the  flags  of 
all  the  United  Nations  carried  by 
models. 

Officials  on  Stand 

In  the  reviewing  stand  were  Mayor 
F.  H.  LaGuardia,  Griffis,  Schenck,  the 
three  naval  heroes,  Brandt,  Cohen, 
Lieut.  Col.  A.  G.  Rudd  and  other 
Army  and  Navy  officers. 

The  Times  Square  show  opened 
with  the  national  anthem  sung  by 
Kitty  Carlisle.  Louis  Nizer  in  a 
speech  contributed  his  own  war  slo- 
gan— "the  Stars  and  Stripes  of  Ameri- 
ca will  fly  over  the  setting  sun  of 
Japan" — and  then  he  introduced 
Mayor  LaGuardia. 

The  Mayor  explained  the  purpose 
of  the  theatre  drive  to  the  estimated 
20,000  observers  who  crowded  around 
the  platform,  pointing  out  while  the 
Government  cares  for  the  families  of 
Army  and  Navy  men  in  need,  the 
Emergency  Relief  lends  a  hand  in 
cases  requiring  immediate  attention. 

He  pointed  out  that  the  Army  Re- 
lief and  Navy  Relief  are  two  separate 
funds  and  to  this  added,  with  a  smile, 
"so  be  sure  to  kick  in  twice." 

$20,000  From  Para.,  Loew's 

LaGuardia  reported  that  the  drive 
got  off  with  a  banner  start,  with  two 
donations  of  $10,000  each  already  on 
the  books,  from  Loew's  and  Para- 
mount. He  said  a  personal  contribu- 
tion of  $500  by  Nicholas  M.  Schenck 
was  made.  David  Bernstein  also  gave 
$500. 

He  then  introduced  "three  New 
York  boys  who,  though  the  war  is 
only  beginning,  already  have  won 
fame  and  glory  in  a  motorboat  with 
torpedoes."  "They  went  out  on  busi- 
ness and  accounted  for  every  ship 
they  met,"  he  said. 

Lieut.  Bulkeley  addressed  the  "mo- 
tion picture  industry  and  the  friends 
of  the  motion  picture  industry."  He 
said  that  the  war  effort  requires  the 
support  of  every  American  "whether 
on  the  valor  line  or  the  home  front." 

A  group  of  entertainers  then  took 
over  the  stand  with  J.  C.  Flippen  act- 
ing as  master  of  ceremonies.  Billy 
De  Wolfe,  Jimmy  Dorsey's  orchestra, 
Hazel  Scott,  Danny  Kaye,  Woody 
Herman  and  others  performed,  while 
collection  baskets  were  passed  among 
the  audience. 

Schenck  is  chairman  of  the  Motion 
Picture  Industry  Campaign  for  Army 
and  Navy  Emergency  Relief ;  Brandt 
is  assistant  chairman  and  Cohen  is 


Memphis,  Pittsburgh 
Para.  Meets  Today 


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staffs  from  the  following  exchanges : 
Pittsburgh,  Philadelphia,  Washington, 
Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Indianapolis 
and  Detroit. 

The  meeting  in  Memphis,  at  the 
Peabody  Hotel,  will  be  presided  over 
by  G.  A.  Smith,  Western  division 
manager,  with  Oscar  Morgan,  short 
subject  sales  manager,  in  attendance. 
Exchange  staffs  will  be  present  there 
from  Charlotte,  Atlanta,  New  Or- 
leans, Oklahoma  City,  Dallas  and 
Memphis. 

The  personnel  present  at  Pittsburgh 
includes : 

Pittsburgh — D.  Kimelman,  E.  Stuve, 
C.  Mergen,  R.  Caskey,  G.  Peterson, 
W.  Brooks;  Philadelphia— E.  W. 
Sweigert,  U.  Smith,  G.  T.  Beattie, 
A.  C.  Benson,  J.  Bergin,  H.  Rubin, 
J.  D.  Holman,  R.  Carman,  T.  Aber ; 
Washington — J.  E.  Fontaine,  R.  M. 
Grace,  V.  Dougherty,  J.  Bryan,  H. 
Davidson,  H.  C.  Thompson ;  Cleve- 


state  chairman.  Griffis  is  chairman 
of  the  Citizens  Committee  for  Navy 
Relief.  Edward  Dowden  was  chair- 
man of  the  parade  committee. 


Twin  Cities  Caravan 
Gross  Was  $65,869 

Minneapolis,  May  14. — The  Holly- 
wood Victory  Caravan,  playing  the 
only  two-a-day  engagement  of  its  13- 
city  tour,  in  the  Twin  Cities  grossed 
a  total  of  $65,869  for  Army  and  Navy 
Emergency  Relief. 

The  troupe  played  at  a  matinee  in 
St.  Paul  Auditorium  where  the  take 
was  $28,329,  and  at  an  evening  per- 
formance in  the  Minneapolis  Audito- 
rium, getting  $37,540. 


land— H.  H.  Goldstein,  G.  Elmo,  J. 
Gardner,  T.  L.  Irwin,  C.  Powers,  M. 
Stahl,  H.  Roth ;  Cincinnati— J.  J.  Ou- 
lahan,  R.  L.  Clark,  V.  Kremer,  W. 
Twig,  F.  H.  Myers,  T.  Saunders,  J. 
C.  Rodman;  Indianapolis  —  J.  H. 
Stevens,  W.  Esch,  D.  C.  Newman,  F. 
Wagoner,  C.  Kemp;  Detroit — J.  T. 
Howard,  J.  H.  Young,  J.  E.  Ryder, 
J.  E.  Thompson,  H.  E.  Stuckey,  J.  R. 
Velde. 

Those  at  Memphis  Meeting 

Sales  staffs  present  at  the  Memphis 
meeting  are  as  follows : 

Charlotte— S.  Lett,  E.  M.  Adams, 
W.  W.  Sharpe,  W.  A.  Holiday,  B.  A. 
Slaughter;  Atlanta— J.  F.  Kirby,  E. 
B.  Price,  J.  C.  Goodson,  A.  H. 
Duren;  O.  O.  Ray,  H.  Dodge,  H. 
Chalman,  W.  G.  Bradley,  J.  A.  Clark ; 
New  Orleans — S.  Frifield,  M.  J.  Ar- 
tigues,  E.  E.  Shinn,  S.  Otis,  C.  La- 
mantia ;  Oklahoma  City — C.  H. 
Weaver,  C.  York,  S.  Brunk,  H. 
Nicholson,  B.  Bragen  ;  Dallas — Hugh 
Owen,  C.  L.  Dees,  F.  Larned,  T.  W. 
Bridge,  G.  Gaughan,  H.  Simmons,  W. 
Wiens,  W.  Bugie,  F.  Rule,  T.  A.  Mc- 
Kean;  Memphis— L.  W.  McClintock, 
J.  Young,  E.  Blumenthal,  C.  L.  Roun- 
saville,  F.  Neil,  S.  Miller. 

The  two  final  Paramount  regional 
sales  meetings  are  scheduled  for  the 
Muehlbach  Hotel  in  Kansas  City  next 
Monday  and  Tuesday  and  at  the  St. 
Francis  Hotel  in  San  Francisco  on 
May  22-23. 


Waits  Property  Verdict 

Middletown,  Conn.,  May  14. — Mrs. 
Maria  Adorno,  operator  of  the  Col- 
lege Open  Air  Theatre,  awaits  de- 
cision by  the  State  Supreme  Court  of 
Errors  on  clarification  of  her  property 
line.  Plaintiff  claims  the  Middlesex 
Theatre  fire  escape  and  platform  are 
on  her  property  and  asks  the  Con- 
necticut -Power  Co.  to  remove  a 
transformer  station  from  the  alleyway 
leading  to  her  lot. 


Congress  Library 
To  Be  Film  Archive 


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brary  as  to  those  which  it  believes  I 
are  worthy  of  permanent  retention. 

Under  the  Copyright  Act,  the  Li-  ] 
brary  of  Congress  may  demand  the  J 
deposit  of  two  copies  of  every  film  J 
offered  for  copyright.     The  Library 
has  had  this  right  for  about  25  years, 
but  because  of  lack  of   space  dxy 
returned  the  pictures  to  the  proluJl! 
ers.    As  a  result,  MacLeish  pointed' 
out,  instead  of -having  a  complete  file  J 
of  the  motion  pictures  produced  al- 1 
most  from  the  inception  of  the  indus- 1 
try,  the  Library  has  practically  noth-,| 
ing. 

Rockefeller  Foundation  Grant 

For  the  past  two  years,  since  be-1 
coming  librarian,  MacLeish  has  been! 
anxious  to  develop  a  permanent  file! 
of  motion  pictures  and  has  tried  to! 
work  out  some  system  to  make  that  I 
possible.  The  Library  recently  was  I 
given  a  grant  by  the  Rockefeller  B 
Foundation  which  will  enable  it  toll 
survey  the  field  of  current  produc- 1 
tion,  but  no  effort  is  now  planned  tolj 
delve  into  the  pictures  of  past  years.  || 

The  Museum  of  Modern  Art  willli 
handle  the  screening  of  the  pictures 
and  will  advise  as  to  those  worthy 
of  retention.  The  pictures  selected, 
however,  will  have  to  be  stored  in 
New  York  until  such  time  as  the  nec- 
essary facilities  can  be  provided  in  the 
Library  in  Washington. 

Producers  to  Cooperate 

The  project  will  be  conducted  in 
cooperation  with  the  producers.  Mac- 
Leish explained  that,  although  the  Li- 
brary has  the  legal  right  to  demand 
the  deposit  of  two  copies,  an  arrange- 
ment has  been  perfected  under  which 
the  producers  will  make  copies  of  their 
pictures  available  for  screening  and 
any  films  which  the  Library  elects 
to  retain  will  not  have  to  be  deposited 
until  after  the  close  of  their  run. 

Under  this  plan,  MacLeish  hopes 
to  build  up  a  permanent  collection  of 
the  best  films — entertainment,  news- 
reel  and  other — produced  in  the  coun- 
try from  now  on. 


Washington,  May  14. — It  is  re- 
ported here  that  Iris  Barry,  curator 
of  the  Film  Library  of  the  Museum 
of  Modern  Art,  has  resigned. 


S.A.G.  Extras  May 
Sign  for  War  Work 

Hollywood,  May  14. — The  Screen 
Actors  Guild  magazine,  out  today,  an- 
nounces a  plan  worked  out  by  the 
guild  with  William  Johnston  of  the 
Hollywood  office  of  the  U.  S.  Em- 
ployment Service,  and  W.  K.  Kerr 1 
of  the  Southern  California  Labor 
Supply  Board,  whereby  extras  with 
experience  will  be  afforded  interviews 
looking  toward  a  change  from  screen 
work  to  war  work. 

It  is  expected  that  1,200  may  be 
temporarily  taken  from  the  guild  rolls 
for  war  work.    The  guild  will  main- 
tain them  in  membership  status  for  i 
the  duration  of  the  war. 


On  W.  B.  Checking  Staff 

Chicago,  May  14. — David  Ramsdell 
has  been  named  Warner  checking 
supervisor  for  Chicago,  St.  Louis  and 
Des  Moines,  with  headquarters  here. 


We  warned  you  about  "Buck  Privates" 
and  we're  warning  you  about  this  one! 

The  Hottest  Band! 

HARRY  JAMES 

AND  HIS  MUSIC  MAKERS 

The  Hottest  Swing  Stars! 

the  ANDREWS  SISTERS 


The  Hottest  Cafe  Entertainer! 

JOE  E.  LEWIS 


5P 


xVTHE  HOTTEST  TUNES 


"Don't  Sit  Under  the 
Apple  Tree" 


"Three  Little  Sisters" 
"Private  Buckaroo" 
"You  Made  Me  Love  You" 
"Yes,  I  Do"  ^3 


DICK  FORAN 

ERNEST  TRUEX-SHEMP  HOWARD 
MARY  WICKES  •  RICHARD  DAVIE S 
HUNTZ  HALL  •  JENNIFER  HOLT 
TAGALONG 

and  THE  JIVIN'  JACKS  and  JILLS 

Screen  Play,  Edmund  Kelso  •  Edward  James 
Original  Story,  Paul  Gerard  Smith 

Directed  by  Edward  F.  Cline 
Associate  Producer,  Ken  Goldsmith 

A  UNIVERSAL  PICTURE 


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VAILABLE  FOR  DE  LUXE  SHOWINGS  STARTING  MAY  29th 


2  JOBS  TO  DO  FOR  OUR  AMERICA! 

(One)  Army-Navy  Relief  collections  in  Theatres  May  14-20  •  (Two)  War  Bond  &  Stamp  Sale  in  Theatres  begins  May  30 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  May  15,  1942 


Gas  Rationing 
Seen  Shifting 
FilmPatronage 


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elimination  of  pleasure  driving  in  the 
area  affected.  Just  how  it  will  work 
out,  however,  is  still  a  matter  of  spec- 
ulation. Many  believe  that  the  first 
run  downtown  houses  will  suffer 
somewhat  because  the  public  may  be 


reluctant  to  use  the  much  needed  gas- 
oline even  for  short  trips  but  this 
view  is  considered  problematical  as 
the  small  loss  may  be  more  than  off- 
set by  the  gain  from  those  who  can- 
not get  out  of  town. 

See  Neighborhoods  Gain 

The  consensus  appears  to  be  that 
the  neighborhood  house  cannot  help 
but  show  a  marked  upturn  in  gross 
receipts.  With  many  remaining  in 
town  for  weekends,  the  virtual  elimi- 
nation of  outings  and  the  disinclina- 
tion of  many  motorists  to  take  their 
cars  downtown,  the  effect  is  bound 
to  be  favorable  for  neighborhood  the- 
atres, it  was  said. 

The  first  weekend  of  rationing  be- 
ginning tomorrow  is  not  expected  to 
show  the  full  impact  at  the  box-office. 
It  was  pointed  out  that  many  motor- 
ists have  deliberately  stored  a  tankful 
of  gas  for  one  last  pleasure  trip  but 
the  full  effect  is  expected  to  be  known 
by  next  week,  in  the  opinion  of  in- 
dustry observers. 


Press  Sees  First 
Preview  of  Shorts 

Hollywood,  May  14.  —  The  lay, 
trade  and  foreign  press  last  night  at 
the  Filmarte  Theatre  attended  the 
first  monthly  short  subjects  preview 
sponsored  by  the  Academy  of  Motion 
Picture  Arts  and  Sciences. 

Seven  companies  contributed  10 
subjects  to  the  show,  which  ran  113 
minutes.  It  was  the  first  preview  of 
its  kind  in  Hollywood  history,  and  all 
resident  correspondents,  radio  com- 
mentators and  magazine  writers  were 
invited.  The  objective  of  the  plan  is 
to  bring  recognition  of  quality  shorts 
first  to  the  attention  of  the  corre- 
spondents, who  rarely  see  them  at  the- 
atres, and  second  to  the  public  gen- 
erally through  newspaper  comment. 

Contributing  product  to  this  first 
showing  were  :  Columbia,  Paramount, 
20th  Century-Fox,  M-G-M,  Warners, 
RKO  and  Disney.  A  second  preview 
will  be  held  on  June  10. 


Monogram  Plans 
48  Features  for 
New  Season  List 


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Midnight,"  "Blind  Justice,"  "Ferry 
Command,"  "Political  Payoff,"  by 
Damon  Runyon;  "Fraternity  Sweet- 
heart," "Kelly  of  the  U.S.A.,"  "You 
Can't  Beat  the  Law,"  "Spell  of  the 
Tropics,"  "Storm  Out  of  the  West," 
"Navy  Bound,"  "Revenge  of  the 
Zombies,"  "The  Blonde  Bomber"  and 
"Trail  of  the  Yukon,"  by  Jack  Lon- 
don. 

Group  of  Ten 

Another  group  of  10  films  will  be: 
"Under  Sealed  Orders,"  Edgar  Wal- 
lace story ;  "Gangs  of  the  Under- 
world," "Man's  Law,"  Peter  B.  Kyne 
story ;  "The  Just  Judge,"  "Monster  in 
the  Dark,"  "Nearly  Eighteen,"  "Pony 
Express  Rider,"  "Below  the  Dead- 
line," "Time  Bomb,"  "Queen  of  the 
Honky-Tonks"  and  "Intelligence  Bu- 
reau." 

The  "Rough  Riders"  series,  featur- 
ing Buck  Jones,  Tim  McCoy  and 
Raymond  Hatton,  will  include  eight 
westerns,  two  of  which  will  be  listed 
as  specials :  "Dawn  on  the  Great  Di- 
vide" and  "Overland  Wagon  Trails." 
The  "Range  Busters"  featuring  John 
King,  Davey  Sharpe  and  Max  Ter- 
hune  also  will  include  eight  westerns. 

Two  Sold  Separately 

The  Monogram  program  also  will 
include  two  "Road  Show  Attractions" 
to  be  sold  separately  as  they  are 
ready :  "Killers  of  the  Amazon,"  ad- 
venture film  being  produced  by  Clyde 
Elliott  and  Charles  Ford  in  Brazil, 
and  "Sun  Bonnet  Sue,"  based  on  the 
song  by  Gus  Edwards. 

Scott  R.  Dunlap  will  supervise  sev- 
eral in  addition  to  the  "Rough  Rid- 
ers" westerns.  Lindsley  Parsons  will 
be  responsible  for  several  others ;  Sam 
Katzman  and  Jack  Dietz  will  make 
the  "East  Side  Kids"  films;  A.  W. 


Broadway  Grosses 
Reach  High  Levels 

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according  to  reports.  It  amounted  to 
an  estimated  $51,000  for  the  first  six 
days,  the  home  office  reported. 

Continuing  big  is  "My  Gal  Sal" 
with  a  stage  show  at  the  Roxy.  Busi- 
ness for  the  second  week  amounted 
to  an  estimated  $62,200  and  the  show 
holds  over. 

"Saboteur"  had  a  good  opening 
week  at  the  Radio  City  Music  Hall, 
with  the  stage  presentation,  estimated 
at  $88,000,  and  the  film  is  held.  "This 
Above  All"  began  its  regular  run 
Wednesday  at  the  Astor  after  the  in- 
vitation premiere  Tuesday  night  and 
the  day's  gross  is  estimated  at  $2,100. 

The  first  week  of  "Rio  Rita"  at  the 
Capitol  was  good  for  an  estimated 
$28,000  and  the  second  week  began 
yesterday.  "Moontide"  drew  an  esti- 
mated $14,500  in  its  second  week  at 
the  Rivoli  and  continues.  "Sunday 
Punch"  finishes  a  week  the  Rivoli 
tonight  with  an  estimated  $4,800  ex- 
pected and  will  be  followed  tomorrow 
by  "Whispering  Ghosts."  With  the 
latter  20th  Century-Fox  will  have 
four  films  on  Broadway,  the  others 
being  "My  Gal  Sal,"  "This  Above 
All"  and  "Moontide." 


Hackel  is  down  for  four ;  George  W. 
Weeks  will  produce  the  eight  "Range 
Busters"  westerns  and  two  others ; 
and  the  others  will  be  divided  among 
the  King  Brothers,  T.  H.  Richmond, 
Richard  Oswald,  and  the  producing 
team  of  Martin  Mooney  and  Max 
King. 

Ritchey  on  Foreign  Sales 

Norton  V.  Ritchey,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  foreign  sales,  today  told  the 
convention  that  grosses  in  South 
America  "are  heading  for  a  new 
high."  The  company  is  pursuing  a 
"good  neighbor"  policy,  he  declared, 
by  releasing  through  distributors  who 
produce  pictures  as  well.  In  coun- 
tries where  it  is  impossible  to  make 
a  deal  with  a  distributor-producer, 
an  attempt  is  made  to  effect  an  ar- 
rangement for  the  representative  to 
acquire  a  group  of  local  productions, 
he  said. 

Jack  Y.  Berman  of  the  PCCITO, 
greeting  the  delegates,  told  them  that 
theatres  profit  by  putting  extra  pro- 
motion behind  so-called  "second  half" 
features. 

Other  speakers  were  Larry  Kent, 
assistant  to  Charles  P.  Skouras,  presi- 
dent of  National  Theatres ;  Ben 
Lowenstein,  Warner  Theatres  ;  Harry 
Thomas,  Monogram  Eastern  district 
sales  manager ;  Joseph  Felder,  New- 
York  exchange  manager ;  Sam  Rosen, 
Philadelphia ;  Harry  Brown,  Wash- 
ington ;  Irving  Schlank,  new  Central 
district  manager,  and  John  Mangham 
president  of  the  franchise  holders' 
committee. 

Carr,  Broidy  to  Speak 

The  production  schedule  will  be 
outlined  tomorrow  by  Trem  Carr, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  production, 
and  in  the  afternoon  a  sales  confer- 
ence will  be  led  by  Samuel  Broidy, 
sales  chief,  and  Lloyd  L.  Lind,  con- 
tract department  head.  Several  new 
pictures  have  been  screened  for  the 
delegates.  Social  activities  on  Satur- 
day will  conclude  the  four-day  meet- 
ing. The  10th  annual  banquet  will  be 
held  Saturday  evening  at  the  Floren- 
tine Gardens. 


New  Umpi  Taxation 
Committees  Named 

The  personnel  of  tax  committees  for 
Delaware  and  West  Virginia  have 
been  completed  to  function  under  the 
taxation  sub-committee  of  Umpi,  of 
which  Spyros  Skouras  is  chairman,  it 
was  announced  yesterday  by  Leon 
Bamberger,  Umpi  executive  secretary. 
Forty-seven  of  the  54  tax  committees 
planned  now  have  been  completed. 

Members  of  the  Delaware  commit- 
tee are :  A.  J.  DeFiore,  Lewis  Black, 
Wilmington,  and  Harry  Cohen, 
Washington,  D.  C.  West  Virginia 
members  are :  S.  J.  Hyman,  chair- 
man ;  W.  H.  Holt,  J.  C.  Shanklin  and 
John  Eifert,  the  latter  of  Cincinnati. 

Newly  designated  chairmen  of  state 
committees  previously  organized  are : 
H.  L.  Ripps  for  New  York;  L.  B. 
Christ,  Arizona ;  A.  P.  Archer,  Colo- 
rado ;  Ray  Branch,  Michigan ;  George 
Gold,  New  Jersey ;  George  Tucker, 
New  Mexico ;  John  Adams,  Texas ; 
Charles  W.  Trampe,  Wisconsin. 


Open  NewHamrick  House 

Seattle,  May  14. — Hamrick-Ever- 
green  circuit  has  opened  its  new  Ad- 
miral Theatre  in  Bremerton,  naval 
town  near  here. 


Present  Umpi  Plan 
To  U.S.  Next  Week 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Washington  to  inform  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  position  of  the  exhibi- 
tors of  the  country  on  the  Umpi 
selling  plan,  or  may  make  a  subse- 
quent visit  to  the  department. 

Little  progress  was  reported  fol- 
lowing the  all-day  meeting  of  the 
Umpi  committee  of  the  whole  y«^ 
terday  due  to  continuing  efforts  C 
meet  the  opposition  of  two  of  the  five  : 
consenting  companies  to  the  concilia- 
tion provisions  of  the  Umpi  five-point 
program.  The  delay  encountered  on 
that  subject  made  it  doubtful  whether 
the  committee  could  complete  its  work 
today,  although  that  is  still  the  ob- 
jective. Further  doubt  about  conform- 
ing to  the  schedule  arises  from  the 
fact  that  the  committee  will  not  con- 
vene again  until  this  afternoon.  The 
morning  session  was  abandoned  to 
permit  representatives  of  the  two  ob- 
jecting distribution  companies  to  con- 
fer with  their  home  office  principals 
on  the  new  proposals  which  were 
advanced  to  meet  their  objections  to 
participation  in  the  conciliation  pro- 
gram. 

Hope  for  Agreement 

It  was  stated  that  there  still  is 
some  hope  of  reconciling  their  differ- 
ences and  gaining  thereby  the  full 
participation  of  all  consenting  compa- 
nies in  the  conciliation  program.  That 
is  expected  to  be  decided  at  today's 
meeting. 

The  committee  also  has  yet  to  give 
consideration  to  the  setting  of  a  per- 
manent budget  for  Umpi  and  deter- 
mining a  financing  plan.  If  that  is 
not  completed  today,  an  adjournment 
of  several  weeks  is  likely,  since  a 
number  of  exhibitor  members  of 
Umpi  from  distant  points  are  sched- 
uled to  leave  New  York  tonight. 
Among  them  are  John  Rugar  of  Salt 
Lake  City ;  Hugh  Bruen,  Los  An- 
geles, and  Leo  F.  Wolcott,  Eldora,  la. 
Also,  William  F.  Rodgers,  Umpi 
chairman,  is  scheduled  to  preside  at 
a  meeting  of  M-G-M  district  sales 
managers  at  Chicago  on  Monday. 


Australia,  N.Z.  Allow 
$2,500,000  Payment 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

equivalent  to  about  75  per  cent  of  the 
amounts  which  the  eight  companies 
were  permitted  to  withdraw  from 
Australia  and  New  Zealand  last  year. 
The  total  last  year  was  approximately 
$3,300,000,  consisting  of  about  $2,300,- 
000  from  Australia  and  about  $950,000 
from  New  Zealand.  The  amounts 
immediately  remittable  are  approxi- 
mately $1,800,000  from  Australia  and 
$740,000  from  New  Zealand. 

Additional  sums  may  be  released  by 
Australia  and  New  Zealand  during 
the  current  agreement  year  as  a  re- 
sult of  negotiations  to  be  conducted. 


Close  St.  Louis  Houses 

St.  Louis,  May  14.- — The  Dakota, 
subsequent-run  house  in  the  Wehren- 
berg-Kaimann  Circuit  of  St.  Louis, 
has  closed  for  the  Summer  as  has 
been  the  custom  during  the  past  sev- 
eral years.  The  Wehrenberg-Kai- 
mann  Circle  Theatre  has  been  closed. 


Night  Traffic  Stopped 

Los  Angeles,  May  14. — The 
California  highway  patrol  has 
ordered  all  night  automobile 
traffic  stopped  on  coast  high- 
ways and  secondary  roads,  ef- 
fective immediately.  Theatres 
in  communities  along  the  coast 
line  expect  a  terrific  drop  in 
business  as  a  result.  The  order, 
which  precedes  an  expected 
dimout  order  for  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, will  prevent  travel  from 
inland  reaching  beach  resorts, 
many  of  which  center  about  film 
theatres. 


'■  Friday,  May  15,  1942 


Motion  Picture  daily 


7 


■Blonde9  Big 
In  Seattle  at 
$9,100  Gross 


Seattle,  May  14.  —  "My  Favorite 
Blonde"  took  top  honors,  bringing 
$9,100  to  the  Paramount.  "Twin  Beds" 
w  .  $8,400  at  the  Liberty.  The 
ther  was  mild  and  clear. 
^  "Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  8 : 

I  "The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

I  "Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

,    BLUE  MOUSE — (950)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 

days,  5th  week.  Moved  from  Music  Hall. 
-Gross:  $4,200.  (Average,  $4,000) 

"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

"Kid  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 
'    FIFTH  AVENUE — (2,500)  (30c-42c-58c- 

70c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $6,800.  (Av- 
.  erage,  $7,000) 

"Twin  Beds"  (U.  A.) 

"New  Wine"  (U.  A.) 

i  LIBERTY— (1,800)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
.days.  Gross:  $8,400.  (Average,  $5,000) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 

"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (ZOth-Fox) 
i    MUSIC    BOX — (950)    (30c -42c -58c -70c)  7 
.  days,  4th  week.  Moved  from  Fifth  Avenue. 

Gross :  $3,600.  (Average,  $4,000) 
1  "The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 

"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 
MUSIC  HALL— (2,275)  (3Oc-42c-58c-70c)  7 

days.  Gross:  $6,200.  (Average,  $6,000) 

"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 

"Almost  Married"  (Univ.) 
ORPHEUM— (2,450)   (30c-42c-58c)  7  days. 
:  Gross:  $5,800.  (Average,  $6,000) 

"The  Girl  from  Alaska"  (Rep.) 
I  "The  Stork  Pays  Off"  (Col.) 

PALOMAR— (1,500)     (20c-30c-42c-58c)  7 

days.  Stage:  Vaudeville.  Gross:  $5,400.  (Av- 
erage, $5,000) 

l  "My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Henry  and  Dizzy"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (3,050)  (30c-42c-58c)  7 
!days.  Gross:  $9,100.  (Average,  $6,000) 


'Tripoli'  Garners 
Minneapolis  Lead 

Minneapolis,  May  14. — "To  the 
Shores  of  Tripoli"  garnered  $8,500  in 
its  second  week  at  the  State,  despite 
a  rainy  spell,  while  "Ball  of  Fire" 
took  $6,500  at  the  Century. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  9 : 

"40,000  Horsemen."  (Ind.) 

WORLD— (350)  (30c-40c-30c-60c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $2,200.  (Average,  $1,600) 
"Ball  of  Fire"  (RKO) 

CENTURY— (1,600)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $6,500.  (Average,  $4,009) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

STATE— (2,300)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:   $8,500.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"All  Through  the  Night"  (W.  B.) 

ORPHEUM— (2,800)  (30c-4Oc-5Oc)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,000.    (Average,  $8,000) 
"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

GOPHER— (998)     (30c)    7    days.  Gross: 
$2,800.    (Average,  $2,500) 
"Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 
"Strange  Case  of  Dr.  RX"  (Univ.) 

ASTER— (900)  (20c-30c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$3,000.    (Average,  $1,800) 


Shows  Chinese  Pictures 

Philadelphia,  May  14. — The  Gar 
den  Theatre,  operated  by  Sam  Weld 
man,  is  the  first  house  in  the  city  to 
offer  Chinese  motion  pictures  at  regu- 
lar intervals.  The  house  is  located 
near  the  Chinatown  section,  where  for 
many  years  Chinese  pictures  have 
been  independently  shown  at  a  church. 


Shows  Foreign  Films 

San  Francisco,  May  14. — The 
Larkin  Theatre,  small  downtown 
house  operated  by  Herbert  Rosener, 
Inc.,  has  inaugurated  a  foreign  film 
policy,  sharing  importations  and  re- 
issues with  the  Clay  International, 
also  operated  here  by  Rosener. 


Critics'  Quotes  .  .  . 

"SABOTEUR"  (Lloyd-Universal) 

A  melodramatic  journey  from  coast  to  coast  shows  Hitchcock  at  his  best. 
It  gives  movement,  distance  and  a  terrifying  casualness  to  his  painful  sus- 
pense.— Time. 

It  has  all  the  components  of  a  superior  thriller.  It  also  has  a  great  deal 
of  meaning  at  the  moment  .  .  .  another  outstanding  picture  by  a  great  director. 
— Howard  Barnes,  New'  York  Herald  Tribune. 

So  fast,  indeed,  is  the  action  and  so  abundant  the  breathless  events  that 
one  might  forget  in  the  hubbub  that  there  is  no  logic  in  this  wild-goose  chase. 
— Bosley  Crowther,  New  York  Times. 

There  are  times  when  the  plot  lacks  conviction,  when  what  is  happening 
should  be  more  convincingly  motivated,  but  Mr.  Hitchcock  keeps  your  nerves 
on  edge. — Norman  Clark,  Baltimore  News-Post. 

It  is  both  imaginative  and  exciting.  But  it  is  not,  I  am  afraid,  a  good 
movie. — Wolfe  Kaufman,  Chicago  Sun. 

The  menace  of  sabotage  is  converted  into  sure-fire  entertainment. — Helen 
Buchalter,  Washington  Daily  News. 

"RIO  RITA"  (M-G-M) 

Call  it  a  typical  Bud  Abbott  and  Lou  Costello  thesaurus  of  new  gags  and 
old,  compiled  with  the  team's  recognized  flair  for  broad  comedy  .  .  .  the  pro- 
ductional  swank  is  canceled  by  a  slapdash  script. — Newsweek. 

Abbott  and  Costello  provide  about  two  reels'  worth  of  good  slapstickery. — 
Time. 

It  is  Abbott  and  Costello's  show  in  the  final  analysis  and  they  make  it 
eminently  worth  the  theatregoing  while. — Gilbert  Kanour,  Baltimore  Evening 
Sun. 

Due  to  the  antics  of  these  hard-working  buffoons,  "Rio  Rita"  is  going  to 
ring  the  box-office  bell  loud  and  clear  up  and  down  the  land. — Norman  Clark, 
Baltimore  News-Post. 

Times  change.  And  so,  fortunately,  has  "Rio  Rita."  With  a  pair  of 
hazardous  buffoons  and  some  fresh  talents  in  the  cast,  it  has  been  remade  into 
a  happy-go-lucky  fiesta. — New  York  Times. 

"MOONTIDE"  (20th  Century-Fox) 

Not  completely  satisfying,  but  it  has  so  many  rewarding  moments  and  such 
acting  that  I  advise  you  not  to  miss  it. — Howard  Barnes,  New  York  Herald 
Tribune. 

It's  just  another  good  picture. — Leo  Mortimer,  New  York  Mirror. 

The  whole  thing  is  so  posed,  so  deliberate,  so  intent  on  being  arty  in  its 
camera  work,  acting  and  direction  that  it  drags  along  interminably. — William 
Bochnel,  New  York  World-Telegram. 

Action  melodrama,  sweetened  for  popularity  and  rendered  in  slow  motion 
so  everyone  will  have  a  chance  to  feast  his  eyes  on  Jean  Gabin. — Archer 
Winsten,  New  York  Post. 

Due  to  set  the  hearts  of  the  feminine  portion  of  New  York  a-flutter  because 
of  the  magnetic  quality  that  Gabin  brings  to  his  performance  ...  a  somber 
story  but  it  is  never  dull. — Kate  Cameron,  New  York  News. 

The  best  thing  about  "Moontide"  is  that  it  brings  Jean  Gabin  to  the  Ameri- 
can screen,  and  he's  a  worthwhile  acquisition. — Louise  Levitas,  PM  (New 
York). 

"BUTCH  MINDS  THE  BABY"  (Mayfair-Universal) 

A  pleasant  little  venture  into  Broadway  land,  whose  aborigines  boast  a 
bizarre  language  and  a  set  of  morals  all  their  own. — Time. 

Hollywood  has  reworked  more  than  a  dozen  Damon  Runyon  stories  into 
screen  material,  but  Universal's  "Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  is  one  of  the  few 
that  can  be  classed  with  such  prize  Runyoniana  as  "Lady  for  a  Day"  and 
"Little  Miss  Marker." — Newsweek. 

Chucklesome  screen  comedy. — Laura  Lee,  Philadelphia  Bulletin. 

One  of  the  screwy  but  hilarious  Damon  Runyon  stories. — Harry  Bortnick, 
Philadelphia  Daily  News. 

Don't  miss  "Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  .  .  .  hilarious  and  heartwarming  ...  a 
thorough-going  delight. — Philadelphia  Inquirer. 

"TUTTLES  OF  TAHITI"  (RKO) 

Tremendously  enjoyable  comedy,  thanks  to  players,  directors  and  screen 
writers,  and  thanks,  above  all,  to  Laughton. — Wanda  Hale,  New  York  News. 

The  Tuttles  are  fun  ...  a  smooth,  amusing  movie. — Elsie  Finn,  Philadelphia 
Record. 

The  part  of  the  irresponsible  and  prolific  Jonas  Tuttle  fits  the  English  actor 
as  smoothly  as  a  glove. — New  York  Herald  Tribune. 

"WE  WERE  DANCING"  (M-G-M) 

Although  the  film  runs  too  much  in  the  customary  groove,  there  are  enough 
surprises  and  humorous  developments  to  keep  it  from  falling  flat. — Ben 
Axleroad,  Jr.,  Miami  Daily  News. 

The  younger .  school  in  Hollywood  will  have  to  study  hard  to  get  more  out 
of  a  role  than  do  Norma  Shearer  and  Melvyn  Douglas.  These  two  veterans 
make  "We  Were  Dancing"  a  decided  box-office  hit. — C.  Marlin  Lundry, 
Miami  Beach  Daily  Tropics. 

A  gay  little  romantic  comedy. — Bob  Fredericks,  Miami  Herald. 

The  photoplay,  prepared  by  Claudine  West,  Hans  Rameau  and  George 
Froeschel,  is  a  disconcertingly  dull  showcase  for  Miss  Shearer,  and  to  a  lesser 
extent,  for  Mr.  Douglas. — Donald  Kirkley,  Baltimore  Sun. 

All  of  the  players  strive  strenuously  to  make  the  thing  go,  but  they  have 
been  betrayed  by  those  who  adapted  and  expanded  the  original. — Gilbert 
Kanour,  Balthnore  Evening  Sun. 


' Reap'  Takes 
Philadelphia 
Lead,$19,000 


Philadelphia,  May  14. — The  one- 
night  appearance  of  the  Hollywood 
Victory  Caravan  and  Gene  Autry's 
rodeo  had  little  or  no  adverse  effect 
on  box-office.  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind" 
drew  $19,000  at  increased  prices  at 
the  Aldine. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  5-8 : 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

ALDINE— (1,400)     (46c-57c-75c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $19,000.  (Average,  $9,000) 
"Sullivan's  Travels*'  (Para.) 

ARCADIA — (600)  (35c-46c-57c)  5  days,  2nd 
run.  Gross:  $2,000.  (Average,  $2,600) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

BOYD^(2,400)  (35c -41c -46c -57c -68c)  5 
days,  5th  week.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Average, 
$13,000) 

"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.)  6  days. 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.)  1  day 

EARLE— (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Vaudeville,  including  Patsy  Kelly  and 
Charles  "Buddy"  Rogers  in  "Meet  the  Peo- 
ple" with  Buddy  Pepper,  Lorraine  Krueger, 
Joey  Faye,  Jack  Albertson,  Ted  Arkin, 
Marion  Colby,  Sue  Robin,  Dorothy  Roberts, 
Alice  Tyrrell  and  Jimmy  Alexander.  Gross: 
$20,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

FOX— (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $11,000.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"The  Road  to  Happiness"  (Mono.) 

KARLTON— (1,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $3,000.  (Average,  $3,000) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 

KEITH'S— (2,200)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  run.  Gross:  $4,500.  (Average, 
$4,500) 

"The  Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 

STANLEY— (2,700)   (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $10,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"Joan  of  Paris"  (RKO) 

STANTON— (1,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $7,000.  (Average,  $4,500) 


'Kings  Row'  Takes 
$16,900  in  Capital 

Washington,  May  14.— The  week 
showed  •  a  slight  tapering  off  at  the 
box-office  from  previous  weeks.  The 
leader  was  "Kings  Row,"  in  its  sec- 
ond week  at  Warners'  Earle,  with 
$16,900. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  6-7 : 

"Mister  V"  (U.  A.) 

LOEWS  CAPITOL— (3,434)  (28c-44c-66c) 
7  days.  On  stage:  Nan  Rae  and  Mrs.  Wa- 
terfall, A.  Robins,  Talia,  Carlton  Emmy 
and  Mad  Wags,  Lewis  and  Van,  16 
Rhythm  Rockets.  Gross:  $16,000.  (Average, 
$15,500) 

"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 

WARNERS'  METROPOLITAN— (1,600) 
(28c-44c)  7  days.  Gross:  $7,186.  (Average, 
$4,000) 

"Gone  With  the  Wind"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS    PALACE— (2,300)    (40c-60c)  7 
days,    return   engagement.    Gross:  $14,000. 
(Average,  $15,000) 
"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS  COLUMBIA— (1,250)  (28c-44c)  7 
days,    return    engagement.    Gross:  $5,000. 
(Average,  $3,500) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

WARNERS'  EARLE— (2,200)  (28c-39c- 
44c-66c-77c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  On  stage: 
Jerry  Cooper,  Arthur  Murray  Dancers, 
George  Prentice,  Roxyettes.  Gross:  $16,- 
900.  (Average,  $15,000) 


Takes  PRC  Franchise 

San  Francisco,  May  14. — Arnold 
Cohen,  head  of  All  Star  Pictures 
here,  has  taken  over  the  Producers 
Releasing  Corp.  franchise  for  nor- 
thern California  from  Louis  Rustin 
of  Los  Angeles.  Dave  R.  Nathanson, 
former  branch  manager  here  for 
PRC,  is  opening  his  own  exchange, 
Pacific  Pictures  Corp.,  to  distribute 
independent  films. 


8 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  May  15,  1942 


New  Board  of  NAB 
Meets  in  Cleveland; 
CBS  on  Directorate 


By  DAVID  I.  RIMMEL 

Cleveland,  May  14. — The  20th  an 
nual  convention  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Broadcasters  formally  closed 
here  today  with  a  meeting  of  the  new 
board  of  directors  and,  turning  from 
the  problems  of  wartime  radio,  a  golf 
tournament  at  Mayfield  Country  Club. 

In  closing  sessions  the  convention 
elected  six  directors  at  large  to  serve 
for  one  year.    They  were : 

Large  stations :  J.  O.  Maland, 
WHO,  Des  Moines ;  Edwin  W.  Craig, 
WSM,  Nashville.  Medium  stations : 
Don  S.  Elias,  WWNC,  Asheville, 
N.  C. ;  Eugene  P.  O'Fallon,  KFEL, 
Denver.  Small  stations :  James  W. 
Woodruff,  Jr.,  WRBL,  Columbus, 
Ga. ;  Herbert  Hollister,  KANS,  Wich- 
ita, Kan. 

Kesten  on  Board 

CBS  accepted  active  membership  on 
the  board,  as  provided  in  a  convention 
resolution,  and  named  Paul  Kesten, 
CBS  vice-president,  to  serve  on  the 
board. 

Arthur  Simon,  general  manager  of 
WPEN,  Philadelphia,  was  elected 
chairman  of  a  committee  to  enforce  a 
code  for  foreign  language  broadcasts. 
The  code,  to  be  presented  soon  for 
adoption  by  all  stations  having  for- 
eign language  programs,  provides  for 
fingerprinting  and  registering  some  5,- 
000  announcers,  musicians  and  others. 
Foreign  language  broadcasts  are 
presented  by  200  stations. 

New  Orleans  was  selected  as  "first 
choice"  site  for  next  year's  meeting  of 
the  broadcasters. 


Mexico  Station  Wins 
Test  Case  from  Gov't. 

Mexico  City,  May  14. — Jorge 
Rivera,  owner  of  Station  XEAC,  of 
10,000  watts,  at  Tiajuana  on  the 
American  border,  won  a  test  case 
against  the  Mexican  Government  in 
the  Supreme  Court  when  he  obtained 
the  quashing  of  a  $23  fine  the  Govern- 
ment imposed  because  his  station  had 
failed  to  obey  official  orders  that 
it  broadcast  the  message  President 
Avila  Camacho  delivered  at  the  open- 
ing of  the  1941-42  Congress  last  Sept. 
1.  Delivery  of  this  message  is  a 
Mexican  institution. 

The  court  accepted  Rivera's  proof 
that  his  station  could  not  handle  the 
messages  because  air  services  from 
Mexico  City  failed  to  reach  Tiajuana 
on  the  day  the  speech  was  made.  This 
case  sets  a  precedent  in  litigation  of 
the  kind  and  protects  radio  station 
operators  from  punishment  when  it  is 
proved  that  it  is  beyond  their  power 
to  obey  Government  orders. 

Enlarge  Para.  Exchange 

Philadelphia,  May  14. — The  Par- 
amount exchange  here  is  undergoing 
extensive  renovations.  Additional  of- 
fice space  is  being  provided  for  the 
salesmen  and  the  accounting  depart- 
ment and  four  booths  for  exhibitors' 
use  have  been  provided. 


Carley  Joins  WMCA 

William  F.  Carley,  formerly  direc- 
tor of  promotion  and  publicity  for 
WBT,  Charlotte,  has  been  named 
sales  promotion  manager  for  WMCA. 


Off  the  Antenna 

\X7  WRL,  having  received  permission  from  the  FCC  to  operate  full  time 
V  V  on  the  1,600  k.c.  frequency,  yesterday  announced  that  it  will  maintain 
a  daily  schedule  of  16  hours  from  8  A.M.  to  midnight.  It  was  also  stated 
that  the  new  5,000-watt  transmitter,  authorized  by  the  FCC  last  Summer, 
will  be  ready  for  operation  early  this  Fall. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Studebakcr  Corp.  has  renewed  Eric  Sevareid  on  W ABC, 
effective  May  31.  He  is  heard  Mondays,  Wednesdays  and  Fridays,  6:10-6:15 
and  Sundays  12-12:15  P.M.  .  .  .  Mutual  today  will  start  a  scries  with  Sam 
Brewer,  on  Mondays  and  Fridays,  11 : 15-1 1  :25  P.M.  .  .  .  Three  Mutual  pro- 
grams tvill  change  time  next  week.  "Production  for  Victory"  will  go  to 
Wednesdays,  9:15-9:30  P.M. ;  "Mystery  Hall"  will  be  heard  Sundays,  7:30-8 
P.M.,  and  "Nobody's  Children,"  Sundays,  6  :30-7  P.M.  .  .  .  Fred  Keating  ivill 
start  a  series  on  WMCA  Tuesday,  called  "Kidding  With  Keating."  He  will 
be  heard  Tuesdays,  8:05-8:30  P.M. 

•  •  • 

A  two-day  "clinic"  in  station  promotion  and  research  will  be  held  in 
Chicago  Monday  and  Tuesday  for  CBS  owned  and  operated  stations. 
George  R.  Dunham,  supervisor  of  promotion  for  these  stations,  will  con- 
duct the  sessions.  Dr.  Frank  N.  Stanton,  CBS  director  of  research  and 
acting  sales  promotion  director,  and  Jules  Dundes,  WABC  sales  pro- 
motion head,  will  attend.  Other  sales  promotion  men  scheduled  to  be 
present  include  George  L.  Moskovics,  King  Park,  John  Reiney,  Sam  H. 
Kaufman,  Tom  Rooney  and  David  S.  Garland. 


Film  News  Ranks  as 
23rd  Reader  Choice 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

having  a  combined  circulation  of  more 
than  3,400,000. 

The  study  also  showed  that  more 
people  read  one  or  more  amusement 
advertisements  in  their  daily  papers 
than  read  the  radio  programs  or  radio 
news.  Advertising,  itself,  was  singled 
out  as  the  most  interesting  service 
feature  of  newspapers.  The  picture 
page  has  the  greatest  number  of  read- 
ers, followed  by  editorial  cartoons, 
comics,  oddity  panels  and  obituaries. 

Large  Woman  Interest 

Women  were  shown  to  be  equally 
as  interested  in  amusement  advertis- 
ing as  in  national  advertising.  More 
men  were  shown  as  reading  one  or 
more  amusement  advertisements  in 
their  daily  papers  than  department 
store  ads,  and  more  men  read  motion 
picture  advertisements  than  society 
news  or  pictures. 

The  study  also  showed  that  inter- 
est in  amusement  advertising  is  about 
the  same  in  both  large  and  small 
cities. 


20th-Fox  Quarter 
Profit  Is  $841,561 


Mexican  Studios 
Are  All  Crowded 

Mexico  City,  May  14.— So 
crowded  are  local  film  studios 
that  several  important  pro- 
ductions, among  them  one  of 
Mexico's  first  two  feature 
films  in  color,  "Que  Lindo  es 
Michoacan"  ("Michoacan,  the 
Beautiful")  cannot  start  be- 
fore the  cameras  until  the 
early  Fall.  This  is  the  first 
time  in  years  that  Mexicaii11" 
studios  have  had  a  waiting^ 
list  of  producers. 


Consent  Awards  End 
Two  Cases  in  Buffalo 


Army  in  Britain  Will 
See  New  Films  First 

London,  May  14. — The  Cinemato- 
graph Exhibitors  Association  and  the 
Kinematograph  Renters  Society  today 
concluded  an  agreement  whereby  all 
American  and  British  films  will  be 
made  available  to  American  forces  in 
the  British  Isles  and  to  British  armed 
forces  without  restriction  and  long  in 
advance  of  general  public  release.  This 
was  forecast  last  month  by  Motion 
Picture  Daily. 

The  six-month  age  limit  on  films 
now  has  been  removed.  The  only 
restriction  on  the  showing  of  the  films 
for  the  armed  forces  are  that  no  film 
may  be  shown  more  than  two  miles 
outside  the  camp  limits,  and  that  no 
civilians  be  admitted  to  the  showings 
for  the  armed  forces.  The  plan  will 
be  made  effective  in  the  near  future. 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

from  National  Theatres  in  the  first 
quarter  of  this  year  or  last. 

It  was  stated  that  the  company  is 
not  considered  liable  for  excess  profits 
tax  on  earnings  for  the  first  quarter. 
The  profit  was  equivalent  to  28  cents 
per  share  on  the  common  after  the 
usual  preferred  dividend.  The  board 
yesterday  voted  a  dividend  of  37]/2 
cents  per  share  on  the  outstanding 
preferred  for  the  second  quarter,  pay- 
able June  30  to  stockholders  of  record 
June  15. 

Gross  income  from  sales  and  rentals 
of  films  and  accessories  was  listed 
at  $13,402,924,  and  with  the  inclusion 
of  dividends,  proportion  of  profit  of 
controlled  company  and  miscellaneous 
items,  the  total  income  amounted  to 
to  $13,796,112.  Net  profit  before  the 
provision  of  $650,000  for  income  taxes 
and  the  $1,100,000  reserve  was  $2,- 
591,561. 


Springfield  Houses 
Have  Worker  Shows 

Springfield,  Mass.,  May  14.- — The- 
atres in  this  locality,  because  of  the 
great  numbers  of  war  workers  un- 
able to  attend  films  under  peacetime 
schedules,  are  rapidly  shifting  to  a 
wartime  program  that  provides  extra 
shows  for  war  workers.  The  Arcade 
and  Paramount  theatres  open  daily 
at  10:30  A.M.,  to  provide  for  war 
workers  and  Loew's  Poli  Theatre  has 
a  war-worker  show  every  Thursday 
morning  starting  at  9. 

The  Capitol  opens  many  weekly 
programs  with  an  early  show  on 
Wednesday,  opening  day  for  its  new 
bill.  Only  one  theatre,  the  Garden, 
has  tried  an  early  morning  show  for 
war  workers  after  they  finished  their 
night's  work.  Starting  at  midnight 
on  Fridays,  the  show  was  abandoned 
after  a  month's  trial  when  it  proved 
to  be  not  as  popular  as  expected. 
The  only  early  morning  entertainment 
that  has  taken  on  here  is  a  midnight 
to  dawn  dance  and  swimming  party 
at  the  Y.M.C.A. 


Consent  awards  disposing  of  two 
clearance  complaints  at  the  Buffalo 
arbitration  board  and  the  withdrawal 
of  a  clearance  complaint  at  the  New 
York  tribunal  were  made  public  yes- 
terday by  the  American  Arbitration 
Association. 

At  Buffalo,  the  30-day  clearance  of 
Schine's  State  and  Temple  theatres, 
Cortland.  N.  Y.,  over  the  Corona 
Theatre,  Groton,  N.  Y.,  was  reduced 
to  21  days  by  stipulation  of  the  parties 
involved.  The  complaint  named  all 
five  consenting  companies.  In  another 
complaint  at  Buffalo,  a  stipulation 
was  entered  that  the  30-day  clearance 
of  the  State  and  Temple  over  the 
Capitol  Theatre,  Homer,  N.  Y.,  is 
reasonable,  and  the  clearance  was  not 
altered.  William  E.  Barrett,  arbitra- 
tor for  both  cases,  entered  consent 
awards  and  apportioned  costs  equally 
among  the  parties. 

At  the  New  York  tribunal  the 
clearance  complaint  of  Phillips-Suss- 
man,  Inc.,  operator  of  the  Rome, 
Pleasantville,  N.  Y.,  against  the  five 
consenting  companies  was  withdrawn 
by  agreement. 

Clearance  Hearing 
Opens  in  St.  Louis 

St.  Louis,  May  14. — Adolph  Rose- 
can,  owner  of  the  Princess,  St.  Louis, 
today  testified  he  had  to  wait  as  long 
as  three  months  for  films,  as  hearing 
on  his  clearance  complaint  opened 
here  today.  Rosecan  contended  he 
had  to  wait  14  days  after  the  Gravois. 
St.  Louis  Amusement  Co.  house,  and 
a  like  number  of  days  after  the^  Cin- 
derella of  the  Wehrenberg-Kaimann 
circuit.  Both  circuits  have  intervened. 
The  hearing  adjourned  until  Wednes- 
day. 


USO  Summer  Show 
Program  Submitted 

The  USO-Camp  Shows  Summer 
program,  which  will  provide  a  new 
show  every  three  weeks  for  Army 
camps  and  Navy  stations  around  the 
country,  has  been  submitted  to  the 
War  and  Navy  Departments  for  ap- 
proval, it  was  announced  yesterday 
by  Lawrence  Phillips,  executive  vice- 
president. 

Fifteen  musical,  variety  and  comedy 
revues  have  been  produced,  under  the 
direction  of  Harry  Delmar,  and  more 
are  planned.  Among  these  are  "The 
WLS  National  Barn  Dance,"  "Roxy 
Theatre  Revue,"  which  includes  a 
chorus  of  Gae  Foster  Girls :  "Keen 
Shufflin' "  and  "Hot  from  Harlem," 
all-colored  musicals,  and  "Hollywood 
Follies,"  originating  on  the  Coast. 


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51.  NO.  96 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  MONDAY,  MAY  18,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


U.  S.  Trial  of 
Schine  Circuit 
OnTomorrow 


Large  Legal  Battery  Will 
Act  in  Buffalo 


Trial  of  the  Government's  anti- 
trust suit  against  the  Schine  Cir- 
cuit and  the  "Little  Three"  is 
scheduled  to  open  tomorrow  in 
U.  S.  District  court  at  Buffalo. 

A  large  group  of  New  York  attor- 
neys who  will  be  engaged  in  the  trial 
left  here  last  night  for  Buffalo.  In 
the  group  were:  Louis  D.  Frohlich 
and  Max  Rose  of  the  Schwartz  & 
Frohlich  law  firm,  counsel  for  Co- 
lumbia ;  Edward  C.  Raftery  and  Ben- 
jamin Pepper  of  O'Brien,  Driscoll  & 
Raftery,  representing  United  Artists 
and  Universal  ;  Willard  C.  McKay, 
chief  counsel  for  the  Schine  Circuit ; 
John  Caskey  of  Dwight,  Harris, 
Koegel  &  Caskey,  special  counsel  for 
Schine,  and  Ralston  Irvine  of  Dono- 
van, Newton,  Leisure  &  Lumbard, 
(Continued  on  page  9) 


Circuit  in  Brooklyn 
Brings  Trust  Action 

An  anti-trust  suit  under  State  laws 
was  filed  by  Signal  Theatre  Corp. 
and  Copark  Theatres,  Inc.  (Irving 
Renner  and  Sol  Strausberg)  in  New 
York  Supreme  Court  on  Friday 
against  the  eight  major  companies, 
Republic  and  Monogram  charging 
that  an  unreasonable  clearance  was 
maintained  by  two  Loew  houses,  the 
Bay  Ridge  and  Boro  Park,  in  Brook- 
(Continucd  on  page  10) 


Trade  Lauded  for 
Small  Loss  by  Fire 

The  industry  drew  praise 
for  its  fire  prevention  activi- 
ties at  the  46th  annual  con- 
vention of  the  National  Fire 
Protection  Association  Inter- 
national in  Atlantic  City  last 
week,  according  to  returning 
executives. 

It  was  pointed  out  by  Rich- 
ard E.  Vernor,  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  visual  edu- 
cation, that  there  had  been 
only  one  small  fire  in  an  ex- 
change during  1941,  with  a 
loss  of  $200.  From  Jan.  1, 
1926,  through  Dec.  31,  1941, 
Vernor  said,  14  fires  had  oc- 
curred in  exchanges  through- 
out the  country  and  the  total 
loss  was  only  $4,594. 


Players  Must  Pay 
Tax  on  Income  in 
Charitable  Shows 


Washington,  May  17. — Motion 
picture  and  radio  entertainers  appear- 
ing on  programs  whose  sponsors  are 
to  turn  over  the  proceeds  to  charita- 
ble organizations  must  include  the 
payment  for  their  services  so  contri- 
buted as  income  in  making  tax  re- 
turns, but  need  not  do  so  where  they 
contribute  their  aid  directly  to  a 
charitable  organization,  it  has  been 
held  by  the  Treasury  Department. 

The  ruling  was  issued  in  response 
to  a  number  of  inquiries  from  enter- 
tainers and  others,  as  an  amendment 
of  the  Internal  Revenue  regulations 
on  compensation  for  personal  services. 

"The  department  held  that  where  an 
entertainer  donated  his  services  direct- 
ly to  a  charitable  organization  spon- 
(Continued  on  page  11) 


Morris  Guest  Dies; 
Produced  'Miracle' 

Morris  Gest,  61,  theatrical  producer, 
died  at  Midtown  Hospital  here  early 
Saturday  morning  after  an  illness  of 
10  days. 

Gest  was  noted  for  the  lavishness 
of  his  productions.  He  came  to  the 
United  States  from  Russia  at  the  age 
of  nine  and  fought  his  way  to  the 
foremost  ranks  of  stage  producers. 
His  investment  of  $610,000  in  the  pro- 
duction of  "The  Miracle"  in  1924 
brought  him  world-wide  fame,  as  did 
his  bringing  of  the  Moscow  Art  The- 
atre to  New  York.  His  last  produc- 
tion was  a  midget  show  at  the  New 
York  World's  Fair  in  1939.  He  was 
in  virtual  retirement  in  recent  years. 


EXHIBITORS  TAKE 
UMPI  PLAN  TO  U.  S. 

Committee  of  Umpi  Discusses  Proposals  with 
Department  of  Justice  Decree  Official; 
U.  S.  Will  Study  New  Sales  Plan 

Washington,  May  17. — The  new  Umpi  selling  plan,  providing  for 
blocks-of-12  as  a  substitute  for  the  present  blocks-of-five,  was  brought  to 
the  attention  of  the  Department  of  Justice  in  final  form  yesterday  morn- 
ing by  an  exhibitor  committee  of  Umpi. 

The  representatives  conferred  with 


Installation  of 
Cooling  Plants 
HaltedbyWPB 


Washington,  May  17. — Further 
new  installations  of  air  condition- 
ing equipment  in  theatres  and  other 
establishments  were  halted  Friday 
by  War  Production  Board  orders. 

The  order  also  contemplates  that 
after  90  days  the  production  of  bev- 
erage coolers  and  dispensers,  certain 
types  of  soda  fountains  and  other  cool- 
ing machinery  shall  cease.  None  of 
the  production  of  the  next  90  days, 
however,  will  go  to  the  public,  but 
all  will  be  reserved  for  the  Govern- 
ment. 

Theatres  on  the  Eastern  seaboard 
were  affected  by  another  order  of  the 
WPB  last  week  which  required  a  re- 
duction of  fuel  oil  supplies  used  for 
cooling  equipment  and  water  heating 
plants. 


Propose  Patriotic  Shorts 
Profit  for  Umpi  or  WAC 


Hearing  in  Divorce 
Case  to  Be  Delayed 

Hearing  on  the  Government's  ac- 
tion to  require  Paramount  and  20th- 
Century-Fox  to  divest  themselves  of 
a  total  of  36  theatres  allegedly  ac- 
quired contrary  to  the  provisions  of 
the  consent  decree,  which  is  scheduled 
for  tomorrow  in  U.  S.  District  Court 
here,  will  be  postponed  again. 

Counsel  for  the  two  companies  and 
the  Government  will  ask  Federal 
Judge  Henry  W.  Goddard  to  set  June 
16  as  the  new  hearing  date. 


In  the  event  exhibitors  pay  their 
standard  short  subject  rentals  for  the 
26  films  being  made  for  the  Coordina- 
tor of  Government  Films  by  the  eight 
major  companies,  profits  from  the 
reels  may  be  applied  to  financing  the 
operations  of  either  Umpi  or  the  War 
Activities  Committee,  or  both,  it  was 
learned  on  Saturday. 

Proposals  to  that  effect  have  been 
advanced  within  both  organizations. 
No  decision  has  yet  been  reached. 

The  Umpi  proposal,  reportedly  ad- 
vanced by  exhibitor  representatives, 
is  that  the  individual  exhibitor  pay 
his  customary  short  subject  rental 
(Continued  on  page  11) 


Robert  L.  Wright,  special  assistant  to 
the  Attorney  General  in  charge  of  the 
industry  consent  decree.  Following  the 
conference,  Wright  said  the  position 
of  the  Department  would  not  be  de- 
termined until  after  study  of  the  plan. 

It  is  expected  that  arrangements 
will  be  made  for  a  further  conference 


Loew's,  20th  Century-Fox  and 
RKO  join  in  Umpi  conciliation 
plan;  for  details  and  summary 
of  plan,  see  Page  9. 


with  Department  officials,  at  which 
the  proposals  will  be  discussed  in 
greater  detail  with  counsel  for  the 
consenting  companies. 

Yesterday's  meeting,  it  was  said, 
was  an  informal  discussion  of  the  va- 
rious features  of  the  Umpi  program, 
exhibitor  reaction  and  similar  mat- 
ters more  for  the  purpose  of  reaching 
a  general  understanding  on  broad  is- 
sues than  for  any  decision  on  specific 
points. 

The  new  selling  plan  was  presented 
to  Wright  by  an  all-exhibitor  commit- 
tee of  four,  consisting  of  Ed  Kuyken- 
dall,  MPTOA  president;  H.  A.  Cole, 
director  of  Allied  States ;  Robert 
White,  director  of  the  PCCITO,  and 

(Continued  on  page  9) 


N.  Y.  Fund  Division 
To  Meet  Tomorrow 

The  entertainment  division  of  the 
Greater  New  York  Fund,  including 
motion  pictures,  radio,  music  and 
other  forms  of  entertainment,  will 
hold  a  meeting  tomorrow  at  12  :30  at 
the  Hotel  Astor. 

J.  Robert  Rubin,  vice-president  of 
M-G-M,  and  chairman  of  the  enter- 
tainment division,  called  the  meeting 
and  will  preside.  S.  L.  Goldsmith  will 
represent  the  Fund  at  the  session. 


Reviewed  Today 

Reviews  of  "Fighting  Bill 
Fargo"  and  "Native  Land" 
will  be  found  on  Page  10. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  May  18,  1942 


Readers'  Say-So 


Personal  Mention 


Nizer  Says  Court  Did  Not 
Order  Browne-Bioff  Cash  Return 

Editor,  Motion  Picture  Daily  : 

Last  week  there  appeared  a  story  in 
your  paper  in  the  Browne-Bioff  mat- 
ter which  is  quite  incorrect.  The  Film 
Daily  carried  a  similar  story.  This 
story  cast  a  strange  aspersion  upon 
the  defendants. 

I  write  this  on  behalf  of  all  coun- 
sel for  the  various  defendants,  but  in 
complete  friendliness.  If  you  care  to 
make  the  correction,  we  will  appre- 
ciate it. 

The  correction  is  that  the  court  did 
not  order  "Browne-Bioff  cash  re- 
turned." It  did  not  decide  "Companies 
must  be  reimbursed." 

The  only  motion  before  the  court 
was  one  by  the  plaintiffs  for  examina- 
tions before  trial  of  various  directors 
of  Paramount  and  for  a  discovery  and 
inspection  of  Paramount  company's 
books  and  records.  Both  of  these  mo- 
tions were  denied.  So  far  as  the 
court's  decision  is  concerned,  it  was  a 
complete  victory  for  the  defendants. 

It  is  true  that  in  the  course  of  ren- 
dering its  opinion  the  court  made  the 
following  reference :  "It  appears  that 
the  sum  so  paid  out  must  be  returned 
to  the  corporation  whether  or  not  the 
corporation  benefited  financially  by 
not  having  any  strikes  or  labor  dis- 
putes. However,  this  matter  is  for  the 
trial  court." 

'Assumes  Allegations  True' 

The  words  "it  appears"  indicate  that 
the  court  was  referring  to  the  charges 
in  the  complaint.  The  fact  that  the 
court  did  not  so  decide  is  indicated 
by  the  sentence :  "However,  this  mat- 
ter is  for  the  trial  court."  In  other 
words,  in  testing  a  pleading,  the  court 
always  assumes  the  allegations  of  the 
complaint  to  be  true. 

In  no  event  did  it  order  any  moneys 
returned.  In  no  event  did  it  make  any 
order  except  an  order  denying  the 
relief  sought  by  the  plaintiffs. 

It  is  interesting  to  observe  that  upon 
argument  I  opposed  the  examination 
before  trial  and  discovery  and  inspec- 
tion on  account  of  the  bad  faith  of  the 
plaintiffs.  The  denial  of  this  relief  to 
the  plaintiffs  indicates  quite  different 
inferences  than  those  which  you  drew. 

On  oral  presentation  of  this  matter 
to  the  court  I  used  the  analogy  of  a 
director  of  a  bank  who  was  forced  by 
a  bandit  to  open  a  safe.  Such  a  direc- 
tor could  not  be  held  liable  to  the 
corporation  for  the  money  taken  by 
the  thief. 

Counsel  in  this  case  contended  vig- 
orously that  no  director  from  whom 
moneys  have  been  extorted  illegally  is 
liable  to  the  corporation  for  the 
moneys  so  taken.  It  would  be  uncon- 
scionable to  hold  otherwise.  The  court 
did  not  hold  otherwise  and  counsel  be- 
lieves that  no  court  ever  will. 

Sincerely, 

Louis  Nizer. 


Editor's  Note:  Motion  Picture 
Daily's  account  of  the  decision  pointed 
out  that  the  ruling  was  not  binding 
insofar  as  the  merits  of  the  case  were 
concerned.  The  story  read,  in  part : 
"He  (Justice  McGeehan)  added,  how- 
ever, that  he  had  no  power  to  decide 
the  merits  of  the  suit  in  an  interme- 
diate motion  and  stated  that  the  final 
decision  on  the  law  will  have  to  be 
made  by  the  trial  court," 


J.  O'DONNELL  is  in  town  for 
a  week  from  Dallas. 


Jesse  L.  Lasky  was  in  St.  Paul 
over  the  weekend. 

• 

John  J.  King,  booking  manager  at 
the  Oklahoma  City  M-G-M  exchange, 
has  reported  for  duty  as  an  Army 
officer. 

• 

Jack    Pickett,    manager    of  the 
Capitol  Theatre,  Willimantic,  Conn., 
is  recuperating  from  an  illness. 
• 

William  Sirica  of  the  Newington 
Theatre,  Newington,  Conn.,  has  left 
to  enter  the  Army. 

• 

Nelson  Trowbridge,  manager  of 
the  Cox  Theatre  in  Cincinnati, 
sprained  his  back  in  a  fall. 

• 

Ed  Michelson  and  Sol  Levy  of  the 
Warner  publicity  department  return 
today  ■  from  vacation. 

• 

Berlin  Parks,  Oklahoma  City- 
salesman  for  the  National  Theatre 
Supply  Co.,  has  joined  the  Army. 


MacLeish  Reveals 
Film  Archives  Setup 


Washington,  May  17. — Archibald 
MacLeish,  Librarian  of  Congress,  for- 
mally announced  today  that  the  Library 
is  selecting  motion  pictures  for  inclu- 
sion in  its  collection,  through  the  co- 
operation of  the  Rockefeller  Founda- 
tion and  the  Museum  of  Modern  Art 
Film  Library. 

[Motion  Picture  Daily  re- 
ported on  Friday  that  this  col- 
lection is  under  way.] 
MacLeish  said  the  films  would  be 
stored  in  vaults  provided  by  the  Mu- 
seum and  that  the  Museum  would  act 
as  agent  for  the  Library  in  indexing 
and  making  recommendations  for  se- 
lection. He  added  that  an  arrange- 
ment had  been  made  with  the  majority 
of  film  producers  for  obtaining  prints 
without  imposing  too  heavy  a  burden 
on  the  industry  and  that  arrange- 
ments with  other  producers  are  ex- 
pected to  follow.  He  said  films  likely 
to  interest  students  will  be  collected. 

He  added  that  during  the  year 
1940-41,  3,509  motion  pictures  were 
copyrighted  on  approximately  28,000 
reels.  Some  films  dating  from  1912 
are  now  in  the  Library's  collection  but 
films  produced  since  then  were  not. 
The  Library  does  possess,  however, 
the  file  of  all  copyright  registrations 
and  in  many  cases  the  shooting  scripts 
of  all  films  produced  since  1912. 

Iris  Barry  Retains 
Museum  Film  Post 

Washington,  May  17. — Miss  Iris 
Barry  continues  as  curator  of  the  Film 
Library  of  the  Museum  of  Modern 
Art  in  New  York,  it  is  officially  as- 
serted here,  and  reports  to  the  con- 
trary are  erroneous.  She  has  not  re- 
signed, officials  aver. 


B  &  K  Party  Friday 

Chicago,  May  17. — The  Balaban  & 
Katz  Employes'  Club  will  hold  a  May 
Dance  at  the  Paradise  Ballroom  next 
Friday. 


TRACY  BARHAM,  general  man- 
ager of  Intermountain  Theatres, 
Salt  Lake  City,  is  in  Chicago. 

• 

Harry  Turberg,  co-manager  of  the 
Northio  Palace,  Hamilton,  O.,  is  in 
Christ  Hospital,  Cincinnati. 

• 

Groverman  Blake,  theatre  editor 
of  the  Cincinnati  Times-Star,  has 
joined  the  Army  Intelligence  Depart- 
ment. 

• 

A.  N.  Hill,  office  manager  and 
booker  of  the  RKO  Des  Moines  ex- 
change, has  joined  the  Air  Corps. 

• 

Joseph  Ancher,  Warner  booker  in 
Des  Moines,  is  vacationing  in  Cin- 
cinnati. 

• 

Fred  Sapperstein,  ad  sales  man- 
ager for  20th  Century-Fox,  in  Wash- 
ington, has  joined  the  Army. 

A.  C.  Wilson,  in  charge  of  prop- 
erties at  the  Warner  studios,  is  in 
New  York  for  a  short  stay. 

Mono.  Plans  Larger 
Advertising  Program 

Hollywood,  May  17. — Monogram 
plans  to  increase  its  advertising,  in- 
cluding a  larger  appropriation  for 
trade  publications,  during  the  new 
season,  Samuel  Broidy,  general  sales 
manager,  announced  at  the  conclud- 
ing session  of  the  company's  sales 
convention  at  the  Ambassador  Hotel 
here  Friday.  Radio  will  also  be  used, 
he  said. 

The  final  day  of  the  convention, 
presided  over  by  W.  Ray  Johnston, 
president,  included  introduction  of 
franchise  holders  to  Monogram's  pro- 
ducers and  a  roundtable  sales  check- 
up conducted  with  Broidy  and  branch 
executives  by  Lloyd  Lind,  head  of  the 
contract  department. 

Convention  delegates  spent  Satur- 
day at  the  company's  ranch  at  New- 
hall  and  began  leaving  today. 

Pat  Casey  Arrives 
For  Eastern  Visit 

Pat  Casey,  producers'  labor  repre- 
sentative, arrived  from  the  Coast  over 
the  weekend  for  a  visit  of  two  or  three 
weeks  in  the  East.  He  will  leave  for 
Washington  today  for  unofficial  con- 
ferences with  C.  J.  Dunphy,  chief  of 
the  Amusements  Section  of  the  Ser- 
vices Branch  of  the  WPB,  and  will 
spend  several  weeks  here  thereafter  on 
personal  affairs. 

Breen  Resumes  Post 
As  Director  of  PC  A 

Hollywood,  May  17. — Joseph  I. 
Breen  on  Friday  resumed  his  former 
post  as  director  of  the  Production 
Code  Administration,  following  his 
recent  resignation  as  vice-president  of 
RKO  in  charge  of  the  studio. 


Kalmine's  Aide  Leaves 

Etty  Phillips,  secretary  to  Harry 
M.  Kalmine,  Warner  Theatres  assist- 
ant general  manager,  was  given  a 
farewell  luncheon  at  the  Picadilly  Ho- 
tel Friday,  on  the  occasion  of  her  re- 
tirement. 


Paper  Criticizes 
Springfield  Drive 
On  Film  Parkers 


Springfield,  Mass.,  May  17. — The 
unfairness  of  summonsing  motorists 
who  park  longer  than  one  hour  while 
they  attend  a  neighborhood  film  houatk 
was  commented  upon  at  length  ed'*,r 
rially  by  the  Springfield  Mor>{\^ 
Union.  The  Police  Department,  under 
a  recently  appointed  chkf  of  police, 
has  started  a  vigorous  drive  on 
parkers.  The  editorial  follows : 

"Lack  of  public  parking  lots  within 
easy  walking  distance  of  several 
neighborhood  motion  picture  theatres 
presents  a  problem  in  connection  with 
the  intensified  police  crusade  to  bring 
overtime  parkers  to  book.  In  the  eve- 
ning the  condition  causes  no  hard- 
ship because  the  parking  restrictions 
usually  end  before  the  hour  when  eve- 
ing  performances  usually  begin.  But 
the  car  owner  who  attends  an  after- 
noon show  and  a  few  days  later  re- 
ceives by  mail  a  summons  is  likely, 
with  reason,  to  reach  the  conclusion 
that  his  recreation  has  been  costly. 

'Victims  Voice  Disgust' 

"Since  the  practice  of  hunting  down 
overtime  parkers  wherever  they  may 
be  found  is  relatively  new,  it  may  be 
doubted  if  it  has  yet  caused  any  fall- 
ing off  in  theatre  patronage  that  is 
noticeable  to  the  managers,  though  the 
individual  victims  have  been  quick  to 
voice  their  disgust.  The  cop  who  is 
out  to  make  a  killing  of  this  kind, 
whether  to  strengthen  his  standing 
with  his  superiors  or  with  some  other 
motive,  usually  finds  a  gold  mine  in 
the  neighborhood  of  these  theatres, 
where  a  large  percentage  of  the 
parked  cars  represent  persons  who  are 
watching  a  show  and  therefore  cer- 
tain to  overstay  the  limit  prescribed  by 
the  ordinance. 

"One  remedy,  and  the  only  one  that 
comes  to  mind,  would  be  to  extend 
the  limit  allowed  for  legal  parking 
near  the  neighborhood  theatres.  If  it 
were  lengthened  two  or  even  three 
hours,  no  apparent  harm  would  re- 
sult. It  would  not  do  to  extend  this 
to  the  downtown  theatres  where  park- 
ing would  tend  to  become  a  nuisance, 
but  the  curb  signs  indicating  the  time 
allowance  would  take  care  of  this  part 
of  the  problem." 


MOTION  PICTITRI 

DAI  LY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 
Published  dailv  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidavs  bv  Quigley  Publishing  Company. 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue.  Rockefeller  Center. 
New  York  City.  Telephone  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address.  "Quigpubco.  New  York."  Mar- 
tin Quigley.  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher: 
Colvin  Brown.  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vice- 
President,  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager:  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue.  C.  B.  O'Neill. 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau.  Postal  Union 
Life  Building.  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor; 
London  Bureau.  4  Golden  Square.  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup.  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany. Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald.  Better  Theatres.  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter.  Sept.  23. 
1938.  at  the  post  office  at  New  York.  N.  Y.; 
under  the  act  of  March  3.  1879.  Subscrip- 
tion rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
$12  foreign.    Single  copies  10c. 


DAMES...DANGER...DYNAMITE!... 


...Life  keyed  up  to  the  "swing- 
shift"  tempo  of  a  defense 
area  gone  all  out  for  victory! 
.  .  .  Romance  in  the  hands  of 
th  e  war  gods,  as  a  boom  towrf 
goes  wild  with  new  money!... 
Timely,  thrilling,  explosive 
happenings  in  a  unit  of  the 
'Arsenal  of  Democracy!" 


v 


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4  v 


with 


VICTOR  McLAGLEN 
EDMOND  O'BRIEN 
—JUNE  HAVOC- 
DOROTHY  LOVETT 

Eddie  Foy  Jr.«Damian  OTIynn 

Produced  by  CLIFF  REID.  Directed  by  ROWLAND  V  LEE  Screen 
play  by  David  Boehm.  From  an  original  idea  by  VICKi  BAUM 

and  the  novel  by  Max  Brand. 


HE'S  GOT  THE  SHOW  TH 
SHOOS  THE  SHADOWS  AWAY! 

He's  on  the  x-marked  spot  of 
an  enemy  plot,  double-troubled 
by  his  unkissed  bride  and  a 
much-kissed  blonde  .  .  .  giving 
the  ax  to  the  axis  gang  whose 
code  is  to  "say  it  with  music." 


MY 


Sizzling  with  two  big 
new  screen-radio-record  songs: 
"JUST  PLAIN  LONESOME"  and 
"I'VE  GOT  THE  MOON  IN  MY  POCKET 


WITH 


ELLEN 


JANE 


DREW-WYMAN 

ROBERT  ARMSTRONG  •  HELEN  WESTLEY 
WILLIAM  DEMAREST  •  UNA  O'CONNOR 

o„d  KAY  KYSER'S  BAND  <^9 

HARRY  BABBITT  -  ISH  KABIBBLE  •  SULLY  MASON 
TRUDY  IRWIN  •  DOROTHY  DUNN 

Produced  by  HAROLD  LLOYD 


Directed  by  TAY  GARNETT 


IT'S  WILD!  IT'S  WEIRD!  IT'S  WACKY/ 


Lupe  and  Leon  sounding 
off  in  a  slightly  insane 
sensation  of  snooping 
spooks,  sliding  panels 
and  you  ain't  seen 
nothin'  yet!  IT'S  THE 
SCREAM  OF  Tl 


5  Mexican 

J*  SPITES 


CHARLES  BUDDY  ROGERS 

ELISABETH  RISDON  •  DONALD  MacBRIDE 
MINNA  GOMBELL 


THE  SCREEN'S  GREAT  CAVALCADE 

OF  MELODY!.  ..It's  Tremendous!... 


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It's  you  and  me  and  the  folks 
next  door!.. It's  the  great  heart 
of  America  throbbing  through 
the  birth  and  growth  of  our 
own  popular  music— themed 
to  a  stirring  human  drama 
that  sweeps  its  laughter,  love 
and  tears  through  a  riches 
of  rhythm  such  as  all  movie- 
dom  has  never  known  before! 


with 

ADOLPHE  MENJOU  •  JACKIE  COOPER 
BONITA  GRANVILLE  •  GEORGE  BANCROFT 

CONNEE  BOSWELL  •  TED  NORTH 
TODD  DUNCAN  •  HALL  JOHNSON  CHOIR 


Produced  and  Directed  by 
WILLIAM  DIETERLE 

Screen  Play  by  Philip  Yordan  J* 
and  Frank  Cavett 


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*— * 

CM 

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THE  FALCON'S  GAYEST  ROMANTIC  ADVENTURE! 

.  .  .  beginning  with  a  kiss  and  ending  with  a  shot  in  the  dark! 


\ Uncle  Sam  is  calling^) 
all  exhibitors  —  to 
sell  WAR  SAVINGS 
BONDS  AND  STAMPS 
at  their  theatres. 
How  about  YOU? 


with 


GEORGE  SANDERS  LYNN  BARI 

JAMES  GLEASON  ALLEN  JENKINS 

HELEN  GILBERT 

Produced  by  HOWARD  BENEDICT    D.rected  by  IRVING  REIS 

Screen  play  by  Lynn  Root  and  Frank  Fenton 


R  i<  O 
RADIO 

PlfVl  IRK 


Monday,  May  18,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


How  UmpVs  Conciliation 
Machinery  Will  Operate 


U.  S.  Trial  of 
Schine  Circuit 
On  Tomorrow 


Exhibitors,U.S. 
Discuss  Umpi 
Selling  Plan 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Harry  Brandt,  president  of  the  New 
York  ITOA. 

The  meeting  was  arranged  hurried- 
ly Friday  night  immediately  follow- 
-4cg  the  close  of  the  Umpi  sessions  in 
•  *£-w  York.  It  was  set  by  Wright  for 
rO  A.M.  yesterday,  due  to  the  fact 
that  he  was  scheduled  to  leave  today 
for  Buffalo,  where  he  will  be  chief 
Government  counsel  in  the  anti-trust 
trial  of  the  Schine  Circuit,  scheduled 
to  open  Tuesday. 

Presentation  of  the  plan  to  the  De- 
partment by  exhibitor  representatives, 
rather  than  by  either  an  Umpi  com- 
mittee or  the  attorneys  for  the  five 
consenting  companies,  was  the  result 
of  a  last-minute  decision  in  New 
York,  according  to  reports  reaching 
here.  The  decision  was  based,  it  was 
said,  on  the  fact  that  the  new  selling 
plan  was  primarily  the  result  of  wide- 
spread dissatisfaction  with  the  decree 
selling  method  and  was  developed  at 
the  insistence  of  exhibitors. 

Kuykendall,  White  and  Cole  left 
here  for  Chicago  today. 

Three  Majors  Join 
In  Conciliation  Plan 

The  Umpi  conciliation  plan  for  the 
settlement  of  territorial  and  individ- 
ual grievances  under  the  organiza- 
tion's program  was  approved  by  20th 
Century-Fox,  RKO  and  Loew's  at  the 
final  meeting  of  a  series  of  the  com- 
mittee of  the  whole  at  the  Warwick 
Hotel  in  New  York  on  Friday.  Para- 
mount and  Warners  did  not  subscribe 
to  the  conciliation  method. 

Paramount  stated  it  will  study  the 
possibility  of  accomplishing  relief 
through  arbitration  for  grievances 
such  as  will  be  referred  to  the  con- 
ciliation system  by  the  three  subscrib- 
ing companies. 

Warners  declared  its  willing- 
ness to  conciliate  directly  with 
its  customers  on  any  complaints 
which  they  may  have  against 
the  company  and  invited  exhibi- 
tors who  believe  themselves  en- 
titled to  relief  to  present  their 
case  to  the  company's  home 
office  in  person  or  in  writing. 

Warners  assured  that  all  complaints 
will  be  given  prompt  attention  and 
that  exhibitors  will  receive  whatever 
relief  their  claim  merits. 

Discussion  by  the  Umpi  committee 
of  the  whole  on  suggestions  for  im- 
proving and  amplifying  the  decree's 
arbitration  system  were  not  concluded 
at  last  week's  sessions  "and  will  be 
resumed  at  future  meetings.  Such 
modifications  of  the  arbitration  system 
as  may  ultimately  be  deemed  advis- 
able by  Umpi  will  be  submitted  to  the 
Department  of  Justice  for  considera- 
tion as  amendments  to  the  decree. 

The  Umpi  main  committee  also 
failed  to  complete  work  on  a  perma- 
nent budget  for  the  organization,  and 
sent  the  matter  back  to  its  finance 
committee  for  further  recommenda- 
tions. 

Failure  of  Paramount  and  Warners 
to  subscribe  to  the  conciliation  plan 
has  no  effect  on  their  participation  in 
the  new  selling  plan  which,  with  the 
other    three    consenting  companies, 


JPOLLOWIN'G  is  a  summary  of 
x  the  provisions  of  the  Umpi  con- 
ciliation plan,  to  which  Loew's,  RKO 
and  20th  Century-Fox  have  subscribed 
providing  a  method  for  adjusting 
trade  disagreements  as  a  supplement 
to  arbitration: 

Territorial  Disagreements  : 
They  may  be  referred  to  Umpi  by 
anyone  who  may  be  affected 
thereby.  Thereupon,  the  chair- 
man of  Umpi  and  chairman  of  the 
trade  practice  subcommittee  shall 
appoint  a  fact-finding  committee 
from  outside  the  territory  in  ques- 
tion, consisting  of  an  independent 
exhibitor  or  independent-exhibitor 
representative,  a  distributor  repre- 
sentative and  a  circuit  theatre  op- 
erator or  representative.  They 
are  to  visit  the  territory  involved 
and  investigate  the  complaint  and, 
if  they  can  agree,  they  are  to 
make  a  report  and  recommenda- 


Republic  Meeting  in 
Hollywood  Tomorrow 

Chicago,  May  17. — Republic  execu- 
tives who  have  attended  the  com- 
pany's first  two  regional  sales  meet- 
ings, H.  J.  Yates,  J.  R.  Grainger,  M. 
J.  Siegel  and  William  Saal,  left  over 
the  weekend  by  plane  for  the  studio 
in  North  Hollywood  where  the  third 
and  last  of  the  meetings  will  be  held 
Tuesday  and  Wednesday.  The  Chi- 
cago sessions  were  concluded  Friday 
afternoon. 

The  meetings  at  Republic  studios 
will  be  attended  by  studio  executives, 
J.  T.  Sheffield,  Northwestern  fran- 
chise holder,  and  branch  managers  oi 
Republic's  Western  offices. 

Branch  managers  expected  to  attend 
include :  Francis  Bateman,  Los  An- 
geles ;  Sid  Weisbaum,  San  Fran- 
cisco; Ed  Walton,  Seattle;  J.  H. 
Sheffield,  Portland ;  Gene  Gerbase, 
Denver ;  G.  S.  Pinnell,  Salt  Lake 
City,  and  E.  M.  Loy,  Butte. 

N.  Y.  Regents  Reject 
Hughes*  'The  Outlaw' 

The  New  York  State  Board  of  Re- 
gents on  Friday  for  the  second  time 
in  four  months  refused  to  pass  How- 
ard Hughes'  production,  "The  Out- 
law." In  January,  Irwin  Esmond,  cen- 
sor, refused  a  license  on  the  ground 
that  scenes  and  dialogue  were  "im- 
moral and  indecent." 


they  have  agreed  to  accept  as  an 
amendment  to  the  consent  decree.  The 
Umpi  concilation  plan  is  purely  vol- 
untary and  will  not  be  a  part  of  the 
decree. 

No  date  for  the  next  meeting  of 
Umpi  was  set  by  William  F.  Rodgers, 
chairman. 

Nicholas  M.  Schenck  was  desig- 
nated a  member  of  the  Umpi  subcom- 
mittee for  the  protection  of  the  good 
name  and  integrity  of  the  industry.  He 
succeeds  the  late  Sidney  R.  Kent. 
Max  A.  Cohen  was  named  alternate 
for  Kuykendall  on  the  same  commit- 
tee. Hal  Home  was  named  to  re- 
place A.  M.  Botsford  on  Umpi's  in- 
stitutional advertising  and  goodwill 
activities  committee. 


tions  to  Umpi.  Failing  to  agree, 
they  are  to  submit  separate  re- 
ports and  recommendations  and 
a  solution  will  be  sought  by  Um- 
pi. Application  of  Umpi's  find- 
ings _  will  rely  upon  moral  per- 
suasion rather  than  enforcement 
measures. 

Individual  Grievances  :  Are 
to  be  discussed  first  in  a"n  attempt 
to  reach  an  agreement  by  the  par- 
ties involved.  Failing  to  reach 
an  agreement,  they  may  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  regional  exhibitor 
association  or  to  any  other  indi- 
vidual conciliator.  If  a  solution 
is  not  found,  the  grievance  is  to 
be  submitted  to  the  home  office  of 
the  distributor  involved ;  there- 
after, to  the  secretary  of  Umpi 
and,  if  still  lacking  an  agreement, 
it  can  be  brought  before  the  main 
Umpi  committee. 


Elect  Coplan  U.A. 
Canadian  Officer 

David  H.  Coplan,  United  Artists 
general  manager  for  Canada,  was 
elected  vice-president  and  director  of 
the  United  Artists  Corp.  of  Canada,  at 
the  last  meeting  of  the  board,  it  was 
announced  Friday.  The  election  was 
in  accordance  with  an  arrangement 
when  Coplan  joined,  it  was  said. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

special  counsel  for  the  five  consenting 
companies. 

The  defense  also  will  be  assisted 
by  local  counsel  in  Buffalo.  Robert 
L.  Wright  of  the  Department  of  Jus- 
tice will  be  chief  counsel  for  the 
Government,  and  will  be  assisted  by 
three  or  four  staff  members.  The 
trial  will  be  before  Judge  John  C. 
Knight. 

The  five  consenting  companies  are 
not  defendants  in  the  action  but  their 
film  deals  with  the  Schine  circuit  are 
expected  to  figure  in  testimony.  These 
companies  will  be  represented  by 
Irvine  as  special  counsel. 

The  trial  will  be  the  second  of  three 
regional  anti-trust  suits  instituted  by 
the  Government  in  an  attempt  to  re- 
quire large  unaffiliated  circuits  to  dis- 
pose of  their  theatre  holdings  in  order 
to  dissipate  their  alleged  buying  pow- 
er and  control  of  local  and  regional 
situations.  The  first  trial  involved 
Crescent  Amusement  Co.,  Nashville, 
and  was  completed  last  Fall.  Co- 
lumbia was  dismissed  as  a  defendant 
in  the  action  at  the  close  of  the  trial 
but  no  decision  has  been  handed  down 
yet  by  Federal  Judge  Davies,  the  trial 
judge. 

The  third  regional  circuit  case  is 
against  the  Griffith  Amusement  Co. 
of  Oklahoma  City.  No  action  point- 
ing to  an  early  trial  of  that  case  is 
in  prospect  at  this  time.- 


18 


MOTION  JrlCTURE  DAILY 


Monday,  May  18,  1V4^ 


Reviews 


"Fighting  Bill  Fargo" 

(Universal) 

RAY  TAYLOR  has  directed  a  fast  moving  western  with  good  solid 
action,  a  number  of  songs  and  a  bit  of  comedy.    It  should  register 
strongly  with  the  action  film  fans. 

Johnny  Mack  Brown  is  in  the  lead,  Fuzzy  Knight  provides  the  laughs, 
the  Eddie  Dean  trio,  the  music;  Jeanne  Kelly  and  Nell  O'Day,  the  femi- 
nine interest,  while  Kenneth  Harlan,  Ted  Adams,  James  Blaine  and  Al 
Bridge  make  up  the  rest  of  the  cast. 

Brown  returns  on  parole  from  a  jail  term  to  which  he  was  sentenced 
on  a  framed  charge.  He  joins  his  father's  former  partner  in  publishing 
a  newspaper  but  the  latter  is  in  cahoots  with  the  badmen  of  the  town. 
When  he  is  found  murdered,  Brown  is  accused.  Meanwhile  an  election 
for  sheriff  is  being  conducted,  and  Fuzzy  Knight  is  experimenting  with 
the  first  camera  the  town  has  seen. 

Knight  develops  a  picture  which  happens  to  show  the  true  murderer 
and  this  evidence  would  be  sufficient  to  swing  the  election  except  that  the 
politicians  decide  to  close  the  polls  early.    A  final  gun  battle  settles 
things.  Will  Cowan  was  producer. 
Running  time,  57  minutes.   "G."*  Edward  Greif 


"Native  Land" 

(Frontier  Films) 

WITH  this  documentary  film  the  screen  as  a  medium  of  informative 
expression  is  utilized  with  excellent  effect.  So  skillful  is  the  treat- 
ment of  the  subject  that  it  brings  added  importance  to  the  documentary 
screen  form. 

The  film  states  its  case  tersely.  The  case  is  the  fight  for  equal  rights 
and  civil  liberties  in  America,  supporting  the  cause  of  the  worker 
who  is  represented  as  having  been  the  victim  of  capitalist  forces. 
The  argument  is  strong,  since  it  reconstructs  actual  instances  where  the 
American  Bill  of  Rights  was  violated,  as  brought  out  before  the  Civil 
Liberties  Committee  of  the  Senate  in  1938.  It  closes  with  the  happy 
assurance  that  while  freedom  is  again  threatened,  labor  and  capital  are 
now  in  accord,  in  a  battle  against  a  common  enemy. 

The  splendid  direction  by  Leo  Hurwitz  and  Paul  Strand,  the  reality 
of  the  performances  and  fine  photography  make  "Native  Land"  an 
achievement.  Paul  Robeson  delivers  the  simple  yet  forceful  narration. 

Running  time,  83  minutes.  "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


'Blonde'  Hits 
Big  $28,500, 
Boston  High 


Boston,  May  17.  —  "My  Favorite 
Blonde"  and  a  stage  show  at  the 
Metropolitan  drew  $28,500.  "Jungle 
Book,"  playing  at  Loew's  State  and 
Orpheum  took  a  total  of  $38,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  7-8 : 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

METROPOLITAN  —  (4,376)  (28c-33c-55c- 
65c)  7  days.    Stage  show  with  Eskine  Haw- 
kins' orchestra  and  the  Ink  Spots.  Gross: 
$28,500.    (Average,  $15,000) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 
"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  STATE— (2.900)  (33c-44c-55c-65c) 
7  days.    Gross:  817,500.    (Average,  $11,500) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 
"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  ORPHEUM— (3,000)  (33c-44c-55c- 
65c)  7  davs.  Gross:  $21,000.  (Average, 
$12,500) 

"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 

KEITH  BOSTON  —  (2,679)  (28c-33c-55c- 
65c)  7  days.  Stage  show  with  Jerry  Les- 
ter, Beatrice  Kay,  Johnny  Davis  orchestra 
and  Jinx  Falkenburg.  Gross:  $25,000. 
(Average,  $12,500) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Don't  Get  Personal"  (Univ.) 

KEITH'S  MEMORIAL— (2,907)  (2Sc-33c- 
55c-65c)  7  days.  Gross:  $22,500.  (Average, 
$15,000) 

"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.  B.) 
"Bullet  Scars"  (W.  B.) 

PARAMOUNT— (1,797)     (28c-33c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $11,500.    (Average,  $8,500) 
"Captains  of  the  Clouds"  (W.  B.) 
"Bullet  Scars"  (W.  B.) 

FENWAY— (1,320)    (28c-33c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $9,500.    (Average,  $5,500) 
"To  Be  or  Not  to  Be"  (U.  A.) 
"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.  B.) 

SCOLLAY  —  (2,500)  (28c-33c-44c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:    $6,800.    (Average,  $4,500) 


'Kings  Row9  Scores 
$10,000  in  Toronto 

Toronto,  May  17. — "Kings  Row" 
continued  well  at  Shea's  with  $10,000 
for  the  second  week  and  "Roxie  Hart" 
took  in  §9,500  at  the  Imperial.  . 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  1 1  : 

"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 
"Sullivan's  Travels"  (Para.) 

EGLINGTON— (1,086)    (18c-30c-48c-60c)  6 
days.   Gross:  $3,500.   (Average,  $4,500) 
"Roxie  Hart"  (20th-Fox) 

IMPERIAL— (3,373)   (18c-3Oc-42c-60c-9Oc)  6 
days.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Average,  $9,000) 
"The  Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S— (2,074)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-78c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,500.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

SHEA'S — (2.480)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $10,000.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"The  Fleet's  In"-  (Para.) 
"Fly  by  Night"  (Para.) 

TIVOLI— (1,434)     (18c-30c-48c)     6  davs. 
Gross:  $3,000.  (Average,  $3,900) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"The  Mystery  of  Marie  Roget"  (Univ.) 

UPTOWN— (2.761)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Average,  $9,000) 


Reisman  Discussing 
Welles'  RKO  Status 

Rio  de  Janeiro,  May  17. — One  of 
the  principal  objects  of  Phil  Reis- 
man's  visit  here  is  reported  to  be  that 
of  discussing  Orson  Welles'  future 
with  RKO.  Welles  has  been  here  for 
many  weeks  working  on  scenes  for 
one  of  his  forthcoming  pictures  and 
his  prolonged  stay  and  the  attendant 
costs  have  reportedly  impelled  his 
company  superiors  to  commission  a 
special  emissary  to  take  up  matters 
with  him.  Reisman  is  RKO's  for- 
eign distribution  chief  in  New  York. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Clearance  Complaint 
Is  Dismissed  in  Ohio 

Cleveland,  May  17. — Dismissal  has 
been  ordered  by  the  arbitrator  in  a 
clearance  complaint  filed  by  Tuscara- 
was Amusement  Co.,  operators  of  the 
State  and  the  Ohio,  in  Uhrichsville,  O., 
and  the  Lincoln,  Dennison,  O.,  against 
the  Shea  circuit  houses,  the  New 
Quaker  and  Union  in  New  Philadel- 
phia, O.,  and  the  Bexley  and  State, 
Dover,  O. 

Without  requiring  any  defense  tes- 
timony, it  was  held  at  the  close  of  the 
complainant's  case  that  the  theatres 
were  in  active  competition  and  that 
the  existing  clearance  was  not  unrea- 
sonable. 


C  F  I  Quarter  Net 
Equal  to  $153,586 

Consolidated  Film  Industries,  Inc., 
and  subsidiaries  have  reported  net 
profit  for  the  three  months  ended 
March  31,  last,  of  §153,586,  equal  to 
38  cents  per  share  on  the  400,000 
shares  of  $2  preferred  stock  outstand- 
ing, after  deduction  of  estimated  pro- 
vision for  Federal  normal  and  surtax 
of  S69.002.  Profit  before  deductions 
was  $222,589. 

The  net  profit  for  the  first  1942 
quarter  compares  with  net  of  $174,380, 
or  43  cents  per  preferred  share,  be- 
fore surtax  on  undistributed  profits,  in 
the  same  quarter  last  year. 


W.B.  Theatres  Ad 
Men  Meet  Today 

A  meeting  of  advertising  and  pub- 
licity men  of  Warner  Theatres  will 
be  held  at  the  home  office  today  with 
Harry  Goldberg,  director  of  advertis- 
ing and  publicity,  presiding.  Harry  H. 
Kalmine,  assistant  general  manager  of 
the  circuit,  will  address  the  confer- 
ence. 

Among  those  attending  will  be : 
James  Totman,  Pittsburgh ;  Everett 
Callow,  Philadelphia ;  Dan  Finn,  New 
Haven ;  Robert  Paskow,  Newark ; 
Charles  Smakwitz,  Albany ;  Marcel 
Brazee,  Milwaukee ;  J.  Knox  Stra- 
chan,  Cleveland,  and  Frank  LaFalce, 
Washington. 


Loew-Local  306  Suit 
Dismissal  Is  Argued 

Federal  Judge  Henry  W.  Goddard 
reserved  decision  on  Friday  on  a  mo- 
tion by  Operators'  Local  306  to  dis- 
miss the  suit  brought  against  the  union 
by  Loew's.  Both  sides  were  given 
until  May  21  to  submit  briefs. 

The  union  contended  that  the  com- 
plaint failed  to  state  a  cause  of  action. 
The  suit  alleges  that  the  union  last 
year  demanded  on  threat  of  a  strike 
that  Loew's  cease  distributing  films  to 
houses  in  New  York  City  which  do 
not  employ  Local  306  members. 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 

"Further  Prophecies 
of  Nostradamus" 

(Miniature  ) 

(M-G-M) 

Here's  Nostradamus  again  and, 
with  intelligent  presentation  of  the 
subject  by  Carey  Wilson,  he  makes 
good  copy.  In  recent  issues  Wilsojfr 
illustrated  how  the  predictions  of  u| 
16th  century-  French  seer  materialize^*- 
In  this  he  depicts  a  photostat  copy  of 
the  original  Nostradamus  book  of 
prophecies,  follows  through  on  the 
method  of  interpretation,  and  then 
points  out  recent  developments  in  the 
present  war  which  have  borne  out  the 
predictions.  At  the  outset,  Nostra- 
damus is  pictured  as  an  outstanding 
scientist  who,  following  the  death  of 
his  wife  and  children,  undertakes  to 
look  into  the  future.  Running  time, 
11  mins.    Release,  May  9. 


"Barbee-Cues" 

(Specialty) 

(M-G-M) 

Pete  Smith  takes  up  the  matter 
of  barbecuing,  contrasting  the  right 
method  as  employed  by  an  expert  with 
the  wrong  way  as  practiced  by  a 
penthouse  host  trying  to  impress  his 
guests.  It's  done  in  amusing  fashion. 
Running  time,  11  mins.  Release, 
May  30. 


Farris  Is  Elected 
To  Board  of  F.P.C. 

Toronto,  May  17. — J.  J.  Fitzgib- 
bons,  president  of  Famous  Players 
Canadian  Corp.,  has  announced  that 
Senator  J.  W.  Farris  of  the  Canadian 
Parliament,  has  been  elected  a  director 
of  the  corporation. 

Farris  succeeds  his  brother,  Wen- 
dell Farris,  who  resigned  following 
his  appointment  as  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  British  Columbia. 
Senator  Farris  lives  in  Vancouver, 
but  is  currently  in  Toronto  conferring 
with  officials  of  the  circuit. 

Circuit  in  Brooklyn 
Brings  Trust  Action 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

lyn,  over  the  plaintiffs'  houses,  the 
Fortway,  Coliseum  and  Park. 

In  addition  to  charges  of  conspiracy 
in  actions  under  the  Donnelly  Anti- 
trust Act,  the  complaint  sets  forth  a 
charge  of  violation  of  Section  580  of 
the  Penal  Law.  This  section  makes 
it  a  misdemeanor  to  conspire  "to  pre- 
vent another  from  exercising  a  lawful 
trade  or  calling  to  commit  any  act 
injurious  to  trade  or  commerce." 

The  suit  seeks  an  injunction  and  an 
accounting  of  damages. 


SPG  to  Start  Talks 
With  WB  Tomorrow 

The  Screen  Publicists  Guild  of  New 
York  will  start  negotiations  with 
Warners  for  a  contract  tomorrow, 
Joseph  Gould,  SPG  president,  said 
Friday.  The  guild  already  has  con- 
tracts with  the  seven  other  major 
companies.  A  meeting  will  be  held 
with  Republic  in  the  near  future. 
Gould  said. 


Monday,  May  18,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


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Players  Must  Pay 
Tax  on  Income  in 
Charitable  Shows 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

soring  an  event,  the  income  therefrom 
would  belong  solely  to  the  organiza- 
tion, and  the  value  of  his  services 
need  not  be  included  in  gross  income. 

'"However,  the  Treasury  explained, 
"when  the  services  of  the  entertainer 
_  ^.rendered  to  a  person  other  than 

— aritable  organization  and  that  per- 
son makes  payment  for  the  entertain- 
er's services  to  the  charitable  organi- 
zation, the  amount  so  paid  must  be  in- 
cluded in  the  return  of  the  perform- 
er and  subject  to  Federal  tax. 

"Typical  of  these  cases  would  be 
a  radio  sponsor  or  a  motion  picture 
producer  who  engaged  the  services 
of  the  entertainer,  and  by  agreement 
with  the  actor,  turned  the  payment  for 
his  services  over  to  a  charitable  or- 
ganization. This  would  be  treated  by 
the  Treasury  as  an  assignment  of  in- 
come by  the  entertainer  and  taxable 
to  him." 

It  was  provided  that  the  new  ruling 
would  not  apply  where  an  agreement 
or  understanding  was  entered  into 
prior  to  May  14. 


Para.  Regional  in 
Kansas  City  Today 


The  fourth  of  Paramount's  series  of 
five  two-day  regional  sales  meetings 
will  start  at  the  Muehlbach  Hotel  in 
Kansas  City  this  morning  with  G.  A. 
Smith,  Western  division  manager, 
presiding.  The  final  meeting  will 
take  place  at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel, 
San  Francisco,  Friday  and  Saturday. 

Neil  Agnew,  vice-president  and 
general  sales  manager,  and  Charles 
M.  Reagan,  assistant  general  sales 
manager,  will  discuss  sales  problems 
and  Oscar  Morgan,  short  subject  sales 
manager,  will  outline  the  company's 
short  subject  plans  for  the  coming 
season. 

Adolph  Zukor,  chairman  of  the 
board,  and  Gilbert  B.  J.  Frawley 
will  be  present  from  the  home  office. 

The  personnel  scheduled  to  be  pres- 
ent at  the  Kansas  City  meeting  in- 
cludes : 

Kansas  City — Ralph  Libeau,  R.  M. 
Copeland,  G.  Hinton,  J.  Stark,  J. 
Young,  H.  Wheeler,  A.  Mendenhall, 
J.  States ;  St.  Louis — M.  Schweitzer, 
J.  T.  McBride,  W.  Weens,  E.  A. 
Bishop,  W.  H.  Wandel,  C.  E.  House ; 
Omaha— A.  R.  Taylor,  W.  Stephen- 
son, E.  I.  Rubin,  G.  C.  Kenyon;  Den- 
ver—M.  A.  Brown,  C.  J.  Bell,  R.  C 
Ryan,  H.  DeWeese,  W.  M.  Williams, 
C.  J.  Duer,  J.  Vos ;  Des  Moines — J. 
T.  Manfre,  J.  H.  Foley,  W.  J.  Curry, 
F.  Thomas,  P.  W.  Robbins ;  Minne- 
apolis— B.  Blotcky,  J.  Sessler,  J.  Frit- 
cher,  J.  Wolf,  F.  Anderson,  R.  Abel- 
son,  S.  Carr,  J.  Loeffler,  C.  Snyder, 

F.  Myers;  Milwaukee— F.  C.  Clark, 

G.  Wilcox,  R.  W.  Baker,  I.  J.  Wert- 
hamer,  J.  V.  Lenahan;  Chicago — Al- 
len Usher,  J.  J.  Donohue,  H.  R.  Ham- 
burg, H.  Wirthwein,  E.  I.  Goldberg, 
B.  Elrod,  L.  Aurelio,  S.  Tishman,  I. 
Scheinbaum;  Salt  Lake  City — F.  H. 
Smith,  Henry  Smith,  D.  M.  Hicks,  H. 
M.  Glanfield,  A.  Heid,  Wayne 
Thiriot. 


Propose  Patriotic  Shorts 
Profit  for  Umpi  or  WAC 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

for  the  patriotic  subjects  and  that  all 
profits  realized  over  and  above  pro- 
duction and  distribution  costs  be  ear- 
marked for  the  Umpi  treasury. 

It  was  pointed  out  in  this  respect 
that  exhibitors  would  be  asked  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  financing  of  Umpi,  in 
any  event,  and  that  a  subscription 
financing  plan  for  the  organization 
would  be  both  difficult  and  costly  to 
effectuate.  By  devoting  the  earnings 
of  the  patriotic  subjects  to  Umpi's 
maintenance,  on  the  other  hand,  the 
exhibitor  would  be  relieved  of  a  direct 
contribution  and  would  receive  an  en- 
tertainment film  for  his  money,  it 
was  asserted.  Umpi's  budget  is  es- 
timated at  between  $50,000  and  $75,- 
000  annually. 

The  War  Activities  Committee,  it 
was  learned,  had  also  envisioned  a 
financing  source  in  the  earnings  of 
the  subjects. 


Metro  Sales  Meet 
In  Chicago  Today 


Home  office  executives  of  M-G-M, 
headed  by  William  F.  Rodgers,  gen- 
eral sales  manager,  left  here  yester- 
day for  Chicago  to  attend  the  com- 
pany's district  managers'  sales  meet- 
ing at  the  Hotel  Blackstone,  beginning 
today. 

New  season  sales  plans  and  policies 
will  be  discussed.  The  company  will 
hold  no  national  sales  convention  this 
year,  Rodgers  indicated  last  week. 

In  addition  to  discussions  of  new 
product  and  selling  plans,  the  meeting 
is  scheduled  to  consider  the  problem 
of  small  town  and  city  theatres  whose 
patronage  has  been  materially  reduced 
by  migrations  of  war  workers  and 
other  causes. 

Home  Office  Delegation 

In  attendance  from  the  home  of- 
fice will  be :  Edwin  A.  Aaron,  assist- 
ant to  Rodgers ;  Edward  Saunders. 
Western  division  manager;  E.  K. 
O'Shea,  Eastern  and  Southern  divi- 
sion manager ;  J.  E.  Flynn,  Central 
division  manager ;  Alan  F.  Cummings, 
manager  of  exchange  operations;  H. 
M.  Richey,  assistant  to  Rodgers  in 
charge  of  exhibitor  relations,  and  Ty- 
ree  Dillard  of  the  legal  department. 

The  district  managers  scheduled  to 
attend  the  meeting,  and  their  head- 
quarters, are :  Jack  Bowen,  New 
York ;  Rudolph  Berger,  Washington  ; 
M.  N.  Wolf,  Boston;  C.  E.  Kessnich, 
Atlanta ;  J.  J.  Maloney,  Pittsburgh ; 
G.  A.  Hickey,  Los  Angeles ;  S.  A. 
Shirley,  Chicago ;  H.  P.  Wolfberg,  St. 
Louis ;  J.  P.  Byrne,  Denver ;  Burtus 
Bishop,  Jr.,  Kansas  City ;  Robert 
Lynch,  Philadelphia. 

Exhibitors  to  Attend 

Ed  Kuykendall,  MPTOA  presi- 
dent ;  Hugh  Bruen,  director  of  the 
PCCITO,  and  H.  A.  Cole,  director 
of  Allied  States,  are  scheduled  to  at- 
tend the  meeting  to  participate  in  the 
discussions  scheduled  for  today  on 
the  small  town  exhibitors'  problem  of 
lost  patronage.  It  is  understood  that 
other  industry  leaders  also  have  been 
invited  to  participate  in  the  discussion. 


Name  Winners  of 
'U'  Shorts  Contest 

Winners  of  a  Universal  short  sub- 
jects exploitation  contest  have  been 
selected  by  committee  of  judges  which 
met  last  week  at  a  Hotel  Astor  lunch- 
eon. A  first  prize  of  $200  and  a 
second  prize  of  $100  were  given  for 
the  best  campaigns  by  exhibitors  in 
towns  up  to  10,000  population,  of 
10,000  to  25,000,  25,000  to  75,000,  and 
more  than  75,000,  in  both  East  and 
West  divisions. 

Jack  Matlack  of  the  Rialto,  Med- 
ford,  Ore.,  received  a  special  Capt. 
Eddie  Rickenbacker  award  for  his 
campaign  on  "Calvacade  of  Aviation," 
short  subject. 


100  Col.  Salesmen 
Win  Bond  Awards 

Approximately  100  members  of  Co- 
lumbia's field  sales  force  will  be 
awarded  war  bonds  for  performances 
in  the  four-week  billings  drive,  from 
March  13  to  April  9,  the  company 
announced  on  Friday. 

The  special  billings  drive  was  a  part 
of  the  Columbia  "victory"  sales  drive 
now  in  progress  in  which  $50,000  in 
war  bonds  are  offered  as  prizes. 
Awards  are  being  made  to  exchanges 
and  individual  salesmen  who  fulfilled 
or  exceeded  100  per  cent  of  their  bill- 
ing quotas. 


Arbitration  Assoc. 
Lauds  Industry  Aid 
In  Wartime  Disputes 

The  "generous  cooperation  of  the 
motion  picture  producers"  in  placing 
the  facilities  of  the  Motion  Picture 
arbitration  system  at  the  disposal  of 
the  American  Arbitration  Association 
for  settlement  of  disputes  that  might 
delay  vital  war  material  production 
was  acknowledged  over  the  weekend 
in  the  annual  report  of  the  Industrial 
Arbitration  Tribunal  of  the  AAA. 

"Until  1941,"  the  report  states,  "in- 
dustrial arbitration  and  other  activi- 
ties of  the  association  were  carried  on 
at  long  range,  all  proceeding  and  di- 
rected from  the  New  York  headquar- 
ters. 'Full  speed  ahead'  to  the  associa- 
tion's war  arbitration  activities  was 
signalled  early  last  year,  when  arbi- 
tration centers  for  both  commercial 
and  industrial  arbitrations  were  estab- 
lished in  30  key  cities. 

"This  expansion  was  possible  through 
the  generous  cooperation  of  the  mo- 
tion picture  producers,  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Department  of  Justice, 
in  placing  at  the  disposal  of  the  as- 
sociation the  facilities  of  the  Motion 
Picture  Arbitration  System.  Without 
this  cooperation  the  Industrial  Arbi- 
tration Tribunal  could  not  have 
rendered  the  widespread  service  which 
this  report  records." 


Honor  Smith  in  Drive 

The  closing  week,  June  13-19,  of 
the  RKO  Ned  Depinet  sales  drive, 
will  be  designated  as  a  tribute  to  A. 
W.  Smith,  Jr.,  sales  manager. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  May  18,  1941 


Off  the  Antenna 


CBS  has  revised  its  policy  of  payments  to  employes  joining  the  armed  forces. 
Those  who  enlist,  as  well  as  those  who  are  drafted,  are  included  in  the 
new  plan.  Payments  are  made  to  all  entering  the  services,  except  as  officers, 
and  they  are  given  the  difference  between  the  amount  of  compensation  re- 
ceived and  their  salaries  based  on  length  of  service,  as  follows  :  For  six  months' 
service,  two  weeks'  salary ;  one  year,  one  month's  salary ;  three  years,  two 
months' ;  five  years,  three  months',  and  more  than  six  years,  four  months' 
salary.  The  original  plan,  adopted  in  November,  1940,  provided  payments  of 
form  one  month's  to  six  months'  salary,  depending  on  length  of  service  with 
the  network.  In  addition,  the  new  plan  provides  for  contribution  by  the  com- 
pany to  insurance  payments. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Ed  Evans,  Blue  research  manager,  and  Marion  Ayer, 
of  the  Blue  treasurer's  office,  have  announced  their  engagement  .  .  .  Lt.  Charles 
E.  Phelps,  former  Blue  salesman,  was  given  a  party  Friday  by  the  network 
Prior  to  his  departure  for  the  Naval  Reserve  School  of  Indoctrination  .  .  . 
Clarence  G.  Alexander,  NBC  television  program  operations  manager,  will  re- 
port Wednesday  as  a  first  lieutenant  in  the  Army  Air  Corps  .  .  .  Ernest 
Anderson  and  Betty  Buffe  have  been  appointed  to  the  Blue  sales  promotion 
department.  Anderson  formerly  was  sales  promotion  manager  for  the  CBS 
Latin  American  Network  .  .  .  Senator  Ford  of  WOR's  "Can  You  Top  This?" 
will  try  his  hand  at  baseball  play-bv-play  description  Thursday  when  he  joins 
Mel  Allen. 

•  •  • 

The  CBS  Pacific  Network  reports  that  so  far  this  year  a  total  of  37 
quarter-hours  in  new  business  have  been  sold,  not  including  renewals. 
Fifteen  accounts  are  involved,  it  was  said.  During  1941,  the  web  sales, 
exclusive  of  renewals,  totaled  25  accounts  for  52y2  quarter -hours. 

•  •  • 

WFCI,  Blue  outlet  in  Pawtucket-Providence,  has  issued  a  new  rate  card, 
effective  June  15.  The  basic  rate  is  $160  per  hour  for  evening  time.  Although 
the  Blue  recently  adopted  the  cash  discount  plan,  WFCI's  rate  card  makes  no 
provision  for  such  discount. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Welch  Grape  Juice  will  sponsor  "Dear  John"  on  65  CBS 
stations  beginning  Friday,  June  8.  It  is  the  first  time  Welsh  has  used  CBS 
■  facilities  .  .  .  Liggett  &  Myers  Tobacco  renewed  Fred  Waring' s  "Pleasure 
Time"  on  108  NBC  stations  for  another  year,  effective  June  19.  It  is  heard 
Mondays  through  Fridays,  7-7:15  P.  M.  .  .  .  Alejandro  Sux,  Argentine  jour- 
nalist, will  be  featured  on  NBC  shortwave  fed  to  its  Pan  American  Netzitork 
in  a  new  series  to  be  heard  in  Spanish  Sundays,  Tuesdays  and  Thursdays, 
8 :30-8 :45  P.  M.  The  program  has  been  arranged  in  collaboration  with  the 
Coordinator  of  Inter- American  Affairs. 


Gov't  Heads  to 
Dedicate  CBS 
Americas  Web 


Vice-president  Henry  A.  Wal- 
lace, speaking  in  Spanish,  will  ad- 
dress the  Latin  American  diplo- 
matic corps  at  a  dinner  in  the  Carl- 
ton Hotel  in  Washington  tomorrow 
celebrating  the  dedication  of  the 
CBS  Network  of  the  Americas.  A 
speaking  program  to  be  shortwaved 
to  the  new  network  at  10:30  to  11 
P.  M.  will  follow  the  dedicatory 
program  at  9:30  to  10:30  P.  M., 
originating  in  Washington,  Holly- 
wood and  New  York. 

The  gathering  will  also  hear  talks 
by  President  Juan  Antonio  Rios  of 
Chile  and  President  Alfredo  Baldo- 
mir  of  Uruguay,  from  their  presiden- 
tial palaces.  These  speeches  will  be 
transmitted  to  the  new  network,  which 
comprises  76  stations  in  20  neighbor 
republics. 

Envoys  on  Program 

Among  speakers  at  the  dinner  will 
be  Dr.  Don  Luis  Quintanilla,  minister 
plenipotentiary  and  counsellor  of  the 
Mexican  embassy,  and  Dr.  Don  Adrian 
Recinos,  envoy  extraordinary  and 
minister  plenipotentiary  of  Guatemala. 

Speeches  by  Sumner  Welles, 
Undersecretary  of  State,  and  Presi- 
dent Anastasio  Somoza  of  Nicaragua, 
speaking  from  their  official  quarters, 
will  feature  the  dedication. 

Entertainment  on  the  program  will 
include  Lauritz  Melchior,  Bidu  Sayao 
and  Robert  Weede,  of  the  Metropoli- 
tan Opera ;  Ronald  Colman,  Jinx  Fal- 
kenburg,  Rita  Hay  worth,  Dick  Pow- 
ell, Mary  Martin  and  others.  Edward 
G.  Robinson  will  be  master  of  cere- 
monies in  Hollywood ;  Melvyn  Doug- 
las will  officiate  in  New  York,  and 
Harry  C.  Butcher,  CBS  vice-presi- 
dent, in  Washington. 

Officials  at  Dinner 

Guests  expected  at  the  Washington 
dinner  include :  Secretary  of  State 
Cordell  Hull,  Dr.  Leo  S.  Rowe,  di- 
rector general  of  the  Pan  American 
Union ;  Pedro  de  Alba,  his  chief  as- 
sistant ;  Laurence  Duggan,  State  De- 
partment political  relations  advisor ; 
William  Manger,  Pan  American  Un- 
ion counsellor ;  Warren  Lee  Pierson, 
president  of  the  Export-Import  Bank 
of  Washington ;  Charles  A.  Thomp- 
son, chief  of  the  State  Department 
division  of  Latin  American  cultural 
relations ;  Nelson  A.  Rockefeller,  Co- 
ordinator of  Inter-American  Affairs ; 
Don  Francisco,  director  of  communi- 
cations of  the  Office  of  Inter-Ameri- 
can Affairs ;  James  L.  Fly,  chairman 
of  the  Federal  Communications  Com- 
mission, and  the  diplomatic  represen- 
tatives of  Latin  America  in  this  coun- 
try. 


Steam  on  Midwest  Tour 

Bert  M.  Stearn,  Western  division 
manager  for  United  Artists,  left  last 
night  for  a  10-day  tour  of  the  com- 
pany's Midwestern  exchanges.  He  will 
visit  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Denver  and 
the  Salt  Lake  City  territories. 


Rites  for  Cooney 
Held  in  Hollywood 

Hollywood,  May  17. — Funeral  ser- 
vices were  held  here  yesterday  for 
James  Francis  Cooney,  53,  veteran 
film  trade  paper  man,  who  died 
Wednesday  night  at  St.  Vincent's 
Hospital  following  a  major  operation. 
Burial  will  be  in  Holy  Cross  Ceme- 
tary. 

Cooney  is  survived  by  his  widow, 
Mrs.  Ann  Cooney ;  his  mother  and  a 
sister.  He  came  to  Hollywood  in  1923 
and  was  instrumental  in  forming  the 
Catholic  Actors  Guild  here. 


Paramount  Signs  Tone 

Hollywood,  May  17. — Paramount 
has  signed  Franchot  Tone  to  make 
four  pictures  in  the  next  two  years. 


Lazarus  on  Tour  to 
Outline  'York'  Plans 

Paul  Lazarus  of  Warner's  Eastern 
advertising  staff  has  left  for  a  tour 
of  exchanges  to  present  merchandis- 
ing plans  for  the  general  release  of 
"Sergeant  York"  to  branch  and  dis- 
trict managers.  His  first  stop  will 
be  in  W ashington  today,  and  he  will 
visit  Pittsburgh,  Chicago,  St.  Louis, 
Kansas  City  and  Los  Angeles.  He 
will  hold  similar  meetings  in  the 
Southern  territory  later. 


Goddard-Milland  Picture 

Hollywood,  May  17.  —  Paulette 
Goddard  and  Ray  Milland  have  been 
set  to  star  in  "The  Crystal  Ball," 
Paramount  film,  with  Richard  Blu- 
menthal  as  associate  producer. 


Many  of  NBC 
Shows  on  Air 
For  Summer 


Many  NBC  commercial  programs 
will  remain  on  the  air  for  the  Sum- 
mer despite  the  war,  it  was  announced 
by  the  network  Friday.  Among  those 
continuing  are  "Information,  Please," 
Rudy  Vallee-John  Barryrnore,  > 
Kyser's  "College  of  Musical  Knd^/ 
edge,"  "Telephone  Hour,"  "Voice  of 
Firestone,"  "Cities  Service  Concert," 
Fred  Waring's  "Pleasure  Time," 
"Johnny  Presents,"  "Mr.  District  At- 
torney," "Hour  of  Charm,"  "Fitch 
Bandwagon"  and  "Ellery  Queen." 

Jack  Benny  Show  Off 

Jack  Benny  will  be  on  vacation 
May  31-Oct.  10  and  his  spot  will  be 
filled  by  another  commercial  show ; 
Bob  Hope  lays  off  June  16-Sept.  22 
and  will  be  replaced  by  "A  Date  With 
Judy" ;  Eddie  Cantor  will  be  on  vaca- 
tion June  24- Sept.  30,  replaced  by 
"Those  We  Love."  The  Burns  and 
Allen  vacation  plans  are  not  set  but 
the  tentative  period  is  June  30-Oct.  6. 
Red  Skelton  is  tentatively  scheduled 
to  go  off  the  air  June  9  and  there  is 
no  definite  commitment  for  his  re- 
turn in  the  Fall. 

The  "Aldrich  Family"  will  take  a 
four-week  vacation,  probably  in  Aug- 
ust and  it  will  be  replaced  by  a  sus- 
tained Bing  Crosby's  "Kraft  Music 
Hall"  will  continue  through  the  Sum- 
mer with  Bob  Crosby,  his  brother,  re- 
placing Bing  for  13  weeks  beginning 
some  time  in  July.  Fibber  McGee 
and  Molly  are  expected  to  take  a  nine- 
week  vacation,  but  their  plans  are  in- 
definite. 

'Maxwell'  Title  Change 

"Maxwell  House  Coffee  Time"  will 
continue  through  the  Summer  with 
Fanny  Brice  taking  a  rest  July  23- 
Aug.  8  and  Frank  Morgan  on  holiday 
June  11-July  16.  The  program  title 
will  change  to  "Post  Toasties  Time" 
on  June  24.  Probably  remaining 
"throughout  the  Summer,  although  not 
definitely  set,  are  "Truth  and  Conse- 
quences," "Cavalcade  of  America" 
and  "The  Great  Gildersleeve."  Al 
Pearce's  vacation  plans  will  be  an- 
nounced this  week. 

Hitchcock  to  Direct 
Picture  for  Skirball 

Alfred  Hitchcock  has  been  bor- 
rowed from  David  O.  Selznick  to 
direct  the  first  picture  to  be  made  by 
the  newly  formed  producing  unit 
headed  by  Jack  H.  Skirball,  to  be  re- 
leased through  Universal. 

Skirball  has  severed  his  connection 
with  Frank  Lloyd  Productions.  The 
last  picture  to  be  made  under  the 
Lloyd-Skirball  banner  for  Universal 
is  "Invisible  Agent,"  now  in  produc- 
tion at  the  Universal  studio. 

Goldwyn  Signs  Kaye 
To  Long  Term  Pact 

Samuel  Goldwyn  has  signed  Danny 
Kaye,  Broadway  stage  comedian,  to  a 
long  term  contract.  Kaye  is  currently 
appearing  in  "Let's  Face  It,"  and 
last  year  was  featured  in  "Lady  in 
the  Dark." 

Kaye  will  star  in  an  original  film 
musical  in  color. 


15  USO-Camp  Shows  Companies 

Ready  for  Summer  Tour  Program 

Washington,  May  17. — Fifteen  theatrical  companies  will  be  put 
into  the  field  within  a  week  to  inaugurate  the  Summer  entertain- 
ment program  for  Army  camps,  posts  and  stations,  it  was  an- 
nounced tonight  by  the  War  Department. 

Every  camp  on  the  two  circuits  which  have  been  set  up  will  have 
a  show  every  three  or  four  weeks,  sponsored  by  the  United  Service 
Organizations  and  Camp  Shows,  Inc.,  it  was  said. 

Between  200  and  300  actors  and  actresses  will  comprise  the  com- 
panies, with  guest  stars  from  time  to  time  from  screen,  stage  and 
radio.  Eight  of  the  companies  will  work  the  "Major"  circuit,  com- 
posed of  camps  which  have  stage  facilities,  and  seven  companies 
will  go  on  the  "minor"  circuit  of  posts  where  stage  trucks  will  be 
used. 


SAVE  AND  SELL  TO  US 
FILM  CANS  AND  CORES 


PROMPT  return  of  Eastman  motion- 
picture  film  cans  and  cores  is  urgently 
needed.  They  must  be  used  over  and  over 
again,  if  film  production  requirements 
are  to  be  met.  The  supply  of  metal  and 
plastics  for  making  new  cans  and  cores 
has  been  sharply  curtailed  by  increasing 
war  needs. 

Help  maintain  the  supply  of  motion- 
picture  film  by  seeing  to  it  that  all 
Eastman  cans  and  cores  are  kept  in  good 
condition,  collected,  and  shipped  to  the 
Kodak  Park  Works,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Write  for  prices  and  detailed  shipping  information. 


Motion  Picture  Sales  Division 

EASTMAN  KODAK  COMPANY,  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y 


to  theN 
Picture 
Industry 


tion 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


First  In 


k  51.  NO.  97 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A..  TUESDAY,  MAY  19,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Gas  Curb  Has 
Little  Effect 
On  Grosses 


Survey  Indicates  Gains 
In  Some  Key  Cities 


The  rationing  of  gasoline  under 
orders  of  the  Office  of  Price  Admin- 
istration, which  went  into  effect  last 
Friday  in  17  states  on  the  Eastern 
seacoast  of  the  United  States  and 
in  the  District  of  Columbia',  had  no 
appreciable  effect  over  the  weekend 
on  theatre  business. 

This  conclusion  is  indicated  in  a  sur- 
vey conducted  by   Motiox  Picture 


"This  Gun  for  Hire"  rocks 
Broadway,  taking  S65,00O  in  first 
week.  For  Broadway  grosses, 
see  Page  6. 


Daily  correspondents  in  key  cities  of 
the  area  affected  by  the  rationing 
order.  In  some  instances,  the  study 
pointed  out,  grosses  in  key  cities 
actually  increased  over  the  weekend. 

New  York  circuit  executives  and 
Broadway  theatre  managers  reported 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Expect  $3,000,000 
Para.  1st  Quarter 

Preliminary  estimates  by 
Wall  Street  experts  place  the 
first  quarter  earnings  of 
Paramount  Pictures,  Inc.,  this 
year,  exclusive  of  British  in- 
come, at  approximately  S3,000,- 
000,  after  new  taxes.  For  the 
same  period,  last  year,  Para- 
mount's  earnings  were  in  the 
neighborhood  of  §2,475,000, 
from  all  sources,  according  to 
these  experts.  These  new 
earnings,  therefore,  represent 
a  new  10-year  high  for  the 
company  headed  by  Barney 
Balaban. 

The'final  audit  for  the  quar- 
ter is  reported  now  under  way 
and  probably  will  be  com- 
pleted shortly  when  an  of- 
cial  estimate  of  the  earnings 
are  expected  to  be  forthcom- 
ing. 

The  first  quarter  earnings 
thus  evidenced  are  held  by 
observers  to  indicate  a  pos- 
sible record  earning  year  for 
the  company  which  is  pres- 
ently observing  its  30th  an- 
niversary. 


Resignation  of  N.E. 
Unit  Brings  'Regret' 
From  Allied  States 


Washixgtox,  May  18. — Comment- 
ing on  the  recent  resignation  of  In- 
dependent Exhibitors,  Inc.,  of  New 
England  from  Allied  States  because  of 
the  national  organization's  endorse- 
ment of  the  Umpi  selling  plan,  Abram 
F.  Myers,  Allied  board  chairman  and 
general  counsel,  has  issued  the  follow- 
ing statement : 

"The  Allied  executive  committee, 
meeting  in  New  York,  May  12,  adopt- 
ed a  resolution  regretting  the  resigna- 
tion of  Independent  Exhibitors,  Inc., 
since  the  endorsement  by  the  Allied 
board  of  the  Umpi  selling  plan  'mere- 
ly gave  effect  to  views  of  the  major- 
ity, w  hich  is  the  only  manner  in  which 
an  organization  founded  on  democratic 
principles  can  function.'  The  resolu- 
tion also  expressed  the  hope  that  the 
New  England  unit,  before  the  effec- 
tive date  of  its  resignation,  will  re- 
consider its  action  'in  recollection  of 
the  part  it  has  played  in  upbuilding 
Allied,  of  the  contributions  of  thought 
and  leadership  it  has  made  to  Allied. 
(Continued  on  page  7) 


GOVT  IS  REPORTED 
ENDING  SCHINE  SUIT 


Attorneys  for  U.  S.  and  S chine  Defendants 
Agree  on  'Standstill'  Pact;  Report 
U.  S.  to  Ask  Two-Year  Injunction 


By  SAM  SHAIN 

was  reported  in  industry  circles  late  last  night  that  attorneys 


Allied  and  ASCAP  to 
Talk  Rate  Reduction 

Revision  of  Ascap's  theatre  licens- 
ing rates  is  scheduled  to  be  discussed 
by  a  special  committee  of  Allied 
States  with  Ascap  officials  at  the  so- 
ciety's headquarters  here  today. 

On  the  Allied  committee  are  Col- 
onel H.  A.  Cole,  chairman;  Harry 
Lowenstein,  president  of  Allied  of 
New  Jersey,  and  Sidney  Samuelson. 
general  manager  of  Eastern  Pennsyl- 
vania Allied.  They  will  meet  with 
Deems  Taylor,  Ascap  president,  and 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Pact  Provisions 

The  expected  agreement  in 
the  Schine  case  reportedly  will 
provide : 

1.  Prohibition  against  acquir- 
ing theatres  for  two  years  in 
localities  so  specified. 

2.  Schine  agrees  to  dispose 
of  houses  acquired  since  suit 
was  filed  in  1939. 

3.  The  Government  agrees  to 
ask  that  trial  be  put  off  two 
years,  until  May  19,  1944. 

4.  The  suit  will  be  postponed 
against  all  defendants  for  two 
years,  including  the  "Little  3," 
Columbia,  United  Artists  and 
Universal. 


Police  Enforce  Dimout Rules 
As  New  Order  Takes  Effect 


for  the  Schine  Theatres  interests  represented  by  John  Caskey,  of  the  law 
firm  of  Dwight,  Harris,  Koegel  &  Caskey  of  New  York,  and  Attorney 
Willard  McKay,  general  counsel  for  Schine,  have  agreed  to  make  a 

standstill  agreement  in  Buffalo,  be- 
fore trial  was  to  start  today  on  be- 
half of  their  clients  with  the  Gov- 
ernment represented  by  Assistant 
U.  S.  Attorney  General  Robert 
Wright,  thus  temporarily  ending 
the  present  anti-trust  suit  against 
the  chain. 

This  understanding  between  the 
Government  lawyers  and  the  Schine 
interests,  it  is  reported  will  be 
presented  to  Federal  Judge  John  C. 
Knight  in  Buffalo  in  the  morning.  The 
Government,  it  is  said,  will  ask  for  a 
temporary  injunction  against  the 
chain,  to  which  the  theatre  people  will 
offer  no  objection. 

The  agreement  to  this  standstill 
agreement  it  is  understood  was  reached 
after  hours  of  conferences  which  ended 
only  at  a  late  hour. 

That  an  agreement  between  the 
Government  and  the  Schine  Theatre 
interests  might  be  attempted  was 
talked  about  in  the  trade  over  the 
weekend  and  it  therefore  does  not 
come  unexpected. 

No  consent  decree  or  anything  like 
that  decree  reached  in  the  New  York 
Case  involving  the  "Big  5"  is  reported 
to  have  been  made  and  the  Govern- 
ment's decision  not  to  try  the  case 
against  the  Schine  interests  at  this 
time  is  looked  upon  by  observers  as 
somewhat  of  a  gain  for  the  defendants 
rather  than  for  the  Government. 


Service  for  Justin 
Will  Be  Held  Today 

Funeral  services  for  Leo  G.  Justin, 
W  alter  Reade  Circuit  executive,  will 
be  held  at  10  A.  M.  today  at  River- 
side Memorial  Chapel.  Burial  will  be 
at  Cypress  Hills  Cemetery. 

Justin  died  Saturday  at  Beth  David 
Hospital.  Manhattan,  after  an  illness 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


88  Houses  Affected 
In  Queens  Blackout 

The  city's  fourth  borough-wide 
blackout  test  covered  Queens  last 
night,  and  as  in  previous  tests  no 
vehicular  or  pedestrian  traffic  was 
permitted  during  the  20-minute  period 
which  began  at  9 :30.  Eighty-eight 
theatres  were  affected.  The  borough 
has  a  population  of  about  1,414.000. 

Although  business  was  generally 
off,  with  the  drop  ranging  to  about  20 
(Continued  on  page  7) 


Stringent  new  dimout  orders  went 
into  effect  in  New  York  City  last 
night  as  thousands  of  policemen  pa- 
trolled the  streets  ordering  every  light 
which  could  be  seen  above  the  hori- 
zontal extinguished.  The  order  af- 
fected all  theatre  and  advertising 
signs  as  well  as  homes,  store  fronts 
and  offices. 

Night  baseball  is  banned  for  the 
duration  by  order  of  Police  Commis- 
sioner Lewis  A.  Valentine  and  many 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Counsel  in  Buffalo 

Buffalo,  May  18.— Here  for  the 
Schine  trial  are  Robert  L.  Wright, 
trial  lawyer  for  the  U-  S.  anti-trust 
division,  and  his  assistants,  John 
Clagett,  Stephen  Doyle  and  Albert 
Boggess. 

Also  Louis  D.  Frohlich  and  Max 
Rose  for  Columbia ;  Edward  C.  Raf- 
tery  and  Benjamin  Pepper  for  United 
Artists  and  Universal ;  John  Caskey, 
trial  lawyer  for  Schine,  Willard  Mc- 
Kay, general  Schine  attorney,  How- 
ard Antevil,  Gloversville.  Arthur  J. 
Homans  of  McKay's  office,  Willys 
Newcomb  of  Caskey's  office  and  Rich- 
ard Byrne  of  Syracuse,  all  represent- 
ing Schine. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday.  May  19.  1942 


Directors'  Guild  Gets 
Minimum  Wage  Pact 


Personal  Mention 


Hollywood.  May  18. — The  Screen 
Directors  Guild  at  its  annual  meeting 
last  night  formally  ratified  its  long- 
awaited  collective  bargaining  agree- 
ment with  the  major  producers.  Mean- 
while, the  Screen  Writers  Guild  and 
producers  signed  a  new  agreement  to- 
night, at  a  meeting  of  their  negotiat- 
ing committees. 

The  directors'  pact  set  minimum 
wage  scales  for  directors  for  the  first 
time  in  the  industry's  history.  Mini- 
mum pay  for  freelance  directors  on 
westerns  costing  SI  5,000  or  less  was 
set  at  $300  weekly  with  a  two-week 
employment  guarantee.  For  westerns 
costing  more  than  SI  5.000  but  not 
more  than  S25.000,  the  minimum  sal- 
ary will  be  S400  weekly,  with  a  two- 
week  guarantee.  Feature  directors 
will  get  a  minimum  of  S400  weekly. 
Provisions  were  made  for  editing 
time  and  retakes  payment. 

The  SDG  reelected  its  present  slate 
of  officers  headed  by  George  Stevens, 
president.  Others  elected  were  Mark 
Sandrich  and  William  Wellman,  vice- 
presidents  :  William  Tuttle.  secretary, 
and  Richard  Wallace,  treasurer. 


Para.  Regional  Meet 
Under  Way  in  K.  C. 

Kansas  City,  May  18. — Separate 
conferences  of  home  office  and  studio 
executives  and  the  personnel  of  each 
exchange  representation  will  feature 
tomorrow's  sessions  of  Paramount's 
regional  sales  meeting  at  the  Hotel 
Muehlbach  which  got  under  way  here 
today. 

Xeil  Agnew,  vice-president  and 
general  sales  manager,  started  the 
meeting  this  morning  with  a  discus- 
sion of  pictures,  casts,  and  sales  poli- 
cies on  the  remaining  films  in  the  cur- 
rent season's  schedule. 


MR.  and  MRS.  MORRIS  KIXZ- 
LER  on  Saturday  became  the 
parents  of  a  son  at  Polyclinic  Hospi- 
tal. He  has  been  named  Andrew 
Charles  and  is  their  second  child. 
Kixzler  is  advertising  agent  for  20th 
Century-Fox. 

• 

Mary  Pickford  left  for  the  Coast 
over  the  weekend. 

• 

Sam  Buchwald.  general  manager 
of  the  Fleischer  Studios,  returns  to 
Miami  todav  after  a  visit  here. 


JACK  COHX,  Xate  Spingold  and 
Louis  Barbano,  Columbia  execu- 
tives, are  en  route  to  Xew  York  from 
California. 

• 

Al  Portxoy  of  the  Pickwick  The- 
atre. Greenwich,  Conn.,  has  joined 
the  Army. 

• 

J.  R.  Pickett,  manager  of  the  Cap- 
itol, Willimantic,  Conn.,  is  ill. 
• 

Bex  Colemax,  manager  of  Schine's 
Cameo,  Rochester,  is  on  vacation. 


Shifts  Effected  in 
20th-Fox  Ad  Dep't 

Earl  Wingart.  publicity  manager 
for  20th  Century-Fox,  has  resigned, 
effective  Friday.  It  is  reported  that 
he  will  be  succeeded  by  Richard  Con- 
don, who  has  been  associated  with  Hal 
Home  for  the  last  several  years. 
Home  recently  was  appointed  adver- 
tising and  publicity-  director  for  20th 
Century-Fox. 

It  was  also  reported  that  the  20th 
Century-Fox  exploitation  will  be 
handled  by  the  Hal  Home  Organiza- 
tion, with  M.  D.  Howe  in  charge, 
and  that  Rodney  Bush,  at  present  ex- 
ploitation manager  for  20th  Century- 
Fox,  will  be  transferred  to  the  West 
Coast  with  A.  M.  Botsford.  whom 
Home  succeeds. 


Motion  Argued  to 
Dismiss  Schad  Suit 

Philadelphia,  May  18.  —  Argu- 
ments on  a  motion  to  dismiss  the  anti- 
trust action  of  Harry  J.  Schad,  Read- 
ing, Pa.,  exhibitor,  were  heard  today 
and  will  be  continued  tomorrow  before 
Judge  J.  Cullen  Ganey  in  United 
States  District  Court  here. 

Seeking  triple  damages  of  $75,000, 
the  suit  is  directed  against  Warners. 
20th  Century-Fox  and  the  Warner 
and  Wilmer  &  Vincent  circuits.  Al- 
though attorneys  submitted  briefs  on 
the  motion  on  May  8  and  a  decision 
was  expected  today.  Judge  Ganey  de- 
cided to  allow  the  motion  to  be  ar- 
gued orallv. 


Anderson  to  Speak 
At  Meeting  of  SMPE 

Henry  Anderson,  manager  of  insur- 
ance for  Paramount,  will  be  guest 
speaker  at  the  meeting  of  the  Atlan- 
tic Coast  Section  of  the  Society  of 
Motion  Picture  Engineers  on  Thurs- 
day evening  at  the  Hotel  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

The  topic  of  the  meeting  will  be 
the  operation  of  theatres  under  war- 
time conditions.  Anderson  recently 
mapped  the  air  raid  precaution  pro- 
gram for  all  Paramount  theatres. 


Holyoke  Would  Ban 
Sunday  Vaudeville 

Holyoke.  Mass..  May  18. — Mayor 
Henry  J.  Toepfert  has  announced  that 
beginning  next  week,  anyone  exhibit- 
ing vaudeville  on  Sundays  would  be 
prosecuted. 

There  may  be  other  enforcements 
before  long,  the  mayor  indicated,  for 
he  expressed  a  wish  that  all  cafes  be 
closed  on  Sundays. 


Telegraphic  Match 
RKO  Golf  Feature 

The  RKO  golf  tournament,  to  be 
held  tomorrow  at  the  Westchester 
Country  Club,  Rye.  X.  Y.,  will 
feature  a  telegraphic  golf  match  be- 
tween a  home  office  team  and  one  rep- 
resenting the  studio,  playing  on  the 
Coast. 

The  hole-by-hole  results  will  be 
wired  across  the  country  as  the  match 
progresses.  The  home  office  team  will 
include:  Xed  E.  Depinet.  A.  W. 
Smith.  Jr..  Senator  J.  Henry  Walters. 
Harry  Michalson."  Robert  Wolff. 
Harry    Pimstein    and    Lou  Miller. 


Goldenson,  Dembow 
To  Chicago  Meeting 

Leonard  Goldenson  and  Sam  Dem- 
bow of  the  Paramount  home  office 
theatre  department  left  for  Chicago 
last  night  where  they  will  conduct  a 
meeting  of  the  company's  Xorthern 
division  theatre  associates  today. 


Child  Attendance 
Studied  in  Mass. 

Sprixgfield.  Mass.,  May  18. — 
Xearly  48  per  cent  of  the  children  in 
Springfield  and  outlying  towns  who 
attend  films  on  Saturdays  and  Sun- 
days stay  through  more  than  one 
show,  it  was  shown  in  a  survey  just 
completed  here. 

The  Motion  Picture  Council  and  the 
Parent-Teacher  Association  recently 
completed  a  month-long  check  of  local 
theatres,  with  members  of  both  or- 
ganizations serving  as  checkers  at  the 
theatres. 


400  In  Attendance 
At  Gest  Services 

Funeral  services  for  Morris  Gest, 
theatrical  producer  who  died  Satur- 
daj-,  at  the  Central  Synagogue,  were 
attended  by  more  than  400  yesterday. 
Rabbi  Jonah  B.  Wise  officiated.  Hon- 
orary pallbearers  were  Lee  Shubert 
Gilbert  Miller,  Harry  Hershfield.  Al- 
fred J.  McCosker.  j'ames  A.  Farley. 
Marcus  Heiman.  James  J.  Walker. 
Arthur  Hopkins.  Charles  M.  Richter. 
Daniel  G.  Tenney  and  Frank  Crown- 
inshield. 

Gest  was  buried  in  the  David  Be- 
lasco  Mausoleum  in  Linden  Hills 
Cemetery,  Maspeth,  L.  I. 


Akron  Clearance 
Complaint  Filed 


Liberty  Operating  Co.,  owner  of  the 
Liberty  Theatre,  Akron,  O.,  has  filed 
a  specific  run  complaint  at  the  Cleve- 
land arbitration  board,  naming 
Loew's,  Paramount,  20th  Century-Fox 
and  Warners,  American  Arbitration 
headquarters  here  reported  yesterday. 

The  complaint  alleges  that  the  Lib 
erty  was  offered  first  ran  on 
product  of  those  companies  for 
West  Hill  area  of  Akron  up  to  19" 
and  that  in  that  year  the  Highland 
Theatre,  a  circuit  house,  was  opened 
and  obtained  the  run  thereafter.  Com- 
plainant asks  that  first  run  be  re- 
turned to  the  Liberty. 

An  application  for  the  reopening  I 
of  the  clearance  case  of  the  Wheatori  I 
Theatre,  Wheaton,  111.,  was  filed  at  | 
the   Chicago   tribunal   yesterday  by 
counsel  for  the  York  Theatre,  Elm- 
hurst,  111.,  an  intervenor.    Thomas  C. 
McConnell,  arbitrator,  granted  clear- 
ance relief  to  the  Wheaton  on  May  10 
in  a  decision  which  was  interpreted  in 
the  Chicago  trade  as  upsetting  the 
city-country  clearance  schedule. 


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Quarterly  Meeting  of 
MPPDA  on  June  9 

The    quarterly    meeting    of  the 

MPPDA  board  of  directors  has  been 

set  for  June  9,  it  was  learned  yes- 
terdav. 


Kaufman  Trial  June  1 

Trial  of  Louis  Kaufman,  business 
agent  of  the  Xewark  local  of  the  oper- 
ators' union,  on  charges  of  extortion 
from  major  companies  was  again  post- 
poned in  Federal  Court '  yesterday. 
The  new  trial  date  is  Tune  1. 


Four  of  Technicolor 
Directors  Reelected 

Four  directors  were  unanimously 
reelected  yesterday  at  the  annual 
stockholders'  meeting  of  Technicolor. 
Inc.,  held  at  the  company's  offices. 
George  F.  Lewis,  vice-president,  pre- 
sided at  the  meeting. 

The  four  directors  whose  terms  had 
expired  and  who  were  reelected  are 
Lewis,  Robert  Cushman.  John  Mc- 
Hugh  and  Murray  D.  Welch. 


Miss  Barry's  Work 
Praised  by  Whitney 

John  Hay  Whitney,  president  of  the 
Museum  of  Modern  Art.  paid  tribute 
to  Iris  Barn,-,  curator  of  the  Mu- 
seum's Film  Library,  in  a  statement 
authorized  by  Whitney  and  issued 
yesterday  in  his  absence  from  the 
city-  in  Washington.  The  statement 
was  issued  following  the  appointment 
of  the  Library-  as  agent  for  the  Li- 
brary of  Congress  in  recommending 
films  for  preservation. 

Whitney  declared  that  the  work  of 
the  Library  has  progressed  so  well  is 
due  to  the  enterprise  of  Miss  Barry, 
and  paid  tribute  to  her  "tireless  de- 
votion and  imagination."  A  special 
staff  will  conduct  the  reviewing  of 
new  films  and  will  include  Margaret 
Jones.  Barbara  Symmes,  Xorbert 
Lusk  and  Philip  Hartung. 


Ayres  Assigned  to 
Army  Medical  Unit 

Wyeth.  Ore.,  May  18.— Lew  Ayres, 
actor  assigned  to  a  conscientious  ob- 
jectors camp,  said  here  last  night  that 
he  expects  to  be  assigned  to  an  Army 
Medical  Corps  unit,  and  will  be  at- 
tached to  an  Army  camp  at  Hood 
River.  Ore.,  near  here.  He  had 
originally  sought  an  assignment  in  the 
Medical  Corps. 


Atlanta  Tourney  Set 

Atlanta,  May  18.— The  local 
Variety  Club  will  hold  its  annual  golf 
tournament  a  two-day  event,  on  June 
1  and  2.  Riley  Davis  is  chairman  of 
the  tournament  committee. 


Named  to  WPB  Post 

St.  Louis.  May  18. — Paul  Beisman. 
manager  of  the  Municipal  Theatre 
Association,  outdoor  theatre  in  St. 
Louis,  and  of  the  American,  only 
legitimate  house  in  the  city,  has  been 
appointed  a  member  of  the  Motion 
Pictures  and  Speaking  Stage  Theatres 
Industry  Advisory  Committee  to  the 
War  Production  Board. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  May  19,  194 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 

"Gardenia  Jones" 

(War  Activities  Committee) 

(United  Artists) 

AN  engrossing  short  which  delivers 
its  message  pointedly  is  "Gardenia 
Jones."  It  takes  up  the  matter  of  the 
U.S.O. — its  needs  and  purpose.  Carey 
Wilson  wrote  the  story  and  a  top- 
notch  company  of  players,  including 
Ronald  Reagan,  Laraine  Day,  Charles 
Winninger  and  Fay  Bainter,  enacts  it. 
Wilson  also  handles  the  narration. 
Reagan  appears  as  an  average  Amer- 
ican lad  who  enlists  in  the  Army,  finds 
no  means  of  diversion  during  free  time 
in  a  small  town,  and  is  subsequently 
given  a  lift  with  the  arrival  of  the 
U.S.O.  Morale  high,  he  conquers 
when  he  engages  in  battle  during  the 
Pearl  Harbor  attack.  Running  time, 
12  mins.   Release,  May  29. 


"Winning  Your  Wings" 

(War  Activities  Committee) 

(Warner  Bros.) 

By  all  standards  a  splendid  short, 
the  exhibition  of  "Winning  Your 
Wings"  is  to  be  regarded  as  a  privi- 
lege. James  Stewart,  serving  as  nar- 
rator, steps  from  a  plane  and  ad- 
dresses the  audience.  He  tells  of  the 
need  of  Air  Corps  recruits,  intelli- 
gently explains,  by  way  of  interview- 
ing young  men  from  various  walks  of 
life,  the  simple  prerequisites  of  a  good 
flier,  bombardier,  etc.  Phases  of  the 
training  course  are  pictured,  includ- 
ing many  good  shots  of  planes  in  the 
air.  Running  time,  18  mins. 


Review 


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Meet  the  Stewarts 

(Columbia) 

Hollywood,  May  18 

XJ  UMOR,  romance  and  economics  are  combined  in  the  interests  of 
amusement  which  prevails  pleasantly  throughout  the  73  minutes  of 
this  domestic  comedy. 

William  Holden  and  Frances  Dee  portray  smoothly  the  wage-earning 
boy  and  the  rich  girl  he  marries  on  the  understanding  that  they  shall 
live  within  a  budget  based  upon  his  income.  Grant  Mitchell  as  the 
girl's  father,  Marjorie  Gateson  as  'her  mother,  Anne  Revere,  Roger 
Clark,  Danny  Mummert,  Ann  Gillis,  Margaret  Hamilton,  Don  Beddoe, 
Mary  Gordon,  Edward  Gargan  and  Tom  Dugan  are  the  other  players. 

The  script  by  Karen  DeWolf,  based  on  a  story  by  Elizabeth  Dunn, 
makes  no  great  demands  upon  the  players  and  no  great  strivings  for 
laughs.  It  tells  amusingly  of  the  young  wife's  difficulties  in  adjusting 
herself  to  a  household  budget  and  of  the  young  husband's  efforts  to 
educate  her  in  the  ways  of  money.  A  country  club  bill  leads  to  a  separa- 
tion and  there  is  a  reunion  which  follows  the  wife's  demonstration 
that  she  has  learned  how  to  manage  her  affairs  and  keep  out  of  debt. 

Produced  by  Robert  Sparks  and  directed  by  Alfred  E.  Green,  the 
film  rates  as  pleasant  if  not  especially  consequential  entertainment. 

Running  time,  73  minutes.  "G."*  Roscoe  Wlliams 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


"Little  Gravel  Voice" 

(Cartoon  ) 

(M-G-M) 

A  timid  little  burro  is  the  hero  in 
this  color  cartoon  which  is  well  ani- 
mated but  shy  on  laughs.  It  seems 
that  the  burro  has  a  disturbing  bray 
which  makes  him  unpopular  with  the 
other  animals.  The  bad  wolf  comes 
on  the  scene,  traps  a  small  beaver,  but 
the  gravel  voice  of  the  burro  drives 
him  daffy.  Running  time,  8  mins. 
Release,  May  16. 


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"Keep  'Em  Rolling" 

(War  Activities  Committee) 

(Universal) 

The  title  war  song,  written  by 
Rodgers  and  Hart,  is  sung  by  Jan 
Peerce  while  war  scenes  in  the  back- 
ground tell  of  its  significance.  Run- 
ning time,  3  mins.   Release,  May  25. 


"Soaring  Stars" 

(Miniature  ) 

(M-G-M) 

This  is  part  Hollywood  travelogue 
and  part  comedy,  presenting  Sally 
Payne  and  Mary  Treen  on  a  visit  to 
Santa  Anita,  where  several  stars  are 
seen  observing  an  aviation  show.  The 
comedy  comes  in  as  the  two.  after  a 
run-in  with  a  policeman,  find  them- 
selves in  an  airplane  and  take  off. 
Their  aerial  acrobatics  win  the  prize. 
It's  a  fair  entertainment.  Running 
time,  10  mins.    Release,  April  25. 


"Pete  Smith's 
Scrapbook" 

(Specialty  ) 

(M-G-M) 

Pete  Smith  dug  up  some  snappy 
material  from  a  number  of  his  previ- 
ous shorts  and  the  compilation,  along 
with  his  humorous  commentary, 
makes  a  good  subject.  It  includes 
archery  by  Howard  Hill,  bowling  by 
Andy  Veripapa,  billiards,  table  tennis 
and  trapeze  stunting.  Running  time, 
9  mins.    Release,  Mav  23. 


"The  Woman  in  the 
House" 

(Passing  Parade) 

(M-G-M) 

In  an  unusual,  splendid  short,  John 
Nesbitt  recounts  the  case  of  an  Eng- 
lish woman  in  whom  a  fear  of  people 
was  instilled  by  word  of  her  fiance's 
death.  The  woman,  as  the  story  goes, 
closed  herself  away  from  the  world 
for  years  but  finally  was  cured  during 
a  Nazi  air  raid  in  which  she  was 
brought  into  contact  with  others.  She 
overcame  the  anthrophobia  through 
assisting  a  wounded  child.  Running 
time,  11  mins.    Release,  May  9. 


More  Film  News 
In  Foreign  Press 


Foreign  publications  of  many  na- 
tions are  devoting  as  much  or  more 
space  to  motion  picture  news  as  the; 
did  before  the  war,  according  to  a  sur- 
vey of  more  than  400  newspapers  and 
magazines  made  by  Samuel  Cohen, 
United  Artists  foreign  publicity  man- 
ager, for  the  International  Film  Re- 
lations Committee,  comprising 
foreign  advertising  and  publicity 
agers  of  the  major  companies. 

The  report,  presented  to  the  com- 
mittee at  a  meeting  at  MPPDA  head- 
quarters yesterday,  was  based  on  a 
six-month  survey  covering  newspaper; 
and  magazines  of  Central  and  South 
America,  Great  Britain,  Sweden. 
Switzerland,  Portugal,  Turkey,  Egypt 
Australia,  New  Zealand,  South  Afri- 
ca and  India.  It  showed  that  despite 
the  reduced  size  of  publications,  news 
of  American  films  and  players  still 
commands  substantial  attention  and 
where  film  information  ties  in  with  the 
war  effort  or  has  a  war  angle,  it  in- 
variably appears  on  page  one. 

The  committee  approved  a  newsreel 
label  design  to  be  affixed  to  export 
shipping  cans  in  order  to  expedite 
their  delivery  to  distant  points  out- 
side the  United  States.  The  labels 
were  prepared  at  the  request  of  for- 
eign managers  of  the  companies  dis- 
tributing newsreels. 


Umpi  to  Get  Report 
On  Meet  with  U.S. 

A  report  of  the  exhibitor  commit- 
tee's conference  with  the  Department 
of  Justice  in  Washington  last  Satur- 
day on  the  proposed  Umpi  selling 
plan  will  be  made  to  Umpi  officials  at 
a  special  subcommittee  meeting  here 
tomorrow. 

The  meeting  also  is  expected  to  be- 
gin work  on  rephrasing  certain  sec- 
tions of  the  selling  plan  draft  in  ac- 
cordance with  suggestions  made  by 
the  Department  during  the  conference 
and  may  prepare  plans  for  further 
meetings  with  Department  officials 
prior  to  the  submission  of  the  plan  to 
the  Federal  court  here  by  attorneys 
for  the  consenting  companies  as  an 
amendment  to  the  decree. 

Attorneys  for  consenting  companies 
yesterday  expressed  the  belief  that  the 
plan  might  be  ready  for  submission 
to  Federal  Judge  Henry  W.  Goddard 
by  June  1,  the  date  on  which  the 
trade  show  and  blocks-of-five  sales 
provisions  will  expire. 

The  exhibitor  committee  which 
brought  the  new  selling  plan  to  the 
Department  consisted  of  Robert 
White,  Portland,  Ore. ;  Ed  Kuyken- 
dall.  Columbus,  Miss.,  and  Colonel  H. 
A.  Cole,  Dallas.  Harry  Brandt,  who 
was  named  a  member  of  the  commit- 
tee, did  not  participate  in  the  Wash- 
ington meeting. 


"Surprised  Parties" 

(Our  Gang) 

(M-G-M) 

Another  session  with  Our  Gang, 
this  has  entertainment  for  patrons  who 
enjoy  the  series.  It  has  to  do  with 
a  surprise  party  planned  for  "Frog- 
gy," and  has  some  amusing  develop- 
ments. Running  time,  11  mins.  Re- 
lease, May  30. 


I 


RAY  MIDDLETON  •  JEAN  PARKER 

JEROME  COWAN  ♦  ROBERT  H.  BARRAT  •  RAY  MALA  »  RAYMOND  HATTON 

Original  story  by  Robert  Ormond  Case  •  Screen  play  by  Edward  T.  Lowe  and  Robert  Ormond  Cast 


NICK  GRINDE  — Director 


R  REPUBLIC  PICTURE 

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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  May  19,  194j 


Two  New  Plays  on 
B'way  This  Week 

Two  new  plays  open  on 
Broadway  this  week.  Opening 
tonight  at  the  Royale  is  "The 
Strings,  My  Lord,  Are  False," 
by  Paul  Vincent  Carroll,  co- 
starring  Walter  Hampden  and 
Ruth  Gordon,  and  produced 
by  Edward  Choate  in  associa- 
tion with  Alexander  Kirkland 
and  John  Sheppard,  Jr. 

A  murder  melodrama,  "Un- 
cle Harry,"  which  has  Eva  Le 
Gallienne  and  Joseph  Schild- 
kraut  in  the  top  roles,  opens 
tomorrow  night  at  the  Broad- 
hurst.  Thomas  Job  is  the 
author  and  Clifford  Hayman 
the  producer. 


To  Open  Plant  Theatre 

Baltimore,  May  18. — As  an  added 
recreational  project  for  its  war  indus- 
try employes,  the  Glenn  L.  Martin 
Co.,  plane  manufacturers,  will  open 
the  Aero  Theatre,  part  of  a  new  recre- 
ation center  near  the  plant,  May  31.  It 
will  seat  700  and  Edward  Perotka  will 
be  manager. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

Rockefeller  Center 


ALFRED  HITCHCOCK'S 

SABOTEUR 


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Priscilla  Lane  -  Robert  Cummings 
A  Universal  Picture 
Gala  Stage  Revue  -  Symphony  Orchestra 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved      Circle  6-4S00 


Rita  HAYWORTH  •  victor  MATURE 
"MY  GAL  SAL" 

20th  Century-Fox  Musical  Hit 

PLUS  A  BIG  D  4*\  V  V  7th  Ave. 
STAGE  SHOW  KUA  I  &  50th  St. 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


TO  THE  SHORES 
OF  TRIPOLI' 

—  and  — 
'Sing  Your  Worries  Away' 


Jean  GABIN  •  Ida  LUPINO 

"MOONTIDE" 


A  20th  Cenfury-Fox  Picture 


R I  VOL  I 

Doors  Open  9:30  A.  M.   •   Midnite  Shows 


UNITED 
ARTISTS 


Tyrone  POWER*  Joan  FONTAINE 

THIS  ABOVE  ALL 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Triumph 

ACTA  D  BROADWAY  &  ASth  ST. 
9  I  U  R  CONTINUOUS 


Police  Enforce  Dimout  Rules 
As  New  Order  Takes  Effect 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

other  outdoor  amusements  appeared 
likely  to  meet  a  similar  fate. 

Most  theatres  in  the  city  were  un- 
affected by  the  new  order  as  they 
had  been  complying  with  dimout  regu- 
lations since  their  inception.  How- 
ever, in  certain  sections  of  the  city, 
where  marquee  lights  had  been  per- 
mitted, they  went  out  last  night. 

The  text  of  the  order  affecting  the- 
atre lighting  was : 

"All  exterior  lighting  in  connection 
with  theatres,  hotels,  motion  picture 
houses,  concert  halls,  etc.,  must  be  ex- 
tinguished with  the  exception  of  lights 
within  the  lobby  of  the  theatre  and 
lights  of  modified  intensity  on  the 
under  side  of  the  marquee." 

The  order  also  required  the  extin- 
guishing of  all  exterior  lighting  for 
advertising  purposes,  lighting  directed 
on  outdoor  signs,  flood  lighting  of 
outdoor  areas,  complete  blackouts  of 
all  lighting  above  the  15th  story  and 
lights  visible  one  mile  at  sea,  and 


screening  of  all  street,  bridge,  park 
and  highway  lighting. 

The  new  rules  provided  that  "areas 
used  for  outdoor  boxing,  concerts, 
dances,  roller  skating,  parking  fields 
and  similar  outdoor  areas  may  be  per- 
mitted to  use  exterior  lights,  which 
must  be  hooded  and  of  a  modified  in- 
tensity, with  all  light  directed  below 
the  horizontal  toward  the  ground." 

Although  the  new  rules  affected 
only  New  York  City,  it  was  expected 
by  Army  authorities  that  similar  regu- 
lations would  be  put  into  effect  in  the 
15-mile  strip  inland  from  the  Atlantic 
coast  from  Maine  to  Florida.  Navy 
tests  revealed  that  the  glow  from 
Bridgeport  was  visible  25  miles  at  sea. 

The  new  rules  make  the  horizontal 
angle  of  the  lighting  the  absolute  test 
and  also  require  extinguishing  of 
shaded  lights  where  they  are  of  suffi- 
cient strength  to  be  reflected  upward 
by  the  street,  it  was  pointed  out. 
Even  basement  windows  are  required 
to  be  extinguished  if  they  shine  up- 
wards. 


'Candida'  Run  for 
Army  Aid  Extended 

Another  extension  of  the  revival  run 
of  George  Bernard  Shaw's  "Candida" 
has  been  arranged  by  the  American 
Theatre  Wing  War  Service,  Inc., 
which  is  sponsoring  the  presentation 
on  behalf  of  the  Army  Emergency 
Fund  and  the  Navy  Relief  Society. 
The  two  organizations  have  to  date 
benefited  by  about  $35,000  through  the 
production. 

Twelve  additional  performances  are 
scheduled  with  an  evening  showing 
each  of  eight  consecutive  days  begin- 
ning next  Sunday  and  matinees  next 
Sunday  ;  Wednesday,  May  27  ;  Satur- 
day, May  30,  and  Sunday,  May  31. 
No  performances  are  set  for  this 
week.  Katharine  Cornell,  Raymond 
Massey  and  Burgess  Meredith  will 
continue  in  the  top  roles.  Brenda 
Forbes  and  Ernest  Cossart  are  new 
additions  to  the  cast. 


Mrs.  L.  H.  Goldenson 
Army -Navy  Fund  Aid 

Mrs.  Leonard  H.  Goldenson,  wife 
of  the  operating  head  of  Paramount 
theatres,  has  been  named  coordinator 
between  the  Navy  Relief  Society  and 
the  committee  for  the  legitimate  the- 
atre drive  for  Army  and  Navy  Emer- 
gency Relief,  Lee  Shubert,  commit- 
tee chairman,  announced  yesterday. 
Marcus  Heiman  is  treasurer  and  John 
Shubert  executive  secretary  of  the 
legitimate  theater  committee. 


2  Coast  USO  Units 
Start  Camp  Tours 

Hollywood,  May  18. — Two  new 
USO-Camp  Show  units,  "The  Holly- 
wood Follies"  and  "On  the  Loose," 
will  open  tours  of  Army  camps  and 
bases  tomorrow  with  performances 
at  March  Field  and  Gardner  Field,  re- 
spectively. 


Associates  Meet  Today 

A  membership  meeting  and  lunch- 
eon of  the  Motion  Picture  Associates 
is  set  for  today  at  the  Hotel  Astor. 
Harry  Buxbaum  will  preside. 


'Ships'  Showing  As 
Gesture  by  British 

Tonight's  Normandie  Theatre  pre- 
view of  the  British  picture,  "Ships 
With  Wings,"  sponsored  by  the  Union 
Jack  Club,  is  "a  gesture  of  apprecia- 
tion," Sir  William  Wiseman,  club 
founder,  declared  yesterday.  The  Eng- 
lish Speaking  Union  and  the  British 
War  Relief  Society  are  joint  spon- 
sors with  the  Union  Jack  Club. 

Proceeds  of  the  showing  will  go  to 
the  United  States  Navy  Relief  Soci- 
ety. American  and  British  officials 
here  are  among  the  sponsors  of  the 
showing.  The  film,  a  United  Artists' 
release,  will  open  at  the  Rivoli  on 
Saturday  morning. 


Chicago  Show  for 
Navy  Relief  June  6 

Chicago,  May  18.— James  E.  Cos- 
ton  is  chairman  of  ticket  sales  and 
William  G.  Bishop,  M-G-M  exploita- 
tion man,  is  publicity  chairman  of  the 
Navy  Show  to  be  given  at  the  Civic 
Opera  House  here  June  6-7.  Talent 
for  the  show  will  be  drawn  from  the 
Great  Lakes  Training  Station  and 
proceeds  go  to  the  Navy  Relief  Fund. 
Members  of  the  general  committee 
are  Coston,  John  Balaban,  Edward 
Silverman  and  J.  E.  Flynn. 


Los  Angeles  Studies 
Theatre  Paging  Plan 

Hollywood,  May  18.  —  A  uniform 
system  of  paging  defense  officials,  po- 
licemen, firemen,  wardens  and  doctors 
attending  theatres  is  being  formulated 
by  the  Los  Angeles  Theatre  Defense 
Bureau. 

Named  to  a  committee  to  establish 
such  a  system,  by  B.  V.  Sturdivant, 
Bureau  director,  are :  Stanley  Meyer, 
chairman;  Marco  Wolff,  Carl  Walker, 
R.  D.  Whitson  and  S.  D.  Perkins. 


Rule  Pinball  Illegal 

Des  Moines,  May  18. — The  Iowa 
Supreme  Court  has  ruled  that  pinball 
machines  which  offer  "free  games" 
are  gambling  devices,  the  possession 
of  which  is  prohibited. 


'Gun'  Rocks  B'way 
For  $65,000  Week; 
Other  Takes  Good 


The  week's  most  extraordinar 
grosser  on  Broadway,  which  appar 
ently  slipped  by  Paramount  com 
pany's  publicists  for  it  went  into  th 
Paramount  Theatre  virtually  unher 
aided,  is  "This  Gun  for  Hire." 
film  playing  with  Woody  HtrmtfV 
orchestra  on  the  stage,  finishes  its 
week  tonight  with  an  estimated  $65,- 
000,  which  is,  to  use  a  familiar  term, 
"terrific."  Over  Saturday  and  Sunday 
it  brought  an  estimated  $29,500. 

"This  Above  All"  is  another  good 
grosser,  bringing  the  crowds  to  the 
Astor,  taking  an  estimated  $18,700 
during  the  first  five  days  beginning 
last  Wednesday.  High  among  the 
leaders  is  "In  This  Our  Life"  and 
Jimmy  Dorsey's  orchestra  at  the 
Strand,  which  grossed  an  estimated 
$29,700  Thursday  through  Sunday. 

Fourth  Week  for  'Sal' 

"My  Gal  Sal"  will  go  a  fourth 
week  at  the  Roxy  beginning  Thurs- 
day, having  taken  an  estimated  $39.- 
400  Thursday  through  Sunday.  The 
film  is  supported  by  the  regular  Roxy 
stage  show.  "The  Gold  Rush"  is 
holding  up  well  at  the  Globe.  It 
drew  an  estimated  $17,000  in  its 
fourth  week  which  ended  Friday  night 
and,  continuing,  brought  an  estimated 
$8,500  Saturday  and  Sunday. 

"Tortilla  Flat"  opens  at  the  Radio 
City  Music  Hall  Thursday  following 
"Saboteur,"  which,  now  in  its  second 
week,  grossed  an  estimated  $53,500 
Thursday  through  Sunday.  "Moon- 
tide"  gave  the  Rivoli  an  estimated 
$8,600  Thursday  through  Sunday.  The 
film,  now  in  its  third  week,  is  sched- 
uled to  close  Thursday  after  an  ex- 
tensive opening  campaign. 


Deficit  $9,106489 

From  Frisco  Fair 

San  Francisco,  May  18.— Final  ac- 
counting of  the  1939-40  exposition 
here  shows  a  net  deficit  of  $9,106,489. 
Backers  of  the  second  year,  however, 
were  paid  off  at  the  rate  of  85  cents 
on  the  dollar.  Also  on  the  brighter 
side  is  the  fact  that  tourists  spent  $65,- 
000,000  in  the  Bay  area  during  the 
two-year  show,  and  the  $8,000,000 
man-made  Treasure  Island  remains. 


War  Closes  Theatre 

Lohrville,  la.,  May  18.  —  D.  N. 
Anderson  has  closed  his  Royale  The- 
atre here  because  so  many  of  the 
young  men  of  the  community  have 
left  for  war  work  that  there  is  not 
sufficient  patronage. 


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Rationing  of  Gas  Has  Little 
Effect  on  Grosses  in  East 


Resignation  of  N.E. 
Unit  Brings  'Regret' 
From  Allied  States 


uesday,  May  19,  1942 


Exhibition  Leaders 
Laud  W.  F.  Rodgers 

Chicago,  May  18.— Ed  Kuy- 

:  kendall,  MPTOA  president, 
and  Hugh  Bruen,  PCCITO  di- 
rector, addressing  the  M-G-M 

1  sales  meeting  here  today, 
lauded  William  F.  Rodgers, 

1  M-G-M  sales  chief  and  Umpi 
chairman,  for  his  work  toward 
industry  unity.    Jack  Kirsch, 

!  =411inois  Allied  president,  and 

,-«ilohn  Rugar,  president  of  In- 
''termountain  Theatres  Asso- 
ciation, Salt  Lake  City,  also 

;  attended  the  session.  The 
meeting  will  run  three  to  five 

i  days. 

II 

Allied  and  ASCAP  to 
Talk  Rate  Reduction 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

ohn  G.  Paine,  Ascap  general  mana- 
ger. 

•  Allied  has  advanced  a  proposal  for 
edistribution  of  Ascap  licensing  rates 

;n  such  a  manner  that  the  smaller 
heatres  will  pay  a  lower  rate  than  at 

present,  while  the    slack   would  be 

taken  up  in  part  by  the  larger  the- 

1'itres.  The  net  result  in  revenue  to 
Ascap  would  not  be  very  much  dif- 
lerent  from  the  approximately  $2,000,- 
)00  collected  annually  from  theatres 
1'iow  by  the  society,  it  is  said. 
:  Many  exhibitors  also  feel  that 
!\scap's  theatre  rates  should  be 
wrought  more  into  line  at  this  time 
•vith  the  general  reduction  in  the  so- 
tiety's  rates  to  broadcasters  which 
were  put  into  effect  late  last  year. 


Service  for  Justin 
Will  Be  Held  Today 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

bf  six  weeks.  Death  was  caused  by 
itreptococci  infection. 

Justin  was  co-genera!  manager  with 
Walter  Reade  of  the  circuit  of  that 
lame,  a  position  he  had  occupied  since 
oooling  his  New  Jersey  theatres  with 
:he  latter's  about  1933.  Prior  to  that 
:ime,  Justin  operated  his  own  the- 
atres in  Perth  Amboy,  Red  Bank 
ind  other  Jersey  cities.  He  first  en- 
:ered  the  industry  about  18  years 
igo  as  a  salesman  for  the  old  Fox 
Film  Corp. 

Justin  is  survived  by  his  wife,  two 
:hildren,  Susan  and  Lynn  ;  his  moth- 
er, two  brothers,  Sidney  and  Arthur ; 
md  a  sister,  Rosalind.  Sidney  Jus- 
:in,  who  is  studio  counsel  for  Para- 
riount,  arrived  from  the  Coast  yes- 
:erday  to  attend  the  services. 

The  Walter  Reade  offices  will  be 
:losed  until  1  P.  M.  today  in  tribute 
:o  Justin's  memory. 

88  Houses  Affected 
In  Queens  Blackout 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

>er  cent,  theatre  men  felt  that  the  time 
•lenient  made  the  effect  less  severe 
han  in  previous  blackouts  which  were 
leld  9  to  9 :20.  They  reasoned  that 
'datively  few  tickets  are  sold  after 
)  :30. 

No  date  has  been  announced  for 
lie  Manhattan  blackout,  which  will 
wind  up  the  borough-wide  series  and 
which  will  be  followed  by  a  blackout 
)f  the  entire  city. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

no  effect  one  way  or  the  other,  point- 
ed out  that  it  appears  to  be  too  early 
for  an  accurate,  overall  picture  of  the 
situation,  and  expressed  the  general 
opinion  that  gains  because  of  ration- 
ing would  be  offset  by  losses,  with  a 
50-50  net  result. 

Such  increases  as  were  reported 
were  attributed  in  virtually  all  cases 
to  the  fact  that  many  city  residents, 
who  habitually  become  Sunday  or 
weekend  drivers  under  normal  condi- 
tions, under  the  rationing  system 
must  seek  other  means  of  weekend  di- 
version for  themselves  and  their  fam- 
ilies. In  many  cases  these  normally 
Sunday  motorists  patronized  the  film 
theatres  in  their  cities,  which  could 
be  reached  by  local  transit  systems  for 
the  most  part. 

This  condition  appeared  to  have 
prevailed  over  the  weekend,  espe- 
cially on  Sunday,  generally  through- 
out the  affected  area,  inclusive  of 
New  England,  the  Metropolitan  New 
York  section,  Washington,  Virginia 
and  the  Carolinas. 

Following  is  a  breakdown  by  key 
cities  of  the  effect  of  the  ration- 
ing : 

Baltimore  Business  Not 
Affected  by  Rationing 

Baltimore,  May  18. — Weekend  the- 
atre business  here  suffered  no  ill  ef- 
fects from  the  establishment  of  gaso- 
line rationing.  There  was  a  definite 
loss  of  patronage  from  outlying  points, 
but  that  was  more  than  made  up  by 
the  attendance  at  the  theatres  of  the 
city  residents  who  normally  would 
leave  the  city  by  motor  over  the  week- 
end. 


Grosses  Strong  in  Boston, 
Fair  Elsewhere  in  N.  E. 

Boston,  May  18. — Although  theatre 
executives  could  make  no  conclusive 
statement  relative  to  the  effect  of  the 
gas  rationing  on  business  here  yester- 
day, local  houses  did  good  business 
and  circuit  managers  expressed  the 
opinion  that  outlying  theatres  in  New 
England  did  fair  business.  They 
based  their  estimate  on  the  fact  that 
the  public  patronized  theatres  instead 
of  using  their  cars  to  a  large  extent. 


South  Carolina  Theatres 
Report  Attendance  Gain 

Greenville,  S.  C,  May  18. — The- 
atre business  in  this  territory  was  vir- 
tually unaffected  by  the  rationing  of 
gas  and  restricted  automobile  travel, 
industry  observers  declared.  An  in- 
crease of  patronage  was  noted,  due  to 
attendance  by  people  who  normally 
would  travel  by  car. 

Business  Reported  Big 
In  New  Haven  Area 

New  Haven,  May  18. — Business 
was  big  here  on  a  rainy  weekend, 
with  no  effect  of  the  gas  rationing 
indicated.  Neighborhood  parking 
spaces  were  noticeably  full. 


Norfolk  Weekend  Strong 
D*»snite  Gasoline  Curb 

Newport  News,  Va.,  May  18. — 
The  gas  rationing  had  no  noticeable 
effect  on  theatre  business  in  the  Nor- 
folk, Va.,  area,  it  was  said.  In  most 
cases  theatres  played  to  capacity  at- 
tendance over  the  weekend.  It  was 
observed  by  some  managers  that  it  is 
still  too  early  to  ascertain  the  effect 


of  rationing,  since  most  motorists 
started  the  rationing  period  with  full 
gasoline  tanks. 


Little  Effect  on  Gross 
Noted  in  New  Jersey 

Newark,  May  18. — With  the  begin- 
ning of  gasoline  rationing,  little  ef- 
fact  was  noticed  on  theatre  business 
in  this  New  Jersey  area.  The  weath- 
er was  good  over  the  weekend  and 
traffic  appeared  to  be  nearly  normal. 
Attendance  was  good  at  the  downtown 
theatres  and  average  in  the  suburbs. 
It  was  considered  by  several  mana- 
gers too  early  to  make  an  accurate 
estimate  of  the  effect  of  rationing. 


Gas  Ration  Boosts 
Grosses  in  Capital 

Washington,  May  18. — Strong  at- 
tractions at  local  theatres,  plus  the 
restrictions  on  motoring  due  to  the 
gas  rationing  brought  a  better  than  av- 
erage weekend  to  most  theatres  de- 
spite inclement  weather  on  Saturday. 
Box-office  lines  were  the  rule  in  the 
case  of  most  downtown  theatres  here 
yesterday. 

Mexican  Workers 
Plan  Cooperatives 

Mexico  City,  May  18. — Film  work- 
ers here,  including  some  players  and 
directors,  plan  to  establish  consumers' 
cooperative  societies  as  a  means  of 
coping  with  the  steady  increase  in 
prices  of  food  and  other  necessities. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

of  the  number  of  New  England  men 
who  have  been  honored  by  being  ele- 
vated to  high  office  in  Allied  and  of 
the  amount  of  work  in  which  New 
England  has  expressed  interest  that 
remains  to  be  done'. 

"The  committee  directed  that  the 
resolution  be  transmitted  to  Indepen- 
dent Exhibitors  with  a  statement  of 
dues  owing  Allied,  including  arrear- 
ages accumulated  in  recent  years. 
Further  action  on  the  resignation  was 
postponed  until  after  May  31. 

'Will  of  Majority  Prevailed' 

"In  addition,  may  I  add  my  per- 
sonal regret  that  this  action  by  New 
England  should  come  at  a  time  when 
far-sighted  leaders  in  all  branches  are 
seeking  cooperation  in  meeting  war 
emergencies.  I  can  understand  the  re- 
sentment of  the  New  England  exhibi- 
tors with  their  comparatively  large 
theatres,  particularly  those  in  the  In- 
terstate Circuit,  that  they  will  not 
participate  in  the  proposed  cancella- 
tion privilege  because  their  average 
film  rental  exceeds  $200.  However, 
for  every  Allied  member  denied  the 
privilege,  dozens  will  enjoy  it,  and 
the  will  of  the  majority  prevailed." 


Editor's  Note :  The  "Interstate  Cir- 
cuit" referred  to  in  the  above  statement 
is  Interstate  Theatres  Corp.  of  Bos- 
ton. 


8 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday.  May  19.  1942 


Plan  Parts  Pooling 
For  Radio  Stations 

Washing-ton,  May  18. — Plans 
for  an  all-industry  pool  of 
spare  parts  which  may  be 
necessary  to  keep  stations  in 
operation  throughout  the  war 
may  be  announced  by  the  De- 
fense Communications  Board 
before  the  end  of  the  week,  it 
was  disclosed  today  by  Chair- 
man James  L.  Flv. 

Fly  said  the  DCB  is  sched- 
uled to  meet  Thursday  and 
the  pool  is  one  of  the  subjects 
on  the  agenda.  The  plan  was 
proposed  as  a  means  of  al- 
leviating the  shortages  of 
spare  parts  that  will  result 
from  the  curbs  on  production 
imposed  by  the  War  Produc- 
tion Board. 


4\Tar  Time'  Found 
Boost  to  Listening 


The  customary"  drop  in  listening 
during  the  first  two  weeks  in  May 
caused  by  Daylight  Savings  Time  has 
been  avoided  this  year  by  the  earlier 
adoption  of  War  Time  on  a  national 
basis,  C.  E.  Hooper,  Inc.,  has  re- 
ported. The  May  index  showed  a 
drop  of  only  half  a  point  from  28.8 
per  cent  in  April  to  28.3  in  May.  a:  I 
contrasted  with  a  drop  from  32.8  to 
25.5  last  year.  Hooper  stated.  The 
total  May  audience  is  11  per  cent 
higher  than  last  yrear,  it  was  reported. 

The  first  15  programs,  for  the  first 
fortnight  in  May,  as  listed  by  Hooper, 
with  their  ratings,  were  Bob  Hope. 
32.9 ;  Fibber  McGee  &  Molly.  30.9 :  | 
Tack  Bennv,  26.5 ;  "Aldrich  Family," 
25.8:  Charlie  McCarthy,  24.8:  "Lux 
Radio  Theatre,"  23.3 ;  "Maxwell 
House  Coffee  Time,"  23.1 ;  Walter 
Winchell,  22:  "Mr.  District  Attor- 
nev."  21.1;  Eddie  Cantor.  20;  Kav 
Kyser.  19;  Bing  Crosby,  18.3;  Rudy 
Yallee-John  Bafrymore.  17;  Fred 
Allen.  16.5.  and  "Fitch  Bandwagon." 
16.2.  Red  Skelton,  with  28.3.  leads 
among  programs  covered  on  a  partial 
rather  than  national  basis. 


FCC  to  Register  All 
Diathermy  Devices 

Washington,  May  18.— The  Fed- 
eral Communications  Commission  to- 
night ordered  possessors  of  diathermy 
equipment,  including  dealers,  to  regis- 
ter separately  each  piece  of  apparatus 
not  later  than  June  8.  Only  sun  lamps, 
infra  red  and  ultra  violet  ray  devices 
will  be  exempt  from  the  requirement. 

Electrical  experts  say  that  diather- 
my devices  generally  used  for  internal 
heat  treatment  by  physicians  and 
others,  can  readily  be  converted  into 
short-wave  transmitters.  In  other 
countries  at  war  such  equipment  either 
has  been  registered  or  confiscated  by 
the  authorities. 


4  Firms  Chartered 

Albany,  May  18. — Four  companies 
have  been  chartered  here.  They  are : 
Stereo  Research  &  Supply  Corp., 
Manhattan  Films.  Inc..  F.B.A..  Inc.. 
all  New  York  City  companies,  and 
Syr-Avon  Theatre  Corp..  Rochester. 


Off  the  Antenna 

THE  Army-Navy  football  game  will  be  broadcast  under  commercial  spon- 
sorship for  the  first  time  when  the  teams  meet  in  Municipal  Stadium, 
Philadelphia,  Nov.  28,  with  Standard  Oil  of  Xew  Jersey  as  sponsor,  it  was 
announced  yesterday  by  the  Navy  and  J.  A.  Miller,  manager  of  advertising  and 
sales  promotion  for  Standard  Oil.  The  sponsor  will  pay  8100,000  for  the 
rights,  which  will  be  divided  evenly  between  the  Army  Emergency  Fund  and 
the  Xavy  Relief  Society,  it  was  said.  The  network  has  not  yet  been  selected 
Marschalk  &  Pratt,  agency  handling  the  Standard  Oil  account,  arranged  the 
deal.  Since  Esso  is  marketed  in  only  18  states,  it  has  been  agreed  that  Stand- 
ard Oil  may  obtain  cooperating  sponsors  in  the  remaining  30  states. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Dr.  Charles  Byron  Jolliffe,  assistant  to  the  RCA  presi- 
dent and  chief  engineer  of  RCA  Laboratories,  yesterday  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  LL.D.  from  West  Virginia  University  .  .  .  Mutual  has  received  word 
that  its  Berlin  correspondent,  John  Paul  Dickson,  is  in  Lisbon-  awaiting  pass- 
age here  under  the  safe  conduct  guaranteed  by  the  exchange  of  enemy  nationals. 

•  •  • 

The  National  Association  of  American  Composers  and  Conductors 
yesterday  presented  scrolls  to  WQXR  and  its  musical  director,  Eddy 
Brown,  for  "outstanding  service  to  American  music." 

•  •  • 

The  two-day  clinic  in  station  promotion  and  research  arranged  by  CBS  has 
been  shifted  from  Chicago  to  Xew  York  and  the  dates  changed  to  Wednesday 
and  Thursday  of  this  week.  George  R.  Dunham,  supervisor  of  promotion  for 
CBS  owned  and  operated  stations,  said  yesterday. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  United  States  Tobacco  has  renewed  "Gay  Xiueties  Revue" 
over  63  CBS  stations  for  another  year,  effective  next  Monday  .  .  .  Mutual  will 
start  a  scries  for  the  Office  of  Emergency  Management  on  Sunday.  It  will 
be  called.  "This  Is  Your  Enemy"  and  will  be  heard  Sundays  at  10:30  P.  M. 
.  .  .  Photo  Developing.  Inc.,  will  sponsor  a  five-minute  portion  of  "Breakfast  in 
Sardi's"  on  12  Blue  Pacific  stations  Mondays.  Wednesdays  and  Fridays  .  .  . 
"Broadway  Revue."  with  Patsy  Flick,  Cliff  Hall,  the  Tunesmiths  Ouartet 
and  Don  Bryan's  orchestra  will  start  on  IV MCA  Friday.  9:05-9:30  P.  M. 

•  •  • 

The  cancellation  of  night  baseball  will  require  program  schedule  re- 
visions by  WNEW,  which  had  contracted  to  carry  the  games  in  a  deal 
with  the  sponsors  and  WOR.  WNEW  will  continue  to  carry  night 
games  played  in  the  Midwest  and  other  territories  not  affected  by  dim- 
outs  but  will  have  to  refill  schedules  cleared  for  Eastern  games.  A  total 
of  29  games  was  to  be  carried,  about  half  to  be  played  here. 


Showmanship 
Flashes .  • . 


Polish  Embassy  Backs 
'Suicide  Squadron'  Opening 

Republic  and  the  staff  of  Loew's 
Criterion  on  Broadway  developed  a 
promotion  campaign  for  the  opening 
of  "Suicide   Squadron"  at  the  the 
atre  which  was  featured  by  an  opi 
ing   under    the    sponsorship  of 
Polish  Women's  Relief  Society  forT»f  I 
benefit  of  Polish  war  prisoners.  The 
Polish  Embassy  in  Washington  and 
the  consulate  in  Xew  York  were  rep- 
resented at  the  opening.    The  Polish 
societies  in  and  around  Xew  York 
endorsed  the  film,  which  concerns  Po- 
land and  the  war. 


Music-Film  Tieup  Set 
For  'Yankee  Doodle  Dandy' 

Warners  has  arranged  a  film-music 

tieup  on  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy"  with 
the  Victor  Co.  The  latter  company 
is  issuing  an  album  of  three  double- 
side  records  of  songs  from  the  pic- 
ture, and  containing  stills  from  the 
film.  Window  displays  in  dealers' 
stores  have  been  arranged. 


'Emotion  Detector'  Used 
At  Preview  of  'Moontide' 

St.  Louis,  May  18. — As  a  stunt  for 
"Moontide,"  at  the  Fox  Theatre,  Les 
Kaufman.  Fanchon  &  Marco  adver- 
tising and  publicity  head,  arranged 
for  local  psychologists  to  test  on  an 
emotion  detector  the  reactions  to 
the  star.  Jean  Gabin.  of  a  number 
of  girls  invited  to  a  preview. 


CBS  Americas  Web 
InOperationTonight 

Following  the  formal  dedication  to- 
night, the  CBS  Xetwork  of  the  Amer- 
icas— Cadena  da  las  Americas — will 
start  regular  operation. 

Under  the  terms  of  the  contract  be- 
tween the  network  and  its  76  affiliates. 
CBS  undertakes  to  feed  a  minimum  of 
20  hours  weekly  by  shortwave  to  the 
.-tations  south  of  the  Rio  Grande  and 
the  affiliates  undertake  to  re-broad- 
cast a  minimum  of  one  hour  of  the 
CBS  programs  daily. 

Actually.  CBS  is  transmitting  pro- 
grams on  a  daily  schedule  from  4  to 
11  P.  M.  and  is  adding  time  when 
the  occasion  warrants. 

Although  the  network  is  planned 
for  commercial  operation,  there  are 
no  sponsors  as  yet  and  CBS  has  is- 
sued no  rate  card.  It  was  stated 
at  the  network  that  sponsors  may  ar- 
range to  use  the  facilities  if  they  wish 
although  no  intensive  drive  for  sales 
is  planned  at  present. 

Speeches  by  Yice-President  Henry 
A.  Wallace  in  Spanish  and  by  Latin 
American  heads  of  state  will  feature 
the  dedication  this  evening. 


St.  Louis  Union  Elects 

St.  Louis,  May  18. — E.  V.  Moran 
has  been  elected  business  agent  of  the 
Stagehands'  Union  here,  replacing 
John  P.  Xick.  now  serving  a  five-year 
term  for  racketeering.  Moran  de- 
feated William  Menaugh.  Other  offi- 
cers elected  were :  Leroy  LTpton,  presi- 
dent ;  William  Kostedt,  vice-presi- 
dent ;  C.  O.  Xewlin,  financial  secre- 
tary ;  William  Spear,  recording  secre- 
tary. 


Defeat  Move  to  Call 
CBC  Board  Minutes 

Ottawa.  May  18. — A  motion  ask- 
ing for  production  of  the  minutes  of 
the  board  of  governors  of  the  Cana- 
dian Broadcasting  Corp..  was  defeated 
todays  by  an  8-4  vote  of  the  House  of 
Commons  Radio  Committee. 

Gordon  Graydon  made  the  motion. 
In  opposing  it,  Brooke  Claxton  de- 
clared the  corporation  is  not  an  ordi- 
nary" Government  department  and 
should  be  free  to  act  as  it  thinks  fit 
in  the  public  interest.  If  the  minutes 
were  made  public,  he  contended,  in- 
formation would  be  made  available  to 
private  stations  competing  with  the 
CBC.  War  Services  Minister  Thor- 
son  also  opposed  the  motion. 


B&K  Radio  School 
Trains  Technicians 

Chicago.  May  18.  —  The  Naval 
training  school  on  radio,  sponsored  by 
Balaban  &  Katz  and  operated  by  the 
U.  S.  Xavy.  not  only  is  providing 
preliminary  training  in  the  operation 
of  the  Xavy's  secret  aircraft  detector, 
but  is  training  a  pool  of  radio  tech- 
nicians for  television  and  frequency 
modulation  broadcasting  after  the  war, 
Lieut.  William  C.  Eddy,  U.  S.  N. 
retired,  and  head  of  Balaban  &  Katz 
television  activities  here,  told  a 
luncheon  meeting  of  the  Chicago  As- 
sociation of  Commerce. 


WOR  Staff  Photo  Exhibit 

WOR  has  arranged  a  public  exhibit 
of  photographic  work  by  station  staff 
members,  to  be  held  at  the  Hotel 
Plaza  next  Tuesdav  from  10  A.  M. 
to  8  P.  M. 


Book  Collection  Aids 
Run  of  'Kings  Row' 

Rochester,  May  18. — Patrons  of 
the  RKO  Palace  and  the  RKO  Tem- 
ple received  passes  to  the  theatres  by 
depositing  a  copy  of  "Kings  Row"  in 
a  "Yictory  Barrel"  in  the  lobbies  of 
the  theatres  during  the  run  of  the 
film.  "Kings  Row."  Books  were  sent 
to  the  armed  forces,  in  a  promotion 
stunt.  In  another  stunt  for  the  film, 
a  park  bench  and  an  old-fashioned 
lamp  post  were  placed  on  Main  Street. 


Marine  Drill  Features 
Promotion  on  'Tripoli' 

Rochester,  May  18. — When  "To  the 
Shores  of  Tripoli"  opened  at  the  RKO 
Palace  here,  Manager  Jay  Golden  ar- 
ranged a  special  Marine  drill  by  mem- 
bers of  the  local  Marine  Post.  Earlier 
in  the  week,  the  post  held  a  special 
benefit  shozinng  of  the  film  at  a  dozvn- 
town  club,  receiving  the  proceeds  from 
the  ticket  sale. 


Original  'Wind'  Stubs 
Promote  Return  Date 

Boston,  May  18.— The  first  25  per- 
sons presenting  stubs  of  reserved 
seat  tickets  used  in  the  original  en- 
gagement of  "Gone  With  the  Wind" 
in  this  city"  were  admitted  upon 
presentation  at  the  box-office  of 
Loew's  State  and  Orpheum,  for  the 
third  return  engagement  of  the  film 
here. 


'Hush  Contest'  Used 
As  'Nazi  Agent'  Stunt 

Hartford,  May  18. — Guest  tickets 
were  awarded  to  winners  of  a  "Hush 
Contest,"  conducted  ^by  Gertrude 
Tracy  of  Loew's  Palace,  Hartford,  for 
the  run  of  "Nazi  Agent."  Contestants 
had  to  submit  slogans  similar  to  the 
already  popular  warnings  against 
loose  talk  about  the  war. 


Alert, 

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NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  20,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


$100,000  Goal 
By  Industry 
For  N.Y.  Fund 


Walker  and  Rubin  Speak 
At  Committee  Meet 


By  SAM  SHAIN 

No  organized  benevolence  is  ad- 
ministered with  the  modesty,  intel- 
ligence and  economy  of  the  New 
York  Fund." 

This  was 
former  Mayor 
James  J. 
Walker's 
tribute  to  this 
c  o  m  m  u  n- 
ity  project 
made  yester- 
day before  an 
assemblage  of 
represen- 
tatives  of  the 
motion  picture 
industry  and 
allied  theatri- 
cal fields  at  a 
special  committee  meeting  of  the 
Amusement  Division,  held  at  the 
Hotel  Astor  under  the  leadership 

(Continued  on' page  9) 


J.  Robert  Rubin 


Grainger  Discloses 
Rep.  Sales  Record 

Hollywood,  May  19—  Republic's 
western  division  salesmen  have  broken 
all  records  of  the  company  by  turning 
in  $2,000,000  in  1942-'43  contracts  in 
first  three  weeks  of  the  new  sales  sea- 
son, J.  R.  Grainger,  Republic  presi- 
dent, announced  today  at  the  start  of 
the  regional  sales  meeting  at  the  stu- 
dio. Most  of  the  business  was  from 
small  towns  and  non-competitive  situ- 
ations, he  said. 

Addressing  branch  managers  and 
other  executives,  H.  J.  Yates  forecast 
the  new  season  would  be  the  best  in 
history  for  theatres,  pointing  out  that 
parallel  conditions  in  England  brought 

(Continued  on  page  9) 


20th-Fox  Stockhr's 
Will  Meet  June  2 

A  special  meeting  of  20th  Century- 
Fox  stockholders  has  been  called  for 
June  2  at  the  home  office  to  act  on  a 
proposal  to  change  the  number  of 
company  directors  so  that  it  shall  be 
nut  less  than  three  nor  more  than  15. 
There  are  at  present  12  members  on 
the  board. 


U.  S.  Will  Do  All 
Possible  to  Help 
Trade:  Kuykendall 

Chicago,  May  19.  —  Robert  L. 
Wright,  special  assistant  to  the  U.  S. 
Attorney  General,  indicated  to  the  ex- 
hibitors' committee  which  discussed 
the  proposed  Umpi  selling  plan  with 
him  in  Washington  last  Saturday  that 
the  Government  would  do  everything 
possible  to  relieve  the  "unhappy"  situ- 
ation resulting  from  trade  practices 
now  in  effect,  Ed  Kuykendall,  MPTOA 
president  and  a  member  of  the  ex- 
hibitor committee,  stated  here  today. 

Kuykendall  said  that  a  report  of  the 
meeting  had  been  made  here  to  Wil- 
liam F.  Rodgers,  Umpi  chairman ; 
Hugh  Bruen,  John  Rugar  and  Jack 
Kirsch,  exhibitor  representatives  in 
Umpi,  but  asserted  that  he  was  not  at 
liberty  to  make  the  report  public. 

"I  am  satisfied,"  Kuykendall  said, 
"that  the  unity  program  as  now  out- 
lined is  a  progressive  step  that  will 
eventually  work  out  for  the  best  in- 
terests of  all  concerned.  Since  talking 

(Continued  on  page  9) 


Equity  Bars  Sunday 
Show  Policy  Change 

The  Actors  Equity  council  yester- 
dav  passed  a  resolution  stating  that  it 
would  not  change  its  attitude  at  the 
present  time  toward  Sunday  shows  in 
the  legitimate  theatre. 

The  action  was  taken  in  response  to 
a  request  by  the  League  of  New  York 
Theatres  which  had  requested  an  ex- 
tension of  approval  now  existing  for 
Sunday  shows  until  September,  1943. 
Instead  of  granting  the  extension  for 
(Continued  on  page  9) 


SCHINE  TRUST  SUIT 
OFF  FOR  2  YEARS 


Agreement  Prevents  Theatre  Acquisitions, 
Requires  Disposal  of  Houses  Acquired 
Since  Suit,  Bars  Long  Franchises 

By  JAMES  F.  SCHRADER 

Buffalo,  May  19. — Under  a  temporary  order  and  stipulation  signed 
today  by  Government  and  defense  counsel,  and  approved  by  Federal 
Judge  John  C.  Knight,  Schine  Chain  Theatres  and  its  affiliates,  within 
12  months,  must  dispose  of  all  their  interests  in  16  theatres  acquired 

since  filing  of  the  anti-trust  com- 
plaint against  the  theatre  circuit  on 
August  7,  1939. 

In  addition,  Schine  is  prohibited 
from  acquiring  new  theatres  except  by 
permission  of  the  court  for  a  two- 
year  period  during  which  the  Gov- 
ernment agrees  not  to  bring  the  ac- 
tion to  trial.  The  two-year  trial  post- 
ponement also  applies  to  United  Art- 
ists, Columbia  and  Universal,  who 
are  defendants  in  the  suit. 

[Motion  Picture  Daily  ex- 
clusively reported  yesterday  the 
salient  features  of  the  two-year 
"standstill  agreement,"  which  kept 
the  suit  from  going  to  trial  yes- 
terday, as  scheduled.] 

Judge  Knight  readily  agreed  to  move 
the  trial  date  ahead  two  years,  re- 
marking :   "The  court  is  pleased  to 
escape  the  arduous  work  in  trying 
(Continued  on  page  5) 


Units  Schine  Must 
Drop  Are  in  N.Y. 
And  4  Other  States 


Buffalo,  May  19.— The  16  theatres 
which  the  Schine  Circuit  is  required 
to  offer  for  disposal  under  the  agree- 
ment deferring  trial  of  the  Federal 
anti-trust  suit  against  it  for  two  years 
are  in  13  towns  in  New  York,  Ohio, 
Kentucky,  Virginia  and  Maryland,  as 
follows : 

Webster,  Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  Strand, 
Cumberland,  Md. ;  Plaza,  Malone, 
N.  Y. ;  Memorial,  Mt.  Vernon,  O. ; 
Paramount,  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y. ;  Opera 
House,  Lexington,  Ky. ;  Ada  Meade, 
Lexington,  Ky. ;  Palace,  Clifton 
Springs,  N.  Y. ;  Scotia,  Scotia,  N.  Y. ; 
Viv,  Corbin,  Ky. ;  State  and  Appa- 
lachia,     Appalachia,    Va. ;  Liberty, 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Theatres  to  Take  Pledges  for  War 
Bonds,  Treasury  Will  Collect  Cash 

Arrangements  have  been  completed  with  Treasury  officials  in 
Washington  by  which  theatres  participating  in  the  nation-wide 
industry  drive  to  sell  War  Bonds  and  Stamps  beginning  May  30 
will  be  relieved  of  the  necessity  of  handling  large  amounts  of  cash 
involved  in  the  sale  of  the  bonds,  Si  Fabian,  director  of  the  indus- 
try campaign,  announced  yesterday. 

In  place  of  cash  sales  and  registration  of  bonds  at  the  theatres, 
pledge  blanks  will  be  furnished  to  the  theatres  by  the  industry 
which  will  be  filled  out  by  purchasers.  The  pledges  then  will  be 
sent  by  the  exhibitor  to  his  local  bank,  postmaster  or  county 
chairman  of  the  Treasury  Department  War  Savings  Staff.  The 
theatre  will  keep  a  stub  as  a  record  and  full  credit  will  be  given 
the  theatre  for  the  sale.  The  Treasury  Department  will  follow  up 
the  pledges  to  get  the  cash  from  the  purchasers  and  deliver  the 
bonds. 

The  selling  of  war  stamps,  it  was  pointed  out,  is  simpler,  each 
transaction  being  instantly  completed,  whereas  the  bond  sales 
entail  both  the  handling  of  large  sums  of  cash  and  a  considerable 
amount  of  time  for  each  sale. 


Rodgers  Pledges  Aid 
To  Small  Exhibitors 

Chicago,  May  19. — Recognizing  the 
problem  caused  by  shifting  population 
because  of  war  activities,  W.  F.  Rodg- 
ers, M-G-M  general  sales  manager, 
at  today's  meeting  of  M-G-M  district 
and  division  managers  at  the  Black- 
stone  Hotel  here,  announced  that  every 
situation  adversely  affected  by  this 
condition  will  be  reviewed,  and  totally 
disregarding  precedent,  consideration 
will  be  given  in  accordance  with  the 
necessity  of  the  situation. 

Rodgers  said :  "I  do  not  believe  it 
is  possible  to  approach  this,  which 

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Reviewed  Today 

Reviews  of  "I  Married  an 
Angel,"  "Once  Upon  a  Thurs- 
day" and  "Pacific  Rendezvous" 
will  be  found  on  Page  6. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  May  20,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Personal  Mention 


Hollywood,  May  19 

NICHOLAS  NAYFACK,  general 
studio  executive  at  M-G-M,  re- 
signed his  post  today  preparatory  to 
going  on  active  duty  with  the  Navy 
at  end  of  month  as  a  commissioned 
officer.  Louis  K.  Sidney  will  take  over 
his  duties. 

Warner  Bros,  announced  it  has  set 
James  Street,  novelist,  to  write  a  book 
on  the  history  of  the  Boy  Scouts  of 
America  for  possible  serialization  in 
a  national  magazine  and  to  form  the 
basis  for  the  screenplay  which  Jesse 
Lasky  will  produce. 

RKO  disclosed  today  it  is  negotiat- 
ing with  Claudette  Colbert  for  three 
pictures,  the  first  of  which  would  be 
"China  Sky." 

• 

Nelson  Eddy  will  be  teamed  with 
Kathryn  Grayson  in  "Lucky  Number," 
which  Robert  Z.  Leonard  and  O.  O. 
Dull  will  produce  at  M-G-M,  it  was 
announced. 

• 

Edgar  Kennedy  was  signed  today 
to  a  contract  calling  for  his  14th  year 
as  star  of  RKO's  "The  Average  Man" 
series  of  short  subjects,  the  studio 
announced. 

Cagney,  Einfeld  Due 
For  'Dandy'  Opening 

James  Cagney,  star  of  Warner 
Bros.'  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy,"  will 
ccme  to  New  York  to  attend  the 
"war  bond"  premiere  of  the  picture 
at  the  Hollywood  Theatre  on  Broad- 
way May  29,  Warner  Bros,  announced 
yesterday. 

Also  expected  is  a  group  of  Holly- 
wood columnists  and  reviewers,  who 
are  due  Friday  with  Charles  Einfeld, 
Warner  Bros.'  director  of  advertising 
and  publicity. 

In  the  group  are  expected  to  be 
Jimmy  Starr  of  the  Los  Angeles  Her- 
ald &  Express;  Edwin  F.  Schallert 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Times;  Louella 
Parsons  of  International  News  Ser- 
vice and  William  Wilkerson. 

Hale  Hamilton  Dies; 
Veteran  Film  Actor 

Hollywood,  May  19. — Hale  Hamil- 
ton, 59,  veteran  stage  and  screen  act- 
or, died  today  at  Cedars  of  Lebanon 
Hospital  from  a  cerebral  hemorrhage. 
Survivors  include  his  widow,  Grace 
Larue  Hamilton,  and  a  brother,  John 
D.  M.  Hamilton,  former  chairman  of 
the  Republican  National  Committee. 
He  had  been  in  ill  health  for  the  last 
four  years.  Funeral  services  will  be 
Friday  at  the  Church  of  the  Flowers, 
Glendale. 


SPG  Opens  Contract 
Talks  With  Warners 

Negotiations  were  opened  yester- 
day by  the  Screen  Publicists  Guild  of 
New  York  with  Warners  for  a  con- 
tract covering  publicists  employed  at 
the  home  office.  The  meeting  was  de- 
scribed as  "friendly"  and  it  was  stated 
that  a  further  meeting  has  been  set 
for  later  this  week. 

The  union,  which  recently  obtained 
a  contract  with  the  other  seven  major 
companies,  presented  the  same  con- 
tract to  Warners  for  approval. 


W INFIELD  SHEEHAN  is  in 
town. 

• 

Sam  Zimbalist  left  the  Coast  yes- 
terday for  New  York  and  Washing- 
ton. 

• 

Francis  X.  Kelly,  20th  Century- 
Fox  booker  in  Philadelphia,  marks  his 
30th  year  in  the  industry  this  month. 
• 

Henry  Rokosz,  of  the  Grand  Thea- 
tre, Hazleton,  Pa.,  has  enlisted  in  the 
Navy. 

• 

Ruth  Schwerin  has  gone  to  the 
Coast. 


Army -Navy  Drive 
Runs  to  May  24 

The  Army  and  Navy  Emer- 
gency Relief  Drive  in  which 
theatres  throughout  the  coun- 
try are  participating  this  week 
will  be  continued  for  an  ad- 
ditional four  days,  carrying  it 
over  the  coming  weekend, 
through  Sunday,  May  24, 
Nicholas  M.  Schenck,  national 
chairman,  announced  yester- 
day. 


KRS  Reelects  Smith 
At  Annual  Meeting 

London,  May  19. — Sam  Smith  was 
reelected  president  of  the  Kinemato- 
graph  Renters  Society  for  his  third 
consecutive  term  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  organization  here  today. 

The  meeting  was  enilvened  by  a  dis- 
cussion among  the  members  of  the 
proposed  barring  of  two  Scotch  houses 
from  membership  and  by  spirited  criti- 
cisms of  the  failure  of  many  KRS 
members  to  attend  vital  meetings,  end- 
ing with  fears  being  expressed  that 
the  organization  would  degenerate 
into  a  collection  agency. 

The  meeting  approved  an  agreement 
with  the  Cinematograph  Exhibitors 
Association  on  distribution  and  exhi- 
bition of  troop  films  and  decided 
against  an  extension  of  the  present 
two-day  booking. 


Report  Rubin  to  Be 
Col.  Donovan  Aide 

J.  Robert  Rubin,  vice-president  and 
general  counsel  of  Loew's,  Inc.,  will 
shortly  join  the  office  of  Col.  William 
J.  Donovan,  Coordinator  of  Informa- 
tion, in  a  special  capacity,  it  is 
learned. 

Also,  Rubin  is  a  member  of  the 
committee  appointed  by  Mayor  F.  H. 
LaGuardia  to  handle  arrangements  for 
the  "New  York  at  War"  parade  which 
LaGuardia  has  set  for  June  13.  Other 
committee  members  are  John  Golden 
and  David  Sarnoff. 


Coordinator  Buys  Films 

Motion  pictures  made  in  an  unex- 
plored region  of  Southern  Mexico 
showing  the  life  and  activities  of  a  lost 
race  of  aborigines  have  been  pur- 
chased from  Dana  Lamb,  explorer,  by 
the  Motion  Picture  Division  of  the 
Office  of  the  Coordinator  of  Inter- 
American  Affairs  and  will  soon  be 
distributed  for  non-theatrical  use 
in  this  country,  it  was  announced. 


NATHAN  E.  GOLDSTEIN,  presi- 
dent of  Western  Massachusetts 
Theatres,  is  in  Chicago. 

• 

Leon  Leonidoff,  Radio  City  Music 
Hall  producer,  is  back  from  vacation- 
ing in  Florida  and  California. 
• 

Lester  H.  Wurtele,  Columbia  of- 
fice manager  in  Philadelphia,  has  left 
for  a  vacation. 

• 

Harry  Brillman,  film  buyer  for 
Ben  Amsterdam's  Atlantic  Theatres, 
Southern  New  Jersey,  became  a 
father  last  week. 

Trade  Figures  at 

Leo  Justin  Rites 

Funeral  services  for  Leo  G.  Justin, 
executive  of  the  Walter  Reade  cir- 
cuit, were  held  at  the  Riverside  Me- 
morial Chapel  yesterday  with  Dr.  De 
Sola  Poole  officiating.  Justin,  who 
was  44,  died  Saturday  at  the  Beth 
David  Hospital  after  an  illness  of  six 
weeks.  Interment  was  at  Cypress  Hills 
Cemetery. 

The  services  were  attended  by 
scores  of  friends  in  the  trade,  includ- 
ing circuit  executives,  exhibitors  and 
home  office  and  exchange  men.  Among 
them  were:  E.  K.  O'Shea,  Edward 
Schnitzer,  Lou  Weinberg,  Rube  Jack- 
ter,  Joseph  Unger,  Walter  Reade, 
Ralph  Pielow,  Ben  Abner,  David  A. 
Levy,  Morris  Epstein,  Joseph  J.  Lee, 
Robert  Wolff,  Leo  Abrams,  Sam  Lef- 
kowitz,  Sam  Rinzler,  Clarence  Eise- 
man.  Dan  Smolen,  Sidney  and  Arthur 
Justin,  Charles  Bryan.  Milt  Kusell, 
Jay  Wren,  Frank  Drum,  Joseph  Ing- 
ber. 

Herman  Silverman,  John  Benas, 
Don  Jacocks.  Si  Felder,  Edward 
Lachmann,  Sidney  Picker,  William 
Moses,  Nat  Cohn,  Arch  Berish,  Toots 
Shor,  Irving  Wormser,  Harry  Levy, 
Harold  Bennett,  Richard  Huber, 
Frank  Hirst,  Bernard  Brooks,  Har- 
old Klein,  Michael  Kallett,  Helen 
Mourad,  J.  C.  Flippen,  Charles  Jacob- 
sen  and  Edwin  Gage. 

Youngstein  Named 
Assistant  to  Home 

Max  Youngstein  has  been  appoint- 
ed assistant  to  Hal  Home,  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox advertising  and  publicity  di- 
rector, it  was  announced  yesterday. 
Frank  Moneyhun,  who  was  assistant 
to  A.  M.  Botsford,  whom  Home  suc- 
ceeds, has  been  appointed  advertising 
manager  by  Home. 

M.  D.  Howe  has  been  named  ex- 
ploitation manager,  succeeding  Rod- 
ney Bush,  who  has  been  transferred 
to  special  assignments.  Home  also 
confirmed  the  appointment  of  Richard 
Condon  as  publicity  manager,  succeed- 
ing Earl  Wingart,  resigned. 

Para.  Ends  Regional 
Conference  in  K.C. 

Kansas  City,  May  19. — Para- 
mount's  regional  sales  conference 
closed  here  tonight,  after  a  discussion 
by  Neil  Agnew,  general  sales  mana- 
ger, of  product  for  the  new  season. 

Adolph  Zukor,  Oscar  Morgan  and 
Agnew  left  tonight  for  New  York. 

New  salesmen  members  of  the  100 
Per  Cent  Club  announced  include  J. 
W.  Stark,  Kansas  City ;  F.  C.  Myers, 
Minneapolis,  and  E.  I.  Rubin,  Omaha. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


OUTSTANDING  in  the  new  is- 
sues is  an  R.A.F.  subject  showing 
planes  taking  off  on  a  bombing  mis- 
sion and  photographs  of  the  resultant 
damage  in  Luebeck  and  Rostock.  The 
reels  and  their  contents  follow: 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  73-R.A.p^ 
raid.  Bath,  England,  after  attack.  £t^k 
nurses  in  Australia.  Submarine  Troit^tf- 
rives  with  wealth  of  Philippines.  Marines 
in  maneuvers.  Cruiser  launched  at  New- 
port News.  Mail  censorship  in  New  York. 
Mrs.  Hobby  becomes  head  of  Women's 
Auxiliary  Corps.  Films  of  Burma.  "I  Am 
an  American"  Day  in  New  York. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  271— R. A.  V. 

attack.  Films  of  Burma.  Byron  Price  on 
censorship.  Times  Square  demonstration 
starts  theatre  drive.  Reinforcements  reach 
Australia.  Submarine  Trout  arrives  with 
Philippine  gold.  Freedom  demonstration  in 
New  York.  Mrs.  Hobby  heads  Women's 
Army.    Nurses  in  Australia. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  76— R.A.F. 
attack.  Bomber  production  in  England. 
New  birds  at  Bronx  Zoo.  Chimps  in  De- 
troit. Mail  censoring  in  New  York.  Mrs. 
Hobby  to  command  Women's  Army. 
Chiang  Kai-shek  in  Burma.  American 
convoy  reaches  Suez.  "I  Am  an  Ameri- 
can" Day  observances  around  the  country. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  76-R.A.F. 
in  action.  Bath,  England,  after  raid. 
Chiang  Kai-shek  in  Burma.  U.  S.  aid 
reaches  Suez.  Censoring  mail  in  New 
York.  U.  S.  troops  arrive  in  Australia. 
Submarine  Trout  arrives  with  Philippine 
gold.  Mrs.  Hobby  to  lead  Women's  Army. 
Track  meet  in  Chicago. 

UNIVERSAL    NEWSREEL,     No.  85- 

R.A.F.  on  bombing  mission.  Launch  cruis- 
er at  Newport  News.  Survivors  of  tor- 
pedoing in  St.  Lawrence.  Reinforcements 
in  Australia.  Submarine  Trout  brings 
Philippine  gold.  Byron  Price  on  censorship. 
Women's  Army  Corps  organized.  Gas  ra- 
tioning.   "I  Am  an  American"  Day. 

Majors  Divorce  Suit 
Postponed  to  June  IS 

Federal  Judge  Henry  W.  Goddard 
yesterday  granted  a  further  postpone- 
ment to  June  16  of  the  hearing  on 
the  Government's  action  to  compel 
Paramount  and  20th  Century-Fox  to 
divest  themselves  of  a  total  of  36  the- 
atres allegedly  acquired  contrary  to 
provisions  of  the  Federal  consent  de- 
cree. 


On  Wilkes-Barre  Board 

Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  May  19. — 
John  Galvin,  manager  of  the  Irving 
theatre  here,  and  John  Kenworthy, 
of  Local  325,  IATSE.  have  been  ap- 
pointed members  of  the  Wilkes-Barre 
Motion  Picture  Examining  Board. 


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IN  VICTOR  FLEMING'S  PRODUCTION  OF  JOHN  STEINBECK'S 


TORTILLA  FLAT 


UtiUt 


FRANK  MORGAN 


AKIM  TAMIROFF  SHELDON  LEONARD  JOHN  QUALEN 
ALLEN  JENKINS  HENRY  O'NEILL  ^%S^mm  = 

Star  power  is  dramatized  in  the  24-sheet  above. 


DONALD  MEEK  CONNIE  GILCHRIST 

„'::,■'»r..,i:':;;ru•  "  *  Metro  QCio/c/wj/n-f^yer 


Hearty,  down-to-earth  entertainment  with  B.O.  sock.  Ro- 
bust, realistic,  forceful  screen  entertainment,  exceptional 
in  every  department.  Victor  Fleming  delivers  a  resounding 
directorial  performance  with  the  aid  of  a  whopping  script. 
Producer  Sam  Zimbalist  has  overlooked  nothing  to  give 
lovers  of  better  films  one  of  their  choicest  treats.  One  of 
the  prize  casts  of  this  or  any  other  year. 

— Film  Daily 

Magnificent.  Ordinary  terms  of  appraisal  are  not  to  be  used 
in  evaluating  M-G-M's  production  of  John  Steinbeck's 
"Tortilla  Flat,"  and  another  great  novel  reaches  the  screen 
in  the  magnificent  performances  of  a  great  cast.  The  picture 
can't  miss.  A  grosser  that  may  be  ranked  with  the  smash 
box-office  returns  of  record-breaking  "Boom  Town."  It  can 
play  longer  first-run  engagements  to  higher  critical  praise. 
"Tortilla  Flat"  is  for  showmen  who  have  asked  for  some- 
thing off  the  beaten  path.  Tracy  can  stack  up  this  per- 
formance alongside  the  two  that  won  him  Academy  Awards. 

— Hollywood  Reporter 

A  sincere,  tender,  beguiling  and  at  times  exalting  picture. 
It  is  sympathetically  and  adroitly  adapted,  handsomely  pro- 
duced, expertly  directed  and  eloquently  acted.  With  such 


box-office  names  as  Spencer  Tracy,  Hedy  Lamarr,  John 
Garfield  and  Frank  Morgan,  it  should  do  holdover  business. 
It's  definitely  a  guality  click.   Variety 

The  kind  of  a  picture  an  exhibitor  can  be  proud  to  show. 
Will  rank  among  the  top  productions  of  the  year. 

— M.  P.  Daily 

Calculated  to  reap  a  rich  box-office  reward.  Marguee 
power  to  assure  an  audience  response  in  any  guarter. 

— Daily  Variety 

A  compelling  film.  It  lives  on  and  breathes  into  almost  every 
scene  a  set  of  vivid  characterizations,  and  its  forcefulness, 
plus  cast,  suggest  important  class-mass  acceptance. 

— Boxoffice 

Young  and  old  will  thoroughly  enjoy  this  pulsing  narrative. 
Star  names  guarantee  good  business.  It's  the  kind  of  a  pic- 
ture everybody  will  be  glad  they  witnessed.  The  picture  is 
a  masterpiece  of  art.  Tracy  has  never  been  better.  So  finely 
done  from  start  to  finish  that  it  will  linger  in  the  memory  of 
audiences  for  ten  times  longer  than  the  ten  best  pictures 
of  the  past  ten  years.  — Showmen's  Trade  Review 


Wednesday,  May  20,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


5 


Agreement  Defers  Schine  Trial  Two  Years 


Rodgers  Pledges 
Small  Exhibitors 
Will  GetRelief 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

_  recognize  particularly  in  small 
^/gprhs  and  subsequent  runs,  on  the 
basis  of  a  general  formula.  However, 
we  have  instructed  our  field  men  that 
they  must  and  will  realize  that  there 
.  is  a  large  number  of  small  situations 
which  through  no  fault  of  their  own 
are  possibly  precariously  situated,  and 
no  legitimate  theatre  operation  will  be 
overlooked." 

Rodgers  read  and  explained  to  his 
district  managers  the  complete  Umpi 
plan,  particularly  stressing  the  neces- 
sity to  put  into  immediate  effect  the 
conciliation  part  of  the  plan  as  apply- 
ing to  territorial  and  individual  com- 
plaints. 

Rodgers  charged  the  district 
managers  not  only  with  the  re- 
sponsibility of  giving  their  per- 
sonal aggressive  cooperation  to 
the  unity  plan,  but  also  pointed 
out  to  them  the  important  role 
they  will  play  in  acquainting  the 
public  with  the  advantages  he 
said  will  accrue  to  filmgoers 
through  sincere  and  aggressive 
carrying  through  of  unity. 
"I  am  thoroughly  convinced,"  said 
Rodgers,  "that  once  the  public  realizes 
what  is  being  done  through  the  cooper- 
ation of  the  united  exhibitors  of  the 
country  and  the  courageous  and  un- 
selfish attitude  on  the  part  of  the  com- 
panies who  are  cooperating  in  this 
movement,  they  will  feel  a  certain  se- 
curity and  will  understand  that  the 
industry  is  now   better   equipped  to 
carry  on  its  important  role  of  furnish- 
ing entertainment  so  vital  during  times 
like  this  and  that  it  is  better  equipped 
to  make  its  contribution  toward  the 
maintenance  of  our  American  morale." 


$262,309  for  Films  of 
Agricultural  Dep't 

Washington,  May  19.  —  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture  expenditures  for 
motion  picture  work  during  the  cur- 
rent fiscal  year  will  total  $262,309,  it 
is  disclosed  in  a  report  by  Acting 
Secretary  Grover  B.  Hill  to  Sen. 
Henry  F.  Byrd  of  Virginia,  who  is 
investigating  non-defense  expendi- 
tures by  the  Government. 

Hill  reported  that  the  Department's 
radio  work  will  cost  $174,633  and  its 
electrical  transcriptions  $21,862,  with 
5364,896  for  the  press  service.  The 
Department's  publicity  expenditures 
will  total  $823,700. 

Salaries  for  publicity  will  total 
$629,988  including  $159,008  for  em- 
ployes in  the  radio  service  and  $133,- 
733  on  motion  pictures,  and  contracts 
will  amount  to  $72,366,  of  which  $50,- 
466  will  be  for  films,  Hill  disclosed. 


Bar  Theatre  Acquisitions, 
Long-Term  Picture  Deals 


W.B.  Trade  Shows 
Set  for  New  Block 

Warners  has  set  trade  screenings  of 
its  newest  blocks-of-five  features  in  all 
exchange  centers  for  June  1  and  2. 

In  the  block  are :  "The  Big  Shot," 
"Wings  for  the  Eagle,"  "Escape  from 
Crime,"  "The  Gay  Sisters"  and  "Spy 
Ship." 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

this  case.  I  am  very  glad  to  approve 
the  order.  As  counsel  has  pointed 
out,  it  has  its  benefits." 

The  Judge  referred  to  large  expen- 
ditures that  would  have  been  incurred 
and  time  that  would  have  been  con- 
sumed by  "busy  men."  He  asserted 
the  stipulation  and  order  will  give 
these  men  time  to  devote  to  "other 
things   more   important  today." 

Terms  of  Order 

Under  terms  of  the  order,  accord- 
ing to  Robert  L.  Wright,  chief  anti- 
trust counsel,  the  properties  first  will 
be  offered  to  the  exhibitors  who  op- 
erated them  immediately  prior  to  their 
acquisition  by  the  Schine  Circuit.  He 
said  they  will  have  a  20-day  period 
after  the  date  offered  for  sale  in  which 
to  accept  or  refuse  to  purchase  them. 

At  the  expiration  of  this  period  and 
if  their  last  operators  do  not  wish 
to  reacquire  them,  according  to 
Wright  the  theatres  will  be  placed  on 
the  open  market  to  be  sold  to  any  ex- 
hibitor, provided  he  is  not  connected 
with  any  circuit  of  more  than  15  thea- 
tres, with  any  distributor,  or  with 
Schine  interests. 

In  addition,  the  Schine  Cir- 
cuit is  prohibited  from  entering 
into  any  franchise  or  other  film 
license  agreement  with  any  dis- 
tributor for  more  than  one  year, 
and  all  such  deals  now  held  by 
Schine  for  periods  of  more  than 
a  year  are  declared  void  "as  to 
all  motion  pictures  released  af- 
ter the  30th  day  following  the 
entry  of  this  order." 

This  section  of  the  order  brought 
a  spirited  protest  from  Louis  D.  Froh- 
lich,  Columbia  counsel,  who  said  that 
his  company  had  a  franchise  made 
with  Schine  two  years  ago  which 
does  not  expire  until  1943.  Denying 
that  he  had  advance  knowledge  of 
the  agreement  postponing  trial  of  the 
suit  for  two  years,  Frohlich  asked 
that  Columbia  be  made  an  exception 
to  the  order  and  intimated  that  the 
provision  might  invite  breach  of  con- 
tract actions. 

Wright  refused  a  direct  request  by 
Frohlich  that  Columbia  be  made  an 
exception  to  the  order. 

The  order  and  stipulation,  accord- 
ing to  Wright,  were  motivated  largely 
by  conditions  as  they  are  today  and 
the  extreme  pressure  on  the  time  of 
both  court  and  opposing  counsel  an 
estimated  six-month  trial  would  in- 
volve. 

"In  consenting  to  this  order," 
said  Willard  S.  McKay,  Schine 
attorney,  "we  have  made  what 
we  consider  very  substantial 
sacrifices."  In  approving  the 
papers  before  him,  Judge  Knight 
declared  he  realized  the  defend- 
ant exhibitors  are  "certainly 
undergoing  substantial  restric- 
tions." 

The  order  specifically  sets  forth  that 
the  Government  has  offered  no  proof 
that  the  Schine  defendants  have  vio- 


lated the  anti-trust  laws,  and  that  the 
defendants  have  denied  so  doing.  It 
also  stipulates  that  the  order  applies 
only  to  future  conduct  of  the  defend- 
ant companies  and  does  not  involve  a 
determination  or  adjudication  of  the 
case  by  the  court. 

Defendants  will  be  required  to 
furnish  to  the  Department  of  Justice 
30  days  after  date  or  order  and  at 
the  end  of  each  succeeding  30  days 
thereafter,  a  detailed  report  showing 
the  efforts  which  have  been  made  to 
dispose  of  the  theatre  interests  and  the 
names  and  addresses  of  persons  to 
whom  such  theatre  interests  have  been 
sold  during  each  period. 

If  due  diligence  is  not  shown,  the 
Government  may  petition  the  court 
for  further  orders. 

"No  defendant  shall  acquire  any  the- 
atre or  interest  therein  except  where 
such  defendant  can  satisfy  the  court 
that  such  acquisition  will  not  be 
against  the  public  interest  after  giv- 
ing due  consideration  to  the  competi- 
tive situation,  if  any,"  the  order  con- 
tinues. "Except  as  to  the  theatres  re- 
ferred to  in  Section  4,  the  provision 
of  this  Section  5  shall  not  prevent  the 
consenting  defendants  from  renewing 
leases  on  theatres  now  operated  by 
them." 


Units  Schine  Must 
Drop  Are  in  N.Y. 
And  4  Other  States 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Pikeville,  Ky. ;  a  50  per  cent  interest 
in  the  Margie  Grand,  Harlan,  Ky., 
with  permission  to  retain  the  interest 
held  prior  to  acquisition  of  the  lease- 
hold in  the  theatre,  and  the  Cla-Zel 
and  Lyric,  Bowling  Green,  O.,  with 
permission  to  retain  the  interests  held 
in  those  prior  to  acquisition  of  the 
leaseholds. 

The  order  requiring  the  divestiture 
of  the  theatre  interests  states  that  the 
defendants  agree  to  offer  the  proper- 
ties promptly  after  the  order  is  en- 
tered in  court  to  those  from  whom 
they  were  acquired  "for  the  amount 
of  the  capital  investments  of  the  de- 
fendants therein,"  and  that  if  not  dis- 
posed of  to  such  persons  within  20 
days,  the  theatre  interests  shall  then 
be  offered  to  "independent  exhibitors" 
for  the  same  purchase  price  "and  upon 
fair  and  reasonable  terms  and  con- 
ditions." 

Sale  price  of  the  theatres  involved 
was  established  at  cost  prices  set 
forth  in  supplementary  papers.  The 
highest  figure  was  $235,000,  plus  $43,- 
100.73  spent  in  capital  improvements 
for    the    Strand,    Cumberland,  Md. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  May  20,  1942 


Studio  Pace 
Booms  With 
49  in  Work 


Hollywood,  May  19. — In  a  slump 
for  about  six  weeks,  production  sud- 
denly boomed  this  week  to  49  pictures 
before  the  cameras  as  19  new  films 
got  under  way.  Only  six  were  fin- 
ished, and  28  are  being  prepared. 
Sixty-five  are  being  edited. 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  is  the  busi- 
est lot,  with  nine  in  work. 

The  tally  by  studio : 

Columbia 

Finished:  "Blondie  for  Victory." 
In  Work :  "Shot  Gun  Guard." 
Started :      "My      Sister  Eileen," 
"Lucky  Legs." 

M-G-M 

In  Work :  "Random  Harvest," 
"Tish,"  "For  Me  and  My  Gal," 
"Cairo,"  "Seven  Girls,"  "A  Yank  at 
Eton." 

Started:  "The  War  Against  Mrs. 
Hadley." 

Monogram 

Finished :  "Texas  Trouble  Shoot- 
ers." 

In  Work :  "Lure  of  the  Islands."  . 
Started:    "Hot    Rubber,"  "Smart 
Alec." 

Producers  Releasing 

Finished:  "Tumbleweed  Trail." 
Started:  "Baby  Face  Morgan,"  "A 
Yank  in  Libya." 

Paramount 

Finished:  "The  Major  and  the 
Minor,"  "Silver  Queen." 

In  Work :  "Lady  Bodyguard,"  "I 
Married  a  Witch,"  "Wake  Island," 
"Happy-Go-Lucky,"  "Great  Without 
Glory." 

Started:  "For  Whom  the  Bell 
Tolls,"  "No  Time  for  Love." 

RKO 

In  Work :  "The  Big  Street." 

Started :  "Singing  Guns,"  "Name, 
Age  and  Occupation,"  "The  Navy 
Comes  Through,"  untitled  feature. 

Republic 

Finished:  "The  Phantom  Plains- 
men." 

In  Work :  "Flying  Tigers,"  "Lazy- 
bones." 

20th  Century-Fox 

In  Work :  "The  Black  Swan," 
"Iceland,"  "12  Men  in  a  Box,"  Or- 
chestra Wife,"  "The  Pied  Piper," 
"Berlin  Correspondent. 

Started  :  "Careful — Soft  Shoulders," 
"Little  Tokyo,  U.S.A.,"  "'The  Man 
in  the  Trunk." 

Universal 

In  Work :  "Sherlock  Holmes  Saves 
London,"  "Deep  in  the  Heart  of 
Texas,"  "Give  Out,  Sisters,"  (for- 
merly "I  Want  to  Dance"),  "Love 
and  Kisses,  Caroline,"  "Invisible 
Agent." 

Started :  "Boss  of  Hangtown  Mesa." 

Warners 

In  Work:  "Now,  Voyager," 
"George  Washington  Slept  Here," 
"The  Hard  Way." 

Started :  "Casablanca,"  "Gentleman 
Jim  Corbett." 


Reviews 


Duals  Out,  Gross  Up 

San  Francisco,  May  19. — In  four 
months  on  a  single  feature  policy, 
business  at  the  400-seat  Vogue  here 
has  more  than  doubled. 


"I  Married  an  Angel" 

{M-G-M) 

"\J  ELSON  EDDY  and  Jeanette  MacDonald  are  both  in  fine  voice  in 
^  ^  this  screen  adaptation  of  what  started  as  a  play  by  Vaszary  Janos, 
and  was  quite  successful  on  the  Broadway  stage  in  1938  as  a  musical 
adaptation  of  the  play  by  Richard  Rodgers  and  Lorenz  Hart,  produced 
by  Dwight  Wiman. 

Hunt  Stromberg,  the  film's  producer  and  Major  W.  S.  Van  Dyke  II 
gave  the  picture  fine  production  values  and  elaborate  pictorial  atten- 
tion. However,  it  would  appear  to  have  box-office  appeal  most  specifi- 
cally for  the  fans  of  the  starring  team  and  for  lovers  of  the  kind  of  musi- 
cal moments  devised  by  Rodgers  and  Hart.  Anita  Loos  wrote  the  screen- 
play. 

The  story  is  about  a  Budapest  playboy-banker,  played  by  Eddy,  who 
in  a  dream  marries  an  angel,  Miss  MacDonald.  Her  way  of  handling 
the  truth  in  the  polite  society  in  which  she  finds  herself  is  extremely 
upsetting  to  her  banker  husband,  and  affords  amusing  moments  to  the 
audience.  The  dream  makes  up  a  great  part  of  the  film.  At  the  conclu- 
sion, Eddy  returns  to  the  ballroom  where  his  birthday  party  is  in 
progress,  and  there  proposes  to  the  quiet  stenographer  in  his  bank  whose 
angel  costume  at  the  ball  had  provoked  ridicule,  and  who  was  the  subject 
of  his  dream.  Binnie  Barnes,  Reginald  Owen,  Edward  Everett  Horton 
and  Douglass  Dumbrille  are  chiefly  concerned  in  the  support. 

Running  time,  84  minutes.  "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaroxsox 


"Pacific  Rendezvous" 

{M-G-M) 

\\7  ITH  Lee  Bowman,  Jean  Rogers  and  Olivia  Kerlov  in  the  leading 
»  »    roles,  director  George  Sidney  has  fashioned  a  timely  and  fast  mov- 
ing spy  story  about  U.  S.  Naval  operations  in  the  Pacific.    It  should 
register  solidly  at  the  box-office. 

Interest  in  the  story  is  heightened  by  frequent  shots  showing  the  de- 
coding section  in  operation.  This  highly  specialized  body  has  developed 
exfrarodinary  skills  and  the  description  of  its  operations  should  prove 
interesting. 

Bowman,  as  a  reporter  turned  Navy  officer,  is  about  to  embark  on 
shipboard  duty  when  he  meets  Miss  Rogers.  The  latter,  reluctant  to 
lose  him,  discloses  to  her  uncle,  a  high  Navy  officer,  that  Bowman  is  an 
authority  on  codes  and  he  is  assigned  a  desk  job.  Considerably  dis- 
gusted, Bowman  reports  for  duty  armed  with  several  pocketfuls  of  pen- 
cils and  a  number  of  eyeshades. 

He  succeeds  in  cracking  a  Japanese  code  and  turns  the  information 
over  to  his  superior  officer.  The  latter  discovers  that  Mona  Maris,  with 
whom  he  is  in  love,  is  a  spy  who  has  turned  the  U.  S.  code  over  to 
Nazi  agents  but  he  is  shot  before  he  can  cause  Miss  Maris'  arrest. 
Bowman  takes  over  the  job  of  finding  the  murderer  and  spy  ring.  The 
trail  leads  to  Miss  Maris  who  ultimately  brings  Bowman  to  the  spy 
headquarters.  Finally  Bowman  gets  his  assignment  at  sea  and  the  fade- 
out  finds  Miss  Rogers  joining  him  as  a  nurse.  Others  in  the  cast  include 
Carl  Esmond,  Paul  Cavanagh,  Blanche  Yurka,  Russell  Hicks,  Arthur 
Shields,  William  Post,  Jr.,  among  others.    B.  F.  Zeidman  produced. 

Running  time,  76  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


"Once  Upon  a  Thursday" 

{M-G-M) 

A  S  a  program  picture,  "One  Upon  a  Thursday"  has  a  good  many 
amusing  moments,  good  performances  by  Marsha  Hunt  and 
Richard  Carlson  and  a  hangup  comedy  portrayal  by  Marjorie  Main. 
Far  removed  from  anything  topical,  its  principal  concern  is  with  a 
group  of  gossipy  society  people  who  suddenly  become  aware  that  one 
of  their  maids  is  writing  a  book  about  them. 

Miss  Hunt  is  the  maid  writing  the  book,  although  her  employers 
(Spring  Byington  and  Melville  Cooper)  don't  know  it  and  the  book 
isn't  a  scandal-mongering  recital  but  an  affectionate  portrayal.  Actually, 
Miss  Hunt  was  married  to  the  son  of  the  household  (Carlson)  when  he 
got  drunk  one  night  before  going  on  an  expedition  to  the  Arctic. 

While  Carlson  is  gone,  Miss  Hunt  refuses  the  money  he  left  her  to 
get  an  annulment  and  goes  instead  to  night  school  to  become  worthy 
of  him.  Upon  his  return  he  brings  with  him  a  fiancee  (Frances  Drake). 
With  the  aid  of  a  younger  sister  (Virginia  Weidler)  Carlson  decides 
that  he  loves  Miss  Hunt,  after  all,  and  there  is  a  joyful  reunion,  particu- 
larly after  it  is  announced  that  Miss  Hunt's  book  is  regarded  highly  in 
the  literary  world.  Others  in  the  cast  include  Allyn  Joslyn,  Barry  Nel- 
son, Inez  Cooper,  Sara  Haden  and  Margaret  Hamilton.  Jules  Dassin 
directed  and  Irving  Starr  was  producer. 

Running  time,  66  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


'Fleet,'  Show 
Lead  Chicago 
With  $38,000 


Chicago,  May  19. — Second  week  of 
"The  Fleet's  In"  and  stage  show  took 
538,000  at  the  Chicago  Theatre 
Jimmy  Durante,  in  person,  cot 
with  "Born  to  Sing"  rang  up  S22^ 
at  the  Oriental.  "The  Charlie  Chaplin 
Festival,"  which  Guaranteed  Pictures 
is  distributing,  is  being  held  for  a 
sixth  week  at  the  Studio  Theatre 
here. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  14 : 

"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.) 

APOLLO — (1.400)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
3rd  week.  Gross:  $5,500.  (Average,  $5,000) 
'  The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

CHICAGO— (4,000)  (35c-55c-75c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.  Stage — Gene  Krupa  band.  Con- 
nie Boswell.  Gross:  $38,000.  (Average. 
$32,G00) 

"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 
"Henry  and  Dizzy"  (Para.) 

GARRICK — (1,000)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days,   2nd   week.   Gross:   $5,000.  (Average. 

$5,000) 

"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

ORIENTAL — (3,200)     (27c-31c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Stage — Jimmy      Durante.  Gross: 
$22,000.  (Average,  $16,000) 
"The  Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"A  Date  With  the  Falcon"  (RKO)  6  days 
"Broadway"  (Univ.) 

"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO)  1  day 

PALACE—  (2,500)    (40c-50c-68c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $13,000.   (Average.  $13,000) 
"Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.A.) 
"Hay  Foot"  (U.  A.) 

ROOSEVELT— (1,500)    (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.   Gross:   $12,500.   (Average.  $11,000) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 

STATE-LAKE—  (3,700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $16,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"Fantasia"  (RKO) 

UXITED  ARTISTS— (1.700)  (35c-55c-65c- 
75c)  7  days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Av- 
erage, $14,000) 

"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 
"Sing  Your  Worries  Away"  (RKO)  5  days 
"Suicide  Squadron"  (Rep.) 
"A    Desperate    Chance   for    EUery  Queen" 
(Col.)  2  days 

WOODS— (1,200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross :  $7,000. 


*  "G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Appeals  Board  to 
Reopen  Complaint 

The  arbitration  appeals  board  yes- 
terday notified  the  five  consenting  dis- 
tribution companies  that  their  petition 
for  reopening  of  the  clearance  case  of 
the  Bailey  Theatre,  Buffalo,  had  been 
granted. 

The  board  set  May  25  as  the  final 
date  for  filing  new  briefs  by  defen- 
dants and  intervenors,  and  June  1  for 
filing  briefs  by  Dipson  Theatres,  oper- 
ator of  the  Bailey,  the  complainant  in 
the  case.  It  is  the  first  instance  of  the 
appeals  board  consenting  to  the  re- 
opening of  a  case  after  its  decision 
had  been  made. 

The  Bailey's  complaint,  filed  at  the 
Buffalo  tribunal,  asked  that  the  seven 
days  clearance  of  the  Kensington  over 
it  be  eliminated  and  that  it  be  restored 
to  the  same  availability  which  it  had 
with  the  Kensington  prior  to  1939 
when  both  were  operated  by  the  Shea 
Circuit.  The  arbitrator  reduced  the 
Kensington's  clearance  to  three  days 
and  an  appeal  was  taken  by  Dipson. 
Loew's  and  Paramount,  each  of  which 
had  a  one-third  interest  in  the  Ken- 
sington, were  dismissed. 

The  appeals  board  held  that  the 
case  was  one  in  which  "complainant's 
theatre  is  entitled  to  a  maximum  of 
relief." 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  May  20,  1942 


Webs  Share  in 
Women'sRadio 
AnnualAwards 


The  Women's  National  Radio 
Committee,  organization  of  women 
radio  listeners,  at  its  eighth  annual 
awards  luncheon  held  at  the  Hotel 
Pierre  yesterday  announced  win- 
ners of  its  1942-'43  awards.  The 
awards  are  made  on  the  basis  of 
a  national  vote  of  the  WNRC 
members. 

NBC  won  four  major  awards; 
the  Blue,  three;  CBS  and 
Mutual,  one  each,  and  WQXR 
and  WMCA  were  also  honored, 
although  not  eligible  for  awards 
because  their  programs  are  not 
heard  nationally. 

The  CBS  broadcasts  of  the  New 
York  Philharmonic  Symphony  con- 
certs won  first  place  in  the  music 
division ;  NBC's  "Aldrich  Family" 
took  first  place  in  the  drama  section ; 
the  Blue's  "America's  Town  Meeting 
of  the  Air"  was  voted  the  best  forum 
program ;  NBC's  "Maxwell  House 
Coffee  Time"  took  first  place  among 
entertainment  programs ;  NBC's  "In- 
formation, Please"  and  the  Blue's 
"Quiz  Kids"  were  so  close  in  the  vot- 
ing that  both  received  awards ;  Mu- 
tual's  "Rainbow  House"  took  first 
place  among  children's  programs  ;  H. 
V.  Kaltenborn,  of  NBC,  and  Walter 
Winchell,  of  the  Blue,  having  been 
very  close  in  the  voting,  each  drew 
awards  as  best  commentator.  Elmer 
Davis  of  CBS  was  a  runner-up 

Honor  WQXR,  WMCA 

WQXR  was  commended  for  the  un- 
usually high  caliber  of  its  music  and 
news  and  the  general  excellence  of  its 
programs  while  WMCA  was  honored 
for  its  "Friendship  Bridge"  programs. 

Runners-up  in  the  various  classifica- 
tions were :  Music,  CBS,  "The  Pause 
That  Refreshes ;"  Blue,  Metropolitan 
Opera  broadcasts,  and  Blue,  Dr. 
Walter  Damroch's  "Music  Apprecia- 
tion Hour."  Drama,  CBS,  "First 
Nigliter"  and  NBC,  "Fibber  McGee  & 
Molly."  Forum,  Mutual,  "American 
Forum  of  the  Air"  and  NBC,  "Uni- 
versity of  Chicago  Roundtable."  En- 
tertainment programs,  CBS,  "Kate 
Smith  Hour"  and  NBC  "Chase  & 
Sanborn  Hour." 

Award  Certificates 

The  awards  this  year  were  cer- 
tificates instead  of  medals  in  keeping 
with  the  Government's  desire  to  pre- 
serve metals,  it  was  said.  The  pres- 
entations were  made  by  Mme.  Yolanda 
Merio-Irion,  founder  and  chairman  of 
the  WNRC. 

Mme.  Irion  again  condemned 
"soap  operas,"  saying  that  while 
they  were  formerly  a  "nuisance," 
in  wartime  they  were  "danger- 
ous." She  asked  for  the  elimina- 
tion of  low  comedy  on  the  air 
and  the  addition  of  more  re- 
ligious programs,  adding  that 
the  "ratio  of  good  programs  on 
the  radio  is  too  small." 

The  luncheon  was  dedicated  to  radio's 
overseas  correspondents.  Speakers  in- 
cluded Mrs.  Lytle  Hull,  vice-chairman 
of  the  New  York  State  War  Savings 


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Off  the  Antenna 

RS.  Alfred  I.  du  Pont  of  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  has  announced  a  fund  for 
annual  awards  of  $1,000  each  to  radio  stations  and  commentators.  One 
will  go  to  the  commentator  who  renders  the  best  public  service  through  the 
reporting  of  news  by  radio  and  the  other  to  the  station  which  has  contributed 
outstanding  service  toward  the  encouragement  and  development  of  American 
ideals.  Both  awards  will  be  based  on  the  activities  during  a  calendar  year 
and  will  be  made  by  a  board  of  judges.  They  are  established  as  memorials  to 
the  late  Alfred  I.  du  Pont. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Walter  E.  Elliott,  president  of  Elliott-Haynes,  Ltd.,  of 
Canada,  has  joined  C.  E.  Hooper,  Inc.,  in  an  executive  capacity  .  .  .  Kenneth 
H.  Berkeley  has  been  appointed  Washington  representative  of  the  Blue 
.  .  .  Al  Simon,  WHN  publicity  director,  has  been  granted  a  leave  of  ab- 
sence to  help  organize  the  radio  campaign  of  the  New  York  War  Savings 
Staff  .  .  .  Gladys  Shelley  is  conducting  a  children's  record  show  on  WHN 
.  .  .  George  Gunn,  formerly  with  WMAL,  Washington,  has  joined  the 
Blue  as  announcer. 

•  •  • 

Prime  Minister  Winston  Churchill  is  second  only  to  President  Roose- 
velt as  a  political  speaker  in  attracting  radio  audiences,  according  to  the 
Cooperative  Analysis  of  Broadcasting.  His  speech  drew  27.4  per  cent  of 
all  U.  S.  set  owners  and  his  average  for  five  speeches  sent  here  by  short- 
wave is  26.9  per  cent,  it  was  said. 

•  •  • 

Belmont  Farley,  coordinator  of  radio  for  the  National  Education  Asso- 
ciation, is  in  town  to  confer-  with  the  CBS  education  department  on  plans 
for  the  1942-'43  "School  of  the  Air."  Continued  cooperation  by  the  NEA 
with  the  CBS  programs  is  assured,  Farley  said.  On  Friday,  the  "School 
of  the  Air"  committee  of  the  Music  Educators  National  Conference  will 
meet  to  confer  on  next  year's  program  on  "Music  On  a  Holiday,"  which 
is  part  of  the  "School"  series. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Prudential  Insurance  Co.  has  renewed  "The  Family 
Hour"  over  60  CBS  stations  and  will  sponsor  re-broadcasts  on  CBS  short- 
wave for  troops  overseas  beginning  May  29  .  .  .  Kellogg  Co.  has  signed  for 
one-minute  spots  on  WJZ  beginning  June  1  with  15  transcriptions  weekly 
for  17  weeks  .  .  .  A  new  patriotic  show,  "Till  We  Meet  Again"  mnll  be 
heard  on  the  Blue  Sundays  at  9:30  P.  M.,  beginning  June  7  ...  A  half- 
hour  program  of  music,  nezvs  and  sports  is  being  shortwai'cd  to  American 
troops  in  Northern  Africa  by  WGEA,  Schenectady,  daily  except  Sunday. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  Hartford's  four  stations,  WTIC,  WDRC, 
WTHT  and  WNBC  have  started  a  daily  15-minute  program  conducted 
jointly.  It  will  be  aired  from  the  city's  induction  center  and  the  basic 
idea  behind  the  program  is  to  give  the  city's  draftees  a  "sendoff"  .  .  . 
KPRC,  Red  outlet  in  Houston,  has  increased  its  night  power  to  5,000 
watts  with  a  directional  antenna  on  950  k.c.  .  .  .  Kenneth  Pettus,  formerly 
continuity  and  news  writer  with  KGW,  Portland,  Ore.,  has  joined  the 
NBC  Central  division  special  events  department  .  .  .  Val  Clare,  news 
editor  at  CKLW,  Windsor-Detroit,  will  be  guest  of  honor  at  a  rally  to 
aid  Malta  War  Relief  at  Mirror  Hall  in  Detroit  Saturday  .  .  .  Thomas  R. 
Humphrey  has  been  appointed  general  manager  of  WHYN,  Holyoke, 
Mass. 

•  •  • 

In  Pittsburgh:  Circuit  and  independent  exhibitors  in  Pittsburgh  will 
combine  with  the  city's  five  stations  and  the  Victory  Network  to  launch 
the  War  Savings  Bond  drive  in  theatres  May  29  .  .  .  KDKA's  Artist  Bu- 
reau has  dropped  the  practice  of  booking  talent  for  outside  shows  after  two 
years  of  bickering  with  the  American  Guild  of  Variety  Artists.  The  de- 
cision was  made  after  the  musicians'  local  threatened  to  strike  if  AGVA's 
demands  were  not  met.  Nat  Nazarro,  Jr.,  local  AGVA  business  agent  said 
the  business  was  being  divided  among  the  15  bookers  who  hold  AGVA 
licenses. 


Press-Owned 
Broadcasting 
Is  Defended 


Staff ;  William  B.  Lewis,  radio  di- 
rector of  the  Office  of  Facts  and 
Figures ;  Rosemay  Barck,  of  the  CBS 
shortwave  staff ;  Max  Jordan,  for- 
merly NBC  European  representative ; 
Fred  Bate,  head  of  NBC  shortwave 
division ;  Elizabeth  Wayne,  of  Mu- 
tual;  Major  George  Fielding  Eliot, 
CBS  commentator;  Helen  Hiett,  Blue 
commentator ;  Alex  Dreier,  NBC 
cpmmentator ;  Lisa  Sergio,  WQXR 
commentator,  and  H.  V.  Kaltenborn. 


Mayor  Sponsors  Concert 

Mayor  LaGuardia,  Local  802  of  the 
Musicians  Union,  and  the  war  services 
section  of  the  New  York  City  WPA 
Symphony  Orchestra  will  sponsor  a 
concert  at  the  Cosmopolitan  Opera 
House  Sunday.  Tickets  will  be  free 
upon  purchase  of  War  Savings 
Stamps. 


N.Y.  Stations  Off  Air 
Forl9-Minute'Alert' 

The  19-minute  alert  sounded  short- 
ly after  11  a.m.  yesterday  by  the  First 
Interceptor  Command  as  a  test  forced 
all  New  York  radio  stations  off  the 
air.  However,  the  functioning  of  the 
stations  during  the  period  was  not  re- 
garded by  authorities  as  very  satisfac- 
tory as  some  did  not  shut  down  for 
several  minutes  after  the  signal  was 
sounded. 

Under  the  plan,  all  stations  monitor 
certain  designated  stations  and  shut 
down  their  transmitters  when  the 
monitor  stations  go  off  the  air.  Yes- 
terday, however,  one  of  the  monitor 
stations  remained  on  the  air  with  a 
test  signal  through  an  error  and  sta- 
tions which  were  tuned  to  this  outlet 
continued  broadcasting  until  the  situa- 
tion was  clarified  by  telephone. 


Washington,  May  19. — The  pres- 
ent provisions  of  the  Communications 
Act  are  sufficiently  clear  and  hav, 
been  definitely  interpreted  by  tf 
courts  and  the  FCC  itself  to  precluu, 
any  denial  of  broadcasting  licenses  to 
applicants  merely  because  they  happen 
to  own  newspapers,  the  House  In- 
terstate and  Foreign  Commerce  Com- 
mittee was  told  today  by  Thomas  D. 
Thacher,  chief  counsel  for  the  News- 
paper-Radio Committee. 

Resuming  hearings  on  the  Sanders 
bill  for  reorganization  of  the  Commis- 
sion, the  committee  today  also  had 
before  it  Harold  V.  Hough,  of  Fort 
Worth,  Tex.,  chairman  of  the  news- 
paper-radio group,  and  Sydney  M. 
Kaye,  associate  counsel. 

List  Whittled  Down 

Hough  told  the  committee  that  the 
FCC  started  out  with  a  list  of  298 
stations  which  it  claimed  were  owned 
by  newspaper  interests,  but  whittled 
it  down  considerably  upon  a  show- 
ing that  many  of  the  stations  were  not 
so  owned,  and  contended  that  there 
are  only  169  stations  owned  by  news- 
papers in  their  own  communities,  out 
of  a  total  of  801  in  operation,  and 
that  there  is  not  and  cannot  be  any 
monopoly  of  broadcasting  by  news- 
papers. 

Thacher  outlined  the  argument  he 
presented  during  the  hearings  before 
the  Commission  on  the  law  itself,  but 
told  the  committee  that  the  hearings, 
as  such,  were  "eminently  fair"  but 
that  the  papers  were  fearful  of  the 
apparent  attempt  behind  the  inquiry 
to  discriminate  between  applicants. 

Kaye  reviewed  the  course  of  the 
investigation. 


G.  Bert  Henderson  Dies 

Chester,  Pa.,  May  19. — G.  Bert 
Henderson,  45,  assistant  to  the  presi- 
dent of  the  American  Federation  of 
Musicians  for  the  last  11  years,  died 
yesterday  while  attending  a  meeting 
of  the  AFM  Pennsylvania-Delaware 
council. 


Canada  Radio  Setup 
Attacked  at  Hearing 

Ottawa  May  19. — As  result 
of  "too  many  bosses,"  public 
ownership  of  radio  in  Canada 
is  suffering,  Gordon  Graydon 
told  the  House  of  Commons 
radio  committee  today. 

Graydon  pointed  out  that 
under  the  present  organiza- 
tion, two  cabinet  ministers 
were  concerned  in  administer- 
ing the  act,  the  board  of  gov- 
ernors proposed  to  set  up  an 
executive  committee  and  there 
had  been  division  of  authority 
between  the  general  manager 
and  the  assistant  general 
manager. 

Rene  Morin,  CBC  chairman, 
stated  the  organization  had 
been  designed  to  give  closer 
control  of  the  rapidly  grow- 
ing corporation. 


Wednesday,  May  20,  1942 


Motion  Picture  daily 


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Michalove  Named  to 
N  T  Eastern  Post 


Hollywood,  May  19. — Charles  P. 
Skouras  confirmed  yesterday  that  he 
would  devote  himself  exclusively  to 
his  new  post  as  president  of  National 
Theatres  and  would  maintain  a  sepa- 
rate organization  here  for  the  parent 
company,  apart  from  its  subsidiary, 
^.ox  West  Coast  Theatres. 
;3^=SHis  National  Theatres'  executive 
kff  here  will  include  Charles  A. 
Buckley,  former  FWC  counsel ;  Har- 
ry Cox,  National  Theatres  treasurer, 
and  Ed  Zabel,  National's  film  buyer. 
The  latter  two  will  be  transferred 
here  from  New  York. 

Board  Functions  in  N.  Y. 

Dan  Michalove  will  be  National 
Theatres'  New  York  representative, 
and  the  parent  company's  board  of  di- 
rectors will  continue  to  function 
there.  Michalove  also  will  serve  as 
New  York  contact  man  for  all  Na- 
tional's division  managers. 

George  Watters  will  be  transferred 
from  the  Los  Angeles  publicity  of- 
fice to  the  new  National  headquarters 
here,  and  Andy  Krappmann  will  con- 
tinue as  aide  to  Skouras. 

Arch  M.  Bowles,  formerly  operator 
of  FWC's  San  Francisco  division,  has 
been  made  manager  of  both  the 
Southern  and  Northern  California  di- 
visions. George  Bowser  was  made 
district  supervisor  for  the  Southern 
California  operations,  and  B.  V.  Stur- 
divant  for  Northern  California. 

Stanley  Brown,  San  Diego  city 
manager,  was  made  district  manager 
for  the  territory  covering  San  Diego, 
Long  Beach,  other  Southern  harbor 
areas  and  the  Imperial  Valley.  Terry 
McDaniel  was  made  district  super- 
visor for  the  Foothills  territory.  Wil- 
liam Thedford,  formerly  Los  Angeles 
city  district  supervisor  with  Spencer 
Leve,  has  been  assigned  to  the  Citrus 
Belt  theatres,  with  Santa  Barbara  and 
Santa  Paula,  formerly  operated  by 
Bowser,  added  to  the  territory. 

Los  Angeles  Changes 

Leve  and  David  Ross  will  operate 
the  Los  Angeles  city  district  together. 
Richard  Smith,  Pomona  city  manager, 
was  made  city  manager  at  San  Diego  ; 
John  Klee,  formerly  of  the  booking 
department,  was  given  the  Pomona 
post ;  Bert  Pirosh  was  made  assistant 
to  Fred  Stein,  booking  department 
head ;  Alfred  McNeill  was  named  city 
manager  of  San  Fernando  Valley  the- 
atres ;  Frank  Prince  was  transferred 
from  the  California  Theatre,  Glendale, 
to  the  booking  department,  and  Lou 
Harris  was  transferred  from  the  La 
Reina  Theatre,  Sherman  Oaks,  to  the 
Academy  Theatre,  Pasadena. 


Lift  Child  Theatre  Ban 

Northampton,  Mass.,  May  19. — 
With  the  epidemic  of  contagious  dis- 
eases in  this  city  practically  over,  the 
board  of  health  removed  the  ban  bar- 
ring children  under  21  from  theatres. 


'Uncle  Harry'  New 
Play,  Opens  Tonight 

"Uncle  Harry,"  a  new  play 
by  Thomas  Job,  co-starring 
Eva  Le  Gallienne  and  Joseph 
Schildkraut,  opens  tonight  at 
the  Broadhurst.  Clifford  Hay- 
man  is  the  producer. 


Studio  Workers  to 
Be  Fingerprinted 

Hollywood,  May  19. — Some 
35,000  studio  workers  will 
register  from  May  26  to  July 
8  for  identification  cards. 
Fingerprints  and  photographs 
will  be  taken  for  issuance  of 
the  cards.  Workers  must 
furnish  proof  of  citizenship 
and  fill  out  a  questionnaire, 
the  form  of  which  has  been 
approved  by  unions  and  guilds. 
The  fingerprints  will  be  for- 
warded to  the  Department  of 
Justice. 


Allied  Presents  Plea 
For  Music  Fees  Cut 


Grainger  Discloses 
Rep.  Sales  Record 

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record-breaking  grosses.  One  of_  the 
reasons  for  a  gross  increase  is  adjust- 
ments of  payrolls,  which  first  dropped 
off  when  workers  were  drafted,  and 
now  women  and  other  new  workers 
are  swelling  the  payrolls,  he  said. 

M.  J.  Siegel,  production  chief,  an- 
nounced that  $3,000,000  would  be  spent 
on  six  productions  before  Sept.  1. 
They  are  "Commandos,"  "Ice-capades 
of  1943,"  "Hit  Parade  of  1943," 
"Heart  of  the  West,"  Roy  Rogers 
western,  and  two  Gene  Autry  specials, 
"Bells  of  Capistrano"  and  "Call  of  the 
Canyon." 

The  meeting  ends  tomorrow  with 
the  showing  of  rushes  of  "The  Flying- 
Tigers." 


Equity  Bars  Sunday 
Show  Policy  Change 

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the  period  requested  or  giving  a  com- 
mitment for  an  indefinite  period,  the 
council  chose  to  pass  the  resolution 
stating  that  its  attitude  is  unchanged 
at  present. 

At  the  same  time,  the  council  an- 
nounced that  it  had  signed  an  agree- 
ment with  the  Pasadena  Playhouse, 
Pasadena,  Cal.,  one  of  the  few  major 
"little  theatre"  groups  which  had  not 
signed  with  Equity.  Signing  of  the 
agreement  would  permit  members  of 
Screen  Actors  Guild  as  well  as  Equity 
to  appear  with  the  group. 


Ruling  Expected  in 
Schad  Trust  Action 

Philadelphia,  May  19. — A  deci- 
sion by  Federal  Judge  J.  Cullen  Ganey 
on  the  motion  to  dismiss  the  anti-trust 
action  brought  by  Harry  J.  Schad, 
Reading,  Pa.,  exhibitor,  against  War- 
ners, 20th  Century-Fox,  and  the  War- 
ner and  Wiltner  &  Vincent  circuits,  is 
expected  to  be  handed  down  tomor- 
row. Counsel  completed  a  second  day 
of  arguments  today.  Schad  seeks  triple 
damages  of  $75,000. 


U.  S.  Aims  to  Aid 
Trade:  Kuykendall 

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with  Rodgers  yesterday  it  is  my  opin- 
ion that  M-G-M  is  determined  to  see 
the  unity  program  through  regardless 
of  what  other  companies  do." 

Kuykendall  left  for  New  York  to- 
day and  plans  to  attend  the  Theatre 
Owners  of  Arkansas  convention  at 
Hot  Springs  next  week. 


Relief  for  the  small  town  and  city 
theatres  which  have  suffered  patron- 
age losses  due  to  wartime  shifts  in 
population  was  described  as  the  object 
of  the  revision  of  Ascap  theatre  li- 
censing rates  being  sought  by  Allied 
States  at  a  meeting  of  representatives 
of  the  two  organizations  here  yester- 
day. 

The  Allied  committee  consisting  of 
Colonel  H.  A.  Cole,  chairman ;  Harry 
Lowenstein  and  Sidney  Samuelson, 
met  with  John  G.  Paine,  Ascap  gen- 
eral manager ;  Charles  Schwartz,  As- 
cap counsel,  and  Harold  Greenberg, 
Ascap  assistant  treasurer.  No  formal 
plan  for  a  revision  of  the  society's 
theatre  rates  was  presented,  Paine 
stated  following  the  meeting,  but  sev- 
eral studies  dealing  with  population 
shifts  and  theatre  business  trends  in 
some  areas  were  submitted  by  the  ex- 
hibitor group. 

Will  Study  Reports 

Paine  said  that  Ascap  would  study 
the  reports  submitted  and  would  give 
consideration  to  the  plea.  A  response 
will  be  made  to  Abram  F.  Myers,  Al- 
lied board  chairman  and  general  coun- 
sel, and,  if  further  meetings  are  re- 
quired, Myers  will  communicate  with 
the  Allied  committee.  Paine  said  that 
while  neither  side  had  anything  "con- 
crete to  present"  concerning  new  rate 
schedules,  the  exhibitors  were  as- 
sured that  Ascap  contemplated  no  in- 
crease in  its  theatre  rates. 


$100,000  Goal 
By  Industry 
For  N.Y.  Fund 


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of  J.  Robert  Rubin,  vice-president 
and  general  counsel  of  Loew's. 

Other  speakers  were  Rubin  and 
Thomas  D.  Lamont,  both  of  whom 
appealed  for  the  industry's  fullest  sup- 
port in  helping  to  raise  the  $5,000,000 
set  for  this  year's  campaign.  The 
quota  of  the  Amusement  Division 
which  the  speakers  felt  assured  would 
be  met  by  the  men  and  women  of  the 
artistic  world  represented  by  the  film 
industry,  radio  and  legitimate  theatre 
is  $100,000.  This  figure  is  approxi- 
mately a  20  per  cent  increase  of  the 
division's  quota  for  last  year. 

400  Agencies  Aided 

The  New  York  Fund  administers 
to  the  support  of  400  charitable  agen- 
cies in  the  City  of  New  York.  It  is 
the  only  benevolent  agency  in  the  city 
to  which  firms  are  authorized  to  con- 
tribute sums  on  behalf  of  their  organi- 
zations and  to  solicit  contributions 
from  their  staffs. 

Contributions  may  be  earmarked  by 
the  givers  for  their  favorite  charities, 
if  so  desired. 

Yesterday's  meeting  was  described 
by  members  as  among  the  most  en- 
thusiastic held.  Walker's  address  was 
lauded. 


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22  nd,  when,  over  tke  ^reat,  nationwide  hookup 
of  the  entire  Columhia  Broadcasting  System,  tke 

KATE  SMITH  VARIETY  HOUR  (8  to  8:55  P.m.) 

will  feature  tke  outstanding  George  M.  Cokan 
music  of  WARNER  BROS.  Entertainment  Miracle 


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JAMES  CAGNEY  ."YANKEE  DOODLE  DANDY" 

BASED  ON  THE  STORY,  LYRICS  AND  MUSIC  OF  GEORGE  M.  COHAN  with  JOAN  LESLIE* WALTER  HUSTON'RICHARD  WHORF 

JEANNE  CAGNEY  •  FRANCES  LANGFORD  •  GEORGE  TOBIAS  •  IRENE  MANNING  •  Directed  by  MICHAEL  CURTIZ 

Screen  Ploy  by  Robert  Buckner  and  Edmund  Joseph  •  Original  Story  by  Robert  Buckner 


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TEN  CENTS 


^  'Gas'  Rationing 
een  Affecting 
Film  Clearance 


Expect  Cut  in  Motoring 
To  Shift  Competition 


Restriction  of  motor  travel  in  the 
Atlantic  Coast  gas  rationing  area 
embracing  17  states  is  being  ap- 
praised by  exhibitors  in  the  light 
of  its  effect  on  competitive  condi- 
tions between  theatres  where  exist- 
ing clearance  schedules  are  based 


Gasoline  rationing  has  pre- 
sented no  serious  problem  to 
film  salesmen  and  no  difficulty 
is  anticipated,  New  York  ex- 
change executives  stated  yes- 
terday. B3  cards  allowing  for 
57  gallons  for  the  period  May 
15  to  July  1  were  issued  to 
salesmen,  and  they  have  since 
received  unofficial  assurances  at 
local  rationing  boards  that  fuel 
will  be  obtainable  in  proportion 
to  their  needs,  it  was  stated. 


to  a  large  extent  on  motoring 
patronage,  it  was  learned  yesterday. 

This  development  already  has  led 
to  numerous  requests  at  local  arbitra- 
tion tribunals  throughout  the  area 
for  information  concerning  the  filing 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


RCA  Service  Meet 
Talks  Conservation 

Conservation  of  existing  theatre 
equipment  and  supplies  was  the  prin- 
cipal topic  at  a  three-day  meeting  of 
RCA  home  office  executives  and  dis- 
trict service  managers,  which  was 
concluded  in  Camden,  N.  J.,  yester- 
day. 

Steps  were  taken,  according  to  W. 
L.  Jones,  RCA  national  service  man- 
ager, to  cooperate  fully  with  the  in- 
dustry and  with  the  IATSE  10-point 
conservation  program  and  new  plans 
for  aiding  exhibitors  in  maintaining 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


MPTOA  and  Allied 
Support  Bond  Drive 

The  two  national  exhibitor  organi- 
zations, MPTOA  and  Allied  States 
have  pledged  complete  cooperation  in 
the  industry's  War  Bond  and  Stamp 
drive,  Si  Fabian,  campaign  manager 
at  the  War  Activities  Committee,  an 
nounced  yesterday. 

The  industry's  bond  and  stamp  sell 
ing  campaign  begins  May  30  in  thea 
tres  throughout  the  country. 


Police  Dep't  Orders 
On  Dimout  Confuse 
New  York  Exhibitors 


Orders  issued  by  New  York  City 
Police  Department  early  this  week  for 
a  more  drastic  dimout  than  had  ex- 
isted for  the  previous  two  weeks  have 
created  confusion  among  theatre  own- 
ers, a  checkup  yesterday  revealed. 

It  was  indicated  in  theatre  circles 
that  as  soon  as  an  opportunity  pre- 
sents itself,  circuit  heads  will  seek  a 
meeting  with  Police  Commissioner 
Lewis  J.  Valentine  to  obtain  clarifica- 
tion of  the  situation. 

Although  all  theatre  owners 
promptly  complied  with  the  orders  re- 
quiring that  all  lights  except  those 
under  the  marquees  be  extinguished 
and  had  reduced  the  wattage  of  soffit 
lights,  confusion  was  caused  by  con- 
flicting orders  of  the  police. 

Most  theatres  dimmed  under-mar- 

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Fly  Slated  to  Tell 
About  Press-Radio 

Washington,  May  20.  —  FCC 
Chairman  James  L.  Fly  is  slated  to 
appear  before  the  House  Interstate 
and  Foreign  Commerce  Committee 
Friday  to  explain  policies  of  the 
FCC  with  respect  to  newspaper  own- 
ership of  stations  and  its  network 
regulations. 

The  FCC,  its  network  rules  and  its 
investigation  of  newspaper  ownership 

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Radio  Campaign  for 
Films  Is  Proposed 

A  national  institutional  ad- 
vertising campaign  on  the 
radio  designed  to  create  good- 
will for  the  film  industry  has 
been  proposed  for  sponsorship 
by  Umpi,  it  was  learned  yes- 
terday. The  proposal  was  ad- 
vanced by  exhibitor  members 
of  Umpi,  and  it  is  reported 
that  it  will  be  referred  to  the 
Umpi  committee  on  public  re- 
lations, of  which  Howard 
Dietz  is  chairman. 


Urges  Canada  Radio 
To  Counteract  Nazis 


Ottawa,  May  20. — The  Canadian 
Government  and  the  Canadian  Broad- 
casting Corp.  board  of  governors 
should  consider  radio  propaganda  to 
counteract  broadcasts  from  stations 
in  Germany,  Rene  Morin,  CBC  board 
chairman,  told  the  Parliamentary 
radio  committee  today. 

Morin  made  his  statement  in  re- 
sponse to  a  question  from  Brooke 
Claxton,  M.P.,  who  asked  what  action 
the  CBC  had  taken  to  meet  such 
broadcasts.  The  question  was  then 
raised  whether  CBC  was  to  be  a 
propaganda  agency  on  its  own  initia- 
tive or  whether  that  was  the  function 
of  the  Government's  Department  of 
Information. 

M.  J.  Caldwell,  C.C.F.  leader,  sug- 
gested that  internal  business  arrange- 
ments of  the  CBC  were  in  a  "chaotic 
condition." 


Business  Better  in  N.  E., 
But  Stock  Shows  Worried 


Gas  rationing,  coupled  with  cool, 
rainy  weather,  has  tended  to  increase 
theatre  business  i  n  New  England 
areas,  according  to  midweek  reports 
from  the  territory. 

Connecticut  towns  on  Long  Island 
Sound  also  have  evidenced  attendance 
increases  since  the  recent  Army  ruling 
exempting  them  from  the  coast  dim- 
out  orders. 

Following  are  the  latest  reports  on 
business  conditions  in  the  territory : 


Hartford  Business 
Is  Reported  Good 

Hartford,  May  20.  —  Downtown 
film  houses  continue  to  do  good  busi- 
ness, although  some  of  the  neighbor- 
hood houses  are  off.  The  city  has 
well  over  300,000  population.  United 


Aircraft  Corp.  has  over  20,000  em- 
ployes on  its  payrolls  at  present,  and 
other  large  defense  plants  are  here. 

Because  of  restrictions  on  gasoline 
and  tires,  operators  of  Connecticut's 
"straw  hat"  theatres  are  worried  over 
this  Summer's  prospects.  Several 
smaller  stock  companies  have  an- 
nounced that  they  will  be  closed  this 
Summer,  including  the  Band  Box- 
Players  of  Suffield  and  the  Westport 
Country  Playhouse  at  Westport. 


Rain.  Gas  Rationing 
Aid  Mass.  Theatres 

Springfield,  Mass.,  May  20. — Any 
attempt  to  estimate  the  effects  of  gas 
rationing  on  the  motion  picture  the- 
atres  in   this   city  was   blocked  by 

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U.  S.  Receives 
Objections  to 
Umpi  Proposal 

Committee  Meets  Today 
To  Plan  Legal  Draft 

Washington,  May  20. — Opposi- 
tion to  the  Umpi  sales  plan  by  dis- 
senting' industry  groups  is  being 
registered  with  the  Department  of 
Justice  here  and  is  reported  to  in- 
clude reservations  on  the  part  of 
two  of  the  consenting  companies 
which  ostensibly  have  subscribed  to 
the  plan,  it  was  learned  today. 

Department  officials  have  de- 
clined to  identify  the  companies 
or  groups  which  have  communi- 
cated their  objections  to  the 
proposed  new  selling  plan  but 
have  admitted  that  opposition 
has  been  expressed  by  repre- 
sentatives of  "diverse  industry 
branches." 

It  is  known  that  New  England  Ex- 
hibitors, Inc.,  and  Southeastern  The- 
atre Owners  Association  are  actively 
opposed  to  the  proposed  new  selling 
plan  and  have  asked  their  members 
to  express  their  views  to  the  Depart- 
ment. In  addition,  it  is  believed  that 
the  Society  of  Independent  Motion 
Picture  Producers  either  has  already 

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RKO  Holds  'Bond' 
Tournament  at  Rye 

Nearly  200  persons,  including  RKO 
home  office  executives,  employes  and 
guests,  attended  the  seventh  annual 
RKO  golf  tournament  yesterday  at 
Westchester  Country  Club,  Rye,  N.  Y. 
The  event  was  designated  a  "war  bond 
tournament." 

Bonds  of  $25  each  were  awarded  as 
prizes,  with  the  exception  of  the  four- 
somes, the  winners  of  which  received 
$5  in  stamps.     A  dinner  in  the  eve- 

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Gluckman  Appointed 
Victory  Films  Aide 

Herman  Gluckman  has  been  ap- 
pointed assistant  to  the  War  Activities 
Committee  coordinator  in  the  distribu- 
tion of  Victory  Films  to  theatres,  it 
was  announced  yesterday  by  George 
J.  Schaefer,  chairman  of  the  WAC. 
Gluckman  formerly  was  Republic 
Pictures  franchise  holder  in  New 
York  and  Pennsylvania. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  May  21,  1942 


Seek  Projectors  for 
Troops  in  Australia 

The  Anzac  Division  of  the 
British  War  Relief  Society  of 
New  York  has  offered  to  pur- 
chase 35  mm.  portable  projec- 
tors, preferably  with  genera- 
tors, through  a  fund  raised  to 
send  such  projectors  to  Aus- 
tralia for  the  entertainment 
of  American  and  Australian 
troops. 

Owners  of  such  equipment 
willing  to  dispose  of  it  are 
asked  to  communicate  with 
Albert  Deane,  Room  1001,  Par- 
amount Bldg.,  New  York. 


Branch  Managers 
Testify  in  St.  Louis 

St.  Louis,  May  20. — Adolph  Rose- 
can,  owner  of  the  Princess,  Southside 
subsequent  run  house,  today  com- 
pleted his  testimony  in  his  clearance 
complaint  against  Warner  Bros., 
RKO,  Paramount  and  20th  Century- 
Fox.  The  hearing  will  be  resumed 
tomorrow. 

Maurice  Schweitzer  and  Lester 
Bono,  branch  managers  for  Para- 
mount and  20th  Century-Fox,  respec- 
tively, testified,  in  answer  to  Rose- 
can's  contention  pictures  were  being- 
delayed  as  long  as  three  months  in 
reaching  his  theatre,  that  it  would  be 
impractical  to  change  to  the  present 
clearance  arrangements.  Rosecan 
claims  the  clearance  the  Cinderella, 
part  of  the  Wehrenberg-Kaimann  cir- 
cuit, holds  over  him  is  unreasonable. 


Arbitrator  Resigns 
From  Chicago  Panel 

Chicago,  May  20. — Thomas  C. 
McConnell,  who  served  as  arbitrator 
of  three  important  complaints  at  the 
local  tribunal,  resigned  today  from  the 
Chicago  board's  arbitration  panel  due 
to  the  pressure  of  his  law  business. 

Before  resigning,  McConnell  denied 
an  application  by  the  York  Theatre, 
Elmhurst,  111.,  for  a  reopening  of  the 
Wheaton  Theatre's  clearance  case. 
McConnell's  decision  in  the  case  was 
regarded  locally  as  upsetting  the  sub- 
urban clearance  schedule  here  because 
it  had  the  effect  of  establishing  new 
boundaries  between  the  city  and  coun- 
try release  zones. 

Chicago  Reel  Club 
Elects  New  Officers 

Chicago,  May  20. — Harold  Wirth- 
wein  has  been  elected  second  vice- 
president  of  the  Reel  Fellows  Club 
here,  Ted  Meyers,  assistant  treasurer, 
and  Sig  Dicker,  assistant  secretary, 
filling  vacancies. 

The  district  and  branch  managers 
here  will  be  guests  at  the  organiza- 
tion's meeting  June  21,  the  last  to  be 
held  until  September.  A  picnic  is 
planned  for  June  26  for  wives  and 
children  of  members. 

Kuykendall,  Richey 
To  Arkansas  Meet 

Ed  Kuykendall,  president  of  the 
MPTOA,  and  H.  M.  Richey,  director 
of  exhibitor  relations  for  M-G-M,  are 
scheduled  to  address  the  annual  con- 
vention of  the  MPTO  of  Arkansas, 
which  will  meet  early  next  week  at 
Hot  Springs.  Richey  will  address  the 
New  Jersey  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs  at  Atlantic  City  today. 


Personal 


RUBE  JACKTER,  Columbia  as- 
sistant sales  manager,  and  Sam 
Galanty,  division  manager,  plan  to 
leave  today  for  Richmond  and  Balti- 
more. 

• 

William  F.  Rodgers  is  expected 
from  Chicago  tomorrow. 

• 

Frank  T.  Robb  of  the  Century 
Theatre,  Rochester,  has  been  married 
to  Helen  Failla  of  Canandaigua, 
N.  Y. 

• 

Mrs.  Maurice  Shulman,  wife  of 
the  Hartford,  Conn.,  circuit  executive, 
is  the  mother  of  a  baby  girl. 

• 

Gus  Kato  of  the  State,  New  Brit- 
ain, Conn.,  and  Verdi  Passini  of  the 
Palace,  New  Britain,  have  joined  the 
Army. 

Will  Aid  Enlistment 
Of  Film  Technicians 

Hollywood,  May  20. — The  appoint- 
ment of  a  New  York  sub-committee 
to  assist  in  the  procurement  of  quali- 
fied motion  picture  technical  person- 
nel for  enlistment  in  the  various  Sig- 
nal Corps  reserve  units  has  been  an- 
nounced here  by  Col.  Nathan  Levin- 
son,  chairman,  and  Major  S.  J.  Bris- 
kin,  vice-chairman,  of  the  Academy 
Research  Council's  personnel  commit- 
tee. 

The  sub-committee  will  investigate 
qualifications  of  Eastern  applicants 
and  cooperate  to  insure  that  tech- 
nicians are  assigned  to  units  for  which 
they  are  best  fitted.  The  sub-commit- 
tee includes :  Alan  Freedman,  chair- 
man ;  Joseph  Coffman,  Franklin  La- 
Grand,  Joseph  Spray  and  Gordon  S. 
Mitchell,  manager  of  the  Research 
Council. 

U  .S.  Agriculture  Dep't 
Delays  Film  Contract 

Washington,  May  20. — The  De- 
partment of  Agriculture  has  postponed 
the  opening  of  bids  for  the  production 
of  a  motion  picture  on  the  role  of 
agriculture  in  the  war  program  and 
now  plans  to  receive  bids  Friday. 
It  is  not  expected,  however,  that  any 
contract  will  be  awarded  for  some 
days. 

The  project  contemplates  the 
handling  of  the  entire  job  by  the  con- 
tractor, from  the  staging  of  the  film 
to  its  final  processing,  it  was  said. 


Legion  Honors  Jessel 

Pittsburgh,  May  20.  —  Variety 
Post  589,  American  Legion,  presented 
a  Distinguished  Service  Certificate  to 
George  Jessel  on  the  stage  of  the 
Nixon  Theatre  here  for  his  visits 
to  the  Veterans  Hospital,  and  other 
service. 

Camp  O'Connell  for  underprivileged 
children,  Variety  Club  project,  will 
open  for  the  season,  June  28. 


Ralph  Clark  to  Alaska 

Seattle,  May  20.  —  Ralph  Clark, 
formerly  representative  for  Warner 
Brothers  in  Australia,  visited  here  this 
week  en  route  to  Alaska  on  a  sales 
and  exploitation  mission  for  the  War- 
ner organization.  Mrs.  Clark,  who 
returned  from  Australia  with  her  hus- 
band recently,  has  gone  to  New  York 
to  visit  their  son  while  Clark  is  in  the 
Far  North. 


Mention 


WP.    MONTAGUE    has  been 
•  named  a  judge  of  the  annual 
Headliners'  Frolic  in  Atlantic  City. 
• 

Thomas  Dunphy  of  Loew's  Pal- 
ace, Hartford,  has  returned  from  va- 
cation in  Canada. 

• 

Joseph  C.  Reynolds  of  Warner 
Theatres'  New  Haven  office  has 
joined  the  Army. 

• 

Cecil  Felt,  operator  of  the  Blue- 
bird, Philadelphia,  has  been  called  for 
Army  duty. 

• 

John  Springer,  of  the  Little  The- 
atre, Rochester,  is  in  town. 

• 

Louis  Nidorf  of  Warners'  Key- 
stone, Philadelphia,  has  left  for  Army 
service. 

Sunday  Vaudeville 
Favored  by  Holyoke 

Holyoke,  Mass.,  May  20. —  The 
board  of  aldermen  by  a  vote  of  17  to 
one  called  upon  Mayor  Henry  T. 
Toepfert  to  rescind  his  ban  on  Sunday 
vaudeville  on  the  grounds  that  acts 
presented  have  been  clean  and  whole- 
some entertainment  desired  by  the 
public. 

The  single  dissenting  vote  was  cast 
by  Alderman  P.  A.  Coughlin,  who  ad- 
vocates the  designation  of  the  mayor 
as  a  one-man  censor  board.  The 
Massachusetts  Sunday  License  Act 
permits  mayors  throughout  the  state 
to  refuse  Sunday  licenses  for  any  type 
of  entertainment.  ' 


W.B.  Phila.  Branch 
Makes  Staff  Changes 

Philadelphia,  May  20.  —  Ollie 
Guilfoil,  booker  at  the  Warner  ex- 
change here,  has  been  made  sales- 
man, succeeding  Wally  Howes,  who 
has  returned  to  a  New  York  sales 
post  with  the  company. 

William  Mansell,  branch  manager, 
also  announced  that  Edwin  Carlin  had 
been  promoted  from  an  office  post  to 
the  booking  staff,  and  Richard  Brown, 
head  of  the  advertising  accessories 
department,  has  been  placed  in  charge 
of  the  exchange's  checking  depart- 
ment.  Tony  Blase  replaces  Brown. 


Holleb  Joins  O.  Censors 

Columbus,  May  20. — Kenneth  C. 
Ray,  director  of  education,  in  charge 
of  the  Ohio  censor  board,  has  appoint- 
ed Lou  Holleb  as  film  inspector  to 
check  films  throughout  the  State  to 
see  that  they  have  been  passed  by  the 
board.  Holleb  formerly  operated  the 
New  Theatre  here. 


Buying  Unit  Adds  Two 

Philadelphia,  May  20. — The  Fox, 
Duncannon,  Pa.,  and  West  Shore, 
New  Cumberland,  have  joined  the  Af- 
filiated Theatres  booking  and  buying 
service  here,  headed  by  David  Mil- 
gram.  The  organization  now  serves  32 
theatres. 


Col.  Official  to  Capital 

Hollywood,  May  20. — William  K. 
Hopkins,  director  of  industrial  rela- 
tions for  Columbia  Pictures,  left  today 
for  Washington  conferences  with  War 
Production   Board  officials. 


SEC  Reports  Rubin 
Sale  of  Loew's  Stock 


Washington,  May  20. — Sale  in 
March  of  3,200  shares  of  Loew's,  Inc., 
common  stock  by  J.  Robert  Rubin, 
New  York  officer,  reducing  his  hold- 
ings to  10,415  shares,  was  the  largest 
of  four  film  stock  transactions  re- 
ported by  the  Securities  and  Ex- 
change Commission  in  its  first  sum- 
mary for  the  month.  ^ 

Other  March  transactions  incl 
the  acquisition  of  224  shares  of  LoeV  s 
Boston  Theatres  common  stock  by 
Loew's,  Inc.,  giving  it  a  total  of  119,- 
241  shares,  and  purchase  of  500  shares 
of  Radio  Keith  Orpheum  common 
stock  by  Frederick  L.  Ehrman,  New 
York  director,  giving  him  a  total  of 
700  shares. 

Exchange  by  Adolph  Zukor 

A  delayed  report  on  Paramount 
Pictures  showed  that  in  December, 
Adolph  Zukor,  New  York  director, 
exchanged  200  shares  of  second  pre- 
ferred stock,  his  entire  holding,  for 
180  shares  of  common  stock,  of  which 
he  had  380  shares  at  the  close  of  the 
year,  and  a  report  for  the  same  month 
on  Loew's,  Inc.,  showed  that  William 
F.  Rodgers,  New  York  officer,  dis- 
posed by  gift  of  67  shares  of  common 
stock  held  through  a  holding  com- 
pany. 

A  report  on  Columbia  Broadcasting 
System  disclosed  that  in  March  Sam- 
uel Paley,  Philadelphia  director,  pur- 
chased 500  shares  of  Class  B  common 
stock,  giving  him  a  total  of  23,500 
shares.  He  also  held  9,100  shares  of 
Class  A  common  stock. 

Returns  of  the  holdings  of  persons 
becoming  officers  or  directors  of  regis- 
tered corporations  showed  that  How- 
ard Dietz,  New  York,  held  five  shares 
of  Loew's,  Inc.,  common  stock,  when 
he  became  a  vice-president  February  3. 
and  Allen  L.  Carter,  Jr.,  Baltimore, 
held  no  securities  of  Universal  Pic- 
tures when  he  was  added  to  the  di- 
rectorate March  16. 


W.B.  Sets  Service  Film 

A  feature  length  film,  the  material 
for  which  was  selected  from  seven 
Warner  Bros,  short  subjects  on  the 
service  branches,  has  been  made  up 
by  the  company  and  will  be  released 
May  25  under  the  title  "A  Salute  to 
the  Armed  Forces,"  Norman  H.  Mo- 
ray, short  subjects  sales  manager,  an- 
nounced yesterday. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  May  21,  1942 


Business  Better  in  N.  E., 
But  Stock  Shows  Worried 


U.  S.  Receives 
Objections  to 
Umpi  Proposal 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

formally  opposed  the  plan  or  intends 
to  do  so  shortly. 

A  special  committee  of  attorneys 
and  Umpi  members  is  scheduled  to 
meet  today  at  the  office  of  Howard 
Levinson,  Warner  Bros.'  attorney,  to 
continue  work  on  proposed  revisions 
and  amplification  of  arbitration  under 
the  consent  decree. 

In  addition,  the  meeting  is  sched- 
uled to  continue  work  on '  a  formal 
draft  of  the  Umpi  sales  plan  for  for- 
mal submission  to  the  Department  of 
Justice.  The  meeting  of  the  special 
committee  originally  was  scheduled 
for  yesterday  but  was  postponed  until 
today. 

Among  those  scheduled  to  attend  the 
meeting  are  J.  Robert  Rubin,  Ed 
Kuykendall,  Robert  White,  Robert 
Barton,  Richmond  attorney  represent- 
ing unaffiliated  exhibitor  organiza- 
tions ;  H.  A.  Cole,  Austin  Keough,  and 
Levinson. 

RKO  Holds  'Bond' 
Tournament  at  Rye 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

ning  was  presided  over  by  Ned  E. 
Depinet. 

The  winners  follow,  with  prizes  for 
RKO  employes  and  guests : 

Kickers'  handicap,  Ned  E.  Depinet, 
Samuel  Rinzler ;  low  gross,  South 
course,  Herbert  Walker,  Harold 
Rinzler ;  runners-up,  David  Canavan, 
Ed  Gaylord;  low  gross,  West  course, 
Lou  Miller,  Ed  Sullivan ;  runners-up, 
Harry  Pimstein,  Mitchell  May,  Jr. ; 
putting  contest,  Robet  Dann ;  nearest 
to  pin  contest,  South  course,  F. 
Eggerstedt ;  West  course,  George 
Weiss.  Joseph  Aurrichio  and  Irving 
Shiffrin  were  adjudged  the  "world's 
worst  golfers"  and  were  awarded  six 
soap  golf  balls. 

Winners  of  the  foursomes  were : 
Herman  Robbins,  Roy  Haines,  Charles 
Levy,  Leon  Bamberger,  Al  Adams, 
David  Strumpf,  Louis  Sarnoff,  Jack 
Scheftel,  Henry  Newcomb,  F.  How- 
ard, Fred  Lutkin,  M.  Goldstein,  H. 
Crandall,  H.  J.  Strong,  Harold  Rod- 
ner,  Edward  Sniderman,  E.  J.  Mc- 
Guire,  W.  A.  Scully,  R.  Schneider,  C. 
Leyendecker,  James  Mulvey,  F.  Brav- 
erman,  Al  Dawson,  C.  Berenson,  Mon- 
roe Greenthal,  George  Carver  and 
Jack  Baker. 


Acquire  S.A.  Films 

Herbert  E.  Knapp,  documentary 
film  producer,  will  make  a  picture  on 
the  life  and  customs  of  Peru  for  the 
Motion  Picture  Division  of  the  Coor- 
dinator of  Inter-American  Affairs. 
Knapp's  "Latitude  Zero,"  a  subject 
on  Ecuador,  was  recently  acquired  by 
the  Coordinator's  Office  for  non-the- 
atrical release,  it  was  announced. 


Cooperman  Promoted 

Philadelphia,  May  20. — Alex 
Cooperman,  formerly  on  the  Univer- 
sal exchange  office  staff  here,  has 
been  promoted  to  booker. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

the  weather.  Neighborhood  houses 
were  crowded  with  long  lines  waiting 
to  get  in  but  the  same  situation  pre- 
vailed at  downtown  houses.  It  was 
typical  showmen's  weather,  with  gray 
skies  and  a  light  drizzle  working 
against  any  outdoor  activity  but  not 
bad  enough  to  keep  people  at  home. 

There  was  a  noticeable  decrease  in 
automobile  traffic  in  the  city  but  this 
again  might  have  been  caused  by  the 
weather.  Theatre  managers  say, 
however,  they  are  already  noticing  a 
change  in  the  makeup  of  the  audiences 
with  many  who  used  to  "take  a  little 
ride"  in  the  evening  now  coming  to 
the  theatre  instead.  It  was  announced 
that  due  to  gasoline  rationing  the 
midget  automobile  racing  program  in 
West  Springfield  would  end  after  only 
two  weeks,  of  operation.  A  small 
crowd  of  3,000  saw  the  races  last 
Saturday  night,  held  down  by  the 
weather    and    public    opinion  that 


Providence  Gives 
'Gold  Rush'  $8,500 


Providence,  May  20. — "The  Gold 
Rush"  and  "Juke  Box  Jenny"  at  the 
RKO-Albee  led  in  a  generally  good 
week  with  $8,500.  At  the  Majestic 
"My  Gal  Sal"  and  "The  Man  Who 
Wouldn't  Die"  drew  $8,900. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  13-14 : 

"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.  A.) 
"Joke  Box  Jenny"  (Univ.) 

RKO-ALBEE— (2,239)      (28c-39c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $8,500.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"The  Wife  Takes  A  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 

LOEWS  STATE— (3,232)   (28c-39c-S0c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $11,000.   (Average,  $11,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (Zttth-Fox) 
"The  Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  (»>th-Fox) 

MAJESTIC— (2,250)   (28c-39c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,900.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para*) 
"The  Affairs  of  Jimmy  Valentine"  (Rep.) 

STRAND— (2,200)  (28c-39c-50c)  7  days. 
"Blonde"  2nd  week.  Gross:  $6,800.  (Av- 
erage, $6,000) 

"Murder  in  the  Big  House"  (W.  B.) 

FAY'S— (1,800)  (20c-33c-44c)  7  days.  Stage 
show  with  Major  Bowes  Unit  featuring 
Mickey  Ross,  Burney  West,  the  Wilson 
Sisters,  Lynn  Lawrence,  Arthur  Melli, 
Pearl  Green,  Jerry  Bergman,  Luke  and 
Hank,  Michael  Dore  and  Minda  Lang. 
Gross:  $6,800.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"Broadway  Big  Shot"  (PRC) 

METROPOLITAN— (3,045)  (30c-35c-55c- 
75c)  3  days.  Stage  show  with  Benny 
Goodman  and  Orchestra,  Peggy  Lee  and 
Art  London,  Alan  Carney,  and  Lane  and 
Ward.  Gross:  $7,400.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

CARLTON— (1,526)  (28c-39c-50c)  7  days, 
3rd  week.  Gross:  $1,800.  (Average,  $3,500) 
"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.  B.)  (3  days) 
"The    Vanishing   Virginian"    (M-G-M)  (3 

days) 

"Confirm  or  Deny"  (20th-Fbx)  (4  days) 
"Look  Who's  Laughing"  (RKO)   (4  days) 

EMPIRE— (1,200)  (20c-28c)  2nd  run. 
Gross:  $2,100.  (Average,  $2,000) 


FWC  Shows  Ad  Reel 

San  Francisco,  May  20.  —  Fox 
West  Coast  first  run  houses  in  this 
area  have  booked  the  commercial  reel, 
"Trees  and  Homes,"  a  three-reel  sub- 
ject produced  for  Weyerhauser  Lum- 
ber Co.,  which  has  been  approved  by 
the  Variety  Club  committee  in  South- 
ern California.  It  is  the  first  in- 
stance of  commercial  reels  being 
shown  in  local  first  runs  in  many 
years. 


frowned  on  automobile  racing  when 
motorists  could  only  get  three  gal- 
lons of  gas  a  week.  The  promoters  of 
the  program  announced  this  week  that 
there  would  be  no  more  racing  for 
the  duration  of  the  gas  shortage. 


Conn.  Shore  Towns' 
Blackout  Now  Lifted 

New  Haven,  May  20. — Exhibitors 
in  this  territory  have  been  relieved  by 
the  lifting  of  the  blackout  in  nearby 
shore  towns  on  the  coast  line  between 
Saybrook  and  Stratford.  New  Lon- 
don and  Saybrook  remain  dark. 

However,  other  towns  which  looked 
forward  to  a  poor  Summer  have  now 
been  ruled  "safe"  because  they  are 
now  deemed  sufficiently  shielded  by 
Long  Island.  For  a  few  weeks  all 
theatre,  street  and  even  house  lighting 
had  been  blacked  out,  and  autos  per- 
mitted to  travel  only  on  dim  lights 
in  these  shore  towns. 


'Kings  Row,'  $9,500, 
Tops  Toronto  Week 


Toronto,  May  20. — "Kings  Row" 
rounded  out  its  third  week  at  Shea's 
Theatre  with  a  gross  of  $9,500,  while 
"The  Gold  Rush,"  with  "Nazi  Agent," 
registered  $10,500  at  Loew's  Theatre. 
The  Imperial,  too,  had  a  double  bill 
topped  with  "The  Tuttles  of  Tahiti," 
which  grossed  $10,000.  Second  week 
of  "The  Spoilers"  at  the  Uptown,  also 
with  a  second  feature,  secured  $7,000. 
All  first-runs  with  the  exception  of 
Shea's  had  duals  for  the  week. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  16 : 

"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 
"Sullivan's  Travels"  (Para.) 

EGLINGTON— (1.086)    (18c-30c-48c-60c)  6 
days.   2nd   week.    Gross:   $3.00^  ( 
$4,500) 

"the  Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  Street"  (RKO) 

IMPERIAL—  C  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 

days.  Gross:  $10,000.  (Average.  $9,000) 
"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.  A.) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S— (2,074)     (18c -30c -42c -60c -78c)  6 
davs.  Gross:  $10,500.  (Average,  $9,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

SHEA'S— (2,480)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Average. 
$9,000) 

"They  Died  With  Their  Boots  On"  (W.  B.) 
"The  Body  Disappears"  (W.  B.) 

TIVOLI— (1,431)     (18c^30c-48c)     6  days. 
Gross:  $3,200.  (Average,  $3,900)  — 
"The  Spoilers"  (Umiv.) 
"The  Mystery  of  Marie  Roget"  (Univ.) 

UPTOWN-(2,761)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,000.  (Average, 
$9,000) 


'Sal'  Best  in  Omaha 
Getting  Good  $8,700 

Omaha,  May  20.  —  "My  Gal  Sal" 
pulled  $8,700  at  the  Orpheum  for  the 
week's  best.  The  weather  was  rainy 
and  cool. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  12-13 : 

"Kennel  Murder  Case"  (W.  B.) 
"Gambling  Lady"  (W.  B.) 

BRANDEIS — (1,200)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $4,100.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Fly  by  Night"  (Para.) 

OMAHA— (2,000)    (30c-44c)    7    da-ys,  2nd 
week.  Gross:  $5,800.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (2ftth-Fox) 
"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler?"  (2©th-Fox) 

ORPHEUM— (3,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,700.  (Average,  $7,000) 


'Gas'  Rationing 
Seen  Affecting 
Film  Clearance 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

of  clearance  complaints.  Most  of  the 
inquiries,  it  is  learned,  concerned  situ- 
ations located  on  main  highways  or 
metropolitan  arteries  where  est-^ 
lished  schedules  have  taken  into  u 
count  the  accessibility  by  automobile 
of  two  or  more  theatres  whose  com- 
petitive conditions  would  be  slight  or 
nil  except  for  the  patronage  of  mo- 
torists. 

The  factor  of  motoring  patronage 
has  figured  in  many  arbitration  clear- 
ance cases  heretofore,  and  has  been 
the  deciding  factor  where  it  has  been 
shown  either  to  exist  or  not  to  exist. 
Recently,  the  arbitration  appeals 
board  in  the  course  of  oral  arguments 
here  asked  participating  attorneys  to 
give  some  thought  to  the  effect  of 
the  curtailed  use  of  automobiles  on 
competition  conditions  arising  in 
clearance  cases. 

If  gas  rationing  is  extended 
throughout  the  country,  as  suggested 
by  President  Roosevelt  in  a  press  in- 
terview this  week,  and  with  the  fur- 
ther reduction  in  the  use  of  automo- 
biles as  the  present  private  tire  sup- 
ply is  used  up,  the  resultant  effect  on 
competitive  conditions  and  applications 
for  clearance  changes  might  well  be- 
come a  national  development,  observ- 
ers assert. 


'Invaders,'  Show,  Top 
Capital  with  $18,308 

Washington,  May  20.  —  With  a 
single  exception,  grosses  here  were 
better  than  average  last  week.  "The 
Invaders"  and  a  stage  show  led  with 
$18,308  at  Warners'  Earle. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  13-14: 

"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Columbia) 

WARNERS'  METROPOLITAN— (1,600) 
(28c-44c)  7  days.  Gross:  $5,044.  (Average, 
$4  000) 

"The  Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S    PALACE— (2,300)    (40c-60c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $11,500.  (Average,  $15,000) 
"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  CAPITOL— (3,434)  (28c-44c-66c) 
7  days.  On  stage:  Cardini,  Fred  Keating. 
Tack  Gwynne,  Duval,  Val  Coltane,  Rhythm 
Rockets.  Gross:  $16,000.  (Average,  $15,500) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

LOEW'S  COLUMBIA— (1,250)  (28c-44c)  7 
days,    return    engagement.    Gross:  $6,800. 
(Average,  $3,500) 
"The  Invaders"  (Columbia) 

WARNERS'  EARLE— (2,200)  (28c -39c- 
44c-66c-77c)  7  days.  On  stage:  Romo  Vin- 
cent, Harold  Barnes,  Sunny  Rice,  Roxy- 
ettes.    Gross:  $18,308.  (Average,  $15,000) 

RCA  Service  Meet 
Talks  Conversation 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

operations  during  the  war  were  de- 
veloped. 

Home  office  officials  participating 
in  the  meeting  included  Edward  C. 
Cahill,  John  West,  F.  W.  Wentker, 
Adolph  Goodman,  Homer  Snook  and 
Jones.  District  service  managers  pres- 
ent included  W.  F.  Hardman,  New 
York ;  J.  Mauran,  Boston ;  K.  P. 
Haywood,  Philadelphia ;  C.  R.  Under- 
bill, Pittsburgh ;  M.  D.  Faige,  Atlan- 
ta ;  L.  R.  Yoh,  Cleveland ;  J.  P.  Ware, 
Chicago ;  G.  F.  Sandore,  Kansas  City ; 
J.  O.  Hill,  Dallas,  and  A.  E.  Jack- 
son, West  Coast  Photophone  sales 
head. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


7 


Blonde' Leads 
Phila.  With 
Big  $20,000 


for   the  week 


2nd 


2nd 
day 


Philadelphia,  May  20.  —  While 
irst  runs  predominated  for  the  first 
ime  in  many  weeks  in  the  downtown 
^strict,  major  bulk  of  the  business 
cornered  by  "My  Favorite 
*sSfde"  at  the  Stanley,  opening  with 
i  big  $20,000.  "Kings  Row,"  for  its 
subsequent  run  in  the  central  city  sec- 
:ion  and  making  its  sixth  week 
downtown,  gave  the  Keith's  a  big 
$8,000. 

Estimated  receipts 
ending  May  12-15 : 

"Reap  the  Wild)  Wind"  (Para.) 

ALDINE — ( 1 ,400)  (46c-57c-75c)  7  days 
;week.  Gross:  $15,000.  (Average,  $9,000) 
"Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 

ARCADIA— (600)  (35c-46c-57c)  7  days 
run.;  3  days,  2nd  run,  2nd  week;  10 
average.  Gross:  $4,200.  (Average,  $2,600) 
"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M) 

BOYD— (2,400)       (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (20th-Fox)  (6  days) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.)  (1  day) 

EARLE-(3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Vaudeville,  including  Les  Brown's  or- 
chestra, Betty  Bonney,  Ralph  Young, 
"Butch"  Stone,  Lynn,  Royce  &  Vanya  and 
George  Prentice.  Gross:  $16,500.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

FOX — (3  000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $12,500.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"The  Turtles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 

KARLTON — ( 1 ,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  2nd  run.  Gross:  $3,000.  (Average, 
$3,000) 

"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

KEITH'S — (2,200)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  run.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Average. 
$4,500) 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

STANLEY— (2,700)   (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $20,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 

STANTON— (1,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $6,000.  (Average.  $4,500) 


'Rio  Rita9  New  Haven 
High  Spot  at  $11,200 

New  Haven,  May  20— "Rio  Rita" 
and  "Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  at  the 
Loew-Poli  took  $11,200.  At  the  Roger 
Sherman  "Saboteur,"  dualled  with 
"Almost  Married,"  took  $7,400. 

Estimated   receipts    for  the 
.  ending  May  14: 

"Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.  A.) 
"Young  America"  (20th- Fox) 

COLLEGE— (1,627)     (40c-50c)  7 
Gross:  $2,800.  (Average,  $2,800) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Secret  Agent"  of  Japan"  (ZOth-Fox) 

LOEW-FOLI— (3,005)    (40c-50c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $11,200.  (Average,  $8,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Torpedo  Boat"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,373)   (40c-50c)   7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $4,000.   (Average,  $4,600) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Almost  Married"  (Univ.) 

ROGER  SHERMAN— (2,067)  (40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $7,400.  (Average,  $5,200) 


week 


days 


Legion  Approves 
Thirteen  New  Films 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency 
has  approved  all  of  the  13  new  pic- 
tures reviewed  for  the  current  week, 
six  for  general  patronage  and  seven 
for  adults.    Classifications  follow  : 

Class  A-l,  Unobjectionable  for  Gen- 
eral Patronage — "Billy  the  Kid's 
Smoking  Guns,"  "The  Devil's  Trail," 
"Mrs.  Miniver,"  "Wings  for  the 
Eagle,"  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy," 
"Yukon  Patrol."  Class  A-2,  Unobjec- 
tionable for  Adults — "Gallant  Lady," 
"I  Married  An  Angel,"  "Murder  in 
the  Big  House,"  "Night  in  New  Or- 
leans," "Remember  Pearl  Harbor," 
"Sweater  Girl,"  "Take  a  Letter,  Dar- 
ling." 


Notes  from  Hollywood 


Hollywood,  May  20 

DWARD  ARNOLD,  one  of  Hollywood's  busiest  persons,  has  been 
^  cast  in  M-G-M's  "The  War  Against  Mrs.  Hadley,"  which  has  Fay 
Bainter  in  the  title  role.  Arnold,  in 
addition  to  being  chairman  of  the  Per- 
manent Charities  Committee  of  the 
motion  picture  industry,  is  also  presi- 
dent of  I  Am  An  American,  Inc.,  and 
holds  positions  on  approximately  eight 
other  charity  and  war  service  organ- 
izations. 


Richard  Thorpe  has  been  giv- 
en the  directorial  asignment  on 
"White  Cargo,"  at  M-G-M.  .  .  . 
Clarence  Muse  has  ben  signed 
by  Warners  for  "Casablanca." 
.  .  •  M-G-M  has  loaned  Harry 
Kurnitz,  writer,  to  Samuel  Gold- 
wyn  for  the  script  of  "The 
Washington  Story,"  tentative 
title  for  the  Bob  Hope-Dorothy 
Lamour  vehicle.  .  .  .  Pamela 
Blake,  who  has  appeared  in  only 
two  pictures,  gets  the  feminine 
lead  in  M-G-M's  "Ox  Train,"  op- 
posite James  Craig.  .  .  .  Dean 
Jagger,  Chill  Wills  and  Donald 
Meek  are  included  in  the  cast. 

•  • 

Buddy  Rogers'  place  in  the  Mexi- 
can Spitfire  series  at  RKO  is  being 
taken  by  Walter  Reed,  former  stock 
player.  .  .  .  Chester  Conklin,  minus 
his  mustache,  gets  a  featured  role  in 
"I  Married  a  Witch,"  at  Paramount. 
.  .  .  Paramount  has  bought  "Fourth 
Brother,"  unproduced  play  by  Archi- 
bald Forbes  of  an  American  engaged 
in  Chinese  guerilla  warfare.  .  .  . 
M-G-M  has  extended  the  contract  of 
comedian  Rags  Ragland.  .  .  .  Jane 
Wyatt  gets  the  feminine  lead  of  "The 
Navy  Comes  Through,"  RKO.  .  .  . 
Maurice  and  Franklin  King  have 
set  Ricardo  Cortez,  Rochelle  Hud- 
son and  William  Henry  in  the  top 
roles  of  the  picture  formerly  known 
as  "Hot  Rubber." 

•  • 

Jean  Parker  and  John  Archer 
will  play  the  romantic  leads  of  Re- 
public's "Hi,  Neighbor,"  starring 
Lulu  Belle  and  Scotty.  .  .  .  Marie 
Wrixon  will  play  opposite  Roy 
Rogers  in  "Sons  of  the  Pioneers." 
.  .  .  Jay  Kirby,  Hopalong  Cassidy's 
sidekick  in  the  Harry  Sherman- 
Bill  Boyd  Westerns,  has  enlisted  in 
the  U.  S.  Air  Corps.  He's  the  fourth 
young  player  in  the  series  to  join  the 
armed  forces. 

•  • 

George  Marshall  has  been 
given  the  directorial  assignment 
of  "Star  Spangled  Rhythm"  at 
Paramount.  .  .  .  Ward  Bond  gets 
the  role  of  John  L.  Sullivan  in 
Warner's  "Gentleman  Jim  Cor- 
bett."  .  .  .  John  Beal,  Florence 
Rice,  Alan  Baxter  and  Don  Bed- 
doe  have  been  cast  in  Colum- 
bia's "Stand  By  All  Networks," 
story  of  a  crusading  radio  re- 
porter. 

•  • 

Helene  Fortescue  Reynolds  goes 
into  20th  Century-Fox's  "Girl  Trou- 
ble." .  .  .  Republic  has  placed  "Swing 
It,  Sister,"  story  of  aircraft  factory 
workers,  on  its  production  schedule. 
.  .  .  Warners  has  given  Edmund 
Goulding  a  new  term  deal  as  a  di- 
rector. He  has  been  on  the  lot  for  the 
last  six  years.  .  .  .  Roy  Rogers,  Re- 
public cowboy  star,  has  signed  with 


the  Rodeo  Corporation  of  America  to 
be  the  star  of  its  attractions. 

•  • 

Jesse  Lasky  has  obtained  the  com- 
plete rights  to  the  Mat.  James  B. 
Pond  collection  of  Mark  Twain  me- 
morabilia. .  .  .  Davey  Sharpe  replaces 
Ray  Corrigan  in  Monogram's  Range 
Busters  Western  series.  .  .  .  The  titles 
for  the  next  three  Falcon  pictures  at 
RKO  are  "The  Falcon's  Brother," 
"The  Falcon  Comes  Back,"  and  "The 
Falcon  in  Danger."  Tom  Conway, 
real  life  brother  of  George  Sanders, 
will  take  over  the  title  role  in  the 
last  two,  being  introduced  with  Sand- 
ers himself  in  "The  Falcon's  Brother." 
.  .  .  Maxie  Rosenbloom  will  support 
the  East  Side  Kids  in  Monogram's 
"Smart  Alecks." 

•  • 

Having  been  given  a  new  contract 
by  M-G-M,  Richard  Carlson  goes 
into  "White  Cargo,"  starring  Hedy 
Lamarr  and  Walter  Pidgeon.  .  .  . 
_Marc  Lawrence  has  been  given  a 
featured  role  in  "Interceptor  Com- 
mand," Pine-Thomas  production.  .  .  . 
M-G-M  retairfs  the  services  of 
George  Sidney,  director.  .  .  .  Adolphe 
Menjou  has  been  cast  in  Columbia's 
untitled  musical  which  will  star  Rita 
Hayworth  and  Fred  Astaire.  .  .  . 
Richard  Dix  and  Ginny  Simms  will 
head  the  cast  in  RKO's  "Grand  Can- 
yon." 


'Life'  Takes 
Big  $37,700 
Los  Angeles 


Los  Angeles,  May  20.— "In  This 
Our  Life"  scored  a  total  of  $37,700. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  13 : 

"My  Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 

"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler?"  (20th-Fox) 

CHINESE,— (2,500)       (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $13,600.  (Average,  $12,000) 
"Hellzapoppin'  "  (Univ.) 

HAWAII-(1,100)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days, 
13th  week.  Gross:  $2,700. 
"The  Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  St.  (RKO) 

HILLSTREET—  (2.700)  (33c-44c-55c-7Sc)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $10,500.  (Average, 
$6,500) 

"My  Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 

"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler"  (ZOth-Fox) 

LOEWS  STATE^(2,50O)  (33c-44c-55c- 
75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $17,800.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"The  Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  St."  (RKO) 

PANTAGES— (3,000)     (33c -44c -55c -75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $8,700.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde,"  (Para.)  3rd)  Week,  5 

days 

"The  Great  Man's  Lady"  (Para.)  2  days 

PARAMOUNT  (Hollywood)— (1,407)  (33c- 
44c-55c-75c-88c)  7  days.  Gross:  $7,500. 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"   (Para.)— 3rd  Week 

5  days 

"The  Great  Man's  Lady"  (Para.)  2  days 

PARAMOUNT  (Downtown)— (3,595)  (33c- 
44c-55c-75c,  7  days.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Aver- 
age, $18,000) 

"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

WARNER     BROS.     (Holly  wood)— (3,000) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)    7    days.    Gross:  $18,100. 
(Average,  $14,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

WARNER  BROS.  (Downtown)— (3,400) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $19,600. 
(Average,  $12,000) 


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Motion  Picture  daily 


Thursday,  May  21,  1942 


Mass.  Paper  Urges 
Theatres  to  Oust 
Juvenile  Repeaters 


Springfield,  Mass.,  May  20. — After 
presenting  the  theatre  managers'  side 
of  the  problem  disclosed  in  a  recent 
survey  of  local  theatres  which  re- 
vealed that  50  per  cent  of  the  child 
patrons  sit  through  more  than  one 
show,  the  Springfield  Union  edito- 
rially recommended  fixed  show  time 
schedules  with  intermissions  for  clear- 
ing the  theatres. 

The  editorial  follows : 

"An  extended  check  by  the  Motion 
Picture  Council  and  parent-teacher 
associations  of  Greater  Springfield 
shows  that  practically  half  the  chil- 
dren who  attend  movie  theatres  on 
Saturdays  or  Sundays  remain  through 
a  second  showing  of  the  program. 
This  obviously  harmful  tendency  the 
groups  named  have  set  themselves  to 
correct.  The  average  program  run  takes 
more  than  two  hours  and  if  the  child 
remains  through  a  second  showing  he 
obviously  remains  indoors  in  air  that 
is  none  too  pure  longer  than  is  good 
for  him.  Moreover,  the  deep  impres- 
sion made  on  the  mind  of  a  young  per- 
son by  a  repeated  showing  of  a  pro- 
gram is  ordinarily  the  reverse  of  good, 
however  high  grade  the  pictures  may 
be,  and  under  the  present  booking  sys- 
tem each  program  includes  two  grades 
of  pictures  and  one  of  them  is  any- 
thing but  beneficial,  as  a  rule. 

Suggests  'Chasers' 

"The  theatre  managers  would  be 
glad  to  see  this  habit  of  repeating 
done  away  with  for  reasons  that 
hardly  need  to  be  stated.  As  far  as 
they  are  concerned  it  appears  that 
they  have  a  remedy  at  hand,  that  of 
modifying  the  continuous  program 
plan  by  which  patrons  wander  in  at 
will  regardless  of  the  continuity  of 
the  program.  If  the  performance  were 
to  begin  at  a  stated  time  and  its  finish 
were  to  be  followed  by  an  interval 
during  which  the  house  could  be 
cleared,  only  willful  repeaters  would 
remain  and  these  could  easily  be  dealt 
with.  If  the  theatres  were  to  adopt 
some  such  plan  the  whole  problem 
would  largely  be  solved. 

"Still  more  basically  it  would  ap- 
pear that  the  problem  might  be  dealt 
with  through  parental  influence  or 
downright  orders.  The  suggestion  is 
made  that  the  schools  contribute  to 
solution  by  introduction  in  citizenship 
courses  of  instruction  pointing  to  the 
evil  complained  of  and  the  duty  of  the 
parent  to  assist  in  its  correction." 


End  Theatre  Robberies 

Philadelphia,  May  20. — A  gang  of 
young  burglars,  who  allegedly  stole 
more  than  $2,000  in  14  theatre  rob- 
beries, has  been  smashed  by  local  de- 
tectives. The  youths  broke  into  the- 
atres and  looted  office  safes  and  vend- 
ing machines.  Among  the  theatres 
here  allegedly  looted  were  the  Log- 
an, Astor,  Liberty,  Ridge,  Bluebird, 
New  Penn  and  Casino. 


Max  Baer  in  RKO  Film 

Hollywood,  May  20. — Max  Baer 
has  been  signed  by  RKO  for  "The 
Navy  Comes  Through,"  the  studio  an- 
nounced. The  film  will  star  Pat 
O'Brien,  Randolph  Scott  and  Jackie 
Cooper. 


Off  the  Antenna 


jD  LUE  announcers  hereafter  will  take  the  public  into  their  confidence  when 
technical  difficulties  prevent  a  program  going  on  the  air.  Instead  of  the 
customary  "conditions  beyond  our  control"  explanation,  the  announcer  will  ex- 
plain the  factors  involved  and  introduce  the  fill-in  program  with  notes  about 
the  music  to  be  played.  Announcers  stationed  with  bands  at  remote  pickups 
will  address  those  present  immediately  before  a  program  goes  on  the  air  to  ex- 
plain what  is  taking  place. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Keith  Kiggins,  Blue  vice-president  in  charge  of  stations, 
left  yesterday  for  a  six-week  tour  of  affiliated  stations  on  the  W est  Coast.  .  .  . 
Ronald  'MacDougall  has  joined  the  CBS  program  department.  .  .  .  Fred 
Thrower,  Blue  general  sales  manager,  is  vacationing  in  Florida.  .  .  .  Herbert 
A.  Carlborg  has  joined  the  CBS  radio  sales  division.  .  .  .  Wythe  Williams, 
WHN  commentator,  is  scheduled  to  return  to  the  air  June  1. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  General  Motors  will  sponsor  broadcasts  to  the  troops 
of  "Cheers  From  the  Camps"  on  CBS  shortwave.  .  .  .  WWRL  has 
started  the  "1600  Club"  program,  a  two-and-a-half  hour  record  show  to 
fill  the  hours  from  2:30  to  5  P.  M.,  Mondays  through  Fridays.  .  .  . 
WNEW,  which  carries  the  program  of  the  New  York  county  organiza- 
tion of  the  American  Legion,  on  Monday  for  the  third  consecutive  year 
will  be  presented  an  Americanism  plaque  by  the  organization. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  John  B.  Kennedy,  commentator,  will  be  spon- 
sored on  three  Pennsylvania  stations  by  Greystone  Wines,  starting  Monday. 
Broadcasting  from  New  York,  he  will  be  heard  on  Mondays,  Wednesdays 
and  Fridays,  6-6:10  P.M.,  on  WCAU,  Philadelphia;  WGBI,  Scranton,  and 
KQV,  Pittsburgh.  .  .  .  WHYN,  Holyoke,  Mass.,  is  reported  to  be  seeking 
affiliation  with  Mutual  when  WSPR,  Springfield,  Mass.,  shifts  to  the  Blue  Sept. 
29.  WBZA,  now  a  Blue  outlet  in  Springfield,  goes  to  NBC  June  15.  .  .  . 
James  Allan,  WFIL,  Philadelphia,  special  events  and  publicity  director,  has 
resigned  to  become  a  lieutenant  in  the  Army  public  relations  department.  .  .  . 
Raymond  Gathrid,  radio  editor  of  the  Philadelphia  Daily  News,  leaves  Mon- 
day for  Army  service.  .  .  .  E.  D.  Harvey  has  been  appointed  KDKA,  Pitts- 
burgh, program  manager. 


New  War  Industry 
Booms  Town  in  B.  C. 

Prince  Rupert,  B.  C,  May  20. — 
This  port  town  on  the  coast  of  British 
Columbia,  formerly  concerned  chiefly 
with  the  fishing  industry,  has  had  a 
sharp  increase  in  population  because  of 
war  industries. 

The  single  theatre,  the  Capitol,  a 
Famous  Players  Canadian  house  man- 
aged by  D.  G.  Borland,  formerly  was 
open  during  the  evenings  only,  but 
now  has  matinees  as  well-  Odd-hour 
shifts  in  war  industries  also  have  led 
Borland  to  run  Sunday  midnight 
shows. 


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About  Press-Radio 

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of  stations  have  been  under  fire  dur- 
ing several  weeks  of  hearings  on  the 
Sanders  bill  for  reorganization  of  the 
FCC,  which  contains  a  provision  that 
Congress,  not  the  FCC,  shall  establish 
the  policy  for  the  regulation  of  chains 
and  discrimination  against  applicants 
for  licenses. 

Tomorrow,  representatives  of  the 
Clear  Channel  Group  are  scheduled  to 
appear  before  the  committee  to  make 
their  recommendations  for  the  legis- 
lation. 


Night  Workers*  Shows 

Philadelphia,  May  20. — A  new 
experiment  in  show  schedules  for  de- 
fense workers  has  been  successfully 
launched  by  Stanley  Benford,  manager 
of  Warners'  Colonial.  Each  Satur- 
day, at  both  7:15  and  9  a.m.,  the 
comings  week's  feature  attraction  is 
previewed  for  the  convenience  of  de- 
fense workers  on  night  shifts.  The 
special  screenings  were  instigated  at 
the  request  of  the  personnel  directors 
at  defense  plants  in  the  theatre  neigh- 
borhood. 


Roach  Starts  New  Film 

Hollywood,  May  20. — "Taxi  Mis- 
ter," third  of  Hal  Roach's  stream- 
lined feature  series  of  Brooklyn  pic- 
tures, has  been  put  in  production. 


Police  Dep't  Orders 
On  Dimout  Confuse 
NewYork  Exhibitors 


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quee  lights  from  50  to  75  per  cent  but 
there  was  no  standard  rule  as  to  the 
exact  amount  of  dimming  required, 
and  one  circuit  executive  pointed  out 
that  there  were  conflicting  standards 
set  within  the  same  precinct  in  sej#r~{ 
instances.  ' 

Police  headquarters,  meanwhile,  re- 
fused to  offer  any  clarification  of  the 
rules  although  confusion  was  apparent 
not  only  among  exhibitors  but  all  sec- 
tions of  the  population,  and  there  were 
statements  that  a  permanent  general 
blackout  might  be  ordered. 

For  the  most  part,  exhibitors  ex- 
pressed the  opinion  that  a  certain 
amount  of  confusion  was  to  be  ex- 
pected and  that,  pending  clarification, 
they  would  be  content  to  follow  in- 
structions of  local  police  precincts. 

Some  exhibitors  installed  blue-coat- 
ed bulbs  in  the  soffits  to  avoid  street 
glow  while  others  relied  on  the  reduc- 
tion in  wattage.  One  circuit  executive 
suggested  that  a  standard  might  be 
set  by  the  police  specifying  a  ratio  of 
wattage  to  the  under-marquee  area. 

Meanwhile,  consideration  of  substi- 
tute lighting  plans  have  been  dropped. 
Many  theatre  owners  had  been  consid- 
ering various  types  of  lights  which 
cannot  be  seen  above  the  horizontal 
and  give  off  no  glow.  It  was  pointed 
out  that  although  substitute  lighting 
methods  could  not  have  any  harmful 
effect,  consideration  of  them  would  be 
suspended  until  the  situation  is 
clarified. 


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TEN  CENTS 


RKO  Reports 
'41  Net  Profit 
Of  $538,692 

Compares  With  1940  Loss 
Totaling  $988,191 


RKO  yesterday  reported  con- 
solidated net  profit  of  $538,692  for 
1941,  after  all  charges,  taxes  and 
interest  and 
provision  o  f 
$530,000  for 
c  o  n  t  i  ngen- 
cies.  The  re- 
sult compares 
with  a  consoli- 
dated loss  of 
$988,191  f  o  r 
the  preceding 
year  after 
provision  o  f 
$794,600  for 
conti  ngen- 
cies. 

In  his  annual 
report  to  the 
company's  stockholders,  George  J. 
Schaefer,  president,  states  that  war 
conditions  depriving  the  company  of 
foreign  markets  have  "adversely  af- 

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George  Schaefer 


Start  Draft  of  New 
Umpi  Selling  Plan 

Attorneys  for  consenting  companies 
niet  yesterday  at  the  office  of  Austin 
Keough,  Paramount  vice-president  and 
general  counsel,  and  began  work  on 
preparation  of  a  formal  draft  of  the 
proposed  Umpi  selling  plan  for  presen- 
tation to  the  Department  of  Justice 
as  an  amendment  to  the  consent  de- 
cree. 

Simultaneously,  exhibitor  represen- 
tatives in  Umpi  met  at  the  office  of 

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All  N.  J.  Blackout 
In  Week  of  May  31 

Trenton,  May  21.— The  en- 
tire state  of  New  Jersey  will 
undergo  a  surprise  blackout 
sometime  during  the  week  be- 
ginning May  31,  it  was  an- 
nounced today  by  the  State 
Defense  Council.  More  than 
300  film  theatres  are  in  opera- 
tion in  the  state,  most  of 
which  were  affected  in  pre- 
vious regional  tests. 


Exhibitor  Rent  for 
Gov't  Films  to  War 
Charities — Richey 


Atlantic  City,  May  21. — Exhibi- 
tors of  the  country  will  pay  for  the 
26  subjects  which  the  major  studios 
will  produce  for  the  Coordinator  of 
Government  Films  and  the  profits 
from  their  distribution  will  be  do- 
nated to  some  war  or  emergency  char- 
ity, H.  M.  Richey,  assistant  to  Wil- 
liam F.  Rodgers,  Loew's  vice-presi- 
dent and  general  sales  manager,  stated 
in  an  address  to  the  convention  of 
the  New  Jersey  Federation  of  Wo- 
men's Clubs  here  today. 

Richey  outlined  the  proposed  new 
Umpi  selling  plan  to  the  convention, 
asserting  that  its  advantages  over  the 
present  blocks-of-five  selling  method 
were  that  its  cancellation  privilege 
would  tend  to  improve  the  quality  of 
product  exhibited,  that  it  would  help 
to  alleviate  rising  costs  which  ulti- 
mately would  force  increases  in  ad- 

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Weigh  Enforcement 
Of  Star  Symbol  Ban 

Methods  of  enforcing  the  agreement 
of  major  company  advertising  and 
publicity  directors  to  refrain  from  us- 
ing star  or  other  reviewers'  symbols 
in  the  advertising  of  pictures  were 
discussed  at  the  weekly  meeting  yes- 
terday of  the  Eastern  Public  Rela- 
tions Committee. 

J.  Robert  Rubin,  Joseph  Hazen  and 
Austin  Keough,  Eastern  members  of 
the  industry  lawyers'  committee  of 
six,  attended  the  meeting  and  report- 
edly approved  from  legal  viewpoints 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


'Dandy'  Bond  Sale 
Up  to  $3,000,000 

The  sale  of  war  bonds  ex- 
changeable for  tickets  to  the 
opening  -of  Warners'  "Yankee 
Doodle  Dandy"  at  the  Holly- 
wood Theatre  May  29  has 
reached  $3,000,000,  the  com- 
pany reported  yesterday.  It  is 
understood  Harry  Warner 
personally  purchased  $50,000 
in  war  bonds  for  the  opening. 
Major  Albert  Warner  yester- 
day purchased  $25,000  in 
bonds,  entitling  him  to  two 
tickets  for  the  premiere,  it 
was  announced. 


Decentralization  of 
Distribution  in  Field 
Is  Stressed  by  Yates 


Hollywood,  May  21. — Herbert  J. 
Yates  today  stressed  the  importance 
of  the  delegation  of  authority  to 
branch  m  a  n  - 
agers  to  give 
them  "practical 
autonomy"  t  o 
conduct  their 
business  with 
the  least 
amount  of  in- 
terference, a  s 
Republic  Pic- 
tures concluded 
the  last  of  a 
series  of  three 
regional  sales 
meetings  here. 
Yates  declared 
that  decentrali- 
zation of  dis- 
tribution was  just  as  important  and 

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H.  J.  Yates 


Phila.  Judge  Indicated 
Trust  Suit  to  Be  Dismissed 


Greaza  NamedAGVA 
Executive  Secretary 

Walter  N.  Greaza,  assistant  execu- 
tive secretary  of  Actors  Equity,  yes- 
terday was  named  to  the  post  of  ex- 
ecutive secretary  of  the  American 
Guild  of  Variety  Artists  for  a  period 
of  three  months  by  the  Associated  Ac- 
tors and  Artistes  of  America.  Greaza 
succeeds  Thomas  J.  Phillips,  whose 
resignation  as  acting  national  organiz- 
er was  accepted. 


Philadelphia,  May  21. — Although 
his  formal  opinion  will  not  be  handed 
down  until  tomorrow  Judge  J.  Cullen 
Ganey  today  in  U.  S.  District  Court 
here  indicated  that  he  has  dismissed 
the  anti-trust  suit  of  Harry  J.  Schad, 
Reading,  Pa.,  exhibitor. 

Since  Monday  attorneys  had  entered 
arguments  and  briefs  on  a  motion  to 
dismiss  the  action  made  by  defen- 
dants, which  included  Warners, -20th 
Century-Fox  and  the  Warner  and 
Wilmer  &  Vincent  circuits.  The  dis- 

(Continned  on  page  5) 


Incomes  Seen 
Escaping  U.S. 
$25,000  Limit 

House  Committee  Rejects 
Roosevelt  Suggestion 


Washington,  May  21. — Talent 
salaries  and  executive  incomes  in 
the  amusement  world  which  would 
have  been  seriously  affected  by 
President  Roosevelt's  recent  recom- 
mendation that  a  $25,000  ceiling  be 
placed  on  individual  incomes  were 
seen  unaffected  by  action  of  the 
House  Ways  and  Means  Commit- 
tee whose  new  tentative  program  of 
taxation  rejected  the  White  House 
suggestion. 

This  program  includes  an  in- 
come surtax  ranging  up  to  81 
per  cent  on  incomes  exceeding . 
$200,000.    Under    the  program 
individuals  would  be  called  upon 
to  pay  certain  additional  taxes 
on  the  present  incomes  but  no 
ceiling  on  salaries  was  voted. 
The  new  surtax  is  the  most  drastic 
yet  decided  upon. 

Soon  after  the  President  made  his 
recommendation  in  his  recent  "fire- 
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'Suicide  Squadron' 
Big,  BVay  Strong 

New  pictures  and  holdovers  are  do- 
ing well  on  Broadway  this  week. 

Republic's  "Suicide  Squadron"  gave 
the  Criterion  big  business  estimated 
at  $15,000  in  its  first  week  and 
is  now  in  a  second.  "The  Vanishing 
Virginian"  follows  on  Wednesday.  At 
the  Strand,  "In  This  Our  Life"  with 
Jimmy  Dorsey's  orchestra  on  the  stage 
is  reportedly  doing  a  record  turnover, 
collecting  an  estimated  $46,600  in  the 
first  six  days  of  the  second  week.  The 
third  week  begins  today. 

Grossing  exceptionally  well,  the 
Paramount  show,  "This  Gun  for 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


Theatres  Cautioned 
On  Waste  Prevention 

Joseph  D.  Basson,  representative  of 
Richard  F.  Walsh,  president  of  the 
IATSE,  told  a  meeting  of  the  Society 
of  Motion  Picture  Engineers  at  the 
Hotel  Pennsylvania  last  night  that  if 
theatres  fail  to  cooperate  in  conserv- 
ing equipment  and  materials,  the  War 
Production  Board  may  consider  the 
(.Continued  on  page  5) 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  May  22,  1942 


See  Jack  L.  Warner 
With  Army  Film  U nit 

Washington,  May  21. — It  is 
reported  here  that  Lieut.  Col. 
Jack  L.  Warner  and  Hal  B. 
Wallis  have  been  invited  to 
the  War  Department  next 
week  to  head  the  film  section. 
They  will  give  special  atten- 
tion to  Air  Corps  activities,  it 
is  reported,  in  War  Depart- 
ment plans  to  permit  Holly- 
wood to  do  a  "real  produc- 
tion job"  on  official  films.  Or- 
ganization of  an  Air  Corps 
film  division  is  understood  in 
progress.  Warner  is  scheduled 
to  leave  the  Coast  for  Wash- 
ington over  the  weekend. 


Essaness  Resigns 
From  Illinois  Allied 

Chicago,  May  21. — The  Essaness 
Theatres  Corp.  has  resigned  from  Al- 
lied Theatres  of  Illinois,  withdrawing 
its  30  houses.  It  had  been  a  member 
since  1936. 

Edwin  Silverman,  head  of  the  cir- 
cuit, declined  to  comment. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 
Rockefeller  Center 
SPENCER        HEDY  JOHN 

TRACY       LAMARR  GARFIELD 

in  John  Steinbeck's 

"TORTILLA  FLAT" 

An  M-G-M  Picture 
Gala  Stage  Revue  Symphony  Orchestra 

First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved  Circle  6-4600 


f VERONICA  ROBERT 
LAKE  •  PRESTON 


Rita  HAYWORTH  •  Victor  MATURE 

'MY  GAL  SAL 


20lh  Century. Fox  Musical  Hi' 


PLUS  A  BIG 
STAGE  SHOW 


D  O  Y  V  Ave. 
IV        A   I  &  50th  St. 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


Henry   Fonda — Olivia   De  Havilland 

'The  MALE  ANIMAL' 

—  plus  — 
"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler?" 


Jean  GABIN  •  Ida  LUPINO 

"MOONTIDE  ' 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Picture 

UNITED     n  P  \t  j*\  I    |  B'wayS. 
ARTISTS     Kl  V  \J  L  I     49th  St. 
Doors  Open  9:30  A.  M.   •   Midnite  Shows 


Tyrone  POWER -Joan  FONTAINE 

THIS  ABOVE  ALL 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Triumph 

ACT  A  D  BROADWAY  &  45th  ST. 
3  I  W  K  CONTINUOUS 


Personal  Mention 


S CHARLES  EINFELD,  Warners 
•  advertising  and  publicity  director, 
arrives  today  from  the  Coast  by  train. 
• 

Oscar  A.  Morgan,  Paramount 
short  subject  and  newsreel  sales  head, 
returned  to  his  desk  yesterday  after  a 
one-week  trip  in  the  field. 

• 

Julius  Edinson,  assistant  publicity 
head  of  the  Essaness  Circuit,  leaves 
for  a  Canadian  visit  shortly  before 
joining  the  Army. 

• 

J.  Raoul  Pothier  of  the  staff  of 
the  Bijou  Theatre,  Springfield,  has 
joined  the  Army. 

• 

A.  H.  Hill,  office  manager  and 
booker  at  the  Des  Moines  RKO  of- 
fice, has  entered  the  Air  Corps  and 
Glenn  Wood  has  replaced  him. 


T  CHEEVER  COWDIN  arrived  in 
»-»  •  Hollywood  yesterday. 

• 

Arthur  Greenblatt,  general  sales 
manager  for  Producers  Releasing 
Corp.,  returned  yesterday  from  the 
Coast,  and  key  city  stops  en  route 
East. 

• 

Joseph  Ancher,  Warner  booker  in 
Des  Moines,  has  returned  from  a  10- 
day  vacation  in  Jacksonville,  Fla. 
• 

Edward  Burke.  Eastman  Kodak 
photography  consultant,  is  now  a  cap- 
tain in  the  Armv. 

• 

Robert  Benchley  arrives  here  to- 
day from  California. 

Edward  Schreiber  left  for  Ten- 
nessee yesterday. 


Trailer  Prepared 
On  Bond  Campaign 

A  brief  trailer  will  be  available 
without  charge  to  theatres  participat- 
ing in  the  industry's  nationwide  war 
bond  and  stamp  sales  drive,  which 
opens  May  30.  Jules  Brulatour  and 
Eastman  Kodak  are  providing  the 
necessary  500,000  feet  of  raw  stock, 
De  Luxe  Laboratories  is  doing  the 
printing  at  cost,  and  National  Screen 
Service,  through  Herman  Robbins, 
president,  will  distribute  the  trailers 
gratis,  it  was  announced. 

It  is  suggested  that  the  trailer  may 
be  attached  to  the  end  of  Victory 
Films  or  other  patriotic  subjects.  Si 
Fabian,  campaign  director,  has  report- 
ed favorable  reaction  from  exhibitors 
to  the  new  "pledge"  plan  for  the  sale 
of  bonds  in  theatres. 

All  theatres  which  participated  in 
the  recent  Army  and  Navy_  Relief 
drive  are  urged  by  the  committee  to 
return  promptly  to  National  Screen 
Service  exchanges  the  trailer  used  in 
connection  with  the  drive,  for  pur- 
poses of  reclamation. 

LA.  Owners  Attend 
Poison  Gas  Session 

Los  Angeles,  May  21.— The  Los 
Angeles  Theatre  Defense  Bureau  to- 
day invited  owners  of  theatres  and 
other  amusement  establishments  to  at- 
tend special  classes  on  poison  gas,  be- 
ing given  this  weekend  by  the  train- 
ing division  of  the  Los  Angeles  Fire 
Department. 

Maurice  M.  Cohen,  general  man- 
ager of  the  Palladium  Ballroom,  has 
been  named  chairman  of  the  caba- 
ret defense  division  of  the  Amusement 
Industry  Defense  Committee. 

Lee  to  Arkansas  Meeting 

Claude  Lee,  Paramount  director  of 
public  relations,  will  leave  for  Hot 
Springs,  Ark.,  today  where  he  will 
address  the  convention  of  MPTO  of 
Arkansas  on  Monday.  He  will  visit 
in  Dallas  and  Florida  before  return- 
ing. 


Wash.  Exhibitor  Dies 

Concrete,  Wash.,  May  21. — Charles 
White,  50,  owner  of  the  White  The- 
atre here,  and  well  known  in  Seattle 
film  circles,  died  here  following  a 
heart  attack. 


N.  J.  Allied  Meet  to 
Discuss  Umpi  Plan 

The  Umpi  selling  plan,  conciliation, 
arbitration,  Ascap  fees  and  the  War 
Activities  Committee  are  among  the 
subjects  on  the  agenda  of  the  confer- 
ence of  exhibitors  in  wartime  which 
will  feature  the  annual  convention  of 
New  Jersey  Allied  at  the  Ambassador 
Hotel,  Atlantic  City,  June  3,  4  and  5. 

A  six-point  program  that  is  to 
guide  the  conference  includes  cooper- 
ation between  distributors  and  exhibi- 
tors through  Umpi,  among  exhibitor 
groups  and  among  independent  ex- 
hibitors, and  the  need  for  strong  re- 
gional and  national  associations. 

Also,  film  rentals  and  the  matter  of 
tire  shortage,  gas  rationing  and  dim- 
out  regulations  as  affecting  the  box- 
office;  16  mm.  competition,  and  Cana- 
dian price  regulations. 


Bernstein  Due  from 
England  This  Week 

Sidney  Bernstein,  head  of  the  Gra- 
nada Circuit,  British  theatre  unit,  will 
arrive  this  week  to  take  up  his  new 
duties  as  film  liaison  in  the  United 
States  for  the  British  Ministry  of 
Information. 

His  duties  will  include  arrange- 
ments for  the  showing  of  British  Min- 
istry films  in  this  country,  the  coor- 
dination of  film  ideas  between  the  two 
countries  and  as  a  contact  between 
British  and  American  film  interests  on 
fictional  films  with  war  themes.  He 
was  in  this  country  last  year  to  super- 
vise the  distribution  of  the  British 
film,  "Target  for  Tonight." 


Hays  Back  from  Capital 

Will  H.  Hays  returned  from 
Washington  yesterday  after  confer- 
ring there  with  Jack  Bryson, 
MPPDA  Washington  representative 
on  more  complete  coordination  of  in- 
dustry war  activities  with  Govern- 
ment agencies. 


Donate  Two  Ambulances 

Cleveland,  May  21. — The  Motion 
Picture  Operators  Union  has  present- 
ed two  fully-equipped  ambulances  for 
use  as  civilian  defense  mobile  units 
to  the  city.  Costing  $3,000,  they 
were  bought  with  union  funds. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


n  R1GADIER  General  Doolittle 
■£j  receiving  Congressional  Medal 
of  Honor  from  President  Roosevelt 
is  the  leading  subject  in  the  new  is-\ 
sues.  Sir  Stafford  Cripps  in  India 
and  Princess  Elisabeth  in  an  official 
ceremony  marking  her  \6th  birji" -\ 
are  included.    Here  arc  the  cony 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  74-Cripps  inl 
India.  Italian-English  prisoner  exchange! 
in  Egypt.  Princess  Elizabeth's  birthday! 
ceremony.  New  Archbishop  of  Canterbury! 
enthroned.  Price  ceilings  go  into  effect.! 
Leahy  recalled  from  Vichy.  Winchelll 
salutes  Hollywood  Caravan.  Corsage  of  I 
War  Stamps  in  Chicago.  Tulips  in  Holland,! 
Mich.     Doolittle  honored. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  272— Doolit-j 
tie  honored.  Gunners  for  merchant  marine! 
trained  in  Michigan.  Cripps  in  India.  I 
Princess  Elizabeth's  birthday.  Price  con- 1 
trol.  New  Bishop  of  Canterbury.  War 
fashions.     Flower   Day    in  Hawaii. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS*  No.  77— Tacoma 
students  to  work  on  farms.  War  Bond 
show  in  Yonkers.  Chicagoan  wears  War 
Stamp  corsage.  Price  ceilings.  Princess 
Elizabeth  has  a  birthday.  Cripps  in  Del-  I 
hi  parley;  India  steps  up  production.  Doo- 
little  honored   by  Roosevelt. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  77— Doolittle 
honored.  Cripps  in  India.  Tennessee  alu- 
minum plant  honored  by  Navy.  England 
and  Italy  swap  prisoners  at  Egyptian  port. 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury  enthroned.  Prin- 
cess Elizabeth  in  birthday  ceremony.  "Lei 
Day"  in  Hawiai.  TJ.  S.  planes  in  Guate- 
mala patrol.     Rowing  race  in  Boston. 

UNIVERSAL    NEWSREEL,     No.  86- 

Doolittle  honored.  Allied  leaders  in  Brit-  ! 
ain.  Cripps  in  India.  Air  patrol  over 
Guatemala.  Navy  trains  ship  gunners  i! 
Lake  Michigan  base.  New  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury.  Price  control  goes  into  effect. 
Nelson  honored  at  Pennsylvania  Military 
College.  Red  Cross  benefit  show  in  Hono- 
lulu. 


Three  Leave  20th-Fox 

Three  members  of  the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox publicity  and  exploitation 
department  resigned  yesterday.  They 
were  George  Fraser,  feature  publicity 
and  syndicate  writer ;  Hugh  Lahey  of 
the  production  department,  and  Na- 
than Zatkin,  exploitation  man.  Fraser 
joined  the  company  in  November, 
1940,  following  five  years  of  publicity 
work  with  Paramount. 


Lewis  to  Plane  Firm 

Cliff  Lewis,  identified  with  industry 
public  relations  for  many  years,  and 
recently  with  Paramount,  on  June'  1 
will  become  public  relations  director 
for  the  Vultee  Aircraft,  Inc. 


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Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
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Colvin  Brown.  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker.  Vice- 
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Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
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Motion  Picture  daily 


Friday,  May  22,  1942 


Decentralization  of 
Distribution  in  Field 
Is  Stressed  by  Yates 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

could  be  just  as  profitable  as  decen- 
tralization of  exhibition. 

Today's  session  was  highlighted  by 
the  presentation  by  the  Western  divi- 
sion of  $2,000,000  in  contracts  closed 
since  May  1  to  James  R.  Grainger, 
general  sales  manager.  It  was  stated 
that  these  contracts  were  principally 
from  independent  circuits  and  exhibi- 
tors and  represented  more  sales  than 
were  made  last  year  in  a  three-month 
period. 

The  meeting  was  told  that  although 
small  towns  were  badly  affected  by 
the  draft  and  removal  of  labor  to  in- 
dustrial centers,  it  could  be  expected 
that  conditions  would  improve.  Many 
theatres  in  small  towns  which  were 
closed  are  now  reopening,  it  was 
pointed  out. 

Complete  Program  in  July 

M.  J.  Siegel,  head  of  Republic  pro- 
duction, said  that  for  the  first  time 
in  Republic's  history,  this  season's 
program  would  be  completed  by  July 
15.  By  Sept.  15,  Siegel  said,  the  fol- 
lowing productions  would  be  ready : 

"Hi  Neighbor,"  with  a  number  of 
radio  personalities,  including  Lulubell 
&  Scotty,  Vera  Vague,  Pappy  Che- 
shire and  Don  Wilson,  and  Jean 
Parker,  John  Archer,  Marilyn  Hare 
and  Bill  Shirley;  the  new  "Ice-Capades 
Revue"  with  the  International  Ice- 
Capades  Co. ;  "The  Commandos," 
which  will  be  started  July  15;  "Hit 
Parade  of  1943,"  to  be  started  July 
22,  and  "Heart  of  the  Golden  West," 
with  Roy  Rogers.  "G-Men  vs.  the 
Black  Dragon,"  a  serial,  will  go  into 
production  June  22,  it  was  said. 

Grainger  said  he  would  return  to 
New  York  early  next  week. 


Start  Draft  of  New 
Umpi  Selling  Plan 

(Continued  from,  page  1) 

Howard  Levinson,  Warner  Bros,  at- 
torney, to  continue  work  on  proposed 
changes  in  the  arbitration  setup  under 
another  phase  of  Umpi's  trade  practice 
program.  The  arbitration  provisions 
also  will  be  submitted  to  the  Depart- 
ment for  consideration  as  amendments 
to  the  decree. 

Progress  was  reported  at  the  con- 
clusion of  both  meetings  and  the  two 
groups  will  meet  again  today. 

At  the  meeting  of  attorneys  were 
Keough,  J.  Robert  Rubin,  Joseph 
Hazen,  Gordon  Youngman  and  Felix 
Jenkins.  At  the  exhibitor  meeting 
were  H.  A.  Cole,  Ed  Kuykendall, 
Robert  White,  Levinson  and  Robert 
Barton,  independent  exhibitor  attorney 
of  Richmond,  Va. 


2  Denver  Houses 
Shift  to  Newsreels 

Denver,  May  21.— The  Senate  The- 
atre, downtown  house,  will  reopen 
here  tomorrow  as  a  newsreel  house 
under  the  name  of  the  Telenews  The- 
atre, with  Leslie  Allen  as  manager. 

The  Fox  Intermountain  Rialto,  also 
a  downtown  house,  will  shift  its  policy 
to  newsreels  exclusively  on  May  29. 


RKO  Reports  Net  Profit 
Of  $538,692  for  Year  '41 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

fected  the  company's  business,"  and 
that  "the  difficulties  of  operations  in 
the  domestic  market  have  resulted 
largely  from  the  uncertainties  inher- 
ent in  distributing  motion  pictures 
under  the  provisions  of  the  consent 
decree." 

Of  the  "difficulties  of  operations" 
under  the  decree,  the  report  says :  "It 
is  estimated  that  the  picture  company 
must  maintain  at  all  times  an  inven- 
tory of  approximately  10  completed 
but  unreleased  feature  pictures  to  meet 
present  selling  conditions.  This 
necessitates  a  large  increase  in  work- 
ing capital.  Experience  derived  from 
operating  under  the  decree  definitely 
indicates  that  the  play-off  of  feature 
pictures  in  the  early  stages  after  re- 
lease is  considerably  slower  than  the 
rate  of  play-off  prior  to  the  decree. 
It  now  appears  that  under  the  new 
selling  methods  the  cumulative  re- 
ceipts from  distribution  by  the  picture 
company  of  the  average  feature  pic- 
ture will  not  be  equal  to  such  cumu- 
lative receipts  under  the  pre-decree 
selling  methods  until  a  date  six  to 
nine  months  after  release.  This  con- 
stitutes a  substantial  deferment." 

Advances  to  Subsidiary 

Schaefer's  report  states  that  the 
parent  company  advanced  "substantial 
amounts  of  cash"  to  the  picture  com- 
pany during  the  year  to  meet  its  in- 
creased working  capital  needs,  and 
that,  in  addition,  the  picture  company 
entered  into  a  revolving  fund  credit 
of  $4,500,000  with  a  bank,  secured 
principally  by  a  pledge  of  motion  pic- 
tures. 

Picture  company  operations  in  the 
United  States  and  Canada  resulted  in 
a  consolidated  net  loss  for  the  year 
of  $594,270.  Results  of  its  operations 
for  the  first  quarter  of  this  year  were 
"less  satisfactory"  than  for  the  com- 
parable period  of  1941,  the  report 
states. 

Operations  of  RKO  theatres 
resulted  in  a  profit  for  the  year 
of  $1,148,205,  compared  with  a 
profit  of  $803,953  in  1940,  and  re- 
sults for  the  first  quarter  of 
this  year  were  better  than  for 
the  comparable  1941  period,  ac- 
cording to  the  report. 

RKO  added  $135,929  last  year  to  its 
reserve  for  contingencies  against  in- 
vestments in  subsidiaries  in  the  Far 
East,  bringing  its  total  special  re- 
serves for  foreign  investments  to  $1,- 


394,070.  Aggregate  foreign  invest- 
ments amounted  to  $3,075,678  at  the 
end  of  1941,  with  an  aggregate  un- 
reserved net  book  value  of  $650,000. 
The  company's  frozen  funds  in  the 
United  Kingdom  and  Australasia 
amounted  to  approximately  $3,000,000 
as  of  May  2,  1942.  In  this  connection, 
$1,020,000  of  frozen  funds  was  due 
to  participants  and  outside  producers. 

$200,000  from  K-A-0 

As  a  result  of  the  refinancing  of 
Keith-Albee-Orpheum  completed  dur- 
ing 1941,  RKO  received  a  common 
dividend  of  more  than  $200,000  from 
the  theatre  subsidiary,  its  first  in 
many  years.  K-A-O  reduced  its  new 
funded  debt,  resulting  from  the  re- 
financing, by  $600,000  during  the  year 
and  other  theatre  subsidiaries  reduced 
their  funded  debt  by  an  aggregate 
$750,000._ 

Total  income  for  the  year  was  $53,- 
250,725.  Total  expenses  amounted  to 
$49,925,007,  of  which  amortization  of 
film  costs  and  expenses  was  $12,414,- 
757 ;  operating  and  general  expenses 
were  $27,128,544,  and  royalties  and 
participations,  $10,381,705. 

Total  assets  amounted  to  $70,105,- 
231.  Current  and  working  assets  ag- 
gregated $20,326,324,  of  which  $6,298,- 
202  was  cash  and  $11,056,807  in  in- 
ventories. Current  liabilities  amount- 
ed to  $9,315,219. 

The  company's  annual  meeting  of 
stockholders,  to  be  held  at  Dover, 
Del.,  June  3,  will  be  the  first  in  more 
than  10  years,  since  none  was  held 
during  the  company's  reorganization 
period  and  as  the  present  directors 
were  appointed  by  the  Federal  court 
for  two-year  terms,  none  was  held 
in  1940  or  last  year. 

Smaller  Board  Seen 

Stockholders  will  be  asked  to  act 
on  any  proposals  which  may  be  made 
to  change  the  number  of  directors 
from  13,  as  recently  provided  by  the 
company's  by-laws,  to  such  different 
number  as  may  be  determined.  It  is 
reported  that  a  smaller  number  may 
be  proposed.  There  are  now  11  mem- 
bers of  the  board.  No  proxies  are 
being  solicited  by  the  company  for  the 
meeting  and,  hence,  no  names  have 
been  placed  in  nomination  for  the 
board. 

Due  to  the  fact  that  arrears  on  the 
company's  preferred  stock  exceed 
$7.50  per  share,  the  preferred  holders 
are  entitled  under  the  company's  cer- 
tificate ef  incorporation  to  elect  one- 
third  of  the  directors  at  the  meeting. 


Gary  Theatre  Drops 
Clearance  Complaint 

Chicago,  May  21. — The  clearance 
complaint  of  the  Y  &  W  Management 
Corp.,  opeartor  of  the  Palace,  Gary, 
Ind.,  against  20th  Century-Fox,  RKO, 
Balaban  &  Katz  and  Warner  Bros.' 
South  Side  theatres  was  withdrawn  at 
the  local  arbitration  tribunal  today. 
It  was  indicated  that  an  agreement 
had  been  reached  but  terms  were  not 
made  public. 


Product  Delays 
Aired  in  St.  Louis 

St.  Louis,  May  21. — Testimony 
that  pictures  were  delayed  in  reaching 
the  Cinderella,  Wehrenberg-Kaimann 


house,  was  given  today  in  the  arbi- 
tration hearing  on  the  clearance  com- 
plaint of  Adolph  Rosecan,  owner  of 
the  Princess,  in  competition  with  the 
Cinderella.  Rosecan  alleged  he  has 
had  to  wait  for  product  as  long  as 
three  months  after  the  Cinderella. 
Wehrenberg-Kaiman   has  intervened. 


'Angel  Street  at  10  Cents 

The  sixth  performance  of  the  sea- 
son for  high  school  children  of  a  le- 
gitimate stage  play  was  announced 
yesterday  by  Alfred  Harding,  chair- 
man of  the  central  control  board  of 
the  New  York  City  School  Theatre 
Program.  A  matinee  performance  of 
"Angel  Street"  June  4  will  be  made 
available  to  students  at  10  cents. 


Deny  Warner  Plea 
To  Dismiss  Action 


A  motion  by  directors  of  Warner 
Bros,  to  dismiss  the  minority  stock- 
holders' suit  against  them  arising 
from  payments  made  to  William  Bioff 
and  George  E.  Browne  was  denied  by 
N.  Y.  Supreme  Court  Justice  Mc- 
Laughlin yesterday. 

The  court  ruled  that  the  statute^pi 
limitations  did  not  bar  the  suit,  ) 
ing  out  that  the  last  payment,  accV.  J- 
ing  to  the  complaint,  was  made  May 
23,  1941,  and  that  the  stockholders 
did  not  learn  of  the  payments  until 
then.  The  court  pointed  out  that  facts 
alleged  in  the  complaint  must  be 
deemed  to  be  true  on  a  motion  to  dis- 
miss but  added  that  in  any  event,  the 
question  of  outlawing  the  cause  of 
action  would  be  a  matter  to  be  passed 
upon  at  the  trial. 

'Clear  Case  of  Dissipation' 

In  refusing  to  order  the  plaintiffs  to 
state  and  number  their  causes  of  ac- 
tion separately,  the  court  said  the 
complaint,  taken  at  its  face  value, 
made  out  "a  clear  case  of  dissipation 
of  the  assets  belonging  to  the  stock- 
holders by  payments  to  labor  rack- 
eteers and  others.  This  money  belongs 
to  the  stockholders  of  the  corporation 
and  the  action  is  brought  to  compel 
the  defendants  to  pay  back  the  moneys 
paid." 

The  court  also  held  that  the  question 
of  an  accounting  to  determine  the 
amount  of  money  paid  should  await 
trial. 


'Suicide  Squadron' 
Big,  BVay  Strong 

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Hire"  and  Woody  Herman's  orchestra, 
will  bow  out  Tuesday  night  due  to  a 
prior  booking,  "Take  a  Letter, 
Darling"  and  Benny  Goodman's  or- 
chestra. "My  Gal  Sal"  with  the  stage 
show  at  the  Roxy  is  maintaining  a 
hardy  pace,  taking  an  estimated 
$54,300  in  its  third  week  and  is  now 
in  its  fourth.  "Saboteur"  did  an  esti- 
mated $76,000  in  its  second  week  at 
the  Radio  City  Music  Hall,  with  the 
stage  presentation,  and  was  followed 
yesterday  by  "Tortilla  Flat." 

"Moontide,"  at  the  Rivoli,  drew 
only  an  estimated  $11,400  in  its  third 
week  which  ended  Wednesday  night 
and  will  play  through  today.  "Ships 
With  Wings,"  British-made  United 
Artists  release,  opens  tomorrow. 
"Whispering  Ghosts"  finishes  a  week 
at  the  Rialto  tonight  with  an  estimated 
$4,800  and  will  be  followed  tomorrow 
by  "Grand  Central  Murder." 


Ban  on  Oil  Furnaces 
Hits  Canada  Theatres 

Toronto,  May  21. — An  order  of  the 
Ministry  of  Munitions  and  Supply 
banning  further  use  of  oil  furnaces  for 
gasoline  conservation  affects  theatres, 
according  to  official  instructions.  Af- 
fected in  Toronto  are  the  Oakwood 
and  Village  theatres,  Famous  Play- 
ers houses. 

Theatres  in  Western  Ontario  using 
natural  gas  were  ordered  to  switch  to 
coal  heating.  Reconstruction  of  fur- 
naces for  coal  is  reported  faced  by  a 
shortage  of  parts  for  coal  heating 
plants. 


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'Saboteur'  Scores 
$5,500  in  St.  Louis 


Soi.  Louis,  May  21. — "Saboteur" 
and  "The  Spoilers"  grossed  $5,500  in 
its  second  week  at  the  Missouri. 

Estimated  receipts  for  week  ending 
May  14: 

"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

"Confessions  of  Boston  Blackie"  (Col.) 

LOEWS— (3,162)  (30c-40c-50c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $14,300.  (Average,  $13,000) 
Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 
Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  (20th- Fox) 

BASSADOR— (3,154)  (30c-4Oc-SQc)  7 
Hays,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $9,700.  (Average, 
$11,500) 

"Broadway"  (Univ.) 
"Sleepy  Time  Gal"  (Rep.) 

FOX— -(5,038)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$11,500.   (Average,  $11,000) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

MISSOURI— (3,514)   (30c-40c-50c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,500.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"Kennel  Murder  Case"  (W.  B.) 
"Gambling  Lady"  (W.  B.) 

ST.  LOUIS— (4,000)  (25c-35c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,500.  (Average,  $2,600) 


'Blonde;  $12,000,  Tops 
Good  Hartford  Week 

Hartford,  May  21. — The  Allyn  had 
a  good  second  week  run  with  "My 
Favorite  Blonde,"  taking  an  estimated 
$12,000.  Loew's  Poli  had  an  estimated 
$10,000  with  "Rio  Rita."  Weather  was 
warm. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  13-14: 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Road  Agent"  (Univ.) 

ALLYN — (llc-28c-55c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$12,000. 

"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"Juke  Box  Jenny"  (Univ.) 

E.    M.    LOEW'S— (llc-30c-40e)    7  days. 
Gross:  $8,000. 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S-POLI— (llc-28c-55c)      7  davs. 
Gross:  $10,000. 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 
"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S-POLI  PALACE— (llc-28c-55c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $7,500. 
"The  Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Almost  Married"  (Univ.) 

WARNER  REGAL— (llc-28c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,000. 
"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.  B.) 
"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 

WARNER  STRAND^(llc-28c-55c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $9,500. 


Decision  Reserved 
In  Paramount  Case 

New  York  Supreme  Court  Justice 
Benvenga  yesterday  reserved  decision 
on  the  motion  to  dismiss  the  suit  of 
Jessie  Remsay,  as  assignee  of  Camp- 
bell &  Connelly,  Ltd.,  against  Para- 
mount. 

The  plaintiff  charges  that  Para- 
mount obtained  rights  to  the  song, 
"Memphis  Blues,"  from  Mercer  Mor- 
ris, Inc.,  but  alleges  that  the  prede- 
cessor of  that  company,  Joe  Morris 
Music  Co.,  sold  the  licensing  rights 
to  the  plaintiff.  The  song  was  used 
in  the  Paramount  film,  "Birth  of  the 
Blues." 


Wausau  House  Opens 

Wausau,  Wis.,  May  21. — The  new 
700-seat  Hollywood  Theatre  has  been 
opened  here  by  the  Grengs  Amuse- 
ment Co.,  with  Sheldon  Grengs  as 
manager.  Fox's  Wausau  theatre, 
closed  for  remodeling,  has  also  been 
reopened  with  new  seats. 


Ayres  Films  in  Canada 

Toronto,  May  21. — With  Lew  Ayres 
in  a  U.  S.  Medical  Corps  uniform,  his 
pictures  have  returned  to  screens  of 
circuit  theatres  in  Canada,  the  ban 
having  been  lifted  by  Famous  Players 
and  Odeon  circuits. 


Phila.  Judge  Indicates 
Trust  Suit  to  Be  Dismissed 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

missal  is  believed  to  be  the  first  major 
legal  victory  for  the  distributors  in 
this  territory. 

Seeking  $750,000  triple  damages, 
Schad  filed  his  suit  on  Aug.  20,  1941, 
charging  the  defendants  conspired  to 
have  20th  Century-Fox  give  the 
franchise  for  50  per  cent  of  its  product 
held  by  the  Astor  Theatre  in  Reading 
to  Wilmer  &  Vincent's  Embassy  and 
State  theatres  which  already  had  the 
other  50  per  cent.  The  conspiracy  re- 
sulted, it  was  alleged,  when  operation 
of  the  Astor  was  returned  to  Schad 
last  April  after  being  operated  on  a 
lease  by  the  Warner  circuit. 

Final  hearing  on  the  suit  was 
started  Feb.  29  and  the  motion  to 
dismiss  was  entered  by  the  defense 
attorneys  last  month  after  State  Sena- 
tor Harry  Shapiro  and  William  B. 
Rudenko  completed  their  testimony 
for  the  plaintiff.  Defense  attorneys 
included  Morris  Wolf  and  Morris 
Pfaelzer  III,  for  Warners,  Bernard 
G.  Segal  for  20th  Century-Fox,  and 
Charles  H.  Weidner  for  Wilmer  & 
Vincent. 


Theatres  Cautioned 
On  Waste  Prevention 

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possibility    of    closing    one-third  or 
more  of  the  film  houses  in  the  United 
States  as  a  drastic  measure. 

The  meeting,  at  which  Dr.  Alfred 
N.  Goldsmith  presided,  was  devoted  to 
a  discussion  of  the  10-point  conserva- 
tion program  adopted  by  the  IATSE 
and  sent  to  all  projectionist  members. 
Basson  and  other  speakers  stressed 
that  those  in  charge  of  operating  the- 
atres and  booths  must  cooperate  in  the 
program  and  avoid  waste  and  unneces- 
sary replacement  of  parts. 


Dimout  Warning  Given 

Unless  there  is  complete  compliance 
here  with  the  dimout  regulations,  ad- 
vertising signs  will  be  blacked  out  for 
the  duration  of  the  war,  Major  Gen- 
eral T.  A.  Terry,  commanding  the 
Second  Corps  Area,  indicated  yester- 
day. He  urged  use  of  fewer  or  less 
powerful  light  bulbs. 


Weigh  Enforcement 
Of  Star  Symbol  Ban 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

a  formula  for  bringing  all  film  adver- 
tisers into  line  under  the  agreement. 

The  formula  is  scheduled  to  be 
drafted  and  presented  to  the  meeting 
of  the  Public  Relations  Committee 
next  week  for  approval.  At  the  same 
meeting  a  final  draft  of  a  sub-com- 
mittee program  of  long  range  public 
relations  for  the  industry  is  scheduled 
to  be  presented. 


See  $25,000  Incomes 
Escaping  U.  S.  Limit 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

side  chat,"  there  were  unofficial  indi- 
cations from  Congressional  quarters 
that  the  $25,000  salary  ceiling  might 
be  avoided.  However,  from  industry 
quarters  there  came  only  views  in  sup- 
port of  whatever  the  Government 
finally  decided  to  do.  Executives  and 
performers  expressed  their  fullest 
understanding  of  the  war  situation. 


Last  Para.  Regional 
Meet  Starts  Today 


San  Francisco,  May  21. — The  last 
of  Paramount's  two-day  regional  sales 
meetings  will  get  under  way  tomor- 
row at  the  St.  Francis  Hotel  here, 
with  G.  A.  Smith,  Western  division 
manager,  presiding. 

Assistant  general  sales  manager 
Charles  Reagan  will  discuss  sales 
problems.  In  attendance  will  be  the 
sales  staffs  from  Paramount  ex- 
changes in  San  Francisco,  Los  An- 
geles,  Portland  and  Seattle. 

The  personnel  at  the  meeting  will 
include : 

San  Francisco — H.  Neal  East,  J. 
Bettencourt,  H.  Haustein,  D.  Sprach- 
er,  R.  McDonnell,  J.  Hurley ;  Los 
Angeles— H.  W.  Braly,  M.  R.  Clark, 
S.  White,  H.  Haas,  C.  Roeder,  L.. 
Bristol,  M.  Buries,  J.  Curry,  E.  Bau- 
erman ;  Portland — A.  R.  Anderson,  G. 
Brogger,  G.  DeWaude,  L.  G.  Sang ; 
Seattle— M.  Segal,  G.  Haviland,  W. 
Pennington,   R.   L.  Estill. 


First  Col.  Color  Film 

Hollywood,  May  21. — Columbia 
will  start  production  June  8  on  "The 
Pioneers,"  the  first  picture  to  be  made 
by  the  company  in  Technicolor.  It 
is  also  Harry  Joe  Brown's  initial 
production  for  Columbia. 


Seek  New  Terms  in 
U.S.-Mexico  Treaty 


Washington,  May  21. — "Real  re- 
ciprocal" treatment  for  American 
motion  pictures  in  Mexico  was  asked 
of  the  Committee  for  Reciprocity  In- 
formation today  by  Carl  E.  Milliken, 
appearing  for  the  MPPDA  at  hear- 
ings on  a  proposed  reciprocal  trade 
agreement  with  Mexico. 

Milliken  told  the  committee  that 
American  pictures  are  discriminated 
against  both  in  the  Mexican  customs 
duty,  which  is  two  and  one-half  times 
as  much  on  American  pictures  as  on 
Spanish  films  sent  in  by  Argentina, 
and  in  internal  taxes. 

Also,  he  said,  there  is  now  a  pro- 
posal pending  to  require  that  Ameri- 
can pictures  be  dubbed  in  Spanish  be- 
fore playing  Mexico ;  that  proposal, 
if  enacted,  will  be  a  serious  matter 
because  Mexican  Spanish  will  not  be 
acceptable  in  other  Latin  American 
countries. 

As  a  result  of  taxes  and  tariffs, 
Milliken  said,  the  distributors  get  only 
16  per  cent  of  the  Mexican  rentals 
as  compared  with  the  72  to  75  per 
cent  received  in  this  country. 

The  film  industry  representative 
told  the  committee  that  American  mo- 
tion pictures  are  playing  a  vital  part 
in  the  war  program  in  Latin  America, 
serving  to  keep  out  Axis  propaganda. 
The  foreign  field,  he  pointed  out,  has 
been  deteriorating  for  years,  and 
American  pictures  are  now  banned  in 
32  countries  and  colonies  under  Axis 
control,  with  the  result  that  only  30 
per  cent  of  the  normal  foreign  mar- 
ket still  remains. 


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Friday,  May  22,  1942 


SaF  Scores 
Neat  $9,100 
Seattle  High 


Seattle,  May  21. — "My  Gal  Sal" 
was  the  strongest  grosser  of  the  week 
here,  taking  $9,100  and  going  into  a 
second  week.  The  second  week  of  "My 
Favorite  Blonde"  at  the  Paramount 
drew  $6,800.  Weather  was  fair  and 
warm. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  15 : 

"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

"Joe  Smith,  American"  M-G-M) 

BLUE  MOUSE — (950)   (30c-42c-58c-70e)  7 
days.  6th  week.  First  feature  moved  from 
Music  Hall;  second  from  Paramount.  Gross: 
$3,950.  (Average.  $4,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 
"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler"  (2Cth-Fox) 

FIFTH    AVENUE— (2,500)  (30c-42c-58c- 
70c)  7  days.  Gross:  $9,100.  (Average.  $7,000) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.  A.) 
"New  Wine"  (U.  A.) 

LIBERTY— (1,800)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $4,900.  (Average. 
$5. COO) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (RKO) 

MUSIC    BOX— (950)     (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  5th  week.  Moved  from  Fifth  Avenue. 
Gross:  $3,700.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 

MUSIC  HALL—  (2,275)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $6,200.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"Wild  Bill  Hickck  Rides"  (W.  B.) 
"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.  B.) 

ORPHEUM— (2,450)   (30c-42c-58c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,900.  (Average.  $6,000) 
"Paris  Calling"  (Ur.iv.) 
"West  of  the  Rockies"  (Mono.) 

PA  LOMAR— (1,500)      (20c -30c -42c -58c)  7 
days.    Stage:    Vaudeville    headed   by  Tulie 
Ballew.  Gross:  $5.4CO.  (Average.  $5,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blende"  (Para.) 
"Henry  and  Dizzy"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (3,050)  (30c -42c -58c -70c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $6.8CO.  (Average 
$6,000) 


4Rio  Rita'  Collects 
$14,500,  Cincinnati 

Cincinnati,  May  21.— "Rio  Rita" 
was  the  outstanding  grosser,  collecting 
$14,500  at  the  RKO  Palace,  while 
"Kings  Row"  had  a  $4,800  sixth  and 
final  week  at  the  RKO  Capitol. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  12-16: 

"Rings   on    Her   Fingers"  (20th-Fox) 

RKO  ALBEE — (3,300)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days 
Gross:  $10,700.     (Average,  $12,000) 
"Rio   Rita"  (M-G-M) 

RKO  PALACE— (10,000)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $14,500.  (Average,  $10,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

RKO  SHUBERT — (2.150)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  2d  week.  Gross:  $5,100.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"Kings  Row"  (W.B.) 

RKO  CAPITOL— (2,000)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  6th  week.  Gross:  $4,800.  (Average. 
$5,500) 

"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.) 

RKO  GRAND— (5,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:   $3,000.     (Average.  $5,000) 
"Pacific  Blackout"  (Para.) 

RKO  LYRIC— (1,400)  (28c-33c-42c)  5  days. 
Gross:  $2,0CO.    (Gross,  6  days,  $4,500) 
"Klondike  Fury"  (Mono.) 
"Girls  Town"  (PRC) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)   (15c-28c)  4  days 
Gross:  $1,300.    (Average,  $1,200) 
"Canal   Zone"  (Col.) 
"Castle  in  the  Desert"  (ZOth-Fox) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)   (15c-28c)  : 
Gross:  $800.    (Average.  $800) 
"Larceny,   Inc."  (W.B.) 

KEITH'S — (1,500)    (33c-40c-50c)  7 
Gross:  $4,300.    (Average,  $5,000) 


day 


days. 


Eight  Men  in  Service 

Springfield,  Mass.,  May  21. — The 
Paramount  Theatre  has  sent  eight 
men  to  the  armed  services  of  this 
country,  it  was  noted  this  week,-  more 
than  any  other  theatre  in  this  vicinity. 


Short  Subject  Reviews 


"Junior  G-Men 
of  the  Air" 

(Chapter  Play) 

(  Universal) 

I  UDGED  by  the  first  two  chapters 
of  this  12-chapter  serial,  "Junior 
G-Men  of  the  Air"  should  have  a 
strong  appeal  for  the  juvenile  trade. 
The  "Dead  End  Kids"  and  the  "Little 
Tough  Guys"  are  featured.  The  story 
concerns  a  group  of  youngsters  inter- 
ested in  airplanes  but  inclined  to  be 
tough  with  cops.  When  they  witness 
a  bank  robbery  and  a  plane  theft  by  a 
gang  of  enemy  agents  they  refuse  to 
assist  the  police.  The  police  call  on 
the  Junior  G-Men  to  enlist  the  aid  of 
the  boys.  The  boys  join  the  Junior 
G-Men  and  from  there  on  it's  enemy 
agents  against  the  boys.  Henry  Mc- 
Rae  was  associate  director  and  Ray 
Taylor  and  Lew  Collins  co-directors. 
A  large  cast  includes  Billy  Halop, 
Gene  Reynolds,  Lionel  Atwill,  Frank 
Albertson,  Kathryn  Adams  and 
others.  Running  time,  first  chapter, 
26J/>  mins. ;  others,  20  mins.  Release, 
not  set. 


"Call  of  the  Sea" 

(Variety  Views) 

(Universal) 

The  fishing  industry  and  the  city  of 
Gloucester  are  described  with  interest- 
ing shots  of  the  fishermen  at  work. 
Also  seen  are  the  artist  colony  and 
some  of  the  more  prominent  artists 
painting  Gloucester's  waterfront.  The 
reel  is  brought  up  to  date  by  a  com- 
mentary which  frequently  refers  to  the 
increased  danger  of  fishin°-  now  that 
enemy  submarines  are  lurking  off 
shore.  Running  time,  9  mins.  Re- 
lease, May  4. 


"Pass  in  Review" 

(  Marine  Corps) 

This  subject  was  made  by  the  Pho- 
tographic Section  of  the  U.  S.  Marine 
Corps.  Its  purpose  is  to  promote 
recruiting  and  it  is  available  to  ex- 
hibitors without  cost  through  Marine 
recruiting  offices.  The  film  opens  with 
shots  of  leathernecks  in  Iceland  and 
includes  a  ceremony  for  a  retiring  of- 
ficer, a  New  York  parade,  and  Presi- 
dent Roosevelt's  address  in  which  he 
extols  the  stand  of  the  Marines  at 
Wake  Island.  Running  time,  8  mins. 


4Row'  Grosses  Big 
$23,000  at  Pitt. 

Pittsburgh,  May  21.  —  "Kings 
Row"  recorded  one  of  the  biggest 
comparative  grosses  in  months,  $23,- 
000,  at  Loew's  Penn.  "The  Invaders" 
grossed  an  outstanding  $11,500  at  the 
J.  P.  Harris,  and  "The  Gold  Rush" 
took  $7,500  at  the  Fulton.  All  became 
holdovers. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week- 
ending May  14 : 

"Bedroom  Diplomat"  (Bezel) 
"The  Art  of  Love"  (Bezel) 

ART  CINEMA— (300)    (30c-50c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $1,700.  (Average,  $1,800) 
"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.  A.) 

FULTON—  (1.700)    (30c-40c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $7,500.  (Average  $5,000) 
"The  Invaders"  (Cel.) 

T.    P.    HARRIS—  (2,200)    (30c-40--55c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $11,500.  (Average,  $8,500) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

LOEW'S   PENN— (3.400)    (30c-40c-55c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $23,000.  (Average.  $13,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

R1TZ— (8C0)     (30c-40c-5!5c)    7    davs.  3rd 
week.  Gross:  $2,500.  (Average,  $3,000) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

SENATOR— (1.800)    (30c-40c-55c)   7  davs. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $3,300.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.  B.) 

STANLEY— (3.600)  (30c-44c-55c-65c).  On 
stage:  Dick  Stabile  and  Orchestra.  Gracie 
Barrie.  Terry  Lester.  Gross:  $15,000.  (Aver- 
age. $18,500) 

"Call  Out  the  Marines"  (RKO) 
"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M) 

WARNER— (2.000)  (30c-40c-55c)  7  days 
Gross:  $4,000.  (Average,  $5,000) 


'Tortilla,'  $18,000, 
Cleveland  Leader 

Cleveland,  May  21. — "Tortilla 
Flat"  gave  Loew's  State  its  best  week 
in  months,  drawing  a  smash  $18,000. 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  also  was 
strong  with  $7,000  in  its  second  week 
at  Loew's  Stillman. 

Estimated    receipts    for   the  week- 
ending May  14-15  : 
"Kings  Row"  (WB) 

ALLEN— (3.000)  (33c-39c-47c)  7  days,  4th 
week.    Gross:  $4,500.     (Average,  $4,000) 
"Male  Animal"  (W.B.) 

WARNERS'    HIPPODROME   -  (3,800) 
(33c-39c-47c)  7  days.     Gross:  $9,000.  (Av. 
erage,  $11,000) 
"Roxie    Hart"  (ZOth-Fox) 

WARNERS'  LAKE— (900)  /33c-39c-47c)  7 
days,  2d  week.  Gross:  $800.  (Average. 
$1,500) 

"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

RKO  PALACE— (3.100)  (40c-50c-60c) 
days.  Sigmund  Romberg,  Mitzi  Green  and 
show  on  stage.  Gross:  $15,000.  (Average. 
$17,500) 

"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  STATE— (3.500)   (33c-39c-47c)  ; 
days.    Gross:  $18,000.    (Average.  $11,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

LOEW'S  STILLMAN — (1.900)  (33c-39c- 
47c)  7  days,  2d  week.  Gross:  $7,000.  (Aver- 
age, $4,000) 


Censors  in  Mexico 
Ban  Approved  Film 

Mexico  City,  May  21.— The  Gov- 
ernment censors  established  a  prece- 
dent when  they  ordered  withrawn 
from  exhibition  a  film  they  had  ap- 
proved. This  picture,  "Flor  de  Fango" 
("Mud  Flower"),  was  called  off  after 
it  had  been  shown,  because  the  cen- 
sors had  received  so  many  complaints. 

This  was  the  first  time  the  censors 
ever  banned  a  picture  after  they  had 
approved  its  exhibition  and  indicates 
that  authorization  for  exhibition  does 
not  prevent  them  from  cancelling  the 
exhibition  permit  if  the  film  arouses 
public  resentment. 


'Gal  SaV  at  $9,400 
Indianapolis  High 

Indianapolis,  May  21. — "My  Gal 
Sal"  at  the  Indiana  took  $9,400  and 
Loew's,  with  "Rio  Rita,"  grossed  $10,- 
100  in  a  week  of  clear,  moderate  to 
warm  weather. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  12-14: 
"The  Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"The   Mayor  of  44th  Street"  (RKO) 


CIRCLE— (2.800)  (28c-33c-44c) 
Gross:   $5,700.   (Average,  $6,500) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (ZOth-Fox) 

INDIANA— (3.200)    (28c-33c-44c)  7 
Gross:  $9,400.  (Average.  $7,000) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Man  Who  Returned  to  Life" 

LOEW'S— (2,800)     (28c-33c-44c)  7 
Gross:  $10,100.   (Average.  $8,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Sing  Your  Wories  Away"  (RKO) 

LYRIC— (2,000)  (28c-33c-44c)  7 
Moved  from  Indiana.  Gross:  $3,700. 
age.  $4,500) 


days. 


days. 


(Col.) 

days. 


days 
(Aver- 


'Reap'  Smash 
Boston  Gross 
With  $43,500 


Boston,  May  21. — "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind"  at  the  Metropolitan  took  the 
record    breaking    figure    of  $43,500. 
"Gone   With   the   Wind,"   playing^  \ 
third  return  engagement  at  the  1/ 
Loew  houses,  drew  $38,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  14-15: 

'Recip  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

METROPOLITAN— (4,376)  (40c-55c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $43,500.  (Average.  $15,000) 
"Gene  With  the  Wind"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  ORPHEUM— (3.000)  (40c-60c)  7 
days.  Gross-  $21,000.   (Average,  $12,500) 
"Gone  With  tL.e  Wind"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S     STATE — (2.900)     (40c-60c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $17,500.  (Average,  $11,500) 
"Mister  V."  (U.  A.) 

KEITH  BOSTON— (2,679)  (33c-55c-65c)  7 
days.   Stage   show,   "Water   Follies,"  with 
Buster   Crabbe  and   aquatic   stars.  Gross: 
$26,400.  'Average.  $12,500) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Don't  Get  Personal"  (Univ.) 

KEITH'S  MEMORIAL— (2.907)  (33c-55c- 
65c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $21,500.  (Av- 
erage, $15,000) 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

PA  RAMOUNTM  1,797)     (28c-33c-55c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $12,500.  (Average,  $8,500) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

FENWAY— (1,320)    (28c-33c-55c)    7  davs. 
Gross:  $9,500.  (Average,  $5,500) 
"The  Bugle  Sounds"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

SCOLLAY— (2.500)  (28c-33c-44c-55c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $6,800.  (Average,  $4,500) 


'Blonde'  at  $8,600 
Milwaukee  Winner 

Milwaukee,  May  21. — "My  Favor- 
ite Blonde"  and  "The  Remarkable  An- 
drew" grossed  $8,600  at  Fox's  Palace. 
Jan  Garber  and  his  orchestra  and  the 
picture  "Obliging  Young  Ladv"  netted 
$11,400  at  the  Riverside. 

Estimated    receipts    for  the 
ending  May  12-14 : 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

WISCONSIN— (3.200)     (44c-60c)  5 
2nd  week.   Gross:  $4,700.  (Average, 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

PALACE— (2,400)  (44c-60c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$8,600.  (Average.  $4,000) 
"Obliging  Young  Lady"  (RKO) 

RIVERSIDE— (2,700)     (44c -60c)     7  days. 
Stage:  Jan  Garber.  Gross:  $11,400.  (Aver- 
age, $6,500) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Jos  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

STRAND— (1,400)  (44c-65c)  7  davs.  Gross: 
$1,900.  (Average,  $1,500) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.)  S 

WARNER— (2,400)  (33c-44c-55c)  7  davs. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $6,500.  (Average,  $4,500) 


week 


days, 
$5,500) 


Houses  Switch  Policies 

Wilkes-Barke,  Pa.,  May  21. — The 
Penn  and  Irving  theatres  here  have 
switched  their  policies  with  the  Penn 
adopting  a  three-day-a-week  vaude- 
ville policy,  while  the  Irving  will  go 
on  a  straight  film  program.  The  Irv- 
ing had  been  running  the  three-day 
stage  shows  for  more  than  two  years. 


W.B.  Promotes  Two 

Philadelphia,  May  21.  —  Elmer 
Hollander,  manager  of  Warners' 
Stanton,  has  been  made  second  assist- 
ant film  buyer  for  the  circuit  here. 
Eddie  Muehlemann,  manager  of  the 
Lindy,  moves  to  the  Stanton  in  Hol- 
lander's place. 


Friday,  May  22,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


7 


Off  the  Antenna 


THE  Blue  has  called  a  meeting  of  station,  sales  promotion,  program  and 
sales  managers  of  all  affiliates  in  New  England  for  Wednesday.  Stations 
and  managers  scheduled  to  be  present  are  WNAB,  Bridgeport,  Levon  Thomas  ; 
WELI,  New  Haven,  James  Milne;  WSPR,  Springfield,  Quincy  Brackett; 
WPCI,  Pawtucket,  Paul  Oury ;  WNBC,  Hartford,  Richard  Davis;  WSRR, 
Stamford,  Steve  Rintoul ;  WMUR,  Manchester,  Leslie  Smith,  and  WHDH, 
Boston,  Ralph  Matheson. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  David  Penn,  news  commentator ,  has  joined  WOV  where 
he  will  handle  all  eventing  nezvscasts  Mondays  through  Saturdays,  6  P.  M.  to 
midnight  .  .  .  Pulton  Lewis,  Jr.,  Mutual' s  Washington  commentator,  who  has 
been  off  the  air  for  the  past  two  zvecks  because  of  illness,  will  return  Monday. 
.  .  .  William  Murray,  William  Morris  agency  executive  and  producer  of  the 
"Treasury  Program,"  is  scheduled  to  arrive  in  Hollyzvood  tomorrow. 

•  •  • 

Warners  has  started  a  participation  and  spot  campaign  on  local  sta- 
tions for  the  opening  of  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy."  Blaine-Thompson 
Co.  is  the  agency  handling  the  account.  .  .  .  Brad  Reynolds  is  cutting  a 
Victor  album  of  records  of  George  M.  Cohan  songs  to  be  released  in 
conjunction  with  the  premiere. 

•  •  • 

NBC  has  revamped  its  house  organ,  Transmitter,  and  is  now  using  color 
and  pictures.  In  addition  to  the  NBC  staff,  the  staffs  of  all  the  network's  af- 
filiates will  receive  the  publication. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Mutual  will  start  a  weekly  series,  Sunday  7:30-8  P.  M., 
about  the  AEF  activities  in  England,  Scotland  and  Northern  Ireland.  Pro- 
duced by  BBC ,  it  will  feature  Ben  Lyon  and  Bebe  Daniels  as  masters  of  cere- 
monies and  will  be  sent  here  by  shortwave.  .  .  .  Miller  &  Co.  has  signed  for  13 
zvecks  sponsorship  of  WHN's  "Newsreel  Theatre  of  the  Air,"  each  night  11 
P.  M.  to  midnight.  .  .  .  Lorstau  Studios  will  sponsor  "Coast  to  Coast  on  a 
Bus"  on  WJZ,  June  1  to  Aug.  1.  .  .  .  Mutual  will  originate  a  new  series  of 
discussion  programs  in  Portuguese  to  be  rebroadcast  by  eight  Brazilian  stations 
Mondays  through  Saturdays,  8-8:15  P.  M.  By  arrangement  with  the  Office 
of  the  Coordinator  of  Inter- American  Affairs,  the  series  will  be  carried  to 
Brazil  by  A.  T.  &  T.  facilities.  It  zvill  not  be  heard  in  this  country. 


Clear  Channel 
Group  Charges 
FCC  'Failure' 


Washington,  May  21. — The  Fed- 
eral Communications  Commission  has 
failed  in  its  task  of  insuring  a  fair 
-^fetribution  of  service  to  the  rural 
>  * .  Jiulation  by  "whittling  down"  the 
number  of  clear  channels  for  broad- 
casting, it  was  charged  today  before 
the  House  Interstate  and  Foreign 
Commerce  Committee. 

Declaring  that  over  a  period  of 
years  the  Commission  has  cut  the 
number  of  clear  channels  from  40  to 
23,  Victor  Sholis,  director  of  the 
Clear  Channel  Broadcasting  Service, 
warned  the  committee  that  while  the 
allocation  structure  is  frozen  for  the 
moment  by  war  conditions  it  is  es- 
sential that  plans  be  made  for  better 
coverage  of  the  country  after  the 
emergency.  The  Service  is  an  organi- 
zation of  clear  channel  stations. 

Serve  50  Million  Persons 

Only  through  the  clear  channel  sta- 
tions, Sholis  asserted,  has  it  been  pos- 
sible for  50,000,000  persons  in  the  ru- 
ral areas  to  keep  abreast  of  national 
and  war  developments  moment  by 
moment,  and  the  only  way  to  maintain 
and  improve  the  service  is  through 
clear  channels. 

"An  important,  extensive  and  ex- 
pensive study  must  be  made  before 
any  more  clear  channels  are  deterio- 
rated, and  before  impairment  of  rural 
service  proceeds  any  further,"  he  said. 

"No  serious  damage  will  be  done  to 
radio  if  the  allocation  structure  is 
frozen  until  victory  in  the  war  allows 
us  to  make  the  kind  of  comprehensive 
engineering  study  of  rural  service 
necessary  to  the  drafting  of  an  intel- 
ligent long-range  plan.  Grave  danger 
can  result,  however,  if  the  Commis- 
sion continues  to  nibble  away  at  the 
allocation  structure  and  duplicates 
clear  channels  on  a  piecemeal  basis," 
he  said. 


OP  A  Clarifies  Status 
Of  Set  Manufacturer 

Washington,  May  21. — The  Office 
of  Price  Administration  ruled  tonight 
that  factory  branches  of  radio  receiver 
and  phonograph  manufacturers  which 
act  as  wholesalers  are  not  to  be  cov- 
ered by  the  provisions  of  the  price 
schedules  for  those  products  but  are  to 
be  treated  in  the  same  manner  as 
other  distributors. 

The  ruling  was  made  on  applica- 
tion of  General  Electric  Co.,  which 
protested  that  such  branches  were  not 
connected  with  the  production  end  of 
the  business. 


Radio  Engineer  Killed 

Mexico  City,  May  21. — Arualdo  de 
la  Parra,  control  supervisor  of  Sta- 
tion XEOY  here,  was  instantly  killed 
when  he  encountered  a  live  wire-  while 
repairing  a  defect  in  the  control  ser- 
vice. 


Theatre  Permit  Denied 

Norfolk,  Va.,  May  21. — The  City 
Council  has  denied  an  application  of 
J-  Louis  Brody  to  operate  a  film  the- 
atre in  a  city  market  building  for- 
merly occupied  by  a  bus  terminal. 


Mexican  Union  Calls 
Two-Theatre  Strike 

Mexico  City,  May  21. — The  Na- 
tional Cinematographic  Workers 
Union,  through  its  secretary  general, 
Salvador  Carrillo,  in  explaining  the 
calling  of  a  strike  against  two  the- 
atres in  Nuevo  Laredo,  over  the  bor- 
der from  Laredo,  Tex.,  on  the  heels  of 
its  announcement  that  there  would  be 
no  more  strikes  against  exhibitors, 
said  there  would  only  be  strikes  when 
the  workers  have  no  choice  but  to 
strike. 

Carrillo  said  that  he  hopes  that 
other  exhibitors  will  be  reasonable 
and  grant  demands  of  the  union,  which 
are  now  for  all  theatres  in  Mexico  to 
subscribe  to  a  work  contract  that  will 
make  working  conditions  and  wages 
for  the  film  business  uniform  through- 
out Mexico.  A  pact  of  this  sort  was 
signed  here  recently  and  is  regarded 
as  strike  insurance  for  the  exhibitors, 
at  least  for  some  time.  But  not  a  few 
theatres  in  the  provinces  are  holding 
out  against  making  this  agreement, 
saying  that  economic  conditions  vary 
so  much  between  Mexican  towns  that 
it  is  difficult  to  make  theatre  wages 
uniform. 

Leon  Cieciuch  Rites 
Set  for  Tomorrow 

Funeral  services  for  Leon  Cieciuch, 
head  of  WHOM's  Polish  department, 
will  be  held  at  10  A.  M.,  tomorrow 
at  the  St.  Anthony's  R.  C.  Church, 
Jersey  City.  Cieciuch  died  in  an  au- 
tomobile crash  Wednesday. 

He  was  in  broadcasting  17  years 
and  recently  celebrated  his  15th  an- 
niversary as  a  Polish  language  broad- 
caster. The  station  cancelled  all  com- 
mercial announcements  in  Polish  on 
Wednesday  in  tribute  to  his  memory 
and  "will  broadcast  the  services  to- 
morrow. He  is  survived  by  his  wife 
and  three  children. 


Retired  Exhibitor  Dies 

Auburn,  N.  Y.,  May  21. — John 
Henderson,  retired  exhibitor,  died  at 
his  home  here  this  week. 


Exhibitor  Rent  for 
Gov't  Films  to  War 
Charities — Richey 


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mission  schedules  under  a  continua- 
tion of  the  decree  selling  method,  and 
would  contribute  to  harmony  in  the 
industry  and  thereby  improve  its  op- 
erating functions.  The  M-G-M  offi- 
cial emphasized  that  the  new  Umpi 
plan  dealt  solely  with  an  industry 
sales  problem,  since  it  sought  to  fur- 
nish an  answer  to  exhibitor  dissatis- 
faction with  the  decree  selling  sys- 
tem and  that  the  exercise  of  the  can- 
cellation privilege  under  the  plan 
would  be  solely  on  grounds  of  film 
quality.  Rejection  of  pictures  on  re- 
ligious, racial  or  moral  grounds,  he 
pointed  out,  has  been  the  exhibitor's 
right  and  will  continue  to  be  so,  irre- 
spective of  the  new  cancellation  privi- 
lege. 

He  also  cited  the  new  Umpi  concili- 
ation and  arbitration  plans  for  the 
handling  of  industry  grievances  as  a 
contributory  factor  in  a  "more  ef- 
ficient industry  which  thereby  can  do 
a  better  job  in  its  primary  task  of 
entertaining  and  maintaining  the  mo- 
rale of  the  American  people." 

Richey  also  detailed  the  war-time 
contributions  of  the  industry  to  the 
meeting. 


Club  Dance  June  5 

Chicago.  May  21. — The  Film 
Bookers  Club  of  Chicago  will  hold 
its  annual  dinner-dance  on  June  5, 
at  a  downtown  hotel  to  be  selected. 


SHIPS  WITH  WINGS 

DRAWS  FAMOUS  AUDIENCE 
TO  NAVY  RELIEF  PREMIERE! 


$4.40  PREMIERE  SOLD  OUT  FOUR  DAYS  IN 

ADVANCE.  Here  are  English  tars  decorating 
|  the  lobby  of  the  Normandie  Theatre  in  New 
J  York  City  before  the  gala  social  event! 


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JOHN  STEINBECK,  famous  American  author, 
greets  Actress  Claire  Luce  as  celebrities 
assemble  to  the  strains  of  martial  music  from  \ 
crack  Navy  Bands! 


FAMOUS  BRITISH  GUESTS 

include  Rear  Admiral 
Herbert  Pott,  British  Naval 
Attache,  and  Captain  C. 
Abel  Smith,  Royal  Navy. 


MANY  DINNERS  PRECEDE  SCREENING. 

Here  is  Mrs.  Robert  Post  arriving  with 
her  guests,  Lieutenant  W.  H.  Reid  and 
Commander  H.  A.  A.  Mallet,  Liaison 
Officer  of  the  Royal  Navy. 


J.  P.  MORGAN'S  SON, 

Lieutenant  Junius  Spencer 
Morgan,  listens  to  Lord 
Halifax  speak  from  the 
screen  of  the  Normandie. 


DISTINGUISHED 
BRITISHERS  in- 

elude  Sir  William 
Wiseman,  head 
of  the  Union  Jack 
Club  and  Robert  R. 
Appleby,  Head  of 
British  War  Relief. 


FROM  WASHINGTON  comes  Rear  Admiral 
Adolphus  Andrews,  U.  S.  N.,  photographed 
as  he  shakes  hands  with  Vice- Admiral  Sirr<f|Ei 
Alfred  French. 


MRS.  LYTLE  HULL,  the  former  Mrs.  Vincent 
Astor,  is  one  of  the  prominent  New  York 
,  women  who  enjoyed  the  picture. 


starring 


f 

_  SURVIVOR  OF  ARK  ROYAL, 

the  aircraft  carrier  featur- 
ed in  "Ships  With  Wings" 
—  Lieutenant  A.  Andreoli 
is  shown  with  Andrienne 
^A  Ames,  screen  and  radio  staV. 


JOHN  CLEMENTS  *  LESLIE  BANKS  *  JANE  BAXTER 
ANN  TODD  *  BASIL  SYDNEY  *  EDWARD  CHAPMAN 

Produced  by  Michael  Balcon  •  Released  thru  UNITED  ARTISTS 


Opens  Tomorrow  at  the  Rivoli  Theatre,  New  York  City,  for  extended  engagement! 

15,000  Theatres  Are  Selling  War  Savings  Bonds 


Alert, ' 

InteHlgen 

to  the^ft 

jjtion 

Picture 

Industry 

MOTION 


DAILY 


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NO.  101 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  MONDAY,  MAY  25,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Radio  Parts 
Pooling  Plan 
Before  WPB 


FCC  Would  Be  in  Charge; 
17  Conservation  Areas 


Washington,   May  24. — Plans 
for  establishment  of  a  broadcasting 
industry  pool  of  replacement  parts 
and  equipment  to  tide  the  stations 
of  the  country  over  the  restriction 
period  were  sent  to  the  War  Pro- 
duction Board  yesterday  by  the  De- 
fense Communications  Commission. 
''      The  cooperative  pool,  recommended 
I  by  the  broadcasters  themselves,  would 
be  administered  by  the  Federal  Com- 
munications Commission  in  the  light 
Of  (i  of  the  rules,  regulations  and  policies 
of  the  WPB. 

Seventeen  regional  conservation  dis- 
tricts would  be  set  up,  under  the  su- 
pervision of  an  administrator  and  two 
assistants  in  each,  selected  by  the 
broadcasters  of  the  district,  to  check 
and  maintain  an  inventory,  supervise 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


Nets  Cut  Television 
To  4  Hours  Weekly 

NBC  and  CBS  television  broadcasts 
will  be  reduced  to  four  hours  each 
weekly,  both  networks  announced  over 
the  weekend.  The  decision  followed 
a  recent  ruling  of  the  FCC  which  per- 
mitted commercial  television  stations 
to  reduce  minimum  operating  hours 
from  15  to  four  as  a  wartime  conser- 
vation measure. 

Statements  by  both  networks  de- 
clared the  move  was  necessary  to  pro- 
long television's  service  during  the 
present  emergency  and  to  permit  op- 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


'Dimes'  Collections 
Totaled  $1,450,000 

Total  collections  in  the  the- 
atres of  the  country  during 
the  March  of  Dimes  drive  last 
January  amounted  to  $1,450,- 
000,  it  was  disclosed  Friday 
with  the  announcement  that 
half  the  total  is  being  mailed 
to  the  various  communities. 
The  other  50  per  cent  went 
to  the  national  headquarters 
of  the  National  Infantile 
Paralysis  Fund.  Nicholas  M. 
Schenck  was  chairman  of  the 
industry  campaign. 


Schad  Will  Appeal 
Dismissal  of  Trust 
Suit  in  Philadelphia 


Philadelphia,  May  24. — A  notice 
of  appeal  from  the  Federal  court  dis- 
missal of  the  anti-trust  suit  brought 
by  Harry  J.  Schad,  Reading,  Pa.,  ex- 
hibitor, will  be  filed  tomorrow,  it  was 
said  over  the  weekend  by  Schad's  at- 
torneys. The  U.  S.  Circuit  Court  of 
Appeals  is  expected  to  act  on  the  ap- 
peal at  the  October  term,  it  was  said. 

Federal  Judge  J.  Cullen  Ganey,  who 
dismissed  the  action,  gave  his  formal 
opinion  on  Friday  after  having  indi- 
cated on  Thursday  that  he  intended  to 
take  such  action. 

The  owner  of  a  theatre  cannot  pre- 
vent a  lessee  of  the  house  from  re- 
leasing a  distributor  from  his  con- 
tracts, Judge  Ganey  ruled.  "It  would 
establish  a  strong  doctrine,"  he  said 
in  a  12-page  opinion,  "to  hold  that 
the  plaintiffs  (Schad)  has  some  in- 
tangible right  which  could  prevent 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


Broadway  Ass'n  in 
Tribute  to  Cohan 

Ceremonies  will  be  held  at  1  o'clock 
today  dedicating  a  plaque  to  George 
M.  Cohan  at  the  Savoy  Theatre,  34th 
St.  and  Broadway,  where  Cohan  first 
appeared  as  a  star  in  New  York. 
Newbold  Morris,  City  Council  presi- 
dent, will  make  the  dedication  in  the 
name  of  the  Broadway  Association, 
and  Robert  K.  Christenberry,  presi- 
dent of  the  Association  and  managing 
director  of  the  Hotel  Astor,  the  pres- 
entation speech.  "Yankee  Doodle 
Dandy,"  Warner  Bros.'  film,  is  based 
on  Cohan's  life. 


MPTOA  to  Hold  No 
National  Convention 

MPTOA  will  hold  no  na- 
tional convention  this  year 
because  of  the  war  and  limi- 
tations on  travel  accommoda- 
tions, Ed  Kuykendall,  presi- 
dent, announced  Friday.  The 
organization,  instead,  plans 
to  hold  a  meeting  of  its  na- 
tional board  of  directors 
some  time  this  Summer.  The 
date  and  place  will  be  set 
later,  Kuykendall  said. 


W.B.  Plans  to 
Deliver  About 
36  This  Season 


Warner  Bros,  will  release  approxi- 
mately 36  features,  exclusive  of  three 
reissues,  during  the  current  season,  or 
approximately  25  per  cent  fewer  re- 
leases than  the  company  has  had  for 
several  preceding  seasons,  it  was  dis- 
closed by  the  company  on  Friday. 

No  specific*  number  of  1941 -'42  re- 
leases was  announced  by  the  company 
at  the  start  of  this  season.  However, 
the  production  schedule  was  geared  to 
deliver  about  48  to  50  features  and 
the  schedule  has  been  maintained 
to  date.  Holdovers  and  special  sales 
arrangements  for  a  number  of  the 
company's  leading  productions  reduced 
the  need  for  weekly  releases  during 
the  season,  the  company  said. 

As  a  result,  Warners  will  have  a 
minimum  of  12  features  completed  this 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


B  'way  Houses,  Astor  Hotel 
Shelter  Blackout  Throngs 


Providence  Plans 
Honor  to  Bowling 

Providence,  May  24. — A  testi- 
monial luncheon  will  be  given  Eddie 
Dowling,  actor  and  producer,  by  the 
Town  Criers  of  Rhode  Island  at  the 
Providence-Biltmore  Hotel  here  June 
1.  The  occasion  will  be  Dowling's 
return  to  his  home  city  to  open  a 
season  of  legitimate  theatre  produc- 
tions here  with  "George  Washington 
Slept  Here." 

Deputy  Chief  Crier  Benjamin  Ntfr- 
thup  is  chairman  of  the  testimonial 
luncheon  committee.  Entertainment 
for  the  affair  will  be  in  charge  of 
Past  Chief  Crier  Edward  M.  Fay. 


While  Times  Square  theatre  busi- 
ness was  almost  entirely  unaffected 
by  Manhattan's  borough-wide  test 
blackout  Friday  night,  the  neighbor- 
hood theatres  were  off  to  some  ex- 
tent. 

Broadway's  theatres  and  the  famed 
Hotel  Astor,  only  hotel  in  Times 
Square,  served  as  places  of  refuge  for 
the  thousands  pushed  off  the  streets 
by  the  police.  The  time  of  the  black- 
out, 9:30  to  9:50  P.  M.,  was  chiefly 
responsible  for  the  slight  effect  in 
Times  Square. 

Whereas,  on  the  occasion  of  the  re- 
cent Times  Square  blackout,  thou- 
sands thronged  the  theatre  area  as 
though  attending  a  carnival,  on  Fri- 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


Entire  Umpi 
Program  to  Be 
Given  to  U.  S. 


All  5  Consenting  Firms 
Agree  on  Practices 

The  entire  Umpi  trade  practice 
program,  including  the  conciliation 
provisions,  is  scheduled  to  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  Department  of  Jus- 
tice simultaneously  as  amendments 
to  the  consent  decree,  Umpi  mem- 
bers stated  at  the  close  of  meetings 
here  Friday. 

At  the  same  time  it  was  in- 
dicated that  all  five  consent- 
ing distributors  now  are  in 
agreement  on  the  trade  practice 
program.  Two  of  the  five  con- 
senting companies  had  been 
reported  opposed  to  several 
phases  of  the  program  and  are 
understood  to  have  communi- 
cated with  the  Department  of 
Justice  separately  concerning 
their  objections. 

At  Friday's  session  an  exhibitor- 
attorney  group  meeting  at  the  office  of 
Howard  Levinson,  Warner  Bros, 
home     office     attorney,  completed 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Col.  Sales  Meeting 
In  N.Y.  June  16-18 

Columbia  will  hold  an  annual  sales 
meeting  at  the  Warwick  Hotel  here 
June  16,  17  and  18,  Abe  Montague, 
general  sales  manager,  announced 
Friday. 

Home  office  executives,  division 
and  branch  managers  will  attend  the 
meeting.  The  home  office  group  will 
include  Jack  Cohn,  vice-president ; 
Montague,  Rube  Jackter,  assistant 
sales  manager ;  Louis  Astor  and 
Louis  Weinberg,  circuit  sales  heads, 
and  Max  Weisfeldt,  short  subjects 
sales  supervisor. 

Division  managers  will  include : 
Phil  Dunas,  Midwest;  Carl  Shalit, 
Central ;  Jerome  Safron,  Western ; 
Nat  Cohn,  New  York ;  Sam  Galan- 
ty,  Mideast,  and  Sam  Moscow, 
Southern.  Lou  Rosenfeld,  Canadian 
general  manager,  and  managers  of  the 
Canadian  branches  also  will  attend. 


Reviewed  Today 

"Stardust  on  the  Sage"  is 
reviewed  on  Page  4. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  May  25.  1942 


Bus  Control  Seen 
Affecting  Grosses 

An  effect  on  weekend  the- 
atre receipts  is  seen  by  some 
observers  if  the  Government 
extends  control  over  train 
and  bus  travel  throughout 
the  nation. 

Government  control  has 
been  established,  effective 
June  3,  over  the  four  bus 
lines  operating  between 
Washington  and  New  York, 
by  pooling  services,  ticket  in- 
terchange, staggering  of 
schedules  and  eliminating  du- 
plication of  operation. 


British  Manpower 
Problem  Growing 


London,  May  24. — Considerable 
anxiety  exists  in  producer  and  labor 
circles  here  as  a  result  of  the  con- 
tinuing apparent  disregard  of  the  find 
ings  of  the  Manpower  Panel  with  re 
gard  to  industry  labor  by  the  Ministry 
of  Labour. 

Despite  its  recent  agreement  with 
the  findings  of  the  panel,  the  Ministry 
is  continuing  to  call  up  film  techni 
cians  and  other  essential  industry 
workers  by  age  groups.  Some  have 
been  told  to  send  in  applications  for 
further  deferment,  but  others  have 
been  informed  that  no  further  defer- 
ment is  possible. 

Industry  officials  stated  that  if  such 
registrations  continue,  film  produc- 
tion will  be  brought  to  a  virtual  stand- 
still. A  producers'  delegation  met  with 
the  Labour  Ministry  Friday,  fol- 
lowing up  a  similar  meeting  of  a  labor 
unions'  committee  with  the  Ministry 
last  weekend.  It  was  learned  that  the 
producers  regard  their  meeting  as  a 
friendly  and  helpful  exchange  of 
views,  but  the  labor  delegation  is  em- 
phatically dissatisfied  with  the  situa- 
tion and  is  considering  further  action. 


3  New  Victory  Films 
Ready  for  Theatres 

Three  new  Victory  Films  are  ready 
for  release,  the  War  Activities  Com- 
mittee announced  over  the  weekend. 
They  are :  "Winning  Your  Wings," 
two-reel  film  on  the  Air  Corps  nar- 
rated by  Lieut.  James  Stewart,  pro- 
duced and  released  by  Warner  Bros. ; 
"Mr.  Gardenia  Tones."  13-minute  sub- 
ject made  for  the  USO,  produced  at 
the  M-G-M  studio  and  released  by 
United  Artists,  and  "Keep  'Em  Roll- 
ing," 3^-minute  trailer  on  the  pro- 
duction drive,  produced  by  the  Office 
of  Emergency  Management  and  re- 
leased bv  Universal. 


Personal  Mention 


SPYROS   SKOURAS   and  T.  J. 
Connors  plan  to  leave  for  the 
Coast  at  the  end  of  the  week. 
• 

Alexander  Korda  left  for  the 
Coast  on  Friday. 

Pat  Casey  plans  to  leave  for  the 
Coast  Wednesday. 

Harry  Edingtox  is  in  town. 


Roy  Haines  has  left  for  Cleve- 
land and  Detroit. 

Col.  H.  A.  Cole  left  for  Dallas 
over  the  weekend. 

Sol  Levy  of  Warner  Bros,  will  be 
inducted  in  the  Army  next  Thursday. 

Monroe  Rubinger  is  in  town  from 
Chicago. 

James  R.  Grainger  left  California 
over  the  weekend  for  Dallas. 


LIEUT.  COL.  JACK  L.  WARNER 
i  and  Mrs.  Warner  left  the  Coast 
Friday  for  New  York  and  Washing- 
ton. 

• 

William  F.  Rodgers,  Edwin 
Aaron,  E.  K.  O'Shea,  Tyree  Dill- 
ard,  Edward  Saunders,  J.  E.  Flynn 
and  A.  F.  Cummings  returned  to 
New  York  from  Chicago  over  the 
weekend. 

• 

Edward  Small  is  in  town  from  the 
Coast. 

• 

Tim    O'Toole,    Columbia's  New- 
Haven  branch  manager,  is  in  Boston. 
• 

Al  Winters  of  the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox New  Haven  exchange 
joins  the  Marines  June  15. 

• 

W;  ■  H.<  Clark,  assistant  treasurer 
of  RKO,  is  convalescing  at  St.  Agnes 
Hospital,  White  Plains,  after  a  ma- 
jor operation. 


Reserve  Decision  on 
Loew-306  Dismissal 

Final  briefs  were  filed  in  U.  S. 
District  Court  here  Friday  in  the  ac- 
tion by  Loew's  to  restrain  Local  306 
from  inserting  a  clause  in  its  contracts 
to  compel  distributors  not  to  deliver 
film  to  those  theatres  whose  projec- 
tionists are  not  IATSE  members. 

Federal  Judge  Henry  W.  Goddard 
reserved  decision  on  a  motion  by  Na- 
jhari  Frankel,  Local  306  counsel,  to 
dismiss  the  case.  A  decision  on  the 
action  is  expected  in  the  near  future. 


Coast  Studios  Move 
To  Conserve  Tires 

Hollywood,  May  24.— The  RKO 
studio  has  launched  a  survey  of  its 
employes  looking  to  a  possible  "share- 
your-car"  plan  in  going  to  and  from 
work  in  order  to  save  tires.  Ques- 
tionnaires distributed  to  all  employes 
ask  if  they  want  to  participate  in  the 
plan,  what  type  of  car  they  have,  the 
number  of  passengers  it  would  carry 
and  other  pertinent  information. 

Also  as  a  tire-conserving  move,  the 
Academy  of  Motion  Picture  Arts  and 
Sciences  is  mapping  Los  Angeles 
County  with  respect  to  the  residences 
of  some  350  press  representatives  to 
determine  the  most  centrally  located 
theatre  to  use  for  previews.  Because  of 
an  inadequate  transportation  system, 
this  community  depends  to  a  large  ex- 
tent on  automobiles. 


To  Enlarge  MPPDA 
Staff  in  Washington 

MPPDA's  Washington  staff  under 
Jack  Bryson,  legislative  contact,  will 
be  enlarged  immediately  to  handle  the 
additional  work  of  the  office  resulting 
from  increased  industry  relations  with 
Government  agencies,  it  was  an- 
nounced following  a  meeting  of  the 
MPPDA  executive  committee  on  Fri- 
day. 

The  enlarged  staff,  it  was  indicated, 
will  handle  all  industry-Government 
relations  except  those  within  the  prov- 
ince of  the  War  Activities  Committee. 


W.  Va.  Theatre  Files 
Case  on  Specific  Run 

A  specific  run  complaint  naming  the 
five  consenting  companies,  Universal, 
United  Artists,  Columbia  and  the 
Black  Diamond  Theatre  Co.  has  been 
filed  at  the  Cincinnati  arbitration  tri- 
bunal by  the  Alpine- Belle  Theatre 
Co.,  operator  of  the  Alpine  at  Belle, 
W.  Va.;  American  Arbitration  As- 
sociation headquarters  announced  Sat 
urday. 

The  complaint  charges  that  the  Al 
pine  has  been  the  only  theatre  in 
Belle  for  the  past  10  years,  but  that 
Black  Diamond  began  construction  of 
a  new  theatre  in  the  town  recently 
and  for  three  months  thereafter  the 
major  distributors  have  refused  to  li 
cense  the  Belle.  The  complaints  asks 
that  the  consenting  distributors  be 
required  to  license  the  established  the- 
atre on  the  same  run  as  heretofore 

The  three  non-consenting  companies 
are  not  required  to  answer  the  com 
plaint  unless  they  choose  to  do  so. 


Readers'  Say-So 


Editor,  Motion  Picture  Daily  : 

I  know  you  will  be  interested  in 
the  information  that,  using  a  "sensa- 
tional" campaign  in  the  test  engage- 
ment of  "Moontide,"  at  the  Fox  The- 
atre in  St.  Louis,  we  opened  May  21 
to  extraordinary  business,  equal  to 
the  opening  days  of  some  of  the  very 
big  pictures  that  we  have  played  there 
and  exceeding  in  dollars  the  first  day's 
take  on  "Swamp  Water"  which,  ^  > 
with  a  specialized  campaign,  did^ 
of  the  biggest  week's  grosses  we  md 
in  the  theatre  in  the  past  few  years. 

Sincerely, 
Harry  Arthur 
Vice-President  and  General  Manager, 
Fanchon  &  Marco,  Inc. 


Lehman  Vetoes  Bill 
On  Agency  Charges 

Albany.  May  24. — Governor  Leh- 
man yesterday  vetoed  without  mem- 
orandum the  proposed  changes  in  the 
theatrical  employment  agency  fee  set- 
up. Sponsored  by  Sen.  William  Con- 
don, chairman  of  the  Labor  and  In- 
dustries Committee,  the  biil  would 
have  substituted  a  schedule  of  maxi- 
mum fees. 


Club  Party  in  Cincinnati 

Cincinnati,  May  24. — The  local 
Variety  Club  will  hold  its  annual  out- 
door dance  and  party  at  the  Summit 
Hills  Country  Club,  June  22,  with 
proceeds  going,  to  local  charities. 


Rallies,  Broadcast 
To  Open  Bond  Drive 

Rallies  and  parades  in  many  key 
cities  next  Friday  afternoon,  includ- 
ing one  at  Times  Square,  and  a  na- 
tionwide broadcast  over  the  Mutual 
network  will  launch  the  film  indus- 
try's war  bond  and  stamp  sale  drive 
in  theatres.  '  The  broadcast,  in  which 
film  stars  will  participate,  will  he 
from  Hollywood,  11  to  11:30  P.  M 
Local  broadcasts  are  also  being  ar- 
ranged, the  War  Activities  Committee 
said. 


Berkowitz  Called  Up 

Harold  Berkowitz,  Warner  Bros, 
home  office  attorney,  was  among  the 
first  registrants  in  1-B  classification 
to  be  called  up  under  the  new- 
Selective  Service  orders  affecting  that 
classification.  He  was  directed  on 
Friday  to  report  to  his  board  June  8. 


Brady  Granted  Leave 

The  services  of  Leo  Brady,  for  12 
yaars  assistant  to  the  president  of 
Quigley  Publishing  Co.,  have  been 
loaned  to  the  Office  of  the  Coordinator 
of  Information.  A  leave  of  absence 
for  this  purpose  has  been  granted. 


W.A.C.  Pledges  Aid 
In  Manpower  Plan 

George  J.  Schaefer,  chairman  of  the 
industry's  War  Activities  Committee, 
has  pledged  the  cooperation  of  that 
group  in  the  work  undertaken  by  the 
War  Production  Board  to  conserve 
manpower,  the  WAC  has  announced. 

Schaefer  will  serve  on  the  Publicity 
Cooperation  Committee.  The  request 
came  from  W.  A.  Irwin  of  the  United 
States  Steel  Corp.  Acceptances  for  ser- 
vice on  the  committee  have  been  re- 
ceived from  Arthur  Hays  Sulzberger, 
publisher  of  the  New  York  Times  ;  Ben 
Hibbs,  editor  of  the  Saturday  Eve- 
ning Post;  Niles  Trammell,  presi- 
dent of  NBC;  William  S.  Paley, 
president  of  CBS,  and  George  H.  Mc- 
Graw,  publisher  of  McGraw-Hill  Pub- 
lications. 


RKO  Employes  Vote 
SOPEG  As  Agency 

Clerical  employes  at  the  RKO  home 
office  designated  the  Screen  Office  & 
Professional  Employes  Guild,  Local 
109,  CIO,  as  their  collective  bargain- 
ing agency  by  a  vote  of  194  to  46  in 
an  NLRB  election  Friday.  Partici- 
pating in  the  election  were  240  of  the 
261  eligible  to  vote. 

The  union  stated  that  it  has  now 
been  designated  as  sole  bargaining 
agency  by  1,500  clerical  employes  at 
film  company  home  offices.  Besides 
RKO,  the  union  has  won  elections  at 
Columbia,  Loew's  and  20th  Century- 
Fox.  An  NLRB  proceeding  is  pend- 
ing at  National  Screen  Service. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 
Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company. 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
tin Quigley.  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker.  Vice- 
President,  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill. 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau,  Postal  Union 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor; 
London  Bureau,  4  Golden  Square,  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany, Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres.  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23. 
1938.  at  the  post  office  at  New  York,  N.  V.. 
under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscrip- 
tion rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
$12  foreign.    Single  copies  10c. 


4 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  May  25.  1942 


Entire  Umpi 
Program  to  Be 
Given  to  U.  S. 


Review 


{Continued  from  page  1) 
recommendations  for  amplifying  and 
improving  the  arbitration  provisions 
of  the  consent  decree.  In  another 
meeting  at  the  office  of  Austin 
Keough,  vice-president  and  general 
counsel  of  Paramount,  a  legal  draft 
of  the  new  selling  plan  was  completed 
for  submission  to  the  Department  of 
Justice.  The  entire  program  will  be 
presented  to  the  Department  by  at- 
torneys for  the  consenting  companies 
as  soon  as  a  complete  draft  of  the 
arbitration  and  conciliation  provisions 
is  completed,  it  was  indicated.  This 
is  expected  to  be  accomplished  some 
time  this  week. 

The  new  arbitration  provisions 
recommended  by  the  exhibitor  com- 
mittee name  no  new  grievances  for 
arbitration  under  the  decree  system 
but  are  concerned,  instead,  with  pro 
posals  for  clearer  definitions  of  the 
present  subjects,  such  as  clearance  and 
competition  between  theatres.  The 
recommendations  are  concerned  pri- 
marily with  changes  in  the  rules  of 
arbitration  designed  to  make  the 
process  less  costly  and  time-consum 
ing. 

Provision  is  also  made  for  the 
change  of  a  complaint  from  one  type 
to  another,  prior  to  the  close  of  hear 
ings,  if  it  becomes  apparent  that  a 
complainant  is  entitled  to  relief  under 
another  section  of  the  decree  than  the 
one  under  which  the  complaint  was 
filed  ori 


Silverman  Wants 
Plan  'With  Teeth' 

CtiiCAco,  *  May  24.— Edwin  Silver- 
man, president  of  Essaness  Theatres 
(*orp.  here,  is  of  the  opinion  that  the 
Umpi  plan,  as  completed,  will  not 
solve  the  many  ills  and  problems  of 
the  industry. 

"I  am  opposed  to  the  present  Umpi 
plan,"  he  said,  "but  am  in  favor  of 
unity  within  the  industry  if  there 
equity.  I  do  not  think  there  is  equity 
in  the  present  setup  of  the  plan  which 
is  not  broad  enough  by  any  means 
The  plan  should  have  teeth  in  it 
something  to  cure  such  ills  that  con 
front  us  as  giveaways  and  double  and 
triple  features. 

"We  live  in  a  nation  that  is  ration- 
ing sugar,  tires,  and  other  things,  yet 
we  remain  the  only  business  with 
double  and  triple  units." 


Stardust  on  the  Sage" 

{Republic) 

T  T  ENRY  GREY  has  produced  another  Gene  Autry  western  which 
should  prove  popular  at  the  box-office.    Edith  Fellows  joins  him  in 
singing  a  number  of  songs  and  does  two  solos  of  her  own,  while  Smiley 
Burnette  does  one  number. 

Most  of  the  music  is  introduced  through  a  radio  station  which  has  a 
place  in  the  story  and  there  is  also  a  jamboree  at  the  end.  Autry  rides 
up  to  his  ranch  unexpectedly  to  find  most  of  the  community  interested 
in  a  new  hydraulic  mining  venture  which  is  being  promoted  with  Autry's 
funds  by  his  foreman,  Bill  Henry. 

Henry  is  well-intentioned.  He  is  aided  by  his  sisters,  young  Miss  Fel- 
lows and  Louise  Currie,  but  Emmett  Vogan,  Henry's  associate,  is 
crooked.  At  first  Autry  attempts  to  discourage  the  project,  but  when  he 
learns  how  deeply  Henry  is  involved  he  decides  to  help.  Vogan  succeeds 
turning  the  townspeople  against  Autry,  but  the  latter  regains  their 
confidence  after  putting  the  mine  in  working  order.  George  Ernest, 
Vince  Barnett,  Betty  Farrington,  Roy  Barcroft  and  Tom  London  also 
are  in  the  cast.  William  Morgan  directed. 

Runniftg^-iin?ey-4S  sfi'inutes.  -lG,!'*  .  Edward. Gkuf.  „ 


Radio  Parts 
Pooling  Plan 
Before  WPB 


*  "(£'  denotes  general  classification. 


B  'way  Houses,  Astor  Hotel 
Shelter  Blackout  Throngs 


Schad  Will  Appeal 
Dismissal  of  Trust 
Suit  in  Philadelphia 


British  Films  Council 
Sets  First  1942  Meet 

London,  May  24.— The  first  1942 
meeting  of  the  Films  Council  has 
been  scheduled  for  next  Wednesday. 

It  is  reported  the  meeting  may  con- 
sider an  amendment  to  the  Films  Act 
for  the  purpose  of  facilitating  the  dis- 
tribution of  propaganda  films,  for 
which  no  credit  is  now  given  under 
the  Films  Quota  Law. 


Anna  Neagle  at  Opening 

Ottawa,  May  24. — Anna  Neagle 
attended  the  North  American  premiere 
of  her  new  picture,  "They  Flew 
Alone,"  at  the  Regent  Theatre  here. 
The  premiere  was  attended  by  the 
Earl  of  Athlone,  Governor  General 
of  Canada,  and  the  Princess  Alice. 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

Warner,  its  lessee,  from  agreeing  to 
release  20th  Century-Fox  of  its  obli- 
gations." 

The  suit,  which  sought  $750,000 
damages,  charged  Warners,  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox and  the  Warner  and  Wilmer 
&  Vincent  circuits  with  having  con- 
spired to  have  20th  Century-Fox  give 
the  Astor  Theatre's  50  per  cent  fran- 
chise to  Wilmer  &  Vincent's  Embassy 
and  Ritz  after  the  Warner  lease  on 
the  Astor  had  expired  and  the  house 
returned  to  Schad.  The  Embassy  and 
Ritz  had  previously  held  the  other 
50  per  cent  of  the  20th  Century-Fox 
franchise. 

Sees  Nothing  to  Remedy 

Judge  Ganey  ruled  that  the  fact  that 
the  public  could  see  all  20th  Century- 
Fox  product  at  the  Embassy  and  Ritz 
and  could  not  see  any  at  the  Astor 
"is  not  a  consideration  that  the  Sher- 
man Act  was  to  remedy."  He  also 
pointed  out  that  Schad  did  not  com- 
plain when  other  distributors  sold 
away  from  the  Astor  after  the  opera- 
tion of  the  house  was  returned  to 
him. 

The  court  held  that  the  Reading- 
situation  was  a  business  deal,  not  a 
conspiracy,  and  even  if  it  were  to  be 
deemed  in  restraint  of  trade,  "it  cer- 
tainly is  not  such  a  restraint  as  is 
condemned  by  the  Act."  Moreover, 
Judge  Ganey  ruled  that  Warners  had 
a  right  to  stay  in  business  in  Read- 
ing and  even  if  the  circuit  leased  an- 
other house  there  from  Wilmer  & 
Vincent,  "I  cannot  see  that  Warners 
did  anything  more  than  was  requisite 
for  the  assurance  of  a  motion  picture 
house  to  display  its  products." 


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day  night  police  orders  .that  the  street 
be  cleared  were  obeyed  and  the  streets 
virtually  were  empty. 

Friday  night's  blackout  of  Man- 
hattan was  the  last  of  the  series  of 
tests  in  complete  boroughs.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  within  the  next  two  weeks 
a  complete  Greater  New  York  black- 
out test  will  be  held,  probably  also  for 
20  minutes.  Officials  estimated  that 
Friday  night's  blackout  was  95  per 
cent  effective,  although  Mayor  La- 
Guardia  voiced  criticism  of  the  trans- 
portation, which  permitted  subway 
stations  to  remain  lighted  and  lighted 
trains  to  run  on  the  elevated  lines  dur- 
ing the  blackout  period.  Defense 
plants  were  exempt  from  the  blackout. 

An  estimated  area  of  21.9  miles  was 
involved,  affecting  about  1,713,000 
persons. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
distribution  of  parts  and  see  that  all 
stations  are  maintained  efficiently.  A 
centralized  inventory  would  be  set 
in  the  FCC  for  the  interchange  # 
parts  between  districts  as  needed. 

The  regional  staffs  would  serve 
without  compensation  from  the  Gov- 
ernment and  the  expenses  of  the  offices 
would  be  met  by  the  stations  of  each 
district  on  a  pro  rata  basis. 

Under  the  plan,  any  station  in  need 
of  replacements  would  have  access  to 
any  stocks  in  the  hands  of  other 
broadcasters.  The  exchanges  of  phy- 
sical equipment,  however,  would  be 
between-  -tl-ie^. broadcasters,  with  the 
Government  agencies  serving  merely 
in  an  advisory  capacity. 


W.B.  to  Release  36 
Films  This  Season; 
Will  Carry  Over  12 


Nets'  Television  Cut 
To  4  Hours  Weekly 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

erations  to  continue  with  a  minimum 
of  materials  and  reduced  personnel. 

CBS  will  start  operations  on  the 
new  schedule  next  week.  NBC  will 
cut  down  to  six  hours  weekly  starting 
today,  with  programs  on  Mondays, 
Tuesdays  and  Wednesdays,  and  will 
reduce  programs  to  four  hours  weekly 
in  the  week  of  June  29.  NBC  will 
televise  instructions  to  air  raid  war- 
dens on  Mondays  and  Tuesdays  while 
CBS  will  retain  its  more  popular  pro- 
grams and  televise  them  Thursday  and 
Friday  evenings. 

Both  CBS  and  NBC  started  full- 
time  operation  of  15  hours  weekly  last 
July  1. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

season  to  carry  over  to  the  1942-'43 
schedule,  it  was  said.  Only  two  fea- 
tures are  set  for  release  in  June  and 
a  similar  number  for  July,  in  addition 
to  the  general  release  that  month  of 
"Sergeant  York." 


W.  B.  Advertising 
Up,  Says  Einfeld 

Warners'  newspaper  advertising  is 
60  per  cent  above  last  year  and  maga- 
zine space  has  been  increased  22  per 
cent,  S.  Charles  Einfeld,  advertising 
and  publicity  director,  stated  on  his 
arrival  from  the  Coast  Friday.  He 
will  be  here  a  week  discussing  budgets 
and  advertising  for  new  product.  He 
said  the  company  is  considering  road- 
showing  "The  Constant  Nymph." 


A.  J.  Michel  Opens  Office 

A.  John  Michel  has  resigned  from 
20th  Century-Fox  to  open  an  office 
as  financial  and  tax  consultant,  it  was 
announced  over  the  weekend.  Michel 
was  formerly  comptroller  of  Para- 
mount and  for  the  last  10  years  was 
financial  consultant  to  the  late  Sidney 
R.  Kent. 


Maryland  MPTO  to 
Meet  on  Stamp  Sale 

Baltimore,  May  24. — A  state-wide 
exhibitors'  meeting  is  planned  for 
Tuesday  at  the  headquarters  of  the 
MPTO  of  Maryland  here,  to  discuss 
plans  for  the  sale  of  war  bonds  and 
stamps  in  the  theatres  for  the  dura- 
tion. 

Sidney  Lust  is  state  chairman  of  a 
committee  that  includes  :  Elmer  Nolte, 
William  Saxton,  Isador  Rappaport, 
Frank  Hornig,  Louis  Rome,  Morris 
Mechanic,  William  Hicks,  J.  L. 
Schanberger,  Harry  Cluster,  Edward 
Evans  and  David  Ginsburg. 


Washington  Girls  to 
Be  in  Goldwyn  Film 

The    Samuel    Goldwyn    office  an- 
nounced here  Friday  that  it  is  con- 
ducing a  search  for  the  six  "most ! 
glamorous    secretaries    in  Washing- 
ton," who  are  to  be  given  parts  in! 
"Washington   Story,"   Goldwyn  film 
scheduled  to  start  late  in  July.  The 
girls  selected  will  go  on  a  war  bondi 
selling  tour  before  going  to  Holly- 
wood, it  was  stated. 


Alert, 

Intelligent 

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to  the 

tion 

Picture 

1  Industry 

MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


51.  NO.  102 


NEW  YORK.  U.S.A..  TUESDAY.  MAY  26.  19-12 


TEN  CENTS 


llms  Exempt 
rom  Reports 
On  'Ceilings' 

*A  Says  Any  Requests 
Were  by  Mistake 


Washington,  May  25. — Motion 
picture  companies  are  not  required 
to  make  the  reports  asked  of  cer- 
tain corporations  by  the  Office  of 
Price  Administration  in  connection 
with  its  price-fixing  operations,  it 
was  disclosed  today. 

OPA  officials,  responding  to  in- 
quiries regarding  the  reported  re- 
ceipt of  requests  for  reports  by  film 
companies,  said  that  if  any  such  com- 
panies were  sent  the  inquiry  it  was 
by  mistake  and  should  be  so  reported, 
whereupon  the  office  will  write  an  of- 
ficial letter  to  the  effect  that  they 
are  exempt. 

All  branches  of  the  film  industry, 
it  was  pointed  out.  are  specifically 
exempt  from  price  control. 


Lawrence  Named  as 
Director  of  20th-Fox 
Foreign  Distribution 


Three  Arbitration 
Awards  Appealed 

Three  arbitration  awards  were  ap- 
pealed, one  complaint  was  withdrawn, 
a  new  complaint  filed  and  an  award 
was  made  in  a  clearance  case  in  week- 
end developments  reported  yesterday 
by  the  American  Arbitration  Asso- 
ciation. 

In  New  York,  the  recent  award 
granting  the  Waverly  Theatre,  Man- 
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Para,  to  Produce 
Film  of  Navy  Hero 

Paramount  yesterday  an- 
nounced plans  for  a  film  of 
the  heroic  exploits  of  Dr. 
Corydon  M.  Wassell  which 
were  told  in  a  recent  broad- 
cast by  President  Roosevelt. 
Wassell,  former  medical  mis- 
sionary to  China,  was  com- 
missioned a  lieutenant  com- 
mander in  the  Navy  after 
Pearl  Harbor  and  won  the 
Navy  Cross  by  evacuating 
nine  wounded  and  helpless 
men  from  Java,  bringing  them 
safely  to  Australia.  The  Navy 
Relief  Society  will  receive  a 
percentage  of  the  picture's 
gross.  Paramount  stated.  The 
film  will  be  a  Cecil  B.  DeMille 
production. 


Laudy  Lawrence,  who  has  been  a 
vice-president  and  executive  coordi- 
nator of  United  Artists  since  last 
November,  yes- 
terday complet- 
ed a  r  r  a  nge- 
ments  with 
Tom  J.  Con- 
nors, vice- 
p  r  e  s  ident  in 
charge  of  dis- 
t  r  i  bution  of 
20th  Century- 
Fox,  to  become 
director  of  for- 
eign distribu- 
tion of  the  lat- 
t  e  r  company. 
The  appoint- 
ment is  effec- 
tive immediate- 
ly- 

Lawrence  fills  the  post  left  vacant 
by  the  death  of  Walter  J.  Hutchin- 
son last  month.  Irving  Maas  has 
been  acting  head  of  the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox foreign  department  since. 
No  other  changes  are  reported  in 
prospect. 

Lawrence  entered  the  film  business 
in  1925  as  European  representative 
for  M-G-M  with  headquarters  at 
Paris.  Subsequently,  he  was  made 
the  company's  managing  director  for 
(Continued  on  page  2) 


Laudy  Lawrence 


'Sal'  Will  Be  Held 
5th  Week  at  Roxy 

Grossing  an  estimated  $36,800 
Thursday  through  Sunday,  "My  Gal 
Sal"  with  a  stage  show  at  the  Roxy 
will  be  held  for  a  fifth  week,  thus 
moving  into  the  theatre's  outstanding 
box-office  achievement  class.  Only 
two  other  films  survived  through  a 
fifth  week  at  the  house.  "Alexander's 
Ragtime  Band"  and  "A  Yank  in  the 
R.  A.  F." 

"Tortilla  Flat"  with  the  stage  pre- 
sentation brought  the  Radio  City 
Music    Hall    an    estimated  $60,000 

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Joelson  Files  Trust 
Suit  Naming  Majors 

J.  J.  Theatres,  of  which  Julius 
Joelson  is  president,  filed  an  anti- 
trust suit  in  the  N.  Y.  Supreme  Court 
yesterday  against  the  major  com- 
panies, Harry  and  William  Brandt  and 
Max  A.  Cohen  and  corporations  al- 
legedly controlled  by  the  Brandts  and 
Cohen,  which  operate  theatres  on 
42d  St. 

The  complaint  alleges  that  Joelson 
bought  the  Times,  also  on  42d  St.. 
(Continued  on  page  5) 


New  York  Blackout 
To  Hit  580  Houses 

The  practice  blackout  of 
all  Greater  New  York,  which 
Mayor  F.  H.  LaGuardia  dis- 
closed in  a  weekend  broadcast 
is  to  take  place  within  a  week 
or  10  days,  will  affect  580  film 
theatres,  all  of  which  have 
experienced  both  sectional 
and  borough-wide  tests. 

It  is  expected  that  the 
blackout  will  be  carried  out 
on  short  notice.  Notice  was 
given  only  12  hours  before 
the  Manhattan  test  last 
week. 


Violations  of 
WPB  Building 
Order  Studied 


May  Have  Led  to  New 
Ban  Effective  June  6 


Paul  Short  Adviser 
On  Films  to  WPB 


Washington,  May  25.  —  Paul 
Short  of  Interstate  Circuit,  Dallas,  is 
scheduled  to  arrive  here  June  1  to 
become  technical  adviser  in  charge 
of  motion  picture  interests  in  the 
amusements  division  of  the  Services 
Branch  of  the  War  Production  Board 
under  Christopher  J.  Dunphy.  divi- 
sion chief. 

The  Dunphy  office  was  estab- 
lished recently  to  serve  as  a  clearing 
house  for  the  amusement  industry's 
priorities  or  other  war  problems,  and 
to  assist  in  acquiring  necessary  ma- 
terials. 


Hopper  Heads  New 
WPB  Film  Section 

Washington,  May  25. — A  motion 
picture  and  photographic  section  has 
been  set  up  in  the  WPB  Consumers' 
Durable  Goods  Branch,  with  Harold 

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Pa.  Flood  Damages 
5  Comerford  Houses 

Scranton,  Pa..  May  25. — Five 
Comerford  circuit  theatres  were  dam- 
aged in  the  flood-swept  Northeast 
Pennsylvania  district  over  the  week- 
end. Charles  A.  Ryan,  Comerford 
construction  engineer,  tonight  esti- 
mated that  the  damage  would  be  in 
the  neighborhood  of  $25,000.  No  one 
was  injured  at  the  theatres. 

For  the  most  part,  however,  the- 
atres escaped  the  havoc  and  wide- 
spread property  damage. 

Closed  over  the  weekend  by  the 
floods,  the  Granada  in  Olyphant  re- 
sumed operations  tonight.  More  than 
60  persons  found  refuge  in  that  house 
from  late  Friday  to  Saturday  night. 
The  Irving  in  Carbondale  also  re- 
opened today,  but  the  Majestic  there 

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Washington,   May   25. — Halt- 
ing of  amusement  construction  on 
June   6   by  the   War  Production 
Board  may  have  been  motivated  by 
the  discovery  of  violations  of  the 
April  9  order  requiring  specific  au- 
thority  for   commercial  construc- 
tion   projects    costing    $5,000  or 
more,  it  was  indicated  today. 
While  officials  of  the  WPB 
had  no  comment  on  the  situa- 
tion, it  is  understood  that  a 
number  of  alleged  violations  of 
the    order    are    under  study. 
The  unauthorized  construction 
was  said  to  have  occurred  in 
motion    picture    theatres,  but 
where  any  such  projects  may 
have  been  located  was  not  dis- 
closed. 

The  new  order  applies  to  all  con- 
struction costing  $5,000  or  more 
"which  is  primarily  for  the  amuse- 
ment of  the  public."  It  exempts 
only  children's  playgrounds,  but  pro- 
vides for  authorizations  for  comple- 
tion of  theatre  construction  after 
June  6  if  it  can  be  shown  that  the 

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Coast  Dimout  Fails 
To  Hurt  Grosses 

Hollywood,  May  25. — Slight  if 
any  decline  in  grosses  resulted  this 
weekend  from  the  dimout  of  45 
coastal  communities  from  Santa 
Barbara  to  the-  Mexican  border,  which 
was  ordered  on  Friday  by  James  C. 
Sheppard,  O.  C.  D.  director  for  the 
Ninth  Area. 

[An  unexpected  blackout  Sun- 
day night  within  a  50-mile 
radius  of  Los  Angeles  cut 
grosses  an  estimated  20  per 
cent.  It  started  at  8:55  P.  M. 
after  a  five-minute  alert  and 
lasted  45  minutes.] 
O.  C.  D.  officials  said  the  ultimate 
extent  of  the  dimout  inland  will  be 

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Reviewed  Today 

"Miss  Annie  Rooney"  and 
"Bambi"  are  reviewed  on 
Page  6. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  May  26,  1942 


Lawrence  Named  as 
Director  of  20th-Fox 
Foreign  Distribution 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Continental  Europe  and  served  in 
that  capacity  until  last  Spring.  Re- 
turning to  the  United  States,  he  be- 
came assistant  to  David  O.  Selznick 
and  last  November  joined  United 
Artists,  supervising  its  foreign  de- 
partment in  addition  to  his  other 
posts. 

Arthur  W.  Kelly,  vice-president 
and  treasurer  of  United  Artists,  will 
supervise  that  company's  foreign  op- 
erations, it  is  reported.  Walter 
Gould,  who  has  been  operating  the 
department  under  Lawrence,  will  be 
given  wider  latitude  and  greater  au- 
thority. Gould  is  at  present  in  South 
America. 


Cohen  Gets  Cohan 
Plaque  for  Savoy 

In  a  ceremony  featuring  a  Broad- 
way Association  luncheon  at  the  Hotel 
McAlpin  yesterday,  Max  A.  Cohen, 
head  of  the  Cinema  Circuit  which  in- 
cludes the  Savoy,  now  a  film  house 
at  34th  St.  and  Broadway,  accepted 
a  plaque  commemorating  the  first  big- 
time  appearance  of  George  M.  Cohan 
at  the  Savoy. 

Cohan  was  unable  to  attend  due  to 
illness.  Newbold  Morris,  president  of 
the  City  Council,  made  the  presenta- 
tion and  Robert  K.  Christenberry, 
president  of  the  Association,  spoke. 


Trilling  Appointed 
Jack  Warner  Aide 

Hollywood,  May  25. — Steve  Trill- 
ing, formerly  with  Warner  Bros,  in 
New  York,  has  been  appointed  assist- 
ant to  Jack  L.  Warner.  Trilling  has 
been  with  the  company  14  years,  join- 
ing as  booker  when  the  company  took 
over  the  Stanley  circuit.  Later  he 
was  placed  in  charge  of  the  New  York 
talent  office.  He  came  to  Hollywood 
five  years  ago  as  casting  director. 


Sue  Over  Sale  of 

St.  Louis  Theatre 

St.  Louis,  May  25. — Damages  of 
$25,000  are  sought  in  a  suit  filed  in 
Federal  Court  here  against  Sam 
Komm,  operator  of  the  New  Merry 
Widow  Theatre,  South '  Side  subse- 
quent run  house. 

A.  Sydney  and  Henry  R.  Johnson, 
former  operators  of  the  house,  are 
the  plaintiffs.  They  charge  Komm 
forced  them  to  sell  their  business  to 
him  through  false  representations. 


Charlotte  Club  to 
Aid  Army  Hospital 

Charlotte,  N.  C,  May  25. — The 
local  Variety  Club  will  sponsor  a 
show  at  the  Carolina  Theatre  here 
Wednesday  night  for  the  benefit  of 
the  38th  Evacuation  Hospital  unit 
stationed  at  Fort  Bragg. 

Bob  Hope  will  be  featured  in  the 
show,  which  will  include  Skinnay  En- 
nis  and  his  band. 


Personal  Mention 


RUBE  JACKTER  will  leave  for 
Boston  today. 

• 

Leon  Nettee,  Paramount  home  of- 
fice executive,  left  yesterday  for  Jack- 
sonville, Miami  and  Atlanta. 

Hal  B.  Wallis  will  arrive  here 
Friday  for  several  days  stay. 

R.  J.  O'Donnell  left  for  Dallas 
yesterday. 

• 

Carter  Barron,  Loew's  Theatres' 
division  manager  in  Washington,  D. 
C,  is  visiting  in  Hollywood. 


Edward  B.  Arthur  and  Les 
Kaufman  have  returned  to  St. 
Louis  from  here. 


BOB  WILE,  editor  of  the  Round 
Table  department  of  .Motion 
Picture  Herald,  is  the  father  of  twin 
girls,  born  to  Mrs.  Wile  on  Satur- 
day. The  twins  have  been  named 
Jessie  and  Judy. 

• 

C.  J.  Latta  is  on  a  fishing  trip  to 
Canada. 

• 

Sidney  Stockton  returned  to  Al- 
bany yesterday  after- a  weekend  here. 
• 

Nate  Furst  has  returned  to  Bos- 
ton from  a  trip  to  the  Coast. 
• 

Walter    Morton,    Columbia,  111. 
exhibitor,  has  joined  the  Army. 
• 

Norman  Elson  leaves  today  for 
Philadelphia  and  Washington.  He  is 
due  back  Thursday. 


To  Add  Amusement 
Hours  in  Columbus 

Columbus,  O.,  May  25. — Extended 
hours  for  amusement  places  and  rec- 
reation centers  to  accommodate  de- 
fense workers  on  second  and  third 
shifts  of  local  war  industries,  looms 
as  a  possibility  here,  according  to 
Mayor  Floyd  Green,  who  has  dis- 
cussed the  matter  with  interested 
parties.  The  Federation  of  Labor  has 
unanimously  agreed  to  lend  its  sup- 
port to  the  movement. 

Because  of  higher  operating  costs, 
the  plan  may  not  be  put  into  effect 
immediately,  amusement  operators 
say,  but  is  likely  to  be  inaugurated 
in  the  near  future. 


Seek  More  Early 
Showings  in  Conn. 

Hartford,  May  25. — So  popular 
have  "early  bird  shows"  become  in  the 
larger  Hartford  area  cities  that  resi- 
dents of  the  smaller  towns  have  re- 
quested several  theatre  managers 
to  start  similar  shows  in  their 
towns.  The  Garde  in  New  London, 
Conn.,  has  started  "defense  shows." 

Early  openings  have  been  doing  well 
at  Loew's  Poli  and  the  Strand  in 
Hartford.  The  State,  4,300-seat 
house,  is  the  only  theatre  of  its  type 
in  Connecticut  with  a  weekly  midnight 
stage  and  screen  show  for  defense 
workers. 


Milstein  Returns 
Here  from  Capital 

J.  J.  Milstein,  who  has  been  in 
Washington  in  the  service  of  the  War 
Department  as  consultant  in  the  dis- 
tribution of  war  training  films,  has 
returned  to  New  York,  after  complet- 
ing certain  active  service,  and  while 
here  is  subject  to  recall  from  time  to 
time.  He  is  at  the  Hotel  Warwick 
while  arranging  to  again  become  ac- 
tive in  the  industry. 


S  war  tout  Is  Honored 

Troy,  N.  Y.,  May  25.— Jack  Swart- 
out,  who  is  being  transferred  from  his 
present  berth  as  manager  of  Warners' 
American  here  to  the  New  Family 
Theatre,  Batavia,  was  feted  here  at 
the  Hendrick  Hudson  Hotel.  Mayor 
Frank  J.  Hogan  of  Troy  was  the  prin- 
cipal speaker. 


Preview  'Gentlemen' 
At  West  Point  Today 

New  York  film  critics  from  the 
daily  and  trade  press,  "fan  and  national 
magazines  will  travel  to  West  Point 
by  bus  this  afternoon  for  a  preview  at 
the  Military  Academy  of  the  20th 
Century-Fox  feature,  "Ten  Gentle- 
men from  West  Point."  The  film  will 
be  seen  at  the  same  time  by  the  en 
tire  cadet  corps.  The  film  will  open 
at  the  Roxy  on  Broadway  on  June  4 
The  showing  at  the  Point  will  be  pre- 
ceded by  a  tour  of  the  military  reser- 
vation, followed  by  a  buffet  supper 
A  reception  will  follow  the  screening 


Club  in  Cincinnati  to 
Honor  Joseph  Goetz 

Cincinnati,  May  25. — The  local 
Variety  Club  on  June  1  will  tender  a 
farewell  dinner  to  Joseph  Goetz,  as 
sistant  division  manager  of  RKO 
here,  who  has  been  commissioned 
second  lieutenant  in  the  Air  Command 
Service,  and  is  leaving  June  8  for 
Miami  Beach,  Fla.,  to  start  his  train- 
ing. 

Committee  in  charge  of  the  dinner 
consists  of  Arthur  Frudenfeld,  Maur- 
ice White,  Andrew  Niedenthal  and 
William  Devaney. 


Nine  New  Companies 
Chartered  in  Albany 

Albany,  May  25 — Nine  film  com- 
panies have  been  chartered  with  the 
Secretary  of  State  here.  They  include : 
Consolidated  Vaudeville  Exchange, 
Inc.,  Rochester ;  El  jay  Theatre  Corp. 
and  Kar  Theatre  Corp.,  both  Roches- 
ter ;  Crane  Theatre,  Inc.,  Schenec- 
tady;  Grove  Amusement  Corp.,  New 
York;  Hallmark  Theatre  Productions, 
Inc.,  New  York;  Esskay  Theatres. 
Inc.,  New  York;  City  Productions, 
Inc.,  New  York;  Victory  Show,  Inc., 
New  York. 


Join  Albany  Parade 

Albany,  May  25. — Both  Variety 
Club  and  local  exhibitor  groups  will 
have  floats  in  this  city's  Memorial 
Day  parade  next  Saturday.  The  floats 
will  relate  what  the  motion  picture  in- 
dustry and  exhibitors  have  been  doing 
in  the  present  war  relief  drive.  Louis 
R.  Golding,  Fabian  division  manager 
and  Variety  Club  chief  barker,  is 
chairman. 


Three  Arbitration 
Awards  Appealed 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

hattan,  some  run  of  RKO,  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox and  Warner  product  was 
appealed  by  the  Art  Theatre,  the  in- 
tervenor.  At  the  New  Orleans  tri- 
bunal, RKO  appealed  from  an  award 
granting  the  Lake  View  Theatre 
there  some  run  of  RKO  and  Warj? 
product.  At  the  Buffalo  tribun  ai 
Caroline  Perriello,  operator  of  the 
Playhouse,  Clyde,  N.  Y.,  appealed 
from  a  decision  dismissing  her  clt'ar 
ance  complaint  against  the  five  coC 
senting  companies  and  Schine's  Capi 
tol  at  Newark,  N.  Y.,  and  the  Ohmai 
at  Lyons,  N.  Y. 

Drop  Mass.  Complaint 

At  the  Boston  tribunal,  the  some 
run  complaint  of  Camelot  Theatre 
Corp.'s  Art  at  Springfield,  Mass., 
against  Paramount  was  withdrawn 
with  the  filing  of  a  general  stipula- 
tion. A  new  clearance  complaint  was 
filed  in  St.  Louis  by  Victor  Thien, 
operator  of  the  Palm,  against  Loew's 
and  naming  the  Will  Rogers  Theatre 
as  an  interested  party. 

Buffalo  Clearance  Award 

An  award  was  entered  at  Buffalo  in 
the  Waterloo-State  clearance  case 
against  the  five  consenting  companies 
and  Schine's  Strand  at  Seneca  Falls 
and  the  Regent  and  Geneva,  Geneva, 
N.  Y.  The  arbitrator  ruled  that 
Geneva  first  run's  maximum  clearance 
shall  be  30  days  ahead  of  the  plain- 
tiff's State  at  Waterloo,  N.  Y.,  while 
Seneca  Falls  first  run's  clearance 
shall  be  10  days  over  Waterloo,  and 
that  in  no  event  shall  Waterloo's 
availability  be  later  than  30  days  after 
Geneva  first  run. 


Joseph  Gould  Will 
Enter  Army  June  4 

Joseph  Gould,  Screen  Publicists 
Guild  of  New  York  president,  will 
join  the  Army  as  a  second  lieutenant 
in  the  infantry  June  4.  Gould  has 
been  press  book  editor  for  United 
Artists  for  three  and  a  half  years  and 
has  been  SPG  president  since  its  in- 
ception. He  also  has  been  chairman 
of  the  Film  War  Service  Council 
and  a  member  of  the  War  Activities 
Committee. 


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May  30th  15,000  Theatres  Will  Be  Selling  War  Savings  Bonds  and  Stamps! 


Tuesday,  May  26.  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


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Sal'  Will  Be  Held 
5th  Week  at  Roxy 


{Continued  from  page  1) 
Thursday  through  Sunday  and  will  be 
held.  Drawing  an  estimated  $8,31)0 
Saturday  and  Sunday,  "This  Above 
All"  finishes  its  second  week  at  the 
Astor  tonight  with  an  estimated  $17,- 
500  expected,  and  continues.  "This 
Gun  for  Hire"  with  Woody  Herman's 
chestra  on  the  Paramount  stage  col- 
ted  an  estimated  $25,000  Saturday 
hd  Sunday,  and  business  for  the  sec- 
ond week  which  ends  tonight  is  ex- 
pected to  hit  an  estimated  $55,000. 
"Take  a  Letter,  Darling"  and  Bertny 
Goodman's  orchestra  open  tomorrow. 
•  Business  Friday  through  Sunday  at 
the  Strand  with  "In  This  Our  Life" 
•  and  Jimmy  Dorsey's  orchestra 
amounted  to  an  estimated  $24,000  and 
the  show  goes  into  a  fourth  week  be- 
ginning Friday.  The  fifth  week  of 
"The  Gold  Rush"  provided  the  Globe 
with  an  estimated  $14,000. 

"Ships  With  Wings"  at  the  Rivoli 
grossed  an  estimated  $7,000  Saturday 
and  Sunday.  "Suicide  Squadron"  ends 
its  second  week  at  the  Criterion  to- 
night with  an  estimated  $10,000  and 
will  be  followed  tomorrow  by  "The 
Vanishing  Virginian." 


Legion  Approves 

Seven  New  Films 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency 
for  the  current  week  has  approved 
seven  new  pictures,  three  for  general 
patronage  and  four  for  adults.  The 
new  films  and  their  classification  fol- 
low. 

Class  A-l,  Unobjectionable  for 
General  Classification — "My  Favorite 
Spy,"  "Riders  of  the  Northland,' 
"Undercover  Man."  Class  A-2,  Un 
objectionable  for  Adults — "Beyond  the 
Blue  Horizon,"  "Bombs  Over  Bur- 
ma," "Meet  the  Stewarts,"  "Syncopa- 
tion." 


War  Ends  Pa.  Fair 

Pittsburgh,  May  25.  —  One  of 
America's  largest  outdoor  fairs  and 
usually  strong  competition  for  theatres 
during  the  first  week  of  September, 
the  annual  Allegheny  County  Fair, 
will  be  suspended  for  war's  duration. 
Army  units  are  using  parts  of  South 
Park,  where  the  Fair  has  been  held. 


W.B.  Changes  in  Albany 

Albany,  May  25. — Harry  Aranove 
has  been  promoted  to  the  Warner 
Bros,  booking  department  here,  re- 
placing Wendel  Frederick,  who  joined 
the  Navy.  Ray  Smith,  salesman,  has 
been  transferred  here  from  Warners' 
Boston  exchange. 


New  Comedy  Opens 
At  Jolson  Tonight 

"Comes  the  Revelation,"  a 
comedy  by  Louis  Vittes,  star- 
ring Will  Geer,  opens  tonight 
at  the  Jolson  Theatre.  In 
support  are  Peter  Hobbs, 
Wendell  Corey,  Harry 
Townes,  Mary  Perry,  Lesley 
Woods,  Wendell  K.  Phillips 
and  others.  John  Morris 
Chanin  and  Richard  Karlan 
are  the  producers. 


Joelson  Files  Trust 
Suit  Naming  Majors 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
from   Consolidated   Amusement  En- 
terprises  in   March,    1941,   and  that 
Warners,   in   October   of   that  year, 
and  20th  Century-Fox,  in  December, 
refused  to  give  him  first  run  prod- 
uct in  the  neighborhood  although  the 
Times  had  previously  received  all  of 
it   from  these   two   companies,  and 
that  RKO  had  reduced  first  run  prod- 
uct from  100  to  50  per  cent  and  was 
threatening  to  take  away  the  remain 
ing  50.    It  is  set  forth  that  the  an- 
nual revenue  of  the  Times  has  been 
reduced  from  $125,000  to  $75,000  and 
that  Cohen  and  the  Brandts  bought 
the   Stanley,   which  played  clay  and 
date  with  the  Times,  and  later  closed 
it  in  order  to  get  the  Stanley's  prod 
uct  for  their  other  houses.    These  lat 
ter  houses  include  the  Selwyn,  New 
Amsterdam,  Liberty  and  Harris.  Be 
sides    charging    anti-trust  violations, 
the  complaint  alleges  violation  of  the 
penal  law. 


Pa.  Flood  Damages 
5  Comerford  Houses 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

will  be  closed  for  a  week  or  two, 
Ryan  said. 

In  Honesdale,  where  the  flood 
wreaked  its  worst  havoc,  the  Lyric 
was  damaged  and  will  not  open  for 
at  least  a  week.  Walter  Yanovitch, 
its  manager,  helped  in  the  rescue 
ivork.  The  Ritz  in  Hawley  is  sched- 
uled to  reopen  in  a  few  days. 

Pointing  out  that  theatres  are  situ- 
ated on  higher  elevations  in  the  cen- 
ter of  the  many  towns  and  cities  in 
the  path  of  the  floods,  Express  Lines 
Film  Delivery  Service  has  reported 
that  there  had  been  no  missouts 
where  the  theatres  were  able  to  oper- 
ate. 


Muni  Play  Closing; 
Two  Complete  Tours 


The  Theatre  Guild's  production  of 
Eirdyn  Wililams'  "Yesterday's  Ma- 
gic," starring  Paul  Muni  at  the  Guild 
Theatre,  is  slated  to  close  Saturday 
night. 

On  the  same  day  "Without  Love," 
which  is  scheduled  to  open  on  Broad- 
way next  September,  completes  a 
road  tour  at  the  Erlanger  Theatre, 
Buffalo,  and  the  Helen  Hayes  play, 
"Candle  in  the  Wind,"  ends  a  tour 
at  the  Park  Theatre,  Youngstown,  O. 

A  new  edition  of  Clifford  C.  Fisch- 
er's "Keep  'Em  Laughing"  begins 
Friday  at  the  Forty-fourth  Street 
Theatre.  Gracie  Fields,  Al  Trahan 
Walter  O'Keefe  and  "Think-A- 
Drink"  Hoffman  replace  William 
Gaxton,  Victor  Moore  and  Hilde- 
garde  in  the  show.  The  Hartmans 
will  remain. 


Will  Honor  Pete  Smith 

Hollywood,  May  25. — Pete  Smith 
will  be  honored  at  an  M-G-M  studio 
luncheon  Wednesday  on  the  occasion 
of  the  start  of  his  11th  year  as  M- 
G-M  short  subjects  producer  and 
commentator. 


Radio  Shows  in  Film 

Hollywood,  May  25. — Two  radio 
programs,  "Court  of  Missing  Heirs" 
and  "Truth  or  Consequences,"  were 
signed  "today  by  RKO  for  insertion  in 
"Sweet  and  Hot,"  Tim  Whelan  musi- 
cal. 


Develop  New  Carbon 

National  Carbon  Co.  has  developed 
a  new  "Victory"  carbon  for  theatre 
projector  use,  which  is  designed  to 
conserve  copper  for  war  needs.  They 
have  a  reduced  thickness  of  copper 
coating. 


Coast  Dimout  Fails 
To  Hurt  Grosses 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

determined  within  a  week,  but  they 
do  not  expect  Los  Angeles,  Holly- 
wood, Beverly  Hills,  Westwood  or 
Culver  City  will  be  affected. 

Many  theatres  reported  business  as 
usual  over  the  weekend,  seemingly 
duplicating  the  experience  of  theatres 
along  the  North  Coast  to  the  Cana- 
dian border  which  went  under  dimout 
regulations  on  May  11. 

Fox  West  Coast  executives  today 
reported  no  weekend  effects  at  the 
box-office  due  to  the  dimout.  They 
expressed  the  belief  that  long  prepara- 
tion of  theatres  and  the  public  for 
such  an  emergency  would  prove  an 
offset  preventing  much  letdown  in  at- 
attendance. 

In  a  detailed  statement  issued  bv 
Frank  Hansen,  O.  C.  D.  lighting 
engineer,  citizens  were  specifically  in- 
structed to  extinguish  or  shade  all 
lights  within  visibility  from  the  ocean. 
Exhibitors  in  the  area  have  for  the 
most  part  prepared  for  the  new  con- 
ditions by  equipping  their  theatres 
with  lobby  lights  designed  by  Rodney 
Pantages  in  cooperation  with  the  Los 
Angeles  Theatre  Defense  B  ureau, 
and  approved  by  the  O.  C.  D. 


Paul  Short  Adviser 
On  Films  to  WPB 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Hopper,  president  of  Cinema  Mercan 
tile  Co.,  Hollywood,  in  charge. 

The  new  section  will  handle  prob 
lems   in   connection   with'  production 
and  distribution,   studio   and  theatre 
equipment    and    supplies,  including 
film,  home  movie  equipment  and  sup 
plies,  and  equipment  and  supplies  for 
still   photography.     The   section  re 
places  a  former  unit  in  the  branch. 


Heads  Musicians'  Union 

Rochester,  May  25. — New  officers 
of  the  Musicians  Union  in  Geneva 
N.  Y.,  include :  Jan  Perry,  president , 
Fred  Schnirel,  vice-president ;  Charles 
Gibson,  treasurer. 


20th-Fox  Buys  Story 

Hollywood,  May  25. — Twentieth 
Century-Fox  has  acquired  "Princess 
of  Gratzen,"  story  of  a  European 
refugee  in  Canada,  by  Louis  Arthur 
Cunningham. 


Veto  Modification  of 
Ticket  Resale  Law 

Albany,  May  25. — Governor 
Lehman  has  vetoed  the  New 
York  legislature  measure 
modifying  the  law  limiting  the 
resale  of  amusement  tickets 
to  75  cents  above  the  printed 
price.  Resale  by  brokers  above 
that  advance  price  would  have 
been  permitted  where  credit 
could  not  be  obtained  for  re- 
turned tickets.  There  was  no 
explanation  of  the  veto. 


Annual  Meeting  of 
Ampa  on  Thursday 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Ampa 
will  be  held  on  Thursday  in  the  Seven 
Arts  Room  of  the  Edison  Hotel,  with 
the  election  of  officers  and  the  read- 
ing of  committee  reports  the  order  of 
business. 

The  unopposed  slate  of  nominees 
includes:  Louis  Pollock,  president; 
David  E.  Weshner,  vice-president ; 
David  A.  O'Malley,  treasurer;  Blanche 
Livingston,  secretary ;  Paul  Lazarus, 
Arthur  A.  Schmidt,  Fred  Lynch, 
Manny  Reiner,  Martin  Starr,  di- 
rectors ;  A-  M.  Botsford,.  replacement 
on  the  board  of  trustees. 


'Galveston'  for  Lamour 

Hollywood,  May  25. — Paramount 
has  assigned  Dorothy  Lamour  to 
"Galveston." 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 

Rockefeller  Center 
SPENCER        HEDY  JOHN 

TRACY      LAMARR  GARFIELD 

in  John  Steinbeck's 

"TORTILLA  FLAT" 

An  M-G-M  Picture 
Gala  Stage  Revue  Symphony  Orchestra 

First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved  Circle  6-4600 


Rita  HAYWORTH  •  Victor  MATURE 
"MY  GAL  SAL" 

20th  Century-Fox  Musical  Hit 

PLUS  A  BIG  D  f\  V  V  7th  Ave. 
STAGE  SHOW  llWA  I  &  50th  St. 


B  WAY  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


Henry    Fonda — Olivia   De  Havilland 

'The  MALE  ANIMAL' 

—  plus  — 
"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler?" 


Tyrone  POWER  •  Joan  FONTAINE 

THIS  ABOVE  ALL 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Triumph 

AfTA  D  BROADWAY  &  45th  ST. 
3  I  UK  CONTINUOUS 


ftere/m-ASTOR 

R  O  O  F 
DORSEY 

AND  HIS  ORCH. 

NIGHTLY  EXCEPT  SUNDAY 

MOTEL  ASrOK 

TIMES  SQUARE 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  May  26.  1942 


FCC  May  Ease 
Its  Rules  for 
Small  Stations 


Washington,  May  25. — Relaxation 
of  operators'  requirements  for  small 
stations  is  under  consideration  by  the 
Federal  Communications  Commission, 
it  was  disclosed  today  by  Chairman 
James  L.  Fly. 

Fly  explained  that  a  number  of 
low-power  stations  have  complained 
of  the  difficulty  of  securing  com- 
petent operators  in  the  face  of  the 
heavy  demand  for  skilled  men  from 
manufacturers,  Army  and  Navy  and 
the  commission  itself. 

At  the  same  time,  the  chairman 
made  it  clear  that  the  commission  has 
no  intention  of  deviating  from  the 
rules  set  down  with  respect  to  appli- 
cations for  construction  permits. 

WPB  Rules  Govern 

He  said  that  many  applicants  con- 
tinue to  press  their  requests  because 
they  have  material  on  hand  or  have 
spent  money  on  their  projects,  but 
that,  while  the  commission  would 
like  to  recognize  those  factors,  "we 
are  faced  with  requirements  of  the 
War  Production  Board  and  with  ac- 
tual rules  that  have  ben  adopted  to 
meet  the  war-time  situation." 

"We  simply  cannot  operate  under 
the  rules  by  starting  a  line  of  devia- 
tions therefrom,"  Fly  said.  "The  best 
we  can  hope  to  do  is  to  consolidate 
our  position  and  endeavor  to  keep 
the  present  broadcast  structure  on  a 
firm  and  enduring  foundation  for  the 
period  of  the  war." 


Reviews 


'Miss  Annie  Rooney" 


'Sal'  in  Cincinnati 
Takes  Big  $13,700 

Cincinnati,  May  25. — "My  Gal 
Sal"  did  a  big  $13,700  at  the  RKO 
Palace,  and  "In  This  Our  Life"  gave 
the  RKO  Albee  a  good  $13,600.  "My 
Favorite  Blonde"  had  a  $5,800  third 
moveover  week  at  the  RKO  Shubert. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  19-23 : 

"In.  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 

RKO  ALBEE — (3,300)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $13,600.  (Average.  $12,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (28th-Fox) 

RKO    PALACE— (2,700)    (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $13,700.  (Average.  $10,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

RKO  SHUBERT— (2,150)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $5,800.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

RKO  CAPITOL— (2.000)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,200.  (Average, 
$5,500) 

"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

RKO    GRAND-(1,500)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
"  days.   7th   week.   Gross:   $3,700.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"The  Real  Glory"  (U.  A.)  Reissue 

RKO  LYRIC— (1,400)  (28c-33c-42c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,100.  (Average,  $4,500) 
"The  Corpse  Vanishes"  (Mono.) 
"This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)   (15c-28c)  4  days. 
Gross:  $1,200.  (Average,  $1,200) 
"Fly  by  Night"  (Para.) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (2Gth-Fox) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)   (15c-28c)  3  days. 
Gross:  $800.  (Average,  $800) 
"This  Gun  for  Hire"  (Para.) 

KEITH'S— (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,000.  (Average,  $5,000) 


{Edward  Small-United  Artists) 
'  I '  HE  selling  point  in  the  merchandising  of  this  picture,  of  course, 
is  the  fact  that  Shirley  Temple  has  grown  up — or  is  growing  up. 
Herein  she  portrays  a  modern  adolescent  miss  in  love  for  the  first  time, 
and  demonstrates  that  she  has  lost  none  of  her  charm  or  ability  as  an 
actress  in  the  process  of  "coming-of-age." 

There  is  considerable  human  quality  in  this  original  screenplay  by 
George  Bruce,  which  tells  of  motherless  Annie  Rooney  in  her  lower 
middle  class  New  York  home  landing  in  the  midst  of  high  society  by 
accident,  proving  herself  made  of  strong  fiber,  and  winning  the  friend- 
ship of  the  wealthy  for  her  father  and  grandfather. 

Edwin  L.  Marin  imparted  definite  sentimental  values  where  they 
would  do  the  greatest  good.  The  supporting  cast  is  of  fine  quality,  with 
William  Gargan  as  Miss  Temple's  father ;  Guy  Kibbee  as  her  grand- 
father ;  Dickie  Moore,  also  growing  up,  as  the  wealthy  youngster  with 
whom  she  finds  "romance";  Peggy  Ryan  as  her  fellow-jitterbug  girl 
friend,  and  Roland  DuPree  as  her  "steady,"  until  Moore  came  along. 

Miss  Temple's  "romance"  with  young  Moore  strikes  a  serious  snag 
because  of  her  father's  insistence  on  big  money-making  ideas  to  the 
detriment  of  his  insurance  sales,  and  the  grandfather  takes  a  loan  on 
his  penson  rights  to  finance  the  girl's  party  clothes  in  society.  But  it 
all  comes  out  when  Gargan's  synthetic  rubber  process  proves  to  be  of 
real  value,  and  Moore's  father,  rubber  company  executive,  buys  it,  thus 
solving  youth's  terribly  serious  heart  problems. 

Running  time,  86  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


Company  Dissolved 

Albany,  May  25. — Airways  News 
Theatre,  Inc.,  has  been  dissolved  by 
court  order,  according  to  Michael  F. 
Walsh,  Secretary  of  State. 


"Bambi" 

(Disncy-RKO) 

f~\  NCE  more,  Walt  Disney  has  turned  out  a  gay,  whimsical  feature 
which  should  delight  children  and  adults.  It  should  delight  exhibi- 
tors as  well,  for  it  has  all  the  elements  which  mean  box-office. 

Based  on  a  best  seller  of  the  same  name  by  Felix  Salten,  it  has  amaz- 
ingly beautiful  voice  and  music  effects  and  the  amusing  animations  and 
characters  which  have  come  to  be  identified  with  the  Disney  trade  mark. 

Four  songs  by  Frank  Churchill  and  Edward  H.  Plumb  are  included, 
"Love  Is  a  Song  That  Never  Ends,"  "Little  April  Shower,"  "Sing  a 
Little  Spring  Song  "  and  "Looking  for  Romance." 

As  in  all  Disney  features,  one  funny  little  character  makes  its  debut. 
It  is  Thumper,  the  rabbit,  who  is  likely  to  make  the  kids  shout  with 
glee.  Count,  too,  on  the  word  "twitterpated"  shortly  making  its  way 
into  the  language.  Mr.  Owl  coins  this  word  to  describe  animals  in 
love  and  the  "twitterpated"  scene  which  follows  is  one  of  the  funniest 
and  most  touching  of  the  film. 

No  human  is  seen,  although  Man  is  identified  as  the  cruel  force  which 
kills  innocent  animals  and  starts  forest  fires.  All  the  animals  gather 
to  see  the  newly-born  deer,  prince  of  the  forest,  Bambi.  They  watch 
him  take  his  first  faltering  steps  and  his  playmates,  Thumper  and  Flow- 
er, the  skunk,  teach  him  to  talk  and  to  play.  Bambi  learns  that  the 
Winter  is  long  and  hard  and  sees  his  mother  shot  by  the  hunters. 

But  Bambi  also  learns  that  gay,  cheerful  Spring  always  follows  the 
hardest  Winter  and  it  is  really  this  message  which  is  the  theme  of  the 
story.  Spring  has  its  "twitterpating"  effect  on  Bambi  and  he  finds  that 
Faline,  the  doe,  is  charming.  He  has  his  first  fight  when  Faline  is  at- 
tacked and  he  is  a  proud  young  buck  as  his  twins  are  born.  The  feature 
begins  and  ends  on  the  happy  note  of  the  birth  of  new  princes  of  the 
forest.  David  D.  Hand  was  supervising  director,  while  Perce  Pearce 
was  story  director. 

Running  time,  69  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Violations  of 
WPB  Building 
Order  Studied 


Invites  Fliers  to  Show 

Springfield,  Mass.,  May  25. — Ed- 
ward Harrison,  manager  of  the  Court 
Square  Theatre,  plans  to  invite  300 
soldiers  from  Bradley  Field  and  West- 
over  Field,  Army  Air  Corps  bases 
near  this  city,  to  Thursday  shows. 
The  plan  will  be  in  operation  every 
week. 


Ann  Sheridan  Loaned 

Hollywood,  May  25. — Ann  Sheri- 
dan has  been  loaned  by  Warners  to 
Paramount  to  star  in  a  film  based 
on  the  life  of  Texas  Guinan.  In  re- 
turn Paramount  has  loaned  Fred  Mac- 
Murray  to  Warners  for  the  film, 
"Princess  O'Rourke." 


'Andrew*  and  King 
At  $15,400,  Omaha 

Omaha,  May  25. — The  Orpheum 
bill  with  Wayne  King  and  the  film, 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew,"  led  the 
city's  first  runs. 

The  weather  was  cold  and  -rainy. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  19-20: 

"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 

BRANDEIS  —  (1.200)     (30c-44c)    7  davs. 
Gross:  $4,200.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"What's  Cookin'  "  (Univ.) 

OMAHA— (2,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$7,300.    (Average.  $6,000) 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

ORPHEUM  —  (3.000)  (40c-55c)  7  days. 
Stage:  Wavne  King.  Gross:  $15,400.  (Aver- 
age. $14,500) 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

project  will  fill  an  essential  need.  For 
example,  the  Government  is  trying  to 
develop  recreational  and  amusement, 
facilities,  together  with  housing,  f 
large  numbers  of  workers  in  ceru 
defense  areas. 

Insofar  as  construction  found  to 
have  been  started  in  violation  of  the 
WPB  order  of  April  9  is  concerned, 
there  were  no  indications  whether 
the  punitive  powers  of  the  WPB 
would  be  invoked.  It  was  reported 
that  several  cases  had  been  brought 
to  the  attention  of  officials  in  which 
construction  for  which  all  materials 
and  equipment  had  been  obtained  was 
started  following  the  order  without 
application  to  the-  board  for  permis- 
sion. 

Making  Broad  Survey 

It  was  said  that  the  discovery  of 
these  violations,  which  may  have  been 
due  to  a  misunderstanding  that  au- 
thority was  required  even  though  all 
equipment  and  material  was  in  the 
hands  of  the  builders,  prompted  the 
WPB  to  undertake  a  broad  survey  of 
the  whole  building  situation  which 
may  result  in  the  issuance  of  stop 
orders  against  construction  in  other 
industries  where  it  cannot  be  demon- 
strated that  the  projects  will  contri- 
bute to  the  war  program. 

"Many  applicants,"  the  board  com- 
mented, "  request  permission  on  the 
ground  that  they  have  on  hand  all 
necessary  materials.  They  fail,  how- 
ever, to  realize  that  many  of  these 
materials  are  urgently  needed  for  war 
projects  and  that  the  employment  of 
labor  is  also  something  which  cannot 
be  wasted  on  unnecessarv  building." 


'Spoilers'  at  $9,000 
Is  Best  in  Hartford 

Hartford,  May  25. — E.  M.  Loew's 
Theatre  had  a  good  second  week  with 
"The  Spoilers,"  taking  $9,000.  "My 
Favorite  Blonde"  in  a  third  week  at 
the  Allyn  drew  $10,000.  The  weather 
was  warm. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  20-21 : 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Road  Agent"  (Univ.) 

ALLYN— (2.800)  (llc-30c-40c-55c)  7  davs, 
3rd  week.    Gross:  $10,000. 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"Juke  Box  Jenny"  (Univ.) 

E.  M.  LOEW'S— (llc-30c-40c)  7  davs.  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $9,000. 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"About  Face"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S-POLI— (2.800)  (llc-28c-39c-55c)  7 
davs.  Gross:  $11,000. 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S-POLI  PALACE  —  (1.800)  (11c- 
28c-39c-55e)  7  days.  2nd  week.  Gross: 
$8,000. 

"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.  B.) 
"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 

WARNER  REGAL  (1.800)  (llc-2Sc-55c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,000. 
"In  This  Our  Life  (W.  B.) 
"I  Was  Framed"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER  STRAND  (2.CC0)  (llc-2Sc-55c) 
7  days.  2nd  week.    Gross.  $10,000. 


In  Paramount  Post 

Oklahoma  City,  May  25. — W.  C. 
Lewellen  has  resigned  as  Warner 
salesman  in  southeastern  Oklahoma  to 
become  district  advertising  representa- 
tive for  Paramount  out  of  Cleveland. 


■ 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


First  in 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  27,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Coast  Expects 
WPB  to  Order 
Raw  Stock  Cut 


Report  Reels,  Containers 
To  Be  Stopped 


Hollywood,  May  26. — A  War 
Production  Board  order  curtailing 
the  use  of  raw  stock,  eventually  re- 
sulting in  a  reduction  of  the  num- 
ber of  pictures  produced  annually, 
was  reported  here  as  probable 
within  a  few  weeks,  as  studio  execu- 
tives and  guild  and  union  officials 
met  tonight  to  discuss  a  voluntary 
method  of  conserving  raw  stock 
and  other  scarce  materials. 

[That  a  reduction  in  film  pro- 
duction was  foreseen  as  a  re- 
sult of  expected  WPB  orders 
was  reported  in  Motion  Picture 
Daily  April  21.] 

Industry  circles  expect  that  one 
measure  the  WPB  will  take  shortly 
will  be  to  stop  the  manufacture  of 
film  reels  and  shipping  containers. 

Meanwhile,  representatives  of  the 
production  companies  and  labor 
(Continued  on  payed) 


250  Will  Attend  4IT 
Meet  Here  June  2 

Approximately  250  members  of 
Universal's  field  sales  force  and  home 
office  officials  are  scheduled  to  attend 
the  company's  annual  sales  convention 
to  be  held  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria 
here  for  four  days  starting  next  Tues- 
day. 

In  addition  to  home  office  and  stu- 
dio executives,  all  district  and  branch 
managers,  salesmen  and  bookers  will 
attend  the  convention.  Arrangements 
have  been  made  to  stagger  the  ar- 
rival of  various  branch  office  groups 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Equity  to  Rescue 
Of  Stranded  Cast 

Actors  Equity  council  reported 
yesterday  that  it  had  its  first  "strand- 
ing" of  a  cast  in  10  years  over  the 
past  weekend  and  that  it  was  com- 
pelled to  raise  $5,000  to  bring  the 
cast  of  "High  Kickers"  back  from 
Chicago,  where  the  play  closed  Sat- 
urday, and  pay  members  of  the  chorus 
and  principals  earning  less  than  $100 
weekly  one  week's  pay  in  lieu  of 
notice. 

George  Jessel  is  listed  in  Equity's 
records  as  producer.    The  union  stat- 
(Continued  on  page  10) 


April  Tax  Revenue 
Up  to  $10,788,463, 
Double  Year  Before 


Washington,  May  26. — Federal 
admission  tax  collections  in  April  in- 
creased for  the  second  successive 
month,  totaling  $10,788,463  against 
$10,592,455  in  March,  and  were  nearly 
double  the  $5,627,394  collected  in 
April,  1941,  it  was  reported  today  by 
the  Internal  Revenue  Bureau. 

For  the  first  four  months  of  the 
year,  the  bureau  announced,  collec- 
tions aggregated  $42,505,956  compared 
with  $25,810,912  for  the  corresponding 
period  in  1941. 

The  increase  in  April  collections 
was  the  reflection  of  better  attendance 
throughout  the  country  generally,  it 
was  indicated  by  the  special  report  for 
the  Third  New  York  (Broadway) 
District  which  showed  that  business 
there  fell  off,  with  only  $1,470,284 
collected  during  the  month  against 
$1,688,332  in  March. 

Revenue  on  box-office  sales  dropped 
from  $1,578,184  to  $1,343,772,  it  was 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Variety  Club  to  Hold 
Meeting  in  Chicago 

A  national  meeting  in  Chicago  late 
in  June  or  some  time  in  July  will  be 
held  by  the  Variety  Clubs  of  Ameri- 
ca, instead  of  the  usual  national  con- 
vention, it  was  announced  yesterday 
by  John  H.  Harris,  national  chief 
barker. 

In  attendance  will  be  all  national 
officers,  local  club  officers,  and  dele- 
gates and  national  representatives.  It 
is  expected  about  100  in  all  will  at- 

(Continucd  on  page  6) 


Completing  Plans  to 
Launch  Bond  Drive 

The  industry  this  week  is 
rapidly  completing  prepara- 
tions for  the  launching  of  the 
nationwide  theatre  drive  to 
promote  the  sale  of  War 
Bonds  and  Stamps,  which  will 
get  under  way  on  Saturday, 
Decoration  Day.  The  War 
Activities  Committee  has  be- 
gun mailing  a  two-color 
brochure  illustrating  lobby 
displays  to  15,000  theatres. 
Meanwhile  it  was  announced 
that  a  number  of  Hollywood 
personalities  will  participate 
in  the  Times  Square  rally 
which  will  launch  the  drive 
here  at  noon  on  Friday. 


Decree  Attacked  by 
Arbitrator  in  S.  F. 


San  Francisco,  May  26. — Donovan 
O.  Peters,  arbitrator  in  a  recent  clear- 
ance case  here,  has  sent  a  letter  to  J. 
Noble  Braden,  executive  secretary  of 
the  American  Arbitration  Associa- 
tion and  executive  director  of  the  mo- 
tion picture  arbitration  system,  attack- 
ing the  industry  decree,  it  was  re- 
vealed here  today. 

Peters'  letter  attacked  the  decree  as 
inadequate  to  provide  proper  arbitra- 
tion due  to  regulations  which  peimit 
easy,  successful  appeals,  and  he  urged 
amendment  of  the  decree  to  cover  such 
situations. 

Peters  was  arbitrator  in  the  clear- 
ance complaint  of  Gerald  Hardy  and 
the  Piedmont  Theatre  against  the  con- 
senting distributors.  He  reduced  the 

(Continu-ed  on  page  6) 


FCC  Sees  Employment  of 
Women  at  Radio  Stations 


Washington,  May  26.  —  Employ- 
ment of  women  as  operators  in  small 
broadcasting  stations  was  forecast  to- 
day by  the  FCC  in  announcing  the  re- 
laxation of  its  rules  to  ease  the  bur- 
den of  wartime  shortages  of  technical 
personnel. 

The  new  rules  provide  that  opera- 
tion permits  will  be  granted  to  per- 
sons certified  by  licensees  as  familiar 
with  their  broadcasting  equipment, 
with  the  stipulation  that  such  opera- 
tors pass  an  FCC  examination  within 
six  months.  Prior  to  the  examina- 
tion, the  operators  would  be  permit- 
ted to  work  only  at  specified  stations, 
which  they  would  have  to  shut  down 
in  technical  emergencies  until  some 
(Continued  on  page  10) 


Correa  Questioning 
Chicago  Labor  Men 

Chicago,  May  26. — Labor  officials 
have  been  requested  to  come  to  New 
York  for  questioning  by  U.  S.  Attor- 
ney Mathias  F.  Correa  in  connection 
with  the  continuing  investigation  of 
the  affairs  of  George  E.  Browne,  Wil- 
liam Bioff  and  Nick  Circella,  it  was 
reported  here. 


Although  it  is  known  here  that  the 
Browne-Bioff  investigation  is  still 
under  way,  Correa's  office  yesterday 
declined  to  comment  on  the  report 
that  Chicago  labor  officials  were  being 
called. 


Status  of  Umpi 

Plan  Holds  Up 

Sales  Meets 


See  New  Plan  Not  Ready 
By  June  1  Deadline 


Consideration  by  the  consenting 
companies  of  national  sales  meet- 
ings is  necessarily  in  abeyance,  ac- 
cording to  observers,  until  the  De- 
partment of  Justice  makes  known 
its  intention  on  the  new  Umpi  sell- 
ing and  trade  practice  program. 

These  observers  point  out 
that  planning  of  a  sales  pro- 
gram is  not  feasible  by  any  of 
the  Big  Five  at  this  time  when 
it  is  not  known  whether  the 
consent  decree  system  of 
blocks  o,f  five  or  the  new  sys- 
tem can  be  made  applicable. 
Blocks  of  five  will  remain  the 
selling  plan  if  the  new  method 
is  not  approved. 

The  new  Umpi  selling  and  trade 
practice  program  is  not  expected  to 
be  completed  by  next  Monday  for 
submission  to  the  Department  of  Jus- 
tice prior  to  the  expiration  of  the 
blocks  of  five  and  trade  show  provi- 
sions of  the  consent  decree,  company 
attorneys  who  are  preparing  the 
formal  legal  draft  of  the  program, 
said  yesterday. 

Despite  this,  however,  the  depart- 
ment has  not  asked  for  an  interim 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


RKO  First  Quarter 
Profit  Is  $439,268 

RKO  yesterday  reported  net  profit 
of  $439,268  after  all  charges  and  pro- 
vision for  Federal  income  taxes  for 
the  13  weeks  ended  April  4,  1942, 
the  first  quarter  of  the  company's 
current  fiscal  year. 

The  result  compares  with  net  profit 
of  $643,926  for  the  corresponding 
1941  quarter.  Profit  from  operations 
for  the  13  weeks'  period  this  year 
amounted  to  $1,174,931,  compared 
with  $1,265,933  last  year.  Provision 
for  income  taxes  was  $401,785  this 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Three  Reviews  Today 

Reviews  of  "Her  Cardboard 
Lover,"  "Maisie  Gets  Her 
Man,"  "Romance  on  the 
Range"  will  be  found  on  Page 
5.  Shorts  reviews,  Page  6. 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  May  27.  1942 


$5,750,000  to  Date 
For  'Dandy'  Opening 


The  Treasury  Department  yesterday 
disclosed  purchasers  of  war  bonds  in 
large  denominations  for  seats  for  the 
world  premiere  of  Warner  Bros.' 
"Yankee  Doodle  Dandy"  at  the  Hol- 
lywood Theatre  Friday  night.  The 
total  seat  sale  was  estimated  at  about 
S5.750.000  by  the  Treasury  .  to  date. 

The  largest  single  purchaser  was 
Herman  Ghopak,  textile  industrialist, 
who  bought  26  of  the  $25,000  bonds, 
the  highest  denomination,  for  loge 
and  orchestra  seats.  It  was  reported 
that  Chopak  resold  or  distributed  a 
number  of  them  as  gifts. 

Jolson.  Cantor  on  List 

With  the  list  still  incomplete, 
Treasury  officials  disclosed  other  pur- 
chasers of  $25,000  bonds  include  Al 
Jolson,  Eddie  Cantor.  Alvin  and  Ir- 
win Untermeyer,  H.  M.  Warner,  Ma- 
jor Albert  Warner  and  Jack  Warner. 

Purchasers  of  bonds  in  the  $5,000. 
$10,000  and  $12,500  denominations  for 
premiere  seats  include :  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Walter  Eaton,  Stephen  Ames,  Harry- 
Spier.  Mrs.  V.  K.  Wellington-Koo, 
Hiram  Bloomingdale.  Al  Smith, 
Lady  Mendl,  Joseph  H.  Hazen.  Lucy 
Monroe.  Phil  Spitalny.  International 
Ladies  Garment  Workers  Union, 
Amalgamated  Clothing  Workers  of 
America,  Jewish  Federation  of  Wom- 
en, United  Retail  and  Wholesalers 
Union,  Local  802  of  American  Fed- 
eration of  Musicians.  Central  Trades 
and  Labor  Council.  National  Maritime 
Union  and  the  Textile  Workers  of 
America. 


SPYROS  SKOURAS  is  expected 
from  Washington  today. 
• 

Joseph  H.  Moskowitz  is  due  here 
Monday  from  California. 

• 

Virginia  E.  McMahon.  daughter 
of  O.  R.  McMahox,  RKO  assistant 
treasurer,  will  be  married  June  2  to 
Lieut.  S.  ..Hartley  Grim  at  St 
Agnes"  Roman  Catholic  Church, 
Rockville  Center,  L.  I. 

• 

Richard  A.  Rowland  is  in  town. 
• 

Stockton  Leigh,  manager  of 
Schine's  Riviera  in  Rochester,  is  vis- 
iting here. 

• 

Ben  Coleman,  manager  of  the 
Schine  Cameo  Theatre.  Rochester,  has 
joined  the  Army. 

• 

Gladys  Rocks  of  National  The- 
atre Supply  Co.,  in  New  Haven,  has 
returned  from  a  vacation. 

• 

Earl  Rozelle,  assistant  manager  of 
the  Strand  in  Scranton,  and  Mary 
Hughes  were  married  in  Scranton 
late  last  week. 

• 

Henry  L.  Kammler,  assistant 
manger  of  the  Kingston  Theatre. 
Kingston.  Pa.,  has  entered  the  Armv. 


NEIL  AGNEW  and  Louis  Phil- 
lips will  return  from  Boston  to- 
day. 

• 

Tom  J.  Connors  left  for  Boston 
last  night. 

• 

Nathan    E.    Goldstein    has  re- 
turned to  Springfield  from  Chicago. 
• 

Maurice   Shulman,  exhibitor  of 
Hartford,  is  the  father  of  a  daugh- 
ter, born  at  Hartford  Hospital. 
• 

Bernard  B.  Kreisler  returned  yes- 
terday from  Cleveland. 

• 

John  Morris  and  Joseph  Tutsky, 
formerly  on  the  staff  of  the  Granada 
Theatre  in  Olyphant.  Pa.,  recently 
enlisted  in  the  Army. 

• " 

Mrs.  Bess  Schulter,  owner  of  the 
Columbia  Theatre  in  St.  Louis,  has 
returned  from  a  vacation  in  Martins- 
ville, Ind. 

• 

Andrew    Sette.   manager   of  the 
Capitol   Theatre.   Springfield.  Mass.. 
has  returned  from  a  vacation. 
• 

Stanley  Nicholson.  assistant 
manager  at  the  Essaness  Woods  The- 
atre in  Chicago,  has  joined  the  Ma- 
rines. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


A/f^^S  ship  launchings  marking 
■L  the  obscrzxince  of  Xationaf 
Maritime  Day  and  a  conference  of 
air  officials  of  the  United  ATations 
in  Ottawa  arc  covered  in  all  the  news 
reels.    Here  are  the  contents: 


Preview  'Gentlemen' 
At  Military  Academy 

"Ten  Gentlemen  from  West  Point" 
was  previewed  by  20th  Century-Fox 
at  the  U.  S.  Military  Academy  yester- 
day for  the  first  yvar  time  graduating 
class  at  the  Academy,  with  75  metro- 
politan film  critics  as  guests. 

The  visitors  were  greeted  with  a 
full  dress  parade  of  cadets  reviewed 
by  Col.  P.  E.  Gallagher  and  Cadet 
Capt.  Carl  Hinkle  and  later  were  con- 
ducted on  a  tour  of  the  reservation  by 
Capt.  Donald  B.  Thurman.  A  buffet 
supper  was  served  on  the  grounds 
with  Lt.  Col.  Meade  Waldrick  and 
Lt  Col.  John  B.  Reybold  as  hosts.  A 
reception  by  officers  and  their  wives 
followed  the  screening  later  in  the 
evening. 

The  picture  is  scheduled  to  open  at 
the  Roxy  here  June  4. 


Dimout  Extended  to 
L.A,  and  Hollywood 


Los  Angeles,  May  26. — Los  Angeles 
and  Hollywood,  previously  unaffected, 
were  today  included  in  the  coastal 
dimout  regulations  issued  last  Friday 
and  first  enforced  on  a  small  scale 
last  night  along  the  coast 

Police  Capt.  J.  F.  Lawrence  today 
issued  a  statement  including  Los 
Angeles  and  Hollywood,  declaring: 
"It  is  urged  that  all  lights  which  are 
visible  from  the  ocean  or  from  above 
be  dimmed  out  by  curtains,  blinds  or 
drapes  during  the  night.  Motor  ve- 
hicle lights  should  not  be  projected 
toward  the  ocean  for  an}'  length  of 
time.  This  regulation  will  apply  to 
lights  and  signs  on  large  buildings." 

Last  night's  initial  enforcement  of 
the  dimout  rules  on  the  coast  pro- 
ceeded satisfactorily,  according  to 
executives  of  the  Office  of  Civilian 
Defense,  yvho  said  that  a  100  per  cent 
dimout  within  two  weeks  is  looked 
for. 

Exhibitors  in  the  affected  areas 
reported  no  appreciable  effect  on  busi- 
ness. 


Stars  to  Participate 
In  Rally  at  Chicago 

Chicago,  May  26.— Bob  Hope  has 
accepted  an  invitation  to  act  as  mas- 
ter of  ceremonies  at  the  United  Na- 
tions Day  patriotic  festival  to  honor 
General  MacArthur  at  Soldier  Field 
here  June  14.  The  spectacle,  spon- 
sored by  the  Chicago  Herald-Ameri- 
can, is  being  conducted  in  cooperation 
with  the  United  States  Treasury  De- 
partment. 

Other  Hollywood,  stage  and  radio 
celebrities  are  expected  to  be  present. 
Principal  speaker  will  be  Donald  M. 
Nelson,  WPB  head.  Army.  Navy  and 
Civilian  Defense  units  also  will  par- 
ticipate. 


MOVIETONE     NEWS,     No.     75—?'  *~ 

launchings.  President  Quezon  of  the  FJSj^ 
ippines  in  Washington.  Floods  in  P^^B 
sylvania.  Lumber  yard  blaze.  L"niform> 
for  W.A.A.C.  Chimps  at  St.  Louis  zoo. 
R.A.F.  over  Channel.  Air  conference  in 
Ottawa.  Monsignor  Sheen  urges  prayer 
for  victory. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  273— Air 
conference  in  Ottawa.  R.A.F.  leaves  on 
bombing  mission.  Floods  hit  Pennsylvania. 
Ship  launchings.  Chimps  at  St.  Louis  zoo. 
Soccer  in  New  York. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  78— Air  con- 
ference in  Ottawa:  Nazi  plane  downed  in 
battle.  Floods  in  Pennsylvania.  War  meet- 
ing in  Mexico.  W.A.A.C.  uniforms  in 
Washington.  Ship  launchings.  Chimps  at 
St  Louis  zoo. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  78— Maritime 
Day  launchings.  R.A.F.  takes  off  for  bat- 
tle; Nazi  plane  downed.  Air  conference 
in  Ottawa.  Quezon  speaks  in  Washing- 
ton. Guatemala  cadets  on  review.  Wom- 
en's Corps  uniforms  in  Washington.  Army 
tests  new  flame  throwers.  Chimps  at  St. 
Louis  zoo. 

UNIVERSAL    NEWSREEL,    No.  87— 

Ship  launchings.  Floods  in  Pennsylvania. 
Peruvian  President  at  tank  plant  here. 
Racing  at  Belmont.  Cadets  in  Guatemala. 
Air  conference  in  Ottawa.  Chimps  at  St. 
Louis  zoo. 


'Holiday'  Premiere 
Set  for  Navy  Relief 

Jules  Stein,  president  of  Music  Cor- 
poration of  America,  yesterday  was 
named  chairman  of  a  special  commit- 
tee to  handle  a  world  premiere  per- 
formance of  Paramount' s  "Holiday 
Inn,"  at  the  Paramount  Theatre  here, 
Aug.  4.  by  Stanton  Griffis.  chairman 
of  the  special  events  committee  of  the 
Navy  Relief  Society. 

Proceeds  of  the  performance  of  the 
Irving  Berlin  production,  starring 
Bing  Crosby  and  Fred  Astaire,  will 
be  donated  to  Navy  Relief.  The  per- 
formance is  the  only  pre-release  en- 
gagement scheduled  for  the  picture. 


New  Col.— Gordon  Pact 

Columbia  yesterday  announced  the 
signing  of  Max  Gordon,  Broadway 
producer,  to  a  new  contract  under 
which  he  will  produce  one  film  a  year. 
The  contract  it  was  said,  takes  the 
place  of  his  present  agreement  to  pro- 
duce the  film  version  of  "My  Sister 
Eileen."  Broadway  play,  which  went 
in  production  in  Hollywood  this  week. 


Gen'l  Precision  Dividend 

General  Precision  Equipment  Corp. 
(formerly  General  Theatres  Equip- 
ment Corp.)  directors  yesterday  de- 
clared a  dividend  of  25  cents  a  share 
on  the  capital  stock,  payable  June  16 
to  stockholders  of  record  June  9,  it 
was  announced. 


Maas  Is  20th-Fox 
Ass't  Foreign  Chief 

Tom  J.  Connors,  vice-president  of 
20th  Century-Fox  in  charge  of  dis- 
tribution, yesterday  announced  the  ap- 
pointment of  Irving  Maas  as  assistant 
director  of  foreign  distribution. 
Maas  had  been  acting  head  of  the  de- 
partment since  the  death  of  Walter 
J.  Hutchinson  and  until  the  appoint- 
ment this  week  of  Laudy  Lawrence 
as  director  of  foreign  distribution. 


Katz  Gets  Midwest 
'U'  Publicity  Post 

Ben  R.  Katz,  formerly  with  Skou- 
ras  Theatres,  has  been  appointed  Uni- 
versal publicity  representative  for  the 
Midwest,  working  out  of  the  Chicago 
exchange.  The  appointment  was  made 
by  John  Joseph,  director  of  advertis- 
ing and  publicity. 

Katz  will  remain  at  the  home  office 
until  after  the  annual  sales  convention 
here  June  2-5,  then  will  leave  for  his 
Chicago  headquarters.  Katz  formerly 
worked  for  Fox  Midwescb,  Warner 
Wisconsin  Theatres,  and  RKO  Day- 
ton theatres. 


Rites  for  Pa.  Exhibitor 

Tunkhannock,  Pa..  May  26.— 
Rites  were  held  here  for  C~  Elmer 
Dietrich,  owner  of  the  local  theatre 
and  former  Congressman,  who  died 
following  a  heart  attack  at  his  nearby 
Summer  home.  His  widow,  two  sons, 
a  daughter  and  two  sisters  survive. 


Mary  Carlisle  Signed 

_  Hollywood,  May  26.— Mary  Car- 
lisle has  been  signed  by  Jack 
Schwarz,  producer,  to  a  three-year 
contract,  calling  for  three  pictures  a 
year.  Schwarz  releases  through  Pro- 
ducers Releasing  Corp. 


Aids  Car  Conservation 

Montfort,  Wis..  May  26.  —  The 
Fort  Theatre  here  has  inaugurated  a 
"victory  plan  to  conserve  your  auto- 
mobile." For  every-  car  bringing  six 
people  to  the  show,  the  driver  is  ad- 
mitted free. 


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POWER! 

Johnny  Eager  was 
a  terrific  hit! 

"SHIP  AHOY"  TOPS 
IT  AT  THE 

BOX-OFFICE!  * 

"Ziegfeld  Girl"  was 
a  honey! 

"SHIP  AHOY"  TOPS 
IT  AT  THE 
BOX-OFFICE! 

A  natural  for  hold- 
overs, it's  topping  the 
Biggest  of  audience 
hits!  And  no  wonder, 
it's  got  the  stuff  that 
hits  are  made  of! 

Launched  by  a  great  Promotional 
and  Advertising  campaign.  (Below) 
Go  gay  in  the  ads.  It  pays! 


(Slav  ^ek  t 


Wednesday,  May  27,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


5 


'Flyer'  Pulls 
Big  $27,000, 
Los  Angeles 


Los  Ahgeles,  May  26. — Best  busi- 
ness went  to  "The  Wife  Takes  a 
Flyer"  and  "Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad," 
— — -ich  garnered  an  excellent  $27,200 

pi  at  the  Pantages  and  the  RKO 
Hillstreet. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  20: 

"Twin  Beds"  (U.  A.) 

"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.  A.) 

CHINESE— (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $10,900.  (Average,  $12,000) 
"Hellzapoppin'  "  (Univ.) 

HAWAII— (1,100)  (33c-44c-55c-7Sc)  7  days. 
14th  week.  Gross:  S1.300. 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 

HILLSTREET—  (2,700)  (33c-44c-S5c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $14,700.  (Average,  $6,500) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.  A.) 
"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S  STATE — (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c) 
7  days.  Gross:  $14,800.  (Average.  S14,0OO) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 

PANTAGES  —  (3.000)    (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $12,500.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Great  Man's  Lady"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT  (HOLLYWOOD)— (1,407) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c-88c)  5  days.  Gross:  $7,000. 
"The  Great  Man's  Lady"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT  (DOWTOWN)  —  (3,595) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  5  days.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Av- 
erage, $18,000) 

"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER    BROS.     (HOLLYWOOD)  — 
(3,000)   (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  2nd  week. 
Gross:  $10,600.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER  BROS.  (DOWNTOWN)  — 
(3,400)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  2nd  week. 
Gross:  $12,000.  (Average,  $12,000) 


'Spoilers'  at  $7,600 
Leads  in  Milwaukee 

Milwaukee,  May  26. — "The  Spoil- 
ers" and  "Butch  Minds  the  Baby" 
drew  $7,600  at  the  Warner.  The 
Riverside,  with  a  dual  stage  show, 
Major  Bowes  unit  and  Lou  Breese, 
plus  the  film,  "A  Tragedy  at  Mid- 
night," grossed  $8,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  19-21 : 

"Moontide"  (20th-Fox) 

"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 

WISCONSIN— (3,200)    (44c-60c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $6,800.  (Average,  $5,500) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

PALACE— (2,400)  (44c-60c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$5,200.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"A  Tragedy  at  Midnight"  (Rep.) 

RIVERSIDE  —  (2,700)    (44c-60c)    7  days. 
Stage:  Major  Bowes  unit  and  Lou  Breese. 
Gross:  $8,500.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

STRAND— (1,400)  (44c-65c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$2,100.  (Average.  $1,500) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

WARNER— (2,400)  (33c-44c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,600.  (Average,  $4.500j 


Col.  Will  Continue 
Two  Shorts  Series 

Columbia  will  continue  its  "Com- 
munity Sing"  and  "Glove  Slingers" 
short  subjects  series  through  the 
1942-'43  season,  it  was  announced  yes- 
terday. 

B.  K.  Blake,  producer-director  of 
the  "Community  Sing"  series,  has 
signed  a  new  two-year  contract  call 
ing  for  10  releases  of  the  subjects  a 
year,  and  Jules  White,  producer- 
director  of  the  "Glove  Slingers"  com- 
edies, has  begun  preparations  of  the 
first  for  new  season  release. 


Reviews 


"Her  Cardboard  Lover*' 

{M-G-M) 

ROM  the  stage  play  which  attained  a  certain  measure  of  Broadway 
A  success  in  1927  with  Jeanne  Eagels  and  Leslie  Howard  in  the  star- 
ring roles,  M-G-M  has  fashioned  a  motion  picture  after  the  pattern  of 
the  stage  comedy. 

It  appears  rather  too  close  to  that  pattern,  in  point  of  fact,  for  wide 
success  on  the  screen.  However,  the  story  has  been  endowed  for  screen 
purposes  with  good  production  values  by  J.  Walter  Ruben,  producer,  and 
has  two  strong  cast  names  to  decorate  the  marquee,  Robert  Taylor  and 
Norma  Shearer.  The  support,  also  of  fine  caliber,  includes  George 
Sanders,  Frank  McHugh,  Elizabeth  Patterson  and  Chill  Wills. 

George  Cukor,  in  his  direction,  kept  close  to  the  stage  play  original. 
The  screenplay  was  prepared  by  four  writers,  Jacques  Deval,  author  of 
the  original  play ;  John  Collier,  Anthony  Veiller  and  William  H.  Wright. 
One  entertaining  musical  number  is  included,  "I  Dare  You,"  by  Burton 
Lane  and  Ralph  Freed. 

The  story  is  set  in  a  gambling  resort,  where  Miss  Shearer,  wealthy 
young  woman,  who  cannot  resist  a  temptation  to  return  to  the  faithless 
Sanders,  hires  Taylor,  impecunious  song  writer,  to  restrain  her  in  her 
desire  to  go  to  Sanders.  Taylor,  infatuated,  does  the  best  he  can,  with 
Miss  Shearer  and  a  shallow  role,  and  after  a  number  of  complications 
and  incidents  which  finally  lapse  into  slapstick,  he  wins  her  love,  and 
Sanders  is  ousted  permanently. 

Running  time,  93  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


93 


Maisie  Gets  Her  Man 

(M-G-M) 

A  NOTHER  in  this  popular  series  finds  Ann  Sothern  (as  Maisie) 
encountering  the  radio  comic,  Red  Skelton,  to  join  her  in  some 
more  of  her  adventures.  A  supporting  cast  of  high  caliber  includes  Leo 
Gorcey,  as  the  tough  young  janitor ;  Allen  Jenkins,  the  owner  of  a  bank- 
rupt building;  Donald  Meek,  the  bank  representative;  Lloyd  Corrigan, 
the  soft-spoken  promoter  of  phony  stock;  Walter  Catlett,  as  a  restau- 
rant owner,  and  Fritz  Feld,  Ben  Weldon,  "Rags"  Ragland,  Frank  Jenks 
and  Pamela  Blake. 

Roy  Del  Ruth  directed  and  there  are  a  good  many  laughs.  Skelton's 
popularity  should  help  at  the  box-office.  Miss  Sothern  finds  herself 
out  of  work  and  is  directed  to  a  down-at-the-heels  booking  agency  where 
she  meets  Skelton,  a  youngster  who  thinks  he  has  the  makings  of  a 
vaudevillian.  Together,  they  rehearse  an  act  but  Skelton  gets  stage 
fright  at  the  tryout  and  is  booed  off  the  stage.  Corrigan,  who  is  pro- 
moting the  sale  of  stock  for  a  non-existent  bottling  plant,  hires  Skelton 
as  a  salesman  and,  incidentally,  relieves  him  of  all  available  cash. 

When  the  police  arrive  on  the  scene,  Corrigan  is  gone.  Miss  Sothern 
leaves,  too,  but  for  a  different  reason — she  thinks  Skelton  has  gone  back 
to  his  old  time  sweetheart.  While  playing  an  engagement  in  the  South, 
Maisie  suddenly  meets  Corrigan,  learns  the  true  situation  and  causes  the 
latter's  arrest.  There  is  an  amusing  reunion  when  Miss  Sothern  is  play- 
ing a  benefit  at  an  Army  camp  and  Skelton  rushes  up  to  her  in  uniform. 
J.  Walter  Ruben  was  producer. 

Running  time,  85  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


"Romance  on  the  Range" 

(Republic) 

T)  OY  ROGERS  and  George  "Gabby"  Hayes  are  teamed  again  in  a 
western  in  which  the  usual  story  form  is  given  a  lift  by  good  direc- 
tion and  especially  good  photography. 

The  outlaws  in  this  instance  are  fur  thieves  whose  leader  is,  of  course, 
a  respectable  citizen  on  the  surface.  He  is  Edward  Pawley  and  he  is 
the  overseer  of  a  ranch  owned  by  an  Eastern  society  girl,  Linda  Hayes. 
The  dwindling  profits  bring  her  and  her  maid,  Sally  Payne,  to  the  scene. 
Rogers  is  the  foreman  and  "The  Sons  of  the  Pioneers"  are  the  ranch 
hands.  This  aggregation  does  a  lot  of  singing  before  the  battle,  which 
is  nearly  lost,  is  finally  won. 

Joseph  Kane,  associate  producer  and  director,  guided  the  film  con- 
sistently well,  interweaving  the  agreeable  melodies  by  the  "Pioneers" 
and  Rogers  with  the  plot,  and  making  excellent  use  of  the  story's  hardier 
phases. 

Running:  time,  63  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


'G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Studio  Pace 
At  High  Level; 
49  Shooting 


Hollywood,  May  26. — Forty-nine 
pictures  were  before  the  cameras 
this  week  as  eight  finished  and  10 
started.  Thirty-four  are  being  pre- 
pared, and  59  are  in  the  cutting 
rooms. 

The  tally  by  studios: 
Columbia 

Finished:  "Shotgun  Guard." 

In  Work :  "My  Sister  Eileen," 
"Lucky  Legs." 

Started :    Untitled  Hayworth-As- 
taire   vehicle,    "Stand   by   All  Net- 
works," "Pardon  My  Gun." 
M-G-M 

Finished:  "Tish,"  "Seven  Girls," 
"A  Yank  at  Eton." 

In  Work:  "The  War  Against  Mrs. 
Hadley,"  "Random  Harvest,"  "For 
Me  and  My  Gal,"  "Cairo." 

Started:  "Ox  Train,"  "Eyes  in  the 
Xight,"  "White  Cargo." 

Monogram 

In  Work :  Untitled  Ricardo  Cortez 
vehicle,  "Smart  Alecks,"  "Lure  of  the 
Islands." 

Started:    "Hillbilly  Blitzkrieg." 
Producers  Releasing 

Finished:  "Baby  Face  Morgan,"  "A 
Yank  in  Libya." 

Paramount 

In  Work :  "Lady  Bodyguard,"  "I 
Married  a  Witch,"  "Wake  Island," 
"Happy-Go-Lucky,"  "Great  Without 
Glory." 

RKO 

Finished:  "Singing  Guns." 

In  Work :  "Xame,  Age  and  Occu- 
pation," "All  for  Fun,"  "The  Navy 
Comes  Through,"  "The  Big  Street." 

Started:  Untitled  Tim  Holt  west- 
ern. 

Republic 

In  Work:  'Flying  Tigers,"  "lazy- 
bones." 

Started:  "Sons  of  the  Pioneers," 
"Hi  Neighbor." 

20th  Century-Fox 

Finished :  "The  Pied  Piper." 

In  Work:  "Careful — Soft  Shoul- 
der," "Little  Tokyo,  U.  S.  A,"  "The 
Man  in  the  Trunk,"  "Berlin  Cor- 
respondent," "Orchestra  Wife,"  "12 
Men  in  a  Box,"  "Iceland,"  "The  Black 
Swan." 

Universal 

In  Work :  "Boss  of  Hangtown 
Mesa,"  "Invisible  Agent,"  "Love  and 
Kisses,  Caroline,"  "Give  Out,  Sis- 
ters," "Sherlock  Holmes  Saves  Lon- 
don," "Deep  in  the  Heart  of  Texas." 

Warners 

In  Work :  "Gentleman  Jim  Cor- 
bett,"  "Casablanca,"  "Now,  Yoyager," 
"George  Washington  Slept  Here." 
"The  Hard  Way." 


Gas  Ration  Causes 
20%  Charlotte  Drop 

Charlotte,  N.  C,  May  26. — The- 
atre attendance  in  this  area  is  esti- 
mated to  have  fallen  off  about  20  per 
cent  as  a  result  of  the  restrictions  on 
automobile  travel  through  gasoline 
and  tire  rationing,  managers  report. 

At  the  suburban  theatres  and  among 
the  open-air  drive-in  theatres,  it  is 
estimated  theatre  receipts  have 
dropped  off  as  much  as  30  per  cent. 


6 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  May  27,  1942 


Short  Subject  Reviews 


Coast  Expects 
WPB  to  Order 
Raw  Stock  Cut 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

groups,  meeting  at  the  invitation  of 
Y.  Frank  Freeman,  president  of  the 
Association  of  Motion  Picture  Pro- 
ducers, tonight  discussed  methods  of 
conservation  in  accordance  with  the 
WPB  decision  to  permit  the  industry 
to  work  out  its  own  economy  pro- 
gram 

Expect  Fewer  Retakes 

Directors,  cutters,  actors  and 
cameramen  are  expected  to  proffer 
their  cooperation  in  reducing  the 
number  of  retakes  and  protection 
shots,  which  contribute  to  an  unneces- 
sary' consumption  of  stock. 

It  is  understood  here  that  emphasis 
was  placed  on  raw  stock  economies  by 
the  WPB  when  it  was  shown  by 
data  provided  by  all  studios  that  sharp 
discrepancies  in  footage  existed  as  be- 
tween small  and  large  studios,  even  in 
the  making  of  pictures  of  approxi- 
mately the  same  final  length.  It  is 
generally  believed  that  appreciable 
economies  can  be  achieved  by  tight- 
ening production  routines  and  that 
WPB  priorities  or  rationing  of  raw 
stock  can  be  averted  thereby. 

Meeting  Next  Week 

It  was  disclosed  that  Harold  Hop- 
per, who  yesterday  was  appointed  head 
of  the  Motion  Picture  and  Photo- 
graphic Section  of  the  WPB  Con- 
sumers' Durable  Goods  Branch,  will 
return  from  W ashington  next  week  for 
conferences  with  studio  executives 
concerning  conservation  measures.  It 
is  understood  here  that  the  Hopper 
appointment  sets  film  production  apart 
from  distribution  and  exhibition  in  the 
WPB  setup. 

It  was  reported  that  Hopper,  who 
has  been  in  Washington  several  weeks, 
was  responsible  for  obtaining  the  $5,- 
000  per  picture  allowance  for  set  con- 
struction instead  of  that  amount  a  year 
per  studio  which  at  one  point  was  pro- 
posed by  the  WPB. 

Republic  Sets  Deal 
For  Next  Season 

Republic  has  closed  a  deal  for  its 
1942-'43  product  with  the  Griffith 
Oklahoma  Circuit  and  the  Griffith 
Texas  Circuit,  James  R.  Grainger, 
Republic  president,  announced  yester- 
day. 

The  contract  was  signed  in  Dallas 
by  Grainger,  Lloyd  Rust,  Republic 
Dallas  branch  manager,  and  Russell 
Brown,  Oklahoma  City  manager, 
while  Horace  Falls  and  H.  O.  Stark 
acted  for  the  circuits. 

250  Will  Attend  'U' 
Meet  Here  June  2 

(.Continued  from  page  1) 
in  New  York  so  that  any  special  de- 
mands  on   travel   facilities   will  be 
eliminated,  the  company  stated. 

W.  A.  Scully,  vice-president  and 
general  sales  manager,  who  will  pre- 
side at  the  convention,  said  that  the 
new  season's  production  schedule,  to 
be  announced  at  the  meeting,  will 
consist  primarily  of  action,  comedy 
and  topical  productions. 


"Cinderella  Goes 
to  a  Party" 

(Color  Rhapsody) 

(Columbia) 

A  modernized  and  slightly  zany 
version  of  the  Cinderella  fable  is 
sketched  in  color  with  many  amusing 
effects.  The  young  lady  of  the  title 
travels  by  airplane  and  her  Prince 
Charming  is  a  caricature  of  Jerry 
Colonna.  Running  time,  7  mins.  Re- 
lease May  22. 

"Screen  Snapshots" 

(No.  10,  Series  21) 

{Columbia) 

This  subject  makes  the  rounds  of 
army  camps  where  the  film  stars  are 
seen  doing  their  part.  "The  Great 
Gildersleeve"  and  Lum  and  Abner 
in  brief  skits  round  out  the  show. 
Running  time,  9  mins.  Release,  June 
19. 


"Community  Sing" 

(No.  10,  Series  6) 

(Columbia) 

That  the  community  shall  sing,  the 
words  are  flashed  on  the  screen  while 
a  chorus  and  an  organ  are  heard.  This 
subject  is  in  line  with  others  in  this 
series.  Running  time,  10  mins.  Re- 
lease, June  5. 


Decree  Attacked  by 
Arbitrator  in  S.  F. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Piedmont's  clearance  one  day  and 
was  reversed  when  20th  Century-Fox 
appealed  to  the  national  appeals  board. 


Clearance  Case 
Heard  in  St.  Louis 

St.  Loins,  May  26. — Henry  Hollo- 
way,  president  of  Community  Theater 
Corp.,  owner  of  the  Beverly  in  sub- 
urban St.  Louis,  today  testified  at  a 
hearing  on  the  company's  clearance 
complaint  against  Warners,  RKO, 
20th  Century-Fox  and  Paramount 
that  it  is  not  in  competition  with  the 
Wellston  and  Victory,  houses  it  must 
follow. 

Claude  Pearcy,  arbitrator,  dismissed 
the  complaint  against  Loew's  as  no 
contract  had  been  made  between  com- 
plainant and  distributor.  Pearcy  ad- 
journed hearing  for  two  weeks  to  al- 
low him  to  tour  the  territory  in  ques- 
tion. Fanchon  and  Marco  has  inter- 
vened and  its  evidence  today  was  to 
the  effect  it  pays  a  high  rental  for  the 
Victory  and  clearance  must  protect 
this  house. 


Lab  Union  Is  Cited 
For  Bond  Purchase 

Motion  Picture  Laboratory  Techni- 
cians Union,  Local  702,  has  been 
awarded  an  honor  certificate  by  the 
Treasury  Department  because  its 
members  have  enrolled  100  per  cent 
for  payroll  deductions  for  War  Bonds 
at  three  laboratories,  the  Film  WTar 
Service  Council  announced  yesterday. 
The  laboratories  where  this  participa- 
tion has  been  accomplished  are  Du- 
Art,  Pathe  News  and  Paramount-As- 
toria. 


"A  Study  in  Socks" 

(All-Star  Comedy) 

(Columbia) 

Large  doses  of  nonsense  are  dished 
out  in  a  fashion  reminiscent  of  the 
Z\Iack  Sennett  era.  The  farce  concerns 
among  other  things  a  college  student's 
experiments  with  a  new  super-gaso- 
line, a  lunatic  on  the  loose,  a  lunch 
wagon  with  an  assortment  of  gadgets 
and  a  rivalry  between  two  college 
boys.  It  closes  as  a  jallopy  containing 
the  gasoline  soars  through  the  air. 
Running  time,  17  mins.  Release, 
May  21. 


"Fit  to  Fighf 

(World  of  Sports) 

( Columbia) 

An  ideal  reel  for  the  sports  fan,  this 
shows  a  number  of  well  known  pro- 
fessional athletes  in  training  with  the 
Navy  under  Commander  Gene  Tun- 
ney.  Ace  Parker  of  the  gridiron, 
Fred  Apostoli  and  Billy  Soose  of  the 
boxing  ring  and  Bob  Feller  of  base- 
ball are  among  them.  The  recruits 
are  seen  in  boxing,  wrestling,  base- 
ball and  football,  all  part  of  the  train- 
ing. Running  time,  11  mins.  Re- 
lease, May  22. 


Liuzzi  Is  Reelected 
By  Phila.  Musicians 

Philadelphia,  May  26. — Frank 
P.  Liuzzi  has  been  reelected  president 
of  the  musicians'  union  here*  Local 
77.  Ralph  Kirsch  was  elected  vice- 
president.  All  the  other  candidates 
were  returned  to  office,  including  A. 
Rex  Riccardi,  secretary ;  Harry 
Kammerer,  assistant  sec  retary ; 
Joseph  Bossle,  Jr.,  treasurer,  and  James 
Perri,  sergeant-at-arms.  The  officers 
will  serve  for  two-year  terms  instead 
of  one  year,  under  a  recent  revision 
of  the  constitution.  Secretary  Ric- 
cardi last  week  was  also  elected 
president  of  the  Conference  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  Delaware  Locals  of  the 
Musicians'  Union. 

Army  Uses  2  Miami 
Houses  As  Churches 

Miami  Beach,  May  26. — Two  local 
theatres  have  been  placed  at  the  dis- 
posal of  the  Army  Air  Corps  Techni- 
cal Training  Command  for  use  Sun- 
day mornings  for  church  services. 
They  are  the  Cameo,  of  the  Wometco 
circuit,  and  the  Cinema,  operated  by 
Paramount  Enterprises. 

For  the  benefit  of  men  in  the  armed 
forces  in  training  here  Paramount 
theatres  have  inaugurated  a  change  in 
Sunday  opening  time.  The  theatres 
will  retain  their  week  day  schedules 
but  will  open  Sundays  at  1  :45  P.M., 
one  hour  earlier. 


RKO  First  Quarter 
Profit  Is  $439,268 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

year,  compared  with  $216,180  last 
year,  at  a  40  per  cent  rate  this  year 
and  24  per  cent  last  year. 

The  dividend  paid  on  Keith-Albee- 
Orpheum  preferred  stock  in  the  hands 
of  the  public  declared  during  the  1942 
period  was  $13,114,  compared  with 
$73,193  in  last  year's  quarter. 


Status  of  Umpi 
Plan  Holds  Up 

Sales  Meets 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

agreement  to  cover  the  period  be- 
tween the  effective  date  of  the  escape 
clause  and  the  approval  by  the  F/iT* 
eral  court  of  a  new  amendment  to  «■ 
decree  embracing  the  Umpi  proposal? 
It  was  pointed  out,  however,  that 
such  an  interim  agreement  might  not 
be  considered  necessary  in  view  of  the 
fact  that  the  five  consenting  com- 
panies must  continue  trade  shows  and 
blocks  of  five  sales  until  Sept.  1, 
even  though  the  escape  clause  be- 
comes operative  on  Monday.  The  de- 
cree specifies  that  the  blocks-of-five 
sales  system  shall  prevail  for  the  en- 
tire 1941 -'42  season,  from  Aug.  31 
last  to  Sept.  1,  1942. 

In  the  meantime,  the  five  consent- 
ing companies  have  agreed  to  adopt 
the  Umpi  sales  plan  for  next  season 
if  it  is  approved  by  the  department 
and  the  court. 


Variety  Club  to  Hold 
Meeting  in  Chicago 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

tend.  Reports  on  charity  will  be  made, 
and  each  tent  will  report  on  the  work 
it  has  done  and  plans  in  connection 
with  the  war  effort.  The  two-day 
meeting  will  end  with  a  dinner  to  the 
national  officers  and  charter  members 
of  the  Chicago  club,  now  being 
formed.  National  officers  are:  Harris, 
R.  J.  O'Donnell,  first  assistant  na- 
tional chief  barker ;  Harry  Kalmine, 
second  assistant ;  Edward  R.  Reuben, 
national  property  master ;  James  G. 
Balmer,  national  dough  guy,  and 
Charles  E.  Lewis,  national  publicity 
director. 


Pittsburgh  Parks 
Book  Summer  Acts 

Pittsburgh,  May  26. — Kennywood 
and  West  View  Parks,  suburban 
amusement  center  here,  have  booked 
a  number  of  outdoor  acts  and  will 
feature  them  on  two  free  shows  daily, 
in  an  effort  to  overcome  the  expected 
effects  of  restrictions  on  automobile 
travel. 

Among  the  acts  which  have  been 
booked  for  two  weeks  each  are :  the 
Paroff  Trio,  Will  Hill  Circus,  Dona- 
hoe  and  LaSalle,  Eric  the  Great,  Fan- 
chon &  Fanchon,  the  Walkimirs,  the 
Dixon  Brothers,  the  Four  Grotofents, 
the  Watkins  Animal  Circus,  the  Four 
Aerial  Apollos,  Mile.  Bernice  and  the 
Flying  Valentinos. 


April  Tax  Revenue 
Up  to  $10,788,463 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

shown,  while  receipts  from  tickets 
sold  by  brokers  declined  from  $16,121 
to  $13,951.  On  the  other  hand,  collec- 
tions on  tickets  sold  by  proprietors  in 
excess  of  the  established  price  jumped 
from  $12  to  $653 ;  permanent  use  or 
lease  of  boxes  and  seats  from  $2  to 
$135  and  admission  to  roof  gardens 
and  cabarets  from  f 94,012  to  $111,773. 


N 


N 


O 


U 


N 


N 


The 


Designed  to  Conserve  Copper  for  War  Needs 


Winning  this  war  is  the  first  objective  of  every  American.  The 
will  for  Victor)-  includes  taking  in  stride  whatever  sacrifice  or 
inconvenience  may  be  occasioned  by  the  demands  of  our  war 
effort. 

Government  curtailment  of  copper  necessitates  reducing  the 
thickness  of  copper  coating  on  "National"  copper  coated  high 
intensity  projector  carbons.  This  may  result  in  a  slightly  longer 
spindle  on  the  carbons,  and  in  the  case  of  the  7  mm  —  6  mm 
combination,  may  result  in  some  reduction  in  screen  illumina- 
tion, although  there  will  still  be  sufficient  light  for  satisfactory 
projection. 

Fortunately,  the  culmination  of  research  work  on  the  8  mm 
—  7  mm  trim  makes  it  possible  to  burn  these  new  carbons,  even 
with  the  thinner  copper  plating,  and  to  obtain  even  more  light 
with  the  same  current  formerly  used  (within  limits  of  the  new 
maximum).  Savings  as  high  as  30%  in  carbon  consumption  can 

The  'xords  "Xational,"  "Suprex"  and  "Orotip" 
*  ★  ★  * 


be  had  for  the  same  amount  of  light  on  the  screen  if  the  present 
light  level  is  satisfactory.  When  using  power  sources  designed 
for  "Suprex"  type  lamps  similar  savings  can  be  made,  while 
retaining  the  same  screen  illumination  as  formerly,  by  shifting 
from  7  mm  —  6  mm  trims  to  the  new  8  mm  —  7  mm.  To 
accomplish  this  may  require  enlarging  present  carbon  holders, 
which  can  be  done  with  little  effort. 

Operation  at  reduced  arc  current  may  also,  in  some  instances, 
necessitate  readjustment  of  the  feed  ratio  of  the  projection 
lamps  in  order  to  maintain  correct  position  of  the  carbons 
with  a  minimum  of  manual  adjustment. 

The  trade-mark  on  these  new  Victor}-  carbons  is  imprinted 
in  white,  instead  of  the  familiar  blue.  Maximum  allowable  arc 
current  is  also  stamped  on  each  carbon.  It  is  important  that 
this  current  limitation  be  observed. 

are  trade-marks  of  National  Carbon  Company ,  Inc. 

★  ★  ★  ★ 


NATIONAL  CARBON  COMPANY,  INC. 

Unit  of  Union  Carbide  and  Carbon  Corporation 

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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  May  27,  1942 


'Broadway' in 
Chicago  Gets 
Neat  $17,000 


Chicago,  May  26. — The  Palace, 
with  "Broadway"  and  "Mexican  Spit- 
fire at  Sea"  did  $17,000,  while  "To 
the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  at  the  Chicago 
Theatre  took  $35,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  21 : 

"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.  A.) 

APOLLO — (1,400)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
4th  week.  Gross:  $6,000.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 

CHICAGO— (4,000)    (35c-55c-75c)    7  days. 
Stage:  Phil  Regan  and  Variety  bill.  Gross: 
$35,000.    (Average,  $32,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.)  (3rd  week  in  Loop) 
"Murder  in  the  Big  House"  (W.  B.) 

GARRICK  —  (1,000)     (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $5,000.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"A  Gentleman  at  Heart"  (20th-Fox) 

ORIENTAL— (3,200)     (27c-31c-40c-50)  7 
days.    Stage-Bill  Robinson.   Gross:  $19,000. 
(Average,  $16,000) 
"Broadway"  (Univ.)  7  days 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO)  6  days 
"Tough  as  They  Come"  (Univ.)  1  day 

PALACE— (2,500)    (40c-50c-68c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $17,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.  A.) 
"Hay  Foot"  (U.  A.)  5  days,  2nd  week 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (2*th-Fox) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (20th-Fox)  2  days 

ROOSEVELT — (1,500)    (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $11,000.  (Average,  $11,000) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M)   5  days. 

4th  week 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.)  2  days 
STATE-LAKE— (3,700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 

days.  Gross:  $15,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 

"Fantasia"  (RKO)  1  day,  3rd  week 

"Moontide"  (20th-Fox)  6  days 
UNITED  ARTISTS—  (1.700)  (35c-55c-65c- 

75c)    7    days.     Gross:    $14,000.  (Average. 

$14,000) 

"Suicide  Squadron"  (Rep.) 
"A  Desperate  Chance  for  Ellery  Queen" 
(Col.) 

WOODS— (1,200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $9,000. 


'Blonde'  Captures 
Oklahoma  City  Lead 

Oklahoma  City,  May  26. — "My 
Favorite  Blonde"  hit  $6,200  at  the 
Criterion.  "Ship  Ahoy"  at  the  Mid- 
west drew  $4,800. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  21  : 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

CRITERION  (1.500)  (20c-25c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,200.  (Average,  $4,500) 
"The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (20th-Fox) 

LIBERTY— (1.200)     (20c-25c)  7 
Gross:  $2,600.  (Average,  $2,400) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

MIDWEST— (1,500)    (20c-25c-40c)  7 
Gross:  $4,800.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"Major  Barbara"  (U.  A.) 

STATE  —  (1,100)     (20c-25c-40c)  3 
Gross:  $600.  (Average,  3  days,  $1,500) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

TOWER— (1,000)    (20c-25c-40c)  7 
moved   from   downtown    Criterion.  Gross: 
$2,000.    (Average,  $1,750) 
"Tough  as  They  Come"  (Univ.) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

WARNER— (2.000)  (15c-20c-25c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $1,100.  (Average,  $1,250) 


days. 


days. 


days. 


days, 


MGM  Buys  'MarchAlone' 

Hollywood,  May  26. — M-G-M  has 
announced  the  purchase  of  "They  Shall 
Xot  March  Alone,"  original  by  Ham- 
ilton McFadden  of  a  U.  S.  Army 
chaplain  captured  by  the  Japs.  It  is 
a  possible  vehicle  for  Walter  Pidgeon. 


Flynn-Sheridan  Teamed 

Hollywood,  May  26. — Errol  Flynn 
and  Ann  Sheridan  have  been  given  the 
leads  in  Warner  Bros.'  "Edge  of 
Darkness,"  story  dealing  with  anti- 
Axis  activities  in  Nazi -occupied  ter- 
ritories. 


Notes  from  Hollywood 


Hollywood,  May  26 

LAUDETTE  COLBERT  will  have  the  starring  role  in  Paramount's 
"No  Time  for  Love,"  in  which  she  will  play  the  role  of  an  ace 

photographer.   Fred  MacMurray  will  play  opposite  her,  with  Mitchell 

Leisen  directing  and  Fred  Kohlmar  producing.   Ilka  Chase  has  been 

signed    for    the    film.  .  .  .  George 

Montgomery  has  been  cast  opposite 

Gene  Tierney  in  20th  Century-Fox's 

"China    Girl."  .  .  .  June  Duprez, 

Brenda  Joyce  and  Preston  Foster 

have  the  top  roles  in  "Little  Tokyo, 

U.  S.  A.,"  at  the  same  studio.  .  .  . 

Roger  Pryor  and  Gale  Storm  have 

joined  Maxie  Rosenbloom  in  Mono- 
gram's "Smart  Alecks." 

•    • . 


Pine-Thomas  have  set  Rich- 
ard Arlen  and  Virginia  Grey  in 
"Alaska  Highway."  .  .  .  "The 
Great  Gildersleeve"  (Harold 
Peary)  goes  into  "Sweet  and 
Hot,"  Tim  Whelan  musical  at 
RKO.  .  .  .  John  Loder  goes  from 
Warners'  "Now,  Voyager"  to 
"Gentleman  Jim  Corbett."  .  .  . 
"Ann  Harding  returns  to  the 
screen  in  M-G-M's  "Eyes  in  the 
Night,"  starring  Edward  Ar- 
nold. 

•  • 

Lupe  Velez  will  get  the  top  role 
in  RKO's  "Ladies'  Day,"  story  of 
baseball  from  the  woman's  angle.  .  .  . 
"Taxi,  Mister"  will  be  the  third  of 
Hal  Roach's  "Brooklyn"  series  fea- 
turing William  Bexdix,  Grace 
Bradley  and  Joe  Sawyer.  .  .  .  Alan 
Ladd  will  be  starred  in  Paramount's 
"Storm."  .  .  .  William  Gargan  joins 
Abbott  and  Costello  in  "Who  Done 
It?"  mystery  farce  at  Universal.  .  .  . 
Billie  Burke,  Frank  Craven  and 
Alan  Dinehart  have  been  cast  in 
20th  Century-Fox's  "Girl  Trouble." 

•  • 

Jean  Parker,  Marilyn  Hare  and 
John  Archer  .go  into  "Hi  Neigh- 
bor," Lulu  Belle  and  Scotty  film 


at  Republic.  .  .  .  James  Craig  has 
been  borrowed  from  RKO  by  M-G-M 
for  "Ox  Train."  Edward  Cahn  will 
direct  as  his  first  feature.  .  .  .  Mar- 
jorie  Main  joins  the  cast  of  "The 
Man  on  America's  Conscience,"  at 
M-G-M. 

•  • 

Three  stories  were  bought 
last  week.  Columbia  acquired 
"Adventure  Keeps  Me  Busy," 
Laurence  Engels'  story.  "A 
Tank  Called  John,"  home  de- 
fense front  film,  by  Maurice 
Clark,  goes  to  Paramount,  and 
20th  Century-Fox  bought 
"Birthday,"  play  by  L.  Bus-Fe- 
kete  which  Ernst  Lubitsch  will 
produce  and  direct. 

•  • 

The  following  contracts  have  been 
extended :  Barbara  Moftett,  Nancy 
Gates,  players  at  RKO ;  Conrad 
Veidt,  William  Thomas,  Jr.,  ac- 
tors at  M-G-M ;  Jean  Wallace  and 
Lynda  Grey,  players  at  Paramount ; 
Nancy  Coleman,  actress,  Warners ; 
Mary  Lee,  actress,  Republic ;  John 
Howard  Lawson,  writer,  at  War- 
ners. 

•  • 

Republic  has  assigned  Albert  S. 
Rogell  to  direct  "Say  It  With  Mu- 
sic," new  title  for  "Broadway  Goes 
to  College."  .  .  .  Second  in  the 
streamlined  Sherlock  Holmes  pictures 
at  Universal  will  be  "Sherlock 
Holmes  Fights  Back."  .  .  .  Louis 
Berkoff  has  been  signed  as  associate 
producer  on  Monogram's  "Isle  of 
Terror."  Vinton  Freedley  has  ar- 
rived to  take  up  his  production  duties 
at  Warners. 


'Tortilla  Flat'  Gets 
$15,000,  Baltimore 

Baltimore,  May  26.  —  "Tortilla 
Flat"  at  the  Century  drew  a  big  $15,- 
000  in  a  week  of  generally  good  busi- 
ness. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  21 : 

"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 

CENTURY  —  (3,000)  (28c-44c  and  55c 
weekends)  7  days.  Gross:  $15,000.  (Average. 
$10,000) 

"Broadway"  (Univ.) 

KEITH'S— (2,406)  (15c-28c-33c-44c  and  55c 
weekends)  7  days.  Gross:  $11,500.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (2©th-Fox) 

NEW  —  (2,406)    (15c-28c-35c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $7,500.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

STANLEY—  (3,280)  (15c-28c-39c-44c-55c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $12,500.  (Average. 
$12,000) 

"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

HIPPODROME  —  (2,205)  (15c-28c-39c-44c- 
55c-66c)  7  days.  Stage  show  with  Patsy 
Kelly  and  Charles  "Buddy"  Rogers  as 
headliners.  Gross:  $17,500.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"Remember  Pearl  Harbor"  (Rep.) 

MAYFAIR  —  (1,000)  (20c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,000.    (Average,  $6,000) 


On  Straight  Film  Policy 

Cincinnati,  May  26. — The  Gayety, 
playing  burlesque  and  pictures  during 
the  regular  season,  has  switched  to 
straight  pictures  for  the  Summer,  with 
a  double  feature  policy. 


'Beds/  Glen  Gray 
$20,000  in  Buffalo 

Buffalo,  May  26. — "Twin  Beds" 
and  a  stage  show  with  Glen  Gray  and 
his  orchestra  at  the  Buffalo  drew 
$20,000.    "Rio  Rita"  was  a  hit. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  Alay  23 : 

"Twin  Beds"  (U.  A.) 

BUFFALO— (3,489)  (35c-55c)  7  days.  Glen 
Gray  and  his  Casa  Loma  Orchestra  on  the 
stage,  with  Connie  Boswell,  Allan  Carney, 
Allen,  Burns  &  Cody,  Kenny  Sargent, 
Peewee  Hunt,  Bilry  Rauch  and  Clarence 
Hutchenrider.  Gross :  $20,000.  (Average, 
$12,200) 

"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Bullet  Scars"  (W.  B.) 

GREAT  LAKES— (3,000)  (35c-55c)  7  davs. 
Gross:  $15,300.  (Average,  $8,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Sunday  Punch"  (M-G-M) 

HIPPODROME— (2.100)   (35c-50c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,300.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"A  Date  With  the  Falcon"  (RKO) 

TWENTIETH  CENTURY — (3,000)  (30c- 
35c-55c)  7  days.  Charlie  Barnet  and  his  or- 
chestra on  the  stage,  with  Peanuts  Hol- 
land. Frances  Wayne.  Huck  Andrews,  Jack 
Jaris.  Cliff  Leeman.  The  Four  Franks  and 
Cullv  Richards.  Gross:  $16,000.  (Average. 
$9,000) 

"The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 
"Juke  Box  Jenny"  (Univ.) 

LAFAYETTE— (3,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,900.  (Aerage,  $6,500) 


Fellows  RKO  Producer 

Hollywood,  May  26.  —  RKO  has 
signed  Robert  Fellows  to  a  producer 
contract. 


Providence  Gives 
'Tortilla'  $15,500 


week 


Providence,  May  26. — "Tortilla 
Flat"  and  "Blondie's  Blessed  Event" 
drew  $15,500  at  Loew's  State.  Else- 
where, business  was  only  fair. 

Estimated   receipts   for  the 
ending  May  19-21 : 

"Gold  Rush"  (U.  A.) 
"Juke  Box  Jenny"  (Univ.) 

RKO    ALB  EE — (2,239)     (28c-39c-50c)  6 
days.  Gross:  $6,000.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"Blondie's  Blessed  Event"  (Col.) 

LOEW'S  STATE— (3,232)   (28c-39c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $15,500.  (Average,  $11,000) 
"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.  B.) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.  B.) 

MAJESTIC— (2,250)  (28c-39c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,000.  (Average.  $7,000) 
"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.) 
"Fly  by  Niffht"  (Para.) 

STRAND—  (2,200)    (28c-39c-50c)    7  days. 
Lynn  Overman  in  one-day  personal  appear- 
ance. Gross:  $7,000.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"Twilight  on  the  Trail"  (Para.) 

FAY'S— (1,800)  (20c-33c-44c)  7  days.  Stage 
show  with  Willie  Solar.  John  Fogarty,  Val- 
lentine  Fox,  Birdland  Frolics,  Federico  and 
Rankin,  Eleanor  McCabe,  Paul  Kirkland. 
Gross:  $6,100.  (Average.  $5,000) 
"She's  in  the  Army  Now"  (Mono.) 

METROPOLITAN— (3,045)  (30c-35c-S5c- 
75c)  3  days.  Stage  show  with  Fats  Waller 
and  his  orchestra.  Myra  Johnson.  Joyner 
and  Foster,  Tip  Tap  and  Toe,  The  Deep 
River  Bovs.  Gross:  $5,200.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 
"The  Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  (20th-Fox) 

CARLTON— (1,526)    (28c-39c-50c)   7  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $3,300.  (Average,  $3,500) 
"Skylark"  (Para.)  (3  days) 
"Blondie  Goes  to  College"  (Col.)  (3  days) 
"Courtship  of  Andy  Hardy"  (M-G-M) 
(4  days) 

"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.)  (4  days) 

EMPIRE— (1,200)  (20c-28c)  2nd  run. 
Gross:  $2,200.   (Average,  $2,000) 


'Blonde'  Kansas  City 
Winner  with  $15,000 

Kansas  City,  May  26. — "My  Fav- 
orite Blonde"  at  the  Newman  led 
grosses  with  $15,000.  "Tortilla  Flat" 
and  "About  Face,"  at  the  Midland, 
drew  $12,500.   The  weather  was  wet. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  21 : 

"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 

ESQUIRE— (800)  (30c-44c)  6  days,  2nd 
week.  Gross:  $2,100.  (Average,  6  days, 
$2,000) 

"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"About  Face"  (U.  A.) 

MIDLAND  —  (3.600)  (30c-44c) 
Gross:  $12,500.  (Average,  $8,500) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

NEWMAN— (1.900)  (30c-44c) 
Gross:  $15,000.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.  A.) 
"Mr.  Wise  Guy"  (Mono.) 

ORPHEUM— (1.900)  (30c-44c) 
Gross:  $5,500.   (Average,  $5,000) 
"Lady  Scarface"  (RKO) 

TOWER— (2,200)   (30c-50c)  7  days.  Faith 
Bacon  and  show  on  stage.    Gross:  $9,000. 
(Average,  $6,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 

UPTOWN— (2,000)  (30c-44c)  6  days.  2nd 
week.  Gross:  $3,500.  (Average,  6  davs, 
$3,500) 


days. 


days. 


7  days. 


Indianapolis  Gives 
'Tortilla' Big  $10,600 

Indianapolis,  May  26. — "Tortilla 
Flat"  and  "About  Face"  took  $10,600 
at  Loew's. 

Estimated   receipts   for  the 
ending  May  19-21 : 

"Broadway"  (Univ.) 
"Sleepy  Time  Gal"  (Rep.) 

CIRCLE  —  (2,800)  (28c-33c-44c) 
Gross:  $7,200.  (Average,  $6,500) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 

INDIANA—  (3,200)    (28c-33c-44c)  7 
Gross:  $9,600.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"About  Face"  (U.  A. -Roach) 

LOEW'S— (2,800)     (28o-33c-44c)  7 
Gross:  $10,600.  (Average,  $8,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (20th-Fox) 

LYRIC  —  (2,000)  (28c-33c-44c)  7 
Moved  from  Indiana.  Gross:  $5,100. 
age,  $4,500) 


week 


7  days. 


days 


davs. 


days. 
(Aver- 


LISTEN  AMERICA! 


The  Liberty  Bell  is  ringing  on  every 

Main  Street  of  the  land! 

There's  a  new  date  in  American  history. 

It's  Saturday,  May  30th,  1942— 

And  it  belongs  to  you  alone,  Mr.  Exhibitor! 

15,000  theatres  are  unfurling  their  banners 

To  sell  War  Bonds  and  Stamps  for  Victory ! 

Parades  welcome  the  day,  speeches  proclaim  it — 

The  dimes  and  dollars  of  democracy 

Gathered  in  your  theatre  will  soon  be 

Planes  and  tanks  and  guns! 

Thrill  with  pride!  It's  your  effort,  Mr.  Exhibitor 

You're  on  the  firing  line  with  your  fighting  sons! 

Be  worthy  of  them  so  that  the  Liberty  Bell 

May  ring  on  Main  Street,  U.S.A.,  forever! 

The  Theatre  Drive  for  War  Bonds  and  Stamps  is  sponsored  by 
War  Activities  Committee  of  the  Motion  Picture  Industry,  1501 


Giant  rally  in  Times  Square, 
May  29th,  launches  War 
Bond  and  Stamp  Sale! 

Every  member  of  the  motion  pic- 
ture industry  in  the  Metropolitan 
district  will  be  in  Times  Square 
Friday  at  12:30  p.  m.  .  .  .  Under  the 
auspices  of  the  War  Activities  Com- 
mittee and  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment, 900  theatres  will  be  there 
with  their  representatives  carrying 
their  banners  high. 

There  will  be  Movie  Stars,  Bands, 
Entertainers  and  a  Radio  Broad- 
cast. Be  sure  and  attend  this  rally 
during  your  lunch  hour  on  Friday. 

RADIO  BROADCAST  LAUNCHES 
MOVIE  DRIVE  NATIONWIDE! 

Listen  to  the  Star-Studded  Program 
"Movie  Theatres  Victory  Broad- 
cast" May  29th  over  the  Mutual 
Network  from  11  to  11:30  P.  M. 
Eastern  War  Time. 


The  Theatre  Division  of  The 
Broadway,  New  York  City. 


10 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  May  27,  1942 


by  Lionel 
the  Earle 
"Reap  the 


third 


Trinidad'  and 
Show  $22,000, 
Philadelphia 


Philadelphia,  May  26. — Gasoline 
rationing  as  yet  lias  had  little  or 
no  effect  on  the  box-office  here.  "Two 
Yanks  in  Trinidad"  with  an  all-col 
ored  stage  show  headed 
Hampton's  orchestra  at 
took  $22,000  in  seven  days. 
Wild  Wind"  at  the  Aldine  drew 
000  at  advanced  prices  for  a 
week. 

Estimated    receipts    for  the 
ending  May  19-22: 

"Rs.ap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

ALDINE — (1,400)  (46c-57c-75c)  7 
3d  week.  Gross:  $12,000.  (Average, 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

ARCADIA— (600)  (35c-46c-57c)  7  days,  2d 
run.    Gross:  $4,200.    (Average,  $2,600) 
"Moontsde"  (ZOth-Fox) 

BOYD — (2,400)  (35c-41c-44c-5/c-68c)  7  days. 
Gross:    $12,000.     (Average,  $13,000) 
"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad "   (Co..)    (6  days) 
"Larceny,   Inc."    (W.B.)    (1  day) 

EARLE— (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-5/c-68c)  7 
davs  Vaudeville  including  Lionel  Hamp- 
ton's' orchestra.  Rubel  Blakely,  Ada  Brown 
and  Buck  &  Bubbles.  Gross:  $22,000.  (Av- 
erage, $14,000) 
"Larceny,   Inc"  (W.B.) 

]fOX  —   (3,000)      (35c-41c-46c-5/c-68c)  / 
days.     Gross:  $12,800.     (Average,  $13,000) 
"We   Were   Dancing"  (M-G-M) 

KARLTON— (1,000) 
7  days,  2d  run  Gro: 
$3,000) 

•  Kings   Row"  (W.B.) 

KEITH'S— (2,200)    (35c-41c-46co/c-6bc)  / 
days,    2d    run,    2d    week.      Gross:  $6,500 
(Average,  $4,500') 
'  My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

STANLEY— (2,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2d  week.    Gross:  $12,500.  (Average. 

$14,000)   ,  „  , 

"Dangerously  They  Live  '  (W.B.) 

STANTON— (1,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  / 
days     Gross:  $7,500.     (Average,  $4,500). 


week 


days, 
$9.0J0) 


(35c-41c-46c-57c-68c] 
$3,800.  (Average 


'Tortilla  Flat'  Hits 
$11,000,  New  Haven 

New  Haven,  May  26.— "Tortilla 
Flat,"  dualled  with  "About  Face"  at 
the  Loew-Poli,  made  the  best  showing, 
taking  $11,000.  The  second  week  of 
"Rio  Rita"  and  "Secret  Agent  of 
Japan"  at  the  College  took  $3,600. 

Estimated    receipts   for    the  week 
ending  May  21  : 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (20th-Fo<x) 

COLLEGE— (1,627)   (40c-50c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.  Gross:  $3,600.  (Average,  $2,800) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"About  Face"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW-POLI—  (3,005)    (40c -50c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $11,000.  (Average.  $8,000) 
"The  Spoilers"  (U.  A.) 

"Never  Give  a   Sucker   An   Even  Break 
(Univ.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,373)   (40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,500.  (Average.  $4,600) 
"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.  B.) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.  B.) 

ROGER   SHERMAN— (2.067)   (40c-50c)  7 
days   Gross:  $5,200.  (Average.  $5,200) 
"the  Real  Glory"   (U.  A.) 
"New  Wine"  (U.  A.) 

SHUBERT — (1,700)  (40c-50c)  6  days. 
Gross:  $2,000. 


Equity  to  Rescue 
Of  Stranded  Cast 

(.Continued  from  page  1) 
ed  that  it  had  a  bank  letter  from  the 
Continental  Bank  &  Trust  Co.  for 
$12,000  to  provide  for  such  contin- 
gencies but  that  the  bank  had  de- 
clined to  pay  thus  far. 

The  council,  in  response  to  an  in- 
quiry from  Morris  Jacobs,  ruled  that 
producers  of  road  shows  would  have 
to  meet  the  minimum  conditions  of  an 
Equity  contract  even  if  the  war  com- 
pelled cancellation  or  curtailment  of 
tours. 


Off  the  Antenna 

WMCA  will  broadcast  the  premiere  of  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy"  from  the 
lobby  of  the  Hollywood  Theatre  Friday  evening,  8 :05-8 :30  o'clock. 
Helen  Twelvetrees  will  conduct  the  interviews.  James  and  Jeanne  Cagney 
will  be  among  those  heard  on  the  program. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Richard  Puff,  formerly  with  the  Cooperative  Analysis  of 
Broadcasting,  has  joined  MutuaTs  sales  promotion  department  as  chief  statis- 
tician. .  .  .  Staff  changes  at  WHN  include  Raymond  Kate,  traffic  manager, 
joining  the  Navy  and  being  replaced  by  Arthur  Weill,  the  addition  of  Boris 
C.  Momiroff  and  0.  Edezvaard  to  the  engineering  staff  and  Richard  Dorf. 
formerly  of  W7\NY,  as  assistant  to  the  program  manager  of  the  nezv  FM 
station,  W63NY,  which  will  open  Monday.  .  .  .  Dick  Mooney  is  convalescing 
at  the  Veterans  Hospital,  Castle  Point,  N.  Y.  .  .  .  Park  Johnson  will  deliver 
the  commencement  address  at  the  New  York  Military  Academy,  June  6.  .  .  . 
Carleton  D.  Smith  has  been  appointed  manager  of  \]'RC.  Washington.  .  .  . 
David  Anderson,  formerly  with  United  Press  and  Transradio,  has  joined 
WMCA  as  news  editor.  Phoebe  Mink,  formerly  with  NBC,  has  joined  the 
station's  press  department.  .  .  .  Florence  M^arks,  of  NBC  press,  has  resigned. 
.  .  .  Alan  Ladd,  Paramount  player,  will  make  four  net-work  appearances  over 
the  zveckend.  He  will  be  heard  on  the  "Kate  Smith  Hour"  over  CBS  Friday, 
"Lincoln  Highzvay,"  on  NBC  Saturday,  "The  Show  of  Yesterday  and  Today," 
on  the  Blue  Sunday,  and  with  Bill  Stern,  on  NBC  Monday.  .  .  .  Ben  Bernie 
will  be  guest  of  Fred  Allen  on  CBS  Sunday.  .  .  .  Dinah  Shore  zvill  sing  with 
Bing  Crosby  at  the  Los  Angeles  Shrine  Auditorium  June  18  in  a  concert  by 
Paul  Whiteman  and  the  Los  Angeles  Philharmonic  Orchestra. 

•  •  • 

Frank  Knight,  announcer,  won  four  first  prizes  at  the  WOR  amateur 
photographic  exhibit,  held  at  the  Hotel  Plaza  yesterday.  In  addition  to 
the  grand  prize,  he  took  first  honors  in  the  pictorial,  portrait  and  candid 
classes.  Dave  Driscoll,  director  of  special  events,  and  Al  Durante  of  the 
publicity  department  won  in  the  documentary  class. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  WMC,  Memphis,  expects  to  start  operating  on 
5,000  watts  day  and  night  about  July  1.  .  .  .  William  E.  Walker,  president 
of  WSAU,  Wausau,  Wis.,  and  WMAM,  Marinette,  Wis.,  has  been  com- 
missioned a  captain  in  the  Army.  .  .  .  Holland  Engie,  former  manager  of  Vir- 
ginia and  West  Virginia  stations,  has  joined  WGN,  Chicago,  as  announcer. 
.  .  .  Dwight  A.  Myer,  chief  engineer  at  KDKA,  Pittsburgh,  has  been  named 
radio  aide  of  the  Allegheny  County  Council  of  Defense.  .  .  .  WFIL,  Philadel- 
phia, has  started  a  class  for  Navy  radio  engineers.  .  .  .  Helen  Stenson  has  been 
promoted  to  assistant  in  charge  of  sales  traffic  at  KPO,  San  Francisco.  .  .  . 
rick  Blackburn,  assistant  general  manager  of  WTHT.  Hartford,  has  joined 
he  OEM  unit  at  LaGuardia  Field.  .  .  . 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Fannie  Hurst  zvill  be  heard  on  the  Blue  in  her  first  radio 
scries,  "Thinking  Out  Loud,"  for  two  weeks,  Monday  through  Friday,  5-5:15 
P.M.,  beginning  June  1.  .  .  .  The  Blue  is  adding  a  third  cooperative  show  to 
its  stations,  Helen  Hiett  with  "Today's  News,"  Monday  throuoh  Friday, 
10:15-10:30  A.M.  .  .  .MacFaddcn  Publications  is  returning  to  CBS  and  zvill 
sponsor  Edwin  C.  Hill's,  "The  Human  Side  of  the  News"  on  19  stations, 
Wednesdays  and  Fridays,  6-6:10  P.M.  beginning  today.  .  .  .  R.  J.  Reynolds 
will  build  a  new  musical  show  around  Vaughn  Monroe's  band  to  replace 
"Blondie"  on  CBS  beginning  June  29.  ...  E.  I.  du  Pont  de  Nemours  zvill 
sponsor  the  short  zvaving  of  "Cai'alcadc  of  America"  on  NBC's  Pan  Ameri- 
can Network.  .  .  .  IVOR  is  re-broadcasting  from  3:15-3:20  A.M.  the  air  raid 
Program  broadcast  the  preceding  evening  by  WNYC.  .  .  .  Jack  Eigen  zvill 
be  featured'  in  a  new  series  of  Broadzvay  and  Hollywood  gossip  programs. 
Monday,  4-4:15  P.M.,  beginning  next  week.  .  .  . 


Independent  Books 
RKO  Films  in  Phila. 

Philadelphia,  May  26. — Two 
RKO  pictures,  which  failed  to  get  a 
Warner  circuit  run  this  season  here, 
were  booked  into  the  independent 
Studio  Theatre  in  the  downtown  dis- 
trict, normally  showing  foreign  and 
British  pictures.  Scheduled  for  June 
showings  are  the  RKO-March  of 
Time  "The  Story  of  the  Vatican" 
and  the  RKO-Disney  feature  "The 
Reluctant  Dragon."  The  Warner  cir- 
cuit operates  all  the  first  run  houses 
here.  RKO's  "Citizen  Kane"  also 
failed  to  get  a  Warner  run  here  but 
RKO  leased  Warners'  Aldine  for  the 
showing. 


Major  Eliot  Signed 

Major  George  Fielding  Eliot  has 
been  signed  by  Gordon  Knox,  head 
of  the  Princeton  Film  Centre,  to  do 
the  commentary  for  "Know  Your  En- 
emy— Japan,"  the  first  of  a  series 
of  documentaries  to  be  made  with  the 
cooperation  of  the  American  Council 
of  the  Institute  of  Pacific  Relations. 


FCC  Sees  Women 
Working  at  Stations 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

first  class  operator  repaired  the 
trouble.  After  passing  the  examina- 
tion, however,  such  operators  could 
work  at  any  station. 

The  FCC  said  that  women  could 
easily  meet  the  new  requirements 
and  that  persons  of  normal  intelli- 
gence should  be  able  to  pass  the  ex- 
amination after  eight  or  10  hours  of 
study  of  the  FCC  study  course  for  it. 

The  new  order  is  designed  to  solve 
the  problem  of  low  powered  local  sta- 
tions, 441  of  which,  it  was  said,  will 
benefit  by  the  action. 


Playhouse  Not  to  Open 

Lawrence  Langner  and  Armina 
Marshall  have  decided  not  to  open 
the  Country  Playhouse  at  Westport, 
Conn.,  this  summer  because  of  the  au- 
tomobile travel  restrictions.  It  is 
planned  to  keep  the  house  dark  and 
open  it  next  Summer  if  conditions 
warrant. 


Theatre 
Changes . . . 


B  &  K  Moves  Managers 

Chicago,  May  26. — Hones  Swan, 
formerly  assistant  manager  of  the 
Balaban  &  Katz  Nortown  Theatre, 
has  been  named  manager  of  the  cir- 
cuit's Cine  Theatre,  replacing  Wil- 
liam Briscoe,  resigned.  Charles  Be?*K 
bien  is  acting  assistant  manager  of&^j 
Nortown.  Ralph  Ermilio  has  bml 
transferred  from  assistant  manager  of 
the  Belpark  to  assistant  it  the  Hard- 
ing. Fred  Baron,  senior  usher  with 
the  company,  is  acting  assistant  mana- 
ger of  the  Belpark. 


Loew's  Names  Feminine  Assistants 

Two  more  feminine  assistant  man- 
agers have  been  appointed  by  Joseph 
R.  Vogel  of  Loew's.  They  are  Ruth 
Parker,  Loew's  Broad,  Columbus,  O. ; 
and  Matilda  J.  Pysyk,  Loew's  Poli, 
Norwich,  Conn. 

Switch  Connecticut  Managers 

New  London,  May  26.  —  Thomas 
Grace,  former  manager  of  the  Circle, 
South  Manchester,  has  been  appointed 
manager  of  the  Garde,  Warner  house, 
succeeding  Ted  Smalley,  resigned, 
while  John  Matthews  of  the  contact 
office  at  New  Haven,  is  the  manager 
of  the  Circle. 

Manages  Reel  Theatre 

San  Francisco,  May  26. — Frank- 
Woods,  formerly  with  the  Aaron 
Goldberg  circuit  in  northern  Cali- 
fornia, has  been  named  manager  of 
the  Telenews  Theatre  here  by  Ellis 
Levey,  western  division  manager  of 
the  Telenews  Theatres. 


To  Remodel  Theatre  Front 

Springfield.  Mass.,  May  26.— The 
entire  front  of  the  Capitol  Theatre 
here,  will  be  redecorated,  Manager 
Andy  Sette  has  announced.  The  box- 
office  will  also  be  redecorated  and  new- 
frames  will  be  installed. 

Open  K.  C.  Drive-In  Theatre 

Kansas  City,  May  26. — A  drive-in 
theatre,  ninth  unit  of  the  Midwest 
Drive-in  Theatres,  Inc.,  has  opened 
five  miles  east  of  the  city  limits. 


Manages  Ohio  House 

Mansfield,  O.,   May  26. — George 
Lavalle,  former  theatre  man,  has  been 
named  manager  of  W'arners'  Majestic,  J 
succeeding    Harold    Olds,  recently 
transferred  to  the  Madison  here. 

Shift  Mass.  Circuit  Men 

Springfield,  Mass.,  May  26.  — 
Western  Massachusetts  Theatres,  Inc.. 
has  announced  that  Francis  X.  Beau- 
pre,  manager  of  the  Strand  in  Pitts- 
field,  has  been  transferred  to  the 
Richmond  in  North  Adams.  He  will 
be  successed  by  Horace  C.  DeCelles, 
Richmond  manager. 

Plans  to  Renovate  Theatre 

Hartford,  May  26. — Mickey  Daly,  jj 
Hartford  and  Plainfield,  Conn.,  the-  j 
atre  operator,  planned  to  renovate  his  ] 
Plainfield  house  this  Summer. 


Open  Ohio  Drive-In 

Hamilton,  O.,  May  26.  —  The 
Drive-In  just  completed  by  Robert  M. 
Gorman,  M.  M.  Weinig  and  A.  B. 
Mullen,  Cincinnati,  located  approxi- 
mately midway  between  here  and  Cin- 
cinnati, has  opened. 


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Picture 

Industry 

MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


NO.  104 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  THURSDAY,  MAY  28,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Film  Industry 
To  Rally  U.  S. 
For  War  Bonds 


Theatres  Set  for  Opening 
Of  Big  Campaign 


Theatres  throughout  the  nation 
tomorrow  will  herald  the  start  of 
the  industry's  War  Bond  and  Stamp 
drive  with  rallies  and  parades 
scheduled  in  many  key  cities  in  the 
afternoon  and  evening,  on  the  eve 
of  the  formal  launching  of  the  cam- 
paign. 

Reports  to  committee  head- 
quarters in  New  York  indicate 
that  many  exhibitors  are  not 
waiting  for  the  formal  opening 
of  the  drive  on  Saturday,  but 
have  already  obtained  pledges 
from  patrons  for  war  savings. 
Si  Fabian,  campaign  chairman,  re- 
ported that  preparations  are  complete 
everywhere,    and   that   among  cities 
where  demonstrations  are  planned  are 
Boston,   Cleveland,   Philadelphia  and 
Pittsburgh.  It  is  planned  to  sell  bonds 
at  most  of  the  rallies. 

In  New  York,  Broadway  will  be 
made  aware  of  the  theatre  drive  by  a 
noon  rally  at  Times  Square,  sponsored 
by  the  campaign  committee,  and  the 
War  Bond  premiere  of  Warner  Bros.' 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  May  27 

UNIVERSAL  production  heads,  in- 
cluding Cliff  Work,  vice-presi 
dent  and  general  manager  of  the 
studio ;  Milton  Feld,  production  execu- 
tive, and  Walter  Wanger,  producer, 
plan  to  leave  Friday  by  train  for  New 
York  to  attend  the  company's  annual 
sales  convention  starting  there  Tues 
day.  Dan  Kelley,  associate  executive 
in  charge  of  talent,  writers  and  di 
rectors,  left  for  the  convention  last 
night. 

• 

Fred  Astaire  is  returning  to  the 
RKO  studio,  where  he  became  one  of  the 
top  box-office  stars,  to  appear  in  "Look 
Out,  Below,"  musical  to  be  produced 
by  David  Hempstead.  He  will  play 
the  role  of  an  Army  flier  home  on 
leave. 

• 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  today  en- 
tered the  "horror"  picture  lists  with 
announcement  of  two  films  planned, 
"Buried  Alive,"  to  be  produced  by  Sol 
M.  Wurtzel,  and  "The  Undying 
Monster,"  scheduled  for  production  by 
Bryan  Foy. 


B  &  K  Puts  Duals  in 
Fourth  Loop  Theatre 

Chicago,  May  27.— Balaban 
&  Katz  will  inaugurate  a 
double  feature  policy  at  the 
United  Artists  Theatre  in  the 
Loop  here  Saturday,  it  was 
disclosed  today,  the  circuit 
announcing  the  move  as  an 
experiment.  The  United  Art- 
ists, a  first  run  house,  is  the 
fourth  of  B  &  K's  six  Loop 
theatres  to  adopt  dual  fea- 
tures. Only  the  Chicago  and 
State-Lake  are  on  a  single 
feature  policy. 


Buxbaum  In  New 
20th-Fox  Post 


Tom  J.  Connors,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  distribution  for  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox, yesterday  announced  per- 
sonnel changes  in  the  company's  New 
York  exchange.  Harry  H.  Buxbaum, 
branch  manager  for  many  years,  is 
now  home  office  representative. 
Joseph  J.  Lee,  sales  manager,  be- 
comes branch  manager. 

Morris  Sanders,  formerly  office 
manager,  is  sales  supervisor  in  charge 
of  New  Jersey,  Long  Island  and  Up- 
per New  York.  Charles  Goetz,  form- 
erly at  the  home  office,  becomes  sales 
supervisor  in  charge  of  the  New  York 
City,  Brooklyn  and  Staten  Island  ter- 
ritory. 


STUDIOS  MOBILIZE 
FOR  CONSERVATION 


All  Phases  of  Production  Join  in  Voluntary 
Move  to  Save  Critical  Materials; 
Plan  Permanent  Organization 


Complaints  in 
Arbitration  at 
Lowest  Level 


Deny  Motion  for  Bill 
In  Chicago  Action 

Chicago,  May  27. — Motions  for  a 
bill  of  particulars  on  sections  of  the 
complaint  of  the  Thomas  Murray 
$1,000,000  anti-trust  suit,  which 
charged  violations  of  the  law  as  to 
damages  incurred  by  the  Thalia  The- 
atre, have  been  denied  Loew's,  War- 
ners, 20th  Century-Fox,  United  Art- 
ists, RKO,  Columbia  and  Universal, 
by  Federal  Judge  William  J.  Camp- 
bell here. 

Judge  Campbell  also  has  denied 
Warners'  motion  to  quash  service  and 
efforts  to  strike  out  parts  of  the  com- 
plaint concerning  the  prior  release 
system  in  Chicago  and  the  consent 
decree  of  1932. 


By  ROSCOE  WILLIAMS 

Hollywood,  May  27. — All  Hollywood  was  organized  today  in 
x  voluntary  move  to  conserve  raw  film,  chemicals  and  all  other 
critical  materials  needed  in  the  nation's  war  effort. 

The  leaders  of  every  branch  of 
production  from  union  labor  to 
producers  and  stars,  met  last  night 
to  form  an  organization  for  self 
regulation  in  exercising  complete 
economy,  and  at  the  same  time 
maintain  high  production  stand- 
ards. 

A  formal  organization  of  in- 
dustry-wide scope,  taking  in  al- 
lied business,  will  be  drafted 
at  a  meeting  tomorrow  night, 
when  all  production  companies, 
laboratories,  employe  organiza- 
tions and  other  groups  each 
will  send  a  representative  to 
become  a  member  of  a  perma- 
nent committee.  It  will  have 
power  to  set  and  possibly  en- 
force policies  and  practices  to 
be  followed  in  the  conservation 
program. 

The  group  will  be  known  as  the 
Motion  Picture  Film  Conservation 
Committee  of  Hollywood.  It  will 
meet  weekly  to  make  decisions,  which 
will  be  carried  out  by  a  studio  com- 
mittee on  each  lot,  made  up  of  repre- 
sentatives from  all  groups.  In  addi- 
tion, each  industry  group,  such  as 
rental  lots  or  laboratories,  will  have 
its  own  sub-committee. 

"The  conservation  program  will  not 
stop  at  saving  all  possible  footage  of 
raw  film,  but  will  be  extended  at 
once  to  all  materials  used  in  produc- 
tion which  are  needed  by  the  war 
program,"  it  was  decided.  George 
Stevens,  president  of  the  Screen  Di- 
rectors Guild,  was  named  to  preside 
as  temporary  chairman  in  setting  up 
the  permanent  organization.  The 
opening  meeting  was  featured  by  a 
discussion  of  practical  methods  of 
holding  down  the  use  of  critical  ma- 
(Continued  on  page  2) 


With  only  four  arbitration  com- 
plaints filed  in  the  31  local 
tribunals  of  the  national  system  so 
far  this  month,  arbitration  is  run- 
ning at  its  lowest  ebb  since  its  in- 
auguration in  the  industry,  Feb. 
1,  1941. 

The  complaints  filed  this 
month  were  at  the  Cleveland, 
Kansas  City,  New  York  and  St. 
Louis  boards.  No  complaint  has 
been  filed  at  the  Seattle  board 
in  the  16  months  of  its  opera- 
tion. Only  one  case  has  been 
filed  at  Salt  Lake  City,  and 
none  has  been  filed  there  in 
more  than  a  year.  There  is  only 
one  case  at  Omaha. 

Boards  at  which  only  two  com- 
plaints are  on  record  since  their  open- 
ing 16  months  ago  are  Portland,  Mil- 
waukee, Charlotte  and  Atlanta.  No 
cases  have  been  filed  at  Milwaukee 
or  Charlotte  in  more  than  a  year. 

Boards  at  which  there  are  only 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


RKO  Stockholders' 
Meeting  Postponed 

The  annual  meeting  of  RKO  stock- 
holders which  was  set  for  next 
Wednesday  at  Dover,  Del.,  will  be 
postponed,  it  was  learned  yesterday. 
A  new  meeting  date,  probably  June 
10,  is  expected  to  be  set  immediately. 


Para,  to  Operate  in 
Glens  Falls,  Report 

Paramount  will  resume  operation  of 
die  Paramount  Theatre,  Glens  Falls, 
N.  Y.,  after  an  interval  of  several 
years,  during  which  the  house  was 
booked  by  the  Schine  Circuit,  accord- 
ing to  report. 

Arrangements  for  the  return  of  the 
house  were  completed  yesterday  at 
Glens  Falls  by  Sam  Dembow,  Jr.,  and 
Harry  Royster,  of  the  Paramount 
home  office  theatre  department,  which, 
it  is  reported,  will  operate  the  house 
in  the  future. 


Four  Reviews  Today 

"Ten  Gentlemen  from  West 
Point"  is  reviewed  on  Page  2; 
"It  Happened  in  Flatbush," 
"Thru  Different  Eyes,"  "The 
Mad  Monster,"  Page  3.  Critics' 
Quotes,  Page  6. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  May  28,  1942 


Review 


"Ten  Gentlemen  from  West  Point" 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

Hollywood,  May  27 

DOOTED  deep  in  the  history  of  the  nation  and  timed  to  the  beat  of 
today's  rising  tide  of  national  consciousness,  this  story  of  the  preser- 
vation of  West  Point  in  the  years  following  the  Revolutionary  War 
stacks  up  as  powerful  entertainment  for  many  more  reasons  than  are  to 
be  derived  from  a  reading  of  the  billing.  It  is  typical  of  that  variety  of 
motion  picture  which  builds  as  it  plays  and  satisfies  all  comers. 

The  above  is  reported  with  no  intent  to  disparage  the  marquee  value 
or  performance  merit  of  the  principals — George  Montgomery,  John 
Sutton,  Maureen  O'Hara,  Laird  Cregar  and  Ward  Bond — but  rather  by 
way  of  recording  that  the  story,  as  produced  by  William  Perlberg  and 
directed  by  Henry  Hathaway,  depends  in  no  wise  upon  its  players  nor 
upon  any  of  the  commonplace  devices  of  picture  making.  It  happens  to 
profit  handsomely  from  the  portrayals  of  those  mentioned,  and  of  the 
large  supporting  cast,  but  it  would  be  strong  and  compelling  material 
if  played  by  unknowns. 

The  screenplay  by  Richard  Maibaum,  from  a  story  by  Melvin  Wald, 
opens  a  few  years  after  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War.  Congress 
is  divided  on  the  question  of  continuing  or  disbanding  the  military 
academy  at  West  Point.  By  political  compromise,  appropriation  is  made 
for  a  year  of  operation,  with  decision  as  to  the  future  depending  upon 
success  or  failure  achieved  with  a  class  of  volunteer  cadets. 

Sutton  and  Montgomery  are,  respectively,  an  aristocrat  and  a  com- 
moner enrolled  in  the  cadet  class,  immediately  becoming  opponents  on 
all  points,  including  their  love  for  Miss  O'Hara.  Laird  Cregar  is  the 
officer  placed  in  charge  of  the  academy  with  instructions  to  break  the 
spirit  of  the  cadet  class,  thus  forcing  their  resignations.  What  follows 
from  then  on  is  not  the  stuff  of  which  films  are  commonly  made.  A 
match  game  of  la  crosse,  played  for  blood,  stops  just  short  of  mayhem. 
It  is  followed  shortly  by  a  means  of  mass  punishment  called  "riding  the 
cannon"  which  makes  it  look  like  a  tea  party  by  comparison.  Then  the 
story  moves  on  to  the  Indian  country  and  a  climax  which  results  in  death 
for  one  of  the  remaining  10  gentlemen  from  West  Point  and  crippling 
of  the  hero.  A  finale  listing  West  Point  men  from  Lee  to  MacArthur 
had  the  preview  audience  applauding  thunderously. 

It  may  be  called  a  period  picture,  and  it  is,  but  it  is  a  picture  about  an 
institution  fundamentally  important  to  the  present  period  and  all  the 
other  periods  of  national  emergency  which  have  stretched  from  that  time 
to  now.  And  it  would  be  a  fine  job  of  writing,  producing,  directing  and 
acting  if  it  were  100  per  cent  fictional. 

Solid,  timely  entertainment,  for  all  the  people  and  right  now — that's 
"Ten  Gentlemen  from  West  Point." 

Running  time,  103  minutes.    "G."*  Roscoe  Williams 


Personal 
Mention 

PAT  CASEY  is  en  route  to  the 
Coast  by  train. 

• 

E.  K.  O'Shea  plans  to  leave  for 
the  South  on  Sunday. 

J.  Meyer  Schine  is  in  town. 
• 

Spyeos  Skouras,  Tom  J.  Connors, 
and  Hal   Horne  are   scheduled  to 
leave  for  the  Coast  on  Saturday. 
• 

H.  M.  Richey  is  expected  from 
the  Midwest  tonight. 

• 

Hal  B.  Wallis  has  canceled  his 
scheduled  trip  to  New  York. 

Sidney  Justin,  studio  counsel  for 
Paramount,  has  returned  to  the  Coast. 

Robert  Benjamin  has  gone  to  the 
Coast  for  two  weeks. 

Dan  Ponticelle,  local  Warner 
booker,  is  on  vacation. 

• 

Harry  Storin,  publicity  and  ad- 
vertising director  of  the  Riverside 
Park-In  Theatre,  Springfield,  Mass., 
has  been  reelected  a  director  of  the 
local  Advertising  Club. 

• 

Herman  Rifkin  has  returned  to 
Springfield,  Mass.,  from  a  Coast  visit. 
• 

Harry    J.    Matarese   of  Loew's 
Palace  in  Hartford  has  returned  from 
a  fishing  trip  to  Norfolk,  Va. 
• 

Jack  Glackin,  of  Glackin-LeWitt 
Theatres,  Hartford,  and  Mrs.  Glack- 
in celebrated  their  20th  wedding  an- 
niversary this  week. 

• 

Henri  Elman  has  returned  to  Chi- 
cago from  a  trip  to  Hollywood. 
• 

Lou  Schaefer,  manager  of  the 
Paramount  Theatre,  New  Haven,  has 
been  named  an  executive  of  the  local 
Lion's  Club. 

• 

Paul  Lazarus  of  Warner  Bros, 
left  Hollywood  yesterday  by  plane 
for  New  York. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Jane  Withers  Signed 
For  Rep.  Star  Roster 

Hollywood,  May  27. — Jane  With- 
ers has  been  signed  by  Republic  to  a 
three-year  contract  to  make  three  pic- 
tures a  year,  it  was  announced  today 
by  M.  J.  Siegel,  production  head. 

Siegel  said  that  her  first  picture, 
"Johnny  Doughboy,"  would  be  start- 
ed August  1  with  John  H.  Auer  di- 
recting, and  that  the  second  would 
be  "Apple  Blossom  Time." 

It  was  also  announced  by  Siegel 
that  within  the  next  few  weeks  the 
company  plans  to  disclose  the  sign- 
ing of  other  new  players,  with  the 
intention  of  building  up  an  important 
star  roster. 

Miss  Withers,  whose  contract  re- 
cently ran  out  at  20th  Century-Fox, 
may  go  on  a  month's  personal  ap- 
pearance tour  before  reporting  on  her 
new  assignment,  it  was  reported. 


Raft  to  Appear  Here 

George  Raft  will  arrive  from  the 
Coast  on  Saturday  to  make  a  per- 
sonal appearance  at  the  Capitol  next 
Thursday  in  connection  with  the 
opening  of  "Broadway,"  Universal 
film  in  which  he  co-stars  with  Pat 
O'Brien. 


Draft  Brings  Early 
Manager  Vacations 

New  Haven,  May  27. — Harry  F. 
Shaw,  Loew-Poli  division  manager, 
has  announced  that  all  managers'  va- 
cations will  be  confined  to  June  and 
July,  because  of  the  increasing  un- 
certainty as  to  assistants,  rapidly  be- 
ing absorbed  by  the  Army. 


Boards  Close  Saturdays 

All  of  the  industry  arbitration  tri- 
bunals throughout  the  country  will  be 
closed  on  Saturdays,  commencing 
May  30  and  continuing  until  Sept.  12, 
except  when  a  hearing  is  set  for  Sat- 
urday, American  Arbitration  Associ- 
ation headquarters  announced  yester- 
day. 


More  All-Night  Shows 

St.  Louis,  May  27.— The  Empress 
Theatre  in  St.  Louis,  largest  in  the 
Ansell  Circuit  of  second  run  houses, 
has  introduced  all-night  shows  on 
Saturday  night — the  third  St.  Louis 
house  to  arrange  programs  for  war 
workers.  The  house  is  open  to  5  :30 
A.M. 


All  Hollywood 
Mobilizes  for 
Conservation 


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terials  to  a  bare  minimum,  and  the 
consensus  was  that  many  production 
practices  would  have  to  be  revised  to 
solve  the  problem. 

Among  those  present  at  the  me*^ 
ing  were :  George  Stevens  and  J.  P. 
McGowan,  Screen  Directors  Guild ; 
Kenneth  Thomson  and  George  Mur- 
phy, Screen  Actors  Guild ;  Loyd 
Wright,  Society  of  Independent  Mo- 
tion Picture  Producers ;  Fred  Jack- 
man,  American  Society  of  Cinemato- 
graphers ;  Y.  Frank  Freeman  and 
Fred  W.  Beetson,  Association  of  Mo- 
tion Picture  Producers ;  I.  E.  Chad- 
wick  and  Lindsley  Parsons,  Indepen- 
dent Motion  Picture  Producers  Asso- 
ciation ;  Herbert  Aller,  photogra- 
phers' union ;  Allan  Scott,  Screen 
Writers  Guild ;  John  Nickolaus,  la- 
boratories ;  Richard  Day,  art  direc- 
tors ;  M.  C.  Levee,  Artists  Managers 
Guild;  William  Koenig,  B.  B.  Ka- 
hane  and  Ben  Goetz,  studio  man- 
agers ;  Herbert  Freston,  Maurice 
Benjamin  and  M.  B.  Silberberg,  spe- 
cial coordinating  committee ;  Fred  Y. 
Smith,  film  editors. 


Wilkes-Barre  Gross 
Crippled  in  Blackout 

Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  May  27. — 
Business  in  local  theatres  was  off 
more  than  50  per  cent  as  result  of  a 
test  blackout  staged  in  Luzerne  County 
Monday  night.  The  torrential  rains 
which  crippled  communications  and 
transportation  and  caused  millions  of 
dollars  of  damage  throughout  North- 
eastern Pennsylvania  also  played 
havoc  with  the  grosses  in  the  section. 


Billposter  Rites  Held 

Wilkes-Bajrre,  Pa.,  May  27. — 
Funeral  of  Charles  H.  Dietrich,  62, 
veteran  billposter  of  the  Penn  The- 
atre and  business  agent  of  Local  37, 
Billposters'  Union,  will  be  held  to- 
morrow. Dietrich  succumbed  after  a 
prolonged  illness.  Survivors  include 
his  son,  Henry  C.  Dietrich,  billposter 
at  the  Irving  Theatre,  and  a  sister. 


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Phila.  Film  Row  Has 
Auto  -  Sharing  Plan 

Philadelphia,  May  27.— On 
the  local  film  exchange  row, 
Vine  Street,  a  large  blackboard 
was  erected  in  front  of  a 
store,  bearing  the  title  "Film 
Row  News,"  upon  which  mem- 
bers of  the  film  industry  are 
asked  to  list  the  hour  of  the 
day  they  are  leaving  that  sec- 
tor for  other  parts  of  the  city 
and  how  many  passengers 
they  will  be  able  to  accom- 
modate. Mel  Kopf,  operator  of 
the  Darby  Theatre,  was  the 
first  exhibitor  to  make  an  en- 
try, stating  that  he  was  driv- 
ing to  West  Philadelphia  at 
5  P.  M.  and  would  be  able  to 
take  along  four  others. 


Thursday,  May  28,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Blonde'  at  $7,500 
Minneapolis'  Best 


Minneapolis,  May  27. — Spring 
weather  hurt  grosses  here.  "My  Fa- 
vorite Blonde"  drew  $7,500  at  the 
State  and  "Shanghai  Gesture"  $7,000 
at  the  Orpheum. 

Estimated  receipts 
ending  May  23 : 

"Dumbo"  (RKO) 
"Tfeyfoot"  (U.  A.) 

JENTURY— (1,600)    (30c-4Oc-50c)  7 
;^s:  $4,000.     (Average,  $4,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

STATE— (2,300)  (30c -40c -50c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $7,500.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Mister  V"  (U.  A.) 

WORLD — (350)    (30c -40c -50c -60c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $2,600.     (Average,  $1,600) 
"Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.  A.) 

GOPHER — (998)  (30c)  7  days.  Gross:  $3,- 
500.     (Average,  $2,500) 
"Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.  A.) 

ORPHEUM— (2,800)   (30c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,000.      (Average.  $5,500) 
"Alias  Boston  Blackie"   (Col.)   3  days 
"Fly  By  Night"  (Para.)  3  days 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.)  4  days 
"Sons  of  the  Sea"  (W.  B.)   4  days 

ASTER — (900)  (20c-30c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$2,500.     (Average,  $1,800) 


for   the  week 


days. 


St.  Louis  Gives  Big 
$22,000  to  'Tortilla' 

St.  Louis,  May  27. — Business  was 
strong,  with  "Tortilla  Flat"  pacing 
the  first  run  houses  with  $22,000  at 
Loew's.    The  weather  was  fair. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  21 : 

"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"Blondie  Goes  to  College"  (Col.) 

LOEW'S—  (3,162)  (30c-40c-50c-55c) 
Gross:  $22,000.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 
"Whispering  Ghosts"  (20th-Fox) 

FOX— (5,308)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days 
$12,500.  (Average,  $11,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Broadway"  (Univ.) 

MISSOURI— (3,514)  (30c-4Oc-50c) 
Gross:  $7,300.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"Bahama  Passage"  (Para.) 
"Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 

ST.    LOUIS  —  (4.000)    (25c -35c) 
Gross:  $3,800.  (Average,  $2,600) 


7  da 


Gros 


days. 


days 


'Heart'  and  Goodman 
$23,000,  Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh,  May  27. — "Always  in 
My  Heart"  plus  Benny  Goodman  on 
the  stage  accounted  for  $23,000  at  the 
Stanley,  best  gross  in  several  months. 
"Kings  Row"  at  Loew's  Penn  drew 
$14,500  in  the  second  week. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  21  : 

"Bedroom  Diplomat"  (Dezel) 
"Art  of  Love"  (Dezel) 

ART  CI  N  EM  A — (300)  (30c-50c)  7  days, 
3rd  week.  Gross:  $1,500.  (Average,  $1,- 
800) 

"Gold  Rush"  (U.  A.) 

FULTON— (1,700)  (30c-40c-55c)  7  days, 
3rd  week,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,400.  (Aver- 
age, $6,500) 

"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 

J.  P.  HARRIS— (2,200)  (30c-40c-55c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,000.  (Average, 
$7,500) 

"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

LOEW'S  PENN— (3,400)  (30c-40c-55c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $14,500.  (Average, 
$13,000) 

"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

RITZ— (800)     (30c-40c-55c)     7    days,  4th 
week.     Gross:  $2,500.      (Average,  $3,000) 
"Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th-Fox) 
"Torpedo  Boat"  (Para.) 

SENATOR— (1,800)    (30c-40c-55c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $2,500.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.  B.) 

STANLEY— (3,600)      (30c-40c-55c-66c)  7 
days.    On  stage:  Benny  Goodman  and  Or- 
chestra,    Gil     Maison,  Ambassadorettes. 
Gross:  $23,000.     (Average,  $18,500) 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  Street"  (RKO) 
"Vallev  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 

WARNER— (2,000)  (30c-40c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,800.      < Average.  $5,000) 


Reviews 


"It  Happened  in  Flatbush" 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

*iP  HE  whole  point  of  this  wonderful,  screwy  story  is  that  it  really  could 
happen.  The  foreword  is  worth  quoting  in  full  because  it  gives  the 
best  idea  of  director  Ray  McCarey's  treatment :  "This  story  is  fictional. 
But  anything  might  happen — and  usually  does — on  a  strange  island,  just 
off  the  Eastern  coast  of  the  United  States.  Its  people  are  friendly,  could 
even  be  taken  for  Americans.  But  they  have  a  language,  customs  and 
a  tradition  all  their  own.    The  name  of  this  island  is — BROOKLYN  !" 

The  wild  hysteria  which  seized  this  township  of  2,000,000  as  the 
Dodgers  fought  through  to  their  first  baseball  pennant  in  21  years  caught 
the  imagination  of  the  entire  nation.  McCarey  has  interpreted  this 
spirit  in  universal  terms.  Brooklynites  or  not,  baseball  fans  or  not,  the 
whole  audience  will  be  pulling  for  George  Holmes  when  he  tosses  over 
the  third  strike  in  the  "crooshial"  series  with  St.  Louis. 

Essentially  this  is  the  story  of  how  the  underdog  made  good.  Lloyd 
Nolan  tackles  the  job  of  manager  with  just  the  right  amount  of  scrappi- 
ness  and  accent.  Recalled  from  the  minor  leagues  by  the  club's  owner 
(Sara  Allgood)  he  sets  out  to  prove  that  the  fans  who  caused  him  to 
quit  when  he  made  a  bad  error  were  wrong.  His  plans  are  upset  when 
Miss  Allgood  dies  and  the  heiress  proves  to  be  Carol  Landis  whose 
interests  lie  in  social  affairs  and  horses  (she  even  moved  to  Man- 
hattan ! ) . 

To  get  the  money  to  rebuild  the  team,  Nolan  starts  a  lively  romance 
with  Miss  Landis  and  is  partly  successful  until  he  forgets  a  date  with 
her  and  follows  it  by  losing  an  important  game  in  which  he  permits  the 
rookie  Holmes  to  pitch.  Then  the  whole  town  goes  against  him — as 
only  Brooklyn  fans  can — and  he  is  ready  to  quit  again  when  Miss  Landis 
urges  him  to  stick  it  out.  He  does  and  redeems  himself  as  well  as 
young  Holmes.  A  well  rounded  cast  includes  William  Frawley,  Robert 
Armstrong-,  Jane  Darwell,  Scotty  Beckett,  Joseph  Allen,  Jr.,  James 
Burke,  Roger  Imhof  and  a  number  of  others.  Walter  Morosco's  pro- 
duction should  have  a  wide  appeal  for  both  men  and  women. 

Running  time,  80  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


Thru  Different  Eyes 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

'  I  *  HIS  is  different  from  the  usual  run  of  mystery  yarns.  Its  presenta- 
•*■  tion  is  different,  too,  for  Director  Thomas  Z.  Loring  has  employed 
flashbacks  within  flashbacks  and  the  story  unfolds  piece  by  piece,  some- 
what as  a  jury  might  get  a  story  at  a  trial.  Although  this  technique 
slows  the  action  somewhat,  it  builds  to  a  bigger  climax.  It  should  prove 
popular  as  a  supporting  feature. 

Frank  Craven,  as  the  home-loving  but  highly  efficient  district  attorney, 
plays  his  role  to  the  hilt.  Called  in  to  explain  circumstantial  evidence 
to  a  group  of  law  students,  he  tells  how  a  murder  case  was  solved.  The 
story  opens  with  George  Holmes  awaiting  execution  for  the  crime,  while 
his  fiancee  and  Craven's  niece  (Vivian  Blaine)  and  Craven's  wife  (June 
Walker)  attempt  to  prove  Holmes  innocent. 

As  the  camera  moves  back  to  the  beginning,  Mary  Howard  and 
Donald  Woods  are  seen  visiting  Miss  Howard's  husband  (Jerome 
Cowan)  asking  that  the  latter  consent  to  a  divorce.  He  refuses  and  is 
later  found  shot.  Both  Miss  Howard  and  Woods  confess  to  shield  each 
other  but  their  confessions  are  found  to  be  false  because  the  bullet  does 
not  match  the  gun  found  at  the  murdered  man's  side.  Holmes  is  the 
only  other  person  who  saw  the  dead  man  alive  and  when  he  flees  the 
police,  an  air-tight  case  of  circumstantial  evidence  is  made  against  him. 
There  is  an  amusing  bit  at  the  end,  made  particularly  effective  by  the 
double  flashback  technique,  when  Miss  Walker  tells  her  husband  a 
fanciful  story  of  finding  the  murder  gun  in  Woods'  possession,  and  the 
subsequent  attempt  at  third  degree  by  Miss  Walker  and  Miss  Blaine. 
Sol  M.  Wurtzel  was  executive  producer. 

Running  time,  64  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 

"The  Mad  Monster" 

(Producers  Releasing) 

Hp  HE  ingredients  of  this  type  of  melodrama  are  here  in  abundance 
*  — the  dreary  house,  a  weird  laboratory  in  which  the  "scientist"  per- 
forms his  experiments,  smoky  test  tubes,  the  "formula"  and  all  the  rest 
— but  they  fail  to  add  up  to  much  suspense  or  consistent  thrills. 

The  story,  which  is  about  the  creation  of  a  wolfman,  unwinds  slowly. 
George  Zucco  is  "the  professor"  who  injects  the  blood  of  a  wolf  into 
human  beings,  and  gives  an  adequate  performance.  Glenn  Strange  is 
the  "guinea  pig"  in  Zucco's  experiments,  awakening  after  a  needle  treat- 
ment to  find  himself  half  wolf.  Johnny  Downs  is  a  reporter  interested 
in  the  bizarre  murders  committed,  and  Anne  Nagel  is  "the  professor's" 
daughter.    Sam  Newfield  directed  this  Sigmund  Neufeld  production. 

Running  time,  65  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


V'G"  denotes  general  classification. 


' Reap'  Takes 
$8,800  Gross, 
Leads  Seattle 


Seattle,  May  27.— "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind"  at  slightly  increased  prices 
brought  $8,800  to  the  Paramount. 
The  second  week  of  "My  Gal  Sal" 
was  good  for  $7,600  at  the  Fifth  Ave- 
nue. The  weather  was  mild  and  clear. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  23 : 

"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

BLUE  MOUSE— (950)  (30c -42c -58c -70c)  7 
days,  7th  week.     Moved  from  Music  Hall. 
Gross:  $3,300.      (Average,  $4,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 
"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler?"  (20th-Fox) 

FIFTH  AVENUE— (2,500)  (30c-42c-58c- 
70c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,600.  (Av- 
erage, $7,000) 

"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 
"Blondie's   Blessed   Event"  (Col.) 

LIBERTY  —  (1,800)    (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $5,200.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Henry  and  Dizzy"  (Para.) 

MUSIC  BOX — (950)     (30c-42c-S8c-70c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.     Moved  from  Paramount. 
Gross:    $4,100.        (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Turtles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"The  Valley  of  the  Sun,"  (RKO) 

MUSIC  HALL— (2,275)  (3Oc-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,600.  (Average. 
$6,000) 

"Wild  Bill  Hickok  Rides"  (W.  B.) 
"Dangerously  They   Live"   (W.  B.) 

ORPHEUM— (2,450)  (30c-42c-58c)  5  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $5,100.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Remember  Pearl  Harbor"  (Rep.) 
"The  Kid  from  Kansas"  (Univ.) 

PALOMAR—  (1,500)     (20c-30c-42c-58c)  7 
days.      Stage:   Vaudeville.      Gross:  $5,400. 
(Average,  $5,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (3,050)  (30c-50c-65c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $8,800.    (Average.  $6,000) 

'Blonde'  Toronto's 
Winner  at  $15,500 

Toronto,  May  27. — "My  Favorite 
Blonde"  drew  $15,500  at  Shea's  in  a 
week  with  a  holiday,  plus  an  extra 
midnight  show  at  all  theatres.  The 
Imperial  registered  $13,500  with  "To 
the  Shores  of  Tripoli." 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  25 : 

"This  Gun  for  Hire"  (Para.) 
"On  the  Russian  Front"  (Indep.) 

EGLINTON  —  (1,086)  (18c-30c-48c-60c)  7 
days.      Gross:  $5,700.      (Average,  $4,500) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th- Fox) 

IMPERIAL— (3,373)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-9Oc) 
6  days.     Gross:  $13,500.     (Average,  $9,CC0) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Joe    Smith,    American"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S— (2,074)     (18c-30c-42c-60c-78c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $12,800.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

SHEA'S  —  (2,480)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c) 
6  days.     Gross:  $15,500.     (Average,  $9,000) 
"Song  of  the  Islands"  (20th- Fox) 
"Wild  Bill  Hickok  Rides"  (W.  B.) 

TIVOLI—  (1,434)     (18c-30c-48c)     6  days. 
Gross:  $4,800.     (Average,  $3,900) 
"Mister  V"  (U.  A.) 

UPTOWN— (2,761)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
'days.    Gross:  $12,500.    (Average,  $9,000) 

No  Construction  Is 
Under  Way  in  Phila. 

Philadelphia,  May  27. — The  War 
Production  Board  order  halting  con- 
struction of  amusement  places  after 
June  6  does  not  affect  this  area.  Ac- 
cording to  Charles  A.  Flanagan,  chief 
of  the  Bureau  of  Building  Inspection, 
not  one  amusement  project  of  the 
type  listed  by  the  WPB  order  is 
under  construction  here. 

"All  that  is  being  done  now  in 
this  city  is  some  repair  work  on 
amusement  places — and  not  one  of 
these  jobs  exceeds  a  cost  of  $5,000," 
he  said.  "Several  months  ago,  a  firm 
decided  to  build  a  theatre  in  the 
vicinity  of  54th  St.  and  Citv  Line,  but 
the  project  was  called  off." 


WORLD  PREMIERE 

JAMES  CAGNEY, 

YANKEE  DOODLE  DANDY 

at  the  Hollywood  Theater-B'way  at  51st  St -May  29th  at  8:30  P.  M. 
***** 

On  behalf  of  the  N.  Y.  War  Savings  Staff  of  the  U.S. Treasury  Department. 

***** 

SCALE  OF  PRICES 

LOGE  SEATS. . .  '25,000  WAR  BOND 
ORCHESTRA. . .  '25,000  WAR  BOND 

M2,500  WAR  BOND 
'10,000  WAR  BOND 
!|fc  *5,000  WAR  BOND 

^  $ 1,000  WAR  BOND 

BALCONY.  .$500  WAR  BOND 

$100  WAR  BOND 
$50  WAR  BOND 
i  $25  WAR  BOND 


Tickets  on  sale  at  War  Savings  Staff,  1270  6th  Ave.- -Circle  6-3100 


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ISED  ON  THE  STORY,  LYRICS  AND  MUSIC  OF  GEORGE  M.  COHAN  with  JOAN  LESLIE*  WALTER  HUSTON*  RICHARD  WHORF 

JEANNE  CAGNEY  •  FRANCES  LANGFORD  •  GEORGE  TOBIAS  •  IRENE  MANNING  •  Directed  by  MICHAEL  CURTIZ 

Screen  Play  by  Robert  Buckner  and  Edmund  Joseph  •  Original  Story  by  Robert  Buckner 


AH!  THOSE  BOYS  FROM 


WARNERS! 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  May  28,  1942 


Critics9  Quotes  .  .  . 


"TORTILLA  FLAT"  (M-G-M) 

A  gentle,  tender,  at  times  inspiring  story — a  film  of  high  quality.  It  is  beau- 
tifully acted,  magnificently  mounted. — Norman  Clark,  Baltimore  N ems-Post. 

The  photoplay  is  to  be  recommended  as  one  of  the  most  notable  of  the 
season.  .  .  .  Don't  overlook  "Tortilla  Flat" ;  that  is,  if  you  want  to  be  enter- 
tained on  high  cinematic  grounds. — Gilbert  Kanour,  Baltimore  Evening  Sun. 

Skillful  production  sees  to  it  that  "Tortilla  Flat"  keeps  on  the  light-hearted 
side.  .  .  .  The  picture  is  simple,  sweet,  sentimental,  and  .  .  .  charming. — 
Eileen  Creelman,  New  York  Sun. 

To  me,  at  least,  it  is  dull,  pretentious,  heavy-handed  and  phony  with  its 
all-star  cast  as  much  to  blame  as  anyone. — William  Boehnel,  Nezv  York 
W  orld-Telegratn. 

It  has  substance  and  meaning  as  well  as  being  a  gay  and  delightful  enter- 
tainment.— Howard  Barnes,  New  York  Herald  Tribune. 

"Tortilla  Flat"  is  really  a  little  idyll  which  turns  its  back  on  a  workaday 
world.  But  it  is  filled  with  solid  humor  and  compassion — and  that  is  pleasant, 
even  for  folks  who  have  to  work. — Bosley  Crowthcr,  New  York  Times. 

Victor  Fleming's  direction  produces  many  a  memorable  sequence  from  the 
formless,  wandering  story.  His  characters  never  become  quaint,  and  their 
activities  are  generally  human  and  appealing. — Time. 

"THE  SPOILERS"  (Universal) 

The  sturdiest  of  melodramas.  .  .  renowned  for  its  long,  concluding  brawl  be- 
tween villain  and  hero.  The  current  version  (Wayne  vs.  Scott)  is  a  beaut. 
— Time. 

The  climactic  collision  between  Wayne  and  Scott  is  a  brawl  guaranteed 
to  give  even  Joe  Louis  the  fainting  vapors. — Newsweek. 

This  is  a  slam-bang,  rootin'-tootin'-shootin'  movie,  based  on  a  Rex  Beach 
Alaska  adventure  tale ;  grand  entertainment  for  those  who  like  that  kind  of 
action  in  their  film  fare. — Russell  Stewart,  Washington  Nezvs. 

The  picture  is  highlighted  by  one  of  the  best  fist  fights  ever  screened  .  .  . 
entire  cast  performs  well,  aided  by  a  script  which  makes  the  most  of  the 
bawdy,  gaudy,  gold-mad  era. — Ernest  Schier,  Washington  Post. 

The  acting,  direction  and  production  are  all  well  done  and  that  fight  is  well 
worth  the  patience  you  bear  with  the  familiar  story  up  to  there. — Wanda 
Hale,  New  York  News. 

There's  plenty  of  punch  in  the  old  "Spoilers"  yet. — Irene  Thirer,  Nezv  York 
Post. 

Expert  as  a  story,  romantically  right  as  a  film. — C.  J.  Bulliet,  Chicago  Daily 
News. 

The  latest  adaptation  of  Rex  Beach's  exercise  in  juvenilia  is  merely  an- 
other specimen  of  pretentious  horse  op'ry. — Gilbert  Kanour,  Baltimore  Eve- 
ning Sun. 

"The  Spoilers"  is  still  a  whooping  melodrama,  the  kind  that  brings  pleas- 
ure to  your  soul. — Norman  Clark,  Baltimore  Nezvs-Post. 

"IN  THIS  OUR  LIFE"  (Warners)  _  _  _ 

Whether  "In  This  Our  Life"  will  satisfy  all  audiences  is  a  question.  It 
is  strong  in  feminine  appeal,  though  it  appears  lacking  somewhat  in  the 
spirit  of  timeliness. — Edwin  Schallert,  Los  Angeles  Times. 

A  remarkably  entertaining  motion  picture. — Louella  O.  Parsons,  Los  An- 
geles Examiner. 

From  "In  This  Our  Life,"  Ellen  Glasgow's  brilliant  study  of  family  life 
and  feeling  and  of  the  wholesale  destruction  wrought  by  an  unscrupulous 
vixen,  Warner  Brothers  have  fashioned  a  searing  screen  drama  that  holds 
the  attention  from  beginning  to  end. — Mildred  Martin,  Philadelphia  Inquirer. 

The  hard-working,  competent  cast  is  too  high-powered  for  the  picture. — 
Time. 

"THE  VANISHING  VIRGINIAN"  (M-G-M) 

Despite  the  strict  rationing  law  on  sugar,  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  has  gone 
far  beyond  the  two-lump  limit  in  "The  Vanishing  Virginian."  .  .  .  Perhaps 
there  are  sweet-toothed  souls  who  will  find  nourishment  in  this  rambling  and 
sentimental  account. — New  York  Times. 


Arbitration  Complaints  at 
Lowest  Level  Since  Start 


Film  Industry 
To  Rally  U.  S. 
For  War  Bonds 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
"Yankee  Doodle  Dandy"  at  the  Holly- 
wood Theatre  in  the  evening,  seats  for 
which  went  to  purchasers  of  bonds  in- 
large  denominations. 

Walker  Master  of  Ceremonies 

All  film  companies  are  permitting 
home  office  employes  an  extra  half- 
hour  luncheon  period  to  enable  them 
to  attend  the  Times  Square  rally  at 
noon.  A  substantial  sum  in  bond 
sales  or  pledges  is  expected  to  be  ob- 
tained at  the  rally,  and  it  was  an- 
nounced on  behalf  of  Loew's  that 
executives  of  that  company  will  make 
subscriptions   of   about  $250,000. 

A  number  of  stars  are  scheduled  to 
appear  on  the  platform  at  the  Times 
Square  rally,  with  former  New  York 
Mayor  James  J.  Walker  as  one  of  the 
masters  of  ceremonies.  The  rally  will 
be  broadcast  over  WHN  and  WNEW 
from  12:35  to  1  P.  M.  and  each  bond 
purchase  will  be  "rung  up"  on  a  Lib- 
erty Bell.  All  newsreels  will  cover 
the  event. 

Among  the  players  scheduled  to  ap- 
pear are:  Paul  Muni,  Paulette  God- 
dard,  Martha  Scott,  Benny  Goodman 
and  his  orchestra,  Danny  Kaye,  Jean 
Arthur,  the  Music  Hall  Glee  Club, 
Dixieland  Band,  Don  Albert  Or- 
chestra. Raymond  Massey  and  Boris 
Karloff. 

Attention  on  'Dandy' 

The  advance  campaign  for  "Yankee 
Doodle  Dandy,"  executed  under  the 
direction  of  Mort  Blumenstock,  War- 
ner Bros.'  advertising  and  publicity  di- 
rector in  the  East,  has  focused  in- 
dustry attention  on  tomorrow  eve- 
ning's opening. 

What  is  regarded  in  the  trade  as 
one  of.  the  most  extensive  exploitation 
efforts  for  a  picture  on  radio  has  been 
executed  by  Warner  Bros,  for  "Yankee 
Doodle  Dandy."  More  than  30  coast- 
to-coast  network  shows  either  have 
used  copy  or  music  in  salute  to  George 
M.  Cohan  and  the  film  or  are  planning 
to  do  so,  the  company  reported  yester- 
day. 

Says  War  Themes 
Rule  British  Films 

Winnipeg,  May  27. — The  war  theme 
predominates  in  films  in  production  in 
England,  it  was  stated  here  this  week 
by  A.  J.  Laurie  of  Toronto,  general 
manager  of  Esquire  Films,  Ltd.,  which 
distributes  British  pictures  in  the 
Dominion. 

Laurie  said  that  among  pictures  with 
war  themes  in  work  in  England  are 
"The  First  of  the  Few,"  being  pro- 
duced by  Leslie  Howard,  and  "We 
Shall  Rise  Again,"  with  Eric  Port- 
man.  He  said  that  the  first  Techni- 
color picture  to  be  produced  since  the 
war  is  one  starring  Wilfrid  Lawson. 


Promotes  Stamp  Sale 

Great  Barrington,  Mass.,  May  27. 
— Manager  Earl  B.  Raifstanger  of  the 
Mahaiwe  Theatre  here  is  giving  the- 
atre passes  to  the  three  highest 
weekly  salesmen  in  a  contest  spon- 
sored by  the  Pittsfield  Eagle  among 
its  newsboys  on  the  sale  of  war 
stamps. 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

three  complaints  of  record  are: 
Memphis,  Pittsburgh,  Albany,  Den- 
ver, Des  Moines  and  Oklahoma  City. 

No  complaints  have  been  filed  so 
far  this  year  at  New  Haven,  Wash- 
ington, Salt  Lake  City,  Portland, 
Omaha,  Oklahoma  City,  Milwaukee, 
Charlotte,  Atlanta,  Pittsburgh,  Mem- 
phis, Denver  and  Des  Moines. 

Boards  which  have  disposed  of  the 
complaints  filed  and  now  have  no 
cases  pending  before  them  are  Atlan- 
ta, Charlotte,  Denver,  Des  Moines, 
Memphis,    Milwaukee,  Minneapolis, 


Omaha,  Pittsburgh,  Portland,  Salt 
Lake  City  and  Washington. 


Attempt  Settlement 
Of  Oriental  Case 

Chicago,  May  27. — Efforts  are  be- 
ing made  to  effect  a  settlement  of 
the  Oriental  Theatre's  clearance  com- 
plaint at  the  local  board  here.  Pend- 
ing outcome  of  the  settlement  efforts, 
hearing  of  the  case  scheduled  for  to- 
day was  postponed  to  June  16. 

The  complaint  is  directed  at  the  re- 
lease and  clearance  system  for  both 
Loop  and  neighborhood  pre-release 
houses. 


Showmanship 
Flashes . . . 


Large  Tank  Used  to 
Ballyhoo  'Bugle  Sounds' 

St.  Charles,  Mo.,  May  27. — For 
his  campaign  on  "The  Bugle  Sounds," 
Vincent  Helling,  manager  of  the 
Strand  here,  constructed  a  large  life- 
size  tank  of  compo  board,  and  kept 
it  in  front  of  the  house  during  tijt 
run  of  the  film.  Inside  the  "taff 
was  a  record  player  and  public 
dress  system,  over  which  announce- 
ments were  made  between  recordings. 


Musical  Quiz  and  Band 
In  'Syncopation'  Stunt 

Rochester,  May  27. — When  "Syn- 
copation" opened  at  the  Century, 
Manager  Arthur  Krolick  had  a  band 
on  the  stage  and  featured  a  musical 
quiz,  "Jive  vs.  Szveet"  that  was 
broadcast  by  one  of  the  local  sta- 
tions. Souvenir  record  albums  and  a 
radio  were  awarded  the  lucky  con- 
testants. 


Giant-sized  Book 
Is  'Kings  Row'  Plug 

Philadelphia,  May  27.— For  "King's 
Row,"  Ray  Meyer,  manager  of  War- 
ners' 69th  St.  Theatre,  had  a  pretty 
girl  walking  around  the  neighbor- 
hood's shopping  district  reading  a 
giant-sized  version  of  the  book. 


Cryptogram  Contest  Is 
Used  for  'Pearl  Harbor' 

Philadelphia,  May  27. — Herman 
Comer,  manager  of  Warners'  Capitol 
Theatre,  tying  in  with  the  Philadel- 
phia Daily  News,  sponsored  a  contest 
through  the  newspaper  for  crypto- 
gram fans  and  slogan  writers  to  high- 
light his  campaign  for  "Remember 
Pearl  Harbor."  The  Daily  News 
awarded  tickets  to  100  contestants 
sending  in  the  correct  solution  for  the 
cryptogram. 


War  Map  Display  Is 
'Yank'  Campaign  Feature 

Rochester,  May  27. — When  "A 
Yank  on  the  Burma  Road''  played  at 
Loew's  Rochester,  Lester  Pollock  ar- 
ranged to  have  stills  and  maps  from 
the  film  included  in  a  "Know  Your 
War"  display  at  the  local  library.  A 
card  informed  the  public  the  picture 
ivas  playing  at  Loew's. 

Radio  Contest  Used 
For  'Dancing'  Run 

Atlantic  City,  May  27.— "The  most 
interesting  thing  that  happened  to 
me  while  'We  Were  Dancing',"  was 
the  subject  of  a  radio  contest  in  the 
campaign  staged  by  Nate  Cohen, 
manager  of  the  Apollo  Theatre,  on 
"We  Were  Dancing." 


Slogan  Contest  Used 
For  'Shores  of  Tripoli' 

Cleveland,  May  27. — "To  the 
Shores  of  Tripoli"  was  the  subject 
of  a  Marine  slogan  contest  conducted 
by  Warners'  Hippodrome  and  the 
Plain  Dealer.  Authors  of  the  best  slo- 
gans, backed  by  100-word  explana- 
tions, were  awarded  $10  in  cash  and 
15  pairs  of  tickets  to  the  picture. 


Recruited  Sailors  Are 
Guests  at  'Fleet's  In' 

Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  May  27.— When 
a  nezv  group  of  bluejackets  were 
sworn  in  at  the  Navy's  land  "cruiser" 
which  visited  the  city,  Manager  Paul 
Burke  had  them  as  guests  at  the  Or- 
pheum  Theatre  for  "The  Fleet's  In." 


BIG  PICTURE 


Thursday,  May  28,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Theatre 
Changes . . . 


Acquire  Philadelphia  House 

Philadelphia,  May  27. — A.  M. 
and  Martin  D.  Ellis,  operating  an  in- 
dependent circuit  in  the  territory,  have 
acquired  the  Doris,  local  house. 
Formerly  operated  by  Ray  O'Rourke, 
jije  Ellis  interests  have  taken  over 
>sl  3  lease  held  by  O'Rourke,  which 
.J  has  more  than  eight  years  to  run. 


Baltimore  Theatre  Sold 

Baltimore,  May  27. — The  Lexway 
Theatre,  second  run  in  the  downtown 
district,  has  been  sold  to  Sherrill 
Cohen,  who  plans  to  remodel  the  build- 
ing and  transform  it  into  a  newsreel 
house. 


Rochester  Managers  Moved 

Rochester,  May  27.  —  The  new 
manager  of  the  Dixie  here  is  Ralph 
Maser,  who  succeeds  Bradley  Boden- 
stein,  shifted  to  Schine's  Rialto  in 
East  Rochester,  to  replace  Forbes  Al- 
cock,  who  goes  to  Fostoria,  O. 


Joins  Chicago  Circuit 

Chicago,  May  27. — Ralph  Tippett 
has  been  added  to  the  staff  of  the  Al- 
liance Theatres  Corp.  here  as  assist- 
ant to  booker  Pete  Panagos.  He  was 
formerly  manager  of  the  Bartlestein 
circuit's  Annetta  Theatre,  Cicero,  111. 


Manages  Indianapolis  House 

Indianapolis,  May  27.  —  Fred 
Boyd  of  Cincinnati,  formerly  owner 
of  a>  circuit  in  Mississippi,  Tennessee 
and  Arkansas,  has  been  named  man- 
ager of  Manny  Marcus'  Ritz  Theatre 
here.  He  succeeds  Robert  G.  Hessel- 
denz,  resigned. 


Shift  Ohio  Circuit  Personnel 

Columbus,  O.,  May  27. — John 
Murphy,  head  of  the  Jackson  and 
Murphy  circuit  of  local  subsequent 
runs,  has  announced  the  following 
changes :  Thor  Haucheld  from  man- 
ager of  the  Olentangy  to  manager  of 
the  Uptown  Theatre,  also  handling- 
advertising  and  publicity  for  all 
houses  ;  Arch  McCleese,  from  chief  of 
staff  of  the  Uptown  to  manager  of  the 
Olentangy,  with  supervision  over  the 
Alhainbra,  where  Douglas  Warner, 
former  Uptown  doorman,  becames 
manager ;  David  Brown,  assistant  at 
the  Uptown,  appointed  manager  of 
the  Wilmar  Theatre,  succeeding  Toni 
Motts,  resigned. 


Manages  Theatre  in  Ottawa 

Ottawa,  May  27.— Joseph  Stortz 
has  been  named  manager  of  the  Nola 
Theatre  here,  one  of  the  Odeon  Thea- 
tres of  Canada  circuit. 


Named  Essaness  Manager 

Chicago,  May  27.— Louis  De- 
Wolfe,  formerly  with  the  Bartlestein 
circuit,  is  now  managing  the  Essan- 
ess "400"  Theatre,  replacing  Isadore 
Komode,  who  goes  to  the  Biograph 
Theatre.  James  Donnelly,  formerly 
at  the  Biograph,  is  now  manager  of 
the  company's  Liberty  Theatre. 


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1  -  h; 


In  Goldman  Circuit  Ad  Post 

Philadelphia,  May  27. — Hy  Sha- 
piro, manager  of  the  circuit's  Ter- 
minal here,  has  been  named  advertis- 
ing and  promotion  manager  for  the 
William  Goldman  Theatres  in  the  lo- 
cal and  Eastern  Pennsylvania  terri- 
tory. He  succeeds  Max  Miller,  who 
las  left  for  military  service.  Martin 


Off  the  Antenna 

BOB  HOPE  leads  the  ratings  on  the  Pacific  Coast  issued  for  May  by  C.  E. 
Hooper,  Inc.  These  ratings,  all  taken  West  of  the  Rockies,  show  con- 
siderable variations  from  the  national  ratings.  Hope,  with  3^..3  per  cent,  was 
almost  two  full  points  ahead  of  Red  Skelton,  wno  was  second  with  30.6. 
Others,  in  order,  were  Fibber  McGee  &  Molly,  30.3 ;  "Aldrich  Family,"  23.7 ; 
Walter  Winchell,  22.7;  "Chase  &  Sanborn  Hour,"  19.1;  "Maxwell  House 
Coffee  Time,"  18.9;  Burns  &  Allen,  18.4;  Jack  Benny,  (evening  broadcast) 
J  6.6,  and  "Mr.  District  Attorney,"  16. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Henry  Flannery,  who  succeeded  William  Shirer  as  CBS 
correspondent  in  Berlin,  will  have  his  book,  "Assignment  to  Berlin,"  pub- 
lished June  29.  .  .  .  Quincy  Howe  has  resigned  as  IVQXR  commentator  to 
take  a  war  job  and  will  be  succeeded  by  Lisa  Sergio  on  a  temporary  basis. 
Miss  Sergio  will  fill  Hoive's  9-9:15  P.M.  period  in  addition  to  her  regular 
program  at  10  A.M.  .  .  .  George  Fuerst,  formerly  on  the  sales  staff  of  KGO, 
San  Francisco,  has  been  transferred  to  the  Blue  office  in  San  Francisco. 

•  •  • 

Samuel  D.  Fuson,  vice-president  and  director  of  publicity  for  Arthur 
Kudner,  has  taken  a  leave  of  absence  to  serve  as  volunteer  director  of  the 
Information  Divison,  U.  S.  War  Bond  Pledge  Campaign,  in  Greater 
New  York.  Advertising  is  being  prepared  in  cooperation  with  all  leading 
agencies  and  the  goal  is  to  sell  $2,000,000,000  annually  in  this  area. 

•  •  • 

WGH,  Newport  News,  Va.,  owned  by  the  Hampton  Roads  Broadcast- 
ing Corp.,  and  operating  on  1,340  k.c.  with  250  watts,  will  join  the  Blue  Oct. 
1  as  a  basic  supplementary  outlet.  The  addition  of  WGH  will  bring  the  num- 
ber of  Blue  affiliates  to  128,  it  was  stated. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Pillsbury  Flour  Mills  Co.,  after  a  six-year  absence,  will 
return  to  CBS  June  8  to  sponsor  "Clara,  Lu  n'  Em,"  Mondays,  Wednesdays 
and  Fridays,  11-11 :15  A.M.  on  14  stations.  .  .  .  Tommy  Dorsey  and  his  band 
will  replace  Red  Skelton  on  NBC  while  Skelton  takes  a  15-week  Summer 
vacation  beginning  June  16.  .' .  .  Connie  Desmond  yester.day  started  a  five- 
minute  baseball  newscast  on  IVOR  which  will  be  heard  each  day  immediately 
preceding  the  baseball  broadcast  on  the  stations.  .  .  .  Raymond  Clapper  will 
replace  Dorothy  Thompson  Thursdays  8 :45-9  P.M.  on  the  Blue,  beginning 
June  18  and  will  discontinue  his  Friday  and  Sunday  night  commentaries. 

•  •  • 

WHIP,  Chicago  and  Hammond,  Ind.,  on  Monday  discontinued  all  for- 
eign language  programs. 

•  •  • 

Well  known  persons  comprise  the  board  of  judges  selected  to  choose 
the  winner  of  Fred  Waring's  national  college  glee  club  contest.  The  winner 
will  be  introduced  by  Waring  on  CBS  Sunday,  11 :30-12  P.M.  The  judges 
are  Deems  Taylor,  Dr.  Wilfred  Pelletier,  Richard  Crooks,  James  A.  Leyden, 
J.  F.  Williamson,  Peter  J.  Wilhousky,  Mayor  Fiorello  H.  LaGuardia,  Rich- 
ard Bonelli,  Andre  Kostelanetz,  Ernest  La  Prade,  Robert  M.  Weitman,  John 
F.  Royal,  Sigmund  Spaeth  and  Gus  Eyssell. 

•  •  • 

In  Philadelphia:  John  D.  Scheuer  has  been  appointed  WFIL  night  super- 
visor. .  .  .  Clarence  N.  Owns,  formerly  chief  engineer  at  WCAM,  Camden, 
N.  J.,  has  been  promoted  to  general  manager,  succeeding  the  late  Fred  A. 
Caperoon  and  William  Markward,  announcer,  has  been  named  program  di- 
rector to  replace  Edwin  W.  Tucker,  now  a  lieutenant  in  the  Army  Air  Corps. 
.  .  .  WPEN  has  signed  a  new  two-year  agreement  ivith  the  engineers'  union. 

•  •  • 

At  the  annual  stockholders'  meeting  of  Bloomingdale  Brothers,  Inc., 
this  week,  the  certificate  of  incorporation  was  amended  to  allow  the  start 
of  broadcasting  activities.  The  department  store's  radio  interests  are 
principally  FM  and  television. 


Goldenberg,  manager  of  the  Band- 
box here,  moves  over  to  the  Terminal 
and  John  Gaffner,  assistant  manager 
of  the  Terminal,  takes  over  the  Band- 
box post. 

Buys  Bridgeport  Theatre 

Bridgeport,  Conn.,  May  27. — The 
636-seat  Barnum  Theatre,  leased  by 
Lou  Anger  for  many  years,  has  been 
purchased  by  him  from  Jack- 
Schwartz,  who  acquired  the  house 
three  years  ago.  Schwartz,  in  turn, 
has  purchased  the  868-seat  West  End, 
which  he  has  leased  from  Strand 
Amusement  Co.,  Bridgeport,  for  sev- 
eral years,  and  ownership  of  which 
was  acquired  recently  by  Anger. 


Reseat  New  Haven  House 

New  Haven,  May  27.— The  2,076- 
seat  Roger  Sherman  is  being  reseated. 
The  work  is  being  done  at  night  and 
does  not  necessitate  closing  the  house. 


Governors  of  CBC 
Scored  at  Hearing 

Ottawa,  May  27.— M.  J.  Coldwell 
declared  before  the  Canadian  House 
of  Commons  radio  committee  today 
that  he  considered  the  CBC  board  of 
governors  failed  to  fulfill  a  public 
trust  when  in  November,  1940,  it  ex- 
pressed "full  and  complete  confidence 
in  Gladstone  Murray,"  and  in  March, 
1941,  reduced  his  authority  by  giving 
added  power  to  the  assistant  general 
manager. 

Rene  Morin,  chairman  of  the  board 
of  governors,  said  the  CBC  had 
grown  to  such  an  extent  that  it  was 
not  possible  for  one  man  to  look  after 
all  departments.  It  was  charged  also 
that  the  corporation  had  yielded  to 
pressure  from  outside  groups  in  the 
matter  of  controversial  broadcasts. 


COLORFUL- 


The  glory  of 
America's  most 
reckless  era 
sweeps  power- 
fully across  the 
screen ! 


ROMANTIC- 


With  John 
Wayne  and 
Binnie  Barnes 
perfectly 
matched  in  a 
tempestuous 
drama  of  love 
and  conflict! 


EXCITING- 

Thrills  pile  upon  thrills  in 
this  most  action-packed  of 
frontier  sagas ! 


JOHN  WAYNE 


BINNIE 
BARNES 


ALBERT 

DEKKER  m 


with 
Helen  Parrish 

Patsy  Kelly 
Edgar  Kennedy 
Dick  Purcell 


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1942-43  EDITION 
NOW  IN  PREPARATION 


WHO'S  WHO 

CORPORATE  STRUCTURES 

ANNUAL  RELEASES 

THEATRE  CIRCUITS 

PRODUCING  AND  DISTRIBUTING 

FILM  EDITORS 

EQUIPMENT 

ABROAD 

RADIO 


Keeping  pace  with  the  rapid  tempo  of  the 
'ndustry  and  its  constant  changes,  the  new 
942-43  INTERNATIONAL  MOTION  PICTURE 
ALMANAC  will  provide  the  most  complete  and 
up-to-the-minute  reference  book  about  those  who 
create,  sell  and  purvey  films. 

Correspondents  all  over  the  world  are  busily 
engaged  checking  and  cross-checking  countless 
items  of  industry  information  that  will  finally 
be  gathered  between  the  covers  of  the  new 
ALMANAC  to  provide  authentic,  fingertip  in- 
formation on  every  phase  of  the  business  —  thus 
has  the  ALMANAC  served  the  world's  showmen 
for  the  past  decade. 


Edited  by  TERRY  RAMSAYE 


OP 


QUICLEY  PUBLICATIONS 


ROCKEFELLER  CENTER 


NEW  YORK 


M-G-M  TOPS  M-G-M  ■ 

No  matter  how  BIG  they  are 

there's  always  a  BIGGER  One  to  follow! 


"Sorry,  toots,  but 
my  opening  at 
Radio  City  Music 
Hall  was  ahead 
of  your  record 
first  day!1' 


"I  don't  mind 
being  beaten  by 
a  he-man  like  you,  mister." 


OFTHE  YEAR 


"WOMAN  OF  THE  YEAR" 
was  a  New  Year's  sensation! 

-but  "TORTILLA  FLAT"  TOPS  IT! 


"JOHNNY  EAGER" 
was  the  Box-Office's 
Pride  and  Joy! 

-but  "SHIP  AHOY"  $T 
TOPS  IT!  7 


'You're  not  so 
tough,  Mr.  Eager, 
even  though 
you're  a 
headliner!" 


I'm  beaten, 
honey,  but 
it  took  a 
gal  with  a 
lot  of  oomph 
to  do  it!" 


Patriotic 
Tteatrat 
Sell  , 
WarBoKb 

»'  HI 


to  the  lotion 
Picture 
Industry 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


NOT  RCMOVi 


First  in 


and 

Impartial 


NO.  105 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  FRIDAY,  MAY  29,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Conservation 
Study  Begun 
In  Hollywood 

Pooling  of  Vehicles  Also 
Being  Considered 


Hollywood,  May  28. — The  Mo- 
tion Picture  Conservation  Commit- 
tee, which  was  launched  Tuesday 
to  conserve  raw  film,  chemicals  and 
other  critical  materials,  held  its  first 
meeting  tonight  to  consider  means 
of  effecting  savings. 

Members  who  were  named  to  the 
committee  yesterday  by  the  compo- 
nent organizations  are  Frank  Tuttle, 
Screen  Directors  Guild ;  George 
Murphy,  Screen  Actors  Guild ;  Val 
Burton,  Screen  Writers  Guild ;  Jack 
Otterson,  Art  Directors ;  Dan.  Clark, 
American  Society  of  Cinematog- 
raphers ;  Gus  Peterson,  IATSE ; 
Fred  Y.  Smith,  Film  Editors;  Ben 
Goetz,  Association  of  Motion  Picture 
Producers ;  Fred  Gage,  Laboratory 
Technicians  ;  Lindsley  Parsons,  Inde- 
pendent Motion  Picture  Producers 
Association;  Jesse  W.  Gillette,  Musi- 
cians Union ;  M.  C.  Levee,  Artists 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


War  Bond  Opening 
Tonight  for  'Dandy' 

The  War  Bond  premiere  of  War- 
ners' "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy,"  which 
will  be  held  at  the  Hollywood  The- 
atre tonight,  will  yield  the  Treasury 
Department  approximately  $5,500,000 
tli  rough  the  ticket  sale  which  ranged 
up  to  $25,000  bonds  for  the  best  lo- 
cations. 

The  premiere  will  be  deprived  of 
floodlights  and  the  other  familiar, 
showy  illumination  of  Broadway 
openings  of  the  past  because  of  dim- 
out  regulations,  but  will  boast  many 
distinguished  persons  in  the  first-night 
audience  and  the  Fort  Jay  band  will 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Mayer  Again  Tops 
SEC  Salary  Listing; 
$704,425  for  1941 


Philadelphia,  May  28. — Louis  B. 
Mayer,  M-G-M  studio  head,  received 
remuneration  of  $704,425  last  year, 
again  topping  the  list  of  high-salaried 
executives,  it  was  disclosed  by  the 
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission 
here  today. 

The  amount  was  %7,Z7i  more  than 
Mayer  received  in  1940,  and  included 
$548,425  in  bonus  and  a  share  of 
profits.  Clark  Gable  received  $357,- 
500  from  Loew's  for  the  second  high- 
est remuneration  of  1941  disclosed  by 
the  SEC.  Nicholas  M.  Schenck,  pres- 
ident of  Loew's,  was  paid  $334,204. 

Many  of  the  reports  of  executives 
in  war  industries  were  held  up  by 
the  SEC  for  possible  censorship. 

Other  reports  showed  20th  Century- 
Fox  paid  $260,000  to  Darryl  F.  Za- 
nuck,  vice-president  in  charge  of  pro- 
duction;  $215,000  to  Ginger  Rogers 
and  $188,125  to  Tyrone  Power.  Uni- 
versal paid  $220,833  to  Charles  Boyer 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Schenck  Unveils 
Loew's  Honor  Roll 

A  large  scroll  bearing  the  names 
of  790  Loew's  and  M-G-M  employes 
in  the  armed  services  was  unveiled 
yesterday  in  the  lobby  of  Loew's  State 
Theatre  on  Broadwav  by  Nicholas  M. 
Schenck,  president  of  Loew's. 

The  honor  rolL_  rectangular  in 
shape,  is  five  feet  deep  and  12  feet 
long.  It  will  be  placed  in  the  lobby 
of  the  Loew's  State  Building  for  the 
duration  of  the  war.  As  additional 
employes  join  the  service,  their  names 
will  be  added  to  the  scroll. 


Mexico  Film  Unions 
In  Anti-Axis  Moves 

Mexico  City,  May  28.— The 
early  expectation  of  a  state  of 
war  by  Mexico  with  the  Axis 
powers  was  foreshadowed  re- 
cently by  various  manifesta- 
tions. One  of  these  was  a 
decision  by  film  workers' 
unions  to  bar  Germans,  Ital- 
ians and  Japanese  from  ad- 
mission to  theatres.  The  ban 
also  applied  to  other  places 
of  amusements,  including 
legitimate  theatres  and  night 
clubs.  Film  workers'  unions 
have  been  prominent  among 
those  in  the  Confederation  of 
Mexican  Workers  which  have 
been  supporting  anti-Axis 
boycotts  and  similar  moves. 


Broadway  Grosses 
Continuing  Strong 

Healthy  business  was  still  the  order 
at  the  Broadway  first  runs  this  week 
as  the  Summer  influx  of  out-of-town 
visitors  apparently  began.  Most  of 
the  attractions  are  holdovers.  New 
pictures  to  come  include  M-G-M's 
"Mrs.  Miniver"  at  the  Radio  City 
Music  Hall  and  20th  Century-Fox's 
"Ten  Gentlemen  from  West  Point" 
at  the  Roxy. 

"Tortilla  Flat"  provided  the  Music 
Hall  with  an  estimated  $90,000  in 
the  first  week  and  the  film,  supported 
by  a  stage  show,  began  a  second  week 
yesterday.  "Mrs.  Miniver"  follows 
next  Thursday.  "This  Above  All" 
finished  its  second  week  at  the  Astor 
with  about  $20,000  and  is  continuing. 

"In  This  Our  Life"  with  Jimmy 
Dorsey's  orchestra  drew  an  estimated 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Trade  Set  for  Fund  Drives; 
To  Join  War  Parade  Here 


Chicago  Clearance 
Award  Is  Appealed 

Chicago,  May  28. — Notice  of  appeal 
has  been  filed  by  Paramount,  20th 
Century-Fox,  RKO  and  by  Balaban 
&  Katz,  as  operator  of  the  Tivoli  The- 
itre,  Downers  Grove,  the  LaGrange 
Theatre,  LaGrange,  111.,  York  The- 
atre, Elmhurst,  III.,  and  Lombard 
Theatre  Corp.,  Lombard,  111.,  in  re- 
gard to  the  recent  award  by  Thomas 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


New  York's  theatre  industry  will 
play  an  important  part  in  the  "New 
York  at  War"  parade  Saturday,  June 
13,  which  has  been  set  by  Mayor  F. 
H.  LaGuardia  to  demonstrate  the 
city's  war  effort. 

Two  large  floats  under  construction 
will  convey  the  role  of  the  film  thea- 
tre in  benefiting  a  nation  at  war. 
One  measuring  55  feet  in  length,  22 
feet  in  height  and  22  feet  in  width 
will  carry  a  giant  camera,  a  repre- 
sentation of  the  Minute  Man  and  a 
tableau  depicting  how  theatres  sup- 
port the  Red  Cross,  Army  and  Navy 
Emergency  Relief,  the  USO  and  the 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


The  motion  picture  industry  will 
soon  again  be  mobilized  to  raise  funds 
for  patriotic  purposes,  as  the  Army 
and  Navy  Relief  work  in  the  theatres 
reaches  its  conclusion  for  the  present. 
The  USO  drive,  which  will  soon  be- 
gin, is  set  to  raise  upwards  of  $400,- 
000  through  the  amusement  industry, 
it  is  reported. 

A  feature  of  the  USO  campaign, 
it  is  said,  will  be  a  personal  appear- 
ance tour  arranged  for  some  of  the 
country's  war  heroes  and  stars. 

The  industry  today  will  start  its 
nationwide  war  bond  and  stamp  drive, 
to  continue  for  the  duration  of  the 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Odium  Is  Seen 
Taking  Active 
Part  in  RKO 


New  Financing  Currently 
Sought  by  Company 

Floyd  Odium,  president  of  Atlas 
Corp.,  and  largest  of  the  three  prin- 
cipal owners  of  RKO,  the  others 
being  Rockefeller  Center,  Inc.,  and 
Radio  Corporation  of  America  may 
soon  undertake  to  become  more 
directly    active     in     the  opera- 
tions   of    the    company.  Whether 
there  shall  be  a  shift  in  the  execu- 
tive management  of  the  corporation 
is  a  matter  which  is  presently  un- 
der discussion  and  very  likely  will 
be  determined  in  the  next  few  days. 
Presently  the  officers  of  the 
corporation  are  engaged  in  ef- 
forts to  plan  for  certain  new 
financing  needed  by  the  com- 
pany,  and   the   amount  under 
discussion  is  said  to  range  at 
around  $2,500,000  to  $3,000,000. 
It  is  reported  that  in  the  meantime 
the  company  will  put  off  the  annual 
meeting  of  stockholders  for  about  a 
week.  It  had  been  scheduled  for  June 
3,  at  Dover,  Del. 

For  the  past  several  weeks,  many 
proposals  for  purchase  of  the  com- 

(Continued  on  page  3) 

Publicity  Program  to 
Enforce  Star  Ad  Ban 

Further  discussion  of  a  long-range 
program  of  industry  public  relations 
occupied  members  of  the  Eastern 
Public  Relations  Committee  at  their 
weekly  meeting  yesterday.  It  was  de- 
cided at  the  meeting  to  include  in 
such  a  program  enforcement  measures 
for  the  ban  on  the  use  of  stars  or 
other  reviewers'  appraisal  symbols  in. 
advertising. 

Edwin  Roddan  of  the  MPPDA 
Washington  office  was  a  guest  at  the 
meeting. 

The  committee  is  scheduled  to  elect 
a  new  chairman  to  succeed  Robert  M. 
Gillham  and  a  new  executive  commit- 
tee next  month  under  its  plan  of  ro- 
tating occupants  of  those  posts  every 
six  months. 


Reviewed  Today 

Reviews  of  "The  Postman 
Didn't  Ring"  and  "The  Mag- 
nificent Dope"  will  be  found 
on  Page  3.  Critics'  Quotes, 
Page  7. 


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motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  May  29,  1942 


Readers'  Say-So 


Editor,  Motion  Picture  Daily  : 

Will  you  be  kind  enough  to  thank 
the  many  persons  connected  with  the 
motion  picture  industry  who  were 
kind  enough  to  contribute  to  the 
Rube  Greenberg  fund,  for  their  gen- 
erous response. 

The  fund  exceeded  my  fullest  ex- 
pectations and  the  money  received  is 
being  distributed  in  weekly  amounts. 
Mrs.  Greenberg  appreciates  every- 
body's kindness. 

Sincerely, 
David  A.  Levy 
Branch    manager,    Universal,  New 
York. 


Pollock  Is  Elected 
President  of  Ampa 

Louis  Pollock  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  Ampa  at  the  organization's 
annual  meeting  held  at  the  Hotel  Edi- 
son yesterday. 

Others  elected  were :  David  E. 
Weshner,  vice-president ;  David  A. 
O'Malley,  treasurer ;  Blanche  Living- 
ston, secretary ;  Paul  Lazarus,  Arthur 
A.  Schmidt,  Fred  Lynch,  Manny 
Reiner,  directors,  and  A.  M.  Bots- 
ford,  replacement  on  the  board  of 
trustees. 

Vincent  Trotta,  retiring  president, 
was  presented  with  a  desk  set  by  the 
organization.  Trotta  proposed  that 
the  new  administration  consider  the 
annual  sponsorship  of  the  Quigley 
Showmanship  Awards  and  a  short 
subjects  luncheon,  as  was  done  by 
Ampa  during  the  past  year. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 
Rockefeller  Center 
SPENCER       HEDY  JOHN 

TRACY      LAMARR  GARFIELD 

in  John  Steinbeck's 

"TORTILLA  FLAT" 

An  M-G-M  Picture 
Gala  Stage  Revue  Symphony  Orchestra 

First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved  Circle  6-4600 


—  Paramount  presents 

ROSALIND  FRED 

RUSSELL  MicMURRAYi 


•7w  pmom 

WAV  l 


PARAMOUNT 


xL 

^  Midnight 


Rita HAYWORTH  'Victor MATURE 
"MY  GAL  SAL" 

,  20th  Century-Fox  Musical  Hi' 

PLUS  A  BIG  D  f\  V  V  7th  Ave. 
STAGE  SHOW  l\\tl  A   I  &  50th  St. 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


The  Story  of  a  Nation  in  Music 

SYNCOPATION' 

EDWARD  G°  ROBINSON 
LARCENY,  INC.' 


Tyrone  POWER  •  Joan  FONTAINE 

THIS  ABOVE  ALL 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Triumph 

AC  T  f"\  D  BROADWAY  &  45lh  ST. 
9  I  SJ  K.  CONTINUOUS 


Personal  Mention 


E 


DWARD  M.  SCHNITZER,  went 
to  Scranton  yesterday. 


George  A.  Roberts,  Mideast  dis- 
trict manager  for  20th  Century-Fox, 
with  headquatrers  in  Cincinnati,  is  to 
undergo  an  operation  at  a  private 
hospital  in  New  York  today. 
• 

Harry  Ballance,  Southern  divi- 
sion sales  manager  for  20th  Century- 
Fox,  has  left  for  his  headquarters  in 
Atlanta  after  a  visit  at  the  home 
office. 

Bernard  Seamon,  manager  of  the 
Hippodrome,  Baltimore,  is  back  on 
the  job  after  recovering  from  a  brok- 
en collar  bone. 

• 

Morris  Mechanic,  owner  of  the 
New,  Baltimore,  is  in  Atlantic  City 
for  a  brief  holiday. 


Mrs.  Cleo  Merrian,  secretary  to 
Lou  Levy,  manager  of  Universal's 
Des  Moines  branch,  is  on  vacation. 

Mrs.  John  Clayton  of  Columbia's 
Des  Moines  exchange,  starts  a  two- 
week  vacation  tomorrow. 


T  CHEEVER  COWDIN  and  An- 
•J  •  thony  Petti  will  remain  on  the 
Coast  for  another  month. 

John  J.  Scully,  Universal  Buf- 
falo branch  manager,  has  two  sons 
in  the  service,  Corp.  Peter  Scully 
of  the  Marines,  at  San  Diego,  and 
Corp.  John  Scully,  Jr.,  at  the  Of- 
ficers Artillery  School,  Fort  Sill, 
Okla. 

• 

Arnold  Johnson,  manager  of  the 
Onawa,  Onawa,  la.,  has  left  for  Des 
Moines  for  induction  into  the  Army. 

Leslie  L.  Crosby  of  the  Crosby 
Film  Service,  Springfield,  Mass.,  and 
Rita  Hockenberry  have  announced 
their  engagement. 

• 

Rodney     McCullouch,  assistant 
manager  at  the  Tri-States  Theatre, 
Des   Moines,  has  joined  the  Army. 
• 

L.  M.  Coleman,  Paramount  audi- 
tor, is  in  Des  Moines  for  a  few  days. 

Joseph  Ancher,  Des  Moines  book- 
er for  Warners,  is  to  be  inducted 
into  the  Army  today. 


'U'  Promotes  30  Men 
In  Current  Season 

More  than  30  members  of  the  Uni- 
versal field  sales  force  won  promo- 
tions during  the  current  season  un- 
der the  company's  policy  of  promotion 
from  the  ranks,  W.  A.  Scully,  vice- 
president  and  general  sales  manager, 
reported  yesterday. 

They  will  all  attend  the  company's 
annual  sales  convention  opening  next 
Tuesday  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria 
here. 

Three  salesmen  who  were  named 
branch  managers  during  the  past  year 
were  from  the  staff  of  Charles  Feld- 
man  of  the  Los  Angeles  office.  Lon 
Hoss  was  made  manager  at  San 
Francisco,  Foster  Blake  at  Seattle 
and  Sam  Milner  at  Denver.  Others 
who  were  made  branch  managers  dur- 
ing the  year  are :  L.  Brown,  Mem- 
phis ;  Nick  Lamentia,  New  Orleans ; 
Jack  Bannon,  Cincinnati,  and  H.  B. 
Johnson,  Omaha. 


SPG  Referendum 
On  CIO  Affiliation 

The  Screen  Publicists  Guild  of  New 
York,  meeting  at  the  Hotel  Edison  last 
night,  voted  for  a  membership  refer- 
endum on  a  proposal  to  affiliate  with 
the  Screen  Office  &  Professional 
Employes  Guild,  CIO.  Ballots  will  be 
mailed  June  10.  It  was  said  by  a 
spokesman  that  the  referendum  was 
sanctioned  virtually  unanimously  by 
the  more  than  100  members  present. 


Honor  Pathe  Newsman 

George  M.  Dorsey,  head  of  Pathe 
News'  Washington  staff,  has  been 
elected  vice-president  of  the  White 
House  News  Photographers  Associa- 
tion. He  automatically  will  become 
president  of  the  organization  next 
January,  an  office  which  he  held  for 
two  terms  during  the  Coolidge  ad- 
ministration. 


Disney  Test  Studio 
Set  Up  in  Capital 

Washington,  May  28. — A  cartoon 
studio  in  miniature  has  been  set  up 
by  Walt  Disney  for  planning  and 
experimentation  on  films  which  he 
will  produce  for  the  Government. 

Disney  arrived  from  Hollywood 
recently  with  David  Hopkins  of  the 
motion  picture  division  of  the  Office 
of  the  Coordinator  for  Inter-Ameri- 
can Affairs ;  Ben  Sharpsteen,  Disney 
director ;  Joseph  Grant,  writer,  and 
Leo  Thiele,  Norman  Wright  and  Ray 
Jacobs,  who  will  work  with  Disney  on 
Government  training  films,  Latin- 
American  relations  and  health  and 
education  subjects. 


Party  for  Disney  Today 

RKO  will  hold  a  cocktail  party 
this  afternoon  in  the  West  Foyer  of 
the  Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel  for  Walt 
Disney,  in  connection  with  an  ex- 
hibit of  original  art  from  "Bambi." 


SOPEG  Files  Plea 
For  Para,  Employes 

The  Screen  Office  &  Professional 
Employes  Guild,  Local  109,  yester- 
day filed  a  petition  with  the  NLRB 
asking  designation  as  sole  collective 
bargaining  agency  for  clerical  em- 
ployes at  Paramount  and  Famous 
Music  Corp.,  a  Paramount  subsidiary. 
The  union  stated  that  approximately 
400  clerical  employes  were  involved. 

'Bolivar'  Opens  June  15 

Mexico  City,  May  28. — June  15 
has  been  set  tentatively  for  the  world 
premiere  here  of  the  most  expensive 
and  longest  Mexican-made  picture, 
"Simon  Bolivar,"  life  story  of  the 
Liberator  of  Venezuela,  that  was  pro- 
duced by  Jesus  A.  Grovas  &  Co.  and 
Miguel  Contrerra  Torres,  who  was 
also  the  director.  The  film  will  run 
four  hours,  but  will  be  relieved  with 
a  short  intermission. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


THE  varied  assortment  of  subjects 
in  the  new  issues'  includes  anti- 
Axis  demonstrations  in  Mexico,  work 
on  the  Normandic,  Marine  paratroops 
in  training,  rubber  conservation  and 
W.A.A.C.  recruiting.  Here  arc  the 
contents : 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  76— Mexic^fc 

demonstrate  anti-Axis  sentiment.  SpS^^ 
work  on  Normandie.  British  aircraft  car- 
rier Illustrious  at  sea.  Fort  Bragg  troops 
urge  War  Bond  buying.  Rubber  conserva- 
tion subject.  W.A.A.C.  recruiting  in  New 
York.  English  women  work  on  railroad. 
Flyers  in  altitude  test.  Paratroops  on  West 
Coast.  Sailors  in  boxing  bouts.  Femi- 
nine acrobats  in  Philadelphia. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  274— Anti- 
Axis  demonstrations  in  Mexico.  Work  to 
raise  Normandie..  Britain's  Illustrious  at 
sea.  Rubber  subject.  Marine  paratroops 
in  training.  Pilots  trained  for  stratosphere 
flying.  Fort  Bragg  soldiers  with  war  bond 
message.  W.A.A.C.  enlistments  in  New 
York. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  79— Work  to 
set  Normandie  afloat.  Harvest  time  in 
Colorado  River  Valley.  Funeral  rites  for 
Mexican  U-boat  victims;  demonstrations 
follow.  Fort  Bragg  troops  urge  bond  buy- 
ing. Nitrate  from  Chile  reaches  San  Fran- 
cisco. Pilots  in  altitude  tests.  Rubber 
shortage. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  79- Work  on 
Normandie.  Women's  Corps  enlistments. 
Arthur  Newhall  on  rubber  shortage.  Para- 
troops in  training.  Mexicans  in  anti-Axis 
demonstrations.  Pilots  in  altitude  tests. 
V.M.I,  graduations. 

UNIVERSAL    NEWSREEL,     No.  88— 

Rubber  shortage.  W.A.A.C.  recruiting. 
Chile  shows  Navy  strength  Work  on  Nor- 
mandic. Illustrious  at  sea.  Anti-Axis 
demonstrations  in  Mexico.  Cow  yields  re- 
cord supply  of  milk.  College  students  pick 
strawberries.  Paratroops  in  training.  Fort 
Bragg  soldiers  urge  War  Bond  buying. 


Name  4  Chairmen 
Of  Umpi  Tax  Units 

Four  more  chairmen  of  Umpi  state 
tax  committees  have  been  designated 
They  are :  Oscar  Lam,  Georgia ;  Jo- 
seph A.  English,  Montana ;  Samuel 
D.  Schwartz,  Pennsylvania,  and  W. 
H.  Lollier,  California. 


Heads  Philadelphia  Club 

Philadelphia,  May  28. — Louis 
Schleifer,  second  vice-president,  has 
taken  over  the  reins  of  the  local  in- 
dustry's Showmen's  Club,  following 
the  resignation  of  President  Moe  Ver- 
bin  and  the  inability  of  Myer  Adel- 
man,  first  vice-president,  to  serve. 


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Friday,  May  29,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


3 


Odium  Is  Seen 
Taking  Active 
Part  in  RKO 


Reviews 


"The  Postman  Didn't  Ring" 

(20th  Century-Fox)  j 
'  I  VHIS  is  the  kind  of  picture  which  can  be  exploited  profitably  by  a 
wide  variety  of  tieups  with  stamp  collectors  and  postal  officials. 
Brenda  Joyce  plays  the  philatelist  and  she  explains  the  joys  of  collecting 
while  Stanley  Andrews,  as  the  postal  inspector,  epitomizes  the  extremes 
to  which  the  post  office  will  go  to  effect  delivery  of  the  mails. 

Andrews  is  assigned  to  delivery  of  a  sack  of  mail  which  is  recovered 
by  the  authorities  after  it  had  been  stolen  and  missing  for  50  years.  Miss 
Joyce,  anxious  to  obtain  the.  valuable  stamps  on  the  letters,  accompanies 
him.  There  are  several  incidents  showing  delivery  to  a  Governor  of  a 
letter  intended  for  the  latter's  father  telling  how  the  Governor  was  mis- 
behaving at  school ;  to  a  spinster  school  teacher  from  a  sweetheart  who, 
she  had  believed,  had  forgotten  her,  but  who  had  really  been  killed,  and 
the  like. 

Finally  Andrews  delivers  a  letter  to  Richard  Travis,  a  . young  feed 
store  merchant  badly  in  need  of  funds.  The  letter  contains  10  shares 
of  stock  of  the  local  bank.  After  an  investigation,  Spencer  Charters, 
his  lawyer,  discovers  that  the  stock  is  really  worth  a  quarter  of  a  million 
dollars.  More  important,  the  stock  gives  Travis  control  of  the  bank,  and 
he  is  able  to  lend  money  to  the  needy  farmers.  The  family  in  control 
of  the  bank  attempts  to  charge  Travis  with  forgery  but  the  stamp  col- 
lector's science  and  the  testimony  of  Andrews  frees  him.  Travis  and 
Miss  Joyce  are  married  but  a  draft  board  notice  cuts  short  the  honey- 
moon at  the  fadeout.  Harold  Schuster  directed,  and  Ralph  Dietrich 
produced. 

Running  time,  67  minutes.    "G."*  Edward  Greif 


"The  Magnificent  Dope" 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

TJ  ERE  is  a  picture  with  emphasis  on  comedy  and  with  undertones 
of  romantic  drama,  which  appears  to  stack  up  as  fair  entertainment 
without  pretentions,  with  a  number  of  laughs,  an  intriguing  title  and 
several  good  cast  names  for  the  marquee  billing. 

The  film  was  produced  by  William  Perlberg,  and  directed  by  Walter 
Lang  from  a  screenplay  by  George  Seaton  based  on  an  original  story 
by  Joseph  Schrank. 

Henry  Fonda  is  most  excellent  as  the  "'magnificent  dope,"  chosen  in 
a  contest  as  the  most  complete  failure  in  the  country,  as  promotion  stunt 
for  Don  Ameche's  "success  institute."  The  institute,  which  is  gasping 
for  breath  and  students,  launches  the  stunt  in  desperation,  the  product 
of  the  fertile  brain  of  Lynn  Bari,  Ameche's  advertising  assistant  and 
fiancee.  Edward  Everett  Horton  is  the  success  teacher's  not-too-able 
assistant. 

Fonda  comes  down  from  his  Vermont  home  and  a  completely  happy 
philosophy  of  life,  falls  in  love  with  Miss  Bari,  a  fact  of  which  she  is 
not  aware,  and  declines  to  take  the  course.  To  make  the  stunt  really 
pay  dividends,  they  work  on  Fonda's  love  for  the  girl  he  describes,  "back 
home."  AYhen  Fonda  discovers  the  man  Miss  Bari  loves  is  Ameche, 
he  believes  she  had  a  share  in  the  romantic  deception  practiced  on  him 
by  Ameche  and  Horton,  but  that  matter  is  straightened  out,  as  Fonda's 
formula  for  relaxation  wins  him  a  big  insurance  contract,  Miss  Bari 
goes  home  with  him,  and  Ameche  switches  to  "relaxation"  as  the  secret 
of  success. 

Running  time.  83  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaroxsox 


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pany  or  a  controlling  interest  from 
Atlas  Corp.,  and  RCA,  have  been 
made  to  the  principal  interests,  but 
"Cke  has  proved  feasible  while  others 

■  J"Te  been  rejected.  One  or  two  are 
of  long  standing. 

Jules  Stein's  transaction,  which  has 
been  talked  about  for  many  months,  is 
still  under  discussion.  It  was  first 
broached  about  six  months  ago,  when 
Stein  was  entertaining  the  idea  of  pur- 

■  chasing  Radio  Corporation  of  Amer- 
ica's interest  in  the  company,  through 
David  Sarnoff  and  L.  P.  Yandell,  one 
of  RCA's  representatives  on  the  RKO 
board. 

Would  Strengthen  Schaefer 

Successful  conclusion  of  the  Stein 
plan,  it  is  asserted,  would  strengthen 
the  hand  of  George  J.  Schaefer,  presi- 
dent in  the  company. 

Proposals  by-  others  have  also  been 
made,  it  is  reported. 

The  studio  has  been  reorganized 
under  the  direction  of  Charles  W. 
Koerner,  former  head  of  RKO  The- 
atres, and  the  theatre  department  is 
now  directed  under  the  immediate  su- 
pervision of  Malcolm  Kingsberg  and 
Edward  Alperson. 

Schaefer,  personally,  has  been  en- 
gaged for  some  time  in  efforts  to  re- 
trieve a  greater  amount  of  funds  for 
the  company  from  England.  This  mat- 
ter also  has  been  under  discussion  at 
Hays'  office  meetings. 

Atlas  Corp.,  of  which  Odium  is 
president,  has  an  investment  in  the 
company  estimated  to  be  around 
58,000,000.  It  is  the  largest  of  any 
single  individual  or  group. 

WPB  Order  Seen  Not 
Halting  Mass.  Work 

Springfield,  Mass.,  May  28. — Con- 
tractors working  on  the  remodeling 
of  two  theatres  in  this  section,  dam- 
aged by  fire  earlier  in  the  year,  have 
expressed  doubt  that  the  WPB's  lat- 
est order  stopping  amusement  con- 
struction would  hinder  completion  of 
the  jobs.  The  Reid  Construction  Co. 
of  Greenfield  says  that  it  is  nearly 
finished  with  restoration  of  the  Vic- 
tory Theatre  in  Holyoke  and  the 
Bathlet  Construction  Co.  of  Holyoke 
says/it  is  75  per  cent  along  on  a  simi- 
lar job  on  the  Capitol  Theatre  in 
Pittsfield.  Both  houses  are  owned  by- 
Western  Massachusetts  Theatres,  Inc., 
of  Springfield. 


Defense  Area  Theatre 
Unaffected  by  WPB  Order 

Oklahoma  City,  May  28. — War 
Production  Board  orders  stopping 
construction  of  public  amusement 
projects  June  6  will  not  forestall  plans 
for  a  theatre  in  Midwest  City  de- 
fense area,  R.  L.  Barton,  who  is 
building  the  house,  has  announced. 

Because  the  proposed  theatre  is  in 
the  residence  development  serving  the 
Oklahoma  City  air  depot,  Barton  said 
he  had  assurance  the  Army  will  insist 
on  entertainment  for  families  of  war 
workers.  Total  cost  of  the  house  will 
be  about  $40,000. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Trying  Vaudeville  Shows 

Allentowx,  Pa.,  May  28. — Manny 
Davis,  manager  of  the  Lyric,  is  ex- 
perimenting with  one-day  vaudeville 
shows.  A  straight  vaudeville  bill  of 
eight  acts  has  been  lined  up,  without 
a  screen  feature,  scheduling  a.  matinee 
and  two  evening  shows  for  Saturday. 
During  the  winter  months,  the  Lyric 
brings  in  traveling  burlesque  shows  on 
Saturdays.  / 


Mrs.  Kronacher  Rites 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Sun- 
day at  1  P.  M.  at  Riverside  Memorial 
Chapel,  76th  Street  and  Amsterdam 
Avenue,  for  Mrs.  Milton  Kronacher, 
wife  of  Milton  Kronacher,  formerly 
film  salesman  for  Pathe,  who  died  on 
Wednesday. 


Test  Camden  Houses 
For  Safety  in  Raids 

Camden,  N.  J.,  May  28. — A  check- 
up of  all  theatres  here  to  determine 
their  safety  in  event  of  an  air  raid 
is  being  made  by  Fire  Marshal  Ber- 
nard Gallagher  at  the  direction  of 
Herbert  E.  Harper,  chairman  of  the 
Camden  Defense  Council.  Acting  on 
instructions  from  the  State  Defense 
Council,  patrons  are  urged  to  remain 
inside  theatres  in  the  event  of  an  alert 
or  actual  air  raid.  It  was  stated  that 
experience  in  England  showed  people 
inside  a  theatre  were  three  times 
safer  than  on  the  street.  The  council 
was  further  instructed  that  any  the- 
atre found  unsafe  should  be  closed 
"whenever  raids  are  imminent  or  fre- 
quent." 


'Reap'  Draws 
Fine  $38,900, 
In  Boston  Hit 


Boston,  May  28.— "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind,"  playing  a  second  week  at  the 
Metropolitan,  drew  $38,900.  "Rio 
Rita,"  at  the  Loew's  Orpheum  and 
State,  drew  a  total  of  $37,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  21-22: 

"Reap  the  WUd  Wind"  (Para.) 

METROPOLITAN-(4,376)  (40c-55c-75c) 
7  days,  2nd  week.  Emil  Coleman  on  stage. 
Gross:  $38,900.  (Average,  $15,000) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  ORPHEUM— (3,000)  (30c-44c- 
&>c)  7  days.  Gross:  $20,000.  (Average,  $12,- 

"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  STATE — (2,900)   (30c-44c-65c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $17,500.  (Average,  $11,500) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 

KEITH     BOSTON-(2,679)  (33c-44c-55c- 
6-ic)  7  days.  Stage  show,  with  Ken  Hurray, 
Morton     Downey     and     Diosa  Costello 
Gross:  $24,500.  (Average,  $12,500) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Don't  Get  Personal"  (Univ.) 

KEITH'S  MEMORIAL-(2,907)  (33c-55c- 
65c)  7  days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $22,500.  (Av- 
erage, $15,000) 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

PARAMOUNT— (1,797)      (28c-33c-55c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $11,500.  (Average,  $8,500) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

FENWAY — (1,320)    (28c-33c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $8,000.  (Average,  $5,500) 
||The  Bugle  Sounds"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

SCOLLAY — (2,  SCO)  (28c-33c-44c-55c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $5,500.  (Average,  $4,500) 


'Reap'  Takes  Big 
$25,900  at  Capital 

Washington,  May  28. — In  an  un- 
usually strong  week,  "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind"  and  vaudeville  at  Warners' 
Earle  took  $25,900.  "King's  Row" 
took  $9,000  at  the  Metropolitan. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  20-21  : 

"Song  of  the  Islands"  (20th-Fox) 

LOEW'S  COLUMBIA— (1,250)   (28c-44c)  7 
days,    return    engagement.    Gross:  $5,500. 
(Average,  $3,500) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

WARNERS'     METROPOLITAN— (1,600) 
(28c-44c)  7  days,  return  engagement.  Gross: 
$9,000.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.  A.) 
_  LOEW'S  CAPITOL— (3,434)  (28c-44c-66c) 
7  days.  On  stage:  Alvino  Rey  and  his  or- 
chestra, King  Sisters.  Gross:  $21,500.  (Av- 
erage, $15,500) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S    PALACE— (2,300)    (40c-60c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $17,000.   (Average,  $15,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

WARNERS'  EARLE— (2,200)  (40c -55c- 
75c-85c)  7  days.  On  stage:  Lynn,  Royce  & 
Vanya,  Pansy  the  Horse,  Bob  Bromlev, 
Roxyettes.  Gross:  $25,900.  (Average,  $15.- 
000) 


Ames  Quits  Singer 
Circuit  on  July  15 

Chicago,  May  28. — Morgan  Ames, 
general  manager  of  the  Mort  Singer 
Theatre  Circuit,  which  is  affiliated 
with  RKO,  resigned  today  to  become 
vice-president  of  Frederick  Bros.  Mu- 
sic Corporation  and  Artists  Bureau 
here,  handling  acts  and  units  for  the- 
atres and  cafes. 

His  resignation  is  effective  July  15 
and  he  will  assume  his  new  post  Aug. 
1.  No  successor  to  Ames,  who  has 
been  with  the  Singer  Circuit  for  the 
past  nine  years,  lias  been  named. 


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Trade  Set  for  Fund  Drives;   Chicago  Clearance 
To  Join  War  Parade  Here  Award  Is  Appealed 


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Conservation 
Study  Begun 
In  Hollywood 


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Managers  Guild ;  Ray  Klune,  Society 
of  Motion  Picture  Producers. 

Sub-committees  will  be  appointed  to 
effectuate  the  application  of  the  gen- 
eral economic  policy  in  the  work  of 
each  group. 

Meanwhile,  with  railroad  accom- 
modations also  limited  by  war  time 
conditions,  Hollywood  is  confronted 
with  another  problem  in  productions 
calling  for  location  work.  Some  SO 
pictures  are  scheduled  for  extensive 
location  work  in  the  next  three 
months,  and  production  and  transpor- 
tation department  managers  are  mak- 
ing extensive  surveys  into  the  possibil- 
ities of  pooling  all  rubber-borne  ve- 
hicles in  order  to  carry  on  the  work. 

In  the  event  location  work  is  criti- 
cally curtailed,  it  is  believed  here  that 
production  trends  will  be  immediate- 
ly influenced.  More  process  shots 
will  have  to  be  used  and  types  of  stor- 
ies changed. 

Conservation  of  tires  also  is  devel- 
oping new  practices  in  Hollywood.  All 
studio  transportation  may  be  by  bus 
in  the  near  future.  An  example  of  the 
effort  to  conserve  tires  was  provided 
by  20th  Century-Fox  recently  when 
it  shipped  a  sound  truck  by  rail  to  a 
Phoenix,  Ariz.,  location  at  Thunder- 
bird  Field,  rather  than  use  the  truck's 
tires  for  the  1,200-mile  round  trip. 


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Treasury  Department's  sale  of  War 
Bonds  and  Stamps. 

The  other  float  will  include  a  giant 
victory  symbol— a  "V"  with  three 
dots  and  a  dash — representatives  of 
the  industry  and  a  band.  Hundreds 
of  ushers  and  many  theatre  bands  will 
march. 

Financing  of  the  demonstration  has 
been  subscribed  by  metropolitan  cir- 
cuits and  individual  exhibitors.  Sam- 
uel Rinzler,  head  of  the  Randforce 
Circuit,  is  chairman  of  the  committee 
in  charge.  The  floats  were  designed 
by  Monroe  Greenthal  and  .are  being 
prepared  under  the  direction  of  Vin- 
cent Trotta  and  Armando.  Edward 
L.  Alperson  is  serving  as  treasurer. 

Grover  A.  Whalen,  chairman  of  the 
parade  committee,  which  is  known  as 
the  Mayor's  Committee  for  Mobiliza- 
tion of  New  York  at  War,  Inc.,  has 
estimated  that  500,000  persons  will 
participate.  The  procession  is  sched- 
uled to  start  at  10  A.  M.  and  con- 
tinue through  to  the  evening,  when  it 
will  be  brought  to  a  close  with  a 
"torchlight  finale."  The  line  of  march 
begins  at  Washington  Square,  up 
Fifth  Avenue  to  72d  Street.  A  re- 
viewing stand  will  be  erected  in  front 
of  the  Public  Library  at  42d  Street 
and  a  grandstand  from  66th  Street  to 
72d  Street. 

The  industry  contingent  will  form 
the  morale  section  of  the  sixth  divi- 
sion (home  front)_  along  with  radio, 
stage,  sports,  music  and  arts.  If  it 
rains  the  parade  will  be  the  next  day. 


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war.  The  starting  gun  will  take  the 
form  of  rallies  in  big  cities  around 
the  country,  including  a  noon  rally 
in  Times  Square.  Also  launching  the 
drive  will  be  a  half-hour  radio  show 
over  the  coast-to-coast  Mutual  net- 
work, starting  at  11  P.  M.,  which 
will  have  among  the  participants  Ed- 
ward Arnold,  Red  Skelton,  Rise 
Stevens,  Marjorie  Main,  and  an 
orchestra  under  the  direction  of  Mer- 
edith Willson.  The  "Movie  Theatres 
Victory  Broadcast,"  as  it  is  known, 
was  arranged  by  the  Hollywood  Vic- 
tory Committee,  and  will  be  heard 
from  Hollywood. 

Actual    cash    received  from 
theatres  covering  their  collec- 
tions in  the  Army  and  Navy 
Relief  drive  exceeded  $200,000 
as  of  last  night,  Nicholas  M. 
Schenck,  chairman  of  the  drive, 
announced  in  urging  all  thea- 
tres to  remit  their  collections 
promptly.    Observers  estimate 
the  nationwide  total  will  run  to 
between  $2,600,000  to  $3,000,000. 
"The   sooner   the   remittances  are 
made,  the  less  expense  we'll  have  and 
the  industry's  net  return  to  Army 
and  Navy  Relief  will  be  proportion- 
ately greater,"  Schenck  pointed  out. 

$11,000  from  Music  Hall 

Among  those  remitting  early  were: 
Radio  City  Music  Hall  with  a  check 
for  $11,000;  the  Roxy,  $7,000;  and 
Wometco  Circuit,  Florida,  with  a 
check  for  more  than  $5,000.  Loew's 
circuit  has  reported  collections  of 
$207,000,  not  yet  remitted;  the  Illi- 
nois committee,  an  estimated  §100,- 
000;  Connecticut,  $60,000,  and  Mary- 
land, $50,000,  also  not  remitted. 

Additionally,  each  of  the  motion 
picture  companies  is  contributing  ad- 
ditional money,  with  firms  such  as 
Paramount,  Warner  Bros.,  Loew's 
and  20th  Century-Fox  each  contribut- 
ing $10,000. 

The  legitimate  theatres  of  Broad- 
way, it  is  reported,  have  collected 
about  $30,000. 

NLRB  Vote  Set  For 
2  St.  Louis  Exchanges 

Washington^  May  28. — The  Na- 
tional Labor  Relations  Board  today 
ordered  elections  among  the  clerical 
employes  in  the  St.  Louis  exchanges 
of  Vitagraph  and  Monogram  to  deter- 
mine whether  they  desire  to  be  repre- 
sented for  collective  bargaining  pur- 
poses by  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor. 

The  elections  were  ordered  follow- 
ing petitions  filed  by  the  AFL,  on 
which  hearings  were  held  in  St. 
Louis  on  April  16  for  Vitagraph  and 
April  20  for  Monogram. 

In  its  decision,  the  board  disclosed 
that  testimony  at  the  hearings  showed 
that  Vitagraph's  St.  Louis  exchange 
received  approximately  $78,000  in  fees 
during  its  fiscal  year  ended  last  Au- 
gust 31. 

Exhibitor  Bankrupt 

Lexington,  Ky.,  May  28.— Harry 
Schwartz,  local  film  theatre  operator, 
has  filed  a  voluntary  petition  in  bank- 
ruptcy in  Federal  Court,  listing  lia- 
bilities of  $138,764.63  and  assets  of 
$65,735.38. 


C.     McConnell     in    the  Wheaton, 
Wheaton,  111.,  clearance  case. 

McConnell,  whose  decision  in  the 
Wheaton  case  was  seen  as  disturbing 
the  Chicago  suburban  clearance  sys- 
tem, turned  down  an  application  by  the 
York  Theatre  to  reopen  the  case  be- 
fore he  resigned  from  the  local  arbi- 
tration panel  last  week.  f^fc'1' 

McConnell,  in  his  original  decisi(4©ti 
ruled  that  the  clearance  given  the 
Arcadia,  St.  Charles,  111.,  over  the 
Wheaton  is  unreasonable  and  that  in 
all  future  contracts  the  clearance  shall 
be  not  more  than  24  hours  in  the 
country'  zone,  and  that  films  are  to  be 
made  available  to  the  Wheaton  not 
more  than  24  hours  after  St.  Charles. 


Wehrenberg  Testifies 
About  Booking  Delays 

St.  Louis,  May  28. — Evidence  in  the 
clearance  complaint  of  Adolph  Rose- 
can,  owner  of  the  Princess,  Southside 
subsequent  run  house,  against  Warn- 
ers, RKO,  20th  Century-Fox  and 
Paramount  was  completed  here  today. 
Oral  arguments  will  be  heard  after  the 
transcript  is  made  up. 

Fred  Wehrenberg,  co-owner  of 
Wehrenberg-Kaimann  circuit,  which 
has  intervened  in  behalf  of  its  Cinder- 
ella, testified  it  is  impossible  for  sub- 
sequent runs  to  book  "on  time"  as  it 
is  difficult  to  match  pictures. 

Wehrenberg,  who  is  also  president 
of  the  MPTO  here,  said  the  St.  Louis 
Amusement  Co.,  which  plays  ahead  of 
him,  delays  pictures  in  reaching  his 
theatre,  resulting  in  considerable  delay 
to  Rosecan,  who  plays  after  the 
Cinderella. 

War  Bond  Opening 
Tonight  for  'Dandy' 

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furnish  music  and  a  military  touch 
outside  the  theatre.  The  premiere 
also  will  serve  to  mark  the  opening 
of  the  sales  drive  of  the  War  Savings 
Staff  of  the  Treasury  Department, 
in  which  theatres  all  over  the  country 
will  participate. 

Among  those  expected  to  be  in  the 
audience  are  Mrs.  Henry  Morgenthau, 
Jr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ogden  Reid,  Mrs. 
Douglas  Gibbons,  Major  and  Mrs. 
Benjamin  Namm,  Judge  Jonah  Gold- 
stein, Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  E.  Smith, 
Col.  and  Mrs.  Richard  C.  Patterson. 
Jr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Neville  Ford,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  James  Cagney,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  William  Cagney  and  Jeanne 
Cagney. 

Also:  Lucy  Monroe,  Air.  and  Mrs. 
Herman  Chopak,  Kate  Smith,  Mrs. 
Eddie  Cantor,  Phil  Spitalny  and  mem- 
bers of  his  orchestra,  Mrs.  Arthur 
Ochs,  James  J.  Walker,  Samuel  Ro- 
soff,  William  Danforth,  Don  Meade, 
Harold  Russek,  H.  M.  Warner  and 
Major  Albert  Warner. 

A  special  preview  of  the  picture 
was  given  at  the  Hollywood  last  night 
for  circuit  executives  and  operators 
and  home  office  officials  of  all  film 
companies. 

New  Orleans  House  Opens 

New  Orleans,  May  28. — The  Bea- 
con, a  new  United  Theatre  neighbor- 
hood house,  has  opened.  It  is  the  23rd 
in  the  circuit. 


Twenty-third  Annual  Convention 

Round  Table  Conference  of  Exhibitors  in  War  Time 

and 

Testimonial  Banquet  to 

COLONEL  HARRY  A.  COLE,  President 

Allied  States  Association  of 
Motion  Picture  Exhibitors,  Inc.,  1939-1941 

Toastmaster 
M.  A.  ROSENBERG,  National  President,  1942 

AMBASSADOR  HOTEL 

ATLANTIC  CITY,  N.  J. 

JUNE  3,  4  and  5,  1942 

ALLIED  THEATRE  OWNERS  OF  NEW  JERSEY,  Inc. 


Friday,  May  29,  1942 


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Broadway  Grosses 
Continuing  Strong 


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$36,000  in  the  first  six  days  of  the 
third  week  at  the  Strand  and  the  show- 
starts  a  fourth  week  today.  "My  Gal 
Sal"  with  the  stage  show  at  the  Roxy 
attracted  an  estimated  $47,600  for  the 
fourth  week  and  the  fifth  began  yes- 
terday. "Ten  Gentlemen  from  West 
^int"  opens  next  Thursday.  "The 
^  Icon  Takes  Over"  goes  into  the 
""Rialto  today  following  "Grand  Cen- 
tral Murder"  which  finished  the  week 
with  an  estimated  S6.200. 


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Benny  Ends  Eighth 
Year  on  Jell-0  Show 

Jack  Benny  will  end  his  eighth  con- 
secutive year  for  Jell-0  with  his 
broadcast  on  XBC  Sunday.  He  will 
take  a  vacation  until  Oct.  4,  when 
he  will  return  for  Grape  Xut  Flakes, 
another  General  Foods  product.  There 
will  be  no  Summer  replacement  for 
Benny. 

Bob  Hawk's  "How'm  I  Doin'  ?" 
will  replace  "Al  Pearce  and  His 
Gang"  for  R.  J.  Reynolds  Tobacco 
on  XBC  for  the  Summer.  Hawk, 
now  on  CBS,  will  be  replaced  by  a 
new  program  featuring  Vaughn  Mon- 
roe's band  on  the  latter  network. 


WHN's  FM  Station 
To  Air  Ball  Games 

Play-by-play  descriptions  of  the 
Brooklyn  Dodger  baseball  games  now 
heard  on  WHX  will  also  be  heard 
on  YV63XY.  WHX's  FM  station 
which  starts  operation  Monday. 
W63XY  will  operate  daily  from  2  to 
9  P.  M.  Most  of  its  programs  will 
consist  of  classical  and  light  classical 
transcribed  music.  Although  licensed 
for  10,000  watt  operation,  it  will  start 
with  only  1.000  watts  but  is  expected 
to  boost  its  power  to  the  full  authori- 
zation some  time  in  the  Fall. 


'Team  Sponsorship' 
Offered  by  Blue  Net 

The  Blue  network  yesterday  made 
a  bid  for  sponsors  who  are  no  longer 
able  to  manufacture  consumer  prod- 
ucts by  announcing  a  new  policy  of 
"teamed  sponsorship."  Under  the 
plan,  the  Blue  will  offer  a  program, 
preferably  with  a  war  theme,  to  four 
non-competing  companies.  "Alias 
John  Freedom"  is  being  considered 
as  the  first  program  available  for 
such  sponsorship. 

Mayer  Again  Tops 
SEC  Salary  Listing 

(.Continued  from  page  1) 

and  $203,166  to  Deanna  Durbin.  Miss 
Durbin  also  received  $20,530  from 
Decca  Records.  Decca  also  reported 
a  payment  of  $100,640  to  Bing  Crosby. 
Other  salaries  announced  include 
Jimmy  Dorsey,  $45,591,  and  the  three 
Andrew  Sisters,  $34,235. 


Raid  Signoffs  Recorded 

WWRL  has  recorded  the  signoff 
announcement  to  be  used  when  the 
station  goes  off  the  air  because  of  an 
alert.  It  was  explained  that  the  re- 
cording will  be  used  to  prevent  pos- 
sible errors  by  announcers  because  of 
excitement  attendant  upon  an  alert. 

• 


Critics9  Quotes 


"SHIP  AHOY"  (M-G-M) 

May  be  listed  as  one  of  springtime's  more  pleasant  diversions. — Gilbert  Ka- 
nour,  Baltimore  Evening  Sun. 

"Ship  Ahoy"  should  prove  popular  with  all  those  citizens  who  are  seeking 
easy-going  entertainment. — X  or  man  Clark,  Baltimore  News-Post. 

A  passable  cinemusical,  with  some  agreeable  features  and  some  dull 
stretches. — Donald  Kirkley,  Baltimore,  Sun. 

"Ship  Ahoy"  is  "in  the  groove."  Fast,  fresh  and  funny,  peopled  by  talented 
entertainers  and  timed  to  the  rhythm  of  Tommy  Dorsey's  band,  the  new 
musical  ...  is  a  good  show  in  every  sense  of  the  word. — Elsie  Finn,  Philadel- 
phia Record. 

"Ship  Ahoy"  becomes  just  a  series  of  comedy  sketches  featuring  Skelton 
and  Lahr,  separately  and  together ;  dance  sequences  in  which  Miss  Powell 
displays  her  fast,  clean  tapping,  and  musical  interludes  featuring  the  enor- 
mously popular  Dorsey. — Mildred  Martin,  Philadelphia  Inquirer. 

A  million  dollars  worth  of  entertainment,  to  use  a  Hollywood  expression, 
has  gone  into  "Ship  Ahoy"  and  the  result  is  a  gay,  glittering  filmusical 
which  packs  a  walloping  good  time. — Laura  Lee,  Philadelphia  Bulletin. 

"BROADWAY"  (Universal) 

Packs  all  the  wallop  of  the  original,  which  is  not  to  be  interpreted  by 
those  who  remember  that  exciting  play  as  faint  praise. — Gilbert  Kanour,  Bal- 
timore Evening  Sun. 

A  movie  which  will  entertain  you,  thrill  you,  excite  you — and  haunt  you. 
It  is  one  of  the  finest  films  I  can  remember,  despite  the  fact  that  it  does  not 
say  a  single  thing,  not  even  a  word,  of  importance. — Wolfe  Kaufman,  Chi- 
cago Sun. 

It  describes  all  the  exciting  back-stage  events  that  the  customers  who  watch 
the  floor  show  never  see,  and  it  makes  a  first-rate,  suspenseful  melodrama. — 
Doris  Arden,  Chicago  Daily  Times. 

"RINGS  ON  HER  FINGERS"  (20th  Century-Fox) 

Pleasant  enough  as  it  goes  along,  but  utterly  unimportant  and  uninspired. — 
Xelson  B.  Bell,  Washington  Post. 

Mr.  Mamoulian  just  had  nothing  to  work  with  and  failed  to  improve  it. — 
Harry  Mac  Arthur,  Washington  Star. 

Amusing  little  comedy  of  errors  about  gold-diggers,  crooks  and  love  in  an 
attic. — Elsie  Finn,  Philadelphia  Record. 

There  are  sufficient  amusing  scenes.  Miss  Tierney  couldn't  look  any  pret- 
tier, and  the  uneven  production  comes  out  on  the  plus  side. — Philadelphia 
Inquirer. 

"WE  WERE  DANCING"  (M-G-M) 

All  the  cliches  known  to  writers  of  marital  farce  have  been  rung  in — the 
jealousies,  squabbles,  separation,  silly  courtroom  scene,  and,  of  course,  the 
final  reconciliation. — Laura  Lee,  Philadelphia  Bulletin. 

For  more  than  an  hour  and  a  half  one  is  asked  to  consider  the  romantic  and 
financial  difficulties  of  these  trivial  people  as  they  move  from  guest  room 
to  guest  room,  through  the  divorce  court,  and  finally  back  into  each  other's 
arms. — Mildred  Martin,  Philadelphia  Inquirer. 

"THIS  GUN  FOR  HIRE"  (Paramount) 

Not  since  Jimmy  Cagney  massaged  Mae  Clark's  face  with  a  grapefruit 
has  a  grim  desperado  gunned  his  way  into  cinema  ranks  with  such  violence  as 
does  Mr.  Ladd  in  this  fast  and  exciting  melodrama. — Boslcy  Crowther,  Nav 
York  Times. 

Turns  out  to  be  an  explosive  melodrama,  a  whiz-bang  of  a  picture  that, 
under  the  direction  of  Frank  Turtle  .  .  .  may  be  classed  with  the  exciting 
films  directed  by  such  masters  of  suspenseful  action  as  Alfred  Hitchcock, 
Carol  Reed  and  John  Huston. — Kate  Cameron,  New  York  Dailv  News. 

"TAKE  A  LETTER,  DARLING"  (Paramount) 

It  stands  or  falls  on  its  capacity  to  make  one  chuckle.  Thanks  to  the  deft 
clowning  of  Rosalind  Russell  and  Robert  Benchley.  the  bright  dialogue  of 
Claude  Binyon  and  fancy  physical  trimmings,  it  is  an  amusing  cinematic  gim- 
crack. — Howard  Barnes,  New  York  Herald  Tribune. 

Along  this  very  plain  and  obvious  story,  Writer  Claude  Binyon  has  strung 
a  few  amusing  lines — and  also  some  very  stale  ones. — Bosley  Croxvthcr ,  New 
York  Times. 

But  even  his  (Mitchell  Leisen's)  clever  hand  cannot  hide  the  fact  that  we 
have  been  seeing  this  oldie  on  stage  and  screen  time  out  of  mind. — Kate 
Cameron,  New  York  Daily  News. 

The  plot  is  reverse  of  the  typical  employer-employe  formula,  and,  though 
hackneyed,  is  done  swiftly  and  thoroughly  enough  to  make  you  laugh  until 
you  cry. — Lee  Mortimer,  New  York  Mirror. 

"THE  WIFE  TAKES  A  FLYER"  (Columbia) 

Slapped  happily  together,  "The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  takes  a  hearty  poke 
at  heel  clicking,  heiling,  heelish  Nazis.  Hilarious  whenever  sabotaging  the 
swatiska  by  sure,  sharp  shafts  of  satire,  the  farce  bounces  merrily  along 
despite  being  jerky  in  continuity,  frequently  downright  silly  and  given  the 
appearance  of  having  been  written  hurriedly. — Harry  Mines,  Los  Angeles 
Daily  News. 

Wackiest  of  all  the  pictures  which  seek  to  deal  with  the  Nazis  by  applying 
a  spiked  slapstick  to  the  seat  of  their  immaculate  breeches,  "The  Wife  Takes 
a  Flyer"  ...  is  also  the  funniest. — Donald  Kirkley,  Baltimore  Sun. 

A  singularly  good-natured,  light-hearted  burlesque  of  the  Hitlerites. — 
Mildred  Martin,  Philadelphia  Inquirer. 

A  light  comedy  .  .  .  sometimes  funny,  sometimes  in  bad  taste. — Laura  Lee, 
Philadelphia  Bulletin. 


BIG  PICTURE 


A  colorful  romantic  drama, 
torn  from  tie  pages  of  America's 
most  reckless  era— lavish,  excit- 
ing, unforgettable! 


With  a  great  cast,  starring 
JOHN  WAYNE,  fresh  from  his 
triumph  in"Reap  the  Wild  Wind," 
and  BINNIE  BARNES,  winning 
new  honors  in  the  finest  role  of 
her  career! 


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NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  MONDAY,  JUNE  1,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


6IP  Completes 
Current  Year 
Productions 


Sales  Convention  Opens 
Here  Tomorrow 


Cliff  Work 


The  Universal  studio  completed 
its  production  program  for  the 
current  season  last  week,  thereby 
establishing  a 
new  record 
for  th  e  com- 
pany, Cliff 
Work,  vice- 
president  i  n 
charge  of  the 
studio,  will 
inform  the 
U  n  i  v  e  r  - 
sal  sales  force 
at  the  com- 
pany's annual 
conven- 
tion' which 
opens  at  the 
Waldorf  -  As- 
toria here  tomorrow.  The  meet- 
ing will  continue  through  Friday. 

This  is  the  first  time  in  the  com- 
pany's  history   that   a   full  season's 
(Continued  on  page  4) 

Coast  Conservation 
Group  Begins  Work 

Hollywood,  May  31. — With  M.  C. 
Levee  of  the  Artists  Managers  Guild 
as  chairman,  the  Motion  Picture  Film 
Conservation  Committee  over  the 
weekend  took  up  its  first  large  prob- 
lem— determination  of  methods  to 
eliminate  wastage  of  raw  film. 

Organizing  formally,  the  committee 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


Barrymore  Funeral 
On  Coast  Tomorrow 

Hollywood,  May  31.— A  re- 
quiem mass  for  John  Barry- 
more,  who  died  Friday  night 
at  the  age  of  60,  will  be  cele- 
brated at  11  A.  M.,  Tuesday, 
at  Calvary  Mausoleum.  At- 
tendance will  be  by  invitation 
as  the  chapel  accommodates 
only  60  persons,  and  burial 
will  be  in  the  Barrymore  fam- 
ily crypt  in  Calvary.  The  body 
lay  in  state  over  the  weekend 
at  a  Los  Angeles  funeral 
chapel. 


Bond  Sa  le  Off  to  Big  Start; 
Rally  Gets  Half  Million 


More  than  $500,000  was  ob- 
tained during  the  two-hour  rally 
in  Times  Square  at  noon  Friday 
which  launched  the  theatre  drive 
for  bond  arid  stamp  sales.  Approxi- 
mately 15,000  theatres  throughout 
the  country  are  participating  in  the 
drive,  which  will  continue  for  the 
duration.  Similar  rallies  were  held 
in  key  cities. 

Bond  sales  made  at  the  Times 
Square  rally  included :  three  $50,000 
bonds  to  Nicholas  M.  Schenck,  $50,- 
000  to  Leopold  Friedman,  $25,000  to 
David  Bernstein,  $10,000  to  J.  Robert 
Rubin,  $10,000  to  C.  C.  Moskowitz, 
$10,000  to  Arthur  Mayer,  and  $5,000 
to  Joseph  Vogel.  Scenes  reminiscent 
of  the  Victory  Loan  rallies  of  World 
War  I  were  reenacted  as  bystanders 
offered  their  money  for  bonds.  Many 
of  them  were  employes  of  the  film 
companies,  who  were  given  an  extra 
half-hour  for  lunch  to  permit  them  to 
(Continued  on  page  2) 


Loew's  28-Week  Net 
Rises  to  $5,292,541 

Loew's,  Inc.,  reports  net  earnings 
of  $5,292,541  for  the  28  weeks  ended 
March  12,  1942,  after  all  charges, 
compared  with  $5,141,135  for  the  cor- 
responding period  last  year.  The 
profit  is  equivalent  after  preferred 
dividend  requirements  to  $2.91  a 
common  share,  compared  with  $2.80 
in  the  1941  period.  Reserve  for  Fed- 
eral taxes  was  $2,849,830,  against  $1,- 
623,516  in  the  1941  28-week  period. 
Reserve  for  contingencies  amounted 
to  $2,600,000,  against  $900,000. 


Kupper  Appointed 
Connors'  Assistant 
On  20th-Fox  Sales 


William  J.  Kupper,  20th  Century- 
Fox  Western  division  manager,  was 
appointed  executive  assistant  in 
domestic  sales 
to  Tom  J.  Con- 
nors, vice-pres- 
ident in  charge 
of  distribution, 
by  the  latter  on 
Friday. 

No  successor 
to  Kupper  was 
named  but  it  is 
reported  that 
Harry  G.  Bal- 
lance,  South- 
e  r  n  division 
manager,  with 
headquarters  at 
Atlanta,  is  be- 
ing considered 
for  the  post  vacated  by  Kupper. 

Kupper  joined  the  company  in  1919 
at  the  home  office,  then  served  as  as- 
sistant manager  at  Dallas  and  suc- 
cessively was  manager  at  Washing- 
ton, Albany,  Charlotte,  Pittsburgh 
and  Chicago.  In  1924  he  was  named 
assistant  general  sales  manager  and 
in  1928  was  named  special  represen- 
tative in  the  field.  He  had  been 
Western  division  manager  since  1932. 

Connors  also  announced  the  ap- 
pointment of  Ray  Moon  as  special 
home  office  representative  and  assist- 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


W.  J.  Kupper 


Yankee  Doodle  Dandy 


99 


[Warners] 

HERE  is  a  grand  show  for  showmen  all  up  and  down  the  land. 
Telling  with  rich  values  the  fabulous  story  of  the  fabulous 
theatrical  life  of  George  M.  Cohan,  the  picture  waves  the  flag 
and  beats  the  drum  of  patriotic  fervor,  in  just  the  same  fashion  and  to 
just  the  same  extent  that  Cohan  himself  did  that  over  the  years,  until 
his  very  name  became  synonymous  with  the  stirring  theme  of  American 
patriotism  set  to  immortal  music. 

That  story  has  been  told  with  the  most  astute  use  of  all  the  technical 
facility  at  the  command  of  today's  screen  producers,  and  with  a  cast 
which  has  thrown  itself,  without  exception,  into  the  portrayal  of  those 
real  people  they  represent.  It  appears  to  be  headed  straight  for  top 
box-office  results. 

And  when  the  flag  goes  by,  and  the  soldiers  of  yesterday  march  in 
parade,  and  the  spine-tingling  lilt  of  "Over  There"  rings  from  the  screen 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


See  U.S.  View 
On  Sales  Plan 
Given  in  Court 


'Escape'  Clause  of  Decree 
Effective  Today 

Views  of  the  Department  of 
Justice  on  the  proposed  Umpi  sales 
plan  of  blocks-of-12  are  not  expect- 
ed to  be  made  known  until  the  plan 
is  presented  to  the  Federal  court 
here  as  a  substitute  for  the  blocks- 
of-five,  amending  the  consent 
decree. 

Distribution  executives  believe  that 
with  the  "escape"  provisions  of  the 

Gov't  'Sits  Tight 

Washington,  May  31. — Depart- 
ment of  Justice  officials  were 
"sitting  tight"  over  the  week- 
end, undisturbed  by  the  fact 
that  the  escape  clause  of  the 
consent  decree  becomes  effec- 
tive tomorrow  and  leaving  it  to 
the  industry  to  make  the  next 
move  toward  a  change  in  selling 
methods. 

decree  becoming  effective  today  with- 
out the  Government  having  expressed 
itself  on  the  Umpi  plan,  the  Depart- 
ment of  Justice   probably  will  dis- 

(Continued  on  page  4) 

WPB  Plans  Setup 
For  Emergencies 

Washington,  May  31. — Announce- 
ment of  a  setup  whereby  exhibitors  in 
urgent  need  of  immediate  replacements 
of  equipment,  due  to  mishaps  such  as 
fire,  will  be  able  to  secure  the  aid  of 
the  War  Production  Board  through 
its  regional  offices,  is  expected  to  be 
made  within  the  next  day  or  so  by 
Christopher  Dunphy,  head  of  the  Mo- 
tion Picture  Section  of  the  Services 

(Continued  on  page  4) 

IATSE  Opens  Meet 
In  Columbus  Today 

Columbus,  May  31. — The  biennial 
convention  of  the  IATSE  will  open 
here  tomorrow  with  attempts  by  sev- 
eral internal  factions  to  force  an  un- 
scheduled election  of  officers  as  the 
probable  highlight  of  the  session. 

Vincent  Jacobi,  business  agent  of 
New  York  stagehands'  Local  1,  and 
William  Bennett,  business  representa- 
tive of  Washington  stagehands'  Local 
22,  have  announced  their  candidacies 
for  the  IA  presidency. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  June  1,  1942 


Personal 
Mention 


WH.  CLARK,  assistant  treas- 
•    urer  of  RKO,  is  recuperat 
ing  at  home  after  an  operation  in  St. 
Agnes  Hospital,  White  Plains. 
• 

Mollie  Strum  of  Warners  has  been 
elected  to  the  New  York  Bar  Asso 
ciation. 

• 

Leon  Fromkess  left  late  last  week 
for  the  Coast,  after  conferences  here. 
• 

Lou  Brown,  Loew-Poli  publicity 
head  in  New  Haven,  has  left  on  a 
vacation  in  the  West  with  his  wife 
and  daughter. 

Victor  Wintle  of  the  Warner 
Strand,  Hartford,  has  been  inducted 
into  the  Army. 

• 

Chaeles  Lynch  of  the  Toronto 
office  of  20th  Century-Fox,  has  been 
called  to  duty  with  the  Canadian 
Army. 

Herbert  Berg  is  on  vacation. 


Elections  Ordered  at 
5  St.  Louis  Branches 

Washington,  May  31. — The  Na- 
tional Labor  Relations  Board  on  Fri- 
day ordered  separate  elections  among 
the  clerical  employes  in  the  St.  Louis 
exchanges  of  RKO,  Columbia,  Pro- 
ducers Releasing  Corp  of  St.  Louis, 
United  Artists  and  Paramount,  to  de- 
termine whether  they  desire  to  be 
represented,  for  collective  bargaining 
purposes,  by  the  American  Federa- 
tion of  Labor.  . 

Orders  for  similar  elections  in  the 
Monogram  and  Warner  .  exchanges 
were  'issued  by  the  board  on  Thurs- 
day. The  elections  were  ordered  on 
the  petition  of  the  labor  organization, 
-^'pfi  which  hearings  were  held;  in  St. 
Louis  in  April,  when  it  was  testified 
that  RKO  rental  receipts  were  over1 
$150,000  for  its  fiscal  year- ended  Aug. 
31,  last;  the  same-  for  Columbia;1 
$21,000  for  Producers  Releasing^  C.drp. 
from  January  to  the  date  of  theSlReagr- 
ing;  $289,000  for  United  Artists  in 
1941,  and  over  $500,000  for  Para 
mount  during  its  last  fiscal  year. 


Bond  Sale  Off  to  Big  Start; 
Rally  Gets  Half  Million 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

attend  the  demonstration  which  attain- 
ed a  high  pitch  of  enthusiasm. 

Approximately  50  members  of  the 
American  Women's  Volunteer  Serv 
ice  circulated  through  the  crowd  of 
25,000  and  sold  several  thousand 
dollars  worth  of  war  stamps.  Ruth 
Herbst  of  the  AWVS  sold  a  $1,000 
bond  to  Morris  Dorfman,  a  bystand- 
er, who  paid  for  it  in  cash. 

Pvt.  Burgess  Meredith  and  Monroe 
Greenthal  served  as  masters  of  cere- 
monies. Impromptu  dancing  in  the 
street  by  the  inevitable  jitterbugs 
gave  a  carnival  air  to  the  rally  as 
some  of  the  world's  best  orchestras 
played.  Among  the  latter  were  Ben- 
ny Goodman's,  Jimmy  Dorsey's,  Don 
Albert's  WHN  orchestra,  RKO's 
Dixieland  Jazz  Band  and  others.  The 
Music  Hall  Glee  Club,  Paul  Muni, 
Jean-  Arthur,  Lynn  Overman  and 
Martha  Scott  appeared  on  the  pro- 
gram and  there  was  a  pageant  of  27 
Powers  models,  representing  the 
United  Nations.  The  proceedings 
went  over  WHN  and  WNEW. 

Parade  in  Bronx 

Big  rallies  were  staged  later  in 
the  other  boroughs.  Eddie  Dowden 
was  master  of  ceremonies  for  a  pro- 
gram at  Brooklyn  Borough  Hall.  In 
the  Bronx,  a" parade  from  the  Bronx 
County  Courthouse  to  the  Paradise 
Theatre  was  the  feature  of  a  rally, 
and  the  Queens  demonstration 
centered  at  the  Valencia  Theatre. 

To  aid  sales  in  theatres  a  nation- 
wide tour  of  a'  13-ton  Army  tank 
from  which  Johnny  Sheffield  will 
make  appeals  to  the  public  has  been 
arranged  by  Howard  Dietz  in  con- 
junction with  the  War  Savings  Staff 
of  the  Treasury  Department. '  The 
tour  starts  in  San  Francisco  tomor- 


$275,000  Reported 
ForArmy-NavyFund 

An  additional  $75,000  in  checks 
covering  theatre  collections  in  the 
Army  and  Navy  Relief  campaign  was 
received  at  drive  headquarters  over 
the  weekend,  bringing  the  total  in 
collections  received  to  $275,000.  It  is 
estimated  the  grand  total  will  reach 
more  than  $2,600,000,  when  all  returns 
are  in. 

Remittances  were  received  from  the 
following :     Paramount  Enterprises 
Miami,  Fla.,  $5,700;   M.  Switow  & 
Sons,  Louisville,  $3,500 ;  Leo  Brecher 
circuit,  New  York,  $3,000;  Dominion 
Theatres,    Virginia,    $1,200;  Fourth 
Ave.  Amusement  Co.,  Terre  Haute 
Ind.,  $2,150;  El  Portal  Theatre,  Las 
Vegas,  Nev.,  $970;   Palace  Theatre 
Newport  News,  Va.,  $1,000;  Knick- 
erbocker  Theatre,   Nashville,  Tenn. 
$1,070;    Paramount    Theatre,  Nash 
ville,   $2,000;    Circle   Theatre,  Indi 
anapolis,    $1,325 ;    Crescent  Amuse 
ment   Co.,   $5,325 ;    National  Screen 
Service  (donation),  $1,000;  Rugoff  & 
Becker,    N.    Y.,    $4,210;  Prudential 
Playhouses,    N.    Y.,   $6,660;  United 
Theatres,  Inc.,  New  Orleans,  $3,750 
Western      Mass.      Theatres,  Inc. 
Springfield,  Mass.,  $5,200;  Y  &  W 
Management      Corp.,  Indianapolis 
$2,750. 


Hold  Capital  Parley 
On  Campaign  of  USO 

Spyros  Skouras,  Abe  Lastfogel 
Hal  Home  and  Robert  M.  Weitman 
went  to  Washington  on  Friday  for 
their  second  conference  there  on  the 
part  the  amusement  industry  will  play 
in  the  1.9.42,  campaign  for  funds  to 
support  the  program  of  the  USO. 


Allied  of  Eastern  Pa. 
Will  Discuss  Rentals 

Philadelphia,  May  31. — Allied 
Independent  Theatre  Owners  of  East- 
ern Pennsylvania,  Inc.,  will  hold  a 
general  membership  meeting  here 
June  15.  The  bulletin  announcing 
the  meeting  said  that  "the  territory- 
wide  protest  against  extortionate  film 
rentals"  would  be  discussed. 


Keith  Glennan  Quits 
Goldwyn  Studio  Post 

Hollywood,  May  31. — Keith  Glen- 
nan has  resigned  as  manager  of  the 
Samuel  Goldwyn  studio  to  join  Co- 
lumbia University's  National  Defense 
Research  Council.  Glennan' s  studio 
duties  will  be  taken  over  by  M. 
A.  Ezzell,  vice-president  of  Samuel 
Goldwyn,  Inc.,  Ltd. 


S.P.G.  and  20th-Fox 
Meet  on  Discharges 

Representatives  of  the  Screen  Pub- 
licists Guild  of  New'  York  met  with 
W.  C  - Michel,  20th  Century-Fox  ex- 
ecutive vice-president,  last  week  to 
discuss  the  recent  discharge  of  several 
«inp1oyes  in  the  publicity  department. 
The  union  acknowledged  that  the 
company  had  the  right  to  make  the 
dismissals  upon  payment  of  the  re- 
quired severance  pay.  The  meeting 
was  described  as  amicable  and  it  was 
said  that  another  meeting  may  be  held 
this  week. 


Gell,  British  Pathe 
Head,  Arrives  Here 

William  G.  Cell,  C.  B.  E,  man- 
aging director  of  Pathe  Pictures,  Ltd., 
of  Britain  arrived  here  late  last  week 
by  plane  for  conferences  with  W.  Ray 
Johnston,  president  of  Monogram,  and 
other  Monogram  executives.  He  left 
for  the  Coast  over  the  weekend  and 
plans  to  return  here  this  week. 


Gehrig's  Widow  Returns 

Mrs.  Eleanor  Gehrig  returned  from 
Hollywood  Saturday.  She  went  to  the 
Coast  to  see  the  first  rough  cut  of 
Samuel  Goldwyn's  "The  Pride  of  the 
Yankees,"  in  which  Gary  Cooper  and 
Teresa  Wright  play  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Lou  Gehrig. 


British  Producers 
Seek  Labor  Relief 

i  London,  May  31.— -Producers  and 
labor  union  representatives  plan  to 
make  further  efforts  td  obtain  the  co- 
operation of  the  British  Government 
in  attempting  to  solve  the  serious 
problem  of  industry  manpower,  in 
view  of  the  indication  that  more  film 
employes  will  be  called  up  for  military 
service. 

It  is  expected  that  a  deputation 
representing  producers  and  labor  will 
be  heard  by  the  Ministry  of  Labor 
shortly.  Producer  representatives  on 
the  Films  Council  have  suggested  the 
formation  of  a  sub-committee  to  ad- 
vise the  Government  of  film  produc- 
tion problems.  The  Board  of  Trade  is 
understood  to  have  taken  the  atti- 
tude that  the  situation  currently  is  sat- 
isfactory, and  does  not  require  any  ac- 
tion on  its  part.  Nevertheless,  the 
Films  Council  is  expected  to  support 
the  case  of  the  producers. 


Louis  Pollock  Opens 
Publicity  Office  Here 

Louis  Pollock,  former  Eastern  ad- 
vertising and  publicity  manager  for 
Universal,  has  opened  a  motion  pic- 
ture public  relations  office  here.  He 
has  been  engaged  to  handle  publicity 
for  the  Society  of  Independent  Mo- 
tion Picture  Producers  on  the  Coast. 


Remick  Is  Reviving 
'Silvery  Moon'  Song 

Remick  Music  Corp.,  War- 
ner subsidiary,  is  planning  a 
revival  of  the  Gus  Edwards 
song  of  1909,  "By  the  Light  of 
Silvery  Moon."  Mose  Gumble, 
professional  manager  of 
Remick's  standard  depart- 
ment, is  in  charge  of  the 
campaign. 


Only  4  Arbitration 
Cases  Filed  in  May 


Only  four  arbitration  complaints 
were  reported  for  May  to  the  Ameri- 
can Arbitration  Asociation  up  to  the 
close  of  the  business  month  on  Fri- 
day. This  was  smallest  number  of 
cases  recorded  in  any  month  since  the 
industry  system  began  to  function  Feb. 
1,  1941.  In  April,  11  cases  were  re- 
ported. 

Since  the  start  of  the  arbitration 
system's  second  year,  Feb.  1,  1942, 
only  44  complaints  have  been  filed,  or 
an  average  of  11  a  month  for  the  four 
months.  The  average  for  the  first  full 
year  of  operation  for  the  31  local 
tribunals  was  14  cases  per  month.  A 
total  of  210  complaints  have  been  filed 
since  the  boards  were  opened  16 
months  ago. 


Resume  F.C.C.  Bill 
Hearing  Tomorrow 

Washington,  May  31. — Represen- 
tatives of  the  American  Civil  Liber- 
ties Union  will  be  the  first  witnesses  to 
appear  before  the  House  Interstate 
and  Foreign  Commerce  Committee 
Tuesday  when  it  resumes  hearings  on 
the  Sanders  bill  for  reorganization  of 
the  FCC. 

The  hearings  will  continue  through 
the  week,  with  officials  of  Mutual  and 
Network  Affiliates,  Inc.,  to  follow  and  I 
will  conclude  with  the  appearance  of 
FCC  Chairman  James  L.  Fly. 


Heads  Wis.  Defense  Unit 

Waukesha,  Wis.,  May  31. — L.  F. 
ThiSrwachter,  '  local  ,  exhibitor,  has 
been  named  state  commander  of  the 
Citizens'  Defense  Corps  of  the  State 
Defense  Council  by  Ralph  S.  Kings- 
ley,  council  chairman. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(.Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 

Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company. 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,,New  York,"  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker.  Vice- 
President,  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau.  Postal  Unioi 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor: 
London  Bureau,  4  Golden  Square,  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
'Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy 
righted  1942  by  Quigley  Publishi  ng  Com 
pany,  Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres.  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame 
Entered  as  second  class  matter.  Sept.  23 
1938,  at  the  post  office  at  New  York,  N  Y 
under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscrip 
turn  rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  an 
?12  foreign.    Single  copies  10c. 


4 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  June  1,  1942 


See  U.S.  View 
On  Sales  Plan 
Given  in  Court 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

close  its  stand  when  the  consenting 
companies  submit  the  plan  to  the 
court,  which  is  anticipated  within  the 
next  10  days  or  two  weeks. 

Trade  observers  point  out  that  the 
Department  might  have  asked  the  five 
consenting  companies  for  a  brief  ex- 
tension of  the  escape  clause  if  it  had 
not  completed  its  study  of  the  Umpi 
trade  proposals  and  desired  more  time 
to  do  so,  or  that  an  interim  agreement 
of  a  "standstill"  nature  might  have 
been  granted  if  the  Department  de- 
sired more  time  to  determine  its  stand 
on  the  Umpi  plan. 

As  of  today,  however,  the  distribu- 
tors are  relieved  of  the  trade  showing 
and  blocks-of-five  selling  provisions 
of  the  consent  decree.  They  have 
committed  themselves  to  the  Umpi 
plan,  if  it  is  approved  by  the  court. 

It  is  believed,  as  a  result  of  the  De- 
partment's silence,  that  it  may  neither 
approve  nor  disapprove  the  plan  when 
attorneys  for  consenting  companies 
submit  it  to  Federal  Judge  Henry  W. 
Goddard.  In  that  event,  the  weight 
of  industry  support  for  the  plan 
probably  would  be  the  deciding  factor 
with  the  court,  it  is  believed. 


44 


Yankee  Doodle  Dandy 


Umpi,  Arbitration 
N/J.  Allied  Topics 

The  Umpi  trade  practice  program, 
Ascap  and  arbitration  will  be  the 
highlight  topics  of  the  New  Jersey 
Allied  convention,  to  be  held  next 
Wednesday,  Thursday  and  Friday  at 
the  Ambassador  Hotel  in  Atlantic 
City. 

J.  Noble  Braden,  executive  secre- 
tary of  the  American  Arbitration 
Association,  and  John  G.  Paine,  gen- 
eral manager  of  Ascap,  will  be  the 
principal  speakers  on  Wednesday. 
Thursday  will  be  given  over  to  ad- 
dresses and  reports  by  Allied  leaders, 
including  M.  A.  Rosenberg,  president 
of  national  Allied ;  Abram  F.  Myers, 
national  Allied  general  counsel  and 
chairman  of  the  board ;  Col.  H.  A. 
Cole  of  Dallas,  and  Sidney  Samuel- 
son,  business  manager  of  Allied  of 
Eastern  Pennsylvania. 

William  F.  Rodgers,  M-G-M  gen- 
eral sales  manager,  and  H.  M. 
Richey,  in  charge  of  exhibitor  rela- 
tions for  M-G-M,  have  accepted  in- 
vitations to  speak  on  Friday.  The 
general  sales  managers  of  all  distri- 
buting companies  also  have  received 
invitations  and  further  acceptances 
are  expected  to  be  announced  today. 
Invitations  have  also  been  extended 
to  the  heads  of  all  committees  of 
Umpi.    Rodgers  is  Umpi  chairman. 

The  convention  will  conclude  with 
a  banquet  at  the  hotel  Friday  eve- 
ning in  honor  of  Col.  Cole,  at  which 
a  number  of  industry  leaders  are 
scheduled  to  speak. 


SAG  Buys  Bonds 

Hollywood,  May  31. — The  Screen 
Actors  Guild  has  purchased  $50,000, 
the  legal  limit,  of  G  Class  War  Bonds 
for  the  guild  treasury. 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

with  every  bit  as  much  purpose  and  hope  and  significance  today  as  when 
it  was  written  in  1917,  the  showman  must  inevitably  take  pride  in  his 
theatre,  for  the  response  of  his  audience,  wherever  it  may  be,  most 
certainly  will  be  spontaneously  whole-hearted  and  fervent. 

For  today  we  are  a  nation  at  war,  as  we  were  when  George  M.  Cohan 
was  rejected  by  the  Army  as  too  old,  and  gave  the  country  "Over  There" 
and  "It's  a  Grand  Old  Flag"  to  lift  the  morale  of  an  army  of  soldiers 
and  civilians.  Under  the  guiding  hands  of  Jack  L.  Warner  and  Hal  B. 
Wallis,  with  William  Cagney  as  associate  producer,  Michel  Curtiz 
directed  with  rare  skill  from  a  screenplay  by  Robert  Buckner  and  Ed- 
mund Joseph. 

James  Cagney  is  all  that  could  be  desired  in  the  role  of  George  M. 
Cohan,  while  no  less  effective  are  Walter  Huston  as  his  father,  Jerry 
Cohan ;  Joan  Leslie  as  his  wife ;  Rosemary  DeCamp  as  his  mother ; 
Jeanne  Cagney  as  his  sister,  Josie ;  Richard  Whorf  as  his  partner,  Sam 
Harris ;  Irene  Manning  as  Fay  Templeton,  and  all  the  rest,  including 
Douglas  Croft  and  Patsy  Lee  Parsons,  as  George  M.  and  Josie,  respec- 
tively, as  children. 

The  flashback  method  is  most  effectively  employed  in  telling  the  story. 
Cohan,  coming  out  of  retirement  in  1940  to  play  the  role  of  President 
Roosevelt  in  "I'd  Rather  Be  Right"  on  Broadway,  receives  a  telegraphic 
request  to  visit  the  White  House.  There  in  the  President's  study,  Cag- 
ney meets  the  Chief  Executive,  impersonated  with  exceeding  effective- 
ness by  Capt.  Jack  Young.  Cohan,  sitting  there,  tells  the  story  of  the 
Cohans,  which  is  reproduced  on  the  screen.  At  its  conclusion,  the 
President  calms  Cagney's  fears  of  reprimand  for  impersonating  him  in 
"I'd  Rather  Be  Right,"  and  awards  him  the  Congressional  Medal  of 
Honor,  bestowed  in  recognition  of  his  services  to  his  country  in  the 
writing  of  "Over  There"  and  "It's  a  Grand  Old  Flag." 

The  story  opens  with  George's  birth  on  the  Fourth  of  July,  1878,  in 
a  theatrical  boarding  house  in  Providence  where  Huston  and  his  wife 
are  playing  their  vaudeville  act.  At  an  early  age  he  joins  the  act,  to 
be  followed  some  years  later  by  his  sister.  As  the  Four  Cohans  they 
toured  the  country  in  the  vaudeville  and  stock  of  the  gaslight  era. 

In  New  York  attempting  unsuccessfully  to  sell  one  of  his  plays,  George 
meets  Sam  Harris,  and  they  persuade  Lawrence  Schwab  to  back  Cohan's 
show,  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy."  That  is  the  first  of  a  long  series  of 
successes,  all  studded  with  the  music  that  helped  to  make  the  name  and 
fame  of  Cohan  that  still  exists  today.  Finally  the  elder  Cohans  retire, 
Josie  is  engaged,  and  the  Four  Cohans  break  up,  and  with  them  a 
theatrical  era. 

Reproduced  on  the  screen  with  telling  effect  are  such  hits  as  "45 
Minutes  from  Broadway,"  "George  Washington,  Jr.,"  and  others.  Then 
came  the  World  War,  the  writing  of  "Over  There,"  and  eventually  the 
dissolution  of  the  firm  of  Cohan  and  Harris,  and  the  retirement  of  Cohan, 
after  a  late  honeymoon  around  the  world.  He  returns  to  Broadway  at 
the  urgent  request  of  Harris  to  do  the  role  of  the  President  in  "I'd 
Rather  Be  Right."  As  he  emerges  from  the  White  House,  he  falls  into 
step  with  the  marching  soldiers  of  a  new  day  and  a  new  war,  and  joins 
them  in  the  ringing  strains  of  "Over  There." 

Running  time,  126  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


'IT  Completes 
Current  Year 
Productions 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

program  has  been  completed  so  early, 
the  company  announced.     The  sea- 
son's schedule  called  for  47  feaj 
14  action  pictures,  four  serial^ 
70  short  subjects. 

The  leading  productions  among 
those  completed  for  release  this  sea- 
son are  "Broadway,"  "Private  Bucka- 
roo,"  "Lady  in  a  Jam,"  "Deep  in 
the  Heart  of  Texas,"  "Pardon  My 
Sarong"  and  "Eagle  Squadron." 

Work  will  arrive  fnom  the  Coast 
today  for  the  convention.  Other  stu- 
dio officials  who  will  attend  include 
Walter  Wanger,  Dan  Kelley,  Milton 
Feld  and  John  Joseph. 

Executives  to  Attend 

Home  office  executives  participat- 
ing in  the  meeting  include :  Nate  J. 
Blumberg,  president ;  W.  A.  Scully, 
vice-president  and  general  sales  man- 
ager ;  W.  J.  Heineman,  F.  J.  A.  Mc- 
Carthy, Fred  Meyers,  E.  T.  Gomer- 
sall,  Charles  D.  Prutzman,  John  J. 
O'Connor,  Joseph  H.  Seidelman, 
Samuel  Alachnovitch,  Peyton  Gibson, 
B.  B.  Kreisler,  Maurice  Bergman,  F. 
T.  Murray,  James  J.  Jordan,  A.  J. 
Sharick,  Morris  Alin,  Tom  Mead, 
Joseph  O'Brien  and  Adolph  Schimel. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Coast  Conservation 
Group  Begins  Work 

(Continued  from  page  I) 

named  Levee  chairman,  Val  Burton 
of  the  Screen  Writers  Guild  as  secre- 
tary, and  Ben  Goetz,  production  ex- 
ecutive, as  vice-chairman.  Raw  film 
conservation  was  made  the  first  proj- 
ect of  the  group  and  a  fact-finding 
committee  held  meetings  over  the 
weekend  concerning  methods  to  elimi- 
nate unnecessary  exposure  of  footage, 
thus  creating  savings  also  in  chemi- 
cals considered  critical. 

Levee  in  accepting  the  chairmanship 
said  that  immediate  action  is  neces- 
sary but  stressed  that  there  would  be 
no  letdown  in  quality  of  production. 


Hollywood,  May  31.— The  West- 
ern Branch  of  the  Public  Relations 
Committee  has  appointed  George 
Brown  of  Paramount,  Lou  Smith  of 
Universal  and  Walter  Compton  of 
Republic  as  a  sub-committee  to  under- 
take the  application  of  conservation  to 
studio  publicity  departments. 


WPB  Plans  Setup 
For  Emergencies 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Branch  of  the  War  Production  Board. 

The  board  last  month  set  up  13  re- 
gional offices  to  which  business  men 
could  go  with  their  problems,  with  a 
view  to  saving  them  the  time  and  ex- 
pense incurred  in  coming  to  Washing- 
ton, as  the  first  step  toward  a  decen- 
tralization of  activities  which  will 
leave  policy  and  planning  work  in 
Washington  but  put  operations  in  the 
field. 

In  the  event  of  emergency  particu- 
larly, the  field  offices  are  expected  to 
be  of  aid  to  exhibitors  and  others  need- 
ing quick  action.  The  offices  are  lo- 
cated in  Boston,  New  York,  Philadel- 
phia, Atlanta,  Cleveland,  Detroit,  Chi- 
cago, Kansas  City,  Minneapolis,  Dal- 
las. Denver,  San  Francisco  and 
Seattle. 


Fitzgibbons  Head  of 
Canada  Advisory  Unit 

Toroxto,  May  31. — J.  J.  Fitzgib- 
bons, president  of  Famous  Players 
Canadian  Corp.,  now  holds  official 
Government  status  as  chairman  of  the 
Motion  Picture  Advisory  Council  of 
the  Canadian  Wartime  Prices  and 
Trade  Board. 

The  Government  has  issued  an 
order  giving  permanent  status  to  the 
council  to  handle  film  trade  problems 
in  the  Dominion  as  part  of  the  board. 
The  recognition  was  contained  in  an 
official  memorandum  issued  by  Don- 
ald Gordon,  chairman  of  the  Prices 
and  Trade  Board,  at  Ottawa.  Henry 
Falk,  representing  the  Canadian  inde- 
pendent exhibitors,  is  secretary  of  the 
council. 


Fire  Causes  $50,000 
Damage  to  Para.  Lot 

Hollywood,  May  31.— Fire  of  un- 
determined origin  yesterday  caused 
$50,000  damage  to  the  New  York 
Street  on  the  Paramount  lot,  most  of 
the  damage  being  done  to  sets  of 
permanent  construction.  The  fire 
burned  out  high  tension  power  lines  j 
and  came  within  50  feet  of  the  lot's 
powder  magazine. 


Kupper  Appointed 
Connors  Assistant  } 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

ant  to  William  C.  Gehring,  Central  I 
division  manager.  Moon  until  re- 
eently  had  been  associated  with  Mu-  ■ 
tual  Theatres  of  Michigan,  and  be-  f 
fore  that  was  with  Cooperative  The- I 
atres  of  Detroit  and  Universal  branch  I 
manager  in  that  city. 


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51.  NO.  107 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  TUESDAY,  JUNE  2,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Court  Orders 
FCC  Net  Rule 
Case  to  Trial 


Regulations  'Reviewable,' 
Supreme  Court  Holds 

Washington,  June  1.  —  CBS 
•and  and  NBC  scored  a  legal  vic- 
tory today  in  their   fight  to  re- 
strain enforcement  of  the  FCC  net- 
work regulations  when  the  U.  S. 
Supreme"  Court  ordered  a  trial  of 
the  case  on  its  merits.    The  high 
court  reversed  a  decision  of  the 
New  York  Federal  statutory  court 
and  held  that  the  lower  court  had 
jurisdiction  to  decide  the  action. 
In  a  split  decision  rendered 
by  Chief  Justice   Stone,  with 
Justices  Frankfurter,  Reed  and 
Douglas  dissenting  and  Justice 
Black    not    participating,  the 
court  held  that  the  commission's 
order  was  reviewable. 
Although  it  made  no  effort  to  pass 
on  the  issues  presented  by  the  suit, 
the  court  did  comment  on  the  case  of 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


'IP  Gross  Up  23% 
Over  Last  Year's 

Universale  gross  business  for  the 
current  season  to  date  is  23  per  cent 
ahead  of  that  for  the  same  period 
last  year,  William  A.  Scully,  vice- 
president  and  general  sales  manager, 
will  inform  the  company's  sales  force 
at  its  annual  convention  which  opens 
at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  here  today. 

Scully  attributed  the  increase  to 
improved  picture  quality,  better  play- 
ing time  and  holdovers  for  the  prod- 
uct and  a  15  per  cent  increase  in  ex- 
hibitor accounts  on  the  company's 
books  this  season. 

Approximately  200  district  and 
branch  managers,  salesmen  and  book- 
(Continued  on  page  5) 


To  Act  on  20th-Fox 
Board  Enlargement 

A  special  meeting  of  20th  Century- 
Fox  stockholders  is  scheduled  to  be 
held  at  the  home  office  today  to  con- 
sider and  act  upon  a  proposal  to  in- 
crease the  membership  of  the  com- 
pany's board  of  directors  to  IS  mem- 
bers. There  are  12  members  of  the 
board  at  present. 

If  the  increase  is  authorized,  Tom 
J.  Connors,  vice-president  in  charge 
of  distribution,  will  be  elected  to  the 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Censor  Chiefs  for 
Export  Films  to  Be 
Announced  Today 


Washington,  June  1. — Heads  of 
the  motion  picture  boards  of  review 
to  be  set  up  in  Los  Angeles  and  New 
York  to  handle  pictures  for  export 
will  be  named  tomorrow  by  the  Of- 
fice of  Censorship,  but  membership 
of  the  boards  has  not  yet  been  com- 
pleted, it  was  learned  today. 

Some  difficulty  has  been  experienced 
by  the  censorship  agency  in  getting 
exactly  the  type  of  men  needed  for 
the  highly  important  work  of  deciding 
whether  films  destined  for  abroad  con- 
tain any  material  which  might  be  of 
value,  interest  or  comfort  to  the  en- 
emy, it  was  said. 

In  making  up  the  boards,  it  is 
planned  to  have  some  men  from  the 
film  industry,  desirable  for  their  tech- 
nical knowledge,  but  the  boards  will 
not  be  manned  completely  with  film 
men.     The  size  of  the  boards  is  to 

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Weekend  Grosses 
Strong  on  BVay 

Broadway  business  continued  on  the 
plus  side  over  the  weekend  as  the 
warm  weather  and  large  crowds  at 
the  city's  ball  parks  apparently  had 
little  effect  on  the  box-office.  The 
turnover  was  rather  slow  during  the 
Memorial  Day  parade  but  at  its  con- 
clusion the  grosses  picked  up  sharply. 

"Take  a  Letter,  Darling"  at  the 
Paramount  with  Benny  Goodman's 
orchestra  had  a  good  weekend  esti- 
mated at  $27,000  and  finishes  its  first 
week  tonight  with  an  estimated  $56,- 
000  expected.  It  will  be  held.  "In 
This  Our  Life,"  now  in  its  fourth 
week  at  the  Strand  with  Jimmy  Dor- 
sey's  orchestra,  will  continue  through 
(Continued  on  page  7) 


Bans  Illuminated 
Advertising  Signs 

All  illuminated  outdoor  ad- 
vertising signs  in  this  area 
were  banned  in  a  new  set  of 
regulations  promulgated  yes- 
terday by  Major  Gen.  T.  A. 
Terry,  commanding  the  Sec- 
ond Corps  Area.  All  other 
lights  must  be  screened, 
shaded  or  extinguished  to 
prevent  direct  rays  of  light. 

Meanwhile,  the  first  state- 
wide blackout  in  the  East 
without  advance  notice  last 
night  darkened  all  New  Jer- 
sey for  a  half  hour  beginning 
at  10  P.  M. 


W.B.  26-Week  Net 
Up  to  $3,802,055 


Warners  yesterday  reported  con- 
solidated net  profit  of  $3,802,055  for 
the  26  weeks  ended  Feb.  28,  1842, 
constituting  the  first  half  of  the  com- 
pany's current  fiscal  year. 

The  result  is  after  all  charges,  pro- 
vision of  $525,000  for  contingencies 
and  provision  of  $2,825,000  for  Fed- 
eral income  taxes,  including  $700,000 
for  possible  excess  profits  tax.  The 
company  reported  net  profit  of  $2,- 
782,544  for  the  corresponding  period 
last  year. 

The  company's  gross  income  for 
the  six  months  amounted  to  $58,547,- 
614.  Cost  of  sales  and  expenses  was 
$47,817,101.  Gross  income  for  the 
first  half  of  the  previous  fiscal  year 
was  $51,009,860. 

The  consolidated  balance  sheet 
shows  current  and  working  assets  at 
Feb.  28,  last,  of  $33,305,139,  includ- 
ing cash  of  $10,202,288  and  inven- 
tories of  $20,916,397.  Current  liabili- 
ties amounted  to  $18,930,632,  leaving 
working  capital  of  $14,374,507.  The 
company's  cash  in  the  United  States 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


Decree  Escape  Clause  Effective; 

See  Umpi  Plan  Going  to  Court  Soon 

The  escape  clause  of  the  consent  decree  became  effective  yester- 
day without  the  Department  of  Justice  having  asked  for  either  an 
extension  or  an  agreement  covering  the  interim  between  now  and 
action  by  the  Federal  court  on  Umpi's  proposed  new  selling  plan. 

As  a  result,  Loew's,  Paramount,  RKO,  20th  Century-Fox  and 
Warners  are  free  to  end  trade  showings  and  blocks-of-five  sales 
at  the  conclusion  of  the  current  season,  next  Aug.  31,  and  to  elect 
a  new  selling  method  of  their  own  choice.  All  five,  of  course,  have 
subscribed  to  the  proposed  Umpi  plan,  providing  it  receives  court 
approval. 

The  first,  formal  legal  draft  of  the  new  sales  plan  is  expected  to 
be  completed  by  the  lawyers'  drafting  committee  within  the  next 
few  days.  Copies  of  the  draft  will  be  sent  to  the  Department  of 
Justice  and  a  court  hearing  may  be  sought  some  time  next  week. 


I.  A,  Meeting 
Dominated  by 
Election  Fight 

1,000   Delegates  Attend 
Columbus  Session 


Columbus,  June  1. — With  the 
issue  of  a  new  election  for  presi- 
dent overshadowing  all  other  busi- 
ness, a  record-breaking  number  of 
delegates  opened  the  37th  IATSE 
convention  at  the  Neil  House  to- 
day. Approximately  1,000  delegates 
answered  the  roll  call. 

Based  on  informal  canvassing 
of  the  delegates,  the  opinion 
here  appears  to  be  that  the 
delegates  are  closely  divided  on 
the  holding  of  an  election  now. 
The  opposition  groups  claim 
that  90  per  cent  of  the  dele- 
gates will  favor  a  new  vote  for 
the  unexpired  term  of  George  E. 
Browne,  now  serving  a  Federal 
prisom  term  for  extortion. 

Richard  F.  Walsh,  who  was  named 
to  the  post  by  the  executive  council, 
has  made  no  statement  here,  although 
he  previously  has  expressed  the  opin- 
ion that  no  election  is  necessary  be- 
cause Browne's  unexpired  term  still 
has  two  years  to  go.    Louis  Krouse, 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Schlaifer  20th-Fox 
Head  of  Advertising 

Charles  Schlaifer,  formerly  adver- 
tising and  publicity  director  of  the 
United  Artists  Theatre  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, yesterday  was  named  advertis- 
ing manager  for  20th  Century-Fox, 
by  Hal  Home,  director  of  advertis- 
ing and  publicity. 

Frank  Moneyhun,  who  had  been 
executive  assistant  to  A.  M.  Botsford 
while  the  latter  was  director  of  ad- 
vertising and  publicity  for  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox, preceding  Home,  has  been 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Four  Reviews  Today 

Four  features  are  reviewed 
in  Motion  Picture  Daily  to- 
day. They  are  "Wings  for  the 
Eagle,"  "The  Big  Shot,"  Page 
4;  "They  All  Kissed  the 
Bride,"  "In  Old  California," 
Page  6.  Hollywood  produc- 
tion news,  Page  4. 


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Motion  Picture  daily 


Tuesday,  June  2,  1942 


Theatre  Bond  Sale 
Is  Off  to  Fast  Start 


Sales  of  War  Bonds  and  Stamps  in 
the  theatres  of  the  country  were  off 
to  a  fast  start  over  the  Memorial 
Day  weekend,  according  to  reports 
received  yesterday  at  campaign  head- 
quarters of  the  Theatre  Division  of 
the  War  Activities  Committee. 

Basing  their  estimates  on  early  re- 
ports from  the  rest  of  the  country  and 
results  achieved  in  New  York's  800 
participating  theatres,  Si  Fabian,  cam- 
paign director,  was  encouraged  to  be- 
lieve the  weekend  total  may  exceed 
his  advance  estimate  of  $7,000,000. 

C.  C.  Moskowitz,  Loew's  executive, 
estimated  sales  in  that  circuit's  New 
York  houses  at  $15,000  for  the  week- 
end, or  at  the  rate  of  about  $50,000 
per  week.  Loew's  theatres  in  the 
poorer  sections  of  the  Lower  East 
Side  and  the  Bronx  reported  surpris- 
ingly good  sales,  Moskowitz  said. 


Army,  Navy  Relief 
Total  Is  $350,000 

Checks  received  yesterday  covering 
collections  in  theatres  for  the  Army 
and  Navy  Emergency  Relief  brought 
the  total  to  $350,000. 

Remittances  made  yesterday  were : 
Skouras  Theatre  Corp.,  $35,409,  plus 
a  company  contribution  of  $1,000 ; 
Endicott  Circuit,  Brooklyn,  $1,112; 
Fox  Detroit  Theatre,  $3,660;  Black 
Hills  Amusement  Co.,  Deadwood,  S. 
D.,  $1,012;  Fanchon  &  Marco  The- 
atres, St.  Louis,  $4,213 ;  St.  Louis 
Amusement  Co.,  $6,900;  Mort  H. 
Singer  Theatres,  Chicago,  $5,059 ;  At- 
lantic Theatres,  Philadelphia,  $2,849; 
Robb  &  Rowley  Theatres,  Arkansas, 
$2,931 ;  Newman  Theatre,  Kansas 
City,  $1,738;  Center  Theatre,  Pas- 
saic, N.  J.,  $1,300. 


Louisville  Houses  Collect 
$8,745  for  Army  and  Navy 

Louisville,  Ky.,  June  1. — Between- 
show  collections  in  30  Louisville  thea- 
tres last  week  netted  $8,745.50  for 
Army  and  Navy  Relief,  the  Theatre 
Owners'  Association  reported. 


No  Films  Rejected 
In  Chicago  in  May 

Chicago,  June  1. — The  Chicago 
Police  censor  during  May  reviewed 
130  films,  with  none  being  rejected. 
A  total  of  42  cuts  was  made.  "The 
Mad  Monster,"  "The  Corpse  Van- 
ishes" and  "The  Gay  Sisters"  were 
given  "adults  only"  permits.  "The 
Big  Shot,"  originally  in  the  same 
classification,  later  in  the  month  was 
given  a  permit  for  general  showing. 


Personal  Mention 


WILLIAM  F.  RODGERS  and  H. 
M.   Richey  are  scheduled  to 
leave  for  Atlantic  City  tomorrow. 
• 

Sydney  Towell,  20th  Century-Fox 
treasurer,  has  arrived  in  Hollywood. 
• 

Jimmy  Sileo  returned  to  his  office 
yesterday  after  an  absence  of  six 
months  due  to  illness. 

• 

Helena  A.  Navicky,  assistant 
manager  at  the  Garden  Theatre, 
Greenfield,  Mass.,  and  Warrant  Of- 
ficer Alfred  P.  Lucas  of  West  Point 
were  married  last  week. 


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DWARD  SMALL  will  return  to 
the  Coast  at  the  end  of  the  week. 


Charles  Brouda,  Paramount  law 
librarian,  became  the  father  of  a 
daughter,  Stephanie  Frances,  born 
on  Sunday  to  Mrs.  Brouda  at  the 
United  Hospital,  Portchester,  N.  Y. 
• 

Isador  M.  Rappaport,  owner  of  the 
Hippodrome  Theatre,  Baltimore,  is 
spending  several  days  here. 

• 

Irving  Martin,  publicity  man  at 
the  Stanley  Theatre,  Baltimore,  has 
returned  after  several  days  in  Vir- 
ginia. 


Independents  Plan 
'Freedoms'  Series 


Three  Companies  Formed 

Albany,  June  1. — Three  new  com- 
panies have  been  chartered  here.  They 
are :  Rossons  Amusement  Co.,  Inc., 
New  York  City ;  United  Newsreel 
Corp.,  New  York  City,  and  Kenglad 
Theatre  Corp.,  New  York  City. 
Rochester-Riviera  Corp.,  henceforth 
will  be  known  as  the  Schine  Service 
Corp.,  Gloversville,  N.  Y.  Arista 
Amusement  Corp.,  New  York  City, 
has  been  dissolved. 


Lipskin  SPG  Head 

Lawrence  H.  Lipskin  of  Columbia, 
first  vice-president  of  the  Screen  Pub- 
licists Guild  of  New  York,  was  desig- 
nated temporary  president  of  the  SPG 
yesterday  following  the  resignation  of 
Joseph  Gould,  who  enters  the  Army. 


Hollywood,  June  1. — Independent 
producers  through  the  Independent 
Motion  Picture  Producers  Associa- 
tion will  contribute  to  the  nation's 
war  effort  by  producing  voluntarily 
and  without  profit  a  series  of  four 
short  subjects  based  on  the  "Four 
Freedoms"  expounded  in  the  Atlantic 
Charter. 

This  was  learned  today  as  plans 
for  the  project,  which  would_  have  the 
production  companies  donating  time, 
talent  and  equipment,  were  forwarded 
to  Washington  authorities  for  ap- 
proval. The  idea  is  that  of  I.  E. 
Chadwick,  president  of  the  Associa- 
tion, following  an  address  made  at 
last  week's  meeting  of  the  organiza- 
tion by  Nelson  D.  Poynter,  Hollywood 
liaison  officer  for  Lowell  Mellett,  Co- 
ordinator of  Government  films. 

It  is  proposed  to  seek  a  major  re- 
lease for  the  subjects  and  all  profits, 
if  any,  would  be  donated  to  the  USO, 
Army  and  Navy  Emergency  Relief  or 
other  welfare  groups.  Launching  of 
the  project  awaits  approval  of  Wash- 
ington authorities. 

Honor  3  at  20th-Fox 
On  25th  Anniversary 

■  Three  home  office  employes  of  20th 
Century-Fox  who  have  completed  25 
years  of  service  each  with  the  com- 
pany will  be  honored  at  a  luncheon 
on  Thursday.  They  are  Morris 
Goodman,  Julia  Wolpm  and  John 
O'Connor,  of  the  accounting  depart- 
ment. There  are  now  27  employes  at 
the  company's  home  office  who  have 
completed  25  years  of  service. 

Warner  Theatre  Robbed 

Memphis,  June  1.  — Three  armed 
men  held  up  the  Warner  Theatre  here 
last  night  and  after  tieing  up  Allan 
Smith,  manager ;  Robert  Little,  assist- 
ant manager;  Frances  Hild  and  Sam 
Henley,  cashiers;  Mrs.  Smith  and 
three  ushers,  escaped  with  $2,394. 

Comerford  House  Held  Up 

Scranton,  Pa.,  June  1.— Two  rob- 
bers held  up  Louis  Stassi,  custodian 
of  the  Comerford  Circuit's  Holland 
Theatre  in  suburban  Old  Forge  this 
morning  and  escaped  with  $331.  He 
was  carrying  the  money  to  a  bank. 
Guarding  him  were  Daniel  Holland, 
manager  of  the  theatre,  and  Joseph 
Garvin,  assistant  manager.  Both  were 
armed  but  withheld  fire  in  a  fear  of 
shooting  Stassi. 


Harmon  to  Discuss 
WAC  at  Allied  Meet 

Francis  Harmon  will  discuss  the 
function  of  the  War  Activities  Com- 
mittee of  which  he  is  executive  vice- 
chairman,  at  the  convention  of  New 
Jersey  Allied  at  the  Ambassador  Hotel, 
Atlantic  City.  He  will  speak  on  Fri- 
day, the  final  day  of  the  three-day 
meeting. 

Executives  in  both  exhibtion  and 
distribution  also  have  accepted  invi- 
tations to  address  the  Allied  unit's 
annual  session,  in  addition  to  J.  Noble 
Braden,  executive  secretary  of  the 
American  Arbitration  Association, 
and  John  G.  Paine,  general  manager 
of  Ascap. 

Representing  Connecticut  at  the 
New  Jersey  Allied  convention  will 
be  Joseph  F.  Reed,  Al  Schuman,  Dr. 
J.  B.  Fishman,  Zelig  Fishman,  Max- 
well Alderman,  Barney  Calechman 
and  Joseph  Shulman. 


Gary  Theatre  Files 
Clearance  Complaint 

Chicago,  June  1. — The  Gary  The- 
atre Corp.,  operating  the  Palace,  Gary, 
Ind.,  filed  a  new  clearance  complaint 
here  today  against  the  five  consenting 
companies  and  nearby  theatres.  The 
company's  original  complaint  was 
withdrawn  recently  for  revision. 

In  place  of  the  B  &  K  and  Warner 
South  Side  houses  named  in  the  first 
complaint,  the  new  one  names  the  Ti- 
voli,  Lido  and  Lake  at  Michigan  City, 
the  Premiere  and  Lake,  V alparaiso, 
and  the  Palace,  Chesterton,  charging 
that  their  clearance  over  complain- 
ant's theatre  is  unreasonable. 


Overseas  Hospitals 
Will  Show  U.S.  Films 


Akron  Union  Sends 
Gen.  Doolittle  $250 

Akron,  O.,  June  1. — The  motion 
picture  operators'  union  here,  Local 
364,  has  forwarded  to  Brig.  Gen. 
James  Doolittle  a  check  for  $250  to 
be  used  as  he  sees  fit  for  the  men  who 
accompanied  him  on  the  bombing  raid 
on  Tokyo  or  for  their  families. 

The  check,  accompanied  by  a  letter, 
was  sent  to  President  Roosevelt  with 
a  request  that  it  be  sent  to  General 
Doolittle.  The  union  last  December 
passed  a  .  resolution  pledging  $250  to 
the  first  American  fliers  to  bomb 
Tokyo. 


Postpone  Kaufman  Trial 

The  trial  of  Louis  Kaufman,  New- 
ark operators'  union  business  agent,  on 
charges  of  extortion  from  major  com- 
panies, was  postponed  again  in  Fed- 
eral Court  yesterday.  The  new  date 
is  June  15. 


Washington,  June  1.  —  Latest 
Hollywood  product  will  be  shown 
without  charge  to  convalescent  men.  in 
overseas  base  hospitals  and  combat 
areas,  it  has  been  announced  here  by 
Norman  H.  Davis,  chairman  of  the 
American  Red  Cross.  Portable  equip- 
ment, furnished  by  the  Overseas 
Motion  Picture  Service  of  the  « 
Cross,  will  be  used.  £^ 

Director  of  the  Red  Cross  film  serv- 
ice is  Hampton  W.  Howard,  who  also 
directs  showings  for  convalescents  in 
68  hospitals  in  the  United  States, 
Alaska,  Puerto  Rico  and  Hawaii. 
Sixty-one  additional  hospitals  here 
and  abroad  will  receive  the  Red  Cross 
film  service  in  the  near  future,  Davis 
said.  The  films  will  be  shown  on  16 
mm.  sound  projectors  having  their  own 
power  units.  The  Overseas  Motion 
Picture  Service  of  the  Special  Serv- 
ices Branch  of  the  Army  is  making 
the  films  available  to  the  Red  Cross. 
The  films  are  supplied  to  the  Army 
through  the  special  channels  devel- 
oped in  the  film  industry  for  that  pur- 
pose. 


Report  Criticizes 
Canada  Gov't  Films 

Ottawa,  June  1.  —  Government 
motion  pictures  in  Canada  are  tech- 
nically good,  but  do  not  serve  the  pur- 
pose for  which  Government  film  ac- 
tivities should  be  designed,  it  was  said 
in  the  report  of  John  Grierson,  Film 
Commissioner  of  Canada.  The  report 
has  been  tabled  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons. 

The  report  recommended  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  board  to  keep  film  policy 
under  continuous  review,  a  recom- 
mendation since  acted  upon.  The  em- 
ployment of  "creative  manpower"  in 
the  production  of  films  was  stressed, 
and  Grierson's  report  also  advocated 
temporary  employment  of  writers  and 
producers  on  a  fee  basis  rather  than 
the  building  of  a  larger  permanent 
staff. 


Urbana,  O.,  Manager  Dies 

Urban  a,  O.,  June  1. — Thomas  R. 
Young,  44,  manager  of  the  Gloria 
Theatre  here,  died  today  of  a  heart 
attack.  He  formerly  managed  the 
Garden  Theatre  in  Columbus.  His 
widow  and  a  son  survive. 


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Tuesday,  June  2,  1942 


40  New  Films 
Now  in  Work; 
13  Completed 


Holly  wood,  June  1.  —  Forty  pic- 
tures were  before  the  cameras  this 
week,  as  four  started  and  13  finished. 
Forty-three  are  being  prepared  and 
70  are  being  edited. 

The  busiest  studio  was  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox, with  seven  pictures  in 
work. 

The  tally  by  studio: 
Columbia 

Finished :  "Pardon  My  Gun." 

In  Work:  "Stand  By  All  Net- 
Works,"  "My  Sister  Eileen,"  "Lucky 
Legs,"  untitled  Astaire-Hayworth 
vehicle. 

M-G-M 

Finished :  "Cairo." 

In  Work :  "Ox  Train,"  "Eyes  in  the 
Night,"  "White  Cargo,"  "The  War 
Against  Mrs.  Hadley,"  "Random 
Harvest,"  "For  Me  and  My  Gal." 

Monogram 

Finished :  "Lure  of  the  Islands." 

In  Work  :  "Hillbilly  Blitzkrieg,"  un- 
titled Ricardo  Cortez-Rochelle  Hud- 
son vehicle,  "Smart  Alecks." 

Paramount 

Finished:  "Lady  Bodyguard." 

In  Work :  "I  Married  a  Witch," 
"Wake  Island,"  "Happy  Go  Lucky," 
"Great  Without  Glory." 

RKO 

Finished:  Tim  Holt  western. 

In  Work :  "Name,  Age  and  Occu- 
pation," "Here  We  Go  Again,"  (for- 
merly "All  for  Fun"),  "The  Navy 
Comes  Through,"  "The  Big  Street." 
Republic 

Finished:  "Sons  of  the  Pioneers," 
"Lazybones." 

In  Work :  "Hi  Neighbors,"  "The 
Flying  Tigers." 

Roach  (U.  A.) 

Started:  "Taxi,  Mister." 

20th  Century-Fox 

Finished:  "12  Men  in  a  Box," 
"Iceland." 

In  Work  :  "Careful,  Soft  Shoulders," 
"Little  Tokio,  USA,"  "The  Man  in 
the  Trunk,"  "Berlin  Correspondent," 
"Orchestra  Wife,"  "Girl  Trouble," 
"The  Black  Swan." 

Universal 

Finished:  "Invisible  Agent,"  "Give 
Out,  Sisters,"  "Sherlock  Holmes  Saves 
London,"  "Boss  of  Hangtown  Mesa." 

In  Work :  "Love  and  Kisses,  Caro- 
line," "Deep  in  the  Heart  of  Texas." 

Started:  "Who  Done  It." 

Warners 
In  Work  :  "Now,  Voyager,"  "George 
Washington  Slept  Here,"  "The  Hard 
Way,"    "Gentleman    Jim  Corbett," 
"Casablanca.' 

Started :  "You  Cant  Escape  For- 
ever." 


Reviews 


Wings  for  the  Eagle 

(  Warners) 

Hollywood,  June  1 

DENNIS  MORGAN,  Jack  Carson  and  Ann  Sheridan  are  the  top 
personalities  in  this  timely  enterprise,  and  a  right  smart  job  they 
do  in  the  top  roles,  but  it  is  George  Tobias  who  runs  away  with  the 
picture  and  stays  on  in  memory  the  morning  after  as  a  character  of 
strength,  determination  and  quiet  valor. 

The  picture  is  a  thumping  presentation  of  the  business  of  war  plane 
production  and  the  people  who  do  the  producing.  The  setting  is  the 
Lockheed  Aircraft  plant  at  Burbank,  inside  and  outside,  and  the  camera 
gives  the  audience  a  better  and  more  informative  tour  of  the  factory  than 
a  personally-conducted  visitor  can  experience  with  his  own  eyes  and 
legs.  The  people  portrayed  by  the  actors  in  the  picture  are  employes 
of  Lockheed,  aided  and  backgrounded  by  several  thousands  of  the  real 
ones,  and  the  things  they  do  are  all  bound  up  with  the  war  effort  which 
reaches  something  of  a  peak  at  that  place. 

The  screenplay  by  Byron  Morgan  and  B.  H.  Orkow  opens  with 
Morgan  arriving  at  Burbank  to  get  a  Lockheed  job  by  way  of  beating 
the  draft.  He  meets  his  old  friend  Carson,  sets  out  to  woo  Carson's 
wife  (Miss  Sheridan)  when  the  two  separate,  and  all  fall  gradually 
under  the  influence  of  Tobias,  moving  spirit  of  the  production  line,  who 
is  fired  when  it  is  discovered  that  he  has  not  completed  his  naturalization 
period.  The  events  of  Dec.  7  change  Morgan's  attitude  and  he  reunites 
Carson  and  his  wife  before  entering  the  Air  Corps  and  setting  out  to 
avenge  the  killing  of  Tobias'  son  by  the  Japs  in  combat. 

There  are  no  spies,  saboteurs,  fifth  columnists  or  other  commonplace 
fixtures  of  the  so-called  war  picture,  but  there  is  more  of  force,  realism 
and  the  power  of  patriotism  in  the  production  than  might  have  been 
achieved  by  use  of  battalions  of  them.  Production  by  Robert  Lord  and 
direction  by  Lloyd  Bacon  are  tip  top,  ship  shape  and  altogether  potent. 

Others  in  the  cast  are  Russell  Arms,  Don  DeFore,  Tom  Fadden,  John 
Ridgely,  Frank  Wilcox,  George  Meeker,  Fay  Helm,  Billy  Curtis,  Emory 
Parnell,  Edgar  Dearing  and  several  thousand  of  the  working  men  of 
Lockheed. 

The  film's  a  natural  for  everywhere  in  the  United  Nations. 

Running  time,  83  minutes.    "G."*  Roscoe  Williams 


B  &  K  Buy  Theatre 

Chicago,  June  1. — Balaban  &  Katz 
Corp.,  which  has  owned  a  half  inter- 
est in  the  Cine  Theatre  property  since 
it  was  built  five  years  ago,  has  pur- 
chased the  remaining  half  interest 
from  the  Northern  Amusement  Cor- 
poration, of  which  Sam  C.  Meyers  is 
secretary,  for  a  reported  $243,000. 
The  theatre,  which  has  1,000  seats,  has 
been  operated  by  Balaban  &  Katz 
since  it  opened  in  August,  1937. 


The  Big  Shot" 

( Warners) 

\  NOTHER  fine  performance  by  Humphrey  Bogarf  highlights  this 
study  of  a  former  big  shot  gangster  who  comes  out  from  his  third 
term  in  prison,  not  reformed,  but  afraid  of  having  to  go  back.  Bogart, 
who  is  on  his  way  to  become  the  toughest  man  on  the  screen,  reveals 
all  the  weakness  and  strength  inherent  in  the  ex-convict  role. 

Credit  Lewis  Seiler,  too,  for  his  direction,  which  points  up  the  tense- 
ness in  each  episode — scenes  like  the  wild  automobile  chase  in  icy  moun- 
tain roads,  the  prison  break,  the  courtroom  scene  and  Bogart's  cold 
blooded  murder  of  the  crooked  lawyer. 

The  convict  is  first  seen  dying  in  a  prison  hospital  with  a  young 
couple  (Richard  Travis  and  Susan  Peters)  at  his  side,  grateful  for  the 
fact  that  Bogart  has  won  Travis'  freedom.  The  flashback  reveals  Bo- 
gart hungry  and  dirty  after  having  been  released  from  jail.  Without 
illusions  about  honesty,  he  nevertheless  avoids  his  old  associates  be- 
cause of  fear  that  he  will  go  to  prison  for  life  if  convicted  of  a  fourth 
offense. 

He  encounters  two  thugs  who  goad  him  into  trying  a  holdup  with  the 
promise  that  Stanley  Ridges,  the  lawyer,  will  give  them  the  protection 
they  need.  Bogart  visits  Ridges  and  finds  him  married  to  Irene  Man- 
ning, a  girl  he  knew  before  going  to  jail.  Miss  Manning  prevents  Bo- 
gart from  joining  the  holdup  gang  but  he  is  falsely  accused  of  partici- 
pation. Ridges  arranges  an  alibi  with  the  aid  of  Travis,  a  young  sales- 
man in  need  of  money,  but  when  Ridges  learns  that  Bogart  and  his  wife 
were  together  the  night  of  the  robbery,  he  double-crosses  Bogart,  who 
is  sentenced  to  life  imprisonment. 

Bogart  effects  a  prison  break  but  when  he  learns  that  Anderson  has 
been  implicated  accidentally  he  decides  to  give  himself  up.  He  escapes 
the  police,  finds  Ridges  and  kills  him  but  is  mortally  wounded  himself,  as 
is  Miss  Manning,  who  helped  engineer  the  break.  He  has  the  satisfac- 
tion of  knowing,  however,  that  Anderson  is  cleared. 

Running  time,  82  minutes.    "G."  Edward  Greif 


I.  A.  Meeting 
Dominated  by 
Election  Fight 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

secretary-treasurer,  is  lining  up  vari- 
ous locals  in  an  effort  to  stop  the 
election. 

The  two  contenders  for  the 
dency  are  Vincent  Jacobi,  business 
agent  of  Stagehands  Local  1,  of  New 
York,  and  William  Bennett,  of  Wash- 
ington Stagehands  Local  22.  Jacobi 
forces  have  introduced  a  resolution 
demanding  the  recall  of  all  officials. 
The  proposed  resolution,  which  was 
referred  to  committee,  asserts  that 
"public  confidence  can  be  restored 
only  by  a  thorough  house-cleaning  of 
all  officials  identified  with  the  Bioff- 
Browne  machine  and  by  the  election 
of  new  and  independent  officers." 

In  an  interview  with  Motion  Pic- 
ture Daily,  Jacobi  summed  up  his 
contention  by  stating:  "If  our  officials 
knew  of  the  Bioff-Browne  activities, 
then  it  is  obvious  why  they  should  be 
removed ;  and  if  they  were  so  ig- 
norant that  they  did  not  know  of  the 
shady  dealings,  then  they  are  not  in- 
telligent enough  to  head  an  interna- 
tional labor  union." 

The  sessions  today  were  devoted 
principally  to  welcoming  the  dele- 
gates. U.  S.  Senator  Burton  of  Ohio 
was  the  chief  speaker. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Open  Honduran  Houses 

Mexico  City,  June  L — The  Gal- 
lardo  Bros.,  distributors,  have  ar- 
ranged to  open  two  theatres  in  Tegu- 
cigalpa, capital  of  Honduras.  These 
theatres  will  specialize  in  the  exhibi- 
tion of  Mexican  films. 


Extra  Show  for  Drive-in 

Cincinnati,  June  1.— The  Drive- 
in  at  nearby  Montgomery  will  run  a 
complete  extra  show  at  1:15  A.  M. 
every  Sunday  for  the  benefit  of  em- 
ployes on  the  second  shift  of  the  87 
local  industries  engaged  in  war  work. 


Second  Film  Union 
Formed  in  Mexico 

Mexico  City,  June  1. — Mexican 
film  workers  now  have  two  unions, 
with  the  organization  of  the  Mexican 
Union  of  the  Cinematographic  Indus- 
try Workers,  which  belongs  to  the 
Confederation  of  Workers  and  Peas- 
ants. This  organization  is  the  rival  of 
what  had  been  the  sole  film  workers' 
organization,  the  Cinematographic 
Workers  Syndicate,  which  has  7,000 
members  and  is  affiliated  with  the 
Confederation  of  Mexican  Workers, 
long  ruler  of  labor  in  this  country. 

The  new  union's  membership  is  not 
stated,  but  it  is  understood  to  be  sev- 
eral thousand.  Officials  of  the  new 
union,  which  declares  that  it  is  for 
"justice  and  equity  for  everybody," 
are :  Francisco  Pichardo,  secretary 
general ;  Jose  Juan  Vega,  Maria 
Guadalupe  Delgado,  Wilebaldo  So- 
lis  and  Alfonso  Rodriguez,  vice-sec- 
retaries. 


W.B.  26-Week  Net 

Up  to  $3,802,055 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

at  Aug.  30,  1941,  amounted  to 
$7,431,248. 

A  note  to  the  consolidated  state- 
ment reveals  that  the  parent  company 
is  guarantor  of  a  loan  of  approxi- 
mately $3,700,000  from  an  English 
bank  to  a  Warner  British  subsidiary 
for  the  purchase  of  25  per  cent  of  the 
ordinary  shares  of  Associated  British 
Pictures  Corp.  As  of  Feb.  28,  last, 
the  loan  had  been  reduced  to 
$2,125,803. 


Tri-States  Opens  House 

Des  Moines,  June  1. — The  Tri- 
States  Theatre  Corp.  has  opened  the 
new  1,600-seat  theatre  at  Ottumwa, 
la.  C.  Russell  Hill  will  manage. 


Tuesday,  June  2,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


5 


Executives  at  Universal  Convention  Here 


N.  J.  BLCMBERG 
President  of 
Universal 


W.  A.  SCULLY 
Vice-President, 
Sales  Head 


CLIFF  WORK 
Vice-President, 
Studio  Head 


JOHN  O'CONNOR 

Vice-President, 
Ass't  to  Slumbers 


J.  H.  SE1DELMAN 
Vice-President, 
Foreign 


W.  J.  HEINEMAN 
Assistant  General 
Sales  Manager 


FRED  MEYERS 
Eastern  Sales 
Manager 


f.  j.  McCarthy 

Southern  Sales 
Manager 


E.  T.  GOMERSALL 
Western  Sales 
Manager 


JOHN  JOSEPH 
Director  Publicity 
and  Advertising 


'IP  Gross  Is 
Up  23%  Over 
Last  Year's 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

ers,  home  office  and  studio  executives 
will  attend  the  meeting.    Scully  will 
1 1  Pr,^?3p  at  the  four-day  session  and 
>W —  >pen  the  convention  today  with 
a  review  of  the  year's  accomplish- 
ments.    Other  speakers  on  the  pro- 
gram   for    today    include    Nate  J. 
1  Blumberg,  president ;   W.  J.  Heine- 
'  man,  assistant  general  sales  manager ; 
F.  J.  A.  McCarthy,  Southern  division 
manager ;  E.  T.  Gomersall,  Western 
division     manager ;     Fred  Meyers, 
I     Eastern  division  manager,  and  B.  B. 
Kreisler,  short  subjects  manager. 
Winners  of  awards  in  the  William 
i     A.    Scully   anniversary    sales  drive, 
which  ended   May    10,   will   be  an- 
nounced   at    the    afternoon  session. 
Cliff  Work,  vice-president  in  charge 
of  the  studio ;  J.  H.  Seidelman,  vice- 
president  and  foreign  manager ;  J.  J. 
1     O'Connor,      vice-president ;  John 
Joseph,  advertising  and  publicity  di- 
rector ;    Maurice   Bergman,  Eastern 
'.     advertising   and   publicity   manager ; 
Walter  Wanger,  Milton  Feld  and  F. 
T.  Murray  are  among  the  speakers 
]     scheduled  to  address  later  sessions. 

Social    activities   for   the  conven- 
)     tioneers   will   include   attendance  at 
"Let's  Face  It,"  tonight,  at  Olsen  and 
i    Johnson's  "Sons  of  Fun"  tomorrow 
night  and  the  Yankees-Cleveland  ball 
!    game  Saturday. 

Field  Stafifs  to  Attend 

The  following  district  and  branch 
''     heads  will  be  present: 

Dave  Miller,  Jules  Lapidus,  J.  V. 

Frew,  J.  J.  Scully,  J.  J.  Spandau, 
e  P.  T.  Dana,  Paul  Baron,  G.  E. 
]  Schwartz,  J.  V.  Pavone,  Max  Cohen, 
!  D.  A.  Levy,  Nat  Goldberg,  M.  M. 
'  Gottlieb,  A.  J.  O'Keefe,  J.  E.  Garri- 
J :  son,  Barney  Rose,  Frank  Mantzke, 
"     E.  Heiber,  L.  J.  Miller,  Jack  Langan 

and  H.  B.  Johnson. 
Lou  Levy,   H.   H.   Hynes,   C.  J. 

Feldman,  R.  O.  Wilson,  S.  Milner, 
*  •  C.  R.  Wade,  L.  E.  Hoss,  F.  M.  Blake, 

Peter  F.  Rosian,  Harry  Graham,  J. 

I  F.  Bannan,  L.  J.   McGinley,  E.  S. 
J     Olsmith,  J.  E.  Hobbs,  W.  M.  Rich- 
ardson, J.  A.  Prichard,  L.  R.  Brauer 

1-     and  N.  Lamantia. 

II  Canadian    representatives    at  the 
meeting  will  include  Haskell  Masters, 

■     Paul  Nathanson,  A.  W.  Perry,  Clair 
;    Hague,    M.    J.    Isman    and  Frank 
Fisher. 


5  'Rio  Rita'  Garners 
Fair  $7,300,  Omaha 

Omaha,  June  1.  —  Grosses  here 
dropped  off  as  the  mercury  started  to 
'/  reach  Summer  levels.  "Rio  Rita"  got 
J  ;  $7,300  at  the  Omaha.  The  weather 
>"  1  was  clear  and  hot. 
?.  2  Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
J     ing  May  26-27 : 

t       "Juke  Girl"  (W.B.) 
•     "Falcon  Takes  Over"  (RKO) 

BRANDEIS  —  0,209)     (30c-44c)    7  days. 

Gross:  $3,9C0.    (Average,  $4,000) 

"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 
jf         OMAHA— (2,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
;       $7,300.    (Average,  $6,000) 

"Is  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

"I  Was  Framed"  (W.B.) 
(I         ORPHEUM  —  (3,000)    (30c-44c)    7  days. 

Gross:  $8,200.    (Average,  $7,000) 


Censor  Chiefs  for 
Export  Films  to  Be 
Announced  Today 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

be  kept  as  small  as  is  consistent  with 
efficient  operation,  and  the  members 
will  be  strictly  hand-picked. 

Over  the  weekend  the  Board  of 
Economic  Warfare  announced  that  de- 
veloped commercial  films  will  not 
hereafter  be  licensed  for  export  un- 
less they  have  been  certified  by  one 
of  the  boards  and  restated  the  regula- 
tions which  were  issued  by  the  Of- 
fice of  Censorship  more  than  a  month 
ago.  At  the  latter  agency  it  was  said 
the  BEW  issued  its  statement  with- 
out authority,  since  the  whole  ques- 
tion of  film  censorship  is  in  the  Cen- 
sorship Office  with  the  BEW  acting, 
on  request,  in  an  advisory  capacity. 

It  was  said  there  has  been  no 
change  in  the  procedure  for  handling 
export  films  through  customs  and 
postal  officials  and  that  there  would 
be  no  change  until  the  review  boards 
had  been  established. 


Closings  for  Summer 

Toerington,  Conn.,  June  1.  — 
Warner^  Theatres  has  closed  the 
1,247-seat  Alhambra  for  the  Summer. 
Only  other  Warner  house  to  close, 
according  to  present  expectations,  is 
the  600-seat  Tremont,  Ansonia.  The 
other  SO  houses  in  the  zone  remain 
in  operation. 


New  Haven,  June  1.  —  Morris 
Nunes  and  Maurice  Bailey  will  close 
the  284-seat  Lincoln  Theatre  here,  for 
the  Summer.  The  house  caters  large- 
ly to  Yale  University  students. 


'Favorite  Blonde' 
Kansas  City  Lead 


Kansas  City,  June  1. — "My  Favor- 
ite Blonde"  in  its  second  week  at  the 
Newman  drew  $8,000.  Other  grosses 
were  off.    The  weather  was  hot. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  28: 

'Moomtide"  (ZOth-Fox) 

ESQUIRE— (800)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$2,800.    (Average,  $2,400) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"About  Face"  (U.A.) 

MIDLAND— (3,600)   (30c-44c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:   $8,300.    (Average,  $8,500) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

NEWMAN— (1,900)   (30c -44c)  7  days.  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $8,000.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.B.) 
"Always  In  My  Heart"  (W.B.) 

ORPHEUM  —  (1,900)     (30c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $4,500.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"Remember  Pearl  Harbor"  (Rep.) 

TOWER  —  (2,200)    (30c)    7    days.  Stage 
show.    Gross:  $5,500.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Moomtide"  (ZOth-Fox) 

UPTOWN  —  (2,000)  (30c -44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,600.    (Average,  $4,000) 

'Reap'  Indianapolis 
Smash  with  $15,600 

Indianapolis,  June  1. — "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  broke  all  house  records 
at  the  Indiana  the  first  three  days  and 
grossed  $15,600  for  the  week. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  26-28 : 

"Joan,  of  Paris"  (RKO) 

"The  Bashful  Bachelor"  (RKO) 

CIRCLE  —  (2,800)    (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $5,800.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"Reap  the  Wildl  Wind"  (Para.) 

INDIANA  —  (3,200)    (28c-33c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $15,600.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Tortilla.  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"About  Face"  (U.A.) 

LOEWS— (2,800)  (28c-33c-44c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:   $6,700.    (Average,  $8,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 

LYRIC  —  (2.000)  (28c-33c-44c)  7  days. 
Moved  from  Indiana.  Gross:  $3,700.  (Aver- 
age, $4,500) 


'Flyer'  Takes 
Good  $17,700, 
Los  Angeles 


Los  Angeles,  June  1— "The  Wife 
Takes  a  Flyer"  and  "Two  Yanks  in 
Trinidad"  drew  a  total  of  $17,700  at 
two  houses  in  the  third  week,  with 
$9,500  at  the  Hillstreet  and  $8,200  at 
the  Pantages. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  27 : 

"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Sunday  Punch"  (M-G-M) 

CHINESE  —  (2,500)      (33e-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $12,500.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"Heltzapoppin'  "  (Univ.) 

HAWAII— (1,100)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days, 
15th  week.    Gross:  $1,500. 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"Two  Yariks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 

HILLSTREET— (2,700)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Average. 
6,500) 

"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Sunday  Punch"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS  STATE— (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $17,300.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"Two  Yanksi  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 

PANTAGES  —  (3,000)  (33c-44c-55c-7Sc)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,200.  (Average. 
$7,000) 

"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.A.) 
"The  Raven" 

PARAMOUNT  (Holly wood)— (1,407)  (33c- 
44c-55c-75c)  7  days.    Gross:  $10,000. 
"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.A.) 
"Fly  By  Night"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT  (Downtown)— (3,595)  (33c- 
44c-55c-75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $14,000.  (Aver- 
age, $18,000) 

"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

WARNER    BROS.    (Hollywood)  —  (3,000) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  3rd  week.  Gross: 
$13,000.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

WARNER  BROS.  (Downtown)  —  (3,400) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  3rd  week.  Gross: 
$14,500.    (Average,  $12,000) 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  June  2,  1942 


Court  Orders 
FCC  Net  Rule 


Reviews 


"They  All  Kissed  the  Bride" 

(Columbia) 

Hollywood,  June  1 

FAST,  froth}-  and  full  of  spice,  this  pairing  of  Joan  Crawford  and 
Melvyn  Douglas  in  farce  of  the  kind  for  which  that  gentleman  and 
Columbia  are  known  throughout  the  sophisticated  world  tops  most  if  not 
all  previous  tries  by  that  combination  in  point  of  urbanity,  pungency  and 
auditorium  effectiveness.  It's  not  built  for  the  kiddies,  but  their  elders 
got  a  great  bang  out  of  it  at  the  Pantages  theatre  showing. 

Ronald  Young.  Billie  Burke,  Allen  Jenkins,  Andrew  Tobes,  Helen 
Parrish,  Mary  Treen,  Nydia  YVestman,  Ivan  Simpson,  Roger  Clark, 
Gordon  Jones  and  Edward  Gargan  are  the  competents  presented  in  sup- 
port, all  potently.  Edward  Kaufman  produced  and  Alexander  Hall 
directed,  both  skillfully. 

P.  J.  Wolfson  wrought  the  screenplay  from  an  Andrew  P.  Solt-Henry 
Altimus  adaptation  of  a  story  by  Solt  and  Kina  Kaus,  and  the  writing 
throughout  is  trim,  tight  and  to  the  point.  Douglas  plays  a  writer  out 
to  get  the  lowdown  on  the  highhanded  management  methods  of  Miss 
Crawford  who,  as  M.  J.,  operates  a  tremendously  profitable  trucking 
company.  From  this  faintly  class-struggle  basis  the  story  takes  off  into 
he-man  she-woman  romance  after  the  two  meet  and  progresses  merrily 
to  the  classic  clinch  denoting  mutual  conviction  that  life  is  for  loving 
and  babies  and  all  the  fundamentals. 

A  lot  of  humor  is  involved  in  the  proceedings  and  the  players  make 
the  most  of  it.  A  j  itterbugging  sequence  in  which  Miss  Crawford  and 
Jenkins  cut  a  heap  of  rug  is  an  item  to  merchandise  to  the  customers. 
A  couple  of  intoxication  passages  are  realistic.  A  quip  about  Japs  and 
another  about  rubber  had  the  house  screaming.  Audience  response  in 
general  was  such  as  to  dimout  long  sections  of  dialogue. 

Restraint  is  not  in  the  production,  nor  decorum,  but  there's  much  of 
amusement  for  the  fojks  it's  intended  for. 

Running  time,  85  minutes.    '"A."*  Roscoe  Williams 


*"A"  denotes  adult  classification. 


"In  Old  California" 

(Republic) 

Hollywood,  June  1 

"THERE'S  riding  and  shooting  and  some  pretty  country,  in  this  upper- 
*■  budget  enterprise  offering  John  Wayne,  Binnie  Barnes  and  Albert 
Dekker  as  top  trio  astride  a  tale  of  old  California,  but  there's  script 
trouble  as  well  as  gold  in  "them  thar  hills"  and  the  total  effect  is  less 
than  that  which  all  the  ingredients  might  have  been  expected  to  add 
up  to. 

Sequence  by  sequence,  producer  Robert  North  and  director  William 
McGann  put  a  lot  of  values  on  the  screen.  But  the  sequences  have  only 
end-to-end  connection,  for  the  most  part,  and  the  last  of  the  picture 
hasn't  much  relation  to  the  first  of  it.  Too,  the  hero  isn't  the  one  who 
kills  the  villain,  an  arrangement  which  possibly  qualifies  as  novelty  but 
hardly  as  improvement. 

Gertrude  Purcell  and  Frances  Hyland  wrote  the  screenplay  from  an 
original  story  by  J.  Robert  Bren  and  Gladys  Atwater.  It  brings  Wayne 
to  Sacramento  in  about  1848,  to  set  up  a  drugstore.  He  finds  the  place 
bossed  by  Dekker,  whose  girl  friend,  Miss  Barnes,  falls  for  the  young 
newcomer  and  helps  him  establish  a  store.  Dekker  plots  a  lynching, 
which  is  interrupted  by  the  discovery  of  gold,  and  Wayne  survives  to 
succor  prospectors  when  an  epidemic  strikes.  Dekker's  brother,  Dick 
Purcell,  shoots  Dekker,  while  both  are  attempting  to  raid  the  rescue 
train,  and  Dekker  shoots  and  kills  Purcell  before  doing  a  deathbed  con- 
fession and  dying  in  turn.  Wayne  gets  the  girl,  of  course,  then,  but  that 
comes  after  the  competition  has  eliminated  itself. 

Patsy  Kelly  and  Edgar  Kennedy  provide  comic  relief.  Others  in  the 
cast  are  Helen  Parrish,  Harry  Shannon,  Charles  Halton,  Emmett  Lynn. 
Bob  McKenzie,  Milt  Kibbee,  Paul  Sutton  and  Anne  O'Neal. 

Running  time,  88  minutes.    "G."*  Roscoe  Williams 


Case  to  Trial 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

CBS,  Justice  Stone  saying  that  "ac- 
cepting the  allegations  of  the  com- 
plaint as  true,  as  for  present  pur- 
poses we  must,  it  is  evident  that  ap- 
plication by  the  commission  of  its 
regulations  in  accordance  with  their 
terms  would  disrupt  appellant's  broad- 
casting system  and  seriously  disor- 
ganize its  business." 

The  sections  regarding  affiliations 
and  options,  the  Chief  Justice  said, 
"together  thus  operate  to  break  down 
the  network  enterprise  in  which  appel- 
lant and  its  affiliates  are  by  their  con- 
tracts cooperating,  and  to  substitute 
a  system  in  which  every  station  is 
available  to  every  network  on  a  'first 
come  first  served  basis.' " 

Passing  only  on  the  question 
whether  the  regulations  were  review- 
able, the  court  held  that  the  com- 
mission's subsequent  actions  designed 
to  set  forth  a  procedure  for  appeals 
did  not  immunize  the  regulations  from 
challenge. 

In  a  dissenting  opinion,  Justice 
Frankfurter  held  the  litigation  an  un- 
fortunate "premature  judicial  review," 
asserting  that  the  litigation  has  for 
more  than  a  year  prevented  the  com- 
mission from  testing  by  experience  the 
practical  wisdom  of  the  policy  it  had 
adopted. 


Paley  Comments  on 
Decision  by  Court 

William  S.  Paley,  CBS  president, 
after  reading  the  court  opinion,  stated : 

"We  are  naturally  gratified  by  the 
Supreme  Court  decision.  It  puts  an 
end  to  the  technical  and  procedural 
objections  raised  by  the  commission 
and  which  have,  until  now,  blocked 
any  judicial  review  of  the  basic  is- 
sues raised  by  the  FCC  network  rules 
and  the  widespread  evils  which  would 
result  therefrom. 

"We  intend  to  present  a  full  case 
on  the  merits  to  the  Federal  Court 
in  New  York  and  to  show  that  the 
network  rules  promulgated  by  the 
commission  are  arbitrary  and  capri- 
cious and  will  be  destructive  of  all 
that  is  best  in  the  American  system 
of  network  broadcasting.  We  believe 
that  network  broadcasting  has  per- 
formed, and  is  performing,  a  worth- 
while and  indispensible  service  to  the 
public  and  that  Congress  never  in- 
tended to  grant  to  the  FCC  the  power 
to  disrupt  this  service." 

There  was  no  comment  from  other 
networks. 


Schlaifer  20th-Fox 
Head  of  Advertising 

(.Continued  from  page  1) 

placed  in  charge  of  a  special  exhibi- 
tor sales  promotion  service. 

Schlaifer  at  one  time  worked  for 
the  A.  H.  Blank  Circuit  in  Omaha, 
and  from  there  went  to  the  San  Fran- 
cisco post  about  nine  year  ago.  Dur- 
ing the  period  that  Home  was  direc- 
tor of  advertising  and  publicity-  for 
United  Artists,  Schlaifer  worked 
under  his  supervision  for  various  of 
the  United  Artists  producers  on  the 
Coast. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


To  Act  on  20th-Fox 
Board  Enlargement 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

board  at  a  meeting  of  the  directors 
subsequently,  it  is  expected. 

Spyros  Skouras,  president;  Con- 
nors and  Hal  Home,  who  were  sche- 
duled to  leave  for  the  Coast  last 
weekend,  postponed  their  departure 
for  about  a  week. 


Plans  Experimental  Film 

Mexico  City,  June  1.  —  Manuel 
Reachi,  for  some  time  representative 
of  the  Mexican  Government  in  Holly- 
wood, has  arranged  to  produce  and  di- 
rect a  picture  here  as  an  experiment. 
This  film  is  "El  Mexicano"  ("The 
Mexican"),  character  drama  of  this 
country. 


WJZ  Loses  Account 
But  Backs  Product 

The  unusual  situation  of 
one  network  urging  dealers  to 
cooperate  with  a  program  on 
another  occurred  when  John 
H.  McNeil,  manager  of  WJZ, 
which  recently  lost  the  Welch 
Grape  Juice  "Dear  John"  ac- 
count to  CBS,  wrote  dealers 
to  continue  to  feature  the 
Welch  product.  The  progr- 
heard  on  WJZ  for  nine  jAMF' 
will  move  to  CBS  June 


Asks  NLRB  Order 
To  Halt  Union  Ban 

Washington,  June  1. — Recommen- 
dation that  Station  WQAM,  Miami, 
be  ordered  to  cease  discouraging  mem- 
bership of  its  employes  in  the  Ameri- 
can Federation  of  Radio  Artists,  or 
any  other  labor  organization,  and  that 
it  be  required  to  reinstate  with  back 
pay  Fred  Handrich,  an  announcer  and 
union  treasurer,  allegedly  discharged 
last  December  for  union  activities, 
were  submitted  to  the  National  Labor 
Relations  Board  today  by  Trial  Ex- 
aminer W.  P.  Webb. 

Charges  Company  'Hostile' 

In  an  intermediate  report,  Webb  ex- 
plained his  recommendation  was  based 
upon  a  finding  that  the  company  dem- 
onstrated active  "hostility"  to  the 
union  through  the  anti-union  state- 
ments of  three  supervisory  employes. 
The  case  was  brought  by  the  AFRA 
in  March,  and  hearings  were  held  in 
Miami  April  20  to  23. 


Commons  Radio  Unit  \ 
Is  Urged  for  Canada 

Ottawa,  June  1. — Gladstone  Mur-  i 
ray,  CBC  general  manager,  suggested 
when  he  appeared  before  the  Canadian 
House  of  Commons  Radio  Committee, 
the  organization  of  a  permanent  par- 
liamentary committee  to  keep  in- 
formed on  radio.  He  said  he  is  not 
opposed  to  parliamentary  committees, 
but  considers  them  helpful. 

Murray  dealt  directly  with  criti- 
cisms which  had  been  made  of  the 
entertainment  allowance  granted  him. 
He  said  "I  had  to  be  persona  grata 
with  the  leaders  in  industries,  the  the- 
atre, the  film  artists,  advertising 
agents,  newspaper  owners  and  edi- 
tors." 


Report  Sale  of  KYA 
To  Palo  Alto  Group 

San  Francisco,  June  1. — Sale  of 
Hearst  Radio's  KYA  here  to  Palo- 
Alto  Radio  Station,  Inc.,  headed  by 
Wilfred  Davis,  former  president  of 
the  local  opera  association,  has  been 
set  here  for  an  undisclosed  price  and 
is  now  awaiting  FCC  approval,  it 
was  reported  here.  If  approved,  d 
separate  studio  will  be  set  up  in  Paloj 
Alto,  home  of  Stanford  University,] 
for  remote  broadcasts,  it  was  said.  1 


Binghamton  Power  Boost 

WNBF,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  wit 
increase  its  power  from  250  to  5,(X'( 
watts  full  time  this  week,  CBS  an- 
nounced over  the  weekend.  The  sta- 
tion's frequency  will  change  frorr 
1,490  to  1,290  k.c. 


'Tuesday,  June  2,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


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Weekend  Grosses 
Strong  on  BVay 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

a  sixth  week  with  Cab  Calloway  re- 
placing Dorsey  on  Friday. 

"This  Above  All,"  now  in  its  third 
week  at  the  Astor,  grossed  an  esti- 
mated $8,500  Saturday  and  Sunday 
and  completes  the  week  tonight  with 
an  estimated  $19,000  expected.  It 
cor~''jies.  "My  Gal  Sal"  with  a 
§t;  -t*^iow  at  the  Roxy  drew  an  esti- 
mated $34,400  Thursday  through 
Sunday  and  completes  a  five-week  run 
tomorrow  night,  to  be  followed  by 
"Ten  Gentlemen  from  West  Point." 
-  "Tortilla  Flat"  with  the  stage 
(presentation  at  the  Music  Hall  garn- 
ered an  estimated  $57,000  Thursday 
through  Sunday  and  ends  a  two-week 
run  tomorrow  night.  "Mrs.  Miniver" 
goes  in  Thursday. 

"The  Gold  Rush"  at  the  Globe  took 
,an  estimated  $13,500  in  its  sixth  week 
and,  continuing,  took  an  estimated 
$6,500  Saturday  and  Sunday.  The 
(first  week  of  "Ships  With  Wings" 
brought  the  Rivoli  an  estimated  $15,- 
000  and  beginning  its  second  week 
grossed  an  estimated  $6,000  Saturday 
and  Sunday.  "Miss  Annie  Roonie" 
will  follow  on  Saturday.  "The  Fal- 
con Takes  Over"  gave  the  Rialto  an 
estimated  $3,500  Friday  through  Sun- 
day and  is  to  be  followed  by  "Powder 
Town." 


Mexican  Union  Aids 
Amusement  Projects 

Mexico  City,  June  1. — Stage  and 
other  public  amusements  throughout 
Mexico  are  being  aided  financially  by 
the  Confederation  of  Mexican  Work- 
ers, Mexico's  strongest  labor  organ- 
ization with  what  it  calls  the  Financ- 
ing Fund  for  Public  Amusements.  This 
money  is  aiding  all  public  amusements 
excepting  pictures,  as  they  have  a 
bank  of  their  own,  the  Banco  Cine- 
matographic, S.  A.,  which  recently 
tarted  operation  here. 

Felipe  Montoya  is  chairman  of  the 
.amusements  aid  fund  which  has  its 
offices  in  the  Confederation's  head- 
quarters here. 


New  'Thin  Man'  Picture 

Hollywood,  June  1. — M-G-M  today 
announced  plans  for  a  "Thin  Man" 
picture  starring  William  Powell  and 
Myrna  Loy,  to  be  titled  "The  Thin 
Man's  Rival." 


Switches  to  Dual  Bills 

Kansas  City,  June  1. — The  Tower 
has  inaugurated  a  new  policy  of 
double  features  and  admission  remains 
it  30  cents. 


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B'way  Legitimate  Season 
Called  Fairly  Successful 


With  16  plays  still  on  the  boards, 
plus  two  vaudeville  shows,  the  Broad- 
way season  ended  over  the  weekend 
after  what  observers  called  a  mod- 
erately successful  year.  Of  those  re- 
maining, nine  were  straight  plays ; 
two,  musical  comedies ;  one  revue, 
and  a  revival  of  the  operetta,  "Porgy 
and  Bess,"  and  there  were  three  plays 
remaining  from  previous  seasons. 

57  Plays  in  Season 

In  all,  57  plays  opened,  nine  of 
which  passed  the  100-performance 
mark.  Musicals  fared  somewhat  bet- 
ter, with  six  opening  and  four  giv- 
ing the  100  performances  generally 
regarded  as  the  minimum  for  a  suc- 
cessful production.  There  were  only 
two  revues,  "Sons  o'  Fun,"  a  definite 
hit  and  still  current,  and  "Of  V  We 
Sing,"  which  was  in  the  nature  of  a 
semi-professional  effort,  with  74  per- 
formances. 

There  were  four  attempts  to 
"bring  back  vaudeville."  "Priorities 
of  1942,"  which  is  still  to  be  seen 
with  close  to  200  performances  to  its 
credit,  and  "Top-Notchers,"  which 
opened  recently,  are  the  survivors, 
while  "Keep  'Em  Laughing"  managed 
to  keep  going  for  77  performances. 

Besides  "Porgy  and  Bess,"  the  only 
revival  to  pass  the  100  mark  was 
"Macbeth,"  which  achieved  131  per- 
formances. 


12  of  14  New  Pictures 
Approved  by  Legion 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency 
for  the  current  week  has  approved  12 
out  of  14  new  pictures,  nine  for  gen- 
eral patronage  and  three  for  adults, 
and  classed  two  as  objectionable  in 
part.  The  new  films  and  their  classi- 
fication follows. 

Class  A-l,  Unobjectionable  for 
General  Patronage — "Bad  Man  of  the 
Hills,"  "Girl  from  Alaska,"  "Pierre 
of  the  Plains,"  "Prairie  Gunsmoke," 
"Private  Buckaroo,"  "Romance  on 
the  Range,"  "Stardust  on  the  Sage," 
"Submarine  Raider,"  "Ten  Gentlemen 
from  West  Point."  Class  A-2,  Unob- 
jectionable for  Adults — "Eyes  of  the 
Underworld,"  "Halfway  to  Shanghai," 
"Juke  Girl."  Class  B,  Objectionable 
in  Part — "The  Gay  Sisters,"  "Mis- 
behaving Husbands." 


Begin  Rehearsals 
For  New  Ice  Show 

Rehearsals  were  begun  yesterday 
for  the  new  ice  show  at  the  Center 
Theatre  which  is  slated  to  open  in 
early  July.  Sonja  Henie  and  Arthur 
M.  Wirtz  are  sponsors  of  the  show, 
William  H.  Burke  is  in  charge  of  pro- 
duction and  Catherine  Littlefield  is  di- 
rector of  choreography. 


Raft  Testimonial  Today 

In  recognition  of  his  work  in  ar- 
ranging boxing  shows  for  service 
men,  George  Raft  will  be  given  a  tes- 
timonial luncheon  today  at  Toots 
Shor's  by  friends  chiefly  in  the  field 
of  sports.  Toastmaster  will  be  James 
J.  Walker,  who  also  is  chairman  of 
the  sponsoring  committee. 


Start  War  Census  in 
Theatrical  Industry 


In  an  effort  to  determine  the  war 
production  capability  of  entertainment 
industry  workers,  the  War  Produc- 
tion Training  Committee  of  the 
American  Theatre  War  Wing  Serv- 
ice, Inc.,  began  yesterday  a  census 
of  about  27,000  members  of  theatrical 
unions  and  trade  associations.  Ques- 
tionnaires have  been  mailed  to  mem- 
bers. 

The  purpose  of  the  census  was  ex- 
plained at  a  rally  held  by  the  organi- 
zation at  midnight  last  night  at  the 
Forty-fourth  Street  Theatre,  presid- 
ed over  by  Brock  Pemberton.  An- 
toinette Perry,  board  chairman  of  the 
Theatre  Wing  War  Service,  was 
among  the  speakers. 


Auto  Restrictions  Hit 
Summer  Playhouses 

Springfield,  Mass.,  June  I. — Gaso- 
line rationing  and  restrictions  on 
Summer  travel  are  taking  further  toll 
of  the  Summer  legitimate  theatres 
in  this  area.  The  Berkshire  Play- 
house in  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  will  not 
open  for  its  14th  Summer  season.  A 
check  made  of  prospective  patrons 
is  reported  to  have  indicated  that  too 
few  would  attend  to  make  the  project 
worth  while. 

Harry  J.  Fisher,  who  opened  the 
Resident  Player  Company  Summer 
theatre  here  last  week,  closed  after 
one  week  of  what  was  planned  as  a 
10-week  season.  The  Eastern  States 
Exposition  is  facing  new  difficulties 
in  the  way  of  opening  for  its  26th 
season  in  the  Fall.  Restrictions  on 
automobile  travel  and  inability  to  get 
adequate  bus  transportation  facilities 
are  two  major  problems.  Exceptions 
are  the  Ivoryton,  Conn.,  Playhouse, 
which,  according  to  present  plans, 
will  be  opened  by  Milton  Stiefel  about 
June  24,  and  the  Stony  Creek,  Conn., 
Playhouse,  scheduled  to  open  July  4. 


Halted  from  Holding 
Free  Open  Air  Show 

Plymouth,  O.,  June  1.  —  Edward 
Ramsey,  operating  the  Plymouth,  the 
only  theatre  here,  has  been  enjoined 
permanently  from  conducting  free 
open-air  shows  in  the  downtown  busi- 
ness sector  on  Wednesday  evenings, 
by  an  injunction  granted  in  Common 
Pleas  Court,  on  petition  of  Ray  Din- 
inger  and  others,  "to  prevent  barri- 
cading or  otherwise  closing  certain 
streets,  or  from  obstructing  traffic  or 
diverting  it  therefrom." 

Ramsey,  who  has  conducted  open- 
air  shows  for  several  years  under 
sponsorship  of  local  merchants,  has  in- 
dicated his  intention  of  carrying  the 
case  to  the  Appellate  Court. 


Open  Amusement  Park 

Des  Moines,  June  1. — Riverview 
Park  has  opened  for  the  season  here 
under  the  management  of  Robert 
Reichardt.  The  amusement  park  has 
been  renovated  and  several  new  con- 
cessions added. 


New  Musical  Show 
To  Open  Tomorrow 

Only  one  opening  is  set  for 
Broadway  this  week.  It  is 
"By  Jupiter,"  a  musical  come- 
dy by  Richard  Rodgers  and 
Lorenz  Hart,  at  the  Shubert 
tomorrow  night.  Ray  Bolger 
has  top  billing  and  in  fea- 
tured roles  are  Constance 
Moore,  Benay  Venuta,  and 
Ronald  Graham.  Rodgers  and 
Dwight  Deere  Wiman  pro- 
duced in  association  with 
Richard  Kollmar. 


Wynn's  Vaudeville 
Show  Set  for  June  15 


Ed  Wynn  will  open  his  new  vaude- 
ville show  which  features  himself, 
Jane  Froman  and  Carmen  Amaya,  on 
June  15  at  the  Alvin,  following  a  few 
pre-Broadway  performances.  Others 
in  the  show  include  Ken  Davidson, 
and  Hugh  Forgie,  the  Five  Herzogs, 
Hector  and  His  Pals,  the  Volga  Sing- 
ers, and  the  Hermanos  Trio. 


Murray  to  'Sons  o'  Fun' 

Wynn  Murray  is  to  replace  Ella 
Logan  in  the  Olsen  &  Johnson  show, 
"Sons  o'  Fun,"  beginning  tonight.  An- 
other cast  change  is  Peggy  Knudsen 
going  in  for  Jo  Ann  Sayers  in  "My 
Sister  Eileen"  beinning  tomorrow 
night. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 
Rockefeller  Center 

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in  John  Steinbeck's 

"TORTILLA  FLAT" 

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"MY  GAL  SAL" 

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The  Story  of  a  Nation  in  Music 

'SYNCOPATION' 

EDWARD  rj"  ROBINSON 
'LARCENY,  INC.' 


Tyrone  POWER*  Joan  FONTAINE 

THIS  ABOVE  ALL 

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ACTAD  BROADWAY  £  45lh  ST. 
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*  You're  in  a  business  that  is  made  to  order  for 
times  like  these  *  You're  right  in  the  "war-help" 
zone  .  .  . 

DO  SOMETHING 
ABOUT  IT 

You've  got  the  pictures  .  .  .  our  people  need  recre- 
ation .  .  .  that  "escape  from  worry"  that  all  good 
motion  pictures  afford  *  Put  that  story  before 
your  public  with  the  right  kind  of  advertising  * 
It's  good  news  for  all  people  everywhere  .  .  . 
spread  it  round  about  with  good,  sound,  interest- 
ing advertising  .  .  •  don't  whisper  .  .  .  SHOUT  with 
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51.  NO.  108 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  3,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


U.  S.  Provides 
War  Insurance 
For  Industry 

Covers  Theatres,  Studios 
Against  Attack 


Washington,  June  2. — Theatres 
and  film  studios  will  be  able  to  ob- 
tain insurance  against  damage  by 
attack,  effective  July  1,  theatres  at  a 
rate  of  15  cents  per  $100  on  fire 
resistant  construction  and  20  cents 
per  $100  on  ordinary  construction, 
under  plans  announced  today  by 
Secretary  of  Commerce  Jesse 
Jones. 

The  policies  will  be  issued  for  a  12- 
month  period  to  cover  physical  loss 
of  real  and  personal  property  which 
may  result  from  enemy  attack  or  ac- 
tion of  our  own  forces  in  resisting 
enemy  attack,  but  blackout,  sabotage, 
capture,  seizure,  pillage,  looting,  use 
and  occupancy,  rent,  rental  value  or 
other  indirect  loss  or  consequential 
damage  will  not  be  covered. 

The  insurance  will  be  issued  through 
the  commercial  fire  insurance  agen- 
cies and  it  will  be  necessary  for  those 
who  want  protection  against  enemy  at- 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


Report  Rothacker  to 
Discuss  Censor  Post 

Hollywood,  June  2. — Watterson  R. 
Rothacker,  Hollywood  vice-president 
of  Quigley  Publishing  Co.,  left  tonight 
by  train  for  Washington  for  a  confer- 
ence with  Byron  Price,  Director  of 
Censorship,  in  connection  with  the  pos- 
sibility of  his  becoming  head  of  the 
Hollywood  board  of  Government  con- 
sorship  of  motion  pictures  for  export 
and  import. 


Connors  Scheduled 
For  20th-Fox  Board 

The  20th  Century-Fox  board  of  di- 
rectors is  scheduled  to  meet  tomorrow 
to  elect  Tom  J.  Connors,  vice-presi- 
dent in  charge  of  distribution,  and 
one  other,  probably  William  Goetz, 
to  board  membership. 

Company  stockholders  at  a  special 
meeting  at  the  home  office  yesterday 
voted  authorization  to  change  the 
number  of  directors  to  not  less  than 
three  nor  more  than  IS.  There  are 
12  directors  at  present  and  the  board 
is  expected  to  add  two  more  at  to- 
morrow's meeting  as  a  result  of  the 
stockholders'  action.  The  stockhold- 
ers voted  1,402,000  shares  for  the  pro- 
posal and  none  against  it. 


Industry  Will  Meet 
War  Responsibility, 
Blumberg  Declares 


The  industry  will  find  ways  and 
means  to  fully  meet  its  responsibili- 
ties in  the  nation's  total  war  effort 
regardless  of  any  restrictions  which 
the  Government  may  be  called  upon 
to  impose  on  it,  Nate  ■  J.  Blumberg, 
Universal  president,  told  the  com- 
pany's sales  force  at  its  convention 
at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  yesterday. 

Commenting  upon  the  industry's 
role  in  war  time,  Blumberg  said : 
"Our  business  is  always  able  to  cope 
with  emergencies.  Present  conditions 
and  those  which  may  still  arise  are  a 
challenge  to  our  ingenuity.  We  will 
happily  adjust  ourselves  to  any  new 
challenges  that  may  arise." 

The  company's  production  schedule 
for  the  new  season  will  be  outlined 
to  the  convention  by  William  A.  Scul- 
ly, vice-president  and  general  sales 
manager,  at  tomorrow's  session.  It 
will  consist  of  approximately  55  fea- 
tures, 14  Westerns,  seven  of  which 
will  be  reissues.    The  short  subjects 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


N.J.  Allied  to  Open 
Convention  Today 

Atlantic  City,  June  2. — With  the 
Umpi  trade  practice  program,  arbitra- 
tion procedure  and  Ascap  among  the 
principal  topics,  the  annual  conven- 
tion of  Allied  Theatre  Owners  of 
New  Jersey  will  get  under  way  at 
the  Ambassador  Hotel  here  tomor- 
row. 

Arbitration  will  be  discussed  to- 
morrow with  J.  Noble  Braden,  execu- 
tive secretary  of  the  American  Ar- 
bitration Association,  as  the  principal 
speaker.  John  G.  Paine,  general 
manager  of  Ascap,  will  speak  on  the 
(Continued  on  page  5) 


Executives  Discuss 
Reduction  in  Prints 

Leading  executives  of  film 
companies  at  a  meeting  here 
yesterday  discussed  the  pros- 
pective reduction  in  prints 
and  possible  reduction  in  the 
number  of  pictures  as  a  re- 
sult of  expected  War  Produc- 
tion Board  orders  curtailing 
the  use  of  raw  stock  and  other 
critical  materials.  It  was  re- 
ported that  the  discussion 
centered  on  the  number  of 
prints  and  possibly  pictures 
to  be  made.  A  WPB  order 
limiting  the  use  of  raw  stock 
was  reported  in  Hollywood 
last  week  as  expected  by  the 
studios  soon. 


Arthur  Loew  Made 
Major  in  U.S.  Army 


vice-presi- 
charge  of 
operations,  has  ac- 


Arthur  M.  Loew,  first 
dent  of  Loew's,  Inc.,  in 
its  international 
cepted  a  com- 
mission as  ma- 
jor and  will 
undertake  a  n 
assignment  for 
the  morale  di- 
vision of  the 
Army,  it  was 
announced  yes- 
t  e  r  d  a  y  by 
N  i  c  holas  M. 
Schenck,  presi- 
dent of  Loew's. 

Major  Loew 
plans  to  report 
for  duty  in  a 
day  or  two. 
Schenck  has 
granted   him  a 

leave  of  absence  for  the  duration. 

The  exact  nature  of  Loew's  as- 
signment may  not  be  revealed,  it  was 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Arthur  M.  Loew 


Urges  Counsel  to  Speed 
Hearings  in  Arbitration 


RKO  Theatres  Are 
Split  Into  2  Zones 

Edward  L.  Alperson,  general  man- 
ager of  RKO  Theatres,  yesterday  an- 
nounced the  division  of  the  circuit's 
theatres  throughout  the  country  into 
two  major  groups,  an  Eastern  zone, 
under  James  M.  Brennan,  and  a 
Western  zone,  under  Sol.  A. 
Schwartz.  Not  included  in  the  change 
are  the  Metropolitan  area  houses,  su- 
(Continued  on  page  8) 


An  appeal  to  counsel  to  avoid  repe- 
titious testimony  and  needless  delay  in 
arbitration  hearings  was  made  by 
John  C.  Pemberton,  arbitrator,  at  a 
hearing  at  the  local  tribunal  on  a 
clearance  case  brought  by  the  Orpheum 
Theatre,  Saugerties,  N.  Y.,  against  all 
five  consenting  companies  and  the 
Broadway  and  Kingston  theatres, 
Kingston. 

Pemberton  said  that  during  16  years 
as  an  arbitrator  he  had  been  impressed 
(Continued  on  page  8) 


Walsh  Stands 
For  Reelection 
As  Head  of  IA 


Urges  Two-Year-Tenure; 
Defends  Browne 


Columbus,  June  2. — Richard  F. 
Walsh,  president,  set  off  anticipated 
fireworks  at  the  IATSE  convention 
here  today  by  announcing  that  he 
and  the  other  officials  would  stand 
for  reelection.  In  his  annual  re- 
port, he  asked  for  convention  ap- 
proval of  a  constitutional  amend- 
ment which  would  call  for  the  elec- 
tion of  officers  every  two  years  in- 
stead of  four. 

The  announcement  came  as  a 
surprise  as  anti-administration 
forces  were  preparing,  for  a 
fight  on  the  convention  floor  on 
the  issue.  Walsh,  when  he  took 
office,  said  that  he  would  fill 
the  unexpired  portion  of  George 
E.  Browne's  term,  which  does 
not  end  until  1944.  The  other 
candidates  are  Vincent  Jacobi 
and  William  Bennett. 

Walsh's  report  also  contained  com- 
ment  in   connection   with  Browne's 

(Continued  on  page  5) 


Whitney  Is  Captain 
In  Army  Air  Corps 

John  Hay  Whitney,  director  of  the 
motion  picture  division  of  the  Office 
of  Co-ordinator  of  Inter-American 
Affairs,  has  been  inducted  in  the  Army 
Air  Corps  with  the  rank  of  captain, 
it  was  learned  yesterday. 

Whitney  is  now  on  furlough  and  is 
scheduled  to  report  for  active  duty  in 
about  25  days,  it  was  reported.  He 
left  yesterday  for  Mexico  in  connec- 
tion with  his  inter-American  film  ac- 
tivities. 

Whitney  was  appointed  head  of  the 
motion  picture  division  by  Nelson 
Rockefeller,  Co-ordinator  of  Inter- 
American  Affairs,  in  October,  1940. 
No  successor  has  been  appointed  as 
yet. 


Four  Reviews  Today 

"The  Gay  Sisters,"  "Spy 
Ship"  are  reviewed  on  Page  5; 
"Escape  from  Crime,"  "Down 
Texas  Way,"  Page  8;  Holly- 
wood production  news,  short 
subject  reviews,  Page  9. 


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Motion  picture  daily 


Wednesday,  June  3,  1942 


Personal  Mention 


Newsreel 


Parade  of  Heroes 
Set  for  21  Cities} 
Skouras  Chairman 


Parades  of  war  heroes  to  stimulate 
public  morale  will  be  organized  in  21 
major  cities  from  June  8  to  July  5, 
sponsored  by  the  U.  S.  Treasury  De- 
partment through  the  industry's  War 
Activities  Committee,  it  was  an- 
nounced yesterday. 

The  first  parade  will  be  held  in 
New  York,  June  8,  with  a  Times 
Square  rally  at  noon  and  a  mass  dem- 
onstration in  Madison  Square  Gar- 
den in  the  evening.  A  public  rally 
will  be  held  in  the  largest  auditorium 
in  each  city  visited.  The  tour  will 
wind  up  in  St.  Louis  July  5. 

Aim  to  Stir  Public 

Spyros  Skouras,  president  of  20th 
Century-Fox,  is  chairman  of  this  ac- 
tivity. It  is  planned  to  have  eight 
American  and  eight  British  heroes  in 
the  touring  group.  The  aim  of  the 
tour,  in  the  words  of  Skouras,  is  to 
"bring  the  battlefront  to  the  home 
front,"  and  awaken  the  public  to  a  full 
realization  of  the  nation's  war  aims. 

Among  those  who  are  expected  to 
participate  are  Lieut.  John  Bulkeley, 
Brig.  Gen.  James  Doolittle,  Lieut. 
O'Hare,  other  Americans  who  have 
been  cited  for  valor  and  British  Com- 
mandos and  members  of  the  R.A.F. 

Members  of  the  committee  in  charge 
of  the  New  York  reception  and  ar- 
rangements include  in  addition  to 
Skouras :  Abe  Lastvogel,  Hal  Home, 
Robert  Weitman,  Jack  Partington, 
Stirling  Silliphant,  Aubrey  Schenck, 
Robert  K.  Christenberry,  Irving  Less- 
er and  Lou  Epstein. 

Barrymore  Services 
Are  Held  on  Coast 

Los  Angeles,  June  2. — A  small 
number  of  friends  and  relatives  at- 
tended the  funeral  here  today  of  John 
Barrymore,  who  died  Friday  night. 
The  Rev.  John  O'Donnell,  pastor  of 
the  Immaculate  Heart  Church,  con- 
ducted the  service  in  Calvary  Chapel. 
A  throng  of  2,000  persons  gathered 
near  the  chapel. 

Active  pallbearers  were :  Gene 
Fowler,  John  Decker,  W.  C.  Fields, 
Edgar  J.  Mannix,  C.  J.  Briden  and 
Stanley  Campbell.  Honorary  pall- 
bearers included :  Edward  Sheldon, 
Charles  MacArthur,  Ben  Hecht,  Ar- 
thur Hopkins,  George  M.  Cohan, 
Herbert  Bayard  Swope,  Thomas  Mit- 
chell, Roland  Young,  Alan  Mowbray 
and  Bramwell  Fletcher. 

Honor  George  Raft 
At  Press  Luncheon 

Newspaper  and  radio  sports  report- 
ers and  others  honored  George  Raft 
at  a  luncheon  at  Toots  Shor's  yes- 
terday in  recognition  of  his  work  in 
promoting  boxing  shows  for  service 
men.  James  J.  Walker  presented  a 
plaque  to  the  film  star.  The  program 
was  broadcast  over  WNEW  with  Bill 
Stern  as  one  of  the  speakers. 

Among  the  film  men  present  were 
Stanton  Griffis,  Maurice  Bergman, 
Harry  Mandel,  Robert  Weitman,  Ben 
Serkowich,  and  Al  Rosen. 

Raft  will  appear  at  the  Capitol 
Theatre  tomorrow  night  in  connection 
with  the  opening  of  his  new  picture, 
"Broadway,"  a  Universal  release. 


HUNT  STROMBERG  left  for  the 
Coast  yesterday   by  train. 
• 

Rhoda  Rogers,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Budd  Rogers,  and  Ensign 
William  B.  Schulman  of  Dayton, 
O.,  were  married  last  weekend. 
• 

Manuel  B.  Montesinos,  Peruvian 
Congressman  and  exhibitor,  is  visit- 
ing in  New  York.  He  plans  to  go 
to  Hollywood  soon. 

• 

Joseph  Kane,  former  manager  of 
the  Woodbine,  Woodbine,   N.  J.,  is 
now  in  the  Army  at  Camp  Lee,  Va. 
• 

Charles  D.  Crowley,  manager  of 
the    Grand,    Vineland,    N.    J.,  has 
entered  the  officers'  training  school. 
• 

Leon  Bamberger  will  leave  for  At- 
lantic City  tonight. 


Willkie  Owned  1,000 
Shares  of  20th-Fox 

Washington,  June  2. — Ownership 
of  1,000  shares  of  20th  Century-Fox 
common  stock  when  he  became  chair- 
man of  the  company's  board  of  direc- 
tors April  9  has  been  reported  to  the 
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission 
by  Wendell  L.  Willkie,  it  was  dis- 
closed today. 

The  commission's  final  summary 
for  March,  in  which  no  current 
transactions  in  film  company  stocks 
were  reported,  also  showed  that  Spy- 
ros P.  Skouras,  elected  president, 
held  5,250  shares  of  common  stock. 


JOHN  ROBERTS,  booker  for  the 
Comerford  Circuit  in  Scranton,  has 
been  appointed  technical  adviser  for 
the  Citizens  Defense  Corps  in  Scran- 
ton. 

Harry  Goldberg  is  in  Philadelphia 
today. 

• 

Mel  Conheim,  manager  of  War- 
ners' Ritz,  Albany,  was  in  town  yes- 
terday. 

• 

John  Schmidt,  formerly  of  War- 
ners' Earle,  Philadelphia,  now  in  the 
Army,  and  Kay  "Appleton,  were 
married  last  week. 

• 

Martha  Clark,  secretary  to  Vin- 
cent O'Donnell,  RKO  office  man- 
ager in  Philadelphia,  has  returned  to 
work  after  an  illness. 

S.P.G.,  Warners  Fail 
To  Reach  Agreement 

Negotiations  between  the  Screen 
Publicists  Guild  of  New  York  and 
Warners  were  broken  off  yesterday 
following  failure  to  arrive  at  an  agree- 
ment. The  Guild  proposed  arbitra- 
tion on  the  disputed  points  but  the 
company  rejected  this  procedure,  ac- 
cording to  a  union  statement.  The 
union  also  said  that  it  would  file  a 
complaint  with  the  War  Labor  Board. 


Phila.  Associates  to  Meet 

Philadelphia,  June  2. — The  Mo- 
tion Picture  Associates  will  meet  Sat- 
urday to  nominate  officers. 


Parade 


ARRIVAL  of  the  Swedish-Ameri- 
■/l  can  liner,  Drottningholm,  with 
U.  S.  officials  and  citizens  from  Axis 
countries;  Memprial  Day  observ- 
ances and  record  Navy  enlistments 
in  Houston,  Tex.,  are  subjects  of  in- 
terest in  the  new  issues.  A  golf  tourn- 
ament in  Atlantic  City  constitutes  t 
sports  news.  Here  are  the  contents^, 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  77— West 
Point  graduation.  Motion  picture  industry 
rally  at  Times  Square.  Swedish  steamer 
with  American  diplomats  arrives.  Volunteers 
from  Houston  enlist  in  Navy.  Duke  and 
Duchess  of  Windsor  visit  White  House. 
President  Camacho  of  Mexico  calls  for 
declaration  of  war  against  the  Axis.  Tanks 
for  Russia.  U.  S.  bombers  in  Australia. 
Rescue  of  Bataan  fliers.  Snead  wins  P.  G. 
A.  tournament  in  Atlantic  City.  Joan  Fon- 
taine "registers"  at  Grauman's  Chinese 
Theatre.  Hollywood.  President  Roosevelt 
reviews  Memorial  Day  parade. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  27S-U.  S. 
generals  lead  patrols  on  Australian  front. 
Convoy  in  the  Arctic.  Motion  picture  indus- 
try opens  War  Bond  campaign.  Gradua- 
tion at  West  Point.  Houston  men  join 
Navy.  President  observes  Memorial  Day. 
P.  G.  A.  tournament. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  80.— West 
Point  graduation.  P.  G.  A.  tournament  in 
Atlantic  City.  Report  on  British  raid  on 
Cologne.  Swedish  liner  brings  home  U.  S. 
officials  and  civilians.  Gas  masks  for  civ- 
ilians in  Seattle.  Duke  and  Duchess  of 
Windsor  visit  White  House.  President 
Roosevelt  views  Memorial  Day  parade. 
Kewanee,  111.,  plant  turns  out  millionth 
shell.    Houston  volunteers  join  Navy. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  80— West  Point 
graduates  1942  class.  Axis  swaps  American 
diplomats.  Order  Harry  Bridges  deported. 
U.  S.  bombers  attack  Jap  bases.  Rally 
starts  theatre  bond  sale.  Convoy  speeds 
Russia  supplies.  Mexico  declares  war  on 
Axis.  P.  G.  A.  golf  final.  U.  S.  Army  in 
Memorial  Day  review. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  No.  8»— 
West  Point  graduation.  American  war  fu- 
gitives arrive  safely.  Mexico  votes  for 
war.  Snead  new  golf  champion.  Houston 
vounteers  in  Navy.  Military  subject  from 
Australia.     U.  S.  observes  Memorial  Day. 


Lukan  Circuit  Head 

Seattle,  June  2. — L.  O.  Lukan  has 
been  named  general  manager  of  Ben 
Shearer's  circuit  of  suburban  houses 
in  this  city  and  first  run  theatres  in 
Everett  and  Bremerton.  Lukan  for- 
merly was  manager  of  the  Green 
Lake  Theatre  here. 


St.  Louis  Boat  Ride 

St.  Louis,  June  2. — The  local  Va- 
riety Club  will  hold  its  annual  boat 
ride  on  Friday  evening  along  the  Mis- 
sissippi River. 


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Late  News  Flashes  from  the  Coast 


Hollywood,  June  2 

'T'HE  first  school  sponsored  by  a  Hollywood  union  to  train  members  for 
■■-  higher  paying  jobs  will  be  established  here  by  the  Screen  Office  Em- 
ployes Guild,  it  was  announced  today.  The  school  will  be  for  women,  who 
will  be  given  an  opportunity  to  learn  accounting,  machine  bookkeeping  and 
other  work  with  a  view  largely  to  replacing  men  entering  the  services  and 
becoming  eligible  for  promotion. 

•  • 

The  producer-director  contract  of  E.  H.  Griffith  with  Paramount,  which 
had  17  more  months  to  go,  has  been  dissolved  by  mutual  consent  because  of 
differences  over  treatment  of  "Frenchman's  Creek,"  which  Griffith  was  to  have 
handled,  the  studio  announced. 

•  • 

Fred  C.  Quimby,  executive  in  charge  of  short  subjects  for  M-G-M,  has  been 
given  a  new_  contract,  according  to  an  announcement.  He  has  headed  the 
department  since  its  inception  in  1927. 

•  • 

B.  V.  Sturdivant  has  resigned  as  director  of  the  Amusement  Industry  Com- 
mittee and  the  Los  Angeles  Theatre  Defense  Bureau  due  to  his  transfer  to 
the  Northern  California  division  of  Fox  West  Coast.  The  Defense  Bureau 
today  was  notified  by  James  M.  Landis,  Civilian  Defense  director,  that  its 
precautions  program  is  being  studied  for  possible  national  adoption. 

•  • 

Republic  announced  today  that  it  would  attempt  to  release  "The  Flving 
Tigers"  July  4  to  coincide  with  the  date  the  American  Volunteer  Fliers  in 
China  became  part  of  the  U.  S.  Army  Air  Corps. 

•  • 

Irene  punne  was  signed  by  20th  Century-Fox  today  to  star  in  "Lady  in 
Ermine,"  to  be  produced  and  directed  by  Ernst  Lubitsch  from  the  operetta 
of  that  name. 

•  • 

Paramount  today  made  Charles  Brackett,  writer,  an  associate  producer  in 
the  B.  G.  DeSylva  unit  and  as  his  first  assignment  will  make  "Men's  Wear," 
written  by  himself  and  Billy  Wilder,  who  will  direct  the  film. 

•  • 

Screen  Writers  Guild  directors  have  started  a  survey  into  wages  and  work- 
ing conditions  in  the  short  subject  writers'  ranks,  in  preparation  for  negotiat- 
ing an  amended  bargaining  contract  for  them. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


5 


Reviews 


"The  Gay  Sisters" 

(Warners) 

\   DRAMATIC  film  concerning  the  highly  complicated  lives  of  three 
wealthy  orphaned  sisters,  with  the  eldest,  heavily  laden  with  fam- 
ily pride,  chiefly  responsible  for  most  of  the  complication,  this  is  a  strong 
attraction,  which  should  be  of  particular  appeal  to  the  feminine  contingent 
of  the  patronage. 

There  are  good  cast  names  for  the  marquee,  headed  by  Barbara  Stan- 
wyck and  George  Brent,  with  Geraldine  Fitzgerald,  Donald  Crisp, 
Nancy  Coleman,  Gig  Young  and  Gene  Lockhart  in  the  chief  supporting 
roles.  The  story  was  based  on  a  novel  by  Stephen  Longstreet,  with 
the  intelligently  concocted  screenpiay  written  by  Lenore  Coffee.  Irving 
Rapper,  who  directed,  endowed  the  film  with  considerable  human  inter- 
est and  dramatic  impact.  The  cast  is  wholly  expert  and  imparts  a  high 
polish  to  the  finished  product. 

Proud  of  its  ancestry,  the  Gaylord  family  of  three  young  children 
see  their  father  off  to  war  in  1918  after  the  mother  is  among  those  lost 
on  the  Lusitania.  The  father  is  killed,  and  as  the  story  jumps  to  1941, 
Miss  Stanwyck  is  seen  as  the  eldest,  Miss  Fitzgerald  as  the  wife  of  an 
Englishman,  and  Miss  Coleman  as  the  youngest.  They  are  heavily  in- 
volved in  a  court  test  of  the  father's  will,  a  contest  which  has  been  con- 
tinuing for  more  than  20  years.  Chief  factor  is  the  effort  of  the  success- 
ful builder,  Brent,  to  obtain  the  Gaylord  home  as  part  of  a  site  for  a 
building  project.  It  is  disclosed  that  Brent  is  the  father  of  Larry  Sims, 
young  boy  whom  she  refuses  to  reveal  is  her  own  son,  and  that  she  and 
Brent  were  married  when  she  needed  a  marriage  to  obtain  money  for 
her  sisters. 

The  complications  revolve  about  her  supposed  hatred  for  Brent,  and 
include  Miss  Coleman's  almost  lost  romance  with  Gig  Young,  a  new- 
comer who  shows  considerable  promise.  Finally,  sacrificing  her  pride  to 
have  the  happiness  of  the  child  and  her  sisters,  she  gives  up  the  boy  and 
the  house  to  Brent,  then  discovers  that  she  really  loves  him,  and  that 
the  sentiment  is  reciprocated. 

Running  time,  101  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


"Spy  Ship" 

( Warners) 

Hp  HIS  spy  and  fifth  columnist  picture  is  timely  entertainment  which 
*■  makes  use  of  many  of  the  developments  which  have  occurred  in  re- 
cent months.  Though  the  story  is  implausible  in  some  of  its  melo- 
dramatic detail,  it  provides  many  moments  of  excitement  and  the  treat- 
ment of  the  plot  is  vigorous. 

The  principal  characters  are  a  prominent  aviatrix  (Irene  Manning) 
who  preaches  the  doctrine  of  isolation,  meanwhile  supplying  Nazi  agents 
with  information  on  ship  movements  and  a  newspaper  writer  (Craig 
Stevens)  in  opposition  to  Miss  Manning  and  her  America- Above-All 
Committee.  Maris  Wrixon,  Michael  Ames,  Peter  Whitney,  John  Max- 
well are  in  other  featured  roles. 

The  excitement  reaches  its  highest  point  during  the  final  roundup  of 
traitors  and  Nazi  agents,  reaching  its  conclusion  after  Pearl  Harbor. 

Running  time,  62  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


Films  to  Meet 
Needs  of  War, 
Says  Blumberg 


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and  newsreel  issues  will  be  the  same 
numerically  as  in  other  years. 
~*^zscully  is  presiding  at  the  four-day 
~«ting  of  more  than  200  district  and 
branch  managers,  salesmen  and  book- 
ers. He  informed  the  meeting  yester- 
day that  17  of  the  Universal  branches 
sold  better  than  90  per  cent  of  their 
possibilities  last  year.  His  report  dis- 
closed, in  addition,  that  45  Universal 
salesmen  also  have  sold  better  than 
90  per  cent  of  their  possibilities  and 
that  the  New  Haven  branch  of  which 
John  Pavone  is  manager  has  for  two 
consecutive  years  sold  100  per  cent 
of  its  possibilities. 

First  prize  of  $2,500  in  the  Wil- 
liam A.  Scully  anniversary  sales  drive 
which  began  Dec.  14  and  closed  May 
10  was  won  by  the  Seattle  branch,  it 
was  announced.  Jules  Lapidus  won 
the  $500  district  managers'  prize  and 
F.  J.  A.  McCarthy  the  $500  division 
managers'  prize.  H.  D.  Graham  and 
J.  E.  Garrison  were  second  and  third, 
respectively,  in  the  district  managers' 
awards,  and  the  following  branches 
took  prize  money  in  the  order  listed, 
after  Seattle :  New  Haven,  New  Or- 
leans, Des  Moines,  Indianapolis, 
Cleveland,  Chicago,  Washington, 
Oklahoma  City,  Kansas  City,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Portland,  Boston,  Milwau- 
kee, Atlanta  and  Cincinnati.  Branch 
prizes  ranged  from  $2,500  to  $250. 


Arthur  Loew  Made 
Major  in  U.S.  Army 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

stated,  but  it  is  understood  to  deal 
with  an  important  phase  of  Army 
morale  both  in  the  United  States  and 
with  the  combat  forces  abroad.  Major 
Loew  was  asked  to  accept  the  com- 
mission by  Brig.  Gen.  Frederick  H. 
Osborn,  chief  of  Special  Service  of 
the  War  Department,  Schenck  dis- 
closed, and  in  his  work  will  be  in  a 
position  to  make  use  of  his  wide 
experience  and  knowledge  of  foreign 
countries  gained  during  20  years  as 
director  of  Loew's  international  di- 
vision. Loew,  a  licensed  pilot,  has 
flown  his  plane  around  the  world  sev- 
eral times,  it  was  stated,  and  has 
traveled  some  half  million  miles  on 
all  continents. 

Morton  A.  Spring,  assistant  man- 
ager of  the  international  organization, 
has  been  appointed  acting  foreign 
manager,  it  was  announced,  with  an 
administration  committee  set  up  con- 
sisting of  Spring  and  Henry  F. 
Krecke,  with  Joseph  Rosthal  as  sec- 
retary. 

Metro  Sets  Trade 
Showings  for  Five 

M-G-M  has  scheduled  trade  screen- 
ings on  the  next  group  of  five  fea- 
tures. "Jackass  Mail,"  "Calling  Dr. 
Gillespie"  and  "Pierre  of  the  Plains" 
will  be  screened  nationally  in  ex- 
changes on  June  16,  and  "Apache 
Trail"  and  "Crossroads"  will  be 
shown  June  23. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Start  Sunday  Films 
In  Natchez,  Miss. 

Natchez,  Miss.,  June  2. — Sunday 
motion  pictures  have  been  inaugurated 
in  Natchez  by  the  Star  Theatre,  with 
no  attempt  being  made  to  invoke  Mis- 
sissippi blue  laws.  Two  other  motion 
picture  theatres  owned  by  a  syndicate 
remained  closed  and  no  indication  has 
been  given  as  to  whether  they  will 
follow  the  lead  of  the  Star. 


Two  Pa.  Towns  Ban 
Games  on  Sundays 

Nanticoke,  Pa.,  June  2. — Mayor 
John  Paulus,  acting  upon  a  request 
made  by  the  Nanticoke  Ministerial 
Association,  banned  Sunday  chance 
games  in  this  city.  The  action  fol- 
lows closely  upon  the  order  of  Mayor 
Charles  N.  Loveland  of  nearby 
Wilkes-Barre  banning  all  chance 
games  in  Wilkes-Barre. 


N.J.  Allied  to  Open 
Convention  Today 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
music   copyright   situation   with  ex- 
hibitors. 

On  Thursday  officials  of  national 
Allied  and  New  Jersey  Allied  will 
give  their  reports  and  organization 
problems  will  be  considered.  Friday's 
sessions  will  be  given  over  to  the 
Umpi  plan  and  addresses  by  company 
distribution  executives.  William  F. 
Rodgers,  M-G-M  general  sales  man- 
ager, and  H.  M.  Richey,  in  charge 
of  exhibitor  relations  for  M-G-M, 
will  be  among  the  speakers.  William 
Sussman,  Eastern  division  sales  man- 
ager for  20th  Century-Fox,  and 
Joseph  J.  Lee,  New  York  branch 
manager,  are  expected. 

A  number  of  New  York  executives 
are  expected  to  attend  the  banquet 
in  honor  of  Col.  H.  A.  Cole  Friday 
evening. 


Walsh  Stands 
For  Reelection 
As  Head  of  IA 

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conviction.  Browne  is  serving  a 
prison  sentence  for  extortion.  The 
report  said:  "Inasmuch  as  our  former 
president  had  served  the  International 
in  a  wholly  satisfactory  manner  in 
various  official  capacities  for  many 
years,  it  must  be  assumed  that  he  be- 
came the  victim  of  circumstances  be- 
yond his  control.  If  he  was  cognizant 
of  the  acts  being  perpetrated  by  his 
appointees,  possibly  he  was  left  with 
the  _  alternative  of  remaining  silent  or 
paying  the  supreme  penalty.  The  diffi- 
culty of  having  to  make  a  choice  be- 
tween the  two,  with  the  latter  a  price 
beyond  recall,  should  be  readily  ap- 
parent and  is  a  distinct  throwback  to 
the  adage  of  self-preservation.  Tak- 
ing the  human  side,  I  am  certain  it 
is  a  decision  that  would  be  relished 
by  no  one." 

The  IA  board  met  last  night  in  a 
special  secret  session  to  outline  plans 
for  nominations  on  Thursday  and  the 
election  on  Friday.  William  Green, 
AFL  president,  was  the  principal 
speaker  during  the  afternoon  session 
today. 


S.I.M.P.P.  Renews 
Fight  on  Umpi  Plan 

The  Society  of  Independent  Motion 
Picture  Producers  yesterday  renewed 
its  attack  on  the  proposed  Umpi  sell- 
ing plan  in  a  letter  to  Assistant  U.  S. 
Attorney  General  Thurman  Arnold 
in  which  it  asked  the  Government  not 
to  consider  a  new  sales  method  that 
did  not  offer  exhibitors  "free  choice 
of  one  or  more  features,"  trade  shown 
before  they  are  sold. 

"It  is  incredible,"  the  letter  said, 
"that  the  Department  of  Justice,  hav- 
ing already  achieved  signal  success  in 
abolishment  of  certain  phases  of  block 
booking  and  having  in  mind  the  pub- 
lic interest,  will  subscribe  to  any 
retrogressive,  substitution  sales 
scheme  that  incorporates  any  of  the 
objectionable  features  of  the  present 
five-picture  groupi  plan,  or  counte- 
nances the  revival  of  licensing  feature 
films  in  advance  of  their  completion. 

"On  the  contrary,  the  protection  of 
the  public,  the  exhibitor  and  the  pro- 
ducer against  any  kind  of  group  sell- 
ing is  what  the  situation  demands. 
Let  each  feature  picture  be  sold  on  its 
individual  merits,  after  its  content  is 
known  to  the  prospective  buyer 
through  obligatory  trade  showings." 

RKO  Stockholders 
To  Ask  Meet  Delay 

RKO  stockholders  are  scheduled  to 
ask  for  postponement  of  their  annual 
meeting  for  about  one  _  week  when 
they  convene  at  Dover,  Del.,  today. 

Negotiations  for  the  purchase  of 
one  or  more  of  the  larger  stockhold- 
ers interests,  which  have  been  under 
way  for  some  time,  are  reported  to 
be  the  reason  for  the  postponement. 
A  change  of  stock  ownership  would, 
of  course,  result  in  a  change  of  nomi- 
nees for  the  board.  The  election  of 
directors  was  to  have  been  the  prin- 
cipal business  before  the  meeting. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  June  3,  1942 


Urges  Counsel  to  Speed 
Hearings  in  Arbitration 


Reviews 


"Escape  from  Crime" 

( Warners) 

A    CONCISE,  fast-moving  story,  stripped  of  non-essentials,  gives  this 
cops-and-robbers  film  an  added  measure  of  suspense,  excitement 
and  sustained  interest,  all  of  which  might  well  have  been  diluted  by  pro- 
duction "padding." 

Richard  Travis,  paroled  after  serving  time  for  a  part  in  a  bank  holdup 
of  which  he  was  innocent,  resolves  to  make  a  new  start  in  life  when  he 
learns  that  his  wife,  Julie  Bishop,  has  borne  him  a  son  during  his  im- 
prisonment. He  lands  a  job  as  a  newspaper  photographer  when  luck 
places  him  at  the  scene  of  a  robbery  with  a  camera.  The  published 
pictures  lead  to  the  arrest  and  conviction  of  members  of  the  gang,  one 
of  them  his  life-long  friend.  He  is  inveigled  by  his  editor  into  obtain- 
ing a  picture  of  the  condemned  man,  played  by  Rex  Williams,  in  the 
electric  chair. 

For  this  violation  of  penitentiary  rules  he  is  about  to  be  returned  to 
prison  as  a  parole  violator  when  chance  again  gives  him  the  opportunity 
to  bring  about  the  capture  of  a  gang  leader,  following  a  spirited  gun 
battle  with  the  police.  For  his  part  in  the  capture,  Travis  is  given  a  full 
pardon  for  his  earlier  conviction.  Minor  roles  are  well  played  by  Wade 
Boteler,  Charles  Wilson,  Paul  Fix  and  Frank  Wilcox. 

Running  time,  51  minutes.    "G."*  Sherwin  A.  Kane 


"Down  Texas  Way" 

{Monogram) 

Hollywood,  June  2 

HpHE  false  accusation  of  murder  placed  against  one  of  the  "Rough 
*■  Riders"  group  creates  the  motivation  of  the  story  of  "Down  Texas 
Way,"  sixth  in  the  current  series  of  the  western  pictures  Monogram  pro- 
duces with  Buck  Jones,  Tim  McCoy  and  Raymond  Hatton  in  the  leading 
roles. 

Replete  with  action  of  the  hard  riding  and  fast  shooting  kind,  the 
picture  is  not  up  to  the  usual  standard  of  the  group,  but  nevertheless 
maintains  movement  and  suspense  in  sufficient  quantities  to  satisfy  the 
outdoor  action  fans. 

Supporting  the  trio  are  Luana  Walters,  Dave  O'Brien,  Lois  Austin, 
Glenn  Strange,  Harry  Woods,  Tom  London,  Kansas  Moehring,  Jack 
Daley  and  Silver,  the  trained  horse.  Plans  of  a  group  of  criminals, 
aided  and  abetted  by  a  woman,  to  take  over  a  small.  Texas  town  follow- 
ing the  murder  of  the  community's  leading  citizen  are  foiled  by  the 
Rough  Riders  who  come  through  with  flying  colors  despite  obstacles. 
Scott  R.  Dunlap  produced  the  picture,  which  was  directed  by  Howard 
Bretherton.    Jess  Bowers  wrote  the  original  screenplay. 

Running  time,  57  minutes.    "G."*  Vance  King 


MPTO  Asks  Rental 
Aid  for  Theatres 

The  MPTOA  in  a  bulletin  made 
public  here  yesterday  added  its  voice 
to  the  appeal  for  film  rentals  relief  for 
theatres  that  have  suffered  patronage 
losses  through  war  time  population 
shifts  which,  in  some  instances,  it 
says,  threaten  their  continued  exist- 
ence. 

The  plight  of  such  exhibitors  was 
first  called  to  the  industry's  attention 
by  Allied  States  several  months  ago, 
and  the  first  definite  company  policy 
to  afford  them  relief  was  announced 
at  Loew's  at  a  meeting  of  the  com- 
pany's district  managers  in  Chicago 
last  month. 

Asserting  that  the  continued  oper- 
ation of  the  theatres  is  more  impor- 
tant than  any  other  war  time  function 
they  can  perform,  the  MPTOA  bul- 
letin, signed  by  Ed  Kuykendall,  presi- 
dent, declares :  "The  distributors  must 
adjust  their  demands  to  fit  the 
changed  conditions  in  such  spots  or 
they  will  wind  up  getting  no  revenue 
at  all  from  those  towns,  and  with  the 
responsibility  of  depriving  the  people 
in  these  small  towns  of  motion  pic- 
ture entertainment  at  the  time  when 
it  is  most  needed." 


Army,  Navy  Relief 
Total  Is  $675,000 

The  total  received  through  yester- 
day in  the  recent  Army  and  Navy 
Emergency  Relief  drive  amounted  to 
$675,000,  it  was  disclosed  yesterday 
by  Si  Fabian,  treasurer  of  the  drive. 
The  previous  total  announced  was 
$350,000. 

The  largest  check  received  yester- 
day was  from  Loew's,  Inc.,  for  $217,- 
250,  including  $10,000  donated  by  the 
company.  Others  were  :  Paramount- 
Richards, 'New  Orleans,  $36,200;  Ala- 
bama Theatres,  Inc.,  $16,865 ;  Trans- 
Lux  Theatres,  $10,152;  Wilmer- Vin- 
cent Corp.,  $6,790 ;  Dixie  Theatres 
Corp.,  New  Orleans,  $1,720.  Nicho- 
las M.  Schenck,  chairman,  yesterday 
urged  early  remittances. 


USO  Street  Show 
Aids  Bronx  Drive 

Residents  of  the  Jerome  section  of 
the  Bronx  will  attend  four  shows  of 
the  USO  Street  Jamboree  tomorrow 
under  the  marquee  of  the  Skouras 
Tuxedo  Theatre.  Celebrities,  screen 
and  stage  players,  bands  and  dancers 
will  appear.  The  purpose  of  the  show, 
which  is  free,  is  to  arouse  the  public 
to  the  needs  of  supporting  the  USO 
current  campaign  for  funds.  Chairman 
of  the  committee  in  the  Bronx  com- 
munity is  Nick  John  Matsoukas,  man- 
ager of  the  Tuxedo. 


St.  Louis  Drive  Launched 
With  $57,000  Rummage  Sale 

St.  Louis,  June  2. — A  rummage 
sale  at  the  Hotel  Coronado  here, 
which  helped  to  launch  the  war  bond 
and  stamp  sale  drive,  resulted  in  the 
sale  of  $57,000  in  bonds.  Among  the 
largest  purchasers  were  Fred  Weh- 
renberg,  circuit  head ;  Paul  Kruger, 
associated  with  Wehrenberg ;  and 
Louis  K.  and  Joseph  Ansell,  owners 
of  the  Ansell  Circuit.  Subsequent  run 
houses  plan  a  performance  Saturday 
at  which  the  admission  will  be  a 
stamp  of  any  denomination. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Disney  to  Do  Film  on 
Plane  Identification 

Washington,  June  2. — Arrange- 
ments for  the  production  by  Walt 
Disney  of  an  animated  training  film 
on  identification  of  Army  aircraft 
have  been  perfected,  it  was  announced 
today  by  the  War  Department. 

The  arrangements  were  made 
through  Lt.  Col.  Charles  S.  Stodter, 
Signal  Corps  liaison  officer  in  Holly- 
wood. Major  S.  R.  Barker  will  be 
technical  advisor.  The  film  will  com- 
bine aerial  photography,  animation 
and  models  in  showing  how  various 
Army  planes  can  be  identified  under 
varying  conditions.  A  similar  film  re- 
cently was  made  by  Disney  for  the 
Navy  Department. 


Killed  in  Service 

Springfield,  Mass.,  June  2. — Ser- 
geant William  Thomas  Scully,  for- 
mer doorman  at  Loew's  Poli  here  for 
five  years,  died  as  a  result  of  wounds 
at  Gorgas  Hospital,  Panama  Canal 
Zone,  it  has  been  learned  here. 


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by  the  speed  with  which  testimony  al- 
ways was  presented  and,  therefore, 
was  "disturbed"  by  the  repetitious 
testimony  offered  at  yesterday's  hear- 
ing. He  stated  that  he  believes  that 
much  of  it  could  be  eliminated  and 
suggested  that  counsel  agree  among 
themselves  on  pursuing  lines  of  ques- 
tioning not  duplicated  by  the  others. 

If  this  is  not  done,  Pemberton 
warned  the  attorneys,  he  will  "take  the 
necessary  steps  at  the  next  hearing  to 
insure  speedier  proceedings." 

American  Arbitration  Association 
headquarters  reported  the  filing  of  a 
new  clearance  and  designated  run 
complaint  yesterday  at  the  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  tribunal.  The  complaint 
was  filed  by  Henry  Hiser,  owner  of 
the  Hiser  Theatre,  Bethesda,  Md., 
against  all  five  consenting  companies 
as  well  as  Warners'  Avalon,  Uptown 
and  Calvert  theatres,  Washington,  and 
the  Silver,  Silver  Spring,  Md.,  and 
Apex,  Washington. 


Reveal  Changes  in 
Umpi  Tax  Groups 


Changes  and  additions  in  Umpi 
state  tax  committee  personnel  were 
announced  by  the  organization  yes- 
terday. 

Meyer    Leventhal,    Baltimore,  has 
been  named  chairman  of  the  Mary- 
land committee,  and  William  K.  Sax- 
ton  and  Joseph  L.  Young  are  merr 
bers:    Sam  J.   Switow   resigned  ^  j 
chairman  of  the  Kentucky  commitrw^ 
to  join  the  Air  Corps.    Fred  J.  Dolle 
is  substituting  for  him  until  a  new 
chairman  is  named.    S.  E.  Bower  of 
Hawthorne,   Nev.,'  replaced  William 
G.  Cooke  of  Reno,  who  resigned  from 
that  State's  committee. 

Col.  Thomas  E.  Orr  has  been 
named  chairman  of  the  Alabama  com- 
mittee, and  Mack  Jackson  and  R.  M. 
Kennedy  are  members.  Fred  Kent 
has  been  named  chairman  of  the 
Florida  committee,  and  Earl  Fain  is 
a  member. 


N.  J.  Blackout  Has 
No  Effect  on  Gross 

Newark,  June  2. — The  time  ele- 
ment tended  to  make  negligible  the 
effect  on  theatre  business  of  the  sur- 
prise half-hour  practice  blackout  of 
the  entire  state  of  New  Jersey  last 
night,  managers  and  circuit  executives 
reported  today. 

The  test,  which  began  at  10:10 
P.  M.,  came  at  a  time  when  the  nor- 
mal evening's  business  had  been  al- 
ready registered,  it  was  said.  Ticket 
sales  generally  cease  about  9  P.  M. 
in  neighborhood  houses  and  at  about 
10  o'clock  at  the  first  run's.  Only  in  a 
few  instances  around  the  state  where 
theatres  cater  to  defense  workers  on 
the  night  shift  were  any  repercus- 
sions felt,  the  check-up  revealed. 

New  Jersey  has  approximately  300 
theatres  in  operation. 

RKO  Theatres  Are 
Split  Into  2  Zones 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

pervision  of  which  remains  as  it  was. 

Alperson  declared  the  purpose  of 
the  move  is  to  "solidify"  the  circuit 
and  provide  closer  cooperation  be- 
tween the  field  and  the  home  office. 

Brennan  will  have  supervision  over 
houses  in  Lowell,  Mass. ;  Providence, 
Rochester,  Syracuse,  New  Bruns- 
wick, Trenton  and  Washington. 
Schwartz  will  have  charge  of  houses 
in  Chicago,  Champaign,  111. ;  Kansas 
City,  Des  Moines,  St.  Paul,  Los  An- 
geles, San  Francisco,  Denver,  Cleve- 
land, Boston,  Columbus,  Detroit,  New 
Orleans,  Omaha,  Cedar  Rapids,  Da- 
venport, la. ;  Dubuque,  Marshall- 
town,  la.;  Sioux  City,  Waterloo,  la., 
and  Minneapolis. 

U.  S.  Will  Provide 
Insurance  in  War 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

tack  to  make  their  application  as  soon 
as  the  necessary  blanks  are  obtainable, 
abount  June  20,  because  the  blanket 
protection  now  in  force  will  expire 
June  30. 

The  insurance  will  be  written  on 
property  in  the  Continental  United 
States,  Alaska,  Hawaii,  Virgin  Islands, 
Puerto  Rico  and  the  Canal  Zone. 


Wednesday,  June  3,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


9 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 

"Olive  Oyl  and  Water 
Don't  Mix" 

(Popeye  Cartoon) 

(Paramount) 

This  has  Popeye  and  Bluto  in  their 
^ual  fistic  encounter,  each  with  the 
_ of  escorting  Olive  Oyl  on  a  tour 
~i  their  ship.  The  hapless  Miss  Oyl 
is  not  only  the  cause  of  the  fracas  but 
also  the  chief  casualty  in  the  cartoon 
which  offers  little  really  new  mate- 
rial. Running  time,  7  mins.  Release 
May  8. 


"March  of  America" 

(Technicolor  Special) 

( Warners) 

A  short  of  merit  in  point  of  exe- 
cution and  subject  matter,  "March 
of  America"  presents  in  strong  dra- 
matic terms  the  cavalcade  of  America. 
The  outstanding  events  that  mark  our 
history  are  recounted  in  the  produc- 
tion, from  the  war  of  1776  to  the 
present  battle  against  another  oppres- 
sor. The  short,  written  by  Owen 
Crump  and  narrated  by  Richard 
Whorf,  has  a  wealth  of  sales  value. 
Running  time,  20  mins.  Release,  June 
27. 


"Old  Glory" 

(Merrie  Melody) 

(  Warners) 

There  are  no  laughs  in  this  cartoon 
and  none  is  intended.  It's  a  lesson  in 
the  significance  of  the  Stars  and 
Stripes,  imparted  in  unusual  fashion 
with  the  cartoon  character,  Porky 
Pig,  awakened  to  the  struggle  that 
achieved  liberty  and  tolerance.  A 
character  representing  Uncle  Sam  re- 
cites the  history  of  America  to  Porky, 
and  at  the  conclusion  the  latter, 
moved,  recites  the  Pledge  of  Al- 
legiance. It  is  well  handled.  Run- 
ning time,  7  mins. 


"The  Quiz  Kids" 

(Ql-5) 

(Paramount) 

Joe  Kelly,  who  presents  the  ques- 
tions, at  the  outset  reminds  us  that 
the  Quiz  Kids  programs  are  unre- 
hearsed. The  question  bee  then  be- 
gins and  the  diversified  subjects  are, 
of  course,  nicely  handled  by  the 
youngsters.  The  series  continues  on  a 
good  entertainment  plane  with  this. 
Running  time,  10  mins.  Release,  May 
22 


"Byron  Nelson" 

(  Sportscope  ) 

(RKO) 

The  matter  of  playing  golf  the  right 
way  is  demonstrated  by  a  champion, 
so  little  more  could  be  asked  by  the 
sand-trap  victims.  Nelson's  game  as 
seen  regularly  and  in  slow  motion  is 
really  instructive.  It's  good  for  the 
golfer  but  there  are  some  who  don't 
play  golf.  Running  time,  8  mins.  Re- 
lease, May  15. 


"Information  Please" 

(RKO) 

Continuing  to  exploit  what  was  once 
a  novel  idea,  RKO-Pathe  offers  an- 
other subject  in  which  odd  bits  of 
knowledge  are  imparted,  this  time 
with  Cornelia  Otis  Skinner  added  to 
the  regular  staff.  Running  time,  11 
mins.    Release,  May  22. 


Notes  from  Hollywood 


Hollywood,  June  2 

LIONEL  ATWILL  will  have  the  role  of  Dr.  Moriarity  in  Universal's 
"Sherlock  Holmes  Fights  Back,"  second  in  the  streamlined  detec- 
tive stories  at  Universal.  .  .  .  Universal  will  make  "Don  Winslow  of  the 
Coast  Guard"  as  one  of  its  serials  next  season.  .  .  .  Aubrey  Mather 
was  given  a  term  acting  deal  at  20th 


Century-Fox,  which  released  John 
Sh elton.  .  .  .  The  next  Maisie  pic- 
ture at  M-G-M  will  be  "Big  Hearted 
Maisie."  .  .  .  James  Rogers  and 
Noah  Beery,  Jr.'s,  next  for  Hal 
Roach  will  be  "Prairie  Chicken."  .  .  . 
Betty  Rhodes  gets  a  new  Paramount 
contract  and  one  of  the  leads  of  "Pri- 
orities of  1943."  .  .  .  20th  Century- 
Fox  has  purchased  "The  Brasher 
Doubloon,"  by  Raymond  Chandler, 
for  the  Michael  Shayne  series. 

•  • 

Lucille  Ball  will  co-star  with 
Victor  Mature  in  RKO's 
"Sweet  and  Hot,"  in  which 
Ginny  Sims  will  appear.  .  .  . 
Another  top  RKO  casting  is 
the  borrowing  from  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox of  George  Sanders 
for  "Once  Upon  a  Honey- 
moon," Cary  Grant-Ginger 
Rogers  vehicle.  .  .  .  Dooley 
Wilson  has  been  borrowed 
from  Paramount  for  Warners' 
"Casablanca."  .  .  .  The  Clark 
Gable-Lana  Turner  picture 
known  as  "Red  Light"  is  now 
"Somewhere  I'll  Find  You."  .  .  . 
Allyn  Joslyn  is  set  for  Para- 
mount's  "No  Time  for  Love" 
and  Columbia's  "My  Sister 
Eileen." 

•  • 

Howard  J.  Green  is  doing  the 
script  of  Pine-Thomas'  "You  Can't 
Live  Forever."  .  .  .  Armand  Schae- 
fer  gets  the  production  reins  on  Re- 
public's "Heart  of  the  Golden  West," 
Roy  Rogers'  high  budget  outdoor  ac- 
tion picture.  .  .  .  Lou  Breslow  has 
been  given  a  writer's  contract  at  Co- 
lumbia. .  .  .  Monogram  is  preparing 
"War  Dogs,"  story  dealing  with  the 
training  of  dogs  in  war  service.  Billy 
Lee  gets  the  top  role. 

•  • 

Conrad  Veidt  goes  from  M-G-M 
to  Warners  for  "Casablanca,"  and 
Claude  Rains  also  has  been  set.  .  .  . 
Geraldine  Fitzgerald  will  support 
Bette  Daws,  Paul  Lukas  and  Lu- 
cile  Watson  in  Warners'  "Watch 
on  the  Rhine."  .  .  .  Fortunio  Bona- 
nova  gets  a  featured  role  in  "For 
Whom  the  Bell  Tolls"  at  Paramount. 
.  .  .  Max  Gordon's  deal  at  Columbia 
has  been  changed  and  in  addition  to 
producing  "My  Sister  Eileen"  he  con- 
tinues at  the  studio  as  a  producer. 


.  .  .  Edward  Ellis  returns  to  the 
screen  in  M-G-M's  "Ox  Train." 

•  • 

M-G-M  has  renewed  the  contract 
of  James  A.  FitzPatrick,  trave- 
logue producer.  .  .  .  Mitchell  Leisen 
will  direct  "Lady  in  the  Dark,"  to  be 
made  at  Paramount  in  Technicolor 
with  Ginger  Rogers  and  Ray  Mil- 
land  in  the  top  roles.  .  .  .  Elmer 
Clifton  will  direct  Universal's  first 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Tex  Ritter 
western,  "Texas  Cowboy."  .  .  .  Jack 
Otterson,  art  director,  has  started 
his  sixth  year  at  Universal  under  a 
new  deal. 

•  • 

Playing  opposite  Deanna  Dur- 
bin  in  "Forever  Yours,"  will  be 
Edmund  O'Brien,  whose  con- 
tract Universal  bought  from 
RKO  Ray  Noble  and  his  or- 
chestra go  into  RKO's  "Here 
We  Go  Again,"  new  title  for 
"All  for  Fun,"  Charlie  McCar- 
thy-Edgar Bergen  and  Fibber 
McGee  and  Molly  vehicle.  .  .  . 
John  Hubbard  gets  the  lead  op- 
posite Elyse  Knox  in  Univer- 
sal's "The  Mummy's  Tomb." 

•  • 

Damon  Runyon  is  writing  the 
foreword  for  Samuel  Goldwyn's 
"The  Pride  of  the  Yankees."  .  .  . 
Maris  Wrixon  will  play  opposite 
Roy  Rogers  in  "Sons  of  the  Pio- 
neers." .  .  .  Monogram  has  purchased 
"Man  and  the  Devil,"  original  by 
Karl  Brown.  .  .  .  "Air  Force"  will 
be  directed  by  Howard  Hawks  at 
Warners  in  strictly  closed  sets  for  the 
first  two  weeks  because  of  the  mili- 
tary secrets  involved.  .  .  .  "Apple 
Blossom  Time"  will  be  Jane  With- 
ers' second  picture  at  Republic.  .  .  . 
Eduardo  Ciannelli  has  been  set  for 
"You  Can't  Escape  Forever"  at  War- 
ners. 

•  • 

Columbia  has  announced  plans  for  a 
high  budget  production  to  be  titled 
"Annapolis,"  tying  it  in  with  the 
forthcoming  100th  anniversary  of  the 
institution.  .  .  .  Jane  Frazee  and 
Robert  Paige  play  romantic  leads 
in  "Get  Hep  to  Love,"  Gloria  Jean 
vehicle  at  Universal.  .  .  .  Lester  Cut- 
ler has  signed  Alexis  Thurn- 
Taxis  to  direct  four  pictures  for  him 
for  PRC  release. 


"Many  Tanks" 

(Popeye  Cartoon) 

(Paramount) 

Popeye,  the  sailor,  becomes  involved 
in  the  tank  corps  of  the  Army  in  this. 
It  seems  that  Bluto,  the  soldier,  con- 
fined to  camp,  forcefully  induces  the 
tar  to  change  uniforms  so  that  he 
might  keep  a  date  with  Olive  Oyl.  So 
Popeye  mounts  a  tank  and  races  all 
over  the  place.  The  laughs  are  scarce. 
Running  time,  8  mins.  Release, 
June  5. 


"Framing  Father" 

(Leon  Errol  Comedy) 

(RKO) 

Another  lesson  in  semi-slapstick  is 
given  by  Leon  Errol,  who  appears  as 
a  hosiery  manufacturer  entwined  in 


a  few  unfortunate  situations  regard- 
ing his  suspicious  wife,  his  son  and 
the  latter's  loved  one,  a  night  club  en- 
tertainer. It's  good  material  for  Er- 
rol and  he  handles  it  well.  Running 
time,  18  mins.    Release,  May  15. 


"Hatteras  Honkers" 

(Sports  Parade) 

(  W arners) 

This  takes  its  audience  to  Cape 
Hatteras  and  shows  what  makes  the 
island  off  the  Virginia  Capes  an  ideal 
vacation  spot  for  the  sportsman.  The 
brief  tour  offers  an  interesting  pro- 
gram interlude,  particularly  for  the 
men.  The  color  photography  is  splen- 
did. Running  time,  10  mins.  Release, 
June  6. 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 


"The  Daughter  of 
Rosie  O'Grady" 

(Broadway  Brevities) 

(  Warners) 

Veteran  Al  Shean  and  Patty  Hale, 
aged  six,  are  teamed  in  a  musical 
subject  that  is  distinguished  by  fairly 
substantial  plot,  enjoyable  melodies  by 
the  pair  and  a  "production  number" 
that  has  singing  and  dancing  by  many 
youngsters  at  the  finish.  Heard  are 
the  title  song  and  a  few  others  of  that 
type,  which  make  for  a  welcome  de- 
parture from  the  numerous  swing  ses- 
sions. Running  time,  20  minutes.  Re- 
lease, July  11. 


"The  Army  Mascot" 

(Disney  Production) 

(RKO) 

Although  short  of  the  Disney  stan- 
dard, this  item  about  Pluto  and  his 
experiences  at  Camp  Drafty  is  good 
cartoon  fare.  Pluto  undertakes  to  be- 
come an  army  mascot  after  seeing  the 
liberal  quantities  of  food  dished  out 
to  others  so  employed.  Gunther  Goat 
is  his  chief  obstacle  but  when  the  goat 
charges  into  explosives  while  aiming 
at  Pluto,  the  latter  gets  the  job.  Run- 
ning time,  7  mins.   Release,  May  22. 


"In  the  Circus" 

(Speaking  of  Animals) 

(Paramount) 

More  laughs  are  to  be  had  as  an- 
other in  the  "Speaking  of  Animals" 
screen  novelties  is  added.  The  gags 
are  of  the  type  that  go  over  with  a 
large  audience.  "The  lion  is  busy," 
says  the  lioness  when  queried  on  the 
whereabouts  of  her  mate.  Running 
time,  9  mins.    Release,  May  29. 


"Hero  Worship" 

(  Sportlight) 

(Paramount) 

This  essay  on  the  admiration  which 
children  hold  for  sports  figures  and 
others  is  well  put  together  and  has  a 
certain  appeal  that  compensates  for 
the  lack  of  excitement  which  usually 
characterizes  the  Grantland  Rice  sub- 
jects. It  closes  with  the  observation 
that  a  new  hero  has  been  born — the 
war  aviator.  Running  time,  10  mins. 
Release,  May  15. 


"Popular  Science" 

(Jl-5) 

(Paramount) 

A  good  portion  of  the  footage  in 
this  is  given  to  the  development  of 
an  x-ray  camera  which  pictures  the 
organs  of  the  body  in  action,  and  not 
alone  in  still  form.  The  especially  de- 
signed motion  picture  camera  brings 
into  view  the  process  of  digestion, 
among  other  things.  This  is  espe- 
cially interesting,  and  the  other  items 
in  the  short  also  are  good.  Running 
time,  11  mins.   Release,  June  12. 


"Star  Portraits" 

(Picture  People) 

(RKO) 

Now  the  stars  make  copy  by  mere- 
ly posing  for  publicity  and  commer- 
cial still  photographs.  With  Ginger 
Rogers.  Cary  Grant,  Ilona  Massey 
and  Virginia  Field  among  the  sub- 
jects, the  subject  probably  rates  as 
good  Hollywood  material.  Running 
time,  8  mins.    Release,  April  24. 


10 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  June  3,  1942 


Off  the  Antenna 


/^BS  yesterday  launched  the  "CBS  Mail  Bag"  as  a  means  of  keeping  in 
'  touch  with  its  former  employes  now  in  service.  The  initial  issue  contains 
excerpts  from  letters  received  from  the  servicemen  with  brief  comments  by 
the  editor,  Jack  Hoins,  of  the  publicity  department.  Also  attached  is  a  page 
containing  20  photographs  of  the  men  in  their  uniforms.  It  will  be  distributed 
to  all  men  in  the  service,  as  well  as  those  still  on  their  jobs,  as  a  means  of 
maintaining  friendships. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Otto  S.  Schairer,  RCA  vice-president,  has  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Engineering  from  the  University  of  Michigan. 
.  .  .  Major  George  Fielding  Eliot,  CBS  military  analyst,  has  been  named  presi- 
dent of  the  Committee  for  National  Morale.  .  .  .  Bill  Goodwin,  announcer,  has 
been  signed  by  Paramount.  .  .  .  Charter  Helscp,  XBC  night  news  editor,  has 
resigned  to  join  the  radio  ncus  desk  of  the  Office  of  Censorship.  .  .  .  Ted  Tay- 
lor, member  of  the  NBC  press  department,  has  been  transferred  to  the  sports 
division  as  assistant  to  Bill  Stern.  .  .  .  James  Shattuek,  assistant  editor  in  the 
CBS  commercial  editing  department,  has  been  called  to  active  service  in  the 
Navy  as  lieutenant,  junior  grade.  .  .  .  Ira  Sherman,  formerly  with  Transradio 
Press,  and  Woodrow  Wirsig,  formerly  with  WQX.R,  have  joined  the  short- 
wave news  staff  at  CBS.  .  .  .  Hans  Jacob  has  joined  WOV  as  a  commentator 
and  will  be  heard  Tuesday  through  Saturday,  9-9:15  P.  M. 

•  •  • 

The  executive  offices  and  reception  suite  of  the  Blue  on  the  third  floor 
of  the  RCA  Building  will  be  unveiled  to  the  press  at  a  cocktail  party  this 
afternoon. 

•  •  • 

Around  the  Country:  Tom  McCarthy,  chief  news  announcer  for 
WCPO,  Cincinnati,  for  the  past  three  years,  has  been  appointed  head  of  the 
news  department  of  WKRC,  Cincinnati,  effective  Monday.  .  .  .  WCKY,  Cin- 
cinnati, will  add  the  Press  Association  wire  service  June  15.  .  .  .  Bernard 
Adams,  WBRK,  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  program  manager,  has  resigned.  He  will 
be  succeeded  by  Edward  Tacy,  formerly  staff  announcer.  .  .  .  The  Springfield, 
Mass.,  Civic  Council  has  started  a  series  of  10  15-minute  programs  over 
WSPR,  Springfield,  patterned  after  "Town  Meeting  of  the  Air."  Civic  of- 
ficials and  guests  will  speak.  .  .  .  W  illiam  E.  Shea,  Jr.,  is  the  new  head  of  the 
XBC  press  department  in  San  Francisco.  .  .  .  Jim  Bloodworth,  staff  writer  at 
KHJ,  Los  Angeles,  has  resigned  to  join  Warner  Bros.  .  .  .  WMBG,  Rich- 
mond, Va.,  is  now  operating  with  5,000  watts,  full  time,  instead  of  5,000  watts 
day  and  1,000  night,  as  it  did  until  recently. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  "Duffy's  Tavern,"  once  before  the  victim  of  the  priorities 
situation,  will  leave  the  air  June  30,  -when  Sanka  Coffee  drops  the  show.  .  .  . 
Fletcher  Wiley,  CBS  commentator ,  will  start  a  sustaining  series  on  that  net- 
work next  'week  and  will  be  heard  Mondays  through  Fridays,  4:15-4:30  P.  M. 
.  .  .  Boake  Carter,  Mutual  commentator,  now  heard  on  21  stations  for  Land 
O'  Lxikcs  Creameries,  will  be  available  for  local  sponsorship  in  areas  not  con- 
flicting with  his  sponsored  zveb.  .  .  .  Gulf  Oil  is  sponsoring  shortw-avc  broad- 
casts of  "We,  the  People,"  for  the  armed  forces  abroad  on  CBS.  .  .  .  Benson 
&  Hedges  'will  sponsor  "News  with  Rod  Hall"  on  WEAF  Mondays,  Wed- 
nesdays and  Fridays,  8:30-8:45  A.  M.  Mondays,  ll'cduesdays  and  Fridays,  be- 
ginning June  29.  .  .  .  J.  B.  Williams  Co.  has  renewed  "True  or  False"  for  52 
iveeks  on  the  Blue  effective  Sept.  14.  .  .  .  Meredith  Willson's  orchestra  will 
be  the  Summer  replacement  for  Fibber  McGce  &  Molly  on  the  Red.  .  .  .  Green- 
span Bros,  is  participating  in  Bessie  Beatty's  program  on  WOR  five  times 
weekly. 

•  •  • 

John  McKay,  manager  of  the  NBC  press  department,  will  be  host  at  a 
luncheon  at  Toots  Shor's  restaurant  today  for  David  Colin  and  Paul 
Fischer  who  returned  on  the  S.  S.  Drottingholm  this  week  from  intern- 
ment camps — Colin  in  Italy  and  Fischer  in  Germany. 


Foreign  Language 
Broadcasts  to  Be 
Probed  by  F.C.C. 


Washington-,  June  2. — An  in- 
vestigation of  foreign  language 
broadcasts'-  was  initiated  today  by 
the  FCC,  with  particular  emphasis 
on  the  activities  of  "time  brokers" 
in  foreign  language  broadcasts. 

The  commission  said  approximately 
210  stations  have  foreign  language 
programs  and  it  is  estimated  that 
nearly  half  of  these  sell  time  to  "brok- 
ers," who,  in  general,  obtain  blocks 
of  time  over  a  given  station  and  ar- 
range their  own  programs,  selling  on 
their  own  account  spot  announce- 
ments for  using  their  allotted  time, 
many  acting  as  their  own  announcers. 

The  commission  seeks  to  learn 
which  brokers  operate  over  which  sta- 
tions ;  the  precise  relationship  between 
brokers  and  the  stations ;  the  titles 
and  nature  of  the  programs  broadcast, 
and  whether  in  the  opinion  of  the 
licensee  there  are  objections  to,  or 
useful  functions  for,  the  broker  sys- 
tem. 


W.P.B.  Expands  Ban 
On  Set  Manufacture 

Washington,  June  2. — The  War 
Production  Board  today  issued  an 
amendment  to  its  order  prohibiting 
the  manufacture  of  radio  receiving 
sets  and  phonographs,  expanding  the 
definition  of  radios  to  include  com- 
bination receivers  and  transmitters, 
television  receivers  and  blackout  de- 
vices using  tubes,  and  the  definition 
of  phonographs  to  make  certain  the 
inclusion  of  any  wireless  record  play- 
ers with  discs. 

It  also  clarified  its  prohibition 
against  production  by  providing  it 
shall  not  apply  to  persons  who  simply 
assemble  or  convert  sets  produced  by 
others,  clearing  up  confusion  among 
manufacturers  as  to  whether  they 
could  assemble  parts  produced  before 
the  prohibition  became  effective. 

Foreign  Committee 
Names  News  Editor 

Clarence  Schneider,  Columbia  for- 
eign department  publicity  director, 
has  been  appointed  the  first  editor  of 
the  International  Film  Relations  Com- 
mittee's feature  service  and  news  let- 
ter. The  editorship  will  be  rotated 
each  month  and  Schneider  will  be 
succeeded  by  Dave  Blum  of  Loew's 
next  month. 

The  feature  service  and  news  let- 
ter is  one  of  the  activities  being 
undertaken  by  the  major  companies' 
foreign  publicity  managers'  committee 
of  the  home  offices  and  studios.  The 
feature  service  and  news  letter  will 
be  sent  to  foreign  film  markets  and 
supplements  other  committee  activi- 
ties of  the  kind. 


Takes  Connecticut  House 

Wallixgford,  Conn.,  June  2. — 
Michael  Daly,  operator  of  the  Daly. 
Hartford,  and  the  Plainfield  Theatre, 
has  taken  over  the  500-seat  Strand 
here,  closed  for  the  past  five  years 
under  a  lease  to  George  H.  Wilkin- 
son, operator  of  the  1,200-seat  Wil- 
kinson Theatre  here. 


Wilcox  Sets  Canada 
RCAF  Benefit  Tour 

Anna  Neagle,  C.  Aubrey  Smith, 
Richard  Gaines  and  other  British 
stage  and  screen  personalities  will  ap- 
pear in  a  show  in  various  Canadian 
cities  for  the  benefit  of  the  RCAF 
Air  Marshal  Fund  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Herbert  Wilcox,  it  was  an- 
nounced yesterday. 

The  show  will  include  a  dramatiza- 
tion of  Noel  Coward's  "Still  Life,"  a 
short  play  by  Monckton  Hoffe, 
titled  "The  Lady  Who  Wishes  to  Be 
Known  as  Madame"  and  musical 
numbers.  Other  members  of  the 
troupe  will  include  Colin  Keith-John- 
son, Robert  Coote,  Victor  Carrel, 
Moyna  McGill  and  David  Tihmar. 

Wilcox  left  yesterday  for  Toronto, 
where  the  tour  begins  June  15,  at  the 
Victoria  Theatre. 


A.F.M.  Calls  Strike 
At  Ringling  Circus 

Philadelphia,  June  2.  —  The 
American  Federation  of  Musicians 
called  a  strike  today  against  the  Ring- 
ling  Bros,  circus  which  opened  here 
for  a  two-week  stand  yesterday.  Al- 
though the  circus  band  and  musicians 
walked  out  during  the  matinee  show, 
the  performance  continued  with  re- 
corded music. 

The  union's  contract  with  the  cir- 
cus expired  yesterday.  Clyde  Rei- 
gel,  AFM  national  representative, 
came  here  to  negotiate  a  new  contract 
and  asked  for  increases  in  pay,  which 
were  refused. 

It  was  originally  intended  to  call 
the  strike  for  the  opening  matinee 
yesterday  but  since  it  would  have 
necessitated  cancellation  of  the  annual 
party  for  crippled  children,  the  union 
postponed  the  strike  until  today. 


Setting  an  Example 

Baltimore,  June  2. — Owners 
of  neighborhood  houses  here 
held  a  meeting  to  discuss 
plans  for  sales  of  War  Bonds 
and  Stamps.  One  of  the  thea- 
tre men  —  Arthur  B.  Price  — 
arose  and  said:  "It  seems  to 
me  that  if  we  plan  to  ask 
customers  to  buy  bonds,  we 
should  set  an  example.  Within 
five  minutes  the  30  men  pres- 
ent subscribed  to  $110,00^  > 
worth  of  bonds.  \q 


CBC  Men  Building 
Free  French  Radio 


Ottawa,  June  2. — CBC  engineers 
have  designed  a  shortwave  station  for 
the  Free  French  at  Brazzaville, 
French  Equatorial  Africa,  and  are  su- 
pervising its  construction,  it  was  re- 
vealed today  before  the  House  of 
Commons  radio  committee  by  Dr.  A. 
Frigon,  CBC  assistant  general  man- 
ager. 

The  station,  Frigon  said,  was  de- 
signed at  the  request  of  Gen.  Charles 
de  Gaulle  by  CBC  engineers  at  Mon- 
treal.   All  expenses  of  two  members 
of  the  CBC  engineering  staff  are  be-  1 
ing  paid  by  the  Free  French  Govern-  jl 
ment.    Elaborate  aerial  equipment  to  I 
provide    wide    coverage    for  Free 
French  broadcasts  is  expected  to  be 
installed  at  the  station  which  will  be 
provided  with  two  50-kilowatt  trans- 
mitters. 

Frigon  said  that  CBC  can  now  link 
81  Canadian  radio  stations  in  network 
broadcasts.  He  said  his  duties  includ- 
ed  supervision  over  engineering,  com- 
mercial  operations,  finance  and  secre- 
tariat, and  revealed  that  the  CBC 
supply  of  engineering  personnel  had  I 
become  a  serious  problem  as  the  re-  I 
suit  of  men  joining  the  armed  forces.  I 


Headliners'  Frolic 
To  Be  Held  June  26 

Atlantic  City,  June  2. — The  Na-  I 
tional  Headliners'  Club  again  will  I 
honor  outstanding  achievements  in  the  1 
journalistic,  radio,  newsreel,  cartoon,  I 
news  photography  and  other  allied  I 
fields  at  the  ninth  annual  Headliners'  I 
Frolic,  sponsored  by  the  Press  Club  I 
of  Atlantic  City.  The  Frolic  this  I 
year  will  be  held  at  the  Hotel  Clar- 
idge  on  June  26,  27  and  28,  and  the  I 
presentation  of  silver  plaques  to  the  I 
winners  will  be  made  at  the  annual  I 
banquet  on  June  27,  to  be  broadcast  I 
over  the  CBS  network. 

Judges,  which  include  W.  P.  Mon-  ' 
tague,  of  Paramount  News,  along  ,i 
with  leaders  in  all  the  other  news  1 
fields,  will  meet  here  next  weekend  i 
to  select  the  winners.  More  than  250  I 
of  the  nation's  leading  editors  of  f' 
newspapers  and  magazines,  newsreel  iff 
editors,  radio  commentators  and  news  1 
photographers  have  been  invited  to  r' 
attend  the  Frolic. 


Comerford  League  Set 

Scranton.  Pa.,  June  2. — Only  four 
teams  will  be  represented  in  the  re- 
organized Comerford  Theatres  Soft 
Ball  League,  the  West  Side.  Comer- 
ford, Capitol  and  Strand.  Opening 
games  in  the  league  were  held  Sun- 
day. 


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NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  THURSDAY,  JUNE  4,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Hear,  Adjust 
Grievances, 
Scully  Orders 

Ignore  No  Theatre  Pleas, 
'U'  Managers  Told 

All  Universal  branch,  district 
and  division  managers  were  di- 
rected by  W.  A.  Scully,  vice-presi- 
dent and  general  sales  manager,  at 
the  company's  annual  sales  conven- 
tion at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  yes- 
terday, to  hear  and  adjust  all  ex- 
hibitor complaints  arising  in  their 
territories. 

Scully  told  the  men  he  wanted 
no  exhibitor  complaint  ignored 
and  those  found  to  be  deserving 
of  adjustments,  after  investi- 
gation, should  receive  the  relief 
merited. 

The  Universal  sales  manager's  pro- 
nouncement is  regarded  as  an  evidence 
of  the  company's  willingness  to  co- 
operate in  the  industry  unity  move- 
ment, which  it  was  unable  to  partici- 
pate in  fully  because  of  its  legal  posi- 
tion with  respect  to  pending  Federal 
anti-trust  actions  in  which  it  is  a  de- 
fendant. The  policy,  also,  is  regarded 
as  extending  relief  to  theatres  that 

(.Continued  on  page  7) 


RKO  Stockholders 
Meet  Off  to  June  10 

Dover,  Del.,  June  3. — The  annual 
meeting  of  RKO  stockholders,  sche- 
duled to  be  held  here  today  to  elect 
directors  for  the  ensuing  year,  was 
adjourned  to  June  10  because  of  lack 
of  a  quorum. 

No  slate  of  directors  had  been  pro- 
posed in  advance  since  the  company 
did  not  solicit  proxies  and  holders  of 
RKO  preferred  stock  are  entitled  to 
elect  one-third  of  the  directors  this 
year  because  of  arrears  of  preferred 
stock  dividends  amounting  to  more 
than  $7.50  per  share.    Holders  of  the 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


N.  W.  Allied  Officials 
Here  on  Complaints 

E.  L.  Peaslee,  president  of  North- 
west Allied,  and  Harold  Field,  a  di- 
rector, are  here  for  conferences  with 
distribution  officials  on  complaints 
lodged  with  the  organization  by  mem- 
bers. The  complaints  reportedly  con- 
cern current  sales  policies  and  practices 
in  Minnesota.  Several  of  the  distribu- 
tors with  whom  they  have  conferred 
are  understood  to  have  advised  them 
that  the  complaints  will  be  investi- 
gated. 


Back-Stage  Moves 
Precede  Election 
At  LA.  Convention 


Columbus,  June  3. — After  two 
days  of  hectic  action  on  the  subject 
of  the  election  of  a  new  slate  of  of- 
ficers, the  IATSE  convention  here 
today  went  into  a  dormant  stage  with 
behind-the-scenes  maneuvering  by  the 
interested  factions  getting  most  of 
the  attention. 

On  the  agenda  for  today  was  the 
reading  of  reports  of  the  board  meet- 
ings of  the  past  year  by  the  secretary. 

William  Green,  AFL  president,  in 
his  address  yesterday  was  apparently 
careful  not  to  meddle  in  the  intra- 
organizational  politics.  He  did,  how- 
ever, give  his  official  blessing  to  the 
incumbent  officers.  The  nearest  he 
came  to  mentioning  either  William 
Bioff  or  George  E.  Browne,  convicted 
former  officials,  was  when  he  compli- 
mented Richard  F.  Walsh,  who  suc- 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


Companies  Continue 
Talks  on  Print  Cuts 

Home  office  executives  yesterday 
continued  discussions  of  plans  for  cur- 
tailing raw  stock  consumption  and  a 
possible  reduction  in  the  number  of 
positive  prints  at  a  meeting  at  War 
Activities  Committee  headquarters.  A 
possible  eventual  reduction  in  pro- 
duction which  may  result  from  future 
orders  of  the  War  Production  Board 
also  reportedly  figures  in  the  discus- 
sions, which  continued  through  the 
second  consecutive  day  yesterday. 

It  was  indicated  at  the  close  of  yes- 
terday's session  that  no  final  arrange- 
ments have  been  developed. 


All-Night  Blackout 
In  Phila.  June  23 

Philadelphia,  June  3. — A 
dusk-to-dawn  blackout  test 
has  been  ordered  for  this  city 
and  30  other  Pennsylvania 
counties  for  the  night  of  June 
23.  Every  theatre,  as  well  as 
homes  and  restaurants  and 
everything  except  essential 
war  plants  will  be  blacked  out 
for  the  entire  night. 

The  test,  simulating  all- 
night  air  raid  conditions  will 
also  be  held  in  the  counties 
extending  westward  to  Gettys- 
burg and  Lewisburg.  The  rest 
of  the  state  will  be  blacked 
out  similarly  on  the  next  two 
nights. 


a  Day  Rental  for 
Victory  Shorts  Is 
Plan  of  Paramount 


A  plan  for  distributing  the  four 
Victory  shorts  which  Paramount  will 
make  for  the  Government  on  a  non- 
profit basis  at  the  nominal  rental  of 
$1  per  day  was  presented  to  the  War 
Activities  Committee  yesterday  by 
Neil  Agnew,  Paramount  vice-presi- 
dent in  charge  of  distribution. 

At  WAC  headquarters  it  was  stat- 
ed that  Paramount's  plan  is  one  of 
several  which  have  been  received 
from  distributors  of  the  films  and 
that  it  is  hoped  that  an  agreement 
on  a  uniform  plan  can  be  achieved. 
Paramount  or  any  other  distributor, 
however,  it  was  said,  is  free  to  apply 
a  plan  of  its  own  design  if  it  feels 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


War  Problems  Highlight 
Jersey  Allied  Convention 


Export  Review  Units 
Are  Facing  Delays 

Washington,  June  3.— Censorship 
officials,  daily  expecting  to  perfect  the 
organization  of  the  New  York  and 
Los  Angeles  Boards  of  Review  which 
will  pass  on  pictures  for  export,  ad- 
mitted today  that  delays  have  been 
encountered  in  obtaining  the  men  to 
head  the  agencies  and  said  that  it 
probably  would  require  several  days' 
more  work  to  whip  the  boards  into 
shape. 

Conferences  with  men  who  will 
shape  the  destinies  of  the  motion  pic- 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Atlantic  City,  June  3. — Wartime 
theatre  operating  problems  and  the 
role  of  the  exhibitor  and  the  industry 
in  the  war  effort,  as  well  as  trade 
practices  and  film  rentals,  are  among 
the  principal  topics  of  the  annual  con- 
vention of  Allied  Theatre  Owners  of 
New  Jersey  which  convened  at  the 
Ambassador  Hotel  here  today. 

The  three-day  meeting  is  called  "a 
conference  of  exhibitors  in  wartime," 
and  is  being  held  in  a  city  blacked  out 
for  war.  Harry  H.  Lowenstein,  presi- 
dent, opened  the  convention  with  a 
report  on  the  organization's  activities 
during  the  year.  The  annual  elec- 
tions will  be  held  tomorrow,  with  in- 

(Continned  on  page  7) 


Stars  to  Go  On 
120-City  Tour 
For  War  Bonds 


$100,000,000  Goal  Set  For 
30  Top  Players 

Hollywood,  June  3. — Another 
patriotic  program  of  nationwide 
personal  appearances — more  exten- 
sive than  the  Hollywood  Victory 
Caravan — was  announced  today  by 
the  Hollywood  Victory  Committee 
in  cooperation  with  the  Treasury 
Department. 

The  plans  are  for  a  tour  of  30 
top  stars  to  reach  an  estimated 
35,000,000  persons  in  120  cities 
and  it  is  expected  to  raise  an 
estimated  total  of  $100,000,000  in 
sales  of  war  bonds  and  stamps. 
The  first  contingent  will  leave  to- 
morrow for  Midwest  cities  and  will 
consist    of    Donald    Crisp,  Arleen 
Whelan,  Shirley  Ross,  Mary  Howard, 
Gale    Sondergaard    and    Mrs.  Pat 
O'Brien.    The  first  performance  will 
be  in  Milwaukee. 

Marlene  Dietrich  will  join  the  tour 
in  Chicago.  After  the  appearance  in 
that  city,  the  stars  will  separate  to 
make  group  or  solo  appearances  in 
other  Midwestern  cities. 

Lana  Turner  and  Marjorie  Weaver 
will  leave  at  the  end  of  this  week  for 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


U.  S.  Training  Films 
For  Armies  of  S.  A. 

Washington,  June  3. — Plans  to 
dub  many  of  the  400  training  films 
produced  for  the  Army,  in  Spanish 
and  Portuguese  for  use  by  the  armed 
forces  of  Central  and  South  Ameri- 
can countries,  were  announced  by  the 
War  Department  today. 

The  work  will  be  done  by  a  special 
section  which  is  being  set  up  at  the 
Signal  Corps  photographic  center  in 
New  York  under  the  command  of 
Colonel  M.  E.  Gillette.  Primarily,  the 
films  to  be  dubbed  will  be  those  dem- 
onstrating the  mechanism  and  tactical 
use  of  American-made  weapons  and 
other  materiel  which  are  being  sup- 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Reviewed  Today 

Reviews  of  "Lawless  Plains- 
men" and  "Dawn  Express" 
and  key  city  box-office  re- 
ports will  be  found  on  Page  3. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  June  4,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  June  3 

UNIVERSAL  today  announced 
plans  for  three  productions.  Re- 
uniting the  top  trio  of  "The  Spoilers," 
the  studio  in  a  Charles  K.  Feldman 
package  deal  signed  Marlene  Dietrich, 
John  Wayne  and  Randolph  Scott  to 
star  in  "Pittsburgh,"  the  story  of  a 
war  boom  in  a  steel  town.  Maria 
Montez,  Jon  Hall  and  Sabu,  set  to 
appear  in  "Arabian  Xights,"  will  be 
starred  in  "Cobra  AVoman,"  which 
George  Waggner  will  produce.  "Cor- 
vettes in  Action,"  story  of  anti-sub- 
marine boats,  will  be  Howard  Hawks' 
first  production  for  Universal,  which 
Richard  Rosson  will  direct. 

• 

The  Screen  Writers  Guild  executive 
board  today  appointed  a  rotating  griev- 
ance committee  to  sift  problems  aris- 
ing under  the  producer-writer  basic 
agreement.  It  consists  of  President 
Sidney  Buchman,  Francis  Faragoh 
and  Allan  Scott,  who  will  serve  for 
three  months. 

• 

James  Hilton  is  writing  a  novel  on 
the  exploits  of  Lt.  Comm.  Corydon 
M.  Wassell  which  will  be  used  as  the 
basis  of  the  film  on  the  evacuation 
of  wounded  men  from  Java  to  an  Aus- 
tralian port,  which  Cecil  B.  DeMille 
will  make  for  Paramount,  it  was  an- 
nounced todav. 


Britton  Argentina 
Manager  for  RKO 

Leon  Britton,  formerly  Far  Eastern 
supervisor  for  RKO,  is  en  route  to 
Buenos  Aires  to  assume  the  post  of 
managing  director  of  the  company's 
branches  in  Argentina,  Uruguay  and 
Paraguay.  The  appointment  was  made 
by  Phil  Reisman,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  foreign  distribution. 

Britton  joined  the  RKO  foreign  de- 
partment in  1937,  and  established  of- 
fices for  the  company  in  China,  the 
Philippines,  the  Dutch  East  Indies 
and  Singapore.  Later  he  took  charge 
of  the  India  office,  with  headquarters 
in  Bombay,  and  returned  to  this  coun- 
try when  the  United  States  entered 
the  war  last  December. 


Richardson  Heads 
Philadelphia  AGVA 

Philadelphia,  June  3.  —  Frank 
Richardson  has  been  elected  president 
of  the  local  chapter  of  the  American 
Guild  of  Variety  Artists.  Other  of- 
ficers elected  for  the  1942-'43  term 
include:  Sid  Raymond,  first  vice- 
president  ;  Jerry  Wallace,  second 
vice-president ;  Millie  Ray,  third 
vice-president ;  Judy  Cummins,  fourth 
vice-president ;  Patricia  Bernard, 
fifth  vice-president ;  Mickey  Diamond, 
treasurer,  and  Leonore  Jaxon,  record- 
ing secretary.  In  addition,  a  new 
board  of  directors  comprising  13 
members,  was  elected.  Richard  Mayo 
continues  as  executive  secretary. 


Para.  Schedules 

Trade  Shows  on  4 

A  block  of  four  pictures  will  be 
trade  shown  nationally  by  Paramount 
June  11  and  12,  Charles  M.  Reagan, 
assistant  sales  manager,  announced 
yesterday.  The  films  are  "Holiday 
Inn,"  "Are  Husbands  Necessary," 
"Tombstone — the  Town  Too  Tough 
to  Die"  and  "I  Live  on  Danger." 


Personal  Mention 


JCHEEVER   COWDIN   has  re- 
•  turned  from  California. 
• 

Robert  Fellows,  RKO  producer,  is 
here  from  Washington  for  a  few  days 
before  returning  to  the  Coast. 
• 

James  Fixey,  sales  representative 
for  Walt  Disxey,  has  returned  from 
an  Eastern  tour,  and  will  leave  again 
Monday  for  the  West. 

• 

Alfred  Steex  became  the  father  of 
a  boy  Tuesday  night. 

• 

Aaron  Wolfe,  manager  of  the 
Parliament  Theatre,  Toronto,  has 
joined  the  RCAF. 

• 

Corp.  Leonard  Ormaxer,  formerly 
with  the  Warner  home  office  theatre 
department,  has  been  appointed  to  the 
officers'  training  school  at  Fort  Mon- 
mouth, N.  J. 

• 

Joseph  Faith,  Connecticut  exhibi- 
tor, has  bought  an  estate  at  Farm- 
ington,  Conn. 

• 

Richard  Carroll,  Paramount 
booker  in  New  Haven,  leaves  for  a 
Vermont  vacation  on  June  13. 


GLENDON  and  Earle  Allvixe 
have  returned  from  Kansas  City, 
where  they  attended  their  parents' 
golden  wedding  anniversary  celebra- 
tion. 

• 

Frederick  Schlos,  manager  of  the 
Queen  Theatre,  Hespeler,  Ont,  has 
enlisted  in. the  RCAF. 

• 

Maurice  White,  head  of  the  Lib- 
son-White   Theatre,   Cincinnati,  and 
Mrs.    White    observed    their  25th 
wedding  anniversary  this  week. 
• 

Bex  Harris,  exchangeman  in  Phil- 
adelphia, has  received  word  that  his 
son,  Private  Jack  Harris,  has  land- 
ed in  Ireland. 

• 

Walter  Patojikix,  manager  of  the 
Girard,  Philadelphia,  leaves  this 
month  to  join  the  Army. 

• 

Howard  Kxevels,  manager  of  the 
Eglington  Theatre,  Toronto,  has  re- 
covered from  a  long  illness. 

• 

Donald  Axdreotta  of  Shulman 
Theatres,  Hartford,  Conn.,  is  vaca- 
tioning. 


Sturdivant  Given 

Farewell  Dinner 

Hollywood,  June  3. — Mayor  Fletch- 
er Bowron  of  Los  Angeles,  City  De- 
fense Director  George  Hjelte,  Coun- 
cilman Norris  Nelson  and  heads  of 
all  theatre  circuits  here  paid  tribute 
last  night  to  B.  V.  Sturdivant,  organ- 
izer and  director  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Theatre  Defense  Bureau,  on  the  eve 
of  his  departure  for  San  Francisco 
as  regional  head  of  Fox  West  Coast 
Theatres  in  Northern  California. 

Among  the  large  representation  at 
the  dinner,  held  at  Lyman's  Hollywood 
cafe,  were  Charles  Skouras,  Rodney 
Pantages,  Ben  Wallerstein,  Marco  and 
Rube  Wolff,  Sherrill  Cohen,  Lou 
Halper,  L.  E.  Behymer.  Charles 
Prickett,  Gene  Towne,  Nat  Holt,  S. 
D.  Perkins,  George  Watters,  Clarence 
Juneau,  Edward  Clark,  Marty 
Schwartz  and  Tom  Baily.  Mayor 
Bowron  praised  the  Theatre  Defense 
Bureau  as  the  most  progressive,  re- 
liable and  efficient  unit  in  the  city's 
defense  setup.  Skouras  paid  tribute 
to  Sturdivant's  achievements. 

A  successor  to  Sturdivant  as  Bu- 
reau director  has  not  yet  been  named, 
but  Pantages  is  believed  in  line  for 
the  post. 


Barrymore  Estate 
To  Three  Children 

Los  Angeles,  June  3. — Gordon  Le- 
roy,  attorney  for  the  late  John  Barry- 
more,  disclosed  yesterday  that  the  ac- 
tor had  left  his  property  to  his  three 
children,  Diana  Barrymore,  John 
Blythe  Barrymore  and  Ethel  Dolores 
Barrymore.  The  estate  is  estimated  to 
include  about  $10,000.  an  automobile 
and  household  furniture. 


FPC  Sets  Dividend 

Toronto,  June  3. — Noel  G.  Barrow, 
secretary  of  Famous  Players  Cana- 
dian Corp.,  has  given  notice  of  the 
declaration  of  the  second  dividend  of 
25  cents  per  common  share  for  the 
1942  fiscal  year,  to  be  paid  June  27  to 
stockholders  of  record  on  June  13. 


Sunday  Films  Legal 
In  Alabama  Towns 

Montgomery,  Ala.,  June  3. — Op- 
eration of  Sunday  motion  picture 
shows  in  Alabama  cities  of  less  than 
15,000  population  is  not  prohibited  by 
state  law,  Attorney  General  Lawson 
has  held  in  an  opinion  to  Sheriff  Al- 
len Stewart  of  Autauga  County. 

The  1940  Code  specifically  provides 
that  Sunday  films  shall  be  legal  in 
cities  of  15,000  and  more,  with  the 
proviso  that  they  may  be  banned  in 
such  cities  only  when  such  action  is 
approved  by  the  voters  of  the  munici- 
pality in  a  referendum.  In  the  ab- 
sence of  any  state  law  either  author- 
izing or  prohibiting  Sunday  films  in 
towns  of  less  than  15,000  inhabitants, 
effect  of  the  attorney-general's  ruling 
is  to  leave  the  decision  up  to  the  city 
governing  bodies  of  these  smaller 
towns.  The  attorney-general  also 
held  that  Bank  Night  is  a  lottery, 
prohibited  by  Alabama  law. 


///.  Allied  Affirms 
Umpi  Plan  Backing 

Chicago,  June  3.— Illinois  Allied, 
through  Jack  Kirsch,  president,  ad- 
vised Assistant  U.  S.  Attorney  Gen- 
eral Thurman  Arnold  today  that  the 
organization  unanimously  reaffirmed 
its  approval  of  the  proposed  Umpi 
selling  plan  at  a  membership  meeting 
here  yesterday. 

The  communication  to  Arnold  stat- 
ed that  the  decree's  blocks-of-five 
method  has  worked  a  hardship  on 
smaller  independent  exhibitors,  who 
now  are  willing  to  give  the  Umpi 
plan  a  year's  trial.  The  new  plan,  it 
was  stated,  will  give  such  exhibitors 
the  benefit  of  the  combined  experience 
of_  both  plans  and  thus  afford  them  a 
fair  appraisal. 


Cur  ran  With  Wilcox 

Charles  Curran,  formerly  with 
Donohue  &  Coe  and  Blaine,  Thomp- 
son, is  now  handling  publicity  for 
Herbert  Wilcox,  making  his  head- 
quarters at  RKO. 


May  Exempt  Camps' 
Admission  from  Tax 


Washixgtox,  June  3. — The  House 
Ways  and  Means  Committee  is  con- 
sidering inclusion  in  the  tax  bill  now 
before  it  a  provision  exempting  from 
tax  admissions  to  theatres  and  other 
activities  operated  by  the  War  and 
Navy  Departments  at  posts,  camp* 
and  reservations. 

Suggestions  that  the  admissio-^  "ax 
be  lifted  on  service  men's  showMl^  b 
been  laid  before  Congress  by  th<_  de- 
partments, and  a  joint  resolution  to 
that  end  has  been  introduced  by 
Representative  May  of  Kentucky, 
chairman  of  the  House  Military  Af- 
fairs Committee,  and  referred  to  the 
Ways  and  Means  Committee. 

It  is  represented  that  the  lifting  of 
the  tax  on  Army  and  Navy  theatres 
would  not  be  serious  from  a  revenue 
standpoint,  since  the  average  of  ad- 
missions is  low. 


Utah  Theatre  Files 
Clearance  Complaint 

J.  X.  Bills,  owner  of  the  Bountiful 
Theatre,  Bountiful,  Utah,  has  filed  a 
clearance  complaint  at  the  Salt  Lake 
City  arbitration  tribunal  against  the 
five  consenting  companies  which 
names  all  Salt  Lake  City  first  runs, 
American  Arbitration  Association 
headquarters  here  reported  yesterday. 

The  complaint  states  that  the  Boun- 
tiful is  11  miles  from  the  nearest  Salt 
Lake  City  first  run,  yet  plays  60  days 
after  the  Utah,  Centre,  Capitol,  Vic- 
tory, Studio  and  Paramount.  It  asks 
for  a  reduction  of  this  clearance  to 
seven  days. 

At  the  Detroit  board,  Dan  Greg- 
ory, owner  of  the  Crystal,  Beulah. 
Mich.,  won  an  award  reducing  the  21- 
day  clearance  of  the  Garden,  Frank- 
fort, Mich.,  over  the  Crystal  to  seven 
days  when  both  charge  the  same  adult 
admission  ;  to  10  days  when  the  Crys- 
tal's adult  admission  is  five  cents  less 
than  the  Garden's,  and  to  14  days 
when  it  is  10  cents  less. 

The  AAA  announced  the  appoint- 
ment of  George  H.  Thompson,  at- 
torney, as  clerk  of  the  Omaha  tri- 
bunal, replacing  Byron  E.  Pulis,  re- 
signed. 


'BambV  to  Hall  July  30 

The  Walt  Disney  feature,  "Bambi," 
an  RKO  release,  will  open  July  30  at 
the  Radio  City  Music  Hall,  it  was 
announced  yesterday. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 

Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York,"  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vice- 
President,  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill, 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau.  Postal  Union 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor; 
London  Bureau,  4  Golden  Square,  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany, Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres.  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23 
1938,  at  the  post  office  at  New  York,  N.  Y., 
under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscrip- 
tion rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
$12  foreign.  Sngle  copies  10c. 


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Thursday,  June  4,  1942 


MOTION  PICTURE  DAILY 


3 


'Kings  Row9  at 
$16,400  Gross 
Leads  Frisco 


San  Francisco,  June  3. — "Kings 
Row"  drew  a  good  $16,400  at  the 
Wa-rfield.  With  Duke  Ellington's 
b^tl  on  the  stage,  "Unexpected 
>L.  J"  drew  an  excellent  $17,800  at 
the  Golden  Gate. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  26-28 : 

"Unexpected  Uncle"  (RKO) 

GOLDEN   GATE-(2,850)   (44c-49c-65c)  7 
days.     Stage:    vaudeville.     Gross:  $17,800. 
(Average,  $15,000) 
"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.A. 
"Dudes  Are  Pretty  People"  (U.A.) 

UNITED  ARTISTS — (1,200)  (20c-35c-40c- 
55c)  7  days,  2d  week.    Gross:  $8,700.  (Av- 
erage, $7,500) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"Mystery  of  Marie  Roget"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM— (2,440)     (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $9,300.     (Average,  $8,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  (20-th-Fox) 

FOX— (5,000)   (20c -35c -40c -55c)  7  days,  2d 
week.    Gross:  $16,500.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

PARAMOUNT—  (2,740)  (20c -35c -40c -55c) 
7  days,  3d  week.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Average, 
$11,500) 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"No  Hands  on  the  Clock"  (Para.) 

ST.  FRANCIS— (1,400)  (20c -35c -40c -55c)  7 
days,  4th  week.  Gross:  $5,000.  (Average, 
$4,000) 

"Kings  Row"  (W.B.) 

WARFIELD—  (2,680)    (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.     Gross:   $16,400.     (Average,  $12,000) 
"Kipps"  (20th-Fox) 

CLAY — (400)  (15c-35c-45c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$1,200.     (Average,  $1,000) 


'Ship  Ahoy'  Draws 
$13,600,  Cincinnati 


Cincinnati,  June  3.  —  "Ship 
Ahoy"  paced  the  field  with  $13,600 
at  the  RKO  Palace,  and  "My  Gal 
Sal"  took  $7,300  in  its  second  down- 
town week  at  the  RKO  Capitol. 
"Twin  Beds"  gave  Keith's  $5,400. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  27-30  : 

"Moontide"  (ZOth-Fox) 

RKO    ALBEE— (3,300)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $8,200.     (Average,  $12,000) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

RKO    PALACE — (2,700)    (33c -40c -50c)  7 
days.     Gross:   $13,600.     (Average,  $10,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

RKO  SHUBERT— (2,150)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  2d  week.  Gross:  $3,800.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"My  Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 

RKO  CAPITOL — (2,000)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  2d  week.  Gross:  $7,300.  (Average, 
$5,500) 

"Grand  Central  Murder"  (M-G-M) 

RKO    GRAND— (1,500)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $3,600.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

RKO  LYRIC— (2,700)  (28c-33c-42c)  7 
days,  3d  week.  Gross:  $2,900.  (Average, 
$4,500) 

"Murder  in  the  Big  House"  (W.B.) 
"The  Panther's  Claw"  (PRC) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)   (15c-28c)  4  days. 

Gross:  $1,100.     (Average,  $1,200) 

"Alias  Boston  Blackie"  (Col.) 

"The  Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (ZOth- 
Fox) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)  (15c -28c)  3  days. 
Gross:  $900.     (Average,  $800) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.A.) 

KEITH'S— (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days, 
ross:  $5,400.    (Average,  $5,000) 


Drive  Oversubscribed 

Philadelphia,  June  3. — The  local 
industry  raised  150  per  cent  of  its 
quota  in  the  Salvation  Army  drive, 
it  was  reported  by  Ben  Amsterdam, 
head  of  Atlantic  Theatres  circuit, 
Who  headed  the  industry  committee. 
A  total  of  $2,558.39  was  collected. 


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Reviews 

"Lawless  Plainsmen 

(Columbia) 

IT  ERE  is  a  western  of  the  old  school,  with  cowboys,  badmen,  Indians 

-1  and  the  U.  S.  Cavalry.  It  has  action  galore  and  the  brawls  and 
battles  are  connected  by  a  familiar  but  adequate  yarn. 

William  Berkes'  direction  gives  it  all  the  zip  and  vigor  that  could 
be  desired,  the  playing  assignments  are  handled  with  ease  by  Charles 
Starrett,  Russell  Hayden,  Luana  Walters  and  Cliff  Edwards  and  the 
result  is  a  good  show  for  the  western  fan. 

The  yarn  places  Starrett  and  his  pals  on  a  wagon  train  bound  for 
Arizona  and  all  the  excitement  develops  en  route.  Raphael  Bennett, 
as  Miss  Walters'  ex-husband,  stirs  up  the  trouble  by  supplying  rifles 
to  the  Apaches.  One  roaring  attack  is  fought  off  with  a  few  casualties 
but  the  big  battle  at  the  climax  is  not  won  until  the  cavalry  arrives. 
Edwards  contributes  the  comedy  and  a  few  good  tunes  as  well. 

Running  time,  59  minutes.   "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


Dawn  Express 

(Producers  Releasing) 

ANOTHER  yarn  about  spies  and  the  formula  which  they  covet, 
this  offers  a  small  measure  of  entertainment. 
The  picture  which  is  being  shown  at  the  New  York  Theatre  under 
the  title  "Nazi  Spy  Ring,"  has  Michael  Whalen,  Anne  Nagel,  William 
Bakewell,  Constance  Worth  and  James  Mulhall  in  its  cast,  was  directed 
by  Albert  Herman,  and  produced  by  George  M.  Herrick  and  Max 
Alexander. 

The  story  is  confusing  in  some  instances.  Whalen  and  Bakewell 
are  employed  by  a  chemical  company  which  has  developed  a  new  type 
of  gasoline.  Miss  Worth,  an  agent,  lures  Bakewell  to  her  employers, 
who  in  turn  threaten  the  life  of  his  family  unless  he  reveals  the  formula. 
Whalen  and  Government  men,  including  Mulhall,  step  in  but  it  is  Bake- 
well  who  is  the  hero  at  the  outcome,  blasting  the  plane  in  which  the 
enemies  are  escaping  and  sacrificing  his  life. 

Running  time,  66  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


'Animal'  Captures 
$11,000  in  Toronto 

Toronto,  June  3. — "The  Male  Ani- 
mal" grossed  $11,000  at  the  Imperial. 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  attracted  $10,- 
500  in  its  second  week  at  Shea's  The- 
atre. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  1 : 

"This  Gun  for  Hire"  (Para.) 
"Our  Russian  Front"  (Indep.) 

EGLINTON  —  (1,086)  (18c-30c-48c-60c)  6 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $3,500.  (Average, 
$4,500) 

"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 

IMPERIAL— (3,737)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $11,000.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS— (2,074)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-78c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,500.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

SHEA'S  —  (2,480)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $10,500.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"Cadet  Girl"  (20th-Fox) 

"All  Through  the  Night"  (W.  B.) 

TIVOLI  —  (1,434)     (18c-30c-48c)    6  days. 
Gross:  $3,500.    (Average,  $3,900) 
"Mister  V"  (U.  A.) 

UPTOWN— (2,761)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Average, 
$9,000) 


Altec  Takes  Over 
Los  Angeles  Firm 

Altec  Service  Corp.  has  acquired 
the  assets  of  the  Sound  Maintenance 
Co.  of  Los  Angeles,  and  taken  over 
the  servicing  of  the  53  houses  in  the 
Los  Angeles  area  formerly  handled  by 
Sound  Maintenance.  R.  D.  Barry, 
head  of  the  latter  company,  has  been 
appointed  special  representative  for 
Altec  in  the  area. 


'Life'  with  $12,000 
Leads  in  Hartford 

Hartford,  June  3. — "In  This  Our 
Life"  took  $12,000  at  the  Strand  in 
the  second  week.  "The  Wife  Takes  a 
Flyer"  did  $10,000  at  the  E.  M. 
Loew's   Theatre.   The   weather  was 


Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  27-28 : 

"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.) 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

ALLYN— (2,800)  (llc-30c-40c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $9,000.    (Average,  $10,000) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

E.   M.   LOEW'S— (1,200)    (llc-30c-40c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $10,000.    (Average,  $8,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler?"  (ZOth-Fox) 

LOEW'S-POLI— (2,800)  (llc--28c-39c-S5c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $12,000.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"About  Face"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S-POLI    PALACE— (1,800)  (11c- 
28c-39c-55c)    7    days,    2nd    week.  Gross: 
$8,000.     (Average,  $7,500) 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  St."  (RKO) 
"A  Date  With  the  Falcon"  (RKO) 

WARNER  REGAL—  (1,800)  (llc-28c-39c- 
55c)  7  days.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Average, 
$8,000) 

"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER  STRAND— (2,000)  (llc-28c-39c- 
55c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $12,000. 
(Average,  $9,0CO) 


Set  Pa.  County  Blackout 

Bloomsburg,  Pa.,  June  3. — Next 
Tuesday  a  half-hour  blackout  will  be 
held  in  Columbia,  Lower  Luzerne  and 
Montour  Counties.  A  quarter-hour 
test  blackout  was  held  several  weeks 
ago.  The  blackout,  as  in  the  case  of 
the  first  one,  will  not  interfere  with 
defense  works,  nor  the  operation  of 
railroads  and  airports. 


'Reap'  Draws 
Big  $23,000, 
Chicago  Best 


Chicago,  June  3. — "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind"  at  the  State-Lake  took  $23,000 
and  the  return  date  on  "Gone  With 
the  Wind"  at  the  Apollo  did  $10,000. 
The  Oriental,  with  "Hello  Annapolis" 
and  Chico  Marx  in  person  drew 
$21,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing May  28: 

"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 

"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.A.)  1  day,  5th  week 
"Gone  With  the  Wind"  (M-G-M)  6  days 

APOLLO— (1,400)  (35c -55c -65c -75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $10,000.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox) 

CHICAGO  —  (4,000)   (35c-55c-75c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.    Stage:  Phil  Regan  and  Variety 
bill.    Gross:  $34,000.    (Average,  $32,000) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

(4th  week  in  Loop) 
"Murder  in  the  Big  House"  (W.B.) 

GARRICK  —  (1,000)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $4,200.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"Hello  Annapolis"  (Col.) 

ORIENTAL  —  (3,200)    (27c-31c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Stage:  Chico  Marx  and  Band.  Gross: 
$21,000.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"Broadway"  (Univ.) 
"Tough  As  They  Come"  (Univ.) 

(6  days,  2nd  week) 
"Syncopation"  (RKO) 

"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M)  (1  day) 

PALACE  —  (2,500)    (40c-50c-68c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $14,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (ZOth-Fox) 

(5  days,  2nd  week) 
"Kid  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 
"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.B.)  (2  days) 

ROOSEVELT— (1,500)    (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $10,000.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

STATE-LAKE— (3,700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $23,000.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"Moontide"  (2flth-Fox) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,700)  (34c-55c-65c- 
75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $11,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"Suicide  Squadron"  (Rep.) 
"A  Desperate  Chance"  (Col.) 

(5  days,  2nd  week) 
"The  Corpse  Vanishes"  (Mono.) 
"The  Mad  Monster"  (PRC)  (2  days) 

WOODS— (1,200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,000. 


Milwaukee  Gives 
'Sal'  Good  $11,700 

Milwaukee,  June  3.  —  "My  Gal 
Sal"  and  "Remember  Pearl  Harbor" 
took  $11,700  at  Fox's  Wisconsin  in 
nine  days.  "Fantasia"  and  "Whis- 
pering Ghosts"  drew  $8,300  at  the 
Palace. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  28 : 

"Fantasia"  (RKO) 
"Whispering  Ghosts"  (ZOth-Fox) 

PALACE— (2,400)  (44c-60c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$8,300.     (Average,  $4,000) 
"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 

RIVERSIDE— (2,700)     (44c-60c)    7  days. 
Stage:  Bill  Robinson-Ernie  Fields  orchestra. 
Gross:  $9,600.    (Average.  $6,500) 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Fleet's  In"  (Para.) 

STRAND— (1,400)    (44c-65c)   7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $1,800.     (Average,  $1,500) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 
"About  Face"  (U.  A.) 

WARNER—  (2,400)    (33c-44c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $6,500.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 
"Remember  Pearl  Harbor"  (Rep.) 

WISCONSIN— (3,200)  (44c-60c)  9  days. 
Gro»s:  $11,700.    (Average,  $5,500) 


Returns  to  20th-Fox 

Robert  Montgomery,  who  has  acted 
as  head  of  publicity  for  USO-Camp 
Shows  for  several  months,  has  re- 
signed, effective  next  Saturday,  to  re- 
turn to  20th  Century-Fox. 


13  A! 


ICANS: 


^Authentic  A.  B.  C.  tabu- 
lations ...  The  other 
25,653,392  know  about 
"Sergeant  York"any  way! 


PAIGN  IN  THE  HISTORY  OF  WARNERS! 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


7 


Stars  to  Go  On 
120-City  Tour 
For  War  Bonds 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

a  Northwest  tour.  Others  are  sched- 
uled, in  order,  to  cover  every  section 
r.r  the  nation. 

~  Political  and  civic  officials  will  han- 
'  uic  local  arrangements  for  the  rallies, 
where  bonds  and  stamps  will  be  sold. 
The  War  and  Navy  Departments  are 
cooperating  by  assigning  detachments 
of  armed  forces  as  honor  guards.  Don- 
ald M.  Nelson,  War  Production 
Board  chief,  is  scheduled  to  address 
the  Chicago  rally  at  Soldiers  Field. 

Set  Up  Seven  Zones 

The  nation  has  been  divided  into 
seven  zones  for  the  tour.  Each  zone 
will  be  covered  by  the  appearance  of 
more  than  one  star.  Among  cities  on 
the  list  to  be  visited  by  the  first  con- 
tingent are  Milwaukee,  Madison, 
Springfield,  Monticello,  South  Bend, 
Superior,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis, 
Sioux  Falls,  Sioux  City,  Des  Moines, 
Rock  Island,  Moline,  Davenport,  To- 
ledo, Cleveland,  Akron,  Columbus, 
Dayton,  Cincinnati,  Portland,  Tacoma, 
Seattle,  Wenatchee,  Spokane,  Wallace 
and  towns  in  Pennsylvania  and 
Tennessee  not  yet  determined. 


Army-Navy  Relief 
Total  Over  $700,000 

The  total  of  collections  in  the  re- 
cent Army  and  Navy  Emergency  Re- 
lief drive  in  theatres  yesterday 
reached  a  total  exceeding  $700,000,  it 
was  reported. 

Among  the  larger  checks  received 
yesterday  were:  Wilby-Kincey  Serv- 
ice Corp.,  $4,662;  Netco  Theatre 
Corp.,  $2,780;  Monroe  Amusement 
Co.,  $2,015;  Paramount  Theatre,  New 
York,  $2,975 ;  Jay  Emanuel  Theatres, 
$3,162 ;  A.  Sabolsky  Enterprises, 
Philadelphia,  $1,716. 


Washington  Patrons 
Contributed  $55,000 

Washington,  June  3. — Approxi- 
mately $55,000  was  colected  from  pa- 
trons of  Washington  theatres  in  the 
Army-Navy  Relief  drive,  according 
to  a  preliminary  announcement  by 
Carter  Barron,  chairman.  This  figure 
exceed  by  $25,000  the  total  contribut- 
ed in  the  same  theatres  last  January 
in  the  "March  of  Dimes"  drive. 


$60,411  for  Army-Navy 
From  B&K  Great  States 

Chicago,  June  3.— A  total  of  $60,- 
411  was  collected  for  the  Army  and 
Navy  Emergency  Relief  funds  by  the 
110  theatres  comprising  the  Balaban 
&  Katz  and  Great  States  Circuits, 
it  was  announced  today. 


Montesinos  West  Soon 

Manuel  B.  Montesinos,  senior  part- 
ner and  member  of  the  board  of  Era- 
presa  Peruana  de  Cines,  S.A.,  which 
operates  36  theatres  in  Peru,  now  vis- 
iting here,  and  stopping  at  the  Park 
Central  Hotel  with  the  president  of 
the  Chamber  of  Deputies  of  Peru,  will 
leave  shortly  for  the  Coast.  He  ar- 
rived here  with  the  party  accompany- 
ing President  Manuel  Prado  of  Peru 
in  his  capacity  as  a  member  of  the 
Diplomatic  Committee  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Deputies. 


War  Problems  Highlight 
Jersey  Allied  Convention 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

dications  that  all  officers  will  be  re- 
elected. 

Speakers  at  the  first  session  were  J. 
Noble  Braden,  executive  secretary  of 
the  American  Arbitration  Association, 
and  John  G.  Paine,  general  manager 
of  Ascap,  who  promised  that  consid- 
eration would  be  given  to  exhibitors' 
requests  for  music  license  fee  revisions 
where  receipts  have  declined. 

Will  Discuss  WAC 

Under  the  heading  of  war  activities, 
questions  on  the  agenda  to  be  dis- 
cussed are,  "Should  exhibitors  be  con- 
sulted through  regional  associations 
before  commitments  are  made  by  the 
War  Activities  Committee  on  their 
behalf ;  are  exhibitors  satisfied  with 
the  organization  and  activities  of  the 
WAC ;  should  not  definite  steps  be 
taken  to  insure  proper  credit  to  inde- 
pendent exhibitors  and  leaders  in  con- 
nection with  drives?"  Officials  also 
said  that  a  discussion  will  be  held  on 
the  advisability  of  transferring  WAC 
functions  to  Umpi  since  the  latter  is 
composed  of  "authorized  representa- 
tives of  exhibitor  organizations." 


Braden  disclosed  figures  on 
costs  of  arbitration  under  the 
decree.  He  said  that  the  average 
cost  in  65  cases  in  which  awards 
made  were  $37.57  to  complainant. 
$27.67  to  intervenor  and  $70.76 
to  defendants,  and  that  the  av- 
erage costs  of  22  appeals  were 
$144.86  to  complainant,  $111.37 
to  intervenor  and  $222.87  to  de- 
fendants. 

Braden  noted  that  nearly  10  per 
cent  of  all  the  proceedings  involved 
New  Jersey  theatres,  and  that  five 
were  withdrawn,  presumably  because 
the  exhibitor  won  something,  eight 
awards  were  made  and  six  complaints 
are  pending. 

Joseph  Siccardi  of  Plainfield  com- 
plained to  Braden  about  the  delay  in 
his  case  running  to  six  weeks  because 
the  distributor  counsel  took  vacations. 
Braden  replied  that  exhibitor  coun- 
sel had  the  right  to  refuse  adjourn- 
ments. 

Arbitration  is  to  be  discussed  with 
suggestions  for  reforms  in  procedure 
to  be  worked  out  by  Umpi  and  a  more 
liberal  policy  by  the  appeals  board  as 
the  keynotes. 


a  Day  Rental  for 
Victory  Shorts  Is 
Plan  of  Paramount 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

that  it  offers  more  advantages  than 
any  which  may  later  be  indorsed  by 
the  committee.  The  main  objective, 
it  was  stated,  is  to  adopt  a  distribu- 
tion method  which  will  insure  the 
greatest  possible  amount  of  playing 
time  for  all  of  the  subjects. 

In  a  letter  addressed  to  Joseph 
Bernhard  of  the  WAC,  Agnew  said : 
"It  is  our  belief  that  we  can  best 
accomplish  the  desired  purpose  by  of- 
fering each  of  the  four  subjects  made 
under  the  Paramount  banner  to  ex- 
hibitors at  a  nominal  rental  of  $1  per 
day,  the  pictures  to  be  sold  separate- 
ly and  with  no  relation  to  any  part  of 
our  regular  short  subject  program." 

Sees  Inducement  Created 

"Such  a  plan,  we  feel,  will  make  it 
a  simple  matter  for  all  exhibitors  to 
exhibit  these  pictures,  not  only  re- 
moving any  possibility  of  price  ob- 
stacles but  actually  creating  an  in- 
ducement for  their  exhibition  in  every 
theatre  in  the  United  States.  This 
plan  dispenses  with  the  necessity  for 
price  arbitration  or  any  other  un- 
wieldy machinery,  the  operation  of 
which  would  tend  to  minimize  the 
complete  success  of  your  extensive 
campaign. 

"Since  the  producers  have  no 
thought  of  profit  in  this  program, 
Paramount  will  be  happy  to  turn  over 
to  your  committee  any  recovery  from 
these  nominal  film  rentals  above  the 
mere  cost  of  production  and  prints, 
without  distribution  charges,  to  be 
donated  to  any  worthy  war  charity 
your  committee  chooses." 


U.  S.  Training  Films 
For  Armies  of  S.A. 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

plied  to  South  and  Central  American 
armies. 

The  films  will  be  dispatched 
through  the  military  attaches  of  the 
interested  countries  in  Washington 
for  showing  to  South  American  offi- 
cials, officers,  military  schools  and 
training  camps. 

The  department  said  that  requests 
for  American  training  films  by  other 
members  of  tlfe  United  Nations  are 
considerable,  and  a  program  has  been 
launched  to  provide  sound  tracks  in 
Chinese.  One  film  has  already  been 
recorded  in  Chinese.  The  British  al- 
ready have  access  to  all  training  films 
through  a  system  of  reciprocal  inter- 
change. 


'Point'  Graduates 
At  Dinner  Tonight 

Ten  prominent  graduates  of  West 
Point,  for  the  most  part  ranking  of- 
ficers of  the  Army,  will  be  the  guests 
with  their  wives  at  a  dinner  in  the 
Perroquet  Suite  of  the  Waldorf-As- 
toria Hotel  this  evening,  prior  to  at- 
tending the  premiere  of  the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox film,  "Ten  Gentlemen  from 
West  Point,"  at  the  Roxy  Theatre. 
Among  the  guests  scheduled  to  attend 
are:  Maj.  Gen.  Robert  M.  Danford, 
Maj.  Gen.  William  H.  Hay,  Lieut 
Gen.  Frederick  E.  Schnyder,  Rev.  Dr. 
P.  S.  Hyde  and  Col.  Edwin  S.  Wright. 


20th-Fox  Signs  Actor 

Matt  Briggs  of  the  Broadway  cast 
of  "Junior  Miss"  has  been  given  a 
contract  by  20th  Century-Fox,  it  was 
announced  yesterday.  His  first  as- 
signment will  be  in  "The  Meanest 
Man  in  the  World,"  starring  Jack 
Benny. 


Hear,  Adjust 
Grievances, 
Scully  Orders 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

have  suffered  patronage  losses  due  to 
war  time  population  shifts. 

Scully  instructed  branch  managers 
to  hear  and  endeavor  to  settle  exhibi- 
tor complaints  in  the  first  instance 
and,  if  unable  to  reach  a  satisfactory 
conclusion,  to  refer  them  first  to  dis- 
trict managers,  then  to  division  man- 
agers. If  no  agreement  has  then  been 
reached,  Scully  said  he  would  attempt 
to  settle  such  complaints  himself. 

Joseph  H.  Seidelman,  vice- 
president  and  foreign  manager, 
another  speaker,  reported  that 
Universal's  gross  business  in 
Great  Britain  increased  more 
than  60  per  cent  last  year  over 
the  year  before,  and  that  an  in- 
crease in  excess  of  50  per  cent 
had  been  recorded  in  Austral- 
asia. The  results  were  cited  as 
indicative  of  the  importance  of 
motion  pictures  to  populations 
directly  involved  in  the  war. 

Seidelman  said  that  Universal  sus- 
pended operations  last  year  in  Java, 
the  Philippines,  Japan,  Shanghai  and 
Singapore,  in  addition  to  the  coun- 
tries from  which  it  had  withdrawn 
previously  because  of  the  war.  The 
company  is  still  operating  in  Austra- 
lasia, Sweden  and  Egypt,  among  the 
socalled  "danger  zones,"  he  said. 

W.  J.  Heineman,  assistant  sales 
manager,  discussed  current  and  new 
season's  contracts  and  sales  results. 
Thomas  Murray,  manager  of  branch 
operations,  emphasized  to  the  sales 
force  the  importance  of  conservation 
of  materials  and  supplies  in  ex- 
changes. 

Advertising  Increase 

John  Joseph,  advertising  and  pub- 
licity director,  said  that  the  company's 
advertising  budget  would  be  increased 
25  per  cent  for  the  new  season,  with 
the  bulk  of  it  to  be  spent  on  news- 
paper and  cooperative  advertising  with 
exhibitor  accounts.  Increased  use  of 
radio  advertising,  especially  for  musi- 
cal productions,  is  on  the  advertising 
schedule  for  the  new  season,  he  said. 

Canadian  operations  and  trade  con- 
ditions were  discussed  by  Haskell 
Masters,  general  manager  for  Canada. 
Following  the  product  announcement 
by  Scully  today,  the  session  will  be 
addressed  by  Cliff  Work,  Walter 
Wanger,  Milton  Feld  and  Daniel 
Kelley.  The  annual  banquet  will  be 
held  at  the  Waldorf  this  evening;. 


Export  Review  Units 
Are   Facing  Delays 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

ture  censorship  are  to  be  held  in  the 
near  future,  it  was  said,  and  it  is  like- 
ly that  problems  which  have  arisen 
will  be  ironed  out  and  the  way  paved 
for  setting  up  the  permanent  censor- 
ship organizations  before  the  end  of 
this  month. 


MGM  Sets  Hardy  Picture 

Hollywood,  June  3. — Before  doing 
"Kim"  at  M-G-M,  Mickey  Rooney 
will  appear  in  a  Hardy  Family  film 
tentatively  titled  "Andy  Hardy's  Last 
Fling,"  to  be  directed  by  George  Seitz. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  June  4,  1942 


'Our  Life' Hits 


Big  $23,800 
Philadelphia 


Philadelphia,  June  3. — Business  at 
the  downtown  theatres  continued  at 
high  levels  with  gas  rationing  not 
making  for  any  appreciable  difference. 
"In  This  Our  Life"  gave  the  Boyd  a 
big  $23,800.  "Ship  Ahoy"  at  the 
Stanley  drew  $21,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ended  May  26-29 : 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

ALDINE~— (1,400)  (46c-57c-75c)  7  days, 
4th  week.  Gross:  $10,500.  (Average,  $9,000) 
"The   Fleet's   In"  (Para.) 

ARCADIA—  (600)  (3Sc-46c-57c)  7  days,  2d 
run,  2d  week.  Gross:  $3,000.  (Average, 
$2,600) 

"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

BOYD — (2,400)      (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $23,800.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.)   (6  days) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.)  (l  day) 

EARLE — (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Vaudevile  including  Glen  Gray's  or- 
chestra, Pee  Wee  Hunt,  Kenny  Sargent, 
Mills  Brothers,  Pat  Henning  &  Betty  Ray. 
Gross:  $23,500.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 

FOX — (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $11,500  (Average,  $13,000) 
"Moontide"  (20th-Fox) 

KARLTON — (1,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) 
7  days,  2d  run.  Gross:  $3,000.  (Average, 
$3,000) 

"Jungle  Book"  (U.A,) 

KEITH'S — (2,200)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2d  run.  Gross:  $2,500.  (Average. 
$4,500) 

"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

STANLEY — (2,700)  (35c  -41c  -  46c  -  57c  -  68c ) 
7  days.  Gross:  $21,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.B.) 

STANTON— (1,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) 
7  days,  2d  week.  Gross:  $7,000.  (Average, 
$4,500) 


'Sal'  in  Baltimore 

Garners  $10,500 

Baltimore,  June  3. — The  annual 
circus  offered  competition.  "My  Gal 
Sal"  took  $10,500  at  the  New,  and 
"Mister  V"  drew  $11,000  at  Keith's. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  28: 

"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 

CENTURY— (3,000)     (28c-44c     and  S5c 
weekends)  7  days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $11,000. 
(Average,  $10,000) 
"Mister  V"  (U.  A.) 

KEITH'S— (2,406)      (15c-28c-33c-44c  and 
55c    weekends)    7    days.     Gross:  $11,000. 
(Average,  $9,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 

NEW— (1,581)    (15c-28c-35c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $10,500.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

STANLEY—  (3,280)  (15c-28c-35c-55c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Average, 
$12,000) 

"Valley  of  the  Sun"  (RKO) 

HIPPODROME— (2,205)  (15c-28c-39c-44c- 
55c-66c)  7  days.  Stage  show  featuring  Al- 
vino   Rey    and    Orchestra   with   the  King 
Sisters.  Gross:  $17,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"KM  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 

MAYFAIR— (1,000)  7  days.  Gross:  $5,500. 
(Average,  $6,000) 

Film  All-Stars  Meet 
Team  at  Fort  Tilden 

The  Motion  Picture  Baseball 
League  will  send  an  all-star  team  to 
Fort  Tilden  Saturday  to  play  a  mili- 
tary team.  The  game  will  start  at  2 
P.  M.  This  is  the  second  of  the 
league's  games  with  camps,  the  first 
having  been  lost  to  Fort  Wadsworth, 
7  to  5.  Regular  league  games  will 
be  played  Monday  between  Interna- 
tional Projector  Corp.  and  Skouras 
Theatres,  and  next  Thursday  between 
Paramount  and  Skouras,  at  Macombs 
Dam  Park  in  the  Bronx. 


Back-Stage  Moves 
Precede  Election 
At  LA.  Convention 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

ceeded  Brown  as  president,  on  the  de- 
cision of  the  officials  to  run  on  their 
record.  All  present  officials  have  of- 
fered to  waive  their  claims  to  office 
until  1944  and  support  an  amendment 
to  the  constitution  which  would  per- 
mit elections  at  the  present  conven- 
tion. 

Westbrook  Pegler,  United  Features 
columnist,  who  is  one  of  the  severest 
critics  of  the  IA  and  whose  column 
called  attention  to  matters  which  led 
to  the  indictment  of  Bioff  and 
Browne,  arrived  in  town  unexpectedly 
today.  Although  he  did  not  attend 
any  of  the  sessions,  his  mere  presence 
in  Columbus  was  enough  to  start  a 
sudden  influx  of  rumors. 

Nominations  for  officers  are  in 
order  for  11  A.  M.  tomorrow.  Vin- 
cent Jacobi  of  New  York  is  still  re- 
garded here  as  the  principal  opposi- 
tion candidate  but  the  position  of 
William  Bennett  of  Washington,  who 
previously  had  announced  his  candi- 
dacy, is  unknown. 

'Moontide'  Scores 
$15,400  in  St.  Louis 

Sd.  Loots,  June  3. — "Moontide," 
dualled  with  "Turtles  of  Tahiti,"  led 
the  city,  grossing  $15,400  at  the  Fox, 
while  "Tortilla  Flat"  chalked  up 
$14,500  in  its  second  week  at  Loew's. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  28 : 

"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"Blomdie  Goes  to  College"  (Col.) 

LOEWS— (3,162)  (30c-40c-50c-55c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $14,500.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"Moontide"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 

FOX— (5,038)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$15,400.  (Average,  $11,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 
"Broadway"  (Univ.) 

MISSOURI — (3,514)    (30c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,000.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"Heart  of  the  Rio  Grande"  (Rep.) 
"Unseen  Enemy"  (Univ.) 

ST.  LOUIS— (4,000)  (25c-35c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $3,500.  (Average,  $2,600) 

Extend  War  Worker 
Showing  in  St.  Louis 

St.  Louis,  June  3. — The  Drive-In 
Theatre  here,  located  about  10  miles 
west  of  the  city  limits,  is  the  fourth 
St.  Louis  theatre  to  provide  special 
shows  for  war  workers.  The  Drive-In 
late  shows  will  be  held  Saturday 
night,  according  to  Manager  Arnold 
Berger. 

About  600  attended  the  first  late 
show  at  the  Empress,  subsequent-run 
house  in  the  Ansell  Circuit,  last  Sat- 
urday night,  and  Louis  K.  Ansell,  co- 
owner,  declared  he  was  satisfied  with 
the  turnout.  The  Missouri,  F.  &  M. 
first  run  house,  plays  to  about  3,000 
each  Tuesday  night.  Personnel  direc- 
tors of  the  war  plants  here  have  ad- 
vised workers  to  attend  the  shows. 


WTIC  Executive  Dies 

Hartford,  June  3. — Walter  G. 
Cowels,  85,  vice-president  of  Station 
WTIC  and  vice-president  of  the 
Travelers  Insurance  Co.  of  this  city, 
died  here  after  a'  brief  illness.  Cowels 
was  the  founder  of  WTIC. 


Canadian  Theatres 
Have  Staff  Problem 

Ottawa,  June  3. — As  a  re- 
sult of  the  calling  up  by  the 
Canadian  Government  of  all 
men  between  the  ages  of  18 
and  30  for  compulsory  military 
training,  theatres  throughout 
the  Dominion  are  having  dif- 
ficulty maintaining  their 
staffs  of  ushers.  Advertise- 
ments are  appearing  in  pa- 
pers across  the  country  for 
theatre  ushers  who  are  ex- 
empt from  military  training. 

'Rings,'  Shaw  Band 
$27,000  in  Capital 

Washington,  June  3. — Grosses 
were  good  despite  circus  competition 
for  half  the  week.  "Rings  on  Her 
Fingers"  and  Artie  Shaw's  band  on 
the  stage  led  with  $27,000  at  Loew's 
Capitol. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ended  May  27-28: 

"Kings  Row"  (W.B.) 

WARNERS      METROPOLITAN— (1.600) 
(28c-44c)  7  days,  2d  week,  return  engage- 
ment.   Gross:  $6,800.     (Average,  $4,000) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

LOEW'S    COLUMBIA— (1,250)  (28c-44c) 
7  days,  return  engagement.    Gross:  $4,500. 
(Average,  $3,500) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  PALACE— (2,300)  (40c  -60c)  7 
days,  2d  week.  Gross:  $10,500.  (Average. 
$12  000) 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

WARNER'S  EARLE— (2,200)  (40c-55c- 
75c-85c)  7  days,  2d  week.  On  stage:  Lynn. 
Royce  &  Vanya,  Pansy  the  Horse,  Diplo- 
mats, Bob  Bromley,  Roxyettes.  Gross: 
$18,700.  (Average,  $15,000) 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (ZOth-Fox) 

LOEW'S  CAPITOL—  (3.434)  (28c-44c-66c) 
7  days.  On  stage:  Artie  Shaw  and  His 
Band.     Gross:   $27,000.     (Average,  $15,500) 

Report  Swing  Will 
Leave  MBS  in  Fall 

Raymond  Gram  Swing,  Mutual 
commentator,  will  terminate  his  con- 
nection with  that  network  to  join  an- 
other web  in  the  Fall,  it  was  report- 
ed yesterday.  Mutual,  meanwhile,  re- 
leased an  announcement  that  Swing 
had  been  renewed  by  General  Cigar 
Co.  for  another  year  on  85  Mutual 
stations  to  be  heard  Mondays  and 
Thursdays  10-10:15  P.  M.,  and  that 
Swing  would  be  heard  sustaining  on 
Saturdays  and  Sundays  at  the  same 
time.  The  renewal  is  effective  June 
25. 

Beyond  pointing  out  that  all  one- 
year  contracts  may  be  terminated  at 
the  end  of  each  13-week  period, 
Mutual  would  not  comment  on  the  re- 
port that  Swing  would  leave  Mutual 
in  September. 


Mutual  May  Gross 
Is  Up  to  $748,745 

Mutual  gross  billings  for  May  to- 
taled $748,745,  an  increase  of  48.6 
per  cent  over  the  same  month  last 
year,  the  network  reported  yesterday. 
The  cumulative  total  for  the  first  five 
months  this  year  is  $4,669,731  as  com- 
pared with  $2,445,368,  an  increase  of 
90.6  per  cent  over  the  same  period  in 
1941. 


Takes  Rhode  Island  House 

Springfield.  Mass.,  June  3.  — 
Louis  Marcks  has  resigned  as  man- 
ager of  the  Garden  theatre  here  to 
take  over  the  Johnston  in  Johnston, 
R.  I.,  which  he  recently  purchased. 


Mutual  Executives 
Defend  Web  Rules 
At  House  Hearing 


Washington,  June  3. — Net- 
work regulations  of  the  FCC  offer 
the  only  opportunity  to  secure  "free 
competition"  in  chain  broadcasting, 
the  House  Interstate  and  For#"--  . 
Commerce  Committee  was  to'W^, 
day  by  Alfred  J.  McCosker  and 
Fred  Weber,  chairman  of  the  board 
and  general  manager,  respectively, 
of  Mutual. 

Testifying  at  hearings  on  the  San- 
ders bill  for  reorganization  of  the 
FCC,  the  two  Mutual  officials  offered 
a  strong  defense  of  the  regulations, 
now  the  subject  of  attack  in  the 
courts,  denying  that  they  would  dis- 
rupt chain  broadcasting. 

Without  the  regulations,  McCosker 
declared,  it  will  be  impossible  for  any 
chain  to  challenge  the  hold  of  NBC 
and  CBS  and  "no  one  outside  an  in- 
sane asylum  would  try  it." 

McCosker  attacked  Section  7 
of  the  bill,  which  provides  for  a 
determination  by  Congress  of 
the  policy  to  be  followed  with 
respect  to  network  broadcast- 
ing. He  said  this  section  was 
merely  a  means  of  delaying  the 
application  date  of  the  regula- 
tions and  he  drew  the  fire  of 
Representative  Sanders,  who 
disclosed  that  Section  7  was  his 
sole  contribution  to  the  bill 
which  had  been  suggested  by 
the  radio  industry  itself. 

Members  of  the  committee  were 
openly  critical  of  many  of  McCosk- 
er's  statements  and  subjected  him  to 
intensive  questioning. 

Weber  discussed  the  business  as- 
pects of  the  regulations,  testifying 
about  a  number  of  instances  where, 
he  alleged,  NBC  took  programs  from 
Mutual  by  exercising  its  options  on 
the  time  given  them  by  stations  which 
were  also  Mutual  affiliates. 

The  legal  questions  involved  in  the 
situation  were  discussed  by  Louis  C. 
Caldwell,  Mutual  counsel,  who  con- 
tended the  FCC  had  acted  within  its 
authority  in  restricting  network  ar- 
rangements with  stations. 

Call  Brockington 

Back  to  England 

Ottawa,  June  3. — Leonard  W. 
Brockington,  former  chairman  of  the 
board  of  governors  of  the  Canadian 
Broadcasting  Corp.,  will  return  to 
England  at  the  request  of  the  British 
Government  to  become  advisor  on 
Empire  affairs  to  Brendan  Bracken, 
Minister  of  Information.  Brockington 
also  will  be  engaged  in  speaking, 
writing  and  broadcasting  in  and  from 
Great  Britain. 


RKO  Stockholders 
Meet  Off  to  June  10 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

common  stock  elect  the  other  two- 
thirds. 

Adjournment  of  the  meeting  was 
reported  to  be  for  the  purpose  of  per- 
mitting certain  large  stockholders  to 
give  more  time  to  consideration  of 
offers  which  have  been  made  recently 
for  the  purchase  of  their  holdings. 


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NO.  110 


NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  FRIDAY,  JUNE  5,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


'IP  Discloses 
Details  of  New 
Season  Films 


5  Specials,  Two  in  Color, 
Among  55  Features 


Universal's  new  season  produc- 
tion schedule  of  55  features,  five  of 
which  will  be  "specials,"  14  West- 
erns, seven  of  which  will  be  reis- 
sues ,  65  shorts,  two  featurettes, 
four  serials  and  104  issues  of  the 
newsreel,  were  described  at  the 
company's  annual  sales  convention 
at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  here  yes- 
terday by  William  A.  Scully,  vice- 
president  and  general  sales  man- 
ager. 

On  the  company's  schedule 
for  the  1942-'43  season,  Scully 
said,  will  be  two  productions  in 
color,  Universal's  first  since 
"King  of  Jazz,"  released  in  1930. 
They  will  both  be  among  the 
five  "specials."  One  will  be  Wal- 
ter Wanger's  "Arabian  Nights," 
starring  Sabu,  Maria  Montez 
and  Jon  Hall,  and  the  other, 
Henry  Roster's  "Phantom  of  the 
Opera.' 

Wanger  will  contribute  a  second 
special,  as  yet  untitled,  and  the  other 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Para.  First  Quarter 
Profit  Is  $2,915,000 

Paramount  yesterday  estimated  its 
earnings  for  the  first  quarter  ended 
April  4  at  $2,915,000  after  interest 
and  all  charges,  including  estimated 
provision  for  all  Federal  taxes,  with 
normal  and  surtaxes  being  computed 
at  40  per  cent. 

The  result  compares  with  net  profit 
of  $2,475,000  for  the  corresponding 
quarter  last  year,  after  including 
$650,000  of  undistributed  earnings  in 
partially  owned  subsidiaries,  but  in- 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Connors,  Jenkins 
On  20th-Fox  Board 

Tom  J.  Connors,  20th  Century-Fox 
vice-president  in  charge  of  distribu- 
tion, and  Felix  Jenkins,  general  coun- 
sel, were  elected  to  the  company's 
board  of  directors  at  a  meeting  of  the 
board  yesterday. 

Previously,  the  board  had  voted  to 
increase  its  membership  from  the  pres- 
ent 12  to  14  directors.  Wendell  L. 
Willkie,  chairman,  presided  at  the 
meeting. 


Say  U.S.  Without  Authority  pee  Close  Vote 
Legally  to  Halt  Umpi  Plan  |  In  3-Cornered 

I.  A.  Election 


Industry  attorneys  yesterday  ex- 
pressed the  opinion  that  technically 
the  Department  of  Justice  has  no  le- 
gal standing  with  respect  to  either  ap- 
proving or  opposing  the  proposed 
Umpi  sales  plan  since  the  expiration 
of  the  escape  clause  of  the  consent 
decree  on  June  1. 

Despite  this  view,  industry  officials 
active  in  Umpi  said  that  the  depart- 
ment would  be  kept  fully  advised  of 
all  progress  on  the  plan  and  that  it 
still  was  hoped  that  some  expression 
on  it  might  be  had  from  the  depart- 
ment either  in  advance  of  the  submis- 
sion of  the  plan  to  the  Federal  court 
or  at  that  time. 

Attorneys  pointed  out  that  with  the 
escape  clause  having  taken  effect,  the 
consenting  distributors  by  the  very 
terms  of  the  decree  are  free  to  elect 
whatever  selling  method  they  choose 
to  apply  after  next  Sept.  1,  whether 
this  is  the  Umpi  plan  or  any  other. 
Neither  the  department  nor  the  court 
has  the  right,  under  the  decree,  to  re- 
ject the  Umpi  plan,  they  said,  and  the 
fact  that  the  consenting  distributors 
are  submitting  it  for  their  approval 
is  not  a  legal  requirement  but  an  evi- 
dence of  good  faith  on  their  part. 


TT.  S.  May  Oppose  Amendment 
To  Decree,  Justice  Dep't  Holds 

Washington,  June  4. — The  Gov- 
ernment has  a  right  to  oppose  any 
amendment    to    the    consent  decree 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Sell  War  Shorts  on 
Separate  Contract, 
NJ.  Allied  Resolves 


Atlantic  City,  June  4. — All  short 
subjects  produced  to  further  the  war 
effort  should  be  leased  to  exhibitors 
on  a  separate  contract  specifically 
showing  they  are  Government  films, 
it  was  declared  in  a  resolution  adopt- 
ed at  the  Eastern  Regional  Confer- 
ence of  exhibitors  held  today  in  con- 
junction with  the  annual  convention 
of  Allied  of  New  Jersey  at  the  Am- 
bassador Hotel  here. 

All  officers  and  directors  of  the  Al- 
lied unit,  headed  by  Harry  Lowen- 
stein,  president,  were  reelected  at  to- 
day's session. 

Joseph  F.  Reed  of  Connecticut,  na- 
tional Allied  vice-president,  presided 
at  the  Eastern  Regional  Conference. 
The  resolution  said :  "It  is  the  sense 
of  this  conference  that  all  short  sub- 
jects produced  to  further  the  war  ef- 
fort be  leased  to  exhibitors  by  each 
distributor  on  a  separate  contract 
which  shall  specifically  show  that 
these  short  subjects  are  U.  S.  Gov- 
ernment films  produced  and  distribut- 
ed without  profit.  The  reason  for 
this  recommendation  is  to  secure  the 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


An  Editorial 


The  Project  of  A.  MacLeish 

MR.  ARCHIBALD  MacLEISH,  director  of  the  Office  of  Facts  and 
Figures,  in  a  recent  public  address  sharply  criticised  the  American 
motion  picture  industry  for  its  failure  to  adopt  a  policy  which  would 
embrace  the  formulation  and  direction  of  public  opinion.  He  insists  that  there 
is  no  distinction  between  entertainment  on  one  side  and  the  formulation  and 
direction  of  public  opinion  on  the  other.  He  would  have  the  entertainment 
screen  undertake  the  editorial  function  of  the  press  and  the  classroom  respon- 
sibility of  the  school  and  college.  Presumably  also  the  screen  would  be 
expected  to  share  the  mission  of  the  pulpit. 

Mr.  MacLeish's  utterance  is  a  familiar  echo.  It  has  for  some  time  been  receiv- 
ing wide  and  emphatic  emphasis  from  persons  who,  while  paying  verbal  homage 
to  the  democratic  ideal,  are  at  the  same  time  very  busy  with  schemes  to  regi- 
ment and  shackle  public  opinion  to  the  end  that  a  uniformity  of  opinion  will 
obtain  and  that  opinion,  of  course,  will  be  theirs.  What  these  persons  inevitably 
fail  to  understand  is  that  they  are  perhaps  unconsciously  using  as  a  working 
model  the  system  of  the  Nazi  and  the  Fascist. 

The  issue  raised  by  Mr.  MacLeish  is  entirely  lacking  in  novelty.  It  already 
has  received  widespread  discussion  and  debate.  And  upon  it  the  American 
motion  picture  industry  has  declared  its  position  in  no  uncertain  terms. 

As  to  the  crisis  now  facing  the  nation,  the  industry  has  dedicated  its 
resources  in  a  most  thorough-going  manner — from  the  script  to  the  screen. 

(Continued  on  page  2) 


Jacobi,  Bennett  Oppose 
Official  Walsh  Slate 


Columbus,  June  4. — With  a  close 
vote  forecast  today  in  an  informal 
poll  of  delegates  at  the  IATSE  con- 
vention here,  elections  will  be  held 
tomorrow  by  secret  ballot,  with 
three  tickets  in  the  field. 

Richard  F.  Walsh,  president,  heads 
the  slate  of  incumbent  officers,  ali  of 
whom  have  been  nominated  for  their 
present  posts.  The  opposition  is  led 
by  Vincent  Jacobi,  of  Stagehands 
Local  1,  New  York,  and  William  Ben- 
nett, Stagehands  Local  22,  Washing- 
ton. Bennett,  at  first  considered  by 
delegates  as  having  little  chance  of 
success,  has  shown  surprising  strength 
and  may  prove  a  major  contender. 

The  administration  slate  includes 
Harold  Holmden.  Cleveland,  first 
vice-president ;  William  P.  Covert, 
Toronto,  second  vice-president ;  Floyd 
Billingsley,  San  Francisco,  third  vice- 
president  ;  James  Brennan,  New  York, 
fourth  vice-president ;  Roger  Kennedy, 
Detroit,  fifth  vice-president ;  Felix 
Snow,  Kansas  City,  sixth  vice-presi- 
dent ;  Carl  G.  Cooper,  seventh  vice- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Altstock  in  Whitney 
Inter- America  Post 

Washington,  June  4. — John  Hay 
Whitney  has  resigned  as  director  of 
the  Motion  Picture  Division  of  the 
Office  of  the  Coordinator  of  Inter- 
American  Affairs  to  enter  active  mili- 
tary service,  and  Francis  Altstock, 
Whitney's  assistant  in  the  division, 
has  been  named  to  succeed  him  as 
director,  it  was  announced  today  by 
Nelson  A.  Rockefeller,  Coordinator. 

Whitney,  commissioned  a  captain 
in  the  Army  Air  Corps,  will  report 
within  a  month  for  active  duty  in 
the  Intelligence  Branch.  Whitney  is 
expected  to  leave  in  a  few  days  for 
the  Coast,  then  go  to  Mexico  to  com- 
plete work  in  hand.    He  will  return 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Reviewed  Today 

A  review  of  "Private  Bucka- 
roo"  will  be  found  on  Page  4. 
"Mrs.  Miniver"  opens  with 
$16,000  for  the  day;  for  Broad- 
way grosses,  see  Page  4. 


Motion  Picture  daily 


Friday,  June  5,  1942 


Personal 
Mention 


EARLE  W.  SWEIGERT,  Para- 
mount district  manager  in  Phil- 
adelphia, and  Mrs.  Sweigert  on  Sun- 
day will  observe  their  25th  wedding 
anniversary. 

• 

C.  J.  Scollard.  assistant  to  Neil 
Agnew.  is  on  a  trip  to  Paramount  ex- 
changes on  the  West  Coast. 

• 

Roy  Haines  has  left  for  Pitts- 
burgh and  Cleveland.  He  is  due  back 
Monday. 

Manny  Reiner  has  returned  from 
Hollywood. 

Robert  M.  Savin i  left  yesterday 
for  Atlantic  City. 

• 

Charles  H.  Ryan,  district  super- 
visor for  Warner  Theatres  in  Chi- 
cago, is  vacationing. 

• 

Joseph  Deitch,  L.  M.  McKeach- 
nky,-  Louis  Patz  and  Ted  Grin- 
span,  all  Des  Moines  film  men,  have 
gone  to  Canada  for  a  two-week  fish- 
ing trip. 

• 

Isabel  G.  Turner  of  Warners' 
publicity  department  has  returned 
from  Washington. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 
Rockefeller  Center 
GREER  G ARSON    .  WALTER  PIDGEON 

"MRS.  MINIVER' 

From  Jan  Struther's  Book  .  An  M-G-M  Picture 
ON  THE  GREAT  STAGE:  "AT  EASE!"  — 
Leonidoff's  fast  moving,  colorful  revue.  Symphony 
Orchestra,  under  the  direction  of  Erno  Rapee. 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved  Circle  6-4600 


ROSALIND  FRED 

RUSSELL  MuMURRAY 


in  msom 

11      AJl    t>(/l/HAJ  FAMOUS  ORCHESTRA  R 
£9C 


t 

I  Feature 


PARAMOUNT 

TIMES  SQUARE 


TEN  GENTLEMEN 
from  WEST  POINT' 


A  20th  Century-Fox  Picture 


STAGE  SHOW 


ROXY 


&  50th  St. 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


IDA   LUPINO— JEAN  GABIN 

"MO ON  TIDE" 

"ALMOST  MARRIED" 

.lane   Frazee — Robert  Paige 


Tyrone  POWER*  Joan  FONTAINE 

THIS  ABOVE  ALL 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Triumph 

AC  T  ft  D  BROADWAY  &  ASth  ST. 
Jlwlx  CONTINUOUS 


An  Editorial 


The  Project  of  A.  MacLeish 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
It  is  contributing  in  every  proper  and  possible  way  to  the  winning  of  the  war. 
It  has  long  been  conscious  of  the  enemy  influences  that  are  to  be  combatted 
and  it  is  already  years  ago  since  it  commenced  to  deal  in  its  legitimate  sphere 
ot  dramatic  treatment  with  these  influences.  The  exhibitors  have  made  avail- 
able without  reserve  screen  time  for  messages  to  a  people  at  war  from  its 
government.  Public  morale  has  received  the  beneficial  influence  of  entertain- 
ment which  affords  the  diversion  and  relaxation  necessary  to  a  people  labor- 
ing under  the  stress  and  strain  of  wartime  conditions.  Public  morale  also 
has  received  the  heartening  and  inspiring  stimulus  of  the  many  sharply 
patriotic  subjects  that  have  been  presented. 

But  it  has  not  resigned  its  function  as  a  producer  and  purveyor  of  entertain- 
ment and  assumed  that  of  a  propagandist,  the  political  leader  and  the  educator. 
It  has  not  undertaken  to  .formulate  and  direct  public  opinion.  That  is  where 
Mr.  MacLeish  comes  in. 

NOW  it  seems  abundantly  clear  that  if  the  screen  is  to  become  the  conveyor 
of  a  "message"  the  question  immediately  arises  as  to- whose  message  is 
to  be  conveyed.  This  perhaps  presents  no  problem  at  all  to  Mr.  MacLeish 
because  it  seems  obvious  that  he  is  not  going  to  all  this  trouble  to  get  the 
messages  of,  say,  Herbert  Hoover,  Father  Divine  or  Beatrice  Fairfax  con- 
veyed to  the  American  public  via  the  sixteen  thousand  theatre  screens.  The 
suspicion  lingers  that  Mr.  MacLeish  would  expect  MacLeish  and  the  Mac- 
Leish viewpoint  to  be  heard.  But  what  assurance  has  the  industry  that  imme- 
diately the  MacLeish  viewpoint  is  presented  it  will  not  be  called  upon  to 
furnish  the  same  footage,  leading  lady,  cast,  production  budget,  etc.,  for  Mr. 
Hoover,  Father  Divine  and  Miss  Fairfax? 

The  question  that  challenges  serious  attention  in  connection  with  Mr.  Mac- 
Leish's  attack  upon  the  industry  is  whether  he  was  speaking  as  A.  MacLeish. 
poet,  writer,  "advanced"  political  and  social  thinker  and,  incidentally.  Libra- 
rian of  Congress,  or  whether  he  was  speaking  as  director  of  the  Office  of 
Facts  and  Figures. 

The  Office  of  Facts  and  Figures  is  a  department  of  the  executive  office  of 
the  President.  It  is  understood  to  be  intended  to  afford  to  the  public  facts  and 
figures  useful  to  the  purpose  of  the  prosecution  of  the  war.  Presumably  a 
function  of  the  department  is  wartime  propaganda.  Obviously  as  a  department 
of  the  executive  office  of  the  President  it  has  wide  powers  and  authority,  either 
directly  or  indirectly. 

THE  views  of  the  director  of  the  Office  of  Facts  and  Figures  in  reference 
to  what  he  expects  of  the  motion  picture  industry  have  been  made  known. 
If  he  continues  content  to  rely  upon  the  democratic  process  of  persuasion  we 
shall  be  hearing  again  and  again  from  Mr.  MacLeish  on  the  subject  of  the 
screen's  business,  because  nothing  in  the  way  of  a  metamorphosis  comparable 
with  his  blueprint  for  the  entertainment  motion  picture  is  going  to  transpire. 

But  again,  lacking  executive  interference,  Mr.  MacLeish  may  tire  of  the 
process  of  persuasion  and  resort  to  the  use  of  what  is  now  popularly  known 
in  Washington  as  "directives."  Directives  employed  in  the  conduct  of  the 
normal  business  of  this  government  at  war  are  an  inevitable  and  necessary 
means  of  getting  things  done. 

Directives,  however,  addressed  to  the  makers  of  the  nation's  entertainment, 
the  writers  of  editorials  and  the  authors  of  books,  would  ring  down  the  cur- 
tain on  various  essentials  of  the  democratic  way  of  life. 

We  recognize  the  right  of  Mr.  MacLeish  and  his  collaborators  to  argue 
for  and  insist  upon  their  viewpoint.  We  trust  that  the  day  shall  not  arrive 
when,  clothed  with  wartime  powers,  they  shall  substitute  directives  for  argu- 
ment and  insistence.  Thus  if  our  trust  is  not  misplaced,  time  and  experience 
will  solve  the  problem — if  there  is  one — in  the  American  way. 

— Martin  Quigley 


Republic  Purchases 
Minneapolis  Branch 

Minneapolis,  June  4. — Arrange- 
ments for  the  purchase  by  Republic 
of  the  rights  in  the  franchise  for  its 
product  owned  by  Gilbert  Nathanson 
were  completed  here  today  by  James 
R.  Grainger,  president. 

The  deal  for  the  franchise,  which 
covers  the  Minneapolis  territory,  will 
be  effective  on  July  1,  Grainger  said. 


Percy  Barr  Dies 

Chicago,  June  4. — Percy  Barr, 
United  Artists'  salesman  here,  died 
this  morning  after  having  been  strick- 
en with  a  cerebral  hemorrhage  on 
Monday.  Funeral  services  will  be  held 
tomorrow,  with  burial  at  Westmont 
Cemetery.  He  is  survived  by  his 
widow,  a  daughter,  three  brothers  and 
a  sister. 


Cleveland  Post  Sells 
$207,000  in  Bonds 

Cleveland,  June  4. — The  Variety 
Post  of  the  American  Legion  here 
took  over  the  Wm.  Taylor  Son  &  Co. 
window  to  sell  war  bonds  and  stamps 
last  week  and  rolled  up  $207,000 
worth  in  five  days — a  record  for  that 
sales  headquarters. 


Wanda  Hawley  Dies  at  52 

Utica,  N.  Y.,  June  4.— Mrs. 
Charles  Fulcher,  52,  who  as  Wanda 
Hawley  was  a  leading  film  star,  died 
of  pneumonia  last  night  in  Oneida 
County  Hospital.  She  made  her  first 
pictures  for  the  Lubin  Co.  Her  last 
picture  was  "Burning  Sands"  for 
Famous  Pla3rers,  in  1922,  opposite 
Rudolph  Valentino.  Funeral  services 
will  be  held  Saturdav  at  Camden. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


THE  weekend  releases  include 
Brigadier  General  Doolittle  at  a 
California  plane  factory,  reinforce- 
ments arriving  in  Australia,  military 
material  and  a  few  subjects  from 
England,  including  the  launching  of 
half  a  tanker  to  be  joined  to  p  ~j£pf 
another  salvaged  after  sea  lT^g  ?. 
Here  are  the  contents: 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  78.— Doolittle 
at  aircraft  plant.  Air  liner  taken  over  by 
Army  in  Memphis.  Flying  Tigers  in 
China.  Reinforcements  reach  Australia. 
England:  submarine  in  action;  half  a  ship 
launched;  Churchill  inspects  tanks.  Selas- 
sie signs  pact  with  British  in  Ethiopia. 
British  forces  in  Libya.  Grand  Coulee  Dam 
begins  operation.  Women  work  at  Navy 
air  station.  Pan-American  delegates  see 
planes  here. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  276—  Doolit- 
tle visits  plane  plant.  Reinforcements  in 
Australia.  Air  patrol  on  duty.  Half  a 
tanker  in  England.  Model  dreadnaught 
shown  in  New  Hampshire.  Grand  Coulee 
Dam  in  operation.  Quezon  of  Philippines 
in  Washington.  Flying  Tigers  in  China. 
Girls  in  water  ballet.  Motorcyclists  in  Vir- 
ginia. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  81— Chur- 
chill at  tank  factory.  Selassie  in  Ethiopia 
signs  agreement  with  Britain.  Doolittle  sees 
plane  production.  Coulee  Dam  in  operation. 
Lowell  Mellett  in  Washington.  Swim  class 
at  Wellesley  College.  West  Coast  ship 
launchings.  Half  a  ship  at  England  port. 
Reinforcements  in  Australia.  Zoo  babies 
in  Cleveland  and  Bronx. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  81— Flying 
Tigers  in  China.  Ship  launchings  on  West 
Coast.  Half  a  ship  in  England.  Model 
dreadnaught  in  New  Hampshire.  Selassie 
in  Ethiopia.  New  hospital  in  Australia. 
Chilean  Congress  opens.  Grand  Coulee 
Dam  starts  operation.  Army  cyclists  in 
Virginia.  Father  receives  posthumous 
award  for  air  hero. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  No.  90— 
Doolittle  at  aircraft  plant.  Pan-American 
delegation  at  plane  plants  here.  Half  a  ship 
in  England;  King  and  Queen  at  soccer 
game;  Churchill  views  tanks.  Grand  Cou- 
lee Dam  in  operation.  Army  cyclists  in 
Virginia.  Soldiers  taught  sea  warfare. 
Troops  arrive  in  Australia. 


RKO  Circuit  to  Vote 
On  S.P.G.  Affiliation 

Washington,  June  4. — Advertising 
and  publicity  employes  in  the  New 
York  office  of  RKO  Service  Corp. 
were  ordered  by  the  National  Labor 
Relations  Board  today  to  hold  an  elec- 
tion within  30  days  to  determine 
whether  they  desire  to  be  represented 
by  the  Screen  Publicists  Guild  for 
collective  bargaining  purposes. 

The  election  was  ordered  on  the  pe- 
tition of  the  SPG,  on  which  a  hearing 
was  held  in  New  York  on  May  IS. 
Some  22  employes  are  involved. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 

Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  an 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Companj 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Centei 
New  York  City.  Telephone  Circle  7-3 10( 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York,"  Mai 
tin  Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  Genera 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Vic< 
President,  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  I 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  p 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager ;  Chicago  Bureai 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Nefl 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau.  Postal  Unio 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor 
London  Bureau,  4  Golden  Square,  Londo 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  addres 
'"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  cop> 
righted  1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Corr 
pany,  Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mc 
tion  Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres.  Inter 
national  Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23 
1938,  at  the  post  office  at  New  York.  N.  Y. 
under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscri? 
tion  rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  an< 
$12  foreign.  Sngle  copies  10c. 


Barbara  sTanwyck  in  the  role  or  a  woman  every  man 
will  understand  and  every  woman  envy ...  a  woman 
whose  secret  love  drove  her  man  to  greatness;  inspired 
him  to  tame  the  wilderness ...  to  build  a  city!  The  night 
she  fled  her  home  to  give  her  heart  to  him,  she  shut 
out  forever  all  the  rest  of  the  world! 


starring  BARBARA 


and  JOEL 


STANWYCK  McCREA 


,ith  BRIAN 


DONLEVY 


PRODUCED  AND  DIRECTED  BY 

WILLIAM  A.WELLMAN 

Screen  Ploy  by  W.  L.  River  •  Original  Story 
by  Adela  Rogers  St.  Johns  and  Seena  Owen 
Based  on  a  Short  Story  by  Vina  Delmar 


4 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  June  5,  1942 


Review 


"Private  Buckaroo" 

(  Universal) 

IT  ERE  is  a  large  helping  of  "solid"  musical  ado  delivered  by  Harry 
James'  orchestra  and  the  Andrews  Sisters,  a  few  rather  weighty 
numbers  by  Dick  Foran,  a  little  ditty  by  Joe  E.  Lewis,  and  other  matter 
cf  small  consequence. 

The  picture  offers  16  songs  in  all,  consequently  little  footage  is  left 
for  a  story  of  any  substance.  It  is  to  be  sold,  it  seems,  chiefly  for  its 
robust  musical  content  and  the  fact  that  James  with  his  trumpet  and 
the  cavorting  Andrews  are  the  chief  dispensers  of  modern  music  which 
has  a  definite  vogue  with  the  younger  folk,  in  particular. 

Included  are  the  James  classic,  "Concerto  for  Trumpet,"  and  a  tune 
title  "Six  Jerks  in  a  Jeep." 

Running  time,  68  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


TV.  /.  Allied  Urges  Separate 
Contract  for  Victory  Films 


'Miniver'  Opens  Big; 
'Yankee'  Is  Strong 

Three  big  openings  were  scored  on 
Broadway  yesterday.  The  Radio  City 
Music  Hall  drew  tremendous  busi- 
ness estimated  at  $16,000  for  the  day, 
as  "Mrs.  Miniver"  made  its  debut. 
"Ten  Gentlemen  from  West  Point" 
was  reported  to  have  about  equalled 
the  opening  day  of  "My  Gal  Sal"  at 
the  Roxy,  while  "Broadway"  got  off 
to  an  impressive  start  at  the  Capitol. 

Six-Week  'Yankee'  Sale 

A  drop  in  temperature  and  rain 
lent  support  to  Main  Stem  grosses 
during  the  week.  "Yankee  Doodle 
Dandy"  is  doing  a  standout  job  at  the 
Hollywood,  according  to  reports,  and 
is  expected  by  Warner  officials  to 
finish  its  first  week  tonight  with  an 
estimated  $28,000.  Leonard  Schles- 
inger,  Warner  Theatres  executive, 
said  the  advance  sale  totals  $30,000 
for  six  weeks.  The  picture  is  playing 
two-a-day  at  $2.20  top. 

$46,200  5th  Week  for  'Sal' 

"Tortilla  Flat"  in  its  second  week 
with  a  stage  presentation  at  the  Music 
Hall  grossed  an  estimated  $82,000. 
"My  Gal  Sal"  with  the  stage  show 
at  the  Roxy  accounted  for  an  estimat- 
ed $46,200  in  its  fifth  and  final  week. 
"Ships  with  Wings"  finishes  its  sec- 
ond week  at  the  Rivoli  with  an  esti- 
mated $10,000  expected,  rather  low, 
and  will  be  followed  tomorrow  by 
"Miss  Annie  Roonie."  "The  Falcon 
Takes  Over"  ended  a  week  at  the 
Rialto  with  an  estimated  $7,000,  plays 
an  extra  day  today  and  will  be  fol- 
lowed tomorrow  by  "Powder  Town." 


Banquet  for  Kupper 
To  Be  Held  Tuesday 

William  J.  Kupper,  recently  ap- 
pointed executive  assistant  to  Tom 
J.  Connors,  vice-president  in  charge 
of  distribution  for  20th  Century-Fox, 
will  be  given  a  testimonial  banquet 
by  associates  in  the  company  Tues- 
day night  at  the  New  York  Athletic 
Club. 

Lowell  Thomas  will  be  toastmaster. 
Speakers  will  include  Spyros  Skouras, 
Connors,  W.  C.  Michel  and  Hermann 
Place.  The  committee  in  charge  in- 
cludes Felix  A.  Jenkins,  W.  C.  Gehr- 
ing,  Roger  Ferri,  Edward  C.  Collins, 
Morris  Caplan,  John  Edmondson  and 
Jack  Bloom.  About  150  are  expected 
to  attend. 


20th-Fox  Honors  Three 
On  25th  Anniversary 

Three  20th  Century-Fox  employes 
were  given  a  luncheon  at  the  Castle- 
holm  Restaurant  yesterday,  marking 
their  completion  of  25  years  in  the 
company's  employ.  The  veterans, 
Julia  Wolpin,  a  statistician ;  John 
O'Connor,  in  charge  of  Canadian  sales 
records,  and  Maurice  Goodman,  su- 
pervisor of  traveling  auditors,  were 
presented  $50  war  bonds  from  the 
company  and  pen  and  pencil  sets  from 
associates. 

On  the  dais  with  the  three  were 
William  J.  Kupper,  William  C.  Gehr- 
ing,  William  Sussman,  R.  B.  Simon- 
son,  Paul  Terry,  William  Clark, 
Roger  Ferri  and  Deon  Di  Titta.  The 
last  named,  a  projectionist,  has  been 
with  the  company  26  years. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

widest  possible  exhibition  for  all  these 
war  subjects." 

It  was  said  that  the  conference  was 
interested  in  making  certain  that  no 
attempt  is  made  to  tie  the  showing 
of  these  pictures  to  other  films  re- 
leased by  the  distributors  and  will  in- 
sist that  the  words  "U.  S.  Govern- 
ment Film,  Distributed  by   

Without  Profit"  be  on  every  contract 


Today's  Speakers 

Atlantic  City,  June  4.— Speak- 
ers at  the  closing  sessions  of 
the  New  Jersey  Allied  conven- 
tion tomorrow  will  include  Wil- 
liam F.  Rodgers  and  H.  M. 
Richey  of  Loew's;  William  Kup- 
per and  William  Sussman  of 
20th  Century-Fox;  Claude  Lee 
and  Henry  Randel  of  Para- 
mount; Harry  Kalmine  of  War- 
ners; Jack  Ellis  of  RKO;  Ab- 
ram  F.  Myers,  Allied  chairman 
and  general  counsel;  Francis 
Harmon,  War  Activities  Com- 
mittee; Leon  Bamberger  of 
Umpi,  and  Harry  Brandt.  The 
convention  banquet  in  the  eve- 
ning will  honor  Colonel  H.  A. 
Cole,  former  president  of  Allied 
States. 


for  them.  This  applies  only  to  the  26 
pictures  recently  announced,  which 
will  be  sold,  not  given  away. 

M.  A.  Rosenberg,  national  Allied 
president,  addressing  the  convention, 
characterized  the  theatres'  war  activi- 
ties as  the  most  important  function 
of  exhibition  today,  stating  that 
everything  else  should  be  relegated  to 
the  background.  Film  rentals  are 
second  in  importance  to  the  exhibi- 
tors now,  he  said,  expressing  the  be- 
lief that  moves  for  relief  instituted 
by  Allied  at  its  last  board  meeting 
will  be  successful  and  that  Umpi  will 
aid  exhibitors  in  obtaining  relief. 

Film  rentals  also  came  in  for  at- 
tention from  Colonel  H.  A.  Cole,  who 
asserted  that  unity  cannot  be  achieved 
until  some  form  of  relief  is  obtained. 
Cole  stressed  the  importance  of  hav- 
ing Umpi  see  to  it  that  supplies  es- 
sential to  the  continued  operation  of 
theatres  are  fairly  allocated  among 
all  so  that  no  theatre  is  forced  to 
close.  For  this  and  other  reasons, 
Cole  urged  that  Umpi   should  take 


over  the  functions  of  the  War  Activi- 
ties Committee. 

Sidney  Samuelson,  addressing 
the  meeting  on  Umpi  activities, 
said  that,  for  the  first  time,  dis- 
tributors are  not  of  one  mind, 
"which  makes  negotiations 
easier  for  Allied."  He  also  point- 
ed out  that  the  strength  of 
votes  counts  for  nothing  in  Um- 
pi and  that  moral  persuasion  is 
the  organization's  only  force. 

Because  of  Umpi,  he  said,  no  ex- 
hibitor can  say  now  that  short  sub- 
jects are  forced  on  him. 

Louis  Gold  and  Irving  Dollinger 
were  designated  to  obtain  from  Leon- 
ard Dreyfuss,  New  Jersey  Defense 
Coordinator,  a  uniform  plan  govern- 
ing dimouts  in  the  State.  Dolfinger 
and  Maury  Miller  were  named  to  de- 
velop, in  cooperation  with  local  Civil- 
ian Defense  officials,  a  uniform  meth- 
od for  calling  air  raid  wardens,  doc- 
tors and  nurses  without  disturbing 
theatre  audiences. 

Miller  and  Lee  Newbury  were 
designated  to  consult  with  Si  Fabian 
of  the  War  Activities  Committee,  Al- 
tec Service  and  RCA  Photophone  to 
determine  the  position  of  theatres 
with  respect  to  priorities  on  essential 
supplies.  Action  was  taken  as  a  re- 
sult of  apprehension  expressed  that 
the  Government  may  cut  the  manufac- 
ture of  exciter  lamps,  photo-electric 
cells,  radiotrons  and  other  supplies. 

Publicize  War  Effort 

The  attention  of  the  Eastern  Re- 
gional Conference  was  called  to  a 
series  of  advertisements  in  Baltimore 
newspapers  inserted  by  the  MPTO  of 
Maryland,  Allied  unit,  featuring  the 
contribution  made  by  the  industry  to 
the  war  effort  and  emphasizing  the 
need  for  the  wholesome  relaxation  af- 
forded by  the  motion  picture  theatre. 
The  conference  congratulated  the 
Maryland  group  and  expressed  the 
hope  that  others  would  undertake 
similar  campaigns. 

A  total  of  $110,000  in  War  Bonds 
was  purchased  by  32  Baltimore  ex- 
hibitors themselves  at  a  meeting  last 
week,  Meyer  Leventhal,  Baltimore 
exhibitor,  told  the  meeting. 

Represented  at  the  conference  were 
units  from  Connecticut,  New  York, 
New  Jersey,  Eastern  Pennsylvania, 
Maryland  and  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia. 


Midnight  Show  Ban 
Is  Seen  in  Canada 


Toronto,  June  4. — The  action  of 
the  Police  Commission  in  Hamilton, 
Ont.,  in  banning  all  midnight  shows 
and  carnivals  permanently  is  viewed 
generally  as  the  first  official  action 
in  which  is  expected  to  be  a  Do- 
minion-wide move  to  ban  all  midW*j4}t 
shows. 

Permission  has  been  granteJ^to 
hold  New  Year's  Eve  shows  and  pos- 
sibly late  shows  before  Labor  Day  and 
Victoria  Day,  but  other  Sunday  or 
holiday  shows  are  out. 

It  is  learned  authoritatively  that  the 
move  is  under  way  to  prohibit  late 
performances  as  a  war  measure,  and 
the  action  will  be  made  complete  by 
the  Wartime  Prices  and  Trade  Board 
when  the  power  controller  deals  with 
outdoor  illuminated  signs  and  mar- 
quees, in  a  drive  for  power  conserva- 
tion. Independent  exhibitors  had  pro- 
tested that  midnight  shows  should  not 
be  banned  as  long  as  electric  signs 
are  permitted  to  burn  all  night. 

It  is  pointed  out  that  officials  of 
Hamilton  disregarded  the  argument 
that  the  city  is  in  the  industrial  area 
and  that  workers  employed  on  late 
shifts  should  have  an  opportunity  to 
seek  recreation  at  midnight  shows. 

Publicity  Group  to 
Elect  New  Chairman 

Major  company  advertising  and 
publicity  directors  will  vote  within 
the  next  week  for  a  new  chairman 
of  the  Eastern  Public  Relations  Com- 
mittee to  succeed  Robert  M.  Gillham 
of  Paramount,  and  for  one  new  mem- 
ber of  the  organization's  executive 
committee. 

Results  of  the  balloting  will  be 
made  known  at  the  organization's 
meeting  next  Thursday.  Chairmen  of 
the  Eastern  Public  Relations  Com- 
mittee are  elected  for  six-month 
terms. 

The  final  report  on  a  long-range 
plan  for  industry  public  relations  is 
expected  to  be  made  to  the  committee 
at  next  week's  meeting. 

Army,  Navy  Relief 
Total  Is  $725,000 

With  approximately  $20,000  re- 
ceived yesterday,  the  industry's  total 
collections  to  date  in  the  recent  Army 
and  Navy  Emergency  Relief  drive 
amounted  to  $725,000,  the  committee 
reported.  Nicholas  M.  Schenck,  na- 
tional chairman  of  the  drive,  yester- 
day issued  an  appeal  to  theatres  to 
complete  their  final  accounting  on  col- 
lections and  send  their  checks  prompt- 
ly to  headquarters. 

Among  the  checks  received  yester- 
day were :  Indiana-Illinois  Theatres, 
$5,792 ;  Community  Circuit,  Cleve- 
land, $2,412;  J.  &  J.  Theatres,  Inc., 
New  York,  $3,156. 


The  conference  voted  to  do  every- 
thing possible  to  further  the  war  ef- 
fort, including  sales  of  war  bonds  and 
stamps,  exhibition  of  Victory  Films, 
taking  collections  and  the  like. 

Film  companies  and  others  have 
booths  in  the  convention  hall.  The 
M-G-M  exhibit  concentrates  on  the 
war  bond  sale  in  theatres,  and  the 
company's  Show  Builder  Unit  No.  2 
is  stationed  in  front  of  the  hotel. 
William  R.  Ferguson  is  in  charge  of 
the  M-G-M  displays. 


THREE  EXPERT 
ASSISTANTS 


DIRECTORS  and  cameramen  call  on 
the  special  abilities  of  all  three  Eastman 
negative  films,  knowing  that  each  will 
contribute  its  full  share  to  the  consist- 
ently high  quality  of  the  complete  picture. 
Eastman  Kodak  Company,  Rochester,  N.Y. 

J.  E.  BRULATOUR,  INC.,  Distributors 
Fort  Lee  Chicago  Hollywood 


PLUS-X  SUPER-XX 

for  general  studio  use  when  little  light  is  available 

BACKGROl'XD-X 

for  backgrounds  and  general  exterior  work 


EASTMAN  NEGATIVE  FILMS 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  June  5,  1942 


Universal  Reveals  Details 
Of  New  Season 9s  Product 


Altstock  New  Head 
Of  Inter-Americas 
Motion  Picture  Unit 


See  Close  Vote; 
In  3-Cornered 
I.  A.  Election 


(Continued  from  page  1 ) 

president,  and  Louis  Krouse,  Philadel- 
phia, secretary-treasurer. 

Brennan,  Billingsley,  Kennedy  and 
Snow  were  unopposed  and  declared 
elected  automatically. 

Bennett  is  running  as  an  independ- 
ent without  any  other  candidates  on 
the  slate  with  him. 

The  Jacobi  slate  includes  Russell 
McKnight,,  Los  Angeles,  first  vice- 
president;  Harold  V.  Smith,  Los  An- 
geles, seventh  vice-president,  and 
Steve  D'Inzillo,  New  York,  secretary- 
treasurer.  D'Inzillo  is  of  operators' 
Local  306. 

In  a  fight  in  the  Canadian  delega- 
tion, unrelated  to  the  principal  elec- 
tion battle,  Archie  Prentiss,  Toronto, 
was  nominated  to  oppose  Covert  for 
the  second  vice-presidency. 

Jacobi  led  the  opposition  in  seek- 
ing- rejection  of  the  president's  annual 
report,  but  it  was  adopted  by  a  large 
vote.  Ben  Scher  of  New  York  at- 
tempted to  introduce  a  resolution  con- 
demning Westbrook  Pegler,  United 
Features  (New  York  World-Tele- 
gram) columnist,  long  a  foe  of  George 
E.  Browne  and  William  Bioff,  but 
failed  to  secure  the  unanimous  ap- 
proval of  the  delegates  for  introduc- 
tion of  the  resolution. 

Para.  First  Quarter 
Profit  Is  $2,915,000 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

eluded  the  company's  share  of  earn- 
ings of  subsidiaries  operating  in  Eng- 
land, Australia,  New  Zealand  and  In- 
dia, which  have  not  been  included  in 
the  1942  estimate  except  to  the  extent 
received  or  determined  to  be  receiv- 
able in  dollars. 

The  estimate  for  the  1942  quarter 
includes  $544,000  of  undistributed 
earnings  of  partially  owned,  non-con- 
solidated subsidiaries. 

After  deducting  $189,063  of  divi- 
dends on  the  company's  first  pre- 
ferred stock  accrued  for  the  quarter, 
the  result  is  equal  to  94  cents  per 
share  on  the  2,902,580  shares  of  com- 
mon outstanding,  compared  with  89 
cents  per  share  for  the  corresponding 
quarter  last  year. 


In  'Cargo  of  Innocents' 

Hollywood,  June  4. — M-G-M  has 
set  Robert  Taylor,  Charles  Laughton, 
Brian  Donlevy  and  Walter  Brennan 
in  "Cargo  of  Innocents."  It  was  an- 
nounced the  film  will  be  made  with 
the  cooperation  of  the  Navy.  The 
story  is  by  Commr.  Harvey  Haislip 
and  R.  C.  Sherriff.  Robert  Z.  Leon- 
ard will  direct  and  O.  O.  Dull  pro- 
duce. 


Deadline  for  War  Savings 

Hollywood,  June  4.  —  Studio 
chairmen  members  of  the  War  Sav- 
ings Staff  motion  picture  committee 
at  a  meeting  today  set  July  15  as  the 
deadline  for  completing  100  per  cent 
employe  participation  in  war  savings. 
Henry  Ginsberg,  chairman,  presided 
at  the  meeting,  held  at  the  Paramount 
studio. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

two  will  be  Alfred  Hitchcock's 
"Shadow  of  a  Doubt,"  and  an  as  yet 
untitled  production  from  Howard 
Hawks. 

The  remainder  of  the  schedule  will 
consist  of  the  following :  "Crazy 
House,"  with  Olsen  and  Johnson ;  two 
Deanna  Durbins,  "Forever  Yours" 
and  "Three  Smart  Girls  Join  Up ;" 
Henry  Koster's  "What  Happened  to 
Caroline,"  starring  Diana  Barrymore 
and  Robert  Cummings,  with  Kay 
Francis  and  John  Boles ;  three  Bud 
Abbott  and  Lou  Costello  productions ; 
the  Howard  Hawks'  production, 
"Corvettes  in  Action ;"  Bruce  Man- 
ning's "Boy  Wonder ;"  three  from 
Dwight  Taylor,  "Hippodrome," 
"Nightmare"  and  "Angela  Is  22." 

Boyer,  Dietrich  Films 

Also:  "That  Night  with  You," 
starring  Charles  Boyer ;  "Pittsburgh," 
a  Charles  K.  Feldman  Group  produc- 
tion, starring  Randolph  Scott,  Mar- 
lene  Dietrich  and  John  Wayne ;  Wil- 
liam A.  Seiter's  "A  Marriage  of  In- 
convenience ;"  "Frontier  Badman," 
starring  Pat  O'Brien  and  Randolph 
Scott ;  "Cobra  Woman"  and  'White 
Savage,"  George  Waggner  produc- 
tions starring  Sabu,  Maria  Montez 
and  Jon  Hall ;  "When  Johnny  Comes 
Marching  Home,"  starring  the  An- 
drews Sisters  and  Joe  E.  Lewis ; 
"Frankenstein  Meets  the  Wolf  Man," 
starring  Lon  Chaney ;  "Give  Out  Sis- 
ters" and  "Always  a  Bridesmaid," 
both  starring  the  Andrews  Sisters. 

Two  'Sherlock  Holmes' 

Also :  "Sin  Town,"  to  be  cast  later, 
with  George  Waggner  as  associate 
producer ;  "Sherlock  Holmes  and  the 
Secret  Weapon"  and  "Sherlock 
Holmes  in  Washington,"  with  Basil 
Rathbone  and  Nigel  Bruce ;  "Son  of 
Dracula ;"  "Hey,  Buddy"  and 
"Thumbs  Up,"  two  Army  life  pictures 
starring  Allan  Jones ;  two  Ritz 
Brothers  productions,  with  Howard 
Benedict  as  associate  producer ;  two 
Gloria  Jean  starring  vehicles,  "Get 
Hep  to  Love"  and  "On  the  Beam ;"  | 


Believe  U.  S.  Cannot 
Halt  Umpi  Sales  Plan 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

which  it  does  not  consider  proper,  it 
was  held  here  today  by  officials  of 
the  Department  of  Justice.  Com- 
menting on  an  opinion  of  New  York 
attorneys  that  the  Government  has  no 
legal  standing  either  to  oppose  or  ap- 
prove the  proposed  new  sales  plan 
because  of  the  expiration  of  the  es- 
cape clause,  officials  pointed  out  that 
the  decree  represents  an  agreement 
with  the  Government,  any  amendment 
of  which  is  of  interest  to  it. 

On  the  other  hand,  it  was  said, 
there  is  no  responsibility  upon  the 
companies  to  amend  the  consent  de- 
cree to  cover  the  new  selling  plan. 
Under  the  decree,  it  was  explained, 
the  companies  now  are  free  to  adopt 
any  selling  method  they  desire  with 
respect  to  next  season's  pictures,  but 
if  the  Government  believes  it  violates 
the  anti-trust  laws,  it  can,  of  course, 
step  in. 


the  Dead  End  Kids  in  two,  "Rough 
and  Ready"  and  "Mug  Town;"  four 
musical  comedies  to  feature  "name" 
bands,  "Strictly  in  the  Groove,"  with 
Ozzie  Nelson  and  band,  "What's 
Buzzin',"  "School  for  Jive"  and 
"Moonlight  in  Havana." 

Also :  12  Marquee  productions, 
"Eyes  of  the  Underworld,"  with 
Richard  Dix ;  "Destination  Un- 
known," with  William  Gargan  and 
Irene  Hervey ;  "Halfway  to  Shang- 
hai," with  Irene  Hervey  and  Kent 
Taylor  ;  "Madam  Spy,"  with  Constance 
Bennett ;  "The  Great  Impersonation," 
with  Ralph  Bellamy ;  "River  of  Miss- 
ing Men,"  "The  Mummy's  Tomb," 
"Beast  of  the  East,"  "Woman  Pilot," 
"Bad  Sister,"  "The  Tornado"  and 
"Black  Tigers." 

The  seven  new  Westerns  will  co- 
star  Tex  Ritter  with  Johnny  Mack 
Brown  and  are  titled  "Little  Joe,  the 
Wrangler,"  "Tenting  Tonight  on  the 
Old  Camp  Ground,"  "Lone  Star 
Trail,"  "Arizona  Cowboy,"  "The  Old 
Chisholm  Trail,"  "Cheyenne  Round- 
up" and  "Raiders  of  San  Joaquin." 
The  reissues  will  be:  Walter  Huston 
in  "Law  and  Order,"  Noah  Beery, 
Jr.,  in  "Stormy"  and  "Mighty  Treve 
of  Arizona ;"  Ken  Maynard  in 
"Strawberry  Roan"  and  "Wheels  of 
Destiny ;"  Buck  Jones  in  "Law  of 
Tombstone"  and  "Boss  of  Lonely 
Valley." 

Shorts,  Serials  Schedule 

The  short  subjects  schedule  will 
consist  of :  13  two-reel  "name"  band 
musicals ;  six  color  classics,  six  Swing 
Symphonies,  10  Walter  Lantz  car- 
toons, 15  Person-Oddities,  15  Variety 
Views,  and  two  special  featurettes, 
"Eagle  Versus  Dragon"  and  "Roar, 
Navy,  Roar." 

Four  serials  to  be  released  are :  12 
chapters  of  "Junior  G-Men  of  the 
Air,"  starring  the  Dead  End  Kids  and 
the  Little  Tough  Guys ;  15  chapters  of 
"Overland  Mail,"  starring  Lon  Cha- 
ney, Helen  Parrish,  Don  Terry  and 
Noah  Beery,  Jr. ;  12  chapters  of  "Don 
Winslow  of  the  Coast  Guard,"  and  13 
chapters  of  "Adventures  of  Smilin' 
Jack." 


Threats  Charged  in 
Kaufman  Ouster  Suit 

Newark,  June  4. — Testimony  con- 
tinued today  in  Chancery  Court  in  the 
suit  of  six  members  of  Motion  Pic- 
ture Operators  Union,  Local  244  here, 
to  oust  Louis  Kaufman,  business 
agent,  and  have  a  receiver  appointed 
for  the  union. 

Testimony  today  related  to  alleged 
threats  made  against  Frank  Kaverick, 
who  said  he  declined  to  run  for  union 
office  after  threats  made  by  one  of 
Kaufman's  aides.  Julius  Hegel  testi- 
fied jobs  went  to  relatives  of  union 
officers  while  others  were  almost  con- 
tinuously unemployed. 


Miss  Colbert  to  RKO 

Hollywood,  June  4. — RKO  has 
signed  Claudette  Colbert  for  the 
feminine  lead  opposite  Randolph  Scott 
in  "China  Spy,"  based  on  the  novel 
by  Pearl  S.  Buck. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

East  about  June  15  with  Altstock,  who 
is  now  on  the  Coast,  and  Altstock  will 
then  take  over  the  director's  post. 

Altstock,  a  graduate  of  the  Unir.er- 
sity  of  Oregon,  and  the  Hsr^V/1 
Business  School,  formerly  was^P.ui 
RKO  and  Selznick-International. 

In  announcing  the  change,  Rocke- 
feller said :  "I  am  sure  that  Mr. 
Whitney  will  continue  his  interest  in 
inter-American  relations,  a  field  in 
which  his  services  have  been  of  such 
great  value  in  the  past.  Mr.  Whit- 
ney has  been  largely  responsible  for 
enlisting  the  full  and  generous  coop- 
eration of  the  motion  picture  industry 
in  the  inter-American  program,  as 
well  as  organizing  the  non-theatrical 
production  program  of  the  Office.  It 
is  with  deep  regret  that  we  see  Mr. 
Whitney  leave,  in  view  of  the  out- 
standing work  he  has  done." 

Covers  Three  Fields 

Rockefeller's  statement  pointed  out 
that  the  work  of  the  film  division,  es- 
tablished in  October,  1940,  at  the  time 
of  Whitney's  appointment,  is  con- 
cerned with  three  fields,  non-theatri- 
cal, theatrical  and  newsreel.  In  all 
phases  of  its  work,  the  division  acts  in 
close  cooperation  with  the  State  De- 
partment and  the  Motion  Picture  So- 
ciety of  the  Americas,  a  permanent  or- 
ganization composed  of  the  heads  of  all 
Hollywood  studios  and  guilds  to 
further  inter-American  relations. 

In  the  non-theatrical  field,  it  was 
stated,  the  division  has  released  69 
films  for  distribution  in  Latin  Ameri- 
ca and  34  for  distribution  in  the  Unit- 
ed States.  By  December  of  this  year, 
there  will  be  300  such  films  available 
for  general  use,  the  statement  indi- 
cated. In  the  theatrical  field,  since 
the  inception  of  the  program,  18  fea- 
tures have  been  released  with  themes 
relating  to  Latin  American  republics, 
and  12  others  are  in  production. 
Newsreel  companies  have  materially 
increased  their  coverage  of  inter- 
American  events,  it  was  said. 


Schaefer  Expresses  Regret 

George  J.  Schaefer,  as  chairman 
of  the  industry's  War  Activities  Com- 
mittee, issued  a  statement  expressing 
regret  at  John  Hay  Whitney's  resig- 
nation and  praising  his  services.  The 
statement  gave  "assurance  of  continu- 
ance of  our  wholehearted  support  of 
his  successor." 

Frisco  Dimout  Has 
No  Effect  on  Gross 

San  Francisco,  June  4.  —  The 
nightly  dimout  now  in  force  here  has 
had  little  effect  on  theatre  grosses  so 
far,  inasmuch  as  arrangements  for 
softer  lighting  on  local  theatres  had 
gone  into  effect  some  time  previous- 
ly. Four  neighborhood  houses  in  dis- 
tricts bordering  the  ocean  were 
ordered  to  extinguish  their  vertical  il- 
lumination, and  cut  down  lighting  on 
their  marquees,  but  it  is  reported  re- 
ceipts were  only  slightly  off. 


Screen  'Inn'  on  Monday 

Paramount  will  held  a  screening  of 
"Holiday  Inn"  at  Loew's  Ziegfeld 
Theatre  on  Monday  at  midnight  for 
the  benefit  of  the  music  trades. 


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Friday,  June  5,  1942 


'Reap'  Takes 
Big  $29,500, 
Boston's  High 


Boston,  June  4— "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind"  in  its  third  week  at  the  Metro- 
politan took  $29,500.  "Rio  Rita"  play- 
ing a  second  week  took  $35,600  at 
Loew's  State  and  Orpheum  together. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  28-29 : 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind]"  (Para.) 

METROPOLITAN— (4,376)  (40c-55c-75c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $29,500.  (Average, 
$15,000) 

"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S    ORPHEUM-(3,000)  (30c-44c- 
65c)    7    days,    2nd    week.     Gross:  $18,500. 
(Average,  $11,500) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  STATE— (2,900)  (30c-44c-65c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $17,100.  (Average 
$12,500) 

"Whispering  Ghosts"  (Zflth-Fox) 

KEITH  BOSTON— (2,679)  (33c-44c-55c- 
65c)  7  days.  Stage  show  with  Ann  Corio, 
Arthur  Treacher,  Mitzi  Green,  Deep  River 
Boys,  Happy  Felton  and  Shirley  Wayne. 
Gross:  $25,500.  (Average,  $15,000) 
"Fantasia"  (RKO) 
"All  American  Co-ed"  (U.  A.) 

KEITH  MEMORIAL — (2,907) 
65c)    7   days.     Gross:  $19,500. 
$15,000) 

"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (ZOth-Fox) 

PARAMOUNT— (1,797)     (28c-33c-55c)  7 


(33c-55c- 
(Average, 


8.500) 


days.    Gross:  $14,500.  (Average, 
"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.) 
"On  the  Sunny  Side"  (20th-Fox) 

FENWAY— (1,320)    (28c-33c-55c)    7  days 
Gross:  $9,500.    (Average,  $5,500) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Frisco  Lil"  (Univ.) 

SCOLLAY— (2,500)  (28c-33c-44c-55c)  ', 
days.    Gross:  $6,500.     (Average,  $4,500) 


'Sal'  Is  New  Haven 
Winner  at  $10,400 

New  Haven,  June  4. — "My  Gal 
Sal"  and  "Blondie  Goes  to  College" 
took  $10,400  at  the  Loew-Poli.  The 
second  week  of  "Tortilla  Flat"  and 
"About  Face"  at  the  College  grossed 
$3,300. 

Estimated    receipts    for    the  week 
ending  May  28: 
"Tortilla   Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"About  Face"   (U.  A.) 

COLLEGE— (1,677)   (40c-50c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.   Gross:   $3,300.    (Average,  $2,800) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 
"Blondie  Goes  to  College"  (Col.) 

LOEW-POLI— (3,005)    (40c-50c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $10,400.  (Average,  $8,000) 
"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.) 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,373)    (40c  -50c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $5,000.   (Average,  $4,600) 
"Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.  A.) 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 

ROGER   SHERMAN— (2,067)    (40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $4,700.   (Average,  $5,200) 
"Fantasia"  (RKO) 

SHUBERT— (1,700)  (28c-40c-50c-60c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $5,000. 


'Tortilla  Flat*  Gets 
$10,000,  Montreal 

Montreal,  June  4. — "Tortilla  Flat" 
at  Loew's  led  with  $10,000.  "Sabo- 
teur" at  the  Palace  drew  $7,800. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  28 : 

"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

ORPHEUM— (1,000)   (30c-40c-60c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,000.    (Average.  $4,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S— (2,900)     (35c-47c-67c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $10,000.    (Average.  $7,000) 
"The  Lady  Is  Willing"  (Col.) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

PRINCESS — (2,200)    (27c-34c-47c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $3,300.    (Average,  $2,700) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 

PALACE— (2,200)     (30c-45c-62c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $7,800.    (Average.  $7,000) 
"The  Great  Man's  LadV"  (Para.) 
"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.) 

CAPITOL— (2,800)  (30c-45c-62c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,800.    (Average,  %f,000) 


Off  the  Antenna 

FOUR  NBC  programs  have  been  renewed.  General  Foods  has  renewed 
"The  Aldrich  Family"  on  90  stations  and  "Post  Toasties  Time,"  with 
Fannie  Brice,  Frank  Morgan  and  Meredith  Willson's  orchestra,  formerly 
called  "Maxwell  House  Coffee  Time,"  on  94  stations.  Bristol-Myers  has 
renewed  Eddie  Cantor's  "Time  to  Smile"  on  86  stations  and  "Mr.  District 
Attorney"  on  87  stations. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Edward  P.  Ehrich,  in  charge  of  syndicated  program 
sales  for  NBC  radio  recording  division,  reports  today  as  a  Lieutenant  at  the 
Naval  Bureau  of  Aeronautics.  Claude  Barrere  will  succeed  him.  .  .  .  Gilson 
Gray,  CBS  commercial  editor,  joined  the  Navy  yesterday  as  Lieutenant 
Commander.  Jan  Schimek  zvill  assume  Gray's  duties  and  continue  to  super- 
vise the  copyright  department.  .  .  .  John  Paul  Dickson,  Mutual  Berlin  corres- 
pondent, entered  Doctors  Hospital  here  yesterday  following  a  collapse  from 
illness  contracted  during  his  internment  in  Germany.  .  .  .  Scott  Colton,  WHN 
announcer,  underwent  an  operation  this  week.  .  .  .  Lcivis  Charles,  announcer, 
who  left  WHN  for  WOV  last  year,  has  returned  to  WHN.  He  will  be 
married  this  month. 

*  *  * 

WOR  and  WMCA  will  broadcast  descriptions  of  the  "New  York  at 
War"  parade  June  13  throughout  the  day.  Although  the  descriptions  will 
not  be  continuous,  they  will  be  frequent,  it  was  stated. 


On  the  Blue:  Three  news  shows  will  make  their  debut  on  the  Blue 
within  the  next  two  weeks.  They  are  "Listen  America,"  a  nutritional  pro 
gram  in  cooperation  with  the  Government ;  "Army-Navy  Game,"  a  quiz  with 
soldiers  and  sailors,  and  "Sing  for  Dough,"  audience  participation  show 
with  prizes  for  the  best  voices.  .  .  .  Blue  salesmen  have  been  provided  with 
looseleaf  notebooks  with  full  descriptions  of  programs  offered  for  sponsorship. 
Each  page  contains  a  complete  description  and  terms  of  sale  of  one  program. 
.  .  .  WJZ  has  issued  a  new  coverage  map  emphasizing  the  fact  that  war 
workers  are  now  available  as  listeners  for  its  all-night  program. 


Program  News:  Carter  Products  will  drop  "The  Good  Old  Days"  on  nine 
Blue  stations  June  21  and  add  them  to  the  hookup  for  "Inner  Sanctum 
Mysteries"  on  the  same  zveb.  .  .  .  "Nczv  York  Times"  correspondents  who  re- 
turned on  the  S.  S.  Drottningholm  Monday  will  be  heard  in  a  roundtablc 
discussion  on  WMCA  Tuesday.  .  .  .  Adam  Hat  Stores  has  renewed  for  the 
fifth  year  "Hour  of  Champions"  on  WHN,  Sundays,  12:30-1  P.  M.  .  .  .  "Those 
We  Love"  will  be  the  Summer  replacement  for  "Time  to  Smile"  on  NBC. 
.  .  .  Curtis  Publishing  Co.  is  using  one-minute  spot  announcements  on  WEAF 
for  "Saturday  Evening  Post."  .  .  .  Planters  Nut  &  Chocolate  Co.  has  renewed 
"News  by  George  F.  Putnam"  on  WEAF,  Tuesdays,  Thursdays  and  Sat- 
urdays at  6:15  P.  M.  .  .  .  Dinah  Shore,  who  has  been  appearing  on  Eddie 
Cantor's  show  for  more  than  a  year,  will  have  Cantor  as  a  guest  on  her  own 
show  this  evening. 

•      •  • 

Around  the  Country:  Wade  Barnes,  formerly  of  WLW,  Cincinnati,  has 
joined  the  announcing  staff  of  WCAU,  Philadelphia.  .  .  .  Harvey  McCall, 
formerly  national  advertising  solicitor  for  the  old  Philadelphia  Evening 
Ledger,  has  been  added  to  the  KYW,  Philadelphia,  sales  staff.  .  .  .  Jerry 
Piven,  from  WDRC,  Hartford,  Conn.,  has  joined  WPEN,  Philadelphia, 
as  announcer.  .  .  .  Hugo  Speck,  INS  Berlin  correspondent  who  returned 
from  Germany  this  week,  will  do  a  series  for  WLW.  ...  A  new  series  of 
26  dramas  on  the  background  of  the  Constitution  has  been  started  by 
WHEC,  Rochester,  under  the  sponsorship  of  the  Times-Union  and 
Democrat  &  Chronicle  there.  .  .  .  Five  members  of  the  KQW,  San  Fran- 
cisco, staff  and  one  from  KYA,  San  Francisco,  have  resigned  to  join  the 
Office  of  the  Coordinator  of  Information.  .  .  .  Anne  Lorentz  has  been 
apointed  coordinator  of  the  newly  created  war  service  division  of  WTAG, 
Worcester,  Mass.  .  .  .  Geer  Parkinson,  staff  organist  of  WBNS,  Co- 
lumbus, has  been  signed  by  the  RKO  Palace  theatre  there  to  play 
organ  music  Saturday  nights. 


Mutual  Executive 
Charges  NBC,  CBS 
Fostered  Net  Evils 


Study  Studio  Economies 

Hollywood,  June  4. — Daniel  Clark 
and  Douglas  Shearer  have  been  ap- 
pointed co-chairmen  of  the  production 
economy  committee  which  has  been 
formed  by  the  Research  Council  of 
the  Academy  of  Motion  Picture  Arts 
and  Sciences  to  study  technical  means 
of  achieving  production  economies. 


Close  Cincinnati  House 

Cincinnati,  June  4. — The  2,150- 
seat  RKO  Shubert,  regularly  playing 
stage  shows  and  pictures,  but  which 
recently  switched  to  straight  pictures, 
closed  today  for  the  Summer. 


Para.  Names  Woodward 

Walter  E.  Woodward  has  been 
named  Paramount  short  subject  and 
news  representative  in  the  Atlanta 
district,  it  was  announced  yesterday 
by  Oscar  A.  Morgan,  general  sales 
manager  in  charge  of  shorts  and  news- 
reels.  Woodward  succeeds  Harry 
Dodge,  resigned. 


Cleveland  Golf  Today 

Cleveland,  June  4. — The  local 
Variety  Club's  annual  golf  tourna- 
ment will  be  held  tomorrow  at  Beech- 
mont  Country  Club.  The  program  has 
been  arranged  by  Joseph  Lissauer, 
chairman,  and  Harry  Goldstein,  Bar- 
ney Kranz  and  Jack  Schulmann. 


Washington,  June  4. — Asserted 
evils  in  the  radio  network  situation 
aimed  at  by  the  FCC  network  reg- 
ulations were  attributed  today  to 
NBC  and  CBS  by  Fred  Wejjfr, 
Mutual  general  manager,  dii^c/.; 
his  testimony  before  the  HousW.i- 
terstate  and  Foreign  Commerce 
Committee  on  the  Sanders  bill  to 
reorganize  the  commission. 

Weber  charged  that  NBC  consis- 
tently had  used  its  time  options  with 
stations  affiliated  with  both  it  and  Mu- 
tual to  make  impossible  the  booking 
of  Mutual's  programs. 

Says  Mutual  Was  Hindered 

Explaining  the  organization  of  the 
Mutual  chain,  he  said  Mutual  could 
not  obtain  better  stations  in  the  larger 
cities  and  in  important  markets  be- 
cause of  the  five-year  contracts  con- 
taining option  time  and  exclusivity 
provisions  "and  in  the  way  in  which 
they  have  been  exploited  to  prevent 
the  establishment  or  growth  of  any 
new  national  network.  The  commis- 
sion's regulations  were  designed, 
among  other  things,  to  eradicate  the 
evils  and  abuses  resulting  from  these 
contracts,"  he  declared. 

Weber  compared  the  long  term  con- 
tracts with  exclusivity  and  option  time 
to  the  block-booking  system  of  the 
motion  picture  industry  and  asserted 
that  if  broadcasting  was  subject  only 
to  economic  limitations,  "whether  you 
had  a  commission  or  not,  some  agency 
of  the  Government,  perhaps  the  De- 
partment of  Justice,  would  prevent 
any  one,  two  or  three  organizations 
from  tying  up  all  broadcast  stations  in 
a  city  so  that  no  competitors  could 
enter  it." 


U.A.  May  Release 
2  From  Rabinovitsch 

United  Artists  may  distribute  two 
productions  which  Gregor  Rabino- 
vitsch plans  to  remake  in  Hollywood 
if  the  players  being  sought  are  avail- 
able, company  officials  said  yesterday. 
The  remakes  will  be  of  two  French 
productions  made  by  Rabinovitsch 
several  years  ago. 

The  producer  is  now  in  Hollywood 
where  he  will  endeavor  to  obtain  the 
desired  casts.  United  Artists  has  re- 
served the  right  to  approve  the  casts 
before  concluding  the  distribution  ar- 
rangements. 

The  company's  negotiations  for 
Clarence  Brown  to  become  a  United 
Artists'  producer  are  in  abeyance 
pending  his  decision  on  joining  the 
Hunt-  Stromberg  production  organi- 
zation. If  Brown  does  not  join 
Stromberg,  the  negotiations  for  him 
to  enter  United  Artists  with  his  own 
production  company  will  be  renewed, 
it  was  said. 


Stromberg  Seeks  Studio  Space 

Hollywood,  June  4. — Hunt  Strom- 
berg arrives  here  tomorrow  by  train 
from  New  York  and  is  expected  to 
shop  immediately  for  studio  space 
with  a  view  to  an  early  start  on  his 
production  schedule,  which  calls  for 
three  pictures  annually  for  U.  A.  re- 
ease. 


Alert. 


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Industry 


MOTION  PICTURE 

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NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  MONDAY.  JUNE  8,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Rodgers  Asks 
Allied  to  Help 
Unity  Succeed 

Answers  Myers'  Doubts 
About  Umpi  Actions 

Atlantic  City,  June  7. — "Don't 
lose     your     head.     The  distrib- 
utors are  conscious  of  their  obli- 
g  a  t  i  o  n  s. 
Strain  every 
personal  effort 
to  cooperate 
and  make  the 
United    M  o  - 
t  i  o  n  Picture 
I  n  d  ustry  a 
success." 

This  message 
amplified  by  il- 
lustra- 
tions  from  the 
bus  iness  ex- 
perience of  his 
own  company, 
asserting  the 
benefits  of  co- 
operation between  exhibitors  and  dis- 
tributors, was  given  by  William  F. 
Rodgers,  vice-president  of  M-G-M  in 
charge  of  distribution  and  chairman 
of  Umpi,  to  Allied  Theatre  Owners  of 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


William  F.  Rodgers 


Unity  'Backsliders' 
Assailed  by  Myers 

Atlantic  City,  June  7. — "Certain 
interests"  within  the  industry  believe 
they  have  an  "in"  with  the  War  Pro- 
duction Board  from  which  they  may 
benefit  individually  and,  therefore, 
have  prevented  an  all-industry  com- 
mittee on  priorities  from  functioning, 
Abram  F.  Myers,  Allied  States  chair- 
man and  general  counsel,  charged  in 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Urge  Still  Testing 
To  Save  Raw  Stock 

Hollywood,  June  7.  —  The 
Motion  Picture  Conservation 
Committee,  representing  all 
studios,  has  recommended  the 
use  of  still  pictures  instead  of 
motion  picture  film  for  ward- 
robe and  set  tests,  as  a  means 
of  conserving  raw  stock. 

The  directors',  writers'  and 
actors'  guilds  will  hold  mem- 
bership meetings  this  week  to 
discuss  conservation  plans. 


Board  of  Appeals 
Reverses  Itself  on 
Chicago  Clearance 


The  arbitration  appeals  board  re- 
versed itself  on  an  earlier  ruling  that 
clearance  is  not  involved  in  the  suc- 
cessive weeks  of  Chicago's  general  re- 
lease system  in  a  decision  given  Fri- 
day in  the  clearance  case  of  the  Al- 
cyon  Theatre,  Highland  Park,  111., 
against  RKO  and  20th'  Century-Fox. 

The  board's  decision,  however,  af- 
firmed the  original  ruling  of  Dren- 
nan  J.  Slater,  arbitrator,  who  dis- 
missed the  complaint  after  ruling  that 
the  clearance  of  the  Teatro  del  Lago, 
Wilmette,  and  the  Glencoe  at  Glen- 
coe  over  William  Pearl's  Alcyon  was 
not  unreasonable.  Costs  were  assessed 
against  the  complainant. 

In  the  first  decision  handed  down 
by  the  appeals  board,  that  of  the 
Ken  Theatre,  Chicago,  the  board  sus- 
tained the  arbitrator's  finding  that  it 
(Continued  on  page  8) 


U.  S.  Ban  on  Theatre 
Building  Is  in  Effect 

Washington,  June  7. — The  War 
Production  Board  prohibition  on  the 
construction  of  amusement  projects 
costing  $5,000  or  more  became  effec- 
tive yesterday.  It  was  said  that  some 
applications  for  permission  to  com- 
plete theatre  and  other  projects  have 
been  filed  and  are  being  considered. 

It  was  indicated,  however,  that  no 
relaxation  of  the  order  is  contem- 
plated and  that  every  application  will 
be  decided  strictly  on  its  merits  and 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Envoys  of  WAC  to 
Address  Exhibitors 

Francis  Harmon,  Arthur 
Mayer  and  Si  Fabian  of  the 
War  Activities  Committee  will 
begin  a  series  of  talks  to  ex- 
hibitor organizations  through- 
out the  country  this  week  in 
which  they  will  describe  ful- 
ly the  committee  functions 
which  relate  to  exhibition  and 
the  most  efficient  methods  of 
theatre  participation. 

Harmon  left  for  the  Coast 
from  Atlantic  City  on  Friday 
and  will  make  a  number  of 
stopovers  in  key  cities  for  the 
scheduled  talks  to  exhibitors. 


20th-Fox  to  Consider 
Aid  for  Small  Towns 


Atlantic  City,  June  7. — Assurance 
that  20th  Century-Fox  will  give  sym- 
pathetic consideration  to  small  town 
exhibitors,  individually,  who  claim  loss 
in  business  due  to  wartime  population 
shifts  or  other  war  conditions  was 
given  to  the  Allied  of  New  Jersey 
convention  here  Friday. 

The  message  came  from  Tom  J. 
Connors,  vice-president  in  charge  of 
distribution,  and  was  presented  to  the 
convention  in  his  behalf  by  William 
J.  Kupper,  assistant  to  Connors. 

Kupper  said  that  small  town  ex- 
hibitors' problems  would  be  considered 
without  regard  to  precedent,  because 
"we're  all  in  this  together." 

Kupper  announced  to  the  meeting 
that  20th  Century-Fox  plans  to  release 
five  pictures  in  August  if  the  amended 
consent  decree  is  not  approved.  He 

(Continued  on  page  7) 


Film  Grosses  Remain  Firm 
In  N.  Y.  All-City  Blackout 


I.  A,  Officials 
Are  Reelected 
By  Landslide 

Administration  Is  Given 
Vote  of  Confidence 


Columbus,  O.,  June  7. — Rich- 
ard F.  Walsh,  IATSE  president, 
was  returned  to  office  Friday  by 
an  overwhelm- 
ing majority, 
defeating  his 
nearest  oppo- 
nent, William 
B  e  n  n  ett  of 
Washing- 
ton, 644  to 
296. 

The  admin- 
i  s  t  ration  re- 
ceived a  solid 
vote  of  confi- 
dence from  the 
973  voting  del- 
egates, all  of- 
cials  being  re- 
elected. Anti- 
Walsh  forces  headed  by  Vincent  Ja- 
cobi  of  New  York  fared  better  than 
their  ■  leader,  the  representative  of 
Stagehands'  Local  1  polling  but  33 
votes. 

The   administration   slate  included 
Harland    Holmden,    Cleveland,  first 
vice-president ;    William    P.  Covert, 
(Continued  on  page  7) 


Richard  F.  Walsh 


Report  L.  A.  Grosses 
Drop  in  Coast  Alert 

Los  Angeles,  June  7. — Grosses  in 
the  Los  Angeles  area  were  off  as 
much  as  20  per  cent  in  some  down- 
town theatres  late  last  week  due  to 
the  widely  publicized  coastal  precau- 
tions intensified  after  the  Japanese  air 
attack  on  Dutch  Harbor. 

The  stress  on  defense  preparations 
came  Wednesday  night  when  radio 
stations  went  off  the  air  at  9  p.  m., 
but  the  effect  of  this  did  not  register 
at  theatre  box-offices  until  Thursday 
night,    following    all-day    hints  that 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


New  York's  first  city-wide  black- 
out, from  9  :30  to  9  :50  o'clock  Friday 
night,  had  no  noticeable  effect  on  the- 
atre attendance,  metropolitan  circuit 
operators  and  managers  of  Times 
Square  tlieatres  reported  over  the 
weekend. 

Business  was  at  a  normal  level  or 
better  than  normal  for  the  night,  it 
was  reported  almost  without  excep- 
tion, although,  of  course,  there  was 
an  almost  complete  cessation  of  ticket 
buying  during  the  20  minutes  of  the 
blackout.  The  net  result,  however,  was 
overcome  by  the  volume  of  patronage 
at  neighborhood  houses  prior  to  the 
blackout  and  in  the  larger  theatres, 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


No  Appeal  Filed  in 
Minn.  Anti-5  Case 

Minneapolis,  June  7. — With  the 
time  for  filing  an  appeal  from  the 
Ramsey  County  court  decision  hold- 
ing the  Minnesota  anti-block-of-five 
law  unconstitutional  expiring  at  the 
end  of  this  week,  there  was  still  no 
official  indication  here  Saturday  that 
an  appeal  would  be  sought. 

County  officials  were  noncommittal 
when  asked  about  the  possibility  of  an 
appeal  but  reiterated  that  no  public 
funds  are  available  for  the  purpose. 
(Continued  on  page  7) 


In  Today's  Issue 

Key  city  grosses  hold  high 
level  in  recent  weeks;  for 
compilation  of  grosses  and 
weekly  box-office  reports,  see 
Page  6.  Short  subject  re- 
views. War  Bond  exploitation, 
Page  8. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  June  8,  1942 


Personal  Mention 


Industry  Sponsors 
Hero  Rallies  Today 


A  parade  of  American  and  British 
war  heroes  to  boost  public  morale, 
sponsored  by  Treasury  Department 
through  the  War  Activities  Commit- 
tee of  the  motion  picture  industry, 
will  be  held  here  today,  climaxed  by 
a  noon  rally  at  Times  Square.  A 
mass  demonstration  will  be  held  in 
Madison  Square  Garden  in  the  eve- 
ning. 

The  New  York  parade  and  demon- 
stration is  the  first  scheduled  for  a 
score  of  key  cities  and  is  scheduled 
to  wind  up  in  St.  Louis  July  5.  The 
film  industry  will  have  a  leading  par- 
ticipation in  all  the  local  rallies,  with 
prominent  exhibitors  active  on  the 
committees. 

The  demonstrations  will  be  tied  in 
with  various  campaigns,  such  as  war 
bond  sales,  Army  and  Navy  Emer- 
gency Relief  and  the  USO. 

Spyros  Skouras,  president  of  20th 
Century-Fox,  is  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee. Members  of  the  New  York 
committee  include  Abe  Lastfogel,  Hal 
Home,  Robert  Weitman,  Jack  Part- 
ington, Stirling  Silliphant,  Aubrey 
Schenck,  Robert  K.  Christenberry, 
Irving  Lesser  and  Lou  Epstein. 

Equity  Shows  'Profit'; 
400  Members  Serve 

Despite  the  fact  that  400  dues  pay- 
ing members  have  joined  the  armed 
forces  during  the  past  year,  Actors 
Equity  for  the  year  ended  March  31 
had  an  excess  of  $41,209  of  receipts 
over  expenses,  it  was  reported  Friday 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  union 
at  the  Hotel  Astor. 

The  surplus  on  hand  was  reported 
at  $431,084  as  compared  with  $379,- 
893  for  the  fiscal  year  ended  March 
31,  1941.  Total  assets  amounted  to 
$611,950. 

Little  action  took  place  at  the  meet- 
ing, which  was  attended  by  about  275 
members.  Most  of  the  meeting  was 
devoted  to  reports. 

B&K  Drops  Dualling 
Policies  for  'Reap' 

Chicago,  June  7. — The  entire  Bala- 
ban  &  Katz  circuit  here  will  play 
Cecil  B.  DeMille's  "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind"  on  a  single  feature  policy  at 
the  completion  of  its  Loop  run  at  the 
State-Lake  Theatre. 

Subsequent  run  houses  of  the  circuit 
have  been  on  a  double  feature  policy 
for  many  years. 

$789,618  Bond  Sale 
By  Los  Angeles  Club 

War  bond  sales  by  the  Los  Angeles 
Variety  Club  thus  far  have  totaled 
$789,618,  it  has  been  announced.  Of 
the  total,  $141,532  was  raised  within 
the  club  and  $628,086  through  thea- 
tres and  distributing  companies.  Da- 
vid Hershon  is  chairman  of  the  club's 
bond  sales  committee. 


Add  WB  Drive  Prizes 

Sam  Lefkowitz,  Warners'  Metro- 
politan district  sales  manager,  and 
Roger  Mahan,  New  York  branch 
manager,  have  set  up  additional  prizes 
for  their  staffs  for  the  best  results 
in  the  current  sales  drive,  the  com- 
pany announced. 


MYRNA  LOY,  the  former  Mrs. 
Arthur  Hornblow,  was  married 
to  John  D.  Hertz,  Jr.,  executive  of 
the  Buchanan  Agency,  on  Saturday  in 
New  York.  They  are  now  on  their 
honeymoon. 

• 

William  Holden,  manager  of  B  & 
K's  Chicago  Theatre,  is  the  father  of 
a  son,  William  Bryant,  born  last 
week  at  Henrotin  Hospital,  Chicago. 
• 

Joseph  H.  Moskowitz  has  re- 
turned from  the  Coast. 

• 

W.  Stewart  McDonald,  Warner 
Theatres  executive,  is  scheduled  to  re- 
turn from  Chicago  today. 

• 

Edward  J.  Carroll,  Agawam,  Mass., 
exhibitor,  has  been  named  a  committee 
executive  of  the  Springfield,  Mass., 
Chamber  of  Commerce. 

• 

Virginia    Orr,    secretary    to  G. 
Ralph  Branton  of  Tri-States  Thea- 
tres, Des  Moines,  is  vacationing. 
• 

Stanley  Simmons  has  enlisted  in 
the  Signal  Corps  at  Fort  Monmouth, 
N.  J. 

• 

Theodore  Harris,  managing  direc- 
tor of  the  State.  Hartford,  Conn.,  was 
in  town  over  the  weekend. 

• 

Leonard  Soward,  city  manager  for 
Theatrical  Managers  Circuit,  Muncie, 
Ind.,  is  vacationing  here. 


Mexican  Theatre 
Grosses  Improve 


Mexico  City,  June  7.  —  Theatre 
business  here  and  in  practically  all 
other  parts  of  Mexico,  which  had 
ranged  from  poor  to  fair  since  Christ- 
mas, when  the  effects  of  the  United 
States  going  to  war  began  to  be  felt 
in  this  country,  is  now  definitely  im- 
proving, as  uncertainty  about  what 
attitude  Mexico  would  take  in  the 
conflict  has  ended  with  this  nation's 
declaration  of  war  against  the  Axis. 

While  the  theatres  are  not  yet  en- 
joying big  business,  there  are  de- 
cidedly better  times  at  the  box-offices. 
Exhibitors  have  been  quick  to  ascer- 
tain that  the  public  wants  to  be 
amused.  But  pictures  with  a  war 
flavor,  such  as  "The  Invaders,"  now 
in  its  second  big  week  at  the  Cine 
Olimpia  here,  are  liked,  and  there  is 
an  eager  interest  in  those  newsreels 
that  do  not  show  harrowing  details. 


Weshner  Speaks  at 
NYU  Screen  Party 

David  E.  Weshner,  director  of  ex- 
ploitation and  sales  promotion  for 
United  Artists,  on  Saturday  addressed 
members  of  high  school  film  clubs  at 
a  reception  tendered  by  the  motion 
picture  department,  New  York  Uni- 
versity Washington  Square  College  of 
Arts  and  Science,  in  honor  of  the  win- 
ners of  the  first  annual  high  school 
film  contest. 

Weshner  spoke  on  "The  Value  of 
Motion  Picture  Training  in  Schools." 
Dr.  William  Lewin,  chairman  of  the 
high  school  motion  pictures  of  the 
National  Education  Assn,  spoke. 


SAM  J.  SWITOW,  head  of  the 
Kentucky  and  Indiana  circuit  bear- 
ing his  name,  has  entered  the  Air 
Corps  as  a  captain  with  administrative 
duties.  He  served  in  the  first  World 
War. 

• 

Leonard  Goldenson  returned  from 
Atlanta  over  the  weekend. 

• 

J.  J.  Friedl  is  in  town  from  Min- 
neapolis. 

• 

J.  Cheever  Cowdin  has  returned  to 
the  Coast  and  plans  to  remain  there 
until  the  end  of  the  month. 

• 

Lou  Weinberg  of  Columbia  is  in 
New  Haven  to  attend  his  son's  gradu- 
ation from  Yale. 

• 

Sherrill  Cohen,  newsreel  theatre 
operator,  will  leave  Baltimore  today 
on  his  return  to  Hollywood. 

• 

Edward  Fitzpatrick,  manager  of 
the  Poli  Theatre,  Waterbury,  Conn., 
is  ill  at  Waterbury  Hospital. 
• 

Arthur  Adler  of  the  M-G-M  home 
office  publicity  department  has  enlisted 
in  the  radio  division  of  the  Army 
Air  Corps. 

• 

Charles  Cohen  left  over  the  week 
end  on  a  vacation. 

• 

Norman  H.  Moray  returns  today 
from  Boston. 


Urge  British  Houses 
To  Play  War  Shorts 

London,  June  7. — A  formal  and 
emphatic  appeal  to  British  exhibitors 
to  observe  the  agreement  to  screen 
regularly  the  Ministry  of  Informa- 
tion's five-minute  short  subjects,  will 
be  made  at  the  meeting  of  the  general 
council  of  the  Cinematograph  Ex- 
hibitors Association  this  week. 

The  Ministry  has  complained  that 
some  exhibitors  are  not  abiding  by 
the  agreement.  Officers  of  the  CEA 
are  disturbed  over  the  situation  be- 
cause of  the  necessity  of  maintaining 
the  good  will  of  Government  depart- 
ments. 

The  council  also  will  discuss  the 
appeal  of  the  Kinematograph  Renters 
Society  for  a  joint  meeting  to  study 
the  Sunday  film  situation,  relating  to 
the  allegations  that  exhibitors  con- 
sistently screen  outdated  films  on  Sun- 
days. The  CEA  council  also  will 
take  up  the  tendency  of  local  authori- 
ties to  demand  business  records  in 
connection  with  the  charity  tax  on 
Sunday  operation. 


Para.  Acquires  'Decoy' 

Hollywood.  June  7.  —  Paramount 
has  announced  the  purchase  of  "De- 
coy," a  story  of  Q-boats  fighting  sub- 
marines in  the  Atlantic  by  James 
Edward  Grant.  Fred  MacMurray  and 
Alan  Ladd  will  head  the  cast. 


Masterson  Legion  Aide 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency 
has  announced  the  appointment  of  the 
Rev.  Patrick  J.  Masterson  as  assistant 
executive  secretary  of  the  legion. 


Ray  Middleton  in  Army 

Hollywood,  June  7. — Ray  Middle- 
ton,  Republic  player,  reports  to  the 
Army  tomorrow  as  a  private. 


Ad  Film  Companies 
Deny  Law  Violation 


Washington,  June  7. — Denying 
that  they  are  allied  and  banded  to- 
gether for  the  purpose  of  exercising 
any  control  upon  trade  in  advertising 
films,  five  distributors,  two  booking 
agencies  and  a  trade  association  have 
filed  answers  with  the  Federal  Trade 
Commission  to  its  charges  of  v^j#- 
tion  of  the  Clayton  Act.  W 

Cited  by  the  Commission  were" 
Motion  Picture  Advertising  Service 
Co.,  Inc.,  New  Orleans ;  United  Film 
Ad  Service,  Inc.,  Kansas  City ;  Ray- 
Bell  Films,  Inc.,  St.  Paul ;  Alexander 
Film  Co.,  Colorado  Springs ;  A.  V. 
Cauger  Service,  Inc.,  Independence, 
Mo.,  distributors ;  Screen  Broadcast 
Corp.,  New  York,  and  General  Screen 
Advertising.  Inc.,  Chicago,  and  the 
Association  of  Advertising  Film  Com- 
panies. 

The  responses  asserted  that  no  sin- 
gle respondent  distributor  is  capable 
of  furnishing  a  national  advertising 
campaign  because  of  lack  of  contracts 
with  theatres  covering  a  sufficient 
area,  and  as  a  result,  it  was  con- 
tended, manufacturers  desiring  to  con- 
duct national  campaigns  through  the- 
atres requested  the  companies  to  as- 
sociate so  as  to  make  an  adequate 
number  of  houses  available. 


See  Service  Fund 
At  $1,000,000  Soon 

The  total  cash  received  from  thea- 
tres which  participated  in  the  recent 
Army  and  Navy  Emergency  Relief 
fund  drive  is  expected  to  reach  $1.- 
000.000  within  the  next  few  days,  it 
was  indicated  on  Friday.  Collections 
thus  far  have  totaled  $800,000. 

Several  important  circuits  have 
sent  in  checks  as  follows :  M  &  P 
Theatres,  $31,619 ;  Essaness  Theatres, 
Inc.,  $5,241;  Fabian  Theatres,  $14,- 
047;  E.  M.  Loew  Theatres,  $4,792; 
Interstate  Theatres,  $2,767. 


Legitimate  Theatre  Total 
For  Army,  Navy  $37,700 

A  total  of  49  legitimate  theatres 
throughout  the  country  contributed 
an  aggregate  of  $37,700.13  in  the  re- 
cent drive  for  funds  for  the  Army  and 
Navy  Emergency  Relief.  Lee  Shubert 
headed  the  legitimate  theatre  cam- 
paign committee,  which  included : 
Marcus  Heiman,  John  Shubert  and 
Mrs.  Leonard  Goldenson.  The  Na- 
tional Theatre  in  Washington  led  the 
list,  turning  in  $2,103.59.  

MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 
Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company. 
Inc.,  1270  "Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center. 
New  York  City.  Telephone.  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
tin Quigley.  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher: 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker.  Vice- 
President;  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor:  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill. 
Manager:  Hollywood  Bureau,  Postal  Union 
Life  Building.  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor; 
London  Bureau.  4  Golden  Square.  London 
Wl.  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco.  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany. Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald.  Better  Theatres,  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23. 
1938.  at  the  post  office  at  New  York.  N.  Y.. 
under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscrip- 
tion rates  per  year  S6  in  the  Americas  and 
$12  foreign.  Single  copies  10c. 


THE  TRADE 

for 

KISSED 


"Spritely,  snappy  and  spicy... rates  major  attention  as  bill- 
topping  attraction. ..Miss  Crawford  kicks  the  stuffing  out  of 
the  part../'  WEEKLY  VARIETY 

''Crawford's  'Bride'  riotous  . . .  gay  modern  farce  is  laugh 
winner.. .Crawford's  accomplishments  as  grand  comedienne 
have  seldom  been  spotlighted  more  effectively.  The  box- 
office  success  of  the  attraction  profits  accordingly." 

HOLLYWOOD  REPORTER 


Completely  satisfying  comedy,  sparkling  with  creative  and 

production  polish  ...  a  certain  money  picture...  a  constant 

succession  of  laughs  .  .  .  one  of  Columbia's  best  boxoffice 

entries . . .  Alexander  Hall  turns  in  one  of  his  best,  if  not  his 

finest,  pieces  of  direction  . . .  bright,  adult  entertainment . . . 

elegance  of  presentation  and  seasoned  showmanship." 

DAILY  VARIETY 

"Fast,  frothy  and  full  of  spice  ...  A  jitterbug  sequence  in 

which  Miss  Crawford  and  Jenkins  cut  a  heap  of  rug  is  an 

item  to  merchandise  . . .  Audience  response  in  general  was 

such  as  to  dimout  long  sections  of  the  dialogue!" 

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Boston,  BIG ...  Chicago,  SWELL...  New  York 
and  Brooklyn/ TOPS  .  .  .  Providence,  Roch- 
ester, Columbus,  Lowell,  Ithaca,  Waterloo 
-  everywhere  -  the  sensation  of  the  town, 
with  crowds  dancing  in  the  streets  and  clat- 
tering coin  on  the  line  for  the  show  that 
gives  'em  the  story  of  a  nation's  music - 
from  ragtime  and  jazz  to  boogie-woogie! 


RESULTS 


IT'S  THE  HOTTEST  EXPLOITATION  SPECIAL  IN  MONTHS -  AND  HERE 

are  just  a  few  of  the  ideas  How  getting  the  toowdi  f 


SELECTION  OF  ALL -HOME -TOWN  DANCE 

BAND — ,  a  pushover  for  newspaper  tie-up.  The 
"Instrumental  Swing  Contest"  to  select  the  outstand- 
ing local  musicians.  Worked  through  coupon  entries, 
auditions,  and  final  stage  appearance.  Particularly 
effective  if  entrants  imitate  styles  of  All-American 
Dance  Band  Leaders.  ^ 

JITTERBUG  CONTESTS  IN  LOBBY  AND  OR 

ON  STAGE  —  Tne  kids  are  going  for  this  in  the 
biggest  way  possible  (see  photo  of  the  Albee, 
Brooklyn).  Methods  vary  in  different  towns,  but  the 
possibilities  are  endless. 

"ALL  -  AROUND  -  TOWN"  SWEATER -GIRL 

STUNT — Sweaters  lettered  "Get  Hep — See  Synco- 
pation" . . .  Girls  visit  night  clubs,  dance  rooms,  etc., 
and  choose  dancing  couples  for  prizes  —  not  nec- 
essarily "best"  dancers  —  but  typical  couples.  (The 
bands  in  the  spots  are  more  than  ready  to  co-operate). 


TIE-UPS  WITH  MUSIC  SHOPS  ON  RECORDS 

—  Every  record  dealer  a  soft  touch  for  window  dis- 
plays tying  up  picture  and  records  of  members  of  the 
All-American  Dance  Band.  This  one  is  automatic. 


LOCAL  BAND  AGAINST  LOCAL  BAND  FOR 

"SWING  HONORS"— Patrons  of  theatre  and 
general  public  choosing  the  hottest  band  in  town. 
Choice  to  be  made  by  various  means  of  voting. 

LOCAL  VOTING  ON  ALL-AMERICAN  DANCE 

BAND — a  local  poll  to  find  out  how  closely  local 
tastes  match  up  with  the  national  selections  as 
chosen  through  the  Saturday  Evening  Post  Poll.  { 

TIE-UPS  WITH  RADIO  STATIONS  ON 

RECORDS — a  co-operation  with  plenty  of  angles 
—  right  in  line  with  the  policies  of  stations  all  over 
the  country. 


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DIETERLE 

PRODUCTION 


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RADIO 


ALVINO  REY 

on  the  Guitar 


WITH 


ADOLPHE  MENJOU  •  JACKIE  COOPER 
BONITA  GRANVILLE  •  GEORGE  BANCROFT 

CONNEE  BOSWELL  •  TED  NORTH  •  TODD  DUNCAN 
HALL  JOHNSON  CHOIR 

Produced  and  Directed  by 

WILLIAM  DIETERLE 

SCREEN  PLAY  BY  PHILIP  YORDAN  AND  FRANK  CAVETT 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  June  8,  1942 


'Kings  Row'  in 
Seattle  Draws 
Good  $8,900 


Seattle,  June  7. — "Kings  Row"  at 
the  Orpheum  took  a  strong  $8,900  to 
earn  top  honors.  "Affairs  of  Jimmy 
Valentine,"  with  Louis  Armstrong's 
band  on  the  Palomar  stage,  drew 
$6,500.  The  weather  was  cool. 

Estimated    receipts    for    the  week 
ending  May  29 : 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 
"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler?"  (20th-Fox) 

BLUE  MOUSE— (950)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Moved  from  Fifth  Avenue. 
Gross:  $4,100.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

FIFTH    AVENUE— (2,500)  (30c-42c-58c- 
70c)  7  days.  Gross:  $7,400.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Call  Out  the  Marines"  (RKO) 
"A  Desperate  Chance  for  Ellery  Queen" 
(Col.) 

LIBERTY — (1,800)      (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $5,400.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Henry  and  Dizzy"  (Para.) 

MUSIC    BOX— (950)    (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,   3rd  week.   Moved   from  Paramount. 
Gross:  $4,400.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (20th-Fox) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

MUSIC  HALL— (2,275)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $5,900.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

ORPHEUM— (2,450)  (30c-42c-58c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,900.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Affairs  of  Jimmy  Valentine"  (Rep.) 

PALOMAR— (1,500)      (2Oc-30c-42c-58c)  7 
days.   Stage:   Louis  Armstrong  and  band. 
Gross:  $6,500.  (Average.  $5,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT — (3,050)  (30c-42c-58c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $6,200.  (Average, 
$6,000) 


'Our  Life'  at  $4,800 
Oklahoma  City  Lead 

Oklahoma  City,  June  7. — "In  This 
Our  Life"  drew  $4,800  at  the  Criterion, 
and  "Shanghai  Gesture"  took  $4,000 
in  a  fair  week. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week- 
ending May  28: 

"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 

CRITERION — (1,500)  (20c-25c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,800.  (Average,  $4,500) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (W.  B.) 
"Mad  Doctor  of  Market  Street"  (Univ.) 

LIBERTY— (1,200)      (20c-25c)      7  days. 
Gross:  $2,600.   (Average,  $2,400) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.) 

MIDWEST— (1.500)    (20c-25c-40c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $4,100.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"Shanghai  Gesture"  (U.  A.) 

STATE — (1,100)     (20c-25c-40c)     7  days. 
Gross  $4,000.  (Average,  $3,500) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

TOWER— (1,000)  (20c-25c-40c)  7  days. 
Moved  from  Criterion.  Gross:  $2,500.  (Av- 
erage, $1,750) 


'Reap'  with  $9,000 
Leads  New  Haven 

New  Haven,  June  7. — "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  at  the  Paramount  at  ad- 
vanced prices  took  $9,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  4 : 

"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 
"Blondie  Goes  to  College"  (Col.) 

COLLEGE— ( 1 ,627)  (40c-50c)  7  davs,  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $2,700.    (Average,  $2,800) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 
"Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW-POLI  —  (3,005)    (40c-50c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $10,000.  (Average,  $8,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,375)    (40c-65c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $9,000.    (Average,  $4,600) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 
"Smiling  Ghost"  (W.B.) 

ROGER  SHERMAN  —  (2,067)  (40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $7,500.    (Average,  $5,200) 
"Fantasia"  (RKO) 

SHUBERT—  (1,700)  (28c-60c)  4  days. 
Gross:  $3,000. 


Key  Grosses  Hold  High 

Level  in  Recent  Weeks 


KEY  city  box-office  receipts  maintained  a  high  level  during  the  past  several 
weeks,  with  good  product  and  the  general  concentration  of  population 

in  the  large  cities  because  of  war  production  chiefly  responsible.  During  the 
week  ending  May  22-23,  according  to  the  compilation  based  on  Motion 
Picture  Daily's  weekly  reports  of  grosses,  the  aggregate  was  $1,563,000  for 

141  houses.  A  recent  high  point  was  reached  during  the  Easter  period,  when 
157  theatres  reported  a  total  of  $1,861,000  for  the  week  ended  April  10-11. 

The  following  tabulation  indicates  the  total  gross  each  week  and  the  number 

of  theatres  reporting,  since  the  beginning  of  the  1941  calendar  year: 

No.  of  Total 

Week  ending                                                Theatres  Gross 

Jan.  3-4,  1941    139  $1,723,700 

Jan.  10-11   140  1,697,500 

Jan.  17-18    159  1,644,000 

Jan.  24-25    150  1,624,700 

Jan.  31-Feb.  1    151  1,681,700 

Feb.  7-8    146  1,634,000 

Feb.  14-15   144  1,447,400 

Feb.  21-22    144  1,442,000 

Feb.  28-March  1    146  1,601,900 

March  7-8    153  1,488,500 

March  14-15    162  1,532,600 

March  21-22    154  1,614,400 

March  28-29    161  1,612,800 

April  4-5    153  1,449,300 

April  11-12    148  1,384,600 

April  18-19    152  1,638,800 

April  25-26    154  1,540,200 

May  2-3    160  1,496,400 

May  9-10    166  1,540,300 

May  16-17    166  1,489,750 

May  23-24   156  1,392,600 

May  30-31    162  1,403,100 

June  6-7    163  1,607,000 

June  13-14    146  1,230,600 

June  20-21    145  1,322,500 

June  27-28    151  1,284,300 

July  4-5    146  1,306,400 

July  11-12    134  1,549,100 

July  18-19    130  1,233,200 

July  25-26    125  1,271,500 

Aug.  1-2    145  1,352,700 

Aug.  8-9    138  1,358,200 

Aug.  15-16    140  1,409,100 

Aug.  22-23    139  1,496,900 

Aug.  29-30    138  1,383,800 

Sept.  5-6    147  1,760,500 

Sept.  12-13    143  1,520,400 

Sept.  19-20    147  1,520,400 

Sept.  26-27    152  1,562,700 

Oct.  3-4   153  1,631,400 

Oct.  10-11    158  1,695,000 

Oct.  17-18    150  1,707,100 

Oct.  24-25    144  1,586,800 

Oct.  31-Nov.  1   152  1,549,500 

Nov.  7-8    148  1,594,100 

Nov.  14-15    155  1,713,300 

Nov.  21-22    145  1,539,600 

Nov.  28-29    147  1,769,400 

Dec.  5-6    148  1,577,900 

Dec.  12-13    150  1,493,100 

Dec.  19-20    148  1,336,200 

Dec.  26-27  . ;   132  1,078,000 

Jan.  2-3,  1942   150  1,815,500 

Jan.  9-10    138  1,700,000 

Jan.  16-17   ....  150  1,600,600 

Jan.  23-24    142  1,575,100 

Jan.  30-31    130  1,474,700 

Feb.  6-7   148  1,641,400 

Feb.  13-14       146  1,518,600 

Feb.  20-21   136  1,500,000 

Feb.  27-28    161  1,815,300 

March  6-7    137  1,435,500 

March  13-14    129  1,386.600 

March  20-21   141  1,447,900 

March  27-28   153  1,539,100 

April  3-4    152  1,516,400 

April  10-11    157  *  1,861,000 

April  17-18    150  1,740,500 

April  24-25    148  -  1,580,900 

May  1-2    142  •  1,459,500 

May  8-9    140  1,483,000 

May  15-16    148  1,638,300 

May  22-23   141  1,563,000 

(Copyright,  1942,  Quigley  Publishing  Company,  Inc.) 


'Reap'  Takes  Good 
$16,100,  Milwaukee 


Milwaukee,  June  7. — "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  and  "Henry  and  Dizzy," 
playing  Fox's  Wisconsin  and  Palace 
simultaneously  at  advanced  prices, 
collected  a  total  of  $16,100.  "Sleepy- 
time  Gal"  and  Judy  Canova  in  per- 
son at  the  Riverside  drew  $10,700. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  ££agk 
ending  June  4:  4m  1 

"Fantasia"   (RKO)  . 
"Week-End  for   Three"  (RKO) 

DOWNER— (900)  44c-60e)  7  days.  Gross: 
$6,000. 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 
"Henry  and  Dizzy"  (Para.) 

PALACE— (2.400)    (44c-55c-75c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $6,500.   (Average,  $4,000) 
"Sleepytime    Gal"  (Rep.) 

RIVERSIDE  —  (2.700)    (44c-60c)    7  days. 
Stage:  Judy  Canova.    Gross:  $10,700.  (Av- 
erage. $6,500) 
"The  Real  Glory"  (U-A.) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 

STRAND — (1,400)  (44c-65c)  7  davs.  Gross: 
$1,500.     (Average,  $1,500) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.B.) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.B.) 

WARNER— (2,400)    (33c-44c-55c)    7  -days. 
Gross:   $8,800.     (Average,  $4,500) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 
"Henry  and  Dizzy"  (Para.) 

WISCONSIN— (3.200)  (44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.     Gross:   $9,600.     (Average,  $5,500). 


'Ship  Ahoy'  Takes 
$16,500,  Cleveland 

Cleveland,  June  7. — "Ship  Ahoy" 
gave  Loew's  State  a  good  week,  earn- 
ing a  strong  $16,500.  "Rio  Rita" 
drew  $6,000  in  its  second  week  at 
the  Stillman. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  Mav  28-29. 

"Kings  Row"''  (W.  B.) 

ALLEN— (3,000)  (33c-39c-47c)  7  days,  6th 
week.    Gross:  $3,200.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 

WARNERS  HIPPODROME— (3,800)  (33c- 
39c-47c)  7  days,  2nd  week.     Gross:  $7,500. 
(Average,  $11,000) 
"Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (CoL) 

WARNERS'  LAKE— (900)  (33c-39c-47c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $1,200.  (Average. 
$1,500) 

"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

RKO    PALACE— (3,100)     (40c-50c-60c)  7 
days,    Earl    Carroll's    Vanities    on  stage. 
Gross:  $16,000.    (Average,  $17,500) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  STATE — (3.500)  (33c-39c-47c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $16,500.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  STILLMAN— (1,900)  (33c-39c- 
47c)  7  davs,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $6,000. 
(Average,  $4,000) 


'Our  Life'  Buffalo's 
Winner  at  $17,400 

Buffalo,  June  7. — "In  This  Our 
Life"  led  here  at  the  Great  Lakes 
with  a  smash  $17,400.  "Rio  Rita"  con- 
tinued strong  in  the  second  week  at 
the  Hippodrome  with  $8,700.  "The 
Mayor  of  44th  Street"  drew  $9,500  at 
the  Twentieth  Century. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  May  30 : 

"Moontide"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Whispering  Ghosts"  (20th-Fox) 

BUFFALO— (3,489)     (35c-55c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $11,200.  (Average,  $12,200) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 
"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M) 

GREAT  LAKES— (3,000)  (35c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $17,400.  (Average,  $8,000) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Bullet  Scars"  (W.  B.) 

HIPPODROME— (2,100)  (35c-50c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,700.  (Average.  $7,000) 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  Street"  (RKO) 
"Wild  Bill  Hickok  Rides"  (W.  B.) 

TWENTIETH  CENTURY— (3,000)  (30c- 
35c-55c)  7  days.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Average. 
$9,000) 

"Go  West,  Young  Lady"  (CoL) 

•The  Man  Who  Returned  to  Life"  (Col.) 

LAFAYETTE— (3,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross::  $7,300.  (Average,  $6,500) 


Monday,  June  8,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


7 


Rodgers  Urges  Allied  to 
Help  Unity  Move  Succeed 


'Backsliders' 
Of  Industry 
Hit  by  Myers 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

his  address  to  the  New  Jersey  Allied 
convention  here  on  Friday. 

^JVers  described  such  interests  as 
>  "i  ^sliders"   in   the   industry  unity 
movement. 

There  is  no  industry  committee 
working  now  on  priorities  because 
"certain  interests  feel  they  have  a  spe- 
cial 'in'  with  the  War  Production 
Board  from  which  they  can  derive 
special  benefits  or  protection  and  are 
unwilling  to  risk  the  loss  of  these  an- 
ticipated benefits  in  order  to  cooperate 
with  a  committee  acting  for  the  in- 
dustry as  a  whole.  This  is  the  nega- 
tion of  unity.  It  is  unadulterated 
selfishness,"  Myers  said. 

Raises  Divorce  Question 

Myers  stated  that  the  proposed 
Umpi  selling  plan  is  "necessarily  lim- 
ited" to  a  single  season,  because  next 
year  every  provision  of  the  consent 
decree  will  be  up  for  reconsideration 
by  the  Department  of  Justice.  "The 
question  will  be,"  he  said,  "has  the 
consent  decree  had  the  effect  to  re- 
store lawful  competitive  conditions  or 
should  the  Attorney  General  press  for 
(.theatre)  divorcement?" 

In  addition,  the  year  1943  will  be 
critical,  he  said,  because  wartime  dis- 
locations will  have  grown  more  severe 
and  scarce  materials  will  be  scarcer. 

Myers  said  that  the  distributors 
who  have  refused  to  subscribe  to  Um- 
pi's  conciliation  plan  for  treatment  of 
individual  and  territorial  complaints 
display  the  traditional  attitude  of 
those  who  feel  they  have  the  upper 
hand. 

"It  is  out  of  step  with  the  times," 
'  he  said,  "and  if  persisted  in  will  spell 
the  end  of  unity.  The  encouraging 
aspect  of  the  matter  is  that  while 
some  distributors  have  walked  out  on 
their  agreement  on  conciliation,  a  ma- 
jority have  felt  honor-bound  by  their 
commitment  and  it  is  hoped  that  the 
good  will  resulting  to  the  latter  will 
induce  the  former  to  change  their 
minds." 

Scores  Exhibitor  Opposition 

He  also  scored  exhibitors  who  have 
rejected  Umpi  because  of  dissatisfac- 
tion with  its  selling  plan,  pointing  out 
that  some  Southern  exhibitors 
spurned  it  because  it  failed  to  provide 
for  a  complete  return  to  full  block 
selling,  whereas  others  in  the  North 
rejected  it  "because  they  professed  to 
believe  it  was  a  step  to  bring  back 
block  booking  and  blind  selling." 

He  charged  that  neither  the  dissent- 
ing distributors  nor  exhibitors  realize 
that  the  Umpi  selling  plan  is  merely 
a  one-year  stop-gap  between  the  op- 
eration of  the  escape  clause  and  next 
:  year's  review  of  the  consent  decree 
as  a  whole  by  the  Attorney  General. 
"My  surprise  is  not  so  great  that 
<  this  important  but  somewhat  technical 
situation   has   been   generally  over- 
,  looked,"  he  said,  "as  that  it  should 
|  have  been  overlooked  in  quarters  that 
j  profess  to  great  knowledge  concern- 
ing all  matters  in  the  industry." 

Hedy  Lamarr  Gets  Role 

Hollywood,  June  7—  Hedy  Lamarr 
is  slated  to  play  the  role  of  Sheba 
in  M-G-M's  "The  Sun  Is  My  Un- 
doing." 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

New  Jersey  and  Allied  States  nation- 
al officers  and  Eastern  regional  direc- 
tors Friday  afternoon  at  the  closing 
business  session  of  the  three-day  an- 
nual convention  of  the  New  Jersey 
unit  at  the  Ambassador  Hotel  here. 

Rodgers'  declaration  was  regarded 
also  as  an  indirect  answer  to  an  ad- 
dress just  previously  delivered  by  Ab- 
ram  F.  Myers,  Allied  States  general 
counsel  and  chairman  of  the  board, 
who  cast  doubts  upon  Umpi's  present 
wisdom,  and  posed  questions  affecting 
its  actions  and  the  goodwill  of  its 
sponsors. 

Saying  that  he  is  in  Umpi.  up  to  "his 
neck,"  he  said  he  proposed  to  stay 
in  it,  and  that  the  future  of  the  in- 
dustry "is  at  stake  if  exhibitors  can't 
see  eye  to  eye." 

Charges  Exaggerations 

He  charged  minor  matters  are  be- 
ing exaggerated.  He  said  his  plea  for 
tolerance  was  to  forestall  "drastic  ac- 
tion" from  those  who  suspect  dark 
motives  in  small  maneuvers.  Unity 
to  date  has  not  "even  scratched  the 
surface"  of  its  possibilities,  he  said, 
adding  he  hoped  to  see  producers  and 
"every  one  else"  in  the  movement. 

Of  the  relation  of  Umpi  to 
priorities — a  point  made  by 
Myers  —  Rodgers  said  he  be- 
lieved Umpi  should  represent 
the  industry  in  this  activity, 
but  the  Government  preferred 
to  deal  with  all  industry 
branches.  He  thought  the  Gov- 
ernment may  be  persuaded  to 
change. 

Speaking  for  M-G-M,  Rodgers  cited 
a  letter  from  a  district  manager  to  a 
salesman,  advising  investigation  and 
help  for  an  exhibitor  faced  with  clos- 
ing, as  evidence  that  "all  reports  not- 
withstanding, we  are  sincerely  inter- 
ested in  our  customers'  welfare." 

He  also  cited  independent  exhibi- 
tors' cooperation  in  playing  Lew 
Ayres'  pictures,  so  that  "we  retrieved 
what  might  have  been  a  tremendous 
financial  loss."  Such  happenings  six 
or  seven  months  ago,  he  said,  would 
have  been  impossible,  and  "today  they 
illustrate  the  new  spirit." 

M-G-M  film  rentals  are  not  unfair, 
he  said,  thus  striding  on  a  conven- 
tion— and  Allied — theme  :  high  prices. 
"If  our  prices  seem  unfair,"  he  said, 
"they  were  never  designed  to  be ; 
there  is  no  such  thought  behind  any 
of  our  ideas." 

Rodgers  pleaded  for  the  acceptance 
of  the  Victory  Films  at  small  rental, 


No  Appeal  Filed  in 
Minn.  Anti-5  Case 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Northwest  Allied  officials,  who  proba- 
bly would  be  called  upon  to  finance 
the  action  should  it  be  taken,  said 
that  no  final  decision  has  been 
reached. 

Local  exhibitors  are  of  the  opinion 
that  no  action  will  be  taken.  A  ma- 
jority of  them  regard  the  new  Umpi 
selling  plan  favorably  and  believe 
that,  if  it  is  put  into  effect,  it  will 
offer  acceptable  relief  from  the 
blocks-of-five  method  and  thus  will 
make  the  state  law  less  important, 
in  any  event. 


citing  producers'  sacrifices,  and  re- 
marking :  "Without  your  support,  we 
are  going  to  fall  down  in  the  eyes  of 
our  Government." 

Leon  Bamberger,  executive  secre- 
tary of  Umpi,  pledged  that  Umpi 
would  be  effective,  but  asked  "active 
support"  and  willingness  to  serve  the 
local  committees. 

Frances  Harmon,  war  activities  com- 
mittee coordinator,  outlined  its  history 


Theatres  Parts  Pool 

Atlantic  City,  June  7. — Allied 
States  will  set  up  a  "pool"  of 
maintenance  parts  for  exhibi- 
tors waiting  for  priorities,  it 
was  decided  here  at  a  meeting 
of  officials  Friday.  Theatres  will 
be  asked  to  take  inventory  of 
parts  on  hand  which  may  be 
made  available  for  the  "pool," 
and  this  information  will  be 
kept  on  file  at  the  national 
office  of  the  organization. 


and  noted  its  present  effectiveness  and 
exhibitor  cooperation,  with  14,511  the- 
atres pledged  to  support  its  activities. 
The  industry  is  "not  only  doing  its 
job,"  he  said,  "it  is  trying  to  prove  the 
worth  of  the  'voluntary  way.'  " 

Other  speakers  were  Earle  Sweigert, 
Paramount;  Clarence  Eiseman,  United 
Artists;  H.  M.  Richey,  M-G-M,  and 
Paul  Terry. 

Dimouts  Discussed 

Following  a  golf  tournament  in  the 
morning,  Eastern  regional  directors 
held  a  session  presided  over  by  Joseph 
Reed  of  Connecticut.  This  meeting 
discussed  dimouts  and  other  precau- 
tionary measures,  the  consensus  being 
that  a  compromise  must  be  established 
between  the  greatest  cooperation  with 
the  authorities  and  the  efficiency  of 
operation. 

To  more  closely  coordinate  the  East- 
ern units'  work,  the  regional  directors 
will  meet  monthly,  the  schedule  now 
being  the  weeks  of  July  6  in  Connec- 
ticut;  Aug.  10  in  New  York  State, 
and  Sept.  14  in  Philadelphia. 

The  convention  closed  with  a  cock- 
tail party  given  by  20th  Century-Fox 
and  a  testimonial  banquet  to  Col.  H. 
A.  Cole,  former  national  Allied  presi- 
dent. Myers  presented  Cole  a  $1,000 
war  bond  as  a  gift  from  all  Allied 
units,  and  Paramount  presented  him  a 
birthday  cake.  Among  banquet  speak- 
ers were  M.  A.  Rosenberg,  national 
president,  who  was  toastmaster;  Wil- 
liam J.  Kupper  and  Harry  Kalmine. 


20th-Fox  to  Consider 
Aid  for  Small  Towns 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

stressed  that  this  would  be  to  provide 
20th  Century-Fox  customers  with 
product,  not  to  evade  the  Umpi  plan. 
Should  the  amended  plan  be  approved 
later,  the  company  will  then  release 
another  seven,  bringing  the  number  of 
the  group  to  the  12  pictures  called  for 
by  the  plan. 


Metro  Signs  Irene 

Hollywood,  June  7. — Irene,  fashion 
designer,  has  been  signed  by  M-G-M 
as  executive  designer  at  the  studio. 


I.  A.  Officials 
Are  Reelected 
By  Landslide 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

Toronto,  second  vice-president;  Floyd 
Billingsley,  San  Francisco,  third  vice- 
president  ;  James  Brennan,  New 
York,  fourth  vice-president;  Roger 
Kennedy,  Detroit,  fifth  vice-presi- 
dent; Felix  Snow,  Kansas  City,  sixth 
vice-president  ;  Carl  G.  Cooper,  sev- 
enth vice-president,  and  Louis  Krouse, 
Philadelphia,  secretary-treasurer. 

Brennan,  Billingsley,  Kennedy  and 
Snow  were  unopposed  and  were  elect- 
ed automatically. 

Trustees  named  included :  George 
Brayfield,  Denver;  R.  E.  Morris, 
Mobile,  Ala.;  and  William  S.  Scan- 
Ian,  Lynn,  Mass.  E.  J.  Brock,  Cleve- 
land, and  Thomas  V.  Green,  Newark, 
were  named  delegates  to  the  A.  F.  of 
L.,  while  in  a  no-contest  Edward  L. 
Turner  of  Winnipeg  was  designated 
as  delegate  to  the  Dominion  trade  and 
labor  congress. 

In  addition  to  the  election  on  the 
final  convention  day,  the  program  in- 
cluded completion  of  consideration  of 
resolutions.  A  total  of  62  resolutions 
was  introduced,  mostly  on  inter-or- 
ganization affairs. 

Prompted  by  Hollywood  locals, 
in  effect  a  "war"  was  declared 
on  the  International  Brother- 
hood of  Electrical  Workers  for 
attempting  to  "crowd"  the  IA 
by  "openly  asserting  their  in- 
tention" of  taking  over  certain 
classifications  of  work  in  the 
studios. 

The  executive  board  was  instruct- 
ed to  completely  organize  the  tele- 
vision field. 

New  York's  dual  union  setup  was 
criticized,  with  operators'  Local  306 
asking  the  board  to  take  steps  in  re- 
placing it  with  one  organization  con- 
trol. Manhattan  Stagehands'  Local  1 
asked  the  board  to  breach  a  contract, 
"if  such  exists,"  between  the  Inde- 
pendent Theatre  Owners  Association 
and  the  Brandt  Circuit  and  asked  the 
IATSE  to  permit  organizing. 

U.  S.  Ban  on  Theatre 
Building  Is  in  Effect 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
upon    a    definite    showing    that  the 
project  will  meet  an  essential  need. 

It  was  said  that  only  one  or  two 
authorizations  for  projects  in  excess 
of  $5,000  had  been  issued  prior  to  the 
announcement  of  the  stop  order.  Such 
projects  are  likely  to  be  permitted 
completion  because  of  the  factors 
which  in  the  first  place  influenced  the 
board  to  permit  their  initiation. 


WPB  Permits  Reade 
To  Complete  Project 

Walter  Reade,  circuit  operator,  re- 
turned from  Washington  Friday  with 
War  Production  Board  permission  to 
extend  construction  work  on  his  As- 
bury  Park  recreational  center  15  days 
beyond  June  6,  it  was  reported. 

Reade  obtained  the  extension  on  the 
grounds  that  the  project  is  98  per  cent 
complete  and  that  material  needed  to 
finish  the  job  is  on  hand.  Three  swim- 
ming pools  will  be  included  in 
Reade's  Monte  Carlo  Beach  Club, 
Swimming  Pool  and  Recreational 
Center,  as  it  will  be  known. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday.  June  8.  1942 


Short  Subject  Reviews 


War  Bond 
Exploitation 


Washington  Street  Cars 
Carry  Bond  Sale  Signs 

Washington,  D.  C,  June  7. — Ac- 
cording to  Dan  Terrell.  Loe\v"s 
Washington  publicist,  500  street  cars 
have  been  carrying  outside  dashboard 
signs  reading :  Stamp  Out  the  Axis — 
Buy  U.  S.  War  Bonds  and  Stamps 
at  your  Favorite  Movie  Theatre.  A 
poster  contest  has  been  set  with  the 
Washington  TimcS-Hcrald. 

The  Capitol  Theatre  will  feature  a 
special  display  of  original  World  War 
I  posters,  in  addition  to  a  display  of 
original  cartoons  contributed  to  the 
drive  by  famous  cartoonists.  Terrell 
is  using  the  punching  bag  stunt — each 
stamp  purchaser  getting  a  "Slap  at 
a  Jap:' 


Mickey  Mouse  Club 
In  Stamp  Sale  Contest 

Columbia,  N.  C,  June  7.—  All 
members  of  the  WUby-Kincey  "Mickey 
Mouse  Club"  at  the  Palmetto  The- 
atre here  competed  with  each  other 
over  a  period  of  one  week  to  sell  the 
greatest  number  of  War  Stamps. 
The  winners  were  introduced  at  a 
special  Saturday  matinee  and  prises 
awarded.  Manager  Sam  Suggs  re- 
ports the  youngsters  sold  $509.85  in 
stamps. 


Display  "Headlines' 
Aid  Bond  Campaign 

To  add  interest  to  Loew's  The- 
atres War  Savings  Stamp  and  Bond 
displays,  a  special  40  x  60  is  being 
prepared  featuring  a  flock  of  "wish- 
ful" newspaper  headlines:  "Japs 
Quit,"  "Berlin  Falls,"  "Hitler  Begs 
for  Mercy,"  "Armistice."  "Victory," 
etc.  Caption  reads:  "Make  These 
Headlines  Come  True— Buy  War 
Savings  Stamps  and  Bonds."  This 
poster,  in  two  colors,  is  going  to  all 
Loew's  theatres  in  town  and  out-of- 
town. 


Ticket  Stubs  Saved 
For  Stamps  in  Boston 

Boston,  June  7. —  Howard  Burk- 
hardt  has  broken  most  of  the_  Bos- 
ton dailies  with  stories  on  a  $25  War 
Savings  Bond  award  to  the  patron 
,  who  saves  the  greatest  number  of 
ticket  stubs  for  Loew's  State  and 
Orpheum  Theatres,  between  now  and 
the  opening  of  the  new  season  in  Au- 
gust. 

'Libertv  Bell'  Tolls  for 
Each  Sale  at  N.  Y.  Capitol 

A  replica  of  the  Liberty-  Bell,  cast 
in  1754,  borrowed  from  historic  St. 
Paul's  Church  in  Eastchester  tolls  out 
each  bond  sale  at  the  Capitol  Theatre 
on  Broadway. 


Sanders  in  Laughton  Film 

Hollywood,  June  7.  —  RKO  has 
signed  George  Sanders  to  co-star  in 
an  untitled  Charles  Laughton  vehicle 
which  Dudley  Nichols  will  write  and 
produce  and  Jean  Renoir  direct,  it 
was  announced. 


Joins  Monogram  Staff 

Chicago,  June  7. — Irving  Mandel, 
Chicago  and  Indianapolis  Monogram 
franchise  holder,  has  engaged  Harry 
Gorman,  formerly  with  RKO  in  In- 
dianapolis, for  the  sales  staff  of  Mono- 
gram there. 


"Perils  of  the  Royal 
Mounted" 

(Serial) 

(Columbia) 

The  devices  for  generating  excitt- 
ment  used  here  are  not  entirely  new. 
as  evidenced  by  the  first  two  episodes, 
but  the  results  as  entertainment  for 
the  weekend  matinee  crowd  are  satis- 
factory. There  are  all  sorts  of  active 
goings-on  as  the  Mounties.  particu- 
larly Robert  Stevens,  buck  up 
against  crooked  trappers  and  a  tribe 
of  Indians  underhandedly  abetted  by 
the  renegades.  The  building  of  a  rail- 
road through  the  North  country  also 
is  involved.  Among  those  with  Stev- 
ens are  Nell  O'Day,  Kenneth  Mac- 
Donald.  Herbert  Rawlinson  and  Rich- 
ard Fiske.  James  W.  Home  is  the 
director.  The  serial  is  in  15  parts, 
the  first  running  29  minutes  and  the 
others  20  minutes.  May  29  is  the  re- 
lease date  of  the  first. 


"India  at  War" 

(The  March  of  Time) 

(RKO) 

March  of  Time  herewith  presents 
its  second  motion  picture  report  on 
India,  today  a  matter  of  vital  impor- 
tance to  the  United  Nations  in  their 
death  struggle  with  the  Axis  powers. 
For  the  most  part  this  subject  is  de- 
voted to  picturing  the  manner  in 
which  the  vast  country  is  preparing 
itself  for  battle,  with  less  attention  to 
the  internal  complications  and  difficul- 
ties with  England  which  have  caused 
some  concern  among  the  United  Na- 
tions. The  timely  value  of  the  sub- 
ject is  readily  apparent.  Attention  is 
paid  to  Japan's  expansion  policy  in 
stressing  the  importance  of  India  in 


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including  those  at  Times  Square,  fol- 
lowing the  test. 

The  blackout  covered  an  area  of 
320  square  miles  with  a  population  of 
more  than  7,500,000.  There  are  about 
580  motion  picture  theatres  in  the 
area.  City  officials  expressed  complete 
satisfaction  with  the  blackout,  describ- 
ing it  as  more  than  95  per  cent  per- 
fect. 

In  Times  Square,  the  blackout  was 
reported  perfect.  Nearly  400  police- 
men patrolled  the  area  and  began 
shunting  a  comparatively  light  street 
crowd  into  theatre,  hotel  and  office 
building  lobbies  and  side  streets  at 
9 :20.  When  street  lights  were 
switched  off  at  9 :30,  the  entire  area 
had  been  cleared  of  both  traffic  and 
pedestrians. 

For  the  first  time  during  a  metro- 
politan blackout,  elevated  lines  were 
at  a  standstill,  with  car  and  station 
lights  entinguished.  Also,  city  hospi- 
tals on  Randall's  Island  were  blacked 
out  for  the  first  time.  Exemptions 
from  the  complete  blackout  were 
granted  only  to  war  industry  plants 
and  airports. 

Mayor  LaGuardia  gave  the  city 
only  eight  hours'  notice  of  the  black- 
out, which  made  the  results  achieved 
the  more  remarkable,  in  the  opinion 
of  officials. 


the  fight  against  the  Axis.  War  pro- 
duction in  India  and  scenes  of  British 
officials  working  out  preparedness 
problems  with  Indian  officials  lend 
factual  substance  to  the  screen  essay. 
Running  time,  19  mins.  Release, 
June  5. 

"Lights  Fantastic" 

(Merrie  Melody) 

(  Warners) 

Broadway's  big  electric  signs  are 
relighted  in  this  cartoon  and  what 
comes  of  it  is  good  for  a  barrel  of 
laughs.  The  musical  effects  and 
clever  sketching  of  the  novel  idea 
make  it  a  really  fine  bit  of  cartoon 
nonsense.  In  color.  Running  time, 
7  mins.    Release  May  23. 


"Nutty  News" 

(Looney  Tune) 

(  Warners) 

Elmer  (Arthur  Q.  Bryan),  whose 
voice  is  heard  in  many  other  cartoons, 
here  offers  another  amusing  narration. 
It  is  a  consistently  funny  series  of  in- 
cidents done  in  newsreel  fashion,  but 
with  emphasis  on  satire,  of  course. 
Running  time.  7  mins.  Release,  Mav 
23. 


"Information  Please" 

(RKO) 

The  questioning  continues,  with 
Oscar  Levant.  John  Kieran.  Clifton 
Fadiman  and  Franklin  P.  Adams,  and 
Howard  Lindsay  as  guest.  Fadiman 
tosses  the  questions  and  the  intellects 
toss  them  back  with  the  answers. 
About  average  for  the  series.  Run- 
ning time,  11  mins.  Release,  April 
24. 


Report  L.  A.  Grosses 
Drop  in  Coast  Alert 

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stations  would  be  off  again  that  night 
and  possibly  for  a  week  or  more. 

Although  Fox  West  Coast  executive 
officials  said  that  circuit  business  had 
been  normal  over-all,  other  circuit 
executives  cited  instances  of  a  busi- 
ness drop  ranging  up  to  20  per  cent. 

The  alert  silenced  radio  stations  at 
9  p.  m.  on  the  Pacific  Coast  from  the 
Mexican  to  the  Canadian  border.  All 
leaves  of  soldiers  and  sailors  were 
canceled,  and  they  were  absent  from 
theatres. 


RCA  Declares  Dividends 

RCA  on  Friday  declared  quarterly 
dividend  of  S7y2  cents  on  the  first 
preferred  stock  and  SI. 25  on  the  "B" 
preferred.  The  dividends  are  for  the 
second  quarter  and  will  be  paid  July  1 
to  stockholders  of  record  June  15. 


20th-Fox  Signs  Eythe 

William  Eythe.  Broadway  stage 
player,  has  been  signed  to  a  contract 
by  20th  Century-Fox,  it  was  an- 
nounced. He  will  appear  first  in 
"The  Ox-Bow  Incident." 


Board  of  Appeals 
Reverses  Itself  on 
Chicago  Clearance 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

lacked  jurisdiction  to  order  a  theatre 
placed  in  a  different  week  of  release 
under  the  Chicago  clearance  system 
because  clearance  was  not  involved 
in  the  successive  weeks  of  genedfc  - 
lease.  In  its  decision  in  the  .T^;l  .i 
case,  the  board  repudiates  that  view, 
holding  that  the  waiting  time  between 
the  close  of  a  picture  in  one  week  of 
general  release  and  its  opening  in  the 
following  week  of  release  is  clearance. 
The  waiting  time  involved,  the  board 
points  out  now,  may  be  one  to  six 
days. 

It  computed  the  clearance  of  the 
Teatro  del  Lago  and  Glencoe  over  the 
Alcyon  at  an  average  of  about  seven 
days  on  RKO  and  20th  Century-Fox 
product  but  ruled  that  the  clearance 
was  reasonable. 

It  was  not  apparent  immediately 
whether  the  board's  reversal  of  itself 
offered  grounds  for  a  reopening  of 
the  Ken  case,  which  was  dismissed  for 
lack  of  jurisdiction  last  year. 

FCC  Bill  Hearings 
Wind  Up  This  Week 

Washington,  June  7. — The  House 
Interstate  and  Foreign  Commerce 
Committee  plans  to  wind  up  its  hear- 
ings of  the  Sanders  bill  for  reorgani- 
zation of  the  Federal  Communications 
Commission  this  week  with  the  testi- 
mony of  FCC  Chairman  James  L. 
Fly  and  Commissioner  T.  A.  M. 
Craven. 

Fly  and  Craven  have  been  on  op- 
posite sides  on  most  of  the  major 
issues  coming  before  the  commission, 
including  that  of  network  regulation, 
which  has  been  gone  into  extensively 
in  the  several  weeks  of  hearings  be- 
fore the  House  committee. 

On  Tuesday,  the  committee  plans 
to  recall  Fred  Weber,  general  man- 
ager of  Mutual  Broadcasting  System, 
who,  with  Alfred  J.  McCosker,  chair- 
man of  the  board,  was  questioned 
exhaustively  last  week  when  the  two 
officials  strongly  defended  the  FCC 
network  regulations. 

The  hearings  wound  up  for  tin 
week  Friday,  with  Louis  G.  Caldwell, 
counsel  for  Mutual,  explaining  his 
views  on  the  legal  issues  involved  in 
the  commission's  network  investiga- 
tion. 

10  of  11  New  Pictures 
Approved  by  Legion 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency 
for  the  current  week  has  reviewed 
and  classified  11  new  features,  10  of 
which  were  approved  and  one  classi- 
fied as  objectionable  in  part. 

The  classifications  were:  Class  A-l, 
Unobjectionable  for  General  Patron- 
age— -"Friendlv  Enemies."  "It  Hap- 
pened in  Flatbush."  "Miss  Annie 
Rooney,"  "They  Raid  by  Night,"  and 
"Top  Sergeant."  Class  A-2,  Unob- 
jectionable for  Adults  —  "Across  the 
Pacific."  "Juke  Box  Jennie,"  "She's 
in  the  Army,"  "Maisie  Gets  Her  Mar" 
and  "Parachute  Nurse."  Class  B, 
Objectionable  in  part — "Once  Upon 
Thursday." 


Film  Grosses  Remain  Firm 
In  N.  Y.  All-City  Blackout 


Alert, 


to  theiyfdtion 
Picture 
Industry 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


First  In 


and 

Impartial 


51- 


NO.  112 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A..  TUESDAY,  JUNE  9,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Rothacker  Is 
Export  Censor 
Chief  in  L.  A. 


Richard  Smith  to  Head 
New  York  Unit 


Washington1;,  June  8. — Watter- 
son  R.  Rothacker,  Hollywood  vice- 
president  of  Quigley  Publishing 
Co.,  and  prominent  in  the  film  in- 
dustry since  1910,  was  tonight 
named  by  the  Office  of  Censorship 
as  chairman  of  the  Los  Angeles 
board  which  will  censor  feature 
films  destined  for  export  or  import. 

Richard  R.  Smith,  for  a  number 
of  years  engaged  in  the  publishing 
business,  was  named  chairman  of  the 
New  York  Board,  which  will  be  pri- 
marily concerned  with  newsreels. 

Other  members  of  the  boards  named 
by  Censorship  Director  Byron  Price 
are  Perry  Arnold,  once  general  news 
manager  of  the  United  Press,  and 
Capt.  George  Ernest,  in  New  York ; 
and  Major  Ralph  \Y.  Liddle,  in  Los 
Angeles.    The  third  member  of  the 

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Reports  Brazil  Film 
Business  Increasing 


By  SHERWIN  A.  KANE 

Increased  interest  in  the  motion  pic- 
ture in  Brazil  is  being  evidenced  by 
greater  theatre  attendance  and  the  re- 
opening of  theatres  long  closed,  S.  E. 
Pierpoint,  Paramount  manager  for 
Brazil,  said  yesterday  on  his  arrival 
here  for  a  home  office  visit. 

Pierpoint  reported  that  the  Palace 
and  Rivoli,  two  of  the  oldest  and  larg- 
est theatres  in  Rio  de  Janeiro,  both 
'>  of  which  have  been  closed  for  some 
time,  have  been  completely  renovated 
and  will  resume  operation  in  the  near 

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Banquet  for  Kupper 
Will  Be  Held  Tonight 

William  J.  Kupper,  recently  named 
executive  assistant  to  Tom  J.  Con- 
nors, vice-president  in  charge  of  dis- 
tribution for  20th  Century-Fox,  will 
be  honored  at  a  testimonial  banquet 
given  by  associates  in  the  company 
tonight  at  the  New  York  Athletic 
Club. 

With  Lowell  Thomas  as  toastmaster, 
the  speakers  will  include  Spyros 
Skouras,  Connors,  W.  C.  Michel  and 
Hermann  Place. 


Expect  Umpi  Plan 
Draft  Ready  Today 

The  Umpi  legal  committee 
is  scheduled  to  meet  today  to 
put  the  finishing  touches  to 
the  formal  draft  of  the  pro- 
posed new  selling  plan. 

If  the  formal  draft  is  ap- 
proved today,  it  is  expected 
to  be  presented  to  the  De- 
partment of  Justice  within 
the  next  few  days.  An  agree- 
ment between  Umpi  attor- 
neys and  Department  officials 
on  a  date  for  presenting  the 
plan  to  the  Federal  court 
here  as  a  decree  amendment 
probably  will  be  sought  at  the 
same  time. 


'Mrs.  Miniver'  Takes 
$68,000  in  4  Days; 
BVay  Gross  Strong 

"Mrs.  Miniver"  was  one  of  the  box- 
office  champions  of  the  weekend,  pro- 
viding the  Radio  City  Music  Hall 
with  an  estimated  S68.000  Thursday 
through  Sunday.  This  is  big,  with 
only  four  shows  daily  due  to  the 
length  of  the  film.  The  Music  Hall's 
regular  stage  presentation  is  on  the 
program. 

"Yankee  Doodle  Dandy,"  playing 
three  times  daily  with  a  $2.20  top 
at  the  Hollywood,  brought  an  estimat- 
ed S12.300  Saturday  and  Sunday, 
which  is  about  capacity.  "Ten  Gen- 
tlemen from  West  Point"  with  a 
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SCHAEFER  RETIRING 
AS  RKO  PRESIDENT 


Studios  Have 
Substitute  for 
19  Materials 


Hollywood,  June  8. — Studios  have 
developed  workable  substitutes  for  19 
critical  materials  used  in  production 
and  have  voluntarily  pledged  to  cancel 
plans  for  any  projected  films  which  a 
further  study  indicates  may  consume 
prohibitive  quantities  of  essential  ma- 
terials, according  to  Harold  Hopper, 
chief  of  the  Motion  Picture  and  Pho- 
tographic Section  of  the  Consumers 
Durable  Goods  Branch  of  the  War 
Production  Board. 

Hopper  returned  to  Washington  last 
night  after  a  week  of  conferences  here 
with  studio  heads,  guild  executives 
and  crafts  leaders  whom  he  congratu- 
lated on  the  measures  adopted  vol- 
untarily for  saving  critical  materials. 

Under  an  arrangement  made  by 
Hopper,  a  series  of  monthly  meetings 
will  be  held  in  Washington,  starting 
June  23,  between  WPB  officials  and 
the  producers'  and  distributors'  ad- 
visory committee  for  the  purpose  of 
keeping  the  industry  abreast  of  de- 
velopments in  materials  shortages. 
Hopper  said  he  would  report 

to  the  WPB  that  the  19  substi- 

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Broadway  Roars  Welcome 
As  War  Heroes  Open  Tour 


Gov't  Conciliator  in 
W.B.-S.P.G.  Dispute 

Commissioner  James  W.  FitzPat- 
rick  of  the  United  States  Conciliation 
Service,  will  act  as  mediator  in  the 
dispute  between  Warner  Bros,  and 
the  Screen  Publicists  Guild,  the  SPG 
announced  yesterday.  FitzPatrick  also 
served  in  the  recent  negotiations  lead- 
ing to  the  contract  between  the  SPG 
and  seven  major  companies. 

At  a  conference  last  week,  Warner 
Bros,  rejected  an  SPG  request  for 
arbitration  of  disputed  points.  The 
guild  placed  the  matter  before  the  Na- 
tional War  Labor  Board,  and  Fitz- 
Patrick was  assigned.  Disputed  points 
include  severance  pay,  term  of  con- 
tract and  retroactive  pay. 


By  EUGENE  ARNEEL 

Under  a  shower  of  ticker  tape  and 
confetti  that  obscured  the  sky,  15  war 
heroes  of  the  United  Nations  rode 
through  lower  and  mid-Manhattan 
yesterday  morning  as  the  opening  gun 
was  fired  for  their  tour  of  21  cities  to 
"meet  the  people."  Hundreds  of  thous- 
ands roared  a  welcome  as  the  fight- 
ing men  rode  up  Broadway  in  the 
city's  first  great  demonstration  of  the 
war. 

The  tour,  sponsored  by  the  Treas- 
ury Department,  and  arranged  in  each 
city  by  a  separate  committee  including 
many  film  men.  is  designed  to  raise 
morale  on  the  home  front  and  make 
the  public  more  war  conscious,  spur- 
ring the   sale   of   War    Bonds  and 

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Announcement  Expected 
By  Tomorrow;  Odium 
Seen  Active  Factor 


By  SAM  SHAIN 

George  T.  Schaefer  will  resign  as 
president  of  RKO  and  has  informed 
the  principal  owners  of  RKO  that 
  he  has  no  de- 
sire to  continue 
as  president  of 
that  company 
nor  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the 
board.  Formal 
a  n  n  o  u  nce- 
m  e  n  t  of 
Sc  h  a  e  f  er's 
position,  it  is 
said,  will  be 
made  at  the 
annual  meet- 
ing of  stock- 
holders  in 
Dover,  Del.,  tomorrow  unless  the 
board  should  reveal  the  matter  to- 
day. 

The  directorate  has  not  formally 
considered  a  successor  to  Schaefer. 
Reports  to  the  contrary  are  declared 
to  be  untrue.  Also  untrue,  according 
to  these  authorities,  are  reports  that 
an  operating  realignment  designed  by 
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George  J.  Schaefer 


Coast  Grosses  Up 
On  Naval  Victory 

Hollywood.  June  8. — Grosses  which 
had  sagged  in  varying  degrees  under 
the  influence  of  the  Army  order  silenc- 
ing Pacific  Coast  radios  at  9  P.  M.  to 
dawn,  beginning  last  Wednesday, 
swung  back  to  normal  for  the  week- 
end and  was  better  in  many  spots. 

Showmen  interpreted  the  rebound  as 
indicating  that  the  tension  created  by 
the  radio  silencing  and  early  news 
from  the  naval  battle  in  the  Pacific 
had   relaxed   in  pace   with   the  im- 

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Rubin  Recipient  of 
Syracuse  Degree 

Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  June  8. — J,  Rob- 
ert Rubin,  vice-president  and  general 
counsel  of  Loew's,  Inc.,  today  re- 
ceived an  honorary  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Laws  from  Syracuse  University,  his 
alma  mater,  at  the  71st  commence- 
ment exercises  of  the  university. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  June  9,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Personal  Mention 


Hollywood,  June  8 

PARAMOUNT  Pictures  announced 
today  it  had  signed  B.  G.  DeSylva 
to  a  new  contract  as  executive  pro- 
ducer. The  contract  replaced  by 
the  one  signed  today  had  one  year 
to  run.  DeSylva  came  to  the  studio 
in  November,  1940,  on  a  two-picture 
deal  and  became  executive  producer 
in  February,  1941. 

• 

Cliff  Reid,  who  recently  resigned  a 
production  post  at  RKO,  has  been 
signed  by  M-G-M  to  undertake  spe- 
cial production  assignments,  it  was 
announced. 

• 

Nelson  Poynter,  associate  direc- 
tor of  the  Office  of  Coordinator  of 
Government  Films,  will  address  the 
Hollywood  Writers  Mobilization  on 
"What  Washington  Expects  of  Hol- 
lywood" at  the  Filmarte  Theatre  to- 
morrow night. 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  today  ex- 
tended the  contract  of  H.  Bruce  Hum- 
berstone,  director,  for  one  year.  He 
directed  "To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli." 


Wis.  ITPA  Asks  Aid 
Of  Umpi  on  Product 

Milwaukee,  June  8. — The  ITPA 
of  Wisconsin  and  Upper  Michigan 
will  appeal  to  Umpi  for  aid  in  solv- 
ing a  threatened  shortage  of  product 
in  some  sections  of  this  territory  re- 
sulting from  delays  in  releases,  offi- 
cials of  the  organization  assert. 

It  is  contended  that  certain  distri- 
butors have  not  been  completing  their 
negotiations  with  key  run  situations 
fast  enough  to  satisfy  product  require- 
ments of  the  subsequent  runs.  The 
latter  have  complained  to  the  ITPA 
that  their  requests  for  product  have 
been  ignored  pending  the  outcome  of 
the  protracted  negotiations  with  the 
key  run  houses. 

Product  has  been  clearing  rapidly 
enough  in  Milwaukee  County,  but  dif- 
ficulties have  been  encountered  in  sev- 
eral state  situations,  according  to 
Harry  Perlewitz,  ITPA  business 
manager. 

Newark  House  Files 
Clearance  Complaint 

The  Davestan  Amusement  Co.,  op- 
erator of  the  Kent  Theatre,  Newark, 
filed  a  clearance  complaint  at  the  New 
York  tribunal  yesterday  against  all 
five  consenting  companies  which 
named  the  Capital,  Belleville,  N.  J., 
and  the  Regent  and  Elwood,  Newark, 
as  interested  parties. 

The  complaint  asserts  that  the  three 
theatres  named  have  seven  to  14  days' 
clearance  over  the  Kent  and  asks  that 
the  latter  be  permitted  to  play  day  and 
date  with  the  Regent  and  Capital  and 
not  later  than  14  days  after  the  El- 
wood. 


WE  Shows  Salvage  Film 

Western  Electric  Co.  held  a  pre- 
view of  "Mines  Above  Ground,"  two- 
reel  subject,  at  the  Chanin  Auditori- 
um yesterday.  The  film  is  concerned 
with  methods  of  salvage  and  con- 
servation of  the  Bell  System,  and  the 
importance  of  scrap  metal  reclamation 
in  the  war  effort.  It  is  designed  as 
an  institutional  subject  for  Western 
Electric. 


NATE  J.  BLUMBERG,  Cliff 
Work,  Milton  Feld,  Walter 
Wanger  and  Dan  Kelley  arrived 
yesterday  in  Hollywood  from  New 
York.  John  Joseph  is  due  there  to- 
day. 

• 

E.  K.  O'Shea  is  in  Dallas. 
•  - 

Mrs.  Tom  Connors  and  daughter, 
Katherine,  leave  today  for  California. 
They  will  be  gone  several  weeks. 
• 

Watterson  Rothacker  is  in  town 
from  the  Coast. 

• 

Jack  A.  Sanson,  manager  of  War- 
ners' State,  Manchester,  Conn.,  is  on 
the  county's  USO  speakers  bureau. 
• 

Edward  May  of  the  Schine  The- 
atre, Maysville,  Ky.,  is  vacationing  in 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

• 

Arthur  White  of  Loew's  Roches- 
ter has  joined  the  Army. 

• 

George  L.  David,  film  critic  for  the 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Democrat  and 
Chronicle,  is  visiting  here. 

• 

Fred  R.  Greenway,  manager  of 
Loew's  Palace,  Hartford,  is  on  vaca- 
tion. 

Arthur  Hornblow,  Jr.,  is  in  town. 

Margolies  Resigns 
U.A.  Publicity  Post 

Albert  Margolies  resigned  yester- 
day as  publicity  manager  for  United 
Artists.  The  resignation  is  effective 
July  4.  No  successor  has  been  named, 
according  to  Monroe  Greenthal,  di- 
rector of  advertising  and  publicity. 

Margolies  has  been  publicity  man- 
ager for  United  Artists  for  the  past 
five  years  and  prior  to  that  was  ad- 
vertising and  publicity  director  for 
Gaumont  British  Pictures  here. 


Lyle  of  Carrier  Dies 

Syracuse,  June  8. — J.  Irvine  Lyle, 
68,  president  and  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Carrier  Corp.,  manufacturers 
of  air  conditioning  units,  died  here 
yesterday  after  an  illness  of  three 
months.  Carrier  was  one  of  the  first 
companies  to  introduce  air  condition- 
ing apparatus  into  theatres.  Lyle  is 
survived  by  his  widow,  a  son,  a  daugh- 
ter and  two  brothers. 


Joseph  Shea  Rites  Today 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  today 
for  Joseph  Shea,  59,  brother  of  the 
late  M.  A.  Shea,  circuit  operator.  Jo- 
seph Shea  died  last  Thursday  follow- 
ing a  heart  attack  in  Stamford,  Conn. 
He  was  a  vaudeville  agent  for  many 
years.  He  is  survived  by  his  widow 
and  one  son. 


Mrs.  Soltwedel  Dies 

Milwaukee,  June  8. — Mrs.  Rose 
Soltwedel,  70,  for  many  years  head 
inspector  at  the  Paramount  exchange 
here  and  mother-in-law  of  Charles  D. 
Koehler,  local  distributor  for  Astof 
Pictures,  is  dead. 


Frisch's  Father  Dies 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  Sun- 
day at  the  Park  Memorial  Chapel, 
Rrooklyn,  for  Max  Frisch,  77,  father 
of  Louis  Frisch,  Randforce  Circuit 
treasurer.  He  died  Saturday. 


JOHN  HAY  WHITNEY  is  in  Cali- 
fornia. 

• 

Harry  C.  Arthur,  Jr.,  is  in  St. 
Louis  for  several  weeks. 

• 

Joseph  Goldstein,  manager  of  the 
Cameo  Theatre,  Rochester,  is  vaca- 
tioning in  Canada. 

• 

Jerry  Germain,   manager   of  the 
Strand  Theatre,   Holyoke,  Mass.,  is 
the  father  of  a  son,  born  to  Mrs.  Ger- 
main in  Holyoke  Hospital  last  week. 
• 

Carroll  M.  Swaine,  manager  of 
the  Post  Theatre,  Fort  Devens,  Mass., 
and  Helen  E.  Hayes  were  married  at 
Leominster,  Mass.,  late  last  week. 
• 

Paul  A.  Kessler,  former  mana- 
ger of  the  Suffolk  Theatre,  Holyoke, 
Mass.,  has  joined  the  Army. 
• 

Herbert  Pivnick  of  Loew's  Poll 
Theatre,  Hartford,  is  vacationing  here. 
• 

Samuel  Hacker  is  in  Dayton  on  a 
visit. 

• 

Lester  Smith,  booker  at  the  M- 
G-M  San  Francisco  exchange,  has 
entered  the  Army. 

• 

Richard  Boyd  of  the  Allyn,  Hart- 
ford, has  enlisted  in  the  Marines. 

High  Court  Affirms 
Moskowitz  Verdict 

Washington,  June  8. — Refusing  to 
consider  the  petition  of  Joseph  H. 
Moskowitz  for  review  of  the  Second 
Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  decision 
holding  him  guilty  of  attempted  in- 
come tax  evasion  in  connection  with 
the  return  of  Joseph  M.  Schenck,  the 
Supreme  Court  today  in  effect  af- 
firmed the  verdict  of  the  lower  court. 

Moskowitz  based  his  appeal  on  con- 
tentions that  the  trial  court,  and  later 
the  circuit  court,  had  erred  in  accept- 
ing the  Government's  re-computation 
of  additional  taxes  claimed  to  be  due 
from  Schenck,  in  refusing  to  limit  the 
issues  and  charge  the  jury  as  re- 
quested by  defendant's  counsel  and  in 
excluding  the  testimony  of  a  revenue 
agent  called  by  the  defense. 


3  Added  to  Columbia 
Exploitation  Staff 

Three  additions  to  Columbia's  ex- 
ploitation department,  headed  by 
Frank  P.  Rosenberg,  were  announced 
yesterday. 

Harry  K.  McWilliams,  former 
Paramount  theatre  publicity  director 
in  Toledo  and  Dallas,  was  named  to 
replace  Leo  Pillot,  now  in  the  Army 
Air  Corps ;  Abraham  Bernstein  has 
been  assigned  to  the  New  England 
territory  with  headquarters  at  Bos- 
ton, and  Samuel  Geison,  formerly  with 
the  Tom  Fizdale  office,  joins  the  home 
office  department  as  a  special  writer. 


E.H.  Howe's  Son  Missing 

E.  H.  "Doc"  Howe,  head  of  ex- 
ploitation for  20th  Century-Fox,  yes- 
terday received  word  that  his  son, 
Edward  Howe,  19,  a  Marine,  was 
among  the  missing  after  the  Corregi- 
dor  battle,  and  is  presumed  to  have 
been  taken  prisoner.  Before  the  war 
he  was  an  usher  at  the  Roxy. 


$150,000  War  Bond 
Sale  at  Loew  Houses 


Loew's  Theatres  yesterday  reported 
a  total  of  $150,000  in  war  bonds  and 
stamps  sold  at  the  140  theatres  of  the 
circuit  from  the  start  of  the  theatre 
sale,  May  30,  to  June  4,  an  average 
of  more  than  $1,000  per  house  for  the 
six  days.  Of  the  total,  $75,252  was 
in  stamps  and  $74,806  bonds. 

The  largest  total  was  at  the  ~Sf  - 
bassy,  North  Bergen,  N.  J.,  where^1  n 
manager,  Emanuel  Light,  reporteaioa 
sale  of  $15,642,  with  $12,200  of  this 
amount  reportedly  obtained  the  first 
day. 

Neighborhood  Sale  Brisk 

It  was  said  that  sales  at  neighbor- 
hood and  subsequent  run  houses  com- 
paratively are  running  better  than  at 
the  large  first  runs,  particularly  in 
New  York.  The  State  on  Broadway 
reported  $2,500  for  the  six  days,  and 
the  Capitol  on  Broadway  reported 
$1,715.  Outside  the  New  York  met- 
ropolitan area  the  largest  amount  was 
reported  by  the  Orpheum,  Boston, 
with  $2,500. 

Loew  Circuit's  72  theatres  in  the 
New  York  metropolitan  area  have  ac- 
counted for  $51,992  in  stamps  and 
$49,531  bonds.  Out-of-town  theatres 
reported  $23,260  in  stamps  and  $25,- 
275  bonds. 


Army,  Navy  Relief 
Total  Is  $1,000,000 

The  total  received  from  theatres  in 
the  recent  Army  and  Navy  Emer- 
gency Relief  drive  reached  $1,000,- 
000  yesterday,  with  receipt  of  an  addi- 
tional $200,000,  it  was  announced, 
with  hundreds  of  theatres  and  several 
large  circuits  still  to  be  heard  from. 

Among  remittances  received  yester- 
day were :  Balaban  &  Katz,  Chicago, 
$20,909;  Balaban  &  Katz,  elsewhere 
in  Illinois,  $36,761 ;  W.  S.  Butterfield, 
$36,170;  United  Detroit  Theatres, 
$21,553;  Associated  Theatres,  Detroit, 
$2,938;  F.  H.  Durkee  Enterprises, 
Baltimore,  $9,720 ;  Wilmer  &  Vincent, 
$8,147;  Rome  Theatres,  Baltimore, 
$3,470. 


Allvine  Speaks  Today 

Glendon  Allvine,  executive  secretary 
of  the  Eastern  Public  Relations  Com- 
mittee, will  speak  on  the  subject  of  the 
motion  picture  in  wartime  at  a  meet- 
ing of  the  New  York  Tobacco  Table 
at  the  Hotel  Astor  this  noon. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 
Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone,  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York,"  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker.  Vice- 
President;  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  E>. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron.  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau. 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill. 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau.  Postal  Union 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor: 
London  Bureau,  4  Golden  Square.  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Ouigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany. Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald.  Better  Theatres.  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23. 
1938.  at  the  post  office  at  New  York.  N.  Y.. 
under  the  act  of  March  3.  1879.  Subscrip 
tion  rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
'  $12  foreign.  Single  copies  10c. 


Tuesday,  June  9,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


3 


Rothaeker  Is 
Export  Censor 
Chief  in  L.  A. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

California  board  will  be  announced  in 
a  few  days,  it  was  said, 
^he  boards  will  begin  their  work 
--  mediately.  The  Los  Angeles  board 
Will  have  quarters  in  the  Taft  Build- 
ing, Hollywood,  and  the  New  York 
board  will  have  offices  at  244  Seventh 
Ave.  A  third  board,  under  Lieut. 
James  Todd,  Jr.,  has  been  function- 
ing for  some  time  at  Rochester,  N. 
" " ,  where  amateur  film  received  from 
foreign  countries  for  processing  is  ex- 
amined. 

Aid  to  Enemy  the  Rule 

Outlining  the  specific  duties  of  the 
board,  Price  declared  they  will  at- 
tempt to  help  the  industry. 

"There  is  no  hard  and  fast 
rule  of  thumb  applicable  to  film 
censorship,"  he  said.  "Decisions 
must  be  governed  by  the  knowl- 
edge, understanding  and  judg- 
ment of  those  applying  them. 
There  is  no  intention  of  caus- 
ing drastic  restrictions  in  the 
motion  picture  industry.  As  in 
all  other  phases  of  censorship, 
the  boards  will  ask  one  basic 
question:  'Will  this  material  be 
of  value  to  the  enemy?'" 

"The  boards  are  being  instructed  to 
review  films  as  rapidly  as  possible, 
particularly  in  the  case  of  newsreels, 
which  must  be  timely  to  be  of  inter- 
est." 

Classes  of  information  prohibited 
for  export  for  in  photographic  form 
unless  approved  by  appropriate  Gov- 
ernment agencies  include  all  aerial 
or  detailed  closeup  views  of  war  pro- 
duction plants,  docks,  shipyards,  rail- 
road terminals,  dams,  power  plants, 
storage  tanks,  reservoirs,  radio  tow- 
ers, arsenals,  munitions  dumps,  forts 
and  all  other  military  installations, 
including  air  fields  and  military  de- 
pots. Detailed  closeup  shots  of  all 
airfields,  cities  or  terrain  showing  dis- 
tinguishing buildings  or  landmarks  in 
relation  to  each  other  or  to  the  gen- 
eral landscape,  and  detailed  pictures 
of  new-type  planes,  tanks  or  guns  also 
are  prohibited. 

Seacoast  Views  Banned 

Photographs  of  identifiable  beaches 
and  coastlines  of  such  a  character  as 
to  aid  an  enemy  landing  party  on  an 
American  seacoast  come  within  the 
ban.  But  this  restriction  does  not  ap- 
ply to  conventional  beach  views. 
Other  classes  of  prohibited  pictorial 
information  for  export  include  move- 
ments of  land,  air  or  sea  forces  and 
merchant  ships,  when  the  indentifica- 
tion,  origin  or  destination  is  indicat- 
ed ;  detailed  views  of  military  or  naval 
equipment  and  activities,  and  move- 
ments of  ships  in  coastal  waters  which 
might  be  of  value  to  the  enemy  in  re- 
gard to  attack  or  sabotage. 

Classes  of  photographic  inlforma- 
tion  prohibited  for  import  include  sub- 
jects of  a  propaganda  or  counter- 
propaganda  nature,  and  details  of 
United  Nations'  troop  or  ship  move- 
ments, stations  or  equipment,  with  the 
exception  of  newsreels  or  commercial 
films  approved  by  the  boards  of  re- 
view or  United  States  postal  censor- 
ship authorities. 


Broadway  Roars  Welcome 
As  War  Heroes  Open  Tour 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
Stamps.   No  direct  sales  will  be  made 
at  the  rallies,  however. 

Coordinator  of  the  demonstrations  is 
Spyros  Skouras,  so  designated  by 
Treasury  Secretary  Morgenthau.  In 
New  York  the  committee  included  Abe 
Lastfogel,  Hal  Home,  Robert  Weit- 
man,  Jack  Partington,  Stirling  Silli- 
phant,  Aubrey  Schenck,  Robert  K. 
Cristenberry,  Irving  Lesser  and  Lou 
Epstein.  The  over-all  committee  of 
which  Skouras  is  chairman,  is  known 
as  the  War  Heroes  Parade  Commit- 
tee and  is  an  especially  created  divi- 
sion of  the  film  industry's  War  Activi- 
ties Committee. 

Madison  Square  Garden  Rally 

The  New  York  parade  was  followed 
last  night  by  a  rally  in  Madison 
Square  Garden.  The  10  British  and 
five  American  heroes  arrived  at  the 
Battery  from  LaGuardia  Field  about 
10  A.  M.  and  were  officially  welcomed 
by  the  Mayor's  Reception  Committee, 
headed  by  Bernard  M.  Baruch  and  in- 
cluding Wendell  Willkie,  Joseph  D. 
McGoldrick,  Richard  C.  Patterson, 
Jr.,  and  Alfred  E.  Smith.  After  a 
brief  ceremony,  the  party  rode  through 
the  financial  district  while  New  York- 
ers rained  reams  of  shredded  paper 
upon  them. 

At  City  Hall  they  were  received  by 
Mayor  LaGuardia.  The  parade  con- 
tinued up  Broadway  entering  Times 
Square  about  1  P.  M.,  wjiere  the 
demonstration  was  held  with  the 
Benny  Goodman  and  Cab  Calloway 
orchestras  entertaining  the  thousands 
who  were  awaiting  the  arrival  of  the 
parade.   Mayor  LaGuardia  introduced 


each  of  the  15  heroes  and  urged  at- 
tendance at  the  Garden  rally. 

Although  the  program  at  the  Gar- 
den got  under  way  at  8  P.M.,  the 
place  was  jammed  to  capacity  an  hour 
earlier,  with  thousands  turned  away. 
Admission  was  free. 

The  honored  Americans  are  Lieut. 
Commr.  Harold  P.  Smith,  Ensign 
Donald  F.  Mason,  First  Lieut.  Elliott 
Vandevanter,  Jr.,  Lieut.  William  C. 
Carrithers  and  Second  Lieut.  George 
S.  Welch.  The  British  group  includes 
Squadron  Leader  John  Daring  Nettle- 
ton,  Pilot  Officer  A.  F.  Taylor,  Flight 
Lieut.  Carroll  Warren  McColpin, 
Flight  Sergt.  Maxwell  A.  Riddell, 
Lieut.  Thomas  Wilson  Boyd,  Wing 
Commander  M.  Loudon,  Lieut.  J.  Mi- 
chael Hall,  Sergt.  D.  N.  Huntley, 
Sergt.  R.  George  Herbert,  Chief  En- 
gine Room  Artificer  Harry  Howard. 

Tour  in  Army  Plane 

Accompanied  by  an  official  of  the 
Treasury  Department  and  an  Army 
Air  Corps  officer,  the  heroes  will  tour 
the  country  in  an  Army  plane.  The 
itinerary  is  as  follows : 

Boston,  June  10 ;  Philadelphia,  June 
11  ;  Baltimore,  June  12  and  13;  Wash- 
ington, June  14 ;  Pittsburgh,  June  IS ; 
Cleveland,  June  16;  Detroit,  June  17; 
Milwaukee,  June  18;  Minneapolis  and 
St.  Paul,  June  18  and  19;  Denver, 
June  21  ;  Salt  Lake  City,  June  22  and 
23 ;  Seattle,  June  24 ;  Portland,  June 
25 ;  San  Francisco,  June  26  and  27 ; 
Los  Angeles,  June  28,  29  and  30;  San 
Antonio,  July  1 ;  Dallas  and  Fort 
Worth,  July  2  and  3,  and  St.  Louis, 
July  4. 


Studios  Have 
Substitute  for 
19  Materials 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

tutes  for  critical  materials  de- 
veloped by  Hollywood  will  re- 
sult in  economies  in  producers' 
use  of  steel,  copper,  bronze,  alu- 
minum and  rubber.  He  said 
that  one  producer  already  has 
voluntarily  ordered  the  cancel- 
lation of  a  scheduled  produc- 
tion which  would  have  con- 
sumed large  amounts  of  essen- 
tial materials. 

"Everywhere,  I  have  found  a  full 
realization  of  individual  responsibility 
for  conserving  materials  and  at  the 
same  time  preserving  the  industry 
that  is  so  necessary  to  the  country's 
morale,"  Hopper  said. 

The  Association  of  M.  P.  Produc- 
ers, the  Materials  Conservation  Com- 
mittee, of  which  Ben  Goetz  is  chair- 
man, and  the  Film  Conservation 
Committee,  of  which  M.  C.  Levee  is 
chairman,  will  carry  forward  the  con- 
servation program  in  Hopper's  ab- 
sence. 

Association  of  Motion  Picture  Pro- 
ducers directors  met  tonight  to  con- 
sider further  economies  in  critical  ma- 
terials. 


Radio  News  Editors 
To  Meet  With  Censor 

At  the  request  of  Eugene  Carr,  as- 
sistant radio  director  of  the  Office  of 
Censorship,  a  meeting  of  radio  news 
editors  and  writers  of  the  Blue  Net- 
work, NBC,  Press  Association,  Unit- 
ed Press  and  International  News 
Service  has  been  called  for  tomorrow 
to  discuss  the  function  of  that  Gov- 
ernment agency.  Carr  will  address 
the  meeting. 


Para.  District  Heads 
To  Meet  Here  June  19 

Paramount  district  managers  will 
meet  as  a  committee  at  the  home  of- 
fice June  19  to  discuss  final  details 
of  the  distribution  compensation  plan 
recently  announced  by  Neil  Agnew, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  distribu- 
tion. The  plan  will  be  retroactive  to 
the  start  of  Paramount's  1941-'42 
selling  program. 


Coast  Grosses  Up 
On  Naval  Victory 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

proved  character  of  the  reports  indi- 
cating a  United  States  victory. 
Radios  were  again  silenced  Saturday 
for  the  fourth  night  in  succession,  but 
continued  without  interruption  Sunday 
night.  Downtown  theatres,  which  had 
suffered  most  in  the  temporary  re- 
cession, were  particularly  benefited  by 
the  upswing. 


Schaefer  Will 
Retire  Soon 
As  RKO  Chief 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

some  of  the  executives  of  the  com- 
pany has  been  accepted. 

No  plan  of  this  kind  has  been  pre- 
sented to  the  board  although  it  is  re- 
ported that  certain  executives  may 
have  conceived  of  it. 

So  far  as  the  Rockefeller  Center, 
Inc.,  interests  are  concerned,  they  are 
not  at  present  represented  on  the  di- 
rectorate, by  their  own  choosing.  The 
Rockefeller  interests  have  been  the 
chief  sponsors  of  Schaefer.  They  are 
reported  as  taking  no  position  pro 
or  con  in  the  present  situation  and 
are  avoiding  any  involvement  with 
any  parties  inside  the  operations  or 
interests  from  without. 

Odium  Will  Be  Active 

Whatever  complexion  the  new 
board  will  assume  is  likely  not  to 
be  known  until  after  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  stockholders. 

That  Floyd  B.  Odium,  president  of 
Atlas  Corp.,  and  chief  owner  of  RKO,- 
will  take  a  more  active  part  in  the 
direction  of  the  company  in  the  fu- 
ture appears  assured  from  present 
indications. 


Reports  Brazil  Film 
Business  Increasing 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
future.  Many  other  theatres  in  the 
larger  Brazilian  cities  are  being  com- 
pletely modernized,  he  said,  in  re- 
sponse to  the  new  public  interest  in 
films. 

Hollywood  product  continues  to 
command  more  than  90  per  cent  of 
the  screen  time  in  Brazil,  Pierpoint 
reported.  A  number  of  British  pictures 
still  are  being  received  and  played 
there,  but  most  of  these,  he  said,  eith- 
are  the  British  productions  of  Ameri- 
can companies  or  films  that  have  been 
acquired  for  distribution  by  American 
companies. 

Brazil  produces  about  12  features 
annually  and  a  large  number  of  short 
subjects.  Theatres  are  required  by 
decree  to  include  a  represenative  num- 
ber of  the  short  subjects  in  their  pro- 
grams. Distributors,  he  said,  have  a 
representative  on  the  newly  estab- 
lished National  Cinematographic  Coun- 
cil, which  was  set  up  by  the  Govern- 
ment recently  to  handle  numerous  film 
matters. 


Exploitation  Units 
Set  on  'Squadron' 

John  Joseph,  director  of  advertis- 
ing and  publicity  for  Universal  has 
arranged  for  the  operation  of  ex- 
ploitation units,  each  numbering  three 
men,  on  the  picture,  "Eagle  Squad- 
ron." Maurice  Bergman,  Eastern  ad- 
vertising manager,  will  supervise  the 
units,  which  will  cover  engagements 
in  every  part  of  the  country.  George 
Fraser,  formerly  in  the  publicity  de- 
partment of  20th  Century-Fox,  has 
been  named  special  press  representa- 
tive on  the  Universal  film. 


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Tuesday,  June  9,  1942 


Eleven  Films 
Go  Into  Work 
In  Hollywood 


Hollywood,  June  8. — Thirty-seven 
pictures  were  before  the  cameras  this 
week,  as  11  started  and  14  finished. 
Thirty-four  were  being  prepared. 

The  tally  by  studio : 
Columbia 

Finished:  "Stand  By,  All  Net- 
works," "Lucky  Legs." 

In  Work :  "The  Gay  Senorita," 
"My  Sister  Eileen." 

Started:  "The  Spirit  of  Stanford." 
M-G-M 

Finished:  "For  Me  and  My  Gal." 

In  Work :  "Ox  Train,"  "Eyes  in  the 
Night,"  "White  Cargo,"  "The  War 
Against  Mrs.  Hadley,"  "Random 
Harvest." 

Started :  "Andy  Hardy's  Last 
Fling." 

Monogram 

Finished :  "Hillbilly  Blitzkrieg," 
"Rubber  Racketeers,"  "Smart  Alecks." 

Started:  "Isle  of  Fury." 

Paramount 

Finished :  "I  Married  a  Witch," 
"Great  Without  Glory." 

In  Work :  "Wake  Island,"  "Happy 
Go  Lucky." 

Started:  "Lost  Canyon,"  "Subma- 
rine Alert,"  "No  Time  for  Love." 
RKO 

/;/  Work :  "Name,  Age  and  Occu- 
pation," "Here  We  Go  Again,"  "The 
Navy  Comes  Through,"  "The  Big 
Street." 

Started:  "Sweet  or  Hot." 

Republic 

Finished :  "Hi,  Neighbor." 

In  Work :  "The  Flying  Tigers." 

Started :  "Ice-Capades  Revue  of 
1943." 

Roach  (U.  A.) 

Finished:  "Taxi,  Mister." 

Started:  "Prairie  Chicken." 
20th  Century-Fox 

Finished:  "Careful,  Soft  Shoulders," 
"Little  Tokyo,  U.S.A.,"  "Berlin  Cor- 
respondent," "Orchestra  Wife." 

In  Work :  "Girl  Trouble,"  "The 
Man  in  the  Trunk,"  "The  Black 
Swan." 

Universal 

In  Work :  What  Happened,  Caro- 
line?" (formerly  "Love  and  Kisses, 
Caroline"),  "Deep  in  the  Heart  of 
Texas,"  "Who  Done  It?" 

Started :  "The  Mummy's  Tomb," 
"The  Lone  Star  Trail." 

Warners 

In  Work :  "Now,  Voyager," 
"George  Washington  Slept  Here," 
"The  Hard  Way,"  "Gentleman  Jim 
Corbett,"  "Casablanca,"  "You  Can't 
Escape  Forever." 


Chorus  Equity  Ass'n 
Elects  Official  Slate 


The  entire  regular  slate  of  nominees 
was  elected  at  the  22nd  annual  meet- 
ing of  Chorus  Equity  Association  at 
organization  headquarters  here  yes- 
terday. 

Paul  Dullzell  was  elected  chairman 
of  the  executive  committee  and  Ger- 
ald Moore  recording  secretary  for 
one-year  terms.  Elected  to  the  execu- 
tive committee  for  three  years  were 
Ray  Arnette,  Francis  Clarke,  Linda 
Griffith,  Adele  Jerome,  Patricia  Like- 
ly, Emily  Marsh  and  Beau  Tilden. 

Lois  Gerard  and  Beth  Nichols  were 
elected  to  the  executive  committee 
as  replacements  for  one-year  terms, 
and  Philip  Gordon  was  elected  to  serve 
on  the  Actors  Equity  council  for  a 
five-year  term.  Ruth  Richmond  is  ex- 
ecutive secretary  of  Chorus  Equity. 

The  organization's  annual  report 
showed  a  surplus  of  $126,386,  a  net  in- 
crease of  $7,614  for  the  year.  A  total 
of  $8,050  was  collected  in  claims 
against  managers,  on  behalf  of  mem- 
bers, during  the  year,  and  2,345  mem- 
bers were  employed  during  the  season 
in  67  productions  throughout  the  coun- 
try, as  compared  with  1,882  in  55  pro- 
ductions the  preceding  year,  it  was  re- 
ported. 

Equity  Holds  Elections 

At  the  Actors  Equity  election  late 
last  week,  Cornelia  Otis  Skinner  was 
elected  second  vice-president  and  Dud- 
ley Digges  fourth  vice-president,  both 
for  one  year.  Councilors  elected  for 
five-year  terms  were :  Elliott  Nugent, 
Walter  N.  Greaza,  Raymond  Massey, 
Tom  Powers,  William  Harrigan, 
Ethel  Wilson,  Aline  McMahon,  Ilka 
Chase,  Roy  Roberts  and  Calvin 
Thomas.  Jack  Sheehan  and  Alexander 
Clark  were  named  as  council  replace- 
ments for  three  and  two  years,  re- 
spectively. Elected  to  the  Council  for 
one  year  were :  Edith  Atwater,  Bran- 
don Peters,  Anne  Seymour,  Edgar 
Stehli  and  Philip  Bourneuf. 


W.B.  District  Sales 
Meet  Here  Saturday 

A  meeting  of  the  Warner  sales 
force  in  the  Metropolitan  district  is 
scheduled  for  Saturday  and  Sunday 
at  the  home  office.  District  Manager 
Sam  Lefkowitz  and  Roger  Mahan, 
New  York  branch  manager,  will  pre- 
side. Speakers  will  include :  Ben  Kal- 
menson,  general  sales  manager ;  Roy 
Haines,  Eastern  sales  manager ;  A.  W. 
Schwalberg  and  Arthur  Sachson, 
sales  executives,  and  Norman  H.  Mo- 
ray, short  subjects  sales  manager. 

Among  those  attending  will  be :  Leo 
Jacobi,  Gus  Solomon,  Harry  Decker, 
Irving  Rothenberg,  George  Wald- 
man,  Joseph  Vergesslich,  Wally 
Howes,  S.  Macomber,  Archie  Berish, 
Peter  Saglembeni,  Al  Blumberg,  Dan 
Ponticelle,  Mike  Anderson,  Phil 
Levine  and  Manny  Gross. 


'Candida'  Benefits 
Army -Navy  Relief 

Katharine  Cornell's  revival  of 
"Candida"  will  net  about  $36,140  each 
for  Army  and  Navy  relief  and  $10,000 
for  the  American  Theatre  Wing  War 
Service,  which  sponsored  the  show- 
ings, it  was  disclosed  yesterday.  This 
is  apart  from  $40,000  deducted  for 
expenses  for  the  35  New  York  and 
Washington  performances. 


Wynn  Vaudeville 
Show  Next  Week 

Another  vaudeville  show, 
this  one  staged  by  Ed  Wynn 
and  starring  him,  is  on  the 
Broadway  calendar  for  next 
Monday,  at  the  Alvin  Theatre. 
The  show  is  "Laugh,  Town, 
Laugh"  and  it  features  Jane 
Froman,  Carmen  Amaya, 
Senor  Wences,  Ken  Davidson 
and  Hugh  Forgie. 

A  new  play  by  Basil  Beyea, 
"The  Cat  Screams,"  is  sched- 
uled to  be  presented  by 
Martha  Hodge  next  Tuesday 
at  the  Martin  Beck. 


War  Darkens  Many 
Summer  Playhouses 


What  with  gas  rationing,  tire  short- 
ages, dimouts  and  the  like,  the  war 
has  reduced  considerably  the  number 
of  summer  playhouses  in  operation 
this  season.  At  least  13  are  remaining 
dark  while  a  few  others  which  ven- 
tured an  opening  have  found  it  neces- 
sary to  close. 

Summer  houses  now  open  include 
the  Windsor,  Bronx  ;  Flatbush,  Brook- 
lyn ;  Tower  Bell,  Nyack,  N.  Y. ;  Er- 
langer,  Buffalo ;  Central,  Passaic ; 
Cape,  Cape  May,  N.  J. ;  Paramount, 
Asbury  Park ;  Paper  Mill  Playhouse, 
Millburn,  N.  J.;  Majestic,  Boston; 
Brattle  Hall,  Cambridge,  Mass. ;  Play- 
house, Providence,  and  the  Hilltop, 
Baltimore. 


Amateurs  to  Raise 
Funds  for  Canteens 

Amateur  theatrical  groups  in  the 
United  States,  including  high  school 
and  college  dramatic  societies,  will  be 
enrolled  in  a  nationwide  drive  to  raise 
approximately  $250,000  for  the  Amer- 
ican Theatre  Wing  War  Service.  The 
funds  will  be  used  to  establish  Stage 
Door  Canteens  in  various  sections  of 
the  country,  it  has  been  announced. 

Garrett  Leverton  was  named  director 
of  non-professional  theatre  relations 
for  the  Wing  to  handle  the  work. 
Each  of  the  participating  non-profes- 
sional groups  will  be  asked  to  give  at 
least  one  performance  for  the  benefit 
of  the  Wing  next  season. 


Kyser  Musical  Unit 
Will  Visit  12  Camps 

Reportedly,  at  his  own  expense,  Kay 
Kyser  will  bring  his  musical  company 
to  at  least  12  army  camps  and  naval 
stations  in  a  four-week  tour  under 
the  auspices  of  Camp  Shows,  Inc., 
beginning  today  at  Fort  Jay,  N.  Y. 
The  Kyser  troupe  will  give  a  two  and 
a  half  hour  show  for  the  service  men 
and  will  broadcast  its  weekly  NBC 
program  from  the  post  visited  at  pro- 
gram time. 


Kanin  Heads  Russia 
Campaign  Film  Unit 

Garson  Kanin  of  the  Film  Unit  of 
the  U.  S.  Office  of  Emergency  Man- 
agement has  been  named  chairman  of 
the  film  industry  division  of  the  New 
York  fund  raising  campaign  of  Russian 
War  Relief,  Inc.  The  national  drive 
seeks  $6,000,000  for  its  1942  relief 
work.  Allen  Wardwell  is  chairman 
of  the  New  York  campaign  committee. 


4Mrs.  Miniver'  Takes 
$68,000  in  4  Days; 
BVay  Gross  Strong 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

stage  show  at  the  Roxy  is  duplicat- 
ing the  success  of  its  predecessor, 
"My  Gal  Sal,"  taking  an  estimated 
$42,400  Thursday  through  Sunday. 

At  the  Strand,  "In  This  Our  Life" 
with  Cab  Calloway's  orchestra  onffi  ft 
stage,  drew  an  estimated  $17,600  j 
day  through  Sunday  and  the  show, 
now  in  its  fifth  week,  begins  a  sixth 
Friday.  The  second  week  of  "Take 
a  Letter,  Darling,"  with  Benny 
Goodman's  orchestra  at  the  Para- 
mount, ends  tonight  with  a  big  $42,- 
200  expected,  and  the  show  continues. 
Saturday  and  Sunday  business 
amounted  to  an   estimated  $22,000. 

'Above  All'  Starting  5th  Week 

Grossing  an  estimated  $6,300  Satur- 
day and  Sunday,  "This  Above  All"  at 
the  Astor  finishes  its  fourth  week  to- 
night with  an  estimated  $14,000  and 
will  remain.  "Miss  Annie  Rooney" 
at  the  Rivoli  was  slow  with  an  esti- 
mated $5,200  for  its  first  two  days, 
Saturday  and  Sunday.  "Friendly  Ene- 
mies" is  scheduled  for  the  Rivoli  next. 
"Powder  Town"  at  the  Rialto  also 
was  rather  weak  with  an  estimated 
$2,400  Friday  through  Sunday  and 
will  be  followed  Friday  by  "Nazi 
Agent." 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 
Rockefeller  Center 
GREER  GARSON    .  WALTER  PIDGEON 

"MRS.  MINIVER" 

From  Jan  Struther's  Book  .  An  M-G-M  Picture 
ON  THE  GREAT  STAGE:  "AT  EASE!'  — 
Leonidoff's  fast  moving,  colorful  revue.  Symphony 
Srchestra,  under  the  direction  of  Erno  Rapee. 
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Midnight 


"TEN  GENTLEMEN 
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NOONTIDE 

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THIS  ABOVE  ALL" 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Triumph 

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TEN  CENTS 


Bus  Service  to 
Amusement 
Spots  Banned 

ODT  Order  Seen  Aiding 
City  Film  Houses 

Washington,  June  9. —  Film 
theatre  attendance  during  the  Sum- 
mer is  expected  to  be  considerably 
better  than  usual  in  the  cities  of  the 
nation  this  year,  as  a  result  of  the 
Government's  order  today  banning 
inter-city  bus  travel  to  places  of 
amusement  after  July  1. 

Such  bus  service  to  theatres,  race 
tracks,  beaches  and  other  places  of 
amusement  will  be  halted  on  that  date 
under  orders  issued  today  by  the  Of- 
fice of  Defense  Transportation.  There 
is  comparatively  small  use  of  such 
buses  in  operation  to  transport  pa- 
trons to  film  theatres. 

The  order  will  apply  to  buses  op- 
erated or  chartered  for  the  "primary 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


MPPDA  Board  Gets 
Publicity  Plan  Today 

A  proposed  long  range  plan  for  the 
industry's  public  relations,  developed 
by  the  Eastern  Public  Relations  Com- 
mittee, is  scheduled  to  be  presented 
to  the  MPPDA  board  of  directors  at 
its  quarterly  meeting  today  by  Charles 
Francis  Coe,  MPPDA  general  coun- 
sel and  executive  assistant  to  Will 
H.  Hays,  president. 

Features  of  the  plan  include  an  in- 
dustry news  letter  service  to  editors 
throughout  the  country  and  audience 
and  internal  industry  surveys. 

Spyros  Skouras,  20th  Century-Fox 
president,  will  attend  his  first  meeting 
as  a  board  member  today. 


House  Hears  Protest 
On  Radio  Comedians 

Washington,  June  9. — "If  the 
broadcasting  industry  does 
not  attempt  to  clean  its 
stables,  I  can  assure  them 
that  the  effort  will  be  made 
from  other  sources,"  Rep. 
O'Toole  of  New  York  declared 
today  in  the  House  in  a  pro- 
test against  what  he  termed 
the  "tendency  on  the  part  of 
the  so-called  comedians"  of 
radio  to  "engage  in  salacious- 
ness  at  the  expense  of  hu- 
mor." He  said,  however,  he 
did  not  desire  censorship. 


Rothacker  Resigns 
Quigley  Post  to  Take 
Over  Censor  Duties 


Watterson  R.  Rothacker,  Holly- 
wood vice-president  of  Quigley  Pub- 
lishing Co.,  has  resigned  this  position 
to  accept  appointment  by  the  Office 
of  Censorship  as  chairman  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Board  of  Review,  which  is 
charged  with  the  responsibility  of 
wartime  censorship  of  feature  films 
intended  for  export  or  import. 
Rothacker's  resignation  has  been  ac- 
cepted on  a  leave  of  absence  basis 
for  such  time  as  his  services  may  be 
required  in  the  Government  work. 

Rothacker  accepted  the  Government 
appointment  at  a  conference  in  Wash- 
ington last  week  with  Byron  Price, 
director  of  the  Office  of  Censorship. 
Following  the  Washington  conference 
he  came  to  New  York  for  meetings 
with  Will  H.  Hays  and  film  com- 
pany executives.  He  was  scheduled 
to  return  at  mid-week  to  Hollywood 
where  he  immediately  will  enter  upon 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


British  Plan  to  Alter 
Policy  on  War  Films 

London,  June  9. — The  British  Min- 
istry of  Information  is  understood  to 
be  planning  a  change  in  policy  on 
the  screening  of  propaganda  films 
sponsored  by  the  Ministry  in  British 
theatres. 

It  is  believed  designed  to  supplant 
the  present  arrangement  whereby 
every  British  theatre  shows  on  each 
program  one  five-minute  propaganda 
film.  The  new  plan  is  believed  ex- 
pected to  obtain  the  cooperation  of  the 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Loew  Will  Handle 
Army  Film  Supply 

Washington,  June  9. — Ar- 
thur M.  Loew,  recently  com- 
missioned a  major  in  the 
Army,  will  have  charge  of  film 
distribution  for  the  Army's 
Services  of  Supply,  it  was  an- 
nounced today  by  the  War 
Department.  Major  Loew, 
vice-president  in  charge  of 
foreign  distribution  for 
Loew's,  was  given  a  leave  of 
absence  last  week  to  enable 
him  to  take  over  the  Army 
post. 


Petrillo  Hints 
Compromise  in 
Recording  Ban 


Dallas,  June  9. — The  American 
Federation  of  Musicians  may  be 
willing    to    compromise    its  "no 
canned  music"  dictate,  it  was  de- 
clared here  today  by  James  Caesar 
Petrillo,  national  president  of  the 
union,  which  is  holding  its  47th  an- 
nual convention  here  this  week. 
"We    don't    want    to  break 
recording  or  transcription  com- 
panies," Petrillo  said  after  to- 
day's business  session.  "They've 
got  to  live;  we've  got  to  live. 
We  know  that  but  we  just  aren't 
going  to  let  them  live  at  our 
expense.    Maybe  we  will  com- 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


20th-Fox  Plans  25  to  35% 
Reductions  in  Film  Stock 


Abraham  Re-elected 
President  of  AT  AM 

Saul  Abraham  has  been  re-elected 
president  of  the  Association  of  The- 
atrical Agents  and  Managers  for  the 
fifth  consecutive  year,  it  was  disclosed 
yesterday.  Louis  F.  Werba  was  re- 
elected secretary-treasurer  and  others 
elected  were  Philip  Stevenson,  vice- 
president,  and  Oliver  M.  Sayler,  busi- 
ness agent. 

The  following  were  elected  to  the 
board  of  governors  :  Ben  Boyar,  Morris 
Jacobs,  Victor  Samrock  and  William 
Brennan,  representing  the  managers 
group ;  Nat  Dorfman  and  Glendon 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Hollywood,  June  9. — Conservation 
of  critical  materials  continued  today 
to  hold  the  attention  of  production 
officials,  as  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  Association  of  Motion  Picture 
Producers  met  last  night  to  develop 
methods  for  reducing  consumption, 
and  20th  Century-Fox  officials  met 
to  implement  the  company's  decision 
to  save  35  per  cent  of  negative  and 
25  per  cent  of  positive  film  in  future 
operations. 

The  AMPP  directors  discussed  the 
recently  stymied  plan  to  pool  trans- 
portation facilities.  The  plan,  ap- 
proved by  the  Office  of  Defense 
Transportation,  hung  fire  due  to  dif- 
ficulties  in   matching   the   needs  of 

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Schaef  er  Plans 
War  Work  on 
Leaving  RKO 

RKO  Stockholder  Meet 
Will  Be  Postponed 


George  J.  Schaefer,  president  of 
RKO,  will  devote  his  full  time  to 
the  War  Activities  Committee — 
Motion  Picture  Industry,  should  he 
step  out  of  the  film  company,  ac- 
cording to  report.  Schaefer  is 
chairman  of  the  committee. 

The  annual  meeting  of  RKO 
stockholders,  which  was  sche- 
duled to  be  held  this  morning 
at  Dover,  Del.,  will  be  postponed 
a  week,  until  June  17,  it  was 
learned  last  night. 
New  company  directors  are  to  be 
named  at  that  meeting,  but  the  slate 
has  not  yet  been  selected,  according  to 
report. 

Preferred  stockholders  are  entitled 
to  elect  one-third  of  the  directors  this 
year  because  dividend  arrears  on  that 
class  of  stock  exceeds  the  §7.50  per 
share  minimum.  Holders  of  common 
stock  will  elect  the  other  two-thirds. 
Since  Atlas  Corp.,  RCA  and  Rocke- 
feller Center,  Inc.,  hold  the  majority 
of  both  classes  of  stock,  their  nomi- 
nees will  be  assured  of  election  to  the 
board.  No  proxies  have  been  official- 
ly solicited  for  the  election. 

Whether  the  Rockefeller  interests 
elect  to  be  represented  on  the  new 
board  is  an  open  question,  however. 


New  Draft  of  Umpi 
Plan  Is  Completed 

The  proposed  Umpi  selling 
plan  may  be  ready  for  sub- 
mission to  the  Department  of 
Justice  by  the  end  of  this 
week,  it  was  stated  yesterday 
following  a  meeting  of  the 
drafting  committee  here. 

Further  suggestions  for 
changes  in  the  tentative  draft 
were  made  and  these  were 
incorporated  in  a  new  draft 
which  is  to  be  sent  to  mem- 
bers of  the  committee  today. 
If  it  meets  with  the  approval 
of  all  members  it  will  be  pre- 
sented to  the  Government  im- 
mediately. 

Members  of  the  drafting 
committee  are  Austin  C.  Ke- 
ough,  Joseph  Hazen,  Abram 
F.  Myers,  J.  Robert  Rubin, 
George  P.  Aarons  and  Robert 
Barton. 


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Motion  Picture  daily 


Wednesday,  June  10,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  June  9 

UNIVERSAL  announced  today 
that  the  world  premiere  of  Wal- 
ter Wanger's  "Eagle  Squadron"  will 
be  held  at  the  Orpheum  Theatre,  San 
Francisco,  June  25. 

• 

RKO  disclosed  today  that  it  had 
signed  Dudley  Nichols  to  a  contract 
as  producer-director,  effective  Jan.  1. 
Nichols  is  now  at  the  studio  under 
a  "package"  deal  producing  an  un- 
titled story  by  himself  with  Jean 
Renoir  directing. 

• 

Ned  E.  Depinet,  S.  Barret  McCor- 
mick  and  Edward  Alperson,  RKO 
home  office  executives,  are  expected 
here  June  15  for  product  conferences 
with  Charles  W.  Koerner,  general 
manager  in  charge  of  production. 
• 

At  a  Screen  Writers  Guild  mem- 
bership meeting  Monday  details  will 
be  presented  for  a  permanent  chari- 
ties setup  which  would  organize  under 
one  heading  all  major  industry  drives 
here  with  the  exception  of  the  Motion 
Picture  Relief  Fund. 

• 

-  M-G-M  today  announced  it  had 
signed  Fred  Zinneman  and  David 
Miller,  directors,  to  new  contracts. 


Kupper  Is  Given 
Testimonial  Dinner 

William  J.  Kupper,  executive  as- 
sistant to  Tom  J.  Connors,  vice-presi- 
dent in  charge  of  distribution  for  20th 
Century-Fox,  was  given  a  dinner  last 
night  at  the  New  York  Athletic  Club, 
attended  by  executives  of  the  com- 
pany. William  C.  Gehring,  Central 
division  manager,  was  toastmaster. 

Announced  as  attending  were  Spyros 
Skouras,  Tom  J.  Connors,  Hermann  Place, 
William  Sussman,  Edmund  Reek,  Lowell 
Thomas,  Roger  Ferri,  Rodney  Bush,  Sid 
Blumenstock,  Frank  Barry,  P.  Buranelli, 
A.  A.  Brown,  Nat  Brower,  Joe  Burke. 
Jack  Bloom,  Al  Blumstein,  George  Blender- 
man,  E.  H.  Collins,  \V.  J.  Clark,  Sam  Cit- 
ron, M.  Chikofsky,  Morris  Caplan,  Rich- 
ard Condon,  Frank  Carroll,  Ed  Cohn,  Har- 
vey Day,  Deon  De  Titta,  Jack  Darrock, 
Dan  Doherty,  W.  J.  Eadie,  George  Eisele, 
J.  P.  Edmundson,  Sam  J.  Epstein,  Alan 
E.  Freedman,  William  Freedman,  Joe  Far- 
rington,  S  Fitzgibbon,  S.  Florin,  Harry 
Fenster,  Sam  Fishman,  Abe  Goodman,  W. 
I.  Grosky,  Jack  Gordon,  M.  Goodman, 
Charles  Goetz,  Hal  Home,  C.  A.  Hill,  E. 
Hollander,  Jack  Haney,  Walter  Hicks,  M. 
D.  Howe,  Mike  Hill,  F  S.  Irby,  Felix  A. 
Jenkins.  Richard  W.  Kupper,  Ed  Kilroe, 
Morris  Kinzler.  Irving  Kahn,  Jack  Kuhne. 
Ham  Kupper.  Bill  Krewer,  Moe  Kurtz,  L. 
Kuttler,  J.  H.  Lang,  Harry  Lawrenson, 
Ben  Loweree,  Irving  Lesser,  Laudy  Law- 
rence, Joe  J.  Lee,  I.  Lincer,  W.  C.  Michel, 
Joe  Moskowitz,  Martin  Moskowitz,  Harry 
Mersay,  Edward  Mack,  Eugene  McEvoy. 
Jack  Miller,  Frank  Moneyhun,  R.  Muth, 
J.  McDonough,  Irving  Maas,  Charles  May- 
er, Elliott  McManus,  Jerry  Novat,  Dave 
Ornstein,  Joe  Pincus,  Jack  Painter,  Her- 
man Rieper,  Aubrey  Schenck,  Jack  Sichel- 
man,  Ted  Shaw,  Louis  Shanfield,  Dan  Smo- 
len,  Norman  Steinberg,  R.  Simonson, 
Charles  Schlaifer,  E.  Sponable,  William 
Sennett,  Joe  Shea,  Luke  Stager,  M. 
Schmalzbach.  Joe  Seco,  Morris  Sanders.  W. 
Schutzer.  Al  Sobol.  Paul  Terry,  Jack  Thall, 
Jim  Victory,  Christy  Wilbert,  William 
Weiss,  Lester  Whelan,  Jack  Wolf,  M.  E. 
Youngstein. 


Smith  Honored  in 
RKO  Sales  Drive 

The  final  week  of  the  RKO  Ned 
Depinet  sales  drive,  beginning  next 
Monday,  has  been  designated  as 
"Million  for  Andy  Week,"  in  honor 
or  A.  W.  Smith,  Jr.,  sales  manager. 
The  drive  will  have  run  26  weeks  at 
its  conclusion.  Nat  Levy  is  captain 
of  the  sales  drive. 


Personal  Mention 


TAMES  R.  GRAINGER,  president 
"  of  Republic  Pictures,  has  returned 
from  a  trip. 

• 

Stanley  Goldberg,  National 
Screen  Service  manager  in  Philadel- 
phia, is  the  father  of  a  son,  born  last 
week. 

• 

James  and  William  Cagney,  who 
are  visiting  here,  leave  Friday  for 
New  England. 

Joseph  Engel,  Plains,  Pa.,  exhibi- 
tor, has  recovered  from  injuries  sus- 
tained in  a  recent  fall  from  a  horse. 
• 

Earl  Wingart  has  returned  from 
a  vacation  in  Peoria,  111. 

• 

Kenneth  Robinson,  former  assist- 
ant at  the  West  Side  Theatre,  Scran- 
ton,  Pa.,  has  joined  the  Army. 
• 

Peter  Raio  of  the  RCA  Theatre, 
Scranton,  Pa.,  has  enlisted  in  the 
Air  Corps. 

John  Gill  of  the  Strand,  Wilkes- 
Barre,  Pa.,  has  been  called  into  the 
Army. 


GUY  HUNT,  former  executive  of 
the  W.  C.  Hunt  circuit  in  New 
Jersey,  now  stationed  at  Fort  Jackson, 
S.  C,  and  TrLLiE  Stiemer,  his  former 
secretary,  were  married  recently  at  the 
Army  base. 

Joseph  Nevison,  manager  of  War- 
ners' Bromley  Theatre,  Philadelphia, 
became  the  father  of  a  son  last  week. 


Nat  Rubin,  manager  of  Lyric, 
Bridgeport,  Conn.,  and  Herbert  Al- 
pert,  assistant  at  the  house,  will  be 
inducted  this  month. 


Hugh  Maguire,  former  booking 
manager  at  the  RKO  New  Haven 
exchange,  is  now  a  first  lieutenant, 
stationed  at  Maxwell  Field,  Ala. 


Theodore  Schneider,  booker  at 
the  Paramount  Chicago  exchange, 
has  enlisted  in  the  Marines  and  is  sta- 
tioned at  San  Diego. 


William  B.  Huffman,  manager  of 
the  Warner  Theatre,  Reading,  Pa., 
and  Amy  Hopper  were  recently  mar- 
ried. 


VogelMakes  Changes 
In  Loew's  Theatres 

A  number  of  changes  in  personnel 
of  Loew's  out-of-town  theatres  have 
been  made  by  Joseph  R.  Vogel.  A.  H. 
Beuhrig,  Jr.,  manager  of  Loew's  State, 
Cleveland,  moves  to  Loew's,  Dayton, 
replacing  Orville  Crouch,  who  has 
entered  the  service.  Vaughn  O'Neill, 
assistant  at  the  Penn,  Pittsburgh,  is 
now  manager  of  the  State,  Cleveland. 
Thomas  Delridge,  assistant  at  Loew's 
Midland,  Kansas  City,  fills  the  va- 
cancy in  Pittsburgh.  Martin  J.  Maher, 
student  assistant  at  the  State,  Boston, 
is  now  assistant  manager  in  Kansas 
City.  Ira  Beck,  formerly  student  as- 
sistant at  Loew's,  Rochester,  becomes 
assistant  manager. 

Another  new  woman  assistant  has 
been  appointed,  Ruth  Bolton,  formerly 
cashier  of  Loew's  State,  Syracuse, 
who  replaces  Robert  Desberg,  now  in 
the  Army. 


Max  Winslow  Dead 

Hollywood,  June  9. — Max  Wins- 
low,  59,  vice-president  of  Irving  Ber- 
lin, Inc.,  music  publishers,  died  yes- 
terday in  Cedars  of  Lebanon  Hospi- 
tal. From  1933  to  1939,  he  was  con- 
nected with  Columbia,  producing  "One 
Night  of  Love"  and  other  musical 
films. 


Universal  Declares 
Preferred  Dividend 

Universal  Pictures  Co.  board  of 
directors  has  declared  a  quarterly 
dividend  of  $2  per  share  on  the  com- 
pany's preferred  stock.  The  dividend 
maintains  arrears  on  the  stock  at  $68 
per  share. 

The  company's  financial  report  for 
the  second  quarter  of  the  current  fis- 
cal year  is  scheduled  to  be  made  pub- 
lic within  the  next  few  days  and  is 
expected  to  show  a  substantial  gain 
over  the  $1,513,000  reported  for  the 
first  quarter  before  Federal  taxes  and 
special  reserves,  but  a  somewhat 
smaller  gain,  due  to  higher  taxes, 
over  the  $845,000  profit  for  the  first 
quarter  after  such  deductions.  Profit 
for  the  first  half  is  expected  to  be 
about  $2,000,000  after  all  charges 
and  taxes. 


Report  Margolies 
Will  Join  Skirball 

Hollywood,  June  9. — Albert  Mar- 
golies, who  resigned  recently  from  the 
position  of  publicity  director  of  Unit- 
ed Artists,  shortly  will  join  the  Jack 
Skirball  organization,  with  which  Al- 
fred Hitchcock  is  associated  and 
whose  pictures  are  released  by  Uni- 
versal,  according  to  report. 


'Thanks,  Hollywood/  Say  Knox  and 

Stimson  for  Victory  Caravan  Tour 

Hollywood,  June  9. — Kenneth  Thomson  and  Charles  K.  Feldman, 
co-managers  of  the  Hollywood  Victory  Caravan  which  recently 
completed  a  nationwide  tour  for  Army  and  Navy  Emergency  Relief 
funds,  today  disclosed  letters  of  appreciation  received  from  Secre- 
tary of  War  Stimson  and  Secretary  of  the  Navy  Knox. 

Stimson  wrote:  "The  work  of  the  Caravan  has  been  an  example 
to  all  Americans  who  are  determined  with  us  that  the  minds  of 
our  fighting  men  shall  be  free  from  financial  worry." 

Knox  wrote:  "Assure  all  those  generous,  patriotic  travelers 
that  the  Navy  will  not  soon  forget  the  outstanding  work  they 
have  done  for  us." 


Newsreel 
Parade 


A  MASS  enlistment  in  the  Navy  as 
■fj-  part  of  this  country's  vengeance 
for  Pearl  Harbor  is  a  newsreel  high- 
light in  the  midweek  issues.  Con- 
siderable attention  also  is  given  the 
parade  in  New  York  of  a  group  of 
war  heros  and  aspects  of  the  nation's 
war  production..  The  contents  ofre." 
reels  follow:  ^  N 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No  79-AdmiraI 
Hepburn  tells  of  victory;  12,000  join  Navy. 
New  York  hails  U.  S.  and  British  heroes 
of  war.  Nelson  tours  war  plants;  U.  S. 
gunners  in  Australia;  Jap  airmen  captured. 
Mrs.  Oveta  Hobby,  director  of  WAAC; 
Queen  of  Smiles  in  Ozarks;  Kansas  City 
police  swear  in  civilian  auxiliary  force. 
Shut  Out.  Derby  winner,  beats  Alsab  at 
Belmont  Park. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  277— America 
avenging  Pearl  Harbor.  Miracles  of  war 
production  with  the  Yanks  in  Australia. 
Army  and  Navy  take  Belmont  spotlight. 
Wild  West  rodeo  thrills  soldiers  in  King 
City,  Cal.  U.  S.  hails  heroes  of  United 
Nations. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  82— War  aces 
welcomed  on  Broadway.  Production  chiefs 
hail  war  output.  Col.  (Mrs.)  Oveta  Culp 
Hobby  named  director  as  women's  army 
speeds  up.  Old  hansom  cabs  back  in  service 
in  Boston.  Bicycles  for  commuters  in 
Concord,  Mass.  Musical  extravaganza  with 
roller  skates  in  debut  in  New  York.  Amer- 
ica remembers  Pearl  Harbor  as  12,326  take 
Navy  enlistment  oath,  and  men  and  bovs 
enter  service  throughout  nation;  Admiral 
Hepburn  tells  of  American  fleet  victory. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  82—  Selectees 
recall  Pearl  Harbor.  Coast  alert  after 
Alaska  raid.  Bomber  sergeant  captures 
Jap  pilot.  U.  S.  anti-aircraft  in  Australia. 
N.  Y.  tour  honors  heroes  of  this  war. 
British  production  head  at  U  S.  plant. 
Roller  skaters  in  New  York  show.  Shut 
Out  wins  Belmont  Stakes. 

UNIVERSAL    NEWSREEL,    No.  91— 

Memorial  Day  services  in  Hawaii.  Pearl 
Harbor  Day  Navy  recruiting.  U.  S.  and 
British  heroes  hailed  in  New  York.  Nation 
hits  war  stride.  West  Point  cadets  see 
war  show  on  the  East  Coast.  China  gets 
more  war  aid.  WAAC  chief  in  uniform. 
News  from  Australia.  Girl  rowing  team  in 
Philadelphia.  King  City,  Cal.,  rodeo.  Shut 
Out  wins  Belmont  Stakes. 


Equity  Council  on 
Summer  Schedule 

The  council  of  Actors  Equity  As 
sociation  will  begin  its  Summer  meet 
ing  schedule,  following  a  regular  ses- 
sion yesterday.  From  now  until  Sep- 
tember, council  meetings  will  be  held 
every  other  Tuesday,  instead  of  week- 
ly, unless  emergency  sessions  are 
called.  The  next  meeting  is  scheduled 
for  June  23. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 
Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone,  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York,"  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Watterson  R.  Rothacker.  Vice- 
President;  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill. 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau,  Postal  Union 
Life  Building.  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor; 
London  Bureau,  4  Golden  Square.  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
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Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23. 
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MINIVER  MAGIC! 

History  is  in  the  making  at  the  Music  Hall! 

"The  best  picture  now  showing  in  New  York!"  —  Wmsten,  Post 
"One  of  the  greatest  ever  made.  Masterpiece!"— Boehnel,  World-Telegram 
"Seldom  a  film  to  stand  with  it.  1942's  best!"  —  Creelman,  Sun 

"The  most  stirring  heart-clutching  of  our  time ! "  —Cameron,  News 
"Magnificent,  valiant  film  you  will  not  forget."  — Barnes,  Tribune 

"Sheer  motion  picture  dynamite.  Truly  great  film!"  —  Mortimer,  Mirror 
"Finest  film  yet  made  about  the  present  war."  —  Crowther,  Times 

"Exalting!  The  first  movie  'must'  of  the  year!"  —McManus,  pm 

"The  finest  picture  of  this  Or  any  year!"  —  Pelswick,  Journal- American 

"One  of  the  greatest  in  screen  history!"  —Mishkin,  Telegraph 


A  Salute  to  HENRY  HATHAWAY  its  Direct 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  June  10,  1942 


20th-Fox  Plans  25  to  35% 
Reductions  in  Film  Stock 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 


Bus  Service  to 
Amusement 
Spots  Banned 


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purpose"  of  serving  amusement 
places  and  will  not  restrict  persons 
who  may  wish  to  make  use  of  regu- 
larly-scheduled buses  to  travel  to  some 
theatre  along  the  route  of  any  bus. 

The  service  affected  for  the  most 
part  serves  beaches,  dancing  pavilions, 
race  tracks,  golf  courses  and  similar 
amusement  places,  most  of  which  pro- 
vide Summer  competition  for  film  the- 
atres in  the  cities. 

The  Office  of  Defense  Transporta- 
tion order  gave  that  body  control  over 
all  inter-city  bus  transportation, 
ordering  present  routes  frozen,  com- 
petitive service  pooled  and  all  ex- 
press service  discontinued.  In  addi- 
tion, bus  companies  must  discontinue 
schedules  which  fail  to  show  an  aver- 
age load  in  both  directions  of  more 
than  40  per  cent  of  the  seating  ca- 
pacity of  the  buses  used.  Any  exten- 
sion of  bus  routes  after  July  1  is 
prohibited  without  special  permission 
of  the  ODT. 


Challenge  to  Films 
Seen  by  Whitney 

Hollywood,  June  9. — John  Hay 
Whitney,  who  is  retiring  as  director 
of  the  motion  picture  division  of  the 
Office  of  Coordinator  of  Inter-Ameri- 
can Affairs,  for  army  service,  today 
told  17  industry  leaders  whose  guest 
he  was  at  a  luncheon  that  "if  the  in- 
dustry fully  meets  the  challenge  which 
now  confronts  it  it  will  earn  the  right 
to  carry  out  the  policies  of  our  Gov- 
ernment under  its  own  control." 

Y.  Frank  Freeman,  president  of  the 
Association  of  Motion  Picture  Pro- 
ducers, presided  at  the  luncheon, 
which  was  sponsored  by  the  Asso- 
ciation and  held  at  the  Beverly  Hills 
Hotel. 


Rothacker  Resigns 
Quigley  Post  to  Take 
Over  Censor  Duties 


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the  work  called  for  by  the  Office  of 
Censorship. 

Rothacker  became  associated  with 
Quigley  Publishing  Co.  -in  1939  and 
has  been  active  in  a  consultative  and 
advisory  capacity.  He  has  been  im- 
portantly identified  with  the  business 
of  motion  pictures  since  1910  in  vari- 
ous executive  connections.  He  is  one 
of  the  most  widely  known  industry 
personalities,  both  in  the  United 
States  and  abroad.  Through  exten- 
sive travel  in  all  parts  of  the  world 
over  a  period  of  many  years  he  has 
wide  and  first-hand  knowledge  of 
foreign  conditions. 

News  of  his  Government  appoint- 
ment has  been  received  in  industry 
circles  both  in  Hollywood  and  New 
York  with  marked  favor  due  to  the 
recognition  that  both  in  ability  and 
experience  he  is  especially  well-quali- 
fied for  the  difficult  and  important 
undertaking  of  safeguarding  the  na- 
tional interest  in  connection  with  the 
exportation  and  importation  of  fea- 
ture motion  pictures  during  war  time. 


Name  Chairmen  for 
Hero  Parade  Tour 

Film  executives  in  the  20  cities  on 
the  itinerary  of  the  War  Heroes 
Parade  have  been  named  by  Spyros 
Skouras,  chairman  of  the  parade  com- 
mittee, to  coordinate  local  committees, 
which  will  arrange  the  local  demon- 
strations for  the  15  war  heroes  tour- 
ing the  country  under  the  sponsor- 
ship of  the  Treasury  Department. 

Those  named  were  Martin  Mullin 
and  Sam  Pinanski,  Boston ;  Ted 
Schlanger,  Philadelphia ;  Isidore  Rap- 
paport,  Baltimore;  Carter  Barron  and 
John  Payette,  Washington ;  John  Har- 
ris, Pittsburgh;  Charles  Raymond, 
Cleveland ;  Dave  Idzal  and  Edward 
Silverman,  Detroit ;  Harold  Fitzger- 
ald, Milwaukee ;  John  Friedl,  Minne- 
apolis ;  Frank  Ricketson,  Denver ; 
Tracy  Barham,  Salt  Lake  City; 
Frank  Newman,  Seattle ;  A.  M. 
Bowles,  San  Francisco;  Charles 
Skouras,  Los  Angeles ;  Robert  J. 
O'Donnell,  Dallas;  E.  V.  Richards, 
New  Orleans ;  Harry  Arthur,  St. 
Louis. 


Abraham  Re-elected 
President  of  AT  AM 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Allvine,  representing  the  New  York 
press  agents ;  Howard  Herrick  and 
Forrest  Crossman,  representing  the 
road  press  agents,  and  Morris  Crys- 
tal arid  Nathan  Parnes,  representing 
the  Yiddish  division.  Joseph  M.  Gross- 
man, business  agent  for  the  last  three 
years,  resigned. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

widely  separated  studios  and  in  fitting 
together  the  facilities  of  the  majors 
and  independents.  A  meeting  to  re- 
vive this  plan  is  expected  late  this 
week  or  early  next  week. 

Y.  Frank  Freeman,  AMPP  presi- 
dent, met  tonight  with  a  Screen  Di- 
rectors Guild  Committee  which  has 
been  studying  methods  of  curtailing 
waste.  At  the  20th  Century-Fox 
meeting  last  night,  called  by  William 
Goetz,  vice-president,  department 
heads  submitted  details  of  economies 
in  the  use  of  stock  calculated  to  cut 
negative  film  use  of  35  per  cent  and 
positive  by  25  per  cent. 

20th-Fox  Cut  Voluntary 

Although  these  figures  have  been 
mentioned  in  the  past  as  likely  to  be 
fixed  by  the  Government  for  the  en- 
tire industry,  the  20th  Century-Fox 
move  was  taken  voluntarily.  No  other 
studio  has  announced  specific  reduc- 
tion figures. 

The  conservation  program  will  be 
discussed  Monday  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Screen  Writers  Guild. 

The  AMPP  directors  last  night 
also  approved  the  proposal  of  the  pub- 
lic relations  committee  to  appoint  a 
war  activities  publicity  group  to 
handle  the  many  requests  for  inform- 
ation concerning  Hollywood  aid  in 
the  bond  drive  and  other  war  enter- 
prises. The  group  will  include :  Alex 
Evelove,  John  LeRoy  Johnston, 
George  Thomas,  Dan  Thomas,  Robert 
Doman,  Barrett  Kiesling  and  Tom 
Pettey. 


Seek  Extension  of 
Phila.  Ticket  Tax 

Philadelphia,  June  9.  —  Mayor 
Bernard  Samuel  has  asked  the  City 
Council  to  draw  up  a  new  ordinance 
proposing  the  indefinite  continuation 
of  the  city's  amusement  tax  of  one 
cent  on  each  25-cent  admission  or 
fraction  thereof.  The  original  ordi- 
nance was  for  five  years  only,  expir- 
ing July  23,  1942.  The  amended 
measure  fixes  no  time  limit  for  the 
amusement  tax.  Last  year,  the  levy 
yielded  81,102,383  and  this  year's 
budget  estimates  receipts  of  $1,100,000 
from  this  tax. 


Seattle  Grosses  Off 
After  Alaska  Attack 

Seattle,  June  9. — A  definite  de- 
crease in  business  was  felt  by  the  first 
run  houses  here  for  the  five  days  after 
the  first  Jap  attack  on  Dutch  Harbor. 
Broadcasting  stations  here  were  off 
the  air  nightly  at  9  o'clock  since  the 
attack,  and  the  public  has  been  at 
"alert"  each  night  with  blackouts 
considered  a  strong  possibility  but  as 
yet  not  ordered.  Managers  of  down- 
town theatres  indicate  that  grosses 
have  been  off  from  15  to  25  per  cent  as 
a  result  of  the  situation. 


Mrs.  L.  O.  Lukan  Dies 

Seattle,  June  9.  —  Mrs.  L.  O. 
Lukan,  55,  wife  of  the  general  man- 
ager of  B.  F.  Shearer's  circuit,  died 
at  her  home  this  week  after  an  illness 
of  several  weeks. 


"Gandy  Goose  in  Tricky 
Business" 

(Terry-Toon) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

This  one  goes  slightly  overboard  in 
attempted  humor  and  consequently  *' •• 
laughs  are  at  a  minimum.  Its  cl^  ~ 
acters  are  a  goose,  with  a  bag^ji 
tricks,  and  a  cat,  whose  curiosity 
nearly  has  fatal  results.  Running 
time,  7  mins.    Release,  May  1. 


"Guardians  of  the  Sea" 

(Adventures  of  a  Newsreel 
Cameraman  ) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

This  is  a  good  subject,  picturing  the 
functions  of  the  U.  S.  Coast  Guard, 
beginning  with  the  training  of  rookies 
and  then  showing  the  men  at  wrork. 
A  highpoint  is  the  rescue  of  the  crew 
of  a  beached  freighter.  Running  time, 
9  mins.    Release,  July  17. 

"Wilful  Willie1, 

(Terry-Toon) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

Willie,  a  mouse,  refuses  to  drink  his 
milk,  it  seems,  and  upon  falling  asleep 
dreams  of  his  becoming  a  Wild  West 
desperado.  The  cartoon,  which  is 
rather  pointless,  then  places  Willie  on 
a  desert.  At  this  point  he  awakens  and 
drinks  the  milk.  Running  time,  7 
mins.    Release,  June  26. 


"All  About  Dogs" 

(Terry-Toon) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

A  large  variety  of  dogs  are 
sketched  in  burlesque  fashion  in  this 
color  cartoon.  In  some  instances  the 
satire  is  a  little  obvious  while  in 
other  spots  it  is  good  for  laughs. 
The  St.  Bernard  rushes  to  a  rescue 
and  upon  arrival  drinks  the  brandy 
himself.  Running  time,  7  mins.  Re- 
lease, June  12. 


"India  the  Golden" 

(Magic  Carpet) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

This  travelogue  subject  on  India, 
in  color,  is  good  pictorially  and  al- 
though filmed  before  the  war,  has 
considerable  interest.  Running  time, 
9  mins.    Release,  June  19. 


British  Plan  to  Alter 
Policy  on  War  Films 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Cinematograph  Exhibitors  Associa- 
tion in  the  showing  at  set  periods, 
probably  monthly,  of  a  two-reel  or 
other  propaganda  film  dealing  more 
exhaustively  with  current  matters.  It 
is  also  understood  that  in  the  future 
Ministry  of  Information  films  will 
concentrate  on  international  matters, 
rather  than  domestic  situations  exclu- 
sively. 


E.  C.  Grainger  in  Ohio 

E.  C.  Grainger,  head  of  the  Shea 
Circuit,  and  E.  C.  Raftery,  counsel 
for  the  circuit  and  president  of  U.  A., 
are  in  Ohio  on  legal  and  tax  matters. 
Raftery  will  return  today.  Grainger 
is  expected  back  in  about  10  days  after 
a  tour  of  the  circuit. 


Warners  Preview 
New  British  Picture 

London,  June  9.  —  Warners 
today  previewed  here  its  most 
ambitious  British  production, 
"Flying  Fortress."  Against  a 
spectacular  and  varied  back- 
ground of  the  United  States, 
Canada,  England  under  bomb- 
ing attack  and  air  raids  on 
Berlin,  is  told  an  exciting  and 
entertaining  story  of  an 
American  playboy  who  be- 
comes a  ferry  pilot  and  then 
an  RAF  navigator.  A  roman- 
tic thread  is  interwoven 
pleasantly. 

Entertainment  ingredients 
are  present  in  full  measure, 
and  an  exciting  raid  by  Boe- 
ing bombers  climaxes  the  film. 
Despite  its  length,  the  picture 
is  consistently  entertaining 
and  should  score  at  the  box- 
office.  Richard  Greene  is 
starred,  but  is  overshadowed 
by  Donald  Stewart  as  a  tough 
Canadian  flier. 

Flanagan 


Wednesday,  June  10,  1942 


Motion  Picture  daily 


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'My  Gal  Sal' 
Gets  $42,000, 
Chicago  Best 


Chicago,   June  9.  —  The  Chicago 
Theatre  with  "My  Gal  Sal"  and  a 
stage  show  drew  $42,000.    "Reap  the 
Wind"  did  $19,000  at  the  State- 

V\ 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  4 : 

"Gone  With  the  Wind"  (M-G-M) 

APOLLO— (1,400)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,500.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 

CHICAGO  —  (4,000)  (35c -55c -75c)  7 
clays.  Stage— Variety  Bill.  Gross:  $42,000. 
(Average,  $32,000) 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (20th- Fox) 

(3rd  week  in  Loop) 
"The  Mam  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  (20th- Fox) 

GAR  RICK  —  (1,000)    (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $5,800.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"Joe  Smith,  American"  (M-G-M) 

ORIENTAL— (3,200)     (27c-31c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Stage — "Funzafire"  unit  and  Bonnie 
Baker.    Gross:  $20,000.    (Average,  $16,000. 
"Syncopation"  (RKO) 

"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M)  (6  days) 

"My  Favorite  Spy"  (RKO) 

"The  Falcon  Takes  Over"  (RKO)  (1  day) 

PALACE  —  (2,500)    (40c-50c-68c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $13,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Kid  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 
"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.  B.) 

ROOSEVELT  —  (1,500)  (35c-55c-65c-75c) 
7  days.  Gross:  $11,000.  (Average,  $11,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind?'  (Para.) 

STATE-LAKE— (3,700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c) 
7  days.  2nd  week.  Gross :  $19,000.  (Aver- 
age, $14,000) 

"Moontide"  (ZOth-Fox)  (1  day,  2nd  week) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

"This  Time  for  Keeps  (M-G-M)  (6  days) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,700)  (35c-55c-65c- 
75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $12,000.  (Average,  $14,- 
000) 

"The  Corpse  Vanishes'*  (Mono1.) 
"The  Mad  Monster"  (PRC) 

WOODS— (1,200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,000. 


'Above  AW  $12,500 
Kansas  City  Gross 

Kansas  City,  June  9.  —  "This 
Above  All"  scored  $12,500  at  two 
houses. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  4 : 

"This  Above  All"  (ZOth-Fox) 

ESQUIRE— (800)  (40c -55c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$5,000.  (Average,  $2,400) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.  A.) 
"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 

MIDLAND  —  (3,600)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $7,000.  (Average,  $8,500) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

NEWMAN— (1,900)   (30c-44c)  7  days,  3rd 
week.  Gross:  $6,500.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.) 
"The  Falcon  Takes  Over"  (RKO) 

ORPHEUM  —  (1,900)     (30c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $9,500.  (Average.  $5,000) 
"Home  in  Wyoanin'  "  (Rep.) 
"Shepherd  of  the  Ofcarks"  (Rep.) 

TOWER— (2,200)  (30c)  7  days.  Stage  show. 
Cross:  $7,000.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"This  Above  All"  (ZOth-Fox) 

UPTOWN  —  (2,000)  (40c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,500.    (Average,  $4,000) 


'Ship  Ahoy'  Scores 
$7,500  Omaha  Gross 

Omaha,  June  9. — "Ship  Ahoy"  and 
"Born  to  Sing"  drew  $7,500  at  the 
Omaha.  The  weather  was  hot  and 
windy. 

Estimated  receipts  for  week  ending 
June  2-3 : 

"Fantasia"  (RKO) 
"Blcndie  Goes  to  College"  (Col.) 

BRANDEIS— (1,200)     (30c-44c)  7 
Gross:   $4,400.     (Average,  $4,000) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G^-M) 

OMAHA — (2,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$7,500.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"The  Great  Man's  Lady"  (Para.) 

ORPHEUM— (3,000)     (40c -55c)  7 
Staff:    Horace    Heidt    and  band. 
$15,300.    (Average.  $14,000) 


days. 


days. 
Gross : 


Notes  from  Hollywood 


Hollywood,  June  9 

D  ARAMOUNT  is  planning  the  greatest  "all  star"  cast  in  its  history. 

Virtually  all  of  the  lot's  stars,  featured  and  contract  players  will  be 
seen  in  "Star  Spangled  Rhythm,"  a  musical.  Having  a  background  of 
a  show  staged  at  the  Paramount  studio  for  men  in  the  service,  the 
film  will  have  top  stars  playing  them- 


selves.  George  Marshall  will  direct. 

Scheduled  already  to  appear  are : 
Bing  Crosby,  Bob  Hope,  Dorothy 
Lamour,  Paulette  Goddard,  Victor 
Moore,  Betty  Hutton,  Ray  Mil- 
land,  Fred  MacMurray,  Mary 
Martin,  Veronica  Lake,  Eddie 
Bracken,  Lynn  Overman,  Alan 
Ladd,  Gil  Lamb,  Betty  Rhodes, 
Marjorie  Reynolds,  Walter  Abel, 
Martha  O'Driscoll,  Dona  Drake, 
Cass  Dailey,  Cecil  Kellaway, 
Johnnie  Johnson,  Barbara  Brit- 
ton,  Frances  Gifford,  Eva  Gabor, 
Phyllis  Ruth,  Jean  Wallace, 
Katharine  Booth,  Lynda  Grey, 
Louise  La  Planche. 

•  • 

Bud  Abbott  and  Lou  Costello 
have  obtained  the  services  of 
Johnny  Martin,  professional 
dancing  instructor,  and  a  group 
of  girl  assistants  to  give  a 
series  of  free  instruction  peri- 
ods in  social  dancing  for  men  in 
uniform,  given  under  USO  aus- 
pices. The  plan  was  inaugurated 
in  response  to  requests  to  the 
comedians  from  men  in  service. 

•  • 

Alan  Lane,  returning  to  the  screen 
after  an  absence  of  three  years,  gets 
the  title  role  of  "King  of  the  Royal 
Mounted  Strikes  Back,"  Republic 
serial.  .  .  .  Ralph  Dietrich,  who  will 
produce  "The  Cisco  Kid  Rides 
Again,"  starring  Cesar  Romero  at 
20th  Century-Fox,  has  put  Ralph 
Belden  on  the  script.  .  .  .  The  Fred 
Astaire-Rita  Hayworth  musical  at 
Columbia,  formerly  titled  "Carnival  in 
Rio,"  is  now  "The  Gay  Senorita."  .  .  . 
Stan  Clements  joins  the  East  Side 
Kids  gang  at  Monogram  and  makes 
his  first  appearance  with  them  in 
"Smart  Alecks." 

•  • 

Ann  Rutherford  and  Diana 
Lewis  go  into  M-G-M's  "Whistling 
in  Dixie,"  Red  Skelton  vehicle  at 
M-G-M.  .  .  .  Lola  Lane  and  Dun- 
can Renaldo  have  been  set  for  "Lost 
Canyon,"  new  Hopalong  Cassidy  pic- 
ture Harry  Sherman  is  producing. 
Paramount  has  changed  the  title  of 
"Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cugat"  to  "Are  Hus- 
bands Necessary?"  .  .  .  Paramount 
has  extened  the  contracts  of  Dorothy 
Lamour,  Dona  Drake  and  Eddie 
Bracker.  .  .  .  Randolph  Scott  is  be- 
ing replaced  in  RKO's  "The  Navy 
Comes  Through"  by  George  Mur- 
phy. Scott  draws  instead  the  top 
masculine  assignments  in  "China 
Sky,"  opposite  Claudette  Colbert, 
and  in  "Bombardier." 

•  • 

Betty  Rhodes  will  appear  opposite 
Bing  Crosby  in  Paramount's  "Man- 
hattan at  Midnight"  (tentative  title). 
.  .  .  Cast  of  "Gambler's  Choice"  at 
M-G-M  will  be  headlined  by  John 
Carroll,  William  Lundigan,  Pa- 
tricia Dane  and  Keenan  Wynn. 
.  .  .  Busby  Berkeley  draws  the  di- 
rectorial assignment  on  "Lucky  Num- 
ber," Nelson  Eddy  vehicle  at  M- 
G-M.  .  .  .  Kaaren  Verne  has  the 
feminine  lead  of  Universal's  "Sher- 
lock Holmes  Fights  Back."  ...  "A 


Thousand  Shall  Fall,"  non-fiction  best 
seller  by  Hans  Habe,  former  mem- 
ber of  the  French  Foreign  Legion, 
has  been  bought  by  M-G-M  and  Ring 
Lardner,  Jr.,  and  Michael  Kanin 
will  do  the  script. 

•  • 

Director  John  Rawlins  has  been 
set  by  Walter  Wanger  to  direct 
"Arabian  Nights"  for  Universal  re- 
lease. This  will  be  Rawlins'  first 
high  budget  assignment.  .  .  .  Edward 
F.  Cline  will  guide  "Off  the  Beaten 
Track,"  Universal  picture  which  will 
feature  the  Ritz  Brothers,  Carol 
Bruce  and  the  Sonny  Dunham  or- 
chestra. .  .  .  William  Perlberg  gets 
the  production  reins  of  "The  Song 
of  Bernadette,"  novel  by  Franz  Wer- 
fel  of  the  Miracle  at  Lourdes,  at  20th 
Century-Fox. 

•  • 

Lyle  Talbot  makes  a  return  to  the 
screen  in  RKO's  "Mexican  Spitfire's 
Elephant."  .  .  .  Jacqueline  Knox,  19- 
year-old  cousin  of  Navy  Secretary 
Frank  Knox,  has  been  given  an  M- 
G-M  contract.  .  .  The  title  of  the  Joe 
E.  Brown  picture  at  Columbia  is  now 
"Brownie,"  which  Frank  R.  Stray- 
er  will  direct.  .  .  .  Monogram  has 
given  a  term  deal  to  Gale  Storm, 
Gateway  to  Hollywood  program  win- 
ner. .  .  .  Leslie  Goodwins  will  direct 
RKO's  "Ladies"  Day,"  Lupe  Velez 
vehicle. 

•  • 

Carl  "Alfalfa"  Sweetzer  has 
been  shifted  temporarily  from 
the  "Our  Gang"  troupe  to  a 
role  in  M-G-M's  "The  War 
Against  Mrs.  Hadley."  .  .  .  Guy 
Kibbee  is  cast  in  "Whistling  in 
Dixie,"  same  studio.  .  .  .  Brian 
Aherne  withdraws  from  Colum- 
bia's "My  Sister  Eileen"  to  go 
into  "Salute  to  Sahara,"  with 
Glenn  Ford,  at  the  same  lot.  . .  . 
Lieut.  Cmdr.  John  Farrow,  now 
directing  "Wake  Island"  at 
Paramount,  next  moves  over  to 
Columbia  to  guide  "The  Com- 
mandos," starring  Paul  Muni. 

•  • 

Jack  LaRue  has  been  given  a  fea- 
tured role  in  Warners'  "The  Desert 
Song."  .  .  John  Van  Druten  will 
adapt  his  play,  "Old  Acquaintance," 
for  Bette  Davis  at  Warners.  .  .  .  Ed- 
ward Dmytryk  will  direct  RKO's 
"Seven  Miles  from  Alcatraz."  .  .  . 
Monogram  has  signed  Alan  Mow- 
bray to  replace  John  Litel  in  "Isle 
of  Fury,"  in  which  John  Howard, 
Gilbert  Roland,  Helen  Gilbert 
and  Noah  Beery  are  featured.  Litel 
had  a  conflicting  assignment.  .  .  . 
"Torpedoed"  is  the  tentative  title  for 
Warners'  forthcoming  Merchant  Ma- 
rine picture.  Guy  Gilpatric  has  com- 
pleted the  script. 


White  Files  Bankruptcy 

Los  Angeles,  June  9. — George 
White,  theatrical  producer,  has  filed 
a  voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy 
here,  listing  more  than  $100,000  in 
liabilities,  consisting  mostly  of  New 
York  obligations. 


'  Spoilers'  Is 
Los  Angeles 
Hit,  $25,700 


Los  Angeles,  June  9. —  "The 
Spoilers"  and  "Butch  Minds  the 
Baby"  scored  $25,700  at  two  houses, 
with  $13,500  at  the  Hillstreet  and  $12,- 
200  at  the  Pantages.  Other  grosses 
were  fair. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  3 : 

"Moontide"  (ZOth-Fox) 

"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (ZOth-Fox) 

CHINESE  —   (2,500)    (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $13,500.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"Bashful  Bachelor"  (RKO) 

HAWAII— (1,100)  (33c -44c -55c -75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,200. 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

HILLSTREET— (2,700)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $13,500.  (Average,  $6,500) 
"Moontide"  (Z9th-Fox) 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (ZOth-Fox) 

LOEWS  STATE^(2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $17,500.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Umiv.) 

PANTAGES— (3,000)     (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $12,200.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.A.) 

PARAMOUNT  (HOLLYWOOD)— (1,407) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross: 
$7,000. 

"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.A.) 
"Fly  By  Night"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT     (DOWNTOWN) — (3,595 ) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross: 
$9,500.     (Average,  $18,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER    BROS.     (HOLLYWOOD)  — 
(3,000)    (33c-44c-.55c-75c)   7  days,  4th  week. 
Gross:  $13,900.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER  BROS.  (DOWNTOWN)  — 
(3.400)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days.  4th  week. 
Gross:  $15,900.     (Average,  $12,000) 


Cincinnati  Gives 
'Tortilla'  $14,500 

Cincinnati,  June  9. — With  a  $14,- 
500  gross,  "Tortilla  Flat"  led  at  the 
RKO  Albee,  while  "Juke  Girl"  regis- 
tered $11,000  at  the  RKO  Palace. 
"My  Gal  Sal"  took  $5,800  in  a  third 
moveover  week  at  the  RKO  Capitol. 
The  weather  was  hot. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  3-6 : 

"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 

RKO  ALBEE1 — (3,300)      (33c-40c-50)  7 
days.    Gross:  $14,500.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.B.) 

RKO    PALACE— (2,700)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $11,000.    (Average,  $10,000) 
"Twin   Beds"  (U.A.) 

RKO  SHUBERT— (2,150)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  2d  week.  Gross:  $2,800.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 

RKO  CAPITOL — (2,000)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  3d  week.  Gross:  $5,800.  (Average, 
$5,500) 

"The   Kennel    Murder    Case"    (W.B.)  Re- 
issue 

"Gambling  Lady"  (W.B.)  Reissue 

RKO     GRAND— (1,500)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.     Gross:   $3,700.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"The  Bashful  Bachelor"  (RKO) 

RKO     LYRIC— (1,400)      (28c-33c-42c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $2,800.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Ride  'Em  Cowboy"  (Univ.) 
"Bombay  Clipper"  (Univ.) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)  (15c-28c)   4  days. 
Gross:  $1,100.     (Average,  $1.2C0) 
"Twilight  on  the  Trail"  (Para.) 
"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler?"  (ZOth-Fox) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)   (15c-28c)  3  days. 
Gross:  $800.    (Average,  $800) 
"Ship   Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

KEITH'S — (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days,  2d 
week.     Gross:  $5,400.     (Average,  $5,000) 


Indiana  Theatre  Closed 

Indianapolis,  June  9. — The  3,200- 
seat  Indiana  Theatre  has  closed  for 
the  season.  Kenneth  Collins,  man- 
ager, said  the  theatre  probably  would 
not  remain  closed  long. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  June  10,  1942 


Off  the  Antenna 


EMGHT  top  CBS  shows  will  be  heard  in  a  Government-sponsored 
J  series  titled  "Victory  Theatre"  beginning  July  20.  It  will  be  similar 
to  NBC's  "Victory  Parade"  which  got  under  way  last  Sunday.  The 
new  CBS  series,  in  which  time  and  talent  will  be  donated,  will  begin  with 
the  Cecil  B  DeMille  program  and  will  be  followed  by  Fred  Allen,  the 
Screen  Guild  Theatre,  the  Hit  Parade  and  four  others.  Red  Skelton 
and  company  will  be  heard  in  the  second  of  the  NBC  series  on  Sunday. 

•      •  • 

Purely  Personal:  James  F.  Clancy,  sales  promotion  manager  for  WTIC, 
Hartford,  is  publicity  manager  for  the  Hartford  Victory  House  Campaign. 
...W.J.  Lally,  announcer  at  WHYN,  Holyoke,  Mass.,  has  entered  the 
Army  Air  Crops.  .  .  .  Michael  Murray,  program  director  for  WCBM,  Balti- 
more, has  joined  the  Army.  .  .  .  Ray  Moffet,  announcer  at  WCAO,  Baltimore, 
is  in  the  service.  .  .  .  J.  F.  Seebach,  IVOR  vice-president  in  charge  of  programs, 
will  return  from  vacation  June  22.  .  .  .  Don  Dunphy.  W OR  sports  announcer, 
and  Muriel  Keating  will  be  married  June  20.  .  .  .  Yasha  Frank,  formerly  of 
the  CBS  program  service  department,  has  been  shifted  to  the  presentation 
division  of  the  CBS  sales  promotion  department. 


Program  News:  "Soldiers  in  Overalls"  is  a  new  program  launched  by 
WHAM,  Rochester,  with  the  approval  of  the  Rochester  Ordnance 
District.  It  is  designed  to  tell  what  workers  in  Rochester  war  plants  are 
doing  in  the  war  effort.  .  .  .  KGO,  San  Francisco  outlet  of  the  Blue, 
has  closed  with  the  Remar  Bread  Co.  to  sponsor  a  "Community  Sing 
Rally"  weekly  for  52  weeks,  from  the  Women's  City  Club  of  Oakland,  Cal. 
.  .  .  KWID,  100,000-watt  shortwave  station  of  Associated  Broadcasters, 
Inc.,  in  San  Francisco,  will  go  on  the  air  shortly  with  daily  broadcasts 
aimed  at  China,  Australia  and  other  Pacific  areas. 


Petrillo  Hinta 
Compromise  in 
Recording  Ban 


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promise.  Maybe  not.  I  don't 
want  to  talk  too  much  about  it 
right  now. 

Petrillo  said  there  was  no  split  in 
the  union  over  his  announcement  that 
after  Aug.  1  no  Federation  member 
will  be  permitted  to  make  recordings 
or  transcriptions  which  displace  em- 
ployment of  musicians. 

"I  work  for  the  boys'  good  and  they 
trust  me,"  he  said.  "Recordings  could 
be  made  for  home  consumption,  the 
armed  services  and  at  the  request  of 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  but 
not  for  juke  boxes,  or  commercial  and 
sustaining  radio  programs." 

The  convention,  which  is  being  at- 
tended by  700  delegates  representing 
some  14,000  members,  is  sifting  92 
resolutions  submitted  by  the  locals. 

Unfavorable  action  was  taken  on  a 
resolution  to  hold  nominations  open 
until  two  or  more  members  had  been 
nominated  for  office.  The  convention 
killed  a  proposal  that  local  officers 
might  not  hold  office  if  they  leave  their 
jurisdictions  during  the  Summer. 

Ringling  Drops  All 
Bands  After  Strike 

Philadelphia,  June  9. — John  Ring- 
ling  North,  president  of  the  Ringling 
Bros.  Circus,  announced  that  the  "big 
show"  has  given  up  all  thought  of  re- 
instating its  41  musicians  and  will  de- 
pend hereafter  on  canned  music  and 
its  calliope.  The  circus  bands  in  the 
"big  tent"  and  the  side-show  were 
called  out  on  strike  last  Tuesday  by 
the  American  Federation  of  Musicians 
when  the  circus  management  refused 
a  $2.50  weekly  pay  increase  after  their 
old  contract  expired. 

Members  of  the  band,  headed  by 
veteran  Merle  Evans,  said  they  were 
"perfectly  satisfied"  with  the  old  scale 
of  $47.50,  but  were  forced  to  quit  by 
the  union.  North  indicated  that  since 
the  walkout  proved  the  circus  could 
get  along  without  the  musicians, 
the  show  will  go  through  the  present 
season- — and  possibly  all  future  sea- 
sons— without  musicians. 


Hornblow  Is  Given 
5-Year  Metro  Pact 

Arthur  Hornblow  has  signed  a  new 
five-year  deal  with  M-G-M  and  will 
begin  work  on  the  script  of  "Quo 
Vadis?",  his  first  production  under 
the  new  contract,  on  his  return  to  the 
Coast  at  the  end  of  a  two-week  va- 
cation here,  it  was  announced. 

Hornblow  recently  completed  "The 
Major  and  the  Minor"  for  Paramount, 
starring  Ginger  Rogers  and  Ray  Mil- 
land. 


Zenith  Executive  Dies 

Chicago,  June  9. — Sylvester  T. 
Thompson,  49,  vice-president  of  the 
Zenith  Radio  Corp.,  and  vice-chair- 
man of  the  priorities  committee  of  the 
Radio  Manufacturers  Association, 
died  here  yesterday  after  a  month's 
illness.    He  is  survived  by  his  widow. 


Conversion  for  War 
Topic  at  RMA  Meet 

Chicago,  June  9. — Conversion  of 
radio  manufacturing  to  war  produc- 
tion was  the  dominating  subject  at  the 
18th  annual  convention  of  the  Radio 
Manufacturers  Association  at  the 
Stevens  Hotel  here  today.  About 
350  are  attending. 

The  convention  was  devoted  to 
plans  for  promotion  of  war  produc- 
tion needs  for  planes,  tanks  and  ships 
and  the  supply  of  maintenance  parts 
and  tubes  for  public  use  as  consistent 
as  possible  with  the  war  effort. 

A  new  transmitter  division  was  es- 
tablished under  the  chairmanship  of 
G.  W.  Henyon  of  General  Electric 
Co. 

All  officers  were  reelected  with  the 
exception  of  H.  E.  Osmun,  who  was 
replaced  by  Roy  F.  Sparrow  as  vice- 
president.  Henyon  also  was  elected 
a  vice-president. 

Paul  V.  Galin,  president,  devoted 
much  of  his  address  to  discussing  con- 
version of  the  radio  manufacturing  in- 
dustry to  98  per  cent  war  work.  An- 
other highlight  was  an  address  by 
William  Batt,  chairman  of  the  re- 
quirements committee  of  the  War 
Production  Board,  touching  on  the 
importance  of  radio  in  war. 


Goldwyn  Buys  Title 

Samuel  Goldwyn  has  acquired  the 
rights  to  the  Bob  Hope  autobiogra- 
phy, "They've  Got  Me  Covered,"  for 
the  use  of  only  the  title  for  the  come- 
dy he  will  produce  starring  Hope  and 
Dorothy  Lamour.  The  film  will  be 
released  through  RKO.  The  film 
will  go  into  work  at  the  end  of  June. 


Joseph  Leaves  for  Coast 

Chicago,  June  9.  —  John  Joseph 
Universal  advertising  and  publicity 
director,  left  tonight  for  the  Coast 
after  a  three-dav  visit  in  Chicago,  his 
home  town.  While  here  he  installed 
Ben  Katz,  newly  appointed  Midwest 
publicity  representative  for  the  com- 
pany. 


Strike  Is  Cancelled 
By  Mexican  Union 

Mexico  City,  June  9.  —  War  co- 
operation was  demonstrated  by  the 
National  Cinematographic  Workers 
Syndicate  in  cancelling  the  strike  that 
had  lasted  a  week  against  the  Cines 
Encanto  and  Alhambra,  leading  thea- 
tres of  Tampico.  The  Syndicate 
agreed  to  accept  arbitration  when  the 
governor  of  Tamaulipas  State,  in 
which  Tampico  is  located,  offered  his 
services  to  settle  the  dispute.  The 
action  averted  the  threatened  strike 
against  all  Tampico  theatres. 

Ending  of  this  strike  indicates  that 
the  Syndicate  intends  to  keep  its  re- 
cently announced  promise  that  it  will 
not  call  strikes  against  exhibitors 
unless  the  employers  force  it  to  do  so. 
It  is  reported  that  the  picture  workers 
have  renewed  their  pledge  to  the  Gov- 
ernment that  they  will  work  for  labor 
peace  during  the  war. 

Stanley  Lupino  Dies 
In  London;  Was  47 

London,  June  10  (Wednesday). — 
Stanley  Lupino,  British  actor,  writer 
and  play  producer,  died  here  today  at 
the  age  of  47.  He  recently  under- 
went an  operation.  He  was  the 
father  of  Ida  Lupino,  film  actress  now 
in  Hollywood.  His  widow  and  an- 
other daughter  survive. 

Lupino,  known  as  a  comedian, 
came  from  a  long  line  of  British 
actors  and  was  on  the  stage  since 
he  was  six  years  old.  He  appeared 
in  a  number  of  films  as  well  as  plays 
and  musical  comedies. 


Brandts  Acquire  House 

The  Brandt  Circuit  has  taken  over 
the  Republic  Theatre  on  42nd  Street, 
and  began  operating  it  as  a  double 
feature  house  last  weekend.  The  the- 
atre, formerly  owned  and  operated  by 
Joseph  Weinstock  as  a  burlesque 
house,  was  reopened  about  five  weeks 
ago  as  a  newsreel  theatre.  The  ac- 
quisition makes  five  film  houses  on 
42nd  Street  for  the  Brandt  circuit. 


FCC  Policies  Under 
Attack  Are  Not  New, 
Says  MBS  Counsel 

Washington,  June  9. — Network 
regulations  of  the  FCC  and  its  inves- 
tigation of  newspaper  ownership  of 
broadcasting  stations  did  not  inject 
new  elements  into  the  radio  picture 
but  merely  brought  into  the  open  suK, 
jects  with  which  the  commission  hgf  a 
been  dealing  for  a  number  of  year-!, 
it  was  declared  today  by  Louis  G- 
Caldwell,  counsel  for  Mutual  Broad- 
casting System. 

Testifying  before  the  House  Inter- 
state and  Foreign  Commerce  Commit- 
tee on  the  Sanders  bill  to  reorganize 
the  commission,  Caldwell  declared 
that  in  the  past  it  has  decided  a  num- 
ber of  application  proceedings  on  the 
basis  of  whether  the  applicant  was 
to  be  affiliated  with  a  chain  or  was 
the  owner  of  a  newspaper,  and  that 
the  commission  was  to  be  "com- 
mended" for  bringing  the  issues  into 
the  open. 

Says  Rules  Authorized 

Regulation  of  network  operation,  he 
contended,  is  authorized  under  provi- 
sions of  the  law  instructing  the  com- 
mission to  prevent  monopolies,  but 
there  is  no  authority  for  it  to  refuse 
a  license  simply  because  the  applicant 
owns  a  newspaper  or  any  other  busi- 
ness. 

Caldwell  urged  that  the  prohibitions 
against  censorship  be  strengthened  so 
that  the  commission  could  not  use  li- 
cense renewal  proceedings  to  direct 
programs.  He  recommended  also  that 
the  license  period  be  extended  and  that 
some  reforms  be  made  in  commission 
procedure. 

Order  Registration 
Of  All  Transmitters 

Washington,  June  9. — The  Feder- 
al Communications  Commission  has 
ordered  every  one  in  possession  of  a 
radio  transmitter,  who  does  not  hold 
a  radio  station  license  for  its  opera- 
tion, to  apply  for  registration  not 
later  than  June  28. 

Earlier,  the  Defense  Communica- 
tions Board  had  declared  that  the  na- 
tional security  and  successful  conduct 
of  the  war  made  it  necessary  that 
the  Government  have  knowledge  of  all 
persons  with  apparatus  equipped  for 
radio  transmission.  A  separate  regis- 
tration application  must  be  made  for 
each  transmitter,  the  FCC  ruled. 

War  Bonds  Prizes 
In  Atlanta  Tourney 

Atlanta,  June  9. — More  than  $575 
in  war  bonds  and  stamps  was  dis- 
tributed as  prizes  in  the  local  Variety 
Club's  recent  golf  tournament,  accord- 
ing to  Harry  G.  Ballance,  chief 
barker  of  the  club.  Riley  Davis  was 
chairman  in  charge  of  the  tournament 
arrangements. 


Heads  Singer  Circuit 

Chicago,  June  9. — John  Redmond, 
manager  of  the  Orpheum  in  Sioux 
City,  la.,  will  succeed  Morgan  Ames 
on  July  15  as  general  manager  of  the 
Mort  Singer  Circuit  here.  Robert 
Whalen,  assistant  manager  at  the  Or- 
pheum, will  succeed  Redmond,  who 
will  tour  the  circuit  before  assuming 
his  new  post. 


MOTION  PICTUR 

DAILY 


gOT  RCMOV1 


and 

Impartial 


51.  NO.  114 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  THURSDAY,  JUNE  11,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Plan  Alaskan 
Station  to  Blot 
Japs  from  Air 

U.S.Aims  to  Blast  Enemy 
Propaganda  Talks 


By  BERTRAM  F.  LINZ 

Washington,  June  10. — Plans 
for  a  radio  assault  to  blast  Japan 
out  of  the  ether  were  disclosed 
here  today  as  propaganda  agency 
and  War  Department  officials  pre- 
pared to  send  a  super-power  trans- 
mitter to  Alaska  where,  with  four 
Government-operated  stations  al- 
ready in  service  in  Hawaii,  Japan- 
ese transmitters  will  be  blanketed 
24  hours  a  day. 

The  proposed  program  will  serve  a 
dual  purpose  of  dinning  the  message 
of  America  steadily  into  the  ears  of 
the  Japanese  and  bring  comfort  to 
people  in  the  territories  seized  by 
Japan,  and  of  cutting  off  Japanese 
propaganda  to  its  soldiers  abroad  and 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


Radio  Listening  Up 
In  'Gas'  Rationing 

Radio  listening  in  eight  key  cities 
along  the  Eastern  seaboard  increased 
2.3  per  cent,  from  27.3  to  29.6,  during 
the  first  week  of  gasoline  rationing, 
according  to  a  study  by  C.  E.  Hoop- 
er, Inc.,  made  in  conjunction  with 
its  program  rating  survey.  In  Mid- 
western cities  unaffected  by  rationing, 
listening  dropped  nine-tenths  of  a 
point,  from  30  to  29.1  per  cent,  which 
is  the  normal  seasonal  decline,  it  is 
said. 

Checked  in  the  East  were  New 
York,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Atlan- 
ta,   Richmond,    Washington,  Boston 

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British  Knighthood 
Expected  for  Korda 

London,  June  10. — The  hon- 
ors list  of  King  George  VI  is 
expected  to  announce  that  a 
knighthood  has  been  con- 
ferred on  Alexander  Korda, 
producer  and  part  owner  of 
United  Artists,  who  is  now  in 
the  United  States. 

The  granting  of  the  knight- 
hood will  give  Korda  the  title 
of  Sir  Alexander  Korda. 


Weigh  Three  Plans 
For  RKO  Financing; 
Delay  Board  Meet 


Yesterday  brought  no  new  change 
in  RKO's  situation.  The  several  plans 
for  providing  new  money  for  produc- 
tion are  still  under  discussion.  One 
of  these  would  have  the  principal 
stockholders  and  owners  putting  up 
certain  cash.  Still  another  plan  for 
raising  outside  money  is  engaging  the 
efforts  of  the  management.  A  third 
plan  whereby  funds  would  be  raised 
through  a  bank  loan  is  being  dis- 
cussed again  after  several  weeks  of 
negotiation.  No  loan  has  been  nego- 
tiated yet. 

Meanwhile,  the  annual  meeting  of 
RKO  stockholders  was  further  ad- 
journed yesterday  at  Dover,  Del.,  for 
one  week. 

RKO  officials  stated  that  the  ad- 
journment was  requested  by  large 
stockholder  groups  to  provide  addi- 
tional time  for  consideration  of  nomi- 
nees for  the  new  directorate,  the  elec- 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Poynter  Asks  Wider 
War  Scope  for  Films 

Hollywood,  June  10. — Nelson  Poyn- 
ter, assistant  Coordinator  of  Govern- 
ment Films,  last  night  told  a  meeting 
of  the  Hollywood  Writers  Mobiliza- 
tion that  the  industry's  handling  of 
war  themes  in  pictures  is  admirable  in 
the  view  of  the  Government,  but  ad- 
vised broadening  the  scope  of  subject 
material  to  present  fully  the  world- 
wide character  of  the  war. 

Poynter  said  the  tendency  toward 
emphasizing  more  spectacular  branches 
of  the  armed  service  obscures  the  im- 

(Continucd  on  page  4) 


Report  S hour as  in 
Deal  on  26  Houses 

A  number  of  theatres  in  the 
Metropolitan  area  in  which 
the  Immigrant  Industrial 
Savings  Bank  of  New  York 
has  an  interest  are  under- 
stood to  be  in  negotiation  for 
eventual  lease  to  Skouras 
Theatres.  The  total  number 
of  theatres  involved  is  said  to 
be  about  26.  The  addition  of 
that  many  houses,  if  the 
pending  deal  is  successfully 
concluded,  would  increase  the 
Skouras  circuit  to  well  over 
100  theatres,  placing  it  on  a 
par  in  importance  and  size 
with  Loew's  and  RKO.  Skou- 
ras Theatres  Corp.  is  an  in- 
dependent company,  of  which 
George  Skouras  is  president. 


Coe  Vice-President, 
Counsel  of  MPPDA 


Charles  Francis  Coe,  executive  as- 
sistant to  Will  H.  Hays,  yesterday 
was  named  vice-president  and  general 
counsel  of  the  MPPDA  at  the  quar- 
terly meeting  of  the  organization's 
board  of  directors.  The  appointment 
confirms  Motion  Picture  Daily's 
exclusive  story  of  April  2,  which  stat- 
ed that  Coe  would  be  named  to  both 
posts  at  the  next  meeting  of  the 
MPPDA  board. 

Following  the  appointment,  Hays 
placed  Coe  in  charge  of  the  operations 
of  the  organization's  New  York,  Hol- 
lywood and  Washington  offices,  fur- 
ther confirming  Motion  Picture 
Daily's  story  that  Coe  was  slated  to 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


War  Shorts  Rentals  Will  Be 
Aimed  for  Wide  Circulation 


Service  Men  to  See 
'Friendly  Enemies' 

A  special  premiere  of  Edward 
Small's  "Friendly  Enemies"  will  be 
given  at  the  Rivoli  on  Broadway  June 
19  for  non-commissioned  service  men 
who  will  be  the  guests  of  members  of 
women's  volunteer  services.  The  pic- 
ture will  begin  its  regular  run  the 
following  day. 

Under  arrangements  made  by 
United  Artists  with  Mrs.  Douglas  Gib- 
bons, director  of  sales  of  the  New 
York  War  Savings  Staff,  2,000  tickets 
to  the  premiere  will  be  given  to  the 
(Continued  on  page  8) 


Rental  terms  for  the  "war  shorts" 
to  be  made  by  the  industry  for  the 
Government  will  be  held  sufficiently 
low  to  obtain  the  widest  possible  cir- 
culation for  them.  This  was  learned 
yesterday  with  the  disclosure  that  six 
of  the  seven  companies  which  will 
make  the  26  films  have  submitted  dis- 
tribution proposals  to  the  War  Activi- 
ties Committee. 

All  proposals  are  in  agreement  on 
making  the  distribution  of  the  subjects 
a  non-profit  venture,  with  all  surplus 
to  be  donated  to  some  war  relief 
agency  or  other  worthy  charity.  One 
of  the  companies  advocates  that 
profits  be  turned  over  to  Umpi  to  be 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


Films  Sent  to 
Canada  Go  in 
Censor  Free) 


Border  Stoppage  Report 
Denied  in  Capital 


Washington,  June  10. — Officials 
of  the  Office  of  Censorship  said  to- 
night that  Canada  is  exempt  from 
the  requirement  that  motion  pic- 
tures must  pass  through  the  Boards 
of  Review  in  New  York  or  Los 
Angeles. 

This  assertion  was  made  in  re- 
sponse to  inquiries  concerning  reports 
from  Toronto  that  American  border 
officials  last  Saturday  started  to  hold 
developed  and  undeveloped  films  for 
examination  but  that  the  films  were 
later  released  following  an  official 
ruling. 

Office  of  Censorship  officials 
here  said  they  had  no  knowl- 
edge of  any  films  having  been 
held  up  at  the  Canadian  border 
and  could  advance  no  reason 
why  any  pictures  should  have 
been  stopped. 

The  Toronto  report  said  that  the 
ruling  was  that  motion  picture  nega- 
tive or  positive  prints  and  still  photo- 
graphic negatives  are  not  subject  to 
U.  S.  censorship  regulations  on  leav- 
ing the  U.  S.  for  Canada  when  such 
material  is  designated  for  an  "author- 
ized agency."  Such  films  are  per- 
mitted to  cross  without  delay. 


AFMAgainDemands 
Theatre  Orchestras 

Dallas,  June  10. — The  American 
Federation  of  Musicians  at  its  47th 
annual  convention  here  today  went 
on  record  as  reaffirming  its  opposition 
to  "canned  music"  in  film  theatres 
and  demanding  the  employment  of  or- 
chestras. The  demand  has  been  made 
every  year  since  the  advent  of  sound 
pictures. 

The  resolution  was  one  of  92  ap- 
proved or  rejected  during  the  day  by 
the  700  delegates.  It  was  noted  that 
James  Caesar  Petrillo,  president,  and 
Joseph  Weber,  long-time  former  pres- 
ident whom  Petrillo  succeeded,  were 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Reviewed  Today 

A  review  of  "Secrets  of  the 
Lone  Wolf"  and  reviews  of 
short  subjects  will  be  found 
on  Page  4. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  June  11,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  June  10 

SCREEN  Directors  Guild  board  of 
directors,  meeting  last  night  with 
Y.  Frank  Freeman,  president  of  the 
Association  of  Motion  Picture  Pro- 
ducers, in  a  discussion  of  film  con- 
servation pledged  "immediate  coopera- 
tion, knowing  that  through  individual 
efforts  of  the  director,  working  in  co- 
operation with  other  branches  of  the 
industry,  great  saving  can  be  made." 

Hiram  S.  Brown,  Jr.,  executive  pro- 
ducer in  charge  of  Westerns  and 
serials  for  Republic,  today  was  notified 
to  report  to  Wright  Field,  Dayton, 
O.,  June  22,  for  service  as  an  Army 
Lieutenant. 

• 

Warner  Bros,  disclosed  that  a  loca- 
tion unit  numbering  more  than  100  is 
en  route  from  the  studio  to  Tampa, 
Fla.,  for  a  stay  of  five  weeks  or  more 
to  shoot  the  major  portion  of  "Air 
Force,"  Hal  B.  Wallis  production. 
John  Garfield  has  been  assigned  to 
play  the  lead. 


Ealing  to  Produce 
6  for  UA  Release 

Ealing  Studios  of  England  will  pro- 
duce from  six  to  eight  pictures  for 
United  Artists  release  next  season, 
United  Artists  announced  yesterday. 

The  first  three,  "They  Came  in 
Khaki,"  "The  Bells  Go  Down"  and 
"San  Demetrio,"  either  are  in  pro- 
duction or  an  advanced  stage  of  pre- 
paration now,  it  was  said.  Under  the 
terms  of  the  three-year  distribution 
deal  with  Ealing,  United  Artists  has 
world-wide  distribution  rights  to  the 
productions,  with  the  option  of  releas- 
ing in  the  United  States  such  pictures 
as  may  be  designed  for  this  market, 
it  was  said. 


Northern  Pa.  Gross 
Is  Highest  in  State 

Pittsburgh,  June  10. — Theatre  busi- 
ness is  currently  best  in  northern 
Pennsylvania,  and  a  few  industrial 
cities  such  as  Uniontown  and  McKees- 
port,  reports  indicate.  Box-office 
trends  reveal  a  few  war  production 
districts  grossing  ahead  of  last  year, 
with  the  others  about  even  or  slightly 
behind.  If  rationing  of  gas  is  decreed 
for  western  Pennsylvania,  exhibitors 
anticipate  increased  grosses,  once  the 
effect  of  auto  deprivation  is  worn  off. 


Heads  Phila.  Associates 

Philadelphia,  June  10. — Saul  Krug- 
man,  U.  A.  salesman,  has  been  elected 
president  of  the  Motion  Picture  Asso- 
ciates for  the  1942-'43  term.  He  suc- 
ceeds Ely  J.  Epstein.  Other  officers 
elected  were :  J.  J.  McFadden,  vice- 
president;  William  G.  Humphries, 
treasurer,  and  Jack  G.  Engel,  secre- 
tary. The  new  board  of  directors 
comprises  Jay  Emanuel,  Epstein, 
Samuel  Rosen,  William  J.  Doyle,  Sam 
Lefko  and  Al  Davis. 


Margolies  to  Skirball 

Albert  Margolies,  who  has  resigned 
as  publicity  director  of  United  Artists, 
next  month  will  join  the  Jack  H.  Skir- 
ball unit,  releasing  through  Universal, 
the  latter  announced  yesterday,  con- 
firming Motion  Picture  Daily's  item 
published  yesterday. 


Personal  Mention 


A 


H.  BLANK  is  here  from  Des 
Moines. 


Speri  Perakos  and  John  Perakos 
of  the  Palace  Theatre,  New  Britain, 
Conn.,  are  both  lieutenants  in  the 
Army. 

Joel  Holcomb,  former  service  man- 
ager for  National  Screen  Service  in 
Oklahoma  City,  has  received  a  com- 
mission as  second  lieutenant. 

• 

Walter  Yost,  operator  of  the  Para- 
mount, Mechanicsburg,  Pa.,  is  taking 
a  Florida  vacation. 


CLAUDE  O.  FULGHAM,  division 
manager  for  Griffith  Amusement 
Co.,  Oklahoma  City,  has  received 
orders  to  report  as  a  lieutenant  in  the 
Navy. 

• 

Frank  Weinstein,  manager  of  the 
Eastwood  Theatre,  East  Hartford,  has 
been  ill. 

• 

Don  AtkinSj  assistant  manager  of 
the  Capitol,  Reading,  Pa.,  has  left  to 
join  the  Army. 

• 

Earl  Kratsch,  manager  of  the 
Adelphi,  Philadelphia,  is  on  a  vaca- 
tion trip  to  St.  Louis. 


Army -Navy  Relief 

Fund  $1,550,000 

A  new  high  for  theatre  collection 
campaigns  was  reached  yesterday  as 
the  total  thus  far  turned  in  to  head- 
quarters in  the  recent  Army  and  Navy 
Emergency  Relief  drive  reached  $1,- 
550,000.  The  previous  high  mark  was 
set  in  the  Infantile  Paralysis  drive, 
when  $1,450,000  was  collected.  Indi- 
cations from  Nicholas  M.  Schenck, 
national  drive  chairman,  are  that  a 
$2,000,000  total  will  be  reached. 

Among  the  checks  received  yester- 
day was  one  from  Warner  Theatres 
totaling  $260,000.  The  Loew  circuit 
check  was  for  $217,000.  Others  re- 
ceived yesterday  were :  RKO  Thea- 
tres, $89,745 ;  Randforce  Amusement, 
$14,117;  Shea  Enterprises,  $2,600; 
A.  R.  Boyd  Enterprises,  Philadelphia, 
$3,414;  Schine  Circuit,  $11,089;  Wal- 
ter Reade  Theatres,  $9,519;  Florida 
State  Theatres,  $2,841. 


Army-Navy  Relief  Total 
In  Hartford  Is  $19,238 

Hartford,  June  10. — The  34  theatres 
in  Hartford  County  raised  a  total  of 
$19,238  in  the  recent  collection  drive 
for  Army  and  Navy  Emergency  Re- 
lief, it  was  announced  by  Fred  R. 
Greenway,  manager  of  the  Loew-Poli 
Palace  Theatre,  county  chairman.  In 
this  city  alone,  $11,847  of  the  total  was 
collected  at  17  houses. 


Film  Players  to  Ride 
In  N.  Y.  War  Parade 

A  number  of  Hollywood  personali- 
ties are  scheduled  to  occupy  the  two 
motion  picture  floats  in  the  New  York 
War  Parade  on  Saturday,  it  was  an- 
nounced yesterday. 

Among  those  scheduled  to  appear 
are  Martha  Scott,  William  Holden, 
Jeffrey  Lynn,  Roy  Rogers  and  Jeanne 
Cagney.  Tommy  Dorsey  and  his  or- 
chestra will  occupy  one  of  the  floats. 
Arrangements  are  being  sponsored  by 
exhibitors  of  the  metropolitan  area. 


Toronto  Manager  Dies 

Toronto,  June  10. — James  E.  Lynch, 
49,  manager  of  the  Famous  Players 
Canadian  Runnymede  Theatre  here 
for  many  years,  died  here  in  a  mili- 
tary hospital.  He  was  long  ill  as  a 
result  of  being  gassed  in  the  first 
World  War  in  which  he  served  over- 


Heft  Mono.  K.C.  Manager 

Kansas  City,  June  10.— R.  J.  Heft, 
recently  with  Monogram  in  St.  Louis 
as  office  manager  and  booker,  is  now 
monogram  manager  here,  succeeding 
William  Benjamin,  resigned. 


Two  Toronto  Units 
Declare  Dividends 

Toronto,  June  10. — Two  local  thea- 
tre units  have  declared  dividends.  The 
board  of  Marcus  Loew's  Theatres, 
Ltd.,  operating  Loew's  and  the  Up- 
town Theatre  here,  has  declared  a 
dividend  of  \Y\  per  cent  on  the  pre- 
ferred for  the  quarter  ending  June  30, 
payable  June  15.  Hamilton  United 
Theatres,  Ltd.,  affiliate  of  N.  L.  Na- 
thanson's  General  Theatre  Invest- 
ments, Ltd.,  and  operating  houses  in 
Hamilton,  Ont,  has  declared  a  divi- 
dend of  1J4  per  cent  on  the  preferred, 
payable  June  30. 

Stockholders  of  Loew's  London 
Theatres,  Ltd.,  operating  Loew's  in 
London,  Ont.,  have  been  asked  to  rat- 
ify a  board  resolution  to  appoint  Mid- 
land Securities,  Ltd.,  as  exclusive 
agent  for  six  months  for  the  sale  of 
the  theatre's  assets  at  a  cash  price  of 
not  less  than  $250,000. 


Night  Baseball  Is 
Banned  in  Jersey 

Newark,  June  10. — In  an  Army 
order  which  exhibitors  see  as  lending 
an  assist  to  the  box-office,  night  base- 
ball has  been  ruled  out  in  Newark 
and  Jersey  City  for  the  duration. 

The  games,  which  drew  large  crowds 
to  the  ball  parks,  had  been  considered 
competitive. 

The  order,  issued  in  Trenton  by 
Leonard  Dreyfuss,  State  Director  of 
Civilian  Defense,  also  placed  a  ban 
on  lights  shining  at  an  angle  above 
the  horizontal.  Since  the  first  dimout 
order,  exterior  lighting  at  theatres 
has  been  reduced  sharply. 


$83,072  for  Services 
Raised  by  'Candida' 

Army  and  Navy  Relief  funds  will 
each  receive  $36,817  and  the  American 
Theatre  Wing  War  Service  $9,437 
from  the  recent  New  York  and 
Washington  revival  of  "Candida"  by 
Katharine  Cornell  under  Theatre 
Wing  auspices,  it  was  disclosed  yes- 
terday. Total  receipts  for  the  27 
Broadway  performances  and  eight  in 
Washington  were  $122,247.  Expenses 
amounted  to  $39,175.  George  Bernard 
Shaw,  author  of  "Candida,"  received 
$15,887  in  royalties. 


Fishman  Does  Research 

New  Haven,  June  10. — Dr.  J.  B. 
Fishman,  general  manager  of  Fishman 
Theatres  and  president  of  the  Allied 
Theatre  Owners  of  Connecticut,  has 
been  appointed  to  do  special  research 
in  the  laboratories  of  the  Yale  School 
of  Medicine. 


U.  S.  Seizes  Nazi 
Television  Patents 


Washington,  June  10. — More  than 
200  patents  formerly  owned  by  the 
German  Telefunken  Company  which 
have  been  seized  by  Alien  Property 
Custodian  Leo  T.  Crowley  are  related 
to  radio  and  television  equipment, 
Crowley  revealed  today. 

He  said  that  600  patents  in  all  be- 
longing to  alien  enemies  have  beef> 
seized  and  that  the  corralling  of  sue, ' 
patents  now  is  proceeding  at  the  rate 
of  1,000  a  week.  All  but  five  of 
those  taken  over  in  the  latest  seizure 
were  formerly  owned  by  German  cor- 
porations. 


Alperson  Tendered 
Testimonial  Dinner 

Edward  L.  Alperson,  general  man- 
ager of  RKO  Theatres,  was  given  a 
testimonial  dinner  last  night  at  the 
Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel  by  his  com- 
pany associates.  Alalcolm  Kingsberg 
was  toastmaster.  The  committee  in 
charge  of  arrangements  included : 
Charles  B.  McDonald,  chairman ;  Al- 
vin  Dawson,  Michael  Edelstein,  Rus- 
sell Emde,  Wilbur  B.  England,  Max 
Fellerman,  Louis  Goldberg,  John 
Hearns,  Fred  Herkowitz,  William 
Howard,  Harry  Mandel,  Harold  Mir- 
isch  and  Sol  A.  Schwartz. 

A  number  of  speakers  were  on  the 
program. 

Among  those  announced  as  attending 
were:  Joseph  Becker,  Joseph  Belfort. 
James  M.  Brennan,  A.  B.  Calvin,  David 
P.  Canavan,  John  A.  Cassidy,  Thomas 
J.  Crelian,  Ned  E.  Depinet,  Walter  V. 
Derham,  James  Dolan,  Frank  Drumm, 
John  A.  Farmer,  Norman  Freeman, 
Charles  C.  Fretz,  Harry  Gittleson.  Leon 
Goldberg,  Jay  Golden,  Thomas  Gorman, 
Maurice  Harris,  W.  M.  Home.  Charles  F. 
Horstman.  Henry  N.  Horton,  Frank  How- 
ard. Louis  Joffee,  William  E.  Kernan. 
William  J.  Kernan.  A.  J.  Kirwan.  Sid 
Kramer,  Fred  Lakeman,  C.  S.  Landau. 
Milton  L.  Maier,  Raymond  P.  Malone, 
Harry  Michalson.  Robert  Mochrie. 

Martin  C.  Monroe.  Harry  Mosley,  Wil- 
liam Murray,  S.  Barret  McCormick,  Har- 
ry McDonald.  O.  R.  McMahon.  W.  J. 
McShea,  Rutgers  Neilson,  H.  E.  Newcomb. 
Thomas  O'Connor,  Richard  C.  Patterson, 
Jr.,  Harry  Pimstein,  Michael  G.  Poller, 
Matthew  Folon.  Clem  Pope,  N.  Peter 
Rathvon.  John  E.  Redmond,  A.  E.  Reoch, 
Fred  Schaefer,  A.  A.  Schubart,  Edward 
Schultz,  Robert  Sherman,  Mort  Singer, 
Philip  M.  Sterne,  Leslie  E.  Thompson, 
Terry  Turner,  Fred  Ullman,  Kenneth  B. 
Umbreit,  Harry  Unterfort,  Garrett  Van 
Wagner,  J.  Henry  Walters,  Emil  Wandel- 
maier,  Herbert  E.  Wapoaus,  William 
Whitman.  Arthur  Willi,  Robert  Wolff  and 
Gordon    E.  Youngman. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  June  11,  1942 


Weigh  Three  Plans 
For  RKO  Financing; 
Delay  Board  Meet 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

tion  of  which  will  be  the  principal 
business  before  the  meeting. 

A  complete  slate  of  approximately 
12  directors  has  not  yet  been  agreed 
upon,  it  was  indicated. 


Second  Adjournment 

Dover,  Del.,  June  10. — The  annual 
meeting  of  RKO  stockholders  was 
adjourned  for  the  second  time  today, 
until  June  17. 

J.  Miller  Walker,  RKO  secretary, 
issued  the  following  statement  at  the 
meeting  place:  "The  adjourned  ses- 
sion of  the  annual  meeting  of  stock- 
holders of  Radio-Keith-Orpheum 
Corp.  was  convened  at  noon  today 
at  its  principal  office  in  Dover,  Del. 
Because  of  the  absence  of  a  quorum 
no  action  was  taken  except  to  adjourn 
the  meeting  to  reconvene  at  the  same 
place  at  noon,  Wednesday,  June  17." 


Coe  Vice-President, 
Counsel  of  MPPDA 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

become  one  of  the  mainsprings  of  the 
MPPDA. 

Yesterday's  board  meeting  dis- 
cussed at  length  the  question  of  priori- 
ties as  related  to  the  possible  inter- 
ruption or  limitation  of  picture  pro- 
duction as  a  result  of  the  scarcity  of 
essential  materials.  Conservation  of 
materials  and  maintenance  of  produc- 
tion will  be  considered  further  at  an 
adjourned  meeting  of  the  board  next 
Monday.  At  that  time  the  report 
of  the  Eastern  public  relations  com- 
mittee on  a  long-range  plan  of  indus- 
try public  relations  is  scheduled  to  be 
presented  by  Coe. 


AFM  Again  Demands 
Theatre  Orchestras 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

in  opposition  on  some  of  the  resolu- 
tions. 

The  convention  went  on  record  as 
demanding  the  reestablishment  of 
WPA  orchestras  and  killed  a  resolu- 
tion which  would  require  each  dele- 
gate to  buy  a  $50  war  bond  out  of  his 
$22  daily  convention  expense  allow- 
ance. 

Another  resolution  would  require 
booking  agents  to  be  responsible  for 
the  salaries  of  the  bands  they  book. 

A  party  for  the  delegates  was  held 
tonight. 


Poynter  Asks  Wider 
War  Scope  for  Films 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

portance  of  the  work  being  done  by 
less  dramatic  forces  and  suggested  that 
films  of  the  "Mrs.  Miniver"  type  de- 
picting the  heroism  of  the  Chinese  and 
Russians  would  convey  the  global 
nature  of  the  struggle. 

Poynter  reiterated  Washington  pref- 
erence for  permitting  the  industry  to 
continue  voluntary  selection  of  screen 
subjects  and  assured  the  writers  of 
the  continuing  availability  of  essential 
information  required  for  war  film  pur- 
poses. 


Review 


"Secrets  of  the  Lone  Wolf" 

(Columbia) 

T)  ASED  on  the  original  fictional  character  created  by  Joseph  Louis 
Vance,  this  item  of  light  entertainment  again  features  Warren 
William  as  the  Lone  Wolf,  Michael  Lanyard,  super  jewel  thief,  whose 
Robin  Hood  proclivities  make  his  brushes  with  the  police  attractive. 

Again,  also,.  Eric  Blore,  as  his  valet  and  chief  assistant,  adds  decided- 
ly to  the  sum  total  of  the  picture,  while  Victor  Jory  and  Ruth  Ford 
are  in  chief  support,  and  the  amazingly  stupid  detective  is  played  by 
Fred  Kelsey.  Stuart  Palmer  prepared  the  story  and  screenplay,  with 
the  direction  by  Edward  Dynitryk  under  the  production  guidance  of 
Jack  Fier. 

The  rather  incredible  story  concerns  a  fortune  in  jewels  brought  here 
by  a  group  of  men,  presumably  French,  to  be  sold  for  cash  to  enable 
their  country  to  continue  its  fight  against  a  common  enemy.  Lanyard 
is  brought  into  the  matter  by  the  police  inspector,  who  seeks  the  Lone 
Wolf's  aid  in  protecting  the  jewels.  However,  as  a  gang  of  jewel 
thieves  organize  to  do  the  job,  the  inspector  suspects  Lanyard,  and  the 
latter  is  under  the  necessity  of  finding  the  real  culprit  in  order  to  aid 
a  worthy  cause  and  to  save  his  own  neck.  He  does  so,  with  a  reason- 
able amount  of  suspense  and  excitement. 

Running  time,  67  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


War  Shorts  Rentals  Will  Be 
Aimed  for  Wide  Circulation 


Ask  British  Theatres 
To  Push  War  Shorts 


London,  June  10.  —  The  general 
council  of  the  Cinematograph  Exhibi- 
tors Association  today  decided  to  ap- 
peal to  all  exhibitors  to  abide  by  the 
agreement  to  show  a  five-minute  propa- 
ganda subject  of  the  Ministry  of  In- 
formation on  each  program,  following 
discussion  of  Ministry  allegations  that 
the  agreement  was  being  evaded. 

Subsequent  to  exhibitor  explana- 
tions of  distribution  difficulties  with 
the  films,  the  council  decided  to  ask 
the  Ministry  to  discuss  the  situation. 
The  council  also  will  study  the  pro- 
posed plan  for  longer  films  to  be 
played  once  each  month,  instead  of 
the  present  five-minute  subjects.  Criti- 
cism was  leveled  against  the  physical 
distribution  of  the  present  subjects 
and  it  was  suggested  by  Arthur  Jar- 
ratt  that  the  longer  films  would  be 
more  practicable. 

The  council  decided  there  would  be 
no  purpose  in  discussing  with  the 
Kinematograph  Renters  Society  the 
matter  of  weak  films  played  on  Sun- 
days, since  there  had  been  no  com- 
plaints from  the  public.  The  next 
CEA  council  meeting  in  July  will  dis- 
cuss the  quota  situation,  which  was 
briefly  considered  today  following  one 
suggestion  that  there  are  few  British 
films  available  and  that  many  quota 
defaults  are  likely.  The  exhibitors  are 
likewise  concerned  over  fuel  ration- 
ing and  may  seek  to  present  the  prob- 
lem to  the  Ministry  of  Mines. 


RKO  Opens  Chile  Office 

RKO  has  opened  a  branch  office  in 
Concepcion,  Chile,  with  Carlos  Torto- 
relli  as  manager,  under  the  supervision 
of  Daniel  Greenhouse,  RKO  manager 
in  Chile.  This  is  the  company's  third 
Chilean  branch,  the  others  being  at 
Santiago  and  Valparaiso. 


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contributed  by  that  organization  to  the 
American  Red  Cross. 
_  Voluntary  arrangements  for  adjust- 
ting  objections  from  exhibitors  in  the 
field  on  playing  arrangements  for  the 
pictures  also  have  been  advanced.  Ef- 
forts will  be  made,  when  all  the  sug- 
gestions are  in,  to  work  out  a  uniform 
plan  for  the  seven  participating  com- 
panies, which  are  only  apart  on  minor 
points  now,  it  was  said. 

Some  companies  have  favored  sale 
of  the  subjects  on  the  same  price 
basis  as  that  established  for  compar- 
able subjects  on  their  regular  pro- 
grams in  order  to  insure  a  profit  for 
charity.  Too  low  a  price  on  the  sub- 
jects, it  has  been  suggested  by  some, 
might  deprive  the  venture  of  some 
beneficial  aspects  by  leaving  little  or 
nothing  to  be  donated,  after  produc- 
tion and  print  costs  were  deducted. 

Will  Waive  Clearance 

Many  exhibitor  leaders  and  nation- 
al circuit  operators,  it  was  learned, 
have  agreed  to  waive  clearance  on  the 
subjects  in  the  event  that  they  are  ac- 
cepted by  all  exhibitors  on  the  same 
price  basis  as  each  exhibitor  custom- 
arily pays  for  shorts.  This  procedure, 
it  was  said,  also  would  permit  exhibi- 
tors to  advertise  that  the  public's  pat- 
ronage for  the  subjects  makes  it  pos- 
sible for  the  theatre  to  contribute  to 
the  American  Red  Cross,  or  what- 
ever charitable  organization  ultimate- 
ly is  designated  the  recipient. 

Proposals  from  Warners  have  been 
delayed  due  to  the  recent  illness  of 
Joseph  Bernhard,  vice-president  and 
general  manager.  United  Artists  is 
not  making  any  of  the  subjects. 

Named  Phila.  Booker 

Philadelphia,  June  10.— Nate  Mil- 
gram  has  been  promoted  to  shorts 
subject  booker  for  the  Affiliated  Thea- 
tres Circuit.  Offering  a  booking  and 
buying  service  for  independent  thea- 
tres, Affiliated  has  announced  the  ad- 
dition of  a  31st  house  to  its  service, 
Edward  Kapner's  Upsal  Theatre. 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 


"Master  Carver" 

(Stranger  Than  Fiction) 

(Universal) 

The  first  subject  is  an  assortment 
of  replicas  of  train  engines.  Then  is 
seen  a  deep  pond  in  Ohio  which  holds 
the  same  temperature  throughout  the 
year ;  primitive  manufacturing  of  f) 
dies  for  church  services ;  a  reti. 
Army  officer  engaged  in  making  vio- 
lins ;  a  gun  collection,  and  finally,  in 
Arizona,  the  last  of  the  pony  express 
mail  carriers.  Collectively  the  items 
make  an  interesting  short.  Running 
time,  9  mins.  Release,  July  6. 


"Juke  Box  Jamboree" 

(Color  Cartune) 

( Universal) 

This  subject  is  amusing  in  part. 
The  music  box  in  the  "Cafe  Zowie" 
gives  Muzie  Mouse  a  case  of  in- 
somnia. So  he  visits  the  place,  has  a 
helping  of  "Zowie"  cocktails  and  then 
sees,  as  does  the  audience,  of  course, 
what  might  be  called  spirits  of  alco- 
hol floating  out  of  bottles  and  going 
into  a  dance.  Running  time,  7  mins. 
Release,  July  27. 


"Antarctic  Outposf 

(Variety  View) 

(Universal) 

Unusual  and  fairly  interesting,  this 
presentation  of  films  taken  on  Ad- 
miral Richard  E.  Byrd's  third  expedi- 
tion to  Little  America  should  meet 
requirements  as  a  program  item.  The 
arrival  of  the  party,  preparedness  for 
the  stormy  Winter,  research  work  and 
the  like,  and,  of  course,  penguins  are 
shown.  Running  time,  10  mins.  Re- 
lease, July  13. 


"Ace  in  the  Hole" 

(Color  Cartune) 

(  U  niversal) 

The  humor  is  spotty  in  this,  which 
places  Woody  Woodpecker,  a  noisy 
character,  on  an  air  field  along  with 
the  tough  sergeant  who  restrains  the 
bird's  flying  ambitions.  As  it  goes, 
Woody  hops  into  a  plane  and  then  is 
"grounded"  by  the  sergeant.  Running 
time,  7  mins.  Release,  June  22. 


"Wings  of  Freedom" 

(Variety  Views) 

( Universal) 

While  the  matter  of  airplane  pro- 
duction is  extremely  significant,  the 
views  of  the  intricacies  of  plane  assem- 
bly which  this  offers  are  somewhat 
dull.  The  shots  of  men  at  work  are 
followed  by  scenes  of  various  types  of 
planes  in  the  air,  which  is  more  in- 
teresting material.  Running  time,  10 
mins.  Release,  June  8. 


Midnight  Shows  Are 
Popular  in  Hartford 

Hartford,  June  10. — Although  "early 
bird  shows"  for  defense  workers  have 
been  popular  for  some  time  here,  the 
midnight  shows  for  war  workers  are 
becoming  increasingly  popular. 

The  4,300-seat  State  and  E.  M. 
Loew's  here  have  increased  the  num- 
ber of  midnight  shows  from  one  a 
week  to  two.  Other  Hartford  houses 
that  have  been  doing  well  with  mid- 
night screenings  are  the  Daly  and 
Lieberman's  Proven  Pictures  Theatre. 


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We  .A  that  you  pause  fo 
moment  to  read  these  words  by 
Quentm  Reynolds,  who  recites 
them  in  his  foreword  to  the  motion 

picture  "EAGLE  SQUADRON 


Eagle  Squadron  is  the  story  of  some  of  our 
countrymen  who  did  not  wait  to  he  stahhed  in  the 
back.  Thev  quit  their  college  classrooms  .  .  . 
their  johs  .  .  .  went  to  England  .  .  .  saw  ghastly 
death  come  from  the  skies.  They  asked  no 
favors  .  .  .  became  respected  in  the  R.A.  F.  as 
one  of  the  finest  of  fighter  squadrons.  I  knew 
these  hoys  ...  I  saw  them  fight,  I  saw  them 
die  .  .  .  these  hoys  who  did  not  wait  .  .  .  these 
few  to  whom  so  many  of  us  owe  so  much. 


Universal  is  proud,  and  you  will  he  proud,  to 
present  the  first  picture  inspired  by  the  first 
American  heroes  of  the  secon  d  World  W  ar. 


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latftes  ?iaine 


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America's  Favorite  Rascals  In  Their  Biggest  and  Best  Series! 

with 

leo  GORCEY  •  bobby  JORDAN 

HUNTZ  HALL  •  GABRIEL  DELL 

"NEATH  BROOKLYN  BRIDGE"      "LITTLE  MOBSTERS' 
"COME  OUT  FIGHTING"    "GRAND  STREET  BOYS' 


SA  TURSS  for  1942-43! 


john  HOWARD  •  helen  GILBERT 
gilbert  ROLAND  •  JOHN  LIT  EL 


in 


from  the  play  "White  Lady"  by 
Gina  Kauss  and  Ladislaus  Fodor 


EDMUND 


...in  a  shock -streaked 
expose  of  politics  and 
the  underworld/ 


LOWE 

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JOHNW.  FORBES 


 »  *  *m  ^  ^  "  *  I,,, 

RANGE  BUSTERS 

■  starring 

JOHN  "Dusty"  KING 
D  AVEY  "Speedy"  SHARPE 
MAX  Alibi  TERHUNE  „ 


2  S  SPECIALS 


6  ROUGH  RIDERS 


"TRAIL  OF  THE  YUKON" 

by  Jack  London 

"POLITICAL  PAYOFF" 

by  Damon  Runyon 

"BLIND  JUSTICE" 

by  Octavus  Roy  Cohen 

SPELL  OF  THE  TROPICS" 

By  Allan  Vaughan  Elston 

"KELLY  OF  THE  U.S.A." 

by  Wallace  Peterson 

"REVENGE  OF  THE 
ZOMBIES" 

by  Samuel  Fielding 

'BOWERY  AT  MIDNIGHT" 

starring  BELA  LUGOSI 
by  Gerald  Schnitzer 

"FERRY  COMMAND" 

by  Harrison  Howell 


"STORM  OUT  OF  THE 
WEST" 

by  William  K.  Howard 

"THE  BLONDE  BOMBER" 

by  Cornell  Woolrich 

"THE  GORILLA  STRIKES" 

starring  BELA  LUGOSI 
by  Harvey  W.  Brewster 

"YOU  CAN'T  BEAT  THE 

LAW" 

by  Albert  Bleich 

"FRATERNITY 
SWEETHEART" 

by  Leona  Dalrymple 

"NAVY  BOUND" 

by  Talbert  Josselyn 

"UNDER  SEALED  ORDERS" 

by  Edgar  Wallace 

"GANGS  OF  THE 

UNDERWORLD" 

by  Ande  Lamb 


MONSTER  IN  THE  DARK" 

by  Karl  Brown 

"NEARLY  EIGHTEEN" 

by  Louis  Apple 

"MAN'S  LAW" 

by  Peter  B.  Kyne 

"QUEEN  OF  THE  HONKY 

TONKS" 

by  Ande  Lamb 

"TIME  BOMB" 

by  Scott  Littleton 

'INTELLIGENCE  BUREAU" 

by  George  Bronson  Howard 

"PONY  EXPRESS  RIDERS" 

by  Earl  Snell 

"BELOW  THE  DEADLINE" 

by  George  Bronson  Howard 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  June  11,  1942 


'Sing,'  Lewis 
Frisco  High 
With  $19,200 


Sax  Francisco,  June  10. — Wjth 
"Sing  Your  Worries  Away"  on  the 
screen,  and  Ted  Lewis  on  the  stage, 
the  Golden  Gate  hit  $19,200.  "Tor- 
tilla Flat"  and  "Born  to  Sing"  took 
SI 7,200  at  the  Fox. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  2-4 : 

"Sing  Your  Worries  Away"  (RKO) 

GOLDEN    GATE— (2.850)    (44c-49c-65c)  7 
days.     Stage:    vaudeville.     Gross:  $19,200. 
(Average.  $15,000) 
"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.A.) 
"Dudes  Are  Pretty  People"  (U.A.) 
_  UNITED  ARTISTS — (1 ,200)  (20c-35c-40c- 
55c)  7  days,  3d  week.    Gross:  $7,000.  (Aver- 
age, $7,500) 

"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

"Mystery  of  Marie  Roget"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM— (2,440)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days,  2d  week.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Average. 
$8,000) 

"Moontide"  (20th-Fox) 

"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler"  (20th-Fox) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,740)  (20c-35c-40c-55c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $10,900.     (Average,  $11,500) 
"Tortilla   Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"Born  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

FOX— (5.000)     (20c-35c-40c-55c)     7  days. 
Gross:   $17,200.     (Average.  S16.000) 
"Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 

ST.  FRANCIS — (1.4C0)  (20c-35c-4Oc-55c) 
7  da  vs.  3d  week.    (Moved  over  from  Fox). 
Gross:  $5,000.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.B.) 

WARFIELD—  (2.680)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
da  vs.  2d  week.  Gross:  $13,000.  (Average. 
$12,000) 

"Kipps"  (ZOth-Fox) 

CLAY— (400)  (15c-35c-45c)  7  days.  2d 
week.     Gross:  $1,000.     (Average,  $1,000) 


Off  the  Antenna 

CBS  yesterday  issued  a  brochure  outlining  a  new  discount  schedule  designed 
to  promote  the  use  of  the  entire  network  of  115  stations  by  advertisers. 
A  deduction  of  15  per  cent  of  billings  for  the  full  network  is  offered. 

The  schedule,  which  will  become  effective  July  15,  this  year,  on  new 
contracts  and  July  15,  1943,  or  any  intervening  date,  on  present  contracts  at 
the  option  of  the  client,  also  allows  for  new  discounts  of  two  and  a  half 
per  cent  on  25  to  45  station  hours  per  week,  five  per  cent  on  45  to  70  station 
hours  per  week,  seven  and  a  half  per  cent  on  70  or  more  station  hours  per  week, 
and  a  \2l/>  per  cent  annual  discount. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Three  Mutual  network  programs  leave  the  air  this 
month.  "IVhat's  My  Namef"  Tuesday  night  quiz  show,  winds  up  a  26-iveek 
run  June  30;  the  daily  afternoon  serial  "Miss  Meade's  Children,"  originating 
in  Buffalo,  concludes  with  the  June  19  offering,  and  "Production  for  Victory," 
the  Fulton  Lewis,  Jr.,  scries  dealing  with  war  production,  goes  off  June  18. 
.  .  .  The  new  Ben  Bcruie  musical  scries  which  starts  over  77  CBS  stations 
June  15  under  IVilliam  Wriglcy  Co.  sponsorship  will  have  Jack  Fulton  and 
Russ  Brown,  vocalists,  the  Kings  Jesters  and  l^es  Paul,  electric  guitarist.  .  .  . 
Ralph  Bcrton  will  conduct  a  new  scries  of  audience  participation  shows  over 
WINS,  New  York,  8  to  9  P.M.,  starting  June  14. 

•  •  • 

An  adaptation  of  the  20th  Century-Fox  film,  "Ten  Gentlemen  from 
West  Point,"  to  be  enacted  by  a  cast  of  youngsters,  will  feature  Bob 
Emery's  "Rainbow  House,"  children's  variety  show,  over  Mutual  stations 
East  of  Chicago  on  Saturday. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  John  Daly.  CBS  announcer,  is  on  vacation  while  Quincy 
Howe  occupies  his  spot  on  "The  World  Today"  series.  .  .  .  Licia  Albanese 
of  the  Metropolitan  Opera  Company  will  succeed  Josephine  Tumina  as  a 
featured  soloist  on  Mutual's  "Treasure  Hour  of  Song"  series  beginning 
June  19. 


'Reap'  Gets  $20,000, 
Baltimore  Winner 

Baltimore,  June  10. — Weekend  busi- 
ness continues  to  boom  as  a  result  of 
gas  rationing  and  good  weather. 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  at  increased 
admissions  scored  $20,000  at  the 
Stanley. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  4 : 

"Twin  Beds"  (U.A.) 

CENTURY  —  (3,000)  (28c-44c  and  55c 
weekends)  7  days.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Average, 
$10,000) 

"The  Great  Man's  Lady"  (Para.) 

KEITH'S  —  (2.406)     (15c-28c-33c-44c  and 
55c    weekends)    7    days.    Gross:  $12,000. 
(Average,  $9,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 

NEW  —  (1,581)  (15c-28c-35c-55c)  7  davs, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

STANLEY— (3.280)    (40c-55c-66c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $20,000.    (Average.  $12,000) 
"The  Falcon  Takes  Over"  (RKO) 

HIPPODROME— (2,205)  (15c-28c-39c-44c- 
55c-66c)  7  days,  with  stage  show  featuring 
Mitchell  Avres  and  Orchestra;  plus  the 
Four  Ink  Spots.  Gross:  $17,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"Hello   Annapolis"  (Col.) 

MAYFAIR  —  (1.000)  (20c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $4,500.    (Average,  $6,000) 


Sponsor  Soldier  Show 

St.  Louis,  June  10. — The  Ft.  Leon- 
ard Wood  musical  show,  in  which 
the  soldiers  at  the  Rolla,  Mo.,  post 
will  appear  under  the  auspices  of  the 
St.  Louis  Variety  Club,  will  plav  the 
Municipal  Auditorium  here  June  26,  27 
and  28. 


Parade  Competition 

Rochester,  June  10. — Downtown 
houses  here  are  planning  midnight 
shows  June  19,  the  night  a  huge  War 
Week  parade  will  be  held.  The  move 
is  contemplated  to  meet  competition 
from  the  parade. 


Urges  County  Fairs 
Be  Continued  in  Pa. 

Philadelphia,  June  10. — John  H. 
Light,  State  Secretary7  of  Agriculture, 
called  for  the  continuation  of  county 
fairs  as  a  wartime  morale  builder  for 
Pennsylvania's  rural  residents,  while 
acknowledging  that  transportation  dif- 
ficulties likely  would  cut  deeply  into 
attendance.  He  disclosed  that  13  out 
of  120  county  and  local  fairs  in  the 
state  have  been  definitely  cancelled  for 
the  duration  and  that  16  others  are  on 
the  doubtful  list.  He  suggested  that 
the  fairs  add  new  features  this  year  to 
attract  as  many  as  possible  of  the 
2,984,895  persons  who  last  year  at- 
tended more  than  100  fairs  in  the  state. 


Reachi  Is  Planning 
3  Mexican  Pictures 

Mexico  City,  June  10.  —  Manuel 
Reachi,  Mexican  Government  agent  in 
Hollywood,  who  recently  announced 
that  he  would  produce  a  picture  here 
as  an  experiment,  has  decided  to  go 
into  production  and  has  organized  a 
company,  Promesa  Films.  He  plans 
to  make  three  pictures  and  will  begin 
production  about  June  15. 


Service  Men  to  See 
'Friendly  Enemies' 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

members  of  four  women's  voluntary 
service  organizations  which  sell  the 
largest  amounts  of  war  bonds  and 
stamps  during  a  "friendly  enemies" 
sales  drive.  Each  of  the  2,000  win- 
ners will  have  as  her  guest  at  the 
premiere  a  buck  private,  sailor  or 
marine. 


New  Series  on  Mutual 

A  five-a-week  series  of  "live"  shows 
featuring  the  comic  strip  character, 
"Superman,"  heretofore  heard  only 
on  records,  will  begin  over  Mutual 
Aug.  31.  The  shows  will  be  aired 
Mondays  through  Fridays  from  5  :30 
to  5 :45  P.  M.,  E.W.T.  No  sponsor 
has  signed  yet. 


Relaxes  Restrictions 
On  Radio  Inventory 


Washington,  June  10. — Relaxation 
of  restrictions  .on  inventories  of  radio 
manufacturers  and  distributors  was 
announced  today  by  the  War  Produc- 
tion Board  in  an  order  providing  that 
material  for  war  production  may  be 
stocked  without  interference  with  nor- 
mal inventories  carried  for  repair  and 
replacement  of  communications  equip- 
ment. 

The  order  was  designed  to  clear  up 
some  confusion  in  the  industry  as  to 
the  effect  of  purchases  of  material  for 
the  production  of  military  equipment 
on  the  stocks  carried  to  keep  the 
country's  broadcasting  stations  and 
communications  services  going. 


Prince  Rupert  Asks 
CBC  Web  Affiliation 

Prince  Rupert,  B.  C,  June  10. — 
The  local  Chamber  of  Commerce  has 
petitioned  the  Canadian  Broadcasting 
Corp.  to  extend  the  network  from 
Prince  George  to  this  city,  to  appoint 
an  inspector  to  check  reception  and 
collect  license  fees,  and  to  have  the 
local  station  made  part  of  the  CBC 
network. 


Philco  Promotes  Three 

Joseph  H.  Gillies,  works  manager 
for  Philco  Corp.  since  1939,  has  been 
elected  a  vice-president  of  the  com- 
pany, in  charge  of  radio  production, 
James  T.  Buckley,  president,  an- 
nounced yesterday.  Also  named  vice- 
presidents  were  David  Grimes,  in 
charge  of  engineering,  and  Robert  F. 
Herr,  in  charge  of  service. 


Gets  Frisco  NBC  Post 

Sax  Francisco,  June  10. — William 
E.  Shea,  Jr.,  formerly  NBC  spot  sales 
representative,  has  been  named  man- 
ager of  the  NBC-KPO  press  depart- 
ment here. 


New  Federal  Agency 

On  Communications 
Is  Urged  at  Hearing 

Washington,  June  10. — Estab- 
lishment of  a  new  Federal  agency 
to  control  communications,  trans- 
portation and  power  was  advocated 
today  by  Louis  G.  Caldwell,  coun- 
sel for  the  Mutual  Broadcasting 
System,  in  testimony  at  the  Hou?l 
Interstate  and  Foreign  Commerce 
Committee  hearing  on  the  Sanders 
bill  for  FCC  reorganization. 

Would   Eliminate  Overlapping 

Caldwell  asserted  there  are  a  large 
number  of  Federal  agencies  with  an 
interest  in  one  or  more  of  the  three 
subjects  and  that  there  is  unneces- 
sary overlapping  and  duplication  of 
administration  which  can  be  eliminat- 
ed by  placing  them  under  one  de- 
partment, operating  under  a  clear  cut 
law  specifically  stating  its  functions 
and  limitations. 

Mutual's  counsel  contended  the 
present  Communications  Act  is  ade- 
quate to  cover  any  advances  in  the 
communication  art  and  pointed  out 
that  it  has  been  found  sufficiently 
comprehensive  to  cover  new  develop- 
ments since  it  was  written  in  1934. 

Opposes  Congressional  Move 

Caldwell  admitted  that  some 
changes  in  procedure  would  be  desir- 
able, but  opposed  Congressional  in- 
tervention in  the  FCC  network  regu- 
lation or  newspaper  ownership  con- 
troversies on  the  ground  that  they 
have  been  thoroughly  studied  by  the 
FCC  and  no  new  information  could  be 
developed  by  further  investigation. 

Chairman  James  L.  Fly  of  the  FCC 
is  scheduled  to  appear  before  the  com- 
mittee to  give  his  version  of  the  net- 
work regulations,  and  his  views  on 
the  authority  of  the  FCC  to  control 
chain  broadcasting  and  newspaper 
ownership  of  radio  stations. 


U.  S.  Plans  to  Blast 
Japan's  Broadcasts 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

to  the  people  in  conquered  territories. 

Details  of  operation  and  programs 
are  being  handled  by  the  Coordina- 
tor of  Information  at  the  request 
of  the  Office  of  Facts  and  Figures, 
which  is  also  coordinator  of  Govern- 
ment radio,  with  the  cooperation  of 
Brigadier  General  Frederick  H.  Os- 
born,  Chief  of  Special  Services  of  the 
War  Department. 

It  was  disclosed  that  Murray  Bro- 
phy,  formerly  with  CBS,  was  sent 
by  Colonel  William  J.  Donovan,  OCI 
chief,  to  Hawaii  to  initiate  the  service 
there. 


Radio  Listening  Up 
In  'Gas'  Rationing 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

and  Providence.  The  sharpest  increase 
— four  and  six-tenths  points — was 
found  on  Sunday,  May  15. 

The  May  30  program  ratings  report 
placed  Bob  Hope  on  top  with  32.2. 
Next  and  in  this  order  are  Fibber 
McGee,  30.6;  Charlie  McCarthy  and 
Edgar  Bergen,  26.2 ;  The  Aldrich 
Family,  25.8,  and  Jack  Benny,  24.8. 


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Industry 

MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


51.  NO.  115 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  FRIDAY,  JUNE  12,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Fly  Urges  All 
Broadcasting 

Be  6 Frozen' 


Would  Free  FCC  for  War 
Emergency  Work 


Washington,  June  11. — Broad- 
casting should  be  "frozen"  for  the 
period  of  the  war,  to  enable  the 
Federal  Communications  Commis- 
sion to  devote  itself  to  the  more 
important  activities  created  by  the 
emergency,  it  was  declared  today 
by  Chairman  James  L.  Fly. 

Appearing  briefly  before  the  House 
Interstate  and  Foreign  Commerce 
Committee  in  what  promises  to  be  a 
several-days'  presentation  of  the 
FCC's  policies  and  position  on  the 
Sanders  bill  for  its  reorganization, 
Fly  discussed  neither  the  bill  nor  the 
charges  which  have  been  leveled 
against  the  commission.  Instead,  he 
took  the  committee  on  a  tour  of  the 
procedure  followed  in  locating  and 
apprehending  unlicensed  transmitters 
involved  in  espionage  for  the  enemy. 

Fly  told  the  committee  that  since 
no  broadcasting  licenses  are  now  be- 

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Columbia  9-Month 
Profit  $941,950 

Columbia  yesterday  reported  net 
profit  of  $941,950  for  the  nine  months 
ended  March  28  after  provisions  for 
Federal  income  and  excess  profits 
taxes  amounting  to  $648,257. 

The  result  compares  with  net  profit 
of  $274,764  for  the  comparable  period 
last  year  after  provisions  for  Federal 
income  taxes  amounting  to  $120,785. 

The  company's  balance  sheet  shows 
current  assets  of  $14,203,000  and  cur- 
rent liabilities  of  $1,637,000,  leaving 
working  capital  of  approximately 
$12,566,000. 


RKO  Plans  Sales 
Meet  Late  in  July 

RKO  plans  to  hold  its  annual  sales 
convention  in  New  York  late  next 
month,  the  company  disclosed  yester- 
day. It  was  stated,  however,  that  the 
plans  are  still  tentative. 

A  group  of  home  office  officials  will 
leave  for  the  Coast  tonight  for  confer- 
ences at  the  studio  with  Charles  W. 
Koerner,  general  manager  in  charge 
of  production.  The  conferences  will 
concern  plans  for  the  company's  new 
season  production  schedule  and  other 
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Petrillo  and  Other 
AFM  Officers  Sure 
Of  Reelection  Today 


Dallas,  June  11. — James  Caesar 
Petrillo  and  other  national  officers  of 
the  American  Federation  of  Musicians 
are  assured  of  reelection  tomorrow 
morning  by  the  47th  annual  conven- 
tion of  the  Federation  here.  Nomina- 
tions closed  today  without  opposition 
to  the  present  officers. 

In  addition  to  Petrillo,  president,  re- 
nominated were :  C.  L.  Bagley,  Los 
Angeles,  vice-president ;  Harry  E. 
Brenton,  Boston,  financial  secretary- 
treasurer,  and  Fred  W.  Birnbach, 
Newark,  N.  J.,  secretary. 

Birnbach  is  ill  with  heart  trouble  in 
a  Dallas  hospital  and  was  unable  to 
attend  the  convention. 

Walter  M.  Murdoch  of  Toronto  was 
renominated  as  Canadian  member  of 
the  executive  committee. 

A  proposal  to  limit  autonomy  of 
locals,  opening  the  way  for  elimination 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


N.Y.  and  R.  I.  Houses 
File  Clearance  Cases 

Three  new  arbitration  clearance 
complaints  were  reported  yesterday  by 
the  American  Arbitration  Association, 
two  of  which  were  filed  at  the  New 
York  tribunal  and  the  third  at  Bos- 
ton. 

Both  local  complaints  were  filed  by 
Rhinebrook  Theatres,  Inc.,  and  named 
all  five  consenting  companies.  The 
first  was  filed  on  behalf  of  the  Star, 
Rhinebeck,  N.  Y.  It  asked  that  the 
present  14  days'  clearance  of  Pough- 
keepsie  first  runs  over  the  Star  be  re- 
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Films'  USO  Drive 
Off  to  September 

The  industry's  drive  for 
funds  for  the  USO  which 
was  scheduled  shortly  after 
the  Army  and  Navy  Relief 
fund  campaign  will  be  post- 
poned until  September,  it  was 
decided  yesterday  at  a  meet- 
ing of  the  committee.  The 
postponement  was  made  in 
order  to  avoid  conflict  with 
other  national  fund-raising 
campaigns  in  which  the  in- 
dustry is  interested.  The 
USO  was  to  raise  upward  of 
$400,000  through  the  amuse- 
ment industry,  it  was  recent- 
ly reported. 


See  Big  Parade 
Tomorrow  Aid 
To  BVay  Gross 


Most  Broadway  theatremen  are 
looking  forward  to  a  big  day  to- 
morrow as  a  result  of  the  "New 
York  at  War"  parade.  The  demon- 
stration, which  will  have  industry 
participation,  will  go  on  rain  or 
shine  although  it  was  originally 
planned  that  in  the  event  of  rain  it 
would  be  postponed  one  day.  About 
500,000  persons  are  expected  to  be 
in  the  line  of  march. 

The  huge  parade,  which  is  sche- 
duled to  start  from  Washington 
Square  at  10  A.  M.,  will  go  up  Fifth 
Ave.  to  72nd  St.,  and  is  expected  to 
last  10  to  12  hours,  until  8  or  10 

(Continued  on  poge  7) 


Record  $2,200,000  Expected  from 

Industry's  Army -Navy  Relief  Drive 

The  Motion  Picture  Industry  Campaign  for  Army  and  Navy 
Emergency  Relief  will  collect  in  the  neighborhood  of  $2,200,000, 
when  all  checks  are  in,  it  was  estimated  yesterday,  and  that  amount 
may  be  exceeded.  The  bulk  of  the  contributions  came  from  patrons 
in  more  than  13,000  theatres,  and  there  have  been  large  contribu- 
tions by  the  film  companies  and  circuits. 

The  drive,  held  May  14  to  20,  was  the  most  successful  of  its  kind 
in  the  industry  and  the  amount  raised  will  set  a  record  for  the  film 
business.  It  was  the  first  national  collection  campaign  for  war 
purposes  in  which  the  industry  was  asked  to  assist  since  the  U.  S. 
entered  the  war. 

Nicholas  M.  Schenck  was  national  chairman.  Co-chairmen  were 
Barney  Balaban,  Gus  Eyssell,  George  J.  Schaefer,  Spyros  Skouras, 
Joseph  Bernhard,  C.  C.  Moskowitz  and  Harry  Brandt,  with  S.  H. 
Fabian  treasurer. 

A  total  of  49  legitimate  theatres  throughout  the  country  have 
reported  $37,700  in  collections  toward  Army  and  Navy  relief.  Lee 
Shubert  was  chairman  of  this  committee,  which  included  Marcus 
Heiman,  John  Shubert  and  Mrs.  Leonard  Goldenson. 


Film  Shipment 
Delay  Despite 
U.  S.  Priorities 


Foreign  Countries  Give 
Others  Precedence 


Priorities  on  plane  and  ship 
space  granted  newsreels  and  fea- 
tures destined  for  foreign  markets 
have  been  so  circumscribed  recent- 
ly that  the  value  of  newsreels,  in 
particular,  has  become  endangered, 
major  company  foreign  managers 
were  told  at  a  meeting  at  MPPDA 
headquarters  yesterday. 

The  foreign  department  heads 
reportedly  have  suggested  that 
the  industry  appeal  directly  to 
the  War  Department  or  the 
White  House  to  correct  the 
situation  but,  insofar  as  could 
be  learned  following  the  meet- 
ing, no  immediate  solution  is  be- 
lieved to  be  at  hand. 

Delays  in  newsreel  deliveries  at 
foreign  destinations,  despite  the  pri- 
orities for  film  shipments,  have  been 
encountered  frequently,  it  was  said, 
and  usually  with  fatal  results,  inas- 
much as  the  effectiveness  of  the  reels 
was  dissipated  by  the  delay. 

The  most  common  cause  of  the  in- 
terrupted deliveries,  it  was  said,  arises 
from  the  displacement  of  the  film 
shipments  by  articles  which  are  given 

(Continued  on  poge  7) 


Grant  Extension  for 
Minn.  Case  Appeal 

Minneapolis,  June  11. — Distribu- 
tor attorneys  here  today  granted  the 
request  of  Ramsey  County  attorneys 
and  counsel  for  exhibitors  for  an  ex- 
tension of  the  time  in  which  the  lat- 
ter may  appeal  from  the  county  court 
decision  holding  the  Minnesota  anti- 
block-of-five  law  unconstitutional. 

Indications  are  that  only  a  brief  ex- 
tension, probably  less  than  30  days, 
will  be  ordered  when  the  petitioners 
go  into  court  at  St.  Paul  tomorrow. 
The  appeal  period  is  scheduled  to  ex- 
pire on  Saturday. 


Reviewed  Today 

Reviews  of  "Tombstone,  the 
Town  Too  Tough  to  Die,"  "Are 
Husbands  Necessary?"  and  "1 
Live  on  Danger"  and  key  city 
box-office  reports  will  be  found 
on  Page  3. 


2 


Motion  Picture  daily 


Friday,  June  12,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  June  11 

THE  Screen  Writers  Guild,  which 
recently  signed  a  basic  contract 
with  the  Association  of  Motion  Pic- 
ture Producers  after  seven  years  of 
negotiations,  has  scheduled  prelimi- 
nary meetings  of  its  bargaining  com- 
mittee with  independent  producers. 
First  negotiations  will  be  with  the 
Society  of  Independent  Motion  Pic- 
ture Producers,  which  includes  most 
the  United  Artists  group.  Negotia- 
tions will  follow  with  the  Independ- 
ent Producers  Association. 

• 

Jerome  Safron,  Western  division 
manager  for  Columbia;  Wayne  Ball, 
Los  Angeles  branch  manager;  Jack 
Tillman,  San  Francisco  branch  man- 
ager, and  Mike  Newman,  publicity 
representative,  leave  tomorrow  for 
New  York  to  attend  the  company's 
annual  sales  convention. 

• 

M-G-M  today  announced  "Song  of 
the  Red  Army"  as  a  big-scale  film 
to  be  produced  by  Arthur  Hornblow, 
who  is  in  the  East  conducting  re- 
search for  material  on  Russian  army 
operations.  Due  to  timeliness,  Horn- 
blow  will  produce  this  film  before  the 
previously  announced  "Quo  Vadis." 
• 

M-G-M  has  purchased  "Best  Foot 
Forward,"  George  Abbott  musical 
which  ran  on  Broadway  last  season, 
for  $150,000,  according  to  report. 


Personal  Mention 


SPYROS     SKOURAS     was  in 
Washington  yesterday. 
• 

Ralph  Clark,  Jr.,  formerly  mana- 
ger of  the  Warner  branch  in  Sydney, 
Australia,  has  been  commissioned  a 
Lieutenant,  Junior  Grade,  in  the  U.  S. 
Navy. 

• 

John  Joseph  has  returned  to 
Hollywood  from  New  York  and  Chi- 
cago. 

• 

Maurice  Bergman  returned  from 
Baltimore  last  night  and  leaves  today 
for  Chicago. 

• 

FJ.  A.  McCarthy,  Southern  divi- 
sion manager  for  Universal,  is  due 
from  Cincinnati  tomorrow. 

• 

William  Byron  Richley,  former 
manager  of  the  York  Theatre,  York, 
Pa.,  has  been  commissioned  a  second 
lieutenant  and  is  stationed  at  Aber- 
deen, Md. 

• 

Edith  Zuckerman,  secretary  to 
David  E.  Milgram,  head  of  Affiliated 
Circuit,  Philadelphia,  will  vacation  in 
Denver. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 
Rockefeller  Center 

GREER  GARSON    .  WALTER  PIDGEON 

"MRS.  MINIVER" 

From  Jan  Struther's  Book  .  An  M-G-M  Picture 
ON  THE  GREAT  STAGE:  "AT  EASE!''  — 
Leonidoff's  fast  moving,  colorful  revue.  Symphony 
Orchestra,  under  the  direction  of  Erno  Rapee. 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved  Circle  6-4600 


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f i iosjuind  fred  rln  rtfnUflU 
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Midnight 
Feature  /// 


PARAMOUNT 


"TEN  GENTLEMEN 
from  WEST  POINT" 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Picture 

PLUS  A  BIG  POYV  7th  Ave- 
STAGE  SHOW  RWA  ■    &  50th  St. 


B  WAY  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


MY  GAL  SAL 

RITA  HAYWORTH 

—  and  — 

'I  WAS  FRAMED' 


Tyrone  POWER*  Joan  FONTAINE 

THIS  ABOVE  ALL 

A  20th  Cenfory-Fox  Triumph 

ACTAD  BROADWAY  &  45fh  ST. 
9  I  \J  K  CONTINUOUS 


CHARLES  GOLDE,  manager  of 
the  Warner  Family  Theatre,  Phil- 
adelphia ;  Michael  Kipple  and  David 
Hudis,  manager  and  assistant  at  the 
Victoria  there,  have  joined  the  armed 
forces. 

Albert  Lewin  and  Murray  Weiss 
of  the  contract  department  of  Warner 
Theatres  in  Philadelphia  have  joined 
the  Army. 

• 

J.  R.  Pickett  of  the  Capitol  The- 
atre, Willimantic,  Conn.,  is  recover- 
ing from  an  illness  at  Willimantic 
Hospital. 

• 

George  Antoniak  of  the  Capitol, 
Bridgeport,  Conn.,  has  joined  the 
Army. 

• 

Michael  Peccerrello  of  the  Globe, 
Bridgeport,  Conn.,  is  vacationing. 


Morris  Wolf,  Warner  attorney  in 
Philadelphia,  has  been  named  vice- 
president  of  the  newly-organized 
United  War  and  Charities  Fund  there. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


S hour as  Circuit  to 
Sell  Bonds  Directly 

Skouras  Theatres  Corp.,  of 
of  which  George  Skouras  is 
president,  announced  yester- 
day that  it  has  been  appointed 
an  official  issuing  agent  for 
War  Bonds,  Series  E,  enabling 
it  to  make  immediate  de- 
livery of  bonds.  The  circuit, 
it  was  said,  is  the  first  film 
organization  designated  as  an 
issuing  agent.  The  general 
procedure  is  that  theatres 
take  pledges  for  bonds,  which 
are  followed  up  by  the  Treas- 
ury Department.  Purchases 
at  Skouras  theatres,  it  was 
explained,  will  be  handled  in 
the  same  manner  as  at  post 
offices  and  banks. 


Extra  Bonus  Given 
Warners  Employes 

Warner  Bros,  yesterday  paid  an  ex- 
tra bonus  to  all  home  office  employes, 
numbering  about  800.  The  payments 
ranged  from  a  half  week's  salary  up- 
ward. It  was  reported  at  the  home 
office  that  the  bonus  was  distributed 
at  this  time  in  anticipation  of  quarter- 
ly income  tax  installments  due  Mon- 
day and  to  stimulate  War  Bond  sav- 
ings under  the  payroll  allotment  plan. 
Following  distribution  of  the  checks, 
there  was  an  immediate  spurt  in  War 
Bond  pledges  as  well  as  outright  pur- 
chases of  bonds,  it  was  said. 


SOPEG  Is  Certified 
At  RKO  Home  Office 

Washington,  June  11.  —  The 
Screen  Office  and  Professional  Em- 
ployes Guild,  CIO,  was  certified  to- 
day by  the  National  Labor  Relations 
Board  as  collective  bargaining  agency 
of  the  clerical  employes  at  the  RKO 
home  office  in  New  York.  The  certi- 
fication was  based  on  an  election  held 
May  22  at  which  the  Guild  received 
194  of  the  240  ballots  cast. 


Albany  Variety  Club 
Holds  Tournament 

Albany,  June  11. — The  local  Va- 
riety Club  held  its  first  golf  tourna- 
ment here  yesterday  at  the  Colonie 
Country  Club,  followed  by  a  steak 
dinner. 

Sam  Rosen  won  the  nearest  to  the 
pin  drive,  Jack  Walsh  took  the  prize 
for  the  longest  drive,  Sidney  Dwore 
had  low  gross,  Max  Friedman  high 
gross  and  Dr.  Samuel  Kalison  won 
the  $50  war  bond  for  blind  bogey. 

Among  those  attending-  were:  Harry 
Hellman,  Neil  Hellman.  Marvin  Dwore. 
Sid  Dwore.  Louis  R.  Golding,  William  Wil- 
liams, William  Gaddoni.  Jack  Walsh,  Steve 
Tarbell,  Richard  Murphy,  Sid  Stockton. 
George  Myers.  Arthur  Newmann,  Moe  N. 
Grassgreen,  Xavier  Rescigno,  Charles 
Levitt,  Joe  Miller,  Lou  Friedman,  Harry 
Goldman.  Dick  Hayes,  Gene  Lowe.  Gene 
Vogel,  Welden  Waters.  Ralph  Ripps,  Joe 
Shure,  Irving  Liner,  Bernie  Brooks,  Sam 
Rosen.  C.  J.  Latta,  James  P.  Faughnan, 
Ray  Fine,  Max  Friedman.  George  Greene, 
Oscar  Brenner,  Dr.  Samuel  Kallison,  Gren 
Rand,  Sam  Greenberg,  Ben  Smith,  Jerry 
Spandau  and  Richard  Conners. 


John  Krimsky  with 
Buchanan  Agency 

John  Krimsky  has  joined  Bu- 
chanan &  Co.,  advertising  agency,  and 
will  act  as  account  executive  on  the 
Paramount  Pictures  account,  the 
agency  announced  yesterday. 

Krimsky  at  one  time  was  a  produc- 
tion executive  for  M-G-M  and  Fox, 
was  director  of  entertainment  at  the 
New  York  World's  Fair  and  was 
co-producer  of  the  film,  "Emperor 
Jones."  He  also  is  working  as  aide 
to  Stanton  Griffis,  chairman  of  the 
special  events  committee  of  the  Navy 
Relief  Society. 


Schless  Due  in  August 

Robert  E.  Schless,  general  foreign 
manager  for  Warner  Bros.,  who  left 
on  a  Latin  American  tour  last  Jan- 
uary, is  expected  back  in  New  York 
in  August,  it  was  said  at  the  home  of- 
fice yesterday.  This  is  his  first  trip 
in  that  territory  since  becoming  head 
of  the  department.  He  is  at  present 
in  the  Argentine. 


THE  first  pictures  of  the  British 
attack  upon  French  Madagascar, 
passed  by  British  censors,  is  the  fea- 
ture subject  in  the  new  issues,  the 
contents  of  which  follow: 

MOVIETONE    NEWS,    No.  80-British 
land    on    Madagascar.      King  George 
Greece  meets  President  Roosevelt.  P<jn#^ 
Command  in  Canada.    Army  planes  retrit.  f 
grounded  gliders  in  practice.     Mothers  in 
war  work  boom  New  York  nurseries.  Three 
bears  at  Chicago  zoo. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  Z78— Mada- 
gascar attack.  Army  develops  landed  glider 
retrieving.  Ferry  Command  in  Canada. 
Olympic  stars  in  U.S.O.  show  in  Beverly 
Hills,  Cal.  War  heroes  in  New  York  rally. 
King  George  of  Greece  with  Roosevelt  in 
Washington. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  83— King 
George  of  Greece  at  White  House.  Geor- 
gian, at  117,  is  oldest  citizen.  General  Ar- 
nold receives  Iowa  Wesleyan  degree.  New 
arrivals  at  Brooklyn  zoo.  Ferry  Command 
in  Canada.  New  York  children  at  nurs- 
eries, mothers  in  war  work.  British  occupy 
Madagascar. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  83— British 
attack  Madagascar.  Roosevelt  welcomes 
King  of  Greece.  Designers  camouflage  war 
plants.  Illinois  children  in  crusade  against 
food  waste.  New  York  nurseries  for  war 
workers'  children.  Tin  salvage  drive  in 
San  Francisco.  Army  plane  picks  up 
glider  in  new  method. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  No.  92— 
Madagascar  attack.  Army's  new  glider 
pickup  method.  Children  of  war  workers 
crowd  New  York  nurseries.  Connecticut 
banker  rides  horse  to  work.  Cubs  at  Illi- 
nois zoo.  Austin,  Tex.,  girls  in  police 
work.  King  George  of  Greece  with  Roose- 
velt.   Troops  in  review. 


306  Wins  Contract 
Case  Against  Dubin 

N.  Y.  Supreme  Court  Justice  Wil- 
liam C.  Hecht  yesterday  ruled  that 
the  contract  between  Local  306  of  the 
operators  union  and  the  Grand  Central 
Newsreel  Theatre,  operated  by  David 
Dubin,  is  valid,  that  there  was  no 
fraud  or  misrepresentation  in  its  exe- 
cution, and  that  it  is  to  remain  in 
force  until  Sept.  1,  1946. 

Dubin  had  claimed  there  was  no 
contract  and  that  if  there  was  one,  it 
had  been  executed  through  fraud  and 
misrepresentation,  contentions  which 
the  court  held  he  had  failed  to  prove 
in  the  two-day  trial.  Dubin  also  was 
ordered  to  pay  the  full  scale  to  the  six 
operators  employed.  Bert  Popkin,  306 
business  agent  when  the  contract  was 
closed  two  years  ago,  was  the  only 
witness  for  the  union. 


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Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York,"  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau. 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill. 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau,  Postal  Union 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor; 
London  Bureau,  4  Golden  Square.  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany. Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald.  Better  Theatres,  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23, 
1938,  at  the  post  office  at  New  York,  N.  Y.. 
under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscrip- 
tion rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
$12  foreign.  Single  copies  10c. 


Friday,  June  12,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


3 


' Reap'  Takes 
Big  $33,000, 
Boston's  High 


Boston,  June  11. — "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind"  took  a  total  of  $33,000  at  the 
_Earamount  and  Fenway.  "Syncopa- 
VZ-V'  with  a  stage  show  at  the  Keith 
^oston  drew  a  strong  $28,500.  "In 
This  Our  Life"  at  the  Metropolitan 
drew  $26,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  4-6 : 

"Syncopation"  (RKO) 

KEITH     BOSTON— (2,679)  (33c-44c-55c- 
65c)    7    days.     Stage   show    with  Tommy 
Tucker  and  his  Orchestra  and  Amy  Arnell. 
Gross:  $28,500.     (Average,  $15,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.B.) 

METROPOLITAN— (4,376)  (28c  -33c  -55c  - 
65c)  7  days.  Gross:  $26,500.  (Average. 
$17,500) 

"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M) 
"Bedtime  Story"  (Col.) 

LOEWS  ORPHEUM— (3,000)  (30c-44c- 
65c)  7  days.  Gross:  $18,500.  Average,  $11,- 
500) 

"We  Were  Dancing"  (M-G-M) 
"Bedtime  Story"  (Col.) 

LOEWS  STATE— (2,900)   (30c-44c-65c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $17,500.    (Average,  $12,500) 
"Fantasia"  (RKO) 
"All  American  Co-Ed"  (U.  A.) 

KEITH   MEMORIAL  —  (2,907)  (33c-55c- 
65c)    3    days,    2nd   week.     Gross:  $11,500. 
(Average,  $15,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (1,797)    (40c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $18,500.    (Average,  $8,500) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

FENWAY— (1,320)    (40c-55c-75c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $14,500.     (Average,  $5,500) 
"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.) 
"Jungle  Book"  (U.  A.) 

SCOLLAY — (2,500)  (28c-33c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,000.     (Average,  $4,500) 


'Flyer'  in  Hartford 
Tallies  Good  $9,000 

Hartford,  June  11.  —  The  E.  M, 
Loew  Theatre  did  $9,000  in  the  second 
week  of  "The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer." 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  at  the  Allyn 
drew  $12,000.  The  weather  was 
warm. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  3-4: 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

ALLYN— (2,000)  (17c-22c-28c-65c).  Gross: 
$12,000.     (Average,  $10,000) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

E.  M.  LOEWS — (1,200)  (llc-30c-40c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Average, 
$8,000) 

"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S-POLI  —  (3,200)  (llc-30c-40c). 
Gross:  $10,000.    (Average,  $10,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 
"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler"  (2ttth-Fox) 

LOEW'S-POLI  PALACE— (1,800)  (11c- 
30c-40c)  7  days,  2nd  week.    Gross:  $8,000. 
(Average,  $7,500) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 
"I  Was  Framed"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER    REGAL— (928)  (llc-30c-40c). 
Gross:  $7,000.    (Average,  $7,500) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.) 
"Bombay  Clipper"  (Univ.) 

WARNER  STRAND— (1,400)  (llc-30c- 
40c).    Gross:  $10,000.    (Average,  $9,000) 


St.  Louis  Opera  Opens 

St.  Louis,  June  11. — The  Municipal 
Opera  in  St.  Louis  has  opened  its  24th 
season.  The  huge  outdoor  theatre  in 
Forest  Park,  with  a  seating  capacity 
of  10,000,  is  the  most  serious  compe- 
tition to  exhibitors  of  the  area  during 
the  Summer. 


Shifted  by  Warners 

Oklahoma  City,  June  11. — Ken- 
neth Laird  has  been  named  office  man- 
ager of  the  Warner  exchange  here, 
coming  from  Charlotte,  N.  C,  where 
he  was  a  booker. 


Reviews 


"Tombstone,  the  Town  Too  Tough  to  Die" 

(Sherman-Paramount) 

T>  ICHARD  DIX  is  all  that  could  be  desired  as  Wyatt  Earp,  famed 
frontier  marshal  who  did  such  an  outstanding  job  years  ago  in 
clearing  the  outlaws  and  thugs  out  of  the  Arizona  territory.  Center  of 
this  situation  is  Tombstone,  where  Earp  is  persuaded  to  take  the  job 
of  sheriff  when  the  need  appears  great,  and  the  result  is  a  first  class 
bang-up  western  film  for  the  action  fans. 

Harry  Sherman,  producer,  endowed  the  film  with  plenty  of  vigorous 
action  and  an  impressive  background  of  Western  scenery.  The  original 
story  of  Dean  Franklin  and  Charles  Reisner  is  said  to  be  based  on  his- 
torical incidents  taken  directly  from  old  newspapers  and  documents,  and 
is  swift  and  full  of  punch.  William  McGann's  direction  has  provided 
the  action  fans  with  plenty  of  the  kind  of  thing  they  like  on  the  screen. 
In  support  are  Edgar  Buchanan  as  the  leader  of  the  gang  which  domi- 
nates the  county ;  Don  Castle,  the  young  man  who  starts  on  the  wrong 
foot,  but  is  straightened  out  by  Dix  and  reunited  with  his  former  sweet- 
heart, Ruth  Grant.  Kent  Taylor,  Rex  Bell,  Victor  Jory  and  Clem 
Bevans  also  are  importantly  cast. 

Dix  and  his  brothers  come  to  Tombstone,  his  days  of  chasing  out- 
laws presumably  over,  but  when  Buchanan  get  particularly  rough,  Dix 
straps  on  his  guns,  goes  after  the  gang  as  sheriff,  and  when  the  crooked 
mayor  ousts  him  from  that  post,  comes  back  as  a  United  States  marshal 
and  finishes  the  job. 

Running  time,  79  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


"Are  Husbands  Necessary?" 

(Paramount) 

HpHERE  are  many  bright  moments  in  this  screen  interpretation  of 
the  successful  Isabel  Scott  Rorick  novel,  "Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cugat." 
There  are,  too,  a  few  inanities  that  tend  to  reduce  the  fun  in  spots.  But 
with  Ray  Milland's  marked  contribution  to  the  humor  as  the  young  bank 
executive,  George  Cugat,  and  with  much  assistance  in  this  department 
by  Betty  Field,  as  the  slow-witted  Mrs.  Cugat,  a  fairly  diverting  light- 
weight entertainment  emerges. 

Tess  Slesinger  and  Frank  Davis  adapted  Miss  Rorick's  popular  novel 
on  the  Cugats,  and  Norman  Taurog  directed.  It  has  to  do  with  the  com- 
plications that  set  in  when  Mr.  Cugat's  pre-marriage  associates,  the  rah 
rah  sort,  and  an  attractive  former  feminine  associate  come  to  town. 
This,  paired  with  Mrs.  Cugat's  meddling  in  her  husband's  business  af- 
fairs, forms  the  substance  of  the  story. 

Patricia  Morison,  Eugene  Pallette,  Phil  Terry,  Richard  Haydn, 
Charles  Dingle  and  Leif  Erickson  are  uniformly  good  in  supporting 
roles. 

Running  time,  79  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


a 


I  Live  on  Danger 

(Paramount) 

HP  HE  adventures  of  rival  spot  news  radio  broadcasters  in  unending 
■■■  efforts  to  scoop  each  other  provide  a  suitable  but  not  always  plausible 
framework  for  this  action  drama. 

Early  sequences  establishing  the  nature  of  the  radio  reporters'  rivalry 
and  the  identity  of  their  various  foils  are  of  a  routine  type,  but  the 
story  enters  the  home  stretch  with  a  quickened  pace  and  reaches  its 
climax  with  a  redeeming  measure  of  action. 

Chester  Morris  and  Roger  Pryor  are  the  rival  radio  reporters.  The 
latter  scores  a  scoop  when  he  enters  the  office  of  a  murdered  racketeer 
just  as  an  ex-convict,  played  by  Eddie  Norris,  flees  from  the  scene. 
Morris  is  aided  in  evening  the  score  when  chance  places  him  near  the 
scene  of  a  boat  fire  where  he  recognizes  among  the  survivors  the  girl 
believed  to  be  the  suspected  ex-convict's  sweetheart.  He  brings  her  to 
his  home,  believing  the  suspected  man  eventually  will  get  in  touch  with 
her  and  provide  him  with  another  news  beat.  His  hunch  is  correct 
and  the  man  is  captured  and  sentenced  to  the  electric  chair. 

New  evidence  pointing  to  Douglas  Fowley,  a  rival  racketeer,  as  the 
real  murderer,  is  uncovered  by  Morris  who  then  leads  the  chase  for 
the  hunted  man  and  wins  a  confession  from  him  before  a  concealed 
microphone.  Jean  Parker  proves  to  be  the  reprieved  ex-convict's  sister, 
rather  than  his  sweetheart,  which  clears  the  way  for  the  romance  which 
has  developed  between  her  and  Morris. 

William  Pine  and  William  Thomas  were  the  producers.  Sam  White 
directed  from  a  story  by  Lewis  R.  Foster  and  Alex  Gottlieb. 

Running  time,  73  minutes    "G."*  Sherwin  A.  Kane 


*  "G"  denotes  general  classification. 


6Sal'  Scores 
Philadelphia 
Hit  at  $21,000 


Philadelphia,  June  11.  —  Business 
continued  big  at  the  downtown  houses 
in  spite  of  warmer  weather.  "My  Gal 
Sal"  gave  the  Fox  $21,000.  "This 
Gun  for  Hire"  at  the  Stanton  drew 
$10,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ended  June  2-5 : 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

ALDINE— (1,400)  (46c-57c-75c)  7  days,  5th 
week.  Gross:  $8,800.  (Average,  $9,000) 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (20th-Fox) 

ARCADIA— (600)  (35c-46c-57c)  7  days-,  2nd 
run.    Gross:  $2,100.  (Average,  $2,600) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 

BOYD— (2,400)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $15,000.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.)  (6  days) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox)  (1  day) 

EARLE  —  (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Vaudeville  including  Russ  Morgan's 
orchestra,  Billy  Gilbert,  Eunice  Healy,  Al 
Bernie,  Elizabeth  Rogers,  Walter  Link  and 
Jana.  Gross:  $21,300.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"My  Gall  Sal"  (20  th- Fox) 

FOX— (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $21,000.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.  B.) 

KARLTON— (1,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  run.  Gross:  $3,000.  (Average,  $3,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

KEITH'S— (2,200)  (55c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  run.  Gross:  $4,800.  (Average, 
$4  500) 

"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

STANLEY — (2,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $12,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"This  Gun  for  Hire"  (Para.) 

STANTON— (1,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $10,500.  (Average,  $4,500) 


'Ship  Ahoy'  Tallies 
$24,000  in  Capital 

Washington,  June  11.  —  "Ship 
Ahoy"  and  a  stage  show  at  Loew's 
Capitol  did  $24,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ended  June  3-4 : 

"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 

LOEW'S    PALACE— (2,300)    (40c-60c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $16,500.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"A    Gentleman    After    Dark"  (U.A.) 

LOEW'S    COLUMBIA— (1,250)  (28c-44c) 
7  days,  return  engagement.    Gross:  $3,500. 
(Average,  $4,200) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.B.) 

WARNER'S  EARLE— (2,200)  (40c-55c- 
75c-85c)  7  days.  On  stage:  Dick  Stabile 
and  His  Orchestra,  Gracie  Barrie,  Paul 
Warner,  Allen,  Burns  &  Cody,  Paul  Re- 
gan. Gross:  $20,900.  (Average,  $15,000) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  CAPITOL— (3,434)  (28c-44c-66c) 
7  days.  On  stage:  Henny  Youngman, 
Radio  Aces,  Cabot  &  Dresden,  Allen  & 
Kent,  Rhythm  Rockets.  Gross:  $24,000. 
(Average,  $17,000) 
"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 

WARNER'S  METROPOLITAN— (1,600) 
(28c-44c)  7  days,  return  engagement. 
Gross:   $7,500.     (Average,  $4,000) 


Indianapolis  Gives 
'Juke  GirV  $8,400 

Indianapolis,  June  11.  —  "Juke 
Girl"  drew  $8,400  at  the  Circle.  - 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  2-4. 

"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.) 

"Murder  in  the  Big  House"  (W.  B.) 

CIRCLE— (2,800)     (28c-33c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $8,400).     (Average.  $6,500) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

INDIANA— (3,200)    (28c-33c-44c)    7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $7,500.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.  A.) 
"Kid  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S— (2,800)     (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $7,200.    (Average,  $8,000) 
"Kennel  Murder  Case"  (W.  B.) 
"Gambling  Lady"  (W.  B.) 

LYRIC— (2,000)  (28c-33c-44c)  7  days.  Gross 
$3,900.    (Average,  $4,500) 


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Motion  Picture  daily 


7 


Film  Shipment 
Delay  Despite 
U.  S.  Priorities 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

'  precedence    in    the    shipping  space 
■   through  priorities  obtained  from  the 
tt=^Lintry  of  destination. 
||Vc=rhe   film   shipments,    it   was  ex- 
|  plained,  may  be  started  on  a  carrier 
f  by  virtue  of  their  American  shipping 
priority,    but    may   be    replaced  en 
route  because  they   lack  a  priority 
from  the  country  for  which  they  are 
;    destined,  or  because  a  representative 
S   of  such  a  country  designates  other 
;  -  merchandise  as  of  greater  import. 
;       In  such  cases,  it  was  said,  the  film 
shipments  either  are  held  up  at  some 
;    stage  of  their  route  or  are  transferred 
to  later  or  slower  carriers.  The  prob- 
lem has  been  of  less  concern  where 
'    features  or  short  subjects  are  con- 
l    cerned  than  in  the  case  of  newsreels, 
•since  their  entire  value  is  in  the  time- 
1    liness  of  their  delivery  and  exhibition. 

In  the  case  of  features,  delays  merely 
i    result  in  a  setting  back  of  release 
;    dates,  but  they  may  render  a  newsreel 
completely  valueless,  it  was  said. 

Such  delays,  when  involved  _  in 
newsreel  shipments  to  certain  sections 
of  South  America,  have  become  in- 
creasingly aggravating  to  distributors 
who  have  had  reports  from  their 
representatives  there  that  Nazi  reels 
are  being  landed  at  some  East  Coast 
ports  by  German  submarines,  although 
confiscations  have  been  reported  re- 
cently. 


Two  Upstate  Houses, 
One  in  Rhode  Island 
File  Clearance  Cases 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

duced  to  one  day  and  asked  for  a 
further  award  to  protect  the  Star 
from  delays  in  availability  of  pictures. 
The  Bardavon  and  Stratford  theatres, 
both  in  Poughkeepsie,  were  named  as 
interested  parties. 

The  other  complaint  was  filed  on 
behalf  of  the  Lyceum,  Red  Hook,  N. 
Y.,  and,  in  addition  to  the  Bardavon 
and  Stratford,  Poughkeepsie,  named 
the  Community,  Warren  and  Star 
Theatres  at  Hudson  as  interested  par- 
ties. Citing  existing  clearances  of 
14  to  30  days  of  Poughkeepsie  first 
runs  over  the  Lyceum,  and  one  day 
for  Hudson  first  runs,  the  complaint 
asks  for  the  reduction  of  Poughkeep- 
sie's  clearance  to  one  day,  the  elimi- 
nation of  Hudson's  clearance  over  Red 
Hook,  and  an  award  protecting  the 
Lyceum  from  availability  delays. 

The  Boston  complaint  was  filed  by 
Currie  &  Harmon,  operators  of  the 
Darlton,  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  against  the 
five  consenting  companies.  In  addi- 
tion, 20  Pawtucket  and  Providence 
houses  are  named  as  interested  par- 
ties. 

The  complaint  charges  that  the 
Darlton  waits  30  days  after  the 
Strand,  Pawtucket,  to  play  Loew's, 
Paramount  and  RKO  product,  and  45 
days  after  the  Leroy  to  play  20th 
Century-Fox  and  Warner  product. 
It  asks  an  award  permitting  the  Darl- 
ton to  play  seven  days  after  Paw- 
tucket first  run  and  not  more  than  30 
days  after  Providence  first  runs. 


Vote  Tied  on  New 
Publicity  Unit  Head 

Mort  Blumenstock  of  War- 
ners and  S.  Barret  McCor- 
mick  of  RKO  were  reported 
yesterday  to  be  in  a  tie  for 
the  post  of  new  chairman  of 
the  Eastern  public  relations 
committee.  The  balloting  for 
the  new  chairman  to  serve 
for  the  next  six-month  peri- 
od was  not  completed  at  the 
group's  weekly  luncheon 
meeting  at  the  New  York 
Athletic  Club  yesterday.  As  a 
result,  Robert  M.  Gillham, 
whose  term  will  expire  with 
the  new  election,  will  con- 
tinue in  the  post  for  the  time 
being. 


Rental  Fight  Seen 
Ahead  in  England 


London,  June  11. — An  impending 
fight  over  current  film  rental  terms  in 
Britain  was  foreshadowed  at  today's 
meeting  of  the  council  of  the  Kine- 
matograph  Renters  Society  (distribu- 
tors). The  action  of  the  Cinemato- 
grapl  Exhibitors  Association  yester- 
day iu  refusing  the  KRS  invitation  to 
discuss  the  matter  of  films  played  on 
Sundays  brought  the  suggestion  at  the 
KRS  meeting  that  the  latter  should 
refuse  to  meet  the  CEA  if  the  exhibi- 
tors should  request  trade  problem  dis- 
cussions. 

The  specific  KRS  action  has  not 
been  determined,  but  there  were  sharp 
distributor  protests  today  against  the 
low  flat  rental  terms  paid  by  some 
exhibitors.  A  full  KRS  meeting  next 
month  is  expected  to  take  up  the 
whole  question  of  flat  rentals.  The 
council  also  considered  pending  official 
moves  in  the  direction  of  economies 
on  gasoline,  raw  stock  and  other  ma- 
terials. 

It  is  understood  the  RAF,  which  is 
one  of  the  largest  distributors  of 
American  and  British  films,  is  now 
considering  direct  booking  of  pictures 
for  showing  in  RAF  camps  and  sta- 
tions. The  KRS  will  meet  shortly 
with  officials  of  the  Air  Ministry  to 
discuss  the  situation. 


Drive-Ins  Hurt  in 
Albany  Territory 

Albany,  June  11. — Consensus  of 
opinion  among  the  exhibitors  and  dis- 
tributors here  is  that  autos  are  not 
being  used  at  night  during  the  week 
except  for  business  purposes  or  to 
work.  People,  however,  are  saving 
their  gas  cards  for  weekend  driving, 
according  to  exhibitors. 

Drive-in  theatres  have  been  espe- 
cially hard  hit  in  this  territory,  due 
to  their  distances  from  cities,  with  a 
50  per  cent  drop  in  grosses  during  the 
week  and  approximately  20  per  cent 
on  week  ends.  Neighborhood  theatres 
in  cities  declare  that  business  is  worse 
than  last  year.  It  appears  that  war 
workers  are  not  using  their  spare  time 
to  go  to  subsequent  run  theatres. 


Chicago  W  AC  Meeting 

Chicago,  June  11. — A  War  Activi- 
ties Committee  meeting  will  be  held  at 
the  Congress  Hotel  here  tomorrow, 
with  many  exhibitors  expected  to  par- 
ticipate. 


See  Big  Parade 
Tomorrow  Aid 
To  BVay  Gross 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

P.  M.  The  consensus  among  the- 
atremen  is  that  of  the  tremendous 
number  of  spectators  many  will  pat- 
ronize theatres  after  a  few  hours. 
Neighborhood  theatres  will  be  hurt,  it 
is  expected,  however. 

Two  motion  picture  floats  spon- 
sored by  theatres  in  the  Metropolitan 
area  will  be  in  the  parade,  and  mo- 
tion picture  unions  are  expected  to 
march. 

Meanwhile,  grosses  climbed 
with  robust  pace  at  most 
Broadway  first-runs  during  the 
week.  Holdovers  continued 
well  and  new  films,  especially, 
were  strong. 

"Mrs.  Miniver,"  with  the  stage 
presentation,  gave  the  Radio  City  Mu- 
sic Hall  its  biggest  week  in  months, 
estimated  at  $112,000.  Business  yes- 
terday, which  began  the  second  week, 
continued  big. 

"Yankee  Doodle  Dandy"  at  the  Hol- 
lywood is  still  playing  to  capacity, 
reportedly,  taking  an  estimated  $21,- 
900  in  the  first  five  days  of  its  sec- 
ond week.  The  third  week  begins 
tomorrow.  The  Roxy  is  collecting 
big  returns  with  "Ten  Gentlemen 
from  West  Point"  and  the  stage  show, 
the  first  week  estimated  at  $58,300. 

In  the  first  six  days  of  the  fifth 
week  at  the  Strand,  "In  This  Our 
Life"  with  Cab  Calloway's  orchestra 
on  the  stage  reaped  an  estimated  $27, 
500  and  the  sixth  and  final  week  be- 
gins today.  "Juke  Girl"  with  Russ 
Morgan's  orchestra  is  the  Strand's 
next  attraction.  "Miss  Annie  Roon- 
ey,"  with  an  estimated  $10,000  expect- 
ed for  the  first  week  at  the  Rivoli, 
will  hold  for  a  second  week  begin- 
ning tomorrow.  "Nazi  Agent"  goes 
in  the  Rialto  today,  following 
"Powder  Town,"  which  finished  a 
week  with  an  estimated  $5,500. 

Movietone  Models 
Will  Tour  Mexico 

A  group  of  five  Powers  models  who 
appear  regularly  in  the  fashions  divi- 
sion of  Movietone  News  (20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox) and  Vyvyan  Donner,  the 
newsreel's  fashion  editor,  will  stage 
fashion  shows  in  five  cities  in  Mexico 
at  the  request  of  the  Mexican  Govern- 
ment, it  was  announced  yesterday. 

The  troupe,  which  also  will  include 
a  cameraman  and  a  sound  technician, 
will  leave  here  early  next  month  and 
will  begin  the  tour  in  Mexico  City. 
The  Mexican  Government  will  pay 
all  expenses  of  the  trip,  which  is  de- 
signed to  further  goodwill  between  the 
United  States  and  Latin  America,  it 
was  said. 


Phila.  Club  Unit  Elects 

Philadelphia,  June  11.  —  Mrs. 
Josephine  Wolf  was  elected  president 
of  the  Ladies  Auxiliary  of  the  local 
Variety  Club  for  the  1942-'43  term. 
Other  new  officers  include :  Mrs. 
Irma  Moss,  first  vice-president ;  Mrs. 
Peg  Clark,  second  vice-president ; 
Mrs.  Sadie  Blumberg,  treasurer ;  Mrs. 
Dorothy  Sterling,  recording  secretary, 
and  Mrs.  Barbara  Diamond,  cor- 
responding secretary. 


RKO  Plans  Sales 
Meet  Late  in  July 

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production  matters  which  will  be  an- 
nounced at  the  projected  sales  meet- 
ing- 

In  the  group  leaving  for  the  studio 
tonight  are  Ned  E.  Depinet,  vice- 
president  in  charge  of  distribution;  S. 
Barret  McCormick,  advertising  and 
publicity  director;  Edward  L.  Alper- 
son,  general  manager  of  RKO  the- 
atres; James  Mulvey,  vice-president 
and  Eastern  representative  of  Samuel 
Goldwyn  Productions,  and  Sol  A. 
Schwartz,  RKO  Western  division 
manager. 

Conn.  WB  Houses 
Being  Renovated 

New  Haven,  June  11. — Warner 
Theatres  in  various  towns  in  Con- 
necticut are  undergoing  improvement. 
The  2,067-seat  Roger  Sherman  here  is 
in  process  of  reseating,  and  the  1,800- 
seat  Garde,  New  London,  already  has 
been  reseated.  The  1,800-seat  War- 
ner, at  Torrington,  will  be  reseated,  as 
well  as  the  1,297-seat  Commodore 
Hull  in  Derby.  The  Palace,  Dan- 
bury,  has  had  a  complete  lobby  reno- 
vation, with  installation  of  new  dis- 
play frames.  The  1,300-seat  Capitol, 
Danbury,  will  be  completely  redeco- 
rated. 


MGM  Transfers  Booker 

Oklahoma  City,  June  11. — George 
Fisher  has  been  transferred  here  from 
Kansas  City  by  M-G-M  and  will  work 
in  the  booking  department. 


Chicago  Hearing  Postponed 

Chicago,  June  11. — Hearing  of  the 
complaint  of  the  Freeport  Theatre, 
Freeport,  111.,  has  been  postponed  to 
June  23  because  Arthur  J.  Goldberg, 
the  arbitrator,  is  in  New  York. 

Expect  Divorce  Case 
To  Be  Delayed  Again 

Another  postponement  of  the  hear- 
ing on  the  Government's  action  to 
require  Paramount  and  20th  Century- 
Fox  to  divest  themselves  of  a  total  of 
36  theatres  allegedly  acquired  contrary 
to  provisions  of  the  consent  decree 
will  be  asked  by  counsel  when  they 
appear  before  Federal  Judge  Henry 
W.  Goddard  in  U.  S.  District  court 
here  next  week.  An  adjournment  of 
about  a  month  will  be  asked,  it  was 
indicated. 

Attorneys  stated  yesterday  that  they 
are  still  engaged  in  preparation  of 
stipulations  and  will  not  be  ready  to 
proceed  with  the  hearing  as  scheduled 
next  Tuesday. 


Former  Usher  Killed 

Louisville,  June  11.— Charles  A. 
Rigsby,  22,  head  usher  at  Loew's 
State  here  until  entering  the  service, 
was  killed  at  Greenville,  Miss.,  last 
week  in  a  crash  of  two  Army  training 
planes,  in  which  three  other  air  cadets 
were  killed. 


Seligman  Rites  Held 

Services  for  Morris  Seligman,  father 
of  Paula  Seligman  of  the  artists 
bureau  at  Paramount,  were  held  yes- 
terday at  the  Universal  Funeral 
Chapel  here.  He  died  Tuesday  after 
a  lingering  illness. 


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Motion  Picture  daily 


Friday,  June  12,  1942 


Off  the  Antenna 


STATION  WRAK,  Williamsport,  Pa.,  and  WMVA,  Martinsville,  Va.,  have 
been  added  to  the  NBC  Red  Network,  bringing  the  network's  station  total 
to  138,  it  was  announced  yesterday.  The  first  has  power  of  250  watts  on 
frequency  of  1,400  kilocycles,  and  the  second  also  is  250  watts  with  1,450  kilo- 
cycles. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Jack  Strickland,  formerly  with  the  American  Network, 
is  handling  time  sales  for  FM  Station  W63N~Y.  He  will  have  his  office  at 
WHN ,  affiliate  of  the  FM  station.  .  .  .  Joseph  Leighton  of  the  publicity  staff 
of  the  Columbia  Pacific  Network  in  Hollywood,  is  new  an  officer  in  the  Coast 
Guard.  .  .  .  Ben  Pearson,  writer  for  the  Columbia  Pacific  Network  and  KNX, 
is  on  a  two-week  Eastern  vacation  trip.  .  .  .  Hollister  Noble,  publicity  director 
of  the  same  network,  also  is  vacationing.  .  .  .  Russ  Johnston,  Columbia  Pacific 
Network  program  director,  is  on  a  month's  tour  of  duty  with  the  Atlantic 
sub7tiarine  patrol. 

•  •  • 

With  the  aim  of  promoting  aviation  and  interesting  young  people  in 
flying,  the  Blue  Network  July  10  will  inaugurate  a  series  of  programs 
combining  air  adventure  with  aviation  news.  The  program  is  called 
"Scramble,"  word  used  to  send  United  Nations  war  fliers  to  their  planes. 
The  National  Aeronautic  Association  and  the  Aeronautical  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  America  will  cooperate  in  the  program.  The  time  will  be 
Fridays,  7  to  7:30  P.M. 

•  •  • 

In  Philadelphia:  Jerry  Stone,  publicity  director  of  WD  AS,  has  resigned 
to  enter  Officers'  Training  School.  .  .  .  Gene  Rubessa,  WFIL  announcer,  has 
joined  the  staff  of  WNEW,  New  York,  and  has  been  replaced  by  Harry 
Wood,  who  came  here  from  WNEW.  .  .  .  N.  H.  Peter  Roberts,  formerly  of 
WHAM,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  Fred  Weiting,  from  WDEV,  Waterbury,  Vt., 
are  the  newest  additions  to  the  WPEN  announcing  staff. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  "The  Jim  Backus  Show"  new  CBS  comedy  series,  will 
begin  next  Thursday,  from  8:30  to  8:55  P.M.  Mary  Small  and  Jeff 
Alexander  and  his  band  are  on  the  program  zrith  Backus.  .  .  .  "Melodies  at 
Midday"  and  "Tapestry  Musicalc"  start  over  NBC  Red  next  zvcek.  The  first 
will  be  heard  Monday,  Tuesday,  Thursday  and  Friday  at  12:30  P.M.,  and  the 
second  over  the  same  zveb  Tuesdays  at  1 :15  P.M.  .  .  .  JVIVRL,  ATczc  York, 
has  added  Associated  Press  nezes  to  the  present  International  Nezvs  Service 
facilities.  The  AP  contraet  is  for  three  years.  .  .  .  Bristol-Myers,  Inc.,  has 
renezved  "Mr.  District  Attorney"  over  87  NBC -Red  stations  for  another  year. 
.  .  .  American  Home  Products  has  renewed  for  13  weeks  "America  the  Free" 
over  71  NBC-Red  stations,  heard  from  11 :30  A.M.  to  noon  on  Saturdays.  .  .  . 
"Inner  Sanctum  Mysteries,"  Blue  netzvork  scries,  beginning  today  is  being 
broadcast  to  the  armed  forces  by  shortzvave. 


Theatre  Changes 


Fly  Urges  All 
Broadcasting 

Be  'Frozen' 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

ing  issued,  that  phase  of  the  commis- 
sion's operations  has  lost  importance 
and  the  outstanding  activity  now  is 
the  policing  of  the  ether.  In  this  way 
he  indicated  that  his  argument  would 
be  that  it  is  not  desirable  to  enact 
new  legislation  on  radio  at  this  time. 

Before  the  FCC  chairman  began  his 
testimony,  Paul  D.  P.  Spearman,  ap- 
pearing for  Network  Affiliates,  Inc., 
which  for  several  years  has  been  at- 
tempting to  obtain  duplication  of  sta- 
tions on  the  clear  channels,  urged  that 
Congress  legislate  50,000  watts  as  the 
maximum  power  for  any  station. 

Expressing  the  belief  that  the  clear 
channel  stations  were  seeking  10 
times  that  power  which,  he  said, 
would  ruin  large  numbers  of  small 
stations,  Spearman  declared  that  the 
clear  channel  stations  should  be  re- 
distributed so  as  to  carry  out  the 
requirement  of  the  Communications 
Act  for  equitable  service  among  the 
states  and  communities. 

15  Early  Runs  Set 
On  'This  Above  All' 

Fifteen  test  engagements  for  "This 
Above  All"  have  been  set  by  20th 
Century-Fox,  Tom  J.  Connors,  vice- 
president  in  charge  of  distribution, 
announced  yesterday.  National  re- 
lease of  the  picture  has  been  set  for 
July  24. 

The  pre-release  engagements  started 
this  week  at  the  Denver,  Denver,  and 
Fifth  Avenue,  Seattle,  and  at  Loew's 
State  and  Chinese  yesterday.  The 
other  dates  are:  Buffalo,  Buffalo, 
June  12 ;  Loew's  Warfield,  San  Fran- 
cisco ;  Paramount,  Joplin,  June  12 ; 
Fox  and  Adams,  San  Diego,  June  16; 
Majestic,  Providence,  Lincoln,  Lin- 
coln, Neb.;  Miller,  Wichita,  June  19; 
Norva,  Norfolk,  June  18 ;  Palace  and 
Wisconsin,  Milwaukee,  June  19 ;  Ma- 
jestic, Dallas,  June  27;  Uptown  and 
Esquire,  Kansas  City,  June  29;  Pal- 
ace, Rochester,  June  25. 


NBC  Outing  June  23 

The  annual  outing  of  the  NBC 
Athletic  Association  will  be  held  at 
the  Crescent  Country  Club,  Hunting- 
ton, L.  I.,  on  June  23,  according  to 
George  H.  Frey,  president  of  the  asso- 
ciation. Various  sporting  events,  in- 
cluding golf,  swimming  and  riding, 
will  feature  the  day's  activities,  with 
a  dance  scheduled  for  the  evening. 


Circuit,  Station  in  Deal 

San  Francisco,  June  11.— The  Nas- 
ser Brothers  Circuit,  operating  eight 
neighborhood  theatres  here,  has  closed 
a  deal  with  KQW  here  whereby  the 
circuit  will  run  trailers  for  the  station 
in  all  its  theatres  in  exchange  for  an- 
nouncements and  a  weekly  program  on 
the  theatres'  attractions. 


Broadcasts  in  Theatre 

Oklahoma  City,  June  11. — The 
Criterion  Theatre  has  made  special 
arrangements  with  KTOK  here  to 
present  direct  news  broadcasts  from 
the  leased  wires  of  the  United  Press 
to  Criterion  patrons  at  1,  7:50  and 
10  P.M.  each  day. 


Shift  Warner  Managers 

Washington,  June  11. — Entrance 
of  George  Werner,  of  the  Warner 
Theatres  booking  department,  into  the 
Navy  has  resulted  in  several  shifts 
and  promotions  in  the  Washington 
zones.  James  W.  Root  left  the  man- 
agement of  the  Tivoli  to  take  Wer- 
ner's place.  Alan  J.  Bachrach  was 
moved  from  the  Calvert  to  the  Tivoli. 
Claude  Land  goes  to  the  Calvert  from 
the  Kennedy.  Sidney  Hoffman  leaves 
the  Colony  to  succeed  Land  at  the 
Kennedy.  Raymond  O.  Burch  w-as 
moved  from  the  Seco  to  the  Colony. 
George  Colliflower  was  promoted 
from  assistant  manager  of  the  Calvert 
to  manager  of  the  Seco  and  David 
Buckner,  student  manager  of  the  Seco. 
goes  to  the  Calvert  as  assistant  man- 
ager. 


To  Remodel  Conn.  House 

Watertown,  Conn.,  June  11. — 
Nicholas  DelRosso  plans  to  renovate 
and  re-seat  the  470-seat  Cameo  here. 


Rochester  Drive-In  Opens 

Rochester,  June  11.  —  The  new 
Drive-In  Theatre  has  opened  here 
with  H.  Graden  Hodges  as  manager. 


New  Booth  in  Bridgeport 

Bridgeport.  Conn..  June  11. — The 
923-seat  Parkway  has  installed  a  new 
projection  booth. 


Plan  New  Canadian  House 

Prince  Rupert,  B.  C,  June  11. — 
A  new  theatre  will  be  built  here  by 
local  interests,  with  Allan  Carolan  as 
manager.  Seating  432,  the  house  will 
be  opened  in  about  three  months. 
There  is  one  other  theatre  here,  the 
Capitol. 


Remodel  Theatre  in  Helena 

Helena,  Mont.,  June  11.— The  Rio 
Theatre  here  has  been  closed  tempo- 
rarily for  minor  repairs  and  remodel- 
ing. 


Named  Hartford  Manager 

Hartford,  June  11. — Frank  Wein- 
stein,  formerly  manager  of  the  Brain- 
tree  Theatre,  Braintree,  Mass.,  is  now 
manager  of  the  Eastwood,  East  Hart- 
ford, Conn. 


Shift  Schine  Manager 

Geneva,  N.  Y..  June  11. — Donald 
Rich,  formerly  manager  of  the  Regent 
in  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  has  ben  trans- 
ferred to  Schine's  Regent  here.  He 
succeeds  Colin  Flannigan,  who  is  in 
the  Army  Air  Corps. 


Manages  Drive-In  Theatre 

Chicago,  June  11. — Jonas  Perlberg 
has  resigned  as  salesman  for  the  Fil- 
mack  Trailer  Co.  to  become  manager 
of  the  Publix-Great  States  circuit's 
Drive-In  Theatre,  at  East  St.  Louis, 
111. 


Train  Office  Girls 
To  Operate  Station 

Hartford,  June  11. — The  en- 
tire office  staff  of  girls  at  Sta- 
tion WDRC  here,  CBS  affili- 
ate, has  started  a  special 
course  in  operation  of  the  sta- 
tion as  a  precaution  against 
the  probable  drafting  of  the 
present  masculine  control 
room  operators.  I.  A.  Mar- 
tino,  chief  engineer,  is  super- 
vising the  course,  conducte/,,_" 
by  Louis  House,  chief  contrin|^  ' 
operator. 

Petrillo  and  Other 
AFM  Officers  Sure 
Of  Reelection  Today 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

of  stand-by  pay,  was  voted  down  by 
the  delegates. 

The  resolution,  designed  to  aid  the 
return  of  vaudeville  to  film  theatres, 
would  have  vested  authority  over 
scales  and  working  conditions  of  iocal 
members  in  a  committee  that  would 
have  included  the  Federation  presi- 
dent and  two  others. 

Delegates  contended  that  a  sur- 
render of  their  rights  of  setting  their 
own  scales  and  working  conditions 
might  deprive  them  of  stand-by  pay 
accorded  local  musicians  wThen  sup- 
planted by  traveling  orchestras. 

Plan  War  Programs 
On  'Language'  Group 

Arthur  Simon  of  WPEN,  Philadel- 
phia, chairman  of  the  Foreign  Lan- 
guage Radio  Wartime  Control  Com- 
mitee,  and  Joseph  Lang  of  WHOM, 
met  with  the  Radio  Directors  Guild 
yesterday  to  discuss  plans  for  direc- 
tors' participation  in  producing  pro- 
grams for  the  wrar  effort.  George 
Zachary  is  president  of  the  directors' 
guild. 

Simon  and  Lang  are  scheduled  to 
meet  next  Thursday  with  Lee  Falk, 
chief  of  the  foreign  language  division 
of  the  Office  of  Facts  and  Figures. 
It  is  planned  to  produce  recorded  pro- 
grams for  the  200  stations  in  the 
United  States  broadcasting  in  foreign 
languages. 


Museum  Auction  Set 

The  Museum  of  Modern  Art  on 
Tuesday  evening  will  hold  a  garden 
party  and  auction  to  conclude  its  art 
;ale  for  the  armed  forces,  which  began 
May  6.  A  band  concert  will  be  given. 
A  buffet  supper  for  service  men  will 
precede  the  garden  parry  and  auction. 


Cutler  to  Produce  4 

Hollywood,  June  11. — Lester  Cut- 
ler has  signed  Alexis  Thurn-Taxis  to 
direct  four  pictures  which  he  will  pro- 
duce for  release  by  Producers  Releas- 
ing Corp.  The  first  will  be  "Night 
for  Crime." 


Westport  Playhouse  Dark 

Westport,  Conn..  June  11. — The 
Westport  Playhouse,  Summer  theatre, 
will  not  be  opened  this  year.  Thus 
far  Ivoryton,  Milford  and  New  Mil- 
ford  are  the  only  houses  to  announce 
they  will  open. 


Alert. 


tion 


Picture 
Industry 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


First  In'  ' 


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51.  NO.  116 


NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  MONDAY,  JUNE  15,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Geo.  Schaefer 
Leaving  RKO 
On  Wednesday 

Makes  Formal  Disclosure 
Of  Resignation 


George  J.  Schaefer  has  issued 
the  following  statement,  which  is  in 
line  with  Motion  Picture  Daily's 
story  of  June  9:   "Mr.  Schaefer 

 today  stated 

^lilNS,  1  that  some  time 
i  ago  he  had  in- 
for  m  e  d  the 
principal  stock- 
holders of  RKO 
that  he  did  not 
wish  to  con- 
tinue as  presi- 
dent or  be  re- 
elected at  the 
annual  meeting 
of  the  stock- 
holders. He  has 

also  advised  his 
George  J.  Schaefer    boary    of  djrec_ 

tors  that  while 
he  had  been  contemplating  such  ac- 
tion for  some  time  he  would  be 
willing  to  go  along  as  at  present 
until  the  annual  meeting  of  stock- 

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Services  in  Racine 
For  Fox's  Mother 

Racine,  Wis.,  June  14.— Funeral 
services  will  be  held  here  tomorrow 
for  Mrs.  Kate  Fox,  62,  mother  of 
Matthew  J.  Fox,  Universal  vice-presi- 
dent now  on  leave  of  absence  for  Gov- 
ernment service,  and  of  Mrs.  N.  J. 
Blumbcrg,  wife  of  the  Universal 
president. 

Mrs.  Fox  died  early  Friday  in  Hol- 
lywood. A  native  of  Racine,  she  had 
moved  to  the  Coast  several  years  ago. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Blumberg  brought  the 
body  here,  arriving  today,  and  Fox 
came  on  from  Washington.  Mrs.  Fox 
also  is  survived  by  two  other  daugh- 
ters, Mrs.  Ben  Erlich  and  Mrs.  James 
Feiner,  both  of  Los  Angeles,  and  an- 
other son,  Sol  Fox  of  Chicago. 

Funeral  Held  for 

Gehring's  Father 

Buffalo,  June  14. — Funeral  serv- 
ices were  held  here  today  for  W.  C. 
Geh  ring,  father  of  William  C.  Gehr- 
ing,  Central  division  manager  for  20th 
Century-Fox.  The  elder  Gehring  died 
at  his  home  here  Thursday  night.  He 
was  a  retired  railroad  man. 


Para.  Stockholders 
To  Meet  Tomorrow 

The  annual  meeting  of 
Paramount's  stockholders  is 
scheduled  to  be  held  at  the 
home  office  at  noon  tomorrow. 
The  16  members  of  the  com- 
pany's board  of  directors  are 
up  for  reelection  for  another 
year.  The  organization  meet- 
ing of  the  board,  at  which  all 
officers  are  scheduled  to  be 
reelected,  will  probably  be 
held  June  25. 


N.W.  Allied  Has  to 
June  27  to  Appeal 
Decision  on  Anti-5 


St.  Paul,  June  14. — A  stay  of  ex- 
ecution to  June  27  in  the  Minnesota 
anti-blocks-of-five  case  was  granted 
by  Judge  Albin  S.  Pearson  in  Ramsey 
County  district  court  here  Friday. 
The  stay  gives  Minnesota  exhibitors 
that  much  additional  time  in  which  to 
decide  whether  to  appeal  from  the 
decision  holding  the  State  law  uncon- 
stitutional. 

Counsel  for  defendant  distributors 
agreed  to  the  extension  of  the  appeal 
time,  which  otherwise  would  have  ex- 
pired yesterday. 

Meanwhile,  efforts  by  Northwest 
Allied  to  raise  funds  with  which  to 
finance  an  appeal  were  reported  to  be 
winning  only  meager  response.  Cost 
of  an  appeal  is  estimated  at  $2,000  and 
the  County  Attorney's  office  is  said 
to  have  no  funds  for  such  purpose. 


WOULD  CUT  CREDIT 
TO  SAVE  FOOTAGE 


Hollywood  Committee  Recommends  Move 
As  Conserving  10,000,000  Feet  a  Year; 
Guilds,  Unions  Asked  to  Consent 


Fly 


Hollywood,  June  14. — Estimating  that  10,000,000  feet  of  positive 
film  can  be  saved  annually  by  eliminating  all  credits  but  title  and  cast 
from  the  screen  for  the  duration,  the  Film  Conservation  Committee  at 
a  meeting  late  last  week  unanimously  endorsed  a  recommendation  to 
that  effect.  The  meeting  was  attended  by  representatives  of  all  Guilds. 

Due  to  the  contractual  stipu- 
lations for  screen  credits  cur- 
rently in  force,  the  committee 
requested  guild  heads  and  craft 
union  officials  to  obtain  mem- 
bership consent  to  a  waiver  of 
these  rights  for  the  war  period 
and  to  report  back  to  the  next 
meeting  Wednesday  night. 
The  committee  is  said  to  hope  to 
have  a  completed  conservation  program 
ready  by  next  Thursday  for  submis- 
sion to  the  War  Production  Board 
at  Washington.    The  committee  is  an 
all-inclusive  one,  including  represen- 
tatives of  the  guilds,  unions  and  studio 
management. 

A  spokesman  for  the  organization 
predicted  complete  cooperation.  Ex- 
empted from  the  elimination  order, 
according  to  the  plan,  would  be  prints 
for  local  and  preview  exhibition,  be- 
cause of  the  importance  of  screen  bill- 
ing to  directors,  writers,  and  other 
professionals  in  this  area,  where  pro- 
duction is  the  major  industry. 

Reduction  in  the  length  of  trailers 
was  proposed  by  National  Service, 
which  urged  trailers  be  limited  to 
150  feet  for  .all  except  a  few  impor- 
tant  pictures.     On    these,   250  feet 

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AFM  Demands 
Fee  for  Radio 
Transcriptions 

Dallas,  June  14. — Payment  of  a 
transcription  fee  to  musicians  play- 
ing for  a  broadcast  when  a  record- 
ing of  their  playing  is  made,  for 
rebroadcast  or  other  purposes,  will 
be  made  mandatory  by  the  Ameri- 
can Federation  of  Musicians. 

The  Federation's  47th  annual  con- 
vention here,  which  adjourned  yes- 
terday, on  Friday  empowered  the  ex- 
ecutive committee  to  draft  legislation 
enforcing  that  dictate. 

Earlier  in  the  week-long  convention, 
James  Caesar  Petrillo,  president,  told 

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Of 


Tells  House  Committee 
FCC  Role  in  Wartime 


Col.  Sales  Meeting 
Opens  Tomorrow 

Columbia's  annual  sales  convention 
opens  at  the  Warwick  Hotel  here  to- 
morrow with  about  75  home  office  and 
field  representatives  in  attendance 
Harrv  Cohn,  president,  is  due  from 
the  Coast  today  for  the  meeting,  at 
which  Abe  Montague,  general  sale; 
manager,  will  preside.  The  meeting 
will   continue  through  Thursday. 

Delegates  will  be  puests  of  Nat 
Cohn  and  the  New  York  exchange 
staff  at  a  cocktail  party  at  the  War- 
wick this  afternoon.  Division  and 
branch  managers  and  field  exploitation 
men  are  here  for  the  meeting. 


Washington,  June  14. — Chairman 
James  L.  Fly  of  the  Federal  Com- 
munications Commission  will  make 
his  third  appearance  before  the 
House  Interstate  and  Foreign  Com- 
merce Committee  on  Wednesday, 
after  testifying  Friday  about  the  war^ 
time  activities  of  the  FCC. 

Fly's  term  of  office  expires.  June 
30,  and  there  has  been  no  word  from 
the  White  House  as  to  whether 
President  Roosevelt  will  nominate 
him  for  another  term.  However,  re- 
gardless of  his  retention  as  head  oj 
the  commission,  he  is  expected  even- 
tually to  make  a  strong  defense  of  its 
network  regulations,  newspaper-own- 
ership investigation  and  other  activi- 
ties which  have  been  criticized,  in  the 
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'Yankees'  Scheduled 
For  B'way  Astor  Run 

"Pride  of  the  Yankees,"  Samuel 
Goldwyn  picture  on  the  life  of 
Lou  Gehrig,  starring  Gary  Cooper 
in  the  Gehrig  role,  is  scheduled  to 
open  at  the  Astor  Theatre  on  Broad- 
way following  the  current  engagement 
of  "This  Above  All"  at  the  theatre. 
The  picture  will  be  released  by  RKO. 


In  Today's  Issue 

Review  of  "Holiday  Inn" 
and  short  subjects  reviews. 
Page  4.  Critics'  Quotes,  Page 
6.  Key  city  box-office  reports. 
Pages  4  and  6.  Industry  par- 
ticipates in  "New  York  at 
War"  parade,  Page  5. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  June  15,  1942 


Personal  Mention 


Film  Carriers  Seek 
Aid  on  Restrictions 
For  Film  Deliveries 


A  move  to  obtain  relief  from  war- 
time restrictions  on  film  delivery  ser- 
vices is  expected  to  be  initiated  at  the 
annual  convention  of  the  Film  Car- 
riers Association  which  opens  here 
today  at  the  Hotel  Astor.  James  P. 
Clark  of  Philadelphia  is  president  of 
the  Association. 

The  Association  has  asked  the  Office 
of  Defense  Transportation  to  have  a 
representative  at  the  opening  session 
of  the  two-day  meeting  to  discuss  the 
rules  limiting  carrier  service  to  one 
pickup  a  day  at  exchanges  and  one 
delivery  a  day  to  theatres. 

Consider  ODT  Appeal 

Ttit  convention  will  seek  the  co- 
operation of  film  exchange  operations 
supervisors  and  representative  ex- 
hibitors, who  have  been  invited  to 
the  meeting  for  the  reported  purpose 
of  discussing  an  appeal  to  the  ODT 
to  relax  the  stringent  pickup  and  de- 
livery order.  The  executive  board 
conferred  on  the  situation  last  night. 

Tomorrow  there  will  be  an  open 
discussion  of  possible  changes  to  be 
made  in  film  delivery  service  because 
of  the  ODT  regulations  as  well  as 
gasoline  and  tire  rationing.  The  meet- 
ing will  close  with  the  election  of 
officers. 


WPB  Order  Halts 
2  Buffalo  Projects 

Buffalo,  June  14. — Two  theatre 
projects  here  have  been  halted  and  the 
promoters  have  -indicated  that  they 
will,  appeal  to  the  War  Production 
Board. 

Construction  was  stopped  on  the 
$150,000  Colvin  Theatre  under  the 
WPB  rule  against  new  amusement 
projects.  Basil  Brothers  are  the  own- 
ers. The  other  was  the  remodeling 
of  the  old  Teck  Theatre,  former 
legitimate  house,  owned  by  the  Shea 
circuit,  of  which  Vincent  R.  McFaul 
is  head.  The  basis  of  the  appeal  by 
both  owners  will  be  the  fact  that  all 
necessary  materials  are  on  hand,  it  is 
understood,  and  that  the  work  is  well 
along. 

Rosenfield  Will  Be 
New  SPG  President 

Jonas  Rosenfield,  Jr.,  advertising 
copy  chief  for  20th  Century-Fox,  has 
been  nominated  without  opposition  for 
the  presidency  of  the  Screen  Publi- 
cists Guild.  The  election  of  the  or- 
ganization is  scheduled  for  July  9 
Rosenfield  will  succeed  Joseph  Gould, 
formerly  of  United  Artists,  who  re- 
ceived a  commission  in  the  Army. 

Rosenfield  is  second  vice-president 
of  the  SPG,  and  chairman  of  its  war 
service  committee.  Lawrence  H. 
Lipskin,  first  vice-president,  who  has 
been  acting  president,  will  return  to 
his  elected  position  after  the  July  9 
election. 


Vaughan  Aide  to  Cowan 

Hollywood,  June  14. — Al  Vaughan, 
advertising  and  publicity  director  for 
Edward  Small  Productions,  has  re- 
signed to  become  assistant  to  Lester 
Cowan,  who  is  producing  for  Colum- 
bia. 


BG.  DE  SYLVA  is  scheduled  to 
•   arrive  here  today  from  Cali- 
fornia. 

• 

Morris   Goodman,  Republic  vice- 
president  in  charge  of  foreign  sales,  is 
due  July  4  from  South  America. 
• 

G.  Ralph  Branton  and  Myron 
Blank  of  Tri-States  Theatres,  Des 
Moines,  visited  here  last  week. 
• 

Phil  Reisman  is  expected  back 
tomorrow  from  Rio  de  Janeiro. 
• 

Stanley  Kozanowski,  chief  bark- 
er of  the  Buffalo  Variety  Club,  is 
confined  to  Buffalo  General  Hospital 
with  an  abdominal  infection. 

• 

Jack  Lawrence  is  in  town  from 
Washington. 

• 

Saul  Greenberg,  theatre  attorney 
and  secretary  of  the  Cincinnati  Vari- 
ety Club,  is  the  father  of  a  daughter 
born  to  Mrs  Greenberg  recently. 
• 

Herbert  Pivnick  of  Loe\v*s-Poli, 
Hartford,  has  returned  from  vacation. 


Jaffe  Holds  Meeting 
On  Levey-Mono.  Suit 

Discussions  continued  Friday  in  the 
office  of  William  Jaffe.  attorney  for 
William  Gell,  managing  director  of 
Pathe,  Ltd.,  defendant  in  the  suit 
brought  by  Arthur  Levey  for  $225  - 
000,  allegedly  due  him  for  arranging 
distribution  of  Monogram  product  in 
England.  Present  at  the  meeting  was 
a  representative  of  the  firm  of  Davis. 
Auerbach  and  Cornell,  representing 
the  plaintiff. 

Levey  alleges  a  conspiracy  to 
breach  an  agreement  which  he  claims 
called  for  payment  to  him  of  five  per 
cent  of  all  money  received  from 
Pathe,  Ltd.  The  distribution  deal 
was  allegedly  made  in  1937.  and  in 
1941,  it  is  claimed,  Monogram  in- 
formed Levey  no  further  commissions 
would  be  paid.  W.  Ray  Johnston, 
president  of  Monogram,  also  is  named 
as  a  defendant. 

Propose  25%  Tax 
On  Photo  Equipment 

Washington,  June  14. — The  House 
Ways  and  Means  Committee,  con- 
sidering new  tax  revenue,  has  voted  to 
increase  the  present  10  per  cent  tax 
on  photographic  equipment  to  25  per 
cent,  for  an  estimated  additional  vield 
of  $10,800,000  a  year.  The  proposed 
tax  would  not  apply  to  cameras  weigh- 
ing more  than  four  pounds. 


Roy  Rogers  in  Rodeo 

Roy  Rogers,  Republic  Western 
star,  and  his  horse,  "Trigger,"  will 
appear  in  the  Tall  Cedars  Rodeo  in 
the  Municipal  Stadium,  Baltimore, 
opening  June  19.  After  the  rodeo. 
Rogers  is  scheduled  for  personal  ap- 
pearances in  theatres.  Steve  Edwards 
is  handling  publicity  arrangements. 


Mishkin  to  Universal 

Leo  Mishkin.  formerly  publicity 
representative  here  for  David  O 
Selznick,  has  joined  the  Universal 
oublicitv  staff,  and  has  been  assigned 
to  work  on  "Eagle  Squadron." 


BEN  KALMENSON,  Warner  Bros, 
general  sales  manager,  has  left 
for  the  Midwest. 

• 

Watterson  Rothacker  has  arrived 
in  Hollywood  from  the  East. 
• 

Maurice  Bergman,  Universal 
Eastern  advertising  and  publicity 
manager,  left  for  Chicago  over  the 
weekend.  He  is  due  back  Thursday 
after  a  stopover  in  Buffalo. 

• 

Seymour  Rosing,  son  of  George 
Rosing,  vice-president  of  Broadrose 
Theatres  Corp.,  Buffalo,  a  flight  in- 
structor with  the  RCAF,  is  at  Mayo 
Clinic  for  treatment  after  a  plane 
crash. 

• 

Mrs.  Julia  Brooks,  cashier  at 
Paramount's  Des  Moines  branch,  is 
on  vacation. 

• 

Ralph  Harper,  auditor  for  Tri- 
States  Theatres,  Des  Moines,  who  is 
a  reserve  officer,  has  left  for  Camp 
Edwards,  Mass. 

• 

Elmer  Lux  of  RKO's  Buffalo  ex- 
change is  back  at  work  after  a  short 
illness. 


Cohan  Is  Reelected 
By  Catholic  Actors 

George  M.  Cohan  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Catholic  Actors  Guild  for 
the  fourth  consecutive  term,  at  the 
organization's  28th  annual  meeting  at 
the  Hotel  Astor  on  Friday.  George 
W.  Buck,  executive  secretary,  reported 
the  organization  in  the  best  financial 
condition  in  its  history- 
Other  officers  elected  for  the  1942-'44 
term  are :  Gene  Buck,  first  vice-presi- 
dent ;  Hugh  O'Connell,  second  vice- 
president  ;  Don  Gautier,  recording  sec- 
retary :  Lida  Kane,  historian ;  John 
A.  Bado,  chairman  of  the  executive 
board ;  Jane  Hoy  and  Mrs.  Cornelius 
J.  Gallagher,  social  secretaries. 

Elected  to  the  executive  board  were 
Mrs.  Philip  Barry,  Tom  Bodkin,  Wil- 
liam A.  Downs,  Lillian  Fallon,  Wal- 
ter Gilbert,  Tom  Kane,  Frank  Mc- 
Nellis,  Walter  J.  Moore,  Mrs.  Paul 
Munter,  William  G.  Norton,  Karl 
Stoll  and  Jane  Taylor. 

Photographers'  Aid 
For  Bonds  Praised 

John  T.  Madden,  chairman  of  the 
Greater  New  York  War  Bond  Pledge 
campaign,  has  paid  tribute  to  the  co- 
operative effort  of  the  New  York  Press 
Photographers  Association,  whose  180 
members  have  volunteered  their  ser- 
vices in  the  drive  which  opened  yes- 
terday. 

Joseph  Heppner  of  Metropolitan 
Photo  Service  heads  the  association's 
war  bond  committee.  He  has  assigned 
volunteer  photographers  to  cover  every 
phase  of  the  10-day  canvass.  Others 
on  the  committee  are  Sam  Falk, 
Joseph  Costa  and  Morris  Gordon. 

Stromberg  in  Deal 
For  'Guest  in  House' 

William  Jaffe  is  negotiating  a  deal 
for  production  by  Hunt  Stromberg  of 
a  film  based  on  the  Broadway  play. 
"Guest  in  the  House."  Jaffe  was  coun- 
sel for  Stromberg  in  his  recently  con- 
cluded deal  to  produce  for  United  Art- 
ists release. 


N.  Y.  Trade  Donates 
2,797  Books  to  Drive 

A  total  of  2,797  books  has 
been  collected  thus  far  in  the 
drive  for  books  for  service 
men  sponsored  in  the  film 
trade  here  by  Leon  Bam- 
berger, executive  secretary  of 
Umpi.  All  books  donated  have 
been  turned  over  to  the  Vic- 
tory Book  campaign.  Individ- 
uals in  virtually  all  com-*. 
panies'  home  offices,  as  well^K,  > 
as  organizations,  have  con- 
tributed a  large  number  of 
volumes. 


Metro  Sets  Three 
Exhibitor  Forums 


M-G-M  will  hold  three  exhibitor 
forums  in  the  Midwest  late  this  month 
and  early  in  July,  H.  M.  Richey,  in 
charge  of  exhibitor  relations  for  the 
company,  announced  Saturday. 

The  first  will  be  held  at  the  Nicol- 
let Hotel,  Minneapolis,  June  24,  with 
the  cooperation  of  Northwest  Allied, 
which  hopes  to  bring  600  exhibitors 
from  the  area  to  the  forum.  Theatre 
business  in  that  territory  is  reported 
to  have  been  off  considerably,  due  to 
the  absence  of  war  industries,  war 
time  population  shifts  and  dislocation 
of  release  schedules  as  a  result  of  the 
enactment  of  the  state's  anti-block-of- 
five  law  last  Fall. 

Efforts  will  be  made  at  the  Min- 
neapolis forum  to  provide  exhibitors 
with  solutions  for  many  of  their  cur- 
rent problems. 

The  second  forum  is  scheduled  for 
Milwaukee,  at  the  Schoeder  Hotel. 
July  13,  and  the  third  will  be  held  at 
Lake  Wawasee,  Ind.,  July  15,  in  con- 
junction with  the  I.T.O.  of  Indiana 
convention. 

Richey,  W.  R.  Ferguson,  M-G-M 
exploitation  manager ;  Ed  Salzberg, 
Bluefield,  W.  Va.,  exhibitor ;  Loia 
Cheaney  of  Interstate  Circuit,  Dallas, 
and  others  will  take  part  in  the 
forums. 


Paula  Gould  Joins  Loew's 

Paula  Gould  has  been  appointed 
newspaper  contact  for  Loew's  State 
Theatre,  succeeding  Terry  Donoghue. 
who  has  resigned  to  reenter  newspaper 
work. 


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Friday  evening,  June  19th,  at  the 
Rivoli  Theatre— buck  privates,  gobs 
and  leathernecks  escorting  the  thousand 
girls  from  the  American  Women's  Volun- 
tary Service  who  lead  in  the  sale  of  War 
Bonds  and  Stamps.  A  colorful,  a  ro- 
mantic, a  typically  American  occasion 
the  whole  industry  will  be  watching! 


Uncle  Sam  Is  Callina  All  Exhibitors—   To  Sell  War  Savinas  Bonds  and  Stamps 


featuring 

CHARLES  WINNINGER  •  CHARLIE  RUGGLES 
JAMES  CRAIG  •  NANCY  KELLY 

Adaptation  for  the  Screen  by  Adelaide  Heilbron 
From  the  Comedy  Drama  Stage  Success 
by  Samuel  Shipman  and  Aaron  Hoffman 
Directed  by  ALLAN  DWAN 

RELEASED  THRU  UNITED  ARTISTS 


gpg  in  gmrmn  mm  wmmB^jr 

Savinas  Bonds  and  Stamps. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  June  15,  1942 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 


'The  Incredible  Stranger' 

(Passing  Parade) 

(M-G-M) 

Highly  competent  handling  makes 
this  newest  of  the  John  Nesbitt  series 
a  fascinating  subject.  The  strange 
story  concerns  "the  stranger,"  a  new- 
comer to  a  small  town  some  years 
ago,  who  mystifies  the  townsfolk  by 
his  odd  behavior.  It  unfolds  with  em- 
phasis on  suspense.  In  a  dramatic 
climax  "the  incredible  stranger"  is 
found  to  be  suffering;  mentally  from 
the  sudden  death  of  his  wife  and 
family  and  is  cured  by  a  little  kind- 
"  ness.  Running  time,  1 1  mins.  Re- 
leases-June 20. 


Review 


'Tortilla  Flat'  Does 
$10,600,  Milwaukee 


"Picturesque  Patzcuaro" 

(Fitzpatrick  Traveltalk) 

(M-G-M.) 

James  A.  Fitzpatrick  and  crew 
journeyed  down  Mexico  way  for  this 
one.  It's  an  account  of  what  goes 
on  in  the  Patzcuaro  area,  west  of 
Mexico  City.  The  native  Tarascan 
Indians,  their  chief  occupation  of  fish- 
ing, and  the  scenery  all  make  color- 
ful travelogue'  material.  Running 
time,  9  mins.    Release,  May  23. 


'Puss  'n  Toots" 

(Cartoon) 

(M-G-M) 

A  cat-chases-mouse  affair  done 
imaginatively  with  clever  musical  ef- 
fects, this  is  excellent  right  through. 
The  fun  b;gins  when  an  angelic  kit- 
ten -  'charms  the  playful  Tom  Cat. 
Jerry  Mouse  figures  in  it,  too,  one 
alternately  becoming  the  victim  of  the 
other's  pranks,  'which  involve  chiefly 
a  record  player.  All  of  this  leaves 
the  kitten  unimpressed  but  should 
generate  much  laughter  in  the  audi- 
ence. Running  time,  7  mins.  Release, 
May  30. 


"Holiday  Inn" 

(Paramount) 

AN  original  idea  of  Irving  Berlin  and  a  number  of  songs  by  him 
should  be  enough  to  insure  audience  satisfaction  anywhere  in  the 
tuneful  content  of  this  musical  film.  But  when  to  that  is  added  the  sing- 
ing of  most  of  those  numbers  by  Bing  Crosby  and  the  dancing  to  many 
of  the  tunes  by  Fred  Astaire,  there  is  indeed  presented  a  happy  combina- 
tion for  the  showmen  of  the  nation,  and  an  item  of  entertainment  to  be 
sold  in  these  days  when  screen  relief  from  strain  is  so  important. 

Virginia  Dale  and  Marjorie  Reynolds  are  the  feminine  cast  leaders, 
the  former  as  a  dancer  and  the  latter  as  a  dancer  and  singer,  and  they 
do  a  thoroughly  satisfactory  job.  Walter  Abel  as  Astaire's  manager  is 
excellent  and  Louise  Beavers  gives  a  good  performance. 

Mark  Sandrich,  who  acted  as  producer-director,  endowed  the  film 
with  a  lively  pace,  and  surrounded  the  players  with  attractive  and 
elaborate  settings.  The  adaptation  of  Berlin's  idea  by  Elmer  Rice  and 
the  screenplay  by  Claude  Binyon  are  skillful. 

When  Astaire,  dancing  partner  to  Crosby's  vocalizing,  steals  Miss 
Dale,  their  partner,  from  the  romantically-inclined  Crosby,  the  latter 
goes  off  to  Connecticut  and  a  farm  house,  where  he  devises  the  idea  for 
Holiday  Inn,  a  country  night  club  to  be  opened  for  dining  and  enter- 
tainment only  on  the  15  holidays  of  the  year.  Miss  Reynolds,  flower 
shop  sales  girl  with  dancing  feet  and  a  pleasant  voice,  is  sent  there  by 
Abel  in  order  to  get  rid  of  her.  She  and  Crosby  develop  more  than  a 
successful  entertainment  routine,  until  Astaire  comes  along,  and  with 
the  promise  of  Hollywood  the  result  of  their  successful  teaming,  takes 
her  away.  Crosby's  clumsy  atempts  to  block  Astaire's  plans  only  make 
matters  worse. 

However,  when  Crosby  goes  to  Hollywood  after  her,  where  a  film 
production  based  on  Crosby's  Holiday  Inn  is  being  filmed,  he  appears 
unexpectedly  on  the  set  and  the  two  are  reunited,  to  return  to  their 
country  place,  while  Astaire  picks  up  where  he  left  off  with  Miss  Dale. 
Running  time,  101  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 

*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


at 


Milwaukee,  June  14.  —  Best  in  a 
week  of  rainy  weather  and  a  War 
Exposition  in  the  Auditorium  wa; 
"Tortilla  Flat"  and  "Ship  Ahuy." 
with  §10,600  at  Fox's  Wisconsin. 
"Svncopation"  and  Bonnie  Baker 
the  Riverside  grossed  $8,700. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ing  June  11  : 

•  Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 
"Henry  and  Dizzy"  (Para-) 

PALACE— (2,400)     (44c-55c-75c)    7  days. 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $5,000.    (Average,  $4.500) ' 
"Syncopation"  (RKO) 

RIVERSIDE  —  (2,/CO)    (44e-60c)    7  days. 
Stage:   Bonnie  Baker  and   Benny  Meroflf's 
orchestra.    Gross:  $8,700.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

STRAND— (1,400)  (44c-65c)  7  days.  Gross: 
{3,500.    (Average,  $1,500) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.A.) 
"Mister  V"  (U.A.) 

WARNER— (2,400)  (33c-44c-55c) 
Gross:  $7,200.    (Average,  $4,500) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
'Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

WISCONSIN  —  (3.200)  (44c-65c) 
Gross:  $10,600.    (Average,  $5,500) 


"Exotic  Mexico" 

(Fitzpatrick  Traveltalk) 

(M-G-M) 

James  A.  Fitzpatrick  goes  to 
Southern  Mexico  and  offers  another 
interesting  and  diversified  journey. 
The  entertainment  value  of  the  sub- 
ject is  expanded  by  splendid  pho- 
tography, in  color.  Running  time,  9 
mins.    Release,  June  13. 


u  Victory  Quiz" 

(Pete  Smith  Specialty) 

(M-G-M) 

A  quiz  reel  in  which  the  subject 
is  depicted,  the  question  popped  and 
10  or  15  seconds  clocked  before  tht 
answer  is  given,  and  with  Pete  Smith 
injecting  a  bit  of  humor  into  his 
commentary,  this  is  highly  satisfac- 
tory. The  entertainment  is  augment- 
ed by  the  timeliness  of  the  subjects 
which  are  mostly  of  a  military  na 
ture.  Running  time,  9  mins.  Re- 
lease, May  9. 


'Fantasia'  $9,600 
Highlight,  St.  Louis 

St.  Louis,  June  14.  —  "Fantasia," 
dualed  with  "The  Remarkable  An- 
drew," grossed  $9,600  at  the  Missouri. 
Business  was  above  normal  at  the 
other  houses. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  4  : 

Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.A.) 
'Mister  V"  (U.A.) 

LOEWS— (3,162)  (30c-40c-50c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:   $14,300.     (Average,  $13,000). 

My  Favorite  Spy"  (RKO) 
"Mayer  of  44th  Street"  (RKO) 

FOX— (5,038)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$13,200.     (Average,  $11,000) 
'Fantasia'*  (RKO) 
'Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

MISSOURI— (30c-40c-50c)  7  davs.  Gross: 
59,600.     (Average.  $4,000) 

Kings  Row"  (W.B.) 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (2*>th-Fox) 

ST.     LOUIS— (4,000)     (25c -35c)  7 
Gross:  $4,600.    (Average,  $2,600) 


days. 


Theatres  Donate  Scrap 

Cincinnati,  June  14. — Local  RKO 
theatres  have  marked  approximately 
50  tons  of  metal  from  obsolete  cooling 
systems  and  gravity  tanks  for  a  sera 
contribution  to  the  Government.  Sal- 
vaged metal  will  include  the  50-foot 
vertical  electric  sign  from  the  subur- 
ban Paramount,  which  will  not  be 
replaced. 


Studio  Workers  in 
Mexico  Drill  Daily 

Mexico  City,  June  14. — Army 
drilling  and  other  exercises  are  being 
done  for  an  hour  every  morning  be- 
fore work  by  every  union  worker  of 
local  picture  studios,  including  wom- 
en, in  the  National  Stadium  here, 
a  Government  stadium  with  40,000 
seating  capacity.  These  exercises  are 
commanded  by  Victor  Herrera,  a 
cameraman,  who  is  an  army  reservist. 
The  women's  contingent  is  in  charge 
of  Dolores  Camarillo,  makeup  woman, 
who  also  is  an  actress. 


'Reap'  Is  Baltimore 
Winner  With  $18,000 

Baltimore,  June  14. — Outstanding 
pictures  continue  to  draw,  with  no 
effect  from  gas  rationing.  "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  in  its  second  week  at 
the  Stanley  scored  $18,000.  "Private 
Buckaroo"  took  $11,000  at  Keith's. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  1 1  : 

"I  Married  An  Angel"  (M-G-M) 

CENTURY— (3.000)      (28c-44c     and  55c 
weekends)  7  davs.    Gross:  $11,000.  (Aver- 
age. $10,000) 

"Private  Buckaroo"  (Univ.) 

KEITH'S— (2,406)  (15c-28c-33c-44c  and  55c 
weekends)   7  days.     Gross:   $11,000.  (Av- 
erage, $9,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (2£th-Fox) 

NEW— (1.581)  (15c-28c-35c-55c)  7  days,  3d 
week.    Gross:  $6,C00.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Reap  the   Wild   Wind"  (Para.) 

STANLEY-(3.280)  (40c-55c-66c)  7  days, 
2d  week.  Gross:  $18,000.  (Average,  S12,- 
000) 

"Meet  the  Stewarts"  (Col.) 

HIPPODROME-(2,205)  (15c-28c-39c-44c- 
55c-66c)    7    days.      Stage    show  featuring 
Woody  Herman  and  Orchestra.  Gross:  $17,- 
C00.     (Average,  $14,000) 
"Fly   by   Night"  (Para.) 

MAYFAIR— (1,000)  (20c-40c)  7  davs. 
Gross:  $5,000.    Average,  $6,000) 


Miami  House  Closed 

Miami  Beach,  June  14. — The  Surf 
Theatre,  resort  house  here,  has  closed 
for  the  Summer.  It  was  managed  by 
Stanley  Stern  and  Edgar  Jurist. 


New  Pact  for  Briskin 

Hollywood,  June  14.  —  Samuel 
Briskin  has  been  signed  to  a  new 
five-year  contract  by  Columbia  as  a 
producer,  the  studio  announced.  His 
new  contract,  it  is  understood,  will 
permit  him  more  time  to  devote  to  his 
war  activities. 

Columbia  also  announced  renewal 
of  the  contract  of  Irving  Briskin  as 
head  of  his  own  unit. 


Capt.  Wheless  on  Coast 

Hollywood,  June  14. — Capt.  Hewitt 
T.  Wheless  has  arrived  here  to  be 
technical  adviser  on  Warners'  "Air 
Force." 


days. 


davs. 


4Rio  Rita'  at  $5,800 
Oklahoma  City  Lead 

Oklahoma  City,  June  14. — "Rio 
Rita"  at  the  Criterion  pulled  55,800 
for  a  good  week  while  "The  Wife 
Takes  a  Flyer"  at  the  State  drew 
54,400. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  11 : 

"Ric  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

CRITERION— (1,500)  (20c-25c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,800.    (Average.  $4,500) 
"Kennel    Murder   Case"  (W.B.) 
"This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

LIBERTY — (1.200)  (20c-25c)  7  davs.  Gross: 
52.600.    (Average.  $2,400) 
"The  Great  Man's  Lady."  (Para.) 

MIDWEST — (1.500)    (20c-25c-40c)   7  days. 
Gross:  S4.200.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 

STATE  —  (1.100)     (20c-25c-40c)     7  days, 
liross:  $4,400.    (Average.  $3,500) 
*In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

TOWER  —  (1,000)  (20c-25c-40c)  7.  day-. 
Moved  from  Criterion.  Gross:  $1,930.  (Aver- 
age. $1,750) 


'Ship  Ahoy'  $3,600 
Best  in  New  Haven 

New  Haven;  June  14. — The  second 
week  of  "Ship  Ahoy"  and  "Vanishing 
Virginian"  at  the  College  took  $3,600. 
the  only  downtown  bill  to  clear  the 
average  line.  The  second  week  of 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  at  advanced 
prices  at  the  Paramount  drew  S4,600. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  11 : 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M)) 
"Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

COLLEGE — ( 1 ,627 )   (40c-50c)   7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:   $3,600.    (Average..  $2,800) 
"I  Married  an  Angel"  (M-G-M) 
"Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (CoL) 

LOEW-POLI— (3,005)    (40c-50c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $6,800.    (Average,  8,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,373)  (22c-55c-65c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $4,600.  (Average. 
$4,600) 

"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 
"Swing  It  Soldier"  (Univ.) 

ROGER  SHERMAN-U.067)  (40c-50c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  53,200.  (Average. 
$5,200) 


Plans  'Intelligence  Squad' 

Hollywood,  June  14. — Lindsley 
Parsons,  Monogram  producer,  has  an- 
nounced "Intelligence  Squad"  for 
production,  after  conferences  with  Nel- 
son Poynter,  assistant  to  Lowell  Mel- 
lett,  Coordinator  of  Government  Films. 
The  film  will  be  designed  to  reveal 
Axis  propaganda  methods,  it  was  said. 


Monday,  June  15,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


5 


Film  Industry  Represented 
In  Huge  N.  Y.  War  Parade 


■  Studios  Would 
Cut  Credits  to 
Conserve  Film 


(Continued  from  page  1) 
would  be  the  limit.  Other  recommen- 
-'ations  offered  at  the  meeting  includ- 
^  the  setting  up  of  rehearsal  rooms 
5ur  directors  to  reduce  the  number  of 
wasted  takes  because  of  errors  in 
lines,  a  reduction  in  dialogue  revisions 
"»  made  on  the  set,  and  the  earlier  call- 
ing of  extras  so  they  can  familiarize 
themselves  better  with  their  assign- 
ments. 

The  meeting  was  presided  over  by 
M.  C.  Levee  as  chairman. 

Frank  Tuttle  reported  on  an  earlier 
meeting  of  the  Screen  Directors  Guild 
at  which  methods  of  reducing  film 
consumption  were  discussed,  and 
Frederick  Y.  Smith,  president  of  the 
Society  of  Film  Editors,  said  he  will 
call  a  meeting  of  his  group  for  the 
same  purpose. 


NewUmpi  Plan  Draft 
Is  Sent  to  Committee 

What  may  be  the  final  legal  draft  of 
the  new  Umpi  selling  plan  was  sent 
to  out-of-town  members  of  the  legal 
drafting  committee  at  the  weekend 
for  their  approval. 

The  draft  incorporated  the  changes 
in  phraseology  suggested  by  members 
of .  the  committee  at  their  meetings 
here  last  week.  If  it  meets  with  the 
approval  of  the  out-of-town  committee 
members,  Abram  F.  Myers  of  Wash- 
ington, Colonel  Robert  Barton  of 
Richmond  and  George  P.  Aarons  of 
Philadelphia,  it  will  be  presented  to 
the  Department  of  Justice  within  the 
next  few  days  and  a  date  will  be 
asked  for  a  hearing  before  Federal 
Judge  Henry  W.  Goddard  here  on 
acceptance  of  the  proposal  as  an 
amendment  to  the  consent  decree. 

Austin  Keough,  chairman  of  the 
drafting  committee,  probably  will  name 
a  delegation  to  present  the  plan  to 
the  Department  from  among  mem- 
bers of  the  committee.  Other  members 
are  Joseph  Hazen,  J.  Robert  Rubin 
and  Fred  Pride. 

WPB  Field  Offices 
Handle  Breakdowns 

Washington,  June  14. — Exhibitors 
experiencing  breakdowns  in  equip- 
ment which  necessitate  the  prompt 
procurement  of  repair  parts  were 
urged  yesterday  by  Christopher  J. 
Dunphy,  in  charge  of  motion  pictures 
in  the  Service  Branch  of  the  War 
Production  Board,  to  take  their  prob- 
lem to  the  board's  nearest  field  office, 
under  the  procedure  recently  set  up. 

Dunphy  explained  that  by  going  to 
the  field  office,  exhibitors  will  save 
not  only  the  expense  of  a  trip  to 
Washington  if  they  handle  the  matter 
by  personal  application,  but  will  save 
considerable  time. 

The  field  offices  have  been  manned 
with  a  view  to  handling  emergency 
matters. 


Rep.  Music  Head  in  Army 

Hollywood,  June  14. — Raoul  Krau- 
shaar,  head  of  the  Republic  music  de- 
partment, joined  the  Army  yesterday 
as  a  private. 


Two  large  floats  and  a  number  of 
screen  luminaries  represented  the  film 
industry  in  Saturday's  mammoth 
''New  York  at  War"  parade  that  had 
hundreds  of  thousands  in  the  line  of 
march  and  in  the  neighborhood  of 
2,000,000  persons  on  the  sidelines. 

The  seemingly  unending  procession 
moved  from  YVashington  Square  to 
/2nd  Street  along  Fifth  Avenue,  dis- 
playing the  wartime  might  of  New 
York  and  its  industries,  as  well  as  the 
protective  services  of  New  York  City 
and  the  home  front. 

Floats,  Actors  in  Line 

Under  the  sponsorship  of  Metro- 
politan theatremen,  the  industry  con- 
tingent appeared  in  the  sixth  division 
(home  front),  representing  morale. 
The  first  float,  V-shaped,  carried 
Tommy  Dorsey  and  his  musical  com- 
pany and  a  group  of  John  Powers 
models. 

Hollywood  was  represented  on  the 
second  float  by  such  personalities  as 
Charles  Winninger,  Charles  Ruggles, 
Martha  Scott,  William  Holden,  Roy 
Rogers,  Jeffrey  Lynn  and  others,  in 
addition  to  more  models,  and  members 
of  the  A.W.V.S.  and  the  Red  Cross. 
The  floats  were  readily  identifiable  by 
a  replica  of  a  sound  stage  with  a  big 
camera  superstructure.  An  added 
novelty  was  the  distribution  among 
the  spectators  of  toy  airplanes  carry- 


Conn.  Exhibitors  Are 
Warned  on  Hazards 

Hartford,  June  14.  —  The  import- 
ance of  emergency  theatre  lighting 
and  removal  of  combustible  waste 
from  theatre  premises  in  air  raid  pre- 
cautions programs  was  emphasized  to 
Connecticut  theatre  owners  by  Edward 
J.  Hickey,  state  police  commissioner, 
in  a  communication  accompanying 
OCD  general  instructions  on  theatre 
blackouts. 

"Considering  the  value  of  the  prop- 
erty affected,"  the  commissioner  wrote, 
"it  would  seem  that  every  theatre 
manager  should  make  a  regular  in- 
spection of  every  nook  and  corner  of 
his  building,  including  the  projection 
room,  and  see  that  the  whole  premises 
are  kept  free  and  clear  of  unnecessary 
fire  hazards." 

He  described  emergency  lighting  as 
good  at  all  times  and  a  necessity  in 
wartime  theatre  operation. 


Sales  Drive,  Shorts 
W.  B.  Meet  Topics 

The  handling  of  Warner  Bros, 
patriotic  shorts  and  the  Summer  sales 
drive  were  discussed  at  weekend 
meetings  of  the  New  York  Metropoli- 
tan sales  staff  and  bookers  at  the 
home  office.  Sam  Lefkowitz,  district 
manager,  and  Roger  Mahan,  New 
York  branch  manager,  presided. 

Norman  Moray,  short  subjects  sales 
manager,  discussing  the  new  season's 
shorts  schedule,  said  that  it  would  in- 
clude more  musicals,  comedies,  ad- 
venture and  sports  reels  to  balance 
the  wartime  subjects. 

Roy  Haines,  Eastern  and  Canadian 
sales  manager,  and  Arthur  Sachson, 
sales  executive,  discussed  the  forth- 
coming general  release  of  "Sergeant 
York"  and  other  films. 


ing  the  slogan,  "Movies  for  Morale," 
and  some  containing  theatre  tickets. 
Scores  of  ushers  were  in  the  parade. 

Contributing  their  services  in  the 
arrangements  were  Sam  Rinzler,  head 
of  an  exhibitor  committee ;  Monroe 
W.  Greenthal,  Vincent  Trotta  and 
Armando,  who  planned  the  floats  ;  and 
David  E.  Weshner,  S.  Barret  Mc- 
Cormick  and  Maurice  Bergman.  Ed- 
ward L.  Alperson  was  treasurer. 

Among  the  displays  were  floats  and 
television  trucks  of  NBC  and  a  float 
of  the  American  Theatre  Wing  War 
Service. 

All  of  Broadway's  legitimate  at- 
tractions began  their  Saturday  mat- 
inees at  3  o'clock,  15  minutes  later 
than  usual,  to  permit  theatregoers  to 
view  the  parade. 

Full  Radio  Coverage 

Networks  and  radio  stations  gave 
full  coverage  to  the  demonstration, 
with  more  than  50  pickups  at  vantage 
points.  Descriptions  additionally  were 
shortwaved  around  the  world  in  seven 
languages.  Five  to  15-minute  accourits 
were  sent  at  intervals  in  Spanish, 
Portuguese,  French,  Danish,  German 
and  Swedish.  Recordings  of  the  vari- 
ous descriptions  broadcast  during  the 
parade  were  shortwaved  to  Europe 
and  South  America  early  Sunday 
morning  and  during  the  day,  with 
Italian  added. 


Chicago  Exhibitors 
Hear  W AC  Officials 

Chicago,  June  14. — Functions  of 
the  War  Activities  Committee  and  its 
future  plans  were  described  to  ap- 
proximately 100  exhibitors  from  the 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  downstate 
Illinois  territories  by  Francis  S.  Har- 
mon, committee  coordinator,  and 
Arthur  L.  Mayer  and  Si  Fabian,  his 
assistants,  at  a  meeting  at  the  Con- 
gress Hotel  here  Friday. 

Other  speakers  included  H.  J.  Fitz- 
gerald of  Fox  Wisconsin  Theatres, 
chairman  of  the  Milwaukee  exhibitors' 
WAC  committee  ;  John  Balaban,  Jules 
Rubens  and  Edward  Zorn,  president 
of  United  Theatres  of  Illinois,  Spring- 
field. 

Jack  Kirsch,  chairman  of  the  meet- 
ing, reported  that  $117,902  has  been 
collected  here  to  date  for  Army  and 
Navy  Relief.  The  quota  for  the  ter- 
ritory was  $50,000. 

Harmon  left  here  for  the  Coast 
where  he  will  address  similar  meet- 
ings in  Los  Angeles,  San  Francisco, 
Portland  and  Seattle.  Mayer  and 
Fabian  were  scheduled  to  return  to 
New  York. 


Join  War  Department 

Hollywood,  June  14.  —  The  radio 
branch  of  the  War  Department  public 
relations  bureau  has  announced  the 
appointment  of  Norman  Panama  and 
Melvin  Frank,  Paramount  contract 
writers,  as  consultants. 


Plan  Film  on  Cohan  Show 

"Little  Johnny  Jones,"  one  of 
George  M.  Cohan's  best  known  hits, 
will  be  made  by  Warner  Bros.,  the 
company  has  announced.  It  is  planned 
as  a  Hal  Wallis  production. 


Geo.  Schaefer 
Leaving  RKO 
On  Wednesday 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

holders,  providing  this  meeting  was 
not  unduly  delayed.  This  meeting 
is  now  scheduled  to  be  held  on 
Wednesday,  June  17,  at  Dover, 
Del." 


Ten  RKO  Directors 
Slated  for  Reelection 

Ten  of  the  present  11  RKO  direc- 
tors are  scheduled  to  be  reelected  to 
the  company's  board  at  the  adjourned 
annual  meeting  of  stockholders  at 
Dover  on  Wednesday,  it  was  learned 
over  the  weekend. 

The  nominees  for  reelection  to  the 
board  are :  Raybond  Bill,  Thomas  P. 
Durell,  Frederick  L.  Ehrman,  L. 
Lawrence  Green,  De  Witt  Millhauser, 
Richard  C.  Patterson,  Jr.,  N.  Peter 
Rathvon,  Ned  E.  Depinet,  John  M. 
Whitaker  and  Lunsford  P.  Yandell. 

The  nominees  were  designated  by 
RCA,  Atlas  Corp.,  Lehman  Bros,  and 
the  former  holders  of  the  notes  and 
debentures  of  the  old  RKO  company. 

With  Floyd  B.  Odium,  head 
of  Atlas  Corp.,  scheduled  to 
take  an  active  part  in  the  man- 
agement of  the  company,  no  im- 
mediate election  of  a  new 
president  to  succeed  Schaefer 
is  anticipated.  The  eventual 
election  of  a  president,  how- 
ever, will  automatically  increase 
the  directorate  to  11  members. 
Stockholders  at  Wednesday's 
meeting  are  expected  to  vote  to 
limit  board  membership  to  12. 

Rockefeller  Center,  Inc.,  is  not  di- 
rectly represented  on  the  new  direc- 
torate, but  should  the  occasion  for 
this  or  other  representation  on  the 
board  arise,  the  existing  vacancies 
would  make  such  additions  possible. 


Schaefer  Elected 
RKO  Chief  in  1938 

George  J.  Schaefer  was  elected 
president  and  a  director  of  RKO 
Radio  Pictures,  Inc.,  in  the  fall  of 
1938.  He  entered  the  motion  pic- 
ture  business   28  years  ago. 

Sohaefer  was  born  in  Brooklyn, 
Nov.  5,  1888.  After  attending  Heff- 
ley  Institute,  he  worked  for  an  auto- 
mobile manufacturing  company  until 
1914.  He  started  in  the  film  busi- 
ness as  secretary  to  Louis  J.  Selz- 
nick,  remaining  with  him  until  1916, 
when  he  became  assistant  sales  man- 
ager of  World  Film  Co;  He  was 
promoted  to  district  manager  the  fol- 
lowing year. 

In  1920  he  joined  Paramount  as 
booker  at  the  New  York  exchange.  A 
year  later  he  was  promoted  to  dis- 
trict manager  for  New  England,  and 
in  1926  was  appointed  sales  manager 
of  District  No.  1.  He  subsequently 
was  promoted  to  general  sales  man- 
ager and  became  general  manager  of 
Paramount.  He  was  elected  president 
of  Famous  Theatres  Corp.  in  1935 
and  was  vice-president  of  Paramount 
after  the  company's  reorganization, 
resigning  in  1935.  He  went  with 
United  Artists  a  year  later  as  vice- 
president  and  general  manager  in 
charge  of  domestic  and  Canadian 
sales,  resigning  in  October,  1938,  to 
become  chief  executive  of  RKO. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  June  15,  1942 


Critics9  Quotes  .  .  . 


"I  MARRIED  AN  ANGEL"  (M-G-M) 

It  has  a  dandy  cast,  has  been  dressed  up  beautifully  and  Jeannette  Mac- 
Donald  and  Nelson  Eddy  are  in  fine  voice.  .  .  .  There  are  bright  moments 
and  dull  ones. — Norman  Clark,  Baltimore  News-Post. 

If  the  story  is  somewhat  ponderous  and  slow-moving,  it  has  at  least  the 
assets  of  novelty  and  scrumptious  settings  which  include  a  group  of  strikingly 
pretty  girls. — Donald  Kirkley,  Baltimore  Sun. 

It  (has)  little  except  the  voices  of  Eddy  and  Miss  MacDonald,  plus,  of 
course,  its  semi-classical  musical  background  which  hardly  can  be  ranked 
with  the  greatest  operettas  or  the  most  popular  musical  comedies. — Bob  Fred- 
cricks,  Miami  Herald. 

"BROADWAY"  (Universal) 

"Broadway"  is  a  swell  production.  .  .  .  the  hoofer  (George  Raft).  .  .  seems 
to  have  lost  none  of  his  speed;  Pat  O'Brien,  as  Dan  McCorn,  the  honest 
cop,  is  the  best  he's  been  since  "Angels  With  Dirty  Faces." — /.  T.  McMamis, 
PM  (New  York). 

It's  swell  and  exciting  stuff  for  New  Yorkers,  will  be  even  better  for  yokels 
who  pay  off  on  films. — New  York  Mirror. 

If  "Broadway"  no  longer  has  the  impact  of  the  original  play,  it  still  affords 
an  interesting  Cook's  tour  of  an  unsavory  decade. — New  York  Times. 

"Broadway,"  though  of  familiar  pattern  and  plot,  is  nevertheless  highly 
entertaining. — New  York  Herald  Tribune. 

"TAKE  A  LETTER,  DARLING"  (Paramount) 

The  comedy  is  ingeniously  contrived,  contains  some  near-spicy  situations 
and  provides  amusing  entertainment. — John  L.  Scott,  Los  Angeles  Times. 

An  adroit  comedy  worked  along  lines  that  will  interest  most  men  and  wo- 
men.— Louella  O.  Parsons,  Los  Angeles  Examiner. 

Ought  to  win  plenty  of  friends  and  influence  people  to  laugh  loud  and  long. 
— Harry  Mines,  Los  Angeles  Daily  News. 

"SHIP  AHOY"  (M-G-M) 

The  picture  abounds  in  laughs,  surprises,  catchy  music,  AND  Eleanor 
Powell's  inimitable  dancing. — Chicago  Tribune. 

Some  of  the  comedy  is  long,  drawn-out  and  ineffective  but  most  of  the 
big  numbers  are  expertly  staged. — Doris  Arden,  Chicago  Daily  Times. 

The  musical  is  unsinkable,  if  uninspired  entertainment  .  .  .  has  several  gen- 
uinely guffaw  scenes  ...  a  practically  plotless  plot. — Chicago  Herald-Ameri- 
can. 

"THE  MAYOR  OF  44th  ST."  (RKO) 

Interesting  chiefly  because  of  the  ingratiating  performances  of  its  cast.— 
Laura  Lee,  Philadelphia  Bulletin. 

A  riotous  story  concerning  the  efforts  of  a  group  of  young  jitterbug  gang- 
sters to  "protect"  in  hijacking  style  the  dance  halls  of  New  York. — Harry 
Bortnick,  Philadelphia  Daily  News. 

A  pedestrian  piece,  fashioned  without  imagination  or  ingenuity,  "The  Mayor 
of  44th  St."  rides  along  on  George  Murphy's  charm. — Philadelphia  Record. 

"RIO  RITA"  (M-G-M) 

Abbott  and  Costello  are  just  the  same  old  Bud  and  Lou,  the  funniest, 
most  engaging  comedy  duo  on  the  screen  today. — Mildred  Martin,  Philadel- 
phia Inquirer. 

Although  the  new  "Rio  Rita"  is  only  a  very  distant  relative  of  the  peren- 
nially popular  musical  comedy  of  stage  and  screen,  its  tuneful  music,  pleas- 
ant singing  and  often  very  funny  Abbott  and  Costello  comedv  keep  the  film 
rolling — almost  to  the  end. — Elsie  Finn,  Philadelphia  Record.' 

Even  broad  slapstick  becomes  hilariously  funny  with  the  ingenious  handling 
of  director  Sylvan  Simon  and  the  puckish  pair  of  comedians. — Laura  Lee 
Philadelphia  Bulletin. 

"THE  VANISHING  VIRGINIAN  (M-G-M) 

A  thoroughly  entertaining  picture  that  sheds  a  warm  glow  throughout.— 
Edith  Werner,  New  York  Mirror. 

It's  a  dullish  picture  .  .  .  slow  and  stumbling,  but  there's  one  thing  about  it 
you  can't  knock— Frank  Morgan's  interpretation  of  the  lovable,  volatile, 
voluble  Cap'n  Bob  Yancy. — Wanda  Hale,  New  York  Dailv  News. 

There  is  a  completeness  and  satisfaction  in  "The  Vanishing  Virginian"  that 
one  will  not  want  to  miss  on  the  screen.— Robert  W.  Dana,  New  York  Herald 
Tribune. 


' Suicide'  and 
Show  $10,200 
Seattle  Lead 


Seattle,  June  14. — "Suicide  Squad- 
ron" and  the  Merry  Macs  on  the  Pal- 
omar  stage  with  Al  Donohue  and  his 
band  took  a  big  $10,200.  "The  Wife 
Takes  a  Flyer"  at  the  Liberty  drew  a 
good  $7,600.    The  weather  was  fair. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  5 : 

"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 

"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler?"  (ZOth-Fox) 

BLUE  MOUSE — (950)   (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,  4th  week.   Moved  from  Fifth  Avenue. 
Gross:  $3,900.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 

FIFTH  AVENUE— (2,500)  (30c-42c-58c-70c) 
7  days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  S6,900.  (Average. 
$7,000) 

"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

LIBERTY — (1,800)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,600.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

MUSIC    BOX — (950)     (30c-42c-58c-65c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.    Moved  from  Paramount. 
Gross:  $3,700.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"Fantasia"  (RKO) 
"Scattergood  Rides  High"  (RKO) 

MUSIC  HALL — (2,275)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $6,600.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Kings  Row"  (W.  B.) 

ORPHEUM  —  (2.450)  (30c -42c -58c -70c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,100.  (Average. 
$7,000) 

"Suicide  Squadron"  (Rep.) 

PALOMAR— (1,500)    (20c-30c-42c-58c)  7 
days.   Stage:   The  Merry   Macs  in  person 
with   Al  Donchue's   Band.    Gross:  $10,200. 
(Average,  $6,000) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Sunday  Punch"  (M-G-M) 

PARAMOUNT — (3,050)  (30c-42c-58c-7Oc)  7 
days.    Gross:  $6,600.    (Average,  $7,000) 


'Juke  Girl'  Takes 
$12,500  in  Toronto 

Toronto,  June  14.  —  "Juke  Girl" 
registered  $12,500  at  the  Imperial,  and 
"Tortilla  Flat"  reached  S12,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  8: 

"This  Gun  for  Hire"  (Para.) 
"Our  Russian  Front"  (Ind.) 

EGLJNTON— (1,085)  (18c-30c-48c-60c)  6 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $3,500.  (Average, 
$4,500) 

"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.) 

IMPERIAL— (3,373)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $12,500.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS— (2,074)     (18c-30c-42c-60c-78c)  6 
days.    Gross:  $12,000.    (Average,  $9,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

SHEA'S— (2,480)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $8,500.  (Average. 
$9  000) 

"1  Was  Framed"  (W.  B.) 
"Son  of  Fury"  (20th-Fox) 

TIVOLI— (1,434)    (18c-30c-48c)     6  days. 
Gross:  $3,000.    (Average,  $3,900) 
"Mister  V"  (U.  A.) 

UPTOWN— (2,761)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

$2,500,000  Bond  Sale 
Aided  by  Film  Stars 

Milwaukee,  June  14. — Milwaukee's 
War  Exposition,  aided  by  a  contingent 
of  Hollywood  personalities,  sold  more 
than  $2,500,000  of  war  stamps  and 
bonds  in  five  days. 

The  players,  who  made  two  appear- 
ances daily  in  connection  with  enter- 
tainment features  of  the  Exposition, 
included  Major  Donald  Crisp,  Arlene 
Whelan,  Mary  Howard,  Shirley  Ross, 
Airs.  Pat  O'Brien  and  Gale  Sonder- 
gaard. 


Projectionist  Killed 

Wausau,  Wis.,  June  14. — Paul  J. 
Bierbrauer,  58,  projectionist  at  the 
Grand  here,  was  electrocuted  while 
working  in  the  basement  of  his  home. 


'Annapolis'  for  Col. 

Hollywood,  June  14. — Columbia  has 
announced  plans  to  produce  "An- 
napolis," tying  in  with  next  year's 
100th  anniversary  of  the  founding  of 
the  U.  S.  Naval  Academy.  The  film 
is  scheduled  to  start  in  the  Fall. 


Form  Theatre  Firm 

Albany,  June  14. — Vanbrit  Theatre 
Corp.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  has  been 
chartered  here  by  Louis  Britvan,  Shir- 
ley Klein  and  Jacob  Rovenger,  New 
York. 


/ ohnny  Sheffield 
On  War  Bond  Tour 

Johnny  Sheffield,  juvenile  player  in 
the  M-G-M  "Tarzan"  films,  is  on  a 
"Tank  for  a  Yank"  national  tour  to 
promote  the  sale  of  War  Bonds,  which 
is  bringing  him  Eastward  across  the 
country.  He  will  leave  the  Pacific 
Coast  early  next  week,  and  in  the  fol- 
lowing six  weeks  is  scheduled  to  visit 
Idaho,  Utah,  Wyoming,  Colorado, 
Iowa,  Missouri,  Arkansas,  Oklahoma 
and  Tennessee. 


'Ship  Ahoy' $16,000 
Providence  Leader 


Providence,  June  14. — Loew's  State 
with  "Ship  Ahoy"  and  "Kid  Glove 
Killer"  got  $16,000  and  the  other  first 
run  houses  also  were  good. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  3-4 : 

"Broadway"  (Univ.) 

RKO-ALBEE  -  (2,239)     (28c -39c -50c) i  7 
days.    Gross:  $8,700.    (Average,  $6,000¥* 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M)  U,| 
"Kid  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  STATE— (3,232)   (28c-39c-50c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $16,000.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 
"The   Mad  Martindales"  (20th-Fox) 

MAJESTIC— (2,250)  (28c-39c-50c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,400.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

STRAND  —  (2,200)  (40c -50c -55c -65c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $10,500.  (Aver- 
age, $6,000) 

"Stardust  on  the  Sage"  (Rep.) 

FAY'S— (1,800)  (20c-33c-44c)  7  days. 
Stage  show  with  Bobby  Henshaw,  Georges 
and  Nanette.  Lew  Folds.  Mackie  and  La- 
valle,  Wallace's  Puppetts,  Joan  Woods. 
Tones  and  Dale.  Gross:  $6,500.  (Average. 
S6.000) 

"Klondike  Fury"  (Mono.) 

METROPOLITAN— (3,045)  (30c-35c-55c- 
75c)  3  days.  Stage  show  with  Ciro  Rimac 
and  Havana-Madrid  orchestra.  Alzira  Ca- 
margo.  Charley  Boy  Rimac,  Estrellita 
Pena.  Mechita  Virella,  Pat  Henning.  Gross: 
$3,900.  (Average.  $5,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"Blondie's  Blessed  Event"  (Col.) 

CARLTON— (1,526)    (28c-39c-50c)   7  days. 
3rd  week.    Gross:  $2,100.    (Average,  $3,500) 
"Saboteur"    (Univ.)    (3  days) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.  A.)  (3  days) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.)  (4  days) 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

EMPIRE— (1,200)  (20c-28c)  2nd  run. 
Gross:  $2,100.    (Average.  $2,000) 


'Reap'  Is  Smash  in 
Buffalo  at  $20,500 

Buffalo.  June  14. — "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind"  at  advanced  prices  proved  one 
of  the  biggest  films  of  the  year  with 
a  smash  $20,500  at  the  Great  Lakes. 
"I  Married  an  Angel"  and  Gene 
Krupa's  orchestra  drew  $19,100  at  the 
Buffalo. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  6: 

"I  Married  an  Angel"  (M-G-M) 

BUFFALO— (3.489)  (35c-55c)  7  days.  Gene 
Krupa  and  his  orchestra  on  the  stage,  with 
Anita  O'Day,  Johnny  Desmond,  Roy 
Eldridge.  Wally  Brown.  Maysy  &  Brach 
and  Virginia  Austin.  Gross:  $19,100.  (Aver- 
age. $12,200) 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

GREAT  LAKES— (3,000)  (44c-65c)  7  davs. 
Gross:  $20,500.  (Average.  $8,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 
"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M) 

HIPPODROME— (2,100)   (35c-50c)  7  davs. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,400.   (Average,  $7,000) 
"Remember  Pearl  Harbor"  (Rep.) 
"Yokel  Boy"  (Rep.) 

TWENTIETH   CENTURY— (3,000)  (30c- 
44c)  7  days.  Gross:  $8,500.  (Average.  $9,000) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Jail  House  Blues"  (Univ.) 

LAFAYETTE  —  (3,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,900.   (Average,  $6,500) 


Replace  Men  in  Service 

Cincinnati,  June  14. — L.  Weiss  has 
replaced  James  Curran,  now  in  Army 
service,  as  booker  at  the  local  Colum- 
bia exchange,  and  Loretta  Helferich 
has  been  transferred  from  the  cashier's 
to  the  booking  department,  replacing 
Bernard  McGuiness,  also  in  the  ser- 
vice. 


Mitchell  on  Advisory  U nit 

Hollywood,  June  14. — Gordon  S. 
Mitchell,  executive  secretary  of  the 
Research  Council  of  the  Academy  of 
Motion  Picture  Arts  and  Sciences, 
has  been  appointed  West  Coast  mem- 
ber of  the  advisory  board  of  the  new- 
ly established  U.  S.  Signal  Corps 
Reference  Library. 


'Monday,  June  15,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


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Off  the  Antenna 


THREE  new  Summer  series  are  scheduled  to  start  this  week.  On  Wed- 
nesday, "Chateau  Hogan,"  a  comedy  show  with  a  theatrical  hotel  as  back- 
ground, makes  its  debut  over  Mutual.  It  will  originate  at  WGN,  Chicago. 
A  musical  series  by  the  Cleveland  Orchestra  will  start  Saturday  over  CBS, 
10:30  to  11  P.M.,  EWT.  The  broadcasts  will  emanate  from  Cleveland's 
Public  Hall  through  the  facilities  of  WGAR.  Also  over  CBS,  a  comedy 
series  featuring  Lou  Holtz,  titled  "Time  Out  for  Laughs,"  will  start  Sunday, 
7:15  to  7:30  P.M.,  EWT. 

•  •  • 

Personnel  Changes:  Shirley  Lauter  Horton  has  resigned  as  public  rela- 
tions director  for  the  Don  Lee  network  and  has  been  succeeded  by  Fair  Tay- 
lor of  KOL,  Seattle. . . .  Jack  Kelscy,  formerly  production  manager  for  WHOM, 
Jersey  City,  has  been  appointed  program  director  for  the  station.  .  .  .  Sydney 
Eiges  has  been  named  assistant  manager  of  the  NBC  press  department.  .  .  . 
Dan  Cubberly,  formerly  ai  KO'Y ,  Phoenix,  has  joined  the  announcing  staff 
at  WLS,  Phoenix.  .  .  .  Morris  Mamorsky  has  joined  the  NBC  composing 
staff. 

•  •  • 

KTTS,  Springfield,  Mo.,  operating  on  1,400  k.  c.  with  250  watts,  has 
joined  Mutual  as  a  full-time  affiliate,  bringing  the  total  of  network  out- 
lets to  205,  the  network  announced. 

•  •  • 

Four  new  affiliates  to  the  Blue  will  be  "welcomed"  by  Mark  Woods, 
president  of  the  network,  in  an  address  featuring  the  "This  Nation  at  War" 
program  tomorrow  night.  The  stations,  all  in  New  England,  are:  WHDH, 
Boston ;  WFCI,  Pawtucket,  R.  I. ;  WELI,  New  Haven,  and  WNAB,  Bridge- 
port. 

•  •  • 

The  49  survivors  of  the  two  Mexican  oil  tankers  sunk  by  an  Axis  sub- 
marine off  the  Florida  coast  are  taking  turns  to  describe  their  experiences  as 
a  feature  of  National  Radio  Hour  conducted  by  the  Mexican  Government 
every  Sunday  over  a  netzvork  of  stations.  It  is  port  of  the  Government's 
program  for  lining  up  the  nation  for  all-out  war  effort. 

Fly  Tells  House  Committee 
Of  FCC  Role  in  Wartime 


Theatre 
'Changes... 


Warner  Phila.  Changes 

Philadelphia,  June  14. — Additional 
changes  in  manager  staffs  at  the 
Warner  houses  here  were  announced 
by  Ted  Schlanger,  zone  chief.  Arthur 
Kerns  moves  from  the  Avon  to  the 
fly  as  manager;  Freddy  Boas  goes 
^yh  the  Vernon  to  the  Avon ;  Henry 
btynge  from  the  Grange  to  the  Ver- 
non, and  Howard  Kummerle,  assistant 
manager  of  the  Uptown,  is  the  new 
"Grange  manager.  In  addition,  Joseph 
Marcello  joins  the  circuit  as  assistant 
manager  of  the  Keystone,  succeeding 
Labe  Nidorf,  who  joined  the  Army. 


Leases  House  in  Toronto 

Toronto,  June  14. — Norman  Rit- 
tenberg,  owner  of  the  Orpheum  here, 
has  leased  the  Garden  Theatre  for  10 
years  from  Joseph  Cohen.  Rittenberg 
has  made  arrangements  with  the  Gov- 
ernment under  wartime  regulations 
for  the  construction  of  a  new  front  to 
the  Garden  and  the  theatre  will  be 
closed  for  some  weeks. 


Shulman  Takes  Conn.  House 

Newington,  Conn.,  June  14. — The 
Newington  here  is  now  operating  as 
part  of  the  Shulman  Theatres  of 
Hartford  and  Windsor.  Operators  of 
the  Shulman  Theatres  are  Albert  H., 
Maurice  W.  and  Joseph  L.  Shulman, 
of  Hartford. 


Vaudeville  in  Michigan  House 

Chicago,  June  14. — The  State  The- 
atre, Benton  Harbor,  Mich.,  which 
opened  three  weeks  ago,  is  running 
stage  shows  three  days  weekly,  Thurs- 
day through  Saturday.  Policy  is  five 
acts,  a  band  and  a  chorus. 

Manages  Pa.  Theatre 

Mahanoy  City,  Pa.,  June  14. — 
Bruce  Bausman  has  been  named  man- 
ager of  the  Victoria  Theatre  here. 
He  formerly  was  manager  of  the  Vic- 
toria and  Majestic  Theatres  in  Tama- 
qua,  Pa. 


Manages  Wisconsin  House 

Oshkosh,  Wis.,  June  14.  —  Russ 
Mortensen  has  been  named  manager 
of  the  Strand  here  succeeding  Foster 
Norton,  resigned. 

Theatre  in  Pa.  Files 
Clearance  Complaint 

An  arbitration  clearance  complaint 
was  filed  at  the  Philadelphia  tribunal 
on  Friday  by  Joseph  Engle,  operator 
of  the  Plains  Theatre,  Plains,  Pa., 
against  Loew's,  Paramount  and 
Warners. 

A  similar  complaint  was  filed  by 
Engle  last  January  and  withdrawn  in 
April. 

The  complaint  asks  for  the  elimi- 
nation of  the  seven  days'  clearance  of 
the  Parsons  Theatre,  Parsons,  Pa., 
over  the  Plains  and,  in  addition,  asks 
that  the  maximum  clearance  of 
Wilkes-Barre  first  runs  over  the 
Plains  be  set  at  28  days. 


AAA  Officials  Touring 

J.  Noble  Braden,  executive  secretary 
of  the  American  Arbitration  Associa- 
tion, will  leave  today  on  a  tour  of 
Southern  and  Midwestern  tribunals. 
James  Murphy,  assistant  to  Braden, 
left  yesterday  for  visits  to  the  Pacific 
Coast  and  Western  boards. 


AFM  Demands  Fee 
For  Transcriptions 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

the  700  delegates  that  after  Aug.  1 
no  Federation  member  would  be  per- 
mitted to  make  recordings  or  trans- 
criptions which  displace  employment 
of  musicians. 

The  matter  of  a  fee  for  making 
transcriptions  for  repeat  broadcasts 
has  long  been  a  controversial  point 
between  organized  musicians  and 
broadcasters. 

Petrillo  to  Answer  Byrd 

The  executive  committee  killed  a 
resolution  which  would  require  AFM 
members  to  walk  out  of  functions 
where  they  play  if  Sen.  Harry  Byrd 
of  Virginia  is  present,  because  of  his 
attack  on  the  WPA  orchestras.  In- 
stead, Petrillo  will  answer  a  magazine 
article  by  Sen.  Byrd  in  which  he 
charged  that  Federal  funds  so  spent 
are  "wasted." 

Petrillo  and  all  other  national  offi- 
cers were  reelected  without  opposition, 
as  was  expected. 


Veteran  Minstrel  Dies 

Springfield,  Mass.,  June  14. — 
George  R.  Guy,  86,  last  surviving 
member  of  the  Guy  Brothers  Min- 
strels, known  for  many  years  through- 
out this  country,  Canada  and  Great 
Britain,  died  late  last  week  at  his 
home  here. 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

handling  of  which  he  has  been  the 
moving  force. 

Fly  on  Friday  described  the  co- 
operation between  the  commission  and 
the  various  military  and  war  agencies 
in  two-hour  appearance  before  the 
committee,  sometimes  "off  the  record" 
and  finally  in  executive  session. 

No  Mention  of  Bill 

As  on  the  day  before,  he  made  no 
reference  to  the  Sanders  Bill  for  re- 
organization of  the  commission,  the 
subject  of  the  hearings,  and  touched 
upon  broadcasting  only  once,  when  he 
told  the  committee  that  the  interna- 
tional shortwave  stations  are  operat- 
ing as  a  public  service  without  profit 
to  their  owners  and  with  little  chance 
of  profit. 

The  radio  industry,  he  said,  has 
given  unstintedly  of  its  time  and  paid 
its  own  heavy  expenses  on  commit- 
tees' cooperation  with  the  Defense 
Communications  Board. 

At  his  next  appearance,  Wednes- 
day, Fly  is  expected  to  be  questioned 
extensively  by  the  House  committee 
on  the  charges  which  have  been 
leveled  against  the  FCC  by  the  net- 
work representatives  who  have 
appeared. 

Margaret  Turnbull  Dies 

Margaret  Turnbull,  novelist,  play- 
wright and  film  scenarist,  died  Friday 
at  Yarmouth,  Mass.,  after  a  brief  ill- 
ness. In  1916  and  for  some  years 
thereafter  she  adapted  plays  and  fic- 
tion for  the  silent  screen.  She  wrote 
numerous  books  and  plays.  One  of 
her  novels,  "Bad  Little  Angel,"  was 
filmed  by  M-G-M  in  1939. 


WPB  Weighs  Ban 
On  Special  Stations 

Washington,  June  14. — Rec- 
ommendations that  no  new 
radio  stations  for  special  ser- 
vice be  authorized  for  the 
duration  of  the  war  are  pend- 
ing before  the  War  Produc- 
tion Board  and  FCC. 

The  suggestion,  made  by 
the  Defense  Communications 
Board  would  extend  to  ama- 
teur and  certain  experimental 
stations  and  all  types  of  emer- 
gency radio  service  the  re- 
strictions recently  adopted  for 
regular  broadcasting.  These 
restrictions  ban  construction 
of  new  stations  and  changes 
in  facilities  requiring  use  of 
materials  except  where  vital. 


Radio  Commended 
On  Molotov  Silence 


Washington,  June  14.  —  Broad- 
casters and  newspapers  were  heartily 
commended  Friday  by  Byron  Price, 
Director  of  Censorship,  for  their 
"magnificent"  performance  in  with- 
holding information  about  the  visit  of 
Soviet  Foreign  Minister  Molotov  to 
the  United  States. 

"The  facts  about  this  visit  were 
known  to  hundreds  of  newspapermen 
and  broadcasters,"  Price  said,  "but  no 
mention  of  Molotov  was  made  on 
broadcast  programs  and  only  one 
newspaper  violated  the  voluntary  cen- 
sorship code  by  reference  to  the  Soviet 
official's  arrival. 

"This  is  a  performance  which  re- 
flects great  credit  upon  the  patriotic 
self-discipline  of  the  publishing  and 
radio  industries." 


FCC  Permits  Clarke 
To  Buy  WHIP  Control 

Washington,  June  14. — The  FCC 
has  authorized  John  W.  Clarke  to 
acquire  control  of  the  Hammond- 
Calumet  Broadcasting  Co.,  licensee  of 
station  WHIP,  Hammond,  Ind. 

The  commission  recently  ordered  a 
hearing  on  the  application  because,  it 
is  said,  it  appeared  that  Marshall 
Field,  Chicago  and  New  York  news- 
paper publisher,  had  purchased  $75,000 
of  debenture  bonds  of  the  company 
and  that  an  additional  $75,000  in  de- 
benture bonds  would  probably  be  sold 
to  Field. 

Later,  the  FCC  said,  Clarke  agreed 
to  purchase  the  additional  $75,000  of 
bonds  and  assured  that  he  would  re- 
tain actual  control  of  the  station.  The 
FCC  then  canceled  the  hearing. 

Cowan,  Abbott  Settle 
Show  Rights  Dispute 

William  Jaffe,  attorney,  of  Rosen- 
blatt &  Jaffe,  has  announced  that  a 
settlement  has  been  reached  in  the 
controversy  between  Lester  Cowan 
and  George  Abbott,  producer  of  the 
Broadway  musical  show,  "Best  Foot 
Forward." 

Cowan  is  said  to  have  had  an  in- 
dependent deal  to  produce  a  film  based 
on  the  show,  for  release  through 
Columbia,  but  M-G-M  stepped  into 
the  situation  and  purchased  the  film 
rights.  Jaffe  indicated  a  satisfactory 
settlement  has  been  made  on  behalf 
of  Cowan,  whom  he  represented. 


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TEN  CENTS 


May  Ask  for 
Deferment  of 
RadioWorkers 


Fly  Sees  Small  Stations 
In  Grave  Danger 

Washington,  June  15. — The  beliei 
that  it  may  be  necessary  to  request 
the  Selective  Service  System  to  grant 
a  blanket  deferment  from  military 
service  to  radio  technicians  was  ex- 
pressed by  James  L.  Fly,  chairman 
of  the  Federal  Communications  Com- 
mission, in  a  press  conference  today. 

Fly  said  that  the  labor  situation  is 
becoming  increasingly  serious  for 
broadcasting  stations.  The  smaller 
ones,  in  particular  he  said,  are  losing 
technicians  not  only  to  the  military 
and  naval  services  but  also  to  the  bet- 
ter-paying large  stations  as  the  scarc- 
ity of  skilled  workers  becomes  more 
acute. 

In  view  of  this,  Fly  said,  it  might 
be  necessary  to  develop  a  policy  which 
would  insure  stations  of  an  adequate 
staff  to  maintain  their  operations. 


See  Little  Effect  on 
Films,  Radio  in  OWI 

By  BERTRAM  F.  LINZ 

Washington,  June  15. — Creation 
by  President  Roosevelt  of  the  Office 
of  War  Information  under  Elmer 
Davis,  to  eliminate  duplication,  over- 
lapping and  inconsistencies  in  Gov- 
ernment information,  is  seen  as  hav- 
ing little  effect  on  the  film  and  radio 
activities  of  the  administration. 

While  the  new  OWI  will  take  over 
Lowell  Mellett's  Office  of  Government 
Reports  and  Archibald  MacLeish's 
Office  of  Facts  and  Figures  which  are, 
respectively,  the  coordinating  centers 
of  the  Government's  film  and  broad- 
casting programs,  it  is  not  believed 
there  will  be  any  changes  in  those 
activities,  already  well  centralized. 
Nor  will  Nelson  Rockefeller's  film  and 
(.Continued  on  page  4) 


Rothacker  Starts  as 
U.  S.  Censor  in  L.  A. 

Los  Angeles,  June  15. — Watterson 
R.  Rothacker,  newly  appointed  chair- 
man of  the  U.  S.  Board  of  Review  in 
Los  Angeles,  censoring  films  for  ex- 
port and  import,  today  took  charge  of 
the  board's  headquarters  in  the  Taft 
Building.  Appointment  of  a  third 
member  to  serve  with  the  chairman 
and  Major  Ralph  W.  Liddle  is  ex- 
pected to  be  announced  in  a  few  days. 


Columbia  Accounts 
Up  to  10,780,  Sales 
Meet  Will  Be  Told 


Columbia's  theatre  accounts  in- 
creased to  10,780  this  season,  an  all- 
time  high  for  the  company,  Abe  Mon- 
tague, general  sales  manager,  will  in- 
form the  company's  annual  sales  con- 
vention which  opens  at  the  Warwick 
Hotel  here  today.   Montague  will  pre- 


Photos  of  leading  Columbia 
executives  attending  the  annual 
sales  convention  will  be  found 
on  Page  3. 


side  at  the  meeting,  which  will  run 
through  Thursday. 

The  total  is  approximately  780  more 
accounts  than  were  on  the  company's 
books  last  season  and  accounted  also 
for  the  company's  greatest  gross  busi- 
ness, the  meeting  will  be  informed. 
New  records  were  made  this  season, 
Montague  will  also  report,  in  the  num- 
ber of  pictures  sold  to  each  account 

(Continued  on  page  3) 


,731,100  Net  for 
Univ.  in  26  Weeks 

Universal  Pictures  Co.  yesterday  re- 
ported net  profit  of  $1,731,100  for  the 
26  weeks  ended  May  2  after  all  charges 
including  provision  for  Federal  in- 
come and  excess  profits  taxes  in  the 
amount  of  approximately  $1,778,500, 
and  after  provision  for  the  write-off 
of  equities  in  foreign  subsidiaries  in 
the  sum  of  $232,076. 

The  result  compares  with  net  profit 
of  $1,369,334  for  the  corresponding 
six  months  of  the  preceding  fiscal 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


Fly  Named  for  New 
7-Year  FCC  Term 

Washington,  July  15. — Pres- 
ident Roosevelt  today  sent  to 
the  Senate  for  confirmation 
the  appointment  of  Chairman 
James  L.  Fly  for  another  term 
as  member  of  the  Federal 
Communications  Commission. 

The  appointment  was  for 
the  full  term  of  seven  years, 
beginning  July  1. 


Sale  of  5  Schine 
Houses  Approved 
Under  Suit  Terms 


By  JAMES  F.  SCHRADER 

Buffalo,  June  15. — The  Federal 
District  Court  here  today  approved 
the  disposal  of  five  Schine  Circuit  the- 
atres, under  the  terms  of  the  May 
19  order  which  deferred  trial  of  the 
Government's  anti-trust  suit  against 
the  circuit  for  two  years  and  required 
disposal  of  16  theatres. 

A  check  for  $18,364.68  changed 
hands  before  Federal  Judge  John 
Knight  in  the  sale  of  the  Cla-Zel  and 
Lyric  theatres,  Bowling  Green,  O., 
to  Clark  M.  Young,  builder  and  form- 
er operator  of  the  two  houses. 

Arrangements  also  were  made  in 
court  Tor  *the  sale  of  three  other 
Schine  houses — the  Viv  in  Corbin, 
Ky.,  and  the  Appalachian  and  State 
in  Appalachia,  Va.  They  will  revert 
next  week  to  M.  K.  Murphy,  of  Ap- 
palachia, operator  immediately  prior 
to  their  acquisition  by  the  Schine  Cir- 
cuit. 

Murphy  told  Motion  Picture 
Daily  $8,500  is  involved  in  the  Viv 

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Directors  Oppose  Credits 
Cuts  to  Save  Film  Stock 


Hollywood,  June  15. — A  decision 
on  the  Screen  Directors  Guild  attitude 
toward  the  Film  Conservation  Com- 
mittee's recommendation  for  elimina- 
tion of  screen  credits  in  the  interests 
of  conserving  raw  stock  is  expected 
to  be  reached  Wednesday  night  fol- 
lowing a  mass  meeting  of  the  member- 
ship to  discuss  this  and  other  phases  of 
the  war  economy  program  advanced 
by  the  Film  Conservation  Committee 
last  week. 

Strong  opposition  to  elimination  of 
credits  developed  last  night  at  a  meet- 
ing of  the  SDG  called  to  hear  con- 

( Continued  on  page  2) 


4U'  Play  Date  Drive 
To  Honor  Blumberg 

A  world-wide  play  date  drive  to 
honor  Nate  J.  Blumberg,  Universal 
president,  has  been  launched  by  the 
company's  distribution  department  and 
will  continue  for  the  next  20  weeks. 

Approximately  2,500  persons  com- 
prising the  sales  force  in  the  United 
States,  Canada  and  16  foreign  coun- 
tries will  share  in  the  awards. 

Under  the  rules  governing  the  drive, 

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MPPDA  Board 
Accepts  Public 
Relations  Plan 


Approves  Financing  and 
Industry  Census 

The  long-range  plan  of  industry 
public  relations  prepared  by  the 
Eastern  Public  Relations  Commit- 
tee, comprised  of  the  advertising 
and  publicity  directors  of  the  major 
companies,  was  accepted  by  the 
MPPDA  board  of  directors  at  an 
adjourned  meeting  yesterday. 

The  board  gave  its  approval  to 
financing  of  the  committee  in  order 
that  the  public  relations  program  may 
be  carried  out  and  to  provide  for  fu- 
ture operations  of  the  committee.  The 
committee  was  authorized  by  the  board 
to  start  work  immediately  on  an  in- 
ternal industry  census,  a  phase  of  the 
long-range  plan  of  public  relations 
which  is  designed  to  provide  an  accu- 
rate tabulation  of  the  complete  person- 
nel of  the  industry. 

Action  was  deferred  by  the  board 
on  the  proposed  survey  of  film  audi- 
ences, also  a  part  of  the  long-range 
plan  of  public  relations,  which  makes 
a  decision  unlikely  before  Fall. 


Swensen  Head  of 
Int'l  Publicity  Unit 

Joel  Swensen  of  the  MPPDA  pub- 
lic relations  staff  was  elected  chair- 
man of  the  International  Film  Rela- 
tions Committee,  the  organization  of 
major  company  foreign  publicity  man- 
agers, at  a  meeting  yesterday. 

Swensen,  who  has  been  secretary  of 
the  committee,  replaces  Kenneth 
Clark,  formerly  MPPDA  publicity 
contact,  who  has  been  commissioned  a 
major  in  the  Service  of  Supply  at 
Washington.  Harry  Smith,  Jr.,  also 
of  the  MPPDA  public  relations  staff, 
was  elected  secretary. 
_  The  organization  adopted  resolu- 
tions calling  for  closer  cooperation 
with  the  office  of  the  Coordinator  of 
Information  and  with  the  Coordina- 
tor of  Inter-American  Affairs.  An- 
other resolution  paid  tribute  to  Clark 
and  his  services. 


In  Today's  Issue 

"Eagle  Squadron"  is  review- 
ed on  Page  4.  "Take  a  Letter, 
Darling"  grossed  an  esti- 
mated $20,000  Saturday  and 
Sunday  and  will  go  a  fourth 
week;  for  Broadway  grosses, 
see  Page  2. 


■ 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  June  16,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  June  15 

PRODUCTION  of  two  films  for 
United  Artists  release  by  the  end 
of  this  year  and  a  third  early  in  1943 
was  announced  here  today  by  Arnold 
Pressburger.  He  said  he  would  start 
"Tomorrow  Never  Comes"  in  August, 
with  "Days  of  Antwerp"  to  follow 
and  "Medal  of  Honor"  scheduled  for 
next  year. 

• 

Carl  E.  Milliken,  MPPDA  secre- 
tary, arrived  today  from  New  York 
for  two  weeks  of  conferences  with 
Joseph  I.  Breen,  Production  Code  Ad 
ministrator  and  others.  This  is  his 
first  visit  here  in  seven  years. 
• 

"Shadows  of  a  Doubt"  is  set  as  the 
first  picture  which  Alfred  Hitchcock 
will  produce  for  Jack  H.  Skirball 
Productions  for  release  through  Uni- 
versal, it  was  announced. 

o 

Edgar  J.  Mannix,  Loew's  vice- 
president  and  studio  executive,  has 
left  for  New  York  home  office  con- 
ferences, accompanied  by  Howard 
Strickling,  studio  publicity  director. 
• 

Henry  Ginsberg,  chairman  of  the 
Motion  Picture  Committee  for  Hoi 
lywood,  has  appointed  Tom  Baily  of 
National  Screen  Service  as  chairman 
of  the  Committee  on  Allied  Film  In 
dustries  of  IS  members  in  the  10  per 
cent  payroll  allotment  War  Bond 
drive. 


Personal  Mention 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 
Rockefeller  Center 
GREER  GARSON    .  WALTER  PIDGEON 

"MRS.  MINIVER" 

From  Jan  Struther's  Book  .  An  M-G-M  Picture 
ON  THE  GREAT  STAGE:  "AT  EASE!"  — 
Leonidoff's  fast  moving,  colorful  revue.  Symphony 
Orchestra,  under  the  direction  of  Emo  Rapee. 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved  Circle  6-4600 


m^r^n^fiN  person 

RUSSELL  MacMURRAY/    gffl/Vy  1 
AJL.Aflfcd-gJ  famous  orchestra 

CP1 


Midnight 
Feature  /// 


PARAMOUNT 


SPYROS  SKOURAS,  Tom  J. 
Connors  and  Hal  Horne  are 
scheduled  to  leave  for  the  Coast  next 
Tuesday. 

• 

Mark  Sandrich  is  due  here  Friday 
from  California. 

• 

Steve  Broidy,  Monogram  sales 
manager,  is  convalescing  at  his  home 
in  California  following  a  recent  appen- 
dectomy. 

• 

Lieut.  Col.  Jack  Warner  has  re- 
turned to  the  Coast  from  the  East. 
• 

Roy  Haines  has  left  for  Buffalo 
and  Detroit. 


HARRY  C.  ARTHUR  III  is  tak- 
ing Naval  aviation  pre-flight 
training,  and  Thomas  Arthur  is  in 
the  Army  Air  Corps.  They  are  sons 
of  Harry  C.  Arthur,  Jr. 

• 

Harvey  Day  is  scheduled  to  leave 
New    Rochelle    Hospital  tomorrow 
after  treatment  for  a  broken  arm. 
• 

Harold  Tabackman,  operator  of 
the  Bostwick  Theatre,  Bridgeport, 
Conn.,  is  the  father  of  a  boy,  named 
Herschel  Leonard. 

• 

Harold  Sterling  of  the  Warner 
exchange  in  St.  John  has  recovered 
from  a  recent  appendix  operation. 


Play  Opens  Tonight; 
Revue  on  Thursday 

"The  Cat  Screams,"  a  melo- 
drama by  Basil  Beyea  and 
John  Patrick,  from  a  novel 
by  Todd  Downing,  opens  to- 
night at  the  Martin  Beck  with 
Doris  Nolan,  Lloyd  Gough, 
Martin  Wolfson  and  Lea  Pen- 
man among  the  players. 

A  revue  titled  "Star  and 
Garter,"  produced  by  Michael 
Todd  and  featuring  Bobby 
Clark,  Gypsy  Rose  Lee,  Car- 
rie Finnell,  Pat  Harrington, 
Georgia  Sothern  and  Marjorie 
Knapp  is  slated  for  opening 
Thursday  night  at  the  Music 
Box. 


File  Motion  for  New 
Trial  in  Minn.  Case 

Minneapolis,  June  15. — A  motion 
for  a  new  trial  of  the  Minnesota  anti- 
block-of-five  law  and  for  amendment 
of  the  findings  on  which  the  decision 
holding  the  statute  unconstitutional 
was  based,  has  been  filed  in  Ramsey 
County  district  court  by  James  F. 
Lynch,  county  attorney. 

.  Hearing  on  the  motion  has  been 
set  for  June  20  by  Judge  Albin  S. 
Pearson. 

An  extension  of  the  appeal  period 
from  June  13  to  June  27  was  granted 
Lynch  late  last  week.  Northwest 
Allied  reportedly  is  endeavoring  to 
raise  funds  to  finance  an  appeal,  inas- 
much as  the  state  has  no  appropriation 
for  such  a  purpose. 


Directors  Oppose  Credits 
Cuts  to  Save  Film  Stock 


TEN  GENTLEMEN 
from  WEST  POINT' 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Picture 
PLUS  A  BIG  7th  AVS' 


STAGE  SHOW 


&  50th  St. 


PALACE 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


MY  GAL  SAL 

RITA  HAYWORTH 

—  and  — 

'I  WAS  FRAMED' 


Tyrone  POWER*  Joan  FONTAINE 

THIS  ABOVE  ALL 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Triumph 

ACT  A«  BROADWAY  &  45rii  ST. 
9  I  U  K  CONTINUOUS 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

servation  and  priorities  problems  re- 
ported upon  by  Y.  Frank  Freeman 
AMPP  president,  who  stressed  the  di- 
rectors' position  as  key  men  in  pro- 
duction. Following  a  general  discus- 
sion in  which  the  majority  present 
took  the  stand  that  eliminating  credits 
would  accomplish  only  trivial  footage 
economy,  the  membership  authorized 
the  Guild  board  to  survey  the  matter 
and  report  its  recommendations  Wed- 
nesday night. 

Opposition  to  the  measure  came  as 
a  surprise  to  the  Film  Conservation 
Committee  which  had  heard  Guild  and 
crafts  representatives  forecast  ready 
approval  of  credits  elimination  after  a 
stipulation  had  been  made  that  prints 
for  local  and  preview  exhibition  would 
carry  the  customary  listings.  The  com- 
mittee estimate  was  that  the  step 
would  save  10,000,000  feet  of  positive 
film  a  year. 

Due  to  contractual  obligations,  ap- 
proval by  Guild  and  union  member- 
ships is  necessary.  The  Screen  Writers 
Guild  discussed  the  matter  at  a  meet- 
ing tonight.  All  parties  to  the  proposi- 
tion are  pledged  to  report  back  to  the 
FCC  Wednesday  night  when  a  meet- 
ing will  be  held  to  round  out  the 
conservation  program  to  be  submitted 
to  the  War  Production  Board  in 
Washington. 

The  credits  committee  tonight  de- 
clined to  state  whether  antagonism  to 
elimination  of  credit  title  footage  had 


been  expressed  by  other  organizations. 

Meanwhile,  Ben  Goetz,  chairman  of 
the  industry's  General  Conservation 
Committee,  announced  a  meeting  of 
studio  managers  for  tomorrow  to  pro- 
mote the  scrap  rubber  drive. 

A  survey  completed  today  by  pur- 
chasing agents  of  all  studios  showed  50 
basic  materials  are  being  diverted 
from  picture  production  to  war 
plants.  Most  important  are  steel, 
wrought  iron,  copper,  bronze,  brass, 
asbestos,  wool  felt,  aluminum,  alcohol, 
carbon  tetrachloride  and  wood.  The 
survey  revealed  methods  by  which  the 
studios  are  substituting  materials  cal- 
culated preserve  quality  of  produc- 
tion. 


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He  re /ww AST  OR 
R  O  O  F 

ftear/m~TONUAY 

DORSEY 

AND  HIS  ORCH. 

NIGHTLY  EXCEPT  SUNDAY 

TIMES  SQUARE 


■  ■  ■  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  1  I  I  I  ' 


'Darling'  Going  4th 
Week  at  Paramount; 
B 'way  Grosses  Good 

Broadway  first-run  theatres  with 
mostly  holdover  attractions  had  a 
fairly  substantial  weekend  on  the  av- 
erage, while  at  a  few  spots  it  was 
extra  good. 

"Take  a  Letter,  Darling"  with 
Benny  Goodman's  orchestra  a  * 
Paramount  will  go  a  fourth  1TV<. 
having  taken  an  estimated  $20,000  Sat- 
urday and  Sunday.  The  third  week 
ends  tonight  with  an  estimated  $36,000 
expected.  "Mrs.  Miniver"  and  the 
stage  presentation  at  the  Radio  City 
Music  Hall  grossed  an  estimated  $66,- 
000  Thursday  through  Sunday  and  the 
third  week  starts  Thursday. 

Sellout  business  continued  at  the 
Strand  over  the  weekend,  reportedly, 
with  an  estimated  $12,000  registered 
Saturday  and  Sunday.  Drawing  an 
estimated  $35,000  Thursday  through 
Sunday,  "Ten  Gentlemen  from  West 
Point"  with  a  stage  show  at  the  Roxy 
will  be  held  a  third  week  beginning- 
Thursday. 

Five  days  of  the  fifth  week  brought 
the  Astor,  with  "This  Above  All,"  an 
estimated  $12,100.  The  sixth  week 
begins  tomorrow.  "In  This  Our  Life" 
with  Cab  Calloway's  orchestra  on  the 
stage  gave  the  Strand  an  estimated 
$14,000  Friday  through  Sunday,  and 
the  show,  now  in  its  sixth  week,  bows 
out  Thursday  night.  "Little  Annie 
Rooney"  at  the  Rivoli  did  an  estimated 
$4,200  Saturday  and  Sundav. 


Buffalo  Theatre's 

Clearance  Is  Cut 

The  seven-day  clearance  of  the 
Apollo,  Buffalo,  over  the  Regent 
there  was  reduced  to  three  days  by 
Louis  V.  Dorr,  arbitrator,  in  a  clear- 
ance case  at  the  Buffalo  tribunal  in- 
volving Loew's,  20th  Century-Fox  and 
RKO  product,  American  Arbitration 
Association  headquarters  announced 
yesterday. 

The  award  is  conditioned  upon  the 
adult  admission  at  the  Regent  being 
maintained  at  not  less  than  two  cents 
below  the  Apollo's  adult  price.  The 
same  award  and  condition  was  ex- 
tended to  the  new  Ariel  Theatre,  a 
co-complainant.  Costs  were  appor- 
tioned equally  among  the  parties  to 
the  complaint. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 

Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone,  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York,"  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill, 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau,  Postal  Union 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor; 
London  Bureau,  4  Golden  Square.  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany. Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres.  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23, 
1938.  at  the  post  office  at  New  York,  N.  Y., 
under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscrip- 
tion rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
$12  foreign.  Single  copies  10c. 


Tuesday,  June  16,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


3 


Col.  Accounts 
Reach  10,780; 
Meeting  Opens 

(Continued  jrom  page  1) 
and  the   number   of   film  shipments 
made. 

'-'Witague  will  announce  the  com- 
jy__  ^  new  season  production  schedule 
todJ>.  Indications  are  that  it  will  not 
^vary  to  any  important  extent  numeri- 
cally from  the  current  season's  pro- 
gram of  48  features. 

Approximately  90  branch  and  divi- 
sion managers,  Canadian  representa- 
-  tives,  field  exploitation  representa- 
tives, studio  and  home  office  officials 
will  attend.  Harry  Cohn,  president, 
and  Robert  Taplinger,  his  assistant, 
arrived- from  the  Coast  yesterday  ■  for 
the  convention. 

The  home  office  delegation  will  in- 
clude Jack  Cohn,  vice-president,  who 
will  make  the  opening  address ;  Rube 
Jackter,  assistant  sales  manager;  Abe 
Schneider,  treasurer ;  Lou  Weinberg 
and  Lou  Astor,  circuit  sales  execu- 
tives ;  Max  Weisf eldt,  short  subj  ects 
sales,  and  David  Lipton,  advertising 
and  publicity  director,  all  of  whom 
will  be  convention  speakers. 

Others  from  the  home  office  will  in- 
clude:  Louis  J.  Barbano,  Leo  Jaffe, 
Irving  Moross,  Leonard  Picker,  Hank 
Kaufman,  Maurice  Grad,  Mort  Worm- 
ser,  George  Josephs,  William  Bren- 
nan.  Bernard  Zeeman.  Hortense  Schorr 
Frank  Rosenberg,  Vincent  Borrelli, 
Joseph  Freiberg,  Nat  Goldblatt,  Seth 
Raisler,  Al  Seligman,  Irving  Sher- 
man, Jack  Segal,  Arnold  Picker  and 
Harold  Sachs. 

The  delegations  from  the  field  include: 
Sam  Moscow,  Southern  division  manager, 
Atlanta:  branch  managers  Bob  Ingram. 
Atlanta;  Joe  Gins.  Charlotte;  Jack  Under- 
wood, Dallas;  Jimmy  Rogers.  Memphis; 
Dewev  Gibbs.  Oklahoma  City;  Huston  Du- 
vall,  New  Orleans;  Phil  Dunas,  Mid-Cen- 
tral division  manager,  Chicago;  branch 
managers  Mel  Evidon,  Des  Moines;  Oscar 
Ruby,  Milwaukee;  Hy  Chapman.  Minne- 
apolis; Joe  Jacobs.  Omaha;  Carl  Shalit, 
central  division  manager,  Detroit;  branch 
managers  Guy  Craig,  Indianapolis;  Ben 
Marcus,  Kansas  City;  Clarence  Hill,  St. 
Louis. 

Sam  Galanty.  Mid-Eastern  division  man- 
ager. Washington:  branch  managers  Allan 
Moritz.  Cincinnati;  Lester  Zucker,  Cleve- 
land; Art  Levy.  Pittsburgh. 

Jerome  Safron.  Western  division  mana- 
ger, Los  Angeles;  branch  managers  Bob 
Hill,  Denver;  Wayne  Ball,  Los  Angeles; 
Jimmy  Beale.  Portland;  Bill  Seib,  Salt 
Lake  City;  Jack  Tillman,  San  Francisco; 
Neal  Walton.  Seattle. 

Nat  Cohn,  New  York  division  manager; 
branch  managers  Irving  Wormser  and  Sol 
Trauner,  New  York;  Joe  Miller,  Albany- 
Harry  Rogovin.  Boston;  Phil  Fox,  Buffalo; 
Tim  O'Toole.  New  Haven;  Harry  Weiner. 
Philadelphia. 

From  Canada:  Lou  Rosenfeld,  general 
manager  for  Canada;  Sam  Glazer,  A.  Cass, 
Toronto;  Bill  Ellman,  Montreal;  Harvey 
Harnick.  Calgary:  J.  Cohen,  I.  Levitt. 
Winnipeg;  Nat  Levant,  Vancouver;  Joe 
Lieberman,  St.  John. 

Also.  Jack  Thoma.  Chicago;  Mike  New 
man.  Los  Angeles;  Al  Sherman.  Washing 
ton,  D.  C. :  Eddie  Rosenbaum,  Philadelphia 
und   Abe   Bernstein,    Boston,  exploiteers. 


Col.  Zanuck  in  Wash. 

Colonel  Darryl  F.  Zanuck,  who  re 
turned  recently  from  a  military  mis 
sion  to  London,  is  now  in  Washing 
ton.     He  visited  in  New  York  on 
Sunday. 


Columbia  Executives  at  Sales  Meeting 


HARRY  COHN 
President  of 
Columbia 


JACK  COHN 
Col.  Executive 
Yice-Presi  dent 


ABE  MONTAGUE 
General  Sales 
Manager 


ABE  SCHNEIDER 
Treasurer  of 
Columbia 


Anatole  Litvak  a  Major 

Anatole  Litvak,  director,  has  been 
commissioned  a  major  in  the  Army. 
It  was  reported  yesterday  that  he  is 
scheduled  to  direct  a  picture  for  the 
War  Department. 


RUBE  JACKTER 
Assistant  Sales 
Manager 


EOU  WEINBERG 
Circuit  Sales 
Executive 


LOUIS  ASTOR 
Circuit  Sales 
Executive 


MAX  WEISFELDT 
Short  Subject 
Sales 


DAVID  LIPTON 
Director  Publicity 
and  Advertising 


Carriers  Discuss 
Curtailed  Delivery 

The  matter  of  curtailed  film  deliv- 
eries under  the  Office  of  Defense 
Transportation  order  was  taken  up  at 
the  opening  session  of  the  two-day 
Film  Carriers  Association  convention 
at  the  Hotel  Astor  yesterday  with 
Everett  Harding,  regional  director  of 
the  ODT  in  Philadelphia,  explaining 
the  ruling.    James  Clark  is  presiding. 

The  fuel  and  rubber  conservation 
measure  limits  the  film  delivery  serv- 
ice to  one  pickup  a  day  at  exchanges 
and  one  delivery  a  day  to  theatres  be- 
ginning July  1. 

Meetings  among  distributors,  thea- 
tremen  and  carriers  are  to  be  held  in 
the  various  exchange  cities  subse- 
quently for  the  purpose  of  working 
out  new  methods  of  film  deliveries. 


Cagney  Salary  Was 
$362,500  for  1941 

Philadelphia,  June  IS. — James 
Cagney  was  the  nation's  second  larg- 
est wage  earner  in  1941,  with  $362,- 
500,  the  Securities  &  Exchange  Com- 
mission reported  here  today  in  re- 
leasing additional  reports  of  corpora- 
tions. Cagney  received  that  amount 
from  Warner  Bros. 

Hal  B.  Wallis,  as  Warner  produc- 
tion executive,  received  $260,000  in 
1941,  and  Bette  Davis,  Warner  play- 
er, $271,083,  the  SEC  reported. 

Others  were  William  S.  Paley, 
president  of  CBS,  $202,155;  Edward 
Klauber,  CBS  vice-president,  $102.- 
400;  Frank  W.  Lovejoy,  president, 
Eastman  Kodak  Co.,  $118,221. 


/  SOME  NOTES  GATHERED  FROM 

VARIOUS  ACTIVITIES  POPPING 
EVERYWHERE  ABOUT  EAGLE  SQUADRON* 


*  THE  FIRST  MOTION  PICTURE 
ABOUT  THE  FIRST  AMERICAN  HEROES 
OF  THE  SECOND  WORLD  WAR 


4 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday.  June  16.  1942 


Sale  of  5  Schine 
Houses  Approved 
Under  Suit  Terms 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

deal,  and  $76,000  in  the  Appalachia- 
State  deal. 

Young  was  represented  by  Martin 
Hanna,  attorney,  of  Bowling  Green. 
Murphy  represented  himself.  Also 
present  were  Willard  S.  McKay, 
Schine  counsel ;  J.  Meyer  Schine  and 
Robert  M.  Hitchcock,  Assistant  U.  S. 
Attorney. 

Chief  stumbling  block  in  the  sale  of 
the  Cla-Zel  and  Lyric  theatres  was 
Schine's  booking  contracts,  which  run 
for  five  years  and  will  not  expire 
until  June  11,  1944.  McKay  and 
Schine  contended  the  temporary  order 
makes  no  provision  for  them  and  con- 
sequently they  are  outside  court  juris- 
diction. 

Hanna  and  Young  sought  to  have 
them  ruled  void.  Schine  said  he  would 
take  £14,000  for  them.  It  was  finally 
decided,  however,  to  let  them  run  out 
in  Schine  hands. 

Motion  Picture  Daily  learned 
that  it  is  Young's  intention  to  sell  the 
Cla-Zel  and  Lyric  to  a  Bowling  Green 
banker,  following  consummation  of 
the  deal  with  Schine. 

Arguments  were  long  and  heated. 
They  concerned  not  only  the  booking 
contract  situations  but  whether  repair 
parts  and  supplies  on  hand  in  the 
theatres  are  included  in  the  purchase 
price. 

Attorney  Hanna  pointed  out  that 
much  theatre  equipment  cannot  be  ob- 
tained today  for  any  price  and  that  re- 
pair parts  and  supplies  on  hand 
should  remain  in  the  theatres  so  "we 
can  go  right  on  showing  motion  pic- 
tures." 

Schine  rose  to  his  feet  on  several 
occasions  to  take  exception  to  allega- 
tions directed  at  the  Schine  circuit  by 
Hanna  and  Young. 

"The  unfair  attitude  of  the  Gov- 
ernment in  this  matter  has  cost  us  a 
great  fortune,"  Schine  told  the  court. 
He  said  he  resented  the  remarks  made 
by  Hanna  and  Young  and  declared 
they  were  not  true.  He  said  he  be- 
lieved the  Schine  Circuit  is  entitled 
to  a  five-year  agreement  on  booking 
contracts  and  38  months  of  additional 
fees. 


$1,731,100  Net  for 
Univ.  in  26  Weeks 

{Continued  from  page  1) 

year,  after  Federal  income  taxes  of 
$390,000. 

Cniversal's  net  profit  for  the  second 
quarter  of  its  current  fiscal  year  was 
$885,158,  after  provision  of  $1,337,- 
902  for  Federal  income  and  excess 
profits  taxes.  The  result  for  the  sec- 
ond quarter  compares  with  net  profit 
of  $815,539  for  the  corresponding  quar- 
ter last  year  after  Federal  taxes  of 
$240,000. 

Operating  profit  before  Federal 
taxes  and  writeoff  for  foreign  assets 
during  the  first  half  of  the  current  fis- 
cal year  amounted  to  $3,741,634,  com- 
pared with  a  profit  similarly  com- 
puted, of  $1,759,534  for  the  corre- 
sponding period  a  year  ago,  or  an  in- 
crease of  $1,982,300.  The  net  profit 
for  the  first  half  of  the  1942  fiscal 
year  includes  an  increase  during  the 
period  of  $409,969  in  restricted  funds 
in  Britain  and  provision  for  Federal 
income  and  excess  profits  taxes  there- 
on. 


Review 


"Eagle  Squadron" 

( W  anger-Universal) 

'T"VHIS  is  a  timely,  hard-hitting  dramatic  film  recounting  the  story 
A  of  the  Eagle  Squadron,  group  of  Americans  who  joined  the  Royal 
Air  Force  soon  after  the  outbreak  of  war,  and  who  fought  so  well.  The 
film's  appeal  is  strong  and  the  exploitation  possibilities  in  the  selling  of 
it  should  be  wide  for  any  alert  showman. 

It  is  a  pulse-stirring  picture,  laden  with  action  and  punch.  There  is 
no  letup  in  the  motor-roaring,  bombing  and  sky  fighting  which  domi- 
nate the  scene  at  all  times. 

Highlight  of  the  picture  is  a  daring  Commando  raid  on  a  German 
air  field  in  France,  with  the  detailed  procedure,  the  crossing  of  the 
Channel  and  the  raid  itself  offering  dramatic  suspense  of  the  highest 
order.  Likewise  highly  impressive  are  scenes  of  the  blitz  over  London, 
the  bombing  of  a  hospital  and  the  daring  rescue  of  a  group  of  blind 
patients  as  fire  sweeps  the  building,  and  the  escape  from  the  German 
field  of  a  member  of  the  squadron  with  a  new  type  German  fighter  plane 
whose  new  device  is  of  the  utmost  importance  to  the  British  command. 

A  most  effective  introduction  to  the  film  is  the  presentation  by  Quen- 
tin  Reynolds,  noted  war  correspondent,  of  a  foreword  citing  the  heroic 
work  of  the  Eagle  Squadron,  with  pictures  of  some  of  the  best  known 
Americans  who  actually  have  served — and  some  of  them  killed — in  the 
squadron.  Walter  Wanger  produced  the  film  with  the  cooperation  of 
the  British  Government.  Arthur  Lubin  was  director  and  has  given 
full  dramatic  power  to  the  original  screenplay  by  Norman  Reilly  Raine 
from  the  Cosmopolitan  Magazine  story  by  C.  M.  Forester.  The  cast 
is  uniformly  excellent,  headed  by  Robert  Stack  as  a  member  of  the 
Squadron  newly  arrived  from  the  United  States ;  Diana  Barrymore,  as 
a  member  of  the  Women's  Auxiliary,  with  whom  the  slight  romantic 
thread  is  concerned;  Jon  Hall,  Eddie  Albert,  Leif  Erickson,  John  Loder 
and  Edgar  Barrier,  Stack's  fellow-fliers  in  the  squadron,  and  Evelyn 
Ankers  and  Xigel  Bruce. 

The  secondary  theme  is  concerned  with  Stack's  inability  to  under- 
stand the  apparent  heartlessness  of  the  British  in  the  face  of  death  and 
destruction,  and  his  eventual  realization  that  it  is  high  courage. 

Running:  time.  109  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaroxson 


'G"  denotes  general  classification. 


U'  Play  Date  Drive 
To  Honor  Blumberg 


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domestic  exchanges  will  be  set  up  into 
three  groups,  each  containing  ex- 
changes of  comparatively  equal 
strength.  The  contest  will  be  within 
such  groups,  rather  than  between 
them,  as  was  customary  heretofore. 

Prizes  will  be  posted  for  the  first 
five  exchanges  in  each  group.  \* 
first  prize  will  be  three  weeks'  ft* 
to  manager,  salesmen  and  bookers,  two 
weeks'  salary  to  all  front  office  em- 
ployes and  one  and  one-half  weeks' 
salary  to  accessory  managers,  shippers 
and  inspectresses. 

Three  separate  prizes  will  be 
awarded  the  district  managers  whose 
exchanges  lead  at  the  end  of  the 
drive.  Separate  awards  of  approxi- 
mately $2,000  will  go  to  bookers, 
bookers'  stenographers  and  availability 
clerks  in  domestic  branches.  The  six 
Canadian  offices  and  16  foreign  offices 
also  will  participate. 


Brylawski  Resumes 
Former  WB  Position 

Washington,  June  15. — A.  Julian 
Brylawski  has  announced  that  he  has 
returned  to  his  former  duties  in 
charge  of  the  real  estate  office  in  the 
Washington  zone  for  Warner  Thea- 
tres. Brylawski  in  his  announcement 
calls  attention  to  his  recent  resigna- 
tion from  a  WPB  post,  saying  he  has 
severed  all  connection  with  the  motion 
picture  unit  of  the  board,  where  he 
had  been  since  last  December,  serv- 
ing as  a  dollar  a  year  man. 


See  Little  Effect  od 
Films,  Radio  in  OWI 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

radio  work  as  Coordinator  of  Inter- 
American  affairs  be  affected. 

Primarily,  the  new  organization  is 
aimed  at  elimination  of  the  conflict- 
ing reports  issued  by  various  war 
agencies,  as  in  the  case  of  rubber. 
wrhich  have  left  the  public  confused 
as  to  actual  situations. 

Davis  is  due  to  take  over  his  new- 
position  Wednesday,  and  is  expected  to 
disclose  some  of  the  changes  he  will 
make  shortly  thereafter. 


Harry  Marble,  CBS  staff  announc- 
er, has  been  assigned  to  substitute 
temporarily  for  Elmer  Davis  in  the 
news  broadcasts  over  the  network  five 
nights  weekly,  8:55-9:00  P.  M., 
EWT,  for  Johns-Manville. 


Leaves  W.B.  Exchange 

Sherwood  G.  Macomber  has  re- 
signed as  office  manager  at  the  local 
Warner  exchange  due  to  illness  and 
has  been  succeeded  by  Angelo  Lom- 
bardi,  formerly  office  manager  in  Xew 
Haven  for  the  company.  Macomber 
had  been  with  Warners  10  years. 
William  Cummings  of  the  Boston  of- 
fice succeeds  Lombardi. 


Delay  Kaufman  Trial 

Another  postponement  of  the  trial 
of  Louis  Kaufman,  business  agent  for 
the  Newark  operators  union,  on 
charges  of  extortion  from  major 
companies  was  taken  yesterday  in 
Federal  Court.  The  trial  was  set 
back  to  June  29. 


/  SOME  NOTES  GATHERED  FROM 

VARIOUS  ACTIVITIES  POPPING 
EVERYWHERE  ABOUT  EAGLE  SQUADRON* 

*  THE  FIRST  MOTION  PICTURE 
ABOUT  THE  FIRST  AMERICAN  HEROES 
OF  THE  SECOND  WORLD  WAR 


las 
Tv. 


,JO  (Mi 


Alert. 


to  the^Fqtion 
Picture 
Industry 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


First  In 


Accurate 
and 

Impartial 


51.  NO.  118 


NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  17.  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Col.  Identifies 
42  of  48  for 
Next  Season 


Includes    16  Westerns; 
130  Short  Subjects 


Columbia  identified  42  of  the  48 
features  comprising  its  new  season 
schedule  at  the  company's  annual 
sales  convention  at  the  Warwick 
Hotel  here  yesterday. 

Among  them  were  four  pic- 
tures starring  Rita  Hayworth, 
according  to  the  announcement, 
and  the  company's  first  two 
features  in  color.  In  addition, 
the  schedule  includes  16  West- 
erns, four  serials,  and  130  short 
subjects.  Of  the  latter,  30  will 
be  two-reelers,  and  100  single- 
reel  subjects. 

The  balance  of  the  feature  program 
not  identified  will  be  made  up  of  pic- 
tures to  be  scheduled  as  casting  op- 
portunities and  story  acquisitions  oc- 
cur in  the  future,  the  announcement 
stated. 

Included  in  the  product  announce- 
ment is  "The  American  Way,"  the 

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FCC  Rejects  New 
Station  Applications 

Washington,  June  16. — The  Fed- 
eral Communications  Commission  to- 
day emphasized  its  intention  of  ad- 
hering strictly  to  the  policy  adopted 
April  27  of  granting  no  applications 
involving  the  use  of  materials  for 
construction  of  stations  by  denying 
applications  for  20  standard  broadcast 
stations,  17  FM  stations  and  nine  for 
super-power. 

The  applications  were  dismissed 
"without  prejudice,"  leaving  the  way 

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All  5  Theatres  in 

Vincennes  Pooled 

Chicago,  June  16. — Effective  June 
28.  all  theatres  in  Vincennes,  Ind., 
will  be  managed  and  operated  by  the 
Alliance  Theatre  Corp.,  Chicago,  un- 
der a  pooling  agreement  arranged  be- 
tween them  and  the  Welsh-LaPlante- 
Lyons  interests  of  Vincennes.  Houses 
involved  are  the  Pantheon,  Alice,  Fort 
Sackville  and  Strand  theatres,  of  the 
Welsh  interests,  and  the  New  Moon 
Theatre,  owned  and  operated  by  Al- 
liance. Everette  Sorensen,  manager 
of  the  New  Moon,  becomes  city  man- 
ager under  the  agreement. 


Plan  on  Film  Conservation 
To  Be  Given  WPB  June  23 


Hollywood,  June  16. — Ray  Klune, 
independent  producers  representative 
on  the  Film  Conservation  Committee, 
is  expected  to  leave  here  Thursday 
for  the  East  with  a  completed  outline 
of  the  Hollywood  conservation  pro- 
gram which  he  is  due  to  present  to  the 
War  Production  Board  in  Washing- 
ton on  June  23.  He  will  first  go  to 
Xew  York,  following  a  meeting  here 
tomorrow  night  of  the  committee. 

The  Screen  Writers  Guild  last  night 
pledged  full  cooperation  in  the  indus- 
try's voluntary  conservation  program 
and  named  a  six-man  sub-committee 
to  investigate  all  possible  economies 
which  will  not  impair  product  quality. 

The  committee's  proposal  to  elimi- 
nate screen  credits  for  the  duration, 
as  a  method  of  saving  10,000,000  feet 
of  positive  film  annually,  which  had 
met  opposition  from  the  Screen  Di- 
rectors Guild  the  night  before,  re- 
ceived only  passing  mention  at  the 
writers'  session.  It  was  indicated  it 
would  be  approved,  although  probably 
not  in  time  for  inclusion  in  the  com- 
plete plan,  especially  in  view  of  the 
directors'  failure  thus  far  definitely  to 
approve  or  reject  it.  The  writers 
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RKO  Board  to  Be 

Reelected  Today 

All  RKO  directors  with  the  excep- 
tion of  George  J.  Schaefer,  whose 
resignation  from  the  company  be- 
comes effective  today,  are  scheduled 
to  be  reelected  to  the  company's  board 
at  the  twice-postponed  annual  meeting 
of  stockholders,  which  will  be  held  in 
Dover,  Del.,  today. 

The  10  directors  scheduled  to  be  re- 
elected are :  Raymond  Bill,  Ned  E. 

(Continued  on  poge  7) 


Postpone  Divorce 
Action  Until  Oct.  5 

The  Department  of  Justice 
action  to  require  Paramount 
and  20th  Century-Fox  to  di- 
vest themselves  of  a  total  of 
36  theatres  allegedly  acquired 
contrary  to  provisions  of  the 
consent  decree  was  post- 
poned to  Oct.  5  by  Federal 
Judge  Henry  W.  Goddard  yes- 
terday on  application  of  com- 
pany and  U.  S.  attorneys. 

The  action  has  been  post- 
poned numerous  times  due  to 
the  desire  of  both  sides  to 
agree  on  stipulations  short- 
ening the  eventual  hearing 
time.  Because  the  Federal 
court  begins  its  Summer 
schedule  in  July  and  Judge 
Goddard's  vacation  follows 
shortly  thereafter,  a  long  ad- 
journment was  taken. 


N.  J.  Allied  Attacks 
High  Film  Rentals 


Allied  Theatre  Owners  of  New  Jer- 
sey at  a  meeting  here  this  week  unani- 
mously adopted  a  resolution  of  protest 
to  the  distributors  against  "continued 
demands  for  increased  film  rentals  al- 
ready unjustifiably  high"  and  threat- 
ened that  unless  the  demands  are 
dropped,  the  organization  will  seek 
relief  from  the  Government.  Such  ac- 
tion, the  resolution  states,  "will 
greatly  endanger  even-thing  accom- 
plished toward  industrial  unity." 


Balaban  Says  Effort  Being  Made 

To  Free  All  British  Blocked  Cash 

Barney  Balaban,  president,  in  his  annual  report  to  Paramount 
stockholders  yesterday,  said  that  efforts  are  being  made  by  the 
industry  to  obtain  the  release  of  all  blocked  funds  in  Great  Britain 
and  the  Empire,  as  has  been  reported  by  Motion  Picture  Daily. 

"It  is  the  contention  of  this  company  and  the  American  indus- 
try," he  said,  "that  such  frozen  funds  should  be  released  and 
earnest  presentation  is  being  made  to  that  end.  This  effort  to  bring 
about  the  release  of  such  frozen  funds  is  prompted  by  the  rights 
of  the  American  industry  as  provided  in  contracts  and  also  by  the 
actual  necessity  which  obtains  for  the  release  of  such  impounded 
funds,  in  order  to  assure  the  continued  production  of  the  number 
and  quality  of  features  necessary  to  supply  the  requirements  both 
in  this  country  and  the  British  Empire." 

Balaban  estimated  that  Paramount  now  has  about  84,800,000 
in  blocked  funds  in  England.  The  company's  Canadian  net  amounts 
to  about  81,000,000  annually,  which,  of  course,  is  not  blocked,  he 
said  in  answer  to  a  stockholder's  question. 


See  Para.  Net 
For  6  Months 
At  85,700,000 


All  Directors  Reelected 
At  Annual  Meeting 


&  **** 


By  SHERWIN  A.  KANE 

Paramount  will  earn  approxi- 
mately $5,700,000  for  the  first  half 
of   the    company's  -current  fiscal 

year,  ending   

ing  June  30,  it 
i  s  estimated 
from  indica- 
tions given  by 
Barney  Bala- 
ban, president, 
at  the  annual 
stock  hold- 
ers' meeting 
at  the  com- 
pany's home 
office  yester- 
day. M  a  y 
earnings  were 
reported  as  in 
excess  of  $1,000,000. 

All  directors  were  reelected  at  the 
meeting  and  a  proposal  to  indemnify 
officers,  directors  and  employes  for 
costs  incurred  in  unsubstantiated  suits 
arising  out  of  performance  of  their 
duties  was  approved.    A  proposal  for 

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Barney  Balaban 


Distributors  Attend 
Delivery  Sessions 

Representatives  of  the  distributors 
yesterday  met  with  members  of  the 
Film  Carriers  Association  with  a 
view  to  evolving  a  new  method  of  film 
pickups  and  deliveries  in  compliance 
with  the  transportation  restrictions  of 
the  Office  of  Defense  Transportation 
effective  July  1. 

The  Association  is  extending  its  an- 
ual  convention  through  today  in  an  at- 
tempt to  formulate  a  plan.  The  con- 
vention, held  at  the  Hotel  Astor,  was 
to  have  closed  last  night. 

Participating  in  the  discussions  yes- 
terday with  the  carriers  were  Arthur 
(Continued  on  poge  7) 


///  Today's  Issue 

For  reviews  of  "Calling  Dr. 
Gillespie,"  "Jackass  Mail." 
"Pierre  of  the  Plains"'  and 
Hollywood  production  news,  see 
Page  3.  "Pitt  the  Younger" 
previewed  in  London,  Page  2. 


i 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  June  17,  1942 


'Pitt  the  Younger' 
Shown  in  London 

London,  June  16.— The  20th 
Century  -  Fox  picture,  "Pitt 
the  Younger,"  previewed  here 
today,  is  an  ambitious  and  ex- 
pensively made  film,  starring 
Robert  Donat,  which  narrates 
against  a  spectacular  costume 
background  the  story  of  the 
statesman  whose  relentless 
devotion  to  his  country  par- 
allels current  conditions. 
Donat  is  excellent  in  the  title 
role,  while  the  support  is  fine. 
The  film  has  great  star  ap- 
peal, but  the  dramatic  qual- 
ity of  the  subject  and  the  in- 
direct topical  references  widen 
its  market.  Production  qual- 
ities are  high  and  the  direc- 
tion is  capable. 

Flanagan 


Ruggles,  Winninger 
Guests  at  UA  Party 

United  Artists  gave  a  party  for 
Edward  Small,  Charles  Ruggles  and 
Charles  Winninger  at  Toots  Shor's 
restaurant  yesterday,  occasioned  by 
the  opening  of  "Friendly  Enemies," 
in  which  Ruggles  and  Winninger  are 
featured,  at  the  Rivoli  this  week-end. 
Adrienne  Ames  told  a  WHN  audience 
about  it  in  a  15-minute  broadcast. 

Among  those  attending,  in  addition 
to  Small,  producer  of  the  film,  Ruggles 
and  Winninger,  were  Gradwell  L. 
Sears,  Edward  C.  Raftery,  Arthur 
Kelly,  Carl  Leserman,  Monroe  Green- 
thai,  Ben  Washer,  Edward  Schnitzer, 
Sam  Shain,  David  Weshner,  Stephen 
Pallos,  Jack  Alicoate,  Morris  Helprin, 
Arthur  Jeffrey,  Cal  Swanson,  James 
Dunn,  Al  Margolies,  Helen  Twelve- 
trees,  Don  Mersereau,  Jeanne  Cagney. 


Personal  Mention 


LOU  BROWN,  publicity  head  of 
the  Loew-Poli   circuit   in  New 
England,  is  visiting  in  Hollywood. 
• 

Albert  S.  Howson  of  Warner 
Bros,  is  in  Montreal. 

• 

Earle  M.  Holden,  manager  of  the 
Capitol  Theatre,  Atlanta,  has  been 
named  president  of  the  Atlanta  Lion's 
Club. 

• 

Philip  Zimmerman  of  the  real  es- 
tate department  of  Warner  Theatres 
in  New  Haven  is  on  vacation. 
• 

Theodore  Teschner,  manager  of 
the  Bijou,  New  Haven,  is  motoring 
through  New  England  with  his  fam- 

ily. 

• 

Sal  Popolizio,  ad  sales  manager  for 
20th  Century-Fox  in  New  Haven,  is 
vacationing. 

• 

David  Gold,  20th  Century-Fox  Des 
Moines  sales  manager,  has  returned 
from  a  vacation. 

• 

C.  A.  Elder,  Paramount  booker  in 
Des  Moines,  has  left  on  a  fishing  trip. 
• 

Edward  Sonz,  National  Screen 
Service  salesman  in  Minneapolis,  is 
on  a  combined  vacation  and  honey- 
moon in  Cincinnati. 

• 

William  J.  Figueroa  leaves  to- 
day for  Atlanta  and  New  Orleans. 


AARON  GOLDBERG,  owner  of 
the  Goldberg  circuit  in  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Oakland,  Cal.,  has  returned 
there  from  a  New  York  trip. 

• 

Joseph  Podoloff,  manager  of  the 
20th    Century-Fox    Minneapolis  ex- 
change, is  visiting  in  New  Haven. 
• 

William  G.  Mansell,  Warner 
branch  manager  in  Philadelphia,  is 
on  a  vacation  to  recuperate  from  a  re- 
cent illness. 

• 

David  Milgram,  head  of  Affiliated 
Theatres  Circuit,  Philadelphia,  is  ill. 
• 

Walter  E.  Branson,  Western  di- 
vision manager  for  RKO,  has  re- 
turned from  Chicago. 

• 

Harold  Marshall,  formerly  pub- 
licity man  for  M-G-M  in  Indianapo- 
lis, and  now  in  the  Army,  and  Eve- 
lyn Minsky  were  married  recently. 
• 

Ward  Farrar,  former  manager  of 
Loew's  Theatre,  Indianapolis,  and  his 
assistant,  Orville  Crouch,  both  have 
enlisted  in  the  Air  Corps. 

• 

Phil  Engel  is  visiting  here. 
• 

Carl  L.  Thomson,  assistant  ad- 
vertising manager  of  International 
Projector  Corp.,  has  joined  the  Army 
Air  Corps,  and  will  be  stationed  at 
Wright  Field,  Dayton,  O. 


Buffalo  Honors  Berman 

Buffalo,  June  16. — Harry  Berman, 
newly  appointed  manager  here  for 
Producers  Releasing  Corp.,  was  guest 
of  honor  last  night  at  a  testimonial 
dinner  given  by  the  Variety  Club. 


SOME  NOTES  GATHERED  FROM 
VARIOUS  ACTIVITIES  POPPING 
EVERYWHERE  ABOUT  EAGLE  SQUADRON  * 


*  THE  FIRST  MOTION  PICTURE 
ABOUT  THE  FIRST  AMERICAN  HEROES 
OF  THE  SECOND  WORLD  WAR 


Trial  on  Payment  to 
Bioff  to  Open  Today 

Hearing  of  a  Paramount  stockhold- 
ers' action  to  recover  $450,000  al- 
legedly paid  by  officers  of  the  com- 
pany to  William  Bioff,  former 
IATSE  West  Coast  official,  now 
serving  a  term  in  Federal  peniten- 
tiary for  extortion  from  major  film 
companies,  will  open  in  N.  Y.  Su- 
preme court  here  today.  The  hearing 
was  originally  scheduled  to  start  yes- 
terday. 

David  Rathner,  attorney  for  Para- 
mount stockholders,  who  are  plaintiffs 
in  a  similar  Federal  court  suit  here, 
said  yesterday  that  he  probably  would 
await  the  outcome  of  the  State  court 
action  and  that,  if  it  was  not  suc- 
cessful, he  would  amend  his  complaint 
to  include  phases  not  now  covered  in 
either  complaint. 


War  Cancels  Meet 
Of  Carolina  MPTO 

Charlotte,  N.  C,  June  16.— The 
convention  of  the  MPTO  of  North 
and  South  Carolina,  scheduled  for 
July  19  and  20,  has  been  called  off, 
according  to  an  announcement  by 
Roy  Rowe,  president,  of  Burgaw, 
N.  C.  A  business  meeting  will  be  held 
instead,  subject  to  the  call  of  the 
president.  The  meeting  was  cancelled 
because  of  tire  and  gasoline  restric- 
tions and  other  war  conditions,  it  was 
said. 


'Star  and  Garter'  Delayed 

Michael  Todd  has  postponed  the 
opening  of  his  revue,  "Star  and 
Garter,"  to  next  Wednesday.  It  was 
to  have  opened  tomorrow  night.  It 
will  play  the  Music  Box. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


A/JOLOTOV'S  visit  to  Washing- 
1 VI  ton,  the  war  parade  and  a 
sports  carnival  for  Army-Navy  re- 
lief in  fifew  York,  and  the  scrap 
rubber  drive  launched  by  President 
Roosevelt  are  the  chief  subjects  in 
the  new  issues.  The  reels  and  their 
contents  follow:  \° 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  81— New  ~±*gy 

war  parade.  Roosevelt  starts  rubber  drive. 
Sports  show  in  New  York.  Molotov  in 
Washington.  George  of  Greece  in  address 
to  Red  Cross.  War  heroes  in  Washington. 
Coral  Sea  battle  report. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  279— War 
pageants  in  New  York,  Chicago.  Roosevelt 
urges  rubber  salvage.  King  George  of 
Greece  in  Washington.  Molotov's  secret 
visit.    Sports  show  in  New  York. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  84— Sports 
carnival  in  New  York.  Molotov  in  Wash- 
ington. Rubber  salvage  in  Memphis; 
Roosevelt,  in  Washington,  urges  conserva- 
tion. New  York  war  parade.  Refugee 
exodus  from  Burma. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  84— New  York 
war  review.  Molotov  in  secret  visit.  Roose- 
velt starts  rubber  drive.  Sports  show  in 
New  York. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  No.  93— 
War  parades  in  New  York,  Chicago. 
Roosevelt  starts  rubber  drive.  Molotov  in 
Washington.  Elmer  Davis  heads  Office  of 
War  Information.  Sports  carnival  in  New 
York.  Garden  party  for  soldiers  at  White 
House. 


Hold  Service  Today 
For  George  Quigley 

A  Masonic  funeral  service  for 
George  E.  Quigley,  55,  attorney  and 
former  member  of  the  Warner  Bros, 
board  of  directors,  who  died  Mon- 
day night,  will  be  held  today  at  the 
Campbell  Funeral  Church,  Manhattan. 
His  widow,  father,  two  sons  and  two 
brothers  survive. 

Quigley  held  various  other  film  posts 
during  his  career.  He  was  vice- 
president  and  director  of  First  Na- 
tional Pictures,  Inc.,  vice-president 
and  general  manager  of  the  Vitaphone 
Corp.,  board  chairman  of  Keller-Do- 
rian Colorfilm,  and  at  one  time  was 
assistant  general  attorney  of  Western 
Electric  and  general  attorney  of  Erpi. 


Charles  Taylor  Honored 

Buffalo,  June  16. — Charles  B. 
Taylor,  director  of  advertising  and 
publicity  for  Shea  Theatre  here,  was 
given  a  testimonial  dinner  in  recogni- 
tion of  receiving  the  second  M-G-M 
Honor  Roll  plaque  awarded.  Mayor 
Joseph  J.  Kelly  made  the  presentation. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 

Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone,  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York,"  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill. 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau,  Postal  Union 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor; 
London  Bureau,  4  Golden  Square.  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany. Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres,  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23, 
1938,  at  the  post  office  at  New  York,  N.  Y., 
under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscrip- 
tion rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
$12  foreign.  Single  copies  10c. 


Wednesday,  June  17,  1942 


Motion  Picture  daily 


3 


Reviews 

"Jackass  Mail" 

(M-G-M) 

Hollywood,  June  16 

IT  has  been  nearly  30  years  since  anybody  doubted  that  Wallace  Beery 
owns  a  talent  that  large  numbers  of  people  want  to  pay  to  see  dis- 
played on  the  screen,  so  this  is  not  time  to  start  doubting  it.  Rather  it's 
time  to  report  that  whatever  it  is  that  they  like  he  does  again  here  in 
much  the  same  manner. 

As  of  late,  the  actress  opposite  him  is  Marjorie  Main,  who  began  to 
display  a  somewhat  similar  command  of  public  support  following  her 
show-stopping  sequence  in  "Dead  End."  In  this,  as  recently,  she  doubt- 
less is  what  their  market  requires. 

The  scene  this  time  is  the  California  of  1851  and  the  jackass  mail  of 
the  title  is  a  wagon  service  operated  by  Miss  Main  between  Sacramento 
and  the  towns  and  diggings  not  yet  tapped  by  the  R.F.D.  She  also  oper- 
ates a  bar  in  town.  Beery  comes  into  her  life  by  way  of  setting  out  to 
rob  her  wagon,  wins  her  interest  and  the  job  of  driving  it,  then 
progresses  by  dint  of  her  proddings,  and  those  of  a  boy  whose  father  he 
has  shot  dead  in  self  defense,  to  such  an  eminence  of  unwilling  virtue  that 
they  name  a  town  after  him.  There  are  shootings  and  fights,  holdups  and 
attempted  holdups,  with  forces  outside  his  control  giving  him  a  good 
repute  he  neither  wants  nor  understands.  Humor  is,  however,  the  top 
item  in  the  list  of  ingredients. 

Others  in  the  cast  are  Darryl  Hickman,  J.  Carrol  Naish,  William 
Haade,  Dick  Curtis,  Hobart  Cavanagh  and  Joe  Yule.  The  film  was  pro- 
duced by  John  W.  Considine,  Jr.,  directed  by  Norman  Z.  McLeod,  and 
the  screenplay  was  by  Lawrence  Hazard  from  a  story  by  C.  Gardner 
Sullivan. 

Running  time,  80  minutes.    "G."*  Roscoe  Williams 


"Calling  Dr.  Gillespie" 

(M-G-M) 

LEANING  to  the  melodramatic  side  is  this  first  of  a  new  series  stem- 
J  ming  from  the  "Dr.  Kildare"  group  with  Lionel  Barrymore  con- 
tinuing as  the  medical  sage  of  the  title  while  Philip  Dorn  supplants  Lew 
Ayres  as  his  young  colleague — known  herein  as  "Dr.  Gerniede."    It  runs 
a  close  second  to  the  average  of  its  predecessors. 

The  central  character  in  the  story  is  a  psychological  patient,  Phil 
Brown,  whose  mind  snaps  at  the  sound  of  a  train  whistle  and  thereupon 
goes  on  a  rampage,  killing  two,  and  threatening  the  life  of  Dr.  Gillespie. 

Harold  S.  Bucquet's  direction  is  aimed  at  tense  drama  throughout  and 
uses  such  devices  as  the  slowly  opening  door  to  attain  that  end.  While 
the  footage  seems  excessive,  he  and  the  company  of  players  have  de- 
veloped the  story  competently.  Rounding  out  the  cast  are  Donna  Reed, 
as  Brown's  fiance ;  Nat  Pendleton,  the  muscular  ambulance  driver ;  and 
Alma  Kruger,  Mary  Nash,  Walter  Kingsford  and  Nell  Craig. 

Running  time,  82  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


"Pierre  of  the  Plains" 

(M-G-M) 

SET  in  the  Canadian  woods  country,  this  has  the  characteristics  of  the 
Western  type  of  picture.  The  performances  and  the  name  value  of 
the  performers  compensate  to  an  extent  for  the  story,  which  is  some- 
what vague  at  times,  such  as  in  defining  the  motives  of  the  two  villains. 

The  picture  concerns  itself  primarily  with  the  wholly  likeable  charac- 
terization that  is  "Pierre,"  played  by  John  Carroll.  He  delights  the 
ladies,  protects  the  natives,  has  a  few  unimportant  run-ins  with  the  po- 
lice and  finally  settles  the  problems  of  the  feminine  cafe  owner  whose 
brother  is  faced  with  a  murder  charge  and  clears  himself  also  of  a  mur- 
der charge. 

Ruth  Hussey  has  the  feminine  lead  while  chiefly  in  support  are  Evelyn 
Ankers,  Bruce  Cabot,  Phil  Brown,  Reginald  Owen  and  Henry  Travers. 
George  B.  Seitz  directed. 

Running  time,  69  minutes.  "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


Equipment  Sought 
For  Recreation  at 
Army  Photo  Center 


A  committee  of  trade  paper  pub- 
lishers has  undertaken  to  sponsor  a 
drive  for  equipment  and  furnishings 
for  the  recreation  hall  provided  for 
the  men  stationed  at  the  Army  Signal 
Corps  Photographic  Center,  recently 
^Bblished  in  the  Paramount  Long 
~:  rfand  City  studios,  and  contributions 
of  cash  or  equipment  are  sought  from 
the  industry  here. 

More  than  300  troops  are  stationed 
at  the  center.  When  the  studios  were 
remodeled  for  the  Army  Center, 
transferred  from  Fort  Monmouth, 
N.  J.,  provision  was  made  for  a  recre- 
ation hall,  but  the  equipment  for  it 
has  not  been  provided.  Most  of  the 
personnel  at  the  Center  were  identified 
with  the  industry  before  entering  the 
service. 

The  publishers'  committee,  includ- 
ing Martin  Quigley,  Abel  Green, 
Maurice  Kann,  Jay  Emanuel,  Charles 
E.  Lewis  and  Jack  Alicoate,  has  vol- 
unteered its  services  to  Lt.  Col.  Mel- 
vin  E.  Gillette. 

Initial  Pledges  Received 

Initial  pledges  of  equipment  and 
furnishings  already  have  been  re- 
ceived. Warners  is  contributing  ping- 
pong  tables,  M-G-M  a  piano,  Na- 
tional Screen  Service  a  radio-phono- 
graph, and  United  Artists  four  lounge 
chairs.  However,  it  was  pointed  out 
that  recreational  facilities  for  300 
men  require  a  great  deal  more  than 
that.  Games  of  all  sorts  are  sought, 
for  example,  as  well  as  records  for 
the  phonograph.  Another  necessity  is 
a  well-rounded  library  of  books,  and 
the  committee  suggests  technical 
books  on  the  industry,  as  well  as 
novels,  adventure  books,  biographical 
works  and  late  magazines  of  all  sorts. 

Additional  chairs  of  the  lounge  and 
club  variety  are  needed,  as  well  as 
tables  and  pictures  for  the  walls.  Film 
companies,  it  is  said,  are  contributing 
specially  designed  posters  for  decora- 
tive purposes. 

The  committee  requests  that  con- 
tributions from  the  industry,  in  the 
form  of  cash  or  items  of  equipment 
or  furnishings,  may  be  sent  to  the 
Signal  Corps  Photographic  Center 
Recreational  Fund  in  care  of  Motion 
Picture  Daily. 


Loew's  Seeking  to 
Buy  Ontario  House 

Toronto,  June  16. — The  projected 
sale  of  Loew's  London  Theatres,  Ltd., 
operating  a  first  run  house  in  London, 
Ont,  which  was  authorized  by  the 
company's  board,  is  reported  to  have 
attracted  an  offer  of  Loew's,  Inc., 
New  York,  to  buy  the  theatre  at  a 
stipulated  price  of  $250,000.  Loew's, 
New  York,  owns  part  of  the  London 
company  common  stock  and  operates 
the  theatre  for  the  company's  pre- 
ferred stockholders. 

However,  the  transaction  has  been 
delayed  because  of  an  interim  injunc- 
tion granted  here  to  Josephine  John- 
son, stockholder,  to  block  the  move. 
The  proposed  price  would  give  ap- 
proximately $7  to  holders  of  each 
share  of  the  preferred  stock,  with  ap- 
parently nothing  for  common  stock- 
holders. It  is  understood  that  Odeon 
Theatres  of  Canada  also  has  made  an 
offer. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Surprise  Blackout 
Staged  in  Toronto 

Toronto,  June  16. — A  surprise  one- 
hour  test  blackout  starting  at  9:30 
o'clock  tonight  caught  citizens  un- 
aware with  no  time  to  get  settled  in 
theatres  before  the  alert.  As  a  result 
theatre  attendance  was  below  that 
of  the  night  before  and  considerably 
less  than  during  the  last  blackout. 


Para.  Quartet  Chosen 

Philip  Abramson,  with  Albert,  John 
and  James  Sicignano,  members  of  the 
Paramount  Pep  Club  Choral  Society, 
were  selected  as  one  of  the  quartets 
which  will  represent  the  Bronx  at  the 
finals  of  the  American  Ballad  Con- 
test sponsored  by  the  New  York  De- 
partment of  Parks.  They  will  be 
heard  on  the  Mall  at  Central  Park  at 
8 :30  P.  M.,  tomorrow. 


Production  at 
High  Level;  50 
Now  Shooting 

Hollywood,  June  16. — Production 
activity  bounded  up  to  a  figure  of  50 
films  in  shooting  stage  this  week, 
which  is  about  as  high  as  the  index 
ranges  in  most  years,  but  only  two 
pictures  came  off  the  stages  and  went 
to  cutting  rooms,  which  is  something 
of  a  low  for  that  activity. 

The  production  picture  by  studio 
and  titles : 

Columbia 

In  Work :  "The  Spirit  of  Stan- 
ford," "The  Gay  Senorita,"  "My  Sis- 
ter Eileen." 

Started:   "The  Trail's  End." 
M-G-M 

In  Work :  "Andy  Hardy's  Last 
Fling,"  "Ox  Train,"  Eyes  In  The 
Night,"  "White  Cargo,"^  "The  War 
Against  Mrs.  Hadley,"  "Random 
Harvest." 

.  Started :  "Cargo  of  Innocents," 
"The  Man  on  America's  Conscience," 
"Whistling  In  Dixie." 

Monogram 

In  Work :  "Isle  of  Fury." 

Started:  "Arizona  Stagecoach," 
"King  of  the  Stallions." 

Paramount 

Finished:  "Wake  Island." 

In  Work :  "Lost  Canyon,"  "Sub- 
marine Alert,"  "No  Time  for  Love," 
"Happy  Go  Lucky." 

Started :  "Star  Spangled  Rhythm," 
"Missing  Men." 

RKO 

In  Work :  "Sweet  or  Hot,"  "Name, 
Age  and  Occupation,"  "Here  We  Go 
Again,"  "The  Navy  Comes  Through," 
"The  Big  Street." 

Started :  "Once  Upon  a  Honey- 
moon," "The  Mexican's  Spitfire's 
Elephant." 

Republic 

In  Work :  "Ice-Capades  Revue  of 
1942,"  "The  Flying  Tigers." 

Started :  "The  Call  of  the  Canyon." 
Roach  (U.A.) 

In  W ork  :   "Prairie  Chicken." 
20th  Century-Fox 

In  Work :  "Girl  Trouble,"  "The 
Man  in  the  Trunk,"  "The  Black 
Swan." 

Started:   "China  Girl." 

Universal 

Finished :  "The  Lone  Star  Trail." 

In  Work :  "Love  And  Kisses  Caro- 
line," "Deep  in  the  Heart  of  Texas," 
"Who  Done  It?",  "The  Mummy's 
Tomb." 

Started :  "Sherlock  Holmes  Fights 
Back,"  "Get  Hep  to  Love." 

Warners 

In  W ork  :  "Now,  Voyager,"  "George 
Washington  Slept  Here,"  "The  Hard 
Way,"  "Gentleman  Jim,"  "Casablanca," 
"You  Can't  Escape  Forever." 

Started :  "The  Watch  on  the  Rhine." 

City  Council  Votes 
'George  Cohan  Day9 

The  New  York  City  Council  yes- 
terday passed  a  resolution  declaring 
July  3  "George  M.  Cohan  Day,"  in 
honor  of  the  actor,  playwright  and 
composer.  The  Council  has  requested 
Mayor  LaGuardia  to  make  an  official 
proclamation  of  the  event,  and  to  call 
for  suitable  civic  observance  of  the 
occasion. 


FLASH 

from 

WALTER^ 
WINCHELL 

He  tells  Mr.  and  Mrs.  America 
that  M-G-M's 

Mrs.  Miniver 


is  on  his  all-time 

10-BEST  FILM  LIST 

together  with: 

INTOLERANCE 
THE  CROWD 
LONC  VOYAGE  HOME 
VARIETY 
BOMBSHELL 
POTEMK1N 
EASY  STREET 
CARNET  du  BAL 
PUBLIC  ENEMY 

See 

MRS.  MINIVER 

Coming  Soon! 


JACK  DEMPSEY 

calls  it  a 

KNOCKOUT! 

Plenty  of  punch  in 
M-G-M's 


KATE  SMITH 


PRAISES  OF 


Mrs.  Miniver    Mrs.  Miniver 


says  world- famed  fighter 
who  puts  this  great  picture 
on  his  all-time  10-best  list 
LITTLE  MISS  MARKER 
CONE  WITH  THE  WIND 
COODBYE,  MR  CHIPS 
THE  COLD  RUSH 
CAPTAINS  COURAGEOUS 
IT  HAPPENED  ONE  NIGHT 
HERE  COMES  MR.  JORDAN 
^        CITIZEN  KANE 
THE  PHILADELPHIA  STORY 

See 

MRS.  MINIVER 

Coming  Soon! 


America's  beloved  songstress 
adds  M-G-M's  new  hit  to  her 
list  of  all-time 
10-BEST  PICTURES 

BIRTH  OF  A  NATION 
IT  HAPPENED  ONE  NIGHT 
THE  39  STEPS 
GOODBYE.  MR.  CHIPS 
REBECCA 
NINOTCHKA 
WATERLOO  BR1DCE 
CONE  WITH  THE  WIND 
YANKEE  DOODLE  DANDY 

See 

MRS.  MINIVER 

Coming  Soon! 


FRED  ALLEN 

tops  in  radio 
knows  what'stops 
on  the  screen.  He 
adds  to  his  list  of 

10  BEST 
PICTURES 

M-G-M's 

Mrs.  Miniver 

The  others  are: 

THE  INFORMER 

MAKE  WAY 
FOR  TOMORROW 
GONE  WITH  THE  WIND 
HERE  COMES  MR.  JORDAN 
IT  HAPPENED  ONE  NIGHT 
BIRTH  OF  A  NATION 
GOODBYE,  MR.  CHIPS 
REBECCA 
LIVES  OF  A 
BENGAL  LANCER 

MRS.  MINIVER 

will  arrive  Thursday  at 
Radio  City  Music  Hall 


-ST?  Major 
FRANK  CAPRA 

(who  modestly  leaves  out  his  own 
"It  Happened  One  Night",  "Mr. 
Deeds",  etc.)  picks  his  all-time 
ten- best  film  list  and  of  course 
includes  M-G-M's 

Mrs.  Miniver 

The  others  are: 
TABU 

BIRTH  OF  A  NATION  5 
SEVENTH  HEAVEN  V° 
THE  B1C  PARADE  Af.- 
ALL  QUIET 
ON  THE  WESTERN  FRONT 

THE  HERO 
MUTINY  ON  THE  BOUNTY 
THE  STORY  OF  LOUIS  PASTEUR 
ONE  HUNDRED  MEN  AND  A  GIRL 

See 

MRS.  MINIVER 

Coming  Soon  I 


TED  HUSING 

broadcasts  to  the 
world  that  his 

ALL-TIME  10-BEST  MOVIE  LIST 

includes  M-G-M's 

Mrs.  Miniver 


The  others  are: 

DRESSED  TO  KILL 
TRIFLING  WOMEN 
BEHIND  THE  DOOR 
GONE  WITH  THE  WIND 
IT  HAPPENED  ONE  NIGHT 
TILLIE'S  PUNCTURED 
ROMANCE 
HERE  COMES  MR.  JORDA.i 
CAVALCADE 
BERKELEY  SQUARE 

See 

MRS.  MINIVER 

Coming  Soon! 


MRS.  MINIVER 


is  on 


EVERYBODY'S 

ALL-TIME 
0  BEST  FILM  LIST! 


Here's  just  part  of  M-G-M's  power-house  promotion  campaign 
for  the  pre-release  Radio  City  Music  Hall  engagement.  3rd 
week  coming  and  records  going!  You'll  see  Miniver  magic  soon! 


He  runs  the 
Biggest  Theatre  S 
in  the  world! 


G.  S.  EYSSELL 


Managing  Director  of 
Radio  City  Music  Hall 
picks  M-G-M's 


fl   Tip-off  from 
jtgirl  columnist! 
'  DOROTHY 

KILG ALLEN 

adds  to  her  list  of  the 

10-BEST  PICTURES 
OF  ALL-TIME 

M-G-M's 


There's 


ABEL  GREEN 

able  editor  of  Variety,  famed 
theatrical  weekly  selects  M-G-M's 


Famed  Washington 
Merry-Go-Round 
Commentator 

DREW 
PEARSON 

gives  hint  of  things 

to  come  by  picking  M-G-M's 

Mrs.  Miniver 

for  his  all-time 

10-BEST  FILM  LIST 

The  others  are: 
ABE  LINCOLN  IN  ILLINOIS 
BIRTH  OF  A  NATION 
COLD  RUSH 
CONE  WITH  THE  WIND 
IT  HAPPENED  ONE  N1CHT 
BENCAL  LANCER 
MR.  DEEDS 
NINOTCHKA 
NORTHWEST  PASS  ACE 

Mrs.  Miniver 

Now  Playing  at 
Radio  City  Music  Hall 


This  man  knows  movies 

GEORGE  T.  DELACORTE 

{publisher  of  Modern  Screen, 
and  Screen  Romances) 

and  at  the  top  of 
his  alt-time  10-best 
film  list  appears 
M-G-M's 


Mrs.  Miniver    Mrs.  Miniver    Mrs.  Miniver    Mrs.  Miniver 


for  his  theatre  and  for 
his  list  of  all-time 

10-BEST  PICTURES 

BIRTH  OF  A  NATION 
THE  COVERED  WACON 
THE  BIC  PARADE 
ALL  QUIET  ON  THE 
WESTERN  FRONT 
CAVALCADE 
SNOW  WHITE 
CONE  WITH  THE  WIND 
REBECCA 
PHILADELPHIA  STORY 

Mrs.  Miniver 

Now  Playing  at 
Radio  City  Music  Hall 


The  others  are: 

A  FAREWELL  TO  ARMS 
THE  SCOUNDREL 
HERE  COMES  MR.  JORDAN 
GONE  WITH  THE  WIND 
REBECCA 
THE  PRISONER  OF  ZENDA 
PYGMALION 
DARK  VICTORY 
MR.  SMITH 
GOES  TO  WASHINGTON 

MRS.  MINIVER 

will  arrive  Thursday  at 
Radio  City  Music  Hall 


and  adds: 

CAVALCADE 
ONE  WAY  PASSACE 
IT  HAPPENED  ONE  NICHT 
IF  1  HAD  A  MILLION 
LOST  HORIZON 
MUTINY  ON  THE  BOUNTY 
SERGEANT  YORK 
A  STAR  IS  BORN 
TALE  OF  TWO  CITIES 

Mrs.  Miniver 

Now  Playing  at 
Radio  City  Music  Hall 


The  others  are: 
MALTESE  FALCON 
CONE  WITH  THE  WIND 
THE  INFORMER 
CRAPES  OF  WRATH 
CITIZEN  KANE 
HOW  CREEN  WAS  MY  VALLEY 
PYGMALION 
OF  HUMAN  BONDACE 
MAJOR  BARBARA 

Mrs.  Miniver 

will  arrive  Thursday  at 
Radio  City  Music  Hall 


GREER  GARSON 
WALTER  PIDGEON 
in  a  William  Wyler 
Production  Based 
on  Jan  Struther's 
Novel  "MRS. 
MINIVER"  with 
Teresa  Wright 
Dame  May  Whitty 
Reginald  Owen 
Henry  Travers 
Richard  Ney 
Henry  Wilcoxon 
Screen  Play  by 
Arthur  Wimperis, 
George  Froeschel, 
James  Hilton  and 
Claudine  West 
Directed  by 
WILLIAM  WYLER 
Produced  by 
SIDNEY  FRANKLIN 
A  Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer  Picture. 


He  predicts  a 

LONG  Jfe 

for  M-G-M's  %r  r  - 

Mrs.  Miniver 

The  noted  sports  authority 

BILL  STERN 

picks  this  widely  discussed 

film  to  top  his  list  of 
all-time  10-best  pictures 

ALL  QUIET 

rTHE  WESTERN  FRONT 
THE  BIC  PARADE 
~~  rtJREICN  CORRESPONDENT 
GOODBYE,  MR.  CHIPS 
LITTLE  WOMEN 
SERCEANT  YORK 
SIN  OF  MADELON  CLAUDET 
A  STAR  IS  BORN 
HERE  COMES  MR  JORDAN 

See 

MRS.  MINIVER 

Coming  Soon! 


tern 


The  great  news  analyst 

RAYMOND  GRAM  SWING 

analyzes  entertainment 
and  comes  up 
with  ■ 
M-G-M's 

Mrs.  Miniver 

for  his  10-best  list  of  pictures 
The  others  are: 

DAVID  COPPERFIELD 
THAT  HAMILTON  WOMAN 

ALL  QUIET 
ON  THE  WESTERN  FRONT 
BAKER'S  WIFE 
COOD  EARTH 
INFORMER 
MAEDCHEN  IN  UNIFORM 
MUTINY  ON  THE  BOUNTY 
PYGMALION 

Mrs.  Miniver 

will  arrive  Tomorrow  at 
Radio  City  Music  Hall 


,  "Watch 

,  Kid!" 


Columnist  goes  out 
on  limb 
LOUIS 
SOBOL 
hails 

M-C-M's 

Mrs.  Miniver 

as  one  of  the  all-time 
10-best  pictures  along  with 

BIG  PARADE 
THE  INFORMER 
GOODBYE,  MR.  CHIPS 
HERE  COMES  MR.  JORDAN 
WUTHERINC  HEIGHTS 
SNOW  WHITE 
HOW  GREEN  WAS  MY  VALLEY 
BIRTH  OF  A  NATION 
CABIRIA 

Mrs.  Miniver 

will  arrive  Thursday  at 
Radio  City  Music  Hall 


Well-known  publisher 

M.  LINCOLN  SCHUSTER 

peeks  out  of  hisft 
"Inner  Sanctum* 
to  join  the  chorus 

M-G-M's 

Mrs.  Miniver 

is  among  my  all-time  10-best 
pictures,  which  include 

THE  GOLD  RUSH 
ROMEO  &  JULIET 
WUTHERINC  HEIGHTS 
HOW  CREEN  WAS  MY  VALLEY 
WHAT  PRICE  GLORY 
THE  PHILADELPHIA  STORY 
MIDSUMMER  NICHT'S  DREAM 
PYGMALION 
MAJOR  BARBARA 

Mrs.  Miniver 

will  arrive  Today  at 
Radio  City  Music  Hall 


LION  <gg> 
THANKS 
LYONS 


Leo  of  M-G-M  gratefully 

acknowledges  the 
selection  by  LEONARD  LYONS 
popular  N.  Y.Post  Columnist  of 

Mrs.  Miniver 

for  his  alt-time 

10-BEST  FILM  LIST 

which  also  includes: 

PYGMALION 
SEVENTH  HEAVEN 
A  STAR  IS  BORN 
CITIZEN  KANE 
HERE  COMES  MR.  JORDAN 
THE  INFORMER 
ALL  QUIET 
ON  THE  WESTERN  FRONT 
THE  39  STEPS 
SCARFACE 

Mrs.  Miniver 

Now  Playing  at 
Radio  City  Music  Hall 


MUSIC  TO  HIS  EARS 

frf  % 

Composer,  critic,  commentator 
{also  President  of  Ascap) 

DEEMS  TAYLOR 

files  M-G-M's 

Mrs.  Miniver 

with  his  10-best  list  of  pictures 
The  others  are: 
THE  BIRTH  OF  A  NATION 
THE  WAY  OF  ALL  FLESH 

ALL  QUIET 
ON  THE  WESTERN  FRONT 

CITY  LIGHTS 
IT  HAPPENED  ONE  NIGHT 
TOPPER 
REBECCA 
THE  CRAPES  OF  WRATH 
FANTASIA 

Mrs.  Miniver 

will  arrive  Today  at 
Radio  City  Music  Hall 


THERE'S  ONLY 
ONE  KING  IN 
THE  JUNGLE! 

(A  MOVIE  PARABLE) 

Sometimes  the  little  voices 
of  the  forest  are  lifted  in 
proud  boast  Then  comes 
a  ROAR  THAT  SHAKES 
THE  EARTH  and  the  wise 
ones  nod  their  heads  and  say: 

"There's  only  one  Leader 
and  that's  the  Lion!" 
The  ROAR  just  heard 
in  jungle-land  is 

"MRS.  MINIVER/' 

M-G-M 

The  Lion's  Roar 


Motion  Picture  daily 


Wednesday,  June  17,  1942  H 


Army -Navy  Relief 
Totals  $1,700,000 


The  total  of  theatre  collections  for 
Army  and  Navy  Emergency  Relief 
increased  to  $1,700,000  yesterday  as 
checks  from  additional  circuits  were 
received. 

These  included  Century  Circuit, 
New  York,  $17,484;  Malco  Theatres, 
Memphis,  $10,795 ;  Fox  Midwest, 
Kansas  City,  $15,811;  and  an,  addi- 
tional $21,000  from  Illinois  theatres, 
including  $1,582  from  H.  Schoenstadt 
&  Sons. 


Loew  Circuit  Reports 
Another  $150,000  Bonds 

War  Bond  pledges  and  War  Stamp 
sales  during  the  second  week  of  the 
campaign  at  theatres  around  the  coun- 
try continued  impressively,  according 
to  reports  yesterday.  The  second 
week's  total  in  Loew's  Theatres 
reached  $150,000  in  stamps  and  bonds 
combined,  which  is  at  about  the  first 
week's  level. 

-  Among  the  sales  around  the  circuit 
reported  for  the  two  weeks  are : 
Loew's  Orpheum,  Boston,  $9,000 
bonds,  $5,300  stamps ;  Loew's  State, 
Norfolk,  $3,675  bonds,  $1,250  stamps; 
Loew's  Century,  Baltimore,  $3,000 
bonds,  $983  stamps ;  Loew's  Poli, 
Springfield,  $3,750  bonds,  $775 
stamps ;  Loew's  Poli,  Hartford,  $2,- 
625  bonds,  $2,340  stamps. 


$15,000  Bonds  Sold 
In  Day  in  N.  C.  Town 

Charlotte,  N.  C,  June  16. — The 
Theatre  Owners  of  North  and  South 
Carolina  today  challenged  all  comers 
to  better  these  records  for  sale  of 
war  bonds  and  stamps  in  one  day : 

Fifteen  thousand  dollars'  worth  on 
May  30  by  Roy  Rowe's  theatre  at 
Burgaw,  N.  C,  a  town  of  1,200  pop- 
ulation. 

A  total  of  $925  bonds  and  $28.45  in 
stamps  in  one  day  at  the  Sears  Pal- 
ace, Taylorsville,  N.  C,  with  a  pop- 
ulation of  926. 


Canadian  Celebrity 
Show  Nets  $97,300 

Toronto,  June  16. — The  opening 
performance  last  night  at  the  Victoria 
Theatre  here  of  the  Celebrity  Pa- 
rade tour  of  Canada  netted  $97,300  for 
the  Air  Cadet  League,  sponsored  by 
Canadian  Air  Marshal  Billy  Bishop. 
The  star  of  the  touring  show  is  Anna 
Neagle,  while  Herbert  Wilcox,  pro- 
ducer, was  associated  in  its  produc- 
tion. The  tour  will  include  eight 
other  Canadian  cities,  with  all  pro- 
ceeds going  to  the  Cadet  League. 


Northern  California 
Relief  Total  $75,000 

San  Francisco,  June  16. — North- 
ern California  theatre  collections  for 
Army  and  Navy  Relief  exceeded  $75,- 
000,  according  to  Northern  California 
committee  chairman  Joseph  Blumen- 
feld,  head  of  the  Blumenfeld  neigh- 
borhood circuit.  Another  $549  was 
raised  by  donations  of  employes  on 
theatre  row,  headed  by  Sidney  Weis- 
baum,  local  Republic  exchange  man- 
ager. 


Indianapolis  Theatres 
Collect  $12,500  Total 

Indianapolis,  June  16. — Approxi- 
mately 52  Indianapolis  theatres  in  the 
downtown  area  and  neighborhoods 
and  the  local  film  exchanges  collected 
and  turned  over  to  the  Army  and 
Navy  Emergency  Relief  fund  the  sum 
of  $12,500.    Announcement  of  the  to- 


Columbia  Identifies  42  of 
48  Films  for  Next  Season 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

George  S.  Kaufman-Moss  Hart  stage 
production,  which  George  Stevens  will 
produce  from  the  Sidney  Buchman 
screenplay. 

The  four  pictures  with  Rita  Hay- 
worth  are  now  titled :  "The  Gay 
Senorita,"  co-starring  Fred  Astaire, 
with  music  and  lyrics  by  Jerome  Kern 
and  Johnny  Mercer,  with  William 
Seiter  director  and  Louis  F.  Edelman, 
producer ;  "The  Cover  Girl,"  one  of 
the  two  productions  in  Technicolor, 
with  Samuel  Bischoff  producing ; 
"Defense  Town,"  with  Humphrey  Bo- 
gart,  to  be  produced  by  Harry  Joe 
Brown,  and  "Miss  Grant  Takes  Rich- 
mond," co-starring  Melvyn  Douglas. 

Muni  in  'Commandos' 

Other  productions  are :  "The  Com- 
mandos," with  Paul  Muni,  to  be  pro- 
duced by  Lester  Cowan,  with  Lieuten- 
ant-Commander John  Farrow  direct- 
ing; a  Cary  Grant-Rosalind  Russell 
starring  vehicle ;  "A  Young  Girl's 
Fancy,"  starring  Jean  Arthur  and 
Brian  Aherne ;  an  Irene  Dunne-Mel- 
vyn  Douglas  starring  vehicle;  "The 
Gang's  All  Here,"  a  Cole  Porter  mu- 
sical, starring  Don  Ameche,  with  Jack 
Oakie,  Janet  Blair  and  William  Gax- 
ton  in  a  Gregory  Ratoff  production, 
from  a  screenplay  by  Laura  and  S.  J. 
Perelman  and  Frederick  Kohner. 

Also  "Destroyer,"  which  Edelman 
will  produce  with  U.  S.  Navy  coop- 
eration ;  "Wild  Is  the  River,"  from 
the  Louis  Bromfield  novel ;  "Knights 
Without  Armor,"  starring  Olivia  de 
Havilland  and  Brian  Aherne,  in  a  B. 
P.  Schulberg  production,  to  be  direct- 
ed by  Charles  Vidor ;  "The  Des- 
peradoes," in  Technicolor,  with  Vidor 
directing,  Brown  producing,  and  Ran- 
dolph Scott,  Glenn  Ford,  Claire  Tre- 
vor and  Edgar  Buchanan  in  the  cast ; 
"City  Without  Men,"  a  Schulberg- 
Samuel  Bronston  production,  with 
Glenn  Ford,  Claire  Trevor  and  Eve- 
lyn Keyes. 

"The  Return  of  Mr.  Jordan,"  a 
screenplay  by  Harry  Segall,  to  be 
produced  by  Edward  Kaufman ;  "Sa- 
lute to  Sahara,"  with  Vidor  directing, 
and  Brown  as  producer ;  "Klondike 
Kate,"  from  a  story  of  the  Alaska 


gold  rush  by  Mrs.  ("Klondike  Kate") 
Rockwell  Matson. 

Three  "Blondie"  productions,  with 
Penny  Singleton,  Arthur  Lake  and 
Larry  Simms,  in  stories  based  on  the 
Chic  Young  comic  strip;  two  "Lone 
Wolf"  productions,  starring  Warren 
William  with  Eric  Blore  and  Thurs- 
ton Hall ;  two  "Boston  Blackie"  pro- 
ductions, featuring  Chester  Morris, 
George  E.  Stone  and  Richard  Lane ; 
"Harbor  Patrol";  "Shall  I  Tell 
'Em?,"  With  Jinx  Falkenburg  and  the 
Mad  Russian,  and  "How  Do  You 
Do,"  featuring  the  same  two. 

Two  football  pictures  for  Fall  re- 
lease, "The  Spirit  of  Stanford"  and 
"Smith  of  Minnesota" ;  "Two  Senori- 
tas  from  Chicago,"  featuring  Jinx 
Falkenburg,  Joan  Davis  and  Mar- 
guerite Chapman;  ."Gin  Rummy 
Murder,"  "The  Redhead  from  Rio," 
with  Lupe  Velez ;  "Professional 
Model,"  with  Jinx  Falkenburg ;  "Var- 
sity Girl,"  "Two-Man  Submarine," 
"Beautiful  But  Broke,"  with  Jinx 
Falkenburg,  Joan  Davis  and  Mar- 
guerite Chapman ;  "Junior  Generals," 
with  Freddie  Bartholomew,  and  a 
second  service  school  picture  also  fea- 
turing him ;  "Reveille  with  Beverly," 
based  on  the  radio  program ;  "Eve 
Knew  Her  Apples"  and  "Kansas  City 
Kitty." 

Westerns,  Serials,  Shorts 

Eight  of  the  musical  Westerns  will 
star  Charles  Starrett  with  Arthur 
Hunnicutt  featured,  and  the  other 
eight  will  feature  Russell  Hayden  and 
Dub  Taylor. 

The  serials  are :  "The  Secret  Code," 
"The  Valley  of  Vanishing  Men," 
"The  Batman"  and  "The  Fighting 
General." 

The  two-reel  shorts  will  consist  of : 
eight  Three  Stooges  comedies,  four 
Gloveslingers  and  18  All  Star  come- 
dies. The  single  reel  subjects  will  be: 
eight  "America  Sjings,"  with  Kate 
Smith  ;  16  Dave  Fleischer  New  Color 
Rhapsodies  cartoons ;  16  Columbia 
Phantasies ;  eight  Famous  Bands ; 
eight  Columbia  Panoramics ;  six  Co- 
umbia  Tours ;  10  World  of  Sports ; 
10  Screen  Snapshots;  eight  Columbia 
Quiz  reels  and  10  Community  Sings. 


tal  was  made  by  William  Elder,  pub- 
licity director  of  the  War  Activities 
Committee  for  Indiana. 


St.  Louis  Sells  $138,000 
In  Bonds  in  First  Week 

St.  Louis.  June  16. — More  than 
$138,000  in  bonds  and  stamps  were 
sold  in  the  first  week  of  the  St. 
Louis  motion  picture  theatre  war 
bond  drive,  Fred  Wehrenberg,  chair- 
man, announced. 

Loew's,  downtown  first  run  house, 
led  the  list  with  $17,400.  A  snecial 
matinee  at  about  25  neighborhood 
houses,  at  which  the  admission  was  a 
stamp  of  any  denomination,  yielded 
$4,447. 


Vo\ir  Funds  Grouped 
Tn  Hollywood  Drivp 

Hollywood.  June  16. — Studio  drives 
for  Navy  Relief,  Russia,  China  and 
Dutch  relief  funds  have  been  grouped 
here,  and  Jacob  Karp,  chairman,  has 
set  July  7  as  the  starting  date. 
Grouoing  of  the  campaigns  was  de- 
cided upon  for  immediate  funds. 


Set  WB  Convention 
Plans  Here  July  2 

Plans  for  Warner  sales  meetings 
will  be  determined  at  a  meeting  at 
the  home  office  July  2  and  3  of  dis- 
trict managers,  which  was  called  by 
Ben  Kalmenson,  general  sales  man- 
ager. Home  office  executives  attend- 
ing will  be  Roy  Haines,  Eastern  and 
Canadian  sales  manager ;  Arthur 
Sachson,  sales  executive ;  A.  W. 
Schwalberg,  exchange  supervisor ; 
Norman  H.  Moray,  short  subject 
sales  manager. 

In  attendance  from  the  field  will 
be :  Sam  Lefkowitz,  Metropolitan 
District ;  Norman  Ayers,  Eastern, 
Boston ;  Robert  Srrteltzer,  Mid- At- 
lantic, Washington ;  Harry  Seed, 
Central,  Pittsburgh;  William  S. 
Shartin,  Midwest,  Chicago ;  Hall 
Walsh,  Prairie,  St.  Louis;  R.  L.  Mc- 
Coy, Southern,  Atlanta ;  Henry  Her- 
bel.  West  Coast.  Los  Angeles,  and 
Wolfe  Cohen,  Canadian,  Toronto. 


N.  M.  Schenck  Sale 
Of  Stock  Reported 


Washington,  June  16. — Sale  of 
1,800  shares  of  Loew's,  Inc.,  common 
stock  in  April  was  reported  for  Nich- 
olas M.  Schenck,  president,  by  the  Se- 
curities and  Exchange  Commission  in 
its  first  summary  of  April  transac- 
tions of  company  officers  and  direc- 
tors. At  the  close  of  the  month,  it  was 
shown,  Schenck  held  1,017  shar/^yf 
Loew's  common.  ^ 

Also  in  Loew's,  the  SEC  repofted 
the  sale  of  100  shares  of  common 
stock  by  J.  Robert  Rubin,  vice-presi- 
dent, who  held  10,315  shares  at  the 
end  of  the  month. 

The  only  other  film  transaction  re- 
ported was  the  sale  of  100  shares  of 
General  Theatres  Equipment  Corp., 
capital  stock  by  Edward  C.  Delafield, 
director,  who  held  300  shares  at  the 
end  of  April. 

Belated  reports  on  Columbia  Broad- 
casting System  disclosed  that  Leon 
Levy,  director,  disposed  of  277  shares 
of  Class  A  common  stock  in  Decem- 
ber by  gift,  and  sold  8,000  shares  to 
trusts  for  the  benefit  of  his  wife  and 
members  of  her  family,  and  in  Febru- 
ary disposed  of  another  700  shares  by 
gift,  leaving  him  with  28,746  shares. 

William  S.  Paley,  CBS  president, 
reported  the  sale  of  8,000  shares  of 
Class  B  common  to  trusts  in  Decem- 
ber for  the  benefit  of  his  family,  leav- 
ing him  with  236,356  shares. 


Film  Men  Sponsor 
Pittsb'gh  Hero  Rally 

Pittsburgh,  June  16. — Headed  by 
former  Senator  Frank  Harris  and  M. 
A.  Silver,  in  place  of  appointed  chair- 
man John  H.  Harris,  who  is  in  a 
California  hospital,  the  War  Heroes 
Parade  and  Rally  yesterday  featured 
a  three-hour  free  show  at  Forbes 
Field,  arranged  by  Joe  Hiller,  Variety 
Club  Chief  Barker,  in  cooperation 
with  Warner  theatres,  the  Harris 
Amusement  Co.,  the  city's  five  radio 
stations  and  night  clubs.  The  day's 
program,  attracting  thousands,  includ- 
ed also  a  parade. 


Close  Shubert  Deal 
For  Musical  Show 

William  Jaffe,  attorney,  of  the  firm 
of  Rosenblatt  &  Jaffe,  has  closed  a 
deal  with  the  Shuberts  for  produc- 
tion in  the  Fall  of  a  musical  show, 
"Count  Me  In,"  for  which  the  book 
was  written  by  Walter  Kerr  and  Leo 
Brady,  and  the  music  and  lyrics  by 
Ann  Ronell.  Miss  Ronell  is  the  wife 
o"f  Lester  Cowan,  and  he  has  assigned 
his  production  rights  to  the  Shu- 
berts. The  show  had  been  produced 
previously  at  Catholic  University, 
Washington.  Jaffe  represented  Cow- 
an and  Miss  Ronell. 


FCC  Rejects  New 
Station  Applications 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

clear  for  appeal  on  the  ground  that 
the  proposed  project  will  meet  an  es- 
sential military  or  civilian  need. 

The  super-power  applications  re- 
jected were  the  requests  for  500  kilo- 
watts filed  bv  Stations  WTZ.  New 
York;  WGN,  Chicago;  KFI,  Los 
Angeles;  WJR,  Detroit;  WSM, 
Nashville,  Tenn. ;  WOR,  Newark; 
WGY,  Schenectady;  WSB,  Atlanta; 
and  WHO,  Des  Moines. 


1  Wednesday,  June  17,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


7 


I  Film  Conservation 
I  Plan  to  Go  Before 
I  W.P.B.  on  June  23 

I!   

(Continued  from  page  1) 

committee  includes  Val  Burton,  chair- 
man ;  Jack  Jungmeyer,  Sheridan  Gib- 
ney,  Charles  Brackett,  Frances  Good- 
rich and  Frank  Partos. 

D^rton  told  the  writers  last  night 
t_  Jhe  original  Government  plan  was 
t!T"%jfder  a  SO  per  cent  cut  in  film 
stock  used,  but  the  industry  had  re- 
ceived permission  to  undertake  volun- 
tary measures.  Klune  urged  immedi- 
ate cooperation.  Y.  Frank  Freeman, 
president  of  the  Association  of  Mo- 
tion Picture  Producers  and  its  repre- 
sentative on  the  committee,  detailed 
the  general  program. 


Aim  at  15  to  20% 
Raw  Stock  Savings 

An  over-all  saving  in  raw  stock  of 
IS  to  20  per  cent  by  the  10  principal 
producing-distributing  companies  was 
cited  yesterday  as  the  main  objective 
in  the  conservation  program  which 
has  been  under  discussion  by  distri- 
bution department  heads  here. 

The  savings,  it  is  believed,  can  be 
accomplished  by  rigid  economies  in 
normal  operations,  without  reducing 
either  production  schedules  or  the 
number  of  prints  in  circulation,  it  was 
indicated  following  a  meeting  of  the 
distribution  heads  yesterday.  Produc- 
tion and  print  eliminations  would  be 
considered  only  in  the  event  the  de- 
sired objective  could  not  be  realized 
through  the  operation  of  projected 
economies,  it  was  reported. 

The  distribution  executives  are 
scheduled  to  meet  again  next  Monday, 
at  which  time  they  are  expected  to 
report  the  individual  schedules  of  raw 
stock  economies  which  each  of  the  10 
companies  believe  it  possible  to  effect. 
The  reports  will  be  combined  in  order 
to  obtain  an  estimate  of  the  total  sav- 
ings possible.  This  will  be  presented 
to  War  Production  Board  officials 
at  a  meeting  in  Washington  next 
Tuesday. 

RKO  Board  to  Be 

Reelected  Today 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Depinet,  Thomas  P.  Durell,  Frederick 
L.  Ehrman,  L.  Lawrence  Green,  De 
Witt  Millhauser,  Richard  C.  Patter- 
son, Jr.,  N.  Peter  Rathvon,  John  M. 
Whitaker  and  Lunsford  P.  Yandell. 

Stockholders  may  also  act  on  a  pro- 
posal to  reduce  the  authorized  number 
of  directors  from  13,  as  at  present,  to 
a  lesser  number. 

The  board  is  scheduled  to  meet  Fri- 
day, at  which  time  an  election  of 
officers  may  be  held. 

Distributors  Attend 
Delivery  Sessions 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
Dickinson  and  David  Palfreyman  of 
the  MPPDA  ;  Edwin  Aaron,  Loew's  ; 
Harry  Mersay  and  J.  H.  Lang,  20th 
Century-Fox ;  Earl  Dennison,  United 
Artists;  William  McShea,  RKO; 
William  Murray,  Universal ;  C.  C. 
Ryan,  Warner  Bros.,  and  others. 

The  Association  reelected  officers 
including  James  P.  Clark,  Philadel- 
phia, president ;  Thomas  Gilboy,  San 
Francisco,  vice-president,  and  Clint 
Weyer,  Philadelphia,  secretary. 


See  Para.  Net 
For  6  Months 
At$5,700,000 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

removal  of  the  company's  principal 
office  from  Milbrook,  N.  Y.,  to  Man- 
hattan also  was  approved. 

The  directors  reelected  were :  Neil 
Agnew,  Balaban,  Stephen  Callaghan, 
Y.  Frank  Freeman,  Harvey  D.  Gib- 
son, A.  Conger  Goodyear,  Stanton 
Griffis,  Duncan  G.  Harris,  John  D. 
Hertz,  John  W.  Hicks,  Austin  C.  Ke- 
ough,  Earl  I.  McClintock,  Maurice 
Newton,  E.  V.  Richards,  Edwin  L. 
Weisl  and  Adolph  Zukor. 

In  his  report  to  the  stockholders, 
Balaban  stated  that  net  income  this 
year  is  running  ahead  of  last  year 
after  providing  for  Federal  taxes  on 
a  40  per  cent  basis.  Earnings  for 
the  current  quarter  will  more  nearly 
approximate  the  $2,915,000  earned 
during  the  first  quarter  of  this  year 
than  the  $1,904,000  earned  during  the 
second  quarter  last  year,  Balaban 
said. 

Paramount's    film  inventory 
has    increased  approximately 
$9,000,000   during  the   past  17 
months,  Balaban  told  the  meet- 
ing, and  an  increase  of  nearly 
$3,000,000   has   been    made  in 
1942.  The  increase  in  inventory 
was  attributed  to  the  operation 
of  the  decree  selling  system. 
Balaban  made  no  mention  of  the 
new  Umpi  selling  plan  except  that  its 
effect  on  the  amount  of  film  inventory 
to  be  carried  cannot  be  forecast  at 
•fiis  time. 

Indpl's  Clearance 

Case  Dismissed 

The  clearance  complaint  of  S.  S. 
Stephens,  operator  of  the  Regal,  In- 
dianapolis, against  the  five  consenting 
companies  has  been  dismissed  at  the 
arbitration  tribunal  there  by  Harold 
H.  Bredell,  arbitrator,  it  was  an- 
nounced yesterday  by  the  American 
Arbitration  Association. 

The  arbitrator  held  that  the  30  days 
clearance  of  the  Walker  Theatre  over 
the  Regal  and  the  14  days  clearance 
of  the  Park  over  the  Regal  are 
reasonable.  He  held  further  that  in 
any  agreements  providing  for  a  prior 
run  for  the  Regal  over  the  Lido,  the 
Regal's  maximum  clearance  shall  be 
14  days,  and  that  in  any  agreements 
for  a  prior  run  for  the  Lido  over  the 
Regal,  the  former's  maximum  clear- 
ance shall  be  one  day. 

Committee  Works  on 
Umpi  Draft  Revisions 

A  revised  draft  of  the  Umpi  sell- 
ing plan  was  studied  yesterday  by 
the  drafting  committee  of  attorneys 
engaged  in  placing  the  Umpi  propos- 
als in  formal  legal  language  for  sub- 
mission to  the  Department  of  Justice. 

Further  suggestions  for  changes  in 
phraseology  were  reported  to  have 
been  made  by  committee  members 
with  the  result  that  a  new  draft  will 
have  to  be  prepared  and  submitted  fo 
committee  members  for  approval  be- 
fore the  plan  is  presented  to  Washing- 
ton. 


The  proposal  to  indemnify  officers, 
directors  and  employes  for  legal  costs 
resulting  from  suits  involving  official 
action  was  opposed  by  David  J. 
Rathner,  attorney  in  a  Federal  court 
action  by  Paramount  stockholders  to 
recover  sums  paid  to  William  Bioff. 
He  charged  that  the  inclusion  of  em- 
ployes in  the  proposal  exceeded  the 
provisions  of  a  New  York  statute  cov- 
ering such  matters  and  that  the  re- 
troactive provisions  of  the  proposal 
would  nullify  any  recovery  in  the  Bi- 
off cases  now  pending  in  court,  mak- 
ing "wash"  transactions  of  a  recovery 
for  the  company  from  officers  and 
the  indemnification  of  those  officers 
by  the  company. 

Balaban  replied  that  the  company 
did  not  distinguish  between  officers 
and  directors  on  the  one  hand  and 
employes  on  the  other  in  offering 
the  indemnification  for  costs  arising 
out  of  acts  performed  in  good  faith. 
He  also  said  that  a  "wash"  transac- 
tion such  as  that  pictured  by  Rathner 
was  unlikely  in  that  the  indemnifica- 
tion would  not  be  applicable  if  the 
company  representatives  were  found 
by  a  court  to  have  been  remiss  in 
performance   of  their  duties. 

Resolutions  were  adopted 
commending  Balaban,  other  of- 
ficers and  directors  of  Para- 
mount for  the  gain  made  by  the 
company  and  the  conduct  of  its 
affairs.  A  resolution  was  also 
adopted  paying  tribute  to  more 
than  1,000  former  Paramount 
employes  now  in  the  service  of 
the  country,  copies  of  which 
are  to  be  sent  to  them. 

Plans  for  the  retirement  of  the  re- 
maining $12,000,000  of  the  original 
$30,000,000  of  Paramount  first  .  pre- 
ferred stock  are  still  being  studied, 
Balaban  informed  a  stockholder,  but 
no  definite  plan  has  been  approved. 


Verbal  Tilts  Put 
Pep  Into  Annual 
Para.  Meeting 


Paramount's  annual  stockholders' 
meeting  yesterday  was  enlivened  by 
several  verbal  exchanges  and  at  least 
two  challenges  to  fistic  encounters. 

The  stormy  petrel  of  the  meeting 
was  one  R.  G.  Fuller,  who  held  a 
proxy  for  an  out-of-town  stockhold- 
er's 50  shares  of  common.  Monopol- 
izing the  floor  at  the  outset,  he  was 
treated  with  good  humor  by  Barney 
Balaban,  who  presided,  until  his  com- 
ments concerning  Austin  C.  Keough, 
Paramount  general  counsel  and  sec- 
retary, grew  acrimonious.  Then  Bal- 
aban challenged  the  man's  behavior  so 
sternly  that  he  subsided  for  some  time. 

Fuller,  later,  put  the  name  of  Rob- 
ert Lehman  in  nomination  for  the 
Paramount  board  in  place  of  Keough 
but  failed  to  receive  a  second.  He 
then  offered  a  variety  of  resolutions, 
some  of  which  he  attempted  to  sec- 
ond himself. 

When  Balaban  expressed  distaste 
for  Fuller's  conduct,  a  stockholder 
was  inspired  to  observe :  "As  Shakes- 
peare said,  the  man  'is  full  of  sound 
and  fury,  signifying  nothing.'  " 

While  speaking  against  a  proposal 
to  indemnify  officers  for  legal  costs, 
David  Rathner,  attorney,  was  called  a 
"crackpot"  by  another  stockholder. 
Rathner  challenged  the  man  to  meet 
him  outside,  "anywhere  you  say." 

"I'll  get  you  Madison  Square  Gar- 
den," offered  Stanton  Griffis,  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Garden  as  well  as  of  Para- 
mount. 


/  SOME  NOTES  GATHERED  FROM 

VARIOUS  ACTIVITIES  POPPING 
EVERYWHERE  ABOUT  EAGLE  SQUADRON* 


*  THE  FIRST  MOTION  PICTURE 
ABOUT  THE  FIRST  AMERICAN  HEROES 
OF  THE  SECOND  WORLD  WAR 


Universal  is  proud  of  the  tribute  so 
glowingly  paid  to  Walter  Wanger's 
EAGLE  SQUADRON. 


The  trade  reviews  given  EAGLE 
SQUADRON  are  not  only  the  best 

ever  received  by  a  Universal  picture, 

but  represent  comment  as  fine  as 

any  motion  picture  has  ever  received. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  EAGLE 
SQUADRON  is  one  of  the  great 
motion  pictures  of  all  time. 


JNCV 


Alert. 


to  the 


Picture 
Industry 


tion 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


Flrst  in 


V  51.  NO.  119 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  THURSDAY,  JUNE  18,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Radio  'Selfish 
Interests'  Are 
Scored  by  Fly 

Says  Sanders  Bill  Would 
Hurt  War  Effort 


Washington,  June  17. — "Two 
or  three  selfish  interests"  in  the 
broadcasting  industry  were  de- 
clared today  by  FCC  Chairman 
James  L.  Fly  to  constitute  the  sup- 
port of  the  Sanders  bill  for  reor- 
ganization of  the  commission  and 
Congressional  consideration  of 
policies  with  respect  to  network 
broadcasting  and  newspaper  own- 
ership of  stations. 

Subjected  to  intensive  ques- 
tioning by  members  of  the 
House  Interstate  and  Foreign 
Commerce  Committee,  Fly  said 
he  is  opposed  to  enactment  of 
the  bill  on  the  ground  that  it 
would  "disrupt  a  war  agency." 

Asked  to  identify  the  "two  or  three" 
interests,  which  he  said  "make  a  big 
noise  and  blow  the  big  wind"  to  win 
adoption  of  the  legislation,  Fly 
named  CBS,  NBC  and  the  National 
Association  of  Broadcasters.    He  ex- 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


Ampa-WAC  Lunch 
To  Hear  Bernstein 

Sidney  Bernstein,  British  film  liai- 
son in  Washington,  will  give  an  ac- 
count of  the  wartime  experiences  of 
England's  film  industry  and  discuss 
film  cooperation  between  the  indus- 
tries of  the  two  countries,  at  a  joint 
Ampa-War  Activities  Committee 
luncheon  next  Thursday  at  the  Edi- 
son Hotel. 

George  J.  Schaefer,  chairman  of  the 
War  Activities  Committee,  will  intro- 
duce Bernstein  who  is  a  former  En- 
glish circuit  operator  and  adviser  to  the 
British  Ministry  of  Information. 


Delivery  Schedules 
To  Be  Fixed  Locally 

Meetings  in  the  field  among  repre- 
sentatives of  exhibitor  organizations, 
distributors  and  film  delivery  com- 
panies are  to  be  held  shortly  to  ar- 
range territorial  pickup  and  delivery 
schedules  under  the  new  Office  of  De- 
fense Transportation  restrictions. 

The  local  sessions  were  decided 
upon  at  a  conference  of  film  carriers 
and  exchange  supervisors  of  major 
companies    yesterday    following  the 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Para.  Benefit  Seen 
As  Issue  in  Trial 
On  Bioff  Payment 


The  question  whether  stockholders 
have  any  remedy  in  a  court  of  equity 
if  it  could  be  shown  that  Paramount 
benefited  from  the  payments  made  to 
William  Bioff  and  George  E.  Browne, 
even  though  the  payments  involved 
bribery  rather  than  extortion,  was 
raised  by  Supreme  Court  Justice  Car- 
roll G.  Walter  at  the  opening  of  trial 
yesterday  of  the  Paramount  minority 
stockholders'  action  to  recover  the 
payments  from  present  and  former  of- 
ficers and  directors  of  the  company. 

Presentation  of  testimony  was  be- 
gun soon  after  with  the  calling  of 
Austin  Keough,  vice-president,  secre- 
tary, general  counsel  and  a  director 
of  Paramount,  who  admitted  having 
made  or  caused  the  payments  to  be 
made  to   Bioff  over  a  period  from 

(Continued  on  poge  7) 


S chine  to  Turn  Over 
Three  More  Houses 

The  Schine  Circuit  has  granted  M. 
K.  Murphy  of  Appalachia,  Va.,  until 
Monday  to  post  $13,500  as  evidence 
of  good  faith  in  his  offer  to  repur- 
chase three  theatres  which  the  circuit 
has  agreed  with  the  Department  of 
Justice  it  will  endeavor  to  divest  it- 
self of,  it  was  stated  yesterday  by 
Willard  S.  McKay,  counsel  for 
Schine. 

If  the  deposit  is  made  by  Murphy, 
the  circuit  will  grant  him  10  addition- 

(Continued  on  poge  7) 


18,165,000  British 
Men  at  Gov't  Shows 

London,  June  17. — Operat- 
ing all  over  the  United  King- 
dom, in  service  camps  and 
military  stations,  the  ENSA, 
Government-supervised  body 
for  the  entertainment  of  the 
armed  forces,  last  year  gave 
theatrical  and  film  shows  to  a 
uniformed  audience  of  18,165,- 
000.  This  excludes  shows  in 
such  places  as  dockyards  and 
factories. 


Reelect  RKO  Board 
Excepting  Schaefer 
At  Annual  Meeting 


All  RKO  directors  with  the  excep- 
tion of  George  J.  Schaefer,  whose 
resignation  as  president  and  a  direc- 
tor of  the  company  became  effective 
yesterday,  were  reelected  to  the  com- 
pany's board  of  directors  at  the  an- 
nual meeting  of  stockholders  in  Dover, 
Del.,  yesterday. 

This  action  was  forecast  exlusively 
by  Motion  Picture  Daily  on  June 
15. 

The  stockholders  first  approved  an 
amendment  to  the  company's  by-laws 
reducing  the  authorized  number  of 
directors  from  the  former  13  to  11. 
J.  Miller  Walker,  secretary  of  the 
company,  was  elected  to  the  board  as 
the  11th  director.  It  is  understood 
that  Walker  will  remain  on  the  board 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Small  Town 
Decry  Too 


Exhibitors 
Many  Drives 


By  T.  L.  BUTTERFIELD 
Oklahoma  City,  June  17. — "Take 
it  easy,"  is  the  advice  a  great  many 
exhibitors  in  Oklahoma,  predominant- 
ly in  small  towns,  would  like  to  give 
those  who  are  urging  more  and  more 
participation  by  theatres  in  the  war 
effort. 

"Every  theatre  in  the  nation  should 
show  at  least  one  War  Activities 
Committee  film  on  every  program,"  is 
the  consensus  of  a  number  of  repre- 
sentative Oklahoma  exhibitors  inter- 
viewed. "But  we  must  not  make  the 
mistake  that  customers  gather  in  our 
houses  for  anything  other  than  en- 
tertainment and  to  avoid  war  nerves. 

"If  we  forget  this  we  will  find  no 
audience  to  which  our  war  participa- 
tion effort  can  be  directed  and  the 


results  we  obtain  will  be  even  less 
and  less." 

Even  exhibitors  have  been  surprised 
at  the  interest  shown  by  patrons  in 
the  Victory  Films  released  under  aus- 
pices of  the  WAC,  reports  from  every 
type  of  location  showing  exceptional 
audience  interest  in  these  subjects. 
Larger  houses  and  circuits  have  found 
that  one  such  film  per  program  ac- 
complishes a  much  better  purpose  than 
several  films. 

With  regard  to  campaigns  in  the- 
atres, one  exhibitor  cited  the  fact  that 
an  Army  and  Navy  Emergency  Re- 
lief drive,  a  United  Service  Organiza- 
tions drive  and  a  War  Bond  and 
Stamp  Sale  campaign  were  put  on  in 
Oklahoma  theatres,  one  immediately 
(Continued  on  page  7) 


Col.  Will  Not 
Subscribe  to 
New  Umpi  Plan 

Montague  Sees  Majority 
Of  Exhibitors  Opposed 


Columbia  will  not  subscribe  to  the 
proposed  Umpi  selling  plan  next 
season  because  its  provisions  are 
not  "welcome  to  a  large  majority 
of  exhibitors,"  Abe  Montague, 
general  sales  manager,  said  in  a 
trade  press  interview  at  the  com- 
pany's annual  sales  convention  at 
the  Warwick  Hotel  yesterday. 

Montague  said  there  would  be 
no  change  in  Columbia's  sales 
procedure,  that  of  full  line  pic- 
ture offerings,  because  that 
method,  he  said,  is  "tried  and 
true"  and  is  the  one  demanded 
by  exhibitors. 

[The  Umpi  plan  was  approved 
by  44  exhibitor  organizations  and 
disapproved  by  three. 

[A  Columbia  representative  sat 
in  as  an  observer  at  the  negotia- 
tions which  led  up  to  the  Umpi 
selling  proposals  but  it  was  ex- 
plained at  that  time  that  the  com- 
pany could  not  participate  in  the 
unity  movement  because  it  was  a 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Many  Conservation 
Ideas  Are  Studied 

Hollywood,  June  17. — Numerous 
suggestions  for  saving  raw  stock 
were  taken  up  tonight  at  a  meeting 
of  the  Film  Conservation  Committee 
which  had  invited  ideas  from  all  stu- 
dio branches.  Representatives  of 
guilds,  unions  and  studio  management 
were  present. 

One  of  the  suggestions  was  the 
modification  of  cameras  and  projec- 
tors to  reduce  exposure  speed  from 
the  present  rate  of  24  frames  a  sec- 
ond to  16  frames,  which,  it  was  said, 
would  reduce  raw  stock  consumption 
one-third.    Immediate  adoption  of  this 

(Continued  on  page  8) 


'In  the  Service* 

Motion  Picture  Daily- 
today  starts  listing  the 
men  and  women  serving 
in  the  armed  forces. 
See  Page  4. 


MOTION  PICTURE  DAILY 


Thursday,  June  18,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  June  17 

ARCHIE  MAYO,  director,  has 
been  engaged  as  production  man- 
ager by  Samuel  Goldwyn,  it  was  an- 
nounced today. 

• 

Samuel  Broidy,  Monogram  vice- 
president  and  general  sales  mana- 
ger, announced  today  that  the  first  of 
a  series  of  sales  meetings  will  be  held 
in  Memphis  July  5.  Broidy  is  ex- 
pected back  at  his  office  next  week 
after  recuperating  from  an  appendec- 
tomy. 

• 

"I  Escaped  from  Hong  Kong," 
story  of  civilians  imprisoned  by  Japa- 
nese after  the  siege  and  capture  of 
the  colony,  which  ran  serially  in  the 
Saturday  Evening  Post,  has  been  pur- 
chased by  20th-Fox  for  early  produc- 
tion, it  was  announced. 

• 

M-G-M  disclosed  today  it  had  pur- 
chased "Mrs.  Parkington"  Louis 
Bromfield  serial  now  current  in  Cos- 
mopolitan magazine. 


Personal  Mention 


20th-Fox  Production 
Meet  Starts  June  29 

Production  plans  for  the  new  sea- 
son are  expected  to  be  disclosed  by 
20th  Century-Fox  officials  following 
studio  conferences  which  are  scheduled 
to  start  June  29.  Spyros  P.  Skouras, 
president ;  Tom  J.  Connors,  vice-presi- 
dent in  charge  of  distribution,  and  Hal 
Home,  advertising  and  publicity  di- 
rector, plan  to  leave  for  the  studio 
June  26. 

The  first  group  of  releases  for  Au- 
gust and  September  will  be  set  during 
the  conferences,  it  was  stated,  and  a 
decision  also  is  expected  to  be  reached 
whether  to  hold  a  series  of  regional 
sales  meetings  or  a  branch  managers' 
meeting  in  New  York. 


NLRB  Election  Is 
Ordered  at  N.S.S. 

Washington,  June  17. — The  Na- 
tional Labor  Relations  Board  today 
ordered  an  election  among  the  cleri- 
cal employes  of  National  Screen  Serv- 
ice Corp.,  New  York,  to  determine 
whether  they  are  to  be  represented 
by  the  Screen  Office  and  Professional 
Employes  Guild  for  collective  bar- 
gaining purposes. 

The  order  was  issued  on  a  petition 
filed  by  the  union,  on  which  a  hear- 
ing was  held  in  New  York  June  3. 


S CHARLES  EINFELD,  director 
•  of  advertising  and  publicity  for 
Warner  Bros.,  and  his  wife,  May,  are 
observing  their  15th  wedding  anni- 
versary. 

• 

Maurice  Bergman  is  scheduled  to 
return  today  from  Buffalo. 

• 

Frank  Weinstein,  manager  of  the 
Eastwood  Theatre,  Hartford,  has  re- 
turned to  work  after  an'  illness. 
• 

Charles  Lane,  manager  in  Hart- 
ford for  Altec  Service,  and  Nevard 
Vartarian  of  Ludlow,  Mass.,  were 
married  last  week. 

• 

William  Crossman  of  Loew's-Poli 
Theatre,  Hartford,  leaves  next  week 
on  a  vacation  in  the  White  Moun- 
tains. 

• 

E.  R.  Trollope  of  the  Rialto  The- 
atre, Casper,  Wyo.,  has  returned  from 
a  two-week  vacation  in  the  East. 


WILLIAM  SUSSMAN,  20th 
Century-Fox  Eastern  division 
manager,  has  returned  from  a  trip 
through  his  territory. 

• 

Edward  Fitzpatrick,  manager  of 
the  Loew-Poli   Theatre,  Waterbury, 
Conn.,  is  recuperating  at  Waterbury 
Hospital  after  a  serious  illness. 
• 

William  G.  Bishop,  M-G-M  ex- 
ploitation man  in  Chicago,  is  vaca- 
tioning in  northern  Wisconsin. 
• 

W.  Harley  Rudkin,  film  editor  of 
the  Springfield,  Mass.,  Daily  News, 
has  returned  from  a  vacation  in 
Maine. 

• 

Robert  Munzer  of  the  College  The- 
atre, New  Haven,  leaves  this  week 
for  the  service. 

• 

Al  Winters  of  the  20th  Century- 
Fox  New  Haven  exchange  has  joined 
the  Marines. 


British  K.R.S.  Asks 
New  Sunday  Policy 


Hold  Funeral  Rites 
For  George  Quigley 

Funeral  services  for  George  E. 
Quigley,  55,  attorney  and  former 
Warner  Bros,  director,  will  be  held 
at  2  P".  M.  today  at  the  Campbell 
Funeral  Church,  Manhattan,  with  in- 
terment following  at  the  Fairview 
Mausoleum,  North  Bergen,  N.  J.  A 
Masonic  service  was  conducted  last 
night.     Quigley  died  Monday  night. 


Premiere  at  Palace 

"It  Happened  in  Flatbush"  and 
"United  We  Stand,"  20th  Century- 
Fox  pictures,  will  have  their  premiere 
on  the  same  program  at  the  RKO 
Palace  on  Broadway  July  2.  "United 
We  Stand"  is  a  full  length  film  record 
of  the  historic  events  of  the  past  25 
years,  produced  by  Edmund  Reek, 
head  of  Movietone  News. 


London,  June  17. — The  opening 
gun  in  the  fight  which  has  been  brew- 
ing between  the  exhibitors  and  dis- 
tributors has  been  fired  by  the  Kine- 
matograph  Renters  Society  with  a 
communication  to  the  Cinematograph 
Exhibitors  Association  demanding  a 
new  policy  on  Sunday  bookings. 

The  letter  urges  the  exhibitors  to 
discontinue  the  present  system  of  solo 
Sunday  bookings  of  old  films  because, 
it  is  contended,  the  method  is  unfair 
and  discriminates  against  the  public. 
Also  it  is  claimed  to  be  harmful  to 
iridustry  prestige  and  hampers  the 
war  effort  by  a  waste  of  labor  and 
materials  and  that  it  weakens  the 
war  propaganda  effort. 

The  KRS  declares  it  is  bringing  up 
the  situation  because  of  its  importance 
and  that  it  is  unfair  to  ask  the  public 
to  pay  the  same  admission  for  old 
pictures  on  Sundays  as  for  new  pro- 
duction weekdays.  The  system  was 
likened  by  the  distributors  to  forcing 
the  public  to  buy  last  year's  maga- 
zines and  newspapers. 


Los  Angeles  to  Hold 
'Hero  Day'  June  29 

Los  Angeles,  June  17.  —  War 
Heroes  Day  will  be  observed  here 
June  29,  with  Charles  P.  Skouras, 
president  of  National  Theatres,  serv- 
ing as  general  coordinator.  Sixteen 
American  and  British  veterans  who 
have  been  touring  the  country  will 
appear  at  the  Coliseum  following  a 
parade  and  other  ceremonies. 

The  Army's  limitation  on  the  size 
of  public  gatherings  will  be  suspend- 
ed for  the  occasion.  Mayor  Fletcher 
Bowron  and  Howard  D.  Mills  of  the 
Treasury  Department  will  serve  as 
honorary  chairmen  with  Skouras. 


Anthem  Feature  at 
All  Mexico  Houses 

Mexico  City,  June  17. — Ren- 
dition of  the  national  hymn 
at  the  commencement,  finish 
and  during  intermissions  at 
all  film  theatres  throughout 
Mexico,  a  voluntary  gesture 
of  the  exhibitors,  has  now 
become  a  regular  feature  of 
all  programs. 


British  'Invasion'  ^ 
Tests  Hit  Theatres 


Allied  Regional  in 
New  Haven  July  6 

New  Haven,  June  17. — Allied  will 
hold  a  regional  conference  here  dur- 
ing the  week  of  July  6,  at  the  Hotel 
Garde,  Joseph  F.  Reed,  regional  vice- 
president,  has  announced.  Col.  H.  A. 
Cole,  of  Texas,  former  president,  will 
attend  if  he  is  in  the  East  on  the  date 
chosen,  and  several  other  national  of- 
ficers and  regional  directors  are  ex- 
pected to  attend.  All  independents 
will  be  invited  to  attend  the  confer- 
ence and  discuss  industry  problems 
and  recent  developments. 


Gillham  on  WNEW 

Robert  Gillham,  Paramount  adver- 
tising and  publicity  director,  will  be 
interviewed  by  Bill  Berns  on  his  Hol- 
lywood Newscast  over  WNEW,  to- 
morrow at  12:30  P.  M.  The  inter- 
view will  concern  the  promotion  cam- 
paign for  "Wake  Island." 


Sees  British  Houses 
Able  to  Fulfill  Quota 

London,  June  17. — Hugh  Dalton, 
president'  of  the  British  Board  of 
Trade,  in  Commons  yesterday  voiced 
the  belief  that  there  are  sufficient 
films  available  to  enable  British  ex- 
hibitors to  fulfill  their  quota  obliga- 
tions, but  agreed  that  the  situation 
is   becoming  difficult. 

He  promised  to  encourage  produc- 
tion within  wartime  limits  but  indi- 
rectly suggested  that  exhibitors  could 
draw  on  reserves  of  films  produced 
during  the  past  four  years. 


London,  June  17. — An  occasional 
interference  with  the  trade  of  British 
picture  house  now  takes  the  form  of 
local  "invasion  exercises."  These 
exercises,  aimed  to  train  the  services 
and  civil  defense  forces  against  enemy 
attack,  have  been  launched  in  various 
parts  of  the  country.  In  some  areas 
the  film  houses  have  been  compelled 
to  close  during  the  exercises,  which 
sometimes  last  a  whole  day. 

Under  a  special  Government  order 
Civil  Commissioners  have  been  given 
power  to  close  picture  houses  in  the 
event  of  invasion  exercises.  Bristol 
was  the  first  area  to  have  such  an 
experience.  There,  theatres  had  to 
close  at  6  P.  M.  during  an  invasion 
"incident." 


Hanson  Names  Long 
To  Manage  Company 

Toronto,  June  17. — Oscar  R.  Han- 
son, president  of  Pioneer  Films,  Ltd., 
has  appointed  H.  T.  Long  as  general 
manager  of  that  new  Canadian  distrib- 
uting organization,  retaining  James 
I.  Foy  and  George  Oullahan  in  execu- 
tive capacities. 

Long  resigned  as  general  manager 
of  Associated  Theatres,  Ltd.,  in  the 
N.  L.  Nathanson  group,  after  10 
years'  service,  and  is  succeeded  by 
Harry  Law,  who  resigned  as  assistant 
general  manager  of  Republic  in  Cana- 
da to  take  the  post. 


Holdup  in  Portland,  Ore. 

Portland,  Ore.,  June  17.  —  The 
Orpheum,  ace  house  here  of  the  Ever- 
green circuit,  was  the  victim  of  an- 
other midnight  holdup  last  night. 
House  attaches  were  held  up  while 
en  route  to  the  theatre  safe  and  the 
robbers  escaped  with  $1,000. 


Poster  Men  to  Meet 

Philadelphia,  June  17. — Members 
of  the  Independent  Poster  Exchanges 
of  America  will  convene  on  June  28 
at  the  Broadwood  Hotel  here,  accord- 
ing to  an  announcement  by  Mitchell 
Pantzer,  secretary. 


Show  'Amber  sons' June  30 

RKO  will  hold  trade  showings  of 
the  Orson  Welles  production,  "The 
Magnificent  Ambersons"  at  all  ex- 
changes on  June  30,  it  was  announced. 


Mahne  Circuit  Executive 

Seattle,  June  17. — Carl  Mahne,  for 
the  past  16  years  manager  of  the 
Egyptian  Theatre,  has  been  named 
assistant  to  Al  Rosenberg  in  the  ex- 
ecutive offices  of  the  Evergreen  State 
Theatres  circuit.  Mahne  will  assist 
Rosenberg  in  the  direction  of  the 
smaller  houses. 


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defendant  in  pending  Government 
anti-trust  suits,  although  it  was 
in  sympathy  with  the  aims  of 
unity.] 

Questioned  as  to  whether  Columbia 
Pictures  Company  would  adopt  any 
policy  of  granting  relief  to  exhibitors 
who  have  experienced  patronage 
losses  due  to  wartime  population 
shifts,  Montague  said  that  Columbia 
always  maintains  an  "open  door  pol- 
icy." He  said  that  exhibitors  with 
legitimate  complaints  were  welcome 
and  could  be  heard  at  his  office  or  any 
Columbia  branch.  He  stated,  how- 
ever, that  the  company  would  not  con- 
sent to  arbitration  or  mediation  of 
such  complaints  by  third  parties,  that 
they  would  be  treated  solely  as  mat- 
ters to  be  determined  between  the 
company  and  its  customers. 

Will  Seek  Adjustments 

Conversely,  Montague  said,  if  it  is 
shown  that  other  exhibitors  have 
benefited  by  wartime  population 
shifts,  the  company  will  feel  free  to 
ask  proportionate  adjustments  of 
terms. 

Montague  said  that  definite  sales 
policies  have  not  been  determined  yet 
for  the  "three  or  four"  short  subjects 
which  Columbia  will  make  for  the 
Government.  He  stated,  however,  that 
the  policy  will  be  minimum  cost  and 
maximum  distribution  in  the  shortest 
space  of  time. 

The  company's  new  season  produc- 
tion budget,  he  estimated,  will  run  be- 
tween $17,000,000  and  $18,000,000. 
Two  regional  sales  meetings  may  be 
held  by  the  company  between  Aug.  1 
and  Aug.  15,  he  said. 

Does  Not  Credit  Decree 

Pointing  out  gains  made  by  Co- 
lumbia during  the  current  season, 
Montague  offered  them  as  proof  that 
the  consent  decree,  of  which  his  com- 
pany is  not  a  signatory,  cannot  be 
held  responsible  for  the  good  busi- 
ness being  done  by  the  industry  this 
year. 

Jack  Cohn,  vice-president,  told  the 
convention  that  the  progress  of  the 
company's  annual  sales  campaign  to 
date  has  already  caused  it  to  apportion 
$35,000  in  War  Bonds  as  award's  and 
that  $50,000  in  bonds  may  ultimately 
be  allotted. 

It  was  announced  at  the  convention 
that  Robert  Sparks  will  be  producer 
of  the  three  "Blondie"  pictures  for 
next  season,  and  that  Edward  Kauf- 
man will  produce  "Defense  Town" 
and  "Miss  Grant  Takes  Richmond." 


Columbia  Men  Guests 
Of  Eyssell  Tomorrow 

Gus  S.  Eysssell,  managing  director 
of  the  Radio  City  Music  Hall,  will  be 
host  tomorrow  afternoon  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Columbia  sales  organiza- 
tion in  convention  here.  Led  by  Harry 
and  Jack  Cohn,  Abe  Montague  and 
Nate  Spingold,  the  guests  will  tour 
the  theatre,  to  be  followed  by  an  in- 
formal buffet  in  the  theatre's  studio 
apartment. 


tV**5  SERVICE 


Motion  Picture  Daily  publishes  today  the  first  listing  of 
names  of  men  and  women  of  the  motion  picture  industry 
and  radio  who  are  now  serving  with  the  armed  forces  of  the 
United  States  and  others  of  the  United  Nations.  Publication  of  the 
names  will  be  continued  from  time  to  time.  Readers  are  asked  to 
provide  additional  names.  The  listing  is  divided  by  company,  with 
the  designation  of  the  branch  of  the  service  for  each  individual  where 
available. 


Balaban  &  Katz 


Richard  D.  Bordwell,  Army;  Samuel  C. 
Levin,  Army,  Fort  Brady;  Jack  Soper, 
Coast  Guard;  Henry  H.  Liebman,  National 
Guard;  Thomas  Adams,  Navy;  James 
Fauls,  Air  Corps;  Charles  Hague,  Navy; 
William  C.  Schwartz,  Byron  J.  Wheeler, 
Army;  Oren  Barry, 
Navy;  David  Crn- 
kovich,  Army; 
Harry  Danielson, 
Navy;  James  Ellis, 
Army ;  Francis  T. 
Davie,  Naval  Air 
Corps;  Thomas  J. 
Malrose,  Navy  ; 
Robert  Somerville, 
Army ;  George 
Grabowski,  Army; 
Anton  Tisinai, 
Navy;  Richard  M. 
Copeland,  Army ; 
John  Berkery 
Quinlan,  Army ; 
Marvin  Theodore 
Smith,  Jr.,  Navy; 
Elmer  Johnson, 
Aptive  National 
Guard. 

Donald  Sherwood, 
Navy; William  Noff- 
singer,  Army ;  Don 
A.  Lausmann.Navy ; 
James  Day,  Navy;  Norman  John  Haw- 
thorne, Navy;  Norman  Pearson,  Army  Air 
Corps;  John  B.  Payne,  Navy;  Stanley  C. 
Blaker,  Navy;  Lawrence  Carr,  Army  Air 
Corps;  George  Bolkov,  Navy;  W.  Keithley 
Smith,'  Navy;  Robert  Keyes,  Navy;  Frank 
Honkoskie,  Army;  Jay  Lane,  Navy;  John 
Walker,  Navy;  Edward  R.  Dlouhy,  Army; 
Robert  C.  Ramsey,  Army;  Roland 
Schwartz,  Army;  Thomas  Gelin,  Navy; 
Frank  Lack,  Norman  C.  Johnson,  Army; 
Theodore  Daum,  Army;  Richard  Sowers, 
Army;  Ben  W.  Feldman,  Active  National 
Guard;  Herbert  R.  Wieth,  Navy;  William 
E.  Wallin,  Navy;  Fred  Drew,  Army; 
Charles  J.  Hammond,  Navy;  Carl  Russell. 
Army;  Donald  J.  Hofstetter,  Charles  Tuck- 
er, Active  National  Guard;  Edward  M. 
Juckniess,  Active  National  Guard;  Princert 
Chapman,  Army;  Robert  H.  Faris,  Navy; 
Raymond  L.  Egan,  Navy. 

Melvin  J.  Rainey,  Army;  Manuel  Fing- 
erhut,  Army;  David  Rose,  Army;  Jack 
Kerz,  Army;  Derald  Rose,  Army;  Wallace 
Immerman,  Army;  Leon  Waldman,  Army; 
Donald  Holden,  Navy;  Howard  Blank, 
Army;  Jack  G.  Wohl,  Navy;  Sol  Horwitz, 
Navy;   Eugene  Narges,  Navy- 

Hal  Roach  Studios 


Iiieut.  Comdr. 
Gene  Markey, 
Col.  Producer. 


Jack  Graves,  Marine  Corps.  Australia; 
Alex  Wallace,  Jr.,  Field  Artillery,  Aus- 
tralia; Harold  Cooper,  Air  Force,  L.  A. ; 
Howard  McElroy,  U.  S.  Flying  School, 
Santa  Maria,  Cal. ;  Aubrey  Austin,  Signal 
Corps,  Ft.  Monmouth;  Leslie  Holmes; 
Frank  Woods,  Ordnance,  Tucson;  Stuart 
Frey,  Navy  Training  Station,  San  Diego; 


One-Third  of  House 
Staff  Serving  U.  S. 

Plymouth,  Pa.,  June  17.— 
Five  employes  of  the  Shawnee 
Theatre,  one-third  of  the 
staff,  are  now  in  the  armed 
forces.  The  group  includes 
two  successive  assistant  man- 
agers, Thomas  Brinzo  and 
John  Hanusovsky.  Brinzo  is 
stationed  at  Virginia  Beach, 
while  Hanusovsky  is  at  Camp 
Meade.  Felix  Swipes  is  now 
in  California,  Joseph  Cher- 
noski  is  stationed  in  New 
York  State,  and  Bert  Bogdon 
was  recently  inducted. 


20th-Fox  Now  Has 
256  Men  Serving 

The  total  number  of  em- 
ployes of  20th  Century-Fox 
now  serving  in  the  armed 
forces  of  the  United  States 
and  Canada  is  256,  the  com- 
pany has  reported.  Of  the 
total,  48  are  from  the  field 
sales  staff;  107  from  produc- 
tion; 32,  home  office;  eight, 
Movietone  News;  31,  DeLuxe 
Laboratories;  30,  Roxy  Thea- 
tre. 


Tom  Burns,  Camp  Crowder,  Mo.;  Herbert 
Gelbspan,  Fort  Jackson;  Don  Hinman. 
Bomb  Squadron,  Gowen  Air  Base,  Boise; 
William  Hinckle,  Ground  Service,  Coronado; 
Rudy  Butler,  Fort  Knox;  Fred  Hinman, 
Technical  School  Squadron,  Shepherd  Field, 
Wichita  Falls;  Carl  Shattuck,  Camp  Wol- 
ters,  Tex.;  Jules  Seltzer,  Navy,  Los  An- 
geles; Leslie  Holmes;  Philip  Medicus. 

RKO  Studios 


William  McCormack,  Navy;  Tersh  Klau- 
ser,  Army;  George  Swink,  Navy;  Charles 
A.  Stoddard,  Navy;  David  Berger,  Air 
Service;  Theodore  Husserl,  Naval  Reserve; 
Jack  MacKenzie,  Jr.,  Naval  Reserve;  Paul 
Wurtzel,  Naval  Reserve;  Joseph  Damen- 
stein,  Army;  Ted  M.  Jones,  Army;  Guy 
Newhard,  Army;  David  Thomas,  Army; 
Garson  Kanin,  Army;  Ben  Hale,  Armv; 
Louis  Besbeck,  Army;  William  Gross,  Air 
Corps;  Milton  Schreyer,  Army;  Louis 
Bachr,  Navy;  Duncan  Blanchard,  Navy; 
George  Donohoe,  Air  Corps;  Frank  Whit- 
ton,  RAF;  William  Perkis,  Army;  Jack 
Hill,  Army;  Alven  Cohen,  Army;  Robert 
Khenkanf,  Army;  Robert  Smith,  Army; 
Phil  Silverstein,  Army;  Jack  Miller,  Army; 
Sid   Katz,  Army. 

Al  De  Vuyst,  Signal  Corps;  Fred  Poul- 
sen,  Air  Corps;  Michael  N.  Salamunovich. 
Navy;  Samuel  Stone,  Army;  Thomas  Piatt. 
Army;  John  E.  Pommer,  Army;  John  Stur- 
ges,  Army;  Hary  Scott,  Army;  James 
Frettyman.  Army;  John  Glover,  Navy; 
Floyd  Farrington;  Navy;  John  Pinoges, 
Navy;  Bennie  F.  Bayless,  Navy;  Don  Rob- 
erts, Army;  Charles  Sayers,  Army; 
Charles  W.  Golde,  Army;  Bill  Sleeper 
Navy;  Lee  Frederick,  Naval  Reserve;  Glen 
Miller,  State  Guard;  Lewis  Stone,  Array 
William  Donohoe,  Navy;  Walter  Coulter. 
Navy;  Edwin  DeLane,  Navv;  A.  H.  Fred- 
enckson,  Navy;  George  Donohue,  Navy 
Ralph  Slater,  Navy;  Floyd  William,  Navy. 

Walt  Disney  Productions 


Berk  Anthony.  Xavier  Atencio,  George 
Baker,  John  Baron,  Dick  Batchelder,  Jack 
Bruner,  Andre  Caen,  Lars  Calonius,  An- 
thony Chiericetti,  Del  Connell.  Paul  Coulter 
Eddie  Enser,  Murray  Fairbairn,  John  Free- 
man, Clarence  Gabrielson,  Melvin  Grau. 
William  Gray,  James  Handley,  C.  L.  Hart- 
man,  Howard  Henkes,  James  Johnson, 
Rod  Johnson,  Philip  Joy,  Layton,  Oliver 
Legg,  Hicks  Lokey.  Paul  Long,  Richard 
Lyford,  Paul  Martin,  Victor  Michonski. 
Arthur  Moore,  Paul  Moore,  Doyle  Nave. 
Franklin  Onaitis,  Amby  Paliwoda,  Norman 
Palmer,  George  Peed.  Robert  Perry.  Wolf- 
gang Reitherman,  Jay  Sarbrv,  Ed  Saylor, 
Freeman  Silva,  Bill  Southern,  Wilbur 
Streech,  JulSus  Svendson,  Tony  Strobl. 
James  Stiffler,  Burdette  Svkora,  Archie 
Traynor,  Chas.  Wheeler,  Robert  Walker. 
Clair  Weeks,  Franz  Wetterings,  Alfred  O. 
Williams,  Gerit  E.  Roelof,  Phil  Hofmann, 
John  Skrifvars. 

Columbia  Studios 


Morry  Abrams,  Marine  Base,  Quantico; 
Charles  I.  Ackerman,  Marine  Base,  Quan- 
tico; John  A.  Adams,  Naval  Station.  San 
Diego;     Leo    E.    Anderson,    13th  School 


Reelect  RKO  Board 
Excepting  Schaefer 
At  Annual  Meeting 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

until  a  new  RKO  president  has  been 
designated  to  succeed  Schaefer. 

The  board  is  scheduled  to  meet  to- 
morrow and,  while  an  election  of  of- 
ficers may  be  held,  it  is  believed  un- 
likely that  the  presidential  post  rtTV 
be  rilled  for  some  time.  The  yj  . 
either  will  be  left  vacant  or  an  in- 
terim officer  will  be  named,  according 
to  reports. 

Those  Reelected 

The  directors  reelected  are :  Ray- 
mond Bill,  Ned  E.  Depinet,  Thomas 
P.  Durell,  Frederick  L.  Ehrman,  L. 
Lawrence  Green,  DeWitt  Millhauser, 
Richard  C.  Patterson,  Jr.,  N.  Peter 
Rathvon,  John  M.  Whitaker  and 
Lunsford  P.  Yandell. 


Delivery  Schedules 
To  Be  Fixed  Locally 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

convention  of  the  Film  Carriers  As- 
sociation at  the  Hotel  Astor. 

Two  sub-committees,  representing 
the  distributors  and  the  carrier  serv- 
ices, were  appointed  to  arrange  for 
meetings  in  each  exchange  center. 

Beginning  July  1,  the  ODT  will 
limit  service  to  one  pickup  from  ex- 
changes and  one  delivery  to  theatres 
daily,  within  a  25-mile  radius. 


Squadron,  Scott  Field,  Illinois;  William 
A.  Avery,  Fort  Benning;  Stanley  M.  Bak- 
er, Recruit  Department,  M.  C.  B.,  San 
Diego;  Fred  E.  Bax,  San  Diego;  Robert  C. 
Bradfield,  Coast  Artillery,  San  Diego;  Ora 

E.  Brant,  Infantry,  San  Francisco;  Robert 
Cohn,  Fort  Monmouth;  Thomas  P.  Car- 
berry,  San  Diego  Naval  Academy;  Bernard 
R.  Connors,  Naval  Air  Station,  Miami; 
Gil  Chapin,  Richard  Carroll,  Fort  Mon- 
mouth; Robert  Cox,  Coast  Guard,  Point 
Reyes,  Cal.;  Frank  Cleverly,  Fort  Mon- 
mouth; Richard  J.  Cunningham,  Wright 
Field,  Dayton;  Eugene  Eliot,  Naval  Re- 
serve, San  Diego. 

Thomas  L.  Flood,  Naval  Training 
School,  San  Diego;  Irving  Gertz,  Army 
Signal  Corps;  Seymour  Green,  Infantry, 
Bellingham,  Washington;  William  Holden, 
Fort  Monmouth;  Albert  A.  Honey,  Signal 
Corps,  Camp  Crowder;  Robert  B.  Hoover, 
Fort  Monmouth;  Ted  R.  Hubert,  Section 
Base,  Bishop's  Point,  Oahu,  Hawaii;  Joseph 

F.  Hurley,  Fort  Monmouth;  Albert  Indri- 
sano;  Howard  Jarrett,  Infantry,  San 
Diego;  Leigh  Jason;  Floyd  JoyeK  Signal 
Battalion,  Camp  Hahn,  Cal.;  Leroy  Ken- 
zel;  George  Light,  Fort  Lewis,  Washing- 
ton; Gene  Markey,  Navy,  Washington,  D. 
C. ;  Irving  Moore,  Air  Corps,  Santa  Ana, 
California;  Edgar  L.  McDonald,  Army  Air 
Corps.  March  Field,  Riverside,  Cal.;  Du- 
lane  McMillan,  Camp  Callon,  Cal.;  Dell  W. 
Nielson,  Cutter  Lupine,  Customs  House, 
San  Francisco. 

T.  J.  Nielson,  Field  Artillery,  Camp 
Roberts,  Cal.;  Charles  W.  Overhulser. 
Naval  Training  Station,  San  Diego;  John 
Peacock,  Naval  Fuel  Depot,  Point  Loma, 
Cal.;  H.  K.  Peterson;  Robert  C.  Peter- 
sen, Naval  Training  Station,  San  Diego; 
Jack  H.  Pickarts,  Fort  Monmouth;  Donald 
Pickler,  Infantry,  San  Francisco;  Donald 
Rigg.  Coast  Artillery;  John  C.  Sanichas, 
Bakersfield,  Cal. ;  Walter  Seltzer,  Marine 
Base,  San  Diego;  Edward  Saeta;  Kenneth 
Sheehan,  Fort  Hamilton,  Brooklyn;  Lee 
Sholem;  David  Silverstein,  Signal  Corps; 
John  Sullivan;  Homer  Van  Pelt,  Navy, 
Washington.  D.  C;  L.  H.  Wildey,  Naval 
Hospital,  Pearl  Harbor,  Hawaii;  John 
Weatherford;  Everett  W.  Walsh,  Training 
Battalion,  Edgewood,  Md. ;  Marshall  Young. 
Air  Corps  Cadets;  John  T.  Zacharias,  Fort 
Lawton,  Wash. ;  Ivan  K.  Connors,  Army ; 
Robert  E.  Murphy,  Navv;  Robert  Quirk. 
Army;  W.  R.  Santoro,  Armv;  William  S. 
Tilton,  Army;  Gerald  W.  Briskin;  R.  C. 
Sawyer,  Navy. 

M-G-M  Exchange,  Chicago 


Harry  Allegrezzi,  Army;  James  Ascher, 
Army;  James  Flaherty,  Army;  Gene  Rich, 
Army  Air  Corps,  Spokane;  Gerald  Skib- 
bins,  Army  Air  Corps,  Randolph  Field; 
Joseph   Kelliher,  Army. 


This  report  on  Walter  W 'anger's  "Eagle 
Squadron",  a  Universal  release,  appeared 
on  the  front  page  of  the  Harris- 
burg   Telegraph,    Tuesday,    June  16. 


Telegraph  Will 
Sponsor  'Eagle 
Squadron'  Film 

World  Premiere  of  Long 
Heralded  War  Epic  at 
Senate  June  24 

For  the  first  time  in  its  existence 
of  more  than  100  years,  the  Har- 
risburg  Telegraph  is  placing  its 
stamp  of  approval  on  a  motion 
picture. 

The  picture  which  this  news- 
paper deems  of  sufficient  im- 
portance to  sponsor  is  the  Walter 
Wanger  production,  "Eagle  Squad- 
ron," released  through  Universal 
Pictures,  and  having  its  world 
premiere  at  the  Senate  Theatre 
starting  Wednesday,  June  24th. 
Following  the  premiere  opening 
here,  "Eagle  Squadron"  opens  in 
Baltimore  on  June  26th. 

While  there  has  been  splendid 
entertainment  offered  in  the  local 
motion  pictures  in  the  past  many 
years  this  paper  has  never  talsen 
unto  itself  the  privilege  of  approv- 
ing or  disapproving  the  public's 
right  to  choose  the  type  of  picture 
it  preferred.  However,  with  the 
production  of  "Eagle  Squadron," 
the  editor  feels  that  this  is  one 
picture  every  resident  of  Harris- 
burg — and  the  United  States — 
should  see. 

"Eagle  Squadron"  is  drama — 
stark,  grim  and  r  e  a  1  i  s  t  i  c — and 
strikes  close  to  the  heart  of  every 
American.  While  the  picture  has 
entertainment  value  comparable  to 
its  two  great  predecessors,  "Hell's 
Angels"  and  "The  Big  Parade,"  it 
also  carries  a  graphic  message  to 
those  here  at  home. 

Greater  than  the  greatest  of  war 
pictures,  the  Harrisburg  Telegraph 
is  sponsoring  "Eagle  Squadron" 
because  its  editors  believes  it  car- 
ries a  real  message  of  American- 
ism, patriotism,  self-sacrifice  and 
daring. 

"Eagle  Squadron"  presents  Diana 
Barrymore,  21 -year-old  daughter 
Tnhn,  as  the  feminine  lead,  in 
^but,  with  Robert 
Albert, 
T,eif 


WARNERS 

Juke  Girl  (D) 
133 

Ann  Sheridan 
Ronald  Reagan 

Lady  Gangster 
(D)  134 

Faye  Emerson 
Roland  Drew 

The  Big  Shot 
(D)  135 

H.  Bogart 
Irene  Manning 

Sergeant  York 
(D)  101 

Gary  Cooper 
Joan  Leslie 

Wings  for  the 
Eagle  (D)  136 

Ann  Sheridan 
Dennis  Morgan 

Escape  from 
Crime  (D)  137 

Richard  Travis 
Julie  Bishop 

UNIVERSAL 

Almost  Married 
(C)  6024 

Robert  Paige 
Jane  Frasee 

Tough  As  They 
Come  (D) 

Dead  End  Kids 
Helen  Parrish 

Private 
Buckaroo  (M) 

6011 
Top  Sergeant 
(C)  6055 

Lady  in  a  Jam 
(C) 
There's  One 
Born  Every 
Minute  (C) 

Deep  in  the 
Heart  of  Texas 
(O) 

Robert  Stack 
Brod.  Crawford 

Danger  in  the 
Pacific  (D) 
6056 

Andy  Devine 
Leo  Carrillo 

Drums  of  the 
Congo  (D) 
6040 

Stuart  Erwin 
Ona  Munson 

— ^ 

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Ships  With 
Wings  (D) 

John  Clements 
Leslie  Banks 

Song  of  the 
Lagoon  (M) 

(Streamliner) 

M.  Woodworth 

Miss  Annie 
Rooney  (D) 

Shirley  Temple 
William  Gargan 

Friendly 
Enemies  (C) 

Charles  Ruggles 
C.  Winninger 

20TH-FOX 

Whispering 
Ghosts  (C) 
246 

Berle-Joyce 

Moontide 
(D)  247 

Jean  Gabin 
Ida  Lupino 

It  Happened  in 
Flatbush  (C) 
248 

Lloyd  Nolan 
Carole  Landis 

Magnificent 
Dope  (C) 
249 

Henry  Fonda 
Don  Ameche 
1 '.vim  Rniri 

Through 
Different  Eyes 
(D)  250 

Frank  Craven 
Mary  Howard 

Ten  Gentlemen 
from  West 
Point  (D) 
251 

G.  Montgomery 

1V1.    W  11  III  u 

Postman  Didn't 
Ring  (C)  252 

Brmda  Joyce 
Richard  Travis 

RKO  RADIO 

Syncopation 
(D)  226 

Adophe  Menjou 
Jackie  Cooper 

Falcon  Takes 
Over  (D)  227 

George  Sanders 
Lynn  Bari 

Come  On 
Danger  (O) 
285 
Tim  Holt 

My  Favorite 
Spy  (C)  228 

Kay  Kyser 
Ellen  Drew 

Powder  Town 
(D)  229 

June  Havoc 
V.  McLaglen 

Mexican  Spitfire 
Sees  a  Ghost 
(C)  230 

Leon  Errol 

REPUBLIC 

Stardust  on  the 

Sage  (O)  147 
Romance  on  the 
Range  (O)  156 

In  Old 
California  (O) 
103 

John  Wayne 
Binnie  Barnes 

The  Cyclone 
Kid  (O)  177 

Don  Barry 
Lynn  Merrick 

Moonlight 
Masquerade 
(C)  120 

Betty  Kean 
Ed.  Foy,  Jr. 

The  Phantom  ' 
Plainsmen  (O) 
167 

3  Mesquiteers 

Sons  of  the 
Pioneers  (O) 
157 

Roy  Rogers 
Gabby  Hayes 

Hi.Neighbor  (C) 

Jean  Parker 
Lulu  Belle 
and  Scottie 

The  Flying  ' 
Tigers  (D) 

John  Wayne 
John  Carroll 

PRC 

Men  of  San 
Quentin  (D)  201 

Anthony  Hughes 
Eleanor  Stewart 

Billy  the  Kid's 
Smoking  Guns 
(O)  260 

Buster  Crabbe 

Bombs  Over 
Burma  (D) 
208 

Anna  May  Wong 
Noel  Madison 

Gallant  Lady 
(D)  219 

Rose  Hobart 
Sidney  Blackmer 

Lone  Rider  in 
Texas  Justice 
(O)  265 

George  Houston 

They  Raid  by 
Night  (D) 

Lyle  Talbot 
June  Duprez 

Tumbleweed 
Trail  (O) 

Art  Davis 
Lee  Powell 

Prisoner  of 
Japan  (D)  204 

Alan  Baxter 

PARA. 

(Sixth  Block) 
Take  a  Letter, 
Darling  (C) 
1325 
R.  Russell 
F.  MacMurray 
Beyond  the  Blue 

1309 

Dorothy  Lamour 
Sweater  Girl 
(D)  1308 

June  Preisser 

Night  in  New 
Orleans  (D) 

1313 
Preston  Foster 
Dr.  Broadway 
(D)  1316 
Undercover 
Man  (O) 

(Seventh  Block) 

Tombstone 
(O)  1048 

Richard  Dix 

Are  Husbands 
Necessary 

(C)  1322 

Ray  Milland 
Betty  Field 

I  Live  On 
Danger 

(D)  1067 

Chester  Morris 
Jean  Parker 

Holiday  Inn 
(M)  1324 

Bing  Crosby 
Fred  Astaire 

MONO. 

Let's  Get 
Tough  (D) 

East  Side  Kids 

Down  Texas 
Way  (O) 
Buck  Jones 
Tim  McCoy 

No  Time  For 
Love  (D) 

John  Beat 
Wanda  McKay 

Texas  Trouble 
Shooters  (O) 

Range  Busters 

Hot  Rubber 
CD) 

Ricardo  Cortes 

Lure  of  the 
Islands  (D) 

Margie  Hart 

Riders  of  the 
West  (O) 

Rough  Riders 

Smart  Alecks 
(D) 

East  Side  Kids 

M-G-M 

Sunday  Punch 

(C)  234 
Ship  Ahoy 

(M)  235 
Tortilla  Flat 

(D)  236 
Spencer  Tracy 
Hedy  Lamarr 
Grand  Central 

Murder  (D)  237 

I  Married  An 
Angel  (M)  238 

/.  MacDonald 
Nelson  Eddy 

Pacific 
Rendezvous 
(D)  239 

Jean  Rogers 
Maisie  Gets 
Her  Man  (C) 
240 

Sothern-Skelton 
Her  Cardboard 
Lover  (C)  241 
Norma  Shearer 
Robert  Taylor 
Tarzan's  New 
York 
Adventures 
(D)  242 
/.  Weismuller 
M.  O'Sullivan 

Once  Upon  a 
Thursday  (D) 

Marsha  Hunt 
Richard  Carlson 

Crossroads  (D) 

William  Powell 
Hedy  Lamarr 

Pierre  of  the 
Plains  (D) 

John  Carroll 
Ruth  Hussey 

Calling  Dr. 
Gillespie  (D) 

L.  Barrymore 
Philip  Dorn 

Jackass  Mail 
(C) 

Wallace  Beery 
Marjorie  Main 

COLUMBIA 

Sweetheart  of 
the  Fleet  (C) 

3027 
/.  Falkenburg 
Joan  Davis 

Meet  the 
Stewarts  (C) 

William  Holden 
Frances  Dee 

Submarine 
Raider  (D) 

John  Howard 
M.  Chapman 

They  All  Kissed 
the  Bride  (C) 

Joan  Crawford 
Melvyn  Douglas 

Parachute  Nurse 
(C) 

M.  Chapman 
Kay  Harris 

Talk  of  the 
Town  (C) 

Grant-Arthur 
Ronald  Colman 

Atlantic  Convoy 
(D) 

John  Beal 
Virginia  Field 

Flight 
Lieutenant  (D) 

Pat  O'Brien 
Glenn  Ford 

Prairie  Gun 
Smoke  (O) 

Bill  Elliott 

Lucky  Legs 
(M) 

/.  Falkenburg 
Leslie  Brooks 

Blondie  for 
Victory  (C) 

P.  Singleton 
Arthur  Lake 

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Thursday,  June  18,  1942 


Motion  Picture  daily 


7 


Short  Subject  Reviews 


Schine  to  Turn  Over 
Three  More  Houses 


Para.  Benefit 
Seen  Issue  in 
Bioff  Payment 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

May,  1936,  to  January,  1938.  Keough 
continued  on  the  stand  throughout  the 
I    /  ^  The  trial  will  continue  today  and 
'   ^  Jkpected  to  last  a  week  to  10  days, 
judge  Walter  observed  at  the  out- 
set of  the  trial  that  it  was  his  belief 
that  stockholders  had  no  rights  at 
equity  unless  acts  complained  of  had 
resulted  in  an  injury  to  the  company 
and,   therefore,   to   the  stockholders. 
-   Whether  the  payments  were  extorted 
or  were  bribes  was  not  material  ex- 
cept in  a  criminal  court,  he  added. 

Says  Company  Benefited 

In  his  opening,  Louis  Nizer,  attor- 
ney for  Keough,  contended  that  the 
payments  were  made  for  the  good  of 
the  company,  to  prevent  an  injury  be- 
ing done  it  and  to  permit  the  continu- 
ation of  its  exhibition  and  production 
operations. 

He  emphasized  that  the  payments 
were  extortion,  not  bribery,  and  de- 
scribed Bioff  as  a  "notorious  gangster, 
a  member  of  the  Capone  gang,  acting 
under  the  guise  of  a  labor  representa- 
tive." 

Nizer  said  that  Paramount 
is  pursuing  its  relief  in  the  Fed- 
eral court,  endeavoring  to  re- 
cover the  payments  made  "from 
a  thief,"  whereas  this  stock- 
holders' action,  he  said,  is  one 
to  recover  from  the  victim.  He 
said  the  combined  shares  of 
stock  held  by  the  six  plaintiffs 
in  the  action  total  212.  There 
are  2,901,580  shares  of  Para- 
mount common  stock  outstand- 
ing, he  stated. 

Alfred  J.  Talley,  counsel  for  the 
plaintiffs,  a  former  New  York  Su- 
preme Court  Justice,  charged  in  his 
opening  address  that  the  payments  to 
Browne  and  Bioff  were  bribes  to  in- 
fluence their  actions,  paid  in  violation 
of  State  statutes. 

Louis  Connick  of  Simpson,  Thacher 
&  Bartlett  is  trial  counsel  for  Para- 
mount in  the  suit.  A.  C.  Bickford 
of  Simpson,  Thacher  &  Bartlett, 
stated  that  legal  opinion  reported  to 
the  Paramount  board  was  that  the 
payments  were  extorted  and  not 
bribes,  and  that  the  damages  to  the 
company,  had  they  not  been  paid, 
would  have  been  far  greater  than  the 
payments  themselves.  Counsel  later 
advocated  the  suit  by  the  company  to 
recover  the  payments,  which  is  now 
pending  in  Federal  court. 

Same  Ground  Covered 

Keough's  testimony  covered  the 
same  ground  as  that  gone  over  in  the 
Federal  trial  of  Browne  and  Bioff 
last  Fall  which  resulted  in  their  con- 
viction on  extortion  charges.  He  ad- 
mitted making  a  first  payment  of  $7,- 
500  to  Bioff  in  the  Hotel  Bismarck, 
Chicago,  in  May,  1936,  $4,000  of 
which  was  drawn  from  Paramount 
Theatre  Service  Corp.  by  Y.  Frank 
Freeman.  The  balance  of  the  pay- 
ment has  not  been  traced  yet,  Keough 
testified.  This  was  later  charged  to 
corporate  expense  on  the  Paramount 
books,  a  correct  bookkeeping  identi- 
fication despite  the  desire  for  secrecy 
as  to  the  payments,  Keough  testified 
in  the  face  of  vigorous  questioning 


"Gandy  Goose  in  the 
Outpost" 

(Terry  toon) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

Gandy  Goose,  private,  and  his  su- 
perior, Sergeant  Cat,  have  a  time  bat- 
tling off  Jap  planes  from  their  little 
island,  then  board  a  PT  boat  and  do 
a  job  on  the  pig  crew  of  an  enemy 
battleship.  A  few  humorous  bits  are 
injected.  They  finally  blow  up  the 
ship.  The  animation  is  routine.  Run- 
ning time,  7  mins.  Release,  July  10. 


"Heart  of  Mexico" 

(Magic  Carpet  of  Movietone) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

Picturesque  spots  in  Mexico  are 
shown  on  sepia-tinted  film  while  the 
commentator,  Lowell  Thomas,  offers 
an  interesting  recitation  of  the  Aztec- 
Spanish  historical  background.  Ob- 
served are  the  Popocatepetl  volcano, 
a  huge  waterfall,  flower  festival  and 
a  reenactment  of  an  ancient  religious 
ritual.  Also  a  historic  city,  Cholula, 
which  abounds  in  churches  and 
shrines.  It's  a  good  travelogue.  Run- 
ning time,  10  mins.  Release,  May  22. 

"Men  of  West  Point" 

(The  World  Today) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

One  of  the  best  short  subjects  con- 
cerning West  Point,  this  can  fit  into 
any  program  effectively.  The  curricu- 
lar  activities  of  the  student  body  are 


by  Talley.  He  emphasized  that  it 
was  for  the  general  protection  of  the 
company  and,  therefore,  properly 
entered  as  general  corporate  expense. 

A  second  payment  was  made  to  Bi- 
off in  the  sum  of  $20,000  at  the  War- 
wick Hotel,  New  York,  later  the  same 
year  and  was  entered  on  the  books  in 
the  same  way,  Keough  said.  Later,  he 
testified,  Bioff  made  a  demand  for 
$50,000  a  year  for  two  years  from 
Paramount. 

Keough  said  that  aside  from  him- 
self and  Freeman,  no  one  in  Para- 
mount knew  what  the  payments  were 
for  until  he  informed  John  E.  Otter- 
son,  former  Paramount  president,  of 
the  first  in  a  telephone  conversation 
when  the  latter  was  in  Hollywood. 
The  payments  were  not  discussed  with 
Barney  Balaban,  who  succeeded  Otter- 
son  as  president  in  1936,  until  Janu- 
ary, 1938,  when  Balaban  questioned 
a  $50,000  entry  in  the  studio  books. 
Entered  as  an  option  on  real  estate, 
the  money  had  been  deposited  in  a 
Coast  bank  and  was  paid  to  Browne 
and  Bioff  by  Henry  Herzbrun,  studio 
manager,  Keough  said. 

Judge  Walter  overruled  a  defense 
contention  that  the  three-year  sta- 
tute of  limitations  applies  to  the  ac- 
tion, upholding  the  plaintiffs'  conten- 
tion that  the  10-year  statute  applies 
because  the  payments  were  concealed 
from  the  stockholders.  The  court  re- 
served decision  on  motions  to  dismiss 
Otterson,  Percy  Johnston,  William  S. 
Gray  and  Henry  Luce,  former  Para- 
mount directors,  from  the  action. 


20th-Fox  Drive  in  S.  A. 

The  second  annual  Pan-American 
sales  drive  has  been  started  by  the 
20th  Century-Fox  foreign  department. 
Twelve  Central  and  South  American 
branches  are  participating. 


noted  in  intelligent  fashion,  detailing 
to  an  extent  the  scope  of  the  cadet's 
studies.  A  commanding  highlight  is 
an  address  by  Gen.  Douglas  MacAr- 
thur  before  a  1933  graduating  class. 
Impressive  shots  of  a  dress  parade 
close  the  subject.  Running  time,  10 
mins.  Release,  July  3. 


"Courageous  Australia" 

(The  World  Today) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

This  camera  study  of  Australia  was 
well  planned,  offers  a  good  and  fairly 
complete  picture  of  the  island  conti- 
nent that  figures  so  prominently  in  the 
"World  Today."  On  sepia-tinted 
stock,  it  reports  on  the  natural  wealth 
of  Australia  and  then  turns  to  its  new 
war  production  industries.  Camera 
work,  editing  and  subject  matter 
make  "Courageous  Australia"  decid- 
edly worthwhile.  Running  time,  10 
mins.  Release,  June  5. 


"The  Stork's  Mistake" 

(Terrytoon) 

(20th  Century-Fox) 

Here's  another  on  the  little  skunk 
that  nobody  wants.  Mild  cartoon  com- 
edy for  the  adults,  but  probably  hit 
material  for  the  youngsters,  it  begins 
with  the  stork  toting  his  bundle  un- 
til finally  he  spots  an  open  chimney  at 
the  abode  of  the  rabbit  family.  Cast 
away  at  first,  the  skunk  finally  gains 
the  good  graces  of  the  rabbits  by  dis- 
posing of  a  few  hounds.  Running 
time,  7  mins.  Release,  May  29. 


Small  Town  Houses 
Decry  Many  Drives 

{Continued  from  page  1) 

following  the  other.  "It  was  just  one 
yammering  after  another  for  money 
from  folks  who  have  already  given 
everything  they  can  spare,"  said  this 
exhibitor.  He  expressed  the  opinion 
that  such  campaigns  need  coordina- 
tion. 

"Any  such  participation  activities 
should  be  spread  out  as  far  as  thea- 
tres are  concerned,  not  heaped  one 
on  another,"  is  the  consensus  of  many 
exhibitors.  "If  not  we'll  have  thea- 
tre patrons  so  groggy  from  collection 
taking  and  sales  talk  for  contributions 
that  they'll  look  on  our  theatres  less 
and  less  as  amusement  places  and 
more  and  more  as  the  place  where 
they're  going  to  'take  up  a  collection 
again'." 

The  exhibitors  who  expressed  these 
views  have  been  the  leaders  in  patri- 
otic drives  and  are  even  pushing  their 
theatres  to  the  utmost  to  help  in  all 
such  efforts,  but  they  still  feel  that 
"a  collection  a  week"  is  bad  not  only 
for  ultimate  results  but  for  theatre 
business  as  well. 

A  good  many  houses  screen  the 
appeals  in  full  as  given  them,  even  in 
eluding  star  appeals  to  contribute  to 
the  collection  "which  is  about  to  h^ 
taken  up,"  but  do  not  take  up  such  a 
collection,  leaving  it  to  the  patrons 
to  drop  any  contribution  into  a  box 
near  the  door  as  they  leave  the  house 


Plans  Mexican  Shorts 

Mexico  City,  June  17. — Juan  Jose 
Segura,  noted  Mexican  nainter.  nlans 
three  shorts  that  he  will  call  "Ex- 
travaganzas of  Pan  America."  Carloc 
Ezquerro.  prominent  local  business- 
man, is  financing  the  subjects. 


{Continued  from  page  1) 

al  days  in  which  to  close  the  deal  for 
the  Viv  at  Corbin,  Ky.,  and  the  State 
and  Appalachia,  at  Appalachia,  which 
he  formerly  operated.  The  time  ex- 
tension was  granted  despite  the  fact 
that  Schine  is  not  obligated  under  its 
agreement  with  the  Government  to 
offer  the  houses  to  their  former  own- 
ers after  June  15. 

The  circuit  must  endeavor  to  dis- 
pose of  eight  other  theatres  under  the 
agreement  to  independent  exhibitors 
having  interests  in  less  than  15  thea- 
tres during  the  next  year.  Five  were 
turned  over  to  former  owners  prior 
to  the  June  15  deadline  for  priority 
bidding.  They  are  the  Webster, 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  for  which  a  sub- 
stantial deposit  has  been  made  and 
which  is  expected  to  be  turned  back 
as  soon  as  the  abstract  of  title  is 
checked ;  the  Paramount,  Glens  Falls, 
N. -Y. ;  the  Palace,  Clifton  Springs, 
N.  Y.,  and  the  Cla-Zel  and  Lyric, 
Bowling  Green,  Ohio. 

Eight  Houses  on  Market 

The  remaining  eight  threatres  which 
the  circuit  has  agreed  to  endeavor  to 
relinquish  are  now  in  the  open  mar- 
ket for  independent  exhibitors.  They 
are  the  Strand,  Cumberland,  Md. ; 
Plaza,  Malone,  N.  Y. ;  Memorial,  Mt. 
Vernon,  O. ;  Opera  House  and  Ada 
Meade,  Lexington,  Ky. ;  Scotia, 
Scotia,  N.  Y. ;  Liberty,  Pikeville,  Ky., 
and  a  50  per  cent  interest  in  the 
Margie  Grand,  Harlan,  Ky.  The 
period  for  the  recovery  of  those  thea- 
tres by  their  former  owners  expired 
June  15. 

As  pointed  out  by  Federal  Judge 
John  C.  Knight  in  Federal  court  at 
Buffalo  recently,  the  inventories  in  the 
theatres  being  disposed  of  are  entirely 
outside  the  scope  of  the  court  order. 

Connecticut  Dimout 
Rules  Are  Revised 

New  Haven,  June  17. — Exhibitors 
in  this  area  have  been  advised  of  a 
change  in  policy  on  dimout  regula- 
tions. The  latest  announcement  from 
First  Corps  Area  Headquarters  of 
Major  General  Sherman  Miles  defi- 
nitely dims  Stonington,  Groton,  New 
London,  Waterford,  East  Lyme,  Old 
Lyme  and  Old  Saybrook,  but  imposes 
less  restriction  on  Westbrook,  Clin- 
ton, Guilford,  Madison,  Branford  and 
East  Haven. 

From  New  Haven  to  the  New  York 
State  line  the  dimout  will  be  in  full 
force,  with  a  view  to  eliminating  sky 
glow.  This  includes  New  Haven, 
West  Haven,  Orange,  Milford,  Strat- 
ford, Bridgeport,  Trumbull  between 
the  Merritt  Parkway  and  the  shore, 
Fairfield,  Westport,  Norwalk,  Dari- 
en,  New  Canaan  south  of  the  Mer- 
ritt Parkway,  Stamford  and  Green- 
wich. No  marquee  lights  are  per- 
mitted, street  lights  have  been  par- 
tially blacked,  and  motorists  drive  by 
dimmers  at  20  miles  per  hour. 


Contest  Deadline  Set 

Houghton  Mifflin  Co.,  publishers, 
have  set  July  1  as  the  deadline  for 
material  to  be  entered  in  the  com- 
pany's eighth  annual  Literary  Fellow.- 
ship  competition.  This  is  the  first 
year  the  $1,500  fellowship  will  be 
awarded  semi-annually. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  June  18,  1942 


'Our  Life'  Is 
Chicago  Best 
With  $40,000 


Chicago,  June  17. — "In  This  Our 
Life"  drew  $40,000  at  the  Chicago. 
Judy  Canova  in  person  and  "Sleepy- 
time  Gal"  drew  $19,000  at  the  Orien- 
tal Theatre.  The  Apollo,  with  "The 
Gold  Rush"  and  "About  Face"  took 
$9,500. 

Estimated   receipts   for  the 
ending  June  11 : 


week 


"Gone  With  the  Wind"  (M-G-M), 
3rd  week 


1  day, 


"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.A.)  6  days 
"About  Face"  (U.A.)  6  days 

APOLLO— (1,400)       (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $9,500.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

CHICAGO-(4,C00)  (35c-55c-75c)  7  days. 
Stage,  Dennis  Day.  Gross:  $40,000.  (Av- 
erage, $32,000) 

"My   Gal   Sal"    (20th-Fox)    (2nd   week  in 
Loop) 

"On  the   Sunny   Side"  (2<Kh-Fox) 

GARRICK— (1,000)      (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $6,000.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"Sleepytime  Gal"  (Rep.) 

ORIENTAL— (3,200)     (27c-31c-40c-50c)  7 
days.    Stage,  Judy  Canova.    Gross:  $19,000. 
(Average,  $16,000) 
"My  Favorite  Spy"  (RKO) 
"The  Falcon  Takes  Over"  (RKO)  6  days 
"Private  Buckaroo"  (Univ.) 
"Castle  in  the  Desert"  (20th-Fox)  1  day 

PALACE— (2,500)     (40c -50c -68c)    7  days. 
Gross:   $13,000.     (Average,  $13,000) 
"Kid  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 
"Larceny,   Inc."    (W.B.)    5  days,   2d  week 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.A.) 

"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.A.)  2  days 

ROOSEVELT— (1,500)    (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,000.     (Average,  $11,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

STATE-LAKE— (3,700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $15,000.  (Average, 
14,000) 

"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

"This   Time   for   Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,700)  (35c-55c-65c- 
75c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Av- 
erage. $14,000) 

"The  Corpse  Vanishes"  (Mono.) 
"The  Mad  Monster"  (PRC) 

WOODS— (1,200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $6,000 


Many  Conservation 
Ideas  Are  Studied 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

suggestion,  however,  was  considered 
unlikely  because  of  the  equipment 
changeover  required,  which,  under 
present  conditions,  is  not  considered 
feasible.  The  idea  came  from  techni- 
cians working  with  the  Research 
Council  of  the  Academy  of  Motion 
Picture  Arts  and  Sciences. 

The  committee's  recommendation  to 
eliminate  credit  titles  as  a  step  in 
conservation  was  further  discussed.  It 
is  believed  that  the  various  labor 
groups  will  await  a  decision  by  the 
Screen  Directors  Guild  board  of  di- 
rectors before  expressing  a  formal 
opinion.  The  SDG  membership  has 
expressed  opposition  to  the  proposal. 

Henry  Ginsberg  today  was  appoint- 
ed vice-chairman  and  E.  H.  Goldstein 
secretary  of  the  General  Conservation 
Committee,  of  which  Ben  Goetz  is 
chairman. 


Weigh  'Outlaw'  Release 

Howard  Hughes  is  negotiating  with 
United  Artists  for  the  general  release 
of  the  film,  "The  Outlaw,"  which 
Hughes  will  roadshow  for  five  months 
before  placing  in  national  release. 


Hollywood,  June  17 

\/t  AYBE  the  House  of  Paramount  has  made  more  news  in  some  one 
•L^-l  of  its  30  years  but  it's  doubtful  if  the  name  ever  was  more  often  on 
the  tongues  of  many  in  the  trade  than  now.  One  day  last  week  the  com- 
pany took  the  $5,000-per-picture  set-materials  problem  by  the  horns 
and  gave  the  town  a  lesson  in 
its  solving  by  disclosing  that  some 
$60,000  worth  of  used  lumber  and 
such  was  to  be  salvaged  from  old  sets 
standing  on  its  ranch  out  in  San  Fer- 
mando  Valley,  which  would  have 
stood,  under  normal  conditions,  until 
it  weathered  away. 

Next  day  it  announced  a  gift  to  the 
Navy  of  its  airfield  constructed  for 
use  in  production  of  "Wake  Island," 
a  practical  runway  200  by  4,000  feet 
requiring  only  hard-surfacing  to  fit  it 
for  the  needs  of  the  Naval  Air  Force. 

The  studio's  backlog  of  product  has 
hovered  around  20  completed  pictures 
for  some  months.  It's  got  six  shoot- 
ing now. 


"Song  of  the  Red  Army"  has 
been  placed  on  the  M-G-M  pro- 
duction agenda  for  Arthur 
Hornblow's  first  assignment, 
preceding  the  announced  "Quo 
Vadis"  due  to  timeliness  of  the 
subject.  It  deals  with  the  Rus- 
sian army's  resistance  to  the 
Nazi  forces.  Producer  Horn- 
blow  is  collecting  material  for 
it  in  the  East.  .  .  .  Paramount 
announces  "Very  Hot  in  Haiti" 
as  a  starring  vehicle  for  Victor 
Moore,  Eddie  Bracken  and  Betty 
Hutton,  now  working  in  "Star 
Spangled  Rhythm,"  mentioning 
Dick  Powell  and  Marjorie  Rey- 
nolds for  the  romantic  spots. 

•  • 

Hunt  Stromberg  has  added  "Young 
Widow,"  novel  by  Clarissa  Fair- 
child  Cushman,  to  his  list  of  films 
for  United  Artists'  distribution.  He 
has  said  he  expects  to  finish  four  in- 
stead of  the  originally  scheduled  three 
features  in  the  first  year  of  his  con- 
tract. 

•  • 

Columbia  has  retitled  "Ellery  Queen 
Comes  Across."  Now  it's  "Enemy 
Agents  Meet  Ellery  Queen."  .  .  .  Chief 
Yowlachie  Indian  concert  soloist,  has 
joined  the  cast  of  Edward  Finney's 
Monogram  production,  "King  of  the 
Stallions."  .  .  .  Paul  Muni  is  back  in 
town  after  two  years  to  star  in  "The 
Commandos"  for  Columbia.  .  .  .  Ruth 
Terry  will  be  seen  opposite  Gene 
Autry  in  "Call  of  the  Canyon,"  one 
of  his  two  super  specials  for  this  year. 

•  • 

Cecil  B.  DeMille  and  Preston 
Sturges  are  to  portray  themselves  in 
Paramount's  "Star  Spangled  Rhythm," 
all-out  talent  display  of  which  the 
Paramount  lot  is  the  setting.  .  .  . 
Richard  Whorf,  who  played  Sam 
Harris  in  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy," 
has  been  signed  by  M-G-M  for  "Keep- 
er of  the  Flame,"  with  Spencer 
Tracy  and  Katharine  Hepburn.  .  .  . 
Lindsley  Parsons  has  lined  up  four 
films  for  production  for  Monogram 
during  July  and  August.  They  are 
"Here  Come  the  Marines,"  "Police 
Bullets,"  "You  Can't  Beat  the  Law" 
and  "Storm  Out  of  the  West." 

•  • 

Republic  has  announced  "Night 
Shift,"  a  story  by  B.  Jack  Flana- 
gan about  defense  workers  in  New 
Jersey,  for  early  production.  .  .  .  Col- 


umbia has  retitled  "Shot  Gun  Guard" 
as  "Riding  Through  Nevada."  .  .  . 
Hal  Roach  has  announced  "Fall  In" 
as  the  title  of  the  fourth  in  the  se- 
ries of  William  Tracy-Joe  Sawyer 
cantonment  comedies,  which  started 
with  "Tanks  a  Million."  .  .  .  Ida  Lu- 
pino  and  Monty  Woolley  have  been 
assigned  leads  in  "The  Light  of 
Heart,"  from  the  stage  play,  "Yester- 
day's Magic,"  with  Nunnally  John- 
son writing  the  script  and  producing. 

•  • 

Ernie  Nevers,  memorable 
among  the  gridiron  great,  will 
play  himself  in  Columbia's  "The 
Spirit  of  Stanford."  .  .  .  Evelyn 
Venable  and  Stuart  Erwin  have 
been  given  the  leads  in  20th 
Century-Fox's  "$10  Raise,"  story 
of  an  air  raid  warden.  .  .  .  Para- 
mount solved  its  "Pillar"  prob- 
lem for  "For  Whom  the  Bell 
Tolls"  when  it  assigned  the  role 
to  Katina  Paxinou,  Broadway 
stage  actress.  .  .  .  John  Carra- 
dine  has  signed  a  one-picture 
contract  with  Republic. 

•  • 

M-G-M  has  signed  Barbara  O'Neil 
to  an  acting  contract.  .  .  .  John  Gar- 
field has  been  assigned  a  starring 
part  in  Warners'  "Air  Force."  .  .  . 
RKO  has  advanced  the  starting  date 
of  "Stand  By  to  Die"  on  account  of 
the  centering  of  interest  on  Pacific 
affairs.  It  concerns  a  wrecked  avia- 
trix,  which  is  purported  not  to  per- 
tain to  the  late  Amelia  Earhart. 
.  .  .  Ann  Richards,  MGM  new- 
comer, gets  her  first  featured  role  in 
"Random  Harvest." 


B  &  K  Intervenes 
In  Gary,  Ind.,  Case 

Chicago,  June  17.— Spitz  &  Ad- 
cock,  attorneys,  have  filed  interven- 
tions in  the  Palace,  Gary,  Ind.,  clear- 
ance case  on  behalf  of  Balaban  & 
Katz,  listing  the  circuit's  Tivoli,  Re- 
gal, Tower  and  Southtown  and  six 
Loop  houses.  The  firm  also  filed  an 
intervention  for  Publix-Great  States, 
operating  in  Blue  Island,  Harvey  and 
Chicago  Heights,  111.  Indications  are 
that  this  proceeding  will  be  one  of 
the  most  important  to  be  heard  here. 
Should  the  award  given  by  the  arbi- 
trator be  upheld,  it  is  feared  that  it 
would  endanger  Chicago's  release  and 
clearance  system. 


Seven  New  Pictures 
Approved  by  Legion 

All  of  the  seven  new  pictures  re- 
viewed by  the  National  Legion  of  De- 
cency for  the  current  week  have  been 
approved,  six  for  general  patronage 
and  one  for  adults.  The  new  films 
and  their  classification  follow. 

Class  A-l,  Unobjectionable  for 
General  Patronage  —  "Atlantic  Con- 
voy," "Bambi,"  "The  Cyclone  Kid," 
"In  Old  California,"  "The  Magnificent 
Dope,"  "Strictly  in  the  Groove." 
Class  A-2,  Unobjectionable  for  Adults 
— "Calling  Dr.  Gillespie." 


Radio  'Selfish 
Interests'  Are 
Scored  by  Fly 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

plained  that  he  excluded  Mutual  since 
it  was  not  supporting  the  measure, 
but  said  it,  too,  would  be  vehement*^ 
any  subject  affecting  its  interests^ 

He  admitted  there  might  be  ncuj 
for  some  specific  radio  legislation  but 
contended  the  Sanders  bill  is  too  con- 
troversial to  be  considered  in  the  midst 
of  the  war  effort.  After  the  war,  he 
said,  new  problems  probably  will  bave 
arisen  in  FM  and  television  which 
"may  remake  the  entire  picture"  and 
will  dominate  future  broadcasting. 

He  said  the  networks  can  exert  an 
influence  beyond  their  size  because  of 
their  control  of  affiliated  stations. 
Questioned  whether  greater  control  is 
not  possessed  by  the  commission 
through  its  "life  or  death"  power  over 
broadcasters,  Fly  agreed  "that  sort 
of  power  would  be  just  as  vicious  in 
the  hands  of  Government  as  in  the 
hands  of  two  or  three  monopolies, 
and  if  this  commission  ever  endeavored 
to  exercise  those  controls  over  the 
contents  of  what  goes  out  over  these 
networks,  there  would  be  strong 
ground  for  complaint,  and  I  think 
this  committee  ought  to  do  something 
about  it."  He  agreed  broadcasters 
have  done  a  "good  job"  in  handling 
war  news  and  in  cooperating  with  the 
Government. 


KMOX  Strike  Over 
Hiring  of  Woman 

St.  Louis,  June  17.— KMOX  50.- 
000-watt  CBS-owned  station  here, 
went  back  on  the  air  at  8  P.  M.  yes- 
terday, after  having  been  silenced  for 
five  hours  when  21  engineers  walked 
out  in  protest  against  the  employment 
of  a  woman  engineer. 

Merle  S.  Jones,  general  manager, 
persuaded  the  IBEW,  union  involved, 
to  rescind  the  strike  order  and  sub- 
mit the  matter  to  arbitration.  The 
woman,  Mrs.  Leta  Bush,  amateur  ra- 
dio operator,  will  remain  out  during 
the  arbitration  proceedings.  The  union 
claimed  the  woman  was  hired  without 
consultation  with  its  officials. 


The  strike  at  KMOX,  St.  Louis, 
now  being  arbitrated,  over  the  hiring 
of  a  woman  as  an  engineer,  was  char- 
acterized by  CBS  here  as  a  "wild- 
cat strike  of  the  most  deplorable 
kind"  in  a  statement  issued  yesterday. 
The  hiring  of  women  as  replacements 
for  men  in  service  was  sanctioned 
by  the  IBEW,  parent  union  of  the 
strikers,  the  CBS  statement  declared. 


Edna  Mae  Oliver  in 
Benny  Summer  Spot 

A  new  show  starring  Edna  Mae 
Oliver  will  take  over  the  Jack  Benny 
Sunday  spot  on  NBC,  7  to  7:30  P.  M., 
EWT,  beginning  July  5.  Lever 
Brothers  Co.  will  sponsor  the  program 
over  81  stations.  The  "Victory 
Parade"  show,  which  occupied  the 
spot  since  Benny  went  off,  will  be 
heard  a  half  hour  earlier,  replacing 
"The  Great  Gildersleeve,"  also  off  for 
the  Summer. 


Alert, 


tion 


Picture 
Industry 


Do  NOT  REMOVF 


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DAILY 


51.  NO.  120 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  FRIDAY,  JUNE  19,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Canada  Pegs 
Employment 

As  War  Move 


Permit  Required  Before 
Hiring  Anyone 


Toronto,  June  18. — All  employ- 
ment in  Canada  has  been  pegged 
under  a  new  National  Selective 
Service  order,  whereby  theatres 
and  film  exchanges  among  others 
are  prohibited  from  hiring  any  per- 
son without  a  permit  from  the 
Federal  Government. 

Companies  continue  to  have  the 
privilege  of  discharging  any  person 
and  employes  can  resign,  but  pressure 
will  be  applied  by  the  Government  to 
have  them  take  war  industry  jobs 
because  of  an  acute  shortage  of  labor 
said  to  exist  in  Toronto  and  other  in- 
dustrial cities.  Employers  must  noti- 
fy the  Government  of  approaching  va- 
cancies for  the  purpose  of  labor  con- 
trol. 

Theatres  have  been  removed  from 
the  restricted  occupation  classification, 
but  this  is  only  a  nominal  change  as 
all  business  comes  under  the  super- 
seding edict. 


Smakwitz  Named  to 
War  Transport  Unit 

Albany,  June  18. — Charles  A. 
Smakwitz,  assistant  zone  manager  of 
Warner  Theatres  in  this  territory, 
has  been  appointed  to  the  War  Trans- 
portation Commission  of  the  State  of 
New  York  by  Gov.  Herbert  H.  Leh- 
man and  Carroll  E.  Mealey,  president 
of  the  State  Tax  Commission,  who 
is  chairman. 

The  committee  also  includes :  John 
{Continued  on  page  8) 


Swope  Named  Aide 
To  Sec'y  Stimson 

Washington,  June  18.— Herbert 
Bayard  Swope,  former  chairman  of 
the  board  of  Keith-Albee-Orpheum 
and  internationally  known  jornalist, 
has  been  appointed  as  expert  consult- 
ant to  Secretary  of  War  Stimson  in 
the  Bureau  of  Public  Relations  of  the 
War  Department. 

Secretary  Stimson,  in  disclosing  the 
appointment,  said  Swope  would  be  on 
part-time  duty  under  Major  General 
Alexander  Surles,  chief  of  Army 
Public  Relations.  Swope,  formerly 
executive  editor  of  the  old  New  York 
World,  was  a  correspondent  in  World 
War  I. 


Studio  Conservation  Rules 


F 


Hollywood,  June  18 

OLLOWING  are  the  13  rules  adopted  by  producers  for  the  conserva- 
tion of  raw  stock,  effective  immediately : 

1.  Use  stills  instead  of  film  for  wardrobe  and  similar  tests. 

2.  All  trailers  will  be  reduced  in  length,  as  previously  specified. 

3.  A  camera  device  to  replace  placards  for  numbering  takes. 

4.  Elimination  of  the  reprinting  of  approved  takes. 

5.  Salvaging  of  short  ends. 

6.  Reduction  of  unnecessary  setups. 

7.  Posting  of  a  slogan,  "Save  Film — Save  Your  Job." 

8.  Salvaging  of  old  film. 

9.  Collaboration  with  film  cutters  on  script  before  production  and 
postponement  of  negative  cutting  until  after  preview. 

10.  Reduction  of  reprinting  due  to  black  frames. 

11.  Limitation  of  script  revisions  on  the  set. 

12.  Use  of  single  takes  for  rushes. 

13.  Elimination  of  all  rehearsals  with  film. 


McCormick  Head  of 
Publicity  Committee 


S.  Barret  McCormick  yesterday 
was  elected  chairman  of  the  Eastern 
Public  Relations  Committee  to  .serve 
for  the  next  six  months,  at  a  meeting 
at  the  New  York  Athletic  Club.  Mort 
Blumenstock  was  elected  a  new  mem- 
ber of  the  executive  committee,  join- 
ing McCormick,  Robert  Gillham  and 
Walter  Trumbull  of  the  MPPDA. 

Glendon  Allvine,  executive  secre- 
tary of  the  committee,  has  communi- 
cated with  individuals  in  the  exchange 
centers,  asking  them  to  serve  as  local 
representatives     of    the  committee. 

Company  heads  will  be  asked  to  ap- 
prove a  suggestion  that  when  film 
players  appear  on  the  radio,  the  usual 
reference  to  appearance  through  the 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Para.  Heads  Detail 
Bioff  Strike  Threat 


By  EUGENE  ARNEEL 

Paramount  would  have  been  re- 
turned to  a  state  of  bankruptcy  in 
1936,  from  which  it  had  emerged  only 
a  short  time  before,  if  its  theatres 
and  studios  had  been  closed  in  accord- 
ance with  the  strike  threat  of  William 
Bioff,  both  Adolph  Zukor,  chairman 
of  the  Paramount  board,  and  Stanton 
Griffis,  chairman  of  the  executive 
committee,  testified  yesterday  in  the 
trial  of  the  minority  stockholders'  ac- 
tion in  State  Supreme  Court  here  to 
recover  from  present  and  former  of- 
ficers and  directors  of  Paramount  the 
sums  paid  to  Bioff  and  George  E. 
Browne  to  forestall  the  strike. 

George  J.  Schaefer,  former  presi- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


U.  S.  Urges  Deferment  of 
Conventions  for  Duration 


Washington,  June  18.  —  The 
probability  that  film  sales  conventions 
will  be  abandoned  for  the  duration 
was  seen  in  industry  quarters  as  a  re- 
sult of  a  statement  today  of  Joseph 
E.  Eastman,  director  of  Defense 
Transportation,  urging  voluntary  de- 
ferment of  all  meetings  and  conven- 
tions requiring  travel  not  closely  re- 
lated to  the  war  effort. 

Asking  also  that  state  and  county 
fairs  be  postponed,  Eastman  explained 
that  mass  travel  interferes  with  regu- 
larly scheduled  traffic,  and  pointed  out 
that  railroads  are  confronted  with  a 
tremendous  task  in  moving  freight 
and  troops. 


3  Complaints,  One 
Appeal  Are  Filed 

Two  clearance  complaints  have  been 
brought  against  the  five  consenting 
companies  at  the  Cincinnati  arbitra- 
tion tribunal,  a  some  run  complaint 
was  filed  in  St.  Louis,  and  an  appeal 
has  been  taken  from  the  Philadelphia 
board's  award  granting  partial  clear- 
ance relief  to  the  Parkside  Theatre, 
Camden,  N.  J.,  the  American  Arbitra- 
tion Association  reported  yesterday. 

The  Cincinnati  complaints  were 
filed  by  Champion  Amusements  Co., 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Studios  Adopt 
13  Regulations 
To  Save  Film 


Report  to  Be  Submitted 
to  WPB  Next  Week 


By  ROSCOE  WILLIAMS 

Hollywood,  June  18. — Thirteen 
economy  rules  designed  to  conserve 
raw  stock  have  been  accepted  by 
the  Association  of  Motion  Picture 
Producers  and  will  be  applied  im- 
mediately by  all  member  studios. 
They  will  be  mandatory. 

The  13  rules  are  expected  to  be 
the  principal  basis  of  a  report  which 
will  be  presented  to  the  War  Produc- 
tion Board  in  Washington  next  Tues- 
day on  behalf  of  Hollywood  commit- 
tees representing  studio  management, 
producers,  and  studio  labor  groups. 
Conservation  moves  adopted  by  the 
distributors  will  be  incorporated  in  the 
program. 

Ray  Klune,  representing  the  Film 
Conservation  Committee  and  the  In- 
dustry Advisory  Committee,  left  to- 
day by  train  for  New  York,  where 
he  will  confer  with  distributors.  He 
will  represent  the  Hollywood  com- 
mittees at  the  WPB  conference  which 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Van  Schmus  Plaque 
Unveiled  at  Yeshiva 

A  bronze  plaque  commemorating 
the  late  W.  G.  Van  Schmus  was  un- 
veiled yesterday  at  commencement  ex- 
ercises of  Yeshiva  College,  Manhat- 
tan, with  dedicatory  remarks  by 
George  J.  Schaefer,  former  president 
of  RKO. 

Van  Schmus  was  instrumental  in 
establishing  a  scholarship  fund  for  the 
college  through  contributions  raised 
annually  among  persons  in  the  motion 
picture  industry. 

"Mr.  Van  Schmus  has  endowed  this 
college  and  those  who  knew  him  well," 
Schaefer  said  in  part,  "with  the  rich- 
ness of  his  own  characteristics,  be- 
liefs and  thoughts.    He  has  left  be- 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


Key  City  Grosses 

How  are  the  new  pictures 
doing  at  the  box-office?  See 
Pages  4  and  8  for  key  city 
reports.  Broadway  grosses 
and  Showmanship  Flashes, 
Page  8. 


I 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  June  19,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  June  18 

WAR  problems  affecting  exhibition 
and  theatres'  participation  in 
the  win-the-war  effort  will  be  the  sub- 
ject of  a  luncheon  meeting  of  in- 
dependent and  circuit  exhibitors  at  the 
Ambassador  Hotel  here  tomorrow. 
Francis  Harmon,  vice-chairman  of  the 
War  Activities  Committee,  will  be 
principal  speaker.  Representatives  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Defense  Council  and 
of  the  U.  S.  Treasury  in  charge  of 
the  bond  campaign,  will  attend. 
Charles  Skouras  and  Robert  Poole, 
local  WAC  executives,  will  preside. 
• 

Republic  today  announced  signing 
Theodore  Sallee  as  conservation 
draughtsman  to  chart  camera  angles 
and  setups  before  shooting  as  a  meas- 
ure to  save  film  stock. 

• 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Motion 
Picture  Relief  Fund  has  been  announc- 
ed for  June  30  at  the  Roosevelt  Hotel. 
Election  of  officers  is  scheduled. 

KAO  Votes  25c  Dividend 

Keith-Albee-Orpheum  Corp.  direc- 
tors yesterday  declared  a  dividend  of 
25  cents  a  share  on  the  com- 
mon stock,  payable  June  24  to  stock- 
holders of  record  June  19. 

'United'  Tradeshow 

"United  We  Stand,"  20th  Century- 
Fox  feature  produced  by  Movie- 
tonews,  will  be  tradeshown  at  the 
New  York  exchange  Wednesday. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 
Rockefeller  Center 

GREER  GARSON    .  WALTER  PIDGEON 


MRS.  MINIVER" 

From  Jan  Struther's  Book  .  An  M-G-M  Picture 
ON  THE  GREAT  STAGE:  "AT  EASE!"  — 
Leonidoff's  fast  moving,  colorful  revue.  Symphony 
Orchestra,  under  the  direction  of  Erno  Rapee. 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved  Circle  6-4600 


ROSALIND  FRED 

RUSSELL  MtcMURRAY 


i>y«««WI\llllim«//W. 


mpmm 


II      Ail    k&lH&J  MMOUS  ORCHISTM  § 

§1 


Midnight 

Feature  //. 


PARAMOUNT 


"TEN  GENTLEMEN 
from  WEST  POINT" 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Picture 

PLUS  A  BIG  DAYY  7th  Ave- 
STAGE  SHOW  »VA  I    &  50th  St. 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


THE  SPOILERS' 

MARLENE  DIETRICH 
—  and  — 
KAY  KYSER  and  BAND 

'MY  FAVORITE  SPY" 


Tyrone  POWER*  Joan  FONTAINE 

THIS  ABOVE  ALL 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Triumph 

ACTAD  BROADWAY  A  ASth  ST. 
O  I  UK  CONTINUOUS 


Personal  Mention 


TOM     J.     CONNORS,  Laudy 
Lawrence    and    Hal  Horne 
were  in  Washington  yesterday. 
• 

N.  Peter  Rathvon  is  expected  in 
California  today  from  New  York. 

Darryl  F.  Zanuck  is  scheduled  to 
arrive  in  Hollywood  today. 

• 

Harold  Berkowitz  and  Herbert 
J.  Erlanger  of  Warners'  legal  de- 
partment have  joined  the  army. 
• 

Harold  Brown,  manager  of  the 
Windsor  in  Windsor,  Conn.,  reports 
for  Army  duty  at  the  end  of  the 
month. 

• 

Donald  Andreotta  of  Shulman 
Theatres,  Hartford,  Conn.,  leaves 
shortly  for  Army  service. 

• 

Rutgers  Neilson  and  Mrs.  Nell- 
son  are  visiting  in  Canada. 

• 

Norman  C.  Rolfe,  manager  of  the 
Webb,  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  is  vaca- 
tioning in  New  Hampshire. 

• 

Norman  Elson  leaves  today  for 
Boston. 


PAT    CASEY    arrived    from  the 
Coast  yesterday. 

• 

Harry  Cohn  has  returned  to  Cali- 
fornia. 

• 

Arthur  A.  Lee  has  returned  from 
a  Coast  visit. 

• 

Irwin  Tucker,  owner  of  several 
theatres  in  Oklahoma,  has  enlisted  in 
the  Navy.  a 

John  Polka,  manager  of  the 
Strand,  Plainville,  Conn.,  has  been 
commissioned  a  second  lieutenant  in 
the  Army  Air  Corps. 

• 

Thomas  Corbett  of  the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox exchange  in  St.  John  is  now 
a  corporal  in  the  Canadian  Army 
Ordnance  Corps. 

• 

Reginald  March,  20th  Century- 
Fox  manager  at  St.  John,  has  been 
elected  vice-president  of  the  local  Ro- 
tary Club.  # 

David  Thomson,  formerly  of  the 
staff  of  the  Capitol  Theatre,  St.  John, 
N.  B.,  is  directing  entertainment 
among  service  men  for  the  Canadian 
Legion. 


Nathanson  Called 
In  Probe  of  CBC 

Toronto,  June  18. — N.  L.  Nathan- 
son,  head  of  Odeon  Theatres  of  Can- 
ada, and  Empire  Universal  interests, 
has  been  called  to  testify  before  the 
Parliamentary  inquiry  at  Ottawa  into 
the  affairs  and  activities  of  the  Cana- 


dian Broadcasting  Corp.,  of  which  he 
is  vice-chairman  of  the  board  and 
chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee. 

Meanwhile,  at  the  hearing  at  Ot- 
tawa today,  Gordon  Graydon,  Mem- 
ber of  Parliament,  told  the  House  of 
Commons  Radio  Committee  that  the 
greatest  need  of  CBC  is  a  "boss  who 
has  some  say,"  in  discussing  the  cor- 
poration's organization. 


SOME  NOTES  GATHERED  FROM 
VARIOUS  ACTIVITIES  POPPING 
EVERYWHERE  ABOUT  EAGLE  SQUADRON  * 


*  THE  FIRST  MOTION  PICTURE 
ABOUT  THE  FIRST  AMERICAN  HEROES 
OF  THE  SECOND  WORLD  WAR 


Newsreel 
Parade 


THE  new  issues  have  on-the-spot 
coverage  of  the  battleship  Ari- 
zona going  down  and  the  carrier  Lex- 
ington ablaze  in  major  sea  battles. 
Here  are  the  contents: 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  82— New 
Navy  building  program.  Bomber  predic- 
tion. Rubber  drive.  New  postal  servicer 
overseas  forces.  Feminine  caddie^^  ^ 
Florida.  Rodeo  in  Australia.  Nurses  irr^ift 
Navy.    Philippines,    Mexico  join  Allies. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  Z80^U.  S. 
acquires  secret  base.  Films  of  Arizona  and 
Lexington.  Rubber  drive.  Soldiers'  new  let- 
ter service.  Allies'  envoys  with  Roosevelt 
in  Washington.  Rodeo  in  Australia. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  85.— Navy 
occupies  Pacific  island.  Letters  for  over- 
seas forces.  Use  electric  sentry  on  West 
Coast.  Rubber  drive.  Bond  campaign. 
Mexico,  Philippines  join  Allies.  More  car- 
riers on  Navy  building  program.  Lexing- 
ton and  Arizona  films. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  85— Roosevelt 
and  United  Nations  envoys  at  White 
House.  Bomber  production.  Rubber  drive. 
Navy  takes  over  Pacific  island.  Shots  of 
Lexington  and  Arizona. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  No.  94— Lex- 
ington and  Arizona  lost.  Bomber  produc- 
tion. United  Nations  group  at  White 
House.  Navy  takes  Pacific  base.  Mail  ser- 
vice for  overseas  troops.  Rubber  drive. 
Rodeo  in  Australia. 


Sports  Committee 
For  USO  Formed 

A  sports  committee  for  the  current 
USO  campaign  was  selected  last  night 
at  a  beefsteak  party  at  Toots  Shor's, 
with  Bill  Corum  as  chairman.  Radio 
sports  commentators  attended,  as  well 
as  several  film  men,  including  Rob- 
ert Weitman,  Leonard  Goldenson  and 
L.  E.  Thompson.  Jack  Cohn,  chair- 
man of  the  New  York  amusements 
and  sports  division,  was  toastmaster. 

James  A.  Farley  made  the  principal 
address.  Newsreel  men  in  attendance 
were  Howard  Arndt,  Thomas  Mead, 
Charles  Mathieu  and  Morton  Mc- 
Connachie. 


Martin  Joins  U.  A. 

Chicago,  June  18. — Fred  Martin, 
formerly  an  RKO  booker  here  and 
previously  with  United  Artists,  has 
been  appointed  office  manager  for 
United  Artists  at  Cincinnati. 


Ireton  to  Hollywood 

Toronto,  June  18. — Glenn  Ireton, 
Canadian  publicity  director  for  War- 
ners, has  left  for  Hollywood  to  take 
a  studio  publicity  post. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

{Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 

Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center, 
New  York  City.  Telephone,  Circle  7-3100. 
Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York,"  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
Cron,  Advertising  Manager;  Chicago  Bureau, 
624  South  Michigan  Avenue,  C.  B.  O'Neill. 
Manager;  Hollywood  Bureau,  Postal  Union 
Life  Building,  William  R.  Weaver,  Editor; 
London  Bureau,  4  Golden  Square.  London 
Wl,  Hope  Burnup,  Manager,  cable  address 
"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany. Inc.  Other  Quigley  Publications:  Mo- 
tion Picture  Herald,  Better  Theatres,  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23. 
1938,  at  the  post  office  at  New  York,  N.  Y., 
under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Subscrip- 
tion rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
$12  foreign.  Single  copies  10c. 


Here's  HowToTum  Heroic 

Headlines  Into  Record  Grosses! 


.  .       in  the  Philippines 
American  heroes  against  a 

fighting  a  savagtbrilUog  the  world 
savage  toe  .  • ■  • courage  .  •  • 
with  their  dauntless  amaZing 

filling  the  s«XTou^devety 
adventure  to  make  yo 
American  cheer..  ^ 


presents  \\ 

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fROWTHE  NOVEIBYCHARI 


...AT  THE  GLOBE,  BRIDGEPORT, 
THE  BIGGEST  BUSINESS  SINCE  1932 ! 

Second  balcony  opened  for  the  first  time  in 
years!  3.R.O.  all  day  long!  Ticket  sales  stopped 
half  a  dozen  times  on  first  record-smashing  day! 

Make  Your  Theatre  A  Branch  Of  Uncle  Sarrr 
Seii  War  Savings  Bonds  And  Stamps. 


This  is  one  of  the  ads 
in  the  new  revised 
ad  section  that's  ready 
now  on  this  great 
Samuel  Goldwyn 
Production  of  heroism 
in  the  Philippines! 
These  ads  launched 
the  big  engagements 
in  Pittsburgh  and 
Bridgeport.  You'll 
want  to  use  them  too 
when  you  set  your 
early  dates  on.  this 
timely,  action-packed 
war  story! 


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Released  thru  UNITED  ARTISTS 


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Motion  Picture  daily 


Friday,  June  19,  1942 


'Tortilla  Flat' 
Los  Angeles 
Hit  at  $38,700 


Los  Angeles,  June  18. — "Tortilla 
Flat"  and  "Nazi  Agent"  scored  a  total 
of  $38,700  at  two  houses,  $16,500  at 
the  Chinese  and  $22,200  at  Loew's 
State.  In  a  first  week  at  the  Carthay 
Circle,  the  engagement  personally 
managed  by  David  O.  Selznick  and 
Whitney  Bolton,  "Gone  With  the 
Wind"  drew  $7,000.  The  proceeds  of 
the  opening  performance  went  to  char- 
ity. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  10 : 

"Tortilla   Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

CHINESE — (2,500)       (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $16,500.  (Average,  $12,000) 
"Bashful  Bachelor"  (RKO) 

HAWAII— (1,100)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $3,100. 
"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 
"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

HILLSTREET— (2,700)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,500.  (Average 
$6,500) 

"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"Nazi  Agent"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  STATE— (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c 
75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $22,200.  (Average,  $14,- 
000) 

"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

PANTAGES— (3,000)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,800.  (Average, 
$7,000) 

"Take  a  Letter  Darling"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT  (Hollywood)— (1,407)  (33c- 
44c-55c-75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $11,000. 
"Take  a  Letter  Darling"  (Para.) 
"Remember  Pearl  Harbor"  (Rep.) 

PARAMOUNT    (Downtown)— (3,595)  (33c- 
44c-55c-75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $15,000. 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER     BROS.    (Hollywood)— (3,000) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)    7    days.    Gross:  $10,800. 
(Average,  $14,000) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.) 

WARNER  BROS.  (Downtown)  (3.400) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $12,700. 
(Average,  $12,000) 


'Reap'  With  $12,600 
Is  Buffalo  Leader 

Buffalo,  June  18. — "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind"  continued  big  in  a  second 
week  at  the  Great  Lakes  at  advanced 
prices,  grossing  $12,600.  "My  Gal 
Sal"  took  $14,200  at  the  Buffalo. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  13 : 

"My  Gal  Sal"  (2«th-Fox) 

"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler"  (Z«th-Fox) 

BUFFALO— (3,489)      (35c-55c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $14,200.     (Average,  $12,200) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

GREAT  LAKES— (3,000)  (44c-65c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $12,600.  (Average,  at  35c- 
55c,  $8,000) 

"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.B.) 
"Mokey"  (M-G-M) 

HIPPODROME—  (2,100)  (35c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,000.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Syncopation"  (RKO) 
"Powder  Town"  (RKO) 

"TWENTIETH  CENTURY — (3,000)  (30c- 
44c)  7  days.  Gross:  $10,000.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"Meet  the  Stewarts"  (Col.) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

LAFAYETTE— (3,000)  (30c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,500.   (Average,  $6,500) 


Coast  Theatres  Plan 
For  Attacks  by  Gas 

Los  Angeles,  June  18. — If 
gas  attacks  come  to  this  area, 
exhibitors  aim  to  be  prepared. 
A  manual  detailing  protective 
technique  for  theatres  during 
an  enemy  attack  by  gas  will 
be  prepared  to  govern  the  Los 
Angeles  region.  Preparation  of 
the  manual  was  discussed  to- 
night at  a  meeting  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Theatre  Defense  Bu- 
reau. Francis  Harmon,  War 
Activities  Committee  coordi- 
nator, told  the  meeting  of  air 
raid  and  blackout  measures 
adopted  by  theatres  else- 
where. 


'Broadway'  Takes 
,500  in  Hartford 


Hartford,  June  18.  —  "Broadway" 
pulled  $9,500  at  E.  M.  Loew's. 
"Ship  Ahoy"  took  $9,000  at  the  Loew- 
Poli  Palace.    The  weather  was  warm. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  10-11 : 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

ALLYN — (2,000)  (17c-22c-28c-65c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Average:  $10,- 
000) 

"Broadway"  (Univ.) 
"Mr.   Celebrity"  (PRC) 

E.     M.     LOEW'S—  (1,200)  (llc-30c-40c). 
Gross:  $9,500.    (Average,  $8,000) 
"I  Married  an  Angel"  (M-G-M) 
"Whispering  Ghosts"  (2©th-Fox) 

LOEW'S-POLI  —  (3,200)  (llc-30c-40c). 
Gross:  $7,500.     (Average,  $10,000) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 
"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S-POLI    PALACE— (1,800)  (11c- 
30c-40c).    7  days,  2nd  week.     Gross:  $9,000. 
(Average,  $8,000) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.B.) 
"Bombay  Clipper"  (Univ.) 

WARNER  REGAL— (928)  (llc-30c-40c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,000.  (Average, 
$7,500) 

"Mr.  V."  (U.A.) 

"Lady  Gangster"  (W.B.) 

WARNER  STRAND— (1,400)  (llc-30c- 
40c).    Gross:  $8,000.    (Average,  $9,000) 


'Reap' Tops  $14,000 
In  Big  K.  C.  Week 


Kansas  City,  June  18. — "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind,"  at  advanced  prices, 
scored  a  first-week  gross  somewhat 
above  $14,000  at  the  Newman,  the  best 
for  the  house  in  several  years.  The 
Orpheum  had  a  big  second  week  with 
"Juke  Girl"  and  "The  Falcon  Takes 
Over."  The  second  week  of  "This 
Above  All"  at  Esquire  and  Uptown 
produced  a  total  of  $7,600.  Weather 
was  changeable. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  11 : 

"This  Above  All"  (20th-Fox) 

ESQUIRE— (800)    (40c-55c)    7   days,  2nd 
week.     Gross:  $3,000.     (Average,  $2,400) 
"I  Married  an  Angel"  (M-G-M) 
"A  Yank  on  the  Burma  Road"  (M-G-M) 

MIDLAND—  (3,600)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $7,300.     (Average,  $8,500) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

NEWMAN— (1,900)     (40c-55c)  7 
Gross:   $14,000.      (Average,  $7,000) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.) 
"The  Falcon  Takes  Over"  (RKO) 

ORPHEUM— (1,900)     (30c-44c)  7 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $7,500.  (Average, 
"After  Mein  Kampf"  (Majestic  Dist.) 
"Secret  Agent  of  Japan"  (20th-Fox) 

TOWER— (2,200)  (30c)  7  days.  Plus 
stage  show.  Gross:  $7,100.  (Average, 
$6,000) 

"This  Above  All"  (20th-Fox) 

UPTOWN— (2,000)  (40c-55c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.     Gross:    $4,600.    (Average,  $4,000) 


days. 


days, 
$5,000) 


Indianapolis  Gives 
'Lady'  Good  $8,200 

Indianapolis,  June  18. — With  "The 
Great  Man's  Lady"  and  "True  to  the 
Army,"  the  Circle  did  $8,200.  At 
Loew's,  "A  Gentleman  After  Dark" 
and  "The  Vanishing  Virginian"  took 
$6,200. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  11 : 

"The  Great  Man's  Lady"  (Para.) 
"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.) 

CIRCLE  —  (2,800)   (28c-33c-44c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $8,200.     (Average,  $6,500) 
"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.A.) 
"The  Vanishing  Virginian"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  —  (2,800)    (28c-33c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:    $6,200.     (Average,  $8,000) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.B.) 
"Murder  in  the  Big  House"  (W.B.) 

LYRIC  —  (2,000)  (28c-33c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,000.     (Average,  $4,500) 


'Mayor,'  Stage  Show 
Hit  in  Minneapolis 

Minneapolis,  June  18. — "Mayor  of 
44th  St."  with  a  stage  show,  attracted 
$23,500  at  Orpheum  in  a  week  of  gen- 
erally good  business. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  13 : 

"Mayer  of  44th  St."  (RKO) 

ORPHEUM— (2,800)  (30c-40c-50c-60c)  7 
days.  On  stage,  Horace  Heidt  orchestra, 
Ollie  O'Toole,  Jerry  Bowne,  Donna  and  her 
Don  Juans.  Gross:  $23,500.  (Average, 
$5,500) 

"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

CENTURY— (1,600)    (30c-40c-50c)   7  davs. 
Gross:   $7,000.     (Average,  $4,000) 
"Two  Yanks  in  Trinidad"  (Col.) 

GOPHER— (998)    (30c)    7    days.  Gross: 
$3,700.     (Average,  $2,500) 
"Mister  V"  (U.A.) 

WORLD— (350)    (30c-40c-50c-60c)   7  days, 
4th  week.    Gross:  $2,200.    (Average,  $1,600) 
"Wild  Bill  Hickok  Rides"   (W.B.)   3  days 
"Night  Before  the  Divorce"   (20th-Fox)  3 
days 

"Blondie's  Blessed  Event"  (CoL)  4  days 
"Sundown  Jim"  (ZOth-Fox)  4  days 

ASTER— (900)  (20c-30c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$2,500.    (Average,  $1,800) 


'Mayor'  Hits 
Big  $21,000, 
Philadelphia 


Philadelphia,  June  18.  —  In  the 
face  of  a  record-breaking  engagement 
of  the  Ringling  Bros.  Circus,  which 
stayed  for  a  second  week,  bu^-J 
was  satisfactory.  "The  Mayor  ofv^^i 
Street"  with  Jane  Withers  and  Mit- 
chell Ayres'  orchestra  on  the  stage, 
brought  §21,000  to  the  Earle. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  9-12: 

"Reap  the  WUd  Wind"  (Para.) 

ALDINE— (1,400)  (46c-57c-75c)  7  days, 
6th  week.  Gross:  $7,500.  (Average,  $9,000) 
"The  Lady  Has  Plans"  (Para.) 

ARCADIA— (600)  (35c-46c-57c)  7  days,  2nd 
run.    Gross:  $2,300.    (Average,  $2,600) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

BOYD— (2.400)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days. 
3rd  week.  Gross:  $10,500.   (Average,  $13,500) 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  St."  (RKO)  (6  days) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M)  (1  day) 

EARLE  —  (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Vaudeville  for  six  days  including 
Jane  Withers,  Mitchell  Ayres'  orchestra, 
Meredith  Blake,  Warren  Covington,  Johnny 
Bond,  Marty  Olson,  Harry  Terrill  and  Allen 
Burns  &  Cody.  Gross:  $21,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"My  Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 

FOX— (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross :  $14,000.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 

KARLTON— (1,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  run.  Gross:  $2,900.  (Average, 
$3,000) 

"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

KEITH'S  —  (2,200)   (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.   2nd  run.  2nd  week.     Gross:  $4,000. 
(Average.  $4,500) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

STANLEY— (2,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $16,500.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"This  Gun  for  Hire"  (Para.) 

STANTON— (1,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,000.  (Average, 
$4,500) 


Dissolve  2  N.  Y.  Firms 

Hartford,  June  18. — Peter  Pera- 
kos  of  New  Britain,  Conn.,  partner 
in  the  Joseph  Quittner- Peter  Perakos 
Theatres  of  Connecticut,  acting  as  an 
agent,  has  filed  certificates  of  prelimi- 
nary dissolution  with  the  secretary  of 
state  here  for  two  firms,  the  Torans 
Amusement  Co.,  Inc.,  Griswold, 
Conn.,  and  the  Strand  Theatre  of 
Thompsonville,  Inc.,  of  Enfield 
Conn. 


W.  B.  Shifts  in  L.  A. 

Los  Angeles,  June  18.  —  Recent 
changes  in  the  staff  at  the  Warner 
exchange  here,  made  by  Fred  Green- 
berg,  manager,  include  the  following : 
Morris  Shipp  is  new  office  manager, 
Carl  Burrows  is  head  booker  and 
Henry  Slater  is  Arizona  salesman. 
Arthur  Snyder,  formerly  of  Seattle, 
has  joined  the  local  staff. 


Joins  Illinois  Allied 

Chicago,  June  18. — The  Loomis 
Theatre  has  become  a  member  of  Al- 
lied Theatres  of  Illinois,  President 
Jack  Kirsch  has  announced. 


Des  Moines  Drivers 
Get  Wage  Increase 

Des  Moines,  June  18. — Drivers  for 
three  firms  which  deliver  motion  pic- 
tures out  of  Des  Moines,  the  Film 
Transportation  Co.,  the  Inland  Ex- 
press and  the  Iowa  Film  Co.,  received 
a  10  per  cent  pay  raise  under  a  new 
contract  between  the  three  firms  and 
Local  90  of  the  truck  drivers'  union. 

The  contract,  which  runs  until  June 
8,  1943,  also  gives  the  drivers  a  week's 
vacation  with  pay.  The  increase  in 
wages  is  to  be  given  in  war  savings 
stamps.  The  trucks  operated  by  the 
film  delivery  companies  are  to  carry 
stickers  inviting  traveling  soldiers, 
sailors  and  Marines  to  ride. 


'Reap'  Smash  Hit  in 
Omaha  with  $11,600 

Omaha,  June  18. — "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind,"  single-featured  at  increased 
prices,  drew  a  smash  $11,600  at  the 
Omaha  and  was  held  a  second  stanza. 
The  weather  wras  clear  and  hot. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  9-10: 

"My  Favorite  Spy"  (RKO) 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 

BRANDEIS — (1.200)     (30c-40c)     7  days. 
Gross:   $4,200.     (Average.  $4,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

OMAHA— (2,000)  (40c-55c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$11,600  (Average,  $6,000) 
"Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 
"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M) 

ORPHEUM— (3,000)  (30c-44c) 
Gross:  $7,200.    (Average,  $7,000) 


days. 


Warfield  Plays  Singles 

San  Francisco,  June  18. — Unusual 
success  of  several  films  as  single  bills 
at  the  2,680-seat  Warfield  Theatre 
has  prompted  Fox  West  Coast  The- 
atres to  schedule  singles  at  the  house 
for  the  rest  of  the  Summer. 


Linz  Is  Assigned  to 
Metro  Show  Builder 

Norman  Linz  has  been  assigned  by 
M-G-M  to  the  company's  first  "Show 
Builder"  unit.  Linz  formerly  was 
with  RKO  Theatres  in  Cincinnati. 
Ken  Prickett,  who  has  been  handling 
the  unit,  has  been  assigned  to  the  sec- 
ond traveling  unit,  which  has  just 
been  launched.  The  new  unit  will  be 
on  display  at  the  M-G-M  Exhibitors 
Forum  at  the  Nicollet  Hotel  in  Min- 
neapolis next  Wednesday. 


Named  Metro  Salesman 

Cincinnati,  June  18.  —  Thomas 
Smiley,  head  booker  of  the  local 
M-G-M  exchange,  has  been  named 
city  salesman,  replacing  William 
Devaney,  who  has  joined  the  Air 
Corps.  Michael  Berger,  booker, 
moves  into  Smiley's  place,  and  Albert 
Hopt,  of  the  cashier's  department, 
takes  over  Berger's  former  post. 


THREE  EXPERT 
ASSISTANTS 


DIRECTORS  and  cameramen  call  on 
the  special  abilities  of  all  three  Eastman 
negative  films,  knowing  that  each  will 
contribute  its  full  share  to  the  consist- 
ently high  quality  of  the  complete  picture. 
Eastman  Kodak  Company,  Rochester,  N.Y. 

J.  E.  BRULATOUR,  INC.,  Distributors 
Fort  Lee  Chicago  Hollywood 


PLUS-X  SUPER-XX 

for  general  studio  use  when  little  light  is  available 

BACKGROUND-X 

for  backgrounds  and  general  exterior  work 


EASTMAN  NEGATIVE  FILMS 


6 


Motion  picture  Daily 


Friday.  June  19,  1942 


Studios  Adopt 
13  Regulations 
To  Save  Film 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

will  be  attended  also  by  Eastern  mem- 
bers of  the  advisory  committee. 

Studios  not  members  of  the  AMPP, 
all  of  which,  however,  are  represent- 
ed in  the  Film  Conservation  Com- 
mittee, are  conforming  to  the  new 
rules,  it  is  understood. 

Not  yet  included  in  the  rules  is  the 
elimination  of  screen  credits,  but  in- 
dications are  that  this  step  will  be 
taken  shortly.  The  Screen  Directors 
Guild  still  has  the  question  under  ad- 
visement, while  the  Screen  Writers 
Guild,  which  has  not  yet  completed 
a  canvass  of  members  on  the  subject, 
is  expected  to  comply.  The  Film 
Editors  declared  they  will  do  so  if 
the  others  agree. 

The  Film  Conservation  Committee 
last  night  instituted  a  system,  effective 
July  1,  whereb\^  all  studios  will  file 
monthly  reports  on  film  consumption 
in  order  to  check  on  the  savings  ef- 
fected. 


District  Sessions 
End  Col.  Meeting 

Columbia  branch  and  district  man- 
agers will  conclude  their  annual  con- 
vention with  individual  district  meet- 
ings at  the  Warwick  Hotel  here  to- 
day and  tomorrow. 

The  delegates  recessed  yesterday 
for  an  all-day  outing  at  Old  Oaks 
Country  Club,  Purchase,  N.  Y.  This 
afternoon  they  will  be  guests  of  Gus 
Eyssell,  managing  director  of  Radio 
City  Music  Hall,  on  a  tour  of  the 
theatre  and  an  informal  buffet  in  the 
studio  apartment.  The  delegates  will 
leave  for  their  respective  home  cities 
tomorrow. 

Details  of  Columbia's  advertising 
plans  for  the  coming  season  were  giv- 
en the  convention  by  David  A.  Lip- 
ton,  advertising  and  publicity  director. 
The  appropriation  for  the  season,  he 
said,  will  be  the  highest  in  the  com- 
pany's history. 


McCormick  Head  of 
Publicity  Committee 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

courtesy  of  a  particular  film  company 
be  changed  to  read,  "as  a  public  serv- 
ice of  the  motion  picture  industry  for 
your  entertainment." 

Allvine  also  said  the  committee  is 
checking  all  company  publicity-  mail- 
ing lists  for  elimination  of  duplica- 
tions and  the  like,  as  a  conservation 
move.  The  next  meeting  of  the  com- 
mittee will  be  held  next  Thursday. 


Reverts  to  Single  Bills 

Chicago,  June  18.  —  The  United 
Artists  Theatre,  a  Balaban  &  Katz 
Loop  house,  which  went  on  a  dual 
feature  policy  two  weeks  ago,  has 
reverted  to  single  features.  While 
no  definite  policy  has  been  set  for 
the  house,  it  is  said  that  single  and 
double  feature  bills  will  be  alternated. 


Fly  Says  Sanders 
Bill  Would  Hinder 
Operation  of  FCC 


Washington,  June  18. — Provisions 
of  the  Sanders  bill  for  reorganization 
of  the  FCC  would  handicap  rather 
than  improve  administration  of  the 
Communications  Act,  it  was  declared 
today  by  Chairman  James  L.  Fly. 

Continuing  his  testimony  before  the 
House  Interstate  and  Foreign  Com- 
merce Committee,  Fly  picked  the  bill 
to  pieces,  section  by  section,  asserting 
that  many  of  the  things  dealt  with  in 
the  measure  had  been  tried  out  and 
discarded  by  the  commission,  includ- 
ing the  setting  up  of  separate  divi- 
sions to  handle  the  various  types  of 
communication. 

He  was  particularly  emphatic  in  his 
disapproval  of  the  proposed  changes 
in  the  intervention  rule,  under  which, 
he  said,  persons  with  nothing  to  con- 
tribute would  be  permitted  to  partici- 
pate in  cases,  slowing  up  the  proce- 
dure, and  of  the  provision  that  the  fil- 
ing of  a  protest  or  petition  for  re- 
hearing would  automatically  stay  com- 
mission action. 

Under  the  latter  provision,  the 
chairman  said,  it  would  be  possible 
for  broadcasters  to  prolong  indefinite- 
ly the  applications  of  persons  who 
might  become  competitors. 

Fly  also  objected  to  the  provision 
limiting  the  commission's  authority 
oyer  transfers  which,  he  said,  would 
authorize  management  contracts,  as- 
serting that  it  was  highly  desirable 
that  the  commission  know  as  much 
about  a  person  who  is  to  manage  a 
station  under  agreement  with  the  li- 
censee as  it  knows  about  the  person 
to  whom  the  license  isssued. 

Bergen  Paid  $282,000 
By  Sponsor  Last  Year 

Philadelphia,  June  18. — Edgar 
Bergen  was  paid  $282,000  for  his  ra- 
dio work  in  1941  by  Standard  Brands, 
it  was  reported  here  today  by  the 
Securities  &  Exchange  Commission. 
Ra\-  Noble  and  his  orchestra  was 
paid  $32,000  by  the  same  company. 

The  SEC  also  reported  1941  earn- 
ings of  officials  of  the  General  Ani- 
line and  Film  Corp.,  parent  company 
of  Agfa  Ansco,  as  follows :  R.  Hutz. 
vice-president,  $86,300;  D.  A. 
Schmitz,  president,  $68250,  and 
Ernst  Schwartz,  vice-president,  $60,- 
950.  This  company  is  now  being  op- 
erated by  the  U.  S.  Alien  Property 
Custodian. 


CBC  to  Pay  for  Use 
Of  Canadian  Press 

Ottawa,  June  18.  —  The  finance 
committee  of  the  Canadian  Broadcast- 
ing Corp.  on  Saturday  will  meet 
representatives  of  the  Canadian  Press 
to  set  up  a  new  arrangement  whereby 
CP  would  be  paid  for  services  in  con- 
nection with  CBC  newscasts,  Glad- 
stone Murray,  CBC  general  manager, 
has  disclosed. 


Briggs  Awarded  DSC 

Ottawa,  June  18.— Acting  Lieu- 
tenant Commander  William  E.  S. 
Briggs,  former  joint  manager  of 
Station  CBO  here,  has  been  awarded 
the  Distinguished  Service  Cross. 


Eberson  to  Design 
Recreation  Center 


John  Eberson,  film  theatre  architect, 
has  volunteered  his  services  to  super- 
vise the  design  and  decoration  of  the 
recreation  hall  for  soldiers  at  the 
Army's  Signal  Corps  Photographic 
Center  at  the  Paramount  Long  Island 
Studio. 

A  committee  of  trade  paper  pub- 
lishers is  sponsoring  an  industry 
drive  to  obtain  furnishings  and  equip- 
ment for  the  recreation  hall,  which 
serves  about  400  men  in  uniform.  Eb- 
erson also  will  handle  the  design  of 
a  library  to  be  adjacent  to  the  hall. 
The  committee  includes  :  Martin  Quig- 
ley,  Abel  Green,  Maurice  Kann,  Jay 
Emanuel,  Charles  E.  Lewis  and  Jack 
Alicoate. 

The  appeal  has  gone  out  to  the  in- 
dustry to  contribute  whatever  possible 
in  the  way  of  furnishings  and  equip- 
ment for  the  recreation  hall,  books  for 
the  library,  or  cash  with  which  to 
purchase  the  necessary  materials  for 
the  Center's  personnel.  Contributions 
may  be  sent  to  the  Signal  Corps  Pho- 
tographic Center  Recreational  Fund, 
in  care  of  this  paper. 


3  Complaints,  One 
Appeal  Are  Filed 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

operator  of  the  Champion,  Columbus, 
and  the  Drexel  Amusement  Co.,  op- 
erator of  the  Drexel,  also  in  Colum- 
bus. Both  complaints  name  Xeth's 
Eastern  as  the  interested  party  and 
ask  for  a  reduction  in  the  21  days' 
clearance  which  the  latter  is  said  to 
have  over  the  Champion  and  Drexel. 

The  two  complaints  are  expected  to 
be  combined  prior  to  their  hearing. 

The  some  run  complaint  at  St. 
Louis  was  filed  against  Loew's  by 
Stadium  Theatre  Corp.,  operator  of 
the  Stadium,  Carruthersville,  Mo.  It 
charges  that  Loew's  have  offered  to 
license  the  house  at  terms  calculated 
to  defeat  the  purpose  of  Section  6  of 
the  decree,  and  names  the  Gem  and 
Rodgers  of  the  same  city  as  interested 
parties. 

Arthur  Pry  or,  Noted 
Band    Leader,  Dies 

Arthur  Pryor,  71,  noted  band  lead- 
er and  composer,  died  yesterday 
morning  at  his  home  at  West  Long 
Branch,  X.  J.  He  suffered  a  paraly- 
tic stroke  earlier  this  week. 

The  body  will  lie  in  state  at  Sarry 
Memorial  Home,  Asbury  Park,  N.  J., 
tomorrow  and  Sunday  until  the  fune- 
ral sen-ices  Sunday  afternoon. 

Born  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  he  studied 
music  under  his  father,  Samuel  Pryor, 
who  was  also  a  bandmaster,  and  later 
became  trombone  soloist  with  John 
Philip  Sousa's  band.  He  formed  his 
own  band  in  1903.  He  composed  250 
marches,  three  light  operas  and  other 
musical  works. 

He  is  survived  by  his  widow,  Mrs. 
Maud  Russell  Pryor,  and  two  sons, 
Roger  Pryor,  film  actor,  and  Arthur, 
Jr.,  advertising  executive. 


Guild  Buys  Play 

The  Theatre  Guild  has  purchased 
"Mr.  Sycamore,"  play  by  Robert 
Ayre  and  Ketti  Frings.  The  original 
story  first  appeared  in  Story  Maga- 
zine in  1937. 


Bioff  Payment  Trial 
Hears  Executives 
On  Strike  Threats 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

dent  of  RKO,  and  John  E.  Otterson, 
former  Paramount  president,  are 
scheduled  to  testify  today. 

Zukor  and  Griffis  testified  follow- 
ing Austin  Keough,  secretary  r^' 
general  counsel  of  Paramount,  on 
stand  yesterday.  Keough  previously 
testified  that  he  had  taken  up  Bioff's 
demands  for  payments  with  the  chief 
executives  and  counsel  of  other  com- 
panies and  the  conclusion  had  been 
reached  that  "we  were  helpless." 

He  related  that  Nicholas  M. 
Schenck,  president  of  Loew's ;  the  late 
Sidney  R.  Kent,  and  H.  M.  Warner 
were  among  the  participants  in  those 
conferences  at  which  it  was  unani- 
mously agreed  that  the  payments  to 
Boiff  and  Browne,  who  are  now  serv- 
ing a  Federal  sentence  for  extortion, 
had  to  be  made.  Keough  quoted  War- 
ner as  saying  that  if  the  theatres 
were  shut  down  "he  couldn't  last  a 
week." 

Says  Keough  Had  'Guts' 

Griffis  testified  that  he  first  learned 
of  the  payments  in  1938  and  at  the 
time  did  "exactly  nothing  in  connec- 
tion with  them."  To  this  he  added: 
"I  was  excessively  proud  that  Keough 
had  the  courage  and  'guts'  to  do  what 
he  did.  There  wouldn't  be  any  stock- 
holders here  today  if  he  hadn't." 

Zukor,  who  identified  himself  as 
"the  showman  of  the  company,"  said 
he  first  learned  of  the  payments 
through  newspaper  reports  of  the 
Browne-Bioff  indictment  on  the-  ex- 
tortion charges  of  which  they  later 
were  convicted. 

He  testified  the  first  board  of  di- 
rectors meeting  at  which  the  pay- 
ments were  considered  was  held  last 
Juh-  31  and  it  was  unanimously  re- 
solved that  no  litigation  should  be 
brought  against  any  member  of  the 
company  who  had  knowledge  of  the 
transactions.  Zukor  said  he  believed 
that  Keough  acted  "in  the  best  of 
faith  and  in  the  best  interests  of  the 
company.'' 

Kept  Deals  Quiet 

During  the  course  of  the  trial  yes- 
terday, former  General  Sessions 
Judge  Alfred  J.  Talley,  counsel  for 
the  plaintiffs,  repeatedly  stressed  the 
point  that  Keough  had  refrained  from 
disclosing  any  information  on  the  pay- 
ments to  other  directors  of  the  com- 
pany. On  questioning  Griffis  along 
this  line,  the  latter  observed:  "A  pru- 
dent mother  doesn't  make  known  the 
whereabouts  of  her  child  when  kid- 
napers are  around." 

The  trial  will  resume  today  before 
Justice  Carroll  G.  Walters. 


Van  Schmus  Plaque 
Unveiled  at  Yeshiva 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

hind  a  heritage  of  goodness  that  has 
impressed  itself  on  all  those  who 
knew  him.  Now  may  we  take  this 
occasion  to  rededicate  ourselves  to 
those  principles  which  he  exemplified 
and  which  are  our  heritage." 

Among  those  at  the  ceremony  were 
Mrs.  Margaret  Van  Schmus,  other 
members  of  the  family  and  Gus  Eys- 
sell, managing  director  of  Radio  Cm- 
Music  Hall. 


NIGHT  AND  DAY.  DAY  AND  NIGHT. 

WAR  STAMPS 
AND  BONDS 

ON  SALE  MM 


TIRED/  MISTER? 


Gee,  we're  proud  of  the  job  you've  done, 
15,000  strong,  you  exhibitors  have  launched  a 
drive  that's  making  history.  The  first  sales  are 
truly  an  American  Victory!  Please  stick  with 
us  Mr,  Showman,  We  need  you.  We  need  more 
planes  and  tanks  and  guns.  Our  boys  didn't 
complain  at  Bataan  or  Corregidor.  Weren't 
they  terrific  at  Midway!  For  the  sake  of  the  lads 
who  die  for  you,  for  this  land  we  love,  fight  to 
sell  those  bonds,  fight  day  and  night,  52  weeks 
a  year!  Every  sale  is  a  nail  in  the  Axis  coffin. 
We  can't  stop,  we're  all  in  it  for  the  duration, 
fellow-fighters,  fellow-Americans,  together. 


MAKE  YOUR 
PAY-ROLL  PLAN 
YOUR 
HONOR-ROLL 
PLAN! 

Put  up  a  bulletin  board  in 
your  place,  Mr.  Producer,  Mr. 
Distributor,  Mr.  Exhibitor. 
Nobody  will  want  to  be  off 
the  Honor-Roll!  Everybody! 
Every  pay  day!  10%.' 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  June  19,  1942 


Showmanship  Flashes 


'Above  Air  in 

Seattle  Draws 
Good  $10,300 

Seattle,  June  18. — "This  Above 
All"  at  slightly  advanced  prices  took 
$10,300  at  the  Fifth  Avenue.  "Ship 
Ahoy"  at  the  Paramount  did  $8,100. 
The  weather  was  warm. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  12 : 

"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Sunday  Punch"  (M-G-M) 

BLUE  MOUSE— (950)   (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,   3rd  week.   Moved   from  Paramount. 
Gross:  $3,900.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"This  Above  All"  (2»th-Fox) 

FIFTH  AVENUE— (2,500)  (30c-42c-58c- 
65c-75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $10,300.  (Average, 
$7  000) 

"Meet  the  Stewarts"  (Col.) 
"Sweetheart  of  the  Fleet"  (Col.) 

LIBERTY—  (1,800)       (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $6,800.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

MUSIC    BOX— (950)    (30c -42c -58c -70c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Moved  from  Fifth  Avenue. 
Gross:  $3,700.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"Fantasia"  (RKO) 
"Scattergood  Rides   High"  (RKO) 

MUSIC  HALL— (2,275)  (30c-42c-58c-70c) 
7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,400.  (Average. 
$6,000) 

"The  Male  Animal"  (W.  B.) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.  B.) 

ORPHEUM-(2,450)     (3Oc-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $6,600.  (Average.  S7.000) 
"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

PALOMAR— (1.500)      (2Oc-30c-42c-58c)  7 
days.     Stage:     Gus    Arnheim    and  band 
Gross:  $6,800.  (Average,  $6,000) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 
"Fingers  at  the  Wraidow"  (M-G-M) 

PARAMOUNT— (3.050)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $8,100.  (Average,  $7,000) 


'Reap'  Washington 
Winner  at  $10,500 

Washington,  June  18. — "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  drew  $10,500  at  the 
Metropolitan.  "In  This  Our  Life" 
drew  $22,600  at  Warner's  Earle,  and 
"Twin  Beds"  took  $22,000  at  Loew's 
Capitol. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  10-11 : 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

WARNER'S  METROPOLITAN— (1,600) 
(40c-55c)  7  days,  return  engagement.  Gross: 
$10,500.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 

LOEWS  PALACE  —  (2,300)  (40c-60c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $10,500.  (Average, 
$10,000) 

"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  COLUMBIA — (1,250)  (28c-44c)  7 
days,    return    engagement.     Gross:  $4,500. 
(Average,  $4,200) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

WARNER'S  EARLE— (2,200)  (28c-39c-66c- 
77c)  7  days.    On  stage:  Johnny  Barnes,  Ray 

6  Trent,  All  American  Girls.  Roxvettes. 
Gross:  $22,600.    (Average,  $15,000) 

"Twin  Beds"  (U.A.) 
LOEW'S  CAPITOL— (3.434)  (28c-44c-66c) 

7  days.  On  stake:  Connie  Boswell,  Whit- 
son  Bros.,  Robinson  &  Martin,  Jimmy  Ed- 
mondson.  Rockets.  Gross:  $22,000.  (Aver- 
age. $17,000) 


Smakwitz  Named  to 
War  Transport  Unit 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

Splain,  Motor  Vehicles  Commission- 
er ;  John  A.  Warner,  State  Police 
Superintendent ;  H.  O.  Schermerhorn, 
Highway  Commissioner ;  Dr.  George 
M.  Wiley,  Associate  Commissioner  of 
Education ;  J.  F.  Fitzgerald,  Super- 
visor of  Motor  Carriers,  Public  Serv- 
ice Commission ;  James  J.  McNicho- 
las,  Chief  of  the  Service  Bureau, 
Transit  Commission ;  R.  C.  Georger, 
secretary  of  the  Traffic  Commission. 


Broadway  Grosses 
Hold  Strong  Levels 


Broadway  first-run  grosses  this 
week  continued  at  about  last  week's 
strong  level,  with  business  good  at 
most  houses.  Most  of  the  holdovers 
are  continuing. 

Tonight  Edward  Small's  "Friendly 
Enemies"  will  be  given  a  special  pre- 
view at  the  Rivoli  on  Broadway.  At- 
tending will  be  non-commissioned 
service  men  escorting  members  of  the 
American  Women's  Volunteer  Serv- 
ice, the  women's  division  of  the  Na- 
tional Security  League  and  Office  of 
Civilian  Voluntary  Defense.  Charles 
Winninger  and  Charles  Ruggles,  fea- 
tured in  the  film,  and  others  of  films 
are  expected  to  be  present.  The  pic- 
ture will  start  its  regular  run  to- 
morrow. 

"Mrs.  Miniver"  at  the  Radio  City 
Music  Hall  with  the  stage  presenta- 
tion rolled  up  an  estimated  $108,000  in 
its  second  week,  a  mite  short  of  the 
first  week's  business,  and  will  con- 
tinue. 

Also  strong  in  its  second  week  was 
"Ten  Gentlemen  from  West  Point" 
with  a  stage  show  at  the  Roxy.  Busi- 
ness hit  an  estimated  $49,300  and  the 
=how  remains.  "This  Above  All"  fin- 
ished its  fifth  week  at  the  Astor  with 
an  estimated  $15,303,  and  the  film  is 
now  in  the  sixth  week.  "Miss  An- 
nie Rooney"  grossed  an  estimated  $8,- 
000  at  the  Rivoli  during  its  second 
week. 

Para.  District  Heads 
Meeting  Here  Today 

Paramount's  district  managers  will 
meet  here  today  with  home  office  exec- 
utives to  complete  arrangements  for 
the  operation  of  the  company's  re- 
cently announced  distribution  compen- 
sation plan,  which  will  be  retroactive 
to  the  beginning  of  the  current  sea- 
son. 

The  following  will  attend  the  meet- 
ing :  Neil  F.  Agnew,  Charles  Reagan. 
J.  J.  Unger,  George  Smith,  Oscar 
Morgan ;  William  Erbb,  Boston ;  M. 
S.  Kusell,  New  York ;  Harry  Gold- 
stein, Cleveland ;  E.  W.  Sweigert, 
Philadelphia  ;  Allen  Usher,  Chicago  ; 
R.  C.  Libeau,  Kansas  City ;  Manuel 
Brown,  Denver ;  Hugh  Braly,  Los 
Angeles ;  Hugh  Owen,  Dallas ;  Jack 
Kirby,  Atlanta,  and  Del  Goodman, 
Toronto. 

Third  Blackout  Is 
Staged  in  Ottawa 

Ottawa,  June  18. — This  capital 
city  of  the  Dominion  experienced  its 
third  blackout  last  night.  Film  shows 
went  on  as  usual,  however.  Famous 
Players  Canadian  capitalized  on  the 
blackout  in  advertising,  urging  the 
public  to  turn  off  all  home  lights  and 
attend  theatres. 

During  the  half-hour  blackout, 
crom  9  :2S  to  10 :05  P.  M.,  a  Celebrity 
Parade,  starring  Anna  Neagle  and 
other  players,  took  place  at  the  Capi- 
tol, for  the  benefit  of  Air  Marshal 
Bishop's  Air  Cadet  Fund. 


Mass.  Blackout  Set 

Springfield.  Mass.,  June  18. — Civ- 
ilian defense  officials  here  have  an- 
nounced that  Region  No.  2,  which 
comprises  this  city  and  50  odd  cities 
and  towns  nearby,  will  have  a  "sur- 
prise" blackout  some  time  between 
tonight  and  June  24, 


Yanke  Doodle'  Tieup 
Arranged  with  UAW 

Through  a  tieup  with  Warners,  the 
United  Automobile  Workers  has  ar- 
ranged that  925  plants  engaged  in  war 
work  install  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy" 
war  production  bulletins,  with  the 
most  efficient  workers  designated  as 
Yankee  Doodle  Dandies. 


Furniture  Store  Display 
In  'Twin  Beds'  Campaign 

Baltimore,  June  18. — In  connection 
with  the  Showing  of  "Twin  Beds"  at 
Loew's  Century,  George  Avis,  publi- 
cist, tied  in  with  a  leading  furniture 
store  for  a  twin  bed  window  display. 
Two  of  the  center  beds  were  occupied 
by  a  young  girl  and  a  young  man, 
who,  in  a  sitting  position,  held  up 
for  public  inspection  various  signs  re- 
ferring to  the  showing  of  "Twin 
Beds"  on  the  Century's  screen. 


Redhead  Contest  Run 
As  'Gal  Sal'  Stunt 

Hartford,  June  18. — Manager  Louis 
A.  Cohen  of  Loew's-Poli  conducted 
a  "No.  1  Redhead  of  Hartford"  con- 
test and  a  "Barber  Shop  Quartet" 
contest  for  the  run  of  "My  Gal  Sal" 
here.  The  latter  contest  appeared 
on  the  theatre's  stage  on  opening 
night 


Phone  Conversation  Is 
Plug  for  'Martin  Eden' 

Helena,  Mont.,  June  18. — Jack  Ed- 
wards, manager  of  the  Marlow  The- 
atre here,  in  presenting  "The  Adven- 
tures of  Martin  Eden,"  arranged  a 
long  distance  telephone  conversation 
with    Ian    MacDonald   of   the  cast. 


whose  home  is  here,  speaking  to  the 
audience  and  his  parents  by  phone 
from  New  York,  the  conversation 
broadcast  over  the  loud  speaker  sys- 
tem. 


Child  Coloring  Contest 
Is  Employed  for  'Fantasia' 

Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  June  18.  —  A 
child's  coloring  contest  was  e^2:' 
ployed  by  Fred  Glass,  manager^* 
the  Lincoln  Theatre  here,  as  ute 
highlight  of  his  campaign  on  "Fan- 
tasia." It  was  arranged  with  the  co- 
operation of  the  Wyoming  Eagle 
and  Tribune.  Glass  also  tied  in  with 
the  Station  KFBC  for  a  daily  tran- 
scription of  "Fantasia"  music. 


Impersonation  Contest  Is 
'Bashful  Bachelor'  Stunt 

Rapid  City,  S.  D.,  June  18. — A 
Lum  and  Abner  impersonation  contest 
was  staged  here  by  A.  J.  Johnson  of 
the  State  Theatre  in  connection  with 
his  campaign  on  "The  Bashful  Bache- 
lor." The  contest  was  sponsored  by 
and  held  over  Station  KMPH,  with 
prizes  and  guest  tickets  for  the  best 
impersonations.  Listeners  acted  as 
judges,  mailing  in  their  votes. 


'Juke  Girl'  Contest 
In  Canadian  Cities 

Warners  used  a  "Juke  Girl"  con- 
test to  good  advantage  on  the  film 
of  that  name  in  Toronto,  and  then 
held  a  sequel  contest  along  the  same 
lines  in  Montreal.  The  Toronto  win- 
ner, Norine  McLaughlin,  appeared  in 
Montreal  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
stunt,  and  the  two  winners  were  given 
a  round  of  activities  as  prizes. 


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NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  MONDAY,  JUNE  22,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Program  for 
Film  Savings 
Set  for  WPB 


Industry  Representatives 
Report  Tomorrow 

The  industry's  program  for  the 
conservation  of  raw  stock  will  be 
presented  in  a  report  to  the  War 
Production  Board  in  Washington 
tomorrow  by  representatives  of  the 
10  leading  producing  and  distrib- 
uting companies. 

The  report  will  incorporate 
measures  already  adopted  or  in 
prospect  at  Hollywood  studios 
and  proposals  of  the  distribu- 
tors. Distribution  executives 
will  meet  here  today  to  draw 
up  their  report  based  on  econ- 
omy measures  which  have  been 
recommended  by  the  10  com- 
panies. 

The  distribution  representatives 
will  leave  for  Washington  tonight, 
and  a  delegation  representing  the  stu- 
dios also  is  scheduled  to  attend  tomor- 
row's conference,  which  is  expected  to 
be  the  first  of  a  series  of  such  meet- 
ings with  WPB  officials. 

Among  those  expected  to  be  in 
Washington    are    Barney  Balaban, 

(.Continued  on  page  4) 


Alien  Patent  Owners 
Must  File  with  U.  S. 

Washington,  June  21. — All  per- 
sons claiming  any  interest  in  patents 
or  patent  applications  now  or  former- 
ly owned  by  nationals  of  any  foreign 
country  other  than  the  American  re- 
publics, the  British  Commonwealth  of 
nations  or  Russia  must  report  their 
interest,  including  any  license  agree- 
ments or  claims  of  ownership,  by  Au- 
gust IS,  under  orders  issued  Friday 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Para.  Laboratory 
Signs  Union  Pact 

A  three-year  contract  covering  the 
85  employes  of  the  Paramount  labora- 
tory at  Long  Island  City  was  signed 
by  the  company  on  Friday  with  Local 
702,  Motion  Picture  Laboratory 
Technicians  Union,  IATSE. 

The  agreement  is  the  first  that 
Paramount  has  had  with  Local  702 
for  the  laboratory,  although  contracts 
between  the  local  and  the  Paramount 
News  plant  here  have  been  in  exist- 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Inspection  of  Para. 
Records  Barred  in 
Bioff  Payment  Trial 


By  SHERWIN  A.  KANE 

State  Supreme  Court  Justice  Car- 
roll G.  Walter  denied  an  application 
of  counsel  for  the  six  Paramount 
stockholders  who  are  suing  to  recov- 
er sums  paid  to  George  E.  Browne 
and  William  Bioff  for  leave  to  in- 
spect Paramount's  books  and  minutes 
of  board  meetings,  which  was  made 
in  the  course  of  the  trial  on  Friday. 

"You  are  trying  a  law  suit,  not 
trying  to  discover  one,"  Judge  Walter 
admonished  former  General  Sessions 
Judge  Alfred  J.  Talley,  counsel  for 
the  stockholder  plaintiffs,  in  refusing 
the  application.  A  pre-trial  exami- 
nation of  the  books  had  been  denied 
the  plaintiffs  on  application  to  an- 
other justice  several  weeks  ago. 

Among  those  scheduled  to  be  called 
today  are  Maurice  Newton,  Earl  I. 
McClintock,  Duncan  G  Harris,  Fred 
Mohrhardt  and  Walter  B.  Cokell.  At- 
torneys predicted  at  the  weekend  that 
the  trial  would  be  concluded  this 
week,  possibly  on  Thursday. 

Witnesses  on  Friday  included  Bar- 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


War  Parade  Kills 
Rochester  Grosses 

Rochester,  June  21.  —  The  "War 
Week"  parade  here  Friday  night,  with 
65,000  marchers  and  as  many  specta- 
tors, almost  annihilated  theatre  busi- 
ness for  the  evening.  Managers  esti- 
mated grosses  were  off  from  80  to  90 
per  cent,  both  at  downtown  and  neigh- 
borhood houses.  The  Strand,  down- 
town second  run,  closed  altogether. 
The  parade  lasted  six  hours. 


'Yankees'  to  Open 
In  41  N.  Y.  Houses 

Samuel  Goldwyn's  "The 
Pride  of  the  Yankees"  will  be 
shown  in  35  RKO  and  five 
Skouras  neighborhood  houses 
in  New  York  the  night  of 
July  15,  simultaneously  with 
the  opening  at  the  Astor  on 
Broadway,  under  arrange- 
ments made  by  RKO,  which  is 
distributing  the  film.  The 
neighborhood  showings  will 
be  at  zone  first  runs  in  the 
Metropolitan  area  and  will 
be  only  for  the  one  perform- 
ance, starting  at  9  P.  M.,  with 
all  seats  reserved  at  $1.10. 
The  picture  will  continue  its 
regular  run  at  the  Astor. 


Fly  Urges  Shift  in 
NAB  Management 


Washington,  June  21. — Chairman 
James  L.  Fly  of  the  FCC  on  Friday 
before  the  House  Interstate  and  For- 
eign Commerce  Committee  declared 
a  change  in  management  of  the  Na- 
tional Association  of  Broadcasters 
would  be  a  "good  idea."  He  charged 
NBC  and  CBS  dominate  the  associa- 
tion. 

Testifying  at  hearings  on  the 
Sanders  bill  to  reorganize  the  FCC, 
he  said  talk  of  program  censorship 
"is  just  bringing  in  a  bugaboo."  When 
his  attention  was  called  to  his  refer- 
ences to  the  NAB  at  its  St.  Louis 
convention  some  time  ago,  Fly  said 
his  remarks  were  addressed  at  the 
management  of  the  NAB,  not  its 
members. 

Fly  asserted  the  two  chains,  NBC 
and  CBS,  are  "splendid  organizations" 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Manufacture  of  Theatre  Equipment 

To  Be  Limited  by  Order  of  WPB 

Washington,  June  21. — Limitation  orders  on  the  use  of  strategic 
materials  for  the  manufacture  of  motion  picture  theatre  equipment 
are  shortly  to  be  issued  by  the  War  Production  Board,  it  was 
indicated  yesterday  following  a  meeting  between  C.  B.  Hooper, 
head  of  the  WPB  film  section,  and  representatives  of  the  manu- 
facturers. 

The  whole  question  of  theatre  equipment  limitation  was  can- 
vassed at  the  meeting,  held  late  last  week,  at  which  an  advisory 
committee  was  set  up  by  the  manufacturers,  the  personnel  of 
which  is  expected  to  be  announced  early  this  week. 

Hooper  explained  that  the  board  considers  the  motion  picture 
business  of  great  importance  as  a  medium  of  education,  dissemina- 
tion of  news  and  entertainment  and  that  every  effort  will  be  made 
to  keep  the  theatres  operating,  but  pointed  out  at  the  same  time 
that  the  manufacture  of  equipment  involves  the  use  of  materials 
of  which  supplies  are  critically  inadequate. 

The  meeting,  it  was  said,  considered  also  the  conversion  of 
certain  plant  facilities  to  war  production. 


New  Federal 
Tax  Bill  Will 

Hit  Theatres 


Measure  Expected  to  Be 
Ready  Next  Month 

Washington,  June  21. — Exhib- 
itors will  be  affected  in  many  ways, 
directly  and  indirectly,  by  the  tax 
bill  now  being  drafted  by  the 
House  Ways  and  Means  Commit- 
tee, a  survey  of  the  measure  to- 
night disclosed. 

A  number  of  tax  changes  already 
have  been  tentatively  adopted  by  the 
committee  and  others  remain  to  be 
considered,  but  actual  contents  of  the 
bill  probably  will  not  be  known  until 
the  measure  is  put  into  definite  form 
next  month. 

Taxes  on  candy  and  soft  drinks, 
proposed  by  the  Treasury,  may  be  in- 
corporated in  the  final  draft  of  the 
bill,  particularly  if  the  committee  de- 
cides to  avoid  a  general  sales  tax. 

Increased  rates  have  been  tentative- 
ly adopted  on  telephone  bills  and  long 
distance  telephone  and  telegraph 
messages,  railroad,  bus  and  boat 
transportation  and  cigarettes,  among 
other  commodities  and  services,  but 
the  committee  has  turned  down  the 
administration  proposal  for  taxes 
which  would  lower  individual  in- 
comes to  not  more  than  $25,000  a 
year. 

The  committee  also  may  include  a 
five  per  cent  t^x  on  freight  and  ex- 
press shipments. 


Will  Reelect  Para. 
Officers  Thursday 

All  officers  of  Paramount  Pictures, 
headed  by  Barney  Balaban,  president, 
are  scheduled  to  be  reelected  at  the 
organization  meeting  of  the  company's 
board  of  directors  on  Thursday. 

Other  officers  include :  Adolph  Zu- 
kor,  chairman  of  the  board;  Stanton 
Griffis,  chairman  of  the  executive 
committee ;  Austin  Keough,  vice- 
president,  secretary  and  general 
counsel ;  Y.  Frank  Freeman,  vice- 
president  ;  Neil  Agnew,  vice-presi- 
dent ;  John  W.  Hicks,  vice-president ; 
Henry  Ginsberg,  vice-president;  Wal- 
ter B.  Cokell,  treasurer ;  Fred  Mohr- 
hardt, comptroller,  and  Norman  Coll- 
yer,  Jacob  H.  Karp  and  Frank  Mey- 
er, assistant  secretaries. 


Reviewed  Today 

"Friendly  Enemies"and  "Moon- 
light Masquerade"  are  reviewed 
on  Page  4. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  June  22,  1942 


Personal  Mention 


Asks  Premiere  of 
'BarnbV  in  Maine 

Augusta,  Me.,  June  21. — Gov. 
Sumner  Sewall  has  telegraph- 
ed Walt  Disney  asking  that 
a  premiere  of  the  Disney 
feature,  "Bambi,"  be  held  in 
Maine.  The  telegram  follow- 
ed discussions  in  Maine  last 
week  among  the  Governor, 
Earle  Doucette  of  the  Maine 
Development  Commission,  and 
Antoinette  Spitzer,  Eastern 
publicity  director  for  Disney. 
The  Maine  woods  were  used 
as  a  background  for  the  film. 


So.  Calif.  Exhibitors 
Meet  on  War  Effort 

Los  Angeles,  June  21. — Exhibitors 
of  Southern  California  and  Arizona 
heard  several  speakers  discuss  thea- 
tres' participation  in  the  war  effort 
at  a  luncheon  meeting  at  the  Ambas- 
sador Hotel  on  Friday. 

Francis  S.  Harmon,  War  Activi- 
ties Committee  coordinator,  told  the 
meeting  that  exhibitors  in  this  area 
last  March  set  a  standard  in  the  sale 
of  War  Bonds  and  Stamps  which  is 
only  now  being  equalled  elsewhere 
in  the  country.  Reporting  on  a  meet- 
ing with  War  Production  Board  of- 
ficials, Harmon  discussed  their  atti- 
tude that  "the  film  industry  is  essen- 
tial and  we  are  going  to  keep  theatres 
open." 

Joseph  Buxton,  London  exhibitor, 
said  theatres  in  this  area  are  as  fully 
protected  against  air  raids  and  the 
like  as  the  theatres  in  London. 
Charles  Skouras  and  Robert  Poole 
were  other  speakers. 

Harmon  left  over  the  weekend  for 
San  Francisco,  Seattle  and  Portland 
where  he  will  address  exhibitor  meet- 
ings. 

RKO  Paid  Schaefer 
$103410  Last  Year 

Philadelphia,  June  21. — George 
J.  Schaefer  was  paid  $103,410  plus  a 
weekly  expense  account  of  $250  dur- 
ing 1941,  it  was  revealed  in  weekend 
reports  released  here  by  the  Securi- 
ties and  Exchange  Commission. 

Joseph  I.  Breen  was  paid  $104,000 
in  1941  under  a  five-year  contract  as 
studio  manager  for  RKO  Radio  Pic- 
tures, Inc.  Ned  E.  Depinet  received 
$78,350  as  vice-president  in  charge 
of  distribution,  and  N.  Peter  Rathvon 
received  $62,612  as  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee. 

Morris  to  Address 
Minneapolis  Forum 

Seymour  Morris,  advertising  man- 
ager of  the  Schine  Circuit,  Glovers- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  will  be  a  speaker  at 
the  exhibitor  forum  to  be  conducted 
at  Minneapolis  on  Wednesday  by 
M-G-M.  H.  M.  Richey,  M.  L.  Si- 
mons and  William  R.  Ferguson  of 
M-G-M  will  leave  here  today  to  at- 
tend the  forum. 


Braden  Is  Vice-President 

J.  Noble  Braden,  executive  secre- 
tary of  the  American  Arbitration  As- 
sociation and  head  of  its  motion  pic- 
ture arbitration  division,  has  been 
elected  a  vice-president  of  the  AAA. 


BERT  KULICK  has  been  promoted 
from  lieutenant  to  lieutenant  com- 
mander in  the  United  States  Naval 
Reserve. 

• 

Sam  Wheeler,  20th  Century-Fox 
manager  in  Washington,  was  a  New 
York  visitor  late  last  week. 

• 

Morris  J.  Nelson  of  the  Stanley 
Theatre,  Baltimore,  leaves  this  week 
for  a  vacation  in  Florida. 

• 

William  Sherman  of  Universal's 
Rochester    exchange,    was    in  New 
Haven  late  last  week  for  the  gradua- 
tion of  his  son,  Philip,  from  Yale. 
• 

Nat  Rubin,  former  manager  of 
the  Lyric,  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  was 
a  New  Haven  visitor  while  on  fur- 
lough from  Fort  Devens. 

• 

Thomas  Lucia  of  the  Strand, 
Springfield,  Mass.,  has  been  called 
into  the  Army. 


'Yankee'  Pre-Release 
Considered  for  Fall 

Warner  Bros,  is  considering  the 
possiblity  of  pre-releasing  "Yankee 
Doodle  Dandy"  outside  New  York, 
starting  in  the  early  Fall.  Plans  are 
expected  to  be  disclosed  following  a 
meeting  of  district  managers  here 
July  2  and  3  at  which  this  and  other 
matters  will  be  discussed.  Joseph 
Bernhard,  vice-president  and  general 
manager,  and  Mort  Blumenstock,  in 
charge  of  advertising  and  publicity  in 
the  East,  and  other  executives  will 
address  the  meeting,  it  was  an- 
nounced. 

'Sauadron'  Opening 
At  Globe  on  July  2 

Walter  Wanger's  "Eagle  Squad- 
ron" will  open  at  the  Globe  Theatre 
July  2,  it  was  announced  yesterday. 
A  military  premiere  is  planned,  with 
American  and  RAF  fliers  and  British 
Government  officials  and  others  sche- 
duled to  attend.  The  opening  will  be 
sponsored  by  the  Eagle  Squadron 
Fund  and  the  RAF  Benevolent  Fund 
of  the  U.S.A.  The  film  is  a  Universal 
release. 

RKO  Board  Meeting 
Scheduled  on  Friday 

A  meeting  of  the  RKO  board  of 
directors  is  tentatively  scheduled  for 
Friday.  The  meeting  scheduled  for 
last  week  was  postponed  due  to  the 
absence  from  the  city  of  two  direc- 
tors, N.  Peter  Rathvon,  chairman  of 
the  executive  committee,  and  Ned  E. 
Depinet,  vice-president,  who  are  visit- 
ing at  the  studio. 


Canadian  Pioneer  Dies 

Moncton,  N.  B.,  June  21. — Alexan- 
der R.  Torrie,  pioneer  exhibitor  who 
operated  theatres  here  for  25  years, 
died  here.  He  had  been  ill  about  a 
year,  and  ill  health  had  caused  his 
retirement  from  business. 


Weisberg  Joins  M-G-M 

Leonard  Weisberg  has  joined  the 
M-G-M  publicity  staff  to  handle 
trade  press  contacts,  it  was  an- 
nounced. 


BEN    ROSENWALD,  M-G-M 
branch  manager  at  Charlotte,  is 
vacationing  in  New  York. 

• 

William  K.  Saxton,  city  manager 
for  Loew's  Theatres  in  Baltimore, 
spent  the  weekend  with  his  family  on 
Long  Island. 

• 

Frank  Morin,  manager  of  the 
Warner  Regal  in  Hartford,  is  on  va- 
cation. 

Walter  Farrow  of  the  Strand, 
Plainville,  Conn.,  has  joined  the 
Navy. 

• 

Charles  Anderson   of  the  Arch 
Street  Theatre,  New  Britain,  Conn., 
has  recovered  from  an  illness. 
• 

Edward  Cruea,  booker  at  the 
Monogram  Seattle  exchange,  was 
given  a  dinner  party  before  leaving  to 
join  the  Army. 


Mexican  President 
Backs  Historic  Film 

Mexico  City,  June  21. — With  the 
patronage  of  President  Manuel  Avila 
Camacho,  ex-President  Lazaro  Car- 
denas and  Gen.  Felix  Ireta  Viveros, 
Governor  of  Michoacan  State,  Miguel 
Contreras  Torres  is  to  start  production 
here  soon  of  a  film  biography  of  Fa- 
ther Jose  Maria  Morelos  y  Pavon,  the 
Roman  Catholic  priest  who  was  the 
generalissimo  of  the  Mexican  armies 
in  the  war  of  independence  from 
Spain,  1810-'21,  and  who  was  exe- 
cuted by  the  Spaniards  in  1815. 

This  picture,  it  was  said,  will  be 
the  most  expensive  ever  made  in 
Mexico.  Contreras  Torres,  with  Jesus 
Grovas,  producer,  has  just  completed 
"Simon  Bolivar,"  life  of  the  Venezue- 
lan patriot.  That  picture  is  reported 
to  have  cost  $210,000,  a  record  for  a 
Mexican  film,  and  is  to  be  released 
early  in  July  simultaneously  here  and 
in  Bogota,  Colombia. 


Waters  New  Head  of 
L.A.  Defense  Bureau 

Los  Angeles,  June  21. — George 
Walters,  executive  assistant  to  Charles 
P.  Skouras,  president  of  National 
Theatres,  has  been  elected  director  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Theatre  Defense 
Bureau.  He  fills  the  vacancy  creat- 
ed by  the  resignation  of  B.  V.  Stur- 
divant,  who  recently  was  transferred 
to  San  Francisco  by  Fox  West  Coast. 
Rodney  Pantages  was  elected  alter- 
nate director. 


Buying  War  Bonds 

Employes  at  14  20th  Century-Fox 
branches  in  the  United  States  have 
subscribed  100  per  cent  for  the  War 
Bond  payroll  allotment  plan,  Tom  J. 
Connors,  vice-president  in  charge  of 
distribution,  announced  Saturday. 
Connors  said  94  per  cent  of  all  U.  S. 
branch  employes  have  subscribed. 


Holton  in  New  England 

Joseph  Holton,  assistant  to  Joseph 
Pincus,  head  of  the  20th  Century-Fox 
talent  department  in  the  East,  has 
left  for  New  England  to  scout  the 
Summer  theatres. 


New  Ed  Wynn  Show 
Will   Open  Tonight 

Now  set  to  open  tonight 
after  a  postponement  is  the 
new  Ed  Wynn  show,  "Laugh. 
Town,  Laugh,"  at  the  Alvin. 
Wynn  has  with  him  in  top 
roles  Jane  Froman  and  Car- 
men Amaya.  Smith  &  Dale, 
Emil  Coleman,  Senor  Wences, 
Ken  Davidson  and  Hugh 
Forgie  are  among  the  other 
performers. 

£■ 

Tabulation  System 
Set  for  Bond  Drive 

Preparations  are  being  made  at  na- 
tional headquarters  of  the  industry's 
War  Bond  and  Stamp  campaign  for  a 
nationwide  tabulation  system.  The 
method,  being  developed  by  Si  Fabian, 
campaign  director,  and  Arthur  May- 
er of  the  War  Activities  Committee, 
involves  the  recording  and  filing  of  a 
report  from  each  of  the  15,000  thea- 
tres  participating   in  the  drive. 

The  first  of  the  monthly  reports  is 
due  July  1,  covering  the  first  month 
of  the  campaign.  International  Busi- 
ness Machine  service  has  been  en- 
gaged to  set  up  the  mechanics  of  the 
system.  The  Treasury  Department 
will  provide  a  staff  to  handle  the  re- 
ports. An  account  number  is  being 
assigned  to  each  theatre,  and  theatres 
are  asked  by  the  committee  to  list 
their  account  numbers  in  making 
monthly  reports  to  headquarters. 


$733,075  Is  Pledged 
at  N.  Y.  RKO  Houses 

A  total  of  $733,075  in  War  Bonds 
was  pledged  in  RKO  theatres  in  the 
metropolitan  area  during  the  first 
month  of  the  theatre  campaign  begin- 
ning May  15,  the  circuit  announced 
over  the  weekend. 


Armv-Navy  Checks 
Pass  $1,700,000  Mark 

Theatre  collections  for  Army  and 
Navy  Emergency  Relief  passed  the 
$1,700,000  mark  Friday,  it  was  an- 
nounced. Among  remittances  report- 
ed were :  Comerford  Publix  Theatres. 
Scranton,  Pa.,  $15,202;  Blumenfeld 
Theatres,  San  Francisco,  $8,442; 
George  Mann  (Redwood)  Theatres, 
California,  $4,200 ;  Commonwealth 
Amusement  Corp.,  Kansas  City, 
$4,748 ;  Meco  Theatres,  Birmingham, 
$3,317;  Lebanon  Theatres,  Lebanon. 
Pa.,  $1,437. 


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Monday,  June  22,  1942 


Reviews 


"Friendly  Enemies" 

(U.A.-Small) 

Hollywood,  June  21 

'"PHIS  is  a  filming  of  the  play  of  the  same  title  which  prospered  in 
1918  and  prospered  again,  in  terms  of  laughs,  when  previewed  to 
an  audience  in  Glendale. 

The  original  has  been  filmed  virtually  without  change.  Now,  as  in 
1918,  the  story  deals  with  the  effect  of  the  war  upon  German-born 
Americans,  and  the  war  concerned  is  the  1914-1918  conflict.  Now,  as 
then,  the  principals  are  two  German-born  Americans  who  have  found 
wealth  and  happiness  in  America.  One  has  retained  his  love  of  Ger- 
many and  fidelity  to  its  cause.  The  other  has  become  American  in 
spirit  and  loyalty  as  well  as  in  fact.  Between  these  men  rages  a  con- 
versational conflict,  waged  in  dialect  and  violence  but  always  for  pur- 
poses of  comedy,  which  dissolves  when  the  defender  of  the  Kaiser, 
tricked  by  a  German  agent  into  financing  destruction  of  a  transport  on 
which  his  son  is  en  route  to  France,  renounces  Germany  and  embraces 
Americanism. 

Charles  Winninger  and  Charlie  Ruggles  portray  the  two  disputants 
with  a  skill  which  drew  a  good  reaction  from  the  preview  audience. 
James  Craig  and  Nancy  Kelly  play  their  son  and  daughter,  who  marry, 
and  Ilka  Gruning  registers  solidly  as  the  boy's  mother.  Otto  Kruger 
plays  the  German  agent  without  overplaying  the  part,  and  Greta  Meyer, 
Addison  Richards,  Charles  Lane,  John  Piffle  and  Ruth  Holly  round  out 
the  cast. 

Production  by  Edward  Small  is  on  a  scale  to  offset  the  limited  physi- 
cal scope  of  the  stage  play,  and  direction  by  Allan  Dwan  gets  peak  values 
out  of  the  script.  Adaptation  is  by  Adelaide  Heilbron,  from  the  original 
play  by  Samuel  Shipman  and  Aaron  Hoffman. 

Running  time,  95  mins.    "G"*  Roscoe  Williams 


"Moonlight  Masquerade" 

(Republic) 

A  COMBINATION  of  mirth  and  melody  with  a  few  flurries  of  ro- 
mance  that  lend  a  little  substance  to  the  story,  "Moonlight  Mas- 
querade" is  a  breezy  affair  keyed  to  unpretentious  tastes.  It  has  zippy 
dance  routines  and  energetic  comedy  and  at  times  a  few  musical  effects 
foi"  extra  flavoring. 

All  this  is  purveyed  by  Dennis  O'Keefe,  Jane  Frazee,  Betty  Kean, 
Eddie  Foy,  Jr.,  and  Erno  Verebes,  among  others.  It  adds  up  to  good, 
light-hearted,  modest  entertainment  under  the  direction  of  John  H. 
Auer,  also  associate  producer. 

The  basis  of  the  story  is  the  contractual  obligations  of  O'Keefe  and 
Miss  Frazee,  arranged  by  their  parents,  to  marry  in  Cuba  or  forsake 
a  fortune  in  oil  wells.  They  meet,  hide  their  identity,  a  few  bogus  for- 
eign noblemen  become  involved  and  a  lot  of  amusing  situations  develop 
before  the  two  learn  of  each  other's  trickery  and  acknowledge  their  love. 

Running  time,  67  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arxeel 


Court  Denies 
Inspection  of 
Para.  Books 


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ney  Balaban,  Paramount  president; 
George  J.  Schaefer,  John  E.  Otter- 
son,  former  Paramount  president,  and 
Edwin  L.  Weisl,  Paramount  director 
and  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Simp- 
son, Thacher  &  Bartlett,  Paramount 
counsel. 

Balaban  testified  that  he  was  un- 
aware of  the  demands  for  money  that 
had  been  made  on  Paramount  by  Bi- 
off. He  related  that  the  projection- 
ists were  called  out  of  the  Chicago 
theatres  in  1935  "while  tens  of  thou- 
sands of  patrons  were  in  them."  This 
was  done,  he  said,  to  assure  Otter- 
son's  presence  at  a  meeting  with  union 
officials  in  Chicago  the  following  day. 
His  first  knowledge  of  the  payments 
that  had  been  made  to  Bioff  came 
in  1938,  he  testified,  when  he  ques- 
tioned Austin  C.  Keough,  vice-presi- 
dent and  general  counsel,  on  an  en- 
try in  the  studio's  books  of  $50,000 
for  a  real  estate  option. 

'Holdup  by  Chicago  Gang' 
"Keough  explained  that  the  item 
was  part  of  the  holdup  by  the  Chicago 
gang  and  that  the  payments  had  all 
been  made,"  Balaban  said. 

Balaban  said  he  discussed  the 
payments  with  Stanton  Griffis, 
chairman  of  the  Paramount  ex- 
ecutive committee,  but  nothing 
was  done  about  them.  Knowing 
something  of  Bioff 's  background, 
and  considering  the  financial 
condition  of  Paramount  at  the 
time,  Balaban  said  he  was  con- 
vinced that  the  payments  not 
only  had  to  be  made  but  saved 
Paramount  from  being  plunged 
back  into  reorganization. 

He  testified  that  he  knew  of  no 
payments  made  to  Nick  Dean  Cir- 
cella,  in  answer  to  a  direct  question 
by  Talley.  The  latter  asked  for  leave 
to  amend  the  complaint  to  include 
Circella  as  receiving  payments. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Fly  Urges  Shift  in 
NAB  Management 

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and  that  their  differences  with  the 
commission  are  not  unfriendly.  Fly 
denied  the  contention  that  applica- 
tion of  the  FCC  network  rules  would 
destroy  NBC  and  CBS  and  build  up 
Mutual,  declaring  they  would  instead 
provide  for  competition  which  would 
lead  to  better  programs. 

He  challenged  the  Sanders  bill  as 
creating  a  chain  monopoly. 


Honor  Cuban  Showman 

Havana,  June  21. — Domingo  Mar- 
tinez, pioneer  Cuban  exhibitor,  op- 
erating theatres  in  Cienfuegos,  was 
honored  at  a  testimonial  banquet  giv- 
en here  by  Cuban  exhibitors  and  dis- 
tributors attended  by  150  persons. 


Open  Three  in  Mexico 

Mexico  City,  June  21. — An  old 
subsequent  run  house,  the  Cine  Te- 
resa, has  opened  here,  and  scheduled 
for  the  end  of  this  month  is  the  open- 
ing of  two  de  luxe  suburban  theatres. 


Program  for 
Film  Savings 
Set  for  WPB 


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Paramount  president ;  William  F. 
Rodgers,  Loew's  vice-president  in 
charge  of  distribution;  Edgar  J.  Mar", 
nix,  M-G-M  studio  executive;  JosO'1 
H.  Hazen  and  Ben  Kalmenson  >\ 
Warner  Bros.,  and  John  J.  O'Connor 
of  Universal.  Ray  Klune  will  repre- 
sent the  Film  Conservation  Commit- 
tee of  Hollywood. 


Hollywood,  June  21. — A  special 
meeting  of  the  Film  Conservation 
Committee  was  held  Friday  night  to 
take  up  raw  stock  savings  proposals 
which  have  developed  since  last 
week's  adoption  of  the  13  rules  to 
save  film. 

Warners  to  Show 
'Wings'  in  Capital 

Warner  Bros,  has  announced  two 
special  screenings  of  "Wings  for  the 
Eagle"  in  Washington  this  week,  one 
for  American  and  allied  officialdom  at 
the  Department  of  Interior  audito- 
rium Thursday  night  and  another  for 
press  and  radio  representatives  at  the 
National  Theatre  the  night  before. 

A  New  York  preview  will  be  held 
at  the  home  office  screening  room  Fri- 
day night,  after  a  buffet  dinner  given 
by  Lockheed  Aircraft  Corp.  for  the 
press  and  aircraft  officials  at  Toots 
Shor's  restaurant. 

Brown  Succeeds 
Davis  in  CBS  Spot 

Cecil  Brown,  war  correspondent, 
on  Friday  was  named  successor  to 
Elmer  Davis,  now  director  of  the  Of- 
fice of  War  Information,  on  the  five- 
minute  newscast  over  56  CBS  sta- 
tions, 8:55  to  9  P~.  M.,  EWT,  be- 
ginning tonight.  Under  a  new  con- 
tract with  the  sponsor,  Johns-Man- 
ville,  Brown  will  be  on  Monday 
through  Friday,  while  the  Saturday 
and  Sunday  spot  will  be  given  over 
to  Eric  Sevareid  for  the  Parker  Pen 
Co.  in  another  new  deal. 

Para.  Laboratory 
Signs  Union  Pact 

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ence  for  some  time.  The  laboratory 
is  the  last  in  the  East  to  be  organized 
by  the  local.  The  employes  formerly 
were  members  of  an  independent 
union.  The  new  pact  provides  the 
minimum  wage  scales  and  working 
conditions  embodied  in  other  labora- 
tory agreements. 

George  Barry  was  counsel  for 
Paramount  in  the  negotiations,  which 
were  conducted  by  Frank  Meyer,  as- 
sistant secretary.  John  H.  Rugge, 
Local  702  president,  signed  for  the 
union. 


Award  to  News  of  Day 

Atlantic  City,  June  21. — M-G-M 
News  of  the  Day  has  been  cited  for 
the  best  domestic  newsreel  of  the  past 
year,  on  the  FBI  and  the  Nazis,  by 
the  National  Headliners  Club.  Silver 
plaques  for  the  Headliners  awards 
will  be  presented  at  a  dinner  here  next 
Saturday. 


Otterson's  Testimony 

Otterson  testified  that  after  attend- 
ing the  Chicago  meeting  with  Browne 
and  others  he  reported  back  to  New 
York  that  the  matter  concerned  the 
entire  industry  and  suggested  that  a 
meeting  on  the  demands  be  held  here. 
He  later  left  for  the  studio  and  re- 
ceived written  and  telephoned  reports 
there  from  Keough  on  subsequent  de- 
velopments. For  several  months  pri- 
or to  his  resignation  from  Paramount 
in  June,  1936,  he  was  not  consulted 
on  some  management  affairs  and  poli- 
cies, he  said.  Among  these  he  enum- 
erated the  Joseph  P.  Kennedy  inves- 
tigation of  Paramount  operations  and 
the  subsequent  Kennedy  report.  He 
said  he  considered  Keough  "complete- 
ly loyal"  during  that  period. 

Schaefer  identified  himself  as  a 
Paramount  director  and  vice-president 
from  January  to  November,  1935,  and 
said  that  he  had  no  knowledge  of  the 
Browne-Bioff  payments  until  stories 
of  their  indictment  were  published. 

Weisl  testified  that  he  and  Judge 
Thomas  D.  Thacher  investigated  the 
payments  for  the  Paramount  board 
las't  year  and  after  a  thorough  study 
they  concluded  that  beyond  any 
doubt  they  were  made  in  the  best  in- 
terests of  the  company. 


Alien  Patent  Owners 
Must  File  with  U.  S. 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

by  Alien  Property  Custodian  Leo  T. 
Crowley. 

Forms  on  which  to  make  such  re- 
ports will  be  available  in  the  Wash- 
ington and  Chicago  offices  of  the 
A  PC  on  and  after  June  29,  it  was 
said. 

The  purposes  of  the  order  are  to 
check  and  describe  enemy-owned  pa- 
tents and  interests  in  patents  to  pro- 
tect the  rights  of  American  citizens 
therein  and  to  obtain  information 
which  will  aid  in  the  administration 
of  patents  seized  by  the  Alien  Prop- 
erty Custodian. 


Forbes  WCCO  Manager 

William  E.  Forbes,  assistant  to 
Donald  W.  Thornburgh,  CBS  vice- 
president  in  Los  Angeles,  has  been 
appointed  general  manager  of 
WCCO,  Minneapolis  and  St.  Paul 
CBS  outlet,  effective  July  1.  He  suc- 
ceeds Earl  Gammons,  now  CBS 
Washington  manager. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


— g- 

DO  NOT  PE-M?VE 


First  In 


51.  NO.  122 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  TUESDAY,  JUNE  23,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Will  Revise 
Schedules  of 
Film  Delivery 

Key  Center  Meetings  to 
Follow  ODT  Order 


Meetings  of  branch  managers, 
film  carriers  and  exhibitor  organi- 
zation officials  will  be  held  in  the 
exchange  centers  throughout  the 
country  this  week  and  next  to  pre- 
pare new  pick-up  and  delivery 
schedules  which  will  give  effect  to 
the  Office  of  Defense  Transporta- 
tion orders  restricting  film  deliv- 
eries by  local  carriers  to  theatres 
within  a  25-mile  radius  of  ex- 
change centers. 

The  ODT  orders  prohibit  lo- 
cal carriers  from  making  spe- 
cial trips,  call-backs  and  more 
than  one  delivery  per  day,  and 
require  the  carriers  to  reduce 
by  25  per  cent  their  monthly 
mileage,  beginning  July  1,  as 

(.Continued  on  page  4) 


Reserve  Decision 
On  Minn.  Motions 

St.  Paul,  June  22. — Judge  Albin 
S.  Pearson  has  taken  under  advise- 
ment motions  by  the  Ramsey  County 
attorney  for  a  new  trial  of  the  Minne- 
sota anti-blocks-of-five  case  and  for 
amended  findings  based  on  the  origi- 
nal trial. 

Hearings  on  the  motions  were  held 
before  Judge  Pearson  on  Saturday. 
In  April  Judge  Pearson  held  the  law 
to  be  unconstitutional.  It  was  argued 
at  Saturday's  hearing  that  the  findings 
(Continued  on  page  4) 


Seek  More  Football 
Games  for  New  York 

Following  through  on  his  proposal 
to  bring  to  New  York  next  Fall 
New  Haven,  Princeton  and  West 
Point  football  games,  Robert  K. 
Christenberry,  president  of  the  Broad- 
way Association,  has  contacted  Mayor 
F.  H.  LaGuardia,  the  presidents  of 
the  local  ball  parks  and  others  in  an 
effort  to  join  him  in  the  move. 

In  announcing  the  plan  last  week, 
Christenberry  pointed  out  the  travel- 
ing restrictions  imposed  by  the  Office 
of  Defense  Transportation  which,  he 
said,  doubtless  will  reduce  attendance 
at  out-of-town  games.  Transfer  of 
the  contests  would  be  beneficial  not 
only  to  the  sponsors  but  New  York 
theatres,  hotels  and  other  business 
around  the  city  as  well,  he  contended. 


May  Admission  Tax 
Totalat$ll,803,922 
Setting  New  Record 

Washington,  June  22. — Federal 
admission  tax  collections  in  May  hit 
a  new  high  record  at  $11,803,922,  an 
increase  of  more  than  $1,000,000  over 
the  preceding  month  and  nearly  $5,- 
000,000  above  the  $6,955,991  reported 
for  May,  1941,  it  was  announced  to- 
night by  the  Internal  Revenue  Bureau. 

The  previous  high  was  $11,412,679, 
recorded  in  December,  1941. 

While  national  collections  nearly 
doubled  over  last  year,  receipts  from 
the  Third  New  York  (Broadway) 
District  showed  only  a  slight  increase, 
from_$l, 846,594  in  May,  1941,  to  $1,- 
950,579  in  the  same  month  this  year, 
indicating  the  increasing  importance 
of  theatres  outside  the  metropolitan 

{Continued  on  page  4) 


Biof  f  Payment  Case 
Seen  Ending  Today 

The  minority  stockholders'  suit 
against  officers  and  directors  of  Para- 
mount to  compel  reimbursement  to  the 
company  of  payments  made  to  George 
E.  Browne,  William  Bioff  and  Nick 
Dean  Circella,  convicted  former 
IATSE  officials,  is  expected  to  end 
today  before  Justice  Carroll  G.  Wai- 
ter in  N.  Y.  Supreme  Court. 

Florence  Rose,  union  financial  sec- 
retary, testified  that  none  of  the  $100,- 
000  paid  by  Paramount  officials  to  the 
three  men  was  turned  into  the  IATSE 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Soldiers  Prefer 

Combination  Bills 

Chicago,  June  22. — Men  in 
the  armed  forces  seeking 
amusement  in  Chicago's  Loop 
still  prefer  combination  bills 
comprising  a  single  feature 
and  a  stage  show,  according 
to  figures  released  by  Bala- 
ban  &  Katz.  Of  the  13,043 
free  passes  for  their  theatres 
issued  in  May  through  Chi- 
cago's Service  Center,  2,687 
were  turned  in  at  the  Chicago 
Theatre.  The  Roosevelt,  with 
double  bills,  was  second  with 
2,094,  and  the  Garrick,  an- 
other dual  policy  house,  was  a 
close  third  with  2,084. 


Newsreels  Called 
Only  Media  Giving 
True  Rubber  Facts 


Washington,  June  22. — Newsreels 
were  the  only  media  which  presented 
the  true  picture  and  gave  no  con- 
flicting reports  on  the  rubber  situation, 
source  of  much  confusion  to  the  pub- 
lic and  one  of  the  motivating  reasons 
for  appointment  of  Elmer  Davis  to 
over-all  control  of  war-agency  pub- 
licity, it  was  declared  today  by  Rob- 
ert Collyer,  in  charge  of  the  news- 
reel  Section  of  the  Office  for  Emer- 
gency Management. 

Collyer  asserted  that  while  newspa- 
pers and  radio  presented  inconsistent 
reports  on  the  rubber  situation,  which 
{Continued  on  page  4) 


Plan  for  Merger  of  306, 
Empire  Unions  Renewed 


Father  John  P.  Boland,  chairman 
of  the  New  York  State  Labor  Rela- 
tions Board,  has  intervened  in  the 
long  standing  dispute  between  Local 
306  and  the  Empire  State  Motion 
Picture  Operators  Union,  it  was 
learned  yesterday,  and  has  brought  of- 
ficials of  both  unions  together  again. 
Plans  for  the  absorption  of  Empire 
State  by  306  have  been  renewed,  it 
was  said. 

The  first  meeting  was  held  two 
weeks  ago  and  another  is  scheduled 
for  tomorrow.  Meeting  with  Father 
Boland  were  Herman  Gelber  and  Ab- 
raham Kindler,  presidents  of  306  and 
Empire,  respectively,  and  Nathan 
Frankel  and  Allen  Goodwin,  attor- 
neys. 

It  is  understood  that  the  large  num- 
{Continued  on  page  4) 


N.Y.  Publicists  Vote 
C.I.O.  Affiliation 

By  a  vote  of  172  to  39,  the  Screen 
Publicists  Guild  of  New  York,  an  in- 
dependent union,  resolved  to  become 
affiliated  with  the  CIO.  Ballots  in  the 
mail  referendum  were  counted  yester- 
day at  SPG  headquarters  in  the  Hotel 
Piccadilly. 

The  SPG  will  become  a  separate 
local  of  the  United  Office  &  Pro- 
fessional Workers  of  America,  the 
CIO  union  with  which  a  number  of 
clerical  home  office  unions  are  affili- 
ated. A  similar  referendum  conducted 
last  year  by  the  SPG  was  defeated  by 
a  narrow  margin. 


Distributors 
Seen  Saving 
15-18%  Stock 


To  Report  Economy  Plan 
To  WPB  Today 


Indications  are  that  a  15  to  18 
per  cent  saving  in  raw  stock  con- 
sumption can  be  effected  by  the 
distribution  and  e  x  h  i  b  i  tion 
branches  of  the  industry  as  a  result 
of  a  program  of  voluntary  econo- 
mies submitted  by  the  10  leading 
companies  at  a  meeting  at 
MPPDA  headquarters  yesterday. 

The  over-all  exhibition-dis- 
tribution program  will  be  re- 
ported to  War  Production 
Board  officials  by  the  industry 
conservation  committee  in 
Washington  today,  together 
with  the  proposed  raw  stock 
saving  program  of  the  produc- 
ers, which  will  be  reported 
separately  by  the  latters'  repre- 
sentatives. 

The  proposed  economies  include  re- 
ductions in  the  use  of  raw  stock  by 
all  branches  of  industry  operations. 
Special  measures  will  be  proposed  to 
eliminate  all  non-essential  use  of  raw 
stock,  even  to  the  extent  of  shorten- 
ing the  present  newsreel  title  frames 
and  reducing  the  length  of  trailers. 

A  reduction  in  the  number  of  prints 
will  be  discussed  and  it  is  believed  that 

{Continued  on  page  4) 


Name  Lightstone  to 
Para.  Canada  Post 

Gordon  Lightstone,  former  general 
manager  of  Regal  Films,  Canada,  has 
been  appointed  general  manager  of 
distribution  for  Paramount  in  Canada, 
Xeil  Agnew,  Paramount  vice-presi- 
dent and  distribution  head,  announced 
yesterday. 

Lightstone  succeeds  Del  Goodman, 
who  will  return  to  the  home  office  for 
a  new  assignment,  after  having  served 
as  Canadian  manager  for  about  a 
year.  Lightstone  was  associated  with 
M-G-M  and  Regal  in  Canada  for  the 
past  18  years. 


In  Today's  Issue 

"Smart  Alecks"  is  reviewed 
on  page  6.  A  tabulation  of  pic- 
tures currently  in  work  in 
Hollywood  studios  appears  on 
the  same  page.  Additional 
listing  of  men  and  women  in 
the  armed  services  will  be 
found  on  page  5. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  June  23.  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Personal  Mention 


Hollywood,  June  22 

CONCLUDING  a  week's  confer- 
ences on  production  plans,  Ned 
Depinet,  RKO  vice-president  in 
charge  of  distribution,  and  Peter 
Rathvon,  board  member,  left  for  New 
York  by  plane  tonight.  Edward  Al- 
person,  Solly  Schwartz,  James  Mul- 
vey,  vice-president  of  Samuel  Gold- 
wyn,  Inc.,  and  Goldwyn's  Eastern 
representative,  and  other  executives 
will  leave  by  train  tomorrow.  S.  Bar- 
ret McCormick,  director  of  advertis- 
ing and  publicity,  will  remain  until 
Friday  to  confer  with  Perry  Lieber, 
studio  publicity  director,  about  ex- 
ploitation matters. 

• 

H.  J.  Yates  will  leave  for  New 
York  next  weekend  after  a  two-month 
stay  at  the  Republic  studio. 

• 

Junior  members  of  the  Screen  Di- 
rectors Guild  at  their  annual  meeting 
last  night  elected  Horace  Hough,  pres- 
ident ;  William  Tummel,  vice-pres- 
ident ;  Clem  Jones,  secretary,  and  Eli 
Dunn,  treasurer.  Members  of  the 
council  and  board  of  governors  also 
were  named. 

• 

Harry  Sherman  today  bought 
"Where  the  Grass  Grows,"  a  Satur- 
day Evening  Post  story  by  Allan  Bos- 
worth.  Richard  Dix  will  play  the 
leading  role  and  Paramount  will  re- 
lease the  picture. 

Canadian  Industry 
War  Work  Praised 

Ottawa,  June  22. — Through  Her- 
bert Lash,  director  of  the  De- 
partment of  Public  Information,  the 
Canadian  Government  paid  public  trib- 
ute to  the  motion  picture  exhibi- 
tors and  distributors  of  Canada  for 
their  generous  contribution  to  the 
war  effort. 

Lash  was  speaking  at  a  special 
■showing  last  night  of  "Mrs.  Miniver" 
at  the  Capitol  Theatre.  Arrange- 
ments were  made  through  Dewey  D. 
Bloom,  Canadian  M-G-M  represen- 
tative, The  showing  was  attended 
by  Government  leaders,  including  De- 
fense Minister  Ralston. 

The  D.P.I,  director  said:  "I 
should  like  to  take  advantage  of  this 
opportunity  to  pay  public  tribute  to 
the  motion  picture  exhibitors  and  dis- 
tributors of  Canada  for  their  constant 
and  generous  contribution  to  the 
Canadian  war  effort.  They  have  never 
failed  to  respond  willingly  to  any 
reasonable  request,  and  for  the  many 
services  they  have  performed  they 
have  never  asked  or  received  one  cent, 
although  many  of  these  services  have 
reduced  the  volume  of  their  income. 
This  unselfish  contribution  to  the 
cause  is  an  example  to  all  of  us." 

Order  Union  Vote 
At  20th-Fox  Studio 

Washington,  June  22. — Janitors, 
dressing  room  attendants  and  matrons 
employed  in  the  Los  Angeles  studios  of 
20th  Century-Fox  were  directed  today 
by  the  National  Labor  Relations 
Board  to  hold  an  election  to  deter- 
mine whether  they  are  to  be  repre- 
sented by  the  20th  Cenfury-Fox  Jan- 
itors and  Matrons  Guild  for  purposes 
of  collective  bargaining. 

The  order  was  issued  on  petition 
of  the  guild,  filed  after  company  offi- 
cials had  refused  to  negotiate  with 
it  unless  certified  by  the  board. 


HAL  B.  WALLIS,  Warner  pro- 
ducer, is  in  the  East  for  a  brief 

visit. 

• 

Robert  Leach,  RKO  booker  at  Des 
Moines,  and  Mrs.  Leach,  have  gone 
to  California  for  a  two-week  vacation. 
• 

D.  C.  Kennedy,  manager  of 
M-G-M's  Des  Moines  office,  with 
Mrs.  Kennedy,  is  spending  a  two- 
week  vacation  in  Colorado. 

• 

A.  C.  Hayman,  managing  direc- 
tor of  the  Lafayette  Theatre,  Buf- 
falo, and  Mrs.  Hayman,  have  re- 
turned from  California. 

• 

Bert  Leighton,  manager  of  War- 
ners' Grand  Theatre,  Lancaster,  Pa., 
was  in  town  yesterday  for  a  meeting 
with  Harry  M.  Kalmine. 

• 

Leonard  S.  Schlesinger,  New 
York  zone  manager  for  Warner  The- 
atres, is  away  from  the  office  for  a 
few  days. 

• 

Harry  Goldberg,  director  of  adver- 
tising and  publicity  for  Warner  The- 
atres, and  Mrs.  Goldberg,  celebrate 
their  silver  wedding  anniversary  to- 
morrow. 

• 

William  C.  Gehring,  Western  di- 
vision manager  for  20th  Century-Fox, 
leaves  tonight  for  Detroit  and  Chi- 
cago for  a  week. 

• 

Sam  Wheeler,  20th  Century-Fox 
Washington  branch  manager,  after 
spending  three  days  here,  returns 
home  today. 

• 

Edward  Meade,  of  the  Shea  pub- 
licity department  and  Edward  Mill- 
er, of  the  Shea  manager  staff,  Buf- 
falo, are  vacationing  for  two  weeks. 
• 

Ann  Groves,  secretary  to  J.  T. 
Manfre,  Paramount  manager  at  Des 
Moines,  is  spending  a  two-week  vaca- 
tion at  Boone,  la. 

• 

Tyree  Dillard  of  Loew's  has  re- 
turned from  vacation. 

Confer  in  Hollywood 
On  Red  Cross  Films 

Washington,  June  22. — G.  Stew- 
art Brown,  national  director  of  pub- 
lic information  for  the  American  Red 
Cross,  and  Joseph  Weil,  motion  pic- 
ture editor,  will  leave  for  Hollywood 
July  1  for  conferences  with  the  Holly- 
wood branch  of  the  War  Activities 
Committee,  and  with  producers  inter- 
ested in  using  Red  Cross  sequences  in 
films.  The  Red  Cross  has  two  single- 
reel  subjects  in  preparation,  one  on 
its  services  in  the  armed  forces,  and 
the  other  on  the  recruiting  of  nurses. 


Reelfellows  Delay  Meet 

Chicago,  June  22. — The  final  meet- 
ing and  luncheon  of  the  season  to  be 
given  by  the  Reelfellows  Club  of  Chi- 
'cago  has  been  postponed  until  next 
Sunday.  All  exchange  and  dis- 
trict managers  have  been  invited  to 
the  meeting  at  the  Congress  Hotel. 

Cancel  Danbury  Fair 

Hartford,  June  22. — Because  of 
present  conditions,  the  noted  Dan- 
bury  Fair  at  Danbury,  Conn.,  has 
been  cancelled  "for  the  duration." 
The  event  was  started  in  1878. 


SA.    LYNCH    has    returned  to 
•   Miami   following   a   brief  visit 
here. 

• 

Norman  Elson  is  due  back  from 
Washington  tomorrow. 

• 

Joseph  A.  McConville,  Columbia 
foreign  manager,  has  returned  from 
a  two-month  business  trip  to  Latin 
America. 

• 

F.  J.  A.  McCarthy  left  for  Dallas 
yesterday  and  will  return  at  the  end 
of  the  week. 

• 

I.  E.  Lopert,  head  of  Pax  Films, 
is  the  father  of  a  daughter,  born  Sat- 
urday at  Beth   Israel  Hospital. 
• 

Morris  Keppner  of  the  Glaston- 
bury Theatre,  Glastonbury,  Conn.,  is 
the  father  of  a  daughter,  born  last 
week  at  Hartford  Hospital. 

• 

Walter  B.  Lloyd,  manager  of  the 
Allyn   Theatre,    Hartford,    Conn.,  is 
ill  at  St.  Francis  Hospital,  Hartford. 
• 

Louis  Cohen,  manager  of  Loew's 
Poli,  and  David  Sugarman,  manager 
of  the  Colonial,  both  in  Hartford, 
leave  on  vacations  next  week. 

• 

Julius  Singer  is  ill  at  his  home  at 
the  Hotel  Embassy. 

• 

Norman  H.  Moray,  short  subjects 
sales  manager  for  Warners,  leaves  for 
Philadelphia  today  and  will  return 
later  in  the  week. 

• 

Rhoda    Goldstein,    daughter  of 
Jack  W.  Goldstein,  Buffalo  branch 
manager  of  National  Screen  Service, 
has  been  married  to  Jerome  Adel. 
• 

Fay  London  of  the  Twentieth  Cen- 
tury Theatre  office,  Buffalo,  was 
married  to  Sidney  Horowitz  June  7. 

• 

William  Brereton,  assistant  ad- 
vertising manager  of  Shea  Theatres, 
Buffalo,  is  vacationing  in  Canada. 


Chicago  China  Relief 
Fund  Total  at  $3,225 

Chicago,  June  22. — Edwin  Silver- 
man, chairman  of  the  motion  picture 
division  of  the  China  Relief  here, 
has  announced  a  total  of  $3,225  so 
far  collected  within  the  industry.  Con- 
tributors to  date  are  Balaban  &  Katz, 
$500;  Essaness  Theatres,  $500;  Tohn 
Balaban,  $500;  Harry  &  Elmer  Ba'a- 
ban,  $200 ;  Warner  Brothers  Theatres, 
$300  ;  Jules  Rubens,  $200  ;  Jones,  Lin- 
ick  &  Schaefer,  $200 ;  Robert  Michael, 
Argmore  Theatre,  $100;  Schoenstadt 
Theatres,  $200;  Oriental  Theatre, 
$100 ;  Telenews  Corp.,  $50  ;  Four  Star 
Theatre,  $50;  Leo  Spitz,  $100;  Jack 
Kirsch,  $75,  and  Thomas  Flannery  of 
the  Whiteway  Sign  Co.,  $150.  John 
Balaban,  Jack  Kirsch  and  James  Cos- 
ton  are  co-chairmen  of  the  drive. 


Heads  New  Haven  Union 

New  Haven,  June  22. — Local  41-B 
of  the  exchange  employes  reelected 
Samuel  Zipkin  president  for  the  third 
consecutive  term  and  Robert  Hoffman 
business  agent.  Other  officers  are : 
Marie  Smith,  vice-president ;  Fay 
Spadoni,  treasurer ;  James  Mahon, 
secretary. 


Wis.  ITPA  Seeks 
Relief  from  Arnold 


Milwaukee,  June  22. — Members  of 
the  ITPA  of  Wisconsin  and  Upper 
Michigan,  are  submitting  a  petition  to 
Thurman  Arnold  of  the  Department 
of  Justice  at  Washington,  seeking  re- 
lief from  "a  concerted  policy  adopted 
by  some  producers." 

The  petition,  being  signed  by  asso- 
ciation members  and  then  to  be  lisr,  I 
to  Washington,  mentions  speciC  ?  . 
the  demands  by  producers  for  percent- 
age contracts  from  35  per  cent  to  50  ' 
per  cent,  guaranteed  minimums,  pre- 
ferred playing  time  and  in  some  cases 
increases  in  admission  prices. 

"We,  as  the  owners  of  the  relatively  , 
smaller  theatres,  are  primarily  de- 
pendent upon  weekend  and  holiday 
(preferred  time)  business  for  our 
profit,"  the  petition  states.  "Unlike 
large  theatres  our  business  does  not 
fluctuate  greatly  and  therefore  cannot 
justify  the  need  of  percentages  to  off- 
set fluctuations.  A  percentage  con- 
tract seldom,  if  ever,  can  benefit  us. 
It  therefore  becomes  impossible  for  the 
average  independent  owner  to  survive 
when  the  number  of  weekends  and 
holidays,  in  the  aggregate,  are  taken 
away  from  him  by  the  producers'  de- 
mands that  percentage  contracts  must 
be  accepted  or  you  will  not  receive  a 
fair  offer  or  even  a  chance  to  obtain 
features  licensed  on  a  flat  rental  basis." 

According  to  the  petition,  this 
policy  has  in  the  past  been  enforced 
principally  by  Loew's,  but  exhibitors 
are  now  facing  similar  demands  from 
20th  Century-Fox*  RKO,  Warners 
and  Paramount  "and  in  some  measure 
the  others  as  well  for  the  1941-1942 
season,"  it  is  charged. 

Union  Cinemas9  Net 
For  Year  $249,960 

London,  June  22. — Union  Cinemas 
has  reported  an  operating  profit  for 
the  year  ended  Dec.  31,  last,  of  £591.- 
746  "(about  $2,366,985).  After  provi- 
sion of  £250,000  for  taxation,  £22,000 
for  war  damage  insurance  and  £150,- 
000  as  a  reserve  for  contingencies,  the 
profit  balance  is  put  at  £62,490  (about 
$249,960). 

The  company's  statement  said  that 
there  had  been  a  reduction  of  £438,000 
in  a  bank  overdraft,  reflecting  im- 
proved attendance.  Ho.wever,  it  was 
indicated  excess  profits  taxes  make  it 
impossible  to  pay  arrears  dividends 
on  preferred  shares. 


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There's  all  that  terrific  excitement  about 
"EAGLE  SQUADRON,"  the  like  of  which  has 
not  been  seen  for  a  long  time  . .  . 

There  are  those  glowing  reports  about  Irene 
Dunne  in  "LADY  IN  A  JAM,"  done  in  the  best 
La  Cava  style  and  styled  for  Irene  Dunne. 

There's  swell  news  about  "DEEP  IN  THE  HEART 
OF  TEXAS"— coming  up  soon  — and  of  course 
"PRIVATE  BUCKAROO"  is  keeping  'em  hum- 
min'  everywhere  right  now . .  . 

And  great  news  about  Frank  Lloyd's  "INVISIBLE 
AGENT"— and  Abbott  and  Costello  in  "PARDON 
MY  SARONG".  .  . 


Well,  there's  really  so  much  going  on  — just 
follow  us  closely,  please  .  .  . 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  June  23,  1942 


Distributors 
Seen  Saving 
15-18%  Stock 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

a  decision  in  this  matter  will  rest  ulti- 
mately with  the  WPB  officials.  How- 
ever, there  were  indications  that  any 
print  reduction  which  would  disrupt 
release  and  availability  would  not  be 
proposed  at  the  outset  and  that  reduc- 
tion in  the  number  of  prints  would  not 
be  resorted  to  unless  tbe  voluntary 
economy  program  failed  to  result  in 
the  large  savings  anticipated. 

While  distributor  executives  on  the 
industry's  film  conservation  committee 
are  meeting  in  Washington  today  with 
WPB  officials,  studio  members  of  the 
committee  in  Hollywood  will  gather 
to  consider  further  suggestions  for 
conservation  received  from  members  of 
constituent  organizations.  The  Screen 
Writers  Guild  has  distributed  a  bul- 
letin to  its  membership  returnable 
Thursday  asking  for  ideas  and  econ- 
omies were  discussed  at  the  SWG 
board  meeting  last  night. 


Equipment  Conservation 
Committee  Is  Named 

Washington,  June  22. — Preparing 
to  meet  tomorrow  with  distributor 
representatives  for  a  discussion  of 
conservation  in  the  motion  picture  in- 
dustry, H.  C.  Hopper,  head  of  the 
Motion  Picture  Section  of  the  War 
Production  Board,  today  made  public 
the  membership  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Theatre  Equipment  Manufacturers 
Advisory  Committee  set  up  at  the 
conference  last  week. 

Hopper  will  serve  as  Government 
presiding  officer,  other  members  of  the 
committee  being :  C.  S.  Ashcraft, 
president,  Ashcraft  Manufacturing 
Co.,  Long  Island  City ;  Edward  Ca- 
hill,  general  manager,  RCA  Manu- 
facturing Co.,  Camden,  N.  J. ;  E.  W. 
Hulett,  president,  E.  W.  Hulett  Man- 
ufacturing Co.,  Chicago ;  Albert  B. 
Hurley,  president,  Hurley  Screen  Co., 
Long  Island  City ;  G.  L.  Carrington, 
vice-president,  Altec  Service  Corp., 
New  York;  William  A.  Gedris,  presi- 
dent, Ideal  Seating  Co.,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich. ;  Louis  B.  Goldberg, 
president,  Goldberg  Brothers,  Denver ; 
Walter  E.  Green,  director,  General 
Theatre  Equipment  Co.,  New  York ; 
J.  E.  Robin,  president,  J.  E.  Robin, 
Inc.,  New  York;  E.  J.  Ballen,  presi- 
dent, Ballen,  Inc.,  Akron,  Ohio ;  E. 
Wagner,  president,  Wagner  Sign 
Service,  Chicago,  and  E.  A.  Williford, 
sales  manager,  National  Carbon  Co., 
New  York. 

At  the  conference  with  the  commit- 
tee last  week,  conservation  of  critical 
materials  and  conversion  of  certain 
plant  facilities  to  war  work  and  a 
limitation  order  curtailing  manufac- 
ture of  equipment  were  discussed.  At 
the  meeting  tomorrow,  plans  of  the 
industry  for  a  nationwide  conserva- 
tion program  will  be  set  before  board 
officials,  and  it  is  possible  that  the 
gathering  may  be  followed  shortly  by 
officials  orders  limiting  the  use  of 
strategic  materials. 


Negro  Film  Set 

"Take  My  Life,"  Toddy  Picture 
Co.'s  latest  release  with  an  all-Negro 
cast,  will  have  its  New  York  pre- 
miere the  week  of  July  3  at  the 
Apollo  Theatre,  Harlem. 


Biof  f  Payment  Case 
Seen  Ending  Today 

{Continued  from  page  1) 

treasury.  Miss  Rose  said  that  Bioff 
did  not  hold  any  elected  position  in 
the  union  but  was  a  personal  appointee 
of  Browne  and  received  $110  weekly 
as  international  representative. 

Fred  Mohrhardt,  Paramount  comp- 
troller, and  Norman  Collyer,  assistant 
secretary,  appeared  on  the  stand  ear- 
lier and  gave  testimony  similar  to 
that  given  by  previous  witnesses. 
Mohrhardt  placed  the  fixed  overhead 
charges  of  the  theatres  at  $17,000,000 
annually.  He  said  that  there  were 
approximately  30  items  regularly  en- 
tered as  corporate  expense  and  that 
the  payments  to  the  union  officials 
properly  came  under  that  heading  be- 
cause they  could  not  be  allocated  to 
any  specific  department. 

Collyer  recalled  that  he  had  signed 
two  checks  which  formed  a  part  of 
the  payment  to  Browne  and  Bioff  but 
at  the  time  he  affixed  his  signature 
had  no  knowledge  of  the  purpose  of 
the  check.  These  checks  were  is- 
sued, he  said,  upon  the  receipt  of 
regular  check  requisitions. 

Neil  F.  Agnew,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  domestic  and  Canadian  sales, 
and  John  W.  Hicks,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  foreign  sales  and  distribu- 
tion, testified  that  they  knew  nothing 
of  the  payments  until  they  read  of 
them  in  the  newspapers. 

Justice  Walter  denied  the  plaintiffs' 
motion  to  amend  the  complaint  to  per- 
mit a  showing  that  Balaban  &  Katz 
had  made  similar  payments  prior  to 
those  made  by  the  parent  company. 

Reserve  Decision 
On  Minn.  Motions 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

were  contrary  to  and  not  justified  by 
the  evidence,  and  a  new  trial  was  pe- 
titioned on  essentially  the  same  appeal. 
The  arguments  were  opposed  by  Da- 
vid Shearer,  Minneapolis  attorney  for 
the  six  major  distributors  who  were 
involved  in  the  action.  Shearer  de- 
fended the  decision  as  a  fair  and  equi- 
table one. 

Extension  of  the  stay  of  judgment 
in  the  case  will  expire  on  Saturday 
and  no  additional  stay  is  expected  to 
be  requested  by  the  county  attorney, 
who  pointed  out  that  the  state  has  six 
months  in  which  to  appeal  after  judg- 
ment is  filed,  although  he  admitted 
previously  that  the  state  has  no  funds 
for  such  an  appeal. 

Newsreels  Praised 
For  Rubber  Facts 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
led  President  Roosevelt  to  order  the 
current  rubber-salvage  campaign  so 
that  the  true  facts  might  be  devel- 
oped, "in  only  one  medium,  newsreels, 
was  the  story  given  straight,  without 
any  argument." 

The  newsreel  reports  were  arranged 
by  Collyer  with  Arthur  D.  Newhall, 
WPB  Coordinator  of  Rubber,  in  co- 
operation with  the  newsreel  compa- 
nies.- The  pictures  were  released  just 
when  the  controversy  over  the  rub- 
ber situation  was  at  its  height. 


Plan  Weekly  Concerts 

Rochester,  June  22. — Semi-weekly 
outdoor  concerts  will  be  staged  in 
Highland  Park  Bowl  here  beginning- 
July  10.  Jose  Iturbi  will  conduct  the 
first  three  concerts. 


Col.  Favors  Unity, 
Montague  States 

Abe  Montague,  Columbia 
general  sales  manager,  de- 
clared yesterday,  "Columbia 
is  definitely  not  opposed  to 
the  unity  movement,  in  fact 
favors  it — but  Columbia  as  a 
company  cannot  be  an  active 
part  of  it,  at  this  time. 

"The  selling  plans,  sug- 
gested by  the  majority  of  ex- 
hibitors during  their  con- 
ferences, is  much  better  met 
by  Columbia's  type  of  selling 
than  by  the  12-picture  Umpi 
plan  of  selling.' 


Plans  Renewed  for 
306,  Empire  Merger 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

ber  of  complaints  filed  by  both  unions 
with  the  SLRB  against  each  other 
drew  Father  Boland's  attention  and 
he  undertook  to  bring  them  together. 
Negotiations  between  Empire  and  306 
for  various  types  of  mergers  have 
been  discussed  intermittently  for  many- 
years  but  have  bogged  down  on  the 
question  of  the  type  of  membership 
which  Empire  men  would  get  in  306. 

About  a  year  ago,  negotiations 
broke  off  on  the  question  of  protec- 
tion for  the  Empire  men  in  the  event 
Century  Circuit,  with  which  Empire 
has  a  contract,  refused  to  employ 
them  after  they  joined  306.  At  that 
time,  306  offered  to  conduct  a  strike, 
but  refused  to  guarantee  the  men 
other  jobs.  Subsequently,  Empire 
signed  a  new  10-year  contract  with 
Century. 

When  Gelber  was  elected  president 
of  306  he  undertook  to  reopen  nego- 
tiations. Although  there  were  some 
discussions,  no  conclusion  was 
reached.  With  the  new  Century  con- 
tract and  virtually  no  unemployment 
in  Empire,  it  is  understood  that  the 
union  is  insisting  on  full  membership 
rights  for  all  its  members  in  306  as  a 
condition  for  absorption. 


'Holiday  Inn'  Will 
Be  Sold  as  Special 

Neil  Agnew,  Paramount  sales  chief, 
said  yesterday  that  reports  had  come 
to  him  that  Irving  Berlin's  "Holiday 
Inn"  is  to  be  included  in  the  com- 
pany's seventh  block,  and  emphasized 
that  the  film  is  being  sold  separately 
and  as  a  special.  The  film,  a  Mark 
Sandrich  production,  will  be  the  third 
Paramount  special,  the  others  having 
been  "Louisiana  Purchase"  and  "Reap 
the  Wild  Wind." 


Mayer  to  Address 
Exhibitors  on  WAC 

Arthur  L.  Mayer  of  the  War  Ac- 
tivities Committee  left  for  Minne- 
apolis by  plane  yesterday.  He  will 
address  exhibitors  there  today  on  the 
industry  committee's  efforts  and  plans 
and  the  exhibitor's  part  in  them. 

The  meeting  is  one  of  a  series  being- 
held  throughout  the  country  to  ac- 
quaint exhibitors  more  fully  with  the 
aims  of  the  War  Activities  Com- 
mittee. The  meetings  are  being  ad- 
dressed by  Francis  Harmon,  Mayer 
and  Si  Fabian. 


Will  Revise 
Schedules  of 
Film  Delivery 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

compared  with  the  correspond- 
ing months  of  1941.  The  orders, 
however,  do  not  apply  to  de- 
liveries between  a  common  c^V* 
rier  and  exchanges  or  theatre^/ 
Common  carriers  include  air- 
ports, railroad  depots,  truck 
terminals  and  post  offices. 

Additional  orders  issued  by  the 
ODT  apply  to  trucks  in  long-haul,  be- 
tween-city service  and  restrict  such 
carriers  as  to  loads,  mileage,  circuit- 
ous routes  and  off-route  points.  Un- 
der these  orders  no  one  will  be  able 
to  hire  common  carriers,  or  contract 
with  individuals,  to  make  special, 
over-the-road  trips. 

The  orders  will  change  existing 
film  booking  and  shipping  methods  in 
that  they  will  necessitate  changes  in 
circuiting,  special  trips  and  authorized 
switching  of  prints.  The  meetings 
to  be  held  in  the  exchange  centers 
will  agree  upon  new  pick-up  and  de- 
livery hours  for  each  situation,  and 
readjust  the  exchanges'  and  theatres' 
operations  in  accordance  with  the 
carriers'  new  schedules. 

Carriers  have  advised  distributors 
already  that  in  order  to  comply  with 
the  ODT  regulations  they  will  require 
that  film  be  ready  to  be  picked  up  at 
a  specified  time  daily.  Exchanges  will 
have  to  arrange  operations  to  pre- 
vent miss-outs,  as  special  trips  are 
prohibited.  They  also  will  have  to 
exercise  the  greatest  care  in  making 
close  bookings,  close  routings  and 
close  connections,  and  in  having  all 
film  ready  at  the  hours  agreed  upon 
with  the  carriers,  because  a  second 
call  the  same  day  also  is  prohibited. 

May  Admission  Tax 
Totalat$ll,803,922 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

centers  as  revenue  producers  under 
the  non-exemption  tax  rates. 

The  New  York  report  showed  col- 
lections last  month  of  $1,839,753  from 
box-office  admissions,  against  $1,773,- 
084  a  year  ago;  $14,625  on  tickets 
sold  by  brokers,  against  $16,931  ; 
$1,961  on  tickets  sold  by  proprietors 
in  excess  of  established  prices  against 
nothing ;  $30  on  permanent  use  or 
lease  of  boxes  and  seats  againt  $356, 
and  $94,209  from  roof  gardens  and 
cabarets  against  $56,223. 

For  the  first  five  months  of  the 
year,  the  bureau  reported,  total  col- 
lections amounted  to  $54,309,877 
against  $32,766,903  in  the  correspond- 
ing period  in  1941. 


Dividends  Declared 

Rochester,  June  22. — A  quarterly 
dividend  of  25  cents  on  the  common 
and  $1.25  on  the  preferred  stock  has 
been  declared  by  Bausch  &  Lomb 
Optical  Co.  here. 


Postpone  Club  Party 

Cincinnati,  June  22. — The  annual 
frolic  and  dance  of  the  local  Variety 
Club,  scheduled  for  the  Summit  Hills 
Country  Club,  has  been  postponed 
until  July  27. 


Tuesday,  June  23,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


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'Man,'  Show 
Get  $20,000, 
Chicago  High 


Chicago,  June  22. — The  Oriental, 
with  Billy  Gilbert  in  person  and  "Not 
a  Ladies  Man"  did  $20,000  and  the 
^fcago,  with  "Juke  Girl"  and  Veloz 

vjolanda  on  the  stage  drew  $39,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  18 : 

"The  Geld  Rush"  (U.A.) 
"About  Face"  (U.A.) 

APOLLO — (1,400)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,000.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.B.) 

CHICAGO — (4,000)  (3Sc-55c-75c)  7  days. 
Stage— Veloz  &  Yolanda.  Gross:  $39,000. 
(Average,  $32,000) 

(W.B.)    (2nd  week  in 


"In  This  Our  Life" 

Loop) 
"True  to  the  Army' 

GARRICK— (1,000) 
days.  Gross:  $6,000. 
"Not  a  Ladies  Man 

ORIENTAL— (3,200) 


(Para.) 

(35c-5Sc-65c-75c)  7 
(Average,  $5,000) 
(Col.) 
(27c-31c-40c-50c)  7 


days. 


days.  Stage — Chuck    Foster's   band,  Billy 
Gilbert.    Gross:  $20,000.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"Private  Buckaroo"  (Univ.) 
"Castle  in  the  Desert"   (20th-Fox)   6  days 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"Meet  the  Stewarts"  (Cbl.)  1  day 

PALACE— (2,500)     (40c-50c-68c)  7 
Gross:  $11,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.A.) 
"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.A.) 

ROOSEVELT— (1,500)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $12,500.  (Average,  $11,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

STATE- LAKE— (3,700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.  4th  week.  Gross:  $12,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

"This  Time  For  Keeps"   (M-G-M)   1  day, 

3rd  week 
"Rio  Rita"   (M-G-M)   6  days 

UNITED  ARTIST'S — (1,700)  (35c-55c-65c- 
75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $16,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"The  Corpse  Vanishes"  (Mono.) 
"The  Mad  Monster"   (P.R.C.)  5  days,  3rd 
week 

"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

"Escape  From  Hong  Kong"  (Univ.)  2  days 

WOODS—  (1,200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,500. 


Four  Openings  on 
Week's  Stage  List 

The  Ed  Wynn  variety  show, 
"Laugh,  Town,  Laugh,"  opened  last 
night  at  the  Alvin.  Two  openings  are 
slated  for  tonight,  one  a  revival  of  the 
operetta,  "The  Chocolate  Soldier," 
with  Allan  Jones  and  Helen  Gleason 
in  the  top  roles  at  the  Little  Carnegie, 
and  the  other  a  new  play,  "Broken 
Journey,"  by  Andrew  Rosenthal,  at 
Henry  Miller's  Theatre.  In  the  cast 
are  Edith  Atwater,  Zita  Johann,  War- 
ner Anderson  and  Tom  Powers. 

Due  tomorrow  night  at  the  Music 
Box  is  Michael  Todd's  "Star  and 
Garter,"  in  which  such  performers  as 
Bobby  Clark,  Gypsy  Rose  Lee,  Carrie 
Finnell,  Pat  Harrington  and  Georgia 
Southern  appear. 


IN  THE 
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SERVICE 


Motion  Picture  Daily  publishes  today  the  second  listing  of  names 
of  men  and  women  of  the  motion  picture  industry  and  radio 
who  are  now  serving  with  the  armed  forces  of  the  United  States  and 
others  of  the  United  Nations.  The  first  listing  was  published  June 
18  and  publication  of  names  will  be  continued  from  time  to  time. 
Readers  are  asked  to  prozndc  additional  names.  The  listing  is 
divided  by  company,  with  the  designation  of  the  branch  of  the  service 
for  each  individual  where  available. 

20th  Centuru-Fox 


Albert  E.  Ade,  Army;  J.  B.  Allin,  Co- 
ordinator of  Information;  John  T.  Ander- 
son, Army;  Jack  Barrett,  CTM ;  Ira  S. 
Garzilay,  Army;  E.  J.  Bissell;  Reeder 
Boss,  Akmy;  David  Boyd;  Robert  M. 
Braggins,  Coordinator  of  Information ; 
Donald  Briggs;  William  C.  Bryan,  Navy; 
Walter  Ceglarski;  William  C.  Chaplin, 
Army;  Claude  H.  Child,  Army;  Wilbur 
Comstock,  Navy;  Cliff  Concialdi;  Andrew 
A.  Cooney,  Navy; 
Robert  Cornell,  Sig- 
nal Corps;  Irving 
C  u  m  m  i  n  g  s,  Jr. ; 
Harry  D'avis,  Navy; 
Al  DeGaetano,  Jr., 
Army;  Harold 
Dehn,  Army ;  Joel 
G.  Dobson,  ISSC; 
Etter  D'O1  r  a  z  i  o, 
Navy;  Herman  D. 
D'Orazio,  Army; 
Arthur  Eichelbaum; 
Chas.  Enscoe,  Navy; 
J.  W.  Erickson, 
Navy;  Duane  Faral- 
la,  Army;  Richard 
Flickwir,  Army. 

John  Ford,  Navy; 
Jett  Fore,  Marines; 
Keith  Frazier,  Bert 
Freed;  Harold  J. 
Freedman;  Marc 
Garber,  Army; 
Mills  Geibel,  Army; 
Henry  Gerzen;  Gil- 
bert Goldstein, 
Army;  Carl  G.  Gottlieb,  Army;  Robert  B. 
Graham,  Navy;  John  H.  Hale,  Army; 
Warren  F.  Hale,  Navy;  Robert  Harris, 
Navy;  Sol  Halprin,  Navy;  Edward  P. 
Hartman;  Emerson  R.  Hartman,  Army; 
Orville  Hatcher,  Navy;  J.  Hall  Hearne, 
Navy;  Ben  H.  Heath,  Navy;  David  Hecht- 
linger,  Navy;  Louis  Hechtlinger,  Navy; 
John  J.  Helmick,  Navy;  Millard  D.  Hen- 
derson, Army;  Charles  Hoffman,  Army; 
Harold  D.  Hogan,  Navy;  John  M.  Hor- 
vath,  Army;  Stanley  Hough,  Navy;  John 
Robert  Howard,  Navy;  Roy  Ivey;  Herbert 
V.  James;  William  W.  Johnson;  Robert 
W.  Jolley,  Army;  Gomer  V.  Jones,  Army; 
Douglas  R.  Keeney,  Army. 

Ray  Kellogg,  Navy;  Ben  F.  Killion, 
Army;  Kent  A.  Lammey,  CEM;  Kenneth 
Lang,  Army;  Raymond  I.  Larios,  Army; 
Robert  Leach,  Army;  Edward  Leggewie. 
Army;  Stephen  M.  Lockwood,  Navy;  Rus- 
sell K.  Lyons,  Army;  T.  F.  McAdam,  Ma- 
rines; James  HcAdam,  Army;  James  Mc- 
Carthy; William  Maass;  Frederick  J. 
Magnus,  Army;   Wilson   Martin,  ACAFS; 


Gregg  Toland 
U.  S.  Navy, 
Gold-wyn,  Inc. 


To  Issue  Monthly 
War  Bond  Booklet 

The  Theatres  Division  of  the  War 
Activities  Committee  plans  a  monthly 
publication,  designed  to  inform  and 
instruct  exhibitors  on  the  nationwide 
War  Bond  and  Stamp  drive,  Si  Fa- 
bian, campaign  director,  announced 
yesterday. 

Called  "Showmen  at  War,"  the 
publication  is  expected  to  appear  first 
about  July  10.  It  will  be  of  tabloid 
size,  containing  eight  pages,  chiefly 
pictorial.  Oscar  A.  Doob  will  be  edi- 
tor, the  staff  including  Harry  Gold- 
berg, Harry  Mandel,  Ernest  Emer- 
ling  and  WAC  field  publicity  men. 


Honor  Projectionist 

Hartford,  June  22. — Over  50  asso- 
ciates and  friends  were  present  at  a 
testimonial  dinner  at  the  Lyric  Hall 
here,  in  honor  of  Henry  North, 
veteran  Lyric  Theatre  projectionist. 
Henry  L.  Needles,  Hartford  division 
manager  for  Warner  Theatres,  was 
principal  speaker. 


Frtd  Martini;  Patrick  Matthews,  Navy; 
Lawrence  S.  Meyran,  Jr..  Army;  Alva  R. 
Michael,  Army;  Victor  F.  Minchow, 
Army;  James  Mitchell,  Navy;  Paul  Mohn. 
Navy;  Wallace  Neal;  George  Nickols. 
Navy;  Harry  B.  Nickols,  Navy;  William 
Norton,  Army;  Lee  R.  Oakes,  Army;  Oli- 
ver O'gden,  Army;  Henry  Oliver,  Navy; 
Dewey  Overton,  Navy;  Charles  L.  Perrin, 
Army;  Kenneth  M. 
Pier,  Navy;  Bruce 
Pierce,  Navy;  Vic- 
tor Raffaelli,  Army. 

Francis  J.  Raf- 
ferty,  Army;  Ar- 
thur  Randall, 
Army;  Richard  N. 
Reimer,  Navy; 
|  Lynn  F.  Reynolds, 
1  Army;  Wm.  Rey- 
nolds; Aidan  Ro- 
ark;  Norman  Rock- 
ette,  Navy;  Jay 
Ross,  Army;  Har- 
old Roth,  Army; 
James  Rugg, Army; 
Lawrence  C.  Ses- 
soms,  Navy;  Al 
Shaffer,  Navy; 
Thomas  E.  Shores, 
Navy;  Al  Siegel; 
David  Silver,  Army ; 
Leo  A.  Silver. 
Army;  Richard 
Skidmore;  Robert 
Smiley,  Navy;  Don 
S.  Stinman;  Norman 
James    T.  Strohm 


Gordon  Rosenberg 
U.  S.  Navy, 
KFPY,  Spokane 


R.  Smith,  Army;  Ben 
T.    Stocking,  Army; 

James  Stumpus,  Army;  Russell  Taliaferro, 
Army;  George  A.  Thompson,  Navy;  Ron- 
ald E.  Thurston;  Richard  M.  Towner, 
Basil  Walker,  Navy; 
C.  Wellington,  Army; 
Army;     Wallace  M. 


Army;  Gary  Troy; 
Chester  Webb;  R. 
W.     E.  Wertanen, 


White.    Navy;    William    Whitley,  Army; 


Elvin  B.  Williams 
Army;  Richard  E. 
Zaikowsky;  Harry 
Richard  Fay,  Navy; 


Lennis  R.  Williams. 
Young,  Army;  Din 
Zehner,  Jr.,  Navy 
John  Berth. 


Samuel  Goldwyn.  Inc. 


Gregg  Toland,  Navy;  Ralph  Hoge, 
Navy;  Richard  Bremerkamp,  Army;  Rich- 
ard Kehrer,  Army;  Russell  Hanson,  Navy; 
George  Hazenbush,  Army;  Don  McClellan. 
Army;  Fritz  Ottiger,  Army;  L.  L.  Sny- 
der, Army;  V.  C.  Leeper,  Army;  Fred 
Russell,  Army;  Karl  Zindt,  Army;  Hal 
Bumbaugh,  Navy;  S.  J.  Myers,  Army; 
Lloyd  Dixon,  Navy;  Charlie  Renaud. 
Army;  Sy  Bartlett,  Army;  J.  Lesicke, 
Army;  James  Beck,  Army;  C.  R.  Dooley, 
Navy;  C.  W.  Hartnett,  Navy;  Winston 
Jones,  Army;  Dave  Sadler,  Army;  L.  L. 
Hughes,  Army;  W.  H.  Tuck,  Army; 
Woody  Hansen,  Army;  Leonard  Efver- 
lur.d,  Army;  Joe  Redmond,  Army;  Elmer 
Kiser,  Navy;  Ellsworth  Kiser,  Navy;  C.  R. 
Widrig.  Army;  Edward  Garvin,  Navy;  Alex 
Hume,  Army. 

Radio — Spokane,  Wash. 


Victor  Hurley,  KHQ-KGA,  Navy;  Seat- 
tle; Mike  Winterman,  KFPY,  Marines; 
Robert  E.  Plummer,  KFIO,  Army  Signal 
Corps,  McChord  Field;  Robert  Anderson, 
KHQ-KGA,  Navy,  Seattle;  Robert  Camp- 
bell, KFPY,  Marines,  San  Diego;  Malcolm 
Sykes,  KHQ-KGA,  Flying  Instructor, 
Mather  Field,  Cal.;  Seth  Richards,  Jr., 
KFPY,  Navy,  Seattle;  Everett  Dallas, 
KHO-KGA,  Air  Force,  Fort  George 
Wright.  Spokane;  Paul  Law,  KFPY, 
Navy;  Carl  Brewster,  KHQ-KGA,  Army, 
Camp  Hahn,  Riverside,  Cal.;  Gordon  Ro- 
senberg, KFPY,  Navy;  Arthur  Schwartz, 
KHQ-KGA,  Navy;  Homer  Mason,  KFPY, 
Army. 


On  'Squadron'  Openings 

Flying  Officer  John  M.  Hill  of  the 
RAF  Eagle  Squadron,  technical  ad- 
visor on  "Eagle  Squadron,"  Wanger 
film  for  Universal  release,  has  arrived 
here  for  a  four-week  assignment 
on  special  openings  of  the  film  in  12 
key  cities  June  25  and  26. 


Grosses  Are  Fair 
On  B'way  as  Heat 
Crowds  Beaches 


Broadway's  weekend  grosses  in  the 
main  were  fair  as  continued  warm 
weather  diverted  many  to  the  beaches. 
It  was  probably  the  biggest  weekend 
of  the  season  at  Coney  Island,  the 
Rockaways  and  other  nearby  resorts. 

The  fourth  and  final  week  of  "Take 
a  Letter,  Darling,"  with  Benny  Good- 
man's orchestra  at  the  Paramount, 
ends  tonight  with  an  estimated  $35,- 
000  expected.  An  estimated  $18,000 
was  taken  Saturday  and  Sunday. 
"Beyond  the  Blue  Horizon"  follows 
tomorrow  with  Vaughan  Monroe's  or- 
chestra. 

In  spite  of  the  heat  "Mrs.  Miniver" 
continued  to  do  outstanding  business 
with  an  estimated  $65,000  for  Thurs- 
day through  Sunday.  Now  in  its  third 
week,  the  picture  begins  a  fourth 
Thursday. 

"Friendly  Enemies"  had  a  slow 
opening  at  the  Rivoli  with  an  esti- 
mated $6,000  for  Saturday  and  Sun- 
day. Beginning  a  second  week  at  the 
Rialto,  "Nazi  Agent"  did  an  estimated 
$2,700  Friday  through  Sunday  and 
will  be  followed  by  "Dr.  Broadway." 


Epsteins  Are  Producers 

Hollywood,  June  22. — Philip  and 
Julius  Epstein,  writing  team,  have 
been  named  producers  at  Warners. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 
Rockefeller  Center 

GREER  GARSON    .  WALTER  PIDGEON 

"MRS.  MINIVER" 

From  Jan  Struther's  Book  .  An  M-G-M  Picture 
ON  THE  GREAT  STAGE:  "AT  EASE!" — 
Leonidoff's  fast  moving,  colorful  revue.  Symphony 
Orchestra,  under  the  direction  of  Emo  Rapee. 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved  Circle  6-4600 


ROSALIND  FRED 

RUSSELL  MtcMURRAY 


Midnight 
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—  and  — 
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Review 

''Smart  Alecks" 

(  Monogram ) 

Hollywood,  June  22. 

TP  HE  East  Side  Kids  have  somewhat  more  to  work  with  in  the  way 
*-  of  a  story  this  time  and  their  typical  performances  therefore  carry 
the  story  to  more  profitable  purpose  for  most  of  its  distance,  softening 
a  little  toward  the  end  but  averaging  out  on  the  plus  side  as  compared 
to  their  earlier  pictures. 

Leo  Gorcey,  Bobby  Jordan,  Huntz  Hall,  Gabriel  Dell,  Bobby  Stone, 
Sunshine  Sammy  and  David  Gorcey  are  joined  by  Stanley  "Stash" 
Clements  in  this  outing,  the  seven  composing  the  membership  of  a 
boys  club  which  is  always  going  to  buy  baseball  uniforms  but  generally 
Winds  up  with  the  money  spent  for  something  else.  Maxie  Rosenbloom, 
Roger  Pryor,  Gail  Storm,  joe  Kirk,  Herbert  Rawlinson  and  Walter 
Woolf  King  are  the  names  on  the  adult  side. 

The  original  story  and  screenplay  by  Harvey  Gates  is  outside  the 
routine  of  East  Side  melodrama  and  concerns  the  activities  of  the  boys 
in  coming  to  the  aid  of  one  of  their  number  who,  beaten  up  by  a  crim- 
inal for  having  effected  his  capture,  requires  expensive  surgical  at- 
tention. 

Production  by  Sam  Katzman  and  Jack  Dietz  and  associate  producer 
Barney  A.  Sarecky  is  above  par  for  the  series  and  Wallace  Fox's 
direction  is  in  most  cases  tiptop. 

Running  time,  66  minutes.  "G."*  Roscoe  Wilmams 


6 


'Syncopation' 
Hits  $23,700 
Los  Angeles 


Los  Angeles,  June  22. — "Syncopa- 
tion" and  "The  Falcon  Takes  Over" 
scored  a  total  of  $23,700  at  two 
houses,  $13,500  at  the  Hillstrect  and 
$10,200  at  the  Pantages. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  17: 

"This.  Above  All"  (2flth-Fox) 

CHINESE— (2,500)      (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
davs.    Gross:  $14,800.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"The  Gold  Ruth"  (U.A,) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (U.A.) 

HAWAII — (1,100)  (33c-44c-S5c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,200. 
"Syncopation,"  (RKO) 
"Falccn  Takes  Over"  (RKO) 

HILLSTREET — (2.70O)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
davs.    Gross:  $13,500.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"This  Above  All"  (2flth-Fox) 

LOEW'S  STATE  —  (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c- 
75c)  7  days.  Gross:  $16,300.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"Syraccpatjon"  (RKO) 
"Falcon  Takes  Over"  (RKO) 

PANTAGES— (3,000')     (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $10,200.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Take  a  Letter  Darlirg"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT  (HOLLYWOOD)— (1,407) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross: 
$9,000. 

"Take  a  Letter  Darling"  (Para.) 
"Remember  Pearl  Hcirbor"  (Rep.) 

PARAMOUNT     (DOWNTOWN)— (3.595) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross: 
$13,300.     (Average:  $18,000) 
"The  Big  Shot"  (W.B.) 
"Winning  Your  Wings"  (W.B.) 

WARNER    BROS.    (HOLLYWOOD)  — 
(3.000)     (33c-44c-55c-75c)    7    days.  Gross: 
$13,700'.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Big  Shot"  (W.B.) 
"Winning  Your  Wings"  (W.B.) 

WARNER  BROS.  (DOWNTOWN)  — 
(3.400)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7  davs.  Gross: 
$15,700.     (Average,  $12,000) 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Outdoor  House  Closes 

St.  Louis,  June  22. — The  Civic 
Theatre,  outdoor  amateur  house 
located  about  10  miles  west  of  the 
city  limits,  is  St.  Louis'  first  enter- 
tainment casualty  of  the  war.  The 
directors  of  the  800-seat  theatre  said 
the  rubber  and  automobile  conserva- 
tion program  was  the  reason  for  the 
temporary  closing  of  the  theatre. 


'Our  Life'  Grosses 
Big  $18,000  at  Pitt. 

Pittsburgh,  June  22.  ■ —  "In  This 
Our  Life"  at  Loew's  Penn  garnered 
$18,000,  and  "Tuttles  of  Tahiti," 
helped  by  Russ  Morgan  and  the  Mills 
Bros,  on  the  stage,  grossed  $20,000. 

Estimated  takings  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  11 : 

"Art  of  Love"  (Dezel) 
"Bedroom   Diplomat  (Dezel) 

ART  CINEMA— (300)  (30c-50c)  7  davs. 
6th  week.  Gross:  $1,400.  (Average,  $1,- 
S00) 

"My  Gal  Sal"  (2<Sth-Fox) 

FULTON— (1,700)  (30c-40c-55c)  7  days. 
3rd  week.  Gross:  $4,500.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"Rings   on    Her   Fingers"  (20th-Fcx) 

J.    P.    HARRIS— (2,2CO)    (30c-40c-55c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $5,700.     (Average,  $9,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 

LOEW'S    PENN — (3,400)    (30c-40c-55c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $18,000.     (Average.  $13,500) 
"Kings  Row''  (W.  B.) 

RITZ— (800)     (30c-40c-55c)     7    davs.  5th 
week.     Gross:  $3,000.     (Average,  $3,01)0) 
"Read  to  Happiness"  (Mono.) 
"Submarine  Raider"  (Col.) 

SENATOR— (1.700)    (30c-40c-55c)    7  davs. 
Gross:  $3,200.     (Average,  $4,500) 
"Turtles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 

STANLEY — (3,600)  (30c-44c-55c-66c).  On 
stage:  Russ  Morgan's  orchestra.  Mills 
Brothers,  Pansy  the  Horse  with  Virginia 
Mayo,  Eunice  Healy,  Jana.  Gross:  $20,000 
(Average,  $18,500) 


'Ship  Ahoy'  Takes 
Indianapolis  Lead 

Indianapolis,  June  22. — "Ship 
Ahoy"  and  "Adventures  of  Martin 
Eden']  did  $13,750  at  Loew's. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  16-18 : 

"Mcomtide"  (2Cth-Fox) 
"Magnificent  Dope"  (20th-Fox) 

CIRCLE— (2.8CO)     (28c-33c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $9,400.    (Average.  $6,500) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 
"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.) 

LO'EW'S— (2,800)     (28c-33c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $13,750.  (Average,  $8,000) 
"Fantasia"  (RKO) 
"Henry  Aldrich  and  Dizzy"  (Para.) 

LYRIC— (2,000)  (28c-33c-44c).  Gross: 
$8,000.    (Average,  $4,500) 


Named  Para.  Salesman 

Seattle,  June  22.  —  Robert  Estill, 
booker  at  the  local  Paramount  ex- 
change, has  been  advanced  to  the  sales 
staff. 


Tuesday,  June  23,  1942 


48  New  Films 
Now  Shooting; 
14  Completed 


Hollywood,  June  22. — Forty-eight 
pictures  are  in  the  shooting  stage  this 
week,  as  against  50  a  week  ago,  a 
slight  letdown  from  a  production  pass 
considered  high  for  this  time  of  \A>°( 
Fourteen  features  were  sent  i'reJ. 
stages  to  cutting  rooms  and  12  re- 
placed them  before  the  cameras. 

The  data  by  studio : 
Columbia 

Finished :  "Trail's  End,"  "The 
Spirit  of  Stanford." 

Shooting :  "The  Gay  Senorita," 
"My  Sister  Eileen." 

Started :    "Smith    of  Minnesota," 
"Boston  Blackie  Goes  Hollywood." 
M-G-M 

Finished:  "The  War  Against  Airs. 
Hadley." 

Shooting :  "Navy  Convoy,"  "The 
Alan  on  America's  Conscience," 
"Whistling  in  Dixie,"  "Andy  Hardy's 
Last  Fling,"  "Ox  Train,"  "Eyes  in  the 
Night,"  "White  Cargo,"  "Random 
Harvest." 

Started:  "Journey  for  Alargaret." 
Monogram 

Finished :  "Isle  of  Fury." 

Shooting :  "Arizona  Stagecoach," 
"King  of  the  Stallions." 

Started :  "Riders  of  the  West." 
Paramount 

Finished :  "Missing  Man,"  "Lost 
Canyon,"  "Submarine  Alert,"  "Happy 
Go  Lucky." 

Shooting :  "Star  Spangled  Rhythm," 
"No  Time  for  Love." 

RKO 

Finished:  "The  Big  Street." 

Shooting:  "Once  Upon  a  Honey- 
moon," 'Mexican  Spitfire's  Elephant," 
"Sweet  or  Hot,"  "Name,  Age  and 
Occupation,"  "Here  We  Go  Again," 
"The  Navy  Comes  Through." 

Republic 

Shooting :  "The  Call  of  the  Can- 
yon," "The  Flying  Tigers,"  "Ice- 
capades  Revue." 

Started :  "The  Sombrero  Kid." 
Hal  Roach  (U.  A.) 

Finished :  "Prairie  Chickens." 

Started:  "Fall  In." 

20th  Century-Fox 

Finished:  "The  Alan  in  the  Trunk," 
"The  Black  Swan." 

Shooting :  "China  Girl,"  "Girl 
Trouble." 

Started :  "Springtime  in  the  Rock- 
ies," 'Manila  Calling." 

Universal 

Finished:  "The  Alummy  Tomb," 
"Deep  in  the  Heart  of  Texas." 

Shooting  :  "Sherlock  Holmes  Fights 
Back,"  "Get  Hep  to  Love,"  "Love  and 
Kisses,  Caroline,"  "Who  Done  It?" 

Started:  "Forever  Yours,"  "Off  the 
Beaten  Track." 

Warner 

Shooting:  "The  Watch  on  the 
Rhine,"  "Now,  Voyager,"  "George 
Washington  Slept  Here,"  "The  Hard 
Way,"  "Gentleman  Jim,"  "Casa- 
blanca," "You  Can't  Escape  Forever." 

Started :  "Air  Force,"  "The  Desert 
Sang." 


Entertains  Blind  Group 

Buffalo,  June  22. — Robert  Murphy, 
manager  of  the  Twentieth  Century 
Theatre,  arranged  for  professional 
entertainment  for  a  Catholic  Guild 
for  the  Blind  party  in  Catholic  Insti- 
tute Hall. 


"What     happened     in     Britain  will 
happen    here.     Motion    Pictures  will 
remain     the     staple  entertainment.'' 
—SIDNEY  BERNSTEIN 


WHAT  happened  in  Britain? 

WHAT  will  happen  here? 

GEORGE  J.  SCHAEFER 

Chairman  of  the  War  Activities  Committee  will 
introduce  the  man   who  really  knows  wartime 
motion  picture  operation — 

SIDNEY 
BERNSTEIN 

Former  head  of  Granada  Theatre  Circuit  in  England,  Film  Adviser 
British   Ministry  of   Information,   and   now   British   film   liaison  to 
the  U.  S.  Government  and  film  industry. 

—  ALSO  SPECIAL  ATTRACTION  — 

ZERO  MOSTEL 

Comic  discovery  of  the  year.    Star  of  Cafe  Society  Uptown  and  N.B.C.'s  Blue 
Network  Basin  Street  Series. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  June  23.  1942 


Senate  Calls  Fly  on 
FCC  Renomination 


Washington,  June  22. — Chairman 
James  L.  Fly  will  appear  before  the 
Senate  Interstate  Commerce  Commit- 
tee within  the  next  two  or  three  days 
at  hearings  on  his  nomination  by 
President  Roosevelt  for  a  seven-year 
term  on  the  Federal  Communications 
Commission. 

Disclosing  that  he  expected  to  be 
called  before  the  committee  "within  a 
day  or  two,"  Fly  said  today  that  the 
hearing  probably  would  interfere  with 
his  testimony  on  the  Sanders  bill  be- 
fore the  House  Interstate  and  For- 
eign Commerce  Committee,  which  he 
expects  to  resume  tomorrow.  If  the 
Senate  call  does  not  come,  however, 
it  is  possible  that  the  House  commit- 
tee will  wind  up  its  examination  of 
the  FCC  chairman  this  week. 

Fly  said  that  no  action  has  been 
taken  yet  by  the  War  Production 
Board  on  the  recommendation  of  the 
Defense  Communications  Board  to  set 
up  a  maintenance-parts  pool  for  the 
broadcasting  industry,  but  that  officials 
of  the  WPB  have  been  cooperative 
and  action  probably  will  be  taken 
shortly. 


2  New  Air  Projects 
Proposed  for  S.A. 

Two  new  short  wave  radio  projects 
may  be  undertaken  by  the  Internation- 
al Film  Relations  Committee,  com- 
prising the  advertising  and  publicity 
directors  of  major  company  foreign 
departments,  in  cooperation  with  the 
Coordinator  of  Inter-American  Af- 
fairs, it  was  announced  yesterday  fol- 
lowing a  committee  meeting  with 
representatives  of  the  Coordinator's 
office. 

Yesterday's  meeting  coincided  with 
the  third  anniversary  of  the  commit- 
tee's short  wave  broadcasts  to  Latin 
America  over  NBC  and  CBS,  which 
are  to  be  continued.  Details  of  the 
two  new  radio  projects  have  not  yet 
been  completed,  it  was  said. 

Since  Feb.  11,  the  committee  has 
completed  15  assignments  for  the  Co- 
ordinators' office,  most  of  which  in- 
volved the  distribution  of  institutional 
feature  material  and  photographs  to 
Latin  American  newspapers.  The 
committee  designates  an  editor  each 
month  from  one  of  the  film  companies 
in  alphabetical  order  to  keep  the  fea- 
ture material  flowing.  Clarence  J. 
Schneider  of  Columbia  is  the  current 
editor  and  he  will  be  followed  next 
month  by  Dave  Blum  of  Loew's. 

Charles  E.  McCarthy,  publicity  di- 
rector for  the  motion  picture  section  ; 
John  M.  Halpern,  radio  division,  and 
Harry  Casler,  photo  editor,  represent- 
ed the  Coordinator's  office  at  yester- 
day's meeting. 


In  Circuit  Ad  Post 

St.  Petersburg,  Fla.,  June  22. — P. 
P.  Peeler  has  been  appointed  manager 
of  the  Florida  Theatre  and  will  han- 
dle the  advertising  of  the  local  Flor- 
ida State  Circuit  theatres.  He  suc- 
ceeds Walter  Tremor,  transferred  to 
A*'anta. 


Twin  City  Golf  July  17 

Minneapolis,  June  22. — The  Twin 
Cities  Variety  Club  will  hold  its  an- 
nual golf  tournament  July  17  at  Oak 
Ridge  Country  Club. 


Off  the  Antenna 

DOB  HOPE  leads  in  the  current  C.  E.  Hooper  report  with  an  audi- 
1J  ence  rating  of  30.5  per  cent.  Fibber  McGee  &  Molly,  with  28.9,  are 
second  while  Edgar  Bergen's  Charlie  McCarthy  is  third  with  25  and  the 
"Aldrich  Family"  fourth  with  24.1.  Red  Skelton  leads  the  shows  which 
have  partial  rather  than  national  coverage  with  a  rating  of  30.1. 

The  remaining  11  of  the  15  national  leaders,  in  order,  are  "Lux  Radio 
Theatre,"  23.4;  Walter  Winchell,  22.6;  Fannie  Brice  and  Frank  Morgan. 
21;  "Mr.  District  Attorney,"  19.9;  Kay  Kayser,  18;  Bing  Crosby.  17; 
Rudy  Valee,  16.8 ;  "Time  to  Smile,"  16.5 ;  Fred  Allen,  16.3 ;  "Take  It  or 
Leave  It,"  16.1,  and  "Fitch  Bandwagon,"  15.1. 

e      •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Vic  Petersen,  formerly  in  the  travel  field,  has  been  named 
assistant  manager  of  the'  NBC  guest  relations  division  .  .  .  Ned  Costcllo  has 
joined  the  NBC  local  and  spot  sales  staff  .  .  .  James  J.  Cahill,  formerly  with 
WAAT,  hass  been  added  to  the  WQXR  sales  staff  and  Duncan  Pirnie  has 
joined  the  station  as  announcer  .  .  .  Robert  M.  Morris  has  been  granted  a 
leave-  of  absence  by  NBC  to  become  chief  radio  engineer  in  the  Signal  Corps. 
.  .  .  Louis  A.  Zangaro  has  been  appointed  national  supcrz'isor  of  the  NBC 
communications  division. 

•  •  • 

WMBH,  Joplin,  Mo.,  will  become  the  206th  affiliate  of  Mutual  on 
July  1.  The  station  operates  on  1,450  k.c.  with  250  watts  full  time. 

•  •  • 

Records  for  Our  Fighting  Men,  Inc.,  organization  of  more  than  100 
recording  artists  who  are  contributing  their  services  for  recordings  to  be 
distributed  to  the  men  in  the  armed  forces,  has  been  recognized  by  the 
Committee  on  War  Relief  Agencies  to  collect  and  sell  old  phonograph 
records  and  to  buy  new  records  for  soldiers  and  sailors. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Four  new  sponsors  have  signed  fur  participating  cam- 
paigns on  Arthur  Godfrey's  morning  show  on  WABC.  They  are  Northwest- 
ern Cherry  Grozvcrs  Association.  Schuttcr  Candy  Co..  20th  Century-Fox  (for 
"Ten  Gentlemen  front  West  Point")  and  Sunbrock's  Shozc  .  .  .  "Vic  &  Sadc" 
celebrates  its  lOr/z  annizrrsary  Monday  .  .  .  Bcnrus  Watch  Co.  has  renczved 
its  contract  with  WJZ  for  five  signals  each  evening  for  52  zvecks. 


'Reap'  With  $7,500 
Oklahoma  City  Best 

Oklahoma  City,  June  22. — "Reap 
the  Wild  Wind"  at  the  Criterion  was 
the  big  winner  with  $7,500.  "Mv  Gal 
Sal"  at  the  Midwest  drew  $5,200. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  18: 

"Reap  the  WUd  Wind"  (Para.) 

CRITERION — (1.500)  25c-40c-56c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,500.    (Average.  $4,500) 
"Down  Mexico  Way"  (Rep.) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.B.) 

LIBERTY— (1.200)      (20c-25c)      7  days. 
Gross:  $2,800.    (Average.  $2,400) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 

MIDWEST— (1,500)    (20c-25c-40c)   7  davs. 
Gross:  $5,200.    (Average.  $4,000) 
"My  Favorite  Spy"  (RKO) 

STATE— (1,100)      (20c-25c-40c)     7  davs. 
Gross:  $3,800.    (Average.  $3,500) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 

TOWER— (1.000)  (20c-25c-40c)  7  days. 
Moved  from  Criterion.  Gross:  $2,300.  (Aver- 
age, $1,750) 


'Tortilla  Flat'  Hits 
$20,300  in  Buffalo 

Buffalo,  June  22. — Cool  June 
weather  did  not  hurt  the  box-office. 
"Tortilla  Flat"  kept  the  Great  Lakes 
at  peak  figures  with  $20,300.  "This 
Above  All"  at  the  Buffalo  drew  $19,- 
000  at  advanced  prices. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  20 : 

"This  Above  All"  (ZOth-Fox) 

BUFFALO  —  (3,489)     (44c-65c)     7  davs. 
Gross:  $19,000.    (Average  at  35c-55c,  $12,200) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"About  Face"  (U.  A.) 

GREAT  LAKES— (3.000)  (35c-55c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $20,300.    (Average.  $8,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (ZOth-Fox) 
"Who  Is  Hope  Schuyler?"  (ZOth-Fox) 

HIPPODROME — (2.100)   (35c-50c)  7  davs. 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $6,500.    (Average.  $7,000) 
"My  Favorite  Spy"  (RKO) 
"Suicide  Squadron"  (Rep.) 

TWENTIETH  CENTURY — (3.000)  (30c- 
44c)  7  days.  Gross:  $7,500.  (Average. 
$9,000) 

"Broadway"  (Univ.) 
"Treat  'Em  Rough"  (Univ.) 

LAFAYETTE— (3.000)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,500.    (Average,  $6,500) 


Gross  Unaffected  by 
Springfield  Blackout 

Springfield,  Mass.,  June  22. — The 
third  blackout  test  in  this  area  came 
Saturday  night  at  9 :45,  with  the  all 
clear  coming  at  10  :20.  Theatre  man- 
agers were  united  in  their  belief  that 
the  blackout  caused  little  or  no  falling 
off  in  business,  due  to  the  late  hour  at 
which  the  alert  sounded. 

The  test  came  as  a  "surprise"  in 
that  the  public  only  knew  that  it 
would  be  called  in  the  six-day  period 
from  June  17  to  24.  Theatre  men 
felt  that  a  few  potential  theatre-goers 
might  have  stayed  at  home  figuring 
that  the  blackout  might  come  on  a 
Saturday  but  they  felt  that  the  falling 
off  in  business  due  to  that  was  too 
negligible  to  figure. 

Civilian  defense  officials  reported 
that,  as  a  whole,  the  blackout  was  far 
from  a  complete  success.  Organiza- 
tional difficulties  cropped  up  as  well 
as  a  slowness  on  the  part  of  the 
public  to  blackout,  but  their  com- 
plaints did  not  extend  to  the  theatres 
in  the  area.  The  well  oiled  machinery 
of  the  theatre  defense  system  worked 
as  successfully  as  it  has  in  the  past, 
with  the  courier  system  of  notifying 
theatres  receiving  special  credit. 


Seek  Licenses  for 
25  Coin  Machines 

Milwaukee,  June  22.  —  Licenses 
have  been  sought  for  about  25  sound 
film  machines  under  the  provisions 
of  a  new  city  ordinance  which  be- 
comes effective  July  1.  Premise  li- 
cense fees  are  $5  for  coin  film  ma- 
chines, while  distributors  are  required 
to  pay  a  $25  fee  plus  $5  for  each  ma- 
chine. The  city  expects  to  realize 
about  $75,000  in  fees  as  the  result  of 
its  amusement  machine  licensing  ordi- 
nance. 


'Our  Life'  Is 
Frisco  Lead 
With  $19,500 


ph£r 


San  Francisco,  June  22. — "In  This 
Our  Life."  paired  with  "Always  in 
My  Heart,"  hit  $19,500  at  the 'Fox. 
Good  also  was  $12,000  at  the  Orply 
for  "Saboteur"  and  "Missis 
Gambler." 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  16-18 : 

"Syncopation"  (RKO) 

GOLDEN   GATE-(2.850)   (44c-49c-65c)  7 
days.     Stage:   Vaudeville.     Gross:  $15,300. 
CAverage.  $15,000) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.A.) 
"Ships  With  Wings"  (U.A.) 

UNITED  ARTISTS — (1.200)  (20c-35c-40c- 
33c)  7  days.  Gross:  $8,500.  (Average,  $7,- 
500l 

"Dangerously  They  Live"  (W.B.) 
"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.B.) 

PARAMOUNT-fZ740)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.    Gross:  $10,000.  (Average 
$11,500).  * 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.B.) 

FOX-(5.000)     (20c -35c -40c -55c)     7  days 
Gross:  $19,500.    (Average.  $16,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"Bern  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

ST.  FRANCIS-O.400)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.  3rd  week.  Gross:  $4,500.  (Average. 
$4,500) 

"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Mississippi  Gambler"  (Univ.) 

O  RHEUM  —  (2.440)      (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
davs.    Gross:  $12,000.    (Average.  $8,000) 
"This  Above  All"  (ZOth-Fox) 

WARFIELD—(2.680)  (2Oc-35c-40c-55c)  7 
?.'^5;  -  Gross:    $14,500.     (Average,  $12,000) 

Girl  in  the  News"  (Foreign) 

CEAY-(400)  (15c-35c-45c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$1,200.     (Average.  $1,000) 


'Falcon'  and  Heidt 
$15,800,  Milwaukee 

'Milwaukee,  June  22.  —  Horace 
Heidt  and  his  band  and  "The  Falcon 
Takes  Over"  at  the  Riverside  drew 
$15,800.  "In  This  Our  Life"  and 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  grossed 
$9,000  at  the  Warner. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week- 
ending June  18: 

"The  Invaders"  (Col.) 
"Sweethearts  of  the  Fleet"  (Col.) 

PALACE-(2.400)  (44c-60c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$4.CC0.  (Average.  $4,000) 
"Th    Falcon  Takes  Over"  (RKO) 

RIVERSIDE-(2.700)  (44c-(/;c)  7  davs. 
Horace  Heidt.  Gross:  $15,800.  (Average. 
$6,500) 

'|Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 
"Her.ry  and  Dizzy"  (Para.) 

STRAND— (1,400)     (44c-55c-75c)    7  days. 
Gross:   $3,300.    (Average.  $1,500) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 

WARNER— (2.4C0)    (33c-44c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $9,000.  (Average.  $4,500) 
"Tcrtilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

\VISCONSIN-(3.200)  (44c-65c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $6,000.  (Average,  $5,500) 


Relief  Granted  to 
Vermont  Theatre 

An  award  granting  partial  relief  to 
Frank  M.  Deane,  operator  of  the 
Colonial,  Manchester  Depot,  Vt.  has 
been  handed  down  at  the  Boston  ar- 
bitration tribunal  by  Fred  W.  Bliss, 
arbitrator,  it  was  announced  by  the 
American  Arbitration  Association. 

RKO  was  dismissed  as  a  respondent 
in  the  action  and  the  award  directed 
I  hat  Loew's  product  should  be  made 
available  to  the  Colonial  after  Rut- 
land and  Bennington  first  runs,  which- 
ever plays  last,  as  is  presently  pro- 
vided, but  limited  the  maximum  wait- 
ing time  for  the  theatre  to  14  days 
after  first  run  at  Rutland. 


Alert, 

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Picture, 

Industry 

MOTION  PICTURE 

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NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  24,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Censor  Plans 
No  Change  in 
Film  Control 


New  Radio  Regulations 
Issued  Tomorrow 


Washington,  June  23. — Cen- 
sorship control  over  motion  pic- 
tures was  described  today  as  ade- 
quate and  satisfactory  by  the  Of- 
fice of  Censorship  and  it  was  stated 
that  no  change  in  the  existing 
regulations  is  contemplated. 

Revised  regulations  for  war- 
time broadcasting  will  be  issued 
by  the  OOC  on  Thursday,  fol- 
lowing the  announcement  to- 
morrow of  changes  in  the  press 
regulations. 

Censorship  officials,  however,  said 
neither  revision  will  contain  any 
drastic  new  provisions.  Rather,  the 
revisions  will  be  designed  to  clarify 
various  rules  in  the  light  of  the  ex- 
perience since  their  initial  promulga- 
tion. Some  rules  will  be  stiffened, 
it  was  indicated,  while  others  may 
be  relaxed,  in  accordance  with  the 
experience  gained  from  the  actual  op- 
eration of  the  rules  over  the  past 
six  months. 


Eastern  Pa.  in  Dusk 
To  Dawn  Blackout 

Philadelphia,  June  23. — A  partial 
blackout  from  dusk  tonight  until 
dawn  Wednesday  in  this  city  and  30 
Eastern  Pennsylvania  counties  af- 
fected theatre  attendance  in  the  area 
only  mildly,  according  to  the  latest 
available  reports. 

Theatres  and  other  places  of 
amusement  showed  no  lights  after 
8 :30  P.  M.  Considerable  newspaper 
space  was  used  in  advance  to  advise 
the  public  that  theatres  would  be 
open  as  usual. 


W anger  Donation 
To  Feature  Opening 

A  donation  of  $10,000  by  Walter 
Wanger,  producer  of  "Eagle  Squad- 
ron," Universal  release,  to  the  RAF 
Benevolent  Association  of  the  U. 
S.  A.,  Inc.,  will  be  a  feature  of  the 
premiere  of  the  film  July  2  at  the 
Globe  on  Broadway. 

The  opening  will  be  under  the  joint 
sponsorship  of  the  association  and  the 
Eagle  Squadron  Fund.  The  presen- 
tation of  the  check  will  be  made  by 
Col.  Melvin  E.  Gillette,  commanding 
officer  of  the  Signal  Corps  Photog- 
raphic Center  at  Astoria,  L.  I. 


Red  Cross  Learns 
Doyle  Is  Prisoner 

It  has  been  learned  that  the 
International  Red  Cross  has 
established  communication 
with  Arthur  Doyle,  Far  East- 
ern representative  in  Tokio 
for  20th  Century- Fox.  It  is 
understood  he  is  a  prisoner 
of  the  Japanese,  and  is  being 
held  somewhere  on  the  Bataan 
Peninsula,  in  the  Philippines. 


Biof  f  Payment  Case; 
Decision  on  Friday 


By  EUGENE  ARNEEL 

N.  Y.  Supreme  Court  Justice  Car- 
roll G.  Walter  stated  yesterday  from 
the  bench  that  he  will  render  his  deci- 
sion on  Friday  in  the  suit  brought 
against  Paramount  Pictures,  Inc.,  offi- 
cers and  directors  of  the  company,  by 
minority  stockholders  representing  212 
shares  of  stock,  in  connection  with 
their  complaint  to  recover  certain 
sums  paid  to  George  E.  Browne  and 
William  Bioff,  convicted  former  lead- 
ers of  the  IATSE.  The  trial  for- 
mally ended  yesterday  at  noon  as  ex- 
pected. 

Judge  Walter  stated  he  was  pre- 
pared to  render  his  decision  immedi- 
ately following  arguments  by  coun- 
sel, but  former  General  Sessions  Judge 
Alfred  Talley  pleaded  unpreparedness 
and  beseeched  the  court  to  grant  him 
several  days  in  which  to  prepare  such 
argument.  The  court  stated  that  this 
was  its  first  experience  in  many  cases 
where  counsel  was  unprepared  but 
granted  a  delay  and  ordered  that  briefs 
and  memorandums  which  plaintiffs' 
counsel  asked  to  be  allowed  to  sub- 

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FILMS  EXEMPT  FROM 
CONSUMER  CEILINGS 


Distributor  Right  to 
Grant  Clearance  to 
Affiliates  Is  Upheld 

The  right  of  distributors  under 
Section  17  of  the  consent  decree  to 
grant  whatever  clearance  is  satisfac- 
tory to  them  or  to  their  affiliated  the- 
atres was  upheld  by  the  arbitration 
appeals  board  in  a  decision  handed 
down  yesterday  in  the  clearance  com- 
plaint of  the  Dickinson  Theatre, 
Mission,  Kan.,  against  the  five  con- 
senting companies. 

The  appeals  board's  decision  modi- 
fied the  relief  granted  the  Dickinson 
originally  by  W.  H.  Cloud,  arbitra- 
tor, following  hearings  at  the  Kansas 
City  board  last  Fall.  The  appeal  from 

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WPB  Asks  Houses 
To  Save  on  Copper 

Exhibitors  were  urged  by  the  War 
Production  Board  yesterday,  it  was 
reported,  to  make  efforts  to  conserve 
on  the  use  of  materials  employing 
copper  and  to  save  copper  residue 
from  projector  carbons. 

Similar  appeals  have  been  made  to 
exhibitors  through  the  advertising  and 
news  columns  of  the  trade  press  for 
the  past  several  months.  Advertise- 
ments of  the  National  Carbon  C°-> 
which  first  appeared  in  Motion  Pic- 
ture Daily  more  than  two  months 

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WPB  Plans  Coast  Branch; 
Industry  Pledges  Saving 


Washington,  June  23. — Plans  of 
the  War  Production  Board  to  open, 
a  branch  of  the  Motion  Picture  Sec- 
tion in  Los  Angeles  so  that  produc- 
ers may  keep  in  close  touch  with  the 
agency,  were  disclosed  today  by  Har- 
old Hopper,  chief  of  the  section,  at- 
a  meeting  with  industry  representa- 
tives at  which  conservation  of  film, 
lumber,  metals  and  other  critical  ma- 
terials was  discussed. 

The  film  group  submitted  the  13- 
point  program  for  the  saving  of  raw 
stock  and  made  other  suggestions  for 
conservation  which  were  developed  at 
a  series  of  meetings  in  Hollywood  and 
more  recent  discussions  in  New  York, 


and  assured  board  officials  that  the 
purely  voluntary  action  of  the  indus- 
try will  result  in  reducing  drastically 
the  consumption  of  materials  essen- 
tial for  military  production. 

The  suggestions  outlined  at  the 
conference  dealt  chiefly  with  the  con- 
servation of  film  and  the  reduction  of 
materials  used  in  the  construction  of 
sets,  the  two  points  where  the  indus- 
try makes  its  greatest  use  of  critical 
commodities,  but  it  was  emphasized 
that  no  possible  means  of  saving  any- 
where in  the  studios  is  being  over- 
looked. 

In  a  frank  discussion  of  both  the 

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Consumer  Service  Price 
Regulations  to  Be 
Effective  July  1 


Washington,  June  23.  —  Regu- 
lations imposing  ceiling  prices  on 
all  consumer  services,  effective 
July  1,  were  issued  tonight  by  the 
Office  of  Price  Administration,  but 
specific  provisions  of  the  law  and 
of  the  regulations  exempted  all 
forms  of  theatrical  service  from  the 
order. 

The  Price  Control  Act  itself 
excluded  motion  pictures  and 
broadcasting  from  regulation, 
but  the  new  orders  specifically 
listed  a  number  of  services 
which  will  not  be  controlled. 

These,  which  will  be  exempt  from 
control  for  various  reasons,  include : 
artists'  and  actors'  agents,  arbitration 
and  conciliation  services,  theatrical 
booking  agents,  entertainers,  motion 
picture  or  other  theatres,  radio  and 
television  stations  and  theatrical 
ticket  agencies. 

Approximately  1,000,000  establish- 
ments, ranging  from  shoe-shine  par- 
lors to  morticians  and  doing  a  busi- 
ness of  over  five  billion  dollars  a 
year,  will  be  required  to  observe  as 
maximum  the  highest  prices  charged 
by  them  during  last  March,  according 
to  the  O.  P.  A.  regulations. 


Para.  Closes  Deal 
With  Century  Here 

Paramount  yesterday  closed  a  deal 
with  the  Century  Circuit  for  all  of 
the  distributor's  current  season's  prod- 
uct now  available,  Neil  F.  Agnew, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  distribu- 
tion, announced. 

The  deal  is  the  first  closed  by  Para- 
mount this  season  with  Century  and 
ends  a  deadlock  in  negotiations  that 
has  existed  for  several  months.  The 
deal  was  first  held  up  by  protracted 
negotiations  with  the  Loew's  metro- 
politan circuit  and  subsequently,  when 
no  agreement  was  reached  with  Cen- 
tury, a  number  of  Paramount's  early 
season  blocks  were  sold  away  from 
the  latter. 


Reviewed  Today 

Reviews  of  the  two  new 
pictures,  "Crossroads"  and 
"Apache  Trail,"  appear  on 
page  4  of  today's  issue. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  June  24,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  June  23 

JACK  SKIRBALL,  Alfred  Hitch- 
cock and  Thornton  Wilder  left 
for  New  York  today  to  do  back- 
ground shooting  in  New  Jersey  for 
"Shadow  of  a  Doubt,"  Skirball's  first 
production  for  Universal.  Wilder  will 
go  on  to  Washington  to  join  the 
Army  as  a  captain  in  the  morale 
division. 

• 

Seton  I.  Miller,  screen  writer,  was 
named  associate  producer  on  "Heart 
of  a  City"  by  Lester  Cowan.  Miller 
will  also  do  the  script  for  the  picture, 
which  Columbia  will  distribute. 
• 

Basil  Rathbone  was  set  today  for 
a  featured  role  in  "Kim,"  the  new 
Mickey  Rooney  vehicle  for  M-G-M. 


Loew-Lewin  Suspend 
Work  for  Duration 

Hollywood,  June  23. — David  Loew 
and  Albert  Lewin,  whose  productions 
have  been  released  through  United 
Artists,  today  announced  suspension 
of  their  organization  for  the  duration. 
A  statement  issued  by  the  two  assert- 
ed that  casting  difficulties  and  scarci- 
ties of  material  were  primarily  re- 
sponsible for  their  decision. 

They  are  now  completing  and  edit- 
ing "The  Moon  and  Sixpence,"  which 
will  be  their  final  production.  Two 
other  pictures,  "Landfall,"  by  Neville 
Shute,  and  "Mating  Call,"  by  Ben 
Hecht,  were  being  prepared  by  them 
for  production  prior  to  their  decision 
to  suspend  activities. 

Loew  and  Lewin  will  leave  for  New 
York  about  July  IS  to  complete  dis- 
tribution arrangements  for  their  final 
picture,  after  which  Loew  plans  to 
offer  his  services  to  the  Government 
in  any  capacity  for  which  he  is  fitted. 
Lewin's  future  plans  are  undetermined. 


Personal  Mention 


SPG  Negotiations 
With  WB  Collapse 

A  breakdown  of  negotiations  be- 
tween Warners  and  the  Screen  Pub- 
licists Guild  of  New  York  following 
a  meeting  at  the  home  office  yester- 
day was  disclosed  by  the  guild.  The 
SPG  has  contracts  with  seven  major 
companies  and  Commissioner  James 
W.  FitzPatrick  of  the  U.  S.  Concili- 
ation Service  had  intervened  in  an 
effort  to  bring  Warners  and  the  SPG 
together. 

The  guild  stated  that  it  had  of- 
fered to  submit  all  points  at  issue  to 
arbitration  but  that  Warners  had  re- 
fused. The  union  said  that  the  mat- 
ter would  be  placed  before  the  Na- 
tional War  Labor  Board.  Major 
points  of  difference,  according  to  the 
guild,  are  severance  pay,  maintenance 
of  membership  shop,  the  term  of  the 
contract  and  retroactive  pay.  Warner 
officials  active  in  the  negotiations 
could  not  be  reached  for  comment  yes- 
terday. 


'Above  All'  to  Roxy 

"This  Above  All,"  20th  Century- 
Fox  version  of  the  Eric  Knight  war 
novel,  which  starts  its  seventh  week 
at  the  Astor  tomorrow,  will  play  the 
Roxy  for  two  weeks  beginning  July 
9,  prior  to  its  national  release.  The 
picture  will  stay  at  the  Astor  until 
July  12,  thus  during  the  final  four 
days  of  that  run  it  will  be  at  two 
Broadway  houses  simultaneously. 


PAT  CASEY  is  scheduled  to  leave 
for  the  Coast  today. 

Stanley  Thompson  of  Loew's  re- 
turned from  Washington  yesterday. 
• 

Ray  Ferrigo  of  the  Grand  Theatre, 
Rochester,  is  on  vacation. 

• 

Nat  Rosen,  owner  of  the  Royale 
Theatre,  Baltimore,  has  been  spend- 
ing a  few  days  in  Philadelphia. 
• 

Harry  Rose,  manager  of  the  Globe 
Theatre,  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  will  go 
to  Atlantic  City  for  a  vacation  next 
week. 

• 

William  A.  Sirica  of  the  Lido  and 
Hamilton       Theatres,  Waterbury, 
Conn.,  is  now  at  Scott  Field,  111. 
• 

Anthony  B.  Kollman,  booker  at 
the  20th  Century-Fox  Cincinnati  ex- 
change, has  entered  the  Army. 
• 

Alice  Gorham,  publicity  head  for 
United  Detroit  Theatres,  spent  sev- 
eral days  in  Chicago. 

• 

William  O'Connell,  manager  of 
Warners'  Highland  Theatre,  Chicago, 
is  confined  to  his  home  with  a  leg 
infection. 


JAMES  R.  GRAINGER  left  for 
Detroit  by  plane  last  night  and 
expects  to  return  Monday. 

• 

Edward  Burkhardt,  20th  Century- 
Fox  salesman  in  Cincinnati,  has  been 
granted  a  six-week  leave  of  absence. 
• 

W.  E.  Green,  president  of  National 
Theatre  Supply  Co.,  has  returned 
from  Washington. 

• 

Oscar  S.  Oldknow,  vice-president 
of  National  Theatre  Supply  Co.,  in 
charge  of  Western  and  Southern 
branches,  has  been  here  for  several 
days. 

• 

Franklin  Maury,  manager  of  the 
State,  Allentown,  Pa.,  has  recovered 
from  an  illness. 

• 

Al  Stiefel,  operator  of  the  Roxy, 
Philadelphia,  and  Sylvia  Pearlman, 
were  married  last  Sunday. 

• 

George  P.  Aarons,  secretary  and 
counsel  of  United  M.P.T.A.,  Phila- 
delphia, is  recuperating  from  an  op- 
eration at  the  Graduate  Hospital. 
• 

Lou  Metzger,  theatre  owner  of  San 
Diego  and  Los  Angeles, .  is  visiting 
here. 


Directors  of  RKO 
Meet  Here  Today 

A  meeting  of  the  RKO  board  of  di- 
rectors is  scheduled  for  today.  Indi- 
cations are,  however,  that  no  action 
will  be  taken  by  the  board  on  the  elec- 
tion of  a  president  to  succeed  George 
J.  Schaefer,  resigned.  New  financing 
plans  for  the  company  will  be  dis- 
cussed at  the  meeting,  according  to 
report. 


Gould  in  Lightstone 
Post  for  Regal  Films 

Toronto,  June  23. — Theodore 
Gould,  local  branch  manager  for  Re- 
gal Films,  Ltd.,  has  been  promoted 
to  general  sales  manager  of  the  com- 
pany. He  succeeds  Gordon  Light- 
stone,  who  has  resigned  to  become 
Canadian  district  manager  for  Para- 
mount. Henry  L.  Nathanson  con- 
tinues as  managing  director  of  Regal, 
which  is  the  Canadian  distributor  of 
M-G-M  product. 


Shea  Circuit  Makes 
Personnel  Changes 

The  Shea  circuit  has  made  a  num- 
ber of  personnel  changes.  They  in- 
clude :  Daniel  Gilhula,  manager  of  the 
Palace  and  Bula,  Ashtabula.  O.,  to 
Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  as  manager  of  the 
Shea  and  Roosevelt ;  Robert  Russell, 
manager  of  the  Shea  at  Geneva,  O., 
to  Ashtabula ;  James  Salmans,  man- 
ager of  the  Park,  Westfield,  Mass.,  to 
manager  of  the  Shea,  Geneva ;  An- 
drew Grainger,  assistant  manager. 
Ashtabula,  to  Park,  Westfield;  San- 
ford  Rowlands,  assistant  at  Bradford. 
Pa.,  to  Ashtabula,  as  assistant ;  Fred 
Lahrmer,  assistant  manager,  James- 
town, N.  Y.,  to  assistant  manager. 
Colonial,  Akron,  O. ;  E.  W.  Smith, 
from  Jamestown  to  manager  of  the 
Park,  Youngstown. 


Loew  to  Play  'Reap9 
At  Higher  Admission 

Loew's  entire  metropolitan  circuit 
will  play  Cecil  B.  DeMille's  "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  at  advanced  admission 
prices  starting  July  3  under  a  deal 
just  closed  with  Paramount,  the  latter 
company  announced  yesterday. 

Contracts  for  the  picture  are  now 
being  closed  with  subsequent  runs  in 
the  metropolitan  area  following  the 
Loew's  houses,  according  to  Neil  Ag- 
new,  Paramount  sales  head. 


Plans  Stage  Shows 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  June  23. — 
Manager  Arthur  Baker  has  an- 
nounced that  the  Circle  Theatre  will 
resume  a  policy  of  "name"  bands  and 
vaudeville  acts  on  the  stage,  in  addi- 
tion to  films,  beginning  Julv  3.  The 
first  week's  attraction  will  feature 
Ted  Weems  and  his  orchestra  and 
Judy  Canova. 


Variety  Club  Award 
Is  Set  for  Chicago 

The  Variety  Clubs  of  America  will 
make  its  fourth  annual  Humanitarian 
Award  at  the  organization's  meeting 
to  be  held  next  month  in  Chicago.  The 
committee  for  the  award,  including  35 
persons  in  the  writing,  publishing  and 
other  art  fields,  is  headed  by  A.  K. 
Rowswell  of  Pittsburgh.  Nominations 
for  the  1942  award  are  nearly  com- 
pleted, following  a  final  call  for  nomi- 
nees sent  to  the  various  clubs  by  John 
H.  Harris,  national  chief  barker. 


Para.  Army  Plaque 
Unveiling  Today 

The  Paramount  Pep  Club  will  hold 
a  meeting:  at  noon  todav  in  the  home 
office  club  rooms,  at  which  a  plaque 
containing  the  names  of  former  em- 
ployes now  in  the  armed  services  will 
be  unveiled  by  Adblph  Zukor,  board 
chairman. 

Six  former  employes  from  nearby 
Army  camps  will  attend  and  will  be 
guests  with  six  girl  employes  at  din- 
ner and  the  theatre  this  evening. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


HP  HE  new  issues  have  unusual  war 
■*■  news  in  on-the-spot  coverage  of 
the  Midway  Sea  battle..  The  reels 
and  their  contents  follow: 

MOVIETONE  NEWS,  No.  83— Midway 
Sea  battle.  Donald  Nelson  on  irubber 
scrap  drive.  General  MacArthur  p;~= 
tribute  to  first  World  War  dead  in 
tralia.  Hair  styles  for  mermaids.  Lai^V"^, 
Annapolis  class  graduation  addressed  T>v 
Admiral  King. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  281— Victory 
at  Midway  filmed  under  fire.  U.  S.  flyers 
tell  own  story  of  torpedoing  of  Jap  war 
ships.  Paper  plant  fire  in  New  York.  Nel- 
son backs  rubber  campaign.  Biggest  Naval 
Academy  graduation.  Track  stars  meet  for 
Army   relief   at   Randall's  Island. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  86— Paper 
warehouse  fire  in  Manhattan.  New  publi- 
cation for  men  in  the  service.  Midship- 
men graduate  from  Annapolis.  Anniver- 
sary of  Russia's  entry  into  war.  Scrap 
rubber  drive;  Nelson  calls  for  all-out  co- 
operation. Jap  ships  under  bombs  in  com- 
bat at  Midway  Island;  interviews  with 
Army  pilots. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  86— Annapo- 
lis graduates  611  new  ensigns.  Nelson 
urges  rubber  collection.  Dutch  Harbor 
casualties  in  U.  S.  Track  champs  at  na- 
tional A.  A.  U.  meet  in  New  York.  Bat- 
tle of  Midway. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  No.  95  — 
Victory  at  Midway.  Dutch  Harbor 
casualties  arrive  on  West  Coast.  Nelson 
asks  nation  to  turn  in  rubber.  Annapolis 
graduation.  Five-alarm  fire  in  New  York. 
A.  A.  U.  track  and  field  championships  in 
New  York. 


British  Distributors 
Protest  Low  Rentals 

London,  June  23. — The  Kinemato- 
graph  Renters  Society',  at  a  meeting 
today,  declared  it  has  no  quarrel  with 
exhibitors  generally,  but  it  was  em- 
phasized that  distributors  are  not  get- 
ting a  fair  deal  on  film  rentals  from 
exhibitors  in  certain  situations. 

Among  propositions  made  was  one 
calling  for  individual  distributors  to 
sell  worthy  pictures  only  on  a  per- 
centage basis,  and  another  whereby 
there  would  be  no  flat  rental  booking 
unless  the  exhibitor  books  a  per- 
centage picture  on  the  same  date.  The 
matter  was  put  over  to  another  meet- 
ing, to  be  held  at  an  early  date. 


Stromberg  Buys  'Lady* 

_  Hunt  Stromberg  has  acquired  film 
rights  to  "Dishonored  Lady,"  Broad- 
way play  which  starred  Katharine 
Cornell,  and  will  produce  the  film  for 
United  Artists  release  under  a  re- 
cently completed  deal,  it  was  an- 
nounced yesterday. 


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holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
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Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York,"  Mar- 
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(From  N.  Y.  Herald  Tribune') 


Radio  City  Music  Hall  has  an- 
nounced that  "Mrs.  Miniver"  has 
broken  all  ten-year  records>  having 
played  to  318,245  persons  and  grossed 
$220,000  in  seventy-two  showings. 
Since  the  Music  Hall  is  the  largest 
motion-picture  theater  in  the  world, 
this  is  probably  an  all-time  record 
for  the  film  industry. 

4th  Week  Coming!  Records  Going! 

YOU'LL  SEE  MINIVER  MAGIC  SOON! 

GREER  GARSON  •  WALTER  PIDGEON  •  Directed  by  WILLIAM  WYLER  •  Produced  by  SIDNEY  FRANKLIN  •  "MRS. 
MINIVER"  with  Teresa  Wright  •  Dame  May  Whitty  •  Reginald  Owen  •  Henry  Travers  •  Richard  Ney  •  Henry  Wilcoxon 
Screen  Play  by  Arthur  Wimperis,  George  Froeschel,  James  Hilton  and  Claudine  West  •  A  WILLIAM  WYLER  Production 
Based  on  JAN  STRUTHER'S  Novel  •  A  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Picture 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Wednesday,  June  24,  1942 


Reviews 


"Crossroads" 

(M-G-M) 

Hollywood,  June  23 

WILLIAM  POWELL,  Hedy  Lamar,  Basil  Rathbone,  Claire  Trevor 
and  a  cast  rich  above  most  in  names  and  talents  provide  here  a 
novelty  in  the  flow  of  product.  At  the  start  and  for  more  than  half  its 
length  the  picture  is  a  study  of  amnesia  and  the  problems  of  a  French 
diplomat  (1935)  whose  memory  of  events  prior  to  1922  is  blank. 

At  that  point  the  audience  is  let  in  upon  the  fact  that  the  persons 
who  have  revealed  themselves  to  him  as  associates  in  a  criminal  past 
are  in  fact  blackmailers  preying  upon  his  loss  of  memory,  but  he  con- 
tinues under  the  growing  conviction  that  he  is  guilty  of  murder  and 
other  crimes  committed  in  his  forgotten  past. 

At  the  end  of  the  picture  the  whole  situation  breaks  up  to  reveal  that 
Powell,  as  the  harassed  diplomat,  has  discovered  much  the  same  kind 
of  clue  Powell  always  finds  in  his  "Thin  Man"  pictures  and  has  created 
a  situation  in  which  the  blackmailers  expose  and  convict  themselves. 
Adroitness  of  plot  and  skill  of  performance  set  the  picture  apart  from 
most  melodramas  and  supply  a  type  of  entertainment  rare  at  the  mo- 
ment. 

Edwin  Knopf  produced,  Jack  Conway  directed  and  Guy  Trosper  sup- 
plied the  screenplay,  all  three  rating  congratulations.  The  cast,  in  addi- 
tion to  those  named  includes :  Margaret  Wycherly,  Felix  Bressart,  Sig 
Ruman,  H.  B.  Warner,  Philip  Merivale,  Vladimir  Sokoloff,  Guy  Bates 
Post,  Fritz  Leiber,  John  Mylong,  Frank  Conroy,  James  Rennie,  Bertram 
Marburgh,  Harry  Fleischman. 

Running  time,  84  minutes.   "G."*  Roscoe  Williams 


"Apache  Trail" 

(M-G-M) 

OOD  production  values,  a  story  with  dramatic  punch  and  highly 
capable  performances  make  this  an  entertaining  western  film  which 
should  fill  the  bill  satisfactorily  where  action  pictures  are  in  demand. 

Samuel  Marx  produced  and  Richard  Thorpe  directed  from  a  screen- 
play by  Maurice  Geraghty  based  on  a  story  by  Ernest  Haycox.  There 
was  capable  handling  of  the  material  in  each  instance. 

Lloyd  Nolan  has  the  lead,  supported  by  Donna  Reed,  William  Lundi- 
gan,  Ann  Ayars,  Connie  Gilchrist  and  Chill  Wills,  in  particular.  Nolan, 
notorious  "bad  man"  was  responsible  for  his  brother,  Lundigan,  being 
jailed.  Given  another  chance,  the  latter  goes  out  to  manage  a  difficult 
stage  coach  station  in  the  desert  Apache  country,  where  Miss  Reed, 
Spanish  girl,  and  her  mother,  are  in  charge  of  the  housekeeping.  Miss 
Reed  is  in  love  with  Lundigan. 

A  party  of  travelers  arrives,  among  them  Miss  Ayars,  widow  of  a 
soldier  who  committed  suicide,  and  she  makes  a  play  for  Lundigan. 
The  Indians  attack,  then  present  an  ultimatum  that  they  will  withdraw 
if  Nolan,  who  had  come  to  the  station,  is  turned  over  to  them.  Lundi- 
gan takes  a  vote,  it  is  decided  to  fight  it  out,  but  Nolan  rides  out  alone 
in  order  to  save  those  under  siege.  Lundigan  realizes  that  he  loves  Miss 
Reed. 

Running  time,  66  minutes.  "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


Distributor  Right  toi 
Grant  Clearance  to 
Affiliates  Is  Upheld 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

that  decision  was  taken  by  Fox  Kan- 
sas City  Corp.,  operator  of  interven- 
ing theatres,  and  oral  arguments  were 
held  before  the  appeals  board  in  New 
York  in  April.  It  was  the  first  in- 
stance of  the  board  permitting  oral 
arguments  on  appeal. 

In  his  original  award,  Cloud  held 
that  the  right  of  distributors  to  grant 
unlimited  clearance  to  their  affiliated 
theatres  applied  only  to  "their  exist- 
ing franchises"  and  did  not  apply  to 
licenses  "thereafter  entered  into"  by 
a  distributor  with  its  affiliated  thea- 
tres. 

The  appeals  board  decision  said: 
"We  are  unable  to  agree  with  this 
construction  of  the  decree.  The  con- 
clusion is  inescapable  that  the  lan- 
guage (of  Section  17)  is  broad 
enough  to  cover  so  essential  a  subject 
as  clearance." 

Dismisses  20th-Fox 

Cloud's  award  reduced  the  clearance 
of  Kansas  City  first  runs  over  the 
Dickinson  from  56  days  to  28  days,  as 
to  all  five  defendants,  and  established 
a  maximum  clearance  of  one  day  over 
the  Dickinson  in  favor  of  the  Aztec 
at  Shawnee,  Kan.  The  appeals  board 
affirmed  the  ruling  as  to  the  Aztec's 
clearance  over  the  Dickinson  but 
otherwise  dismissed  the  complaint  as 
to  20th  Century-Fox,  with  which  the 
interested  theatres  other  than  the  Az- 
tec are  affiliated. 

In  addition,  the  appeals  board  ruled 
that  the  maximum  clearance  of  the 
Plaza,  Kansas  City,  over  the  Dickin- 
son, on  Loew's,  Paramount,  RKO  and 
Warner  product  shall  be  14  days  after 
last  play  date  at  the  Plaza.  The 
board  further  directed  that  the  four 
distributors  may  not  grant  the  Isis, 
Warwick,  Brookside  and  Waldo  The- 
atres any  specific  clearances  over  the 
Dickinson  but  may  grant  them  "such 
availabilities  after  the  first  run  down- 
town theatres,  or  such  runs  in  their 
respective  competitive  zones,  as  they 
may  desire." 

N.  Y.  Case  Filed 

A  new  clearance  complaint  was 
filed  at  the  New  York  board  yester- 
day by  Dlef  Amusement  Corp.,  op- 
erator of  the  Astor,  Newark,  against 
the  five  consenting  companies.  It 
charged  that  all  of  the  distributors 
but  Loew's  give  Warners'  Castle  at 
Irvington  a  run  priority  and  14  days' 
clearance  over  the  Astor,  while 
Loew's  give  the  same  priority  and 
clearance  not  only  to  the  Castle  but 
to  Warners'  Sanford  at  Irvington, 
and  Ritz,  Savoy,  Stanley  and  Mayfair, 
Newark,  as  well.  Contending  that 
the  clearance  of  all  but  the  Ritz  over 
the  Astor  is  unreasonable,  the  com- 
plaint asks  that  the  clearance  of  the 
other  houses  be  reduced  to  one  day 
or  eliminated. 

The  clearance  complaint  of  the  Cer- 
rito,  El  Cerrito,  Cal.,  against  Loew's, 
20th  Century-Fox  and  Paramount  and 
the  three  Fox  West  Coast  houses  at 
Richmond,  Cal.,  were  withdrawn  yes- 
terday by  oral  stipulation. 

Frank  E.  Corbera  was  appointed 
clerk  of  the  New  Orleans  board,  suc- 
ceeding Charles  Blomquist,  resigned, 
arbitration  headquarters  announced. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 

WPB  Asks  Houses 
To  Save  on  Copper 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

ago,  informed  exhibitors  copper  can 
be  saved  by  reducing  arc  current. 

"A  saving  of  approximately  20  per 
cent  of  the  copper  used  on  copper 
coated  projector  carbons  can  be  made 
by  reducing  the  current  at  the  arc 
from  the  maximum  to  the  minimum 
amperage  recommended  for  the  trim  in 
use,"  one  such  advertisement  said. 
"Give  or  sell  your  copper  drippings 
from  the  lamp  house  and  peelings 
from  butt  ends  to  the  nearest  scrap 
dealer,  unless  otherwise  instructed  by 
our  Government,"  it  advised. 


RKO  Booker  Resigns 

Cincinnati,  June  23. — P.  J.  Bodot, 
office  manager  of  the  RKO  exchange 
here,  has  resigned,  and  is  succeeded 
by  W.  C.  Hetherington,  head  booker. 
Cyrus  Stewart,  former  Republic  sales- 
man here,  has  been  appointed  Hether- 
ington's  successor. 


Film  Musician  Pay 
At  Issue  in  Mexico 

Mexico  City,  June  23.  —  The 
amount  musicians  can  claim  for  play- 
ing in  films  is  soon  to  be  decided  by 
the  Federal  labor  authorities  with  a 
ruling  on  bills  presented  for  music  in 
"Isla  de  Pasion"  ("Passion  Island"), 
first  picture  of  Films  Mexico-Es- 
pafia,  S.  A.,  president  of  which  is 
Gen.  Juan  F.  Azcarate,  who  has  just 
returned  here  from  Berlin,  where  he 
was  the  Mexican  minister. 

The  musicians  want  pay  for  21 
hours,  the  time  they  spent  in  the  stu- 
dios, but  the  producer  wants  to  pay 
them  only  for  the  hour  and  a  half 
they  actually  worked. 


Buys  Indianapolis  House 

Indianapolis,  June  23. — The  Keith 
Operating  Co.  has  bought  the  B.  F. 
Keith's  Theatre  building  and  physical 
property  from  the  United  Theatres 
Co.  of  Cincinnati,  and  has  been  as- 
signed the  long  term  lease  formerly 
held  by  United  Theatres. 


Theatres  Urged  to 
Step  Up  War  Aid 

Minneapolis,  June  23. — Calling  for 
an  end  to  internal  bickering  and  in- 
creased effort  in  the  industry's  war 
activities  by  exhibitors  in  this  area, 
John  J.  Friedl,  chairman  of  the 
Northwest  War  Activities  Commit- 
tee, today  warned  350  exhibitors  in 
session  here  that  they  "must  pfiewr 
themselves  or  the  Government  tJ^S 
step  in  and  do  the  policing  for  them. ' 

The  meeting  was  called  to  effect 
improvements  in  the  War  Activities 
organization  in  this  area,  to  guaran- 
tee as  many  showings  of  Government 
films  as  possible  and  to  increase  the 
theatre  sales  of  war  bonds  and  stamps 
in  Minnesota,  the  Dakotas  and  North- 
ern Wisconsin. 

"The  Government  has  been  pretty 
good  to  theatre  owners,"  Friedl  said. 
"None  of  us  have  come  to  the  theatre 
to  find  we  have  no  carbons,  no  tickets 
or  no  film  because  of  Government 
orders.  We  have  been  ranked  as  prac- 
tically an  essential  industry,  and  we 
have  our  very  definite  job  to  do." 

He  disclosed  that  800  theatres  in 
the  territory  are  now  pledged  to  show 
Government  films  and  that  only  29 
have  not  yet  signed  up. 

E.  L.  Peaslee,  president  of  North- 
west Allied,  also  called  for  an  end 
to  dissention  within  the  industry. 
"We'll  try  to  see  that  every  independ- 
ent cooperates  fully,"  he  said. 

Arthur  Mayer,  assistant  coordinator 
for  the  national  War  Activities  Com- 
mittee, told  the  exhibitors  that  one 
victory  film  would  be  issued  each  week 
and  asked  exhibitors  to  use  them  all. 
Other  speakers  included  Dr.  Walter 
Judd  of  Mayo  Clinic  who  described 
conditions  in  China  during  his  10 
years  there ;  Roy  Miller,  chairman  of 
the  distributors'  section  of  the  North- 
west Committee,  and  Edwin  Ruben. 
Following  the  meeting,  managers  of 
the  Minnesota  Amusement  Co.  the- 
atres met  to  hear  plans  of  their  or- 
ganization for  filming  of  short  sub- 
jects and  War  Bond  and  Stamp  sales. 


Bioff  Payment  Case 
Decision  on  Friday 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

mit  be  in  the  court's  hands  by  4 
o'clock  Thursday  afternoon,  and  the 
court  would  make  known  its  decision 
the  following  morning  at  10  o'clock. 

The  court  had  previously  indicated 
its  readiness  to  render  an  immediate 
decision  and  offered  counsel  the  full- 
est time  to  argue  their  views. 

After  testimony  by  Florence  Rose, 
financial  secretary  of  the  I.  A. ;  Wal- 
ter B.  Cokell,  Paramount  treasurer, 
and  Frank  Meyer,  Paramount  assist- 
ant secretary,  the  trial  was  brought 
to  a  close  with  motions  to  dismiss  the 
complaint  against  each  of  the  defend- 
ants and  the  defendant  corporation,  on 
the  ground  that  no  cause  of  action  was 
proved,  and  also  that  the  action  was 
barred  by  the  statute  of  limitations. 

In  a  discussion  after  trial,  Louis 
Nizer,  attorney  for  Keough,  drew  an 
analogy,  likening  the  complaint  to  a 
hypothetical  case  in  which  a  father 
uses  his  child's  funds  to  redeem  the 
child  from  a  kidnapper  and  in  which 
the  child  upon  release  in  turn  brings 
suit  against  the  father  to  recover  the 
money  paid  in  ransom. 


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Equity  to  Purchase 
$162,000  in  Bonds 


A  total  of  $162,000  will  be  invested 
by  Actors  Equity  and  Chorus  Equity 
in  Victory  Bonds,  the  unions  an- 
nounced yesterday.  This  amount,  of 
which  Actors  Equity  will  contribute 
$100,000  with  the  remainder  from 
Chorus  Equity,  represents  approxi- 
mately one-half  of  the  cash  surpluses 
of  each  union,  it  was  said. 

The  Actors  Equity  council  also 
granted  the  request  of  the  League  of 
New  York  Theatres  to  permit  Sun- 
day performances  in  Boston  on  the 
same  terms  as  these  performances  are 
permitted  in  New  York.  This  per- 
mission is  to  extend  for  the  duration 
of  the  war.  In  New  York,  Equity 
permits  Sunday  shows  if  another  day 
off  is  provided  and  all  other  craft 
unions  consent  on  the  same  terms. 

The  council  voted  to  adopt  a  rule 
requiring  secret  ballots  in  the  future 
when  an  acting  company  is  requested 
by  the  producer  to  donate  its  services 
for  a  charity  show.  The  move  fol- 
lowed rejection  of  charges  against 
Maurice  Evans  for  allegedly  coercing 
the  "Macbeth"  company  to  give  a  free 
performance  at  Camp  Mead.  The  coun- 
cil pointed  out  that  jurisdiction  over 
free  performances  for  war  causes  had 
been  turned  over  to  the  United  The- 
atrical War  Activities  and  that  the 
Evans'  case  belonged  in  the  latter 
group's  hands. 

The  council  also  voted  endorsement 
of  the  Irving  Berlin  musical  which 
will  open  shortly  as  a  benefit  for  the 
Army  Emergency  Relief  Fund. 


'Blonde'  in  St.  Louis 
Scores  Big  $21,600 

St.  Louis,  June  23. — Inclement 
weather  apparently  was  a  boon  to  the- 
atres. "My  Favorite  Blonde"  and 
"Henry  and  Dizzy"  drew  a  smash 
$21,600  at  the  Fox.  Loew's  took  $17,- 
300  with  "Ship  Ahoy"  and  "Kid 
Glove  Killer". 

Estimated   receipts    for    the  week 
ending  June  18 : 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 
"Kid  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S— (3,142)  (30c-40c-50c-55c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $17,300.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 
"Henry  and  Dizzy" 

FOX— (5,038)  (30c-40c-50c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$21,600.   (Average,  $11,000) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.) 
"Private  Buekaroo"  (Univ.) 

MISSOURI— (3,514)    (30c-40c-50c)   7  days. 
Gross:  $6,400.  (Average,  $4,000) 
"Bashful  Bachelor"  (RKO) 
"Powder  Town"  (RKO) 

■  ST.  LOUIS— (4,000)  (25c-35c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,600.  (Average,  $2,600) 


'Butch,'  Harris  Band 
$17 ,400  Hit  in  Omaha 

Omaha,  June  23. — Phil  Harris'  or- 
chestra and  "Butch  Minds  the  Baby" 
pulled  a  smash  $17,400  at  the  Or- 
pheum.  The  weather  was  cool  and 
rainy. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  16-17: 

"Syncopation"  (RKO) 
"Submarine  Raider"  (Col.) 

BRANDEIS— (1,200)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $4,300.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

OMAHA— (2,000)    (40c-55c)    7    days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $6,800.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM — (3,000)  (40c-55c)  7  days. 
Stage:  Phil  Harris.  Gross:  $17,400.  (Aver- 
age, $14,000) 


WPB  Plans  Coast  Branch; 
Industry  Pledges  Saving 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

industry  and  Government  viewpoints, 
the  company  representatives  told  the 
board  officials  that  the  industry  is  cog- 
nizant of  the  seriousness  of  the  situa- 
tion and  the  importance  of  cutting 
consumption  of  scarce  materials  to 
the  bone  and  had  developed  its  pro- 
grams with  that  in  view. 

On  his  part,  Hopper  told  the  film 
men  definitely  that  the  situation  in 
regard  to  some  of  the  chemicals  used 
in  the  making  and  processing  of  raw 
stock  will  become  even  tighter  than 
it  is  now  and  it  is  imperative  that 
waste  be  entirely  eliminated  and  that 
the  most  efficient  use  be  made  of  all 
supplies  and  materials. 

He  explained  that  with  a  branch 
of  his  section  in  Los  Angeles  the  pro- 
ducers will  be  in  a  position  where 
they  can  not  only  keep  in  close 
awareness  of  any  developments  in  the 
supply  situation  but  will  be  able  to 
secure  quick  action  on  any  problems 
that  may  arise. 

The  purpose  of  the  branch,  he  em- 
phasized, will  be  to  cooperate  as  close- 
ly as  possible  with  the  industry,  the 
importance  of  which  in  the  war  effort 
is  recognized  by  all  Government 
agencies. 

Present  at  the  conference  was  a 
representative  of  the  Office  of  De- 


fense Transportation,  who  advised  the 
producers  of  the  necessity  of  reduc- 
ing truck  mileage,  and  a  representa- 
tive of  the  Office  of  Price  Adminis- 
tration who  discussed  the  rubber  sit- 
uation. The  shortage  of  certain  kinds 
of  lumber,  such  as  Douglas  fir,  and 
the  situation  in  other  materials  used 
in  set  construction  also  was  discussed. 

Following  the  conference,  Hopper 
expressed  deep  satisfaction  over  the 
progress  made  by  the  industry  and 
expressed  confidence  that  it  will  work 
out  a  program  that  will  result  in  max- 
imum conservation  of  critical  mate- 
rials. 

The  industry  representatives  at- 
tending the  meeting  included  Grad- 
well  Sears,  United  Artists ;  Edgar  J. 
Mannix,  M-G-M ;  Allan  F  .  Cum- 
mings,  Loews,  Inc. ;  John  J.  O'Con- 
nor, Universal ;  A.  Schneider,  Colum- 
bia ;  Barney  Balaban,  Paramount ; 
Earl  I,  Sponable,  Fox  Movietone ;  R. 
C.  Barrows,  20th  Century-Fox;  Her- 
man J.  Robbins,  National  Screen 
Service  ;  Norton  Richey,  Monogram  ; 
Ray  Klune,  Society  of  Independent 
Motion  Picture  Producers,  and  John 
Wolcott,  March  of  Time. 

No  decision  as  to  the  action  which 
will  be  taken  by  the  WPB  was  dis- 
closed at  the  conference. 


'Syncopation'  Hits 
$17,000,  Baltimore 

Baltimore,  June  23.  —  Business 
maintains  an  even  pace  here.  A 
"Know  Your  Army"  show  here  for 
four  nights  hurt  grosses  somewhat. 
"Syncopation"  and  a  stage  show  at 
the  Hippodrome  drew  $17,000. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  18: 

"Her  Cardboard  Lover"  (M-G-M) 

CENTURY—  (3,000)  (28c -44c  and  55c 
weekends)  7  days.  Gross:  $10,000.  (Aver- 
age, $10,000) 

"This  Gun  for  Hire"  (Para.) 

KEITH'S(-(2,406)     (15c-28c-33c-44c  and 
55c  weekends)  7  days.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Av- 
erage, $9,000) 
"Moontide"  (ZOth-Fox) 

NEW— (1.581)    (15c-28c-35c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $8,500.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

STANLEY— (3,280)  (40c-55c-66c)  7  days. 
3rd  week.  Gross:  $13,000.  (Average,  $12,- 
000) 

"Syncopation"  (RKO) 
HIPPODROME— (2,205)  (15c-28c:39c-44c- 

55c-66c)  7  days.  Stage  show  featuring  Ma- 
jor   Bowes'     Eighth    Anniversary  Revue. 
Gross:  $17,000.  (Average,  $14,000) 
"Girl  From  Alaska"  (Rep.) 

MAYFAIR—  (1,000)  (20c-40c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,000.  (Average,  $6,000) 


'Juke  Girl'  Takes 
$7,400,  New  Haven 

New  Haven,  June  23. — "Juke  Girl" 
and  "A  Date  With  the  Falcon"  at  the 
Roger  Sherman  took  $7,400.  "The 
Gold  Rush"  and  "Blondie's  Blessed 
Event"  at  the  College  grossed  $3,900. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  18 : 

"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.  A.) 
"Blondie's  Blessed  Event"  (Col.) 

COLLEGE— (1,627)      (40c-50c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $3,900.   (Average,  $2,800) 
"My  Favorite  Spy"  (RKO) 
"Valley  of  the  Sum"  (RKO) 

LOEW-POLI— (3,005)    (40c-50c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $5,600.  (Average,  $8,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,373)   (55c-65c)  7  days, 
3rd  week.   Gross:   $4,000.   (Average,  $4,600. 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.) 
"A  Date  with  the  Falcon"  (RKO) 

ROGER  SHERMAN— (2,067)  (40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $7,400.  (Average,  $5,200) 


'Broadway'  Scores 
$5,000  in  Hartford 

Hartford,  June  23. — "Broadway" 
grossed  $5,000  in  the  second  week  at 
E.  M.  Loew's.  "The  Gold  Rush"  took 
$8,000  at  the  Palace.  The  weather 
was  hot. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  17-18: 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para,) 

ALLYN— (2,000)  (17c-23c-28c-65c)   7  days. 
3rd  week.    Gross:  $6,500.    (Average,  $10,000) 
"Broadway"  (Univ.) 
"Mr.  Celebrity"  (P.R.C.) 

E.  M.  LOEW'S— (1,400)  (llc-30c-40c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,000.  (Average, 
54.000) 

"The  Tuttles  of  Tahiti"  (RKO) 
"Syncopation"  (RKO) 

LOEW'S    POLI— (3,200)     (llc-30c-40c)  7 
da  vs.    Gross:  $7,500.    (Average,  $10,000) 
"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.A.) 
"Mokey"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  POLI-PALACE— (1,400)  (11c- 
30c-40c)  7  days.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Average, 
$7,000) 

"Mr.  V."  (U.A.) 
"Lady  Gangster"  (W.B.) 

WARNER  REGAL— (928)  (llc-30c-40c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $6,500.  (Average, 
$7,500) 

"The  Big  Shot"  (W.B.) 

"Mexican  Spitfire  Sees  a  Ghost"  (RKO) 

WARNER  STRAND— (1,400)  llc-30c-40c). 
Gross:  $9,000.    (Average,  $8,000) 


Metro  Plans  Test 
Runs  of  'Miniver' 

M-G-M  has  scheduled  a  series  of 
15  test  engagements  on  "Mrs.  Mini- 
ver," on  a  single  feature  basis.  The 
dates  all  will  be  during  July,  with 
different  admission  prices  prevailing. 
No  further  bookings  will  be  taken  on 
the  film  until  the  tests  are  completed, 
it  was  said.  Special  campaigns  have 
been  set  for  each  of  the  pre-release 
engagements.  The  15  cities  will  in- 
clude :  St.  Louis,  New  Orleans,  Cin- 
cinnati, Altoona,  Cleveland,  Kansas 
City,  Tulsa,  San  Francisco,  Denver, 
Atlanta,  Des  Moines,  Portland,  Louis- 
ville, Jamestown  and  Manchester. 


Senate  Unit  Backs 
Nomination  of  Fly 


Washington,  June  23. — The  nomi- 
nation of  James  L.  Fly,  chairman,  for 
a  full  seven-year  term  on  the  Federal 
Communications  Commission  was 
ordered  favorably  reported  today  by 
the  Senate  Interstate  Commerce  Com- 
mittee, following  an  executive  ses- 
sion at  which  Fly  was  questionpi^ 
garding  commission  activities, 

With  committee  approval  of  the 
nomination,  it  is  not  expected  that 
any  difficulty  will  be  encountered  in 
obtaining  Senate  confirmation  of  the 
appointment,  probably  on  Thursday. 

Because  of  his  appearance  before 
the  Senate  commitee,  the  House  Inter- 
state and  Foreign  Commerce  Commit- 
tee postponed  further  hearings  on  the 
Sanders  bill  for  FCC  reorganization 
until  Thursday,  when  Fly  will  resume 
his  testimony. 


2  Stations  Join  on 
Shows  in  Italian 

WHOM  and  WOV  will  combine  to 
produce  two  shows  in  Italian  for  the 
Office  of  Facts  and  Figures.  These 
will  be  "You  Can't  Do  Business  With 
Hitler"  and  "Inside  Italy"  and  they 
will  be  recorded  and  sent  to  other  for- 
eign language  stations  by  the  OFF. 
Members  of  the  Radio  Directors 
Guild  and  the  Writer  Wartime 
Board  will  cooperate  in  the  produc- 
tion. 

WHOM  has  also  added  a  ninth  lan- 
guage —  Norwegian  —  to  its  pro- 
gram schedule.  This  language  will  be 
heard  Sundays,  11-11:15  P.M.,  in  a 
newscast  prepared  by  the  Royal  Nor- 
wegian Information  Service  in  Lon- 
don. The  station  pointed  out  that 
there  are  123,000  Norwegians  of  Nor- 
wegian descent  in  New  York  and  an 
additional  65,000  in  New  Jersey.  The 
newscast  will  be  the  only  program 
heard  in  this  area  in  Norwegian. 


Deny  NBC  Motion 
In  Mutual  Action 

Chicago,  June  23. — Federal  Judge 
John  P.  Barnes  yesterday  denied  a 
motion  of  RCA  and  NBC  for  a  bill  of 
particulars  in  the  $3,425,000  anti-trust 
suit  filed  by  Mutual  and  several  of  its 
stockholder-affiliates.  At  the  same 
time,  Judge  Barnes  ordered  that  cer- 
tain references  in  the  title  of  the  suit 
be  stricken  out  to  avoid  the  implica- 
tion that  the  action  was  a  representa- 
tive one  for  the  benefit  of  all  Mutual 
affiliates  and  stockholders. 

Mutual,  in  its  brief,  had  conceded 
that  the  action  was  not  representa- 
tive in  character.  RCA  and  NBC 
have  60  days,  under  the  order,  to 
file  an  answer.  The  case  may  go  to 
trial  in  the  Fall.  Mutual  filed  suit 
early  last  January,  after  the  Govern- 
ment had  previously  filed  a  similar 
action,  charging  that  the  network  and 
its  affiliates  had  been  damaged  by  ex- 
clusive contracts  and  options  on  time 
of  NBC  affiliates. 


Plans  Frisco  Stage  Shows 

San  Francisco,  June  23. — The  old 
Tivoli  Opera  House  has  been  taken 
over  by  Homer  Curran  to  show  A.  B. 
Marcus  stage  shows  at  popular  prices. 
Two  shows  will  be  staged  nightly,  at 
prices  of  25  cents  to  $1.  Curran  op- 
erates the  legitimate  Geary  and  Cur- 
ran Theatres  here. 


Evolution  of  a  World-shaker 


Helping  you  to  please  the  ears  of 
the  world  —  through  finer  sound 
recording  and  reproduction  —  has 
been  Western  Electric's  privilege 
for  16  years. 


So  small  a  thing  as  a  simple  disk  of  thin  duralumin — stamped  into 
a  microphone  diaphragm — touched  off  a  revolution  throughout  the 
world  of  motion  pictures.  It  made  possible  the  first  step  in  the  prac- 
tical and  economical  recording  of  high  quality  Sound  in  pictures! 
This  little  diaphragm  with  its  fluted  rim  is  the  modern  counterpart 
of  that  trail-blazing  original — one  of  many  basic  contributions  made 
available  to  the  industry  by  Western  Electric. 

Electrical  Research  Products  Division 

OF 

Western  Electric  Company 

INCORPORATED  ' 

195  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK,  N.  Y. 


Third  of  a  series  of  advertisements  covering  basic  developments  in  the  art  of  talking  pictures 


Our  gratitude  to  the  Honorable  Howard 
E.  Milliken,  Mayor  of  Harrisburg,  Pa., 
who  wired  the  following  message  to  Nate 
Blumberg,  president  of  Universal  Pictures: 

"AFTER  SEEING  'EAGLE  SQUADRON'  AT  A 
SPECIAL  PREVIEW  TONIGHT,  I  MUST  SAY 
THAT  I  HAVE  NEVER  SEEN  SO  STIRRING 
A  MOTION  PICTURE.  WALTER  WANGER 
OF  YOUR  COMPANY  HAS  UNDOUBTEDLY 
PRODUCED  A  MASTERPIECE  THAT  WILL 
LONG  BE  REMEMBERED  BY  THE  MOTION 
PICTURE   GOERS  OF  THE  NATION." 

P.  S.  —  This  is  just  one  of  the  many  un- 
usual tributes  that  have  been  paid  to 
the  motion  picture,  "Eagle  Squadron. " 


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MOTION  PICTURE 

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NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  THURSDAY,  JUNE  25,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


No  New  Ticket 
Tax  in  Canada 
War  Budget 

Night  Club  Tax  of  20% 
Equals  Theatres 

Ottawa,  June  24. — Further 
tax  levies  on  theatre  admissions 
were  excluded  in  Canada's  third 
budget  of  the  war  brought  down 
today  by  Finance  Minister  Ilsley. 
A  new  20  per  cent  tax  was  placed 
on  charges  to  customers  in  night 
clubs,  cabarets  and  dance  halls. 
Sports  escaped  further  taxation. 
Existing    taxes    on  theatre 

grosses  are  20  per  cent  and  the 

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46  Applications  Are 
Dismissed  by  FCC 

Washington,  June  24. — Forty-six 
applications  for  new  or  expanded 
regular  broadcasting  facilities,  two 
for  television  stations  and  two  for 
FM  stations,  were  dismissed  today  by 
the  Federal  Communications  Commis- 
sion. 

The  FCC  action  was  in  conformity 
with  its  policy  of  granting  no  appli- 
cations involving  the  use  of  materials 
to  construct  or  change  transmitting 
facilities  during  the  period  of  the 
emergency. 

This  was  the  second  blanket  dis- 
missal of  applications,  a  number  of 
requests  for  standard,  television  and 
FM  stations  being  rejected  on  the 
same  grounds  earlier  this  month. 


Progress  Reported 
In  306-Empire  Talks 

Considerable  progress  toward  set- 
tling the  differences  between  Empire 
State  Motion  Picture  Operators 
Union  and  Local  306  was  reported 
yesterday  following  a  meeting  of  offi- 
cials of  both  unions  and  their  attor- 
neys at  the  offices  of  Father  John  P. 
Boland,  chairman  of  the  New  York 
State  Labor  Relations  Board. 

The  meeting  was  the  second  of  a  se- 
ries of  conferences  arranged  by  Father 
Boland  to  permit  the  absorption  of 
the  Empire  State  membership  by 
Local  306. 

Father  Boland  declined  to  make 
any  comment  other  than  the  state- 
ment that  "unexpected  and  satisfac- 
tory progress  was  made.  Another 
conference  has  been  scheduled  for 
Tuesday. 


Army  Sets  Up  New 
Hollywood  Bureau 
On  Military  Films 

Hollywood,  June  24. — A  "pri- 
orities" bureau  on  titles,  and  Army 
cooperation  on  motion  pictures 
with  military  themes  has  been  es- 
tablished by  Col.  W.  Mason 
Wright,  head  of  the  pictorial  divi- 
sion of  the  public  relations  branch 
of  the  War  Department  in  Holly- 
wood. Meeting  last  night  with  ma- 
jor and  independent  producers,  Col. 
Wright  received  their  unanimous 
approval  for  such  a  bureau. 

He  stressed  the  fact  that  the 
bureau  carries  no  implication  of 
censorship.  "The  purposes  of  a  title- 
subject  registration  file,"  he  said,  "are 
to  make  certain  that  the  Army  is 
correctly  portrayed  before  audiences 
of  the  world,  to  aid  studios  by  pro- 
viding a  priority  list  of  titles  and  sub- 
jects available,  and  to  be  of  the  ut- 
most service  to  the  American  film  in- 
dustry which  is  playing  such  an  able 
part  in  the  war  effort." 

Col.   Wright  said  three   types  of 

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78  Pa,  Communities 
Plan  Summer  Fairs 

Reading,  Pa.,  June  24. — In  spite  of 
the  plea  of  Joseph  B.  Eastman,  di- 
rector of  the  Office  of  Defense  Trans- 
portation, that  all  fairs  and  celebra- 
tions be  postponed  for  the  duration, 
Charles  W.  Swoyer,  secretary  of  the 
Reading  Fair  here  and  secretary  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Association  of 
County  Fairs,  said  that  78  communi- 
ties in  the  state  were  continuing  plans 
for  their  fairs. 

In  announcing  the  dates  set  for  the 
78  events,  Swoyer  stated  that  Claude 
Wickard,  U.  S.  Secretary  of  Agricul- 
ture, recommended  this  action  last 
February  and  that  the  communities 
had  already  gone  to  considerable  ex- 
pense. Last  year,  more  than  100  fairs 
in  the  state  attracted  2,984,895  per- 
sons. Only  13  fairs  have  announced 
postponements  for  the  duration,  while 
16  others  are  still  on  the  doubtful  list. 


Sosna  Is  Awarded 
Some  Run  from  W.B. 

St.  Louis,  June  24. — Louis  M. 
Sosna,  Mexico,  Mo.,  exhibitor,  today 
was  awarded  some  run  from  Warners 
in  his  arbitration  complaint  at  the 
local  tribunal  against  that  company, 
Paramount,  RKO  and  20th  Century- 
Fox.  Ethan  A.  Shepley,  arbitrator, 
dismissed  the  complaint  against  the 
latter  three. 

Sosna  previously  won  a  some  run 
complaint  against  Loew's  after  an  ap- 
peal. 


May  Name  New  RKO 
President  Today 

RKO  directors  may  act  on 
election  of  a  successor  to 
George  J.  Schaefer  at  a  meet- 
ing scheduled  for  today.  There 
is  a  possibility,  however,  that 
the  meeting  will  be  post- 
poned. 

A  meeting  of  the  board 
yesterday  was  advised  that 
an  $800,000  bank  loan  for  cur- 
rent operations  has  been 
closed,  it  is  reported. 


New  British  Plan  on 
War  Films  Approved 


London,  June  24. — The  proposal 
of  the  Cinematograph  Exhibitors  As- 
sociation that  one  15-minute  film,  to 
be  shown  monthly,  supplant  the  pres- 
ent policy  of  one  five-minute  film 
shown  on  each  program,  was  approved 
today  by  the  Ministry  of  Information. 

The  approval  was  voiced  at  a  meet- 
ing of  CEA  officials  with  representa- 
tives of  the  Ministry,  under  whose 
auspices  the  propaganda  films  under 
discussion  are  produced  and  exhibited 
in  all  British  theatres.  A  final  deci- 
sion will  be  made  by  the  CEA  at  the 
next  general  council  meeting. 


Blackout  Violation 
Charge  Dismissed 

Baltimore,  June  24. — A  charge 
that  William  K.  Saxton,  city  manager 
for  Loew  Theatres  here,  had  per- 
mitted lights  to  burn  in  the  Century 
Theatre  lobby  during  a  test  blackout 
recently,  was  dismissed  in  Central 
Police  Court. 

Two  wardens  testified  they  saw  the 
lights  burning  after  the  blackout  be- 
gan. The  police  magistrate  ruled 
there  was  no  proof  that  light  was 
visible  from  outside.  Advising  the 
complainants  they  still  had  a  right  to 
take  their  case  to  the  grand  jury,  he 
dismissed  the  charges  against  Saxton. 


Bernstein  to  Speak 
Before  Ampa  Today 

Sidney  Bernstein,  British  circuit  op- 
erator and  at  present  acting  as  liaison 
on  film  matters  for  the  British  Gov- 
ernment in  Washington,  will  be  the 
chief  speaker  and  guest  of  honor  at 
the  joint  Ampa-War  Activities  Com- 
mittee luncheon  at  the  Hotel  Edison 
today  at  12:30. 

George  J.  Schaefer,  chairman  of  the 
War  Activities  Committee,  deferred 
an  out-of-town  trip  in  order  to  at- 
tend. He  will  introduce  Bernstein. 
Louis  Pollock,  Ampa  president,  will 
preside  at  the  luncheon  meeting. 


Films  Receive 
'A'  Rating  on 
Ship  Priority 

Win  Shipping  Preference 
To  Latin  America 


Washington,  June  24. — Motion 
pictures,  both  negatives  and  posi- 
tives, of  all  types  other  than  8  mm., 
today  drew  top  rating  in  a  priority 
list  of  several  hundred  commodities 
set  up  by  the  Board  of  Economic 
Warfare  to  govern  the  allocation  of 
space  on  ships  to  Latin  American 
countries. 

Features,  shorts,  newsreels 
and  trailers,  both  35  and  16  mm. 
were  given  an  "A"  classification, 
while  8  mm.  negatives  and  posi- 
tives were  given  a  "B"  rating. 
Heretofore,  only  newsreels  have 
had  top  priority  rating  from  the 
board. 

Absolute  priority  over  all  other 
shipments  goes  to  commodities  with 
an  "AA"  rating,  which  apparently  is 
reserved  for  military  and  other  es- 
sential equipment,  since  none  of  the 
commodities  listed  today  carried  such 
a  designation. 

With  the  "A"  rating  motion  pic- 
tures will  get  first  call  on  the  now 
very  scarce  shipping  space.  The  rat- 
ings will  become  operative  with  the 
shipping  priority  program  soon  to  be 
put  into  effect. 


Heads  of  major  company  foreign 
departments    expressed    some  doubt 

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Hays  and  Coe  Will 
Alternate  on  Coast 

Will  H.  Hays,  MPPDA  president, 
and  Charles  Francis  Coe,  vice-presi- 
dent and  general  counsel,  will  inaugu- 
rate a  new  schedule  July  1  under 
which  each  will  spend  approximately 
half  of  each  year  here  and  the  other 
half  in  Hollywood. 

Hays  is  scheduled  to  leave  for  the 
Coast  tomorrow  and  will  remain  there 
until  Labor  Day.  On  his  return  to 
New  York,  Coe  will  go  to  the  Coast 
and  spend  the  following  several 
months  there. 


In  Today's  Issue 

A  review  of  "Rock  River 
Renegades"  appears  on  page 
5.  Additional  names  of  men 
and  women  of  the  industry 
now  in  the  armed  services 
will  be  found  on  page  4. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  June  25,  1942 


Offer  Schine  Units 
To  Independents 


Buffalo,  June  24. — The  Schine 
Circuit  has  received  numerous  com- 
munications from  theatre  brokers  re- 
garding acquisition  of  a  number  of 
the  theatres  which  it  agreed  to  at- 
tempt to  dispose  of  during  the  next 
year  under  the  terms  of  the  two-year 
standstill  agreement  with  the  Gov- 
ernment on  the  trial  of  the  Federal 
anti-trust  suit  against  the  circuit,  but 
Schine  "intends  to  deal  only  with 
bona  fide  independent  exhibitors,"  it 
was  stated  in  a  report  filed  in  Fed- 
eral District  court  here  today. 

The  report  revealed  that  the  circuit 
has  been  informed  by  the  former  op- 
erator of  the  Strand,  Cumberland, 
Md.,  that  he  does  not  wish  to  reac- 
quire that  theatre,  and  that  with  re- 
spect to  the  State  and  Appalachia, 
Appalachia,  Va. ;  the  Viv,  Corbin, 
Ky.,  and  the  Cla-Zel  and  Lyric,  Bowl- 
ing Green,  O.,  there  have  been  no 
developments  since  the  June  15  hear- 
ing in  Federal  court  here. 

The  report,  filed  by  Willard  S.  Mc- 
Kay, counsel  for  Schine,  indicates 
that  only  the  Webster,  Rochester; 
Paramount,  Glens  Falls,  and  Palace, 
Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y.,  have  been 
reacquired  by  their  former  owners. 
The  other  five  theatres  named,  and 
eight  which  were  not  bid  for  by  their 
former  owners,  apparently  now  will 
be  offered  to  independent  exhibitors 
generally,  under  the  terms  of  the  Fed- 
eral order. 


Third  Class  Postage 
Rate  Increase  Seen 

Washington,  June  24.  —  The 
House  Ways  and  Means  Committee 
voted  today  to  direct  the  Post  Office 
Department  to  recommend  rates  of 
postage  for  third  class  matter  which 
would  make  the  service  self-support- 
ing, following  its  recent  action  de- 
signed similarly  to  increase  rates  on 
second-class,  or  printed,  matter. 

Today's  action  will  affect  distribu- 
tors and  exhibitors  who  advertise  or 
circularize  their  customers  by  mail, 
taking  advantage  of  the  lower  third- 
class  rates  of  postage. 

The  House  committee  also  voted  to 
reduce  the  25  per  cent  tax  on  pho- 
tographic equipment  to  15  per  cent  in 
the  case  of  film  and  photographic 
paper. 


Bond  Rally  to  Mark 
Opening  of  'United9 

In  a  tieup  between  20th  Century- 
Fox  and  the  New  York  War  Savings 
Staff  of  the  Treasury  Department,  a 
rally  with  an  expected  500  girls  and 
representatives  of  the  United  Nations 
participating  will  be  held  in  Times 
Square  July  2  preceding  the  premiere 
of  the  picture,  "United  We  Stand," 
at  the  Palace.  Following  the  demon- 
stration the  participants  will  attend 
the  opening  of  the  picture  in  a  body, 
according  to  the  present  plan. 


CHANGE  TO  ALTEC  SERVICE 
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Personal  Mention 


EDWARD  C.  RAFTERY,  Grad- 
well  Sears  and  Arthur  W. 
Kelly  are  scheduled  to  leave  for  the 
Coast  Monday  for  a  visit  of  several 
weeks. 

• 

Norman  L.  Rolfe,  manager  of  the 
Webb  Theatre,  Wethersfield,  Conn., 
has  returned  from  vacation. 

• 

Frank  Stephen  of  the  Eastwood 
Theatre,  East  Hartford,  Conn.,  has 
returned  from  a  vacation. 

• 

Jack    Mitchell   of   the  Warner 
Colonial  in  Hartford  is  recuperating 
from  an  illness  at  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
• 

Cecil  Felt,  manager  of  the  Blue- 
bird, Philadelphia,  leaves  for  the 
Army  this  month. 

• 

James  P.  Clark,  head  of  Hi-Way 
Express  Lines,  Philadelphia  film  de- 
livery service,  was  reelected  chair- 
man of  the  Democratic  City  Commit- 
tee in  Philadelphia. 

• 

Sylvester  Grove,  head  of  the  South 
End  Amusement  Co.,  Louisville,  has 
been  elected  president  of  the  Ken- 
tucky Association  of  Elks. 

• 

Carey  Wilson  returned  here  yes- 
terday from  Washington. 


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R.  A.  H.  GIANNINI  is  here 
from  the  Coast. 


Ben  Kalmenson,  now  at  the  War- 
ner studio,  is  expected  to  return  to 
the  home  office  over  the  weekend. 
• 

Monroe  Greenthal  left  for  Wash- 
ington last  night. 

• 

A.  R.  Fenton,  former  operator  of 
the  Palm  Theatre,  Pomeroy,  la.,  is 
doing  war  plant  work. 

• 

Frank  W.  Pepe,  Jr.,  manager  of 
the  Roosevelt  Theatre,  Swoyerville, 
Pa.,  is  now  at  Camp  Bowie,  Texas 
• 

Lt.  John  P.  O'Leary,  son  of  John 
J.  O'Leary,  Comerford  Circuit  gen 
eral  manager,  has  been  promoted  at 
Fort  Bragg,  N.  C. 

• 

Frank  Keating  of  the  Comerford 
Theatre  staff,  and  John  Gill,  assist 
ant  at  the  Strand,  both  in  Wilkes- 
Barre,  Pa.,  are  at  Fort  Eustis,  Va. 
• 

Anne  P.  Walsh,  cashier  at  the 
Comerford  Theatre,  Scranton,  will  be 
married  Saturday  to  Harry  G.  Casey. 
• 

Milton  Miller  of  the  Wilkes- 
Barre  Record  is  in  Denver. 


Umpi  Tax  Committee 
Appointed  for  R.  /. 

The  Umpi  tax  committee  for  Rhode 
Island  has  been  completed,  Leon  J. 
Bamberger,  executive  secretary  of 
Umpi,  announced  yesterday.  It  is  the 
51st  to  be  named,  with  four  to  be  set 
in  New  England,  completing  the  roster 
throughout  the  country.  Spyros 
Skouras  is  chairman  of  the  national 
Umpi  tax  committee. 

The  Rhode  Island  committee  in- 
cludes:  Albert  J.  .Clark,  John  B. 
Findley,  Phillip  H.  Lavine  and  John 
Gubbins.  Bamberger  also  announced 
that  George  N.  Hunt,  Jr.,  has  been 
named  to  the  Kentucky  committee  to 
replace  Sam  J.  Switow,  chairman, 
called  to  the  Army.  A  new  chairman 
will  be  elected.  N.  Dow  Thompson 
has  succeeded  William  G.  Cooke  as 
chairman  in  Nevada.  Sam  Gorelick 
has  been  elected  chairman  in  Illinois, 
and  A.  J.  DeFiore  has  been  named 
chairman  of  the  Delaware  committee. 


Summer  Legitimate 
Opening  in  Phila, 

Philadelphia,  June  24. — Summer 
legitimate  shows  will  make  their 
bow  here  for  the  first  time  when  the 
Bucks  County  Playhouse,  formerly  at 
New  Hope,  Pa.,  opens  a  10-week 
season  on  Friday  in  the  ballroom  of 
the  Bellevue-Stratford  Hotel.  The 
ballroom,  which  has  a  regular  stage, 
has  been  air-conditioned  and  a  ticket 
booth  is  being  set  up  in  the  hotel 
lobby. 

Ruth  Chatterton  heads  the  opening 
attraction,  "Private  Lives."  Weekly 
changes  will  be  in  effect  with  out- 
standing names  heading  the  Summer 
stock  company.  Jane  Cowl  opens  the 
following  Friday  in  "The  Moon  Is 
Down."  Also  making  for  a  competi- 
tive factor  for  local  film  houses  is 
the  outdoor  symphonic  series  at  Robin 
Hood  Dell,  which  got  under  way  this 
week  for  the  seven-week  season. 


Mississippi  Houses 
To  Open  on  Sundays 

Natchez,  Miss.,  June  24. — The 
Grand  and  Ritz  Theatres  here  plan 
to  present  Sunday  shows  hereafter. 
The  Star  Theatre,  independently 
owned  by  Charles  Morel,  started 
Sunday  shows  a  month  ago  in  re- 
sponse to  requests  of  civic  organiza- 
tions and  no  effort  has  been  made  to 
invoke  Mississippi  blue  laws  to  stop 
operations. 

In  announcing  the  Grand  and  Ritz 
would  present  Sunday  shows  in  addi- 
tion to  the  Star,  James  Patterson, 
president  of  the  Kiwanis  Club,  said 
"our  civic  organization  has  been  con- 
sidering this  matter  as  a  civic  neces- 
sity and  the  willingness  of  the  the- 
atre owners  to  offer  us  films  on  Sun- 
day should  be  accepted  by  the  public 
with  appreciation." 


Frederic  Vroom  Dead 

Hollywood,  June  24.  —  Frederic 
William  Vroom,  84,  veteran  stage 
actor  who  has  been  in  pictures  since 
working  with  D.  W.  Griffith,  and 
whose  last  important  role  was  in 
"Mr.  Smith  Goes  to  Washington," 
died  today  of  a  heart  attack. 


Honor  War  Heroes 

Hollywood,  June  24.— An  industry- 
wide banquet  will  be  given  for  16  war 
heroes  at  the  Ambassador  Hotel 
Sunday  night.  Charles  P.  Skouras 
will  be  host  and  Mrs.  Louis  B. 
Mayer,  hostess.  Eddie  Cantor  will  be 
master  of  ceremonies  for  an  elaborate 
entertainment. 


Lederman  Jap  Prisoner 

D.  B.  Lederman,  Philippine  mana- 
ger for  20th  Century-Fox,  is  being 
held  prisoner  by  the  Japanese,  as  well 
as  Arthur  Doyle,  Far  Eastern  rep- 
resentative, according  to  word  reach- 
ing the  company  through  the  Red 
Cross. 


Woolf  Reelected  by 
British  Producers 

London,  June  24.  —  C.  M. 
Woolf,  managing  director  of 
General  Film  Distributors, 
has  been  reelected  president 
of  the  British  Film  Producers 
Association.  He  is  also  man- 
aging director  of  British  Do- 
minion Film  Corp.,  Ltd. 


Trade  Press  Grou6" 
Plans  Army  Lounge 

The  Motion  Picture  Trade  Press 
Publishers'  Committee,  with  the  co- 
operation of  film  companies  and 
others,  has  begun  the  extensive  furn- 
ishing of  the  roof-top  sundeck  at  the 
former  Paramount  Studio  at  Astoria, 
L.  I.,  which  is  designed  to  be  a  lounge 
for  the  approximately  400  service 
men  now  serving  in  the  U.  S.  Signal 
Corps'  Photographic  Center  there. 
Many  of  the  service  men  stationed 
there  were  formerly  technicians  in 
the  industry. 

The  sundeck  is  the  first  of  three 
recreational  projects  which  the  com- 
mittee plans  for  the  service  men.  A 
recreation  room,  to  be  decorated  and 
furnished  under  the  supervision  of 
John  Eberson,  theatre  architect,  and 
Harold  Rodner  of  Warners,  and  a 
library  to  which  2,500  volumes  will  be 
contributed  by  the  local  industry,  arc- 
to  follow. 

Members  of  the  committee  are : 
Martin  Quigley,  Abel  Green,  Maurice 
Kann,  Jay  Emanuel,  Charles  Lewis 
and  Jack  Alicoate. 


New  Jersey  Allied 
Names  Committee 

Harry  H.  Lowenstein,  president  of 
New  Jersey  Allied,  has  appointed 
standing  committees  of  the  unit,  in- 
cluding the  following :  executive  com- 
mittee, Lowenstein,  chairman ;  Maury 
Miller,  Ralph  Wilkins,  David  Snaper 
and  Morris  Spewack ;  finance  com- 
mittee, Helen  Hildinger  and  Sam 
Seligman,  with  Snaper  as  chairman. 

Chairman  of  other  committees  in- 
clude :  membership  for  South  Jersey, 
Sam  Frank ;  membership  for  North 
Jersey,  Maury  Miller ;  entertainment, 
Irving  Dollinger;  public  relations, 
Lee  Newbury ;  business  relations, 
Jacob  Unger. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

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Published  daily  except  Saturday,  Sunday  and 
holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
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Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York,"  Mar- 
tin Quigley,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher; 
Colvin  Brown,  Vice-President  and  General 
Manager;  Sam  Shain,  Editor;  Alfred  L. 
Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
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"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
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national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
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OBIHIS  MORGAN 


JACK  CARSON  •  GEORGE  TOBIAS 

Directed  by  LLOYD  BACON 

Original  Screen  Play  by  Byron  Morgan  and  B.  H.  Orkow 
Additional  Dialogue  by  Richard  Macaulay 


Doesn't  Annie  make  anything 
but  hits? 

She  can't -she  works 

* ~'"RS! 


4 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Thursday,  June  25,  1942 


No  New  Ticket 
Tax  in  Canada 
War  Budget 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

new  budget  brings  taxation  on 
the  night  clubs  and  similar 
places  into  parity  with  theatres 
and  sports. 

A  compulsory  saving  feature, 
coupled  with  new  and  increased  taxes 
on  incomes  and  commodities,  is  ex- 
pected to  hit  persons  on  all  income 
levels.  The  new  levies  are  expected 
to  yield  $377,850,000  toward  the  $3,- 
900,000,000  expenditures  in  the  fiscal 
year  and  a  deficit  of  $1,850,000,000  is 
expected. 

Excess  profits  taxes  were  increased 
from  75  per  cent  to  100  per  cent  but 
20  per  cent  will  be  returnable  after 
the  war.  Income  taxes  will  be  col- 
lected at  the  source  or  in  compulsory 
installments.  Highlights  in  the  new 
budget  include  an  increase  from  $7 
to  $9  per  gallon  on  spirits ;  customs 
tariffs  on  imported  liquor  are  in- 
creased to  correspond  with  the  new 
excise  taxes ;  cigarette  tax  increased 
from  $6  to  $8  per  1,000;  a  graduated 
cigar  tax  is  increased  by  25  per  cent ; 
the  tax  on  long  distance  telephone 
calls  is  increased  from  10  to  15  per 
cent,  and  a  new  tax  of  25  cents  per 
month  has  been  placed  on  extension 
telephones' in  homes. 

The  combined  national  defense  and 
personal  income  taxation  is  designed 
to  insure  that  no  person's  income  is 
reduced  lower  than  $660  for  single 
persons  and  $1,200  for  married  per- 
sons and  goes  up  through  the  brackets. 
A  person  with  a  $500,000  income  will 
be  permitted  to  retain  $37,000. 

Film  trade  officials  were  reluctant 
to  comment  on  the  tax  provisions.  It 
was  evident,  however,  that  they  were 
pleased  with  the  fact  that  no  increased 
taxation  on  grosses  was  proposed 
while  the  tax  was  widened  to  in- 
clude competing  businesses  and  luxury 
items. 

The  compulsory  saving  feature  in 
the  budget  is  expected  to  effect  the 
box-office  most  directly.  Increased 
excess  profits  taxes  were  not  unex- 
pected although  provision  for  the  re- 
turn of  part  of  the  tax  after  the  war, 
as  well  as  the  return  of  compulsory 
savings,  came  as  a  surprise. 


Seattle  Industry 

Honors  Minister 

Seattle,  June  24. — A  testimonial 
luncheon  in  honor  of  Rev.  J.  Warren 
Hastings  will  be  given  by  the  mo- 
tion picture  industry  of  this  city  on 
Friday  at  the  New  Washington  Ho- 
tel. Rev.  Hastings,  long  an  active 
associate  of  the  film  and  theatre  men 
of  this  state,  leaves  next  month  for 
a  new  pulpit  in  the  East. 

Sharing  honors  with  Rev.  Hastings 
at  the  luncheon  will  be  Francis  Har- 
mon, executive  of  the  War  Activities 
Committee  from  New  York.  James 
M.  Hone,  executive  secretary  of  the 
ITO  of  Washington,  heads  the  com- 
mittee of  distributors  and  exhibitors 
planning  the  event. 


Feature  for  Quiz  Kids 

The  Quiz  Kids,  radio  quiz  program 
participants,  will  be  featured  in  a 
feature  film  by  Paramount. 


^75  SERVICE 


Motion  Picture  Daily  publishes  today  another  listing  of  names 
of  men  and  women  of  the  motion  picture  industry  and  radio 
who  are  now  serving  with  the  forces  of  the  United  States  and 
others  of  the  United  Nations.  Publication  of  names  will  be  con- 
tinued from  time  to  time.  Readers  are  asked  to  provide  additional 
names.  The  listing  is  divided  by  company,  with  the  designation  of 
the  branch  of  the  service  for  each  individual  where  available. 

Columbia  Broadcasting  System 


Edward  J.  Adamson,  Fort  Jay,  New 
York;  John  G.  Anderson,  Army;  John  P. 
Aylward;  Walter  S.  Bailey,  Army  Air 
Corps,  Keesler  Field,  Miss. ;  George  P. 
Bartholomew,  Navy,  Notre  Dame,  Ind. ; 
James  C.  Beach,  Infantry,  Fort  Jackson, 
S.  C.;  Carl  A.  Beier,  Jr.;  William  Blox- 
heim;  William  Bode,  Army,  Fort  Benning, 
Ga.;  Philip  Booth, 
Western  Air  Com- 
mand, RCAF,  Vic- 
toria, B.  C. ;  Ber- 
nard A.  Brink,  Jr., 
Grove  City  Naval 
College,  Grove  City, 
Pa.;  Joseph  fi. 
Burgess,  Army  Air 
Force,  Boston ; 
Thomas     H.  Cal- 


houn, Jr. 
C  a  1 1  a  n, 
Alexander 
e  n  d  e  r, 


Bernard 
Army ; 
F.  Cal- 
A  r  m  y, 


Camp1  Lee,  Va. ;  M. 
M.    Campbell,  Pine 


Camp, 
drew 
Army 
fee, 

Carey ; 


N.  Y.;  An- 
F.  Cannon, 
Camp  Chaf- 
Ark. ;  Lee 
John  F. 


C  a  s  s  i  d  y  ;  A.  B 
Chamberlain,  Wash  - 

ington,  D.  C. ;  Julian  F.  Gold 
Waldo  Chapin,  Sig-  Lieut.,  Marines 
nal     Regiment,        Formerly  CBS 

Drewfield,  Tampa., 
Fla.;  Paul  G.  Chieff. 

William  J.  Close;  Edwin  V.  Cousy,  Sig- 
nal Corps,  London,  England;  William 
Dafne;  Mortimer  S.  Dank;  Frank  K.  Dan- 
zig; Ralph  G.  Denu,  Naval  Supply  Depot, 
Bayonne,  N.  J.;  Ellis  L.  Derry,  Medical 
Battalion,  Fort  Lewis,  Wash.;  Marshall 
Diskin,  Signal  Corps,  Astoria,  L.  I. ;  Frank 
W.  Dodge;  Clayton  H.  Dow,  Field  Artil- 
lery School,  Fort  Sill,  Okla. ;  George  F. 
Drew;  Thomas  Dunne,  Army;  Robert  R. 
Edge,  Coast  Guard;  David  Enton,  Fort 
Monmouth,  N.  J.;  Richard  Erstein,  Navy; 
Richard  Hall  Fay;  Richard  Field,  Army, 
Fort  Totten,  L.  I.;  Roland  J.  Fitzgerald, 
Arlington,  Va. ;  Stanley  Frankel,  San 
Francisco;  David  H.  Gaines;  Robert  S. 
Gerdy,  Replacement  Training  Center,  Mi- 
ami Beach;  Robert  Gibson,  Station  Hos- 
pital, Fort  Monroe,  Va. ;  Edward  D. 
Gierasch;  Harry  F.  Glaeser,  Washington, 
D.   C;   J.   F.   Gold,  New   River,   N.  C; 

Signal  Corps,  Fort  Mon- 
Gilson  Gray;  W.  Stuart 
T.    Griffiths;    Richard  F. 


Gratz, 
N.  J.; 
James 


Toseph 
mouth. 

Green ; 

Haglund;  Harry  Hamilton,  Navy,  Chicago, 
11. ;  Robert  L.  Harnick. 

Joseph  E.  Harrington;  Eldon  Hazard, 
Officer's  Training  School,  Fort  Benning. 
Ga. ;  Walter  Hearon ;  Charles  Hertle, 
Army;  George  Higgins;  John  F.  Hoar, 
Army;  Bernard  M.  Hollander,  Navy;  Jo- 
seph Holmes;  Lawrence  Holmes,  Marines, 
Arkansas  City,  Kan.;  George  F.  Huether, 
Signal  Corps,  New  York  City;  William 
Hylan;  Donald  F.  Ickes,  Special  Service 
Detachment,  Camp  Upton,  L.  I. ;  Herbert 
T.  James,  Fort  Eustis,  Va. ;  Robert  E. 
Kalaidjian,  Navy,  Washington,  D'.  C. ; 
William  J.  Kaufman,  Camp  Croft,  S.  C. ; 
Harold  P.  Kent;  Jacob  H.  Kettler.  Brook- 
lyn Naval  Hospital,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Wil- 
liam M.  King,  Army.  Camp  Claborne, 
La.;  John  Koopman;  Charles  W.  Korbett, 
Army,  Morrison  Field,  West  Palm  Beach, 
Fla. ;  Perry  Lafferty.  Army,  Replacement 
Training  Center,  Miami  Beach,  Fla. ; 
Lawrence  Lefebvre;  George  D.  Lewis, 
Army,  Replacement  Training  Center,  Mi- 
ami Beach,  Fla. ;  Theodore  Liguori,  Army, 
Replacement  Training  Center,  Miami 
Beach,  Fla.;  Charles  F.  Limberg,  Green- 
ville, Miss. ;  James  H.  Lynch,  Aviation 
Cadet,  Georgia  Air  Services,  Bennettsville, 
S.  C. ;  John  McCabe,  Army,  Camp  Lee, 
Va. 

John  F.  McCarthy;  Charles  S.  McCarty; 
Phillip  L.  McHugh."  Navy  Public  Rela- 
tions Office.  New  York  City;  Frank  J. 
McGowan,  Fort  Eustis,  Va. ;  John  Mc- 
Mullan;  Anthony  Maggiore,  Navy,  New 
York  City;  Benedict  Mannasseri,  Army, 
Brooklev  Field,  Ala. ;  Donald  Mason, 
Naval  Reserve  Aviation  Base,  Floyd  Ben- 
nett Field,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. ;  Lt.  Middle- 
brooks,  Washington.  D.  C. ;  John  Minkowski. 
Camp  Upton,  New  York;  Walter  Moffet, 
Navy;  John  Montmeat,  Turner  Field,  Al- 


bany, Georgia;  William  J.  Murphy,  Navy, 
New  York  City;  Arthur  J.  Murtha,  In- 
fantry School  Service  Command,  Fort  Ben- 
ning, Ga, ;  Edward  Niesh,  Infantry,  Fort 
Sam  Houston,  Texas;  John  E.  Norton; 
MacDonald  Nyhen,  Signal  Corps,  Fort 
Monmouth,  N.  J.;  E.  B.  O'Connell,  Army, 
Fort  Monmouth,  N.  J.;  Clement  O'Hare, 
Ordnance  Training  Center,  Aberdeen  Prov- 
ing Grounds,  Aberdeen,  Md. 

Edward  T.  O'Mara,  3rd  Cavalry  Brigade, 
Phoenix,  Ariz. ;  Francis  J.  O'Rourke,  Army 
Air  Corps,  Boston,  Mass.;  Edward  C. 
Page,  Camp  Stewart,  Ga. ;  James  D. 
Parker;  Alan  Parr,  Army;  Joseph  M. 
Pernice,  Camp  Redmon,  Homestead,  Fla.; 
L.  Alva  Pierce,  Jr.;  John  Pulver.  Army, 
Fort  Jackson,  S.  C;  Edward  C.  K.  Read; 
John  P.  Reilly,  Pine  Camp,  N.  Y.;  John 
Rushworth;  Grover  Sales,  Jr.,  Signal 
Corps,  New  York  City;  Arthur  Schoenfuss; 
Edward  E.  Scovill, 
Field  Artillery, 
Camp  Stewart,  Ga.; 
James  C.  Shattuck, 
Navy  Public  Rela- 
tions Office;  Alvin 
S  i  e  g  1  e  r,  Navy, 
Washington,  D.  C. ; 
Charles  Smith, 
Camp  Claiborne, 
La. ;  John  Smith, 
Navy,  New  York 
City ;  Frank  W. 
Somes,  S.  S.  Spi- 
vack,  Camp  Crow- 
der,    Mo. ;  Richard 

A.  Stanley,  Army, 
Fort  George, 
Meade,  Md. ;  John 
Stevens;  Herbert 

B.  Swope,  Jr.; 
Charles  Tyson, 
Army,  Camp  Croft, 
S.  C. ;  Henry  Un- 
termeyer,  Gover- 
nor's Island,  N.  Y. ; 
Vincent  Walsh; 
Thomas  T.  Wea- 
therly ;  Robert  E. 
Pre-Flite  School, 


A.  B.  Chamberlain 
Lieut.  Com.,  Navy, 
Formerly  CBS 


Weir,  Naval  Aviation 
Iowa  City,  Iowa; 
Charles  F.  Whiting,  Jr.,  Army  Air  Corps, 
Officer's  Candidate  School,  Boston,  Mass.; 
Walter  Young. 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Studio 


Madison  P.  Tillman,  Marines,  Camp  El- 
liott, Cal. ;  William  E.  Moats,  Naval  Air 
Force,  Kodiak,  Alaska;  Kenneth  F. 
Brooks,  Army,  San  Bernardino;  Jack  F. 
Keogh,  Army,  Fort  MacArthur,  Cal.; 
Robert  Gill,  Army,  Camp  Crowder,  Mo.; 
Ralph  D.  Hart,  Navy,  San  Diego:  James 
J.  Lagano,  Army,  March  Field.  Cal.;  Jack 
E.  Morrow,  Mather  Field,  Sacramento; 
Gailen  W.  Evans,  Army;  C.  O'Connor; 
Harry  E.  O'Connor,  Army;  James  Stew- 
art, Army  Air  Force,  Mather  Field,  Cali- 
fornia; Robert  Montgomery,  Naval  At- 
tache, U.  S.  Embassy,  London;  Tony 
Martin,  Navy,  San  Francisco;  Jerry  Schu- 
macher, Army;  Granville  Scofield,  Army, 
Fort  MacArthur,  Cal.;  Dan  Dailey,  Jr.; 
Harry  W.  Burdett,  Q.M.C.,  Army,  Fort 
Francis  War  ren,  Wyoming ;  William  E 
Orr,  Navy,  Washington,  D.  C;  William 
E.  Scott,  Army,  Arlington,  Va. ;  Marvin 
Summerfield,  Army,  Fort  Monmouth; 
Oliver  G.  Little.  Air  Corps.  Selma,  Ala- 
bama; Tony  P.  Villone,  Army,  Camp  Wal- 
lace, Texas. 

Belford  Haworth,  Army,  Fort  Mon- 
mouth; Ray  Ramsey,  Fort  Monmouth; 
William  Cooper  Smith,  Fort  Monmouth; 
Robert  M.  Gentle,  Army,  Camp  Clay- 
ton, Ford  Ord,  California;  Thomas  A. 
Ray,  Air  Corps,  Jackson,  Mississippi; 
Paul  Fanning,  Army,  Fort  Monmouth; 
Robert  K.  Daniel,  Navy,  San  Diego;  Ed- 
ward H.  Solomon,  Army,  Camp  Crowder, 
Missouri;   Karl   G.   Kahmann,   Jr.;  James 

D.  Broderick,  Fort  Monmouth;  Victor  L. 
Durante,  Army  Air  Corps,  Scott  Field, 
Illinois;  Ollie  T.  Poe,  Naval  Station,  Ha- 
waii; Dana  Elston;  Kenneth  K.  King; 
Gerald  T.  Kiner,  Army.  Wichita  Falls, 
Texas;  Keith  Anderson,  Navy;  San  Diego; 
William  G.  Krueger,  Navy,  Chicago;  Lloyd 

E.  Taylor,  Army,  Camp  Polk,  Louisiana; 
Ollie  D.  Forester,  Army,  Vancouver, 
Washington;  Harold  R.  Gardner.  Army, 
Ford  Leonard,  Missouri;  Arthur  R.  Greer, 
Navy,  Great  Lakes.  Illinois;  Herbert  M. 
Smith,  Army  Air  Corps,  Las  Vegas,  Ne- 
vada. 


Phila.  Legitimate 
Season  Grosses 
Record  $1,318,400 


Philadelphia,  June  24.— The 
1941-'42  legitimate  theatre  season  re- 
cently closed  proved  one  of  the  best 
in  more  than  a  decade  with  a  total 
gross  of  $1,318,400.  The  1940-'41 
reason,  then  considered  the  best  sgi-~~-~ 
son,  fell  short  of  the  million  d^C*. 
mark  with  a  total  of  $994,500.  A*.ir 
the  previous  season,  three  houses  were 
in  operation  —  the  Forrest,  Walnut 
St.  and  Locust  St.,  and  for  the  first 
time,  all  three  were  operated  by  ' the 
Shubert  interests.  The  season  just 
closed  had  80y2  weeks  compared  with 
70  the  previous  year,  but  the  number 
of  attractions  was  about  the  same. 
The  1941-'42  season  brought  13  mu- 
sical shows  and  20  dramatic  attrac- 
tions, including  a  single  week  at  Wil- 
liam Goldman's  Erlanger  for  the 
Mask  and  Wig  college  show  that 
added  $33,000  to  the  season's  total. 

Outstanding  run  was  "Hellzapop- 
pin'  "  (Jay  C.  Flippen-Happy  Fel- 
ton  unit),  grossing  a  record  $316,900 
for  10^  weeks  at  the  Forrest.  Other 
good  runs  were  made  by  "My  Sister 
Eileen,"  staying  six  weeks  at  the  Lo- 
cust St.  and  grossing  $57,000;  Eddie 
Cantor's  "Banjo  Eyes,"  bringing  $78,- 
800  to  the  Forrest  in  three  weeks ; 
and  "Arsenic  and  Old  Lace"  reporting 
$68,500  in  six  weeks  at  the  Walnut 
St. 

The  biggest  grosser  was  again  the 
1,800-seat  Forrest,  accounting  for 
more  than  half  of  the  season's  total 
in  taking  in  $766,400  for  33^  weeks 
with  13  attractions.  Locust  St.,  seat- 
ing 1,500,  followed  with  $287,200  in 
25  playing  weeks  with  11  attractions; 
and  the  1,700-seat  Walnut  St.,  lit  for 
25  weeks  with  10  shows,  ended  the  sea- 
son with  $231,800. 


Legion  Approves 
13  of  17  New  Films 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency  for 
the  current  week  has  approved  13  of 
17  films  reviewed,  five  for  general 
patronage  and  eight  for  adults,  while 
four  were  classed  as  objectionable  in 
part.  The  new  films  and  their  classi- 
fication follow : 

Class  A-l,  Unobjectionable  for 
General  Patronage — "Down  Texas 
Way,"  "Jackass  Mail,"  "Let's  Get 
Tough,"  "The  Postman  Didn't  Ring," 
"Tumbleweed  Trail."  Class  A-2, 
Unobjectionable  for  Adults — "Big 
Shot,"  "Eagle  Squadron,"  "The  Great 
Impersonation,"  "Isle  of  Forgotten 
Sins,"  "Native  Land,"  "Thru  Differ- 
ent Eyes,"  "Tower  of  Terror," 
"You're  Telling  Me."  Class  B,  Un- 
objectionable in  Part — "Flying  with 
Music,"  "Her  Cardboard  Lover," 
"Lady  Gangster,"  "Thev  All  Kissed 
the  Bride." 


Lloyd  Leaves  RKO 

Hollywood,  June  24. — Harold 
Lloyd,  who  produced  two  pictures  for 
RKO  as  head  of  his  own  unit,  has 
severed  his  connection  with  the  com- 
pany. 


Metro  Buys  'Cabin* 

Hollywood,  June  24. — "Cabin  in 
the  Sky,"  Broadway  play,  has  been 
acquired  by  M-G-M.  Arthur  Freed 
will  produce  the  film  version. 


Thursday,  June  25,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


5 


Dorsey  and 
'Ghosts'  Hit  in 
Philadelphia 


Philadelphia,  June  24.  —  With 
gasoline  becoming  increasingly  scarce, 
f1  ^tre  business  continued  to  boom,  in 
2*  of  the  heat.  A  new  house  record 
—  — iet  at  the  Earle  with  Jimmy  Dor- 
sey's  orchestra  and  "Whispering 
Ghosts"  hitting  a  new  high,  $37,500 
for  six  days.  The  Fox  reported  $21,- 
000  for  "Juke  Girl." 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  16-19 : 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.)  . 

ALDINE— (1,400)  (46c-57c-75c)  5  days,  7th 
week.  Gross:  $6,000.  (Average,  $9,000) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

ARCADIA — (600)     (35c-46c-57c)     7  days, 
2nd  run.  Gross:  $3,600.  (Average,  $2,600) 
"The  Great  Man's  Lady"  (Para.) 

BOYD— (2,400)       (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $11,000.   (Average,  $13,000) 
"Whispering  Ghosts"   (ZOth-Fox)   (6  days) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.)  (1  day) 

EARLE — (3,000)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  6 
days  of  vaudeville  including  Jimmy  Dor- 
sey's  orchestra,  Helen  O'Connell,  Gob 
Eberly,  Condos  Brothers.  Gross:  $40,500. 
(Average,  $14,000) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.) 

FOX— (3,000)   (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $21,000.  (Average,  $13,000) 
"Gone  With  the  Wind"  (M-G-M) 

KARLTON— (1,000)    (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,    return    engagement.    Gross:  $7,000. 
(Average,  $3,000) 
"In,  This,  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 

KEITH'S—  (2,200)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  run.  Gross:  $6,500.  (Average, 
$4,500) 

"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

STANLEY— (2,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $9,000.  (Average, 
$14,000) 

"The  Spoilers"  (Univ.) 

STANTON— (1,700)  (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $10,000.  (Average,  $4,500) 


Review 


'Rock  River  Renegades" 


(Monogram) 

'  I  '  HE  usual  situations  are  repeated  here  as  the  "Range  Busters"  settle 
the  score  with  certain  unlawful  gentry.    Generally  good  staging  and 
playing  help  to  cover  some  flaws  in  the  writing  and  in  consequence  a 
western  substantial  enough  for  most  fans  is  the  net  result. 

The  "Range  Busters"  are  Ray  Corrigan,  John  King  and  Max  Ter- 
hune,  the  last  named  being  the  comedian  of  the  series.  They  are  sum- 
moned to  help  their  old  pal,  the  territorial  marshal  in  Wyoming.  With 
that  they  plunge  into  trouble  and  after  a  number  of  scrapes  capture  the 
outlaws  and  bring  it  to  a  happy  ending.  Christine  Mclntyre  is  the  young 
lady  in  the  case,  Kermit  Maynard  is  the  marshal  and  Weldon  Heyburn, 
Frank  Ellis  and  Carl  Mathews  are  among  the  others  involved.  S.  Roy 
Luby  directed. 

Running  time,  56  minutes.  "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


'Above  All'  Is 
Seattle  Best 
With  $7,800 


¥"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


'Tortilla  Flat'  Does 
$18,700,  Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh,  June  24.  —  "Tortilla 
Flat"  at  Loew's  Penn  drew  a  gross  of 
$18,700,  best  in  a  week  of  only  fair 
grosses.  "Broadway"  took  $8,700  at 
the  Fulton. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  18: 

"Broadway"  (Univ.) 

FULTON— (1,750)    (30c-40c-55c)    7  clays. 
Gross:  $8,700.  (Average,  $5,400) 
"Fantasia"   (RKO)  3  days. 
"They  All  Kissed  the  Bride"  (Col.)  (4  days) 

HARRIS— (2,250)     (30c-40c-55c)     7  days 
Gross:  $6,500.  (Average,  $7,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S      PENN— (3,450)  (30c-40c-55c) 
Gross:  $18,700.  (Average,  $13,500) 
"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

RITZ— (800)    (30c-40c-55c)    7    days,  3rd 
week.  Gross:  $1,900.   (Average,  $2,600) 
"It  Happened  in  Flatbush"  (Para.) 
"Tough  As  They  Come"  (Univ.) 

SENATOR— (1,750)    (30c-40c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $2,600.  (Average,  $2,700) 
"I  Married  An  Angel"  (M-G-M) 

STANLEY — (3,752)  (30c -40c -55c -60c).  On 
stage:  Jane  Withers.  Gross:  $17,800.  (Aver- 
age, $17,500) 

"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 

WARNERS — (2,200)  (30c-40c-55c)  7  days. 
2nd  week.  Gross:  $5,200.   (Average,  $5,600) 


Minneapolis  Gives 
'Darling'  $12,000 

Minneapolis,  June  24. — "Take  a 
Letter,  Darling,"  reopening  the  State 
Theatre  after  remodeling,  did  a 
healthy  $12,000,  while  other  situations 
did  well. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  20 : 

"Jungle  Book"  (U.A.) 

ORPHEUM— (2.800)   (30c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $8,000.    (Average,  $5,500) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 

GOPHER— (998)    (30c)    7    days.  Gross: 
$3,300.    (Average,  $2,500) 
"Take  a  Letter.  Darling"  (Para.) 

STATE— (2,300)     (30c-40c-50c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $12,000.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Mister  V"  (U.A.) 

WORLD— (350)  (30c-40c-50c-60c)  6  days. 
5th  week.  Gross:  $1,500.  (Average,  $1,600) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

CENTURY— (1,600)    (30c-40c-50c)   7  days, 
2nd  week.    Gross:  $4,000.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"I  Was  Framed"  (W.B.)  5  days 
"This  Time  For  Keeps"  (M-G-M)  5  days 
"Cadet  Girl"  (Zflth-Fox)  2  days 
"Adventures  of  Martin  Eden"  (Col.)  2  days 

ASTER — (900)  (20c-30c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$2,100.    (Average,  $1,800) 


Plan  Newsreel  House 

Cincinnati,  June  24. — Telenews 
Theatres  will  take  over  the  1,200-seat 
Strand,  downtown  subsequent  run,  and 
open  it  as  a  newsreel  theatre  under 
the  name  of  Telenews-Strand,  the 
middle  of  July,  according  to  Sylvan 
Goldfinger,  general  manager.  This 
will  be  the  first  newsreel  theatre  in 
this  area.  Noah  Schecter,  local  press 
representative,  will  have  charge  of 
the  house. 


265  Exhibitors  at 
Minneapolis  Forum 

Minneapolis,  June  24. — Approxi- 
mately 265  exhibitors  from  Minnesota, 
North  and  South  Dakota  and  North- 
ern Wisconsin  attended  the  M-G-M 
Exhibitors'  Forum  at  the  Nicollet 
Hotel  here  today,  the  largest  attend- 
ance at  any  of  the  forums  held 
throughout  the  country  thus  far. 

John  J.  Friedl,  head  of  Minnesota 
Amusement  Co.,  called  in  60  of  the 
circuit's  managers  from  the  field  to 
attend  the  forum,  and  lauded  its  pur- 
poses. It  was  suggested  at  the  session 
that  members  of  service  men's  families 
be  enlisted  to  offer  their  services  at 
theatres  to  aid  in  the  sale  of  war 
bonds  and  stamps,  a  suggestion  which 
may  be  offered  formally  to  the  indus- 
try as  a  nationwide  procedure. 

H.  M.  Richey  of  M-G-M  announced 
that  the  Show  Builder  unit  here  will 
be  assigned  to  this  territory  for  an 
indefinite  period  in  order  to  cover 
even  the  smallest  theatre  situations. 


'United'  Showing  Set 

An  invitation  showing  of  "United 
We  Stand,"  compilation  of  newsreel 
material  produced  by  Edmund  Reek 
of  Movietone  News  for  20th  Century- 
Fox  release,  will  be  held  today 
at  the  Carlton  Hotel,  Washington, 
for  the  press,  foreign  diplomats  and 
Washington  officials. 


'Reap'  with  $11,000 
Leads  in  Toronto 

Toronto,  June  24. — "Reap  the  Wild 
Wind"  in  the  second  week  at  Shea's 
grossed  $11,000,  while  at  the  Imperial, 
"Moontide"  on  a  dual  grossed  $9,500. 

Estimated  receipts  tor  the  week 
ending  June  22 : 

"My   Wife's  Family"  (Br.) 
"All  Through  the  Night"  (W.  B.) 

EGLING  TON — (1,0*6)  (18c-30c-48c-60c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $3,000.  (Average. 
$4,500) 

•'Moontide"  (20th-Fox) 
"Rings  on  Her  Fingers"  (2(jth-Fox) 

IMPERIAL— (3,373)    (18c -30c -42c -60c -90c)  6 
days.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Average,  $9,000) 
"Snip  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 
"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S— (2,074)     (18c-30c-42c-60c-78c)  6 
days.  Gross:  $9,500.   (Average,  $9,000) 
"Reap  the  Wiid  Wind"  (Para.) 

SHEA'S— (2,480)  (18c -30c -42c -60c -90c)  6 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $11,000.  (Average, 
$9,000) 

"Roxie  Hart"  (20th-Fox) 

"Secret  Agent  of  Japan''  (2Cth-Fox) 

TIVOLI— (1,434)     (18c-30c-48c)     6  days. 
Gross:  $4,000.  (Average,  $3,900) 
"Turned  Out  Nice  Again"  (Br.) 
"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

UPTOWN — (2,761)  (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c)  6 
days.  Gross:  $7,500.  (Average,  $9,000) 


Seattle,  June  24. — "This  Above 
All"  took  a  good  $7,800  at  the  Fifth 
Avenue  at  advanced  prices  in  the  sec- 
ond week.  At  the  Paramount  "Ship 
Ahoy"  drew  $7,000.  The  weather 
was  mild  but  rainy. 

Estimated   receipts    for    the  week 
ending  June  19 : 
'Kit.  Rita"  (M-G-M) 
"Sunday  Punch"  (M-G-M) 

BLUE  MOUSE— (950)   (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days,   5th  week.     Moved  from  Paramount 
Gross:  $3,100.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"This  Above  All"  (20th-Fox) 

FIFTH  AVENUE  —  (2,500)  (40c-50c-65c- 
80c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,800.  (Aver- 
age, $7,0^j) 

"Submarine  Raider"  (Col.) 
"Not  a  Ladies'  Man"  (Col.) 

LIBERTY— (1,800)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,100.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

MUSIC   BOX— (950)    (30c -42c- 58c -70c)  7 
days,  4th  week.    Moved  from  Fifth  Avenue. 
Gross:  $3,500.    (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Magnificent  Dope"  (20th-Fox) 
"The  Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  (2(Hh-Fox) 

MUSIC  HALL— (2,275)  (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $7,200.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Ghost  of  Frankenstein"  (Univ.) 
"The  Mystery  of  Marie  Roget"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM  — ((2,450)    (30c-42c-58c-70c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $6,200.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Let's  Get  Tough"  (Mono.) 
"Mystery  Ship"  (Col.) 

PALOMAR-(1,500)    (20c-30c-42c)   7  days. 
Stage:  Vaudeville  headed  by  Britt  Wood. 
Gross:  $6,600.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 
"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M) 

PARAMOUNT— (3,050)  (30c -42c -58c -70c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,000.  (Average, 
$6,500) 


Plaque  Unveiled  to 
Para.  Service  Men 

A  plaque  listing  the  names  of  51 
former  Paramount  employes  of  the 
home  office  and  metropolitan  area  now 
in  the  service  was  unveiled  by  Aus- 
tin C.  Keough,  in  the  absence  of 
Adolph  Zukor,  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Paramount  Pep  Club  at  the  home  of- 
fice yesterday,  presided  over  by  Ar- 
thur Israel,  Jr.  Speakers  urged  the 
continued  buying  of  War  Bonds  and 
Stamps  and  the  support  of  the  com- 
pany's servicemen's  committee. 

Brief  talks  were  made  by  Barney 
Balaban,  president ;  Mark  Sandrich, 
producer  and  director  ;  Oscar  Morgan, 
vice-president  of  the  club ;  Harold 
Nadel,  speaking  for  the  servicemen's 
committee,  and  Irving  Singer,  organ- 
izer and  chairman  of  the  War  Bond 
committee.  Balaban  presented  a  re- 
production of  a  portrait  of  Gen.  Doug- 
las MacArthur.  Irving  Berlin  also 
made  an  appearance  and  led  the  meet- 
ing in  singing  his  own  "God  Bless 
America."  Last  night  six  servicemen, 
formerly  with  the  company,  were 
given  a  dinner  and  theatre  party  with 
as  many  feminine  employes  whose 
names  were  drawn  by  lot. 


Norwich  Bans  Carnivals 

Harteord,  June  24. — The  city  of  Nor- 
wich, Conn.,  largest  city  in  eastern 
Connecticut,  has  banned  carnivals 
from  the  citv. 


'AngeF  at  $7,300 
Cincinnati's  Best 

Cincinnati,  June  24. — "I  Married 
An  Angel"  took  $7,300  at  the  RKO 
Grand,  and  "The  Big  Shot"  gave 
Keith's  §7,100.  "My  Gal  Sal"  had  a 
good  $4,400  fifth  downtown  week  at 
the  RKO  Lyric.  The  weather  was 
cool. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  17-20 : 

"Syncopation"  (RKO) 

RKO     ALBEE— (3,300)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $10,000.   (Average,  $12,000) 
"Brcadway"  (Univ.) 

RKO    PALACE— (2,700)    (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $8,200.  (Average,  $10,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 

RKO  CAPITOL— (2,000)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  3rd  week.  Gross:  $4,800.  (Average. 
$5  500) 

"I  Married  An.  Angel"  (M-G-M) 

RKO     GRANDM1.500)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $7,300.  (Average,  $5,000) 
"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th-Fox) 

RKO  LYRIC— (1,500)  (28c-33c-42c)  7  days. 
5th  week.  Gross:  $4,400.  (Average,  $4,500) 
"The  Adventures   of  Martin   Eden"  (Col.) 
"Ghcst  Town  Law"   (Mono  ) 

RKO  FAMILY — (1,000)   (15c-28c)  4  days. 
Gross:  $620.     (Average,  $1,200) 
"Desperate  Chance  for  Ellery  Queen"  (Col.) 
"Scattergood  Rides   High"  (RKO) 

RKO  FAMILY—  (1,000)   (15c-28c)  3  days. 
Gross:  $800.  (Average,  $800) 
"The  Big  Shot"  (W.  B.) 

KEITH'S— (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $7,100.  (Average,  $5,000) 


More  Theatre  Parties 

Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  June  24. — The 
trend  to  theatre  parties  is  growing, 
because  of  the  transportation,  gas  ra- 
tioning and  rubber  shortage  problems. 
High  school  and  other  groups 
throughout  the  area  have  been  can- 
celling proms,  outings  and  other  af- 
fairs and  holding  theatre  parties  in- 
stead. 


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Thursday,  June  25,  1942 


Short  Subject 

Reviews 


"Tulips  Shall  Grow" 

(Madcap  Models) 

{Paramount) 

George  Pal  with  skill  and  a  clever 
use  of  symbolism  in  this  puppet  car- 
toon in  Technicolor  has  traced  the 
onslaught  upon  Holland  by  the  Nazis, 
using  a  little  Dutch  boy  and  girl  and 
a  "screwball"  army  of  nut-and-bolt 
robots  and  tanks  as  symbols.  They 
conquer,  but  the  rain  rusts  their  mech- 
anism, and  tulips  bloom  again  in 
Holland.  Running  time,  8  mins.  Re- 
lease, June  26. 


"Parachute  Athletes" 

(Sportlight) 

{Paramount) 

Grantland  Rice  offers  a  foreword 
dedication  to  the  parachute  troops  at 
Fort  Benning,  Ga.,  as  today's  best 
athletes,  and  Ted  Husing,  in  his  nar- 
ration, amplifies  the  excellently-pho- 
tographed subject,  which  details  the 
training  through  which  the  para- 
troops go  in  the  direction  of  becom- 
ing finished  fighters  from  the  skies. 
Running  time,  10  mins.  Release,  June 
19. 


"Unusual  Occupations" 

(Ll-5  of  Series) 

(Paramount) 

The  last  of  the  pony  express  rid- 
ers, an  artist  who  makes  amazingly 
life-like  dolls,  a  real  old-style  show- 
boat, the  carving  of  intricate  models 
from  billiard  balls,  and  the  training 
of  dogs  for  use  with  the  U.  S.  Army 
make  up  the  subject  matter  in  this 
interesting  number  of  an  interesting 
and  entertaining  series.  Running 
time,  11  mins.    Release,  June  26. 


"Keeping  in  Shape" 

(Benchley  Comedies) 

(Paramount) 

The  inimitable  Robert  Benchley  in 
this  number  acts  as  lecturer  and  "vic- 
tim," as  he  outlines  the  necessary 
procedure  in  keeping  physically  fit, 
and  portrays  the  tired  business  man 
trying  to  follow  that  procedure. 
Benchley's  verbal  style  and  amusing- 
antics  are  good  for  laughs,  anytime, 
anywhere.  Running  time,  9  mins. 
Release,  June  12. 


"The  Electric 
Earthquake" 

(Superman  Cartoon) 

(Paramount) 

There  is  a  younger  generation  fol- 
lowing for  Superman  of  the  comic 
strips,  and  it  should  be  entertained 
by  this  latest  of  his  amazing  adven- 
tures on  the  screen.  In  this  instance 
he  saves  Manhattan  Island  from  the 
weird  electric  earthquakes  visited 
upon  it  by  a  scientist  under  the  sea, 
whose  facial  characteristics  make  of 
him  an  American  Indian  bent  on  get- 
ing  back  the  land  out  of  which  his 
forefathers  apparently  were  swindled. 
It's  an  amusing  notion.  Running  time, 
9  mins.    Release,  June  5. 


Complete  Cuban  Film 

Havana,  June  24. — Zenith  Films, 
headed  by  Francisco  Alvarez  Coto, 
has  completed  shooting  on  "Carib- 
bean Phantoms,"  featuring  the  come- 
dy team  of  Garrido  and  Pineron  and 
directed  by  Ernesto  Caparros. 


Off  the  Antenna 

"^"BC  central  division  is  cooperating  with  Northwestern  University  in  con- 
1>I  ducting  an  eight-week  Summer  Radio  Institute  to  train  replacements 
for  radio  personnel  who  have  entered  the  armed  services.  One  hundred 
students  have  enrolled,  about  60  of  them  women. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Lawrence  IV.  Lowmcm,  CBS  vice-president  in  charge 
of  operations,  has  been  commissioned  as  a  major  in  the  Army  and  reported 
for  duty  to  the  Office  of  Strategic  Service  last  Thursday.  .  .  .  Hal  Rorke. 
CBS  assistant  publicity  director,  will  report  for  duty  as  a  captain  in  the 
Army  air  force  July  2.  .  .  Bertha  Brainard,  NBC  manager  in  charge  of  pro- 
gram sales,  has  been  elected  a  member  of  the  industry's  "Twenty  Year  Club." 
.  .  .  Tom  Braden,  former  member  of  the  WOR  publicity  department  who 
resigned  last  Winter  to  join  the  British  Army,  zvill  be  heard  over  Mu'tual 
from  London  Saturday  at  8  P.M.  during  the  "American  Eagle's  Club"  broad- 
cast. .  .  .  Phillips  Carlin,  Blue  vice-president  in  charge  of  programs,  will 
leave  on  vacation  Saturday. 

•  •  • 

WGEO,  the  General  Electric  short  wave  station  in  Schenectady,  has 
started  a  two-hour  program  for  the  American  forces  in  Australia  and 
New  Zealand.  It  will  be  broadcast  here  from  6  to  8  A.M.  and  will  be 
heard  at  8-10  P.M.  Australian  time.  Australian  and  New  Zealand  sol- 
diers stationed  here  will  take  part.  Included  in  the  program  will  be  a 
dramatization  of  a  major  league  game,  a  series  of  salutes  by  cities  to  their 
troops,  "The  Army  Hour"  and  other  important  network  programs.  Aus- 
tralian long  wave  stations  will  re-broadcast  parts  of  the  program. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  "March  of  Time"  will  be  heard  over  52  NBC  stations 
when  it  returns  to  the  air,  Tuesday,  July  9,  10:30-11  P.M.,  sponsored  by 
Time,  Inc.  .  .  .  The  Edna  May  Oliver  show,  Summer  replacement  for  Jack- 
Benny's  program,  will  be  heard  on  81  NBC  stations,  starting  Sunday.  July 
5.  .  .  .  Procter  &  Gamble  will  sponsor  "Pepper  Young's  Family"  Mondays 
through  Fridays  on  24  CBS  stations.  .  .  .  Colgate-Palmolive-Peet  has  renewed 
"Hobby  Lobby"  on  69  CBS  stations  and  will  shift  the  time  July  21  to  Tues- 
days, 8:30-8:55  P.M.  .  .  .  Beginning  July  5,  the  Texaco  "Star  Theatre," 
Summer  replacement  for  Fred  Allen  on  CBS  will  feature  Jane  Froman,  Al 
Goodman's  orchestra  and  Jimmy  Wallington. 


Three  Networks  Will 
Air  Army -Navy  Play 

Three  networks  will  participate  in 
broadcasting  the  first  Army-Navy 
football  game  to  be  commercially 
sponsored  when  it  is  played  in  Phila- 
delphia Nov.  28.  Esso  Marketers, 
which  bought  the  rights  for  $100,000, 
will  use  160  stations,  of  which  61 
are  affiliated  with  Mutual,  51  with 
NBC  and  48  with  CBS. 

Each  network  will  maintain  its  own 
staff  at  the  field  and  separate  play- 
by-play  descriptions  will  be  given. 
Since  Esso  is  sold  only  in  18  States 
from  Maine  to  Louisiana,  arrange- 
ments are  being  completed  for  an- 
other station  lineup  to  bring  the  game 
all  over  the  country.  The  description 
also  will  be  sent  by  short  wave  to 
the  armed  services. 

The  $100,000  paid  for  the  sponsor- 
ship rights  will  be  divided  equally 
between  the  Army  Emergency  Relief 
and  the  Navy  Relief  Society. 


Studios  Study  Use  of 
Gov't  Material  Form 

Hollywood,  June  24. — Studio  pur- 
chasing agents  met  yesterday  to  study 
the  Government  form  TB  25  A,  which 
goes  into  use  in  the  film  and  other  in- 
dustries on  July  1.  The  form  re- 
quires that  the  studios  estimate  their 
requirements  in  materials  for  90  days 
in  advance  and  provide  an  inventory 
of  materials  on  hand. 


Showboat  to  Open 

Cincinnati,  June  24.  —  Bryant's 
Showboat  will  open  July  12  for  a 
Summer  season  of  old-time  melo- 
dramas. The  boat,  which  again  will  be 
anchored  at  a  downtown  wharf  on 
the  Ohio  River,  has  made  annual  trips 
here  for  the  past  10  years,  and  pro- 
vides appreciable  theatre  competition. 


Murray  Defended 
At  Hearing  on  CBC 

Ottawa,  June  24. — Harry  Bald- 
win, chairman  of  the  Canadian  Broad- 
casting Corp.,  in  defending  Gladstone 
Murray,  CBC  general  manager,  today 
before  the  House  of  Commons  radio 
committee,  said  he  had  no  knowledge 
that  Murray's  expense  account  was 
overdrawn.  • 

In  answering  the  question  about 
expense  accounts  which  was  said  to 
be  asked  to  determine  whether  par- 
liamentary returns  could  be  relied 
upon,  Baldwin  stated  that  the  neces- 
sary vouchers  were  always  provided 
by  Murray.  Sometimes  there  was  a 
minor  delay,  Baldwin  said,  but  such 
delays  were  common  and  Murray  was 
the  "least  of  the  offenders,"  Baldwin 
added. 


Silverstein  20th-Fox 
Cuba  Representative 

Maurice  Silverstein,  formerly  man- 
ager in  the  Straits  Settlements  for 
M-G-M  with  headquarters  in  Singa- 
pore, and  in  various  other  posts  in 
a  16-year  association  with  that  com- 
pany, has  been  appointed  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox home  office  representative 
for  Cuba,  Central  America  and  sev- 
eral countries  in  South  America. 
Laudy  Lawrence,  foreign  distribution 
chief  for  20th  Century-Fox,  made  the 
appointment. 


Aids  Rubber  Drive 

Springfield,  Mass.,  June  24. — E. 
M.  Loew's  Court  Square  Theatre  here 
will  put  on  a  special  children's  show 
Saturday  morning  to  further  the  rub- 
ber salvage  drive.  All  children  will  be 
admitted  free  if  they  present  some 
scrap  rubber  at  the  door.  The  rubber 
will  then  be  sold  by  the  theatre  to 
gasoline  station  depots  at  the  estab- 
lished rate  of  a  cent  a  pound. 


War  Bond  Pledge 
Drive  Is  Extended 

The  Greater  New  York  War 
Bond  Pledge  campaign,  which 
was  officially  scheduled  to  end 
yesterday,  has  been  extended 
through  Sunday,  John  T.  Mad- 
den, chairman,  announced. 
The  extension  was  decided 
upon  following  appeals  from 
district  leaders  in  the  five 
boroughs.  The  campaign 
thus  will  run  for  two 
weeks. 


Army  Sets  Up  New 
Hollywood  Bureau 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

pictures  are  included,  those  for  which 
actual  Army  cooperation  is  requested, 
including  such  full  cooperation  on  the 
use  of  troops,  equipment,  airplanes, 
etc. ;  those  which  contemplate  the  use 
of  backgrounds  containing  Army  per- 
sonnel or  material,  and  those  which 
show  actors  as  officers  or  soldiers 
playing  an  important  part  of  the  story. 

Under  the  procedure  set  forth,  a 
studio  contemplating  such  films  will 
notify  Col.  Wright's  office  of  the  title 
and  subject  matter  which  then  will  be 
placed  on  file,  and  other  studios  would 
be  notified  of  the  first  studio's  prior 
rights. 


Academy  Expands 
Army  Service 

Hollywood,  June  24. — The  Re- 
search Council  of  the  Academy  of 
Motion  Picture  Arts  and  Sciences 
has  expanded  its  services  to  the 
armed  forces  to  include  the  training 
of  members  of  the  Army  Signal 
Corps  reserves  in  laboratory  work  and 
still  and  motion  picture  photography. 

The  council  plans  to  continue  the 
six-week  courses  as  long  as  they  are 
necessary.  Instructors  are  leading 
laboratory  and  camera  men,  who  are 
volunteering  their  time.  The  men 
enter  the  regular  Army  after  their 
training;. 


Films  Given  'A' 
Shipping  Rating 

(Continued  from  page  11 

whether  the  "A"  rating  for  all  films 
would  result  in  any  great  difference 
in  their  delivery  to  Latin  America. 
They  pointed  out  that  newsreels  have 
enjoyed  the  "A"  rating  for  some  time 
yet  they  are  frequently  held  up  in 
transit  to  such  an  extent  that  timely 
elements  in  their  contents  are  made 
completely  worthless. 

In  this  connection  it  was  stated, 
however,  that  the  reels  are  largely  de- 
pendent on  plane  transport  for  timely 
delivery  in  Latin  America,  and  while 
the  new  rating  may  not  solve  the  cur- 
rent problem  of  effecting  their  prompt 
delivery,  it  should  assure  a  more  regu- 
lar flow  of  features,  short  subjects 
and  trailers  by  ship  than  heretofore. 


Cincinnati  Opera  Set 

Cincinnati,  June  24.  —  The  21st 
season  of  Summer  opera  at  the  local 
Zoological  Gardens  will  open  a  six- 
week  engagement  June  28.  Three  op- 
eras will  be  presented  weekly.  This 
municipally-sponsored  project  offers 
considerable  theatre  competition  an- 
nually. 


Alert. 


tion 


Picture 
Industry 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 


First  in 


and 

Impartial 


J^u.  51. 


NO.  125 


NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  FRIDAY,  JUNE  26,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


Woolf  Scores 
British  Lack 
Of  Film  Liaison 


Sees  Need  to  Maintain 
Producer  Group 


London,  June  25. — A  lack  of 
liaison  between  the  British  Film 
Producers  Association  and  the 
British  Board  of  Trade  was  cited 
today  as  one  of  the  outstanding  dif- 
ficulties facing  the  association,  by 
C.  M.  Woolf,  just  reelected  presi- 
dent, in  his  address  before  the  an- 
nual meeting  here  today. 

Woolf  warned  of  the  neces- 
sity of  maintaining  an  effective 

(Continued  on  page  3) 


Reels  Get  Priority 
On  Air  Shipments 


Newsreels  have  been  given  a  special 
priority  rating  for  air  shipment  to 
Latin  America,  supplementing  the  re- 
cent action  of  the  Board  of  Eco- 
nomic Warfare  in  granting  "A"  rat- 
ings to  all  standard  and  16  mm.  films 
for  shipboard  space,  home  office  for- 
eign departments  were  advised  yester- 
day. 

The  new  plane  rating  for  the  news- 
reels  is  regarded  by  home  office  of- 
ficials as  the  solution  to  transport  dif- 
ficulties which  have  held  up  reel  de- 
liveries to  Latin  American  destinations 
to  such  a  serious  extent  that  the  value 
of  the  reels  either  was  completely  dis- 
sipated or  substantially  minimized  be- 
cause of  their  essential  timeliness.  The 
new  "A"  rating  for  films  was  not  re- 
garded as  meeting  the  particular  re- 
quirements of  the  newsreels,  since  that 
rating  applies  only  to  ship  transport. 
The  special  rating  for  newsreels  ap- 
plies to  plane  shipments,  it  was  said. 


Zanuck  to  Produce 
Film  on  Signal  Corps 

Col.  Darryl  F.  Zanuck  will  produce 
a  feature  film  in  color  based  on  activi- 
ties of  the  U.  S.  Army  Signal  Corps, 
which  will  be  released  by  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox. 

This  was  disclosed  by  Signal  Corps 
officers  at  Fort  Monmouth,  N.  J., 
during  a  recent  visit  to  the  post  of 
approximately  60  newspaper  men 
from  the  metropolitan  area.  At  the 
same  time,  it  was  announced  by  Brig. 
Gen.  Dawson  Olmsted  that  David 
Sarnoff,  RCA  president,  has  been  ap- 
pointed a  colonel  in  the  Signal  Corps. 


Ascap  Dividend  Is 
Seen  at  $1,100,000 

The  Ascap  board  of  directors 
yesterday  ordered  payment  of 
the  regular  quarterly  dividend 
to  its  membership.  Although 
the  exact  amount  will  not  be 
determined  until  the  books 
are  closed  for  the  month  of 
June,  it  was  stated  that  the 
total  amount  will  be  in  the 
neighborhood  of  $1,050,000  to 
$1,100,000. 


British  Grosses  Up 
25%  Since  the  War, 
Bernstein  Reports 


Theatre  business  in  England  has  in- 
creased almost  25  per  cent  since  the 
outbreak  of  the  war,  Sidney  L.  Bern- 
stein, film  advisor  to  the  British  Min- 
istry of  Information  here  on  a  liaison 
film  mission,  told  an  Ampa  luncheon 
meeting  at  Hotel  Edison  yesterday. 

Explaining  the  reason  for  the  in- 
creased business,  Bernstein  stated 
"the  people  feel  a  greater  need  for 
relaxation"  and  added  that  with  other 
amusements  no  longer  in  operation, 
the  theatre  is  the  only  place  to  find  it. 

In  introducing  the  guest  of  honor, 
George  J.  Schaefer,  chairman  of  the 
War  Activities  Committee,  declared 
that  the  functions  of  the  various  di- 
visions of  the  WAC  are  on  a  parallel 
with  what  has  been  done  by  the  in- 
dustry in  England.  Arthur  Mayer, 
assistant  coordinator  of  the  committee, 
warned  that  the  film  industry  wili 
cease  to  be  characterized  as  essential 
if  its  efforts  to  aid  the  war  are  slack- 
ened. Theatre  collections,  demonstra- 
tions, cooperation  with  the  USO  and 

{Continued  on  page  3) 


RATHVON  ELECTED 
PRESIDENT  OF  RKO 


Goldenson  Elected 
Vice-President  of 
Paramount  Pictures 


Leonard  H.  Goldenson,  head  of 
Paramount's  home  office  theatre  de- 
partment, was  elected  a  vice-president 
o  f  Paramount 
Pictures,  Inc., 
at  the  organi- 
zation meeting 
of  the  com- 
pany's board  of 
directors  here 
yesterday. 

All  other  of- 
ficers of  the 
company,  head- 
ed by  Barney 
Balaban,  presi- 
dent, were  re- 
elected. The 
o  t  h  er  officers 
are:  Adolph 
Zukor,  chair- 
man ;  Stanton 
Griffis,  chairman  of  the  executive 
committee ;  Y.  Frank  Freeman,  Aus- 
tin C.  Keough,  Neil  F.  Agnew,  John 
W.  Hicks,  Jr.,  Henry  Ginsberg  and 
Goldenson,  vice-presidents ;  Walter  B. 
Cokell,  treasurer ;  Keough,  secretary  ; 
Fred  Mohrhardt,  comptroller,  and 
Norman  Collyer,  Jacob  H.  Karp  and 
Frank  Meyer,  assistant  secretaries. 

Goldenson  became  associated  with 
Paramount  in  1933,  when  he  handled 

(Continued  on  page  3) 


Leonard  Goldenson 


66 -Theatre  Cooperative 
Is  Set  Up  in  Philadelphia 


Philadelphia,  June  25. — Creation 
of  a  66-house  cooperative  buying 
combine  to  combat  high  film  prices 
was  disclosed  here  today  by  an  offi- 
cial of  the  new  group,  which  plans  to 
start  functioning  with  the  opening  of 
the  new  selling  season. 

The  organization  will  be  concerned 
only  with  film  buying  and  will  not 
handle  bookings,  it  was  said.  A  rank- 
ing outside  executive  will  be  engaged 
as  head  film  buyer. 

The  new  group  is  an  outgrowth  of 
the  "Committee  of  38,"  which  con- 
sists of  independent  exhibitors  in  this 
area  who  have  protested  against  in- 


creasing film  rentals  during  the  past 
few  months.  It  was  stated  that  all 
members  of  the  new  group  are  asso- 
ciated with  the  committee,  but  the 
committee  itself  has  no  association 
with  the  buying  combine.  Member 
theatres  were  not  identified  but  it 
was  stated  that  many  of  the  larger 
independent  circuits  hereabouts  are  in- 
cluded. 

Expenses  will  be  met,  it  was  said, 
by  the  levying  of  fees  based  on  a 
percentage  of  the  film  bill  of  each 
house  during  the  year.  The  group 
will  function  permanently,  with  mem- 
bers signed  for  a  10-year  period. 


Atlas  Man  Is  Over-all 
Chief;  Ned  Depinet 
Vice-President 


N.  Peter  Rathvon  yesterday  was 
elected  president  of  RKO,  by  the 
company's  new  board  of  directors, 
succeed- 
George  J. 
Schaefer,  who 
resigned  re- 
cently. Rath- 
von, who  is  of 
Wall  Street, 
has  been  ac- 
tively associ- 
ated in  the 
manage- 
ment  of  RKO 
for  several 
years.  He  has 
been  chair- 

N.  Peter  Rathvon       man     of  the 

e  x  e  c  u  t  ive 
committee  and  a  member  of  the 

(Continued  on  page  3) 


Mills  Will  Resign 
Post  With  Ascap 

E.  C.  Mills,  chairman  of  the  ad- 
ministrative committee,  will  shortly 
tender  his  resignation  to  Ascap  to 
accept  a  post  with  the  Government, 
it  was  learned  yesterday  following 
a  board  of  directors'  meeting  of  the 
society. 

Mills,  who  has  been  associated  with 
Ascap  for  more  than  15  years  and 
who  was  general  manager  until  the 
appointment  of  John  G.  Paine  two 
years  ago,  demanded  that  the  board 
clarify  his  status  and  it  was  learned 
after  the  meeting  that  he  was  not 
satisfied  with  the  board's  answer. 
Prior  to  his  association  with  Ascap, 
Mills  was  a  school  teacher,  train  mas- 
ter and  in  various  theatrical  enter- 
prises. He  was  with  the  Inter-State 
Amusement  Co.  for  three  years ;  the 
Mutual  Film  Corp.,  one  year,  and 
president  of  the  Radio  Music  Co.  for 
two  years. 


In  Today's  Issue 

A  review  of  "Lady  in  a  Jam" 
appears  on  page  3.  Notes 
from  Hollywood  will  be  found 
on  page  4. 


2 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  June  26,  1942 


Dunn  and  Shathim 
Released  by  Japs 

Harold  Dunn,  Far  East 
supervisor  for  Warners  with 
headquarters  in  Shanghai,  and 
Michael  Shathim,  Warner 
manager  in  Japan  with  head- 
quarters in  Tokyo,  will  be 
among  the  629  American  na- 
tionals to  be  released  by  the 
Japanese,  according  to  a  State 
Department  announcement. 
The  group  will  sail  for  Amer- 
ica on  the  Gripsholm  within 
60  days,  it  is  said. 


Liggett  Supervisor 
Of  'U'  Local  Branch 

Jules  E.  Liggett  has  been  appointed 
sales  supervisor  for  the  Universal 
New  York  exchange,  David  A.  Levy, 
manager,  announced  yesterday.  Sam 
R.  Finkel  has  been  named  New  York 
City  salesman  and  Harold  Dudoff  has 
been  assigned  to  Upstate  and  Long 
Island  sales. 


Johnston  to  Stromberg 

Hollywood,  June  25.  —  Hunt 
Stromberg,  who  has  leased  space  at 
the  General  Service  Studios  for  the 
production  of  features  for  United 
Artists  release,  has  employed  as  the 
first  member  of  his  permanent  organ- 
ization John  LeRoy  Johnston.  John- 
ston was  director  of  advertising  and 
publicity  for  Walter  Wanger  until 
the  Wanger  studio  closed. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 
Rockefeller  Center 
GREER  GARSON    .  WALTER  PIDGEON 

"MRS.  MINIVER 

From  Jan  Struther's  Book  .  An  M-G-M  Picture 
ON  THE  GREAT  STAGE:  "AT  EASE!"  — 
Leonidoff's  fast  moving,  colorful  revue.  Symphony 
Orchestra,  under  the  direction  of  Erno  Rapee. 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved  Circle  6-4600 


IN  TECHNICOLOR 


A  Paramount  Picture  (tarring  I  t  ,,, . 

DOROTHY  LAMOUR  /  f00/f  , 


HEALIHFULLY  COOLED 

Paramount, 


TEN  GENTLEMEN 
from  WEST  POINT 


PLUS  A  BIG 
STAGE  SHOW 


ROXY 


7th  Ave. 
&  50th  St. 


B'WAY  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


Bette  Davis — Olivia  De  Havilland 

'IN  THIS  OUR  LIFE' 

— and — 

'Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea' 

Lupe  Velez — Leon  Errol 


Tyrone  POWER*  Joan  FONTAINE 

THIS  ABOVE  ALL 

A  20lh  Century-fox  Triumph 

ACT  A  D  BROADWAY  &  45th  ST. 
9  i  \J  K.  CONTINUOUS 


Personal  Mention 


C  PYROS  SKOURAS,  Tom  J. 
^  Connors  and  Hal  Horne  will 
leave  for  the  Coast  tonight. 

• 

Joe  Rock,  producer  recently  re- 
turned from  England,  left  yesterday 
for  Hollywood. 

• 

Rudy  Hagen,  head  of  the  Warner 
checking  service,  has  returned  from 
a  two-week  swing  of  Eastern  cities. 
• 

Leslie  L.  Crosby,  of  Springfield, 
Mass.,  and  Reta  L.  Hockenberry  will 
be  married  shortly. 

• 

John  and  Sperie  Perakos,  sons  of 
Peter  Perakos,  Connecticut  circuit 
operator,  and  both  with  commissions 
in  the  Army  Air  Corps,  are  due  in 
Hartford  next  week  on  a  furlough. 
• 

Arthur  Mayer  returned  here  from 
Minneapolis  yesterday. 

• 

Henri  Elman,  Chicago  branch 
manager  for  Producers  Releasing 
Corp.,  is  in  town. 


JAMES    MULVEY    will  arnv< 
here  from  the  Coast  today. 
• 

Stanton  Griffis  will  leave  for 
Canada  today  on  a  two-week  fishing 
trip. 

• 

S.  Barret  McCormick  and  Ed 
ward  Alperson  are  scheduled  to  ar 
rive  from  the  Coast  today. 

• 

Bernard  Lopiti,  manager  of  the 
Victory,  42nd  St.,  Manhattan,  will 
enter  the  Army  today. 

• 

Walter  Bucholtz,  exhibitor  of 
New  Haven,  Mo.,  has  joined  the 
Army. 

• 

Herman  Rifkin,  Monogram  New 
England  franchise  holder,  is  visiting 
in  Tennessee. 

• 

Thomas  Lucia,  assistant  manager 
of  the  Strand  in  Springfield,  Mass., 
who  has  entered  the  Army,  was  a 
guest  at  a  stag  dinner  before  leaving 


Florida  State  Holds 
Managers  Meeting 

Jacksonville,  Fla.,  June  25. — 
More  than  100  managers  and  execu- 
tives of  Florida  State  Theatres  met 
at  the  Roosevelt  Hotel  here  yester- 
day for  a  business  session,  on  the 
first  anniversary  of  the  reorganized 
circuit  setup.  A  banquet  was  held 
last  night. 

Executives  attending  included : 
Frank  Rogers,  president ;  B.  B.  Gar- 
ner, vice-president  and  general  man- 
ager ;  M.  C.  Talley,  vice-president 
and  secretary-treasurer,  and  Fred 
Kent,  vice-president  and  general 
counsel.  Supervisors  included :  Guy 
A.  Kenimer,  Boliver  Hyde,  Robert 
Thomas  and  Rupert  Koblegard,  Jr. 
New  season  plans,  promot'on  and  sale 
of  War  Bonds  and  Stamps  were  dis- 
cussed, as  well  as  war  problems.  It 
was  disclosed  that  the  circuit  has  168 
men  in  the  armed  service. 


'Lost  Horizon'  Will 
Be  Reissued  by  Col. 

Columbia  has  decided  to  reissue 
Frank  Capra's  production,  "Lost 
Horizon,"  film  version  of  James  Hil- 
ton's novel  of  the  same  title.  The  re- 
issue will  be  called  "Lost  Horizon  of 
Shangri  La." 

New  advertising,  publicity  and  ex- 
ploitation material  have  been  pre- 
pared, it  was  said.  The  original  had 
its  premiere  in  March,  1937.  Ronald 
Colman  and  Jane  Wyatt  played  the 
leading  roles. 


'Wings  for  Eagle' 
Is  Shown  in  Capital 

Washington,  June  25. — Under 
the  sponsorship  of  21  members  of  the 
House  from  California,  the  Warner 
film,  "Wings  for  the  Eagle,"  was 
screened  in  the  auditorium  of  the  De- 
partment of  the  Interior  tonight  for 
a  special  audience  that  included 
Washington  officials  and  Army  and 
Navy  Air  Force  officers.  The  pic- 
ture was  screened  at  the  National 
Theatre  last  night  for  press  and  radio 
representatives. 


Service  Relief  Total 
Reaches  $1,828,191 

A  check  for  $278,191,  representing 
collections  in  462  Warner  theatres, 
was  sent  yesterday  by  Joseph  Bern- 
hard,  Warner  vice-president,  to  Si 
Fabian,  treasurer  of  the  Army  and 
Navy  Emergency  Relief  Committee. 

The  check  brought  the  total  thus  far 
collected  from  the  theatre  field  to 
$1,828,191.  Approximately  14,000  the- 
atres participated  but  almost  a  thou- 
sand have  thus  far  failed  to  remit 
the  proceeds  of  the  collections  and  the 
committee  yesterday  urged  that  these 
remittances  be  made  promptly  so  that 
the  books  might  be  closed.  The  com- 
mittee expects  to  realize  about  $2,- 
000,000  from  the  drive. 


Griffis  Withdraws  as 
Navy  CampaignHead 

Stanton  Griffis,  chairman  of  the 
Paramount  executive  committee,  has 
withdrawn  as  chairman  of  the  special 
events  committee  of  the  Navy  Relief 
Society  with  the  completion  of  the  ma- 
jor drive  for  funds  for  the  society. 
He  estimated  that  at  least  $2,500,000 
would  be  realized  from  the  various 
events  which  were  held. 

Griffis  supervised  the  Hollywood 
Caravan  which  grossed  $675,000,  and 
planned  the  major  and  minor  league 
baseball  schedules  which,  it  is  esti- 
mated, will  add  $200,000  to  the  soci- 
ety's funds.  He  sponsored  the  Kath- 
arine Cornell  production  of  "Candida" 
which  raised  $100,000,  and  was  a  par- 
ticipant in  the  motion  picture  theatre 
collections  for  Army  and  Navy  Re- 
lief, which  realized  about  $2,000,000. 


Camden  Prosecutor 
Confiscates  'Elysia' 

Camden,  June  25. — "Elysia,"  con- 
troversial "sex"  film  which  opened 
at  the  Star  here  last  Saturday,  was 
confiscated  today  by  City  Prosecutor 
Firman  Michel  on  the  grounds  that 
it  was  "lewd  and  indecent."  The 
seizure  followed  a  private  exhibition 
of  the  film  as  a  result  of  complaints 
from  local  citizens. 


Newsreel 
Parade 


"T1  HE  war  is  covered  from  various 
J-  points  in  the  new  issues,  which 
have  material  on  munitions  produc- 
tion here,  arrival  of  an  A.E.F.  con- 
voy in  Northern  Ireland,  Wilh'lmina 
of  Holland  and  Peter  of  Yugoslavia 
in  North  America  and  more  air  %~- 
tacks  on  Malta.    The  contents:  jr„ 

MOVIETONE    NEWS,    No.    84-Y*  i 

reach  Ireland.  U.  S.  commandos  in  traili- 
ing.  Malta  under  attack.  British  rein- 
forcements in  North  Africa.  Tank  and 
jeep  production.  Air  gunners  in  training. 
King  Peter  in  Washington  Queen  Wilhel- 
mina  in  Canada.  Golf  tournament  in  Chi- 
cago.    Summer  skiing  at  Mt.  Ranier. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  No.  282 — A.  E.  F. 
in  Ireland.  Libya  front  on  eve  of  battle. 
Malta  raids  continue.  Supplies  reach 
Russia.  Oregon  hit  by  Jap  shells.  King 
Peter  in  Washington:  Queen  Wilhelmina 
in  Canada.     Golf  in  Chicago. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS,  No.  87— English 
Commandos  return  to  port  after  raid  in 
France;  new  squads  trained.  Colorado 
rabbits  shed  fur.  Golf  in  Chicago.  Jack 
Dempsey  joins  Coast  Guard.  Test  new  rifle 
in  Denver.  Wilhelmina  in  Canada.  Malta 
under  fire.  Biggest  convoy  reaches  Ire- 
land. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS,  No.  87— Malta  at- 
tacked. Wilhelmina  in  Canada.  Food 
shipment  to  Russia.  Munitions  on  as- 
sembly lines  here.  A.  E.  F.  in  Ireland. 
U.  S.  general  buried  in  Australia.  London 
block  blasted  by  hidden  bomb.  Golf  in 
Chicago.  Stanford  U.  trains  air  war- 
dens. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL,  No.  96— Al- 
lies in  Egypt.  Tanks  and  jeeps  in  produc- 
tion. Yanks  in  Northern  Ireland.  Supplies 
to  Russia.  Jap  shells  hit  West  Coast. 
Malta  under  air  attack.  Notre  Dame 
graduations.  Wilhelmina  in  Canada.  Ma- 
gicians convene  in  Texas.  Golf  in  Chi- 
cago. 


SPG  Wins  in  RKO 
Theatres  Election 

Home  office  theatre  publicists  of  the 
RKO  Service  Corp.  named  the  Screen 
Publicists  Guild  of  New  York  as  their 
collective  bargaining  agency  by  a  vote 
of  14  to  0  in  NLRB  elections  yester- 
day. The  election  is  the  first  since 
the  SPG  became  affiliated  with  the 
CIO  earlier  this  week. 
_  Board  Examiner  William  O'Lough- 
in  supervised  the  election.  The 
guild  said  it  would  ask  for  the  im- 
mediate start  of  contract  negotiations. 

The  SPG  has  been  chartered  as 
Local  114  of  the  United  Office  & 
Professional  Workers  of  America 
with  jurisdiction  over  "all  motion  pic- 
ture publicists,  theatre  publicists, 
radio  publicists  and  all  others  in  sim- 
ilar and  related  categories  in  Greater 
New  York  and  vicinity." 


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Friday,  June  26,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


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Review 

"Lady  in  a  Jam" 

(Universal) 

IN  these  times  of  strain  and  stress,  when  screen  entertainment  is 
a  necessary  commodity,  it  is  to  the  credit  of  Universal  that  it  offers 
such  a  sprightly,  amusing  and  laugh-provoking  picture  as  "Lady  in  a 
Jam." 

Gregory  LaCava,  noted  for  his  well-paced  handling  of  the  lighter  side, 
herein  scored  both  as  producer  and  director,  and  did  well  by  the  mate- 
rial on  both  counts.  The  screenplay  was  the  work  of  three,  Eugene 
Thackery,  Frank  Cockrell  and  Otho  Lovering,  and  they  contrived  to 
concoct  a  lively,  chattery  and  entertaining  yarn  about  a  rich  girl  who 
squanders  her  money,  and  a  young  and  conscientious  psychiatrist,  whose 
attempt  to  unravel  her  complex  mental  status  turns  out  to  be  a  great  deal 
more  than  he  bargained  for. 

Irene  Dunne,  as  the  wholly  irrational  female,  gives  plenty  of  zip  to 
the  rather  "wacky"  role,  while  excellent  support  is  offered  by  Patric 
Knowles,  as  the  psychiatrist;  Ralph  Bellamy,  as  the  childhood  friend  of 
Miss  Dunne,  whom  she  meets  again  in  Arizona;  Eugene  Pallette,  guar- 
dian of  Miss  Dunne's  estate  that  was,  and  Queenie  Vassar,  as  Miss 
Dunne's  grandmother,  who  lives  in  a  shack  on  the  Arizona  desert. 

Knowles  goes  with  her  when  he  persuades  her  to  go  back  to  her 
grandmother  in  Arizona,  and  there  the  complications  mount,  all  against 
a  background  of  amusing  situations,  in  most  of  which  Bellamy  figures 
prominently,  and  as  the  object  of  the  laughs.  Eventually,  of  course, 
Knowles  gives  up  and  retreats,  but  Miss  Dunne  follows,  to  "cure"  the 
mental  case  he  himself  has  developed. 

Running  time,  80  minutes.    "G."*  Charles  S.  Aaronson 


Woolf  Scores 
British  Lack 
Of  Film  Liaison 


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;  -'-oducer  organization  to  pre- 
—  ent  the  decline  "and  possible 
yxtinction"  of  the  British  pro- 
-Hction  industry  at  the  conclu- 
sion of  the  war. 

He  declared  in  his  address  that 
much  has  been  achieved  by  the  in- 
dustry in  the  past  year,  but  cited  as 
difficulties,  in  addition  to  the  lack  of 
liaison  with  the  Government,  the  im- 
proper functioning  of  the  Films 
Council,  and  the  need  of  increased 
producer  representation  on  the  coun- 
cil. 

Need  Quota  Aid 

He  also  cited  the  necessity  of  ma- 
chinery for  the  transfer  of  quota  be- 
tween British  and  foreign  companies, 
the  curtailment  of  the  production  of 
war  films  and  the  inclusion  of  Ameri- 
can companies  in  the  producers'  asso- 
ciation. 

He  also  made  reference  to  the  ef- 
fective cooperation  of  the  Ministry  of 
Information  in  obtaining  the  release 
of  artists  from  military  service  for 
film  work,  but  he  deplored  the  Gov- 
ernment insistence  that  they  be  used 
only  in  propaganda  films. 

Rathvon  Elected 
President  of  RKO 

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board  of  directors  for  the  past  several 
years. 

Ned  E.  Depinet  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  RKO  Radio  Pictures  Co.,  the 
producing  and  distributing  subsidiary 
of  RKO,  and  also  was  elected  a  vice- 
president  of  the  parent  company, 
RKO. 

Charles  W.  Koerner  was  elected  a 
vice-president  of  the  picture  company 
subsidiary  and  continues  as  head  of  the 
RKO  Radio  studio. 

All  other  officers  of  the  parent 
company  were  reelected.  They  are : 
Richard  C.  Patterson,  Jr.,  chairman 
of  the  board ;  Gordon  Youngman, 
vice-president  and  general  counsel ; 
Leon  Goldberg,  treasurer ;  J.  Miller 
Walker,  secretary ;  Garrett  Van 
Wagner,  comptroller ;  Robert  H. 
Dann,  Kenneth  B.  Umbreit  and  Wil- 
liam F.  Whitman,  assistant  secretaries, 
and  W.  H.  Clark,  O.  R.  McMahon 
and  Harold  Newcomb,  assistant 
treasurers. 

Rathvon  was  associated  with  Floyd 
B.  Odium,  head  of  Atlas  Corp.,  for 
many  years  prior  to  his  active  associ- 
ation with  RKO. 


Goldenson  Elected 
V-P  of  Paramount 

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the  reorganization  of  the  company's 
New  England  theatres.  He  was 
named  assistant  to  Y.  Frank  Freeman 
at  the  home  office  in  1937  when  the 
latter  was  in  charge  of  Paramount 
theatre  operations.  On  Freeman's  as- 
signment to  head  the  Paramount  stu- 
dio in  1938,  Goldenson  was  placed  in 
charge  of  theatre  operations. 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Publicity  Unit  Sets 
22  Liaison  Aides 

The  Eastern  Public  Relations 
Committee,  comprising  the  advertising 
and  publicity  directors  of  the  major 
companies,  yesterday  announced  that 
22  men  employed  in  publicity  and  ad- 
vertising work  in  key  cities  through- 
out the  country  have  accepted  invita- 
tions to  serve  as  liaison  men  in  the 
field  for  the  committee.  About  15  ad- 
ditional field  representatives  are  to  be 
designated. 

Those  who  have  accepted  are : 
Frank  Henson,  Loew's,  Akron ; 
Charles  Smakwitz,  Warners,  Albany  ; 
E.  E.  Whitaker,  Fox  Theatre,  At- 
lanta ;  Charles  B.  Taylor,  Shea's, 
Buffalo ;  Walter  Kessler,  Loew's, 
Canton,  O. ;  W.  K.  Hollander,  B.  & 
K,  Chicago ;  E.  V.  Dinerman,  RKO, 
Cincinnati ;  Ed  J.  Fisher,  Loew's, 
Cleveland ;  Alice  Gorham,  United  De- 
troit Theatres,  Detroit ;  Seymour 
Morris,  Schine's,  Gloversville ;  Sam 
Gilmen,  Loew's,  Harrisburg ;  Homer 
McCallon,  Loew's,  Houston;  William 
Elder,  Loew's,  Indianapolis ;  J.  J. 
Musselman,  Rialto,  Louisville ;  How- 
ard Waugh,  Warners,  Memphis ; 
Charles  Winchell,  Minnesota  Amuse- 
ment Co.,  Minneapolis ;  Lou  Brown, 
Loew's  Poli,  New  Haven ;  Everett 
Callow,  Warners,  Philadelphia  ;  James 
M.  Totsman,  Warners,  Pittsburgh ; 
Will  Morton,  RKO,  Providence ;  J. 
L.  Kaufman,  Fanchon  &  Marco,  St. 
Louis  ;  Frank  Murphy,  Loew's,  Syra- 
cuse ;  Ralph  Lawler,  Paramount,  To- 
ledo ;  James  Brennan,  RKO,  Tren- 
ton, and  Edgar  J.  Doob,  Loew's, 
Wilmington. 

Harry  Cohn  Heads 
U.  S.  O.  Coast  Group 

Hollywood,  June  25. — Dr.  A.  H. 
Giannini,  chairman  of  the  Los  An- 
geles area  board  of  the  United 
Service  Organization,  has  named 
Harry  Cohn  as  head  of  the  USO 
Sports  and  Special  Events  Committee. 


BVay  Holdovers 
Have  Good  Week 

The  first  run  films  on  Broadway, 
mostly  holdovers  running  from  three 
to  six  weeks,  had  a  splendid  week 
on  the  average. 

"Yankee  Doodle  Dandy"  at  the 
Hollywood  is  still  playing  to  capacity, 
according  to  reports,  with  the  fourth 
week  which  ends  tonight  expected  to 
bring  $28,000.  "Mrs.  Miniver"  with 
the  stage  show  at  the  Music  Hall 
remains  a  standout  box-office  per- 
former, collecting  $106,000  during  its 
third  week.  The  fourth  began  yes- 
terday. 

In  six  days  of  the  first  week,  "Juke 
Girl"  supported  by  Russ  Morgan's 
orchestra,  gave  the  Strand  an  esti- 
mated $38,500.  It  holds  for  a  second 
week  beginning  today.  The  third 
week  of  "Ten  Gentlemen  from  West 
Point"  with  a  stage  show  at  the  Roxy 
was  good  for  an  estimated  $38,500. 
The  fourth  and  final  week  began  yes- 
terday. "The  Magnificent  Dope"  is 
due  next  Thursday.  "This  Above 
All"  grossed  an  estimated  $14,400  in 
its  sixth  week  at  the  Astor  and  is 
continuing. 

Film  Editors  Attend 
Convention  of  Guild 

Denver,  June  25— A  number  of 
film  editors  of  newspapers  are  in  at- 
tendance here  at  the  ninth  annual 
American  Newspaper  Guild  conven- 
tion. Among  them  are :  Harry  Mar- 
tin, Memphis  Commercial  Appeal; 
Jim  Crow,  Hollywood  Citizen-News; 
John  McManus,  PM,  and  Claude 
LaBelle,  San  Francisco  News. 


Joins  Warner  Staff 

W.  O.  McFall  has  rejoined  the 
Warner  supervising  staff  in  the 
Minneapolis  and  Milwaukee  terri- 
tories succeeding  A.  K.  Evidon, 
given  other  duties. 


British  Grosses  Up 
25%  Since  the  War, 
Bernstein  Reports 


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similar  measures  are  not  to  be  con- 
sidered "as  an  obligation  but  as  an 
opportunity,  not  as  a  duty  but  as  a 
privilege,"  Mayer  declared. 

Bernstein  pointed  out  that  only  four 
English  studios  have  not  been  oc- 
cupied by  the  Government.  These  are 
Denham,  Islington,  Ealing  and  Shep- 
ards'  Bush.  All  Government  product 
except  service  training  films,  are 
handled  by  the  Ministry  of  Informa- 
tion and  are  either  produced  directly 
or  commissioned  to  studio  companies 
or  shorts  producers,  he  told  his  audi- 
ence. 

The  production  program  for  thea- 
tres includes  52  shorts  annually  in  ad- 
dition to  specials  like  "Target  for 
Tonight,"  he  said.  Additionally,  there 
are  100  shorts  for  mobile  units  which 
tour  factories  and  outlying  regions, 
and  newsreels  which  are  shipped  all 
over  the  world  with  foreign  languages 
dubbed  in,  Bernstein  said. 

Distributors  Rotate 

Distributors  handle  the  feature 
length  films  in  rotation  and  all  re- 
ceive a  "proper  percentage  of  the  re- 
turns for  their  work,"  he  added.  He 
said  that  85  per  cent  of  the  theatres 
are  able  to  show  the  propaganda  pic- 
tures in  their  programs.  "They 
haven't  been  too  bad — and  now  theatre 
managers  have  to  be  ready  with  a 
good  explanation  when  our  film  is 
omitted." 

The  mobile  units  have,  in  some  in- 
stances, shown  to  persons  who  had 
never  seen  a  film  before,  Bernstein 
declared.  Screenings  are  arranged  in 
factories  for  the  benefit  of  workers 
on  all  shifts,  he  said.  He  asked 
American  producers  to  supply  more 
product  that  will  give  Britons  "an 
honest  interpretation  of  the  war." 

Louis  Pollock,  Ampa  president, 
presided.  Others  on  the  dais  included 
Herman  Gluckman,  Howard  Dietz, 
Mort  Spring,  Joseph  Hummel,  Joseph 
Seidelman,  Arthur  W.  Kelly,  William 
Gell,  Vincent  Trotta  and  John  W. 
Hicks,  Jr.  Carey  Wilson,  short  sub- 
ject producer,  was  also  present.  Zero 
Mostel  provided  entertainment. 


'Reap'  Captures 
Kansas  City  Lead 

Kansas  City,  June  25. — "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  had  a  second  week  $11,- 
000,  at  advanced  prices,  at  the  New- 
man. All  first  runs  had  a  good  week. 
The  weather  was  cool  with  much  rain. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week  end- 
ing June  18 : 

"Broadway"  (Univ.) 

ESQUIRE — (8001  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$4,000.    (Average,  $2,400) 
"Her  Cardboard  Lover"  (M-G-M) 
"Kid  Glove  Killer"  (M-G-M) 

MIDLAND1 —  (3,600)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $8,300.    (Average,  $8,500) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

NEWMAN— (1,900)  (40c-55c)  7  days,  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $11,000.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Syncopation"  (RKO) 
"The  Body  Disappears"  (W.  B.) 

ORPHEUM  —  (1,900)     (30c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $6,000.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"This  Way  Please"  (Para.) 
"Yokel  Boy"  (Rep.) 

TOWER — (2,200)  (30c)  7  days.    Plus  stage 
show.    Gross:  $8,000.    (Average,  $6,000) 
"Broadway"  (Univ.) 

UPTOWN— (2,000)  (30c44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$5,000.    (Average,  $4,000) 


4 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


Friday,  June  26,  1942 


Notes  from  Hollywood 


Hollywood,  June  25 

TWENTIETH  Century-Fox  has  announced  "Quota  Girl"  as  the  next 
Sonja  Henie  picture  and  assigned  Walter  Bullock  to  write  an 
original  screenplay.  William  LeBaron  will  produce  .  .  .  The  studio 
also  announced  the  purchase  of  "The  Undying  Monster"  for  use  as  a 
second  horror  picture  on  the  studio's 
agenda. 

Capt.  Hewitt  T.  Wheless,  Amer- 
ican ace,  will  portray  himself  in  an 
Army  Air  Corps  film,  "Beyond  the 
Line  of  Duty,"  to  be  produced  by 
Warners.  His  military  background 
from  training  to  Philippines  exploits 
will  be  pictured.  Lew  Seiler  will  di- 
rect the  film,  to  be  made  at  Randolph 
Field. 

•  • 

"Mrs.  Parkington,"  Louis 
Bromfield's  latest  novel  now  ap- 
pearing serially  in  the  Cosmo- 
politan, has  been  purchased  by 
M-G-M  .  .  .  Albert  Basserman 
joins  Joan  Crawford,  Philip 
Dorn  and  John  Wayne  in  that 
studio's  "Reunion"  .  .  .  Benny 
Goodman  and  his  band  have 
been  signed  by  Charles  R. 
Rogers  to  be  featured  in  "The 
Powers  Girl"  .  .  .  Charles  Co- 
burn  has  been  set  for  Warners' 
"Princess  O'Rourke"  .  .  .  Uni- 
versal^ third  in  the  stream- 
lined, modernized  Sherlock 
Holmes  series  will  be  "Sherlock 
Holmes  in  Washington." 

•  • 

Macdonald  Carey,  Paramount 
leading  man,  joins  the  United  States 
Marines  after  completing  "Wake 
Island,"  picture  of  the  Marines'  de- 
fense at  the  Pacific  outpost  .  .  . 
Robert  Lower y  and  Quinn  Wil- 
liams have  been  set  for  Monogram's 
"Here  Come  the  Marines." 


Evelyn  Keyes  gets  the  feminine 
lead  in  "The  Desperadoes,"  Colum- 
bia's first  Technicolor  production 
which  will  feature  Randolph  Scott. 
Glenn  Ford,  Claire  Trevor  and 
Edgar  Buchanan  .  .  .  With  Robert 
Young  and  Laraine  Day  heading 
the  cast,  "Journey  for  Margaret"  has 
started  at  M-G-M.  Nigel  Bruce. 
Signe  Hasse  are  in  the  supporting 
cast  .  .  .  "The  Omaha  Trail"  has  been 
set  as  the  release  title  of  "Ox  Train" 
at  M-G-M  .  .  .  Joseph  Schildkraut 
is  to  appear  in  Paramount's  "For 
Whom  the  Bell  Tolls"  .  .  .  Franchot 
Tone  returns  to  M-G-M  for  the  top 
role  in  "Skyway  to  Glory,"  story  of 
American  pilots  in  the  South  Pacific. 
Gene  Kelley  and  Marsha  Hunt 
have  featured  roles,  and  George  Sid- 
ney is  directing  the  B.  P.  Fineman 
production. 

•  • 

Republic  has  extended  the  contract 
of  Tom  Tyler,  cowboy  star  .  .  .  John 
Qualen  joins  the  cast  of  Warners' 
"Casablanca"  .  .  .  Anne  Shirley 
gets  the  feminine  lead  opposite  Pat 


O'Brien  and  Randolph  Scott  in 
"Bombardier"  at  RKO  .  .  .  M-G-M 
will  film  "Lassie  Come  Home,"  by 
Eric  Knight,  in  Technicolor  .  .  . 
Joan  Woodbury  has  the  feminine 
lead  in  Monogram's  "Man  and  the 
Devil"  which  William  Beaudine 
will  direct  for  producer  A.  W. 
Hackel  .  .  .  Eddie  Albert  will  play 
opposite  Lupe  Velez  in  "Ladies' 
Day"  at  RKO  .  .  .  W.  R.  Burnett 
is  collaborating  with  Robert  Pirosh 
on  "Galveston,"  Paramount  vehicle 
for  Dorothy  Lamour. 

•  • 

Columbia  has  set  Marguerite 
Chapman  opposite  Joe  E. 
Brown  in  "The  Daring  Young 
Man,"  formerly  titled  "Brownie" 
.  .  .  Lou  Brown,  director  of 
advertising  and  publicity  for 
the  Loew's-Poli  New  England 
Theatres,  is  visiting  here  .  .  . 
Fred  MacMurray  will  co-star 
with  Rosalind  Russell  in  RKO's 
"Stand  By  to  Die"  .  .  .  Lana 
Turner  will  be  starred  in  "Se- 
attle," story  of  that  colorful 
Northwestern  city  during  the 
gold  rush  era.  John  W.  Consi- 
dine,  Jr.,  will  produce  for 
M-G-M. 

•  • 

Lynne  Carver,  Lewis  Stone  join 
the  cast  of  M-G-M's  "The  Man  on 
America's  Conscience"  .  .  .  P.  R.  Van 
Duinen.  head  of  Atlantis  Pictures, 
will  make  four  for  Producers  Re- 
leasing Corp.,  with  the  first  "The 
Army  Takes  Over"  and  the  second, 
"Corregidor."  PRC  has  entered  a 
protest  against  20th  Century-Fox's 
announcement  of  "Corregidor"  as  the 
title  for  a  Bryan  Foy  production  .  .  . 
RKO  has  purchased  "Portrait  of  a 
Lady,"  romantic  comedy  by  Alex- 
ander King  and  Chester  Erskin, 
for  a  David  Hempstead  production. 

•  • 

Wendy  Barrie  goes  out  of  the 
"Falcon"  series  at  RKO  and  Char- 
lotte Wynters  replaces  her  in  "The 
Falcon's  Brother"  .  .  .  Grossett  and 
Dunlap  are  republishing  Dashiell 
Hammett's  "The  Glass  Key,"  which 
Paramount  will  make  with  Veronica 
Lake,  Brian  Donlevy  and  Alan 
Ladd  in  top  roles  .  .  .  Warners  has 
started  "Air  Force,"  spectacle  of 
American  fighting  in  the  air,  with 
John  Garfield,  Gig  Young,  Harry 
Carey  and  George  Tobias  in  the 
top  roles  and  Howard  Hawks  di- 
recting .  .  .  Bruce  Cabot  and  Lynn 
Overman,  the  latter  borrowed  from 
Paramount,  have  been  set  for  War- 
ners' "The  Desert  Song." 


FCC  to  Seek 
Legislation  to 
Regulate  Nets 


Washington,  June  25. — Legisla- 
tion definitely  empowering  the  FCC 
to  regulate  the  relations  between  net- 
works and  their  affiliates  will  be 
asked  of  Congress,  if  the  courts  hold 
the  commission  has  not  that  power 
now,  it  was  declared  today  by  Chair- 
man James  L.  Fly. 

Outlining  the  history  of  the  chain 
investigation  and  the  regulations 
which  are  now  the  subject  of  judi- 
cial proceedings  brought  by  NBC 
and  CBS,  Fly  told  the  House  Inter- 
state and  Foreign  Commerce  Com- 
mittee of  his  conviction  of  the  need 
for,  and  the  commission's  authority  to 
impose,  the  rules  which  outlaw  ex- 
clusive contracts  and  control  option 
time. 

The  FCC  chairman  continued  his 
dissection  of  the  Sanders  bill  for  reor- 
ganization of  the  commission,  and 
declared  that  the  effect  of  the  pro- 
posed changes  in  procedure  will  be 
"to  slam  the  door  in  the  face  of  any- 
one seeking  to  enter  the  radio  broad- 
casting field." 

Fly  defended  the  use  of  renewal 
proceedings  rather  than  revocation 
actions  in  dealing  with  violations  of 
regulations  on  the  ground  that  the 
latter  gives  rise  to  unfavorable  pub- 
licity to  the  broadcaster  involved 
which  cannot  be  overcome  if  the  re- 
vocation order  is  withdrawn  follow- 
ing a  hearing. 

W.B.  to  Make  Film 
From  Davies  Book 

Washington,  June  25. — Joseph 
E.  Davies,  former  U.  S.  ambassador 
to  Russia,  announced  today  that  he 
had  completed  arrangements  with 
Warners  for  the  production  of  a  'film 
based  on  his  book,  "Mission  to  Mos- 
cow." 

Davies  said  he  also  would  make 
available  his  personal  diaries,  memo- 
randa and  other  private  information 
not  included  in  the  book  for  use  in 
the  film.  He  added  that  he  was  do- 
ing so  because  "of  the  strong  convic- 
tion that  a  complete  and  frank  por- 
trayal of  conditions  contributing  to 
a  better  mutual  understanding  and 
confidence  between  great  peoples  at 
this  particular  time  may  be  of  para- 
mount service." 

Start  Production  on 
Color  Film  in  Mexico 

Mexico  City,  June  25. — Production 
has  begun  on  the  first  of  two  features 
which  will  be  done  in  color  here. 
Fernando  de  Fuentes,  veteran  pro- 
ducer and  director,  is  making  "Asi  se 
Quiere  a  Jalisco"  ("They  Do  Love 
Jalisco").  The  first  scenes  are  being 
made  at  Cuernavaca,  a  tourist  resort 
about  45  miles  from  this  city. 

The  second  feature  in  color  will  be 
"Que  Lindo  es  Michoacan"  ("Michoa- 
can  the  Beautiful")  and  will  be  start- 
ed early  next  Fall  by  Rodriguez 
Bros.  The  start  of  the  latter  film 
had  been  delayed  because  of  the  full 
schedules  of  local  studios. 

Rush  of  production  has  prompted 
the  CLASA,  largest  studios  here, 
owned  and  operated  by  Ricardo  Pani, 
to  start  building  two  additional  stages. 


Boyer  Sets  First 

Production  for  'U' 

Hollywood,  June  25. — Charles 
Boyer's  first  production  for  Universal 
as  a  producer  will  be  "Flesh  and 
Fantasy',"  described  as  a  film  in  four 
episodes,  with  Edward  G  Robinson 
appearing  with  Boyer  in  the  film. 
Each  will  star  in  one  episode  and 
players  are  sought  for  the  other  two. 
Ernest  Pascal  is  preparing  the  script 
and  Julian  DuvivieY  will  direct. 


Employment  at  Conn, 
Plants  Seen  Gaining 

Hartford,  Conn.,  June  25. — State 
employment  officials  predict  that 
within  six  months  more  than  30,000 
workers  will  be  needed  by  Connecti- 
cut war  production  plants.  Theatres 
are  finding  it  very  difficult  to  obtain 
suitable  masculine  or  even  feminine 
help  for  their  service  staffs  even  at 
this  time. 


Air  Continuity 
Rule  Is  Aimed 
As  Subversion 


Washington,  June  25. — Con- 
tinuity editors  of  broadcasting 
tions  tonight  were  vested  withA 
responsibility  of  preventing  ^  i 
transmission  of  subversive  informa- 
tion through  the  use  of  commercial 
continuities. 

The  provision,  adopted  at  the 
request  of  broadcasters,  was  in- 
corporated in  a  revision  of  the 
censorship  rules  published  to- 
night by  Censorship  Director 
Byron  Price. 

The  new  regulations,  based  on  the 
experience  of  the  past  five  months, 
contain  few  new  provisions,  but  do  in- 
clude as  formal  requirements  the  vari- 
ous specific  instructions  which  have 
been  issued  from  time  to  time  by  the 
Office  of  Censorship. 

To  considerable  extent  the  new  code 
follows  the  lines  of  the  code  for  the 
press,  revised  yesterday,  with  more 
detailed  instructions  for  subjects  par- 
ticularly applicable  to  radio,  including 
changes  in  the  scope  of  weather  news 
which  may  be  broadcast,  and  a  formal 
request  for  the  discontinuance  of  re- 
mote control  quiz  programs  where 
extraneous  background  noises  cannot 
be  eliminated. 

Some  changes  have  been  made  in 
the  rules  for  foreign  language  pro- 
grams at  the  request  of  a  committee 
of  foreign  language  broadcasters 
which,  however,  are  less  strict  than 
the  code  the  committee  itself  drafted. 


NLRB  Orders  Vote  of 
WHOM  Technicians 

■Washington,  June  25. — Techni- 
cians of  WHOM,  New  York,  today 
were  ordered  by  the  National  Labor 
Relations  Board  to  hold  an  election 
to  determine  whether  they  desire  to 
be  represented  for  collective  bargain- 
ing purposes  by  the  International 
Brotherhood  of  Electrical  Workers, 
AFL,  or  the  American  Communica- 
tions Association,  CIO,  or  by  neither 
union. 

The  election  was  ordered  on  the  pe- 
tition of  the  IBEW,  following  a 
hearing  in  New  York,  May  21. 

Lever  First  to  Use 
New  CBS  Discount 

Lever  Bros,  yesterday  became  the 
first  sponsor  to  take  advantage  of  the 
new  15  per  cent  discount  rate  for  use 
of  the  entire  CBS  network  of  114  sta- 
tions. Starting  July  7,  Tommy  Riggs 
and  his  "Betty  Lou"  will  be  heard 
Tuesdays,  9-9:30  P.  M.,  on  behalf 
of  Swan  Soap.  Jimmy  Cash,  Bill 
Goodwin  and  Felix  Mills'  band  also 
will  be  heard.  The  show  will  be  the 
Summer  replacement  for  the  "Burns 
and  Allen"  program. 


Theatre  Veteran  Dies 

Holyoke,  Mass.,  June  25. — Wil- 
liam O.  Chaloux,  63,  theatre  property 
man  who  had  been  employed  during 
the  last  45  years  at  every  theatre  in 
this  city,  died  suddenly  at  his  home 
of  heart  disease.  He  leaves  a  brother 
and  four  sisters. 


Alert, 


to  the 
Picture 
Industry 


tion 


MOTION 


DAILY 


First  In 


and 

Impartial 


L.  51.  NO.  126 


NEW  YORK,  U.  S.  A.,  MONDAY.  JUNE  29.  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


SeeRKONew 
Financing  Set 
In  Short  Time 


Report  $3,000,000  Loan 
Near  Completion 


With  RKO's  management  setup 
now  completed  with  the  election  of 
N.  Peter  Rathvon  as  president  and 
with  Ned  E.  Depinet  as  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  parent  company  under 
Rathvon,  and  also  as  president  of 
RKO  Radio  Pictures,  producing 
and  distributing  subsidiary,  it  is 
expected  that  RKO's  new  financing 
plans  will  take  shape  quickly. 

The  matter  was  once  again  under 
discussion  at  the  recent  board  meeting 
and  only  formal  closing  of  the  trans- 
action with  the  Manufacturers  Trust 
Company  for  the  prospective  loan  of 
about  $3,000,000,  it  is  reported,  re- 
mains. It  is  probable  that  the  new- 
financing  may  be  presented  to  stock- 
holders at  some  later .  date  for  their 
consideration,  according  to  officials. 

The  election  of  Rathvon  to  the 
presidency  was  by  unanimous  vote  of 
the  new  board. 

No  other  executive  changes  are 
reported  to  be  in  immediate  prospect. 


Crescent  Decision 
Due  in  Few  Weeks 

Nashville,  June  28. — The  long 
awaited  decision  in  the  Government 
anti-trust  suit  against  the  Crescent 
Circuit  will  be  handed  down  here 
within  the  next  few  weeks,  court  at- 
taches believe. 

Federal  Judge  Elmer  Davies  re- 
portedly has  cleared  his  court  docket 
of  other  cases  and  now  is  prepared 
to  give  his  full  time  to  the  voluminous 
record  of  testimony  and  exhibits  en- 

(Cuntinued  on  page  4) 


U.A.  Heads  to  Meet 
On  Coast  This  Week 

Meetings  of  United  Artists  owners 
and  executives  will  be  held  on  the 
Coast  this  week  following  the  arrival 
there  of  Edward  C.  Raftery,  president, 
and  Gradwell  L.  Sears  and  Arthur 
W.  Kelly,  who  are  scheduled  to  leave 
for  the  Coast  tonight. 

Conferences  with  company  produc- 
ers on  new  season's  production  plans 
and  prospective  deliveries  also  will  be 
held.  Arrangements  for  meetings  of 
the  sales  force  this  Summer  are  con- 
tingent upon  the  status  of  the  various 
company  producers'  plans. 


Only  3  Features 
Banned  by  Ontario 
Censors  in  Year 


Toronto,  June  28. — The  Ontario 
Board  of  Motion  Picture  Censors 
handled  a  record  number  of  films 
during  the  year  ending  if  arch  31,  ac- 
cording to  the  annual  report  of  Chair- 
man O.  J.  Silverthorne,  which  re- 
vealed the  censors  examined  2,084  fea- 
tures and  shorts  of  standard  width 
and  548  16-millimeter  subjects  while 
issuing  licenses  for  417  theatres  in 
Ontario. 

The  board  condemned  three  fea- 
tures, two  of  which  were  British  re- 
leases and  one  from  Hollywood.  Dur- 
ing the  previous  year  no  features  were 
permanently  rejected,  although  two 
(.Continued  on  page  4) 


Cuts  in  Delivery  Hit 
New  Haven  Bookings 

New  Haven,  June  28. — Exhibitors 
and  bookers  were  thrown  into  con- 
fusion by  the  nine-days  notice  given 
on  Thursday  by  Decker's  and  New 
Haven  Film  Exchange  Transfer  of 
discontinuances  of  Sunday  deliveries. 
Decker's  serves  Xew  London  and  the 
shore  route  to  Boston.  Rosen's  Film 
Delivery  has  discontinued  Sunday  ser- 
vice for  several  weeks. 

As  of  July  1,  it  is  feared  the  new 
regulations  for  carriers,  providing  for 
one  call  a  day  on  a  theatre  and  no 
call-backs  and  25  per  cent  reduction 
in  mileage,  will  seriously  affect  book- 
ings. In  this  compact  territory,  a  print 
which  formerly  served  as  many  as  five 
theatres  a  week  may  now  only  serve 
two,  it  is  believed. 


Para.  Verdict  Is 

Hailed  by  Nizer 

Following  the  verdict  in  the 
Paramount  minority  stock- 
holders' suit,  Louis  Nizer,  at- 
torney for  Austin  C.  Keough, 
Paramount  vice-president  and 
general  counsel,  declared: 

"The  decision  is  not  only  a 
complete  vindication  for  the 
defendants — it  is  something 
more.  It  is  notice  to  certain 
types  of  minority  stockhold- 
ers who,  as  in  this  case,  had 
a  combined  interest  of  only 
$7.21,  that  they  cannot  bludg- 
eon corporations  into  settle- 
ments by  harassing  them.  The 
industry  need  never  fear  pub- 
lic reaction  when  it  stands  up 
for  its  rights.  Courage  is  its 
own  reward." 


Maximum  Film 
Scrap  Prices 
Set  by  O.  P.  A. 


Washington,  June  28. — Maximum 
prices  for  scrap  film  were  set  Friday 
by  the  Office  of  Price  Administration 
in  maximum  price  regulation  No.  171, 
to  be  observed  with  respect  to  all 
sales  in  excess  of  50  pounds  of  un- 
washed or  washed  film  or  five  gallons 
of  dissolved  film. 

The  basic  price  will  be  9^>  cents 
per  pound  for  unwashed  nitrocellulose 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Distributors  Will  Control 
New  Star  Ad  Symbol  Ban 


The  use  of  stars  or  other  reviewers' 
symbols  for  appraising  films  is  ex- 
pected to  end  with  the  close  of  the  run 
of  "The  Gold  Rush"  at  the  Globe  this 
week,  at  which  time  a  new  policy  will 
be  inaugurated  by  distributors  giving 
them  the  right  to  approve  the  manner 
in  which  their  films,  are  advertised  to 
the  public,  it  was  learned. 

The  former  voluntary  agreement  of 
major  company  advertising  and  pub- 
licity directors  to  refrain  from  use  of 
the  star  symbols  in  their  advertising 
has  been  replaced  by  the  new  policy 
of  distributor  control  of  the  advertising 
tli  rough  the  exhibition  contracts,  it 
was  reported.  Heretofore,  this  adver- 
tising supervisory  right  has  not  been 
enforced  by  the  distributors,  which  has 
permitted  the  Globe  to  continue  to  use 


the  four-star  advertising  even  though 
the  picture  advertised  is  distributed  by 
United  Artists,  which  has  subscribed 
to  the  ban  against  such  advertising. 

In  the  future,  it  was  learned,  the 
practice  will  be  to  include  in  the  ex- 
hibition contract  the  right  to  approve 
or  disapprove  the  advertising  copy 
which  the  theatre  will  use  during  the 
picture's  run.  It  is  assumed  in  adver- 
tising quarters  that  no  copy  employing 
the  reviewers'  symbols  will  be  ap- 
proved. 

Advertising  directors  take  the  posi- 
tion that  the  use  of  such  symbols  is 
against  the  best  interests  of  the  indus- 
try, in  that  it  brands  the  bulk  of  prod- 
uct which  does  not  receive  the  maxi- 
mum appraisal  as  inferior. 


Suit  Against 
Para,  on  Biof  f 
Is  Dismissed 


Court  Rules  Keough  Was 
Extortion  Victim 


By  EDWARD  GREIF 

The  minority  stockholders'  suit 
against  Paramount  and  its  officers 
and  directors  to  compel  repayment 
to  the  company  of  the  $100,000 
paid  to  William  Biof?  and  George 
E.  Browne,  convicted  former 
IATSE  officials,  by  Austin  C.  Ke- 
ough, vice-president  and  general 
counsel,  was  dismissed  Friday  by 
New  York  Supreme  Court  Justice 
Carroll  G.  Walter. 

"Upon  all  the  facts,"  Justice 
Walter  stated  in  an  opinion 
which  he  read  from  the  bench, 
"I  have  no  difficulty  or  hesi- 
tancy in  finding  and  deciding 
that  Paramount,  or  more  spe- 
cifically Keough,  was  not  the 
giver  of  a  bribe  but  the  sub- 
mitter to  extortion." 

The   decision,    which   required  50 

(Continued  on  page  4) 


Names  Committees 
For  USO  Campaign 

Jack  Cohn,  Columbia  vice-president 
and  chairman  of  the  USO  Amuse- 
ments, Arts  and  Sports  Committee,  an- 
nounced over  the  weekend  the  person- 
nel of  various  committees  for  the 
USO's  war  fund  campaign. 
The  committees  are  as  follows : 
Executive  Committee :  Jack  Cohn, 
chairman  ;  A.  P.  Waxman,  director  of 
campaign  and  vice-chairman ;  Hal 
Hode,  secretary ;  E.  L.  Alperson, 
treasurer ;  L.  E.  Goldenson.  Abe  Last- 
fogel,  L.  E.  Thompson,  and  Robert 
Weitman.  Actors  Equity,  Bert  Ly- 
tell ;  Art  Galleries,  C.  R.  Henschel ; 
Artists'  Agencies,  Robert  Weitman ; 
Columnists,  Ed  Sullivan ;  Composers, 

(Continued  on  page  2) 


In  Today's  Issue 

Pictures  reviewed  in  today's 
issue  include  "Flight  Lieuten- 
ant" and  "Rubber  Racketeer," 
on  page  4,  and  "Prisoner  of 
Japan,"  "Submarine  Raider" 
on  page  6.  Additional  names 
of  industry  personnel  in  the 
armed  forces  will  be  found 
on  page  8. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  June  29,  1942 


Personal 
Mention 


S'  PYROS  SKOURAS,  Tom  J. 
Connors  and  Hal  Horne  have 
indefinitely  postponed  their  departure 
for  the  20th  Century-Fox  studio. 

James  J.  Murphy,  head  of  the  in- 
dustry tribunals  of  the  American 
Arbitration  Association,  returned  over 
the  week-end  from  a  two-week  visit 
to  Pacific  Coast. 


Paul  Lazarus,  Jr.,  of  Warners  is 
on  vacation. 

• 

Sidney  Swirsky,  Columbia  book- 
er in  New  Haven,  is  on  vacation. 

Mabelle  Dwyer  of  the  RKO  New 
Haven  office  begins  her  vacation  at 
the  end  of  the  week. 

Norman  Randall,  assistant  man- 
ager of  the  Paramount  Theatre,  New 
Haven,  is  ill  at  home  with  pleurisy. 

Walter  B.  Lloyd,  manager  of  the 
Allyn  Theatre,  Hartford,  has  returned 
to  work  following  an  illness. 


Marshall  Adams  of  the  Strand, 
Hartford,  has  returned  from  vacation. 
• 

Franklin  B.  Ramsey,  manager  of 
the  Lenox,  Hartford,  has  been  on  va- 
cation in  Chicago. 

• 

Raymond   Kaskeski,   former  as- 
sistant  at    the    Capitol,  Springfield, 
Mass.,  will  enter  the  Army  shortly. 
• 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  D.  Hertz,  Jr., 
have  returned  from  their  honeymoon. 


'Squadron'  Breaks 
Records,  Scully  Says 

William  Scully,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  distribution  for  Universal, 
on  Saturday  issued  a  statement  to  the 
effect  that  Walter  Wanger's  "Eagle 
Squadron,"  which  has  opened  in  seven 
key  cities,  has  broken  opening  day 
records  of  Universal  pictures  in  most 
of  these  towns,  namely,  Baltimore, 
Harrisburg,  Buffalo,  San  Francisco, 
Chicago,  San  Antonio  and  Dayton. 


Mannix  Back  on  Coast 

Hollywood,  June  28. — E.  J.  Man- 
nix, M-G-M  studio  executive,  is  ex- 
pected to  return  Monday,  following 
attendance  at  the  War  Production 
Board  conference  on  film  conserva- 
tion at  Washington  last  week.  He  is 
expected  to  give  a  detailed  account  of 
the  Washington  and  New  York  meet- 
ings on  the  subject  to  the  studio  Film 
Conservation  Committee  Tuesday 
night. 

M  P  Associates  to 
Meet  Wednesday 

The  Motion  Picture  Associates  will 
hold  a  luncheon  meeting  on  Wednes- 
day at  the  Hotel  Astor  at  12:30 
P.  M.  This  will  be  the  last  meeting 
of  the  organization  until  the  Fall. 
Harry  H.  Buxbaum,  president,  is  ex- 
pected to  preside. 


Readers9  Say-So 


Editor  Praises  Hollywood 
Troupe  at  Chicago  Rally 

Editor,  Motion  Picture  Daily  : 

I  suppose  you  have  heard  by  now 
of  the  patriotic  rally  at  Soldier  Field 
which  was  attended  by  130,000  per- 
sons and  at  which  100,000  were  turned 
away.  Before  the  noise  and  the 
shouting  subsides  I  feel  impelled  to 
write  you  a  few  words. 

This  is  not  a  letter  of  thanks.  It 
is  not  a  letter  of  appreciation.  Even 
though,  of  course,  we  are  grateful  for 
Hollywood's  cooperation.  I  want  it  to 
be  more  personal.  I  just  want  you  to 
know  what  a  grand  bunch  of  people 
the  Hollywood  stars  were  and  how 
they  endeared  themselves  to  us. 

They  were  great  in  their  perform- 
ance, but  they  were  greater  in  their 
little  acts  of  generosity  and  their 
largesse  of  spirit,  and  in  the  charm 
of  their  character. 

Dietrich,  for  example.  Of  course, 
she  was  glamorous  and  a  grand  art- 
ist. She  thrilled  the  audience  with  her 
call  to  Buy  War  Bonds  to  Save  L'ves- 
But  there  was  more  to  Dietrich. 

She  stood  in  the  broiling  sun  for 
four  hours  and  never  whimpered  be- 
cause she  had  promised  to  close  the 
rally  with  an  Oath  of  Allegiance.  She 
had  come  in  from  a  long  trip  on  Sat- 
urday; rushed  to  a  rehearsal  with 
Eddie  Duchin  that  same  night ;  came 
to  our  newspaper  office  after  mid- 
night to  compose  her  little  talk ;  and 
the  next  morning  she  was  back  with 
Bob  Hope  rehearsing  the  few  words 
that  were  exchanged  before  the  pub- 
lic. 

Through  it  all  she  was  human,  co- 
operative, sincere.  Her  heart  is  as  big 
as  her  reputation — her  temperament 
as  lovable  as  her  personality. 

And,  of  course,  there  was  Bob 
Hope.  He  was  the  only  one  whom  I 
had  met  previously,  so  I'm  a  friend 
of  his  and  maybe  I  shouldn't  praise 
him  too  much.  I  am  enclosing  some 
pictures  we  took  of  the  affair,  and 
you  will  see  Hope's  face  there,  gleam- 
ing like  a  beacon  light  on  a  dark 
night.  That's  how  he  acted.  He  had 
played  a  golf  match  for  Navy  Relief 
Saturday  afternoon  in  New  Jersey ; 
planed  in  to  Chicago  after  midnight; 
went  over  the  program  until  3  _A.  M. ; 
was  up  early  to  talk  to  the  girls  and 
Dietrich;  and  started  mastering  the 
ceremonies  at  2  P.  M. 

Well,  he  was  good,  and  the  crowd 
loved  him.  But  as  far  as  we  who  were 
putting  on  the  affair  are  _  concerned, 
we  loved  him  more  for  his  patience, 
good  naturedness  and  tranquillity  of 
spirit. 

Then  there  were  the  girls— Mrs. 
Pat  O'Brien  with  Shirley  Ross,  Ar- 


lene  Whelan  and  Mary  Howard.  They 
had  gone  through  quite  an  ordeal  in 
Milwaukee,  rushed  to  South  Bend, 
Ind.,  came  back  to  Chicago  after  mid- 
night Saturday,  and  not  a  whimper 
from  any  of  them. 

Mrs.  O'Brien  told  me  she  had  been 
married  to  Pat  sixteen  years,  and  her 
warm  Irish  eyes  twinkled.  Lucky 
Pat!  I  hope  it  will  last  sixty  years 
and  more.  He  certainly  has  picked 
himself  a  treasure. 

And  Shirley  Ross,  the  gay,  laugh- 
ter-loving, and  irrepressible.  She 
could  harldy  speak  at  2  o'clock  of  the 
morning  before  the  show.  Her  throat 
was  reedy  and  we  feared  she  would 
develop  a  strep  condition.  But  she 
was  up  early  the  next  morning, 
changed  her  clothing  three  times  be- 
cause of  a  mistake  in  signals,  then 
went  out  and  thrilled  the  audience 
with  "God  Bless  America."  But  that 
wasn't  enough — the  Coast  Guards 
were  putting  on  a  breeches  buoy  per- 
formance and  wanted  somebody  to 
help  them  dramatize  the  act.  There 
was  some  danger  involved.  Shirley 
volunteered.  What  a  game  girl ! 

The  same  with  Arlene  Whelan. 
She  was  ill  when  she  started  out  on 
the  trip  and  her  frail  body  could 
hardly  bear  up  under  it.  She  was 
worried  about  her  husband  who  was 
leaving  with  the  Government  for 
Egypt.  But  she  came  out  and  wise- 
cracked with  Bob  and  nary  a  com- 
plaint. 

Likewise  with  Mary  Howard.  Foot- 
sore and  bedraggled,  she  finally  went 
to  sleep  in  the  wee  hours  of  the  morn- 
ing and  rose  shortly  afterwards  to  go 
over  the  skit  for  the  show. 

They  were  all  sweet  and  feminine 
and  well  behaved  and  full  of  patience 
— a  credit  to  anybody,  anywhere. 

None  of  those  I  have  mentioned 
knows  that  I  am  writing  this  letter 
to  you.  In  fact,  I  had  not  planned 
to  write  you.  I  am  not  the  type  of  per- 
son who  ordinarily  waxes  lyrical.  But 
I  feel  you  should  know  how  lovable 
they  are. 

You  are  at  liberty  to  do  with  this 
letter  whatever  you  wish.  If  you  want 
to  show  it  to  anybody  or  reprint  it 
anywhere  in  whole  or  in  part,  it  is 
O.  K. 

I  merely  want  to  congratulate  you 
on  the  type  of  persons  who  are  repre- 
senting Hollywood  in  this  war-torn 
era. 

Sincerely, 
Lou  Shainmark, 

Managing  Editor, 
Chicago  Herald- American. 


Name  Arbitrator  in 
Clearance  Action 

Chicago,  June  28.  —  Benjamin 
Wham  has  been  named  arbitrator  of 
the  Palace  Theatre,  Gary,  Ind.,  clear- 
ance case  which  has  been  set  for  hear- 
ing Aug.  11.  Interventions  have  been 
filed  by  Vogue  Amusement  Co.,  op- 
erator of  the  Vogue,  East  Chicago; 
Inland  Amusement  Co.,  operator  of 
the  Indiana,  Indiana  Harbor,  and 
Whiting  Amusement  Co.,  operator  of 
the  Hoosier,  Whiting,  Ind.  All  three 
companies  are  subsidiaries  of  the 
Indiana-Illinois  circuit. 


Rites  for  Mrs.  Newman 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  Riv- 
erside Memorial  Chapel  here  yester- 
day for  Bertha  Newman,  68,  mother 
of  Arthur  Newman,  Republic  branch 
manager  in  Albany.  Mrs.  Newman 
died  on  Thursday.  She  is  survived  by 
two  other  sons,  George  and  Herbert. 


Yates  to  Washington 

Hollywood,  June  28. — H.  J.  Yates 
left  by  plane  for  Washington  Satur- 
day to  confer  with  representatives  of 
the  Chinese  government  on  the  Wash- 
ington showing  of  Republic's  "Flying 
Tigers." 


Names  Committees 
For  USO  Campaign 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

Oscar  Levant ;  Concerts,  F.  C.  Coppi- 
cus ;  Music  Publishers,  Rocco  Vocco ; 
Musical  Instruments,  Herman  Irion; 
Producers,  Jules  Levey ;  Sports,  Bill 
Corum,  with  A.  P.  Waxman,  William 
Bloome,  Dan  Michalove,  Leonard 
Goldenson  and  Robert  Weitman  as  his 
aides.  k 

The  Motion  Pictures  Division  is 
headed  by  Ned  E.  Depinet,  A.  W. 
Smith,  Jr.,  and  Sam  Dembow.  The 
Exhibitors'  Division,  which  will  have 
a  special  USO  campaign  in  all  thea- 
tres in  the  Metropolitan  area,  the 
week  beginning  July  23,  is  headed  by 
Sam  Rinzler,  with  Fred  J.  Schwartz 
and  Irving  Lesser  as  co-chairmen. 

The  following  chairmen  also  have 
been  appointed  in  the  Motion  Pictures 
Division :  Accessories  and  National 
Screen,  Herman  Robbins ;  Advertising 
Agencies,  Myer  Lesser ;  Columbia 
Pictures,  Louis  Barbano;  Fan  Maga- 
zines, Howard  Dietz ;  Film  Libraries, 
Independent  Distributors,  Industrial 
Films,  Projection  Service  Companies, 
and  16  millimeter  companies,  R.  M. 
Savini ;  Foreign  Exporters,  Arthur  A. 
Lee ;  Laboratories,  Alan  Freedman ; 
Monogram,  Joseph  Felder;  PRC,  Ar- 
thur Greenblatt ;  Paramount,  Claude 
Lee ;  Play  Brokers,  Dramatists  Guild 
and  Authors  League,  Jake  Wilk;  Pro- 
ducers Representatives,  Edward  J. 
Peskay ;  Publicity  Bureaus,  Myer 
Beck;  Short  Subject  Producers,  Roy 
Disney ;  Supplies,  Joe  Hornstein ; 
Trade  Papers,  Martin  Quigley;  20th 
Century-Fox,  W.  C.  Michel ;  Unions. 
L.  E.  Thompson ;  and  Vendors,  Max 
Seligman. 


Rogell  Returns  To 
RKO  Studio  Today 

Hollywood,  June  28.— Sid  Rogell, 
RKO  studio  manager  from  1936  until 
he  resigned  last  year,  will  resume  his 
position  in  charge  of  studio  operations 
Monday.  William  S.  Holman,  who 
succeeded  Rogell,  will  remain  at  the 
studio  as  his  assistant. 

Reginald  Armour,  who  came  to  the 
studio  as  representative  of  George  J. 
Schaefer,  former  RKO  president,  and 
later  took  over  supervision  of  the 
physical  operations  of  the  studio,  has 
resigned.  Rogell  will  also  take  over 
Armour's  duties. 


MOTION  PICTURE 

DAILY 

(Registered  U.  S.  Patent  Office) 

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Finestone,  Managing  Editor;  James  A. 
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"Quigpubco,  London."  All  contents  copy- 
righted 1942  by  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
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tion Picture  Herald.  Better  Theatres,  Inter- 
national Motion  Picture  Almanac  and  Fame. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  Sept.  23. 
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tion rates  per  year  $6  in  the  Americas  and 
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Monday,  June  29,  1942 


"Rubber  Racketeers" 

(Monogram) 

Hollywood,  June  28. 

TIMELY  and  topical  as  tomorrow's  headlines,  Monogram's  "Rubber 
Racketeers"  is  a  fast  moving  crime  melodrama,  showing  on  the 
screen  the  machinations  of  a  new  racket  created  out  of  the  war  effort — 
the  "black  market"  for  stolen  new  tires  and  those  made  from  unsafe 
materials.  Combining  action,  romance  and  suspense  with  a  patriotic 
message,  the  film  delivers  its  entertainment  qualities  well,  packing 
punches. 

Ricardo  Cortex  as  the  former  bootlegger,  who  turns  to  a  new  racket — 
tires — upon  his  release  from  prison,  Rochelle  Hudson  as  his  sweetheart, 
who  opposes  the  new  turn  of  events,  and  Bill  Henry  as  the  leader  of  the 
defense  plant  workers  who  uncover  the  "hot  tire"  gang,  are  co-starred. 
Chief  among  those  in  support  are  Kam  Tong,  in  an  outstanding  per- 
formance as  the  Chinese  servant  who  enlists  in  the  Army;  Barbara 
Read,  Milburn  Stone,  Dewey  Robinson,  John  Abbott  and  Pat  Gleason. 

The  fourth  production  of  the  King  Brothers,  Maurice  and  Franklin, 
the  film  is  their  best.  Harold  Young,  who  directed,  and  Henry  Blank- 
fort,  who  wrote  the  original  screenplay,  make  the  most  of  their  oppor- 
tunities for  audience-holding  points. 

Running  time,  67  minutes.  "A"*  Vance  King 


Reviews 


"Flight  Lieutenant" 

(Columbia) 

Hollyivood,  June  28. 

D  AT  O'BRIEN  and  Glenn  Ford  portray  father  and  son,  fliers  both,  in 
*  this  melodrama  of  aviation  which  begins  in  1932  and  ends  in  1941, 
dealing  with  military  as  well  as  commercial  flying,  but  not  with  the 
present  war  directly.  In  two  or  three  spots  the  sacrifices  of  the  father 
for  the  son  produce  some  tension  conducing  to  entertainment  of  the 
onlooker,  but  slowness  of  progress  in  telling  the  story,  plus  artificiality 
in  cause  and  effect,  limits  the  picture's  possibilities. 

The  screenplay  by  Michael  Blankfort,  from  a  story  by  Richard  Car- 
roll and  Betty  Hopkins,  opens  with  the  grounding  of  O'Brien  as  an 
American  commercial  pilot,  veteran  of  World  War  I,  following  a  crash 
in  which  his  co-pilot  has  been  killed.  Disgraced,  he  changes  his  name 
and  takes  flying  employment  in  Dutch  Guiana,  sending  his  earnings 
home  to  pay  for  the  upbringing  of  his  son,  Ford,  who  becomes  an  Air 
Corps  cadet  and  is  on  the  point  of  marrying  his  commandant's  niece 
when  he  discovers  that  her  father  was  the  man  for  whose  death  his 
father  was  grounded.  Following  distressing  complications,  O'Brien 
redeems  himself  by  substituting  for  his  son  in  the  testing  of  a  pursuit 
plane  in  which  he  crashes  to  his  death. 

Other  players  are  Evelyn  Keyes,  Jonathan  Hale,  Minor  Watson, 
Frank  Puglia,  Edward  Pawley,  Gregory  Gay,  Clancy  Cooper,  Trevor 
Bardette,  Marcel  Dalio,  John  Galludet,  Larry  Parks,  Lloyd  Bridges, 
Hugh  Beaumont  and  Douglas  Croft. 

It  is  a  B.  P.  Schulberg  production  directed  by  Sidney  Salkow. 

Running  time,  78  minutes.  "G"*  Roscoe  Williams 


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(.Continued  from  page  1) 

minutes  to  be  read  in  full,  is  expected 
to  have  considerable  weight  in  similar 
cases  now  pending  against  Loew's, 
20th  Century-Fox  and  Warners.  Al- 
fred J.  Talley,  counsel  for  the  stock- 
holders, received  60  days'  stay  of 
judgment  and  a  similar  time  to  pre- 
pare a  case  on  appeal.  Following  the 
decision,  Talley  said  he  would  have 
to  study  the  decision  before  he  could 
state  whether  the  appeal  would  be 
prosecuted. 

"Succumbing  to  extortion  is  not  a 
crime,"  the  court  ruled.  "This  case 
thus  does  not  call  for  the  considera- 
tion of  the  question  whether  or  not 
payment  out  of  a  corporation's  money 
is  the  commission  of  a  crime  regard- 
less of  the  circumstances  of  financial 
loss  or  benefit  to  the  corporation  can 
be  made  the  basis  of  a  suit  by  stock- 
holders to  compel  restoration  of  such 
money  by  the  officers  or  directors 
who  caused  or  acquiesced  in  its  pay- 
ment." 

Cites  Keough's  Record 

Justice  Walter  cited  Keough's  rec- 
ord with  the  company  as  "honest, 
trustworthy  and  loyal"  and  said  that 
in  yielding  to  the  demands,  Keough 
acted  reasonably  and  in  the  belief  that 
he  was  saving  the  company  from  seri- 
ous losses. 

"To  say  that  to  permit  corporate 
officers  to  use  corporate  funds  to  buy 
off  racketeers  is  contrary  to  public 
policy  because  likely  to  produce  or 
increase  racketeering  is  appealing  to 
one's  feeling  of  moral  principles  but 
as  applied  to  this  case  it  involves 
a  fallacious  assumption  that  business 
corporations  owe  a  duty  to  the  public 
to  prevent  racketeering  at  their  own 
expense.  I  do  not  think  it  can  be 
said  that  public  policy  requires  that 
corporate  officers  be  thus  required  to 
serve  two  masters." 

Trap  Dangerous 

Discussing  the  fact  that  Keough 
might  have  gone  to  the  proper  au- 
thorities or  attempted  to  obtain  an 
injunction  against  the  threatened 
strike,  Justice  Walter  pointed  out 
that  an  attempt  at  entrapment  might 
be  "an  incendiary  bomb  which  would 
start  the  very  conflagration  he  sought 
to  avoid." 

The  court  held  that  although  Ke- 
ough paid  the  money  without  the 
knowledge  of  the  other  directors,  their 
subsequent  approval  was  sufficient, 
even  if  made  many  years  later.  Justice 
Walter  also  stated  that  even  if  the 
money  were  wrongfully  paid  by  a  cor- 
porate officer  or  director,  the  board 
had  a  right  to  decide  not  to  bring  an 
action  for  reimbursement.  In  this 
connection,  the  court  cited  testimony 
to  the  effect  that  Y.  Frank  Freeman, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  the  studio, 
had  turned  losses  into  profits  and  that 
it  was  "unthinkable"  to  lose  him.  The 
court  also  ruled  that  directors  with 
no  knowledge  of  the  payments  could 
not  be  expected  to  examine  every  item 
on  the  expense  account. 

"I  conclude  therefore  that  a  pay- 
ment of  corporate  funds  by  way  of  a 
submission  to  an  illegal  exaction  is 
not  a  diversion  of  such  funds  from 
legitimate  corporate  purposes  and  con- 
sequently is  not  ipso  facto  or  neces- 


*  "G"  denotes  general  classification. 


.*  "A"  denotes  adult  classification. 


sarily  a  breach  of  the  implied  trust 
upon  which  such  funds  are  held." 

Louis  Connick,  of  Simpson  Thacher 
&  Bartlett,  represented  the  company ; 
Louis  Nizer,  of  Phillips,  Nizer,  Ben- 
jamin &  Krim,  represented  Keough, 
Walter  B.  Cokell  and  Fred  Mohr- 
hardt ;  Stephen  Callaghan,  of  Callag- 
han,  Stout  &  Nova,  represented  Neil 
F.  Agnew,  Barney  Balaban,  Stephen 
Callaghan,  Norman  Collyer,  Harvey 
Dow  Gibson,  John  Golden,  Anson 
Conger  Goodyear,  Stanton  Griffis, 
Duncan  G.  Harris,  John  W.  Hicks, 
Jr.,  Earl  I.  McClintock,  Frank  Meyer, 
Maurice  Newton,  Floyd  B.  Odium, 
George  J.  Schaefer,  Edwin  L.'  Weisl 
and  Adolph  Zukor ;  Lester  Kissel,  of 
Shearman  &  Sterling,  represented 
Percy  Hampton  Johnston ;  Bruce 
Bromley  represented  Henry  R.  Luce ; 
Vincent  W.  Farley,  of  Hurd,  Hamlin 
&  Hubbell,  represented  John  E.  Ot- 
terson,  and  Francis  S.  Bensel  of  Lar- 
kin,  Rathbone  &  Perry,  represented 
William  Steele  Gray,  Jr. 


ButterReld  Deal  Is 
Closed  by  Republic 

Republic  on  Friday  closed  a  deal 
for  its  1942-'43  program  with  the 
Butterfield  circuit  of  113  theatres  in 
Michigan,  it  was  announced.  James 
R.  Grainger,  president,  and  Sam 
Seplowin,  Detroit  branch  manager, 
represented  Republic  while  signing 
for  the  circuit  were  E.  C.  Beatty, 
president,  and  J.  O.  Brooks,  assist- 
ant. 


'Victory  Shift'  Shows 

Columbus,  O.,  June  28.— The  RKO 
Grand  on  July  2  will  inaugurate  a 
policy  of  "Victory  Shift  Shows," 
from  2  A.  M.  to  5  A.  M.,  on  Thurs- 
day and  Friday  of  each  week  for  the 
benefit  of  the  late  shift  workers  in 
local  defense  industries.  This  is  the 
first  theatre  in  central  Ohio  to  adopt 
such  a  policy. 


Only  3  Features 
Banned  by  Ontario 
Censors  in  Year 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

were  held  up  until  major  revisions 
were  made. 

A  total  of  577  deletions  in  features 
and  109  in  newsreels  were  made,  whil'  <: 
one  16-millimeter  feature  was  reject  j 
and  86  others  altered.  During  the  ye\  , 
the  board  licensed  803  projectionists 
and  192  apprentices,  indicating  no 
man  power  shortage  in  projection 
booths. 

Only  two  film  fires  were  reported, 
while  seven  theatres  were  prosecuted 
for  minor  violations  under  regulations. 
Because  of  the  war,  practically  all 
films  were  from  the  United  States, 
England  and  Russia,  those  from  the 
Soviet  having  been  permitted  for  the 
first  time  in  four  years. 


OP  A  Sets  Maximum 
Film  Scrap  Prices 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

film.  This  is  the  price  prevailing  dur- 
ing the  base  period  of  Oct.  1-15,  last, 
and  while  it  is  one-half  cent  above 
the  average  for  1941,  it  is  V/i  cents 
under  the  price  which  would  be  per- 
mitted by  the  general  maximum  price 
regulation.  Differentials  are  provided 
for  washed  film,  and  prices  on  dis- 
solved film  are  based  on  the  solution. 


Crescent  Decision 
Due  in  Few  Weeks 

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tered  during  the  trial  here  last  Au- 
gust. Illness  prevented  Judge  Davies 
from  giving  time  to  the  case  during 
the  Winter  and  since  then  his  court 
docket  has  been  crowded. 

Columbia  was  dismissed  as  a  de- 
fendant in  the  Government  anti-trust 
suit  at  the  close  of  the  trial.  The 
decisions  to  be  handed  down  will  con- 
cern Crescent,  United  Artists  and 
Universal. 


Wis.  Theatres  to 
Aid  Rubber  Drive 

Milwaukee,  June  28. — Wisconsin 
and  Upper  Michigan  theatres  are  ex- 
pected to  cooperate  in  the  scrap  rub- 
ber drive  by  conducting  a  special  show 
on  June  30,  admission  to  which  will 
be  a  bag  or  basket  of  rubber  scrap. 

Working  on  the  committee  in 
charge  of  the  drive  are  H.  J.  Fitz- 
gerald, general  manager,  Fox  Wis- 
consin Amusement  Corp.,  chairman ; 
Harry  Perlewitz,  business  manager, 
ITPA  of  Wisconsin  and  Upper 
Michigan;  Alfred  Kvool,  Warner 
Theatres,  and  Arthur  Schmitz,  RKO 
exchange  manager. 


Buckner  on  'Mission' 

Robert  Buckner  will  be  the  pro- 
ducer of  "Mission  to  Moscow,"  based 
on  the  book  of  the  same  title  by 
Joseph  E.  Davies,  former  U.  S.  Am- 
bassador to  Russia,  it  was  announced 
by  Warners  Friday.  Buckner  re- 
turned to  the  Coast  over  the  week- 
end. 


SHOWMEN  EVERYWHERE  ARE 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Monday,  June  29,  1942 


Theatre  Changes 


Reviews 


"Prisoner  of  Japan" 

{Producers  Releasing) 

A  NOTHER  film  on  the  war,  "Prisoner  of  Japan"  purveys  rather 
Jr^  ineffectively  a  tale  of  a  Jap-occupied  island  on  which  a  weak- 
kneed  American  astronomer  is  held  captive.  Also  on  the  island  is  a 
directional  radio  transmitter  which  informs  confederates  of  the  locations 
of  ship  movements. 

Occasional  splurges  of  over-playing  help  little  as  the  story  develops, 
eventually  leading  up  to  the  revolt  of  the  American,  Alan  Baxter,  who 
directs  the  destruction  of  the  secret  radio  station  and  is  himself  killed. 
Gertrude  Michael  appears  as  a  showgirl  who  stops  to  visit  Baxter  and 
also  is  interned;  Ernest  Dorian  is  the  Jap  agent  occupying  the  island 
with  his  troops,  and  Corrinna  Mura  is  Dorian's  Eurasian  wife.  Arthur 
Ripley  directed  and  Seymour  Nebenzahl  produced. 

Running  time,  65  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


"Submarine  Raider" 

{Columbia) 

'TpHIS  version  of  the  action  in  the  Pacific  that  came  without  warning 
*■   is  well  done  with  a  minimum  of  the  obvious.    Taut  direction  has 
provided  a  good  measure  of  suspense  and  the  presentation  of  the  battle 
scenes  also  is  somewhat  above  the  average  in  thrill  materials. 

While  it  is  the  type  of  picture  that  doesn't  allow  for  great  display  of 
dramatic  ability  by  its  cast,  John  Howard  in  the  chief  role  of  U.  S. 
submarine  commander,  offers  an  effective,  restrained  performance, 
Marguerite  Chapman,  Bruce  Bennett  and  others  in  support  are  adequate 
throughout.  Lew  Landers  directed  and  Wallace  MacDonald  pro- 
duced. 

The  film's  highpoints  are  the  destruction  of  a  small  pleasure  craft  by  a 
Jap  carrier,  unsuccessful  attempts  by  Howard  who  has  picked  up  the 
sole  survivor,  Miss  Chapman,  to  radio  a  warning,  the  Pearl  Harbor 
attack,  and  finally  the  sub's  encounter  with  the  carrier,  which,  through 
the  shrewd  maneuvering  of  Howard,  results  in  the  destruction  of  the 
enemy  ship. 

Running  time,  64  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


'Bride'  at  $13,500 
Cincinnati's  Best 


Cincinnati,  June  28. — "They  All 
Kissed  the  Bride"  brought  the  RKO 
Albee  $13,500,  and  "My  Gal  Sal"  had 
a  good  $4,300  sixth  week  at  the  RKO 
Lyric. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  24-27 : 

"They  All  Kissed  the  Bride"  (Col.) 

RKO     ALBEE— (3,300)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $13,500.     (Average,  $12,000) 
"My  Favorite  Spy"  (RKO) 

RKO  •  PALACE — (2,700)     (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $9,200.     (Average,  $10,000) 
"Syncopation"  (RKO) 

RKO  CAPITOL— (2,000)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $3,400.  (Average, 
$5,500) 

"I  Married  an  Angel"  (M-G-M) 

RKO  GRAND— (1,500)  (33c-40c-50c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $4,000.  (Average, 
$5,000) 

"My  Gal  Sal"  (20th -Fox) 

RKO  LYRIC— (1,400)  (28c-33c-42c)  7  days, 
6th  week.  Gross:  $4,300.  (Average,  $4,- 
500) 

"Bombs  Over  Burma"  (PRC) 
"I  Was  Framed"  (W.  B.) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)  (15c-28c)  4  days. 
Gross:  $1,100.     (Average,  $1,200) 
"Yokel  Boy"  (Rep.) 

"The  Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  (20th-Fox) 

RKO  FAMILY— (1,000)  (15c-28c)  3  days. 
Gross:  $800.     (Average,  $800) 
"The  Big  Shot"  (W.  B.) 

KEITH'S — (1,000)  (33c-40c-50c)  7  days, 
2nd  week.     Gross:  $3,800.  (Average,  $5,000) 


Union  Is  Seeking  to 
Expand  Membership 

Chicago,  June  28. — Efforts  are  be- 
ing made  here  by  the  Film  Exchange 
Employes  Union,  Local  B-4S,  IATSE, 
to  organize  clerical  employes.  Here- 
tofore membership  in  the  local  has 
been  confined  to  shippers,  assistants 
and  inspectors. 

A  group  of  Paramount  employes 
were  first  to  hear  of  the  new  plans  at 
a  meeting  last  week  conducted  by  of- 
ficers of  the  union. 


Runyon  to  20th-Fox 

Hollywood,  June  28.— An  agree- 
ment has  been  concluded  whereby 
Damon  Runyon  will  become  a  pro- 
ducer for  20th  Century-Fox.  His  first 
film  is  expected  to  be  a  service  pic- 
ture which  he  will  write.  The  deal 
will  be  for  two  years. 


Starlight  to  Open 

The  Starlight  Theatre,  Summer 
legitimate  company,  will  open  its 
ninth  season  tomorrow,  and  this 
year  will  play  in  two  towns  every 
week  for  10  weeks,  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y.,  and  Pawling,  N.  Y.  Theodore 
Jones  is  in  charge  of  the  project. 


Paramount  Buys  'Dixie' 

Hollywood,  June  28. — Paramount 
on  Friday  purchased  "Dixie,"  a  story 
by  William  Rankin  on  Dan  Emmitt, 
the  composer  of  "Dixie."  Paul  Jones 
will  produce  and  Bing  Crosby  will 
play  the  leading  role. 


Para.  Signs  Cordova 

Hollywood,  June  28.  —  Arturo  de 
Cordova,  ranking  Mexican  film  star, 
has  been  signed  for  a  featured  role 
in  Paramount's  "For  Whom  the  Bells 
Toll,"  and  has  been  given  a  six-year 
contract. 


China  Relief  Drive  Set 

The  United  China  Relief  will  con- 
duct a  five-day  public  solicitation  of 
funds  in  New  York,  beginning  July  7. 


G"  denotes  general  classification. 


Reopen  West  Haven  House 

West  Haven,  Conn.,  June  28— The 
remodeled  and  enlarged  Rivoli  Theatre 
here  has  been  opened  by  Fishman 
Theatres.  The  20-year-old  house  was 
completely  remodeled  inside  and  out. 


Named  Columbus  Assistant 

Columbus,  O.,  June  28.  —  Ruth 
Parker  has  been  appointed  assistant 
manager  of  Loew's  Broad  here,  the 
first  girl  to  hold  a  management  post 
in  this  area. 


Manages  Iowa  Theatre 

Ottumwa,  la.,  June  28. — Ottumwa 
Theatre  Co.  has  named  C.  Russell 
Hill  manager  of  the  new  Ottumwa, 
Ernest  Murtfield  manager  of  the 
Capitol,  Charles  Plow  of  the  Rialto, 
Hal  Achoules  of  the  Strand  and 
Charles  Wilson  of  the  Zephyr. 


Named  B  &  K  Manager 

Chicago,  June  28. — Thomas  Hun- 
gerford,  former  Essaness  Circuit  dis- 
trict manager,  has  been  named  man- 
ager of  B.  &  K.'s  Harding  here. 


Odeon  Managers  Shifted 

Ottawa,  June  28. — James  Kidurka, 
manager  of  the  Avalon  Theatre  here, 
has  been  sent  to  Toronto  by  Odeon 
Theatres,  and  Robert  Martin  has  suc- 
ceeded him  as  manager  of  the  Avalon. 


Shift  California  Managers 

San  Francisco,  June  28.  —  In  a 
general  shifting  of  Aaron  Goldberg 
circuit  personnel,  D.  O.  Downing  has 
been  named  manager  of  the  Oakland 
Newsreel  Theatre,  succeeding  Nathan 
Grossman,  who  becomes  manager  at 
the  Newsreel  Theatre  here.  J.  E. 
Spradling,  former  San  Francisco 
Newsreel  manager,  goes  to  Oakland 
as  assistant  to  Downing. 


Aide  at  Bridgeport  House 

Bridgeport,  Conn.,  June  28. — Wil- 
liam Brownstein  of  New  York  is  the 
new  assistant  at  the  Lyric  here,  re- 
placing Herbert  Alpert,  inducted  into 
service.  Nat  Rubin,  manager  of  the 
house,  will  be  called  for  duty  shortly. 


Buys  Theatre  in  Iowa 

Holstein,  la.,  June  28.  —  E.  W. 
Kugel,  operator  of  the  State  Theatre 
here  for  six  years,  has  bought  the 
Orpheum  at  Mapleton,  la.,  and  will 
operate  both  theatres.  Edward  Reich- 
ard,  present  manager  of  the  Orpheum 
will  continue  as  manager  but  the 
theatre  will  be  closed  for  remodeling. 


Named  Springfield  Assistant 

Springfield,  Mass.,  June  28. — John 
Anable  has  been  named  assistant  man- 
ager at  the  Capitol  Theatre  here,  re- 
placing Raymond  Kaskeski,  resigned. 


'Above  AH'  Scores 
$14,800,  Milwaukee 

Milwaukee,  June  28.  —  "This 
Above  All"  and  "It  Happened  in  Flat- 
bush,"  at  Fox's  Wisconsin  and  Pal- 
ace theatres  simultaneously  took  a 
$14,800  total  followed  closely  by  $14,- 
200  for  the  Andrews  Sisters  on  the 
stage  of  the  Riverside  and  the  film 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  Street." 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  \tf  r 
ending  June  23-25 : 

"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.  B.) 
"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea"  (RKO) 

WARK'ER—  (2,400)  (33c-44c-55c)  5  days, 
2nd  week.     Gross:  $4,000.     (Average,  $4,- 

500) 

"This  Above  All"  (2©th-Fox) 

"It  Happened  in  Flatbush"  (20th-Fox) 

PALACE—  (2,400)     (44c-55c-75c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $6,100.     (Average,  $4,000) 
"The  Mayor  of  44th  Street"  (RKO) 

RIVERSIDE— (2,700)    (44c-60c)    7  days. 
Stage:  Andrews  Sisters.      Gross:  $14,200. 
(Average,  $6,500) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

STRAND— (1,400)      (44c-65c)      7  days. 
Gross:  $2,000.     (Average.  $1,500) 
"This  Above  All"  (20th-Fox) 
"It  Happened  in  Flatbush"  (20th-Fox) 

WISCONSIN— (3,200)  (44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.     Gross:  $8,700.     (Average,  $5,500) 

Vending  Machines 
Banned  in  Halifax 

Halifax,  N.  S.,  June  28.— Theatres 
here  are  using  show  cases  and  coun- 
ters for  the  sale  of  candy,  cigarettes 
and  the  like,  since  the  City  Council 
banned  all  merchandise  vending  ma- 
chines at  the  behest  of  the  city's  mer- 
chants. The  machines  have  been  a 
profitable  source  of  revenue  for  the 
local  theatres,  and  the  change  has 
added  to  the  cost  of  operation,  since 
now  an  attendant  must  be  employed 
to  handle  sales. 

Museum  Expands 
Screen  Programs 

The  motion  picture  program  of  the 
Museum  of  Modern  Art  will  be  given 
for  the  public  twice  daily,  at  3  P.M. 
and  5 :30  P.M.,  instead  of  once,  at 
4  P.M.,  under  a  new  schedule  of 
hours,  effective  July  1,  announced  by 
John  E.  Abbott,  executive  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Museum. 

Under  the  revised  time  schedule  the 
Museum  will  remain  open  until  7 
P.M.  daily,  opening  at  12  noon  (1 
P.M.  on  Sundays). 


Shift  WB  Bookers 

San  Francisco,  June  28. — Ernest 
Hampton  has  been  named  circuit 
booker  at  the  Warner  exchange  here, 
succeeding  S.  E.  McDonald.  Stanley 
Lefcourt  succeeds  Hampton  as  bay 
region  booker,  and  George  Tripp  will 
handle  bookings  in  the  rest  of  the 
state. 


Service  Total  $1,875,000 

Checks  of  $13,116  from  Brandt 
Theatres  in  New  York  and  for  $22,- 
500  from  the  Hamrick-Evergreen 
Theatres,  ^Seattle,  and  other  smaller 
remittances  received  on  Friday  brought 
the  industry's  Army  and  Navy  Relief 
Funds  drive  total  to  $1,875,000. 


Golden  Film  for  RKO 

Hollywood,  June  28. — RKO  has 
signed  a  deal  to  distribute  "Educa- 
tion for  Death,"  to  be  produced  by 
Edward  A.  Golden  from  the  book  by 
Gregor  Ziemer  on  the  education  of 
German  youth  for  war. 


DO  YOU 

USE  IT? 


"  Please  send  me  a  year's  supply  of  Booking 
Sheets  for  your  Product  Digest  Binder.  I  will 
mail  check  to  cover  cost  npon  receipt  of 
invoice. 

"May  I  state  that  in  my  hnmble  opinion  that 
your  Product  Digest  is  the  most  helpful  and 
handy  accessory  that  has  been  offered  to  the 
exhibitor  in  many  years.  It  enables  him  to 
have  all  the  necessary  information  on  hand  at 
all  times.  It  should  be  standard  equipment  in 
all  theatres." 

Larry  Waters* 
Manager* 
Charlotte  Theatre* 
Charlotte*  JV.  C. 


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Monday,  June  29,  1942 


' Tripoli'  Gets 
Big  $26,500, 
Boston  Lead 


Boston,  June  28. — "To  the  Shores 
of  Tripoli,"  playing  a  first  week  at 
the  Metropolitan,  drew  $26,500.  "My 
Gal  Sal"  at  RKO  Memorial  took 
$25,000.  The  weather  was  fair  and 
cool. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  19-20 : 

"To  the  Shore  of  Tripoli"  (20th-Fox) 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

METROPOLITAN— (4,376)  (2Sc-33c-55c- 
65c)  7  days.  Gross:  $26,500.  (Average, 
$15,000) 

"My   Gal   Sal"  (20th-Fox) 

"Night  Before  the  Divorce"  (20th-Fox) 

KEITH  MEMORIAL— (2,907)  (33c-55c-65c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $25,500.    (Average,  $15,000) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 
"Alias    Boston    Blackie"  (Col.) 

LOEWS    ORPHEUM— (3,000)  C30c-44c- 
65c)    7   days,    2nd    week.     Gross:  $17,500. 
(Average,  $11,500) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 
"Alias    Boston    Blackie"  (Col.) 

LOEWS  STATE— (2,900)  (30c-44c-65c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $13,500.  (Average, 
$12,000) 

"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 
"Always   in    My    Heart"  (W.B.) 

PARAMOUNT— (1,797)  (28c-33c-44c-55c) 
7  days.     Gross:  $11,500.     (Average,  $8,500) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 
"Always   in   My   Heart"  (W.B.) 

FENWAY  (1,320)     (28c-33c-44c-55c)  7 

days.     Gross:  $9,500.     (Average,  $5,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

SCOLLAY—  (2,500)    (40c-55c-75c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $15,500.     (Average,  $6,500) 
"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.A.) 
"The  Falcon  Takes  Over"  (RKO) 

KEITH  BOSTON — (2,679)  (33c-55c-65c)  7 
-*ays.     Gross:    $14,500.      (Average,  $9,500) 


Ford  Returns  to  Air 
With  News  Program 

Details  on  the  Ford  Motor  Co.'s 
return  to  the  air  next  Monday  were 
released  by  the  Blue  Network  over 
the  weekend.  Ford  will  sponsor  Earl 
Godwin  with  a  15-minute  newscast 
seven  nights  a  week  at  8  P.  M.  for 
Eastern  and  Central  states  and  a  re- 
peat at  11  P.  M.  for  Western  sections 
of  the  country. 

A  total  of  107  stations  will  be  used. 
Although  details  of  the  commercial 
announcements  have  not  been  com- 
pleted, it  was  said  that  the  announce- 
ments will  be  directed  primarily  to 
aiding  Ford  dealers  throughout  the 
country. 


Seward  Will  Direct 
Operations  for  CBS 

Effective  today,  James  M.  Seward, 
CBS  assistant  treasurer  and  assistant 
secretary,  will  become  director  of  op- 
erations for  the  network  and  will  take 
over  many  of  the  duties  of  Lawrence 
W.  Lowman,  vice-president  in  charge 
of  operations,  who  has  entered  Army 
service.  Seward  will  continue  as  as- 
sistant secretary  but  give  up  his  duties 
as  assistant  treasurer. 

I.  S.  Becker,  assistant  director  of 
operations,  will  add  to  his  present 
duties  fiscal  control  over  programs 
and  will  take  over  Lowman's  contacts 
with  musician  and  artist  groups. 


CBS  Names  Sevareid 

Eric  Sevareid  has  been  appointed 
chief  of  the  CBS  Washington  news 
bureau  to  succeed  Albert  Warner, 
who  has  resigned  to  enter  the  Army 
July  1. 


IN  THE 
*   *   *  ★ 


SERVICE 


Motion  Picture  Daily  publishes  today  another  listing  of  names 
of  men  and  women  of  the  motion  picture  industry  and  radio 
mho  are  now  serving  with  the  forces  of  the  United  States  and 
others  of  the  United  Nations.  Publication  of  names  will  be  con- 
tinued from  time  to  time.  Readers  are  asked  to  provide  additional 
names.  The  listing  is  divided  by  company,  with  the  designation  of 
the  branch  of  the  service  for  each  individual  where  available. 


Universal  Studio 


\  mm 


Robert  Murdc-ck,  Jr.,  Army;  Jason  Ber- 
nie,  Army;  CHffton  Johnson,  Navy;  Willie 
Eggert,  Coast  Guard;  Edward  Guss,  Army; 
Sevjour  Porter,  Army;  Daniel  Landres. 
Army;  Dale  Strickland,  Army;  Robert 
Weatherford,  Marine  Corps;  Ralph  Lar- 
gey,  Army;  Orville  Jones,  Navy;  Seymour 
Winston,  Army;  Everett  Broussard,  Army; 
Loren  Nelson,  Army;  Mickey  Bennett. 
Army;  Chris  Loreno,  Navy;  James  Bren- 
nan,  Jr.,  Navy;  Reginald  Doyle,  Navy; 
Robert  Parrish,  Navy;  Pat  Kelley,  Navy; 

Louis  B.  Hogue, 
Navy ;  Robert  E. 
MacClure,  Coast 
Guard;  Don  Jones. 
Navy;  Irvin  H. 
Williams,  Army; 
Louis  Blaine,  Navv; 
Frank  M.  Perry, 
Army;  Joe  Campa- 
nelli.  Army;  Paul 
Johnson,  Army; 
Charles  E.  Morgan, 
Navy ;  Howard  W. 
McClure,  Army; 
Jack  D.  Watts, 
Army;  Norman 
Rivkin,  Army; 
Jack  B.  Tuch, 
Army;  Leo  Phil- 
lips, Navy ;  How- 
ard Black,  Army; 
Robert  Crammer, 
Army;  Douglas 
Gallagher.  Army; 
George  Morr  ow, 
Army. 

Thomas  Parks, 
Army;  Elmer  Gre- 
ther,  Army;  Ed  Cruger,  Marines;  Fred 
Germscheid,  Army;  Laurie  A.  Sheklow. 
Army;  Elmer  Wagner,  Army;  Ray  Lewis. 
Army;  Donald  Thomas,  Navy;  Frederick 
Massamini,  Marines;  Carl  Berringer, 
Army;  Edwin  D'aniels,  Navy;  Robert 
Hooker,  Navy;  James  Welch,  Navy;  Leon- 
ard Cripps,  Army;  Joseph  DeMario,  Army; 
C.  R.  Dooley,  Navy;  Greg  Dowling.  Navy; 
Frank  Gibler,  Army;  Joseph  P.  Gluck, 
Army;  Harold  Hansen,  Army;  Waldron 
Johnson,  Navy;  Gordon  Jones,  Navy; 
Freddie  Kraus,  Army;  Charles  W.  Lan- 
caster, Navy;  Harold  Slater,  Army;  Felix 
Sommer,  Army ;  Kenneth  Thompson, 
Army;  Marvin  Drake,  Army;  Harry  Kes- 
sell,  Navy;  Jack  Bernhard,  RAF;  Joseph 
Fino,  Army;  Jack  Poole,  Army;  Julius 
Weil,  Army;  Peter  S.  Sullivan,  Marines; 
Clinton  E.  Herberger,  Army;  Glenn  Miller, 
Army ;  William  Shunn,  Army ;  Milton 
Asher,  Army;  James  Ballas,  Army;  Jules 
Buck,  Army;  Bunting  Russell,  Army;  Fred 
Comstock,  Army;  Alfred  Walker,  Navy. 

David  O.  Selznick,  Productions,  Inc. 


Bert  Kulick 
Lieut.,  Navy, 
Formerly  PRC. 


Robert  Farnham.  Signal  Corps;  Paul 
Foresman,  Coast  Artillery;  Paul  Gerard 
Smith,  Jr.,  Marines;  Kenneth  Brett,  Air 
Corps;  Harold  B.  Fahnestock.  Chemical 
Warfare,  Cecil  Barker,  Air  Corps. 

Paramount  Exchange,  Chicago. 


Marshall  Hollander,  Naval  Training  Sta- 
tion, Great  Lakes,  111.;  Theodore  Schnei- 
der, Marine  Base,  San  Diego,  Cal. 

Republic  Studio 


Paul  Rendahl,  Army;  Morris  Abrahms, 
Army;  Ben  Roberts,  Army;  Douglas  Yates, 
Army;  Lloyd  Utterburg,  Army;  Harold 
Peck,  Navy;  Bernard  Burns,  Army;  Ver- 
non Crocker,  Tr..  Navy;  Floyd  Barsoom, 
Air  Corps;  Herschell  Gruenberg.  Army; 
Dale  Strickland,  Army;  Franklyn  Adreon, 
Marine  Corps;  Sol  Shor.  Army;  Gilbert 
Rice,  Navy;  Joseph  Minitallo,  Army;  Don- 
ald Cady.  Air  Force;  Robert  Finkel.  Army; 
Bill  Wilkes.  Army;  Leonard  Dimoush, 
Navy:  Stanley  Trembley,  Army;  Dick  Ma- 
rino. Army;  Ray  Vernol.  Navy;  Lou  Dicks. 
Army;  Carl  Zint,  Navy;  Charles  Cooper, 
Army;  Don  Rabinowitz.  Army;  Edward 
Ezell,  Army;  Marvin  L.  Johns.  Army; 
Louis  Phillippi,  Army;  Hal  May,  Army; 
Carleton  Mickens,  Navy;  J.  R.  Bradley. 
Navy;  Robert  D'ale.  Navy;  Dick  Dickin- 
son. Army;  Herb  Mendelson,  Army;  Ju- 
lian Zimet.  Army;  Richard  Murphy,  Army; 
Chuck  Cashon,  Army. 


Plaques  List  RKO 
Men  Under  Arms 

Bronze  plaques  bearing  the 
names  of  RKO  film  and  the- 
atre men  now  serving  the 
country's  armed  forces  have 
been  placed  on  the  11th  and 
14th  floors  of  the  RKO  Build- 
ing. 


Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Studio 

Bertram  Wheeler.  Army,  Camp  Ord, 
California;  Burt  H.  Dreyer,  Marines, 
Camp  Elliott,  California;  Robert  Burk- 
hardt,   Marines;    Glenn  A.    Marrs,  Army 


Fort  Meade,  South 
Fetty.  Naval  Air 
Lawrence  Schneider, 


Theodore  Schneider 
U.    S.  Marines 
Formerly  Para. 


Dakota;  Charles  R. 
Force,  San  Diego; 
Army  Air  Corps, 
Tucson,  Arizona; 
James  F.  Jennings, 
Army  Air  Corps, 
Long  Beach,  Cali- 
fornia; Ralph  G. 
Frisbey.  Army; 
Camp  Roberts,  Cali- 
fornia; Murel  Sher- 
ro<i.  Army.  Camp 
Roberts.  California; 
R.  Paul  Maag, 
Army,  Fort  Mc- 
Dtowali.  California; 
Melvin  Lachman. 
Arnvy.  Pasadena. 
California;  Harry 
P.  Shaw,  Navy.  San 
Diego.  California; 
Charles  R.  Millar. 
Marines,  Camp 
Grant,  Illinois; 
Richard  C.  Bare, 
Army;  Los  Ange- 
les: William  F. 
Eckhardt,  Army. 
Camp  Wolters. 
Texas ;  Ralph  H. 
Wymore ;  Paul  R. 
Sophy,  Fort  Eustis.  Virginia;  Murray 
Ross,  Army,  Los  Angeles;  Harry  Brad- 
brook,  Navy,  San  Diego,  California; 
Patrick  J.  Burns,  Army,  Camp  Callan, 
California. 

Vernon  R.  Cockey,  Army;  Evan  F. 
Maas,  Navy,  San  Diego.  California;  Frank 
J.  Trott.  Navy.  San  Diego,  California; 
Elmer  R.  Gramm;  Edward  J.  Miller; 
Joseph  E.  Seiler:  Norman  White,  Army, 
Sheppard  Field,  Texas;  Henry  H.  Hill. 
Army,  Sheppard  Field.  Texas;  Don  A. 
Hinman,  Army  Air  Corps,  Sheppard  Field, 
Texas;  Thomas  V.  Harrison;  Peter  A. 
Macari.  Army;  Rudolph  Pfaff.  Army, 
Sheppard  Field,  Texas;  Ross  R.  Rath. 
Jr.,  Navy,  San  Diego,  California;  Warren 
Senate,  Army,  Camp  Wolters,  Texas; 
Frank  J.  McKenna;  Eldon  O.  Skinner, 
Army,  Sheppard  Field.  "Texas;  William  L. 
Frost,  Sheppard  Field,  Texas;  Robert  F. 
Gullin;  Wallace  B.  Murphy;  Harold  K. 
Peterson;  Ralph  Sewell;  Lawrence  J.  Der- 
vin;  James  Baiotto,  Army.  Fort  Mon- 
mouth; Marshall  Neilan,  Jr.,  Army.  Fort 
Monmouth;  Russell  M.  Selwyn,  Army. 
Fort  Monmouth;  Manuel  Del  Campo,  R.  C. 
A.  F.  Brandon,  Manitoba,  Canada. 

Howard  G.  Epstein,  Army,  Fort  Mon- 
mouth; Ferris  Webster;  William  E.  Win- 
termute.  Army.  San  Luis  Obispo.  Cali- 
fornia; W.  W.  Hannah.  Air  Corps.  Mather 
Field,  California;  Eugene  W.  Stout,  Army, 
Fort  Story,  Virginia;  Lisle  M.  Luhr, 
Army,  Camp  San  Luis  Obispo.  California; 
John  B.  Stine.  Navy.  San  Pedro.  Cali- 
fornia; George  T.  fiagar,  Army,  Camp 
Callan.  California;  Ivan  C.  Crocker,  Navy, 
San  Pedro,  California:  John  R.  Slater, 
Navy;  Walter  S.  Harris;  Harney  E.  Land, 
Sheppard  Field.  Wichita  Falls.  Texas; 
Douglas  A.  Pope.  Marines:  George  N. 
Klein,  Navy,  Los  Angeles;  Edward'  Con- 
nolly, Marines.  San  Diego.  California; 
Charles  R.  Marshall.  Army  Air  Corps. 
Fresno.  California;  Donald  G.  Brand. 
Army,  Fort  Monmouth :  Donald  T.  Spurr, 
Navy,   San   Diego.  California. 

Rudolph  Mandola.  Army.  CaniD  Crowder. 
Missouri;  William  Ashley:  Robert  K. 
Baggott.  Washington.   D.  C. 


'Reap'  in  Cleveland 
Takes  Good  $11,000 


Cleveland,  June  28.  —  "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  drew  a  strong  $11.00C 
in  a  second  week  at  advanced  prices 
at  the  Stillman,  while  Warners'  Hip- 
podrome, showing  "In  This  Our 
Life,"  drew  $15,500. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  18-19 : 

"To  the  Shores  of  Tripoli"  (ZOth-Fox)^ 

ALLEN — (3.000)    (33c-39c-47c)   7  davs.B 
week.    Gross :  $5,400.     (Average,  $4,000r  > 
"In   This   Our    Life"  (W.B.) 

WARNERS'  HIPPODROME  —  (3,800) 
(33c-39c-47c)  7  days.  Gross:  $15,500.  (Aver- 
age, $11,000) 

"Submarine   Raider"  (Col.) 
"Lady  Gangster"  (W.B.) 

WARNERS'  LAKE— (900)  (33c-39c-47c)  7 
days.  Gross:  $1,800.     (Average,  $1,500) 
"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 

RKO  PALACE— (3,100)  (40c-50c-60c)  7 
days.  "Hellzapoppin,"  Dennis  Day  on 
stage.  Gross:  $17,500.  (Average,  $17,500) 
"Her  Cardboard  Lover"  (M-G-M) 

LOEWS  STATE— (3.500)   (33c-39c-47c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $8,200.    (Average,  $11,000) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

LOEWS  STILLMAN— (1.900)  (40c-44c- 
60c)  7  days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $11,000. 
(Average  at  33c-39c-47c.  $4,000) 


Mass.  Circuit  Makes 
Personnel  Changes 

Springfield,  Mass.,  June  28. — 
Western  Massachusetts  Theatres, 
Inc.,  has  announced  a  number  of 
changes  in  theatre  managers  in  the 
territory.  James  M.  Jerauld,  manager 
of  the  Garden  Theatre  in  Greenfield, 
has  been  named  manager  of  the  Capi- 
tol in  Pittsfield,  Western  Massachu- 
setts house  that  was  badly  damaged 
by  fire  earlier  in  the  year  and  is 
scheduled  to  be  reopened  July  8. 

Claude  Frederick  will  succeed  Je- 
rauld at  the  Greenfield  theatre.  Fred- 
erick has  been  manager  of  the  Para- 
mount in  Brattleboro.  He  will  be  re- 
placed there  by  Vincent  Aldert,  as- 
sistant manager  at  the  Calvin  in 
Northampton.  Joseph  Raymond  has 
been  named  manager  of  the  Arcade  in 
Springfield,  where  he  will  succeed 
George  Laby,  who  has  gone  to  the 
Palace  in  Pittsfield,  replacing  Nor- 
man Prager,  who  resigned  to  become 
manager  of  the  Kentucky  in  Lexing- 
ton, Ky.  Edward  M.  Dowling,  man- 
ager of  the  Capitol  in  Pittsfield  until 
the  fire,  has  rejoined  the  company  and 
is  now  swinging  the  circuit  replacing 
managers  on  vacation. 


Names  WPB  Radio  Head 

Washington,  June  28. — The  ap- 
pointment of  Charles  F.  Kettering, 
president  of  General  Motors  Research 
Corp.  and  vice-president  of  General 
Motors,  as  consultant  to  the  radio 
branch  of  the  War  Production  Board, 
was  announced  Friday  by  Donald  M. 
Nelson,  director. 


Record  Show  Overseas 

First  record  program  to  be  sent 
overseas  by  short  wave  for  men  in 
the  armed  services  will  be  Alan 
Courtney's  program  on  WOY.  Start- 
ing July  4,  WRUL,  Boston,  will 
transmit  a  half-hour  portion  of  the 
show  each  Saturdav. 


Bisque  Script  Editor 

Brice  Disque,  newspaper  and  radio 
writer,  on  Friday  was  named  editor 
of  the  NBC  script  department  to  serve 
under  Lewis  H.  Titterton,  manager 
of  the  department. 


MO 


PON07  REMOVSjvm 

ION  PICTURE 


NO.  127 


NEW  YORK,  U.S.A.,  TUESDAY,  JUNE  30,  1942 


TEN  CENTS 


B 'way  Crowds 
Larger,  Due  to 
War  Measures 


July  4  Weekend  Expected 
To  Set  Records 


The  early  influx  of  large  num- 
bers of  visitors  to  the  Times 
Square  area  this  Summer  has  im- 
pressed theatre  and  hotel  men  and 
it  is  believed  that  rationing  of  gas- 
oline has  been  the  principal  cause. 

Rail  and  bus  facilities  have  been 
taxed  and  weekend  throngs  have  been 
particularly  large,  it  was  observed. 
The  July  4  weekend,  although  only  a 
two-day  holiday,  is  expected  to  draw 
the  largest  number  of  visitors  to  New 
York  in  many  years,  it  was  said  by 
representative  operators  of  theatres 
and  hotels. 

Some  hotel  men  reported  that  many 
persons  have  been  compelled  to  take 
earlier  vacations  this  year  because  of 
war  work  and  they  are  spending  the 
time  in  New  York,  where  the  sight- 

(Continucd  on  page  6) 


Umpi  Plan  May  Go 
To  U.S.  This  Week 

The  proposed  new  Umpi  sales  plan 
is  scheduled  to  be  submitted  to  the 
Department  of  Justice  at  Washington 
for  consideration  on  Thursday  or  Fri- 
day of  this  week,  Umpi  officials  stated 
yesterday. 

The  final  legal  draft  of  the  plan 
was   agreed  upon  at  conferences  in 


Abram  F.  Myers  is  expected 
in  New  York  today  to  confer  on 
the  final  draft  of  the  Umpi  sales 
plan,  which  would  indicate  that 
it  is  about  ready  for  the  De- 
part of  Justice. 


Washington  last  week  in  which  How- 
ard Levinson  of  the  Warner  home 
office  legal  department ;  Abram  F. 
Myers,  Allied  States  chairman  and 
general  counsel,  and  Colonel  Robert 
Barton,  Richmond,  Va.,  attorney 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Report  Goodman 
To  Coast  for  Para. 

Toronto,  June  29. — Del  Goodman, 
until  recently  manager  for  Paramount 
in  Canada,  has  been  appointed  to  the 
post  of  West  Coast  district  manager 
for  the  company  with  headquarters  in 
Los  Angeles,  it  was  reported  here 
today. 


No  Scale  Increase 
For  'Mrs.  Miniver' 
Schenck  Announces 


There  will  be  no  increase  in  admis- 
sion prices  for  "Mrs.  Miniver,"  Nich- 
olas  M.    Schenck,   president   of  M- 
G-M,  announced 
yesterday. 

In  makin  g 
known  the  pol- 
icy for  the  first 
15  test  engage- 
ments starting 
July  1  and  all 
subsequent 
dates,  Schenck 
said : 

"M-G-M  an- 
nounces the 
early  availabil- 
ity of  'Mrs. 
Miniver,'  a  pic- 
ture conceded 
by  many  to  be 
one  of  the 
greatest  in  the  history  of  our  indus- 
try- 

"Some  exhibitors  have  advocated 
its  presentation  at  advanced  admis- 
sion prices.  The  merit  of  the  pic- 
ture surely  deserves  this  recognition. 

"Nevertheless  M-G-M  desires  this 
film  to  be  played  to  the  greatest 
number  of  people  in  the  shortest  pos- 
(Continued  on  page  6) 


Nicholas  M.  Schenck 


E.  C.  Mills  Resigns 
From  Ascap,  Report 

E.  C.  Mills  was  reported  last  night 
to  have  resigned  from  Ascap,  effective 
today.  He  has  long  been  an  official  of 
the  Society  and  was  reported  having  re- 
signed as  chairman  of  the  administra- 
tive committee.  It  is  understood  that 
the  position  will  be  discontinued. 


Orson  Welles  and 
RKO  Are  Parted 

Hollywood,  June  29.— RKO 
and  Orson  Welles  have  parted 
company,  it  was  reliably  re- 
ported today.  The  split  is 
said  to  have  occurred  over 
production  differences.  Welles 
is  still  in  Rio  de  Janeiro,  as 
far  as  is  known.  His  latest 
picture,  "The  Magnificent 
Ambersons,"  is  scheduled  to 
open  at  the  Roxy  in  New 
York  soon. 


Grosses  Continue 
At  Strong  Levels; 
'Blue  Horizon'  Big 

A  drop  in  temperature  helped 
Broadway  business  on  Saturday,  while 
heat  on  Sunday  evened  the  score, 
sending  many  to  the  beaches.  Busi- 
ness on  the  whole  was  at  a  good  level 
although  at  a  few  first-runs  it  fell  off 
in  proportion  to  the  running  time  of 
the  performances.  This  was  not  the 
case  with  "Mrs.  Miniver"  and  "Yan- 
kee Doodle  Dandy,"  however. 

"Beyond  the  Blue  Horizon"  with 
Vaughn  Monroe's  orchestra,  one  of 
the  few  new  shows,  is  drawing  big 
at  the  Paramount,  taking  an  esti- 
mated $27,000  Saturday  and  Sunday 
and  finishing  its  first  week  with  an 
estimated  $60,000  expected.  The  sec- 
ond week  begins  tomorrow.  An  es- 
timated $65,000  was  grossed  by  "Mrs. 
Miniver"  and  the  stage  presentation 
at  the  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Thurs- 
day through  Sunday  and  the  show, 
now  in  a  fourth  week,  starts  a  fifth 
Thursday. 

Starting  a  fifth  week  at  the  Holly- 
wood, "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy"  gar- 

(Continucd  on  page  6) 


Senate  Confirms  Fly's  Nomination; 

WPB  Accepts  Parts  Pooling  Plan 

Washington,  June  29. — Nomination  of  James  L.  Fly,  Federal  Com- 
munications Commission  chairman,  for  a  seven-year  term  on  the 
Commission  was  confirmed  today  by  the  Senate. 

At  his  weekly  press  conference  this  morning,  Fly  revealed  that 
the  War  Production  Board  has  accepted  "in  principle"  the  suggestion 
of  the  War  Communications  Board  for  the  pooling  of  broadcast 
station  repair  and  maintenance  parts,  and  indicated  that  the  neces- 
sary order  would  be  forthcoming  in  the  near  future. 

Without  an  assured  supply  of  such  essential  parts,  he  said,  73 
per  cent  of  the  stations  would  be  forced  off  the  air  by  the  end  of 
the  year. 

Under  the  pooling  plan,  recommended  by  the  broadcasters  them- 
selves, 17  regional  conservation  districts  would  be  set  up  under  the 
supervision  of  an  administrator  and  two  assistants  in  each,  selected 
by  the  broadcasters  of  the  district,  to  check  and  maintain  an  in- 
ventory, supervise  distribution  of  parts  and  see  that  all  stations 
are  maintained  efficiently. 


New  Finance 
For  Americas 
Film  Division 


U.  S.  War  Budget  Sets 
$2,704,000  for  Year 


Washington,  June  29. — Carry- 
ing a  fund  of  $28,638,000  for  the 
Coordinator  of  Inter-American  Af- 
fairs, but  minus  any  provision  for 
the  Office  of  War  Information  in 
which  is  included  the  coordination 
of  Government  film  activities  and 
radio  operations,  a  $1,830,000,000 
appropriation  bill  to  finance  nation- 
al defense  activities  was  taken  up 
by  the  House  today. 

The  Inter-American  Affairs 
appropriation  calls  for  the  ex- 
penditure of  $2,704,000  by  the 
motion  picture  division,  $1,000,- 
000  of  it  for  cooperation  with 
the  industry,  $54,000  for  the 
Motion  Picture  Society  of  the 
Americas,  $600,000  for  special 
features  for  hemisphere-wide 
distribution;  $100,000  for  co- 
production  with  other  govern- 
ments; $200,000  for  production 
of  non-theatricals  and  $100,000 
for  newsreel  coverage  of  inter- 
American  news. 
_  The  fund  for  Inter-American  ac- 
tivities, unchanged  from  the  amount 

(Continued  on  page  6) 


A.  W.  Smith  Resigns 
Sales  Post  at  RKO 

A.  W.  Smith,  Jr.,  tendered  his 
resignation  yesterday  as  sales  mana- 
ger of  RKO  Radio  Pictures  to  Ned 
E.  Depinet,  president. 

No  successor  to  Smith  was  an- 
nounced by  Depinet. 

Smith  was  appointed  sales  mana- 
ger by  Depinet  in  1940  at  the  com- 
pany's annual  sales  convention  here. 
Prior  to  that,  Smith  had  been  East- 
ern and  Canadian  sales  manager  for 
RKO  Radio  and  was, general  sales 
manager  of  United  Artists. 


In  Today's  Issue 

Two  reviews,  "One  Thrilling 
Night"  and  "Tower  of  Terror," 
Page  3.  Hollywood  production 
news  and  key  city  box-office 
reports,  Pages  3  and  8.  Show- 
manship Flashes  and  Theatre 
Changes,  Page  10. 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  June  30,  1942 


Coast  Flashes 


Hollywood,  June  29 

WATTERSON  R.  ROTH- 
ACKER,  chairman  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Board  of  Review  of  U.  S. 
censorship,  today  announced  the  ap- 
pointment of  Tom  Geraghty  as  a 
member  of  the  board.  Rothacker  was 
notified  of  the  appointment  today  by 
Byron  Price,  director  of  censorship. 
Geraghty  starts  his  duties  July  6.  He 
has  long  been  in  production. 

• 

Victor  Jory,  actor,  has  been  signed 
to  an  acting  and  directing  contract  by 
Harry  Sherman,  it  was  announced  to- 
day. He  is  scheduled  to  direct  sev- 
eral "Hopalong  Cassidy"  films  for 
Paramount  release,  as  well  as  appear- 
ing in  two  Richard  Dix  pictures. 
• 

Ann  Sheridan  will  be  starred  by 
Warner  Bros,  in  "Shine  On,  Harvest 
Moon,"  story  of  the  life  of  Nora 
Bayes,  musical  comedy  star,  the 
studio  disclosed. 

• 

The  landing  of  German  saboteurs 
on  the  Atlantic  Coast  will  be  the  sub- 
ject of  a  film  by  20th  Century-Fox 
titled  "Submarine  Off  Shore,"  it  was 
announced. 

• 

Walter  Schars  replaces  Cy  Feuer 
as  head  of  Republic's  feature  music 
department  and  Morton  Scott  will  re- 
place Ralph  Krashaar  as  head  of  the 
Western  and  serial  music  department, 
the  studio  announced.  Feuer  is  leav- 
ing for  the  Army. 


NEW  YORK  THEATRES 


RADIO  CITY  MUSIC  HALL 
Rockefeller  Center 

GREER  GARSON    .  WALTER  PIDGEON 

"MRS.  MINIVER 

From  Jan  Struther's  Book  .  An  M-G-M  Picture 
ON  THE  GREAT  STAGE:  "AT  EASE!"  — 
Leonidoff's  fast  moving,  colorful  revue.  Symphony 
Orchestra,  under  the  direction  of  Erno  Rapee. 
First  Mezzanine  Seats  Reserved  Circle  6-4600 


Paramount. 


"TEN  GENTLEMEN 
from  WEST  POINT 

PLUS  A  BIG  7*hAve- 


STAGE  SHOW 


&  50th  St. 


Et  WAY  & 
47th  St. 


PALACE 


Bette  Davis — Olivia  De  Havilland 

'IN  THIS  OUR  LIFE' 

— and — 

"Mexican  Spitfire  at  Sea' 

Lupe  Velez — Leon  Errol 


Tyrone  POWER*  Joan  FONTAINE 

THIS  ABOVE  ALL" 

A  20th  Century-Fox  Triumph 

ACTAD  BROADWAY  &  45th  ST. 
O  t  \J  K  CONTINUOUS 


Personal  Mention 


HARRY   M.  WARNER  has  re- 
turned to  California  from  New 
York. 

• 

Roy  Carsky,  manager  of  Balaban 
&  Katz   State  Theatre,   Chicago,  is 
the  father  of  a  girl  born  last  week. 
• 

Russell  Holman  began  a  week's 
vacation  yesterday. 

• 

George  Avis,  publicist  at  the  Cen- 
tury, Baltimore,  is  vacationing  in 
Southern  Maryland. 

• 

Joseph  DiLorenizo  of  the  Daly 
Theatre,  Hartford,  has  returned  from 
Chapman  Beach,  Conn. 

• 

Leslie  L.  Crosby  of  Springfield, 
Mass.,   and   Reta   L.  Hockenberry 
were  married   Saturday.     They  are 
on  a  wedding  trip  to  Burlington,  Vt. 
• 

Larry  Shubnell,  Indianapolis  Co- 
lumbia office  manager,  is  vacationing 
in  Detroit. 


BEN  GRIEFER  of  the  Paramount, 
Newark;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Phil 
Bloom,  Mickey  Aldrich  and  Susan 
Miller  are  vacationing  at  Pike,  New 
Hampshire. 

• 

Franklin  B.  Ramsey,  manager  of 
the  Warner  Lenox,  Hartford,  is  vaca- 
tioning in  Chicago. 

• 

Isador  M.  Rappaport,  owner  of  the 
Hippodrome,  Baltimore,  is  expected 
in  New  York  next  week. 

• 

Mrs.  Madeleine  Miller  of  RKO 
Pathe  News  has  announced  the  en- 
gagement of  her  daughter,  Harriette 
L.  Miller  to  Charles  N.  Schuh, 
Jr. 

Arthur  Freed,  M-G-M  producer, 
is  here  from  the  Coast. 

• 

Kenneth  Dotterer,  20th  Century- 
Fox  booker  in  Indianapolis,  is  spend- 
ing his  vacation  fishing. 


Theatres  USO  Drive 
Chairmen  Are  Named 

Chairmen  for  the  United  Service 
Organizations  collection  drive  in  the- 
atres in  the  Metropolitan  area  during 
the  week  beginning  Thursday,  July 
23,  were  appointed  yesterday  by  Sam 
Rinzler  and  Fred  J.  Schwartz  of  the 
Motion  Picture  Theatres  Committee 
for  the  USO  at  a  meeting  at  industry 
War  Activities  Committee  headquar- 
ters. 

The  chairmen  appointed  are:  Rob- 
ert Wolff,  circuit  and  newsreel  thea- 
tres ;  Irving  Lesser,  Broadway  thea- 
tres ;  Joseph  J.  Lee,  Queens  theatres ; 
Henry  Randel,  Manhattan;  Jack 
Bowen,  Bronx;  Phil  Hodes,  Brook- 
lyn, and  David  Burkan,  Staten  Island. 

The  New  York-USO  fund  raising 
campaign  has  brought  $2,950,000  to 
date,  according  to  an  announcement 
by  Henry  C.  Brunie,  campaign  chair- 
man. The  quota  in  the  New  York 
area  is  set  at  $4,450,000.  The  an- 
nouncement points  out  that  USO- 
Camp  Shows  toured  257  camps,  posts 
and  stations,  entertaining  2,500,000 
men  in  uniform  during  the  winter 
season  and  "the  summer  program  re- 


Army-Navy  Fund 
Reaches  $1,900,000 

Additional  remittances  to  the  nation- 
al headquarters  of  the  theatres'  Army 
and  Navy  Relief  drive  have  brought 
the  total  cash  on  hand  to  $1,900,000, 
it  was  reported  yesterday.  Yester- 
day's receipts  included  $3,931  from 
Standard  Theatres  Co.,  Milwaukee, 
and  $16,039  from  the  Fox  Wisconsin 
Circuit,  Milwaukee. 


James  W.  Home, 
Col.  Director,  Dies 

Hollywood,  June  29. — James  W. 
Home,  60,  veteran  film  figure  and 
Columbia  director,  died  this  morning 
at  Hollywood  Hospital  of  a  cerebral 
hemorrhage,  following  a  stroke  a 
week  ago.  He  is  survived  by 
his  widow,  the  former  Cleo  Ridge- 
ley,  silent  film  player ;  and  twin  chil- 
dren, June  and  James  W.,  Jr.  Dur- 
ing the  last  three  years  Horne  was 
under  contract  to  the  Larry  Darmour 
unit  at  Columbia,  making  serials. 


See  $150,000  Bond 
Sale  on  'Miniver' 

Des  Moines,  June  29. — The  sale  of 
$150,000  in  war  bonds  is  expected  to 
be  realized  from  the  local  premiere 
of  "Mrs.  Miniver"  at  the  Des  Moines 
Theatre,  Wednesday  night. 

M-G-M  is  contributing  the  picture 
and  Tri-States  Theatre  Corp.  the 
house  for  the  benefit  showing,  which 
will  launch  a  one-month  campaign  to 
sell  war  bonds  and  stamps  here  under 
the  sponsorship  of  the  Des  Moines 
Retailers  War  Activities  Com- 
mittee. 

The  bonds  were  placed  on  sale  last 
week  and  the  early  purchasers  will 
receive  a  ticket  to  the  premiere  with 
each  bond  bought,  the  best  seating  al- 
locations going  to  purchasers  of  the 
higher  bond  denominations.  A  full 
day  civic  program,  climaxing  with 
the  premiere,  has  been  arranged  for 
Wednesday. 

Ralph  Branton  of  Tri-States  Cir- 
cuit will  auction  off  the  mink  hat 
worn  by  Greer  Garson  in  the  picture 
in  the  war  bond  rally  at  the  theatre 
and  the  proceedings  will  be  broadcast 
by  Dave  Elman,  originator  of  the 
"Hobby  Lobby"  radio  program. 


Club  Aids  Hospital 

Philadelphia,  June  29. — The  local 
Variety  Club  presented  an  infant  in- 
cubator to  the  Osteopathic  Hospital 
at  a  ceremony  held  on  the  hospital 
lawn. 


ALVINO  RET 

HIS  GUITAR  AND  HIS  ORCHESTRA 
STARRING 

THE  KING  SISTERS 

Nightly,  except  Sunday,  of  dinner. and 
supper.   De  luxe  dinners  from  $2.25. 
Cover  charge  7 Si  after  10  P;  M. 
($1  Sat.  and  Holiday  eves.) 

ASTOR  ROOF 

HOTEL  ASTOR        •       TIMES  SQUARE 
Reservations;  Circle  6-6000 


'Stars  on  Ice'  and 
Army  Show  Due 

The  new  skating  show, 
"Stars  on  Ice,"  and  Uncle 
Sam's  "This  Is  the  Army"  are 
due  on  Broadway  this  week  in 
that  order.  The  musical  "ice- 
travaganza,"  produced  by 
Sonja  Henie  and  Arthur  M. 
Wirtz,  opens  Thursday  at  the 
Center. 

The     Irving     Berlin  alk)^ 
soldier   show,   sponsored  bj^ 
the  War  Department  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Army  Emergen- 
cy Relief  Fund,  will  open  Sat- 
urday night  at  the  Broadway. 


'Angels,  Inc.',  New 
Play  Backing  Firm 

Angels,  Inc.,  an  organization  of 
business  men  which,  an  announcement 
stated,  is  designed  to  "place  the  busi- 
ness of  backing  shows  by  laymen  on 
a  solid  foundation,"  now  has  five 
members,  each  subscribing  $50,000,  it 
was  reported  yesterday,  and  accord- 
ing to  plan  the  number  will  be  in- 
creased to  20. 

Among  the  five  is  Emanuel  M. 
Cohan  of  the  brokerage  firm  of 
Hirsch,  Lilienthal  &  Co.,  who  mapped 
out  the  arrangement  and  is  acting  as 
coordinator.  Names  of  other  interest- 
ed parties  are  being  withheld  for  the 
present. 

The  business  administration  of  the 
syndicate  will  be  handled  by  a  group 
of  five  or  six  men  in  the  theatrical 
field,  it  was  said.  The  plan  is  to  have 
individual  units,  each  with  a  budget 
of  $50,000  and  sponsoring  individual 
plays  as  recommended  by  the  board  of 
experts. 


Leases  Phila.  Shubert 

Samuel  D.  Berns,  formerly  in  the 
film  buying  and  booking  field  here 
and  in  Philadelphia,  has  signed  a  long 
term  lease  on  the  Shubert  Theatre  in 
the  latter  city.  After  renovations  the 
house  will  be  opened  in  September  for 
roadshow  engagements  and  Broadway 
legitimate  tryouts. 


Owen  Crump  a  Captain 

Owen  Crump,  writer  on  Warner 
Bros,  short  subjects,  has  been  com- 
missioned an  Army  captain  and  will 
continue  work  on  Government  train- 
ing films,  it  was  announced.  Crump 
has  returned  to  the  Coast  from  the 
East. 


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holidays  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company, 
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Cable  address,  "Quigpubco,  New  York."  Mar- 
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Tuesday,  June  30,  1942 


Motion  Picture  Daily 


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'Bride'$21,100 
'Ahoy,'$33,200 
In  Los  Angeles 


Los  Angeles,  June  29. — "Ship 
A*<oy,"  on  a  dual  bill  with  "Fingers 
)he  Window,"  grossed  $13,500  at 
.  <  Chinese  and  $19,700  at  Loew's 
State  for  a  total  of  $33,200  and  the 
best  business  of  the  week  here.  "They 
All  Kissed  the  Bride,"  doubled  with 
"Canal  Zone,"  collected  a  nice  $10,- 
300  at  the  Hillstreet  and  $10,800  at 
the  Pantages,  for  a  total  of  $21,100 
and  the  runner-up  position. 

Estimated  takings  for  week  ending 
June  24: 

"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 

"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M) 

CHINESE  —  (2,500)     (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $13,500.    (Average,  $12,000) 
"The  Gold  Rush"  (U.A.) 
"Brooklyn  Orchid"  (Roach-U.A.) 

HAWAII  —  (1,100)     (33c-44c-55c-75c)  (7 
days,  2nd  week).    Gross:  $5,400. 
"They  All  Kissed  the  Bride"  (Col.) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

HILLSTREET— (2,700)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $10,300.    (Average,  $6,500) 
"Ship  Ahoy"  (M-G-M) 
"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S  STATE — (2,500)  (33c-44c-55c-75c) 
7  days.  Gross:  $19,700.  (Average,  $14,- 
000) 

"They  All  Kissed  the  Bride"  (Col.) 
"Canal  Zone"  (Col.) 

PANTAGES— (3,000)     (33c -44c -55c -75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $10,800.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"Take  a  Letter,  Darling"  (Para.) 
"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT   (HOLLYWOOD)— (1.407) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c-88c)  (7  days).    Gross:  $9,000 
"Take  a  Letter,  Darling"  (Para.) 
"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.) 

PARAMOUNT    (DOWNTOWN)— (3,595) 
(33c-44c-55c-75c)    7    days.     Gross:  $11,200. 
(Average,  $18,000) 
"The  Big  Shot"  (W.B.) 

WARNER     BROS.  (HOLLYWOOD)— 
(3,000)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  (7  days,  2nd  week). 
Gross:  $9,149.    (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Big  Shot"  (W.B.) 

WARNER  BROS.  (DOWNTOWN)  - 
(3,400)  (33c-44c-55c-75c)  (7  days,  2nd  week). 
Gross:  $11,345.    (Average,  $12,000) 


Reviews 


"One  Thrilling  Night" 

(Monogram) 

TAT>  ...          ,         ,  Hollywood,  June  29 

AB  this  one  for  a  sleeper,  folks,  and  give  it  some  racing  room  at  the 
head  of  the  stretch.  It's  got  speed,  a  style  of  its  own  and  finishes 
strong. 

John  Beal  and  Wanda  McKay  portray  a  couple  of  small  town  newly- 
weds  arrived  in  New  York  for  a  one-day  honeymoon,  Beal  having  a 
date  with  the  induction  officer  next  morning.  They  go  to  a  hotel,  find 
a  supposed  dead  man  in  their  marriage  bed,  summon  the  house  detective, 
and  from  then  on  play  hide  and  seek,  chase  and  capture,  release  and 
recapture,  with  gangsters  and  policemen  all  night  long.  These  complica- 
tions are  amusing  without  being  ridiculous,  funny  without  being  risque, 
and  an  even  pace  is  maintained  throughout  with  no  tipping  off  of  what's 
to  come  from  scene  to  scene. 

Warren  Hymer,  J.  Farrell  MacDonald,  Barbara  Pepper,  Tom  Neal, 
Ernie  Adams,  Lynton  Brent,  Pierce  Lyden,  Gene  O'Donnell,  Jim 
O'Gatty,  Tom  Herbert  and  Charles  Williams  are  the  other  players,  all 
successful  in  their  roles. 

Production  is  by  A.  W.  Hackel,  a  most  creditable  and  shipshape  job, 
and  the  experienced  hand  of  William  Beaudine,  director,  accounts  for 
a  smoothness  and  uniformity  of  performance  which  keeps  events  flowing 
in  high  key. 

Running-  time,  69  minutes.    "G."*  Roscoe  Williams 


Production  at 
High  Level;  54 
Now  Shooting 


"Tower  of  Terror" 

(Monogram) 

WITH  its  locale  in  a  Nazi-operated  lighthouse  on  the  North  Sea 
coast  of  German-held  territory,  "Tower  of  Terror"  is  a  minor  Brit- 
ish horror  picture.  The  production  is  impaired  by  flaws  in  the  sound 
and  photography,  but  otherwise  is  on  a  par  with  product  of  the  type 
from  England. 

Wilfred  Lawson,  Movita  and  Michael  Rennie  share  the  leads.  Law- 
son  is  the  half-crazed  keeper  of  the  lighthouse,  Miss  Movita  a  refugee 
from  the  Gestapo  and  Rennie  a  British  agent  engaged  in  espionage 
work.  The  eerie  melodramatic  proceedings  culminate  in  Rennie's  escape 
to  England  with  Miss  Movita  and  important  war  plans  while  Lawson 
meets  his  doom  as  the  tower  is  blown  to  bits  by  his  Nazi  colleagues 
seeking  to  kill  Rennie. 

Lawrence  Huntington  is  the  director  and  John  Argyle  the  producer. 

Running  time,  68  minutes.    "G."*  Eugene  Arneel 


"For    Whom    the  Bell 


*"G"  denotes  general  classification. 


$15,000  for  'Maisie' 
Is  Baltimore  Leader 

Baltimore,  June  29.— "Maisie  Gets 
Her  Man"  took  $15,000  at  the  Cen- 
tury, the  same  amount  taken  by  "In 
This  Our  Life"  at  the  Stanley. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  25  : 

"Maisie  Gets  Her  Man"  (M-G-M) 

CENTURY-(3,00O)  (28c-44c  and  SSL- 
weekends)  7  days.  Gross:  $15,000.  (Aver- 
age, $10,000) 

"Larceny,  Inc."  (W.  B.) 

KEITH'S— (2,406)  (15c-28c-33c-44c  and 
55c  weekends)  7  days.  Gross:  $9,500.  (Av- 
erage, $9,000) 

"The   Magnificent   Dope"  (20th-Fox) 

NEW— (1,581)     (15c-28c-35c-55c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $8,500.    (Average.  $7,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 

STANLEY  —  (3,280)     (15c-28c-35c-5Sc)  7 
days.     Gross:  $15,000.     (Average,  $12,000) 
"My  Favorite  Spy"  (RKO) 

HIPPODROME— (2,205)     (15c-28c-  9c-44c- 
55c-66c)    7   days.       Stage   show  featuring 
Shep  Fields  and  his  Orchestra.    Gross:  $16,- 
000.     (Average,  $14,000) 
"The  Remarkable  Andrew"  (Para.) 

MAYFAIR — (1,000)  (20c -40c)  7  days 
Gross:  $7,500.      (Average,  $6,000) 


Chinese  Envoy  to  Coast 

T.  Y.  Lo,  delegate  of  the  Chinese 
Government  Military  Commission  to 
this  country,  will  leave  for  Holly- 
wood tomorrow  after  having  ar- 
ranged for  Lend-Lease  assistance  for 
Ch  ina's  national  motion  picture 
propaganda  movement.  With  his  as- 
sociates, he  was  the  guest  of  Thomas 
J.  Valentino  at  a  farewell  luncheon 
at  Holland  House  yesterday. 


'Reap'  Gets  $10,000, 
6Dope,'$9,000inK.C. 

Kansas  City,  June  29. — "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  in  its  third  week  at  ad- 
vanced prices  brought  the  Newman 
a  top  gross  of  $10,000.  It  was  held 
for  a  fourth  week.  "The  Magnifi- 
cent Dope"  drew  $8,200  at  the  Up- 
town and  Esquire.  The  Tower  had 
another  good  week  with  its  double 
feature  bill  and  stage  show. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  25 : 

"The  Magnificent  Dope"  (20th-Fox) 

ESQUIRE  —   (800)     (30c -44c)  7 
Gross:   $3,200.     (Average,  $2,400) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"Fingers  at  the  Window"  (M-G-M) 

MIDLAND— (3,600)      (30c-44c)  7 
Gross:   $7,500.     (Average,  $8,500) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

NEWMAN— (1,900)   (40c-50c)  7  days,  3rd 
week.    Gross:  $10,000.    (Average,  $7,000) 
"The  Great  Man's  Lady"  (Para.) 
"Henry  and  Dizzy"  (Para.) 

ORPHEUM— (1,900)     (30c-44c)     7  days. 
Gross:  $3,750.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"The     Mad     Doctor    of    Market  Street" 

(Univ.) 

"The  Man  Who  Wouldn't  Die"  (20th-Fox) 

TOWER— (2,2000    (30c)    7    days.  Stage 
show.    Gross:  $7,000.     (Average,  $6,000) 
"The  Magnificent  Dope"  (ZGth-Fox) 

UPTOWN— (2,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $5,000.     (Average,  $4,000) 


day? 


days 


Installs  Bicycle  Stand 

Greenfield,  Mass.,  June  29. — 
Claude  Frederick,  new  manager  of 
the  Garden  Theatre  here,  has  in- 
stalled a  bicycle  stand  near  the  curb. 


'Juke  Girl'  Takes 
$6,700,  New  Haven 

New  Haven,  June  29. — The  second 
week  of  "Juke  Girl"  and  "A  Date 
with  the  Falcon"  at  the  Roger  Sher- 
man drew  $6,700.  "The  Great  Man's 
Lady"  and  "Butch  Minds  the  Baby 
took  $5,600  at  the  Paramount. 

Estimated   receipts   for  the 
ending  June  25 : 

"Joan  of  Paris"  (RKO) 
"Whispering   Ghosts"  (2flth-Fox) 

COLLEGE— (1,627)      (40c-5Oc)  7 
Gross:  $2,900.   (Average,  $2,800) 
"Her  Cardboard  Lover"  (M-G-M) 
"Maisie  Gets  Her  Man"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW-POLI— (3,005)    (40c-50c)  7 
Gross:  $7,400.  (Average,  $8,000) 
"The  Great  Man's  Lady"  (Para.) 
"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2,373)    (40c-50c)  7 
Gross:  $5,600.    (Average,  $4,600) 
"Juke  Girl"  (W.  B.) 
"A  Date  with  the  Falcon"  (RKO) 

ROGER  SHERMAN— (2,067)  (40c-50c)  7 
days,  2nd  week.  Gross:  $6,700.  (Average, 
$5,200) 


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Legion  of  Decency 
Approves  5  Films 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency 
reviewed  and  classified  five  new  fea- 
tures for  the  current  week.  All  were 
given  "unobjectionable"  ratings. 

The  films  and  their  classifications 
are:  Class  A-l,  Unobjectionable  for 
General  Patronage — "Holiday  Inn." 
Class  A-2,  Unobjectionable  for  Adults 
"Crossroads,"  "  D  e  s  tination  Un- 
known," "Lady  in  a  Jam"  and 
"Moonlight  Masquerade." 


Hollywood,  June  29.— Fifty-four 
pictures  were  before  the  cameras  this 
week,  an  increase  of  six  over  the 
previous  week,  as  14  started  and  eight 
finished.  Twenty-three  are  being  pre- 
pared, and  73  are  being  edited. 

M-G-M  is  the  busiest  studio,  with 
eight  in  work. 

The  tally  by  studio  : 

Columbia 
In  Work:  "You  were  Never  Love- 
lier" (formerly  "The  Gay  Senorita"), 
"My  Sister  Eileen,"  "Smith  of  Minne- 
sota," "Boston  Blackie  Goes  Holly- 
wood." 

Started:  "The  Daring  Young  Man," 
"Law  of  the  Badlands,"  "The  Desper- 
adoes." 

M-G-M 

Finished:  "Eyes  in  the  Night,"  "The 
Omaha  Trail"  (formerly  "Ox 
Train"). 

In  Work:  "Navy  Convoy,"  "The 
Man  on  America's  Conscience," 
"Whistling  in  Dixie,"  "Andy  Hardy's 
Last  Fling,"  "White  Cargo,"  "Ran- 
dom Harvest,"  "Journey  for  Mar- 
garet." 

Star'ed :  "Gambler's  Choice." 
Producers  Releasing 

Started :  "A  Night  for  Crime,"  "I'll 
Be  There." 

Paramount 

<(  In  Work :  "Star  Spangled  Rhythm," 
"No  Time  for  Love." 

Started : 
Tolls." 

RKO 

Finished:  "Mexican  Spitfire's  Ele- 
phant." 

In  Work :  "Once  Upon  a  Honey- 
moon," "Sweet  or  Hot,"  "Name,  Age 
and  Occupation,"  "Here  We  Go 
Again,"  "The  Navy  Comes  Through." 

Started:  "The  Falcon's  Brother." 
Republic 

Finished:  "Sombrero  Kid." 

In  Work :  "Call  of  the  Canyon," 
"The  Flying  Tigers,"  "Ice-Capades 
Revue." 

Started:    "The    Old  Homestead," 
"King  of  the  Mounties"  (serial). 
Roach  (U.A.) 

In  Work :  "Fall  In." 

20th  Century- Fox 

In  Work :  "China  Girl,"  "Girl 
Trouble,"  "Springtime  in  the  Rockies," 
"Manila  Calling." 

Started:  "$10  Raise,"  "That  Other 
Woman." 

Universal 

Finished:  "Sherlock  Holmes  Fights 
Back." 

In  Work :  "Get  Hep  to  Love,"  "Be- 
tween Us  Girls"  (formerly  "Love  and 
Kisses,  Caroline"),  "Who  Done  It?", 
"Forever  Yours,"  "Off  the  Beaten 
Track." 

Warners 

Finished:  "Now,  Voyager,"  "George 
Washington  Slept  Here,"  "The  Hard 
Way." 

In  W ork :  "Watch  on  the  Rhine," 
"Gentleman  Jim,"  "Casablanca,"  "You 
Can't  Escape  Forever,"  "Air  Force," 
"The  Desert  Song." 


Added  to  Booking  Staff 

Indianapolis,  June  29. — Al  Berko- 
witz  has  been  promoted  to  the  book- 
ing department  at  the  Warner  ex- 
change here. 


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section  of  the  country,  at  advanced 
admission  prices,  break  all  records 
in  Buffalo,  Baltimore,  Chicago,  Dayton, 
Harrisburg,  San  Francisco,  San  Antonio. 
All  are  holdovers  for  indefinite  runs! 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  June  30,  1942 


New  Finance 
For  Americas 
Film  Division 


(.Continued  from  page  1) 

approved  by  the  Bureau  of  the  Budget, 
will  cover  the  fiscal  year  beginning 

Julv  L 

The  radio  division  plans  to  spend 
$3,600,000,  of  which  $1,500,000  will 
go  for  the  local  broadcasts  in  the 
other  American  republics,  $650,000  for 
point-to-point  and  shortwave  broad- 
casts, $100,000  for  scripts  and  $500,- 
000  for  transcribed  programs,  and 
$600,000  for  radio  equipment. 

The  bill  carries  $26,500,000  for  the 
Office  of  Censorship,  a  cut  of  $1,000,- 
000  from  the  estimate,  and  $2,149,876, 
the  amount  asked,  for  national  defense 
activities  of  the  Federal  Communica- 
tions Commission,  most  of  which  will 
go  for  salaries  of  the  staff  engaged 
in  monitoring  foreign  broadcasts,  de- 
tection of  unlicensed  stations  and 
other  war  activities. 

The  committee  explained  that  no 
provision  was  made  for  the  Office  of 
War  Information  because  Elmer  Da- 
vis, new  head  of  the  agency,  has  not 
had  time  to  prepare  a  budget.  For 
the  time  being  the  OWI  will  operate 
on  funds  allocated  by  the  President 
and  will  submit  estimates  for  the 
remainder  of  the  year  some  time  in 
the  late  Summer  or  early  Fall. 


Crescent  Opening 
House  in  Nashville 

Nashville,  June  29.  —  Crescent 
Amusement  Co.'s  new  suburban  thea- 
tre block,  costing  an  estimated  $400,- 
000,  opens  Wednesday  night.  The  de- 
velopment includes  the  Melrose  The- 
atre, seating  1,000,  seven  stores,  and 
a  16-lane  bowling  alley  to  be  operat- 
ed by  Crescent. 

Contemplated  Crescent  theatres  in 
the  Warner  Building,  Nashville,  at 
Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  and  two  other 
towns  have  been  held  up  by  priority 
restrictions,  Tony  Sudekum,  Crescent 
president,  said. 

J.  O.  Bowen  of  Nashville,  form- 
erly in  the  film  business  here,  will 
manage  the  Melrose,  which  will  show 
early  second-run  product,  with  three 
changes  weekly. 

The  theatre  is  within  a  mile  of  two 
war  housing  projects  and  an  Army 
aviation  classification  center,  which 
will  have  10,000  men  by  August  15. 

Daylight  Air  Raid 
Test  in  PittsReld 

Pittsfield,  Mass.,  June  29. — This 
city  had  its  first  daylight  air  raid  test 
last  Friday  from  11 :07  to  11 :28  A.  M. 
Theatre  participation,  due  to  the  early 
hour  at  which  the  test  was  held,  was 
meager,  and  grosses  were  not  hurt. 
The  lobbies  were  used  as  shelters  for 
bus  passengers  and  passing  pedestri- 
ans. Civilian  defense  officials  said  the 
test  was  successful. 


Sales  Staff  Changes 

Philadelphia,  June  29. — Jack  L. 
Holman,  Paramount  salesman  cover- 
ing the  Eastern  Pennsylvania  terri- 
tory, has  resigned  from  the  local 
staff.  Henry  Fields  has  been  added 
to  the  local  Universal  sales  staff. 


Would  Waive  Tax 
For  Service  Men 

Washington,  June  29.  —  A 
resolution  which  would  ex- 
empt all  service  men  from 
payment  of  the  Federal  ad- 
missions tax  was  introduced 
in  the  House  today  by  Repre- 
sentative May  of  Kentucky. 
The  resolution  provides  that 
all  tickets  sold  by  motion  pic- 
ture theatres  to  members  of 
the  armed  forces  shall  be  tax 
free. 


Scrap  Rubber  Drive 
At  Loew's  Theatres 

Loew's  Theatres  in  the  New  York 
Metropolitan  area  today  will  get  un- 
der way  a  campaign  for  scrap  rubber, 
the  money  thereby  obtained  to  be 
donated  to  the  USO.  In  Brooklyn  a 
ceremony  is  planned  in  which  Bor- 
ough President  John  Cashmore  will 
turn  over  the  rubber  to  one  of  the 
large  oil  companies.  Collection  bins 
will  be  placed  in  the  theatre  lobbies. 

The  "Junior  Miss"  company  at  the 
Lyceum  will  give  a  special  matinee 
July  9  at  which  the  price  of  admis- 
sion will  be  five  pounds  of  scrap  rub- 
ber. The  offer  is  limited  to  young- 
sters, 12  to  18. 


Holds  'Rubber  Shows' 

Hartford,  June  29. — All  of  the  50 
E.  M.  Loew  theatres  in  New  England 
held  "Rubber  Shows"  over  the  week- 
end to  further  the  rubber  salvage 
drive.  The  rubber  collected  at  the 
theatres  was  sold  and  proceeds  were 
turned  over  to  the  USO. 


Aids  Rubber  Salvage 

Somerville,  Mass.,  June  29. — John 
Concannon,  manager  of  the  Capitol 
here,  in  order  to  aid  the  rubber  sal- 
vage campaign,  recently  held  a  spe- 
cial show,  with  five  pounds  of  scrap 
rubber  as  the  admission.  The  final 
total  was  over  3,500  pounds. 


/.  H.  Silliman,  Wis, 
Exhibitor,  Is  Dead 

Milwaukee,  June  29. — John  H. 
Silliman,  57,  owner  of  the  Avalon 
here  and  the  Rio  and  Appleton,  Ap- 
pleton,  Wis.,  died  here  today.  He 
had  been  an  exhibitor  in  Wisconsin 
since  1912  and  at  one  time  operated 
10  local  theatres  in  partnership  with 
J.  S.  Grauman  and  A.  J.  Strauss. 
The  houses  were  sold  to  Universal. 

Silliman  is  survived  by  his  widow, 
a  daughter  and  a  sister. 


No  Scale  Increase 
For  'Mrs.  Miniver' 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

sible  space  of  time.  This  picture  really 
belongs  to  the  people. 

"For  this  reason  we  have  decided  to 
offer  'Mrs.  Miniver'  to  our  custom- 
ers without  any  provision  for  in- 
creased admission  prices  to  the  pub- 
lic." 


Fire  in  New  Britain 

New  Britain,  Conn.,  June  29. — 
Fire  of  unknown  origin  caused  dam- 
age estimated  at  $75,000  at  Warners' 
Capitol  Theatre  here  early  last  Satur- 
day morning. 


Del  Guidice  Heads 
Two  Cities  Films 


London,  June  29. — Fillipo  Del  Gui- 
dice has  been  named  managing  di- 
rector of  Two  Cities  Film  Co.  and 
will  embark  immediately  upon  a  pro- 
gram of  expanded  activities  for  the 
company. 

Next  week  he  is  scheduled  to  an- 
nounce completion  of  a  large  financ- 
ing deal  for  a  new  production  sched- 
ule which  may  be  the  biggest  to  be 
undertaken  by  .  any  British  company. 
It  is  reported  that  he  has  options  for 
leading  stars,  stories  and  studio  ac- 
commodations. The  productions  will 
be  aimed  at  the  world  market  and 
will  be  independent  of  quota  arrange- 
ments, it  is  understood. 

New  additions  to  Two  Cities' 
board  of  directors  are  anticipated  in 
the  near  future.  Del  Guidice  for- 
merly was  general  manager  of  Two 
Cities.  He  succeeds  Major  Arthur 
M.  Sassoon. 

Berger  Wins  M-G-M 
9 -Week  Sales  Drive 

Rudolph  Berger,  M-G-M  district 
manager  for  Washington  and  Char- 
lotte territories,  was  the  winner  of 
the  company's  nine-week  revenue 
sales  campaign  just  concluded. 

Among  the  branches,  Charlotte,  of 
which  Benn  Rosenwald  is  manager, 
placed  first,  and  Seattle,  Maurice  Saf- 
fle,  manager,  placed  second.  Other 
branch  winners  and  their  managers 
are  :  Atlanta,  Roy  M.  Avey  ;  Chicago, 
W.  E.  Banford;  Memphis,  J.  F.  Wil- 
lingham ;  New  Haven,  Maurice  Gold- 
stein ;  New  York,  Ralph  Pielow ;  New 
Jersey  ,  Ben  Abner;  Philadelphia, 
Robert  Lynch;  Pittsburgh,  B.  D. 
Stoner  ;  St.  Louis,  John  X.  Quinn,  and 
Salt  Lake  City,  Sam  Gardner. 

Awards  were  made  to  branch  man- 
agers, office  managers,  salesmen  and 
bookers  in  those  offices. 


Umpi  Plan  May  Go 
To  U.  S.  This  Week 

(Continued  from  page  1) 
representing  unaffiliated  exhibitor  or- 
ganizations, participated. 

It  is  understood  that  the  agreements 
on  phraseology  for  -the  final  legal 
draft  of  the  sales  plan,  reached  at 
that  meeting,  are  being  incorporated 
in  the  formal  draft  which  may  be 
completed  today.  William  F.  Rod- 
gers,  Umpi  chairman,  is  expected  to 
name  a  committee  thereafter  to  pre- 
sent the  plan  to  Department  of  Justice 
officials  and  to  discuss  with  the  latter 
the  submission  of  the  plan  to  the  U. 
S.  District  court  here  as  a  decree 
amendment. 


Playgoers  Name  Hale 

Springfield,  Mass.,  June  29.- — The 
Playgoers  of  Springfield,  Inc.,  have 
named  Alilton  Hale,  sales  representa- 
tive and  theatrical  commentator  for 
WMAS  for  the  past  10  years,  as  exe- 
cutive director,  succeeding  Daniel  J. 
Maloney,  resigned. 


Hamrick  City  Head 

Seattle,  June  29.  —  Herbert  Sa- 
bottka,  who  has  managed  a  number  of 
theatres  for  the  Hamrick-Evergreen 
circuit,  has  returned  to  the  home  of- 
fice, and  it  is  understood  he  will  be 
city  manager  here  for  the  circuit. 


Grosses  Continue 
At  Strong  Levels; 
'Blue  Horizon'  Big 


(Continued  from  page  1) 

nered  an  estimated  $11,800  Saturday 
and  Sunday  and  continues.     At  the 
Astor,  "This  Above  All"  finishes  a 
seventh  week  tonight  with  an 
mated  $12,000  expected  and  also 
tinues. 

The  return  engagement  of  "Ser- 
geant York"  at  the  Strand  begins  Fri-  1 
day  with  Raymond  Scott's  orchestra. 
The  theatre's  present  show,  "Juke 
Girl"  and  Russ  Morgan's  orchestra, 
grossed  an  estimated  $18,600  Friday  | 
through  Sunday  and  will  finish 
Thursday  night  after  two  weeks.  An- 
other new  attraction  due  is  "The  Mag- 
nificent Dope"  at  the  Roxy  Thurs- 
day following  four  weeks  of  "Ten 
Gentlemen  from  West  Point."  The 
latter,  with  the  stage  show,  drew  an 
estimated  $26,200  Thursday  through 
Sunday. 

'Squadron'  Opens  Thursday 

"Eagle  Squadron"  goes  into  the 
Globe  Thursday  following  the  stay  of 
"The  Gold  Rush,"  which  collected  an 
estimated  $9,700  in  its  tenth  week  end- 
ing Friday  night  and  an  estimated 
$5,800  Saturday  and  Sunday.  Going 
into  a  second  week  at  the  Rivoli, 
"Friendly  Enemies"  took  an  esti- 
mated $3,900  Saturday  and  Sunday. 
"Night  in  New  Orleans"  opens  at  the 
Rialto  tomorrow  following  "Dr. 
Broadway,"  which  concludes  a  week's 
run  tonight  with  an  estimated  $5,000 
expected. 


Influx  to  Broadway 
Seen  on  Increase 

(Continued  from  page  1) 

seeing  is  concentrated,  rather  than  tak- 
ing long  trips  by  automobile. 

Theatre  grosses,  it  was  pointed  out, 
are  on  a  considerably  higher  level  than 
during  previous  years  but  the  increase 
in  attendance  is  not  completely  reflect- 
ed in  the  grosses.  It  was  said  that 
theatres  here  are  frequently  crowded 
to  capacity  but  many  of  the  seats 
are  occupied  by  soldiers.  Film  houses 
have  contributed  large  blocks  of  tick- 
ets to  service  agencies  without  charge, 
and  soldiers  who  pay  for  their  tickets 
receive  them  at  a  fraction  of  the  regu- 
lar scale.  As  a  result,  it  was  stated, 
grosses  only  partially  reflect  the  big 
overall  upward  trend  in  admissions. 


House  Specializes 
On  Western  Films 

Birmingham,  June  29. — The  Royal, 
oldest  operating  theatre  in  Birming- 
ham, reopened  June  27  as  Birming- 
ham's only  exclusive  Western  feature 
picture  house. 

Completely  rebuilt  from  floor  to 
ceiling,  the  Royal  is  one  of  Bir- 
mingham's most  modern  theatres. 
It  is  operated  by  Acme  Theatres, 
Inc.,  under  the  managership  of  John 
Merritt,  manager  of  the  old  Royal 
for  eight  years. 

Three  first-run  Western  action 
dramas,  in  addition  to  comedies  and 
newsreels,  will  be  shown  each  week 
with  complete  program  changes 
scheduled  for  Monday,  Wednesday 
and  Friday. 


ADMISSION  PRICES 
AND  "MRS.  MINIVER" 


Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  announces  the  early  availability 
of  "Mrs.  Miniver,"  a  picture  conceded  by  many  to  be  one 
of  the  greatest  in  the  history  of  our  industry. 

Some  exhibitors  have  advocated  its  presentation  at  ad- 
vanced admission  prices.  The  merit  of  the  picture  surely 
deserves  this  recognition. 

Nevertheless,  Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer  desires  this  film  to 
be  played  to  the  greatest  number  of  people  in  the  shortest 
possible  space  of  time. 

This  picture  really  belongs  to  the  people. 

For  this  reason  we  have  decided  to  offer  "Mrs.  Miniver" 
to  our  customers  without  any  provision  for  increased  ad- 
mission prices  to  the  public. 

NICHOLAS  M.  SCHENCK 


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Motion  Picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  June  30,  1942 


Chicago  Gives 
'Blonde'  Good 
$46,000 Week 


Chicago,  June  29— The  Chicago 
Theatre,  with  "My  Favorite  Blonde" 
and  Skinnay  Ennis'  orchestra  on  the 
stage  was  the  best  of  the  week  with 
$46,000.  The  Oriental  took  $18,000 
with  "Scattergood  Rides  High"  and 
stage  show  and  the  United  Artists 
garnered  $12,000  on  the  second  week 
of  "Rio  Rita." 

Estimated  receipts  week  ending 
June  25 : 

"Juke  Girl"   (W.B.)   (2nd  week  in  Loop) 
"Dudes  Are  Pretty  People"  (U.A.) 

APOLLO — (1,400)  (35c-55c-65c-7Sc)  7  days. 
Gross:  S5.80O.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"My  Favorite  Blonde"  (Para.) 

CHICAGO— (4.000)    (35c-55c-75c)    7  days. 
Stage — Skinnay    Ennis    Orchestra.  Gross: 
$46,000.    (Average.  $32,000) 
"In  This  Our  Life"   (W.B.)    (3rd  week  in 
Loop) 

"True  to  the  Army"  (Para.)  (6  days,  2nd 
week) 

"Scorched  Earth"  (Ray  Reid) 
"Submarine  Raider"  (Col.)  (1  day) 

GARRICK— (1,000)     (35c-55c-65c-7Sc)  7 
days.    Gross:  $6,000.    (Average,  $5,000) 
"Scattergood  Rides  High"  (RKO) 

ORIENTAL— (3.200)     (27c-31c-40c-50c)  7 
days.  Stage — Henrv  Armetta.    Gross:  $18,- 
000.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer"  (Col.) 
"Meet  the  Stewarts"  (Col.)   (6  days) 
"Eagle  Squadron"  (Univ.) 
"Strictly  in  the  Groove"  (Univ.)  (1  day) 

PALACE— (2,500)     (40c-50c-68c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $13,000.    (Average,  $13,000) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.A.) 

"A  Gentleman  After  Dark"  (U.A.)  (5  days, 

2nd  week) 
"Mister  V"  (U.A.) 

"Sunday  Punch"   (M-G-M)   (2  days) 

ROOSEVELT— (1.500)    (35c -55c -65c -75c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $12,000.    (Average.  $11,900) 
"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para.) 

STATE- LAKE— (3.700)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7 
days.  5th  week  Gross:  $11,000.  (Average. 
$14,000) 

"Rio  Rita"  (M-G-M) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,700)  (35c-55c-65c- 
75c)    7   days,    2nd    week.     Gross:  $12,000. 
(Average,  $14,000) 
"Butch  Minds  the  Baby"  (Univ.) 
"Escape  from  Hong  Kong"  (Univ.)  (3  days) 
"Ships  With  Wings"  (U.  A.) 
"Sweetheart  of  the  Fleet"  (Col.)   (4  days) 

WOODS—  (1,200)  (35c-55c-65c-75c)  7  days. 
Gross:  $6,000. 


'Tortilla'  Is  Omaha 
Winner  With  $8,600 

Omaha,  June  29. — First  run  busi- 
ness was  off  a  bit  after  a  general  up- 
swing. "Tortilla  Flat"  and  "This 
Time  for  Keeps"  drew  $8,600  at  the 
Omaha.  The  weather  was  cool  and 
rainy. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  23-24: 

"Gunga  Din"  (RKO) 
"King  Kong"  (RKO) 

BRANDEIS  —  (1,200)     (30c-44c)    7  days. 
Gross:  $4,300.    (Average.  $4,000.) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"This  Time  for  Keeps"  (M-G-M) 

OMAHA— (2,000)  (30c-44c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$8,600.     (Average,  $6,000) 
"Henry  and  Dizzy"  (Para.) 

ORPHEUM— (3.000)  (40c-55c)  7  days. 
Stage:  Bonnie  Baker.  Gross:  $14,400.  (Av- 
erage, $14,000) 


Notes  from  Hollywood 


W.B.  Delays  District 
Managers'  Meeting 

The  meeting  of  Warner  district 
managers  scheduled  for  Thursday  and 
Friday  at  the  home  office  has  been 
postponed  to  July  9  and  10,  it  was 
announced  yesterday  by  Ben  Kalmen- 
son,  general  sales  manager,  after  his 
return  from  a  two-week  trip  across 
the  country. 


Hollywood,  June  29 

pOUR  pictures  will  be  started  by  Monogram  during  the  month  of 
"  July,  as  the  studio  winds  up  its  current  production  program  and 
begins  on  part  of  the  new  season's  product. 

"Man  and  the  Devil,"  with  Joan  Woodbury  in  a  leading  role,  will 
start  July  7,  with  William  Beaudine 
directing  for  producer  A.  W.  Hackel 
from  a  story  by  Karl  Brown. 

Martin  Mooney  and  Max  King 
begin  their  first  for  Monogram,  "For- 
eign Agent,"  from  Mooney's  original 
and  a  Mooney- John  Krafft  script. 
Third  picture  will  be  "Dogs  of  War," 
concerning  the  training  of  dogs  to 
work  with  the  armed  forces.  George 
W.  Weeks  will  produce  with  Billy 
Lee  in  the  lead.  "Here  Come  the 
Marines,"  a  Lindsley  Parsons  pro- 
duction, and  the  fourth  to  start  will 
have  Robert  Lowery  and  Guinn 
Williams  in  the  leads. 

Monogram  has  also  purchased 
George  W.  Hotchkiss'  original, 
"Little  Yellow  Rats."  Guess  whom 
it's  about. 


John  Beal  has  been  given  the 
romantic  lead  opposite  Mar- 
garet Lindsay  in  the  Columbia 
picture,  "Shall  I  Tell  'Em?" 
which  will  feature  Bert  Gordon, 
radio's  "Mad  Russian."  Sup- 
porting players  include  Con- 
stance Worth,  Leonid  Kinsky, 
and  Don  Beddoe. 

•  • 

Harry  Lachman  has  been  set  to 
direct  20th  Century-Fox's  "Buried 
Alive,"  horror  story  with  John 
Shepperd,  Lynne  Roberts  and  J. 
Carrol  Naish  in  the  leading  roles. 
.  .  .  Florine  McKinxey  will  support 
"Little  Joe,  the  Wrangler,"  Johnny 
Mack  Brown-Tex  Ritter  picture  at 
Universal.  .  .  .  Added  to  the  cast  of 
"Arabian  Nights,"  Walter  Wanger 
picture  for  Universal  release,  are 
Billy  Gilbert  and  John  Qualen. 
The  picture  stars  Maria  Montez, 
Jon  Hall  and  Sabu.  ...  As  soon 
as  he  finishes  his  stint  on  the  script 
of  "Once  Upon  a  Honeymoon,"  at 
RKO,  Sheridan  Gibney  moves  over 
to  Arnold  Pressburger's  to  work 
with  George  Beck  on  "Tomorrow 
Never  Comes,"  for  United  Artists  Re- 
lease. .  .  .  Stuart  Palmer  is  work- 
ing on  the  script  of  "Bad  Sister," 
which  Paul  Malvern  will  produce 
for  Universal. 

•  • 

William  Cagney,  head  of  Cagney 
Productions,  Inc.,  said  upon  his  return 
from  New  York  last  week,  that  the 
first  of  the  six  pictures  for  United 
Artists  release  his  company  will  make 
will  be  ready  for  October  showing. 
Negotiations  are  under  way  for  space 
at  the  Goldwyn  studios.  No  story  has 
been  selected  yet  for  the  first  James 
Cagney  vehicle.  .  .  .  Victor  Francen, 
French  star,  joins  Warners'  "The 
Desert  Song"  cast.  .  .  .  Merle  Oberon 
has  been  set  by  Lester  Cowan  for 
"Heart  of  a  City,"  which  Columbia 
will  release.  .  .  .  Peggy  Drake  gets 
the  feminine  lead  of  "King  of  the 
Royal  Mounted  Strikes  Again,"  Re- 
public serial.  .  .  .  Patsy  Kelly  will 
nrovide  comedv  for  "Ladies'  Dav." 
Lupe  Velez-Eddte  Albert  vehicle 
at  RKO.  .  .  .  Ollie  Carey,  wife 
of  Harry  Carey,  and  former  film 
star,  return1;  to  the  screen  in  War- 
ners' "Air  Force,"  in  which  her  hus- 
band also  has  a  role. 


Title  changes  this  week  in- 
clude: "12  Men  in  a  Box,"  20th 
Century-Fox,  is  now  "Just  Off 
Broadway";  "Deep  in  the  Heart 
of  Texas,"  Universal,  now  "Bad 
Men  of  Texas";  "Love  and 
Kisses,  Caroline,"  Universal,  to 
"Between  Us  Girls";  "Say  It 
with  Music,"  Republic  to  "Chat- 
terbox." .  .  .  Claire  Dodd  joins 
the  cast  of  Columbia's  "The 
Daring  Young  Man,"  Joe  E. 
Brown  film.  .  .  .  Clarence  Muse 
has  been  set  for  "Watch  on  the 
Rhine,"  at  Warners. 


Republic  has  given  George  "Gab- 
by" Hayes,  western  comedian,  an  ex- 
tension of  his  contract  for  another 
year.  .  .  .  Rufe  Davis  has  left  Re- 
public's "Three  Mesquiteers"  Western 
series  and  the  studio  is  looking  for  a 
replacement.  .  .  .  First  rumored  as  a 
possible  Clark  Gable  vehicle,  "Gam- 
bler's Choice"  went  into  production 
last  week  at  M-G-M  with  James 
Craig,  Patricia  Dane  and  William 
Lundigan  heading  the  cast.  .  .  . 
Martha  O'Driscoll  has  been  bor- 
rowed from  Paramount  by  Republic 
for  "Chatterbox,"  with  John  Hub- 
bard, and  Ruth  Terry  in  other  leads. 
.  .  .  (Miss)  Jeff  Doxnell  and 
Larry  Parks,  Columbia  contractees, 
draw  the  romantic  leads  in  "The 
Boogie  Man  Will  Get  You,"  Boris 
Karloff-Peter  Lorre  vehicle.  .  .  . 
Joan  Marsh  has  been  signed  by 
Monogram  for  the  feminine  lead  op- 
posite John  Archer  in  "Police  Bul- 
lets," which  Jean  Yarbrough  will 
direct  for  producer  Lindsley  Par- 
sons. .  .  .  First  picture  Davey  Sharpe 
will  make  with  John  King  and  Max 
Terhune  as  one  of  the  Monogram 
Range  Busters  will  be  "Texas  to 
Bataan." 


"Law  of  the  Badlands"  has 
been  set  as  the  title  of  the  first 
Western  the  new  Columbia 
team  of  Russell  Hayden  and 
Bob  Wills  will  make.  William 
Berke  directs  for  producer  Leon 
Barsha.  .  .  .  Columbia  has 
changed  the  title  of  "The  Gay 
Senorita,"  previously  known  as 
"Carnival  in  Rio,"  to  "You  Were 
Never  Lovelier."  It  stars  Fred 
Astaire  and  Rita  Hayworth.  .  .  . 
"Foreign  Agent"  has  been  set 
as  the  first  of  the  group  of 
Monogram  pictures  to  be  pro- 
duced jointly  by  Max  King  and 
Martin  Mooney.  .  .  . 


Universal's  "Mug  Town."  Featur- 
ing Billy  Halop,  Huntz  Hall, 
Bernard  Punsley  and  Gabriel 
Dell,  the  Little  Tough  Guys  crew, 
will  be  directed  by  Ray  Taylor  and 
produced  by  Ken  Goldsmith.  .  . 
Paramount  will  use  nine  musical 
numbers  and  six  sketches  in  "Star 
Spangled  Rhythm." 


'Letter'  Wins 
Frisco  Lead 
With  $13,900 


San  Francisco,  June  29. — "Mexi- 
can Spitfire  Sees  a  Ghost,"  aided 
Jan  Savitt's  orchestra  and  s;w 
show,  hit  §15,500  at  Golden  Gate.Vf  - 
the  best  showings  were  the  Para- 
mount's  $13,900  for  "Take  a  Letter, 
Darling"  and  "Remember  Pearl  Har- 
bor," and  second  week  of  "This  Above 
All"  at  the  Warfield,  which  drew 
$12,000.  Business  was  fair  around 
the  city.    The  weather  was  good. 

Estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ending  June  23-25 : 

"Mexican  Spitfire  Sees  a  Ghost"  (RKO) 

GOLDEN    GATE— (2,850)    (44c-49c-65c)  7 
days.     Stage:    vaudeville.     Gross:  $15,500. 
(Average.  $15,000) 
"Tw:n  Beds"  (U.A.) 
"Ships  With  Wings"  (U.A.) 

UNITED  ARTISTS— (1,200)  (20c-35c-40c- 
55c)  7  days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $7,200.  (Av- 
erage, $7,500) 

"Take  a  Letter,  Darling"  (Para.) 
"Remember  Pearl  Harbor"  (Rep.) 

PARAMOUNT— (2.740)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $13,900.    (Average,  $11,500) 
"In  This  Our  Life"  (W.B.) 
"Always  in  My  Heart"  (W.B.) 

FOX— (5.000)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7  days.  2nd 
week.    Gross:  $14,500.    (Average,  $16,000) 
"Tortilla  Flat"  (M-G-M) 
"Bern  to  Sing"  (M-G-M) 

ST.  FRANCIS— (1.400)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
davs.  4th  week.  Gross:  $4,200.  (Average 
$4,500) 

"Saboteur"  (Univ.) 
"Mississippi  Gambler"  (Univ.) 

ORPHEUM-(2.440)  (20c-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.    Gross:  $9,000.  (Average, 


■  mo) 


"This  Above  All"  (2<tth-Fax) 

WARFIELD-(2.680)  (2Oc-35c-40c-55c)  7 
days.  2nd  week.  Gross:  $12,000.  (Average 
$12,000) 

"My  Friend  Clock  Gohn"  (Swedish) 

CLAY — (400)  (15c-35c-45c)  7  days.  Gross: 
$800.    (Average.  $1,000) 


'Stewarts'  $5,000,  in 
Good  Hartford  Week 

Hartford,  June  29.— The  E.  M. 
Loew's  Theatre  grossed  an  estimated 
$5,000  with  Columbia's  "Meet  the 
Stewarts"  and  "Submarine  Raider." 
Paramount's  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind," 
in  a  fourth  week  hold-over  run  at 
the  M&P's  Allyn,  did  $6,500.  The 
weather  was  warm. 

The  estimated  receipts  for  the  week 
ended  June  24-25 : 

"Reap  the  Wild  Wind"  (Para) 

ALLYN— (2,000)   07c-22c-28c-65c)  7  days, 
4th  week.    Gross:  $6,500.    (Average:  $10,000) 
"Meet  the  Stewarts"  (Col.) 
"Submarine  Raider"  (Col.) 

E.    M.    LOEW'S— (1.400)    (llc-30c-40c)  7 
davs.    Gross:  $5,000.    (Average.  $4,000) 
"Her  Cardboard  Lover"  (M-G-M) 
"Maisie  Gets  Her  Man"  (M-G-M) 

LOEW'S-POLI-(3.200)     (llc-30c-40c)  7 
days.    Gross:  $9,000.    (Average.  $10,000) 
"The  Real  Glory"  (U.A.) 
'The  Mad  Martindales"  (20th-Fox) 

LOEWS-POLI  PALACE—  (1.800)  (11c- 
30c-40c)  7  days.  Gross:  $8,000.  (Average. 
S7.000) 

"The  Big  Shot"  (W.B.) 

"The  Mexican  Spitfire  Sees  a  Ghost"  (RKO) 

WARNER     REGAL— (928)  nic-30c-40c) 
7  days,  second  week.    Gross:  $5,000.  (Aver- 
age. $4,000) 
"Twin  Beds"  (U.  A.) 
"My  Favorite  Spy"  (RKO) 

WARNER  STRAND— (1.800)  (llc-30c-40c) 
7  days.    Gross:  $10,000.     (Average.  $8,000) 


Harrison  District  Mgr. 

Hartford,  June  29. — Edward  Har- 
rison, manager  of  the  Court  Square 
Theatre,  Springfield,  Mass.,  has  been 
appointed  district  manager  of  E.  M. 
Loew  Theatres.  Harrison  will  su- 
pervise houses  in  Worcester,  Spring- 
field and  North  Adams,  Mass.,  and 
Hartford. 


Designed  to  Conserve  Copper  for  War  Needs 


Winning  this  war  is  the  first  objective  of  every  American.  The 
will  for  Victory  includes  taking  in  stride  whatever  sacrifice  or 
inconvenience  may  be  occasioned  by  the  demands  of  our  war 
effort. 

Government  curtailment  of  copper  necessitates  reducing  the 
thickness  of  copper  coating  on  "National"  copper  coated  high 
intensity  projector  carbons.  This  may  result  in  a  slightly  longer 
spindle  on  the  carbons,  and  in  the  case  of  the  7  mm  —  6  mm 
combination,  may  result  in  some  reduction  in  screen  illumina- 
tion, although  there  will  still  be  sufficient  light  for  satisfactory 
projection. 

Fortunately,  the  culmination  of  research  work  on  the  8  mm 
—  7  mm  trim  makes  it  possible  to  burn  these  new  carbons,  even 
with  the  thinner  copper  plating,  and  to  obtain  even  more  light 
with  the  same  current  formerly  used  (within  limits  of  the  new 
maximum).  Savings  as  high  as  30%  in  carbon  consumption  can 

The  words  "National,"  "Suprex"  and  "Orotip" 


be  had  for  the  same  amount  of  light  on  the  screen  if  the  present 
light  level  is  satisfactory.  When  using  power  sources  designed 
for  "Suprex"  type  lamps  similar  savings  can  be  made,  while 
retaining  the  same  screen  illumination  as  formerly,  by  shifting 
from  7  mm  —  6  mm  trims  to  the  new  8  mm  —  7  mm.  To 
accomplish  this  may  require  enlarging  present  carbon  holders, 
which  can  be  done  with  little  effort. 

Operation  at  reduced  arc  current  may  also,  in  some  instances, 
necessitate  readjustment  of  the  feed  ratio  of  the  projection 
lamps  in  order  to  maintain  correct  position  of  the  carbons 
with  a  minimum  of  manual  adjustment. 

The  trade-mark  on  these  new  Victory  carbons  is  imprinted 
in  white,  instead  of  the  familiar  blue.  Maximum  allowable  arc 
current  is  also  stamped  on  each  carbon.  It  is  important  that 
this  current  limitation  be  observed. 

are  trade-marks  of  National  Carbon  Company ,  Inc. 

*  *  *  ★ 


P....   flqo  Most  of  the  copper 

OCvVe   I'lJe  used  for  plating 

copper  coated  pro- 
I     f^f^T^f^f*      jector  carbons  drops 

Jr  Jr       to  the  floor  of  the 

lamp  house  when 
the  carbons  are  burned.  Continue  to  save  these 
copper  drippings  and  turn  them  over  to  an 
authorized  scrap  dealer  or  to  such  other  agency 
as  may  be  designated  by  our  government. 


RECOMMENDED 
USING  COPPER 


TRIM  AND  RANGE  OF  ARC  CURRENT  FOR  LAMPS 
COATED,    HIGH    INTENSITY,    PROJECTOR  CARBONS 


Type  of  A  rc 


Arc  Current  —  Amperes 


New  Victory  Carbons  —  Size  and  Type 


"1  Kw"  High  Intensity,  A.C. 
"1  Kw"  High  Intensity,  D.C. 

Simpli6ed  High  Intensity,  D.C. 

with  adjustable  feed  ratio 
Simplified  High  Intensity,  D.C. 

with  fixed  feed  ratio 
Simplified  High  Intensity,  D.C. 


52-66 
40-42 


42-45 


7  mm  x  9  inch  H.I.,  A.C.  Carbons  in  both  holders 
7  mm  x  12  inch  or  14  inch  "Suprex"  Positive 

6  mm  x  9  inch  "Orotip"  C  Negative 

7  mm  x  12  inch  or  14  inch  "Suprex"  Positive 

6  mm  x  9  inch  "Orotip"  C  Negative 

7  mm  x  12  inch  or  14  inch  "Suprex"  Positive 

7  mm  x  9  inch  "Orotip"  C  Negative 

8  mm  x  12  inch  or  14  inch  "Suprex"  Positive 
7  mm  x  9  inch  "Orotip"  C  Negative 


NATIONAL  CARBON  COMPANY,  INC. 

Unit  of  Union  Carbide  and  Carbon  Corporation 

CARBON  SALES  DIVISION:  CLEVELAND,  OHIO 
GENERAL  OFFICES:  30  East  42nd  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y.  BRANCH  SALES  OFFICES:  New  York,  Pittsburgh,  Chicago 


FOjWICTORY 


St.  Louis,  San  Francisco 


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Motion  picture  Daily 


Tuesday,  June  30,  1942 


Off  the  Antenna 


D  EPLACEMENT  parts  must  be  released  by  the  United  States  to  Latin 
■*■  American  stations  which  are  cooperating  with  the  United  Nations,  John 
F.  Royal,  NBC  vice-president  in  charge  of  international  relations,  said  upon 
his  return  over  the  weekend  from  a  two-week  visit  to  Mexico  City.  Royal  said 
the  shortage  of  tubes  and  other  replacement  materials  was  critical  and  that  two 
Mexican  stations  might  have  to  go  off  the  air.  Royal  added  that  many  Latin 
American  stations  had  refused  to  cooperate  with  the  Axis  despite  loss  of 
considerable  revenue  and  that  the  United  States  should  reciprocate  by  now 
aiding  the  stations. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Shirley  Temple  has  applied  to  a  Los  Angeles  court  for 
approval  of  a  26-week  radio  contract  at  a  salary  of  $3,000  weekly,  with  op- 
tions for  four  years  and  a  top  salary  of  $5,000  weekly.  .  .  .  Emit  Corw'in, 
of  Blue  publicity,  will  leave  Friday  to  join  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
as  radio  adviser.  .  .  .  Leif  Eid  has  been  assigwd  to  trade  news  on  the  Red, 
with  Leighton  Blood,  former  trade  news  editor,  now  handling  commercial 
copy.  .  .  .  Sydney  B.  Gaynor,  commercial  manager  of  KHJ ,  Los  Angeles, 
will  leave  Hollywood  Friday  for  a  three-week  trip  to  Chicago  and  New* 
York.  .  .  .  Frances  Sprague,  NBC  chief  librarian,  has  been  married  to  Robert 
P.  Joy. 

•  •  • 

Louis  Ruppel,  CBS  publicity  director,  was  host  at  a  cocktail  party  at 
Louis  and  ATmand's  yesterday  for  Hal  Rorke,  assistant  publicity  direc- 
tor, who  leaves  this  week  to  start  active  service  as  a  captain  in  the  Army 
Air  Corps. 

•  •  • 

Mutual  will  hold  a  board  and  stockholders'  meeting  in  Chicago  on 
Thursday  following  a  two-day  executive  committee  session  which  gets  under 
way  there  this  morning.  Represented  on  the  executive  committee  will  be 
WOR;  WGN,  Chicago;  WHK,  Cleveland;  the  Don  Lee  Network,  and 
the  Yankee  Network. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Edward  Tomlinson  has  been  signed  by  the  Blue  for  a 
commentator  series  on  hemispheric  and  inter-American  news.  Beginning  July 
19,  he  will  be  heard  three  times  weekly;  at  6:45-7  P.M.  on  Saturdays  and 
Sundays,  and  again  during  the  "Weekly  War  Journal,"  Sundays  at  7  P.M.  .  .  . 
Miles  Laboratories  has  shifted  its  plans  for  "Lum  and  Abner."  Beginning 
July  13  the  program  will  be  heard  on  the  Blue  8:15-8:30  P.M.  Mondays 
through  Thursdays.  .  .  .  The  S.  C.  Johnson  show  with  Meredith  Willson 
and  John  Nesbitt  will  be  shortwaved  for  the  armed  forces  abroad  by  NBC 
beginning  July  7.  .  .  .  "Vox  Pop"  will  begin  its  eighth  year  of  network  broad- 
casting Monday  over  CBS.  .  .  .  Sunbrock's  Shows  has  purchased  101  spot 
announcements  and  30  lO-minute  and  15-minute  programs  on  WNEW.  The 
time  will  be  used  within  23  days  to  advertise  a  Wild  West  Show  at  the  Polo 
Grounds. 


Theatre 
Change s  .  . . 


Takes  Theatre  in  Camden 

Philadelphia,  June  29.  —  Jack 
Greenberg,  local  exhibitor  operating 
theatres  in  the  Southern  New  Jersey 
area,  has  acquired  the  Bullefont- 
Goldstein  Star  Theatre,  Camden, 
N.  J.,  making  it  his  sixth  house.  He 
will  take  over  the  house  in  July,  at 
which  time  it  will  be  closed  for  reno- 
vations, reopening  in  September. 


Leases  Pennsylvania  House 

Mahanoy  City,  Pa.,  June  29. — The 
Buckley  Amusements,  Inc.,  has  leased 
the  Elks'  Theatre  here. 


Buys  Kansas  Theatre 

Kansas  City,  June  29. — Dickinson, 
Inc.,  has  increased  its  circuit  to  10 
with  the  purchase  of  the  Kaw,  North 
Topeka,  Kan.,  which  will  be  remod- 
eled and  redecorated  without  suspend- 
ing operations.  Doyle  Mowry  adds  the 
Kaw  to  his  duties  as  manager  of  the 
Royz  and  Glen  in  Topeka. 


Switch  Iowa  Managers 

Des  Moines,  June  29. — Hal  Sheri- 
dan, Tri-States  Theatres  city  man- 
ager at  Cedar  Rapids,  la.,  and  man- 
ager of  the  Paramount  Theatre  there, 
has  resigned,  and  Oryille  Rennie, 
manager  of  their  Fort  at  Rock  Island, 
111.,  has  replaced  him.  Jack  Koldo, 
manager  of  the  Esquire  at  Davenport, 
has  taken  over  the  Fort,  and  Fred 
Danico,  manager  of  the  Garden  in 
Davenport,  will  manage  the  Esquire, 
while  Don  Allen,  Davenport  city  man- 
ager, will  manage  the  Garden. 


Reopen  Minneapolis  House 

Minneapolis,  June  29. — The  State 
Theatre  has  reopened  after  a  10-day 
closing  for  installation  of  2,400  new 
seats,  new  carpets  and  construction 
of  a  new  marquee.  Work  had  been 
contracted  before  the  outbreak  of  war. 


Assistants  Switched  by  WB 

Chicago,  June  29. — Several  assist- 
ant managers  have  been  switched  in 
the  Warner  circuit.  Dick  Demos,  who 
has  been  drafted,  was  replaced  as  as- 
sistant manager  of  the  Highland  The- 
atre by  Truman  Randall,  former  as- 
sistant manager  of  the  Capitol.  John 
Mahon  went  from  the  Rhodes  to  the 


Capitol ;  Robert  Blakeman  went  from 
the  Cosmo  to  the  Rhodes,  and  Tiki 
Coston  was  promoted  from  chief-of- 
service  at  the  Rhodes  to  assistant  man- 
ager of  the  Cosmo. 


Manages  Illinois  Theatre 

Chicago,  June  29.  —  Charles  G. 
Vogt  has  been  appointed  manager  of 
the  Jacob  Lasker  &  Son  circuit's  Vil- 
las Theatre,  Cicero,  111. 


Butte  Manager  Moved 

Butte,  Mont.,  June  29.  —  Jack 
Casey,  manager  of  the  Fox  Theatre 
here  has  been  transferred  to  the  Sun 
Valley  Theatre  in  Sun  Valley,  Idaho, 
as  .  manager.  Howard  Godfrey, 
former  assistant  manager  of  the  Ri- 
alto  in  Butte,  has  succeeded  Casey  at 
the  Fox. 


Named  Hartford  Manager 

Hartford,  June  29.— Dennis  Fla- 
herty, manager  of  the  Astor,  East 
Hartford,  has  resigned.  George 
Sailor  has  replaced  him. 

Manages  Springfield  House 

Springfield,  Mass.,  June  29. — Ern- 
est A.  Altree  is  the  new  manager  of 
the  Garden  Theatre  here.  He  re- 
places Louis  A.  Marcks,  resigned. 


Assistants  Are  Shifted 

Philadelphia,  June  29. — New  as- 
sistant managers  at  Warner  theatres 
in  this  district  are :  Frances  Brennan 
at  the  Commodore  here ;  Clay  Garrett 
transferred   from   the    Capitol,    Lan-  I 


caster,  Pa.,  to  the  Strand,  Reading, 
Pa. ;  and  Richard  Coxen  at  the  War- 
ner, Reading,  succeeding  John  Man- 
gan,  who  resigned  to  accept  a  position 
in  a  war  industry. 


Named  Pittsburgh  Assistant 

Pittsburgh,  June  29. — Tony  Del- 
bridge,  formerly  in  Kansas  City,  has 
been  appointed  assistant  manager  of 
Loew's  Penn,  succeeding  Vaughn 
O'Neill,  who  has  been  named  man- 
ager of  Loew's  Theatre,  Dayton, 
Ohio,  former  position  held  by  Mar- 
tin Burnett,  manager  of  the  Penn 
here  for  the  past  two  years. 


Takes  Connecticut  House 

Hartford,  June  29.  —  Michael  J. 
Daly,  owner  of  the  Daly  here  and  in 
Plainfield.  Conn.,  has  taken  over  the 
Strand  in  Wallingford,  Conn.,  long 
dark. 


Florida  House  Reopened 

Venice,  Fla.,  June  29.— The  Gulf 
Theatre  was  reopened  recently  with 
the  advent  of  an  Army  project  here. 
It  had  been  closed  at  the  end  of  the 
Winter  season  by  its  owner,  Carl 
Floyd,  of  Winter  Haven. 


WB  Booker  Shifted 

New  Haven,  June  29.  —  William 
Cummings,  former  Warner  booker  in 
Boston,  has  been  named  to  a  similar 
post  at  the  local  exchange,  succeeding 
Angelo  Lombardi,  now  office  manager 
at  the  New  York  exchange. 


Showmanship 
Flashes... 


'Reap  the  Wild  Wind' 
Contest  Held  in  Cleveland 

Cleveland,  June  29. — A  "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  contest  was  run  by 
Loew's  State  through  the  Plain  Deal- 
er. For  the  best  lists  of  past  pictures 
played  in  by  the  stars  and  a  50-w~.  * 
exposition  on  "The  Picture  I  CoiA 
er  DeMille's  Best  and  Why"  ll_  - 
colored  pictures  of  the  stars  and  15 
pairs  of  tickets  were  awarded. 

Lmerick  Contest  Is 
Used  on  'Gold  Rush' 

Hartford,  June  29. — As  a  stunt 
for  "The  Gold  Rush,"  Gertrude 
Tracy,  assistant  manager  at  the 
Loew-Poli  Palace  here,  arranged  a 
"Charlie  Chaplin  Limerick"  contest 
in  the  local  newspapers.  Contest- 
ants who  completed  the  limerick's 
last  line  were  awarded  guest 
tickets. 


Theatre  in  Tieup 
On  Air  Recruiting 

Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  June  29. — For 
the  Capitol  Theatre's  cooperation 
with  "Aviation  Cadet  Week,"  spon- 
sored by  the  Junior  Chamber  of 
Commerce  in  cooperation  with  the  lo- 
cal Aviation  Cadet  Examining  Board, 
Manager  Fred  Lee  set  up  a  special 
display  in  the  lobby  urging  youths 
to  enlist  as  aviation  cadets  and  also 
see  a  short,  "Winning  Your  Wings," 
at  the  theatre  to  see  the  training  they 
will  have  to  undergo. 


Silence  Slogan  Contest 
Is  Used  on  'Joe  Smith' 

Reading,  Pa^  June  29.  —  Lester 
Stallman,  manager  of  Schad's  Astor 
Theatre,  distributed  red,  white  and 
blue  heralds  at  war  plants  on  "Joe 
Smith,  American,"  offering  a  $25  de- 
fense bond  and  10  pairs  of  guest 
tickets  for  the  best  slogans  per- 
suading the  public  to  'keep  one's 
mouth  shut." 


Uses  Guessing  Contest 
As  'Flyer'  Promotion 

Allentown,  Pa.,  June  29. — Leo 
Trainor,  manager  of  the  Rialto,  pro- 
moted a  guessing  contest  for  plane 
insignia  with  guest  tickets  to  the 
first  25  correct  answers  in  his  cam- 
paign for  "The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer." 
In  addition,  he  promoted  radio  spot 
announcements  on  WSAM,  window 
displays  in  beauty  shops  and  Joan 
Bennett  sundaes  and  displays  at  local 
stores. 


Loew  Houses  Here 
Honor  War  Mothers 

All  Loew  theatres  in  the 
metropolitan  area  this  week 
will  put  into  operation  a  pol- 
icy of  honoring  mothers  of 
men  in  the  service  one  night 
every  week.  In  each  locality 
a  group  of  war  mothers,  each 
with  a  guest,  will  be  invited 
to  the  local  Loew  house,  with 
a  supper  and  the  presentation 
of  gifts,  such  as  flowers  and 
perfume,  following.  Registra- 
tion books  are  to  be  placed  in 
the  theatre  lobbies  and  pa- 
trons asked  to  enter  the 
names  and  addresses  of  those 
eligible. 


U.  S.  Asks  Reduction 
In   Telephone  Calls 

The  Board  of  War  Com- 
munications is  asking  users 
of  telephones  to  reduce  the 
number  of  local  and  long  dis- 
tance calls,  so  that  important 
toll  calls  relating  to  the  war 
effort  may  go  through  with- 
out long  delays. 

The  BWC  recommends  that 
long  distance  calls,  where 
necessary,  be  made  as  much 
as  possible  between  the  hours 
of  noon  and  2  P.  M.,  5  and  7 
P.  M.,  and  9  P.  M.  and  9  A.  M. 
local  time. 

Use  of  the  mails  and  tele- 
graph whenever  possible  and 
telephoning  during  off-peak 
hours  will  permit  war  tele- 
phones to  proceed  on  sche- 
dule, it  was  stated. 


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D  EPLACEMENT  parts  must  be  released  by  the  United  States  to  Latin 
American  stations  which  are  cooperating  with  the  United  Nations,  John 
F.  Royal,  NBC  vice-president  in  charge  of  international  relations,  said  upon 
his  return  over  the  weekend  from  a  two-week  visit  to  Mexico  City.  Royal  said 
the  shortage  of  tubes  and  other  replacement  materials  was  critical  and  that  two 
Mexican  stations  might  have  to  go  off  the  air.  Royal  added  that  many  Latin 
American  stations  had  refused  to  cooperate  with  the  Axis  despite  loss  of 
considerable  revenue  and  that  the  United  States  should  reciprocate  by  now 
aiding  the  stations. 

•  •  • 

Purely  Personal:  Shirley  Temple  has  applied  to  a  Los  Angeles  court  for 
approval  of  a  26-zueek  radio  contract  at  a  salary  of  $3,000  weekly,  with  op- 
tions for  four  years  and  a  top  salary  of  $5,000  weekly.  .  .  .  Emil  Convin, 
of  Blue  publicity,  will  leave  Friday  to  join  the  Department  of  Agricidture 
as  radio  adviser.  .  .  .  Leif  Eid  has  been  assigned  to  trade  news  on  the  Red, 
with  Leighton  Blood,  former  trade  news  editor,  now  handling  commercial 
copy.  .  .  .  Sydney  B.  Gaynor,  commercial  manager  of  KHJ,  Los  Angeles, 
will  leave  Hollywood  Friday  for  a  three-week  trip  to  Chicago  and  New* 
York.  .  .  .  Frances  Spragv£,  NBC  chief  librarian,  has  been  married  to  Robert 
P.  Joy. 

... 

Louis  Ruppel,  CBS  publicity  director,  was  host  at  a  cocktail  party  at 
Louis  and  Armand's  yesterday  for  Hal  Rorke,  assistant  publicity  direc- 
tor, who  leaves  this  week  to  start  active  service  as  a  captain  in  the  Army 
Air  Corps. 

•  •  • 

Mutual  will  hold  a  board  and  stockholders'  meeting  in  Chicago  on 
Thursday  following  a  two-day  executive  committee  session  which  gets  under 
way  there  this  morning.  Represented  on  the  executive  committee  will  be 
WOR;  WGN,  Chicago;  WHK,  Cleveland;  the  Don  Lee  Network,  and 
the  Yankee  Network. 

•  •  • 

Program  News:  Edward  Tomlinson  has  been  signed  by  the  Bine  for  a 
commentator  series  on  hemispheric  and  inter-American  news.  Beginning  July 
19,  he  will  be  heard  three  times  weekly;  at  6:45-7  P.M.  on  Saturdays  and 
Sundays,  and  again  during  the  "Weekly  War  Journal,"  Sundays  at  7  P.M.  .  .  . 
Miles  Laboratories  has  shifted  its  plans  for  "Lum  and  Abner."  Beginning 
July  13  the  program  will  be  heard  on  the  Blue  8:15-8:30  P.M.  Mondays 
through  Thursdays.  .  .  .  The  S.  C.  Johnson  show  with  Meredith  Will  son 
and  John  Nesbitt  will  be  shortwaved  for  the  armed  forces  abroad  by  NBC 
beginning  July  7.  .  .  .  "Vox  Pop"  will  begin  its  eighth  year  of  network  broad- 
casting Monday  over  CBS.  .  .  .  Sunbrock's  Shows  has  purchased  101  spot 
announcements  and  30  lQ-mdnute  and  \S-minute  programs  on  WNEW.  The 
time  will  be  used  within  23  days  to  advertise  a  Wild  West  Show  at  the  Polo 
Grounds. 


Theatre 
Changes... 


Takes  Theatre  in  Camden 

Philadelphia,  June  29.  —  Jack 
Greenberg,  local  exhibitor  operating 
theatres  in  the  Southern  New  Jersey 
area,  has  acquired  the  Bullefont- 
Goldstein  Star  Theatre,  Camden, 
N.  J.,  making  it  his  sixth  house.  He 
will  take  over  the  house  in  July,  at 
which  time  it  will  be  closed  for  reno- 
vations, reopening  in  September. 


Leases  Pennsylvania  House 

Mahanoy  City,  Pa.,  June  29. — The 
Buckley  Amusements,  Inc.,  has  leased 
the  Elks'  Theatre  here. 


Buys  Kansas  Theatre 

Kansas  City,  June  29. — Dickinson, 
Inc.,  has  increased  its  circuit  to  10 
with  the  purchase  of  the  Kaw,  North 
Topeka,  Kan.,  which  will  be  remod- 
eled and  redecorated  without  suspend- 
ing operations.  Doyle  Mowry  adds  the 
Kaw  to  his  duties  as  manager  of  the 
Royz  and  Glen  in  Topeka. 


Switch  Iowa  Managers 

Des  Moines,  June  29. — Hal  Sheri- 
dan, Tri-States  Theatres  city  man- 
ager at  Cedar  Rapids,  la.,  and  man- 
ager of  the  Paramount  Theatre  there, 
has  resigned,  and  Orville  Rennie, 
manager  of  their  Fort  at  Rock  Island, 
111.,  has  replaced  him.  Jack  Koldo, 
manager  of  the  Esquire  at  Davenport, 
has  taken  over  the  Fort,  and  Fred 
Danico,  manager  of  the  Garden  in 
Davenport,  will  manage  the  Esquire, 
while  Don  Allen,  Davenport  city  man- 
ager, will  manage  the  Garden. 


Reopen  Minneapolis  House 

Minneapolis,  June  29. — The  State 
Theatre  has  reopened  after  a  10-day 
closing  for  installation  of  2,400  new 
seats,  new  carpets  and  construction 
of  a  new  marquee.  Work  had  been 
contracted  before  the  outbreak  of  war. 


Assistants  Switched  by  WB 

Chicago,  June  29. — Several  assist- 
ant managers  have  been  switched  in 
the  Warner  circuit.  Dick  Demos,  who 
has  been  drafted,  was  replaced  as  as- 
sistant manager  of  the  Highland  The- 
atre by  Truman  Randall,  former  as- 
sistant manager  of  the  Capitol.  John 
Mahon  went  from  the  Rhodes  to  the 


U.  S.  Asks  Reduction 
In   Telephone  Calls 

The  Board  of  War  Com- 
munications is  asking  users 
of  telephones  to  reduce  the 
number  of  local  and  long  dis- 
tance calls,  so  that  important 
toll  calls  relating  to  the  war 
effort  may  go  through  with- 
out long  delays. 

The  BWC  recommends  that 
long  distance  calls,  where 
necessary,  be  made  as  much 
as  possible  between  the  hours 
of  noon  and  2  P.  M.,  5  and  7 
P.  M.,  and  9  P.  M.  and  9  A.  M. 
local  time. 

Use  of  the  mails  and  tele- 
graph whenever  possible  and 
telephoning  during  off-peak 
hours  will  permit  war  tele- 
phones to  proceed  on  sche- 
dule, it  was  stated. 


Capitol ;  Robert  Blakeman  went  from 
the  Cosmo  to  the  Rhodes,  and  Tiki 
Coston  was  promoted  from  chief-of- 
service  at  the  Rhodes  to  assistant  man- 
ager of  the  Cosmo. 


Manages  Illinois  Theatre 

Chicago,  June  29.  —  Charles  G. 
Vogt  has  been  appointed  manager  of 
the  Jacob  Lasker  &  Son  circuit's  Vil- 
las Theatre,  Cicero,  111. 


Butte  Manager  Moved 

Butte,  Mont.,  June  29.  —  Jack 
Casey,  manager  of  the  Fox  Theatre 
here  has  been  transferred  to  the  Sun 
Valley  Theatre  in  Sun  Valley,  Idaho, 
as  .  manager.  Howard  Godfrey, 
former  assistant  manager  of  the  Ri- 
alto  in  Butte,  has  succeeded  Casey  at 
the  Fox. 


Named  Hartford  Manager 

Hartford,  June  29. — Dennis  Fla- 
herty, manager  of  the  Astor,  East 
Hartford,  has  resigned.  George 
Sailor  has  replaced  him. 

Manages  Springfield  House 

Springfield,  Mass.,  June  29. — Ern- 
est A.  Altree  is  the  new  manager  of 
the  Garden  Theatre  here.  He  re- 
places Louis  A.  Marcks,  resigned. 


Assistants  Are  Shifted 

Philadelphia,  June  29. — New  as- 
sistant managers  at  Warner  theatres 
in  this  district  are :  Frances  Brennan 
at  the  Commodore  here ;  Clay  Garrett 
transferred   from   the   Capitol,  Lan- 


caster, Pa.,  to  the  Strand,  Reading, 
Pa. ;  and  Richard  Coxen  at  the  War- 
ner, Reading,  succeeding  John  Man- 
gan,  who  resigned  to  accept  a  position 
in  a  war  industry. 


Named  Pittsburgh  Assistant 

Pittsburgh,  June  29. — Tony  Del- 
bridge,  formerly  in  Kansas  City,  has 
been  appointed  assistant  manager  of 
Loew's  Penn,  succeeding  Vaughn 
O'Neill,  who  has  been  named  man- 
ager of  Loew's  Theatre,  Dayton, 
Ohio,  former  position  held  by  Mar- 
tin Burnett,  manager  of  the  Penn 
here  for  the  past  two  years. 


Takes  Connecticut  House 

Hartford,  June  29.  —  Michael  J. 
Daly,  owner  of  the  Daly  here  and  in 
Plainfield,  Conn.,  has  taken  over  the 
Strand  in  Wallingford,  Conn.,  long 
dark. 


Florida  House  Reopened 

Venice,  Fla.,  June  29.— The  Gulf 
Theatre  was  reopened  recently  with 
the  advent  of  an  Army  project  here. 
It  had  been  closed  at  the  end  of  the 
Winter  season  by  its  owner,  Carl 
Floyd,  of  Winter  Haven. 


WB  Booker  Shifted 

New  Haven,  June  29.  —  William 
Cummings,  former  Warner  booker  in 
Boston,  has  been  named  to  a  similar 
post  at  the  local  exchange,  succeeding 
Angelo  Lombardi,  now  office  manager 
at  the  New  York  exchange. 


Showmanship 
Flashes... 


Reap  the  Wild  Wind' 
Contest  Held  in  Cleveland 

Cleveland,  June  29. — A  "Reap  the 
Wild  Wind"  contest  was  run  by 
Loew's  State  through  the  Plain  Deal- 
er. For  the  best  lists  of  past  pictures 
played  in  by  the  stars  and  a  50-w  d 
exposition  on  "The  Picture  I  CoP<>^ 
er  DeMille's  Best  and  Why"  \k\%: 
colored  pictures  of  the  stars  and  15 
pairs  of  tickets  were  awarded. 


Lmerick  Contest  Is 
Used  on  'Gold  Rush' 

Hartford,  June  29. — As  a  stunt 
for  "The  Gold  Rush,"  Gertrude 
Tracy,  assistant  manager  at  the 
Loew-Poli  Palace  here,  arranged  a 
"Charlie  Chaplin  Limerick"  contest 
in  the  local  newspapers.  Contest- 
ants who  completed  the  limerick's 
last  line  were  awarded  guest 
tickets. 


Theatre  in  Tieup 
On  Air  Recruiting 

Wilkes-Barbe,  Pa.,  June  29. — For 
the  Capitol  Theatre's  cooperation 
with  "Aviation  Cadet  Week,"  spon- 
sored by  the  Junior  Chamber  of 
Commerce  in  cooperation  with  the  lo- 
cal Aviation  Cadet  Examining  Board, 
Manager  Fred  Lee  set  up  a  special 
display  in  the  lobby  urging  youths 
to  enlist  as  aviation  cadets  and  also 
see  a  short,  "Winning  Your  Wings," 
at  the  theatre  to  see  the  training  they 
will  have  to  undergo. 


Silence  Slogan  Contest 
Is  Used  on  'Joe  Smith' 

Reading,  Pa.,  June  29.  —  Lester 
Stallman,  manager  of  Schad's  Astor 
Theatre,  distributed  red,  white  and 
blue  heralds  at  war  plants  on  "Joe 
Smith,  American,"  offering  a  $25  de- 
fense bond  and  10  pairs  of  guest 
tickets  for  the  best  slogans  per- 
suading the  public  to  'keep  one's 
mouth  shut." 


Uses  Guessing  Contest 
As  'Flyer'  Promotion 

Allentown,  Pa.,  June  29. — Leo 
Trainor,  manager  of  the  Rialto,  pro- 
moted a  guessing  contest  for  plane 
insignia  with  guest  tickets  to  the 
first  25  correct  answers  in  his  cam- 
paign for  "The  Wife  Takes  a  Flyer." 
In  addition,  he  promoted  radio  spot 
announcements  on  WSAM,  window 
displays  in  beauty  shops  and  Joan 
Bennett  sundaes  and  displays  at  local 
stores. 


Loew  Houses  Here 
Honor  War  Mothers 

All  Loew  theatres  in  the 
metropolitan  area  this  week 
will  put  into  operation  a  pol- 
icy of  honoring  mothers  of 
men  in.  the  service  one  night 
every  week.  In  each  locality 
a  group  of  war  mothers,  each 
with  a  guest,  will  be  invited 
to  the  local  Loew  house,  with 
a  supper  and  the  presentation 
of  gifts,  such  as  flowers  and 
perfume,  following.  Registra- 
tion books  are  to  be  placed  in 
the  theatre  lobbies  and  pa- 
trons asked  to  enter  the 
names  and  addresses  of  those 
eligible. 


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interested  in  motion  pictures  turns  to  Motion  Pic- 
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phase  of  the  motion  picture  business.  Many  of  the 
1942-43  Almanac  subscribers  include  leading  execu- 
tives and  organizations  outside  the  industry  itself. 
Here  are  some  of  these  subscribers : 


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HARVARD  UNIVERSITY,  CLEVELAND  PUBLIC  LIBRARY,  SPOKANE 
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