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The  Library  of  Congress 


Packard  Campus 
for  Audio  Visual  Conservation 
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Motion  Picture  and  Television  Reading  Room 
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Recorded  Sound  Reference  Center 
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MOTION  PICTURE 


REVIEWS 

(In  Product  Digest) 
Gallant  Bess 
Red  River  Renegades 
Piccadilly  Incident 

(In  Neiis  Section) 

Gallant  Journey 

Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue 


The  Stars 

of  *    *  * 

Tomorro  w 


THE   ANNUAL   FORECAST   BY  EXHIBITORS 


VOL.  164,  SO.  10;  SEPTEMBER  7,  M6 

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WHAT  THIS  DOG  DID  AT  KEITH'S 
CINCINNATI  SHOULD  HAPPEN  TO  YOU! 

The  sensational  business  of  M-G-M's  XOURAGE  OF  LASSIE" 
continues  to  amaze  the  industry!  At  Keith's  Cincinnati  it  is 
doing  2V2  times  the  house  average  of  the  past  five  years — 
and  held  over!  Nationally  it  tops  previous  Lassie  hits  by 
thousands!  Tag  on  to  M-G-M's  new  TECHNICOLLIE  Ad- 
venture XOURAGE  OF  LASSIE"  for  a  box-office  runaway! 


M-G-M  presents  LASSIE  in  a  New  Adventure  "COURAGE  OF  LASSIE"  in  Technicolor.  ELIZABETH  TAYLOR,  FRANK 
MORGAN,  TOM  DRAKE.  Original  Screen  Play  by  Lionel  Houser.  Directed  by  FRED  M.  WILCOX.  Produced  by  ROBERT  SISK 


EVERYWHERE  THEY'RE  CALLING 


AT  THE  N.Y.  STRAND 


RECORDS  WENT  OVERBOARD! 


THE  GROSSES  ARE 


in  Romantic,  Enchantic 


ATLANTIC  CITY! 


From 


APOLLO  THEATRE,  ATLANTIC  CITY 


"THREE  LITTLE  GIRLS  IN  BLUE"  in  TECHNICOLOR 
StarringJUNE  HAVER- GEORGE  MONTGOMERY- VIVIAN 
BLAINE  •  CELESTE  HOLM  •  VERA-ELLEN  •  FRANK 
LATIMORE  •  Directed  by  BRUCE  HUMBERSTONE 
Produced  by  MACK  GORDON  •  Screen  Play  by  Valentine 
Davies  •  Adapted  by  Brown  Holmes,  Lynn  Starting  and 
Robert  Ellis  and  Helen  Logan  •  From  a  Play  by  Stephen 
Powys  •  Lyrics  by  Mack  Gordon  •  Music  by  Josef  Myrow 
"I  Like  Mike"  •  "On  the  Boardwalk"  (in  Atlantic  City) 
"A  Farmer's  Life  is  A  Very  Merry  Life"  •  "Three  Little 
Girls  In  Blue"  •  "Somewhere  In  The  Night"  •  "You 
Make  Me  Feel  So  Young"  •  "Always  The  Lady"  •  "This 
Is  Always"  Music  by  Harry  Warren  •  Dances  Staged  by 
Seymour  Felix 


Century-Fox ...  the  biggest  figure  in  big-money  Musicals 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD 

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MARTIN  QUIGLEY,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher  Terry   Ramsaye,  Editor 


Vol.  164,  No.  10  m&J WM  September  7,  1946 


STARS  of  TOMORROW 

THE  flow  of  glamour  and  grace  and  talent  of  the  screen 
is  as  endless  as  time  itself,  a  pageant  of  bright  young 
hopes  moving  up  into  achievement  and  fame  as  the  years 
remove  those  who  came  before.  Annually  The  Herald  through 
the  showmen  of  the  theatre  takes  measure  of  the  march  with 
its  Stars  of  Tomorrow  poll,  presented  again  in  this  issue  with 
the  fair  Joan  Leslie  leading  all  the  rest  of  the  gay  galaxy  of 
young  entertainers.  Appropriately  her  beginning  was  utterly 
pictorial,  as  a  photographers'  model,  going  from  stills  to 
motion,  and  sound.  Even  more  than  the  usual  unanimity  of 
judgment  appeared  in  the  exhibitors'  votes  for  her. 

As  the  record  shows  in  the  array  of  stars  of  tomorrow  of 
the  polls  of  the  years  before,  the  opinions  of  the  respondents 
to  the  questionaires  have  been  amply  supported  by  the 
development  of  many  careers,  several  of  them  of  top  rank 
in  marquee  value. 

The  poll  has  now  crossed  its  sixth  year  and  has  become  an 
institution  of  the  industry,  along  with  The  Herald's  annual 
Money  Makers. poll.  Both  are  on  the  authority  of  the  show- 
men who  purvey  the  product  to  the  public  and  the  results 
are  those  final  judgments  of  the  box  office,  which  votes  with- 
out prejudice. 

■  ■  ■ 

WHAT  EDITORS  WANT 

NOW  it  appears  that  Mr.  Ben  Washer  has  been  reporting 
to  Mr.  Samuel  Goldwyn  on  an  examination  of  the  state 
of  mind  of  some  sixty  key  city  newspaper  movie  editors 
as  reflected  by  a  questionnaire  on  their  likes  and  dislikes  in 
publicity  material.  The  result  seems  to  suggest  that  the  key 
city  editors  say  they  do  not  care  for  what  may  be  summed  up 
as  fan  pabulum.  The  report  to  The  Herald  says  they  ask  for 
"factual,  well  written  accounts  of  what  happened  and  is  hap- 
pening." 

That  is  understandingly  funny. 

The  customers  of  the  box  office,  which  means  a  majority  of 
the  readers  of  the  newspaper,  whether  in  key  cities  or  hamlets, 
are  interested  in  people  and  their  fancies  and  foibles.  The 
answer  can  be  had  by  examining  the  circulation  statements  of 
the  daily  press,  also  of  the  fan  press.  The  motion  picture 
audience  is  not  a  customer  for  facts.  It  does  not  want  to  think. 
That  is  fair  enough.  There  is  enough  to  think  about  without 
going  to  a  theatre  to  look  for  it.  The  theatre  is  a  place  of 
emotion.  What  the  movie  editors  call  "think  pictures"  get 
nowhere,  except  in  their  columns.  The  industry  is  not  con- 
ducted in  behalf  of  movie  columns.  Sometimes  there  are  con- 
fusions on  that  point.  One  way  to  create  such  confusions  is 
to  ask  for  them.  Mr.  Goldwyn  frequently  engages  in  raising 
hell  for  its  own  sake,  so  maybe  that  is  that  again.  Maybe  that 
is  why  his  young  men  are  raising  questions. 

Actually  there  is  no  occasion  for  any  change  in  the  general 
publicity  practice  of  Hollywood  production  or  New  York  dis- 
tribution. What  goes  on  has  been  reached  by  the  gradual 
processes  of  evolution  and  the  trial  and  error  system  which 
controls  all  industrial  and  mercantile  processes. 


FILM  is  news  and  film  people  are  news,  mostly  in  relation  to 
what  appears  on  the  screen.  In  the  acutely  metropolitan 
region  of  New  York  we  have  some  interesting,  and  diverse, 
phases  of  editorial  approach.  The  New  York  Times,  august, 
tends  to  discuss  the  motion  picture  in  cosmic  terms,  slanted  at 
times,  but  considering  it  the  while  as  a  subject  of  profound 
consideration  by  its  readers.  It  is  laden  with  trade  news.  The 
Herald  Tribune,  nearest  competitor,  eschews  all  that  and 
prints  fan  copy,  including  a  deal  of  press  agent  fancy.  The 
Daily  News,  with  vastly  the  greater  circulation,  seeks  plain 
stuff  for  the  immediate  customers  for  what's  around  at  the 
time.  The  New  York  Sun  is  most  level-eyed  and  dis- 
passionate about  the  movies,  presenting  calm  reviews,  casual 
but  candid  in  disapprovals,  in  general  good  natured  about  the 
product.  It  takes  but  little  of  the  press  agent  pre-fabricated 
output,  but  does  some  genial  interviewing  of  stars. 

The  metropolitan  area  of  New  York  and  its  assorted  papers 
are  representative  of  the  nation.  Here  as  elsewhere  some  of 
the  critics  write  for  themselves  and  each  other,  some  for  their 
readership. 

The  best  publicity  copy  is  that  which  does  the  picture  editor's 
work  for  him,  or  at  least  makes  it  easy.  That  means  that  it  takes 
all  kinds.  That  is  the  kind  they  get.  All  of  it  gets  printed 
somewhere.  The  publicity  job  for  the  motion  picture  compares 
most  favorably  with  like  efforts  for  other  industries.  Someway 
the  best  product  gets  the  most  attention.  No  other  industry 
has  better  press  agents. 

Nothing  has  to  be  done  about  it — and  nothing  will  be. 

■  ■  ■ 

UP  &  DOWN  ' 

WHILE  Loews,  Inc.,  has  taken  its  top  publicity  demon- 
strations to  the  sky  with  Mr.  Howard  Dietz's  Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mairship,  the  city  of  Yonkers  up  the  Hud- 
son, through  the  devising  of  Mr.  Russell  Birdwell,  public  relations 
counsel,  has  laid  its  display  flat  on  the  ground.  Painted  in 
yellow  for  one  solid  mile  the  pavement  of  Central  Park  Avenue, 
in  three  hundred  gallons  of  yellow  paint,  proclaims:  "Yonkers, 
N.  Y.,  the  City  of  Gracious  Living,  now  celebrating  its  300th 
Anniversary."  From  the  Mairship  it  should  be  plainly  visible 
for  many  the  mile.  Meanwhile  Yonkers  can  look  up.  The 
MGMship  will  fly  at  1,000  feet  and  display  electric  bulletins  to 
22,000,000  persons.  Presumably  it  is  Mr.  Dietz's  scheme  for 
charging  his  publicity  to  overhead. 


•J  The  Pennsylvania  Medical  Journal  has  a  report  from  an 
eminent  expert,  Dr.  James  McCartney,  discussing  the  damage 
done  to  us  by  the  destructive  impact  of  assorted  sounds  and 
noises  on  the  nervous  system.  The  effect  is  to  make  us 
"irritable,  pessimistic  and  grumpy."  There  we  have  another 
excellent  reason  for  retreat  and  escape  through  the  motion 
picture  theatre,  15,000  institutions,  with  ten  million  seats  in  a 
perfected  environment  where  sound  is  positively  under  control. 
In  the  theatres  there  is  some  choice  of  noise. 

— Terry  Ramsaye 


THIS  WEEK  IN  THE  NEWS 


Storm  Signals 

WATCH  the  crops.  That's  the  advice  of  the 
Associated  Theatre  Owners  of  Indiana  to 
members  in  farming  communities.  Exhibi- 
tors who  contemplate  remodeling  or  rebuild- 
ing were  warned  that  the  impending  crop 
surplus  may  bring  a  considerable  price  drop 
and  that  "It  will  be  wise  to  keep  this  in 
mind." 

The  organization  this  week  also  warned 
distributor  representatives  that  any  compari- 
son of  deals  with  exhibitors,  whether  by  tele- 
phone or  any  other  method,  "will,  in  the  fu- 
ture, be  dealt  with  severely  by  the  means 
placed  in  our  hands  through  the  decision  in 
the  New  York  case,  and  we  will  use  the  file 
of  evidence  built  up  in  our  office  to  prose- 
cute the  parties  using  collusive  selling 
methods." 


Task 

THE  task  of  the  American  motion  picture 
was  redefined  and  succinctly  and  forcefully 
put  last  week  by  the  president  of  the  Motion 
Picture  Association  of  America,  Eric  A. 
Johnston.  Speaking  as  a  guest  commentator 
for  Drew  Pearson  over  the  American  Broad- 
casting Company  national  network  Sunday 
night,  Mr.  Johnston  said  the  industry  "is 
dedicated  to  the  belief  that  America  can  be 
the  powerhouse  of  freedom  and  opportunity 
in  the  world  through  education,"  and  added: 
"The  motion  picture  can  dramatize  human 
relations.  It  can  dramatize  the  cures  and 
evil  of  religious  and  racial  tolerance.  It  can 
teach  the  virtues  which  make  for  good  hu- 
man relations — respect  for  the  rights  of  the 
other  fellow ;  respect  for  the  dignity  of  the 
individual ;  respect  for  the  right  of  a  man 
to  work;  and  respect  for  the  right  of  a  man 
to  go  into  business.  It  can  dramatize  the 
duty  and  obligation  of  the  citizen  in  a  de- 
mocracy to  share  in  his  government." 


Petrillo 

NEW  YORK  hotels  at  mid-week  were  with- 
standing the  onslaught  of  James  Caesar 
Petrillo  fairly  well.  They  can  do  without 
orchestras,  their  spokesmen  said.  Meanwhile, 
picketing  began,  by  members  of  the  Ameri- 
can Federation  of  Musicians  Local  802, 
against  the  Waldorf-Astoria,  and  others.  Mr. 
Petrillo,  who  habitually  enjoys  his  suite  at 
the  Waldorf,  was  said  to  have  moved,  prob- 
ably temporarily,  to  someone's  home  in  Tea- 
neck,  N.  J. 

The  dispute  is  about  wage  increases  asked 
by  the  union  from  56  hotels.  David  Drech- 
sler,  attorney  for  32  of  these,  said  meeting 
the  original  union  demands  would  have 
raised  music  expenses  120  per  cent  in  some 


NATION'S  showmen  elect  the  Stars  of 
Tomorrow  Page  1 3 

UNIVERSAL  to  block-book  and  sell  singly, 
Scully  says  Page  17 

DISTRIBUTORS  win  trust  suit  brought  by 
Pittsburgh  exhibitor  Page  17 

ON  THE  MARCH— Red  Kann  in  light  and 
serious  industry  comment  Page  1 8 

PRC  schedules  29  features  for  the  new 
season  Page  19 


SERVICE  DEPARTMENTS 


Hollywood  Scene 
In  the  Newsreels 
Late  Reviews 
Managers'  Round  Table 


Page  32 
Page  47 
Page  22 
Page  53 


IN  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 

Showmen's  Reviews  Page  3185 

Short  Subjects  Page  3 1 86 

Advance  Synopses  Page  3186 


SOUND  Pioneers  in  Exhibition — Veterans 
of  early  showmanship  Page  27 

MPTOA  praises  stand  on  auction  selling 
taken  by  the  ATA  Page  28 

METRO  experiments  with  auction  sales  on 
one  picture  Page  28 

NINETEEN    countries   to   participate  in 
Cannes  film  festival  Page  30 

NATIONAL  SPOTLIGHT— Notes  on  in- 
dustry people  across  country     Page  34 


Obituaries     „  Page  62 

Picture  Grosses  Page  61 

Short  Product  at  First  Runs  Page  46 

What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me  Page  50 

Release  Chart  by  Companies  Page  3187 

Service  Data    '  Page  3188 

The  Rel  ease  Chart  Page  3189 


instances,  and  the  amended  demands  would 
generally  mean  an  increase  of  approximately 
35  per  cent. 

Some  hotels,  of  medium  size,  had  signed 
with  the  local  at  mid-week.  The  majority  in- 
dicated they'd  stick  it  out.  The  absence  of 
orchestras  saved  their  patrons  money  and 
aided  the  art  of  conversation,  they  said. 

At  midweek,  a  spread  of  the  strike  to 
other  cities  was  awaited.  Chicago's  Palmer 
House  and  Stevens  were  awaiting  the  blow. 
Mr.  Petrillo  indicated  additional  hotels  to 
be  struck  were  those  affiliated  with  the  ones 
in  New  York.  "Managements  can't  be  un- 
fair in  New  York  and  fair  in  some  other 
city,"  he  said.  "That's  not  the  way  we  do 
business." 


Pre-Sold 

THE  men  who  bought  this  story  feel  it  has 
been  pretty  well  pre-sold.  Matter  of  fact, 
it's  unique  in  that  respect.  Some  60,000,000 
Americans  have  read  "The  Rover  Boys" 
series'.  Now  they  will  see  the  Rover  Boys 
in  Hollywood.  Arthur  Kramer  and  Frank 
Moss  bought  the  film  rights  Tuesday,  from 
the  estate  of  the  author,  the  late  Arthur  M. 
Winfield,  whose  pen  name  was  Edward 
Stratemeyer.  Mr.  Kramer  is  associated  with 
Columbia  Pictures ;  Mr.  Moss  was  formerly 
with  Howard  Hughes'  producing  organiza- 
tion as  writer-director. 


Post- War 

HOLLYWOOD'S  stars  continue  to  enter- 
tain service  men.  Still  working  in  the  na- 
tional weal,  they  have  during  the  past  six 
months  made  833  free  appearances  in  101 
different  shows,  according  to  the  report  of 
the  Hollywood  Coordinating  Committee, 
which  on  March  1  succeeded  the  Hollywood 
Victory  Committee. 

"Hollywood  actors  realize  that  the  war  is 
not  over  for  thousands  of  GI's  on  duty  over- 
seas and  other  thousands  in  hospitals," 
George  Murphy,  president  of  the  committee, 
said  in  Hollywood  last  week. 


Milestone 

THIS  year  will  be  a  milestone  in  the  de- 
velopment of  color  films.  So  says  a  release 
from  the  Stanley  theatre,  New  York  show- 
case of  Russian  pictures.  It  seems  that  Art- 
kino's  "Russia  on  Parade"  was  to  begin 
playing  there  Saturday.  It  is  made  in  "Nat- 
ural Sovcolor,"  which,  the  release  goes  on, 
"is  a  secret  known  only  to  Soviet  film  pro- 
ducers, and  represents  years  of  experimenta- 
tion." 

What  is  omitted  is  that  Russian  soldiery 
occupied  the  Agfa  plant  at  WoTfen,  Germany 
in  mid-1945,  seized  its  technicians  and  the 
Agfacolor  process,  and  refused  to  allow  an 
American  commission  to  visit  Wolfen. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


1880-RPM.  Shutter 

A  35-mm.  PROJECTOR  designed  for  al- 
ternating current  at  the  arc  is  announced  by 
the  Manufacturers  Machine  &  Tool  Com- 
pany, New  York.  Makers  of  various  types  of 
industrial  tools  and  equipment,  the  company 
plans,  according  to  its  president,  Paul  H. 
Berger,  to  place  the  projector  into  produc- 
tion soon  at  a  plant  recently  acquired  in  Mt. 
Vernon,  New  York  suburb.  The  projector 
design  is  accredited  to  Ewald  Boecking.  It 
provides  for  a  shutter  speed  of  1880  revolu- 
tions per  minute  timed  with  an  intermittent 
movement  mechanism  to  intercept  the  light 
five  times  while  the  film  moves  twice.  Thus 
with  60  interruptions  of  light  per  second, 
it  is  stated,  light  transmission  is  in  phase 
with  60-cycle  current. 


Opportunity 

ELI  PIERSON,  93-year-old  resident  of 
Ottumwa,  Iowa,  lost  the  sight  of  one  eye 
twelve  years  ago  and  has  been  totally  blind 
for  the  last  eight  years.  This  week  he  could 
see  again,  thanks  to  an  operation  to  remove 
cataracts.  His  first  desire,  to  be  fulfilled  "as 
soon  as  he  can  get  glasses"  is  to  see  a  "good 
western  movie."  An  alert  publicity  man  could 
make  that  David  O.  Selznick's  "Duel  in  the 
Sun." 


Strike 

TALKING  of  buyers'  strikes — there's  one 
in  Quebec,  among  theatre  owners.  They 
won't  sign  newly  revised  film  rental  con- 
tracts. They  object  to  clauses  forcing  the 
auditing  of  a  theatre's  expenditures  as  well 
as  a  check  on  its  receipts  in  the  playing  of 
percentage  pictures.  One  exhibitor  said : 
"The  exchanges  are  virtually  taking  com- 
plete ownership  of  a  theatre  when  percentage 
pictures  are  played."  Other  exhibitors  see 
candy  revenue  as  another  aim. 


Friendly  Company 

THIS  is  another  mention  of  the  M-G-Mair- 
ship;  and  it's  deserved.  The  dirigible  was 
christened  and  launched  last  week,  wth  its 
170  foot  electric  sign,  and  its  10,000  bulbs, 
its  plans  to  cruise  the  eastern  seaboard  with 
MGM's  message.  This  week  it  played  a  res- 
cue role. 

Sunday  night,  wallowing  helplessly  in 
heavy  seas  off  Sandy  Hook,  New  Jersey,  O. 
G.  Drake's  32  foot  cabin  cruiser  was  spotted 
by  the  Mairship's  pilot,  James  Punderson. 
Seeing  the  traditional  upside-down  American 


flag,  he  brought  the  dirigible  down  to  the 
boat  so  he  could  talk  to  Mr.  Drake.  He  then 
notified  authorities  and  stayed  until  and  dur- 
ing the  arrival  of  a  Coast  Guard  cutter, 
which  took  the  boat  in  tow.  The  Mairship's 
10,000  bulbs  were  invaluable  in  lighting  the 
scene. 

Mr.  Drake,  a  clothes-pin  manufacturer 
from  South  Orange,  N.  J.,  and  his  seven  pas- 
sengers are  well  aware  of  MGM's  coming 
attractions. 


Resignation 

THE  Jackson  Park  theatre,  Chicago,  has 
achieved  a  certain  fame  accruing  from  its 
anti-trust  litigation  and  resultant  preceden- 
tal  decree.  However,  it  is  no  longer  in  the 
roster  of  the  Allied  Theatres  of  Illinois.  Its 
owners  like  so-called  auction  selling  of  pic- 
tures ;  Allied  does  not.  Said  Thomas  Mc- 
Connell,  attorney  for  the  theatre,  last  week: 

"Allied's  stand  does  not  coincide  with  the 
Jackson  Park  theatre's  position,  for  which 
it  has  been  fighting  for  years.  We  have  no 
personal  quarrel  with  Allied,  but  we  do  see 
auction  selling  as  an  avenue  of  approach  to 
an  open  market." 

Jack  Kirsch,  Illinois  Allied  president,  said 
he  regretted  the  resignation  but  understood 
the  theatre's  position. 


Okay 

BEHIND  the  scenes  at  the  Warner  studios 
— that's  where  the  theatre  customer  will 
be  taken,  and  in  a  fashion  hitherto  reserved 
for  company  employees.  This  is  because 
"Okay  for  Pictures"  a  short  subject  the  com- 
pany made  for  showing  at  its  sales  conven- 
tion in  Atlantic  City,  will  be  released  com- 
mercially, the  sales  force  liked  it  so  well. 


INVITATION 

Exhibitors  who  wish  to  be  heard  on 
the  issues  arising  out  of  the  Federal 
Court  opinion  in  the  case  of  the 
U.  S.  Government  vs.  "The  Distrib- 
utors" are  cordially  invited  to  state 
their  opinions  in  the  columns  of  The 
Herald.  In  the  decisions  arrived  at 
every  theatre  operator  will  be  vitally 
affected.  It  is  important  that  the  ex- 
hibitor make  known  his  opinions  and 
recommendations.  Address  communi- 
cations on  the  subject  to  The  Editor, 
Motion  Picture  Herald,  1270  Sixth 
Avenue,  New  York  20,  N.  Y. 


PEOPLE 

Harold  Sugarman,  of  the  Universal  foreign 
department,  has  been  appointed  head  of 
16mm  operations  for  Universal-Interna- 
tional. 

Richard  Brady,  Eastman  Kodak  executive, 
was  given  a  surprise  luncheon  by  fellow 
executives  and  industry  friends  at  the 
Hotel  Astor,  New  York,  Tuesday.  It 
marked  his  40th  anniversary  with  the  com- 
pany. 

G.  F.  Taif,  former  Monogram  film  salesman 
in  Oklahoma  City,  has  been  named  man- 
ager of  the  Omaha  exchange. 

The  engagement  of  Diane  Kalmenson, 
daughter  of  Ben  Kalmenson,  Warner 
vice-president  and  general  sales  manager, 
to  Burton  Levine  is  announced  by  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Kalmenson. 

Earle  W.  Hammons  this  week  resigned  as 
president  of  Ross  Federal.  He  joined  the 
checking  service  in  September,  1945,  to 
develop  the  company's  16mm  distribution 
program. 

Harry  Stern,  PRC  western  division  sales 
manager,  this  week  announced  his  resig- 
nation from  that  post  to  enter  production. 

James  Majorell,  trailer  producer  for  Na- 
tional Screen  Service,  left  for  England  on 
the  Queen  Mary  Wednesday  to  supervise 
all  trailer  production  in  the  London  office 
of  the  company.  He  has  been  a  produc- 
tion executive  with  National  Screen  for 
10  years. 

The  U.  S.  Army  and  Navy  Union,  convened 
in  Milwaukee  this  week,  voted  a  medal  of 
Merit  to  Harry  M.  Warner  and  the  War- 
ner Bros,  studio  in  recognition  of  out- 
standing services  rendered  by  the  company 
during  the  war  for  the  armed  forces. 

Phil  Abrahams,  head  of  the  print  depart- 
ment and  in  charge  of  home  office  screen- 
ings for  Warner  Bros,  this  week  cele- 
brated his  23rd  year  of  continued  service 
with  the  company. 

William  S.  Canning,  manager  of  the  Em- 
pire theatre  in  Fall  River,  will  be  toast- 
master  at  the  Navy  Day  banquet  and  ball 
to  be  sponsored  by  the  Rear  Admiral  John 
T.  Nelson  Navy  Club  October  28. 

David  Bramson,  recently  discharged  from 
the  army,  this  week  was  named  director 
of  public  relations  by  the  Academy  of 
Motion  Picture  Arts  and  Sciences  in 
Hollywood. 

Donald  M.  Nelson,  president  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Independent  Motion  Picture 
Producers,  has  accepted  membership  on 
the  board  of  the  newly  organized  Com- 
mittee for  World  Travel,  Inc. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


9 


THIS  WEEK 


the  Camera  reports: 


IN  PARIS,  our  leading  representative  at  the  fateful  Peace  Conference, 
Secretary  of  State  James  F.  Byrnes,  leaves  the  Paramount  theatre 
after  a  special  show.  The  show  was  a  private  screening  of 
Paramount  News'  special  release  on  the  Bikini  Atom  Bomb  explosion. 


MEETING,  right.  The  scene  as  the 
Schine  circuit  called  its  Ohio  managers 
into  meeting  at  Cleveland.  Seated, 
front  row,  are  Walter  Brubaker,  Wooster; 
Morris  Sleckner,  Gloversville,  N.  Y.,  the 
home  office;  Joseph  Goldstein,  Cleveland; 
Marvin  Arent,  Cincinnati;  Bill  Kraemer, 
Gloversville;  Louis  W.  Schine,  Glovers- 
ville, secretary-treasurer;  Seymour  Morris 
and  Sidney  Deneau,  Gloversville; 
Harold  Raives,  Ohio  zone  manager; 
Hal  Shreffler,  Shelby;  Ural  Buck,  Fostoria; 
Ed  Mott,  Wooster;  Wilbur  Eckard,  Ashland. 
Standing  are  Sam  Fitzsimmons, 
John  Makemsen,  Fred  Williams, 
Robert  Anthony,  Fred  Lentz,  George  Cam- 
eron, Ray  Bowman,  Frank  Nolan,  Wil- 
liam Gordon,  Al  Hutchins,  Clarence  Shafer, 
Ted  Conklin,  John  Palfi,  Arthur  Shreffler 
and  George  Ramsdell,  all  of  Ohio. 


John  Jay 

IN  LONDON,  at  the  press  reception  which  marked 
Sidney  Box's  assumption  of  control  over 
Gainsborough  Studios:  Peter  Burnup,  London  editor  of 
Quigley  Publications;  Mr.  Box;  his  daughter,  Leonora; 
Hope  Burnup,  Ouig'ey  Publications  London  manager, 
and  director  Compton  Bennett. 


THE  M-G-MAIRSHIP,  carrying  MGM's  message 
over  the  Eastern  Seaboard,  was  christened  at 
Lakehurst,  N.  J.,  last  week.   MGM  star  Elizabeth  Taylor 
swings  the  bottle — of  water — in  front  of  spectators 
Rear  Admiral  T.  G.  W.  Settle,  Douglas  Leigh, 
Mrs.  Settle,  Si  Seadler,  MGM's  advertising  manager,  and 
Mrs.  Leigh. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


By  the  Herald 

ROBERT  UNGERFELD  last  week  took 
managership  of  the  Winter  Garden  theatre, 
New  York,  now  being  operated  by 
Universal  Pictures.   He  succeeds  Al  Rosen. 


SABOTAGE,  as  done  by  the 
French  Maquis  during  the  war,  and  as  re- 
enacted  in  "La  Batailie  Du  Rail", 
directed  by  Rene  Clement,  and  one  of 
"France's  entries  in  the  International 
Film  Festival  at  Cannes. 


BOXING  AT  VARIETY,  left,  in  the 
Baltimore  Variety  Club,  and  staged  by 
the  Boys  Club.   Guests  were  police, 
news  writers,  radio  commentators, 
exhibitors.    In  the  front  row  are 
Paul  Menton,  writer;  Peter  Rome,  exhibitor; 
William  K.  Saxton,  the  club's  chief  barker; 
Hamilton  Atkinson,  Police  Commissioner, 
and  Lauritz  Garman,  exhibitor. 


W.  D.  HILLYER,  new 
Bell  &  Howell  assistant  adver- 
tising manager.  He  has  been 
with  the  company  several  years. 


By  the  Herald 

WALTER  SLEZAK,  actor,  and  Phil  Reisman, 
RKO  foreign  sales  vice-president, 
greet  each  other  in  New  York  before 
leaving  for  Europe  by  different  routes. 


By  the  Herald 

THE  ABRAMSENS— Sam,  left,  and  Abel, 
of  Norway.   The  latter  has  been  sent  on  a 
Norwegian  film  industry  scholarship  to 
study  in  Hollywood,  where  he  will  also 
represent  Biografagaren  and  Filmjoiiralen, 
trade  papers.   Sam  represents  Scan- 
dinavian producers,  and  has  opened  an 
office  in  New  York,  where  the 
brothers  were  photographed. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


THE  LEGION  OF  MERIT  AWARD, 
"for  exceptionally  outstanding 
services  in  direct  supervision  of 
production  of  250  films"  for  the 
Air  Force,  is  presented  to 
S.  S.  Van  Keuren,  Hal  Roach  Studios 
vice-president,  by  Col.  E.  T.  Ken- 
nedy as  Hal  Roach  and 
Mrs.  Van  Keuren  watch. 


IN  NEW  YORK,  right,  at  the 
Normandie  theatre  trade-showing  of 
Paramount's  "Two  Years  Before 
the  Mast":  Robert  Rosenzweig  and 
his  father,  David,  of  Bronx  Amuse- 
ments, Inc.;  Irving  Renner,  Endi- 
cott  Circuit,  and  Jack  Gelber, 
Interboro  Circuit. 


ED  V.  GREEN  has  been 
appointed  branch  manager 
of  Favorite  Films  Cor- 
poration's new  office  in 
Dallas.  The  firm  is 
distributing  reissues. 


DEAL.    Harry  Monson,  left,  vice-president'' and 
general  sales  manager  of  the  Ampro  Corporation, 
signs  Leon  Schrauder  of  Alexander  Films,  Johannesburg, 
to  represent  Ampro  exclusively  in  South  Africa. 
The  demand  for  16mm  eguipment  there  was  given 
great  impetus  during  the  war,  Mr.  Schrauder  said. 


BUSINESS  IS  BACK  TO  NORMAL,  in  Siam  at  least.  RKO  repre- 
sentatives returned  to  sign  the  United  Cinema  Co.,  Ltd.,  of  Bangkok. 
Jaja  Javangkul,  RKO  manager,  signs  the  contract  as 
Louis  Lioni.,  who  opened  the  Bangkok  office,  stands  behind  him. 
Chun  Pinthanon,  United  Cinema  managing  director,  and 
two  staff  members,  at  the  right,  look  on. 


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NATION'S  SHOWMEN 
ELECT  THE  STARS 
OF  TOMORROW 


Exhibitors 9  Selections 


Combined  Vote 
of  Exhibitors 


Circuit 
Exhibitors 


Independent 
Exhibitors 


1. 

Joan  Leslie 

1. 

Joan  Leslie 

1. 

Joan  Leslie 

2. 

Butch  Jenkins 

2. 

Zachary  Scott 

2. 

Butch  Jenkins 

3. 

Zachary  Scott 

3. 

Mark  Stevens 

3. 

Zachary  Scott 

4. 

Don  De  Fore 

4. 

Butch  Jenkins 

4. 

Lizabeth  Scott 

5. 

Mark  Stevens 

5. 

Don  De  Fore 

5. 

Eve  Arden 

6. 

Eve  Arden 

6. 

Dan  Duryea 

6. 

Yvonne  De  Carlo 

7. 

Lizabeth  Scott 

7. 

Eve  Arden 

7. 

Don  De  Fore 

8. 

Dan  Duryea 

8. 

Lizabeth  Scott 

8. 

Robert  Mitchum 

9. 

Yvonne  De  Carlo 

9. 

Hume  Cronyn 

9. 

Evelyn  Keyes 

10. 

Robert  Mitchum 

10. 

Robert  Mitchum 

10. 

Peter  Lawford 

by  WILLIAM  R.  WEAVER 

Hollywood  Editor 

JOAN  LESLIE,  who  attained  her  legal 
majority  last  January  after  six  years  on 
the  screen,  is  the  Number  One  "Star  of 
Tomorrow"  in  the  collective  opinion  of 
the  nation's  exhibitors  as  recorded  in 
Motion  Picture  Herald's  sixth  annual  poll 
of  the  showmen  whose  customers  tell  them 
what  they  like,  and  don't  like,  and  are 
always  right. 

Like  Dane  Clark,  last  year's  Number  One 
"Star  of  Tomorrow",  the  young  lady  seen 
as  Janie  in  "Janie  Gets  Married",  and 
just  now  in  exhibition  as  the  girl  between 
Dennis  Morgan  and  Jack  Carson  in  "Two 
Guys  from  Milwaukee",  took  top  rank  not 
only  in  the  combined  vote  of  all  exhibitors 
but  also  in  the  columns  (on  your  right)  indi- 
cating the  findings  of  circuit  operators  and 
independent  exhibitors. 

Validity  Attested 

Number  One  position  in  the  poll  went 
to  Laraine  Day  in  1941,  Van  Heflin  in  1942, 
William  Bendix  in  1943  and  Sonny  Tufts  in 
1944.  Their  careers  reflect  the  validity  of 
the  judgment  pronounced  by  the  men  who 
retail  pictures  to  the  ultimate  consumer 
and  abide  by  his  dicta.  The  six-year-old 
"Stars  of  Tomorrow"  poll  is  Motion  Pic- 
ture Herald's  mid-year  companion  canvass 
to  its  15-year-old  "Money-Making  Stars" 
poll,  the  industry's  basic  index  of  star 
values,  and  is  conducted  in  identical 
manner. 

Miss  Leslie's  first  picture  was  "Two 
Tho  roughbreds",  a  1939  RKO  Radio  re- 
lease, and  she  appeared  subsequently  in 
"Military  Academy",  "Foreign  Corre- 
spondent" and  "Laddie"  before  joining 
Warner  Brothers,  for  whom  she  displayed 
her  talent  first  in  the  notably  successful 
"High  Sierra". 

In  "Sergeant  York" 

"Wagons  Roll  by  Night",  "Thieves  Fall 
Out",  "Sergeant  York",  "The  Male  Ani- 
mal", "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy"  "The  Hard 
Way",  "The  Sky's  the  Limit",  "Thank  Your 


Lucky  Stars",  "Rhapsody  in  Blue"  and  "Cin- 
derella Jones"  are  among  the  other  pic- 
tures in  which  she'd  been  seen  by  her 
admirers  prior  to  the  appearances  men- 
tioned above. 

Third-Generation  Boy 

The  runner-up  to  Miss  Leslie  in  this  year's 
poll  is  diminutive  Jackie  "Butch"  Jenkins, 
caught  up  with  by  Fame  at  the  ripe  age  of 
eight,  whose  boyish  freshness  first  warmed 
the  hearts  of  a  Mickey  Rooney-drawn  mul- 
titude in  the  extremely  popular  "Human 
Comedy".  Master  Jenkins  is  a  third-gen- 
eration member  of  the  entertainment  pro- 
fession, the  son  of  actress  Doris  Dudley 
and  grandson  of  drama  critic  Bide  Dudley. 

Following  his  performance  in  "Human 
Comedy",  Master  Jenkins  picked  up 
some  more  experience  in  "An  American 
Romance"  and  "National  Velvet"  before 
stepping  into  "Our  Vines  Have  Tender 
Grapes"  preparatory  to  carrying  the  lead 
roles  in  "Boys  Ranch",  "Little  Mr.  Jim" 


and  the  upcoming  "My  Brother  Who 
Talked  to  Horses". 

It  was  in  the  melodramatic  "Mask  of 
Dimitrios"  that  Zachary  Scott,  now  voted 
third  place  in  the  "Stars  of  Tomorrow" 
rating,  first  commanded  audience  atten- 
tion. Texan  by  birth  and  education,  he 
had  come  to  Hollywood  and  pictures  by 
way  of  the  London  and  New  York  stage, 
and  melodrama  has  been  his  forte  from 
the  beginning.  Most  recently  on  the  screen 
as  the  self-doomed  gangster  of  "Her  Kind 
of  Man",  he  had  made  before  that  an 
important  contribution  to  the  success  of 
"Mildred  Pierce",  "The  Southerner"  and 
"San  Antonio",  and  he'll  be  around  after 
awhile  in  "Stallion  Road". 

Was  on  Stage 

As  in  the  Scott  case,  Iowa-born  and 
educated  Don  De  Fore  laid  in  a  foundation 
of  stage  experience  before  reporting  in 
Hollywood  for  what  appears  to   be  an 

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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


13 


a  JOAN  LESLIE  was  a 
!■  photographer's  model 
who  made  the  jump  from 
still  to  motion  pictures  in 
1939  with  "Two  Thorough- 
breds" for  RKO.  Ac- 
claimed a  fresh,  talented 
ingenue,  she  joined  War- 
ner Brothers  in  1941  and 
appeared  in  "Yankee 
Doodle  Dandy",  "Rhap- 
sody in  Blue"  and  "Too 
Young  to  Know".  Her 
most  recent  is  "Two  Guys 
from  Milwaukee". 


2 BUTCH  JENKINS  (MGM)  is  an  eight- 
■  year-old  scene  stealer  who  won  the 
critics'  praise  for  his  first  performance  — 
I  943 's  "Human  Comedy".  Snub-nosed  and 
an  earnest  actor,  he  appeared  in  "Our 
Vines  Have  Tender  Grapes"  and  "Boys' 
Ranch";  will  be  seen  in  "Little  Mr.  Jim  ' 
and  "My  Brother  Who  Talked  to  Horses". 


6 EVE  ARDEN  (free  lance)  is  noted  for 
.  her  well-dressed  and  cynical  style  of 
comedy,  featured  in  many  films,  most 
recently  "Night  and  Day".  On  the 
New  York  stage  in  "Ziegfeld  Follies",  she 
first  appeared  in  Hollywood  in  1937;  since 
has  made,  among  others,  "The  Kid  from 
Brooklyn"   and   "Mildred  Pierce". 


-I  LIZABETH  SCOTT  (Wallis)  was  signed 
/.  by  Hal  Wallis  in  1943  after  he  had 
studied  a  fashion  picture  of  her  in  one 
of  the  slicker  women's  magazines.  Long, 
lazy  and  sultry,  she  has  appeared  in  "You 
Came  Along",  "Strange  Love  of  Martha 
Ivers"  and  "Dead  Reckoning".  On  the 
stage  she  understudied  Tallulah  Bankhead. 


8 DAN  DURYEA  (Universal)  has  made 
•  a  reputation  as  the  screen's  biggest 
heel  by  slapping  and  whining  his  way 
through  such  pictures  as  "Along  Came 
Jones",  "Scarlet  Street"  and  "The  Woman 
in  the  Window".  Appearing  on  Broadway 
in  "The  Little  Foxes",  he  was  signed  in 
1941  for  the  screen  version  of  that  play. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


O  ZACHARY  SCOTT  (Warner  Brothers) 
Om  jumped  from  his  native  Texas  to  Lon- 
don for  his  first  stage  experience.  In  1944 
he  was  back  home  making  "The  Mask  of 
Dimitrios".  An  actor  yet  to  be  typed,  his 
recent  appearances  have  been  as  the  share- 
cropper in  "The  Southerner"  and  as  the 
playboy  in  "Mildred  Pierce". 


A  DON  DE  FORE  (Wallis)  has  lent  his 
>•  comedy  to  numerous  pictures  since  his 
1941  Hollywood  debut.  Previously  he  had 
been  on  Broadway  in  "The  Male  Animal", 
which  he  helped  transfer  to  the  screen. 
In  "You  Came  Along"  and  "Stork  Club", 
his  most  recent  picture  is  "Without  Reser- 
vations", made  for  RKO. 


C  MARK  STEVENS  (20th  Century-Fox) 
started  his  career  by  writing  and  pro- 
ducing a  radio  program.  In  1943  he  joined 
Warner  Brothers  and  made  a  trio  of  war 
films.  For  20th-Fox  he  appeared  in  "Within 
These  Walls"  and  "Dark  Corner".  On  a 
loan-out  to  RKO  he  made  "From  This  Day 
Forward". 


9 YVONNE  DE  CARLO  (U  niversal) 
•  trained  for  her  sultry  Hollywood  roles 
by  repeated  singing  and  dancing  per- 
formances in  vaudeville  and  floor  shows. 
In  1942  she  was  on  the  screen  in  "This 
Cun  for  Hire";  later  won  widespread  at- 
tention for  her  work  in  "Salome,  Where 
She  Danced"  and  "Frontier  Sal". 


ROBERT  MITCHUM  (RKO)  was  a 
I  \J'  child  actor  in  vaudeville.  After 
growing  up  and  working  as  an  engine 
wiper,  he  left  Lockheed  in  1942  to  make 
Hopalong  Cassidy  Westerns.  His  first  hit 
was  "Story  of  S.I.  Joe",  after  which  he 
joined  the  Army.  His  latest  is  "Till  the 
End  of  Time". 


Critics  Agree  on 
Only  5  Choices 

The  nation's  motion  picture  critics  will 
only  go  along  halfway  with  the  exhibitors 
in  their  choice  of  the  "Stars  of  Tomorrow". 
Separately  polled,  the  critics  agreed  with 
the  exhibitors  on  five  choices:  Dan  Duryea, 
Robert  Mitchum,  Mark  Stevens  and  Za chary 
Scott,  whom  they  placed  second,  third, 
fourth  and  fifth,  respectively,  and  Lizabeth 
Scott,  whom  they  placed  ninth.  In  the 
exhibitors'  list  these  performers  placed 
eighth,  tenth,  fifth,  third  and  seventh. 

Heading  the  critics'  list  is  Hume  Cronyn, 
voted  into  thirteenth  place  by  the  exhib- 
itors. Mr.  Cronyn's  versatility  in  both 
comedy  and  straight  drama  has  been  shown 
to  advantage  in  the  recent  "Letter  for 
Evie"  and  "The  Green  Years". 

Other  critics'  choices  are  Elizabeth 
Taylor,  whom  they  place  sixth,  despite 
the  exhibitors  assigning  her  to  the  nine- 
teenth position;  Angela  Lansbury,  seventh, 
as  against  the  exhibitors'  twenty-fourth; 
Joan  Caulfield,  eighth,  against  the  exhib- 
itors' fifteenth,  and  Dean  Stockwell,  tenth. 


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HOW  THE  SHOWMEN  VOTED 


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assignment  to  Fame.  He  got  his  screen 
start  in  "We  Go  Fast",  a  little  number 
that  didn't  go  very  far,  and  went  on  from 
there  into  "The  Male  Animal",  "Human 
Comedy",  "City  Without  Men",  "A  Guy 
Named  Joe",  "The  Affairs  of  Susan", 
"Stork  Club"  and  the  current  "Without 
Reservations".  He's  at  work  now  in  the 
Roy  Del  Ruth  production,  "It  Happened 
On  Fifth  Avenue",  playing  the  romantic 
lead  in  a  story  as  down-to-earth  and  folksy 
as  any  rising  young  star's  followers  might 
prescribe  for  him. 

Stevens  from  the  Stage 

Not  only  stage  but  also  radio  experience 
backgrounds  the  cinema  career  of  Mark 
Stevens,  who  worked  out  on  the  straw- 
hat  circuit  at  the  age  of  16  and  later  had 
a  go  at  writing  and  producing  the  Fire- 
stone radio  program,  adding  a  bit  of 
night  club  entertaining  for  good  measure. 
His  first  picture  was  "Objective  Burma", 
an  all-male  cast  job,  and  he  stayed  in 
uniform  for  "God  Is  My  Co-Pilot"  and 
"Pride  of  the  Marines".  After  working  m 
"Within  These  Walls",  he  got  his  first 
top  break  in  "From  This  Day  Forward",  as 
the  boy  back  from  the  wars  and  seeking  a 
job,  which  was  followed  swiftly  by  the  key 
role  in  "The  Dark  Corner".  He's  engaged 
now  in  the  still-shooting  and  Technicolored 
"I  Wonder  Who's  Kissing  Her  Now". 

Comedienne  Eve  Arden  takes  sixth  place 
in  this  year's  poll  after  finishing  16th  in 
last  year's  balloting.  Perhaps  no  actress 
of  her  generation  has  saved  so  many  top 
stars  in  top-heavy  roles  by  supplying  her 
special  variety  of  glibly  articulate  humour, 
and  the  present  state  of  popularity  indi- 
cated by  her  rise  in  poll  ranking  is  a  direct 
exploitation  cue  to  showmen  playing  the 
current  "Night  and  Day",  in  which  she 
portrays  Irene  Bordoni,  and  destined  to 
play  "The  Arnelo  Affair",  now  in  produc- 
tion. Miss  Arden's  recent  appearances 
include  those  in  "The  Kid  from  Brooklyn", 
"Mildred  Pierce"  and,  a  little  further  back, 
"Cover  Girl"  and  "The  Dough  Girls". 

Understudied  Tallulah 

Stage  experience,  which  appears  to  be 
figuring  with  increasing  frequency  in  the 
accountings  of  film  Fame,  is  among  the 
assets  of  Lizabeth  Scott,  whose  background 
includes  contrasting  items  as  a  performance 
in  "Hellzapoppin"  and  an  understudying  of 
Tallulah  Bankhead.  But  it  was  her  likeness 
in  a  Harper's  Bazaar  fashion  photograph 
that  got  her  a  contract  with  Hal  B.  Wallis 
and  her  first  job,  in  "You  Came  Along". 
She's  been  around  since  then  as  the  sultry 
inamorata  of  Van  Heflin  in  "The  Strange 
Love  of  Martha  Ivers",  and  she's  to  be  seen 
later  on  in  Columbia's  "Dead  Reckoning" 

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the  age  of  six,  but  not  directly.  It  was 
1942  when  he  faced  his  first  camera,  in  a 
Hopalong  Cassidy  picture,  and  he  went 
from  that  into  such  he-man  films  as  "We've 
Never  Been  Licked",  "Corvettes  in  Action", 
"Gung  Ho",  "30  Seconds  Over  Tokyo", 
"Nevada"  and  so  on  to  his  memorable  role 
in  "The  Story  of  G.I.  Joe".  After  that  he 
fought  for  his  country  in  fact  as  well  as 
in  film  for  a  spell,  coming  back  to  act  in 
"Till  the  End  of  Time"  and  the  unreleased 
"The  Locket". 

Previous  Winners 

The  winners  of  the  1945  "Stars  of  To- 
morrow" poll  were,  in  this  order,  Dane 
Clark,  Jeanne  Crain,  Keenan  Wynn,  Peggy 
Ann  Garner,  Cornel  Wilde,  Tom  Drake, 
Lon  McCallister,  Diana  Lynn,  Marilyn  Max- 
well, William  Eythe. 

The  1944  winners  were  Sonny  Tufts, 
James  Craig,  Gloria  DeHaven,  Roddy 
McDowall,  June  Allyson,  Barry  Fitzgerald, 
Marsha  Hunt,  Sidney  Greenstreet,  Turhan 
Bey,  Helmut  Dantine. 

The  1943  winners  were  William  Bendix, 
Philip  Dorn,  Susan  Peters,  Donald  O'Con- 
nor, Anne  Baxter,  Van  Johnson,  Gene  Kelly, 
Diana  Barrymore,  Gig  Young,  Alexis  Smith. 

The  1942  winners  were  Van  Heflin,  Eddie 
Bracken,  Jane  Wyman,  John  Carroll,  Alan 
Ladd,  Lynn  Bari,  Nancy  Kelly,  Donna  Reed, 
Betty  Hutton,  Teresa  Wright. 

The  1941  winners  were  Laraine  Day,  Rita 
Hayworth,  Ruth  Hussey,  Robert  Preston, 
Ronald  Reagan,  John  Payne,  Jeffrey  Lynn, 
Ann  Rutherford,  Dennis  Morgan,  Jackie 
Cooper. 


The  Next  Fifteen 


Combined  Vote 

Circuit 

Independent 

of  Exhibitors 

Exhibitors 

Exhibitors 

1  1. 

Peter  Lav/ford 

1  1. 

Yvonne  De  Carlo 

1  V. 

Dan  Duryea 

12. 

Evelyn  Keyes 

12. 

Joan  Caulfield 

12. 

Mark  Stevens 

13. 

Hume  Cronyn 

13. 

Peter  Lawford 

13. 

Rod  Cameron 

14. 

Rod  Cameron 

14. 

Evelyn  Keyes 

14. 

Elizabeth  Taylor 

15. 

Joan  Caulfield 

15. 

Rod  Cameron 

15. 

Gail  Russell 

16. 

Ann  Blyth 

16. 

Ann  Blyth 

16. 

Virginia  Mayo 

17. 

Gail  Russell 

17. 

Virginia  Mayo 

17. 

Hume  Cronyn 

18. 

Virginia  Mayo 

18. 

Robert  Alda 

18. 

Joan  Caulfield 

19. 

Elizabeth  Taylor 

19. 

Gail  Russell 

19. 

Ann  Blyth 

20. 

Guy  Madison 

20. 

Guy  Madison 

20. 

Bonita  Granville 

21. 

Robert  Alda 

21. 

Angela  Lansbury 

21. 

Marguerite  Chapman 

22. 

Marguerite  Chapman 

22. 

Sid  Caesar 

22. 

Guy  Madison 

23. 

Bill  Williams 

23. 

Marguerite  Chapman 

23. 

Gale  Storm 

24. 

Angela  Lansbury 

24. 

Bill  Williams 

24. 

Robert  Alda 

25. 

Sid  Caesar 

25. 

Elizabeth  Taylor 

25. 

Bill  Williams 

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and  the  currently  shooting  "Desert  Town". 

Dan  Duryea,  another  who  came  West 
from  the  New  York  stage,  played  sinister 
roles  —  cads,  Nazis  and  such  —  in  a  lot  of 
pictures,  such  as  "Pride  of  the  Yankees", 
"That  Other  Woman",  "Ball  of  Fire"  and 
many  another,  before  setting  an  all-time 
standard  for  the  perfect  heel  in  "A  Woman 
in  the  Window",  and  proving  that  was  no 
fluke  by  duplicating  the  accomplishment  in 
"Scarlet  Street".  Doubtless  these  two  pic- 
tures brought  to  flower  the  favour  he'd 
been  building  up  in  such  films  as  "The 
Ministry  of  Fear"  and  "Sahara",  and  so 
pronounced  was  the  increase  of  public 
interest  in  the  personality  he'd  perfected 
that  Universal  didn't  wait  for  exhibitors  to 
indicate  in  this  poll  the  extent  of  the 
player's  popularity,  but  went  ahead  and 
starred  him  in  the  current  "Black  Angel". 
Showmen  will  not  underrate  that  film. 

Via  Vaudeville 

Yvonne  De  Carlo  came  to  Hollywood 
from  vaudeville  and  floor  show,  and 
appeared  inconspicuously  in  "Road  to 
"Morocco",  "The  Story  of  Dr.  Wassell" 
and  "This  Gun  for  Hire",  among  other 
pictures,  before  emerging  from  a  contest 
conducted  by  Walter  Wanger  to  star  in 
his  Technicolored  "Salome,  Where  She 
Danced".  She  proceeded  from  that  re- 
markable production  into  the  likewise 
Technicolored  "A  Night  in  Paradise"  and 
the  quite  different  "Frontier  Gal",  and  is 
now  working  in  "Flame  of  Tripoli". 

From  vaudeville,  too,  came  Robert 
Mitchum,  having  toured  the  two-a-day  at 


UNIVERSAL  TO  BLOCK-BOOK 
AND  SELL  SINGLY:  SCULLY 


Announces  "Working"  Pol- 
icy at  Meeting  in  Denver; 
37  on  Feature  List 

A  tentative  sales  policy,  based  on  block 
booking  in  non-competitve  situations  and 
single  sales  after  trade  shows  in  competi- 
tive territories  will  be  followed  by  Uni- 
versal-International until  new  sales  meth- 
ods, to  be  determined  by  the  New  York 
Federal  Court,  can  be  worked  out. 

The  policy  was  announced  by  William  A. 
Scully,  vice-president  and  general  sales 
manager,  Wednesday  in  Denver  at  the  first 
of  a  series  of  three  regional  sales  meet- 
ings. Its  key,  Mr.  Scully  said,  is  the 
premise  that  the  company's  pictures  "will 
be  available  to  anyone  who  has  the  possi- 
bility of  guaranteeing  us  a  return  in  keep- 
ing with  the  picture's  potential  earning 
powers." 

The  policy  includes  : 

1.  In  non-competitive  situations  pic- 
tures will  be  offered  individually,  but  an 
exhibitor  may  contract  for  a  season's 
product  with  a  privilege  of  cancellation. 

2.  In  competitive  situations  pictures 
will  not  be  offered  until  available  for 
screening  in  the  exchanges.  They  will 
then  be  sold  individually,  the  licensing  of 
one  not  to  be  conditioned  upon  any 
other. 

"The  public  will  always  be  the  determin- 
ing factor  in  the  success  of  any  picture," 
Mr.  Scully  said.  "We  expect  to  demon- 
strate the  worth  of  our  pictures  ...  by  selec- 
tively exhibiting  our  pictures  and  merchan- 
dizing them  far  in  advance  of  their  avail- 
ability so  that  their  value  will  become  a 
matter  of  record." 

Pledging  service  to  the  exhibior,  Mr. 
Scully  said:  "We  will  not  only  be  inter- 
ested in  the  mechanics  of  selling  .  .  .  but 
we  will  be  equally  interested  in  the  ethics 
pertaining  to  the  distribution  of  our  prod- 
uct. .  .  .  We  will  make  every  effort  to  make 
the  buying  .  .  .  simple  rather  than  compli- 
cated." 

Bergman  Announces  New 
$5,000,000  Ad  Program 

Maurice  Bergman,  eastern  advertising 
and  publicity  director,  announced  a  $5,000,- 
000  advertising  program. 

Announcement  of  the  policy  followed 
week-long  conferences  among  executives  of 
the  company  in  Hollywood,  after  which  a 
production  program  of  25  features  with  12 
others  to  *  <t  sold  for  the  J.  Arthur  Rank 
interests  was  released. 

Last  week  it  was  announced  in  Holly- 
wood that  the  production  deal  previously 
concluded  with  Enterprise  Productions, 
headed  by  Charles  Einfeld  and  David  L. 


Loew,  had  been  amicably  dissolved.  Future 
plans  for  Enterprise,  which  is  producing  six 
pictures,  budgeted  at  $12,000,000,  were  not 
announced. 

Enterprise,  which  has  1,600  employees  on 
its  lot,  will  continue  with  its  postwar  build- 
ing and  expansion  program,  it  was  said. 

E.  T.  Gomersall,  who  was  loaned  by  Uni- 
versal to  Enterprise,  to  serve  as  general 
sales  manager  for  that  company,  will  return 
to  Universal-International  in  an  executive 
sales  position. 

Feature  Schedule  for 
Season  Is  Listed 

The  feature  program: 

The  Egg  and  I,  the  screen  version  of  the 
non-fiction  best  seller,  which  will  star  Claudette 
Colbert  and  Fred  MacMurray,  with  Marjorie 
Main  and  Percy  Kilbride. 

Winds  of  Chance,  with  Joan  Fontaine  head- 
ing the  cast. 

The  Dark  Mirror,  written  and  produced  by 
Nunnally  Johnson,  to  star  Olivia  de  Havilland 
and  Lew  Ayres  with  Thomas  Mitchell. 

Assigned  to  Syria,  from  the  novel  "Ashen- 
den,"  by  Somerset  Maugham,  to  star  Ronald. 
Colman. 

Magnificent  Doll,  directed  by  Frank  Bor- 
zage  and  starring  Ginger  Rogers. 

Secret  Behind  the  Door,  a  Diana  produc- 
tion, to  be  presented  by  Walter  Wanger  and 
produced  and  directed  by  Fritz  Lang,  and  star- 
ring Joan  Bennett. 

Ivy,  produced  and  directed  by  Sam  Wood 
and  starring  Olivia  de  Havilland. 

Mark  Hellinger's  Swell  Guy,  starring  Sonny 
Tufts  and  Ann  Blyth. 

Temptation,  produced  by  Edward  Small, 
starring  Merle  Oberon  and  George  Brent. 

I'll  Be  Yours,  starring  Deanna  Durbin,  Tom 
Drake  and  William  Bendix. 

Song  of  Scheherazade,  in  Technicolor,  star- 
ring Yvonne  De  Carlo. 

Smash-Up,  produced  by  Walter  Wanger  and 
starring  Susan  Hayward. 

Mr.  Peabody  and  the  Mermaid,  written  and 
produced  by  Nunnally  Johnson. 

The  Art  of  Murder,  written  by  Garson 
Kanin  and  Ruth  Gordon. 

Buck  Privates  Come  Home,  starring  Bud 
Abbott  and  Lou  Costello. 

Up  in  Central  Park,  in  Technicolor,  based 
on  the  Broadway  hit  musical  and  starring  De- 
anna Durbin. 

Pirates  of  Monterey,  in  Technicolor,  star- 
ring Maria  Montez  and  Rod  Cameron. 
.   The  Exile,  a  Technicolor  production  which 
Douglas  Fairbanks,  Jr.,  will  produce  and  star. 

Great  Son,  to  be  produced  by  Michael  Todd, 
from  the  novel  by  Edna  Ferber. 

Time  Out  of  Mind,  produced  by  Jane  Mur- 
fin,  to  star  Phyllis  Calvert. 

Slave  Girl,  produced  by  Michael  Fessier  and 
Ernest  Pagano,  starring  Yvonne  DeCarlo.  This 
is  the  Technicolor  production  formerly  known 
as  "Flame  of  Tripoli." 

Sunny  River,  in  Technicolor,  a  Skirball- 
Manning  production  adapted  from  the  Broad- 
way musical. 

Winchester  73,  in  Technicolor,  a  Diana  pro- 
duction, produced  and  directed  by  Fritz  Lang. 

Mexican  Hayride,  in  Technicolor,  starring 
Abbott  and  Costello,  based  on  the  Broadway 
play,  with  music  by  Cole  Porter. 

Portrait  in  Black,  a  Skirball-Manning  pro- 
duction, directed  by  Carol  Reed  and  starring 
Joan  Crawford. 


Distributors  Win 
Ball  Trust  Suit 
In  Pittsburgh 

Judge  R.  M.  Gibson  in  the  United  States 
District  Court  in  Pittsburgh  Tuesday  de- 
cided against  Joseph  M.  Ball,  exhibitor,  in 
his  anti-trust  suit  against  distributors  to  ob- 
tain first-run  product  for  his  Penn  theatre 
in  Ambridge,  Penn.  In  its  decision  the 
court  declined  to  be  influenced  by  the  recent 
decision  of  the  three-judge  statutory  court  in 
the  New  York  anti-trust  suit. 

A  significant  turn  was  seen  in  this  decision 
by  industry  counsel  in  New  York  who 
pointed  out  that  it  was  the  first  independent 
industry  anti-trust  suit  to  be  decided  since 
the  New  York  ruling  came  down. 

Charged  Conspiracy 

Mr.  Ball  had  sought  to  establish  that  the 
run  of  a  distributor's  product  went  with  the 
theatre  and  in  refusing  to  grant  him  first  run 
for  his  Penn  theatre  charged  that  four  of  the 
five  theatre-owning  distributors  were  in  con- 
spiracy. 

"U.  S.  vs.  Paramount  (the  New  York 
case)  was  an  action  brought  by  the  Depart- 
ment of  Justice  by  which  the  regulation  of 
the  exhibition  of  motion  pictures  by  the  eight 
largest  producers  and  distributors  and  some 
13  others  was  sought  throughout  the  coun- 
try," Judge  Gibson  declared  in  his  26-page 
decision. 

Continuing,  he  pointed  out:  "Assuming 
that  the  (consent)  decree  will  reflect  the 
opinion,  it  will  be  appealed  by  both  parties 
in  all  probability.  This  likelihood  possibly 
weakens  it  as  a  citation  of  legal  principles." 

In  contrast,  according  to  Judge  Gibson's 
ruling,  "it  must  be  kept  in  mind  that  the  Ball 
action  is  not  one  in  which  the  U.  S.  is  seek- 
ing to  regulate  the  industry  throughout  the 
country,  but  it  is  one  which  had  its  origin 
in  a  dispute  between  the  owner  a'nd  the  pro- 
posed lessee  of  a  theatre." 

Widening  of  Interest 

Viewing  the  situation  that  developed  in  the 
case  of  the  Penn  theatre,  which  at  one  time 
played  first  run  product  when  it  was  oper- 
ated by  A.  N.  Notopoulos  and  Paramount, 
with  the  product  going  to  the  larger  State 
theatre  in  Ambridge  after  it  was  built.  Judge 
Gibson  said:  "Paramount  did  not  buy  stock 
from  Notopoulos,  through  any  force,  but  sold 
him  a  one-half  interest  in  its  Ambridge  Corp. 
Instead  of  creating  a  restraint  of  commerce, 
the  transaction  was  a  widening  of  interest  in 
favor  of  an  independent  exhibitor." 


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I 


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ON  THE  MARCH  »y<»*  scores 

by  red  kann  Restrictions  on 
All  Construction 


COMMITTED  to  a  legislative  program 
minus  sideroad  adventures  into  trade 
practices,  the  ATA,  in  engaging 
Thurman  Arnold  to  oppose  the  auction  sell- 
ing method  outlined  in  the  New  York  anti- 
trust case  decision,  insists  it  stands  by  its 
original  purposes.  The  insistence  is  in 
these  words  from  Ted  Gamble : 

"The  portion  of  the  decree  dictating  auction 
methods  of  sale  seeks  to  accomplish  without 
legislation  a  legislative  function.  Since  this 
provision  is  tantamount  to  legislation  and  since 
ATA  is  constitutionally  authorized  to  work 
for  the  best  interests  of  the  theatre  industry 
in  legislative  matters,  our  board  of  directors 
has  felt  that  ATA  would  be  neglecting  one  of 
its  prime  functions  if  it  did  not  act." 

There  is  the  occasional  individual,  at  least, 
who  regards  these  as  words  designed  to 
ease  a  gradual  changeover  from  old  intents 
to  new,  induced  by  pressure  from  tht  field 
in  a  ratio  of  about  three  to  one. 

Too,  there  is  the  occasional  individual 
with  long  memory  and  throwback  to  those 
days  now  six  years  old  when  Arnold  was 
Assistant  Attorney-General  in  charge  of  the 
Department  of  Justice's  anti-trust  division 
and  chief  prosecutor  of  the  Government's  suit 
against  the  eight  defendant  companies.  "He 
is  best  known  to  motion  pictures  for  his 
present  seemingly  relentless  prosecution  of 
the  majors  and  some  circuits  for  alleged 
violation  of  the  anti-trust  laws,"  Motion 
Picture  Herald  remarked  on  January  6, 
1940. 

Long  memory  and  throwback  likewise  re- 
call, if  dimly,  an  assortment  of  Arnold  ob- 
servations while  he  was  still  prominent  in 
Government  service.  It  was  an  occasion 
to  turn  to  files  for  a  check  against  the 
printed  page. 

Back  in  '40  Arnold  was  describing  the 
industry  as  a  vertical  cartel  like  the  one 
built  by  Hugo  Stinnes  in  Germany  in  the 
early  '20s.  Along  in  April  of  that  same 
year,  he  was  predicting  a  consent  decree 
had  no  chance  of  acceptance  by  the  Depart- 
ment without  "complete  surrender,"  mean- 
ing by  that  absolute  divorcement  of  pro- 
duction and  distribution  from  exhibition. 
Between  spring  and  fall,  however,  some- 
thing happened,  since  October  29  brought 
the  decree  with  its  promise  of  happy  days  in 
Dixie — and  elsewhere. 

"Such  cartels  are  not  justified  in  any  in- 
dustry and  are  a  plain  violation  of  the  anti- 
trust law.  This  control  of  any  industry 
from  the  raw  material  to  the  consumer  is 
a  two-way  sword,"  the  Herald  reported  him 
as  having  told  a  Senate  judiciary  sub-com- 
mittee assembled  to  learn  why  the  suit  had 
not  reached  trial. 

Arnold  then  saw  only  one  remedy,  pro- 
vided divestiture  was  not  ordered.  And  he 
saw  it  in  these  words,  "If  you  are  going  to 
allow  this  sort  of  thing  to  continue,  it  means 
regulation  and  I  do  not  believe  we  are 
ready  for  public  control  of  amusements." 


He  saw  more,  which  the  majors  had  no 
reason  to  like  then  and  as  little  reason  to 
like  now.  "[The  majors']  control  over  the 
public  taste  eliminates  any  choice  by  any 
community  that  wants  to  have  any  particu- 
lar type  of  film  and  prevents  the  man  with 
a  pretty  idea  from  getting  it  across  to  the 
public  even  if  he  goes  broke  in  the  proc- 
ess. ...  In  the  end,  this  vertical  trust  is  the 
greatest  contributor  to  waste  in  the  indus- 
try it  is  possible  to  imagine  because  they 
can  force  their  products  on  the  market  re- 
gardless of  cost ;  the  theatres  cannot  pick 
and  choose." 
•  To  be  noted : 

"The  vertical  trust"  of  1940  is  part  of 
the  ATA  of  1946  through  the  theatre  divi- 
sions of  the  five  corporations  engaged  in 
exhibition.  They  voted  themselves  in  when 
ATA  was  officially  launched  in  St.  Louis. 

Thus,  for  a  spokesman — if  on  auction  sell- 
ing alone — they  now  end  up  with  the  man 
who  let  loose  the  fire  and  brimstone  only  a 
few  short  years  ago.  If  this  fails  to  spell 
incompatability,  perhaps  it  merely  spells  as- 
tonishment at  least  for  as  long  as  the  five 
theatre-operating  producer-distributors  are 
identified  with  ATA. 


Fourth  week  tally  in  the  MPTOA's  poll 
of  independent  exhibitors  on  approaches  to 
the  New  York  anti-trust  case  decision  [not 
to  be  confused  with  the  Department  of 
Justice's  August  15  proposals  which  would 
reduce  producer-distributor  theatres  to 
show-windows,  strictly]  begins  to  develop 
a  pattern.  Number  of  theatres  represented 
in  the  answers,  which  is  not  necessarily  the 
same  as  the  number  of  individual  exhibitors 
reporting,  is  now  651,  scattered  throughout 
42  states. 

Interesting  as  that  pattern  may  be  by 
count  6f  noses,  it  is  even  more  so  by  per- 
centages.   Thus :  ' 

"Do  you  approve  of  the  method  of  competitive 
bidding  proposed  by  the  court  whereby  pictures 
are  to  be  sold  theatre  by  theatre,  picture  by  pic- 
ture, to  the  highest  responsible  bidder  having  a 
theatre  of  the  size  and  equipment  adequate  to 
show  the  pictures  upon  the  terms  offered  by  the 
distributor?" 

Answers :  195.  Yes :  18,  or  9.24  per  cent. 
No:  177,  or  90.76  per  cent. 

"Do  you  approve  of  the  court's  recommenda- 
tion for  arbitration  covering  disputes  as  to  bids, 
clearances,  runs,  whether  the  bidder  has  a  thea- 
tre adequate  for  the  run  for  which  he  bids,  and 
similar  matters?" 

Answers :  187.  Yes :  50,  or  26.75  per  cent. 
No:  137,  or  73.75  per  cent. 

"Do  you  approve  of  non-industry  arbitrators?" 

Answers:  192.  Yes:  31,  or  16.14  per  cent. 
No:  161,  or  83.86  per  cent. 

"Are  you  in  favor  of  the  distributors  being 
completely  divorced  from  their  theatre  hold- 
ings?" 

Answers :  195.  Yes :  123,  or  63.08  per  cent. 
No:  72,  or  36.92  per  cent. 


Government  curtailment  of  commercial 
construction  and  repairs,  including  the  the- 
atre, may  dislocate  our  entire  economy, 
Abram  F.  Myers,  chairman  of  the  board  of 
Allied  States  Association,  warned  from 
Washington  last  week. 

The  curtailment  may  conserve  some  vital 
materials,  Mr.  Myers  conceded;  but  he 
pointed  out  that  it  also  will  decrease  the  mar- 
ket for  vital  reconversion  industries,  such 
as  air  conditioning,  heating  and  the  like. 
"Unemployment  and  possibly  even  indus- 
trial shutdowns"  may  result  from  "the 
folly,"  Mr.  Myers  warned. 

Theatre  alterations  and  repairs,  "unless 
made  for  public  safety  or  welfare"  may  be 
halted  by  the  Government  within  30  days, 
under  an  order  expected  from  Wilson  Wy- 
att,  expediter  for  the  National  Housing  Au- 
thority. 

Meanwhile,  the  Government  has  stopped 
more  than  $20,000,000  of  non-housing  con- 
struction in  New  England.  Included  is  a 
$500,000  theatre-store  project  in  Bridge- 
port. Joseph  Browning,  Civilian  Produc- 
tion compliance  chief,  said  the  project  had 
reached  a  point  where  investigation  showed 
violations  of  non-housing  construction  rules. 

On  Friday,  August  30,  Civilian  Produc- 
tion Administration  director  John  Small  in- 
structed 71  offices  to  "conserve  critical 
building  materials  to  the  utmost,"  and  point- 
ed out  to  them  how  screening  procedures 
must  reduce  the  weekly  quotas  of  non-hous- 
ing construction  by  from  25  to  30  per  cent. 


Charles  Wolf,  72,  Indiana 
Circuit  Head,  Dies 

Charles  J.  Wolf,  72,  head  of  the  Y.  and 
W.  Management  Corporation,  which  oper- 
ates 27  theatres  in  Indiana,  died  in  Indian- 
apolis last  Sunday,  September  1.  He  had 
been  a  patient  in  St.  Vincent's  Hospital  since 
May  4.  Mr.  Wolf  entered  the  industry  in 
1917  with  V.  U.  Young  in  Gary,  organizing 
two  nickelodeons.  He  lived  in  Wheeling, 
W.  Va.,  for  50  years,  and  commuted  to  In- 
dianapolis to  take  care  of  his  business,  now 
under  the  direction  of  his  nephew,  Marc  J. 
Wolf  at  Indianapolis. 


William  Harris 

William  Harris,  Jr.,  62,  producer  of  many 
plays  in  the  World  War  I  post-war  decade, 
many  of  which  were  made  into  films,  died  at 
the  French  Hospital,  New  York,  September 
3.  He  is  survived  by  his  widow,  a  son, 
Henry  B.  Harris,  and  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Rob- 
ert Cameron. 


Set  Warner  Film  Release 

"Nobody  Lives  Forever,"  starring  John 
Garfield  and  Geraldine  Fitzgerald  has  been 
set  by  Warners  for  general  release  Oct.  12. 


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PRC  SCHEDULES  29  FILMS 
FOR  1946-47  SEASON 


Sales  Convention  Told  12 
To  Be  from  Eagle -Lion, 
Several  in  Color 

PRC  will  offer  a  total  of  29  features  dur- 
the  1946-47  season,  Harry  Thomas,  presi- 
dent, told  the  sales  force,  in  annual  conven- 
tion at  the  Ambassador  Hotel,  Atlantic  City, 
Wednesday  through  Friday  of  this  week. 

Mr.  Thomas  emphasized  the  use  of  color 
in  the  new  program,  citing  three  pictures 
scheduled  for  Cinecolor,  and  indicating  the 
possibility  of  others  in  color. 

Included  in  the  1946-47  lineup  will  be  12 
top  films  produced  for  PRC  by  Eagle-Lion, 
Mr.  Thomas  said.  Each  of  these  12  films 
will  have  a  minimum  negative  cost  of  $500,- 
000,  with  several  running  higher. 

Seven  Specials  To  Head 
Season's  Product  List 

Heading  the  list  of  29  features  will  be 
seven  specials : 

Her  Sister's  Secret,  starring  Nancy 
Coleman,  Margaret  Lindsay,  Philip  Reed 
and  Felix  Bressart. 

Son  of  Casanova,  dramatic  romance  in 
Cinecolor. 

Red  Stallion,  to  be  filmed  on  location  in 
Arizona  and  New  Mexico  in  Cinecolor, 
with  a  screenplay  by  Dorothy  Yost. 

Matteawan,  psychological  story  inspired 
by  recent  mental  asylum  revelations. 

Hollywood  Hi,  musical  comedy  romance 
dealing  with  high  school  co-eds  at  Holly- 
wood High  School. 

Girls'  Camp,  comedy  romance  of  an  all- 
girls'  camp. 

The  Return  of  Rin  Tin  Tin,  Vita- 
Color  special  starring  Rin  Tin  Tin  III. 

Detail  of  Product  as 
Outlined  by  Thomas 

The  balance  of  the  program,  each  pic- 
ture of  which  was  discussed  in  detail  by 
Mr.  Thomas,  will  include : 

Bayou  Belle,  a  drama  of  the  Louisiana 
swamp  country. 

Peaches  and  Cream,  comedy-romance. 

Gasoline  Alley,  comedy  romance  based  on 
the  comic  strip. 

Three  Philo  Vance  mysteries. 

Two  Gas  House  Kids  dramas. 

Hannah  from  Savannah,  musical  comedy 
romance  featuring  Tess  Gardella,  the  original 
Aunt  Jemima  and  star  of  "Show  Boat,"  George 
White  Scandals  and  the  Ziegfeld  Follies. 

Lone  Star  Gal,  musical  comedy  romance. 

Park  Avenue  Woman,  comedy  drama. 

The  Lost  Continent,  dramatic  adventure 
of  a  rocket  trio  to  the  moon,  which  will  be 
given  a  national  promotion  to  find  a  new 
star  to  portray  -The  Moon  Maiden,  leading  fig- 
ure in  the  film. 

Three  Michael  Shayne  mysteries  starring 
Hugh  Beaumont. 

Also  Melody  Roundup,  outdoor  musical 
spectacle  in  Cinecolor,  with  Eddie  Dean. 


Born  to  Speed,  tale  of  midget  auto  racing 
with  Johnny  Sands,  Geraldine  Wall,  Don 
Castle,  Terry  Austin,  Frank  Orth  and  Joy 
Hayworth. 

When  the  Devil  Drives,  action  drama. 

Down  by  O-Hi-O,  musical  comedy  romance. 

Two  Yanks  on  the  Amazon,  drama  filmed 
entirely  on  location  in  the  Brazilian  jungle. 

The  Cardiff  Giant,  comedy  drama. 

The  Brute  Man",  featuring  The  Angel,  ugli- 
est man  who  ever  lived. 

The  program  also  will  include  six  more  in 
the  series  of  Eddie  Dean  outdoor  musicals,  with 
Roscoe  Ates  and  Lee  Bennett  in  the  supporting- 
cast.  The  first  three  of  these,  already  set,  are 
Tumbleweed  Trail,  Driftin'  River  and 
Stars  Over  Texas.  There  will  also  be  eight  Al 
La  Rue-Al  (Fuzzy)  St.  John  action  Westerns. 

Home  Office  Executives 
Address  Convention 

"There  is  absolutely  no  foundation  whatso- 
ever to  any  stories  about  PRC,"  Mr.  Thomas 
told  the  delegates,  "except  that  we  are  going  to 
grow  even  more  than  we  have  grown  during 
this  past  year."  Mr.  Thomas  compared  the 
jubilance  at  the  present  convention  with  the  un- 
easiness last  year,  and  read  a  letter  from  Robert 
Young  of  Pathe  Industries,  PRC's  parent  com- 
pany, noting  PRC's  achievements  of  the  year 
and  praising  Mr.  Thomas  and  Lloyd  Lind,  vice- 
president  and  assistant  sales  manager. 

Home  office  executives  operate  in  close  har- 
mony and  the  field  staffs  will  be  patterned  thus, 
Mr.  Lind  pledged.  He  stressed  the'  importance 
of  "liquidating"  product  so  that  an  ensuing  sea- 
son's pictures  may  be  sold  intelligently. 

Max  Roth,  former  mid-west  division  manager 
for  PRC,  has  been  promoted  to  Eastern  sales 
manager.  In  announcing  the  promotion,  Mr. 
Thomas  characterized  Mr.  Roth  as  "one  of  our 
elder  statesmen." 

Other  speakers  among  many  were  Grover 
Schaefer,  home  office  sales  executive ;  Elmer 
Hollander,  playdate  department;  George  Fleit- 
man,  accounting ;  Philip  Gettelson,  contracts ; 
Abe  Sutton,  sales  analysis,  and  Janet  Rosenthal, 
prints. 

S.  L.  Seidelman,  foreign  sales  manager, 
opened  the  afternoon  session.  Mr.  Thomas 
then  announced  promotions,  with  15-minute 
talks  following  by  Max  Roth,  Beverly  Miller, 
Grover  Parsons,  James  Hendel,  Joe  Miller, 
Sam  Milner,  Joseph  Gins,  Jack  Bellman,  Al 
Herman,  William  Sherman,  David  Griedsdorf. 

Thursday's  sessions  were  begun  with  screen- 
ings, with  Mr.  Thomas  and  Mr.  Lind  speaking 
in   the  afternoon. 

Company  Will  Determine 
Exchange  Ownership 

Regional  meetings  were  held  Friday. 

Whether  the  company's  exchange  owner- 
ship will  be  made  100  per  cent  will  be  deter- 
mined shortly  when  contracts  expire  on  its  three 
remaining  franchise-operated  exchanges  in 
Portland,  Ore. ;  San  Francisco,  and  Seattle, 
it  was  indicated  recently  by  Mr.  Thomas. 

A  few  months  ago  when  the  company  was 
negotiating  successfully  to  take  over  a  number 
of  other  privately-owned  exchanges,  the  West 
Coast  franchise  owners  also  were  approached, 
Mr.  Thomas  said,  but  at  that  time  were  not  re- 
ceptive of  PRC's  offers.  He  added,  however, 
that  when  the  contracts  expire  in  the  near  fu- 
ture PRC  likely  will  again  make  offers  to  buy, 
and  the  exchange-owners  may  then  sell.  Mr. 
Thomas  further  indicated  that  if  the  owners 
do  not  sell,  PRC  will  not  be  especially  dis- 


appointed since  it  regards  its  present  exchange 
ownership  position  to  be  of  sufficient  strength. 

PRC  recently  acquired  its  28th  company- 
owned  exchange  when  the  Memphis  franchise 
sold  out  to  the  company. 

List  PRC  Delegates 
In  Attendance 

Among  other  delegates  who  attended  were : 

Sam  H.  Abraras,  Indianapolis;  Jack  Armm,  Albany; 
Harry  J.  Allen,  Toronto;  Don  Anderson,  Minneapolis; 

E.  A.  Ashkins,  Denver;  Neil  Astrin,  New  York;  M. 
R.  Austin,  Denver;  Jack  Barry,  Chicago;  J.  A.  Bea- 
hen,  Minneapolis;  Jack  Bellman,  New  York;  E.  R. 
Berg-man,  Cleveland;  Joseph  W.  Bohn,  Indianapolis; 
Bob  Boovy,  Charlotte;  Joe  Brenner,  New  York;  Lige 
Brien,  New  York;  Harry  Bugie,  Cincinnati;  W.  G. 
Bugie,  Cleveland;  Jack  Campbell,  Kansas  City;  Robert 
Clabeaux,  Buffalo;  Fred  E.  Cohen,  Buffalo;  Herman 
Couston,  Chicago;  N.  B.  Creswell,  Kansas  City; 
Howard  Crombie,  Boston;  C.  H.  Crossley,  New 
Orleans;  Ann  Crystal,  New  York;  Riley  P.  Davis, 
Atlanta;  Harry  Dressier,  Philadelphia;  Milton  Dureau, 
New  Orleans;  A.  G.  Edwards,  Denver;  Pearl  Elsohn, 
New  York;  Abe  Eskin,  Salt  Lake  City. 

T.  G.  Ferguson,  Dallas;  Don  Fill,  Detroit;  George 
Fleitman,  New  York;  Earl  Foote,  Salt  Lake  City; 
Hugo  Formate,  Philadelphia;  Bert  Foster,  Detroit; 
George  Fraser,  New  York;  Jerry  Geinzer,  Pittsburgh; 
Phil  Gettelson,  New  York;  Joe  Gins,  Chicago;  Eli 
Ginzburg,  Philadelphia;  Harry  Gold,  Boston;  Harry- 
Goldberg,  Chicago;  Al  Golden,  Cincinnati;  Mark 
Goldman,  Pittsburgh;  Nate  Gould,  Kansas  City;  R.  M. 
Grace,  Washington;  Dixie  O.  Graham,  Atlanta;  Tom 
Gray,  Los  Angeles;  Dave  Griesdorf,  Toronto;  James 
Hendel,  Pittsburgh;  A.  J.  Herman,  Boston;  Elmer 
Hollander,  New  York;  Joseph  Imhof,  Milwaukee;  R. 

F.  Jamison,  Salt  Lake  City;  Irene  Juniet,  Cincinnati; 
Carl  Kemp,  Kansas  City;  C.  J.  King,  Atlanta;  J. 
Krenitz,  Cleveland;  Conrad  Kriedberg,  Minneapolis; 
J.  E.  Kunath,  Des  Moines. 

Fred  Lawrence,  Little  Rock;  Dudley  Leavey,  Al- 
bany; F.  H.  Lee,  Des  Moines;  Syd  Lehman,  Los  An- 
geles; Sam  Levine,  Boston;  Al  Lies,  Kansas  City; 
Lewis  Lieser,  Buffalo;  H.  J.  Malone,  Dallas;  Elmer 
McKinley,  Washington;  Mary  Meadowcraft.  Philadel- 
phia; Ben  Meshbesher,  Minneapolis;  Beverly  Miller, 
Kansas  City;  Bruce  Miller,  Los  Angeles;  Joe  Miller, 
Albany;  Sam  Milner,  Dallas;  G.  Moldan,  Washington; 
Robert  Moran,  Oklahoma  City;  Richard  Morris,  Salt 
Lake  City;  William  Nesbitt,  Pittsburgh;  Douglas  Net- 
t  er,  New  York. 

Carl  Olson,  Des  Moines;  Grover  C.  Parsons,  Atlanta; 
Claience  Phillips,  Chicago;  George  Phillips,  St.  Louis; 
Al  Pickens,  Dallas;  Harry  Rabinowitz,  Albany;  Clem 
Reck,  Philadelphia;  Sol  Reif,  Omaha;  C  E.  Robinson, 
Denver;  F.  A.  Rohrs,  Washington;  D.  Rosenthal, 
Washington;  Janet  Rosenthal,  New  York;  Mike  Rosen- 
stein,  Chicago;  Max  Roth,  Chicago;  Burt  Rudnick, 
Boston;  Max  Salzberg.  New  Haven;  Frederick  Sandy, 
Philadelphia;  S.  Sandv,  Washington;  Arthur  Sauls, 
Dallas;  George  C.  Schaeffer,  New  York;  Grover 
Schaeffer,  New  York;  H.  R.  Schilds,  Detroit;  Al 
Schlossberg,  New  York;  Herman  Schwarz,  St.  Louis; 
Leon  Serin,  Buffalo;  Leonard  Shea,  Memphis;  Frank 
Sheffield,  Denver;  William  Sherman,  St.  Louis;  Lou 
Siebert,  Cincinnati;  Sam  Sobel;  Dave  Sohmer,  New 
York;  J.  Spiegle,  Cleveland;  Percy  Spindler,  New 
Orleans;  R.  H.  Stahl,  Minneapolis;  Alvin  Stein,  Mil- 
waukee; Louis  Stein,  Milwaukee;  Mannie  Steinberg, 
Pittsburgh;  Andrew  Subbiondo,  New  York;  Bob  Sulli- 
van, Charlotte;  Abe  Sutton,  New  York,  Abbott  M. 
Swartz,  Minneapolis. 

Mike  Thomas,  Los  Angeles;  Nelson  T.  Towler,  At- 
lanta; Clair  Townsend,  Detroit;  J.  T.  Upton.  Oklahoma 
City:  John  Walsh,  St.  Louis:  Lou  Wechsler,  Boston; 
M.  Weiss,  Cincinnati;  Sam  Weiss,  St.  Louis;  Milton 
White,  New  Orleans;  R.  B.  Wilbanks,  Atlanta;  Dave 
Williams,  Charlotte;  Raymond  Willie,  Jr.,  Dallas; 
Claude  York,  Oklahoma  City;  John  Zonnir,  Pittsburgh. 


Iowa  and  Nebraska  Unit 
Opposes  Local  Checkers 

More  than  half  the  284  exhibitors  who  re- 
plied to  a  questionnaire  by  the  Iowa- 
Nebraska  Theatre  Owners  said  they  are  re- 
fusing to  accept  local  checkers,  Leo  Wolcott, 
chairman  of  that  organization  reported.  The 
report  was  in  a  bulletin  issued  Tuesday.  The 
breakdown  is  as  follows :  142  refuse  such 
checkers;  138  accept  them;  and  four  exhibi- 
tors had  no  comment. 


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wood, Cleveland,  Asbury 
Park,  Atlantic  City— every 
one  breaking  every  non- 
holiday  record! 


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Gallant  Journey 

Columbia — Man  Gets  Wings 

In  flashback,  with  occasional  narration  by 
Charles  Ruggles,  "Gallant  Journey"  unfolds  the 
dramatic  story  of  what  is  offered  as  man's  first 
wing  controlled  flight.  Interesting  in  treatment 
and  off-the-beaten  in  much  of  its  content,  this 
attraction  easily  makes  the  grade  as  decidedly 
worthwhile  and  decidedly  commercial. 

The  central  figure  is  John  J.  Montgomery 
who,  by  this  account,  constructed  the  first  glider 
plane  and  successfully  launched  it  in  California 
as  far  removed  as  1883.  The  screenplay,  written 
by  Byron  Morgan  and  William  A.  Wellman, 
thereafter  tells  of  the  hardships  which  beset 
Montgomery  on  his  way;  how  his  immediate 
circle  was  skeptical — except  for  Janet  Blair 
who  spurs  him  on  through  the  dark  moments 
and  eventually  marries  him. 

There  are  many  branches  off  the  main  story 
stem :  How  the  Jesuits  at  Santa  Clara  Univer- 
sity lend  a  helping  and  understanding  hand ; 
how  an  earthquake  happens  along  to  destroy 
the  latest  plane  model;  how  the  gold-sorting 
machine,  developed  and  then  neglected,  pulls 
Montgomery  (Glenn  Ford)  out  of  financial 
trouble  only  to  return  him  to  it  by  the  need  to 
defend  his  invention  in  a  lawsuit. 

Wellman,  who  also  produced  and  directed 
"Gallant  Journey"  as  another  in  his  lengthening 
series  of  productions  dealing  with  the  various 
chapters  in  American  aviation  history,  obvi- 
ously was  at  home  here.  His  attention  to  tech- 
nical detail  and  his  appreciation  for  flight 
sequences  never  heretofore  touched  upon  insofar 
as  this  reviewer  is  aware,  are  on  hand  in  a  var- 
iety of  directions.  Being  a  story  of  matters 
largely  off  the  ground,  photography  of  necessity 
was  important  here.  Burnett  Guffey,  as  head  of 
the  camera  staff  with  George  B.  Meehan,  Jr., 
and  Elmer  Dyer  associated,  more  than  meet  the 
quota  with  magnificent  skyscapes  that  remove 
the  film  from  the  earthbound. 

Not  alone  on  the  side  of  aviation  is  Well- 
man's  direction  effective.  His  handling  of  his 
principal  characters  is  sympathetic  and  draws 
from  them  first-rate  performances,  led  off  by 
Ford  as  the  combined  dreamer  and  doer.  Miss 
Blair  is  much  more  effective  as  a  grown-up 
than  as  the  sprawling  youngster  looking  moon- 
eyed  at  Ford. 

Seen  at  home  office  projection  room.  Re- 
viewer's Rating:  Very  Good. — Red  Kann. 

Release  date,  September  24,  1946.  Running  time,  86 
min.  P'CA  No.  11677.  General  audience  classification. 

John  J.  Montgomery  Glenn  Ford 

Regma  Cleary  Janet  Blair 

Charles  Ruggles,  Henry  Travers,  Jimmy  Lloyd, 
Charles  Kemper,  Arthur  Shields,  Willard  Robertson. 
Selena  Royle,  Robert  De  Haven. 

Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue 

20th-Fox — Technicolor  Musical 

Lively,  light  musical  entertainment  is  offered 
in  "Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue."  A  musicai 
score  with  many  catchy  tunes,  some  old  and 
some  new,  is  the  mainstay  of  the  film.  June 
Haver,  Vivian  Blaine  and  Vera-Ellen  present 
pleasing,  sprightly  dance  and  song  routines  for 
which  the  plot  allows  plenty  of  room.  The 
story  is  simply  that  of  three  sisters  who  decide 
to  leave  their  poultry  farm  and  spend  their  in- 
heritance on  a  hunt  for  millionaire  husbands. 
They  go  to  Atlantic  City  and  after  romantic 
complications  find  happiness. 

Technicolor  enhances  the  film  and  highlights 
attractive  costumes  fashionable  at  the  turn  of 
the  century.  George  Montgomery,  Frank  Lati- 
more  and  Charles  Smith  play  the  devoted 
swains.  Celeste  Holm,  Broadway  star  of  "Okla- 
homa" and  "Bloomer  Girl,"  makes  her  screen 
debut  as  a  southern  girl.  She  gives  an  enter- 
taining, portrayal  and  sings  "Always  a  Lady," 
which  she  presents  in  an  appealing  manner. 

Mack  Gordon,  noted  lyric  writer,  makes  his 


initial  effort  as  a  producer.  The  result  is  a  re- 
freshing musical  picture,  which  was  directed  by 
Bruce  Humberstone.  Valentine  Davis  wrote 
the  screenplay,  which  was  adapted  by  Brown 
Holmes,  Lynn  Starling,  Robert  Ellis  and  Helen 
Logan  from  a  play  by  Stephen  Powys. 

In  the  screenplay  the  accent  is  on  romance. 
Mack  Gordon's  lyrics  and  Josef  Myrow's  music 
included  in  the  film  are :  "I  Like  Mike,"  "On  the 
Board  Walk,"  "Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue"  and 
"Somewhere  in  the  Night."  Vera-Ellen  dances 
a  fantasy  swing  ballet  to  the  music  of  "You 
Make  Me  Feel  So  Young,"  which  is  spectacular 
and  eye-filling. 

This  musical  production  includes  a  talented 
cast  which  performs  well  under  competent  super- 
vision. It  should  please  audiences  seeking  gay 
entertainment. 

Seen  at  the  home  office  projection  room.  Re- 
viewer's Rating:  Good. — M.  R.  Y. 

October  release.  Running  time,  90  min.  PCA  No. 
11573.    General  audience  classification. 

Pam   June  Haver 

Van  Damm  Smith  .-  George  Montgomery 

Liz   Vivian  Blaine 

Miriam   r  Celeste  Holm 

Myra    Vera-Ellen 

Frank  Latimore,  Charles  Smith,  Charles  Halton,  Ruby 
Dandridge,  Thurston  Hall,  Clinton  Rosemond,  William 
Forrest.  Jr.,  Theresa  Harris 

Columbia's  "Gallant  Journey" 
Is  Given  World  Premiere 

Columbia's  "Gallant  Journey,"  a  William 
Wellman  production,  was  given  a  world 
premiere  Tuesday  night  at  the  Spreckels 
theatre,  San  Francisco. 

The  picture  stars  Glenn  Ford  and  Janet 
Blair.    It  is  about  aviation  pioneering. 

The  premiere  was  a  civic  event,  with  cere- 
monies at  the  airport,  at  the  theatre,  and 
during  a  broadcast  from  its  lobby.  Studio 
officials,  stars,  prominent  business  men,  and 
local  civic  leaders  attended  the  ceremonies 
and  a  banquet  preceding  the  opening. 

Elect  Edward  Morey 
To  Monogram  Board 

Monogram's  board  of  directors  in  a  meet- 
ing last  Monday  in  Hollywood  elected  Ed- 
ward Morey  to  the  board  vacancy  created  by 
the  death  of  Trem  Carr.  Steve  Broidy, 
Monogram  president,  announced  the  pur- 
chase of  the  St.  Louis  distribution  franchise 
and  said  no  change  in  the  company's  produc- 
tion policy  was  contemplated. 


Complete  Foreign  Titling 

Titling  by  Herman  Weinberg  on  "Angel 
and  Sinner,"  a  French  picture  based  on 
stories  by  Guy  de  Maupassant,  and  starring 
Micheline  Presle,  and  on  "Two  Anonymous 
Letters,"  an  Italian  picture  based  on  the  re- 
sistance to  the  Germans  in  Rome  during  the 
war,  has  been  completed,  and  the  pictures 
will  be  released  shortly  in  New  York  by  the 
A.  F.  E.  Corporation  and  World  Wide  Film 
Corporation,  respectively. 


Handle  Argentine  Films 

The  Star  Film  Corporation  has  been  or- 
ganized with  offices  in  New  York  City  to 
act  as  the  representative  in  the  U.  S.  and 
Canada  for  Guaranteed  Pictures  de  la 
Argentina. 


U.  S.  Will  Insist 
On  Divorcement 
In  Trust  Case 

The  Department  of  Justice  will  insist  that 
divorcement  of  theatre  interests  by  the  dis- 
tributor defendants  in  the  New  York  anti- 
trust suit  is  necessary  to  give  adequate  re- 
lief in  the  case.  That  is  the  major  point 
made  in  proposed  findings  of  fact  and  con- 
clusions of  law  which  the  Department  has 
prepared  for  submission  to  the  court  this 
month  and  which  were  sent  to  the  distributor 
defendants  this  week.  ' 

The  Government  would  ask  the  court  to 
conclude  in  its  final  decree  in  the  case,  a 
decision  on  which  was  handed  down  last 
June,  that  the  monopoly  with  which  it 
charges  the  defendants  could  not  now  be 
eliminated  by  mere  injunctive  provisions  di- 
rected to  future  methods  of  doing  business. 

Additional  Conclusion  Asked 

Going  further,  the  Government  would  ask 
the  court  to  conclude  that  agreements  made 
by  any  distributor  defendant  whereby  it 
agrees  with  any  exhibitor  to  restrict  the 
terms  on  which  a  copyrighted  film  exhibited 
by  such  exhibitor  may  be  subsequently  ex- 
hibited by  a  competing  exhibitor,  are  illegal. 

Other  new  conclusions  of  law  which  the 
Department  of  Justice  proposes  to  ask  the 
court  to  make  would  declare  that  the  defend- 
ants have  succeeded  in  collectively  monopol- 
izing the  distribution  of  films ;  that  the  thea- 
tre-owning defendants  have  succeeded  in 
collectively  monopolizing  the  exhibition  of 
first-class  films  in  the  principal  cities  of  the 
U.  S. ;  and  that  the  same  theatre-owning  de- 
fendants have  succeeded  in  individually 
monopolizing  the  exhibition  of  such  films. 

New  Proposed  Findings 

In  its  new  proposed  findings,  the  Depart- 
ment of  Justice  statistically  calls  attention 
to  the  collective  ability  of  theatre-ow-ning  de- 
fendants to  monopolize  the  distribution  and 
exhibition  of  films.  The  Government  then 
asks  the  court  to  find  that  the  theatre-owning 
defendants  as  distributors  receive  about  70 
per  cent  of  the  film  rental  that  is  paid  to  all 
distributors  by  affiliated  exhibitors  with  25 
per  cent  going  to  non-theatre-owning  de- 
fendants and  the  remaining  five  per  cent  of 
such  rental  to  independent  distributors.  The 
Department  then  concludes : 

1.  That  the  theatre-owning  defendants, 
collectively  considered,  now  have  and  have 
had  for  at  least  10  years,  the  power  to  ex- 
clude arbitrarily  competitors  in  the  exhibi- 
tion field  from  access  to  a  sufficient  number 
of  first-class  films  to  permit  substantial  com- 
petition in  this  field. 

2.  That  they  have  had  such  power  to  ex- 
clude competitors  in  the  distribution  field 
from  access  to  a  sufficient  number  of  first- 
run  theatre  outlets  to  permit  substantial 
competition  in  this  field. 

3.  That  this  power  is  a  direct  conse- 
quence of  their  ownership  and  control  of 
theatres. 


22 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


THE  LIFE  STORY  OF  THE  WOMAN  IN  WHOM  MORE 


WOMEN  ARE  INTERESTED  THAN  IN  ANY  OTHER!  SHE 


DID  WHAT  THEY'D  LOVE  TO  DO:  SHE  FOUND  HAPPI- 


NESS -  WITHOUT  MEN!   ROMANCE,  YES;  BUT  LOVE, 


FAMILY,  HOME  SHE  SACRIFICED-TO  WRITE  IN  THRILL- 


ING DEEDS  ONE  OF  THE  MOST  GLORIOUS  CONFLICTS 


IN  ALL  HUMAN  HISTORY!  . . .  HER  STORY  IS  EXCITING 


TRUTH  . . .  IT  S  POWERFUL  DRAMA  -  AND  IT'S  GREAT, 


POPULAR  ENTERTAINMENT! 


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...  a  national  magazine  advertising  campaign  to 

104,436,793  CIRCULATION  < 

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out  to  bring  in  those  BONUS  MILLIONS  of  folks  who  make  the  effort  I 
see  only  the  screen's  outstanding  attractions.  Let  the  list  speak  for  itsel 


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Sound  Pioneers 


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L.  G.  Bissinger 


/T  has  been  the  general  consensus  that 
the  introduction  of  the  sound  technique 
provided  the  screen  with  a  revivifying 
force  at  a  time  when  it  -was  most  needed. 
In  connection  with  the  Warner  Twentieth 
Anniversary  of  Sound,  Motion  Picture 
Herald  here  continues  its  series  on  pioneers 
f  hi  tlx  exhibition  of  the  sound  picture. 

"Looks  like  it's  here  to  say,"  L.  G.  Bissin- 
ger said  of  sound  pictures  as  he  recalled  the 
Vitaphone's  early  days  in  Dallas.  Mr.  Bis- 
singer is  Dallas'  old- 
est active  theatre- 
man.  On  May  1, 
1913,  he  came  to  the 
Queen  theatre  on 
Elm  Street  and  he's 
never  left  it.  He 
entered  show  busi- 
ness in  Houston  in 
1906.  Sound  was  in- 
troduced to  Dallas 
on  February  12, 
1927,  at  the  Circle 
theatre.  A  short 
time  after  that  date, 
Mr.  Bissinger  in- 
stalled Vitaphone  for  his  patrons.  "Many 
of  my  customers  said  talkies  would  never 
last,"  he  recalled.  "They  thought  the  talkie 
was  just  another  fad  and  could  never  take 
the  place  of  silent  pictures." 

k  *  k 

Any  exhibitor  who  played  Warner's  "The 
Jazz  Singer"  remembers  it  for  the  audiences 
it  attracted  and  the  comments  of  those  audi- 
ences. Charles  L. 
Fisk,  manager  of  the 
Fisk  theatre,  Butler, 
Mo.,  remembers 
these  things,  but  he 
has  a  special  and  a 
nostalgic  fondness 
for  the  picture. 

The  reason  is  that 
the  star  of  that  first 
talking  picture  was 
a    fellow  minstrel 
with   Mr.    Fisk  on 
the  old  Lew  Dock- 
s  t  a  d  e  r  Minstrels 
away  back  in  1904. 
The  star,  of  course,  was.  Al  Jolson,  and 
Fisk  still  has  vivid  recollections  of  the  days 
when  he  and  Jolson  wowed  the  audiences. 


Charles  L.  Fisk 


"On  behalf  of  the  Comerford-Publix  thea- 
tres, Frank  C.  Walker,  former  Postmaster- 
General,  salutes  Warners'  anniversary : 

"All  of  us  who 
represent  the  Com- 
erford  circuit  join  in 
sending  congratula- 
tions and  very  best 
wishes  to  Warner 
Brothers  on  the  oc- 
casion of  the  Twen- 
tieth Anniversary  of 
Sound  Pictures. 

"You  pioneered  in 
a  field  which 
brought  greater  en- 
tertainment, amuse- 
ment and  happiness 
to  countless  millions 
of  people.  The  entire  nation  is  grateful  to 
you.  The  Comerford  circuit  salutes  you  on 
this  memorable  anniversary  and  we  wish 
you  the  brightest  future." 


J.  H.  Thompson,  exhibitor  in  Hawkins- 
ville,  Ga.,  was  with  the  majority  who  found 
those  early  sound  films  troubled  with  the 
problem    of    s  y  n  - 
jg^Mpaj^  chronization. 

'■'  '.v.  Today  it's  differ- 

lr  S         ent,  and  he  believes 

that  talking  pictures 
I  *SaR  <£r  and   the  subsequent 

improve  ment  in 
screen  entertainment 


Frank  C.  Walker 


deserve  the  credit 
for  making  motion 
pictures  "the  robust 
and  progressive  in- 
dustry that  it  is  to- 
day." 

Now  with  Martin 
J.H.Thompson  and  Thompson 

Theatres,  Mr.  Thompson  recalls  that  those 
early  tribulations  with  sound  were  typified 
during  the  time  when  the  audience  saw  the 
screen  villain  take  a  shot  at  the  hero  and 
heard  a  feminine  voice  cooing,  "I  love  vou." 


James  Nairn,  now  director  of  advertising 
and  publicity  for  Famous  Players  Canadian, 
recalls  that  at  least  one  print  of  the  sound 
test  reel,  "I  Don't  Think,"  a  short  by  Ger- 
trude Lawrence,  was  worn  out  when  the 


Tivoli  in  Hamilton,  Ontario,  was  being 
equipped  with  sound.  The  short  was  so  en- 
tertaining, Nairn  reported,  that  plenty  of 
"tests"  were  made  of  the  apparatus  and  the 
reel  finally  was  worn  threadbare.  In  the 
early  days  of  sound  Mr.  Nairn  was  working 
for  the  newspaper,  the  Hamilton  Spectator, 
and  doubling  as  publicity  manager  of  Famous 
Players  houses  in  Hamilton. 


As  soon  as  sound  films  got  started  in  Can- 
ada, in  late  1928,  the  Conservative  Party 
organization  ordered  eight  touring  motor 
vans,  each  equipped  with  talking  picture 
apparatus  and  daylight  projectors  to  bally- 
hoo participation  in  the  approaching  cam- 
paign. 


Louis  Weitzman  recently  celebrated  33 
years  as  an  exhibitor — all  of  them  at  his 
Summit  theatre  in  Union  City,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  Weitzman  in- 
stalled sound  early 
in  1928,  having  been 
sold  on  the  idea  of 
talking  pictures  from 
the  first  performance 
that  he  witnessed. 

His  first  programs 
during  the  early 
days  of  sound  were 
of  the  half  and  half 
variety — half  sound 
film,  half  silent.  The 
audiences  com- 
plained. They  want- 
ed the  programs  to 
be  either  one  or  the  other.  The  vote  was 
for  sound.  Mr.  Weitzman  also  operates  the 
Strand  theatre  in  Union  City. 


Milton  W.  Korach,  assistant  manager, 
Robins  Amusement  Co.,  enlisted  the  aid  of 
a  railroad  to  make  a  success  of  the  first 
showing  in  Nebraska  of  "The  Jazz  Singer." 

Then  managing  the  Rialto  in  Omaha, 
"now  a  bus  station  whose  walls  probably 
resound  with  the  voice  of  Al  Jolson,"  Mr. 
Korach  displayed  originality  in  selling  the 
picture. 

In  a  letter  to  the  Herald  he  wrote :  When 
I  learned  that  we  were  to  play  "The  Jazz 
Singer"  "my  enthusiasm  was  at  high  pitch. 
Up  to  this  time  I  had  put  on  fine  campaign, 
but  I  made  up  my  mind  this  one  would  be 
tops." 

Going  to  the  Omaha  office  of  the  Union 
Pacific  railroad,  he  "arranged  a  tieup  for 
an  excursion  over  the  weekend  with  that 
picture,  so  the  folks  of  Nebraska  could  see 
and  hear  their  first  sound  picture.  The  re- 
sult was  that  the  railroad  brought  in  over 
1,000  people,  one  of  the  largest  excursions 
they  ever  had.  'The  Jazz  Singer'  played  29 
sraight  days  .  .  .  the  longest  run  of  any 
picture  up  to  that  time  in  Omaha." 


Louis  Weitzman 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946  27 


A 


MPTOA  LAUDS  ATA 
VIEW  ON  AUCTION 


Poll  Shows  Overwhelming 
Opposition  to  Terms  of 
Court's  Decision 

The  American  Theatres  Association's 
"change  of  heart" —  from  a  hands  off  policy 
in  the  matter  of  trade  practices — was  given 
a  hearty  word  of  praise  this  week  by  the 
Motion  Picture  Theatre  Owners  of  America. 

Happy  over  ATA's  move  against  the 
court's  decision  on  auction  selling,  Fred 
Wehrenberg,  MPTOA  president,  in  a  letter 
to  the  Quigley  Publications,  said:  "I  under- 
stand that  ATA  now  recognizes  the  neces- 
sity for  a  national  organization  to  include 
trade  practices  in  its  sphere  of  activities. 
MPTOA  indeed  welcomes  ATA's  change  of 
heart  as  now,  greater  than  ever  before,  we 
need  a  united  front  of  exhibition  to  use  all 
the  power  at  our  command  to  protest  to  the 
court  (New  York  Federal  Court)  the  un- 
workability  of  auction  selling  of  motion 
pictures." 

Poll  Shows  Disagreement 
With  Court  Opinion 

That  MPTOA  is  convinced  of  this  "un- 
workability"  is  attested  in  the  latest  returns 
of  the  MPTOA  Poll,  which  show  some  quite 
definite  disagreements  with  the  statutory 
court's  decision. 

With  returns  in  from  651  theatres  in  42 
states,  the  votes  stand  at  177  to  18  opposing 
auction  selling;  137  to  50  opposing  the 
court's  recommendation  for  arbitration;  161 
to  31  opposing  non-industry  arbitrators,  and 
123  to  72  for  complete  divorcement. 

The  MPTOA  will  continue  to  accept  bal- 
lots through  September  15. 

ATA  went  on  record  against  auction  sell- 
ing with  definite  and  hard-hitting  opinions. 
T.  R.  Gamble,  chairman  of  the  board,  stated 
last  week,  in  making  the  announcement  of 
the  planned  intervention,  that  "our  directors 
have  viewed  the  advent  of  auction  selling  as 
ushering  in  an  era  of  wildcatting  in  our  in- 
dustry which  will  set  the  industry  back  25 
years  and  which  will  lead  inevitably  to  Gov- 
ernment Commission  control." 

Sees  Exhibitors  Losing 
Rights  Long  Accrued 

"Exhibitors  stand  to  lose  by  default  tangi- 
ble and  intangible  rights  that  have  accrued 
to  them  over  many  years,"  he  said.  "In  the 
present  decision  exhibitors  have  been  granted 
no  voice  and  it  is  inconceivable  to  our  mem- 
bership that  no  remedy  can  be  found. 

"The  so-called  auction  method  of  selling  is 
not  the  cure  for  monopolistic  sales  practices. 
It  appears  unworkable  from  an  honest,  prac- 
tical point  of  view  and  would  breed  collusion 
and  strife  within  the  industry  and  every 
sale  would  constitute  a  potential  lawsuit. 


The  sale  of  a  picture  for  exhibition  is  not 
comparable  to  the  sale  of  an  ordinary  com- 
modity. In  the  sale  of  a  motion  picture  there 
are  involved  intangibles  not  susceptible  of 

exact  measure." 

Reeve  Asks  Action  on 
Behalf  of  Exhibitors 

A  plea  for  action  on  behalf  of  independent 
theatres  has  been  voiced  by  Henry  Reeve, 
president  of  the  Texas  Theatre  Owners.  In 
a  wire  to  Motion  Picture  Herald,  Mr. 
Reeve  states : 

"While  lawyers  and  organization  leaders 
expound,  10,000  individual  independent 
theatres  suffer  increasingly  from  ever-rising 
rental  demands  day  by  day.  Among  some 
500  signed  protests  filed  in  this  office  by 
Texas  theatres,  I  quote:  'If  the  government 
had  set  out  purposely  to  try  to  hurt  the  in- 
dependents, they  could  not  have  done  a  bet- 
ter job'.  This  from  an  ex-lady  school  teach- 
er operating  in  a  little  Texas  town  with  less 
than  1,000  population.  Thousands  voice  this 
same  truth. 

Is  there  not  something  here  for  the  De- 
partment of  Justice  and  the  court  to  consider 
regardless  of  the  prime  motive  of  the  Gov- 
ernment suit?  Also,  organization  leaders 
should  not  forget  this  element  of  our  indus- 
try, yet  the  Government  says  the  indepen- 
dent should  have  no  voice  in  the  pending 
debacle.  What  price  American  justice? 
And  why  divided  ranks  in  exhibition  in  this 
crisis  ?" 

A  special  meeting  of  the  ATA's  board  of 
directors  was  to  have  been  held  Thursday  to 
consider  matters  of  strategy  and  procedure 
in  intervening  in  the  anti-trust  suit.  It  must 
be  remembered,  however,  that  ATA  plans 
to  intervene  only  on  the  question  of  auction 
selling. 

ATA,  as  has  been  announced,  has  retained 
Thurman  Arnold,  former  Assistant  Attorney 
General  of  the  Department  of  Justice,  in 
charge  of  the  anti-trust  division,  to  repre- 
sent the  Association. 

Illinois  Allied  Meets 
On  Late  Developments 

Thursday,  too,  Jack  Kirsch,  national  Al- 
lied president  and  head  of  the  Illinois  Allied 
group,  was  to  have  held  a  meeting  of  his 
local  organization  to  discuss  the  latest  de- 
velopments in  the  anti-trust  case. 

Mr.  Kirsch  reported  in  Chicago  recently 
that,  to  play  fair  with  independent  exhibi- 
tors, the  Government  in  the  final  consent  de- 
cree, should  work  out  a  selling  plan  based 
on  the  seating  capacity  of  a  theatre,  all  other 
conditions  being  equal.  Mr.  Kirsch  may 
elaborate  on  this  idea  at  the  National  Allied 
convention  in  Boston,  September  16-18. 

Allied  Independent  Theatre  Owners  of 
Eastern  Pennsylvania,  going  on  record  as 


against  auction  bidding  and  for  theatre  di- 
vorcement, stated  in  its  latest  bulletin  that 
"the  court  decision  in  its  final  form  will  not 
be  affected  by  resolutions,  polls,  or  street 
corner  protest.  Only  the  court  itself  .  .  . 
will  decide.  And  ultimately  the  problem 
will  probably  be  decided  in  all  its  aspects  by 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  U.  S.  .  .  .  This 
court  has  shown  that  it  knows  the  motion 
picture  business  and  it  can  smell  a  monopol- 
ist, despite  the  most  skillful  disguise.  Fur- 
thermore, monopolists — both  individual  and 
in  groups — have  received  short  shrift  at  the 
hands  of  the  Supreme  Court.  ..." 

Metro  Trying 
Auction  Sales 
On  One  Picture 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  has  begun  exper- 
imenting with  auction  selling,  it  was  re- 
ported from  the  field  this  week.  The  film 
in  question  is  "Holiday  in  Mexico"  and 
it  is  understood  that  requests  for  bids  on 
the  picture  have  been  sent  to  several  the- 
atres in  Philadelphia.  In  other  situations, 
it  is  reported,  bids  have  been  made  and 
accepted. 

William  F.  Rodgers,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  distribution  for  MGM,  told  his 
sales  staff  in  Chicago  recently  that  the  com- 
pany would  attempt  auction  selling  on  an 
experimental  basis  in  a  limited  number  of 
situations  in  order  to  form  a  basis  for  a 
procedure  for  handling  competitive  bids. 

MGM  is  apparently  still  making  up  its 
mind  on  the  question  of  auction  selling,  but 
Herbert  J.  Yates,  president  of  Republic,  has 
decided  and  he  thinks  the  plan  is  sound. 

In  a  recent  Hollywood  interview,  Mr. 
Yates  told  reporters  that  auction  selling 
would  benefit  the  picture  industry  as  a 
whole  and  Republic  in  particular.  The  Gov- 
ernment's decree,  he  predicted,  would  have 
the  effect  of  putting  the  industry  on  a  sound- 
er basis  and  the  resulting  competition  would 
mean  an  increase  in  profits. 


Vaughan  in  Canadian 
Post  for  Monogram 

Frank  Vaughan  has  been  appointed  assis- 
tant general  manager  of  Monogram  Pictures 
of  Canada.  Mr.  Vaughan  was  for  many 
years  with  Empire  Universal  Films  in  that 
country,  and  more  recently  was  its  Toronto 
branch  manager.  Mr.  Vaughan  succeeds 
Joseph  Plottel,  resigned.  James  T.  Meyers, 
former  San  Francisco  salesman  for  Mono- 
gram, has  been  appointed  its  branch  man- 
ager in  that  city. 

Introduce  Miss  McLeod 

Catherine  McLeod,  star  of  Frank  Bor- 
zage's  Republic  production,  "I've  Always 
Loved  You,"  was  introduced  to  trade  and 
news  writers  at  a  Republic  reception  Tues- 
day afternoon  in  the  Hotel  Sherry-Nether  - 
land,  New  York. 


28 


•MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


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19  COUNTRIES  IN 
CANNES  FESTIVAL 


Exhibition  Sept.  20  to  Oct.  5 
Delayed  by  War;  Three 
Films  from  U.  S.  Set 

Nineteen  countries  will  participate  in  the 
International  Film  Festival  to  be  held  in 
Cannes,  France,  September  20  to  October  5, 
it  was  announced  from  Paris  this  week. 

The  French  Government  originally  invited 
the  foreign  governments  to  participate  in  a 
festival  to  be  held  in  September,  1939.  The 
war,  of  course,  prevented  carrying  out  the 
plans  until  this  year. 

More  than  50  features  and  75  documen- 
taries and  short  subjects  will  be  shown.  Ap- 
proximately half  of  the  features  will  have 
their  first  public  showing  at  the  festival. 

In  Proportion  to  Output 

The  producing  countries  were  asked  to 
submit  features  in  proportion  to  their  total 
production:  10  films  for  the  countries  pro- 
ducing more  than  100  films  during  the  12 
months  preceding  the  festival,  six  films  for 
those  producing  between  50  and  100  features 
in  that  period  and  two  features  for  all  others. 
There  was  no  limit  placed  on  shorts,  docu- 
mentaries or  cartoon  films. 

Each  participating  country  will  appoint 
a  member  of  the  international  jury  which 
will  judge  the  films  and  award  the  prizes. 
None  of  the  jury  members  may  be  a  part  of 
the  film  industry  of  their  country.  Prizes, 
which  will  be  original  paintings  by  French 
artists,  will  be  awarded  to  the  best  feature 
film  of  each  country.  Additionally,  several 
other  prizes  will  be  awarded  to  the  best  di- 
rector, script  writer,  musician,  cameraman, 
actor  and  actress  and  to  the  best  documen- 
tary and  cartoon  films. 

Countries  Represented 

Those  countries  participating  in  the  fes- 
tival and  the  feature  films  they  will  exhibit 
are : 

Argentina,  "La  Dame  Duende,"  "Villa- 
rica  del  Santo";  Belgium,  "Des  Hommes 
comme  les  autres";  Canada,  short  films 
only;  Czechoslovakia,  "L'Etudiant  effronte," 
"Men  Without  Wings";  Denmark,  "Dies 
Irae"  and  "Les  Prairies  Rouges";  Egypt, 
none  announced  as  yet;  Great  Britain,  "The 
Magic  Bow,"  "A  Matter  of  Life  and  Death," 
"Brief  Encounter,"  "The  Captive  Heart," 
"The  -Seventh  Veil"  and  "Caesar  and  Cleo- 
patra" ;  Holland,  short  product  only ;  Italy, 
no  features  announced  as  yet. 

Norway,  short  features  only ;  Mexico, 
"Maria  Candelaria,"  "La  Barraca,"  "Les 
Trois  Mousquetaires,"  "Flor  de  Durazno," 
"Mehe  de  Corner  esa  Tune,"  and  "Campeon 
sin  Corona" ;  Poland,  "Les  Chansons  Inter- 
dites";  Portugal,  "Camoens"  and  "Trois 
Jours  sans  Dieu" ;  Rumania,  no  product  an- 


nounced; Sweden,  "Blod  och  Eld"  and 
.  "Hets";  Switzerland,  short  product  only. 

Russia,  '.'Le  tournant  decisif,"  La  Fleur  de 
Pierre,"  "Salut  Moscou,"  "Croc  Blanc," 
"Glinka,"  "Zoia,"  and  "Matricule  217." 

The  participation  of  the  United  States  has 
not  yet  been  definitely  fixed,  but  three  films 
have  been  announced  for  the  Cannes  show- 
ing. They  are  Warners'  "Rhapsody  in 
Blue,"  Paramount's  "The  Lost  Weekend" 
and  Twentieth  Century-Fox's  "Anna  and  the 
King  of  Siam." 

No  International  Prize 

In  the  interests  of  diplomatic  relations  no 
International  Grand  Prize  will  be  awarded. 
Instead,  the  best  will  be  picked  from  each 
country. 

France  will  exhibit  the  following  films: 
"Symphonie  Pastorale,"  "La  Belle  et  la 
Bete,"  "Bataille  du  Rail,"  "Patrie,"  "Un 
Revenant,"  and  "Le  Pere  Tranquille." 

Having  made  up  its  mind  about  the 
French  festival,  England  has  also  announced 
the  selection  of  seven  features  to  be  shown 
at  the  Festival  of  British  Films  to  be  held 
at  Prague  in  Czechoslovakia  from  Septem- 
ber 27  to  October  11.  They  are:  "Henry 
V,"  "The  Captive  Heart,"  "Brief  Encoun- 
ter," "The  True  Glory,"  "The  Seventh 
Veil,"  "Western  Approaches,"  and  "Caesar 
and  Cleopatra."  A  considerable  delegation, 
headed  by  J.  Arthur  Rank,  plans  to  make 
the  journey  from  London  to  Prague. 


American  Features  Lead 
In  Argentine  Market 

The  Foreign  Commerce  Weekly,  of  the 
U.  S.  Department  of  Commerce  has  report- 
ed that  of  the  452  motion  pictures  shown 
in  Argentina  during  1945,  359  were  from  the 
U.  S.,  49  from  Mexico,  and  16  from  other 
countries.  Domestic  production  accounted 
for  only  28  pictures.  The  weekly  further 
states  that  "an  attempt  was  made  in  1945  to 
show  films  from  the  U.  S.  dubbed  with 
Spanish  dialogue,  but  it  was  found  that  Ar- 
gentine audiences  .  .  .  preferred  pictures 
with  Spanish  subtitles." 


New  York  Film  Deliveries 
Unaffected  by  Strike 

At  midweek  deliveries  of  film  between  ex- 
changes and  theatres  within  New  York  City 
were  unaffected  by  the  trucking  strike  which 
paralyzed  delivery  of  all  other  non-perish- 
able commodities. 

Drivers  for  the  delivery  companies  belong 
to  an  independent  union.  Deliveries  from 
the  city  to  other  points,  however,  were  af- 
fected by  cessation  of  activity  at  Highway 
Express. 

The  strike  was  called  by  the  AFL  Local 
807,  International  Brotherhood  of  Teamsters. 


Anglo-American, 
British  National 
Join  in  Canada 

The  formation  of  Anglo-American  Films, 
Ltd.,  of  Canada,  by  H.  J.  Allen  and  N.  A. 
Taylor  and  Associates  was  announced  in 
Toronto  last  Friday  for  the  exclusive  Ca- 
nadian distribution  franchise  for  current 
product  and  all  pictures  to  be  made  in  the 
next  five  years  from  British  National  Films, 
Ltd.,  and  Anglo-American  Film  Company. 
Louis  Jackson  of  London  and  Daniel  Fran- 
kel  of  New  York  represented  the  English 
companies  in  the  deal  which  united  the  two 
companies. 

First  release  in  Canada  is  "Meet  the 
Navy,"  opening  at  the  Capitol  theatre,  Ot- 
tawa, October  3,  followed  by  engagements 
in  all  leading  Famous  Players'  theatres 
across  Canada.  Other  product  includes 
"Waltz  Time,"  "Lisbon  Story,"  "Latin 
Quarter,"  "Murder  in  Reverse,"  and 
"Laughing  Lady." 

Physical  distribution  will  be  handled  by 
PRC,  Ltd.,  of  Toronto,  of  which  Mr.  Allen 
is  president.  Mr.  Taylor  is  president  of 
Twin-Ex  Theatres  Corporation  which  oper- 
ates the  20th  Century  Theatres  Circuit,  af- 
filiated with  Famous  Players  Canadian  Cor- 
poration. 

This  development  is  the  second  large 
transaction  for  the  distribution  of  British 
product  in  Canada.  A  spokesman  for 
Anglo-American  has  declared  that  prac- 
tically all  British  films  now  have  active  rep- 
resentation in  Canada  through  the  rival  com- 
panies. The  prospect  is  that  a  sharp  divi- 
sion will  be  in  effect  in  the  Dominion  field 
with  Anglo-American  and  Famous  Players 
on  the  one  side  and  Eagle-Lion  and  Ca- 
nadian Odeon,  both  Rank  interests,  on  the 
other. 


Begin  Tradeshowing  of 
MGM  Short  Subjects 

MGM  held  its  first  short  subject  trade 
screening  in  its  exchanges  August  29.  The 
initial  subject  was  Pete  Smith's  "Football 
Thrills."  On  that  date  the  one-reel  subject 
was  screened  at  the  New  York  and  Los  An- 
geles exchanges,  September  3  in  Indianapo- 
lis, September  6  in  Cleveland,  and  elsewhere 
September  5. 


Cancel  Percentage  Films 

RKO  Radio  and  Twentieth  Century-Fox 
have  cancelled  percentage  pictures  in  Rice 
Lake,  Wis.,  following  the  refusal  of  George 
Milner  to  allow  Confidential  Reports  check- 
ers in  his  theatre.  This  action  has  precedent 
in  several  other  similar  cases. 


Brandt  Opens  Atlantic 

The  Atlantic  Playhouse  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  recently  acquired  by  Brandt  Theatres, 
opened  the  first  of  September  with  a  double 
feature  bill  of  pictures  based  on  Italian 
operas. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7.  1946 


And  baseball 
begins  to 
bore  — 


And  they're  fed 
up  with 
swimming— 


tri  rme  to  &/ve  mem 

PETE  SMITH'S 

F  0  OTBA  U 
THRI  US"! 

Ticket- selling  showmanship  means  being  on  the  alert  to 
satisfy  the  public  appetite  when  that  old  football  hunger 
sets  in!  Be  ready  with  the  best— Pete  Smith's  "FOOTBALL 
THRILLS."  For  nine  years  the  public  has  learned  to  watch 
for  his  annual  digest  of  the  nation's  gridiron  classics  from 
Coast  to  Coast.  His  latest  is  simply  terrific!  America's  greatest 
football  stars  in  breath-taking  action  produced  and  narrated 
in  the  breezy,  humorous  manner  of  the  Smith  named  Pete. 
1  Let's  go! 

{Ain't  it  the  truth7.  M-G-Mj  the  Long  and  the  Short  of  it!) 


THE  HOLLYWOOD  SCENE 


Production  Drops  as 
Ten  Are  Completed 
And  Six  Started 


Hollywood  Bureau 

Production  turned  downward  at  Holly- 
wood studios  last  week.  Ten  films  were  fin- 
ished; six  were  started,  which  brought  the 
shooting  index  to  54  from  the  previous  level 
of  58. 

At  MGM,  work  began  on  "The  Romance 
of  Rosy  Ridge,"  based  on  a  soon-to-be-pub- 
lished novel  by  MacKinlay  Kantor.  Jack 
Cummings  is  producing;  Roy  Rowland  di- 
recting. In  the  cast  are  Van  Johnson, 
Thomas  Mitchell,  Dean  Stockwell,  Janet 
Leigh,  Guy  Kibbee  and  Jim  Davis. 

Warners  launched  "Love  and  Learn,"  a 
comedy  whose  cast  includes  Jack  Carson, 
Robert  Hutton,  Martha  Vickers  and  Janis 
Paige.  William  Jacobs  produces ;  Frederick 
de  Cordova  directs. 

Republic's  high-budget  musical,  "Hit 
Parade,"  got  under  way  with  Frank  McDon- 
ald producing  and  directing.  Among  those 
set  for  roles  in  the  large  cast  are  Eddie  Al- 
bert, Constance  Moore,  Gil  Lamb,  Joan  Ed- 
wards, Bill  Goodwin,  Albert  Ruiz,  Woody 
Herman  and  his  orchestra,  as  well  as  cowboy 
star  Roy  Rogers  and  his  horse,  Trigger. 

Fonda  Stars  in  Melodrama 
For  RKO  Radio  Release 

Scheduled  for  RKO  Radio  release  is  "A 
Time  to  Kill,"  a  melodrama  which  Robert 
and  Raymond  Hakim  and  Anatole  Litvak 
are  producing  jointly.  Litvak  is  directing 
as  well.  Set  for  stellar  roles  are  Henry 
Fonda,  Barbara  Bel  Geddes  and  Vincent 
Price. 

Columbia's  new  venture  is  "Alias  Mr. 
Twilight,"  with  Michael  Duane  and  Trudy 
Marshall  in  the  top  roles.  John  Haggott  is 
producing;  John  Sturges  directing. 

At  PRC,  work  started  on  a  Western  titled 
"Stars"  Over  Texas,"  featuring  Eddie  Dean, 
Roscoe  Ates  and  Shirley  Patterson.  Robert 
Tansey  is  the  producer-director. 

Incidental  News  of 
Pictures  and  People 

Howard  Welsch,  who  recently  resigned 
from  Universal,  has  joined  PRC  as  an  ex- 
ecutive producer.  .  .  .  Lewis  Milestone  has 
signed  a  long  term,  exclusive  contract  with 
Enterprise.    The  new  pact,  which  calls  for 


his  services  as  producer  and  director,  will 
go  into  effect  upon  completion  of  "Arch  of 
Triumph."  .  .  .  Sam  Katzman  has  arranged 
to  borrow  George  Sherman  from  Columbia 
to  direct  "Last  of  the  Redmen,"  scheduled 
to  start  shooting  at  an  early  date. 

Loretta  Young,  ordered  by  her  doctor  to 
take  a  two-month  holiday,  has  been  forced 
to  relinquish  the  leading  role  in  "Magic 
Town,"  Robert  Riskin's  first  independent 
production,  which  William  A.  Wellman  will 
direct.  .  .  .  Nancy  Guild  has  been  selected 
to  co-star  with  Victor  Mature  in  Gene 
Markey's  forthcoming  production  for  20th 
Century-Fox,  "My  Heart  Tells  Me."  This 
is  the  story  which  Markey  wrote  under  the 
title  "No  Wedding  Ring,"  and  which  was 
for  a  short  time .  called  "I  Live  Alone." 
Gregory  Ratoff  will  direct  the  film. 

Sherry  Sherwood,  18-year-old  blonde  from 
Washington,  D.  C,  is  the  winner  in  Charles 
R.  Rogers'  contest  to  find  a  girl  for  a  sing- 
ing spot  in  "The  Fabulous  Dorseys."  .  .  . 
Hugo  Haas  has  been  signed  for  a  top  role 
in  Republic's  musical  romance,  "Will  To- 
morrow Ever  Come,"  co-starring  Nelson 
Eddy  and  Ilona  Massey.  Allan  Dwan  is  the 
producer-director.  .  .  .  Jerry  Thomas  has 
been  promoted  to  the  post  of  producer  at 
PRC. 

Backer  and  Stahl  to  Work 
On  "The  Walls  of  Jericho" 

William  Bacher  and  John  Stahl,  producer 
and  director,  respectively,  of  the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox success,  "Leave  Her  to  Heaven," 
will  work  together  again  on  "The  Walls  of 
Jericho,"  forthcoming  film  version  of  Paul 
Wellman's  new  novel.  The  story  deals  with 
the  efforts  of  a  scheming  wife  to  break  up  a 
lifelong  friendship  of  her  husband's  in  order 
to  further  her  own  political  and  social  ambi- 
tions. .  .  .  Ray  Enright  has  been  signed  to 
direct  "Albuquerque,"  Pine-Thomas  produc- 
tion for  Paramount,  in  which  Randolph 
Scott  will  star. 

As  soon  as  Bette  Davis'  current  starring 
vehicle,  for  Warners,  "Deception,"  is  com- 
pleted, director  Irving  Rapper  will  leave  for 
London  to  look  for  new  talent  and  story 
properties.  .  .  .  Herbert  Spencer,  composer 
and  conductor,  and  not  to  be  confused  with 
the  famed  English  philosopher  of  the  same 


name,  has  had  his  20th  Century-Fox  con- 
tract extended.  He  is  currently  arranging 
the  musical  score  for  "Carnival  in  Costa 
Rica." 

Seymour  Nebenzal  has  engaged  Stuart 
Erwin  for  a  top  role  in  "Heaven  Only 
Knows,"  which  Albert  S.  Rogell  is  slated 
to  direct.  .  .  .  Joyce  Reynolds,  the  original 
"Janie,"  has  rejoined  Warners  after  a  year 
of  retirement.  .  .  .  William  Clemens  has  been 
signed  by  Columbia  to  direct  "The  Hunter 
Is  a  Fugitive,"  next  in  the  studio's  "Whist- 
ler" series  of  melodramas  Rudolph  Flothow 
will  produce.  .  .  .  Jane  Novak,  star  of  many 
silent  films,  will  return  to  the  screen  in  a 
featured  role  in  Hal  Wallis'  current  Para- 
mount production,  "Desert  Town." 

Reed  and  White  Have  Roles 
In  "Banjo,"  RKO  Release 

Walter  Reed  and  Jacqueline  White  have 
been  assigned  the  romantic  leads  in  "Banjo," 
RKO  Radio  picture,  which  will  star  nine- 
year-old  Sharyn  Moffett.  .  .  .  Gilbert  Roland, 
long  identified  with  Monogram's  "Cisco 
Kid"  series,  will  portray  a  discharged  army 
officer  in  "Operation  Cynthia,"  which  Jeff- 
rey Bernerd  will  produce.  .  .  • .  Enterprise 
has  obtained  the  services  of  Roman  Bohnen 
for  a  key  role  in  "Arch  of  Triumph."  .  .  . 
Dame  May  Whitty  will  play  the  role  of  Es- 
ther Williams'  mother  in  "This  Time  for 
Keeps,"  currently  shooting  at  MGM. 

Actor  Humphrey  Bogart,  Director  John 
Huston  and  Producer  Henry  Blanke,  the 
trio  who  made  "The  Maltese  Falcon"  will 
work  together  again  on  "The  Treasure  of 
Sierra  Madre"  for  Warners.  .  .  .  Hunt 
Stromberg  has  acquired  the  French  mystery 
story,  "Personal  Column,"  which  was  form- 
erly owned  by  James  Nasser  and  Henry 
Kesler.  George  Sanders  will  be  starred,  and 
Nasser  and  Kesler  will  work  in  cooperation 
with  Stromberg  on  the  production.  .  .  . 
Joseph  Mankiewicz  will  direct  the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox film  version  of  "The  Ghost  and 
Mrs.  Muir,"  starring  Gene  Tierney  and  Rex 
Harrison. 

"Pike's  Peak,"  Original,  Is 
Planned  by  Republic 

Pike's  Peak,"  an  original  story  by  Gerald 
Geraghty,  has  been  purchased  by  Republic 
as  a  starring  vehicle  for  William  Elliott. 
Joe  Kane  will  produce  and  direct.  .  .  . 
Charles  Coburn  will  portray  "Mr.  James 
Laurence,"  next-door  neighbor  of  the  March 
girls,  in  David  O.  Selznick's  film  version  of 
"Little  Women,"  whose  cast  will  also  include 
Jennifer  Jones,  Bambi  Lynn,  Diana  Lynn, 
Anne  Revere  and  Philip  Friend.  .  .  .  RKO 
Radio  plans  to  remake  "Stage  Door,"  and 
Warren  Duff  has  been  assigned  to  produce. 
....  Director  Alfred  Werker  has  been 
signed  to  a  long  term  contract  by  Eagle 
Lion. 


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COMPLETED 

COLUMBIA 

Over  the  Santa  Fe 

Trail 
Dead  Reckoning 
MONOGRAM 
Mr.  Hex 
The  Trap 
PRC 

Tumbleweed  Trail 
RKO  RADIO 
San  Quentin 
REPUBLIC 

Oregon  Trail  Scouts 
SCREEN  GUILD 
My  Dog  Shep 

(Golden  Gate) 
20TH  CENTURY. FOX 
13  Rue  Madeleine 


UNITED  ARTISTS 

Adventures  of  Don 
Coyote  (Comet) 

STARTED 

COLUMBIA 

Alias  Mr.  Twilight 

MGM 

Romance   of  Rosy 
Ridge 

PRC 

Stars  over  Texas 
RKO  RADIO 
A  Time  to  Kill 
(Hakim-Litvak) 

REPUBLIC 

Hit  Parade 
WARNERS 

Love  and  Learn 


SHOOTING 

COLUMBIA 

Mr.  District  Attorney 
My  Empty  Heart 
Johnny  O'Clock 
Blondie's  Big  Moment 

EAGLE  LION 

Devil  Drives 
It's  a  Joke,  Son 

INDEPENDENT 

Fabulous  Joe  (Roach) 
Arch  of  Triumph 
(Enterprise) 

MGM 

Merton  of  the  Movies 
It  Happened  in 
Brooklyn 


Life's  for  the  Loving 
Arnelo  Affair 
This  Time  for  Keeps 
Summer  Holiday 
Unfinished  Dance 

MONOGRAM 

Ginger 

Draw  When  You're 

Ready 
It  Happened  on  Fifth 

Avenue 

PARAMOUNT 

Desert  Town 

(Wallis) 
Dear  Ruth 
Golden  Earrings 
My  Favorite  Brunette 
Emperor  Waltz 
Unconquered 


RKO  RADIO 

They  Won't  Believe 

Me 
Trail  Street 
Bachelor  and  the 

Bobby- Soxer 
Katie  for  Congress 

REPUBLIC 

Apache  Rose 

20TH  CENTURY- FOX 

I  Wonder  Who's 

Kissing  Her  Now 
Bob,  Son  of  Battle 
Homestretch 
Brasher  Doubloon 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

Whispering  Walls 
(Hopalong  Cassidy) 


Vendetta  (California) 
Carnegie  Hall 
(Federal) 

Fabulous  Dorseys 

(Rogers) 
Miracle  Can  Happen 

( Bogeaus-Meredith) 
Monsieur  Verdoux 

(Chaplin) 

UNIVERSAL- 
INTERNATIONAL 

I'll  Be  Yours 
Flame  of  Tripoli 

WARNERS 

Possessed 
Deception 

Pursued  (U.  S. 
Pictures) 


FOLK  LORE  AND  FOLK  MUSIC  BASIC 
FREED  FORMULA  FOR  MUSICALS 


by  WILLIAM  R.  WEAVER 

Hollywood  Editor 

There's  no  fixed  formula  or  static  theory 
for  making  hit  musicals,  and  if  there  were  a 
failure-proof  prescription  it  wouldn't  be  fail- 
ure-proof long  because  everybody  would  use 
it,  says  MGM's  Arthur  Freed  in  over-all 
reply  to  a  blanket  question  asked  him  across 
his  half-acre  desk  in  the  studio's  marble  ex- 
ecutive mansion. 

Then  the  producer,  whose  "Meet  Me  in 
St.  Louis"  tops  all  the  top-grossing  musicals 
turned  out  by  a  studio  that  gets  its  biggest 
returns  from  films  in  that  category,  goes 
into  particulars  about  the  policy  which,  he 
believes,  is  at  present  and  for  the  predictable 
future  the  most  reliable  assurance  that  a 
musical  costing  millions  to  make  will  make 
millions  for  its  makers  by  making  millions 
of  people  happy. 

In  a  word,  which  is  over-simplifying  the 
matter,  the  Freed  idea,  exemplified  in  "Meet 
Me  in  St.  Louis"  and  more  recently  in  "The 
Harvey  Girls,"  is  that  American  folk  music, 
plus  the  folk  lore  that  goes  with  it,  yields 
the  most  universally  appealing,  interesting 
and  satisfying  musical.  It  is  material  known 
by  and  beloved  of  the  whole  population,  and 
its  values  are  not  transient. 

Of  Utmost  Importance 

This  last  is  of  utmost  practical  importance, 
he  points  out,  when  a  producer  sets  out  to 
invest  millions  in  a  production  that  will  not 
reach  the  screen  for  about  18  months  after 
the  script  is  started,  due  to  the  immensity  of 
the  actual  preparation  of  sets,  costumes,  score 
and  other  essentials,  plus  the  inevitable  long 
wait  for  Technicolor  prints.  Musicals  de- 
pendent solely  on  popular  tunes  or  trends 
of  the  moment  can  do  an  awful  lot  of  lan- 
guishing on  the  vine  in  that  long  a  period, 


AS  HERBERT  J.  YATES,  president  of  Republic, 
was  honored  August  24,  at  the  Hollywood 
studio,  on  his  birthday:  Mr.  Yates,  left. 
receives  a  gift  from  Allen  Wilson,  vice- 
president,  at  the  studio  party. 


whereas  a  film  keyed  to  a  permanent  fixture 
of  American  culture  does  not  deteriorate. 

This  conversation  takes  place  as  the  pro- 
ducer, having  completed  the  story  of  the  late 
Jerome  Kern's  career  and  works  under  the 
title  of  "'Till  the  Clouds  Roll  By,"  is  en- 
gaged in  making  a  musical  version  of  Eu- 
gene O'Neil's  "Ah  Wilderness"  under  the 
title  of  "Summer  Holiday,"  and  on  the  day 
he  is  to  confer  with  composer  Cole  Porter, 
writers  Albert  Hackett  and  Frances  Good- 
rich and  director  Vincent  Minelli  concern- 
ing his  next  undertaking,  "The  Pirate," 
from  the  S.  N.  Behrman  stage  production. 
If  the  18-month  rule  holds  in  this  case,  that 
will  be  an  MGM  musical  of  early  1948. 

On  the  Freed  agenda  for  production  some 


time  after  "The  Pirate"  is  completed  are 
such  all- American  subjects  as  Edna  Fer- 
ber's  "Cimarron"  and  Mark  Twain's 
"Huckleberry  Finn."  Time  in  its  passing 
isn't  going  to  stale  those  enterprises. 

But  the  mere  selection  of  a  subject  with  its 
roots  deep  in  the  nation's  past  is  by  no  means 
a  guarantee  of  a  hit  musical,  the  producer 
underscores.  Great  music,  some  new  to  go 
with  the  old,  is  a  prime  essential,  and  that 
essential  requires  the  working  presence  of 
great  composers.  Decor  and  investiture  re- 
quire the  best  of  available  talents  (producer 
Freed  brings  them  out  from  Broadway  and 
gives  them  as  long  as  a  year  to  learn  cinema 
techniques  before  undertaking  a  project) 
and  the  stars  of  the  picture  must  be  stars 
gifted  and  trained  in  the  requirements  of  the 
musical  form,  not  merely  big  name  players 
given  a  song  to  sing  or  a  dance  to  do,  some- 
times with  other  performers'  voices  and  legs. 

Past  Paved  with  Blunders 

The  past  is  paved  with  this  latter  type  of 
blunder,  as  everybody  knows  sorrowfully, 
but  the  rise  of  such  personalities  as  Judy 
Garland,  Gene  Kelly,  Gloria  DeHaven  and 
Kathryn  Grayson  has  made  life  a  bit  easier 
for  producers  of  musicals. 

Producer  Freed  remarks  that  musicals 
take  much  longer  to  produce  and  cost  much 
more  than  other  pictures,  but  also  yield  more 
revenue.  He  adds  the  incidental  observation 
that,  although  he's  by  no  means  ever  going 
to  make  a  picture  for  the  purpose  of  deliver- 
ing a  message  or  achieving  a  propaganda 
end,  a  good  musical  which  has  the  Ameri- 
can scene  and  scheme  of  living  as  its  basis 
or  background  is  the  most  successful  and 
satisfactory  ambassador  of  American  democ- 
racy to  the  world-at-large. 


To  Set  Up  Eastern  Office 

Joseph  Bernhard,  president  of  United 
States  Pictures,  and  Donald  Hyde,  executive 
assistant  to  Milton  Sperling,  vice-president, 
will  set  up  a  New  York  organization  for  the 
company,  which  will  soon  release  its  first 
production,  "Cloak  and  Dagger,"  through 
Warner  Brothers. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946  ,  33 


ALBANY 

Buying  and  selling  under  the  auction  plan, 
to  which  the  current  offering  of  single  pic- 
tures to  exhibitors  is  a  leadup,  remains  the 
principal  topic  of  conversation  in  local  in- 
dustry circles.  Endless  discussions  of  how  the 
plan  will  operate  and  who  will  benefit  most 
are  held.  .  .  .  Film  Row  top  men  turned  out 
en  masse  for  the  cocktail  party  which  Myer 
and  Louis  Schine  gave  in  their  Ten  Eyck 
Hotel,  at  the  end  of  a  day  in  which  Schine 
Mohawk  Valley  zone  managers  discussed  the 
circuit's  post  war  silver  jubilee  celebration 
on  September  8  to  October  5.  The  Warner 
and  Fabian  circuits  also  were  represented  at 
the  festivities.  Sidney  Deneau,  new  head 
of  theatre  operations  for  Schine  and  one- 
time buyer  and  booker  in  the  Fabian  offices 
here,  renewed  acquaintances. 

Variety  Club  members  attended  the  final 
day's  exercises  at  the  Variety-Albany  Boys' 
Club  Camp  on  Thompson  Lake  in  the  Held- 
erbergs.  Chief  Barker  Charles  A.  Smakwitz 
headed  the  party.  Three  hundred  kids  from 
the  city  streets  had  two  weeks'  free  vaca- 
tions this  summer,  the  fourth  in  which  the 
Variety  Club  acted  as  co-sponsor.  The  Vari- 
ety Club  has  spent  $20,000  in  modernizing 
and  expanding  the  camp.  A  number  of  ad- 
ditions for  next  season  are  planned.  .  .  .  John 
M.  Moran,  who  conducted  the  Coxsackie 
Opera  House  in  the  silent  days,  is  new  own- 
er of  the  Uptown  in  Rensselaer.  He  bought 
the  small  house,  originally  the  home  of  a  vol- 
unteer fire  company,  from  William  E.  Feath- 
er ly,  its  operator  since  1940.  Moran  will 
make  changes  in  appointments  and  equip- 
ment. 


ATLANTA 

Most  of  the  theatres  are  doing  better  this 
week.  Major  attractions  and  favorable 
weather  are  combined  to  draw  the  crowd. 
.  .  .  R.  T.  Moody  announces  the  sale  of  his 
Ellaville  theatre,  Ellaville,  Ga.,  to  J.  D.  Set- 
ten.  .  .  .  Hinton  Bradbury,  film  editor  of 
the  Jacksonville  Journal,  was  a  visitor  in 
Atlanta  at  the  Variety  Club.  .  .  .  N.  E.  Sa- 
vini,  southern  division  manager  of  Astor 
Pictures,  New  York,  back  from  a  vacation 
spent  in  Hiawassee,  Ga.  .  .  .  Abe  Solomon, 
president  of  the  Independent  Theatre  Com- 
pany, Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  and  E.  F.  Ing- 
ham, Ashland  and  Lineville,  Ala.,  were  on 
Film  Row. 

William  Zoellner,  former  branch  man- 
ager of  MGM,  now  head  of  the  reprint  de- 
partment in  New  York,  paid  the  local  office 
a  visit  on  his  way  to  New  Orleans  and 
Dallas.  .  .  .  Howard  Wallace,  local  branch 
manager  of  Sack  Amusement  Company,  vis- 
iting the  Carolinas  on  business. 

BALTIMORE 

A  friendly  discussion  between  representa- 
tives of  the  Operators'  Union,  Local  181, 
A.F.L.,  and  the  MPTO  of  Maryland  regard- 
ing new  contracts  took  place  Thursday,  Au- 
gust 23,  and  new  contracts  were  signed.  .  .  . 
Maxwell  Weinberg  of  the  New  York  office 
of  MGM,  visited  Baltimore.  He  formerly 
handled  publicity  and  advertising  for  the 
Hicks'  Circuit  here.  .  .  .  Alfred  Bevan,  25 
years  at  Keith's,  died  last  week.  .  .  .  Balti- 
more Variety  Club,  Tent  No.  19,  of  which 
William  K.  Saxton  is  chief  barker,  enter- 
tained George  Marshall,  owner  of  the  Wash- 
ington Redskins,  at  dinner.    Guests  includ- 


ing William  Baskerville  and  Roger  Pippen 
of  News-Post ;  Paul  Menton  and  Jesse 
Linthicum  of  Sunpapcrs  and  Carter  Barron 
from  Washington. 

BOSTON 

"Henry  V,"  the  'Technicolor  production 
starring  Laurence  Olivier  and  members  of 
London's  famed  Old  Vic  Company,  is  now 
in  its  22nd  week  at  the  Esquire  theatre. 
Running  for  six  months  with  no  end  in 
sight,  the  picture  has  broken  all  length-of- 
run  records  for  any  film  in  Boston.  .  .  .  The 
Old  South  theatre,  which  has  been  featuring 
Italian  films  lately,  is  playing  "Carnival  of 
Venice"  and  "Ave  Maria"  as  co-feature  this 
week.  .  .  .  Dick  Haymes  broke  all  box  of- 
fice records  at  the  RKO  theatre  last  week. 
Making  his  only  personal  appearance  en- 
gagement in  the  east  this  year,  he  did  two 
extra  shows  the  last  day.  .  .  .  Harry  Mar- 
tin, Universale  New  Haven  branch  man- 
ager, is  going  to  Washington,  D.  C.  for 
Universal.  .  .  .  Art  Greenfield,  Universal 
salesman  for  Boston  office,  will  be  branch 
manager  in  New  Haven. 

CHICAGO 

Johnny  Jones,  president  of  Screen  Guild 
Productions  and  head  of  Jones,  Linick  and 
Schaefer,  will  return  from  Hollywood  Octo- 
ber 8,  at  which  time  his  brother  and  busi- 
ness associate(  Aaron,  will  leave  for  an  ex- 
tended vacation.  .  .  .  Paul  Regan,  comedian 
who  appeared  in  several  Metro  pictures,  will 
be  a  feature  of  the  Oriental  theatre  stage 
revue  starting  September  12.  .  .  .  Anthony 
Serritella,  theatre  broker,  left  for  Hollywood 
on  a  combined  business  and  vacation  trip. 
.  .  .  Catherine  McLeod,  local  actress  and  star 
of  Republic's  "I've  Always  Loved  You," 
was  guest  of  honor  at  a  press  party  given 
for  her  by  Balaban  and  Katz  at  the  Ambas- 
sador East  Hotel  Thursday.  The  picture, 
incidentally,  is  the  first  Republic  feature  to 
play  to  a  95-cent,  all-day  admission  at  the 
Apollo.  .  .  .  Lou  Orlove,  Metro's  press  chief 
in  Milwaukee,  was  a  local  visitor.  .  .  .  The 
RKO  Palace  will  switch  to  single  features 
during  the  weeks  it  will  play  stage  revues, 
following  the  policy  now  in  effect  at  the 
RKO  Palace  in  Cleveland.  .  .  . 

W.  E.  (Doc)  Banford,  Metro's  branch 
manager,  left  the  hospital  and  is  currently 
vacationing  in  French  Lick  Springs,  Ind.  .  .  . 


Great  States  executives  will  attend  the  con- 
vention of  United  Theatre  Owners  of  Illi- 
nois in  Springfield,  September  17  and  18. 
.  .  .  "Holiday  Inn"  and  "Anchors  Aweigh" 
are  being  reissued  in  the  neighborhoods.  .  .  . 
The  State  Street  Council  will  cooperate  with 
Balaban  and  Katz  during  the  circuit's  cele- 
bration of  the  Chicago  theatre's  25th  anni- 
versary in  October. 

CINCINNATI 

The  Heart  Committee  of  the  local  Variety 
Club  sponsored  a  booth  at  the  Charity 
Bazaar  of  the  St.  Mary  Hospital,  using  54 
members,  working  in  three  shifts  of  nine 
men  each.  .  .  .  The  1,500-seat  Keith  theatre, 
recently  acquired  by  Cincinnati  Playhouse, 
Inc.,  subsidiary  of  the  City  Investing  Co., 
New  York,  the  only  local  independent  house 
to  play  first  run  product,  will  close  late  in 
September  for  a  $75,000  remodeling  pro- 
gram. .  .  .  The  local  legitimate  season  will 
get  under  way  September  9  with  "The  Glass 
Menagerie,"  starring  Pauline  Lord,  as  the 
first  attraction. 

Florence  Kipp,  manager  of  the  RKO 
Lyric,  is  vacationing  Florida  and  Cuba,  ac- 
companied by  her  secretary,  Helen  Hastings, 
who,  at  the  conclusion  of  the  trip  will  per- 
manently join  her  brother,  William  T.  Hast- 
ings, recently  transferred  as  manager  of  the 
RKO  Grand  here,  to  a  similar  post  at  the 
Orpheum,  in  Denver.  .  .  .  Quips  Arthur 
Frudenfeld,  RKO  division  manager,  who 
was  confined  to  Christ  Hospital  somewhat 
longer  than  expected  following  two  surgical 
operations:  "It  was  an  extended  run  of  a 
double  feature."  .  .  .  Milton  Silver,  manager 
of  the  Northio  Sorg  theatre,  in  Middletown, 
Ohio,  is  vacationing  in  Hot  Springs,  Ark. 

CLEVELAND 

Charles  Raymond  returned  from  a  10- 
month  leave  of  absence  to  resume  his  posi- 
tion as  district  manager  in  charge  of  Loew 
theatres.  .  .  .  Nate  Schultz,  Monogram 
franchise  owner,  has  set  "I've  Always  Loved 
You"  into  Loew's  State  starting  September 
9.  .  .  .  George  W.  Erdmann,  secretary  of 
the  Cleveland  Motion  Picture  Exhibitors  As- 
sociation is  convalescing  from  an  illness  at 
Sunny  Acres  Sanitorium,  Cleveland.  .  .  . 
Visual  Communications,  Inc.,  distributors  of 
RCA  sound  equipment,  has  acquired  the  16 
mm  version  of  March  of  Time  for  all  Ohio. 
.  .  .  Mrs.  Frank  R.  Anderson,  5-time  presi- 
dent of  the  Motion  Picture  Council  of 
Greater  Cleveland,  will  be  guest  speaker  at 
the  October  8  meeting  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Council  of  Washington,  D.  C.  .  .  .  Meyer 
Fine,  John  D.  Kalafat,  M.  B.  Horwitz  and 
Ernest  Schwartz,  president  of  the  Cleveland 
Motion  Picture  Exhibitors  Association,  will 
attend  the  national  Allied  convention  in 
Boston.  .  .  .  Ray  Brown,  Jr.,  transfers  from 
manager  of  the  Haltnorth  theatre,  Cleve- 
land, to  manager  of  the  Falls  theatre,  Cuya- 
hoga Falls,  succeeding  Earl  MacBride,  who 
resigned  after  18  years  as  manager,  to  go  to 
the  west  coast. 

COLUMBUS 

Labor  Day  weekend  meant  a  box  office 
slump,  with  thousands  of  holiday-bound  on 
the  roads  for  the  last  fling  of  the  summer 
season.  .  .  .  The  legitimate  season  opens 
September  16  at  the  Hartman  with  a  three- 
day  run  of  "The  Glass  Menagerie"  starring 

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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


WITH 

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Movie  Life 
Movies 

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Modern  Screen 
Movieland 
Photoplay 
Screen  Guide 
Seventeen 
Screen  Romances 
Screen  Stars 
Mechanix  Illustrated 
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(Continued  from  page  34) 

Pauline  Lord  followed  by  a  split-week  date 
for  "Life  With  Father."  .  .  .  This  year's 
Ohio  State  Fair  was  the  greatest  money- 
making'  exposition  in  the  92-year  history  of 
the  fair,  with  252,168  persons  paying  $300,- 
000  for  admission.  .  .  .  Joe  Holleran,  former 
Loew  assistant  in  Dayton,  Indianapolis  and 
Columbus,  is  now  managing  the  Beechwold 
of  the  Academy  circuit. 

Bud  Kissel,  theatre  editor  of  the  Citizen, 
used  to  be  a  tennis  professional.  He  was 
pro  for  the  Columbus  Tennis  Club  not  so 
long  ago.  .  .  .  Columbus  friends  of  Arthur 
Egberts,  former  Ohio  manager,  are  con- 
gratulating him  on  his  recent  promotion  to 
chief  of  theatre  operations  for  Loew's  Inter- 
national. .  .  .  Members  of  Tent  No.  2, 
Columbus  Variety  Club,  were  invited  to  in- 
spect the  handsome  New  Dutch  Room  of 
Mills  19  Restaurant  which  opened  Thurs- 
day. 

DALLAS 

A  rainy  spell  didn't  dampen  theatre-goers' 
appetite  for  their  favorite  entertainment. 
"Courage  of  Lassie"  drew  a  good  $16,500  at 
the  Palace,  and  "Our  Hearts  Were  Growing 
Up"  plus  a  vaudeville  show  featuring  Patsy 
Kelly  got  $22,500.  .  .  .  Employees  of  the 
Twentieth  Century-Fox  exchange  had  a  full 
house  at  their  annual  picnic.  .  .  .  Al  Kane, 
Paramount's  district  manager  in  Boston  who 
is  co-chairman  of  the  company's  34th  Anni- 
versary drive  held  a  meeting  with  Para- 
mount sales  force  here  this  week.  .  .  . 
Kerteis  L.  Brown  of  Interstate's  general  of- 
fice in  Dallas  is  the  father  of  a  six-pound, 
eight-ounce  daughter,  Cherri  Suzette.  .  .  . 
Ed  Green  is  the  new  branch  manager  for 
Favorite  Films,  newest  exchange  to  be  es- 
tablished here. 

DENVER 

At  least  15  theatres  in  the  Denver  terri- 
tory have  closed  because  of  polio,  some  un- 
der orders  of  health  boards  and  others  to  do 
some  remodeling  and  redecorating  at  a  time 
when  business  was  off.  ...  J.  J.  Morgan,  co- 
manager,  and  Louise  Ferguson,  office  mana- 
ger, got  20-year  service  pins  as  part  of  Na- 
tional Theatre  Supply  Company  20-year  cele- 
bration. .  .  .  B.  D.  Stoner,  San  Francisco, 
district  manager,  and  Alex  Harrison,  divi- 
sion booker,  20th  Century-Fox,  in  Denver 
attending  luncheon  of  exchange  staff  and 
complimented  branch  on  landing  first  place 
in  division  managers'  drive.  .  .  .  Chet  Bell, 
Paramount  branch  manager,  recuperating 
at  home  from  operation.  Lon  T.  Fidler, 
Monogram  franchise  owner,  visiting  his 
Salt  Lake  City  exchange.  .  .  .  Bohannon 
Bros,  hope  to  have  their  new  450-seat, 
I  $30,000  theatre,  the  Bohannon,  in  Hatch, 
X.  M.,  open  by  October  1.  .  .  .  Robert  Pat- 
rick, who  recently  took  over  the  Frederick, 
j  Frederick,  Colo.,  has  opened  an  office  in 
|  Denver  as  the  Central  Booking  Co.  .  .  .  Len 
Gruenberg,  district  manager  RKO,  returns 
from  Salt  Lake  City  visit. 

PES  MOINES 

Theatre  attendance  showed  a  marked  de- 
crease with  the  first  Iowa  state  fair  since 
the  war  drawing  record  crowds  to  the  fair 
grounds.  A  crew  from  Warner  Brothers 
studios  was  here  for  the  full  eight  days 
|  making  Technicolor  pictures  for  a  short. 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


Saul  Elkins  was  director  of  the  fair  picture. 
.  .  .  Deposits  in  Iowa's  552  state  banks  are 
six  times  greater  than  they  were  at  the  low 
point  in  June.  1934,  figures  compiled  from 
the  latest  bank  call  showed  last  week.  At 
the  same  time,  records  show  that  Iowa 
scored  strong  income  gains  in  1945  over  the 
preceding  year,  both  with  respect  to  indi- 
viduals and  state  totals.  .  .  .  Ben  Marcus, 
Columbia  district  manager,  and  J.  E.  Garri- 
son, Universal  district  manager,  were  visi- 
tors at  the  exchanges  in  Des  Moines  last 
week.  .  .  .  Three  new  employees  began  their 
work  on  the  Row  last  week  .  .  .  they  are 
Eloise  Kamra,  Universal  and  Arlene  James 
and  lone  Dockan,  Paramount.  ...  A  cock- 
tail party  was  held  at  Hotel  Fort  Des 
Moines  last  Mondav  for  the  Warner  crew 
from  Hollywood  and  Film  Row  executives 
and  representatives  of  the  press  and  radio. 

DETROIT 

Coffers  of  the  Wayne  County  Cancer 
Fund  were  swelled  by  the  highly  successful 
Detroit  Lions  football  game  sponsored  by 
Variety  Tent  No.  25  at  University  of  De- 
troit Stadium  Saturday  night.  Top  civic  and 
governmental  leaders,  as  well  as  stage  and 
screen  stars  were  among  the  20,000  on  hand. 
Chief  barker  Arvid  Kantor  was  well  pleased 
with  the  results  despite  the  fact  that  his  box 
was  directly  behind  a  huge  floodlight  pole. 
The  game  may  become  an  annual  event.  .  .  . 
Don  and  Mrs.  Shook  are  completing  plans 
for  a  South  American  tour.  Don  recently 
sold  his  Eastwood  theatre  to  Irving  Belinski, 
who  operates  the  Clawson,  Arcadia,  and 
Franklin  theatres.  After  the  trip,  Don  will 
join  his  brother  Roy  in  management  of  the 
Shores  and  MC  theatres. 

When  W.  R.  Martin  of  Butterfield  The- 
atres promised  to  give  two  free  tickets  for 
each  act  of  good  driving  and  courtesy  to- 
ward pedestrians  in  Greenville,  his  novel 
safety  idea  was  picked  up  by  virtually  every 
newspaper  in  Michigan,  as  well  as  by  the 
wire  services.  So  far,  he  has  shelled  out 
60  pairs  of  tickets.  .  .  .  W.  E.  Bunker,  navy 
veteran  formerly  with  the  Michigan  theatre, 
Lansing,  has  been  appointed  manager  of 
the  Gladmer,  replacing  Stanley  Peck,  who  is 
on  relief  management  for  Butterfield  houses. 
.  .  .  Ralph  Schuylor  is  manager  of  the  new. 
Swartz  Creek  theatre  owned  by  Earl  An- 
nett.  .  .  .  Harold  Shaw  of  Flint  and  Joseph 
Papiez,  Detroit,  have  opened  their  new 
Tilden  theatre,  built  on  the  site  of  the  for- 


mer Europa  theatre  in  Flint.  .  .  .  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Steve  Paluch  are  installing  new  air 
conditioning  unit  in  their  Silhouette  theatre. 
Perry.  .  .  .  Work  is  under  way  on  Albert 
Wakeman's  new  theatre  at  Frankenmuth. 

HARTFORD 

The  E.  L.  Realty  Corporation  has  opened 
the  new  Lord  theatre  on  the  site  of  the 
former  Strand,  Norwich,  Conn.  Construc- 
tion got  under  way  a  year  ago.  Joseph  Corn- 
rack,  Pauline  Comrack,  and  Edward  Lord 
are  associated  in  the  Norwich  firm.  .  .  . 
Jesse  L.  Clark,  Paramount  Theatres,  Tampa, 
Fla.,  supervisor,  and  Mrs.  Clark  have  re- 
turned south  following  a  visit  here  with 
Walter  B.  Lloyd  of  the  M&P  Allyn  and 
Mrs.  Lloyd.  .  .  .  Nathan  Yamins,  New  Eng- 
land theatre  operator,  and  Mrs.  Yamins 
have  announced  the  engagement  of  their 
daughter,  Dorothy  '  Frances,  to  Edward 
Warren  Lider  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.  .  .  . 
Lt.  Joseph  Goldstein,  son  of  Nathan  E. 
Goldstein,  well-known  in  New  England  film 
circles,  and  Mrs.  Goldstein,  has  arrived  in 
the  U.  S.  from  Japan  on  terminal  leave 
prior  to  separation  from  service.  .  .  .  B.  E. 
Hoffman  of  the  Warner  circuit  New  Eng- 
land zone,  New  Haven,  is  on  the  Elm  City's 
Community  Chest  volunteer  budget  service 
committee.  .  .  .  State  amusement  taxes  fell 
from  $10,870  in  July,  1945,  to  $8,524  in 
July  of  this  year,  Tax  Commissioner  Walter 
W.  Walsh  reported  in  Hartford  this  week. 

INDIANAPOLIS 

•  A  strong  factor  in  the  box  office  picture 
here  this  week  is  the  Indiana  state  fair,  first 
since  1941.  Hoagy  Carmichael,  Olsen  and 
Johnson  and  Herb  Shriner  were  here  for 
the  opening  jamboree.  .  .  .  Exhibitors  are 
wondering  what  effect  a  five-day  week,  with 
Monday  closing,  to  be  adopted  this  month 
by  seven  leading  downtown  stores,  will  have 
on  business.  .  .  .  George  Landis,  20th-Fox 
branch  manager,  will  celebrate  his  25th  an- 
niversary with  the  company  September  6. 
.  .  .  Marc  Wolf  and  Al  Blocher  of  Y  and  W 
decorated  the  window  at  National  Theatre 
Supply  with  prizes  for  the  Variety  Club's 
September  16  golf  tournament.  .  .  .  William 
Rosenthal,  local  circuit  operator,  has  gone 
to  Florida  for  hay  fever  relief.  .  .  .  Ray- 
mond Thomas  resigned  as  booker  at  Para- 
mount to  become  office  manager  at  United 
Artists.  Robert  Rigsbee,  formerly  in  the 
MGM  booking  department,  is  Paramount's 
new  booker.  .  .  .  Maurice  Rubin,  Michigan 
City ;  Mrs.  Eva  Harrison,  Zionsville ;  C.  C. 
Wallace,  Thorntown ;  Roy  Bailes,  Elwood : 
William  McNabb,  Mooresville;  S.  W.  Good- 
man, New  Harmony  and  A.  B.  Thompson, 
North  Vernon,  were  among  the  state  ex- 
hibitors seen  on  the  row  last  week. 

KANSAS  CITY 

Schools  in  several  communities  of  West- 
ern Missouri  and  Eastern  Kansas  will  open 
a  week  later  than  usual,  because  of  the  in- 
fantile paralysis  situation.  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
and  several  other  portions  of  Greater  Kan- 
sis  City,  will  open  schools  September  9.  .  .  . 
Nearly  5,000  delegates  and  affiliates  of  the 
state  American  Legion,  and  several  thousand 
other  visitors  attracted  by  the  state  con- 
venion,  were  in  Kansas  City,  September  1. 
for  several  days.    Rain  and  cool  weather, 

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Monday,  caused  abandonment  of  the  Legion 
parade,  as  it  did  of  the  Labor  Day  parade. 

Several  theatres  in  the  Kansas  City  area 
that  had  closed  because  of  infantile  paralysis, 
have  reopened  or  will  reopen  soon.  They 
include  the  Sun,  Bijou  and  Mary  Lue,  all 
on  Prospect  Avenue  in  the  southern  part 
of  the  city,  reopened  September  1.  .  .  .  The 
two  Fox  Midwest  theatres  at  Kirksville, 
Mo.,  Kennedy  and  Princess,  and  the  Fam- 
ily theatre,  closed  by  order  of  the  health 
authorities  August  20,  reopened  September 
1.  The  Strand  at  Lancaster,  Kans.,  re- 
opened August  31  after  being  closed  10 
days.  The  Pyris  at  Plattsburg,  Mo.,  will 
probably  reopen  September  9.  The  Anne 
at  Maysville,  Mo.,  has  reopened  after  being 
closed  two  weeks.  .  .  .  Earl  McLucas,  Karl 
Lehman,  W.  H.  Morrison  and  W.  H.  Beck 
are  local  business  men  of  Meriden,  Kans., 
who  have  equipped  the  city  auditorium  for 
motion  picture  exhibitions  and  have  started 
operating  it  as  the  Meriden  theatre.  .  .  . 
Harry  Taylor,  formerly  widely  known  in 
film  exhibition  and  distribution,  now  an  as- 
sociate in  Viking  popcorn  machines,  was 
in  Kansas  City  a  few  days  in  conferences 
with  Rube  Melcher,  also  a  Viking  associate. 

MEMPHIS 

Guy  Dean  has  bought  the  Pangburn  the- 
atre, Pangburn,  Ark.,  from  Dr.  C.  N.  Teel- 
er.  .  .  .  Jim  Hutter  has  opened  the  Arling- 
ton theatre,  Arlington,  Tenn.  .  .  .  T.  B.  Kirk, 
branch  manager  of  Republic,  is  on  a  busi- 
ness trip  to  Dallas.  .  .  .  W.  A.  Finney, 
southern  division  manager  of  Loew's,  spent 
three  days  in  Memphis  last  week.  .  .  .  El- 
liott Johnson,  circuit  advertising  manager 
of  Mal'co  Theatres,  Inc.,  is  enlarging  and 
moving  his  department  to  the  Main  Street 
theatre  building  in  Memphis. 

The  Pike  theatre  at  Hot  Springs,  Ark., 
was  sold  last  week  by  C.  N.  Jenkins  to 
Kay  White.  .  .  .  Harry  Hall,  head  cashier 
at  Warner  Bros.,  has  resigned.  .  .  .  The 
Tyson  theatre  opened  last  week  in  Clars- 
dale,  Miss.  .  .  .  Visitors  on  Film  Row  this 
week  include:  Mrs.  H.  A.  Fitch,  Erin, 
Tenn. ;  Horace  Stanley,  Bebee,  Ark.;  Don 
Landers,  Harrisburg,  Ark. ;  Miss  Emma 
Cox,  Osceola,  Ark.,  and  Lyle  Richmond, 
Senath,  Mo.  .  .  .  M.  A.  Lightman,  Sr., 
president  of  Malco  Theatres,  Inc.,  staying 
at  home  under  orders  from  his  doctors  to 
rest,  is  reported  very  much  improved  by 
his  office.  .  .  .  The  Rosemary  theatre,  Mem- 
phis, closed  for  extensive  remodeling'  and 
reseating,  reopen  Monday. 

MINNEAPOLIS 

Neighborhood  houses  throughout  the  city 
are  anxiously  awaiting  lifting  of  the  "quar- 
antine" on  children  under  15,  imposed  dur- 
ing the  height  of  the  polio  epidemic.  The 
disease  has  eased  off  lately,  but  public  offi- 
cials decided  to  continue  the  ban  until  Sep- 
tember 15,  day  before  school  opening.  Small 
houses  have  taken  a  financial  beating  dur- 
ing the  quarantine.  ...  A  stage-show 
battle  looms  here  with  the  entry  into  the 
field  of  the  RKO  Orpheum  and  the  Ben 
Berger-Ted  Bolnick  unit  competing  against 
Radio  City  theatre.  The  Glenn  Miller  band 
just  played  Radio  City;  Count  Basie  is 
scheduled  for  the  Orpheum  Sept.  19,  that 
theatre's  first  stage  show  in  more  than  two 
years,    and    Berger-Bolnick    are  bringing 


Abbott  and  Costello  this  month ;  Xavier 
Cugat  in  October  and  the  Chicago  Civic 
Opera  in  December,  all  playing  at  the  city 
auditorium. 

Manager  Bill  Heath  of  the  State,  Wells, 
Minn.,  is  given  credit  for  helping  to  save 
400  patrons  from  possible  injury  or  death 
when  a  tornado  struck  the  town.  Heath 
ordered  the  doors  closed  and  the  power 
shut  off  and  warned  the  audience  to  re- 
main seated.  The  twister  ripped  the  back 
wall  off  the  theatre.  .  .  .  Louis  and  Abe 
Engler  will  reopen  their  Royal  theatre  at 
Hopkins,  Miss.,  and  turn  it  over  to  their 
sons,  Wilfred  and  Mike,  respectively,  war 
veterans  back  from  service.  .  .  .  Frank 
Steffy,  managing  director  of  the  Radio  City 
theatre,  received  an  award  for  outstanding 
showmanship  from  MGM,  the  award  pre- 
sented to  him  by  Mayor  Hubert  Hum- 
phrey. 

OMAHA 

Tri-States  Theatres  managers  will  gather 
September  10-12  at  the  Lake  Okoboji  Club 
for  a  celebration  and  awarding  of  prizes 
following  their  Thirteenth  Anniversary 
campaign  in  this  district.  .  .  .  Omaha  has 
had  a  stretch  of  cool,  cloudy  weather  run- 
ning more  than  a  week  ....  Shipping 
clerks  and  other  backroom  employes  who 
challenged  the  front  office  forces  to  a  soft- 
ball  game  won,  4-2.  .  .  .  Morris  Smead, 
popcorn  machine  manufacturing  official  and 
Council  Bluffs  exhibitor,  has  returned  after 
six  weeks  in  California.  .  .  .  Doris  Gross, 
Warners'  booker,  has  resigned  to  move  to 
California.  .  .  .  Bob  Wolheim,  Columbia 
salesman,  has  been  transferred  to  Minne- 
apolis. 

PITTSBURGH 

Pete  Alderman,  former  Pittsburgh  the- 
atre owner,  was  visiting  here  recently.  He 
got  a  hurry  call  to  go  back  to  the  Pacific 
Coast  because  of  the  death  of  his  mother. 
.  .  .  Bert  Stearns,  well  known  Film  Row 
figure,  is  headed  for  Los  Angeles  to  attend 
the  annual  convention  of  the  Screen  Pic- 
tures Guild.  He  will  meet  his  wife  Patricia 
out  there.  She  has  been  in  Hollywood  for 
the  past  month.  .  .  .  The  staff  from  Warners 
was  host  at  the  resumption  of  Family  Night 
at  the  Variety  Club  last  week.  .  .  .  Pete 


Dana,  manager  of  Universal's  Pittsburgh- 
Cleveland  exchange,  will  continue  to  keep 
his  home  in  Pittsburgh,  even  though  his 
headquarters  will  be  in  Cleveland.  .  .  .  The 
Bob  Lynches,  he's  a  veteran  salesman  for 
Warner  Brothers,  are  celebrating  their  sil- 
ver wedding  anniversary. 

SAN  ANTONIO 

Betta  Wolff,  former  manager  of  Inter- 
state's  Broadway  theatre  in  Alamo  Heights, 
recently  opened  her  own  open  airdome  on 
West  Commerce  Street,  near  Our  Lady  of 
the  Lake  College.  It  is  called  the  Lake 
theatre.  .  .  .  Dave  Samson  opened  his  new 
Karner  theatre,  Karnes  City,  August  26.  His 
other  house  has  been  named  the  Vic.  .  .  .  The 
Iris  theatre,  Brownsville,  was  opened  by  Da- 
vid J.  Young  August  17.  .  .  .  Visitors  to  the 
film  exchanges ;  Eddie  Joseph,  Yank,  Iris 
and  Drive-In  theatres,  Austin;  Gus  Lave- 
nant  of  Dilley,  who  has  reopened  his  Hay- 
dee  theatre  there;  Sam  Schwartz  and  L.  J. 
T.  Munter,  Azteca  and  Yolanda,  Eagle  Pass, 
and  Joe  Garcia,  Jr.,  National,  Asherton.  .  .  . 
Manuel  Ayala,  projectionist  at  the  State, 
spent  his  week  off  in  Neuva  Laredo,  Mexico. 
.  .  .  Norman  Schwartz,  managing  director 
at  the  Aztec,  back  from  vacation.  .  .  .  David 
Altwell,  chief  usher  at  the  State,  spends  his 
spare  time  painting  art  fronts  for  managing 
director  Oliver  Thomas. 


ST.  LOUIS 

The  Cardinals  and  the  Dodgers  played  to 
more  than  80,000  persons  in  three  days  here, 
cutting  into  theatre  grosses.  However,  good 
product  enabled  most  first  run  houses  to 
overcome  this  competition  and  record  above- 
average  grosses.  .  .  .  Linda  Rudolph,  18- 
year-old  daughter  of  Edward  E.  Rudolph, 
part-owner  and  manager  of  the  State  the- 
atre at  Columbia,  111.,  died  last  week  of 
polio.  .  .  .  S.  Hope,  owner  of  the  Hope  the- 
atre at  Sesser,  111.,  back  on  the  job  after 
a  nine-month  hospital  siege.  .  .  .  Mrs.  The- 
resa Passek  has  resigned  as  cashier  in  St. 
Louis  office  of  RKO  Radio  after  20  years 
of  service.  Her  husband,  Crescent  Passek, 
is  in  M-G-M's  shipping  department  here. 
.  .  .  The  250-seat  Tampico  at  Tampico,  111., 
a  community  venture  with  159  townspeople 
as  stockholders,  reopened  after  a  reorgani- 
zation, with  Paul  Lane  as  house  manager. 

PORTLAND 

"Caesar  and  Cleopatra"  opened  for  a  big 
initial  week  and  held  over  for  a  second  at 
Parker's  Broadway.  "Canyon  Passage" 
scored  heavily  at  the  Mission  theatre,  Van- 
couver, according  to  manager  Art  Adam- 
son.  All  Granada  theatre  records  have 
fallen  with  showing  of  "Canyon  Passage" 
in  Spokane.  The  theatre  has  been  re-seated 
and  added  new  sound  equipment.  ...  A 
general  contract  has  been  awarded  for  the 
Vashon  theatre,  Vashon  Island,  at  a  cost 
of  $45,000,  with  additional  $25,000  for 
equipment.  The  theatre  will  seat  540.  .  .  . 
Oscar  Paisley,  manager  of  the  Roxy  theatre 
at  Coeur  D'Alene,  Idaho,  engenders  com- 
munity good  will  by  permitting  the  North 
Idaho  Junior  College  to  use  the  theatre  for 
assembly  programs.  .  .  .  Norris  Royden, 
of  Portland  Meadows,  has  announced  the 
opening  of  a  new  Drive-In  theatre  for  Sep- 
tember 14. 


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Promotion  Staff 
Of  20th-Fox  to 
Hold  Meeting 

All  Twentieth  Century-Fox  advertising, 
publicity,  exploitation  and  radio  personnel 
will  convene  in  New  York  October  15  for 
a  three-day  conference  devoted  exclusively 
to  advertising  and  publicity,  Charles 
Schlaifer,  director,  has  announced. 

Keyed  to  the  new  system  of  selling  in- 
dividual pictures,  the  conference  will  call  to- 
gether the  entire  home  office  staff  and  field 
exploitation  men  from  all  parts  of  the  U.  S. 
and  Canada. 

Harry  Brand,  director  of  the  studio  pro- 
motion departments,  will  attend,  to  integrate 
studio  policies  and  plans  into  the  long-range 
merchandising  program  being  developed. 

"Razor's  Edge"  Keynote 

The  keynote  of  the  meeting  will  be  the 
campaign  for  Darryl  F.  Zanuck's  "The 
Razor's  Edge,"  which  is  being  given  the 
most  intensive  buildup  in  all  media  ever 
devoted  to  a  20th  Century-Fox  film. 

Plans  for  the  new  intensified  type  of  na- 
tional magazine  advertising,  national  pub- 
licity, tieups,  exploitation  and  radio  for  the 
film  will  be  detailed  for  publicists. 

Spyros  P.  Skouras,  president  of  the  com- 
pany, will  address  the  conferees  on  com- 
pany plans  and  policies.  Tom  J.  Connors, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  distribution,  will 
meet  with  the  delegates  to  assure  closer  af- 
filiation with  distribution. 

Murray  Silverstone,  president  of  20th 
Century-Fox  International,  will  participate 
in  the  meetings  with  Les  Whelan,  head  of 
the  International  publicity  department.  A. 
J.  Balaban,  general  manager,  and  Irving 
Lesser,  associate  general  manager  of  the 
Roxy  theatre,  New  York,  will  take  part  in 
the  showmanship  discussions,  as  well  as 
other  theatre  groups. 

Movietone  Represented 

Other  participants  will  be  Ed  Reek  of 
Fox  Movietonews ;  Richard  De  Rochemont, 
John  Wood  and  Phil  Williams  of  March  of 
Time;  Paul  Terry  and  Bill  Kupper,  Jr.,  of 
Terrytoons,  as  well  as  other  key  home  office 
executives. 

Sessions  devoted  separately  to  advertising, 
publicity,  exploitation  and  radio  will  be  held 
during  the  three-day  conference,  with  mem- 
bers of  all  departments  in  attendance  at  each 
meeting.  Specific  phases  of  the  over-all 
campaigns  will  be  studied  and  discussed,  and 
complete  plans  for  publicizing  all  pictures 
to  be  released  in  the  next  six-month  period 
from  October  to  March  will  be  outlined. 

In  this  group  of  pictures,  in  addition  to 
"The  Razor's  Edge,"  will  be  "My  Darling 
Clementine,"  "Margie,"  "The  Shocking 
Miss  Pilgrim,"  "The  Brasher  Doubloon," 
"13  Rue  Madeleine,"  "Carnival  in  Costa 
Rica,"  "The  Late  George  Apley,"  "My 
Heart  Tells  Me,"  and  "Boomerang." 


MPA  Employees  Pension  Plan 
Is  Delayed  Temporarily 

A  pension  plan  for  employees  of  the  Mo- 
tion Picture  Association  has  been  tempo- 
rarily placed  on  the  shelf  but  will  be  consid- 
ered in  the  near  future,  Joyce  O'Hara,  spe- 
cial assistant  to  Eric  Johnston,  MPA  presi- 
dent, said  August  29.  Drawn  up  at  the  New 
York  office,  the  pension  plan  would  provide 
percentage  wages  after  certain  longevity  has 
been  reached,  because  of  ill  health,  or  age. 
Other  important  matters  on  the  MPA  agen- 
da do  not  permit  discussion  of  the  pension 
plan.  Still  in  the  New  York  office,  the  plan 
will  be  submitted  to  Mr.  Johnston  and  in 
turn  to  the  MPA  board  of  directors,  accord- 
ing to  Kenneth  Clark,  public  relations  head 
in  Washington. 

Allied  Seeks  New 
Checking  Plan 

Still  seeking  the  elimination  of  the  prac- 
tice of  using  local  checkers,  Allied  States 
Association  will  seek  to  establish  a  new 
method  of  controlling  theatre  checking,  Na- 
than Yamins,  chairman  of  the  annual  con- 
vention, which  will  be  held  in  Boston  Sep- 
tember 16-18,  said  in  a  statement  from  that 
city  last  week. 

"We  want  to  restore  competition  and  cre- 
ate equality  between  exhibitor  and  distribu- 
tor," he  said.  "National  Allied  will  seek 
a  mutuality  of  contract;  that  is,  one  drawn 
by  both  exhibitor  and  distributor,  so  that 
provisions  will  be  fair  to  both." 

He  added  that  the  current  market  be- 
longed to  the  sellers  because  they  produce 
fewer  pictures,  and  they  have  found  they 
can  make  more  money  with  less  product. 

"Allied  believes  that  divorcement  of  the- 
atres will  bring  about  increased  produc- 
tion," he  said. 

Allied's  production  plans  will  be  discussed 
and  disclosed  at  the  convention.  They  have 
been  in  formulation  for  some  time. 


United  Artists  Acquires 
House  in  Minneapolis 

United  Artists  has  formed  a  partnership 
with  C.  J.  Papas  and  Andy  Spheeris,  which 
has  leased  the  Ole  Miller  theatre  in  Minne- 
apolis, according  to  Rud  Lohrenz,  UA  mid- 
west district  manager,  who  has  been  on  a 
visit  to  the  Minneapolis  exchange.  The 
house  is  being  remodeled  at  a  cost  of  $75,- 
000  and  is  scheduled  to  open  September  20 
as  the  Town  theatre.  The  house  seats 
1,600. 

Midwest  Theatre  Owners 
Hold  One-Day  Meeting 

Allied  Independent  Theatre  Owners  of 
Iowa  and  Nebraska  will  hold  a  one-day 
meeting  in  Omaha  at  the  Hotel  Fontenelle 
September  9.  Invitations  to  attend  have 
been  extended  to  all  exhibitors  in  the  Omaha 
territory  as  well  as  Omaha  branch  man- 
agers, salesmen  and  bookers. 


National  Theatre 
Supply  Marks 
20th  Birthday 

National  Theatre  Supply  Tuesday  began  a 
four-month-long     Twentieth  Anniversary 
promotion  program  with  staff  meetings  in  its 
28  branch  offices. 


Campaigning  with 
a  theme  of  "Two 
Decades  of  Service 
to  the  Theatre  Own- 
er," National  Thea- 
tre Supply's  "birth- 
day party"  meetings 
featured  a  recorded 
address  by  president 
Walter  E.  Green, 
prepared  for  presen- 
tation at  all  meet- 
ings. 


Walter  E.  Green  Highlight    of  the 

meetings  were 
awards  of  gold  pins  made  to  17  members  of 
the  organization  who  have  been  with  the 
company  for  20  years. 

These  include  B.  A.  Benson,  of  the  com- 
pany's warehouse;  A.  T.  Crawmer,  Minne- 
apolis; Louise  Ferguson,  Denver;  W.  E. 
Green,  general  office ;  H.  P.  Hansen,  Min- 
neapolis; N.  C.  Haefele,  Baltimore;  J.  H. 
Kelley,  Cincinnati ;  Bertha  Kreinik,  Buffalo ; 
G.  C.  Lewis,  Philadelphia ;  G.  J.  Libera, 
warehouse;  F.  J.  Masek,  Cleveland;  J.  J. 
Morgan,  Denver;  O.  S.  Oldknow,  Los  An- 
geles; Marian  Oviatt,  Kansas  City;  O.  A. 
Peterson,  Minneapolis;  M.  B.  Smith,  Los 
Angeles,  and  N.  F.  Williams,  Pittsburgh. 

National  Theatre  Supply  was  formed  Sep- 
tember 3,  1926,  through  the  purchase  of  a 
group  of  representative  theatre  supply  deal- 
ers from  coast  to  coast.  Branch  offices  were 
opened  in  31  cities,  and  general  headquar- 
ters were  established  at  Chicago,  with  H.  A. 
R.  Dutton  as  president,  and  Oscar  S.  Old- 
know  and  Walter  E.  Green,  vice-presidents. 

In  1928,  Mr.  Green  was  named  president, 
and  Mr.  Oldknow  continued  as  vice-presi- 
dent. Two  years  later  the  general  offices 
were  moved  to  New  York.  The  company 
became  a  part  of  General  Precision  Equip- 
ment Corporation  when  formed  in  1936. 

Other  Officers  Listed 

Today's  officers,  in  addition  to  Mr.  Green 
and  Mr.  Oldknow,  are  R.  N.  Harder,  treas- 
urer; Reginald  LaRue,  secretary,  and  R.  H. 
Richardson,  assistant  secretary-treasurer. 

The  general  office  staff  includes :  John 
Servies,  district  supervisor  and  manager  of 
purchasing,  carpet  and  warehouses  depart- 
ments ;  Willard  J.  Turnbull,  sales  promotion 
manager ;  A.  J.  Lindsley,  advertising  man- 
ager ;  John  Currie,  Drive-In  theatre  depart- 
ment manager ;  Arthur  Meyer,  projection 
equipment  department  manager;  John  Gos- 
horn,  theatre  seating  department;  R.  A. 
Richardson,  general  accounting  department 
manager;  Harry  Epting,  air  conditioning 
department  manager,  and  Allen  G.  Smith, 
circuit  sales  manager. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


41 


REPUBLIC  PICTURES 

. .  .who  introduced  such  great  ad- 
venture stars  as  JOHN  WAYNE  - 
GENE  AUTRY-ROY  ROGERS 
...proudly  hails  the  arrival  to  full 
stardom  of  another  dashing 
screen  personality .  .  . 


Breaking  Records  in  His  First 
Major  Starring  Production 
IN  OLD  SACRAMENTO" 


in  DENVER! 


Crowds!  Crowds!  Crowds!  at  the 
Paramount  and  Webber  Theatres! 


in  DALLAS! 


Sensational  3-day  appearance 
at  the  Melba  Theatre! 


9 

feel  thai 


i^cAff(ec6  in  KANSAS  CITY! 


feel  that  William 
Elliott  has  all  the  qual- 
ities to  make  a  great 
star.  After  they  see  him, 
I  know  the  showmen  of* 
America  will  agree." 
J4.       IJated,  jSr. 


Throngs  braved  record  heat  to 
cheer  him  at  Tower  Theatre! 


ITT  and 

ELLY  •  EUGENE 


ucer  and 


See  Mexican 
Tax  Rise  Fear 
As  Unfounded 

by  LUIS  BECERRA  CELIS 

m   Mexico  City 

Fears  entertained  here  by  some  distribu- 
tors that  they  are  soon  to  be  singled  out  for 
a  tax  increase  are  unfounded,  it  is  learned 
from  sources  close  to  the  Ministry  of 
Finance.  The  basis  of  these  fears  seems  to 
be  the  approaching  inauguration  of  a  new 
President. 

Ministry  circles  opine  that  the  Goverment 
is  doing  very  well  from  taxes  on  the  dis- 
tribution and  exhibition  of  pictures,  which 
amount  here  to  13  per  cent  of  the  gross,  for 
the  municipal  government,  plus  a  1.95  per 
cent  for  the  national  coffers.  These  circles 
seem  to  hold  to  the  adage  about  the  goose 
and  the  golden  eggs  in  the  matter  of  boost- 
ing taxes  for  distribution  and  exhibition. 
Revenues  from  exhibition  are  at  the  highest 
in  the  history  of  the  business  in  Mexico. 

V 

Jack  Warner  is  soon  to  be  awarded  one  of 
Mexico's  highest  honors,  the  Aztec  Eagle 
Medal.  He  will  join  Walt  Disney,  James 
Fitzpatrick  and  Louis  B.  Mayer  as  the  only 
persons  from  Hollywood  who  have  received 
the  medal.  Mr.  Warner  is  reportedly  com- 
ing to  Mexico  soon  to  make  a  picture  with 
a  Mexican  background. 

V 

The  reorganized  Mexican  Academy  of 
Cinematographic  Arts  and  Sciences  has  been 
registered  here  as  a  civil  association.  The 
officers  are  Fernando  Soler,  actor,  president; 
Celestino  Gorostiza,  director,  vice-president; 
Fellipe  Gregorio  Castillo,  producer,  'secre- 
tary, and  Sra.  Adela  F.  de  Obregon  Santa- 
cilia,  scenarist,  treasurer. 

V 

Buster  Keaton  has  started  his  first  pic- 
ture in  Mexico,  "The  Modern  Bluebeard," 
which  Alejandro  Salkind  is  producing.  Vir- 
ginia Serret  is  playing  opposite  Mr.  Keaton. 

V 

The  Cine  Baby,  the  only  theatre  in  the 
city  operating  exclusively  for  children,  has 
been  closed  by  a  strike  by  employees,  who 
seek  to  enforce  demands  for  a  75  per  cent 
pay  increase. 

Monogram  Adds  Space 
To  Coast  Studio 

Monogram  has  added  30,000  square  feet 
to  its  studio  property  in  Hollywood  with  the 
purchase  of  a  corner  plot  adjoining  the  stu- 
dio, according  to  an  announcement  by  Sam- 
uel Broidy,  president.  The  new  property 
will  be  improved  with  10  one-story  bunga- 
lows, several  of  which  will  be  occupied  by 
Lou  Lipton's  publicity,  advertising,  exploi- 
tation and  art  departments.  Part  of  the  new- 
ly acquired  space  also  will  be  used  for  pro- 
ducers' offices,  Mr.  Broidy  said. 


RKO  Radio  Announces  Nine 
Canadian  Promotions 

Robert  Mochrie,  RKO  Radio  vice-presi- 
dent, has  announced  the  following  promotions 
in  the  Canadian  division  headed  by  Leo  M. 
Devaney :  T.  L.  Carey,  Canadian  home  office 
representative,  to  assistant  to  Mr.  Devaney; 
Joseph  McPherson  to  Toronto  branch  man- 
ager ;  Murray  L.  Devaney  to  manager  of  the 
Montreal  exchange;  Myer  Nackimson  to 
manager  of  the  Winnipeg  branch;  Robert 
Radis  to  salesman  in  Toronto;  Hector  Ross 
to  salesman  at  Winnipeg;  Jack  Berstein  to 
salesman  in  Toronto;  Isadore  Goldstein  to 
chief  booker  in  Toronto,  and  James  Hogan 
to  assistant  booker  in  Toronto. 


Colonial's  Yonkers  Studio 
To  Install  RCA  Equipment 

New  RCA  sound  recording  equipment, 
featuring  post-war  improvements  in  the  field, 
will  be  installed  in  the  East  coast  film  stu- 
dios planned  by  Colonial  Pictures  Corpora- 
tion at  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  the  RCA  engineer- 
ing department  has  announced.  RCA,  addi- 
tionally, has  given  Colonial  the  services  of 
M.  J.  Rettinger,  RCA  Hollywood  acoustics 
expert,  who  helped  design  Republic's  new 
sound  stages.  Included  in  the  new  installa- 
tion is  the  first  of  a  new  type  of  equipment 
for  200  mil  push-pull  recording.  The  pro- 
duction plant  will  cover  17  acres  and  will 
consist  of  three  stages  and  an  administra- 
tion building. 

Eastman  Kodak  Extends 
Group  Insurance  Plan 

An  expanded  group  life  insurance  and  dis- 
ability payment  plan,  making  broader  cover- 
age and  increased  cash  benefits  available  to 
employees,  was  announced  last  week  by 
Eastman  Kodak  Company.  The  plan  fea- 
tures increased  coverage  equal  to  two  years' 
salary  with  no  change  in  rate  and  an  in- 
crease in  retirement  insurance.  "The  new 
plan  is  simply  an  extension  of  the  company's 
over-all  program  to  provide  Kodak  people 
with  a  large  measure  of  security  in  times  of 
need,"  the  company  said. 


Legion  of  Decency  Reviews 
Seven  New  Productions 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency  this 
week  reviewed  seven  new  films,  finding  two 
objectionable,  in  part.  In  Class  A-I,  unob- 
jectionable for  general  patronage,  were : 
"Blondie  Knows  Best"  and  "If  I'm  Lucky." 
In  Class  A-II,  unobjectionable  for  adults: 
"Brief  Encounter,"  "The  Killers,"  "The 
Time  of  Their  Lives."  In  Class  B,  objec- 
tionable in  part,  were :  "The  Big  Sleep"  and 
"Mr.  Ace." 


Republic  Sets  Quarterly 
Dividend  of  25  Cents 

The  board  of  directors  of  Republic  Pic- 
tures Corporation  last  Thursday  declared  a 
regular  quarterly  dividend  of  25  cents  per 
share  on  the  preferred  stock,  payable  Oc- 
tober 1,  1946,  to  stockholders  of  record  Sep- 
tember 10. 


MPEA  Plans  to 
Release  Forty 
In  East  Indies 

The  Motion  Picture  Export  Association 
will  distribute  40  features  of  its  member 
companies  in  the  Netherlands  East  Indies  by 
May  1,  1947. 

Irving  Maas,  vice-president  and  general 
manager  of  the  MPEA,  announced  this  week 
that  an  interim  distribution  deal  covering 
the  release  had  been  made  with  the  N.E.I. 
Government,  which  will  set  up  a  special 
organization  to  handle  the  distribution. 

The  agreement,  Mr.  Maas  said,  grants 
MPEA  the  right  to  set  up  a  distribution  or- 
ganization of  its  own  January  1,  1947,  with 
active  release  operations  to  commence  May 
1  of  that  year.  At  that  time,  the  N.E.I. 
Government,  in  accordance  with  the  agree- 
ment, will  discontinue  its  handling  of  dis- 
tribution and  return  all  outstanding  prints 
to  the  MPEA. 

The  N.E.I.  Government  will  handle  dis- 
tribution for  the  eight  months,  Mr.  Maas 
pointed  out,  for  "private  commercial  opera- 
tion in  that  country  is  now  impractical  be- 
cause of  unsettled  economic  and  internal 
political  conditions.  By  the  time  MPEA 
operates  on  its  own  next  May,  it  is  expected 
that  conditions  will  have  normalized." 

Leon  Britton,  RKO  supervisor  of  the 
Straits  Settlements,  represented  MPEA  in 
negotiations  with  the  N.E.I.  Government. 


Canada's  Theatre  Gross 
$55,430,711  in  1945 

Toronto  Bureau 

The  Federal  Government  has  announced 
that  Canada's  theatres  grossed  a  total  of 
$55,430,711  for  1,323  theatres  during  1945. 
This  compares  with  $53,173,325  for  1944. 
Aggregate  theatre  attendance  for  1945  was 
215,573,267,  an  increase  of  more  than  7,- 
000,000  patrons  over  1944.  The  Federal 
and  provincial  governments  collected  a  total 
of  $14,055,021  in  amusement  taxes,  an  all- 
time  high.  Canadians  spent  an  average  of 
$5.77  for  motion  pictures  as  compared  with 
$5.61  in  the  preceding  year,  according  to  the 
government  report.  Double  bills  made  up 
59  per  cent  of  all  1945  film  programs. 

"Henry  V"  Has  Three 
Key  City  Openings 

Three  openings  of  "Henry  V"  were  held 
this  week,  in  Buffalo,  Toronto  and  Montreal, 
marking  the  sixth,  seventh  and  eighth  en- 
gagements, respectively,  of  the  Laurence 
Olivier  production.  The  film  opened  Tues- 
day at  the  Midtown  theatre  in  Buffalo, 
Wednesday  at  the  International  Cinema  in 
Toronto,  and  the  following  day  at  the  Kent 
theatre  in  Montreal.  Various  dignitaries 
attended  the  Canadian  openings.  Paul  N. 
Lazarus,  Jr.,  advertising  and  publicity  di- 
rector for  United  Artists,  and  Harold  Aut- 
en,  J.  Arthur  Rank  representative,  were 
present  at  all  three  openings. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


India's  Studios 
Hit  Dubbed  and 
16mm  Imports 

by  Bombay  Correspondent 

There  is  currently  a  great  commotion 
and  agitation  among  Indian  producers 
against  dubbing  foreign  pictures  and  the 
contemplated  introduction  into  India  of 
16mm  films. 

The  dubbing  question  was  brought  to  a 
head  when  arrangements  were  made  to  dub 
Walt  Disney's  "Bambi"  in  Hindustani.  A 
local  distributor  has  been  severely  criticized 
for  his  help  in  the  dubbing  of  this  film. 

Although  an  Indian  representative  of 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's  16mm  department 
is  expected  back  in  India  soon  to  start  a 
16mm  program  within  three  or  four  months 
and  although  India's  Visual  Education  Soci- 
ety is  trying  to  revive  an  interest  in  factual 
16mm  films,  opposition  to  this  branch  of  the 
industry  is  very  much  in  evidence.  Both 
Indian  and  American  companies  here  are 
watching  MGM's  experiment  before  commit- 
ting themselves  on  16mm  matters. 

V 

The  film  shortage  is  still  keenly  felt  here 
and  the  majority  of  producers  still  have  to 
pay  a  heavy  price  for  film,  although  regular 
shipments  of  raw  stock  from  Eastman  Kodak 
and  DuPont  have  been  arriving.  According 
to  reliable  sources,  350  producing  companies, 
both  old  and  new,  currently  are  operating  at 
Bombay,  Calcutta,  Madras  and  Lahore,  the 
important  film  centers  of  the  country.  The 
large  number  of  small,  new  concerns  has 
contributed  to  the  film  shortage. 

V 

Both  the  Premier  and  the  Home  Minister 
at  Bombay  are  keenly  interested  in  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  film  industry.  The  Prime 
Minister  looks  to  films  as  the  greatest  poten- 
tial weapon  for  the  advancement  of  educa- 
tion, particularly  for  adults.  The  Home 
Minister  is  dissatisfied  with  the  outlook  for 
the  local  industry  and  has  given  the  pro- 
ducers stern  warning.  In  case  the  produc- 
ers do  not  take  the  hint  in  time,  the  Minis- 
ter proposes  to  initiate  measures  which  will 
force  the  producers  to  improve  the  quality 
and  standard  of  films.  These  measures,  if 
introduced,  will  have  repercussions  on  other 
Provincial  Governments  which  control  the 
destiny  of  the  other  producing  centers. 


Short  Product  in  First  Run  Houses 


Confidential  Reports  Sets 
Series  of  Field  Meetings 

Confidential  Reports,  Inc.,  will  hold  a 
series  of  meetings  in  Chicago  September  13- 
15  for  field  service  personnel  of  the  West- 
ern half  of  the  U.  S.,  who  will  meet  with 
home  office  executives.  Eastern  personnel 
met  in  New  York  last  week  with  Jules  Z. 
Willing  and  Harold  L.  Groves,  CRI  home 
office  executives,  conducting  the  meetings, 
and  Jack  H.  Levin,  vice-president  and  gen- 
eral manager,  presiding. 


NEW  YORK— Week  of  September  2 

ASTOR:  Pluto's  Kid  Brother  RKO 

Feature:  The  Kid  from  Brooklyn  RKO 

CAPITOL:  Hick  Chick  MGM 

■Feature:  Holiday  in  Mexico  MGM 

CRITERION:  Eager  Beaver  Warner  Bros. 

Dog  of  the  Seven  Seas  Universal 

Feature:  Canyon  Passage   Universal 

GLOBE:  Robin  Hood  Makes  Good .  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  A  Night  in  Casablanca  United  Artists 

HOLLYWOOD:  Okay  for  Sound  Warner  Bros. 

Facing  Your  Danger  Warner  Bros. 

Hollywood  Daffy  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Night  and  Day  Warner  Bros. 

PALACE:  Wall  Street  Blues  RKO 

Port  of  New  York  RKO 

Feature:  The  Stranger.  .  .  RKO 


PARAMOUNT:  Feminine  Class  .  ..  .Paramount 
A  Peep  in  the  Deep  Paramount 

Feature:  Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers  Paramount 

RIALTO:  Tender  Foot  Trail   RKO 

A  Knight  for  a  Day   .RKO 

Unusual  Occupations,  No.  5  Paramount 

Feature:  Step  by  Step  RKO 

RiVOLf:  Choo-Choo  Amiga  United  Artists 

Palmetto  Quail  RKO 

Feature:  Till  the  End  of  Time  RKO 

ROXy.-  Go/den  Hen  20th  Cent.-Fox 

Across  the  Great  Divide  20th  Cent.-Fox 

4fom/e  Power   20th  Cent.-Fox 

Feature:  Claudia  and  David  20th  Cent.-Fox 

STRAND:  Ranch  in  White  Warner  Bros. 

Minstrel   Days   Warner  Bros. 

Great  Piggy  Bank  Robbery  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  The  Big  Sleep  Warner  Bros. 


SMPE  Membership  Reaches 
All-Time  High  of  2,359 

In  the  first  eight  months  of  1946,  the  So- 
ciety of  Motion  Picture  Engineers  added  430 
new  members  to  its  list,  a  bigger  ' gain  than 
in  any  full  year  of  the  Society's  30-year  his- 
tory, Don  E.  Hyndman,  president,  has  dis- 
closed. The  membership  is  now  at  a  new 
all-time  high  of  2,359,  with  applications 
coming  in  at  an  unprecedented  rate  from 
foreign  countries  as  well  as  the  domestic 
field,  according  to  Mr.  Hyndman. 

A  factor  in  the  increase,  Mr.  Hyndman 
points  out,  was  the  series  of  monthly  edu- 
cational meetings  held  last  season  by  the 
Society's  Atlantic  Coast  Section  under  the 
chairmanship  of  Colonel  Frank  E.  Cahill, 
Jr.  These  regular  sessions  are  being  re- 
sumed in  autumn,  with  the  first  meeting  to 
be  held  before  the  Society's  60th  semi-annual 
convention,  October  21-25,  at  the  Hollywood 
Roosevelt  Hotel,  Hollywood. 

The  foreign  field  is  looking  more  and 
more  to  the  SMPE  for  technical*  assistance 
and  other  aids  in  placing  their  production, 
distribution  and  exhibition  on  an  efficient 
operating  basis,  according  to  Mr.  Hyndman. 


Report  Russia  to  Double 
Feature  Film  Output 

The  United  States  Department  of  Com- 
merce has  disclosed  that  the  USSR  expects 
to  be  producing  from  80  to  100  full-length 
features  a  year  hy  the  end  of  its  current 
Five- Year  Plan.  The  pre-war  annual  out- 
put was  from  40  to  45  films.  By  1950  the 
total  number  of  permanent  exhibition  places 
probably  would  reach  46,700,  it  was  said. 


"Cloak  and  Dagger"  Opens 

"Cloak  and  Dagger,"  first  United  States 
Pictures-release,  had  its  world  premiere  Sep- 
tember 5  at  the  Warner  theatre,  Atlantic 
City.  The  initial  production  by  the  Joseph 
Bernhard-Milton  Sperling  unit  at  the  War- 
ner Bros.  Studio  has  Gary  Cooper,  Lilli 
Palmer  and  Robert  Alda  in  top  roles. 


Spaatz  Praises 
'Last  Bomb" 

Warner  Brothers  previewed  its  20-min- 
ute  Technicolor  short  on  the  atom  bomb 
Monday  night  before  an  audience  of  more 
than  1,000  at  the  47th  national  encampment 
of  the  Veterans  of  Foreign  Wars,  meeting 
at  the  Hotel  Statler,  Boston. 

The  preview  of  the  short,  "The  Last 
Bomb,"  was  shown  following  a  speech  by 
General  Carl  Spaatz,  commander  of  the 
Army  Air  Forces,  who  stressed  the  impor- 
tance of  maintaining  a  strong  air  force. 

"The  Last  Bomb"  was  photographed  by 
the  Army  Air  Force  combat  camera  units 
and  shows  the  21st  Army  Bomber  Com- 
mand in  its  devastating  raid  on  Japan  and 
Technicolored  views  of  the  atom  bomb  as 
it  was  dropped  on  Nagasaki. 

General  Spaatz  praised  the  film  and  said 
that  he  hoped  it  would  be  seen  by  every 
American  man,  woman  and  child.  "It  proves 
beyond  a  doubt,"  he  said,  "that  this  na- 
tion's air  supremacy  must  be  maintained  to 
insure  everlasting  peace." 

The  film  was  flown  to  Boston  from  War- 
ners' Burbank  studio  through  the  courtesy 
of  Col.  Jack  Warner,  as  a  tribute  to  Gen- 
eral Spaatz. 

Warners  will  release  the  short  nationally 
November  23. 


Narrow  Down  Topics  for 
Seven  Education  Films 

The  selection  of  topics  for  seven  educa- 
tional films  to  be  produced  through  coopera- 
tion between  the  Motion  Picture  Associa- 
tion and  the  American .  Council  on  Educa- 
tion have  been  narrowed  down  to  a  possible 
series  on  democracy,  mathematics  and  En- 
glish speech,  it  was  learned  this  week.  The 
American  Council  film  activities  are  handled 
at  the  New  Haven  office.  Production  of  the 
educational  series  is  expected  to  start  in  the 
near  future. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


Czech  Press  in 
Attack  on  U.  S. 
Film  Industry 

by  J.  B.  KANTUREK 

in  Prague 

The  Czech  delegation  scheduled  to  go  to 
New  York  to  discuss  the  matter  of  importa- 
tion of  American  motion  pictures  has  been 
given  plenty  of  advice  by  the  press — some 
of  it  openly  critical  of  the  American 
industry. 

The  cultural  weekly,  Kitltunii  Politika,  in 
an  article  titled  "Friendship  and  Films," 
stated :  "We  are  friends  of  America.  We 
want  to  see  American  films,  but  no  Czecho- 
slovak plenipotentiary  or  representative  will 
or  must  sign  an  agreement  which  he  would 
not  be  able  to  defend  openly  before  the 
Czech  press  .  .  .  and  before  the  whole  pub- 
lic." 

After  hitting  at  the  U.  S. -French  agree- 
ment on  film  matters,  the  publication,  which 
often  expresses  a  lot  of  Russian  propaganda, 
sometimes  a  majority  opinion,  went  on  to 
say:  "We  all  did  like  American  pictures. 
A  good  many  of  them  will  be  never  forgot- 
ten by  us.  .  .  .  We  saw  the  remarkable  qual- 
ity of  French  cinematography  and  of  Brit- 
ish film  and,  in  full  broadness,  the  immense 
future  of  Soviet  cinematography  and  the 
production  of  other  European  nations.  And 
at  the  same  time  we  heard  of  a  fast  pro- 
gressing decadence  of  Hollywood  and  of 
American  film.  We  did  not  want  to  believe 
but  the  news  was  more  and  more  accurate 
and  the  ones  of  us  who  were  in  the  West 
did  verify  (the  news)  with  our  own  eves.'" 

V 

During  the  first  six  months  of  1946  only 
46  features  were  released  in  Prague.  Total 
playing  time  was  254  weeks ;  average  play- 
ing time  per  picture  was  five  and  a  half 
weeks.  There  were  three  Czech  films,  18 
British,  11  French,  10  Soviet,  three  Ameri- 
can C  Monogram's)  and  one  Swiss  film 
shown  during  the  period.  Sir  Alexander 
Korda's  "Thief  from  Bagdad"  achieved  a 
record  run  of  18  weeks. 

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The  Czechs  are  currently  shooting  a  docu- 
mentary about  the  UNRRA  which  will  ex- 
plain, principally,  UNRRA's  work  in 
Czechslovakia. 


Facilities  Are  Improved 
In  European  Zone 

There  are  still  almost  as  many  35mm  thea- 
tres in  the  European  Theatre  of  war  as  there 
were  15  months  ago,  and  since  most  of  the 
soldiers  are  now  at  permanent  stations,  the 
theatre  facilities,  as  regards  comfort  and 
convenience  have  improved.  Statistics  col- 
lected by  Theatre  Special  Services  show  that 
the  average  soldier  attends  approximately 
11  screenings  a  month.  Small  fees  are  now 
collected  for  the  shows  since  Hollywood  is 
under  present  conditions  collecting  fees  for 
its  product. 


IN  NEWSREELS 

MOVIETONE  NEWS— Vol.  29,  No.  1— Refugees  barred 
from  Palestine  land  at  Cyprus.  .  .  .  U.  N.  Security 
Council  opens  new  sessions.  .  .  .  King  George  of 
Greece.  .  .  .  "Monty"  of  Alamein.  .  .  .  President 
Truman.  .  .  .  Cameragraphs.  .  .  .  Sports:  tennis, 
football.  .  .  .  Youngest  set  has  its  day.  — 

MOVIETONE  NEWS— Vol.  29,  No.  2— Admiral  Halsey 
on  freedom  of  the  seas.  .  .  .  Army  demonstrates 
pilot's  ejector  seat.  .  .  .  Nisei  heroes  come  home. 
Ocean  wanderers.  .  .  .  Hollywood  fashions.  .  .  . 
Sports:  Golf,  rodeo,  hunting.  .  .  .  Canadian  girls  go 
streamline. 

NEWS  OF   THE  DAY— VoL   17,  No.  303— Palestine 
crisis.  .  .  .  UN  Council  meets  at  new  home.  .  .  . 
President  goes  fishing.  .  .  .  Greek  king  in  spotlight. 
Cloudburst  in  Maine.  .  .  .  Baby  beauty  contest.  .  .  .— 
Disputed  tennis  play.  .  .  .  Ben  Hogan  wins  PGA. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  17,  No.  304— Halsey  an- 
swers Reds.  .  .  .  Human  projectile  hurled  from  plane. 
.  .  .  German  refugees  in  Denmark.  .  .  .  Primo  Car- 
nera  back  in  ring.  .  .  .  Tulane  pigskin  warm-up. 
.  .  .  75,000  at  horse  opera. 

FARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  2— Cloudburst  isolates  re- 
sort. .  .    Joe  College  grooms  for  record  football  years. 
Estonian  refugees  get  temporary  haven.  .  .  .  Ber- 
muda— presidential   fish  story— Baby  contest.   .  . 
Paris  incident.  .  .  .  Boom  in  whaling  industry. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  3— Yugoslavia  last  chap- 
ter. .  .  .  Mediterranean — U.  S.  Navy  on  the  move. 
.  .  .  Sky  rescue — soldier  shot  out  of  P-61.  .  .  .  Dame 
fashion.  .  .  .  Crisis  in  India.  .  .  .  World  speedboat 
record. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  IS,  No.  4— Palestine  bound 
Jews  riot  at  Cyprus  camp.  .  .  .  Talbert  and  Mulloy 
win  national  tennis  doubles.  .  .  .  President  Truman 
gees  fishing.  .  .  .  Hawaii  welcomes  Nisei  fighters. 
.  .  .  Revive  wild  Italian  horse  race.  .  .  .  Chileans  bag 
undersea  monsters. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  18,  No.  5— Safety  ejectors 
for  pilots.  .  .  .  Liberty  highway.  .  .  .  Mexican  pic- 
nics. .  .  .  Italian  money.  .  .  .  U.  S.  fliers.  .  .  .  Lewis 
Mauriello.  .  .  .  Cleveland  air  races. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWS— Vol.  19,  No.  533— U.  X.  in  new 
home-  .  .  .  Truman  goes  fishing.  .  .  .  1,000  stranded 
by  storm.  .  .  .  Bulls  horn  in  on  fiesta.  .  .  .  Triple 
threat  convention.  .  .  .  Modern  Jonahs  at  work.  .  .  . 
Bicycle  death  dive. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWS— Vol.  19,  No.  534— Yugoslavian 
air  victims.  .  .  .  Navy  visit  stirs  Red  protest.  .  .  . 
Pilot  ejector.  .  .  .  Double  feature.  .  .  .  Gold  cup 
races.  .  .  .  National  air  races. 


MGM  To  Release  Narrated 
Ve  rsions  in  October 

Beginning  in  October,  Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer  will  release  "narrated"  versions  of 
MGM  successes  in  five  language  areas,  Ar- 
thur M.  Loew,  president  of  Loew's  Interna- 
tional Corporation,  announced  this  week.  A 
"narrated"  picture  calls  for  a  technique 
which  utilizes  a  commentator  to  explain  the 
English  dialogue  from  the  screen  in  the 
language  of  the  audience.  While  the  com- 
mentator is  speaking,  the  English  sound 
track  is  faded  under  the  commentator's 
voice.  Narrated  versions  have  already  been 
sent  to  India,  using  Hindustani  narration; 
China,  using  Mandarin ;  Brazil,  using  Por- 
tuguese ;  Egypt  and  the  Middle  East,  using 
Arabic,  and  Siam,  using  Siamese.  Pictures 
include  "Adventure,"  "Madam  Curie"  and 
"Gaslight."  They  are  available  in  both 
35mm  and  16mm. 


Philadelphia  Variety  Club 
To  Hold  Golf  Tournament 

The  Variety  Club  of  Philadelphia  will 
hold  its  annual  golf  tournament  and  dinner 
dance  Friday,  September  20,  at  the  Manu- 
facturers Country  Club  at  Glenside,  Pa. 
Harry  N.  Ball,  chairman  of  the  affair,  has 
announced  that  the  complete  facilities  of  the 
country  club  will  be  available  to  all  guests. 
Prizes  for  golfers  and  for  non-golfers  will 
be  awarded. 


Italy  Producers 
Ask  Liberalized 
Stock  Controls 

by  ARGEO  SANTUCCI 

m  Rome 

The  ANICA,  the  association  of  Italian 
producers,  has  requested  the  State  Secre- 
taries for  foreign  trade  and  for  manufactur- 
ing to  liberalize  the  current  laws  controlling 
the  supply  of  film  stock  in  Italy. 

ANICA  has  requested  that  permits  be 
granted  for  the  importation  of  1,100,000 
yards  of  unexposed  film  and  that  permission 
be  granted  for  the  printing  abroad  of  those 
Italian  films  destined  for  exportation.  Print- 
ing abroad  could  be  done  at  a  lower  cost 
than  in  Italy. 

The  400  foreign  films  and  50  Italian  films 
shown  yearly  in  Italy  need  about  31,000,000 
yards  of  raw  stock.  Approximately  1,700,- 
000  yards  of  stock  are  needed  to  print  the 
600  copies  of  Italian  pictures  normally  ex- 
ported. This,  together  with  film  used  in  pro- 
duction, add  up  to  more  than  42,000,000 
yards  of  film  needed  in  a  year. 

The  Italian  production  of  stock  is  con- 
siderably below  this  quantity  and  the  native 
product  is  considerably  more  expensive  than 
foreign  product. 

The  producers'  request  to  the  Government 
has  been   seconded  by  a  press  campaign 
which  has  charged  the  Italian  film  stock  in- 
dustry with  maintaining  a  monopoly. 
 V 

The  Ufficio  Italiano  dei  Cambi,  Italian 
Office  for  Foreign  Currencies,  has  sent  to  all 
Italian  banks  an  order  concerning  profits 
from  foreign  films  in  Italy. 

The  order  distinguishes  the  profits  made 
by  foreigners  on  the  importation  of  foreign 
pictures  from  profits  made  by  foreigners  on 
other  importations. 

All  profits  made  up  to  December  31,  1945, 
and  not  yet  utilized,  have  to  be  credited  in 
blocked  accounts.  Profits  made  in  1946  must 
be  credited  to  a  special  motion  picture  ac- 
count. These  1946  profits,  then,  can  be  used 
only  in  conformity  with  certain  rules  and 
regulations  which  have  been  carefully  noted 
in  detail  bv  the  Government. 

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The  following  have  been  named  to  the 
board  of  directors  of  Trans-World  Films,  a 
company  recently  established  in  Italy  to  im- 
port American  pictures ;  Robert  Haggiag, 
president;  Guido  Leoni,  general  manager; 
Armando  Leoni  and  Ever  Haggiag,  direc- 
tors. 

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Yearly  taxes  for  outdoor  advertising  have 
been  increased  500  per  cent. 


Joseph  Joins  Broadcast 

Broadcast  Pictures  has  announced  that 
Elias  Joseph,  whose  story,  "Sudden  Death," 
will  be  produced  by  Broadcast,  has  been  en- 
gaged by  the  company  to  write  the  screen- 
play for  "Rhythm  Rhapsodies,"  a  musical 
production  now  in  preparation. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


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BEFORE  HIM  ALL  ROME  TREMBLED 
(Davanti  a  Lui  Tremava  Tutta  Roma) 

CARMEN 
(Carmen) 

TOSCA 
(The  Tragedy  of  Tosca) 

PRECOCIOUS 
(I  Bambini  ci  Guardano) 

CAPTAIN  TEMPEST 
(Capitan  Tempesta) 

THE  LION  OF  DAMASCUS 
(II  Leone  di  Damasco) 

THE  BRIDGE  OF  SIGHS 
(II  Ponte  dei  Sospiri) 

BLOOD  RED  ROSE 
(Rosa  di  Sangue) 

LIVELY  THERESA 
(La  Vispa  Teresa) 

MY  WIFE'S  FIANCE 
(II  Fidanzato  di  Mia  Moglie) 

BOARDING  SCHOOL  DEMON 
(II  Diavolo  Va  in  Collegio) 

HEYDAY  FOR  MARRIAGE 

(Viva  gli  Sposi!) 

LIFE  BEGINS  ANEW 
(La  Vita  Ricomincia) 

THE  LOVES  OF  ADRIANA 
(Carovana) 

MUSIC  ON  THE  RUN 
(Fuga  a  Due  Voci) 

I  LIVE  AS  I  PLEASE 
(Voglio  Vivere  Cosi') 

HENRY  IV 
(Enrico  IV) 

IRON  CROWN 
(Corona  di  Ferro) 

THE  JEST 
(La  Cena  delle  Beffe) 

THE  HENPECKED  HERMIT 
(Senza  Una  Donna) 

THE  LADY  IS  FICKLE 
(La  Donna  e'  Mobile) 

ANYTHING  FOR  A  SONG 
(Ho  tanta  Voglia  di  Cantare) 


(all  with  English  sub-titles) 

Drama  of  German  occupied  Home. 

Merimee's  classic,  with  background  of  Bizet's  music. 

Sardou's  epic  .  .  .  filmed  against  real  sets. 

Sensitive  psychological  film. 

Adventurous  tale  of  the  1 6th  century. 

Stirring  sequel  to  Captain  Tempest. 

Exciting  drama  of  Venice  under  the  Doges. 

South  American  revolution  whirls  about 
Viviane  Romance! 

Lively  comedy  with  a  moral  twist. 

Laugh  riot  with  a  surprise  ending. 

Gay  musical  comedy  with  Lilia  Silvi! 

A  young  American's  hilarious  time  in  Rome. 

Moving  drama  of  a  returning  P\V . 

Love  and  ad  venture  in  the  wilderness! 

Star-studded  musical. 

Tragic-comic  story  with  music. 

Pirandello's  captivating  phantasy. 

Story  of  crown  made  f  rom  nails  of  the  Cross. 

Florence  during  the  Renaissance. 

Men's  vain  attempt  to  escape  women! 

Starring  tenor  Ferruccio  Tagliavini. 

Enchanting  melodies  .  .  .  gay  episodes! 


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Columbia 

NOTORIOUS  LONE  WOLF:  Gerald  Mohr,  Janis 
Carter — Played  Sunday  midnight.  Didn't  go  over.  It 
fell  down  badly.  Played  Sunday  midnight,  Aug.  18.— 
Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 


Film  Classics 

BOY,  A  GIRL  AND  A  DOG,  A:  Jerry  Hunter, 
Sharyn  Moffett — Coupled  with  a  reissue  which  gave 
us  a  half-way  decent  weekend  with  much  competition 
from  a  local  county  fair  and  carnival.  A  nice  little 
picture  which  will  please  all  ages.  Flayed  Friday,  Sat- 
urday, Aug.  16,  17. — Jack  Hammond,  Hart  Theatre, 
Ferndale,  Cal. 

COWBOY  AND  THE  LADY.  Gary  Cooper,  Merle 
Oberon — Laid  out  one  of  the  turkeys  in  the  way  of 
program  pictures  that  have  come  through  this  season 
tor  this  still  good  old  picture.  It  outgrossed  30  per 
cent  of  the  programmers  that  we  have  played  this 
season.  This  makes  four  that  we  have  picked  up 
for  this  reason  and  none  of  them  have  failed  to  stand 
up  at  the  box  office. — A.  E.  Hancock,  Columbia  Thea- 
tre, Columbia  City,  Ind. 


Metro-Gold  wyn-Mayer 

ADVENTURE:  Clark  Gable,  Greer  Garson— Gable  is 
back  and  Miss  Garson  got  him,  and  what  a  flop  they 
made.  It  seems  that  with  two  stars  such  as  these 
MGM  should  have  been  ashamed  to  have  given  them 
such  a  story.  I  might  add  we  did  little  business. 
Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Aug.  12,  13. — A.  Z.  Culler, 
New  Theatre,  North,  S.  C. 

BAD  BASCOMB:  Wallace  Beery,  Margaret  O'Brien 
— No  kick  coming  on  this  one.  Played  to  a  good 
house  and  everyone  seemed  well  pleased.  Played 
Thursday,  Friday,  Aug.  1,  2. — A.  Z.  Culler,  New 
Theatre,  North,  S.  C. 

COCKEYED  MIRACLE,  THE:  Frank  Morgan, 
Keenan  Wynn — If  you  want  a  good  picture  to  fill  in 
the  week,  this  is  it.  It  is  good  for  a  laugh,  and  all 
the  fellows  liked  it.  The  trailer  didn't  do  the  picture 
justice.  Played  Tuesday,  Aug.  13. — Steve  Amato, 
Post  Theatre,  Fort  Mason,  Cal.    Army  patronage. 

GREEN  YEARS,  THE:  Charles  Coburn,  Tom  Drake 
— Excellent  box  office  and  pleased  100  per  cent. 
Truly  one  of  the  season's  best  pictures  in  every  way. 
Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  11,  12. — Thomas  di 
Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

HOLIDAY  IN  MEXICO:  Walter  Pidgeon,  Uona 
Massey — Another  Metro  top  musical.  But  this  time 
a  little  more  Iturbi  and  story  than  usual.  Ilona 
Massey  returns  in  this  one.  She  handles  the  classical 
numbers  in  a  capable  style.  Jane  Powell,  of  course, 
steals  the  show  with  her  marvelous  voice  as  well  as 
her  cute  adolescent  love  affair.  Although  a  trifle  long, 
it  furnishes  an  enjoyable  evening.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday,  Aug.  18,  19.— W.  A.  Ufford  and  J.  P.  Lowe, 
Post  Theatres,  Buckley  Field,  Denver,  Colo.  Army 
patronage. 

VACATION  FROM  MARRIAGE:  Robert  Donat, 
Deborah  Kerr — This  midwestern  audience  seems  never 
to  change  their  minds.  I  take  it  that  this  is  one  of 
Metro's  British  commitments.  So  it  went  the  way  of 
all  British  pictures  that  we  have  played.  It  was  not 
liked  and  not  patronized.  The  eastern  international- 
ists call  us  the  nasty  name  "isolationists,"  and  we  are 
to  a  very  great  extent.  But  they  had  better  not  for- 
get that  it  is  these  so-called  isolationists  who  work 
12  to  16  hours  a  day  to  feed  their  friends.  Willingly 
thev  did  it,  but  they  just  don't  want  their  pictures. — 
A.  E.  Hancock,  Columbia  Theatre,  Columbia  City,  Ind. 

WHAT  NEXT,  CORPORAL  HARGROVE?:  Robert 
Walker,  Keenan  Wynn — This  picture  really  brought 
them  out.  A  very  funny  twist  to  the  war  background, 
and  was  appreciated  by  everyone.  Keenan  Wynn  stole 
the  show  for  my  money  and,  of  course,  Jean  Porter, 
the  mayor's  daughter,  didn't  do  so  badly,  either.  Chill 
Wills  was  very  convincing  as  the  tough  sergeant. 
We  need  more  of  these  pictures  with  a  laugh.  Played 
Friday.  Saturday,  August  9.  10.— Jack  Hammond, 
Hart  Theatre,  Ferndale,  California. 

ZIEGFELD  FOLLIES:  MGM  Contract  Stars— I  am 
afraid  with  nhnut  one  more  like  this  on  top  of  "Adven- 
ture"  and   "Yolanda   and   the  Thief"    the  customers 


would  disappear  forever.  Played  Sunday,  Monday, 
Aug.  11.  12.— C.  W.  Ritenour,  Milford  Theatre,  Mil- 
ford,  111. 


Paramount 

FOLLOW  THAT  WOMAN:  William  Gargan,  Nan- 
cy Kelly — A  very  pleasant  little  comedy  murder  pic- 
ture which  gave  us  a  very  good  midweek  in  the  face 
of  the  county  fair.  Good  programmer.  Played  Tues- 
day, Wednesday,  Aug.  13,  14. — Jack  Hammond,  Hart 
Theatre,  Ferndale,  Cal. 

KITTY:  Ray  Milland,  Paulette  Goddard— Good  cos- 
tume picture.  Average  business,  which  is  better  than 
I  expected  on  this  type.  Played  Sunday,  Monday, 
Aug.  4,  S.—C.  W.  Ritenour,  Milford  Theatre,  Mil- 
ford,  111. 

MASQUERADE  IN  MEXICO:  Dorothy  Lamour, 
Arturo  de  Cordova — A  very  nice  little  picture  priced 
too  high.  It  fell  down  here  due  to  stiff  competition 
from  horse  races  at  the  county  fair.  Dottie  with  any- 
one except  Bing  and  Bob  misses  fire  around  here. 
Played  Thursday,  Aug.  15. — Jack  Hammond,  Hart 
Theatre,  Ferndale,  Cal. 

MISS  SUSIE  SLAGLE'S:  Veronica  Lake,  Sonny 
Tufts — This  was  a  pleasant  surprise.  Used  on  mid- 
week to  better  than  average  business.  Second  night 
almost  as  good  as  the  first.  Flayed  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  Aug.  14,  15.— A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Thea- 
tre, Scotia,  Cal.    Small  lumber  town  patronage. 

MONSIEUR  BEAUCAIRE:  Bob  Hope,  Joan  Caul- 
field — Latest  Hope  entry  is  amusing,  but  not  enough 
laughs  to  suit  audiences  who  came  prepared  for  usual 
Hope  laugh  riot.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  July 
31,  Aug.  1.— W.  A.  Ufford  and  J.  P.  Lowe,  Post  Thea- 
tres, Buckley  Field,  Denver,  Colo.    Army  patronage. 

O.S.S. :  Alan  Ladd,  Geraldine  Fitzgerald — An  ex- 
cellent action  and  adventure  story  which  drew  excellent 
business  at  our  box  office.  There  is  not  a  laugh  in  the 
entire  story.  It  can  almost  pass  for  a  documentary. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  9.  10. — Thomas  di  Lor- 
enzo, New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

OUR  HEARTS  WERE  YOUNG  AND  GAY:  Gail 
Russell,  Diana  Lynn — This  picture  was  played  ten 
years  late.  It  might  have  gone  over  then.  If  we 
wanted  this  kind  of  picture  we  would  have  gone  to 
Film  Classics.  Thev  bring  back  only  the  good  ones. 
Patrons  even  left  before  we  gave  away  the  nylon  hose. 
Yes,  this  should  have  been  produced  years  ago.  Don't 
take  my  word  for  it.  Try  it  and  see.  Played  Wednes- 
day, Aug.  14.— A.  Z.  Culler,  Culler  Theatre,  North, 
S.  C. 

STRANGE  LOVE  OF  MARTHA  I  VERS:  Barbara 
Stanwyck,  Van  Heflin — Best  melodrama  seen  in  ages. 
Topnotch  performances  by  all  concerned.  Well  paced 
story  kept  audiences  on  edge  of  their  seats  from 
start  to  finish.  Watch  for  girl  who  plays  Miss  Stan- 
wyck as  a  child.  Business  terrific  both  days.  Played 
Sunday.  Monday,  Aug.  11.  12. — W.  A.  Ufford  and 
J.  P.  Lowe,  Post  Theatres,  Buckley  Field,  Denver, 
Colo.    Army  patronage. 

VIRGINIAN,  THE:  Joel  McCrea,  Brian  Donlevy— 
This  Technicolor  Western  was  just  what  the  folks 
wanted  in  this  small  town.  Picture  was  good  and  so 
was  business.  Played  Wednesday.  Thursday.  Aug. 
31,  22.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey, 
Okla. 


RKO  Radio 

BELLS  OF  ST.  MARY'S,  THE:  Ingrid  Bergman. 
Bing  Crosby — This  fine  picture  was  shown  all  around 
our  territory  before  our  playing  dates  and  consequent- 
ly our  business  suffered.  it  was  and  is  a  box  office 
natural.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday,  Aug.  11-13. — A.  C. 
Edwards.  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small  lumber 
town  patronage. 

DEADLINE   AT  DAWN:    Susan   Hay  worth,  Paul 


Lukas — Although  this  picture  is  not  big,  got  a  nice 
surprise  and  did  good  business.  Played  Sunday,  Mon- 
day, July  28,  29. — Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre,  Eng- 
land, Ark. 

FROM  THIS  DAY  FORWARD:  Joan  Fontaine, 
Mark  Stevens — Not  sensational  but  steady  business. 
Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  21,  22. — H.  B. 
Ram,  Patricia  Theatre,  Aiken,  S.  C. 

PARTNERS  IN  TIME:  Pamela  Blake,  John  James 
— This  brought  some  patrons  who  seldom  attend  and 
pleased  all  of  them.  We  doubled  it  with  "Her  Kind 
of  Man"  from  Warners  to  fair  midweek  business. 
Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  7,  8. — Thomas  di 
Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

PINOCCHIO:  Disney  Cartoon  Feature— This  one 
brought  them  in,  although  it  was  a  cartoon.  I  would 
recommend  your  playing  this,  if  cartoon  features  do 
any  business  for  you  at  all.  Played  Tuesday,  Wednes- 
day, July  30,  31. — Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre,  England, 
Ark. 

RIVERBOAT  RHYTHM:  Leon  Errol,  Glenn  Vernon 
— This  seemed  to  please  on  a  double  bill  program. 
Wouldn't  recommend  it  to  stand  alone  except  on  Bar- 
gain Night  or  with  special  attraction.  Played  Thurs- 
day-Saturday, July  25-27.— Terry  Axley,  New  Thea- 
tre, England,  Ark. 

RIVERBOAT  RHYTHM:  Leon  Errol,  Glenn  Ver- 
non— Used  on  weekend  double  bill.  No  draw.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  16,  17. — A.  C.  Edwards,  Wine- 
ma Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small  lumber  town  patron- 
age. 

SISTER  KENNY:  Rosalind  Russell,  Alexander  Knox 
— Due  to  current  infantile  paralysis  epidemic  we  had  a 
large  turnout.  Miss  Russell  and  Knox  turned  in  their 
usual  excellent  dramatic  performances.  There  will  be 
a  big  buildup  for  this  picture  in  cities  where  there  is 
Kenny  controversy.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday, 
Aug.  7,  8.— W.  A.  Ufford  and  J.  P.  Lowe,  Post  Thea- 
tres, Buckley  Field,  Denver,  Colo.    Army  patronage. 


Republic 

'ALIAS  BILLY  THE  KID:  Sunset  Carson,  Peggy 
Stewart — Plenty  of  action  and  shooting.  Very  pleas- 
ing to  juvenile  patrons.  Played  Friday,  Saturday, 
Aug.  16,  17.— A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia, 
Cal.    Small  lumber  town  patronage. 

NIGHT  TRAIN  TO  MEMPHIS:  Roy  Acuff,  Adele 
Mara — Advertise  Roy  Acuff,  and  that  is  enough.  Just 
get  ready  for  a  big  night.  Best  business  in  some  time. 
Playe'd  Monday,  Tuesday,  July  15,  16.— A.  Z.  Culler, 
Springfield   Theatre,   Springfield,   S.  C. 

ONE  EXCITING  WEEK:  Al  Pearce,  Arline  Harris 
— Good  little  comedy  which  pleased  on  Friday  and  Sat- 
urday.  Played  Aug.  23  ,  24. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Para- 
mount Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

SPRINGTIME  IN  THE  ROCKIES:  Gene  Autry— 
I  waited  all  week  for  this  one  and  wasn't  disappoint- 
ed. The  patrons  came  in  to  see  a  good  picture  and 
didn't  go  away  disappointed.  Everybody  was  happy, 
including  me.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  16,  17.— 
Harry  T.  Wachter.  Gentry  Theatre.  Gentry,  Ark. 


Twentieth  Century- Fox 

CLAUDIA  AND  DAVID:  Dorothy  McGuire.  Robert 
Young — This  went  over  big  here.  The  two  actors 
seem  to  act  well  together  and  they  both  gave  swell 
performances.  Played  Sunday.  Monday,  Aug.  11,  12. — 
Steve  Amato,  Post  Theatre,  Fort  Mason,  Cal.  Army 
patronage. 

CLAUDIA  AND  DAVID:  Dorothy  McGuire.  Robert 
Young — This  seemed  to  be  well  liked  here.    Miss  Mc- 
Guire is  a  great  favorite  with  the  boys  and  always 
draws  a  large  audience.    As  for  the  picture  itself,  it 
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Opening  Week  at  the  N.Y. 
WINTER  GARDEN  Theatre 
The  KILLERS  played  to 

71,080  admissions! 

"fantastic  figure"  says  Variety 


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r-rrr 


'The  Killers''  opened  sensation- 
ally last  Wednesday  at  the  Garden, 
and  built  on  subsequent  days,  be- 
ing helped  by  crix  praise.  Film 
went  in  on  all-night  grind  policy 
with  scale  upped  to  $1.70  for  choice 
times    of    day.     Fast    turnover  is 

ith  bringing  such  a 


fantastic  figure] 


MARK  HELLINGER 

presents 

ERNEST  HEMINGWAY'S 

Directed  by 

ROBERT  SIODMAK 

of  "The  Spiral  Staircase"  fame 


A  Universal  Release 

EDMOND  O'BRIEN  •  AVA  GARDNER 
ALBERT  DEKKER  •  SAM  LEVENE 
and  Introducing  BURT  LANCASTER 

Screenplay  by  Anthony  Veiller 
From  the  story  by  Ernest  Hemingway 
Produced  by  Mark  Hellinger 


(Continued  from  page  50) 
was  enjoyable  and  seems  to  indicate  a  Claudia  series. 
Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  4,  5— W.  A.  Ufford  and 
J.  P.   Lowe,  Post  Theatres,   Buckley   Field,  Denver, 
Colo.    Army  patronage. 

CLUNY  BROWN:  Jennifer  Jones,  Charles  Boyer— 
Whether  it  was  the  squirrels  to  nuts  or  nuts  to  squir- 
rels, we  don't  know.  But  we  do  know  it  was  about 
the  nuttiest  picture  we  ever  saw  and  we  found  only 
three  of  our  patrons  who  liked  it.  Played  Thursday, 
Friday,  Aug.  8,  9.— V.  H.  Freeman,  Scenic  Theatre, 
Newland,  N.  C. 

CLUNY  BROWN:  Jennifer  Jones,  Charles  Boyer— 
Poor  box  office  and  poor  picture.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday,  Aug.  4,  5.— H.  B.  Ram,  Patricia  Theatre, 
iiken,  S.  C. 

CLUNY  BROWN:  Jennifer  Jones,  Charles  Boyer— 
This  is  a  good  imitation  of  an  English-made  picture. 
The  scenes  are  London  and  most  of  the  actors  talk 
with  an  English  accent.  I  had  complaints  and  walk- 
outs. Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  16,  17. — E.  M. 
Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

CLUNY  BROWN:  Jennifer  Jones,  Charles  Boyer— 
Decidedly  divided  opinion  among  our  patrons.  Some 
enjoyed  it  immensely  and  others  just  walked  out. 
Business  good.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  4,  5. — 
Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz, 
N.  Y. 

COL.  EFFINGHAM'S  RAID:  Charles  Coburn,  Joan 
Bennett— We  are  still  wondering  why  20th -Fox  put 
Joan  in  a  picture  like  this  one.  The  parts  are  played 
fairly  well.  However,  it  was  no  good  at  the  box  office. 
Played  Wednesday,  Aug.  14. — V.  H.  Freeman,  Scenic 
Theatre,  Newland,  N.  C. 

DARK  CORNER,  THE:  Lucille  Ball,  William  Ben- 
dix  —  What's  wrong  with  Hollywood  ?  Too  many 
mystery  pictures.  Don't  they  know  that  the  people 
have  been  depressed  too  long  now  ?  It  is  the  same 
story,  murder  mystery  and  no  business.  Played  three 
of  this  type  in  six  days.  I  can't  advise  not  playing 
this  type  because  if  you  don't  you  won't  be  able  to 
fill  your  playdates.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday, 
Aug.  21,  22.— A.  Z.  Culler,  Swansea  Theatre,  Swansea, 
S.  C. 

DO  YOU  LOVE  ME?:  Maureen  O'Hara,  Dick 
Haymes — Do  we  love  you  when  it  does  business,  and 
it  outgrossed  "Gilda."  Played  Monday,  Tuesday, 
Aug.  19,  20.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Til- 
bury, Ont.,  Can. 

DO    YOU   LOVE   ME?:    Maureen   O'Hara,  Dick 

Haymes — This  picture  was  one  of  the  best  we  have 
played  in  some  time.  The  songs  and  acting  were 
superb  and  our  patrons  liked  it  and  many  of  them 
came  back  to  see  it  again  the  second  night.  20th- 
Fox  really  teamed  a  swell  pair  when  they  put  Maureen 
and  Dick  in  this  one.  Played  Thursday,  Friday,  Aug. 
IS,  16. — V.  H.  Freeman,  Scenic  Theatre,  Newland, 
N.  C. 

HOME  SWEET  HOMICIDE:  Lynn  Bari,  Randolph 
Scott— With  Peggy  Garner,  Dean  Stockwell  and  Con- 
nie Marshall  playing  kid  detectives,  you  can't  go  far 
wrong  with  this.  This  had  a  great  many  laughs,  but 
will  have  a  hard  time  getting  sold.  It  does  not  war- 
rant "A"  playing  time.  Played  Friday,  Aug.  16.— W. 
A.  Ufford  and  J.  P.  Lowe,  Post  Theatres,  Buckley 
Field,  Denver,  Colo.    Army  patronage. 

LEAVE  HER  TO  HEAVEN:  Gene  Tierney,  Cornel 
Wilde — Color  in  this  picture  is  very  exceptional.  Busi- 
ness above  average  and  everyone  was  pleased.  Miss 
Tierney  really  did  a  job  in  this  one.  Played  Sunday. 
Monday,  Aug.  11,  12. — Jack  Hammond,  Hart  Theatre, 
Ferndale,  Cal. 

RETURN  OF  FRANK  JAMES:  Henry  Fonda,  Gene 
Tierney — We  wondered  if  this  would  hold  up  after  so 
many  showings,  and  we  found  out.  It  out-grossed 
"Jesse"  this  trip.  For  small  town  and  rural  patron- 
age, in  other  words,  down-to-earth,  honest -to- good- 
ness folks,  it  can't  be  beat.  Played  Thursday,  Fri- 
day, Aug.  15-16. — A.  Z.  Culler,  Calhoun  Theatre,  St. 
Matthews,  S.  C. 

SHOCK:  Vincent  Price,  Lynn  Bari — Opened  up  the 
first  night  O.K..  but  it  dropped  off  50  per  cent  the 
second  night,  which  is  the  test  of  pictures.  Played 
Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  21,  22.— Harland  Rankin, 
Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

SMOKY:  Fred  MacMurray,  Anne  Baxter— Did  fine 
at  the  box  office.  It  is  a  swell  picture.  Played  Sun- 
day, Monday,  Aug.  18,  19.— H.  B.  Ram,  Patricia  Thea- 
tre, Aiken,  S.  C. 


United  Artists 

BREAKFAST  IN  HOLLYWOOD:  Tom  Breneman, 
Bonita  Granville — The  radio  following  of  this  program 
makes  this  a  fairly  good  drawing  card.  Not  many 
comments  either  way.  Plaved  Sunday,  Monday,  July 
21,  22.— Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre,  England,  Ark. 

CAESAR  AND  CLEOPATRA:  Claude  Rains,  Vivi- 
an Leigh — This  is  really  a  big  picture.  Everything 
from  photography  through  musical  score  is  tops.  Miss 
Leigh  and  Rains  are  superb  and  the  sets  and  costumes 
are  magnificent.  British  use  of  Technicolor  is  beauti- 
ful. The  audience  all  liked  it  and  there  were  many 
excellent  comments.  Sparkling  dialogue  makes  126 
minutes  go  quickly.  It  is  a  truly  distinguished  Brit- 


ish production  P.layed  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug. 
21,  22.— W.  A.  Ufford  and  J.  P.  Lowe,  Post  Theatres, 
Buckley  Field,  Denver,  Colo.     Army  patronage. 

GETTING  GERTIE'S  GARTER:  Dennis  O'Keefe, 
Marie  McDonald — A  good  show  well  attended.  It 
seemed  to  be  enjoyed  by  all  who  saw  it.  Let's  have 
more  like  this  one.  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Aug. 
13,  14. — K.  Walshaw,  Broadview  Theatre,  Sask.,  Can. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

NIGHT  IN  CASABLANCA,  A:  Marx  Brothers,  Lois 
Collier — Business  fair.  Comedy  too  fast  for  the  locals. 
Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  7,  8. — H.  B.  Ram, 
Patricia  Theatre,  Aiken,  S.  C. 

WHISTLE  STOP:  George  Raft,  Ava  Gardner— O.  K. 
here  midweek.  Crowd  seemed  to  like  it  and  it  did 
average  or  better  business.  It  is  something  a  little 
different.  Played  Tuesday-Thursday,  Aug.  13-15. — C. 
W.  Ritenour,  Milford  Theatre.  Milford.  111. 


Universal 

BECAUSE  OF  HIM:  Deanna  Durbin,  Franchot  Tone 
— Fellows  we  could  write  a  column  on  this  one,  but  we 
are  not  in  the  mood.  Because  of  him  or  her  they  all 
stayed  away.  Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Aug.  19,  20.— 
V.  H.  Freeman,  Scenic  Theatre,  Newland,  N.  C. 

CANYYON  PASSAGE:  Dana  Andrews,  Susan  Hay- 
ward — A  really  good  picture.  We  had  a  good  trailer 
so  the  show  was  filled  both  nights  and  everybody 
seemed  to  like  it.  Played  Thursday,  Friday,  Aug.  15, 
16. — Steve  Am.ato,  Post  Theatre,  Fort  Mason,  Cal. 
Army  patronage. 

CANYON  PASSAGE:  Dana  Andrews,  Susan  Hay- 
worth — With  trailer  in  advance,  extra  billboards  and  a 
special  sneak  preview,  this  did  gold  rush  business. 
Color  used  to  best  advantage.  Story  suitable,  but  boys 
wanted  more  of  Miss  Hayworth  as  she  seems  to  take  a 
back  seat.  Nevertheless  a  top  show.  Played  Wednes- 
day, Thursday,  Aug.  14,  15— W.  A.  Ufford  &  J.  P. 
Lowe,  Post  Theatres,  Buckley  Field,  Denver,  Colo. 
Army  patronage. 

DALTONS  RIDE  AGAIN :  Alan  Curtis,  Kent  Taylor 
— Good  old  Daltons.  This  is  the  type  that  makes  you 
feel  that  you  are  in  a  good  business.  Flay  it,  brethren. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  23,  24.— Harland  Rankin, 
Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

EAST  SIDE  OF  HEAVEN:  Bing  Crosby,  Joan 
Blondell — Here  is  a  reissue  that  really  packs  'em  in. 
Everybody,  young  and  old  alike,  enjoyed  seeing  Bing 
and  hearing  him  sing  those  old  songs.  Played  Wednes- 
day, Aug.  21.— V.  H.  Freeman,  Scenic  Theatre,  New- 
land,  N.  C. 

IF  I  HAD  MY  WAY:  Bing  Crosby,  Gloria  Jean- 
Doubled  this  one  with  "Follow  That  Woman"  to  over 
average  midweek  business.  Bing  always  brings  them 
in.  This  reissue  is  much  better  than  the  average  mod- 
ern picture  and  priced  right  to  make  some  money.  And 
how  we  need  that !  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Aug. 
13,  14.— Jack  Hammond,  Hart  Theatre,  Ferndale,  Cal. 

LITTLE  GIANT:  Bud  Abbott,  Lou  Costello— Just 
finished  with  Abbott  and  Costello  in  "Little  Giant" 
which  played  to  the  worst  business  we  have  had  in 
several  years.  They  have  been  steadily  slipping  for  us, 
but  never  thought  they  could  get  t~hat  bad.  When 
slapstick  comedians  like  Abbott  and  Costello,  who  are 
very  funny  in  this  writer's  opinion,  flop  in  an  action- 
family  type  of  theatre,  it  is  high  time  the  producers 
beware,  as  these  boys  are  strictly  midweek  for  us  from 
now  on.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  25,  26. — Abe 
Kaufman,  Fountain  Theatre,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

LITTLE  GIANT:  Bud  Abbott,  Lou  Costello— Just 
another  picture.  Business  fair.  Played  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  Aug.  14,  15. — H.  B.  Ram,  Patricia  Theatre, 
Aiken,  S.  C. 

MY  GAL  LOVES  MUSIC:  Bob  Crosby,  Grace  Mc- 
Donald—O.  K.  Bob.  They  like  you  in  our  town.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  23,  24.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza 
Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

SCARLET  STREET:  Edward  G.  Robinson,  Joan 
Bennett— This  is  awful  for  rural  patronage.  I  blamed 
it  on  the  infantile  paralysis  wave,  but  the  patrons  told 
me  it  was  the  picture.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Aug. 
13,  13.— Harry  T.  Wachter,  Gentry  Theatre,  Gentry, 
Ark. 

STRANGE  CONQUEST:  Jane  Wyatt,  Lowell  Gil- 
more— I  didn't  get  mad  at  the  patrons  for  staying 
away  from  this  one.  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday, 
Aug.  14,  15.— Harry  T.  Wachter,  Gentry  Theatre,  Gen- 
try, Ark. 


Warner  Bros. 

HER  KIND  OF  MAN:  Zachary  Scott,  Janis  Paige 
—Old-fashioned  Warner  gangster  picture  with  a  good 
plot  which  pleased  almost  all  who  came.  Doubled  with 
"Partners  in  Time"  to  fair  midweek  business.  Played 
Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  7,  8— Thomas  di  Lorenzo, 
New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

HER  KIND  OF  MAN:  Zachary  Scott,  Janis  Paige- 
This  was  just  average,  except  for  one  thing,  Janis 
Paige.  If  this  was  her  voice  and  was  not  dubbed,  it 
is  one  of  the  best  to  come  through  lately.  On  top  of 
that  she  handled  her  dramatics  like  a  veteran.— T.  E. 
Hancock,  Columbia  Theatre,  .Columbia  City,  Ind. 


HOLLYWOOD  CANTEEN:  Warner  Star  Revue- 
This  went  over  well  although  I  was  quite  late  in  play 
ing  this  feature.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  9,  10 
— K.  Walshaw,  Broadview  Theatre,  Sask.,  Can.  Smal 
town  and  rural  patronage. 

MY  REPUTATION:  Barbara  Stanwyck,  Georgt 
Brent — Picture  wasn't  bad  but  it  was  not  for  "A' 
playing  time  in  this  town.  Played  Sunday,  Monday 
Aug.  25,  26.— C.  W.  Ritenour,  Milford  Theatre,  Mil 
ford,  111. 

Short  Features 
Metro-Gold  wyn-Mayer 

THE  MILY  WAIF:  Technicolor  Cartoons— A  first- 
class  cartoon  subject  which  registered  at  every  show.— 
Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz 
N.  Y. 


Paramount 

HOUSE  TRICKS:  Popeye  the  Sailor— Usual  Popeye 
cartoon  which  was  fairly  good. — Terry  Axley,  New 
Theatre,  England,  Ark. 

MESS  PRODUCTION:  Popeye  the  Sailor  — Very 
good. — Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre,  England,  Ark. 

SNAP  HAPPY:  Little  Lulu:  Just  another  cartoon- 
Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre,  England,  Ark. 


RKO  Radio 

TRIPLE  TROUBLE:  Leon  Errol— Errol  has  a  lot  of 
laughs.  We  enjoy  him  a  lot. — Harland  Rankin,  Plaza 
Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ontario. 

Universal 

RECKLESS  DRIVER:  Lantz  Color  Cartunes— This 
is  a  clever  color  cartoon. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Para- 
mount Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 


Warner-Vitaphone 

EAGER  BEAVER:  Merrie  Melodies  Cartoons— An- 
other good  color  cartoon  from  Warner  Bros. — E.  M. 
Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

HARE  REMOVER:  "Bugs  Bunny"  Specials— This  is 
a  very  funny  cartoon  which  we  played  to  advantage 
with  "O.  S.  S."  where  we  needed  some  laughs.— 
Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz, 
N.  Y. 

KITTY  KORNERED:  Merrie  Melodies  Cartoons-j 
Good  color  cartoon. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount 
Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

WITH  ROD  AND  GUN  IN  CANADA:  Sports 
Parade — An  excellent  color  reel  of  the  great  Northern 
outdoors  which  pleased  our  audience.  —  Thomas  di 
Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 


Allied  States  Approves 
U.  S.  Famine  Short 

Allied  States  Association'  has  approved 
the  government  film,  "A  Message  of  Fam- 
ine," the  organization  has  announced  from 
Washington.  "While  the  subject  is  some- 
what gruesome,"  it  was  said,  "the  (Allied) 
committe  recognizes  the  necessity  for  biting 
into  the  public  conscience  in  order  to  secure 
effective  cooperation  in  saving  food  for  the 
relief  of  the  famine-stricken  areas."  The 
organization  pointed  out  that  it  is  only 
recommended  that  the  four-minute  trailer  be 
shown.  "The  right  is  reserved  to  every  ex- 
hibitor to  decide  for  himself  whether  he  will 
run  it,"  the  committee  said. 


20th-Fox  Names  Generalis 

George  A.  Generalis  has  been  appointed 
trade  paper  liaison  at  Twentieth  Century- 
Fox,  it  has  been  announced  by  Charles 
Schlaifer,  head  of  the  advertising,  publicity, 
exploitation  and  radio  departments.  Mr. 
Generalis,  after  two  years  in  the  office  of 
foreign  language  press  publicity,  succeeds 
the  late  Al  Selig.  He  will  assist  Sam  Shain, 
director  of  trade  relations. 


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Regretful 


Ed  Harrison,  manager  of  the  Court  Square  theatre,  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  who  recently  sold  his  theatre  program  as  "A 
Couple  of  Stinkaroos"  in  newspaper  advertisements,  is  appre- 
hensive over  the  thought  that  other  managers  may  imitate  his 
action.  It  is  doubtful  if  the  device  will  ever  become  popular 
with  theatremen. 

"There  has  been  another  instance  in  this  territory  lately"  .  .  . 
he  writes,  "I  feel  that  this  is  a  dangerous  practice  and  unfair 
to  the  producer  and  distributor.  The  manager  has  no  right  to 
jeopardize  these  investments. 

"I  .feel  that  I  did  the  company  a  grave  injustice  and  would 
like  to  apologize  to  the  distributor  personally  and  to  the  indus- 
try as  a  whole.' 

Since  Mr.  Harrison  seeks  absolution  for  his  misguided  action, 
all  that  remains  is  that  he  square  himself  with  the  moviegoers 
in  his  community  for  booking  what  he  considered  a  "Couple 
of  Stinkeroos"  in  the  first  place. 

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Winning  Ways 


From  England  comes  the  list  of  winners  in  the  annual  show- 
manship contest  sponsored  by  the  Kinematograpb  Weekly. 

The  contest  differs  from  our  own  Quigley  Awards  in  that 
monthly  prizes  are  given  to  showmen  for  the  "best  campaign 
of  the  month" — the  annual  award  being  based  on  skill  for 
any  individual  effort  rather  than  consistency  of  effort.  Kinc 
selects  the  winners. 

It-  is  interesting  to  us  that  the  same  showmen  who  regularly 
compete  in  the  Quigley  Awards  are  ever  winning  top  honors 
in  other  showmanship  competitions. 

The  English  champion  and  runner-up  turn  out  to  be  our 
good  friends  Harry  Murray  of  the  Odeon,  Bristol,  and 
Frank  Bradley  of  the  Regent,  Sheffield. 

One  of  two  Special  Awards  is  won  by  Barbara  Bradford, 
the  Plaza,  Catford,  who  has  recently  joined  the  ranks  of  con- 
tenders with  so  many  other  of  our  English  colleagues. 

Among  the  list  of  Honorable  Mentions  we  find  other 
familiar  names:  V.  Hugh  Deacon,  Gaumont,  Coventry; 
Maurice  Cheepen,  Astoria,  Old  Kent  Road;  S.  A.  Foster, 


Regent,  Brighton;  E.  V.  Walls,  Clifton,  Birmingham;  Ralph 
Phillips,  New  Kross  Kinema,  London,  S.E. 

Reviewing  the  results  of  last  year's  competition,  the  first 
since  the  end  of  the  war,  Kine  finds  the  number  of  entries 
unusual,  even  as  we  have  found  the  Quigley  Awards  attract- 
ing an  unprecedented  number  of  entries. 

Commenting  on  the  results,  Kine  is  happy  to  note:  "...  In 
spite  of  restrictions,  the  best  work  of  the  postwar  period  is 
better  than  the  best  before  the  war.  This  .  .  .  because  the 
more  astute  showmen  realize  that  the  public  generally  is  more 
intelligently  critical  than  it  used  to  be. 

"Another  fact  is  that  most  enterprising  managers  are  on 
excellent  terms  with  local  authorities  and  civic  dignitaries  .  .  . 
with  active  cooperation  from  educational,  housing  and  police 
officials." 

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Commencement 


Labor  Day  has  passed.  Now  begins  a  new  season  of 
greater  entertainment,  greater  screen  productions  and,  we 
expect,  greater  showmanship. 

There  is  an  immediate  task  ahead  in  exerting  influence  to 
maintain  the  juvenile  patronage,  so  notable  and  welcome 
during  the  school  recess. 

In  scores  of  towns,  villages  and  cities,  the  managers  are  busy 
with  their  special  Saturday  matinees,  new  serials,  cartoon 
shows  and  free  school  supplies;  and,  while  many  are  engaged 
with  the  old,  tried  formulas,  others  will  be  trying  out  new  ideas. 

Then  there  will  be  the  endless  passage  of  holidays  which 
will  mean  extra  ingenuity  and  resourcefulness  on  dates  like 
Columbus  Day,  Hallowe'en,  Election  Day,  Armistice  Day, 
Thanksgiving  Day  and  the  Christmas  and  New  Year's  Day 
observances. 

Whatever  form  your  promotions  may  take,  whether  new 
or  old,  your  ideas  will  find  consideration  and  space  in  the 
Round  Table  pages.  Your  colleagues  and  associates  will  be 
glad  to  know  what  you  do  and  how  you  do  it.  The  boss-man 
and  other  theatre  executives  will  be  interested. 

We  here  will  welcome  the  opportunity  to  hear  from  you 
again,  particularly  if  you  haven't  been  keeping  up  with  your 
correspondence  lately. 

—CHESTER  FRIEDMAN 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


53 


A  shipbuilding  contest,  sponsored  by  a 
local  hobby  shop,  was  promoted  in  the 
window  display,  above,  by  manager 
J.  G.  Samartano  of  the  State,  Providence, 
R.  I.,  to  exploit  the  engagement  of 
"Caesar  and  Cleopatra". 


An  exhibit  of  Egyptian  relics 
borrowed  from  the  municipal 
museum  helped  to  exploit 
Bill  Reisinger's  date  on 
"Caesar  and  Cleopatra"  at 
Loew's,  Dayton,  Ohio. 
The  display,  set  up  in  the 
theatre  lobby,  did  a  good 
pre-opening  selling  job. 


CORNEL  WILDE 


Part  of  publicist  Jack  Matlack's  campaign  for 
"Green  Years"  at  the  United  Artists  theatre, 
Portland,  Ore.,  included  this  street  ballyhoo. 
Placards  on  boys'  backs  gave  theatre  name 
and  playdate. 


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At  the  Marks  theatre,  Oshawa,  Ont.,  manager  Mel  Jolley  designed  this  front  for 
"Bandit  of  Sherwood  Forest".   His  projectionist,  Jack  Snyder,  did  the  construction. 


EXCtTpitCUEX  OiUSJ 
HJNG  WIDOW 


Adapted  from  adver- 
tisements in  national 
trade  magazines,  Les 
Pollock  created  this 
eye-filling    lobby  dis- 


play for 
Wed"  at 
Rochester, 


'Easy 
Loew's 
N.  Y. 


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When  "Young  Widow" 
recently  played  at  the 
State  in  Altoona,  Pa., 
manager  W.  B.  Kreag 
cashed  in  on  the  cur- 
rent wave  of  publicity 
accorded  Jane  Russell. 
Attractive  blowups, 
left,  of  the  star  did  an 
effective  selling  job. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


Accelerating 
Ticket  Sales 


At  left  are 
three  attractive 
usherettes  at  the 
RKO  105th  Street 
theatre  in  Cleve- 
land who  helped 
manager  Ed  Pyne 
publicize  "Heart- 
beat" in  advance 
of  its  opening. 
To  the  attrac- 
tive heart-shaped 
earrings,  the 
device  made  an 
immediate  hit 
with  theatre 
patrons. 


Covered  wagon 
jallyhoo,  drawn 
4>y  four  horses, 
proved  effective 
n  publicizing 
Bad  Bascomb" 
it  the  State, 
Minneapolis,  for 
nanager  Charles 
A.  Zinn. 


Beneath  the  marquee  of  the 
Paramount  theatre  in  Syracuse, 
manager  Dick  Feldman  placed 
this  huge  beaverboard  book  to 
exploit  his  date  on  "Of  Human 
Bondage". 


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Attractive  lobby  display,  created  by  Julius 
-amm,  manager  of  the  Uptown  in  Cleve- 
land,   heralds    20th    anniversary    of  sound. 


W.  D.  Hendley,  publicist  for  the  Bradley 
theatre,  Columbus,  Ga.,  sold  "Night  in 
Casablanca"  with  this  attractive  laff-o- 
meter,  prior  to  the  picture's  opening. 

At  left,  an  attractive  window  display, 
promoting  "Make  Mine  Music",  was 
arranged  by  Lee  Koken,  manager  of  the 
RKO  Flushing  theatre,  Long  Island. 
The  display  was  illuminated  24  hours  a  day 
and  on  exhibition  for  14  consecutive  days. 


In  advance  of  the  opening  of 
'  Janie  Gets  Married",  manager 
Fred  Reeth  created  this  attractive 
still  board  in  the  lobby  of  the 
Capitol,  Madison,  Wis. 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


55 


The  Selling  Approach 

ON  NEW  PRODUCT 

[The  material  below  reflects  pressbooks  now  in  preparation  and  represents  the  point 
of  view  of  the  distributors'  exploiteers  on  selling  points  and  specal  merit  of  these  pictures.] 


THE  BIG  SLEEP  (Warner  Bros.):  This  pic- 
ture re-unites  Humphrey  Bogart  and 
Lauren  Bacall,  the  co-stars  of  "To  Have 
and  Have  Not"  in  a  tough,  suspenseful 
melodrama.  A  special  motion  picture  edi- 
tion of  the  best-selling  novel  by  Raymond 
Chandler  is  available  at  all  book  stores. 
The  cover  of  the  book  contains  a  montage 
of  action  scenes  on  the  front  and  back 
end  pages,  a  photo  of  Lauren  Bacall  and 
credit  to  the  picture. 

Arrange  window  displays  in  all  book 
stores  and  lending  libraries,  using  the  book 
itself  for  display  purposes.  Promote  co- 
operative newspaper  ads  with  the  book 
sections  of  department  stores.  Have  book 
marks  printed  for  distribution  to  book 
stores  and  lending  libraries. 

A  local  comic  strip  tieup  has  been  pre- 
pared for  use  by  Royal  Crown  bottlers 
throughout  the  country.  Include  theatre 
credits  in  bottler's  imprint  space.  Also 
distribute  reprints  through  stores  for  color- 
in  giveaway.  The  same  strip  in  larger  size 
also  appears  in  Teen  Talk  Magazine,  sent 
to  over  3,500  teen-age  clubs  and  thousands 
of  their  members. 

Suggested  for  a  lobby  display  is  a  set- 
piece  which  includes  several  action  scenes 
from  the  picture  plus  life  size  cut-outs  of 
the  co-stars  in  a  clinch. 

THREE  WISE  FOOLS  (Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer):  Here  is  the  latest  of  the  Margaret 
O'Brien  starring  vehicles.  Little  Margaret, 
who  has  become  a  household  favorite,  is 
adopted  by  the  "Three  Wise  Fools,"  which 
suggests  theatre  adoption  of  a  local  orphan 
girl  for  a  day,  from  a  home  or  elsewhere. 
Have  her  interviewed  on  the  radio,  plant 
art  and  story  in  the  newspapers  and  take 
her  on  a  tour  of  the  city. 

The  "Three  Wise  Fools"  are  bachelors, 
old  and  unhappy.  Advertise  for  sourpuss 


bachelors  to  attend  a  special  screening. 
Emphasize  that  it  will  be  impossible  for 
them  to  see  Margaret  without  showing 
pleasure  and  happiness. 

Arrange  with  a  newspaper  to  publish 
pictures  and  stories  of  a  "lost"  little  girl, 
offering  a  reward  to  the  person  first  iden- 
tifying her  on  the  street  or  in  a  store.  Use 
a  teaser  ad  campaign  with  copy  on  the 
order  of  "Wanted!  'Three  Wise  Fools'  to 
legally  adopt  a  charming  little  girl  needing 
affection  and  understanding."  List  the 
theatre's  telephone  number  under  the 
teaser  copy. 

Contact  local  stores  for  cooperative 
newspaper  ad  tieups  and  window  displays 
of  Margaret  O'Brien  fashions  for  little 
girls. 

EARL  CARROLL  SKETCHBOOK  (Repub- 
lic): A  musical  comedy,  this  picture  stars 
Constance  Moore  and  William  Marshall. 
Arrange  a  "Constance  Moore  Art  Con- 
test" for  teen-age  art  students.  Promote 
prizes  from  merchants  for  the  best  draw- 
ings of  Miss  Moore  and  award  them  to  the 
winners  on  stage  opening  night.  Arrange 
with  the  local  newspaper  for  a  letter-writ- 
ing contest  on  why  they  prefer  redheads, 
blondes  or  brunettes.  Get  the  writer's  per- 
mission to  read  the  winning  letters  from 
the  stage  opening  night. 

For  street  ballyhoo,  have  a  pretty  girl 
parade  through  the  streets  carrying  a  large 
sketchbook  imprinted  with  playdate  copy. 
Get  your  patrons  to  submit  their  books  of 
stamps,  clippings,  photo  pin-ups,  dresses, 
etc.,  for  a  sketchbook  contest.  Prizes  could 
be  awarded  for  the  best  sketchbooks  sub- 
mitted. 

Attract  attention  in  your  lobby  by 
spotting  blow-up  stills  of  the  girls  in  the 
picture  diagonally  across  the' wall,  to  simu- 
late pages  falling  from  a  book. 


Swank  Opening  in  Memphis 
For  "Night  and  Day" 

The  southern  premiere  opening  put  on  by 
Jim  Barnes,  manager  of  the  Warner  thea- 
tre, Memphis,  for  "Night  and  Day"  lacked 
only  the  "red  carpet"  to  signify  its  swanky 
atmosphere. 

Young  ladies  of  the  Junior  League  served 
as  invited  guests  to  the  special  invitation 
performance.  A  half  hour  radio  broadcast 
by  Lynn  Ward,  society  critic  and  editor, 
preceded  the  showing  of  the  picture.  Lead- 
ing newspaper  men  and  prominent  citizens 
appeared  on  the  broadcast,  which  included  a 
salute  to  Warner  Bros. 

The  theatre  was  a  brilliantly  lighted  focal 


point  for  thousands  of  spectators  on  opening 
night.  Four  searchlight  trucks  and  18  land- 
ing field  lights  furnished  by  the  Navy  pro- 
vided illumination. 


Invades  City  Hall  and 
Lands  in  Newspapers 

George  Hunt,  manager  of  Loew's,  Louis- 
ville, Ky.,  grabbed  plenty  of  newspaper 
space,  which  publicized  "Renegades"  at  his 
theatre.  Hunt  had  a  girl  attired  in  cowgirl 
costume  ride  down  to  City  Hall,  where  she 
demanded  a  permit  to  erect  a  hitching  post 
at  the  theatre  to  care  for  her  horse  while  she 
attended  the  picture.  Stories  and  photos 
landed  in  every  local  paper. 


Extra  Activities  I 
Overcome  Budget 
Limitations 

Because  the  Palace  theatre  in  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.,  is  a  neighborhood  theatre  with  a 
moderate  advertising  budget,  manager  Irving 
Cantor  has  been  resorting  to  extra  activities 
to  increase  business. 

Every  Saturday,  a  special  kiddie  matinee 
sponsored  by  Ralston's,  who  support  the  Tom 
Mix  radio  program,  has  proved  popular  with 
the  children.  Membership  cards  have  been 
issued  and  after  attending  ten  successive; 
weeks,  a  pass  and  a  prize  is  given  to  each 
child.  Local  ballplayers  have  appeared  on  the 
shows  as  well  as  the  sports  announcer  from 
station  WOLF.  The  theatre  gets  a  daily  plug. 

Two  merchants  pay  all  costs  for  Cantor's 
weekly  house  programs  with  nearby  markets 
assisting  in  the  distribution  of  5,000  each 
week  by  dropping  them  in  shoppers'  bags 

For  a  few  passes  each  week,  Cantor  has 
also  been  getting  free  publicity  in  several 
newspapers  in  adjacent  towns. 

Learning  that  many  railroad  workers  who 
live  in  his  area  are  afraid  to  leave  their 
houses  for  fear  of  missing  a  work  call,  he 
notified  the  Union  that  members  could  be 
called,  similar  to  the  service  rendered  doctors 
and  professional  people  at  the  Palace. 


Arranges  Baby  Contest  Tieup 

The  Capitol  theatre  in  New  London, 
Conn.,  recently  completed  a  highly  success- 
ful baby  contest  sponsored  by  Genung's,  a 
local  department  store.  Each  admission  tick- 
et purchased  during  a  four-week  period  en- 
titled the  holder  to  one  vote.  Prizes  were  a 
$100  war  bond  and  season  passes  to  the  thea- 
tre. Walter  Murphy,  manager  of  the  Capi- 
tol, made  the  tieup. 


HANSEN'S  COOLNESS 
AVERTS  PANIC 

Alert  action  on  the  part  of  Bene- 
dict Hansen,  manager  of  the  Empire 
theatre,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  averted  a 
panic  and  possible  injury  to  several 
hundred  persons  in  the  auditorium. 

When  a  reel  of  film  suddenly  burst 
into  flame,  smoke  emanating  from  the 
booth  caused  an  uneasy  stir  among 
patrons.  Hansen  promptly  turned  on 
house  lights,  mounted  the  stage  and 
requested  those  present  to  leave 
quietly. 

Many  commendations  were  re- 
ceived for  his  action  by  Mr.  Hansen. 
The  president  of  the  Broadway  Mer- 
chants Association  wrote  a  letter  to 
the  executive  offices  of  Raybond 
Theatres  Corp.,  which  operates  the 
Empire,  praising  Hansen's  compe- 
tence. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD.  SEPTEMBER  7.  1946 


Governor  Hails 
Anniversary  of 
Sound  Pictures 


A  proclamation  issued  by  the  governor  of 
Nebraska,  heralding  the  20th  anniversary  of 
sound,  was  the  opening  gun  of  manager  G. 
E.  Butterfield's  "Night  and  Day"  exploita- 
tion campaign  at  the  Lincoln  theatre,  Lin- 
coln, Neb.  Butterfield  used  blowups  and 
special  art  work  in  the  lobby  five  weeks  in 
advance  of  his  opening,  with  special  displays 
on  the  mezzanine  floor.  100  jumbo  window 
cards  were  placed  in  choice  locations  in  ad- 
dition to  one-sheets,  three-sheets  and  six- 
sheets,  which  were  sniped  with  opening  date 
and  theatre  name. 

The  Western  Electric  company  gave  over 
their  two  windows  art  the  mam  office  branch 
to  promoting  the  film,  announced  the  play- 
date  on  bulletin  boards,  and  carried  a  special 
salute  in  its  house  organ.  The  Eastman 
Kodark  company  used  an  attractive  window 
display  featuring  the  anniversary  and  the 
picture.  Additional  window  tieups  were  set 
with  Kresge's,  Watt's  Music  Store,  Dietz 
Music  Store,  Bauer's  Drugs,  the  telephone 
company,  and  several  department  stores. 


Radio,  Windows  Help  Date 
On  "Kid  from  Brooklyn" 

Window  displays,  free  radio  time  and  a 
tieup  with  a  local  milk  company  helped  to 
exploit  '"Kid  from  Brooklyn"  for  BUI  Mor- 
ton, publicist  for  the  RKO  Albee  in  Provi- 
dence, R.  I. 

Windows  included  some  of  the  most 
prominent  locations  in  the  city  with  Lig- 
gett's,  The  Outlet  Co.,  tobacconists  and  at 
least  10  music  stores. 

Five-minute  shows  were  promoted  over 
WJAR  and  WEAN  and  a  15  minute  show 
was  scored  over  WEAN  the  day  before 
opening. 

Restaurants  also  cooperated,  and  the  Hood 
Milk  company  spotted  one-sheet  posters 
throughout  its  plant  calling  attention  to  the 
film.  Morton  also  landed  excellent  publicity 
breaks  in  the  Pawtucket  Times,  Providence 
Sunday  Journal  and  Herald  News. 


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KID  STUFF 


Gingell's  Laugh  Show  a  Hit 

An  '  All  Laugh  Show,"  the  second  one  in 
the  past  two  months  put  on  by  Ray  Gingell, 
manager  of  the  Hiser  theatre  in  Bethesda, 
Md.,  proved  highly  successful.  Gingell  built 
a  complete  program  of  comedy  shorts  around 
the  feature,  "Getting  Gertie's  Garter,"  and 
sold  it  through  special  newspaper  ads  and 
exploitation. 


To  attract  juveniles  to  his  Cartoon  Carnival 
at  the  Paramount  tlieatre  in  Middletown, 
Ohio,  manager  Roy  Peffley  recently  used 
this  novel  ballyhoo.  Device  did  the  trick; 
show  was  a  sell-out. 


Promotes  Four  Co-op  Ads 

Cooperative  newspaper  ads  recently  were 
set  on  four  pictures  playing  at  Loew's 
theatre  in  Newark,  N.  J.  The  co-ops  were 
arranged  by  Loew's  publicist  Ann  Bontempo 
with  the  American  Shops.  Each  ad  featured 
a  photograph  and  a  biography  of  the  star 
of  the  picture.  The  productions  publicized 
were  "Whistle  Stop,"  "Paris  Underground," 
"Talk  About  a  Lady,"  and  "The  Postman 
Always  Rings  Twice." 


Warren  Promotes 
Store  Tieup  for 
Elgin  Playdate 

Tying  in  with  A.  J.  Freiman's,  Ltd.,  Otta- 
wa's largest  department  store,  which  spon- 
sors the  local  outlet  for  the  teen-age  pro- 
gram, "Calling  All  Girls,"  proved  an  effec- 
tive business  stimulant  for  manager  Ernie 
Warren  of  the  Elgin  in  that  city,  coincident 
with  the  engagement  of  "Enchanted  Forest." 

Warren  put  on  a  special  morning  show  for 
members,  with  the  store  paying  regular  ad- 
mission for  each  registered  member  of  the 
club.  A  capacity  house  resulted,  with  a 
smart  fashion  show  the  big  attraction  for  the 
youngsters.  The  department  store  gave  ex- 
tensive cooperation  towards  promoting  the 
show  in  advance,  with  mention  on  its  vari- 
ous radio  programs,  through  window  dis- 
plays and  the  teen-agers  department.  Full 
page  newspaper  ads  were  also  utilized. 

In  spite  of  a  difficult  newspaper  situation, 
Warren  obtained  excellent  cooperation  from 
the  dailies. 

As  a  result  of  the  special  show,  the  depart- 
ment store  reports  that  its  original  member- 
ship of  400  has  grown  to  over  1,600. 


Goes  After  Railroad  Workers 

Since  Etowah,  Tenn.,  is  an  important  rail- 
road town,  it  is  perhaps  only  natural  that 
D.  T.  Stalcup,  manager  of  the  Gem  theatre 
there,  took  advantage  of  this  fact  by  tying 
it  in  with  all  advertising  prior  to  his  en- 
gagement of  "Night  Train  to  Memphis." 
Stalcup  used  catch  lines  in  all  advertising 
media  headed,  "Attention,  railroad  men." 
Extra  business  resulted  for  the  playdate. 


Display  Ads  With  Originality 


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Here  are  two  original  newspaper  ad- 
vertisements created  by  Norman  Kas- 
sel,  advertising  director  for  Essaness 
theatres  in  Chicago.  Kassel  has 
acquired  considerable  reputation  in 
the  midwest  for  his  ingenuity. 


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Guessing  Contest 
On  "Masquerade 
Used  by  Dallas 


Hynes  Continues 

Exploitation  at 
New  Location 

Bob  Hynes,  contender  for  the  third  quar- 
ter Quigley  Awards,  has  been  maintaining 
the  fast  exploitation  pace  established  prior 
to  his  recent  transfer  to  the  Criterion  thea- 
tre in  Oklahoma  City.  To  promote  "Kid 
from  Brooklyn,"  Bob  distributed  10,000  cel- 
lophane bags  containing  peanuts,  with  copy, 
"If  you  think  these  are  nuts,  wait  till  you 
see,  etc."  Bags  were  distributed  in  the  busi- 
ness area  by  five  attractive  girls  four  days 
before  opening. 

Window  displays  were  set  with  Cox  Ra- 
dio store,  Andy  Anderson's  sporting  goods 
store,  McEntees  Jewelry  shop  and  several 
ether  prominent  locations.  At  eight  busy 
intersections,  300-pound  cakes  of  ice  were 
placed,  with  copy  frozen  in  the  center,  read- 
ing, "Keep  cool  and  see,  etc."  On  opening 
day  an  ice  cake  was  set  in  front  of  the  thea- 
tre, with  an  attractive  model  in  a  bathing 
suit  perched  atop  it,  which  created  plenty  of 
attention. 

24-sheet  cutouts  were  placed  over  the  mar- 
quee. Two  ushers  in  boxing  gloves  and 
trunks  paraded  the  streets  with  tiein  copy 
on  their  backs.  Radio  spot  announcements 
were  used  extensively  over  four  local  out- 
lets. Royal  Crown  Cola  trucks  were  ban- 
nered with  picture  title  and  playdate.  Hynes 
also  had  off  duty  staff  members  calling 
phone  subscribers  and  delivering  a  sales 
message  on  the  picture. 

Dillenbeck  Scores  Hit  with 
Two  Day  Cartoon  Show 

D.  M.  Dillenbeck,  manager  of  the  Rialto 
theatre,  Bushnell,  111.,  staged  a  two-day  car- 
ton show  with  excellent  results.  The  first 
showing  was  held  on  Friday  matinee  with 
a  follow-up  on  Saturday  morning.  Circulars 
were  distributed  announcing  the  shorts  and 
plugging  the  advance  sale  of  tickets. 

For  his  recent  date  on  "Little  Giant,"  Dil- 
lenbeck built  a  special  lobby  and  sidewalk 
display  and  had  heralds  imprinted  with 
special  laugh  copy.  Window  cards  were  ad- 
ditionally spotted  in  merchant  locations. 

Promotes  March  of  Time 
With  Window  Tieups 

Ed  May,  manager  of  the  Rosetta  theatre, 
Miami,  Fla.,  took  full  advantage  of  his  re- 
cent opening  on  the  March  of  Time  re- 
lease, "More  Homes  Wanted."  A  special 
trailer  was  used  one  week  in  advance,  and 
an  attractive  40  x  60  with  art  display  helped 
to  impress  theatre  patrons  with  playdates. 
May  obtained  window  locations  for  attractive 
11  x  14's  mounted  on  16  x  22  cards,  with 
special  lettering  applicable  to  the  various 
stores  where  they  were  distributed.  The 
effort  paid  off  with  extra  business  during 
the  engagement. 


ODEON  MOVIE  CLUB 
GETS  RADIO  SPOT 

A  half-hour  weekly  radio  program 
is  presented  from  the  stage  of  the 
Odeon  theatre,  Kingston,  Ont.,  each 
Saturday  morning  through  a  tieup 
manager  C.  A.  Hunter  arranged  with 
Doyle's  Bakery,  sponsors.  The  program 
is  devoted  exclusively  to  the  Odeon 
Movie  Club,  a  children's  organization 
of  some  1 ,500  members.  On  the  pro- 
gram the  members  sing,  tap  dance, 
play  musical  instruments,  etc.  The  club 
members  also  read  the  announce- 
ments and  commercials.  5,000  lucky 
number  cards  were  printed  and  dis- 
tributed by  the  bakery.  In  addition 
to  the  bakery,  two  other  merchants 
contributed  prizes  for  the  winners. 


Has  Welshman  Translate 
"The  Corn  Is  Green" 

Taking  advantage  of  the  fact  that  the 
Welsh  people  have  a  peculiar  fanaticism  for 
their  native  tongue,  William  Newman,  man- 
ager of  the  Olympia  Cinema,  Cardiff,  Wales, 
received  unusual  publicity  in  connection  with 
his  date  on  "The  Corn  Is  Green"  through  a 
novel  promotion. 

Newman  had  his  sign  writer  draw  a 
poster  with  the  Welsh  translation  of  "The 
Corn  Is  Green."  The  sign  was  intentionally 
worded  incorrectly.  Patrons  were  then  in- 
vited to  submit  their  own  version  of  the  cor- 
rect translation  in  their  native  tongue.  He 
followed  this  up  by  asking  local  radio  an- 
nouncers and  news  editors  to  supply  the  cor- 
rect translation.  As  a  result,  27  different 
versions  were  submitted,  and  the  stunt  creat- 
ed so  much  interest  that  the  theatre  broke 
an  attendance  record  established  in  1944. 


Digging  into  his  bag  of  old  exploitation 
gimmicks  and  using  a  new  approach,  Dave 
Dallas,  manager  of  the  Griffith  theatres  in 
Manhattan,  Kans.,  recently  found  the  public 
responsive  to  a  bean  guessing  contest,  which 
was  used  to  exploit  "Masquerade  in  Mexi- 
co" at  the  Wareham  theatre.  Ten  days 
prior  to  the  opening,  a  bean  jar  was  dis- 
played in  the  lobby  in  charge  of  an  usherette 
dressed  in  Mexican  costume.  Patrons  were 
provided  with  pencils  and  contest  blanks, 
with  those  guessing  the  correct  number  of 
beans  in  the  jar,  or  nearest  number  to  it, 
receiving  a  free  steak  dinner  from  the  local 
market.  The  winners  also  received  free 
tickets  to  see  the  picture. 

The  interest  aroused  in  the  contest  land- 
ed a  news  story  in  the  Mercury-Chronicle. 
The  cooperating  merchant  displayed  the 
steaks  attractively  in  the  window,  set  up  in 
a  bed  of  ice,  with  a  30  x  40  card  explaining 
the  rules,  plus  theatre  credits. 

A  gift  shop  made  a  special  display  of  Mex- 
ican jewelry  and  the  department  store  de- 
voted a  window  to  vacation  clothes  and 
Mexican  costumes. 

Barrel  Device  Used  for 

"Arsenic  and  Old  Lace" 

When  "Arsenic  and  Old  Lace"  recently 
played  at  the  State  theatre,  Dallas  rigged 
up  a  barrel  painted  in  fire-engine  red,  let- 
tered, "Danger  !  Stay  Away.  Do  Not  Look 
Inside !"  Curious  pedestrians,  attracted  to 
the  scene,  found  a  large  white  bottle  inside, 
labelled  "Arsenic,"  with  film  and  theatre  tie- 
in  copy. 


Jay  Wren,  advertising  manager  for  Paramount -Adams  tlieatres  in  New  Jersey,  recently 
created  these  original  newspaper  layouts  to  promote  a  special  horror  show  at  the 
Adams  theatre  in  Newark.    The  ads  do  an  excellent  selling  )ob  for  this  type  of  program. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


Quigley  Awards  Contenders 

The  men  and  women  listed  below  have  submitted  evidence  of  showmanship  within  the 
oast  fortnight,  which  justifies  their  names  being  placed  on  the  list  of  outstanding 
showmen. 


MARK  ALLEN 

Lido,  New  York,  N.Y. 

HELENE  BOESEL 
Downer,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

JOSEPH  BOYLE 
Poli-Broadway,  Norwich,  Conn. 

LOUIE  CHARNINSKY 
Rialto,  Dallas,  Texas 

WALTER  CHENOWETH 
Alexandria,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

LOU  COHEN 

Loew's  Poli,  Hartford,  Conn. 

V.  HUSH  DEACON 
Gaumont  Palace,  Jordan  Well 
Coventry,  England 

TOMMY  DELBRIDSE 

Loew's  Vendome,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

GEORGE  DELIS 
Palace,  Canton,  Ohio 

MAURICE  DRUKER 

Loew's  Regent,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

MILDRED  A.  FITZGIBBONS 
Roosevelt,  Flushing,  N.Y. 

W.  RAY  GINGELL 
Hiser,  Bethesda,  Md. 

I.  A.  HAFESJEE 
Metro,  Calcutta,  India 

LEO  HANEY 
Lido,  Maywood,  III. 

HANK  HAROLD 

RKO  Palace,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

RUDOLPH  HAUPT 
State,  Manchester,  Conn. 

ALBERT  W.  HEIM 

Bardavon,  Poughkeepsie,  N.Y. 


W.  D.  HENDLEY 
Bradley,  Columbus,  Ga. 

HOMI  HYDERABADWALA 
Metro,  Bombay,  India 


A.  &.  PAINTER 

Center,  Oak  Ridge,  Tenn. 

DICK  PEFFLEY 
Paramount,  Fremont,  Ohio 


BOB  HYNES  LESTER  POLLOCK 

Criterion,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla.       Loew's,  Rochester,  N.Y. 


MEL  JOLLEY 

Marks,  Oshawa,  Ont.,  Canada 
PHIL  KATZ 

Kenyon,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
SID  KLEPER 

College,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

GEORGE  KRASKA 

Loew's  State,  Boston,  Mass. 

IRVING  LEVIN 

Vogue,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

P.  E.  McCOY 
Miller,  Augusta,  Ga. 

JACK  MATLACK 
Broadway,  Portland,  Ore. 

ED  MAY 

Rosetta,  Little  River,  Fla. 
CYRIL  MEE 

State,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 
MAX  MINK 

RKO  Fordham,  New  York,  N.Y. 

BILL  MORTON 

RKO  Albee,  Providence,  R.  I. 

WILLIAM  NEWMAN 
Olympia  Cinema 
Cardiff,  Wales 

DON  NICHOLS 
Arcade,  Waynesboro,  Pa. 

LOUIS  NYE 

Hoosier,  Whiting,  Ind. 


ED  PYNE 

Keith's  105th  Street,  Cleveland,  O. 

FRED  REETH 

Capital,  Madison,  Wis. 

ALEC  REID 

Plaza  Cinema,  Southfields 
London,  England 

H.  W.  REISINGER 
Loew's,  Dayton,  Ohio 

J.  G.  SAMARTANO 

Loew's  State,  Providence,  R.  I. 

WILLIS  SHAFFER 

Fox  Orpheum,  Atchison,  Kans. 

SOL  SORKIN 

RKO  Keith's,  Washington,  D.  C. 

MICHAEL  STRANGER 

Loew's  State,  White  Plains,  N.Y. 

PRESTON  SWAN 

Elephant  Cinema,  Shawlands 

Glasgow,  Scotland 

CHARLES  B.  TAYLOR 
Shea's,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

EVAN  THOMPSON 
Strand,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

GERTRUDE  TRACY 

Loew's  Ohio,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

SEYMOUR  WEISS 

Westside  Drive-In,  Cleveland,  O. 

NATE  WISE 

RKO  Palace,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

JAY  WREN 

Adams,  Newark,  N.J. 


Novel  Newspaper  Contest 
For  "One  More  Tomorrow" 

For  the  advance  campaign  on  "One  More 
Tomorrow"  at  the  Grand  theatre,  Columbus, 
Ohio,  manager  Lawrence  Caplane  arranged 
an  intriguing  identification  contest  with  the 
Columbus  Star. 

The  newspaper  had  its  photographers  take 
shots  of  the  second  stories  of  well-known 
buildings  around  the  center  of  the  city. 
These  pictures  were  published  under  the 
heading  of  "Columbus  Is  Looking  Up  to 


'One  More  Tomorrow',"  and  readers  were 
offered  prizes  for  identifying  the  buildings. 

The  contest  was  kept  going  for  two  weeks, 
with  free  tickets  to  the  Grand  awarded  th* 
winners. 


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Cox  Gets  Music  Plugs 
For  "Night  and  Day" 

Bob  Cox,  manager  of  the  Kentucky  thea- 
tre in  Lexington,  had  three  leading  music 
stores — Purcell's,  Shackelton's  and  Barney 
Miller's — plug  the  Cole  Porter  tunes  in 
"Night  and  Day"  on  numerous  radio  broad- 
casts in  connection  with  the  opening  of  the 
film.  Each  of  the  cooperating  merchants  de- 
voted windows  to  displays  of  scene-stills  and 
blowups  from  the  film,  tied  in  with  the  Victor 
record  album  of  Porter  music.  Woolworth's, 
Fayette  Cigar  Store,  Zeff  Brothers  and  a 
dozen  other  shops  also  used  window  and 
counter  displays.  Newspaper  publicity  was 
abundant,  tying  in  with  the  anniversary  of 
the  introduction  of  sound  pictures. 


The  Quigley 
Awards  Rules 

#|  A  Silver  Grand  Awards  Plaque  and 
»  a  Bronze  Grand  Awards  Plaque  are 
awarded  annually  to  the  two  theatre 
managers  or  theatre  publicity  men  whose 
exploitation  and  promotion  campaigns 
are  adjudged  best  throughout  the  year. 
Finalists  for  Grand  Awards  honors  shall 
qualify  by  gaining  special  recognition  in 
the  Quarterly  Competitions. 

V 

Every  three  months,  a  committee  of 
judges  will  appraise  the  campaigns  sub- 
mitted by  contestants  during  the  preced- 
ing quarter  period  and  select  one  show- 
man to  receive  a  Silver  desk  Plaque  for 
outstanding  achievement.  The  next  seven 
best  will  receive  a  Scroll  of  Honor.  Cita- 
tions of  Merit  will  be  awarded  to  other 
theatremen  whose  work  is  outstanding. 

V 

Consistency  of  effort  is  of  paramount 
importance.  One-shot  campaigns  are  not 
eligible  for  Awards,  which  are  made  on 
the  premise  of  sustained  and  continued 
effort. 

V 

Single  ideas  or  promotions  are  accept- 
able only  when  the  entrant  has  been  a 
consistent  contributor. 

V 

No  fancy  entries  are  necessary.  Costly 
and  time-wasting  "gingerbread"  decora- 
tions are  not  encouraged.  Showmanship 
only  counts. 

V  m 

In  addition  to  exploitation  on  feature 
pictures,  entries  may  be  made  on  short 
subjects,  serials,  stage  shows,  or  institu- 
tional and  civic  promotions. 

V 

Evidence  proving  authenticity  of  each 
entry  should  be  submitted,  such  as 
photos,  tear-sheets,  programs,  heralds,  etc. 

V 

The  Quigley  Awards  makes  no  distinc- 
tion for  size  of  theatre,  community  or  the 
availability  of  pictures.  The  Judges  make 
full  allowance  for  individual  showmanship 
displayed  by  comparing  budgets,  news- 
paper facilities  and  assistance  from  dis- 
tributing companies.  Everyone  starts  from 
scratch  and  has  equal  opportunity. 

V 

In  addition  to  the  Awards  men- 
tioned, special  Certificates  of  Merit 
will  be  awarded  quarterly  and  an- 
nually to  showmen  from  outside 
the  United  States  and  Canada.  The 
campaigns  submitted  by  theatremen 
from  abroad,  however,  shall  not  be 
excluded  from  consideration  in  the 
regular  competitions. 

V 

Address  all  entries  to: 

QUIGLEY  AWARDS  COMMITTEE 

MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE 

1270  Sixth  Avenue 

New  York  20,  New  York 


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SHOWMEN  PERSONALS    Classified  Ads 


In  New  Posts:  George  Lougee,  Olympia, 
Lynn,  Mass.  Milton  Kaufman,  Loew's  State, 
Norfolk,  Va.  Wayne  Shepler,  Loew's  Or- 
pheum,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Howard  Kadrie, 
Strand,  St.  Paul,  Minn.  Gordon  McArdle, 
Arion,  Minneapolis.  Donald  Frederickson, 
State  and  Maco  theatres,  Virginia,  Minn. 

Walter  Kessler,  Loew's  Ohio,  Columbus. 
Ben  Rahn,  Granada,  Minneapolis.  Daniel 
Sadlowski,  Eastwood,  East  Detroit,  Mich. 
Nato  J.  Aiello,  Davison,  Detroit.  Robert 
Albino,  Nostrand,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  William 
McDevitt,  Floral,  Floral  Park,  Long  Island. 
N.  Y. 

Assistant  Managers:  Milton  Card,  Olym- 
pia; Frank  R.  Kelley,  Paramount;  both  in 
Lynn,  Mass.  Robert  Levy,  Quentin,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.  McKendree  Williams,  Baldwin, 
Long  Island,  N.  Y.  Harry  Gilbert,  Albe- 
marle, Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Harry  Green, 
Rialto,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Samuel  Tilford,  Marine,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Irving  Wiegan,  Kingsway,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
William  Burkhardt,  Sunnyside,  Woodside, 
Long  Island,  N.  Y.  Arthur  Pearce,  Fan- 
tasy theatre,  Rockville  Centre,  Long  Island, 
N.  Y.  Murray  Cohan,  Nostrand  theatre 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


Jeweler  Sponsors 
Beauty  Contest 

A  successful  bathing  beauty  contest  to 
select  Miss  Fordham  of  the  Bronx  was  pro- 
moted by  Max  Mink,  manager  of  the  RKO 
Fordham  theatre,  the  Bronx,  N.  Y.  The 
contest  was  sponsored  by  a  local  jeweler, 
who  paid  all  costs  including  an  orchestra, 
cash  prizes,  stage  hand  salaries,  a  loving 
cup  and  numerous  compacts,  fountain  pens 
and  other  gifts, 'which  were  presented  to 
runners-up. 

Special  heralds  in  the  form  of  entry  ap- 
plications announcing  the  contest  were  dis- 
tributed at  the  theatre.  These  were  also 
paid  for  by  the  merchant.  50  contestants 
entered  the  competition  and  the  presentation 
was  staged  in  an  attractive  setting  amid 
beach  umbrellas  and  chairs  promoted  from 
a  nearby  park.  Lattice  work  and  flowers 
erected  behind  special  platforms  proved  an 
effective  background. 

The  Bronx  Home  News  covered  the  con- 
test with  pictures  of  contestants  and  the 
winners.  Mink  also  arranged  a  timely  pro- 
motion in  conjunction  with  the  Department 
of  Parks,  which  sponsored  a  Harvest  Dance 
Contest,  with  borough  contestants  competing 
at  the  Central  Park  Mall  on  September  5th. 
The  Bronx  contingent  of  contestants  ap- 
peared on  the  Fordham  theatre  stage  two 
days  prior  to  the  grand  finale.  Gifts  and 
prizes  were  promoted  for  the  winners. 


SOMETHING  NEW  WILL  BE  ADDED 
To  Your  Screen  When  You  Play 


WOMAN  SPEAKS 


(Issued  every  month) 

FILM  STUDIOS  OF  CHICAGO 
FIELD  BUILDING 


Wedding  Bells:  Bill  O'Sullivan.  manager 
of  the  Rialto  theatre,  Hartford,  Conn.,  to 
Jean  De  Vico  of  Loew's  Poli-Strand,  Water- 
bury. 

Al  Ackerman,  manager  of  the  State, 
Sioux  City,  la.,  to  Dorothy  Edwards, 
former  cashier  at  the  Capitol,  same  city. 

Birthday  Greetings:  Norman  L.  Davis, 
John  P.  Hassett,  Edward  J.  Oliver,  Meyer 
Golding,  Frank  Weatherford,  Melvin  L. 
Gold,  George  Patterson,  W.  W.  Lineberger, 
Harry  Browning,  George  Clarke,  William  E. 
Haley,  Michael  S.  Milo,  L.  I.  McMullen, 
Tom  Malloy. 

Fred  Naify,  Herman  B.  Abrams,  John  B. 
Tucker,  Nort  Rosevold,  Maurice  M.  Meek, 
Harry  Sefton,  Rockwood  D.  Bailey,  James 
A.  Kakley,  Clarence  A.  Turbin,  Joseph  M. 
Rubenfeld,  William  J.  Burke,  John  Misavice, 
Jack  J.  Johnson,  Herbert  Hairrell,  Robert  G. 
Patterson. 

H.  R.  Hellerich,  Bert  Gildersleeve,  Ralph 
C.  Ressler,  Art  Weber,  Herbert  C.  Lewis, 
Sidney  Selig,  Pete  Egan,  Frank  D.  Solomont, 
Sam  Rothstein,  Morris  Sims,  Harold  Heller, 
Sam  Schiwetz,  Earle  C.  Potter,  Albert  E. 
Crowder,  Merritt  Crowley,  Tom  Chisholm. 


Haney  Gives  Short  Subject 
Feature  Campaign 

Devoting  the  same  attention  he  would 
normally  give  to  a  feature  in  connection 
with  his  engagement  of  the  short  subject, 
"Don't  Be  a  Sucker,"  paid  dividends  to 
manager  John  J.  Haney,  manager  of  the 
Patio  theatre  in  Freeport,  111.  Three  days 
before  opening,  a  private  preview  was  ar- 
ranged before  a  select  invited  group  includ- 
ing heads  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the 
Y.M.C.A.,  Masonic  Order,  Catholic  priests 
and  ministers,  the  mayor  of  Freeport,  wom- 
en's clubs  and  the  publisher  of  the  Journal- 
Standard,  local  daily. 

In  addition  to  special  news  breaks,  the 
newspaper  devoted  an  entire  editorial  to  the 
attraction  the  day  before  opening. 

Special  teaser  ads  and  display  advertise- 
ments were  employed  by  Haney  to  good 
effect. 


Has  Remedy  for  Vandalism 

Having  tried  almost  every  remedy  ,  to  curb 
vandalism  at  the  Regent  theatre,  Cedar 
Falls,  Iowa,  manager  Merle  R.  Blair  hit 
upon  the  idea  of  displaying  some  of  the  cut 
seats  found  in  the  theatre,  with  an  appeal  to 
parents.  The  exhibit  created  so  much  at- 
tention and  comment  that  the  local  newspa- 
per wrote  an  editorial  on  the  subject.  Merle 
reports  there  has  been  a  decided  improve- 
ment in  the  conduct  of  the  juveniles. 


Boosts  Business  with  Co-ops 

In  connection  with  his  booking  of  "The 
Well  Groomed  Bride,"  Harold  E.  Old,  man- 
ager of  the  Madison  theatre,  Mansfield. 
Ohio,  promoted  an  8-column  by  15-inch  co- 
operative ad  from  a  local  beauty  salon  and 
a  2-column  by  12-inch  coop  from  a  jewelry 
store.  In  spite  of  hot  summer  weather,  Har- 
old reports  business  as  above  average. 


Sell  "Virginian" 

A  classified  ad  campaign  in  local  news- 
papers gave  added  emphasis  to  manager 
William  Eagen's  playdate  on  "The  Virgin- 
ian" at  the  Longview  theatre,  Longview, 
Wash.  Several  days  prior  to  the  opening, 
an  ad  appeared  in  the  personal  columns  re- 
questing anyone  knowing  the  whereabouts 
of  Joe  Trampas,  cattle  rustler,  to  contact  the 
advertiser  through  the  newspaper.  The  fol- 
lowing day  a  reply  was  inserted  in  the  col- 
umns, stating  that  the  writer  believed  he 
could  produce  Trampas  for  a  consideration. 
On  the  final  day,  the  column  carried  an  item 
that  they  couldn't  produce  Trampas  in  per- 
son, but  that  interested  persons  could  see 
the  story  of  his  life  and  untimely  death  in 
"The  Virginian"  at  the  Longview  theatre. 
The  device  aroused  so  much  interest  among 
readers  that  the  picture  ran  a  full  week. 

Radio  spot  announcements  were  used  over 
station  KWLK;  window  cards  were  circus 
heralded  through  the  downtown  business 
section  and  in  the  nearby  town  of  Kelso. 

Eagen  constructed  a  small  scaffold,  com- 
plete with  ropes,  which  was  used  in  front  of 
the  theatre  with  tie-in  copy. 


Pearl  Bryant  Sets  Window  Display 

An  attractive  window  display  in  a 
downtown  gift  shop  helped  to  publicize 
"Postman  Always  Rings  Twice"  for  man- 
ager Pearl  Bryant,  coincident  with  the  film's 
engagement  at  the  Federal  theater,  Federals- 
burg,  Md.  Mrs.  Bryant  also  obtained  a  co- 
op newspaper  ad  from  the  merchant,  tying 
in  stationery  with  "Have  you  written  to 
your  loved  ones?" 


APPLICATION  FOR 
MEMBERSHIP 

MANAGERS' 
ROUND  TABLE 

1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  20,  N.  Y. 

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Theatre   

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PICTURE 
CROSSES 


A  statistical  compilation  and 
comparison  of  Box  Office  Per- 
formance in  first  run  theatres 


Figures  direcHy  below  picture  title  compare  estimated  dollar  gross  with  average  gross 
and  show  relative  percentage  of  all  engagements  tabulated. 

Figures  opposite  theatre  names  represent  percentage  of  tabulated  grosses  to  average 
weekly  business  based  on  the  six  months'  period  ending  July  3 1 ,  1946. 
SYMBOLS:  (DB)  Double  Bill— associate  feature  title;  (SA)  Stage  Attraction;  (MO)  Move- 
Over  Run;  (AA)  Advance  Admission. 

INDEX:  Over-all  perfomance  percentage  figures  from  previously  published  final  reports 
appear  in  Service  Data  section  of  Product  Digest.  See  last  column  of  Release  Chart 
*or  Index. 


O.S.S.  (Para.) 

Final  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated 
Comparative  Average  Gross 
Over-all  Performance 


$612,600 
563,700 
108.6% 


BALTIMORE — Keith's  1st  week    120.0% 

BALTIMORE — Keith's,  2nd  week   72.0% 

BOSTON— Paramount,  1st   week    126.6% 

(DB)  It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog:  (20th-Fox) 

BOSTON— Paramount.  2nd  week   113.3% 

(DB)  It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog-  (20th-Fox) 

BOSTON— Paramount.  3rd   week    84.0% 

(DB)  It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog-  (20th-Fox) 

BUFFALO— Buffalo   127.0% 

(DB)  It  Shouldn't  Hapoen  to  a  Dog  (20th-Fox) 

BUFFALO— Hippodrome,  MO  1st  week     .   .  118.2% 

(DB)  It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog-  (20th-Fox) 

CHICAGO— Chicago,  1st  week    101.7% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

CHICAGO— Chicago,  2nd  week   114.2% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

CINCINNATI— Albee    119.0% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Shubert,  MO  1st  week    .  109.0% 

CLEVELAND— Loew's  State   120.5% 

CLEVELAND— Loew's  Stillman.  MO  1st  week  98.1% 

CLEVELAND— Loew's  Ohio,  MO  2nd  week  .  123.1% 
LOS  ANGELES — Paramount  Downtown, 

1st   week    152.1% 

LOS  ANGELES — Paramount  Downtown. 

2nd  week   78.2% 

LOS  ANGELES— Paramount  Hollvwood. 

1st  week    132.3% 

LOS  ANGELES — Paramount  Hollvwood. 

2nd  week    80.8% 

MINNEAPOLIS — State    122.1% 

PITTSBURGH— Stanley   121.3% 

PITTSBURGH— Warner.  MO  1st  week    .   .    .  93.3% 

PITTSBURGH — Ritz,  MO  2nd  week    .   .  J   .  142.8% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Utah   115.5% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Studio,  MO  1st  week     .  114.2% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Fox   102.8% 

(DB)  Hot  Cargo  (Para.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— St.  Francis.  MO  1st  week  117.6% 

(DB)  Hot  Cargo  (Para.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— St.  Francis.  MO  .2nd  week  75.6% 

iDB)  Hot  Cargo  (Para.) 

ST.  LOUIS— Fox   135.4% 

(DB)  A  Yank  in  London  (20th-Fox) 

ST.  LOUIS— Missouri,  MO  1st  week    ....  107.6% 

(DB)  A  Yank  in  London  (20th-Fox) 

TORONTO— Imperial    93.4% 

WASHINGTON— Capitol,  1st  week     ....  120.8% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

WA SHI NGTON — Capitol.  2nd  week     ....  74.3% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

• 

A  NIGHT  IN  CASABLANCA  UA 

Final  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $568,600 
Comparative  Average  Gross  567,800 
Over-all  Performance  100.0% 

ATLANTA— Loew's  Grand   126.1% 

BALTIMORE— Century    102.2% 

BOSTON— Orpheum    107.0% 

(DB)  Mysterious  Intruder  (Col.) 

BOSTON— State    125.2% 

(DB)  Mysterious  Intruder  (Col.) 

BUFFALO— Buffalo   81.0% 

(DB)  Fear  (Mono.) 

CHICAGO— Oriental,  1st  week   112.5% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

CHICAGO— Oriental.  2nd  week   89.4% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

CINCINNATI — RKO  Palace   112.5% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Shubert,  MO  1st  week    .  144.2% 

CLEVELAND— Loew's  State   86.6% 

CLEVELAND— Loew's  Stillman.  MO  1st  week  86.5% 

CLEVELAND— Loew's  Ohio,  MO  2nd  week    .  100.0% 


DENVER— Denver    89.8% 

(DB)  Deadline  for  Murder  (20th-Fox) 

DENVER— Esquire   90.9% 

(DB)  Deadline  for  Murder  (20th-Fox) 

DENVER— Aladdin,  MO  1st  week   117.0% 

(DB)  Deadline  for  Murder  (20th-Fox) 

DENVER— Rialto,  MO  2nd  week   74.0% 

(DB)  Deadline  for  Murder  (20th- Fox) 

INDIANAPOLIS— Loew's    S3.6% 

(DB)  Mysterious  Intruder  (Col.) 

KANSAS  CITY — Midland    87.7% 

(DB)  Notorious  Lone  Wolf  (Col.) 
LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Beverly  Hills, 

1st  week   163.6% 

LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Beverly  Hills. 

2nd  week    90.9% 

LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Beverlv  Hills. 

3rd  week    81.8% 

LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Beverlv  Hills. 

4th  week   51.8% 

LOS  ANGELES — Music  Hall  Downtown. 

1st   week    115.6% 

LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Downtown, 

2nd  week    100.0% 

LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Downtown,  1 

3rd  week    90.5% 

LOS  ANGELES — Music  Hall  Downtown, 

4th   week    50.0% 

LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Hawaii.  1st  week  148.6% 

LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Hawaii,  2nd  week  90.5% 

LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Hawaii.  3rd  week  67.5% 

LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Hawaii,  4th  week  52.7% 
LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Hollywood, 

1st   week    140.3% 

LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Hollywood, 

2nd  week    87.7% 

LOS  ANGELES — Music  Hall  Hollvwood, 

3rd  week    78.9% 

LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Hollywood, 

4th  week    50.0% 

OMAHA— Orpheum   101.8% 

(DB)  Avalanche  (PRC) 

PROVIDENCE— State    90.4%. 

(DB)  The  Man  Who  Dared  (Col.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Orpheum.  1st  week     .    .  174.6% 

(DB)  Just  Before  the  Dawn  (Col.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Orpheum,  2nd  week     .    .  101.5% 

(DB)  Just  Before  the  Dawn  (Col.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Orpheum,  3rd  week     .    .  84.6% 

(DB)  Just  Before  the  Dawn  (Col.) 

ST.  LOUIS— Loew's  State   118.2% 

ST.  LOUIS— Loew's  Orpheum,  MO  1st  week.  145.8% 

TORONTO— Loew's   108  0% 


CAESAR  AND  CLEOPATRA 

Final  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated 
Comparative  Average  Gross 
Over-all  Performance 

ATLANTA— Loew's  Grand,  1st  week 
ATLANTA— Loew's  Grand,  2nd  week  . 
BALTIMORE— Century,  1st  week  .  .  . 
BALTIMORE— Century,  2nd  week  .  . 
BOSTON— Orpheum,  1st  week  .... 
BOSTON— Orpheum,  2nd  week  .... 

BOSTON— State,  1st  week  

BOSTON— State,  2nd  week  

BUFFALO— Buffalo   

BUFFALO— Hippodrome.  MO  1st  week  . 

CHICAGO— Grand,  1st  week  

CHICAGO— Grand,  2nd  week  

CINCINNATI— RKO  Capitol,  1st  week  . 
CINCINNATI— RKO  Capitol,  2nd  week  . 

CLEVELAND— Loew's  State  

CLEVELAND— Loew's  Stillman,  MO  1st  w 
INDIANAPOLIS— Loew's,  1st  week    .  . 
INDIANAPOLIS— Loew's,  2nd  week    .  . 
KANSAS  CITY — Midland,  1st  week     .  . 

(DB)  The  Man  Who  Dared  (Col.) 
KANSAS  CITY— Midland,  2nd  week     .  . 

(DB)  The  Man  Who  Dared  (Col.) 
MONTREAL— Loew's,  1st  week  .... 


(UA) 

$563,000 
503,700 
I  M. 7% 


130.4% 
108.6% 
104.3% 

87.9% 
107.2% 

68.9% 
113.9% 

62.1% 
118.9% 
107.5% 
241.3% 
232.7% 
150.4% 

92.9% 
109.3% 

84.1% 
108.6% 

61.5% 
113.6% 


ek 


79.5% 


115.6% 


MONTREAL— Loew's,  2nd  week   81.6% 

PROVIDENCE — State.  1st  week   122.4% 

PROVIDENCE— State,  2nd  week   63.7% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Centre    98.5% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Capitol,  MO  1st  week    .  101.1% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— United  Artists,*  1st   week  205.2% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— United  Artists,  2nd  week  158.9% 

ST.  LOUIS— Loew's  State   115.7% 

WASHINGTON— Palace,   1st   week      ....  133.9% 

WASHINGTON— Palace,  2nd  week     ....  95.6% 


Argentine  Films 
Unrestricted  in 
Spanish  Market 

by  NATALIO  BRUSKI 

in   Buenos  Aires 

Argentine  pictures  currently  are  able  to 
enter  Spain  without  any  restrictions,  it  is 
announced  here.  The  agreement,  in  effect 
since  August  1,  will  continue  to  the  end  of 
1947,  and  is  based  on  a  film  exchange  basis 
between  Argentine  and  Spanish  producers. 
A  Spanish  distributor  of  foreign  product  is 
due  in  Buenos  Aires  shortly  to  acquire  local 
product  for  distribution  in  Spain. 

V 

Alfredo  Muruzeta,  who  recently  visited 
the  U.  S.  as  manager  of  Columbia's  Argen- 
tine branch,  has  resigned  his  post  to  be- 
come Samuel  Goldwyn's  South  American 
supervisor.  Emilio  Lopez,  manager  of  Co- 
lumbia Pictures  in  Chile,  will  replace  Mr. 
Muruzeta. 

V 

William  W.  Sullivan,  recently  appointed 
managing  director  in  the  Argentine  for 
Twentieth  Century-Fox,  has  arrived  in 
Buenos  Aires. 

V 

Monogram  Pictures,  Inc.,  whose  product 
has  been  handled  up  to  now  in  this  country 
by  Films  Mundiales,  has  decided  to  open 
its  own  branch  office  here  early  in  Novem- 
ber. It  will  be  in  the  charge  of  Charles  Ro- 
marin,  Monogram's  present  supervisor  in 
this  country. 

V 

Artistas  Argentinos  Asociados  has  leased 
the  Baires  studios  for  three  years  and  is 
considering  large-scale  production.  Hugo 
Fregonese,  A.  A.  A.  director,  will  buy  new 
technical  equipment  in  the  U.  S.  The  com- 
pany stars  soon  on  "I'll  Never  Say  Goodbye 
to  You." 

■  V 

Lumiton  is  currently  shooting  exteriors 
in  Rio  de  Janeiro  for  "The  Nude  Angel," 
being  directed  by  Carlos  H.  Christensen. 


Stage  Homecoming  Week 
For  "Night  and  Day" 

Peru,  Ind.,  the  home  town  of  Cole  Porter, 
will  stage  a  Peru  Homecoming  Week  cele- 
bration for  the  local  premiere  at  the  Roxy. 
September  14,  of  Warner  Brothers'  "Night 
and  Day,"  based  on  the  life  and  composi- 
tions of  Mr.  Porter.  All  streets  will  be 
decorated  with  "Night  and  Day"  banners, 
and  nearly  every  store  and  shop  in  the  town 
agreed  to  tie  in  window  displays. 


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from  20  to  25  per  cent  in  neighborhood  St. 
Louis  houses  because  of  the  increased  polio 
cases,  according  to  Fred  Wehrenberg,  presi- 
dent of  the  Motion  Picture  Theatre  Owners 
of  America.  Saturday  matinees  for  chil- 
dren likewise  have  shown  sharp  drops. 


OBITUARIES 

Florence  Turner,  Early  Star, 
Dies  in  Hollywood  at  59 

Florence  Turner,  one  of  the  industry's 
earliest  stars  and  known  as  the  "Vitagraph 
Girl,"  died  August  28  at  the  clinic  of  the 
Motion  Picture  Country  Home  in  Holly- 
wood. She  was  59  years  old.  Voted  En- 
gland's most  famous  actress  in  1915,  Miss 
Turner  began  her  film  career  in  1907  at  the 
age  of  20,  playing  for  the  Vitagraph  com- 
pany. About  six  years  later,  at  the  height 
of  her  popularity,  she  went  to  England  to 
make  her  own  pictures.  When  British  stu- 
dios closed  in  1916  because  of  the  war  she 
returned  to  America,  but  never  again  re- 
gained her  early  success  despite  another  trip 
to  England.  In  the  20's  she  played  in  Hol- 
lywood's "Janice  Meredith,"  "College"  and 
"The  Chinese  Parrot."  She  was  to  have 
appeared  in  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's  remake! 
of  "Merton  of  the  Movies." 


James  E.  Finey 

James  E.  Finey,  sales  assistant  to  Carl! 
Leserman,  representative  for  Benedict  Bo-? 
geaus  and  David  L.  Loew,  died  September, 
1  at  his  home  in  New  York  City.  Mr.  Finey- 
who  joined  Mr.  Leserman  last  year,  had 
previously  been  sales  representative  foil 
Walt  Disney  Productions.  Prior  to  that,  hJ 
was  employed  in  the  sales  department  01 
RKO.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Sylvia 
and  a  brother,  John.  A  requiem  mass  was 
sung  September  5  at  the  Church  of  Sti 
Francis  Xavier,  New  York. 


Opens  Cincinnati  Exchange 

Edward  A.  Wheeler,  former  operator  o' 
the  Penn  Film  Service  of  Pittsburgh  anc 
several  theatres  in  Baltimore,  has  taken  over 
the  Astor  Picture  franchise  for  the  Cincin- 
nati territory,  which  includes  southern  Ohio 
eastern  Kentucky  and  western  West  Vir 
ginia.    In  addition  a  number  of  other  fea{' 
tures  and  short  subjects  will  be  handled'] 
The  releasing  organization  will  be  called  As 
tor  Pictures  Exchange  for  the  Astor  prod 
uct,  and  Wheeler  Film  Company  for  al, 
others. 


Soviet  Color  Film  Opens 

"Russia  on  Parade,"  a  sports  display  anc 
pageant  of  the  16  Soviet  Republics,  and  firs, 
full-length  Soviet  documentary  in  the  nevi 
color  process,  was  to  have  its  American  pre1! 
miere  at  the  Stanley  theatre,  New  York? 
September  7.  The  subject  was  producec 
at  the  Mosfilm  Studio  and  is  released  heriy 
by  Artkino. 


"Les  Miserables"  Due  Here 

The  longest  foreign  film  ever  to  be  see1 
in  this  country  will  have  its  premiere  soon 
when  Distinguished  Films,  Inc.,  brings  tl 
Broadway  the  French  version  of  "Le 
Miserables."  The  editing  of  the  two-par 
film  has  just  been  completed  by  Walter  Klee 
Running  three  hours  and  20  minutes,  th 
film  stars  the  late  Harry  Baur. 


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SHOWMEN'S  REVIEWS 
SHORT  SUBJECTS 
ADVANCE  SYNOPSES 
COMPANY  CHART 
SERVICE  DATA 
THE  RELEASE  CHART 


This  department  deals  with 
new  product  from  the  point  of 
view  of  the  exhibitor  who  is 
to  purvey  it  to  his  own  public. 


Gallant  Bess 


MGM — 1 ,000  Men  and  a  Horse 

Lack  of  marquee  names  with  which  to  attract 
the  multitude  is  about  the  only  strike  against 
this  picture  about  a  young  man  and  his  horse — 
two  horses,  to  be  precise,  although  the  steed 
plays  a  dual  role  —  which  rates,  as  concerns 
validity  of  dramatic  appeal,  with  the  best  of  the 
films  featuring  the  relationship  between  man 
and  his  animals.  Audiences  which  can  be  got 
into  the  theatre  to  see  it  are  a  cinch  to  be  glad 
of  it. 

Produced  by  Harry  Rapf  and  directed  by 
Andrew  Marton  from  an  original  story  and 
screenplay  by  Jeanne  Bartlett  suggested  by  an 
incident  told  by  Lt.  Marvin  Park,  USNR,  the 
picture  recounts  the  experiences  of  a  16-year-old 
boy  whose  dead  father  has  left  him  a  thorough- 
bred mare,  Bess,  and  an  ambition  to  establish  a 
stock  farm. 

When  the  Navy  inducts  the  boy  as  a  Seabee, 
and  prevents  him  from  rushing  to  the  side  of  his 
beloved  horse  in  time  to  save  her  from  death  by 
pneumonia,  he  becomes  antagonistic  toward  his 
superior  officers.  Later,  on  a  remote  island 
under  Jap  bombardment,  he  saves  a  stricken 
horse  he  finds  in  the  jungle,  and  it  becomes  a 
beloved  mascot  of  his  company.    There's  pathos 

j;  as  well  melodrama  in  the  events  which  precede 
a  novel  and  stimulating  ending. 

This  is,  by  the  way,  MGM's  first  feature  pro- 

I  duced  in  Cinecolor,  and  most  satisfactorily,  too. 

!  It  is  also  the  first  major  feature  in  some  time 

.  produced  with  an  all  male  cast  (the  good  horse 
Bess  being  the  only  gal  present). 
Previewed  at  the  Village  theatre,  Westwood, 

:  where  it  played  nicely.     Reviewer's  Rating: 

1  Good. — William  R.  Weaver. 

Release  date,  not  set.  Running  time,  98  min.  PCA 
I  No.  11747.    General  audience  classification. 

I  Tex   Marshall  Thompson 

j  Lug   George  Tobias 

Gem  Bevans.  Donald  Curtis,  Murray  Alper,  Wally 
!  Cassell.  Jim  Davis,  Chill  Wills,  John  Burford,  Johnny 

Bond.  Bess 

Red  River  Renegades 

Republic — Western 

When  it  comes  to  making  Westerns  on  a  mod- 
■  erate  budget,  Republic  leads  the  field.    The  stu- 
dio's current  offering  is  no  exception.  Ben 
Cohen,  who  was  associate  producer,  Thomas 
|  Carr,  who  directed,  and  Norman  Hall,  who 
wrote  the  original  screenplay,  all  deserve  credit 
J  for  devising  a  drama  that  fulfills  the  require- 
ments of  the  Western — shooting,  skulduggery 
and  suspense — and  presents  them  in  a  refresh- 
ingly novel  manner. 
'i     Sunset  Carson  is  cast  as  a  laconic  postal  in- 
-  spector,  out  to  stop  a  series  of  mail  robberies  on 
P  the  Red  River  stage  line.  He  is  assisted  by  Tom 
London,  who  contributes  an  excellent  character- 
ization as  an  itinerant  saddle-maker,  and  hin- 
dered and  helped,  by  turns,  by  pretty  Peggy 
Stewart,  who  plays,  of  all  things,  a  Pinkerton 
,,  operative.    In  the  supporting  cast,  Ted  Adams 


does  notable  work  as  a  villain  who  recails  that 
unpleasant  Dickens  character,  Uriah  Heep. 

It  all  adds  up  to  a  mighty  entertaining  hour 
for  the  devotees  of  saddle-and-shotgun  drama. 

Reviewed  at  the  Hitching  Post  theatre,  Holly- 
wood, zvhere  the  patrons  indicated  enjoyment. 
Reviewer's  Rating:  Good. — Thalia  Bell. 

Release  date,  July  25,  1946.  Running  time,  55  min. 
PCA  No.  11605.    General  audience  classification. 

Sunset   Sunset  Carson 

Julie   Peggy  Stewart 

Ted  Adams,  Bruce  Langley,  Tom  London,  Leroy 
Mason,  Kenne  Duncan 

Piccadilly  Incident 

Herbert Wilcox-Pathe — Heart-Warming 

Inveterate  adherent  of  established  recipe, 
Herbert  Wilcox  is  one  of  those  "safe"  producers. 
Exhibitors  know  what  to  expect  from  him. 
They're  rarely  surprised.  This  time,  those  same 
exhibitors  are  in  for  a  jolt.  "Piccadilly  Inci- 
dent" has  all  the  earmarks  of  a  typical  Wilcox 
trade.  It's  competent,  tells  a  novelettish  and 
none-too-disturbing  story,  has  Anna  Neagle 
(suitably  supported)  in  the  lead. 

Nevertheless,  the  film  emerges  as  one  of  those 
pieces  which  women  sigh  over,  tell  their  neigh- 
bors about  over  the  teacups,  and  go  to  see 
again.  In  other  words,  Wilcox  has  compounded 
a  piece  which  will  run  through  box  offices  like 
a  bush-fire.  There's  scarcely  a  woman  on  either 
side  of  the  Atlantic  who — when  she  sees  it,  and 
her  friends  will  do  their  best  to  see  she  does — 
won't  weep  those  comfortable  tears  of  sympathy 
which  mean  so  much  to  the  showman's  till. 

Also,  Anna  Neagle  appears  herein  (thanks,  it 
may  'be  surmised,  to  the  ministrations  of  deft 
cameraman  Max  Greene)  in  hitherto  unsuspect- 
ed accomplishment.  Miss  Neagle,  ever  since  she 
came  under  the  Wilcox  baton,  has  assuredly 
evinced  charm,  whether  as  the  redoubtable  aged 
Queen  Victoria  or  just  another  song-and-dance 
gal.  This  time  she  displays  not  only  charm 
but  that  glowing  liveliness,  that  tenderness, 
which  betokens  near-greatness.  There'll  be  ad- 
dicts who'll  liken  her  to  the  Greater  Garbo  in 
"Camille." 

Miss  Neagle  is  a  wartime  WREN — British 
sister  of  the  American  WAVE — who  crashes 
into  a  smart  young  Marine  of  noble  lineage 
in  blacked-out  Piccadilly  in  a  bomb-raid.  In 
the  way  we  had  those  days,  the  two  young 
folks  marry,  indulge  in  an  ecstatic  two-day 
honeymoon,  whereafter  the  Neagle  is  drafted 
to  Singapore.  The  ship  in  which  she  sails  from 
that  doomed  fortress  is  torpedoed,  with  all 
hands  posted  as  drowned.  Anna  really  isn't 
drowned.  With  a  company  of  coarse  but  happy 
sailors  she's  cast  away  on  an  unknown  South 
Sea  island  for  three  years. 

Our  young  Marine  is  unaware  of  that  circum- 
stance. He  marries  again,  this  time  an  Ameri- 
,  can  girl,  who  has  a  baby  by  him.  Anna  comes 
home.  The  film's  makers  slide  out  of  the  tre- 
mendous problem  thereby  posed  with  over-easy 
glibness,  which  the  customers  will  readily  accept 
seeing  that  Miss  Neagle  in  the  last  fade-out 


puts  over  a  most  moving,  delicately-played,  dy- 
ing-scene. 

The  exhibit  is  noteworthy  also  for  that  young 
Marine  (Michael  Wilding),  for  the  American 
girl  nicely  played  by  Hollywood's  Frances  Mer- 
cer, and  for  a  choice  vignette  by  Leslie  Dwyer, 
an  actor  whom  we  never  weary  of  commending 
to  Hollywood. 

Scenarist  is  said  to  be  a  Florence  Tranter. 
Knowledgable  ones  will  have  little  difficulty  in 
guessing  at  this  lady's  true  identity  and  will 
forgive  the  slight  corniness  of  her  tale.  For 
here's  a  film  at  which  audiences  will  eagerly 
warm  their  hands. 

Seen  in  a  private  projection  room.  Review- 
er's Rating  :  Very  good. — Peter  Burnup. 

Release  date,  September  20.  1946.  Running  time, 
100   min.     British    adult    audience  classification. 

Diana  Fraser   Anna  Neagle 

Capt.  Alan  Pearson   ,  Michael  Wilding 

Joan    Draper   .'  Frances  Mercer 

Virginia  Pearson   Coral  Browne 

Sir  Charles  Pearson   A.  E.  Matthews 

Judd   Edward  Rigby 

Sally  Benton   Brenda  Bruce 

Sam   Leslie  Dwyer 

I've  Always  Loved  You 

Republic — Drama  with  Music 

Its  most  expensive  attraction  and  its  first  in 
Technicolor,  "I've  Always  Loved  You"  unques- 
tionably hits  a  high  spot  in  Republic's  history. 
This  story  about  music  and  musicians  has  the 
benefit  of  the  classics — from  Chopin,  Beethoven, 
Mendelssohn,  Wagner  and  Bach— and  draws 
upon  Rachmaninoff's  second  piano  concerto  for 
its  stirring  thematic  motif.  The  credits  openly 
attribute  the  piano  recordings  to  the  famed 
Artur  Rubinstein.  The  results,  musically  aided 
by  Walter  Scharf's  competent  orchestra,  are  a 
delight  and  a  constant  pleasure  for  the  ear. 

Borden  Chase's  American  Magazine  story, 
"Concerto,"  provides  the  basis  for  dramatic  con- 
tent. In  this  department,  producer-director 
Frank  Borzage  did  not  come  off  quite  as  well. 
The  story  line  is  extended  and  strung  out  rather 
thinly  over  117  minutes  of  running  time.  This 
may  or  may  not  explain  why  many  of  the 
sequences  are  so  leisurely  in  their  treatment  and 
possibly  why  the  impression  lingers  this  attrac- 
tion would  emerge  as  a  more  compact  unit  if 
the  decision  had  been  to  market  it  in  less  footage. 

The  premise  here  is  music  is  a  man's  profes- 
sion and  that,  even  when  women  try  to  make 
their  way  in  it,  the  master  is  always  a  male. 
Philip  Dorn,  as  Goronoff,  is  the  world-famous 
composer  and  conductor  who  is  champion  of 
this  viewpoint.  Catherine  McLeod,  whose  first 
important  role  this  is,  plays  the  daughter  of 
Felix  Bressart  who  knew  Dorn  in  the  old  days 
on  the  continent.  Miss  McLeod  has  talent  as  a 
pianist,  is  taken  under  Dorn's  tutelage,  becomes 
a  concert  artist  who,  in  her  debut  at  Carnegie 
Hall,  outruns  her  master.  The  vain  Dorn  senses 
this  as  the  melodic  strains  of  the  Rachmaninoff 
concerto  pour  into  the  Hall.  He  drowns  her 
with  the  accompanying  orchestra  and  kills  off 
her  career. 

He  breaks  off  relations.    She  returns  to  the 


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farm  and  marries  William  Carter,  although  tie 
is  aware  of  the  fact  she  loves  Dorn.  As  their 
child  grows  older,  the  mother's  inherited  talent 
for  music  develops.  The  daughter,  Vanessa 
Brown,  is  prepared  for  Carnegie.  The  basic 
problem,  however,  is  Dorn  regardless  of  the 
separation  of  the  years.  Miss  McLeod  finally 
meets  this  issue  which  is  whether  or  not  Dorn 
maintains  his  one-time  hold  over  her.  To  the 
motif  of  the  same  concerto,  again  at  Carnegie, 
she  demonstrates  to  her  final  satisfaction  this  is 
not  so  and  returns  to  Carter  as  Dorn,  not  con- 
vincingly, acknowledges  woman  has  a  place  in 
music  after  all. 

The  chief  emotional  quality  of  the  film  is  con- 
centrated in  its  closing  chapters,  and  it's  quite 
good.  Performances,  _  including  Maria  Ouspen- 
skaya,  Felix  Bressart,  Fritz  Feld  and  Elizabeth 
Patterson  are  competent.  Carter  does  not  fare 
too  well,  either  through  direction  or  by  nature 
of  the  role  assigned  him.  Production  values  are 
excellent  and  big-league  all  the  way. 

Commercial  prospects  of  "I've  Always  Loved 
You"  inevitably  draw  comparison  with  "A  Song 
to  Remember,"  the  story  of  Chopin  made  by 
Columbia  and  a  decided  success  in  the  domestic 
market.  It  appears  logical  to  conclude  that  this 
film  will  interest  and  attract  many  of  those  who 
found  entertainment  in  the  other.  Associate 
producer  was  Lew  Borzage. 

Seen  at  home  office  projection  room.  Review- 
er's Rating:  Good. — Red  Kann. 

Release  date  not  set.  Running  time,  117  min.  PCA 
No.  11221.    General  audience  classification. 

Leopold  Goronoff  Philip  Dorn 

Myra  Hassman  Catherine  McLeod 

George  Sampter  William  Carter 

Maria  Ouspenskaya,  Felix  Bressart,  Fritz  Feld,  Eliza- 
beth Patterson,  Lewis  Howard,  Adele  Mara,  Vanessa 
Brown,  Stephanie  Bachelor,  Cora  Witherspoon 

{Reprinted  from  last  week's  Herald) 

Little  Miss  Big 

Universal — Riches  to  Rags 

The  sentimental  story  of  an  old  lady  who 
learns — the  hard  way — that  money  isn't  every- 
thing should  please  the  unsophisticated  and 
bring,  indeed,  a  furtive  tear  to  the  cheeks  of 
those  not  too  blase  to  cry  at  a  convincing  dem- 
onstration that  "Kind  hearts  are  more  than 
coronets." 

Fay  Holden,  in  the  role  created  by  the  late 
May  Robson,  does  a  bang-up  job  as  Mary  Jane 
Baxter,  the  richest  woman  in  the  world,  so  sel- 
fish and  so  lost  to  the  common  touch  that  her 
only  friend  is  a  small  gray  dog.  When  ava- 
ricious kinfolk  have  her  committed  to  an  insane 
asylum,  she  escapes  and,  venturing  incognito 
into  New  York's  lower  east  side,  soon  discovers 
that  life  isn't  so  easy  for  penniless  old  ladies.  A 
group  of  kindly  people,  among  them  Frank 
McHugh,  Fred  Brady  and  Dorothy  Simmons, 
give  her  refuge,  and  from  them  she  learns  the 
old  trite  truth  that  money  isn't  everything,  and 
that  whether  you  have  it  or  whether  you  don't 
does  not,  in  the  long  run,  matter  very  much. 

There  is,  of  course,  the  requisite  happy  ending, 
perhaps  a  shade  too  saccharine,  in  which  the  old 
lady's  sanity  is  proved,  her  humble  friends  re- 
warded, and  her  avaricious  relatives  left  empty- 
handed. 

Top  billing  is  given  to  an  appealing  young 
miss  named  Beverly  Simmons,  who  has  a  great 
future  ahead  of  her. 

Erie  C.  Kenton  directed.  Stanley  Rubin  was 
the  associate  producer,  and  Marshall  Grant  the 
executive  producer.  The  screenplay  by  Erna 
Lazarus  is  based  on  a  story  by  Harry  H.  Poppe, 
Chester  Beecroft  and  Mary  Marlind. 

Seen  at  the  studio.  Reviewer's  Rating:  Good. 
— Thalia  Bell. 

Release  date,  August  30,  1946.  Running  time,  61 
min.    PCA  No.  11679.    General  audience  classification. 

Nancy  Brian  Beverly  Simmons 

Mary  Jane  Baxter   Fay  Holden 

Charlie  Brian  Frank  McHugh 

Eddie  Martin  Fred  Brady 

Kathy  Brian  Dorothy  Morris 

Father  Lennergan   Milburn  Stone 

Samuel  S.  Hinds,  John  Eldridge,  Howseley  Stevenson, 
Jeff  York,  Peggy  Webber,  Jim  Nolan 

{Reprinted  from  last  week's  Herald)  • 

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SHORT  SUBJECTS 


IS  EVERYBODY  HAPPY?  (20th-Fox) 

March  of  Time  (V13-1) 

This  March  of  Time  shows  how  many  Ameri- 
cans seek  to  know  the  future  and  to  have  assist- 
ance in  solving  their  personal  problems  by  ob- 
taining advice  from  numerologists  and  the  like. 
Interesting  material  is  combined  in  a  pleasing 
manner.  Earnest  Albert  Hooton,  Harvard  an- 
thropologist, expresses  his  theories  on  mankind's 
future.  He  says  that  technology  perfects  ma- 
chines which  feeble  minds  can  operate,  but 
man's  illogical  beliefs  persist.  The  film  points 
out  that  the  American  public  spends  more  than 
$150,000,000  a  year  on  fortune  tellers  and  for- 
tune-telling devices.  Muscle  builders,  such  as 
Charles  Atlas  and  syndicated  newspaper  columns 
of  personal  advice  are  enjoying  phenomenal 
success.  Dorothy  Dix,  renowned  columnist, 
makes  her  first  screen  appearance.  There  are 
many  humorous  incidents  throughout  the  film 
to  illustrate  the  fact  that  the  American  pub- 
lic loves  to  be  fooled. 

Release  date,  September  6,  1946       18  minutes 

HIGHWAY  MANIA  (RKO  Radio) 

This  Is  America  (63,111) 

More  people  have  been  killed  in  traffic  acci- 
dents in  the  United  States  than  in  all  of  its 
wars,  and  the  arch  villain  of  this  tragedy  is 
usually  carelessness.  Many  of  the  other  causes 
are  probed  gingerly  and  pointed  out  in  this 
timely  subject,  such  as  the  lack  of  uniform 
traffic  regulations  in  the  various  states  and  the 
different  forms  of  licensing  drivers.  The  sub- 
ject is  conclusive  in  its  scope  and  makes  many 
corrective  suggestions.  When  automobile  pro- 
duction goes  into  full  gear,  a  proportionate  in- 
crease in  casualties  on  the  highways  is  expected 
to  result.  The  subject  therefore  become  of  even 
more  urgency  to  every  driver  and  pedestrian  in 
the  country.  Frederic  Ullman,  Jr.  produced  the 
film,  which  was  prepared  in  collaboration  with 
the  editors  of  This  Week  Magazine. 
Release  date,  August  23,  1946         17  minutes 

WET  PAINT  (RKO  Radio) 

Walt  Disney  Cartoon  (64,109) 

Donald,  doing  a  paint  job  on  his  new  road- 
ster, gets  all  tangled  up  in  the  string  of  a  bird 
trying  to  build  a  nest.  It  doesn't  take  long  for 
Donald  to  go  into  one  of  his  tantrums  and 
pursue  the  bird  with  an  axe.  But  just  as  he  is 
about  to  decapitate  the  bird,  Donald's  heart  is 
touched  by  the  sight  of  the  baby  birds. 
Release  date,  August  9,  1946  7  minutes 

MOTOR  MANIACS  (RKO  Radio) 

Edgar  Kennedy  (63,405) 

The  none-too-placid  life  of  Edgar  Kennedy 
becomes  even  more  turbulent  when  an  old  flame 
of  his  mother-in-law  comes  to  claim  his  bride. 
Kennedy  tries  to  interest  him  in  a  new  out- 
board motor  only  to  find  himself  zooming 
around  a  lake  sans  boat.  The  subject  is  in- 
vested with  the  usual  slapstick  hilarity. 
Release  date,  July  26,  1946  18  minutes 

UNUSUAL  OCCUPATIONS  (Para.) 

L5-6,  No.  6 

Among  the  items  of  unusual  interest  exam- 
ined are  the  several  hobbies  of  Bob  Burns,  the 
comedian.  Next  comes  hand  weaving  as 
practiced  by  Dorothy  Liebes,  followed  by  a 
glimpse  of  joseff,  Hollywood's  master  designer 
of  exotic  jewels. 

Release  date,  August  30,  1946         10  minutes 

ADVENTURES  IN  SOUTH  AMERICA  (WB) 

Technicolor  Adventures  (2806) 

As  the  cameraman's  plane  soars  over  the  An- 
des, Las  Pas,  capital  of  Bolivia,  comes  into 
sight.  A  colorful  fiesta  provides  an  interlude 
before  the  camera  goes  on  to  Lake  Titicaca  and 
then  to  Cusco  in  Peru.  Lima  is  next  brought 
into  focus,  and  finally  the  land  of  the  Jivaro 
head-hunters  at  the  very  source  of  the  Amazon. 
Release  date,  August  10,  1946  10  minutes 


FOOTBALL  THRILLS.  NO.  9  (MGM) 

Pete  Smith  Specialty  (S-851) 

The  football  classics  that  thrilled  millions  last 
year  come  back  in  brief  review.  The  subject  is 
highlighted  by  the  descriptive  and  witty  narra- 
tion of  Pete  Smith,  plus  some  camera  precoci- 
ties that  are  sure  laugh-getters. 
Release  date,  September  7,  1946         10  minutes  * 

TRAFFIC  WITH  THE  DEVIL  (MGM) 

Theatre  of  Life  (A-703)  _ 

The  first  of  a  new  series  of  fact-films  titled 
"Theatre  of  Life,"  produced  by  MGM  in  co- 
operation with  the  Associated  Press,  the  film 
deals  with  the  problem  of  automobile  accidents 
in  Los  Angeles,  where  traffic  accidents  per  capi- 
ta are  the  highest  of  any  U.  S.  city.  The  two- 
reel  subject  was  written  and  produced  by  Her- 
bert Morgan  and  directed  by  Gunther  V. 
Fritsch. 

Release  date,  August  31,  1946       18>4  minutes  j 


ADVANCE  SYNOPSES 

IT'S  A  WONDERFUL  LIFE 
(RKO  Radio  -  Liberty  Films) 
PRODUCER-DIRECTOR:  Frank  Capra. 
PLAYERS:  James  Stewart,  Donna  Reed, 
Lionel  Barrymore,  Thomas  Mitchell,  Henry 
Travers,  Beulah  Bondi,  Frank  Faylen,  H.  B. 
Warner,  Samuel  S.  Hinds,  Gloria  Grahame, 
Todd  Karns,  Ward  Bond,  Mary  Treen. 

ROMANTIC  FANTASY.  A  young  man, 
born  and  brought  up  in  a  small  town,  longs  to 
leave  it  and  see  the  world.  He  is  thwarted  suc- 
cessively by  the  death  of  his  father,  his  brother's 
ambition,  and  the  bank  run  of  1932,  which 
threatens  the  building  and  loan  company  of  j 
which  he  is  the  head.  An  unexpected  financial 
loss  is  the  straw  that  breaks  the  camel's  back. 
The  young  man  voices  the  wish  that  he  had 
never  been  born,  whereupon  a  celestial  mes- 
senger  appears,  and  shows  him  what  the  town 
would  have  been  like  if  his  wish  had  been 
granted.  Shocked  by  the  spectable,  the  young  ; 
man  returns  to  life,  and  resumes  his  responsi- 
bilities. 

DANGEROUS  MONEY 
(Monogram) 

PRODUCER:  James  S.  Burkett.  DIREC- 
TOR: Terry  Morse.  PLAYERS:  Sidney 
Toler,  Gloria  Warren,  Victor  Sen  Young, 
Rick  Vallin,  Joseph  Creehan,  Willi  Best, 
John  Harmon. 

MELODRAMA.    An  agent  of  the  U.  S.  I 
Treasury  Department  who  is  investigating  a  | 
transfer  of  stolen,  currency  and  art  works  from  i 
the   Philippines,   enlists   the  aid   of  "Charlie 
Chan"  while  aboard  a  ship  bound  for  Samoa. 
During  the  voyage,  the  agent  is  murdered,  and  r 
several  passengers,  including  two  missionaries, 
are  suspected  of  the  crime.  Chan's  investiga-  ■ 
tion  proves  that  the  missionaries  are  in  reality 
the  head  of  a  gang  which  stole  the  missing 
valuables,  and  murdered  the  Treasury  agent. 

BRINGING  UP  FATHER 
(Monogram) 

PRODUCER:  Barney  Gerard  DIREC- 
TOR: Eddie  Cline.  PLAYERS:  Joe  Yule, 
Renie  Riano,  George  McManus,  Tim  Ryan, 
June  Harrison,  Wallace  Chadwell,  Tom 
Kennedy. 

COMEDY-DRAMA.  A  real-estate  tycoon 
wants  to  get  hold  of  some  property  on  which 
is  located  "Dinty  Moore's"  saloon.  His  wife 
persuades  "Maggie  Jiggs"  to  push  a  petition 
condemning  the  property.  "Jiggs"  gets  "Dinty," 
the  bartenders,  and  habitues  of  the  saloon  to 
sign  the  petition.  When  they  discover  the  ; 
nature  of  the  petition,  "Jiggs"  becomes  an  out- 
cast. Thereafter  the  real-estate  tycoon  tries  to 
close  the  place  with  the  assistance  of  hired 
thugs.  The  plot  is  forestalled,  however,  and 
all  ends  well. 

PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


RELEASE  CHART 

By  Companies 


This  chart  lists  feature  product  tradeshown 
or  released  since  August  I,  1946.  For  listing  of 
1945-46  Features  by  Company,  see  Product 
Digest  pages  3757-3752,  issue  of  August  17. 
7946.  For  Stars,  Running  Time,  Review  and 
other  Service  Data  references,  turn  to  the 
Alphabetical  Chart  in  this  issue. 

IT)  before  a  date  in  the  list  below  is  the 
tradeshow  date;  release  dates  are  given  as 
soon  as  available. 


Prod.  Tradesltow  or 

No.  Title  Release  Date 

COLUMBIA 

7039  Personality    Kid   Aug.  8,'46 

7210  Heading  West   Aug.  15/46 

7038  It's  Great  to  be  Young  Sept.  12/46 

 Singing  on  the  Trail  Sept.  12/46 

7002  Gallant  Journey   Sept.  17. '46 

....  Shadowed   Sept.  26, '46 

7006  Thrill  of  Brazil  Sept.  30. '46 


MGM 


Prod. 
No. 


Title 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 


BLOCK  17 

625  Boys'    Raneh   July  I6V46 

626  Courage  »t  Lassie   Aug.    8, '46 

627  Faithful  In  My  Fahion  Aug.  22, '46 

628  Three  Wise  Fools  Aug.  29/46 


The  Show-Off   (T)  Aug.  I2,'46 

Captains  Courageous  (R)   (T)  Aug.  21/46 

Rage  in  Heaven  (R)  (T)  Aug.  21, '46 

No  Leave,  No  Love  (T)  -Aug.  26, '4b 

Gallant  Bess   (T)  -Aug.  29,'46 


MONOGRAM 

520  Below  the   Deadline  Aug.   3, '46 

567  Shadows  on  the  Range  Aug.  10. '46 

525  The  Missing   Lady  Aug.  17. '46 

512  Spook  Busters   Aug.  24,'46 

517  High  School    Hero  Sept.  7,'46 

  Decoy   Sept.  I4,'46 

 Trigger   Fingers   Sept.  21, '46 

607  Gentleman  Joe  Paloofca  Sept.  28, '46 

  Dangerous   Money   Oct.  5,'46 

  Wife  Wanted   Oct.  12/46 

....  Bringing  Up  Father  Oct.  26,'46 


PARAMOUNT 

SPECIAL 

4532  Monsieur  Beaucalre   Aug. 

BLOCK  6 

4526  0.   S.   S  July 

4527  The  Searching  Wind   Aug. 

4528  Swamp    Fire   Sept. 

4529  Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers.Sept. 

• 

 Two  Years  Before  the  Mast 

(T)  Aug. 

 Jungle  Princess  (R)  Sept. 

  The  Plainsman   (R)  Sept. 

PRC  PICTURES 


Terrors  on   Horseback  Aug.  14, 

Down   Missouri   Way  Aug.  15, 

Secrets  of  a  Sorority  Girl. ..Aug.  15, 

Overland   Riders   Aug.  21, 

Blonde  for  a   Day  Aug.  29 

Strange  Holiday   SepL  2, 

Outlaws  of  the  Plains  Sept.  22. 

Her  Sister's  Secret  Sept.  23, 

Accomplice   Sept.  29, 

Driftin'   River   Oct.  I 

Gas  House  Kids  Oct.  7, 

Lady  Killer   Oct.  14, 

Trial  of   Dr.   Benton  Oct.  21, 

Melody  Roundup   Nov.  I, 


26. '46 
9,'46 
6, '46 

I3.'46 


22,'46 
1/46 
1/46 


RKO 


SPECIAL 

Notorious   (T)  Aug.  15/46 

It's  a  Wonderful  Life  (T)  Deo., '46 


BLOCK  6 

626  Till  the  End  of  Time....(T)  Aug. 


1/46 


627  Crack-Up   (T)  Sept.  6/46 

628  Bedlam   (T)  -Apr.  15/46 

629  The  Falcon's  Alibi  (T)  June  20/46 

630  The  Bamboo  Blonde  (T)  June  20/46 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or 

No.  Title  Release  Date 

BLOCK  I 

703  Step  by  Step  (T)  .Aug.  1/46 

701  Sister  Kenney   (T)  Oct.  15/46 

704  Sunset  Pass   (T)  Oct.  1/46 

702  Lady  Luck   (T)  Sept.  20/46 

705  Great  Day   (British) ....  <T)  Sept.  15/46 

• 

BLOCK  2 

....  Child  of  Divorce  (T)  Oct.  15/46 

....  Criminal    Court   (T)  Oct.  20/46 

....  Genius  at  Work  (T)  Nov.  15/46 

  Nocturne   (T)  Nov.  25/46 

  Sinbad  the  Sailor  (T)  Dec.  25/46 

REPUBLIC 

526  The   Inner  Circle  Aug.  7/46 

527  The  Last  Crooked  Mile  Aug.  9/46 

528  G.    I.   War   Brides  Aug.  12/46 

530  Earl  Carroll  Sketchbook. .  (T)  Aug.  13/46 

529  Invisible   Informer   Aug.  19/46 

541  Under  Nevada  Skies  Aug.  26/46 

531  Mysterious    Mr.    Valentine. .  .Sept.  3/46 

558  Rio  Grande  Raiders  Sept  9/46 

o42  Roll  en  Texas  Moon  SepL  12/46 

  Last    Frontier   Uprising  Oct.  22/46 

....  Home    in    Oklahoma  Nov.  8/46 

SCREEN  GUILD 

4605  Flight  to  Nowhere  Aug.  15/46 

4606  'Neath  Canadian  Skies  Aug.  15/46 

4607  Rolling  Home   Sept.  15/46 

4610  North  of  the  Border  Oct.  1/46 

4609  My  Dog  Shep  Oct.  15/46 

4608  Scared  to  Death  Nov.  1/46 

20TH-FOX 

633  Centennial  Summer   Aug. ,'46 


Prod.  Tradeslww  or 

No.  Title  Release  Date 

634  Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam  Aug./46 

635  Deadline  for  Murder  Aug. .'46 

636  Black    Beauty   Sept./46 

637  Claudia  and  David  Sept./46 

638  If  I'm  Lueky  Sept./4B 

641  Sun  Valley  Serenade  (R.)  Sept. ,'46 

639  Three  Little  Girls  In  Blue  Oct/46 

640  Home  Sweet  Homicide  Oct. .'46 

642  The  Bowery  (R.)  Oct/46 

643  Strange  Journey   Oct/46 

645  My  Darling  Clementine  Nov./46 

644  Wanted  for  Murder  (Brit)  Nov./46 

646  Margie   Nov./46 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

....  Mr.  Aee   Aug.  2/46 

  Caesar  and  Cleopatra  (Brit). Aug.  16/46 

  The  Bachelor's  Daughters  Sept  6/46 

  Angel  on  My  Shoulder  Sept.  20/46 

UNIVERSAL 

543  The  Black  Angel   Aug.  2/46 

.544  Slightly   Scandalous   Aug.  2/46 

545  Wild   Beauty   Aug.  9/46 

1105  Rustler's  Roundup   ....Aug.  9/4$ 

546  The  Time  of  Their  Lives  Aug.  16/46 

1106  Lawless  Breed   Aug.  16/46 

547  Dead  of  Night  (British) ..... .Aug.  23/46 

....  Brief  Encounter  (Brit.)  Aug.  24/46 

1107  Gunman's  Code   Aug.  30/46 

548  The   Killers   Aug.  30/46 

549  Little    Miss    Big  Aug.  30/46 

WARNER  BROTHERS 

523  Night  and  Day  Aug.  3/46 

524  Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee. ..  .Aug.  17/46 

601  The  Big  Sleep  Aug.  31/46 

602  Shadow  of  a  Woman  Sept  14/46 

603  Cloak   and    Dagger  Sept.  28/46 

604  Nobody    Lives    Forever  Oct.  12/46 


SINGING  ON  THE  TRAIL 
(Columbia) 

PRODUCER:  Colbert  Clark.  DIRECTOR: 
Ray  Nazarro.  PLAYERS:  Ken  Curtis, 
"Big  Boy"  Williams,  Guy  Kibbee,  Dusty 
Anderson,  Jeff  Donnell,  Ian  Keith,  Matt 
Willis,  Hoosier  Hotshots. 

WESTERN  WITH  MUSIC.  The  Hoosier 
Hotshots  purchase  a  dude  ranch  where  they 
have  been  appearing  as  entertainers.  They  are 
set  upon  by  an  irate  promoter  who  has  been 
swindled  by  the  former  owners,  as  well  as  by 
the  swindlers  themselves,  who  want  the  ranch 
back.  They  are  saved  by  two  cowboys,  whose 
ambition  it  is  to  be  radio  entertainers,  and  all 
ends  happily. 

DRIFTIN'  RIVER 
(PRC) 

PRODUCER-DIRECTOR:  Robert  Tan- 
sey.  PLAYERS:  Eddie  Dean,  Roscoe  Ates, 
Shirley  Patterson,  Lee  Bennett,  William 
Fawcett, 

WESTERN.  The  Army,  in  need  of  re- 
mounts for  soldiers  assigned  to  protect  rail- 
road workers  from  outlaws,  contracts  to  buy  a 
herd  from  a  young  girl  who  owns  a  ranch.  That 
night,  however,  the  herd  is  stolen.  When 
soldiers  are  sent  to  investigate,  they  are  mas- 
sacred by  bandits.  The  Army  assigns  two 
special  investigators  to  the  case.  One  of  them 
disposes  of  the  bandit  leader  in  a  hand-to-hand 

:   tussle,  whereupon  the  rest  of  the  outlaws  sur-. 

!  render. 


THE  CRIME  DOCTOR'S  MAN  HUNT 
(Columbia) 

PRODUCER:  Rudolph  Flothow.  DIREC- 
TOR: William  Castle.  PLAYERS:  Warner 
Baxter,  Ellen  Drew,  William  Frawley. 

MELODRAMA.  The  "Crime  Doctor,"  a 
psychiatrist,  is  visited  by  a  veteran  who  tells 
him  that  he  is  subject  to  spells  of  amnesia, 
and  that  at  such  times  he  visits  a  shady  part 
of  town.  That  night  the  doctor  visits  the  neigh- 
borhood, and  sees  the  veteran,  now  dead,  being 
hustled  away  by  two  men.  After  much  investiga- 
tion, and  at  the  risk  of  his  life,  the  doctor 
discovers  that  the  boy  was  murdered  by  his 
fiancee,  a  girl  who  suffers  from  a  form  of  in- 
sanity which  compels  her  to  pretend  she  is  her 
own  sister.  In  order  to  prevent  her  fiance 
from  learning  the  truth,  which  would  lead  to 
her  confinement,  she  kills  him. 


GUNMAN'S  CODE 
(Universal) 

PRODUCER-DIRECTOR:  Wallace  Fox. 
PLAYERS:  Kirby  Grant,  Fuzzy  Knight, 
Jane  Adams,  Danny  Morton,  Bernard 
Thomas. 

WESTERN.  Two  Wells  Fargo  agents  are 
assigned  to  eliminate  a  gang  of  stage  robbers. 
One  of  the  agents  soon  learns  that  a  local 
saloon-keeper  is  the  leader  of  the  robber-band. 
He  challenges  the  bandit  to  a  duel,  the  latter 
accepts,  and  is  shot  down  by  the  agent. 


ACCOMPLICE 
(PRC) 

PRODUCER:  John  K.  Teaford.  DIREC- 
TOR: Walter  Colmes.  PLAYERS:  Rich- 
ard Arlen,  Veda  Ann  Borg,  Michael  Bran- 
den,  Earle  Hodgins,  Edward  Earle,  Tom 
Dugan,  Marjorie  Manners. 

MELODRAMA.  A  private  detective  is  en- 
gaged by  a  woman  to  find  her  missing  husband. 
After  a  series  of  melodramatic  events,  the  trail 
leads  him  to  a  castle  in  the  Mojave  desert, 
where  he  finds  the  husband  who,  upon  being 
cornered,  kills  himself. 


LAST  FRONTIER  UPRISING 
(Republic) 

ASSOCIATE  PRODUCER:  Louis  Gray. 
DIRECTOR:  Lesley  Selander.  PLAYERS: 
Monte  Hale,  Adrian  Booth,  James  Taggart, 
Roy  Barcroft,  Tom  London,  Philip  Van 
Zandt. 

WESTERN.  Two  men  are  rivals  for  the 
hand  of  a  girl  ranch-owner,  and  both  are  horse- 
buyers  who  wish  to  purchase  her  stock.  One 
of  them,  however,  is  unaware  that  his  em- 
ployer is  a  crook.  When  he  discovers  this 
fact,  he  makes  a  lunge  at  the  crook,  who  shoots 
and  kills  him.  The  other  buyer  finds  evidence 
that  his  rival  has  been  murdered,  and  also 
learns  that  the  crook  plans  to  steal  the  girl's 
horses.  With  the  help  of  the  sheriff  and  his 
men,  he  overthrows  the  crooks,  and  brings 
them  to  justice. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


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SERVICE  DATA 

on  features 


Service  Data  appearing  in  this  issue  of 
Product  Digest  include  the  over-all  performance 
percentage  figures  from  final  reports  previously 
published  in  PICTURE  GROSSES.  Reference  to 
Round  Table  Exploitation  and  Legion  of  Decency 
ratings  with  audience  classification  are  a/so 
listed.  Index  to  Service  Data  may  be  found  in 
the  Release  Chart  starting  on  page  3789. 


Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam 
(20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 

Round  Table  Exploitation — August  24,  p.  60. 

Badman's  Territory  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  Decency  Rating — A-l 

Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 101.8% 

Round  Table  Exploitation — June  15,  p.  61;  June 

22,  p.  48;  July  13,  pp.  45,  47;  August  17,  pp.  55, 

58,  60. 

Boys'  Ranch  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification— General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — June  1,  p.  43 ;  Au- 
gust 10,  p.  47;  August  17,  p.  60;  August  31, 
p.  53. 

Caesar  and  Cleopatra  (UA) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 111.7% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  24,  p.  61 ; 
August  31,  p.  50. 

Centennial  Summer  (20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — July  20,  p.  60;  Au- 
gust 24,  p.  62. 

Claudia  and  David  (20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 

Round  Table  Exploitation — August  31,  p.  52. 

The  Dark  Corner  (20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — July  13,  p.  47 ;  Au- 
gust 24,  p.  65. 

Do  You  Love  Me?  (20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 99.2% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — June  15,  p.  62;  June 
22,  p.  49;  August  3,  p.  107;  August  31,  p.  51. 

Dragonwyck  (20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — -Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 112.4% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — June  8,  p.  50;  June 
22,  p.  54;  June  29,  p.  58;  August  24,  p.  61. 

Easy  to  Wed  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 112.7% 
Round  Table  Exploitatoin — May  18,  p.  58;  Au- 
gust 24,  p.  63. 

From  This  Day  Forward  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification— General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 104.7% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — May  4,  p.  52;  May 
18,  p.  58 ;  June  8,  pn.  50,  51 ;  June  15,  pp.  60, 
63,  64;  June  22.  p.  51  ;  Tulv  27,  p.  51  ;  August 
3,  p.  107;  August  24.  p.  65. 


The  Green  Years  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 100.0% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — June  1,  p.  44;  July 
20,  p.  59;  August  10,  pp.  42,  43;  August  17,  p. 
58;  August  24,  p.  60;  August  31,  pp.  50,  52. 

Heading  West  (Col.) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  24  p.  61. 

Heartbeat  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — July  6,  p.  70 ;  July 
20,  p.  58;  August  3,  p.  Ill  ;  August  24,  p.  62. 

In  Old  Sacramento  (Rep.) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — May  11,  p.  64;  July 
27,  p.  56;  August  31,  p.  52. 

Janie  Gets  Married  (WB) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Round  Table  Exploitation — June  22,  p.  50 ;  July 

20,  p.  03;  July  27,  pp.  54,  56;  August  24,  p.  63'. 

The  Kid  from  Brooklyn  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  24,  p.  60. 

Make  Mine  Music  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — May  11,  p.  58;  July 
27,  p.  51  ;  August  17,  p.  58;  August  31,  p.  55. 

Night  and  Day  (WB) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 129.5% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  10,  p.  46; 
August  24,  p.  63;  August  31,  p.  50. 

A  Night  in  Casablanca  (UA) 

Audience  Classification — General , 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 99.8% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — May  4,  p.  52;  June 
15,  p.  62;  July  13,  pp.  45,  47;  July  20,  pp.  59, 
64;  August  3,  p.  105;  August  10,  pp.  43,  46; 
August  24,  p.  60;  August  31,  p.  51. 

Notorious  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  31,  pp.  50. 
52.  55. 


LEGION  of  DECENCY  Ratings 

Class  A-l  Unobjectionable 

Class  A-2  Unobjectionable  for  Adults 

Class  B  Objectionable  in  Part 

Class  C  Condemned 


Of  Human  Bondage  (WB) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — July  27,  p.  51 ;  Au- 
gust 31,  p.  51. 

One  More  Tomorrow  (WB) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Round  Table  Exploitation — June  15,  pp.  62,  64, 

66;  Julv  20,  p.  64;  July  27,  p.  51  ;  August  24, 

p.  62. 

Our  Hearts  Were  Growing  Up 
(Para.) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  31,  p.  51. 

Postman  Always  Rings  Twice 
(MGM) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 118.0% 

Round  Table  Exploitation — July  13,  p.  49 ;  July 

20,  p.  58;  July  27,  pp.  51,  56;  August  3,  pp. 

109,  111;  August  10,  p.  48;  August  17,  p.  55; 

August  31,  pp.  52,  56. 

Renegades  (Col.) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — June  22,  p.  50;  July 
20,  p.  61  ;  July  27,  pp.  50,  53 ;  August  3,  p.  109 ; 
August  24,  pp.  60,  63 ;  August  31,  pp.  52,  55,  56. 

A  Stolen  Life  (WB) 

Audience  Classification— Adult 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating- — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 106.5% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — June  15,  p.  63;  Au- 
gust 24,  p.  64. 

Two  Sisters  from  Boston  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — -118.3% 
Round  Table  Exploitation— May  11,  p.  60;  June 
8,  p.  50;  June  15,  pp.  60,  63;  June  29,  p.  52; 
Tulv  13,  pp.  45,  48;  July  20,  p.  59;  July  27,  pp. 
53,  54:  August  3,  pp.  105,  108:  August  17,  pp. 
55,  58,  61;  August  24,  p.  61. 

The  Walls  Came  Tumbling  Down 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — June  1,  p.  44;  Au- 
gust 24,  p.  60. 

Young  Widow  (UA) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — June  15,  o.  63;  July 
6,  p.  68;  August  10,  p.  47;  August  24,  p.  62. 

Ziegfeld  Follies  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 122.1% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — April  6,  p.  56 ;  April 
13,  p.  62;  April  27,  pp.  54,  57;  May  4,  p.  55; 
May  11,  p.  61  ;  June  1,  pp.  44,  47;  June  8,  p. 
52;  June  15.  p.  63;  June  22,  pp.  48,  51,  53;  June 
29.  pp.  55,  56,  58 ;  July  6,  p.  66 ;  July  13,  p.  48 ; 
Tuly  27,  pp.  51.  53,  55;  August  3,  pp.  107,  108; 
August  17,  p.  57;  August  24,  p.  62;  August  31, 
'  p.  51. 


3188 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


THE  RELEASE  CHART 

Index  to  Reviews,  Advance  Synopses  and 
Service  Data  in  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 


Release  dates  and  running  time  are  furnished  as  soon  as  avail- 
able. Advance  dates  are  tentative  and  subject  to  change.  Run- 
ning times  are  the  official  times  supplied  by  the  distributor. 

All  page  numbers  on  this  chart  refer  to  pages  in  the 
PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION  of  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

For  Legion  of  Decency  Rating,  Audience  Classification  and 
Managers'  Round  Table  Exploitation,  see  Service  Data  page 
numbers  in  last  column. 


Short  Subjects  Chart  with  Synopsis  Index  can  be  found  on 
pages  3175-3176,  issue  of  August  31,  1946. 

Feature  product  listed  by  Company  on  page  3187,  issue  of 
September  7,  1946.  For  listing  of  1945-46  Features  by  Company, 
see  Product  Digest,  pages  3151-3152,  issue  of  August  17,  1946. 

(T)  before  a  date  in  the  list  below  is  the  tradeshow  date; 
release  dates  are  given  as  soon  as  available. 

(f)  indicates  a  Box  Office  Champion. 


Title  Company 
ABBOTT  and  Costeilo  in  Holly- 
wood (Block  13)  MSM 
Abie's  Irish  Rose  UA 
Abilene  Town  UA 
Accomplice  PRC 
f  Adventure  (Special)  MSM 
Adventures  of  Marco  Polo 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Affairs  of  Seraldine,  The  Rep. 

(formerly  Lonely  Hearts  Club) 
Alias  Billy  the  Kid  Rep. 
Allotment  Wives,  Inc.  Mono.' 
Amami  Alfredo  (Italian)  Srandi 
Ambush  Trail  PRC 
f  And  Then  There  Were  None  20th-Fox 
Angel  Comes  to  Brooklyn,  An  Rep. 
Angel  on  My  Shoulder  UA 
Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam  20th-Fox 
Appointment  with  Crime 

(Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 
Avalanche  PRC 

BACHELOR'S  Daughters,  The  UA 
Bad  Bascomb  (Block  16)  MSM 

f  Badman's  Territory  RKO 
Bad  Men  of  the  Border  Univ. 
Bamboo  Blonde  (Block  6)  RKO 

|  Bandit  of  Sherwood  Forest  (color)  Col. 
Bandits  of  the  Badlands  Rep. 
Barge-Keeper's  Daugh- 
ter, The  (French)  Famous  Intl. 
Battle  for  Music  (Br.)  Four  Continents 
Beast  with  Five  Fingers,  The  WB 
Beat  the  Band  RKO 
Because  of  Him  Univ. 
Bedelia  (British)  SFD 
Bedlam  (Block  6)  RKO 
Begining  or  the  End,  The  MGM 
Behind  Sreen  Lights  20th-Fox 
Behind  the  Mask  Mono. 

t  Bells  of  St.  Mary's,  The  RKO 
Beloved  Enemy  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 
Below  the  Deadline  Mono. 
Beware  Astor 
Beware  of  Pity  (British)  Eagle-Lion 
Big  Sleep,  The  WB 
Black  Angel,  The  Univ. 
Black  Beauty  20th-Fox 
Black  Market  Babies  Mono. 
Blazing  the  Western  Trail  Col. 
Blithe  Spirit  (British)  (color)  UA 
Blonde  Alibi  Univ. 
Blonde  for  a  Day  PRC 
Blondie  Knows  Best  Col. 
Blondie's  Lucky  Day  Col. 

t  Blue  Dahlia,  The  (Block4)  Para. 
Blue  Montana  Skies  (Reissue)  Rep. 
Blue  Skies  (color)  Para. 
Bohemian  Sirl,  The 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Bon  Voyage  20th-Fox 
Border  Bandits  Mono. 


Born  for  Trouble  (Reissue) 


WB 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or 
Number               Stars                                      '   Release  Date 

602  Bud  Abbott-Lew  Costello  Oct.,'45 

....  Michael  Chekhov-Joanna  Dru  Not  Set 

....  Randolph  Scott-Ann  Dvorak  Jan.  Il,'46 

....  Richard  Arlen-Veda  Ann  Borg  Sept.  29, '46 

616  Clark  Sable-Sreer  Sarson  Mar., '46 

....  Sary  Cooper-Sigrid  Surie  Dec.  29, '45 

....  Jane  Withers-James  Lydon  Not  Set 

555  Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  Apr.  17/46 

505  '  Kay  Francis-Paul  Kelly  Dec.  29, '45 

....  Maria  Cebotari-Claudio  Sore  Jan.  1 8, '46 

  Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor  Feb.  I7,'46 

61  I  Barry  Fitzgerald-Walter  Huston  Nov., '45 

503  Kaye  Dowd-Robert  Duke  Nov.  I0,'45 
....  Paul  Muni-Anne  Baxter  Sept.  20,'46 

634  Irene  Dunne-Rex  Harrison  Aug. ,'46 

....  William  Hartnell-Raymond  Lovell  Not  Set 

....  Bruce  Cabot-Roscoe  Karns  June  20, '46 

....  Sail  Russell-Claire  Trevor  Sept.  6,'46 

619  Wallace  Beery-Margaret  O'Brien  Apr.-May,'46 

622  Randolph  Scott-Ann  Richards  Block  5 

I  101  Kirby  Srant-Armida  Sept.  28, '45 

630  Frances  Langford-Russell  Wade        (T)  June  20,'46 

7004  Cornel  Wilde-Anita  Louise  Feb.  2 1, '46 

551  Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  Sept.  1 4, '45 

....  Louis  Jouvet-Elvira  Popesco  Sept.  4,'45 

....  London  Philharmonic  Orchestra  Oct.  13, '45 

....  Robert  Alda-Andrea  King  Not  Set 

....  Frances  Langford-Sene  Krupa  Not  Set 

516  Deanna  Durbin-Franchot  Tone  Jan.  18, '46 

....  Margaret  Lockwood-lan  Hunter  Not  Set 

  Boris  Karloff-Anna  Lee  (T)  Apr.  I5,'46 

....  Brian  Donlevy-Robert  Walker  Not  Set 

620  Carole  Landis-William  Sargan  Feb. ,'46 

526  Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed  May  25, '46 
661  Bing  Crosby-lngrid  Bergman  Special 

....  Merle  Oberon-David  Niven  Apr.  1 5, '46 

520  Warren  Douglas-Ramsay  Ames  Aug.  3, '46 

....  Louis  Jordan-Frank  Wilson  July,'46 

....  Lilli  Palmer-Albert  Lieven  July  22, '46 

601  Humphrey  Bogart-Lauren  Bacall  Aug.  31, '46 

543  Dan  Duryea-June  Vincent  Aug.  2,'46 

636  Mona  Freeman-Richard  Denning  Sept., '46 

504  Ralph  Morgan-Jayne  Hazard  Jan.  5, '46 
7201  Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Oct.  1 8, '45 

....  Rex  Harrison-Constance  Cummings  Dec.  14/45 

527  Tom  Neal-Martha  O'Driscoll  Apr.  12/46 
....  Hugh  Beaumont-Katheryn  Adams  Aug.  29/46 
....  Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Not  Set 
7020  Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Apr.  4/46 
4517  Alan  Ladd-Veronica  Lake  Apr.  19/46 
5307  Sene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette  Dec.  1/45 
....  Bing  Crosby-Fred  Astaire  Not  Set 

....  Stan  Laurel-Oliver  Hardy  Mar.  15/46 

....  Jeanne  Crain-Sir  Aubrey  Smith  Not  Set 

565  Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton     Jan.  12/46 

504  Faye  Emerson-Van  Johnson  Oct.  6/45 


Running 
Time 

84m 

89m 

126  m 

105m 


56  m 
80m 
91m 
60m 
97m 
70m 

128  m 

90m 
70m 


r—  REVIEWED  s 

M.  P.  Product  Advance 
Herald       Digest  Synopsis- 


Issue  Page 
Aug.  25/45  2631 
Jan. 12/46  2793 
Dec.  22/45  2765 
Feb. 19/38 


June  29/46  3065 

Nov.  10/45  2710 

Feb.  9/46  2838 

Feb.  2/46  2830 

July  14/45  2626 

Dec.  8/45  2745 

June  8/46  3029 


June  1 5/46 
May  4/46 


3042 
2973 


1 12m  Feb.  9/46  2837 

98m  Apr.  20/46  2949 

56m    .... 

67m  June  22/46  3054 

85m  Feb.  23/46  2857 

55m  Oct.  13/45  2677 

70m  Sept.  15/45  2645 

74m  Nov.  3/45  2701 

86  m  Jan.  19/46  2806 

90m  June  15/46  3041 

80m  Apr.  27/46  2962 

64  m  Jan.  19/46  2806 

67m  Apr.  6/46  2926 

126m  Dec.   1/45  2734 

86m  Dec.  19/36   

65m    .... 

55m  June  22/46  3054 

105m  Aug.  3/46  3126 

114m  Aug.  17/46  3149 

80m  Aug.  10/46  3137 

76m  July  20/46  3102 

71m  Dec.  8/45  2746 

60m  Nov.  24/45  2725 

94m  Sept.  22/45  2653 

62m  Mar.  23/46  2905 

68m  Aug.  10/46  3137 

69m  June   i,'46  3017 

1 00m  Feb.  2/46  2829 

56m  May  6/39   

74m  Mar.  7/36   

58m  Feb.  23/46  2859 

59m  Apr.  1 1  ,'42  598 


Page 


3066 
2628 
3187 
2628 


2951 

2981 
2555 


2384 
2859 
2907 


J  00 1 
2784 

2655 
2784 
2434 
2628 


2786 
3126 
2764 

2951 
3076 


2434 
3127 


3076 
2778 

2543 

2850 
3030 
3031 
2907 
2786 

2884 


2230 
2792 
575 


Service 
Data 
Page 


3088 
3100 


2862 
3 1 88 

3188 
2975 


2975 
3018 

2975 


2930 
898 

3164 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


3189 


REVIEWED  ■ 


Title  Company 

Bowery,  The  (Reissue)  20th-Fox 

Bowery  Bombshell  Mono. 
Boy,  a  Girl  and  a  Dog,  A  Film  Classics 

Boys'  Ranch  (Block  17)  MGM 

Breakfast  in  Hollywood  UA 
Bride  Wore  Boots,  The  (Block  5)  Para. 

Brief  Encounter  (Brit.)  Univ. 

Bringing   Up  Father  Mono. 

Brute  Man  Univ. 

Burma  Victory  WB 

CAESAR  and  Cleopatra  (color) 

(British)  UA 

Calcutta  Para. 

California  (color)  Para. 

California  Gold  Rush  Rep. 

Canyon  Passage  (color)  Univ. 

Captains  Courageous  (R.)  MGM. 

Captain  Tugboat  Annie  Rep. 
Captive  Heart,  The  (British) 

Eagle-Lion 

Caravan  (British)  GFD 

Caravan  Trail,  The  (color)  PRC 

Caribbean  Mystery  20th-Fox 

Carnival  in  Costa  Rica  (col.)  20th-Fox 

Cat  Creeps,  The  Univ. 

Catman  of  Paris,  The  Rep. 

Centennial  Summer  (color)  20th-Fox 

Cherokee  Flash,  The  Rep. 

Cheyenne  WB 

Child  of  Divorce  (Block  2)  RKO 

Cinderella  Jones  WB 

City  for  Conquest  (Reissue)  WB 

Claudia  and  David  20th-Fox 

Cloak  and  Dager  WB 
Close  Call  for  Boston  Blackie,  A  Col. 

Club  Havana  PRC 

t  Cluny  Brown  20th-Fox 

Cockeyed  Miracle,  The  MGM 

Code  of  the  Lawless  Univ. 

Col.  Effingham's  Raid  20th-Fox 

Colorado  Serenade  (color)  PRC 

Colorado  Pioneers  Rep. 
Come  and  Get  It 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Condemned  to  Devil's  Island 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

f  Confidential  Agent  WB 

Conquest  of  Cheyenne  Rep. 

Cornered  RKO 
Courage  of  Lassie  (color)  (Bl.  17)  MGM 

Cowboy  Blues  Col. 

Crack-Up  (Block  6)  RKO 
Crime  Doctor's  Manhunt,  The  Col. 
Crime  Doctor's  Warning,  The  Col. 

Crime  of  the  Century  Rep. 

Criminal  Court  (Block  2)  RKO 

Crimson  Canary,  The  Univ. 

Cross  My  Heart  Para. 

Cry  Wolf  WB 

Cuban  Pete  Univ. 

DAKOTA  Rep. 

Daltons  Ride  Again  Univ. 

Dangerous  Business  Col. 

Dangerous  Money  Mono. 
Dangerous  Partners  (Block  13)  MGM 

Danger  Signal  WB 

Danger  Street  Para. 

Danger  Woman  Univ. 

Da  nny  Boy  PRC 

Dark  Alibi  Mono. 

Dark  Corner,  The  20th-Fox 

Dark  Horse,  The  Univ. 

Dark  Is  the  Night  (Russian)  Artkino 

Dark  Mirror,  The  Univ. 

Days  and  Nights  (Russian)  Artkino 

Days  of  Buffalo  Bill  Rep. 

Deadlier  Than  the  Male  RKO 

Deadline  at  Dawn  RKO 

Deadline  for  Murder  20th-Fox 

Dead  of  Night  (British)  Univ. 
Death  Valley  (color)        Screen  Guild 

Decoy  Mono. 

Desert  Horseman,  The  Col. 

Detour  PRC 

Devil  Bat's  Daughter  PRC 

Devil's  Mask.  The  Col. 

Devil's  Playground,  The  UA 

Devotion  WB 


Prod. 
Number 
642 
511 

625 

4521 


512 


568 
541 

504 


605 

532 
514 
633 
553 


513 
515 
637 
603 
7030 

628 

1102 
610 

563 


506 
568 
612 
626 
7223 
627 

7022 
51 1 

509 


542 

505 
510 
7037 

604 
508 

539 

519 
625 
540 


554 

617 
635 
547 
4604 

7209 


7026 
517 


Stars 

George  Raft-Wallace  Beery 
Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 
Jerry  Hunter-Sharyn  Moffett 
James  Craig-"Butch"  Jenkins 
Tom  Breneman-Bonita  Granville 
Barbara  Stanwyck-Robert  Cummings 
Celia  Johnson-Trevor  Howard 
Joe  Yule-Renie  Riano 
Rondo  Hatton-Jane  Adams 
War  Documentary 


Claude  Rains- Vivian  Leigh  Aug.  I6,'46 

Alan  Ladd-William  Bendix  Not  Set 

Ray  Milland-Barbara  Stanwyck  Not  Set 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming  Feb.  4,'46 

Dana  Andrews-Susan  Hayward  July  26, '46 
Freddie  Bartholomew-Spencer  Tracy  (T)  Aug.  2 1  ,'46 

Jane  Darwell-Edgar  Kennedy  Nov.  I7,'45 

Michael  Redgrave-Rachel  Kempson  Not  Set 

Steward  Granger-Ann  Crawford  Not  Set 

Eddie  Dean-AI  LaRue  Apr.  20,'46 

James  Dunn-Sheila  Ryan  Sept., '45 

Dick  Haymes-Celeste  Holme  Not  Set 

Lois  Collier-Fr^d  Brady  May  I  7, '46 

Carl  Esmond-Leonore  Aubert  Apr.  20/46 

Jeanne  Craine-Cornel  Wilde  Aug. ,'46 

Sunset  Carson-Linda  Stirling  Dec.  I3,'45 

Dennis  Morqan-Jane  Wyman  Not  Set 
Sharyn  Moffett-Regis  Toomey           (T)  Oct.  15/46 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Alda  Mar.  9/46 

James  Cagney-Ann  Sheridan  Apr.  13/46 

Dorothy  McGuire-Robert  Young  Sept.,'46 

Gary  Cooper-Lilli  Pamer  Sept.  28/46 

Chester  Morris-Richard  Lane  Jan.  24/46 

Tom  Neal-Margaret  Lindsay  Oct.  23/45 

Charles  Boyer-Jennifer  Jones  June/46 
Frank  Morgan-Keenan  Wynn             (T)  July  15/46 

Kirby  Grant-Poni  Adams  Oct.  19/45 

Charles  Coburn-Joan  Bennett  Feb. ,'46 

Eddie  Dean-Roscoe  Ates  June  30/46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Nov.  14/45 

Joel  McCrea-Edward  Arnold 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

i  radeshow  or 

Running 

tieraid 

Digest 

synopsis 

Data 

Kelease  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Oct.,'46 

84m 

Aug. 24/46 

3162 

July  20/46 

65m 

July  27/46 
June  29/46 

31 14 

July/46 

77m 

3065 

3031 

July  18/46 

97m 

May  4/46 

2973 

2926 

3188 

Feb.  22/46 

93m 

Jan.  19/46 

2805 

2756 

2975 

May  3 1  ,'46 

85m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2784 

Aug.  24/46 

85m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

Oct.  26/46 

3186 

Not  Set 

2764 

Feb.  16/46 

62  m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

Ronald  Colman-Ann  Harding 

Charles  Boyer-Lauren  Bacall 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliot-Alice  Fleming 

Dick  Powell-Micheline  Cheirel 

Elizabeth  Taylor-" Lassie"-Frank  Morgan 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell 

Pat  O'Brien-Claire  Trevor  (T) 

Warner  Baxter-Ellen  Drew 

Warner  Baxter-Dusty  Anderson 

Stephanie  Bachelor-Michael  Browne 

Tom  Conway-Martha  O'Driscoll  (T) 

Noah  Beery,  Jr.-Lois  Collier 

Betty  Hutton-Sonny  Tufts 

Errol  Flynn-Barbara  Stanwyck 

Desi  Arnaz-Ethel  Smith 


May  15/46 

Mar.  15/46 
Nov.  10/45 
July  29/46 
Block  3 
Aug.  8/46 
July  18/46 
Sept.  6/46 
Not  Set 
Oct.  4/45 
Feb.  28/46 
Oct.  20/46 
Nov.  9/45 
Not  Set 
Not  Set 
July  26/46 


John  Wayne-Vera  Hruba  Ralston  Dec.  25/45 

Alan  Curtis-Kent  Taylor  Nov.  23/45 

Forrest  Tucker-Lynn  Merrick  June  20/46 

Sydney  Toler-Gloria  Warren  Oct.  5/46 

James  Craig-Signe  Hasso  Oct.,'45 

Faye  Emerson-Zachary  Scott  Dec.  15/45 

Jane  Withers-Robert  Lowery  Not  Set 

Brenda  Joyce-Don  Porter  July  12/46 

Robt.  "Buz."  Henry-Sybil  Merritt  Jan.  8/46 

Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong  May  25/46 

Lucille  Ball-William  Bendix  May/46 

Phil  Terry-Ann  Savage  July  19/46 

Irina  Radchenko-lvan  Kuznetsov  Mar.  16/46 

Olivia  de  Havilland-Lew  Ayres  Not  Set 

Vladimir  Soloviev-Dimitri  Sagal  Apr.  27/46 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  Feb.  8/46 

Claire  Trevor-Lawrence  Tierney  Not  Set 

Susan  Hayward-Paul  Lukas  Block  4 

Paul  Kelly-Kent  Taylor  Aug.,'46 

Mervyn  Johns-Roland  Carver  Aug.  23/46 

Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert  July  15/46 

Jean  Gillie-Edward  Norris  Sept.  14/46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  July  I  1/46 

Ann  Savage-Tom  Neal  Nov.  30/45 

Rosemary  LaPlanche-John  James  Apr.  15/46 

Anita  Louise-Jim  Bannon  May  23/46 

William  Boys-Andy  Clyde  Not  Set 

Olivia  de  Havilland-lda  Lupino  Apr.  20/46 


126m      Aug. 10/46  3137 


92m 
103m 
78m 
106m 
63  m 
62m 
ICOm 
81m 
56m 
70m 
68m 
55m 


93m 

64  m 
57m 
59m 
64m 


82m 
71m 


74m 
80m 

60m 
64m 
61m 
99m 
59m 
70m 

90  m 
56m 

82m 
65m 
77m 
72m 

57  m 
69m 
66  m 
66m 

107m 


55m 

90m 

July  20/46 

3101 

1 17m 

Aug. 24/46 

3162 

70m 

Dec.  22/45 

2766 

108m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

122m 

May  4/46 

2974 

57m 

Mar.  30/46 

2918 

65m 

July  21/45 

2626 

58  m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

65m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

102m 

June  8/46 

3030 

58m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

Feb.  16/46 
Sept.  14/40 
July  27/46 

Feb.23,'46 
Oct.  20/45 
Apr.  27/46 
July  20/46 

Sept.' 29/45 
June  15/46 
Dec.  22/45 


99m      Nov.  7/36 


87m 
I  18m 

55m 
102m 

93m 


Nov.  10/45 
Nov.  24/45 


Aug.  4/45 
Nov.  17/45 

July  i 3/46 
Nov.  3/45 
Apr.  27/46 
Apr.  6/46 
July  20/46 
Mar.  23/46 


2849 

3113 

2858 
2686 
2961 
3102 

2661 
3042 
2768 


2709 
2726 


2639 
2718 

3089 
2701 
2962 
2925 
3102 
2906 


May  4/46  2974 


Feb.23,'46 
June  22/46 
July  6/46 


July  27/46 
Nov.  10/45 
Apr.  13/46 


2859 
3053 
3077 


3124 
2709 
2938 


2884 
2784 
2818 
2883 

2403 


2884 
2366 
3090 
2884 

2884 
2748 
2939 
2972 
2838 

2939 
2939 
2710 
2555 
2859 
2883 
2686 
2259 
2884 


3188 


3164 


2663 

3  i  88 

2975 
3188 

3164 
2898 


Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2655 

June  29/46 

3065 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2695 

May  11/46 

2985 

2926 

3055 

June  22/46 

3054 

2951 

3!87 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

2543 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2870 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

2963 

Nov.  10/45 

2710 

2467 

3055 

3138 

3066 

3018 
3164 


Apr.  6/46  2925 


2670 
2963 
3186 
2555 
2555 
2972 
3030 
2662 
2809 
2859 
3030 

2883 

2838 
3078 
2776 
2963 

3090 
3031 

3055 
2543 

2926 
3078 
2756 


2862 


2719 
3018 


3188 


2930 


3164 


3190 


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Synopsis 

Data 

Title 

Company 

Number 

Stars 

Release  Date 

Tim* 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Diary  of  a  Chambermaid 

UA 

Paulette  Goddard-Hurd  Hatfield 

Feb.  15/46 

86m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2748 

3100 

Dick  Tracy 

RKO 

"b'\3 

Morgan  Corrway-Anne  Jeffreys 

Block  3 

62m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2710 

3164 

Dick  Tracy  Versus  Cueball 

RKO 

Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys 

Not  Set 

3031 

Ding  Dong  Williams 

RKO 

623 

Glenn  Vernon-Marcia  McGuire 

Block  5 

62  m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

2695 

Dodswor+h  (Reissue)         Film  Classics 

Walter  Huston-Ruth  Chatterton 

May  15.46 

101m 

Sept.  26/36 

Doll  Face 

20th-Fox 

6\7 

Carmen  Miranda-Perry  Como 

Jan. ,'46 

80m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2628 

2975 

t  Dolry  Sisters,  The  (color) 

20th-Fox 

609 

Betty  Grable-John  Payne 

Nov., '45 

1 14m 

Sept.  29/45 

2661 

2384 

2798 

Don't  Gamble  with  Strangers  Mono. 

508 

Kane  Richmond-Bernadene  Hayes 

June  22,'46 

68  m 

May  25/46 

3005 

Do  You  Love  Me?  (color) 

20th-Fox 

626 

Maureen  O'Hara-Dick  Haymes 

May,  46 

91m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2499 

3188 

Down  Missouri  VVay 

PRC 

Martha  O'Driscoll-William  Wright 

Aug.  I5,'46 

75m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3007 

UvWII    IV    L3I  III     IbUIUI  1 

Col. 

Rita  Hayworth-Larry  Parks 

Not  Set 

3126 

t  Dragonwyck 

20th-Fox 

623 

Gene  Tierney-Vincent  Price 

Apr.,'46 

103  m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2403 

3188 

Dressed  to  Kill 

Univ. 

534 

Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce 

June  7, '46 

72m 

May  25/46 

3007 

2987 

Driftin'  River 

PRC 

Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson 

Oct.    1  ,'46 

3187 

Duel  in  the  Sun  (color) 

UA 

Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten 

Not  Sat 

2926 

t  Duffy's  Tavern  (Block  I) 

Para. 

4501 

Ed  Gardner-Bing  Crosby  &  Guests 

Sept.  28, '45 

98m 

Aug.  25/45 

2638 

2230 

2862 

EARL  Carroll  Sketchbook 

Rep. 

530 

Constance  Moore-William  Marshall 

(T)  Aug.  I3,'46 

90m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

2939 

Easy  to  Wed  (color)  (Specia 

1)  MGM 

624 

Esther  Williams-Van  Johnson 

July  25,'46 

1  lira 

Apr.  13/46 

2937 

2366 

3  i  88 

El  Paso  Kid 

Rep. 

556 

Sunset  Carson-Marie  Harmon 

May  22,'46 

54m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

2972 

Enchanted  Forest,  The  (color) 

PRC 

Edmund  Lowe-Brenda  Joyce 

Dec.  8,'46 

78m 

Sept.  29/45 

2662 

2279 

Enchanted  Voyage  (color) 

20th- Fox 

John  Payne-June  Haver 

Not  Set 

2499 

Escape  Me  Never 

WB 

Errol  Flynn-lda  Lupino 

Not  Set 

2861 

FABULOUS  Suzanne 

Rep. 

Barbara  Britton-Rudy  Vallee 

Not  Set 

2926 

Face  of  Marble 

Mono. 

528 

John  Carradine-Claudia  Drake 

Feb.  2,'46 

72m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

Faithful  in  My  Fashion  (Bl.  17)  MGM 

627 

Tom  Drake-Donna  Reed 

Aug.22,'46 

81m 

June  15/46 

3042 

295  i 

Falcon's  Alibi,  The  (Block  6) 

RKO 

629 

Tom  Conway-Rita  Corday 

(T)  June  20/46 

63m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

Falcon  in  San  Francisco 

RKO 

603 

Tom  Conway-Rita  Corday 

Block  1 

65m 

July  21/45 

2626 

2366 

Fallen  Angel 

20th-Fox 

612 

Alice  Faye-Dana  Andrews 

Dec.,'45 

97m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

2454 

Fear 

Mono. 

507 

Warren  William-Peter  Cookson 

Mar.  2/46 

68m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2598 

Fedora  (Italian) 

Variety 

Louise  Ferida-Amedeo  Nazzari 

Jan.  14/46 

95m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

Fiesta  (color) 

MGM 

Esther  Williams-Ricardo  Montalbar 

Not  Set 

2939 

First  Yank  Into  Tokyo 

RKO 

607 

Tom  Neal-Barbara  Hale 

Block  2 

82m 

Sept.  8/45 

2638 

2366 

2798 

Flight  to  Nowhere            Screen  Guild 

4605 

Alan  Curtis-Evelyn  Ankers 

Aug.  15/46 

75m 

3078 

Flying  Serpent 

PRC 

George  Zucco-Hope  Kramer 

Feb.  20/46 

59m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

2670 

Follow  That  Woman  (Block  1] 

Para. 

4504 

William  Garqan-Nancy  Kelly 

Dec.  14/45 

70m 

Aug.  25/45 

2639 

2543 

Four  Hearts  (Russian) 

Artkino 

Valentino  Serove-Eugene  Samoilav 

Feb.  23/46 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

Freddie  Steps  Out 

Mono. 

515 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

June  29/46 

75m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2926 

French  Key,  The 

Rep. 

519 

Albert  De kker-Evely n  Ankers 

ivi ay  i o,  to 

67m 

Mjv  25  'Ah. 

3006 

From  This  Day  Forward 

RKO 

616 

lo/^n    Frt  n  t^i  i  n  p- a  p  It  Sfflvpn< 

wUQII      1    'Jill  DMIC    IVIQI  *  JIOTCIIJ 

Block  4 

95m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

2861 

3188 

Frontier  Gal  (color) 

Univ. 

513 

f\uu   ^dlDelon*  1  'Dnne   L/e  \^anc 

Dec.  21/45 

85m 

Dec.  8  '45 

2746 

2555 

2975 

Frontier  Gunlaw 

Col. 

7204 

Charles  Starrett-Jean  Stevens 

Ian   11  'Ah 
Jan.  j  1  ,  to 

60m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2686 

GAIETY  George    (British)    Geo.  King 

Richard  Greene-Ann  Todd 

Not  Set 

98m 

May  4/46 

2974 

Gallant  Bessy  (color) 

MGM 

Marshall  Thompson-George  Tobias 

(T)  Aug.  29/46 

98m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2778 

Gallant  Journey 

Col. 

7002 

Glenn  Ford-Janet  Blair 

Sept.  17/46 

2939 

(formerly  The  Great  Highway) 

Galloping  Thunder 

Col. 

7207 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette. 

Apr.  25/46 

54m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2778 

Game  of  Death,  A 

RKO 

619 

John  Loder-Audrey  Long 

Block  4 

72m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2384 

2810 

Gas  House  Kids 

PRC 

Robert  Lowery-Tela  Loring 

Oct.  7/46 

Gay  Blades 

Rep. 

509 

Allan  Lane-Jean  Rogers 

Jan.  25/46 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2784 

3018 

Gay  Cavallier,  The 

Mono. 

529 

Gilbert  Roland-Martin  Garralaga 

Mar.  30/46 

65m 

June  1 5/46 

3042 

2963 

Gay  Intruders,  The  (British) 

Four  Continents 

Godfrey  Tearle-Jeanne  de  Casalis 

Mar.  15/46 

84m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

Genius  at  Work  (Block  2) 

RKO 

Alan  Carney-Anne  Jeffreys 

(T)  Nov.  15/46 

61m 

Aug.  10/46 

3138 

3078 

Gentleman  from  Texas,  The 

Mono. 

562 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Claudia  Drake 

June  8/46 

55m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

2963 

Gentleman  Misbehaves,  The 

Col. 

7034 

Osa  Massen-Robert  Stanton 

Feb.  28/46 

74m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

2792 

Gentleman  Joe  Palooka 

Mono. 

607 

Leon  Errol-Joe  Kirkwood 

Sept.  28/46 

3126 

Gentlemen  with  Guns 

PRC 

Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

Mar.  27/46 

52m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

Getting  Gertie's  Garter 

UA 

Dennis  O'Keefe-Marie  McDonald 

Nov.  30/45 

72m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2975 

Ghost  Goes  Wild.  The 

Rep. 

James  Ellison-Anne  Gwynne 

Not  Set 

2972 

Ghost  of  Hidden  Valley 

PRC 

Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

June  3/46 

56m 

June  1/45 

3017 

t  Gilda 

Col. 

700  i 

Rita  Hayworth-Glenn  Ford 

Apr.  25/46 

107m 

Mar.  23/46 

2907 

2776 

3164 

Girl  in  a  Million,  A  (Br.)     British  Lion 

Hugh  Williams-Joan  Creenwood 

Not  Set 

86m 

June  8/46 

3029 

Girl  No.  217  (Russian) 

Artkino 

Elena  Kuzmina-Vladimir  Vladislovsky 

Sept.  1/45 

94m 

Sept.  15/45 

2646 

Girl  of  the  Limberlost 

Col. 

7029 

Ruth  Nelson-Loren  Tindall 

Oct.  1 1  ,'45 

60m 

Oct.  20/45 

2686 

2670 

Girl  on  the  Spot 

Univ. 

515 

Lois  Collier-Jess  Barker 

Jan.  11/46 

75m 

Jan. 12/46 

2795 

2467 

Girls  of  the  Big  House 

Rep. 

502 

Lynne  Roberts-Richard  Powers 

Nov.  2/45 

68  m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2467 

G.I.  War  Brides 

Rep. 

528 

James  Ellison-Anna  Lee 

Aug.  12/46 

69m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3127 

Glass  Alibi 

Rep. 

516 

Paul  Kelly-Anna  Gwynne 

Apr.  27/46 

68m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2792 

God's  Country  (color)  Sere 

en  Guild 

003 

Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert 

Apr.,'46 

62m 

July  27/46 

3114 

Gold  Mine  in  the  Sky  (R.) 

Rep. 

5308 

Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette 

Jan.  15/46 

60m 

July  16/38 

Great  Day  (British)  (Block  1) 

RKO 

705 

Eric  Po rt m 3 n  ~  Flo  rs  R o b s o n 

Tl  ^or.+    15  'Ah 
t  1  j  Jc  pT.  1  O,  to 

62  m 

lulu  97  'Ah 
juiy  l  i ,  to 

jilt 

t  Green  Years,  The  (Special) 

MGM 

623 

Charles  Coburn-Tom  Drake 

July  4/46 

128m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2883 

3188 

Gunman's  Code 

Univ. 

1  1  ft7 

Mrby  fc»rant-ruzzy  Knight 

Aug.  30/46 

3 187 

Gunning  for  Vengeance 

Col. 

Charles  Starrett-Phyliss  Adair 

Mar.  L 1 ,  to 

o  j  m 

Apr.  / / ,  *to 

L70L 

Gun  Town 

Univ. 

1 104 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 

Jan.  i  o,  no 

o  /  m 

Mar   ?3  '4 A 
Mar.  L  0  ,  tO 

L  7  UO 

L  /tt 

Guy  Could  Change,  A 

Rep. 

508 

Allan  Lanejane  Frazee 

Ian    77  'Ah 

Jan.  l  /,  to 

AC- 

os  m 

Jan.  L  O ,  to 

?fi  1  ft 

t  HARVEY  Girls,  The  (color) 

(Block  15) 

MGM 

61 1 

Judy  Garland-John  Hodiak 

Jan.-Feb./46 

I04m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2354 

2975 

Haunted  Mine,  The 

Mono. 

566 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Linda  Johnson 

Mar.  2/46 

51m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

2792 

Heading  West 

Col. 

7210 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 

Aug.  15/46 

56  m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

3188 

Heartbeat 

RKO 

662 

Ginger  Rogers-Jean  Pierre  Aumont 

Special 

101m 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2883 

3188 

Henry  the  Fifth  (British)  (color 

)  UA 

Laurence  Olivier-Robert  Newton 

|T)  June  17/46 

134m 

Dec.  2/44 

2626 

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Title 

Her  Adventurous  Night 
Her  Highness  and  the  Bell- 
boy (Block  13) 
Her  Kind  of  Man 
Her  Sister's  Secret 
Hidden  Eye,  The  (Block  13) 
High  School  Hero 
Hit  the  Hay 

Hold  That  Blonds  (Block  2) 
Holiday  in  Mexico  (color) 
Home  in  Oklahoma 
Home  on  the  Range  (color) 
Home  Sweet  Homicide 
Honeymoon 

Hoodlum  Saint  (Block  16) 
Hot  Cargo  (Block  5) 
Hotel  Reserve  (British) 
House  of  Dracula 
House  of  Horrors 
f  House  on  92nd  Street,  The 
How  Do  You  Do? 
Humoresque 
Hurricane  (Reissue) 


Proa. 

Company  Number  Stars 

Univ.  538  Dennis  O'Keefe-Helen  Walker 

MGM  603  Hedy  Lamarr-Robert  Walker 

WB  518  Zachary  Scott-Janis  Paige 

PRC  ....  Nancy  Coleman-Philip  Reed 

MGM  (  601  Edward  Arnold-Frances  Rafferty 

Mono.  517  Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

Col.  7018  Judy  Canova-Ross  Hunter 

Para.  4506  Eddie  Bracken-Veronica  Lake 

MGM  ....  Walter  Pidgeon-llona  Massey 

Rep.  ....  Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 

Rep.  5501  Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

20th-Fox  640  Lynn  Bari-Randolph  Scott 

RKO  ....  Shirley  Temple-Guy  Madison 

MGM  618  William  Powell-Esther  Williams 

Para.  4523  William  Gargan-Philip  Reed 

RKO  615  James  Mason-Lucie  Mannheim 

Univ.  511  Lon  Chaney-Lionel  Atwill 

Univ.  525  Robert  Lowery-Virginia  Grey 

20th-Fox  608  William  Eythe-Lloyd  Nolan 

PRC    Bert  Gordon-Harry  Von  Zell 

WB  ....  Joan  Crawford-John  Garfield 

Film  Classics  ....  Dorothy  Lamour-Jon  Hall 


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Issue 

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July  5,'46 

75m 

June  29,'46 

3065 

3007 

Oct.,'45 

1 1  Im 

July  I4,"45 

2631 

2259 

May  II, '46 

78m 

Apr.  27,'46 

2961 

2838 

Sept.  23.'46 

3090 

Sept.,'45 

70m 

July  28/45 

2565 

2353 

Sept.  7,'46 

69m 

Aug.  24,'46 

3161 

3126 

Nov.  29.'45 

62m 

2662 

Nov.  23,'45 

76m 

Oct.  I3,'45 

267,9 

2259 

(T)  July  22,'46 

128m 

July  27,'46 

31 13 

2764 

Nov.  8, '46 

3163 

Apr.  1 8,'46 

55m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2926 

Oct..'46 

90m 

July  27/46 

3124 

2939 

Not  Set 

2939 

Apr.-May,'46 

93  m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2830 

June  28, '46 

57m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2870 

Block  3 

79m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

Dec.  7.'45 

67m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2670 

Mar.  29,'46 

66m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

2850 

Oct.,'45 

88m 

Sept.  15/45 

2645 

2499 

Dec.  24,'45 

80m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2655 

Not  Set 

2786 

Jan.  I5,"46 

101  m 

Nov.  13/37 

Service 
Data 
Pan 


2810 
3164 


28  lb 


3164 

2975 
2898 


I  COVER  Big  Town  Para. 

(formerly  Big  Town) 
Idea  Girl  Univ. 
If  I'm  Lucky  20th-Fox 
I  Know  Where  I'm  Going  (Brit.)  GFD 
Imperfect  Lady  Para. 
In  Fast  Company  Mono. 
Inner  Circle,  The  Rep. 
In  Old  Sacramento  Rep. 
Inside  Job  Univ. 
Invisible  Informer,  The  Rep. 
I  Ring  Door  Bells  PRC 
I  See  a  Dark  Stranger  (British)  GFD 
Isle  of  the  Dead  RKO 
It  All  Came  True  (Reissue)  WB 
It  Happened  at  the  Inn  (Fr.)  MGM 
It's  Great  to  Be  Young  Col. 
It's  a  Wonderful  Life  (Special)  RKO 
It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog  20th-Fox 
I've  Always  Loved  You  (color)  Rep. 

(formerly  Concerto) 


  Philip  Reed-Hillary  Brooke  Not  Set 

518  Jess  Barker-Julie  Bishop  Feb.  8/46 

638  Vivian  Blaine-Harry  James  Sept.,'46 

....  Wendy  Hiller-Roger  Livesey  Not  Set 

Teresa  Wright-Ray  Milland  Not  Set 

510  Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  June  22/46 

526  Warren  Douglas-Lynne  Roberts  Aug.  7/46 

517  William  Elliott-Belle  Malone  May  31/46 

537  Preston  Foster-Ann  Rutherford  June  28/46 

529  Linda  Stirling-William  Henry  Aug.  19/46 

....  Robert  Shayne-Ann  Gwynne  Feb.  25/46 

....  Deborah  Kerr-Trevor  Howard  Not  Set 

608  Boris  Karloff-Ellen  Drew  Block  2 

503  Ann  Sheridan-Jeffrey  Lynn-H.  Bogart     Oct.  6/45 

....  Fernand  Ledoux-Maurice  Schutz       (T)  Feb.  25/46 

7038  Leslie  Brooks-Jimmy  Lloyd  Sept.  12/46 

....  James  Stewart-Donna  Reed  (T)  Dec, '46 

632  Carole  Landis-Allyn  Joslyn  July/46 

....  Maria  Ouspenskaya-Philip  Dorn  Special 


70m 
I  17m 


60m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

79m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

91m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

63  m 

May  11/46 

2986 

89m 

May  4/46 

2973 

65  m 

June  22/46 

3053 

57m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

64m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

1 12m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

72m 

Sept.  8/45 

2638 

97m 

Apr.  6/40 

96m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

June 

Sept. 


1.46 
7/46 


3017 
3185 


2776 

2764 

3066 

2870 
2972 
3127 

2987 
3127 


2216 


3163 
3186 
2963 
2628 


3188 


2810 


JANIE  Gets  Married 

WB 

520 

Joan  Leslie-Robt.  Hutton 

June  22/46 

91m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2655 

Jesse  James  (Reissue) 

20th-Fox 

618 

Tyrone  Power-Nancy  Kelly 

Feb., '46 

106m 

Jan.  14/39 

Joe  Palooka,  Champ 

Mono. 

502 

Joe  Kirkwood-Elyse  Knox 

May  28/46 
Apr.,'46 

70m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

Johnnie  Comes  Flying  Home 

20th-Fox 

624 

Martha  Stewart-Richard  Crane 

65m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2764 

Johnny  in  the  Clouds  (Br.) 

UA 

Michael  Redgrave-John  Mills  ... 

Mar.  15/46 

109m 

Nov.  1 7/45 

2717 

Jolson  Story,  The  (color) 

Col. 

Larry  Parks-William  Demarest 

Not  Set 

2883 

(formerly  The  Story  of  Jolson) 

Journey  Together  (British) 

English 

Edward  G.  Robinson-Bessie  Love 

Mar.  2/46 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

Jungle  Flight 

Para. 

Robert  Lowery-Anne  Savage 

Not  Set 

3126 

Jungle  Princess  (Reissue) 

Para. 

Dorothy  Lamour-Ray  Milland 

Sept.  1/46 

84m 

Nov.  28/36 

Junior  Prom 

Mono. 

514 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

May  11/46 

69m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

Just  Before  Dawn 

Col. 

7021 

Warner  Baxter-Mona  Barrie 

Mar.  7/46 

65m 

2756 

3188 
3164 


(formerly  Exposed  by  the  Crime  Doctor) 


t  KID  from  Brooklyn,  The  (color)    RKO  652 

Kid  Millions  (Reissue)  Film  Classics  .... 

Killers,  The  Univ.  548 

t  Kiss  and  Tell  (Special)  Col.  7101 

f  Kitty  (Block  2)  Para.  4509 


Danny  Kaye-Virginia  Mayo  Special 

Eddie  Cantor-Ann  Sothern  Nov.  1/45 

Burt  Lancaster-Ava  Gardner  Aug.  30/46 

Shirley  Temple-Jerome  Courtland  Oct.  18/45 

Paulette  Goddard-Ray  Milland  May  10/46 


1  14m 

Mar.  30/46 

2918 

2628 

3188 

92m 

Oct.  27/34 

102m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3055 

90m 

Sept.  8/45 

2637 

2353 

2898 

103m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2093 

3164 

LADIES'  Man  Para. 
Lady  Killer  PRC 
Lady  Luck  (Block  I)  RKO 
Lady  of  Fortune  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

(formerly  Becky  Sharp) 
Landrush  Col. 
Larceny  in  Her  Heart  PRC 
Last  Chance,  The  (Bl.  16)  (Swiss)  MGM 
Last  Crooked  Mile,  The  Rep. 
Last  Frontier  Uprising  Rep. 
Lawless  Breed  Univ. 
Lawless  Empire  Col. 
t  Leave  Her  to  Heaven  (color) 

(Special)  20th-Fox 
Letter  for  Evie,  A  (Block  15)  MGM 
Life  and  Miracles  of  Blessed 

Mother  Cabrini,  The  (Ital.)  Elliott 
Life  with  Blondie  Col. 
Lightning  Raiders  PRC 
Likely  Story,  A  RKO 
Lisbon  Story  (British)  Natl.  Anglo 
Little  Giant  Univ. 


Eddie  Bracken-Virginia  Welles  Not  Set 

Robert  Lowery-Ann  Savage  Oct.  14/46 

702         Robert  Young-Barbara  Hale  (T)  Sept.  20/46 

Miriam  Hopkins-Frances  Dee  Dec.  15/45 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnett  Not  Set 

Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker  July  10/46 

621        -E.  G.  Morrison-John  Hoy  Apr.-May,'46 

527         Donald  Barry-Ann  Savage  Aug.  9/46 

....         Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth  Oct.  22/46 

1106        Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Aug.  16/46 

7202        Charles  Starrett-Mildred  Law  Nov.  15/45 

614        Gene  Tierney-Cornel  Wilde  Jan.,'46 

614        Marsha  Hunt-John  Carroll  Jan.-Feb.,'46 

....         La  Cheduzzi-Mila  Lanza  July  6/46 

7019        Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Dec.  13/45 

  Buster  Crabbe-Al  St.  John  Jan.  7/46 

  Bill  Williams-Barbara  Hale  Not  Set 

....         Patricia  Burke-David  Farrar  Not  Set 

520        Abbott  and  Costello  Feb.  22/46 


2809 


97  m 
69m 

July  20/46 
June  22/35 

3102 

2756 

68m 
105m 
67  m 

May  25/46 
Nov.  24/45 
Aug.  17/46 

3006 
2726 
3150 

2895 
2963 

3187 

59  m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2543 

110m 
89m 

Dec.  29/45 
Dec.  1/45 

2778 

2733 

2499 

2655 

60m 
70m 
61m 

100m 
91m 

July  6/46 
Dec.  1/45 
Dec.  29/45 

Mar.  16/46 
Mar.  2/46 

3077 
2734 
2778 

2894 
2869 

2686 
2686 
2963 

2756 

2930 


2898 

2930 


3088 


3192 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


REVIEWED 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Prod. 

T  radeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Title  Company 

Number 

Stars 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

I  I44lc    U^lno                                                          I  1  A 
L.1TTIB   looine                                                     \J  f\ 

Jo  Ann  Marlowe-Marc  Cramer 

INOT  OCT 

JUOO 

I           Mice  Bin  Ilniv 
uttib  rvi  i si  u  i y                                     u  niVi 

Can  1— J  aN  on.Rai/cip  u  Vimmnnc 

ray  noio  en-Deveny  jimmon* 

Ann  '4A 

61m 

Spot    7  '46 

3186 

2963 

wJTTre    IV1 15Tcr   Jim                                     rvl  O  IVl 

Butch    Jenkins-Frances  G ifford 

(T\    \ttna     A  'AA 

\  i  \  June  *T|  to 

T*tm 

Lira       Q  *Af\ 

June    o,  to 

5(11(1 

2926 

Live  N^Vires  rvlono. 

OUT 

Leo  Gorcey-H  untz  Hall 

Ian    1  9  'AA 

Jan.  i  z,  *rO 

65  m 

2849 

Laratne  Day*- Brian  A*  he  me 

MOT  oeT 

2939 

("formerly  ^A/hat  Nancy  ^/Vanted) 

Lonesome  Tr 3 1 1  Mono. 

0  /  1 

James  Wa kely-Lee    Lasses    W hite 

D-r       ft  'AR 

uec.  o,  to 

57m 

Jan   12  '46 
J(jii(  I  i |  to 

2793 

2695 

;  Lost  Weekend,  The  (Block  1)  Para. 

4503 

Ray  Milland-Jane  Wyman 

Jan.  25,'46 

101m 

Aug.  18/45 

2639 

2242 

2975 

t  Love  Letters  ( Block  1 )  Para. 

4502 

Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten 

Oct.  26/45 

101m 

Aug.  25/45 

2646 

2230 

2810 

Love  on  the  Dole  (Brit.)  Four  Continents 

Deborah  Kerr-ClifFord  Evans 

Oct.  12/45 

89m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

Lover  Come  Back  Univ. 

536 

George  Brent-Lucille  Ball 

June  21  ,'46 

90m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2939 

i'.oyal  Heart  (British)  Strand-Anglo 

Harry  Welchman-Percy  Marmont 

Not  Set 

78m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

MADONNA  of  the  Seven 

(British)                                   Univ.  526 

Madonna's  Secret,  The                 Rep.  510 

Make  Mine  Music  (color)  (Spcl.)   RKO  692 

Man  Alive                                 RKO  606 

Man  from  Rainbow  Valey  (color)  Rep.  5502 
Man  I  Love,  The  WB 

Man  in  Grey,  The  (Brit.)            Univ.  523 

Man  Who  Dared,  The                 Col.  7040 

Margie  (color)                      20th-Fox  646 

Marie  Louise  (French)    Mayer-Burstyn  .... 

Marshal  of  Laredo                         Rep.  562 

Mask  of  Diijon                             PRC  .... 

Masquerade  in  Mexico  (Block  3)  Para.  4512 

Meet  Me  on  Broadway                Col.  7014 

Meet  the  Navy  (Br.)  Natl.-Anglo   

Melody  Roundup                          PRC  .... 

Men  in  Her  Diary                     Univ.  502 

Michigan  Kid,  The                      Univ.  .... 

Mighty  McGurk,  The  MGM   

t  Mildred  Pierce                            WB  505 

Missing  Lady,  The                      Mono.  525 

t  Miss  Susie  Slagle's  (Block  3)        Para.  4513 
Mr.  Ace  UA 

Monsieur  Beaucaire  (Special)       Para.  4532 

Moon  Over  Montana                Mono.  572 

Murder  in  Reverse  (Brit.)    Natl.-Anglo  .... 

Murder  in  the  Music  Hall           Rep.  512 

Murder  Is  My  Business                 PRC  .... 

My  Brother  Talks  to  Horses        MGM  .... 

My  Darling  Clementine           20th-Fox  645 

My  Dog  Shep                   Screen  Guild  4609 

My  Name  Is  Julia  Ross               Col.  7017 

My  Pal  Trigger                            Rep.  5541 

f  My  Reputation                            WB  510 

Mysterious  Intruder                     Col.  7025 

Mysterious  Mr.  Valentine              Rep.  531 


Phyllis  Calvert-Stewart  Granger  Apr.  5/46  88m 
Francis  Lederer-Gail  Patrick  Feb.  16/46  79m 

Disney  Musical  Feature  (T)  July  4/46  74m 

Pat  O'Brien-Ellen  Drew  Block  2  70m 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth  June  15/46  56m 
Ida  Lupino-Robert  Alda  Not  Set  .... 

Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Mar.  15/46  90m 

Leslie  Brooks-George  Macready  May  30/46  65m 
Jeanne  Crain-Alan  Young  Nov. ,'46 

Josiane-Heinrich  Gretler  Nov.  12/46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Oct.  7/45 

Erich  Von  Stroheim-Jeanne  Bates  Apr.  9/46 

Dorothy  Lamour-Arturo  de  Cordova  Feb.  22/46 

Marjorie  Reynolds-Fred  Brady  Jan.  3/46 
Oscar  Naske  Not  Set 

Eddie  Dean-Al  LaRue  Nov.  1/46 

Jon  Hall-Louise  Allbritton  Sept.  14/45 
Jon  Hall-Rita  Johnson  Not  Set 

Wallace  Beery-Edward  Arnold  Not  Set 

Joan  Crawford-Jack  Carson  Oct.  20/45 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed  Aug.  17/46 

Sonny  Tufts-Veronica  Lake  Mar.  8/46 

George  Raft-Sylvia  Sydney  Aug.  2/46 

Bob  Hope-Joan  Caulfield  Aug.  30/46 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Feb.  23/46 

William  Hartnell-Jimmy  Hanley  Oct.  22/45 

Vera  Hruba  Ralston-William  Marshal  Apr.  10/46 

Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker  Apr.  10/46 
Peter  Lawford-"Butch"  Jenkins  Not  Set 

Henry  Fonda-Linda  Darnell  Nov. ,'46 

Tom  Neal-Helen  Chapman-"Flame"  Oct.  15/46  .... 

Nina  Foch-George  Macready  Nov.  27/45  65m 

Roy  Rogers-George  "Gabby"  Hayes  July  JO/46  79m 

Barbara  Stanwyck-George  Brent  Jan.  26/46  '6m 

Richard  Dix-Barton  MacLane  Apr.  1 1/46  61m 

William  Henry-Linda  Stirling  Sept.  3/46 


Jan.  26/46 
Feb.  23/46 
Apr.  27/46 
Sept.  29/45 
June  22/46 

Dec.  8/45 
June  29/46 


Nov.  17/45 
June  22/46 
Jan.  12/46 
Mar.  30/46 


2818 
2858 
2662 
2661 
3053 

2746 
3065 


93m  Nov.  24/45  2726 

56m  Nov.  17/45  2718 

74m  Feb.  2/46  2829 

98m  Dec.   1/45  2733 

69m  Feb.  23/46  2857 

81m  June  15/46  3043 

73m  Sept.  22/45  2653 

film  Oct.  6/45  2670 

60m   

89m  Dec.  8/45  2745 

84m  Aug.  3 1/46  3173 

93m  May  18/46  2997 

56m  Apr.  20/46  2951 

87m  Nov.  24/45  2726 

84m  Feb.  23/46  2858 

63m  Mar.  9/46  2881 


2718 
3053 
2793 
2917 


2838 

2366 
2963 
2784 

2926 
2884 

2467 
2792 
2686 
2744 

3138 

3090 
3066 
2259 
3031 
2216 
2926 
2883 
2792 

2748 

303  i 
3078 
3163 
2655 

2792 
2907 


3188 
2798 


3018 
2975 


2798 


3018 


2-975 


NAVAJO  Kid  PRC 
'Neath  Canadian  Skies  Screen  Guild 
Never  Say  Goodbye  WB 
Night  and  Day  (color)  WB 
Night  Boat  to  Dublin  (Brit.)  A.B.P.C.-Pathe 


Night  Editor  Col. 
Night  in  Casablanca,  A  UA 
Night  in  Paradise,  A  (color)  Univ. 
Night  Train  to  Memphis  Rep. 
Nobody  Lives  Forever  WB 
Nocturne  (Block  2)  RKO 
No  Leave,  No  Love  MGM 
Nora  Prentiss  WB 

(formerly  The  Sentence) 
North  of  the  Border        Screen  Guild 
Northwest  Trail  Screen  Guild 

No  Time  for  Comedy  (Reissue)  WB 
No  Trespassing  UA 
Notorious  (Special)  RKO 
Notorious  Lone  Wolf  Col. 


Bob  Steele-Caren  March  Nov.  21/45 

4606        Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper  Aug.  15/46 

Errol  Flynn-Eleanor  Parker  Not  Set 

523        Cary  Grant-Alexis  Smith  Aug.  3/46 

....         Robert  Newton-Raymond  Lovell  Not  Set 

7023        William  Gargan-Janis  Carter  Apr.  18/46 

....        Marx  Brothers-Lois  Collier  May  10/46 

529        Merle  Oberon-Turhan  Bey  May  3/46 

523         Roy  Acuff-Adele  Mara  July  12/46 

604        John  Garfield-Geraldine  Fitzgerald  Oct.,'46 

....  George  Raft-Lynn  Bari  Oct.  12/46 
....         Van  Johnson-Marie  Wilson               (T)  Aug.  26/46 

....         Ann  Sheridan-Kent  Smith  Not  Set 

4610        Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper  Oct.  1/46 

002        John  Lytel-Bob  Steele  Apr.,'46 

516        James  Stewart-Rosalind  Russell  Apr.  13/46 

....  Edw.  G.  Robinson-Lon  McAllister  Not  Set 
Ingrid  Bergman-Cary  Grant             (T)  Aug.  15/46 

7028        Gerald  Mohr-Janis  Carter  Feb.  14/46 


59m 
41m 


Dec.   1/45  2734 


132m  July  13/46  3089 

100m  Feb.  2/46  2830 

67m  Apr.  6/46  2925 

85m  Apr.  20/46  2949 

84m  Apr.  13/46  2937 

67m  July  27/46  3114 

1 00m   

M7m  Aug.  3 1/46  3173 

46m   

61m   

99m  Sept.  7/40   

lOlm  July  27/46  3113 

64m  Mar.  16/46  2894 


2695 
3127 
2838 

2838 

2895 
2884 
2278 
2748 
2830 
3055 
2818 
2883 

3090 


3090 
2870 
2792 


3188 


3188 
3100 


3188 


OF  Human  Bondage  WB 
Once  There  Was  a  Girl  (Russ.)  Artkino 
One  Exciting  Week  Rep. 
One  More  Tomorrow  WB 
One  Way  to  Love  Col. 
Open  City  (Italian)  Mayer-Burstyn 
O.S.S.  (Block  6)  Para. 
Our  Hearts  Were  Growing  Up 

(Block  5)  Para, 
t  Our  Vines  Have  Tender  Grapes 

(Block  13)  MGM 
Out  California  Way  Rep. 
Outlaw,  The  UA 
Outlaw  of  the  Plains  PRC 


522 

Paul  Henreid-Eleanor  Parker 

July  20/46 

105m 

July  ,6/46 

3077 

3031 

3188 

Nina  Ivanava-Natasha  Zashipina 

Dec.  22/45 

72m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

521 

Al  Pearce-Arline  Harris 

June  8/46 

69m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2809 

519 

Ann  Sheridan-Dennis  Morgan 

June  1/46 

89m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2838 

3188 

7012 

Janis  Carter-Chester  Morris 

Dec.  20/45 

83m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2862 

Aldo  Fabrizi-Anna  Magnani 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

4526 

Alan  Ladd-Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

July  26/46 

107m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2963 

4522 

Gail  Russell-Diana  Lynn 

June  14/46 

83m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2555 

3188 

600 

Margaret  O'Brien-Edw.  G.  Robinson 

Sept.,'45 

103m 

July  21/45 

2627 

2230 

2862 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Not  Set 

3127 

Jack  Buetel-Jane  Russell 

Feb.  8/46 

Him 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

Buster  Crabbe-Al  St.  John 

Sept.  22/46 

3126 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


3193 


REVIEWED 


Title  Company 
Out  of  the  Depths 
Overland  Riders 


PARDON  My  Past 

Paris-Underground 

Partners  in  Time 

Passkey  to  Danger 

'eople  Are  Funny  (Block  2) 

Perfect  Marriage,  The 

Perilous  Holiday 

Perils  of  Pauline  (color) 

Personality  Kid 

Phantom  of  the  Plains 

Phantom  Thief,  The 

Piccadilly  Incident  (Brit.) 

Pillow  of  Death 


(British) 
Pinocchio  (color)  (Reissue) 
Pirates  of  Monterey  (color) 
Plainsman,  The  (Reissue) 
Plainsman  and  the  Lady,  The  Rep. 
Portrait  of  Marie  (Bl.  15)  (Mex.)  MGM 
Portrait  of  a  Woman  (Swiss) 

Mayer-Burstyn 
Possessed  WB 
t  Postman  Always  Rings  Twice,  The 

MGM 
Vog 
PRC 
PRC 
Col. 
Univ. 

PRC 
ABP 

RKO 
MGM 


Prod. 
Number 


Col. 

7035 

PRC 

Col. 

7005 

1  1  A 

UA 

RKO 

625 

Rep. 

518 

Para. 

4508 

Para. 

Col. 

7008 

Para. 

Col. 

7039 

Rep. 

561 

Col. 

7031 

Pathe 

Univ. 

512 

e-Lion 

RKO 

691 

Univ. 

Para. 

(Block  16) 
Postmaster's  Daughter  (French) 
Prairie  Badmen 
Prairie  Rustlers 
Prison  Ship 
Pursuit  to  Algiers 

OUEEN  of  Burlesque 
Ouiet  Weekend  (British) 

RADIO  Stars  on  Parade 
Rage  in  Heaven  (R.) 

Rake's  Progress,  The  (Brit.)  Eagle-Lion 

Razor's  Edge,  The  20th-Fox 

Rebecca  (Reissue)  UA 

Red  Dragon  Mono. 

Red  River  Renegades  Rep. 

Rendezvous  24  20th-Fox 

Rendezvous  With  Annie  Rep. 

Renegades  (color)  Col. 

Resistance  (French)  Vog 

Return  of  Frank  James,  The  (Reissue) 
20th-Fox 

Return  of  Rusty,  The  Col. 

t  Rhapsody  in  Blue  WB 

Rio  Grande  Raiders  Rep. 

Riverboat  Rhythm  RKO 

River  Gang  Univ. 

t  Road  to  Utopia  (Special)  Para. 

Roaring  Rangers  Col. 

Rollinq  Home  Screen  Guild 

Roll  On,  Texas  Moon  Rep. 
(formerly  Shine  On,  Texas  Moon) 

Romance  of  the  West  (color)  PRC 

Rough  Riders  of  Cheyenne  Rep. 

Runaround,  The  Univ. 

Rustler's  Roundup  Univ. 
t  SAILOR  Takes  a  Wife 

(Block  15)  MGM 

t  San  Antonio  (color)  WB 

t  Saratoga  Trunk  WB 

Scandal  in  Paris,  A  UA 

Scared  to  Death  (color)   Screen  Guild 

Scared  to  Death  (color)     Screen  Guild 

Scotland  Yard  Investigator  Rep. 

Searching  Wind,  The  (Block  6)  Para. 

Secrets  of  a  Sorority  Girl  PRC 

Senorita  from  the  West  Univ. 

Sentimental  Journey  20th-Fox 

t  Seventh  Veil,  The  (Brit.)  Univ. 

Seven  Were  Saved  Para. 

Shadowed  Col. 

Shadow  of  a  Woman  WB 

Shadows  on  the  Range  Mono. 

Shadows  Over  Chinatown  Mono, 
(formerly  The  Mandarin  Secret) 

Shadow  Returns,  The  Mono. 

Shahrazad  (color)  Univ. 
(formerly  Fandango) 

Sheriff  of  Redwood  Valley  Rep. 

She  Went  to  the  Races  (Bl.  14)  MGM 

She-Wolf  of  London  Univ. 

She  Wrote  the  Book  Univ. 

Shock  20th-Fox 

3194 


620 


7036 
101 


605 


513 
557 
627 
525 
7003 


7032 
502 
558 
620 
503 
4531 
7205 
4607 
542 


552 
535 
1105 

615 

509 
514 

4608 
4608 
501 
4527 

506 
621 
519 


602 
567 
518 

527 


566 
607 
531 
533 
615 


Stars 

Jim  Bannon-Ross  Hunter 
Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

Fred  MacMur ray-Marguerite  Chapman 
Constance  Bennett-Gracie  Field 
Pamela  Blake-John  James 
Stephanie  Bachelor-Kane  Richmond 
Jack  Haley-Helen  Walker 
Loretta  Young-David  Niven 
Pat  O'Brien-Ruth  Warrick 
Betty  Hutton-John  Lund 
Anita  Louise-Michael  Duane 
"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake 
Chester  Morris-Jeff  Donnell 
Anna  Neagle-Michael  Wilding 
Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce 
Mervyn  Johns-Mary  Merrall 


Disney  Feature  Cartoon 
Maria  Montez-Rod  Cameron 
Gary  Cooper-Jean  Arthur 
William  Elliott-Vera  Hruba  Ralston 
Dolores  Del  Rio-Pedro  Armendariz 

Francoise  Rosay-Henry  Guisol 
Joan  Crawford-Van  Heflin 

Lana  Turner-John  Garfield 
Harry  Baur-Jeanine  Crispin 
Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Nina  Foch-Robert  Lowery 
Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce 

Evelyn  Ankers-Carleton  Young 
Derek  Farr-Frank  Cellier 

Wally  Brown-Alan  Carney 
Ingrid  Bergman-Robert  Montgomery 
Rex  Harrison-Lili  Palmer 
Tyrone  Power-Gene  Tierney 
Laurence  Olivier-Joan  Fontaine 
Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong 
Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
William  Gargan-Mari*  Palmer 
Eddie  Albert-Faye  Marlowe 
Evelyn  Keyes-Willard  Parker 
Lucien  Coedel-Yvonne  Gaudeau 

Henry  Fonda-Gene  Tierney 

Ted  Donaldson-Barbara  Wooddell 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Alda 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

Leon  Erroll-Glenn  Vernon 

Gloria  Jean-John  Qualen 

Bing  Crosby-Bob  Hope-D.  Lamour 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 

Jean  Parker-Russell  Hayden 

Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 

Eddie  Dean-Joan  Barton 
Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
Ella  Raines-Rod  Cameron 
Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 
Dec.  27,"45 
Aug.  2 1  ,'46 

Dec.  25,'45 
Sept.  14/45 
Block  5 
May  1 1  ,'46 
Jan.  1 1, '46 
Not  Set 
Mar.  2 1, '46 
Not  Set 
Aug.  8,'46 
,     Sept.  7,'45 
May  2,'46 
Sept.  20,'46 
Dec.  I4,'45 
Not  Set 

Special 
Not  Set 

Sept.   I, '46 
Not  Set 
Jan.-Feb.,'46 

Apr.  20,'46 
Not  Set 

Apr.-May,'46 
Aug.  17/46 
July  17/46 
Nov.  7/45 
Nov.  15/45 
Oct.  26/45 

July  24/46 
Not  Set 

Block  I 
(T)  Aug.  2 1  ,'46 
Dec.  7/45 

Not  Set 
Apr.  26/46 
Feb.  2/46 
July  25/46 

May/46 
July  22/46 
June  1 3/46 

July/46 

Feb./46 
June  27/46 
Sept.  22/45 
Sept.  9/46 
Block  4 
Sept.  21/45 
Mar.  22/46 
Feb.  14/46 
Sept.  15/46 
Sept.  12/46 

Mar.  20/46 
Nov.  1/45 
June  14/46 
Aug.  9/46 


Robert  Walker-June  Allyson 

Errol  Flynn-Alexis  Smith 

Gary  Cooper-lngrid  Bergman 

George  Sanders-Signe  Hasso 

Bela  Lugosi-Joyce  Compton 

Edw.  G.  Robinson-Joan  Bennett 

Sir  Aubrey  Smith-Erich  von  Stroheim 

Robert  Young-Ann  Richards 

Mary  Ware-Rick  Vallin 

Allan  Jones-Bonita  Granville 

John  Payne-Maureen  O'Hara 

James  Mason-Ann  Todd 

Richard  Denninq-Catherine  Craig 

Anita  Louise-Robert  Scott 

Andrea  King-Helmut  Dantine 

Johnny  Mack  Brown 

Sidney  Toler-Sen  Yung 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed 
Yvonne  de  Carlo-Brian  Donlevy 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Atice  Fleming 
James  Craig-Frances  Gifford 
June  Lockhart-Jan  Wiley 
Joan  Davis-Jack  Oakie 
Vincent  Price  Lynn  Bari 


Jan.-Feb./46 
Dec.  29/45 
Mar.  30/46 
July  19/46 
Nov.  1/46 
Dec.  28/45 
Sept.  30/45 
Aug.  9/46 
Aug.  15/46 
Oct.  12/45 
Mar.,'46 
Feb.  15/46 
Not  Set 
Sept.  26/46 
Sept.  14/46 
Aug.  10/46 
July  27/46 

Feb.  16/46 


92m 

139m 

65m 
64m 
90m 
56m 
71m 


58m 
56m 
86m 


92m 
I  12m 
135m 
1 00m 
72m 
102m 
68m 
1 18m 
58m 
63  m 
94m 
94m 


78m 
57m 
64  m 


Aug.  17/40 

June  30/45 

Feb.  16/46 
Sept.  15/45 
Dec.  8/45 
Mar.  9/46 


Feb.  9/46 
Nov.  10/45 
June  15/46 


Jan.  5/46 
Nov.  24/45 
Nov.  24/45 
July  20/46 

Dec.  29/45 
Oct.  1 3/45 
May  H/46 
Aug.  24/46 
Oct.  20/45 
Feb.  9/46 
Nov.  10/45 


2626 

2849 
2645 
2745 
2882 


2838 
2709 
3043 


2786 
2725 
2725 
31 12 

2777 
2677 
2985 
3161 
2685 
2837 
2786 


Aug.  17/46  3150 


3007 
1530 
3163 

2279 
2744 
2543 
3163 
3030 

2792 
2686 
2987 
3138 

2555 
2216 
1431 
2764 
3127 
2662 
2467 
2884 
3031 
2418 
2756 

2972 
3163 
2543 
3066 
2963 


61m       Jan.  19/46  2806 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsit 

Dan 

Time 

Issue 

Pagt 

Page 

Page 

61m 

Feb. 16/46 

2849 

2695 

54m 

Aua  24'46 

3162 

3126 

87m 

2637 

2543 

3018 

97m 

Atia  25  '45 

2646 

2454 

2810 

76m 

295 1 

58m 

Aua  24  '46 

/A U U •  L  i|  TO 

3161 

2987 

93m 

Oct.  13/45 

2677 

2810 

2883 

89m 

M^w  25  '46 
iv i ay  i  J,  to 

3007 

2776 

3018 

2939 

68m 

Aua  24  '46 

nUUi  i.  *  ,  TO 

3161 

3031 

Oct.  13/45 

2677 

2467 

65m 

luno  ??  "46 

3053 

2926 

100m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

66m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2454 

95m 

Dor  1 5  '45 

2757 

85m 

Feb    3  '40 

3127 

1 13  m 

Nov.  28/36 

3127 

76m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2930 

80m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

3078 

1  1  3m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2883 

3188 

74m 

Aua  24  '46 

3 162 

Julv  27  '46 

3114 

3055 

56m 

Nov.  3/45 

2703 

2670 

60m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2670 

65m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

2628 

70m 

July  6/46 

3078 

2987 

90m 

May  25/46 

3006 

65m 

Mav  1  1  '46 

2986 

2883 

1  17m 

Aua  24  '46 

3162 

1 10m 

D«e  29  '45 

i  7j  TO 

2777 

3 127 

125m 

Mar  30  '40 

64m 

Dec  22  '45 

2765 

55m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

3066 

70m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2951 

89m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

87m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2776 

3188 

76m 

July  13/46 

3089 

2930 


3088 


2898 
2930 
2975 


2898 


2975 


Not  Set 

2884 

Mar.  29/46 

54m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2778 

Nov.-Dec./45 

87m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2930 

May  17/46 

61m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

May  31/46 

76m 

May  11/46 

2987 

2870 

Feb.  ,'46 

70m 

Jan. 19/46 

2805 

2764 

PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  7,  1946 


_ 


Title  Company 
Shocking  Miss  Pilgrim,  The 

(color)  20th-Fox 
Short  Happy  Life  of 

Francis  Macomber,  The  UA 

Show-Off,  The  MGM 
Sinbad.  the  Sailor  (color)  (BI.2)  RKO 

Singing  on  the  Trail  Col. 

Sing  Your  Way  Home  RKO 

Sing  While  You  Dance  Col. 

Sin  of  Harold  Diddlebock,  The  UA 

Sirocco  (French)  Leo  Cohen 

Sis+er  Kenny  (Block  I)  RKO 

Sn  Gun  Man  PRC 

Six  P.M.  (Russian)  Artkino 

Slightly   Scandalous  Univ. 

f  Smoky  (color)  20th-Fox 

Smooth  as  Silk  Univ. 

Snafu  Col. 

So  Dark  the  Night  Col. 

So  Goes  My  Love  Univ. 

Somewhere  in  the  Night  20th-Fox 

Song  of  Mexico  Rep. 
Song  of  Old  Wyoming  (color)  PRC 

South  of  Monterey  Mono. 

f  Spanish  Main,  The  (color)  RKO 

Specter  of  the  Rose  Rep. 

f  Spellbound  UA 

Spider,  The  20th-Fox 
Spider  Woman  Strikes  Back,  The  Univ. 

f  Spiral  Staircase,  The  RKO 
Splendor  (Reissue)           Film  Classics 

Spook  Busters  Mono. 

Stallion  Road  WB 

State  Fair  (color)  20th-Fox 

Step  By  Step  (Block  I)  RKO 

f  Stolen  Life,  A  WB 

f  Stork  Club,  The  (Block  2)  Para. 

Stormy  Waters  (French)  MGM 

Strange  Confession  Univ. 

Strange  Conquest  Univ. 

Strange  Holiday  PRC 

Strange  Impersonation  Rep. 

Strange  Journey  20th-Fox 
Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers 

(Block  6)  Para. 

.   Strange  Mr.  Gregory  Mono. 

Stranger,  The  (Special)  RKO 

Strange  Triangle  20th-Fox 

Strange  Voyage  Mono. 

Strange  Woman,  The  UA 

Strangler  of  the  Swamp  PRC 
Strike  Me  Pink  (Reissue)   Rim  Classics 

Suddenly  It's  Spring  Para. 

Sunbonnet  Sue  Mono. 

Sunset  Pass  (Block  I)  RKO 

Sun  Valley  Cyclone  Rep. 

Sun  Valley  Serenade  (R.)  20th-Fox 

Susie  Steps  Out  UA 

(formerly  Miss  Television) 

Suspense    (Special)  Mono. 

Swamp  Fire  (Block  6)  Para. 

Swing  Parade  of  1946  Mono. 
Symphonic  D'Amour  (French)  Alganry 


Prod. 
Number 


614 
7033 


701 


544 
631 
521 
7010 

528 
629 
506 

530 
610 
524 

613 
524 
611 

512 

607 
703 
521 
4507 

505 
530 

513 
643 

4529 
516 
683 
630 
52 


50 
704 
567 
641 


699 
4528 
503 


Stars 

Betty  Grable-Dick  Haymes 

Gregory  Peck-Joan  Bennett 
Red  Skelton-Marilyn  Maxwell 
D.  Fairbanks,  Jr.-Maureen  O'Hara 
Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell 
Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys 
Ellen  Drew-Robert  Stanton 
Harold  Lloyd-Raymond  Walburn 
Viviane  Romance-Dalio 
Rosalind  Russell-Alexander  Knox 
Bob  Steele-Jean  Carlin 
Marine  Ladynina-Eugene  Samoilov 
Sheila  Ryan-Fred  Brady 
Fred  MacMurray-Anne  Baxter 
Kent  Taylor-Virginia  Grey 
Nanette  Parks-Robt.  Benchley 
Micheline  Cheirel-Steven  Geray 
Myrna  Loy-Don  Ameche 
John  Hodiak-Nancy  Guild 
Adele  Mara-Edgar  Barrier 
Eddie  Dean-Jennifer  Holt 
Gilbert  Roland-Frank  Yacanelli 
Paul  Henreid-Maureen  O'Hara 
Man  Kurov-Viola  Essen 
Ingrid  Bergman-Gregory  Peck 
Richard  Conte-Faye  Marlowe 
Gale  Sondergaard-Kirby  Grant 
George  Brent-Dorothy  McGuire 
Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea 
Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 
Zachary  Scott-Alexis  Smith 
Dana  Andrews-Jeanne  Crain-Dick  Haymes  Oct. ,'45 
Lawrence  Tierney-Anne  Jeffreys  (T)  Aug.  I, '46 
Bette  Davis-Glenn  Ford  July  6/46 

Betty  Hutton-Barry  Fitzgerald  Dec.  28, '45 

Jean  Gabin-Miche'e  Morgan  (T)  June  5, '46 

Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce  Oct.  5, '45 

Jane  Wyatt-Lowell  Gilmore  May  10, '46 

Claude  Rains-Barbara  Bate  Sept.  2/46 

Brenda  Marshall-William  Gargan  Mar.  16/46 

Paul  Kelly-Osa  Massen  Oct.,'46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Van  Heflin 
Edmund  Lowe-Jean  Rogers 
Edw.  G.  Robin  so  n-Loretta  Young 
Signe  Hasso-John  Shepperd 
Eddie  Albert-Forrest  Taylor 
Hedy  Lamarr-George  Sanders 
Rosemary  La  Planche-Robt.  Barrett 
Eddie  Cantor-Ethel  Merman 
Fred  MacMurray-Paulette  Goddard 
Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan 
James  Warren-Nan  Leslie 
"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake 
Sonja  Henie-John  Payne 
David  Bruce-Cleatus  Caldwell 

Belita-Barry  Sullivan 
Johnny  Weissmueller-Virginia  Grey 
Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan 
Fernand  Gravet-Jacqueline  Francell 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 

Not  Set 

Not  Set 
(T)  Aug.  12/46 
(T)  Dec.  25/46 
Sept.  12/46 
Block  3 
July  25/46 
Not  Set 
Aug.  10/46 
(T)  Oct.  15/46 
Feb.  1/46 
Jan.  26/46 
Aug.  2/46 
July/46 
Mar.  1/46 
Nov.  22/45 
Not  Set 
Apr.  19/46 
June/46 
Dec.  28/45 
Nov.  12/45 
July  13/46 
Block  2 
July  5/46 
Dec.  28/45 
Dec/45 
Mar.  22/46 
Block  3 
June  15/46 
Aug.  24/46 
Not  Set 


Running 
Time 


83m 


r—  REVIEWED  — > 
M.  P.  Product 
Herald  Digest 


Issue 


72  m 


90m 
1 18m 
59m 
65m 
62m 
87m 
65m 
82m 


1 00m 
62m 

109m 
98m 
80m 
62m 
63m 
61m 
62  m 


Aug.  17/46 
Nov.  17/45 


Aug.  17/46- 
July  20/46 
Jan.  26/46 
Feb.  2/46 
Aug.  3/46 
June  15/46 
Mar.  9/46 
Dec.  22/45 


Aug.  25/45 
July  20/46 
May.  4/46 
Oct.  13/45 
July  13/46 
Oct.  6/45 
Apr.  20/46 
Oct.  27/45 
Feb  23/46 


Page 


3149 


2717 


3150 
3101 
2818 
2830 
3125 
3041 
2882 
2766 


88m  Mar.  30/46  2917 

110m  May  1 1/46  2986 

57m   

65m  Aug.  18/45  2639 

65m    .... 

101m  Oct.  6/45  2669 

90m  May  25/46  3006 

I  Mm  Nov.  3/45  2701 

61m  Oct.  13/45  2677 

59m  Mar.  23/46  2906 

83m  Jan.  5/46  2785 

75m   

68m  Aug.  24/46  3162 


2638 
3101 
2973 
2679 
3089 
2669 
2950 
2693 
2859 


Advance 
Synopsis 
Page 

2884 

3076 
2951 
3031 
3187 
2354 
3055 
2870 

2907 
2744 

3031 
2628 
2809 
2655 
2850 
2809 
2859 
2628 
2454 
3127 
2259 
2776 
2093 
2499 
2850 
2695 

3138 
2939 
2434 
3076 
2756 
2555 

2454 
2883 

2776 


Servict 
Date 
Pagt 


Sept.  13/46 

1 17m 

Mar.  23/46 

2907 

2870 

Jan.  12/46 

63m 

Dec.  22,45 

2768 

2598 

(T)  July  15/46 

85m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2756 

June/46 

65  m 

May  1 1/46 

2986 

2951 

July  6/46 

61m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

Not  Set 

2884 

Jan.  1/46 

60m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2686 

May  15/46 

100m 

Jan.  25/36 

Not  Set 

2987 

Dec.  8/45 

89  m 

Sept.  29/45 

2661 

(T)  Oct.  1/46 

59m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3090 

May  10/46 

56m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2987 

Sept.,'46 

86m 

Aug.  24/46 

3163 

Not  Set 

3078 

June  15/46 

101m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

Sept.  6/46 

69m 

May  1 1/46 

2986 

2963 

Mar.  16/46 

74m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2628 

Mar.  9/46 

90m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2862 
3018 

2862 
2975 

2930 

2810 

3188 
2898 


3100 


TALK  About  a  Lady 
Tangier 

Tars  and  Spars 
Tarzan  and  the  Leopard  V 
Temptation 

(formerly  Bella  Donna) 
Tenth  Avenue  Angel 
Terror  by  Night 
Terrors  on  Horseback 
Texas  Panhandle 
That  Brennan  Girl 
That  Night  With  You 
That  Texas  Jamboree 
That  Way  With  Women 
These  Three  (Reissue) 
They  Made  Me  a  Killer  (BI.4) 
tThey  Were  Expendable  (Bl.  14)  MGM 
They  Were  Sisters  (British)  Univ. 
This  Love  of  Ours  Univ. 
Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue 

(color)  20th-Fox 
Three  Strangers  WB 
Three  Wis.  Fools  (Block  17)  MGM 
Thrill  of  Brazil  Col. 
Threw  a  Saddle  on  a  Star  Col. 


Col. 

7016 

Univ. 

522 

Col. 

7007 

in  RKO 

618 

Univ. 

MGM 

Univ. 

517 

PRC 

Col. 

7203 

Rep. 

Univ. 

504 

Col. 

7222 

WB 

Classics 

Para. 

4518 

609 

508 

639 
511 
628 
7006 
7221 


Jinx  Falkenburg-Joe  Besser  Mar.  28/46 

Maria  Montez-Preston  Foster  Mar.  8/46 

Alfred  Drake-Janet  Blair-M  arc  Piatt  Jan.  10/46 
Johnny  Weissmuller-J.  Sheffield-B.  Joyce      Block  4 

Merle  Oberon-George  Brent  Not  Set 

Margaret  O'Brien-George  Murphy  Not  Set 

Basil  Ra+h bone-Nigel  Bruce  Feb.  1/46 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St  John  Aug.  14/46 

Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Dec.  20/46 

James  Dunn-Mona  Freeman  Not  Set 

Franchot  Tone-Susanne  Foster  Sept.  28/45 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  May  16/46 

Sydney  Greenstreet-Martha  Vickers  Not  Set 

Merle  Oberon-Joel  McCrea  Feb.  15/46 

Robert  Lowery-Barbara  Britton  May  3/46 

Robert  Montgomery-John  Wayne  Nov.-Dec./45 

James  Mason-Phyllis  Calvert  (T)  July  23/46 

Merle  Oberon-Claude  Rains  Nov.  2/45 

June  Haver-Vivian  Blaine  Oct.,'46 
Geraldine  Fitzgerald-Sydney  Greenstreet  Feb.  16/46 

Margaret  O'Brien-Lionel  Barrymore  Aug.  29/46 

Evelyn  Keyes-Keenan  Wynn  Sept.  30/46 

Ken  Curtis-Adele  Roberts  Mar.  14/46 


71m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2818 

76m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

2756 

86m 

Jan.  19/46 

2805 

2710 

72m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2655 

3076 

3031 

60m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

2748 

55m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2884 

55m 

Jan.  12/46 

2795 

2744 

3090 

84m 

Sept.  29/45 

2662 

2434 

67m 

2786 

3031 

95m 

Feb.  29/36 

64m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2695 

136m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2384 

1 15m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

90m 

Nov.  3/45 

2703 

2662 

2907 

92  m 

Jan.  26/46 

2366 

90m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2907 

3090 

65  m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2850 

2975 
2930 


2930 


2898 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  7,  I94fc 


3195 


REVIEWED 


Title  Company 
Thunder  Town  PRC 
Till  the  Clouds  Roll  By  (color)  MGM 
Till  the  End  of  Time  (Block  6)  RKO 
Time  of  Their  Lives  Univ. 
;ime,  the  Place,  the  Girl  (color)  WB 

fTo  Each  His  Own  (Blocks)  Para. 
Tokyo  Rose  (Block  3)  Para. 

t  Tomorrow  Is  Forever  RKO 
Too  Good  to  Be  True.  Para. 

(formerly  Easy  Come,  Easy  Go) 
Too  Young  to  Know  WB 
Traffic  in  Crime  Rep. 
Trail  to  Mexico  Mono. 
Trail  to  Vengeance  Univ. 
Trigger  Fingers  Mono. 
Trouble  with  Women  Para. 
True  Glory,  The  Col. 
Truth  About  Murder,  The  RKO 
Turn  of  the  Century  (Swedish)  Scandia 
Two  Fisted  Stranger  Col. 
Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee  WB 
Two  Mrs.  Carrolls,  The  WB 

t  Two  Sisters  from  Boston  (Bl.  16)  MGM 
Two  Smart  People  MGM 
2,000  Women  (British)  Gains.-G.F.D. 
Two  Years  Before  the  Mast  Para. 

UNCLE  Andy  Hardy  MGM 

Under  Arizona  Skies  Mono. 

Undercover  Woman  Rep. 

Undercurrent  MGM 

Under  Nevada  Skies  Rep. 

Unholy  Garden  (Re-Issue)  Film  Classics 

Unknown,  The  Col. 
Up  Goes  Maisie  (Block  15)  MGM 

VACATION  from  Marriage 

(Block  14)  (British)  MGM 

Vacation  in  Reno  RKO 

Valley  of  the  Zombies  Rep. 

Verdict,  The  WB 

t  Virginian,  The  (color)  (Bl.  4)  Para. 

Voice  of  the  Whistler  Col. 

WAGON  Wheels  Westward  Rep. 
Walk  in  the  Sun,  A  20th-Fox 
Walls  Came  Tumbling  Down,  The  Col. 
Wanderer  of  the  Wasteland  RKO 
Wanted  for  Murder  (Brit.)  20th-Fox 
Way  We  Live,  The  (British)  GFD 
Wedding  Night  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

t  Weekend  at  the  Waldorf  ( Spcl.)  MGM 
Welcome,  Stranger  Para. 

f  Well  Groomed  Bride,  The  (BI.4)  Para. 
West  of  the  Alamo  Mono. 
What  Next,  Corporal  Har- 
grove? (Block  14)  MGM 
Where  There's  Life  Para. 
While  Nero  Fiddled  (Brit.)  Bacon-Bell 
Whirlwind  of  Paris  (French)  Hoffberg 
Whistle  Stop  UA 
Wicked  Lady,  The  (Br.)  Eagle-Lion 
Wife  of  Monte  Cristo  PRC 
Wife  Wanted  Mono. 
Wild  Beauty  Univ. 
Wildfire  Screen  Guild 

Without  Dowry  (Russian)  Artkino 

t  Without  Reservations  RKO 
Woman  Chases  Man  (Reissue) 

Film  Classics 

Woman  on  the  Beach  RKO 

(formerly  Desirable  Woman) 
Woman  Who  Came  Back,  The  Rep. 

YANK  in  London,  A  (Br.)  20th-Fox 
Yearling,  The  (color)  MGM 
Years  Between,  The  (British)  GFD 
Yolanda  and  the  Thief  (color) 

(Block  14)  MGM 
Young  Widow  UA 

TZIEGFELD  Follies  of  1946 

(color)  (Special)  MGM 


Prod. 

Number 


626 
546 

4524 
45 1  I 
682 


507 
522 
574 
1 103 


7050 
624 

7208 
524 

622 


561 
515 

541 

7027 
613 


608 

520 

4516 
7024 

564 
616 
701 1 

609 
644 


605 

573 
606 


54S 
001 

621 


Trade  show  or 

Stars  Release  Date 

Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor  Apr.  I0,'46 

Robert  Walker-Judy  Garland  Not  Set 
Dorothy  McGuire-Guy  Madison        (T)  Aug.  2  I  ,'46 

Bud  Abbott-Lou  Costello  Aug.  16/46 

Dennis  Morgan-Jack  Carson  Not  Set 

Olivia  De  Havilland-John  Lund  July  5, '46 

Byron  Barr-Lotus  Long  Feb.  8, '46 

Claudette  Colbert-Orson  Welles  Special 

Sonny  Tufts-Diana  Lynn  Not  Set 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Hutton  Dec.   I, '45 

Kane  Richmond-Adele  Mara  June  28/46 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  June  29,'46 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Nov.  30,'45 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton  Sept.  2 1, '46 

Ray  Milland-Teresa  Wright  Not  Set 

Documentary  Oct.  4,'45 

Bonita  Granville-Morgan  Conway  Block  5 

Edvard  Persson-Stina  Hedberg  Feb.  23,'46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  May  30,'46 

Dennis  Morgan-Joan  Leslie  Aug.  1 7, '46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Humphrey  Bogarf  Not  Set 

Jimmy  Durante-June  Allyson  Apr.-May,46 
John  Hodiak-Lucille  Ball                 (T)  June  4,'46 

Phyllis  Calvert-Flora  Robson  Not  Set 

Alan  Ladd-Brian  Donlevy  Not  Set 

Mickey  Rooney-Bonita  Granville  Not  Set 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton    Apr.  27, '46 

Stephanie  Bachelor-Robert  Livingston  Apr.  1 1, '46 

Katharine  Hepburn-Robert  Taylor  Not  Set 

Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans  Aug.  26/46 

Ronald  Colman-Fay  Wray  July  29, '46 

Karen  Morley-Jim  Bannon  July  4,'46 

Ann  Sothern-George  Murphy  Jan.-Feb.,'46 

Robert  Donat-Deborah  Kerr  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Not  Set 

Robert  Livingston-Adrian  Booth  May  24,'46 

Sydney  Greenstreet-Peter  Lorre  Not  Set 

Joel  McCrea-Brian  Donlevy  Apr.  5, '46 

Richard  Dix-Lynn  Merrick  Oct.  30/45 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Dec.  2 1  ,'45 

Dana  Andrews-Richard  Conte  Mar., '46 

Lee  Bowman-Marguerite  Chapman  June  7/46 

James  Warren-Audrey  Long  Block  2 

Eric  Portman-Dulcie  Gray  Nov. ,'46 

Peter  Willes  Not  Set 

Gary  Cooper-Anna  Sten  June  15/46 
Ginger  Rogers-Lana  Turner-Walter  Pidgeon  Oct. ,'45 

Bing  Crosby-Barry  Fitzgerald  Not  Set 

Ray  Milland-Olivia  DeHavilland  May  17/46 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Apr.  20/46 

Robert  Walker-Keenan  Wynn  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

Bob  Hope-Signe  Hasso  Not  Set 

Tommy  Trinder-Frances  Day  Apr.  29/46 

Charpin-Marguerite  Perry  Feb.  9/46 

George  Raft-Ava  Gardner  Jan.  25/46 

Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Not  Set 

John  Loder-Lenore  Aubert  Apr.  23/46 

Kay  Francis-Paul  Cavanaugh  Oct.  12/46 

Don  Porter-Lois  Collier  Aug.  9,46 

Bob  Steele-Sterling  Holloway  May,'46 

Olga  Pyshova-Nina  Alisova  Apr.  6/46 

Claudette  Colbert-John  Wayne  Block  5 


86m 

tJOm 

55m 
1 17m 

82m 
67m 

103m 
64m 
83m 

130m 

75m 
58m 

96m 

65m 
88m 
84m 

103m 
80m 

61m 
60  m 
81m 
107m 


59m 

June  8/46 

3030 

56m 

July  6/46 

3077 

69m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

77m 

Aug.  8/31 

90  m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

94m       Dec.   I  ,'45 


56m      June  1/46 


Jan.  26/46 
Feb.  23/46 

Jan. 19/46 
Dec.  1/45 
May  25/46 

Sept.  29/45 
Apr.  13/46 

Aug.  24/46 
Feb. 23/35 
July  28/45 

Feb.  2/46 
May  25/46 


2733 

3017 

28i7 
2859 

2806 
2733 
3005 
2662 
2937 
3162 

2627 

2829 
3006 


Nov.  17/45  2717 


May  1 1/46 
Feb.  23/46 
Jan.  12/46 
Dec.  15/45 
Mar.  30/46 


2986 
2859 
2793 
2757 
2918 


Aug.  17/46  3150 


Apr.  27/46 
May  I  1/46 


2962 
2985 


2242 
2939 

2786 
2883 

2710 
3078 


2744 

2895 
3138 
3076 


2884 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Running 

Herald 

Digest ' 

Synopsis 

Data 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

57m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

2963 

105m 

June  15/46 

3041 

2784 

82m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

2939 

2555 

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69m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2744 

2930 

105m 

Jan.  19/46 

2805 

2555 

2975 

2748 

86m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2384 

2898 

3055 

56m 

July  6/46 

3077 

3031 

54m 

2748 

3126 

2776 

Mm 

Sept.  15/45 

2646 

2798 

63m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

2776 

110m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

50m 

June  15/46 

3043 

2951 

90m 

Aug.  3/46 

3126 

2884 

3164 

2628 

1 12m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

2695 

3188 

93m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2748 

3164 

97m 

Sept.  9/44 

2626 

98m 

Aug.  31/46 

3173 

3055 

UI7 

2870. 

2748 

3007 

3127 

3055 


2710 
3127 
3007 
2764 
2242 
2655 


2930 


2862 


3164 


2555 

2242  2979 
2963  3188 


3018 
3164 

2975 

3100 
3018 

3164 


Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea 

Joan  Bennett-Robert  Ryan 

May  15/46 

(T)  Jan.,'47 

70m 

May  1/37 

2883 

507 

Nancy  Kelly-John  Loder 

Dec.  13/45 

68m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2555 

622 

Anna  Neagle-Dean  Jagger 
Gregory  Peck-Jacqueline  White 
Michael  Redgrav9-Valerie  Hobson 

Mar. ,'46 
Not  Set 
Not  Set 

106m 
100m 

Feb.  23/46 
Apr.  20/46 

2858 
2949 

2883 

610 

Fred  Astaire-Lucille  Bremer 
Jane  Russell-Louis  Hayward 

Nov.-Dec./45 
Mar.  1/46 

108m 

98m 

Oct.  20/45 

Feb.  23/46 

2685 

2857 

2354 
2454 

2930 
3188 

617 

MGM  Contract  Stars 

Mar.,'46 

1  10m 

Aug.  25/45 

2638 

1913  . 

3188 

Feature  Product,  including  Coming  Attractions,  listed  Company  by  Company  in 
Order  of  Release  on  page  3187. 


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'IN 


EXHIBITOR  PROTESTS  Oi 
AUCTION  SELLING  FLOOD 
DEPARTMENT  OF  JUSTICE 

Independent  units  voice  opposition 
ATA  announces  proposed  intervention 
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MARSHALL  in  Darryi  F.  Zanuck's  Production  of  W.  SOMERSET  MAUGHAM'S  "THE  RAZOR'S  EDGE" 
with  Lucife  Watson  '  Frank  Latimbre  ♦  Elsa  Lanchesfer  *  Fritz  Kortner  ■  John  Wengraf  >  Cecil 
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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD 


MARTIX  OVIGLEY,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher 


Terry  Ratnsaye,  Editor 


Vol.  164,  Nc. 


OP 


September  14,  1946 


EXHIBITOR  PRODUCTION 

THAT  project  of  the  Allied  States  Association  to  engage 
in  production,  to  be  passed  upon  at  the  coming  Boston 
convention,  becomes  a  special  sort  of  challenge  in  the 
current  state  of  the  industry,  mid-stream  in  adjustment  and 
mal-adjustment  to  and  with  federal  regulation. 

Inevitably  consideration  turns  back  to  the  days  of  First 
National  Exhibitors'  Circuit,  conceived  between  the  late 
Mr.  James  D.  Williams  and  Mr.  Tom  Tally  of  Los  Angeles, 
nurtured  by  dominant  exhibition  interests  and  figure-headed 
by  the  late  Mr.  Samuel  L  Rothafel. 

You  will  be  remembering  that  ringing  challenge,  then,  from 
Mr.  Adolph  Zulcor  of  Famous  Players -Lasky,  and  Paramount: 
'Are  you  an  exhibitor  or  a  producer?" 

Since  then,  the  five  more  august  producers  have  become 
in  varying  degrees  exhibitors,  out  of  a  movement  which  started 
somewhat  defensively  in  the  days  of  First  National's  rise.  And 
First  National  arose,  you  know,  in  protest  against  rising  film 
rentals.  It  was  the  same  movement  which  presently  made 
Mr.  Marcus  Loew,  primarily  an  exhibitor,  also  become  a  pro- 
ducer, acquiring  Mr.  Richard  Rowland's  Metro,  certain  assets 
of  the  Goldwyn  company,  and  the  production  skill  of 
Mr.  Louis  B.  Mayer,  who  had  come  to  flower  with 
First  National. 

The  production  program  of  First  National  enjoyed  a  flourish 
of  early  successes  and  the  succeeding  complications  which 
seem  inherent  in  committee  management.  There  were  all  man- 
ner of  negotiations  and  scurrying  around  in  circuit  control, 
with  eventually  a  fading  out  of  the  initial  purpose  and  co- 
operative strength,  until  it  was  but  a  name  and  a  set  of  film 
exchanges  to  be  sold  in  liquidation.  It  was  a  demonstration 
of  the  weakness  of  cooperatives  which  do  not  cooperate. 

The  situation  and  conditions  which  face  the  project  now 
to  be  voted  upon  by  the  members  of  the  Allied  States  Asso- 
ciation are  entirely  different,  with  respect  to  the  machinery 
and  pattern  of  the  industry,  but  the  conditions  pertaining  to 
internal  organization  are  quite  the  same.  Production  in  its 
ultimate  responsibilities  of  execution  has  to  be  a  one  man  job. 
It  requires  a  boss,  positive  and  final.  Committees  can  function 
only  to  approve  or  disapprove;  they  cannot  create. 

The  increase  of  independent  production  units,  both  real 
and  alleged,  may  lend  encouragement  to  the  Allied  project. 
It  creates  possibilities,  and  some  areas  of  adventure  which 
may  in  time  be  explored. 


exhibited,  is  emphatic  statement  of  the  position  of  the 
organized  industry,  made  at  a  most  appropriate  time  for  the 
orientation  of  the  rising  number  of  independent  producers 
who  are,  or  will  be,  seeking  distribution  through  major  channels. 

The  action  taken  has  been  marked  by  the  most  careful  and 
considerate  deliberations,  appropriate  to  a  decision  which  is 
well  calculated  to  become  a  landmark  of  reference  for  time 
and  occasions  to  come. 

This  decision,  appropriately  enforced,  puts  "The  Outlaw" 
out  into  the  category  of  the  pictures  that  play  the  darksome 
little  theatres  where  they  sell  the  posters  out  front. 


PRINTED  ENTERTAINMENT 

THERE's  a  slump  in  the  entertainment  fiction  market.  Sales 
of  novels  are  reported  to  be  off  from  20  to  40  per  cent 
as  compared  with  last  year.  Even  some  of  the  best  sellers 
are  moving  only  a  few  hundred  copies  a  week.  The  reasons 
given  are  various:  resumed  travel  for  vacations  taking  up  time; 
return  of  essential  goods  taking  up  money;  publishers'  lists  cur- 
tailed by  production  difficulties.  Booksellers  are  saying  that 
quality  is  down,  with  too  much  flash  publicity  and  high  pressure 
advertising.  Bigger  and  better  books  are  promised  for  autumn. 
There  are  familiar  sounds  in  the  report.  The  book  market  lives 
off  entertainment-in-print. 


The  naming  of  the  sales  drive  of  Twentieth  Century-Fox 
from  August  25  to  December  29  for  Mr.  Spyros  Skouras 
comes  at  a  time  when  it  has  a  quality  of  recognition  of  the 
forward  position  that  he  has  made  for  himself,  through  the 
period  of  his  presidency,  on  the  large  scene  of  humanitarian 
and  world  affairs.  He  and  his  brothers,  too,  have  contrived 
by  constructive  works  to  make  the  name  of  Skouras  a  con- 
structive name  in  the  days  of  a  difficult  world  of 
many  problems. 

■  ■  ■ 

t«  Over  in  Russia  where  the  Communists  have  been  having 
their  own  way  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  the  party  organiza- 
tions and  writers  have  found  the  arts  in  such  a  state  that  they 
have  decided  to  purge  theatres,  movies  and  radio  of  all  traces 
of  "foreign  decadent  art"  with  a  rededication  to  higher  ideo- 
logical levels.  That  can  be  entered  on  the  world  film  trade 
map  for  reference  purposes.  The  area  does  not  look  promising 
for  our  State  Department's  foreign  film  programs. 


OUTLAW"  OUTLAWED 


A FORTHRIGHT  decision  comes  from  the  Motion  Pic- 
ture Association  and  its  Production  Code  Authority 
in  outlawing  Mr.  Howard  Hughes'  production  entitled 
"The  Outlaw",  a  picture  in  controversy  now  for  a  very  long 
time,  and  to  no  benefit  to  the  repute  of  the  screen. 

The  decision  withdrawing  the  Code  seal  issued  to  this  pro- 
duction, an  action  brought  on  by  flagrant  violation  of  the 
regulations  concerning  the  advertising  of  approved  produc- 
tions,  complicated   also    by   some   question   about  versions 


A  The  friends  of  Niccolo  Machiavelli  will  be  interested  in  see- 
ing what  comes  out  in  the  Arnold  Pressburger-United  Artists 
project  to  produce  a  picture  version  of  the  biographical 
"Then  and  Now"  by  Somerset  Maugham.  For  the  movie  audi- 
ence a  new  title  is  immediately  indicated.  Like  Jake  Cassanova, 
Machiavelli  has  had  some  centuries  of  a  bad  press  and  a  repute 
for  chicane.  He  was  in  truth  a  genteel  if  ardent  scholar,  with, 
one  must  admit,  a  decided  sense  of  practicality,  operating  too 
in  complex  affairs  in  a  world  of  strenuous  causes  and  life  of  high 
colour.  "Machiavellian"  is  an  unfair  adjective,  but  probably 
he'll  never  live  it  down.  — Terry  Ramsaye 


THIS  WEEK  IN  THE  NEWS 


Strike  Stricken 

AT  MIDWEEK  some  of  New  York's  daily 
newspapers  had  a  lean  and  hungry  look,  hav- 
ing been  stripped  of  display  advertising  as 
a  result  of  the  newsprint  shortage  brought 
about  by  the  trucking  strike.  Effects  were 
expected  to  be  felt  by  the  first  run  films 
opening  during  the  week. 

Eliminating  all  display  ads.  the  Times, 
Herald  Tribune,  Daily  Mirror  and  Journal 
American  carried  a  listing  of  theatre  pro- 
grams. While  the  News,  World-Telegram, 
Sun  and  Post  still  carried  film  ads,  it  was 
problematical  how  long  they  could  continue 
to  do  so  if  the  strike  situation  continued 
much  longer. 

Delivery  of  film  prints  to  the  Atlantic 
area,  where  an  express  employees'  strike 
broke  out,  was  interrupted  Tuesday,  and 
New  England  deliveries  stood  in  jeopardy, 
with  other  territories  seen  likely  to  be  af- 
fected as  the  Railway  Express  Agency  be- 
gan embargoes  on  non-essential  shipments 
in  order  to  move  foodstuffs  and  medicines 
which  have  been  held  up  by  the  New  York- 
truckers'  strike. 

Local  radio  advertising  is  booming,  how- 
ever, with  film  companies  and  theatres  vying 
for  precious  radio  time.  In  the  lead  was 
Universal,  which  on  Monday  inaugurated  a 
program  of  radio  advertising  for  "The  Kil- 
lers'* at  $1,000  a  day  and  at  midweek  was 
preparing  to  sponsor  any  available  local  sus- 
taining news  programs. 


Added 

IN  A  survey  of  New  York  City's  fire  set-up 
submitted  by  Fire  Commissioner  Quayle  to 
Mayor  O'Dwyer  calling  for  $6,600,000  out- 
lay for  improved  metropolitan  protection,  it 
is  recommended  110  of  the  city's  theatres 
be  compelled  to  hire  their  own  fire  guards. 
This,  it  is  estimated,  would  save  New  York 
$385,000  annually,  the  cost  of  stationing  fire 
department  men  in  the  houses.  • 


On  the  Record 

IN  ADDITION  to  its  numerous  other  en- 
deavors in  the  field  of  entertainment  Loew's, 
Inc.,  revealed  this  week  that  it  will  manu- 
facture popular  phonograph  recordings  to 
be  called  MGM  Records.  The  announcement 
was  made  by  Nicholas  M.  Schenck,  presi- 
dent of  Loew's.  Operations  for  this  venture 
will  begin  shortly  in  a  large  plant  in  Bloom- 
field,  N.  J.,  recently  purchased  from  the  War 
Assets  Administration,  and  equipped  with 
100  presses  capable  of  producing  40.000,000 
records  annually. 

The   name   MGM   Records   was  chosen 


INDUSTRY  tension  mounts  over  issue  of 
auction  selling  Page  13 

ALLIED  convention  will  focus  on  suit  de- 
cision significance  Page  13 

WHERE  They  Stand  and  What  They  Say- 
opinion  on  decision  Page  14 

AIM  28  reissues  at  juvenile  trade  in  MPA- 
sponsored  program  Page  23 

JOHNSTON  sets  departure  for  European 
tour  about  September  23  Page  23 

SERVICE  DEPARTMENTS 


From  Reader 

Page 

29 

Hollywood  Scene 

Page 

40 

In  the  Newsreels 

Page 

48 

Late  Reviews 

Page 

30 

Managers'  Round  Table 

Page 

49 

Picture  Grosses 

Page 

57 

after  much  discussion  because  of  the  many 
MGM  stars  who  will  make  recordings  for 
the  recording  company.  Other  prominent 
artists  "of  stage,  screen  and  radio  will  be 
placed  under  contract. 

Frank  B.  Walker,  formerly  executive  of 
leading  phonograph  and  recording  concerns, 
will  be  the  general  manager  under  the  super- 
vision of  a  Loew's  committee  consisting  of 
Charles  C.  Moskowitz,  Marvin  Schenck  and 
Leopold  Friedman,  all  vice-presidents  of  the 
parent  company.  Distribution  of  the  records 
will  be  made  principally  through  distributors 
handling  Zenith  Phonograph  and  Radio 
products. 


High  Finance 

TAXES  and  licensing  fees  derived  from  the 
exhibition  of  motion  pictures  and  other 
amusements  filled  the  coffers  of  state  trea- 
suries to  the  extent  of  some  $15,737,000 
during  the  past  year,  it  was  revealed  this 
week. 

Admission  and  other  amusement  taxes 
collected  bv  states  during  the  year  ending 
July  1,  1946,  amount  to  nearly  $12,000,000 
according  to  figures  released  Monday  by  the 
Bureau  of  Census  in  Washington.  At  pres- 
ent 27  states  have  such  taxes. 

The  largest  taxes  in  the  field  are  those 
collected  in  the  states  of  Ohio  and  Wash- 
ington, having  collected  $2,484,000  and 
$2,451,000  respectively.  Some  31  states  have 
a  license  and  privilege  tax  affecting  their 
collections  for  the  fiscal  vear  which  amounted 
to  $3,737,000. 


ON  THE  MARCH— Red  Kann  in  light  an 
serious  industry  comment  Page  2 

MPA  revokes  Production  Code  Seal  o 
Howard  Hughes'  "Outlaw"        Page  2fl 

NATIONAL  SPOTLIGHT— Notes  about  in 
dustry  personnel  across  country  Page  3! 

CANADIAN  theatres  in  vigorous  protes 
at  rental  contract  Page  41 

SCHINES  set  pattern  for  anniversaries  ir 
jubilee  celebration  Page  S7 

Short  Product  at  First  Runs  Page  42 

What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me         Page  44 

IN  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 

Showmen's  Reviews  Page  3197 

Short  Subjects  Chart  Page  3199 

The  Release  Chart  Page  3201 


Gold  Strike 

SOUTH  AFRICA,  where  many  fortunes 
have  been  won  and  lost,  is  due  for  a  film 
boom  in  the  not-too-distant  future  as  a  re- 
sult of  the  gold  strike  in  the  Orange  Free 
State  which  is  beginning  to  boost  that  area's 
population,  Clay  V.  Hake,  Paramount's 
South  Africa  representative,  said  in  New 
York  this  week.  Mr.  Hake  is  visiting  the 
Paramount  home  office  to  engage  in  business 
conferences  with  George  Weltner,  Para- 
mount International  president. 

Ninety  per  cent  of  the  pictures  shown  in 
South  Africa  are  American  made,  Mr.  Hake 
said  and  the  remaining  ten  per  cent  are 
British  produced.  A  few  films  produced  lo- 
cally in  the  African  language  have  been 
poorly  received,  he  said. 

Mr.  Hake  also  pointed  out  that  South 
Africa  is  in  need  of  many  new  theatres  but 
a  shortage  of  building  materials  prevents  ex- 
pansion at  present. 


Ph  ilan  th  ropy 

ROBERT  J.  "BOB"  O  ' DON  NELL  ,  Var- 
iety's National  Chief  Barker,  who  knows 
what  it  is  to  be  born  and  brought  up  on  the 
other  side  of  the  tracks,  this  week  sent  a 
check  to  the  Atlanta  Variety  Club  for  $500. 
Enclosed  were  instructions  that  it  be  spent 
to  buy  tickets  for  200  underprivileged  boys 
for  the  Washington  Variety  Club's  charity 
football  game  in  Baltimore  on  September 
22,  when  the  Washington  Redskins  face  the 
Chicago  Bears. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


Rank  Visit 

i  J.  ARTHUR  RANK,  Britain's  best  known 

■  industry  leader,  will  visit  the  United  States 
next  Spring  to  confer  with  heads  of  those 
companies  which  are  affiliated  with  his  Brit- 
ish interests.  This  announcement  was  made 

'  by  Robert  R.  Young,  head  of  Pathe  Indus- 
tries which  controls  Eagle-Lion  and  PRC 

,  Pictures,  two  production  companies  which 
have  distribution  ties  with  Mr.  Rank.  Mr. 
Young  arrived  in  New  York  last  week  from 
England  where  he  held  several  conferences 
with  Mr.  Rank.  It  is  expected  that  Mr. 
Rank"s  visit  will  follow  the  course  of  his 
cross-country  visit  last  yeat  which  attracted 
an  unprecedented  amount  of  attention. 


Agreement 

THE  DIRECTORS  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Export  Association,  at  a  meeting  presided 
over  by  Eric  Johnston,  president,  Wednes- 
day afternoon  approved  a  distribution  agree- 
ment for  the  release  of  American-made 
films  in  Holland,  thereby  ending  the  im- 
passe which  has  existed  between  the  MPEA 
and  the  Netherlands  Bioscoop  Bond  for  the 
past  year. 

Under  the  terms  of  the  agreement,  re- 
ported by  vice-president  and  general  man- 
ager Irving  Maas,  the  MPEA,  represent- 
ing all  its  members,  will  become  a  member 
of  the  Bond  and,  as  such,  will  be  privileged 
to  contract  with  all  members  of  that  organi- 
zation for  the  release  of  its  product. 

While  Dutch  law  restricts  booking  in 
blocks  to  not  more  than  six  pictures  at  a 
time,  MPEA  expects  to  distribute  approxi- 
mately 100  features  of  its  member  com- 
panies during  1947.  A  detailed  story  on 
Mr.  Johnston's  proposed  tour  of  Europe  ap- 
pears on  page  23. 


Exploitation 

THE  Japanese  will  soon  have  the  benefit  of 
large-scale  pre-release  American  screenings 
as  a  buildup  to  greater  distribution  in  their 
islands  and  also  in  Korea,  according  to  the 
Motion  Picture  Export  Association.  Fifty 
prominent  professional  men  in  and  around 
Tokyo  will  be  selected  for  special  previews 
in  order  that  they  may  implement  an  en- 
lightening campaign  through  newspapers, 
magazines  and  radio. 

Evaluation  of  the  films  and  discussions  of 
their  merits  as  entertainment  for  the  Japa- 
nese masses  will  be  emphasized.  Each  week 
several  members  of  the  test  group  will  be 
selected  to  discuss  the   preview  in  round 


THE  CODE  BENDS 

The  same  influences  which  have  been 
urging  relaxation  of  the  Production  Code 
ban  against  venereal  disease  pictures 
succeeded  Wednesday  in  having  the 
Motion  Picture  Association  board  pass  an 
amendment  to  the  Code  permitting  drug 
traffic  pictures. 

The  former  Code  provision  was  a  clear- 
cut  instruction  against  the  drug  traffic  as 
a  theme  for  motion  pictures.  It  reads: 

"Illegal  drug  traffic  must  never  be  pre- 
sented." 

The  substitute  provision  reads: 

"The  illegal  drug  traffic  must  not  be  por- 
trayed in  such  a  way  as  to  stimulate  curiosity 
concerning  the  use  of,  or  traffic  in,  such 
drugs;  nor  shall  scenes  be  approved  which 
shmv  the  use  of  illegal  drugs,  or  their  effects, 
in  detail." 

There  has  been  suspicion  both  inside 
and  outside  the  industry  for  some  time 
that  forces  within  the  MPA  were  at  work 
on  "liberalizing"  the  Production  Code. 


table  style  as  a  supplement  to  the  motion  pic- 
ture hour  over  Radio  Tokyo.  In -addition  to 
the  conventional  publicity,  this  method  is  ex- 
pected to  give  U.  S.  Government-approved 
MPEA  releases  an  unparalleled  advance 
build  up. 

"Tales  of  Manhattan"  and  "Going  My 
Way"  will  be  the  first  pictures  to  benefit  by 
this  special  treatment,  which  it  is  antici- 
pated will  be  the  opening  wedge  in  a  renais- 
sance of  the  Japanese  motion  picture  situa- 
tion through  the  107  theatres  which  escaped 
destruction  by  American  incendiary  bombs 
during  the  war. 


Publicity 

SINGING  cowboys  are  he-men.  What's 
more,  they  know  how  to  ride,  rope,  and 
shoot.  And  Eddie  Dean,  whose  singing,  rid- 
ing, roping,  and  shooting  belongs  to  PRC 
Pictures,  will  prove  it.  This  week,  he  chal- 
lenged Bill  Boyd  to  a  contest  before  "im- 
partial judges." 

Mr.  Boyd  aroused  Mr.  Dean's  anger  by 
some  alleged  insinuations  the  other  day.  Mr. 
Dean  is  magnanimous,  however :  that  con- 
test won't  include  singing,  because  Boyd 
"hasn't  any  more  voice  than  a  bullfrog — and 
so  his  jealousy  makes  him  object  to  those  of 
us  who  can  sing." 


PEOPLE 

Jack  L.  Warner,  vice-president  and  execu- 
tive producer  of  Warner  Brothers,  was 
presented  a  scroll  of  merit  in  Hollywood, 
Monday,  by  Dr.  Kiang  Yi-Seng,  Chinese 
Counsel  General  to  Los  Angeles,  on  be- 
half of  the  people  of  China,  for  the  aid 
Warner  Brothers  rendered  to  that  coun- 
try's famine  fund. 

Fred  Wehrenberg,  St.  Louis  exhibitor 
and  recently  elected  president  of  the  Mo- 
tion Picture  Theatre  Owners  of  America, 
will  be  guest  of  honor  at  an  industry  tes- 
timonial luncheon  at  the  Hotel  Coronado 
in  St.  Louis,  September  23. 

Spyros  Skouras,  Twentieth  Century-Fox 
president,  last  Friday  accepted  a  position 
on  the  Honorary  Amusement  Industry 
Sponsoring  Committee  for  the  Al  Jolson 
dinner  which  will  be  held  at  the  Hotel 
Astor  in  New  York,  October  1.  The  din- 
ner is  being  sponsored  by  the  American 
Veterans  Committee. 

Ned  E.  Depinet,  executive  vice-president 
of  RKO  and  RKO  Radio  Pictures,  left 
New  York  for  London  Wednesday  by 
plane  for  a  tour  of  the  company's  branches 
and  production  operations  in  England  and 
Europe. 

Carol  Reed,  British  director,  was  guest  of 
honor  at  a  luncheon  for  the  press  at  the 
21  Club  in  New  York  last  Friday.  Uni- 
versal-International was  ho'st. 

Myron  Siegel,  publicity  and  advertising 
director  for  Century  Theatres  in  New 
York,  has  been  promoted  to  assistant  to 
Fred  J.  Schwartz,  Century  vice-president. 
Edward  Schreiber  succeeds  Mr.  Siegel. 

Bernard  Giannini,  son  of  the  late  Dr. 
A.  H.  Giannini,  has  been  elected  vice- 
president  of  the  Bank  of  America  in  San 
Francisco.  He  will  be  in  charge  of  motion 
picture  loans  formerly  handled  by  J.  H. 
Rosenberg. 

Mark  N.  Silver,  United  Artists  branch 
manager  in  New  York,  was  guest  of 
honor  at  a  testimonial  dinner  Monday 
evening  sponsored  by  the  Baltimore  Vari- 
ety Club,  Tent  No.  19,  at  the  Variety 
headquarters  atop  the  Stanley  theatre.  Mr. 
Silver  formerly  was  United  Artists' 
branch  manager  in  Washington. 

Irving  Wormser  last  Friday  resigned  as 
eastern  general  sales  manager  of  Film 
Classics  and  has  rejoined  the  Columbia 
Pictures  sales  department. 

Irving  Rapper,  Warner  Brothers  director, 
will  leave  for  London  to  look  over  talent 
and  story  possibilities  on  completion  of  his 
current  picture,  "Deception." 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


THIS  WEEK 


GALLANT  BESS,  the  equine  star  of  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's  Cinecolor, 
"Gallant  Bess",  starts  on  a  city-to-city  visit  of  the  U.  S.  on  September  14  in 
Lexington,  Ky.,  where  the  picture  will  open  September  19. 
Holding  Bess'  bridle  is  William  Ferguson,  MGM  exploitation  director. 
Harry  Rapf,  right,  produced. 


the  Camera  reports: 


ANN  TODD,  above, 
met  Reg  Whitley, 
London  Daily 
Mirror,  and  Jock 
Lawrence,  Rank 
Organization,  at  a 
New  York  party 
upon  her  arrival 
from  London. 


ANNIVERSARY  MEETING.    Last  week  Paramount  held 
conferences  at  its  Philadelphia  branch  on  the  company's 
"Thirty-fourth  and  Greatest  Year"  drive.    Seated,  left  to  right, 
above,  are  Earle  W.  Sweigert,  mid-eastern  division  manager; 
Hugh  Braly,  drive  co-captain,  and  Ulrik  F.  Smith,  branch  manager. 
Standing,  left  to  right,  are  Ralph  Garman,  head  booker, 
sub-captain,  and  John  Kane,  shipper,  sub-captain. 


m 


JAMES  MAJORELL,  trailer  pro- 
ducer for  National  Screen  Service, 
has  left  for  England  to  join  the 
NSS  London  office  as  head  of 
all  trailer  production  there. 


MYRON  SIEGEL  has 
been  named  assistant 
to  Fred  J.  Schwartz, 
vice-president  of  the 
Century  Circuit. 

DETROIT'S  Variety 
Club  honored 
Milton  E.  Cohen,  left, 
upon  his  promotion 
to  eastern  central  dis- 
trict manager  for 
RKO.   Left  to  right, 
Mr.  Cohen,  Robert 
Mochrie,  RKO; 
Jim  Sharkey,  Co- 
operative Theatres; 
Nat  Levy,  RKO. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD   SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


LONG  VOYAGE. 
'The  Seventh  Veil' 
United  States. 


Compton  Bennett,  above,  director  of 
,  explains  to  his  daughter  he  will  sail  soon  for  the 


LLOYD  C.  LIND,  left,  vice-president  and  assistant 
general  sales  manager  of  PRC,  and  Harry  H.  Thomas, 
right,  president,  accept  a  congratulatory  scroll  from 
PRC  executives  at  the  company's  annual  convention  in 
Atlantic  City  last  week.  Max  Roth,  eastern  sales 
manager,  looks  on. 


FOX  INTERMOUNTAIN  held  a  Denver  meeting  recently, 
attended  (seated,  left  to  right)  by  Robert  Garland,  film  buyer; 
Robert  Selig,  assistant  to  the  president,  and 

Frank  Ricketson,  Jr.,  president.  Standing,  Ed  Nelson,  Montrose,  Colo.; 
Harold  Rice,  southern  district;  Robert  Nelson,  Leadville,  Colo.; 
Mike  Zalesny,  Las  Vegas,  N.  Mex.;  Jack  Kramer,  Durango; 
Hehry  Westerfeld,  Las  Cruces,  N.  Mex. 

UNIVERSAL  PROMOTIONS 


WILLIAM  W.  SULLIVAN,  standing,  Twentieth  Cen- 
tury-Fox's managing  director  in  Argentina,  was 
given  a  dinner  in  Buenos  Aires  upon  his  arrival  there. 
Above,  he  addresses  the  audience  during  the 
course  of  the  banguet. 


P.  T.  DANA,  from 
branch  manager  in 
Pittsburgh  to 
district  manager. 


FOSTER  BLAKE,  from  BARNEY  ROSE,  from 
Los  Angeles  branch  man-  San  Francisco  branch 
ager  to  the  position  of  manager  to  district  man- 
district '  manager,  ager. 


LOUIS  BERMAN,  for-  ARTHUR  GREENFIELD, 

merly  a  salesman  in  the  former  branch  manager 

Chicago  office  to  Mil-  in  New  Haven  territory  to 

waukee  branch  manager,  same  post  in  Washington. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


1 1 


DAVID  O.   SELZNICK's   long-heralded   and  long-running 
Technicolor,  "Duel  in  the  Sun",  is  just  about 
ready  for  the  screen.   Above,  Jennifer  Jones,  play- 
ing a  half-breed  Indian,  peers  into  the  eyes  of 
Gregory  Peck.   Direction  is  by  King  Vidor. 


ROY  DISNEY  displays  peasant  dolls  made  by  an 
eight-year-old  Swedish  girl  and  presented  to  him  on  his 
recent  visit  to  Sweden.  C.  P.  Wallman,  RKO  Radio 
manager  for  Sweden,  looks  on. 


CARAVAN.  The 
MGM  Show  Builder 
Unit,  above,  was 
shown  at  the 
Hotel  Ambassador, 
Los  Angeles,  fol- 
lowing a  meeting  of 
approximately  200 
Fox  West  Coast 
district  and  theatre 
managers.  From 
left  to  right, 
Clyde  Griffin, 
Sid  Weider, 
Ted  Carey, 
Fred  McSpadden 
and  Frank  Mollis. 


NAT  BEIER,  sales 
executive  for  Screen 
Guild  Productions. 


SEAN  McGLORY  is  greeted  upon  his 
arrival  in  New  York  from  Dublin 
where  he  was  signed  by  RKO  Radio. 


i 


PUBLIC  SCHOOL  PROJECT:  Peter  Burnup,  left.  London  editor  of 
the  Herald;  George  Dawson,  director  of  RKO  Pictures,  Ltd.,  and 
Phil  Reisman,  Jr.,  discuss  the  latter's  project  of  making  a 
"This  Is  America"  picture  of  England's  public  schools. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


INDUSTRY  TENSION  MOUNTS 
OVER  AUCTION  SELLING 


Allied  Convention  Focus  on 
Significance  of  Decision 


Report  Justice  Department 
Ready  to  Back  Down  on 
Cross  Licensing  Plan 

Auction  selling,  the  biggest  bone  of  con- 
tention the  industry  has  ever  worried  over, 
was  the  cause  of  growing  tension  within  the 
industry  this  week  as  independent  exhibitor 
opinion  against  the  ordered  practice  grew 
loud  enough  and  strong  enough  to  alarm  the 
Department  of  Justice.  There  was  unrest 
and  dissension  everywhere :  among  the  in- 
dependents, engrossed  in  resolutions,  polls 
and  forums;  among  the  defendants  in  the 
anti-trust  case,  drafting  their  proposed  de- 
cree ;  in  the  Department  of  Justice,  analyz- 
ing the  impact  of  auction  selling  on  the 
exhibitors. 

This  week's  reports  on  the  effect  of  the 
District  Court's  decision  were  many. 

ATA  Advises  Exhibitors 
Of  Planned  Action 

From  the  exhibitors : 

The  American  Theatres  Association  has 
advanced  its  plan  to  intercede  in  the  anti- 
trust suit  in  opposition  to  auction  selling 
and  has  notified  all  exhibitors  throughout 
the  country  of  the  proposed  action. 

The  National  Allied  convention — Monday 
through  Wednesday  in  Boston — will  feature 
a  full  day's  discussion  of  the  decision. 

Illinois  Allied  has  unanimously  voted 
against  the  auction  method  of  buying  pic- 
tures. 

The  Allied  Independent  Theatre  Owners 
of  Iowa  and  Nebraska  has  passed  a  resolu- 
tion opposing  auction  selling. 

The  Michigan  Independent  Theatre 
Owners  Association  has  asked  the  U.  S. 
Attorney  General  for  a  voice  in  the  decree. 

The  continuing  poll  being  conducted  by 
the  Motion  Picture  Theatre  Owners  of 
America  shows  a  pronounced  sentiment 
against  auction  selling. 

The  Confederacy  of  Southern  Associa- 
tions has  voted  to  cooperate  fully  with 
ATA's  plans  for  intervention. 

I, 

Defense  Counsel  Drafting 
Proposed  Findings 

From  the  lawyers : 

Counsel  for  the  five  theatre-owning  de- 
fendants have  begun  a  series  of  meetings  to 
draft  their  proposed  findings  of  fact  and 
conclusions  of  law  for  presentation  to  the 
Department  of  Justice. 

The  Government  reportedly  is  ready  to 
back  down  on  its  proposal  for  cross- 
licensing  and  is  willing  to  accept  a  flexible 
plan  of  auction  selling. 

Last  week  the  ATA  board  formally  ap- 
proved the  retention  of  Thurman  Arnold, 


National  exhibitor  attention  will  be 
directed  next  week  toward  Boston,  where 
Allied  States  Association  of  Motion  Pic- 
ture Exhibitors  will  meet  in  convention  at 
the  Copley  Plaza  Hotel,  Monday  through 
Wednesday.  Allied's  invitation  to  all 
exhibitors  to  discuss,  in  open  forum,  the 
District  Court's  decision  on  the  anti-trust 
case,  has  drawn  a  flood  of  responses. 

The  plan  of  the  forum,  as  explained  by 
Abram  F.  Myers,  chairman  of  the  Allied 
board,  in  a  special  statement  to  the 
Herald,  is  "that  the  difficult  and  perplexing 
issues  of  the  court's  decision  shall  first  be 
explained  so  that  everyone  present  can 
grasp  them,  that  there  will  be  a  full  dis- 
cussion so  that  the  ideas  and  suggestions 
of  all  may  be  duly  noted  and  that,  as  a 
result  of  these  deliberations,  the  inde- 
pendent exhibitors  may  formulate  a  policy 
and  chart  a  course  of  action  which  will 
protect  their  interests  and  merit  the 
respectful  consideration  of  other  branches 
of  the  industry." 

"The  convention,"  reports  Mr.  Myers, 
"will  afford  Allied  an  opportunity,  also, 
to  consider  the  ground  that  has  been 
gained.  In  the  tumult  and  the  shouting  in 
recent  weeks,  little  note  has  been  taken 
of  the  elimination  of  compulsory  block- 
booking  and  blind-selling,  the  slowing  down 
of  circuit  expansion  .  .  .  the  elimination 
of  the  formula  deals,  master  contracts  and 


former  assistant  U.  S.  Attorney  General, 
in  charge  of  the  anti-trust  division,  to  pros- 
ecute the  interests  of  ATA  in  opposition  to 
auction  selling. 

At  the  ATA  board  meeting  a  committee, 
headed  by  Harry  Arthur  of  St.  Louis,  was 
apointed  to  work  with  Mr.  Arnold.  The 
committee  will  have  "full  powers  to  prose- 
cute to  the  fullest  extent  the  law  suit,  aid- 
ing and  assisting  the  attorneys  with  every 
means  in  their  power."  The  committee  in- 
cludes Herman  Hunt,  Arthur  Mayer, 
Maury  Miller,  John  Rowley,  William  White 
and  Roy  Cooper. 

Monday  the  ATA  sent  letters  to  approxi- 
mately 16,000  theatres,  notifying  exhibitors 
of  the  organization's  proposed  action  in  the 
anti-trust  suit. 

"There  is  no  group  other  than  the  ex- 
hibitors themselves,"  S.  H.  Fabian,  ATA 
president,  said  Monday,  "who  can  be  de- 
pended upon  to  paint  a  realistic  picture  of 
the  effect  of  auction  selling.  We  hope  that 
exhibitors  regardless  of  association  affilia- 


franchises  .  .  .  the  requirement  that  pic- 
tures be  identified  in  the  contract  .  .  . 
and  the  provision  against  subjecting  inde- 
pendents to  uniform,  unreasonable  clear- 
ances in  favor  of  the  circuits." 

Mr.  Myers  believes  that  "in  another  year 
the  courts  will  have  made  their  final 
adjudication.  .  .  .  With  their  respective 
rights  judicially  determined  .  .  .  there  is 
no  reason  why  the  several  branches  of  the 
industry  cannot  adjust  the  details  of  their 
relations  by  normal  processes  of  negotia- 
tion and  understanding." 

"We  are  coming  to  the  end  of  a 
momentous  era  in  motion  picture  history," 
Mr.  Myers  concludes.  "It  is  not  too  early 
to  turn  our  minds  towards  the  next." 

The  program  for  the  convention,  which 
will  be  attended  by  the  executive  com- 
mittee, follows: 

Sept.  14-15:  Board  of  directors'  meet- 
ing. 

Sept.  16:  Registration.  Business  session, 
I  to  5  P.  M.  Dinner  and  night  club  party. 

Sept.  17:  Harbor  sail  or  golf  in  the 
morning.  Business  session  I  to  5  P.  M. 
Dinner  at  6  P.  M. 

Sept.  18:  Exhibitors'  forum  on  the  anti- 
trust case,  10  A.  M  to  5  P.M.  Cocktail 
party,  6:30  P.  M.  Annual  banquet  with 
George  Jessel  as  master  of  ceremonies 
and  Eric  Johnston  as  speaker,  7:30  P.  M. 


tion  will  give  us  the  benefit  of  their  views 
on  this  subject." 

The  letters,  signed  by  T.  R.  Gamble, 
chairman  of  the  ATA  board,  said  that  "dis- 
tinguished counsel  are  preparing  to  fight 
this  matter  (of  auction  selling)  to  the  U.  S. 
Supreme  Court  if  necessary  in  order  to  as- 
sure that  exhibitors  in  the  conduct  of  their 
business  may  not  be  bound  by  rules  that  they 
had  no  voice  in  formulating  and  that  may 
well  place  in  jeopardy  their  ability  to  con- 
tinue in  business." 

The  Confederacy  of  Southern  Associa- 
tions, recently  formed,  decided  at  a  meeting 
in  Atlanta  last  week  to  offer  full  cooperation 
to  ATA.  The  Association  is  already  com- 
mitted to  intervene  in  the  anti-trust  case. 

ATA  has  consistently  drawn  attention  to 
the  fact  that  exhibitor  opinion  is  almost 
unanimous  against  auction  selling.  This  is 
seconded  by  the  poll  conducted  by  the 
MPTOA.  Results  reported  at  the  weekend 
from  681  theatres  in  43  states,  show  a  vote 

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C  MARTIN  G.  SMITH,  president,  hide- 
pendent  Theatre  Owners  of  Ohio:  Auction 
selling,  regardless  of  the  method  finally 
adopted  to  implement  it,  is  impractical. 

TRADE  PRACTICES 


C  BEN  BERGER,  president,  North  Cen- 
tral Allied,  Minneapolis:  Every  intelligent 
exhibitor  knows  that  .  .  .  (independent 
theatre  owners  will  be)  squeezed  into  the 
middle  and  eventually  be  put  out  of  busi- 
ness unless  theatre  divorcement  is  estab- 
lished. 


C|  PAUL  WILLIAMS,  general  counsel, 
Southern  California  Theatre  Owners: 
Consent  Decree  selling  kept  exhibitors  on 
the  ragged  edge  of  negotiations,  and 
auction  selling,  as  presently  planned,  would 
throw  them  all  into  the  bidding  ring  to- 
gether to  cut  each  other's  throats. 


Where  They  Stand  and 
What  They  Say 


The  good  or  the  bad  inherent  in  the  U.  S.  District 
Court's  decision  on  the  anti-trust  case  is  a  matter  of 
personal  opinion.  Just  how  personal  has  been  demon- 
strated these  past  weeks  by  opinions  freely  and  vari- 
ously given  on  all  sides.  Next  week  national  Allied, 
meeting  Monday  in  national  convention  in  Boston, 


c^V,  c^l>  c^SV, 


is  conducting  an  Exhibitors'  Forum  on  the  decision 
at  which  all  with  complaints  or  suggestions  have  been 
invited  to  speak.  Many  already  have  spoken.  Below, 
the  Herald,  forum -wise,  has  gathered  their  opinions 
together.  From  the  bitter  to  the  pleased,  these  state- 
ments underscore  the  personal  element  in  the  decision. 


<I  R.  B.  WILEY,  president,  Wilby-Kincy 
circuit:  When  we  got  the  Consent  Decree, 
we  were  worse  off  than  before  we  had  it. 
Now  we  have  the  New  York  opinion  and 
we  are  worse  off  than  when  we  had  the 
decree.  The  distributors  are  hurrying  its 
provisions  into  effect.  They  are  like  little 
boys  on  Christmas  morning  —  just  can't 
wait  to  see  what  Santa  Claus  has  brought 
them. 


€1  S.  H.  FABIAN,  president,  American 
Theatres  Association:  The  economic  life 
of  exhibitors  was  disposed  of,  without 
our  having  a  day  in  court.  ...  If  that's 
the  American  way,  I  wasn't  brought  up 
in  America.  If  they  can  dispose  of  us  in 
this  summary  fashion,  there's  something 
wrong  with  us. 


<Q  FRED  WEHRENBERG,  president, 
MPTOA:  We  need  a  united  front  of 
exhibition  to  use  all  the  power  at  our 
command  to  protest  to  the  court  the 
unworkability  of  auction  selling  of  motion 
pictures.  (Auction  selling  would)  throw  the 
entire  industry  into  chaos. 


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<I  WILLIAM  F.  RODGERS,  vice-presi- 
dent and  general  sales  manager,  MGM: 
If  auction  selling  of  pictures  under  the 
New  York  court  decision  is  not  handled 
intelligently,  chaotic  conditions  can  result. 
The  industry  could  be  driven  back  a 
generation. 


*I  WILLIAM  F.  CROCKETT,  Motion 
Picture  Theatre  Owners  of  Virginia:  Ulti- 
mately, if  the  decision  stands,  I  can  see 
only  chaos,  higher  prices — followed,  prob- 
ably, by  Government  control  such  as  is 
now  exercised  over  public  utilities. 


<I  HENRY  REEVE,  president,  Texas 
Theatre  Owners:  While  lawyers  and  organi- 
zation leaders  expound,  1 0,000  individual 
independent  theatres  suffer  increasingly 
from  ever-rising  rental  demands  day  by 
day. 


Q  ABRAM  F.  MYERS,  general  counsel 
and  board  chairman,  Allied  States:  For  a 
court  of  its  own  motion  to  prescribe  a 
drastic  and  revolutionary  method  of  do- 
ing business,  which  affects  the  innocent 
bystanders  even  more  than  the  defendants, 
is  unprecedented  and  should  be  reversed. 
.  .  .  The  traditional  and  approved  remedies 
for  violations  of  the  kind  found  by  the 
court  are  divestiture  and  dissolution  and 
these  should  be  substituted  for  auction 
selling  as  soon  as  possible. 


€\  ABE  MONTAGUE,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  distribution,  Columbia:  We  shall 
stick  strictly  to  the  opinion  (in  regard  to 
sales  policy).  That  is  apparently  what  the 
Government  wants  and  that  is  what  it  will 
get.  .  .  .  Where  will  the  spiral  end  when 
and  if  the  auction  selling  plan  is  ordered 
by  the  court  and  exhibitors  start  bidding 
against  each  other?  I  don't  honestly  know. 
I  hopejt  stays  within  reason. 


^1  SAM  CARVER,  president,  Independent  Theatre  Owners  of  Michigan:  It's  a 
terrible  situation.  If  we  want  to  stay  in  business,  we  must  see  that  proposed 
auction  selling  does  not  mean  cut-throat  competition  among  exhibitors. 

Q  OSCAR  GORELICK,  board  member,  Independent  Theatre  Owners  of  Michigan: 
The  ruling  is  the  very  worst  thing  that  could  happen  to  small  exhibitors  and  the 
very  best  thing  that  could  happen  to  distributors. 

^1  CHARLES  COLVILLE,  Loudon  theatre,  Loudon,  Tcnn.:  The  case  was  sup- 
posed to  be  settled  in  a  way  which  would  benefit  the  independent  exhibitor, 
(but)  any  time  {the)  opposition  decided  to  run  me  out  of  business  or  force  me  to' 
sell  to  them  they  could  do  so  simply  by  bidding  the  pictures  up  beyond  any  pos- 
sible buying  point. 


T.  R.  GAMBLE,  chairman  of  the  board, 
American  Theatres  Association:  Our  direc- 
tors have  viewed  the  advent  of  auction 
selling  as  ushering  in  an  era  of  wildcatting 
in  our  industry  which  will  set  the  indus- 
try back  25  years  and  which  will  lead 
inevitably  to  Government  Commission 
control.  .  .  .  Exhibitors  stand  to  lose  by 
default  tangible  and  intangible  rights  that 
have  accrued  to  them  >ver  many  years. 
.  .  .  The  so-called  auction  method  of  sell- 
ing .  .  .  appears  unworkable  from  an 
honest,  practical  point  of  view. 


CJ  M.  A.  LIGHTMAN,  vice-president, 
MPTOA:  The  very  persons  expected  to 
be  helped  by  the  Government  are  get- 
ting a  kick  in  the  pants. 


3rd  WEEK  biggest  w 

2nd  WEEK  bigger  tl 
1st  WEEK  broke  all  no 


ion  record— bar  none! 
the  first! 
)li  day-wee  It  records ! 


SALES  POLICY 


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of  188  to  18  against  auction  selling,  147  to 
50  votes  disapproving  the  court's  recommen- 
dation for  arbitration,  171  to  32  against  non- 
industry  arbitrators,  and  130  to  75  in  favor 
of  complete  divorcement. 

Lewin  Pizor,  chairman  of  the  MPTOA 
board,  and  Herman  Levy,  MPTOA  general 
counsel,  have  indicated  that  their  organiza- 
tion's plan  of  action  to  date  is  to  file  a  state- 
ment with  the  court,  with  the  Department 
of  Justice  and  with  the  distributors  and, 
additionally,  to  apply  to  be  heard  in  oral 
arguments.  The  boards  and  officers  of  all 
MPTOA  state  and  regional  units  are  ex- 
pected to  meet  and  vote  on  the  final  posi- 
tion the  organization  will  take  and  whether 
or   not   it   will  intervene. 

Michigan  ITOA  Asks 
Voice  in  Decree 

A  little  more  definite  action  has  been 
taken  by  the  Michigan  ITOA.  This  organ- 
ization, in  resolutions  sent  to  the  U.  S. 
Attorney  General,  has  declared  .that  the 
anti-trust  decision  now  pending  "is  definitely 
against  the  interests  of  all  independent  ex- 
hibitors and  also  is  to  the  best  interests  of 
distributors." 

The  organization  has  requested  a  copy  of 
the  proposed  decree  and  has  asked  for  an 
opportunity  to  "voice  our  opinion  as  an  or- 
ganization relative  to  the  decree." 

These  numerous  vocal  and  pointed  criti- 
cisms of  the  court  decision  has,  it  is  re- 
ported from  Washington,  alarmed  the  De- 
partment of  Justice  which  is  analyzing  ex- 
hibitor reaction.  Department  attorneys, 
pointing  to  the  piles  of  data  submitted  by 
various  exhibitor  groups,  have  reported  to 
Wendell  Berge,  Assistant  Attorney  General, 
that  independents  can  be  protected  only  by 
complete  divorcement.  Robert  Wright, 
Special  Assistant  to  the  Attorney  General, 
has  emphasized  that  auction  selling  would 
"be  unnecessary"  if  the  Supreme  Court 
granted  complete  divorcement. 

It  became  apparent  last  week  that  auction 
selling  can  be  variously  interpreted  by  in- 
dividual companies  without  running  afoul  of 
the  law. 

Berge  Says  No  Substitute 
For  Single  Sales  Found 

Evidently  willing  to  soften  the  auction 
selling  order  to  the  flexible  stage,  although 
not  to  the  breaking  point,  Mr.  Berge  has 
asserted  that  the  Government  does  not  in- 
tend to  establish  each  individual  company's 
method  of  handling  single  sales.  He  pointed 
out  that  as  long  as  the  methods  employed 
by  the  defendants  result  in  an  "open  mar- 
ket" on  product,  it  will  satisfy  the  Depart- 
ment. 

Careful  to  point  out  that  the  Department 
does  not  consider  auction  sales  unworkable, 
Mr.  Berge  indicated  that  no  substitute  for 
single  sales  had  been  found. 

"It  looks  like  we  are  going  to  be  required 
to  wait  on  a  Supreme  Court  ruling  on 
divorcement  to  eliminate  what  we  allege  to 


HARVEY  LEAVES  ATA 
OVER  INTERVENTION 

Rotus  Harvey  has  resigned  as 
regional  vice-president  of  the 
American  Theatre  Association  in 
protest  against  ATA's  stand  on 
auction  selling.  In  a  telegram  to 
S.  H.  Fabian,  ATA  president, 
Mr.  Harvey  said  that  when  he 
learned  of  the  organization's  vote 
to  intervene  in  the  Government's 
anti-trust  suit,  "thereby  going  con- 
trary to  the  St.  Louis  directive  for- 
bidding discussion  of  trade  prac- 
tices", he  was  left  with  "no  alterna- 
tive but  to  resign.  ..." 


be  violations  of  the  Sherman  Act  in  the  film 
industry,"  Mr.  Berge  concluded. 

Meanwhile,  counsel  for  the  circuit-owning 
defendants  have  asked  for  a  two-week  ex- 
tension— from  September  15  to  September 
29 — of  the  deadline  for  presentation  of  their 
proposed  decree  to  the  Department. 

Counsel  for  these  five  defendants  report- 
edly completed  a  joint  proposed  decree 
more  than  two  weeks  ago,  but  changes  were 
suggested  when  the  decree  was  presented 
to  company  executives. 

Monday,  counsel  started  another  series  of 
meetings  at  which,  it  is  understood,  final 
proposed  findings  of  fact  and  conclusions  of 
law  are  to  be  drafted. 

The  three  non-theatre-owning  companies, 
Columbia,  Universal  and  United  Artists, 
are  understood  to  be  working  independently 
on  their  proposed  findings. 

While  talk  and  speculation  continue  on  all 
sides,  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  has  begun  its 
first  experimental  auction  selling. 

MGM  Asking  for  Bids 
In  Philadelphia 

Philadelphia's  first  taste  of  auction  bid- 
ding came  when  M-G-M  offered  its  new 
musical,  "Holiday  in  Mexico,"  by  asking 
bids  from  the  first  run  houses.  The  letter 
sent  out  stated  a  minimum  figure  to  be  ac- 
cepted and  was  sent  to  Warner  Theatres  and 
William  Goldman  Theatres,  Inc. 

Among  the  stipulations  were  length  of 
run,  playing  date  and  bid  was  expected  to 
be  for  a  guarantee  against  percentage.  In 
the  Philadelphia  market,  it  is  reported,  ex- 
hibitors feel  that  the  major  companies  are 
holding  back  their  new  product. 

It  was  also  reported  from  the  field  that 
M-G-M's  determination  of  what  constitutes 
the  highest  bid  will  be  the  anticipaed  yield 
from  one  theatre  and  not  necessarily  a  high 
guarantee  from  another — all  other  factors  be- 
ing equal. 

Fox  West  Coast  Sets  First 
Run  for  Two  Theatres 

Fox  West  Coast  Theatres  will  institute  a 
first  run  policy  September  29  at  the  Iris  Stu- 
dio City  and  Loyola  theatres  in  Los  Angeles, 
to  provide  an  outlet  for  Universal-Interna- 
tional product. 


Iowa  -Nebraska 
Allied  Opposes 
Auction  Selling 

The  Allied  Independent  Theatre  Owners 
of  Iowa  and  Nebraska,  meeting  in  a  record- 
breaking  convention  in  Omaha  Monday, 
passed  two  resolutions  opposing  auction  sell- 
ing and  asking  that  all  checking  services  be 
called  upon  to  provide  theatres  checked  with 
complete  reports,  of  what  the  checker  turns 
in. 

The  organization  went  on  record  in  oppo- 
sition to  any  regulation  of  the  industry — 
including  the  proposed  auctioning  of  film, 
clearance  and  general  trade  practices — with- 
out the  exhibitor  first  being  given  a  chance 
to  be  heard. 

The  more  than  200  exhibitors  who  at- 
tended heard  strong  pleas  for  exhibitor  or- 
ganizations from  Ben  Berger,  president  of 
North  Central  Allied;  Leo  F.  Wolcott, 
chairman  of  the  Iowa-Nebraska  board,  and 
others. 

Mr.  Berger  hit  the  percentage  sales  pol- 
icy on  pictures  and  called  for  complete  di 
vorcement  of  theatres  and  said  all  contract) 
since  the  recent  court  decision  on  the  anti 
trust  decision  are  illegal. 

At  the  meeting's  close,  officers  announced 
a  two-day  session  for  Des  Moines,  Octobei 
14-15.  Jack  Kirsch,  president,  Allied 
States  Association,  will  speak. 

Illinois  Unit  Hits 
New  Sales  Policy 

Illinois  Allied,  meeting  in  Chicago  Sep- 
tember 5,  unanimously  voted  against  auc- 
tion selling  and  endorsed  the  system  of  buy- 
ing a  year's  product  with  unrestricted 
elimination. 

Jack  Kirsch,  president  of  Allied  of  Illi- 
nois, told  the  convention :  "We  are  not  pan- 
icky. We  will  abide  by  whatever  decision 
the  Government  finally  hands  down  and  try 
to  work  it  all  out  to  the  best  of  our  ability." 
And  then  he  added:  "It  is  a  miracle  how  a 
business  like  ours,  that  takes  so  much  abuse 
both  from  within  and  without,  still  sur- 
vives." 

During  an  open  forum  meeting  Illinois 
Allied  exhibitors  complained  of  distributors' 
practices  of  charging  the  same  percentage 
terms  on  percentage  pictures  for  subsequent 
run  houses  as  is  charged  the  first  run 
houses.  This,  they  said,  was  inequitable 
and  unfair. 


"Song  of  Norway"  Purchased 

Leo  Spitz  and  William  Goetz  have  pur- 
chased the  screen  rights  to  the  Edvard  Grieg 
operetta,  "Song  of  Norway,"  for  Universal- 
International.  The  original  story  idea  for 
the  operetta  is  by  Homer  Curran  and  Edwin 
Lester. 


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AIM  28  REISSUES  'ohnsU>n  plans 
AT  JUVENILE  TRADE 


To  Depart  for 
Europe  Sept  23 


MP  A  Sponsors  Project  to 
Show  Old  Favorites  at 
Saturday  Matinees 

Twenty-eight  feature  reissues  of  top  ju- 
venile favorite  films  are  now  available  to 
exhibitors  throughout  the  country  for  Sat- 
urday theatre  showings  to  children,  Eric 
Johnston,  president  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Association,  announced  this  week.  The 
plan,  first  presented  by  Mr.  Johnston  to 
distributors  in  July,  is  called  the  Children's 
Film  Library,  a  joint  undertaking  of  three 
non-member  and  seven  member  companies 
of  the  Association. 

Timed  for  opening  of  the  current  school 
year,  the  features  have  been  carefully  select- 
ed in  line  with  their  suitability  for  younger 
audiences  on  Saturdays  when  children's 
school  attendance  will  not  be  interrupted. 

Companies  Watching  Project 

Laboratories  turned  out  822  new  prints 
of  juvenile  features  in  August  and,  by  add- 
ing currently  available  short  subjects,  exhib- 
itors will  be  able  to  lay  out  Saturday  morn- 
ing programs  until  March,  1947.  Companies 
are  watching  the  project.  If  it  proves  a 
success  with  children,  parents  and  teachers, 
they  have  indicated  that  they  will  continue 
and  expand  it  by  adding  other  features  to 
the  Children's  Film  Library  list. 

Although  many  theatres  have  been  suc- 
fessful  in  Saturday  matinees  for  children 
in  communities  all  over  the  country  there 
has  been  frequent  difficulty  in  booking,  be- 
cause prints  have  been  out  of  stock.  The 
Children's  Library  supply  is  expected  to 
overcome  that.  Parents,  teachers  and  ex- 
hibitors with  whom  Mr.  Johnston  has  dis- 
cussed the  plan  have  shown  increasing  in- 
terest in  such  a  program. 

Authors  whose  classics  have  ever  been 
popular  with  juvenile  readers  and  will  be 
presented  in  Saturday  showings  include 
Mark  Twain,  Lewis  Carroll,  Rudyard  Kip- 
ling, Alice  Hegan  Rice,  Kate  Douglas  Wig- 
gin  and  Charlotte  Bronte. 

Mr.  Johnston  points  out  that  a  new  gen- 
eration of  children  has  reached  school  since 
the  filming  of  stories  by  these  authors. 

Proud  of  Undertaking 

"A  motion  picture  film,  unlike  a  book, 
isn't  always  available  on  a  shelf."  he  con- 
tinued. "In  a  relatively  short  time  a  motion 
picture  goes  out  of  circulation. 

"In  undertaking  this  project,  the  industry 
is  proud  to  have  a  part  in  introducing  to 
younger  audiences  some  of  the  photoplays 
which  other  children  have  enjoyed  during 
the  past  two  decades. 

"I  have  had  assurances  from  many  the- 
atre operators  that  they  will  make  their 


theatres  the  Saturday  morning  headquar- 
ters for  children  in  their  communities. 

"If  parents  will  encourage  the  screening 
of  these  pictures  at  Saturday  shows,  their 
children,  I  believe,  will  be  enriched  in  lit- 
erature, adventure,  phantasy  and  fun.  We 
present  The  Children's  Film  Library  with 
that  in  mind." 

Member  companies  participating  in  the 
program  are  Columbia.  Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer,  Paramount.  RKO  Radio,  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox, Universal  and  Warner  Bros.  Par- 
ticipating non-member  companies  are  Mono- 
gram. Republic  and  United  Artists. 

Trailer  Prepared 

Each  exchange  of  Monogram  and  Repub- 
lic now  has  one  print  of  two  reissue  titles, 
while  exchanges  of  the  other  eight  distribu- 
tors have  one  print  of  each  of  three  reissue 
titles.  A  national  Screen  Service  trailer 
is  announcing  the  Saturday  morning  shows, 
listing  the  28  pictures.    The  titles  include : 

Columbia — "Blondie  Brings  Up  Baby"; 
'"Five  Little  Peppers  and  How  They 
Grew" :  "Five  Little  Peppers  in  Trouble." 

MGM — "Young  Tom  Edison";  "The 
Human  Comedy";  "Adventures  of  Huckle- 
berry Finn." 

Monogram — "Tne  Hoosier  Schoolboy", 
"The  Barefoot  Boy." 

Paramount — "Alice  in  Wonderland"  ; 
"Little  Miss  Marker":  "Mrs.  Wiggs  of  the 
Cabbage  Patch." 

RKO  Radio — "Two  Thoroughbreds"; 
"Anne  of  Windy  Poplars" ;  "Anne  of  Green 
Gables." 

Republic — "Sis  Hopkins"  ;  "Young  Buf- 
falo Bill." 

20th  Century-Fox— "Jane  Eyre":  "The 
Poor  Little  Rich  Girl" ;  "Rebecca  of  Sunny- 
brook  Farm." 

United  Artists — "Three's  a  Family" ; 
"Knickerbocker  Holiday";  "Song  of  the 
Open  Road." 

Universal — "The  Underpup"  :  "Sandy 
Gets  Her  Man";  "The  Mighty  Treve." 

Warner  Bros. — "Green  Pastures"  ;  "A 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream" :  "The  Prince 
and  the  Pauper." 


Academy  Voting  Rolls  to 
Close  December  I 

With  a  hundred  applications  for  member- 
ship received  since  announcing  by-law 
changes  restricting  award  voting  to  its  own 
members,  the  Academy  of  Motion  Picture 
Arts  and  Sciences  board  announced  Monday 
rolls  would  be  closed  from  December  1  until 
after  annual  awards  bestowed  early  in 
March.  A  spokesman  said  the  restriction 
was  imposed  to  obviate  the  possibility  an 
attempt  might  be  made  to  swell  the  member- 
ship for  the  influencing  of  balloting. 


To  promote  American  pictures  abroad 
and  to  study  the  international  financial  situ- 
ation in  regard  to  the  film  industry,  Eric  A. 
Johnston,  president  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Association  of  America,  is  expected  to  leave 
the  United  States  about  September  23  for  a 
six-week  tour  of  Europe.  He  will  be  ac- 
companied by  Joyce  O'Hara,  his  special  as- 
sistant. 

A  full  itinerary  of  the  trip  is  not  expected 
to  be  announced  before  their  departure  as 
visits  to  some  countries  will  depend  upon 
transportation  facilities  and  other  general 
conditions. 

To  Visit  Occupied  Areas 

However,  it  is  Mr.  Johnston's  intention  to 
visit  the  occupied  areas  of  Germany  and 
Italy  to  observe  the  program  of  film  dis- 
tribution handled  by  the  Motion  Picture  Ex- 
port Association  in  cooperation  with  allied 
military  authorities. 

Discussing  the  MPA  president's  planned 
tour,  George  Canty,  State  Department  mo- 
tion picture  chief  in  Washington,  said  that 
the  film  industry  will  gain  greater  prestige 
and  better  understanding  as  a  result  of  Mr. 
Johnston's  visit.  Mr.  Canty  hailed  the  plan 
as  "one  of  the  best  public  relations  moves 
which  could  be  taken  at  this  time  to  create 
better  understanding  between  the  industry 
and  other  nations." 

Vienna  is  an  important  spot  on  Mr.  John- 
ston's itinerary  because  ft  is  the  free  port  of 
Central  Europe,  Mr.  Canty  said.  He  ex- 
pressed the  belief  that  while  the  industry 
had  no  problems  in  London,  Mr.  Johnston's 
presence  there  would  lend  prestige. 

Could  Use  "Lift" 

Mr.  Canty  also  pointed  to  the  Holland 
situation,  where  restrictions  are  placed  upon 
American  films.  Looking  at  a  map  of  Eu- 
rope, Mr.  Canty  said  The  Hague  and  even 
Madrid,  Spain,  were  spots  where  the  in- 
dustry could  use  a  public  relations  "lift." 

Summing  up  Mr.  Johnston's  forthcoming 
trip,  Mr.  Canty  said,  "He  is  going  to  Eu- 
rope at  the  very  time  when  we  are  bargain- 
ing with  some  countries  for  better  film  trade 
agreements.  He  will  accomplish  much  by- 
explaining  the  industry's  motives,  creating 
better  understanding,  and  by  showing  these 
people  the  industry's  number  one  man  is 
interested  in  the  foreign  market  of  the 
American  film." 


July  Dividends  on  Film 
Stock  Reach  $3,092,000 

July  motion  picture  dividend  payments 
reached  an  all-time  high  of  $3,092,000 ;  more 
than  700  per  cent  above  payments  made  in 
July,  1945,  the  Department  of  Commerce  an- 
nounced  in   Washington   last  Wednesday. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


23 


ON    THE   MARCH  UA  Holds  First 

by  red  kann  Western  Meet 


DARRYL  F.  ZANUCK,  at  the  usual 
far  extremity  of  the  usual  long  cigar 
and  in  mellower  mood  than  we  have 
found  him  in  more  years  than  conveniently 
come  to  mind,  in  New  York  Tuesday : 

OA"  THE  ANTI-TRUST  CASE:  "Auc- 
tion selling  is  a  challenge.  A  challenge  to 
producer,  distributor  and  exhibitor.  The 
public  will  be  the  beneficiary  in  the  final 
analysis.  I  know,  as  a  producer,  I  no  long- 
er can  take  a  chance  by  making  mediocrities 
under  auction  selling.  We  have  to  make 
them  better.  We  will  not  always  succeed, 
but  we  must  try." 

ON  "WILSON" :  Yes,  [on  the  question] 
we  lost  our  shirt  on  Wilson,'  but  I  am  glad 
we  made  it.  I  think  the  industry  ought  to 
be  glad  as  well.  We  checked  and  found  as 
many  as  781  editorials  off  the  drama  page 
on  the  picture  and,  as  closely  as  we  were 
able  to  discover,  found  the  nearest  approach 
to  be  200-odd  on  'The  Birth  of  a  Nation'. 
Reissue  'Wilson'?  No  specific  plans.  But, 
as  time  goes  on,  I  feel  events  on  the  world 
scene  will  emphasize  the  values  which  were 
in  that  film." 

ON  COSTS :  "They  are  mounting,  and 
the  end  is  not  yet  in  sight.  Only  a  few  days 
ago,  as  an  example,  we  tried  it  out  and  had 
estimates  drawn  on  the  cost  of  'The  Dolly 
Sisters' — made  about  a  year  ago — and  its 
cost  if  we  were  to  make  it  today.  With  the 
same  cast,  same  sets,  same  shooting  sched- 
ule and  other  controllable  factors  being  even 
the  cost  would  have  been  $511,000  more. 
About  $100,000  of  this  would  have  gone  in- 
to overhead.  But  the  overhead  actually 
would  have  been  labor  charges  in  that  it 
would  have  had  to  reflect  increases  for 
crafts  not  directly  concerned,  plus  retroac- 
tive pay.  They  would  have  to  be  charged  off 
against  something,  so  we  figured  that  some- 
thing would  have  been  overhead.  However, 
the  remaining  80  per  cent  would  have  been 
represented  by  directly  traceable  and  charge- 
able labor  costs." 

ON  "THE  RAZOR'S  EDGE":  I  never 
worked  harder  on  any  picture — 14  months. 
The  nature  of  the  story  is  such  that  the  film 
either  will  end  up  as  one  of  the  greats  of 
all  times  or  nothing  at  all.  There's  no  in- 
between  on  this  one." 

MORE  ON  COSTS:  "I  remember  when 
I  made  mv  first  mill  ion  dollar  film.  It  was 
'Under  Two  Flags'.  I  sweated  and  worried 
until  I  saw  the  outcome.  Today,  if  ever  that 
picture  were  to  be  remade,  I  am  confident 
it  would  end  up  in  the  four  million  dollar 
negative  division.  At  the  studio  I  am  happy 
today  when  they  tell  me  they've  brought  in 
one  at  two  million.    It's  a  miracle." 


Election  of  Bernard  Giannini  to  a  vice- 
presidency  of  the  Bank  of  America  in  Los- 
Angeles,  where  he  will  be  in  charge  of  pro- 


duction loans,  indicates  a  tradition,  nostalgic 
and  well-remembered,  is  to  be  maintained. 

Bernard  is  the  only  son  of  Dr.  A.  H. 
Giannini,  whose  association  with  motion  pic- 
tures was  tied  historically  to  the  days  of 
struggle  of  many  who  now  have  become 
pre-eminent  in  the  field. 

It  was  the  Doctor  who  weighed  risks  and 
collaterals  against  the  individual  and  often 
determined  upon  character  when  the  tangi- 
bles by  accepted  banking  standards  were  in 
doubt.  There  are  those  who  will  attest  to 
this  in  recalling  the  years  when  the  late 
Giannini  held  forth  in  his  tiny  office  on  the 
second  floor  of  the  Bowery  and  East  River 
National  Bank  at  41st  Street  and  Broadway 
and  when  he  had  returned  to  the  California 
he  held  so  affectionately.  There  are  those, 
as  well,  who  will  remember  how  great  an 
influence  he  wielded  on  the  whole  early 
structure  of  motion  picture  financing  by  his 
scathing-  renunciation  of  practices  which  ran 
counter  to  legally  established  rates  of  interest. 

Joe  Rosenberg  was  associated  with  the 
Doctor  in  the  New  York  days  and  again  in 
Los  Angeles.  When  Dr.  Giannini  died  in  '43, 
it  was  he  who  took  over.  Rosenberg,  at  bank 
retirement  age,  has  withdrawn  from  the 
work  and  Bernard  steps  in  where  his  father 
and  his  father's  successor  trod  so  promi- 
nently for  so  long.  It  becomes  a  ventureless 
prediction  to  make  that  Rosenberg,  now  rep- 
resenting the  Lehman  Brothers  in  Los  An- 
geles, will  be  on  the  sidelines  constantly  to 
counsel  the  son  of  the  man  he  so  well  re- 
spected if  the  call  should  ever  come. 


There  they  were.  Summer  guests  at  a 
summer  resort,  protected  from  the  sun  by 
the  inevitable  dark  glasses  and  dipping  avidly 
into  the  assembly  line  of  current  literature. 
Mostly  novels,  mostly  trashy  sex  and  most 
of  them  already  acquired  by  Hollywood. 

It  seemed  to  us  there  was  a  point  here. 
These  books  have  rolled  up  tremendous  sales. 
Hollywood  goes  for  best  sellers,  not  always 
with  much  regard  for  content,  on  the  theory 
the  heat  will  be  neutralized  and  the  title  re- 
tained. Hollywood,  however,  does  not  al- 
ways remember  that  the  outcome  under  this 
process  boils  down  to  only  one  thing:  mis- 
representation. It's  no  way  to  keep  customers. 


Steve  Broidy  is  now  tasting  the  swirls  of 
production  supervision  at  Monogram,  suc- 
ceeding the  late  Trem  Carr.  His  major 
problem,  as  reported  in  the  New  York  Times, 
is  to  persuade  his  producers  that  pennies 
still  count. 

"They  all  want  to  double  their  budgets. 
They're  very  smart  men  and  can  do  more 
with  $100,000  than  the  majors  can  do  with 
half  a  million,  but  each  one  thinks  his  project 
deserves  a  million-dollar  budget.  I  have  to 
shout  pretty  loud." 


United  Artists  has  completed  the  first  of 
three  western  district  meetings,  it  has  been 
announced  by  J.  J.  Unger,  general  sales 
manager. 

The  first  was  held  last  weekend  at  the 
Blackstone  Hotel  in  Chicago,  with  Rud 
Lohrenz,  district  manager,  conducting  the 
Saturday  and  Sunday  sessions  for  the  Mil- 
waukee, Minneapolis,  Indianapolis  and  Chi- 
cago branches. 

This  weekend  district  manager  C.  W. 
Allen  will  conduct  the  meeting  for  the  St. 
Louis,  Omaha  and  Kansas  City  branches  at 
the  Lenox  Hotel  in  St.  Louis. 

The  third  meeting,  conducted  by  district 
manager  W.  E.  Callaway  for  the  Los  An- 
geles, San  Francisco,  Seattle,  Denver  and 
Salt  Lake  City  branches,  will  take  place 
September  21  and  22  at  the  Last  Frontier 
Hotel  in  Las  Vegas.  All  meetings  are  under 
the  supervision  of  Maury  Orr,  western  sales 
manager. 

United  Artists  has  scheduled  a  New  Eng- 
land district  sales  meeting  in  Boston,  Satur- 
day and  Sunday,  September  14-15.  It  is  the 
second  in  a  series  of  eastern  district  meet- 
ings being  held  by  the  company.  The  first 
meeting  was  concluded  three  weeks  ago  for 
the  central  district  at  the  Statler  Hotel  in 
Cleveland.  Clayton  Eastman,  district  man- 
ager, will  conduct  the  two-day  New  England 
session,  which  will  be  attended  by  Edward 
M.  Schnitzer,  eastern  sales  manager,  and 
Abe  Dickstein,  his  assistant. 


Nelson  Talks  with  AFM 
On  Pact  for  SIMPP 

Donald  M.  Nelson,  president  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Independent  Motion  Picture  Pro- 
ducers, is  in  New  York  from  Hollywood 
conducting  negotiations  with  the  American 
Federation  of  Musicians,  headed  by  James 
C.  Petrillo,  for  new  contracts  covering  mu- 
sicians employed  by  the  Coast  independent 
producers.  While  declining  comment  on  the 
demands  made  by  the  AFM  on  the  indepen- 
dents, Mr.  Nelson  did  report  that  progress 
was  being  made.  Mr.  Nelson  expects  to  be 
commuting  between  New  York  and  Wash- 
ington until  he  completes  his  work  on  the 
AFM  negotiations.  He  said  last  Friday  that 
no  further  plans  had  been  made  by  the 
SIMPP  to  intercede  in  the  New  York  anti- 
trust case.  He  previously  had  indicated  that 
SIMPP  would  make  a  plea  to  the  court  on 
behalf  of  its  members. 


RCA  Votes  Dividend 

The  board  of  directors  of  Radio  Corpora- 
tion of  America  has  declared  a  dividend  of 
87x/2  cents  per  share  on  the  outstanding 
shares  of  $3.50  cumulative  first  preferred 
stock  for  the  period  from  July  1,  1946,  to 
September  30,  1946.  The  dividend  is  pay- 
able October  1  to  holders  of  record  Septem- 
ber 16. 


24 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


WARNER  BROS.'  TRADE  SHOWINGS  OF 

JOHN  GERALDINE 

GARFIELD  •  FITZGERALD 

in 

NOBODY  LIVES  FOREVER 

with 

WALTER  BRENNAN  ♦  FAYE  EMERSON 

GEORGE  COULOURIS  •  GEORGE  TOBIAS 

MONDAY,  SEPTEMBER  23,  1946 


CITY 

PLACE  OF  SHOWING 

ADDRESS 

TIME 

Albany 

Warner  Screening  Room 

79  N.  Pearl  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Atlanta 

RKO  Screening  Room 

191  Walton  St.  N.W. 

2:30  P.M. 

Boston 

RKO  Screening  Room 

122  Arlington  St. 

2:30  P.M. 

Buffalo 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

290  Franklin  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Charlotte 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

308  S    Churrh  St 

10:00  A.M. 

Chicago 

Warner  Screening  Room 

1  307  So   Wabash  Av#> 

1:30  P.M. 

Cincinnati 

RKO  Screening  Room 

i  aiace  x  n.  d  lug  *  c  oin 

8:00  P.M. 

Cleveland 

W^arner  Screening  Room 

rayne  /we. 

2:30  P.M. 

Dallas 

20tn  i  ptitiirv-Fnv  St*  Rm 

loll)   wood  3t. 

10-00A  M 

Denver 

L  a  L  all  lu  Ui  11    ■  i \.m  IVUulll 

ZLVU  otOUt  Dt. 

X.  •  J>  U  XT  •  !▼  1  * 

Des  Moines 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1300  High  St. 

12:45  P.M. 

Detroit 

Film  Exchange  Bldg. 

2310  Cass  Avp 

2-00  P  M 

Indianapolis 

Paramount  Sc.  Room 

116  W.  Michigan  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Kansas  City 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1720  Wyandotte  St. 

1:30  P.M. 

Los  Angeles 

Warner  Screening  Room 

2025  S.  Vermont  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

Memphis 

Paramount  Sc.  Room 

362  S.  Second  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Milwaukee 

Warner  Th.  Sc.  Rm. 

212  W.  Wisconsin  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

Minneapolis 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1015  Currie  Ave.  N. 

2:00  P.M. 

New  Haven 

Warner  Th.  Proj.  Rm. 

70  College  St. 

2:30  P.M. 

New  Orleans 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

200  S.  Liberty  St. 

1:00  P.M. 

New  York 

Home  Office 

321  W.  44th  St. 

2:30  P.M. 

Oklahoma 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

10  North  Lee  St. 

10:00  A.M. 

Omaha 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1502  Davenport  St.  • 

1 :00  P.M. 

Philadelphia 

Vine  St.  Sc.  Room 

1220  Vine  St. 

11:00  A.M. 

Pittsburgh 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1715  Blvd.  of  Allies 

1:30  P.M. 

Portland 

Jewel  Box  Sc.  Room 

1947  N.W.  Kearney  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Salt  Lake 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

216  East  1st  South 

2:00  P.M. 

San  Francisco 

Republic  Sc.  Room 

221  Golden  Gate  Ave. 

1:30  P.M. 

Seattle 

Jewel  Box  Sc.  Room 

2318  Second  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

St.  Louis 

S'renco  Sc.  Room 

3143  Olive  St. 

1:00  P.M. 

Washington 

Earle  Th.  Bldg. 

13th  fit  E  Sts.  N.W. 

10:30A.M. 

MPA  Revokes 
PCA  Certificate 
For  'The  Outlaw' 

The  Motion  Picture  Association  of  Amer- 
ica's Certificate  of  Approval  of  "The  Out- 
law" has  been  revoked. 

Last  weekend  Joseph  I.  Breen,  Production 
Code  Administrator,  on  instructions  from 
Eric  Johnston,  president  of  the  MPA,  noti- 
fied Howard  Hughes,  producer  of  the  pic- 
ture, *  that  beginning  this  Friday  if  "The 
Outlaw"  is  exhibited  it  must  be  done  with- 
out the  PCA  seal. 

Mr.  Johnston  previously  had  been  empow- 
ered by  the  MPA  board  to  take  whatever 
action  he  saw  fit,  but  his  decision  was  held 
in  abeyance  pending  Mr.  Hughes'  recovery 
from  injuries  sustained  in  a  recent  airplane 
accident. 

Mr.  Breen's  communication  to  Mr.  Hughes 
was  sent  out  last  Friday,  giving  the  pro- 
ducer one  week's  notice  for  removal  of  the 
PCA  seal  from  all  "Outlaw"  prints.  Grounds 
for  the  action  were  Mr.  Hughes'  refusal  to 
submit  advertising  material  on  "The  Out- 
law" to  the  Advertising  Advisory  Council, 
in  accordance  with  the  MPA  regulations, 
and  the  producer's  use  of  unapproved  and 
disapproved  advertising  and  publicitv  ma- 
terial. 

When  questioned  regarding  the  action  of 
the  MPA,  Mr.  Hughes  said:  "The  only 
thing  I  have  to  say  about  'The  Outlaw'  is 
this:  the  censors  may  not  like  it  but  the 
public  does.  If  the  Hays  office  is  going  to 
try  to  keep  the  American  public  from  seeing 
this  picture  which  the  public  wants  to  see, 
then  it  appears  to  me  that  the  Hays  office 
is  assuming  a  great  deal  of  responsibility." 

On  Wednesday  afternoon  Mr.  Hughes, 
flying  his  own  plane,  a  B-23  Consolidated, 
was  in  Kansas  City  en  route  to  New  Y ork  to 
consult  with  attorneys  and  to  consider  the 
next  moves  in  the  dispute.  The  MPA  board 
convened  Wednesday  morning  and  discussed 
"The  Outlaw,"  but  announced  no  further 
action  on  the  matter.  Mr.  Johnston  presided. 


Appeal  Board  Modifies 
Regal  Theatre  Ruling 

The  Arbitration  Appeal  Board  has  modi- 
fied the  Boston  tribunal  award  granting  a 
reduction  in  clearance  in  favor  of  Samuel 
Kurson's  Regal  theatre,  Franklin,  N.  H. 
The  Appeal  Board's  ruling  sets  the  maxi- 
mum clearance  which  may  be  granted  to  the 
Colonial  theatre  in  Laconia,  N.  H.,  over  the 
Regal  in  contracts  of  Loew's,  RKO,  Para- 
mount, Twentieth  Century-Fox,  and  War- 
ners at  seven  days,  or  not  later  than  14  days 
after  Boston.  No  clearance  in  the  form  of 
priority-of-run,  or  otherwise,  is  to  be  granted 
to  the  Capitol  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  over  the 
Regal  except  on  pictures  not  shown  at  the 
Colonial  in  Laconia ;  and  as  to  such  pictures 
the  maximum  clearance  shall  be  one  day,  not 
later  than  28  days  after  territorial  release 
availability. 


Oriental  Theatre  Case 
Reopened  in  Chicago 

Hearings  on  the  tangled  Oriental  theatre 
case  were  to  be  resumed  in  Chicago  Thurs- 
day before  Joseph  F.  Elward,  special  master 
of  the  U.  S.  District  Court.  The  case  began 
last  April  15  when  Lewis  F.  Jacobson,  rep- 
resenting petitioning  creditors  and  bondhold- 
ers, filed  charges  with  the  U.  S.  district  court 
charging  the  Oriental  theatre  and  office 
building  was  transferred  to  hinder,  delay  or 
defraud  creditors.  He  charged  bankruptcy 
and  asked  the  appointment  of  a  receiver. 
Thirty  sessions  of  hearings  were  held  on  the 
case  until  July  1  when  summer  recess  was 
called.  The  ground  lessors  in  the  final  sum- 
mer session  filed  suggestions  requesting  that 
they  be  permitted  to  give  present  lessees  90 
days'  notice.  Essaness  Circuit  is  now  oper- 
ating the  Oriental  under  a  lease  from  the 
present  lessees  —  Bohrer  and  Brakhausen. 
No  decisions  have  as  yet  been  made. 

National  Television  Week 
Set  for  October  7-12 

"National  Television  Week,"  first  observ- 
ance of  its  kind,  will  be  marked  by  the  tele- 
vision industry  from  October  7  to  12,  to 
herald  the  start  of  commercial  television 
operation  on  a  national  basis.  The  observ- 
ance will  be  highlighted  by  the  two-day  tele- 
vision conference  and  exhibition  of  the  Tele- 
vision Broadcasters  Association,  Inc.,  at  the 
Waldorf-Astoria,  New  York,  October  10-11. 
The  purpose  of  National  Television  Week  is 
to  bring  to  the  attention  of  the  public  the 
fact  that  commercial  television  is  a  reality, 
that  new  receivers  are  in  manufacture  and 
are  being  distributed  to  the  nation's  principal 
market  areas  and  that  a  national  television 
service  is  in  the  offing.  "The  Second  Tele- 
vision Conference  and  Exhibition  of  TBA 
will  demonstrate  conclusively  that  television 
is  now  in  full  swing  commercially  and  that 
millions  of  Americans  will  soon  have  tele- 
vision receivers  in  their  homes."  Ralph  B. 
Austrian,  general  chairman,  said. 

25  Television  Stations 
Are  Now  Being  Built 

Twenty-five  television  stations  are  under 
construction  at  present,  according  to  a  sur- 
vey by  the  Commerce  Department.  This 
figure  is  in  addition  to  the  six  stations  in 
operation  and  to  the  50  or  more  applications 
on  file  with  the  Federal  Communications 
Commission.  The  survey  noted  a  swing 
toward  larger  screens  for  television  receivers. 

AM  PA  to  Cite  Leaders 
At  30th  Anniversary 

The  Associated  Motion  Picture  Adver- 
tisers will  celebrate  its  30th  year  with  a 
dinner,  "Saluting  the  Presidents  of  Our 
Industry,"  to  be  held  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria. 
New  York,  January  22.  Phil  Williams  and 
.Dave  Bader  are  co-chairmen  of  the  program 
for  the  anniversary. 

A  meeting  of  AMPA  officers  and  directors 
was  to  be  held  Thursday  at  the  Hotel  Edi- 
son, New  York,  where  plans  for  the  new 
season  were  to  be  discussed.  Rutgers  Neilson 
is  president  of  the  AMPA. 


Film  Isolation 
Would  Be  Fatal 
Says  Reisman 

by  PETER  BURNUP 

in  London 

American  isolationism  would  be  as  fat 
to  motion  pictures  as  in  the  political  fiel 
Phil  Reisman,  RKO  vice-president 
charge  of  foreign  operations,  told  a  pres 
conference  here  Tuesday.  RKO's  realiza 
tion  of  this  fact,  he  explained,  has  brough 
about  the  company's  current  feature  produc 
tion  program  in  Mexico,  Paris  and  in  asso 
ciation  with  British  film  producers  at  Den 
ham  Studios  in  London. 

Mr.  Reisman  told  the  conference  he  wa 
impressed  not  only  with  the  vast  technica 
strides  British  producers  had  made,  but  also 
with  the  fashion  in  which  British  publicity 
has  been  selling  British  pictures  and  stars  tc 
the  American  public.  These  additional  rea- 
sons, he  said,  necessitate  worldwide  inter- 
locking production  interests.  Mr.  Reisman 
also  disclosed  that  negotiations  are  proceed- 
ing for  a  J.  Arthur  Rank  subject  upon  com- 
pletion of  Adrian  Scott's  present  Denham 
production. 

The  RKO  executive  said  he  had  great 
faith  in  the  future  of  the  16mm  field  and 
that  all  of  RKO's  product  would  be  avail- 
able in  both  35mm  and  16mm  where  re- 
quired. 

RKO  is  encouraging  exhibitors  to  create 
their  own  permanent  and  mobile  16mm  ex- 
hibition facilities  in  their  particular  areas,  he 
said.  Citing  examples  of  the  potentialities  of 
the  16mm  field,  Mr.  Reisman  pointed  to  the 
Philippines  where  practically  all  standard 
gauge  theatres  were  destroyed  during  the 
war,  but  where  exhibitors  are  providing  the 
public  with  programs  through  16mm  the- 
atres. The  ease  and  economy  of  operation 
and  exhibition  of  narrow-gauge  film  were 
other  advantages  he  cited. 

Mr.  Reisman  also  expressed  confidence 
that  suitable  arrangements  soon  would  be 
made  whereby  American  film  profits  in  Eu- 
rope could  be  transferred  to  the  United 
States. 

Following  a  two-week  stay  in  England. 
Mr.  Reisman  will  tour  the  major  countries 
of  Europe  before  returning  to  the  United 
States. 


Rlmack  Raises  Prices 

Contending  that  operating  costs  have  in- 
creased 35  per  cent  over  last  year,  Irving 
Mack,  head  of  the  Filmack  Corporation,  will 
increase  the  price  of  trailers  from  10  to  13 
cents  per  word  effective  September  19.  The 
revised  price-list  also  lists  rolling  or  creep- 
ing trailers — 15  cents  per  word;  trailerettes, 
75  cents  each':  and  date  strips,  $1  each.  In 
announcing  the  new  prices,  Mr.  Mack 
pointed  out  that  this  marked  the  first  time  in 
26  years  that  his  firm  has  made  an  all-around 
major  price  increase. 


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U.  S.  Approves  3 
Permits  for  New 
Film  Theatres 

During  the  past  week  the  Civilian  Pro- 
duction Administration  approved  three  thea- 
tre building  applications,  denied  13  more 
and  has  been  granted  an  injunction  to  halt 
construction  on  a  $100,000  theatre  project 
in  Seattle. 

New  construction  permits  approved  were 
those  of  Hardy  C.  Pittman  of  Greenville, 
111.,  amounting  to  $15,000  and  Sam  P.  Beer- 
son  of  Shepherd,  Texas,  costing  $5,500. 
The  two  permits  were  approved  on  the  basis 
of  hardship  and  the  use  of  a  minimum 
amount  of  critical  materials.  The  third  was 
given  to  the  Nu-Strand  Corporation  of 
Kingsport,  Tenn.,  which  had  applied  for  a 
$50,000  building  permit  to  repair  damage 
caused  by  fire. 

List  Disapprovals 

Disapproved  by  the  CPA  were  the  follow- 
ing: Fox  West  Coast  Agency,  Los  Angeles, 
$150,000;  W.  H.  Terry  and  Clyde  Roland, 
Victoria,  Tex.,  $6,500;  T.  C.  Riddles,  San 
Diego,  $18,000;  Shea  Theatres  Corp.,  Gene- 
va, Ohio,  $15,000;  Monroe  Amusements, 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  $59,000;  East  Texas 
Theatres,  Inc.,  Beaumont,  Tex.,  $75,000; 
Clarence  Doffelmeyer,  San  Saba,  Tex.,  $40,- 
000;  East  Texas  Theatres,  Inc.,  La  Porte, 
Tex.,  $50,000;  Theatre  Enterprises,  Inc., 
Post,  Tex.,  $40,000;  Joe  and  Mary  Amato, 
Trinidad,  Colo.,  $3,728;  Booth  Theatres, 
Knoxville,  Tenn.,  $5,405 ;  Russell  A.  Wright, 
Farmsville,  Cal.,  $36,000;  Silver  City  Thea- 
tre, Alexandria,  La.,  $25,000. 

Late  last  week  a  permanent  injunction 
was  issued  by  the  Federal  Court  in  Seattle 
to  halt  the  construction  of  a  $100,000  open- 
air  theatre  on  the  ground  the  work  was  un- 
authorized and  in  violation  of  the  veteran's 
housing  program  order,  the  CPA  announced 
in  Washington. 

New  Theatre  Set 

In  Yakima,  Wash.,  plans  for  the  develop- 
ment of  an  outdoor  amusement  center  have 
been  announced  by  Frederick  Mercy,  Sr., 
theatre  operator  of  Yakima.  The  construc- 
tion program,  estimated  to  cost  approxi- 
mately $500,000,  will  include  the  building 
of  a  drive-in  theatre  which  alone  will  ac- 
count for  $140,000  of  the  total  expenditure. 
When  completed  the  center  will  include,  in 
addition  to  the  theatre,  a  baseball  park, 
swimming  pool,  dance  hall  and  other  amuse- 
ment features. 

Loew's  Declares  Dividend 
Of  37'/2  Cents  on  Common 

Directors  of  Loew's,  Inc.,  at  a  meeting 
last  week  declared  a  quarterly  dividend  of 
37j^  cents  per  share  on  the  company's  com- 
mon stock,  payable  September  30  to  stock- 
holders of  record  September  13. 


FROM  READER 

ATTACKS  DISTRIBUTOR 
PERCENTAGE  POLICY 

To  the  Editor  of  the  Herald: 

In  reference  to  the  letter  published  August 

24  in  your  trade  journal,  wish  to  state  that 
we  are  in  accord  with  Mr.  Colville  in  re- 
gard to  Confidential  Reports. 

The  film  companies  are  persistent  in  their 
bullying  and  fleecing  the  independent  thea- 
tre owners  by  their  misguided  compulsory 
percentage  policies.  With  their  percentage 
edict  they  have  set  up  a  detective  agency 
where  the  exhibitor  is  being  checked,  double 
and  triple  checked.  In  a  great  number  of 
situations,  they  employ  local  stool-pigeons. 
This  policy  conveys  an  impression  to  the 
local  people  of  the  exhibitor  being  dishonest. 

The  producers  hardly  ever  check  the  pro- 
ducer owned  theatre,  and  by  insisting  on 
checking  the  independent  exhibitors,  they 
are  implying  that  the  independent  exhibitors 
are  crooks,  and  that  implication  we  musf 
fight  with  every  power  at  our  command. 

If  the  independent  exhibitor  has  any  prin- 
ciple, and  has  any  red  blood  running 
through  his  veins,  he  must  stand  up  and 
fight  and  stop  the  producers  from  these 
ridiculous  humiliating  un-American  prac- 
tices. We,  of  North  Central  Allied,  will  con- 
stantly fight  the  producers  and  distributors 
because  they  have  the  strongest  monopol- 
istic machine  the  world  has  ever  known. 

The  reason  for  the  distributors  taking  the 
liberties  with  the  independent  exhibitors 
and  knocking  them  around  from  pillar  to 
post  is  because  they  have  not  been  strongly 
united.  Every  level  headed  independent  ex- 
hibitor must  join  an  organization. 

We,  of  North  Central  Allied,  have  the 
largest  membership  in  the  history  of  our 
territory  and  we  are  proud  of  the  job  we 
are  doing.  We  will  continue  fighting  the 
producers  and  distributors  until  the  inde- 
pendent exhibitors  can  again  run  their  busi- 
ness on  a  legitimate  basis. — Benjamin  N. 
Berger,  president,  North  Central  Allied 
Independent  Theatre  Owners,  Inc.,  Minne- 
apolis. 

Studio  Promotions  Made  by 
Universal-International 

Universal-International  this  week  an- 
nounced several  assignments  and  promotions 
in  the  physical  operation  of  the  studio. 
Morrie  Weiner,  with  Universal  for  the  past 

25  years,  becomes  operation  manager  with 
A.  McDagostino  as  assistant,  and  Edward 
Tate  head  of  the  operations  desk.  Leslie 
Carey,  chief  sound  engineer,  becomes  assist- 
ant to  Charles  Felstead,  newly-appointed 
sound  department  head.  George  Macon, 
formerly  of  the  M-G-M  research  depart- 
ment, was  named  head  of  Universal-Inter- 
national  research  department. 


Western  Electric  Dividend 

At  a  meeting  of  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  Western  Electric  Company  in  New 
York,  Tuesday,  a  dividend  of  50  cents  per 
share  on  its  common  stock  was  declared. 
The  dividend  is  payable  September  30  to 
stockholders  of  record  September  23. 


Universal  Shifts 
Sales  Personnel 
In  Key  Positions 

Promotions  and  realignments  in  sales 
personnel  were  announced  last  Wednesday 
during  the  divisional  sales  meeting  in  Den- 
ver by  W.  A.  Scully,  vice-president  and 
general  sales  manager  of  Universal-Interna- 
tional Pictures. 

Three  branch  managers  have  been  pro- 
moted to  district  managers.  Peter  T.  Dana, 
formerly  branch  manager  in  Pittsburgh,  has 
become  district  manager  of  the  Cleveland 
and  Pittsburgh  offices.  Foster  Blake,  Los 
Angeles  branch  manager,  was  promoted  to- 
district  manager  for  the  Los  Angeles,  Den- 
ver and  Salt  Lake  City.  Barney  Rose,  San 
Francisco  branch  manager,  has  become  dis- 
trict manager  for  San  Francisco,  Seattle  and 
Portland. 

Mr.  Blake  and  Mr.  Rose  take  over  the 
territory  formerly  supervised  by  district 
manager  Charles  Feldman,  who  has  been 
promoted  to  western  sales  manager. 

John  Scully,  New  England  district  man- 
ager, under  the  new  alignment  of  offices, 
will  supervise  the  Boston,  Philadelphia  and 
Washington  offices.  David  Miller,  district 
manager,  will  now  supervise  Buffalo,  Al- 
bany and  the  New  Haven  territory  instead 
of  his  former  territory  in  the  Cleveland  and 
Pittsburgh  branches. 

Joseph  Garrison,  formerly  district  man- 
ager for  Kansas  City,  will  now  supervise 
the  Dallas,  New  Orleans,  Memphis,  Okla- 
homa City  and  St.  Louis  territory.  The 
appointment  of  a  district  manager  for  Kan- 
sas City  will  be  announced  later. 

Peter  Rosian,  district  manager,  will  now 
supervise  the  Atlanta,  Charlotte,  Indianapo- 
lis and  Cincinnati  territory.  William  Park- 
er, who  has  been  branch  manager  in  Mil- 
waukee, has  been  named  to  the  same  post  ,in 
the  Los  Angeles  office,  while  Max  Cohen, 
who  has  been  branch  manager  in  Washing- 
ton, will  be  transferred  to  the  Cleveland  of- 
fice in  the  same  capacity. 

Louis  Berman,  formerly  salesman  in  the 
Chicago  office,  has  been  promoted  to  branch 
manager  in  Milwaukee,  and  Arthur  Green- 
field, formerly  salesman  in  the  Boston  office, 
has  been  promoted  to  branch  manager  in 
New  Haven. 

Harry  J.  Martin,  former  branch  manager 
in  New  Haven,  has  been  transferred  to  the 
same  post  in  Washington. 


Cite  Cinema  Bulletin 

The  Cinema  Bulletin,  monthly  publication 
of  Cinema  Lodge,  B'nai  B'rith,  edited  by 
Milton  Livingston  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Daily  editorial  staff,  has  been  cited  with  an 
award  of  honorable  mention  among  200  en- 
tries in  the  eighth  annual  B'nai  B'rith 
Lodge  and  Chapter  Bulletin  Contest,  accord- 
ing to  word  received  from  Washington  by 
Jack  H.  Levin,  Cinema  president. 


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LATE  FEATURE 

Blondie  Knows  Best 

Columbia — Comedy 

Poor  Dagwood,  setting  out  to  •  be  a  good 
neighbor,  gets  tangled  in  an  escalator  of 
events  that  carries  him  up  and  on  into  sillier 
and  sillier  heights.  With  Penny  Singleton  and 
Arthur  Lake  again  cast  in  the  leads  as  the 
Bumsteads,  the  film  ranks  on  a  par  with  its 
predecessors,  carefully  refraining  from  making 
any  demand  of  concentration  from  the  audience. 

Having  already  wrecked  his  neighbor's  ga- 
rage. Dagwood,  in  his  next  adventure,  •  finds 
himself  caught  in  a  business  scheme  that  re- 
quires him  to  impersonate  his  boss  in  order  to 
clmcn  a  contract  tor  the  firm.  Never  being  a 
master  of  diplomacy,  Dagwood  soon  bungles 
the  deal,  with  a  further  complication  added 
when  Blondie  fails  to  see  why  the  impersona- 
tion involves  the  mixing  of  pleasure  with  busi- 
ness. 

In  the  screenplay  concocted  by  Edward 
Bernds  and  Al  Martin  from  a  story  by  the 
former,  everything  gets  so  dark  for  poor  Dag- 
wood that  only  a  wild  streak  of  luck  can  save 
him,  and  that,  in  the  finale,  is  what  happens. 

Bits  of  excellent  casting  stud  the  film,  among 
which  are  Shemp  Howard  as  a  groping,  near- 
sighted process  server  and  Danny  Mummert,  as 
a  precocious  youngster  who  insolently  knows 
all  the  answers  to  life's  little  problems. 

Abby  Berlin's  direction  keeps  the  slapstick 
rolling  briskly. 

Seen  at  a  New  York  projection  room.  Rc- 
ziezver's  Rating  :  'Fair. — Mandel  Herbstman. 

Release  date,  not  set.  Running'  time,  70  min.  PCA 
No.   11680.     General  audience  classification. 

Blondie   Peggy  Singleton 

Dagwood     Arthur  .Lake 

Alexander    Larry  Sims 

Majorie  Kent,  Steven  Geray,  Jonathan  Hale,  Shemp 
Howard,  Jerome  Cowan,  Danny  Mummert,  Ludwig 
Donath.  Arthur  Loft,  Edwin  Cooper,  Jack  Rice,  Alyn 
Lockwood,  Carol  Hughes,  Kay  Mallory 

Roll  on  Texas  Moon 

Republic — Musical  Western 

Roy  Rogers,  as  a  stalwart  straight-shooting 
singing  cowboy,  subdues  a  feud  between  cattle 
and  sheep  ranchers.  There  is  quite  a  lot  of 
shooting,  fast  riding  and  fisticuffs,  all  transpiring 
against  a  background  of  the  Texas  ranges.  The 
musical  score  includes  several  pleasing  ballads 
sung  by  Rogers,  Dale  Evans  and  the  Sons  of 
Pioneers. 

Miss  Evans,  a  sheep  ranch  owner,  is  having 
her  sheep  shot  and  stolen  and  a  range  war  is 
about  to  break  out.  George  'Gabby"  Hayes 
gives  a  characteristically  humorous  performance 
as  a  cattleman.  Rogers  befriends  Miss  Evans 
and  is  able  to  bring  the  culprits  to  justice  and 
insure  peace  between  the  cattle  and  sheep 
ranchers. 

The  Sons  of  the  Pioneers  headed  by  Bob 
Nolan  are  to  be  credited  with  good  musical 
entertainment.  The  music,  which  was  under 
the  direction  of  Morton  Scott,  includes  "Roll 
on  Texas  Moon,"  "What's  Doin'  Tonight  in 
Dreamland?"  "Won'tcha  Be  a  Friend  of 
Mine?"  and  "The  Jumpin'  Bean." 

Edward  J.  White  produced  this  musical 
Western  which  was  directed  by  William  Whit- 
ney. The  screenplay  by  Paul  Gangelin  and 
Mauri  Grashin  is  based  on  an  original  story  by 
Jean  Murray. 

Seen  at  the  home  office  projection  room.  Rc- 
viezver's  Rating :  Average. — M.  R.  Y. 

Release  date,  September  12,  1946.  Running  time,  68 
min.  PCA  No.  11575.  General  audience  classifica- 
tion. 

Roy   Rogers   Roy  Rogers 

Gabby  Whittaker   George  "Gabby"  Haves 

Jill  Delaney   Dale  Evans 

Dennis  Hoey,  Elizabeth  Risdon.  Francis  McDonald. 
Edward  Keane.  Kenne  Ducan,  Tom  London,  Harry 
Strang.  Edward  Cassidy,  Lee  Shumway,  Steve  Dar- 
rell.  Pierce  Lyden,  Bob  Nolan  and  the  Sons  of  the 
Pioneers    and  Trigger 


REVIEWS 

So  Dark  the  Night 

Columbia — Melodrama 

This  is  a  film  with  romance  and  drama  star- 
ring Micheline  Cheirel  and  Steven  Geray  which 
is  in  the  psychological  thriller  classification. 
The  action  takes  place  in  a  small  French  town 
and  many  of  the  performers  occasionally  speak 
several  words  in  French. 

The  story  is  slow  in  unfolding.  Geray,  as  a 
noted  French  detective,  is  vacationing  in  a 
small  provincial  town  and  falls  in  love  with 
the  innkeeper's  daughter,  played  by  Miss 
Cheirel.  The  girl,  her  fiance  and  her  mother 
are  strangled  and  the  detective  works  on  the 
case  day  and  night.  After  gathering  clues  he 
realizes  that  they  identify  him  as  the  killer. 
The  detective's  mind  had  become  warped  and 
he  did  not  know  that  he  was  committing  the 
murders. 

Geray,  Miss  Cheirel  and  Eugene  Borden  in 
the  leading  roles  give  competent  performances 
?nd  they  receive  adequate  support  from  the  re- 
mainder of  the  cast.  Martin  Berkeley  and 
Dwight  Babcock  wrote  the  screenplay.  Ted 
Richmond  produced  and  Joseph  H.  Lewis'  di- 
rection is  responsible  for  moments  of  suspense 
and  excitement. 

Seen  in  a  Nezv  York  projection  room.  Re- 
viewer's Rating :  Average. — M.  R.  Y. 

Release  date,  not  set.  Runing  time,  70  min.  PCA 
No.    11451.     General    audience  classification. 

Henri  Cassin    Steven  Geray 

Nanette   Michaud   Micheline  Cheirel 

Eugene  Borden,  Ann  Codee.  Egon  Brecher,  Helen 
Freeman.  Theodore  Gottlieb.  Gregory  Gay,  Jean  Del 
Bal,  Paul  Marion,  Emil  Ramu,  Louis  Mercier 

Select  "Stairway  to  Heaven" 
For  Command  Performance 

The  J.  Arthur  Rank-Archer  Technicolor 
production  of  "Stairway  to  Heaven"  has 
been  selected  for  showing  at  the  first  Royal 
Command  Motion  Picture  Performance  ever 
to  be  held.  The  performance,  for  the  King 
of  England,  in  London's  Empire  theatre, 
November  1,  is  for  the  benefit  of  the  Cine- 
matograph Trade  Benevolent  Fund.  The 
selection  committee  was  composed  of  British 
and  American  distribution  executives,  as 
well  as  exhibition  and  production  representa- 
tives, and  it  is  expected  that  some  Hollywood 
stars  will  make  personal  appearances  at  the 
screening.  An  outstanding  unreleased  film, 
either  American  or  British,  will  be  selected 
for  the  occasion  each  year.  The  picture, 
known  in  England  as  "A  Matter  of  Life  and 
Death,"  will  be  released  in  the  U.  S.  by  Uni- 
versal. It  stars  David  Niven,  Raymond 
Massey,  Kim  Hunter  and  Roger  Livesey. 


Hold  Preview  and  Premiere 
Of  "Three  Little  Girls" 

The  premiere  and  a  preview  of  Twentieth 
Century-Fox's  "Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue" 
were  held  last  week  in  Atlantic  City.  The 
preview,  held  September  4.  was  in  the  Had- 
don  Hall  Hotel.  The  bathing  beauties  and, 
more  importantly,  the  reporters  in  the  city 
for  the  Miss  America  contest,  attended  the 
preview.  Vera-Ellen  and  Frank  Latimore, 
two  of  the  stars  of  the  musical,  appeared  at 
the  premiere  held  September  5  in  the  Apollo 
theatre.  The  Chesterfield  Supper  Club  and 
Double  or  Nothing  radio  shows  reported 
news  of  the  premiere. 


Chicago  Union 
Organizing  All 
Theatre  Staffs 

by  HAL  TATE 

in  Chicago 

Reversing  the  stand  taken  at  the  recent 
IATSE  convention  in  Chicago  in  which  it 
was  recommended  that  theatre  managers  be 
given  a  separate  federal  charter,  the  local 
Motion  Picture  Operators  Union  with  the 
approval  of  William  Green,  AFL  president, 
and  with  receipt  of  a  charter  from  Richard 
Walsh,  IATSE  president,  already  has  or- 
ganized more  than  300  white  collar  workers 
in  theatres  in  the  Chicago  area  including 
theatre  managers,  assistant  managers,  cash- 
iers, treasurers,  ushers,  candy  girls — in  fact 
all  white  collar  workers  not  now  in  the 
union. 

The  move  was  made  to  thwart  attempts  of 
the  CIO  to  gain  a  foothold  in  the  theatre 
business — the  CIO  having  been  engaged  in 
a  survey  here  in  which  they  were  "looking 
over"  the  local  theatre  field.  Exclusive  of 
George  Dunn's  Managers'  Union  in  New 
York  City,  this  is  the  first  attempt  made 
to  organize  the  white  collar  workers  in 
theatres. 

At  a  meeting  held  here  by  the  Chicago 
Motion  Picture  Operators  Union  last  Thurs- 
day Eugene  J.  Atkinson,  business  agent  of 
the  local  union,  and  an  ardent  Wash  fol- 
lower who  was  elected  delegate  to  AFL 
conventions  on  the  Walsh  ticket  at  the  re- 
cent IATSE  election  reported  to  over  three 
hundred  operators  present  the  details  of  the 
proposed  theatre  union.  The  membership 
voted  to  support  the  new  union  and  to  ren- 
der whatever  financial  assistance  was  neces- 
sary in  the  launching  of  the  new  union. 

The  initial  initiation  fees  for  the  new 
union  members  will  not  be  more  than  $3 
with  monthly  dues  set  at  $2.  Back  in  1937 
when  Browne  and  Bioff  held  sway  the  local 
operators'  union  received  a  charter  to  or- 
ganize such  a  union  which  is  being  organ- 
ized now.  However,  nothing  was  done  with 
the  old  charter  and  it  has  been  lying  in  dust 
these  many  years. 

Three  Regional  Meetings 
Announcd  by  Monogram 

Monogram  will  hold  three  regional  meet- 
ings during  the  month  of  September,  it  was 
announced  Wednesday  by  Morey  Goldstein, 
general  sales  manager  for  the  company.  The 
first  will  take  place  at  the  Warwick  Hotel  in 
New  York  Saturday  and  will  be  presided 
over  by  Arthur  Greenblatt,  eastern  sales 
manager.  The  second  and  midwestern  regi- 
onal meeting  will  be  held  Sunday  at  the 
Drake  Hotel  in  Chicago  with  Jack  Schlaifer, 
director  of  sales,  presiding,  and  the  third,  a 
southern  regional  meeting  will  be  held  in 
Atlanta  on  September  23,  at  which  Mr. 
Goldstein  will  preside.  Branch  managers  in 
each  territory  will  attend  the  meetings. 


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Not  since 
they 

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-  back  in  1926 

has  any  picture  done  such 
tremendous  opening  week-day 
business  at  this  famous  theatre 
as  did  Paramount's 


It  will  keep  Hope  just  where  he 
was,  at  the  top  of  the  list  of 
Hollywood's  greatest  comics." 
— Kate  Cameron  in  N.  Y.  News 


L 


ALBANY 

Prospects  for  the  new  season  are  being 
avidly  discussed  in  film  circles  here.  The 
general  opinion  is  that  patronage  will  be  off 
a  little,  but  not  more  than  10  per  cent,  and 
perhaps  less.  Grosses  remain  high,  Film 
Row  insists.  .  .  .  The  Labor  Day  weekend 
produced  business  in  the  quantity  which  had 
everybody's  face  wreathed  in  a  smile.  It 
was  generally  big  in  the  summer  resorts 
of  the  district  and  also  in  the  city  theatres 
— thanks  to  cool  weather.  .  .  .  The  summer 
situations  will  stay  open  until  the  end  of 
September.    A  few  run  into  October. 

The  Upstate  Theatres  group  has  acquired 
new  clients — Pete  Vournakis'  Liberty  in 
Watertown  and  the  Strand  in  that  city, 
which  he  recently  turned  over  to  his  son- 
in-law,  Merrill  Lucas.  Lucas,  veteran  of 
Army  service,  was  at  the  Strand  before  the 
war.  The  Liberty  and  Strand  are  subse- 
quent runs,  the  former  being  the  larger. 
Upstate  Theatres  also  buy  and  book,  under 
new  managements,  for  the  Palace  in  Schen- 
ectady and  the  Edmeston  in  Edmeston.  The 
organization  of  independent  exhibitors, 
maintaining  offices  at  75  State  St.  in  Al- 
bany, is  gradually  increasing  in  size  and 
importance.  It  buys  for  each  house  in- 
dividually. This  is  now  in  the  hands  of  At- 
torney Leonard  Rosenthal,  whom  Film  Row 
rates  highly.  Rosenthal  grew  up  in  the 
exhibitor  atmosphere — his  father  opened  and 
his  mother  still  operates  the  State,  Troy. 

Mayor  Erastus  Corning  of  Albany,  nomi- 
nated last  week  for  lieutenant-governor  on 
the  New  York  State  Democratic  ticket,  is 
a  member  of  the  local  Variety  Club. 

*  * 

ATLANTA 

Katherine  Evans,  formerly  with  the  book- 
ing department  of  Universal,  now  with 
Monogram  in  the  same  post.  .  .  .  Arthur  C. 
Bromberg,  of  Monogram,  back  from  a  meet- 
ing in  Hollywood.  ...  Ed  and  Hugh  Mar- 
tin, Martin  Theatres,  Columbus,  was  visit- 
ing on  Film  Row.  .  .  .  Harry  Whitestone 
of  the  Whitestone  picture  tent  shows  was 
visiting  on  Film  Row  booking  for  the  win- 
ter season.  .  .  .  John  Marion,  former  head 
of  the  shipping  department  of  RKO  was  a 
visitor  on  the  Row  with  friends. 

Edward  Watson,  Strand,  Monevallo,  Ala., 
and  Howard  Schussler,  booker  for  Lam 
Amusement  Company,  were  on  Film  Row 
booking  for  the  circuit.  .  .  .  Grover  Paysons, 
Dixie  Graham,  Nelson  Towler  of  PRC, 
back  from  the  sales  meeting  in  Atlantic 
City.  .  .  .  Changes  announced  by  Thomas 
Read,  city  manager  of  Georgia  Theatres : 
H.  L.  Denman  takes  over  the  post  as  mana- 
ger of  the  Fox ;  J.  E.  Scott  will  take  over 
the  post  at  the  Roxy,  while  Sam  George 
will  be  the  relief  man  for  the  city  circuit. 
.  .  .  Nel  Brown,  of  the  Peachtree  Art  The- 
atre, will  start  on  a  parade  of  old  hits.  His 
first  one  will  be  "The  House  on  92nd  Street." 

BOSTON 

United  Artists  are  moving  into  a  new 
building  on  Church  Street  but  while  the 
work  goes  on,  UA  occupies  cramped  quar- 
ters across  the  street.  .  .  .  The  big  Brock- 
ton Fair,  in  full  swing  September  8  through 
14,  has  two  motion  picture  theatre  demon- 
strations operated  on  the  Midway,  one 
showing  old  time  silent  films.  .  .  .  The  Vet- 


erans of  Foreign  Wars  Convention  did  not 
help  business  in  Boston. -.  .  .  Warner  Broth- 
ers will  give  a  1946  Motorola  automatic 
radiophone  as  a  prize  at  the  Allied  States 
Convention  to  be  held  in  Boston,  Septem- 
ber 15  through  18.  Governor  Maurice  J. 
Tobin  will  present  the  award  to  the  win- 
ner. .  .  .  Martin  E.  Adamo,  long  a  warm 
friend  of  the  pictures  and  with  whom  Joe 
Di  Pesa  of  Loew's  Theatres  was  at  one  time 
associated,  has  been  named  general  chair- 
man for  New  England  of  the  Nurses  War 
Memorial  Drive. 

For  once,  Thad  Barrows,  long  the  chief  of 
the  Operators  Union  here,  will  not  have  to  go 
out  of  town  to  see  a  World  Series  He  has  not 
missed  a  series  in  many  years.  .  .  .  William 
Cairns,  formerly  the  officer  on  duty  on  the 
theatre  district  beat  here,  has  been  named  a 
house  officer  at  the  Hotel  Statler,  which  is 
next  door  to  the  theatre  colony  and  houses 
many  motion  picture  celebrities  from  time  to 
time.  .  .  .  Harry  Browning,  of  M  &  P  The- 
atres, Art  Moger,  of  Warner  Pictures,  Ar- 
nold Van  Leer,  of  Paramount,  Phil  Engel, 
of  United  Artists,  and  Ralph  Banghart,  of 
RKO,  have  accepted  appointment  to  the 
publicity  committee  for  the  War  Nurses 
National  Memorial  Fund  drive.  James  King, 
RKO  Theatres  publicist,  will  line  up  a  show 
for  the  opening  of  the  drive  September 
16.  .  .  .  Charles  Langille,  theatre  executive 
of  the  South  Shore,  directed  and  managed 
the  Marshfield  Fair  and  broke  all  records, 
the  pari  mutuel  alone  running  to  $504,567. 
The  nearest  approach  ever  to  this  was 
$374,000  in  1944. 

Two  of  the  three  theatres  in  Framingham, 
Mass.,  were  closed  this  week  by  a  strike  of 
operators,  members  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Operators  Union,  AFL.  The  issue  was 
reported  to  be  over  wages.  Money  was  re- 
funded to  the  audience  of  both  theatres  who 
had  gathered  for  the  afternoon  show.  Eve- 
ning patrons  were  also  told  there  was  to 
be  no  show. 

CHICAGO 

The  Chicago  Cinema  Lodge  of  B'nai 
B'rith  has  inaugurated  publication  of  a  new 
four-page  monthly  paper  called  Cinema 
Lodge  Topics.  Jack  Kirsch,  president  of  the 
'lodge,  has  appointed  Sam  Honigberg  edi- 
tor. .  .  .  Expected  back  at  his  desk  shortly 
is  Frank  Smith,  RKO-Theatres  division, 
who  is  recuperating  from  a  minor  operation 
at  Oak  Park  Hospital.  .  .  .  Thomas  Mc- 
Connell,  lawyer  for  the  Jackson  Park  The- 


atre, will  be  in  Texas  for  the  next  two 
months  on  business.  He  will  return  in 
November.  .  .  .  Harris  Silverberg,  head 
of  National  Screen  in  Chicago,  and  a  host 
of  Chicagoans  journeyed  to  Milwaukee 
Tuesday  for  the  formal  opening  of  the  en- 
larged National  Screen  Service  offices  there. 

Red  Edinson,  former  publicist  with  the 
Essaness  Circuit,  and  •  recently  associated 
with  publicist  Jack  Hess,  has  returned  to  the 
circuit  to  handle  advertising  under  Norman 
Kassel.  .  .  .  Archie  Palmer,  who  has  been 
associated  with  Monogram  franchise-holder 
Irving  Mandel  for  eight  years,  is  resigning 
to  establish  his  own  bookkeeping  and  tax 
consultant  business.  Ben  Snovsky,  ex-GI,  is 
replacing  Palmer.  ...  At  the  recent  MGM 
sales  meeting,  Ted  Morris,  one-time  Es- 
saness publicist,  and  now  an  MGM  publicity 
executive  in  Hollywood,  said  Henry  Holt, 
publishers,  will  bring  out  his  wife's  book 
called  "Women,  Incorporated"  September 
19. 

CINCINNATI 

Business  at  local  first  runs,  although  ex- 
ceptionally good  throughout  the  summer,  de- 
spite outdoor  competition,  has  experienced 
a  decided  improvement,  reflecting  the  clos- 
ing of  outdoor  resorts  and  other  competitive 
factors.  Holdovers  and  moveovers  are  pil- 
ing up  particularly  good  grosses.  .  .  .  Harry 
Keller,  Universal  field  representative  for 
this  territory,  has  returned  from  a  New 
York  vacation.  .  .  .  Joe  Alexander,  man- 
ager of  the  RKO  Albee,  is  vacationing  in 
New  England. 

Harris  Dudelson,  formerly  United  Artists 
branch  manager  here,  but  more  recently 
transferred  to  the  St.  Louis  branch,  has  re- 
turned and  has  been  appointed  manager 
for  the  Bein  circuit,  operating  two  subur- 
ban houses  here,  and  one  in  nearby  New- 
port, Ky.  .  .  .  William  Hitchcock,  local 
resident,  has  purchased  a  site  at  Sardinia, 
Ohio,  on  which  to  erect  a  theatre  as  soon 
as  material  becomes  available  and  plans 
are  approved  by  the  State  Department.  .  .  . 
Lincoln  C.  Burner,  who  operated  16mm 
roadshows  in  the  West  Virginia  territory 
for  a  number  of  years,  has  organized  the 
Mountain  States  Shows,  a  circuit  of  six 
West  Virginia  communities  in  a  circuit  for 
showing  16mm  pictures  with  portable  equip- 
ment. Ralph  Parrack,  associated  with  Mr. 
Burner  in  his  previous  venture,  is  connected 
with  the  new  company.  Charles  Ackerman 
expects  to  open  his  new  Covedale,  one  of 
the  largest  suburban  houses  in  this  section, 
about  October  1.  .  .  .  Louis  C.  Stathoe  has 
acquired  the  Lincoln  theatre,  Springfield, 
Ohio,  from  George  Deuwson.  The  house, 
which  caters  to  colored  patrons,  will  be  ex- 
tensively remodeled. 

CLEVELAND 

Harry  Schreiber,  RKO  theatre  division 
manager,  announces  the  return  of  stage 
shows  at  the  RKO  Palace  starting  September 
19  with  the  Ink  Spots  as  the  first  headliner 
on  the  combination  bill.  To  follow  are  the 
Star  and  Garter  Revue,  Three  Stooges, 
Freddy  Slack's  orchestra  with  Ella  Mae 
Morse,  Gene  Krupa,  Frankie  Carle  and  Cab 
Calloway.  .  .  .  Perc  Essick,  Howard  Reif, 
Meyer  Fine  and  Abe  Kramer  announce  plans 
for  a  new  1,400-seat  de  luxe  theatre  in  the 
$200,000  class  to  be  built  in  Gabon,  O.  .  .  . 

(Continued  on  page  34) 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,'  SEPTEMBER  14,  1-946 


Not 

since  the 
day  it  opened 

in  1921  has  the  Chicago 

Theatre  played  any  attraction  that 
drew  such  a  fabulous  first-week 
gross  as  Paramount's 


"Hope  springs  eternal  in  this  picture  and 
every  moment  of  it  at  his  best." 

—  Alton  Cook 
in  N.Y.  World-Telegram 


(Continued    from    page  32) 

Fred  Matthews  of  Motiograph  Corp.  was 
here  demonstrating  his  new  AA  post-war 
projector. 

Nat  Wolf,  Warner  zone  manager,  wel- 
comed Charles  Raymond  back  to  his  post  as 
Loew  theatre  division  manager  after  a  10- 
month  leave  of  absence,  with  a  luncheon  for 
a  group  of  friends  at  the  Theatrical  Grill. 
Occasion  was  also  a  farewell  to  Mike  Cullen, 
who  left  for  the  home  office  after  having 
subbed  for  Raymond.  .  .  .  Rufus  Young  last 
week  opened  his  new  850-seat  Maumee  thea- 
tre, Maumee.  Ohio.  .  .  .  The  Vine  theatre, 
Willoughby,  a  Scoville,  Essick  and  Reif 
house,  started  more  than  a  year  ago,  is  near- 
ing  completion  and  will  open  about  mid- 
October.  .  .  .  George  Erdmann,  secretary  of 
the  Cleveland  Motion  Picture  Exhibitors 
Association,  invites  friends  to  call  on  him  at 
Sunny  Acres  Sanatorium,  Warrensville  Cen- 
ter Road,  where  he  is  convalescing  from  an 
illness. 

COLUMBUS 

Only  one  new  firstrun  program — "Rene- 
gades" and  "It's  Great  To  Be  Young"  at  the 
Ohio  —  was  offered  last  week  downtown. 
There  were  three  holdovers — third  week  for 
"The  Kid  from  Brooklyn"  at  the  Grand, 
"Monsieur  Beaucaire"  at  the  Broad  and 
"Notorious"  at  the  Palace.  .  .  .  Allen  Spar- 
row, Loew's  Midwestern  division  manager, 
and  Mrs.  Sparrow  celebrated  their  25th  wed- 
ding anniversary  last  week. 

Cecil  Sansbury,  who  was  press  contact  for 
the  Jackson-Murphy  theatres  before  the  war, 
has  joined  the  five-state  branch  office  of  the 
Veterans'  Administration  as  chief  of  motion 
picture  service.  Sansbury,  who  served  in 
North  Africa  as  special  service  sergeant,  will 
supervise  film  showings  in  veterans'  facili- 
ties in  Ohio,  Michigan,  Kentucky,  West  Vir- 
ginia and  Indiana.  .  .  .  Howard  Herty,  Metro 
exploiteer,  in  town  in  advance  of  the  personal 
appearance  of  Bess,  the  animal  star  in 
MGM's  "Gallant  Bess"  .  .  .  the  horse  will 
appear  here  Sept.  24  during  the  national 
convention  of  the  American  Humane  Asso- 
ciation. 

PALLAS 

All  members  of  the  Variety  Club  of 
Texas,  Tent  17,  which  includes  all  Dallas 
showmen,  are  working  on  the  club's  annual 
charity  Turtle  Derby  scheduled  for  Septem- 
ber 14  at  the  Dallas  Ice  Arena.  .  .  .  Film 
business  was  a  little  off  at  downtown  houses 
this  week  with  the  two  first  run  A  houses 
reporting  lower  grosses  than  usual,  $17,500 
for  "Renegades"  at  the  Majestic,  and  $13,- 
500  for  "The  Searching  Wind"  at  the  Pal- 
ace. .  .  .  Frank  O.  Starz,  Interstate  Circuit 
publicity  head,  has  returned  from  a  vacation 
trip  to  Galveston  with  his  two  small  daugh- 
ters. .  .  .  Herbert  Scheftel,  New  York,  vice- 
president  of  Telenews,  Inc.,  spent  the  week- 
end in  Dallas  visiting  the  local  Telenews 
house. 

DENVER 

Bookers  and  shippers  had  a  man-sized 
headache  one  day  last  week  when  the  express 
drivers  failed  to  show  up  for  work.  They 
stayed  off  the  job  because  they  had  been 
asked  to  cross  a  picket  line  to  deliver  express 
at  a  local  department  store  where  the  retail 


clerks  were  on  strike.  The  matter  was 
ironed  out  and  the  drivers  went  back  to  work 
the  next  day.  .  .  .  Mickey  Gross,  recently 
Orpheum  manager,  writes  he  is  general 
manager  of  the  26  Sterling  theatres,  with 
headquarters  in  Seattle.  Ted  Halmi,  who 
was  Orpheum  publicity  director,  and  who 
left  Denver  with  Gross,  has  been  named 
publicity  director  for  the  theatres. 

Robert  Selig  will  head  the  drive  of  the 
University  of  Denver  for  $2,000,000  to 
finance  an  expansion  drive.  .  .  .  Dewey 
Gates,  recent  purchaser  of  the  Pix,  Johns- 
town, Colo.,  changes  name  to  Lake.  .  .  .  Neal 
Beezley,  owner  Midway,  Burlington,  Colo., 
recovering  from  pneumonia.  .  .  .  John  Willis 
sells  Chief,  La  Veta,  Colo.,  to  Howard  E. 
Wilson.  .  .  .  Frank  H.  Ricketson,  Jr.,  presi- 
dent, and  Harold  Rice,  district  manager, 
presided  at  the  meeting  of  the  southern  dis- 
trict of  Fox  Intermountain  theatre  managers 
held  at  the  division  offices  in  Denver.  .  .  . 
The  20th  Century-Fox  exchange  crew  re- 
ceived three  weeks'  salary  as  their  share  of 
the  winnings  in  winning  the  division  man- 
agers drive.  Manager  James  Dugan  and 
Bookers  Carl  Larson  and  Howard  Metzger 
also  split  a  sizeable  amount.  .  .  .  Fred 
Walker,  Standard  Pictures  president,  visited 
Denver.  .  .  .  Acting  as  firemen,  Paul  All- 
meyer,  Paramount  booker,  and  Sam  Lang- 
with,  owner  Western  Service  and  Supply, 
put  out  fire  next  to  Langwith's  home,  with 
the  help  of  the  fire  department  of  Idaho 
Springs. 

PES  MOINES 

"Notorious"  led  all  dowtown  theatres  at 
the  box  office  and  the  Orpheum  manage- 
ment held  it  over  for  a  second  smash  week. 
First  week's  business  was  100  per  cent  over 
normal.  .  .  .  Tri-States  Theatres  Corporation 
held  a  three-state  managers'  meeting  at 
Lake  Okoboji  last  week  as  a  climax  to  the 
company's  "Thirteenth  Anniversary"  drive. 
.  .  .  Allied  Independent  theatre  owners  of 
Iowa  and  Nebraska  met  at  Omaha.  Among 
the  speakers  was  Benny  Berger,  president  of 
North  Central  Allied.  .  .  .  Leo  Wolcott, 
chairman  of  the  board  for  Allied  Independ- 
ent, won  the  Iowa  state  American  Legion 
golf  championship  at  Fort  Dodge.  His  son, 
just  back  from  the  service,  was  fourth  in 
the  same  tournament.  .  .  .  Russ  Fraser,  Tri- 
States  advertising  man,  celebrated  his  birth- 
day Friday,  September  13.  .  .  .  The  new- 
Sioux   Theatre   opened    September    12  at 


Sioux  Rapids.  Owners  are  Edna  and  Don 
Gram.  .  .  .  Thieves  walked  off  with  a  300- 
pound  safe  containing  $300  in  cash  and  be- 
longing to  the  Roosevelt  theatre  here.  The 
theatre  office  was  ransacked  and  the  safe 
taken  from  a  closet  in  the  office.  .  .  .  Lou 
Levy,  branch  manager,  attended  a  business 
meeting  in  Denver,  Colo.  .  .  .  Mabel  and 
Fay  French  are  new  owners  of  the  Central 
City,  which  has  just  been  completed. 

DETROIT 

Exhibitors  are  frankly  worried  over  what 
they  fear  may  be  a  serious  film  shortage  in 
October.  One  prominent  theatre  man  this 
week  declared  that  reissues  will  not  come 
near  furnishing  sufficient  film  if  the  current 
minimum  schedule  of  releases  is  maintained. 
With  splash  ads  in  the  dailies,  heralding 
"a  show  so  big  it's  playing  both  theatres," 
"Canyon  Passage"  is  doing  business  at  the 
Downtown  and  the  Adams.  The  houses  are 
almost  next  door  to  each  other  in  the  heart 
of  downtown. 

University  of  Michigan's  Detroit  division 
is  offering  a  series  of  10  film  classics  this 
winter  free  to  the  general  public.  Included  in 
the  series  are  "Treasure  Island,"  "David 
Copperfield,"  "The  Tell-Tale  Heart,"  "Julius 
Caesar,"  Romeo  and  Juliet,"  "Pride  and 
Prejudice.".  .  .  Despite  the  importance  of 
Michigan's  400  theatres  to  the  economic 
life  of  the  state,  none  of  the  colleges  and 
universities  offers  any  courses  in  theatre 
management  or  related  subjects.  Allied  had 
plans  for  a  course  this  autumn  at  Wayne 
but  they  did  not  materialize.  .  .  .  Schools 
opened  Monday,  after  a  delay  of  one  week 
due  to  polio  epidemic.  .  .  .  Michigan  Catho- 
lic's representatives  are  asking  every  thea- 
tre manager  in  Detroit  whether  he  plans  to 
schedule  "The  Outlaw,"  which  concluded  its 
Palms-State  run  this  week. 

HARTFORD 

Dean  R.  Barrett,  formerly  with  the  Hart- 
ford Theatres  Circuit  as  a  manager,  has 
been  named  to  manage  the  Amalgamated's 
Astor,  East  Hartford,  effective  September 
15,  succeeding  Lester  Markoski,  who  is 
being  transferred  to  manager  of  the  Music 
Box,  New  Britain.  Joe  Spivak,  Music  Box 
manager,  will  take  new  duties  with  Amal- 
gamated. .  .  .  The  State  Theatre,  Presque 
Isle,  Me.,  has  been  opened  replacing  the  one 
destroyed  by  fire  in  1944.  The  E.  M.  Loew's 
Capitol  over  in  Providence,  damaged  by  fire 
a  number  of  months  ago,  has  been  reopened, 
following  complete  renovation.  ...  In  Wal- 
pole,  Mass.,  Graphic  Circuit  has  taken  over 
the  300-seat  Elite  theatre  from  Anselmo 
Franseschelli,  who  is  retiring  from  the  in- 
dustry. .  .  .  The  State  in  Hartford  has  re- 
opened after  being  dark  through  the  summer 
months.  .  .  .  M  &  P  Theatres  circuit  has 
opened  the  New  Central,  Biddeford,  Me., 
replacing  the  original  theatre,  burned  down 
several  years  ago. 

In  New  Haven,  acording  to  a  CIO  survey 
of  motion  picture  office  and  professional 
workers,  44.5  per  cent  are  paid  less  than 
$30  per  week;  81.8  per  cent  are  paid  less 
than  $40;  91.9  per  cent  are  paid  less  than 
$50;  and  99  per  cent  less  than  $73.  It  was 
said  that  salaries  of  executives  and  spe- 
cialized workers  tend  to  raise  the  average 
wage  rate  for  the  industry.  According  to 
another  CIO  survey,  a  family  of  four  needs 

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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


Paramount 


Has  a  new 


>ox  Office  King 


]■    Everywhere  it's  the  same 
;ensational  story  — as  "Monsieur 

Beaucaire"  grosses  as  much  as 
140%  over  famous  hits  like  "Kitty,"  "Duffy's  Tavern," 
"Stork  Club,"  in  scores  of  first  first-runs  including 
HOLLYWOOD,  FT.  WORTH,  ST.  PAUL, 

SAN  ANTONIO,  ALBANY,  'FRISCO, 
HOUSTON,  MINNEAPOLIS,  TOLEDO, 

ATLANTA,  NEW  HAVEN,  DULUTH, 
HARTFORD,  SALT  LAKE  CITY!  And  every  hour 

brings  more  terrific  news  about 


is  one  of  the  funniest 
alive... and  this  is  his 
est  picture." 

— Lee  Mortimer 
in  N.  Y.  Mirror 


Patric  Knowles  •  Marjorie  Reynolds 

Joseph  Schildkraut  •  Cecil  Kellaway 

Reginald  Owen  •  Constance  Collier  •  Hillary  Brooke 

Produced  by  Paul  Jones      Directed  by  Frank  Marshal 

Screen  Play  by  Melvin  Frank  and  Norman  Panama 
Based  on  the  Novel  by  Booth  Tarkington 


(Continued  from  page  34) 

$74  a  week  to  balance  the  budget.  .  .  . 
Johnnie  Perakos  is  now  assistant  to  his 
brother,  Sperie,  district  manager  at  New 
Britain,  Conn.,  for  Perakos  Theatres. 

INDIANAPOLIS 

Business  is  hitting  a  good  average  here, 
with  the  back  to  work  and  school  movement 
in  full  swing.  Both  "Monsieur  Beaucaire" 
and  "Three  Wise  Fools"  were  in  the  $18,000 
class.  .  .  .  The  Associated  Theatre  Owners 
of  Indiana  have  set  their  20th  annual  con- 
vention for  November  19  and  20  at  the 
Severin  Hotel  here.  .  .  .  The  Avalon,  local 
neighborhood  house,  will  replace  its  second 
feature  with  a  stage  show,  the  WISH 
Hoosier  Jamboree,  on  Sundays  this  autumn. 
.  .  .  Downtown  theatres  are  negotiating  new 
contracts  with  the  operators  and  stagehands. 
.  .  .  the  ATOI  and  Indianapolis  Variety 
Club  will  distribute  the  Chicago  Bears 
football  films  by  Tele-Topics,  with  contribu- 
tions to  the  club  requested  in  lieu  of  rental. 
.  .  .  Roy  Kalver  of  Decatur,  Ernest  J.  Whit- 
ley of  Kokomo,  Billy  Connors  of  Marion, 
Abe  Kaufman  of  Terre  Haute  and  Maurice 
Rubin  of  Michigan  City  were  among  the 
out-of-town  film  men  on  the  row  this  week. 

KANSAS  CITY 

For  the  second  time  there  has  been  post- 
ponement of  school  opening  in  Kansas  City 
and  surrounding  communities.  Most  schools 
had  been  set  to  open  September  3 ;  the 
school  boards  postponed  the  date  to  Sep- 
tember 9,  and  on  September  6  again  post- 
poned it  to  September  16.  Public  and 
parochial  schools  of  the  Metropalitan  area, 
and  of  many  nearby  districts,  are  thus  closed 
a  second  week;  junior  colleges  and  other 
colleges  open  September  9  or  have  opened 
already.  The  deferment  of  school  opening, 
on  advice  of  health  authorities,  because  new 
cases  of  polio  have  appeared,  caused  public 
anxiety. 

At  Burlingame,  Kan.,  city  authorities  is- 
sued a  proclamation  requiring  managers  of 
places  where  children  gather  to  exclude  all 
youth  under  19  years  of  age,  because  of  a 
polio  "scare".  The  children  thus  were  ex- 
cluded for  more  than  two  weeks,  the  ban 
being  lifted  just  before  public  schools  re- 
opened. Lloyd  Mahon,  owner  of  the  Ritz 
theatre  there,  gave  free  admission  to  all 
youth  under  19  on  the  night  following  lift- 
ing of  the  proclamation — and  had  every 
seat  taken  by  young  people  and  their  parents, 
the  latter  paying  admission. 

Leon  Robertson,  manager  of  the  City  Dis- 
trict (District  1)  of  Fox  Midwest,  has 
made  these  recent  appointments  of  managers : 
Robert  Hockensmith,  recently  assistant 
manager  at  the  Grenada  to  manager  of  the 
Gladstone.  H.  W.  Bills,  from  the  Gladstone 
to  the  Vista.  Albert  Pekrek  from  the  Vista 
to  the  Brookside,  from  which  Roger  Rudick 
was  transferred  to  the  Is-is.  .  .  .  Fox  Midwest 
will  reopen  the  St.  John  theatre  in  the 
northeast  part  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  having 
a  "trade  territory"  between  the  same  circuit's 
Gladstone  and  Benton,  October  15.  Leon 
Roberson,  city  manager  for  Fox  Midwest, 
has  not  appointed  a  manager  as  yet.  .  .  . 
Commonwealth  Theatres'  managers  to  the 
number  of  69  will  hold  their  "King  of  the 
Sun"  annual  meeting  October  1  and  2  at  the 
President  Hotel.  This  is  the  occasion  for  the 
"crowning"  of  the  winner  of  the  summer 


contest  as  "King" — king  of  the  managers  in 
producing  good  attendance  results  in  hot 
weather.  Winner  this  year  was  Houston 
Sterrett,  manager  of  the  Palace,  Kinsley, 
Kas.,  one  of  the  older  Commonwealth 
managers. 

MEMPHIS 

^— —  « 

N.  J.  Colquhoun,  Republic  district  mana- 
ger, Dallas,  was  in  Memphis  this  week  on 
business.  .  .  .  Joe  Simon,  assistant  manager 
of  Warner  Theatre,  is  in  Oklahoma  City 
visiting  pals  with  the  Ringling  Brothers, 
Barnum  and  Bailey  Circus  with  which 
Simon  was  associated  for  20  years  before 
entering  the  theatre  business. 

The  Memphis  staff  of  MGM  will  gather 
Sept.  21  for  a  dance  at  Clearpool.  .  .  .  M.  A. 
Lightman,  Sr.,  president  of  Malco  Theatres, 
Inc.,  is  able  to  sit  up  at  his  home  and  play 
cards  with  friends.  Mr.  Lightman  is  taking 
a  rest  on  orders  from  his  doctors.  .  .  .  The 
Memphis  Variety  Club  plans  a  dinner  Sep- 
tember 30  at  the  Hotel  Gayoso  for  its 
membership  to  open  its  enlarged  and  redeco- 
rated headquarters,  Chief  Barker  Herb  Kohn 
said  this  week. 

MINNEAPOLIS 

Most  of  the  major  film  companies  have 
agreed  to  give  rental  adjustments  to  theatres 
hurt  by  the  polio  ban  on  children  under  15, 
according  to  Ben  Berger,  North  Central 
Allied  president.  .  .  .  "Monsieur  Beaucaire" 
played  an  exceptionally  big  week  in  this  area, 
doing  $22,000  at  Radio  City,  Minneapolis; 
$13,000  at  the  Paramount,  St.  Paul,  and 
$8,000  at  Duluth's  Norshor  theatre.  Busi- 
ness in  general  has  begun  a  pickup  as  the 
infantile  paralysis  epidemic  has  started  to 
wane. 

Bob  Whelan,  city  manager  for  RKO,  is 
vacationing  in  his  home  town  of  Sioux  City, 
Iowa,  while  John  Redmond,  RKO  district 
chief,  has  just  returned  from  a  vacation 
jaunt.  .  .  .  The  RKO  office  here  sent  a 
5  x  Zy2  foot  birthday  card  to  Ingrid  Berg- 
man. It  had  been  posted  in  the  Orpheum 
lobby  and  signed  by  all  the  patrons.  ...  In 
their  personal  appearance  at  the  Minneapolis 
auditorium,  Abbot  and  Costello  revealed  that 
one  of  the  Lou  Costello,  Jr.,  youth  founda- 
tions would  be  located  in  this  city.  .  .  .  When 
a  mouse  got  inside  the  marquee  of  the  Glen- 
wood  theatre,   Glenwood,   Minn.,  and  put 


on  a  show  catching  gnats,  Manager  Harry 
Longacre  said  he  had  more  business  outside 
than  inside.  .  .  .  New  theatres  are  being 
planned  extensively  in  small  towns  through- 
out the  northwest.  Others  which  have  been 
closed  for  several  years  are  now  being  re- 
opened. .  .  .  W.  E.  Jones  of  Marshall,  Minn., 
won  CPA  approval  for  an  800-seat  house 
when  he  showed  plans  which  included  apart- 
ments for  veterans  on  the  third  floor  of  the 
building. 

OMAHA 

The  Orpheum  theatre  expected  to  better 
$17,000  in  the  first  week  of  "O.  S.  S."  and 
"Inside  Job" — a  bill  that  also  climaxed  the 
Tri-States  Thirteenth  Anniversary  drive  at 
that  house.  .  .  .  Peter  Schnitzen,  69,  who 
operated  the  first  theatre  in  York,  Neb.,  is 
dead.  .  .  .  Ray  Brown,  Harlan,  la.,  exhibi- 
tor, is  celebrating  his  twentieth  year  in  the 
film  business  this  month.  .  .  .  Pat  McGee, 
Cooper  Theatres  general  manager,  and 
Treasurer  Frank  Roberts  spent  two  days 
here  from  Denver.  .  .  .  Adelle  Andersen, 
Warner  Brothers  cashier,  has  entered  the 
hospital  for  an  operation.  .  .  .  Members  of 
Local  B-47  of  the  IATSE  marched  in 
Omaha's  Labor  Day  parade.  .  .  .  O.  C. 
Broughton,  Metro  home  office  representative, 
is  in  the  city. 

PHILADELPHIA 

Local  grosses  really  booming,  with  the 
town  still  talking  about  the  $59,000  for 
"Notorious"  ...  .  Charles  Krips,  Jr.,  from 
the  foreign  department  of  20th  Century 
Fox,  leaves  the  local  exchange  next  week 
where  he  has  been  studying  operations,  and 
soon  takes  off  for  Italy.  .  .  .  Arnold  Kahn, 
auditor  for  20th  Century-Fox,  left  for  Atlan- 
after  several  months  at  the  local  exchange. 
.  .  .  Lou  Forunate  is  the  new  booker  at 
Paramount.  He's  the  son  of  Ferd  Fortunate, 
booker  at  Universal. 

Variety  Club,  Tent  13,  has  plans  set  for 
the  first  local  industry  post-war  golf  tourna- 
ment, on  September  20,  at  the  Manufac- 
turers' Country  Club.  .  .  .  Lillie  Rosentoor, 
chairlady  in  the  Spyros  Skouras  drive  of 
20th  Century-Fox,  just  back  from  Boston, 
where  she  met  with  A.  W.  Smith,  Jr., 
and  C.  E.  Peppiatt,  district  manager. 

Joe  Masteroff,  of  the  Wometco  Circuit  in 
Florida,  in  town  visiting  old  friends.  .  .  . 
Ed  O'Donnell,  Warner  booker,  held  a 
christening  for  his  son,  Edward,  Jr.,  last 
week.  .  .  .  John  Scully,  Jr.,  Universal  sales- 
man, is  off  on  a  Boston  trip  to  see  his 
parents.  .  .  .  Lou  Fortunato  starts  work 
at  Paramount  booking  office. 

The  Benn  theatre  is  holding  a  contest 
for  the  prettiest  girl  in  South  Philadalphia. 
.  .  .  William  Goldman's  initial  first-run  at- 
tempt at  the  Karlton  was  given  a  big  boost 
by  critic's  attention  to  the  feature,  "O.  S.  S." 
Mr.  Goldman's  new  first  runhouse,  with 
the  smallest  capacity  for  any  first  run  house 
in  town,  drew  biggest  at  the  box  office  last 
week. 

PITTSBURGH 

The  temporary  shortage  in  Loew  relief 
manager  roles  has  forced  Frank  Murphy, 
Penn  manager,  to  postpone  his  vacation  at 
Cape  Cod.  .  .  .  Morris  Fierst,  discharged 
Army  captain  and  one  of  the  founders  of 

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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


Exhibitors  differ  about  most  pictures. 


But  they'll  agree  about  /4nae£. 


They 
don't 


come 


any 
better! 


Charles  R.  Rogers  presents 


with 


ONSLOW  STEVENS  •  GEORGE  CLEVELAND  •  ERSKINE  SANFORD  •  Associate  Producer  DAVID  W.  SIEGEL  •  Original  Story  by  Harry  Segall  •  Screenplay 
by  Harry  Segall  and  Roland  Kibbee  •  Music  Composed  and  Directed  by  Dimitri  Tiomkin  •  Produced  by  CHARLES  R.  ROGERS  •  Directed  by  ARCHIE  MAY) 


so  very  good,  so  very 


UA 


SPOTLIGHT 

(.Continued  front  page  36) 

the  Playhouse  here,  has  been  named  general 
manager  of  Moo-vie  Auction  Sales,  Inc.,  a 
local  outfit  working  out  cooperative  give- 
away deals  with  neighborhood  theatres.  .  .  . 
Local  friends  of  Milt  Kaufman  ,  were  glad 
to  read  of  his  appointment  as  manager  of 
Loew's  State  in  Norfolk,  Va.  Milt  formerly 
served  as  assistant  manager  of  the  Penn 
here. 

SAN  ANTONIO 

Several  new  theatres  opened  in  this  ter- 
ritory during  August.  They  were :  Azteca, 
(Mexican  house)  in  Harlingen,  Mrs.  F.  R. 
Canas,  owner;  Haydee  theatre,  showing 
Spanish  language  films,  reopened  in  Dilley 
by  Gustavo  Laventant;  New  Karnes  theatre, 
Karnes  City,  David  Smason,  owner;  New 
Iris,  Brownsville,  also  catering  to  Latin 
American  trade,  opened  by  David  J.  Young, 
owner,  and  the  It  theatre,  Mathis,  opened 
by  Gidney  Talley  of  Tally  Enterprises, 
Pleasanton.  .  .  .  Recent  rains  did  not  keep 
out-of-town  exhibitors  from  booking  Mexi- 
can films  at  the  local  exchanges.  Among 
those  in  town  during  the  week  were  Carl  D. 
Richter  and  Leon  Newman,  Corpus  Christi ; 
Trinidad  Maldonaldo,  Tent  theatre,  Moore; 
Arnold  Ramirez,  Rio,  Mission ;  David 
Young,  Jr.,  Brownsville ;  Douglas  Duncan, 
Rio,  Del  Rio;  P.  J.  Poag,  R  &  R  manager, 
Del  Rio;  Frank  Trevino,  Ideal,  Pearsall ; 
T.  J.  Jackson,  Robstown. 

ST.  LOUIS 

Closing  of  Municipal  Opera,  Forest  Park 
Highlands  and  temporary  withdrawal  of 
St.  Louis  Cardinals  on  a  road  trip  gave  a 
lift  to  theatrical  business  in  the  city  last 
week.  .  .  .  Speaking  of  the  Cardinals  and  the 
pennant  fever  now  sweeping  the  city,  Mana- 
ger Eddie  Dyer  of  the  Red  Birds  went  to  a 
film  every  night  following  the  tough  three- 
game  series  with  the  Brooklyn  Dodgers, 
"for  relaxation,"  as  he  told  the  sports 
writers.  .  .  .  Bernie  Palmer,  recently  dis- 
charged from  the  army,  has  taken  over  his 
old  job  as  booker-buyer  for  the  Columbia 
Amusement  Company,  operators  of  four 
houses  in  Paducah  and  Murray,  Ky.  .  .  . 
Harry  Hynes,  Universal  branch  manager, 
due  back  this  week  from  sales  conference  at 
Denver.  .  .  .  "Shepard  of  the  Hills"  and 
"Beau  Geste,"  holding  very  well  in  spite  of 
their  advanced  years,  playing  to  capacity 
crowds  at  the  St.  Louis  theatre.  .  .  .  Tony 
Beninati,  left  the  Frisinia  Circuit  to  take 
over  the  Capitol  theatre,  the  Perry  Amuse- 
ment Company's  house  at  Pinckneyville,  111. 
.  .  .  The  St.  Louis  Municipal  Opera's  sum- 
mer season  was  the  most  successful  from  the 
standpoint  of  attendance,  attracting  a  total 
of  866,963  persons,  topping  the  previous 
record  of  1943  by  31,579. 

WASHINGTON 

All  first  run  theatres  were  continuing  with 
holdovers  the  past  week  with  "The  Big 
Sleep"  at  the  Earle  theatre ;  "The  Kid  from 
Brooklyn"  at  RKO  Keith's;  "Monsieur 
Beaucaire"  at  the  Palace,  and  "Smoky"  at 
Loew's  Capitol. 

Jerry  Antel,  former  Washington  showman, 


died  here  recently.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Variety  Club,  Tent  No.  11.  .  .  .  James  Ma- 
jorell,  production  chief  of  National  Screen 
Service  in  Hollywood,  and  well  known  in 
Washington  by  his  affiliation  with  Warner 
Theatres,  left  for  London  September  5  to 
handle  trailer  productions  there.  .  .  .  Top 
low  gross  at  the  Variety  Club  Annual  Golf 
Tournament  and  Dinner  Dance  at  the  Manor 
Club  August  29,  was  made  by  Harry  Bach- 
man  of  Circle  Amusement  Company.  Win- 
ner of  the  long  distance  drive  was  Buddy 
Brylawski,  son  of  Barker  Fulton  Brylawski. 
.  .  .  The  Washington,  D.  C,  Motion  Picture 
Council  recently  screened  "Boys'  Ranch"  and 
followed  it  with  a  round  table  discussion 
with  Cal  Farley,  youth  authority. 

Robert  Cousins,  for  two  years  a  member 
of  Frank  La  Fake's  Warner  publicity  staff 
here,  resigned  this  week  to  join  the  editorial 
board  of  a  new  book  club  being  organized  in 
New-  York.  Replacing  him  will  be  Cody 
Pfanstiehl,  former  University  of  Chicago 
press  relations  member.  .  .  .  The  local  Vari- 
ety Club  recently  conducted  a  round  table 
discussion  over  Station  WWDC  with  A.  E. 
Lichtman,  chairman  of  the  welfare  commit- 
tee ;  Nathan  Golden,  first  assistant  chief 
barker,  and  Sam  Galanty,  treasurer,  ac- 
quainting the  radio  audience  with  the  pur- 
poses of  the  club.  During  the  discussion 
they  also  publicized  the  club's  charity  foot- 
ball game  to  be  held  in  Baltimore  September 
22  between  the  Washington  Redskins  and 
the  Ghicago  Bears. 


Two  St.  Louis  First  Runs 
Raise  Admission  Scale 

Possibility*  of  a  general  admission  price 
rise  in  the  St.  Louis  area  is  seen  in  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  price  scale  at  Fanchon  & 
Marco's  first  run  house,  the  Ambassador,  in 
downtown  St.  Louis,  and  the  Apollo,  inde- 
pendent neighborhood  house  in  the  West 
Side. 

The  Ambassador's  scale  now  is  50  cents, 
60  cents  and  75  cents,  as  compared  to  the 
previous  scale  of  44,  55  and  65  cents.  The 
rise  went  into  effect  last  week  with  the  play- 
ing of  "Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam,"  and  at 
first  was  regarded  as  simply  advanced  prices 
for  the  showing  of  this  film.  However,  the 
increased  scale  was  in  effect  when  "Heart- 
beat" opened  this  week.  Now,  it  seems  ob- 
vious it  is  an  experiment  to  judge  the  pub- 
lic's reaction  to  increased  admission  prices. 

Meanwhile,  the  Ambassador's  competition 
in  downtown  St.  Louis — Loew's  State  and 
Loew's  Orpheum — are  maintaining  their 
price  scales  of  44,  55  and  65  cents.  The 
Loew's  management  had  no  comment  re- 
garding a  change  in  its  prices.  The  Apollo, 
part  of  the  Wehrenberg-Kaimann  circuit, 
raised  its  prices  from  50  to  55  cents  and  in- 
dependents as  well  as  officials  of  the  St.  Louis 
Amusement  Company  are  watching  the  reac- 
tion to  this  neighborhood  situation  with 
more  than  passing  interest. 


"Approaches"  Opens  Sept.  19 

"Western  Approaches,"  British  maritime 
Technicolor  melodrama,  released  by  English 
Films,  Inc.,  in  the  United  States  and  Can- 
ada, will  open  at  the  Rialto  theatre  in  New 
York,  September  19.  The  picture  will  also 
be  shown  at  the  Prague  Film  Festival  next 
month  to  represent  the  British  film  industry. 


Paramount  Sets 
Booking  Record 
In  Special  Week 

The  national  results  of  "Paramount 
Week"  which  opened  the  company's  "34th 
and  Greatest  Year  Celebration,"  established 
new  records,  it  was  disclosed  Monday  by 
Charles  M.  Reagan,  vice-president  in  charge 
of  distribution.  Net  rentals  for  the  week 
from  September  1  to  7  represented  the 
greatest  in  Paramount's  history,  topping  the 
mark  set  two  years  ago  when  it  released 
"Going  My  Way." 

The  week  witnessed  the  booking  of  more 
Paramount  product  by  a  larger  number  of 
theatres  than  in  any  single  week  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  company,  Mr.  Reagan  reporting 
that  16,244,  or  99.24  per  cent,  played  Para- 
mount product  during  the  week,  either  in 
the  form  of  features,  shorts  or  newsreels. 
Twenty-one  of  the  company's  31  branches 
booked  every  theatre  in  their  territories. 

The  number  of  Paramount  feature  book- 
ings was  13,559,  an  increase  of  approxi- 
mately 13  per  cent  over  the  previous  record 
of  12,097  set  last  year,  the  company  said. 

A  meeting  on  the  New  York  sales  force's 
participation  in  the  drive  was  held  Monday 
at  the  local  branch,  with  Hugh  Braly,  one 
of  two  national  co-captains  in  the  drive,  pre- 
siding. 

Home  office  executives  taking  part  in  the 
meeting  were :  Mr.  Reagan ;  Hugh  Owen, 
eastern  and  southern  division  sales  mana- 
ger; Oscar  Morgan,  short  subjects  sales 
manager.  Others  present  were  Henry  Ran- 
del,  New  York  branch  manager,  and  My- 
ron   Sattler,   local   sales  manager. 

File  Court  Action  on 
Percentage  Returns 

Five  separate  suits  for  damages  alleged  to 
have  resulted  from  incorrect  percentage  re- 
turns were  filed  in  the  Federal  Court  in 
Pittsburgh  Monday  by  several  of  the  dis- 
tributing companies.  Columbia  and  Uni- 
versal each  brought  a  suit  against  Speer 
Marousis  alleging  that  the  defendant  sub- 
mitted incorrect  box  office  reports  on  per- 
centage pictures  shown  at  the  Regent  theatre 
in  New  Castle,  Pa.,  as  a  result  of  which  the 
plaintiff  was  damaged  by  obtaining  smaller 
license  fees  on  its  pictures  and  by  making 
subsequent  grants  of  licenses  on  substantially 
lower  terms.  The  complaints  state  that  the 
defendant  refused  to  permit  an  audit  by  the 
attorneys  for  the  plaintiff  of  the  books  and 
records  of  the  theatre,  in  order  to  verify  the 
gross  receipts. 

In  the  other  three  suits,  also  charging  in- 
correct returns,  the  defendant  was  David 
Victor  and  the  theatre  involved  is  the  Victor 
theatre  in  New  Castle,  Pa. 

James  H.  Beal,  James  R.  Orr  and  Reed, 
Smith,  Shaw  &  McClay  are  named  as  attor- 
neys for  each  of  the  distributor  company 
plaintiffs. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


3V 


THE  HOLLYWOOD  SCENE 


Production  Down  Again 
Four  Pictures  Go  Before 
Cameras;  47  in  Work 


Hollywood  Bureau 

Production  declined  again  last  week,  as 
eight  pictures  were  completed,  four  were 
started,  and  work  was  resumed  on  Para- 
mount's  saga  of  life  in  the  wheatfields,  titled 
"The  Big  Haircut,"  and  starring  Alan  Ladd, 
Robert  Preston,  Dorothy  Lamour  and  Lloyd 
Nolan.  At  the  weekend,  the  total  number 
of  pictures  in  work  was  47. 

Three  of  the  new  films  went  before  the 
cameras  at  Columbia.  "Last  of  the  Redmen," 
based  on  Fenimore  Cooper's  famous  book, 
"The  Last  of  the  Mohicans,"  has  a  large  cast 
headed  by  Jon  Hall,  Michael  O'Shea,  Evelyn 
Ankers,  Julie  Bishop,  Buster  Crabbe  and 
Rick  Vallin.  Sam  Katzman  is  the  producer ; 
George  Sherman  the  director. 

"They  Walk  Alone,"  an  action  drama, 
features  Glenn  Ford,  Janis  Carter  and  Edgar 
Buchanan.  It  is  Jules  Schermer's  first  pro- 
duction assignment  at  the  studio  since  his 
discharge  from  the  Army,  and  Richard  Wal- 
lace is  directing. 

Another  in  Columbia's  "Lone  Wolf" 
series  of  mystery  dramas  is  "The  Lone 
Wolf's  Invitation  to  Murder,"  with  Gerald 
Mohr,  Eric  Blore,  Sheila  Ryan  and  Jac- 
queline de  Wit.  Sanford  Cummings  pro- 
duces; Ross  Lederman  directs. 

Fourth  and  final  of  the  week's  new  films  is 
PRC's  "Return  of  Rin  Tin  Tin,"  dog  story 
whose  cast  includes  Rin  Tin  Tin  III,  re- 
portedly a  grandson  of  the  famed  dog  star 
of  other  days,  Donald  Woods,  Bobby  Blake 
and  Claudia  Drake.  William  Stephens  is  the 
producer ;  Max  Nosseck  the  director. 

Incidental  News  of 
Pictures  and  People 

Robert  A.  Palmer,  formerly  casting  direc- 
tor at  20th  Century-Fox,  United  Artists  and 
RKO,  has  been  engaged  as  head  of  the  talent 
department  of  Universal-International.  .  .  . 
Director  Henry  Hathaway  has  had  his  20th 
Century-Fox  contract  renewed. 

Screen  Guild  Productions  has  signed  a 
deal  with  Screen  Art  Pictures,  under  the 
terms  of  which  the  latter  company  will  pro- 
duce a  minimum  of  12  pictures  for  Screen 
Guild  release  during  the  next  two  years. 
Screen  Art  Pictures  is  a  newly-formed  inde- 
pendent producing  unit  owned  principally  by 
eastern  exhibitors.     Arthur  Lockwood,  of 


Boston,  is  president  of  the  new  company ; 
Robert  L.  Lippert  is  vice-president ;  Lou 
Gordon,  also  of  Boston,  is  secretary,  and 
Morris  Nunes  is  treasurer.  The  company's 
initial  picture  will  be  Edward  Finney's  pro- 
duction, "Queen  of  the  Amazons." 

Pursuing  its  policy  of  expansion,  Mono- 
gram has  purchased  30,000  square  feet  of 
land,  fronting  on  Sunset  Drive  and  Common- 
wealth Avenue,  to  add  to  its  studio  property. 
.  .  .  Stephen  Ames  has  been  signed  to  a  new 
contract  as  executive  producer  at  RKO 
Radio,  and  will  devote  his  time  to  filming 
top-budget  Technicolor  pictures,  the  first  of 
which  will  be  "Tycoon,"  a  chronicle  of  rail- 
road building  based  on  a  novel  by  C.  E. 
Scoggins.  .  .  .  William  Ferrari,  of  MGM, 
has  been  elected  president  of  the  Society  of 
Motion  Picture  Art  Director?,  succeeding 
Bernard  Herzbrun. 

Robert  Gordon  has  been  promoted  to  di- 
rector at  Columbia,  and  will  direct  "Inside 
Story,"  starring  Chester  Morris.  .  .,.  Be- 
cause of  her  handling  of  a  role  in  "Margie," 
Jeanne  Crain  has  been  named  to  star  in  the 
forthcoming  20th  Century-Fox  film,  "Party 
Line,"  which  has  for  its  locale  a  small  north- 
ern California  country  town.  .  .  .  Reinhold 
Schunzel  has  been  signed  by  Paramount  for 
a  major  role  in  "Golden  Earrings,"  now 
shooting  with  Ray  Milland  and  Marlene 
Dietrich  in  stellar  spots. 

Powell  Purchases  Story 
To  Produce  Himself 

Dick  Powell  has  purchased  an  original 
psychological  story  titled  "Duello."  It  deals 
with  a  set  of  old  duelling  pistols  whose  sin- 
ister history  affects  the  mind  of  their  present- 
day  purchaser.  Powell  hopes  to  star  in  the 
film  as  well  as  produce  it  himself.  .  .  .  George 
Archainbaud,  who  directed  the  first  four  of 
the  new  series  of  "Hopalong  Cassidy"  West- 
erns, has  been  signed  to  direct  the  fifth  in  the 
series,  "Hoppy's  Holiday." 

Michael  Redgrave,  outstanding  British 
star,  has  been  signed  by  Fritz  Lang  to  co- 
star  with  Joan  Bennett  in  "The  Secret  Be- 
hind the  Door,"  second  in  a  series  of  Diana 
.Productions  which  are  to  be  released  by 
Universal-International.  .  .  .  Screen  Guild 
Productions  has  acquired  from  William 
Berke  the  film  rights  to  an  original  story 
titled  "Judy."  Berge  will  produce  and  direct 
the  picture.  .  .  .  Emmet  Lavery  has  been  en- 


gaged by  Jerrold  T.  Brandt  to  write  the 
screenplay  for  the  latter's  forthcoming  film, 
"Magic  in  the  Air,"  a  cavalcade  of  radio 
history. 

Hageman,  Composer,  Signed 
For  Role  in  Levey  Film 

Richard  Hageman,  noted  composer  and 
conductor  of  grand  opera,  has  been  signed 
for  a  role  in  the  Jules  Levey  production, 
"New  Orleans."  .  .  .  "Moon  Over  Mexicali," 
an  original  story  by  Albert  Demond,  has  been 
purchased  by  Republic  and  assigned  to  Lou 
Gray  for  production.  .  .  .  Truman  Bradley, 
the  radio  newscaster,  has  been  signed  for  a 
supporting  role  in  George  Jessel's  current 
20th  Century-Fox  musical,  "I  Wonder  Who's 
Kissing  Her  Now." 

Trigger,  Roy  Rogers'  well  known  Palo- 
mino, has  had  his  mane  and  tail  bleached  for 
his  role  in  Republic's  current  Trucolor  film, 
"Apache  Rose."  Rushes  reportedly  prove 
that  peroxide  makes  even  a  horse  more 
photogenic.  .  .  .  On  the  other  hand,  Dorothy 
Hart,  recently  signed  to  a  starring  contract 
at  Columbia,  will  not  have  to  undergo  a  dye 
job  for  her  role  in  "Twin  Sombreros."  Her 
hair,  described  by  the  studio  as  "golden 
rust,"  will  be  allowed  to  remain  as  it  is,  ac- 
cording to  Harry  Joe  Brown,  the  picture's 
producer,  since  it  photographs  satisfactorily 
in  Cinecolor. 

Chaliapin  Gets  Part  in 
"Arch  of  Triumph" 

Feodor  Chaliapin,  son  of  the  famed  Rus- 
sian singer  of  the  same  name,  has  been  set 
for  a  role  with  Ingrid  Bergman  and  Charles 
Boyer  in  "Arch  of  Triumph,"  now  shooting 
at  Enterprise.  .  .  .  Producers  William  Pine 
and  William  Thomas  have  borrowed  Rory 
Calhoun  from  David  O.  Selznick  for  a  stellar 
role  in  "Adventure  Island,"  an  action  drama 
based  on  Robert  Louis  Stevenson's  South 
Sea  story,  "Ebbtide."  Paramount  will  re- 
lease the  picture. 

Joan  Winfield  is  set  for  a  featured  role  in 
the  Warner  film,  "Love  and  Learn."  .  .  . 
Lambert  Hillyer  will  direct  "The  Valley  of 
Fear,"  Monogram  Western  to  star  Johnny 
Mack  Brown  with  Raymond  Hatton.  .  .  . 
William  Clemens  has  been  signed  by  Colum- 
bia to  direct  "The  Hunter  Is  a  Fugutive." 


Rose  Forms  Producing 
Company  with  Mason 

The  signing  of  an  agreement  to  form  a 
new  company  which  will  have  the  exclusive 
services  of  James  Mason  for  five  years  has 
been  announced  by  David  Rose  on  behalf  of 
himself  and  Mr.  Mason.  The  new  company 
plans  to  produce  at  least  two  high  budget 
films  during  the  period.  By  the  terms  of  the 
agreement,  it  will  be  possible  for  Mr.  Mason 
to  make  outside  deals  for  his  services.  Any 
such  deals  will  be  made  through  the  com- 
pany. 


40 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


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COMPLETED 

COLUMBIA 

[Mr.  District  Attorney 
EAGLE-LION 
Et's  a  Joke,  Son 
INDEPENDENT 
Fabulons  Joe 

(Roach) 
MGM 

Arnelo  Affair 
MONOGRAM 
Ginger 

Draw  When  You're 

Ready 
PRC 

Stars  Over  Texas 


UNITED  ARTISTS 

Whispering  Walls 
(Cassidy) 

STARTED 

COLUMBIA 

Last  of  the  Redmen 
Lone  Wolf's  Invita- 
tion to  Murder 
They  Walk  Alone 

PRC 

Return  of  Rin  Tin 
Tin 

SHOOTING 

COLUMBIA 

Alias  Mr.  Twilight 


My  Empty  Heart 
Johnny  O'Clock 
Blondie's  Big  Moment 

EAGLE-LION 

When  the  Devil 

Drives 
ENTERPRISE 
Arch  of  Triumph 
MGM 

Romance  of  Rosy 

Ridge 
Merton  of  the  Movies 
It  Happened  in 

Brooklyn 
Life's  for  the  Loving 
This  Time  for  Keeps 
Summer  Holiday 
Unfinished  Dance 


MONOGRAM 

It  Happened  on  Fifth 
Avenue 

PARAMOUNT 

Desert  Town 
(Wallis) 

Dear  Ruth 

Golden  Earings 

My   Favorite  Brun- 
ette 

Emperor  Waltz 
Unconquered 
'  (DeMille) 
Big  Haircut 

RKO  RADIO 

Time  to  Kill  ( Hakim- 
Lit  vak) 


They  Won't  Believe 

Me 
Trail  Street 
Bachelor  and  the 

Bobby-Soxer 
Katie  for  Congress 

REPUBLIC 

Hit  Parade 

Apache  Rose 

20TH  CENTURY- FOX 

I  Wonder  Who's 

Kissing  Her  Now 
Bob,  Son  of  Battle 
Homestretch 
Brasher  Doubloon 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

Vendetta  (California) 


Carnegie  Hall  (Fed- 
eral) 

Fabulous  Dorseys 
(Rogers) 

Miracle  Can  Happen 
(Bogeaus-Mere- 
dith) 

Monsieur  Verdoux 

(Chaplin) 
UNIVERSAL- 
INTERNATIONAL 

I'll  Be  Yours 
Flame  of  Tripoli 
WARNERS 

Love  and  Learn 

Possessed 

Deception 

Pursued  (U.  S.  Pic- 
tures) 


NO  SELLING  RESTRICTION  CAN  HARM 
GENUINE  ENTERTAINMENT:  NEBENZAL 


by  WILLIAM  R.  WEAVER 

Hollywood  Editor 

Alongside  the  venerable  truism  that  there 
are  no  box  office  ailments  a  good  picture 
can't  cure  may  be  jotted  down  now  the  ob- 
servation that  no  system  of  sales  practices 
the  Government  may  impose  can  hamstring 
genuine  entertainment. 

This  observation  is  uttered  without  osten- 
tation over  late  lunch  by  Seymour  Nebenzal, 
whose  concept  of  entertainment  embraces 
such  sharply  contrastive  productions  as  the 
famed  "Mayerling"  and  the  recent  '"Whistle 
Stop,"  and  whose  lunch  is  late  because  he's 
up  to  his  ears  in  the  filming  of  "The  Chase," 
a  melodrama  about  a  victim  of  combat  neu- 
rosis. "Entertainment,"  he  says,  "is  not  a 
matter  of  subject,  or  style,  nor  even  of  time. 
It's  a  matter  of  taking  people  out  of  them- 
selves for  a  little  while.    It's  theatre." 

Sees  Forthcoming  Changes 
Benefiting  Independents 

Specifically,    of    course,    the  impending 
changes  in  the  industry's  system  of  sales  op- 
erations, which  Hollywood  lumps  off  con- 
I  versationally  under  the  convenient  term  of 
'  ''auction   selling,"   were   under  discussion. 
'  Producer  Nebenzal  shares  with  other  inde- 
pendent producers  recently  quoted  in  this 
space  the  belief  that  the  forthcoming  changes 
will  benefit  independents. 

"When  it  is  no  longer  possible  to  condi- 
:  tion  the  sale  of  one  picture  upon  the  sale 
of   another,   or   several   others."   he  says, 
'there  will  be  no  restraint  upon  the  ex- 
i  hibitor  faced  with  choosing  between  two  pic- 
'  tures  of  equivalent  quality  and  available  to 
;  him  on  equivalent  terms.    In  the  past  he 
frequently  has  had  to  take  an  inferior  pic- 
ture from  a  major  studio,  and  pass  up  a 
better  independent  attraction,  in  order  to  get 
1  at  some  other  picture." 

Having  operated  successfully  under  this 
handicap,  the  producer  points  out,  an  inde- 
pendent stands  to  operate  more  successfully 


when  freed  of  it.  His  product  will  reflect 
the  change  in  selling  method  by  reason  of 
the  increased  revenues  derived  from  wider 
distribution  and  the  increased  production 
budgets  which  will  be  warranted. 

Increases  Budget  from 
$750,000  to  $1200,000 

Without  waiting  for  this  to  happen,  Mr. 
Nebenzal's  budget  for  "The  Chase"  has  been 
increased  from  $750,000  to  about  $1,200,000, 
he  says,  although  some  of  this  has  been 
necessitated  by  increased  labor  costs,  and 
there  are  no  apprehensions  about  the  ulti- 
mate outcome  of  the  undertaking.  He  re- 
marks, quite  incidentally,  that  the  same  pic- 
ture would  have  cost  another  $500,000  to 
make  for  a  major  studio,  on  account  of  the 
fixed  overhead  charge  which  the  inde- 
pendent producer  is  not  compelled  to  assimi- 
late. 

By  and  large,  Producer  Nebenzal  is  with- 
out complaint  about  the  status  of  the  inde- 
pendent in  these  United  States  and  times. 
Having  started  in  Germany  in  1933,  and 
continued  his  career  in  France  before  com- 
ing to  these  shores  in  1940,  he  knows  by  ex- 
perience some  problems  which  do  not  obtain 
in  America.  One  of  these  is  censorship,  and 
on  this  subject  he  expresses  himself  with 
the  familiarity  of  the  Continental. 

Way  of  Production  Code 
Described  as  Ideal 

"The  American  way — the  way  of  the  Pro- 
duction Code,  self-maintained  —  is  ideal. 
Censorship  is  unbearable.  We  must  never 
let  ourselves  in  for  it,  and  there  is  no  reason 
why  we  ever  should.  We  have  no  need  to 
show  anything  in  pictures  that  will  invite 
censorship,  although  some  of  us  seem  to  have 
thought  there  was,  lately. 

"It  is  necessary  to  show  or  indicate  evil 
sometimes,  for  purposes  of  drama,  but  it  is 
never  necessary  to  give  offense.  Joe  Breen 
and  his  Code  staff  do  a  fine  job  in  keeping 
us  clear  of  difficulties,  and  are  never  unrea- 


sonable. When  I  decided  to  remake  'Mayer- 
ling'  (a  forthcoming  Nebenzal  undertaking) 
I  was  worried  about  the  suicide  element  in 
the  story,  since  the  Code  abjures  suicide, 
but  I  took  the  problem  to  the  Breen  office 
and  they  showed  me  how  to  solve  it." 


"Before  the  Mast"  Premiere 
To  Be  Benefit  Show 

The  premiere  of  Paramount's  "Two  Years 
Before  the  Mast"  will  be  held  at  the  Fox 
theatre,  San  Francisco,  September  18  as  part 
of  a  large-scale,  one-night  benefit  the  mo- 
tion picture  industry  will  stage  for  the  de- 
pendents of  four  city  firemen  who  lost  their 
lives  in  a  recent  fire.  Plans  for  the  benefit 
are  sponsored  by  the  Northern  California 
Theatre  Owners  Association  with  a  commit- 
tee consisting  of  George  N.  Nasser,  Robert 
McNeil,  Joseph  Blumenfeld  and  Richard 
Spier,  representing  the  local  exhibitors,  and 
George  Christopher,  supervisor  of  the  City 
of  San  Francisco,  handling  the  arrange- 
ments. A  number  of  Hollywood  stars  will 
make  guest  appearances  at  the  screening. 

Film  Classics  Will  Handle 
"Crime  Newsreel"  Release 

Film  Classics  has  negotiated  a  distribu- 
tion contract  with  Erwin  and  Arthur  Lesser 
for  "Crime  Newsreel,"  produced  in  coopera- 
tion with  the  editors  of  True  Detective  Mag- 
azine and  featuring  Lewis  J.  Valentine, 
former  Police  Commissioner  of  New  York. 
The  contract  calls  for  13  issues  of  the  reel 
each  year,  one  every  four  weeks.  In  an  ar- 
rangement with  MacFadden  Publications, 
"Crime  Newsreel"  will  receive  advance  pub- 
licity on  3,000  truck  banners,  50,000  news- 
stands, and  in  special  ads  in  MacFadden 
magazines. 


Lang  Signs  Redgrave 

Michael  Redgrave,  British  film  star,  has 
been  signed  by  Fritz  Lang  to  co-star  with 
Joan  Bennett  in  "The  Secret  Beyond  the 
Door."  This  is  the  second  of  a  series  of 
Diana  Production  films  which  are  to  be  re- 
leased by  Universal-International.  Mr. 
Lang,  Miss  Bennett  and  Walter  Wanger 
head  Diana  Productions. 


Smmiimiiiiiii  iniiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii  i  mini  minimi  imimi  inn  iiiiiiiiuiii  i  u  nun  iiiiiiiiiiiimmiiii  i  i  iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimim   imifiiitiiii  iiiiiiiiiiiiiniiii  i  iiiiiiiiimiimiiimmii  i  mimim 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946  4. 


Short  Product  in  First  Run  Houses 


Thomas  Outlines 
Sales  Policy  for 
PRC  Product 

Upon  his  return  from  the  company's  an- 
nual convention,  Harry  H.  Thomas,  presi- 
dent of  PRC,  announced  a  new  selling  policy 
for  the  1946-47  product.  Eight  top  budget 
productions,  including  six  to  be  made  in 
Cinecolor,  will  be  sold  individually  with 
the  balance  of  the  complete  program  broken 
down  into  the  following  groups:  one  group 
of  six  specials ;  two  groups  of  eight  features 
each,  in  which  will  be  included  three  Philo 
Vance  mysteries,  two  Gas  House  Kids 
dramas  and  three  Michael  Shayne  mysteries ; 
one  group  of  six  Eddie  Dean  outdoor  mu- 
sicals and  one  group  of  Al  LaRue-Al 
"Fuzzy"  St.  John  action  Westerns. 

The  company  has  adopted  a  new  profit 
sharing  bonus  plan,  with  all  salesmen,  book- 
ers, exchange  managers  and  district  mana- 
gers eligible  to  participate,  it  was  announced 
last  Thursday  at  the  Ambassador  Hotel  in 
Atlantic  City  by  Lloyd  Lind,  vice-president 
and  assistant  general  sales  manager,  at  the 
company's  annual  convention. 

To  Augment  Incomes 

The  plan  was  devised,  Mr.  Lind  explained, 
to  augment  incomes  of  the  sales  department 
personnel  in  direct  proportion  to  the  volume 
of  business  done.  The  profit-sharing  plan 
will  be  called  the  "52  Club,"  based  on  the 
company's  feeling  that  in  order  to  be  com- 
pletely satisfactory,  a  sales  drive  must  run 
52  weeks  in  the  year.  In  this  manner,  Mr. 
Lind  told  the  200  exchange  and  sales  ex- 
ecutives, home  office  executives  and  depart- 
ment heads,  it  will  be  possible  to  eliminate 
the  "let-down"  which  almost  invariably  ac- 
companies the  end  of  the  final  short-term 
sales  drive. 

With  the  establishment  of  the  "52  Club," 
he  said,  "we  will  set  up  for  each  branch  of- 
fice the  most  liberal  basis  we  know.  This 
will  be  based  on  the  exchange's  pro-rata 
share  of  negative  costs,  to  which  will  be 
added  distribution,  prints,  advertising  and 
overhead  costs,  plus  a  very  fair  margin  of 
profit.  On  every  cent  of  business  obtained 
beyond  this  figure,  every  one  in  the  ex- 
change will  cut  in  with  a  certain  stipu- 
lated percentage  on  the  figure." 

Inspired  by  Circuit  Heads 

In  further  explaining  the  origin  of  the 
idea  of  the  "52  Club,"  Mr.  Lind  said  that 
an  all-year-round  sales  drive  was  inspired 
by  leading  circuit  heads  and  exhibitors  who 
have  emphasized  their  desire  to  go  on  rec- 
ord with  their  prediction  that  under  the 
new  form  of  selling  made  necessary  by 
terms  of  the  Consent  Decree,  independent 
distributors  would  find  their  greatest  oppor- 
tunity for  augmenting  sales  volume  since 
the  advent  of  sound. 

Friday,  the  final  session  of  PRC's  three- 
days  convention,  was  devoted  to  regional 
sales  meetings. 


NEW  YORK— Week  of  September  9 


CAPITOL:  Hick  Chick  MGM 

Feature:  Holiday  in  Mexico  MGM 

CRITERION:  Army  Football  Champions 

Columbia 

Feature:  I've  Always  Loved  You  Republic 

GLOBE:  Robin  Hood  Mokes  Good.  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  A  Night  in  Casablanca...  .  United  Artists 

HOLLYWOOD:  Okay  for  Sound.  .Warner  Bros. 

Facing  Your  Danger  Warner  Bros. 

Hollywood  Dairy  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Night  and  Day  Warner  Bros. 

PALACE:  Flicker  Flashbacks  RKO 

Courtship  to  Courthouse  RKO 

Feature:  The  Crack-Up  RKO 


Mrs.  Grew  President  of 
Paramount  Pep  Club 

Mrs.  Agnes  Mengel  Grew,  purchasing 
agent  at  the  Paramount  home  office,  Tues- 
day was  elected  president  of  the  Paramount 
Pep  Club,  succeeding  Irving  Singer.  It 
marked  the  first  time  a  woman  was  elected 
president  in  the  club's  25  years. 

Others  named  to  serve  during  1946-1947 
were  Al  Siegel,  vice-president;  Albert 
Sicignano,  treasurer,  and  Lillian  May,  sec- 
retary. Elected  to  the  board  of  governors 
for  two  year  terms  were  Irving  Singer, 
William  Ramage,  Catherine  Quinn,  John  R. 
Fisher,  Murray  Waterman  and  Madeline 
Lang.  Aldythe  Reichenbach,  John  Hubka 
and  Mrs.  Charlotte  Byrne  were  elected  to 
the  board  for  one  year. 

Joseph  Phillipson  was  named  chairman  of 
the  club's  entertainment  committee ;  Bob 
Stanley,  financial  committee ;  Madeline 
Lang  and  Ken  Snyder,  choral  society; 
Aldythe  Reichenbach,  fashion  group;  Sara 
Lyons,  membership  committee ;  John  Hubka, 
athletic  committee ;  Sid  Mesibov,  publicity 
committee ;  Larry  Willet,  bulletin  commit- 
tee; Belle  Jones,  remembrance  committee. 
Acting  •  on  a  proposal  advanced  by  Mrs. 
Grew,  the  membership  voted  to  change  the 
name  of  the  club  to  the  Paramount  Pic- 
tures Club,  Inc. 


Museum  to  Present  Cycle 
Of  Historical  Films 

The  Museum  of  Modern  Art,  New  York 
City,  begins  September  16  the  presentation 
of  a  motion  picture  program  titled  "The  De- 
velopment of  Narrative."  The  series  con- 
tinues until  December  31,  1947,  and  will  in- 
clude showings  of  American  and  foreign 
films  produced  during  the  past  half-century 
Among  the  pictures  to  be  shown  by  the  mu- 
seum for  the  first  time  in  any  of  its  cycles 
are  "Flesh  and  the  Devil,"  "The  Beggars' 
Opera,"  "Ghosts  Before  Breakfast,"  and 
Leni  Riefenstahl's  film  record  of  the  1936 
Olympics  held  in  Berlin.  There  will  be  a 
change  in  program  twice  a  week  during  the 
cycle  in  alternating  periods  of  four  and  three 
days.  Two  shows  are  given  daily,  except 
Thursdays,  Sundays  and  holidays  when  three 
are  given. 


PARAMOUNT:  Rocket  to  Mars.  . .  Paramount  I 

Feature:  Monsieur  Beaucaire  Paramour)!] 

RMLTO:  Klondike  Casanova  Paramount 

Ten  Pin  Titans  RKO 

Feature:  It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog 

20th  Cent.-Fof! 


RIVOLI:  Choo-Choo  Amiga  United  Artist.  ] 

Palmetto  Quail  RKC 

Feature:  Till  the  End  of  Time  RKC  i 

ROXY:  Winning  the  West  20th  Cent.-Fo 

Diving  Dandies  20th  Cent.-Fo 

The  White  House  RKO 

Feature:  Home  Sweet  Homicide.  ..  .20th  Cent.-Fon 

STRAND:  Ranch  in  White   Warner  Bros. 

Minstrel   Days   Warner  Bros. 

Great  Piggy  Bank  Robbery  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  The  Big  Sleep  Warner  Bros. ' 


IA  Probes 


Move  in  St.  Louis 

The  reputed  actions  of  John  P.  Nick 
and  his  followers  which  have  threatened 
the  interests  of  St.  Louis'  Local  6  of  the 
IATSE  has  forced  the  international  union 
to  take  over  the  local,  according  to  a  story 
Monday  in  the  St.  Louis  Star  Times. 

Frank  Strickling,  special  IATSE  repre- 
sentative  on  behalf  of  Richard  F.  Walsh,  i 
IATSE  president,  started  hearings  Monday 
on  the  local's  affairs,  with  the  authority  of 
the  local's  officers  suspended  pending  the 
outcome.  No  action  can  be  taken  until  a 
report  is  made  by  Mr.  Strickling  to  Mr. 
Walsh  and  the  matter  acted  upon  by  the 
IATSE  executive  board,  according  to  an  I 
IA  spokesman. 

Mr.  Walsh's  assignment  of  Mr.  Strickling 
to  investigate  followed  a  petition  submitted 
to  him  by  members  of  the  anti-Nick  fac- 
tion in  the  union  asking  for  help,  accord- 
ing to  the  Star  Times. 

Mr.  Nick  has  been  trying  to  regain  con- 
trol of  the  union  since  his  release  from 
Federal  prison  and  members  of  the  stage- 
hands and  operators  union  have  appealed 
to  the  International  officers  to  step  in  be- 
fore the  whole  theatrical  labor  movement 
is  destroyed  because  of  Mr.  Nick's  activi- 
ties, said  the  paper. 


Neil  Agnew  Flies  to  Paris 
On  "Duel  in  the  Sun"  Release 

Neil  Agnew,  vice-president  and  general 
sales  manager  for  David  O.  Selznick  Pro- 
ductions, flew  to  Paris  Monday  to  make 
arrangements  for  release  of  "Duel  in  the 
Sun"  in  Paris  and  in  Belgium,  Spain  and 
London.  While  he  is  abroad,  he  will  nego- 
tiate for  the  dubbing  of  the  picture  in  Span- 
ish and  French.  The  $6,500,000  feature  is  re- 
portedly set  for  a  premiere  in  London  No- 
vember 28.  Before  he  left  for  Paris  Mr. 
Agnew  reported  that  the  matter  of  road- 
showing  the  picture  in  the  U.  S.  was  not 
definitely  decided ;  that  it  awaited  clarifica- 
tion of  "pertinent  points"  in  the  New  York 
anti-trust  case  decision. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


EDDIE  ALBERT  •  FAYE  MARLOWE  •  GAIL  PATRICK 


REPUBLIC 
PICTURE 


WHAT  THE 

PICTURE  HIH  FOR  ME 


.  .  .  the  original  exhibitors'  reports  department,  established  October  14,  1916.  In  it 
theatremen  serve  one  another  with  information  about  the  box  office  performance  of 
product — providing  a  service  of  the  exhibitor  for  the  exhibitor.  ADDRESS  REPORTS: 
What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me,  Motion  Picture  Herald.  Rockefeller  Center,  New  York  20. 


Astor 

LONE  RIDER  FIGHTS  BACK:  George  Huston- 
Good  Westren  which  suited  O.K.  for  a  double  bill. 
Had  a  good  print  on  this  one,  too.  Played  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  Aug.  20,  21.— Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre, 
England,  Ark. 

Columbia 

CRIME  DOCTOR'S  WARNING,  THE:  Warner 
Baxter,  Dusty  Anderson — Not  strong  enough  to  have 
them  sit  up  late  at  night  to  see.  Played  Sunday  mid- 
night, Sept.  1.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Til- 
bury, Ont.,  Can. 

SHE  WOULDN'T  SAY  YES:  Rosalind  Russell,  Lee 
Bowman — This  picture  had  what  it  takes  to  do  better 
than  average  midweek  business  for  us  and  to  send 
the  customers  away  in  a  good  mood.  Played  Wednes- 
day, Thursday,  Aug.  21,  22— A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema 
Theatre,   Scotia,  Cal.   Small  lumber  town  patronage. 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

ADVENTURE:  Clark  Gable,  Greer  Garson— This 
was  intended  as  a  sure  box  offce  hit,  but  it  failed  to 
register  as  such  for  us.  Light  crowds  both  nights 
and  quite  a  few  walkouts.  Played  Sunday,  Monday, 
Aug.  18,  19.— A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre,  Sco- 
tia, Cal.    Small  lumber  town  patronage. 

GREEN  YEARS,  THE:  Charles  Coburn,  Tom  Drake 
— Grand!  Wonderful  picture.  Cood  business.  This 
gets  them  out  and  if  anyone  doesn't  like  it,  there  is 
something  wrong  with  him.  Played  Sunday-Wednes- 
day, Aug.  11-14.— W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre, 
Ruston,  Ala. 

LETTER  FOR  EVIE,  A:  Marsha  Hunt,  John  Car- 
roll— I  thought  this  a  nice  little  comedy  romance, 
but  business  was  poor  on  it.  Played  Thursday,  Friday, 
Aug.  8,  9— W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre,  Ruston, 
Ala. 

PORTRAIT  OF  MARIA:  Dolores  Del  Rio,  Pedro 
Armendariz — Imagine  it  is  a  good  draw  for  the  special 
trade.  Not  good  otherwise.  Below  average  gross  and 
most  of  the  people  disliked  it.  Played  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  July  13,  14. — Stanley  E.  Robinson,  Roxy 
Theatre,  Coleraine,  Minn.  Small  town  and  rural  pat- 
ronage. 

SAILOR  TAKES  A  WIFE:  Robert  Walker,  June 
Allyson — A  good  little  comedy  that  failed  at  the  box 
office.  Nothing  more  said.  Played  Monday,  Aug.  19. 
— A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask., 
Can. 

THEY  WERE  EXPENDABLE:  Robert  Montgom- 
ery, John  Wayne — I  was  surprised  as  I  expected  the 
picture  to  do  swell  business  but  for  some  reason  or 
other  word-of-mouth  advertising  killed  it  on  Satur- 
day night.  I  think  the  country  people  are  tired  of 
war  pictures.  But  this,  being  an  authentic  story  of  the 
exploits  of  the  American  Navy,  should  have  recom- 
mended it.  However,  the  box  office  receipts  are  the 
ones  that  count,  and  they  fell  off  badly.  Played  Sat- 
urday. Aug.  17. — A.  L.  Dove.  Bengough  Theatre,  Ben- 
gough. Sask.,  Can. 

WEEKEND  AT  THE  WALDORF:  Ginger  Rogers, 
Walter  Pidgeon,  Lana  Turner,  Van  Johnson — An  ex- 
cellent cast  in  an  excellent  production.  It  is  hardly 
a  small  town  picture,  but  they  came  to  see  the  lovely 
ladies  and  their  favorite  male  stars  on  the  screen. 
The  story  is  good  and  it  makes  a  swell  evening's 
entertainment.  Played  Wednesday,  July  24. — A.  L. 
Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 


Monogram 

FREDDIE  STEPS  OUT:  Freddie  Stewart.  June 
Preisser — Good  series  of  pictures  enjoyed  by  the  young 
folks  and  the  grownups.  Good  music.  I  double  billed 
it  and  the  audience  seemed  satisfied.  Played  Thurs- 
day-Saturday, Aug.  22-24. — Terry  Ajley,  New  Thea- 
tre. England,  Ark. 

Paramount 

BRIDE  WORE  BOOTS,  THE:  Barbara  Stanwyck, 


Robert  Cummings — This  comedy  was  quite  a  hit. 
Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  14,  IS.— James  C. 
Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

FOLLOW  THAT  WOMAN:  William  Gargan,  Nan- 
cy Kelly — Fair  picture,  but  business  poor.  If  they  see 
the  mention  of  murder  in  the  preview  they  stay  away 
in  droves.  Played  Wednesday,  Aug.  28. — M.  D.  Wil- 
liams, Oliver  Springs  Theatre,  Oliver  Springs,  Tenn. 
Small  town  patronage. 

KITTY:  Paulette  Goddard,  Ray  Milland— This  was 
a  much  publicized  show  and  everyone  came  expecting 
to  see  something  which  they  ought  not  to.  However, 
it  turned  out  to  be  a  very  good  evening's  entertain- 
ment and  it  was  thoroughly  enjoyed  by  my  patrons. 
Played  Monday,  July  15. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough 
Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

KITTY:  Paulette  Goddard,  Ray  Milland— This  was  a 
flop  here.  This  picture  does  not  do  the  box  office 
any  good  in  the  small  towns.  The  stars  have  no  draw 
here.  Played  Sunday.  Monday.  Aug.  18,  19. — Lowell 
Ehle,  Opera  House,  Versailles,  Ohio. 

OUR  HEARTS  WERE  GROWING  UP:  Gail  Rus- 
sell, Diana  Lynn — This  failed  to  do  anything  extra. 
It  was  too  weak  for  this  town,  although  the  ones  who 
came  were  very  pleased.  Played  Wednesday,  Thurs- 
day, Aug.  21,  22— James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Thea- 
tre, Gray,  Ga. 

ROAD  TO  UTOPIA:  Bing  Crosby,  Bob  Hope,  Dor- 
othy Lamour — A  good  comedy  picture  which  pleased 
all  who  came.  Business  was  good,  too.  Should  make 
money  any  place.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug. 
28,  29.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey, 
Okla. 

ROAD  TO  UTOPIA:  Bing  Crosby,  Bob  Hope,  Dor- 
othy Lamour — I  was  very  glad  to  get  a  good  dating 
on  this,  thanks  to  Paramount,  and  everybody  enjoyed 
this  production.  Maybe  it  is  not  quite  up  to  the 
Hope-Crosby  standard.  People  come  to  hear  Crosby 
*ing.  It  is  a  good  comedy  and  everyone  was  pleased. 
Played  Monday,  July  22.— A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough 
Theatre,  Bengough.  Sask.,  Can. 

SALTY  O'ROURKE:  Alan  Ladd,  Gail  Russell— A 
good  picture  that  seemed  to  please  all.  It  was  a  little 
old,  but  business  was  good.  Played  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  Aug.  7,  8. — Roy  Reeves,  Brockton  Theatre, 
New  Brockton,  Ala.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

TO  EACH  HIS  OWN:  Olivia  DeHavilland.  John 
Lund — A  great  dramatic  picture  with  top-notch  acting 
that  should  have  done  more  than  the  average  busi- 
ness that  it  did  here.  Played  Monday,  Tuesday, 
Aug.  26,  27.— W.  F.  Shelton,  Louisburg  Theatre, 
Louisburg,  N.  C. 

WELL  GROOMED  BRIDE,  THE:  Ray  Milland, 
Olivia  DeHavilland— A  good  little  comedy  from  Para- 
mount and  a  very  good  cast.  I  would  recommend 
this  as  good  evening's  entertainment.  Played  Mondav. 
Aug.  26.— A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Bengough, 
Sask.,  Can. 


PRC 

NAVAJO  KID:  Bob  Steele,  Carmen  March— It  was 
great  to  have  Bob  Steele  back  again.  Wish  I  had 
his  picture  to  hang  in  my  lobby  with  the  other  West- 
ern stars.  This  is  an  action-packed  Western  which 
was  just  what  my  Western  crowd  goes  'for.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  23,  24.— James  C.  Balkcom, 
Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 


RKO  Radio 

B  ADMAN'S  TERRITORY:  Randolph  Scott.  Ann 
Richards — This  is  great  for  a  small  town.  Don't  pass 
ur>  the  opportunity  to  play  this.  The  previews  with 
all  the  great  outlaws  will  sell  this.  Played  Monday, 
Tuesday,  Aug.  19,  20.— James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray 
Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

DING  DONG  WILLIAMS:  Glenn  Vernon,  Marcia 


McGuire — Good  draw  for  teen  agers.  Wise  choice  for 
small  town  and  rural  localities.  People  liked  it,  but 
it  fell  slightly  below  average  gross.  Weather  fair. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  30,  31.— Stanley  E. 
Robinson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Coleraine,  Minn.  Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 

GAME  OF  DEATH,  A:  John  Loder,  Audrey  Long 
— A  thriller  from  start  to  finish.  Used  on  a  double 
bill.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  23,  24.— James 
C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

L 

MAN  ALIVE:  Pat  O'Brien,  Ellen  Drew— Used  on 
top  half  of  double  bill.  No  draw.  Played  Friday, 
Saturday,  Aug.  23,  24. — A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Thea- 
tre, Scotia,  Cal.    Small  lumber  town  patronage. 

PARTNERS  IN  TIME:  Pamela  Blake,  John  James 
— Wish  I  could  play  these  characters  more  than  one 
day,  as  they  are  box  office  plus.  Above  average  crowd. 
Played  Sunday,  Aug.  25. — James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr., 
Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

TARZAN  AND  THE  LEOPARD  WOMAN:  John- 
ny Weissmuller,  Brenda  Joyce,  Johnny  Sheffield — 
Good  Tarzan  picture.  Just  what  the  small  town  cries 
for.  Wish  they  came  more  often.  Played  Monday, 
Tuesday,  July  29,  30.— Roy  Reeves,  Brockton  Thea- 
tre, New  Brockton,  Ala.  Small  town  and  rural  pat- 
ronage. 

TARZAN  AND  THE  LEOPARD  WOMAN:  Johnny 
Weissmuller,  Brenda  Joyce,  Johnny  Sheffield— These 
are  small  town  naturals  for  my  part  of  the  country. 
Try  to  buy  them  flat,  if  possible.  Good  business. 
Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  18,  19.— Terry  Axley, 
New  Theatre,  England,  Ark. 

WANDERER  OF  THE  WASTELAND:  James 
Warren,  Audrey  Long — Played  with  another  Western 
to  a  good  weekend  crowd  and  it  went  over  great. 
Played  Friday.  Saturday,  Aug.  16,  17.— James  C. 
Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 


Republic 

ANGEL  COMES  TO  BROOKLYN,  AN:  Kaye 
Dowd,  Robert  Duke — Brother,  how  any  company  could 
produce  such  a  miserable  example  of  the  talking  pic- 
ture art  or  how  any  director  could  spoil  a  bunch 
of  film  is  beyond  my  comprehension.  We  had  more 
walkouts  on  this  than  on  all  the  rest  of  my  picture 
experience  put  together,  which  is  25  years.  I  pulled 
it  and  put  it  in  the  can  and  had  a  dark  weekend. 
Just  a  dud.  Played  Thursday,  Aug.  22. — A.  L.  Dove, 
Bengough  Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

CALIFORNIA  GOLD  RUSH:  "Wild"  Bill  Elliott, 
Alice  Flemming— Used  on  second  half  of  weekend  dou- 
ble bill.  Satisfactory  with  Western  fans.  Plaved 
Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  23,  24.— A.  C.  Edwards,  Wfn- 
ema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small  lumber  town  pat- 
ronage. 

DAKOTA:  John  Wayne,  Vera  Hruba  Ralston-^Ohe 
of  Republic's  better  releases.  Plenty  of  action  in  out- 
door drama  of  the  early  days  in  Dakota.  Many  settlers 
around  this  part  of  the  country  came  here  from  the- 
location  of  the  story.  It  is  a  good  small  town  release. 
Play  it,  if  you  are  in  a  spot  like  mine.  Played  Thurs- 
day, Aug.  1.— A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Ben- 
gough, Sask.,  Can. 

GUY  COULD  CHANGE,  A:  Allan  Lane.  Jane  Fra- 
zee— Satisfying  small  budget  picture:  which  pleased 
average  business.  Played  Tuesday,  Aug.  27.— E.  M. 
Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

MAN  FROM  OKLAHOMA:  Roy  Rogers,  Dale  Ev- 
ans—Not up  to  the  Roy  Rogers  standard.  They  are 
getting _  away  from  the  musical  numbers  in  these 
productions, _  which  are  always  so  popular.  However, 
Saturday  night's  business  was  good  so  we  cannot 
complain.  If  you  take  out  the  music  you  have  very 
little  left.  Played  Saturday,  Julv  20.— A.  L.  Dove. 
Bengough  Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

MELODY  RANCH:   Gene  Autry— Claimed  as  Au- 
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try's  best,  but  due  to  bad  weather  this  one  fell  at 
the  box  office.    Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  2,  3.— 
Roy  Reeves,  Brockton  Theatre,  New  Brockton,  Ala. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

WAGON  WHEELS  WESTWARD:  "Wild"  Bill  El- 
liott, Bobby  Blake— Wild  Bill  and  Little  Beaver  are 
great  favorites  here.  Always  a  good  draw.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  16,  17.— James  C.  Balkcom, 
Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 


Screen  Guild 

NORTHWEST  TRAIL:  Bob  Steele— I  think  this  is 
just  another  Western  with  color  added  to  it.  The 
cast  was  good,  but  I  was  disappointed  in  John  Litel's 
acting.  I  though  it  was  poor.  Play  this  if  you 
can  get  it.  It  has  drawing  power.  Business  good. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  July  26,  27.— Nick  Raspa, 
State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va.  Small  town  patron- 
age. 


Twentieth  Century- Fox 

CHAD  HANNA:  Henry  Fonda,  Linda  Darnell- 
Here  is  an  oldie  that  was  really  worth  bringing  back. 
It  is  about  a  small  circus  in  the  late  nineteenth  cen- 
tury. The  cast  is  great  and  Miss  Darnell  is  beautiful. 
Play  this,  if  you  can.  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  July 
23,  24.— Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va. 
Small  town  patronage. 

DO'  YOU  LOVE  ME?  Maureen  O'Hara,  Dick 
Haymes — A  beautiful  musical  in  Technicolor.  Dick 
Haymes  is  a  great  favorite.  Very  good.  Played 
Monday,  Tuesday,  Aug.  12,  13. — James  C.  Balkcom, 
Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

DRAGON  WYCK :  Gene  Tiernty,  Vincent  Price  — 
Very  engrossing.  Not  for  rural  patronage.  It  was 
above  average  at  the  box  office,  but  attribute  this  to 
the  national  advertising  it  received.  Weather  nice. 
Played  Sunday-Tuesday,  Aug.  25-27.— Stanley  E.  Rob- 
inson, Roxy  Theatre,  Coleraine,  Minn.  Small  town 
and  rural  patronage. 

FALLEN  ANGEL:  Alice  Faye,  Dana  Andrews- 
Suitable  for  short  run  or  double  bill.  Good  show  and 
most  of  the  people  liked  it.  Box  office  average.  Played 
Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  21,  22. — Stanley  E.  Robin- 
son, Roxy  Theatre,  Coleraine,  Minn.  Small  town  and 
rural  patronage. 

LEAVE  HER  TO  HEAVEN:  Gene  Tierney,  Cornel 
Wilde — Did  average  business.  Cornel  Wilde  has  a 
following  here.  Technicolor  was  very  good.  Very  good 
picture.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  July  21,  22. — Lowell 
Ehle,  Opera  House  Theatre,  Versailles,  Ohio. 

SULLIVANS,  THE:  Anne  Baxter,  Thomas  Mitchell 
— Here  is  one  of  the  best  pictures,  I  believe,  that  ever 
came  out  of  Hollywod.  I  don't  see  why  this  picture 
didn't  win  any  awards,  because  it  was  well  produced. 
The  stars  were  very  well  chosen  and  the  acting  was 
superb,  especially  Thomas  Mitchell.  If  you  haven't 
played  this,  by  all  means,  play  it.  I  believe  everyone 
should  see  this.  Business  was  good.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday,  July  28.  29.— Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre, 
Rivesville,  W.  Va.    Small  town  patronage. 


United  Artists 


ADVENTURES  OF  TOM  SAWYER:  Tommy  Kel- 
ly, May  Robson — Always  good  for  another  run.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  Aug,  80,  31. — Harland  Ranjkin, 
Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

CAPTAIN  KIDD:  Charles  Laughton,  Randolph  Scott 
— A  disappointment.  My  people  do  not  care  for 
Charles  Laughton.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug. 
30,  31. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey, 
Okla. 

OUTLAW,  THE:  Jack  Buetel,  Jane  Russell— A  well 
played  Western.  It  was  a  big  disappointment  to  most 
who  saw  it.  It  was  too  highly  advertised  for  the  story. 
Played  Sunday -Tuesday,  Aug.  18-20.— G.  R.  May  and 
M.  Sevel.  Varsity  Theatre,  Ellisville,  Miss.  Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 

SPELLBOUND:  Ingrid  Bergman,  Gregory  Peck— A 
picture  of  this  type  does  not  usually  go  so  well,  but 
they  turned  out  well  and  enjoved  this.  Played  Mon- 
day, Tuesday,  Aug.  26,  27.— M.  D.  Williams,  Oliver 
Springs  Theatre,  Oliver  Springs,  Tenn.  Small  town 
patronage. 

WHISTLE  STOP:  George  Raft.  Ava  Gardner— Raft 
O.K.  in  the  job.  Not  a  particularly  pleasing  story, 
but  it  did  extra  business.  Played  Wednesday,  Thurs- 
day, Aug.  28.  29.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Til- 
bury, Ont.,  Can. 


Universal 

BLACK  ANGEL,  THE:  Dan  Duryea,  June  Vincent 
— This  one  wouldn't  draw  flies.  No  business  at  all. 
Why,  oh  why,  did  we  ever  book  it  for  two  days? 
Played  Monday.  Tuesday,  Aug.  19,  20.— W.  F.  Shel- 
ton,  Louisburg  Theatre,  Louisburg,  N.  C. 


HER  ADVENTUROUS  NIGHT:  Dennis  O'Keefe, 
Helen  Walker— Here  is  a  sleeper.  Nice  comedy.  Well 
received.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday,  Aug.  25-27.— W.  M. 
Butterfield,  Tech  'Iheatr,  Ruston,  Ala. 

LOVER  COME  BACK:  George  Brent,  Lucille  Ball 
— Good  comedy.  Well  liked,  Business  fair.  Played 
Sunday -Tuesday,  Aug.  18-20.— W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech 
Theatre,  Ruston,  Ala. 

MADONNA  OF  THE  SEVEN  MOONS:  Phyllis 
Calvert,  Stewart  Granger— Being  English,  it  has  two 
strikes  against  it.  Story  acceptable  to  higher  clien- 
tele. Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  7,  8.— Stan- 
ley E.  Robinson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Coleraine,  Minn.  Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 

NIGHT  IN  PARADISE,  A:  Merle  Oberon,  Turhan 
Bey — Preview  was  the  best  part  of  the  show.  Good 
acting,  colorful,  but  most  people  didn't  like  ti.  Mon- 
day and  Tuesday  were  weak  at  the  box  office. 
Played  Sunday-Tuesday,  Aug.  11-13.— Stanley  E.  Rob- 
inson, Roxy  Theatre,  Coleraine,  Minn.  Small  town 
and  rural  patronage. 

RUNAROUND,  THE:  Ella  Raines,  Rod  Cameron 
—Nice  little  comedy.  Well  done.  Pleased.  Business 
only  fair.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday,  Aug.  4-6. — W.  M. 
Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre,  Ruston,  Ala. 

SHE  WROTE  THE  BOOK:  Joan  Davis,  Jack  Oakie 
— Thought  this  clever  and  funny.  Business  fair.  Played 
Sunday -Tuesday,  July  21-23.— W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech 
Theatre,  Ruston,  Ala. 

SHE  WROTE  THE  BOOK:  Joan  Davis,  Jack  Oakie 
— Always  a  good  draw  on  Sunday  is  the  name  of  Joan 
Davis.  A  fast  steppin'  comedy.  Played  Aug.  18. — 
James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

TANGIER:  Maria  Montez,  Preston  Foster— Miss 
Montez  is  O.K.  Our  farm  lads  really  turned  out  to 
see  her.  Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Aug.  26,  27. — 
Harland   Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 


Warner  Bros. 

HER  KIND  OF  MAN:  Zachary  Scott.  Janis  Paige 
—Good  action  picture  which  did  average  business. 
Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  25,  26.— E.  M.  Frei- 
burger, Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

MILDRED  PIERCE:  Joan  Crawford,  Jack  Carson 
— Played  this  late.  It  is  an  exceptionally  good  pro- 
duction from  Warner  Bros.  It  is  not  exactly  a  small 
town  picture,  as  it  was  pretty  deep  for  the  rural  com- 
munity, but  this  is  a  picture  that  I  would  recommend 
not  to  pass  up,  if  you  haven't  already  played  it. 
Played  Thursday,  July  11. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough 
Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

MY  REPUTATION:  Barbara  Stanwyck,  George 
Brent — This  is  an  excellent  release  from  Warner  Bros. 
I  didn't  expect  my  rural  patrons  to  rave  about,  it.  I 
was  much  surprised  to  find  that  everybody  had  a  good 
word  for  this  release.  I  would  strongly  recommend 
that  you  play  this.  Barbara  Stanwyck  was  a  head- 
liner  and  all  the  cast  turned  in  satisfactory  perform- 
ances. Played  Thursday,  Aug.  8. — A.  L.  Dove,  Ben- 
gough Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

NIGHT  AND  DAY:  Cary  Grant,  Alexis  Smith— Good 
Technicolor  musical  that  pleased.  Played  one  matinee, 
two  evening  shows  and  one  late  show  to  good  busi- 
ness at  advanced  prices.  Played  Thursday-Saturday, 
Aug.  22-24.— W.  F.  Shelton,  Louisburg  Theatre,  Louis- 
burg, N.  C. 

SARATOGA  TRUNK:  Gary  Cooper,  Ingrid  Berg- 
man— Very  good  picture  that  did  average  SundaTy 
business.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  July  7,  8. — Lowell 
Ehle,    Opera    House    Theatre,    Versailles.  Ohio. 

TOO  YOUNG  TO  KNOW:  Joan  Leslie'  Robert  Hut- 
ton — Fair  show.  Good  cast.  People,  on  the  whole,  en- 
joyed it.  Box  office  above  average.  It  is  realistic 
and  entertaining.  Played  Friday-Sunday,  July  14-16. 
— Stanley  E.  Robinson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Coleraine,  Minn. 
Small  town  patronage. 


Short  Features 


Columbia 

THE  BLONDE  STAYED  ON:  All  Star  Comedies- 
Here  is  a  very  good  Clyde  comedy  that  got  the  laughs 
Played  Saturday.  Aug.  24.— Lowell  Ehle,  Opera  House 
Theatre,  Versailles,  Ohio. 

THEE  LONE  WOLVES:  All  Star  Comedies— The 
Three  Stooges  are  always  good  for  plenty  of  laughs 
here.  This  is  an  average  Stooge  comedy. — Lowell 
Ehle,  Opera  House  Theatre,  Versailles,  Ohio. 


Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

BUS  PESTS:  Pete  Smith  Specialties— Good  comedy 
with  Pete  Smith.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount 
Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

EQUESTRIAN  OUIZ:  Pete  Smith  Specialties— Here 
is  a  Pete  Smith  Specialty  that  my  patrons  enjoyed. 
—Lowell  Ehle,  Opera  House  Theatre,  Versailles,  Ohio. 


THE  HICK  CHICK:  Technicolor  Cartoons— Clever 
cartoon.— W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre,  Ruston, 
Ala. 

SWING  SHIFT  CINDERELLA:  Technicolor  Car- 
toons—Amusing color  cartoon.— E.  M.  Freiburger, 
Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 


Paramount 

HILL  BILLIES:  Speaking  of  Animals — My  patrons 
like  all  of  this  series  of  comedies.  This  one  is  es- 
pecially   good. — Lowell   Ehle,   Opera   House  Theatre, 

Versailles,  Ohio. 

ISLE  OF  TABU:  Musical  Parade— An  excellent 
Technicolor  musical.  There  is  plenty  of  native  heeby- 
jeebies. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Bengough, 
Sask.,  Can. 

POPULAR  SCIENCE:  No.  10— Very  interesting  reel 
in  Technicolor. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Ben- 
gough, Sask.,  Can. 


Twentieth  Century- Fox 

PROBLEM  DRINKERS:  March  of  Time— Some  of 
my  patrons  got  a  laugh  out  of  this.  Especially  in  the 
scenes  of  the  ladies  which  were  exemplifying  the  tem- 
perance act.  However,  it  is, a  good  March  of  Time. 
We  have  no  problem  drinkers  in  my  audience.  The 
majority  are  steady  drinkers. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough 
Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 


United  Artists 

CROSS-EYED  BULL:  Daffy  Ditties— Good.  Play 
it.— C.  W.  Ritenour,  Milford  Theatre,  Milford,  III. 


Universal 

BATHING  BUDDIES:  Lantz  Color  Cartunes— 
Good  cartoon.— W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre,  Rus- 
ton, Ala. 

MOUSIE  COME  HOME:  Lantz  Color  Cartunes— 
Very  good  cartoon  which  is  well  worth  playing. — Nick 
Raspa,  State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va. 

SOLID  SENDERS:  Name-Band  Musicals— A  very 
good  musical  and  well  worth  playing. — Nick  Raspa, 
State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va. 

TAKIN'  THE  BREAKS:  Name-Band  Musicals- 
Swell  musical  short. — W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Thea- 
tre, Ruston,  Ala. 


Warner-Vitaphone 

ACROBATTY  BUNNY:  "Bugs  Bunny"  Specials— A 
good  color  cartoon  with  Bugs  Bunny  which  pleased  all. 
— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

ALL  STAR  MUSICAL  REVUE:  Featurettes— Eigh- 
teen minutes  of  good  entertainment,  especially  in  the 
orchestra  numbers. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre, 
Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

BACALL  TO  ARMS:  Merrie  Melodies  Cartoons- 
Good  color  cartoon  with  drawings  of  H.  Bogart  and 
L.  Bacall.  Will  please  the  adults  more  than  the  kids. 
— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

DIXIELAND  JAMBOREE:  Melody  Master  Bands- 
Entertaining  musical  reel  with  Cab  Calloway  and 
others. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dew- 
ey, Okla. 

IT  HAPPENED  IN  SPRINGFIELD:  Featurettes— 
A  20-minute  reel  referring  to  race  prejudice  and  the 
education  of  the  younger  generation  in  the  schools 
of  Springfield. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Ben- 
gough, Sask.,  Can. 

QUENTIN  QUAIL:  Merrie  Melodies  Cartoons— One 
of  the  better  cartoons  from  Warner  Bros.  The  kids 
and  the  grownups  enjoyed  this  one.  Play  it.  Played 
Saturday,  Aug.  17. — Lowell  Ehle,  Opera  House  Thea- 
tre, Versailles,  Ohio. 

RANCH  IN  WHITE:  Sports  Parade— More  good 
comments  on  this  than  most  features.  People  liked  the 
white  horse.  It  is  an  excellent  single  reel. — A.  L. 
Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

RHYTHM  ON  ICE:  Melody  Master  Bands— En- 
tertaining skating  reel  with  especially  good  musical 
accompaniment. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Thea- 
tre, Dewey,  Okla. 

ROARING  GUNS:  Santa  Fe  Trail  Westerns— A  re- 
issue from  Warners.  Can  hardly  report  on  this  as  the 
print  was  so  bad  we  couldn't  see  it. — A.  L.  Dove, 
Bengough  Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

STORY  OF  A  DOG:  Vitaphone  Varieties— A  very 
good  short.  It  is  about  the  K-9  Corps. — Nick  Raspa, 
State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va. 

SWEETHEART     SERENADE:     Melody  Master 

Bands — A  fair  single  reel. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough 
Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 


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Toronto  Bureau 

Organized  exhibitors  of  Ontario  and  Que- 
bec are  objecting  vigorously  to  the  newly 
revised  rental  license  agreement,  dealing 
with  percentage  bookings,  of  the  Canadian 
Motion  Picture  Distributors  Association. 

According  to  Arch  H.  Jolley,  secretary 
of  the  Motion  Picture  Theatres  Association 
of  Ontario,  the  protesting  group  represents 
more  than  500  theatres,  including  Famous 
Players,  Canadian  Odeon  and  other  circuits. 
Official  action  has  been  taken  by  the  On- 
tario MPTA,  the  Quebec  Allied  Theatrical 
Industries  and  the  Ontario  Council  of  In- 
dependent Exhibitors  in  protesting  the 
changes  in  the  new  season  rental  contracts. 
The  Quebec  Association  issued  an  ultima- 
tum to  the  effect  that  the  modifications  are 
unjust,  unfair  and  inequitable  and  will  not 
stand  up  in  law. 

Chief  issue  is  the  new  clause  granting  the 
distributor  the  right  to  audit  exhibitors' 
records  relating  to  theatre  expenses  during 
the  engagement  of  a  percentage  picture  and 
to  take  into  account  all  theatre  revenue  from 
space  rentals  in  the  theatre  building,  also 
screen  and  other  advertising  and  incidental 
sources  of  receipts.  According  to  the  new 
clause,  such  revenue  is  to  be  deducted  from 
operating  expenses  during  the  picture's  en- 
gagements. 

Circuits  and  independents  have  joined  to 
fight  this  proviso  and  have  named  a  commit- 
tee to  negotiate  for  Ontario  exhibitors. 
Those  authorized  to  work  out  the  form  of 
opposition  are  N.  A.  Taylor,  chairman, 
Twentieth  Century  Theatres  circuit;  Morris 
Stein,  Famous  Players ;  Clare  Appel,  Can- 
adian Odeon ;  Joseph  Garbarino,  represent- 
ing the  independents,  and  Ralph  Dale  of 
Theatre  Amusement  Company. 


Reelfellows  Resume 

The  Chicago  Reelfellows  Club  will  resume 
regular  monthly  meetings,  following  a  sum- 
mer hiatus,  September  15  at  the  local  Vari- 
ety Clubrooms.  According  to  Jack  Arm- 
gardt  of  United  Artists,  president  of  the 
salesmen's  organization,  the  group  now  has 
60  members.  The  annual  election  will  take 
place  in  October. 


IN  NEWSREELS 

MOVIETONE  NEWS — Vol.  29,  No.  3-Trauble  spots: 
Yugoslavia,  Greece,  Mediterranean,  Palestine.  .  .  . 
Eisenhower  speaks  to  the  Veterans  of  Foregin  Wars. 
.  .  .  Thrilled  thousands  watch  national  air  races  at 
Cleveland.  .  .  .  Sports:  auto  racing,  ice  skating.  .  .  . 
Jitterbug  frolic. 

MOVIETONE  NEWS  —  Vol.  29,  No.  4  —  Secretary 
Byrnes'  declaration  of  policy  on  Germany.  .  .  . 
Conflict  marks  deportation  of  Jews  to  Cyprus.  .  .  . 
Shipping  strike.  .  .  .  Two-year-old  sole  survivor 
of  plane  crash.  .  .  .  Sports:  tennis,  polo.  .  .  .  Miss 
America  of  1946. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  18,  No.  2(11— Greek  plebis- 
cite: return  of  king  from  exile.  .  .  .  Drama  in 
Yugoslavia  as  Tito  returns  bodies  of  U.  S.  fliers. 
.  .  .  UNRRA  supplies.  .  .  .  U.  S.  fleet  in  Medi- 
terranean. .  .  .  New  British  round-up  in  Palestine 
crisis.  .  .  .  Harvest  Moon  dance  champs.  .  .  . 
Death  rides  in  motor  classic.  .  .  .  Skating  stars  in 
Icecapades 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  18,  No.  202— Byrnes 
warns  U.  S.  won't  quit.  .  .  .  Tragic  plight  bf  refu- 
gees. .  .  .  "Monte"  over  here.  .  .  .  Strike  ties  up 
U.  S.  ports  .  .  Miss  America.  .  .  .  Tennis  champs. 
.    .   .    International  polo. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  4— Ice  show  aids  vets'. 
.  .  .  Greek  King  regains  throne.  .  .  .  Football — who 
will  stop  Army's  march?  .  .  .  Veterans  of  Foreign 
Wars.   .   .   .   World  Series  of  the  dance. 

I 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  5.— Golf:  $10,000  purse. 
.  .  .  Voyage  to  Palestine.  .  .  .  Miss  America.  .  .  . 
Byrnes  on  Germany. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  18,  No.  6— General  Eeisen- 
hower  speaks  at  V.  F.  W.  encampment.  .  .  .  King 
of  Greece  regains  throne.  .  .  .  Camps  care  for 
Italy's  children.  .  .  .  De  Gaulle  honors  heroic  island. 
.  .  .  LaGuardia  interviewed  in  London.  .  .  .  New 
thrills  in  famed  Icecapades. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  19,  No.  7— First  Puerto 
Rican  native  governor.  .  .  .  Byrnes  speaks  in  Stutt- 
gart. .  .  .  Wheat  harvest  eases  famine.  .  .  .  Miss 
America.  .  .  .   Betz  and  Kramer  tennis  champs. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWS— Vol.  19,  No.  535-Calcutta  mas- 
sacres. .  .  .  French  fleet  maneuvers.  .  .  .  Screen 
comics  aid  youth.  .  .  .  Film  star  arrives.  .  .  .  Stars 
shine  on  ice.  .  .  .  Maria  Montez  in  Paris.  .  .  . 
Jumpin'  jive.  .  .  .  New  York  infirmary  to  expand. 
.  .  .  Auto  race  ends  in  death. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWS— Vol.  19,  No.  536— Byrnes  sets 
U.  S.  policy  on  Germany.  .  .  .  Shipping  strike  ties 
up  U.  S.  ports.  .  .  .  Native  governor  for  Puerto 
Rico.  .  .  .  Miss  America.  .  .  .  Polo. 


Legion  of  Decency  Reviews 
Four  New  Productions 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency  reviewed 
four  new  productions  this  week,  approving 
all.  In  Class  A-I,  unobjectionable  for  gen- 
eral patronage,  were  "Gallant  Bess"  and 
"Rustler's  Roundup."  In  Class  A-II,  unob- 
jectionable for  adults,  were  "In  Fast  Com- 
*pany"  and  "So  Dark  the  Night." 


MGM's  French  Film  Opens 

MGM  International's  French  importation, 
"It  Happened  at  the  Inn,"  opened  Tuesday 
night  at  the  Little  theatre  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  under  the  auspices  of  the  national 
French  organization,  France  Forever.  Tick- 
ets sold  for  $1.50  each  and  all  proceeds  were 
donated  to  the  organization. 


HungaryPolitical 
Parties  Control 
Film  Theatres 

by  ALEXANDER  FODOR 

in  Budapest 

The  greater  part  of  the  Hungarian  the- 
atres are  now  in  the  possession  of  political 
parties. 

The  major  part  of  the  Hungarian  cinemas 
began  their  activity  in  March,  1945,  the 
same  month  in  which  the  country  was  lib- 
erated. Now  a  new  political  era  has  cre- 
ated a  brand  new  situation  in  the  field  of 
licensing. 

In  Hungary  the  Government  issues  li- 
censes. During  the  Horthy  regime,  these 
licenses  were  donated  to  those  who  served 
the  different  Hungarian  Fascist-minded 
governments.  After  the  liberation,  licenses 
were  distributed  among  the  four  leading  po- 
litical parties :  Independent  Party,  Hungar- 
ian Communist  Party,  Social-Democrats  and 
Peasant  Party. 

The  Farmers  and  Peasants  gave  several 
of  their  theatres  in  sublease  to  individuals. 
The  Communists  and  Social-Democrats  cen- 
tralized their  theatres. 

In  addition  to  those  houses  given  to  the 
parties,  there  are  about  150  theatres  of 
minor  importance  which  have  not  received 
licenses.  One  de-luxe  house,  a  former  Nazi 
property,  has  been  confiscated  by  the  Rus- 
sians. Another  de-luxe  house  remains  the 
private  property  of  the  city  of  Budapest. 
V 

In  the  autumn  of  1945  the  former  Office 
of  War  Information  released  39  American 
pictures,  the  most  popular  of  which  were 
"The  Sullivans,"  "So  Proudly  We  Hail" 
and  "It  Started  with  Eve." 

Great  changes  are  now  expected  for 
American  distribution  here  with  the  entry 
of  the  Motion  Picture  Export  Association. 
The  Association's  representative  here  will 
be  N.  G.  Palugyay,  who  had  been  with 
Paramount. 

.  V 

The  once  flourishing  local  production  (60 
pictures  were  produced  in  the  last  pre-war 
year)  has  practically  ceased  to  exist.  Al- 
though the  studios  are  untouched  and  the 
technical  possibilities  are  excellent,  produc- 
tion is  hindered  by  lack  of  capital  and  raw 
material. 

V 

During  the  past  season  122  pictures  were 
released  in  Hungary:  50  American,  35  Rus- 
sian, 13  English,  13  French,  six  Hungarian, 
four  Swedish,  and  one  Swiss. 


Named  CBS  Vice-Presidents 

Earl  H.  Gammons  and  Howard  S.  Meighan 
have  been  named  vice-presidents  of  the  Co- 
lumbia Broadcasting  System.  Mr.  Gam- 
mons is  director  of  the  network's  Washing- 
ton office,  and  Mr.  Meighan  is  director  of 
station  administration. 


Announcing  an  evening  course  of  training 
leading  to  a  certificate  in 

Motion  Picture  Theater  Management 

PUBLICITY,  ADVERTISING  AND  EXPLOITATION 

under  the  direction  of  Michael  Zala 

REGISTRATION  NOW  BEING  HELD 
First  session  Thursday  evening,  September  26,  at  8  p.  m. 

For  Full  Details,  Address 

General  Education  NEW  YORK  UNIVERSITY 

100  Washington  Square  East  New  York  3,  N.  Y. 

Room  211a,  Main  Building  SPring  7-2000,  Extension  29 1 


48 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


if 

zAn  international  association  of  showmen  meeting  weekly 
in  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD  for  mutual  aid  and  progress 


CHESTER  FRIEDMAN,  Editor 


On  Common  Ground 

"If  you  can't  get  news  space,  try  co-op  ads,"  a  special 
bulletin  urges  managers  of  the  Loew  circuit. 

Prepared  under  the  direction  of  Ernest  Emerling  and 
Dan  Terrell  of  Loew's  advertising  department,  the  pamphlet 
points  out  that  "for  that  £xtra  bonus  of  advertising  —  for 
that  added  lineage  that  pays  —  there's  nothing  like  a  good 
co-op  ad." 

From  Dayton,  Indianapolis,  Kansas  City,  Hartford,  Atlanta, 
Cleveland,  Providence  and  a  dozen  other  cities,  full -page 
newspaper  advertisements  promoted  by  the  Loew  managers 
are  reproduced  as  an  indication  that  what  is  a  possibility  for 
some  men  is  a  reality  and  achievement  for  others. 

From  Port-of-Spain  in  Trinidad,  Calcutta,  Bombay  and 
many  other  foreign  countries  comes  additional  proof  that 
productivity  in  those  countries  is  likewise  limited  only  by  the 
effort  and  persuasive  powers  of  the  individual. 

Merchants  everywhere,  enjoying  a  wave  of  prosperity,  are 
aware  of  the  public's  interest  in  what  Hollywood  stars  are 
wearing  and  using. 

Combining  the  glamour,  dignity  and  distinction  of  stars  of 
the  motion  picture  world  by  association  with  brand  products 
has  its  advantages  in  decreasing  sales  resistance  of  the  con- 
sumer which  cannot  readily  be  overlooked  by  the  merchant. 
It  has  also  some  several  advantages  in  compensating  the 
theatre  for  loss  of  publicity  space  occasioned  by  the  news- 
print shortage  and  serves  to  place  the  theatre's  advertisements 
on  pages  which  are  otherwise  restricted,  or  off  the  regular 
pages  devoted  to  motion  picture  publicity  and  display  adver- 
tisements. 

The  manager  of  the  subsequentrrun  theatre  must  look  to 
the  theatre  program  for  cooperative  merchant  support  to  help 
hold  down  the  costs  of  printing  and  advertising. 

His  big  brother  in  the  de  luxe  and  first-run  houses  finds  an 
ever  expanding  interest  by  advertising  men  in  mercantile 
establishments  to  promote  their  interests  mutually  through 
newspaper  advertisements. 

There  are  no  new  phenomena  involved  in  either  case.  In 
one  instance  the  promotion  is  purely  commercial;  in  the  other, 
cooperative.    Both  serve  the  same  purpose.   They  are  aimed 


Premium  for  Showmanship 

This  department  considers  itself  flattered  to  accept 
the  membership  application  of  Hugh  G.  Martin,  Jr., 
general  manager  for  the  M  and  M  Theatres,  affiliated 
with  Martin  Theatres,  Leesburg,  Fla. 

"I  have  been  informed  .  .  .  and  I  have  found  from 
experience,"  writes  Mr.  Martin,  "that  the  Round  Table 
is  one  of  the  best  ways  we  have  of  helping  to  instill 
showmanship  and  exploitation  in  our  managers'  activities. 

"I  have  offered  a  $10  bonus  to  our  managers  every 
time  their  names  make  your  list  of  Contenders  for  the 
Quigley  Awards. 

"I  feel  sure  you  will  be  hearing  more  and  more  from 
this  small  circuit." 

Small  circuit?   In  size,  perhaps,  but  not  in  vision. 


at  minimizing  expense  and  soliciting  extra  publicity.  Both 
contribute  to  the  general  intent  —  bigger  grosses  and  bigger 
returns  on  the  exhibitor's  investment. 

AAA 

At  least  one  South  Orange,  N.  J.,  manufacturer  was 
recently  made  advertising  conscious  through  the  foresight, 
imagination  and  showmanship  of  Howard  Dietz. 

Mr.  Dietz,  director  of  advertising,  publicity  and  exploitation 
for  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,  has  the  M-G-Mairship,  former 
Navy  dirigible,  flying  over  the  eastern  seaboard,  promoting 
his  company's  product. 

Two  weeks  ago,  the  manufacturer  and  eight  guests,  partici- 
pating in  a  tuna  fish  tournament  off  the  New  Jersey  coast  in 
a  cabin  cruiser,  found  themselves  in  distress.  The  Mairship 
crew  spotted  the  distress  signal,  summoned  aid  from  the 
Coast  Guard  and  hovered  overhead,  its  highly  charged  adver- 
tising sign  illuminating  the  scene. 

If  the  manufacturer  or  his  guests  were  ever  doubtful  about 
the  value  of  advertising  or  the  service  of  motion  pictures 
to  mankind,  the  incident  will  undoubtedly  convert  them. 

—CHESTER  FRIEDMAN 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


49 


DISPLA  Y  IDEAS  FOR 
LOBBIES,  WINDOWS 


This  outstanding  full 
window  display  on 
"Kitty",  right,  is  one 
of  the  highlights  of 
manager  Mort  Ber- 
man's  campaign  to 
publicize  that  attrac- 
tion at  the  Orpheum, 
Springfield,  III.  A  live 
manequin  modelled 
the  Hollywood  dress 
inside    the  shop. 


At  left,  first  prize  float 
entered  in  the 
annual  rodeo  parade 
at  Susanville,  Calif., 
helped  to  promote  the 
"Smoky"  engage- 
ment for  manager 
Lee  Zwiebel  of  the 
Sierra  theatre. 


Main  Street  window  display  helped  to  promote  "Courage  of 
Lassie"  at  the  Orpheum,  Tulsa,  Okla.  Publicist  Eunice  McDaniels 
arranged  the  tie-up. 


Francis  Gillon, 
manager  of  the 
Esquire  theatre, 
Davenport,  Iowa, 
tied  up  for  many 
of  these  eye- 
catching window 
displays,  left,  for 
"Her  Kind  of 
Man",  in  advance 
of  playdate. 


At  right,  effec- 
tive lobby  dis- 
play created  by 
manager  Patrick 
Reed  at  the 
Odeon  theatre, 

Portsmouth,  England,  to  direct  attention  to  "The  House  on  92nd  Street".  The  time 
and  effort  expended  paid  off  in  gratifying  results  at  the  box  office.  It  is  interesting  to 
note  that  the  setpiece  was  made  almost   entirely  from  salvage  material. 

Fifth  Avenue 
pedestrians  in 
New  York  are 
being  attracted 
in  large  numbers 
to  this  provoca- 
tive window  dis- 
p  I  a  y  in  the 
W.  &  J.  Sloane 
furniture  store. 
Manequins  of 
Bing  Crosby  and 
Fred  Astaire  in 
natural  positions 
are  pre-selling 
"Blue  Skies". 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


Gertrude  Tracy,  manager  of  the  Ohio  theatre 
in  Cleveland,  made  a  tie-up,  above,  with 
the  F.  W.  Woolworth  store  for  free  guest 
tickets  to  patrons,  who  weighed  themselves 
and  received  a  weight  card  bearing  a 
lucky  number.   Numerous  counter  displays 
called  attention  to  the  promotion  and  the 
fact  that  "God's  Country"  is  a 
current  screen  offering  at  the  Ohio. 


R  K  O  managers 
took  advantage 
of  Ingrid  Berg- 
man's birthday 
in  connection 
with  playdates 
on  "Notorious" 
by  inviting  pa- 
trons to  send 
greetings  to  the 
star.  At  right, 
displays  by  E. 
Bock,  Palace, 
Cincinnati,  left 
insert,  and  H. 
Schreiber,  Pal- 
ace, Cleveland. 


At  the  Picture  House,  Walsall,  Eng- 
land, manager  J.  P.  Newby  designed 
and  constructed  this  attractive  rail- 
way station  scene,  executed  in  alto- 
relievo  with  imitation  stone,  to  ex- 
ploit "Brief  Encounter".  The  electric 
signal  changed  2,700  times  an  hour. 


Charles  A.  Zinn, 
manager  of  the 
State,  Minneap- 
olis, erected  this 
24-sheet  display 
board  in  the 
lobby  well  in  ad- 
vance of  "Anna 
and  the  King  of 
Siam".  Zinn  tied 
in  his  copy  lines 
from  the  "sensa- 
tional" best  sell- 
ing novel. 


Giant  lobby  display  at  the  Michigan 
theatre,  Detroit,  created  by  manager 
Frank  Upton,  commemorates  Warner  Bros.' 
20th  anniversary  of  sound  pictures  and 
the  opening  of  his  next  attraction, 
"Night  and  Day".  It  drew  considerable 
stops-and-stares  from  patrons. 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


61 


SCHINES  SET  PATTERN  FOR 
ANNIVERSARY  CELEBRATION 


Post-War  Silver  Jubilee  To 
Be  Observed  by  Theatres 
in  Five  States 

The  Schine  Circuit  this  week  launched  its 
post-war  Silver  Jubilee  at  the  home  office  in 
Gloversville,  N.  Y.  The  circuit's  25th  anni- 
versary actually  occurred  two  years  ago  but 
due  to  the  war  conditions  existing  at  that 
time,  the  celebration  of  that  important  mile- 
stone was  postponed  until  now.  The  observ- 
ance of  the  celebration  will  run  through  Sat- 
urday, October  5th. 

In  formulating  the  elaborate  plans  for  the 
Silver  Jubilee,  every  home  office  executive 
and  every  manager  in  the  field  was  consulted 
for  ideas.  In  order  to  accomplish  this,  a 
series  of  meetings  took  place  in  Gloversville, 
Syracuse,  Rochester,  Cleveland,  Cincinnati, 
Wilmington  and  Albany. 

The  regional  meetings  were  attended  by 
J.  Meyer  Schine,  president;  Louis  W. 
Schine,  vice-president  and  treasurer,  and 
other  members  of  the  home  office  executive 
staff.  Forums  were  held  at  each  meeting  at 
which  plans  laid  out  in  the  home  office  were 
discussed  and  augmented  by  the  ideas  re- 
ceived from  the  field. 

The  result  was  a  comprehensive  campaign 
manual  prepared  by  the  publicity  department 
containing  all  of  the  ideas  and  plans  to  be 
carried  out  during  the  celebration. 

These  plans  included  special  Hollywood 
trailers  with  various  stars  addressing  the 
Schine  audiences.  The  governor  of  each 
state  also  has  been  filmed,  speaking  directly 
to  the  audience' of  the  Schine  theatres  in  his 
state.  Special  ad  slugs  and  full-page  co- 
operative ad  mats  have  been  designed  by  the 
art  department.  In  addition  to  this,  a  com- 
plete line  of  front  and  lobby  accessories,  in- 
cluding valances,  burgees,  pennants,  ushers' 
sashes  and  40x60s  have  been  prepared  and 
furnished  each  theatre. 

Special  publicity  matter  has  been  prepared 
for  mayors'  proclamations,  editorials,  radio 
and  merchants'  tieups.  The  candy  depart- 
ment has  contrived  special  packaging  for 
randy  and  popcorn  vended  in  the  theatres. 

RADIO  PROMOTION 

Radio  will  play  an  important  part  in  the' 
campaign.  Managers  are  being  urged  to 
contact  their  local  station  and  arrange  a  pro- 
gram that  will  be  aired  once  a  week  for  a 
four-week  period.  Suggested  is  a  program 
that  features  some  of  the  songs  of  25  years 
ago  with  prizes  for  the  first  listeners  who 
phone  the  station  and  correctly  name  the 
songs  played.  Other  program  suggestions 
are  dramatization  of  old-time  movie  or 
vaudeville  shows,  old-timers  night  and  a  con- 
test where  people  can  send  in  interesting 
local  events  that  happened  25  years  ago.  For 
the  latter  program  guest  tickets  will  be 
awarded  to  winners.     Managers  also  are 


/.  MEYER  SCHINE 

being  urged  to  arrange  with  the  local  com- 
mentator to  give  a  brief  biological  sketch  of 
the  history  of  the  local  Schine  theatre  and 
the  important  part  that  it  has  played  in  ser- 
vicing the  community  both  in  war-time  and 
peace-time. 

CO-OP  DISPLAY  ADS 

An  eight-column  mat,  to  be  used  as  a 
streamer  for  a  full-page  cooperative  news- 
paper ad,  has  been  sent  to  all  "A"  theatres. 
Space  for  a  four-column  ad  was  allowed  for 
the  theatre  attractions.  This  space  was  laid 
out  so  that  in  the  event  there  are  two  thea- 
tres in  a  town,  each  theatre  could  be  repre- 
sented on  the  page. 

MERCHANT  TIEUPS 

A  silver  anniversary  is  almost  a  natural 
for  a  jewelry  store  tieup  and  jewelers  usually 
are  enthusiastic  on  a  deal  of  this  kind. 
Schine  managers  are  being  urged  to  promote 
a  jewelry  tieup,  keeping  in  mind  that  the 
jeweler's -line  includes  such  items  as  silver 
wrist-watch  bands,  rings,  fountain  pens,  ser- 
vice sets,  ash  trays,  etc.  Another  idea  ad- 
vanced is  to  promote  a  set  of  silver  to  be 
given  away  on  a  lucky  number  drawing.  The 
coupons  could  be  given  away  at  the  theatre 
and  the  cooperating  store.  The  set  could  be 
put  on  display  in  the  lobby  where  it  would 
attract  considerable  attention. 

ACCESSORIES 

Each  theatre  has  been  provided  with  an 
ample  supply  of  accessories.  Multi-color-ed 
flag  streamers  will  be  draped  on  the  build- 
ing to  give  the  front  of  the  theatre  a  festive 
appearance.     The    streamers    are  40-foot 


LOUIS  W.  SCHINE 


strings  with  twelve  20x30-inch  pennants  to 
the  string.  Eight-foot  valances  made  up  in 
three  attractive  colors  will  be  used  on  each 
end  of  the  marquee.  30x40  size  burgees  have 
been  designed  for  use  in  the  lobby,  foyer, 
marquee  or  on  flagpole  standard.  Badges 
will  be  worn  by  ushers,  doormen  and  cash- 
iers during  the  entire  celebration  period. 
Copy  on  the  valances,  burgees  and  badges 
reads:  "Schine's  Post-War  Silver  Jubilee, 
Join  the  Celebration." 

BIRTHDAY  CAKE 

Every  situation  is  expected  to  promote  a 
birthday  cake  from  a  local  bakery.  The  cake 
could  be  put  on  display  in  the  baker's  store 
window  for  a  few  days  and  then  moved  to 
the  theatre  where  it  could  be  cut  with  the 
mayor  and  other  dignitaries  officiating.  Pic- 
tures should  be  taken  and  stories  planted  in 
the  local  newspaper.  Also  suggested  is  an 
idea  that  was  carried  out  at  one  of  the  anni- 
versary parties  held  last  year.  A  huge  birth- 
day cake  was  cut  on  the  stage  and  everyone 
in  the  audience  received  a  piece  of  it.  The 
cake  was  distributed  to  the  audience  by  a 
group  of  pretty  girls  dressed  in  formal 
clothes. 

THEATRE  EXHIBITS 

Most  of  the  towns  in  the  Schine  Circuit 
have  factories  that  have  been  in  business  for 
a  great  many  years.  The  circuit  feels  that 
the  present  celebration  would  be  a  good  op- 
portunity to  build  up  civic  pride  by  display- 
ing the  manufacturers'  merchandise  in  the 
theatre.  The  theme  of  this  display  would  be 
the  progress  made  by  the  manufacturers  in 
the  past  25  years.  The  manager  could  even 
work  up  a  stage  presentation  using  talent 

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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


The  Selling  Approach 

ON  NEW  PRODUCT 

[The  material  below  reflects  pressbooks  noiv  in  preparation  and  represents  the  point 
of  view  of  the  distributors'  exploiteers  on  selling  points  and  special  merit  of  these  pictures.] 


GALLANT  JOURNEY  (Columbia):  This 
picture  is  described  as  the  story  of  all 
women  who  ever  "wasted"  their  lives  on 
a  dreamer.  Sell  the  romantic  angle  to 
every  passerby  with  an  eye-catching  front. 
Have  as  your  opening  day  guests  all 
couples  married  on  that  day.  They  should 
be  advised  that  their  marriage  certificates, 
properly  dated,  will  be  their  tickets  of 
admission. 

Build  the  Gay  Nineties  atmosphere  with 
a  gag  display  in  the  lobby  well  in  advance 
of  playdate.  The  display  could  consist  of 
lifesize  cutouts  of  the  stars  of  the  picture 
on  a  tandem  bicycle.  Eliminate  the  heads 
on  the  display  so  that  patrons  can  be 
photographed  with  their  heads  in  position, 
thus  creating  the  illusion  that  they  are  on 
the  tandem  bike.  " 

On  the  opening  day,  have  several  young 
couples  ride  bicycles-built-for-two  around 
town.  Banners  on  the  boys'  backs  could 
proclaim:  "We're  on  our  way  to  see 
Glenn  Ford  and  Janet  Blair  in  'Gallant 
Journey'  at  the  ..."  etc. 

Arrange  a  fashion  show  with  sponsor- 
ship by  a  department  store  or  a  specialty 
shop.  Such  a  show,  featuring  clothing, 
luggage  and  other  travel  and  recreation 
merchandise,  could  be  held  in  the  store  or 
in  the  theatre  just  in  advance  of  playdate. 
Invite  newspaper  women's  page  editors 
and  editors  of  radio  "chat"  programs  to 
lend  their  names  to  the  fashion  show, 
acting  as  judges  or  extending  invitations 
to  the  show  in  their  columns  and  on  their 
programs. 

Teen-agers  are  all  excited  about  the 
nationally  publicized  selection  of  Glenn 
Ford  as  the  bobby-soxers'  "Man  of  the 
Year".  Start  a  Glenn  Ford  Fan  Club 
several  weeks  in  advance  of  playdate. 
Suggest  the  idea  to  a  group  of  bobby- 
soxers.    Plant  a  photo  of  the  fan  club's 


Extensive  Press  Coverage 
Promoted  by  Stranger 

For  "The  Blue  Dahlia"  and  "Runaround," 
manager  Michael  Stranger  and  assistant 
manager  Mike  Piccarillo  garnered  a  total  of 
49  pieces  of  art  work  and  12  stories  in  five 
Westchester  County  newspapers  to  exploit 
the  double  bill  at  the  State  theatre,  White 
Plains,  N.  Y. 

A  cooperative  newspaper  ad,  featuring  a 
photo  of  Veronica  Lake,  star  of  "The  Blue 
Dahlia,"  was  arranged  with  Walker's  Drug 
Store.  Window  and  counter  displays  were 
set  with  Woolworth's  and  Grant's  Depart- 
ment stores. 

Numerous  plugs  were  promoted  on  a  quiz 
program  over  radio  station  WFAS.  Three 


officers  with  a  blowup  of  Ford  "in  the  local 
newspaper  several  days  before  opening. 

MR.  ACE  (United  Artists):  The  theme  of 
this  story  concerns  the  conflict  between  a 
boss  from  the  political  underworld  and  an 
ambitious  Congresswoman  whose  heart 
and  career  are  both  in  his  hands.  Explore 
the  women  in  politics  angle.  The  "Forum 
of  the  Air"  type  of  program  is  becoming 
increasingly  popular.  Given  an  interesting 
topic,  it  should  be  easy  to  steam  up  your 
local  program  director  on  a  show  wrapped 
around  the  theme  of  "Mr.  Ace".  Sug- 
gested as  the  question  for  discussion: 
"Do  Women  Make  Good  Public  Servants?" 

Plant  a  questionnaire  in  the  local  news- 
paper having  to  do  with  women  in  politics. 
Offer  guest  tickets  to  the  first  10  persons 
who  correctly  answer  the  questionnaire. 
For  this  contest  a  list  of  prominent  women 
in  politics  could  be  matched  with  another 
column  listing  the  positions  they  hold  or 
once  held. 

Start  the  ball  rolling  on  a  "Battle  of 
the  Sexes"  by  planting  with  your  local 
newspaper  the  idea  of  getting  a  prominent 
woman  and  man  in  town  to  write  feature 
stories  on  the  angle:  "Which  sex  is  best 
qualified  to  rule?"  After  the  initial  stories 
have  appeared,  have  the  paper  sponsor  a 
contest  among  its  readers,  asking  for  let- 
ters pro  and  con  on  the  question.  Guest 
passes  could  be  awarded  as  prizes. 

For  street  ballyhoo  have  a  sandwich  man 
parade  the  streets  with  a  placard  made 
to  resemble  the  ace  of  clubs  in  a  card  deck 
and  imprinted  with  theatre  playdate.  For 
a  lobby  stunt,  seat  an  attractive  girl  at  a 
table  in  the  lobby  with  a  deck  of  over- 
sized cards  fanwise  on  the  table,  Have 
her  invite  patrons  to  pick  a  card.  The 
holder  of  an  ace  should  be  given  compli- 
mentary tickets  to  see  the  picture. 


taxicabs  carried  cards  inside  their  cabs  plug- 
ging the  playdate.  In  addition  a  reader 
board  display  was  placed  in  the  lobby  of  the 
Hotel  Roger  Smith. 


PTA  Supports  May's 
Cartoon  Shows 

Manager  Ed  May  addressed  letters  to 
PTA  officials  urging  support  of  an  all-car- 
toon show  for  children  as  part  of  his  cam- 
paign to  exploit  the  show  at  the  Rosetta 
theatre,  Miami,  Fla.  Teaser  heralds  also 
helped  to  publicize  the  playdate.  For  the 
heralds,  May  used  a  photo  of  a  crying  boy, 
with  copy  reading:  "Please  buy  me  an  ad- 
vance ticket  now  for  the  two-hour  cartoon 
show,  etc." 


JUBILEE 

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from  one  of  the  factories.  Theatres  with 
large  mezzanines  and  foyer  space  could  put 
on  a  real  exposition. 

MERCHANT  CONTEST 

It  has  been  a  long  time  since  most  Cham- 
bers of  Commerce  have  put  on  a  window- 
dressing  contest  and  pepped  up  the  merchants 
along  these  lines.  The  manual,  therefore, 
suggests  that  managers  sell  the  idea  to  the 
local  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  putting  on  a 
window-dressing  contest  in  conjunction  with 
the  Silver  Jubilee.  The  winning  displays 
would  be  based  on  the  best  dressed  and 
lighted  windows,  using  as  a  theme  the  num- 
ber 25.  This  could  be  a  25th  anniversary, 
25  items  on  special  sale  or  articles  selling  for 
25  cents. 

PUBLICITY 

An  important  item  not  to  be  overlooked  is 
the  local  newspaper.  Where  the  newspaper 
carries  a  column  featuring  what  happened 
25  years  ago,  managers  are  urged  to  work 
their  publicity  into  the  column.  Suggested 
for  a  newspaper  feature  is  a  contest  whereby 
readers  would  be  asked  to  bring  in  any  out- 
of-the-ordinary  photograph  25  years  old. 
The  photographs  could  be  used  for  a  lobby 
display.  Guest  tickets  could  be  awarded  for 
the  most  interesting  photographs. 

MISCELLANEOUS  MEDIA 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  the  manual 
suggests  several  other  ways  of  making  the 
Silver  Jubilee  a  success.  Among  these  are 
an  old-time  movie  program,  a  party  for  all 
couples  celebrating  their  25th  anniversary, 
football  rallies,  a  square  dance  on  stage,  old- 
time  orchestra  session,  a  silver  slipper  con- 
test, a  tieup  with  Western  Union  on  anni- 
versary and  congratulatory  messages,  a  4-H 
fashion  show,  gas-station  tieup,  florist  tieup 
and  a  back-to-school  party. 

Tucker  Gives  "Bikini"  ' 
Feature  Build-Up 

Commensurate  with  the  attention  nor- 
mally devoted  to  exploiting  a  full  length 
feature  was  the  campaign  accorded  the 
showing  of  the  short  subject,  "Bikini"  ftfr 
its  showing  at  the  Kimo  theatre,  Albuquer- 
que. N.  M.,  by  George  Tucker,  city  man- 
ager for  Interstate  circuit  in  that  city.  A 
special  front  highlighting  short  and  local 
angles  was  built  and  several  columns  of  pub- 
licity were  landed  in  local  newspapers. 


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Pigtails  Garner 
Good  Publicity 
On"ThreeFoolsr 


Several  hundred  caricature  posters  ob- 
tained from  the  distributor  of  "Three  Wise 
Fools"  were  put  to  good  use  by  Jack  Mat- 
lack,  publicity  director  for  J.  J.  Parker  thea- 
tres, Portland,  Ore.,  in  connection  with  the 
premiere  of  that  film  at  the  United  Artists 
theatre  in  Portland. 

Matlack  incorporated  the  caricature  post- 
ers in  a  novel  window  card  which  were 
then  placed  in  strategic  locations. 

Three  weeks  prior  to  the  opening,  the 
theatre  usherettes  were  outfitted  with  pig- 
tail wigs  and  a  badge  with  copy:  "Our  fav- 
orite pigtail  movie  star  is  Margaret  O'Brien 
in  'Three  Wise  Fools'."  The  attaches  wore 
typical  bobby  sox  attire. 

An  advance  ballyhoo  consisting  of  three 
ushers  helped  to  promote  the  film  in  advance. 
The  ushers  carried  huge  cutout  lollipops 
with  copy :  "Don't  Be  a  Sucker  and  Miss 
'Three  Wise  Fools',  etc.,  etc." 

Two-column  by  four  inch  newspaper  teas- 
er ads  built  advance  interest  in  the  picture. 
Copy  stressed  the  theme,  "Who  Steals  Your 
Heart  Away?"' 

Cross-plug  trailers  at  affiliated  theatres  in 
the  city  and  special  still  boards  aided  in 
exploiting  the  engagement. 


Brickates  Sets  Store  Tieup 

Manager  N.  E.  Brickates  of  the  Warner 
Garden,  New  London,  Conn.,  had  tie-ups 
with  four  department  stores  on  "Night  and 
Day."  Fifty  midget  window  cards  were 
distributed  through  these  tie-ups.  Night  club 
hands  in  New  London  plugged  the  picture. 


FIGHT  AND  BIKINI 
FILMS  BIG  DRAW 

Excellent  box  office  results  fol- 
lowed manager  E.  F.  Stahl's  double 
booking  of  the  Louis-Conn  cham- 
pionship fight  picture  and  the  news- 
reel  of  the  Bikini  Atoll  demonstration 
of  the  atomic  bomb.  Stahl,  who 
manages  the  Rialto  theatre,  Melrose, 
New  Mexico,  featured  the  two  sub- 
jects in  his  exploitation  of  the  pro- 
gram, which  also  consisted  of  two 
feature  pictures. 


Newspaper  Tieup 
Aids  McCoy  Date 

To  exploit  a  "Red  Ryder"  picture,  man- 
ager P.  E.  McCoy  promoted  a  tieup  with 
the  Augusta  Herald  for  the  playdate  at  the 
Modjeska  theatre,  Augusta,  Ga.  The  news- 
paper ran  a  four-column  by  three  inch  box 
on  the  comic  page  over  the  "Ryder"  strip, 
with  copy  reading:  "Read  him  daily  in  the 
Herald.  See  Wild  Bill  Elliott  as  'Red  Ry- 
der' in  'California  Gold  Rush'  at  the,  etc." 

Taking  advantage  of  the  fact  that  the  Ben 
Hogan  golf  short  subject  was  filmed  on  the 
Augusta  National  Course,  McCoy  held  a 
preview  of  the  subject  for  the  sport  staffs  of 
the  local  newspapers  and  radio  stations.  As 
a  result  the  short  received  considerable  plug- 
ging in  the  press  and  over  the  radio. 

For  "Rainbow  Over  Texas,"  McCoy  ar- 
ranged a  tieup  with  a  local  music  shop  to 
feature  the  sheet  music  of  Roy  Rogers,  star 
of  the  picture. 


Tonsorial  Guild 

Clips  Publicity 
For  "Beaucaire" 

One  interesting  and  outstanding  feature 
of  the  exploitation  campaign  coincident  with 
the  premiere  of  "Monsieur  Beaucaire"  was 
the  cooperation  obtained  from  the  Barbers' 
Guild  and  the  Hairdressers  and  Beautician 
Guild  in  San  Francisco. 

The  picture  had  its  initial  showing  at  the 
Fox  theatre  in  San  Francisco  preceded  by  a 
skillful  campaign  by  Fay  Reeder,  Fox  West 
Coast  publicist,  and  James  McDonald,  man- 
ager of  the  Fox. 

Two  special  advance  screenings  of  the 
film  production  were  attended  by  more  than 
80  executives  of  the  tonsorial  guilds.  Num- 
erous publicity  breaks  resulted.  Deckleman 
&  Co.,  a  large  supply  dealer  for  the  indus- 
try, distributed  1,000  cards  in  windows  of 
beauty  shops  and  barbers  in  the  area,  which 
carried  a  direct  plug  for  the  picture. 

Extensive  newspaper  advertisements,  lob- 
by displays  and  a  special  front  during  the 
film's  current  showing  augmented  the  usual 
theatre  advertising  campaign. 

Gets  Radio  Time  in  Hartford 

When  "Monsieur  Beaucaire"  opened  at 
the  Allyn  theatre,  Hartford,  Conn.,  man- 
ager Walter  Lloyd  promoted  free  radio  time 
on  local  broadcasts  by  tying  in  with  the 
"Man-on-the-Street"  program.  Free  guest 
tickets  to  the  theatre  were  offered  to  par- 
ticipants. 

In  advance  lobby  displays,  Lloyd  used  the 
catchline :  "America's  Favorite  Wag  in  a 
Wig — What  a  Rogue.  What  a  Rascal,  What 
a  Riot." 


Here  is  an  attractive  display  on  '"The  Strange  hove  of  Martha  Ivers"  in  the  main  foyer 
of  the  Newman  theatre  in  Kansas  City.  This  display  is  of  oval  shape,  standing  ap- 
proximately twelve  feet  high,  made  up  of  blowups  of  a  still  of  the  main  characters 
of  the  picture  and  hand-lettering  and  special  art  work,  and  stills.  The  display  is  illu- 
minated by  three  overhead  spots.  It  was  conceived  and  designed  by  Babe  Cohn,  man- 
ager of  the  Newman  theatre. 


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SHOWMEN  PERSONALS 


In  New  Posts:  James  Randall,  Met.,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.  Roy  Zermain,  Outdoor  theatre, 
Chicago.  Harry  H.  Gleaves,  Fredericksburg 
Road  Drive-In,  San  Antonio,  Texas.  James 
Reeser,  Alpine,  Denver,  Colo.  Jack  L.  Ball, 
Port  Lavaca  theatres,  Port  Lavaca,  Texas. 

Harold  Strassman,  Ft.  Edward  theatre, 
Ft.  Edward,  N.  Y.  Gordon  Clemmons, 
Texan,  Houston,  Texas.  Emma  Ridinger, 
manager,  Star  theatre,  Hamtramck,  Mich. 
Ray  Brown,  Jr.,  Falls  theatre,  Cuyahoga 
Falls,  Ohio.  Joe  Summers,  Haltnorth,  Cleve- 
land. 

Gilbert  Giebel,  Fowler,  Fowler.  Ind.  Joe 
Holleran,  Beechwold,  Columbus,  Ohio.  J. 
Cox,  Trail  Drive-in,  San  Antonio,  Texas. 
Wilfred  Allaire,  Capitol,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Phil  Garside,  Olympia,  Providence.  John  A. 
Reilly,  Metropolitan,  Bloomfield,  Pa. 

Assistant  Managers:  Joseph  Krause,  New 
Bijou,  Detroit.  Bill  Nelson,  RKO  Grand, 
Chicago.  A.  W.  Sher,  B  &  K  Uptown,  Chi- 
cago. John  McGann,  Strand,  Providence. 

Returned  Servicemen:  Lewis  Stavale,  man- 
ager, Parkside  theatre,  Detroit,  Mich.  Brock 
Stone,  manager,  Worth,  Lake  Worth,  Fla. 

Junior  Showmen:  Michael  Joseph,  born  re- 
cently to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Rousee  in  Bath, 
Me.  Father  is  manager  of  the  Bath  theatre. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reginald  Caufield  are  re- 


ceiving congratulations  on  the  birth  of  a  son, 
Reginald,  Jr.  Senior  is  manager  of  the  News- 
reel  theatre  in  Newark,  N.  J. 

Birthday  Greetings:  Robert  J.  Rydeen,  J. 
Alan  Peters,  Ben  W.  Blackmon,  Frank 
Boucher,  William  C.  Miller,  Robert  Duber- 
stein,  J.  Sidney  Grill,  Clifford  Mowry,  Her- 
bert Graefe,  Budd  Guttman,  Perry  Reavis, 
Clifford  H.  Reid,  Harold  Turner. 

Leonard  C.  Herbert,  Mike  Guttman,  Wes- 
ley R.  Griffith,  Vincent  F.  O'Leary,  Paul  J. 
Montavon,  Charles  Brown,  W.  H.  Hall,  L. 
O.  Daniel,  Irvin  A.  Moffitt,  Harry  Sayer, 
George  E.  Livingston,  Samuel  Stepanian, 
Teddy  Peck. 

Thomas  R.  King,  Robert  Menches,  Harry 
Beencken,  Al  Bartolot,  R.  H.  Hightower, 
Jimmy  L.  Redmond,  John  L.  Link,  Jerome 
Greenebaum,  Ralph  L.  Trathen,  Ralph  M. 
Wilson,  William  Truesdell,  Lee  Naify,  H.  B. 
McFarling,  Reid  L.  Crow. 

Joseph  Feldman,  John  Alford  Mier,  James 
H.  Nicholson,  Paul  G.  Schoonmaker,  J. 
Ramos  Defontaine,  J.  H.  Berlinger,  G.  _  O. 
Romine,  Leonard  Goldberg,  Irving  Levine, 
Martin  Simpson,  Harold  Goldman,  Jarrell  B. 
Rhea,  J.  Gordon  Bason,  Jack  Huwig. 

Thomas  B.  Shannon,  William  A.  Bowers, 
Edmund  B.  Noonan,  Leroy  J.  Boudreau, 
Robert  O.  Robison,  A.  G.  Buchanon,  Harry 
Sanders,  George  M.  Aurelius,  W.  A.  Galle- 
more,  Norman  T.  Cohen,  Dozier  B.  Roberts. 


Profitable  Tieup  Arranged 
For  Buffalo  Theatre 

A  neat  piece  of  booking  and  exploitation 
was  engineered  over  the  Labor  Day  week- 
end by  manager  George  H.  Mackenna  and 
publicist  Bill  Brereton  for  the  Abbott  and 
Costello  picture,  "The  Time  of  Their  Lives," 
at  Basil's  Lafayette  theatre,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Learning  that  Abbott  and  Costello  would  be 
in  Buffalo  for  a  benefit  performance  under 
the  auspices  of  the  American  Legion,  Mac- 
kenna and  Brereton  booked  the  picture  to 
run  simultaneously  with  the  personal  ap- 
pearance. To  further  exploit  the  tieup  a 
jeep  was  used  for  street  ballyhoo.  The 
jeep  was  decorated  with  adequate  Abbott 


and  Costello  copy  and  driven  through  the 
streets  and  in  the  Legion  Parade. 


Century  Zone  Managers  Get 
New  Assignments 

Joseph  R.  Springer,  general  manager  for 
the  Century  circuit,  New  York  City,  has 
announced  the  setting  up  of  new  territories 
under  the  supervision  of  five  zone  managers. 
Under  the  new  set-up,  Jack  LaReaux  will 
handle  Suffolk  county  operations,  Emanuel 
Friedman  takes  charge  of  Nassau  county, 
William  Applegate,  Queens  county.  Leon- 
ard Freund  and  Jack  Weinstein  will  super- 
vise the  circuit's  Brooklyn  houses. 


By  THE  HERALD 

NEW  YORK  VACATION- 
ISTS visit  at  the  Round  Table. 
Above, George  Daransoll, man- 
ager of  the  Granby  theatre, 
Norfolk,  Va.,  and  Mrs.  Daran- 
soll. At  left,  Julius  Lamm, 
manager  of  the  Warmr  Up- 
town theatre  in  Cleveland , 
Ohio.  Mr.  Lamm,  accom- 
panied by  Mrs.  Lamm,  is  an 
annual  visitor  to  New  York. 


ROUND  TABLE  VISITORS  last  week 
were  George  A.  Delis,  general  manager  of 
the  A.  G.  Constant  theatres  in  Ohio,  and 
Kate  Deligiannis,  niece  of  Mr.  A.  G.  Con- 
stant, just  arrived  from  Europe. 


Canadian  Fought  for  U.  S.  and 
Works  in  South  America 

Carl  Flint,  supervising  manager  of 
MGM's  theatres  in  Colombia,  South  Ameri- 
ca, started  in  show  business  with  Orson 
Welles  as  actor, 
technical  advisor 
and  publicist  with 
the  Mercury  theatre. 

After  concluding 
some  miscellaneous 
public  relations  as- 
signments, he  joined 
the  Army  as  an  in- 
structor, teaching 
airplane  mechanics. 
In  1943,  he  was  com- 
missioned, later 
serving  as  manager 
of  three  Army  the- 
at  Langley  Field,  Va. 

He  joined  Loew's  International  in  1945, 
taking  up  his  present  assignment  supervis- 
ing the  Cine  Metro  Avenida  in  Medellin 
and  the  Cine  Metro,  Barranquilla. 

Carl  was  born  in  Ottawa,  Canada,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1915.  He  is  married  and  quite 
proud  of  his  two  year  old  son. 


Carl  Flint 


HENRY 

R. 

ARIAS 


PURCHASING  AGENT 

Foreign  and  Domestic 
Film  Distribution 
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Serving  the  Industry  Since  1913.    Negotiations  in  Any  Language 
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Promotes  15  Window  Tieups 

A  total  of  15  window  displays  were  pro- 
moted by  manager  Sol  L.  Sorkin  to  exploit 
his  playdate  on  "Make  Mine  Music"'  at  the 
RKO  Keith's  theatre,  Washington,  D.  C. 
The  displays  included  a  variety  of  tieins 
with  the  accent  being  placed  on  the  music. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


PICTURE 
CROSSES 


NOTORIOUS  (RKO) 

First  Report: 

Total  Gross  Tabulated  $863,000 

Comparative  Average  Gross  625,700 

Over-all  Performance  137.9% 

BUFFALO—  Twentieth  Centurv   237.0% 

CINCINNATI — RKO  Palace  182.4% 

CLEVELAND — RKO  Palace,  1st  week  .  .  .  152.3% 
CLEVELAND — RKO  Palace,  2na  week  .   .   .  109.3% 

DENVER— Orpheum  152.3% 

LOS  ANGELES— Hillstreet,  1st  week  ....  193.5% 
LOS  ANGELES— Hillstreet,  2nd  week  ....  156.6% 
LOS  ANGELES— Pantages,  1st  week  ....  207.9% 
LOS  ANGELES— Pantages,  2nd  week  ....  163.3% 
NEW  YORK— Music  Hall.  1st  week   ....  114.6% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 
NEW  YORK— Music  Hall,  2nd  week    ....  115.3% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 
NEW  YORK— Music  HaU,  3rd  week    ....  125.3% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 

PHILADELPHIA — Stanlev   226.0% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Golden  Gate  141.7% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

• 

MONSIEUR  BEAUCAIRE  (Para.) 


First  Report: 

Total  Gross  Tabulated  $358,600 

Comparative  Average  Gross  271,500 

Over-all  Performance  132.0% 


ATLANTA— Fox   102.2% 

BALTIMORE— Keith's   152.8% 

CHICAGO— Chicago   134.5% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

CLEVELAND — Loew's  State   147.3% 

INDIANAPOLIS—  Indiana   135.1% 

LOS  ANGELES — Paramount  Downtown. 

1st  week   154.6% 

(DB)  God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 
LOS  ANGELES — Paramount  Downtown. 

2nd  week   125.0% 

(DB)  God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 
LOS  ANGELES— Paramount  Hollywood, 

1st  week   151.7% 

fDB)  God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 
LOS  ANGELES— Paramount  Hollywood. 

2nd  week   127.6% 

(DB)  God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 

MINNEAPOLIS— Radio  City   126.4% 

OMAHA— Paramount   119.8% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY — Centre   108.3% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Fox   120.2% 

fDB)  Swamp  Fire  (Para.) 


TWO  GUYS  FROM  MILWAUKEE 

(WB> 


First  Report: 

Total  Gross  Tabulated  $424,700 

Comparative  Average  Gross  376,300 

Over-all  Performance  112.8% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Allen   181.3% 

DENVER — Denver    80.0% 

(DB)  Shadows  Over  Chinatown  (Mono.) 

DENVER — Esquire   61.0% 

(DB)  Shadows  Over  Chinatown  (Mono.) 

DENVER — Aladdin,  MO  1st  week   74.4% 

(DB)  Shadows  Over  Chinatown  (Mono.) 

KANSAS  CITY — Orpheum,  1st  week    ....  126.0% 

(DB)  Bedlam  (RKO) 

KANSAS  CITY— Orpheum,  2nd  week   ....  88.0% 

(DB)  Bedlam  (RKO) 

LOS  ANGELES — Warner  Downtown    ....  141.3% 

LOS  ANGELES— Warner  Hollywood    ....  164.1% 

LOS  ANGELES— Warner  Wiltern   155.5% 

NEW  YORK— Strand.  1st  week   128.2% 


(SA)  Robert  Alda,  Buddy  Rich's  Orchestra 


-4  statistical  compilation  and 
comparison  of  Box  Office  Per- 
formance in  first  run  theatres 


NEW  YORK— Strand,  2nd  week   114.4% 

(SA)  Robert  Alda,  Buddv  Rich's  Orchestra 

NEW  YORK— Strand,  3rd  week   106.5% 

(SA)  Robert  Alda,  Buddy  Rich's  Orchestra 

NEW  YORK— Strand,  4th  week   90.7% 

(SA)  Robert  Alda,  Buddy  Rich's  Orchestra 

PHILADELPHIA— Stanley.  1st  week  ....  113.0% 

PHILADELPHIA— Stanlev,  2nd  week  ....  80.0% 

PITTSBURGH— Stanley   121.3% 

• 

THREE  WISE  FOOLS  (MGM) 

First  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $144,900 
Comparative  Average  Gross  137,000 
Over-all  Performance  105.7% 

ATLANTA— Loew's  Grand   126.0% 

BALTIMORE— Centurv    104.3% 

BOSTON— Orpheum   80.5% 

(DB)  Night  Editor  (Col.) 

BOSTON— State    72.5% 

(DB)  Night  Editor  (Col.) 

BUFFALO — Buffalo   128.1% 

(DB)  Deadline  for  Murder  (20th-Fox) 

.  BUFFALO— Hippodrome.  MO  1st  week    .   .   .  109.6% 

(DB)  Deadline  for  Murder  (20th-Fox) 

INDIANAPOLIS— Loew's   130.4% 

(DB)  Perilous  Holiday  (CoL) 

ST.  LOUIS— Loew's  State    110.8% 

(DB)  Sing  While  You  Dance  (Col.) 


STRANGE  LOVE  OF  MARTHA  IVERS 

(Para.) 


First  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $723,200 
Comparative  Average  Gross  624,500 

Over-all  Performance                    I  I  5.8% 

BOSTON— Metropolitan    94.7% 

(DB)  G.I.  War  Brides  (Rep.) 

BUFFALO— Great  Lakes   117.1% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Capitol   123.0% 

DENVER— Denham,  1st  week   113.8% 

DENVER— Denham.  2nd  week   81.3% 

KANSAS  CITY— Newman   172.6% 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  1st  week    ....  134.6% 

(SA)  Dinah  Shore,  Gil  Lamb,  others 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  2nd  week    ....  123.6% 

(SA)  Dinah  Shore,  Gil  Lamb,  others 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  3rd  week    ....  122.4% 

(SA)  Dinah  Shore,  Gil  Lamb,  others 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  4th  week    ....  112.6% 

(SA)  Dinah  Shore,  Gil  Lamb,  others 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  5th  week    ....  106.4% 

(SA)  Dinah  Shore,  Gil  Lamb,  others 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  6th  week    ....  94.2% 

(SA)  Dinah  Shore,  Gil  Lamb,  others 

ST.  LOUIS — Fox   137.9% 

• 

BLACK  BEAUTY  (20rh-Fox) 

First  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $107,200 
Comparative  Average  Gross  105,500 
Over-all  Performance  101.6% 

CINCINNATI — RKO  Grand  ..."   120.6% 

KANSAS  CITY — Esquire   94.1% 

KANSAS  CITY— Uptown   100.0% 

LOS  ANGELES — El  Rev   81.7% 

(DB)  A  Letter  for  Evie  (MGM) 

LOS  ANGELES— Orpheum    ........  69.3% 

(DB)  A  Letter  for  Evie  (MGM) 

LOS  ANGELES— Vogue   117.1% 

(DB)  A  Letter  for  Evie  (MGM) 

NEW  YORK— Victoria   135.6% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Paramount   104.1% 

fDB)  Toe  Palooka.  Champ  (Mono.) 


Chicago  Release 
Changes  Impend 

Following  a  day's  argument  by  counsel 
on  the  wording  of  an  injunction  decree  to 
be  granted  the  Jackson  Park  theatre,  Fed- 
eral Judge  Michael  L.  Igoe  in  Chicago  Mon- 
day indicated  that  the  Chicago  system  of 
release  would  be  radically  changed  in  about 
two  weeks. 

Highlights  of  the  decree  call  for  restrict- 
ing Loop  runs  to  two  weeks;  eliminating 
moveovers;  eliminating  price  fixing;  adopt- 
ing the  auction  method  of  film  buying;  elim- 
inating double  features ;  eliminating  three 
dead  weeks  of  waiting  time  following  com- 
pletion of  Loop  runs  and  elimination  of  cir- 
cuit buying  with  regard  to  the  Jackson  Park 
theatre  itself.  Thomas  C.  McConnell,  attor- 
ney for  the  Jackson  Park,  asked  for  a  day 
and  date  run  with  the  Warner  Jeffrey  thea- 
tre and  a  week  ahead  of  the  Balaban  &  Katz 
Maryland  theatre. 

Influenced  in  a  great  measure  by  the  terms 
of  the  New  York  decree,  a  legal  battery 
representing  five  major  distributors  and  the 
B&K  and  Warner  circuits  in  Chicago  pro- 
posed changes  in  the  present  system. 

In  a  decree  formulated  by  the  defendants 
were  four  major  concessions.  In  addition  to 
eliminating  price  fixing,  the  distributors  and 
circuit  defendants  promised  adoption  of  the 
auction  method  of  buying  pictures  and  to 
eliminate  the  power  of  circuit  buying  in 
competing  for  pictures  and  to  grant  reason- 
able clearance. 

British  Film  Division  Sets 
New  Rental  Charges 

The  British  Information  Services  Film 
Division  announced  this  week  a  new  scale  of 
rental  charges  for  16mm  film,  to  be  effective 
October  1.  The  films  will  be  available  on 
loan  at  service  charges  based  on  $1  a  reel, 
the  maximum  charge  being  $5  for  films  even 
though  the  subject  exceeds  five  reels.  Small- 
gauge  color  films  will  be  rented  at  $1.50  a 
reel.  Among  the  new  16mm  films  to  be  re- 
leased October  1  are:  "Man — One  Family," 
a  discussion  of  the  master-race  theory ; 
"Children  on  Trial,"  dealing  with  juvenile 
delinquency  in  Britain ;  "Father  and  Son,"  a 
story  set  in  the  African  colonies,  and  "Chil- 
dren's Charter,"  dealing  with  Britain's  new 
educational  act.  Two  Technicolor  films, 
"Steel"  and  "Make  Fruitful  the  Land,"  are 
also  included. 


St.  Louis  Houses  Will 
Install  Fire  Boxes 

St.  Louis  theatres  must  pay  for  122  fire 
boxes  to  be  installed  in  that  number  of 
houses,  the  city's  Board  of  Estimate  and 
Apportionment  approved  an  ordinance  estab- 
lishing a  fund  for  such  installation.  The 
fire  department  will  install  the  boxes ;  the 
theatres  will  pay  into  the  fund.  The  Motion 
Picture  Theatre  Owners  of  St.  Louis  will  be 
one  of  the  organizations  sponsoring  the  fire 
department's  fire  and  personnel  safety  school. 


Figupes  directly  below  picture  title  compare  estimated  dollar  gross  with  average  gross 
and  show  relative  percentage  of  all  engagements  tabulated. 

Figures  opposite  theatre  names  represent  percentage  of  tabulated  grosses  to  average 
weekly  business  based  on  the  six  months'  period  ending  July  31,  1946. 
SYMBOLS:  (DB)  Double  Bill— associate  feature  title;  (SA)  Stage  Attraction;  (MO)  Move- 
Over  Run;  (AA)  Advance  Admission. 

INDEX:  Over-all  perfomance  percentage  figures  from  previously  published  final  reports 
appear  in  Service  Data  section  of  Product  Digest.  See  last  column  of  Release  Chart 
for  Index. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


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CLASSIFIED  ADVERTISING  U.  S.  Has  Films  at 

Cinema  Exhibit 
Now  in  Venice 


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address.  Minimum  insertion,  $  I .  Four  insertions,  for  the  price  of  three.  Contract  rates 
on  application.  No  borders  or  cuts.  Forms  close  Mondays  at  5  P.  M.  Publisher  reserves 
the  right  to  reject  any  copy.  Film  and  trailer  advertising  not  accepted.  Classi- 
fied advertising  not  subject  to  agency  commission.  Address  copy  and  checks'. 
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treasurer.  The  company  has  purchased  "No 
Time  for  Living,"  by  Elias  Joseph,  whose 
story,  "Sudden  Death,''  will  be  produced  by 
Broadcast  following  "Rhythm  Rhapsodies," 
now  in  work. 


by  ARGEO  SANTUCCI 

in  Ramt 

The  International  Cinema  Exhibit  in 
Venice  opened  August  31  at  the  San  Marco 
theatre  with  screenings  of  Italian  documen- 
taries and  Twentieth  Century-Fox's  "Blood 
and  Sand." 

Paolo  Cappa,  member  of  Italy's  Constitu- 
ent Assembly,  told  the  audience  that  the 
Government  would  support  all  private  and 
collective  efforts  in  the  industry  in  order  to 
raise  the  domestic  industry  up  to  the  inter- 
national level. 

Hollywood  product  showing  at  the  exhibit 
includes  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's  "Lassie 
Come  Home,"  "Madame  Curie"  and  "The 
Picture  of  Dorian  Gray" :  Warner  Brothers' 
"Old  Acquaintance"  and  "Hitler  Lives?"; 
Paramount's  "Love  Letters" ;  Columbia's 
"A  Song  to  Remember" ;  Universal's  "This 
Love  of  Ours"  and  "Scarlet  Street";  United 
Artists'  "Hangmen  Also  Die" ;  RKO's  "The 
Bells  of  St.  Mary's,"  "Sister  Kenny," 
"Wonder  Man,"  "Bambi,"  and  Walt  Disney 
shorts. 

Other  countries  represented  are  England, 
with  "Caesar  and  Cleopatra,"  and  Russia. 

Next  year  the  Venice  exhibit  will  be  held 
in  the  autumn  so  as  not  to  conflict  with 
the  Cannes  festival  in  France,  to  be  held  in 
the  spring. 

V 

Other  motion  picture  festivals  are  in  the 
news  here.  In  connection  with  the  Exhibit 
of  the  Roman  activities,  now  current,  an 
exhibit  of  16mm  films  and  equipment  is 
scheduled. 

Recently  a  festival  of  Russian  pictures 
was  held  in  Rome. 

V 

The  Official  Journal  of  August  27  pub- 
lishes a  bill  declaring  the  necessity  of 
winding  up  the  affairs  of  the  ENIEF  (Na- 
tional Corporation  for  the  Importation  and 
Exportation  of  Films),  a  concern  which 
had  been  established  by  the  Fascist  Repub- 
lican Government  in  North  Italy.  The 
ENIEF  was  a  group  of  three  Fascist  cor- 
porations: the  ENAIPE  (National  Corpo- 
ration for  the  Purchase  and  the  .Importa- 
tion of  Foreign  Pictures),  the  CEFI 
(Concern  for  the  Exportation  of  the  Ital- 
ian Films),  and  the  CEFI-Ufficio  Vendite 
(Concern  for  the  Exportation  of  Italian 
Films-Circulation  Department).  The  bill 
would  do  away  with  ENIEF  by  reestablish- 
ing the  three  corporations  which  joined  to 
form  ENIEF  so  that  it  is  possible  no  great 
change  in  the  corporate  setup  will  be  made. 
.  V 

Film  Unione,  a  German  distributing  com- 
pany in  Italy,  will  distribute  35  German 
pictures,  which  had  their  first  run  during 
the  war  in  Italy. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


SHOWMEN'S  REVIEWS 
SHORT  SUBJECTS  CHART 
THE  RELEASE  CHART 


This  department  deals  with 
new  product  from  the  point  of 
view  of  the  exhibitor  who  is 
to  purvey  it  to  his  own  public. 


Cloak  and  Dagger 

United  States  Pictures  -  Warners — 
Topnotch  Spy  Yarn 

Any  connection  between  secret  archives  of  the 
Office  of  Strategic  Services  and  the  screen  story 
written  by  Boris  Ingster  and  John  Larkin  is 
disavowed.  But  published  information  on  the 
activities  of  the  fabulous  "cloak  and  dagger 
boys,"  as  Washington  knew  the  O.S.S.,  suggests 
it  could  have  happened. 

"Cloak  and  Dagger"  is  an  unabashed  spy 
story.  Gary  Cooper  is  its  hero  and  Lilli  Pal- 
mer its  heroine.  The  goal  is  data  on  nuclear 
physics  and  atomic  fission  and  the  opposition  is 
the  Gestapo.  The  background  is  Switzerland 
and  Italy  under  Mussolini. 

Cooper  is  a  professor  working  on  atomic  en- 
ergy. James  Flavin  drafts  him  to  ferret  out 
the  extent  to  which  enemy  research  in  the  same 
field  has  reached.  This  takes  Cooper  to  Switz- 
erland, where  he  meets  Helene  Thimig,  noted 
German  physicist  who,  in  turn,  has  been  col- 
laborating with.  Vladimir  Sokoloff,  equally  not- 
ed Italian  scientist— both  under  the  heel  of  the 
secret  police.  Through  adventure  and  hazard, 
Cooper  is  aided  by  Miss  Palmer,  anti-Fascist 
and  member  of  the  underground,  and  Robert 
Alda,  who  finally  dies  so  that  Cooper  and  Soko- 
loff may  effect  their  escape  via  British  plane 
while  Miss  Palmer  remains  behind  for  an  indi- 
cated eventual  reunion  with  Cooper. 

Story  content  has  a  decidedly  familiar  ring 
and,  by  no  approach,  may  be  viewed  as  fresh  or 
new.  "Cloak  and  Dagger,"  therefore,  comes 
through  as  an  exciting  and  thrilling  film  largely 
for  other  causes.  These  include  the  sustained 
quality  of  its  chief  performances,  the  intelligent 
and  realistic  script  by  Albert  Maltz  and  Ring 
Lardner,  Jr.,  and  the  tense  and  taut  direction 
of  Fritz  Lang.  Cooper  completes  his  mission 
and  makes  his  own  courageous  contributions  to 
the  effort.  Yet  he  wages  no  single-handed  vic- 
tory here.  It's  teamwork  that  does  it  and  adds 
belieyability  to  the  melodrama. 
•  i?^s  PaImer  'on£  nas  Deen  appearing  in  Brit- 
ish pictures.  This  is  her  first  American-made 
enterprise,  and  with  very  creditable  results.  As 
a  partisan,  she  tellingly  projects  the  fears  and 
the  fortitude  of  those  whose  love  of  country  led 
them  into  the  paths  of  great  danger.  Her  per- 
formance is  interesting,  intelligent  and  convinc- 
ing. Hopefully,  Hollywood  will  emplov  her  of- 
ten and  to  equal  advantage. 

"Cloak  and  Dagger,"  moreover,  is  the  first  at- 
traction to  set  sail  under  the  banner  of  United  ' 
States  Pictures— Milton  Sperling,  producer,  re- 
turned from  active  service  with  the  Marines  in 
the  South  Pacific,  and  Joseph  Bernhard.  long 
operating  head  of  the  Warner  circuit.  Thev 
are  off  to  an  auspicious  start.  The  single  ques- 
tion about  their  film,  perhaps,  is  the  fact  it  re- 
turns to  the  zones  of  the  war  although  it  does 
not  show  the  fighting.  This,  however,  should 
prove  no  bar  to  those  seeking  well-done  en- 
tertainment regardless  of  time  or  place. 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD.  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


Seen  at  home  office  projection  room.  Re- 
viewer's Rating  :  Excellent.—  Red  Kann. 

Release  date,   September  28,   1946.     Running  time, 
106  min.   PCA  No.  11670.   General  audience  classification. 

Jasper   Gary  Cooper 

Gma   Lilli  Palmer 

Pinkie   Robert  Alda 

Dr.  Polda    Vladimir  Sokoloff 

J.  Edward  Bromberg.  Helen  Thimig,  James  Flavin, 
Marjorie  Hoshelle 

White  Tie  and  Tails 

Universal — Sharp  and  Smooth 

Dan  Duryea,  whose  portrayal  of  the  com- 
plete cad  in  "Scarlet  Street"  and  "A  Woman 
in  the  Window"  won  him  Top  Ten  placement 
in  Motion  Picture  Herald's  1946  "Stars  of 
Tomorrow"  poll,  steps  over  onto  .the  good  side 
of  the  moral  register  in  this  satin-smooth  and 
razor-sharp  comedy  about  a  butler  who  mas- 
querades as  a  millionaire.  The  theme,  handled 
many  a  time  in  the  past  and  with  a  dis- 
tinguished succession  of  actors  playing  the  key 
roles,  is  handled  lightly  and  expertly  this  time 
by  producer  Howard  Benedict  and  director 
Charles  T.  Barton  with  the  single  objective 
of  supplying  pleasant  amusement.  Showmen 
who  exploit  the  picture  in  a  manner  befitting 
the  star's  now  demonstrated  stature  figure  to 
profit  nicely. 

Alongside  Duryea  in  the  picture,  and  match- 
ing his  performance  with  equally  agreeable 
portrayals,  go  William  Bendix.  back  in  the 
racketeering  type  of  assignment  which  gave 
him  his  start  in  pictures,  and  Ella  Raines,  who 
plays  a  society  girl  as  society  girls  are  in  life 
but  hardly  ever  in  pictures. 

The  screenplay  by  Bertram  Millhauser, 
from  a  story  by  Rufus  King  and  Charles  Bea- 
han.  takes  Duryea  through  a  series  of  mount- 
ing crises  which  follow  upon  his  decision  to 
masquerade  as  a  millionaire  during  his  wealthv 
employer's  absence.  He  befriends  a  societv 
girl  in  trouble,  and  finds  himself  indebted  to 
the  extent  of  8103,000  to  a  gambling-house 
operator  with  leanings  toward  culture  but  no 
liking  for  welchers. 

Prc-zietced  at  the  studio.  Rcvie'd'er's  Rating: 
Good. — William  R.  Weaver. 

Release  date.  August  30.  1946.  Running  time,  74  min. 
PCA  No.  11SS8.    General  audience  classification. 

Charles   Dumont  Dan  Duryea 

Larry    Lundie  William  Bendix 

Louise  Bradford   Ella  Raines 

Richard  Gaines.  Barbara  Brown,  Clarence  Kolb,  Don- 
ald Curtis.  Frank  Tenks.  Samuel  S.  Hinds.  Tohn 
Miljan,  William  Trenk.  Scotty  Beckett 

The  Bachelor's  Daughters 

U A- Andrew  Stone — Comedy 

Directing  and  writing  his  own  picture,  pro- 
ducer Andrew  Steone  supplies  herewith  an  un- 
usual and_  somewhat  curiously  satisfying  item 
of  entertainment  which  made  the  audience  at 
the  family-trade  Forum  theatre  "in  Los  Angeles 
very  happy  throughout  its  90  minutes.  While 


a  little  light  in  billing  strength,  the  attrac- 
tion has  a  novelty  and  charm  likely  to  compen- 
sate adequately  for  that  circumstance  in  most 
locations.  A  special  feature  for  exploitation  is 
the  presence  of  Eugene  List,  the  pianist  who 
entertained  the  Big  Three  so  notably  at  the 
Potsdam  Conference,  and  who  lives  up  com- 
pletely to  the  international  publicity  which  fol- 
lowed that  incident. 

The  bachelor  of  the  title  is  played  by 
Adolphe  Menjou,  as  a  department  store  floor- 
walker who  is  persuaded  by  four  husband- 
seeking  salesgirls  to  pose  as  their  father  (Billie 
Burke  poses  as  their  mother)  in  a  Long  Island 
mansion  which  they  lease  for  the  purpose  of 
gaining  access  to  eligible  young  men  of  means. 
For  about  half  of  its  length,  the  picture  de- 
pends upon  incidental  humor  to  hold  audience 
interest,  but  toward  the  end  it  develops  emo- 
tional appeal  of  unique  kind  and  ends  with  a 
twist  that  wraps  up  the  proceedings  in  quite 
unexpected  and  gratifying  manner. 

Don  McElwaine  is  down  as  assistant  to  the 
producer,  and  Frederick  Jackson  supplied  ad- 
ditional dialogue. 

Prezieifed  at  the  Forum  theatre,  Los  Angeles, 
where  a  Friday  night  audience  present  to  see 
"The  Green  Years"  displayed  manifest  satisfac- 
tion, Rez-iezver's  Rating:  Good, — W.  R.  W. 

Release  date,  September  6,  1946.  Running  time,  88 
mm.    PCA  No.  11736.    General  audience  classification 

Eileen   Gail  Russell 

Cynthia   Claire  Trevor 

|rerry    ■■•  Ann  Dvorak 

Mr.  Moody   Adolphe  Menjou 

Jfolfy   Billie  Burke 

y?rta,   Jane  Wyatt 

Schuyler   Eugene  List 

Damian  O'FIynn.  John  Whitney,  Russell  Hicks.  Earl 
Hodguns,  Madge  Crane,  Bill  Kennedy,  Richard  Hage- 
man,   Igor  Diega 

Strange  Journey 

20th  Century-Fox — Adventure  Story 

Strange  adventure  on  an  isolated  island,  in- 
cluding a  Nazi  search  for  a  map  showing  the 
location  of  uranium  deposits  are  the  main  ele- 
ments of  the  story  of  this  picture,  which  stars 
Paul  Kelly,  Hillary  Brooke,  as  his  wife,  and  Osa 
Massen,  as  the  professor's  daughter,  who  give 
performances  consistent  with  this  type  of  film. 

The  story  is  by  Charles  Kenyon  and  the 
screenplay  by  Mr.  Kenyon  and  Irving  Elman. 
It  has  a  measure  of  suspense  and  considerable 
action  and  excitement. 

Kelly  as  a  former  racketeer  flees  from  the 
police  when  he  believes  they  are  about  to 
arrest_hirn  for  a  murder  he  didn't  commit.  He 
and  his  wife  fly  to  his  privately  owned  island 
situated  at  some  remote,  but  unidentified  loca- 
tion. Their  plane  has  a  crash  landing  and  they 
find  their  food  provisions  destroyed.  His  wife 
is  furious  with  her  husband  for  taking  her  to 
the  island  and  when  she  finds  some  tinned  food 
she  refuses  to  share  it  with  him. 

Kelly  stumbles  on  a  group  of  shipwrecked 
persons  including  a  professor,  his  daughter,  an 
English  journalist,  a  Nazi  agent,  a  sailor  and  a 
wealthy  widow.  Before  the  aged  professor  dies 

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he  entrusts  his  map  of  the  uranium  deposits 
to  Kelly.  The  Nazi  agent's  accomplices  ar- 
rive by  plane  and  Kelly  and  his  wife  engage 
them  in  a  furious  gun  fight.  The  enemies  are 
killed  and  Kelly  and  his  wife  are  happy. 

The  film  was  produced  by  Sol  M.  Wurtzel 
Productions,  Inc. ;  directed  by  James  Tinling. 

Seen  at  the  home  office  projection  room. 
Reviewer's  Rating :  Average. — M.  R.  Y. 

October  release.  .Running  time,  65  min.  PCA  No. 
11785.    General  audience  classification. 

Luckey  Leeds   Paul  Kelly 

Christine   Jenner   Osa  Massen 

Patti  Leeds  Hilary  Brooke 

Bruce  Lester,  Gene  Stutenroth,  Lee  Patrick,  Fritz 
Leiber,  Kurt  Katch 

Little  Iodine 

United  Artists — Comedy 

Comet's  initial  production  is  a  comedy  de- 
signed, apparently,  for  the  juvenile  trade,  since 
the  principal  characters  are  children,  and  the 
release  date  has  been  set  back  to  October  20, 
reportedly  because  of  the  current  polio  epi- 
demic which  is  restricting  juvenile  attendance 
throughout  the  country. 

Jo  Ann  Marlow  and  Lanny  Rees  are  cast  as 
the  small  fry  who  make  life  unbearable  for 
family  friends  and  neighbors.  In  the  role  of 
"Iodine,"  a  cartoon  character  created  by  Jimmy 
Hatlo,  Jo  Ann  does  her  utmost  to  break  up 
her  pa.rents'  marriage,  ruin  a  romance  between 
two  blameless  young  people,  and  lose  her 
father  his  livelihood.  That  her  schemes  mis- 
carry is  due  to  the  fact  that,  confronted  with 
the  turmoil  she  has  wrought,  she  suffers  a  be- 
lated change  of  heart. 

Irene  Ryan  and  Hobart  Cavanaugh,  cast  as 
"Iodine's"  parents,  make  the  most  of  roles 
essentially  unsympathetic.  Marc  Cramer,  who 
with  Eve  Whitney  supplies  the  romantic  in- 
terest, does  a  creditable  job. 

Buddy  Rogers  and  Ralph  Cohn  produced; 
Reginald  LeBorg  directed.  Some  of  the  dia- 
logue which  Richard  Landau's  screenplay  puts 
into  the  mouths  of  his.  juvenile  characters  is 
far-fetched,  to  say  the  least. 

Seen  at  the  studio.  Reviewer's  Rating : 
Average. — Thalia  Bell. 

Release  date,  October  11,  1946.  Running  time,  57 
min.  PCA  No.  11694.  General  audience  classifica- 
tion. 

Little  Iodine  Jo  Ann  Marlow 

Marc   Andrews  Marc  Cramer 

Eve  Whitney,  Irene  Ryan,  Hobart  Cavanaugh,  Lanny 
Rees,  Leon  Belasco,  Emory  Parnell,  Sarah  Selby 

Cuban  Pete 

Universal — Comedy  with  Music 

Those  liking  melodies,  fast,  modern  and  in 
Latin  American  vein,  will  find  an  abundance  of 
them,  handled  expertly  by  Desi  Arnaz  and 
band,  the  King  Sisters  and  Ethel  Smith.  As 
for  narrative  situation,  the  film  is  not  alto- 
gether novel. 

The  story  concerns  the  attempt  of  an  ad- 
vertising executive  to  lure  a  Cuban  band  on 
to  an  American  radio  program.  Not  able  to 
clinch  the  deal  by  telephone,  the  executive, 
Don  Porter,  sends  his  assistant,  Joan  Fulton, 
down  to  Cuba  to  turn  her  persuasive  charms 
on  Mr.  Arnaz.  Miss  Fulton,  being  an  attrac- 
tive woman,  Mr.  Arnaz  decides  to  come  to 
the  States  to  broadcast.  Further  complica- 
tions develop,  however,  when  the  addle- 
brained  sponsor  of  the  program  decides  to  get 
her  squeaking  voice  in  on  the  program  as  a 
vocalist.  The  course  becomes  rocky,  but  romance 
between  Miss  Fulton  and  Arnaz  paves  the  way 
to  a  successful  radio  debut. 

Jean  Yarbrough  directed  with  Howard 
Welsch  as  executive  producer  and  Will  Cowan, 
associate  producer. 

Seen  at  the  Brooklyn  Paramount  theatre. 
Reviewer's  Rating  :  Fair. — Mandel  Herbstman. 

Release  date,  July  26,  1946.  Running  time,  61  min. 
PCA  No.   11734.    General  audience  classification. 

Desi  Arnaz   Desi  Arnaz 

Ethel   Smith  Ethel  Smith 

Ann   Joan  Fulton 

Jacqueline  De  Witt,  Beverly  Simmons,  Don  Porter, 
Yvonne  King,  Louise  King,  Donna  King,  Alyce  King, 
Pedro  De  Cordoba,  and  Igor  and  Yvette,  dancers 

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Decoy 


Monogram — Melodrama 

It  has  been  asserted  by  such  authorities  as 
Somerset  Maugham  that  an  evil  character,  pre- 
sented on  stage  or  screen  or  between  the  pages 
of  a  book,  is  more  interesting  than  a  good 
one,  because  evil  is  intrinsically  more  interest- 
ing than  good.  This  argument  raises  considera- 
tions when  one  is  confronted  by  such  a  char- 
acter as  the  heroine  of  the  first  Bernhard- 
Brandt  production  for  Monogram,  a  character 
of  unrelieved  evil.    She  is  a  monster. 

Producers  Jack  Bernhard — who  also  directed 
— and  Bernard  Brandt  have  managed  to  top  the 
current  trend  toward  the  hardboiled  and  sor- 
did. The  characters — all  of  them  stock  types 
— have  no  redeeming  traits  whatever,  and  the 
story,  an  original  by  Stanley  Rubin,  is  a  treat- 
ment of  the  "crime  does  not  pay"  themes.  Ned 
Young's  screenplay  is  told  in  flashback  form. 

Jean  Gillie  is  cast  as  the  mercenary  young 
lady  who  tells,  on  her  deathbed,  the  bitter  story 
of  her  life.  Her  boy  friend,  having  shot  and 
killed  a  payroll  guard,  is  sentenced  to  death, 
but  not  before  he  has  managed  to  secrete  the 
loot  —  some  $400,000  —  in  an  undisclosed  spot. 
Miss  Gillie  conceives  the  idea  of  enlisting  the 
aid  of  the  prison  doctor  to  circumvent  the  ex- 
ecution. 

After  half  an  hour  in  the  gas  chamber,  the 
killer  is  spirited  away  to  the  doctor's  office, 
where  he  is  brought  back  to  life  by  the  admin- 
istration of  methylene  blue,  blood  plasma  and 
oxygen.  The  murderer,  who  is  known  to  his 
friends  as  Frankie,  doesn't  enjoy  his  second 
chance  at  life  for  long,  however.  He  is  shot 
in  the  back  by  another  of  Miss  Gillie's  boy 
friends,  a  well-dressed  young  gangster,  por- 
trayed by  Edward  Morris.  Then  Miss  Gillie 
the  doctor,  and  Boy  Friend  No.  2  set  out  after 
the  treasure.  But  it  doesn't  suit  Miss  Gillie's 
plans  to  have  to  share  the  money,  so  she  lures 
Boy  Friend  No.  2  into  a  spot  where  it's  easy 
for  her  to  run  over  him  and  crush  him  beneath 
the  wheels  of  the  doctor's  car. 

The  doctor  himself  comes  off  a  little  bet- 
ter, but  not  much.  As  soon  as  he  has  com- 
pleted the  task  of  digging  up  the  money,  she 
'  shoots  him  twice,  and  sets  off  for  home  with 
the  strong-box.  As  it  turns  out,  her  aim  wasn't 
too  good,  and  the  doctor  manages  to  stagger 
after  her,  hitch  a  ride  to  town,  and  shoot  her 
in  the  abdomen  just  as  she  discovers  that  the 
strong-box  holds  only  a  single  dollar  bill. 

So  that's  the  story,  and  it's  not  for  the 
squeemish,  nor  for  children. 

Seen  at  the  studio.  Reviewer' s  Rating :  Aver- 
age.— T.  B. 

Release  date,  September  14,  1946.  Running  time,  76 
min.    PCA  No.  11768.   Adult  audience  classification. 

Margot  Shelby  Jean  Gillie 

Jim  Vincent    Edward  Norris 

Robert  Armstrong,  Herbert  Rudley,  Sheldon  Leonard, 
Marjorie  Woodworth,  Phil  Van  Zandt,  Carol  Donne, 
John  Shay 

Gallant  Journey 

Columbia — Man  Gets  Wings 

In  flashback,  with  occasional  narration  by 
Charles  Ruggles,  "Gallant  Journey"  unfolds  the 
dramatic  story  of  what  is  offered  as  man's  first 
wing  controlled  flight.  Interesting  in  treatment 
and  off-the-beaten  in  much  of  its  content,  this 
attraction  easily  makes  the  grade  as  decidedly 
worthwhile  and  decidedly  commercial. 

The  central  figure  is  John  J.  Montgomery 
who,  by  this  account,  constructed  the  first  glider 
plane  and  successfully  launched  it  in  California 
as  far  removed  as  1883.  The  screenplay,  written 
by  Byron  Morgan  and  William  A.  Wellman, 
thereafter  tells  of  the  hardships  which  beset 
Montgomery  on  his  way;  how  his  immediate 
circle  was  skeptical — except  for  Janet  Blair 
who  spurs  him  on  through  the  dark  moments 
and  eventually  marries  him. 

There  are  many  branches  off  the  main  story 
stem:  How  the  Jesuits  at  Santa  Clara  Univer- 
sity lend  a  helping  and  understanding  hand ; 
how  an  earthquake  happens  along  to  destroy 
the  latest  plane  model;  how  the  gold-sorting 


machine,  developed  and  then  neglected,  pulls 
Montgomery  (Glenn  Ford)  out  of  financial 
trouble  only  to  return  him  to  it  by  the  need  to 
defend  his  invention  in  a  lawsuit. 

Wellman,  who  also  produced  and  directed 
"Gallant  Journey"  as  another  in  his  lengthening 
series  of  productions  dealing  with  the  various 
chapters  in  American  aviation  history,  obvi- 
ously was  at  home  here.  His  attention  to  tech- 
nical detail  and  his  appreciation  for  flight 
sequences  never  heretofore  touched  upon  insofar 
as  this  reviewer  is  aware,  are  on  hand  in  a  var- 
iety of  directions.  Being  a  story  of  matters 
largely  off  the  ground,  photography  of  necessity 
was  important  here.  Burnett  Guffey,  as  head  of 
the  camera  staff  with  George  B.  Meehan,  Jr., 
and  Elmer  Dyer  associated,  more  than  meet  the 
quota  with  magnificent  skyscapes  that  remove 
the  film  from  the  earthbound. 

Not  alone  on  the  side  of  aviation  is  Well- 
man's  direction  effective.  His  handling  of  his 
principal  characters  is  sympathetic  and  draws 
from  them  first-rate  performances,  led  off  by 
Ford  as  the  combined  dreamer  and  doer.  Miss 
Blair  is  much  more  effective  as  a  grown-up 
than  as  the  sprawling  youngster  looking  moon- 
eyed  at  Ford. 

Seen  at  home  office  projection  room.  Re- 
viewer's Rating  :  Very  Good. — Red  Kann. 

Release  date,  September  24,  1946.  Running  time,  86 
min.  PCA  No.  11677.  General  audience  classification. 

John  J.  Montgomery  Glenn  Ford 

Regina  Cleary   Janet  Blair 

Charles  Ruggles,  Henry  Travers,  Jimmy  Lloyd, 
Charles  Kemper,  Arthur  Shields,  Willard  Robertson, 
Selena  Royle,  Robert  De  Haven 

(Review  reprinted  from  last  week's  Herald) 

Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue 

20th-Fox — Technicolor  Musical 

Lively,  light  musical  entertainment  is  offered 
in  "Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue."  A  musical 
score  with  many  catchy  tunes,  some  old  and 
some  new,  is  the  mainstay  of  the  film.  June 
Haver,  Vivian  Blaine  and  Vera-Ellen  present 
pleasing,  sprightly  dance  and  song  routines  for 
which  the  plot  allows  plenty  of  room.  The 
story  is  simply  that  of  three  sisters  who  decide 
to  leave  their  poultry  farm  and  spend  their  in- 
heritance on  a  hunt  for  millionaire  husbands. 
They  go  to  Atlantic  City  and  after  romantic 
complications  find  happiness. 

Technicolor  enhances  the  film  and  highlights 
attractive  costumes  fashionable  at  the  turn  of 
the  century.  George  Montgomery,  Frank  Lati- 
more  and  Charles  Smith  play  the  devoted 
swains.  Celeste  Holm,  Broadway  star  of  "Okla- 
homa" and  "Bloomer  Girl,"  makes  her  screen 
debut  as  a  southern  girl.  She  gives  an  enter- 
taining portrayal  and  sings  "Always  a  Lady," 
which  she  presents  in  an  appealing  manner. 

Mack  Gordon,  noted  lyric  writer,  makes  his 
initial  effort  as  a  producer.  The  result  is  a  re- 
freshing musical  picture,  which  was  directed  by 
Bruce  Humberstone.  Valentine  Davis  wrote 
the  screenplay,  which  was  adapted  by  Brown 
Holmes,  Lynn  Starling,  Robert  Ellis  and  Helen 
Logan  from  a  play  by  Stephen  Powys. 

In  the  screenplay  the  accent  is  on  romance. 
Mack  Gordon's  lyrics  and  Josef  Myrow's  music 
included  in  the  film  are :  "I  Like  Mike,"  "On  the 
Board  Walk,"  "Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue"  and 
"Somewhere  in  the  Night."  Vera-Ellen  dances 
a  fantasy  swing  ballet  to  the  music  of  "You 
Make  Me  Feel  So  Young,"  which  is  spectacular 
and  eye-filling. 

This  musical  production  includes  a  talented 
cast  which  performs  well  under  competent  super- 
vision. It  should  please  audiences  seeking  gay 
entertainment. 

Seen  at  the  home  office  projection  room.  Re- 
viewer's Rating:  Good. — M.  R.  Y. 

October  release.  Running  time,  90  min.  PCA  No. 
11573.    General  audience  classification. 

Pam   June  Haver 

Van  Damm  Smith  George  Montgomery 

Liz  _  Vivian  Blaine 

Miriam   ^  Celeste  Holm 

Myra   Vera-Ellen 

Frank  Latimore,  Charles  Smith,  Charles  Halton,  Ruby 
Dandridge,  Thurston  Hall,  Clinton  Rosemond,  William 
Forrest,  Jr.,  Theresa  Harris 

(Review  reprinted  from  last  week's  Herald) 

PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


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ALL  STAR  COMEDIES 

7403  Beer  Barrel  Polecats  (17). 1-10-46  3019 

(Stooges) 

7404  A  Bird  in  the  Head  (17)  .2-28-46  2940 

(Stooges) 

7405  Uncivil  War  Birds  ( 17) .  .3-29-46  3019 

(Stooges) 

7406  The  Three  Troubledoers 

(17)   4-25-46  3065 

(Stooges) 

7421  The  Mayor's  Husband  (16) 

(H.  Herbert) 

9-  20-45  2735 

7431  Where  the  Pest  Begins  (17) 

(S.  Howard) 

10-  4-45  2735 

7422  Dance,  Dunce,  Daneel  (I8V2) 

(Eddie  Foy,  Jr.) 

10-18-45  2695 

7432  A    Miner  Affair   (19) . . . .  1 1- 1-45  2710 

(Andy  Clyde) 

7402    Miero   Phonies    (17)  11-15-45  2746 

(Stooges) 

7423  Calling  All  Fibbers(l6'/2)  1 1-29-45  2735 

(V.  Vague) 

7424  When  the  Wife's  Away 

(17)    (H.    Herbert)  2.1-46  2940 

7425  Hiss  and  Yell   (18)  2-14-46  2940 

(V.  Vague) 

7426  Get  Along  Little  Zombie  (17) 

(H.    Herbert)  5-9-46  3066 

7433  High  Blood  Pressure  (191.12-6-45  2850 

(Shilling  &.  Lane) 

7434  A  Hit  With  a  Miss  ( 16) .  12- 13-45  2850 

(S.  Howard) 

7435  Spook  to   Me   (17)  12-27-45  2850 

(A.  Clyde) 

7436  The  Blonde  Stayed  on  (l6'/2) 

(A.  Clyde) 

1-24-46  2940 

7437  Mr.    Noisy   (l6'/2)  3-22-46  2940 

(S.  Howard) 

7438  Jiggers,  My  Wife!  ( 18) .  .4-1 1 -46  3066 

(S.  Howard) 

7407  Monkey  Businessmen  (18)  .6-20-46   

(Stooges) 

7408  Three  Loan  Wolves 

(l6>/2)   1-4-46  3163 

(Stooges) 

7410  Ain't  Love  Cuckoo  (19)  6-6-46  3066 

(Schilling  &  Lane) 

7411  You  Can't  Fool  a  Fool 

(17)  (A.  Clyde)  7-11-46  3163 

7412  Hot  Water  <l8'/2)  7-25-46   

(Schilling  and  Lane 

7427  Mr.   Wright  Goes  Wrong 

(19)   8-1-46  .... 

(S.  Holloway) 

7428  Headln'  for  a  Weddin' 

(19)   8-15-46  .... 

(V.  Vague) 

8401    G.  I.  Wanna  Home  ( I572)  .9-5-46   

(Stooges) 

8421    Pardon  My  Terror  9-12-46   

(Schilling  &.  Lane) 
8431    Society   Mugs   (16)  9-19-46   

(S.  Howard) 

COLOR  RHAPSODIES 

7501  River   Ribber    (6)  4-5-46  2806 

7502  Polar  Playmates  (6'/2)  4-25-46   

7503  Picnic    Panic    (6)  6-20-46  3066 

PHANTASY  CARTOONS 

7701  Simple  Siren  (6'/2)  10-25-46  2737 

7702  Kongo  Roo  (6)   4-18-46  3066 

7703  Snap  Happy  Traps  (6'/2) .  .6-6-46  3066 

7704  The  Schooner  the  Better 

(6'/2)   7-4-46  3163 

FOX  &.  CROW  (Color) 

7751  Phoney    Baloney    (7)  11-1-45  2807 

7752  Foxey   Flatfoots    (6)  4-11-46   

7753  Unsure  Runts   (7'/2)  5-16-46  3066 

7754  Mysto  Fox  (7)   8-29-46  .... 

PANORAMICS 

7901    The  Magic  Stone  (10)  11-8-45  2940 

FILM  VODVIL 

7952  Randy   Brooks  &  Orchestra 

(IO'/j)   10-30-45  2737 

7953  Morales'  Copaeabana  Orchestra  (II) 

12-13-45  2850 

7954  Three  Sets  of  Twins  (10)  . 2-28-46  2940 

7955  Art  Mooney  &  Orchestra  (II) 

4-4-46  3019 

7956  Dick  Stabile  and  Orchestra 

(10)   6-16-46  3066 

7957  Saxlt  Dowell  and  Orchestra 

7- 18-46  .... 


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Proi.  Rel.  P.D. 

No.  Title  Date  Page 

7958    Bobby  Byrne  &.  Orchestra  (10) 

8-  15-46   

THRILLS  OF  MUSIC 

8951    Jerry  Wald  &  Orchestra.  .9-12-46   

COMMUNITY  SING  (Series  10) 

7651  No.  I  Cowboy  Hit  Tunes  (9'/2) 

(Leibert)   9-20-46 

7652  No.  2  You  Belong  to  My  Heart 

(10)   10-18-45 

( Baker) 

7653  No.  3   Dream   (10)  11-29-45 

(Baker) 

7654  No.  4  Good,  Good,  Good.  12-20-45 

(Baker) 

7655  No.  5  No  Can  Do  (10) ...  1- 17-46 

(Leibert) 

7656  No.  6  That  Feeling  in  the 

Moonlight    (9)   2-21-46 

(Baker) 

7657  No.  7  Chickery  Chick  (10). 3-7-46 

(Leibert) 

7658  No.  8  Symphony  (8'/2)  4-11-45 

(Baker) 

7659  No.  9  Aren't  You  Glad  You're 

You   (l0!/2)   5-9-46 

(Baker) 

7660  No.   10  Let  It  Snow  (I  I)  .6-13-46 

(Leibert) 

7661  No.  II  You  Won't  Be  Satisfied 

Until  You  Break  My  Heart. (9) 
(Leibert)   7-11-46 

7662  No.    12  One-zy  Two-zy  8-1-46 

(Baker) 

8651    No.    I   The   Gypsy  9-12-46 

(Leibert) 

SCREEN  SNAPSHOTS  (Series  25) 

7851  No.  I  (25th  Anniversary 

Special)    (9)   9-27-45 

7852  No.  2  (Harlow  Wilcox  & 

H.  Von  Zell)   (10) . . . .  10-1 1-45 

7853  No.  3   (Fashions,  Rodeo, 

etc.)  (9)   ..11-15-45 

7854  No.  4  (Hollywood 

Celebrations)     (9)  12-13-45 

7855  No.  5  (Movie  Stuntmen  & 

Doubles)  (9)   1-17-46 

7856  No.  6  (Wendell  Nlles  and 

Prlndle)     (9'/2)  2-15-46 

7857  No.  7  (Victory  Show)  (9'/2) 

3-  15-46 

7858  No.  8  (Looking  Back)  (10) 

4-  25-46 

7859  No.  9  (Judy  Canova  Radio  Show) 

(11)   5-23-46 

7860  No.  10  Famous  Fathers  and  Sons 

(9'/2l   6-10-46 

8851    No.   I    (Radio  Characters) .9-5-46 

SPORT  REELS 

7801  Champion  of  the  Cue  (7'/2) 

9-  27-45 

7802  Puck  Chasers  (10) 

(Hockey)   10-25-45 

7803  Cadet  Cagers 

(Basketball)    (8'/2) ....  1 1  -22-45 

7804  Mermaid's  Pardlse  (9'/2) .  12-20-45 

(Water  Sports) 

7805  Rasslin'    Romeos    (9'/2) ...  1-24-46 

(Wrestling) 

7806  Canine   Champion    (9'/2) .  .3- 14-46 

7807  Timberland    Athletes    (8).  4- 18-46   

(Lumberjacks) 
'808    Diving  Aces   (9)  5-30-46  3066 

7809  Flying    Hoofs    (9)  6-27-46   

(Horse  Raelng) 

7810  Deep  Sea  Fishing   (9) ..  .8- 15-46   

8801    Army  Football  Champions. 9-19-46   

FLIPPY  (Color) 

7601  Catnipped    (7'/2)   2-14-46  2882 

7602  Cagey    Bird    (6'/2)  7-18-46  3163 

7603  Silent  Tweetment   (6'/2) .  .9- 19-46   


2807 
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3055 
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3066 
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2940 


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No.               Title               Date  Page 

M-G-M 

TWO   REEL  SPECIALS 

A-701    A  Gun  In  His  Hand  (19)9-15-45  2746 

A-702    Purity  Squad   (20)  11-3-45  2750 

A-703    Traffic   With  the  Devil 

(I8V2)  8-31-46  3186 

FITZPATRICK  TRAVELTALKS  (Color) 
T-7II    Where  Time  Stands 

Still  (9)   9-22-45  2746 

T-712    Merida  and  Campeche 

(8)  11-24-45  2737 

T-713  Land  of  the  Mayas  (9). 1-26-46  3007 
T-714    Glimpses   of    Guatemala  (8) 

2-9-46  2908 

T-715    Visiting  Vera  Cruz  (9).. 3-16-46  2927 

T-716    The  Mission  Trail   (9).. 4-13-46  2987 

T-717    Looking   at   London    (10)  .6-1 -46   

T-718    Over  the  Seas  to  Belfast. 8-31-48   

PETE  SMITH  SPECIALTIES 
S-751    Football  Thrills  of  1944  (  8) 

9-8-45  2737 

S-752    Guest  Pests  (9)  10-20-45  2735 

S-753    Bus   Pests    (9)  12-1-45  2778 

S-754    Sports   Sticklers    (10)  1-5-46  2778 

S-755    Gettin'    Glamor    (8)  2-2-46  2778 

S-756    Badminton  (10)   12-8-45  2778 

S-757    Fala  at  Hyde  Park  (10).  1-19-46  2850 

S-758    Studio    Visit    (10)  5-11-46   

S-759    Equestrian    Quiz    (10) .  .5-18-46   

S-760    Treasures  from  Trash 

(10)   6-8-46  .... 

S-851    Fooball  Thrills  No.  9 

(10)   9-7-46  3186 

PASSING  PARADE 
K-771    Great  American  Mug  (10) 

10-6-45  2746 

K-772    Stairway  to  Light  (10) .  1 1-10-45  2750 

K-773    People  on  Paper  ( 10) ..  1 1- 17-45  3007 

K-774    Golden   Hunch   (10)  12-15-45  2778 

K-775    Magic  on   a  Stick    (9).  1-19-46  2768 

K-776    Our  Old  Car  (II)  5-11-46  2927 

MINIATURES 

M-781    Strange    Destiny    (10) .  .9-29-45  2710 

M-782  Spreadln'  the  Jam  (10).  10-27-45  2737 
M-783    Musical  Masterpieces 

(10)   4-20-46  2927 

M-784    Bikini— The  Atom 

Island   (10)   6-15-46   

TECHNICOLOR  CARTOONS 

W-731    Flirty  Birdy  (7)   9-22-45  2737 

W-732   Wild  and  Woolfy  (8)..  1 1 -3-45  2710 

W-733    Quiet  Please   (8)  12-22-45  2908 

W-734    Lonesome  Lenny  (8)  3-9-46  2940 

W-735    Springtime  for  Thomas 

(9)   3-30-46  2927 

W-736    The  Milky  Waif  (7) . . .  .5- 18-46  .... 

W-737    The  Hick  Chick  (7)  6-15-46   

W-738    Trap    Happy    (7)  6-29-46   

W-739    Northwest   Hounded  Police 

(8)   8-3-46  .... 

W-740    Solid  Serenade   8-31-46   


PARAMOUNT 


UNUSUAL  OCCUPATIONS  (Color) 

L5-I    No.    I     (10)  10-26-45  2735 

L5-2    No.    2    (10)  12-21-45  2908 

L5-3    No.    3    (10)  2-22-46  2908 

L5-4    No.   4    (10)   5-24-46  8019 

L5-5    No.  S   (10)  7-12-46  3138 

L5-6    No.   6   (10)  8-30-46  3186 

GEORGE  PAL  PUPPETOONS  (Color) 
U5-I    Jasper  and  the  Beanstalk 

(8)   10-19-48  2695 


Prod.                                     Rel.  PU 

No.               Title                Date  Paat 

U5-2—  My  Man  Jasper  (8)  10-19-45  2908 

U5-3    Olio  for  Jasper  (7)  4-19-46  2987 

U5-4    Tooether  in  the  Weather 

(7)   5-24-46  3043 

U5-5    Jasper's  Derby  (8)  9-20-46  3055 

U5-6    John  Henry  and  the  Inky  Poo 

(7)   9-6-46   

U5-7   Jasper  in  a  Jam  (7)  10-18-46   

U5-8   Shoe  Shine  Jasper  12-20-46   

POPEYE  THE  SAILOR  (Color) 

E5-I    House  Tricks   (8)  3-15-46  2908 

E5-2    Service  With  a  Gullo  (6). 4-19-46  2987 

E5-3    Klondike  Casanova   (8) ..  .5-31-46  3055 

E5-4    Peep  in  the  Deep   (7)  6-7-46  3163 

E5-5    Rocket  to   Mars    (6)  8-9-46  3066 

E5-6    Rodeo    Romeo    (6)  8-16-46  3128 

E5-7    Fistic  Mystlo   11-29-46  .... 

E5-8    Island  Fling   12-27-46   

POPULAR  SCIENCE  (Color) 

J5-I    No.   I   (10)  10-12-45  2768 

J5-2    No.  2  (10)  11-23-45  2850 

J5-3    No.  3  (10)  2-8-46  2906 

J5-4    No.  4  (10)  4-19-46  3019 

J5-5    No.  5  (10)   6-21-46  3066 

J5-6    No.  6  (10)  8-16-46  3128 

SPEAKING  OF  ANIMALS 

Y5-I    Animal-ology    (9)   11-2-45  2735 

Y5-2    Hill   Billies   (9)  12-28-45  2882 

Y5-3    In  the  Post  War  Era  (9).. 2-8-46  2908 

Y5-4    In    the    Wilds    (9)  5-10-46  3019 

Y5-5    Lonesome  Stranger   (10) .  .6-14-46  3163 

Y5-6    Be  Kind  to  Animals  (10)  .8-30-46  3174 
SPORTLIGHTS 

R5-I    What  a  Picnlo  (9)  10-5-45  2670 

R5-2    Paddle  Your  Own  (9") . . .  10- 19-45  2735 

R5-3    Running  the  Team  (9) . .  1 1-30-45  2895 

R5-4    Good   Dog   (10)  12-21-45  2908 

R5-5    Dixie    Pointers    (10)  2-8-46  3019 

R5-6    Rhythm   on   Blades    (9). ..3-1-46  2908 

R5-7    Testing  the  Experts  (9).. 3-29-46  3019 

R5-8    Riding  the  Hickories  (9). 5-17-46  3018 

R5-9    Birds  Make  Sport  (9)  6-21-46   

R5-I0    Feminine  Class  (10)  7-19-46  3128 

MUSICAL  PARADE  (Color) 

FF5-I    Little  Witch  (20)  12-28-45  2735 

FF5-2    Naughty  Nanette  (20) ..  .3- 15-46  2758 

FF5-3    College    Queen    (19)  5-17-46  3017 

FF5-4   Tale  of  Two  Cafes  (18).. 7-5-46  3018 

FF5-5    Double  Rhythm  (20)  8-23-46  3128 

FF5-6    Golden  Slippers   11-15-46  .... 

LITTLE  LULU  (Color) 

D5-I    Man's  Pest  Friend   (8).. 3-22-46  2850 

D5-2    Bargain  Counter  Attack  (7)  .5-3-46  3019 

D5-3  Bored  of  Education  (7).. 7-26-46  3017 
D5-4   Chick  and  Double  Chick 

(6)   8-16-46  3128 

D5-5    Musica  Lulu  (7)  11-15-46   

D5-6   A  Scout  With  the  Gout. .  12-13-46   

NOVELTOONS  (Color) 

P5-I    The  Friendly  Ghost  (7'/2> .4-5-46  2882 

P5-2    Cheese   Burglar   (7)  5-17-46  3019 

P5-3    Old   MacDonald   Had  a  Farm 

(7)   6-7-46  3018 

P5-4    Sheep  Shape  (7)   6-28-46  3018 

P5-5    Goal    Rush    (6)   9-27-46   

P5-6   Sudden  Fried  Chicken  (7). 10-4-46   

COLOR  CLASSICS  CARTOONS  (Color) 
(Reissues) 

C4-7   The  Little  Stranger  (7)   2351 

C4-8    Snubbed  by  a  Snob   (7)   2351 

C4-9    Kids  In  the  Shoe  (7)   2351 

C4-I0    Hunky  &  Spunky  (7)   2351 

TWO   REEL  SPECIAL 

T5-2    Don't  Be  a  Sucker  ( 18) ..  .7-4-46  .... 

RKO 

WALT   DISNEY   CARTOONS  (Color) 

64.101  Canine   Patrol   (7)  12-7-45  2795 

64.102  Old  Sequoia   (7)  12-21-45  2822 

64.103  A  Knight  for  a  Day  (7). 3-8-46  3019 

64.104  Pluto's  Kid  Brother  (7) .4-12-46  2954 

64.105  In    Dutch    (7)  5-10-46   

64.106  Squatter's  Rights  (7)  6-7-46  3043 

64.107  Donald's  Double  Trouble 

(7)   6-28-46  .... 


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So.               Title                Date  Page 

64.108  The  Purloined  Pup  (7).. 7- 19-46  3163 

64.109  Wet   Paint    (7)   8-9-46  3186 

  Frank  Duck  Brings  'Era  Back 

Alive  (7)    3128 

64.110  Dumb-Bell  of  the  Yukon 

(7)   8-30-46  .... 

SPORTSCOPES 

64.303  Ten  Pin  Titans  (8)  11-2-45  2735 

64.302    Battling  Bass  (8)  10-5-45  2807 

64.304  Arcaro  Up   (8)   11-30-45  2807 

64.305  Ski    Master   (8)  12-28-45  2840 

64.306  Winning  Basketball  (8).  I -25-46  2927 

64.307  Quarter  Horses  (8)  2-22-46  2908 

64.308  Black  Ducks  and  Broadbills 

(8)   3-22-46  2954 

64.309  Tenderfoot  Trail  (8)  4-19-46  3019 

64.310  Aqua  Queen  (8)  5-17-46  3043 

64.311  Ben    Hogan    (8)   6-14-46   

64.312  Palmetto  Quail  (8)   7-12-46  3128 

HEADLINER  REVIVALS 

63.201  The  Derby  Decade  (22). 9-21-45  2735 

63.202  Russian   Dressing   (18) .  1 1-23-45  2746 

63.203  Twenty  Girls  and  a 

Band   (18)   1-18-46  2850 

63.204  Sea    Melody    (19)   3-15-46  2927 

EDGAR  KENNEDY 

63.401  The  Big  Beef  (17)  10-19-45  2735 

63.402  Mother-ln-Law's   Day  (18) 

12-7-45  2822 

63.403  Trouble  or  Nothing  (18).  I -25-46  2908 

63.404  Wall  Street  Blues  (17) .  .7-12-46  3128 

63.405  Motor   Maniacs    (18)  7-26-46  3186 

LEON  ERROL 

63.702  Maid   Trouble    (18)  2-2-16  2908 

63.703  Oh.   Professor.  Behave 

(18)   3-1-46  2927 

63-704   Twin  Husbands  (18)  3-10-46  3018 

63.705    I'll   Take   Milk    (15) .. .7-19-46  3128 
FLICKER  FLASHBACKS 

64.202  No.  2.  (7)  10-19-45  2807 

84.203  No.  3   (7)  11-23-45  2807 

64.204  No.  4  (8)  12-28-45  2840 

64,203    No.  S  (7)  2-1-46  2927 

64.206  No.    6    (9)  3-8-46  2954 

64.207  No.  7  (7)  4-12-46  3007 

64.313  Steeplechasers    (8)   8-9-46   

THIS  IS  AMERICA 

63.101  Alrline'to  Everywhere 

(17)   11-16-45  2766 

63.102  T.V.A.    (18)   12-14-45  2795 

63.103  Great   Lakes    (16)  1-11-46  2908 

63.104  Report  on  Japan  (19)  2-8-46  2882 

63.105  Street  of  Shadows  (16). .3-8-46  2940 

63.106  Two  Million  Room's  (16) 

4-  5-46  2954 

63.107  No   Place   Like   Home  (16) 

5-  3-46  2997 

63.108  Panama   (16)  8-31-46  3078 

63.109  Port  of  New  York  (16) .  .6-18-46  8128 

63.110  Courtship  to  Courthouse 

(18)  7-26-46  3138 

63.111  Highway  Mania   ( 17) ..  .8-31-46  3186 
RAY  WHITLEY  WESTERS*  MUSICALS 

83.502   8agobrush  Serenade(l9) . 10-26-45  2807 

68.303    Ranch  House  Romeo (17).  1 1-30-45  2758 

63.504    Rhythm  Wranglers  (19)  .  I -18-46  2895 
SPECIALS 

671    The  House  I  Live  In  (10)  .  1 1-9-45  2679 


20TH  CENTURY-FOX 

MOVIETONE   ADVENTURES  (Color) 

6253  China  Carries  On   (8) . . .  10- 12-45  2840 

6254  Bountiful  Alaska  (8)  10-26-46  2653 

6255  Song  of  Sunshine   (8) ....  12-7-45  2850 

6256  Louisiana  Springtime  (8). 12-21-45  2653 

6257  Lost    Lake    (8)  I- 1 1 -46  2653 

6258  Along  the   Rainbow  Trail 

(8)   2-15-46  2987 

6259  Cradle  of  Liberty  (8)  6-21-46  3007 

6260  Across  the  Great  Divide 

(8)   7-5-46  3128 

7251  Sons  of  Courage   (8)  8-2-46   

7252  Jamaica   9-13-46   

7253  Historic  Cane  Town  10-18-46   

7254  Girls  and  Gags  (8)  11-22-46   

SPORTS  REVIEW8 

(Color) 

6351  Ski  Aces  (8)   9-21-45  2840 

6352  Time  Out  for  Play  (8) ..  1 1 -16-45  2908 
6301    Pins  and  Cushions   (8)  2-1-46  2927 

6353  Diving   Dandies   (8)  3-15-46  3043 

6354  Sea  Sirens  (8)  5-10-46  3043 

6355  Golden    Horses    (8)   4-26-46  3128 

7301    Football    Fanfare    (9)  8-23-46   

7351  Winter  Holiday  (8)  9-27-46   

7352  Summer  Trails   (8)   11-8-46   

7353  Playtime's  Journey  (8) ...  12-13-46   

TERRYTOONS  (Color) 

6502    The  Fox  and  the  Duck  (7). 8-24-45  2694 


Prod.  Rel.  P.D. 

No.  Title  Date  Page 

6504  The  Watch  Dog  (7)  :9-28-45  2640 

6505  Who's  Wh.o  In  the  Jungle 

(7)   10-19-45  2840 

6506  Mighty  Mouse  Meets  Bad 

Bill   Bunion   (7)   11-9-45  2840 

6507  The  Exterminator  (7)  11-23-45  2927 

6508  Mighty  Mouse  in  Krakatoa 

(7>   12-14-45  2918 

6509  The  Talking  Magpies  (7).. I -4-46  2918 

6510  Svengali's    Cat    (7)  1-18-46  2918 

6511  The  Fortune  Hunters  (7).. 2-8-46  3055 

6512  The  Wicked  Wolf  (7)  3-8-46  2954 

6513  My  Old  Kentucky  Home  (7) 

3-29-46  2954 

6514  It's  All  in  the  Stars  (7). 4-12-46  2954 

6515  Throwing  the  Bull   (7)  5-3-46  2954 

6516  The  Trojan  Horse  (7)  7-26-46  3007 

6517  Dinky  Finds  a  Home  (7). 6-7-46  3128 

6518  The  Johnstown  Flood  (7).. 6-28-46  3128 

6519  Peace  Time  Football  (7). .7-19-46  3128 

6520  The  Golden   Hen   (7)  5-24-46  2954 

7501  Winning   the   West    (7).. 8-16-46  .... 

7502  The  Tortoise  Wins  Again 

(7)   8-30-46  .... 

7503  The  Electronic  Mouse  Trap  (7) 

9-6-46  .... 

7504  The  Jail  Break  (7)  9-20-46  .... 

7505  The  Snow  Man  (7)  10-11-46   

7506  The  Housing  Problem 

(7)   10-25-46  .... 

7507  The  Crackpot  King   (7). 11-15-46  ... 

7508  The  Uninvited  Pests  (7).  1 1 -29-46  .... 

7509  Miqhty  Mouse  and  the 

Hep  Cat  (7)   12-6-46   

7510  Beanstalk  Jack  (7)  12-20-46  .... 

MARCH  OF  TIME 

VI2-2    American   Beauty   (18) ..  10-5-45  2670 

VI2-3  18  Million  Orphans  (18). 11-2-45  2703 
VI2-4   Justice  Comes  to  Germany 

(18)   11-30-45  2726 

VI2-5    Challtnge  to  Hollywood 

(18)   12-28-45  2768 

VI 2-6    Life  With  Baby   (20) . .  I  -25-46  2830 

VI2-7    Report  »n  Greece  (IS) . .2-22-46  2870 

VI2-8  Night  Club  Boom  (21) .  .3-22-46  2895 
VI 2-9    Wanted— Mors  Hornet 

(20)   4-19-48  2954 

VI2-I0  Tomorrow's  Mexico  (19). 3-17-48  8007 

V 12- 1 f    Problem  Drinkers  (19). 8-14-48  4043 

V 12-12  The  New  France  (19) . .7-12-46  3112 

VI2-I3    Atomic  Power  (19)  8-9-48  3138 

VI3-I    Is  Everybody  Happy? 

(18)   9-6-46  3186 

DRIBBLE  PUSS  PARADE 

6901  Here  Comes  the  Clrcus(8)  .3- 1 -46  3019 

6902  Muscle  Maulers  (8)  8-31-48  8128 

FEMININE  WORLD  SERIES 

6201    Behind  the  Footlights  (8). 4-3-46  2974 
THE  WORLD  TODAY 

6401    Man  From  Missouri  (9)..  1-25-46  2987 


UNITED  ARTISTS 

DAFFY   DITTIES  (Color) 

  The  Lady  Said   No   (8).. 4-26-46  2987 

  Choo  Choo  Amigo   (8)  7-5-46  3138 

  Pepito's  Serenade   (8)  8-16-46   


UNIVERSAL 

LANTZ  COLOR  CARTUNES 

1321  The  Loose  Nut  (7)  12-17-45  2807 

1322  The  Poet  and  the  Peasant 

(7)   3-18-46  2694 

1323  Mousie  Come  Home  (7) ..  .4- 15-46  3138 

1324  Apple   Andy    (7)   5-20-46  2927 

1325  Who's  Cooking  Who  (7).. 6-24-46  3043 

1326  Bathing   Buddies   (7)  7-1-46  3150 

1327  Reckless  Driver  (7)  8-26-46  3163 

PERSON  —  ODDITIES 

1361  Gabriel   Heater  Reporting 

(9)   9-10-45  2710 

1362  Hill   Bjjly  Artist   (9)  9-24-45  2694 

1363  Paper   Magic   (9)   10-15-45  2695 

1364  Pottery  Poet  (9)  10-29-45  2710 

1365  Front  Line  Artist  (9) ...  1 1-12-45  2895 

1366  Maestro  of  the  Comlos  (9)  .3-18-46.  .2918 

1367  Wings  of  Courage  (9)  3-25-46  2927 

1368  Cartune  Crusades  (9)  4-1-46  2927 

1369  Scientifically  Stung   (9) ..  .6-10-46  3055 

1370  Lone   Star   Padre    (9)  6-17-46  3163 

1371  Artists'  Antics  (9)   6-24-46   

1372  Picture   Pioneer   (9)  7-1-46  3163 

1373  Hobo   Hound   (8)  8-19-46   

1374  Samson  Junior  (8)  8-19-46   

1375  Rural    Rhapsody   (9)   8-26-46   

VARIETY  VIEWS 

1341    Queer  Birds  (9)  9-17-45  2694 


Prod.  Rel.  P.D. 

No.  Title  Date  Page 

1342  Go  North  (9)  10-1-45  2695 

1343  Grave  Laughter  (9)  10-22-45  2695 

1344  Doctor  of  Paintings  (9) . . .  1 1 -5-45  2840 

1345  Jungle  Capers  (9)  12-10-45  2807 

1346  Script  Teas  (9)  3-25-46  2954 

1347  Dog  Tale   (9)  3-25-46  2954 

1348  Chimp  on  the  Loose  (10).. 4- 1 -46  2927 

1349  Dog  of  the  Seven  Seas  (9). 6-17-46  3138 

1350  Magic   Mineral   (9)  7-1-46  3163 

1351  Mr.  Chimp  at  Home  (9)  . 8-12-46  3163 

1352  Operation  Holiday  (9)  8-26-46   

1353  Mr.  Chimp  to  the  Rescue 

(9)   8-26-46  .... 

1354  Mr.  Chimp  on  Vacation 

(9)   8-26-46  .... 

NAME-BAND  MUSICALS 

1301  Solid  Senders  (15)   10-21-45  2710 

1302  Hot  and  Hectic  (15)   11-28-45  2850 

1303  Synco-Smooth  Swing  (15). 12-19-45  2758 

1304  Cuban    Madness    (15)    1-2-46  2908 

1305  Tin  Pan  Alley  Tempos 

(15)   1-9-46  2822 

1306  Melody  Stampede  (15)  1-16-46  2822 

1307  Swing  High,  Swing  Sweet 

(15)   2-20-46  2908 

1308  Takin'  the  Breaks  ( 15) .. .5-22-46  3018 

1309  Banquet  of  Melody  ( 15) ..  5-29-46  3018 

1310  Swingin'  Down  the  Scale 

(15)   6-26-46  3043 

1311  Breakin'  It  Down  (15)  8-28-46   

2301    Frontier  Frolic  (15)  10-9-46   

SING  AND  BE   HAPPY  SERIES 

1381  Sing  and  Be  Happy '<  10)  .2- 18-46  2850 

1382  Merrily  We  Sing  (10) ..  .5-27-46  3018 
2381    Bit  of  Blarney  (10)  9-30-46   

SPECIAL  F EATU RETTES 

1201    Tiny  Terrors  of  the  Timberlands 

(20)   6-26-46  2940 

1203  Roosevelt — Man  of  Destiny 

(18)   4-10-46  2827 

WARNER— VITAPHONE 

TECHNICOLOR  ADVENTURES 

2801  Fashion  for  Tomorrow  (10) 

11-17-45  2908 

2802  In  Old  Santa  Fe  (10)  1-12-46  2822 

2803  All  Aboard  (10)   3-30-46  2940 

2804  Let's  Go  Camping  ( 10) ..  .7-27-46  3090 

2805  Girls  and  Flowers  ( 10) ..  .5-25-46  3019 

2806  Adventures  in  South  America 

(7)   8-10-46  3186 

,    TECHNICOLOR  SPECIALS 

2001  Frontier   Days    (20)  12-8-45  2653 

2002  Forest  Commandos  (20) ... I- 1 9-48  2822 

2003  Movieland  Magic  (20)  3-9-46  2927 

2004  Gem  of  the  Ocean  (20)  ..4-13-46  2954 

2005  South  of  Monterrey  (20) ..  .6-1  -46  3055 

2006  Hawaiian  Memories  (20) . .6-15-46  3043 

2007  Down  Singapore  Way  (201.7-20-46  3090 

2008  Men  of  Tomorrow   (20) ..  .8-24-46  3078 

3001  Cinderella's  Feller  (20) ..  .9-21-46   

3002  The   Last   Bomb    (20) ...  1 1-23-46  .... 

SPECIAL 

2901    The  900  (9)   9-15-43  2611 

FEATURETTES 

2102  Star  In  the  Night  (20) .. 10- 13-45  2694 

2103  All  Star  Musical  Revue 

(20)   11-3-46  2735 

2104  Good  Old  Corn  (20)  11-24-45  2746 

2105  Musical  Shipmates  (20) ..  .2-18-46  2927 

2106  Hitler  Lives?  (20)  12-29-45  2778 

3101    Okay  for  Sound  (18)  9-7-46  3112 

SPORTS  PARADE  (Color) 

2501  Sports  Go  to  War  (10) ..  1 1-10-45  2695 

2502  Holiday  on  Horseback  (10). 2-2-46  2882 

2503  Michigan  Skl-Daddle  (10). 2-9-46  2927 

2504  With  Rod  and  Gun  In  Canada 

(10)   3-16-46  2918 

2505  Snow  Eagles  (10)  3-30-46  2927 

2506  Let's  Go  Gunning  (10) ... .4-6-46  2954 

2507  Fln'n  Feathers  (10)  4-27-46  2940 

2508  Under  Sea  Spear  Fishing 

(10)   5-18-46  3019 

5-18-46  3019 

2509  The  Riding  Hannefords 

(10)   6-29-46  3043 

2510  Facing  Your  Danger  (10). 5-1 1-46  3019 

2511  Beach  Days  (10)  7-13-46  3090 

2512  Ranch  In  White  (10)  8-3-46  3174 

2513  Dominion  of  Sports  (10) .  .8-31-46   

3501    King  of  the  Everglades 

(10)   9-21-46  .... 

MELODY    MASTER  BANDS 

2602    Here  Come  the  Navy  Bands 

(10)   ...9-29-45  2653 


Prod.  Rel.  P.D. 

No.  Title  Date  Page 

2603  Musical   Novelties   ( 10) ...  10-6-45  2694 

2604  Music  of  the  Americas 

(10)   12-15-45  2735 

2605  Headline    Bands    (10)        1-26-46  2850 

2606  Jan  Savitt  and  His  Band 

(10)   3-16,-46  2918 

2607  Rhythm  on  Ice  (10)  4-20-46  2940 

2608  Dixieland  Jamboree  (10) .  .5-1 1-46  3019 

2609  Musical   Memories   (10)  7-6-46  3090 

2610  Enric  Madriguera  &  Orchestra 

(10)   8-10-46  3174 

BLUE  RIBBON  HIT  PARADE  (Color) 

2301  A   Sunbbnnet   Blue   (7) ..  1 1-17-45  2735 

2302  Lyin'    Mouse    (7)   12-22-45  2394 

2303  Good   Egg   (7)   1-5-46  2822 

2304  Trial  of  Mr.  Wolf  (7) ...  .2-9-46  2918 

2305  Little   Lion    Hunter   (7).. 3-23-46  2895 

2306  Fresh   Fish   (7)   4-6-46  2940 

2307  Daffy  Duck  and  Egghead 

(7)   4-20-46  2954 

2308  Katnip   Kollege  (7)   5-4-46  3091 

2309  The  Night  Watchman  (7). 5-18-46  3019 

2310  Little    Brother    Rat    (7)... 6-8-46  3112 

2311  Johnny  Smith  and  Poker 

Huntas   (7)   6-22-46  3043 

2312  Robinhood  Makes  Good  (71.7-6-46  3090 
23J3    Little  Red  Walking  Hood 

(7)   8-17-46  3174 

3301    Fox  Pop  (7)  

MEERIE   MELODIES   CARTOONS  (Color) 

2701  Kitty    Kornered    (7)  6-8-46  3055 

2702  Hollywood    Daffy    (7)  6-22-46  3055 

2703  Eager  .Beaver  (7)  7-13-46  8128 

2704  Great  Piggy  Bank  Robbery  (7) 

7-20-46  3090 

2705  Bacall  to  Arms  (7)  8-3-46  3174 

2706  Of  Thee  I  8tlng  (7)  8-17-46  3174 

2707  Walky  Talky  Hawky  (7).. 8-31-46  3174 

2708  Fair  an  Wormer  (7)  9-28-46   

"BUGS  BUNNY"  SPECIALS  (Color) 

2721  The  Hair  Raising  Hare  (J) 

5-25-46  3019 

2722  Acrobatty   Bunny   6-29-46  3055 

2723  Racketeer  Rabbit  (7)  

VITAPHONE  VARIETIES 

2401  Alice  in  Jungleland   (10). 9-22-45  2611 

2402  Miracle   Makers  (10)  9-1-45  2735 

2403  Story  of  a  Dog  (10)  10-27-45  2694 

2404  So  You  Think  You're 

Allergic?   (10)   12-1-45  2908 

2405  Peeks  at  Hollywood   (10).  1-26-46  2822 

2406  Smart  as  a  Fox  (10)  4-27-46  2940 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Food  and  Famine  (WAC)  1-27-46   

UNRRA  Reports  to  the  U.  S. 

(WAC)   1-3-46  .... 

The  Secret  Battle  (Telenews) ..  .7-26-46  3174 

Woman  Speaks  (Film  Studios  of  Chi.) 

Vol.   I,   Release   1  8-46   

Vol.   I.  Release  2  9-46   

Vol.  I,  Release  3  10-46   

Vol.    I,   Release  4  11-46  .... 


SERIALS 
COLUMBIA 


. . 12-13-45 


7140    Who's   Guilty  .. 

(15  episodes) 
7160    Hop    Harrigan   3-28-46  .... 

(15  episodes) 
7189   Chick  Carter   Detective. .  .7-1 1 -46   

(15  episodes) 
8120   Son  of  the  Guardsman  10-24-46   

(15  episodes) 

REPUBLIC 

581  The  Phantom  Rider  1-26-46  2918 

(12  episodes) 

582  King  of  the  Forest  Rangers 

(12  episodes)  4-27-46  2927 

583  Daughter  of  Don  Q  7-27-46  2927 

(12  episodes) 

584  The  Crimson  Ghost  10-26-46  3043 

(12  episodes) 

  Son  of  Zorro   

(13  episodes) 


UNIVERSAL 


1781-1793    The  Scarlot  Horseman.  I -22-46  2954 

(13  episodes) 
1881-1893    Lost  City  of  the  Jungle 

(13  episodes)   4-23-46  3019 

2581-2593    Mysterious  Mr.   M... 7-23-46   

(13  episodes) 


320C 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  14.  !946 


THE  RELEASE  CHART 

Index  to  Reviews,  Advance  Synopses  and 
Service  Data  in  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 


Release  dates  and  running  time  are  furnished  as  soon  as  avail- 
able. Advance  dates  are  tentative  and  subject  to  change.  Run- 
ning times  are  the  official  times  supplied  by  the  distributor. 

All  page  numbers  on  this  chart  refer  to  pages  in  the 
PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION  of  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

For  Legion  of  Decency  Rating,  Audience  Classification  and 
Managers'  Round  Table  Exploitation,  see  Service  Data  page 
numbers  in  last  column. 


Short  Subjects  Chart  with  Synopsis  Index  can  be  found  on 
pages  3199-3200,  issue  of  September  14,  1946. 

Feature  product  listed  by  Company  on  page  3187,  issue  of 
September  7,  1946.  For  listing  of  1945-46  Features  by  Company, 
see  Product  Digest,  pages  3151-3152,  issue  of  August  17,  1946. 

(T)  before  a  date  in  the  list  below  is  the  tradeshow  date; 
release  dates  are  given  as  soon  as  available. 

(|)  indicates  a  Box  Office  Champion. 

r—  REVIEWED  — . 


Title  Company 
ABBOTT  and  Cos+ello  in  Holly- 
wood (Block  13)  MGM 
Abie's  Irish  Rose  UA 
Abilene  Town  UA 
Accomplice  PRC 
t  Adventure  (Special)  MGM 
Adventures  of  Marco  Polo 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Affairs  of  Seraldine,  The  Rep. 

(formerly  Lonely  Hearts  Club) 
Alias  Billy  the  Kid  Rep. 
Allotment  Wives,  Inc.  Mono. 
Amami  Alfredo  (Italian)  Grand! 
Ambush  Trail  PRC 
t  And  Then  There  Were  None  20th-Fox 
Angel  Comes  to  Brooklyn,  An  Rep. 
Angel  on  My  Shoulder  UA 
Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam  20th-Fox 
Appointment  with  Crime 

(Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 
Avalanche  PRC 

BACHELOR'S  Daughters,  The  UA 
Bad  Bascomb  (Block  16)  MGM 
t  Badman's  Territory  RKO 
Bad  Men  of  the  Border  Univ. 
Bamboo  Blonde  (Block  6)  RKO 
f  Bandit  of  Sherwood  Forest  (color)  Col. 
Bandits  of  the  Badlands  Rep. 
Barge-Keeper's  Daugh- 
ter, The  (French)  Famous  Intl. 
Battle  for  Music  (Br.)  Four  Continents 
Beast  with  Five  Fingers,  The  WB 
Beat  the  Band  RKO 
Because  of  Him  Univ. 
Bedelia  (British)  GFD 
Bedlam  (Block  6)  RKO 
Begining  or  the  End,  The  MGM 
Behind  Green  Lights  20th-Fox 
Behind  the  Mask  Mono, 
t  Bells  of  St.  Mary's,  The  RKO 
Beloved  Enemy  (Reissue)   Film  Classics 
Below  the  Deadline  Mono. 
Beware  Astor 
Beware  of  Pity  (British)  Eagle-Lion 
Big  Sleep,  The  WB 
Black  Angel,  The  Univ. 
Black  Beauty  20th-Fox 
Black  Market  Babies  Mono. 
Blazing  the  Western  Trail  Col. 
Blithe  Spirit  (British)  (color)  UA 
Blonde  Alibi  Univ. 
Blonde  for  a  Day  PRC 
Blondie  Knows  Best  Col. 
Blondie's  Lucky  Day  Col. 
t  Blue  Dahlia,  The  (Block4)  Para. 
Blue  Montana  Skies  (Reissue)  Rep. 
Blue  Skies  (color)  Para. 
Bohemian  Girl,  The 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Bon  Voyage  20th-Fox 
Border  Bandits  Mono. 
Born  for  Trouble  (Reissue)  WB 


Prod. 
N umbei 

602 


616 


555 
505 


61 1 
503 

634 


619 

622 
1 101 

630 
7004 

551 


516 


620 
526 
661 

520 


601 
543 
636 
504 
7201 

527 


7020 
4517 
5307 


565 
504 


Stars 

Bud  Abbott-Lew  Costello 
Michael  Chekhov-Joanna  Dru 
Randolph  Scott-Ann  Dvorak 
Richard  Arlen-Veda  Ann  Borg 
Clark  Gable-Greer  Garson 

Gary  Cooper-Sigrid  Gurie 
Jane  Withers-James  Lydon 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
Kay  Francis-Paul  Kelly 
Maria  Cebotari-Claudio  Gore 
Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor 
Barry  Fitzgerald-Walter  Huston 
Kaye  Dowd-Robert  Duke 
Paul  Muni-Anne  Baxter 
Irene  Dunne-Rex  Harrison 

William  Hartnell-Raymond  Lovell 
Bruce  Cabot-Roscoe  Karns 

Gail  Russell-Claire  Trevor 
Wallace  Beery-Margaret  O'Brien 
Randolph  Scott-Ann  Richards 
Kirby  Grant-Armida 
Frances  Langford-Russell  Wade 
Cornel  Wilde-Anita  Louise 
Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

Louis  Jouvet-Elvira  Popesco 
London  Philharmonic  Orchestra 
Robert  Alda-Andrea  King 
Frances  Langford-Gene  Krupa 
Deanna  Durbin-Franchot  Tone 
Margaret  Lockwood-lan  Hunter 
Boris  Karloff-Anna  Lee 
Brian  Donlevy-Robert  Walker 
Carole  Landis-William  Gargan 
Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed 
Bing  Crosby-lngrid  Bergman 
Merle  Oberon-David  Niven 
Warren  Douglas-Ramsay  Ames 
Louis  Jordan-Frank  Wilson 
Lilli  Palmer-Albert  Lieven 
Humphrey  Bogart-Lauren  Bacall 
Dan  Duryea-June  Vincent 
Mona  Freeman-Richard  Denning 
Ralph  Morgan-Jayne  Hazard 
Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding 
Rex  Harrison-Constance  Cummings 
Tom  Neal-Martha  O'Driscoll 
Hugh  Beaumont-Katheryn  Adams 
Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake 
Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake 
Alan  Ladd-Veronica  Lake 
Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette 
Bing  Crosby-Fred  Astaire 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Tradeshow  or 

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Synopsis 

Data 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Oct.,'45 

84m 

Aug.  25/45 

2631 

Not  Set 

3066 

Jan.  II, '46 

89m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

2628 

3088 

Sept.  29,'46 

3187 

Mar.,'46 

126  m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2628 

3100 

Dec.  29/45 

105m 

Feb.  19/38 

Not  Set 

Apr.  17/46 
Dec.  29/45 
Jan.  18/46 
Feb.  17/46 
Nov.,'45 
Nov.  10/45 
Sept.  20/46 
Aug. ,'46 

Not  Set 
June  20/46 

Sept.  6/46 
Apr.-May/46 
Block  5 
Sept.  28/45 
(T)  June  20/46 
Feb.  21/46 
Sept.  14/45 

Sept.  4/45 
Oct.  13/45 
Not  Set 
Not  Set 
Jan.  18/46 
Not  Set 
(T)  Apr.  15/46 
Not  Set 
Feb.,'46 
May  25/46 
Special 
Apr.  15/46 
Aug.  3/46 
July/46 
July  22/46 
Aug.  31/46 
Aug.  2/46 
Sept./46 
Jan.  5/46 
Oct.  18/45 
Dec.  14/45 
Apr.  12/46 
Aug.  29/46 
(T)  Sept.  10/46 
Apr.  4/46 
Apr.  19/46 
Dec.  1/45 
(T)  Sept.  25/46 


Stan  Laurel-Oliver  Hardy  Mar.  15/46 

Jeanne  Crain-Sir  Aubrey  Smith  Not  Set 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton  Jan.  12/46 

Faye  Emerson-Van  Johnson  Oct.  6/45 


56m  June  29/46  3065 

80m  Nov.  10/45  2710 

91m  Feb.  9/46  2838 

60m  Feb.  2/46  2830 

97m  July  14/45  2626 

70m  Dec.  8/45  2745 

128m  June  8/46  3029 

90m  June  15/46  3042 

70m  May  4/46  2973 

88m  Sept.  14/46  3197 

I  12m  Feb.  9/46  2837 

98m  Apr.  20/46  2949 

56m    .... 

67m  June  22/46  3054 

85m  Feb.  23/46  2857 

55m  Oct.  13/45  2677 

70m  Sept.  15/45  2645 

74m  Nov.  3/45  2701 

86  m       Jan.  19/46  2806 

90m  June  15/46  3041 

80m  Apr.  27/46  2962 

64m       Jan.  19/46  2806 

67m  Apr.  6/46  2926 

126m  Dec.    1/45  2734 

86m  Dec.  19/36   

65m    .... 

55m  June  22/46  3054 

105m  Aug.  3/46  3126 

1 14m  Aug.  17/46  3149 

80m  Aug.  10/46  3137 

76m       July  20/46  3102 

71m       Dec.  8/45  2746 

60m  Nov.  24/45  2725 

94m  Sept.  22/45  2653 

62m  Mar.  23/46  2905 

68m  Aug. -10/46  3137 

69m  June   i/46  3017 

99m       Feb.  2/46  2829 

56m       May  6/39  .... 

74m      Mar.  7/36 

58m       Feb..  23/46  2859 

59m       Apr.  11/42  598 


2951 

2981 
2555 


2384 
2859 
2907 


3007 
2784 

2655 
2784 
2434 
2628 


2786 
3126 
2764 

2951 
3076 


2434 
3127 


3126 
3076 
2778 

2543 

2850 
3030 
3031 
2907 
2786 

2884 


2230 
2792 
575. 


2862 
3188 


3188 
2975 


2975 
3018 

2975 


2930 
2898 

3164 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


3201 


REVIEWED 


Title  Company 

Bowery,  The  (Reissue)  20th-Fox 

Bowery  Bombshell  Mono. 
Boy,  a  Girl  and  a  Dog,  A  Film  Classics 

Boys'  Ranch  (Block  17)  MGM 

Brasher  Doubloon,  The  20th-Fox 

Breakfast  in   Hollywood  UA 

Bride  Wore  Boots,  The  (Block  5)  Para. 

Brief  Encounter  (Brit.)  Univ. 

Bringing  Up  Father  Mono. 

Brute  Man  Univ. 

Burma  Victory  WB 

CAESAR  and  Cleopatra  (color) 

(British)  UA 

Calcutta  Para. 

California  (color)  Para. 

California  Gold  Rush  Rep. 

Canyon  Passage  (color)  Univ. 

Captains  Courageous  (R.)  MGM 

Captain  Tugboat  Annie  Rep. 
Captive  Heart,  The  (British) 


Eagle-Lion 
GFD 
PRC 
20th-Fox 
20th-Fox 
Univ. 
Rep. 
20th-Fox 
Rep. 


Caravan  (British) 
Caravan  Trail,  The  (color) 
Caribbean  Mystery 
Carnival  in  Costa  Rica  (coJ.) 
Cat  Creeps,  The 
Catman  of  Paris,  The 
Centennial  Summer  (color) 
Cherokee  Flash,  The 
Cheyenne  WB 
Child  of  Divorce  (Block  2)  RKO 
Cinderella  Jones  WB 
City  for  Conquest  (Reissue)  WB 
Claudia  and  David  20th-Fox 
Cloak  and  Dagger  WB 
Close  Call  for  Boston  Blackie,  A  Col. 
Club  Havana  PRC 

)  Cluny  Brown  20th-Fox 
Cockeyed  Miracle,  The  MGM 
Code  of  the  Lawless  Univ. 
Col.  Effingham's  Raid  20th-Fox 
Colorado  Serenade  (color)  PRC 
Colorado  Pioneers  Rep. 
Come  and  Get  It 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Condemned  to  Devil's  Island 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

\  Confidential  Agent  WB 
Conquest  of  Cheyenne  Rep. 
Cornered  RKO 
Courage  of  Lassie  (color)  (Bl.  17)  MGM 
Cowboy  Blues  Col. 
Crack-Up  (Block  6)  RKO 
Crime  Doctor's  Manhun*,  The  Col. 
Crime  Doctor's  Warning,  The  Col. 
Crime  of  the  Century  Rep. 
Criminal  Court  (Block  2)  RKO 
Crimson  Canary,  The  Univ. 
Cross  My  Heart  Para. 
Cry  Wolf  WB 
Cuban  Pete  Univ. 

DAKOTA 

Daltons  Ride  Again 
Dangerous  Business 
Dangerous  Money 
Da  ngerous  Partners  (Block  13) 
Danger  Signal 
Danger  Street 
Danger  Woman 
Danny  Boy 
Dark  Alibi 
Dark  Corner,  The 
Dark  Horse,  The 
Dark  Is  the  Night  (Russian) 
Dark  Mirror,  The 
Days  and  Nights  (Russian) 
Days  of  Buffalo  Bill 
Deadlier  Than  the  Male 
Deadline  at  Dawn 
Deadline  for  Murder 
Dead  of  Night  (British) 
Death  Valley  (color)  Sere 
Decoy 

Desert  Horseman,  The 
Detour 

Devil  Bat's  Daughter 
Devil's  Mask,  The 
Devil's  Playground,  The 
Devotion  • 


Rep. 
Univ. 
Col. 
Mono. 
MGM 
WB 
Para. 
Univ. 
PRC 
Mono. 
20th-Fox 
Univ. 
Artkino 
Univ. 
Artkino 
Rep. 
RKO 
RKO 
20th-Fox 
Univ. 
en  Guild 
Mono. 
Col. 
PRC 
PRC 
Col. 
UA 
WB 


Prod. 
Number 
642 
51  I 

625 


4521 


512 


568 
541 

504 


605 

532 
514 
633 
553 


513 
515 
637 
603 
7030 

628 

I  i  02 
610 

563 


506 
568 
612 
626 
7223 
627 

7022 
511 

509 


542 

505 
510 
7037 

604 
508 

539 

5  i  9 
625 
540 


554 

b\7 
635 
547 
4604 

7209 


7026 
517 


Tradeshow  or 

Stars  Release  Date 

George  Raft-Wallace  Beery  Oct. ,'46 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  July20,'46 

Jerry  Hunter-Sharyn  Moffett  July, '46 

James  Craig-"Butch"  Jenkins  July  1 8, '46 

George  Montgomery-Nancy  Guild  Dec. ,'46 

Tom  Breneman-Bonita  Granville  Feb.  22, '46 
Barbara  Stanwyck-Robert  Cummings       May  3 1, '46 

Celia  Johnson-Trevor  Howard  Aug.  24, '46 

Joe  Yule-Renie  Riano  Oct.  26,'46 

Rondo  Hatton-Jane  Adams  Not  Set 

War  Documentary  Feb.  I6,'46 

Claude  Rains-Vivian  Leigh  Aug.  I6,'46 

Alan  Ladd-William  Bendix  Not  Set 

Ray  Milland-Barbara  Stanwyck  Not  Set 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming  Feb.  4/46 

Dana  Andrews-Susan  Hayward  July  26, '46 
Freddie  Bartholomew-Spencer  Tracy  (T)  Aug.  2 1, '46 

Jane  Darwell-Edgar  Kennedy  Nov.  I7,'45 


Michael  Redgrave-Rachel  Kempson 
Steward  Granger-Ann  Crawford 
Eddie  Dean-AI  LaRue 
James  Dunn-Sheila  Ryan 
Dick  Haymes-Celeste  Holme 
Lois  Collier-Fred  Brady 
Carl  Esmond-Leonore  Aubert 
Jeanne  Craine-Cornel  Wilde 
Sunset  Carson-Linda  Stirling 
Dennis  Morgan-Jane  Wyman 
Sharyn  Moffett-Regis  Toomey 
Joan  Leslie-Robert  Alda 
James  Cagney-Ann  Sheridan 
Dorothy  McGuire-Robert  Young 
Gary  Cooper-Lilli  Pamer 
Chester  Morris-Richard  Lane 
Tom  Neal-Margaret  Lindsay 
Charles  Boyer-Jennifer  Jones 
Frank  Morgan-Keenan  Wynn 
Kirby  Grant-Poni  Adams 
Charles  Coburn-Joan  Bennett 
Eddie  Dean-Roscoe  Ates 
"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake 

Joel  McCrea-Edward  Arnold 


Not  Set 

Not  Set 
Apr.  20,"46 
,  Sept.,'45 

Not  Set 
May  I7,'46 
Apr.  20,'46 

Aug. ,'46 
Dec.  1 3, '45 

Not  Set 
(T)  Oct.  14/46 
Mar.  9,'46 
Apr.  13/46 
Sept.,'46 
Sept.  28/46 
Jan.  24/46 
Oct.  23/45 

June/46 
(T)  July  15/46 
Oct.  19/45 

Feb.,'46 
June  30/46 
Nov.  14/45 


May  15/46 


Ronald  Colman-Ann  Harding 
Charles  Boyer-Lauren  Bacall 
"Wild"  Bill  Elliot-Alice  Fleming 
Dick  Powell-Micheline  Cheirel 
Elizabeth  Taylor-"Lassie"-Frank  Morgan 
Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell 
Pat  O'Brien-Claire  Trevor  (T) 
Warner  Baxter-Ellen  Drew  (T) 
Warner  Baxter-Dusty  Anderson 
Stephanie  Bachelor-Michael  Browne 
Tom  Conway-Martha  O'Driscoll  (T) 
Noah  Beery,  Jr.-Lois  Collier 
Betty  Hutton-Sonny  Tufts 
Errol  Flynn-Barbara  Stanwyck 
Desi  Arnaz-Ethel  Smith 


John  Wayne-Vera  Hruba  Ralston 
Alan  Curtis-Kent  Taylor 
Forrest  Tucker-Lynn  Merrick 
Sydney  Toler-Gloria  Warren 
James  Craig-Signe  Hasso 
Faye  Emerson-Zachary  Scott 
Jane  Withers-Robert  Lowery 
Brenda  Joyce-Don  Porter 
Robt.  "Buz."  Henry-Sybil  Merritt 
Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong 
Lucille  Ball-William  Bendix 
Phil  Terry-Ann  Savage 
Irina  Radchenko-lvan  Kuznetsov 
Olivia  de  Havilland-Lew  Ayres 
Vladimir  Soloviev-Dimitri  Sagal 
Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart- 
Claire  Trevor-Lawrence  Tierney 
Susan  Hayward-Paul  Lukas 
Paul  Kelly-Kent  Taylor 
Mervyn  Johns-Roland  Carver 
Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert 
Jean  Gillie-Edward  Norris 
Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 
Ann  Savage-Tom  Neal 
Rosemary  LaPlanche-John  James 
Anita  Louise-Jim  Bannon 
William  Boys-Andy  Clyde 
Olivia  de  Havilland-lda  Lupino 


Mar.  15/46 
Nov.  10/45 
July  29/46 
Block  3 
Aug.  8/46 
July  18/46 
Sept.  6/46 
Sept.  I  1/46 
Oct.  4/45 
Feb.  28/46 
Oct.  15/46 
Nov.  9/45 
Not  Set 
Not  Set 
July  26/46 

Dec.  25/45 
Nov.  23/45 
June  20/46 
Oct.  5/46 

Oct./45 
Dec.  15/45 

Not  Set 
July  12/46 
Jan.  8/46 
May  25/46 

May/46 
July  19/46 
Mar.  16/46 

Not  Set 
Apr.  27/46 
Feb.  8/46 
(T)  Nov.  1/46 
Block  4 
Aug. ,'46 
Aug.  23/46 
July  15/46 
Sept.  14/46 
July  11/46 
Nov.  30/45 
Apr.  15/46 
May  23/46 

Not  Set 
Apr.  20/46 


Running 
Time 
84m 
65m 
77m 
97m 

93  m 
86m 
85m 


62m 
126m 


82m 
71m 


M.P. 
Herald 
Issue 
Aug.  24/46 
July  27/46 
June  29/46 
May  4/46 

Jan.  19/46 
Mar.  23/46 
Aug.  31/46 


Product 
Digest 
Page 
3162 
31 14 
3065 
2973 

2805 
2905 
3174 


Nov.  17/45  2718 


Aug. 10/46  3137 


Advance 
Synopsis 
Page 


3031 
2926 

2756 
2784 

3186 
2764 


2884 
2784 


99m      Nov.  7/36 


87m 


1 18m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2655 

55m 

June  29/46 

3065 

102m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2695 

93m 

May  1 1/46 

2985 

2926 

3055 

93  m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2951 

3187 

64  m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

2543 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2870 

59m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

2963 

64m 

Nov.  10/45 

2710 

2467 

3055 

3138 

61m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3066 

Nov.  10/45 
Nov.  24/45 


2709 
2726 


74m 

Aug.  4/45 

2639 

80m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

60m 

July  13/46 

3089 

64m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

61m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

99m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

59m 

July  20/46 

3102 

70m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

90  m 

May  4/46 

2974 

56m 

82  m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

65m 

June  22/46 

3053 

77m 

July  6/46 

3077 

72m 

76m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

57m 

July  27/46 

3124 

69  m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

66m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

66m 

107m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

Service 
Data 


3188 


2975 


3188 


55m 

2818 

90m 

July  20/46 

3101 

2883 

3164 

1 17m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

70m 

Dec.  22/45 

2766 

2403 

108m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

122m 

May  4/46 

2974 

57m 

Mar.  30/46 

2918 

2884 

65m 

July  21/45 

2626 

2366 

2663 

3090 

58m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2884 

65m 

Feb. 23/46 

2858 

102m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2884 

3188 

58m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2748 

2939 

2972 

92m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2838 

2975 

103m 

Sept.  14/40 

78m 

July  27/46 

31  \3 

2939 

3188 

106m 

Sept.  14/46 

3197 

2939 

63m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2710 

62m 

Oct.  20/45 

2686 

2555 

ICOm 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2859 

3164 

81m 

July  20/46 

3102 

2883 

56m 

2686 

70m 

Sept.  29/45 

266  i 

2259 

2898 

68m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2884 

55m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

3018 
3164 


2862 


2719 
3018 


3188 


2670 
2963 
3186 
2555 
2555 
2972 
3030 
2662 
2809 
2859 
3030 

2883 

2838 
3078 
2776 
2963 

3090 
3031 
3055 
2543 


2926 
3078 

2756  3164 


2930 


3202 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  14,  !946 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Prod. 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Title 

Company 

Number 

Slavs 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Diary  of  a  Chambermaid 

UA 

Paulette  Goddard-Hurd  Hatfield 

Feb.  I5,'46 

86m 

Feb.  2, '46 

2829 

2748 

3 10U 

Dick  Tracy 

RKO 

613 

Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys 

Block  3 

62m 

Dec.  I5,'45 

2758 

2710 

3164 

Dick  Tracy  Versus  Cueball 

RKO 

Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys 

Not  Set 

3031 

Ding  Dong  Williams 

RKO 

623 

Glenn  Vernon-Marcia  McGuire 

Block  5 

62  m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

2695 

Dodsworth  (Reissue)  F 

lm  Classics 

Walter  Huston-Ruth  Chatterton 

May  I5,'46 

101m 

Sept.  26/36 

Doll  Face 

20th-Fox 

6\7 

Carmen  Miranda-Perry  Como 

Jan. ,'46 

80m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2628 

2975 

t  Dolly  Sisters,  The  (color) 

20th-Fox 

609 

Betty  Grable-John  Payne 

Nov., '45 

1  14m 

Sept.  29/45 

2661 

2384 

2798 

Don't  Gamble  with  Strangers  Mono. 

508 

Kane  Richmond-Bernadene  Hayes 

June  22, '46 

68m 

May  25/46 

3005 

Do  You  Love  Me?  (color) 

20th-Fox 

626 

Maureen  O'Hara-Dick  Haymes 

May, '46 
Aug.  I5,'46 

91m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2499 

3188 

Down  Missouri  Way 

PRC 

Martha  Driscoll-William  Wright 

75m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3007 

Down  to  Earth  (color) 

Col. 

Rita  Hayworth-Larry  Parks 

Not  Set 

3126 

\  Dragonwyck 

20th-Fox 

623 

Gene  Tierney-Vincent  Price 

Apr.,'46 

103  m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2403 

3188 

Dressed  to  Kill 

U-niv. 

534 

Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce 

June  7, '46 

72m 

May  25/46 

3007 

2987 

Driftin'  River 

PRC 

Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson 

Oct.  1/46 

3187 

Duel  in  the  Sun  (color) 

UA 

Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cot+en 

Not  Set 

2926 

t  Duffy's  Tavern  (Block  1) 

Para. 

4501 

Ed  Gardner-Bing  Crosby  &  Guests 

Sept.  28,'45 

98m 

Aug.  25/45 

2638 

2230 

2862 

EARL  Carroll  Sketchbook  Rep. 
Easy  to  Wed  (color)  (Special)  MGM 
El  Paso  Kid  Rep. 
Enchanted  Forest,  The  (color)  PRC 
Enchanted  Voyage  (color)  20th-Fox 
Escape  Me  Never  WB 


530  Constance  Moore-William  Marshall  (T)  Aug.  13/46  90m       Aug.  24/46       3162  2939 

624  Esther  Williams-Van  Johnson                 July  25/46  Mlm       Apr.  13/46       2937  2366 

556  Sunset  Carson-Marie  Harmon               May  22/46  54m      Aug.  3/46       3125  2972 

  Edmund  Lowe-Brenda  Joyce                  Dec.  8/46  78m      Sept.  29/45       2662  2279 

  John  Payne-June  Haver  Not  Set    2499 

.  ...  Errol  Flynn-lda  Lupino  Not  Set    ••••  2861 


3188 


FABULOUS  Suzanne 

Rep. 

Barbara  Britton-Rudy  Vallee 

Not  Set 

2926 

Face  of  Marble 

Mono. 

528 

John  Carradine-Claudia  Drake 

Feb.  2/46 

72m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

Faithful  in  My  Fashion 

(Bl.  17)  MGM 

627 

Tom  Drake-Donna  Reed 

Aug.  22/46 

81m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2951 

Falcon's  Alibi,  The  (Block  6) 

RKO 

629 

Tom  Conway-Rita  Corday 

(T)  June  20/46 

63  m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

Falcon  in  San  Francisco 

RKO 

603 

Tom  Conway-Rita  Corday 

Block  1 

65m 

July  21/45 

2626 

2366 

Fallen  Angel 

20th-Fox 

.  612 

Alice  Faye-Dana  Andrews 

Dec.,'45 

97m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

2454 

Fear 

Mono. 

507 

Warren  William-Peter  Cookson 

Mar.  2/46 

68m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2598 

Fedora  (Italian) 

Variety 

Louise  Ferida-Amedeo  Nazzari 

Jan.  14/46 

95m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

Fiesta  (color) 

MGM 

Esther  Williams-Ricardo  Montalban 

Not  Set 

2939 

First  Yank  Into  Tokyo 

RKO 

607 

Tom  Neal-Barbara  Hale 

Block  2 

82m 

Sept.  8/45 

2638 

2366 

Flight  to  Nowhere 

Screen  Guild 

4605 

Alan  Curtis-Evelyn  Ankers 

Aug.  15/46 

75m 

3078 

Flying  Serpent 

PRC 

George  Zucco-Hope  Kramer 

Feb.  20/46 

59m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

2670 

Follow  That  Woman  (Bl 

ock  1 

)  Para. 

4504 

William  Garqan-Nancy  Kelly 

Dec.  14/45 

70m 

Aug.  25/45 

2639 

2543 

Four  Hearts  (Russian) 

Artkino 

/alentino  Serove-Eugene  Samoilav 

Feb.  23/46 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

Freddie  Steps  Out 

Mono. 

515 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

June  29/46 

75m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2926 

French  Key,  The 

Rep. 

519 

Albert  Dekker-Evelyn  Ankers 

May  18/46 

67m 

May  25/46 

3006 

From  This  Day  Forward 

RKO 

616 

Joan  Fontaine-Mark  Stevens 

Block  4 

95m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

2861 

Frontier  Gal  (color) 

Univ. 

513 

Rod  Cameron-Yvonne  De  Carle 

Dec.  2 1/45 

85m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2555 

Frontier  Gunlaw 

Col. 

7204 

Charles  Starrett-Jean  Stevens 

Jan.  31/46 

60m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2686 

2798 


3188 
2975 


GAIETY   George    (British)    Geo.  King 

Gallant  Bess  (color)  MGM 

Gallant  Journey  Col. 

Galloping  Thunder  Col. 

Game  of  Death.  A  RKO 

Gas  House  Kids  PRC 

Gay  Blades  Rep. 

Gay  Cavallier,  The  Mono. 
Gay  Intruders,  The  (British) 

Four  Continents 

Genius  at  Work  (Block  2)  RKO 

Gentleman  from  Texas,  The  Mono. 

Gentleman  Joe  Palooka  Mono. 

Gentleman  Misbehaves,  The  Col. 

Gentlemen  with  Guns  PRC 

Getting  Gertie's  Garter  UA 

Ghost  Goes  Wild,  The  Rep. 

Ghost  of  Hidden  Valley  PRC 

t  Gilda  Col. 
Girl  in  a  Million,  A  (Br.)     British  Lion 

Girl  No.  2H7  (Russian)  Artkino 

Girl  of  the  Limberlost  Col. 

Girl  on  the  Spot  Univ. 

Girls  of  the  Big  House  Rep. 

G.I.  War  Brides  Rep. 

Glass  Alibi  Rep. 
God's  Country  (color)      Screen  Guild 

Gold  Mine  in  the  Sky  (R.)  Rep. 

Great  Day  (British)  (Block  I)  RKO 

t  Green  Years,  The  (Special)  MGM 

Gunman's  Code  Univ. 

Gunning  for  Vengeance  Col. - 

Gun  Town  Univ. 

Guy  Could  Change,  A  Rep. 


Richard  Greene-Ann  Todd 

Not  Set 

98m 

May  4/46 

2974 

Marshall  Thompson-George  Tobias 

(T)  Aug.  29/46 

98m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2778 

7002 

Glenn  Ford-Janet  Blair 

Sept.  24/46 

86m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

2939 

7207 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 

Apr.  25/46 

54m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2778 

619 

John  Loder-Audrey  Long 

Block  4 

72m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2384 

Robert  Lowery-Tela  Loring 

Oct.  7/46 

509 

Allan  Lane-Jean  Rogers 

Jan.  25/46 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2784 

529 

Gilbert   Roland-Martin  Garralaga 

Mar.  30/46 

65m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2963 

Godfrey  Tearle-Jeanne  de  Casalis 

Mar.  15/46 

84m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

Alan  Carney-Anne  Jeffreys 

(T)  Oct.  16/46 

61m 

Aug.  10/46 

3138 

3078 

562 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Claudia  Drake 

June  8/46 

55m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

2963 

607 

Leon  Errol-Joe  Kirkwood 

Sept.  28/46 

3126 

7034 

Osa  Massen-Robert  Stanton 

Feb.  28/46 

74  m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

2792 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

Mar.  27/46 

52m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

Dennis  O'Keefe-Marie  MacDonald 

Nov.  30/45 

72m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

James  Ellison-Anne  Gwynne 

Not  Set 

2972 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

June  3/46 

56m 

June  1/45 

3017 

700  i 

Rita  Hayworth-Glenn  Ford 

Apr.  25/46 

107m 

Mar.  23/46 

2907 

2776 

Hugh  Williams-Joan  Creenwood 

Not  Set 

86m 

June  8/46 

3029 

Elena  Kuzmina-Vladimir  Vladislovsky 

Sept.  1/45 

94m 

Sept.  15/45 

2646 

7029 

Ruth  Nelson-Loren  Tindall 

Oct.  1 1  ,'45 

60m 

Oct.  20/45 

2686 

2670 

515 

Lois  Collier-Jess  Barker 

Jan.  11/46 

75m 

Jan.  12/46 

2795 

2467 

502 

Lynne  Roberts-Richard  Powers 

Nov.  2/45 

68m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2467 

528 

James  Ellison-Anna  Lee 

Aug.  12/46 

69m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3127 

516 

Paul  Kelly-Anna  Gwynne 

Apr.  27/46 

68m 

May  4/46 

2974 

.  2792 

003 

Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert 

Apr.,'46 

62m 

July  27/46 

3114 

5308 

Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette 

Jan.  15/46 

60m 

July  16/38 

705 

Eric  Portman-Flora  Robson 

(T)  Sept.  15/46 

62m 

July  27/46 

3114 

623 

Charles  Coburn-Tom  Drake 

July  4/46 

128m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2883 

1 107 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 

Aug.  30/46 

3187 

7206 

Charles  Starrett-Phyliss  Adair 

Mar.  21/46 

53m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2784 

1  104 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 

Jan.  18/46 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2744 

508 

Allan  LaneJane  Frazee 

Jan.  27/46 

65m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

2543 

2810 
3018 


2975 
3164 


3188 


t  HARVEY  Girls,  The  (color) 

(Block  15)                           MGM  611 

Haunted  Mine,  The                   Mono.  566 

Heading  West                             Col.  7210 

Heartbeat                                 RKO  662 

Henry  the  Fifth  (British)  (color)  UA   


Judy  Garland-John  Hodiak  Jan.-Feb.,'46 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Linda  Johnson  Mar.  2/46 
Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  Aug.  15/46 

Ginger  Rogers-Jean  Pierre  Aumont  Special 
Laurence  Olivier-Robert  Newton       (T)  June  17/46 


104m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2354 

2975 

51m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

2792 

56m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

3188 

101m 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2883 

3188 

134m 

Dec.  2/44 

2626 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


3203 


■  REVIEWED 


Title 

Her  Adventurous  Night 
Her  Highness  and  the  Bell- 
boy (Block  13) 
Her  Kind  of  Man 
Her  Sister's  Secret 
Hidden  Eye,  The  (Block  13) 
High  School  Hero 
Hit  the  Hay 

Hold  That  Blonde  (Block  2) 
Holiday  in  Mexico  (color) 
Home  in  Oklahoma 
Home  on  the  Range  (color 
Home  Sweet  Homicide 
Honeymoon 

Hoodlum  Saint  (Block  16) 
Hot  Cargo  (Block  5) 
Hotel  Reserve  (British) 
House  of  Dracula 
House  of  Horrors 
House  on  92nd  Street,  The 
How  Do  You  Do? 
Humoresque 
Hurricane  (Reissue) 


Prod. 

Company  Number  Stars 

Univ.  538  Dennis  O'Keefe-Helen  Walker 

MGM  603  Hedy  Lamarr-Robert  Walker 

WB  518  Zachary  Scott-Janis  Paige 

PRC  ....  Nancy  Coleman-Philip  Reed 

MGM  601  Edward  Arnold-Frances  Rafferty 

Mono.  517  Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

Col.  7018  Judy  Canova-Ross  Hunter 

Para.  4506  Eddie  Bracken-Veronica  Lake 

MGM  ....  Walter  Pidgeon-llona  Massey 

Rep.  ....  Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 

Rep.  5501  Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

20th-Fox  640  Lynn  Bari-Randolph  Scott 

RKO  ....  Shirley  Temple-Guy  Madison 

MGM  618  William  Powell-Esther  Williams 

Para.  4523  William  Gargan-Philip  Reed 

RKO  615  James  Mason-Lucie  Mannheim 

Univ.  51  I  Lon  Chaney-Lionel  Atwill 

Univ.  525  Robert  Lowery-Virginia  Grey 

20th-Fox  608  William  Eythe-Lloyd  Nolan 

PRC    Bert  Gordon-Harry  Von  Zell 

WB  ....  Joan  Crawford-John  Garfield 

Film  Classics  ....  Dorothy  Lamour-Jon  Hall 


M.P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Pan 

July  5, '46 

75m 

June  29/46 

3065 

3007 

Oct..'45 

1 1  tm 

July  14/45 

2631 

2259 

2810 

May  1 1, '46 

78m 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2838 

3l6^r 

Sept.  23,"46 

83m 

3090 

Sept.,'45 

70m 

July  28/45 

2565 

2353 

Sept.  7, '46 

69m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3126 

Nov.  29,'45 

62m 

2662 

Nov.  23,'45 

76m 

Oct.  13/45 

2679 

2259 

2810 

(T)  July  22, '46 

128m 

July  27/46 

3113 

2764 

Nov.  8, '46 

3163 

Apr.  18/46 

55m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2926 

Oct.,'46 

90m 

July  27/46 

3124 

2939 

Not  Set 

2939 

Apr.-May,  46 

93m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2830 

3164 

June  28/46 

57m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2870 

Block  3 

79m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

Dec.  7.'45 

67m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2670 

2975 

Mar.  29,'46 

66m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

2850 

Oct.,'45 

88m 

Sept.  15/45 

2645 

2499 

2898 

Dec.  24/45 

80m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2655 

Not  Set 

2786 

Jan.  15/46 

101  m 

Nov.  13/37 

I  COVER  Big  Town  Para  

(formerly  Big  Town) 

Idea  Girl                                  Univ.  518 

If  I'm  Lucky  20th-Fox  638 
I  Know  Where  I'm  Going  (Brit.)  GFD 

Imperfect  Lady                          Para.  .... 

In  Fast  Company                     Mono.  510 

Inner  Circle,  The                          Rep.  526 

In  Old  Sacramento                      Rep.  517 

Inside  Job                                  Univ.  537 

Invisible  Informer,  The                  Rep.  529 

I  Ring  Door  Bells  PRC   

I  See  a  Dark  Stranger  (British)  GFD   

Isle  of  the  Dead                        RKO  608 

It  All  Came  True  (Reissue)  WB  503 
It  Happened  at  the  Inn  (Fr.)  MGM 

It's  Great  to  Be  Young                Col.  7038 

It's  a  Wonderful  Life  (Special)  RKO   

It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog   20th-Fox  632 

I've  Always  Loved  You  (color)     Rep.  .... 


JANIE  Gets  Married                  WB  520 

Jesse  James  (Reissue)            20th-Fox  618 

Joe  Palooka,  Champ                 Mono.  502 

Johnnie  Comes  Flying  Home  20th-Fox  624 

Johnny  in  the  Clouds  (Br.)  UA   

Jolson  Story,  The  (color)             Col.  .... 

(formerly  The  Story  of  Jolson) 

Journey  Together  (British)        English  .... 

Jungle  Flight  Para  

Jungle  Princess  (Reissue)             Para.  R5-3620 

Junior  Prom                              Mono.  514 

Just  Before  Dawn                        Col.  7021 

(formerly  Exposed  by  the  Crime  Doctor) 

t  KID  from  Brooklyn,  The  (color)   RKO  652 

Kid  Millions  (Reissue)       Film  Classics  .... 

Killers,  The                                Univ.  548 

t  Kiss  and  Tell  (Special)                 Col.  7101 

f  Kitty  (Block  2)                           Para.  4509 


Philip  Reed-Hillary  Brooke  Not  Set 

Jess  Barker-Julie  Bishop  Feb.  8/46 

Vivian  Blaine-Harry  James  Sept.,'46 

Wendy  Hiller-Roger  Livesey  Not  Set 

Teresa  Wright-Ray  Milland  Not  Set 

Leo  Gorcey-Hunti  Hall  June  22/46 

Warren  Douglas-Lynne  Roberts  Aug.  7/46 

William  Elliott-Belle  Malone  May  31/46 

Preston  Foster-Ann  Rutherford  June  28/46 

Linda  Stirling-William  Henry  Aug.  19/46 

Robert  Shayne-Ann  Gwynne  Feb.  25/46 

Deborah  Kerr-Trevor  Howard  Not  Set 

Boris  Karloff-Ellen  Drew  Block  2 
Ann  Sheridan-Jeffrey  Lynn-H.  Bogart  Oct.  6/45 
Fernand  Ledoux-Maurice  Schutz        (T)  Feb.  25/46 

Leslie  Brooks-Jimmy  Lloyd  Sept.  12/46 

James  Stewart-Donna  Reed  (T)  Dec.,'46 

Carole  Landis-Allyn  Joslyn  July/46 

Maria  Ouspenskaya-Philip  Dorn  Special 


Joan  Leslie-Robt.  Hutton  June  22/46 

Tyrone  Power-Nancy  Kelly  Feb.,'46 

Joe  Kirkwood-Elyse  Knox  May  28/46 

Martha  Stewart-Richard  Crane  Apr.,'46 

Michael  Redgrave-John  Mills  ....  Mar.  15/46 

Larry  Parks-William  Demarest  Not  Set 

Edward  G.  Robinson-Bessie  Love  Mar.  2/46 

Robert  Lowery-Anne  Savage  Not  Set 

Dorothy  Lamour-Ray  Milland  Sept.  1/46 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser  May  11/46 

Warner  Baxter-Mona  Barrie  Mar.  7/46 


Danny  Kaye-Virginia  Mayo  Special 

Eddie  Cantor-Ann  Sothern  Nov.  1/45 

Burt  Lancaster-Ava  Gardner  .       Aug.  30/46 

Shirley  Temple-Jerome  Courtland  Oct.  18/45 

Paulette  Goddard-Ray  Milland  May  10/46 


60m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

79m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

91m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

63m 

May  1 1/46 

2986 

89m 

May  4/46 

2973 

65  m 

June  22/46 

3053 

57m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

64m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

1 12m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

72m 

Sept.  8/45 

2638 

97m 

Apr.  6/40 

96m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

2776 

2764 
3066 

2870 
2972 
3127 

2987 
3127 


3188 


2216  2810 


3163 


70  m 

June  1,46 

3017 

2963 

117m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2628 

91m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2655 

3188 

106m 

Jan. 14/39 

70m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

3164 

65m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2764 

109m 

Nov.  1 7/45 

2717 

2883 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

3126 

84m 

Nov.  28/36 

69m 

Mai».  2/46 

2869 

65  m 

2756 

1 14m 

Mar.  30/46 

2918 

2628 

3188 

92m 

Oct.  27/34 

102m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3055 

90m 

Sept.  8/45 

2637 

2353 

2898 

104m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2093 

3164 

LADIES'  Man  Para. 
Lady  Killer  PRC 
Lady  Luck  (Block  I)  RKO 
Lady  of  Fortune  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

(formerly  Becky  Sharp) 
Landrush  Coi. 
Larceny  in  Her  Heart  PRC 
Last  Chance,  The  (Bl.  16)  (Swiss)  MGM 
Last  Crooked  Mile,  The  Rep. 
Last  Frontier  Uprising  Rep. 
Lawless  Breed  Univ. 
Lawless  Empire  Col. 
t  Leave  Her  to  Heaven  (color) 

(Special)  20th-Fox 
Letter  for  Evie,  A  (Block  15)  MGM 
Life  and  Miracles  of  Blessed 

Mother  Cabrini,  The  (Ital.)  Elliott 
Life  with  Blondie  Col. 
Lightning  Raiders  PRC 
Likely  Story,  A  RKO 
Lisbon  Story  (British)  Natl.  Anglo 
Little  Giant  Univ. 


....  Eddie  Bracken-Virginia  Welles  Not  Set 

....  Robert  Lowery-Ann  Savage  Oct.  14/46 

702  Robert  Young-Barbara  Hale  (T)  Sept.  20/46 

....  Miriam  Hopkins-Frances  Dee  Dec.  15/45 

  Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnett  (T)  Sept.  I  I  ,'46 

....  Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker  July  10/46 

621  E.  G.  Morrison-John  Hoy  Apr.-May,'46 

527  Donald  Barry-Ann  Savage  Aug.  9/46 

....  Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth  Oct.  22/46 

1106  Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Aug.  16/46 

7202  Charles  Starrett-Mildred  Law  Nov.  15/45 

614  Gene  Tierney-Cornel  Wilde  Jan./46 

614  Marsha  Hunt-John  Carroll  Jan.-Feb.,'46 

....  La  Cheduzzi-Mila  Lanza  July  6/46 

7019  Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Dec.  13/45 

  Buster  Crabbe-AI  St.  John  Jan.  7/46 

  Bill  Williams-Barbara  Hale  Not  Set 

Patricia  Burke-David  Farrar  Not  Set 

520  Abbott  and  Costello  Feb.  22/46 


97m 
69m 


July  20/46 
June  22/35 


3102 


2809 
2756 


68m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2963 

105m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

2930 

67m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3187 

59  m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2543 

110m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2499 

2898 

89m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2655 

2930 

60m 

July  6/46 

3077 

70m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2686 

61m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2686 

2963 

100m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

91m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

2756 

3088 

3204 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


Title 
Little  Iodine 
Little  Miss  Big 
Little  Mister  Jim 
Live  Wires 
Locltet,  The 


Company 
UA 
Univ. 
MGM 
Mono. 
RKO 


(formerly  What  Nancy  Wanted) 
Lonesome  Trail  Mono, 
f  Lost  Weekend,  The  (Block  I)  Para, 
t  Love  Letters  (Block  I)  Para. 
Love  on  the  Dole  (Brit.)  Four  Continents 
Lover  Come  Back  Univ. 
!.oyal  Heart  (British)  Strand-Anglo 

MADONNA  of  the  Seven 

(British)  Univ. 
Madonna's  Secret,  The  Rep. 
Make  Mine  Music  (color)  (Spcl.)  RKO 
Man  Alive  RKO 
Man  from  Rainbow  Valey  (color)  Rep. 
Man  I  Love,  The  WB 
Man  in  Grey,  The  (Brit.)  Univ. 
Man  Who  Dared,  The  Col. 
Margie  (color)  20th-Fox 
Marie  Louise  (French)  Mayer-Burstyn 
Marshal  of  Laredo  Rep. 
Mask  of  Diijon  PRC 
Masquerade  in  Mexico  (Block  3)  Para. 
Meet  Me  on  Broadway  Col. 
Meet  the  Navy  (Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 
Melody  Roundup  PRC 
Men  in  Her  Diary  Univ. 
Michigan  Kid,  The  Univ. 
Mighty  McGurk,  The  MGM 

t  Mildred  Pierce  WB 
Missing  Lady,  The  Mono. 

t  Miss  Susie  Slagle's  (Block  3)  Para. 
Mr.  Ace  UA 
Mr.  Hex  Mono. 
Monsieur  Beaucaire  (Special)  Para. 
Moon  Over  Montana  Mono. 
Murder  in  Reverse  (Brit.)  Natl.-Anglo 
Murder  in  the  Music  Hall  Rep. 
Murder  Is  My  Business  PRC 
My  Brother  Talks  to  Horses  MGM 
My  Darling  Clementine  20th-Fox 
My  Dog  Shep  Screen  Guild 

My  Name  Is  Julia  Ross  Col. 
My  Pal  Trigger  Rep. 

t  My  Reputation  WB 
Mysterious  Intruder  Col. 
Mysterious  Mr.  Valentine  Rep. 


Prod. 
Number 

549 
509 


571 
4503 
4502 

536 


526 
510, 

692 
606 
5502 

523 
7040 
.646 

562 

45i2 
7014 


502 


505 
525 
4513 


4532 
572 

512 


645 
4609 
7017 
5541 

510 
7025 

531 


Tradeshow  or 

Stars  Release  Date 

Jo  Ann  Marlowe-Marc  Cramer  Oct.  I  I, '46 

Fay  Holden-Beverly  Simmons  Aug.  30, '46 

"Butch"  Jenkins-Frances  Gifford  (T)  June  4, '46 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  Jan.  12, '46 

Laraine  Day-Brian  Aherne  Not  Set 

James  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Dec.  8, '45 

Ray  Milland-Jane  Wyman  Jan.  25, '46 

Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten  Oct.  26, '45 

Deborah  Kerr-Clifford  Evans  Oct.  12/45 

George  Brent-Lucille  Ball  June2l,'46 

Harry  Welchman-Percy  Marmont  Not  Set 


Phyllis  Calvert-Stewart  Granger  Apr.  5, '46 

Francis  Lederer-Gail  Patrick  Feb.  1 6, '46 
Disney  Musical  Feature                   (T)  July  4, '46 

Pat  O'Brien-Ellen  Drew  Block  2 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth  June  1 5, '46 

Ida  Lupino-Robert  Alda  Not  Set 

Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Mar.  15, '46 

Leslie  Brooks-George  Macready  May  30, '46 

Jeanne  Crain-Alan  Young  Nov., '46 

Josiane-Heinrich  Gretler  Nov.  1 2, '46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Oct.  7,'45 

Erich  Von  Stroheim-Jeanne  Bates  Apr.  9, '46 

Dorothy  Lamour-Arturo  de  Cordova  Feb.  22, '46 

Marjorie  Reynolds-Fred  Brady  Jan.  3, '46 

Oscar  Naske  Not  Set 

Eddie  Dean-Al  LaRue  Nov.   I  ,'46 

Jon  Hall-Louise  Allbritton  Sept.  14, '45 

Jon  Hall-Rita  Johnson  Not  Set 

Wallace  Beery-Edward  Arnold  Not  Set 

Joan  Crawford-Jack  Carson  Oct.  20, '45 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed  Aug.  I7,'46 

Sonny  Tufts-Veronica  Lake  Mar.  8, '46 

George  Raft-Sylvia  Sydney  Aug.  2, '46 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  Nov.  9, '46 

Bob  Hope-Joan  Caulfield  Aug.  30, '46 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Feb.  23, '46 

William  Hartnell-Jimmy  Hanley  Oct.  22, '45 

Vera  Hruba  Ralston-William  Marshal  Apr.  10, '46 

Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker  Apr.  I0,'46 

Peter  Lawford-"Butch"  Jenkins  Not  Set 

Henry  Fonda-Linda  Darnell  Nov.,'46 

Tom  Neal-Helen  Chapman-"Flame"  Oct.  15, '46 

Nina  Foch-George  Macready  Nov.  27, '45 

Roy  Rogers-George  "Gabby"  Hayes  July  10, '46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-George  Brent  Jan.  26, '46 

Richard  Dix-Barton  MacLane  Apr.  I  I, '46 

William  Henry-Linda  Stirling  Sept.  3, '46 


Running 
Time 
57m 
61m 
94m 
65m 


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M.  P.  Product  Advance  Service 
Herald       Digest      Synopsis  Data 


65  m 
79m 
96m 
61m 


Issue 
Sept.  I4,'46 
Sept.  7/46 
June  8, '46 
Feb.  16/46 


Nov.  17/45 
June  22/46 
Jan.  12/46 
Mar.  30/46 


Page 
3198 
3186 
3030 
2849 


57m 

Jdlli  II,  -to 

2793 

101m 

Aug.  18/45 

2639 

101m 

Aug.  25/45 

2646 

89m 

2685 

90m 

June  22/46 

3054 

78m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

88m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

79m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

74m 

Apr.  27/46 

2662 

7f)m 
/Urn 

2661 

56m 

June  22/46 

3053 

90m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

65m 

June  29/46 

3065 

93  m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

56m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

74m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

96m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

69m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

81m 

June  15/46 

3043 

73  m 

Sept.  22/45 

2653 

2718 
3053 
2793 
2917 


Page 
3066 
2963 
2926 

2939 

2695 
2242 
2230 

2939 


2838 

2366 
2963 
2784 

2926 
2884 

2467 
2792 
2686 
2744 

3138 
2467 

3090 
3066 


Page 


Mm 

Oct.  6/45 

2670 

2259 

60m 

3031 

88m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2216 

84m 

Aug.  31/46 

3173 

2926 

93  m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2883 

56m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2792 

87m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

84m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2748 

63m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

3031 
3078 
3163 
2655 

2792 
2907 


2975 
2810 


3188 
2798 


3018 
2975 


2798 


3018 
2975 


NAVAJO  Kid  PRC 

'Neath  Canadian  Skies  Screen  Guild 
Never  Say  Goodbye  WB 
Night  and  Day  (color)  WB 
Night  Boat  to  Dublin  (Brit.)  A.B.P.C.-Pathe 
Night  Editor  Col. 
Night  in  Casablanca,  A  UA 
Night  in  Paradise,  A  (color)  Univ. 
Night  Train  to  Memphis  Rep. 
Nobody  Lives  Forever  WB 
Nocturne  (Block  2)  RKO 
No  Leave,  No  Love  MGM 
Nora  Prentiss  WB 

(formerly  The  Sentence) 
North  of-  the  Border        Screen  Guild 
Northwest  Trail  Screen  Guild 

No  Time  for  Comedy  (Reissue)  WB 
No  Trespassing  UA 
Notorious  (Special)  RKO 
Notorious  Lone  Wolf  Col. 


Bob  Steele-Caren  March  Nov.  21/45 

4606        Russell  Hayden-lnei  Cooper  Aug.  15/46 

•■•           Errol  Flynn-Eleanor  Parker  Not  Set 

523        Cary  Grant-Alexis  Smith  Aug.  3/46 

Robert  Newton-Raymond  Lovell  Not  Set 

7023        William  Gargan-Janis  Carter  Apr.  18/46 

Marx  Brothers-Lois  Collier  May  10/46 

529         Merle  Oberon-Turhan  Bey  May  3/46 

523        Roy  Acuff-Adele  Mara  July  12/46 

604        John  Garfield-Geraldine  Fitzgerald  Oct.  12/46 

  George  Raft-Lynn  Bari  (T)  Oct.  14/46 

....         Van  Johnson-Marie  Wilson  (T)  Aug.  26/46 

•  •  ■  •         Ann  Sheridan-Kent  Smith  Not  Set 

4610        Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper  Oct.   I ,'46 

002        John  Lytel-Bob  Steele  Apr.,'46 

516        James  Stewart-Rosalind  Russell  Apr.  13/46 

•  ■  ■  •         Edw.  G.  Robinson-Lon  McAllister  Not  Set 

Ingrid  Bergman-Cary  Grant  (T)  Aug.  15/46 

7028        Gerald  Mohr-Janis  Carter  Feb.  14/46 


61m 
99m 

101m 
64m 


59m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2695 

41m 

3127 

2838 

132  m 

July  13/46 

3089 

2838 

3188 

100m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2895 

85m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2884 

3188 

84m 

Apr.  13/46 

2937 

2278 

3100 

67m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

2748 

100m 

2830 

3055 

II  7m 

Aug.  31/46 

3173 

2818 

2883 

46m 

3090 

Sept.  7/40 

July  27/46 
Mar.  16/46 


3113 
2894 


3090 
2870 
2792 


3188 


OF  Human  Bondage  WB 
Once  There  Was  a  Girl  (Russ.)  Artkino 
One  Exciting  Week  Rep. 
One  More  Tomorrow  WB 
One  Way  to  Love  Col. 
Open  City  (Italian)  Mayer-Burstyn 
O.S.S.  (Block  6)  Para. 
Our  Hearts  Were  Growing  Up 

(Block5)  FW 
t  Our  Vines  Have  Tender  Grapes 

(Block  13)  MGM 
Out  California  Way  Rep. 
Outlaw,  The  UA 
Outlaw  of  the  Plains  PRC 


522 

Paul  Henreid-Eleanor  Parker 

July  20/46 

105m 

July  ,6/46 

3077 

3031 

3188 

Nina  Ivanava-Natasha  Zashipina 

Dec.  22/45 

72m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

521 

Al  Pearce-Arline  Harris 

June  8/46 

69m 

June  1 5/46 

3042 

2809 

519 

Ann  Sheridan-Dennis  Morgan 

June  1/46 

89m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2838 

3 1 88 

7012 

Janis  Carter-Chester  Morris 

Dec.  20/45 

83m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2862 

Aldo  Fabrizi-Anna  Magnani 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

4526 

Alan  Ladd-Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

July  26/46 

107m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2963 

4522 

Gail  Russell-Diana  Lynn 

June  14/46 

84m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2555 

3188 

600 

Margaret  O'Brien-Edw.  G.  Robinson 

Sept.,'45 

103m 

July  21/45 

2627 

2230 

2862 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Not  Set 

3127 

Jack  Buetel-Jane  Russell 

Feb.  8/46 

1  Mm 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  St.  John 

Sept.  22/46 

3126 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


3205 


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Title 

Out  of  the  Depths 
Overland  Riders 


Prod. 
Company  Number 
Col.  7035 


PRC 


Tradeshow  or 

Stars  Release  Date 

Jim  Bannon-Ross  Hunter  Dec.  27,'45 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John         Aug.  2 1, '46 


PARDON  My  Past 
Partners  in  Time 
Passkey  to  Danger 
People  Are  Funny  (Block  2) 
Perfect  Marriage,  The 
Perilous  Holiday 
Perils  of  Pauline  (color) 
Personality  Kid 
Phantom  Thief,  The 
Piccadilly  Incident  (Brit.) 
Pillow  of  Death 
Pink  String  and  Sealing  Wax  Eagle-Lion 

(British) 
Pinocchio  (color)  (Reissue) 
Pirates  of  Monterey  (color) 
Plainsman,  The  (Reissue) 
Plainsman  and  the  Lady,  The 
Portraitof  Marie  (Bl.  15)  (Mex.)  MGM 
Portrait  of  a  Woman  (Swiss) 

Mayer-Burstyn 
Possessed  WB 
1  Postman  Always  Rings  Twice,  The 

(Block  16)  MGM 
Postmaster's  Daughter  (French)  Vog 
Prairie  Badmen 
Prairie  Rustlers 
Prison  Ship 
Pursuit  to  Algiers 


Col. 
RKO 

Rep. 
Para. 
Para. 

Col. 
Para. 

Col. 

Col. 
Pathe 
Univ. 


RKO 
Univ. 
Para. 
Rep. 


PRC 
PRC 
Col. 
Univ. 


QUEEN  of  Burlesque  PRC 
Ouiet  Weekend  (British)  ABP 

RADIO  Stars  on  Parade 
Rage  in  Heaven  (R.) 
Rake's  Progress,  The  (Brit.) 
Razor's  Edge,  The 
Rebecca  (Reissue) 
Red  Dragon 
Red  River  Renegades 
Rendezvous  24 
Rendezvous  With  Annie 
Renegades  (color) 
Resistance  (French) 
Return  of  Frank  James,  The  (Reissue) 
20th-Fox 

Return  of  Rusty,  The 
t  Rhapsody  in  Blue 
Rio  Grande  Raiders 
Riverboat  Rhythm 
River  Gang 
t  Road  to  Utopia  (Special) 
Roaring  Rangers 
Rollinq  Home  Screen  Guild 

Roll  On,  Texas  Moon  Rep. 

(formerly  Shine  On,  Texas  Moon) 
Romance  of  the  West  (color)  PRC 

Rep. 
Univ. 
Univ. 


RKO 
MGM 
Eagle-Lion 
20th- Fox 
UA 
Mono. 
Rep. 
20th-Fox 
Rep. 
Col. 
Vog 


Col. 
WB 
Rep. 
RKO 
Univ. 
Para. 
Col. 


Rough  Riders  of  Cheyenne 
Runaround,  The 
Rustler's  Roundup 


7005 
625 
518 

4508 

7008 

7039 
703 

512 


69 
R5-3624 
612 


t  SAILOR  Takes  a  Wife 

(Block  15)  MGM 
f  San  Antonio  (color)  WB 
|  Saratoga  Trunk  WB 

Scandal  in  Paris,  A  UA 

Scared  to  Death  (color)   Screen  Guild 

Scared  to  Death  (color)     Screen  Guild 

Scotland  Yard  Investigator  Rep. 

Searching  Wind,  The  (Block  6)  Para. 

Secrets  of  a  Sorority  Girl  PRC 

Senorita  from  the  West  Univ. 

Sentimental  Journey  20th-Fox 
t  Seventh  Veil,  The   (Brit.)  Univ. 

Seven  Were  Saved  Para. 

Shadowed  Col. 

Shadow  of  a  Woman  WB 

Shadows  on  the  Range  Mono. 

Shadows  Over  Chinatown  Mono, 
(formerly  The  Mandarin  Secret) 

Shadow  Returns,  The  Mono. 

Shahrazad  (color)  Univ. 
(formerly  Fandango) 

Sheriff  of  Redwood  Valley  Rep. 

She  Went  to  the  Races  (Bl.  14)  MGM 

She-Wolf  of  London  Univ. 

She  Wrote  the  Book  Univ. 

Shock  20th-Fox 


620 


7036 
507 


605 


513 
557 
627 
525 
7003 


619 
7032 
502 
558 
620 
503 
4531 
7205 
4607 
542 


552 
535 
1105 


615 

509 
514 

4608 
4608 
501 
4527 

506 
621 
519 


602 
567 
518 

527 


566 
607 
531 
533 
615 


Fred  MacMurray-Marguerite  Chap 
Pamela  Blake-John  James 
Stephanie  Bachelor-Kane  Richmond 
Jack  Haley-Helen  Walker 
Loretta  Young-David  Niven 
Pat  O'Brien-Ruth  Warrick 
Betty  Hutton-John  Lund 
Anita  Louise-Michael  Duane 
Chester  Morris-Jeff  Donnell 
Anna  Neagle-Michael  Wilding 
Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce 
Mervyn  Johns-Mary  Merrall 


man 


Dec.  25,'45 
Block  5 
May  1 1, '46 
Jan.  I  I, '46 
Not  Set 
Mar.  21  ,'46 
Not  Set 
Aug.  8, '46 
May  2,'46 
Sept.  20,'46 
Dec.  I4,'45 
Not  Set 

Special 
Not  Set 
Sept.   I, '46 
Not  Set 
Jan. -Feb. ,'46 

Apr.  20,'46 
Not  Set 

Apr.-May,'46 
Aug.  I7,'46 
July  I7,'46 
Nov.  7,'45 
Nov.  I5,"45 
Oct.  26,"45 

July  24,'46 
Not  Set 


Disney  Feature  Cartoon 
Maria  Montez-Rod  Cameron 
Gary  Cooper-Jean  Arthur 
William  Elliott-Vera  Hruba  Ralston 
Dolores  Del  Rio-Pedro  Armendariz 

Francoise  Rosay-Henry  Gutsol 
Joan  Crawford-Van  Heflin 

Lana  Turner-John  Garfield 
Harry  Baur-Jeanine  Crispin 
Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Nina  Foch-Robert  Lowery 
Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce 

Evelyn  Ankers-Carleton  Young 
Derek  Farr-Frank  Cellier 

Wally  Brown-Alan  Carney  Block  I 
Ingrid  Bergman-Robert  Montgomery  (T)  Aug.  21, '46 

Rex  Harrison-Lili  Palmer  Dec.  7,'45 

Tyrone  Power-Gene  Tierney  Not  Set 

Laurence  Olivier-Joan  Fontaine  Apr.  26,'46 

Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong  Feb.   2, '46 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  July  25, '46 

William  Gargan-Mario  Palmer  May, '46 

Eddie  Albert-Faye  Marlowe  July  22, '46 

Evelyn  Keyes-Willard  Parker  June  1 3, '46 

Lucien  Coedel-Yvonne  Gaudeau  July,'46 

Henry  Fonda-Gene  Tierney  Feb.,'46 

Ted  Donaldson-Barbara  Wooddell  June  27, '46 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Alda  Sept.  22, '45 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  Sept.  9, '46 

Leon  Erroll-Glenn  Vernon  Block  4 

Gloria  Jean-John  Oua'en  Sept.  2 1, '45 

Bing  Crosby-Bob  Hope-D.  Lamour  Mar.  22, '46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  Feb.  1 4, '46 

Jean  Parker-Russell  Hayden  Sept.  20, '46 

Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans  Sept.  12, '46 

Eddie  Dean-Joan  Barton  Mar.  20, '46 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  Nov.    I, '45 

Ella  Raines-Rod  Cameron  June  14, '46 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Aug.  9, '46 


Robert  Walker-June  Allyson  Jan.-Feb.,'46 

Errol  Flynn-Alexis  Smith  Dec.  29, '45 

Gary  Cooper-lngrid  Bergman  Mar.  30, '46 

George  Sanders-Signe  Hasso  July  19, '46 

Bela  Lugosi-Joyce  Compton  Nov.   I  ,'46 

Edw.  G.  Robinson-Joan  Bennett  Dec.  28, '45 
Sir  Aubrey  Smith-Erich  von  Stroheim     Sept.  30, '45 

Robert  Young-Ann  Richards  Aug.  9, '46 

Mary  Ware-Rick  Vallin  Aug.  I5,'46 

Allan  Jones-Bonita  Granville  Oct.  12, '45 

John  Payne-Maureen  O'Hara  Mar. ,'46 

James  Mason-Ann  Todd  Feb.  15, '46 

Richard  Denninq-Catherine  Craig  Not  Set 

Anita  Louise-Robert  Scott  Sept.  26, '46 

Andrea  King-Helmut  Dantine  Sept.  I4,'46 

Johnny  Mack  Brown  Aug.  10, '46 

Sidney  Toler-Sen  Yung  July  27, '46 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed  Feb.  16, '46 

Yvonne  de  Carlo-Brian  Donlevy  Not  Set 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming  Mar.  29, '46 

James  Craig-Frances  Gifford  Nov. -Dec. ,45 

June  Lockhart-Jan  Wiley  May  1 7, '46 

Joan  Davis-Jack  Oakie            •  May  3 1, '46 

Vincent  Price-Lynn  Bari  Feb.,'46 


M.  P. 

Running  Herald 

Time  Issue 

61m  Feb.  I6,'46 

54m  Aug.  24,'46 

87m  Sept.  8,'45 

76m  Apr.  20, '46 

58m  Aug.  24,'46 

93m  Oct.  1 3, '45 

89m  May  25,'46 


Product  'Advance 
Digest  Synopsis 


Page 


Page 


Service 
Data 
Page 


68m 
65m 
1 00m 
66m 
95m 

85m 

1 13  m 

76m 

80m 


I  13m 
74m 
55m 
56m 
60m 
65m 

70m 
90m 

65m 
I  17m 
I  10m 

125m 
64m 
55m 
70m 
89m 
87m 
76m 

92  m 

139m 

65m 
64m 
89m 
56m 
71m 


58m 
56m 
86m 


92m 
I  12m 
135m 
1 00m 
72m 
102m 
68m 
107m 
58m 
63  m 
94m 
94m 


78m 
57m 
64m 


Aug.  24,'46 
June  22,'46 
Sept.  7,'46 
Dec.  I5,'45 
Dec.  1 5, '45 

Feb.  3,'40 

Nov.28,'36 

Dec.  29/45 

Apr.  20.'46 


Mar.  I6,'46 
Aug.  24,'46 
July  27,'46 
Nov.  3, '45 
Dec.  I5,'45 
Oct.  27,'45 

July  6,'46 
May  25,'46 

May  1 1, '46 
Aug.  24, '46 
Dec.  29,'45 

Mar.  30/40 
Dec.  22,'45 
Sept.  7,'46 
May  4,'46 
Aug.  I7,'46 
May  25,'46 
July  I3,'46 

Aug.  I7,'40 

June  30, '45 

Feb.  i6,"46 
Sept.  I5,'45 
Dec.  8, '45 
Mar.  9,'46 


Feb.  9,'46 
Nov.  I0,'45 
June  15, '46 


Jan.  5, '46 
Nov.  24/45 
Nov.  24,'45 

July  20/46 

Dec.  29/45 
Oct.  13/45 
May  I  1/46 
Aug.  24/46 
Oct.  20/45 
Feb.  9/46 
Nov.  10/45 


Aug.  17/46 


61m       Jan.  19/46 


54m 
87m 
61m 
76m 
70m 


Apr.  13/46 
Oct.  20/45 
Apr.  13/46 
May  I  1/46 
Jan.  19/46 


2849 

2695 

3162 

3126 

2637 

2543 

3018 

2951 

3161 

2987 

2677 

2810 

2883 

3007 

2776 

3018 

2939 

3161 

3031 

3053 

2926 

3185 

2758 

2454 

2757 

3 127 

3 127 

2777 

2930 

2950 

3078 

2893 

2883 

3188 

3162 

3 1 14 

3055 

2703 

2670 

2758 

2670 

2693 

2628 

3078 

2987 

3006 

2986 

2883 

3162 

2777 

3127 

2765 

3185 

3066 

2974 

2951 

3149 

3005 

2776 

3188 

3089 

3007 

2626 

1530 

2930 

3 163 

2849 

2645 

2279 

2745 

2744 

3088 

2882 

2543 

3163 

3030 

2838 

2792 

2709 

2686 

3043 

2987 

3138 

2786 

2555 

2898 

2725 

2216 

2930 

2725 

1431 

2975 

31 12 

2764 

3127 

2777 

2662 

2898 

2677 

2467 

2985 

2884 

3161 

3031 

2685 

2418 

2837 

2756 

2975 

2786 

2972 

3163 

3150 

2543 

3066 

2963 

2806 

2884 

2938 

2778 

2685 

2930 

2938 

2809 

2987 

2870 

2805 

2764 

3206 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946    ,f  | 


Title  Company 

Shocking  Miss  Pilgrim,  The 

(color)  20th-Fox 

Short  Happy  Life  of 

Francis  Macomber,  The  UA 

Show-Off,  The  MSM 

Silver  Range  Mono. 

Sinbad,  the  Sailor  (color)  (BI.2)  RKO 

Singing  on  the  Trail  Col. 

Sing  Your  Way  Home  RKO 

Sing  While  You  Dance  Col. 

Sin  of  Harold  Diddleboclc,  The  UA 

Sirocco  (French)  Leo  Cohen 

Sister  Kenny  (Block  I)  RKO 

Six  Sun  Man  PRC 

Six  P.M.  (Russian)  Arfkino 

Slightly   Scandalous  Univ. 

f  Smoky  (color)  20th-Fox 

Smooth  as  Silk  Univ. 

Snafu  Col. 

So  Dark  the  Night  Col. 

So  Goes  My  Love  Univ. 

Somewhere  in  the  Night  20th-Fox 

Song  of  Mexico  Rep. 

Song  of  Old  Wyoming  (color)  PRC 

Song  of  the  Sierra  Mono. 

South  of  Monterey  Mono, 

t  Spanish  Main,  The  (color)  RKO 

Specter  of  the  Rose  Rep. 

f  Spellbound  UA 

Spider,  The  20th-Fox 

Spider  Woman  Strikes  Back,  The  Univ. 

t  Spiral  Staircase,  The  RKO 

Splendor  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Spook  Busters  Mono. 

Stallion  Road  WB 

State  Fair  (color)  20th-Fox 

Step  By  Step  (Block  I)  RKO 

(  Stolen  Life,  A  WB 

f  Stork  Club,  The  (Block  2)  Para. 

Stormy  Waters  (French)  MGM 

Strange  Confession  Univ. 

Strange  Conquest  Univ. 

Strange  Holiday  PRC 

Strange  Impersonation  Rep. 

Strange  Journey  20th-Fox 

Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers 
(Block  6) 

Strange  Mr.  Gregory 

Stranger,  The  (Special) 

Strange  Triangle 

Strange  Voyage 

Strange  Woman,  The 

Strangler  of  the  Swamp 

Strike  Me  Pink  (Reissue)  Filr 

Suddenly  It's  Spring 

Sunbonnet  Sue 

Sunset  Pass  (Block  I) 

Sun  Valley  Cyclone 

Sun  Valley  Serenade  (R.) 

Susie   Steps  Out 

(formerly  Miss  Television) 

Suspense  (Special) 

Swamp  Fire  ( Block  6j) 

Sweetheart  of  Sigma  Chi 

Swing  Parade  of  1946 

Symphonie  D'Amour  (French)  Alganzy 

TALK  About  a  Lady 
Tangier 

Tars  and  Spars 

Tarzan  and  the  Leopard  Woman 
Temptation 

(formerly  Bella  Donna) 
Tenth  Avenue  Angel 
Terror  by  Night 
Terrors  on  Horseback 
Texas  Panhandle 
That  Brennan  Girl 
That  Night  With  You 
That  Texas  Jamboree 
That  Way  With  Women 
These  Three  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 
They  Made  Me  a  Killer  (BI.4)  Para. 
fThey  Were  Expendable  (Bl.  14)  MGM 
They  Were  Sisters  (British)  Univ. 
This  Love  of  Ours  Univ. 
Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue 

(color)  20th-Fox 
Three  Strangers  WB 
Three  Wise  Fools  (Block  17)  MGM 


Prod. 
Number 


Stars 


614 
7033 


701 


544 
631 
521 
7010 

528 
629 
506 


530 
610 
524 

613 
524 
61  I 

512 

607 
703 
521 
4507 

505 
530 

5t3 
643 


Para. 

4529 

Mono. 

516 

RKO 

683 

20th-Fox 

630 

Mono. 

521 

UA 

PRC 

Classics 

Para. 

Mono. 

501 

RKO 

704 

Rep. 

567 

20th-Fox 

641 

UA 

Mono. 

699 

Para. 

4528 

Mono. 

Mono. 

503 

Col. 

7016 

Univ. 

522 

Col. 

7007 

RKO 

618 

Univ. 

MGM 

Univ. 

517 

PRC 

Col. 

7203 

Rep. 

Univ. 

504 

Col. 

7222 

WB 

4518 
609 

508 

639 
511 
628 


Betty  Grable-Dick  Haymes 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 

Dec/46 


Gregory  Peck-Joan  Bennett  Not  Set 
Red  Skelton-Marilyn  Maxwell  (T)  Aug.  12/46 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton    Nov.  2, '46 

D.  Fairbanks,  Jr. -Maureen  O'Hara  Not  Set 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  Sept.  1 2, '46 

Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Block  3 

Ellen  Drew-Robert  Stanton  July  25,'46 

Harold  Lloyd-Raymond  Walburn  Not  Set 

Viviane  Romance-Dalio  Aug.  10, '46 
Rosalind  Russell-Alexander  Knox       (T)  Oct.  1 5, '46 

Bob  Steele-Jean  Carlin  Feb.    I ,'46 

Marine  Ladynina-Eugene  Samoilov  Jan.  26, '46 

Sheila  Ryan-Fred  Brady  Aug.  2, '46 

Fred  MacMurray-Anne  Baxter  July, '46 

Kent  Taylor-Virginia  Grey  Mar.    I, '46 

Nanette  Parks-Robt.  Benchley  Nov.  22, '45 
Micheline  Cheirel-Steven  Geray      (T)  Sept.  10, '46 

Myrna  Loy-Don  Ameche  Apr.  I9,'46 

John  Hodiak-Nancy  Guild  June, '46 

Adele  Mara-Edgar  Barrier  Dec.  28, '45 

Eddie  Dean-Jennifer  Holt  Nov.  12, '45 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Nov.  23, '46 

Gilbert  Roland-Frank  Yacanelli  July  13/46 

Paul  Henreid-Maureen  O'Hara  Block  2 

Han  Kurov-Viola  Essen  July  5/46 

Ingrid  Bergman-Gregory  Peck  Dec.  28/45 

Richard  Conte-Faye  Marlowe  Dec. ,'45 

Gale  Sondergaard-Kirby  Grant  Mar.  22/46 

George  Brent-Dorothy  McGuire  Block  3 

Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea  June  15/46 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  Aug.  24/46 

Zachary  Scott-Alexis  Smith  Not  Set 
Dana  Andrews-Jeanne  Crain-Dick  Haymes  Oct.,'45 
Lawrence  Tierney-Anne  Jeffreys        (T)  Aug.  1/46 

Bette  Davis-Glenn  Ford  July  6/46 

Betty  Hutton-Barry  Fitzgerald  Dec.  28/45 
Jean  Gabin-Michele  Morgan           (T)  June  5/46 

Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce  Oct.  5/45 

Jane  Wyatt-Lowell  Gilmore  May  10/46 

Claude  Rains-Barbara  Bate  Sept.  2/46 

Brenda  Marshall-William  Gargan  Mar.  16/46 

Paul  Kelly-Osa  Massen  Oct.,'46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Van  Heflin  Sept.  13/46 

Edmund  Lowe-Jean  Rogers  Jan.  12/46 
Edw.  G.  Robinson-Loretta  Young       (T)  July  15/46 

Signe  Hasso-John  Shepperd  June/46 

Eddie  Albert-Forrest  Taylor  July  6/46 

Hedy  Lamarr-George  Sanders  Oct.  25/46 

Rosemary  La  Planche-Robt.  Barrett  Jan.  1/46 

Eddie  Cantor-Ethel  Merman  May  15/46 

Fred  MacMurray-Paulette  Goddard  Not  Set 

Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Dec.  8/45 
James  Warren-Nan  Leslie                (T)  Oct.  1/46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  May  10/46 

Sonja  Henic-John  Payne  Sept.,'46 

David  Bruce-Cleatus  Caldwell  Not  Set 

Belita-Barry  Sullivan  June  15/46 

Johnny  Weissmueller- Virginia  Grey  Sept.  6/46 

Elyse  Knox-Phil  Regan  Nov.  16/46 

Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Mar.  16/46 

Fernand  Gravet-Jacqueline  Francell  Mar.  9/46 

Jinx  Falkenburg-Joe  Besser  Mar.  28/46 

Maria  Montez-Preston  Foster  Mar.  8/46 
Alfred  Drake-Janet  Blair-M  arc  Piatt  Jan.  10/46 
Johnny  Weissmuller-J.  Sheffield-B.  Joyce      Block  4 

Merle  Oberon-George  Brent  Not  Set 

Margaret  O'Brien-George  Murphy  Not  Set 

Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce  Feb.  1/46 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St  John  Aug.  14/46 

Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Dec.  20/46 

James  Dunn-Mona  Freeman  Not  Set 

Franchot  Tone-Susanne  Foster  Sept.  28/45 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  May  16/46 

Sydney  Greenstreet-Martha  Vickers  Not  Set 

Merle  Oberon-JoeJ  McCrea  Feb.  15/46 

Robert  Lowery-Barbara  Britton  May  3/46 
Robert  Montgomery-John  Wayne  Nov.-Dec.,'45 
James  Mason-Phyllis  Calvert             (T)  July  23/46 

Merle  Oberon-Claude  Rains  Nov.  2/45 

June  Haver-Vivian  Blaine  Oct.,'46 
Geraldine  Fitzgerald-Sydney  Greenstreet  Feb.  16/46 

Margaret  O'Brien-Lionel  Barrymore  Aug.  29/46 


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1 17m 

63  m 
85m 
65m 
61m 

60m 
I  00m 

89  m 
59m 
56m 
86m 


Aug.  17/46  3149 


72m      Nov.  17/45 


Aug.  17/46 
July  20/46 
Jan.  26/46 
Feb.  2/46 
Aug.  3/46 
June  15/46 
Mar.  9/46 
Dec.  22/45 

Mar.  30/46 
May  I  1/46 


Oct.  6/45 
May  25/46 
Nov.  3/45 
Oct.  13/45 
Mar.  23/46 
Jar,.  5/46 


Aug.  25/45 
July  20/46 

May.  4/46 
Oct.  13/45 
July  13/46 
Oct.  6/45 
Apr.  20/46 
Oct.  27/45 
Feb  23/46 

Sept.  14/46 

Mar.  23/46 
Dec.  22,45 
May  25/46 
May  I  1/46 
Mar.  2/46 

Dec.  29/45 
Jan.  25/36 

Sept.  29/45 
July  20/46 
June  15/46 
Aug.  24/46 


27 


3150 
3101 
2818 
2830 
3125 
3041 
2882 
2766 

2917 
2986 


Aug.  18/45  2639 


2669 
3006 
2701 
2677 
2906 
2785 


Aug.  24/46  3162 


2638 
3101 
2973 
2679 
3089 
2669 
2950 
2693 
2859 
3197 

2907 
2768 
3005 
2986 
2870 

2777 


2661 
3102 
3042 
3163 


Advance 
Synopsis 
Page 

2884 

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2951 

3031 
3187 
2354 
3055 
2870 

2907 
2744 

3031 
2628 
2809 
2655 
2850 
2809 
2859 
2628 
2454 

3127 
2259 
2776 
2093 
2499 
2850 
2695 

3138 
2939 
2434 
3076 
2756 
2555 

2454 
2883 

2776 


2870 
2598 
2756 
2951 

2884 
2686 

2987 

3090 
2987 

3078 


Servict 
Data 
Page 


101m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

69m 

May  1 1/46 

2986 

2963 

74  m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2628 

90m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

71m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2818 

76m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

2756 

86m 

Jan.  19/46 

2805 

2710 

72m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2655 

3076 

3031 

60m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

2748 

55m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2884 

55m 

Jan.  12/46 

2795 

2744 

3090 

84  m 

Sept.  29/45 

2662 

2434 

67m 

2786 

3031 

95  m 

Feb.  29/36 

66m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2695 

136m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2384 

1  15m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

90m 

Nov.  3/45 

2703 

2662 

90m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

2907 

92m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2366 

90m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2907 

2862 
2975 


2810 

3188 
2898 


3100 


2975 
2930 


2930 
2898 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  14,  1946 


3207 


Title 
Thrill  of  Brazil 
Throw  a  Saddle  on  a 
Thunder  Town 


Star 


Company 
Coi. 
Col. 
PRC 


Till  the  Clouds  Roll  By  (color)  MGM 
Till  the  End  of  Time  (Block  6)  RKO 
Time  of  Their  Lives  Univ. 
Time,  the  Place,  the  Girl  (color)  WB 

fTo  Each  His  Own  (Block  5)  Para. 
Tokyo  Rose  (Block  3)  Para. 

t  Tomorrow  Is  Forever  RKO 
Too  Good  to  Be  True  Para. 

(formerly  Easy  Come,  Easy  Go) 
Too  Young  to  Know  WB 
Traffic  in  Crime  Rep. 
Trail  to  Mexico  Mono. 
Trail  to  Vengeance  Univ. 
Trigger  Fingers  Mono. 
Trouble  with  Women  Para. 
True  Glory,  The  Col. 
Truth  About  Murder,  The  RKO 
Turn  of  the  Century  (Swedish)  Scandia 
Two  Fisted  Stranger  Col. 
Two  Gays  from  Milwaukee  ,  WB 
Two  Mrs.  Carrolls,  The  WB 

f  Two  Sisters  from  Boston  (Bl.  16)  MGM 
Two  Smart  People  MGM 
2,000  Women  (British)  Gains.-G.F.D. 
Two  Years  Before  the  Mast  Para. 

UNCLE  Andy  Hardy  MGM 

Under  Arizona  Skies  Mono. 

Undercover  Woman  Rep. 

Undercurrent  MGM 

Under  Nevada  Skies  Rep. 

Unholy  Garden  (Re-Issue)  Film  Classics 

Unknown,  The  Col. 
Up  Goes  Maisie  (Block  15)  MGM 

VACATION  from  Marriage 

(Block  14)  (British)  MGM 

Vacation  in  Reno  RKO 

Valley  of  the  Zombies  Rep. 

Verdict,  The  WB 

t  Virginian,  The  (color)  (Bl.  4)  Para. 

Voice  of  the  Whistler  Col. 

WAGON  Wheels  Westward  Rep. 
Walk  in  the  Sun,  A  20th-Fox 
Walls  Came  Tumbling  Down,  The  Col. 
Wanderer  of  the  Wasteland  RKO 
Wanted  for  Murder  (Brit.)  20th-Fox 
Way  We  Live,  The  (British]  GFD 
Wedding  Night  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

t  Weekend  at  the  Waldorf  (Spcl.)  MGM 
Welcome,  Stranger  Para. 

t  Well  Groomed  Bride,  The  (Bl.  4)  Para. 
West  of  the  Alamo  Mono. 
What  Next,  Corporal  Har- 
grove? (Block  14)  MGM 
Where  There's  Life  Para. 
While  Nero  Fiddled  (Brit.)  Bacon-Bell 
Whirlwind  of  Paris  (French)  Hoffberg 
Whistle  Stop  UA 
White  Tie  and  Tails  Univ. 
Wicked  Lady,  The  (Br.)  Eagle-Lion 
Wife  of  Monte  Cristo  PRC 
Wife  Wanted  Mono. 
Wild  Beauty  Univ. 
Wildfire  Screen  Guild 

Without  Dowry  (Russian)  Artkino 

t  Without  Reservations  RKO 
Woman  Chases  Man  (Reissue) 

Film  Classics 

Woman  on  the  Beach  RKO 

(formerly  Desirable  Woman) 
Woman  Who  Came  Back,  The  Rep. 

YANK  in  London,  A  (Br.)  20th-Fox 
Yearling,  The  (color)  MGM 
Years  Between,  The  (British)  GFD 
Yolanda  and  the  Thief  (color) 

(Block  14)  MGM 
Young  Widow  UA 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or 

Number               Stars  Release  Date 

7006        Evelyn  Keyes-Keenan  Wynn  Sept.  30/46 

7221   .    Ken  Curtis-Adele  Roberts  Mar.  14/46 

  *    Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor  Apr.  10/46 

Robert  Walker-Judy  Garland  Not  Set 
626        Dorothy  McGuire-Guy  Madison       (T)  Aug.  1/46 

546        Bud  Abbott-Lou  Costello  Aug.  16/46 

....         Dennis  Morgan-Jack  Carson  Not  Set 

4524        Olivia  De  Havilland-John  Lund  July  5/46 

4511        Byron  Barr-Lotus  Long  Feb.  8/46 

682        Claudette  Colbert-Orson  Welles  Special 

....        Sonny  Tufts-Diana  Lynn  Not  Set 

507        Joan  Leslie-Robert  Hutton  Dec.  1/45 

522        Kane  Richmond-Adele  Mara  June  28/46 

574        Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  June  29/46 

1103  Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Nov.  30/45 
....        Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton     Sept.  21/46 

  Ray  Milland-Teresa  Wright  Not  Set 

7050        Documentary  Oct.  4/45 

624        Bonita  Granville-Morgan  Conway  Block  5 

....         Edvard  Persson-Stina  Hedberg  Feb.  23/46 

7208        Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  May  30/46 

524        Dennis  Morgan-Joan  Leslie  Aug.  17/46 

....         Barbara  Stanwyck-Humphrey  Bogart  Not  Set 

622  Jimmy  Durante-June  Allyson  Apr.-May,46 
John  Hodiak-Lucille  Ball                 (T)  June  4/46 

Phyllis  Calvert-Flora  Robson  Not  Set 
Alan  Ladd-Brian  Donlevy                 (T)  Aug.  22/46 

Mickey  Rooney-Bonita  Granville  Not  Set 
561  Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton  Apr.  27/46 
515        Stephanie  Bachelor-Robert  Livingston     Apr.  1 1, "46 

Katharine  Hepburn-Robert  Taylor  Not  Set 

541         Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans  Aug.  26/46 

  Ronald  Colman-Fay  Wray  July  29/46 

7027        Karen  Morley-Jim  Bannon  July  4/46 

613        Ann  Sothern-George  Murphy  Jan.-Feb.,'46 

608  Robert  Donat-Deborah  Kerr  Nov.-Dec.,'45 
....        Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Not  Set 

520        Robert  Livingston-Adrian  Booth  May  24/46 

....         Sydney  Greenstreet-Peter  Lorre  Not  Set 

4516        Joel  McCrea-Brian  Donlevy  Apr.  5/46 

7024        Richard  Dix-Lynn  Merrick  Oct.  30/45 

564        "Wild'  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Dec.  2 1/45 

616         Dana  Andrews-Richard  Conte  Mar.,'46 

701  I         Lee  Bowman-Marguerite  Chapman  June  7/46 

609  James  Warren-Audrey  Long  Block  2 
644        Eric  Portman-Dulcie  Gray  Nov.,'46 

Peter  Willes  Not  Set 

....        Gary  Cooper-Anna  Sten  June  15/46 

605  Ginger  Rogers-Lana  Turner-Walter  Pidgeon  Oct.,'45 
....  Bing  Crosby-Barry  Fitzgerald  Not  Set 
4519        Ray  Milland-Olivia  DeHavilland  May  17/46 

573        Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White        Apr.  20/46 

606  Robert  Walker-Keenan  Wynn  Nov.-Dec./45 
Bob  Hope-Signe  Hasso  Not  Set 
Tommy  Trinder-Frances  Day  Apr.  29/46 
Charpin-Marguerite  Perry  Feb.  9/46 
George  Raft-Ava  Gardner  Jan.  25/46 

550        Dan  Duryea-Ella  Raines  Aug.  30/46 

Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Not  Set 

John  Loder-Lenore  Aubert  Apr.  23/46 

Kay  Francis-Paul  Cavanaugh  Oct.  12/46 

545        Don  Porter-Lois  Collier  Aug.  9,46 

001         Bob  SteeLe-Sterling  Holloway  May/46 

Olga  Pyshova-Nina  Alisova  Apr.  6/46 

621        Claudette  Colbert-John  Wayne  Block  5 


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57m  Apr.  6/46  2926 

105m  June  i5,'46  3041 

82m  Aug.  17/46  3149 

122  m  Mar.  16/46  2894 

70m  Dec.  8/45  2745 

105m  Jan.  19/46  2805 

86m  Nov.  17/45  2718 

56m  July  6/46  3077 

54m   

84m  Sept.  i  5/45  2646 

63m  Apr.  20/46  2950 

110m  Mar.  9/46  2882 

50m  June  15/46  3043 

90m  Aug.  3/46  3126 


1 12m 
93m 
97m 
98m 


94m 


90m 
60m 

55m 
I  17m 
82m 
67m 
103m 
64m 
83m 
130m 

75m 
58m 

96m 

65m 
88m 
84m 
74m 
103m 
80m 

61m 
60m 
81m 
107m 


Mar.  9/46 
June  8/46 
Sept.  9/44 
Aug.  31/46 


56m      June  1/46 


Jan. 26/46 
Feb.  23/46 

Jan.  19/46 
Dec.  1/45 
May  25/46 
Sept.  29/45 
Apr.  13/46 
Aug.  24/46 
Feb. 23/35 
July  28/45 

Feb."  2/46 
May  25/46 


May  11/46 
Feb.  23/46 
Jan.  12/46 
Sept.  14/46 
Dec.  15/45 
Mar.  30/46 


Apr.  27/46 
May  1 1/46 


2881 
3029 
2626 
3173 


59m 

June  8/46 

3030 

56m 

July  6/46 

3077 

69m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

77m 

Aug.  8/31 

90m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

Dec.   1/45  2733 


3017 

2817 
2859 

2806 
2733 
3005 
2662 
2937 
3162 

2627 

2829 
3006 


Nov.  17/45  2717 


2986 
2859 
2793 
3197 
2757 
2918 


Aug.  17/46  3150 


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2939 
2555 
2861 
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2384 
3055 
3031 
2748 
3126 
2776 

2776 

2951 
2884 
2628 
2695 
2748 

3055 

3127 
2870 
2748 
3007 
3127 

3055 


2710 
3127 
3007 
2764 
2242 
2655 

2555 
2242 
2963 


2242 
2939 
2786 
2883 

2710 
3078 


2744 


2895 
3138 
3076 


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3164 
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2975 


2898 


2798 


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3164 


2930 
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3164 


2979 
3188 


3018 
3164 

2975 

3100 
3018 


2884  3164 


TZ1EGFELD  Follies  of  1946 
(color)  (Special) 


MGM 


Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea 
Joan  Bennett-Robert  Ryan 

May  15/46 
(T)  Jan..'47 

70m 

May  1/37 

2883 

507 

Nancy  Kelly-John  Loder 

Dec.  13/45 

68m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2555 

622 

Anna  Neagle-Dean  Jagger 
Gregory  Peck-Jacqueline  White 
Michael  Redgrave-Valerie  Hobson 

Mar./46 
(T)  Sept.  13/46 
Not  Set 

106m 
100m 

Feb.  23/46 
Apr.  20/46 

2858 
2949 

2883 

610 

Fred  Astaire-Lucille  Bremer 
Jane  Russell-Louis  Hayward 

Nov.-Dec./45 
Mar.  1/46 

108m 
98m 

Oct.  20/45 
Feb.  23/46 

2685  • 
2857 

2354 
2454 

2930 
3188 

617 

MGM  Contract  Stars 

Mar./46 

1 10m 

Aug.  25/45 

2638 

1913 

3188 

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"Blondie  Brings  Up  Baby" 
"Five  Little  Peppers 
and  How  They  Grew" 
"Five  Little  Peppers 
in  Trouble" 


M-G-M 

"Young  Tom  Edison" 
"The  Human  Comedy" 
"Adventures  of 
Huckleberry  Finn" 


PARAMOUNT 

"Alice  in  Wonderland" 
"Little  Miss  Marker'* 
"Mrs.  Wiggs  of  the 
Cabbage  Patch" 


"The  Hoosier  Schoolboy" 
"The  Barefoot  Boy" 


REPUBLIC 

"Sis  Hopkins" 
"Young  Buffalo  Bill" 


RKO-RADIO 

"Two  Thoroughbreds" 
"Anne  of  Windy  Poplars" 
"Anne  of  Green  Gables" 
• 

UNIVERSAL 

"The  Underpup" 
"Sandy  Gets  Her  Man" 
"The  Mighty  Treve" 


"Green  Pastures" 
"A  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream" 
"The  Prince  and  the 
Pauper" 


20th  CENT.-FOX 

"Jane  Eyre" 
"Rebecca  of  Sunnybrook 
Farm" 
"Poor  Little  Rich  Girl" 


UNITED  ARTISTS 

"Song  of  the  Open  Road" 
"Knickerbocker  Holiday" 
"Three's  a  Family" 


he  Cream  of  the  Crop  for  Saturday  Morning  Shows! 

Approved  by  your  community  leaders,  parents  and  teachers,  all  reviewing  groups,  and 
sponsored  as  a  public  service,  by  Eric  Johnston,  working  through  the  Motion  Picture 
Association  with  the  above  listed  member  and  non-member  companies. 


.....   _  ....  ,  .  .  .  . 


Screenplay  by  Alien  Rivkin.  Harry  Clork  and  Deverv  Freeman  •  Directed  bv 


S.  SYLVAN  SIMON . 


Mb!  a  SIDNEY  BIDOELL  •  A  COLUMBIA 


MOTION  PICTURE 

HERALD 


REVIEWS 

(In  Product  Digest) 

The  Jolson  Story 

London  Town 

Thrill  of  Brazil 

It's  Great  To  Be  Young 

Theirs  Is  the  Glory 

Her  Sister's  Secret 

Angel  On  My  Shoulder 

Crime  Doctor's  Man  Hunt 

Missing  Lady 

Landrush 

The  Inner  Circle 

The  Devil's  Playground 


ALLIED,  IN  BOSTON,  WEIGHS 
NEXT  MOVE  AS  EXHIBITORS 
SPLIT  ON  SUIT  INTERVENTION 

Myers  Argues  for  Divorcement 
Johnston  calls  it  "Growing  Pains" 

EXPORT  ASSOCIATION  SIGNS 
DUTCH,  DANES  AND  CZECHS 
OPENING  NEW  MARKETS 

Showmen  Voice  Alarm 
As  Dope  Cycle  Starts 


Entered  as  second-class  matter,  January  12,  1931,  at  the  Post  Office,  at  New  York  City,  U .  S.  A.,  under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Pub- 
lished weekly  by  Quigley  Publishing  Co.,  Inc.,  at  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  Rockefeller  Center,  New  York  20.  Af.  Y.  Subscription  prices:  $5.00 
a  year  in  the  Americas,  $10.00  a  year  Foreign.   Single  copy,  25  cents.    All  contents  copyright  1946  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company. 


Announcing  M-G-M 

REPRINTS  of  MASTERPIECES 

with  gratitude  for  a  suggestion  jrom 
our  Friendly  customers 


JVLiny  of  our  accounts  have  told  us  of  tlie  constant 
queries  ol  tlieir  patrons  concerning  M-G-M 
.Masterpieces  of  All  Time,  great  attractions  winch 
have  never  lost  their  power  and  significance. 

There  has  been  a  growing  interest  among  a  new 
generation  of  picture-goers  in  many  of  the  renowned 
.M.etro  -  Goldwyn  -  M  ayer  entertainments  which 
have  enabled  this  company  to  he  acclaimed  by  more 
Academy  Awards  than  all  other  companies. 


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ponsive  as  always  to  the  showmanship  guidance 
of  our  alert  customers  who  express  the  public  wish, 
we  are   therefore  pleased  to  announce  that  from 
time  to  time  we  will  issue  Reprints  of  previous! 
released  jVi-G-Al  Al.asterpieces. 


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YOU  WERE  RIGHT, 
MISTER  EXHIBITOR! 


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The  first  of  M-G-M's  Reprints  of  Masterpieces 
RAGE  IN  HEAVEN"  is  doing  excellent  business 
in  all  4  test  engagements. 

Next  comes  "CAPTAINS  COURAGEOUS."  The 
idea  in  which  you  encouraged  us  so  heartily 
is  off  to  a  flying  start.  See  next  page. 


NGRID  BERGMAN  AND 
ROBERT  MONTGOMERY  ARE 
5ENSATIONAL! 

i  its  tests  at  Indianapolis,  Harrisburg,  Dayton,  Reading: 

T  EQUALS  SAILOR  TAKES  A  WIFE!" 

BEATS  BAD  BASCOMB!" 
T  BEATS  VINES  HAVE  TENDER  GRAPES!" 
T  BEATS  HIGHNESS  AND  BELLBOY!" 


M-G-M  presents  INGRID  BERGMAN -ROBERT  MONTGOMERY  in  "RAGE  IN  HEAVEN" 
with  George  Sanders  •  Lucile  Watson  •  Oscar  Homolka  •  Screen  Play  by  Christopher  Isherwood 
and  Robert  Thoeren  •  Based  on  the  Novel  by  James  Hilton  •  Directed  by  W.  S.  VAN  DYKE  IT 
Produced  by  GOTTFRIED  REINHARDT   •   A  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Reprint 


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I  L.  Warnef/  Executive  Producer 


WALTER  BRENNAN  •  FAYE  EMERSON  •  george  coulouris  •  george  tobias 

DIRECTED  BY  ORIGINAL  SCREEN  PLAY  BY  W.  R.  BURNETT  PRODUCED  BY 

JEAN  NEGULESCO  music  by  adolph  deutsch  ROBERT  BUCKNER 


ANNA  AND  THE  KIN 


Wins  the  Boxoffice  Blue  Ribbon  Award  for 


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August! 


Motion  Picture  Herald  Acclaims 
in  Technicolor,  July  Boxoffice  Champion 


THREE  LITT 


GIRLS  IN 


in  Technicolor,  Tops  20th  s  Greatest  Grossing 
Musicals  in  Atlantic  City  and  Philadelphia! 


Today  the  Biggest  Boxoffice  Figures  Are 
Being  Made  By  the  Biggest  Figure  in  the 


Industry  - 


Century-Fox! 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD 


MARTIN  QUIGLEY,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher 

Terry  Ramsaye,  Editor 

Vol.  164,  No.  12 

OP 

September  21,  1 946 

DOPE  and  COMPROMISE 


ITTLE  by-paths  of  evasion  and  compromise  are  feeder 
to  the  high  road  to  hell.    Corrosive  forces  of 


lines 


L temptation  beset  the  Production  Code  of  self-discipline 
by  which  the  organized  motion  picture  industry  has 
these  many  years  operated  with  a  minimum  of  conflict  both 
with  the  various  censorships  and  with  the  moral  standards  of 
decent  America. 

Softly,  quietly,  an  arrangement  to  open  the  screen  of  the 
entertainment  theatre  to  pictures  dealing  with  the  traffic  in 
dope  was  maneuvered  through  a  meeting  of  the  Motion  Pic- 
ture Association  in  New  York  last  week. 

The  Code,  from  the  beginning,  had  said:  "Illegal  drug  traffic 
must  never  be  presented." 

Last  week's  amendment  removes  that  prohibition  with 
weasel  words:  "The  illegal  drug  traffic  must  not  be  portrayed 
in  such  a  way  as  to  stimulate  curiosity  .  .  .  nor  shall  scenes  .  .  . 
show  the  use  of  illegal  drugs  or  their  effects,  in  detail." 

That,  obviously  enough,  lets  the  narcotic  theme  into  the  pic- 
ture and  leaves  the  matter  of  treatment  open  to  the  typical 
Hollywood  sea-lawyering  and  debating  of  opinion  about  what 
is  meant  by  "in  such  a  way"  or  by  the  phrase  "in  detail". 

€This  percolating  stain  of  subterfuge  seeps  in  as  curious 
contradiction  of  the  motion  picture's  much  acclaimed 
and  so  well  served  policy  of  service  of  the  cause  of  civilization 
through  the  war;  in  contradiction,  too,  of  the  announced  pro- 
grams of  carrying  to  other  lands  the  story  of  Americanism 
and  of  the  American  Way,  announced  and  planned  by  the 
Department  of  State  with  cooperation  from  the  industry;  a 
sort  of  contradiction,  also,  of  the  policy  just  proclaimed  by 
the  announcement  of  that  "Children's  Film  Library"  assembled 
as  a  public  relations  gesture  by  the  Motion  Picture  Association. 

There  seems  to  be  so  little  understanding  —  it  is  better  to 
assume  that  than  to  assume  indifference  and  guile.  The  bitter, 
tragic  war  on  the  narcotic  habit  and  traffic  has  been  conducted 
with  growing  success  because  it  has  not  had  to  strive  against 
the  flow  of  publicity  and  glamours  of  more  social  vices. 

Aside  from  the  occasional  raid,  or  confiscation  of  drugs  at 
the  borders,  reported  in  minor  items  of  the  daily  press,  the 
public  has  heard  little,  indeed  —  and  that  is  just  as  well,  a 
working  of  a  deliberate  policy  born  of  experience. 

An  indicative  detail  of  the  cautions  is  the  fact  that  in  the 
last  few  years,  as  many  the  capable  gardener  has  noticed, 
seeds  of  the  ornamental  "bomb  poppy",  a  handsome  decora- 
tive annual  which  used  to  bedeck  the  summer  scene,  has 
vanished  from  the  seed  catalogs.  That  is  because  the  "bomb 
poppy"  is  a  form  of  papaver  sominiferum ,  the  source  of 
opium.  Probably  no  American  gardener  would  essay  the  pro- 
duction of  opium,  especially  since  it  entails  endless  hand  labour 
in  bleeding  the  seed-heads,  but  the  American  garden  might 
be  a  source  of  seeds  for  other  areas.  In  fact,  the  federal 
authorities  have  been  having  problems  of  late  with  the  culture 


of  opium  in  obscure  valleys  in  Mexico.  Part  of  the  sordid 
complexities  of  today's  problems  of  the  United  States  and 
its  allies  in  the  Orient  are  concerned  with  the  deliberate 
Japanese  nurture  of  the  drug  industry  and  promulgation  of 
drug  habits  in  invaded  lands. 

While  we  are  officially  and  nationally  engaged  in  using 
^1  the  screen  to  promulgate  the  American  Way,  as  an 
example  of  the  beneficence  of  democracy,  it  would  seem  less 
than  appropriate  to  introduce  now  to  the  screen  expositions, 
of  any  order,  pertaining  to  the  unfortunates  of  drug  addictions, 
of  this  or  any  country. 

Unhappily,  the  manner  of  the  passing  of  this  amendment 
of  the  Code  through  a  meeting  of  the  industry's  trade  asso- 
ciation has  had  about  it  a  certain  aura  of  slick  county-chair- 
manship calculated  to  endow  the  proceeding  with  no  dignity 
of  position.  It  was  brought  into  that  meeting  without  announce- 
ment of  any  order  which  might  have  invited  or  permitted  a 
discussion  of  the  poignant  considerations  that  inevitably  obtain. 
It  went  through  in  studied  nonchalance  with  little  or  no  con- 
sciousness among  those  not  privy  to  the  program  of  the  sig- 
nificance of  what  they  were  being  asked  to  give  approval. 

Why  this  should  be  is  not,  one  hopes,  too  clear.  It  is  said 
that  for  a  while,  in  two  different  studios  of  Hollywood,  there 
have  been  preparations  for  pictures  dealing  with  drug  habit 
motivations.  A  third  such  production  was  announced  over  the 
weekend.  Other  similar  projects  are  in  hasty  preparation. 

There  is  no  immediate  evidence  of  an  artistic  necessity  or 
public  demand  for  an  excursion  into  the  deliriums  of  drug 
addiction  by  the  screen.  The  motion  picture  for  more  than 
a  decade  has  been  enjoying  an  extraordinary  prosperity  under 
self-imposed  regulations  of  decency,  including  the  anti-nar- 
cotics provision.  It  has  no  excuse  of  the  desperations  and 
hunger  which  drove  it  to  giveaways,  lotteries,  double  bill  abuses 
and  experiments  in  the  Mae  West  category  of  appeal. 

What  needs  to  be  known,  what  must  be  known,  is  that 
dope  is  one  of  the  few  really  unmentionables.  No 
argument  need  be  made  about  the  suggestion  power  of  the 
motion  picture.  In  the  realm  of  narcotics,  as  endless  authority 
and  experience  testify,  the  mere  suggestion  is  the  nudge  of 
destruction,  for  those  who  are  susceptible.  The  argument  of 
the  moral  lesson  is  futile.  The  addict,  the  ex-addict  and  the 
addict-to-be  are  alike  reminded.  That  is  the  word,  "reminded". 
There  is  only  one  cure  —  which  is  to  forget  it,  with  the  aid,  if 
necessary,  of  hospitalization. 

For  many  minds  in  travail,  suffering  the  ordeals  of  difficult 
living  in  a  difficult  world,  the  suggestion  of  escape,  at  what- 
ever price,  encouraged  by  the  vicarious  experience  before 
them  on  the  screen,  is  inevitably  a  great  and  immediate  peril. 

The  motion  picture  will  be  well  advised  to  avoid  assuming 
the  responsibility  that  this  entails. 

— Terry  Ramsaye 


THIS  WEEK  IN  THE  NEWS 


Success 

THOMAS  C.  McCONNELL,  Chicago  at- 
torney who  earlier  this  year  won  a  $360,000 
Supreme  Court  clearance  and  damage  suit 
for  the  Jackson  Park  theatre,  has  been  ap- 
proached by  some  15  Chicago  theatres  to 
handle  similar  claims,  he  said  this  week. 
Mr.  McConnell  has  turned  them  all  down 
because  all  of  the  theatre  owners  have  re- 
quested his  services  on  a  "contingent"  basis 
— that  is,  his  fee  would  be  paid  only  if  and 
when  he  secured  a  victory  for  the  client. 
Mr.  McConnell  termed  his  time  as  being  too 
valuable  to  work  on  such  a  basis. 


Phone  Plugs 


"DUEL  IN  THE  SUN,"  David  O.  Selz- 
nick's  forthcoming  production  which  will  be 
released  by  United  Artists,  and  which  has 
been  receiving  much  attention  through  its 
extensive  publicity  and  advertising  cam- 
paign, has  had  another  publicity  service 
added  to  its  program.  Starting  in  October 
"Duel  in  the  Sun"  will  be  publicized  by 
Movietime,  Inc.,  a  New  York  telephone  ser- 
vice which  provides  information  on  film 
presentations  in  the  metropolitan  area  to  an 
estimated  190,000  customers  a  week.  At  the 
conclusion  of  the  answer  to  each  telephone 
inquiry  Movietime's  operators  will  add, 
"Watch  for  'Duel  in  the  Sun'."  The  cam- 
paign will  run  for  13  weeks  and  will  be 
the  only  advertising  Movietime  will  carry 
during  that  period.  Last  week  Movietime 
signed  contracts  with  the  Golden  theatre  in 
New  York  to  provide  information  on  "Henry 
V",  the  Arena  theatre;  Leo  Brecher  thea- 
tres, and  with  the  Randforce  circuit  of  38 
theatres.  Julius  Polinger,  president  of  Movie- 
time, Inc.,  plans  to  open  additional  offices 
in  other  key  cities  in  the  near  future. 


Increases 

THE  question  of  increased  admission  taxes 
reared  its  head  again  this  week,  this  time  in 
the  District  of  Columbia.  On  Monday,  the 
Washington  Motion  Picture  Theatre  Owners 
met  with  the  district's  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners behind  closed  doors  to  fight  a  pro- 
posed 10  per  cent  increase  in  theatre  admis- 
sion taxes  and  to  discuss  other  methods  of 
increasing  the  tax  revenue. 

Meanwhile,  admission  prices  in  a  few  first- 
run  theatres  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  have  gone  up  five  cents  and 
there  are  indications  that  other  theatres  in 
those  cities  will  follow  suit.  In  Baltimore 
the  first-run  Hippodrome  and  Stanley  thea- 
tres have  increased  their  evening  admission 
prices  from  65  to  70  cents.  In  Springfield, 
Mass.,  a  fairly  general  increase  is  seen  since 


ALLIED  studies  suit  intervention  at  con- 
vention in  Boston  Page  13 

DELEGATES  pictured  at  Allied  meeting  in 
informal  moments  Page  14 

OBSERVATIONS  on  Johnston  address  to 
Allied,  by  Red  Kann  Page  16 

SHOWMEN'S  voice  on  dope,  as  produc- 
tion cycle  starts  Page  17 

ON  THE  MARCH— Red  Kann  in  comment 
on  industry  affairs  Page  18 


EXHIBITION  is  split  on  suit  intervention 
procedure  Page  2 

COLUMBIA  scores  decree  decision  in  an 
swer;  U.  S.  proposal  due  Page  2' 

OPEN  Czechoslovakian  market  for  Amer 
ican  product  Page  2! 

BRITISH  producers  expected  to  ask  drastic 
changes  in  Quota  Page  2( 

NATIONAL  SPOTLIGHT— Notes  about  in 
dustry  personnel  across  country  Page  2l, 


SERVICE  DEPARTMENTS 

Hollywood  Scene 

Page 

44 

What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me       Page  5C 

In  the  Newsreels 

Page 

43 

IN  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 

Managers'  Round  Table 

Page 

53 

Showmen's  Reviews                  Page  3209  ! 

Picture  Grosses 

Page 

61 

Release  Chart  by  Companies    Page  3212 

Short  Product  at  First  Runs 

Page 

48 

The  Release  Chart                  Page  3213 

many  of  the  first-run  theatres  have  raised     »-v  • 
their  evening  admission  prices  to  65  cents.  UlSCOV&ty 
It  was  also  revealed  in  Springfield  that  the 
mayor  of  the  city  is  studying  a  plan  which 
would  increase  the  theatres'  license  fees. 

In  Springfield,  Mo.,  a  five  per  cent  per 
ticket  levy  on  motion  picture  shows  and  all 
other  performances  and  amusements  to  bring 
in  an  estimated  annual  take  of  $45,000  to 
help  meet  the  deficit  in  the  1947  city  budget, 
will  probably  be  adopted  within  a  few  days. 


Bonanza 

"ABIE'S  IRISH  ROSE,"  that  Broadway 
stage  production  which  opened  at  the  Fulton 
theatre  in  1922  and  which  many  theatrical 
critics  predicted  would  never  be  a  hit,  has 
brought  some  $10,000,000'  to  its  author  Anne 
Nichols.  United  Artists  quoted  the  figures 
last  week  prior  to  the  company's  release  of 
a  new  screen  version  of  the  play. 


Star 

JOAN  LESLIE,  number  one  in  Motion 
Picture  Herald's  annual  Stars  of  Tomor- 
row poll,  has  been  signed  by  Eagle-Lion 
Films  for  the  feminine  lead  in  that  studio's 
forthcoming  "Mr.  Jow."  Miss  Leslie,  who 
was  set  for  the  part  less  than  one  week 
after  having  won  first  place  in  the  Herald 
poll,  joins  Herbert  Marshall,  signed  for  the 
top  role  in  "Mr.  Jow."  The  young  star 
will  be  cast  as  a  newspaper  woman  whose 
investigation  of  the  activities  of  a  mysteri- 
ous lake  monster  results  in  the  expose  of 
a  mad  scientist. 


J.  ARTHUR  RANK  has  discovered  what  he 
thinks  is  the  perfect  theme  for  a  surefire 
American  success :  The  discovery  of  Amer- 
ica by  Columbus. 

Consequently,  it  has  been  decided  that 
Mr.  Rank's  prestige  picture  for  1947  will 
be  "Christopher  Columbus,"  based  on  the 
novel  by  Raphael  Sabatini.  Shooting  starts 
immediately  at  Gainsborough's  Shepherd's 
Bush  studio.  It  will  be  produced  by  Syd- 
ney Box,  directed  by  David  MacDonald, 
with  Stewart  Granger  playing  the  lead. 
Budgeted  at  a  cost  exceeding  "Henry  V,"; 
which  cost  $2,000,000  or  more,  the  film  will 
be  shot  in  Technicolor. 

If  Mr.  Rank's  cameras  are  not  actually 
coming  to  America  to  discover  America 
they  are  most  certainly  going  almost  every- 
where else  in  the  world.  The  Rank  Or- 
ganization has  three  films  on  location  in , 
Ireland  and  one  in  Scotland.  There  was 
recently  another  location  unit  in  India, 
there  is  soon  to  be  one  in  South  Africa  and 
a  third  currently  is  beating  its  way  into  the 
jungles  of  Brazil. 


Philately 


THE  Cinema  Philatelists  is  now  being  or- 
ganized in  New  York  and  is  being  designed 
to  be  of  special  interest  to  all  stamp  collec-  ' 
tors  identified  with  the  motion  picture  indus 
tdy.  A  charter  meeting  of  the  organization 
will  be  held  Thursday,  October  10,  in  Nat 
Cohn's  office,  630  Ninth  Avenue,  New  York 
City. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


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Progress 


HAVING  trouble  getting  transportation 
these  days? 

Are  you  tired  and  irritable  from  long 
jaunts  by  train  and  automobile? 

Harry  D.  Fields,  president  of  the  Pioneer 
Theatre  Corp.,  which  operates  some  21  thea- 
tres throughout  Iowa,  has  solved  the  trans- 
portation problem — at  least  as  far  as  he  is 
concerned.  Required  to  make  an  inspection 
tour  of  the  circuit  every  six  weeks  he  has 
resorted  to  air  travel  and  has  cut  his  travel- 
ling time  from  14  days  to  three  and  finds 
this  means  of  transportation  "relaxing  and 
enjoyable."  Mr.  Fields  travels  in  a  four- 
passenger  Cassna  aircraft  and  ofttimes  is 
accompanied  by  members  of  his  staff  and 
business  associates  who  transact  business  in 
a  matter  of  days  which  originally  took  weeks. 


Income  Tax  Plan 

AT  a  membership  meeting  of  the  Screen 
;  Actors  Guild  in  Hollywood  this  week  Wil- 
liam  Holden,  actor,  proposed  a  resolution  to 
'  have  actors'  income  taxes  based  on  average 
;  income  for  four  years  because  of  wide  fluc- 
tuations in  earnings  from  year  to  year  in- 
'  stead  of  being  paid  on  each  annual  earning 
as  the  income  tax  law  now  calls  for.  Unani- 
mous approval  of  the  plan  is  expected  by  the 
SAG. 


5,000,000  Copies 

W.  SOMERSET  MAUGHAM'S  novel, 
"The  Razor's  Edge,"  will  have  achieved  a 
total  book  and  magazine  sale  of  close  to 
5,000,000  copies  by  the  time  Darryl  F. 
Zanuck's  film  production  of  the  book  is  re- 
leased Christmas,  it  was  announced  last  week 
following  a  publisher's  survey.  A  serializa- 
tion of  the  book  first  appeared  in  Redbook 
Magazine  in  December  1943  and  reached 
1,500,000  readers  each  installment. 

Early  in  1944,  Doubleday  Doran  published 
the  original  edition  and  sold  233,963  copies. 
A  dollar  edition  brought  out  by  Blakiston 
shortly  after  sold  295,664  copies.  Following 
this,  the  Literary  Guild  circulated  the  novel 
to  532,868  members  in  1944,  and  more  than 
125,000  copies  were  made  available  to  the 
armed  forces. 

In  1945  the  book  was  sent  to  492,990  mem- 
bers of  the  Dollar  Book  Club.  Triangle 
Books  are  releasing  a  special  motion  picture 
edition  next  month,  illustrated  with  stills 
from  the  picture.  This  will  total  a  first 
printing  of  150,000  copies  with  100,000  more 
to  follow  when  the  picture  is  released.  In 


November  Pocket  Books,  Inc.,  will  distrib- 
ute 1,000,000  copies.  British,  Swedish, 
Spanish  and  French  editions  of  "The  Razor's 
Edge"  have  also  been  published.  (A  story 
on  the  premiere  of  the  picture  appears  on 
page  43.) 


Stay-a  t-Homes 

A  SURVEY  of  Philadelphia's  moviegoing 
habits  by  The  Evening  Bulletin  of  that  city 
shows  an  increased  attendance  over  that 
shown  in  the  newspaper's  poll  last  year. 
Only  10  per  cent  of  the  people  interviewed 
stay  away  from  motion  pictures,  as  compared 
with  15  per  cent  last  year.  Eighteen  per  ' 
cent  of  the  men  and  12  per  cent  of  the 
women  interviewed  go  to  the  movies  twice 
a  week,  as  against  14  per  cent  for  men  and 
nine  per  cent  for  women  last  year.  The  poll 
revealed  that  26  per  cent  attend  motion  pic- 
tures once  a  week,  15  per  cent  twice  a  week, 
six  per  cent  more  than  twice  a  week,  16  per 
cent  once  or  twice  a  month,  and  27  per  cent 
"occasionally." 


Air  Insurance 

HERE'S  good  news  for  industry  executives 
and  stars  who  find  commuting  by  air  a  neces- 
sity. According  to  Capitaliner,  official  organ 
of  Capital  Airlines,  an  ever  growing  number 
of  life  insurance  firms  are  issuing,  without 
restrictions,  policies  to  travelers  intending 
to  use  air  transportation.  A  survey  of  the 
insurance  companies  revealed  that  many  are 
now  selling  regular-rate  policies  to  those  in- 
tending to  make  "unlimited"  air  travel  over 
domestic  airlines ;  the  number  of  insurance 
companies  selling  such  policies  has  increased 
385  per  cent  from  1940  to  1945  and  1,621 
per  cent  since  1935. 


INVITATION 

Exhibitors  who  wish  to  be  heard  on 
the  issues  arising  out  of  the  Federal 
Court  opinion  in  the  case  of  the 
U.  S.  Government  vs.  "The  Distrib- 
utors" are  cordially  invited  to  state 
their  opinions  in  the  columns  of  The 
Herald.  In  the  decisions  arrived  at 
every  theatre  operator  will  be  vitally 
affected.  It  is  important  that  the  ex- 
hibitor make  known  his  opinions  and 
recommendations.  Address  communi- 
cations on  the  subject  to  The  Editor, 
Motion  Picture  Herald,  1270  Sixth 
Avenue,  New  York  20,  N.  Y. 


PEOPLE 


Frank  C.  Walker,  former  president  of 
Comerford  Theatres,  Inc.,  has  been 
elected  chairman  of  the  finance  committee 
of  the  Franklin  D.  Roosevelt  Memorial 
Foundation.  Henry  Morganthau,  Jr., 
former  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  is  pres- 
ident. 

Ned  E.  Depinet,  executive  vice-president 
of  RKO,  will  attend  the  International 
Film  Festival  being  held  at  Cannes, 
France. 

C.  J.  Latta  was  guest  of  honor  at  a  dinner 
given  by  the  Albany  Variety  Club  Mon- 
day evening  celebrating  his  election  as 
second  assistant  chief  barker  of  the  Na- 
tional Variety  Clubs. 

Mort  Nathanson,  formerly  New  York 
publicity  representative  for  Mike  Todd 
Enterprises,  last  week  was  appointed  east- 
ern publicity  and  advertising  representa- 
tive for  Liberty  Films,  Inc. 

Ralph  C.  Li  Beau  Week  has  been  set  by 
Paramount  Pictures  from  November  10 
to  16  in  honor  of  Mr.  Li  Beau's  silver 
anniversary  as  Kansas  City  district  sales 
manager. 

Frank  L.  McNamee,  Philadelphia  associate 
of  Jay  Emanuel  in  the  operation  of  four 
theatres,  has  been  awarded  the  Medal  of 
Merit  for  his  services  with  the  War  Man- 
power Commission. 

Oscar  Furstenberg,  associated  with 
Filmack  Trailer  Company,  of  Chicago  for 
10  years  before  the  war,  has  been  ap- 
pointed superintendent  of  production. 

Larry  Grieb,  manager  of  RKO's  Albee  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  has  resigned  to  become 
supervising  director  of  theatres  for  City 
Investing  Corporation,  which  operates  the 
Astor  and  Victoria  theatres  in  New  York 
and  several  other  houses  throughout  the 
country. 

Harry  Brandt,  circuit  operator  and  chair- 
man of  Empire  Airlines,  Inc.,  announced 
last  weekend  in  New  York  that  Elliott 
Roosevelt  has  been  elected  president  of 
the  corporation,  and  Dean  Alfange  chair- 
man of  the  board  and  general  counsel. 

Robert  E.  Diem,  assistant  manager  of 
Loew's  Aldine  theatre  in  Wilmington, 
Del.,  has  been  named  co-chairman  of  the 
United  States  Junior  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce's National  Father's  Day  committee. 

Will  A.  Parker  and  Gordon  L.  Hough, 
both  of  whom  served  in  the  photographic 
branches  of  the  armed  forces,  have  formed 
Film  Counselors  in  New  York,  offering 
a  film  advisory  service  to  manufacturers 
and  others  interested  in  the  production  of 
business  films. 


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the  Camera  reports: 


NED  E.  DEPINET,  RKO  executive  vice-president, 
leaves  New  York  for  England  and  the  Continent  on  his 
first  trip  abroad,  where  he  will  look  into  the 
company's  foreign  activities.  See  page  28. 


PHYLLIS  CALVERT,  before  her  departure  for 
Hollywood  to  star  in  "Time  Out  of  Mind"  for 
Universal-International,  was  guest  of  honor  at  a 
cocktail  party  at  Club  21  in  New  York. 
Seen  with  Miss  Calvert  are  Al  Daff  and  Joe  Seidelman, 
foreign  sales  executives  for  .the  company. 


ZOLLIE  M.  VOLCHOK  on  October  I  will  become 
city   manager  for   Sterling   Theatres,    Inc.,   in  Seattle, 
supervising  24  theatres. 


TESTIMONIAL.   John  B.  Nathan  (at  head  of  table) 
recently  appointed   Paramount  division  manager  for 
Continental  Europe,  North  Africa  and  the  Middle  East,  was 
guest  of  honor  at  a  welcoming  luncheon  by  members  of  the  staff. 
Left  to  right,  Rene  Lebreton,  Louis  Lazar,  Tom  Bennett, 
Henri  Michaud,  Mr.  Nathan,  Henri  Klarsfeld,  Georges  Lebon, 
Robert  Rochefort,  William  Phillips,  Isy  Pront,  Raphael  Epstein, 
Albert  Bernstein  and  Pat  Purcell. 


EMOTION.  The  Canadian  National  Film  Board's 
"White  Safari"  drew  tears  from  Nannuk,  above,  an 
Eskimo  woman  who  saw  her  homeland  in  the  film. 
With  her  is  a  Hudson's  Bay  Company  man. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


ATTENDING  the  West  Virginia  Theatre  Managers  Convention  in 
Charleston,  W.  Va.,  were,  seated,  Leon  Bamberger,  RKO  sales  promotion 
manager;  Col.  H.  A.  Cole,  Allied  director;  Robert  Coyne,  ATA 
director.   Standing,  left  to  right:  William  Ainsworth,  Allied  director; 
E.  R.  Custer,  president  of  West  Virginia  TMA;  S.  H.  Fabian,  ATA 
president;  Sidney  Samuelson,  Allied;  Stanley  S.  Jacques,  RKO 
Cincinnati  manager. 


MARTHA  SCOTT  in  Derbyshire,  England, 

on  location  and  starring  in  the  first 

RKO  Radio-J.  Arthur  Rank  picture, 

"So  Well  Remembered".   John  Mills, 

British  film  star,  co-stars  with  Miss  Scott  under 

Edward  Dmytrik's  direction. 


JACK  CHERTOK,  prod  ucer 
of  Hunt  Stromberg's 
"Strange  Woman"  and 
"Dishonored  Lady",  as  he 
arrived  in  New  York  from 
Hollywood,  Monday.  UA 
will  release  the  pictures. 


LONDON  RECEPTION.  James  E.  Perkins, 
shortly  to  become  Paramount's 
managing  director  in  London,  talks  with 
Fred  Hutchinson,  Paramount  gen- 
eral sales  manager  there,  and 
Peter  and  Hope  Williams  Burnup  of 
Quigley  Publications'  London  office. 


COMMENDATORE  Ferrucio  Caramelli, 
board  chairman  of  Artist?  Associati, 
distributors  in  Italy  of  United  Artists 
product,  arrived  in  New  York  recently  for 
conferences  with  UA  executives. 


UNITED  ARTISTS'  sales  force  from 
the  midwest  heard  a  discussion  by 
Rub  Lohrenz,  the  district  manager, 
and  Maury  Orr,  western  sales  man- 
ager (left  and  right  at  the  head 
of  the  table)  during  a  meeting  in 
Chicago,  last  week.  Seated,  left 
to  right:  Ray  Thomas,  Ed  Savin, 
John  Bartelt,  Abe  Fisher,  Morris 
Hellman,  Oscar  Bernstein,  Walter 
McVay,  Frank  Young,  Jack  Arm- 
gardt,  Sid  Rose,  Ed  Krofta,  Moe 
Provencher,  Bob  Allen,  Ernst  Frace, 
Clyde  Cutter,  Ralph  Cramblet, 
Casper  Chouinard,  Joe  Prill  and 
E.  J.  Stoller.  Standing,  left  to  right: 
Elmer  Donnelly,  Harry  Hays,  Mr. 
Lohrenz,  Mr.  Orr,  Guy  Hancock, 
Milt  Krueger,  Frank  Eisenberg, 
Charles  Weiner. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


on 


EVELYN  KEYES  and  Larry  Parks  who  plays  the  title  role  in 

Columbia's  Technicolor  production,  "The  Jolson  Story". 

The  picture  was  shown  to  the  trade  last  week. 

Produced  by  Sidney  Skolsky,  it  was  directed  by  Alfred  E.  Green. 


IVAN  ACKERY,  manager  of 
the  Orpheum,  Vancouver,  gets 
Quigley  Award   plaque  from 
Frank  Gow,  Famous  Players 
Canadian  district  manager  in 
British  Columbia.  Watching: 
Robert  Cringan,  George 
Clark,  Cecil  Neville. 


s 


i  f 


F.  R.  JACKSON,  Harris  Amusement 
manager  of  St.  Mary's  theatre  in 
St.  Mary,  Pa.,  and  president  of  the  local 
Kiwanis  Club,  welcomes 
Governor  Edward  Martin  to  the 
Welcome  Home  celebration  there, 
recently.  Governor  Martin  spoke  at  a 
banquet  at  the  country  club. 


MRS.  MILDRED  WALL,  theatre  operator 
in  Lewiston,  Idaho,  has  been  elected 
president  of  the  Idaho  Theatres  Associa- 
tion. 


LOVE  SEAT— Park  Ave  nue   Style.    The  com- 
fort and  roominess  of  the  new  loge  seats  to 
be  used  in  Walter  Reade's  Park  Avenue  theatre 
is  demonstrated  by  model  Jackie  Butler, 
as  David  T.  Kearny,  right,  manager,  and 
Alfred  Sandwina,  assistant  manager,  look  on. 


AT  THE  OPENING  of  MGM's  "Gallant  Bess"  in  Lexington,  Ky., 

in  conjunction  with  the  Schine  Silver  Jubilee  at  the  Kentucky  theatre, 

left  to  right:  Chester  Friedman,  editor  of  Managers'  Round  Table; 

Bob  Cox,  Kentucky  theatre  manager;  Seymour  Morris,  Schine  publicity  chief; 

Donald  Curtis,  featured  in  the  film;  Lew  Hensler,  Schine  zone  manager; 

William  Ferguson,  MGM  exploitation  director. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


ALLIED  SHARPENS  WEAPONS 
TO  FIGHT  AUCTION  SALES 


Myers  Warns  Against 
Suit  Intervention  Now; 
Johnston  Urges  Unity 

National  Allied's  convention  opened  in 
;)ieat  and  closed  in  fire  this  week  in  Boston. 
;v!ore  than  200  delegates  crowded  into  the 
Dopley  Plaza  Hotel  Monday  afternoon  for 
leated  discussions  on  matters  of  clearances 
md  checking  procedures.  They  continued 
Tuesday,  in  the  same  vein,  on  contracts  and 
product  shortages.  Then,  with  a  quieter 
oeriod  devoted  to  Allied's  plans  for  produc- 
ion,  they  hit  the  ceiling  Wednesday  in  an 
ill-day  open  forum  marked  by  a  fiery  de- 
nunciation of  auction  selling. 

The  tag-end  suggestions,  proposals, 
tharges  and  denunciations  of  the  three-day 
neet  were  to  be  knit  into  statements  of 
>olicy  when  Allied's  board  of  directors  con- 
•ened  in  closed  sessions  Thursdav. 
f 

Myers  and  Johnston 
Principal  Speakers 

Principal  addresses  of  the  sessions  were 
lelivered  Wednesday  when  Abram  F. 
\lyers,  general  counsel  for  Allied,  keynoted 
he  forum  with  a  detailed  explanation  of  the 
<ew  York  court's  decision  and  Allied's  offi- 
. rial  views  on  the  matter  and  when  Eric  A. 
"ohnston,  president  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Association,  spoke  at  the  closing  banquet 
lrging  peace  within  the  industry  and  a  self- 
egulation  of  the  industry's  moral  front  at 
I  he  individual  theatre  level. 

Monday's    and    Tuesday's    sessions,  al- 
.  hough  accomplishing  much  that  is  expected 
o  be  incorporated  into  Allied's  trade  prac- 
ices  policies,  were  a  build-up  to  the  long 
iwaited  discussions  of  auction  selling. 

Mr.  Myers,  in  a  long  and  carefully  worded 
•peech  which  reflected  Allied's  official  views, 
Reported  he  felt  sure  the  District  Court's  de- 
rision would  eventually  be  appealed  to  the 
Supreme  Court  which,  he  confidently  ex- 
pects, will  rule  for  divorcement. 

ecommended  Exhibitors 
Follow  Allied  Lead 


He  recommended  that  exhibitors  follow 
Allied's  lead  in  urging  the  Attorney  General 
co  appeal  from  any  order  of  the  District 
Zourt  which  denies  divorcement  or  includes 
luction  selling. 

Departing  from  the  text  of  his  address,  Mr. 
Myers  read  a  letter  written  August  6  by  the 
Allied  board  to  the  Attorney  General  in 
which  total  divestiture  of  theatres  was  asked 
and  auction  selling  termed  an  "inadequate 
;ubstitute."  The  board  wrote  the  Attorney 
General  that  it  was  his  duty  to  protect  the 
Dublic  interest  and  that  he  should  appeal 
:he  District  Court's  decision.  The  letter, 
'urther,  asked  postponement  of  the  final  de- 


JACK  K1RSCH 

cree  and  denied  the  Attorney's  obligation  to 
accede  to  the  court's  "alternative  remedy"  of 
auction  selling.  Receiving  the  Department's 
tentative  decree  proposals,  the  board  wrote 
again  commending  cross  licensing  restric- 
tions. 

Although  stating  that  Allied  would  make 
its  final  decision  on  intervention  after  the 
defendants'  proposals  have  been  made  public, 
Mr.  Myers  opined :  "What  good,  if  any,  can 
be  accomplished  by  attempting  to  intervene 
in  the  suit  (the  obstacles  to  such  action  are 
very  great)  or  by  filing  briefs  or  offering 
arguments,  in  view  of  the  position  'taken  by 
the  District  Court  in  its  opinion,  is  highly 
problematical." 

Urges  Intervention  Wait 
For  Supreme  Court  Step 

Mr.  Myers  recommends  withholding  inter- 
vention until  the  case  reaches  the  Supreme 
Court. 

This  is  at  variance  with  the  American 
Theatres  Association's  plan  for  immediate 
intervention,  for  which  Thurman  Arnold  has 
been  hired  as  counsel.  See  page  23. 

Mr.  Myers  discussed  the  decision  point  by 
point,  through  price-fixing,  formula  deals, 
discrimination  among  licensees,  block-book- 
ing, blind-selling,  runs  and  clearances, 
and  pooling  agreements  and  concluded  "the 
major  companies  suffered  a  most  humiliating 
defeat.  The  findings  are  a  sweeping  con- 
demnation of  their  business  methods.  ...  It 
is  safe  to  say  that  there  is  not  an  enforceable 
exhibition  contract  in  force  today.  .  .  ." 

Characterizing  auction  selling  as  "the 
court's  own  baby  .  .  .  conceived  and  whelped 
by  it  without  prompting  or  support,"  Mr. 
Myers  claimed  that  the  decision,  "instead 
of  promoting  competition  among  the  de- 
fendants .  .  .  fosters  cut-throat  competition 


V 

ABRAM  F.  MYERS 

among  the  independent  exhibitors  who  are 
charged  with  no  wrong-doing." 

Allied  views  on  the  practice,  as  reported 
by  Mr.  Myers,  are : 

1.  Total  divestiture  is  the  only  effective 
remedy  for  the  practices  and  conditions 
existing. 

2.  The  artificial  film  shortage  is  the 
principal  bar  to  effective  competition. 

3.  Auction  selling  is  "burdensome  and 
ineffectual"  and  without  precedent. 

4.  The  court  should  have  applied  the 
traditional  Sherman  Act  remedies  of  di- 
vestiture and  injunction. 

5.  The  court's  scheme  is  contrary  to 
public  interest. 

While  Mr.  Myers  reports  that  "it  seems 
reasonable  to  expect  that  the  Department 
will  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court  .  .  .  and, 
based  on  the  precedents,  there  is  every 
reason  to  expect  that  the  Supreme  Court 
will  rule  that  the  defendants  must  dispose 
of  their  theatre  interests,"  he  suggests,  "as  an 
anchor  to  the  windward,"  that  the  Attorney 
General  and  the  defendants  "join  in  com- 
mending to  the  court  that  its  plan  for  film 
auctioning  be  modified  to  this  extent ;  name- 
ly, that  it  be  applied  only  in  those  competi- 
tive situations  where  one  or  more  affiliated 
theatres  are  involved." 

Harry  Brandt,  president  of  the  New 
York  Independent  Theatre  Owners,  was  one 
of  the  first  to  speak  at  the  forum.  Follow- 
ing Mr.  Myers'  90-minute  address,  Mr. 
Brandt  said  the  decree  had  created  a  Gov- 
ernment-led monopoly  for  the  benefit  of  the 
distributors  which  could  have  been  thwarted 
if  independent  exhibitors  had  been  organ- 
ized. He  recommended  a  coalition  of  all 
industry  theatre  groups  into  one  national 
body.    Mr.  Myers  then  asked  Mr.  Brandt 

(Continued  on  page  15) 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


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ALLIED  DELEGATES 
IN  ANNUAL  SESSION 

AS  Allied  States  Association  of  Motion  Picture  Exhib- 
itors met  at  the  Copley  Plaza  Hotel,  Boston,  this  week 
in  annual  convention,  the  Herald's  staff  photographer 
caught  delegates  in  informal  pose  at  the  weekend  direc- 
tors' sessions  and  the  general  meeting  which  followed. 
The  convention  concluded  Thursday. 


Ray  Feeley,  Arthur  Howard  and  Leonard  Goldberg  at  Sunday's 
directors'  meeting 


Thomas  Goldberg,  Lauritz  Garma 


Jack  Stewart.  Nathan  Yamin 


Fred  Herrington.  Benny  Berger,  Red  Kann         Aaron  Fishman,  Maxwell  Alderman 


Ray  Branch,  P.  C.  Schram,  W.  A.  Cassid) 


Andrew  and  Mr.  and  Mrs  N.  A.  Malanos  j   e    4,11--   wun  a  :-  ..  ,  

J'  F-  4o,er'  William  Alnsworth,  Martin  Smith  Bert  Schoonmaker,  Lee  Jones 


14 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21.  1941, 


JRCE  SINGLE  EXHIBITOR  UNIT 


{Continued  from  page  13) 

I  he  was  in  a  position  to  enroll  ITOA  in 
ilied's  ranks.  "We  are  willing  to  help 
the  proposition.  Let  all  independents 
an  together  provided  proper  meetings  can 
arranged,"  Mr.  Brandt  replied. 
Through  much  laughter,  Joseph  Uvick, 
•ichigan,  proposed  playing  percentage  pic- 
res  at  nickel  admissions. 

\€vy  Agrees  on  Checking, 
ot  on  Divorcement 

Herman  Levy,  observer  for  the  MPTOA, 
)ined  Allied  in  opposing  local  checkers,  but 
ffered  in  his  attitude  on  divorcement, 
uher  speakers  were  Nathan  Yamins,  who 
racked  high  percentage  deals,  and  Jesse 
era  of  the  CIEA,  who  urged  a  united  ex- 
oitor  front. 

IFour  resolutions  passed  by  the  conventions 
;re :  that  the  board  study  the  checking 
ioblem;  attacking  the  "deliberate  attempt" 
curtail  production ;   recommending  uni- 
rm    exhibitor    contacts,    and  castigating 
Itarance  and  rental  practices. 
|The  Johnston  speech  was  along  the  tone 
>  "I  wouldn't  be  surprised  if  we  could  get 
>ng." 

'  'Gentlemen,"  the  MPA  leader  countered, 
refuse  to  believe  you  are  the  shorn,  for- 
n  little  lambs  you  profess  to  be.  Just  as 
(the  distributor-producers)  are  not  the 
•ant  scoundrels  you  sometimes  call  us, 
ther  are  you  the  sad-sack  sheep  you'd  like 
pretend  you  are." 

Speculating  on  why  he  was  asked  to  speak 
•the  convention,  Mr.  Johnston  said  he  be- 
j/ed  that  Allied  felt  it  was  "about  time  we 
led  off  this  feuding  and  used  the  time 
spend  sniping  at  one  another  in  perfect- 
•  an  understanding  based  on  common  sense, 
son  and  give-and-take." 
Refusing  to  defend  current  trade  practices, 
ause  that  problem  is  "out  of  our  hands" 
1  into  the  hands  of  the  courts,  Mr.  John- 
n    made    this    observation :  Differences 
'hin  the  industry  "will  never  be  settled 
ly  and  fairly  until  it  is  'finally  settled  on 
j  permanent  basis  of  good  will  and  under- 
Inding.    The  only  lasting  settlement  is  a 
untary  settlement.    There's  no  durability 
agreement  by  decree." 

*~ges  Community  Center 
\ea  for  Theatres 

.lr.  Johnston  was  inclined  to  minimize 
fact  that  "heretofore  litigation  has  been 
rule,  rather  than  the  exception."  He 
ieves  that  such  litigation  is  merely  an 
ication  that  the  industry  is  growing.  "Be- 
se  we  are  young,"  he  smiled,  "we  may 
inclined  to  be  yeasty." 
"hen  sternly :  "Gentlemen,  it  is  footling 
I  foolish  to  have  feuds  in  an  industry  as 
ulous  as  yours  and  mine." 
"urning  from  this  subject,  he  told  the 
;gates  that  it  is  the  exhibitors'  responsi- 
bly to  enlarge  local  theatre  audiences  by 


a  greater  follow-through,  on  the  local  level, 
of  the  MPA's  Production  Code. 

"I  believe,"  he  said,  "the  local  theatre 
should  become  more  and  more  what  it  really 
is  and  ought  always  to  be :  a  community  cen- 
ter, a  community  institution,  a  parallel  of 
the  local  newspaper  and  radio  station." 

"When  I  suggest,"  he  elaborated,  "there 
ought  to  be  a  greater  follow-through  on  the 
Production  Code,  I  mean  there  ought  to  be 
more  self-regulation  on  the  moral  front  at 
the  local  level.  I  don't  think  it's  any  exag- 
geration to  say  that  every  theatre  in  America 
is  endowed  to  a  large  degree  with  a  good 
reputation  because  of  our  Production  Code." 

Must  Never  Be  Told  of 
Specious  Propaganda 

Mr.  Johnston  insisted  that  the  industry 
must  stand  together  in  supporting^  a  screen 
which  "must  never  be  the  plaything  of  poli- 
tics or  the  tool  of  specious  propaganda." 

George  Jessel  was  master  of  ceremonies 
for  the  banquet  at  which  Mr.  Johnston  spoke. 

The  earlier  sessions  of  the  convention, 
presided  over  by  Jack  Kirsch,  Allied  presi- 
dent, were  concerned  with  clearances,  check- 
ing practices,  product  shortages,  contracts 
and  Allied's  plans  for  production. 

Temper  was  evident  in  the  opening  dis- 
cussions Monday  when  rumored  sweeping 
changes  in  clearance  practices  were  attacked. 
Although  the  discussion  was  generalized  for 
the  most  part,  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  was 
named  by  several  delegates. 

Col.  Harry  A.  Cole,  president,  Texas 
Allied,  concluded  after  a  lengthy  discussion 
of  the  proposal  governing  clearance  as  de- 
fined in  the  New  York  court  decision  that 
the  clearance  problem  will  be  "the  most 
serious  many  exhibitors  will  have  to  face." 
He  predicted  that  if  the  proposals  are  finally 
incorporated  into  the  decree  they  will  set 
independent  against  independent  and  inde- 
pendent against  affiliated  theatres. 

See  Greatest  Problem  in 
Definition  of  "Competition" 

Out  of  the  discussion  grew  the  prqblem 
of  the  matter  of  defining  "competition."  Mr. 
Kirsch  reported  himself  of  the  opinion  that 
there  would  be  no  "national  yardstick"  ap- 
plied to  the  clearance  problem  stemming 
from  competition,  but  that  the  problem  must 
be  determined  on  a  territorial  basis. 

Tempers  grew  even  stronger  in  Monday's 
extended  open  forum  on  checking.  Local 
checkers  came  in  for  a  severe  blasting,  but 
the  criticism  soon  solidified  against  the  gen- 
eral practice  of  checking,  with  Confidential 
Reports  bearing  the  brunt  of  the  criticism. 

Mr.  Uvick  suggested  a  lawsuit  on  the 
ground  that  checking  companies  were  oper- 
ating in  restraint  of  trade  by  obtaining  in- 
formation on  grosses  through  collective  ac- 
tion. Mr.  Kirsch  said  six  companies  could 
"gang  up"  and  put  you  out  of  business." 

Nathan    Yamins,    convention  chairman, 


offered  the  personal  opinion  that  the  crisis 
had  occurred  largely  because  of  the  Govern- 
ment's suit. 

Tuesday,  Mr.  Kirsch  announced  that  Jack 
H.  Levin,  CRI  vice-president  and  general 
manager,  would  confer  in  New  York  with 
Allied  representatives  on  local  checking  pro- 
cedures agreeable  to  independents.  Colum- 
bia's asking  the  District  Court  to  incorporate 
a  ban  on  booking  combines  in  the  anti-trust 
suit  was  sharply  criticized  by  Mr.  Kirsch. 

Delegates  Demand  More 
Equitable  Contracts 

Tuesday's  session  was  marked  by  a  move 
towards  a  showdown  with  distributors,  with 
delegates  demanding  a  more  equitable  ex- 
hibition contract. 

Mr.  Yamins  called  for  board  action  either 
in  cooperation  with  distributors  or  for  re- 
course to  legislation  or  litigation  in  order 
to  enforce  contract  demands. 

It  was  clearly  brought  out  at  Tuesday's 
meeting  that  Allied  would  identify  itself 
with  production  and  this  without  cost,  ac- 
cording to  Mr.  Kirsch. 

"No  money  is  needed,"  Mr.  Kirsch  told 
the  delegates,  "and  shortly  I  can  promise 
you  four  stories  with  stars  and  directors 
will  be  ready."  He  asked  if  the  delegates 
would  sign  blank  contracts  on  the  four  films 
if  the  story,  cast  and  director  were  named. 
The  convention  unanimously  voted  yes. 

Stanley  Neal  of  Colonial  Pictures  Corpo- 
ration, who  will  produce  pictures  if  guar- 
anteed a  specific  theatre  market,  and  whose 
financial  backing  has  not  been  disclosed, 
spoke  at  Allied's  board  of  directors  meeting 
before  the  convention  began.  No  decisions 
were  made  at  that  time. 

Yamins  Sees  Less  Than 
300  Films  For  Season 

Mr.  Yamins  predicted  300  or  less  fea- 
ture releases  for  the  new  season  and  con- 
cluded that  many  exhibitors  would  not  be 
able  to  buy  enough  product  to  keep  their 
theatres  open.  Irving  Dollinger,  New  Jer- 
sey Allied  executive,  said  he  saw  a  decline 
in  production  and  an  increase  in  profits  for 
the  producers.  Sidney  Samuelson,  East- 
ern Pennsylvania,  suggested  that  the 
shortage  demanded  Government  attention. 

The  picture  shortage  came  in  for  criticism 
during  Allied's  discussion.  Mr.  Myers  said 
he  had  no  doubt  that  the  "terrific"  shortage 
is  a  "deliberate"  shortage. 

Approximately  50  exhibits,  displaying 
equipment  and  services,  occupied  three 
rooms  and  lobby  space  at  the  Copley  Plaza 
during  the  convention. 

The  Conference  of  Independent  Exhibitors 
Association  was  represented  at  the  sessions 
by  Ben  Berger,  Minneapolis ;  a  group  from 
the  North  Central  territory,  and  by  Jesse 
Stern,  CIEA  president.  The  CIEA  will 
meet  at  the  Hotel  Statler,  Washington,  Oc- 
tober 1-2. 


•TION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


15 


It's  All  In  The  Definitions 

By  RED  KANN 


ERIC  JOHNSTON  cannot  be  charged  with 
lack  of  courage  in  addressing  the  banquet 
which  closed  Allied's  first  post-war  conven- 
tion at  the  Copley-Plaza  Wednesday  evening. 
With  eyes  open  and  forewarned,  he  conspicu- 
ously walked  into  the  lion's  den.  There  were 
his  opening  remarks  to  indicate  he  was  en- 
tirely aware  of  the  circumstances. 

Whether  he  took  complete  advantage  of 
his  opportunity  is  one  matter.  Whether  he 
could  have,  under  the  existing  situation — 
the  New  York  anti-trust  suit  decision — is 
another. 

"I  wouldn't  be  surprised  if  we  could  get 
along,''  he  said  early  in  his  address.  "It's 
about  time  we  called  off  this  feuding  and 
used  the  time  we  spend  sniping  at  one  an- 
other in  perfecting  an  understanding  based 
on  common  sense,  reason  and  give  and  take,'' 
he  added  shortly  thereafter.  In  eschewing 
court  decisions  and  decrees  as  a  solution  he 
defined  goodwill  and  understanding  as  the 
basis  for  rapproachement. 

It  sounds  fine,  and  it  is  fine.  It  is  also 
familiar  and  old. 

The  way  will  be  long  and  there  is  suffi- 
cient reason  to  conclude  it  cannot  be  easy. 
For,  there  is  the  very  vital  matter  of  defini- 
tions concerned  here.  These  men  of  Allied 
in  Boston  again  demonstrated  themselves  to 
be  tough  and  scrappy.  They  feel  the  tides 
have  been  running  against  them  for  years. 
They  stated  time  and  time  again  during  this 
meeting  that  mutual  confidence  does  not  exist 
because  producers  and  distributors  have 
made  it  impossible. 

They  say  they  are  prepared  to  cooperate, 
but  they  want  to  know  what  cooperation 
means  and  on  whose  terms.  Of  course,  they 
have  their  own  terms,  made  the  more  vocal 
and  the  more  belligerent  by  the  course  of 
the  government  suit  and  the  able  exposition 

Dipson  Theatres 
Files  Trust  Suit 

Dipson  Theatres,  Inc.,  in  a  $2,561,833 
anti-trust  suit  filed  in  the  United  States  Dis- 
trict Court  in  Buffalo  Tuesday,  charged  a 
conspiracy  to  monopolize  film  exhibition  in 
that  city.  Cited  in  the  action  were  operators 
of  the  large  downtown  theatres,  Vincent  R. 
McFaul,  president  of  Buffalo  Theatres,  Inc., 
and  eight  distributing  companies. 

The  action,  brought  under  the  Sherman 
and  Clayton  Acts,  names  as  defendants  Buf- 
falo Theatres,  Inc.,  Bison  Theatres  Corp., 
Vitagraph,  Loew's  Paramount,  RKO  Radio, 
20th  Century-Fox,  Universal  Film  Exchange, 
Columbia,  United  Artists  and  Mr.  McFaul. 

The  complaint  alleges  that  one-third  of 
the  capital  stock  of  Buffalo  Theatres  is 
owned  by  Paramount,  Loew's  and  Mr.  Mc- 
Faul. Buffalo  Theatres,  it  states,  owns  all 
the  stock  of  Bison  Theatres,  and  Mr.  McFaul 
is  president  of  each  of  the  two  companies. 

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of  its  benefits  for  the  independent  exhibitor 
under  the  New  York  decision  which  Abram 
F.  Myers  exhaustively  outlined  Wednesday 
morning.  They  also  have  been  advised  by 
their  general  counsel  to  settle  for  nothing 
less  than  divorcement  which  i  theatre-operat- 
ing producers  and  distributors,  as  a  group, 
are  opposing  so  tenaciously  they  are  prepared 
to  make  whole-sweep  concessions  in  other 
areas  provided  their  theatre  solidity  is  pre- 
served. 

The  vexing  questions  inevitably  emerging 
from  these  cross  purposes  and  these  widely 
divergent  interests  are :  How  ?  By  what 
method  ?  By  whose  approach  ?  By  what 
degree  of  give  and  take,  and  how  much  of 
give  from  one  camp,  and  how  much  take 
from  the  other  ? 

There  is  nothing  simple  about  all  this. 
Allied's  distrust  of  producers  and  distribu- 
tors, as  a  class,  is  deeply  grooved.  Producer 
and  distributors,  some  or  all,  from  time  to 
time  have  not  been  kind  in  their  choice  of 
adjectives  describing  Allied.  The  schism  is 
about  as  deep  and  about  as  wide  as  seems 
possible  within  the  one  structure  of  the  same 
business  family. 

Yet  to  conclude  no  healing  process  is  pos- 
sible would  be  an  assumption  no  careful  ob- 
server would  make.  He  may  entertain  his 
serious  doubts  and  he  may  be  bullish  in  his 
pessimism,  but  he  cannot  with  infallibility 
predict  that  the  future  cannot  house  harmony. 

Johnston  stated  transportation,  oil,  steel 
and  "a  host  of  others"  have  had  their  trade 
wars,  then  made  their  peace.  It  can  happen 
in  this  industry  too.  Those  with  any  claim 
to  vision  must  hope  that  such  a  day  will 
arrive. 

A  peaceful  industry  makes  possible  a 
united  industry,  fortified  and  strong  and 
prepared  to  face  its  future. 


The  complaint  further  alleges  that  the  de- 
fendants have  "combined  and  conspired"  to 
monopolize  trade  and  commerce  by  enabling 
the  two  exhibitors  to  obtain  sole  and  exclu- 
sive rights  to  first  and  second  run  pictures. 

United  Artists  Approves 
Two  Producing  Deals 

United  Artists'  board  of  directors  in  New 
York  Tuesday  approved  two  new  producing 
deals.  The  first  is  a  long  term  deal  with  Hal 
Roach  for  six  feature  comedies  a  year  and 
the  second  a  long  term  deal  with  Walter 
Wanger,  subject  to  delivery  of  three  more 
to  Universal,  his  present  outlet.  Mr.  Wan- 
ger has  been  with  Universal  since  1940. 

In  addition,  Mr.  Roach  will  deliver  "Fabu- 
lous Joe"  and  "Curley"  to  U.A. 

It  was  also  announced  a  joint  studio  deal 
had  been  made  with  Mr.  Roach  and  Mr. 
Wanger  whereby  they  will  share  the  loan  of 
the  Roach  lot.  The  board  adjourned  until 
next  Tuesday.  The  possible  reaffiliation  with 
the  Motion  Picture  Association  by  UA,  and 
"The  Outlaw"  situation  were  not  taken  up. 


Illinois  Theatre 
Group  Attacks 
Auction  Selling 

The  auction  methpd  of  selling  pictures 
received  considerable  attention — all  unfavor- 
able— at  the  opening  session  Tuesday  of  the'' 
first  annual  convention  of  the  United  The- 
atre Owners  of  Illinois,  meeting  at  the  Lin- 
coln Hotel  in  Springfield. 

President  Edward  G.  Zorn,  while  conced- 
ing that  the  New  York  decree  embodied 
some  favorable  gains  for  exhibitors,  attacked 
the  auction  method  of  selling  as  one  "that 
will  wreak  havoc  in  our  business." 

Mr.  Zorn  was  reelected  by  acclamation. 
Action  on  joining  the   ATA  was   tabled  j 
temporarily. 

Mr.  Zorn  told  the  unit:  "I  believe  if  the 
defendant  distributors  violated  the  law  and 
are  found  guilty,  they  should  be  fined  or  sent 
to  jail  and  their  monopolies  broken  up." 

He  declared  that  auction  selling  is  "not  a 
cure  for  monopolistic  sales  practices.  It  | 
would  not  eliminate  dishonesty  and  discrim- 
ination. It  would  not  restore  competition 
among  distributors.  To  be  perfectly  honest, 
it  appears  to  me  to  be  unworkable  and  would 
breed  nothing  but  strife  unless  a  court  at- 
tendant was  present  at  every  sale." 

John  Balaban  of  Balaban  &  Katz  urged  ! 
that  all  exhibitors  band  together,  saying, 
"If  we  don't  organize  it  will  be  too  bad  for 
all  of  us." 

Among  the  speakers  during  the  two-day 
convention  were  Mack  Jackson,  president, 
Southeastern  Exhibitors  Association ;  Wil- 
liam F.  Crockett,  president,  Motion  Picture 
Theatre  Owners  of  Virginia;  Charles  F. 
Carpentier,  Illinois  State  Senator  and  an 
exhibitor  in  East  Moline. 

 1 

W.  Va.  Unit  Votes 
To  Join  Allied 

The  West  Virginia  Managers  Associa- 
tion  at  its  convention  at  the  Daniel  Boone 
Hotel  in  Charleston  last  Thursday  voted 
overwhelmingly  to  affiliate  with  Allied 
States  Association.  The  vote  was  Allied, 
66;  MPTOA,  two;  ATA,  two. 

ATA  was  represented  by  S.  H.  Fabian 
and  Robert  Coyne;  Allied  by  Colonel  H.  A. 
Cole  and  Sidney  Samuelson  and  MPTOA  | 
by  J.  C.  Shanklin. 

The  association  adopted  resolutions : 

Abolishing  all  local  checkers  but  welcom- 
ing out-of-town  checkers ;  employment  of 
counsel  to  look  after  discriminatory  legis- 
lation affecting  the  interests  of  exhibitor 
members;  employment  of  a  public  relations 
director  to  represent  the  organization,  to 
obtain  new  members  and  to  handle  individ- 
ual complaints  with  distributors  if  called 
upon ;  that  membership  for  the  ensuing  year 
into  the  association  be  25  cents  per  seat  or 
a  minimum  fee  of  $100. 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


SHOWMEN'S  VOICE  ON  DOPE; 
PRODUCTION  CYCLE  STARTS 


IN  SEQUEL  to  last  week's  tidings  of  the  revision  of  the  Production  Code  by  the  Motion 
Picture  Association  to  permit  the  treatment  of  drug  addiction  on  the  screen  of  the  organ- 
ized industry,  Hollywood  is  found  to  be  engaged  cycle-wise  in  the  preparation  of  produc- 
tions in  that  category. 

Latest  is  the  announcement  by  Monogram  Pictures  Corporation  of  an  original  story  en- 
titled "Cocaine,"  and  has  assigned  producer,  writer  and  leads.  It  is  on  the  new  season's 
schedule. 

Columbia  Pictures  Corporation  has  annotinced  "Assigned  to  Treasury,"  a  story  of  the 
traffic  in  narcotics,  which  is  said  to  have  certain  Government  cooperations. 

Golden  Productions  has  registered  "Marijuana"  as  a  production  title.  And  the  other  day 
Louella  Parsons'  International  News  Service  column  from  Hollywood  reported  that  Warner 
Brothers  are  lending  Joan  Crawford  to  United  States  Pictures-  for  a  picture  to  be  entitled 
"White  Night,"  to  tell  a  story  of  sleeping  pills.  Other  producers  are  reported  on  a  hurried 
still  hunt  for  story  properties  on  drug  themes. 

Motion  Picture  Herald  is  in  receipt  of  a  flow  of  expression  from  showmen  across  the 
land  expressing  themselves  on  the  development  and  its  box  office  implications.  A  number  of 
typical  expressions  are  presented  here: 


"Industry  Indictment" 

We  believe  Motion  Picture  Association 
amending  Production  Code  which  opens 
door  to  themes  dealing  with  narcotics  and 
illegal  drug  traffic  is  an  indictment  of  our 
industry.  Certainly  the  industry  does  not 
need  these  new  vicious  themes  to  make 
great  motion  pictures  and  the  loosening  of 
the  morals  of  the  industry  which  many 
groups  now  charge  us  with  will  have  more 
fuel  for  such  fire.  We  can  only  agree  that 
the  public  interest  is  greatly  involved  as  this 
type  of  picture  cannot  be  shown  for  family 
trade  and  the  entire  structure  will  be  weak- 
ened. We  are  unalterably  opposed  to  the 
amendment. — A.  'H.  BLANK,  president  of 
Tri-States  Theatre  Corporation. 

"Not  in  Public  Interest" 

My  personal  opinion  themes  dealing  with 
narcotics  and  illegal  drug  traffic  in  motion 
pictures  are  definitely  not  in  public  interest. 
— /.  /.  FITZG1BBONS,  president,  Famous 
Players  Canadian  Corporation. 

"Lower  the  Standard" 

Can  see  no  harm  in  permitting  motion 
pictures  dealing  with  narcotics  and  illegal 
drug  traffic,  providing  such  theme  is  honest 
and  logical.  The  difficulty  is  that  unreliable 
producers  will  resort  to  themes  dealing  with 
narcotics  only  for  its  sensational  value  and 
am  afraid  there  would  be  avalanche  of 
such  pictures  that  would  tend  to  lower  the 
standard  of  our  screen  entertainment. — 
E.  C.  RHODEN,  president,  Fox  Midwest 
Theatres. 

"A  Mistake" 

With  vivid  recollections  of  the  mess  in 
which  the  industry  found  itself  in  the  early 
thirties  and  how  independent  exhibitors 


were  often  the  innocent  victims  of  the  pub-, 
lie's  wrath,  it  is  a  mistake  to  weaken  the 
Production  Code.  Possibly  particular  re- 
vision is  relatively  harmless  but  it  appears 
to  be  the  forerunner  of  many  others.  In 
accommodation  to  the  demands  of  self- 
styled  liberals  who  think  the  primary  pur- 
pose of  the  screen  is  not  to  entertain  but 
to  preach,  it  is  always  well  to  resist  the 
beginnings  of  evil. — ABKAM  F.  MYERS, 
chairman  of  the  board  and  general  counsel, 
Allied  States  Association  of  Motion  Picture 
Exhibitors. 

"Invite  Attacks" 

Believe  that  amending  of  Production 
Code  by  Motion  Picture  Association  to 
permit  themes  dealing  with  narcotics  and 
illegal  drug  traffic  is  not  a  sound  idea.  It 
would  undoubtedly  have  effect  of  increas- 
ing juvenile  delinquency  which  is  already  at 
serious  proportions  and  will  invite  juvenile 
authorities  and  other  groups  to  level  at- 
tacks on  the  motion  picture  industry.  Such 
a  theme  should  be  confined  only  to  motion 
pictures  used  in  medical  instruction.  It  is 
not  entertainment. — JACK  KIRSCH,  pres- 
ident, Allied  States  Association  of  Motion 
Picture  Exhibitors. 

"Morally  Unsound" 

Believe  narcotics  and  illegal  drug  traffic 
as  theme  for  motion  pictures  is  morally  un- 
sound and  detrimental  to  public  interest. 
Motion  pictures  not  only  tell  a  story,  they 
sell  ideas.  The  liquor  habit  and  smoking 
habits  indulged  in  so  generally  in  motion 
pictures  are  unwittingly  recommended  by 
that  very  indulgence.  Adolescent  minds 
quickly  seek  to  emulate.  So  drug  addicts 
and  drug  peddlers  now  to  be  seen  por- 
trayed by  favorite  movie  stars  will  become 
sympathetic  subjects.  .  .  .  Producers  will 
claim  they  will  make  their  addicts  and  their 


peddlers  unsympathetic.  Such  treatment  is 
contrary  to  the  necessity  of  all  producers  to 
make  their  pictures  of  box  office  value.  This 
theme  should  be  reserved  for  educational 
films  where  it  can  be  truthfully  and  realis- 
tically treated.  It  should  not  be  used  in  en- 
tertainment films  that  are  made  to  please, 
to  entertain,  to  raise  an  emotional  response. 
—HARRY  C.  ARTHUR,  JR.,  president 
and  general  manager,  Fanchon  &  Marco. 

"Let's  Entertain" 

Believe  majority  my  patrons  still  of  im- 
pression that  motion  picture  prime  object 
is  to  entertain.  They  will  stand  for  occas- 
ional emotional  eruption  like  "Lost  Week- 
end," but  "Smoky"  and  "Courage  of  Las- 
sie" and  like  result  in  more  dollars  and 
delight  for  all  concerned.  They  have  prob- 
lems of  their  own  from  politicians  to  prices. 
This  industry  cannot  possibly  add  to  their 
joy  of  living  by  depicting  the  life  and  ad- 
ventures of  "hop  heads,"  "snow  birds"  and 
other  deformities.  The  sordid  is  available 
free  at  welfare  offices.  We  are  supposed  to 
entertain,  let's. — NAT  WILLIAMS,  exhib- 
itor, Thomasville,  Ga. 

"Such  Tripe" 

It  is  possible  that  themes  dealing  with 
narcotics  and  illegal  drug  traffic  in  crime 
does  not  pay  series  or  subjects  of  similar 
nature  serve  a  purpose.  Beyond  this  I  see 
no  place  on  our  screens  for  such  tripe. — 
MACK  JACKSON,  Alexander  City,  Ala., 
president,  Southeastern  Theatre  Owners 
Association. 

"Not  Entertainment" 

Although  truth  is  never  detrimental  to 
any  cause  it  is  doubtful  that  the  truth  on 
this  subject  will  find  much  expression  in 
film  stories.  If  used  for  educational  pur- 
poses it  would  be  best  served  in  the  schools. 
It  is  not  entertainment.  .  .  .Exhibitors  are 
selling  entertainment  and  service  and  find 
their  best  returns  coming  when  playing  that 
kind  of  product.  As  exhibitors,  we  are  will- 
ing to  cooperate  in  a  worthy  cause  to  im- 
prove the  nation.  Certainly,  narcotics  are 
an  evil.  But  I  fail  to  see  where  putting  the 
problem  on  the  screen  would  help  the  situa- 
tion any  more  than  it  has  helped  to  eradi- 
cate murder — CHARLES  L.  JONES,  Elma 
Theatre,  Elma,  Iowa. 

"No  Place" 

We  are  definitely  against  the  planned 
type  of  motion  picture  as  they  have  no 
place  in  an  already  morally-torn  world. — 
BURR1S  SMITH,  Imperial  Theatre,  Poca- 
hontas, Arkansas. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


17 


ON  THE  MARCH 

by  RED  KANN 


WHILE  the  alarms  sound — distributors 
crying  a  tall  case  of  murder  and  those 
exhibitors  who  wanted  "the  right  to 
buy"  now  discovering  they  don't  —  this  is 
happening  elsewhere : 

The  Exhibitors  Association  of  Queens- 
land [Australia,  that  is]  decided  in  annual 
meeting  not  to  pay  more  than  40  per  cent, 
high  water  and  the  rest  of  it  notwithstand- 
ing. 

Throughout  the  "down  under"  land,  new 
theatres  and  rigid  admission  prices  are 
under  Government  control.  Dan  Casey, 
Universal's  general  sales  manager  there,  ex- 
plains how  it's  handled.  If  you  want  to 
build  a  theatre,  the  go-ahead  must  come  via 
permit  from  a  film  commission.  This  body 
advertises  the  request  for  all  competitive 
exhibitors  to  note,  and  they  probably  note 
it  well.  Any  theatreman  affected  by  the 
proposal  is  allowed  to  object.  If  he  objects 
loudly  enough  and  can  prove  his  case, 
there's  no  new  theatre. 

Then  there's  Scandinavia.  Carl  Wallman, 
general  manager  for  RKO  Radio  there,  re- 
porting : 

In  Denmark,  the  Government  controls  all 
theatre  licensing  and  hands  out  permission 
to  build  in  reward  for  distinguished  service. 
Obviously,  this  sets  up  a  state-controlled 
theatre  industry  where  contracts  for  film 
service  are  non-existent  and  where  the  dis- 
tributor stops  gathering  in  revenue  at  30 
per  cent. 

In  Norway,  theatres  are  community- 
owned  and  percentage  terms  roam  between 
a  25  per  cent  low  and  a  35  per  cent  high. 

See? 


The  blunt  language  employed  by  Colum- 
bia's attorneys  in  that  company's  memoran- 
dum on  findings  and  decree  in  the  case  of 
the  United  States  of  America,  plaintiff, 
versus  Paramount  Pictures,  Inc.,  et  al,  de- 
fendants [the  anti-trust  case,  to  you]  is  cap- 
turing attention.  "This  is  not  a  consent 
decree.  At  the  outset,  Columbia  wishes  to 
make  it  perfectly  clear  that  it  consents  to 
nothing  in  this  decree,"  are  the  opening 
sentences. 

The  position  is  taken : 

That  the  court  is  outside  its  jurisdiction 
in  attempting  to  regulate  the  industry  or  to 
police  it;  that  "to  define  the  methods  by 
which  pictures  shall  be  sold — .  .  .  on  the  auc- 
tion block  .  .  .  giving  of  trade  shows  .  .  . 
limiting  defendants  to  their  choice  of  cus- 
tomers and  either  directly  or  indirectly  forc- 
ing them  into  an  arbitration  .  .  .  is  .  .  .beyond 
the  jurisdiction  of  this  court." 

Indicating  what  observers  long  have 
known — that  there  is  no  united  stance  be- 
tween the  so-called  "Big  Five"  and  the 
"Little  Three"  —  Columbia  feels  provisions 
advanced  by  the  five  as  well  as  by  the  De- 
partment of  Justice  on  selling  methods  sim- 


ilarly do  not  fall  within  the  court's  scope. 
Yo,  bo!  my  lads! 

One  of  the  defendant  companies  in  the 
Government  suit  had  a  deal  in  one  of  the 
possessions  set  to  go  the  other  day.  The 
pen-poising  stage  was  practically  at  hand. 
Said  someone,  remembering :  "What  about 
the  anti-trust  case  decision  ?  Does  it  apply  ?" 
Someone  else  asked :  "Did  the  Selective  Ser- 
vice Act  apply  there?  That  was  a  Federal 
matter,  too." 

Discovering  thereafter  that  the  Act  had 
applied,  pens  and  poise  came  to  an  abrupt 
end. 

Some  exhibitors  participating  in  MPTOA's 
four-question  ballot  on  the  big  case  either 
are  dodging  part  of  the  answers  or  not  both- 
ering. Not  so  with  opinions  on  competitive 
bidding,  picture-by-picture,  as  proposed  by 
the  court. 

Sixth  week  returns  make  strong  opposi- 
tion stronger.  Against  the  single  picture 
plan  are  233  theatremen,  or  92.47  per  cent. 
In  favor  are  19  exhibitors,  comprising  a  pal- 
try 7.53  per  cent.  This  indicates  the  drift: 
In  the  fourth  week,  the  opposition  vote  was 
177,  or  90.76  per  cent,  while  the  vote  in  favor 
was  18,  or  9.24  per  cent. 

Of  continuing  interest  is  the  balloting  on 
theatre  divorcement.  At  the  close  of  the 
sixth  week,  158  theatremen,  representing 
63.46  of  the  total  vote,  wanted  it.  Ninety- 
one,  or  36.54  per  cent,  did  not.  The  lines 
haven't  changed  appreciably  since  the  fourth 
week  was  tallied.  Then,  it  was  123  votes,  or 
63.08  per  cent,  for  and  72,  or  36.92  per  cent, 
against. 

Total  theatres  represented  in  the  current 
replies:  789.    States:  43. 


NOW-IT-CAN-BE-TOLD  NOTE:  "It 
was  this  tremendous  capacity  of  the  motion 
picture  to  inform  and  enlighten  [referring 
to  visual  education]  which  attracted  me  to 
the  motion  picture  industry." — Eric  John- 
ston in  his  radio  address  over  the  ABC  net- 
work. 

Also:  "Teaching  by  means  ...  of  the  talk- 
ing picture  .  .  .  will  animate  [mathematical] 
figures  for  us.  And  I  don't  mean  Hollywood 
figures." 

HOUSE  AD  NO.  2:  In  three  weeks,  the 
Herald's  ever-widening  circle  of  readers 
broadened  further  to  include  additional  oper- 
ating showmen  in : 

Algiers,  Argentina,  Australia,  Belgium, 
China,  Cyprus,  Czechoslovakia,  Denmark, 
East  Africa,  England,  Egypt,  Hawaii,  Hol- 
land, India,  Iran,  Italy,  Mexico,  New  Zea- 
land, the  Philippines,  Porto  Rico,  South 
Africa,  Spain,  Straits  Settlements,  Sweden, 
Switzerland  and  Syria. 

Returns  from  Madagascar  aren't  in  yet. 


Paramount  Field 
Staffs  to  Realign 
Promotion  Plans 

Paramount's  special  field  representatives, 
and  studio  and  department  heads  will  confer 
in  New  York  September  30  through  October 
3  on  the  re-orientation  of  the  company's- 
publicity,  advertising  and  exploitation  prac- 
tices. 

The  new  selling  methods,  calling  for" 
greater  showmanship,  are  seen  as  reasons 
for  a  re-gearing  of  the  Paramount  machin- 
ery. 

Curtis  Mitchell,  publicity,  advertising  andi 
exploitation  director  of  the  company,  will- 
preside  at  the  meeting  to  be  held  at  the  Ho- 
tel Warwick. 

"Two  Years  Before  the  Mast"  and  "Blue 
Skies"  will  receive  top  attention  at  the 
meetings,  since  handling  of  these  pictures 
is  expected  to  set  the  pattern  for  campaigns 
on  all  future  Paramount  product. 

Saturation  Campaigns 

Plans  now  call  for  an  unprecedented' 
saturation  campaign  in  all  key  cities  with 
all  field  men  receiving  detailed  instructions 
on  the  local  channeling  of  the  company's 
national  advertising  coverage. 

To  be  discussed  at  the  meeting  is  an 
analysis  of  the  impact  of  radio  spot  an- 
nouncements. The  results  of  the  analysis,, 
being  conducted  in  collaboration  with  the 
Buchanan  Advertising  agency,  will  deter- 
mine the  future  course  of  the  company  in> 
radio. 

Also  to  be  discussed  are  plans  for  a  more 
extensive  use  of  stars  and  other  talent  om 
radio  musical  programs  to  boost  musical 
numbers  in  the  company's  pictures. 

Among  those  expected  to  speak  are  Bar- 
ney Balaban,  president;  Charles  M.  Reagan, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  sales;  Adolph' 
Zukor,  chairman  of  the  board ;  Oscar  Mor- 
gan, short  subjects  sales  manager;  Claude 
Lee,  public  relations  director;  Al  Wilkie,. 
publicity  manager ;  Stanley  Shuford,  adver- 
tising manager,  and  Mr.  Mitchell. 

Coast  Men  To  Attend 

Attending  from  the  studio  will  be  George 
Brown,  coast  publicity  head,  and  Teet  Carle,. 
Martin  Lewis,  Rufus  Blair  and  James  Sar- 
no,  all  members  of  his  staff. 

Attending  from  the  field  will  be  Arnold; 
Van  Leer,  Boston,  New  Haven;  Edward  J- 
Wall,  Albany,  Buffalo;  Leonard  Allen,  At- 
lanta, Charlotte,  New  Orleans;  William 
Brooker,  Philadelphia,  Washington;  James 
Levine,  Pittsburgh;  J.  M.  Joice,  Cleve- 
land, Detroit ;  Charles  Perry,  Cincinnati, 
Indianapolis ;  E.  Gu  Fitzgibbon,  Chicago, 
Milwaukee;  Everett  N.  Olsen,  Minneapolis; 
George  Henger,  Dallas,  Oklahoma  City, 
Memphis;  Ralph  Ravenscroft,  Los  Angeles,. 
San  Francisco;  Robert  Blair,  Seattle,  Port- 
land ;  Robert  Quinn,  Denver,  Omaha,  Salt 
Lake  City;  James  Castle,  Kansas  City,  St. 
Louis,  Des  Moines,  and  Win  Barron,  Can- 
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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD— SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


EXHIBITION  IS  SPLIT  ON  SUIT 
INTERVENTION  PROCEDURE 


ATA  Aims  to  Move  in  While 
MPTOA  and  Allied  Ask 
Wait-and-See  Policy 

The  question  of  intervention  in  the  anti- 
trust case  appeared  this  week  to  be  splitting 
the  exhibitors  into  two  camps.  Although  ex- 
hibitors, with  a  few  notable  exceptions,  are 
almost  unanimously  opposed  to  auction  sell- 
ing, there  is  evident  dissension  in  the  ranks 
when  methods  of  fighting  the  court  decision 
are  discussed. 

The  let's-jump-in-and-fight  faction  is 
headed  by  the  American  Theatres  Associa- 
tion which  has  hired  Thurman  Arnold  as 
counsel  for  direct  action.  The  let's-wait-and- 
see-what-happens  group  is  represented  by 
Allied  States  and  the  Motion  Picture  The- 
atre Owners  of  America. 

Myers  Advocates  Policy 
Of  Delaying  Action 

Abram  F.  Myers,  general  counsel  and 
chairman  of  the  Allied  board  of  directors, 
currently  explaining  Allied's  stand  at  that 
organization's  Boston  convention,  has  asked, 
"\\  hat  good,  if  any,  can  be  gained  by  at- 
tempting to  intervene  in  the  suit?"  [See 
page  13]  He  advocates  delaying  action  until 
the  suit  is  appealed  to  the  Supreme  Court. 

Attorneys  for  Allied  and  MPTOA  are 
reported  to  have  advised  these  associations 
against  "direct"  intervention  on  the  ground 
that  such  action  would  bind  them  and  their 
membership  as  actual  defendants  in  the  case 
and  would  place  upon  them  the  burden  of  all 
provisions  of  the  final  judgment. 

Mr.  Arnold  scoffs  at  such  a  supposition. 
When  informed  of  these  fears  and  hesita- 
tions, he  denied  that  any  such  legal  conse- 
quence as  the  binding  of  the  interventionist 
as  an  actual  defendant  was  possible. 

Would  Appear  as  Plaintiffs 
Protecting  Interests 

He,  along  with  Paul  Williams,  counsel  for 
the  Southern  California  Theatre  Owners 
Association,  pointed  out,  first,  that  the  inter- 
veners would  appear,  not  as  defendants,  but 
rather  in  the  position  of  plaintiffs  seeking 
to  protect  their  own  interests. 

ATA's  "sole  and  limited  purpose"  in  in- 
tervening in  the  suit  is  "to  object  to  the  dis- 
tribution of  pictures  by  competitive  bid- 
ding," they  said. 

Both  Mr.  Arnold  and  Mr.  Williams  fur- 
ther pointed  out  that  it  would  be  impossible, 
even  if  the  Government  desired  to  pursue 
such  a  course,  for  it  to  reopen  the  decree 
and  reintroduce  proof  against  the  indepen- 
dent interveners,  as  defendants.  Finally,  the 
attorneys  said,  there  is  no  conceivable  relief 
which  the  Government  desires  against  inde- 
pendents. "They  are  the  victims  of  the  con- 
spiracy, not  wrong-doers." 


A  Department  of  Justice  attorney  agreed 
with  Mr.  Arnold,  but  said  that  it  is  "techni- 
cally possible"  for  the  exhibitor  association 
to  place  itself  in  the  position  of  defendants 
in  the  case,  but  "not  probable." 

Meanwhile  both  attorneys  have  been 
working  to  draw  up  the  ATA  brief  which 
will  urge  the  court  to  discard  its  bidding 
plan  for  auction  selling.  What  the  ATA  will 
propose  as  a  substitute  for  single  selling  has 
reportedly  not  yet  been  decided. 

Not  to  Submit  Brief  Until 
Proposed  Decrees  Filed 

This  brief,  when  finally  drawn  up,  will 
not  be  submitted  to  the  New  York  District 
Court  until  both  the  defendants  and  the 
Government  have  filed  their  proposed  de- 
crees. Filing  began  this  week. 

In  the  ATA  brief  there  will  be  a  plea  for 
objective  study  by  the  court  into  the  trade 
practices  which  it  ordered  in  its  outlined 
decree. 

Intervention  activities  of  ATA  are  being 
closely  correlated  with  those  of  the  Confed- 
eracy of  the  Southern  Association.  Counsel 
for  this  group,  the  firm  of  Christin,  Parke 
and  Boyd,  have  engaged  John  G.  Jackson, 
New  York  attorney,  as  their  representative 
to  work  with  Mr.  Arnold. 

While  Mr.  Arnold  insists  that  "exhibitor 
intervention  is  a  perfectly  sound  and  safe 
course  of  action,"- Allied  States  and  MPTOA 
have  confined  their  efforts  primarily  to  dis- 
cussions with  the  Department  of  Justice.  It 
is  believed*  that  while  the  two  groups  may 
submit  briefs  to  the  court,  they  will  contain 
suggestions  which  will  not  be  considered 
actual  intervention  in  the  case. 

While  Allied  and  MPTOA  are  cooperat- 
ing to  a  limited  extent  in  the  exchange  of 
information  on  the  case,  complete  coopera- 
tion between  the  two  organizations,  is  not 
likely  since  MPTOA  does  not  favor  divorce- 
ment and  Allied  is  fighting  for  it. 

MPTOA  Exhibitor  Poll 
Nearing  Final  Count 

Meanwhile  the  exhibitor  poll  being  con- 
ducted by  the  MPTOA  nears  its  final  count. 
Reports  tabulated  last  weekend  for  789  the- 
atres in  43  states  are  as  follows : 

1.  On  auction  selling:  19  for  the  practice, 
233  against,  none  not  answering. 

2.  On  arbitration:  55  for,  185  against,  13 
not  answering. 

3.  On  non-industry  arbitrators :  38  for, 
209  against,  seven  not  answering. 

4.  On  divorcement:  158  for,  91  against, 
nine  not  answering. 

Final  poll  tabulations  were  to  have  been 
made  this  Friday. 

While  group  attention  increased  its  focus 
on  the  court  decision,  individual  attention 
continued  to  be  voiced. 

Fred  J.  Schwartz,  vice-president  of  the 


Century  Circuit,  reported  he  saw  in  the  basis 
of  the  decision  "the  creation  and  mainten- 
ance of  free  competition.  At  last  week's  con- 
vention in  Charleston  of  the  West  Virginia 
Theatre  Managers  Association,  H.  M. 
Richey,  of  the  sales  department  of  Loew's, 
Inc.,  asked  for  a  "tolerant"  and  a  "let's  try 
it"  approach  to  the  decision. 

Said  Mr.  Schwartz :  "I  share  the  view  of 
those  who  are  opposed  to  needless  Govern- 
ment interference  with  business.  However,  I 
do  not  believe  that  the  way  to  prevent  such 
interference  is  to  talk  against  it,  on  the  one 
hand,  while  at  the  same  time  perpetuating 
the  conditions  which  in  the  normal  course 
of  events  make  Government  interference 
necessary.  .  .  . 

Schwartz  Sees  Opening  for 
Free  Competition 

"As  I  read  the  decision  of  the  Court,  it 
seems  plain  that,  stripped  of  all  of  its  rami- 
fications and  details,  the  basis  of  the  deci- 
sion, is  the  creation  and  maintenance  of  free 
competition. 

"Competitive  bidding,  in  the  final  analysis, 
is  competition  between  buyers  for  goods 
and,  in  the  case  of  our  business,  is  compe- 
tition between  exhibitors  for  a  particular 
picture  or  run.  The  fact  that  this  thought 
seems  so  radical  to  us  in  the  business,  may 
well  raise  the  question  of  whether  unlimited 
free  competition  has,  in  fact,  existed." 

Mr.  Schwartz  concludes  that  a  certain 
amount  of  confusion  is  "inevitable,  but  that 
is  the  part  of  the  price  which  has  to  be  paid 
for  ultimate  soundness." 

Metro  Checking  Heads 
To  Meet  in  Chicago 

MGM  will  hold  a  two-day  meeting  of  its 
six  divisional  checking  supervisors  in  Chi- 
cago, September  28  and  29.  It  will  be  the 
first  meeting  of  the  supervisors  since  the  new 
system  of  divisional  checking  was  put  into 
effect  recently.  The  sessions  will  be  attended 
by  home  office  personnel,  including  Charles 
K.  Stern,  Loew's  assistant  treasurer,  and 
William  G.  Brenner,  head  of  MGM's  check- 
ing department. 

General  Admission  Rise 
Expected  in  St.  Louis 

A  general  admission  price  increase  was 
indicated  for  St.  Louis  this  week  with  the 
announcement  that  three  of  Fanchon  and 
Marco's  first  run  houses  increased  their  ad- 
mission from  five  to  10  cents  and  that  three 
independent  neighborhoods  had  increased 
prices  five  cents.  The  Wehrenberg-Kaimann 
circuit  of  27  neighborhoods  has  indicated  it 
will  increase  prices  by  five  cents  and  reports 
are  current  that  shortly  every  house  in  the 
city  will  be  up. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


23 


British  Exhibit 
Set  for  Prague 


COLUMBIA  SCORES 
DECREE  DECISION 


Protests  Jurisdiction  in 
Answer;  U.  S.  Proposal 
Expected  Next  Week 

Blocked  by  Robert  L.  Wright,  Govern- 
ment counsel  in  the  New  York  anti-trust 
case,  in  their  attempt  to  obtain  a  two-week 
extension,  the  five  theatre-owning  defen- 
dants Monday  submitted  an  "incomplete 
tentative  draft"  of  their  proposed  decree  to 
the  Department  of  Justice.  A  full  proposed 
decree,  plus  findings  of  fact,  was  to  follow 
shortly.  Columbia  filed  its  answer  last  Fri- 
day. Universal  and  United  Artists  were  to 
have  filed  theirs  by  this  Friday. 

A  new,  and  a  possibly  more  bitter,  argu- 
ment was  shaping  up — one  certain  to  shake 
the  industry  from  top  to  bottom.  For,  on 
the  Government's  side,  as  reported  from 
Washington  this  week,  is  the  Department  of 
Justice's  intention  to  include  both  auction 
selling  and  provisions  for  banning  cross- 
licensing  between  affiliated  theatres  in  its 
final  proposed  judgment  to  be  submitted  to 
the  New  York  District  Court. 

Department  Vacillates 

The  Department  had  been  vacillating: 
Was  auction  selling  "workable"  ?  Should  the 
cross-licensing  ban  be  submitted  as  an  alter- 
native "workable"  plan?  The  final  decision, 
it  is  reliably  reported,  is  to  include  both 
provisions,  with  the  cross-licensing  ban  as  a 
supplement  rather  than  a  substitute,  Mr. 
Wright  is  expected  to  complete  a  draft  of 
the  Department  of  Justice  proposals  early 
next  week. 

First  under  the  wire  with  a  "memoran- 
dum" to  the  court  was  Columbia. 

Columbia's  sharply  worded  findings  de- 
nied from  the  outset  that  the  three-judge 
statutory  court  had  either  the  power  or 
privilege  to  make  a  decision  in  the  case. 

"The  proposed  provisions,"  said  Colum- 
bia's memorandum,  "that  have  been  coming 
down  this  summer,  both  from  the  five  pro- 
ducer-defendants and  from  the  Government 
with  respect  to  the  method  of  sale  of  pic- 
tures, have  clearly  been  beyond  this  Court's 
jurisdiction.  .  .  .  For  this  Court  under  the 
proposed  Decree  to  define  the  methods  by 
which  pictures  shall  be  sold  ...  is,  we  be- 
lieve, beyond  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Court." 

"Consents  to  Nothing" 

The  opening  words  of  Columbia  18-page 
memorandum  are  these :  "This  is  not  a  con- 
sent decree.  At  the  outset,  Columbia  wishes 
to  make  perfectly  clear  that  it  consents  to 
nothing  in  this  decree." 

With  that  affirmative  statement,  Columbia 
makes  these  observations : 

1.  The  sole  function  of  the  Court  is  to 
enjoin  the  defendant's  only  from  continuing 
to  do  those  acts  which  are  in  violation  of 


the  Sherman  Anti-Trust  Act  and  not  to 
regulate  nor  to  police  the  industry  nor  force 
it  to  adopt  a  system  of  regulation  and  re- 
striction. 

2.  Since  the  Court  has  condemned  block 
booking,  we  believe  (without  conceding  the 
correctness  of  its  position )  that  it  should 
limit  its  Decree  to  an  injunction  against 
block  booking  and  not  define  the  methods  by 
which  pictures  shall  be  sold. 

3.  The  proposed  method  of  putting  pic- 
tures on  the  auction  block  is  an  unwarranted 
interference  with  the  monopoly  inherent  in 
Columbia  copyrights. 

Believes  Findings  Inadequate 

4.  Columbia  believes  that  the  proposed 
findings  submitted  by  the  Government  with 
respect  to  block  bookings  are  totally  inade- 
quate and  do  not  even  begin  to  summarize 
the  facts  which  were  developed  at  the  trial. 

5.  Columbia  cannot  enter  into  any  arbi- 
tration plan  or  scheme  as  suggested  by  the 
opinion  and  by  the  Decree  proposed  by  the 
five  majors. 

6.  A  Decree  should  be  entered  dismissing 
the  complaint  against  Columbia  since  the 
combination  or  conspiracy  alleged  in  the 
complaint  as  to  Columbia  has  not  been  estab- 
lished. 

Columbia  then  asks  that  the  Court  grant 
it  until  at  least  January  1,  1947,  to  abrogate 
its  master  agreements  or  franchise  agree- 
ments. It  further  states  that  it  will  need 
until  July  1,  1947,  to  readjust  itself  to  selling 
pictures  singly. 

We  should  like,  says  Columbia,  in  com- 
ments on  booking  combines,  to  have  the 
Court  insert  somewhere  in  its  Decree  a  pro- 
vision enjoining  all  the  defendants  "from 
offering  films  for  license  in  the  future  to 
any  agent  who  is  acting  for  any  group  of 
exhibitors,  independent  or  affiliated,  in  which 
he  has  no  proprietary  interest." 

Discusses  Blind  Selling 

Further,  on  blind  selling,  Columbia  has 
this  to  say :  "Cancellation  privileges  or  se- 
lectivity in  such  cases  should  be  limited  to 
not  more  than  20  per  cent,  instead  of  25  per 
cent,  as  proposed  in  the  opinion  of  the 
Court." 

The  memorandum  is  signed  by  Louis  D. 
Frolich,  Arthur  Schwartz,  Irving  Moross 
and  Max  H.  Rose. 

Meanwhile,  it  is  reported  that  Monogram 
may  adopt  percentage  selling  of  its  high- 
budget  pictures  if  the  final  decision  in  the 
case  favors  single-sales  auction  bidding.  If 
it  does  adopt  such  a  practice,  Monogram 
will  acquire  the  services  of  Confidential  Re- 
ports "or  some  such  other  checking  organ- 
ization," according  to  Edward  Morey.  vice- 
president  and  executive  assistant  to  Samuel 
Broidy,  president. 


by  JOSEPH  B.  KANTUREK 

in  Prague 

Next  in  the  series  of  foreign  film  festi- 
vals to  be  held  in  Czechslovakia  is  the  festi- 
val of  British  films  which  will  take  place  in 
Prague  from  September  28  to  October  13. 
It  has  been  organized  by  the  Czech  State 
Film  Corporation  with  the  cooperation  of 
the  British  Embassy  in  Prague.  Official 
guests  of  the  festival  will  include  about  40 
British  directors,  trade  journalists  and  ac- 
tors. It  is  also  believed  that  a  delegation  of 
Members  of  Parliament  will  attend. 
V 

The  British  ABC  theatre  circuit  currently 
has  an  agent  in  Prague  to  select  suitable 
product  for  showing  with  English  subtitles 
in  Great  Britain. 

V 

The  Russians  are  shooting  their  fourth 
picture  at  the  Prague-Barrandov  studios. 
Titled  "Springtime,"  it  is  being  directed  by 
G.  V.  Alexandrov,  who  has  spent  some  time 
in  Hollywood.  The  Czechs  have  12  features 
currently  in  production. 


Los  Angeles  Chamber 
Honors  Warner  Brothers 

The  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce 
has  presented  a  scroll  to  Warner  Brothers' 
studios  for  that  company's  part  in  the  devel- 
opment of  talking  pictures.  The  scroll, 
accepted  by  Jack  L.  Warner,  declares :  "On 
the  occasion  of  the  twentieth  anniversary  of 
sound  motion  pictures,  the  Los  Angeles 
Chamber  of  Commerce  extends  its  congratu- 
lations to  the  motion  picture  industry  for  its 
salutary  initiative  in  the  great  achievement 
and  recognizes  the  special  contribution  made 
by  Warner  Brothers,  who  first  brought  voice 
to  the  screen.  .  .  ." 


General  Aniline  Dividend 

The  board  of  directors  of  General  Aniline 
&  Film  Corporation  Monday  declared  a  divi- 
dend of  50  cents  per  share  on  Common  A 
stock,  and  five  cents  a  share  on  Common  B 
stock,  payable  October  18,  1946,  to  stock- 
holders of  record  September  23.  Stock- 
holders who  notify  the  treasurer  of  the  cor- 
poration before  October  14  may  elect  to  re- 
ceive, in  lieu  of  the  cash  dividend  a  dividend 
payable  partly  in  cash  and  partly  in  the  com- 
mon stock  of  Internationale  Industrie  & 
Handelsbeteiligungen  A.  G.,  Basle,  Switzer- 
land. 


Kaye  to  MGM  Record  Branch 

Jesse  Kaye,  who  for  several  years  has 
headed  the  Loew  theatre  stage  booking  de- 
partment, has  been  promoted  to  Hollywood 
representative  of  the  new  MGM  phonograph 
record  division.  His  headquarters  will  be 
in  California.  Succeeding  Mr.  Kaye  as  head 
of  the  booking  office  is  Sidney  Piermont, 
who  held  that  position  prior  to  going  into 
the  armed  forces. 


24 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


OPEN  CZECH  FIELD 
FOR  U.  S.  PRODUCT 


Agreement  Follows  Deals 
for  Dutch  and  Danish 
Markets  by  WIPE  A 

The  industry  continued  to  solidify  its  posi- 
tion abroad  this  week.  Three  old  markets 
were  reopened :  Holland,  Czechoslovakia  and 
Denmark.  The  Motion  Picture  Export  As- 
sociation announced  it  would  release  the 
product  of  its  member  companies  in  Holland, 
through  the  Bioscoop  Bond,  and  in  Czecho- 
slovakia, through  the  state  monopoly.  The 
foreign  department  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Association  announced  an  agreement  giving 
American  distributors  an  open  film  market 
in  Denmark. 

Closely  following  the  MPEA's  Holland 
announcement,  reported  briefly  last  week, 
was  the  MPEA's  announcement  that  a  dis- 
tribution agreement  had  been  concluded  with 
the  Czech  monopoly. 

Followed  Conference  Here 

This  agreement  was  the  direct  out- 
growth of  conferences  in  New  York  be- 
tween Irving  Maas,  MPEA  vice-president 
and  general  manager,  and  Lubomir  Linhart, 
general  manager  of  the  Czech  Film  Corpora- 
tion, and  Jinerich  Elbl,  Plenipotentiary  of 
the  Minister  of  Information  for  Export  and 
Import  of  Films.  The  two  Czechs,  invited  to 
Xew  York  by  Francis  S.  Harmon,  MPEA 
vice-president,  signed  the  pact,  which  was 
officially  approved  by  the  Czech  Government 
in  Prague  Tuesday. 

Under  the  terms  of  the  agreement,  MPEA 
will  release,  through  the  monopoly,  approxi- 
mately 80  features  and  short  subjects  during 
1946-47,  with  active  distribution  to  com- 
mence October  15,  1946. 

MPEA  reported  that  it  had  received  ade- 
quate guarantees  of  non-discrimination  and 
widespread  distribution  of  its  product  in  all 
population  centers  having  motion  picture  the- 

The  pictures  to  be  released  under  this 
agreement  will  be  the  first  major  product  to 
be  shown  in  Czechoslovakia  since  the  war. 

To  Set  Up  Headquarters 

Louis  Kanturek,  MPEA  managing  direc- 
tor for  Czechoslovakia,  will  leave  New  York 
late  this  month  to  establish  headquarters. 

Eric  Johnston.  MPEA  president,  called 
the  agreement  "particularly  gratifying."  In 
a  prepared  statement  he  said  the  agreement 
"comes  at  a  time  when  international  amity 
and  understanding,  to  which  the  screen  con- 
tributes so  importantly,   is  sorely  needed. 

Mr.  Elbl  said  in  New  York  that  "the  re- 
turn of  American  pictures  to  Czechoslovakia 
indicates  that  normal  times  have  returned 
to  our  national  screen.  I  sincerely  hope  that 
this  return  to  normalcy  is  here  to  stay." 

As  a  result  of  negotiations  carried  on  by 
F.  W.  Allport,  European  representative  for 


"WILSON"  FIRST  UNDER 
NEW  CZECH  DEAL 

Fresh  from  signing  the  historic 
U.  S.  -  Czech  agreement  with  Mr. 
Maas  at  MPEA  headquarters,  Sep- 
tember 17,  Jindrich  Elbl,  Czech 
representative,  received  newspaper- 
men in  conference  at  the  Harvard 
Club,  New  York,  announcing  that, 
because  of  his  country's  universal 
admiration  for  the  late  President 
Woodrow  Wilson,  the  Twentieth 
Century- Fox  film,  "Wilson",  would 
initiate  post-war  distribution  of 
American  films  to  Czechoslovakia's 
2,000  theatres  at  Prague,  Octo- 
ber 15. 

Under  the  agreement  with  the 
MPEA,  the  Czech  official  said  the 
relation  of  American  pictures  to 
those  of  other  nationalities  would  be 
65  to  35.  His  office  already  has 
received  40  OWI  films,  of  which,  he 
said,  at  least  eight  will  be  placed  in 
immediate  distribution.  Dramas  and 
musicals  are  favored,  he  said. 

"Including  our  American  importa- 
tions," he  said,  "we  will  show  about 
200  pictures  a  year.  The  percentage 
of  French  pictures  is  60  to  40,  Rus- 
sian 50  to  50  and  British  58  to  42. 
Soviet  pictures  were  popular  at  the 
close  of  the  war.  Our  agreement 
with  Russia  is  to  allow  her  up  to 
60  per  cent  of  playing  time,  pro- 
vided she  can  give  us  at  least 
100  features  annually  —  which,  of 
course,   she  is  unable  to  do. 


MPEA,  American  pictures  are  once  more 
being  released  in  Denmark  following  a  ban 
lasting  more  than  16  months. 

This  news  was  first  reported  by  Kris  Win- 
ther,  the  Herald's  Copenhagen  correspond- 
ent, and  later  confirmed  by  Carl  E.  Milliken. 
head  of  MPA's  international  department  in 
New  York,  and  by  George  Canty  of  the  State 
Department's  Commercial  Policy  Division  in 
Washington. 

The  two  greatest  obstacles  hitherto  bar- 
ring American  product  from  Denmark  have 
been  removed,  Mr.  Winther  reported.  Prime 
difficulty  was  the  problem  of  foreign  cur- 
rency. Now  new  American  pictures  will 
be  brought  to  the  country  as  part  of  the  pur- 
chases made  on  the  basis  of  a  $50,000,000 
loan  to  the  country. 

Mr.  Milliken  reported  that  the  agreement 
had  been  approved  by  the  individual  com- 
panies and  that  distribution  under  the  new 
agreement  had  begun  September  15. 

While  the  new  agreement  has  two  tax 


proposals  which  are  not  entirely  satisfactory 
to  the  industry,  according  to  Mr.  Canty,  the 
agreement  has  been  pronounced  "good." 
The  seven  point  agreement  is  as  follows : 

1.  No  restrictions  on  the  number  of  films. 

2.  If  films  are  to  be  subtitled,  the  work 
must  be  done  in  Denmark  if  the  picture  was 
produced  after  the  country's  liberation. 

3.  The  Danes  will  permit  the  free  trans- 
fer of  dollar  exchange. 

4.  Pictures  received  and  exhibited  before 
September  1  will  be  paid  for,  but  the  frozen 
money  will  be  paid  gradually  over  a  period 
of  three  years. 

5.  A  30  per  cent  ceiling  on  percentage 
grosses  remains. 

6.  There  will  be  a  10  per  cent  ad  valorem 
on  remittances.  This  is  a  duty  on  money  re- 
moved from  the  country. 

7.  The  Danes  agree  to  hold  another  con- 
ference in  July,  1947,  to  formulate  an  agree- 
ment for  the  following  year. 

Have .  Shown  U nder standing 

Mr.  Winther  believed  that  the  American 
producers  have  shown  an  understanding  of 
the  Danish  exhibitors'  problems  by  agree- 
ing to  the  pact.  Taxes  have  soared  in  Den- 
mark, he  reports,  cutting  the  exhibitors'  in- 
comes considerably.  Lately  the  direct 
amusement  tax  on  net  admissions  has  been 
raised  from  40  to  60  per  cent  although  ad- 
mission prices  have  been  raised  only  15 
per  cent.  The  new  agreement,  Mr.  Winther 
concludes,  will  have  a  definite  value  for  the 
American  companies.  The  entire  crop  of 
new  American  stars  of  the  past  six  years  are 
strangers  in  Denmark,  he  reports,  while 
British  film  stars  are  gaining  in  popularity. 

In  Holland  the  MPEA  has  agreed  to  re- 
lease the  product  of  its  member  companies 
through  the  Bioscoop  Bond,  the  powerful  in- 
dustry organization  which  has  been  called 
"monopolistic,"  with  the  MPEA  becoming  a 
member  of  the  Bond.  As  a  member,  MPEA 
can  contract  with  any  other  member  for  the 
release  of  its  product.  MPEA  expects  to 
distribute  approximately  100  features  in  Hol- 
land during  1947. 

Warners  Announce  Three 
Broadway  Premieres 

Warner  Brothers  this  week  announced  the 
Broadway  premieres  of  three  new  produc- 
tions. "Deception,"  starring  Bette  Davis, 
Paul  Henried,  and  Claude  Rains,  will  open 
at  the  Hollywood  theatre  October  17.  "Hu- 
moresque,"  starring  Joan  Crawford  and 
John  Garfield,  will  follow  "Deception." 
"Cloak  and  Dagger,"  starring  Gary  Cooper 
and  Lilli  Palmer,  will  have  its  premiere  at 
the  Strand  October  4. 

Griffith  to  Build  Theatre 
At  Stillwater,  Oklahoma 

Griffith  Consolidated  Theatres  Corpora- 
tion, headed  by  L.  C.  Griffith  of  Oklahoma 
City,  has  announced  that  it  will  build  a 
theatre  at  Stillwater,  Okla.,  to  double  the 
seating  capacity  of  that  city,  as  soon  as 
materials  are  available.  The  theatre  will  be 
called  the  Leachman  in  honor  of  Claude  E. 
Leachman,  local  manager. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


25 


M-G-M  Reprints  of 
Masterpieces  are  se- 
lected from  M-G-M's 
treasure-house  of  great 
attractions,  acclaimed 
by  exhibitors  and 
public  and  winners 
of  more  awards  than 
any  other  company. 


M-G-M's 
MASTERPIECE 
REPRINTS 


M-G-M  DOES  IT  AGAIN! 

As  usual  the  Industry  Leader  has  stirred  trade  circles  with 
its  newly  announced  plan  of  M-G-M  MASTERPIECE 
REPRINTS!  Hollywood  Reporter  calls  it  a  "Box-office 
bonanza  that  has  opened  a  golden  field/' 

The  first  two  M-G-M  MASTERPIECE  REPRINTS,  "RAGE 
IN  HEAVEN"  and  "CAPTAINS  COURAGEOUS"  have 
established  themselves  as  solid  hits  in  all  test  engagements. 
Now  we  proudly  invite  you  to  attend  the  Trade  Shows  of  the 
next  two,  "BOOM  TOWN"  and  "THE  GREAT  WALTZ." 


IRK  GABLE 


ENCER  TRACY 


M-G-M's  MIGHTY  DRAMA 
STAR-POWERED! 

BOOM 
TOWN 


M-G-M's 
FAMED  SPECTACULAR 
LOVE-MUSICAL! 

'THE 

GREAT 


WALTZ 


CLAUDETTE  COLBERT     HEDY  LAMARR 


kLBANY 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  1052  Broadway 

MON. 

9/30 

7  P.M. 

vTLANTA 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  197  Walton  St.,  N.  W. 

MON. 

9/30 

10  A.M. 

OSTON 

M-G-M  Screen  Room,  46  Church  Street 

MON. 

9/30            70  A.M. 

&  2:15  P.M. 

UFFALO 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  290  Franklin  Street 

MON. 

9/30 

2  P.M. 

HARLOTTE 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  308  South  Church  Street 

MON. 

9/30 

1:30  P.M. 

HICAGO 

H.  C.  Igel's  Screen  Room,  1301  South  Wabash  Ave. 

MON. 

9/30 

1  P.M. 

INCINNATi 

RKO  Screen  Room,  16  East  Sixth  Street 

MON. 

9/30 

7  P.M. 

LEVELAND 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  2219  Payne  Avenue 

MON. 

9/30 

1  P.M. 

ALIAS 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  308'/j  So.  Harwood  St. 

MON. 

9/30  (A)  2:30  P.M.  (B)  10:30  A.M. 

ENVER 

Paramount  Screen  Room,  2100  Stout  Street 

MON. 

9/30 

1  P.M. 

ES  MOINES 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  1300  High  Street 

MON. 

9/30 

1  P.M. 

ETROIT 

Max  Blumenthal's  Sc.  Rm.,  2310  Cass  Avenue 

MON. 

9/30 

1:30  P.M. 

4DIANAPOLIS 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  326  North  Illinois  Street 

MON. 

9/30 

1  P.M. 

ANSAS  CITY 

Vogue  Theatre,  3444  Broadway 

MON. 

9/30 

1:30  P.M. 

OS  ANGELES 

Boulevard  Theatre,  1615  W.  Washington  Ave. 

MON. 

9/23 

9:30  A.M. 

lEMPHIS 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  151  Vance  Avenue 

MON. 

9/30 

1  P.M. 

ilLWAUKEE 

Warner  Screen  Room,  212  W.  Wisconsin  Ave. 

MON. 

9/30 

1:30  P.M. 

INNEAPOLIS 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  1015  Currie  Avenue 

MON. 

9/30 

1  P.M. 

EW  HAVEN 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  40  Whiting  Street 

MON. 

9/30 

1:30  P.M. 

EW  ORLEANS 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  200  South  Liberty 

MON. 

9/30 

1:30  P.M. 

EW  YORK  I 
EW  JERSEY  f 

M-G-M  Screen  Room,  630  Ninth  Avenue 

MON. 

9/23 

9.30  A.M. 

KLA'MA  CITY 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  10  North  Lee  Street 

MON. 

9/30    (A)  9-.30  A.M. 

(B)  1  P.M. 

MAHA 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  1502  Davenport 

MON. 

9/30 

1:30  P.M. 

HiLADELPHIA 

M-G-M  Screen  Room,  1233  Summer  Street 

MON. 

9/30        (A)  11  A.M. 

(B)  2  P.M. 

TTSBURGH 

M-G-M  Screen  Room,  1623  Blvd.  of  Allies 

MON. 

9/30 

1  P.M. 

DRTLAND 

B.  F.  Shearer  Screen  Room,  1947  N.W.  Kearney  St. 

MON. 

9/30 

1  P.M. 

r.  LOUIS 

S'Renco  Screen  Room,  3143  Olive  Street 

MON. 

9/30 

1  P.M. 

*LT  LAKE  CITY 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  216  East  First  Street.  So. 

MON. 

9/30 

1  P.M. 

FRANCISCO 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  245  Hyde  Street 

MON. 

9/30 

1:30  P.M. 

BATTLE 

Jewel  Box  Preview  Theatre,  2318  Second  Avenue 

MON. 

9/30 

7  P.M. 

ASHINGTON 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  932  New  Jersey,  N.W. 

MON. 

9/30 

1  P.M. 

CLARK  GABLE,  SPENCER 
TRACY, CLAUDETTE 
COLBERT,  HEDY  LAMARR 
in  "BOOM  TOWN"  •  Screen 
Play  by  John  Lee  Mahin 
Based  on  a  story  by  James 
Edward  Grant  •  Directed  by 
Jack  Conway  •  Produced  by 
Sam  Zimbalist  •  A  Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer  Masterpiece 
Reprint 

"THE  GREAT  WALTZ" 
starring  LUISE  RAINER, 
FERNAND  GRAVET, 
MILIZA  KORJUSrwith  Hugh 
Herbert,  Lionel  Atwill  •  Screen 
Play  by  Samuel  Hoffenstein 
and  Walter  Reisch  •  Directed 
by  Julien  Duvivier  •  A  Metro- 
Goldwyn -Mayer  Masterpiece 
Reprint 


E:  Where  letters  are  used,  (A)  refers  to  "Boom  Town"— (B)  refers  to  "The  Great  Waltz' 


BRITISH  PRODUCERS 
WANT  QUOTA  CUT 


Seen  Urging  Distributor 
Quota  End  and  Rise  in 
Ratio  for  Exhibitors 

by  PETER  BURNUP 

in  London 

When  Eric  A.  Johnston  arrives  in  London 
he  will  find  that  the  Britons  themselves  have 
gone  a  long  way  towards  the  Johnston  as- 
piration of  removing  all  impediments  to 
American  trading  here.  Behind-the-scenes 
discussions  have  been  proceeding  in  the  re- 
spective sections  of  the  industry  as  to  the 
form  the  continuing  Quota  legislation  shall 
take  when  the  present  Act  of  Parliament 
expires  in  1948. 

Producers  were  first  in  the  field,  the  whole 
fabric  of  the  legislation  having  been  initiated 
for  their  benefit.  Their  association  set  up 
a  committee  to  consider  its  members'  de- 
mands. At  the  first  meeting,  a  general  sur- 
vey was  made  and  the  association's  newly 
appointed  director-general,  Sir  Henry  Leon 
French,  was  instructed  to  prepare  a  memo- 
randum of  views  for  eventual  submission  to 
the  Government. 

Preserves  Icy  Silence 

Although  Sir  Henry  preserves  an  icy  si- 
lence regarding  the  whys,  wherefores  and 
whats  contained  in  his  documents,  it  is  au- 
thoritatively understood  that  the  underlying 
principles  of  the  producers'  policy  are : 
Abolition  of  the  present  Renters'  Quota  and 
an  increase  in  the  Exhibitors'  Quota. 

The  producers  themselves  are  convinced 
that  their  films — one  for  one — will  now 
stand  on  their  own  merits  in  the  country's 
box  offices.  Their  view  is  that  exhibitors 
currently  find  it  at  least  as  profitable  to  book 
a  British  picture  as  an  American  one  of 
similar  calibre.  What  they  fear  is  that  a 
continuance  of  the  Renters'  Quota  might 
possibly  result  in  a  resurgence  of  those  de- 
plorable Quota  "quickies"  which  charac- 
terized the  early  Quota  Act. 

See  Exhibitor  Protest 

Exhibitors  will  have  lots  to  say  about  the 
suggestion  that  their  Quota  should  be 
stepped  up.  They  point  out  that  even  now 
several  of  their  numbers  are  forced,  through 
the  current  shortage,  to  default  on  their 
Quota  obligations.  They  visualize  a  greater 
crop  of  defaults  if  the  proposal  receives 
Government  approval — defaults  which  would 
bring  the  law  into  disrepute  and  so  weaken 
the  industry's  standing  in  the  public's  view. 

But  it  is  the  fact  that  the  production  side 
of  the  business  never  rated  higher  esteem 
in  official  circles  than  now.  Sir  Henry's 
suggestions  undoubtedly  will  be  sympa- 
thetically considered  in  Government  circles. 

Thomas  J.  O'Brien,  Member  of  Parlia- 


ment and  general  secretary  of  the  National 
Association  of  Theatrical  and  Kine  Employ- 
ees, left  London  for  New  York  last  week- 
end. 

Ostensibly,  Mr.  O'Brien  makes  the  trip  as 
Britain's  Trades  Union  Congress  delegate  to 
the  convention  of  the  American  Federation 
of  Labor  which  is  to  assemble  in  Chicago. 

But  his  plans  go  far  beyond  this.  He 
visualizes  nothing  less  than  the  creation  of 
a  worldwide  alliance  of  show  business  trades 
unionists.  He  hopes  to  have  close  talks 
with  officials  of  the  International  Alliance 
of  Theatrical  Stage  Employees  in  connec- 
tion with 'the  project  and  he  is  set  to  ad- 
dress gatherings  of  stage  and  motion  pic- 
ture workers  in  New  York  and  studio  em- 
ployees in  Hollywood,  in  addition  to  having 
a  tightly-knit  schedule  of  meetings  with 
American  motion  picture  leaders. 

Position  Is  Strong 

Reaction  to  the  grandiose  idea  doubtless 
will  be  as  cool  among  U.  S.  industry  leaders 
as  it  assuredly  will  be  here. 

Notoriously,  Mr.  O'Brien  aspires  to  the 
formation,  under  his  command,  of  one  huge 
entertainment  union  this  side  and  has,  in- 
deed, taken  immense  strides  towards  this 
end.  His  dazzling  achievements  in  behalf 
of  his  members'  pay  envelopes  and  working 
conditions  add  daily  to  his  power. 

Just  this  past  week,  for  example,  the 
new  national  agreement  between  the  Cine- 
matograph Exhibitors'  Association  and  the 
theatre  employees  comes  into  effect.  Ap- 
proximately 145,000  workers  in  the  coun- 
try's 4,700  cinemas  benefit  thereby  at  an 
annual  expense  to  the  industry  of  something- 
like  £1,500,000. 

Mr.  O'Brien  points  out  that  in  all  he  has 
increased  theatre  people's  wages  on  the  1939 
figures  by  between  50  and  60  per  cent  for 
those  earning  less  than  £3  a  week  and  by 
40  per  cent  for  those  earning  more  than 
£3.  That's  a  powerful  argument  when  it 
comes  to  wooing  the  franchise  of  the 
workers. 

The  lesser  union.  Association  of  Cine- 
Technicians,  keeps  taking  swipes  at 
NATKE  and  threatening  this,  that  and  the 
other.  But  the  common  view  is  that  quite 
soon  the  Trades  Union  Congress  will  en- 
force a  line  of  demarcation  between  the  two 
bodies,  whereby  ACT  will  become  a  purely 
craft  association  taking  care  of  directors, 
writers,  cameramen  and  the  like  and  Mr. 
O'Brien  left  alone  with  his  considerable  em- 
pire. 

Holman  Studying  Trends 

Paramount's  Russell  Holman,  here  in 
London  examining  potential  stage  and  lit- 
erary material  and  studying  public  picture 
trends,   reports   that   Paramount  definitely 


will  go  into  production  here  at  the  Denham 
studio  in  June,  although  a  director  and  a 
cast  have  not  yet  been  selected. 

He  says  that  Hollywood  is  contemplating 
concentrating  on  fewer,  but  bigger,  top- 
bracket  features  as  a  consequence  Qf  the 
court's  decision  in  the  anti-trust  case. 

Mr.  Holman  will  spend  five  days  in  Paris 
before  returning  to  London  to  fly  to  the 
United  States  September  28. 

V 

Max  Milder,  managing  director,  Warner 
Brothers  Pictures,  Ltd.,  has  returned  to  Lon- 
don and  announced  that  Warners  plans  to 
resume  British  production  early  in  1947 
with  top-ranking  Hollywood  stars  and  pro- 
duction personnel.  Final  plans  await  the 
arrival  in  November  of  Jack  Warner  and 
other  Warner  production  executives. 

Prepare  for  End 
Of  Boom:  Depinet 

w 

London  Bureau 

Ned  E.  Depinet,  vice-president  of  RKO, 
in  a  press  conference  in  London  Tuesday  on 
his  first  visit  to  England,  expressed  concern 
over  the  outcome  of  the  current  wartime 
boom  which  is  causing  present  abnormal 
production  costs.  He  said  that  it  clearly 
must  stop  some  time  and  that  the  industry 
must  be  prepared. 

He  said  RKO  had  built  a  stable  produc- 
tion business  with  ample  reserve  of  product 
to  enable  the  company  to  carry  over  the 
ultimate  transitional  period.  In  RKO  cold 
storage,  he  said,  there  are  two  years'  supply 
for  the  company's  proportion  for  the  British 
market,  including  Goldwyn  productions,  but 
he  repeated  the  necessity  for  the  industry  to 
prepare  for  the  lean  years  ahead. 

He  declared  Goldwyn  has  no  plans  to  cur- 
rently produce  in  England. 

Mr.  Depinet  was  to  remain  in  England 
until  the  weekend,  then  proceed  to  the  con- 
tinent, accompanied  by  Phil  Reisman,  vice- 
president  in  charge  of  foreign  operations  of 
RKO. 

Alliance  Names  Pl'ottel 
General  Sales  Manager 

Joseph  Plottel,  formerly  with  Warners 
and  Monogram  in  Canada,  has  been  named 
general  sales  manager  for  Alliance  Films, 
Ltd.,  in  Toronto,  it  was  announced  last  week 
by  Jay  L.  Smith,  president.  Additionally, 
John  Fitzpatrick  has  been  appointed  repre- 
sentative of  the  company  at  St.  John,  N.  B. 
Alliance  is  planning  an  expansion  which  in- 
cludes the  establishment  of  the  company's 
own  branches  in  every  Canadian  exchange 
center  where  it  is  not  now  operating  its  own 
exchanges. 

Abandons  Stage  Shows 

The  Tower  theatre,  Kansas  City,  has 
abandoned  its  stage  show  policy  because 
wage  demands  by  the  orchestra  members 
could  not  be  met. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


ALBANY 

The  Schine  Post-War  Silver  Jubilee  cele- 
bration, which  started  September  8,  and  the 
Paramount  34th  Greater  Year  Drive  are  the 
two  that  currently  attract  the  attention  of 
Film  Row.  The  Schine  circuit  is  numerically 
the  largest  in  the  Albany  territory  and  actu- 
ally the  most  important,  because  most  of  the 
deals  closed  in  Gloversville  affect  100  thea- 
tres outside  the  district. 

Speaking  of  drives,  the  20th  Century-Fox 
Family  Club  held  a  dinner  at  Murray's  Inn 
to  celebrate  the  branch's  success  in  the  An- 
drew Smith,  Jr.,  campaign.  20th-Fox  em- 
ployees will  cut  a  melon  of  three  weeks' 
extra  salary  for  surpassing  their  quota. 
Welden  Waters,  who  became  manager  in 
January,  attended  the  dinner,  with  Chris 
Pope,  Schine  booker ;  Max  Friedman  and 
Joe  Weinstein,  Warner  Bros.  Theatres  book- 
ers; Joe  Saperstein,  Fabian  booker,  and 
Charlie  Gordon,  of  the  Olympic,  Utica.  .  .  . 
Everett  Stutz,  41,  manager  of  the  Colonial 
theatre  in  Albany  since  1940,  died  in  Me- 
morial Hospital.  He  leaves  a  stepmother 
and  stepsister,  and  was  due  to  manage  the 
Colonial  on  its  reopening  Sept.  27.  Burial 
was  in  Toledo,  O.,  where  he  began  his  theat- 
rical career. 

ATLANTA 

With  pleasant  autumn  weather,  business 
appears  on  the  upgrade  here.  Managers 
foresee  a  big  year.  .  .  .  James  Scott,  Roxy 
theatre  manager,  is  expected  back  soon  after 
an  illness.  .  .  .  James  Gillespie  says  the  Vari- 
ety Club's  sponsored  professional  football 
game  promises  to  be  a  sellout.  .  .  .  John  L. 
Crove,  manager  of  the  Temple  theatre,  Jack- 
sonville, Fla.,  formerly  manager  of  the  old 
Metropolitan  here,  returned  for  a  visit. 

W.  E.  Griffin,  Vianna.  Ga.,  and  Hap 
Barnes,  Drive-In  theatre,  Montgomery,  Ala., 
were  Film  Row  visitors.  .  .  .  William  D. 
Pickard,  Atlanta  branch  manager  for  the 
U.  S.  Army  Motion  Picture  Service,  will 
leave  shortly  for  Washington  as  regional 
manager.  .  .  .  The  Palace  theatre  here,  the 
oldest  local  community  theatre,  will  close 
shortly  for  complete  remodeling. 

BALTIMORE 

Mark  Silver's  testimonial  dinner  was  held 
at  the  Variety  Club  of  Baltimore,  attended 
by  about  200  persons,  Monday  night,  Sep- 
tember 9,  with  William  K.  Saxton,  chief 
barker,  as  toastmaster.  A  three-piece  silver 
set  presented  him  by  his  staff  at  the  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  U.A.  exchange  and  a  mo- 
tion picture  projector  and  film  camera  was 
presented  him  by  members  of  Variety  Club. 
.  .  .  While  Leo  McGreavy,  Apollo,  was  vaca- 
tioning, Fred  Lober,  Jr.,  acted  as  manager. 
Variety  Club's  sponsored  fourth  Police 
Boys'  Club  in  the  southern  district  opened 
with  ceremonies  the  night  of  September 
11  with  Mr.  Saxton,  chief  barker,  as  the 
first  speaker  followed  by  Governor  H.  R. 
O'Conor,  Mayor  T.  R.  McKeldin  and  other 
offiicals.  .  .  .  Mayor  T.  R.  McKeldin  has 
named  September  22  "Football  Day,"  in 
honor  of  the  big  charity  football  game  in 
the  Baltimore  stadium  sponsored  by  the 
Baltimore  and  Washington  Variety  Clubs. 
.  .  .  The  Hicks  Circuit  reopened  the  newly 
renovated  Maryland  theatre  Thursday,  Sep- 
tember 12,  with  "Shepherd  of  the  Hills." 
The  Eden  is  the  name  of  the  theatre  shortly 


to  be  opened  by  Herman  Samuelson  at  Mon- 
ument and  Eden  Streets  with  Robert  R. 
Lee  is  manager. 

BOSTON 

The  Theatrical  Post  of  the  American  Le- 
gion held  their  election  of  officers  last  week. 
Elected  were  John  Foley,  commander ;  Joe 
Kantor,  senior  vice-commander ;  Harrington 
B.  Wyand,  junior  vice-commander;  Augus- 
tus Dinand,  finance  officer ;  Dorothy  Mack, 
adjutant;  George  Keating,  sergeant-at-arms ; 
John  Farrell,  chaplain.  .  .  .  On  the  executive 
committee  are  Harry  Spingler,  Abraham 
Berg,  Harold  Fentin,  Patrick  Healey,  Alvin 
G.  Kenney,  and  Samuel  Levine.  .  .  .  Bernard 
Levin,  booker  at  Columbia,  has  been  trans- 
ferred to  the  Columbia  office  in  Buffalo,  as 
salesman. 

At  the  first  meeting  for  the  1946-47  season 
of  the  Boston  Chapter  of  the  Warner  Clubs, 
Inc.,  the  officers  elected  for  the  new  year 
were :  president,  Arthur  Moger ;  vice-presi- 
dent, Joan  Mansfield ;  Welfare  chairman, 
Lillian  Stephenson ;  Membership  chairman, 
Laura  DuPerry ;  secretary,  Aurella  Ambro- 
moski ;  treasurer,  Grace  Cardy. 

A  newcomer  to  the  local  RKO  staff  is 
Richard  Dobbins,  Jr.,  student  booker,  son  of 
Richard,  Sr.,  office  manager  of  the  Maine 
and  New  Hampshire  Circuit  offices,  who  is  a 
student  booker.  .  .  .  The  Center  theatre  in 
Fall  River  was  reopened  recently  with  the 
same  personnel.  Ray  Allard  is  manager  and 
James  Audet  is  assistant  manager.  The  thea- 
tre was  closed  last  June  for  alterations.  .  .  . 
Nathan  Yamins  visited  his  Strand  theatre  in 
Fall  River  recently  to  make  plans  for  reno- 
vating the  theatre.  Big  improvements  are 
also  planned  for  the  outside  and  lobby  of  the 
Capitol  in  Fall  River.  .  .  .  The  St.  George 
and  Gorman  theatres  in  Framingham,  which 
were  forced  to  cancel  scheduled  shows  for 
one  day  when  motion  picture  projector  oper- 
ators and  stage  hands  failed  to  report  for 
work,  resumed  operations  the  next  day  after 
Local  505  of  the  Moving  Picture  Machine 
Operators'  Union,  AFL,  furnished  operators 
and  stagehands.  The  failure  of  the  regular 
employees  to  report  to  work  was  described 
by  the  management  as  an  unauthorized 
walkout.  Local  505,  of  which  the  emplovees 
are  members,  is  negotiating-  with  the  thea- 
tres for  a  new  wage  contract.  Variety  Club, 
Tent  23,  with  offices  in  the  Statler,  is  having 
onen  house  for  delegates  and  guests  at  the 
Allied  States  convention  this  week.  .  .  .  An 


early  bird  matinee  at  the  Paramount  theatre 
in  Lynn  on  Saturdays  beginning  at  10:15 
A.M.  is  proving  popular  with  the  youngsters. 
.  .  .  Orville  C.  Smith,  owner  and  manager  of 
the  new  Island  theatre,  midway  between 
Newport  and  Fall  River,  Mass.,  opened  his 
new  theatre  recently.  It  has  a  seating  capac- 
ity of  500,  and  was  built  to  serve  the  rural 
communities  of  Middletown,  Portsmouth, 
and  Tiverton,  R.  I.,  neither  of  which  towns 
had  a  theatre  previously. 

CHICAGO 

Ted  Tod,  who  resigned  from  Warner 
Bros,  several  months  ago,  is  returning  to 
the  publicity  field  to  handle  "Duel  in  the 
Sun"  in  this  territory.  .  .  .  Harry  R.  Switow 
of  the  M.  Switow  &  Sons  Enterprises,  oper- 
ating theatres  in  Kentucky  and  Indiana,  re- 
cently celebrated  his  25th  wedding  anniver- 
sary at  Silver  Birch  Lodge  in  Conover, 
Wisconsin.  .  .  .  The  B&K  television  station, 
WBKB,  has  concluded  arrangements  to  tele- 
cast all  Northwestern  University's  home 
football  games.  .  .  .  The  Variety  Club  is  re- 
portedly shopping  for  new  local  headquarters 
with  the  possibility  they  may  buy  their  own 
home  near  north-side.  .  .  .  Herb  Elisburg, 
owner  of  the  loop  Studio  theatre,  has  left  for 
Florida.  Another  Florida  visitor  is  Lester 
Simansky  of  the  Fensin  Seating  Company. 
.  .  .  "Blue  Skies,"  which  had  been  planned 
as  the  feature  attraction  for  the  B&K  Chi- 
cago theatre's  25th  anniversary  celebration 
next  month,  will  not  be  shown  as  the  release 
date  of  the  film  has  been  postponed  to  De- 
cember 23. 

CINCINNATI 

The  legitimate  season  opened  at  the  Cox 
theatre  with  "The  Glass  Menagerie,"  fol- 
lowed by  "The  Voice  of  the  Turtle,"  in  what 
is  predicted  to  be  one  of  the  biggest  seasons 
in  recent  years,  thus  refuting  the  statement 
of  eastern  theatrical  interests  that  Cincinnati 
is  a  "deadshow  town"  from  a  stage  play 
standpoint.  Other  bookings  include  "Obses- 
sion," "Mary  Had  a  Little,"  "Lute  Song," 
"Merry  Widow,"  "Rose  Marie,"  "Anna  Lu- 
casia,"  "GI  Hamlet,"  "Dream  Girl,"  "Pyg- 
malion," "The  Magnificent  Yankee,"  "Apple 
of  His  Eye,"  "Oklahoma,"  "Life  With 
Father,"  "Born  Yesterday,"  "State  of  the 
Union,"  "Call  Me  Mister"  and  the  annual 
farewell  appearance  of  "Tobacco  Road." 

Despite  legitimate  competition,  the  film 
houses  are  racking  up  heavy  grosses,  which, 
in  some  instances,  are  the  best  in  several 
years.  .  .  .  The  Auto-In  Theatre  Company 
has  been  incorporated  here  by  Jerome  J. 
Kunz,  Edwin  J.  Moore  and  Harry  Brown 
with  1 ,000  shares  of  no-par  value  stock.  The 
company  has  acquired  a  seven-acre  suburban 
tract  for  an  open-air  theatre,  with  capacity 
for  500  cars.  .  .  .  Keith's  is  arranging  a  street 
parade  of  the  horse  in  MGM's  "Gallant 
Bess,"  shortly  after  the  Kentucky  premiere, 
and  just  prior  to  the  picture  opening  at  this 
house.  .  ...  Nate  Wise,  RKO  division  pub- 
licity and  advertising  chief,  recently  enter- 
tained his  brother  and  family  who  spent  a 
day  or  two  here,  prior  to  return  to  their 
home  in  South  Africa.  .  .  .  Irving  Sochin, 
general  manager  of  Theatre  Owners,  Inc., 
organized  to  buy  and  book  product  for  local 
independent  houses,  reports  results  far  in 
excess  of  expectations  since  opening  an  office 
in  the  Keith  Theatre  Building. 

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CLEVELAND 

Walter  E.  Green,  head  of  National  Thea- 
tre Supply  Company,  was  here  the  early  part 
of  the  week  to  attend  the  rededication  of 
G-E's  Lighting  Institute  at  Nela  Park.  .  .  . 
Jacques  Kahn  has  newly  arrived  as  Warner 
held  publicity  and  exploitation  man  covering 
the  Cleveland  and  Pittsburgh  offices.  His 
work  is  confined  to  advance  work  on  forth- 
coming Warner  pictures.  .  .  .  Gilbert  Lefton 
has  moved  his  Academy  Film  Service  to  the 
street  space  in  the  Warner  Bldg.,  vacant 
since  NSS  handles  Warner  paper.  .  .  .  Sarah 
Abegglen,  manager  of  the  Post  theatre,  War- 
ren, was  in  town  booking.  .  .  .  Another  visi- 
tor was  Bill  Borack,  Northio  booker  with 
offices  in  Cincinnati. 

The  Variety  Club  Post  will  celebrate  its 
tenth  anniversary  September  21  with  dinner 
at  the  Carter  Hotel  simultaneously  with  in- 
stallation of  new  officers.  Ten  past  com- 
manders will  attend,  Harry  Long,  Harry 
Goldstein,  Howard  Roth,  John  Himmelein, 
Dr.  A.  Bubis,  Edwin  R.  Bergman,  Lawrence 
Rich,  Aaron  Wayne,  Myron  Antel  and  A.  M. 
Goodman.  The  city  championship  sand  lot 
baseball  team,  sponsored  by  Variety  Post, 
will  also  attend. 


COLUMBUS 

The  Grand  is  getting  a  new  front  of  buff 
porcelain  enamel,  which  will  make  a  massive 
display  case  area  for  Larry  Caplane's  show- 
shop.  ...  A  common  pleas  jury  returned  a 
verdict  for  $5,000  in  favor  of  James  G.  and 
Effie  J.  Nicholakis,  owners  of  a  motion  pic- 
ture property  in  Cambridge,  against  the  Shea 
Theatre  Corporation,  Marietta.  .  .  .  The 
owners  charged  the  Marietta  company  with 
neglect  of  the  property  and  insisted  the  lease 
on  it  expired  last  October.  .  .  .  Mayor  Rhodes 
has  reappointed  William  C.  Pullin,  owner  of 
the  Linden,  and  Lloyd  D.  Schott,  local  pro- 
jectionist, as  members  of  the  board  of  exam- 
iners of  motion  picture  operators  .  .  .  both 
terms  run  until  May  27,  1948.  The  appoint- 
ments are  subject  to  approval  by  the  City 
Council. 

The  Hitchcock  hit  "Notorious"  did  a  third 
week  at  the  Grand  after  two  big  weeks  at 
the  Palace.  .  .  .  "The  Kid  from  Brooklyn" 
closed  a  big  21-day  run  at  the  Grand  just 
prior  to  the  moveover.  .  .  .  Indoor  competi- 
tion on  a  large  scale  faces  local  theatres  Oc- 
tober 24  through  November  1  when  "Holi- 
day on  Ice"  appears  at  the  State  Fair- 
grounds Coliseum. 

Paper  shortage  caused  the  Dispatch  to 
eliminate  all  theatre  advertising  Thursday, 
September  12  .  .  .  theatres  are  wondering 
why  the  paper  ran  large  department  store 
and  food  ads  in  the  same  edition.  .  .  .  Friends 
of  Carl  Rogers,  Loew's  Broad  manager,  who 
turned  benedict  last  Sunday,  presented  him 
an  electric  iron. 


DALLAS 

Big  excitement  of  the  past  week  was  the 
annual  Variety  Club  of  Texas  Turtle 
Derby,  for  the  benefit  of  the  club's  biggest 
charity  project,  Boys  Ranch  of  Coppersa 
Cove,  Tex.  .  .  .  Final  check  has  not  yet 
been  made,  but  $110,000  worth  of  turtle  en- 
tries were  sold.  "Winner  of  the  top  prize 
of  $2,000  in  bonds  was  Charlie  Foy,  the 
Hollywood  night  club  owner,  and  brother 


of  Richard  Foy,  manager  of  the  Palace, 
Dallas.  .  .  .  Picture  business  has  been  spotty 
here.  The  Majestic  did  $17,000  with  "The 
Kid  from  Brooklyn,"  and  the  Palace  got 
$15,500  with  "A  Stolen  Life."  .  .  .  William 
Lansburg  has  resigned  as  Paramount  field 
exploitation  man  in  this  territory,  and  will 
be  replaced  shortly  by  George  Henger  of 
Oklahoma  City.  .  .  .  The  H.  J.  Griffith  thea- 
tre circuit  has  moved  its  home  offices  from 
Kansas  City  to  Dallas,  where  H.  J.  Griffith 
also  heads  the  circuit  owned  by  his  late 
brother,  R.  E.  Griffiths. 

DENVER 

Tom  Berta,  formerly  city  manager  for 
Fox  Intermountain  Theatres  at  Rock 
Springs,  Wyo.,  was  memorialized  when  the 
airport  was  dedicated  as  the  Tom  Berta 
airport.  Among  those  in  attendance  were 
Charles  P.  Skouras,  president,  National 
Theatres;  Frank  H.  Ricketson,  Jr.,  presi- 
dent, Fox  Intermountain  Theatres ;  Gov. 
Lester  C.  Hunt.  Wyoming;  U.  S.  Senator 
Joseph  C.  Mahoney,  Wyoming;  George 
Humphreys,  president,  University  of  Wyo- 
ming; Judge  Orjie  Phillips  of  the  10th  Cir- 
cuit Court  of  Appeals;  Al  Gould,  attorney 
for  Fox  Intermountain,  and  many  other  dig- 
nitaries. Berta  was  killed  when  his  car 
skidded  on  ice  as  he  was  escorting  some 
flyers  to  the  airport.  The  flyers  had  been 
taking  part  in  a  Rock  Springs  Bond  rally. 

Thomas  Martinez  plans  opening  of  400- 
seat  El  Cortez,  Ranchos  de  Taos,  N.  M., 
October  1.  Santa  Fe,  N.  M.,  is  getting  two 
new  houses.  Marvin  Butler  expects  to  open 
early  in  October  the  new  650-seat  Ernie 
Pyle  memorial  theatre,  and  nearby  Inter- 
state Theatres  are  building  a  675-seat 
house.  .  .  .  Andy  Sutherland  moves  from 
Bluebird  managership  to  same  post  at  new 
Fox,  Aurora,  Colo.  Ralph  Lee,  Aladdin  as- 
sistant, gets  Bluebird  post.  .  .  .  City  manager 
changes  at  Fox  Intermountain  Theatres  in- 
clude moving  Les  Newkirk  from  Rock 
Springs,  Wyo.,  to  Sheridan,  Wyo.;  A.  C. 
Stalcup  from  Sheridan  to  North  Platte, 
Neb.,  and  Russell  Berry  from  North 
Platte  to  Rock  Springs,  Wyo. 

DETROIT 

Business  fell  off  with  a  bang  in  neigh- 
borhood houses  as  Detroit  schools  opened 
September  11.  .  .  .  Downtown  theatres  will 
suffer  heavy  competition  from  stage  shows 


and  concert  halls  this  autumn  and  winter 
The  Music  Hall,  dormant  until  last  year 
will  be  open  almost  every  night  with  specia 
recital  series,  ballets,  and  concerts  by  thej 
Detroit  symphony;  the  Art  Institute  hasi 
announced  a  heavy  program,  including  the 
seventh  season  of  the  Catholic  Theatre; 
Masonic  Temple,  traditional  home  of  art 
offerings,  has  scheduled  grand  opera,  series 
of  nation's  top  symphonic  outfits,  plus  wide 
variety  of  others ;  and  Cass  and  Shubert- 
Lafayette,  legitimate  houses,  will  be  open 
every  night. 

Gil  Green  has  returned  to  his  old  post 
as  manager  of  the  Michigan,  replacing 
Frank  Upton,  who  becomes  assistant  to  Joe 
Busic  of  United  Detroit  Theatres. 

HARTFORD 

Continental  Circuit,  Inc.,  has  reopened  the 
Center  theatre  in  downtown  Hartford  after 
alterations.  Arnold  Leapard  is  the  new  man- 
ager. .  .  .  West  Side  Amusement  Co.,  of 
Bridgeport,  has  filed  permit  application  for 
theatre  alterations  at  a  cost  of  $2,500.  .  .  . 
Doug  Amos,  returned  serviceman,  is  now 
assistant  manager  at  the  M&P  Paramount, 
New  Haven.  Russ  Ordway,  who  was  han- 
dling the  assistant's  duties  at  the  New 
Haven  house,  is  now  assistant  at  the  M&P 
Allyn  in  Hartford. 

Jack  Gordon  of  Gordon's  Entertainment 
Bureau,  Hartford,  is  now  observing  his  40th 
year  in  show  business.  .  .  .  Henry  L.  Needles, 
Hartford  district  manager  for  Warner  Thea- 
tres, has  been  appointed  chairman  of  a  new 
motion  picture  sub-committee  of  the  Fire 
Prevention  Committee,  Hartford  Chamber 
of  Commerce. 

The  Center  theatre,  Fall  River,  Mass.,  has 
reopened,  after  alterations.  Ray  Allard  is 
managing.  .  .  .  Lloyd  Bridgham's  new  State 
theatre,  Presque  Isle,  Me.,  was  opened  re- 
cently, with  numerous  state  and  city  officials 
on  hand.  .  .  .  Orville  H.  Smith  and  Lon  Vail 
have  opened  the  Island  theatre  at  Ports- 
mouth, R.  I.,  seating  500.  .  .  .  The  Shubert, 
New  Haven,  Thursday  presented  a  new  mu- 
sical comedy,  "Park  Avenue,"  starring 
Leonora  Corbett  and  Arthur  Margetson, 
with  Raymond  Walburn.  .  .  .  Edward  Fitz- 
patrick,  manager  of  Loew's  Poli,  Waterbury, 
Conn.,  has  announced  plans  to  erect  a  film 
theatre  in  the  center  of  Woodbury,  Conn.,  as 
soon  as  building  materials  become  available. 
His  son,  Neal  Edward  Fitzpatrick,  will  man- 
age. 

INDIANAPOLIS 

All's  quiet  at  the  downtown  houses  this 
week.  The  outstanding  entries,  "Anna  and 
the  King  of  Siam"  at  the  Indiana  and 
"The  Diary  of  a  Chambermaid"  at  Loew's, 
are  hugging  the  average  line.  "Canyon 
Passage,"  now  playing  a  moveover  at  the 
Lyric,  topped  $19,000  at  the  Indiana  last 
week.  With  the  weather  fine  and  mild  after 
a  cold  August,  the  Drive-In  has  announced 
it  will  stay  open  through  October.  .  .  . 
Art  Baker,  who  was  manager  of  the  Circle 
before  he  went  to  the  army,  is  slated  to 
return  as  manager  of  Keith's  here  when 
it  reopens  in  mid-October.  .  .  .  Max  Wolf, 
purchasing  agent  for  Loew's,  visited  the  lo- 
cal exchange  this  week,  his  first  time  in 
town.  .  .  .  Bruce  Kixmiller,  Bicknell  ex- 
hibitor, is  president  of  the  Civilian  Ad- 
visory Council  organized  by  11  cities  to 

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Baelp  the  big  Crane  Naval  Depot  in  their 
B.:erritory.  .  .  .  The  Indianapolis  Variety 
■iCiub  held  a  special  meeting  Sunday  night 
I  at  the  Sever  in  Hotel  for  General  William 
■IMcCraw,  national  co-ordinator. 

Ikansas  city 

Public  and  parochial  schools  opened  Mon- 
1  day,  September  16,  the  opening  having  been 
J  twice  postponed  because  of  polio.  The  inci- 
dence of  the  disease  is  definitely  on  the  de- 
cline, said  the  Health  Director  of  Kansas 
City  advising  the  board  of  that  city  that  he 
approved  the  opening.  The  greater  number 
01  cases  this  year  than  in  recent  years  has 
caused  not  only  postponement  of  school  open- 
ings, but  through  the  late  summer  closing  of 
all  places  of  public  gathering  including  thea- 
tres in  some  towns.  Theatre  attendance  in 
many  towns  declined  radically  although 
downtown  theatres  were  not  so  much  af- 
fected. Attendance  of  young  children  shrank 
in  many  neighborhood  theatres  to  two  or 
three;  but  in  the  past  three  weeks  children 
have  been  attending  in  larger  numbers. 

There  are  comments  on  the  relatively 
<  small  amount  of  attention  called  to  the  fact 
that  funds  for  meeting  local  needs  of  care  for 
polio  victims  were  largely  raised  through 
theatres. 

MEMPHIS 


M.  A.  Lightman,  Jr.,  and  Richard  Light- 
man,  sons  of  M.  A.  Lightman,  Sr.,  president 
of  Malco  Theatres,  Inc.,  are  touring  the 
Lightman  neighborhood  theatres  of  the  Mid- 
South.  Both  are  associated  with  the  com- 
pany as  junior  executives.  .  .  .  A.  H.  Mc- 
Adams,  Miami,  Fla.,  executive  with  Wo- 
metco  Theatre  Circuit  which  operates  29 
motion  picture  theatres  in  Florida  and  is 
building  six  more,  was  in  Memphis  this  week 
on  a  social  visit.  .  .  .  W.  D.  Hood,  assistant 
shipper,  20th-Fox,  left  this  week  for  service 
in  the  U.  S.  Army.  ...  J.  Fred  Brown, 
owner  of  Ozark  Amusements  Company, 
which  operates  a  circuit  of  Arkansas  thea- 
tres, was  in  Memphis  this  week.  .  .  .  C.  W. 
Tipton  and  his  son,  Pinkey  Tipton,  who 
operate  theatres  in  Monette,  Caraway  and 
Manila,  Ark.,  were  on  the  Memphis  row  on 
business  last  weekend. 

MINNEAPOLIS 


Theatre  business  here  took  a  general  up- 
turn, especially  at  the  neighborhood  houses, 
following  lifting  of  the  infantile  paralysis 
ban  on  children  under  15.  The  neighbor- 
hoods reinstituted  their  Saturday  matinee 
specials,  which  had  been  dropped  during  the 
six-week  quarantine.  .  .  .  Talbot  Hayden, 
representative  of  J.  Arthur  Rank,  made 
Minneapolis  on  his  tour  to  get  reaction  of 
exhibitors  and  bookers  to  British-made 
films.  .  .  .  Cal  Nygaard,  who  was  a  theatre 
manager  with  Baehr  theatres,  Brainerd, 
Minn.,  before  the  war,  then  had  charge 
of  four  navy  theatres  during  two  years  in 
service,  has  returned  to  Brainerd  as  a  thea- 
tre, manager  with  the  Home  Theatre  Com- 
pany. .  .  .  Jack  De  Marce,  Benson,  Minn., 
has  withdrawn  from  Frank  Mantzke's 
Northwest  Theatre  Service,  buying  and 
booking  combine,  to  join  Theatre  Associ- 
ates, headed  by  Tom  Burke,  former  Min- 
neapolis Monogram  manager.  .  .  .  Wayne 
Marx,  booker  at  Minneapolis  Paramount 


branch,  has  taken  over  the  Ironton  at  Iron- 
ton,  Minn. 

Charles  Winchell,  advertising  and  pub- 
licity director,  and  John  Branton,  buyer  for 
Mindako  Theatres,  have  completed  the  first 
leg  of  a  series  of  district  meetings  to  plan 
the  circuit's  second  annual  Fall  Happiness 
drive. 

OMAHA 

Reopening  of  school  and  uncertain 
weather  has  done  little  to  turn  the  tide  of 
good  box  office  returns  here.  .  .  .  Omaha's 
Paramount  exchange  will  battle  the  Des 
Moines  personnel  on  the  WOW  Sunday 
afternoon  quiz  program  October  6.  .  .  . 
G.  E.  McGlynn,  MGM  branch  manager,  is 
in  St.  Joseph's  Hospital.  .  .  .  Jim  Castle, 
Paramount  publicity  representative  from 
Kansas  City,  was  in  town  to  help  his  com- 
pany with  the  cocktail  session  it  furnished 
at  the  two-state  exhibitors'  meeting.  .  .  . 
Will  Singer,  RKO-Brandeis  manager,  is  in 
Chicago.  .  .  .  Allan  Kohan,  Warner's  ex- 
ploiteer,  is  arranging  special  screenings  for 
Boy  Scout  executives  through  the  state  for 
"Men  of  Tomorrow."  Many  communities 
will  have  local  Scout  tieins. 

PHILADELPHIA 

Roy  Rogers  is  in  town  with  his  rodeo  at 
the  Arena,  and  John  Boles  is  a  big  hit  in  his 
personal  appearance  at  the  Earle.  .  .  .  Harry 
Cotton,  general  district  manager  for  Alex- 
ander film,  is  playing  host  to  local  people  on 
his  company's  yacht,  "Two  Smiles  II."  .  .  . 
Norman  Ayres,  Warner's  district  manager, 
in  town  at  the  local  exchange  last  week. 
.  .  .  Jack  Engle,  branch  manager  of  Screen 
Guild-Film  Classics,  has  booked  "Flight  To 
Nowhere"  into  Stanley-Warners'  Earle.  .  .  . 

Nat  Watkins  has  joined  the  Warner 
manager  staff,  and  has  been  assigned  to  the 
Capitol,  York,  Pa.  .  .  .  Mort  Levine,  War- 
ner district  manager  for  South  Jersey,  is 
in  the  St.  Francis  Hospital,  Wilmington, 
recuperating  from  a  recent  operation.  .  .  . 
Irv  Coopersmith,  back  as  manager  of  the 
Lindley,  after  an  absence  due  to  illness. 
.  .  .  Sunshine  Theatre  Service  (Maury 
Schwartz  and  V.  Becker)  was  registered 
last  week  to  conduct  a  theatre  promotion 
business  dealing  principally  in  bicycles,  toys, 
etc. 


PITTSBURGH 

James  Hendel  has  been  promoted  from 
supervisor  of  the  Pittsburgh  and  Cleveland 
exchange  for  PRC  to  district  manager  of 
the  Mid-Central  district.  His  new  terri- 
tory covers  Cincinnati,  Cleveland  and  Pitts- 
burgh. .  .  .  M.  A.  Silver,  local  Warners' 
zone  chief,  is  back  from  a  vacation  at  Bret- 
ton  Woods,  N.  H.  .  .  .  Regis  J.  Yunker,  as- 
sistant manager  of  the  Barry,  has  been  sta- 
tioned in  Toledo  for  the  Skirball  theatres. 
.  .  .  Charley  Baron,  Metro  exploiteer  in 
this  territory,  has  been  assisting  in  the  stag- 
ing of  the  world  premiere  of  MGM's  "Gal-  • 
lant  Bess"  in  Louisville.  .  .  .  Mike  Cullen, 
former  Loew  district  manager,  has  reported 
to  the  New  York  office  to  await  a  new 
assignment. 

PORTLAND 

Night  baseball,  dog  races,  and  the  back 
to  school  parade  of  juveniles  cut  into  down- 
town grosses.  .  .  .  Russell  F.  Brown,  of  Ore- 
gon Evergreen  Theatres,  has  been  named  as 
director  in  American  Theatres  Association, 
public  relations  division  for  the  State  of 
Oregon.  .  .  .  Harold  Weston,  purchased 
seats  for  his  theatre  under  construction  at 
Everson,  Wash.,  following  disposal  of  his 
Grand  theatre  at  Ferndale  to  A.  Norden- 
berg,  Seattle.  .  .  .  Jack  Gardner  has  taken 
over  operation  of  the  theatre  at  Burling- 
ton, Wash.  .  .  .  Al  Fernandez  announces 
opening  of  his  new  theatre  at  Montesano, 
Wash.  .  .  .  Complete  renovation  and  in- 
creased seating  capacity  are  scheduled  for 
the  Post  Street  theatre,  Spokane,  Wash. 

ST.  LOUIS 

What  might  be  regarded  as  a  beneficial 
move  for  first  run  houses  was  a  change  in 
policy  by  the  St.  Louis  Globe-Democrat, 
only  morning  newspaper  in  the  city,  in  the 
matter  of  publishing  reviews.  Heretofore, 
Herbert  L.  Monk's  reviews  were  published 
on  one  day,  Thursday  or  Friday  ■ —  all 
lumped  together.  Under  the  new  policy, 
the  review  will  be  run  the  day  after  a  film 
opens,  on  a  one-a-day  policy.  .  .  .  Sam 
Komm's  plans  for  a  $500,000  motion  picture 
house  in  South  St.  Louis  indefinitely  post- 
poned because  Komm  was  unable  to  get 
CPA  clearance.  .  .  .  The  film,  "Hannibal 
Victory,"  based  on  deeds  of  Hannibal 
Victory,  in  the  Pacific,  will  open  in  Hanni- 
bal, Mo.,  September  19.  .  .  .  Roy  Rogers, 
and  his  horse,  Trigger,  to  be  star  of  a  rodeo 
sponsored  by  local  firemen  for  week  begin- 
ning September  27.  .  .  .  The  city's  only 
legitimate  house,  the  American,  opened  last 

week  with  "Mary  Had  a  Little   ."  .  .  . 

William  Sherman,  who  had  been  manager 
of  the  St.  Louis  PRC  office,  last  week  as- 
sumed his  new  duties  as  district  manager 
for  that  company,  with  supervision  over 
St.  Louis  and  Indianapolis.  Sam  Weiss, 
assistant  manager  to  Sherman,  has  been 
elevated  to  branch  manager  of  the  St.  Louis 
office. 

WASHINGTON 

Two  new  films  opened  this  week,  "Of 
Human  Bondage"  at  the  Warner  Earle,  fol- 
lowing a  two- week  run  of  "The  Big  Sleep," 
and  "Courage  of  Lassie"  at  Loew's  Capitol 
following    a   two-week    run    of  "Smoky." 

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SPOTLIGHT 

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"Kid  from  Brooklyn"  continues  at  RKO 
Keith's  .  .  .  Sidney  Lust's  Hippodrome  thea- 
tre announces  that  "Specter  of  the  Rose" 
will  have  its  Washington  premiere,  Septem- 
ber 21.  ...  A  testimonial  buffet  was  held  in 
honor  of  Max  Cohen,  Universal  Pictures, 
recently  promoted  to  the  Cleveland  Ex- 
change, and  Harry  Martin,  new  local  Uni- 
versal branch  manager,  by  the  Variety 
Club  of  Washington,  in  the  club  quarters, 
September  20.  It  was  a  stag  affair.  .  .  . 
Loew's  Columbia  theatre  announced  a  car- 
toon carnival  September  21  at  9  A.M.  with 
17  Technicolor  cartoons  on  the  bill. 

The  Motion  Picture  Herald's  Stars  of 
Tomorrow  list  got  plenty  of  space  in  the 
local  newspapers,  with  some  of  the  drama 
editors  devoting  almost  an  entire  column  to 
it.  .  .  .  Loew's  Capitol  theatre  is  celebrating 
its  19th  anniversary  this  week  with  the 
showing  of  "Courage  of  Lassie"  on  the 
screen  and  the  Major  Bowes'  All-Star 
Graduates  on  the  stage.  .  .  .  Harry  Anger, 
former  managing  director  of  the  Earle  thea- 
tre, and  recently  pageant  director  of  the 
Arlington  Centennial  Celebration,  will  book 
and  stage  shows  for  the  Club  Cairo. 

Cyril  Mee,  manager  of  Warner  Bros. 
State  Theatre,  Lexington,  Va.,  and  Tom 
Baldridge,  local  publicity  man  for  MGM, 
and  a  resident  of  Winchester,  Va.,  were 
among  the  invited  guests  who  met  with 
the  members  of  the  board  of  directors  of 
Shenandoah  Valley,  Inc. 

Announce  Awards  in 
Broidy  Sales  Drive 

Final  standings  and  awards  in  the  Samuel 
Broidy  Testimonial  Drive  were  announced 
yesterday  by  Mr.  Broidy,  Monogram  presi- 
dent. Division  one,  sales :  San  Francisco 
first,  Washington  second,  Philadelphia  third. 
Division  one,  collection :  San  Francisco, 
Washington,  Philadelphia.  Division  two, 
sales:  St.  Louis,  Pittsburgh,  Buffalo.  Divi- 
sion two,  collections :  Buffalo,  Pittsburgh, 
Cincinnati.  Division  three,  sales :  Minne- 
apolis, Albany,  Seattle.  Division  three,  col- 
lections :  Portland,  Memphis,  Minneapolis. 
The  contest  carried  $15,000  in  prizes  with 
competing  exchanges  divided  in  three  classi- 
fications, each  receiving  similar  awards.  In 
addition  to  the  regular  prizes,  Minneapolis 
won  a  $500  prize  for  the  highest  sales  per- 
centage on  a  quota  basis;  Buffalo,  $500  for 
highest  collections  on  quota  basis,  and  Jack 
Safer  of  the  Washington  exchange  $200  as 
the  manager  whose  branch  registered  the 
greatest  over-all  improvement. 


Broidy  Names  Dunlap 
Executive  Assistant 

Samuel  Broidy,  president  of  Monogram 
Pictures,  has  appointed  Scott  R.  Dunlap  ex- 
ecutive assistant  at  the  studio.  He  will  assist 
Mr.  Broidy  on  all  production  matters,  as  well 
as  being  in  charge  of  operations  of  the  Hol- 
lywood plant.  Mr.  Dunlap,  with  W.  Ray 
Johnston,  helped  organize  the  new  Mono- 
gram company  in  1937.  He  worked  as  a 
director-  at  Twentieth  Century-Fox,  Uni- 
versal, RKO  and  Warner  Brothers  and  has 
produced  many  Monogram  pictures. 


To  Honor  Wehrenberg 
At  St.  Louis  Luncheon 

In  tribute  to  Fred  Wehrenberg,  recently 
elected  president  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Theatre  Owners  of  America  and  in  recog- 
nition of  his  championship  of  independent 
exhibitors,  a  committee  of  120  representa- 
tives of  the  industry  in  St.  Louis  plans  a 
luncheon  in  his  honor  at  the  Coronado 
Hotel  in  that  city,  September  23.  Indus- 
try leaders  in  exhibition,  production  and 
distribution  have  been  invited.  Thomas 
James  is  chairman  of  the  testimonial  com- 
mittee, Clarence  Kaimann,  co-chairman,  and 
Clarence  Hill,  district  chairman.  Comit- 
tee  members  include  Lester  Bona,  M. 
Schweitzer,  Harry  Hynes  and  Lester  Kropp. 

Olean  Theatre 
Files  Trust  Suit 

Brodonaro  Brothers  Theatres,  Inc.,  oper- 
ator of  the  Palace  theatre  in  Olean,  N.  Y., 
filed  suit  for  treble  damages  under  the  Sher- 
man and  Clayton  Anti-Trust  Acts  last  Fri- 
day in  Western  District  Federal  Court  at 
Buffalo,  against  Warner  Brothers,  operators 
of  two  opposition  theatres,  and  12  co-de- 
fendants. Treble  damages  would  amount  to 
$489,000. 

In  its  complaint,  Brodonaro  charges  that 
since  1930  its  Palace  theatre  has  been  pre- 
vented from  obtaining  a  fair  share  of  the 
better  first  run  pictures,  with  these  pictures 
going  to  Warners'  Haven  and  State  the- 
atres. Prior  to  1930,  according  to  the  com- 
plaint, the  three  theatres  were  operated  in- 
dependently. 

The  defendants  are  Loew's  Inc.,  Para- 
mount, RKO  Radio,  Radio-Keith-Orpheum, 
Twentieth  Century-Fox,  Universal  Pictures, 
Universal  Film  Exchange,  Big  U  Film  Ex- 
change, United  Artists,  Warner  Brothers, 
Vitagraph,  and  Warner  Brothers  Circuit 
Management  Corporation. 


Jones  Joins  ARI 

Beverly  Jones  has  announced  his  resig- 
nation as  associate  producer  of  the  March 
of  Time  to  join  the  Hollywood  staff  of  Au- 
dience Research,  Inc.,  specializing  in  client 
relations.  Mr.  Jones  was  through  the  war 
engaged  in  production  with  the  U.  S.  Army 
pictorial  service  with  the  rank  of  captain. 
He  was  largely  engaged  in  pictorial  record- 
ings in  Iran.  He  came  into  the  industry 
with  the  Paramount  studios  in  Long  Island 
City,  and  was  for  some  years,  before  his 
March  of  Time  connection,  on  the  produc- 
tion staff  of  Pathe. 


Pal  Signs  Herman 

Woody  Herman  and  his  orchestra  have 
been  signed  to  appear  in  a  Puppetoon  to  be 
produced  by  George  Pal  for  Paramount  re- 
lease. Duke  Ellington  recently  completed  a 
similar  Puppetoon,  "Date  With  Duke."  Mr. 
Herman  will  appear  in  "Rhapsody  in  Wood," 
with  the  featured  puppet  representing  Mr. 
Herman  as  a  child. 


Eagle-Lion  Will 
Distribute  for 
Lyons  Company 

Eagle-Lion  Films,  Inc.,  the  J.  Arthur 
Rank  affiliate,  and  Producing  Artists,  Inc., 
have  concluded  a  producing-releasing  deal 
which  calls  for  Producing  Artists  to  deliver 
to  Eagle-Lion  for  release  over  a  three-year 
period  a  series  of  top-ranking  features  each 
in  the  $2,000,000  bracket. 

The  first  picture  under  the  new  agreement 
will  be  "Prelude  to  Night,"  from  Dayton 
Stoddard's  novel.  Production  will  begin 
November  1  with  a  cast  headed  by  Zachary 
Scott,  Louis  Hayward  and  Sidney  Green- 
street.  William  D^ieterle  will  direct.  The 
second  film  will  be  "Imperial  Venus,"  from 
Edgar  Maass'  fictionalized  biography  of  the 
life  of  Pauline  Bonaparte. 

The  deal  was  announced  this  week  by 
Arthur  Krim,  Eagle-Lion  president. 

Producing  Artists,  originally  formed  in 
1943,  recently  was  reorganized  with  Arthur 
S.  Lyons  as  president  and  Joseph  Justman 
as  vice-president. 

The  pictures  will  be  produced  at  the  new 
$3,500,000  nine-stage  studio  now  being  con- 
structed in  Hollywood.  Facilities  of  Eagle- 
Lion  also  will  be  made  available  to  the  com- 
pany. 

Mr.  Krim  announced  that  a  close  operat- 
ing relationship  is  effected  in  the  pact,  with 
each  studio  making  available  to  the  other  its 
roster  of  actors,  directors,  writers  and  other 
talent,  as  well  as  working  crews  and  physical 
facilities. 

"Return  to  Night"  Wins 
MGM  Prize  Novel  Award 

Mary  Renault's  "Return  to  Night"  has 
won  first  place  in  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 
$200,000  third  annual  prize  novel  contest. 
The  novel,  which  is  to  be  published  by  Wil- 
liam Morrow  in  the  autumn,  is  a  story  of 
contemporary  England.  The  authoress,  a 
trained  nurse  and  an  Oxford  graduate,  has 
published  three  other  novels.  The  contest 
calls  for  a  minimum  award  of  $125,000  to 
the  author,  with  the  possibility  of  an  addi- 
tional $50,000.  An  award  of  $25,000  is  made 
to  the  publisher  of  the  book.  Previous  award 
were  made  to  "Green  Dolphin  Street"  and 
"Before  the  Sun  Goes  Down." 

AMPA  Names  Relief 
Fund  Committee 

Chester  Friedman,  editor  of  the  Managers' 
Round  Table  of  Motion  Picture  Herald, 
has  been  appointed  chairman  of  a  fund-rais- 
ing committee  on  behalf  of  the  Associated 
Motion  Picture  Advertisers'  Relief  Fund. 
Others  on  the  committee  include  Charles 
Alicoate,  chairman  of  the  AMPA  Relief 
Fund ;  Phil  Williams,  chairman  of  the  plan- 
ning and  program  committee;  Dave  Bader, 
Arnold  Stoltz,  Evelyn  Koleman,  Jerome 
Pickman  and  Ray  Gallagher. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD.  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


Store  Tieup  Plan 
Starts  in  Dallas 
Using  Reissues 

What  may  prove  to  be  a  new  twist  to  an 
exhibitor-local  tradesman  tieup  is  the  "pro- 
gressive theatre  party"  sold  to  the  7-Eleven 
Ice  Stores  in  Dallas  by  Paul  Perella  and 
John  Baker. 

Under  the  scheme,  the  chain  store  group 
will  pay  the  film  rental  on  showings  of  a 
series  of  films  which  have  proved  successful 
in*  the  past,  in  return  for  which  the  exhibitor 
will  place  the  ice  company's  name  on  the 
theatre  marquee  and  on  a  preliminary  trailer 
prior  to  the  series'  presentation. 

First  film  shown  under  the  plan  was  "The 
Texas  Rangers,"  a  1936  Paramount  release 
with  Fred  MacMurray,  Joan  Parker  and 
Lloyd  Nolan,  June  10  at  the  Acadia.  This 
was  followed  by  "Waterloo  Bridge"  with 
Robert  Taylor  and  Vivien  Leigh  at  the 
Kessler. 

Paramount  spokesmen  in  New  York  saw 
no  objection  to  the  Dallas  idea  as  long  as 
there  was  no  infringement  or  improper  use 
of  the  picture  company's  name  and  that  the 
sponsoring  ice  company  was  not  mentioned 
in  advertising  as  presenting  the  picture. 
They  pointed  out  there  was  nothing  new  in 
exhibitors  using  advertisements  of  local 
tradesmen  in  lobbies  or  on  trailers.  The 
marquee  spotting,  they  assume,  shows  in  the 
Dallas  instance,  the  7-Eleven  Ice  Company's 
name  as  sponsor  of  the  theatre  party  rather 
than  the  film. 

The  ice  company  doesn't  sell  tickets  to  the 
showing  but  pays  for  promotion  pieces  on 
the  picture,  which  are  distributed  to  the 
company's  customers  and  bear  the  company's 
imprint. 


Pioneers  Set  November  20 
For  "Father-Son"  Dinner 

The  Picture  Pioneers  have  set  November 
20  as  the  date  for  its  "Fathers  and  Sons" 
dinner  to  be  held  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria 
Hotel,  New  York.  The  executive  commit- 
tee of  the  group,  headed  by  Jack  Cohn,  ex- 
ecutive vice-president  of  Columbia  Pic- 
tures, was  to  meet  in  New  York  during 
the  week  to  discuss  arrangements  for  the 
event. 


Back  Foster  Homes  Drive 

Allied  Theatre  Owners  of  Eastern  Penn- 
sylvania is  sponsoring  theatre  participation 
in  the  Philadelphia  drive  for  the  Foster 
Homes  for  Children  campaign,  according  to 
Sidney  E.  Samuelson,  general  manager  of 
Allied.  Cooperation  of  about  150  theatres 
was  expected  in  the  showing  of  a  short  con- 
tributed by  Twentieth  Century-Fox  in  sup- 
port of  the  drive.  Production  was  arranged 
through  Thomas  J.  Connors-,  20th  Century- 
Fox  vice-president  in  charge  of  sales. 
Clark  Film  is  handling  distribution. 


Warners  Acquire  Theatre 
In  Bogota,  Colombia 

Warner  Brothers  have  acquired  the  San 
Jorge  theatre  in  Bogota,  Colombia,  it  was 
announced  this  week  by  Wolfe  Cohen,  vice- 
president  of  Warner  International.  The 
theatre  is  a  1,200-seat  deluxe  house  built 
about  five  years  ago.  Warners  will  take 
possession  January  1  after  extensive  remod- 
eling and  installation  of  new  sound  equip- 
ment. Deals  for  acquisition  of  several  other 
South  American  houses  are  now  pending, 
according  to  Mr.  Cohen. 

Reade  Theatres  Appoints 
Park  Avenue  Managers 

David  T.  Kearney  was  named  manager 
and  Alfred  Sandwani  assistant  manager  of 
Walter  Reade  Theatres'  new  Park  Avenue 
theatre  in  New  York,  at  a  meeting  of  execu- 
tives and  managers  of  the  circuit  in  the  New 
York  home  office  last  week.  The  meeting  was 
presided  over  by  Walter  Reade,  Jr.  Other 
promotions  and  personnel  changes  included 
the  transfer  of  Walter  Kirchafer  from  King- 
ston, N.  Y.,  to  the  Paramount  theatre  in 
Asbury  Park,  N.  J. ;  the  promotion  of  Guy 
Heria  from  Asbury  Park  to  city  manager  for 
the  circuit  in  Morristown,  N.  J.,  and  the  ap- 
pointment of  R.  Lanterman  as  manager  of 
the  circuit's  Jersey  theatre  in  Morristown. 
At  the  same  time  it  was  announced  that 
Steve  Brener  has  been  appointed  director  of 
publicity  for  Walter  Reade  Theatres. 

Protest  Sunday  Shows 
In  Nashville,  Ga. 

A  small  group  of  Nashville,  Ga.,  citizens 
have  petitioned  L.  A.  Stein,  owner  of  Nash- 
ville's Majestic,  to  halt  Sunday  shows.  The 
petition  stated  that  Sunday  shows  were  a 
violation  of  the  law  and  an  encroachment  on 
the  Sabbath  Day.  The  signers  declared  they 
would  resort  to  the  courts  if  the  theatre  was 
not  voluntarily  closed  Sundays.  The  Sun- 
day shows  are  under  the  auspices  of  the  Ber- 
rien County  chapter  of  Veterans  of  Foreign 
Wars.  The  proceeds  are  to  be  used  to  erect 
a  club  house. 


End  Paralysis  Ban 
In  Minneapolis 

The  polio  quarantine  forbidding  children 
15  years  of  age  and  under  from  attending 
Minneapolis'  theatres  was  ended  last  Thurs- 
day after  loop  merchants  brought  pressure  to 
bear  on  the  city's  welfare  board  for  imme- 
diate lifting  of  the  ban.  The  quarantine  had 
been  in  effect  for  six  weeks  and  children  had 
been  banned  from  riding  street  cars,  buses 
and  from  gathermg  in  large  groups. 


Levee  Sues  Orson  Welles 

M.  C.  Levee  has  filed  suit  in  Los  Angeles 
Superior  Court  against  Orson  Welles  for 
$65,000,  assertedly  due  on  a  contract  between 
Mr.  Welles  and  Franchot  Tone  for  Mr. 
Tone's  services  in  Mr.  Welles'  unmade 
"Production  No.  Four."  Mr.  Tone  has 
signed  his  contract  over  to  Mr.  Levee. 


20th-Fox  to  Sell 
Korda  Product 
In  Australia 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  will  distribute  in 
Australia,  New  Zealand  and  Tasmania  all 
those  British  films  to  be  released  in  the 
United  Kingdom  by  Sir  Alexander  Korda's 
British  Lion  Films.  The  deal  involves  the 
productions  of  six  independent  producers 
whose  pictures  will  be  exhibited  in  Aus- 
tralia's and  New  Zealand's  most  extensive 
circuits — Hoyt's  and  Amalgamated  The- 
atres— on  a  percentage  basis  and  on  the 
same  terms  as  the  best  American-made  pic- 
tures are  shown. 

The  announcement  was  made  Tuesday  by 
Murray  Silverstone,  20th-Fox  International 
president,  in  a  joint  statement  with  Sir  Ar- 
thur Jarratt,  deputy  chairman  and  man- 
aging director  of  British  Lion  Film  Cor- 
poration; Ernest  Turnbull,  managing  direc- 
tor of  Hoyt's  Theatres,  Australia;  Michael 
Moodabe,  managing  director  of  Amalga- 
mated Theatres,  New  Zealand,  and  Sir 
Alexander. 

Twentieth-Fox  has,  for  a  number  of  years, 
handled  the  distribution  of  many  pictures 
in  Australia  and  New  Zealand.  The  inde- 
pendent producers  involved  in  the  deal  in- 
clude Herbert  Wilcox,  Carol  Reed,  Leslie 
Arliss,  Anthony  Kimmins,  Zoltan  Korda  and 
Edward  Black. 

Mr.  Black  has  two  films  in  production.  He 
has  finished  the  exteriors  of  "Bonnie  Prince 
Charlie,"  starring  David  Niven,  and  is  Cur- 
rently in  Italy  supervising  exteriors  for  a 
picture  directed  by  Leslie  Arliss,  "Man 
About  the  House." 

Mr.  Wilcox  soon  will  start  his  next  pro- 
duction with  Anna  Neagle  and  Michael 
Wilding  starred. 

Sir  Alexander  is  now  preparing  several 
films,  the  first  of  which  will  be  an  Orson 
Welles  production,  presumably  the  New 
York  extravaganza,  "Around  the  World." 
His  other  productions  will  star  Cary  Grant, 
Paulette  Goddard  and  Ralph  Richardson, 
among  others. 

Taxes  on  Amusements 
Drop  in  Minnesota 

Federal  admission  tax  collections  on  places 
of  amusement  in  Minnesota  dipped  from 
$727,504  in  July  to  $561,000  in  August,  ac- 
cording to  the  Minnesota  U.  S.  Internal 
Revenue  Collector.  The  drop  was  attributed 
to  the  polio  quarantine.  This  year's  admis- 
sion tax  collection  for  August  still  was 
$100,000  above  August  of  last  year,  however. 


Avert  SPG  Threat 

Negotiators  for  the  Screen  Office  and 
Professional  Employees  Guild  and  the 
Screen  Publicists  Guild  are  reported  to  have 
reached  an  agreement  with  company  repre- 
sentatives, thus  averting  a  threatened  strike 
in  New  York.  Terms  of  the  agreement  are 
said  to  contain  a  compromise. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


37 


Goldman  Loss  Is 
Put  at  $125,000 
By  District  Court 

A  ruling  by  Judge  William  H.  Kirkpat- 
rick  last  week  in  the  U.  S.  District  Court, 
Philadelphia,  cleared  the  legal  way  for  the 
William  Goldman  Theatres,  Inc.,  of  Phila- 
delphia, to  seek  $375,000  from  12  film  com- 
panies for  alleged  monopolistic  practices. 

Judge  Kirkpatrick  ruled  that  Goldman 
suffered  a  loss  of  $125,000  by  closing  its 
Erlanger  theatre  in  Philadelphia  from  Sep- 
tember 1,  1941  to  December  8,  1942,  when 
it  was  unable  to  obtain  first  run  pictures. 

Under  the  Clayton  Act  attorneys  for 
Goldman  now  may  petition  the  U.  S.  Dis- 
trict Court  for  an  award  of  treble  damages, 
amounting  to  $375,000  and  for  an  injunction 
to  halt  the  alleged  monopoly. 

Still  Has  Claim 

Goldman  still  has  a  claim  for  losses  sus- 
tained since  December  8,  1942.  The  Gold- 
man circuit  originally  filed  suit  for  $1,350,- 
000  damages  against  the  producers  and  dis- 
tributors, charging  conspiracy  under  the 
anti-trust  law.  Jiudge  Kirkpatrick,  who  tried 
the  case,  dismissed  in  April,  1944.  He 
held  there  had  been  no  restraint  of  inter- 
state commerce. 

Goldman  theatres  moved  to  the  U.  S.  Cir- 
cuit Court  of  Appeals,  which,  in  August, 
1945,  reversed  Judge  Kirkpatrick  and  sent 
the  case  back  to  the  lower  court  for  a  deter- 
mination of  damages  suffered.  In  fixing  the 
Erlanger's  loss,  Judge  Kirkpatrick  used  the 
profit  made  by  the  Mastbaum,  a  Warners' 
house  a  block  away,  as  the  standard. 

"I  have  no  hesitation  in  making  the  find- 
ing that  had  the  Erlanger  operated  in  free 
competition  during  the  damage  period,  it 
would  have  made  profits,"  Judge  Kirkpat- 
rick said.  ''I  also  think  the  evidence  offered 
by  William  Goldman  Theatres,  Inc.,  the 
plaintiff,  is  sufficient  to  enable  the  court  to 
estimate  the  amount  of  probable  profits  with 
a  reasonable  degree  of  accuracy,  which  is 
all  the  law  requires,"  he  continued. 

12  Companies  Cited 

The  12  companies  cited  in  the  Erlanger 
suit  are :  Loew's,  Paramount,  20th  Century- 
Fox,  Columbia,  Warner  Brothers,  Vita- 
graph,  Warner  Brothers  Circuit  Manage- 
ment Corporation,  Stanley  Company  of 
America,  Universal  Corporation,  Universal 
Film  Exchanges,  Inc.,  and  United  Artists 
Corporation. 

Still  pending  is  a  second  suit  by  Gold- 
man against  a  number  of  producers  and 
distributors  for  refusing  to  give  first  run 
pictures  to  Keith's  theatre,  and  the  Karlton 
theatre,  both  under  Goldman  management. 
(The  Karlton  recently  started  its  first  run 
policy  with  the  first  Philadelphia  showing  of 
"O.S.S."  Goldman  is  operating  the  Gold- 
man theatre,  new  first  run  house). 


"March  of  Progress  Drive" 
For  Monogram  Exchanges 

Monogram  will  conduct  a  "March  of 
Progress  Drive"  in  all  U.  S.  and  Canadian 
exchanges  during  the  last  12  weeks  of  1946, 
it  has  been  announced  by  Samuel  Broidy, 
president.  Object  of  the  drive  is  the  liquida- 
tion of  accounts  on  1945-46  and  all  previous 
season's  programs.  Field  captains  have  been 
appointed  for  all  districts,  each  to  work  under 
the  supervision  of  an  executive  in  New 
York.  District  meetings  are  being  arranged 
for  a  ways  and  means  discussion.  Prize 
awards  will  be  made  in  all  districts.  The 
drive  starts  October  12  and  closes  Decem- 
ber 28. 

Universal  Holds 
Final  Session 

The  third  and  final  of  a  series  of  regional 
sales  meetings  of  Universal-International 
Pictures  was  held  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria 
Hotel,  New  York,  Monday  and  Tuesday, 
with  W.  A.  Scully,  vice-president  and  gen- 
eral sales  manager,  presiding. 

District  and  branch  managers  from  New 
England,  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Ohio 
and  Washington,  D.  C,  as  well  as  home 
office  officials  heard  Mr.  Scully  outline  the 
plan  under  which  Universal-International 
expects  to  market  its  pictures.  The  plan 
was  first  revealed  at  the  initial  regional 
meeting  in  Denver  recently. 

Attending  the  New  York  meetings  were 
J.  J.  Scully  and  M.  Feltman,  Boston ;  G.  E. 
Schwartz,  Philadelphia ;  H.  J.  Martin, 
Washington ;  Dave  Miller,  J.  J.  Spandau, 
Buffalo;  E.  Vogel,  Albany;  P.  T.  Dana, 
Max  Cohen,  Cleveland ;  Arthur  Greenfield, 
New  Haven ;  Dave  Levy  and  Nat  Goldberg, 
New  York. 

From  the  home  office:  A.  J.  O'Keefe,  E. 
T.  Gomersall,  Fred  Myers,  F.  J.  A.  Mc- 
Carthy, Adolph  Shimel,  Maurice  Bergman, 
J.  J.  Jordan,  M.  Alin,  J.  Huber,  Frank 
Mooney,  Ray  Coyle,  Milton  Schneiderman 
and  F.  T.  Murray.  Also,  W.  J.  Heineman, 
general  sales  manager  of  the  J.  Arthur 
Rank  Organization  and  B.  G.  Kranze.  From 
Empire-Universal,  Canada,  A.  W.  Perry, 
M.  J.  Isman  and  M.  Plottel. 


DuPont  Purchases 
Smith  &  Aller 

DuPont  has  purchased  Smith  &  Aller, 
Ltd.,  west  coast  distributors  of  DuPont  mo- 
tion picture  film  for  approximately  20  years, 
it  was  announced  this  week.  It  was  further 
announced  that  the  DuPonf  photo  products 
department  would  open  a  west  coast  district 
sales  office  at  Hollywood  coincident  with  the 
transfer.  Myron  A.  Hatfield,  who  has  been 
branch  manager  of  Defender-DuPont  in  Los 
Angeles,  will  be  in  charge  of  the  new  office 
as  district  manager  of  the  photo  products  de- 
partment. Also  appointed  to  the  new  office 
were  H.  A.  Gladden,  district  X-ray  sales 
manager,  and  A.  H.  Bertholf,  district  trade 
sales  manager. 


Portugal  Studies 
Regulations  to 
Protect  Trade 

by  JOAO  DE  MORAES  PALMEIRO 

in  Lisbon 

The  Portuguese  Government  currently  is 
studying  and  soon  will  issue  special  regula- 
tions designed  to  protect  the  Portuguese  film 
industry  in  its  expansion. 

Although  no  particulars  on  the  regulations 
have  been  released  yet,  Felix  Ribeiro,  direc- 
tor of  the  Film  Section  of  the  Government's 
Office  of  Information,  has  indicated  that  for- 
eign distributors  have  not  very  much  to  fear 
from  the  conditions  of  the  new  legislation 
which,  he  said,  would  in  no  way  conflict 
with  the  interests  of  foreign  pictures  in  Por- 
tugal. This,  because  native  production  is 
still  on  a  scale  too  small  to  compete  with 
foreign  films. 

V 

The  announcement  of  this  impending 
legislation  was  made  by  Antonio  Ferro,  na- 
tional Secretary  of  Information,  when  he 
addressed  a  large  assembly  of  film  people 
invited  to  witness  the  awarding  of  prizes  by 
the  Office  of  Information  to  various  actors, 
directors  and  producers. 

Declaring  that  motion  pictures  "fit  the 
human  understanding  much  easier  and  more 
persuasively  than  any  other  media,"  he 
praised  the  U.  S.  indutsry  but  said  that  Hol- 
lywood product  was  far  from  entirely  fitted 
for  the  Portuguese  screen. 

Current  Portuguese  production,  he  '  said, 
suffers  from  too  much  talking  and  from  poor 
rhythm — which  he  compared  to  a  train  con- 
tinually stopping  on  its  journey. 

The  Secretary  of  Information  declared 
that  special  care  and  attention  must  be  de- 
voted to  the  film  industry's  expansion  and 
suggested  that  ■  producers  and  directors 
should  choose  their  stories  from  the  coun- 
try's literature.  Further,  he  said,  Portugal's 
Prime  Minister,  Oliveira  Salazar,  was  de- 
voting his  attention  to  the  industry's  prob- 
lems. 

y 

The  forthcoming  cinema  season,  which 
begins  in  Portugal  in  October,  will  offer 
American,  French,  English,  Italian,  Spanish 
and  Swedish  product.  This,  together  with  a 
backlog  from  last  season,  will  total  several 
hundred.  At  least  eight  Portuguese  produc- 
tions will  be  ready  for  distribution  and  a 
number  of  weeks  of  the  best  playdates 
doubtless  will  be  occupied  with  the  screening 
of  these  pictures.  The  limited  number  of 
first  runs  ,  in  Lisbon  and  Oporto  will  not  be 
sufficient  to  handle  all  the  pictures  which  31 
distributors  are  offering. 

Preview  Bank  Film 

"Watson  Wakes  Up,"  an  18-minute  pic- 
ture featuring  Noah  Beery,  Jr.,  and  Virginia 
Christine,  produced  in  Hollywood  for  the 
New  York  State  savings  banks,  was  given 
its  preview  last  week  at  the  Normandie  thea- 
tre in  New  York. 


38 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


^Q-^ee  upon  a  time  we  asked  a  very  wise  old  man  if  there 
was  any  surefire  way  of  making  a  lot  of  people  happy. 

That's  an  awfully  tough  question,  but  this  old  man  was 
so  very,  very  wise,  people  said  he  was— at  least  — a  wizard. 
The  old  man  showed  his  wisdom  too.  He  scratched  his 
head  while  his  fourteen  apprentice  wizards  ran  up  and 
down  and  stroked  his  beard.  Then  he  spoke  as  follows: 
"Making  people  happy  is  a  very  important  and  wonderful 
thing  to  do.  Old  signs  and  symbols  won't  do  it.  Ancient 
formulas  are  useless.  Here,  though,  is  a  formula  as  up  to 
the  minute  as  nine-thirty  tomorrow  morning.  I  guarantee 
it  on  my  honor  as  a  member  of  Sorcerers'  Local  983. 

"First,  you  take  equal  parts  of  beautiful,  beautiful 
Evelyn  Keyes  and  clever  young  Keenan  Wynn.  Put  them 
in  each  other's  arms  in  the  lush,  throbbing  setting  of 
Rio  de  Janeiro.  Then  add  a  lot  of  lovely,  sophisticated 
Ann  Miller  and  her  toe-tingling  dances. 

"Next,  put  in  some  loud  guffaws  with  the  swell 
humor  of  Allyn  Joslyn  and  some  swoon-stirring  sing- 
ing by  Tito  Guizar.  Get  the  torrid  tropical  rhythms 
of  Enric  Madriguera's  Orchestra,  five  lilting  hit  songs, 
all  the  beautiful  girls  you  can  find,  and  the  won- 
derful dream  dancing  of  Veloz  and  Yolanda. 
"Show  all  that  on  a  screen  anywhere  and 
you'll  have  more  happy  people  than  you 
can  shake  a  magic  wand  at." 
We  followed  the  old  man's  formula 
exactly  and  we  made  a  grand, 
gay,  musical  movie.  See  it.  You'll 
agree  that  the  old  wiz  is 
very,  very  wise. 


ALLYN  JOSLYN 
TITO  GUIZAR 
VELOZ  -  YOLANDA 


AND 


Devery  Freeman  •  Directed  by 


AND  HIS  ORCHESTRA 

S.  SYLVAN  SIMON 


•  produced  bj  SIDNEY  BiDDELL 


A  u  th  or  A  u  thority 
Proposal  Fought 
By  Writers  Units 

The  American  Writers  Association,  a 
newly-formed  literary  group,  plans  legal  ac- 
tion against  the  proposed  American  Authors 
Authority,  it  was  indicated  in  New  York 
last  weekend. 

The  action  will  be  taken  if  the  Screen 
Writers  Guild,  Authors  Guild,  Dramatists 
Guild  and  Radio  Writers  Guild  cannot  be 
persuaded  to  abandon  their  project  to  organ- 
ize the  Authors  Authority  which  would  cen- 
tralize copyright  material,  on  the  ground 
that  the  Authority  violates  trust  laws. 

Name  Rene  Kuhn,  Waldman 

Tuesday,  the  Writers  Association  desig- 
nated Rene  L.  Kuhn,  novelist,  and  Louis 
Waldman,  lawyer  and  author,  to  present  its 
opposition  to  the  proposed  organization  at  a 
meeting  Wednesday  of  the  Authors  League. 
In  an  exchange  of  letters  and  telegrams, 
Elmer  Rice,  president  of  the  league,  said 
he  would  welcome  Miss  Kuhn  but  could  not 
grant  the  request  that  Mr.  Waldman  attend 
as  the  meeting  was  not  "a  legal  matter." 

Officers  named  by  the  Writers  Associa- 
tion include  Rupert  Hughes,  Irene  Kuhn 
and  Benjamin  Stolberg,  vice-chairmen; 
Richard  Rimanoczy,  treasurer,  and  Suzanne 
LaFollette,  executive  secretary. 

The  proposed  organization's  plans,  as  out- 
lined by  James  M.  Cain,  screen  writer  and 
novelist,  would  do  away  with  the  outright 
sales  of  literary  material  to  film  companies 
and  substitute  a  system  of  leasing.  It  would 
also  put  an  end  to  buying  material  from 
writers  who  are  not  members  of  one  of  the 
four  guilds  and  would  copyright,  in  its  own 
name,  all  material  produced  by  writers, 
whether  for  motion  pictures,  stage,  book, 
magazine  or  radio,  except  on  salary. 

The  Writers  Association,  including  Louis 
Bromfield,  Katherine  Brush,  John  Erskine, 
Benjamin  Stolberg  and  Clarence  Budding- 
ton  Kelland  among  its  members,  has  sent 
300  letters  to  other  leading  authors  in  the 
country  claiming  that  the  proposed  Authors 
Authority  would  put  a  stranglehold  on  all 
literary  production  and  use. 

Cites  Acceptance 

In  a  15-page  article  in  the  July  issue  of 
The  Screen  Writer,  organ  of  the  Screen 
Writers  Guild,  Mr.  Cain,  in  discussing  the 
plan,  said :  "The  authority  will  then  say,  'We 
shall  copyright  for  assignment  no  works  ex- 
cept from  writers  who  have  become  mem- 
bers of  the  proper  guild." 

Mr.  Cain  also  pointed  out  that  when  the 
Sale  of  Original  Material  Committee  of  the 
SWG  reported  in  favor  of  this  system,  "it 
was  thought  radical ;  within  a  short  time  it 
was  being  accepted  on  all  sides  as  the  way 
the  thing  will  be  done.  What  the  independ- 
ents (film  producers)  will  accept  the  majors 
must  agree  to." 


IN  NEWSREELS 

MOVIETONE  NEWS— VoL  29,  No.  5—  London  Confer- 
ence seeks  solution  for  Palestine  problem.  .  .  . 
"Monty"  of  Alamein  welcomed  here.  .  .  .  French 
prisoners  in  religious  pilgrimage.  .  .  .  Aviation: 
Navy's  "harness"  test.  .  .  .  Fashions  for  Brazil.  .  .  . 
Human  icicle.  .  .  .  Sports:  model  plane  meet, 
boomerang  throwers. 

MOVIETONE  NEWS — Vol.  29,  No.  6— Nazi  Gang  in 
last  plea.  .  .  .  More  trouble  in  Trieste.  .  .  .  Destroy- 
ing Siegfried  line.  .  .  .  Giant  C-54  catches  fire.  .  .  . 
Modernistic  Baptism.  .  .  .  Rodeo  spills.  .  .  .  Salmon 
Derby.  .  .  ,  Water  babies. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  18,  No.  203— President 
welcomes  Montgomery.  .  .  .  Nazi  torture  camp  vic- 
tims in  pilgrimage  to  Lourdes.  .  .  .  Planes  in  head-on 
crash  as  dummy  pilot  escapes.  .  .  .  London  squatters 
seize  homes  of  aristocrats.  .  .  .  French  quadruplets. 
.  .  .  Smallest  auto.  .  .  .  Flying  icicle. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  18,  No.  204— War  crimes 
swan  song.  .  .  .  Our  martyred  fliers  home  as  Trieste 
tension  mounts.  .  .  .  Siegfried  line  goes  boom.  .  .  . 
Presenting  Miss  America.  .  .  .  U.  S.  Tennis  stars 
win  Davis  Cup. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  6— Mark  Clark  reports  on 
Austria.  .  .  .  Howard-  Hughes  flies  again.  .  .  . 
'"Monty"  makes  first  visit  to  the  U.  ~i>.  .  .  .Lourdes 
— Prisoners'  pilgrimage.  .  .  .  Dodgers  vs.  Cardinals. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  7— Labor  crisis  grips 
U.  S.  .  .  .  Clash  landing:  burning  plane  lands  safely. 
.  .  .  World's  fattest  man.  .  .  .  Aftermath  of  the 
Yugoslavia  incident.  .  .  .  World  Series  fever. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— VoL  18,  No.  8— U.  S.  fleet's 
goodwill  visit  to  Greece.  .  .  .  France  gives  peace 
delegates  a  party.  .  .  .  "Monty"  visits  West  Point 
and  Washington.  .  .  .  Former  Nazi  captives  give 
thanks  at  Lourdes.  .  .  .  General  Mark  Clark  home 
to  discuss  Austria.  .  .  .  Howard  Hughes  flies  con^__, 
tinent  in  a  B-23. 


RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  18,  No.  9— Camera  catches 
crackup  of  C-54.  .  .  .  Wilhelmina  66,  feted  by  Dutch. 
.  .  .  Land  yacht,  hotel  on  wheels.  .  .  .  LaGuardia 
tells  of  Europe.  .  .  .  Amphibian  plane  for  family 
picnic.  .  .  .  Ted  Bishop,  national  amateur  golf 
champion. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWS — VoL  19,  No.  537— U.  S.  greets 
"Monty".  .  .  .  Death  of  a  sea  queen.  .  .  .  Venetian 
regatta.  .  .  .  Japs  man  U.  S.  ships.  .  .  .  The  flying 
icicle.  .  .  .  French  swimming  meet.  .  .  .  Northwest 
rodeo.  .  .  .  New  Pike's  Peak  record. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWS— VoL  19,  No.  538— Air  victims 
come  home.  .  .  .  Heaviest  man  in  the  world.  .  .  . 
Egg  brings  home  bacon  (author  signs  millionth  copy 
of  book).  .  .  .  Orphans  of  the  wild,  Tom  Thumb 
playground.  .  .  .  World  of  sports:  golf,  swimming, 
motorcycle  racing. 


Seven  Majors  File 
Percentage  Suits 

Ten  suits  involving  percentage  pictures 
have  been  filed  by  seven  major  companies. 
Loew's  Twentieth  Century-Fox  and  Para- 
mount have  filed  separate  suits  in  Federal 
District  Court,  Los  Angeles,  against  William 
E.  Cox,  operator  of  the  Forum  theatre,  Bar- 
stow,  Cal.  In  the  Federal  District  Court  in 
Superior,  Wis.,  Paramount,  RKO,  Univer- 
sal, Loew's,  United  Artists,  Warner  Broth- 
ers and  Twentieth  Century-Fox  have  filed 
separate  suits  against  George  Miner,  Miner 
Amusement  Company  and  Isle  Theatre  Com- 
pany, involving  10  theatres  of  the  Miner 
circuit.  In  all  cases  punitive  damages  are 
sought,  in  addition  to  damages  for  the  losses 
allegedly  sustained  by  reason  of  allegedly 
inaccurate  reports  submitted  on  percentage 
engagements. 


RCA  Servicing  National 

Contract  service  to  more  than  300  theatres 
of  National  Theatres  Amusement  Corpora- 
tion will  be  provided  by  RCA  under  a  re- 
newal contract  recently  signed.  The  pact 
covers  the  eleventh  consecutive  year  that 
RCA  has  serviced  this  group  of  theatres. 


20th-Fox  to  Open 

"Razor's  Edge" 
At  Roxy  Nov.  19 

Darryl  F.  Zanuck's  production  of  W. 
Somerset  Maugham's  "The  Razor's  Edge" 
will  have  its  world  premiere  in  New  York 
at  the  Roxy  theatre  on  the  evening  of  No- 
vember 19,  it  was  announced  in  New  York 
Tuesday  by  Spyros  Skouras,  president  of 
Twentieth  Century-Fox.  The  opening  will 
be  formal  and  admission  will  be  by  invita- 
tion. 

According  to  present  plans  Mr.  Zanuck 
will  arrive  in  New  York  from  California 
November  17  bringing  the  prints  with  him. 
The  picture  will  be  nationally  released 
Christmas  week,  when  it  will  open  on  a  day 
and  date  basis  in  some  300  key  cities. 

A  meeting  to  coordinate  plans  for  the 
premiere  was  held  Monday  at  the  Roxy 
among  Charles  Schlaifer  and  his  advertising 
and  publicity  staff,  A.  J.  Balaban,  general 
manager,  Irving  Lesser,  assistant  general 
manager.  An  NBC  television  broadcast  will 
be  one  of  the  features  of  the  opening  night 
program.  There  will  also  be  broadcasts  from 
the  lobby  as  well  as  newsreel  coverage. 
Searchlights  will  flood  the  marquee  and 
lobby. 

Critics  from  leading  newspapers  through- 
out the  United  States  will  be  brought  to 
New  York  by  Twentieth  Century-Fox  and 
in  the  invited  audience  also  will  be  repre- 
sentatives of  New  York  newspapers,  trade 
papers  and  magazines  and  radio  commenta- 
tors in  addition  to  industry  executives  and 
state  and  city  officials. 

The  picture  stars  Tyrone  Power,  Gene 
Tierney,  John  Payne,  Anne  Baxter,  Clifton 
Webb  and  Herbert  Marshall.  Edmund 
Goulding  directed. 

May  Fine  Atlanta  Theatres 
On  "Scarlet"  Screenings 

The  Atlanta  City  Attorney's  office  is 
studying  the  possibility  of  bringing  legal 
action  to  collect  as  much  as  $22,000  in  fines 
from  those  theatres  which  exhibited  "Scarlet 
Street."  Following  a  ruling  of  the  State 
Supreme  Court  that  Miss  Christine  Smith, 
Atlanta  censor,  was  acting  within  her  rights 
when  she  banned  the  picture,  (here  remained 
the  question  of  whether  the  exhibitors  who 
showed  the  picture  to  record  crowds  after 
a  Fulton  Superior  Court  ruling  in  their  favor 
were  liable  for  fines.  Maximum  fine  for 
showing  a  picture  in  violation  of  the  censor's 
order  is  $500.  Miss  Smith  has  estimated 
that  the  film  was  shown  a  total  of  44  days  in 
various  Atlanta  theatres. 


Retitle  British  Picture 

The  British  Technicolor  maritime  melo- 
drama, "Western  Approaches,"  has  been  re- 
titled  "The  Raider"  and  will  be  released  in 
the  United  States  by  English  Films,  Inc. 


-MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


43 


THE  HOLLYWOOD  SCENE 


Ten  Pictures  Started 
In  Studio  Spurt;  50 
In  Work  for  Week 


Hollywood  Bureau 

Despite  the  threat  of  a  new  jurisdictional 
dispute  which,  if  long-continued,  would  have 
the  effect  of  stalemating  production,  the  total 
number  of  pictures  in  work  increased  slightly 
last  week.  Ten  new  films  went  before  the 
cameras,  and  work  was  completed  on  seven 
others.  At  the  weekend,  the  shooting  index 
stood  at  50,  compared  with  the  previous 
week's  level  of  47. 

Columbia  led  the  field  with  four  new  pic- 
tures. "Twin  Sombreros,"  produced  in 
Cinecolor  by  Harry  Joe  Brown,  and  directed 
by  George  Waggner,  has  a  cast  composed  of 
Randolph  Scott,  Dorothy  Hart,  Bruce  Cabot, 
Forrest  Tucker,  Charley  Grapewin,  John 
Miles  and  Grant  Withers. 

Chester  Morris  and  Constance  Dowling 
have  the  leads  in  "Inside  Story,"  which  Ted 
Richmond  is  producing  and  Robert  Gordon 
is  directing. 

"Cigarette  Girl"  features  Leslie  Brooks 
and  Jimmy  Lloyd.  William  Bloom  is  the 
producer ;  Gunther  Fritsch  the  director. 

"West  of  Dodge  City"  stars  Charles  Star- 
rett  as  the  "Durango  Kid,"  with  Smiley 
Burnette  and  Nancy  Saunders  in  supporting 
roles.  Colbert  Clark  produces ;  Ray  Nazarro 
directs. 

RKO  Starts  Dog  Story 
With  Sharyn  Moffett 

RKO  Radio's  new  venture  is  "Banjo,"  a 
dog  story  starring  nine-year-old  Sharyn 
Moffett,  with  Jacqueline  White,  Walter 
Reed,  Una  O'Connor,  Louise  Beavers  and 
Lanny  Rees  featured.  Lillie  Hayward  is  the 
producer ;  Richard  Fleischer  the  director. 

Monogram  launched  "Valley  of  Fear,"  a 
Western  starring  Johnny  Mack  Brown  with 
Raymond  HaAon  and  Christine  Maclntyre. 
Charles  Bigelow  is  supervising  production; 
Lambert  Hillyer  directing. 

Hal  Roach  started  work  on  "Who  Killed 
'Doc'  Robin?"  a  comedy  whose  juvenile  cast 
includes  Larry  Olsen,  Eilene  Janssen  and 
Dale  Belding.  Robert  McGowan  produces ; 
Bernard  Carr  directs. 

Sol  Wurtzel's  latest  production  for  20th 
Century-Fox  release  is  titled  "Backlash." 
Jean  Rogers,  Richard  Travis,  Larry  Blake, 
Louise  Curry,  Robert  Shayne  and  John  Eld- 
redge  are  cast.    Eugene  Ford  directs. 


Two  films  destined  for  Screen  Guild  re- 
lease went  into  work,  one  under  the  Affiliated 
banner,  the  other  a  Screen  Art  production. 
William  Berke  is  producing  and  directing 
the  former,  titled  "Renegade  Girl."  Alan 
Curtis,  Ann  Savage  and  Edward  Brophy 
have  been  signed  for  leading  roles. 

"Queen  of  the  Amazons,"  initial  Screen 
Art  film,  is  being  produced  and  directed  by 
Edward  Finney.  Heading  the  cast  are  Rob- 
ert Lowery,  Myra  Moustafa,  John  Miljan, 
Cay  Forester,  Vida  Aldana  and  Jack  George. 

Incidental  News  of 
Pictures  and  People 

Robert  Mitchum,  a  winner  in  Motion 
Picture  Herald's  recent  Stars  of  Tomor- 
row poll,  has  been  assigned  a  stellar  role  in 
RKO  Radio's  forthcoming  version  of  Geof- 
frey Homes'  best-seller,  "Build  My  Gallows 
High."  Simultaneously,  Jacques  Tourneur 
was  signed  to  direct  the  new  offering,  which 
will  be  produced  by  Warren  Duff  under  the 
executive  supervision  Of  Robert  Sparks.  The 
picture  will  be  filmed  on  a  more  pretentious 
scale,  and  with  a  much  higher  budget  than 
RKO's  earlier  suspense  pictures. 

George  Raft  and  Sam  Bischoff  have 
formed  a  new  producing  company,  to  be 
known  as  Star  Films,  Inc.,  which  will  make 
three  pictures  for  United  Artists  release 
during  the  next  two  years.  Raft  will  star  in 
the  projected  pictures,  and  Bischoff  will 
direct  them.  .  .  .  "Every  Other  Sunday,"  a 
dramatic  love  story  by  Arthur  Nordhem, 
has  been  purchased  by  Monogram  as  a 
future  starring  vehicle  for  Gale  Storm.  Jef- 
frey Bernerd  has  been  assigned  to  handle 
production. 

To  Make  Animated  Films 
For  State  Department 

To  inform  foreign  audiences  of  American 
political,  social  and  economic  thought,  the 
State  Department  has  contracted  for  two 
animated  films,  which  will  be  made  by 
United  Productions.  The  first  deals  with  the 
function  of  public  opinion  polls  in  America, 
and  the  second  with  the  historical  develop- 
ment and  present  position  of  labor  unions  in 
the  United  States. 

Universal-International  has  acquired  the 
screen  rights  to  the  Edvard  Grieg  operetta, 
"Song  of  Norway."    It  will  be  filmed  in 


Technicolor.  .  .  .  Bill  Williams  has  been  as- 
signed the  role  of  Laraine  Day's  brash  young 
brother  in  RKO's  screen  version  of  the 
Booth  Tarkington  classic,  "Alice  Adams," 
which  Bert  Granet  will  produce.  .  .  .  "The 
Old  Spanish  Trail,"  an  original  story  by 
Gerald  Geraghty,  has  been  purchased  by 
Republic  as  a  starring  vehicle  for  William 
Elliott. 

Whorf's  Young  Son  Signed 
For  Bogeaus  Film  Role 

David  Whorf,  12-year-old  son  of  MGM 
actor-director  Richard  Whorf,  has  been 
signed  by  Benedict  Bogeaus  and  Burgess 
Meredith  for  a  role  in  their  current  produc- 
tion, "A  Miracle  Can  Happen."  .  .  .  Seymour 
Nebenzal  has  purchased  the  screen  rights  to 
Pierre  Be'noit's  book,  "Atlantida,"  the  story 
of  a  lost  city  in  the  Sahara  Desert,  and  has 
engaged  Maria  Montez  for  the  leading  fem- 
inine role. 

Nathaniel  Curtis  has  been  engaged  by  Wil- 
liam Cagney  to  direct  "The  Stray  Lamb," 
Thorne  Smith  novel  in  which  James  Cagney 
and  Eddie  Bracken  will  be  starred,  the  latter 
portraying  by  turns  a  horse,  a  dog,  a  kanga- 
roo, and  a  timid  stock  broker.  .  .  .  Screen 
Guild  Productions  have  acquired  the  screen 
rights  to  "Judy,"  an  original  story  by  Wil- 
liam Berke,  which  he  will  produce  and  direct 
for  Affiliated  Productions.  .  .  .  Ewing  Scott, 
who  has  made  pictures  at  the  Arctic  and  the 
Antarctic,  as  well  as  in  the  South  Seas, 
Europe  and  Africa,  has  been  signed  by  Bar- 
ney Briskin  to  direct  "Tarzan  and  the  Hunt- 
ress," starring  Johnny  Weissmuller  and 
Brenda  Joyce. 

William  Clemens  has  been  signed  by  Co- 
lumbia to  direct  "The  Hunter  Is  a  Fugitive," 
next  in  the  studio's  series  of  suspense  films 
based  on  radio's  "Whistler"  character.  .  .  . 
'Doc'  Merman,  production  manager  for  Pine- 
Thomas,  and  William  B.  David  have  formed 
a  new  producing  company,  to  be  known  as 
Merman-David  Pictures,  Inc.  Two  of  the 
new  company's  forthcoming  features  will  be 
filmed  in  Cinecolor.  .  .  .  Dan  Bailey,  Jr.,  has 
been  assigned  the  leading  male  role  opposite 
Betty  Grable  in  "Mother  Wore  Tights," 
which  will  be  produced  for  20th  Century- 
Fox  by  Lamar  Trotti. 


Enterprise  Buys  Story 

Enterprise  Productions,  Inc.,  has'  con- 
cluded negotiations  with  Fannie  Hurst  for 
the  purchase  and  production  of  her  story, 
"She  Walks  in  Beauty."  Production  date 
will  be  on  next  year's  schedule. 

Acquire  "The  Velvet  Well" 

Julian  Roffman  and  Ben  Kerner  have 
acquired  the  motion  picture  rights  to  "The 
Velvet  Well,"  a  mystery  melodrama  by  John 
Gearon  recently  published  by  Duell,  Sloan 

and  Pearce. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


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tiernhard  Quits 
iperling  Unit 

Joseph  Bernhard  and  Milton  Sperling, 
|io  formed  United  States  Pictures.  Inc., 
st  year  to  produce  several  pictures  annual- 
for  release  through  Warner  Bros.,  an- 
aunced  jointly  Tuesday  that  Mr.  Sperling 

acquiring  Mr.  Bernhard's  interest  in  the 
•ganization  and  will  become  president  Mr. 
perling  has  been  vice-president  and  execu- 
te producer. 

In  announcing  his  withdrawal,  Mr.  Bern- 
ird  said  his  future  plans  were  not  deter- 

ined.  Meanwhile,  he  will  continue  to  look 

ter  distribution  matters  for  the  first  two 
leases,  "Cloak  and  Dagger,"  which  goes 
i  to  general  release  September  28,  and 
Pursued,"  now  in  production. 

Plans  for  the  expansion  of  United  States 
ictures  activities  will  be  announced  short- 

,  Mr.  Sperling  said.  The  company  will  in- 
■ease  its  production  schedule  and  build  an 
tstern  organization.  The  third  United 
tates  Pictures  production,  "The  Aspern 
apers,"  starring  Lilli  Palmer,  will  go  be- 
»re  the  cameras  in  October,  while  "White 

ights,"  starring  Joan  Crawford,  is  slated 
or  spring  production.  Two  additional  pic- 
ires  are  scheduled  for  1947  production. 


PREVIEWS  OF  TRADE  SHOWS 


•our  Los  Angeles  Theatres 
»how  Paramount  Reissues 

An  extensive  program  of  double  bills 
omposed  entirely  of  Paramount  reissues  has 
een  lined  up  by  four  theatres  in  Los  An- 
des in  observance  of  the  company's  "34th 
tad  Greatest  Year  Celebration."  The 
ouses  are  the  Picfair,  Arlington,  Vermont 
ind  Cinema  and  the  bookings  are  "Waikiki 
Vedding"  and  "The  Ghost  Breakers," 
Lives  of  a  Bengal  Lancer"  and  "The  Glass 
Cey,"  "The  Virginian"  and  "Rhythm  on  the 
iange,"  "Bluebeard's  Eight  Wife"  and 
Death  Takes  a  Holiday,"  "Wells  Fargo" 
ind  "The  Last  Outpost."  The  four  the- 
tres,  operated  by  different  circuits,  have 
oined  forces  for  the  operation. 


Paramount's  "Blue  Skies",  a  Technicolor  musical  drama  featuring  the  songs  of  Irving  Berlin, 
will  be  tradeshown  September  25.  Starring  Bing  Crosby,  Fred  Astaire  and  Joan  Cau/fiefd. 
Sol  C.  Siege/  produced  and  Stuart  Heisler  directed. 


"Nobody  Lives  Forever",  Warner  melodrama  featuring  John  Garfield,  Qeraldine  Fitzgerald, 
Walter  Brennan  and  Faye  Emerson,  was  tradeshown  September  20.  Robert  Buckner  produced 
and  Jean  Negulesco  directed. 


COMPLETED 

:OLUMBIA 

-one  Wolf  in  Mexico 
(formerly  "Lone 
Wolf's  Invitation  to 
Murder"  ) 

Mias  Mr.  Twilight 

ohnny  O'Clock 

31ondie's  Big  Mo- 
ment 

'ARAMOUNT 

tfy  Favorite  Brunette 
<KO  RADIO 

Catie  for  Congress 

JNITED  ARTISTS 

•lonsieur  Verdoux 
(Chaplin) 


STARTED 

COLUMBIA 

Twin  Sombreros 
Inside  Story 
Cigarette  Girl 
West  of  Dodge  City 
INDEPENDENT 
Who  Killed  "Doc" 
Robin?  (Roach) 
MONOGRAM 
Valley  of  Fear 
RKO  RADIO 
Banjo 

SCREEN  GUILD 

Renegade  Girl  (Affili- 
ated) 

Queen  of  the  Ama- 
zons (Screen  Art) 


20TH  CENTURY- FOX 

Backlash  (Wurtzel) 

SHOOTING 

COLUMBIA 

They  Walk  Alone 
Last  of  the  Redmen 
My  Empty  Heart 
EAGLE-LION 
When  the  Devil 

Drives 
ENTERPRISE 
Arch  of  Triumph 
MGM 

Romance  of  Rosy 

Ridge 
Merton  of  the  Movies 
It  Happened  in 

Brooklyn 


Life's  for  the  Loving 

This  Time  for  Keeps 

Summer  Holiday 

Unfinished  Dance 

MONOGRAM 

It  Happened  on  Fifth 

Avenue 
PARAMOUNT 
Big  Haircut 
Dear  Ruth 
Golden  Earings 
Emperor  Waltz 
Desert  Town 

(Wallis) 
Unconquered  . 

(DeMille) 
PRC 

Return  of  Rin  Tin 
Tin 


RKO  RADIO 

They  Won't  Believe 
Me 

Trail  Street 

Bachelor  and  the 
Bobby-Soxer 

Time  to  Kill  ( Hakim- 
Lit  vak) 

REPUBLIC 

Hit  Parade 

Apache  Rose 

20TH  CENTURY- FOX 

I  Wonder  Who's 
Kissing  Her  Now 

Bob,  Son  of  Battle 

Homestretch 

Brasher  Doubloon 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

Vendetta  ( California ) 


Carnegie  Hall  (Fed- 
eral) 

Fabulous  Dorseys 

( Rogers ) 
Miracle  Can  Happen 

(Bogeaus-Mere- 

dith) 

UNIVERSAL- 
INTERNATIONAL 

I'll  Be  Yours 
Slave  Girl  (formerly 
"Flame  of  Tripoli"  ) 

WARNERS 

Love  and  Learn 

Possessed 

Deception 

Pursued  (U.  S.  Pic- 
tures) 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


45 


Everything  it  Takes  to  Make  a  Musical  Great! 


Tuneful  Delight  for  Audiences  Everywhere! 


Mexican  Studios 
Face  Directors9 
Threat  of  Strike 

by  LUIS  b'ecerra  celis 

in   Mexico  City 

Another  strike  is  in  the  offing  whicrr 
threatens  to  halt  production.  The  industry's 
unionized  directors,  including  practically  all 
of  those  in  Mexico,  have  filed  notice  with 
the  Federal  Board  of  Conciliation  and  Arbi- 
tration that  they  intend  to  go  out  on  strike 
unless  the  producers  yield  to  their  demand 
for  a  minimum  salary  per  picture  of  from 
$3,000  to  $6,000. 

The  directors  told  the  Board  that  they 
must  have  this  increase  because  of  soaring 
living  costs  and  because  directors  now  have 
far  more  responsibility.  The  two  sets  of 
higher  minimum  figures— $3,O0O-$6,0O0— are 
for  the  two  types  of  directors  working  in 
Mexico ;  the  lower  figure  for  those  accepting 
a  higher  percentage  of  the  picture's  profits, 
the  higher  for  those  who  take  a  lower  per- 
centage. 

According  to  the  directors,  the  drastic 
action  of  a  strike  threat  was  forced  upon 
them,  by  the  aloofness  of  the  producers,  who 
failed  to  attend  a  meeting  called  August  29 
to  discuss  the  increases. 

V 

Success  is  claimed  for  Mexico's  first  tele- 
vision station,  operated  by  the  Mexican 
Radio  Experimenters  League.  The  station 
functions  once  a  week,  largely  for  the  diver- 
sion and  study  of  the  League's  members. 
The  sending  and  receiving  apparatus  was 
made  in  Mexico. 

V 

During  the  first  eight  months  of  1946,  51 
Mexican  pictures  were  released.  Only  eight 
of  these  were  released  in  August. 

V 

International-RKO's  "The  Stranger"  es- 
tablished an  opening-day  house  record  here 
with  a  gross  of  $3,350  at  the  Cine  Bucareli, 
which  seats  only  1,900.  The  picture  played 
at  65  cents  from  1  to  4  P.M.,  and  at  85  cents 
after  4  P.M. 


Preview  Documentary 
For  Jewish  Relief 

"Home  Are  the  Hunted,"  a  16mm  sound 
documentary,  partly  in  color,  was  previewed 
at  the  Commodore  Hotel,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 12,  by  United  Palestine  Appeal  be- 
fore an  invited  audience  of  officers,  mem- 
bers and  guests  of  various  Jewish  relief  or- 
ganizations. The  film  shows  the  civic  and 
industrial  activity  of  Jews  in  Tel-Aviv  and 
the  Jordan  River  territory  and  points  out 
the  opportunities  there  as  a  home  for  dis- 
placed European  Jews.  The  scenario  was 
written  by  Meyer  Levin,  edited  by  Elizabeth 
Wheeler,  photographed  by  Lazar  Dunner, 
with  Ralph  Bellamy  as  narrator.  Running 
time  is  23  minutes.  It  will  be  used  by  Jewish 
fund-raising  groups. 


Short  Product  in  First  Run  Housei 


NEW  YORK— Week  of  September  16 

CAPITOL:  Hick  Chick    MGM 

Feature:  Holiday  in  Mexico    MGM 

CRITERION:  Army  Football  Champions 

Columbia 

Feature:  I've  Always  Loved  You  Republic 

GLOBE:  Little  Red  Walking  Hood 

Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Scandal  in  Paris  United  Artists 

HOLLYWOOD:  Facing  Your  Danger 

Warner  Bros. 

Racketeer  Rabbit   Warner  Bros. 

Men  of  Tomorrow   Warner  Bros. 

Feature:   Night  and   Day  Warner  Bros. 

PALACE:  Flicker  Flashbacks  RKO 

Courtship  to  Courthouse  RKO 

Feature:  The  Crack-Up  RKO 


MUSIC  HALL:  Steeplechasers  RK 

Feature:   Notorious   .  ,.RK 

PARAMOUNT:  Rocket  to  Mars.  .  .Paramoui 

Feature:  Monsieur  Beaucaire  Paramou 

RMLTO:  Team  Work  Mayer-Burst} 

In  Dutch  RK 

Feature:  The  Last  Crooked  Mile  Repubi 

RIVOLI:  Choo-Choo  Amigo ...  .United  Arth 

Palmetto  Quail  RK 

Feature:  Till  the  End  of  Time.  RK 

ROXr.-  Winning  the  West  20th  Cent. -F 

Diving  Dandies   20th  Cent.-F 

The  White  House  RK 

Feature:  Home  Sweet  Homicide ....  20th  Cent.-F 

STRAND:  Ranch  in  White  Warner  Brc 

Minstrel   Days   Warner  Brc 

Great  Piggy  Bank  Robbery  Warner  Brc 

Feature:  The  Big  Sleep  Warner  Br< 


Michael  Mindlin,  Theatre 
Operator,  Dies  at  54 

Michael  Mindlin,  54,  motion  picture  the- 
atre operator  in  New  York  and  producer 
of  stage  productions,  died  at  his  home  in 
New  York  last  Friday,  September  13.  His 
first  success  on  Broadway  came  in  1922, 
when,  with  Michael  Goldreyer,  he  produced 
"The  Last  Warning."  A  few  years  later  he 
acquired  the  Fifth  Avenue  Playhouse  and 
launched  a  drive  to  popularize  the  art  the- 
atre with  foreign  and  unusual  plays.  He 
also  operated  the  Little  Carnegie  and  other 
small  theatres. 

Mr.  Mindlin  was  one  of  the  first  produc- 
ers to  bring  out  a  film  scoring  Adolph  Hit- 
ler. In  1934  his  "Hitler's  Reign  of  Terror" 
was  shown  in  New  York.  Another  of  his 
importations  was  the  original  French  ver- 
sion of  "Meyerling." 

He  is  survived  by  his  widow,  a  son,  Mi- 
chael, Jr.,  of  Warner  Brothers  home  office 
publicity  staff,  and  two  daughters. 


George  A.  Spring 

George  Aloysius  Spring,  68,  former  own- 
er and  operator  of  the  Pantomime  theatre, 
Columbus,  O.,  one  of  the  first  motion  pic- 
ture houses  in  Central  Ohio,  died  September 
15  at  his  home  in  Columbus.  Mr.  Spring- 
also  had  owned  the  Arch  City  theatre,  one 
of  the  first  Columbus  neighborhood  theatres, 
and  later  owned  and  managed  the  Toledo 
Stock  Company.  Surviving  are  his  wife, 
two  sons  a  brother  and  two  sisters. 


Two  UA  Distria 
Meetings  Held 

Eastern  and  western  district  meetin 
were  held  last  weekend  by  United  Artists 
the  Copley-Plaza  Hotel  in  Boston  and  t 
Lenox  Hotel  in  St.  Louis.  Among  the  su 
jects  discussed  were  the  Grad  Sears  C 
Drive,  sales  policy  and  current  and  fort 
coming  product. 

Clayton  Eastman,  New  England  distr 
manager,  conducted  the  two-day  sessic 
September  14-15  in  Boston,  with  Edwa 
M.  Schnitzer,  eastern  sales  manager,  a 
Abe  Dickstein,  his  assistant,  attending  t 
meeting. 

The  St.  Louis  session  was  conducted 
C.  W.  Allen,  district  manager  for  the  \ 
Louis,  Omaha  and  Kansas  City  branch 
Maury  Orr,  western  sales  manager,  w 
present  at  the  meeting.  Mr.  Schnitzer, 
his  talk,  stressed  the  company  policy  of  pr 
motion  from  within  the  ranks. 


Dennis  Quinn,  Jr. 

Dennis  Quinn,  Jr.,  37,  formerly  associ- 
ated with  RKO  theatres  in  Trenton,  N.  J., 
died  in  New  York  September  15.  His 
brother,  William,  is  general  manager  of 
Raybond  Theatres.  Services  were  held 
Wednesday  at  St.  Sebastian's,  Queens,  New 
York. 


Seven  RKO  District,  Branch 
Chiefs  Meet  with  Mochrie 

Seven  RKO  Radio  district  and  bran 
managers  arrived  in  New  York  last  wee 
end  for  the  first  of  a  series  of  unit  confe 
ences  inaugurated  by  Robert  Mochrie,  vie 
president  in  charge  of  domestic  distrit 
tion.  Headed  by  H.  H.  Greenblatt,  midwe 
ern  district  manager  and  R.  J.  Follia' 
eastern  district  manager,  the  group  incluc 
the  following  branch  managers :  Sam  Goi 
lick,  Chicago ;  Lou  Elman,  Milwaukee ; 
J.  Dressell,  Minneapolis;  Morris  Lefl 
Pittsburgh,  and  Joe  Brecheen,  Washingt< 


"Outlaw"  Withdrawn 

Howard  Hughes'  "The  Outlaw"  was  with- 
drawn from  Loew's  theatre  in  downtown 
Toronto  where  it  was  to  have  been  shown 
last  week.  There  was  no  explanation  offered 
for  the  cancellation. 


New  Australia  Warner 
Branch  Opened 

Warner  Brothers  will  open  its  sixth  bran- 
office  in  Australia  this  month.  It  will  [ 
located  at  Launceston  and  will  serve  1 
state  of  Tasmania,  previously  covered  by  1 
company's  Melbourne  branch.  George  Prin 
former  salesman  at  Sydney,  has  been  ; 
pointed  Tasmania  manager. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  I 


Lizabeth  Scott 

Now  Appearing  in  Hal  Wallis' 
'Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers." 
Coming  in  "Desert  Town." 


Don  DeFore 

Soon  to  Appear  in  the 
Hal  Wallis  Production 
"Be  Still,  My  Love." 


of 


to  our 


for 


Two  of  the  Ten 
Top  Stars  of  Tomorrow 

selected  in  this  year's  nation-wide 
exhibitor  vote  just  announced  by  Motion 
Picture  Herald,  are  under  contract 
to  and  are  featured  in 


HAL  WALLIS  PRODUCTIONS 

1  Released  Through  Paramount 


WHAT  THE 

PICTURE  DID  FOR  ME 


.  .  .  the  original  exhibitors'  reports  department,  established  October  14,  1916.  Im  H 
theatremen  serve  one  another  with  information  about  the  box  office  performance  of 
product — providing  a  service  of  the  exhibitor  for  the  exhibitor.  ADDRESS  REPORTS: 
What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me,  Motion  Picture  Herald.  Rockefeller  Center,  New  York  20. 


Astor 

RAIN:  Joan  Crawford— This  old  natural  did  O.K. 
It  still  socks  solid  and  business  good.  Played  Fri- 
day, Aug.  23.— Joe  R.  Hayworth,  Playhouse  Theatre, 
Pink  Hill,  N.  C.     Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 


Columbia 

BANDIT  OF  SHERWOOD  FOREST:  Cornel 
Wilde,  Anita  Louise — Best  gross  in  a  long  time^and 
pleased  everyone.  Outstripped  pictures  like  "Ad- 
venture," "Gilda"  and  "Sentimental  Journey."  This 
is  the  kind  that  helps  the  good  cause.  Played  Sun- 
day, Monday,  Aug.  4.  5.— R.  D.  Fisher,  Star  Theatre, 
Willow  Springs,  Mo. 

BLAZING  THE  WESTERN  TRAIL:  Charles 
Starrett,  Tex  Harding— One  of  the  top  Western  series 
here.  They  liked  the  plain  action  stories  and  the 
typo  of  music  furnished  by  Bob  Wills.  Look  forward 
to  an  excellent  Saturday  with  one  of  these  every  six 
weeks.— R.  D.  Fisher,  Star  Theatre,  Willow  Springs, 
Mo. 

GILDA:  Rita  Hayworth,  Glenn  Ford— Rita  Hay- 
worth's  best  picture  to  date.  Did  nice  business  here. 
Nice  comments.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday.— George 
Clanton,  Daw  Theatre,  Tappahannock.  Va. 

GILDA:  Rita  Hayworth,  Glenn  Ford— Like  all  of 
Rita  Hayworth's  pictures,  it  is  well  made.  Good 
direction  and  great  supporting  cast.  Audience  enjoyed 
it.  Business  better  than  average.  Played  it  a  bit 
late,  but  the  age  of  a  subject  doesn't  matter,  if  it  is 
good.  Played  Thursday.  Friday,  Aug.  29,  30.— Joe 
R.  Hayworth,  Playhouse  Theatre,  Pink  Hill,  N.  C. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

LIFE  WITH  BLONDIE:  Penny  Singleton,  Arthur 
Lake — This  was  the  first  time  I  had  played  a 
"Blondie"  picture  and  now  I  see  what  I  have  missed. 
Definitely  good  fare  for  midweek  and  my  custom- 
ers are  asking  for  a  sequel  soon.  Played  Thursday, 
Aug.  22.— Harold  J.  Pederson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Clear- 
brook,  Minn. 

NIGHT  EDITOR:  William  Gargan,  Janis  Carter 
—Much  better  than  the  usual  program  picture.  _  It 
is  considerably  different  and  it  made  an  ideal 
Saturday  night  show  due  to  the  story  material.  It 
held  the  interest  of  better  than  usual  attendance. 
On  any  other  playdate  plav  it  on  the  bottom  half. 
Played  Saturday,  Aug.  24.--R.  D.  Fisher.  Star  The- 
atre, Willow  Springs,  Mo. 

PARDON  MY  PAST:  Fred  MacMurray,  Mar- 
guerite Chapman — A  light  comedy  which  just  got 
by.  Less  than  average  business.  Played  Saturday, 
Sunday,  Aug.  17,  18.— H.  M.  Gerber,  Roxy  Theatre, 
Hazelton,  N.  D. 

RENEGADES:  Evelyn  Keyes,  William  Parker— A 
good  color  Western.  Very  much  worth  time  on 
your  screen.  Business  excellent.  Shouldn't  be 
passed,  especially  in  small  towns.  A  good  story 
which  was  well  acted.  Played  Sunday,  Monday, 
July  14.  15.— Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre, 
Monticello,  Iowa.     Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

RENEGADES:  Evelyn  Keyes,  Willard  Parker- 
Good  Technicolor  action  Western.  Business  bigger 
the  second  day  than  the  first.  Hope  Columbia  keeps 
this  kind  coming  as  often  as  possible.  Played  Mon- 
day, Tuesday,  Aug.  26  .  27.— Joe  R.  Hayworth,  Play- 
house Theatre,  Pink  Hill,  N.  C.  Small  town  and 
rural  patronage. 

RETURN  OF  RUSTY,  THE:  Ted  Donaldson,  Bar- 
bara Wooddell — This  is  an  outstanding  child's  pic- 
ture. It  is  a  good  picture  for  all  children.  This 
is  the  type  of  picture  that  the  parents  want  their 
children  to  see.  More  power  to  Columbia  for  put- 
ting out  decent  pictures  for  children  to  see.  Good 
crowd  and  everyone  was  pleased.  Plaved  Thursday. 
Aug.  15.— Harold  J.  Johnson,  Elberta  Theatre,  Pali- 
sade, Colo. 

ROARING  RANGERS:  Charles  Starrett,  Smiley  Bur- 
nette — These  new  Columbia  Westerns  with  Starrett  and 
Smiley  Burnette  are  growing  fast  in  popularity.  They 
are  fine.  Columbia  should  be  congratulated  on  nab- 
bing Smiley.  He  makes  a  fine  partner  for  Starrett. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday. — George  Clanton,  Daw  The- 
atre, Tappanhannock,  Va. 

TALK   ABOUT  A  LADY:   Jink  Falkenberg,  Joe 


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Besser — Good  little  musical  with  a  different  twist. 
Audience  enjoyed  it.  Business  fair  with  rain  storm. 
Played  Sunday,  Aug.  25.— Joe  R.  Hayworth,  Play- 
house Theatre,  Pink  Hill,  N.  C.  Small  town  and 
rural  patronage. 


Film  Classics 

FIT  FOR  A  KING:  Joe  E.  Brown— Doubled 
with  "God's  Country"  to  above  average  business. 
Joe  has  the  audience  almost  in  hysterics.  A  very  old 
picture  but  far  ahead  of  the  new  ones.  Priced  right 
and  made  us  some  money,  and  that's  good!  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  30,  31.— Jack  Hammond,  Hart 
Theatre,  Ferndale,  CaL 


Gaumont-British 

THIRTY-NINE  STEPS,  THE:  Robert  Donat,  Made- 
line Carroll — Reissues!  They  should  have  saved  it. 
People  disliked  it  immensely.  Box  office  below  aver- 
age. Not  fit  for  even  a  double  bill.  Weather  nice. 
Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  28,  29.— Stanley 
E.  Robinson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Coleraine,  Minn.  Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 


Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

ADVENTURE:  Clark  Gable,  Greer  Garson— I  was 
afraid  of  this  one  from  what  I  read  and  heard  but  it 
did  swell.  Gable  is  still  tops  here  and  Miss  Gar- 
son  helped  plenty.  It  is  a  good  film.  Played  Sun- 
day, Monday  Aug.  25,  26.— R.  L.  Hall,  Aztec  The- 
atre, Van  Alstyne,  Texas. 

BAD  BASCOMB:  Wallace  Beery,  Margaret  O'Brien 
— Give  us  more  like  this.  It  is  a  natural  for  small 
towns.  Don't  miss  this  one.  Good  comments  from 
all.  Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  July  22,  23.— Cleo 
Manry,  Buena  Vista  Theatre,  Buena  Vista,  Ga. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

BAD  BASCOMB:  Wallace  Beery,  Margaret  O'Brien 
— For  my  town,  this  is  just  what  the  doctor  ordered. 
There  is  plenty  of  action,  laughs  and  the  Beery 
and  Miss  O'Brien  combination  is  very  good.  Sold 
right,  too!  Thanks  Metro.  Played  Thursday,  Friday, 
Aug.  29,  30. — Temple  Summers,  Palace  Theatre.  Glen 
Rose,  Texas. 

GREEN  YEARS;  THE:  Charles  Coburn,  Tom 
Drake — Here  is  truly  one  of  the  great  pictures  of 
the  year  that  topped  anything  Metro  has  had  in 
the  past  six  months.  An  excellent  family  type  film 
that  pleased  all  ages.  Many  came  back  to  see  it  the 
second  time  and  the  third  time.  Coburn's  role  as 
"Grandpa  Gow"  is  in  the  Academy  Award  class.  A 
good  story  which  is  well  produced.  Business  above 
average.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  25,  26.— 
Frank  Aydelotte,  Ritz  Theatre,  Britton.  Okla. 

HARVEY  GIRLSv  THE:  Judy  Garland,  John  Ho- 
diak — This  may  be  a  big  production  but  it  proved 
quite  small  at  the  box  office.  For  some  reason,  which 
I  cannot  understand,  all  the  pictures  the  company 
calls  big  my  customers  don't  care  to  see.  Played 
Saturday,  Sunday,  July  27  ,  28.— H.  M.  Gerber,  Roxy 
Theatre,  Hazelton,  N.  D. 

HOODLUM  SAINT:  William  Powell,  Esther  Wil- 
liams— This  is  a  good  picture,  but  how  could  I  en- 
joy it  sitting  there  by  myself?  Business  was  far 
below  average  on  this  one.  William  Powell  is  out 
in  the  small  towns,  in  my  opinion.  Played  Wednes- 
day, Thursday,  Aug.  7,  8.— R.  L.  Hall,  Aztec  Theatre, 
Van  Alstyne.  Texas. 

POSTMAN  ALWAYS  RING  TWICE,  THE:  Lana 
Turner,  John  Garfield — Played  to  about  average  bus- 
iness. Some  walkouts,  but  it  seemed  to  satisfy  gen- 
rallv.  Not  for  kids.  Played  Sunday.  Monday.  Aug. 
25  .  26— R.  D.  Fisher,  Star  Theatre,  Willow  Springs, 
Mo. 

POSTMAN    ALWAYS    RINGS    TWICE,  THE: 

Lana  Turner,  John  Garfield — This  one  will  bring 
them  in  from  everywhere.  Business  was  up  the 
second  night.     The  postman  really  did  ring  twice  on 


this  one.  Play  it  by  all  means.  Played  Wednes- 
day, Thursday,  Aug.  28,  29. — R.  L.  Hall.  Aztec 
Theatre,  Van  Alstyne,  Texas. 

SAILOR  TAKES  A  WIFE:  Robert  Walker,  June 
Allyson— This  was  a  good  picture  that  gave  general 
satisfaction.  Played  Saturday,  Sunday,  Aug.  31, 
Sept.  1. — Otto  W.  Chapek,  Annex  Theatre,  Anamoose, 
N.  D. 

TWO  SISTERS  FROM  BOSTON:  Kathryn  Gray- 
son, June  Allyson — A  very  exceptional  picture  at 
the  box  office  here.  Large  crowds  came  to  see  it  and 
they  all  went  away  happy.  The  picture  is  entertain- 
ing all  the  way.  Played  Wednesday-Saturday,  Aug. 
14-17. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New 
Paltz,  N.  Y. 

UP  GOES  MAISIE:  Ann  Sothern,  George  Murphy— 
Maisie  went  up,  but  the  grosses  came  down  on  this 
one.  Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Aug.  26,  27. — David 
Kerr  Fort,  Orpheum-Carolina  Theatres,  Oxford, 
N.  C. 

UP  GOES  MAISIE:  Ann  Sothern,  George  Murphy 
— This  is  a  good  little  picture  which  pleased  all  my 
customers.  All  "Maisie"  pictures  draw  well  here. 
We  need  a  few  more  pictures  with  simple  plots  and 
good  acting.  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Aug.  13, 
14. — Harold  J.  Johnson,  Elberta  Theatre,  Palisade, 
Colo. 

YOLANDA  AND  THE  THIEF:  Fred  Astaire,  Lu- 
cille Bremer — This  was  poor.  Too  bad  to  waste  all 
that  good  color  on  something  that  meant  nothing. 
Many  walkouts.  Plaved  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Aug. 
20,  21. — Otto  W.  Chapek,  Annex  Theatre,  Anamoose, 
N.  D. 

ZIEGFELD  FOLLIES  OF  1946:  MGM  Contract 
Stars — This  was  a  grand  picture  and  everyone  liked 
it,  although  it  did  not  draw  well  the  second  night. 
Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  July  24.  25. — Cleo 
Manry,  Buena  Vista  Theatre.  Buena  Vista,  Ga.  Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 

ZIEGFELD  FOLLIES  OF  1946:  MGM  Contract 
Stars — Had  more  walkouts  on  this  picture  than  on 
any  we  have  played  yet.  Our  customers  really 
were  disappointed.  An  all  Fred  Astaire  picture 
which  really  hurt  at  the  box  office.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday,  Aug.  4.  5. — Harold  J.  Johnson,  Elberta  The- 
atre, Palisade,  Colo. 

ZIEGFELD  FOLLIES  OF  1946:  MGM  Contract 
Stars — Definitely  not  for  a  small  town.  I  had  plenty 
of  walkouts.  Small  town  people  don't  go  for  such 
finery.  As  an  exhibitor,  I  think  the  firm  was  too 
long,  but  I  realize  that  it  cost  plenty  to  produce  it. 
Played  Tuesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  20-22.— Charles  A. 
Thompson,  Grove  Theatre,  Blooming  Grove,  Texas. 


Monogram 

LIVE  WIRES:  Leo  Gorcey,  Huntz  Hall— Played 
this  one  day  with  a  hillbilly  band  and  everyone 
was  well  pleased.  Played  Tuesday.  July  30. — Cleo 
Manry.  Buena  Vista  Theatre,  Buena  Vista,  Ga.  Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 

SUNBONNET  SUE:  Gale  Storm,  Phil  Regan— A 
swell  show  that  pleased  everyone.  Good  for  any 
part  of  the  week.  As  for  the  business,  it  was  poor. 
People  just  didn't  come  to  see  it.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday,  Aug.  25,  26.— K.  A.  Spears,  Roxy  Theatre, 
Winlock,  Wash. 


Paramount 

BLUE  DAHLIA,  THE:  Alan  Ladd.  Veronica  Lake 
—A  really  good  crook  picture  which  was  well  played. 
But  there  are  too  many  of  this  class  today.  Played 
Sunday-Tuesday,  Sept.  1-3. — M.  W.  Hughes,  Colonial 
Theatre,  Astoria,  111. 

BRIDE  WORE  BOOTS,  THE:  Barbara  Stanwyck. 
Robert  Cummings — It  is  a  comedv  and  it  js  good 
for  laughs  and  box  office.  Miss  Stanwyck  is  good. 
Business  excellent  and  it  must  not  be  passed  by. 
The  young  and  the  old  were  all  pleased  and  felt 
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that   they   had  been  entertained.     Played  Tuesday- 
ttiursday,    Aug.  27-29.— Charles    H.    Tintey.  Monte 
Theatre,    Monticello.    Iowa.    Small    town    and  rural 
patronage. 

FOLLOW  THAT  WOMAN:  William  Gargan. 
Nancy  Kelly — This  was  a  good  programmer  that 
seemed  to  please.  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Aug. 
27,  28. — Otto  W.  Chapek,  Annex  Theatre,  Anamoose, 


KITTY:  Paulette  Goddard,  Ray  Milland— This  is 
very  poor.  Even  the  operator  took  the  second  night 
off.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  21,  22.— R. 
L.   Hall,  Aztec   Theatre,  Van  Alstyne,  Texas. 

MASQUERADE  IN  MEXICO:  Dorothy  Lamour, 
Artura  de  Cordova — Another  role  or  two  like  this 
and  Dorothy  Lamour  will  lose  her  following.  Al- 
though the  picture  got  a  few  laughs,  we  had  a  few 
walkouts.  Business  below  normal.  Played  Tuesday, 
Wednesday,  Aug.  27,  28.— Frank  Aydelotte,  Ritz 
Theatre,   Britton,  Okla. 

OUR  HEARTS  WERE  GROWING  UP:  Gail  Rus- 
sell, Diana  Lynn — Fair  picture.  Silly  in  spots.  Not 
quite  a  Sunday  picture,  but  it  was  O.K.  It  would 
be  better  on  Family  Night  or  top  of  a  double  bill. 
Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  25.  26.— Temple  Sum- 
mers,   Palace    Theatre,    Glen    Rose,  Texas. 

ROAD  TO  UTOPIA:  Bob  Hope,  Bing  Crosby,  Dor- 
othy Lamour — For  those  who  care  for  90  minutes 
of  sheer  but  delightful  nonsense  this  is  the  answer. 
Business  was  good  and  there  were  no  complaints. 
Played  Sunday,  Monday.  Aug.  25,  26.— A.  C.  Edwards, 
Winema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small  lumber  town 
patronage. 

ROAD  TO  UTOPIA:  Bob  Hope,  Bing  Crosby,  Dor- 
othy Lamour — This  is  by  far  the  worst  in  the  series. 
Business  was  off  too,  so  that  proves  the  patrons 
hear  about  the  pictures  also.  Played  Sunday,  Mon- 
day, Aug.  4,  5.— R.  L.  Hall,  Aztec  Theatre,  Van 
Alstyne,  Texas. 

WELL  GROOMED  BRIDE,  THE:  Ray  Milland, 
Oliva  deHavilland — This  is  a  very  entertaining  pic- 
ture. I  saw  it  twice  myself,  but  business  was 
bad.  I  believe  the  title  hurt  this  one.  It  is  fun 
all  the  way  through.  Played  Sunday,  Monday  Aug. 
18,  19.— R.  L  Hall,  Aztec  Theatre,  Van  Alstyne, 
Texas. 


PRC 

DANNY  BOY:  Robert  "Buz"  Henry,  Sybil  Merritt 
—This  is  another  one  of  the  good  children's  pic- 
tures that  PRC  makes.  We  had  a  good  crowd.  We 
need  more  of  these  pictures  for  the  children.  Our 
hats  are  off  to  the  company,  that  is  making  decent 
pictures  for  the  kids.  Played  Thursday,  Aug.  1. 
—Harold  J.  Johnson,  Elberta  Theatre,  Palisade,  Colo. 

ENCHANTED  FOREST,  THE:  Edmund  Lowe, 
Brenda  Joyce— This  is  the  type  of  picture  my  cus- 
tomers go  for.  Not  even  the  infantile  scare  kept 
them  away.  If  the  producers  would  put  one-half 
the  effort  in  the  simple  down-to-earth  pictures  they 
put  into  the  super-dupers.  everybody  would  be  hap- 
ler  and  make  more  money.  I  notice  even  Republic 
as  gone  highbrow  on  this  and  is  trying  to  make 
supers.  Played  Saturday,  Sunday,  Aug.  24,  25.— H 
M.   Gerber,   Roxy   Theatre,   Hazelton,   N.  D. 

I'M  FROM  ARKANSAS:  Slim  Summerville,  El 
Brendel— Picked  up  this  old  one  and  played  it  on  a 
double  feature  night  to  turnaway  business.  Would 
have  singled  it,  if  I  realized  the  draw  it  had.  Corny, 
but  it  seemed  to  please.  Played  with  "Madonna's 
Secret,  '  which  was  too  good  for  them  to  walk  out 
on.  Could  have  used  some  walkouts  in  order  to 
take  care  of  more  business.  My  judgment  was  not 
good  when  I  booked  this  program.  Played  Tuesday, 
Wednesday,  Aug.  27,  28.— R.  D.  Fisher,  Star  Theatre. 
Willow  Springs,  Mo. 

SONG  OF  OLD  WYOMING:  Eddie  Dean.  Jennifer 
Holt— this  was  the  first  of  this  series  we  played  and 
it  went  over  very  well.  This  Magnacolor  is  not  to 
be  compared  with  Technicolor,  but  it  does  look  better 
than  black  and  white,  especially  in  the  outdoor  pic- 
ture. Played  Saturday,  Sunday,  Aug.  10.  11.— H.  M. 
Gerber,  Roxy  Theatre,  Hazelton,  N.  D. 


RKO  Radio 

BELLE  OF  THE  YUKON:  Randolph  Scott,  Gypsy 
Rose  Lee— Fell  on  our  face  on  this  one.  Good  story 
and  nice  color  but  very  dumb  acting.  We  suggest 
that  Gypsy  Rose  Lee  stick  to  burlesque  and  Dinah 
Shore  to  the  radio.  Played  Sunday.  Monday,  Aug. 
25,  26.— Jack  Hammond,  Hart  Theatre,  Ferndale.  Cal. 

HEARTBEAT:  Ginger  Rogers,  Jean  Pierre  Aumont 
—We  need  more  than  Ginger  Rogers  to  draw  them 
to  this  one.  Seemed  to  satisfy  those  who  came.but  it 
didn  t  satisfy  our  box  office.  Business  was  bad. 
Played  Monday-Wednssday.  Aug.  19-12.— David  Kerr 
Fort,    Orpheum-Carolina    Theatres,    Oxford,    N.  C. 

GEORGE  .WHITE'S  SCANDALS:  Joan  Davis, 
Jack  Haley— This  one  was  only  a  repetition  of  much 
that  already  has  been  done  too  often.  Business  poor. 
Played  Wednesday.  Thursday,  Aug.  28  29.— A.  C. 
Edwards.  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small  lumber 
town  patronage. 

TARZAN  AND  THE  LEOPARD  WOMAN:  Johnny 
Weissmuller,  Brenda  Joyce— Hardly  up  to  the  *Tar- 
zan  standards  but  there  is  enough  action,  animals 
and  comedy  to  give  is  above  average  Saturday  gross. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1944 


The  kids  liked  it  and  they  brought  their  parents, 
whose  comments  were  fair.  Played  Saturday,  Aug. 
24.— Frank   Aydelotte,    Ritz   Theatre,    Britton,  Okla. 

WANDERER  OF  THE  WASTELAND:  James 
Warren,  Audrey  Long — This  was  one  of  the  best 
Westerns  we  have  had  here  in  some  time.  Business 
fair.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  30,  31— A.  C. 
Edwards,  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small  lumber 
town  patronage. 


Republic 

BELLS  OF  ROSARITA:  Roy  Rogers.  Dale  Evans 
—Despite  a  weak  plot  this  picture  did  fair  with  the 
parade  of  Republic  stars  as  a  highlight.  Drew  an 
average  crowd  with  harvesting  time  and  the  infantile 
scare  keeping  them  away.  Roy  Rogers  is  solid  here. 
Played  Saturday,  Sunday,  Aug.  31,  Sept.  1.— Harold 
J.   Pederson,   Roxy   Theatre,   Clearbrook,  Minn. 

CORPUS  CHRISTI  BANDITS:  Allan  Lane,  Helen 
Talbot — Exceptionally  well  made  semi-historical  West- 
ern which  in  one  day  outgrossed  the  last  two-day 
Rogers  booking.  Satisfied  100  per  cent.  It  pleased 
those  who  are  not  Western  addicts.  Played  Saturday, 
July  20.— E.  D.  Fisher,  Star  Theatre,  Willow  Springs, 
Mo. 

GAY  BLADES:  Allan  Lane,  Jean  Rogers— Why  are 
pictures  like  this  made?  They  are  a  waste  of  money 
and  playing  time  for  the  exhibitor.  Played  Sunday, 
July  21. — Cleo  Manry,  Buena  Theatre,  Buena  Vista, 
Ga.   Small   town  and   rural  patronage. 

GREAT  STAGECOACH  ROBBERY:  Bill  Elliott, 
Bobby  Blake — It  seems  to  me  that  this  has  a  mighty 
poor  title.  The  trailer  got  lots  of  laughs.  Business 
was  good  enough  on  it.  Glad  I  have  a  whole  series 
of  these  to  go  before  they  are  discontinued.  Played 
Saturday,  Aug.  23. — R.  D.  Fisher,  Star  Theatre,  Wil- 
low Springs,  Mo. 

MADONNA'S  SECRET,  THE:  Frances  Lederer, 
Gail  Patrick— Played  with  "I'm  From  Arkansas"  to 
turnaway  business,  which  is  very  unusual  here.  Credit 
this  with  none  of  the  draw,  but  it  certainly  held  the 
attention  of  the  audience  drawn  here  by  the  other 
feature.  It  was  exceptionally  well  produced  and  kept 
a  large  crowd  extremely  quiet,  which  means  some- 
thing considering  the  type  of  audience  drawn  here 
by  the  other  feature.  Played  Tuesday,  Wednsday, 
Aug.  27,  28.— R.  D.  Fisher.  Star  Theatre,  Willow 
Springs,  Mo. 

PHANTOM  OF  THE  PLAINS:  Bill  Elliott,  Bobby 
Blake — All  you  could  ask  for  in  the  Red  Ryder  series. 
A  sock  Western.  Business  the  same.  Played  Saturday, 
Aug.  24. — Joe  R.  Hayworth,  Playhouse  Theatre,  Pink 
Hill,  N.  C.  Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

SONG  OF  ARIZONA:  Roy  Rogers,  Dale  Evans— 
This  fell  below  "Navajo  Trail."  They  didn't  seem  to 
like  it  much.  Believe  Republic's  efforts  at  musical 
production  numbers  in  Westerns  are  not  appreciated 
here.  With  the  exception  of  Columbia's  "Hotshot" 
series,  I  notice  the  straight  action  Western  is  steadily 
overtaking  the  musical  variety.  The  Rogers  aren't 
really  Westerns  any  more.  Played  Friday,  Saturday, 
Aug.  2,  3.— R.  D.  Fisher,  Star  Theatre,  Willow 
Springs.  Mo. 

SUNSET  IN  EL  DORADO:  Roy  Rogers,  Dale 
Evans — O.  K.  Rogers.  Brought  in  the  rural  trade  and 
it  seemed  to  please.  Played  Saturday,  Aug.  31. — 
Temple  Summers,  Palace  Theatre,  Glen  Rose,  Texas. 

UNDER  FIESTA  STARS:  Gene  Autry— I  was 
almost  afraid  to  play  this  old  timer,  both  from  the 
standpoint  of  business  and  for  fear  I'd  get  a  bad 
print.  I  was  very  much  pleased  by  both  results. 
Business  was  up  50  per  cent  or  more  and  I  got  a  good  ' 
print.  Don't  be  afraid  of  this  one,  fellows.  Autry  fans 
will  eat  it  up.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  16,  17.— 
R.  L.  Hall,  Aztec  Theatre,  Van  Alstyne.  Texas. 


Twentieth  Century- Fox 

BUFFALO  BILL:  Joel  McCrea.  Maureen  O'Hara— 
Truly  a  big  Western  in  Technicolor.  Audience  ate  it 
up.  Business  good.  Anybody's  Western  does  it  here. 
It  is  an  action  town.  Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Aug. 
19,  20.— Joe  R.  Hayworth,  Playhouse  Theatre,  Pink 
Hill,  N.  C.  Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

COL.  EFFINGHAM'S  RAID:  Charles  Cobum. 
Joan  Bennett — Cannot  say  much  for  this.  Many  walk- 
outs. Those  who  remained  to  the  end  in  order  to  see 
the  other  feature  on  its  second  run,  did  not  seem 
too  happy  about  it.  Played  with  "Tangier."  Played 
Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Aug.  13.  14.— R.  D.  Fisher, 
Star  Theatre,  Willow  Springs,  Mo. 

DOLL  FACE:  Carmen  Miranda,  Perry  Como — I 
went  down  and  took  the  full  count  on  this  picture 
although  I  judged  it  very  entertaining.  They  don't  go 
for  this  type  of  picture  here  in  the  north  woods 
country.  Played  Saturday,  Sunday,  Aug.  31,  Sept.  1.— 
Harold  J.  Pederson.  Gonwick  Theatre,  Gonwick,  Minn. 

DO  YOU  LOVE  ME?:  Dick  Haymes,  Maureen 
O'Hara — This  color  musical  was  good  light  enter- 
tainment which  pleased  our  patrons.  They  came  out 
with  a  smile.  Dick  Haymes  is  popular.  Average 
business.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  July  28,  29.— 
Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello.  Iowa. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

DRAGONWYCK:  Gene  Tiemey,  Vincent  Price- 
Starved  on  this  one.  Good  picture,  but  dynamite  for 
the  small  town  exhibitor.  Why  these  small  towns 
have  to  play  these  percentage  with  a  guarantee  is 


beyond  me.  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Aug.  27, 
28.— Jack  Hammond,  Hart  Theatre.  Ferndale  Cal. 

FALLEN  ANGEL:  Alice  Faye,  Dana  Andrews— 
Another  good  picture  wasted  in  a  small  community. 
Nylon  hose  plus  other  giveaways  failed  to  produce  a 
crowd  on  this  one.  Played  Thursday,  Aug.  29.—  Jack 
Hammond,  Hart  Theatre,  Ferndale.  CaL 

SMOKY:  Fred  MacMurray,  Anne  Baxter— We  could 
not  hold  the  crowd  due  to  our  limited  capacity.  The 
picture  brought  them  in  from  everywhere,  including 
the  hills.  The  picture  stands  up  to  every  expectation 
of  the  audience  and  sends  them  out  happy.  Played 
Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  18,  19.— Thomas  di  Lorenzo, 
New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

SMOKY:  Fred  MacMurray — "Smoky"  is  almost 
a  box  office  gold  mine.  Did  terrific  business  for  us  on 
the  first  three  days  and  held  up  to  average  on  the 
fourth.  Excellent  picture  from  all  angles.  Played 
Monday -Thursday,  July  29- Aug.  1.— David  Kerr  Fort, 
Orpheum-Carolina  Theatre,  Oxford.  N.  C. 

SON  OF  LASSIE:  Peter  Lawford.  Donald  Crisp— 
This  is  what  the  doctor  ordered  for  box  office  blues. 
A  good  theme,  Technicolor  and  superb  acting  sent 
the  patrons  home  happy.  Wish  I  could  have  an 
animal  picture  every  week.  Played  Saturday,  Sunday, 
Aug.  24,  25. — Harold  J.  Pederson,  Gonvick  Theatre, 
Gonvick,  Minn. 

WALK  IN  THE  SUN:  Dana  Andrews,  Richard 
Conte — This  would  have  made  a  good  show  if  it  was 
cut  to  one  hour.  But  as  it  is  it  is  too  draggy  and 
slow.  It  is  not  good  for  preferred  playing  time  and 
not  worth  more  than  average  rental.  Played  Tuesday. 
Wednesday,  Aug.  24,  25.— K.  A.  Spears,  Roxy  Theatre. 
Winlock,  Wash. 


United  Artists 

BREAKFAST  IN  HOLLYWOOD:  Tom  Breneman, 
Bonita  Granville — The  young  and  old  liked  this  one 
very  much.  Box  office  receipts  went  up.  We  did  extra 
advertising  on  this  one  and  it  paid  off.  It  is  a  small 
town  natural.  Played  Tuesday-Thursday,  Aug.  6-8. — 
Charles  A.  Thompson,  Grove  Theatre,  Blooming 
Grove,  Texas. 


Universal 

BLONDE  ALIBI:  Tom  Neal,  Martha  O'Driscoll— 
Used  on  week  end  of  double  bill.  No  draw  and  no 
interest.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  30,  31. — 
A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small 
lumber  town  patronage. 

NIGHT  IN  PARADISE,  A:  Merle  Oberon,  Turhan 
Bey — Well,  I  don't  know  what  to  say  about  this  one. 
It  is  supposed  to  be  a  fairy  tale  and  you  can't  very 
well  get  serious  about  something  like  that,  but  this 
one  baffles  me.  We  doubled  it  with  "Dressed  to 
Kill"  to  try  and  get  some  business,  but  all  feel  well 
below  the  season's  average.  The  audience  didn't  seem 
pleased  with  it.  Played  Sunday.  Monday,  Aug.  25, 
26. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New 
Paltz,  N.  Y. 

NIGHT  IN  PARADISE,  A:  Merle  Oberon,  Turhan 
Bey — Nice  picture.  The  Technicolor  was  pretty  and' 
the  patrons  seemed  satisfied.  Business  average  on 
Monday  and  very  poor  on'  Tuesday.  Kept  looking  for 
Paradise,  but  never  saw  any  of  it.  Played  Monday, 
Tuesday,  Aug.  12,  13. — David  Kerr  Fort,  Orpheum- 
Carolina  Theatres,  Oxford,  N.  C. 

NIGHT  IN  PARADISE,  A:  Merle  Oberon,  Turhan 
Bey — Not  a  picture  for  a  small  town.  It  was  far  fetched 
and  we  had  several  walkouts.  Beautiful  color1  but  the 
story  was  hard  to  follow.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday. — 
George  Clanton,  Daw  Theatre,  Tappahonnock,  Va. 

NIGHT  IN  PARADISE:  Merle  Oberon.  Turhan 
Bey — Beautiful  color.  Good  acting.  Perfect  weather 
and  bad  business.  My  patrons  don't  go  for  this  type 
of  picture.  The  sooner  I  learn  this,  the  better  off  I 
will  be.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  14,  15. — 
R.  L.  Hall,  Aztec  Theatre,  Van  Alstyne,  Texas. 

SHE  WROTE  THE  BOOK:  Joan  Davis,  Jack  Oakie 
— Joan  delighted  everyone.  She  was  different  not  all 
comedy  and  nonsense.  Well  received  by  all.  Played 
to  above  average  business.  It  is  worth  playing.  Played 
Tuesday-Thursday,  July  2-4— Charles  H.  Tintey. 
Monte  Theatre,  Monticello,  Iowa.  Small  town  and  rural 
patronage. 

SO  GOES  LOVE:  Myrna  Loy,  Don  Ameche— This 
one  held  the  patrons'  interest.  It  is  humorous,  yet 
it  has  its  _  serious  moments.  Everyone  loved  it. 
Average  business  on  an  above  average  picture.  Played 
Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  25,  26. — Charles  H.  Tintey. 
Monte  Theatre,  Monticello,  Iowa.  Small  town  and 
rural  patronage. 

SO  GOES  MY  LOVE:  Myrna  Loy,  Don  Ameche— A 
very  entertaining  picture  of  early  Brooklyn.  It  drew 
very  moderately  at  the  box  office,  but  all  who  came 
were  satisfied.  The  musical  score  is  its  greatest  asset. 
Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  21,  22.— Thomas 
di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 


Warrfer  Bros. 

CITY  FOR  CONQUEST:  James  Cagney,  Ann  Sheri- 
dan— Fair  _  picture.  This  is  a  reissue  from  Warner 
Bros.  Business  about  average.  Played  Thursday,  Aug. 

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(Continued  from  preceding  page) 

8.— David  Kerr  Fort,  Orpheum- Carolina  Theatre,  Ox- 
ford, N.  C. 

HER  KIND  OF  MAN:  Zachary  Scott,  Janis  Paige— 
This  was  a  good  picture  for  a  change.  Good  to  get  back 
to  the  roaring  twenties  for  an  evening.  This  pleased 
all.  Played  Saturday,  Sunday,  Aug.  24,  25.— Otto  W. 
•  Chapek,  Annex  Theatre,  Anamoose,  N.  D. 

ONE  MORE  TOMORROW:  Ann  Sheridan,  Dennis 
Morgan — A  light  and  airy  comedy  romance  that 
pleased  our  patrons  and  created  some  word-of-mouth 
comment  which  made  our  second-day  gross  above  aver- 
age. Warners,  at  last,  must  realize  what  they  have  in 
Dennis  Morgan  and  Jack  Carson.  Both  are  becoming 
box  office  favorites.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  4, 
5— Frank  Aydelotte,  Ritz  Theatre,  Britton,  Okla. 

SAN  ANTONIO:  Errol  Flynn,  Alexis  Smith— Very 
fine  outdoor  attraction.  Flynn  is  very  good  in  this 
type  of  role.  Let's  have  more.  Played  Saturday.  Sun- 
day, Aug.  17,  18— Otto  W.  Chapek,  Annex  Theatre, 
Anamoose,  N.  D. 

STOLEN  LIFE:  Bette  Davis,  Glen  Ford— The  best 
Bette  Davis  gross  in  the  history  of  this  theatre.  We 
did  swell  on  this  one  and  almost  everyone  said  it 
was  one  of  the  best  they  had  seen  this  season.  It 
was  baffling  to  watch  the  two  Bette  Davises  on  the 
screen  at  the  same  time  and  try  to  figure  how  it  was 
done.  Glenn  Ford  is  excellent  in  the  picture.  Played 
Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  25  ,  26. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo, 
New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

TWO  GUYS  FROM  MILWAUKEE:  Dennis  Mor- 
gan, Jack  Carson — The  "Princess  O'Rourke"  theme, 
this  time  with  a  man.  Did  better  than  expected  at  the 
box  office  and  the  comedy  situations  were  genuinely 
funny.  Pleased  all  and  the  unusual  ending  left  them 
laughing.  Played  Thursday,  Friday,  Aug.  29,  30.— 
W.  F.  Shelton,  Louisburg  Theatre,  Louisburg,  N.  C. 


Short  Features 
Columbia 


UNCIVIL  WAR  BIRDS:  All  Star  Comedies— Fairly 
good  for  broad  laughs.  This  comedy  made  a  hit  here. — 
Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz, 
New  York. 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

NORTHWEST  HOUNDED  POLICE:  Technicolor 
Cartoons — An  above-average  cartoon.  However,  Metro 
usually  makes  good  ones  but  not  enough  of  them. 
Lots  of  laughs  and  comments  were  good. — Frank 
Aydelotte,  Ritz  Theatre;  Britton,  Okla. 

THE  HICK  CHICKS:  Technicolor  Cartoons— A  very 
fine  cartoon  which  drew  plenty  of  laughter  here  when 
we  played  it  with  "Two  Sisters  from  Boston."— 
Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz, 
New  York. 

Twentieth  Century- Fox 

ATOMIC  POWER:  March  of  Time— Very  interest- 
ing and  informative.  It  gave  the  patrons  an  insight 
into  atomic  power.  Well  explained  for  the  subject  it 
dealt  with.— Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre, 
Monticello,  Iowa. 

NIGHT  CLUB  BOOM:  March  of  Time— This  number 
has  more  entertainment  than  usually  found  in  this 
series.  Well  received  here. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New 
Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

THE  GYPSY  LIFE:  Terrytoons— Good  color  car- 
toon. It  is  funny,  interesting  and  makes  the  audience 
like  classical  music.  Good  cartoon  town. — Charles  H. 
Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello,  Iowa. 

Universal 

APPLE  ANDY:  Lantz  Color  Cartunes— A  good 
Andy  Panda  cartoon  featuring  the  song,  "Up  Jumped 
the  Devil  in  the  White  Nightgown."  It  might  teach 
the  kids  not  to  eat  green  apples. — David  Kerr  Fort, 
Orpheum -Carolina  Theatres,  Oxford,  N.  C. 

TINY     TERRORS     OF     THE  TIMBERLANDS: 

Special  Featurettes — Excellent  two-reel  film  starring 
three  bear  cubs.  It  is  funny  and  entertaining. — David 
Kerr  Fort,  Orpheum-Carolina  Theatres,  Oxford,  N.  C. 


Scientific  Films  Sought 

For  the  Ninth  Annual  Congress  of  Scien- 
tific Films  to  be  held  in  Paris  in  October, 
16mm  and  35mm  prints  are  requested  by 
M.  Jean  Painleve,  organizer  of  the  Con- 
gress. Companies  or  individuals  who  have 
scientific  films  for  showing  are  advised  by 
the  Motion  Picture  Association  to  send  the 
titles  and  brief  descriptions  of  the  contents 
to  the  French-American  Bureau  for  Educa- 
tional Research,  934  Fifth  Avenue,  New 
York  21,  N.  Y. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


zAn  international  association  of  showmen  meeting  weekly 
in  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD  for  mutual  aid  and  progress 


CHESTER  FRIEDMAN,  Editor 


QP 


Long  Delayed 


For  years  theatremen  have  been  seeking  ways  to  enlarge 
juvenile  patronage.  It  has  been  difficult  to  get  product  with 
appeal  to  the  youngsters. 

Lately  there  has  been  a  notable  expansion  in  the  number 
of  cartoon  shows  promoted  throughout  the  country.  Now 
theatre  managers  are  to  have  a  new  facility  to  assist  develop- 
ment of  child  patronage. 

Last  week,  Eric  Johnston,  president  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Association,  announced  that  a  Children's  Film  Library  has  been 
made  available  for  special  kiddie  shows.  The  project,  a  joint 
undertaking  of  ten  distributing  companies,  has  provided 
28  feature  reissues  selected  as  appropriate  for  juvenile 
audiences. 

As  Mr.  Johnston  pointed  out,  a  new  generation  has 
grown  up  since  most  of  these  films  were  released.  Theatre- 
men  have  learned  that,  where  the  youngsters  are  concerned, 
we  have  a  new  generation  coming  in  every  two  years. 
Experience  has  also  proved  that  children  do  not  mind  seeing 
their  favorite  films  over  and  over  again. 

Typical  of  the  theatreman's  satisfaction  over  Mr.  Johnston's 
announcement  is  a  letter  received  from  Dillon  Krepps,  division 
manager  for  the  Skouras  Bergen  County  theatres  in  New  Jersey. 
Mr.  Krepps  writes: 

"...  The  children's  film  library  was  sweet  music  to  my  ears 
and  I  know  to  thousands  of  fellow  exhibitors  .  .  .  good  juvenile 
entertainment  will  be  a  boon  to  our  industry  and  appreciated 
by  our  children. 

"We  have  worked  out  a  plan  to  which  we  will  add  the 
selected  features  and  believe  that  our  plan  shows  the  definite 
public  support  which  any  manager  can  get,  and  that  the  civic, 
religious  and  patriotic  support  of  a  genuine  children's  program 
will  reflect  credit  on  the  exhibitor  and  the  industry." 

The  theatres  under  Mr.  Krepps'  supervision  began  a  series 
of  Community  Club  Shows  last  Saturday.  Each  theatre  program 
follows  a  general  pattern,  beginning  with  the  singing  of  our 
National  Anthem,  Oath  of  Allegiance  to  the  Flag  and  a  short 
prayer  by  a  selected  priest,  minister  or  rabbi  who  also  relates 
a  short,  human  interest  story.  After  special  awards  have  been 
made  to  honor  school  students,  the  regular  program  of  shorts 
and  a  songfest  is  concluded  by  a  special  stage  presentation. 

One  interesting  feature  of  these  shows  is  that  each  will  be 
sponsored  by  an  educational,  civic  or  service  group.  Last  week, 


the  Boy  Scouts;  this  week,  Veterans  of  Foreign  Wars;  next 
week,  the  Mayor  and  City  Council;  then  Fire  Department, 
Y.M.C.A.  -  Y.W.C.A.,  Lions,  Kiwanis,  Board  of  Education, 
American  Legion,  etc. 

Besides  the  active  support  and  interest  of  these  organiza- 
tions, the  schedule  has  received  enthusiastic  support  from 
parents  and  the  children. 

Addition  of  feature  attractions  from  the  Children's  Film 
Library  to  the  program  is  just  what  is  necessary  to  assure 
complete  success. 

Mr.  Johnston  first  proposed  his  idea  of  the  Library  in  July. 
The  industry  has  been  waiting  exactly  50  years  for  it  to  get 
under  way.  Happily,  Mr.  Johnston's  proposal  was  endorsed 
in  only  three  months.  Theatremen  can  hardly  afford  to  wait 
even  one  day  more  to  participate  in  this  worthy  project. 

AAA 

Tricks  in  the  Trade 

Last  week  in  Lexington,  Ky.,  Howard  Dietz,  director  of 
advertising,  publicity  and  exploitation  for  M-G-M,  took  the 
wraps  off  his  latest  exploitation  device. 

William  Ferguson,  the  company's  chief  exploiteer,  had  a 
horse  down  there.  The  horse,  Bess  —  a  misnomer,  she's  a 
gelding  —  does  tricks.  The  tricks  are  guaranteed  to  draw 
gasps  of  amazement  from  witnesses  because  Bess  is  probably 
the  most  intelligent  animal  on  earth. 

Bess  can  add,  subtract,  identify  people  by  their  clothes 
a  handkerchief,  cane,  spectacles.    She,  we  mean  he,  has  an 
endless  list  of  accomplishments  and  can  do  everything  but 
talk.    It  may  yet. 

M-G-M  is  sending  Bess  on  a  tour  as  advance  ballyhoo  for 
the  new  production,  "Gallant  Bess".  It  is  one  of  the  best 
advance  ballyhoos  we  have  ever  seen. 

Scores  of  theatre  managers  are  going  to  see  this  horse 
with  the  human  mind  before  playing  the  picture. 

This  is  one  time  we  can  honestly  recommend  a  horse  as  a 
sure  winner.  She  will  create  more  publicity  for  you  than  any 
promotion  you  have  ever  had.  She  will  also  sell  plenty  of 
tickets  for  you. 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  if  Bess  can  squeeze  into  your  box  office, 
you  can  even  use  her  in  place  of  the  regular  cashier. 

—CHESTER  FRIEDMAN 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


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MarqueeMode 
For  "Make 
Mine  Music" 


—  constructed  of  laths  and  plastic  board- 
ing, did  an  excellent  selling  job  for 
manager  A.  W.  Arkell  on  "Make  Mine 
Music"  at  the  Regal  Cinema,  Walham 
Green,  in  London.  A  30-foot  single  span 
bridge  was  erected  on  the  canopy,  while 
mounted  on  the  bridge  was  a  replica  of 
a  trellis  gate,  attached  to  which  a  sign- 
post pointed  to  the  Regal.  Small  cut-out 
figures  of  characters  in  the  film  were  fixed 
in  position  along  the  bridge.  Quad  boards 
on  the  sidewalk  served  to  produce  a  color- 
ful and  highly  effective  showpiece.  Arkell 
also  tied  up  with  local  hotels  to  display 
posters  reading:  "Make  yours  Guinness 
(a  well-known  brand  of  beer)  —  but 
'Make    Mine  Music'." 


Joe  Sloan,  relieving  manager  Bill  Reisinger 
at  Loew's,  Dayton,  Ohio,  had  one  of  his 
staff  parade  the  downtown  city  streets 
with  this  umbrella  carrying  announcement 
on  "Rage  in  Heaven".  Stunt  was  carried 
out  in  broad  sunshine. 


Plaza  theatre  in  London,  premiering 
"Monsieur  Beaucaire",  had  this  at- 
tractive canopy  display  and  facade 
sign  during  the  current  run.  Credit 
Max  Gayton,  manager  of  the  Plaza. 


Exploitation  for  "Night  and  Day"  at  the 
RKO  105th  Street  theatre,  Cleveland, 
included  a  tieup  which  manager  Ed  Pyne 
made  with  a  local  record  store.  Record 
buyers  were  given  a  free  spin  and  a  pass 
if  arrow  stopped  on  titles. 


At  the  Parsons 
theatre,  Parsons, 
Kans.,  manager 
Arthur  Turner 
used  this  novel 
ballyhoo  to  ex- 
ploit "Janie  Gets 
Married".  Bridal 
couple  in  ban- 
nered car  with 
shoes  and  tin 
cans  toured  city 
streets,  followed 
by   sound  truck. 


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The  Selling  Approach 

ON  NEW  PRODUCT 

[The  material  below  reflects  pressbooks  now  in  preparation  and  represents  the  point 
of  view  of  the  distributors'  exploiteers  on  selling  points  and  special  merit  of  these  pictures.] 


BLUE  SKIES  (Paramount):  Starring  Bing 
Crosby  and  Fred  Astaire,  this  musical  pro- 
duction in  Technicolor  is  based  on  the 
music  of  Irving  Berlin.  The  prolific  Berlin 
is  said  to  have  written  some  800  songs. 
Hold  a  contest  with  sponsorship  by  radio 
or  newspaper  whereby  listeners  or  readers 
could  compile  lists  of  the  composer's  tunes. 
Guest  tickets  could  be  awarded  to  the 
first  10  persons  sending  in  the  longest  lists. 

Fred  Astaire's  dance  routine  suggests  a 
one-day  contest  for  newspaper  or  herald. 
In  this  contest  readers  are  asked  to  identify 
former  dancing  partners  of  Astaire  from 
stills  reproduced  in  the  newspaper  or 
herald.  They  include  such  stars  as  Singer 
Rogers,  Rita  Hayworth,  Lucille  Bremer  and 
Paulette  Soddard. 

A  radio  program  of  Crosby  recordings 
of  Berlin  tunes  could  be  worked  out  that 
would  have  more  than  the  ordinary  appeal. 
Another  radio  suggestion  is  a  song  identi- 
fication contest,  in  which  the  record  jockey 
plays  Berlin  tunes  and  the  listeners  are 
asked  to  identify  the  numbers.  The  most 
complete  list  turned  in  earliest  wins  a  pair 
of  guest  tickets. 

For  street  ballyhoo  place  a  man  in  an 
empty  lot  with  a  telescope  pointing  at  a 
wall  some  distance  away.  On  the  wall  are 
head  photographs  of  Crosby,  Astaire  and 
Joan  Caulfleld,  feminine  lead  of  the  pic- 
ture. When  pedestrians  look  into  the 
telescope,  they  see  a  sign  reading:  "See 
the  brightest  stars  of  all  in  'Blue  Skies'." 

The  kids  can  help  ballyhoo  this  picture 
with  kites  and  balloons  imprinted  with 
playdate  copy.  A  giant  balloon  attached 
to  the  marguee  could  be  used  for  a  theatre 
stunt.  Balloons  also  might  be  used  as  give- 
aways if  they  are  available  locally. 

The  title,  "Blue  Skies",  suggests  the  pos- 
sibility of  utilizing  the  weather  ear  of  the 
local  newspaper  to  promote  the  picture. 
Copy  might  read:  "Rain  today;  tomorrow, 
'Blue  Skies'  at  the  ..."  etc.  The  weather 
report  gag  can  also  be  used  for  radio. 
If  possible,  line  up  a  spot  directly  after 
the  weather  report. 


CLOAK  AND  DAGGER  (Warner  Bros.): 

This  initial  United  States  Pictures  produc- 
tion fictionally  deals  with  the  activities  of 
the  OSS  in  spiriting  an  atom  bomb 
scientist  out  of  Italy  toward  the  end  of 
World  War  II.  For  street  ballyhoo,  a 
"Cloak  and  Dagger"  man,  armed  with  a 
camera,  could  rove  the  streets  taking 
photos  of  passers-by.  A  sign  around  his  hat- 
band informs  spectators  to  watch  for  the 
photos  in  the  theatre  lobby.  This  stunt  also 
is  adaptable  to  a  newspaper  promotion, 
with  the  paper  publishing  each  day's  crop 
of  photos.  Lucky  winners  could  be  circled 
and  guest  tickets  awarded. 

Under  newspaper  sponsorship,  a  woman 
dressed  in  a  cloak  with  an  ornamental 
"dagger"  jewelry  piece,  prominently  ■  dis- 
played, could  visit  leading  department 
stores  at  prescribed  hours.  The  newspaper 
timetables  these  visits  and  invites  any 
reader  recognizing  the  "Cloak  and  Dag- 
ger" woman  to  identify  her  by  getting  her 
autograph  on  the  current  edition  of  the 
sponsoring  newspaper.  Each  autograph 
wins  two  guest  tickets.  Have  the  depart- 
ment stores  involved  cooperate  with  spe- 
cial ads. 

The  title  is  a  natural  for  the  readers  of 
the  numerous  action  magazines  sold  on 
local  newsstands.  Hit  for  this  large 
audience  with  reprints  of  the  story  inserted 
in  as  many  of  these  publications  as  pos- 
sible. Follow  through  with  newsstand  tack- 
cards  and  news  truck  posters. 

Most  women's  specialty  shops  and 
jewelry  stores  feature  costume  jewelry 
with  a  dagger  motif.  Arrange  for  these 
stores  to  select  appropriate  items  for 
special  newspaper  ads  and  ^windows. 

Set  up  a  "Cloak  and  Dagger"  variation 
of  the  popular  dart  game  in  a  corner  of 
the  lobby.  For  a  target  use  a  silhouetted 
cloaked  figure  with  a  red  heart  as  the 
bull's-eye.  For  the  week  prior  to  opening, 
invite  each  patron  to  have  a  try  at  hitting 
the  "cloak"  with  a  "dagger".  Guest 
tickets  could  be  awarded  for  hitting  the 
bull's-eye. 


Grasps  Opportunity  to 
Exploit  "Two  Guys" 

Manager  Leo  Rosen  was  quick  to  take  ad- 
vantage of  a  novel  exploitation  opportunity 
presented  during  his  playdate  of  "Two  Guys 
From  Milwaukee"  at  the  Strand  theatre,  Al- 
bany, N.  Y.  Rosen  met  the  three  milk  maid- 
ens, who  were  travelling  by  milk  wagon  from 
Detroit  to  New  Orleans,  outside  of  town 
and  escorted  them  into  the  city.  The  slo- 
gan for  the  stunt  was  "Three  Girls  from 


Detroit  welcome  'Two  Guys  From  Milwau- 
kee'." The  girls  appeared  on  the  stage  of 
the  Strand  and  were  presented  with  gifts. 


Stunt  Helps  Exploit  "Claudia" 

Manager  George  E.  Freeman  invited  all 
husband  and  wife  combinations  whose  first 
names  are  Claudia  and  David  to  be  guests 
of  the  management  as  part  of  his  exploita- 
tion on  "Claudia  and  David"  at  the  Poli 
theatre,  Springfield,  Mass. 


Ackery  Promotes 
Profitable  Tieup 

With  Merchant 

An  extensive  campaign  highlighted  by  a 
most  advantageous  tieup  with  a  department 
store  was  arranged  by  manager  Ivan  Ackery 
to  exploit  his  date  on  "Courage  of  Lassie" 
at  the  Orpheum  theatre  in  Vancouver,  B.  C. 

The  tieup  was  made  with  the  Hudson  Bay 
Company  store  on  a  Teen-Age  Back-to- 
School  Fashion  Show.  The  store  paid  for 
all  the  expenses  of  a  14-piece  orchestra,  a 
stage  act,  the  setting,  30  models,  broadcasts 
over  three  radio  stations  a  week  in  advance 
and  full-page  cooperative  ads  in  the  three 
Vancouver  newspapers.  Window  and  coun- 
ter displays,  tying-in  with  the  picture,  also 
were  used  by  the  Hudson  Bay  Co. 

Ackery  promoted  an  essay  contest  in  the 
Daily  Province.  The  contest  was  based  on 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's  country-wide  com- 
petition for  the  best  essay  on  the  question: 
"Why  I'd  Like  to  Own  Lassie?"  The  prize 
is  an  oil  painting  of  Lassie. 

For  street  ballyhoo,  Ackery  tied-in  with 
the  housing  shortage  by  using  dog  "houses" 
in  front  of  the  theatre  and  downtown.  Copy 
read:  "Our  contribution  to  the  housing 
shortage.  For  married  men  in  the  dog 
house."  50,000  coupons  imprinted  with 
playdate  copy  were  distributed  by  a  street 
photographer. 


Omaha  Chamber  of  Commerce 
Aids  Short  Promotion 

"Ranch  in  White,"  short  subject  filmed 
on  a  famous  ranch  near  Omaha,  received 
some  unusual  promotion  from  the  Omaha 
Chamber  of  Commerce  in  connection  with 
the  film's  opening  at  the  Brandeis  theatre  in 
that  city. 

Through  the  efforts  of  manager  Will 
Singer  of  the  Brandeis,  a  bulletin  was  sent 
to  all  Chamber  members  by  that  organiza- 
tion, calling  attention  to  the  theatre  engage- 
ment. Members  of  the  city's  Executives  As- 
sociation also  advised  their  respective  em- 
ployees of  the  playdate. 

Radio  stations  KOIL,  KBON  and 
KOWH  and  the  World  Herald  devoted  spe- 
cial features  to  the  short. 


THE  PICTURE  DIDN'T 
"LAY  AN  EGG" 

Included  in  the  lost  and  found  list 
during  the  playdate  of  "Badman's 
Territory"  at  the  State  theatre, 
Harrisonburg,  Va.,  was  an  unbroken 
egg.  Manager  Cy  Mee's  explanation 
is  that  the  egg  rolled  out  of  a  shop- 
ping bag,  but  he  cannot  explain  why 
it  wasn't  trampled  underfoot.  He  is 
sure  of  one  thing,  however:  the  pic- 
ture didn't  "lay  an  egg". 


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Who  said  that  ain't  hay?  It  certainly  is.  It's  the  main  course  at  the  first  officio/  Horse  Ban- 
quet in  honor  of  "Gallant  Bess."  The  Kentucky  newspapers  got  this  straight  from  the  feed 
bag  and  gave  it  to  readers  on  page  one. 

SCHINE  JUBILEE  STARTS 
MGM  TOUR  FOR  BESS 


by  CHESTER  FRIEDMAN 

Marking  the  first  tour  of  its  kind  in  15 
years,  MGM  last  week  began  an  elaborate 
city  to  city  visit  for  Bess,  the  equine  star 
of  "Gallant  Bess"  in  Lexington,  Ky.,  where 
a  unique  program  of  activities  preceded  the 
world  premiere  of  the  picture  at  the  Ken- 
tucky theatre  September  19. 

The  campaign  was  keyed  to  the  Schine 
Circuit  Silver  Jubilee,  which  got  under  way 
the  same  day.  A  three-day  series  of  promo- 
tions engineered  by  a  staff  of  field  men  un- 
der the  direction  of  William  Ferguson,  ex- 
ploitation manager  for  MGM,  tied  in  with 
the  theatre  campaign,  which  was  put  on  by 
Lew  Hensler,  Kentucky  zone  manager,  Bob 
Cox,  city  manager,  and  Seymour  Morris, 
circuit  public  relations  director  in  Glovers- 
ville,  N.  Y. 

Merchants  Cooperate  With 
Welcome  Displays 

For  many  days  in  advance,  merchants  dis- 
played signs  and  banners  welcoming  Bess 
and  the  picture  with  congratulations  to  the 
Schine  circuit. 

More  than  40  downtown  shops  displayed 
40  x  60  color  enlargements  of  scenes  from 
the  picture  with  theatre  and  playdate  men- 
tion. Three  hundred  three-sheets  announc- 
ing the  premiere  were  spotted  in  and  around 
the  city ;  a  banner  was  stretched  across  the 
main  downtown  thoroughfare  and  tack  cards 
and  lamp  post  placards  blanketed  Lexing- 
ton. 

Donald  Curtis,  Hollywood  star  featured 
in  the  picture,  made  several  personal  appear- 
ances in  the  city  in  connection  with  the  cam- 
paign. Curtis  headed  a  parade  of  bands, 
cars,  floats  and  the  equine  cavalcade  which  is 
to  tour  the  country.  The  parade  ended  with 


a  demonstration  on  the  steps  of  the  county 
courthouse,  where  several  thousand  citizens 
had  collected  to  see  the  wonder  horse  receive 
an  official  welcome  from  the  mayor  and  go 
through  its  paces.  The  event  was  broadcast 
over  WLAP. 

One  promotion  which  led  to  wide  news 
coverage  and  publicity  was  a  novel  horse 
banquet  staged  at  the  famous  farm  of  Henry 
Knight.  In  the  presence  of  a  large  group  of 
radio  and  newspaper  men  and  prominent 
townspeople  and  officials,  Bess  tendered  a 
luncheon  to  champion  horses  of  the  turf. 
News  of  the  Day  recorded  the  event  for 
the  newsreels. 

Another  interesting  promotion  which  net- 
ted attention  from  the  press  was  a  series  of 
appearances  the  horse  made  at  veterans'  and 


Led  by  the  band  and  students  of  Kentucky 
University  bearing  cards  which  spelled  out 
"Gallant  Bess,"  the  parade  heads  down  the 
main  street  to  the  county  courthouse  for 
Bess'  official  welcome  by  the  mayor  of 
Lexington. 

children's  hospitals.  Curtis  also  delighted 
the  audiences  and  presented  autographed 
photos  to  the  invalids.  He  also  appeared  on 
several  radio  interviews  with  the  picture  and 
theatre  coming  in  for  repeated  plugs. 

The  Lexington  daily  newspapers  carried 
front  page  stories  and  photographs  of  Bess 
for  days  before  the  opening. 

Local  Schine  Theatres 
Also  Participate 

With  the  Schine  circuit  inaugurating  its 
Silver  Jubilee  Celebration  the  campaign 
took  on  a  broader  perspective.  All  six  of  the 
local  Schine  houses  used  special  displays, 
trailers  and  marquee  signs  welcoming  the 
picture  with  additional  accessories  marking 
the  circuit  anniversary  date. 

In  connection  with  the  Jubilee,  J.  T. 
Robeson,  manager  of  the  Ben  Ali  theatre 
promoted  an  oversize  birthday  cake  from  a 
local  concern  which  was  placed  in  the  lobby 
with  an  invitation  for  theatre  patrons  to 
get  a  portion  on  the  kick-off  day  of  the 
celebration. 

Congratulatory  messages  from  merchants 
and  civic  officials  were  displayed  in  the  vari- 
ous theatres  and  newspapers  devoted  edi- 
torials and  publicity  to  the  occasion. 


Beginning  a  month  in  advance,  newspaper 
teaser  ads  which  build  up  to  large  display 
advertisements  herald  the  arrival  of  Bess. 
These  ads  will  be  used  as  part  of  the  advance 
campaign  in  every  city  where  Bess  is  sched- 
uled to  appear. 


Plays  Up  Shorts  Program 

Considerable  extra  business  for  a  recent 
playdate  was  attributed  by  manager  Willis 
E.  Shaffer  to  an  exploitation  campaign  that 
played  up  a  30-minute  shorts  program  devot- 
ed exclusively  to  subjects  featuring  "The 
Screwy  Squirrel."  The  shorts  program  was 
billed  as  "Krazy-Kagey-Kapers."  Shaffer 
manages  the  Orpheum,  Atchison,  Kan. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


Exhibition  of  Radar  Equipment 
Exploits  Telenews  Attraction 


Merchant  Tieup 
Aids  "Searching 
Wind"  Play  date 

Five  cooperative  newspaper  ads,  includ- 
ing a  full  page  in  the  Cincinnati  Enquirer, 
highlighted  a  most  successful  department 
store  tieup  in  conjunction  with  the  play- 
date  of  "The  Searching  Wind"  at  the  Albee 
theatre  in  Cincinnati.  The  tieup  was  ar- 
ranged by  manager  Joe  Alexander  and 
RKO  publicist  Nate  Wise. 

The  tieup  was  a  fur  and  coat  fashion 
show  sponsored  by  H.  &  S.  Pogue  at  the 
theatre.  The  store  whipped  up  a  collection 
valued  at  $100,000,  with  some  fur  creations 
especially  designed  by  famous  national  fur- 
riers. The  store  also  furnished  20  attractive 
professional  models  to  display  the  gar- 
ments. 

Newspaper  Art  Layouts 

In  addition  to  the  cooperative  ads.  the 
Enquirer,  Times-Star  and  Post  carried 
three  and  four-column  art  layouts,  as  well 
as  feature  stories  on  the  show.  Pogue's  held 
a  luncheon  for  the  press  on  the  day  of  open- 
ing, after  which  the  press  attended  the  pre- 
miere showing.  The  newspapers  followed 
through  with  regular  feature  reviews  on 
the  women's  pages. 

All  the  display  windows  of  the  store  were 
devoted  to  publicizing  the  show  with  play- 
date  mention  for  "The  Searching  Wind." 
The  store  also  exploited  the  occasion  on 
its  radio  program. 


Nashville  Window  Tieups 
Aid  "The  Green  Years" 

Five  windows,  tying  in  with  the  book,  were 
arranged  by  manager  Tommy  Delbridge  to 
promote  "The  Green  Years"  at  the  Ven- 
dome  theatre,  Nashville,  Tenn.  The  novel, 
"The  Green  Years,"  was  awarded  to  par- 
ticipants on  a  man-on-the-street  broadcast 
over  station  WLAC.  Book  mark  blotters 
were  placed  with  the  city  libraries  and  book 
stores  for  distribution. 


Ferguson  Offers  Free  Prizes 

A  highly  successful  kiddie  show  was  re- 
cently put  on  by  manager  Franklin  Fergu- 
son at  the  Whalley  theatre,  New  Haven, 
Conn.  A  special  juvenile  attraction  was 
booked  and  surrounded  by  a  program  of 
cartoons.  Ten  scooters  and  many  other 
prizes  were  given  away  to  holders  of  lucky 
door  numbers. 


Co-Op  Ad  Promoted  in  Buffalo 

A  three-column  14^  inch  cooperative 
newspaper  ad  was  promoted  by  Charles  B. 
Taylor,  advertising  director  for  Shea's  Buf- 
falo theatres,  to  exploit  "Caesar  and  Cleo- 
patra" at  the  Buffalo  theatre,  Buffalo,  N. 
Y.  The  ad  was  paid  for  by  the  Kay  Jewel- 
ry Company  and  featured  a  picture  of  Vivi- 
en Leigh  in  the  role  of  "Cleopatra." 


A  world  of  comment  and  considerable  extra 
business  resulted  from  manager  Charles  E. 
Shutt's  exhibition  of  radar  equipment  in 
conjunction  with  "The  Secret  Battle"  at  the 
Telenews  theatre,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

For  the  exhibition,  said  to  be  the  first 
public  showing  of  its  kind  in  California,  the 
radar  equipment  was  placed  into  actual 
operation  with  an  antenna  on  top  of  the 


Ballyhoo  Draws  Attention 
To  Feldman's  Engagement 

Dressed  in  a  heavy  fur  coat  on  one  of  the 
hottest  days  of  the  summer,  an  usher  paraded 
the  downtown  streets  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  to 
exploit  manager  Richard  Feldman's  engage- 
ment of  "Our  Hearts  Were  Growing  Up"  at 
the  Paramount  theatre  there.  The  usher  also 
carried  an  umbrella  and  a  sign,  which  read : 
"Crazy?  Not  Me!  I'm  on  my  way  to  see, 
etc."  The  ballyhoo  was  used  a  day  in  ad- 
vance and  on  opening  day. 

For  his  date  on  "Wife  of  Monte  Cristo," 
Feldman  arranged  a  tieup  with  the  Welch 
Grape  Juice  distributor.  The  company  fur- 
nished 200  standees  which  were  imprinted 
with  theatre  and  playdate  copy  and  distrib- 


marquee  from  where  electrical  impulses 
were  bounced  off  various  tall  buildings.  The 
impulses  were  received  on  a  radar  screen 
set  up  in  the  downstairs  lobby  of  the  thea- 
tre. The  equipment  was  manned  by  mem- 
bers of  the  United  States  Navy. 

The  exhibit  tied-in  with  the  Navy's  cam- 
paign to  recruit  men  for  its  school  of  elec- 
tronics. 


uted  to  200  grocery,  drug  and  other  stores 
selling  the  Welch  product.  Guest  tickets 
were  awarded  to  any  person  who  had  an 
original  copy  of  the  Dumas  book.  A  three- 
paragraph  story  was  planted  in  the  Post- 
Stamdard. 


Screening  Launches  "Boys'  Ranch" 

To  launch  his  campaign  on  "Boys'  Ranch", 
manager  Ward  Kreag  of  the  State  theatre, 
Altoona,  Pa.,  arranged  a  screening  for  rep- 
resentatives of  leading  organizations, 
schools,  city  officials,  women's  clubs,  Boy 
Scouts  and  civic  groups.  Following  the 
screening,  comment  cards  were  signed  and 
each  representative  pledged  full  support  in 
publicizing  the  film. 


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Bally hoos  Spark 
Florida  Opening 
Of  "Passage" 


Quigley  Awards  Contenders 

The  men  and  women  listed  below  have  submitted  evidence  of  showmanship  within  the 
past  fortnight,  which  justifies  their  names  being  placed  on  the  list  of  outstanding 
showmen. 


ART  ABLESON 

Lake,  Devils  Lake,  N.  D. 

IVAN  ACKERY 

Orpheum,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 

MARK  ALLEN 
Lido,  Bronx,  N.Y. 

A.  W.  ARKELL 
Regal  Cinema 


LARRY  LEVY 

Loew's  Colonial,  Reading,  Pa. 

BILLIE  LOVELL 
Odeon,  Kingswood, 
Gloucester,  England 

P.  E.  McCOY 
Miller,  Augusta,  Ga. 

T.  A.  MacDOUGALD 


Walham  Green,  London,  England    Ritt,  Talladega,  Ala. 


JIM  BARNES 

Warner,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

BILL  BRERETON 
Lafayette,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

GERTRUDE  BUNCHEZ 
Century,  Baltimore,  Md. 


JACK  MATLACK 
Broadway,  Portland,  Ore. 

ED  MAY 

Rosetta,  Miami,  Fla. 
CYRIL  MEE 

State,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 
HARRY  MURRAY 


JACK  CAMPBELL  Qd        Bris+o|  E  ,and 

Scala,  Runcorn,  Cheshire,  England 

A.  M.  CARPENTER 
Gaumont  Palace,  Barnstaple, 
North  Devonshire,  England 

WALTER  CHENOWETH 
Alexandria,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

LOU  COHEN 
Loew-Poli,  Hartford,  Conn. 

M.  CROWLEY 
Exchange  Cinema, 
Northampton,  England 

MAURICE  DRUKER 
Capitol,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

SHIRLEY  G.  FISHMAN 
RKO  Palace,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

CARL  FLINT 
Metro  Avenida, 
Medellin,  Colombia,  S.  A. 

ARNOLD  GATES 
Stillman,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

W.  RAY  GINGELL 
Hiser,  Bethesda,  Md. 

ALICE  GORHAM 
United  Detroit,  Detroit,  Mich. 

BILL  HARWELL 
Palace,  Lorain,  Ohio 

ROY  HILL 
Le  Claire,  Moline,  III. 

BOB  HYNES 

Criterion,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 

LEONARD  KLAFTA 
Paramount,  Kankakee,  III. 

GEORGE  KRASKA 
Loew's  State,  Boston,  Mass. 

ARTHUR  KROLICK 
Century,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


J.  P.  NEWBY 

Picture  House,  Walsall,  England 

LOUIS  NYE 
Hoosier,  Whiting,  Ind. 

MILLARD  OCHS 
Strand,  Akron,  Ohio 

FERGUS  O'RYAN 
Savoy,  Dublin,  Ireland 

A.  G.  PAINTER 
Center,  Oak  Ridge,  Tenn. 

GEORGE  PAPPAS 
Roxy,  Peru,  Ind. 

FRED  PERRY 

Liberty,  Cumberland,  Md. 

GEORGE  PETERS 
Loew's,  Richmond,  Va. 

LESTER  POLLOCK 
Loew's,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

ED  PURCELL 
Strand,  Staunton,  Va. 


MORRIS  ROSENTHAL 
Loew-Poli,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

E.  C.  H.  ROWLAND 
Surrey  County  Cinema, 
Sutton,  England 

JAMES  C.  SANDERS 
Palace,  Leesburg,  Fla. 

MATT  SAUNDERS 

Loew's  Poli,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

WILLIS  SHAFFER 

Fox  Orpheum,  Atchison,  Kans. 

EWAN  S.  SHAW 

Queen's  Motion  Picture 

West  Bromwich,  Staffordshire,  Eng. 

CHARLES  E.  SHUTT 
Telenews,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

PERCY  SINGH 
Royal-Rivoli,  Port  of  Spain, 
Trinidad,  B.W.I. 

SOL  SORKIN 

RKO  Keith's,  Washington,  D.  C. 

BOYD  SPARROW 
Loew's,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

E.  F.  STAHL 

Rialto,  Melrose,  N.  Mex. 

D.  T.  STALCUP 
Gem,  Etowah,  Tenn. 

MICHAEL  STRANGER 

Loew's  State,  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

CHARLES  B.  TAYLOR 
Shea's,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

ARTHUR  TURNER 
Parsons,  Parsons,  Kans. 

HELEN  WABBE 

Golden  Gate,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

ERIC  V.  WALLS 
Clifton  Cinema,  Great  Barr, 
Birmingham,  England 


ED  PYNE 

Keith's  105th  St.,  Cleveland,  Ohio   H.  WARD 

Regal  Cinema,  Watford,  England 


G.  RAY 

Regent  Cinema,  Bradford, 
Yorkshire,  England 

FRED  REETH 
Capital,  Madison,  Wis. 

ALEC  REID 
Plaza,  Southfields, 
London,  England 

BILL  REISINGER 
Loew's,  Dayton,  Ohio 

TED  RODES 
Pilgrim,  Bronx,  N.  Y. 

LEO  ROSEN 
Strand,  Albany,  N.Y. 


BROCK  WHITLOCK 
Capitol,  Washington,  D.  C. 

NATE  WISE 

RKO  Palace,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

ARTHUR  WOLFSON 
Rex  Cinema,  Salford, 
Lancashire,  England 

JAY  WREN 

Adams,  Newark,  N.J. 

CHARLES  A.  ZINN 
State,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

LEE  ZWIEBEL 

Sierra,  Susanville,  Calif. 


Motorists  and  bathers  were  reached  through 
this  sail  boat  which  cruised  off  tlx  Florida 
beaches. 

An  all-out  effort  marked  the  highly  suc- 
cessful campaign  designed  for  the  triple 
opening  of  "Canyon  Passage"  at  the  Capitol, 
Lincoln  and  Town  theatres,  Miami,  Fla.  The 
campaign  was  arranged  by  manager  Sonny 
Sheppard  of  the  Lincoln  and  Mark  Chart- 
rand,  director  of  public  relations  for  Womet- 
co  Theatres. 

A  large  sail  boat  with  "Canyon  Passage" 
painted  on  the  sails  was  used  for  ballyhoo 
at  the  beach,  in  the  bay  side  park  and  near 
the  two  causeways.  The  boat  was  anchored 
so  that  it  could  be  seen  by  people  bathing, 
basking  in  the  sun  and  riding  in  automobiles. 

Considerable  newspaper  publicity  was 
garnered  in  advance  and  currently.  Three 
advance  breaks  were  planted  in  the  Herald. 
A  six-column  still  of  the  film's  fight  se- 
quence ran  in  the  Sunday  Herald.  A  four- 
column  art  story  appeared  in  the  Sunday 
News.  In  addition  the  Herald  carried  a 
news  story  and  picture  of  a  free  marriage  li- 
cense stunt.  For  this  stunt  the  first  10  cou- 
ples on  line  at  the  Marriage  Bureau  on 
the  designated  day  received  free  licenses 
and  a  slice  of  a  wedding  cake.  In  addition, 
a  wedding  ring  or  other  prize  was  awarded 
to  the  couples. 

Screening  for  Newsboys 

A  special  screening  was  held  for  the  News 
delivery  boys,  which  resulted  in  a  story  and 
picture.  A  cooperative  newspaper  ad  was 
arranged  with  Kirby  Tuttle  in  connection 
with  the  Maytag  washer.  The  ad  featured 
a  picture  of  Susan  Hayward,  star  of  the 
picture. 

An  animated  display  was  placed  in  the 
American  Express  Travel  office,  showing 
modes  of  travel  tied  in  with  "Canyon  Pass- 
age."   Another  display  was  arranged  in  the 


Hobby  Shop,  consisting  mainly  of  archery 
equipment.  An  archery  display  also  was 
set  in  Sears  Roebuck. 

Four  window  displays  were  arranged. 
They  were  set  with  Firestone,  the  Associ- 
ated Stores,  Maytag  and  Liggetts.  Gold 
painted  bricks  imprinted  with  playdate  copy 
were  placed  at  all  newsstands  in  the  down- 


town section  and  used  for  paper  weights. 
Taxicabs  in  Miami  and  Miami  Beach  car- 
ried bumper  strips,  reading:  "Take  this  cab 
to  'Canyon  Passage'."  The  mirror  in  the 
foyer  was  painted  with  coming  announce- 
ment in  book  form.  10,000  travel  tickets 
were  placed  in  travel  agencies  and  distribut- 
ed from  the  downtown  theatres. 


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Public  Libraries 
Aid  Promotion 
of '  'Green  Years 9  9 

Cooperation  from  the  Chicago  public 
library  system,  endorsement  of  the  film  by 
the  Society  of  American  Florists,  which  re- 
sulted in  window  streamers  being  placed 
with  200  florists,  and  assistance  from  the 
Better  Films  Council  aided  the  publicity 
campaign  on  "Green  Years"  at  the  United 
Artists  theatre  in  Chicago.  Jimmy  Savage, 
publicity  manager  for  the  theatre,  assisted 
by  Bill  Green,  M-G-M  exploiteer,  were  re- 
sponsible for  the  tieups. 

Fifty-nine  branches  of  the  public  library 
distributed  40,000  bookmarks  announcing  the 
picture.  Railway  express  trucks  carrying 
two-sheets  and  four-sheets,  sniped  with  thea- 
tre playdates,  gave  the  picture  16  days  ad- 
vance billing.  Better  Films  Council  sent 
1,400  letters  to  its  members  with  glowing 
comment  by  the  Council's  director. 

Gets  Newspaper  Column  Space 

The  Chicago  Daily  Tribune's  Inquiring 
Reporter  posed  the  questioti,  "Do  you  pre- 
fer to  read  the  book  first,  before  seeing  the 
film  version,  or  would  you  rather  see  the 
film,  then  read  the  book?"  The  question 
was  asked  in  front  of  the  United  Artists 
theatre,  with  pictures  of  interrogated  per- 
sons and  their  answers  appearing  in  the 
paper  on  opening  day. 

Numerous  window  displays  supported  the 
attraction,  including  Marshall  Field's,  Bren- 
tano's,  Grant's,  Woolworth's — and  an  impor- 
tant costumer  used  articles  of  apparel  such 
as  are  worn  in  the  film  production  as  the' 
focal  point  of  an  attractive  display. 


Animated  lobby  display  created  by  Bill 
Nicholson,  manager  of  the  Patio  theatre, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  featured  revolving  turn- 
table with  scene  stills  from  coming  hit, 
"Green  Years",  as  the  focal  point  which 
attracted  unusual  attention  from  patrons 
as  they  entered  the  main  lobby. 


NEW  CAR  MAKES 
GOOD  BALLYHOO 

Ernie  Grecula,  advertising  and 
publicity  director  for  the  Hartford 
theatre  circuit,  recently  noticed  a 
number  of  people  looking  at  his 
new  car  when  it  was  parked  out  in 
front  of  the  Colonial  theatre  build- 
ing, Hartford,  Conn.  Taking  advan- 
tage of  the  situation  with  alacrity, 
Ernie  put  a  window  card,  featuring 
circuit  attractions,  on  the  front  seat. 
More  people  than  ever  looked  at 
the  car. 

Classified  Ad 
Contest  Draws 

A  classified  ad  contest  was  promoted  with 
the  Times  Star  to  exploit  the  playdate  of 
"Night  and  Day"  at  the  Palace  theatre  in 
Cincinnati.  The  promotion,  arranged  by 
RKO  publicist  Nate  Wise,  was  a  large 
factor  in  the  success  of  the  engagement. 

The  newspaper  ran  three  display  ads,  to- 
taling more  than  1,100  lines.  For  the  con- 
test, song  titles  of  popular  Cole  Porter  hits 
were  scattered  throughout  the  classified  sec- 
tion. Readers  were  requested  to  find  the 
song  titles  and  write  a  50-word  letter  on 
their  favorite  Porter  song,  and  why. 

Considerable  newspaper  publicity  was 
garnered,  highlighted  by  a  full  page  coopera- 
tive newspaper  ad.  The  ad  was  paid  for  by 
Jenny's,  a  specialty  store.  Leading  music 
stores  downtown  and  department  stores  used 
window  displays,  featuring  the  music  from 
the  picture. 

All  five  radio  stations  devoted  one  or  more 
15  minute  or  half-hour  programs  to  the  hit 
tunes  from  the  picture,  with  theatre  credit. 
Twelve  audience  participation  spots  were 
promoted. 

Reisinger  Promotes  Co-Op 
Ads  for  "Caesar" 

A  full  page  cooperative  newspaper  ad  was 
promoted  by  manager  H.  W.  Reisinger  to 
publicize  his  playdate  on  "Caesar  and  Cleo- 
patra" at  Loew's  theatre.  Dayton,  Ohio. 
The  full  page  ad,  which  was  paid  for  by 
the  Home  Store,  was  devoted  to  perfumes 
and  featured  a  photo  of  Vivien  Leigh,  star 
of  the  picture,  in  costume.  In  addition,  the 
Home  Store  ran  a  two-column  by  10  inch 
co-op  ad  in  the  Sunday  edition  of  the  Daily 
News.  Reisinger  also  promoted  a  co-op  ad 
with  Mayors  Diamond  Store  in  the  Herald. 


Sets  Nine  Window  Displays 

To  publicize  "Lost  Weekend"  at  the  Gem 
theatre,  Petersburg,  Va.,  John  G.  Vaughan, 
manager,  arranged  for  the  placement  of  nine 
window  displays  in  stores  adjacent  to  the 
state  controlled  liquor  stores.  This  proved 
to  be  a  good  eye-catcher  and  received  many 
comments  from  theatre  patrons. 


Plants  Stooge  On 
Line  for  "Down 
Missouri  Way 9 5 


J.  T.  Ghosen,  manager  of  the  Uptown 
theatre  in  Sedalia,  Mo.,  and  Wayne  T.  Jen- 
kins, publicist,  landed  unusual  publicity 
breaks  in  the  Sedalia  Democrat  and  Capital 
in  connection  with  their  date  on  "Down 
Missouri  Way."  The  two  theatremen  ar- 
ranged to  have  a  man  placed  in  a  chair  on 
the  sidewalk  in  front  of  the  theatre  24  hours 
before  the  opening  of  the  picture  in  order 
to  get  the  first  ticket  for  the  picture.  Meals 
were  served  to  the  "stooge,"  a  barber  shaved 
him  and  he  was  made  comfortable  all 
through  his  stay.  The  newspapers  ran  pic- 
tures and  stories  with  full  theatre  credits. 

To  ballyhoo  the  picture  away  from  the 
theatre,  a  mule  team  and  hay  wagon  with 
several  boys  and  girls  toured  the  down- 
town section,  with  banners  announcing  the 
film  opening. 

Ten  window  tieups  on  the  main  street, 
25  cards  posted  on  the  side  doors  of  taxi- 
cabs,  and  tack  cards  on  light  poles  aided  the 
general  exploitation.  Radio  announcements 
also  heralded  the  engagement  over  local  out- 
lets. 


Co-Op  Ad,  Story  Aid  Kleper 

A  cooperative  newspaper  ad  and  a  three- 
column  fashion  break  on  the  same  page  of 
the  Sunday,  Herald  considerably  aided  man- 
ager Sid  Kleper's  playdate  on  "Heartbeat" 
at  the  College  theatre,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
The  co-op  ad  was  paid  for  by  Lee's. 


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SHOWMEN   PERSONALS  Music  Tieups Aid 


In  New  Posts:  J.  G.  Varnell,  manager  Ra- 
mona  and  Ritz  theatres,  Frederick,  Okla. 
Hubert  Haines,  Monkiand,  Montreal.  Tony 
Beninati,  Capitol,  Pinckneyville,  111.  Larry 
Stein,  publicity  director,  Outdoor  theatre, 
Chicago,  111. 

Changes  announced  by  Century  Circuit: 
Abe  Goldstein  transferred  to  Patio  theatre, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Paul  Kalmus  to  Rialto, 
Brooklyn.  Edward  Freiberger,  Fantasy  thea- 
tre, Rockville  Centre,  L.  I.  Edward 
Schwartzbert,  Elm;  Sidney  Nelson,  Vogue; 
Albert  Wasserman,  Farragut;  Loy  McEach- 
ern,  Kingsway;  Helen  Beckerman,  College; 
all  in  Brooklyn. 

Harold  Leland,  Island  theatre,  Hollis.  N.  Y. 
Harry  H.  Gleaves,  Fredericksburg  Road 
Drive-In,  Dallas,  Texas.  J.  Cox,  Trail 
Drive-In,  San  Antonio,  Texas.  Merrill  Lucas, 
Strand,  Watertown,  N.  Y. 

Assistant  Managers:  Irwin  Fredlyn,  Loew's 
State,  Newark,  N.  J.  Humbert  Rodomista, 
Loew's  Valencia,  Jamaica,  L.  I.  Alfred  J. 
Dutton,  Broad  theatre,  Newark,  N.  J. 


Birthday  Greetings:  Fred  Bixby,  R.  V. 
McGinnis,  Jack  Zaitzow,  C.  L.  Hollister,  Max 
Reizes,  Stuart  Tomber,  J.  E.  Spencer,  Wil- 
liam D.  Hewitt,  Clarence  Littler,  Albert 
Perly,  Burr  W.  Cline,  Eric  Van  Dyck,  Joseph 
Levenson,  Al  Cooper.  . 

Howard  Mercer,  Gerald  Shaffer,  Norman 
Stancliffe,  Leonard  Gordon,  Jim  T.  Stroud, 
Tom  W.  Edwards,  Leon  E.  Junette,  E.  M. 
Waltz,  Mesho  Triller,  C.  F.  Couillard,  A.  W. 
Stanish,  Nathan  Cohen,  Clyde  Pratt,  Thomas 
J.  McCoy,  Peck  Westmoreland. 

Arle  Crites,  Frank  T.  Le  Page,  Charles  W. 
Hawk,  Gus  Lampe,  Don  Doberer,  'Jay  G. 
Williams,  Dave  D.  Samuels,  Fred  J.  Dollin- 
ger,  Harris  L.  Humphries,  Robert  Patterson, 
John  J.  Delson,  Jack  Tiernan,  Alex  C.  Patter- 
son, Bill  Johnson. 

Ernest  C.  Rogers,  William  J.  Currie,  Frank 
Slavik,  Zollie  Volchok,  E.  W.  Fadal,  Mark 
Allen,  Auriel  Macfie,  Leonard  Jarodsky,  E.  E. 
Seff,  Carl  E.  Jones,  William  L.  Perley,  Upen- 
dranath  Kantharia,  Claude  C.  Norton,  F.  A. 
Zehringer. 


Haney  Exploits 
Sound  Birthday 
With  Contest 

Institutional  advertising  was  the  predom- 
inant theme  of  manager  Leo  Haney's  all 
out  campaign  to  publicize  the  20th  anni- 
versary of  talking  pictures  at  the  Lido  thea- 
tre, Maywood,  111. 

A  special  Warner  Bros,  display  was  used 
far  in  advance  for  a  week  in  the  lobby  and 
a  week  in  front  of  the  theatre.  Another 
Warner  display  also  was  used  for  a  week  in 
the  lobby  and  a  week  in  front  of  the  thea- 
tre. The  two  displays  were  not  used  at  the 
same  time.  A  third  display  kept  the  celebra- 
tion "alive"  for  a  six  weeks'  period. 

A  general  newspaper  story  was  planted 
in  the  weekly  Maywood  Herald  three  weeks 
in  advance,  announcing  the  Lido's  partici- 
pation in  the  national  celebration.  The  same 
story  carried  an  announcement  of  an  old 
phonograph  or  "Relics  of  Sound"  contest. 
Following  the  initial  story  the  Herald  ran 
a  weekly  story  on  the  celebration  and  con- 
test. The  old  phonographs  were  put  on  dis- 
play in  the  lobby. 

Haney  also  arranged  a  "Name  the  Titles" 
movie  contest,  which  was  sponsored  by  the 
newspaper  in  cooperation  with  10  local 
merchants.  Each  of  the  cooperating  mer- 
chants used  "Salute  to  Warner  Bros."  copy 
in  their  ads.  Contestants  were  required  to 
visit  the  merchants'  stores  for  clues. 


Showmen's 
FIRST 
CHOICE 


Coloring  Contest  Boosts 
Nye's  "Badman's"  Date 

A  coloring  contest  for  children  drew  ex- 
tra business  for  the  playdate  of  "Badman's 
Territory"  at  the  Hoosier  theatre,  Whiting, 
Ind.  In  addition  to  the  contest,  manager 
Louis  Nye  promoted  a  newspaper  story. 

For  his  date  on  "Up  Goes  Maisie,"  Nye 
used  barrels  jacketed  with  playdate  copy  on 
the  street  and  in  the  lobby  of  the  theatre. 
The  barrel  in  the  lobby  was  half  filled  with 
buttons.  Copy  read :  "We  will  not  be  re- 
sponsible for  buttons  missing  from  laughing 
so  hard."  Nye  also  had  a  man  walk  the 
streets  carrying  an  umbrella  with  copy  read- 
ing: "Don't  stop  for  rain  or  shine,  see.  etc." 


THREE  DIMENSIONAL  LOBBY  display, 
created  by  Fergus  O'Ryan  at  the  Savoy  in 
Dublin  for  "Caravan" ,  employed  the  unique 
features  of  having  human  hair  on  the  star 
caricatures,  a  piece  of  old  carpet  and  an 
attractive  lighting  scheme  which  drew 
unusual    comments   from  patrons. 


Date  on  "I  Live 
In  Grosvenor  " 

Concentrating  on  window  and  music  tie- 
ups,  because  of  the  still  current  restrictions 
on  paper,  and  lack  of  poster  writers,  helped 
the  engagement  of  "I  Live  in  Grosvenor 
Square"  when  that  picture  recently  played 
manager  F.  A.  J.  Harman's  Regal  Cinema 
in  Torquay,  Devonshire,  Englend.  Harman 
arranged  for  the  two  principal  dance  bands 
at  the  Palm  Court  Hotel  and  the  Marine  Spa 
to  feature  the  theme  song  from  the  film  pro- 
duction, with  cards  provided  for  display 
while  the  song  was  being  played. 

To  tie  up  with  the  Devon  General  Omni- 
bus company,  100  bills  were  placed  on  buses 
in  and  around  Totnes.  Five  tieups  were 
made  with  merchants  for  window  displays, 
with  full  theatre  credits. 

Three  times  daily,  a  week  prior  to  open- 
ing, the  theatre  organist  gave  a  recital  fea- 
turing the  theme  song  and  using  slides.  Lo- 
cal mayors  from  surrounding  towns,  chair- 
men of  urban  district  councils,  and  members 
of  the  press  attended  a  special  screening, of 
the  film  prior  to  its  opening.  Harman  also 
visited  Rotary  Clubs  in  the  neighboring 
towns  and  brought  the  film  to  the  notice  of 
members. 


Gillon  Promotes  Window  Tieup 

A  window  tieup  was  arranged  by  man- 
ager Francis  C.  Gillon  with  a  local  hardware 
and  sporting  goods  store  a  week  in  advance 
of  playdate  to  promote  "The  Wife  of  Monte 
.  Crista"  at  the  Esquire  theatre  in  Davenport, 
Iowa.  The  display  with  highlighted  by  the 
figure  of  Lenore  Aubert,  star  of  the  picture, 
in  a  fencing  pose. 


APPLICATION  FOR 
MEMBERSHIP 

MANAGERS' 
ROUND  TABLE 

1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  20,  N.  Y. 

Name   

Position   

Theatre  '.. 

Address   

City    

State  

Circuit  

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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


PICTURE 
CROSSES 


A  statistical  compilation  and 
comparison  of  Box  Office  Per- 
formance in  first  run  theatres 


Figures  directly  below  picture  title  compare  estimated  dollar  gross  with  average  gross 
and  show  relative  percentage  of  all  engagements  tabulated. 

Figures  opposite  theatre  names  represent  percentage  of  tabulated  grosses  to  average 
weekly  business  based  on  the  six  months'  period  ending  July  3  1 ,  1946. 
SYMBOLS:  (DB)  Double  Bill— associate  feature  title;  (SA)  Stage  Attraction;  (MO)  Move- 
Over  Run;  (AA)  Advance  Admission. 

INDEX:  Over-all  perfomance  percentage  figures  from  previously  published  final  reports 
appear  in  Service  Data  section  of  Product  Digest.  See  last  column  of  Release  Chart 
for  Index. 


BOYS'  RANCH  (MCM) 

Final  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated 
Comparative  Average  Gross 
Over-all  Performance 


$53,200 
54,600 
97.4% 


CINCINNATI — RKO  Grand    103.4% 

CLF.VELAND — Loew  s  Ohio   130.4% 

MINNEAPOLIS— Gopher    81.0% 

PHILADELPHIA — Aldine    76.6% 

PITTSBURGH— Warner   88.8% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Utah   112.3% 

ANNA  AND  THE  KING  OF  SIAM 
(20th-Fox) 

Final  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $1,941,600 
Comparative  Average  Gross  1,812,500 
Over-all  Performance  107.1% 


BALTIMORE— New,  1st  week   109.5% 

BALTIMORE— New,  2nd  week   114.2% 

BALTIMORE— New,  3rd  week   100.0% 

BALTIMORE— New,  4th  week   80.5% 

BOSTON— Metropolitan,  1st  week   110.1% 

BOSTON— Metropolitan,  2nd  week   121.0% 

(DB)  Deadline  for  Murder  (20th-Fox) 

BUFFALO — Great  Lakes,  1st  week     ....  109.9% 

BUFFALO— Great  Lakes,  2nd  week    ....  89.3% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Albee    110.1% 

CLEVELAND— Warner's  Hippodrome,  1st  wk.  119.4% 

CLEVELAND— Warner's  Hippodrome,  2nd  wk.  84.5% 

CLEVELAND— Warner's  Lake,  MO  1st  week  127.7% 

DENVER— Denver    109.2% 

DENVER— Esquire   78.4% 

DENVER— Webber   66.6% 

DENVER— Aladdin,  MO  1st  week   117.0% 

DENVER— Rialto,  MO  2nd  week   90.9% 

(DB)  Dark  Horse  (Univ.) 

KANSAS  CITY — Esquire    111.7% 

KANSAS  CITY— Uptown    116.6% 

LOS  ANGELES— Chinese,  1st  week     ....  183.5% 

LOS  ANGELES— Chinese.  2nd  week    ....  136.0% 

LOS  ANGELES— Chinese,  3rd  week     ....  126.5% 

LOS  ANGELES— Chinese,  4th  week    ....  83.5% 

LOS  ANGELES— Loew's  State,  1st  week    .   .  153.2% 

LOS  ANGELES— Loew's  State,  2nd  week    .    .  100.3% 

LOS  ANGELES— Loew's  State,  3rd  week    .    .  83.9% 

LOS  ANGELES — Loew's  State,  4th  week    .    .  54.7% 

LOS  ANGELES— Uptown,  1st  week    ....  144.0% 

LOS  ANGELES— Uptown,  2nd  week    ....  118.4% 

LOS  ANGELES— Uptown,  3rd  week    ....  100.0% 

LOS  ANGELES — Uptown,  4th  week    ....  52.0% 

MINNEAPOLIS— State    99.2% 

NEW  YORK-Music  Hall,  1st  week    ....  111.8% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 

NEW  YORK— Music  Hall,  2nd  week    ....  109.1% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 

NEW  YORK— Music  Hall.  3rd  week    ....  114.2% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 

NEW  YORK— Music  Hall.  4th  week    ....  109.5% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 

NEW  YORK— Music  Hall,  5th  week    ....  104.9% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 

NEW  YORK— Music  Hall. 6th  week    ....  91.6% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 

NEW  YORK— Music  Hall,  7th  week    ....  97.2% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 

NEW  YORK— Music  Hall,  8th  week    ....  97.2% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 

PHILADELPHIA— Fox,  1st  week   145.1% 

PHILADELPHIA— Fox,  2nd  week   103.7% 

PHILADELPHIA— Fox,  3rd  week   89.2% 

PHILADELPHIA— Fox,  4th  week    .....  '66.3% 

PITTSBURGH— Fulton,  1st  week   164.9% 

PITTSBURGH— Fulton,  2nd  week   111.3% 

PITTSBURGH— Fulton,  3rd  week   108.2% 

PITTSBURGH— Fulton,  4th  week   82.4% 

PROVIDENCE— Fay's    .    .   .  *   107.6% 

PROVIDENCE— Majestic    136.0% 


PROVIDENCE— Carlton,  MO  1st  week  . 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Centre   

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Capitol,  .MO  1st  week 
SAN  FRANCISCO— Fox,  1st  week  .  . 
SAN  FRANCISCO— Fox,  2nd  week  .  .  , 
SAN  FRANCISCO— St.  Francis,  MO  1st  week 
SAN  FRANCISCO— St.  Francis,  MO  2nd  week 
SAN  FRANCISCO— St.  Francis,  MO  3rd  week 
ST.  LOUIS— Ambassador  


112.2% 
118.1% 
117.9% 
130.8% 
76.9% 
135.1% 
144.1% 
126.1% 
125.6% 


THE  KID  FROM  BROOKLYN  (RKO) 

First  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $1,811,200 
Comparative  Average  Gross  1,636,400 
Over-all  Performance  110.6% 


BALTIMORE— Hippodrome 
BOSTON— Memorial,  1st  week 

(DB)  The  Falcon's  Alibi  (RKO) 
BOSTON— Memorial,  2nd  week 

(DB)  The  Falcon's  Alibi  (RKO) 
BOSTON— Memorial,  3rd  week 

(DB)  Danger  Woman  (Univ.) 
BOSTON— Memorial,  4th  week 

(DB)  Danger  Woman  (Univ.) 
BUFFALO— 20th  Century,  1st  week 
BUFFALO— 20th  Century,  2nd  week 
BUFFALO— 20th  Century,  3rd  week 
BUFFALO— 20th  Century,  4th  week 
CHICAGO— Woods,  1st  week 
CHICAGO— Woods,  2nd  week 
CHICAGO— Woods,  3rd  week 
CHICAGO— Woods,  4th  week 
CHICAGO— Woods,  5th  week 
CHICAGO— Woods,  6th  week 
CHICAGO— Woods,  7th  week 
CHICAGO— Woods,  Sth  week 
CHICAGO— Woods,  9th  week 
CHICAGO— Woods,  10th  week 
CHICAGO— Woods,  11th  week 
CHICAGO— Woods,  12th  week 
CINCINNATI— RKO  Palace.  1st  week 
CINCINNATI— RKO  Palace,  2nd  week 
CINCINNATI— RKO  Lyric,  MO  1st  week 
CINCINNATI — RKO  Lyric,  MO  2nd  week 
CLEVELAND— RKO  Palace.  1st  week 
CLEVELAND— RKO  Palace,  2nd  week 
CLEVELAND— RKO  Allen,  MO  1st  week 
KANSAS  CITY— Orpheum,  1st  week  . 

(DB)  The  Falcon's  Alibi  (RKO) 
KANSAS  CITY— Orpheum,  2nd  week  . 

(DB)  The  Falcon's  Alibi  (RKO) 
KANSAS  CITY— Orpheum,  3rd  week  . 

(DB)  The  Falcon's  Alibi  (RKO) 
LOS  ANGELES— Hillstreet,  1st  week 

(DB)  The  Falcon's  Alibi  (RKO) 
LOS  ANGELES— Hillstreet,  2nd  week 

(DB)  The  Falcon's  Alibi  (RKO) 
LOS  ANGELES — Hillstreet,  3rd  week 

(DB)  The  Gentleman  Misbehaves  (Col. 
LOS  ANGELES— Hillstreet,  4th  week 

(DB)  Inside  Job  (Univ.) 
LOS  ANGELES— Pantages,  1st  week 

(DB)  The  Falcon's  Alibi  (RKO) 
LOS  ANGELES— Pantages,  2nd  week 

(DB)  The  Falcon's  Alibi  (RKO) 
LOS  ANGELES— Pantages,  3rd  week 

(DB)  The  Gentleman  Misbehaves  (Col. 
LOS  ANGELES— Pantages,  4th  week 

(DB)  Inside  Job  (Univ.) 
NEW  YORK— Astor,  1st  week 
NEW  YORK— Astor,  2nd  week 
NEW  YORK— Astor,  3rd  week 
NEW  YORK— Astor,  4th  week 
NEW  YORK-Astor,  5th  week 
NEW  YORK— Astor,  6th  week 
NEW  YORK— Astor,  7th  week 
NEW  YORK— Astor,  8th  week 
NEW  YORK — Astor,  9th  week 
NEW  YORK— Astor,  10th  week 
NEW  YORK — Astor,  11th  week 
NEW  YORK— Astor,  12th  week 
NEW  YORK— Astor,  13th  week 
NEW  YORK— Astor,  14th  week 


NEW  YORK— Astor,  15th  week   65.9% 

NEW  YORK— Astor,  16th  week   63.0% 

NEW  YORK— Astor,  17th  week   60.1% 

NEW  YORK— Astor,  18th  week   57.3% 

NEW  YORK— Astor,  19th  week   60.1% 

NEW  YORK— Astor,  20th  week   68.7% 

PITTSBURGH— Fulton,  1st  week   189.4% 

PITTSBURGH— Fulton,  2nd  week   131.5% 

PITTSBURGH— Fulton,  3rd  week    ...       .  110.5% 

PITTSBURGH— Fulton,  4th  week   89.4% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Rialto,  1st  week     .    .   .  127.9% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Rialto,  2nd  week     .   .   .  127.9% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Uptown,  1st  week    .   .    .  110.6% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Uptown,  2nd  week   .    .    .  106.0% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Warfield,  1st  week    .    .    .  171.2% 

SAN  FRANCISCO^Warfield,  2nd  week   .    .    .  112.8% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Warfield,  3rd  week    .   .    .  73.9% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Warfield,  4th  week    .   .    .  77.8% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— St.  Francis,  MO  1st  week  90.0% 

ST.  LOUIS—  Shubert,  1st  week     ......  153.8% 

ST.  LOUIS— Shubert,  2nd  week   153.8% 

ST.  LOUIS— Shubert,  3rd  week   184.6% 


Venezuela  Boom 
In  Oil  Benefits 
Theatre  Gross 

by  MONA  LONDON  CALDWELL 

in  Caracas 

Since  the  expansion  of  the  oil  industry, 
Venezuela  is  enjoying  a  boom  as  great  as 
any  gusher  town  in  Oklahoma.  The  entire 
country,  with'  a  population  of  less  than 
4,000,000,  boasts  304  theatres  and  25  motion 
picture  clubs  sponsored  by  the  oil  companies. 
In  Caracas,  with  a  population  of  a  little 
more  than  200,000,  there  are  50  theatres,  all 
of  which  are  reporting  satisfactory  business. 

Six  first  run  theatres  have  been  built  re- 
cently in  Caracas  and  a  new  and  lavish  sec- 
ond run  house  will  soon  open  here. 

V 

The  idea  of  auction  selling  is  not  new  in 
Venezuela.  This  has  long  been  spot-book- 
ing territory  since  most  theatres  are  inde- 
pendently owned. 

At  one  time  there  were  some  first  run  con- 
tracts which,  after  being  fulfilled,  were  never 
renewed,  due  to  dissatisfaction  of  the  thea- 
tre owners.  All  attempts  of  distributors  to 
make  contracts  with  second  run  houses  in 
Caracas  and  in  the  interior  have  met  with 
failure. 

V 

Admission  to  the  first  runs  range  from  90 
cents  to  $1.25.  There  are  no  double  features 
or  extra  added  attractions  here.  In  Caracas 
there  is  an  average  of  25  showings  a  week, 
with  few  houses  running  continuously. 

McCraw  Will  Attend  Five 
Variety  Club  Functions 

Robert  J.  O'Donnell,  national  chief  barker 
of  the  Variety  Clubs  of  America,  has  an- 
nounced that  William  McCraw,  national  ex- 
ecutive director  of  the  clubs,  will  attend  sev- 
eral functions.  Tuesday  Mr.  McCraw  was 
to  attend  the  annual  outing  of  the  Dayton 
Tent ;  September  23  he,  with  Mr.  O'Donnell, 
will  go  to  Minneapolis  for  the  dedication  of 
the  Heart  Hospital  sponsored  by  the  Twin 
Cities  Tent ;  September  28  to  Atlanta  for 
the  charity  football  game ;  September  30  to 
Memphis  for  the  reopening  of  that  tent's  re- 
cently decorated  clubrooms,  and  November 
11  to  Charlotte,  N.  C,  as  guest  of  honor  at 
the  anniversary  dinner  there. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


CLASSIFIED  ADVERTISING 

Ten  cents  per  word,  money-order  or  check  with  copy.  Count  initials,  box  number  and 
address.  Minimum  insertion,  $1.  Four  insertions,  for  the  price  of  three.  Contract  rates 
on  application.  No  borders  or  cuts.  Forms  close  Mondays  at  5  P.  M.  Publisher  reserves 
the  right  to  reject  any  copy.  Film  and  trailer  advertising  not  accepted.  Classi- 
fied advertising  not  subject  to  agency  commission.  Address  copy  and  checks: 
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POSITIONS  WANTED 


OPERATOR,  10  YEARS'  EXPERIENCE,  WOULD' 
like  job  in  small  town  where  I  can  do  radio  repairing 
as  sideline.  Prefer  servicing  my  own  sound  and  pro- 
jectors. Have  tools  and  test  instruments  to  do  the 
job.  I  don't  drink.  Married,  we  will  go>  anywhere  for 
a  nice  job  among  friendly  people.  Excellent  references 
from  people  who  count.  BOX  2021,  MOTION  PICTURE 
HERALD. 

LIVE-WIRE  THEATRE  MANAGER  AVAILABLE 
September  24th.  Single,  age  27,  10  years'  experience, 
best  references,  honest,  ambitious,  progressive,  go 
getter,  pleasing  personality.  Go  anywhere.  Write,  wire 
or  phone  PEARCE  PARKHURST,  Manor  Theatre, 
Wilmington,  N.  C. 

PROJECTIONIST-4  YEARS'  EXPERIENCE  IN 
all  types  of  theatres.  Married,  age  24,  dependable  and 
ambitious.  Prefer  Central  States.  Write  or  wire 
VERNON  WAIBLE,  2625  N.  Kentucky  Ave.,  Evans- 
ville,  Ind. 

ASSISTANT  MANAGER.  EXPERIENCE 
throughout  theatre.  Graduate  of  Elmira  Managers 
School.  Have  operator's  license.  Further  information 
write  BOX  173,  Towanda,  Pa. 

USED  EQUIPMENT 

690  HEYWOOD  VENEER  BACK  REUPHOL- 
stered  box  spring  Cushion  Chairs,  $6.50;  300  American 
ditto,  $5.95;  1702  American  heavy  inserted  panel  back 
reupholstered  box  spring,  $7.45;  220  Irwin  tapestry 
upholstered  padded  back,  reupholstered  box  spring 
metal  lined  cushions,  rebuilt,  $8.95;  225  rebuilt,  re- 
upholstered Stafford  panel  back  box  spring,  $5.95;  104 
American  reupholstered  velour  padded  back,  box  spring, 
$7.95.  Wire  for  stock  list.  S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY 
CORP.,  449  W.  42nd  St.,  New  York  18. 

1,000  USED  LEATHER  SEATS  FOR  SALE,  $1.50 
each.  H.  SCHOENSTADT  &  SONS,  1014  S.  Mich- 
igan Ave.,  Chicago  5,  111. 

THEATRE  CHAIRS— 3,000  USED  SPRING  CUSH- 
ioned,  part  full  upholstered  back  and  part  insert  panel 
back,  with  spring  edge  and  box-spring  cushions;  1,000 
veneer  chairs;  800  good  backs,  500  spring  cushions, 
and  hinges.  Write  for  prices  and  photographs.  Phone 
Lenox  3445,  JESSE  COLE,  2565  McClellan  ,  Ave., 
Detroit,  Mich. 

STILL  SOME  ARMY  THEATRE  OUTFITS  RE- 
maining — Complete  Holmes  professional  latest  sound 
projectors,  2000"  magazines;  lens;  arc  lamps;  rectifiers; 
motors;  heavy  pedestals;  30W  amplifier;  monitor;  2 
way  Multicellular  horn  system,  ready  to  go,  $1,695.00. 
With  regular  amplification  and  single  speaker,  $1,295.00. 
S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP.,  449  W.  42nd  St., 
New  York  18. 

900  STEEL  FURNITURE  SPRING  SEAT.  IN- 
serted  panel.  1,000  Heywood-Wakefield  box-spring, 
veneerback.  BODELSON  &  CO.,  10-38  Jackson  Ave.. 
Long  Island  City,  N.  Y. 

COMPARE  AND  SAVE!  PAIR  HOLMES  EDU- 

cators,  $895;  pair  Webers,  $625;  Simplex  Mechanisms, 
rebuilt,  $217.50;  Powers,  rebuilt,  $109.50.  Catalog  avail- 
able. STAR  CINEMA  SUPPLY  COMPANY,  440  West 
45th  St.,  New  York  City  19. 

TWO  GENERATORS  4  H.P.  3-PHASE  WITH 
rheostat,  panel  box  and  phase  switch,  2  standard 
Simplex  Heads,  2  low-intensity  Peerless  lamps.  Excel- 
lent condition.  Bargain.  RIALTO  THEATRE,  Nor- 
way, Mich. 


STUDIO  EQUIPMENT 


16-35MM.  PRODUCTION  EQUIPMENT— CAM - 
eras,  film  recorders,  editors,  tripods,  dollies,  micro- 
phones, disc  recorders,  booms.  We  buy— trade.  Send 
us  your  used  equipment  or  lists.  Write  your  wants. 
CAMERA  MART,  70  West  45th  St.,  New  York. 

LATEST  RCA  35MM.  STUDIO  RECORDER, 
rebuilt,  $4,250.00;  Depue  Optical  Reduction  Printer, 
rebuilt,  $2,995.00;  Eyemo  Spider  Turret  Camera,  3 
lenses,  $595.00;  DeBrie  Newsreel  Camera,  3  lenses,  6 
magazines,  motor,  tripod,  $295.00;  early  Mitchell 
Camera,  magazines,  lenses,  tripod,  rebuilt,  $2,450.00; 
Eyemo  Turret,  magazine,  motor,  4  lenses,  tripod, 
$1,095.00;  Duplex  35mm.  Printer,  $495.00;  Moviolas 
$195.00  ;  200OW  Studio  Spots,  $57.50;  Akeley  Newsreel 
Camera,  Gyrotripod,  $695.00.  Send  for  listings.  S,  O.  S 
CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP.,  449  W.  42nd  St.  New 
York  18. 


HELP  WANTED 


PROTECTIONIST-MANAGER,  SALARY  $40.  GIVE 
all  details  in  first  letter.  BOX  2023,  MOTION  PIC- 
TURE HERALD.  

THEATRES 


THEATRE.  SUBURBAN  PORTLAND.  608  SEATS. 
Concrete  stucco  building  included.  New  equipment. 
Newly  redecorated.  Owner  shows  over  $2,700  gross 
per  month.  $55,000,  half  down.  J.  C.  BUTLER, 
A  B.  C.  BROKERAGE  COMPANY,  304  S.  4th 
Ave.,  Portland  4,  Ore.. 


FOR  SALE  —  ONLY  THEATRE  IN  MENNO', 
South  Dakota.  $3,500  for  equipment,  rent  only  $30.00 
per  month.  This  is  an  opportunity  to  obtain  an  excel- 
lent theatre  in  the  most  prosperous  community  in 
South  Dakota.  Write  NELSON  LOGAN,  owner,  at 
Mitchell,  S.  D.  

WANTED  THEATRE,  SMALL  TOWN,  NEW 
England  or  Eastern  New  York  State.  BOX  35,  Ridge- 
wood  Station,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  

THEATRE  WANTED  UP  TO  $40,000—  WASHING  - 
ton,  Oregon  or  California.  Write  EUGENE  HAR- 
WOOD,  St.  John,  Wash.  

VETERAN  WANTS  TO  BUY  OR  LEASE  THEA- 
tre  in  town  of  10,000  or  more.  Prefer  Tennessee, 
Kentucky,  Virginia,  or  West  Virginia.  Other  states 
considered.  BOX  2022,  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

BUSINESS  BOOSTERS 


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$2.50  per  thousand,  $22.50  for  10,000.  S.  KLOUS, 
care  of  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD.  

PRINTING  SERVICE 

YOUR  OWN  OR  THEATRE  NAME  ON 
matchbooks,  napkins,  Christmas  cards,  stationery. 
HARRY  GANS,  326  W.  44th  St.,  New  York  18, 
N.  Y.    

NEW  EQUIPMENT 

IMMEDIATE  DELIVERY  —  LATEST  16MM. 
Ampro  Arc  Projectors— include  Strong  High-Intensity 
Arc  Lamp;  Rectifier;  40  watt  Amplifier;  2  heavy  duty 
Loudspeakers;  spares  and  accessories.  Practically  new. 
Single  outfit,  $1,350.00—  Dual,  $2,395.00.  S,  O.  S. 
CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP.,  449  W.  42nd  St.,  New 
York  18. 

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MANAGERS  SCHOOL,  Elmira,  New  York. 

BOOKS 

RICHARDSON'S  BLUEBOOK  OF  PROJECTION. 
Best  seller  since  1911.  Now  in  7th  edition.  Revised  to 
present  last  word  in  Sound  Trouble  Shooting  Charts. 
Expert  information  on  all  phases  of  projection  and 
equipment.  Special  new  section  on  television.  Invaluable 
to  beginner  and  expert.  $7.25  postpaid.  OUIGLEY 
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sound  engineering  and  equipment.  Readable  diagrams; 
charts,  tables,  and  graphs,  $6.50  postpaid.  QUIGLEY 
BOOKSHOP,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  20. 


"Results  very  good"  .  .  . 

Writes  S.  J.  Neyland,  Jr.,  of  Wallace 
Theatres,  Lubbock,  Tex.:  "Thank  you  for 
receipt  of  our  classified  advertising.  .  .  . 
I  also  wish  to  express  our  appreciation 
for  handling  this  matter  for  us.  The  results 
were  very  good  and  we  were  indeed 
surprised  by  the  coverage." 


Live  Action  and 
Color  Shown  by 
CBS  Television 

Television  again  let  itself  be  seen  and 
heard  last  weekend,  when  Columbia  Broad- 
casting System  gave  a  press  demonstration 
of  live  action  color  in  the  ultra  high  fre- 
quencies at  its  New  York  studios.  Previous 
CBS  color  demonstrations- consisted  of  films 
and  slides. 

The  demonstration  ranged  from  models  in 
colorful  attire,  a  singer,  reproductions  of 
famous  paintings,  to  a  swift  boxing  bout 
aimed  at  proving  that  color  would "  not 
smudge  or  blur  during  rapid  action  as  had 
been  predicted  by  some. 

The  action  came  over  clearly  and  it  was 
generally  felt  that  under  equal  circumstan- 
ces, color  would  be  more  effective  than 
black-and-white. 

The  show  was  viewed  in  an  illuminated 
room  on  one  floor  of  the  building  to  which 
it  was  transmitted  over  special  wires  from 
another  floor.  It  was  originally  planned  to 
be  transmitted  over  the  CBS  very-high-fre- 
quency station  atop  the  Chrysler  Building, 
but  a  breakdown  in  the  studio-to-transmit- 
ter cables  caused  the  switch.  Dr.  Peter  C. 
Goldmark,  director  of  engineering  research 
and  development,  asserted  the  result  would 
have  been  as  good  or  better  had  the  Chrys- 
ler tower  been  used. 

The  new  live  camera  equipment,  which 
uses  an  orthicon  tube  and  is  designed  for 
studio  work,  was  employed. 

Frank  Stanton,  CBS  president,  said  paral- 
lel tests  had  been  under  way  using  an  image 
orthicon  tube  for  color  live  pickup  requiring 
only  a  fraction  of  light  needed  by  the  older 
type  orthicon  tube.  As  a  result  of  the  tests, 
it  was  announced,  CBS  now  has  under  con- 
struction image  orthicon  mobile  pickup 
equipment  which  will  be  used  for  full  color 
broadcasting  of  outdoor  sports  for  a  variety 
of  sporting  events  at  Madison  Square  Gar- 
den. The  new  equipment  is  scheduled  for 
operation  at  the  end  of  the  year. 

In  a  statement  issued  simultaneously  with 
the  demonstration,  Mr.  Stanton  said:  "This 
live  color  television  pickup  for  the  ultra-high 
frequencies  more  than  measures  up  to  our 
most  optimistic  hopes.  Once  again  we  have 
convincing  empirical  answers  to  the  theoreti- 
cal questions  raised  in  certain  quarters  con- 
cerning the  practicability  of  color  television 
as  a  broadcast  service.  This  latest  evidence 
clearly  reaffirms  our  opinion,  based  on  exten- 
sive experience  with  live  color  television 
pickup  before  the  war,  that  full  color  is 
superior  in  every  respect  to  black-and-white 
pictures."  . 


Technicolor  Sets  Dividend 

The  board  of  directors  of  Technicolor  Mo- 
tion Picture  Corporation  have  declared  a 
dividend  of  25  cents  per  share,  payable  Octo- 
ber 15,  1946,  to  stockholders  of  record  at  the 
close  of  business  September  30,  1946, 


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EQUIPMENT  •  FURNISHINGS  •  DESIGN 


College  Study  for  Management 

■  ■  ■ 

Park  Avenue's  "Theatre-Club" 

■  ■  ■ 

Conditioning  the  Heating  Plant 

■  ■  ■ 

Tips  on  Curing  Sticking  Doors 

■  ■  ■ 

SCHLANCER  ON  PLANNING  .  .  .  Page  18 
MILLER  ON  PROJECTION  ....  Page  28 
PARKER  ON  THEATRE  LAW  .  .  .  Page  36 
CURRENT  EQUIPMENT  MARKET  .    .    Page  38 


PHYSICAL  OPERATION  •  MAINTENANCE 


SEPTEMBER    21,  1946 


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over  new  or  old  walls  quickly  and  easily,  thus  avoiding 
costly  interruptions  to  normal  operation.  Once  in  place, 
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AND    OF    BUSINESS    SERVING  THEM 


Underwood  &  Ezell  added  the  14th 
theatre  to  their  group  of  Texas  houses  with 
the  opening  of  the  Capitan  in  Dallas  on 
August  23rd.  Oscar  H.  Ray  is  managing 
the  new  theatre  which  seats  1,400  persons. 

A  drive-in  theatre  with  a  capacity  for 
more  than  650  automobiles  has  been  opened 
in  a  suburb  of  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  by 
Neil  Hellman  of  Albany.  Mr.  Hellman 
has  an  interest  in  the  Fabian  chain  of  two 
other  drive-in  theatres  near  Albany. 

The  Parkway  theatre  of  Iowa  Park, 
Texas,  has  been  sold  by  W.  E.  Guest  of 
Fort  Worth  to  J.  B.  Boyce  of  Sherman, 
Texas,  who  has  been  associated  with  the 
Interstate  Cotton  Oil  Company  there. 

Fire  which  did  $200,000  damage  to  the 
business  district  of  DeWitt,  Ark.,  on 
August  11th,  destroyed  an  unused  theatre 
building  owned  by  Mrs.  R.  M.  Davis,  in 
which  a  large  amount  of  theatre  equipment 
was  stored. 

Anton  F.  Bruns,  for  the  past  eight 
years  affiliated  with  the  MGM  and  RKO 
Radio  studios  in  Hollywood,  is  the  new 
projectionist  at  the  Crenshaw,  Los  Angeles. 

In  two  recent  transfers  of  sales  engi- 
neers at  National  Theatre  Supply  branches, 
Don  Atkinson  has  been  shifted  from  De- 
troit to  Baltimore,  and  Ollie  Brand  from 
Memphis  to  Oklahoma  City. 

George  Montero,  architect-contractor 
of  Havana,  Cuba  (pictured  here  during  a 
visit  at  the  offices  of  Quigley  Publications 
•in  New  York),  spent 
most  of  the  month  of 
August  in  the  United 
States  making  arrange- 
ments for  equipment 
to  be  installed  in  sev- 
eral theatres  in  both 
Havana  and  Santiago 
which  he  now  has  un- 
der construction  or 
ready  to  be  started. 
One  of  the  Havana  theatres  is  a  600-seat 
newsreel  house  in  a  large  office  building. 
Another,  in  Santiago,  will  seat  several 
thousand. 

The  Nabor,  a  new  neighborhood  theatre 
in  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  has  been  opened  by 


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Good  air  conditioning  re- 
quires good  filters  .  .  .  filters 
that  will  surely  catch  dirt  and 
dust . . .  filters  that  will  not  re- 
strict the  free  flow  of  air.  RE- 
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With  Self-Sealing  Edge 

Economical  because  the  filter  fabrics  can  be 
replaced  after  they  pick  up  their  full  dust 
capacity.  Wire  grids  are  permanent  equip- 
ment and  can  be  used  over  and  ever. 


proven  themselves  in  leading 
houses  all  over  the  country. 
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will  improve  your  air  condi- 
tioning and  save  you  money. 


Sam  and  Marie  Kirby.  The  theatre  has 
been  under  construction  for  nine  months. 

The  Uptown  theatre,  Rensselaer,  N.  Y., 
has  been  purchased  by  John  M.  Moran,  i 
of  Coxsackie,  from  William  E.  Feather- 
ly.  Mr.  Moran  is  returning  to  the  motion 
picture  business  after  an  absence  since  the 
silent  days  when  he  owned  a  theatre  in 
Coxsackie. 

Construction  of  the  new  1,800-seat 
Center  theatre  in  Oklahoma  City  has  been 
started  by  State  Theatres,  Inc.,  of  which 
T.  B.  Noble  is  president.  It  will  be  lo- 
cated downtown  and  will  cost  approxi- 
mately $500,000. 

John  E.  McAuley,  president  of  the 
J.  E.  McAuley  Manufacturing  Company, 
Chicago,  died  Wednesday,  August  21.  Mr. 
McAuley,  for  many  years  one  of  the 
leading  manufacturers  of  projection  light- 
ing equipment  and  one  of  the  most  prom- 
inent figures  in  the  field  of  theatre  equip- 
ment, had  been  in  ill  health  for  some  time. 

Don  R.  Hall,  Griffith  circuit  city  man- 
ager in  Ponca  City,  Okla.,  has  announced 
that  Jack  Gordon,  Dallas  theatre  archi- 
tect, is  completing  plans  for  a  new  1,250- 
seat  theatre  for  Ponca  City  which  will  re- 
place Griffith's  Roxy,  a  small  theatre  there. 

James  Frank,  Jr.,  New  York  branch 
manager  for  National  Theatre  Supply,  re- 
cently returned  from  Los  Angeles,  where 
he  was  elected  national  president  of  the 
Zeta  Beta  Tau  fraternity. 

H.  M.  Bessey,  vice-president  of  Altec, 
has  announced  two  promotions  within  the 
organization.  F.  M.  Newborn  has  been 
named  branch  manager  of  the  Seattle  dis- 
trict under  W.  E.  Gregory,  district  man- 
ager, and  G.  E.  Wiltse  has  been  pro- 
moted to  branch  manager  of  the  Dallas  dis- 
trict, under  C.  J.  Zern,  district  manager. 

The  Cove  theatre  has  been  opened  at 
Tulsa,  Okla.,  by  Joseph  Noble,  ex-serv- 
iceman and  former  manager  of  the  Maj- 
estic theatre  there.  The  theatre  seats  600. 

A  number  of  changes  in  managerial  posts 
in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  theatres  have  been  an- 
nounced by  Thomas  H.  Read,  Georgia 
Theatres  city  manager.  H.  L.  Denman 
has  been  named  manager  for  the  Fox  thea- 
tre, and  J.  E.  Scott,  former  Fox  man- 
ager, has  been  transferred  to  the  Roxy. 
Sam  George,  former  manager  of  the  Capi- 
tal, has  been  made  relief  man  for  the  city 
circuit,  and  Therom  Croxton  has  been 
transferred  to  Columbus,  Ga.,  to  take  over 
the  Georgia  theatre  there.  • 

Construction  of  a  1,000-seat  motion 
picture  theatre  will  be  started  in  Kenton, 


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MORE  THEATRE  AIR  CONDITIONING  IS  BEING 
PLANNED  TODAY  .  .  .  THAN  EVER  BEFORE! 


Air  Conditioning  for  PROFIT! 


0  Every  theatre  exhibitor  will  agree 
that  he  air  conditions  for  a  profit .  .  . 
More  profits  in  the  form  of  more 
patrons  to  fill  his  house. 

But ...  to  make  sure  more  patrons 
mean  greater  net  box  office  profits,  the 
air  conditioning  system  must  meet 
two  requirements.  First,  low  initial 
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ton is  also  owner  and  operator  of  the  Ohio. 

The  Pix,  new  motion  picture  theatre  in 
Philadelphia,  is  scheduled  to  be  completed 
sometime  in  November,  Samuel  Cum- 
mins, the  owner,  has  announced.  The  the- 
atre will  seat  500. 

Closed  since  early  June,  the  Center  the- 
atre in  Fall  River,  Mass.,  reopened  re- 
cently with  the  same  personnel,  Ray  Al- 
lard,  manager,  James  Audet,  assistant. 

Phil  Isely  Theatres,  Inc.,  have  plans  for 
a  new  suburban  theatre  in  Dallas,  Texas. 

The  Griffith  Amusement  Company  has 
made  formal  application  to  the  Borger, 
Texas,  city  commission  for  a  permit  to 
construct  a  new  theatre  building  there. 


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WINNERS  NAMED  IN 
CHANGEOVER  CONTEST 

TO  PROJECTION- 
IST Arthur  L.  Melton,  Local  281, 
IATSE,  went  the  $100  Victory  Bond, 
and  to  the  Columbia 
theatre,  Paducah, 
Ky.,  a  new  pair  of 
Strong  Zipper 
Chang  eovers  — 
awards  made  by  L. 
D.  (Larry)  Strong, 
president  of  t-h  e 
Essannay  Electric 
Manufacturing  Co., 
Chicago,  for  the  oldest  operating 
Strong  changeovers  reported  In  a 
nationwide  competition  which  closed 
August  I. 

The  Columbia  theater's  change- 
overs  were  installed  between  August 
and  December,  1928,  and  have  been 
operated  constantly  ten  hours  a  day, 
seven  days  a  week,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  about  60  days  during  the 
flood  of  1937,  according  to  R.  H. 
Overstreet,  manager  of  the  Colum- 
bia. It  is  estimated  that  these  change- 
overs  were  in  use  more  than  70,000 
projection  hours,  without  a  break- 
down. 

Honorable  mention  and  supple- 
mental awards  are  being  made  by 
Mr.  Strong  to  Gerhard  Hanson, 
Princess  theatre,  Eagle  Grove,  la., 
who  reported  50,000  hours  of  opera- 
tion for  a  pair  of  Strong  changeovers 
purchased  in  1929;  to  chief  projec- 
tionist James  Voschetti,  Local  596, 
Greenfield,  Mass.,  who  reported  46,- 
720  hours  of  operation  in  the  York 
theatre,  Athol,  Mass.;  to  George  W. 
Buss,  Local  203,  Easton,  Pa.,  who  re- 
ported using  Strong  changeovers  for 
17  years;  and  to  Ray  Brian,  Local  434, 
Palace  Theatre,  Peoria,  III.,  who  used 
his  Strong  changeovers  17  years. 


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SURFACES  covered  with  Formica  about  the  entrance  to  the  theater — ticket 
booth  panels,  doors,  lobby  wall  paneling^ — are  brighter  and  more  theatrical, 
more  thrilling  than  other  available  materials  could  make  them. 

They  stay  that  way  through  years  of  uninterrupted  use  with  a  minimum  of 
cleaning  and  attention.  For  this  laminated  plastic  decorative  material  is  non- 
porous  and  very  easy  to  clean. 

The  surface  is  uninjured  by  washing  wid-h  soap  and  water.  Usually  wiping  with 
a  damp  cloth  is  sufficient  to  restore  the  original  intensity  and  beauty  of 
the  colors. 

These  colors  come  in  the  widest  range  of  shades  and  patterns.  The  material 
is  simply  and  inexpensively  installed  by  carpenters.  No  wonder  the  leading 
theater  architects  have  fixed  on  Formica  as  the  ideal  modern  decorative  material 
for  theaters. 


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Equipment  Convention 
Seen  Drawing  Over  400 

"the  bigcest  event  in 
theatre  equipment  this  business  has  ever 
seen,"  is  the  way  Oscar  Neu  put  it.  The 
president  of  the  Theatre  Equipment  Manu- 
facturers Association  was  commenting  on 
the  joint  convention  of  the  manufacturers' 
organization  and  the  Theatre-Equipment 
Dealers  Protective  Association  in  Toledo 
November  8th  through  the  11th,  in  reply 
to  an  inquiry  as  to  the  prospective  attend- 
ance and  number  of  exhibits.  Earlier  esti- 
mates of  an  attendance  of  around  300  are 
now  drastically  revised  to  at  least  400,  with 
upwards  of  500  entirely  possible  if  devel- 
oping interest  penetrates  to  the  more  dis- 
tant theatre  owners  and  circuit  executives. 

"It  is  definitely  indicated  now,"  said  Mr. 
Neu,  "that  this  equipment  convention  will 
be  attended  by  more  theatre  people  than 
any  other.  We  manufacturers  want  all  the 
theatre  people  who  can  to  attend." 

Ray  Colvin,  president  of  the  dealers'  or- 
ganization, reports  that  the  members  of  his 
association  will  be  at  Toledo  in  force,  with 
many  having  several  representatives. 

Manufacturers  having  exhibits  are  ex- 
pected to  swell  the  total  attendance  in  much 
the  same  way,  having  two  or  more  repre- 
sentatives at  their  booths  The  displays  are 
expected  to  attract  maintenance  engineers, 
projectionists  and  architects  as  well.  With 
all  of  the  original  exhibit  space  already 
taken,  arrangements  are  being  made  for 
additional  area  adjoining  it.  Booths  bought 
so  far  number  50,  with  37  different  ex- 
hibitors, and  the  convention  committee  has 
applications  for  enough  booths  to  occupy 
all  of  the  additional  space  likely  to  be  avail- 
able. Those  who  have  already  been  assigned 
exhibited  space  are : 

American  Mat,  Aero  Metal,  Automatic  De- 
vices, Ashcraft  Lamps,  Motiograph,  General 
Register,  Century  projectors,  Adler  signs,  Altec, 
Radiant  Screen,  Forest  Electric,  Reeves  Instru- 
ment, National  Super  Service,  Kneisley  Elec- 
tric, Switzer  "black  light"  products,  Kollmorgen 
lenses,  RCA,  Essannay  Electric,  Tele-Radio, 
Vallen  curtain  controls,  Wenzel  projectors, 
Ballantyne,  Wagner  signs,  Ideal  Seating,  Weber 
sound  equipment,  Compco,  J.  E.  Robin,  Harold 
Wendt,  Strong  Electric,  LaVezzi  projector  parts, 


Da-Lite  screens,  Neumade  Products,  DeVry 
Corporation,  Owens-Corning-Fiberglas,  U.  S. 
Rubber,  Blue  Seal  Cine  Systems,  Fontaine  Manu- 
facturing Corporation. 

The  exhibits  will  occupy  the  entire  ball- 
room and  adjoining  rooms  of  the  Secor 
Hotel,  where  the  meetings  of  both  associa- 
tions will  be  held.  The  convention  banquet, 
however,  will  be  held  at  the  Commodore 
Perry  Hotel  across  the  street. 


Philadelphia's  new  Goldman  theatre.  Note  screen 
with  frame  to  the  floor,  there  being  no  stage. 
At  left  the  front,  with  opening  day  line. 


Post-War  America's 
First  Theatre-Elegant 

"the  first  major  thea- 
tre to  be  completed  in  the  nation  since  the 
end  of  the  war,"  was  the  way  William 
Goldman  Theatres'  new  Goldman  in 
Philadelphia  was  announced  in  publicity 
for  the  opening  last  month.  It  doubtless  is 
the  largest  of  the  theatres  opened  thus  far 
since  the  war,  and  certainly  the  most 
swellegant,  to  plagiarize  Mr.  Winchell. 
With  David  Supowitz  of  Philadelphia  as 
the  architect,  a  variety  of  costly  designers 
and  engineers  labored  to  create  an  out- 
standing playhouse  for  the  central  business 
section  of  the  Pennsylvania  metropolis.  The 
theatre  seats  1500  on  two  floors. 

A  comprehensive  and  detailed  descrip- 
tion of  the  theatre  is  hardly  effective  with- 
out architectural  photographs,  so  this  ac- 
count will  notice  orfly  some  of  the  news- 


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worthy  features.  Perhaps  the  color  scheme, 
and  especially  the  ideas  behind  it,  merit 
first  mention.  As  told  in  the  publicity: 

"Colors  have  been  used  in  the  new 
movie  house  on  scales  and  standards  laid 
down  by  scientists  and  psychologists  as  the 
most  desirable  for  obtaining  and  maintain- 
ing audience  ease  and  comfort.  Walls  and 
ceiling  of  the  auditorium  are  done  in  a 
soft,  caressing  forest  green.  Thin  gold 
striping  on  the  ceiling  marks  its  location 
and  gives  the  theater  patron  height  percep- 
tion. The  thick  carpet  ...  is  in  three 
shades  of  red.  The  new  hammock  seats 
[Kroehler  push-back. — Ed.],  used  for  the 
first  time  in  Philadelphia,  are  done  in 
three  shades  of  blue- — deep  sapphire  at  the 
front  of  the  auditorium  to  absorb  spill 
light  from  the  screen ;  a  gentle,  soft  blue 
of  lighter  hue  in  the  center,  and  a  light 
blue  tinged  with  green  at  the  rear. 
Through  light  absorption,  the  various 
shades  come  closer  to  each  other  in  the 
chromatic  scale,  and  at  the  same  time  serve 
as  a  practical  guide  in  patrons'  selection 
of  seats. 

"Huge  six  foot  hammered  brass  side- 
wall  lights,  filtering  a  soft  glow  from  the 
fanlike  top  and  bottom  of  the  fixtures,  en- 
hance the  richness  of  the  sidewall  and  ceil- 
ing greens. 

"In  contrast  to  the  soothing,  gentle  col- 
ors of  the  auditorium  are  the  bright,  lively 
tones  displayed  at  the  rear.  Brilliant  wall 
colors  of  red,  yellow,  green,  blue,  tan, 
brown  and  black  are  used  on  the  back 
walls  of  the  main  floor  and  auditorium. 
Psychologists  approved  this  motif  to  avoid 
possible  eye-strain  for  patrons  leaving  the 
theatre;  likewise, 
the  contrast  from 
auditorium  colors 
tends  toward  speed- 
ing of  sensation  and 
movement  to  avoid 
exit-crowding." 

The  Kroehler 
auditorium  chairs 
are  covered  in  the 
same  material  used 
to  finish  the  audi- 
torium side  walls, 
and  this  material 
is  doeskin  cloth.  A 
number  of  kinds  of 
fabric  are  employed, 
some  of  which  may 
be  seen  in  women's 
clothing!  All  floor  areas  are  carpeted — 
under  seating  as  well  as  traffic  lanes. 

For  the  sign  a  special  ordinance  had  to 
be  passed.  It  rises  72  feet,  each  letter  a 
separate  unit  lighted  in  a  different  color, 
and  each  hinged  to  swing  back  so  as  to  pro- 
vide a  platform  for  servicing,  eliminating 
need  for  a  ladder. 

The  building  houses  the  Goldman  cir- 
cuit's offices  and  these  quarters  include  a 
preview  and  a  cockta*il  room. 


National  Theatre  Supply  Celebrates  Its  20th  Birthday 


Proudly  William  Gold- 
man emerges  from  his 
theatre's  auditorium. 


THIS  BUSINESS  has  just 
been  remembering  the  birthday  of  sound 
pictures,  in  1926.  Somehow  that  year  comes 
readily  to  mind  for  a  number  of  things,  per- 
haps because  it  was  the  year  in  which  we 
first  saw  New  York,  a  town  we  had  been 
reading  about  for  a  long  time  in  backwashes 
of  the  Middle  West.  We  remember  it  as  the 
year  in  which  Gertrude  Ederle  swam  the 
English  Channel.  The  year,  too,  in  which 
the  Cardinals  won  their  first  pennant  and 
went  on  to  win  the  World's  Series  in  a 
stirring  seventh-game  finish  at  Yankee 
Stadium.  The  Paramount  theatre  on  Broad- 
way v/as  opened  that  year,  and  the  Roxy 
was  on  the  way.  And  what  the  motion  pic- 
ture had  become  to  a  nation  was  revealed 
by  the  death  of  Rudolph  Valentino. 

Now  we  are  reminded  that  it  was  also 
in  1926  that  National  Theatre  Supply 
was  formed.  This  far-flung  theatre  equip- 
ment distribution  organization  began  busi- 
ness on  September  3rd  of  that  year. 

Affiliated  today  with  the  diverse  manu- 
facturing and  distributing  interests  of  the 
General  Precision  Equipment  Corporation, 
National  Theatre  Supply  still  has  two  of 
its  original  chief  executives — and  seventeen 
of  its  original  personnel. 

In  1926  Walter  E.  Green,  who  had  been 
in  film  distribution  for  a  number  of  years ; 
Oscar  S.  Oldknow,  who  was  associated 
with  his  father  in  both  film  and  equipment 
distribution  in  the  South ;  and  H.  A.  R. 
Dutton,  Chicago  theatre  supply  dealer,  put 
together  thirty  or  more  supply  houses  into 
one  company,  with  Mr.  Dutton  as  presi- 
dent, and  Mr.  Green  and  Mr.  Oldknow 
as  vice-presidents. 


Members  of  the  National  Theatre  Supply  organiza- 
tion who  have  been  with  the  company  since  its 
founding.  Each  received  a  gold  20-year  pin.  They 
are  (top  row,  left  to  right)  Walter  E.  Green,  presi- 
dent; M.  B.  Smith,  Los  Angeles;  F.J.  Maselt,  Cleve- 
land; O.  S.  Oldknow,  Los  Angeles;  Louise  Ferguson, 
Denver;  (second  row)  Bertha  Kreinik,  Buffalo; 
Marian  Oviatt,  Kansas  City;  H.  P.  Hansen,  Min- 
neapolis; A.  T.  Crawmer,  Minneapolis;  J.  J.  Mor- 
gan, Denver;  (bottom  row)  J.  H.  Kelley,  Cincin- 
nati; N.  F.  Williams,  Pittsburgh;  N.  C.  Haefele, 
Baltimore;  G.  C.  Lewis,  Philadelphia;  C.  A.  Peter- 
son, Minneapolis.  Two  other  members  of  the 
N.T.  S.  20-year  club  (not  shown  above)  are 
B.  A.  Benson  and  G.  J.  Libera  of  the  warehouse 
department.  Gold  20-year  pins  were  awarded  at 
the  home  office  and  branches  on  September  3rd, 
following  the  playing  of  a  recording  of  an  address 
by  Mr.  Green,  who  is  shown  below  as  he  was 
snapped  from  the  control  room  while  reading  his 
address   into   the   recording   system  microphone. 


In  1928  Mr.  Green  became  head  of  the 
organization.  He's  still  in  that  chair.  And 
Mr.  Oldknow  is  executive  vice-president 
with  the  Southern  and  Western  branches 
in    his   immediate   charge.  Headquarters 


12 


BETTER  THEATRES,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


A  Name  That  Has  Earned 

HOP 

Among  the  Theatres  of  the  Nation 

We  join  their  host  of  friends  from  coast 
to  coast  in  wishing  them  continued  suc- 
cess on  this  their  20th  Anniversary. 

ALEXANDER  SMITH  &  SONS  CARPET 


BETTER  THEATRES,  SEPTEMBER  21.  1946 


SERVING   THROUGH  SCIENCE 


Yes!  "U.S."  Plastic  Naugahyde  washes  as 
easily  as  a  hanky.  Science  saw  to  that.  And 
here  you  have  the  secret  why  Naugahyde 
keeps  its  original  beauty  through  the  years. 

It  wears  well  through  the  years,  too.  For 
endurance,  it's  hard  to  beat !  Whether  it's 
scuffing,  edge-wear,  spilled  alcohol,  hair  oil 
or  perspiration. ..Naugahyde  can  take  it... 
year  after  year! 

That's  why  you  can  count  on  Naugahyde  to 
keep  your  maintenance  costs  down.  It's  safe, 
too ...  even  a  "live"  match  dropped  on  it 
won't  ignite  it! 


Distributors  in  all  principal  cities 


UNITED  STATES  RUBBER  COMPANY 


were  originally  in  Chicago,  but  were  re- 
moved to  New  York  in  1930.  Today  the 
domestic  branches  number  28,  while  an 
export  department  carries  NTS  operations 
all  over  the  world. 

National  Theatre  Supply  became  a 
member  of  the  General  Precision  Equip- 
ment organization  with  the  formation  of 
that  family  of  companies  in  1936.  Many  of 
its  fellow  members  are  manufacturers  of 
equipment  which  it  distributes — Interna- 
tional Projector  Corporation,  New  York, 
projectors  and  sound  systems;  Hertner 
Electric  Company,  Cleveland,  motor-gen- 
erators and  motors;  J.  E.  McAuley  Manu- 
facturing Company,  Chicago,  and  the 
Strong  Electric  Corporation,  Toledo,  pro- 
jection lighting  equipment;  the  Ampro 
Corporation,  Chicago,  16-mm  apparatus. 
Altogether  there  are  a  dozen  subsidiaries 
of  General  Precision  Equipment,  and  addi- 
tionally one  devoted  to  industrial  research. 

The  departments  of  National  Theatre 
Supply  today  indicate  not  only  its  own 
growth,  but  the  intensification  of  effort 
that  today's  exhibition  plant  requires. 
Here  is  the  personnel  required  to  direct 
them: 

John  W.  Servies,  district  supervisor  and. 
manager  of  purchasing,  carpet  and  ware- 
house departments ;  Willard  J.  Turnbull, 
sales  promotion  manager;  A.  J.  Lindsley, 
advertising  manager;  John  E.  Currie, 
manager  of  drive-in  theatre  department ; 
Arthur  E.  Meyer,  manager  of  projection 
equipment  department ;  John  S.  Goshorn, 
manager  of  seating  department ;  R.  A. 
Richardson,  general  accounting  manager; 
Allen  G.  Smith,  circuit  sales  manager; 
A.  F.  Baldwin,  export  manager. 

The  branches  and  their  managers  are 
as  follows : 

Chicago,  R.  W.  Dassow ;  Cincinnati, 
J.  H.  Kelley;  Cleveland,  F.  J.  Masek; 
Des  Moines,  A.  C.  Schyler ;  Detroit,  C. 
Williamson;  Indianapolis,  B.  N.  Peterson; 
Kansas  City,  A.  de  Stefano ;  Milwaukee, 
A.  J.  Larsen ;  Minneapolis,  A.  T.  Craw- 
rner;  Pittsburgh,  W.  C.  Jervis;  St.  Louis, 
W.  C.  Earle;  Albany,  W.  J.  Hutchins ; 
Baltimore,  N.  C.  Haefele ;  Boston,  H.  J. 
McKinney;    Buffalo,    V.    G.  Sandford; 


With  banners  and  pennants  and  such  window 
displays  as  this  is  National  Theatre  Supply 
marking    its    20th  year. 


Resort  theatre.  The  front  of  Max  Greenwald's 
new  theatre  at  Geneva-on-the-Lake,  near  Cleve- 
land, a  1,000-seat  house  built  sturdily  enough  of 
concrete  blocks,  but  designed  in  a  gay  holiday 
spirit.  On  either  side  of  the  vestibule  are  open 
concession  stands  with  gay  protective  awnings. 
These  awnings  are  matched  by  others  over  porches 
which  serve  second-floor  lounges.  The  house  is 
located  on  the  resort's  Midway.  George  A. 
Eberling,   of  Cleveland,   was  the  architect. 

New  Haven,  W.  J.  Hutchins ;  New  York, 
James  Frank,  Jr. ;  Philadelphia,  R.  W. 
Pries;  Atlanta,  J.  C.  Brown;  Charlotte, 
W.  G.  Boling;  Dallas  and  Memphis,  R. 
L.  Bostick;  New  Orleans,  T.  W.  Neeley ; 
Oklahoma  City,  J.  I.  Watkins;  Denver, 
J.  J.  Morgan  and  J.  B.  Stone;  Los  An- 
geles, Lloyd  C.  Ownbey ;  San  Francisco, 
H.  H.  Randall;  Seattle,  O.  L.  Chiniquy. 

Birthday  parties  were  held  at  the 
branches  on  September  3rd,  with  awarding 
of  gold  20-year  pins  at  each  branch  having 
an  employe  with  the  organization  from 
its  founding.  The  parties  were  opened  with 
the  playing  of  a  recording  of  an  address 
by  Mr.  Green. 

How  to  Make  Friends  for 
The  Theatre— and  Keep  'Em 

JOHN  a.  schwalm,  man- 
ager of  the  Northio  Rialto  theatre  in 
Hamilton,  Ohio,  who  entered  the  motion 
picture  business  so  long  ago  as  1906,  has 
handed  a  set  of  28  rules  to  his  employees 
"for  maintaining  goodwill."  Here  they  are: 

I  :  Be  on  time.  Do  not  chew  gum.  Do 
not  talk  loud.  Always  be  neat. 

2:  Be  dignified  in  your  behavior.  Do 
not  carry  on  unnecessary  conversations. 

3 :  Do  not  encourage  flirtations  with  the 
patrons. 

4:  Never  give  short  or  flippant  answers. 
Don't  carry  a  grouch. 

5 :  Stand  erect  at  your  post,  and  do  not 
display  listlessness. 

6 :  Never  lose  your  temper,  and  keep  cool 
at  all  times. 

7 :  Never  argue.  When  anything  is  be- 
yond you,  refer  it  to  the  Manager. 

8 :  Quietness  must  be  maintained  at  all 
times  during  the  performance. 

9 :  Special  effort  should  be  made  to 
comfort  elderly  persons. 

10:  Report  anyone  changing  seats  more 
than  once  during  the  performance. 

I I  :  Never    be    discourteous.  Grouchy 


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Can  Colleges  Train  Managers? 


THIS  fall  New  York  University  be- 
gins its  third  year  of  training 
people  for  motion  picture  theatre 
management  and  thus  is  going  ahead 
with  a  project  begun  in  1942  (the  war 
forced  suspension  in  1943)  with  some 
misgivings.  The  motion  picture  theatre 
business,  exploiting  a  brand  new  medium 
of  entertainment,  but  growing  up,  in  its 
essential  methods  and  attitudes,  out  of 
many  kinds  of  showbusiness,  including 
the  one-night-stand  and  the  carnival, 
had  developed  into  a  sort  of  community 
recreational  service,  with  a  technology, 
both  business-wise  and  physical,  of  its 
own.  And  it  offered  a  broad  field  for 
a  career,  with  opportunities  for  highly 
paid  executive  positions.  But  academic 
training  was  pretty 'alien  to  the  tradi- 
tions of  showbusiness.  Could  a  course 
in  theatre  management  get  acceptance 
from  the  business  itself?  Would  it  prove 
practicable? 

By  now  the  school  has  a  pretty  def- 
inite answer.  A  substantial  number  of 
the  students  in  the  course  are  already 
theatre  managers,  some  of  them  having 
been  in  showbusiness  for  many  years. 

"The  need  for  theoretical  training  in 
all  phases  of  theatre  operation  con- 
tinues to  grow  in  proportion  to  the 
increasing  specialization  of  motion  pic- 
ture exhibition,"  commented  Michael 
Zala,  director  of  the  course,  in  point- 
ing out  the  preponderance  of  theatre 
employees  in  the  classes  during  a  dis- 
cussion of  this  training.  The  classes  meet 
at  NYU's  Washington  Square  branch. 
It  was  while  Mr.  Zala  was  managing 
the  Art  theatre,  on  Eighth  Street,  just 
around  the  corner,  that  he  was  asked 
to  organize  the  course,  which  first  was 
offered  only  to  undergraduates,  but 
since  has  been  made  a  part  of  the 
department  specializing  in  adult  educa- 
tion. After  many  years  of  managing 
theatres,  Mr.  Zala  now  devotes  most  of 
his  time  to  his  position  as  director  of 
the  course  in  Motion  Picture  Theatre 
Management,  Advertising  and  Exploita- 
tion. 

"The  home  offices  of  small  and  large 
circuits,"    he    continued,    "have  been 


slowly  relieving  managers  of  many 
duties  that  were  formerly  within  their 
province.  This  practice  is  resulting  in 
a  crop  of  managers  possessing  a  very 
superficial  knowledge  of  many  important 
problems  and  functions  dealing  directly 
with  theatre  operation.  In  fact,  some 
circuits  do  not  permit  the  manager  to 
prepare  copy  for  his  marquee! 

"Duties,  which  were  previously  per- 
formed by  the  manager,  and  at  present 
are  handled  by  a  specialist  in  the  home 
office,  do  not  preclude  the  probability 
that  at  some  time  or  other  the  house 
manager  may  be  called  on  to  assume 
tasks  foreign  to  him. 

"For  many  years  trade  papers  have 
attempted  the  job  of  education.  They 
have  devoted  much  space  to  informa- 
tion relative  to  management  problems 
and  methods.  In  many  cases  managers 
have  utilized  this  information  intelli- 
gently; however,  there  are  individuals 
who  find  it  difficult  to  absorb  informa- 
tion from  the  printed  page  and  translate 
it  into  action.  For  this  very  reason 
movies  are  being  used  more  and  more 
in  modern  education. 

COMBINING  STUDY  WITH  EXPERIENCE 

"To  overcome  this  problem,  a  course 
of  study  in  conjunction  with  actual 
theatre  work  is  highly  advisable.  Be- 
lieving firmly  in  the  advantages  of 
specialized  training  for  motion  picture 
management,  we  at  NYU  publicized  the 
course  through  trade  publications.  In 
addition  to  the  heavy  student  registra- 
tion, letters  were  received  from  all  over 
the  globe  requesting  information  about 
the  course. 

"The  majority  of  students  who  en- 
rolled in  the  course  were  managers 
who  believed  that  they  were  doing 
their  job  inadequately.  Some  had  had 
from  three  to  nine  years  of  practical 
experience  in  management  with  large 
circuits.  Assistant  managers,  chiefs-of- 
staffs,  ushers  and  doormen,  even  a  few 
projectionists,  comprised  the  rest  of  the 
theatre  people  taking  the  course.  Also 
included  were  bookers,  film  salesmen, 
home  office  executive  secretaries,  pub- 


persons  cannot  stand  up  under  kindness. 

12:  Always  meet  rudeness  with  unfail- 
ing politeness. 

13:  We  sell  good  service  just  as  we  do 
good  pictures  and  music. 

14:  Make  an  effort  to  always  wear  a 
cheerful  smile. 

15:  Try  to  please  and  satisfy  every  pat- 
ron as  if  you  owned  the  theatre  yourself. 

16:  You  will  not  say  "Yes"  and  "No," 
but  "Yes,  Sir"  and  "No,  Ma'am,"  as  the 
case  may  be. 

17:  "This  way,  please."  "Thank  you." 
"Kindly  remove  your  arm."  These  are 
magic  phrases.  Always  use  them  when 
speaking  to  patrons. 

.'  18:  Mothers  with  crying  babies  should 
be  asked  to  kindly  step  to  the  lobby  until 
the  child  becomes  quiet. 

19 :  Remember  that  business,  like  friend- 
ship, is  sensitive.  It  goes  where  it  is  best 
treated  and  stays  where  it  is  best  served. 

20 :  You,  by  your  conduct,  can  make  or 
break  the  theatre.  It  may  take  a  hundred 
dollars  worth  of  advertising  to  coax  a  new 
patron  into  the  theatre,  and  you,  with  a 
surly,  sulky  word,  can  drive  them  away, 
never  to  come  back. 

21  :  Service  and  courtesy  are  paid  with 
the  money  that  buys  an  admission  ticket. 

22:  Notify  all  hoodlums  that  the  utter^ 
ing  of  loud  noise,  talking,  flirtation,  and 
talking  over  the  back  of  seats  are  not  al- 
lowed in  this  theatre. 

23 :  Ask  the  young  couples  to  kindly  re- 
frain from  showing  their  affection  for  one 
another  while  in  the  public  theatre. 

24:  Always  familiarize  yourself  with 
the  order  of  program  and  scheduled  time. 

25 :  Make  an  effort  to  recover  any  lost 
articles  reported  to  you. 

26.  Ascertain  patrons'  preference  and 
endeavor  to  place  them  in  seats  they  like. 

27 :  Remember,  the  child  of  today  is  the 
man  of  tomorrow.  Make  him  comfortable 
and  at  the  same  time  keep  him  quiet. 

28 :  Each  member  of  our  force  is  valu- 
able to  us  only  in  proportion  to  his  or  her 
ability  to  serve  our  patrons. 

What  Sells  Popcorn- 

By  One  Who  Should  Know 

A      COMMUNICATION  the 

other  day  from  Charles  G.  Manley,  head 
of  Manley,  Inc.,  had  something  to  say 
about  his  new  model  popcorn  machine, 
and  the  following  meaty  observations  on 
selling  popcorn  in  theatres: 

"Popcorn,  among  other  things,  is  an  im- 
pulse item.  Ninety-nine  times  out  of  a 
hundred  when  a  person  comes  into  your 
theatre,  popcorn  is  the  one  thing  farthest 
from  his  mind.  In  all  probability  he  is 
thinking  about  politics,  the  OPA,  his  job, 
or  his  wife's  new  hat.  With  these  weighty 
problems  on  his  mind,  it  takes  much  more 
than  a  thousand  bags  sitting  on  a  counter 
to  attract  his  attention.  There  must  be 


action,  and  there  must  be  beauty,  and  as 
many  of  his  senses  as  possible  should  be 
acted  upon.  An  attractive  popcorn  machine 
set  in  such  a  position  that  he  must  pass  it 
on  his  way  into  the  theatre  will  strike  his 
eye.  He  will  see  corn  popping,  and  the 
aroma  of  the  popping  corn  permeating  the 
atmosphere  will  cause  him  to  hesitate  longer 
than  if  he  just  saw  the  popcorn  machine 
or  a  few  bags  of  popcorn.  If,  in  the  instant 
he  is  attracted,  the  operator  will  say  to 
him  in  a  well-modulated  voice,  'Popcorn, 
please,'  the  chances  of  making  a  sale  are 


100%  better  than  if  he  just  passed  row 
upon  row  of  popcorn  boxes. 

"Once  you  have  made  this  initial  sale 
you  want  that  customer  to  come  back  the 
next  time  he  is  in  your  theatre.  In  other 
words,  you  want  repeat  sales.  To  get  this 
you  must  furnish  the  best  product  it  is 
possible  to  produce.  Fortunately,  there  is 
enough  profit  in  this  business  so  that  you 
can  buy  the  best  on  the  market,  insofar 
as  supplies  are  concerned.  We  appreciate 
the  fact  that  today  you  must  take  what 
you  can  get  in  the  way  of  seasoning,  but 


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BETTER  THEATRES,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


hlYU  Answers  Yes— and  Does  It 


|city  men,  a  writer  for  trade  publica- 
ions,  and  prospective  theatre  owners, 
hcluding  one  who  commuted  from  Balti- 
more weekly. 

"Letters  received  were  written  evi- 
dence of  the  hunger  for  knowledge  in 
ihe  field  of  motion  picture  theatre 
management.  Most  letters  were  written 
|>n  theatre  stationery,  signed  by  the 
manager  or  an  assistant." 

WOW  COURSE  IS  ORGANIZED 

The  course  in  management  meets 
once  a  week  for  two  hours  and  con- 
-inues  for  thirty  weeks.  The  ideal 
■method  for  taking  this  course,  Mr.  Zala 
oointed  out,  so  far  as  serious  students 
of  exhibition  are  concerned,  is  to  couple 
the  theory  taught  in  the  classroom  with 
a  job  in  a  theatre. 

The  first  semester,  he  explained,  is 
divided  into  two  classifications:  "The 
Theatre"  and  "The  Show."  "The  The- 
atre" includes  study  and  discussion  of 
history,  the  theatre  building  and  its 
quipment,  architectural  techniques, 
irojection,  sound,  ventilation  and  heat- 
ing, all  theatre  equipment  and  its  main- 
ienance.  Construction  and  theatre  law, 
leases,  licenses  and  insurance  are  also 
discussed.  The  staff  and  their  duties 
are  thoroughly  analyzed  (including  popu- 
ar  forms  of  chicanery). 
.  ."The  Show"  part  of  the  course  starts 
with  a  discussion  of  single-  and  double- 
feature  operation,  what  is  meant  by 
audience  acceptance,  and  how  to  arrive 
at  a  policy.  A  brief  analysis  of  the 
English  and  other  foreign  film  product, 
follows.  Short  .  subjects,  newsreels, 
trailers,  special  announcements  and 
attractions,  other  than  screen  presenta- 
tions, come  in  for  extensive  discussion. 

How  to  "spot"  a  show,  making  up 
schedules,  and  how  to  properly  evaluate 
weekend  and  midweek  playing  time  is 
followed  by  an  explanation  of  the  per- 
sonnel and  functions  of  a  film  exchange. 
The  methods  used  by  branch  offices 
booking  to  theatres  and  theatre  book- 
ing are  intertwined  with  an  analysis  of 
film  contracts  and  buying.  These  are 
the  highlights  of  the  first  semester. 


Co-operating  theatres  are  visited  on  "labora- 
tory" trips.  Here  the  director  of  the  course, 
Michael  Zala  (extreme  right)  is  shown  with 
some  students  in  a  theatre  compressor  room. 

In  the  second  semester  the  entire 
course  is  devoted  to  advertising,  pub- 
licity and  exploitation.  A  thorough 
analysis  is  made  of  the  press  sheet. 
House  programs,  problems  of  layout, 
types  of  printing,  editorializing  and 
institutional  copy  are  discussed. 

Other  topics  covered  are:  the  use 
of  radio,  merchant  co-operation  and 
"tie-ups",  organization  of  civic  co- 
operation benefits  and  their  attendant 
evils.  Emphasizing  originality,  the  course 
offers  assignments  covering  publicity 
outlines,  advertising  and  exploitation 
campaigns.  The  class  is  shown  a  new 
picture,  one  never  publicly  exploited, 
and  is  expected  to  write  a  review  of  it, 
outline  an  exploitation  campaign  on  it, 
and  suggest  lobby  display  treatment 
for   promoting  it. 

"The  success  of  the  course  in  "motion 
picture  theatre  management  at 
New  York  University  may  well  be  the 
forerunner  of  similar  undertakings  spon- 
sored by  exhibitor  organizations,  locally 
and  nationally,"  Mr.  Zala  suggested. 
"A  recognized  institution  of  learning 
should  be  selected,  co-operation  be  as- 
sured, and  graduates  be  employed  by 
all  co-operating  theatres.  It  is  encourag- 
ing to  report  that  we  receive  many 
requests  from  theatres  for  men." 


in  normal  times  you  should  use  only  the 
best,  because  the  proper  seasoning  is  half 
of  the  secret  of  making  the  best  popcorn. 

"The  other  half  is  the  quality  of  the 
popcorn  itself.  If  you  sell  old  maids  and 
half-pops  your  customers  will  soon  become 
disgruntled  and  your  business  will  suffer. 
To  keep  your  customers  happy  and  satisfied 
you  must  give  them  quality  merchandise. 

"Popcorn  is  a  food  and  should  be  handled 
like  a  food  product.  The  people  see'  this 
food  made  in  front  of  them  and  they  like 
it.  It  is  fresh  and  clean.  In  keeping  with 


this,  your  machine  should  be  spotless,  the 
operator  clean  and  well  groomed — and  he 
should,  under  no  circumstances,  put  his 
hands  in  the  popcorn.  You  know  yourself 
that  your  wife  will  not  buy  meat  from  a 
dirty,  greasy  meat  counter,  where  the 
butcher  puts  his  dirty  hands  all  over  every- 
thing, and  you  won't  eat  your  supper  in 
a  20-year  old  hamburger  joint  if  you  can 
afford  a  fancy  restaurant. 

"Now  for  the  machine  itself,  the  main 
factors  to  be  considered  in  buying  a  pop- 
corn machine  are  beauty  and  showmanship, 


ease  and  simplicity  of  operation,  ruggedness 
and  dependability,  and  operating  efficiency. 
Before  going  overboard  on  any  one  par- 
ticular type,  you  should  run  tests  on  all 
machines  on  the  market  and  determine  for 
yourself  which  has  the  most  of  the  factors 
listed  above. 

"Next,  you  should  conduct  a  thorough 
traffic  analysis  of  your  lobby,  keeping  in 
mind  the  fact  that  your  machine  should  be 
located  as  close  as  possible  to  the  spot 
where  both  incoming  and  outgoing  traffic 
is  the  thickest,  the  place  where  the  machine 
will  stand  out  and  yet  not  get  in  the  way. 
If  you  can  possibly  locate  your  machine 
some  15  feet  behind  the  box-office,  in  a 
spot  the  patron  will  pass  before  he  has  a 
chance  to  get  his  change  in  his  pocket,  you 
should  have  an  ideal  location. 

CALCULATING  VOLUME  RATES 

"After  your  popcorn  machine  has  been 
in  operation  a  week  or  two,  determine  as 
closely  as  possible  your  rush  periods,  and 
as  nearly  as  possible  the  volume  of  business 
you  do  during  those  periods.  This  informa- 
tion you  should  use  as  a  guide  in  determin- 
ing how  much  popcorn  you  should  pop 
ahead  in  order  to  keep  traffic  moving,  and 
yet  make  the  customer  hesitate  momentari- 
ly, and  at  the  same  time  keep  the  machine 
popping  at  all  times.  It  is  an  established 
fact  that  people  draw  more  people,  and  a 
machine  in  operation  with  people  around 
it  is  the  machine  that  gets  the  business. 
To  those  who  think  this  involves  a  little 
too  much  work,  tell  me  this :  What  busi- 
ness goes  very  far  without  an  accurate 
analysis  of  its  operations  periodically? 

"There  is  no  one  thing  that  you  can 
put  your  finger  on  and  say,  'This  is  what 
sells  popcorn.'  We  believe  the  necessary 
combination  for  maximum  sales  is  the 
beauty  of  the  display,  the  aroma  of  pop- 
corn, the  sight  of  popping  corn,  quality  of 
the  product,  cleanliness  of  the  machine  and 
operator,  and  intelligent  salesmanship  on 
the  part  of  the  operator.  To  have  sales, 
you  must  have  salesmen.  It  is  only  by  in- 
telligently blending  all  of  these  factors  that 
the  maximum  number  of  people  will  be 
reached.  If  the  machine  stops  popping,  two 
attractions  have  been  lost  and  two  senses 
will  not  be  acted  upon  as  much  as  they 
should  be. 

"It  is  an  established  fact  that  the  aroma 
of  popping  corn,  and  action  in  and  around 
the  machine,  is  responsible  for  a  good  50% 
of  your  business.  If  your  machine  is  dirty, 
and  the  operator  not  neat,  it  detracts  from, 
rather  than  blends  with  or  adds  to,  the 
rest  of  the  display.  If  the  operator  leaves 
the  machine  for  a  moment,  the  customer, 
though  he  might  stop  and  look,  will  not 
bother  to  hunt  for  the  operator,  but  will 
go  on  his  way,  and  another  sale  is  lost." 

Basically,  we'd  say,  Mr.  Manley's  factors 
of  popcorn  selling  compare  with  those  of 
attraction  selling,  except,  occasionally,  for 
the  odor.  — G.  S. 


BETTER  THEATRES,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


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•  _ "  Comfort  (  Reducing  Fatigue 

[VI  ATTl  N  G  Furthering  Sanitation 


EZy-RUG  RUBBER  LINK  MATTING 


Trans  all  dirt  at  the  door,  keeps  it  out  of  sight  and  pre- 
vents tracking  through  the  building,  reducing  cleaning  costs 
and  frequency  of  redecorating,  necessitated  by  dirt  whirled 
into  the  air  by  the  heating  system.  Modernizes  and 
beautifies  entrances  and  lobbies.  Beveled  edge.  Reversible, 
its  durability  is  doubled.  Available  with  lettering  and 
designs. 

AMERITRED 
SOLID  PLASTIC  FRICTION  MATTING 

For  ramps,  stairs,  landings,  entrances  and  in  front  of 
box  office.  Good  scrapeage.  Lies  flat.  Comes  in  sections 
29"  x  62"  x  9/64".  Can  be  laid  side  by  side  for  larger, 
or  trimmed  for  smaller  or  odd-shaped  areas. 

AMERICAN  COUNTER-TRED  MATTING 

A  tough,  durable  rubber  and  cord  matting. 
For   use    back   of   candy   counters    and    around  popcorn 
machines.    Resilient  non-slip  surface  affords  safety.  Easily 
handled  for  cleaning.    %"  thick.  24"  wide,  any  length. 

SAFETY  STAIR  TREADS  AND  RUNNERS 
Write  for  folder:  "A  Mat  for  Every  Purpose" 


AMERICAN  MAT  CORP. 

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CONCERNING  THE 

.  .  .  how  some  things  can  be 
done  and  how  some  things 
might  be  done  better. 


FLOORING  MATERIALS 

The  use  of  wood  for  floor  construction 
or  finish  flooring  should  be  avoided  for  any 
part  of  the  motion  picture  auditorium 
where  the  public  sits  or  walks.  Wood  con- 
struction, unless  it  is  exceptionally  heavy 
and  expensive  in  design,  will  always  have 
the  disadvantage  of  creaking.  In  addition 
to  this  disadvantage,  it  is  more  difficult 
to  maintain  and  keep  clean  than  concrete 
and  steel  construction  as  to  both  exposed 
and  concealed  parts.  These  factors,  plus 
the  savings  made  possible  in  lower  in- 
surance premiums  earned  by  concrete,  in- 
dicate that  wood  construction  in  theatres, 
even  small  theatres,  should  be  avoided. 

The  floor  area  immediately  under  a 
drinking  fountain  had  best  be  finished  in 
terrazzo,  tile  or  some  comparable  material. 
Using  the  fountain  as  a  radius  point,  this 
surface  should  extend  over  an  area  cover- 
ing at  least  six  feet  in  all  directions  before 
any  carpeting  is  started.  It  would  be 
practical  as  well  as  attractive  to  carry  this 

finish  up  the  wall  behind  the  fountain. 
• 

Push   plates    on   doors   where   there  is 

heavy  traffic  must  be  sufficiently  large  to 

cover  all  of  the  area  of  the  door  that 

would  be  touched  by  hands.  This  requires 

that  the  push  plates  start  not  more  than 

42  inches  from  the  floor  and  finish  at  not 

less  than  60  inches  from  the  floor.  The 

shape  of  the  plate  may  vary  for  design 

purposes,   but   the  average  width   of  the 

plate  should  be  at  least  12  inches. 

• 

ISOLATING  BOWLING  ALLEYS 

There  have  been  many  inquiries  regard- 
ing the  feasibility  of  a  combined  bowling 
alley  and  motion  picture  theatre  structure 
where  the  bowling  alley  would  be  above 
or  below  the  theatre  auditorium.  The 
rumble  of  the  ball  on  the  alley  creates 
a  vibrating  noise  that  will  carry  through 
the  wall  and  floor  construction  and  proves 
to  be  most  disturbing  to  a  theatre  audience, 
especially  when  there  are  soft  dialogue 
sequences  in  the  presentation.  Proper  isola- 
tion of  this  noise  is  possible  only  with 
elaborate  and  expensive  construction. 

It  is  not  sufficient  to  use  sound  absorbing 
materials  on  the  walls  and  ceiling  of  the 
bowling  alley.  This  treatment  will  reduce 


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THEATRE  BUILDIN 

by 

BEN  SCHLANGER 

Theatre  Architect  &  Consultant 


the  noise  level  in  the  alleys  but  will  nl 
stop  the  noise  from  filtering  into  the  the 
tre.  The  floor,  walls  and  ceiling  of  tli 
bowling  alleys  would  have  to  be  a  separa 
and  additional  construction  with  an  a 
space  between  it  and  the  basic  structurji 
The  inner  shell  for  the  bowling  all; 
has  to  be  acoustically  isolated  from  tl 
main  structure  by  means  of  special  sprim 
or  felt  packed  separators.  This  type  I 
work  should  not  be  attempted  unless  t!| 
advice  of  a  competent  acoustical  engine  i 
is  followed. 

Wherever  possible  it  would  be  desirab 
to  avoid  the  use  of  built-in  aisle  lightv 
in  the  standards  of  the  chairs.  The  wirit^ 
for  these  lights  is  both  complicated  at 
expensive  and  the  results  are  very  ineffe 
five.  Very  little  of  the  light  energy  co\ 
sumed  finds  its  way  to  the  surfaces  requi 
ing  the  lighting.  The  intermittent  spot, 
lighting  falling  on  the  aisle  is  annoying 
the  seated  patrons  along  the  aisle.  Careful 
designed  and  concealed  overhead  lightb 
can  light  the  aisles  effectively. 


CHAIR  BACKS  IN  BALCONIES 

Where  new  seats  are  to  be  installed  tl 
angle  of  the  back  of  the  chair  should  1 
fixed  to  suit  the  posture  requirements  f( 
the  various  positions  of  seating  in  tl 
auditorium.  For  example,  the  chair  bac 
for  upper  level  seating  should  be  muc 
closer  to  the  vertical  than  the  chair  bad 
for  the  seats  nearest  the  screen  on  the  mai 
floor.  The  chair  should  provide  maximui 
flexibility  in  adjusting  this  angle. 

The  greatest  angle  is  required  in  the  sea 
ing  closest  to  the  picture  on  the  orchestr 
floor,  the  smallest  angle  where  the  patro 
has  to  look  most  acutely  downward. 

There  is  usually  a  waste  of  passage  spac 
in  back-to-back  row  spacing  on  balcon 
levels  because  chairs  are  used  which  hav 
a  back  with  too  much  of  a  reclining  slop< 
If  this  slope  is  adjusted  to  the  positio 
where  the  back  of  the  seated  patron  i 
naturally  apt  to  be  while  he  is  watchin 
the  screen,  the  patron  can  then  enjoy  th 
support  of  the  back,  and  further  bette 
passing  and  knee  space  will  be  provide* 
in  the  row  behind. 

BETTER  THEATRES,  SEPTEMBER  21,  I94( 


fyfor  Park  Avenue, 
By  Subscription,  Preferq 


Renderings  of  the  designs  for  the  auditorium  (above)  and  the  lobby. 


a  modest  capacity  of  600 
' '  on  some  of  the  highest-priced  land  in  con- 
gested Manhattan  .  .  .  over  40%  of  that 
.  capacity    devoted    to    two-person  settees 
1    available  only  in  pairs  of  admissions  .  .  . 
and  to  all  of  it  applied  a  basic  policy  of 
reserving  seats  for  each  performance,  pref- 
erably by  annual  subscription  .  .  .  two 
spacious  lounges  equipped  for  the  serving 
of  coffee,  for  reception  of  television  broad- 
casts, for  bridge  and  similar  polite  games. 
'.    Such,  most  significantly,  is  the  Park  Ave- 
nue theatre  which  Walter  Reade  is  con- 
structing on  the  broad  parked  thorough- 
fare which  is,  as  Fifth  Avenue  once  was, 
symbolic  of  aristocratic  life  in  New  York. 

Physically,  the  interior  will  be  (to  in- 
troduce a  term  from  another  of  New 
York's  celebrated  streets)  strictly  "plush." 
Plush  in  the  figurative  sense,  but  also  liter- 
ally. Thickly  carpeted  floors  throughout, 
including  seating  areas.  Fine  fabrics  on 
walls.  A  tan  and  brown  color  scheme. 

Occupying  the  major  area  of  an  office 
and  shop  building,  the  theatre  is  entered 
j   through  an  enclosed  lobby  of  simple  archi- 
tectural treatment  in  which  the  walls  are 


/ 


/  / 

^  f 


if 


finished  in  aluminum  plates.  A  box-office 
is  located  well  inside  this,  at  one  side,  to 
function  (according  to  the  projected  pol- 
icy) principally  as  a  place  at  which  non- 
subscribers  may  reserve  available  seats  for 
a  certain  performance.  Entrance  from  the 
lobby-foyer  area  is  into  the  center  of  the 
auditorium.  Here  a  broad  aisle  extends  be- 


hind two  banks  of  the  main  floor  seating 
and  in  front  of  a  mezzanine.  From  it  the 
patron  may  enter  the  main  floor  rows,  or 
ascend  to  the  stadium-type  mezzanine,  or 
enter  the  main  floor  lounge  beneath  the 
mezzanine.    Below  is  another  lounge. 


The  mezzanine  settees  number  246. 
The  main  floor  has  357  Ideal  auditorium 
chairs.  Row  spacing  is  about  36  inches. 

The  theatre  is  scheduled  to  open  in 
October.  The  architect  is  William  I.  Ho- 
hauser  of  New  York. 


BETTER  THEATRES,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


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in   operation,   installation,  maintenance 


John  J.  Sefing  is  a  graduate  mechanical  engineer  and  has  long  specialized  in  theatre  wort 

Conditioning  Your  Boiler 
To  Save  Trouble  and  Money 


more  about  getting  ready 
for  heating  the  theatre.  Last  month  we 
talked  about  the  chimney.  Now  we'll  try 
to  give  some  helpful  pointers  concerning 
the  boiler. 

As  with  everything  else  in  the  theatre, 
cleanliness  should  be  the  watchword  in  and 
about  the  boiler  room.  It  is  surprising 
how  much  refuse  can  accumulate  during 
the  summer  months.  And  while  making 
the  place  clean,  check  for  excessive  damp- 
ness or  water  seepage  into  the  boiler  room ; 
any  leaks  in  walls  or  flooring  should  be 
found  and  stopped  up  now  when  there  is 
plenty  of  time  to  do  the  work.  (Water- 


with  large  amounts  of  stored  coal  there  is 
always  the  possibility  of  spontaneous  com- 
bustion in  the  bin  when  there  is  excessive 
dampness. 

Before  checking  the  boiler  for  defects 
examine  the  inner  and  outer  surfaces  for 
rust,  dust  and  scale.  In  this  way  small 
cracks  in  the  sections  that  are  covered  with 
the  residue  will  be  found. 

A  cracked  boiler  is  dangerous.  The  only 
safe  way  to  deal  with  one  is  to  replace 
the  defective  section.  Trying  to  fix  up  the 
crack  will  not  only  be  a  waste  of  money,, 
but  will  be  taking  a  chance  that  it  will  let 
go  during  the  heating  season.  If  there  are 


MAIN  STEAM-PIPE 
HEADERS 


SAFETY 
VALVE 


REGULATOR 


-CHAIN 


ASBESTOS 
INSULATION 


STEAM  MAIN 


WATER  TUBES 
OR  JACKET- 
FIRE-BOX 
BRICK 

GRATES 

SHAKER 


(Tjj^STEAM  GUAGE 

"  Hf  WATER  GUAGE 
jrWlTH  PET  COCKS 

ASBESTOS 
NSULATION 

SHAKER 

STEAM 
HEADER  , 

ASH-PIT 
DAMPER' 


ASH  DOOR 
FIRE  DOOR 

Sketch  of  typical  boiler  partly  "cut  away"  to  show  various  internal  components. 


proofing  basement  walls  and  floors  will  be 
dealth  with  next  month.) 

The  floor  drain  should  be  checked  to 
make  sure  that  it  is  free  of  any  ash  or  dirt 
so  that  it  can  rapidly  carry  away  water, 
not  only  from  possible  seepage,  but  in  case 
a  water  pipe  should  burst.  Remember  that 


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many  cracks,  and  such  fractures  seem  to 
appear  season  after  season,  even  in  new 
sections,  the  main  trouble  is  that  the  boiler 
is  undersized.  A  boiler  too  small  for  the 
heating  requirements  of  the  theatre  literally 
bursts  at  the  seams  and  is  useless  as  a 
heating  plant.  The  only  solution  in  such 

BETTER  THEATRES,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946. 


a  case  is  to  replace  the  entire  boiler  with 
one  of  adequate  size. 

In  checking  the  present  boiler,  be  it  of 
the  cast  iron  sectional  or  steel  fire  tube  type, 
go  over  all  of  the  parts  thoroughly  and 
systematically.  First,  open  all  clean-out 
doors  and  scrape  off  all  ashes,  soot,  rust, 
etc.,  with  either  a  stiff  wire  haired  brush 
or  special  boiler  scraper.  Then  clean  out 
the  accumulated  residue  in  the  up-take  flue 
from  the  boiler  to  the  smoke  pipe.  Check 
all  the  joints  in  the  smoke  pipe,  making 
sure  that  they  are  air-tight  and  in  good 
condition.  Any  sections  found  defective 
should  be  replaced,  and  any  joints  not  hold- 
ing tight  should  be  refastened  with  Parker 
screws  or  rivets,  or  if  not  altogether  bad, 
cemented  tight  with  asbestos  cement. 

The  scraped  off  soot  should  be  dumped 
into  a  bucket  for  easy  disposal  and  not 
left  scattered  over  the  floor.  AVhere  rust 
is  starting  to  show  on  either  the  smoke 
pipe  or  combustion  chamber,  heat  resisting 
paint  should  be  applied  over  these  areas, 
but  only  after  the  rust  has  been  scraped 
off  as  cleanly  as  possible. 

COMBUSTION  CHAMBER 

The  combustion  chamber  of  a  steel  fire- 
tube  boiler,  after  being  thoroughly  cleaned, 
should  be  coated  with  a  good  grade  of 
boiler  lubricant.  The  firing,  ashpit  and 
damper  doors  should  be  checked  for  tight- 
fit,  and  if  it  is  slightly  warped  it  should 
be  straightened  out.  If  they  are  in  bad 
condition,  however,  install  new  doors  rather 
than  try  to  fix  them  by  filing  or  pounding 
with  a  hammer,  as  these  remedies  will 
be  only  short  lived. 

All  dampers  should  be  checked  to  see 
if  they  are  working  properly,  for  rust  has 
a  way  of  getting  in  during  the  off  season. 
Any  loose  blades  in  the  dampers  should 
be  tightened  in  place  and  their  location 
checked  to  see  if  they  have  shifted  in  rela- 
tion to  the  indicating  handle  on  the  out- 
side of  the  pipe. 

Grates  should  be  looked  over  carefully 
to  see  if  they  are  warped  or  broken  as 
defective  grates  will  waste  fuel  and  cause 
the  interior  of  the  fire-box  to  deteriorate 
to  a  certain  extent.  Whenever  it  is  found 
that  the  grates  are  in  a  very  bad  condition 
they  should  be  immediately  replaced  with 
new  ones. 

What  causes  grates  to  warp  or  even 
crack  is  that  either  the  fire  is  constantly 
kept  close  to  them  without  a  deep  enough 
ashbed,  or  that  a  poker  or  iron  rod  had  been 
used  too  roughly  in  loosening  up  the 
clinker  bed.  Also,  in  some  cases,  the  use  of 
improper  fuel  in  the  fire-box  will  have 
a  tendency  to  warp  the  grates.  If  the  grates 
always  show  defects  after  the  end  of  each 
heating  period,  consult  a  heating  expert  for 
his  advice  on  the  type  of  fuel  to  be  burned 
for  that  particular  boiler. 

Check  the  fire-brick  lining  of  the  boiler, 


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and  if  any  defects  or  loosenesses  are  found, 
new  bricks  should  be  installed  so  as  to 
effect  a  safe  repair. 

Drain  off  all  of  the  water  from  the 
boiler,  and  if  found  very  dirty,  flush  the 
boiler  with  either  a  solution  of  sal-soda 
or  any  reliable  patented  water  cleaner.  If 
sal-soda  is  used,  pour  the  solution  boiling 
hot,  if  possible,  into  the  boiler  through  the 
safety  vaive  opening.  Let  it  remain  for 
several  hours,  then  drain  it  off  completely. 
In  dirty  boilers  this  process  may  have  to  be 
repeated  many  times  before  the  water  comes 
out  clean. 

The  fusible  safety  plugs  in  the  locker 
should  also  be  checked  for  defects  for  after 
several  times  in  use  they  can  become  in- 
operative and  should  then  be  replaced.  If 
a  vacuum  pump  is  used,  go  over  it  very 
carefully  to  make  sure  that  all  parts  are 
clean  and  in  good  working  order.  The  pack- 
ing in  the  glands  should  be  replaced  after 
about  every  other  heating  period,  and  the 
strainers  be  kept  clean  with  the  wire  mesh 
in  good  condition.  Also,  make  sure  that  the 
coupling  between  the  pump  and  the  motor 
is  tight  and  properly  fastened.  . 

CONDITIONING  GAUGES 

All  steam  pressure  gauges  that  have 
given  the  least  bit  of  trouble  during  the 
heating  period  should  be  replaced  unless 
an  experienced  man  is  available  who  knows 
the  workings  of  these  instruments.  Defec- 
tive steam  gauges  can  be  traced  to  dirt 
inside  or  to  an  indicating  arm  jarred  loose 
or  broken  by  some  blow.  These  are  delicate 
instruments  and  rather  than  take  a  chance 
in  having  them  repaired,  especially  by  an 
inexperienced  handy  man,  new  ones  should 
be  installed  to  avoid  future  troubles.  The 
same  applies  to  thermostats,  which  are 
even  more  delicate  in  operation  than  the 
steam  gauges. 

All  indicating  water  gauges  should  be 
cleaned  thoroughly  and  checked  to  see  if 
the  valves  are  in  good  condition  and  the 
washers  are  holding  tight.  Defective  water 
gauges  should  be  replaced  as  they  are  the 
only  means  of  checking  the  make-up  water 
in  the  boiler.  Time  should  also  be  taken 
to  check  all  of  the  piping  between  the  boiler 
and  the  radiators,  especially  in  hard-to-get- 
at  places,  where  they  are  seldom  examined 
for  cracks. 

Just  to  be  on  the  safe  side,  all  air  valves 
in  radiators,  drain-off  and  hand  valves  and 
traps  in  piping  should  be  taken  off,  especial- 
ly if  in  use  for  some  time,  and  soaked  in 
a  bath  of  carbon-tet  or  kerosene  to  make 
sure  that  they  will  be  clean  when  the  heat 
is  turned  on. 

When  an  oil  burner  is  used  the  entire 
fire-box  should  be  cleaned  out  thoroughly 
of  all  accumulated  dust,  dirt  and  soot.  This 
applies  equally  as  well  to  the  fan  and  to  its 
housing.  Check  to  See  if  the  tip  of  the 
burner  is  badly  burned.  If  found  defective, 


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replace  it  with  a  nozzle  of  the  same  size 
and  make. 

Inspect  the  fuel  line  and  all  joints  be- 
tween the  burner  and  the  oil  tank  for  leaks 
or  a  badly  bent  portion  that  may  restrict 
the  flow  of  oil  to  the  burner.  Make  sure 
that  all  electrical  connections  at  the  auto- 
matic controls  are  tight  and  in  good  con- 
dition, and  that  all  contact  points  on  the 
relays  are  clean  and  making  good  electrical 
connections.  Incidentally,  a  cracked  or  im- 
properly shaped  fire-box  will  cause  heat  loss 
far  greater  with  oil  than  with  coal.  For 
the  highest  efficiency,  the  fire-box  should 
be  absolutely  free  of  air  leaks,  be  of  correct 
shape,  size  and  surface  in  order  to  hold 
and  reflect  the  heat  of  the  fire  back  upon 
the  atomized  oil,  thus  causing  rapid  vapor- 
ization and  instantaneous  combustion. 

Due  mostly  to  the  difficulty  of  obtaining 


If  Doors  Stick,  Maybe  One 
Of  These  Methods  Will  Work 


how  ARE  your  doors  after 
the  humidity  of  summer?  Unless  of  course, 
you  have  air-conditioning  throughout.  If 
not,  you  very  well  may  have  some  doors 
that  bind.  The  easiest  way  to  deal  with 
them  is  to  call  -in  a  carpenter.  But  some 
annoying  faults  of  doors  can  be  corrected 
in  a  jiffy  by  a  member  of  the  theatre  staff 
— yes,  and  the  exhibitor  himself — if  he's 
just  a  little  handy  with  tools  and  has  some 
idea  of  what  a  doorway  consists  of.  Some- 
times the  trouble  calls  for  a  carpenter — 
it  doesn't  pay  to  tinker  with  a  door  which 
has  structural  defects  just  to  try  to  save 
a  few  dollars.  But  here  are  some  faulty 
conditions  that  an  exhibitor  or  his  handy 
man  might  be  able  to  correct  well  enough 
and  thereby  get  the  job  done  promptly  and 
inexpensively. 

Whenever  slight  swellings  are  found  they 
can  be  fixed  by  rubbing  soap  or  wax  where 
the  edge  strikes  the  frame,  but  if  the 
swelling  is  considerable  the  edge  giving 
trouble  will  have  to  be  planed  off.  Make 
sure,  however,  that  the  exact  spot  is  known 
where  the  binding  occurs.  This  can  be  done 
by  slipping  a  thin  sheet  ef  paper  between 
the  edge  of  the  door  and  the  frame  until 
the  spot  is  found  where  the  paper  sticks. 

When  the  door  sticks  on  either  the  top 
or  on  the  edge  having  the  lock  or  push- 
plate,  repairs  can  be  made  without  taking 
the  door  off  its  hinges.  The  amount  to  be 
taken  off  should  be  measured  accurately 
with  a  rule,  not  by  sight,  as  too  much  of 
the  stock  can  be  taken  off,  making  the 
finished  job  just  as  bad  if  not  worse  than 
before. 

When  a  door  must  be  taken  off  the 
frame,  remove  any  door  checks,  then  pull 


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fuel,  or  its  cost,  sgme  theatre  owners  have 
contemplated  installation  of  gas-conversion 
burners.  Now  a  gas-conversion  burner,  if 
of  proper  design,  and  when  installed  in  a 
heating  system  that  has  sufficient  capacity, 
can  work  out  quite  satisfactorily.  However, 
if  the  present  heating  system  is  undersized 
or  otherwise  inadequate  in  design,  installa- 
tion  of  a  gas-conversion  burner  alone  will 
not  improve  the  system  any.  In  such  a 
case,  all  deficiencies  in  the  present  heating 
system  must  be  corrected  first.  It  should 
also  be  remembered  that  there  are  boilers 
designed  for  other  fuels  whose  general 
makeup  is  such  that  a  gas-conversion  burner 
will  not  work  at  all  when  installed  in 
it.  Accordingly,  a  thorough  investigation 
should  be  made  and  expert  advice  sought 
before  any  gas-conversion  installation  of 
this  sort  is  made. 


thus  clearing  the  top  frame.  Of  course,  this 
cannot  be  done  when  there  is  too  much 
of  a  bind  at  the  top  as  in  such  a  case  the 
trouble  is,  in  all  likelihood,  a  defective 
lintel  supporting  the  wall  or  masonry  over 
the  doorway.  To  remedy  such  trouble  is  a 
carpenter's  and  mason's  job. 

Binding  of  the  doors  at  the  bottom  may 


or  drive  the  pins  out  of  the  hinges,  starting 
with  the  lower  hinge.  If  the  hinge  is  of 
the  type  that  does  not  come  apart,  the 
holding  plate  must  be  screwed  off  the  door 
frame.  When  rehanging  a  door  always  put 
the  pin  in  the  top  hinge  first,  or  screw  on 
the  top  plate  first. 

When  a  door  binds  at  the  top  and  there 
is  no  loose  metal  or  splinter,  first  unscrew 
the  plate  of  the  top  hinge;  then  take  a  thin 
piece  of  wood  (such  as  a  shingle)  and  slip 
it  between  the  plate  and  the  frame,  then 
screw  the  plate  back  in  place.  By  doing  this, 
the  door  will  be  thrown  slightly  forward 
and  downward  when  the  door  is  refastened, 


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(be  due  either  to  the  screw  holes  in  the 
'  kloor  or  frame  becoming  too  large,  or  the 
(screws  in  the  hinges  being  loose  or  to  the 
isill  having  swelled  or  shifted  away  from 
the  door  stops. 

To  remedy  large  screw  holes,  buy  or 
make  plugs  of  wood,  coat  them  with  glue, 
'then  gently  drive  them  into  the  holes. 

When  the  door  binds  at  the  hinge  edge, 
take  out  the  screws  from  the  hinge  plate 
and  insert  under  it  a  thin  strip  of  wood 
and  reinstall  the  door.  Be  careful  that  the 
I  shim  is  not  too  thick. 

Sometimes  when  the  door  binds  at  the 
edge  where  the  lock  is  located  the  trouble 
can  be  remedied  by  simply  tightening  the 
hinges. 

If  the  lock  edge  of  the  door  is  swollen, 
measure  accurately  the  amount  that  must 
be  taken  off  so  as  not  to  change  the  posi- 
tion of  the  lock. 

To  prevent  doors  from  rattling  under 
the  suction  of  the  ventilating  system, 
natural  building  vibration  or  air  move- 
ments, the  strike  plate  of  the  lock  should 
j  be  set  just  so  that-  when  the  door  is  closed 
it  will  allow  the  latch  to  move  inward  and 
force  the  edge  of  the  door  tightly  against 
the  door  stop,  thus  preventing  any  move- 
ment outward. 

In  too  many  cases  the  saddle  of  an  exit 
door  is  barely  above  the  level  of  the  out- 
side grade  line,  with  the  result  that  water 
can  flow  through  during  stormy  weather. 
It  is  far  better  to  cut  off  a  little  of  the 
bottom  of  the  door  and  install  a  new 
saddle  than  to  have  even  the  slightest 
amount  of  water  come  in,  for  mere  damp- 
ness can  be  highly  destructive  in  time. 


that  wax,  if  applied  to 
foyer  and  lounge  furniture,  should  be 
removed  only  by  dissolving  a  special 
wax  remover  in  lukewarm  water  and 
then  washing  the  furniture? 

that  to  remove  blood 
stains  use  only  cold  water  and  a  little 
ammonia  if  necessary?  The  use  of 
hot  water  or  soap  tends  to  set  these 
stains,  making  removable  impossible. 

that  strong  scrubbing 
solutions  or  untried  floor  oils  should 
not  be  used  on  composition  flooring, 
as  some  decompose  the  surface? 

that  a  good  way  to  re- 
move chocolate  stains  from  carpets 
or  fabrics  is  to  scrape  off  the  excess 
with  a  flat  piece  of  wood  or  dull 
knife,  sprinkle  the  stain  with  powdered 
borax,  and  then  apply  cold  water? 
Clean  with  a  damp  cloth,  after  which 
brush  off  the  borax  when  the  ma- 
terial is  dry. 


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1946  Inspection  and  Inventory  Record  9-  Heating  p 

A  SERIES  OF  MAINTENANCE  CHECKING  GUIDES  AND   FORMS.  NEXT  SUBJECT:  GENERAL  FIRE  &  HAZARD  DESCRIPTION 


ITEM  INSPECTED 

0  ATE 
INSPECTED 

DEFECTIVE  PART  (UNIT 

OR  material)  INSPECTED 

AMU UN  1 

IN  SAME 
CONDITION 

IN  USE  OR. 

1    1  1  AKI  n 

ON  HANU 

LOCATION 
(as  necessary) 

MAkE 

PART  OR 
STYLE  NO. 

INSTAL- 
L AT  ION 
n  A  T  P 

Of 

p 

1.  Coal  Burning 
Boiler 

2.  Vacuum 

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V?  dicr   r  UniU 

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3.  Steam  Gauges 

4.  Crates 

5.  Damper  Draft 
Control 

6.  Air  Valves 



/.  Uil  Burners 

8.  Indirect 

Heating  Coils 

9.  Air  Filters 

1 0.  Automatic  or 
Motorized 
Valves 

1 1 .  Automatic 
Dampers 

12.  Thermostats 

2o 


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21,  1946 


THEATRE 

LOCATION 


MANAGER 


INSPECTED  BY 


NATURE    OF  DEFECT 


CORRECTlON(check) 


REPLACE  REPAIR. 


DATE 

OP 

Correction 


SUGGESTIONS  FOR  CHECKING  AND  CORRECTION 

1—  COAL  BURNING  BOILER 

Inspection  of  the  heating  equipment  in  general,  and  of  the  boiler 
in  particular,  is  normally  made  in  connection  with  conditioning  of 
the  entire  system  for  the  heating  system.  Inspection  and  cleaning  of 
the  boiler  is  dealt  with  in  detail  in  the  opening  article  of  John  J. 
Sefing's  "Ways  and  Means"  department  of  this  issue.  Cleanliness 
is  a  primary  objective.  And  check  the  fire  brick  lining  carefully 
for  leaks  and  signs  of  deterioration. 

2—  VACUUM  WATER  PUMP 

If  this  equipment  is  used,  check  motor  for  cleanliness,  tight  con- 
nections and  proper  load.  Examine  packing  of  pump  glands,  and  all 
strainers  for  cleanliness  and  breaks.  Check  coupling  between  pump 
and  motor. 

3 —  STEAM  GAUGES 

Check  for  dirt  that  may  clog  the  instrument  and  examine  indicating 
arm  for  operation.  Be  sure  calibration  has  not  knocked  out  of 
alignment. 

4 —  GRATES 

Check  for  breaks  and  warpage.  (If  found,  investigate  methods  of 
firing  to  see  if  poker  is  used  too  vigorously.) 

5 —  DAMPER  DRAFT  CONTROL 

Examine  adjustment  of  ashpit  and  check  dampers  to  make  sure 
that  when  one  is  open  the  other  is  full  closed. 

6—  AIR  VALVES 

Check  for  cleanliness  and  leaks. 

7—  OIL  BURNERS 

This  equipment  must  have  pre-season  cleaning  throughout,  and 
inspection  should  follow  this  work  to  make  sure  that  all  strainers 
are  thoroughly  free,  and  there  is  no  dust  under  fan  or  its  housing. 
Conditioning  of  the  oil  burner  is  also  discussed  in  the  "Ways  and 
Means"  department  article.  Further,  examine  electrical  connections 
at  automatic  controls  for  firmness  and  clean  relay  contacts. 

8—  INDIRECT  HEATING  COILS 

These  should  be  clean  at  all  times — dust  is  an  insulator.    If  direct 

has  thickly  accumulated,  clean  with  soft  brush.     Check  air  holes  in 

relief  valves  for  proper  operation,  and  float  and  check  valves  for 

cleanliness  (for  cleaning  some  solvent  like  carbon  tetrachloride  may 
be  used). 

9_AIR  FILTERS 

Permanent  filters  should  of  course  be  thoroughly  cleaned  in  starting 
the  heating  season.  If  throw-away  types  are  used,  the  season  will 
be  started  with  new  ones.  All  filters  must  be  cleaned  or  renewed 
at  appointed  intervals  throughout  the  year,  as  elements  of  the  ven- 
tilating system. 

10—  AUTOMATIC  OR  MOTORIZED  VALVES 

If  such  equipment  is  installed,  check  the  seating  for  dirt.  Do  this 
by  testing  operation.  If  any  indication  of  grit  inside,  the  valve 
should  be  disassembled  for  cleaning  and  checking  for  any  stripped 
parts  or  rough  seating  surface  (such  a  surface  can  be  cleaned  by 
applying  a  fine  file  lightly,  but  be  sure  to  rub  off  any  loose  filings. 

11—  AUTOMATIC  DAMPERS 

Examine  for  foreign  material  wedged  in  working  parts,  also  for 
firm  operation  of  operating  arms,  chains,  etc. 

12—  THERMOSTATS 

This  sensitive  instrument  is  not  subject  to  inspection  in  itself.  The 
only  related  inspection  is  of  the  electrical  relays.  Note  response 
of  the  heating  plant  to  its  action  when  the  system  is  turned  on  for 
indication  of  defects  of  the  instrument  itself.  A  poor  location  for 
it  will  be  indicated  by  response  of  heating  plant  too  often  or  too 
little.'  Locations  at  front  of  auditorium,  near  doors,  or  in  direct 
line  with  them,  warrant  suspicion. 


BETTER  THEATRES,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


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A  DEPARTMENT  ON  PROJECTION  &  SOUND  REPRODUCTION  EQUIPMENT 
&  METHODS  FOR  THEATRE  OWNERS,  MANAGERS  AND  THEIR  STAFFS 


"No  other  art  or  industry  in  the  world  narrows  down  its  success  to  quite  such  a 
needle's  eye  as  that  through  which  the  motion  picture  has  to  pass — an  optical 
aperture — in  the  continuous  miracle  of  the  screen  by  a  man  and  his  machine, 
the  projectionist  and  his  projector."  —TERRY  RAMSAYB 


Conducted  by  GEORGE  F.  MILLER 

Chief  projectionist  and  head  of  maintenance,  St.  Cloud  Amusement 
Corporation,  New  Jersey;  president  of  local  365,  IATSE  &  MPMO 


Trouble-Shooting 
Bulb  Type  Rectifiers 

recent  inquiries  con- 
cerning bulb  rectifiers  have  served  to 
strengthen  our  impression  that  we  have  re- 
ceived more  requests  for  information  about 
the  operation  and  servicing  of  bulb  rec- 
tifiers than  about  any  other  single  type  of 
equipment.  Typical  of  the  questions  asked 
are  these : 

From  J.  W.  Spriggs  of  the  Pythian 
theatre  in  Columbus,  Ohio: 

"How  far  can  rectifiers  be  placed  from 
the  projectors  for  good  results?" 

From  the  purchasing  agent  of  a  large 
circuit:  "In  some  of  our  theatres  we  have 
in  use  4  tube  rectifiers  using  15-amp  bulbs 
for  Suprex  lamphouses.  Some  of  our  oper- 
ators believe  that  whenever  one  bulb  goes 
bad  they  should  all  be  changed  at  that 
time  to  equalize  the  load. 

"I  would  appreciate  it  if  you  would 
advise  me  concerning  this  situation  and 
just  what  procedure  to  use  in  order  to 
secure  good  projection  and  at  the  same 
time  maximum  life  from  each  rectifier 
bulb." 

And  then  we  have  had  several  letters 
which  merely  ask  us  to  publish  facts  about 
bulb  rectifiers.  In  a  recent  column  we 
quoted  from  some  of  these  letters  and 
promised  such  an  article,  so  here  it  is. 

First  a  word  about  the  distance  from  the 
rectifier  to  the  projector.  The  answer  to 
this  question  is  that  the  closer  the  rectifiers 
are  to  the  lamphouses  the  better,  and  the 
way  to  compensate  for  longer  distances  is 
to  use  heavier  wire  on  the  d.c.  side.  Most 
new  rectifiers  are  accompanied  with  charts 
showing  the  proper  wire  sizes.  We  do  not 
recommend  less  than  No.  6  wire  on  the 
d.  c.  side. 

Here  are  four  pointers  to  observe  to  get 
the  most  out  of  your  rectifiers  and  bulbs: 


1.  For  good  results  and  long  life  buy 
only  the  very  best  bulbs.  An  inferior  bulb, 
even  when  new,  will  often  perform  badly. 
Most  troubles  that  we  have  experienced 
in  actual  operation  have  been  with  the 
bulbs,  not  with  the  rectifiers  themselves. 

2.  Replace  all  bulbs  at  once  in  cases 
where  all  of  the  bulbs  have  given  long 
service  and  one  of  them  goes  bad,  and 
keep  the  ones  that  have  not  yet  gone  bad 
for  spares.  In  cases  of  premature  failure 
of  a  bulb,  replace  only  the  bad  one. 

3.  A  bulb  that  causes  a  flicker  on  the 
screen  in  one  socket  in  the  rectifier  may 
work  satisfactorily  in  a  different  socket. 
Accordingly,  if  you  have  bulbs  from  which 
you  expect  more  service  but  which  cause 
flicker,  try  shifting  them  around  until  you 
get  the  best  results  that  they  will  give. 

4.  Be  sure  all  of  the  bulbs  are  screwed 
in  tightly,  and  that  all  of  the  sockets  are 
in  good  condition  and  have  not  been  burned 
because  a  bulb  has  not  been  tightly  in  place. 

Recently  in  an  article  on  bulb  rectifiers, 
one  manufacturer  of  such  equipment,  J.  K. 
Elderkin  of  the  Forest  Manufacturing 
Company,  warned  against  the  use  of  tubes 


FREE  ADVICE  CONCERNING 
YOUR  EQUIPMENT  INSTALLATION 

This  department  is  available,  without 
charge,  for  appraisal  of  the  efficiency  of 
your  present  projection  and  sound  installa- 
tion, and  for  suggestions,  if  the  conditions 
indicate  them,  for  improving  results.  Since 
this  kind  of  information  concerns  only  an 
individual  theatre,  it  is  transmitted  by  mail. 
In  writing  for  this  service  please  supply  all 
data  directly  related  to  projection  and 
sound  reproduction — make  and  mode!  of 
the  various  items  of  equipment,  markings  on 
lens  barrels,  length  of  throw,  size  of  picture, 
size  of  carbons,  arc  amperage,  etc.  !f  you 
plan  to  replace  any  item  of  the  present 
installation,  the  characteristics  of  the  new 
equipment  should  be  explained. 


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A GREAT  MANY  small  movie  bouses 
.have  discovered  that  Simplified 
High  Intensity  Projection  pays  off  hand- 
somely at  the  box  office!  It's  a  sure  bet  that 
this  inexpensive  form  of  high  intensity 
projection  can  sell  more  tickets  for  you  too! 

Here's  why:  One-Kilowatt  High  Inten- 
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This  means  sharper,  more  easily-seen 
black-and-white  images  —  richer,  more 
beautiful  color  scenes. 

Such  high  quality  projection  will  give 
your  patrons  a  bigger  kick  out  of  seeing 
pictures  in  your  theatre.  Naturally,  this 
will  bring  them  back  again  and  again! 

So  put  Simplified  High  Intensity  Pro- 
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using  mercury  vapor  instead  of  argon  as 
the  gas.  He  said  that  his  recent  experiences 
with  expensive  repair  jobs  strongly  in- 
dicated that  only  the  argon  type  with 
tungsten  filament — the  so-called  Tungar 
tube — should  be  employed  in  rectifiers 
designed  for  them.  Here  are  some  other 
pointers  offered  by  Mr.  Elderkin : 

1.  The  most  common  cause  of  early  tube 
failure  is  leakage,  caused  by  a  minute  crack 
in  either  the  anode  or  cathode  glass  seal. 
If  a  tube  is  a  "leaker"  when  you  first 
install  it  and  light  the  filament  you  will 
note  an  apparent  smoking  of  the  filament 
inside  the  glass  envelope,  and  shortly  the 
filament  will  disintegrate  until  it  open- 
circuits.  Upon  examination  you  will  note 
that  the  carbon  anode  is  coated  with  a 
white  soot  and  sometimes  has  bluish  white 
streaks.  A  tube  showing  this  sooty  deposit, 
whether  its  filament  lights  or  not,  is  a 
"leaker"  and,  of  course,  will  not  function. 

2.  A  "hard"  tube  is  one  that  will  not 
readily  pick  up  its  load :  the  filament  lights 
but  the  tube  will  pass  little  or  no  plate 
current.  The  cause  of  this  usually  is  aging, 
that  is,  the  tube  has  been  used  so  long 
that  the  filament  has  sagged  into  a  long 
half-loop  instead  of  being  fairly  straight, 
with  the  result  that  the  filament  has 
stretched  out  to  almost  double  its  original 
length.  Such  a  tube  should  be  replaced. 

3.  A  "flash-back"  tube  is  one  which  has 
been   damaged   by  a  surge  created  when 


breaking  the  load  circuit,  such  as  ex- 
tinguishing the  arc  by  opening  the  arc 
switch  and  leaving  the  a.c.  circuit  alive. 

In  some  cases  a  flashed  back  tube  will 
have  a  hole  sucked  in  the  side  of  the  glass 
envelope',  or  else  the  filament  electrode  will 
be  melted  down  with  a  ball  on  the  end 
and  the  filament  partially  or  completely 
melted  away.  In  a  properly  designed 
rectifier  this  will  not  occur  due  to  protective 
measures  employed,  but  in  rectifiers  where 
it  does  occur  the  arc  switch  should  be 
closed  at  all  times,  or  you  can  cut  it  out 
of  the  circuit  and  then  turn  off  and  on  the 
rectifier  from  the  a.c.  side. 

4.  Just  because  a  bulb  lights  does  not 
mean  that  it  is  good.  Always  try  a  tube 
known  to  be  good  before  looking  else- 
where for  trouble. 

5.  The  fact  that  one  tube  may  emit  more 
light  than  another  doesn't  mean  defect. 

6.  To  determine  whether  a  tube  is 
rectifying,  look  into  the  bulb  with  the 
rectifier  in  full  operation.  If  the  tube  is 
working  properly  there  will  be  a  bluish 
arc  between  the  anode  and  the  filament 
which  is  very  easily  distinguished  from  the 
white  light  of  the  filament.  Another  check- 
up is  to  remove  the  clip  from  the  suspected 
tube  while  the  rectifier  is  in  full  operation. 
If  the  tube  is  working  there  will  be  a 
spark  between  the  pinch  clip  and  the  anode 
terminal  as  they  are  contacted :  if  it  is  not 
working,  there  will  be  no  spark. 


A  Simple  Method 

For  Correcting  Misframes 

What  we  think  is  a  very  clever  idea 
on  handling  misframes  came  to  us  this 
month  from  W.  R.  Gwynn  of  the  Park 
theatre  in  Estes  Park,  Col.  We  think 
many  will  want  to  adopt  his  method.  Here 
is  Mr.  Gwynn's  explanation: 

"Occasionally  misframes  occur  in  the 
leaders  or  in  the  bodies  of  reels  where  the 
framing  lines  are  invisible.  Some  projection- 
ists try  to  correct  these  mis-frames  by 
referring  to  the  lines  on  the  outer  border 
of  the  film.  We  have  found  this  method 
troublesome  and  often  inaccurate.  Here  is 
a  method  that  eliminates  guess  work,  saves 
time  and  is,  I  find,  100%  accurate  all  of 
the  time. 

"When  this  misframe  occurs,  place  a 
small  piece  of  paper  in  the  take-up  reel  to 
mark  the  spot,  after  reframing  the  picture 
on  the  screen.  The  position  of  the  framing 
lever  or  knob  will  then  indicate  accurately 
the  number  of  sprocket  holes  to  be  removed 
when  the  misframe  is  located  on  the  re- 
wind bench. 

"Aside  from  the  normal  middle  position 
of  the  framing  lever,  there  are  only  four 
possible  positions  for  correcting  misframes 
— half  way  up,  all  the  way  up,  half  way 
down  and  all  the  way  down. 

"(1)  If  the  lever  is  moved  to  either 
extreme  (all  the  way  up  or  all  the  way 


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their  reports  on  the  contribution  STRONG  CHANGEOVERS  make  to 

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down)  remove  one  sprocket  hole  and  re- 
patch. 

"(2)  If  the  lever  is  moved  half  way  up 
(that  is,  so  the  film  is  lifted  in  relation  to 
the  aperture) ,.  remove  two  sprocket  holes 
and  repatch. 

"(3)  If  the  lever  is  moved  half  way 
down  (that  is,  so  the  film  is  lowered  in 
relation  to  the  aperture),  remove  four 
sprocket  holes  and  repatch. 

"In  each  case  include  the  trouble-causing 
patch  when  calculating  how  many  sprocket 
holes  to  remove. 

"If  your  framer  is  of  the  knob  type, 
a  small  dot  of. paint  or  other  identifying 
mark  will  tell  you  what  to  do  to  correct 
the  misframe. 

"Starting  with  the  film  retarded  to  its 
maximum  (moved  as  far  as  possible  toward 
the  upper  magazine)  the  sequence  is  1  out, 
2  out,  none  out  (normal  in  frame  posi- 
tion), 4  out,  and  1  out.  This  accounts  for 
all  five  positions." 

Ways  In  Which  Managers 
Can  Improve  Projection 

There  are  several  things  that  can  happen 
in  the  average  theatre,  or  conditions  that 
may  exist,  which  definitely  damage  the 
projected  picture  or  distract  the  attention 
of  the  audience  from  the  screen.  Many  of 
these  little  things  (and  most  of  them  are 
little)  are  beyond  the  control  of  the 
projectionist,  or  he  may  not  know  about 
them.  Here  is  where  the  manager  can  help. 
Why  not  sit  in  different  parts  of  your 
auditorium  within  the  next  few  days  and 
see  if  any  of  these  conditions  exist  in  your 
theatre? 

1.  Is  the  black  masking  around  your 
screen  in  good  condition,  with  straight 
edges  and  accurate  corners,  and  does  it 
come  into  the  projected  picture  an  inch  or 
so  all  the  way  around  so  that  fuzzy  edges 
are  eliminated? 

2.  Do  any  stage  drapes  or  borders  hang 
down  into  the  beam  of  the  projected 
picture? 

3.  Is  the  distance  from  your  picture  to 
the  nearest  drapes  on  both  sides  the  same, 
so  your  picture  appears  to  be  centered  on 
the  stage,  and  are  the  borders  over  the 
picture  hanging  straight? 

4.  Are  there  any  bright  objects  behind 
the  screen  which  reflect  light  back  through 
the  screen  perforations  into  the  eyes  of 
patrons  at  certain  locations  in  the  audi- 
torium ? 

5.  Are  there  any  house  running  lights 
that  are  near  enough  to  patrons'  line  of 
vision  to  be  "glare  spots"? 

6.  Does  daylight,  or  other  light,  reach 
the  screen  from  outside  sources  when  doors 
are  opened  as  patrons  enter  or  leave  the 
auditorium  ? 

7.  Are  there  any  ceiling  or  other  lights 
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the  audience,  or  shine  on  the  auditorium 
ceiling  when  turned  on  ? 

The  elimination  of  any  of  the  above 
conditions,  if  they  exist  in  your  theatrt, 
will  give  your  patrons  a  better  show. 


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ADVISORY  SERVICE 


among  letters  received 
the  last  few  weeks  for  this  service  is  one 
from  Paul  Ricketts,  owner  of  the  Charm 
theatre  in  Holyrood,  Kans.,  which  submits 
a  situation  that  has  a  number  of  points 
of  interest  for  many  another  exhibitor,  we 
believe.  First,  the  situation  at  the  Charm 
theatre,  as  described  by  Mr.  Ricketts: 

"I  would  like  to  take  advantage  of  your 
new  equipment  advisory  service.  I  have 
rather  ancient  equipment  and  am  not  en- 
tirely satisfied  with  the  results  I  am  getting, 
and  am  thinking  of  trading  it  off,  so  I 
would  like  your  advice  as  to  what  results 
I  should  now  be  getting  and  your  recom- 
mendations on  new  equipment. 

"I  have  Powers  6B  heads  on  6B  stands, 
Good-All  soundheads  and  amplifier,  Jensen 
Type  B-4259  speaker,  Standeford  Model 
D  lamps,  and  Good-All  30  amp  rectifiers. 
These  rectifiers  are  half-wave.  My  lenses 
are  4^4 -inch  Superlite  Series  1.  My  throw 
is  74  feet  and  I  am  getting  a  picture  13 
feet  wide. 

"My  back  seats  are  65  feet  from  the 
screen  and  the  front  seats  are  1 1  feet  from 
the  screen.  My  theatre  is  25  feet  wide  with 
an  aisle  down  either  side  and  banks  of 
eleven  seats  between.  I  have  practically  no 
projection  angle,  as  my  portholes  are  not 
more  than  a  foot  higher  than  the  top  of 
the  screen.  We  use  8mm  and  12mm  carbons 
at  about  25  amps,  although  this  may  vary 
slightly  as  our  current  is  not  as  steady  as 
it  might  be. 

"My  soundheads  are  of  a  very  early 
type,  and  although  we  usually  get  pretty 
good  sound,  they  continually  keep  us  look- 
ing for  noises  that  crop  up. 

"I  would  appreciate  your  giving  me  in- 
formation about  equipment  that  would  be 
best  suited  for  my  needs  and  which  would 
give  me  the  best  results  per  dollar  over  a 
long  period.  I  am  wondering  about  lamps. 
One  supply  source  recommended  one- 
kilowatt  arcs,  while  another  told  me  that 
would  be  too  much  light.  From  the  in- 
formation I  can  gather  I  believe  that  low- 
intensity  lamps  are  supposed  to  give  suf- 
ficient light  for  my  screen  area,  but  I  am 
also  told  that  high-intensity  give  much 
whiter  light  and  much  more  depth  to  the 
picture,  particularly  with  Technicolor. 

"I  read  somewhere  that  you  should  have 
one  foot  of  screen  width  for  each  12  feet 
the  rear  seats  are  from  the  screen.  What 

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do  you  think  about  this?  I  would  also  like 
your  recommendation  on  new  lenses  along 
with  the  other  equipment.  And  what  do 
you  think  of  buying  rebuilt  equipment  as 
against  new  equipment? 

"And  one  final  question.  My  Jensen 
speaker  seems  to  do  a  good  job.  Do  you 
think  it  should  be  replaced  in  the  event 
that  the  rest  of  the  equipment  is  replaced?" 

One-kilowatt  equipment  could  give  you 
more  than  enough  light,  but  you  should 
have  it  because  it  would  give  you  the  only 
kind  of  light  that  will  project  a  picture 
properly.  Amount  of  light  is  one  thing; 
quality  of  light  is  quite  another  thing. 
The  one-kilowatt  equipment  will  give  you 
both,  which  low-intensity  could  not  do.  If 
you  wanted  a  larger  picture,  you  would 
still  have  ample  light  to  cover  any  size  of 
screen  you  could  place  in  your  theatre. 

CHOOSING  SCREEN  SIZE 

Screen  size  is  partly  a  matter  of  opinion. 
The  circuit  for  which  we  work  favors 
pictures  as  large  as  possible  to  give  the 
illusion  of  a  stage  presentation  rather  than 
a  "picture  on  the  wall."  Others  feel  that  a 
small  picture  is  better  because  it  is  easier  to 
see  from  the  front  seats  (without  having  to 
look  from  side  to  side  to  see  it  all)  and 
because  the  focus  is  not  as  critical  to  keep 
perfect.  If  you  favor  a  large  screen  you 
should  remember  that  the  amount  of  light 
needed  increases  very  rapidly  as  you  make 
the  picture  larger.  After  many  years  of 
studying  the  factors  of  screen  size,  Ben 
Schlanger  theatre  architect  and  contribut- 
ing editor  of  Better  Theatres,  relates 
the  seating  plan  and  screen  on  the  basis 
that  the  last  rear  row  of  seats  should  be 
not  more  than  5.3  times  the  width  of  the 
screen,  and  that  the  first  row  should  be 
placed  a  distance  from  the  screen  not  much 
less  than  an  amount  equal  to  the  width 
of  the  picture.  With  the  seating  plan  fixed, 
as  in  an  existing  theatre,  this  formula  offers 
a  guide  in  determining  an  efficient  picture 
size. — Ed. 

Coated  lenses  should  increase  your  light 
at  least  20%  more.  You  don't  need  that 
light,  but  it  will  help  the  definition  of  the 
projected  picture.  In  buying  new  lenses,  get 
them  fast  enough  to  match  the  lamps. 

What  you  want  is  equipment  that  rep- 
resents good  practice  today.  It  would  be  an 
exceptional  case  in  which  you  could  obtain 
it  in  the  used  equipment  market.  More- 
over, you  have  used  equipment  now! 

There  are  advantages  in  buying  a  sound 
system  complete,  because  the  amplifier  and 
the  speaker  must  be  matched  for  best 
results.  It  is  possible,  of  course,  to  make 
necessary  compensations  to  match  different 
amplifiers  and  speakers.  Right  now  a  lot 
of  attention  is  being  given  to  speakers, 
and  the  results  of  the  latest  speakers  as 
compared  with  even  the  best  speakers  of  a 
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Actual  suits  Involving  points  of  law  bearing  on  theatre  operation,  concisely  described  aid 
analyzed  In  laymen's  terms  for  the  purpose  of  helping  theatre  management  to  avoid  condi- 
tions which  might  lead  It  to  be  sued,  and  of  providing  cases  on  which  Its  own  suits  or 
legal  defense  might  be  based.  All  decisions  given  are  of  higher  courts  and  of  recent  datm. 

By  LEO  T.  PARKER,  Member  Ohio  Bar 


LEO  T.  PARKER 


Mew  Lease  Extends  Old 
One  If  On  an  Option 

all  new  clauses  or 
agreements  made  during  the  life  of  a  lease 
are  automatically  included,  as  a  rule,  in 
the  second  term  of  the 
lease  extended  by  ex- 
ercise of  an  option 
when  the  first  lease 
was  signed.  This  is  il- 
lustrated in  South 
Parkway  Building 
Corporation  v.  The- 
atre Amusement  Com- 
pany (66  N.'E.  [2d] 
437,  reported  July, 
1946).  Here  a  theatre 
building  owner  sued  a  theatre  operator  to 
recover  an  alleged  balance  of  rent  amount- 
ing to  $19,097.29,  claimed  to  be  due  un- 
der a  written  lease.  During  the  trial 
the  testimony  proved  that  the  original 
lease  was  made  in  1933  and  covered  a 
motion  picture  and  vaudeville  theatre.  The 
lease  was  for  a  five-year  term,  with  the 
right  in  the  lessee  to  extend  the  term  for  an 
additional  five  years. 

The  lease  provided  that  the  minimum 
rental  for  the  original  five-year  term  was 
$20,000  a  year,  and  for  the  second  term 
$22,500  a  year ;  and  in  addition  the  thea- 
tre operator  agreed  to  pay  during  both 
terms  a  percentage  rental  of  20%  of  the 
box  office  receipts  in  excess  of  $3,000  per 
week,  and  25%  of  these  receipts  in  excess 
of  $4,000  per  week. 

But  in  1934,  one  year  after  the  first 
lease  was  signed,  a  new  and  added  agree- 
ment was  made  to  the  effect  that  the  thea- 
tre operator  would  be  entitled  to  deduct 
one-half  of  its  "cost  of  talent"  for  stage 
productions  from  the  amount  of  its  gross 
box  office  receipts. 

The  building  owner  claimed  that  not- 
withstanding the  fact  that  the  theatre 
operator's  expenditures  for  talent  for  stage 
shows  exceeded  $30,000  for  each  of  the 
last  two  years  of  the  extended  term  of  the 
lease,  the  operator  wrongfully  deducted 
one-half  of  its  cost  of  talent  from  its  gross 
receipts. 

The  higher  court  held  in  favor  of  the 
theatre  operator,  who  argued  that  the  new 
agreement   made   in    1934  automatically 


became  a  part  of  the  second  five-year  lease. 
The  court  refused  to  allow  the  building 
owner  to  collect  $19,097.29  rental  from 
the  theatre  operator. 

Liability  for  Loss  Due 
To  Defective  Equipment 

CONSIDERABLE  discussion 

has  arisen  from  time  to  time  over  the  legal 
question:  If  theatre  equipment  is  destroyed 
by  fire  because  of  defective  safety  ap- 
pliances, when  is  the  building  owner 
liable?  Here  is  a  recent  answer. 

In  Schell  v.  Miller  North  Broad  Stor- 
age Company,  Inc.  (45  Atl.  [2d]  53),  it 
was  shown  that  a  fire  of  unknown  origin 
started  on  the  third  floor  of  a  building. 
The  fire  doors  of  the  elevator  shaft  were 
open  and  the  flames  reached  and  melted 
the  safety  fusible  links  of  the  doors.  The 
doors  did  not  close,  and  the  fire  spread. 

The  higher  court  refused  to  hold  the 
building  owner  liable  for  resultant  fire 
losses,  however,  saying  that  an  inference  of 
negligence  of  the  building  owner  could  not 
arise  out  of  the  mere  fact  that  the  fire 
doors  did  not  close. 

The  Sad  Case  of 

A  Generous  Landlord 

it  is  well  established  law 
that  the  owner  of  a  building  can  make  a 
valid  lease  contract  which  obligates  a 
tenant  to  keep  the  premises  in  safe  con- 
dition and  good  repair,  thereby  protecting 
himself  against  damage  liability  for  in- 
juries sustained  by  the  tenant.  However, 
if  the  landlord  ( 1 )  inspects  the  premises, 
or  (2)  attempts  to  make  any  repairs,  he 
may  be  held  liable  irrespective  of  the 
protective  clause. 

This  was  the  situation  in  Ginsberg  v. 
Wineman  (92  N.  W.  [2d]  49).  Ginsberg 
leased  a  building  under  a  contract  which 
contained  a  clause  that  he  would  keep 
the  premises,  at  his  own  expense,  in  good 
repair.  One  day  Ginsberg  himself  fell  down 
the  basement  stairs  when  a  tread  "tipped." 
He  suffered  a  fractured  head  and  sued  the 
landlord  for  damages. 

The  landlord  argued  that  he  could  not 
be  held  liable  because  the  lease  contract 
clearly   obligated   Ginsberg  to   keep  the 


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BETTER  THEATRES,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


premises  in  good  repair.  However,  the 
[testimony  showed  that  the  landlord  had 
'"inspected"  the  premises,  and  had  made 
isome  repairs.  Therefore,  the  court  held 
the  latter  liable  for  $7,000  damages. 

Management  Is  Liable  for 
Failure  of  Service  Staff 

it  is  "negligence"  for  a 
theatre  proprietor  not  to  provide  ushers 
with  flashlights  to  assist  patrons  to  seats; 
also,  it  is  negligence  for  an  usher  with  a 
flashlight  not  to  offer  assistance  to  patrons. 

In  Lane  v.  B  &  J  Theatres,  Inc.,  (23 
N.W.  [2d]  120),  reported  August,  1946, 
the  testimony  showed  that  a  woman  patron 
entered  a  theatre,  where  there  was  an  usher 
with  a  flashlight.  He  did  not  offer  to  show 
her  to  a  seat,  however.  The  auditorium 
was  dimmed.  She  took  hold  of  the  backs 
of  seats  as  she  proceeded  down  the  aisle, 
and  stumbled  over  a  child  sprawling  partly 
in  the  aisle.  She  suffered  severe  injuries 
and  sued  the  theatre  corporation  for  dam- 
ages. The  lower  court  held  the  theatre 
corporation  not  liable,  but  the  higher  court 
reversed  this  decision,  saying: 

"The  fact  that  defendant  (theatre)  em- 
ployed an  usher,  and  furnished  him  a  flash- 
light to  assist  patrons,  constituted  a  recogni- 
tion that  such  assistance  might  be  reason- 
ablv  required.  Plaintiff  was  an  elderly 
woman.  No  reason  appears  on  the  record 
for  the  failure  of  defendant's  employe  to 
accompany  her  down  the  aisle  with  his 
flashlight,  supplementing  the  dim  light." 

When  Patron  Is  Guilty  of 
Contributory  Negligence 

under  NO  circumstances 
may  a  theatre  patron  recover  damages  for 
an  injury  caused  by  a  dangerous  condi- 
tion of  which  he  had  knowledge.  For  ex- 
ample,' in  Tate  v.  Canary  (194  S.  W.  [2d] 
663),  reported  July,  1946,  it  was  shown 
that  a  patron  was  injured  when  she  fell 
down  a  stairway.  She  alleged  that :  ( 1 ) 
the  stairs  were  insufficiently  lighted;  (2) 
there  was  no  handrail  on  the  right  side  of 
the  steps  going  down,  as  required  by  the 
building  code  of  the  city;  and  (3)  the 
carpet  on  the  stairs,  by  reason  of  its  un- 
dercushion,  projected  approximately  one 
inch  beyond  the  step,  thus  causing  her  to 
fall  when  her  heel  caught. 

The  higher  court  refused  to  allow  the 
patron  any  damages  because  the  testimony 
proved  that  she  had  previously  ascended 
the  stairway  and  knew,  that  it  was  danger- 
ous. Also,  in  Seelbach,  Inc.,  v.  Mellman 
(293  Ky.  790),  the  court  held  that  a 
patron  who  knew  of  the  slippery  and 
dangerous  condition  of  steps  she  was  using, 
and  made  nc  effort  to  use  the  handrail 
provided  to  alleviate  the  very  danger  she 
knew  to  exist,  was  guilty  of  contributory 
negligence,   and   not  entitled  to  recover. 


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-<-«      35  M  M  REWINDER 

Adaptable  for  motor  drive.  Live  end 
fitted  with  special  shaft  and  10"  pul- 
ley. "Snap-On"  handle, converts  to 
hand  rewinder. 

ROLL  TICKET  HOLDER  TH-2 

Fully  adjustable  to  hold  roll  at 
correct  tension.  Used  any  position. 

Write  for  catalog.  Mention  your  dealer. 

WENZEL  PROJECTOR  CO. 

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NEWS   AND   VIEWS   OF  THE   MARKET  AND  ITS  SOURCES  OF  SUPPLY 


DRY  EMULSION  REMOVER 

A  film  scraper  for  the  removal  of  emul- 
sion in  making  splices,  without  use  of  water, 
has  been  put  on  the  market  by  the  Ace 
Electric  Manufac- 
turing Company, 
New  York.  De- 
veloped by  Irving 
I.  Merkur,  projec- 
tionist who  devel- 
oped the  Ace  reel- 
end  alarm  and 
Ace  -  Reeves  film 
splicer,  the  new  film  scraper  is  designed  for 
use  of  all  types  of  splicing  devices  and  em- 
ploys case-hardened  interchangeable  blades 
for  35-,  16-  and  8-mm  film. 

LARGE  FABRIC  FIRMS  MERGE 

Consolidation  of  the  Pantasote  Com- 
pany, Passaic,  N.  J.,  and  the  Textileather 
Corporation,  Toledo,  Ohio,  in  a  new  cor- 
poration, Pantasote  Plastics,  Inc.,  has  been 
arranged  for,  according  to  reports  published 
in  the  New  York  daily  press.  Each  is  a 
developer  and  manufacturer  of  coated 
fabrics  widely  used  in  public  seating  of  all 
kinds  as  well  as  for  furniture  and  many 


Projection  Equipment  Bound  for  Turkish  Theatres 


Four  ions  of  projection  equipment  and  accessories  ready  for  shipment  to  Turkey  at  the  Wenzel  Pro- 
jector Company  plant  in  Chicago,  with  Fred  Wenzel,  president,  (right)  and  Charlie  Williams  of 
the  sales  department,  themselves  on  hand  to  see  that  all  is  in  good  order.  Other  shipments  abroad, 
reports  Mr.  Wenzel,  await  further  delivery  of  raw  materials. 


other  products.  Pantasote's  "Russialoid" 
and  "Wynsote,"  and  Textileather's  "Tolex" 
cover  the  auditorium  seating  of  many 
motion    picture  theatres. 


Current  Water  Cooler  Models  Suited  to  the  Average  Theatre 


With  a  bubbler  service  capacity  of 
10  gallons  per  hour,  and  5-quart 
storage,  this  water  cooler  is  the 
model  for  average  theatre  installa- 
tions of  the  EbcC  Manufacturing 
Company,  Columbus,  Ohio.  Bubbler 
is  of  angle-stream,  splash-free  type. 


Above  is  a  General  Electric 
water  cooler  equipped  with 
both  bubbler  and  spigot  for 
use  of  cups,  which  are  pre- 
ferred by  some  patrons.  The 
top.  including  basin,  is  of 
vitreous  china. 


A  general  utility  type  water 
cooler  of  gunmetal  finish  suited 
to  theatre  installation  from  the 
line  of  the  Sunroc  Refrigeration 
Company,  Glen  Riddle,  Pa.  Top 
is  vitreous  china.  The  cold  water 
capacity  of  this  model  is  10 
gallons  per  hour 


The  reports  state  that  the  new  com- 
pany will  have  combined  sales  of  $15,000,- 
000  and  resources  approximating  $6,500,- 
000.  Hans  Wyman,  president  of  Pantasote, 
will  head  the  new  corporation,  while  J.  D. 
Lippmann,  president  of  Textileather,  will 
be  a  vice-president. 

ALUMINUM  STEP  LADDERS 

Step  ladders  of  aluminum  alloy  and 
therefore  extremely  light  per  foot  of  height 
have  been  placed  in  production  by  the 
M.  &  M.  Manufacturing  Company,  Pitts- 
burgh. According  to  a  company  announce- 
ment, they  weigh  1%  pounds  per  foot,  yet 
the  alloy  has  a  tensile  strength  of  37,000 
pounds  per  square  inch.  They  are  available 
in  heights  of  3,  4,  5  and  6  feet.  All  but 
the  3-foot  ladder  are  fitted  with  bucket 
platforms.  Each  size,  however,  has  rubber 
safety  treads. 

NEW  TYPE  WALLPAPER 

Wallpaper,  with  its  advantages  of  pat- 
tern, texture  and  color,  and  of  installation 
by  ordinary  artisans,  has  been  made  wholly 
practicable  for  the  public  areas  of  theatres 
in  a  new  product  marketed  by  Varlon, 
Inc.,  under  the  trade-name  of  Varlar.  This 
wallpaper  is  built  up  of  resins  which  are 
integrated  with  a  paper  backing  in  one 
type,  and  with  cloth  backing  in  another, 
to  provide  a  flexible  material  that  is  applied 


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BETTER  THEATRES,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


to  a  Avail  by  the  regular  paper-hanging 
technique.  The  composition  of  the  material 
and  method  of  giving  it  color  and  pattern 
are  such  as  to  provide  resistance  to  consider- 
able abrasion,  while  it  is  not  only  entirely 
washable  with  soap  and  water,  but  with- 
stands the  action  of  cleaning  materials 
necessary  to  remove  lipstick,  grease,  ink  and 
similar  stains. 

According  to  independently  made  tests, 
Varlar  even  has  appreciable  resistance  to 
fire.  In  one  test  the  flame  of  an  alcohol 
lamp,  held  to  the  surface  for  five  minutes, 
caused  it  only  to  glow,  and  the  glow  en- 


dured for  only  ten  seconds  after  the  flame 
was  removed. 

The  ability  to  wash  Varlar  repeatedly 
is  indicated  by  a  test  in  which  the  material 
was  subjected  to  25,000  continuous  rub- 
bings with  soap  and  water.  The  only  effect 
was  to  increase  the  gloss  slightly.  Varlar 
also  withstands  the  action  of  water  to  a 
high  degree,  another  test  showed.  Chewing 
gum  can  be  removed  from  it  by  scraping 
off  the  main  wad  and  sponging  off  the 
remainder  with  turpentine. 

A  larger  variety  of  patterns  and  color 
combinations  will  be  available  when  pro- 
duction of  Varlar  gets  fully  underway. 
Samples  are  expected  to  be  available  some 
time  this  fall. 

NEW  SPEAKER  FOR  DRIVE-IN  S 

Following  a  period  of  testing  under 
actual  operating  conditions  in  a  number 
of  drive-in  theatres,  a  dual  individual  car 


Check  These  Features 

All  transformers  and  chokes 
"Climatite"  treated. 
Plug-in  type  filter  condensers. 
Calibrated  step-type  volume 
control. 

Wide  range  tone  control. 
Exciter  lamp  balance. 
Exciter  supply  voltage  control. 
Photo-electric  cell  voltage 
control. 

Auxiliary  volume  control. 
Sound  change-over  in  photo- 
electric circuit. 
Built-in  booth  monitor  and 
monitor  amplifier. 
Plug-type    connections  from 
chassis  to  cabinet. 
Complete  extra  chassis  avail- 
able  for   stand-by  pro- 
tection. 


(he  PD50  Series  Amplifier 


COMPLETE  SOUND  SYSTEMS 

Licensed  under  U.  S.  Patents  of  Western 
Electric  Company,  Inc.  Listed  with  Un- 
derwriters Laboratories,  Inc.,  and  Cana* 
dian  Standards  Association. 

Sound  Heads     •  Amplifiers 
Two-Way  Horn  Systems 


Check  the  features  on  this  Ballantyne 
PD-50  Series  Amplifier,  as  shown  above, 
and  you'll  quickly  realize  why  theatres  all 
over  the  world  are  installing  Ballantyne 
Sound  Equipment. 

Every  known  sound  engineering  advance 
has  been  incorporated  into  the  PD-50  Series 
to  make  these  amplifiers  literally  miracles 
of  trouble-free  operation.  Plug-in  type  filter 
condensers  can  be  changed  in  fractions  of 
a  second  .  .  .  complete  sound  control  at 
working  side  of  projector  is  achieved  by  the 
remote  volume  control  and  change-over . . . 
workmanship  is  of  real  engineering  caliber 
throughout.  Available  for  immediate  deliv- 
ery from  your  independent  supply  dealer. 


THE  BALLANTYNE  COMPANY 

1707-11  DAVENPORT  STREET      OMAHA, 2,  NEBRASKA 

L  ^  ^  .  J 


At  Your  Service    .    .  , 

All  of  the  departmental  editors  of  Better  Theatres  welcome  letters  from  readers,  either  of 
comment  or  of  inquiry  concerning  matters  of  theatre  planning  and  physical  operation.  If  the 
subject  of  an  inquiry  is  one  likely  to  have  general  interest,  it  may  be  dealt  with  in  the  proper 
department  (without  identification  of  the  source  of  the  inquiry  should  omission  of  the  name 
be  requested).  Other  inquiries  will  be  answered  by  mail. 

In  addition  to  such  advice,  George  Miller,  editor  of  "The  Needle's  Eye,"  offers  a  special 
service  concerning  projection  installations,  as  explained  in  his  department. 

No  charge  is  ever  made  for  service  thus  given  to  readers.  Leo  T.  Parker,  however,  may 
properly  deal  only  with  general  points  of  law  and  cases  cited  by  him  in  his  department. 

A  letter  may  be  addressed  to  the  departmental  editor  for  whom  it  is  intended,  in  care 
of  Better  Theatres,  Rockefeller  Center,  New  York  20,  N.  Y. — or  simply  to  the  publication,  in 
which  case  it  will  be  turned  over  to  the  proper  department. 


BETTER  THEATRES,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


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Now  ....  sound  reproduction 

TAILORED  TO  ORDER 


Syncrofilm  Model  G 

HEAVY  DUTY 
AMPLIFIER 

Licensed  under  Western  Electric  Patents 


Just  as  a  tailor-made  suit  enhances  the 
figure  .  .  .  the  Syncrofilm  Heavy  Duty 
Model  G  Amplifier  permits  you  to  give 
your  audience  the  best  in  sound  reproduc- 
tion no  matter  what  auditorium  acoustical 
conditions  prevail. 

Syncrofilm's  multi-position  Filter  Selector 
makes  this  possible.  It  enables  you  to  select 
the  degree  of  low  frequency  reproduction 
required  to  yield  the  most  faithful  sound. 
This  is  only  ONE  of  many  features  that 
make  Syncrofilm  Model  G  Amplifiers  dis- 
tinctive. Write  for  the  new  issue  of  "Sound 
Facts." 


WEBER  MACHINE  CORP. 


ROCHESTER  6,  NEW  YORK 
Export  Office:  13  E.  40th  St.,  N.  Y.  C. 


Cable:  Romos 


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RELAYS  •  RESISTORS  •  RHEOSTATS 

Electric  control  fA  devices  since  7892 


CONTROLLED 
LIGHTING 

FROM  "FULL  BRIGHT" 
TO  "BLACKOUT" 

Electronic  "Hysterset"  Control  of  Reactance  Type 
Dimmers;  the  ultimate  in  refinement,  using  small 
space  and  miniature  controls. 

Autotransformer  "Autrastat"  Dimmers;  uniform 
flickerless  dimming  of  any  load  from  a  10  watt  lamp 
up  to  the  watt  capacity  of  the  dimmers. 

Resistance  "Vitrohm"  Dimmers;  continuous  Duty, 
light  weight,  1 1 0  step  dimmers  for  every  value  of 
lighting  load. 

Motorlite  and  Regulite  Dimming  Systems,  using 
small  reversible  motors  and  pilot  controls  for  remote 
operation  of  resistance,  auto-transformer,  and  re- 
actance type  dimmers. 


Send  for  Dimmer  Catalogue 


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OFFICES  IN  PRINCIPAL  CITIES 


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CATALOG  SERVICE 

If  you  do  not  find  the  products  in  which  you 
are  interested  described  in  the  advertising 
columns,  we  will  be  glad  to  arrange  for  the 
information  to  be  sent  to  you.  Write  BETTER 
THEATRES  CATALOG  BUREAU,  Quigley  Pub- 
lications, Rockefeller  Center,  New  York  20. 


speaker  unit  is  announced  by  the  DeVry 
Corporation,  Chicago.  Designed  for  per- 
manent installation  on  the  parking  ramp, 


DeVry  dual  speaker  unit  as  mounted  on  drive-in 
ramp,    and    (inset)    as   mounted    in  automobile 


each  to  serve  a  car  on  either  side,  it  consists 
in  two  separate  5-inch  permanent  magnet 
speakers  mounted  in  a  weatherproof  metal 
housing  and  a  central  terminal  box. 

The  speakers  are  mounted  so  as  to  be 
readily  accessible  to  patrons  seated  in  their 
cars.  They  can  be  easily  attached  to  the 
car  window  or  sun  visor.  Each  speaker 
has  its  own  volume  control. 


Drain  Piping  Eliminated 


One  of  the  new  models  of  Yorkaire  air-conditioners 
of  the  window  sill  type  adapted  to  rooms  such  as 
manager's  and  circuit  executive  offices  that  are  not 
supplied  by  the  general  theatre  system.  According 
to  specifications,  one  conditioner  can  change  240 
cubic  feet  of  air  per  minute.  Air  moisture  is  com- 
pletely evapora+ed  into  the  rejected  air  stream. 
No  drain  attachment  to  plumbing  is  therefore 
necessary.  The  amount  of  fresh  air  introduced  is 
controllable,  and  air  flow  may  be  directed  by  ad- 
justment of  louvers.  All  controls  are  concealed  so 
as  not  to  detract  from  the  streamlined  cabinet 
effect  of  the  finish. 


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6 -TUBE  RECTIFIER  imam 

...New  and  Highly  Improved 

The  result  of  the  very  newest  scientific  developments.  In  single  and  twin 
type  models  —  achieving  a  new  high  standard  in  three-phase  full  wave 
rectification.  Built  in  remote  control  relays  with  provisions  for  operating 
spotlights.    DC  output  flexible  from  40  to  75  amperes. 

IMMEDIATE  DELIVERY  SSffiS 

LD-60  and  LD-30  Bulb  Type  Rectifiers 
Projection  Arc  Lamps     Sound  Screens 

SUper  MCS  ReCtifierS     *Slight  delay  on  lamp  deliveries 

FOREST  MFG.  CORP,        »™*««-  * » 


PRECISION  CUE  MARKER 

A  device  for  inserting  cues  conforming 
to  Standard  Release  Print  positions  with- 
out manual  locating  of  the  cues  has  been 
developed  for  manufacture  by  Roland 
Fontaine,  projectionist  at  the  Arcade  thea- 
tre in  Lynbrook,  N.  Y.  The  accompanying 
sketch  reproduces  the  model  as  designed 
for  production,  the  upper  view  showing  it 
closed,  the  lower  one  with  the  cover  up 
and  film  in  position. 

The  marker  is  plugged  into  a  light 
socket,  which  turns  on  a  small  flashlight 
bulb  below  a  framing  aperture.  Teeth 
along  the  side  engage  the  sprocket  holes 


to  hold  the  film  in  place.  The  cover  is 
closed  and  each  of  the  four  brass  scribers 
(see  upper  view  in  sketch)  is  turned, 
which  makes  a  thin  transparent  ring  in 
the  emulsion,  one  at  the  standard  location 
in  each  of  the  four  frames. 

"To  obtain  an  accurate  changeover, 
which  is  important  for  a  showmanlike 
effect,"  explains  Mr.  Fontaine,  "check  your 
projectors  for  motor  pickup  speed  before 
or  after  the  show.  Thread  up  both 
projectors  and  frame  one  of  them  on  frame 
11  and  start  the  other  projector.  When  the 
motor  cue  appears,  start  the  projector  that 
is  framed  on  number  1 1  and  as  soon  as  the 
changeover  cue  appears,  instantly  operate 
the  dowser  and  see  if  there  is  any  lapse 
on  the  screen.  If  there  is  a  lapse,  then  start 
all  over  again,  but  this  time  frame  on 
No.  10  and  continue  this  procedure  until 
tfie  effect  is  perfect." 

The  scribers  are  built  into  the  cover  of 
the  marker,  therefore  cannot  be  lost.  They 
not  only  are  spaced  to  give  the  cues  stand- 
ard position,  but  the  diameter  of  the  rings 
is  according  to  Academy  specifications. 

NEW  EXPORT  SERVICE  FORMED 

Karl  Streuber,  former  export  manager 
of  National  Theatre  Supply  and  for  the 
past  several  years  in  a  similar  capacity 
with  the  International  Division  of  RCA, 
has  opened  his  own  export  house  at  1140 


OUTDOOR 

REFRESHMENT  % 
CONCESSIONAIRES 
from  Coast  to  Coast  J 

over      Century  JLl 

Now  Specializing^ 
v  in  Refreshment  I 
Concessions  for  1 
DRIVE-IN  THEATRES  I 

SPORTSERVICE,  Inc. 

HURST  BLDG.                        BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 

PREVENTS  BROKEN  SPROCKET  HOLES 


04>*^&C  REEL  BAND 


Absorbs  shock  In  shipment.  No  strings.  Snaps  on.  Pro. 
Tex  Reel  Band  Co..  9005  Marshall  Ave.,  Cleveland  4.  Ohio. 


BETTER  THEATRES,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


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Broadway,  New  York.  Besides  lines  for 
fitting  out  a  theatre  completely  with'  equip- 
ment and  furnishings,  the  service  will  in- 
clude an  installation  and  designing  service, 
and  also  counsel  in  exploitation  of  new 
theatre  openings. 

Projection  equipment  announced  includes 
Streuber  sound  systems  for  theatres  of 
various  capacity  ranges.  A  four-page  catalog 
has  been  issued,  describing  this  equipment 
and  also  the  line  of  projection  lamps. 

BLACK  LIGHT  FIRM  FORMED 

The  Shannon  Luminous  Materials  Com- 
pany has  been  formed  as  an  affiliate  of  the 


Keese  Manufacturing  Company,  Holly- 
wood, Calif.,  to  handle  all  orders  coming 
from  outside  California  for  luminescent 
paints  and  other  materials  for  "black  light" 
effects.  The  parent  company  announces 
that  this  action  has  been  taken  to  segregate 
its  luminous  products  business  from  its 
manufacture  of  lighting  equipment. 

NAME  OF  COCHRANE  DROPPED 

The  carpet  industry  has  lost  one  of  its 
most  prominent  names  in  the  removal  by 
James  Lees  &  Sons  Company  of  Cochrane 
from  the  title  of  its  carpet  division. 
Originally  the  Charles  P.  Cochrane  Com- 


pany, it  became  the  Lees-Cochrane  Com- 
pany a  few  years  ago ;  now  the  division 
will  operate  under  the  name  of  the  parent 
company,  which  has  its  offices  and  factories 
in  Bridgeport,  Pa.  Lees  manufactures  a 
comprehensive  line  of  woolen  textiks. 

METAL  CLEANABLE  AIR  FILTER 

A  new  type  air  filter  made  entirely  of 
metal  and  designed  for  permanent  installa- 
tion has  been  announced  by  Air  Devices, 
Inc.,  New  York.  Marketed  under  the  trade 
name  of  "Agitair  FM,"  it  has  a  20  x  20- 
inch  filter  panel  consisting  in  layers  of 
expanded  metal  in  formations  designed  to 
make  the  passing  air  turbulent  to  create 
a  "wiping"  action  against  the  metal  sur- 
faces. 

The  panel  is  readily  removable  for 
cleaning.  The  frame  is  constructed  of  arc- 
welded  cold-rolled  steel.  According  to 
specifications,  each  filter  will  handle  1,200 
cubic  feet  per  minute. 


INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 
IN    BETTER  THEATRES 


Adler  Silhouette  Letter  Co   37 

Altec  Service  Corp   28 

American  Mat  Corp   18 

American  Seating  Co   40 

Automatic  Devices  Co   20 

Ballantyne  Co.,  The   39 

Bigelow-Sanford  Carpet  Co   3 

Blue  Seal  Cine  Devices,  Inc   36 

DeVry  Corp   34 

Essannay  Electric  Mfg.  Co   30 

F  &  Y  Building  Service,  The   6 

Fensin  Seating  Co   21 

Forest  Mfg.  Corp   41 

Formica  Insulation  Co.,  The   10 

G-B  Kalee,  Ltd   42 

General  Electric  Co   33 

General  Register  Corp   8 

Goldberg  Bros  20,  28,  34 

Golde  Mfg.  Co   4 

Heyer-Shultz,  Inc   35 

Heywood- Wakefield  Co   9 

Ideal  Seating  Co   25 

International  Projector  Corp   2 

Koilmorgen  Optical  Co   32 

Kroehler  Mfg.  Co   5 

LaVezzi  Machine  Works   41 

Manley,  Inc   15 

Marsh  Wall  Products,  Inc   4 

National  Carbon  Co.,  Inc  .'   29 

National  Super  Service  Co.,  Inc   21 

National  Theatre  Supply  21,  23,  24,  36 

Pro-Tex  Reel  Band  Co   41 

Reeves  Instrument  Corp   22 

Research  Products  Corp   6 

Retiscope  Screen  Co   35 

Robin,  Inc.,  J.  E   18 

S.  O.  S.  Cinema  Supply  Corp   34 

Smith  &  Sons  Carpet  Co.,  Alexander   13 

Sportservice,  Inc   41 

Strong  Electric  Corp.,  The  20,  24,  31 

"U.  S.  Air  Conditioning  Corp   8 

U.  S.  Rubber  Co   14 

Vallen,  Inc   22 

Wagner  Sign  Service,  Inc   7 

Walker  Screen  Corp   25 

Ward-Leonard  Electric  Co   40 

Weber  Machine  Corp   40 

Wenzel  Projector  Co   37 


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SHOWMEN'S  REVIEWS 
COMPANY  CHART 
THE  RELEASE  CHART 


This  department  deals  with 
new  product  from  the  point  of 
view  of  the  exhibitor  who  is 
to  purvey  it  to  his  own  public. 


The  Jolson  Story. 

Columbia — Mammy's  Boy 

Now  here  is  the  way  to  produce  a  musical  biography.  Here  is  the  story  of  Al  Jolson 
\ho  wanted  to  sing,  did  what  he  wanted  to  do  and  eventually  rose  to  the  top  of  his 
profession  to  make  entertainment  history. 

'  It's  a  storv  simply  told.  But  most  of  all  it's  all  S?°d  jn  *is  very  good  Technicolor  musi- 

F  J  cal,  the  story  for  which  was  written  by  Stephen 

i  sensibly  told  story.  It's  without  any  of  the  Longstreet. 

nawkish  laugh-clown-laugh  philosophy  that  "The  Jolson  Story"  is  a  show  that  can't 

raHii-innallv  makes  a  ?reat  artist  greater  miss-    The  music  wiU  have  yo,u  hummine  and 

raditionallv  makes  a  great  artist  greater,  rernembering>  the  acting  will  piease  you>  y0U'H 

jid  the  story,  according  to  this   version,  is  admire  the  production  and  the  carefully-done 

ninus  that  other-woman  complication  that  is  and  subdued  coloring.     It's  a  special  kind  of 

>uch  a  handy  thing  to  have  around  when  plot  wi*  the  w*est             aPPCaL  p 

.  Seen  in  home  office  projection  room.  Ke- 

s  being  manulacured.  viewer's  Rating:  Excellent— Ray  Lanning. 

Jolson's   SOngS   and   the   way   he   Sang   them  Release  date,  not  set.    Running  time,  128  min.  PCA 

re  Jolson's  life— much  more  than  the  schools  No     1154.       General    audience  classification.^ 

e  attended,  the  arguments  he  had  with  pro-  j^0B^m"'.".!!!.";!'.!!I!!!!'.".!I!'"".".*!Ev^r  K^yel 

ucers  or  the  women  he  married.     Producer     Steve  Martin  William  Demarest 

Sidney  Skolsky,  the  "I  Love  Hollywood"  col-     Tom  Baron   Bill  Goodwn 

.  J     ,         JK    .        .     ,            .,.J                    ,  Ludwig  Donath,  Tamara  Shayne,  John  Alexander,  Jo- 

imnist,    has    Wisely    Stuck    to    this    idea    and  Carroll    Dennison.    Ernest    Cossart.    Scotty  Beckett, 

.fhile  biographical  data  isn't  actually  neglected  William  Forrest,  Ann  Todd,  Edwin  Maxwell,  Emmett 

ts  pushed  aside  in  favor  of  presenting  lavish  Vogan.  the  Mitchell  "Boychoir" 
pipings  of  the  songs  that  made  Jolson  fa- 
nous — none  of  which  are  mired  down  in  pro-  .- 

Ita  result,  "The  Jolson  Story"  is  a  pure-  London  TOWII 

ntertainment  picture  you'll  watch  with  a  warm  Wesleu    Rliqqles   -   Eagle  -  Liotl  — 

eart  and  a  big  smile,  growing  only  occasion-  l    ±  r»  L  i 

lly  restive  during  the  latter  part  of  this  128-  Iriumphant  Debut 

ninute  film  when  there's  a   little  too  much  Conceived  on  gargantuan  scale,  this  "musical" 

epetition  in  the  handling  of  the  wife  vs.  hus-  [s  the  picture  par  excellence  for  the  showman; 

•and,  stage  vs.  home  life  arguments.  at  least  the  British  showman.    Technical  faults 

Larry  Parks,  who  has  done  many  small  roles  there  are  galore.    Wesley  Ruggles  lets  his  little 

ince  1941,  here  attains  stardom  with  his  por-  story — tfs  concerned  with  the  obscure  hoofing 

rayal  of  Jolson.    He  does  an  expert  and  be-  vaudeville  clown  from  the  sticks  making  good  in 

ievable  job— with  Jolson's  dubbed  in  singing  the  Dig  time— wilt  away  in  a  maze  of  Techni- 

oice  helping.     Because  Jolson  was  starring  coiored  ballet  and  splendor  piled  on  splendor, 

lost  often  during  the  late  20's  and  early  30  s,  Editing  of  the  piece  contributes  a  feel  of  jumpi- 

here  is  a  whole  generation  of  theatre-goers  ness  as  though  the  cutters  felt  themselves  faced 

-and  many  more  people  in  other  generations  with  the  ^solvable  problem  of  cramming  a 

-who  know  Jolson  only  as  an  almost  legendary  t  intQ  a   bt     t  and  just  gaye  up  jn  despair. 

At.  Somebody  m  blackface  who  sang  on  his  But  the  customers  won't  mind  that.   They  get 

3iees  with  such  success  that  he  came  to  be  yalue  for  thdr  m        b  abundance.  There's 

evered  and  loved  on  both  sides  of  the  foot-  fc  n      and  there>s  s-    ■      frQm  a  t  of 

lghts.     The  excellence  of  Larry  Parks   per-  ^        hose    *wns  and  hair_doV  wiU 

ormance  lies  m  the  fact  that  he  succeeds  in  J  ^  «           WOman's  soul.  There's  Technicolor 

howing  exactly  why  Jolson  is  a  legend  People  ^                     ^    ^               .  . 

jho  have  never  known  Jolson  can  be  honestly  .         .  ,.   i   „t„„i„  „-,„™„,.u 

old  of  his  friendly  spirit  and  his  great  show-  appear  to  specialize  There  s  spectacle  mammoth 

.-unship  through  Parks'  performance.  enough  to  satisfy  the  most  gluttonous  beholder. 

|  Almost  every  famous  Jolson  song  is  in  the  Th^re  s  also  Sid  Field. 

■hn— there's  no  "Sonny  Boy,"  however.  These  This  Field  is  a  phenomenon.  Throughout  the 

ongs  are  sung  from  the  balcony  of  a  burlesque  late  war  he  was  the  country  s  most  favored 

ouse— where  Jolson  was  working  as  a  stooge  vaudeville  comic.    Multitudes  of  G.I.  Joes  once 

->r  a  second-rate  comedy  act— to  the  stage  of  stationed  here  will  testify  to  his  merit.    He  s 

Jew  York's   Winter   Garden,    where   Jolson  actor,  comedian,  dancer,  singer,  rolled  into  one. 

tarred  in  a  series  of  successes.     The  whole  On  the  screen  he  emerges  as  the  nearest  ap- 

:ory  is  given  careful  attention  by  director  Al-  proach  to  Charles  Spencer  Chaplin,  Britain,  at 

-ed  E.  Green.  least,  has  ever  seen.    He  not  only  has  the  gift 

Evelyn  Keyes,  playing  the  Ruby  Keeler  role ;  of  rich  drollery,  but  superb  acting  ability.  He 

Villiam  Demarest,  as  the  comic,  and  Ludwig  has  the  ineffable  touch  of  pathos  which  is  the 

'onath,  as  Cantor  Joelson,  Jolson's  father,  are  hall-mark  of  the  perfect  clown.  Mr.  Field,  with- 


out doubt,  is  Britain's  greatest  comic  gift  to 
cinema.  On  this  one  showing  there  is  no  limit 
to  what  he  may  do. 

J.  Arthur  Rank  took  no  chances  with  this  one. 
He  not  only  engaged  the  American  Wesley 
Ruggles ;  he  hired  other  Hollywood  specialists 
like  Agnes  de  Mille  to  give  his  film  an  authen- 
tic touch.  Doubtless  American  editors  will 
tighten  it  all  up,  but  they  won't  touch  the  sub- 
missions of  the  impeccable  Mr.  Field. 

It's  his  picture  from  start  to  finish ;  but  ac- 
complished submissions  also  come  from  Claude 
Hulbert,  Greta  Gynt,  Sonnie  Hale,  Mary  Clare 
and  particularly  new  recruits,  Petula  Clark  and 
Kay  Kendall. 

The  "  'Ampstead  Heath"  Dance,  originated 
by  Freddie  Carpenter,  is  a  number  which  should 
sweep  through  dance  places  high  and  low  not 
only  here  but  in  America. 

Seen  at  the  Leicester  Square  theatre  opening. 
Reviewer's  Rating  :  Very  good. — Peter  Burnup 

Release  date,  not  set.  Running  time,  121  min.  Brit- 
ish general  audience  cla  ification. 

Jerry  Sanford   Sid  Field 

Mrs.  Barry   Greta  Gynt 

Peggy   Petula  Clark 

Patsy   Kay  Kendall 

Charlie   Sonnie  Hale 

Belgrave   Claude  Hulbert 

Mrs.  Gates   Mary  Clare 

Tessie  O'Shea   Tessie  O'Shea 

Jerry  Desmonde.  Beryl  Davis,  Scotty  McHarg,  Regi- 
nald Purdell,  Alfie  Dean,  Charles  Patoi  Pamela  Car- 
roll, Marion  Saunders,  Lucas  Hovinga    Jack  Parnell 


Thrill  of  Brazil 


Columbia — Musical  Comedy 

Basically,  "Thrill  of  Brazil"  is  much  the  same 
in  format  and  style  as  any  other  musical-com- 
edy film  presentation  which  appears  on  the 
market  with  almost   clock-like  regularity. 

Exhibitors  who  have  found  this  type  of  pic- 
ture profitable  in  the  past  will  not  be  disap- 
pointed in  this  offering.  Its  story  is  subordi- 
nated to  the  presentation  of  elaborate  produc- 
tion numbers  which  at  times  almost  reach 
the  point  of  being  lavish;  it  has  the  element 
of  romance,  but  this  is  handled  in  the  light 
vein  and  is  overshadowed  with  deft  touches 
of  whimsy  and  humor,  and  it  has  music  and 
singing  and  dancing  enhanced  by  clever  photog- 
raphy and  sufficient  performers  of  reputation 
to  provide  an  audience  with  an  hour  and  a 
half  of  entertaining  fare. 

With  Rio  de  Janeiro  as  the  background,  the 
story  is  concerned  with  Keenan  Wynn,  as  flip- 
pant and  wise-cracking  a  producer  as  ever 
staged  a  show,  and  his  attempts  to  win  back 
the  affections  of  his  ex-wife,  Evelyn  Keyes, 
while  Allyn  Joslyn,  as  a  small-town  execu- 
tive, tries  desperately  to  take  her  home  to  Iowa 
as  his  wife.  Such  performers  as  Ann  Miller, 
Tito  Guizar,  Veloz  and  Yolanda  and  Enric 
Madriguera  and  his  orchestra  are  given  ample 
opportunity  to  display  their  respective  singing, 
dancing  and  musical  talents  while  carrying 
minor  roles  in  the  story. 

Produced  by  Sidney  Biddle  and  directed  by 
S.  Sylvan  Simon,  the  picture  offers  many  im- 


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pressive  dance  numbers  and  such  foot-tapping 
tunes  as  "The  Custom  House,"  "Man  Is  Broth- 
er to  a  Mule,"  "Thrill  of  Brazil,"  which  is  the 
title  number,  and  "Minute  Samba."  Charles 
Lawton,  Jr.,  ASC,  was  director  of  photography. 

Reviewed  at  Loew's  State  on  Broadway, 
where  a  mid-afternoon  audience  enjoyed  itself. 
Reviewer's  Rating :  Good. — George  H.  Spires. 

Release  date,  September  30,  1946.  Running  time,  91 
min.  PCA  No.  11812.  General  audience  classifica- 
tion. 

Vicki  Dean  Evelyn  Keyes 

Steve  Farraugh  Keenan  Wynn 

Linda  Lorens  Ann  Miller 

John  Harbour  Allyn  Joslyn 

Tito  Guizar,  Veloz  and  Yolanda,  Felix  Bressart,  Sid 
Tomack,  Eugene  Borden,  Enric  Madriguera  and 
his  orchestra 

It's  Great  to  Be  Young 

Columbia — Comedy  with  Music 

A  lot  of  enthusiastic  young  talent  has  been 
assembled  by  Columbia  and  put  into  a  comedy 
filled  with  hep-styled  melodies  and  minor  pro- 
duction numbers. 

Leslie  Brooks  and  Jimmy  Lloyd  have  the 
lead  in  an  easygoing  screenplay  by  Jack  Hen- 
ley which  concerns  the  trials  and  tribulations 
of  a  group  of  returned  G.  I.'s  attempting  to 
get  a  foothold  in  show  business.  A  job  at  a 
hotel  resort  is  wangled  but  unexpected  com- 
plications and  embarrassments  arise  when  the 
troupe  is  compelled  to  do  everything  from  dish- 
washing to  potato  peeling.  A  note  of  mystery 
is  added  by  Miss  Brooks,  a  runaway  vocalist 
who  joins  the  troupe. 

After  many  farcical  impediments,  a  show  is 
put  on  which  is  a  whopping  success ;  Miss 
Brooks'  father  is  revealed  to  be  a  Broadway 
producer  who  no  longer  has  objections  to  a 
stage  career  for  his  daughter,  and  all  ends 
happily. 

Much  of  the  music  is  provided  by  Milton  De- 
Lugg  and  his  Swing  Wing,  with  Jack  Fina 
offering  a  piano  version  of  his  song,  "Bumble 
Boogie." 

Ted  Richmond  produced,  Del  Lord  directed, 
with  the  story  by  Karen  DeWolf. 

Seen  at  the  Brooklyn  Fox  theatre.  Review- 
er's Rating :  Fair. — Mandel  Herbstman. 

Release  date,  September  12,  1946.  Running  time,  68 
min.  PCA  No.  11813.  General  audience  classifica- 
tion. 

Terry   Leslie  Brooks 

Ricky  Malone  Jimmy  Lloyd 

Georgia   Johnson  Jeff  Donnell 

Robert  Stanton,  Jack  Williams,  Jack  Fina,  Frank 
Orth,  Ann  Codee,  Pat  Yankee,  Frank  Sully,  Grady 
Sutton,  Vernon  Dent  and  Milton  DeLugg  and  his 
Swing  Wing 

Theirs  Is  the  Glory 

G.F.D. — Arnhem's  Undying  Tale 

It's  in  its  reticence  that  this  film  makes  glory 
alleluiah  not  only  for  the  men  whose  fabulous 
deeds  it  depicts  but  for  the  whole  business  and 
art  of  the  motion  picture. 

British  film-makers  heard  their  cue  in  this 
just  finished  war.  By  accident,  probably,  and 
through  living  on  the  spot,  they  absorbed  the 
lesson  that  the  greatness,  the  valiant  selfless- 
ness, of  the  Little  Man  tells  its  own  story. 
Swashbuckling,  flag-wagging,  loud-mouthed 
heroics  aren't  on  call  when  the  Little  Man  is 
about  his  business  of  shooting  it  out  for  some- 
thing he  knows  not  what ;  maybe  dying  (scream- 
ing for  his  mother)  at  that  same  moment. 

They've  set  a  new  pace,  some  of  those  docu- 
mentaries made  over  here.  In  this  one  is  vivid- 
ness, drama,  heart-tearing  incident  crowding  on 
incident,  such  as  none  of  those  others  had,  and 
all  falling  inevitably  and  without  benefit  of  a 
studio's  director  into  that  devil's  pattern  of  war 
so  that  you  sit  in  the  theatre  alternately  moved 
and  shattered  in  the  mood  which  no  factory- 
made  film  could  evoke. 

Quite  simply,  this  film  is  not  only  the  great- 
est documentary  hitherto  screened  and,  by  so 
much,  a  bay-leaved  laurel  to  motion-picture.  It 
puts  an  end  to  mock-heroics  in  the  screen's 
depiction  of  battle. 

The  Tale  of  Arnhem  will  fall  into  its  own 
perspective  in  the  tablets  of  history  a  century 
or  so  hence.  Maybe,  it  was  just  another  inci- 
dent.   Maybe,  the  British  General  Montgomery 


gambled  on  his  luck  that  once  too  often.  But 

scarcely  can  there  have  been  occasion  when 
the  spark  of  valor  was  touched  off  to  such 
splendid  triumph  of  defeat. 

Montgomery — Britain's  "lucky"  commander 
— was  way  up  in  the  north  of  the  Allied  line. 
The  Germans  were  holding  him  in  that  swampy 
country.  The  plan,  put  into  operation  Sunday, 
September  14,  1944 — was  to  "drop"  two 
American  airborne  divisions  and  the  British 
First  Airborne  behind  the  enemy  lines  and 
capture  the  bridges  which  would  open  the  way 
to  the  North  German  plain. 

The  Britons'  objective  was  Arnhem,  north- 
ernmost point  in  the  Montgomery  plan.  It  is 
of  their  experiences  which  the  picture  tells ; 
and  recounts,  let  showmen  who  have  soldiered 
in  war's  realities  kindly  note,  in  those  under- 
tones and  muttered  gasps  which  make  for 
drama  in  its  most  moving  phases. 

It's  all  here — the  whole  grand,  incredible, 
inglorious  tale — played  not  by  posturing  actors 
but  by  the  survivors  of  those  who  went 
through  the  great  adventure.  It's  the  story  of 
the  Little  Man  made  wonderful  without  his 
knowing  it. 

Easy  to  catalogue  the  long  roster  of  filmic 
magnificence  which  the  picture's  anonymous 
makers  achieve;  the  burgeoning  parachutes 
dropping  on  that  Sunday  morning  on  the 
Rhine's  marshes,  the  moments  of  men  drilled 
(yet  not  needing  the  "drill")  to  hold  their 
bodies  beyond  surrender's  last  gasp,  the  myriad 
tendernesses  of  lusty  soldiery  who  would  de- 
spise that  quality  in  their  barracks  back  home. 
The  film  has  all  the  ingredients  of  the  syn- 
thetic success  recipe.  Facile,  moreover,  to  say 
that  the  horrors  and  vain  endurance  it  depicts 
should  read  to  all  and  sundry  a  No  More 
War  lesson. 

It  does,  if  truth  be  told,  more  than  that,  if 
it  has  indeed  a  moral ;  though  its  story  and 
technical  accomplishment  won't  need  the  mere- 
tricious aid  of  a  moral  when  it  comes  to  mer- 
chandising the  exhibit  round  the  theatres  this 
side  and  in  America. 

It  just  gives  you  to  think:  Why  can't  this 
valor,  this  glory,  of  the  Little  Man  be  harnessed 
to  something  else? 

And  it  is  something  when  a  film  of  technical 
magnificence  and  enthralling  excellence  does 
just  that  thing. 

American  showmen  may  care  to  note  that 
survivors  of  the  two  American  airborne  divi- 
sions concerned  suitably  endorse  the  foregoing. 

Seen  in  a  private  projection  room,  London. 
Reviewer's  Rating  -.Excellent. — P.  B. 

British  release  date,  October  14,  1946.  Running  time, 
82  min.     British  adult  audience  classification. 

Surivors  of  the  British  First  Airborne  Division, 
including  Colonel  Lonsdale,  Major  Gough,  and  Alan 
Wood,  war  correspondent,  and  Stanley  Maxted,  war 
correspondent. 


Her  Sister's  Secret 

PRC — Romantic  Drama 

This  is  a  wartime  romance  with  dramatic 
moments  in  which  a  soldier  and  a  girl  fall  in 
love  immediately  and  recklessly.  Nancy  Cole- 
man, as  the  girl,  and  Philip  Reed,  as  the  soldier 
give  convincing  performances.  The  supporting 
players  include  Felix  Bressart  and  Henry 
Stephenson,  who  give  competent  portrayals. 

At  a  gay  and  festive  Mardi  Gras  celebra- 
tion the  soldier  and  the  girl  meet.  He  offers  to 
marry  her  but  she  decides  to  wait  until  his  next 
leave.  In  the  meantime,  he  is  sent  overseas 
and  she  does  not  receive  his  letter.  The  girl 
is  confused  when  she  finds  she  is  going  to  have 
his  child  and  decides  to  give  the  baby  to  her 
married  sister,  played  by  Margaret  Lindsay. 
For  three  years  Miss  Coleman  does  not  hear 
from  her  soldier  and  does  not  see  her  baby. 
She  returns  to  her  sister's  home  to  claim  the 
child  as  her  own.  At  the  same  time  the  man 
she  loves  finds  her  and  they  are  brought  to- 
gether in  a  happy  ending. 

This  Harry  Brash  production,  with  extensive 
and  decorative  sets,  was  based  on  the  novel, 
"Dark  Angel,"  by  Gina  Kaus.  The  screen- 
play is  by  Anne  Green  and  the  music  is  un- 
der  the   direction   of   Hans    Sommer,  Raoul 


Pagel  was  the  associate  producer  and  Edgar 
G.  Ulmer  directed. 

Seen  at  a  New  York  projection  room.  Re- 
viewer's Rating :  Average. — M.  R.  Y. 

Release  date,  September  23,  1946.  Running  time,  86 
min.   PCA  No.  11370.   Adult  audience  classification. 

Joni   Nancy  Coleman 

Renee  Margaret  Lindsay 

Dick   Philip  Reed 

Felix  Bressart,  Regis  Toomey,  Henry  Stephenson, 
Fritz  Feld,  Winston  Severn,  George  Meeker, 
Helene  Heigh,  Frances  Williams,  Rudolph  Anders 

Angel  on  My  Shoulder 

U  A  -Rogers — Fa  ntasy 

Paul  Muni,  Anne  Baxter  and  Claude  Rains 
are  the  marquee  names  in  Charles  R.  Rogers' 
latest  production,  a  comic  fantasy  reminiscent 
of  such  successes  as  "Here  Comes  Mr.  Jor- 
dan" and  "A  Guy  Named  Joe."  The  picture 
starts  with  a  bang,  and  if  the  tone  dwindles 
to  a  whimper  at  times,  it's  because  writers 
Harry  Segal  and  Roland  Kibbee  inject  into 
their  excellent  comic  situation  an  occasional 
note  of  mawkishness.  To  compensate  for  these 
lapses,  the  dialogue  abounds  in  wit. 

Muni  portrays  a  gangster,  who,  upon  being 
shot  by  a  trusted  lieutenant,  finds  himself  in 
Hell,  the  special  effects  required  for  the  pic- 
turization  of  which  locals  were  admirably  con- 
ceived and  executed  by  Harry  Redmond,  Jr. 
Rains,  whose  characterization  of  the  Devil  is 
so  persuasive  that  it's  no  wonder  his  kingdom 
is  crowded,  sees  in  the  gangster's  amazing  re- 
semblance to  a  certain  upright  judge  an  oppor- 
tunity for  mischief.  The  gangster  is  agreeable 
to  the  Devil's  plan,  since  it  will  afford  him  an 
opportunity  to  avenge  himself  upon  his  mur- 
derer. 

The  gangster's  soul,  therefore,  is  transferred 
into  the  judge's  body.  Here  luck,  or  Provi- 
dence, takes  a  hand,  and  every  one  of  the 
gangster's  actions  results  in  good  rather  than 
evil.  To  the  Devil's  dismay,  the  judge's  repu- 
tation and  influence  are  enhanced,  rather  than 
impaired,  by  the  gangster,  who  further  ruins 
the  scheme  by  falling  in  love  with  the  judge's 
fiancee,  a  role  in  which  Ann  Baxter  is  not 
too  happily  cast. 

Even  the  planned  revenge  fails  to  come  off, 
and  at  the  end  the  Devil  is  forced  to  admit 
defeat.  He  retires  to  his  own  domain,  taking 
the  doomed  gangster  with  him,  after  the  lat- 
ter has  extorted  from  the  Devil  a  promise  not 
to  molest  either  the  judge  or  his  fiancee  in  the 
future. 

Among  the  supporting  players,  Hardie 
Albright  is  outstanding. 

Archie  Mayo's  direction,  though  deft,  tends 
to  be  uneven,  and  the  production  as  a  whole 
would  have  been  improved  by  judicious  cut^ 
ting. 

Previewed  at  the  Four  Star  theatre,  Holly 
wood,  where  the  audience,  at  first  hilarious 
grew  restless  toward  the  end.  Reviewer' s  Rat 
ing  :  Good. — Thalia  Bell. 

Release  date,  September  20,  1946.  Running  time 
101  min.  PCA  No.  11154.  General  audience  class; 
fication. 

Eddie  Paul  Man, 

Barbara  Anne  Baxtei'Jq 

Nick    .Claude  Raim'' 

Onslow  Stevens,  George  Cleveland,  Hardie  Albright 
James  Flavin,  Erskine  Sanford,  Marion  Martin,  Jona 
than  Hale,  Joan  Blair,  Fritz  Leiber,  Kurt  Katch 
Sarah  Padden 


Crime  Doctor's  Man  Hun 

Columbia — Murder  Mystery 

In  this  latest  feature  in  the  Crime  Docto 
series,  based  on  the  popular  radio  progran 
Warner  Baxter  as  Dr.  Ordway  ingeniousl 
identifies  the  murderer  and  solves  the  mysteri 
ous  crime.  The  pace  is  swift  and  there  ar 
hair-raising  moments  as  the  Crime  Doctor  nai 
rowly  escapes  one  disaster  after  another.  It 
a  psychological  melodrama  in  which  the  kilk 
suffers  from  a  form  of  insanity. 

An  ex-serviceman  consults  Dr.  Ordway  ar 
tells  him  that  he  has  temporary  loss_  of  memor 
and  during  these  periods  he  finds  himself  in  a 
unfamiliar  part  of  town.    The  doctor  decide 


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visit  this  section  of  the  city  late  one  night 
frid  there  finds  that  his  patient  has  been  mur- 
lered.  Ellen  Drew  plays  the  fiancee  of  the 
:  m.  The  fiancee  had  a  sister  who  complete- 
V  dominated  her  but  whom  she  had  not  seen 
ri  three  years.  The  clues  point  to  Miss 
Jrew's  sister.  Dr.  Ordway  sets  a  trap  to  catch 
le  murderer.  He  discovers  that  the  character 
Jayed  by  Ellen  Drew,  suffering-  from  a  mental 
isorder,  took  on  the  identity  of  her  domineer- 
<ig  sister  and  committed  the  murder. 

The  plot  is  exciting  and  the  suspense  holds 
r.dience  interest  throughout.  Rudolph  C. 
Tlothow  produced  and  William  Castle  directed, 
jrhe  screenplay  by  Leigh  Brackett  is  from  a 
:(:ory  by  Eric  Taylor  based  on  the  radio  pro- 
gram "Crime  Doctor"  by  Max  Marcin. 

Seen  at  a  New  York  projection  room.  Re- 
ceiver's Rating  :  Average. — M.  R.  Y. 

Release  date,  October  24,  1946.  Running  time,  61 
.Lin.  PCA  No.  11730.  General  audience  classifica- 
:jon. 

r.  Ordway   Warner  Baxter 

.-ene  Cotter  Ellen  Drew 

William  Frawley,  Frank  Sully,  Claire  Carlston,  Ber- 
3rd  Nedell,  Jack  Lee,  Francis  Pierlot,  Myron  Healy, 
lin  Howlin,  Ivan  Triesault,  Paul  E.  Burnsj  Mary 
ewton,   Leon  Lenoir 

i 

"he  Devil's  Playground 

Jnited  Artists — "Hopalong"  Western 

;  Photographed  against  the  rugged  back- 
round  of  Lone  Pine,  California,  "The 
Jevil's  Playground"  is  the  first  of  a  new  series 
f  pictures  starring  William  Boyd  in  the  role 

'f  "Hopalong  Cassidy,"  a  character  he  has  por- 
-ayed  in  some  50-odd  pictures  to  date. 

Like  the  predecessor  films  in  the  series,  this 
;    presented   as    a   straightforward  Western 
lory  without  musical  accompaniment.     It  is 
swift-moving  picture  designed  principally  for 

'he  juvenile  trade  but  containing  sufficient  ac- 

Von  and  plot  to  interest  the  more  mature  West- 
rn  fan. 

Briefly,  the  plot  concerns  "Hopalong"  and  his 
wo  side-kicks  riding  and  fighting  through  ad- 
enture  and  mystery  to  aid  the  cause  of  jus- 
\ce.  Their  mission  is  to  help  a  young  wife  un- 
.over  the  gold  stolen  by  her  husband  and  hid- 
;«n  in  "Devil's  Playground"  so  that  it  may  be 
turned  to  its  rightful  owners  before  the  forces 
'  f  evil  get  it. 

Supporting  the  star  are  Andy  Clyde  and 
land  Brooks,  as  aides-de-camp  to  "Hopalong," 
'nd  Elaine  Riley  as  the  young  wife  seeking  the 
ullion  to  shorten  her  husband's  prison  sen- 
:nce. 

Also  worthy  of  mention  is  the  beautiful  pho- 
j pgraphy  of  Mark  Stengler,  ASC.  Lewis  J. 
J  .achmil  produced  and  George  Archainbaud  di- 

ected  the  picture,  based  on  characters  created 

y  Clarence  E.  Mulford. 
Previewed  at  a  special  trade  screening  at 
t"Iarvey  D.  English's  Park  theatre  in  Narrows- 

\urg,  ff.  Y.,  where  a  mid-afternoon  audience  of 

hildren  and  grown-ups  watched  with  interest. 

Reviewer's  Rating:  Good. — G.  H.  S. 

Release  date,  not  set.  Running-  time,  62  min.  PCA 
o.  11804.    General  audience  classification. 

'opalong   Cassidy   William  Boyd 

alifornia  Carlson   Andy  Clyde 

ucky  Jenkins   Rand  Brooks 

Irs.  Evans      Elaine  Riley 

ohert  Elliott.  Joseph  J.  Greene,  Francis  McDonald, 
ed  Voung.  EaHe  Hodgins,  George  Eldridge,  Everett 
HeMs.   John  George 


drush 


.andrus 

Columbia — Durango  Kid  Triumphs 

For  film-goers  in  search  of  an  action-packed 
Vestern,  this  will  be  found  to  be  pleasing  en- 
?rtainment.  There  is  a  typical  Western  plot 
"hich  concerns  a  rush  of  homesteaders  and  it  is 
nlivened  by  the  music  of  Ozie  Waters  and 
lis  Colorado  Rangers.  Charles  Starrett  por- 
jufays  the  agile  and  resourceful  hero.  Comedy 
i's  supplied  by  Smiley  Burnette,  who  is  a  mas- 
ter of  the  type  of  humor  characteristic  of  the 
IWtern. 

i .  The*  story  tells  of  a  gang  of  desperadoes  who 
Attempt  to  seize  land  which  was  to  be  opened 
->  the  homesteaders.   The  gang  resorts  to  mur- 


der, arson  and  robbery.  The  Durango  Kid, 
played  by  Starrett,  corners  the  outlaws  and  the 
settlers  are  able  to  claim  the  land  intended  for 
their  homesteads. 

This  film,  produced  by  Colbert  Clark  and  di- 
rected by  Vernon  Keays,  is  designed  for  the 
Western  fans  and  has  the  necessary  elements 
to  please.  Michael  Simmons  wrote  the  original 
story  and  the  screenplay. 

Seen  in  a  New  York  projection  room.  Re- 
viewer's Rating  :  Average. — M.  R.  Y. 

Release  date,  October  17,  1946.  Running  time,  54 
min.    PCA  No.  11326.    General  audience  classification. 

Steve  Harmon   Charles  Starrett 

Smiley   Smiley  Burnette 

Doris  Houck,  Emett  Lynn,  Bud  Geary,  Stephen  Bar- 
clay, Robert  Kortman,  George  Chesebro,  Bud  Os- 
borne, Ozie  Waters  and  His  Colorado  Rangers 

The  Missing  Lady 

Monogram — Crime  Melodrama 

Mystery  and  intrigue,  theft  and  murder  and 
touches  of  comedy — the  elements  of  nearly  every 
film  melodrama  of  crime — have  been  incorpo- 
rated in  this,  the  latest  in  "The  Shadow"  series 
of  pictures  from  Monogram- 
Starring  Kane  Richmond,  in  a  dual  role  as 
a  private  investigator  and  the  fleeting  figure 
in  black,  and  Barbara  Reed,  the  story  concerns 
a  valuable  jade  statuette,  its  disappearance  and 
the  ensuing  murders  before  it  is  recovered  and 
the  mysteries  surrounding  it  are  solved  by  "The 
Shadow." 

Produced  by  Joe  Kaufman  and  directed  by 
Phil  Karlson,  "The  Missing  Lady"  is  by  no 
means  a  pretentious  film,  but  for  the  showman 
who  has  found  preceeding  films  in  this  series 
successful  at  the  box  office  and  entertaining 
too  for  his  customers,  he  should  enjoy  similar 
returns  from  this  picture. 

The  original  screenplay  was  written  by 
George  Callahan  who  was  also  associate  pro- 
ducer. 

Reviewed  at  the  New  York  theatre  in  Times 
Square.  Reziewer's  Rating :  Average  ■ — 
G.  H.  S. 

Release  date,  August  17,  1946.  Running  time,  60 
min.    PCA  No.  11728.    General  audience  classification. 

Lamont  Cranston   (The  Shadow)  Kane  Richmond 

Margo  Lane   .  ..Barbara  Reed 

Shrevvie    George  Chandler 

James  Flavin,  Pierre  Watkin,  Dorothea  Kent,  Jack 
Overman,  George  Lewis,  James  Cardwell,  Bert  Roach, 
Cary  Owen,  Ray  Teal,  Jo .  Carroll  Dennison,  Ralph 
Dunn,  Dewey  Robinson 


The  Inner  Circle 

Republic — Melodrama 

The  curious  adventures  of  a  private  detective 
bent  on  solving  a  murder  mystery  that  has  in- 
volved himself  and  his  secretary,  is  chronicled 
in  "The  Inner  Circle."  It  is  standard  fare, 
having  many  melodramatic  twists  and  turns, 
with  Adele  Mara  and  Warren  Douglas  head- 
ing the  cast,  supported  by  William  Frawley 
and  Ricardo  Cortez. 

The  screenplay  by  Dorrell  and  Stuart  E. 
McGowan  stretches  many  points  of  logic  as  it 
has  the  private  investigator  framed  for  murder 
by  his  attractive  secretary,  who  is  out  to  shield 
her  suspected  sister.  When  the  sister's  inno- 
cence is  proved,  the  detective  and  secretary 
team  go  to  work  assembling  clues. 

Phil  Ford,  directing,  has  seen  to  it  that  the 
film  has  the  customary  touches  of  mystery  and 
suspense.  It  has  an  unusual  ending,  in  which 
the  crime  is  enacted  over  a  radio  program,  and 
the  real  murderer  steps  forward  to  reveal  him- 
self. 

William  J.  O'Sullivan  was  associate  pro- 
ducer.   The  cast  worked  conscientiously. 

Seen  at  the  Brooklyn  Strand  theatre.  Re- 
viewer's Rating:  Fair. — M.  H. 

Release  date,  August  7,  1946.  Running  time,  57  min. 
PCA  No.  11586.    General  audience  classification. 

Gerry   Travis   Adele  Mara 

Johnny   Strange   Warren  Douglas 

Webb.  William  Frawley 

Ricardo  Cortez,  Virginia  Christine,  Ken  Niles,  Will 
Wright.  Dorothy  Adams,  Martha  Montgomery,  Ed- 
ward Gargan,  Fred  Graham,  Eddie  Parker,  Bob 
Wilke. 


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OTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


Roll  on  Texas  Moon 

Republic — Musical  Western 

Roy  Rogers,  as  a  stalwart  straight-shooting 
singing  cowboy,  subdues  a  feud  between  cattle 
and  sheep  ranchers.  There  is  quite  a  lot  of 
shooting,  fast  riding  and  fisticuffs,  all  transpiring 
against  a  background  of  the  Texas  ranges.  The 
musical  score  includes  several  pleasing  ballads 
sung  by  Rogers,  Dale  Evans  and  the  Sons  of 
Pioneers. 

Miss  Evans,  a  sheep  ranch  owner,  is  having 
her  sheep  shot  and  stolen  and  a  range  war  is 
about  to  break  out.  George  'Gabby"  Hayes 
gives  a  characteristically  humorous  performance 
as  a  cattleman.  Rogers  befriends  Miss  Evans 
and  is  able  to  bring  the  culprits  to  justice  and 
insure  peace  between  the  cattle  and  sheep 
ranchers. 

The  Sons  of  the  Pioneers  headed  by  Bob 
Nolan  are  to  be  credited  with  good  musical 
entertainment.  The  music,  which  was  under 
the  direction  of  Morton  Scott,  includes  "Roll 
on  Texas  Moon,"  "What's  Doin'  Tonight  in 
Dreamland?"  "Won'tcha  Be  a  Friend  of 
Mine?"  and  "The  Jumpin'  Bean." 

Edward  J.  White  produced  this  musical 
Western  which  was  directed  by  William^  Whit- 
ney. The  screenplay  by  Paul  Gangelin  and 
Mauri  Grashin  is  based  on  an  original  story  by 
Jean  Murray. 

Seen  at  the  home  office  projection  room.  Re- 
viewer's Rating :  Average. — M.  R.  Y. 

Release  date,  September  12,  1946.  Running  time,  68 
min.  PCA  No.  11575.  General  audience  classifica- 
tion. 

Roy  Rogers   Roy  Rogers 

Gabby  Whittaker   George  "Gabby"  Hayes 

Jill  Delaney   ,  Dale  Evans 

Dennis  Hoey,  Elizabeth  Risdon,  Francis  McDonald, 
Edward  Keane,  Kenne  Ducan,  Tom  London,  Harry 
Strang,  Edward  Cassidy,  Lee  Shumway,  Steve  Dar- 
rell,  Pierce  Lyden,  Bob  Nolan  and  the  Sons  of  the 
Pioneers    and  Trigger 

(Review  reprinted  from  last  week's  Herald) 

So  Dark  the  Night 

Columbia — Melodrama 

This  is  a  film  with  romance  and  drama  star- 
ring Micheline  Cheirel  and  Steven  Geray  which 
is  in  the  psychological  thriller  classification. 
The  action  takes  place  in  a  small  French  town 
and  many  of  the  performers  occasionally  speak 
several  words  in  French. 

The  story  is  slow  in  unfolding.  Geray,  as  a 
noted  French  detective,  is  vacationing  in  a 
small  provincial  town  and  falls  in  love  with 
the  innkeeper's  daughter,  played  by  Miss 
Cheirel.  The  girl,  her  fiance  and  her  mother 
are  strangled  and  the  detective  works  on  the 
case  day  and  night.  After  gathering  clues  he 
realizes  that  they  identify  him  as  the  killer. 
The  detective's  mind  had  become  warped  and 
he  did  not  know  he  was  committing  murder. 

Geray,  Miss  Cheirel  and  Eugene  Borden  in 
the  leading  roles  give  competent  performances 
and  they  receive  adequate  supnort  from  the  re- 
mainder of  the  cast.  Martin  Berkeley  and 
Dwight  Babcock  wrote  the  screenplay.  Ted 
Richmond  produced  and  Joseph  H.  Lewis'  di- 
rection is  responsible  for  moments  of  suspense 
and  excitement. 

Seen  in  a  New  York  projection  room.  Re- 
viewer's Rating :  Average. — M.  R.  Y. 

Release  date,  October  10,  1946.  Running  time,  70  min, 
PCA  No.  11451.  General  audience  classification. 

Henri  Cassin  Steven  Geray 

Nanette  Michaud       Micheline  Cheirel 

Eugene   Borden,    Ann    Codee,    Egon    Brecher,  Helen 
Freeman,  Theodore  Gottlieb,  Gregory  Gay,  Jean  Del 
Bal,  Paul  Marion,  Emil  Ramu,  Louis  Mercier  ' 
(Rei'icw  reprinted  from  last  week's  Herald) 

Blondie  Knows  Best 

Columbia — Comedy 

Poor  Dagwood,  setting  out  to  be  a  good 
neighbor,    gets    tangled    in    an    escalator  of 
events  that  carries  him  up  and  on  into  sillier 
and  sillier  heights.    With  Penny  Singleton  and 
(Reviews  continued  on  page  3212) 

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RELEASE  CHART 

By  Companies 


This  chart  lists  feature  product  tradeshown 
or  released  since  August  1,  7946.  For  fisting  of 
7945-46  Features  by  Company,  see  Product 
Digest  pages  3757-3752,  issue  of  August  17. 
7946.  For  Stars,  Running  Time,  Review  and 
other  Service  Data  references,  turn  to  the 
Alphabetical  Chart  in  this  issue. 

fTJ  before  a  date  in  the  list  below  is  the 
fradeshow  dote;  release  dates  ore  given  as 
soon  as  available. 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or 

No.  Title  Release  Date 

COLUMBIA 

7039  Personality   Kid   Aug.  8.'46 

7210  Heading  West   Aug.  15, '46 

805  So  Dark  the  Night  Oct.  I0,'46 

806  Blondie   Knows   Best  Oct.  I7,'46 

861  Landrush    .'  Oct.  17/46 

816  Crime   Doctor's   Man   Hunt... Oct.  24.'46 

7038  It's  Great  to  be  Young  Sept.  12/46 

7224  Singing   on   the   Trail  Sept.  12, '46 

7002  Gallant  Journey   Sept.  24/46 

  Shadowed   Sept.  26/46 

7006  Thrill  of  Brazil  Sept.  SO/46 

MGM 

BLOCK  17 

625  Boys'     Ranch   July  18/46 

626  Courage   of    Lassie  Aug.  8/46 

627  Faithful   in   My    Fashion  Aug.  22/46 

628  Three    Wise    Fools  Aug.  29/46 

• 

...  The  Show-Off   (T)  Aug.  12. '46 

  Captains  Courageous  (R)   (T) .  Aug.  21/46 

  Rage  In  Heaven  (R)  (T)  Aug.  21/46 

  No  Leave,  No  Love  (T)  .Aug.  26/46 

....  Gallant  Bes»   (T)  .Aug.  29/46 

  The  Yearling   (T)  Sept.  13/46 

  Boom   Town    (R)  (T)  Sept.  30/46 

....  The  Great  Waltz  (R)..(T)  Sept.  30/46 
  Undercurrent   (T)  Sept.  30/46 

MONOGRAM 

520  Below    the    Deadline  Aug.  3/46 

567  Shadows   on   the    Range  Aug.  10/46 

525  The    Missing    Lady  Aug.  17/46 

512  Spook   Busters   Aug.  24/46 

517  High    School    Hero  Sept.  7/46 

601  Decoy   Sept.  14/46 

568  Trigger  Fingers   Sept.  21/46 

607  Gentleman  Joe  Palooka  Oct.  19/46 

603  Dangerous  Money   ...Oct.  5/46 

....  Wife  Wanted   Oct.  12/46 

  Bringing  Up  Father  Oct.  26/46 

 Silver  Range   Nov.  2/46 

  Mr.   Hex   Nov.  9/46 


Prod. 
No. 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 


Title 

Sweetheart  of  Sigma  Chi  Nov.  16/46 

Song  of  the  Sierras  Nov.  23/46 


PARAMOUNT 


SPECIAL 

4532  Monsieur    Beaucaire   Aug.  30/46 

• 

BLOCK  6 

4526  O.    S.    S  July  26/46 

4527  The    Searching    Wind  Aug.  9/46 

4528  Swamp  Fire   Sept.  6/46 

4529  Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers.Sept.  13/46 

• 

....  Two  Years  Before  the  Mast 

Nov.  22/46 

R5-3620  Jungle  Princess   (R)  Sept.  1/46 

R5-3624  The  Plainsman  (R)  Sept.  1/46 

  Blue   Skies   (T)  Sept.  25/46 


PRC  PICTURES 


Terrors  on   Horseback  Aug.  14 

Down   Missouri   Way  Aug.  15, 

Secrets  of  a  Sorority  Girl. ..Aug.  15, 

Overland   Riders   Aug.  21, 

Blonde  for  a   Day'.  Aug.  29, 

Strange  Holiday   Sept.  2, 

Outlaw  of  the  Plains  Sept.  22. 

Her  Sister's  Secret  Sept.  23, 

Accomplice   Sept.  18, 

Driftln'  River   Oct.  I,1 

Gas  House  Kids  Oct.  7/ 

Lady  Killer   Oet.  14, 

Trial  of  Dr.  Benton  Oct.  21, 

Wild  West   Nov.  I, 


'40 
•46 
'46 
'46 
'46 
46 
4S 
46 
46 
46 
•48 
•46 
46 


RKO 


SPECIAL 

....  Notorious   (T)  Aug.  IE/46 

  It's  a  Wonderful  Life  (T)  Deo.,'46 

• 

BLOCK  6 

626  Till  the  End  of  Tlme....(T)  Aug.  1/46 

627  Craok-Up   (T)  Sept.  8/46 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or 

No.  Title  Release  Date 

628  Bedlam   (T)  -Apr.  IS/46 

629  The  Falcon'i  Alibi  (T)  June  20/46 

636  The  Bamboo  Blende  (T)  June  20/46 

• 

BLOCK  I 

703  Step  by  Step  (T)  .Aug.  1/46 

701  Sister  Kenney   (T)  Oct.  15/46 

704  Sunset  Pass   <T)  Oct.  1/46 

702  Lady  Luck   (T)  Sept.  20/46 

705  Great   Day   (British) .... (T)  Sept.  15/46 

• 

BLOCK  2 

..  Child   of    Divorce  (T)  Oct.  14/46 

..  Nocturne   (T)  Oct.  14/46 

..  Criminal  Court   (T)  Oct.  15/46 

..  Genius  at  Work  (T)  Oct.  16/46 

..  Deadlier  Than  the  Male.(T)  Nov.  1/46 

REPUBLIC 

SPECIAL 

.  ..  I've  Always  Loved  You    (T)  Aug.  27/46 
• 

526  The    Inner   Circle  Aug.  7/46 

527  The  Last  Crooked  Mile  Aug.  9/46 

528  G.   I.   War  Brides  Aug.  12/46 

530  Earl  Carroll  Sketchbook. .  (T)  Aug.  13/46 

529  Invisible   Informer   Aug.  19/46 

541  Under   Nevada  Skies  Aug.  26/46 

531  Mysterious  Mr.  Valentine.  ..  .Sept.  3/46 
558  Rio    Grande    Raiders  Sept.  9/46 

542  Roll  on  Texas  Moon  Sept.  12/46 

  Last    Frontier   Uprising  Oet.  22/46 

  Home    In    Oklahoma  Nov.  8/46 

SCREEN  GUILD 

4605  Flight  to  Nowhere  Aug.  15/46 

4606  'Neath  Canadian  Skies  Aug.  15/46 

4607  Rolling   Home   Sept.  20/46 

4610  North  of  the  Border  Oct.  1/46 

4609  My   Dog  Shep  Oct.  15/46 

4608  Seared  to  Death  Nov.  1/46 

20TH-FOX 

633  Centennial  Summer   Aug., '46 


Prod. 
No. 


Title 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 


634  Anna  and  the   King  of  Siam . . .  Aug. ,'46 

635  Deadline   for    Murder  Aug. ,'46 

636  Black   Beauty  Sept./46 

637  Claudia  and   David  Sept., '46 

638  If   I'm    Lucky  Sept./46 

641  Sun  Valley  Serenade  (R.)  Sept./46 

639  Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue  Oct. ,'46 

640  Home   Sweet    Homicide  Oct., '46 

642  The  Bowery  (R.)  Oct./46 

643  Strange  Journey   Oct./46 

645  My  Darling  Clementine  Nov., '46 

644  Wanted  for  Murder  (Brit.)  Nov., '46 

646  Margie   Nov., '46 


UNITED  ARTISTS 

Mr.    Ace   Aug.  2/46 

Caesar  and   Cleopatra  (Brit.)  .Aug.  10/46 

The   Bachelor's   Dauhgters  Sept.  6/46 

An&el   on   My  Shoulder  Sept.  20/46 

Little    Iodine   Oct.  11/46 

Strange   Woman   Oct.  25/46 


UNIVERSAL 


543  The  Black  Angel   Aug. 

.544  Slightly   Scandalous   Aug. 

545  Wild   Beauty   Aug. 

1105  Rustler's  Roundup   Aug. 

546  The  Time  of  Their  Lives  Aug. 

1106  Lawless  Breed   Aug. 

547  Dead   of   Night   (British)  Aug. 

....  Brief  Encounter  (Brit.)  Aug. 

1107  Gunman's  Code   Aug. 

546  The   Killers   Aug. 

549  Little  Miss  Big   Aug. 

550  White  Tie  and  Tails  Aug. 


2/46 
2/46 
9/46 
9/46 
16/46 
16/46 
23/46 
24/46  j 
80/46 
80/46 
30/46 
30/46 ' 


WARNER  BROTHERS 

523  Night  and  Day  Aug.  3 

524  Two   Guys  from   Milwaukee     Aug.  17, 

601  The    Big    Sleep  Aug.  31/46 

602  Shadow  of  a   Woman  Sept.  14/46 

603  Cloak   and    Dagger  Sept.  28/46 

604  Nobody    Lives    Forever  Oct.  12/46 


Arthur  Lake  again  cast  in  the  leads  as  the 
Bumsteads,  the  film  ranks  on  a  par  with  its 
predecessors,  carefully  refraining  from  making 
any  demand  of  concentration  from  the  audience. 

Having  already  wrecked  his  neighbor's  ga- 
rage. Dagwood,  in  his  next  adventure,  finds 
himself  caught  in  a  business  scheme  that  re- 
quires him  to  impersonate  his  boss  in  order  to 
clinch  a  contract  for  the  firm.  Never  being  a 
master  of  diplomacy,  Dagwood  soon  bungles 
the  deal,  with  a  further  complication  added 
when  Blondie  fails  to  see  why  the  impersona- 
tion involves  mixing  pleasure  with  business. 

In  the  screenplay  concocted  by  Edward 
Bernds  and  Al  Martin  from  a  story  by  the 
former,  everything  gets  so  dark  for  poor  Dag- 
wood that  only  a  wild  streak  of  luck  can  save 
him,  and  that,  in  the  finale,  is  what  happens. 

Bits  of  excellent  casting  stud  the  film,  among 
which  are  Shemp  Howard  as  a  groping,  near- 
sighted process  server  and  Danny  Mummert,  as 
a  precocious  youngster  who  insolently  knows 
all  the  answers  to  life's  little  problems. 

Abby  Berlin's  direction  keeps  the  slapstick 
rolling  briskly. 

Seen  at  a  New  York  projection  room.  Re- 
inewcr's  Rating  :  Fair. — Mandel  Herbstman. 

Release  date,  October  17,  1946.  Running-  time,  70  min- 
PCA  No.  11680.  General  audience  classification. 

Blondie   Peggy  Singleton 

Dagwood  ..Arthur  Lake 

Alexander    Larry  Sims 

Majorie  Kent,  Steven  Geray,  Jonathan  Hale,  Shemp 
Howard,   Jerome   Cowan,   Danny  Mummert 

(Revteiv  reprinted  from  last  week's  Herald) 

3212 


REISSUE  REVIEWS 

THE  JUNGLE  PRINCESS 

Paramount 

A  romantic  drama  put  into  reissue  by  Para- 
mount September  1,  it  stars  Dorothy  Lamour, 
Ray  Milland,  Akim  Tamiroff  and  Lynne  Over- 
man. Reviewed  in  Motion  Picture  Herald, 
issue  of  November  28,  1936,  the  reviewer  at  that 
time  said:  "Fundamentally  a  Tarzan  story  in 
which  the  sexes  are  reversed.  .  .  .  Dorothy  La- 
mour, more  naively  exotic  than  voluptuous,  is 
a  friend  of  all  animals,  a  queen  of  the  jungles. 
.  .  .  Feared  by  natives  as  a  witch,  she  finds 
her  tiger  has  mauled  Ray  Milland,  and  nurses 
him  back  to  health.  Her  guileless  primitive 
mating  instincts  raise  Cain  with  Milland's  civil- 
ized ethics,  but  the  relation  is  so  handled  that 
only  wholesome  comedy  results.  .  .  .  Fantastic 
and  imaginary  as  the  whole  thing  is  it  never- 
theless is  genuinely  entertaining."  E.  Lloyd 
Sheldon  produced  the  picture  and  William 
Thiele  directed. 

THE  PLAINSMAN 

Paramount 

A  Cecil  B.  DeMille  romantic  drama  of  the 
West,  featuring  such  characters  as  Wild  Bill 
Hickok,  Calamity  Jane,  Buffalo  Bill  and  Gen- 


eral Custer,  the  film  went  into  reissue  Septem- 
ber 1.  Heading  the  cast  are  Gary  Cooper,  Jean 
Arthur,  James  Ellison  and  Charles  Bickford 
Reviewed  in  Motion  Picture  Herald,  issue 
of  November  28,  1936,  the  reviewer  at  that  time 
said:  "Here's  wiTd  west  to  thrill,  both  class 
and  mass  .  .  .  it's  the  old,  old  story,  heroic  white 
men  in  conflict  with  detestable,  boastful  but 
cringing  villains  and  wildly  savage  Indians  . 
played  with  spirit  and  intelligent  understanding 
by  principals  and  entire  supporting  cast."  Pro 
duced  and  directed  by  Cecil  B.  DeMille. 


THE  GREAT  WALTZ 

MGM 

A  musical  romance  starring  Louise  Rainer 
and  Fernand  Gravet,  this  film,  to  be  tradeshown 
September  30,  details  the  conditions  and  cir 
cumstances  that  inspired  the  great  music  of 
Johann  Strauss.  Others  in  the  cast  include 
Miliza  Korjus,  opera  singer,  Hugh  Hubert  and, 
Lionel  Atwill.  First  reviewed  in  Motion  Pic-, 
ture  Herald  issue  of  November  5,  1938,  the  re- 
viewer at  that  time  said :  "Packed  to  the  hilt, 
not  only  in  musical  content,  but  in  theme,  with1 
those  simple  down-to-earth  elements  that  have 
wide  appeal,  it  is  essentially  a  mass  attraction. 
.  .  .  Magnificently  staged,  picturesque  and  art- 
istically wrought  backgrounds  .  .  .  promises  re- 
turn grosses  commensurate  with  the  selling  ef 
fort."    Julien  Duvivier  directed. 

PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  21,  !94i 


THE  RELEASE  CHART 

;  Index  to  Reviews,  Advance  Synopses  and 
Service  Data  in  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 


Release  dates  and  running  time  are  furnished  as  soon  as  avail- 
able. Advance  dates  are  tentative  and  subject  to  change.  Run- 
fling  times  are  the  official  times  supplied  by  the  distributor. 

All  page  numbers  on  this  chart  refer  to  pages  in  the 
PRODUCT  DU3EST  SECTION  of  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

For  Legion  of  Decency  Rating,  Audience  Classification  and 
•  Managers'  Round  Table  Exploitation,  see  Service  Data  page 
"  numbers  in  last  column. 


Short  Subjects  Chart  with  Synopsis  Index  can  be  found  on 
pages  3199-3200,  issue  of  September  14,  1946. 

Feature  product  listed  by  Company  on  page  3212,  issue  of 
September  21,  1946.  For  listing  of  1945-46  Features  by  Company, 
see  Product  Digest,  pages  3151-3152,  issue  of  August  17,  1946. 

(T)  before  a  date  in  the  list  below  is  the  tradeshow  date; 
release  dates  are  given  as  soon  as  available. 

(f)  indicates  a  Box  Office  Champion. 


■  REVIEWED  ■ 


Title  Company 
ABBOTT  and  Costello  in  Holly- 
woo  d  (Block  13)  MSM 
Abie's  Irish  Ross  -UA 
Abilene  Town  UA 
Accomplice  PRC 
|  Adventure  (Special)  MGM 
Adventures  of  Marco  Polo 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Affairs  of  Geraldine,  The  Rep. 

(formerly  Lonely  Hearts  Club) 
Alias  Billy  the  Kid  Rep. 
Allotment  Wives,  Inc.  Mono. 
Amami  Alfredo  (Italian)  Grandi 
Ambush  Trail  PRC 
|  f  And  Then  There  Were  None  20th-Fox 
Angel  Comes  to  Brooklyn,  An  Rep. 
Angel  on  My  Shoulder  UA 
Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam  20th-Fox 
Appointment  with  Crime 

(Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 
Avalanche  PRC 


Trod. 
Number 

602 


616 


555 
505 


61 1 
503 

634 


BACHELOR'S  Daughters,  The  UA 
Bad  Bascomb  (Block  16)  MGM 
'  '  t  Badman's  Territory  RKO 
Bad  Men  of  the  Border  Univ. 
Bamboo  Blonde  (Block  6)  RKO 
t  Bandit  of  Sherwood  Forest  (color)  Col. 
Bandits  of  the  Badlands  Rep. 
Battle  for  Music  (Br.)  Four  Continents 
Beast  with  Five  Fingers,  The  WB 
Beat  the  Band  RKO 
Because  of  Him  Univ. 
Bedelia  (British)  GFD 
Bedlam  (Block  6)  RKO 
Begining  or  the  End,  The  MGM 
Behind  Green  Lights  20th-Fox 
Behind  the  Mask  Mono, 
t  Bells  of  St.  Mary's,  The  RKO 
Beloved  Enemy  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 
Below  the  Deadline  Mono. 
Beware  Astor 
Beware  of  Pity  (British)  Eagle-Lion 
Big  Sleep,  The  WB 
Black  Angel,  The  Univ. 
Black  Beauty  20th-Fox 
Black  Market  Babies  Mono. 
Blazing  the  Western  Trail  Col. 
Blithe  Spirit  (British)  (color)  UA 
Blonde  Alibi  Univ. 
Blonde  for  a  Day  PRC 
Blondie  Knows  Best  Col. 
Blondie's  Lucky  Day  Col. 
f  Blue  Dahlia,  The  (Block  4)  Para. 
Blue  Montana  Skies  (Reissue)  Rep. 
Blue  Skies  (color)  Para. 
Boh  emian  Girl,  The 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Bon  Voyage  20th-Fox 
Boom  Town  (R.)  MGM 
Border  Bandits  Mono. 
Born  for  Trouble  (Reissue)  WB 


619 

622 
1 101 

630 
7004 

551 


516 

628 

620 
526 
661 

520 


601 
543 
636 
504 
7201 

527 

806 
7020 
4517 
5307 


565 
504 


Tradeshow  or 

Stars  Release  Date 

Bud  Abbott-Lew  Costello  Oct.,'45 

Michael  Chekhov-Joanna  Dru  Not  Set 

Randolph  Scott-Ann  Dvorak  Jan.  I  I, '46 

Richard  Arlen-Veda  Ann  Borg  Sept.  29,'46 

Clark  Gable-Greer  Garson  Mar., '46 

Gary  Cooper-Sigrid  Gurie  Dec.  29,'45 

Jane  Withers-James  Lydon  Not  Set 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  Apr.  I7,'46 

Kay  Francis-Paul  Kelly  Dec.  29/45 

Maria  Cebotari-Claudio  Gore  Jan.  18, '46 

Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor  Feb.  I7,'46 

Barry  Fitzgerald-Walter  Huston  Nov., '45 

Kaye  Dowd-Robert  Duke  Nov.  10/45 

Paul  Muni-Anne  Baxter  Sept.  20/46 

Irene  Dunne-Rex  Harrison  Aug. ,'46 

William  Hartnell-Raymond  Lovell  Not  Set 

Bruce  Cabot-Roscoe  Karns  June  20/46 


Gail  Russell-Claire  Trevor  Sept.  6/46 
Wallace  Beery-Margaret  O'Brien  Apr.-May,'46 

Randolph  Scott-Ann  Richards  Block  5 

Kirby  Grant-Armida  Sept.  28/45 
Frances  Langford-Russell  Wade       (T)  June  20/46 

Cornel  Wilde-Anita  Louise  Feb.  21/46 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  Sept.  14/45 

London  Philharmonic  Orchestra  Oct.  13/45 

Robert  Alda-Andrea  King  Not  Set 

Frances  Langford-Gene  Krupa  Not  Set 

Deanna  Durbin-Franchot  Tone  Jan.  18/46 

Margaret  Lockwood-lan  Hunter  Not  Set 
Boris  Karloff-Anna  Lee                    (T)  Apr.  15/46 

Brian  Donlevy-Robert  Walker  Not  Set 

Carole  Landis-William  Gargan  Feb. ,'46 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed  May  25/46 

Bing  Crosby-lngrid  Bergman  Special 

Merle  Oberon-David  Niven  Apr.  15/46 

Warren  Douglas-Ramsay  Ames  Aug.  3/46 

Louis  Jordan-Frank  Wilson  July/46 

Lilli  Palmer-Albert  Lieven  July  22/46 

Humphrey  Bogart-Lauren  Bacall  Aug.  31/46 

Dan  Duryea-June  Vincent  Aug.  2/46 

Mona  Freeman-Richard  Denning  Sept.,'46 

Ralph  Morgan-Jayne  Hazard  Jan.  5/46 

Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Oct.  18/45 

Rex  Harrison-Constance  Cummings  Dec.  14/45 

Tom  Neal-Martha  O'Driscoll  Apr.  12/46 

Hugh  Beaumont-Katheryn  Adams  Aug.  29/46 

Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Oct.  17/46 

Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Apr.  4/46 

Alan  Ladd-Veronica  Lake  Apr.  19/46 

Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette  Dec.  1/45 
Bing  Crosby-Fred  Astaire                (T)  Sept.  25/46 

Stan  Laurel-Oliver  Hardy  Mar.  15/46 

Jeanne  Crain-Sir  Aubrey  Smith  Not  Set 
Clark  Gable-Claudette  Colbert  (T)  Sept.  30/46 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton     Jan.  12/46 

Faye  Emerson-Van  Johnson  Oct.  6/45 


Running 
Time 

84m 

89m 
126  m 


56m 
80m 
91m 
60m 
97m 
70m 
101m 
128m 

90m 
70m 


I  19m 
58m 
59m 


M.  P. 
Herald 
Issue 

Aug.  25/45 

Jan.  i 2/46 
Dec.  22'45 


105m       Feb.  19/38 


June  29/46 
Nov.  10/45 
Feb.  9/46 
Feb.  2/46 
July  14/45 
Dec.  8/45 
Sept.  21/46 
June  8/46 

June  15/46 
May  4/46 


Product 
Digest 
Page 

2631 

2793 
2765 


3065 
2710 
2838 
2830 
2626 
2745 
3210 
3029 

3042 
2973 


88m  Sept.  14/46  3197 

1 12m  Feb.  9/46  2837 

98m  Apr.  20/46  2949 

56m   

67m  June  22/46  3054 

85m  Feb.  23/46  2857 

55m  Oct.  13/45  2677 

74m  Nov.  3/45  2701 

86  m  Jan.  19/46  2806 

90m  June  15/46  3041 

80m  Apr.  27/46  2962 

64m  Jan.  i  9/46  2806 

67m  Apr.  6/46  2926 

126m  Dec.   1/45  2734 

86m  Dec.  19/36 

65m    .... 

55m  June  22/46  3054 

105m  Aug.  3/46  3126 

I  14m  Aug.  17/46  3149 

80m  Aug.  10/46  3137 

76m  July  20/46  3102 

71m  Dec.  8/45  2746 

60m  Nov.  24/45  2725 

94m  Sept.  22/45  2653 

62m  Mar.  23/46  2905 

68m  Aug.  10/46  3137 

70m  Sept.  21/46  3211 

69m  June    1/46  3017 

99m  Feb.  2/46  2829 

56m  May  6/39   


74m       Mar.  7/36 


Aug.  10/40 
Feb.  23/46 
Apr.  1 1  ,'42 


2859 
598 


Advance 
Synopsis 
Page 


3066 
2628 
3187 
2628 


2951 

2981 
2555 


2384 
2859 
2907 


3007 
2784 

2655 
2784 
2434 
2628 

2786 
3126 
2764 

295 
3076 


2434 
3127 


3126 

3076 
2778 

2543 

2850 
3030 
3031 
2907 
2786 

2884 


2230 

2792 
575 


Service 
Data 
P'gt 


3088 


3100 


2862 


3188 


3188 
2975 

2975 
3018 

2975 


2930 
2898 

3164 


:A,  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


3213 


Title  Company 

Bowery,  The  (Reissue)  20th-Fox 

Bowery  Bombshell  Mono. 

Boy,  a  Girl  and  a  Dog,  A  Film  Classics 

Boys'  Ranch  (Block  17)  MGM 

Brasher  Doubloon,  The  20th-Fox 

Breakfast  in  Hollywood  UA 
Bride  Wore  Boots,  The  (Block  5)  Para. 

Brief  Encounter  (Brit.)  Univ. 

Bringing   Up  Father  Mono. 

Brute  Man  Univ. 

Burma  Victory  WB 

CAESAR  and  Cleopatra  (color) 

(British)  UA 
Calcutta  Para. 
California  (color)  Para. 
California  Gold  Rush  Rep. 
Canyon  Passage  (color)  Univ. 
Captains  Courageous  (R.)  MGM 
Captain  Tugboat  Annie  Rep. 
Captive  Heart,  The  (British) 

Eagle-Lion 

Caravan  (British)  GFD 
Caravan  Trail,  The  (color)  PRC 
Caribbean  Mystery  20th-Fox 
Carnival  in  Costa  Rica  (cd)  20th-Fox 
Cat  Creeps,  The  Univ. 
Catman  of  Paris,  The  Rep. 
Centennial  Summer  (color)  20th-Fox 
Cherokee  Flash.  The  Rep. 
Cheyenne  WB 
Child  of  Divorce  (Block  2)  RKO 
Cinderella  Jones  WB 
City  for  Conquest  (Reissue)  WB 
Claudia  and  David  20th-Fox 
Cloak  and  Dagger  WB 
Close  Call  for  Boston  Blackie,  A  Col. 
Club  Havana  PRC 

>  Cluny  Brown  20th-Fox 
Cockeyed  Miracle,  The  MGM 
Code  of  the  Lawless  Univ. 
Col.  Effingham's  Raid  20th-Fox 
Colorado  Serenade  (color)  PRC 
Colorado  Pioneers  Rep. 
Come  and  Get  It 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Condemned  to  Devil's  Island 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

f  Confidential  Agent  WB 
Conquest  of  Cheyenne  Rep. 
Cornered  RKO 
Courage  of  Lassie  (color)  (Bl.  17)  MGM 
Cowboy  Blues  Col. 
Crack-Up  (Block  6)  RKO 
Crime  Doctor's  Man  Hunt,  The  Col. 
Crime  Doctor's  Warning,  The  Col. 
Crime  of  the  Century  Rep. 
Criminal  Court  (Block  2)  RKO 
Crimson  Canary,  The  Univ. 
Cross  My  Heart  Para. 
Cry  Wolf  WB 
Cuban  Pete  Univ. 

DAKOTA  Rep. 

Daltons  Ride  Again  Univ. 

Dangerous  Business  Col. 

Dangerous  Money  Mono. 
Dangerous  Partners  (Block  13)  MGM 

Danger  Signal  WB 

Danger  Street  Para. 

Danger  Woman  Univ. 

Danny  Boy  PRC 

Dark  Alibi  Mono. 

Dark  Corner,  The  20th-Fox 

Dark  Horse,  The  Univ. 
Dark  Is  the  Night  (Russian)  Artkino 

Dark  Mirror,  The  Univ. 
Days  and  Nights  (Russian)  Artkino 

Days  of  Buffalo  Bill  Rep. 

Deadlier  Than  the  Male  RKO 

Deadline  at  Dawn  RKO 

Deadline  for  Murder  20th-Fox 

Dead  of  Night  (British)  Univ. 
Death  Valley  (color)        Screen  Guild 

Decoy  Mono. 

Desert  Horseman,  The  Col. 

Detour  PRC 

Devil  Bat's  Daughter  PRC 

Devil's  Mask.  The  Col. 

Devil's  Playground,  The  UA 

Devotion  WB 


Prod. 
Number 
642 
511 

625 


4521 


512 


568 
541 

504 


605 

532 
514 
633 
553 


513 
515 
637 
603 
7030 

628 

1102 
610 

563 


506 
568 
612 
626 

7223 
627 
816 

7022 
511 

509 


542 

505 
510 
7037 
603 
604 
508 

539 

5i  9 
625 
540 


554 

617 
635 
547 

4604 
601 

7209 


7026 
517 


Tradeshow  or 

Star*  Release  Date 

fcieorge  Raft-Wallace  Beery  Oct.,'46 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntr  Hall  July  20/46 

Jerry  Hunter-Sharyn  Moffett  July,'46 

James  Craig-"Butch"  Jenkins  July  1 8, '46 

George  Montgomery-Nancy  Guild  Not  Set 

Tom  Breneman-Bonita  Granville  Feb.  22, '46 
Barbara  Stanwyck-Robert  Cummlngs       May  3 1, '46 

Celia  Johnson-Trevor  Howard  Aug.  24,'46 

Joe  Yule-Renie  Riano  Oct.  26,'46 

Rondo  Hatton-Jane  Adams  Not  Set 

War  Documentary  Feb.  1 6, '46 

Claude  Rains- Vivian  Leigh  Aug.  I6,'46 

Alan  Ladd-William  Bendix  Not  Set 

Ray  Milland-Barbara  Stanwyck  Not  Set 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming  Feb.  4,'46 

Dana  Andrews-Susan  Hayward  July  26,'46 
Freddie  Bartholomew-Spencer  Tracy  (T)  Aug.  2 1, '46 

Jane  Darwell-Edgar  Kennedy  Nov.  17, '45 

Michael  Redgrave-Rachel  Kempson  Not  Set 

Steward  Granger-Ann  Crawford  Not  Set 

Eddie  Dean-AI  LaRue  Apr.  20/46 

James  Dunn-Sheila  Ryan  Sept. ,'45 

Dick  Haymes-Celeste  Holme  Not  Set 

Lois  Collier-Fred  Brady  May  17/46 

Carl  Esmond-Leonore  Aubert  Apr.  20/46 

Jeanne  Craine-Cornel  Wilde  Aug. ,'46 

Sunset  Carson-Linda  Stirling  Dec.  13/45 

Dennis  Morgan-Jane  Wyman  Not  Set 
Sharyn  Moffett-Regis  Toomey          (T)  Oct.  14/46 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Alda  Mar.  9/46 

James  Cagney-Ann  Sheridan  Apr.  13/46 

Dorothy  McGuire-Robert  Young  Sept.,'46 

Gary  Cooper-Lilli  Pamer  Sept.  28/46 

Chester  Morris-Richard  Lane  Jan.  24/46 

Tom  Neal-Margaret  Lindsay  Oct.  23/45 

Charles  Boyer-Jennifer  Jones  June/46 
Frank  Morgan-Keenan  Wynn             (T)  July  15/46 

Kirby  Grant-Poni  Adams  Oct.  19/45 

Charles  Coburn-Joan  Bennett  Feb. ,'46 

Eddie  Dean-Roscoe  Ates  June  30/46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Nov.  14/45 

Joel  McCrea-Edward  Arnold  May  15/46 

Ronald  Colman-Ann  Harding  Mar.  15/46 

Charles  Boyer-Lauren  Bacall  Nov.  10/45 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliot-Alice  Fleming  July  29/46 

Dick  Powell-Micheline  Cheirel  Block  3 
Elizabeth  Taylor-"Lassie"-Frank  Morgan  Aug.  8/46 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  July  18/46 
Pat  O'Brien-Claire  Trevor                (T)  Sept.  6/46 

Warner  Baxter-Ellen  Drew  Oct.  24/46 

Warner  Baxter-Dusty  Anderson  Oct.  4/45 

Stephanie  Bachelor-Michael  Browne  Feb.  28/46 
Tom  Conway-Martha  O'Driscoll        (T)  Oct.  15/46 
Noah  Beery,  Jr.-Lois  Collier 
Betty  Hutton-Sonny  Tufts 
Errol  Flynn-Barbara  Stanwyck 
Desi  Arnaz-Ethel  Smith 


John  Wayne-Vera  Hruba  Ralston 
Alan  Curtis-Kent  Taylor 
Forrest  Tucker-Lynn  Merrick 
Sydney  Toler-Gloria  Warren 
James  Craig-Signe  Hasso 
Faye  Emerson-Zachary  Scott 
Jane  Withers-Robert  Lowery 
Brenda  Joyce-Don  Porter 
Robt.  "Buz."  Henry-Sybil  Merritt 
Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong 
Lucille  Ball-William  Bendix 
Phil  Terry-Ann  Savage 
Irina  Radchenko-lvan  Kuznetsov 
Olivia  de  Havilland-Lew  Ayres 
Vladimir  Soloviev-Dimitri  Sagal 
Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart- 
Claire  Trevor-Lawrence  Tierney 
Susan  Hayward-Paul  Lukas 
Paul  Kelly-Kent  Taylor 
Mervyn  Johns-Roland  Carver 
Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert 
Jean  Gillie-Edward  Norris 
Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 
Ann  Savage-Tom  Neal 
Rosemary  LaPlanche-John  James 
Anita  Louise-Jim  Bannon 
William  Boyd-Andy  Clyde 
Olivia  de  Havilland-lda  Lupino 


Nov.  9/45 
Not  Set 
Not  Set 
July  26/46 

Dec.  25/45 
Nov.  23/45 
June  20/46 
Oct.  5/46 

Oct.,'45 
Dec.  15/45 

Not  Set 
July  12/46 
Jan.  8/46 
May  25/46 

May,'46 
July  19/46 
Mar.  16/46 

Not  Set 
Apr.  27/46 
Fab.  8/46 
(T)  Nov.  1/46 
Block  4 
Aug. ,'46 
Aug.  23/46 
July  15/46 
Sept.  14/46 
July  1 1/46 
Nov.  30/45 
Apr.  15/46 
May  23/46 

Not  Set 
Apr.  20/46 


r~  REVIEWED  s 

M.  P.  Product 

Running         Herald  Digest 

Time             Issue  Page 

84m  Aug.  24/46  3162 

65m  July  27/46  3114 

77m  June  29/46  3065 

97m  May  4/46  2973 

93  m  Jan.  19/46  2805 

86m  Mar.  23/46  2905 

85m  Aug.  31/46  3174 

62m  Nov.  i  7/45  2718 

126m  Aug.  10/46  3137 

55m    .... 

90m  July  20/46  3101 

1 17m  Aug.  24/46  3162 

70m  Dec.  22/45  2766 


108m 
122m 
57m 
65m 

58m 
65m 
102m 
58m 


92m 
103m 
78m 
106m 
63m 
62m 
ICOm 
81m 
56m 
70m 
68m 
55m 


82m 


Apr.  20/46 
May  4/46 
Mar.  30/46 
July  21/45 

Apr.  13/46 
Feb.  23/46 
June  8/46 
Jan.  26/46 


Feb.  16/46 
Sept.  14/40 
July  27/46 
Sept.  14/46 
Feb.  23/46 
Oct.  20/45 
Apr.  27/46 
July  20/46 

Sept.' 29/45 
June  15/46 
Dec.  22/45 


99m      Nov.  7/36 


87m 


2950 
2974 
2918 
2626 

2938 
2858 
3030 
2817 


2849 

3113 
3197 
2858 
2686 
2961 
3102 

2661 
3042 
2768 


Advance 

Synopsis 
Page 


3031 
2926 

2756 
2784 

3186 
2764 


2884 
2784 
2818 
2883 

2403 


2884 
2366 
3090 
2884 

28H 
2748 
2939 
2972 
2838 

2939 
2939 
2710 
2555 
2859 
2883 
2686 
2259 
2884 


118m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2655 

55m 

June  29/46 

3065 

102m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2695 

93m 

May  1 1/46 

2985 

2926 

3055 

93  m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2951 

61m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3187 

64m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

2543 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2870 

59m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

2963 

64m 

Nov.  10/45 

2710 

2467 

3055 

3138 

61m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3066 

Nov.  10/45  2709 


71m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

2670 
2963 
3186 

74  m 

Aug.  4/45 

2639 

2555 

80m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2555 
2972 

60m 

July  13/46 

3089 

3030 

64m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2662 

61m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2809 

99m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2859 

59m 

July  20/46 
Mar.  23/46 

3102 

3030 

70m 

2906 

2883 

90  m 

May  4/46 

2974 

56m 

2838 
3078 

82  m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

2776 

65m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2963 

77m 

July  6/46 

3077 

72m 

3090 

76m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3031 

57m 

July  27/46 

3124 

3055 

69  m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2543 

66m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

66m 

2926 

62  m 

Sept.  21/46 

3211 

3078 

107m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2756 

Service 
Data 
Page 


3188 
2975 


3188 


3164 


2663 

3188 

2975 
3188 

3164 
2898 


3018 
3164 


2862 


2719 
3018 


3188 


2930 


3164 


3214 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


Title  Company 

Diary  of  a  Chambermaid  UA 

Dick  Tracy  RKO 

Dick  Tracy  Versus  Cueball  RKO 

Ding  Dong  Williams  RKO 
Dodsworth  (Reissue)         Film  Classics 

Doll  Face  20+h-Fox 

t  Dolly  Sisters,  The  (color)  20th-Fox 
Don't  Gamble  with  Strangers  Mono. 

Do  You  Love  Me?  (color)  20th-Fox 

Down  Missouri  Way  PRC 

Down  to  Earth  (color)  Col. 

f  Dragonwyck  20th-Fox 

Dressed  to  Kill  Univ. 

Driftin'  River  PRC 

Duel  in  the  Sun  (color)  UA 

t  Duffy's  Tavern  (Block  I)  Para. 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or 

Number               Stars  Release  Date 

  Paulette  Goddard-Hurd  Hatfield  Feb.  15/46 

613  Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys  Block  3 

....  Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys  Not  Set 

623  Glenn  Vernon-Marcia  McGuire  Block  5 

  Walter  Huston-Ruth  Chatterton  May  1 5, '46 

617  Carmen  Miranda-Perry  Como  Jan. ,'46 

609  Betty  Grable-John  Payne  Nov.,'45 

508  Kane  Richmond-Bernadene  Hayes  June  22,'46 

626  Maureen  O'Hara-Dick  Haymes  May,'46 

Martha  Driscoll-William  Wright  Aug.  15, '46 

....  Rita  Hayworth-Larry  Parks  Not  Set 

623  Gene  Tierney-Vincent  Price  Apr., '46 

534  Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce  June  7,'46 

....  Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson  Oct.    I, "46 

....  Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cot+en  Not  Set 

4501  Ed  Gardner-Bing  Crosby  &  Guests  Sept.  28/45 


Running 
Time 
86m 
62m 

62m 
101m 
80m 
I  14m 
68m 
91m 
75m 

103  m 
72m 


r-  REVIEWED 
M.  P.  Product 
Herald  Digest 
Issue  Page 
Feb.  2,'46  2829 
Dec.  15/45  2758 


Apr.  20/46 
Sept.  26/36 
Dec.  22/45 
Sept.  29/45 
May  25/46 
Apr.  20/46 
July  20/46 

Feb.  23/46 
May  25/46 


2950 

2765 
2661 
3005 
2949 
3102 

2857 
3007 


98m      Aug.  25/45  2638 


Advance 
Synopsis 
Page 
2748 
2710 
3031 
2695 

2628 
2384 

2499 
3007 
3126 
2403 
2987 
3187 
2926 
2230 


Service 
Data 

Page 
31% 
3164 


2975 
2798 

3188 
3188 

2862 


EARL  Carroll  Sketchbook  Rep. 
Easy  to  Wed  (color)  (Special)  MGM 
El  Paso  Kid  Rep. 
Enchanted  Forest,  The  (color)  PRC 
Enchanted  Voyage  (color)  20th-Fox 
Escape  Me  Never  WB 


530  Constance  Moore-William  Marshall  (T)  Aug.  13/46  90m      Aug.  24/46       3162  2939 

624  Esther  Williams-Van  Johnson                 July  25/46  Him       Apr.  13/46       2937  2366 

556  Sunset  Carson-Marie  Harmon               May  22/46  54m      Aug.  3/46       3125  2972 

  Edmund  Lowe-Brenda  Joyce                  Dec.  8/46  78m      Sept.  29/45       2662  2279 

. . . .  John  Payne-June  Haver                           Not  Set         ....                              ....  2499 

  Errol  Flynn-lda  Lupino                             Not  Set    2861 


3188 


FABULOUS  Suzanne  Rep. 

Face  of  Marble  Mono. 

Faithful  in  My  Fashion  (Bl.  17)  MGM 

Falcon's  Alibi,  The  (Block  6)  RKO 

Falcon  in  San  Francisco  RKO 


Fallen  Angel 
Fear 

Fedora  (Italian) 
Fiesta  (color) 
First  Yank  Into  Tokyo 
Flight  to  Nowhere 
Flying  Serpent 
Follow  That  Woman  (Block 
Four  Hearts  (Russian) 
Freddie  Steps  Out 
French  Key,  The 
From  This  Day  Forward 
Frontier  Gal  (color) 
Frontier  Gunlaw 


20th-Fox 
Mono. 
Variety 
MGM 
RKO 
Screen  Guild 
PRC 
Para. 
Artkino 
Mono. 
Rep. 
RKO 
Univ. 
Col. 


Barbara  Britton-Rudy  Vallee 

Not  Set 

2926 

528 

John  Carradine-Claudia  Drake 

Feb.  2/46 

72m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

627 

Tom  Drake-Donna  Reed 

Aug.  22/46 

81m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2951 

629 

Tom  Conway-Rita  Corday 

(T)  June  20/46 

63m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

603 

Tom  Conway-Rita  Corday 

Block  1 

65m 

July  21/45 

2626 

2366 

612 

Alice  Faye-Dana  Andrews 

Dec.,'45 

97m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

2454 

507 

Warren  William-Peter  Cookson 

Mar.  2/46 

68  m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2598 

Louise  Ferida-Amedeo  Nazzari 

Jan. 14/46 

95m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

Esther  Williams-Ricardo  Montalban 

Not  Set 

2939 

607 

Tom  Neal-Barbara  Hale 

Block  2 

82m 

Sept.  8/45 

2638 

2366 

4605 

Alan  Curtis-Evelyn  Ankers 

Aug.  15/46 

75m 

3078 

George  Zucco-Hope  Kramer 

Feb.  20/46 

59m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

2670 

4504 

William  Garqan-Nancy  Kelly 

Dec.  14/45 

70m 

Aug.  25/45 

2639 

2543 

Valentino  Serove-Eugene  Samoilav 

Feb.  23/46 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

515 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

June  29/46 

75m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2926 

519 

Albert  Dekker-Evelyn  Ankers 

May  18/46 

67m 

May  25/46 
Mar.  2/46 

3006 

616 

Joan  Fontaine-Mark  Stevens 

Block  4 

95m 

2869 

2861 

513 

Rod  Cameron-Yvonne  De  Carle 

Dec.  2 1/45 

85m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2555 

7204 

Charles  Starrett-Jean  Stevens 

Jan.  31/46 

60m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2686 

2798 


3188 
2975 


GAIETY   George    (British)    Geo.  King  .... 

Gallant  Bess  (color)  MGM 

Gallant  Journey  Col.  7002 

Galloping  Thunder  Col.  7207 

Game  of  Death,  A  RKO  619 

Gas  House  Kids  PRC   

Gay  Blades  Rep.  509 

Gay  Cavallier,  The  Mono.  529 
Gay  Intruders,  The  (British) 

Four  Continents  .... 

Genius  at  Work  (Block  2)  RKO 

Gentleman  from  Texas,  The  Mono.  562 

Gentleman  Joe  Palooka  Mono.  607 

Gentleman  Misbehaves,  The  Col.  7034 

Gentlemen  with  Guns  PRC  ... 

Getting  Gertie's  Garter  UA 

Ghost  Goes  Wild.  The  Rep. 

Ghost  of  Hidden  Valley  PRC 

t  Gilda  Col.  700 
Girl  in  a  Million,  A  (Br.)     British  Lion 

Girl  No.  217  (Russian)  Artkino 

Girl  of  the  Limberlost  Col.  7029 

Girl  on  the  Spot  Univ.  515 

Girls  of  the  Big  House  Rep.  502 

G.I.  War  Brides  Rep.  .  528 

Glass  Alibi  Rep.  516 
God's  Country  (color)      Screen  Guild  003 

Gold  Mine  in  the  Sky  (R.)  Rep.  5308 

Great  Day  (British)  (Block  I)  RKO  705 

Great  Waltz,  The  (R.)  MGM 

t  Green  Years,  The  (Special)  MGM  623 

Gunman's  Code  Univ.  1107 

Gunning  for  Vengeance  Col.  7206 

Gun  Town  Univ.  I  104 

Guy  Could  Change,  A  Rep.  508 

t  HARVEY  Girls,  The  (color) 

(Block  15)  MGM  611 

Haunted  Mine,  The  Mono.  566 

Heading  West  Col.  7210 

Heartbeat  RKO  662 
Henry  the  Fifth  (British)  (color)  UA 


Richard  Greene-Ann  Todd  Not  Set 
Marshall  Thompson-George  Tobias   (T)  Aug.  29/46 

Glenn  Ford-Janet  Blair  Sept.  24/46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  Apr.  25/46 

John  Loder-Audrey  Long  Block  4 

Robert  Lowery-Tela  Loring  Oct.  7/46 

Allan  Lane-Jean  Rogers  Jan.  25/46 

Gilbert   Roland-Martin  Garralaga  Mar.  30/46 

Godfrey  Tearle-Jeanne  de  Casalis  Mar.  15/46 
Alan  Carney-Anne  Jeffreys               (T)  Oct.  16/46 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Claudia  Drake  June  8/46 

Leon  Errol-Joe  Kirkwood  Oct.  19/46 

Osa  Massen-Robert  Stanton  Feb.  28/46 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John  Mar.  27/46 

Dennis  O'Keefe-Marie  MacDonald  Nov.  30/45 

James  Ellison-Anne  Gwynne  Not  Set 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John  June  3/46 

Rita  Hayworth-Glenn  Ford  Apr.  25, '46 

Hugh  Williams-Joan  Creenwood  Not  Set 
Elena  Kuzmina-Vladimir  Vladislovsky      Sept.  1/45 

Ruth  Nelson-Loren  Tindall  Oct.  11/45 

Lois  Collier-Jess  Barker  Jan.  11/46 

Lynne  Roberts-Richard  Powers  Nov.  2/45 

James  Ellison-Anna  Lee  Aug.  12/46 

Paul  Kelly-Anna  Gwynne  Apr.  27/46 

Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert  Apr.,'46 

Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette  Jan.  15/46 
Eric  Portman-Flora  Robson  (T)  Sept.  15/46 
Luise  Rainer-Fernand  Gravet           (T)  Sept.  30/46 

Charles  Coburn-Tom  Drake  July  4/46 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Aug.  30/46 

Charles  Starrett-Phyliss  Adair  Mar.  21/46 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Jan.  18/46 

Allan  LaneJane  Frazee  Jan.  27/46 


Judy  Garland-John  Hodiak  Jan.-Feb.,'46 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Linda  Johnson  Mar.  2/46 
Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  Aug.  15/46 

Ginger  Rogers-Jean  Pierre  Aumont  Special 
Laurence  Olivier-Robert  Newton      (T)  June  17/46 


98m 

May  4/46 

2974 

98m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2778 

86m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

2939 

54m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2778 

72m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2384 

2810 

67  m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2784 

3018 

65m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2963 

84m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

61m 

Aug.  10/46 

3138 

3078 

55m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

2963 

3126 

74m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

2792 

52m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

72  m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2975 

2972 

56m 

June  1/45 

3017 

107m 

Mar.  23/46 

2907 

2776 

3164 

86m 

June  8/46 

3029 

94m 

Sept.  15/45 

2646 

60m 

Oct.  20/45 

2686 

2670 

75m 

Jan.  12/46 

2795 

2467 

68m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2467 

69m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3127 

68m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2792 

62m 

July  27/46 

3114 

60m 

July  16/38 

62m 

July  27/46 

3114 

106m 

Sept.  21/46 

3212 

128m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2883 

3188 

3187 

53m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2784 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2744 

65m 

Jan. 26/46 

2818 

2543 

104m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2354 

2975 

51m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

2792 

56m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

3188 

101m 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2883 

3188 

134m 

Dec.  2/44 

2626 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


3215 


REVIEWED 


Title 

Her  Adventurous  Night 
Her  Highness  and  the  Bell- 
boy (Block  13) 
Her  Kind  of  Man 
Her  Sister's  Secret 
Hidden  Eye,  The  (Block  13) 
High  School  Hero 
Hit  the  Hay 

Hold  That  Blonde  (Block  2) 
Holiday  in  Mexico  (color) 
Home  in  Oklahoma 
Home  on  the  Range  (color) 
Home  Sweet  Homicide 
Honeymoon 

Hoodlum  Saint  (Block  16) 
Hot  Cargo  (Block  5) 
Hotel  Reserve  (British) 
House  of  Dracula 
House  of  Horrors 
t  House  on  92nd  Street,  The 
How  Do  You  Do? 
Humoresque 

Hurricane  (Reissue)  Filr 


trod. 

Company  'Number  Stars 

Univ.  538  Dennis  O'Keefe-Helen  Walker 

MGM  603  Hedy  Lamarr-Robert  Walker 

WB  518  Zachary  Scott-Janis  Paige 

PRC  ....  Nancy  Coleman-Philip  Reed 

MGM  601  Edward  Arnold-Frances  Rafferty 

Mono.  517  Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

Col.  7018  Judy  Canova-Ross  Hunter 

Para.  4506  Eddie  Bracken-Veronica  Lake 

MGM  ....  Walter  Pidgeon-llona  Massey 

Rep.  ....  Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 

Rep.  5501  Monte  Hale-Ad  rian  Booth 

20th-Fox  640  Lynn  Bari-Randolph  Scott 

RKO  ....  Shirley  Temple-Guy  Madison 

MGM  618  William  Powell-Esther  Williams 

Para.  4523  William  Gargan-Philip  Reed 

RKO  615  James  Mason-Lucie  Mannheim 

Univ.  51  I  Lon  Chaney-Lionel  Atwill 

Univ.  525  Robert  Lowery-Virginia  Grey 

20th-Fox  608  William  Eythe-Lloyd  Nolan 

PRC    Bert  Gordon-Harry  Von  Zell  . 

WB  ....  Joan  Crawford-John  Garfield 

i  Classics  ....  Dorothy  Lamour-Jon  Hall 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

DaU 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Pa5 

July  5,'46 

75m 

June  29/46 

3065 

3007 

Oct. ,'45 

1  1  1  m 

July  14/45 

263 1 

2259 

iolU 

Mav  1 1  '46 

78m 

ADr  27  '46 

2961 

2838 

3  1 A4 
3  1  ot 

Sept.  23, "46 

86m 

Sept.  2 1  ,'46 

3210 

3090 

Sept.,'45 

70m 

Julv  28  '45 

2565 

Sept.  7, '46 

69  m 

Aua  24  '46 

3161 

3 1 26 

Nov.  29, '45 

62m 

2662 

Nov.  23, '45 

76m 

Oct.  13/45 

2679 

2259 

LO  1  U 

(T)  July  22, '46 

128m 

July  27/46 

3113 

2764 

Nov    8  '46 

j  1  O  j 

Anr  1 8  '46 

55  m 

Anr   1 1  'Ah 

X7JO 

9Q9A 

L  7  iO 

Oct.,'46 

90m 

Julv  27  '46 

3  1 24 

Not  Sat 

L  7  3  7 

t  Of    .V-A  ■V 

93m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

L  0  J  U 

3  1  kA 
0  1  0*r 

Juna  28  '46 

57m 

Mar  16  '46 

2894 

9ft7fl 

iO/U 

Block  3 

79m 

Mar    9  '46 

288 1 

Dec.  7/45 

67m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2670 

2975 

Mar.  29/46 

66m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

2850 

Oct., '45 

88m 

Sept.  15/45 

2645 

2499 

2898 

Dec.  24/45 

80m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2655 

Not  Set 

2786 

Jan.  15/46 

10  lm 

Nov.  13/37 

I  COVER  Big  Town  Para  

(formerly  Big  Town) 

Idea  Girl                                    Univ.  518 

If  I'm  Lucky                         20th-Fox  638 

I  Know  Where  I'm  Going  (Brit.)  GFD  .... 
Imperfect  Lady  Para. 

In  Fast  Company                      Mono.  510 

Inner  Circle,  The                         Rep.  526 

In  Old  Sacramento                     Rep.  517 

Inside  Job                                Univ.  537 

Invisible  Informer,  The  Rep.  529 
I  Ring  Door  Bells  PRC 

I  See  a  Dark  Stranger  (British)  GFD   

Isle  of  the  Dead                        RKO  608 

It  All  Came  True  (Reissue)          WB  503 

It  Happened  at  the  Inn  (Fr.)     MGM  .... 

It's  Great  to  Be  Young                Col.  7038 

It's  a  Wonderful  Life  (Special)    RKO  .... 

It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog    20th-Fox  632 

I've  Always  Loved  You  (color)  Rep  

(Special) 


JANIE  Gets  Married  WB  520 

Jesse  James  (Reissue)  20th-Fox  618 

Joe  Palooka,  Champ  Mono.  502 

Johnnie  Comes  Flying  Home  20th-Fox  624 

Johnny  in  the  Clouds  (Br.)  UA  .... 

Jolson  Story,  The  (color)  Col.  .... 

Journey  Together  (British)  English  .... 

Jungle  Flight  Para.  .... 

Jungle  Princess  (Reissue)  Para.  R5-3620 

Junior  Prom  Mono.  514 

Just  Before  Dawn  Col.  7021 
(formerly  Exposed  by  the  Crime  Doctor) 


Philip  Reed-Hillary  Brooke 

Jess  Barker-Julie  Bishop 
Vivian  Blaine-Harry  James 
Wendy  Hiller-Roger  Livesey 
Teresa  Wright-Ray  Milland 
Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 
Warren  Douglas-Lynne  Roberts 
William  Elliott-Belle  Matona 
Preston  Foster-Ann  Rutherford 
Linda  Stirling-William  Henry 
Robert  Shayne-Ann  Gwynne 
Deborah  Kerr-Trevor  Howard 
Boris  Karloff-Ellen  Drew 
Ann  Sheridan-Jeffrey  Lynn-H 
Fernand  Ledoux-Maurice  Schutz 
Leslie  Brooke-Jimmy  Lloyd 
James  Stewart-Donna  Reed 
Carole  Landis-Allyn  Joslyn 
Maria  Ouspenskaya-Philip  Dorn 


Not  Set 

Feb.  8/46 
Sept.,'46 
Not  Set 
Not  Set 
June  22/46 
Aug.  7/46 
May  31/46 
June  28/46 
Aug.  19/46 
Feb.  25/46 
Not  Set 
Block  2 

Bogart     Oct.  6/45 
(T)  Feb.  25/46 
Sept.  12/46 
(T)  Dec.,'46 
July/46 
(T)  Aug.  27/46 


Joan  Leslie-Robt.  Hutton  June  22/46 

Tyrone  Power-Nancy  Kelly  Feb.,'46 

Joe  Kirkwood-Elyse  Knox  May  28/46 

Martha  Stewart-Richard  Crane  Apr.,'46 

Michael  Redgrave-John  Mills  ....  Mar.  15/46 

Larry  Parks-William  Demarest  Not  Set 

Edward  G.  Robinson-Bessie  Love  Mar.  2/46 

Robert  Lowery-Anne  Savage  Not  Set 

Dorothy  Lamour-Ray  Milland  Sept.  1/46 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser  May  I  1/46 

Warner  Baxter-Mona  Barrie  Mar.  7/46 


2776 

60m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

2764 

79m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

3066 

91m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2870 

63  m 

May  1  1/46 

2986 

2972 

57m 

Sept.  21/46 

321 1 

3127 

89m 

May  4/46 

2973 

65  m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2987 

57m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

64m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

1 12m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

72m 

Sept.  8/45 

2638 

2216 

97m 

Apr.  6/40 

96m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

68m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3163 

3186 

70  m 

June  1,46 

3017 

2963 

II  7m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2628 

91m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2655 

106m 

Jan.  14/39 

70m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

65m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2764 

109m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

128m 

Sept.  21/46 

3209 

2883 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

3126 

84m 

Sept.  21/46 

3212 

69m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

65m 

2756 

3188 


2810 


3188 
3164 


t  KID  from  Brooklyn,  The  (color)   RKO  652 

Kid  Millions  (Reissue)  Film  Classics  .... 

Killers,  The  Univ.  548 

t  Kiss  and  Tell  (Special)  Col.  7101 

t  Kitty  (Block  2)  Para.  4509 


Danny  Kaye-Virginia  Mayo 
Eddie  Cantor-Ann  Sothern 
Burt  Lancaster-Ava  Gardner 
Shirley  Temple-Jerome  Courtland 
Paulette  Goddard-Ray  Milland 


Special 
Nov.  1/45 

1  14m 

Mar.  30/46 

2918 

2628 

3188 

92m 

Oct.  27/34 

Aug.  30/46 

102m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3055 

Oct.  18/45 

90m 

Sept.  8/45 

2637 

2353 

2898 

May  10/46 

104m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2093 

3164 

LADIES'  Man  Para  

Lady  Killer  PRC 

Lady  Luck  (Block  I)  RKO  702 

Lady  of  Fortune  ( Reissue)  Film  Classics  .... 

(formerly  Becky  Sharp) 

Landrush  Col.  861 

Larceny  in  Her  Heart  PRC  .... 

Last  Chance, The  (BI.I6)  (Swiss)  MGM  621 

Last  Crooked  Mile,  The  Rep.  527 

Last  Frontier  Uprising  Rep.  .... 

Lawless  Breed  Univ.  1106 

Lawless  Empire  Col.  7202 
t  Leave  Her  to  Heaven  (color) 

(Special)                          20th-Fox  614 

Letter  for  Evie,  A  (Block  15)  MGM  614 
Life  and  Miracles  of  Blessed 

Mother  Cabrini,  The  (Ital.)  Elliott 

Life  with  Blondie  Col.  7019 

Lightning  Raiders  PRC  .... 

Likely  Story,  A  RKO 

Lisbon  Story  (British)         Natl.  Anglo  .... 

Little  Giant  Univ.  520 

3216 


Eddie  Bracken-Virginia  Welles 
Robert  Lowery-Ann  Savage 
Robert  Young-Barbara  Hale 
Miriam  Hopkins-Frances  Dee 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnett 
Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker 
E.  G.  Morrison-John  Hoy 
Donald  Barry-Ann  Savage 
Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 
Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 
Charles  Starrett-Mildred  Law 

Gene  Tierney-Cornel  Wilde 
Marsha  Hunt-John  Carroll 

La  Cheduzzi-Mila  Lanza 
Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake 
Buster  Crabbe-AI  St.  John 
Bill  Williams-Barbara  Hale 
Patricia  Burke-David  Farrar 
Abbott  and  Costello 


Not  Set 
Oct.  14/46 
(T)  Sept.  20/46 
Dec.  15/45 

Oct.  1 7/46 
July  10/46 
Apr.-May,'46 
Aug.  9/46 
Oct.  22/46 
Aug.  16/46 


97m 
69m 

54m 
68m 
105m 
67m 


July  20/46 
June  22/35 

Sept.  21/46 
May  25/46 
Nov.  24/45 
Aug.  17/46 


3102 


321 1 
3006 
2726 
3150 


2809 
2756 


2895 
2963 


3187 


Nov.  15/45 

59m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2543 

Jan. ,'46 

110m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2499 

Jan.-Feb.,'46 

89m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2655 

July  6/46 

60m 

July  6/46 

3077 

Dec.  13/45 

70m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2686 

Jan.  7/46 

61m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2686 

Not  Set 

2963 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

Feb. 22/46 

91m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

2756 

2930 


2898 
2930 


3088 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


REVIEWED 


Title 
Little  Iodine 
Little  Miss  Big 
Little  Mister  Jim 
Live  Wires 
Locket,  The 


Com  party 
UA 
Univ. 
MGM 
Mono. 
RKO 


(formerly  What  Nancy  Wanted) 
London  Town  (Brit.)  (col.)  Eagle-Lion 
Lonesome  Trail  Mono. 

t  Lost  Weekend,  The  (Block  I)  Para. 

t  Love  Letters  (Block  I)  Para. 
Love  on  the  Dole  (Brit.)  FourContinents 
Lover  Come  Back  Univ. 
I.oyal  Heart  (British)  Strand-Anglo 


Prod. 
Number 

549 

509 


571 
4503 
4502 

536 


Stars 

Jo  Ann  Marlowe-Marc  Cramer 
Fay  Holden-Beverly  Simmons 
"Butch"  Jenkins-Frances  Gifford 
Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 
Laraine  Day-Brian  Aherne 

Sid  Field-Greta  Gynt 

James  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White 

Ray  Milland-Jane  Wyman 

Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten 

Deborah  Kerr-Clifford  Evans 

George  Brent-Lucille  Ball 

Harry  Welchman-Percy  Marmont 


M.  r. 

Product 

/lu  V  ant  c 

StTViCkr 

T  rad  eshow  or 

Running 

tleraia 

Digest 

Synopsis 

U0KI 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

P*g' 

Oct.  1  l,'46 

57m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3066 

Aug.  30, '46 

61m 

Sept.  7/46 

31*86 

2963 

(T)  June  4,'46 

94m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2926 

Jan.  12, '46 

65m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

Not  Set 

2939 

Not  Set 

I2lm 

Sept.  21/46 

3209 

Pl            o  '  AC 

Dec.   8,  4t> 

o/m 

Jan.  1  /,  4o 

Z/Vi 

*?AOC 
ZOVD 

Jan.  25/46 

101m 

Aug.  18/45 

2639 

2242 

2975 

Oct.  26/45 

101m 

Aug.  25/45 

2646 

2230 

2810 

Oct.  12/45 

89m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

June  21/46 

90m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2939 

Not  Set 

78m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

MADONNA  of  the  Seven 

(British)                                 Univ.  526 

Madonna's  Secret,  The                  Rep.  510 

Make  Mine  Music  (color)  (Spcl.)   RKO  692 

Man  Alive                                   RKO  606 

Man  from  Rainbow  Valey  (color)  Rep.  5502 
Man  I  Love,  The  WB 

Man  in  Grey,  The  (Brit.)             Univ.  523 

Man  Who  Dared,  The                 Col.  7040 

Margie  (color)                      20th-Fox  646 

Marie  Louise  (French)    Mayer-Burstyn  .... 

Marshal  of  Laredo                        Rep.  562 

Mask  of  Diiion  PRC   

Masquerade  in  Mexico  (Block  3)  Para.  4512 

Meet  Me  on  Broadway                 Col.  7014 

Meet  the  Navy  (Br.)  Natl.-Anglo   

Michigan  Kid,  The                      Univ.  .... 

Mighty  McGurk,  The  MGM   

t  Mildred  Pierce                              WB  505 

Missing  Lady,  The                      Mono.  525 

t  Miss  Susie  Slagle's  (Block  3)        Para.  4513 
Mr.  Ace  UA 
Mr.  Hex  Mono. 

Monsieur  Beaucaire  (Special)       Para.  4532 

Moon  Over  Montana                 Mono.  572 

Murder  in  Reverse  (Brit.)    Natl.-Anglo  .... 

Murder  in  the  Music  Hall            Rep.  512 

Murder  Is  My  Business                 PRC  .... 

My  Brother  Talks  to  Horses       MGM  .... 

My  Darling  Clementine          20th-Fox  645 

My  Dog  Shep                   Screen  Guild  4609 

My  Name  Is  Julia  Ross               Col.  7017 

My  Pal  Trigger                            Rep.  5541 

f  My  Reputation                            WB  510 

Mysterious  Intruder                      Col.  7025 

Mysterious  Mr.  Valentine              Rep.  531 


Phyllis  Calvert-Stewart  Granger  Apr.  5/46 

Francis  Lederer-Gail  Patrick  Feb.  16/46 
Disney  Musica  I  Feature                   (T)  July  4/46 

Pat  O'Brien-Ellen  Drew  Block  2 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth  June  15/46 

Ida  Lupino-Robert  Alda  Not  Set 

Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Mar.  15/46 

Leslie  Brooks-George  Macready  May  30/46 

Jeanne  Crain-Alan  Young  Nov. ,'46 

Josiane-Heinrich  Gretler  Nov.  12/46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Oct.  7/45 

Erich  Von  Stroheim-Jeanne  Bates  Apr.  9/46 

Dorothy  Lamour-Arturo  de  Cordova  Feb.  22/46 

Marjorie  Reynolds-Fred  Brady  Jan.  3/46 

Oscar  Naske  Not  Set 

Jon  Hall-Rita  «Johnson  Not  Set 

Wallace  Beery-Edward  Arnold  Not  Set 

Joan  Crawford-Jack  Carson  Oct.  20/45 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed  Aug.  17/46 

Sonny  Tufts-Veronica  Lake  Mar.  8/46 

George  Raft-Sylvia  Sydney  Aug.  2/46 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  Nov.  9/46 

Bob  Hope-Joan  Caulfield  Aug.  30/46 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Feb.  23/46 

William  Hartnell-Jimmy  Hanley  Oct.  22/45 

Vera  Hruba  Ralston-William  Marshal  Apr.  10/46 

Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker  Apr.  10/46 

Peter  Lawford-"Butch"  Jenkins  Not  Set 

Henry  Fonda-Linda  Darnell  Nov.,'46 

Tom  Neal-Helen  Chapman-"Flame"  Oct.  15/46 

Nina  Foch-George  Macready  Nov.  27/45 

Roy  Rogers-George  "Gabby"  Hayes  July  10/46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-George  Brent  Jan.  26/46 

Richard  Dix-Barton  MacLane  Apr.  1 1  ,'46 

William  Henry-Linda  Stirling  Sept.  3/46 


65  m 
79m 
96m 
61m 


88m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

79m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2838 

74m 

Apr.  27/46 

2662 

2366 

70m 

Sept.  29/45 

2661 

56m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2963 

2784 

90  m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

65m 

June  29/46 

3065 

2926 

2884 

93  m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

56m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2467 

74m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2792 

96m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2686 

69m 

.  Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2744 

81m 

June  15/46 

3043 

Nov.  17/45 
June  22/46 
Jan.  12/46 
Mar.  30/46 


2718 
3053 
2793 
2917 


3090 
3066 


Mm 

Oct.  6/45 

2670 

2259 

60m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

321 1 

3031 

88m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2216 

84m 

Aug.  31/46 

3173 

2926 

93  m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2883 

56m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2792 

87m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

84m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2748 

63m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

3031 
3078 
3163 
2655 

2792 
2907 


3188 
2798 


3018 
2975 


2798 


3018 
2975 


NAVAJO  Kid  PRC 

'Neath  Canadian  Skies  Screen  Guild 
Never  Say  Goodbye  WB 
Night  and  Day  (color)  WB 
Night  Boat  to  Dublin  (Brit.)  A.B.P.C.-Pathe 
Night  Editor  Col. 
Night  in  Casablanca,  A  UA 
Night  in  Paradise,  A  (color)  Univ. 
Night  Train  to  Memphis  Rep. 
Nobody  Lives  Forever  WB 
Nocturne  (Block  2)  RKO 
No  Leave,  No  Love  MGM 
Nora  Prentiss  WB 

(formerly  The  Sentence) 
North  of  the  Border        Screen  Guild 
Northwest  Trail  Screen  Guild 

No  Time  for  Comedy  (Reissue)  WB 
No  Trespassing  UA 
Notorious  (Special)  RKO 
Notorious  Lone  Wolf  Col. 


....  Bob  Steele-Caren  March  Nov.  21/45 

4606  Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper  Aug.  15/46 

...  Errol  Flynn-Eleanor  Parker  Not  Set 

523  Cary  Grant-Alexis  Smith  Aug.  3/46 

....  Robert  Newton-Raymond  Lovell  Not  Set 

7023  William  Gargan-Janis  Carter  Apr.  18/46 

.  .  .  .  Marx  Brothers-Lois  Collier  May  10/46 

529  Merle  Oberon-Turhan  Bey  May  3/46 

523  Roy  Acuff-Adele  Mara  July  12/46 

604  John  Garfield-Geraldine  Fitzgerald  Oct.  12/46 

  George  Raft-Lynn  Bari  (T)  Oct.  14/46 

....  Van  Johnson-Marie  Wilson  (T)  Aug.  26/46 

....  Ann  Sheridan-Kent  Smith  Not  Set 

4610  Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper  Oct.  1/46 

002  John  Lytel-Bob  Steele  Apr.,'46 

516  James  Stewart-Rosalind  Russell  Apr.  13/46 

....  Edw.  G.  Robinson-Lon  McAllister  Not  Set 

....  Ingrid  Bergman-Cary  Grant  (T)  Aug.  15/46 

7028  Gerald  Mohr-Janis  Carter  Feb.  14/46 


61m 
99m 

101m 
64m 


59m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2695 

41m 

3127 

2838 

1 32  m 

July  13/46 

3089 

2838 

3188 

100m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2895 

85m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2884 

3188 

84m 

Apr.  13/46 

2937 

2278 

3100 

67m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

2748 

100m 

2830 

3055 

li7m 

Aug. 31/46 

31 73 

2818 

2883 

46m 

3090 

Sept.  7/40 

July  27/46 
Mar.  16/46 


3113 
2894 


3090 
2870 
2792 


3188 


OF  Human  Bondage 

WB 

522 

Paul  Henreid-Eleanor  Parker 

July  20/46 
Dec.22,'45 

105m 

July  ,6/46 

3077 

3031 

3188 

Once  There  Was  a  Girl  (Russ 

)  Artkino 

Nina  Ivanava-Natasha  Zashipina 

72m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

One  Exciting  Week 

Rep. 

521 

Al  Pearce-Arline  Harris 

June  8/46 

69  m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2809 

One  More  Tomorrow 

WB 

519 

Ann  Sheridan-Dennis  Morgan 

June  1/46 

89  m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2838 

3188 

One  Way  to  Love 

Col. 

7012 

Janis  Carter-Chester  Morris 

Dec.  20/45 

83m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2862 

Open  City  (Italian)  Mayer-Burstyn 

Aldo  Fabrizi-Anna  Magnani 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

O.S.S.  (Block  6) 

Para. 

4526 

Alan  Ladd-Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

July  26/46 

107m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2963 

Our  Hearts  Were  Growing 

Up 

(Block  5) 

Para. 

4522 

Gail  Russell-Diana  Lynn 

June  14/46 

84m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2555 

3188 

Out  California  Way 

Rep. 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Not  Set 

3127 

Outlaw,  The 

UA 

Jack  Buetel-Jane  Russell 

Feb.  8/46 

1 1  lm 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

Outlaw  of  the  Plains 

PRC 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  St.  John 

Sept.  22/46 

3126 

Out  of  the  Depths 

Col. 

7035 

Jim  Bannon-Ross  Hunter 

Dec.  27/45 

61m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2695 

Overland  Riders 

PRC 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

Aug. 21/46 

54m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

3126 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


3217 


Title 


Prod. 

Company  Number 


Stars 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 


Running 
Time 


r-  REVIEWED  -> 
M.  P.  Product 
Herald  Digest 


Issue 


Pagt 


Advance 
Synopsis 
Page 


Service 
Data 
P*g* 


PARDON  My  Past 
Partners  in  Time 
Passkey  to  Danger 
People  Are  Funny  (Block  2) 
Perfect  Marriage,  The 
Perilous  Holiday 
Perils  of  Pauline  (color) 
Personality  Kid 
Phantom  Thief,  The 
ricca  dilly  Incident  (Brit.) 
Pillow  of  Death 
Pink  String  and  Sealing  Wax  Eagle-Lion 

(British) 
Pinocchio  (color)  (Reissue) 
Pirates  of  Monterey  (color) 
Plainsman,  The  (Reissue) 
Plainsman  and  the  Lady,  The 
Portrait  of  Marie  (Bl.  l5)(Mex.) 
Portrait  of  a  Woman  (Swiss) 

Mayer-Burstyn 
Possessed  WB 
\  Postman  Always  Rings  Twice,  The 

(Block  16)  MGM 
Postmaster's  Daughter  (French)  Vog 
Prairie  Badmen  PRC 
Prairie  Rustlers  PRC 
Prison  Ship  Col. 
Pursuit  to  Algiers  Univ. 


Col. 

7005 

RKO 

625 

Rep. 

518 

Para. 

4508 

Para. 

Col. 

7008 

Para. 

Col. 

7039 

Col. 

7031 

Pathe 

Univ. 

512 

RKO 
Univ. 
Para. 
Rep. 
MGM 


691 
R5-3624 
612 

620 


7036 

■507 


Fred  MacMurray-Marguerite  Chapman     Dec.  25, '45 

Pamela  Blake-John  James  Block  5 

Stephanie  Bachelor-Kane  Richmond  May  I  I, '46 

Jack  Haley-Helen  Walker  Jan.  I  I, '46 

Loretta  Young-David   Niven  Not  Set 

Pat  O'Brien-Ruth  Warrick  Mar.  21, "46 

Betty  Hutton-John  Lund  Not  Set 

Anita  Louise-Michael  Duane  Aug.  8, '46 

Chester  Morris-Jeff  Donnell  May  2, '46 

Anna  Neagle-Michael  Wilding  Sept.  20, '46 

Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce  Dec.  I4,'45 

Mervyn  Johns-Mary  Merrall  Not  Set 

Disney  Feature  Cartoon  Special 

Maria  Montez-Rod  Cameron  Not  Set 

Gary  Cooper-Jean  Arthur  Sept.    I ,'46 

William  Elliott-Vera  Hruba  Ralston  Not  Set 

Dolores  Del  Rio-Pedro  Armendariz  Jan.-Feb.,'46 

Francoise  Rosay-Henry  Guisol  Apr.  20, '46 

Joan  Crawford-Van  Heflin  Not  Set 

Lana  Turner-John  Garfield  Apr.-May,'46 

Harry  Baur-Jeanine  Crispin  Aug.  1 7, '46 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John  July  17/46 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John  Nov.  7, '45 

Nina  Foch-Robert  Lowery  Nov.  1 5, '45 

Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce  Oct.  26,'45 


1 13m 
74m 
55m 
56m 
60m 
65m 


87m 

Sept.  8, '45 

2637 

2543 

3018 

76m 

Apr.  20,'46 

2951 

58m 

Aug.  24,'46 

3161 

2987 

93m 

Oct.  I3,'45 

2677 

2810 

2883 

89m 

May  25,'46 

3007 

2776 

3018 

2939 

68m 

Aug.  24,'46 

3161 

3031 

65m 

June  22, '46 

3053 

2926 

100m 

Sept.  7, '46 

3185 

66m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2454 

95m 

Dec.  15/45 

2757 

85m 

Feb.  3/40 

3127 

113m 

Sept.  21/46 

3212 

3127 

76m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2930 

80m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

Mar.  16/46 
Aug.  24/46 
July  27/46 
Nov.  3/45 
Dec.  15/45 
Oct.  27/45 


2893 
3162 
31 14 
2703 
2758 
2693 


3078 

2883 

3055 
2670 
2670 
2628 


3188 


OUEEN  of  Burlesque  PRC 
Ouiet  Weekend  (British)  ABP 


Evelyn  Ankers-Carleton  Young 
Derek  Farr-Frank  Cellier 


July  24/46 
Not  Set 


70m 
90m 


July  6/46 
May  25/46 


3078 
3006 


2987 


RADIO  Stars  on  Parade 
Rage  in  Heaven  (R.) 
Rake's  Progress,  The  (Brit.) 
Razor's  Edge,  The 
Rebecca  (Reissue) 
Red  Dragon 
Red  River  Renegades 
Rendezvous  24 
Rendezvous  With  Annie 
Renegades  (color) 
Resistance  (French) 


Return  of  Rusty,  The 
t  Rhapsody  in  Blue 

Rio  Grande  Raiders 

Riverboat  Rhythm 

River  Gang 
t  Road  to  Utopia  (Special) 

Roaring  Rangers 

Rolling  Home  S< 

Roll  On,  Texas  Moon 

Romance  of  the  West  (col 

Rough  Riders  of  Cheyenne 

Runaround,  The 

Rustler's  Roundup 


t  SAILOR  Takes  a  Wife 

(Block  15) 
t  San  Antonio  (color) 
t  Saratoga  Trunk 

Scandal  in  Paris,  A 

Scared  to  Death  (color)   Screen  Guild 

Scared  to  Death  (color)     Screen  Guild 

Scotland  Yard  Investigator  Rep. 

Searching  Wind,  The  (Block  6)  Para. 

Secrets  of  a  Sorority  Girl  PRC 

Senorita  from  the  West  Univ. 

Sentimental  Journey  20th-Fox 
t  Seventh  Veil,  The  (Brit.)  Univ. 

Seven  Were  Saved  Para. 

Shadowed  Col. 

Shadow  of  a  Woman  WB 

Shadows  on  the  Range  Mono. 

Shadows  Over  Chinatown  Mono, 
(formerly  The  Mandarin  Secret) 

Shadow  Returns,  The  Mono. 

Shahrazad  (color)  Univ. 
(formerly  Fandango) 

Sheriff  of  Redwood  Valley  Rep. 

She  Went  to  the  Races  (Bl.  14)  MGM 

She-Wolf  of  London  Univ. 

She  Wrote  the  Book  Univ. 

Shock  20th-Fox 


RKO 

605 

MGM 

Eagle-Lion 

20th-Fox 

UA 

Mono. 

513 

Rep. 

557 

20th-Fox 

627 

Rep. 

525 

Col. 

7003 

Vog 

(Reissue) 

20th-Fox 

619 

Col. 

7032 

WB 

so; 

Rep. 

558 

RKO 

620 

Univ. 

503 

Para. 

4531 

Col. 

7205 

reen  Guild 

4607 

Rep. 

542 

sr)  PRC 

Rep. 

552 

Univ. 

535 

Univ. 

1105 

MGM 

615 

WB 

509 

WB 

514 

UA 

4608 
4608 
501 
4527 

506 
621 
519 


602 
567 
518 

527 


566 
607 
531 
533 
615 


Wally  Brown-Alan  Carney  Block  I 
Ingrid  Bergman-Robert  Montgomery  (T)  Aug.  21/46 

Rex  Harrison-Lili  Palmer  Dec.  7/45 

Tyrone  Power-Gene  Tierney  Not  Set 

Laurence  Olivier-Joan  Fontaine  Apr.  26/46 

Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fbng  Feb.  2/46 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  July  25/46 

William  Gargan-Marie  Palmer  May,'46 

Eddie  Aibert-Faye  Marlowe  July  22/46 

Evelyn  Keyes-Willard  Parker  June  13/46 

Lucien  Coedel-Yvonne  Gaudeau  July/46 


Henry  Fonda-Gene  Tierney 

Ted  Donaldson-Barbara  Wooddell 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Alda 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

Leon  Erroll-Glenn  Vernon 

Gloria  Jean-John  Qualen 

Bing  Crosby-Bob  Hope-D.  Lamour 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 

Jean  Parker-Russell  Hayden 

Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 

Eddie  Dean-Joan  Barton 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

Ella  Raines-Rod  Cameron 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 


Robert  Walker-June  Allyson 

Errol  Flynn-Alexis  Smith 

Gary  Cooper-lngrid  Bergman 

George  Sanders-Signe  Hasso 

Bela  Lugosi-Joyce  Compton 

Edw.  G.  Robinson-Joan  Bennett 

Sir  Aubrey  Smith-Erich  von  Stroheim 

Robert  Young-Ann  Richards 

Mary  Ware-Rick  Vallin 

Allan  Jones-Bonita  Granville 

John  Payne-Maureen  O'Hara 

James  Mason-Ann  Todd 

Richard  Denninq-Catherine  Craig 

Anita  Louise-Robert  Scott 

Andrea  King-Helmut  Dantine 

Johnny  Mack  Brown 

Sidney  Toler-Sen  Yung 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed 
Yvonne  de  Carlo-Brian  Donlevy 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming 
James  Craig-Frances  Gifford 
June  Lockhart-Jan  Wiley 
Joan  Davis-Jack  Oakie 
Vincent  Price-Lynn  Bari 


Feb.,'46 
June  27/46 
Sept.  22/45 
Sept.  9/46 
Block  4 
Sept.  2 1  ,'45 
Mar.  22/46 
Feb.  14/46 
Sept.  20/46 
Sept.  12/46 
Mar.  20/46 
Nov.  1/45 
June  14/46 
Aug.  9/46 


65m 

May  1  1/46 

2986 

2883 

1  17m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

1  10m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

3i27 

125  m 

Mar.  30/40 

64m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

55m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

3066 

70m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2951 

89m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

87m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2776 

76m 

July  13/46 

3089 

92m 

Aug.  17/40 

3007 

139m 

June  30/45 

2626 

1530 

3163 

65m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

64m 

Sept.  15/45 

2645 

2279 

89m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2744 

56m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

2543 

71m 

3163 

68  m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

321  1 

3030 

58m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

2792 

56m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2686 

86m 

June  15/46 

3043 

2987 

3138 

3188 


2930 


3088 


Jan.-Feb.,'46 

92m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

2555 

2898 

Dec.  29/45 

1  12m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2216 

2930 

Mar.  30/46 

135m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

1431 

2975 

July  19/46 

100m 

July  20/46 

31 12 

2764 

Nov.  1/46 

72m 

3127 

Dec.  28/45 

102m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2662 

2898 

Sept.  30/45 

68m 

Oct.  13/45 

2677 

2467 

Aug.  9/46 

107m 

May  1  1/46 

2985 

2884 

Aug.  15/46 

58m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3031 

Oct.  12/45 

63  m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2418 

Mar.,'46 

94m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2756 

2975 

Feb.  15/46 

94m 

Nov.  10/45 

2786 

Not  Set 

2972 

Sept.  26/46 

3163 

Sept.  14/46 

78m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

2543 

Aug.  10/46 

57m 

3066 

July  27/46 

64m 

2963 

Feb.  16/46 

61m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

Not  Set 

2884 

Mar.  29/46 

54m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2778 

Nov.-Dec.,45 

87m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2930 

May  17/46 

61m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

May  31/46 

76m 

May  1  1/46 

2987 

2870 

Feb.,'46 

70m 

Jan.  19/46 

2805 

2764 

3218 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


Title  Cam  party 

Shocking  Miss  Pilgrim,  The 

(color)  20th-Fox 
Short  Happy  Life  of 

Francis  Macomber,  The  UA 
Sfiow-Off,  The  MSM 
Silver  Range  Mono. 
Sinbad,  the  Sailor  (color)  (BI.2)  RKO 
Singing  on  fhe  Trail  Col. 
Sing  Your  Way  Home  RKO 
Sing  While  You  Dance  Col. 
Sin  of  Harold  Diddlebock,  The  UA 
Sirocco  (French)  Leo  Cohen 

Sister  Kenny  (Block  I)  RKO 
Six  Sun  Man  PRC 
Six  P.M.  (Russian)  Artkino 
Slightly  Scandalous  Univ. 
t  Smoky  (color)  20th-Fox 
Smooth  as  Silk  Univ. 
Snafu  .  Col. 

So  Dark  the  Night  Col. 
So  Goes  My  Love  Univ. 
Somewhere  in  the  Night  20th-Fox 
Song  of  Mexico  Rep. 
Song  of  Old  Wyoming  (color)  PRC 
Song  of  the  Sierras  Mono. 
South  of  Monterey  Mono, 
f  Spanish  Main,  The  (color)  RKO 
Specter  of  the  Rose  Rep. 
t  Spellbound  UA 
Spider,  The  20th-Fox 
Spider  Woman  Strikes  Back,  The  Univ. 
t  Spiral  Staircase,  The  RKO 
Splendor  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Spook  Busters  Mono. 
Stallion  Road  WB 
State  Fair  (color)  20th-Fox 
Step  By  Step  (Block  I)  RKO 
t  Stolen  Life,  A  WB 
}  Stork  Club,  The  (Block  2)  Para. 
Stormy  Waters  (French)  MGM 
Strange  Confession  Univ. 
Strange  Conquest  Univ. 
Strange  Holiday  PRC 
Strange  Impersonation  Rep. 
Strange  Journey  20th-Fox 
Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers 

(Block  6)  Para. 
.  Strange  Mr.  Gregory  Mono. 
Stranger,  The  (Special)  RKO 
Strange  Triangle  20th-Fox 
Strange  Voyage  Mono. 
Strange  Woman,  The  UA 
Strangler  of  the  Swamp  PRC 
Strike  Me  Pink  (Reissue)    Film  Classics 

Para. 
Mono. 
RKO 
Rep. 
20th-Fox 
UA 

Mono. 

Para. 
Mono. 
Mono. 


Prod. 
Number 


Stars 


7224 
614 
7033 


701 


544 
631 
521 
7010 
805 
528 
629 
506 


530 
610 
524 

613 
524 
61 1 

512 

607 
703 
521 
4507 

505 
530 

513 
643 

4529 
516 
683 
630 
521 


501 
704 
567 
641 


699 
4528 

503 

7016 
522 

7007 
618 


Suddenly  It's  Spring 
Sunbonnet  Sue 
Sunset  Pass  (Block  I ) 
Sun  Valley  Cyclone 
Sun  Valley  Serenade  (R.) 
Susie   Steps  Out 

(formerly  Miss  Television) 
Suspense  (Special) 
Swamp  Fire  (Block  6) 
Sweetheart  of  Sigma  Chi 
Swing  Parade  of  1946 
Symphonie  D'Amour  (French)  Alganzy 

TALK  About  a  Lady  Col. 

Tangier  Univ. 

Tars  and  Spars  Col. 

Tarzan  and  the  Leopard  Woman  RKO 

Temptation  Univ.  .... 

(formerly  Bella  Donna) 

Tenth  Avenue  Angel  MGM  .... 

Terror  by  Night  Univ.  517 

Terrors  on  Horseback  PRC  .... 

Texas  Panhandle  Col.  72C3 

That  Brennan  Girl  Rep.  .... 

That  Night  With  You  Univ.  504 

That  Texas  Jamboree  Col.  7222 

That  Way  With  Women  WB 

Theirs  Is  the  Glory  (British)  GFD   

These  Three  (Reissue)       Film  Classics  .... 

They  Made  Me  a  Killer  (BI.4)  Para.  4518 

t  They  Were  Expendable  (Bl.  14)  MGM  609 

They  Were  Sisters  (British)  Univ.  .... 

This  Love  of  Ours  Univ.  508 
Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue 

(color)                            20th-Fox  639 

Three  Strangers  WB  51  I 

Three  Wise  Fools  (Block  17)  MGM  628 


Betty  Grable-Dick  Haymes 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 

Not  Set 


Gregory  Peck-Joan  Bennett  Not  Set 
Red  Skelton-Marilyn  Maxwell  (T)  Aug.  I2,'46 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton    Nov.  2, '46 

D.  Fairbanks,  Jr.-Maureen  O'Hara  Not  Set 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  Sept.  I2,'46 

Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Block  3 

Ellen  Drew-Robert  Stanton  July  25, '46 

Harold  Lloyd-Raymond  Walburn  Not  Set 

Viviane  Romance-Dalio  Aug.  10, '46 
Rosalind  Russell-Alexander  Knox       (T)  Oct.  I5,'46 

Bob  Steele-Jean  Carlin  Feb.    I, '46 

Marine  Ladynina-Eugene  Samoilov  Jan.  26, '46 

Sheila  Ryan-Fred  Brady  Aug.  2, '46 

Fred  MacMurray-Anne  Baxter  July/46 

Kent  Taylor-Virginia  Grey  Mar.   I, '46 

Nanette  Parks-Robt.  Benchley  Nov.  22, '45 

Micheline  Cheirel-Steven  Geray  Oct.  10, '46 

Myrna  Loy-Don  Ameche  Apr.  19, '46 

John  Hodiak-Nancy  Guild  June, '46 

Adele  Mara-Edgar  Barrier  Dec.  28, '45 

Eddie  Dean-Jennifer  Holt  Nov.  1 2, '45 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Nov.  23, '46 

Gilbert  Roland-Frank  Yacanelli  July  13, '46 

Paul  Henreid-Maureen  O'Hara  Block  2 

llan  Kurov-Viola  Essen  July  5, '46 

Ingrid  Bergman-Gregory  Peck  Dec.  28, '45 

Richard  Conte-Faye  Marlowe  Dec, '45 

Gale  Sondergaard-Kirby  Grant  Mar.  22, '46 

George  Brent-Dorothy  McGuire  Block  3 

Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea  June  1 5, '46 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  Aug.24,'46 

Zachary  Scott-Alexis  Smith  Not  Set 
Dana  Andrews-Jeanne  Crain-Dick  Haymes  Oct., '45 
Lawrence  Tierney-Anne  Jeffreys       (T)  Aug.    I  ,'46 

Bette  Davis-Glenn  Ford  July   6, '46 

Betty  Hutton-Barry  Fitzgerald  Dec.  28, '45 
Jean  Gabin-Michele  Morgan           (T)  June   5, '46 

Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce  Oct.  5, '45 

Jane  Wyatt-Lowell  Gilmore  May  10, '46 

Claude  Rains-Barbara  Bate  Sept.  2, '46 

Brenda  Marshall-William  Gargan  Mar.  I6,'46 

Paul  Kelly-Osa  Massen  Oct.,'46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Van  Heflin  Sept.  I3,'46 

Edmund  Lowe-Jean  Rogers  Jan.  12/46 
Edw.  G.  Robinson-Loretta  Young      (T)  July  15/46 

Signe  Hasso-John  Shepperd  June/46 

Eddie  Albert-Forrest  Taylor  July  6/46 

Hedy  Lamarr-George  Sanders  Oct.  25/46 

Rosemary  La  Planche-Robt.  Barrett  Jan.  1/46 

Eddie  Cantor-Ethel  Merman  May  15/46 

Fred  MacMurray-Paulette  Goddard  Not  Set 

Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Dec.  8/45 
James  Warren-Nan  Leslie               (T)  Oct.  1/46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  May  10/46 

Sonja  Henic-John  Payne  Sept., '46 

David  Bruce-Cleatus  Caldwell  Not  Set 

Belita-Barry  Sullivan  June  15/46 

Johnny  Weissmueller-Virginia  Grey  Sept.  6/46 

Elyse  Knox-Phil  Regan  Nov.  16/46 

Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Mar.  16/46 

Fernand  Gravet-Jacqueline  Francell  Mar.  9/46 

Jinx  Falkenburg-Joe  Besser  Mar.  28/46 

Maria  Montez-Preston  Foster  Mar.  8/46 

Alfred  Drake-Janet  Blair-M  arc  Piatt  Jan.  10/46 
Johnny  Weissmuller-J.  Sheffield-B.  Joyce      Block  4 

Merle  Oberon-George  Brent  Not  Set 

Margaret  O'Brien-George  Murphy  Not  Set 

Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce  Feb.  1/46 

Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St  John  Aug.  14/46 

Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Dec.  20/46 

James  Dunn-Mona  Freeman  Not  Set 

Franchot  Tone-Susanne  Foster  Sept.  28/45 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  May  16/46 

Sydney  Greenstreet-Martha  Vickers  Not  Set 

Documentary  Oct.  14/46 

Merle  Oberon-JoeJ  McCrea  Feb.  15/46 

Robert  Lowery-Barbara  Britton  May  3/46 
Robert  Montgomery-John  Wayne  Nov.-Dec.,'45 
James  Mason-Phyllis  Calvert            (T)  July  23/46 

Merle  Oberon-Claude  Rains  Nov.  2/45 

June  Haver-Vivian  Blaine  Oct.,'46 
Geraldine  Fitzgerald-Sydney  Greenstreet  Feb.  16/46 

Margaret  O'Brien-Lionel  Barrymore  Aug.  29/46 


Running 
Time 


83m 


t—  REVIEWED  — n 

M.  P.  Product  Advance 
Herald       Digest  Synopsis 


Issue 


90m 
I  18m 
59m 
65m 
62m 
87m 
65m 
82m 
70m 
88m 
I  10m 
57m 
65m 

65  m 
101m 
90m 
I  I  Im 
61m 
59m 
83m 
75m 
68  m 

100m 
62m 

109m 
98m 
80m 
62m 
63  m 
61m 
62  m 
65m 

I  17m 
63m 
85m 
65m 
61m 

60m 
1 00m 

89m 
59m 
56m 
86m 


Aug.  17/46  3149 


72m      Nov.  17/45  2717 


Aug.  17/46 
July  20/46 
Jan.  26/46 
Feb.  2/46 
Aug.  3/46 
June  15/46 
Mar.  9/46 
Dec.  22/45 
Sept.  21/46 
Mar.  30/46 
May  1 1/46 


3150 
3101 
2818 
2830 
3125 
3041 
2882 
2766 
3211 
2917 
2986 


Aug.  18/45  2639 


Oct.  6/45 
May  25/46 
Nov.  3/45 
Oct.  13/45 
Mar.  23/46 
Jar>.  5/46 


2669 
3006 
2701 
2677 
2906 
2785 


Aug.24,'46  3162 


Aug.  25/45 
July  20/46 
May  4/46 
Oct.  13/45 
July  13/46 
Oct.  6/45 
Apr.  20/46 
Oct.  27/45 
Feb  23/46 
Sept.  14/46 

Mar.  23/46 
Dec.  22,45 
May  25  '46 
May  1 1/46 
Mar.  2/46 

Dec.  29/45 
Jan.  25/36 

Sept."  29/45 
July  20/46 
June  15/46 
Aug.24,'46 


2638 
3101 
2973 
2679 
3089 
2669 
2950 
2693 
2859 
3197 

2907 
2768 
3005 
2986 
2870 

2777 


2661 
3102 
3042 
3163 


Page 
2884 

3076 
2951 

3031 
3187 
2354 
3055 
2870 

2907 
2744 

303  i 
2628 
2809 
2655 
2850 
2809 
2859 
2628 
2454 

3  i  27 
2259 
2776 
2093 
2499 
2850 
2695 

3138 
2939 
2434 
3076 
2756 
2555 

2454 
2883 

2776 


2870 
2598 
2756 
2951 

2884 
2686 

2987 

3090 
2987 

3078 


Servici 
Data 
Page 


2862 
3018 


2862 
2975 

2930 

2810 

3188 
2898 


101m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

3100 

69  m 

May  1 1*46 

2986 

2963 

74  m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2628 

90m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

71m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2818 

76m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

2756 

2975 

86m 

Jan.  19/46 

2805 

2710 

2930 

72m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2655 

3076 

3031 

60m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

2748 

55m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2884 

55m 

Jan.  12/46 

2795 

2744 

3090 

84  m 

Sept.  29/45 

2662 

2434 

67m 

2786 

3031 

82m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

95m 

Feb.  29/36 

66m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2695 

136m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2384 

2930 

1  15m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

90m 

Nov.  3/45 

2703 

2662 

2898 

90m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

2907 

92m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2366 

90m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2907 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  21,  1946 


3219 


Title  Company 
Thrill  of  Brazil  Col. 
Throw  a  Saddle  on  a  Star  Col. 
Thunder  Town  PRC 
Till  the  Clouds  Roll  By  (color)  MSM 
Till  the  End  of  Time  (Block  6)  RKO 
Time  of  Their  Lives  Univ. 
Time,  the  Place,  the  Girl  (color)  WB 

fTo  Each  His  Own  (Block  5)  Para. 
Tokyo  Rose  (Block  3)  Para. 

f  Tomorrow  Is  Forever  RKO 
Too  Good  to  Be  True  Para. 

(formerly  Easy  Come,  Easy  Go) 
Too  Young  to  Know  WB 
Traffic  in  Crime  Rep. 
Trail  to  Mexico  Mono. 
Trail  to  Vengeance  Univ. 
Trigger  Fingers  Mono. 
Trouble  with  Women  Para. 
True  Glory,  The  Col. 
Truth  About  Murder,  The  RKO 
Turn  of  the  Century  (Swedish)  Scandia 
Two  Fisted  Stranger  Col. 
Two  Gays  from  Milwaukee  WB 
Two  Mrs.Carrolls,  The  WB 

f  Two  Sisters  from  Boston  (Bl.  16)  MGM 
Two  Smart  People  MGM 
2,000  Women  (British)  Gains.-G.F.D. 
Two  Years  Before  the  Mast  Para. 


UNCLE  Andy  Hardy 
Under  Arizona  Skies 
Undercover  Woman 
Undercurrent 
Under  Nevada  Skies 
Unholy  Garden  (Re-Issue) 
Unknown,  The 
Up  Goes  Maisie  (Block  15)  MGM 

VACATION  from  Marriage 

(Block  14)  (British) 
Vacation  in  Reno 
Valley  of  the  Zombies 
Verdict,  The 
t  Virginian,  The  (color)  (Bl.  4) 
Voice  of  the  Whistler 


MGM 
Mono. 

Rep. 
MGM 

Rep. 
Film  Classics 

Col. 


MGM 
RKO 
Rep. 
WB 
Para. 
Col. 


WAGON  Wheels  Westward  Rep. 
Walk  in  the  Sun,'  A  20th-Fox 
Walls  Came  Tumbling  Down,  The  Col. 
Wanderer  of  the  Wasteland  RKO 
Wanted  for  Murder  (Brit.)  20th-Fox 
Way  We  Live,  The  (British)  GFD 
Wedding  Night  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

t  Weekend  at  the  Waldorf  (Spcl.)  MGM 
Welcome,  Stranger  Para. 

f  Well  Groomed  Bride,  The  (Bl.  4)  Para. 
West  of  the  Alamo  Mono. 
What  Next,  Corporal  Har- 
grove? (Block  14)  MGM 
Where  There's  Life  Para. 
While  Nero  Fiddled  (Brit.)  Bacon-Bell 
Whirlwind  of  Paris  (French)  Hoffberg 
Whistle  Stop  UA 
White  Tie  and  Tails  Univ. 
Wicked  Lady,  The  (Br.)  Eagle-Lion 
Wife  of  Monte  Cristo  PRC 
Wife  Wanted  Mono. 
Wild  Beauty  Univ. 
Wildfire  Screen  Guild 

Wild  West  PRC 

(formerly  Melody  Roundup) 
Without  Dowry  (Russian)  Artkino 

t  Without  Reservations  RKO 
Woman  Chases  Man  (Reissue) 

Rim  Classics 

Woman  on  the  Beach  RKO 

(formerly  Desirable  Woman) 
Woman  Who  Came  Back,  The  Rep. 

YANK  in  London,  A  (Br.)  20th-Fox 
Yearling,  The  (color)  MGM 
Years  Between,  The  (British)  GFD 
Yolanda  and  the  Thief  (color) 

(Block  14)  MGM 
Young  Widow  UA 

I  ZIESFELD  Follies  of  1946 

(color)  (Special)  MGM 


Prod. 
Number 

7006 
7221 


626 
546 

4524 
451 1 
682 


507 
522 
574 
1 103 
568 

7050 
624 

7208 
524 


622 


561 
515 

54  i 

7027 
613 

608 

520 

4516 
7024 

564 
616 
7011 
609 
644 


605 

4519 
573 

606 


550 


545 
001 


621 


Tradeshow  or 

Stars  Release  Date 

Evelyn  Keyes-Keenan  Wynn  Sept.  30, '46 

Ken  Curtis-Adele  Roberts  Mar.  I4.'46 

Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor  Apr.  10/46 

Robert  Walker-Judy  Garland  Not  Set 
Dorothy  McGuire-Guy  Madison       (T)  Aug.    I, '46 

Bud  Abbott-Lou  Costello  Aug.  I6,'46 

Dennis  Morgan-Jack  Carson  Not  Set 

Olivia  De  Havilland-John  Lund  July  5, '46 

Byron  Barr-Lotus  Long  Feb.   8, '46 

Claudette  Colbert-Orson  Welles  Special 

Sonny  Tufts-Diana  Lynn  Not  Set 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Hutton  Dec.    I, '45 

Kane  Richmond-Adele  Mara  June  28, '46 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  June  29, '46 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Nov.  30, '45 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton  Sept.  2 1, '46 

Ray  Milland-Teresa  Wright  Not  Set 

Documentary  Oct.  4,'45 

Bonita  Granville-Morgan  Conway  Blotfk  5 

Edvard  Persson-Stina  Hedberg  Feb.  23, '46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  May  30, '46 

Dennis  Morgan-Joan  Leslie  Aug.  1 7, '46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Humphrey  Bogart  Not  Set 

Jimmy  Durante-June  Allyson  Apr. -May, 46 
John  Hodiak-Lucille  Ball                 (T)  June  4,"46 

Phyllis  Calvert-Flora  Robson  Not  Set 

Alan  Ladd-Brian  Donlevy  Nov.  22, '46 

Mickey  Rooney-Bonita  Granville  Not  Set 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton    Apr.  27, '46 

Stephanie  Bachelor-Robert  Livingston  Apr.  I  I  ,'46 
Katharine  Hepburn-Robert  Taylor    (T)  Sept.  30, '46 

Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans  Aug.  26,'46 

Ronald  Colman-Fay  Wray  July  29, '46 

Karen  Morley-Jim  Bannon  July  4, '46 

Ann  Sothern-George  Murphy  Jan.-Feb.,'46 


Robert  Donat-Deborah  Kerr 
Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys 
Robert  Livingston-Adrian  Booth 
Sydney  Greenstreet-Peter  Lorre 
Joel  McCrea-Brian  Donlevy 
Richard  Dix-Lynn  Merrick 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake 
Dana  Andrews-Richard  Conte 
Lee  Bov/man-Marguerite  Chapman 
James  Warren-Audrey  Long 
Eric  Portman-Dulcie  Gray 
Peter  Willes 

Gary  Cooper-Anna  Sten 
Ginger  Rogers-Lana  Turner-Walter  Pidg 
Bing  Crosby-Barry  Fitzgerald 
Ray  Milland-Olivia  DeHavilland 
Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White 


Nov 


Dec.,'45 
Not  Set 
May  24,'46 
Not  Set 
Apr.  5,'46 
Oct.  30,'45 

Dec.  2 1, '45 
Mar.,'46 

June  7, '46 
Block  2 
Nov.,'46 
Not  Set 

June  15, '46 
eon  OcM45 
Not  Set 

May  I7,'46 

Apr.  20,'46 


Robert  Walker-Keenan  Wynn  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

Bob  Hope-Signe  Hasso  Not  Set 

Tommy  Trinder-Frances  Day  Apr.  29,'46 

Charpin-Marguerite  Perry  Feb.  9, '46 

George  Raft-Ava  Gardner  Jan.  25, '46 

Dan  Duryea-Ella  Raines  Aug.  30, '46 

Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Not  Set 

John  Loder-Lenore  Aubert  Apr.  23, '46 

Kay  Francis-Paul  Cavanaugh  Oct.  12/46 

Don  Porter-Lois  Collier  Aug.  9,46 

Bob  Steele-Sterling  Holloway  May/46 

Eddie  Dean-Al  LaRue  Nov.  1/46 

Olga  Pyshova-Nina  Alisova  Apr.  6/46 

Claudette  Colbert-John  Wayne  Block  5 

Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea  May  15/46 

Joan  Bennett-Robert  Ryan  (T)  Jan. ,'47 


t—  REVIEWED  — , 

M.  P.  Product 

Running          Herald  Digest 

Time              Issue  Page 

91m  Sept.  21/46  3209 

65m  Mar.  23/46  2906 

57m  Apr.  6/46  2926 

105m  June  15/46  3041 

82m  Aug.  17/46  3149 

122m  Mar.  16/46  2894 

70m  Dec.  8/45  2745 

105m  Jan.  19/46  2805 

86m  Nov.  17/45  2718 

56m  July  6/46  3077 

54m 

84m  Sept.  15/45  2646 

63m  Apr.  20/46  2950 

110m  Mar.  9/46  2882 

50m  June  15/46  3043 

90m  Aug.  3/46  3126 


Advance  Service 
Synopsis  Data 

Page  Page 

3090 

2850 


2963 
2784 
2939 
2555 
2861 
2744 
2555 
2748 


I  12m  Mar.  9/46 

93m  June  8/46 

97m  Sept.  9/44 

98m  Aug. 31/46 

59m  June  8/46 

56m  July  6/46 

69m  Aug.  31/46 

77m  Aug.  8/31 

90m  Dec.  29/45 


2881 
3029 
2626 
3173 

3030 
3077 

3174 


2778 


2384 
3055 
3031 
2748 
3126 
2776 

2776 

2951 
2884 
2628 
2695 
2748 

3055 

3127 
2870 
2748 
3007 
3127 

3055 


3164 
2930 
2975 


2898 


2798 


3164 

3188 
3164 


2930 


94m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2710 

2862 

3127 

56m 

June  1/46 

3017 

3007 

2764 

90  m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2242 

3164 

60m 

Feb. 23/46 

2859 

2655 

55m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

2555 

1  !7m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2242 

2979 

82m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2963 

3188 

67m 

Sept.  29/45 

2662 

103m 

Apr.  13/46 

2937 

64m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

83m 

Feb.  23/35 

130m 

July  28/45 

2627 

2242 

3018 

2939 

75m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2786 

3164 

58m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2883 

96m 

Nov.  1 7/45 

2717 

2710 

2975 

3078 

65m 

May  1 1/46 

2986 

88m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

84m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

2744 

3100 

74m 

Sept.  14/46 

3197 

103m 

Dec.  15/45 

2757 

80m 

Mar.  30/46 

2918 

2895 

3018 

3138 

61m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3076 

60m 

3138 

81m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

107m 

May  11/46 

2985 

2884 

3164 

70m 

May  1/37 

2883 

507 

Nancy  Kelly-John  Loder 

Dec.  13/45 

68m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2555 

622 

Anna  Neagle-Dean  Jagger 

Mar./46 

106m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

Gregory  Peck-Jacqueline  White 

(T)  Sept.  13/46 

2883 

Michael  Redgrave-Valerie  Hobson 

Not  Set 

100m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

610 

Fred  Astaire-Lucille  Bremer 

Nov.-Dec.,'45 

108m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2354 

2930 

Jane  Russell-Louis  Hayward 

Mar.  1/46 

98m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2454 

3188 

617 

MGM  Contract  Stars 

Mar.,'46 

110m 

Aug.  25/45 

2638 

1913 

3188 

Feature  Product,  listed  by  Company  in  Order  of  Release  on  page  3212. 


3220 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  21.  1946 


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nited  States,  Elsewhere  $5.  The  time  to  order  is  now. 


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eye-and-ear-arresting  TRAILERS  ar 
ACCESSORIES... that  are  tuned 
PROFITS! 

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MOTION  PICTURE 

HERALD 


REVIEWS 

(In  Product  Digest) 

Gentleman  Joe  Palooka 
Nobody  Lives  Forever 
Russia  on  Parade 
This  Man  Is  Mine 
South  of  Monterey 
Accomplice 
Below  the  Deadline 
Men  of  Two  Worlds 
Outlaw  of  the  Plains 


QP 


The  Checkerboard 

ATA  INTERVENES 

CSA  READY  TO  INTERVENE 

MPTOA  STUDIES  INTERVENTION 

ALLIED  SAYS  NO  -  NOT  NOW 

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IN  THE  NEW  CHILDREN'S  LIBRARY  OF  FILMS 

— A  Product  Digest  Feature 

BOX  OFFICE  CHAMPION  PRODUCTION  OF  THE  MONTH 


VOL.  164,  SO.  IS;  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 

Entered  as  second-class  matter.  January  12,  1931.  at  the  Post  Office,  at  New  York  City,  U.S.A.,  under  the  act  of  March  3,  1879.  Pub- 
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United  States  Pictures  prod. 

SCREEN  PlAY  BY  ALBERT  MALTZ  AND  RING  IARDNER"  JR.  ORIGINAL  STORY  BY 
BORIS  INGSTER  AND  JOHN  IARKIN     MUSIC  BY  MAX  STEINER 

Directed  by  Produced  by 


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TYRONE  POWER  •   GENE  TIERNEY  •  JOHN  PAYNE  •  ANNE  BAXTER  •  CLIFTON  WEBB  •  HERBERT  MARSHAL 
in  Darryl  F.  Zanuck's  production  of  W.  SOMERSET  MAUGHAM'S  "TFJE  RAZOR&  EDGE"  with  Lucille  Watson  •  Fran 
Latimore  •  Elsa  Lanchester  •  Fritz  Kortner  •  John  Wengraf  •  Cecil  Humphreys  •  Harry  Piker  •  Cobina  Wright,  Si 
Produced  by  DARRYL  F.  ZANUCK  •  Directed  by  EDMUND  GOULDING  V  Screen  Play  by  LAMAR  TROTTI 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD 


MARTIN  QVIGLEY,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher 


Terry  Ramsaye,  Editor 


Vol.  164,  No.  13 


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September  28,  1946 


AUCTION  SELLING 

THE  goulash  of  confusions  and  contentions  cooking  among 
the  diverse   interests   involved   concerning   the  Federal 
court's  proposal  of  auction  selling  of  pictures  points  to 
the  ineptitude  of  the  judiciary  in  assuming  legislative  authority. 

It  is  clear  enough  that  no  one  among  the  parties  to  the 
Federal  suit  asked  the  court  for  auction  selling. 

There  is  no  evidence  that  any  party  to  the  suit  wants 
auction  selling.  There  is  much  evidence  that  many  emphatically 
do  not  want  it. 

In  the  several  legal  documents  pertaining  to  moves  at  inter- 
vention and  dissent  there  is  much  expert  testimony  on  the 
unworkable  and  inequitable  aspects  of  the  proposed  auctions. 

Most  important  of  all  is  the  argument  of  the  intangibles 
and  incalculables,  in  that  the  value  of  a  motion  picture  for 
exhibition  at  any  theatre  is  conditioned  not  by  what  it  is  at 
the  time  of  offering  but  by  unforeseeable  conditions  which 
shall  obtain  at  the  time  and  place  of  exhibition,  including  the 
competitive  programs  of  the  day,  and  the  local  state  of  mind 
and  whim  of  the  customers.  A  motion  picture  is  not  a  cake  of 
soap  which  will  lather  anywhere  in  any  water.  No  court  can 
fix  it  that  way. 

Again,  as  has  been  observed  here  before,  there  is  a  great 
appropriateness  in  the  contention  that  the  court  is  without 
authority  on  how  to  sell.  The  issue  of  the  Government  suit 
was  over  the  legality  of  existing  and  long  practised  methods 
of  selling.  The  issue  would  appear  to  call  for  a  yes  or  no 
answer — but  not  for  a  prescription  on  how  to  run  an  industry. 

The  motion  picture  has  been  diligently  at  work  for  more  than 
thirty  years  evolving  a  structure,  imperfect  in  parts,  no  doubt, 
but  in  the  large  controlled  by  natural  evolutionary  forces 
and  resulting  in  a  great  and  intricate  mechanism  of  service 
empowered  by  a  public  buying  entertainment  on  a  scale 
unprecedented  in  the  history  of  the  arts.  The  law  may  correct 
practices  in  detail;  it  cannot  by  ukase  ordain  a  new  industry. 

■  ■  ■ 

A SPECIAL  interest  attaches  to  the  New  York  conven- 
tion of  the  advertising,  publicity,  exploitation  and 
radio  personnel  of  Twentieth  Century- Fox  which 
Mr.  Charles  Schlaifer,  director,  has  called  for  mid-October. 
The  event  marks  a  new  recognition  of  the  integral  importance 
of  the  total  exploitation  effort  to  the  operation  from  studio 
to  screen,  and  the  fact  that  promotion  is  part  of  the  show. 
This  is  the  first  national  publicity  convention  of  its  kind,  and 
one  which  may  be  setting  a  pattern. 

■  ■  ■ 

CASH  OUTLOOK 

EVERYBODY  with  anything  to  sell,  and  especially  showmen, 
will  be  interested  in  an  official  Washington  finding  that 
about  half  of  the  nation's  families  have  incomes  of  less 
than  $2,000  a  year,  and  two  out  of  three  less  than  $3,000. 
About  one  in  ten  families  were  found  to  have  pooled  incomes 
of  from  $4,000  to  $7,500  a  year  and  only  one  family  in  thirty- 
four  had  more  than  that. 

All  figures  pertain  to  1 945,  which  set  a  record,  and  it  is  a 


ready  calculation  that  today  the  figures  are  lower.  They  come 
from  a  survey  conducted  jointly  by  the  Federal  Reserve  Board 
and  the  Bureau  of  Agricultural  Economics. 

Box  office  money  comes  from  the  ready,  available  jingle 
money  loose  in  the  customer's  pocket.  And  just  the  other  day 
Mr.  Barney  Balaban  said  again  that  experience  through  good 
days  and  lean  days  indicates  that  the  box  office  revenues 
remain  in  a  constant  percentage  relation  to  what  the  people 
have  to  spend. 

The  motion  picture  won  its  position  as  the  dominant  enter- 
tainment of  the  multitudes  by  delivering  the  most  entertain- 
ment for  the  least  money.  That  is  the  way  it  will  be  holding 
its  position. 


ADDIE  KESSEL 

MANY  the  pioneer  of  the  motion  picture  was  having 
mellow  nostalgic  thoughts  as  he  read  of  the  death 
of  Mr.  Adam  Kessel,  founder  of  the  once  celebrated 
New  York  Motion  Picture  Company,  and  related  brands  of 
classic  memory  including  Keystone,  Broncho,  Domino,  Kay-Bee 
and  Bison  back  yonder  when  the  nickelodeon  swept  the  land 
and  rose  to  the  stature  of  the  screen  theatre.  Among  those 
who  came  to  fame  under  his  auspices  were  Mr.  Thomas  H.  Ince 
and  Mr.  Mack  Sennett.  It  was  Adam  Kessel,  too,  who  brought 
Charles  Chaplin  from  an  English  music  hall  act  to  the  screen 
in  Keystone  comedies.  Adam  was  a  rider  of  the  tides  of 
opportunity.  Anti-gambling  raids  on  his  bookmaking  at  the 
Sheepshead  Bay  track  sent  him  looking  for  a  new  business 
when  he  discovered  the  movies.  With  his  sheetwriter, 
Mr.  Charles  O.  Baumann,  and  a  wolfskin  rug,  he  made  a 
split-reel  thriller  in  a  backyard  one  afternoon  and  found  he 
was  off  on  a  new  career.  He  made  a  fortune,  but  the  tide 
of  motion  picture  development  swept  on.  His  last  enterprise 
was  a  parking  lot  in  Brooklyn.  He  was  a  philosopher  about  it. 

■  ■  ■ 

A RELEASE  from  Carl  Byoir  and  Associates  in  behalf 
of  the  Hughes  campaign  on  "The  Outlaw"  quotes 
Mr.  Alec  Moss,  director  of  advertising  for  Hughes 
Productions,  as  observing  that  the  revocation  of  the  Produc- 
tion Code  seal  for  the  picture  is  "a  piece  of  arbitrary  adver- 
tising censorship  which  could  have  insidious  effects  on  all 
industry",  and  further  suggests  that  "No  other  trade  asso- 
ciation exercises  such  dominant  power.  ..." 

Mr.  Moss  and  the  Byoir  organization  ignore  the  fact  that 
Mr.  Howard  Hughes  by  his  membership  in  the  Motion  Pic- 
ture Association  subscribed  to  regulative  arrangements 
deemed  for  the  good  of  the  industry,  and  then  elected  to 
discard  what  did  not  please  him. 

And  about  "no  other  trade  association",  one  might  remind 
Mr.  Moss  of  the  regulative  arrangements  which  apply  to 
members  of  the  Audit  Bureau  of  Circulations,  and  controls 
pertaining  to  advertising  of  products  under  the  approval  of 
the  American  Medical  Association,  also  enforced  discretions 
in  the  advertising  of  various  beverages — to  cite  only  a  few. 

— Terry  Ramsaye 


THIS  WEEK  IN  THE  NEWS 


Transfusion 


THE  additional  profits  derived  from  the  sale 
of  popcorn,  candy  and  soda-pop  in  theatres 
were  termed  a  "blood  transfusion  for  exhibi- 
tion" by  Leslie  R.  Schwartz,  head  of  An- 
drews, Inc.,  the  extra  profits  division  of 
Century  Theatres,  which  operates  37  houses 
in  Brooklyn  and  Long-  Island.  Mr.  Schwartz' 
comment  followed  an  announcement  of  the 
company's  intent  to  stage  a  convention  for 
its  personnel  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  in  New 
York  beginning  October  8  at  which  the 
extra-profits  plans  will  be  outlined.  Citing 
increased  competition  from  the  other  fields 
of  entertainment  Mr.  Schwartz  said  that  the 
annual  sale  of  delicacies  and  soft  drinks 
might  well  equalize  the  competition.  "We 
are  not  in  accord,"  he  continued,  "with  the 
pious  expressions  of  theatremen  who  say 
that  the  sale  of  popcorn  in  a  theatre  'is  not 
show  business,'  or  'cheapens  the  theatres'." 


International  "Oscar" 

AN  International  Film  Congress  which 
would  award  an  "Oscar"  for  the  best  foreign 
film  as  one  of  its  features  is  planned  by  the 
Academy  of  Motion  Picture  Arts  and  Sci- 
ences. Invitations  to  leading  motion  picture 
personalities  from  overseas  to  come  to 
Hollywood  next  March  for  the  first  interna- 
tional meeting  there  will  be  extended  by 
Margaret  Herrick,  executive  secretary  of  the 
Academy,  now  in  Cannes,  France,  attending 
the  International  Film  Festival.  Another 
feature  of  the  international  congress  would 
be  the  discussion  of  screen  technique. 


European  Economics 

PROPOSALS  for  the  rehabilitation  and 
reconstruction  of  Europe  which,  if  adopted, 
might  vitally  affect  the  industry's  market 
abroad,  were  discussed  last  week  at  a  press 
conference  with  Dr.  Isadore  Lubin.  Known 
to  the  trade  as  president  of  Confidential 
Reports,  Inc.,  Dr.  Lubin  last  week  was 
speaking  in  his  capacity  as  the  American 
representative  on  the  Temporary  Sub-Com- 
mission on  Economic  Reconstruction  of 
Devastated  Areas. 

Recently  returned  from  Europe  with  that 
body's  preliminary  report  in  hand,  Dr. 
Lubin  said  the  sub-commission  had  recom- 
mended the  establishment  of  an  Economic 
Commission  for  Europe  which  would  coor- 
dinate such  problems  as  trade  practices,  dis- 
tribution of  raw  materials  and  labor,  and 
finances. 

The  sub-commission  recommended  the  re- 
vival of  multi-lateral  trade  agreements  to 
replace  those  bi-lateral  agreements  which, 
in  some  cases,  have  seriously  retarded  the 


EXHIBITORS   take    play   in   decree  suit 
checker  game  Page  13 

ATA   moves  to  intervene,   and  charges 
"more  monopoly"  Page  14 

CSA  changes  stance,  decides  to  file  a 
separate  petition  Page  15 

ON  THE  MARCH— Red  Kann  in  comment 
on  industry  matters  Page  16 

UNITED  ARTISTS  files  its  brief  in  U.  S. 
decree  action  Page  16 

SERVICE  DEPARTMENTS 

Hollywood  Scene  Page  30 

In  the  Newsreels  Page  44 

anagers'  Round  Table  Page  53 

Picture  Grosses  Page  52 

Short  Product  at  First  Runs  Page  42 

What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me  Page  46 


MORE  exhibitors  protest  dope  amendment 
to  Production  Code  Page  19 

RANK'S  financing  is  supported  fully  by 
British  investing  public  Page  22 

BOX  OFFICE  Cha  mpions  for  the  month  of 
August  Page  23 

NATIONAL  SPOTLIGHT  — Notes  about 
industry  people  across  country    Page  34 

IN  Children's  Film  Library — Product  Digest 
feature  Page  3222 


IN  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 

Showmen's  Reviews  Page  3221 

Short  Subjects  Page  3225 

Short  Subjects  Chart  Page  3226 

Service  Data  Page  3228 

The  Release  Chart  Page  3229 


export  of  U.  S.  films,  and  noted  that  "the 
economy  of  Europe  as  a  whole  cannot  be 
placed  on  a  satisfactory  footing  in  1946  and 
subsequent  years  without  outside  assistance 
to  finance  essential  imports."  Motion  pic- 
tures, Dr.  Lubin  said,  were  considered 
"essential." 

The  sub-commission  urged  that  some 
organization  be  established  to  carry  on  the 
work  of  the  United  Nations  Relief  and 
Rehabilitation  Association,  which  has  handled 
films,  and  that  an  international  bank  be 
established. 

The  consideration  of  this  preliminary 
report  is  one  of  the  main  items  on  the  agenda 
of  the  third  session  of  the  Economic  and 
Social  Council  of  the  United  Nations  now 
being  held  at  Lake  Success. 

Dr.  Lubin  will  return  to  his  duties  at 
CRI  in  the  near  future.  When  questioned 
on  the  report  that  the  Department  of  Justice 
would  investigate  CRI,  Dr.  Lubin  quoted 
Will  Rogers:  "All  I  know  is  what  I  read 
in  the  papers." 


Tax  Reduction 

THE  20  per  cent  Federal  admission  tax, 
long  a  bone  of  contention  with  exhibitors, 
may  become  the  subject  of  a  Congressional 
battle.  According  to  reports  from  Washing- 
ton late  last  week  the  Motion  Picture  Asso- 
ciation of  America  will  take  an  active  role 
along  with  exhibitor  organizations  to  seek  a 
reduction  in  the  present  excise  war  tax  rate 
while  Allied  States,  American  Theatres  As- 
sociation and  the  Motion  Picture  Theatre 
Owners  of  America  have  already  disclosed 
their  intention  to  appear  before  Congres- 
sional committees  and  urge  a  tax  reduction. 
•Representative  Harold  Knutson  (R.,  Minn.) 
is  understood  to  be  planning  immediate  intro- 
duction of  his  excise  tax  reduction  bill.  The 
representative  is  a  member  of  the  House ,  , 
Ways  and  Means  Committee  which  would 
first  hold  hearings  on  the  reduction  measure. 


$166,500  Decrease 

BECAUSE  of  the  epidemic  of  infantile 
paralysis  which  swept  Minnesota  during 
August,  Federal  tax  collections  for  places 
of  amusement  in  that  state  dropped  20  per 
cent,  or  $166,500,  from  the  preceding  month. 
This  figure  was  computed  by  E.  F.  Kelm, 
state  Collector  of  Internal  Revenue,  who 
compared  the  tax  collections  of  $727,500  for 
July  with  $561,000  taken  in  during  August, 
when  child  attendance  was  banned. 


Alliance 

TELEVISION  joined  hands  with  the  le- 
gitimate theatre  in  a  unique  entertainment 
alliance  Sunday  night  when  National 
Broadcasting  Company,  with  the  sanction 
of  the  Dramatists'  Guild,  put  on  the  first 
of  a  new  series,  "Broadway  Previews,"  over 
Station  WNBT  in  New  York.  The  experi- 
ment was  looked  upon  as  having  far-reach- 
ing possibilities.  Producers,  in  need  of  an 
effective,  inexpensive  way  of  testing  plays, 
might  find  the  television  screen  favored  over 
the  costly  road  tryouts.  At  the  same  time, 
television's  need  for  plays  might  be  met. 


8 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


Freedom 

THE  availability  of  all  materials  of  the  mo- 
tion picture,  the  radio  and  the  press  to  all 
j  the  peoples  of  the  world  as  a  buttress  for 
'  world  peace  was  advocated  in  a  report  sub- 
mitted Tuesday  in  Washington  to  the  Ameri- 
can commission  of  the  United  Nations  Edu- 
cational, Scientific  and  Cultural  Organiza- 
tion. The  report  was  compiled  by  a  commit- 
tee selected  by  the  Assistant  Secretary  of 
State,  William  Benton  and  headed  by  Ed- 
ward W.  Barrett,  who  is  the  editorial  direc- 
tor of  Newsweek. 

Along  the  same  lines,  Eric  Johnston,  pres- 
ident of  the  Motion  Picture  Association  in 
Washington  on  Tuesday  stressed  the  im- 
portance of  motion  pictures  toward  the  pro- 
motion of  better  international  understand- 
ing. Mr.  Johnston  spoke  at  a  round  table 
discussion  of  UNESCO  and  hailed  the  mis- 
sion of  pictures  in  showing  people  every- 
where the  American  cultural  way  of  life. 

The  MPA  president  further  expanded  his 
views  on  better  international  relations  on  a 
UNESCO  forum  which  was  held  Wednes- 
day evening. 


Sermon 

IT  IS  to  be  doubted  if  20th-Fox  had  soul 
refreshing  especially  in  mind  when  it  made 
Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam,"  but  that's 
apparently  the  way  it  hit  an  Episcopalian 
rector  in  Philadelphia.  At  any  rate,  the 
worthy  Churchman,  in  calling  his  flock  to 
worship  through  an  advertisement  in  The 
Evening  Bulletin,  said  that  he  wished  "to 
share  with  you  a  deeply  religious  experience 
which  grew  out  of  this  most  commendable 
movie."  The  topic  of  his  sermon  was  an- 
nounced as,  "A  Dump  Became  Paradise." 


Bottleneck 

London  Bureau 

LATEST  studio  headache  in  London  is 
caused  by  shortages  of  timber  and  plaster. 
During  the  war  producers  were  compelled 
to  improvise — using  plaster  as  wood  or 
wood  as  plaster,  which  ever  came  to  hand 
first.  Now  the  British  Government  is  at- 
tempting to  regularize  the  position  and  the 
Ministry  of  Supply  has  asked  the  producers 
to  estimate  their  probable  requirements  for 
the  next  six  months.  Further,  the  British 
Film  Producers  Association  has  been  offi- 
cially informed  that,  as  a  maximum,  only 
90  per  cent  of  the  estimated  demand  will 
be  released  from  the  official  stocks.  The 
producers  have  replied  that  Government 
officials,  in  adopting  their  present  position, 


are  harming  their  export  trade  in  films. 
Estimated  studio  requirements  for  the  com- 
ing year  are  3,600  tons  of  plaster  and  more 
than  6,000  tons  of  wood.  They'll  be  lucky 
if  they  get  it. 


Quickie 

JOE  LOUIS'S  two-minute,  nine-second 
knockout  of  Tamy  Mauriello  last  week  foiled 
20th  Century  Sporting  Club's  plan  to  release 
a  pictorial  record  of  the  bout  in  a  tie-up 
with  RKO  Pathe  as  producer.  Photograph- 
ers had  scarcely  focused  their ,  cameras  be- 
fore Mauriello  was  hearing  the  birdies  sing. 


Post-war 

RADAR,  the  war's  top  security  electronic 
development,  may  finally  bring  relief  to  mo- 
tion picture  studios  from  one  of  their  most 
vexing  problems:  sound  interference  from 
passing  aircraft. 

Enterprise  is  already  making  inquiries  into 
the  possibility  of  installing  a  radar  screen  on 
the  roof  of  its  new  sound  stage,  to  detect 
approaching  aircraft  before  their  engine  roar 
halts  filming  and  spoils  takes. 

War  Assets  Administration  facilities  are 
being  canvassed  for  suitable  surplus  radar 
equipment,  and  application  will  be  made  for 
a  license  to  operate  the  device,  which  studio 
officials  calculate  will  bring  about  substantial 
savings  in  production  time,  as  well  as  sooth- 
ing the  frayed  nerves  of  directors  and  play- 
ers, whose  efforts  are  now  interrupted. 


Potential 

ALTHOUGH  the  English-language  motion 
picture  is  practically  world-wide  and  despite 
the  huge  current  box  office  boom,  such  pic- 
tures have  not  yet  hit  even  50  per  cent  sat- 
uration of  the  potential,  William  Dozier, 
vice-president  and  director  of  Universal-In- 
ternational, claims.  Mr.  Dozier  says  that, 
because  distribution  and  exhibiting  never 
reach  their  maximum,  "millions  of  dollars  in 
admission  fees  never  get  to  the  box  office  in 
places  like  Australia."  It  is  certainly  not  be- 
cause Australians  don't  want  to  go  to  the 
movies,  he  insists. 

Return  of  the  camera  and  projector  indus- 
tries from  war  duty  will  start  the  flow  of 
necessary  machinery,  Mr.  Dozier  feels. 
Greatest  current  need,  he  says,  is  more  ex- 
hibiting facilities,  especially  of  the  more  in- 
expensive type  practical  for  small  and  re- 
mote theatres.  In  view  of  the  fact  that  native 
motion  picture  industries  are  developing  in 
other  countries,  Mr.  Dozier  cautions  studios 
against  overdoing  foreign-language  films. 


PEOPLE 

Spyros  Skouras,  president  of  Twentieth 
Century-Fox,  is  chairman  of  the  motion 
picture  division  of  the  1946  campaign  of 
the  Visiting  Nurse  Service  of  New  York. 
The  drive  to  raise  $400,000  opens  Octo- 
ber 9. 

Richard  de  Rochemont,  March  of  Time 
producer,  left  Paris  by  TWA  Airlines  for 
New  York  Monday.  He  has  been  abroad 
lor  more  than  a  month. 

L.  C.  Griffith,  president  of  the  Griffith 
theatre  circuit  in  Oklahoma  City,  has  been 
elected  a  director  of  Oklahoma  Industries, 
Inc.,  an  organization  designed  to  promote 
business  and  industry  in  the  state. 

Stacy  Keach  Monday  was  appointed  east- 
ern test  director  in  New  York  by  RKO 
Radio's  Hollywood  studio,  and  will  func- 
tion under  the  supervision  of  Arthur 
Willi,  head  of  the  company's  eastern  tal- 
ent department. 

G.  I.  Woodham  Smith,  general  counsel  for 
J.  Arthur  Rank  interests,  and  Robert 
Benjamin,  president  of  the  Rank  Organ- 
ization in  this  country,  last  Friday  were 
elected  to  the  board  of  Universal  Pictures 
Corp. 

Fred  Steele,  associated  with  Monogram 
since  its  organization,  last  Wednesday  was 
appointed  general  studio  manager  in  Hol- 
lywood, it  was  announced  by  Samuel 
Broidy,  president. 

Leda  Bauer  of  RKO  Radio's  story  depart- 
ment, has  arrived  in  London  to  set  up  a 
coordinating  literary  department  for  the 
company  under  Jack  Votion,  production 
chief. 

Ralph  Carmichael,  formerly  sales  man- 
ager of  MGM's  Los  Angeles  branch,  has 
been  appointed  Republic's  Los  Angeles 
manager,  effective  Monday,  September  30. 

Harold  Keeter,  formerly  with  Warners 
in  Charlotte,  N.  C,  has  been  appointed 
branch  manager  of  PRC's  Charlotte  ex- 
change. 

Harry  D.  Graham,  former  district  manager 
of  Atlanta,  Charlotte,  Memphis  and  New 
Orleans,  has  resigned  from  Universal-In- 
ternational, effective  October  1. 

Herbert  J.  Yates,  Jr.,  this  week  resigned  as 
treasurer  of  Republic  Pictures  in  New 
York  because  of  ill  health. 

M.  Kolari,  film  distributor  in  the  Middle 
East  with  headquarters  in  Tel-Aviv, 
Palestine,  arrived  in  New  York  early 
this  week  and  is  negotiating  contracts  for 
additional  product  with  Puritan  Pictures 
Corp. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


THIS  WEEK 


the  Camera  reports: 


THEODORE  ROOSEVELT  ("TED") 
GAMBLE,  wartime  director  of  the 
Treasury's  War  Finance  Division,  receives 
the  civilian  Medal  for  Merit,  from 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  John  Snyder, 
at  Washington  ceremonies  September  19, 
as  Supreme  Court  Chief  Justice 
Fred  Vinson  looks  on.   Mr.  Gamble  is 
ATA  board  chairman. 


Harris  and  Ewlng 


A  KING  SIZE  OSCAR  to  Pete  Smith,  right, 

MGM  short  subjects  producer. 

Red  Skelton  presented  it  on  behalf  of 

the  National  Safety  Council. 

Pete  recently  produced  "Safety  Sleuth", 

on  traffic  safety.  The  trophy  he 

took  home,  without  stubbing  his  toes, 

is  3'/2  feet  high,  weighs  more  than 

400  pounds,  and  is  probably  the 

largest  of  its  kind  in  Hollywood 

and,  therefore,  in  the  world. 


Glasgow  Bulletin  i  I 

BLUE  SKIES  IN  GLASGOW.  Paramount,  the  other  day,  showed  "Blue  Skies"  to  the  J I 
trade  in  the  Scottish  metropolis,  and  who  showed  up  but  Sir  Harry  Lauder, 
welcoming  composer  Irving  Berlin  to  Scotland.   At  the  Playhouse  theatre  scene, 
above,  are  Sir  Harry;  Mary  Gordon,  American  screen  performer,  and  Mr.  Berlin, 
all  in  the  foreground.  Mr.  Berlin  wrote  the  music  for  the  picture. 

AWARDS,  left.  Mexico's  highest  international  honor,  the  Order  of  the  Aztec  Eagle, 
last  week  was  awarded  Jack  L.  Warner,  right,  Warner  Studios  vice-president  in 
charge  of  production,  by  Manuel  Aguilar,  Mexican  consul-general  at  Los  Angeles. 
The  tribute  was  for  Mr.  Warner's  work  in  behalf  of  closer  relations 
between  Mexicans  and  North  Americans,  and  was  specially  authorized  by 
Mexican  President  Avila  Camacho.   Mr.  Warner  last  week  also  received  a 
scroll  from  China  for  Warner  contributions  to  Chinese  food  relief. 


10  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1944 


By  the  Herald 

MONROE  GREENTHAL,  adver- 
tising-publicity executive,  has 
organized  Monroe  Advertis- 
ing Company,  representing 
J.  Arthur  Rank,  Universal- 
international,  and  others. 


Photos  by  the  Herald 

THE  WINDUP  of  Allied  States  Association  convention 
at  the  Copley  Plaza  Hotel,  Boston,  last  week — 
the  annual  banquet,  at  which  Eric  A.  Johnston, 
president  of  the  Motion  Picture  Association, 
was  chief  speaker.    Above  are  Nathan  Yamins, 
convention  chairman,  left,  and  Mr.  Johnston,  in 
dais  conversation.  At  the  right,  above,  are 
Colonel  H.  A.  Cole,  of  Dallas,  and  Fred  Wehrenberg, 
president  of  the  MPTOA.  At  the  right  are 
William  Ainsworth  of  Wisconsin  and  Irving  Dollinger 
of  New  Jersey. 


CZECHOSLOVAKIA  SIGNS,  left. 
Jindrich  Elbl,  Plenipotentiary  of 
the  Czechoslovakian  Ministry  of 
Information,  puts  his  signature  on 
the  deal  with  the  Motion  Picture 
Export  Association,  whereby  8O1 
choice  features  from  this  country 
will  play  his  country's  screens  in 
1946-47.  The  signing,  in  a  cordial 
atmosphere,  was  at  the  Motion. 
Picture  Association  New  York  of- 
fice. Left  to  right,  seated,  are 
Lubos  Linhart,  Czech  Film  Cor- 
poration general  manager;  Mr.. 
Elbl,  and  Irving  Maas,  MPEA  vice- 
president.  Standing  are  Louis 
Kanturek,  MPEA  managing  direc- 
tor for  Czechoslovakia;  Francis 
Harmon,  MPEA  vice-president, 
and  Gerald  E.  Mayer,  associate 
manager  of  the  MPEA  inter- 
national department. 


IN  LONDON,  before  his  departure  for  America,  T.  J.  O'Brien,  right, 
National  Association  of  Theatrical  and  Kine  Employees  gen- 
eral secretary,  is  guest  at  a  reception  tendered  in  the  Savoy  Hotel 
by  J.  Arthur  Rank,  center,  and  John  Davis,  Rank  organization 
general  manager.  See  page  24. 


By  the  Herald 

IN  NEW  YORK,  Lester  Cowan  and  Mary  Pickford,  as 
they  explained  to  the  trade  their  new  joint  production  plans. 
Story  on  page  59. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


George  Miles  Hyan 


ANNIVERSARY.    Sister  Elizabeth  Kenny  gives  a 
birthday  cake  slice  to  Minneapolis  Mayor  Hubert  Humphrey,  Jr. 
in  that  city's  Kenny  Institute.  The  cake  was  presented  to 
Miss  Kenny  by  RKO,  producer  of  "Sister  Kenny".  The 
youngsters  are  polio  victims  being  treated  at  the  Institute. 


A  STROLL  IN  MONTREAL.  Gwethalyn  Graham,  authoress  of 
"Earth  and  High  Heaven",  visits  Dominion  Square  with 
Howard  Koch,  who  is  writing  the  screenplay  from  her  book. 
The  couple  inspected  many  of  the  settings  which 

appear  in  the  Samuel  Goldwyn  film.   Dominion  Square  is 


wi 


where  Erica  and  Marc,  the  novel's  principals,  first  meet. 


American  Oversea*  Airlines 


!  I 


AMERICAN  theatre  operating  and 
film  producing  techniques  this  week 
came  under  the  close  scrutiny  of 
British  theatre  circuit  technical  execu- 
tives, shown  descending  in  New  York 
from  an  overseas  plane.  They  are 
from  the  Gaumont  British  Film  Company 
and  are  William  Cleminson, 
Daniel  MacKay,  William  Cucksey, 
Leonard  Herton,  Robert  Pulman  and 
John  Carson.  The  men  are  visit- 
ing large  cities  and  will  also  spend 
approximately  four  weeks  in  Hollywood. 
They  plan  to  return  to  London 
November  19.  See  page  24. 


NATIONAL  DOG  WEEK,  this  is. 
At  the  left,  Janet  Blair,  Columbia's 
pride,  poses  with  "Rozee"  to 
"help  remind  dog  lovers"  of  the 
observance.   "Rozee",  we  must  men- 
tion, is  an  English  Setter,  two  years  old. 


12 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


1 


EXHIBITORS  TAKE  PLAY  IN 
DECREE  CHECKER  CAME 


Allied  and  MPTOA  Move 
To  Join  Forces  in  Giving 
Views  to  U.S.  Court 

An  impressive  and  burdensome  array  of 
whereases,  motions,  drafts  and  memoranda 
were  placed  in  position  this  week  on  a  tri- 
angular checkerboard  as  the  producer-de- 
fendants, the  independent  exhibitors  and  the 
Department  of  Justice  massed  their  legal 
documents  for  further  long  and  important 
arguments  over  the  industry's  entire  system 
of  merchandising.  Few  industry  observers 
were  inclined  to  believe  this  game  would  be 
played  for  keeps.  Most  leaned  towards  the 
view  the  coming  fight  in  the  New  York 
District  Court  would  be  only  a  noisy  test  of 
strength  before  the  matter  is  eventually  car- 
ried to  the  Supreme  Court. 

Choosing  sides  and  mapping  their  moves 
were : 

The  American  Theatres  Association, 
which  has  filed  its  petition  for  interven- 
tion in  the  anti-trust  suit.  See  page  14. 

The  Confederacy  of  Southern  Associa- 
tions, which  has  notified  the  court  of  its 
intent  to  intervene  but  which  will  not  em- 
barrass Thurman  Arnold,  ATA  counsel, 
by  joining  ATA  in  its  action.  See  page  15. 

The  Motion  Picture  Theatre  Owners 
of  America,  which  has  called  a  meeting 
to  decide  the  question  of  intervention. 

Allied  States,  which  has  decided  against 
intervention  at  this  time. 

The  producers,  whose  proposed  findings 
of  fact  and  decree  memoranda  are  ex- 
pected to  be  filed  momentarily. 

The  Department  of  Justice,  which  has 
promised  its  final  proposed  decree  by 
October  7. 

The  final  days  of  national  Allied's  conven- 
i  tion,  held  in  Boston  last  week,  brought  to  the 
front  two  important  developments : 

1.  A  tentative  agreement  between  Allied 
and  MPTOA  that  the  two  organizations 

oin  together  to  place  the  views  of  the  inde- 
,  pendent  exhibitor  before  the  Federal  Court 
— if  the  two  organizations  can  agree  on  a 
single  method  of  approach.    Fred  Wehren- 
|    berg,  MPTOA  president,  and  Herman  Levy, 
1  general    counsel,   attended   Allied's  board 
meeting  last  Thursday  as  observers  to  dis- 
.  cuss  procedure. 

2.  A  proposal  for  a  permanent  national 
I  forum  to  discuss  distributor-exhibitor  griev- 
■  ances. 

MPTOA  Definitely  Not 
To  Affiliate  with  Allied 

Although  Allied  and  MPTOA  have  indi- 
cated common  interests  by  their  tentative 

1 '  agreement,  MPTOA  definitely  will  not  affili- 
ate with  Allied. 

m  I     Their  views  are  similar,  however,  on  the 


JOHNSTON  DELAYS  TRIP 
UNTIL  OCTOBER  2 

Eric  Johnston,  president  of  the 
Motion  Picture  Association,  who  was 
to  have  begun  his  European  tour 
September  23,  has  postponed  his  trip 
until  October  2  because  of  "press- 
ing industry  matters  in  this  country", 
according  to  Kenneth  Clark,  MPA 
public  relations  officer. 


question  of  intervention,  even  though  Allied 
already  has  indicated  "no"  and  MPTOA  has 
yet  to  make  up  its  mind.  Eoth  groups  are  of 
the  opinion  that  direct  intervention  at  this 
time  would  result  in  making  them  parties  to 
the  litigation.  Further,  they  believe  they 
would  be  bound  by  the  final  decision. 

Abram  F.  Myers,  Allied  general  counsel, 
has  declared  that  intervention  now  is  "su- 
preme folly"  and  filled  with  "terrific 
dangers." 

MPTOA  is  not  yet  so  posiitve.  Mr. 
YYehrenberg  has  announced  a  special  meet- 
ing of  the  officers  and  directors  and  heads 
of  state  and  regional  units  of  - MPTOA  for 
October  8-9  at  the  Hotel  Willard,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  To  be  discussed  is  the  question 
of  whether,  if  the  organization  will  seek 
an  appearance  in  court,  an  alternative  plan 
to  auction  bidding  should  be  submitted  to 
the  court. 

MPTOA  Believed  Planning 
Amicus  Curiae  Tack 

MPTOA  is  already  on  record  as  favoring 
the  proposal  of  appearing  in  the  suit  as 
amicus  curiae,  friend  of  the  court.  It  is  be- 
lieved that  it  will  follow  this  plan.  How- 
ever, final  decision  will  be  made  at  the  Oc- 
tober meeting. 

At  that  time  it  is  expected  the  organiza- 
tion will  agree  to  attack  these  aspects  of 
the  anti-trust  decision : 

1.  Auction  selling. 

2.  Failure  of  the  decision  to  guarantee 
"some  run." 

3.  Failure  to  set  a  prohibition  against 
"overbuying." 

The  proposal  for  a  national  forum  was 
made  by  Mr.  Wehrenberg  in  Boston,  first, 
and  in  St.  Louis,  later. 

The  forum  would  be  established  after  the 
Government  suit  is  decided  and  would  be 
open  to  all  sales  heads  and  exhibitor  associa- 
tions. It  would  impose  no  restrictions  on 
topics  and  would  concern  itself  with  all  trade 
practices. 

Mr.  Wehrenberg  said  in  Boston  he  hoped 
that  Eric  A.  Johnston,  president  of  the  Mo- 
tion Picture  Association,  would  act  as  mode- 


rator since  it  was  Mr.  Johnston's  speech  at 
Allied's  closing  convention  banquet  that 
prompted  him  to  make  the  suggestion.  Mr. 
Johnston  has  indicated  that  he  would  be 
happy  to  act  as  moderator  for  the  forum 
since  he  believes  "it  is  most  important  for 
exhibitors  and  producers  to  have  a  get-to- 
gether and  pull  together  for  common  ob- 
jectives for  strong  industry  cooperation." 

Mr.  Johnston,  in  his  Boston  speech,  said: 
"I'm  confident  there  is  enough  good  sense 
in  this  industry  on  both  sides  and  enough 
capacity  and  ingenuity  to  work  out  our  prob- 
lems on  a  lasting  basis  without  constant  re- 
sort to  the  courts." 

Four  Resolutions  Are 
Passed  by  Allied 

Four  resolutions  were  passed  by  Allied's 
membership  during  the  final  days  of  the 
convention.  These  resolutions,  which  were 
forwarded  to  Allied's  board  of  directors  for 
action,  dealt  with : 

1.  Checking:  A  request  for  action  to  de- 
lete checking  provisions  from  present  and 
future  film  contracts,  taking  legal  action  if 
necessary. 

2.  Film  Shortage:  A  request  that  the  mat- 
ter be  called  to  the  attention  of  film  execu- 
tives. If  no  action  is  taken  on  that  level  the 
matter  should  be  referred  to  the  Attorney 
General. 

3.  Contracts :  A  request  that  the  board 
prepare  a  uniform  exhibition  contract  for 
Allied  membership  use. 

4.  Film  Rentals :  A  protest  against  per- 
centage engagements  with  the  request  that 
the  board  take  any  action  it  deems  appro- 
priate. 

These  resolutions  were  mirrored  in  Mr. 
Myers'  banquet  speech  in  which  he  called  for 
an  "Atlantic  Charter"  for  the  independents 
which  would  give  freedom  from  want,  fear, 
domination  and  oppression.  Translating  that 
into  industry  terms,  it  means,  said  Mr. 
Myers,  an  end  to  the  picture  shortage,  an 
end  to  the  fear  that  a  producer-distributor 
may  build  or  buy  in  opposition  to  the  inde- 
pendent, the  right  of  the  independent  to  con- 
trol his  own  properties  and  conduct  his  own 
businesses,  and  the  right  to  obtain  necessary 
supplies  of  product  in  an  open  market  at  fair 
prices. 

MPTOA  Extends  Poll 
To  October  4 

Meanwhile,  MPTOA  has  extended  its  poll 
of  exhibitor  opinion  on  the  anti-trust  suit 
until  October  4.  Results  tabulated  at  the 
weekend,  from  836  theatres  in  43  states 
showed  19  for  auction  selling  with  249  op- 
posed ;  60  for  arbitration  with  196  opposed 
and  13  not  voting ;  38  approving  non-indus- 
try arbitrators,  225  disapproving  and  seven 
not  voting,  and  167  in  favor  of  divorcement, 
98  not  in  favor  of  it  and  nine  not  voting. 


:  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


13 


ATA  MOVES  TO  INTERVENE 

CHARGES  "MORE  MONOPOLY' 


Arnold  Petition  Signed  by 
Williams  for  SCTOA  and 
'?  Individual  Owners 


The  American  Theatres  Association, 
joined  by  the  Southern  California  Theatre 
Owners  Association  and  13  individual  and 
corporate  exhibitors,  last  Saturday  filed  a 
petition  for  intervention  in  the  case  of  U.  S. 
vs.  Paramount  Pictures,  et  al.,  charging  that 
"competitive  bidding  will  reinforce  and 
strengthen  the  monopoly  power  of  the  ma- 
jor distributors." 

The  action  was  a  quick  culmination  of  a 
rapid  change  of  policy  from  ATA's  previous 
hands-off-trade-practices  frame  of  mind. 

Along  with  the  petition  went  a  Notice  of 
Motion  stating  that  the  petitioners  will  ask 
for  permission  to  intervene  on  October  1  or 
as  soon  thereafter  as  possible.  Both  were 
signed  by  Thurman  Arnold,  ATA  counsel, 
and  Paul  Williams,  counsel  for  SCTOA. 

Contend  Theatres  Should 
Have  Voice  in  Decree 

Claiming  a  membership  of  over  6,000  thea- 
tres, ATA  said  the  petitioners  were  entitled 
to  intervene  in  the  case  because  "otherwise 
they  will  be  bound  by  a  decree  in  the  framing 
of  which  they  will  not  have  been  represented 
and  the  effect  of  which  upon  their  interests, 
as  vital  as  those  of  the  major  producers,  will 
not  have  been  adequately  presented  to  the 
court." 

In  answer,  a  spokesman  for  the  Depart- 
of  Justice  said  the  Department  would  oppose 
any  direct  intervention  by  any  exhibitor 
group. 

Those  joining  with  ATA  and  SCTOA 
were :  Joseph  Moritz,  owner-operator  of  the 
Victor  theatre,  Los  Angeles ;  South  Cali- 
fornia Amusement  Company,  with  40  thea- 
tres ;  Exhibitors  Service,  Inc.,  operating  in 
California;  Lawrence  Capitol,  Inc.,  operating 
the  Capitol,  Lawrence,  Mass.;  Bijou  Amuse- 
ment Company  and  Paul  Realty  Company, 
operating  in  Rhode  Island ;  Andy  Anderson, 
owner  and  operator  of  theatres  in  Kentucky ; 
Arch  and  Milas  L.  Hurley,  operating  in 
Tucumcari,  N.  M. ;  Raymond  Gervers  and 
Willard  Gervers,  Cincinnati ;  Gamble  Enter- 
prises, Inc.,  operating  in  Portland,  Ore. ;  St. 
Louis  Ambassador  Theatres,  Inc.,  Eden 
Theatre  Company,  St.  Louis  Missouri  Thea- 
tre, Inc.,  and  Fanchon  and  Marco  Service 
Corporation,  interrelated  corporations  oper- 
ating in  Missouri. 

Confederacy  Plans  Separate 
Intervention  Suit 

The  Confederacy  of  Southern  Associa- 
tions, which  had  previously  announced  it 
would  join  in  ATA's  action,  has  decided  to 
intervene  separately  (see  page  15)  because 


14 


EIGHT  REGIONAL  UNITS 
PLEDGED  TO  ATA 

Eight  exhibitor  organizations  have 
affiliated  with  the  American  Theatres 
Association  to  date.  They  are:  ITO 
of  Arkansas,  New  Mexico  Theatres 
Association,  Wayne  Theatre  Owners 
Association,  which  has  representation 
from  Alabama,  Georgia,  Florida  and 
Tennessee;  Southern  California  The- 
atre Owners  Association,  Texas  The- 
atre Owners  Association,  Theatre 
Owners  of  North  and  South  Caro- 
lina, MPTO  of  Virginia  and  ITO  of 
New  York. 


of  a  legal  point  which  the  Confederacy 
wishes  to  argue  and  Judge  Arnold  does  not, 
because  of  his  previous  connection  with  the 
Department  of  Justice.  As  assistant  attorney 
general  he  filed  the  original  suit  against  the 
distributors. 

ATA  contends  in  its  Notice  of  Motion 
that  the  "proposal  for  competitive  bidding 
will  create  a  revolution  in  the  business  of 
all  exhibitors.  .  .  .  The  overwhelming  ma- 
jority of  exhibitors  are  convinced  that  the 
system  of  competitive  bidding  will  reinforce 
and  strengthen  the  monopoly  power  of  the 
major  distributors. 

"Even  the  strongest  independent  circuits 
will  have  difficulty  facing  the  buying  power 
of  the  majors  under  a  competitive  bidding 
system,  and  only  the  most  optimistic  face  the 
prospect  with  anything  but  despair." 

Would  Not  Carry  Out 
Purpose  of  Decree 

In  the  intervening  petition,  ATA  .de- 
clared : 

1.  The  petitioners  named  are  exhibitors 
of  motion  pictures  not  owned  by  the  de- 
fendants and  associations  which  appear  only 
on  behalf  of  the  majority  of  their  members 
who  are  not  owned  by  the  defendants. 

2.  Competitive  bidding  will  not  carry  out 
the  purpose  of  the  decree  to  create  competi- 
tion nor  will  it  provide  a  mechanism  to  pre- 
vent the  domination  of  that  industry  by  the 
defendants  in  this  suit. 

3.  The  defendant-producers  and  their  af- 
filiates have  resources  available  for  bidding 
and  for  purchase  of  pictures  which  exceed 
the  resources  of  independent  exhibitors.  Any 
plan  of  competitive  bidding  approved  by  the 
court  will  enable  and  authorize  defendants 
and  their  affiliates  to  use  their  superior  bar- 
gaining power  to  strengthen  their  monopol- 
istic position.  Accordingly,  the  basic  purpose 
of  the  court  will  be  defeated  by  this  pro- 
vision. 

4.  The  petitioner-exhibitors  and  exhibit- 


ors generally  will  be  deprived  of  existing 
protection  and  benefits  under  the  anti-trust 
laws  without  receiving  proportionate  protec- 
tion from  monopolistic  practices  from  this 
court's  decree.  This  would  result  in : 

(a)  The  best  competitive  bid  must  ne- 
cessarily depend  not  only  on  price,  but  upon 
a  variety  of  other  factors  of  uncertain  weight 
such  as  location  of  the  theatre,  reputation 
and  good  will '  of  the  exhibitor,  type  of 
patronage,  clearance,  length  of  run  and  the 
"infinite  variations  of  time,  place  and  type 
of  exhibition." 

I 

Producer  Would  Decide 
Highest  Possible  Bid 

(b)  The  above  factors  are  of  such  variety 
that  the  judgment  of  which  is  the  "highesl 
responsible"  bid  must  be  entrusted  to  the 
producer  or  distributor  within  broad  anc 
practically  meaningless  limits. 

(c)  For  such  reasons  and  because  of  th< 
thousands  of  individual  transactions  in 
volved,  effective  supervision  by  the  court  ol 
the  performance  of  its  decree  with  respect 
to  competitive  bidding  cannot  possibly  b 
expected. 

(d)  Accordingly,  competitive  bidding,  i 
decreed  by  the  court,  will  be  competitive  i: 
name  only.  It  will  be  merely  a  mechanisn 
of  distribution  which  can  and  will  depriv 
independents  of  the  protection  which  the  an 
ti-trust  laws  now  provide  and  legitimatiz 
the  domination  of  the  market  already  con 
demned  by  the  court. 

5.  The  petitioner-exhibitors,  exhibitor 
represented  by  the  petitions  and  all  othd 
exhibitors  who  are  not  affiliates  of  the  de 
fendants  will  be  irreparably  injured  if  th 
competitive  plan  for  bidding  for  motion  pic 
tures  is  made  part  of  the  decree. 


Result  of  "Overwhelming" 
Feeling  Against  Plan 


> 


It  was  stated  that  ATA's  action  in  n 
tervening  is  the  result  of  "overwhelming,! 
feeling  in  exhibitor  circles  against  auctio  j  | 
selling.  However,  RKO  Theatres  and  tl[ 
Loew's  Circuit  have  officially  withdraw 
from  ATA  because  of  its  intervention. 

S.  H.  Fabian,  president  of  ATA,  in  con 
menting  upon  the  organization's  inquiry  d 
the  matter  addressed  to  16,000  theatres,  sai 
"of  all  exhibitors  heard  from  to  date,  a] 
proximately  96  per  cent  are  most  strenuoi 
in  their  expressions  of  opposition  to  th 
method  of  selling  and  heartily  in  favor  of  tl 
action  by  ATA  and  its  associates  in  tbj 
matter.  I  am  confident  that  this  action  w 
be  the  first  step  to  assure  exhibitors,  who  td 
long  have  been  forced  to  stand  on  the  si 
lines,  that  they  will  be  finally  assured  of  | 
voice  in  the  determination  of  their  futur 
We  have  been  greatly  comforted  and  e 
couraged  by  the  wholehearted  support." 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  Ifj 


CSA  CHANCES  STANCE,  WILL 
FILE  SEPARATE  PETITION 


Originally  Planned  To  Go 


pi%lAon%ufesiZltd 's  Coast  Independents  Ask  Check  on 


The  Confederacy  of  Southern  Associa- 
tions, which  originally  had  planned  to  join 
the  American  Theatres  Association  in  its 
intervention  in  the  New  York  anti-trust  suit, 
has  backtracked  and  will  enter  a  separate 
petition  of  intervention  and  conduct  its  own 
proceedings  quite  apart  from  ATA's  suit. 

Thurman  Arnold,  ATA  counsel,  is  the  ap- 
parent reason  for  the  split.  Mr.  Arnold, 
before  taking  up  private  practice,  was  in  the 
Anti-trust  Division  of  the  Department  of 
Justice.  Because  of  this  he  feels  that  he 
cannot,  without  embarrassment,  argue  at 
least  one  legal  point  of  law  which  the  CSA 
wishes  to  argue.  The  point  was  not  identi- 
fied by  CSA  counsel,  Christian,  Barton, 
Parker  and  Boyd,  but  was  characterized  as 
'  very  important." 

Will  Continue  to 
Trade  Information 

CSA,  however,  will  continue  to  exchange 
information  with  Mr.  Arnold  and  the  or- 
ganization will  coordinate  its  plans  so  that 
there  will  be  no  conflict  in  the  presentation 
of  the  cases.  But,  says  counsel,  "we  will 
proceed  entirely  separately  from  ATA,  ac- 
cording to  our  own  ideas  and  as  we  feel  is 
for  the  best  interests  of  the  Confederacy." 

With  this  decision  made,  John  G.  Jack- 
son, associate  counsel  for  the  Confederacy, 
has  notified  Federal  Judge  Augustus  N. 
Hand,  presiding  justice  in  the  case,  of  the 
intended  intervention.  He  indicated  that  he 
was  prepared  to  confer  with  the  judges  di- 
rectly if  necessary,  but  set  no  date  for  filing 
the  petition  of  intervention. 

Hits  Strongly  at 
Auction  Selling 

In  its  draft  of  proposed  (not  the  actual) 
paragraphs  for  inclusion  in  the  petition,  the 
organization  hits  strongly  and  directly  at 
auction  selling,  citing  seven  reasons  why  the 
statutory  court's  proposed  decree  is  errone- 
ous : 

1.  The  representation  in  the  action  of  the 
petitioners'  interests  by  existing  parties  has 
been  and  is  inadequate  and  they  will  be 
bound  by  the  decree  directed. 

2.  The  rights  of  the  petitioners  depend 
upon  questions  of  law  and  questions  of  fact 
directed  to  be  determined  by  a  decree  in 
accordance  with  the  opinion. 

3.  Plaintiff  did  not  ask  in  its  complaint 
and  amended  and  supplemental  complaint  for 
auction  selling  to  be  decreed  and  the  ques- 
tion of  whether  to  impose  or  withhold  it 
was  not  in  issue  between  the  parties  under 
the  pleadings  in  the  action. 

4.  The  court  has  not  been  informed  either 


Film  Rentals  in  New  Decree 


Pacific  Coast  showmen  want  the  Federal 
decree  now  being  formulated  in  New  York 
to  be  "fortified"  against  "exorbitant  film 
rentals"  and  have  edited  the  film  licensing 
system  suggested  by  the  Federal  Court 
in  its  June  decision.  That  much  became 
known  as  representatives  of  the  Pacific 
Coast  Conference  of  Independent  Theatre 
Owners  prepared  to  leave  Los  Angeles 
Friday  for  conferences  with  Department 
of  Justice  officials  in  Washington,  and  for 
the  Conference  of  Independent  Exhibitor 
Associations  meeting  there  Tuesday  and 
Wednesday. 

A  recommendation  for  elimination  of 
percentage  pictures  in  offering  product 
to  the  highest  bidder  will  be  an  important 
point,  spokesmen  said.  They  added  it 
would    be   impossible   to   determine  the 


highest  bidder  if  percentage  terms  are 
tied  to  minimum  price  designations. 

The  PCCITO  representatives  are  L.  O. 
Lukan,  board  chairman  of  the  ITO  of 
Washington,  northern  Idaho  and  Alaska; 
William  Graeper,  Jr.,  board  chairman  of 
the  ITO  of  Oregon;  H.  V.  Harvey,  presi- 
dent of  the  ITO  of  northern  California 
and  Nevada. 

Also,  Hugh  W.  Bruen,  treasurer  of  the 
PCCITO,  and  board  chairman  of  the  ITO 
of  southern  California  and  Arizona,  and 
Robert  H.  Poole,  executive  director  of  the 
PCCITO  and  of  the  ITO  of  southern  Cali- 
fornia and  Arizona. 

The  men,  on  returning,  will  report  on 
the  Washington  conferences  either  at  an 
early  meeting  or  at  the  regular  PCCITO 
gathering  this  fall  at  Portland. 


by  evidence  or  argument  as  to  the  effect  of 
its  directed  auction  selling  upon  the  peti- 
tioners or  the  public. 

5.  The  court  has  not  been  so  informed  as 
to  the  practicability  of  the  directed  auction 
selling  or  its  efficiency  to  achieve  the  desired 
results. 

6.  The  court  has  not  been  so  informed 
as  to  the  booking  process  and  its  material 
relation  to  the  business  of  the  exhibitors  and 
to  the  licensing  of  pictures,  under  the  pres- 
ent system  and  under  the  proposed  system 
of  auction  selling. 

7.  The  directions  of  the  court  are  not 
authorized  by  law. 

Continuing,  the  Confederacy  will  probably 
include  these  speculations  on  the  effect  of  the 
directions  of  the  court : 

The  decision  will  inflict  irreparable  dam- 
age upon  each  petitioner  by  increasing  the 
hazard  and  expense  of  the  conduct  of  his 
business. 

Says  Competition  Lessened; 
License  Cost  Increased 

Competition  will  be  lessened  among  ex- 
hibitors by  forcing  those  with  smaller  thea- 
tres out  of  business. 

It  will  bring  about  less  attractive  motion 
picture  programs  by  interfering  with  the 
planning  of  programs. 

The  cost  of  licenses  will  be  increased  by 
eliminating  discussion  and  trading,  by  fixing 
a  minimum  rental  and  by  preventing  equi- 
table adjustments  between  licensors  and 
licensees. 


Admission  prices  will  be  increased  since 
operating  costs  will  rise. 

There  will  be  an  endless  stream  of  con- 
troversy and  litigation  arising  out  of  the 
questions  of  due  notice  of  auctions,  interpre- 
tation of  provisions  as  to  run  and  clearance, 
interpretation  of  bids,  discrimination  among 
bidders  and  similar  related  questions. 

The  CSA  is  composed  of  30  representa- 
tives of  the  following  organizations :  South- 
eastern Theatre  Owners  Association ;  Thea- 
tre Owners  of  Oklahoma,  Texas  Theatre 
Owners,  MPTO  of  Tennessee,  MPTOA  of 
Virginia,  Theatre  Owners  of  North  and 
South  Carolina  and  Southern  California 
Theatre  Owners  Association. 


KMTA  Announces  Speakers 
For  Convention  Program 

S.  H.  Fabian,  president,  and  Robert  W. 
Coyne,  executive  secretary  of  the  American 
Theatres  Association,  will  be  the  principal 
speakers  at  the  Kansas  Missouri  Theatres 
Association  convention  at  the  Hotel  Muehle- 
bach,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  October  1  and  2. 
Other  speakers  scheduled  are  Fred  Wehren- 
berg,  president  of  the  MPTOA;  H.  M. 
Richey,  director  of  exhibitor  relations  for 
MGM;  Claude  Lee,  director  of  public  rela- 
tions for  Paramount;  Leon  Bamberger,  di- 
rector of  public  relations  for  RKO,  and 
Paul  Mooney,  assistant  to  the  president  of 
National  Screen  Service.  The  convention 
banquet  will  be  held  October  1. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


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ON  THE  MARCH 

by  RED  ICANN 


HAVING  ridden  the  storm  of  issues 
and  the  torrents  of  words  which 
shook  Allied's  convention  in  Boston 
last  week,  a  glance  backward  proves  reveal- 
ing on  a  count  or  two. 

Nate  Yamins,  as  a  case  in  point,  may  not 
know  it,  but  a  number  of  observers  not  al- 
lied with  Allied  threw  compliments  his  way 
for  his  knowledge  of  the  basics  of  this  in- 
dustry and  an  understanding  of  how  a  situa- 
tion can  have  at  least  two  sides. 

When  Harry  Brandt  sought  to  riddle 
percentage  as  the  worst  of  all  trade  evils, 
it  was  Yamins  who  was  balanced  enough 
to  enter  a  defense,  part-time  as  it  was.  He 
reminded  those  who  knew  it  and,  perhaps, 
forgot  or  wanted  to  forget  in  the  crucible  of 
controversy  that  percentage  has  a  long  his- 
tory in  show  business.  To  demonstrate 
what  never  should  have  required  proof  as 
a  selling  principle,  he  went  back  25  years 
to  "legit"  road  companies  which  always  in- 
cluded a  man  at  hand  to  see  the  count  was 
honest.  Yamins  raised  objections  to  what 
he  characterized  as  the  menaces  of  percent- 
age, but  blamed  them  primarily  on  the 
practice  of  distributors  who  sold  splits  on 
product  that  never  should  have  been  any- 
thing but  flat.  There  is  the  occasional  dis- 
tributor who  will  agree. 

It  was  the  existence  of  a  monopoly  in 
production  and  distribution,  according  to 
Yamins,  which  he  held  responsible  for  the 
current  state  of  affairs — a  monopoly  de- 
scribed by  him  as  one  sufficiently  powerful 
to  reduce  700-odd  releases  to  about  300  this 
new  selling  season  in  less  than  ten  years 
of  trying. 

This  provided  the  basis  for  his  argument 
divorcement  would  ease  the  situation  by 
opening  the  market,  by  creating  new  first 
runs  and  a  greater  demand  for  a  more  gen- 
erous flow  of  product,  and  by  encouraging 
new  producers  and  distributors  to  try  their 
luck. 

OF  course,  it  is  also  the  fact  Yamins 
never  mentioned  the  factors  which 
grew  up  in  the  war  years  and  slopped  over 
into  the  post-war  period,  such  as  the  tre- 
mendous upsurge  in  extended  playing  time 
which  has  cut  down  so  sharply  the  need 
to  maintain  the  frequency  of  release  which 
prevailed  in  '39  and  earlier. 

But  the  major  point  made  by  him — a 
point,  moreover,  which  did  not  sink  into  the 
awareness  of  his  listeners  in  the  degree  of 
importance  it  warranted — was  his  observa- 
tion that  he  knew  of  no  legal  way  of  com- 
pelling distributors  to  release  more  prod- 
uct than  they  now  see  fit  because  they  are 
the  owners  of  the  copyright.  The  bald 
truth,  consequently,  simply  is :  Any  distribu- 
tor is  privileged  to  offer  for  sale  what  he 
wants,  when  he  wants,  on  whatever  terms 


he  may  determine.  Not  much  has  been 
heard  of  late,  moreover,  of  that  famous 
court  decision  which  ruled  the  distributor 
has  full  right  to  pick  his  own  customer  and 
reject  any  if  he  didn't  like  the  color  of  the 
buyer's  necktie. 

Now,  of  course,  the  theatreman  similarly 
is  endowed  with  the  privilege  of  fighting  the 
distributor  on  the  conditions  of  the  sale,  and 
obviously,  he  does.  Nevertheless,  the  point 
inescapable  is  that,  since  the  distributor 
owns  the  copyright,  the  merchandise  is.  his 
to  dispose  of  as  to  time,  place  and  govern- 
ing factors.    His,  and  no  one  else's. 

Yet  the  broad  practicalities  of  the  situa- 
tion inevitably  crop  up  as  intervenors.  All 
major  distributors  today  operate  under  high 
overheads,  there  being  one  who  spends  up- 
wards of  $11,000,000  annually  to  keep  his 
U.  S.  and  Canadian  exchange  systems  func- 
tioning. If  it  is  authentic,  as  Yamins  stated 
in  Boston,  that  the  17  per  cent  of  American 
theatres  controlled  by  producer-distributors 
supply  over  50  per  cent  of  distributor  rev- 
enue, it  appears  rather  obvious  that,  irre- 
spective of  foreign  markets,  the  majors  need 
the  balance  if  they  are  to  operate  on  a  finan- 
cially profitable  basis. 

IN  these  still  flushed  and  abnormal  times, 
they  are  succeeding  on  reduced  releas- 
ing schedules  through  extended  first  run 
time  and  insistence  upon  better  terms  after 
first  run  playoffs.  As  long  as  the  market 
remains  what  and  where  it  is,  this  policy  no 
doubt  will  prevail.  Allied  states  the  condi- 
tion is  "artificial,"  but  to  the  majors  bene- 
fiting from  their  own  and  other  theatres 
alike,  it  must  be  quite  realistic.  When  the 
turn  comes—Ned  Depinet  in  London  the 
other  day  warned  about  possible  lean  years 
ahead  and  Darryl  Zanuck  did  so  the  other 
week — policy  will  readjust  itself  as  it  cer- 
tainly must. 

If  one  were  to  argue  now  is  the  time  to 
prepare,  he  argues  for  much  broader  vision 
than  any  to  which  this  industry,  as  such, 
normally  subscribes. 

Fortifying  the  position  of  the  distributors 
is  another  matter,  and  Hollywood  is  where 
to  find  it.  The  labor  situation  in  produc- 
tion has  been  worsening  steadily  and  once 
more  spells  delays.  Top  level  opinion  for 
weeks  has  felt  the  only  final  recourse  is  a 
complete  shutdown  to  usher  in  a  cooling- 
off  period  during  which  jurisdictional  fac- 
tions can  make  their  peace.  This,  however, 
would  mean  stoppage  on  pictures  in  work, 
postponement  of  those  planned,  dipping  into 
backlogs  in  order  to  keep  the  theatre  market 
afloat  with  fresh  product  no  matter  how 
sparingly  released. 

Exhibitors— Allied,  MPTOA,  affiliated 
or  independent  independents — cannot  eat 
their  cake  and  have  it,  too.  It's  been  tried 
before. 


UA  Tells  Court 
No  Attempt  Made 
To  Fix  Prices 

United  Artists  in  no  manner  has  attempted 
to  fix  exhibitor  minimum  admissions.  This 
declaration  is  asked  of  the  New  York  Fed- 
eral Court  this  week  by  the  company,  in  its 
proposed  findings  of  fact  and  conclusions  of 
law,  forwarded  to  the  Department  of  Justice 
as  one  of  the  preliminaries  toward  a  final 
decree  in  late  October.  The  company  has 
indicated  its  objections  to  the  Government's 
decree  proposals,  and  that  it  will  probably 
file  its  own  proposals. 

In  its  latest  document,  United  Artists  asks 
44  additional  findings  of  fact,  and  two  con- 
clusions of  law;  and  it  says: 

"The  combination  of  conspiracy  alleged  in 
the  complaint  has  not  been  established. 
These  defendants  did  not  at  any  time  during 
the  period  involved  in  the  case,  combine  with 
defendant  distributors,  defendant  exhibitors, 
or  any  of  their  affiliates  unreasonably  to  re- 
strain interstate  trade  or  commerce  in  films 
or  attempt  to  monopolize  the  distribution  or 
exhibition  of  films.  .  .  ." 

United  Artists  asks  the  court  to  dismiss 
the  complaint  as  affecting  it,  and  to  find  that 
since  October,  1941,  there  have  been  no  pro- 
visions in  its  contracts  "which  required  any 
exhibitor  to  charge  the  particular  admission 
which  he  warranted  he  charged  ...  or  that 
he  continue  to  maintain  the  minimum  ad- 
mission price — nor  did  said  contracts  con- 
tain any  other  provision  either  of  a  penalty 
nature  or  otherwise  concerning  minimum 
admission  prices." 


Texas  Theatre  Names 
Majors  in  Trust  Suit 

The  Tech  Theatre,  Lubbock,  Texas, 
Wednesday  filed  suit  under  the '  anti-trust 
laws  against  major  distributors  and  the 
Lindsey  Theatres  circuit  of  that  city,  and  the 
Griffith  Amusement  Company,  of  Oklahoma 
City.  The  suit,  asking  an  injunction  against 
licensing  films  on  a  run  basis,  and  $300,000 
in  damages,  was  filed  in  Federal  Court  in 
Lubbock. 

Preston  Smith,  of  the  Tech,  in  filing  the 
complaint,  charged  "unlawful  and  illegal 
conspiracy  and  agreement"  in  film  distribut- 
ing. The  complaint  also  demands  the  court 
make  competitive  bidding  mandatory. 


Sindlinger  Resigns  from  AR1 

Albert  E.  Sindlinger,  executive  vice-presi- 
dent in  New  York  of  Audience  Research, 
Inc.,  has  resigned  and  his  duties  will  be  as- 
sumed in  part  by  James  L.  Wolcott,  vice- 
president  and  general  manager,  and  in  part 
by  Jack  C.  Sayers,  vice-president  who  has 
been  put  in  charge  of  all  client  relations. 

McCarey  Signs  McLeod 

Loe  McCarey,  currently  expanding  his 
Rainbow  Productions,  Inc.,  has  signed  direc- 
tor Norman  McLeod  to  a  long  term  contract. 


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Walsh  Attacks 
Formula  for 
Studio  Peace 

Three  American  Federation  of  Labor 
vice-presidents  were  this  week  accused  by 
Richard  F.  Walsh,  president  of  the  Inter- 
national Alliance  of  Theatrical  Stage  Em- 
ployees and  Moving  Picture  Machine  Oper- 
ators of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  of 
having  submitted  to  pressure  by  William  L. 
Hutcheson,  president  of  the  United  Brother- 
hood of  Carpenters  and  Joiners,  and  of  hav- 
ing made  it  impossible  for  the  IATSE  to 
continue  its  regular  work. 

Writing  to  William  Green,  AFL  presi- 
dent, in  a  letter  made  public  this  week,  Mr. 
Walsh  protested  a  "statement  of  clarifica- 
tion" prepared  by  Felix  Knight  of  the  rail- 
way carmen's  union,  W.  C.  Birthright  of  the 
barbers'  union,  and  W.  C.  Doherty,  repre-1 
senting  the  letter  carriers,  who,  in  December, 
1945,  constituted  a  committee  of  the  AFL 
executive  council.  At  that  time,  said  Mr. 
Walsh,  this  committee  had  "rendered  a  de- 
cision which  was  final  and  binding  in  the 
jurisdictional  disputes  then  existing  in  the 
motion  picture  studios  at  Hollywood." 

To  Ignore  Decision 

Mr.  Walsh  charged  that  this  committee, 
now  "defunct,"  had,  without  notifying  the 
IATSE,  on  August  16,  handed  down  a  de- 
cision which  illegally  reversed  its  decision 
made  on  December  26,  1945.    Mr.  Walsh 

indicated  that  the  IATSE  probably  would 

ignore  it. 

"The  whole  tenor  and  import  of  the  com- 
mittee's decision  of  December  26,  1945,  is 
destroyed  and  rendered  useless  and  imprac- 
tical," he  continued,  "by  the  narrow  and 
erroneous  interpretation  which  has  now  been 
placed  on  the  word  'erection.'  The  Decem- 
ber 26,  1945,  decision,  which  incorporated 
the  T926  Agreement'  between  the  Carpen- 
ters and  the  IATSE,  provided  that  the 
IATSE  shall  have  jurisdiction  over  all  'trim 
and  mill  work  on  sets  and  stages." 

About  500  jobs  are  involved  in  the  dis- 
pute which  may  provoke  a  new  series  of 
jurisdictional  strikes  in  Hollywood.  Earlier 
this  week,  nearly  1,000  carpenters  and  paint- 
ers who  refused  to  work  on  sets  in  the  dis- 
pute between  the  IATSE  and  the  Confer- 
ence of  Studio  Unions  were  asked  to  leave 
the  premises. 

Studios  Telegraph  Sorrell 

With  the  continuing  slowdown  of  work  in 
Hollywood,  as  electricians  and  other  work- 
ers increased  to  1,142  the  number  asked  to 
leave  the  major  studios,  producers  tele- 
graphed Herbert  K.  Sorrell,  CSU  president, 
that  his  "deliberate  misinterpretation  of 
facts"  of  their  negotiations,  agreements 
reached  and  the  existing  situation,  justified 
them  "in  deferring  further  negotiations  until 
you  have  made  clear  to  us  your  willingness 
to  deal  and  act  in  good  faith."  At  midweek 
production  had  not  been  affected. 


West  Coast  Manager  Unit 
To  Ask  NLRB  Election 

At  last  Thursday's  meeting  in  Los  An- 
geles of  the  newly-formed  Theatre  Man- 
agers' Union,  the  200  members  attending 
voted  to  petition  the  NLRB  for  election  and 
certification  as  bargaining  agent,  and  to  re- 
quest an  AFL  charter  in  conjunction  with 
the  New  York  managers'  union.  The  unit 
also  empowered  directors  to  negotiate  a  con- 
tract with  Fox- West  Coast  Theatres  and  to 
take  strike  action  if  necessary. 

Crockett  Tells 
Illinois  Owners 
CSA  Will  Fight 

The  Confederacy  of  Southern  Associa- 
tions' plan  to  intervene  in  the  New  York 
anti-trust  suit  and,  if  necessary,  to  go  to 
the  Supreme  Court  to  obtain  the  right  to 
intervene,  it  was  stated  by  William  F. 
Crockett,  president  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Theatre  Owners  of  Virginia,  at  the  final 
session  of  the  two-day  convention  of  the 
United  Theatre  Owners  of  Illinois  last 
Wednesday.  The  meetings  were  held  at 
the  Springfield  Hotel  in  Springfield,  111. 

Mr.  Crockett  characterized  the  auction 
method  of  selling  as  "taking  away  my  rights 
as  an  American  citizen  to  discuss  and  bar- 
gain" and  as  "dictating  the  type  of  sale  by 
which  one  may  buy  any  given  commodity." 
He  said  a  budget  of  $100,000  was  being 
raised  by  the  CSA  to  fight  the  decree. 

Another  speaker  at  the  convention  was 
Mack  Jackson,  president  of  the  Southeast- 
ern Theatre  Owners  Association,  who  also 
attacked  auction  selling.  He  warned  that 
prices  would  be  exorbitant  and  said  the 
auction  plan  had  been  "rammed  down  our 
throats." 

Among  resolutions  passed  at  the  conven- 
tion were :  to  oppose  distributors  insisting 
upon  preferred  playing  time ;  the  use  of 
local  checkers  and  blind  checking ;  the  con- 
tinuance of  Federal  taxes  after  the  war 
emergency  is  over ;  auction  selling  under  the 
decree ;  forced  theatre  collections,  and  dis- 
criminatory license  fees. 

Elite  Files  Clearance 
Complaint  in  Boston 

Charging  unreasonable  clearance,  the 
Elite  Theatre  Company,  operating  the  Elite 
at  Walpole,  Mass.,  has  filed  a  clearance  com- 
plaint with  the  Boston  office  of  the  Ameri- 
can Arbitration  Association  against  Loew's, 
Twentieth  Century-Fox,  Warner  Brothers, 
RKO  and  Paramount.  Tl^e  company  is 
owned  and  operated  by  Robert  Kurson.  Elite 
is  subject  to  these  clearances  in  favor  of 
the  Norwood  and  the  Guild  in  Norwood, 
both  owned  by  George  A.  Giles ;  Loew's  and 
20th-Fox,  30'  days;  Warners,  RKO  and 
Paramount,  21  days.  Mr.  Kurson  seeks  to 
have  these  clearances  reduced  to  a  maximum 
of  14  days. 


Silverstone  Sees 
British  Ready 
To  Boost  Quota 

Although  the  playing  time  of  motion  pic- 
tures in  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  and  Northern  Ireland  market  is  80 
per  cent  American  and  20  per  cent  British, 
the  native  product,  picture  by  picture,  is  far 
outstripping  in  gross  receipts  that  manufac- 
tured here,  Murray  Silverstone,  president  of 
20th  Century-Fox  International,  told  re- 
porters this  week  in  the  New  York  offices 
of  his  company  following  his  return  from 
a  three  months'  business  tour  of  Europe  and 
the  Near  East. 

He  stressed  the  thriving  film  industry  in 
Britain  not  only  in  the  United  Kingdom, 
but  throughout  the  British  Empire,  because 
it  "easily  represents  60  per  cent"  of  all  for- 
eign film  activity. 

Sees  Quota  Abolished 

Mr.  Silverstone  anticipates  that  the  Brit- 
ish Government  will  abolish  the  distributors' 
or  renters'  quota  and  substantially  increase 
the  exhibitors'  quota,  thus  raising  the  pres- 
ent 30  per  cent  playing  time  for  British 
pictures. 

"If  the  British  Quota  Act  applies  to  the 
exhibitors,  with  no  obligation  on  the  dis- 
tributors, then  the  entire  British  film  indus- 
try is  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  British," 
said  Mr.  Silverstone.  "If  such  a  situation 
comes  about,  we  in  this  country  will  want  to 
get  our  best  importations  from  them." 

Of  approximately  30  first  features  shown 
for  one  week  each  in  circuits  controlled  by 
Associated  British  Pictures  Corp.,  Gaumont- 
British  and  Odeon  Theatres  through  the 
London  area,  Mr.  Silverstone  said  that  22 
were  outstanding  successes. 

Mr.  Silverstone  said  that  his  company  will 
maintain  its  English  production  schedule  un- 
der Marcel  Hellman  and  expects  to  complete 
rebuilding  of  its  studios  in  the  United  King- 
dom within  eight  months. 

May  Send  Unlimited  Supply 

Under  the  deal  between  20th-Fox  Interna- 
•tional  and  France,  bearing  the  signatures 
of  Leon  Blum  and  Secretary  of  State  James 
F.  Byrnes,  20th-Fox  may  send  an  unlimited 
supply  of  films  to  that  country.  Each  major 
American  company  has  volunteered  to  send 
15  pictures.  A  French  law,  however,  said 
Mr.  Silverstone,  prohibits  bookings  more 
than  six  American  films  in  a  six-months 
period. 

The  executive  said  that  negotiations  are 
under  way  between  20th-Fox  International 
and  ENIC  of  Italy. 

The  company's  Near  Jiast  activities  are 
opening  up  in  Egypt,  Palestine,  Syria  and 
Irak,  he  said.  His  European  itinerary  in- 
cluded the  British  Isles,  France,  Belgium, 
Italy  and  Switzerland.  The  latter  country 
he  described  as  the  "bright  spot"  of  Europe 
from  the  point  of  view  of  the  film  industry. 


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EXHIBITORS  across  the  country,  from 
California,  Georgia,  Arkansas,  Ohio,  and 
points  in  between,  are  on  the  record  again 
this  week  in  protest  against  the  amendment 
of  the  Production  Code  to  sanction  pictures 
depicting  traffic  in  narcotics.  The  "dope" 
amendment  was  approved  two  jveeks  ago  by 
the  directors  of  the  Motion  Picture  Asso- 
ciation. 

Meanwhile,  Eric  Johnston,  president  of 
the  MP  A,  said  in  Washington  that  he  would 
be  willing  to  resubmit  tlje  matter  to  the 
board  of  directors  if  a  member  of  the  board 
or  others  within  the  industry  should  request 
such  action. 

Also  in  Washington,  H.  J.  Anslinger,  nar- 
cotics commissioner,  issued  a  warning  to  the 
industry  against  the  production  of  pictures 
which  "show  methods  of  administering 
drugs  in  any  from  or  which  encourage  their 
use."  Mr.  Anslinger  urged  passage  of  the 
Code  amendment  in  order  to  allow  the  pro- 
duction of  "Assigned  to  Treasury"  which  is 
to  exploit  the  work  of  the  department  in  the 
war  against  narcotics. 

In  an  interview  last  week,  the  commis- 
sioner expressed  a  fear  of  "half-baked  pro- 
ducers who  make  films  for  dump  houses 
where  marihuana  and  cocaine  normally  are 
peddled." 

To  stress  the  point  he  related  a  story  on 
how  motion  pictures  on  drugs  can  be  an  evil 
influence  on  youth: 

"A  film  depicting  a  marihuana  party  was 
shown  at  a  theatre  in  Minneapolis,"  he  said. 
"Immediately  after  seeing  the  picture  a 
group  of  young  people  went  out  in  search 
of  some  of  the  drug,  wanting  to  throw  a 
marihuana  party  of  their  own." 

Exhibitor  comments  to  the  Herald  this 
iveek  on  the  subject  of  the  amendment  were-. 

"No  Good  Reason" 

Having  a  small  rural  background  and 
viewpoint,  which  I  consider  the  backbone 
of  the  American  way  of  life,  I  do  not  think 
themes  dealing  with  narcotics  and  illegal 
drug  traffic  would  appeal  to  motion  pic- 
ture patrons  in  the  rural  sections  of  the 
country.  It  very  seldom  touches  their  lives. 
I  see  no  good  reason  to  run  horror  pictures 
and  would  feel  the  same  way  about  those 
dealing  with  narcotics  and  drugs. — LEO 
H.  FREUND,  Adrian  Theatre,  Adrian,  Mo. 

"Undesirable  Trend" 

The  good  that  might  result  from  using 
the  screen  to  promote  better  understand- 
ing of  the  serious  problems  concerning  il- 
licit traffic  in  drugs  could  be  a  powerful 
influence  in  terms  of  good  for  the  public. 
However,  as  entertainment  I  doubt  that  it 
would  be  handled  in  such  a  way  that  if 


LEGION  VOICES  PROTEST 


The  National  Legion  of  Decency,  through 
Very  Rev.  John  J.  McClafferty,  Executive 
Secretary,  has  issued  a  statement  protesting 
the  recent  action  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Association  in  amending  the  Production 
Code  to  permit  themes  dealing  with  nar- 
cotics and  drug  addiction  to  be  introduced 
into  motion  pictures. 

The  Legion's  statement  follows-. 

"The  Production  Code  Amendment, 
although  phrased  with  so-called  clarifying 
conditions,  in  effect  opens  the  door  for 
the  production  of  films  dealing  with  the 
use  and  traffic  in  drugs.  Such  films  will 
have  most  unwholesome  effects  morally 
and  physically. 

"Reports  already  indicate  several  com- 
panies are  planning  'dope'  productions. 
A  narcotic  cycle  may  be  in  the  offing. 

"The  screen  possesses  such  great  power 
and  influence,  especially  on  impressionable 
persons,   the   subject   of   drugs   in  itself 


arouses  such  avid,  even  morbid,  curiosity 
that  drug  pictures  inevitably  will  bring  in 
their  wake  very  serious  moral  and  physi- 
cal evils. 

"Far  from  solving  or  lessening  the  drug 
problem,  drug  pictures  will  spawn  a  plague 
of  dangerous  experimentations  and  ex- 
plorations, with  resultant  addictions.  The 
Government  Agency  working  against  the 
narcotic  evil  does  not  need  the  theatrical 
film  to  extol  its  work  and  the  accomplish- 
ments of  its  agents.  In  fact,  a  film  on  the 
agency's  work  may  very  well  disclose  pro- 
cedures and  operations  to  such  an  extent 
as  to  forewarn  and  forearm  criminals  fos- 
tering the  drug  habit. 

"It  is  to  be  deeply  regretted  that  the 
Motion  Picture  Association  has  taken  such 
a  backward  step.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that 
the  Association,  for  the  sake  of  the  moral 
and  physical  integrity  of  the  people,  will 
rescind  the  amendment  and  reinstate  the 
original  provision." 


would  add  prestige  to  the  motion  picture 
industry.  We  have  too  many  morbid  types 
of  pictures  now  and  it  is  my  opinion  that 
this  theme  would  add  to  the  general  run 
of  murder,  horror,  mystery  films  now  drug- 
ging the  market.  The  drug  problem  lends 
itself  too  well  to  an  undesirable  trend  in 
pictures. — C.  M.  HULBERT,  Gem  Theatre, 
Cornell,  Wisconsin. 


"Industry  Parasites 

Frankly,  I  think  the  motion  picture  indus- 
try should  have  stuck  to  its  original  intent, 
that  of  entertainment,  and  left  politics  and 
so-called  education  out.  However,  since  it 
has  taken  on  this  additional  activity  in  the 
field  of  politics  and  education  I  believe  that 
the  problem  of  narcotics  and  illegal  drug 
traffic  should  be  included  only  with  the  un- 
derstanding that  exhibitors  be  allowed  the 
privilege  of  accepting  or  rejecting  same. 
This  type  picture  is  being  sold  along  with 
sex  pictures  for  adult  only  consumption  all 
the  time  by  industry  parasites  who  exploit 
•them  as  something  one  cannot  get  through 
the  regular  exchanges. — CHARLES  COL- 
VILLE,  Loudon  Theatre,  Loudon,  Tenn. 


"Keep  Industry  Clean 

I'm  not  for  it  myself.  The  motion  picture 
has  a  tremendous  effect  on  our  people, 
especiallyour  children.  We  should  keep  our 
industry  clean  and  tend  to  educate  rather 


than  to  cheapen  it  and  to  push  dirt  and 
filth  into  the  minds  of  our  kids. — CURTIS 
WILLARD,  Stateline  Theatre,  Stateline, 
Miss. 

"No  Moral  Sense" 

The  laws  governing  such  words  as  would 
express  my  feelings  on  this  subject  prohibit 
me  from  sending  them  through  the  mails. 
Certain  pictures  released  during  the  past 
year  have  been  bad  enough.  Have  the 
people  who  wish  to  capitalize  on  such  mat- 
ter no  moral  sense  or  any  shred  of 
decency?  —  A.  C.  EDWARDS,  Winema 
Theatre,  Scotia,  Calif. 

"Should  Condemn  It" 

I  do  not  think  it  is  the  thing  to  do. 
There  is  too  much  of  this  anyway  at 
present.  It  seems,  they  should  condemn  it 
rather  than  publicize  it. — TROY  L.  CAN- 
ADY,  Dixie  Theatre,  Sivainsboro,  Ga. 

"Invite  Regulation" 

At  this  time  it  is  certain  that  a  wave  of 
reform  is  gradually  forming  and  such  action 
of  the  MPA  in  opening  the  door  to  any 
theme  in  motion  pictures  that  is  immoral 
will  most  certainly  reflect  itself  in  a  new 
wave  of  state  and  municipal  censorship. 
Even  in  our  state,  which  has  no  censorship 
board,  the  clergy  and  others  are  casting  an 

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19 


DOPE  PROTEST 

(Continued  from  preceding  page) 

increasing  number  of  statements  in  the  di- 
rection of  the  motion  picture  and  the  influ- 
ence unwholesome  scenes  have  on  teen- 
agers and  younger  children,  who  are  per- 
mitted, under  our  present  system,  to  see 
any  motion  picture.  Unless  our  producers 
adopt  stringent  self-regulation  they  will 
surely  invite  a  raft  of  governmental  regula- 
tion and  interference  that  will  make  the 
present  "auction  block"  controversy  look 
like  a  Sunday  school  picnic. — W.  F.  SHEL- 
TON,  Louhburg  Theatre,  Loukburg,  T$o. 
Carolina. 

"Strongly  Against" 

I  am  most  strongly  against  this  type  of 
picture,  for  in  my  estimation  it  leads  to 
the  infection  of  others'  minds  that  this 
thing  is  just  dandy,  since  the  big  movie 
stars  do  it.— JAMES  P.  BUNNELL,  Presi- 
dent, Crist  Theatre,  Loveland,  Ohio. 

"Should  Stay  Off" 

Motion  pictures  set  the  pace  for  many 
lives.  I  do  not  feel  our  industry  should 
open  the  door  to  something  people  do  not 
think  about.  We  should  stay  off  this  sub- 
ject; it  might  do  us  more  harm  than  good. 
— HARRY  T.  WACHTER,  Gentry  The- 
atre, Gentry,  Ark. 


Harm  Can  Result 

I  see  no  objection  to  films  dealing  with 
government  efforts  to  stamp  out  drug  traf- 
fic if  such  pictures  avoid  sensationalism  and 
are  done  in  good  taste.  Definite  harm  to 
industry  can  result  if  irresponsible  elements 
seek  to  use  this  theme  as  a  vehicle  for  the 
sordid  and  sensational.  Utmost  care  must 
be  used  to  prevent  this.  Otherwise,  relaxa- 
tion of  Code  covering  this  subject  will  add 
fuel  to  present  censorship  fires. — BRYAN 
FOY,  Vice-President  in  charge  of  Produc- 
tion, Eagle-Lion  Films,  Inc. 


•it 


Monsignor  McClafferty  Sees 
Effort  to  Improve  Films 

An  international  and  world-wide  effort  to 
induce  motion  picture  producers  to  raise  the 
moral  tone  of  films  was  foreseen  by  Mon- 
signor John  J.  McClafferty,  executive  secre- 
tary of  the  National  Legion  of  Decency,  in 
Hollywood  early  this  week.  Monsignor  Mc- 
Clafferty will  leave  New  York  on  October  2 
for  Rome  to  attend  the  ^International  Cath- 
olic Office  of  Cinema  General  Council.  At 
this  first  post-war  meeting  the  Council  will 
evolve  plans  for  a  general  film  congress  to 
be  held  in  Europe  in  1947,  the  purpose  of 
which  will  be  to  crusade  for  the  production 
of  better  and  more  wholesome  pictures. 


Reception  for  Autry 

Gene  Autry,  cowboy  singing  star  of 
screen,  radio,  rodeo  and  records,  was  guest 
of  honor  at  a  reception  given  by  Republic 
Pictures  in  the  Fable  Room  of  the  Sherry 
Netherlands  Hotel  in  New  York  Tuesday. 


WHAT  EDITORS 
WANT' 

Paul  M.  Bruun,  who  broadcasts  nightly 
over  WKAT  and  writes  a  column  entitled 
"Bruun  Over  Miami?'  for  The  Morning  Star 
of  Miami  Beach,  devoted  Ins  department  of 
September  10  to  remarks  about  the  service 
of  Motion  Picture  Herald  to  columnists, 
and  to  quotation  of  a  recent  Herald  edi- 
torial, saying: 

Every  columnist  and  editor  has  pet 
sources  of  news.  He  also  has  his  pet 
trade  publications.  In  the  motion  pic- 
ture business,  I  lean  on  "The  Motion 
Picture  Herald",  their  reviews,  their 
news  and  their  editorials  for  a  quick- 
look-see  at  what  goes  on  in  this  vast 
industry. 

In  the  current  issue,  one  of  their 
editorials  gave  me  a  chuckle.  But  it 
is  an  informative  one  and  for  that 
reason,  I  am  using  it  for  today's 
column.  It  is  nice  to  have  an  idea 
what  the  editor  of  a  trade  publica- 
tion thinks  about  us. 

The  line  about  "some  critics  writ- 
ing for  themselves  and  each  other, 
some  for  their  readership",  kills  me. 
But  I  know  that  it  is  very  true,  but  I 
do  not  think  it  is  true  outside  metro- 
politan areas.  But  read  it  for  yourself. 

The  editorial  to  which  Mr.  Bruun  refers 
was  "What  Editors  Want",  appearing  in  the 
issue  of  September  7. 


Mark  Campaign 
Of  Variety  Club 

A  testimonial  dinner  marking  the  success- 
ful conclusion  of  Northwest  Variety  Club's 
campaign  to  raise  $250,000  for  the  construc- 
tion of  a  Heart  Hospital  on  the  University 
of  Minnesota  campus  was  held  in  Minne- 
apolis Monday  at  Coffman  Memorial  Union 
Hall. 

An  audience  of  1,000  heard  speakers  laud 
the  club  for  its  "unselfish,  humanitarian 
heart  and  mind."  The  program  was  ad- 
dressed by  Fred  Allen,  comedian,  and  six 
radio  stations  broadcast  the  event,  with  the 
Paramount  Newsreel  shooting  it  for  the  five 
newsreels  for  national  release. 

J.  L.  Morrill,  University  of  Minnesota 
president,  in  accepting  a  check  for  more  than 
$250,000  from  Arthur  W.  Anderson,  chief 
barker  of  Northwest  Variety,  said :  "This 
is  a  victory  dinner — the  first  successful  bat- 
tle in  a  long  campaign  yet  to  be  waged." 

At  the  dinner,  O.  J.  Arnold,  Minneapolis 
industry  representative  for  Variety  Heart 
campaign,  was  presented  with  a  gold  mem- 
bership card  in  National  Variety  by  Robert 
O'Donnell,  national  chief  barker. 

Other  speakers  included  William  Mc- 
Craw,  national  Variety  Clubs  executive  di- 
rector ;  Governor  Thye,  Mayor  Humphrey, 
and  Harold  S.  Diehl,  dean  of  medical  sci- 
ences at  the  university. 


Exhibitor  Wants\ 
No  Government 
Rule:  Kyser 


It  is  the  desire  of  the  independent  exhib 
itor,  above  all  else,  to  run  his  business  with 
out  Government  interference,  in  the  opinion 
of  Merritt  A.  Kyser,  president  of  the  Mo- 
tion Picture  Theatre  Owners  of  New  York 
State,  expressed  in  Buffalo  last  week. 

"Most,  if  not  all,  of  the  so-called  injus 
tices  and  unfair  trade  practices  werej 
brought  about  by  a  very  small  minority  whc 
will  not  conduct  their  business  on  a  policv 
of  honesty  and  fair  dealing,  and  there  is 
method  of  dealing  with  this  type,"  Mr 
Kyser  said. 

It  is  the  conviction  of  the  exhibitor  leade 
that  there  is  nothing  about  the  business  o 
making,  distributing  and  exhibiting  picture 
that  cannot  be  regulated  within  the  industn 
rather  than  resorting  to  regulation  by  Gov 
ernment  people,  who,  he  said,  are  no 
familiar  with  it. 

Hits  Auction  Selling 

"It  is  my  opinion  that  auction  selling  o 
one  picture  at  a  time  to  the  highest  bidde 
will  eventually  wreck  one  of  the  foremosj 
industries  in  the  nation,  one  which  has  don 
so  much  for  the  nation  in  war  and  peace, 
Mr.  Kyser  said.   "I  am  reluctant  to  believ 
that  the  producers  and  distributors,  righ; 
down  in   their   hearts,   will    approve  thi| 
method  if  they  look  into  the  future  and  care  < 
fully  weigh  the  possible  effects." 

Speaking  as  an  independent  exhibitor,  hi 
said  that  "one  of  the  most  humiliating  probl 
lems  for  the  independent  exhibitor  is  th| 
policy  of  checking  percentage  pictures,  es J 
pecially  in  small  towns,  where  the  exhibitoj| 
in  all  but  a  few  cases,  is  a  person  of  irrej 
proachable  character  and  integrity.  Re| 
gardless  of  the  'phony'  excuses  made  aboij  j 
checking,  every  time  a  checker  comes  intjj 
a  theatre  with  his  little  loud  ticking  cloclj 
that  exhibitor  is  placed  in  the  category  c| 
a  person  who  cannot  be  trusted,  in  other 
words,  a  crook!" 

Solution  Distributor's 

The  solution  to  the  problem,  Mr.  Kys< 
said,  "lies  in  the  hands  of  the  distribute 
who  certainly  knows  his  accounts.  If  1 
cannot  trust  an  exhibitor  on  a  percentag 
basis,  there  is  another  method. 

"Most  producers  and  exhibitors  knol 
that  their  interests  are  mutual,  and  the  oni 
successful  ones  over  the  years  have  becj 
the  ones  who  have  worked  in  a  spirit 
cooperation  and  fair  dealing,"  Mr.  Kysj 
concluded. 


To  Reissue  "Fantasia" 

RKO  Radio  will  reissue  Walt  Disnev 
"Fantasia."  The  decision  was  made  aft 
several  test  engagements.  The  two-hoi 
music  and  cartoon  feature  opens  on  Broa 
way  Saturday,  September  28,  at  the  Repu 
lie  theatre. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  19 


rkosPIC-TOUR 


OF  THE 
MONTH 


BOUDOIR  INVADER.  As  daredevil  Sinbad  the  Sailor,  in  RKO's  Techni- 
color  production  of  the  same  name,  DOUGLAS  FAIRBANKS  JR. 
boldly  meets  every  challenge,  including  MAUREEN  O'HARA's  locked 
bedroom  door.  Sharing  star  honors  with  them  is  WALTER  SLEZAK. 


WOMAN  WITH  A  SECRET  so  monstrous  it  wrecks  three  men's  lives. 
LARAINE  DAY,  lovely  storm-center  of  RKO"s  tensely  dramatic  The 
Locket,  is  seen  here  cheek-to-cheek  with  ROBERT  MITCHUM.  The 
other  two  men  in  her  life:  BRIAN  AHERNE,  GENE  RAYMOND. 


"NOCTURNE' 


TEN  BRUNETTE  BEAUTIES.  Many  authentic  Hollywood  showplaces 
give  film  colony  glamor  to  RKO's  nerve- tingling  Nocturne.  Starred  are 
GEORGE  RAFT,  shown  w  ith  photos  of  the  brunettes,  and  lovely  LYNN 
BARI.  Mysterious  death  of  filmland  composer  motivates  exciting  story. 


RUNAWAYS  GET  RUNAROUND  in  gay  Mexico  City,  where  detours  in 
path  of  eloping  SHIRLEY  TEMPLE  and  GUY  MADISON  provide 
whole-hearted  merriment  for  RKO's  Honeymoon,  based  on  a  Vicki  Baum 
comedy.  Co-star  FRANCHOT  TONE  helps  speed  them  to  the  altar. 

R  K  O 
RADIO 

w. 


THESE  BIG  RKO  PICTURES  WILL 
SOON  BE  SHOWN  AT  YOUR  THEATRE 


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THIS  IS  AD  No.  11  in  RKO's  widely-read  national  magazine  series...  bringing  more  big  show 
news  to  readers  of  the  9,707,403  CIRCULATION  of  LIFE,  Oct.  14  issue;  WOMAN'S  HOME 
COMPANION,  November  issue,  and  LOOK,  Oct.  29  issue. 


RANK'S  FINANCING 
BACKED  BY  PUBLIC 


Odeon  Theatres  Program 
Will  Bring  Six  Months' 
Total  to  $40,000,000 

by  PETER  BURNUP 

in  London 

Completion  of  the  latest  re-financing  oper- 
ation planned  by  England's  industry  leader, 
J.  Arthur  Rank,  will  mean  that  in  the  course 
of  a  short  six  months  British  investors  will 
have  staked  the  large  sum  of  £10,000,000 
($40,000,000)  in  the  country's  motion  pic- 
ture industry.  Viewed  any  way  you  like, 
that  is  a  tribute  to  the  fiscal  shrewdness  of 
Mr.  Rank  and  to  the  efficiency  of  his  oft- 
criticized  prodigal  production  and  merchan- 
dising methods. 

The  details  of  the  latest  operation  are 
these:  Odeon  Theatres  will  pay  off  its 
£1,260,400  five  and  a  half  per  cent  second 
mortgage  debentures  at  105.  At  the  same 
time  the  company  will  issue  1,186,849  six 
per  cent  preference  £1  shares  at  23  shillings 
a  share.  Holders  of  the  five  and  a  half  per 
cent  debentures  will  be  offered  £105  in  cash 
or  £79.4  debentures  in  Odeon's  holding  com- 
pany plus  £26  in  cash  for  every  £100'  of  de- 
benture stock  held. 

Expect  Oversubscription 

It  is  a  safe  bet  that  the  preference  issue — ■ 
whereby  the  Rank  organization  will  safely 
tuck  away  in  its  coffers  £1,500,000  of  new 
money  —  will  be  heavily  over-subscribed 
within  a  few  minutes  of  -the  opening  of  the 
subscription  lists.  That  was  the  case  on  each 
of  the  two  previous  occasions  this  year  when 
the  outside  money  market  was  allowed  to 
come  in  on  the  Rank  enterprises. 

The  £1,500,000 — proceeds  from  the  new 
issues — reportedly  will  be  used  to  purchase 
the  Leicester  Square  theatre,  currently  the 
property  of  the  actor  Jack  Buchanan,  and 
other  theatres  which  are  now  operated,  but 
not  owned,  by  Odeon. 

Industry  wiseacres  were  plentiful  with 
their  sneers  and  gloomy  prophecies  when  the 
flour-milling  magnate  embarked  on  his  orig- 
inal film  adventures  and  proceeded  to  expand 
them  in  fabulous  fashion.  No  one  on  the  out- 
side knows  precisely  how  much  Mr.  Rank  or 
his  family  and  associates  have  at  personal 
stake  in  the  industry;  that  being  a  closely 
veiled  secret  from  the  eyes  of  the  vulgar. 

Investors  Back  Rank 

Baffled  by  the  immensity  and  intricacy  of 
Mr.  Rank's  present  financial  setup,  there  are 
still  to  be  found  forecasters  of  ultimate  doom 
for  the  empire.  But  the  short  fact  is  that 
Mr.  Rank's  operations  are  now  supported  by 
the  hard-headed  investors  of  the  City  of 
London,  a  class  of  the  community  not  com- 
monly given  to  wildcat  adventure. 

But  most  significant  are  the  successive  re- 


ductions not  only  in  the  rate  of  interest  but 
in  the  volume  of  the  various  mortgages  and 
debentures  attaching  to  the  Rank  companies. 
Close  examination  this  side  of  several  bal- 
ance sheets  indicates  that  in  December  last 
current  liabilities  exceeded  liquid  assets  by 
nearly  £2,000,000  in  the  case  of  Odeon  Thea- 
tres and  some  £400,000  in  the  case  of  Gau- 
mont-British.  Those  balance  sheets  have 
been  vastly  strengthened  and  the  fiscal  struc- 
ture adjusted  by  the  recent  money  operations. 

Still  further  significant  is  the  fashion  in 
which  the  Rank  shares  successfully  rode  the 
recent  minor  financial  storm  following  on 
,  heavy  Wall  Street  selling.  For  example : 
Odeon  Theatres  fell  Is.  3d.  to  50s.  and  Gau- 
mont-British  Is.  Od.  to  26s.  3d.  But  both 
stocks  are  still  well  up  on  their  markings  of 
last  December  when  the  first  named  stood  at 
43s.  9d.,  the  second  at  23s.  Od. 

Shareholders  in  another  of  the  Rank  com- 
panies— Cinema-Television — had  their  hearts 
gladdened  recently  with  the  announcement 
that  a  dividend  on  the  company's  stock, 
amounting  to  10  per  cent  less  income  tax, 
would  be  paid  shortly. 


Staff  Pension  Plan  Set 
For  MGM  in  England 

A  staff  pension  plan  for  all  employees  of 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Pictures,  Ltd.,  and 
the  New  Empire,  Ltd.,  proprietors  of  the 
Empire  theatre,  have  been  announced  in 
London  by  Sam  Eckman,  Jr.,  MGM's  man- 
aging director  in  England.  All  permanent, 
full-time  employees  are  eligible  for  the  bene- 
fits after  five  years  of  service.  Cost  of  the 
plan  is  being  borne  entirely  by  the  two  com- 
panies. Mr.  Eckman  said  a  trust  had  been 
created  to  administer  the  plan,  the  first  trus- 
tees being  drawn  from  the  companies'  char- 
tered accountants  and  solicitors,  with  him- 
self as  a  third  member.  The  normal  pension 
gives  the  retiring  ages  of  men  as  65  and 
women  as  60,  but  there  are  pensions  for 
early  or  late  retirement. 


Technicolor  Facilities  to 
Expand  in  Great  Britain 

Technicolor's  expansion  program  will  get 
under  way  in  England  October  25,  the  date 
on  which  Kay  Harrison,  the  company's 
managing  director  in  Great  Britain,  will  re- 
turn there  from  the  United  States,  Mr.  Har- 
rison announced  in  New  York  last  week 
upon  his  arrival  from  England.  While  in 
this  country,  Mr.  Harrison  will  confer  with 
Dr.  Herbert  T.  Kalmus,  the  company's  pres- 
ident and  general  manager.  The  expansion 
of  Technicolor's  facilities  in  Britain  will  not 
be  hampered  by  the  shortage  of  building 
supplies,  Mr.  Harrison  pointed  out,  as  the 
British  Government  regards  Technicolor  as 
an  essential  industrv. 


British  Theatres 
Protest  Contract 
With  Managers 

London  Bureau 

Revolt  threatens  here  among  independent 
exhibitors,  particularly  those  operating  in 
more  remote  provincial  areas,  over  a  man- 
agers'' pay  and  working  conditions  agree- 
ment recently  negotiated  by  the  Cinemato- 
graph Exhibitors'  Association. 

A  year  or  so  ago  the  National  Association 
of  Theatrical  and  Kine  Employees  sought  to 
bring  theatre  managers  into  its  organization. 
The  CEA  leaders  violently  protested  such  a 
move,  insisting  that  managers  were  execu- 
tives and  not  working  employees  and  as 
such  were  not  appropriate  members  of  a 
trades  union.  CEA  then  set  up  within  its 
organization  a  separate  managers  section 
and  nominated  that  body  as  the  only  organi- 
zation with  which  it  was  prepared  to  negoti- 
ate in  regard  to  manager  grievances. 

Talks  lately  have  taken  place,  out  of  which 
has  emerged  a  lengthy  and — to  most  CEA 
members — extremely  surprising  draft  agree- 
ment which,  it  is  proposed,  shall  in  future 
govern  the  employment  of  all  theatre  man- 
agers. The  agreement  calls  for  salary  in- 
creases, for  managers  who  book  to  receive  a: 
booking  fee,  for  extra  pay  for  children's  ma- 1 
tinees  and  for  trade  shows,  laundry  allow- 
ances, a  48-hour  week  with  a  half  day  a 
week  off  and  for  two  weeks'  holiday  with 
pay  each  year. 

When  this  draft  agreement  was  submitted 
for  ratification  at  the  latest  meeting  of  the 
CEA's  general  council,  a  first  class  row 
broke  out  with  provincial  members  protest- 
ing that  the  Association's  negotiators  had 
gone  far  beyond  their  powers  and  that  a 
pistol  was  being  held  at  the  heads  of  the  I 
lesser  exhibitors.  They  claim  that  the  small  [ 
house,  commonly  operated  in  close  control  i 
by  the  owner  himself  and  with  the  "man- 
ager" working  only  as  a  sort  of  aide  del 
camp,  cannot  possibly  support  these  addi- 
tional costs. 

The  little  men  had  their  way  on  this  oc- 
casion. The  draft  agreement  is  to  be  sent] 
for  discussion  to  the  CEA's  local  branches; 
which  discussion  undoubtedly  will  be  long 
and  violent.  Meanwhile,  managers  are  get- 
ting restive. 


Hitchcock,  Bernstein  Form 
Transatlantic  Pictures 

Alfred  Hitchcock,  director,  and  Sidney  L.; 
Bernstein,  circuit  head  formerly  with  the 
British  Ministry  of  Information  in  charge  oi\ 
films,  have-  formed  Transatlantic  Pictures- 
Corporation,  Ltd.,  in  London.  Author izec 
capital  is  $50,000.  The  two  men  will  pro- 
duce in  London  and  it  is  understood  the} 
have  approached  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  foi 
a  lease  of  that  company's  studio  at  Elstree 
which  should  be  ready  for  production  ii 
February. 


22 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  194. 


Circuit  Heads  to 
talk  at  20th -Fox 
Promotion  Meet 


Theatre  men  will  play  a  preminent  role  in 
pventieth  Century-Fox's  advertising  and 
ublicity  convention,  to  be  held  in  New  York 
October  15-17,  Charles  Schlaifer,  the  com- 
any's  head  of  advertising  and  publicity,  re- 
<rrted  last  weekend. 

Discussions  on  advertising  methods  to 
ive  greater  penetration  in  selling  to  the 
ublic  the  company's  new  season  pictures  are 
n  the  agenda  for  one  session  of  the  three- 
lay  conference  and  many  of  the  nation's  top 
tiowmen  have  been  invited  to  participate. 

"If,  as  it  has  been  generally  stated,  there 
.•ill  be  fewer  pictures  produced  next  year 
ne  to  auction  selling,  then  the  problem  both 
le  exhibitors  and  distributors  face  will  be 
d  get  more  playing  time  for  each  picture," 
Ir.  Schlaifer  said. 

I  "To  meet  this  contingency  there  must  be 
omplete  unanimity  of  effort,  based  on  local- 
;ed  experience  and  knowledge.  Advertising 
>nd  publicity  per  se  is  not  enough  under  the 
ew  system  of  selling.  Decentralization  of 
dvertising  campaigns  to  concentrate  selling 
•ower,  more  progressive  methods  of  ex- 
loitation  and  sustained  publicity  will  be  re- 
mired  to  get  the  maximum  box  office  results 
;ut  of  each  picture.  Twentieth  Century- 
'ox's  future  advertising-publicity  plans  de- 
igned to  achieve  these  results  will  be  dis- 
ussed  in  detail  at  the  convention." 

Among  the  theatre  men  invited  to  speak 
re:  Charles  Skouras,  president  of  National 
fheatres;  F.  H.  Ricketson,  Jr.,  president  of 
Fox  Inter-Mountain  Theatres ;  H.  J.  Fitz- 
erald,  president  of  Fox-Wisconsin  Thea- 
■es;  George  P.  Skouras,  president  of  Skou- 
a?  Theatres ;  William  White,  vice-presi- 
ent  of  Skouras  Theatres;  David  B. 
dzal,  president  of  Fox  Michigan  Theatres ; 
£lmer  C.  Rhoden.  president  of  Fox 
lid-West  Theatres ;  Dan  Michalove,  vice- 
resident  of  National  Theatres :  Harold 
eidenberg,  managing  director  of  the  Fox 
hiladelphia  theatre ;  Frank  L.  Newman, 
r..  president  of  Evergreen  States  Amuse- 
lent  Corporation ;  A.  J.  Balaban,  general 
aanager  of  the  Roxy  theatre,  New  York, 
nd  Irving  Lesser,  Roxy  associate  manager. 


\utumn  Sales  Drive  Plans 
>e+  by  Mindako  Circuit 

Charles  Winchell,  director  of  advertising 
)r  Mindako  Theatres  in  Minneapolis,  and 
ohn  Branton,  buyer  for  the  circuit,  this 
-eek  completed  the  first  in  a  series  of  dis- 
I'ict  meetings  for  the  circuit's  second  annual 
Fall  Happiness"  drive,  with  meetings  in 
linneapolis,  Owatonna,  Minn.,  and  in 
ioux  Falls,  S.  D.  Previous  meetings  had 
een  held  in  Duluth  and  Fargo.  Special 
romotion  for  the  drive,  which  started  Sep- 
■mber  20,  and  wall  continue  through  No- 
ember  1,  includes  a  manual  on  selling  pic- 
ires  to  the  public,  and  introducing  new 
"oduct  to  the  circuit's  managers. 


Box  Office  Champions  for 
The  Month  of  August 


ANNA  AND  THE  KING  OF  SIAM 

(Twentieth  Century -Fox) 

Produced  by  Louis  D.  Lighton.  Directed 
by  John  Cromwell.  Screenplay  by  Talbot 
Jennings  and  Sally  Benson,  based  upon  the 
biography  by  Margaret  Landon.  Director 
of  photography,  Arthur  Miller.  Music  by 
Bernard  Herrmann.  Art  direction,  Lyle 
Wheeler  and  William  Darling.  Cast:  Irene 
Dunne,  Rex  Harrison,  Linda  Darnell,  Lee  J. 
Cobb,  Gale  Sondergaard.  Release  date, 
August,  1946. 

CAESAR  AND  CLEOPATRA 

(United  Artists- Pascal -G.  C.  F.) 

Produced  and  directed  by  Gabriel 
Pascal.  Written  by  George  Bernard  Shaw. 
Camera  work  by  F.  A.  Young,  Robert 
Krasker,  Jack  Hildyard,  Jack  Cardiff,  Ted 
Scaiffe.  Technicolor  director,  Natalie  Kal- 
mus.  Art  direction  by  John  Bryan.  Music 
by  Georges  Auric.  Cast:  Claude  Rains, 
Vivien  Leigh,  Stewart  Granger,  Anthony 
Harvey,  Flora  Robson.  Release  date, 
August  16,  1946. 

EASY  TO  WED 

(  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) 

Produced  by  Jack  Cummings.  Directed 
by  Edward  Buzzell.  Adapted  by  Dorothy 
Kingsley  from  the  screenplay,  "Libeled 
Lady",  by  Maurine  Watkins,  Howard 
Emmett  Rogers  and  George  Oppenheimer. 
Director  of  photography,  Harry  Stradling. 
Technicolor  director,  Natalie  Kalmus. 
Musical  score,  supervision  and  direction, 
Johnny  Green.  Musical  numbers  staged 
and  directed  by  Jack  Donohue.  Art  direc- 
tion, Cedric  Gibbons  and  Hans  Peters. 
Cast:  Van  Johnson,  Esther  Williams,  Lucille 


Ball,  Keenan  Wynn,  Cecil  Kellaway,  Carlos 
Ramirez.   Release  date,  July  25,  1946. 

NIGHT  AND  DAY 

(Warner  Brothers) 

Produced  by  Arthur  Schwartz.  Directed 
by  Michael  Curtiz.  Screenplay  by  Charles 
Hoffman,  Leo  Townsend  and  William 
Bowers.  Adaptation  by  Jack  Moffitt.  Pho- 
tographed by  Peverell  Marley  and  William 
V.  Skall.  Technicolor  director,  Natalie  Kal- 
mus. Musical  director,  Leo  F.  Forbstein. 
Art  director,  John  Hughes.  Cast:  Gary 
Grant,  Alexis  Smith,  Monty  Woolley, 
Ginny  Simms,  Jane  Wyman,'  Eve  Arden, 
Carlos  Ramirez,  Donaid  Woods,  Mary 
Martin.   Release  date,  August  3,  1945. 

o.  s.  s. 

( Paramount ) 

Produced  and  written  by  Richard 
Maibaum.  Directed  by  Irving  Pichel. 
Director  of  photography,  Lionel  Lindon. 
Music  score  by  Daniele  Amfitheatrof  and 
Heinz  Roemheld.  Art  direction:  Hans 
Drier  and  Haldane  Douglas.  Cast:  Alan 
Ladd,  Geraldine  Fitzgerald,  Patric  Knowles, 
John  Hoyt,  Gloria  Saunders.  Release  date, 
July  26,  1946. 

THE  STRANGER 

(RKO  Radio -International) 

Produced  by  S.  P.  Eagle.  Directed  by 
Orson  Welles.  Story  by  Victor  Trivas  and 
Decla  Dunning.  Screenplay  by  Anthony 
Veiller.  Cinematographer,  Russell  Metty. 
Musical  score  by  Bronislaw  Kaper.  Cast: 
Edward  G.  Robinson,  Loretta  Young, 
Orson  Welles,  Philip  Merivale,  Richard 
Long.    Release  date,  July  15,  1946. 


League  Cold  to 
Author  Authority 

James  M.  Cain's  controversial  plan  to  es- 
tablish an  American  Authors  Authority 
seemed  headed  for  ultimate  rejection  by  the 
Authors  League  of  America  following  con- 
sideration of  the  plan  by  the  league's  execu- 
tive council  last  week. 

Mr.  Cain's  plan  calls  for  the  establishment 
of  a  central  organization  which  would  do 
away  with  the  outright  sale  of  literary  ma- 
terial to  film  companies  and  substitute  a  leas- 
ing system.  It  would  also  put  an  end  to 
buying  material  from  writers  who  are  not 
members  of  one  of  the  four  affiliated  guilds 
(Screen  Writers  Guild,  Authors  Guild, 
Dramatists  Guild  and  Radio  Writers  Guild), 


and  would  copyright  in  its  own  name  all 
material  produced  by  writers,  whether  for 
films,  stage,  book,  magazine  or  radio. 

Following  the  council's  meeting,  Elmer 
Rice,  president  of  the  Authors  League,  said: 
"It  is  extremely  unlikely  that  the  league  or 
any  of  its  guilds  will  adopt  any  plan  which 
would  involve  the  surrender  of  copyrights 
or  the  setting  of  an  official  board  with  dicta- 
torial powers." 

However,  the  Authors  League  set  up  a 
committee  to  consider  the  matter  further  and 
to  hear  additional  views. 

Rene  Kuhn,  as  a  representative  of  the 
American  Writers  Association,  a  newly- 
formed  organization  set  up  to  fight  the  or- 
ganization and  function  of  the  American 
Authofs  Authority,  was  scheduled  to  attend 
the  Authors  League  meeting  but  refused 
when  Louis.  Waldman,  Writers  Association" 
attorney,  was  not  permitted  to  attend. 


10TION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  I946 


23 


O'Brien  Urges  IA 
Cooperate  with 
British  Labor 

The  International  Alliance  of  Theatrical 
Stage  Employees  and  Great  Britain's  Na- 
tional Association  of  Theatrical  Kine  Em- 
ployees have  parallel  wage  and  working- 
condition  problems  to  solve  and  should  co- 
operate for  the  mutual  benefit  of  each, 
Thomas  J.  O'Brien,  general  secretary  of 
NATKE  and  Member  of  Parliament,  told 
IATSE  executives  and  some  50  representa- 
tives of  I A  locals  at  a  luncheon  meeting  in 
the  Hotel  Astor's  North  Ballroom  in  New 
York  Tuesday. 

Introduced  by  Richard  F.  Walsh,  inter- 
national president  of  the  IATSE,  Mr. 
O'Brien,  in  ta  fiery  talk  punctuated  with 
touches  of  Irish  humor,  said  his  organiza- 
tion planned  to  organize  every  branch  of 
the  British  film  industry  with  the  exception 
of  actors,  artists  and  musicians.  So  far, 
he  said,  NATKE  represents  about  85  per 
cent  of  all  the  cine  employes  in  Great  Brit- 
ain and  is  striving  for  an  even  higher  mem- 
bership. He  also  said  that  the  wage  scales 
for  British  film  workers  were  considerably 
below  those  of  their  American .  counterparts 
and  expressed  the  hope  that  eventually, 
through  the  efforts  of  NATKE,  there  would 
be  further  adjustments. 

Jurisdictional  fights  within  the  British 
film  industry,  paralleling  those  in  the  Amer- 
ican industry,  are  hampering  further  imme- 
diate progress,  Mr.  O'Brien  said,  but  in- 
timated his  organization  would  battle  to  the 
end  as  he  believes  that  once  a  trade  union 
organization  waives  the  right  to  organize 
any  branch  or  local,  or  allows  contesting 
groups  to  get  a  foothold  within  their  juris- 
dictional boundaries,  that  organization  even- 
tually will  crumble. 

IATSE  executives  attending  the  luncheon, 
in  addition  to  Mr.  Walsh,  were  Judge 
Matthew  M.  Levy,  IATSE  attorney;  Wil- 
liam P.  Raoul,  general  secretary  and  treas- 
urer; Thomas  J.  Shea,  assistant  interna- 
tional president;  James  J.  Brennan,  vice- 
president;  William  Collins,  New  York  rep- 
resentative of  the  AF  of  L,  and  Paul  Duzell 
of  Actors'  Equity. 

Mr.  O'Brien  is  visiting  the  United  States 
as  fraternal  representative  of  the  British 
Trade  Union  Congress  to  the  American 
Federation  of  Labor  convention  to  be  held 
in  Chicago  next  month.  This  weekend  Mr. 
O'Brien  and  Mr.  Walsh  are  leaving  for 
Hollywood  and  before  returning  to  England 
Mr.  O'Brien  also  will  visit  Washington. 


Use  Sutherland  Studio 

PRC  will  use  the  facilities  of  Sutherland 
Studio,  Hollywood,  through  an  arrangement 
completed  by  Belmont  S.  Gottlieb,  studio 
production  executive.  Sigmund  Neufeld  will 
film  the  first  of  his  new  series  of  Michael 
Shayne  pictures  on  the  Sutherland  lot  start- 
ing October  1. 

• 

24 


CHICAGO  REISSUES 
50%  OF  RELEASES 

Nearly  50  per  cent  of  the  general 
release  output  in  the  Chicago  area 
for  September  will  be  reissues,  Allied 
Theatres  of  Illinois  reports.  Of  56 
pictures  made  available  during  this 
period,  25  are  re-releases. 


Greenthal  Forms  New 
Advertising  Agency 

Monroe  W.  Greenthal,  former  vice-presi- 
dent and  director  of  advertising  and  pub- 
licity for  United  World  Pictures  prior  to 
its  merger  with  Universal-International,  has 
organized  the  Monroe  Advertising  Company 
to  engage  in  the  general  advertising  agency 
business.  Among  the  initial  clients  to  be 
served  nationally  by  the  agency  are  Univer- 
sal-International, The  J.  Arthur  Rank  En- 
terprises and  the  independent  producers  who 
are  distributing  through  Universal-Interna- 
tional. The  new  agency  also  will  place  the 
advertising  for  the  theatres  that  ultimately 
will  be  acquired  in  key  cities  by  Universal- 
International,  it  is  said.  The  Winter  Gar- 
den on  Broadway,  operated  by  Universal- 
International,  will  be  the  agency's  first  thea- 
tre client.  The  agency  will  not  confine  its 
service  to  motion  picture  accounts,  and  has 
among  its  clients  other  types  of  general 
advertisers. 

Majors  File  Damage  Suits 
Against  Chicago  Circuit 

Six  separate  suits  for  damages  involving 
percentage  returns  were  filed  in  the  Federal 
Court  in  Chicago  Tuesday  by  RKO,  Twen- 
tieth Century-Fox,  United  Artists,  Para- 
mount, Loew's  and  Warner  Bros,  against 
Van  A.  Nomikos  and  several  different  cor- 
porations owning  theatres  managed  by  him. 
It  is  alleged  in  each  complaint  that  incorrect 
statements  of  gross  admission  receipts  on 
percentage  pictures  were  made.  Among  the 
theatres,  all  of  which  are  located  in  Illinois, 
named  in  the  complaints  are  the  Antioch, 
Antioch ;  Yale,  May  wood ;  Orpheum  and 
Web,  Savannah;  and  Parkway,  Lincoln, 
Rex,  Ace,  City,  Empress  and  Logan  in 
Chicago. 

Kodak  Announces  New  16mm 
Professional  Color  Film 

A  new  16mm  Kodachrome  motion  picture 
film,  said  to  yield  prints  of  improved  color 
quality  and  offering  greater  exposure  lati- 
tude than  that  of  existing  Kodachrome  films, 
has  been  announced  by  the  Eastman  Kodak 
Company  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Designated  as 
Kodachrome  Commercial  Film,  the  new  film 
is  designed  to  produce  a  low  contrast  orig- 
inal from  which  release  prints  are  made. 
Prints  made  from  this  original  are  claimed 
to  provide  color  contrast  equal  to  that  of 
good  originals  made  on  other  types  of  Koda- 
chrome. At  the  same  time,  the  film's  in- 
creased latitude  assures  proper  graduations 
of  highlights  and  shadows. 


British  Circuit 
Heads  Here  for 
Theatre  Survey 

Six  top  executives  of  the  325-theatre  Gau 
mont  British  circuit,  part  of  J.  Arthu 
Rank's  theatre  interests,  are  in  this  countr 
on  invitation  of  Twentieth  Century-Fox  an 
National  Theatres,  for  a  two-month  tour  o 
theatres,  equipment  companies  and  studios 
to  study  American  methods.  The  war,  i 
was  explained  upon  his  arrival  last  wee] 
by  J.  M.  Carson,  GB  theatre  television  spe 
cialist,  had  left  England  six  years  behin 
technically  in  theatre  operations. 

The  other  visitors  are:  W.  M.  Cleminsor 
GB  circuit '  administrator  ;  W.  E.  Cuckse} 
lighting  engineer ;  L.  W.  Henton,  heating 
ventilation  executive ;  D.  McKay,  theatr 
and  studio  architect;  and  R.  Pulman,  prcj 
duction  projection  supervisor. 

The  idea  for  the  study-tour  was  conceive 
by  Spyros  P.  Skouras,  20th  Century-Fo1 
president,  who  is  also  a  board  member  <: 
Gaumont  British.  The  visitors  will  be  give 
full  access  to  20th  Century-Fox's  studk 
and  to  National's  theatres,  and  will  als 
survey  the  company's  facilities,  Mr.  Carse 
said. 

After  studying  theatre  conditions  for  eiglj 
days  in  New  York,  the  group  left  Wedne 
day  for  the  coast,  and  both  en  route  arjjj 
on  their  return,  they  will  survey  Detro 
Minneapolis,  San  Francisco,  Los  Angeleii 
Kansas  City,  Milwaukee,  Chicago,  Roche' 
ter  and  Schenectady.   Early  next  year,  tbi 
said,  another  group  of  British  theatre  a 
ministrators  will  come  here  for  surveys. 

Discussing  present  theatre  conditions 
England,  the  GB  executives  said  it  wot 
be  three  years  before  new  theatre  buildiii 
would  be  permitted  there ;  that  their  circi 
plays  about  60  per  cent  of  American  fihj 
and  about  40  per  cent  British ;  that  recem 
all  theatre  staffs  and  managers  won  uni | 
negotiations   for   shorter  work  hours  a" 
higher  wages,  and  that  "team  work"  \ 
tween  various  theatre  departments  is  almr1 
negligible,  a  point  Mr.  Cleminson  expei 
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ministrative  methods. 

Mr.  Carson  and  Mr.' McKay  will  atte 
the  Society  of  Motion  Picture  Enginee 
convention  in  Los  Angeles  October  22 


UA  Names  Representatives 
In  Singapore,  Puerto  Rico 

The  appointments  of  Fred  S.  GulbranM: 
as  United  Artists  manager  in  Singapore  a 
Henry  PL  Ronge  as  assistant  manager  1 
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tive  in  Spain,  Portugal  and  Cuba. 

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FRESH  IDEAS 
BIG  NAME  BANDS 
CO-ED  CUTIES 


Booming  juke  boxes,  zooming  record  sales  and  jammed 
dance  floors  prove  that  SWING'S  THE  THING!  That's  why 
this  swell  new  series  has  been  so  amazingly  successful! 


FREDDIE  STEWART  •  JUNE  PREISSER 

ANN  ROONEY  •  WARREN  MILLS  •  NOEL  NEILL 
FRANKIE  DARRO  •  JACKIE  MORAN 


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Produced  by  SAM  KATZMAN 

Associate  Producer  Maurice  Duke 


HIS  NAME  ON  THE  MARQUEE  STANDS 
FOR  ADVENTURE,  ROMANCE,  ACTION! 

MONOGRAM  presents  _ 

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Starring 


GILBERT 
ROLA 


Produced  by 

SCOTT  R. 
DUNLAP 


Based  on  the  immortal 
O.  Henry  character 


THE  HOLLYWOOD  SCENE 


Coast  Labor  Unrest  Fails 
To  Slow  Production; 
49  Now  Shooting 


Hollywood  Bureau 

Mounting  tension  in  Hollywood's  current 
jurisdictional  dispute  failed  to  slow  produc- 
tion to  any  appreciable  extent  last  week,  al- 
though starting  dates  on  several  pictures, 
notably  William  Cagney's  "Stray  Lamb," 
were  postponed  in  view  of  the  labor  contro- 
versy. Eight  films  were  completed  during 
the  course  of  the  week,  and  seven  were  start- 
ed, which  brought  the  shooting  index  down 
to  49  from  last  week's  level  of  50. 

"Green  Dolphin  Street,"  Elizabeth 
Goudge's  $200,000  winner  of  MGM's  first 
annual  contest  for  an  outstanding  novel  suit- 
able for  motion  picture  production,  went  be- 
fore cameras  on  location  at  Klamath  Glen, 
California.  Carey  Wilson  is  producing;  Vic- 
tor Saville  directing,  and  the  large  cast  in- 
cludes Lana  Turner,  Van  Heflin,  Richard 
Hart,  Linda  Christian,  Donna  Reed,  Frank 
Morgan,  Edmund  Gwenn,  Gladys  Cooper 
and  Reginald  Owen. 

At  Warners,  work  began  on  the  screen 
adaptation  of  Philip  Wylie's  novel,  "Night 
Unto  Night,"  with  Ronald  Reagan  and  the 
new  Swedish  star,  Viveca  Lindfors,  heading 
the  cast.  Don  Siegel  is  the  director ;  Owen 
Crump  the  producer. 

"Boomerang"  Mystery,  Goes 
Into  Work  at  20th-Fox 

"Boomerang,"  a  factual  murder  mystery 
which  Elia  Kazan  is  directing  for  producer 
Louis  de  Rochemont,  faced  cameras  at  20th 
Century-Fox.  The  cast  includes  Dana  An- 
drews, Jane  Wyatt,  Frank  Latimore  and 
Cara  Williams. 

Producer  Jules  Levey  launched  "New  Or- 
leans," a  cavalcade  of  American  jazz  which 
he  is  making  for  United  Artists  release.  Ar- 
thur Lubin  is  directing  a  large  cast  composed 
of  Arturo  de  Cordova,  Dorothy  Patrick, 
Marjorie  Lord,  Richard  Hageman,  Irene 
Rich,  Louis  Armstrong,  Billie  Holiday,  Kid 
Ory,  Barney  Bigard,  Bud  Scott,  Red  Cal- 
endar, Charles  Beall,  Zutty  Singleton  and 
,  Meade  Lewis. 

Producers  William  Pine  and  William 
Thomas,  who  release  through  Paramount, 
started  work  on  "Adventure  Island,"  their 
first  color  production.  The  film  is  based 
on  Robert  Louis  Stevenson's  South  Sea 
story,  "Ebb  Tide,"  and  Rory  Calhoun  and 


Rhonda  Fleming  have  been  borrowed  from 
David  O.  Selznick  for  the  leading  romantic 
roles.    Peter  Stewart  directs. 

Sol  Lesser  launched  his  latest  "Tarzan" 
picture,  scheduled  for  RKO  release.  Titled 
"Tarzan  and  the  Huntress,"  its  cast  is  head- 
ed by  Johnny  Weissmuller,  Brenda  Joyce, 
Don  Sheffield  and  Patricia  Morison.  Ewing 
Scott  is  directing. 

PRC's  new  venture  is  "Lighthouse."  June 
Lang,  Don  Castle  and  John  Litel  head  the 
cast  which  Frank  Wisbar  is  directing.  Frank 
Gilbert  is  the  producer. 

Incidental  News  of 
Pictures  and  People 

A  winner  in  Motion  Picture  Herald's 
recent  "Stars  of  Tomorrow"  poll,  Robert 
Mitchum,  is  set  to  star  in  RKO  Radio's  ver- 
sion of  the  Geoffrey  Homes  novel,  "Build 
My  Gallows  High."  Jacques  Tourneur  will 
direct,  with  Warren  Duff  producing  under 
the  executive  production  supervision  of 
Robert  Sparks. 

Robert  Hutton  and  Ella  Raines  are  set  to 
co-star  with  the  British  actress,  Phyllis  Cal- 
vert, in  Jane  Murfin's  production  for  Uni- 
versal-International of  Rachel  Field's  nov- 
el, "Time  Out  of  Mind,"  which  is  scheduled 
to  go  before  cameras  soon  with  Robert  Siod- 
mak  directing.  .  .  .  Al  Bloomingdale,  Broad- 
way producer  and  scion  of  the  New  York 
department  store  family,  has  been  signed  by 
Columbia  to  produce  "Petty  Girl,"  the  rights 
to  which  have  been  purchased  from  RKO. 
Bloomingdale  is  currently  in  New  York, 
conferring  with  Petty,  whose  drawings  will 
be  brought  to  life  on  the  screen. 

Glenn  Cook  has  been  appointed  production 
supervisor  at  Monogram.  .  .  .  "Instead  of 
the  Thorn,"  by  the  British  novelist  Margaret 
Ferguson,  has  been  purchased  by  Para- 
mount, and  Lenore  Coffee  is  currently  pre- 
paring the  screenplay.  .  .  .  Clifford  Odets 
will  direct  MGM's  film  version  of  Mabel 
Seeley's  novel,  "The  Whispering  Cup."  He 
will  work  from  his  own  screenplay,  and 
Pandro  Berman  is  slated  to  produce.  .  .  . 
Jane  Wyman  has  been  signed  for  the  lead- 
ing feminine  role  opposite  Jimmy  Stewart 
in  Robert  Riskin's  first  independent  produc- 
tion, "Magic  Town,"  which  will  be  released 
by  RKO. 


Harry  Sherman's  next  production  for  En- 
terprise will  be  "Tennessee's  Partner," 
from  the  classic  short  story  by  Bret  Harte. 
Joel  McCrea  is  set  for  the  starring  role.  .  .  . 
Three  Warner  properties  have  been  assigned 
to  Robert  Buckner  for  production.  They 
are  "The  Last  Fling,"  "The  Forty-Niners" 
and  "The  Apple  Orchard."  .  .  .  Walter  Pid- 
geon  will  be  starred  in  MGM's  film  version 
of  A.  S.  M.  Hutchinson's  well  known  novel, 
"If  Winter  Comes."  .  .  .  Kirk  Douglas'  next 
assignment  is  a  top  role  in  Hal  Wallis' 
forthcoming  production  for  •  Paramount  re- 
lease, "The  Beggars  Are  Coming  to  Town." 

Groucho  Marx  to  Co-Star 
With  Carmen  Miranda 

Groucho  Marx  has  been  signed  by  Bea- 
con Productions  to  co-star  with  Carmen  Mi- 
randa in  "Copacabana,"  de  luxe  musical 
which  Alfred  E.  Green  will  direct  and  Sam 
Coslow  produce.  .  .  .  "The  Washington 
Flyer,"  an  original  story  by  George  Worth- 
ington  Yates,  has  been  purchased  by  Walter 
Wanger  as  a  starring  vehicle  for  Susan 
Hayward.  .  .  .  Barry  Sullivan,  who  scored 
in  the  Monogram  film,  "Suspense,"  has  been 
engaged  by  Columbia  for  a  top  role  in 
"They  Walk  Alone." 

Charles  Hoffman  has  been  assigned  three 
more  Warner  properties  to  produce  during 
the  coming  season.  They  are  "The  Hasty 
Heart,"  "For  Sentimental  Reasons"  and  "A 
Kiss  in  the  Dark."  .  .  .  Donald  O'Connor 
has  signed  a  new  seven-year  contract  with 
Universal-International,  under  which  pact 
his  first  picture  will  be  "Good  Old  Eli,"  a 
musical  with  a  Yale  background.  .  .  .  Para- 
mount has  acquired  the  screen  rights  to 
Yolanda  Foldes'  novel,  "Make  You  a  Fine 
Wife,"  assigned  to  Val  Lewton  to  produce. 

White  and  Brown  to  Make 
All  Rogers  Westerns 

Edward  J.  White  and  Donald  H.  Brown 
will  produce  Republic's  complete  program 
of  Westerns  starring  Roy  Rogers.  .  .  .  Bene- 
dict Bogeaus  and  Burgess  Meredith  have 
borrowed  William  Demarest  from  Para- 
mount to  star  in  their  episodic  film,  "A 
Miracle  Can  Happen." 

"The  Unfaithful,"  a  story  of  post-war  do- 
mestic readjustments,  has  been  purchased  by 
Warners  as  a  starring  vehicle  for  Ann  Sher- 
idan. Jerry  Wald  will  produce,  and  Vincent 
Sherman  direct.  .  .  .  Pat  O'Brien  will  be 
starred  in  "Father  Dunne's  Newsboys 
Home,"  which  Phil  Ryan  is  scheduled  to 
produce  for  RKO  Radio. 

Film  Classics  Gets  Navy  Film 

Film  Classics  has  acquired  the  world  dis- 
tribution rights  to  "The  Navy  at  War,"  a 
Telenews  Production  which  presents  scenes 
of  an  aero-naval  battle,  it  has  been  an- 
nounced by  Nicky  Goldhamer,  vice-president 
and  general  sales  manager  of  Film  Classics. 


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PREVIEW  OF  TRADE  SHOW 


MGM's  "Undercurrent" ,  a  melodrama  of  marital  complications  featuring  Katharine  Hep- 
burn, Robert  Taylor,  Robert  Mitchum  and  Edmund  Gwenn,  will  be  tradeshown  Monday, 
September  30.    Pandro  S.   Berman   produced   and  Vincente  Minnelli  directed. 


Story  the  Thing, 
Siegel  Insists 

by  WILLIAM  R.  WEAVER 

Hollywood  Editor 

Any  time,  and  in  any  kind  of  times,  is  a 
good  time  to  set  up  shop  as  an  independent 
producer,  if  you've  got  a  good  story  to  start 
with,  and  no  time  is  a  good  time  if  you 
haven't. 

This  is  the  measured  statement  of  David 
W.  Siegel,  whose  name  you'll  see  on  the 
screen  for  the  first  time  as  associate  pro- 
ducer of  "Angel  on  My  Shoulder,"  and  for 
the  second  and  third  times  as  producer  of 
two  properties  he's  getting  ready  to  film  for 
United  Artists  release. 

Dave  (as  he  calls  himself)  Siegel  is  five 
years  deep  in  show  business  and  says  he 
knows  how  much  he  doesn't  know  about  it, 
but  is  sure  of  one  essential  truth — that  your 
show  is  as  good  as  your  story  is,  and  people 
are  going  to  find  out  how  good  or  bad  it  is 
and  conduct  themselves  accordingly,  regard- 
less of  what  you  say  about  it  in  your  adver- 
tising, or  how  loudly. 

Calls  It  a  "Show" 

He  uses  the  word  "show"'  instead  of  the 
word  '"picture"  because  his  five  years  in  show 
business  date  from  a  day  that  far  back  when 
an  actor  named  Ken  Murray,  for  whom  he 
was  doing  a  bit  of  legal  work  back  in  Cleve- 
land. O..  where  he'd  established  a  law  prac- 
tice he  thinks  now  he'll  never  find  time  to  go 
'oack  to,  asked  his  advice  about  putting  to- 
gether a  little  stage  piece  he  intended  calling 
"Blackouts  of  1942."  He  gave  him  not  only 
his  advice  but  also  his  backing  and  his  per- 
sonal help  in  putting  the  thing  together,  and 
so  well  that  it's  still  running  to  capacity 
business  at  the  El  Capitan  theatre  a  short 
stroll  from  the  corner  of  Hollywood  and 
Vine. 

"Blackouts,"  with  more  lecords  to  its  fame 
than  may  be  listed  in  the  present  space, 
looked  to  attorney  Siegel  like  a  pleasant 


little  venture  and  a  convenient  reason  for 
spending  three  or  four  weeks  in  Hollywood 
instead  of  in  Florida  or  Havana  as  had  been 
his  annual  custom.  He  thought  it  would 
make  a  little  money,  but  he  didn't  think  it 
would  turn  out  to  be  a  career. 

"All  this  talk  about  timeliness,  and  the 
condition  of  'the  times,'  doesn't  mean  any- 
thing in  my  book,"  he  says.  "I've  got  no 
interest  in  cycles  or  trends,  and  I  don't  think 
the  fact  that  a  Leo  McCarey  makes  a  phe- 
nomenal success  with  'Going  My  Way' 
proves  it's  time  to  make  a  lot  of  religious 
pictures — the  next  one  would  be  as  likely  to 
turn  out  a  complete  flop,  if  it  didn't  have  a 
good  story.    The  story's  the  thing,  always." 

He  goes  on,  "I've  had  a  hundred  proper- 
ties submitted  to  me — all  kinds  of  packages, 
fmm  radio  programs  they  tell  me  millions 
who  listen  to  them  daily  are  dying  to  see  on 
the  screen,  to  best  selling  novels — but  I'm 
under  no  pressure  to  grind  out  a  picture, 
and  if  you  play  golf  you  know  what  I  mean 
by  pressure.    I've  got  two  properties  I  in- 


tend to  produce,  when  I  get  them  shaped  up 
right,  and  whichever  one  is  ready  first  is  the 
one  I'll  make  first.  That'll  be  when  I  know 
beyond  all  doubt  that  I've  got  a  good  story." 

One  of  the  Siegel  projects  will  present 
Murray,  Marie  Wilson  and  possibly  Jack 
Oakie,  but  will  not  be'  a  film  version  of 
"Blackouts,"  which  is  to  be  left  where  and 
as  it  is  until  the  yet  unpredictable  beginning 
of  its  decline.  The  other  is  a  treatment  of 
"Two  Hearts  in  Three-quarter  Time." 

"There  will  always  be  an  audience  for  a 
good  story,"  he  continues,  "and  the  general 
state  of  business  has  little  bearing  on  the 
matter.  There  will  be  a  general  recession, 
undoubtedly,  but  it  will  affect  the  night  spots 
and  the  over-priced  entertainments — not  the 
really  good  pictures.  People  will  narrow 
down  to  a  basis  of  shopping  for  merit,  but 
real  merit  never  went  begging  for  buyers  and 
never  will.  People  always  find  out  about  a 
good  picture,  and  a  producer  who  doesn't 
make  a  picture  until  he  knows  he's  got  a 
good  story  to  make  it  out  of  needn't  worry." 


COMPLETED 

COLUMBIA 

West  of  Dodge  City 
EAGLE  LION 

When  the  Devil 
Drives 

MONOGRAM 

Valley  of  Fear 
PRC 

Return  of  Rin  Tin  Tin 

RKO  RADIO 

Trail  Street 

20TH  CENTURY-FOX 

Brasher  Doubloon 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

Fabulous  Dorseys 
(Rogers) 


WARNERS 

Deception 

STARTED 

MGM 

Green  Dolphin  Street 
PARAMOUNT 

Adventure  Island 
(Pine-Thomas ) 

PRC 

Lighthouse 
RKO  RADIO 
Tarzan  and  the 

Huntress  (Lasser) 
20TH  CENTURY-FOX 
Boomerang 
UNITED  ARTISTS 
New  Orleans  (Levey) 


WARNERS 

Night  unto  Night 

SHOOTING 

COLUMBIA 

Twin  Sombreros 
Inside  Story 
Cigarette  Girl 
They  Walk  Alone 
Last  of  the  Redmen 
Guilt  of  Janet  Ames 
(formerly  "My 
Empty  Heart") 

ENTERPRISE 

Arch  of  Triumph 
MGM 

The  Yankee  (formerly 
"Romance  of  Rosy 
Ridge") 

Merton  of  the  Movies 


It  Happened  in 

Brooklyn 
To  Kiss  and  to  Keep 
(formerly  "Life's 
for  the  Loving") 
This  Time  for  Keeps 
Summer  Holiday 
Unfinished  Dance 

MONOGRAM 

It  Happened  on  Fifth 
Avenue 

PARAMOUNT 

Big  Haircut 
Dear  Ruth 
Golden  Earrings 
Emperor  Waltz 
Desert  Town 

(Wallis) 
Unconquered 

(DeMille) 


RKO  RADIO 

Banjo 

They  Won't  Believe 
Me 

Bachelor  and  the 

Bobby-Soxer 
Time  to  Kill 

(Hakim-Litvak) 

REPUBLIC 

Hit  Parade 
Apache  Rose 

SCREEN  GUILD 

Renegade  Girl 

(Affiliated) 
Queen  of  the  Amazons 

(Screen  Art) 

20TH  CENTURY-FOX 

I  Wonder  Who's 
Kissing  Her  Now 


Bob,  Son  of  Battle 
Homestretch 
Backlash  (Wurtzel) 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

Vendetta 

(California) 
Carnegie  Hall 

(Federal) 
Miracle  Can  Happen 

(Bogeaus-Meredith) 
Who  Killed  Doc' 

Robin?  (Roach) 

UNIVERSAL-INTERN'L 

I'll  Be  Yours 
Slave  Girl 

WARNERS 

Love  and  Learn 

Possessed 

Pursued 

(U  S.  Pictures) 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946  31 


M-G-M  Presents  The  Top  Mystery 
Thriller  Of  The  Year! 

KATHARINE 
HEPBURN 

(Never  so  exciting!) 

ROBERT 
TAYLOR 

(He's  back!  It's  his  greatest  role!) 

ROBERT  MITCHUM 

Screen  Play  by  EDWARD  CHODOROV  •  Based  Upon  a  Story  by  THELMA  STRABEL 

Produced  by  PANDRO  S.  BERMAN 
Directed  by  VINCENTE  MINNELLi 


20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  1052  Broadway 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  197  Walton  St.,  N.  W. 
M-G-M  Screen  Room,  46  Church  Street 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  290  Franklin  Street 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  308  South  Church  Street 
H.  C.  Igel's  Screen  Room,  1301  South  Wabash  Ave 
RKO  Screen  Room,  16  East  Sixth  Street 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  2219  Payne  Avenue 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  308'/i  So.  Harwood  St. 
Paramount  Screen  Room,  2100  Stout  Street 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  1300  High  Street 
Max  Blumenthal's  Screen  Room,  2310  Cass  Ave. 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  326  North  Illinois  Street 
Vogue  Theatre,  3444  Broadway 
Boulevard  Theatre,  1615  W.  Washington  Ave. 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  151  Vance  Avenue 
Warner  Screen  Room,  212  W.  Wisconsin  Ave. 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  1015  Currie  Avenue 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  40  Whiting  Street 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  200  South  Liberty 

M-G-M  Screen  Room,  630  Ninth  Avenue 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  10  North  Lee  Street 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  1502  Davenport 
M-G-M  Screen  Room,  1233  Summer  Street 
M-G-M  Screen  Room,  1623  Blvd.  of  Allies 
B.  F.  Shearer  Screen  Room,  1947  N.W.  Kearney  St. 
S'Renco  Screen  Room,  3143  Olive  Street 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  216  East  First  Street,  So. 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  245  Hyde  Street 
Jewel  Box  Preview  Theatre,  2318  Second  Avenue 
20th-Fox  Screen  Room,  932  New  Jersey,  N.W. 


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ALBANY 

Recent  increase  in  admission  prices  at 
Albany,  Troy,  Schenectady  and  Utica  thea- 
tres and  the  possibility  of  the  movement 
spreading  throughout  the  exchange  district 
formed  the  principal  topic  of  discussion  on 
Film  Row.  General  opinion  is  that  the  public 
will  accept  the  increase,  which  averages  five 
cents.  Largest  jump  is  six  cents  for  matinee 
performances  at  first  run  houses  in  the  key 
cities,  plus  moving  ahead  the  evening  rate 
time  from  6  to  5  P.M.  Many  independent 
houses  also  raised  their  scale.  Increased  cost 
of  operation  is  the  reason. 

Among  the  exhibitors  who  have  dropped 
into  film  exchanges  are :  Carl  Nilman,  who 
conducts  theatres  in  Valatie,  N.  Y.,  Dalton 
and  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass.,  and  Wilming- 
ton, Vt. ;  Walter  Wertime,  of  Cohoes,  who 
owns  the  Chester  in  Chestertown ;  Sam 
Davis,  of  the  Phoenicia  in  Phoenicia ;  Jerry 
LaRocque,  of  the  Fairyland  in  Warrens- 
burg;  John  Rossi,  of  Rossi  Brothers,  the 
Strand,  Schroon  Lake ;  Chris  Pope,  booker 
for  Schine  circuit. 

The  Variety  Club  dinner  for  C.  J.  Latta, 
ex-chief  barker  and  recently  elected  second 
assistant  chief  barker  of  the  Variety  Clubs 
of  America,  was  the  largest  attended  film- 
men's  gathering  here  in  some  time.  More 
than  100  were  present  at  the  Hotel  De  Witt 
Clinton.*  C.  A.  Smakwitz,  present  chief 
barker,  presented  Mr.  Latta  a  scroll  signed 
by  all  members.  Harry  Lamont,  of  Albany, 
who  operates  six  theatres  in  other  towns, 
was  dinner  chairman. 

ATLANTA 

Business  is  good  here  and  all  theatres  are 
more  than  pleased  with  the  business.  .  .  . 
The  Rialto  opened  its  sixth  week  with  "The 
Kid  From  Brooklyn"  playing  to  SRO.  .  .  . 
Billy  Holmes,  veteran  Atlanta  showman,  is 
recovering  from  two  serious  operations.  .  .  . 
Jimmy  Scott,  manager  of  the  Roxy  theatre, 
back  on  the  job  after  a  siege  of  illness.  .  .  . 
R.  E.  Hooks,  Hooks  Circuit,  Aliceville,  Ala., 
and  Babby  Cobb,  Tide  theatre,  Tuscaloosa, 
Ala.,  were  visitors. 

BALTIMORE 

Business  generally  was  excellent  during 
the  week  beginning  September  19.  "Notori- 
ous," was  doing  near  house  record  at  Hip- 
podrome with  extra  shows  put  in ;  Little  fin- 
ished with  "Henry  V"  and  started  on  con- 
tinuous policy  again  with  "Open  City," 
which  hit  a  high  opening  point  with  prices 
to  12:30  P.M.  35  cents;  to  6  P.M.  44  cents 
and  to  closing  65  cents;  Stanley  held  "The 
Big  Sleep";  the  New  held  "Claudia  and 
David";  Keith's  started  fine  with  "Black 
Angel,"  and  others  are  going  nicely.  Cen- 
tury with  "Courage  of  Lassie,"  Mayfair  with 
"Black  Beauty." 

Madison,  nearing  completion,  reported 
now  leased  to  Harry  Heyman  and  expected 
to  open  about  November.  .  .  .  Governor 
Ritchie  Open  Air  theatre,  outside  Baltimore, 
in  E.  M.  Loew  Circuit,  will  stay  open  during 
September  and  October  with  new  speakers' 
system  for  each  automobile.  Cluster  had 
safe  and  desk  broken  open  and  about  $950 
stolen.  For  three  days  the  Alexander  yacht 
was  in  Baltimore  and  Ben  Oletzky,  repre- 
sentative of  Alexander  Films,  was  host  to 
exhibitors  on  three  trips  clown  the  Chesa- 
peake. 


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BOSTON 

The  Twentieth-Century  Fox  Family  Club 
held  a  weenie  roast  at  the  Riverside  Recrea- 
tion Grounds  in  Auburndale,  September  16. 
.  .  .  Phil  Silvers  was  an  excellent  toast- 
master  at  the  Allied  States  convention  ban- 
quet at  the  Copley-Plaza,  filling  in  for 
George  Jessel,  when  word  came  at  the  last 
minute  that  Jessel  could  not  get  away  from 
the  coast  to  do  the  honors.  .  .  .  Here  are  the 
lucky  winners  of  Warner  Brothers  prizes 
for  which  exhibitors  at  the  Allied  States 
convention  filled  out  chance  tickets.  William 
Canning  of  the  Nathan  Yamins  Circuit  in 
Fall  River  won  a  1946  Motorola  Automatic 
Radiophone;  10  others  won  copies  of  the 
book,  "Okay  for  Sound,"  and  10  won  RCA 
Victor  albums  of  Cole  Porter's  music  from 
"Night  and  Day."  .  .  .  M  &  P's  "Kiddie 
Manual"  is  nearing  completion  and  will  be 
given  to  theatre  managers  to  aid  them  in 
their  Saturday  morning  "kiddie"  shows. 

The  M  &  P  Falmouth  theatre  in  Falmouth 
is  closed  for  the  winter  season  as  is  also  the 
Bayside  theatre  in  Hull,  Mass.  .  .  .  Phylliss 
Hard}-,  of  the  Houghton  theatre  in  Hough- 
ton, Maine,  has  inaugurated  a  theater  column 
in  the  Houghton  newspaper  called  "Screen- 
ings." .  .  .  Herbert  Ascher  has  transferred 
from  the  Royal  theatre  to  the  Olympia,  in 
Worcester.  .  .  .  Nate  Goldberg,  who  was  at 
the  Olympia  theatre,  has  transferred  to  the 
Plymouth  in  Worcester.  .  .  .  Nick  Lavidore 
has  resigned  as  manager  of  the  Plymouth 
theatre  in  Worcester,  because  he  is  planning 
to  attend  Suffolk  University  Law  School 
this  year.  ...  Joe  Plunkett,  of  M  &  P  Thea- 
tres, has  sworn  off  eating  fish  because  a 
fishbone  stuck  in  his  throat  two  weeks  ago 
and  still  has  not  been  dislodged. 

Charles  Caswell,  who  was  a  first  lieuten- 
ant in  the  Ninth  Air  Force  over  France,  is 
the  new  assistant  manager  of  the  Auditorium 
in  Lynn,  Mass.  .  .  .  An  application  made  by 
Mrs.  Fritz  Strassberger  in  Springfield  to 
build  a  small  theatre  and  one  or  two  stores 
in  the  Pine  Point  district  at  an  estimated 
cost  of  $12,000,  was  turned  down  by  the 
Civilian  Production  Administration.  The  ap- 
plication was  denied,  even  though  there  is 
no  theatre  in  that  area,  because  of  critical 
shortages  in  building  materials.  .  .  .  The 
Burns  theatre  in  Newport.  N.  H.,  is  under- 
going extensive  alterations.  .  .  .  Fred  Rousse, 
who  was  a  former  employee  of  Paramount 
and  Magnet  theatres  in  Barre,  Vt.,  is  now 
manager  of  a  theatre  in  Bath,  Maine. 


CHICAGO 

Back  from  Hollywood  vacations  are 
Charles  Ryan,  Warner  Theatre  Circuit 
executive  in  this  area,  and  Mort  Berman, 
city  manager  for  Publix-Great  States  in 
Springfield.  .  .  .  Both  20th  Century-Fox  and 
Paramount  held  cocktail  parties  for  the  exhi- 
bitors attending  the  first  annual  convention 
of  United  Theatre  Owners  of  Illinois  in 
Springfield  recently.  .  .  .  Duke  Hickey,  field 
representative  for  MPAA.  has  established 
headquarters  at  the  Palmer  House  for  his 
Chicago  stay.  Engaged  in  special  survey 
work  for  the  distributors'  organization,  he 
may  be  here  for  another  six  weeks. 

Si  Twerry  has  been  appointed  new  pub- 
licity manager  for  Essaness  Theatres  by 
Edwin  Silverman,  circuit  head.  Twerry,  who 
succeeds  Danny  Newman,  will  work  under 
Norman  Kassel,  advertising  head  of  the  cir- 
cuit. .  .  .  Milton  Woodward  has  resigned 
as  publicity  director  for  RKO's  Chicago 
theatres  to  enter  the  grocery  business.  .  .  . 
Funds  raised  for  the  special  premiere  show- 
ing of  "Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam"  at  the 
Little  theatre  in  the  Civic  Opera  House 
September  27  were  to  be  donated  to  the 
Rehabilitation  Fund  of  Athens  College  in 
Athens,  Greece.  .  .  .  John  L.  Hamilton,  film 
officer  of  the  Chicago  office  of  the  British 
Information  Services,  has  returned  to  his 
post  after  a  six-week  visit  to  Great  Britain. 
While  there,  Mr.  Hamilton  visited  the  cen- 
ters for  production,  distribution  and  exhibi- 
tion of  feature  and  educational  films  in  Eng- 
land and  Scotland. 

CINCINNATI 

The  3-300-seat  RKO  Albee,  which  dis- 
continued stage  shows  a  few  seasons  ago  in 
favor  of  a  straight  picture  policy,  will  again 
play  stage  shows  and  pictures,  beginning 
October  17,  opening  with  the  Three  Stooges, 
Fred  Lowrey,  Dorothy  Rae,  Herb  Shriner 
and  others.  .  .  .  The  local  Variety  Club  has 
inaugurated  its  autumn  and  winter  social 
calendar,  with  special  events  scheduled  for 
Saturday  nights.  .  .  .  Arthur  Frudenfeld, 
RKO  divisional  director,  has  returned  to  his 
desk  after  recovering  from  two  operations 
performed  in  Christ  Hospital.  .  .  .  Robert 
Dodson,  assistant  manager  of  Chakeres 
Regent  theatre,  in  Springfield,  Ohio,  has 
been  promoted  to  manager  of  the  Idle  Hour, 
at  Williamsburg,  Ky.  .  .  .  William  Carver, 
who  recently  returned  from  overseas  mili- 
tary service,  has  replaced  Mr.  Dodson. 

CLEVELAND 

Downtown  theatre  attendance  is  maintain- 
ing a  new  high,  with  pictures  playing  their 
third  and  fourth  weeks  to  holiday  business. 
Neighborhoods  also  report  sustained  good 
business.  .  .  .  Harry  Reinhart,  owner  of  the 
Strand  and  Mozart  theatres,  Canton,  and  a 
veteran  exhibitor,  died  Wednesday  night  at 
his  home.  He  had  been  suffering  from  a 
heart  ailment.  Surviving  are  his  wife  and 
two  sons,  Jerry  and  Irving,  both  associated 
with  him  in  business.  .  .  .  Leonard  Schles- 
inger,  president  of  Warner  Bros.  Service 
Corporation ;  Harold  Rodner,  vice-president. 
■  and  Jack  Beresin  of  Berlo  Vending  Com- 
pany visited  Warner  zone  manager  Nat 
Wolf,  and,  accompanied  by  assistant  zone 
manager  Dick  Wright,  made  a  tour  of 
Warner  Ohio  houses. 

Harry  Schreiber,  RKO  theatre  division 

(Continued  on  page  37) 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  194 


"IF  I'M  LUCKY"  Starring  VIVIAN  BLAINE  •  PERRY  COMO  -  HARRY  JAMES  •  CARMEN  MIRANDA  with  PHIL 
SILVERS  •  EDGAR  BUCHANAN  •  Reed  Hadley  and  HARRY  JAMES'  MUSIC  MAKERS  •  Directed  by  LEWIS 
SEILER'  Produced  by  BRYAN  FOY  •  Screen  Play  by  Snag  Werris,  Robert  Ellis,  Helen  Logan  and  George 
Bricker  •  Music  and  Lyrics  by  Josef  Myrow  and  Edgar  De  Lange  *  Dances  Staged  by  Kenny  Williams 


(Continued  from  page  34) 

manager  announces  that  effective  next  week 
the  RKO  Allen  goes  into  a  straight  first  run 
policy,  opening  with  "Three  Little  Girls  in 
Blue."  Henceforth  the  local  RKO  theatres 
will  play  holdover  instead  of  move-over  ex- 
tended runs.  .  .  .  Oscar  Bloom,  former 
Columbia  city  salesman,  has  sold  his  interest 
in  his  Milan,  Ohio,  liquor  store  and  plans 
to  move  to  Florida.  .  .  .  Local  exhibitors  re- 
turning from  the  Allied  convention  were  en- 
thused over  the  unity  and  harmony.  Best 
convention  of  all  time,  was  the  verdict  of 
Perc  Essick,  Abe  Kramer  and  Max  Lef- 
kowich,  first  returnees.  .  .  .  Leroy  Kendis, 
maintenance  manager  for  Associated  Circuit, 
is  confined  to  bed  with  a  recurrent  back  ail- 
ment. .  .  .  Cleveland  Cinema  Club  held  its 
first  meeting  of  the  season  Wednesday.  Pro- 
gram showing  progress  of  motion  pictures 
was  offered. 

COLUMBUS 

It  was  kiddies'  week  in  downtown  theatres 
with  more  than  4,000  youngsters  clocked  at 
special  Saturday  morning  shows  at  the  Pal- 
ace and  Ohio.  .  .  .  "Canyon  Passage"  plus 
a  Western  and  serial  attracted  the  kids  at 
the  special  Lone  Ranger  party  at  the  Palace. 
.  .  .  "Courage  of  Lassie"  with  a  stage  Puppy 
Party  involving  demonstration  of  dog  obedi- 
ence by  Ernie  Wade,  former  K-9  instructor 
and  his  dog  Toby  attracted  the  young  ele- 
ment tc  the  Ohio.  .  .  .  Business  generally 
good  with  holdover  of  "Notorious"  at  the 
Grand  and  first  run  of  "The  Searching 
Wind"  at  the  Broad.  .  .  .  First  time  latter 
theatre  had  had  a  first  run  in  some  weeks 
due  to  moveovers  from  the  Ohio. 

Combined  film-burlesque  policy  will  start 
October  17  at  the  Knickerbocker,  now  closed 
for  reconditioning.  .  .  .  Ray  Miller  will  re- 
open the  Fifth  Avenue  neighborhood  Octo- 
ber 1  after  having  been  dark  during  the 
summer.  .  .  .  E.  J.  Hiehle,  of  the  Shea  thea- 
tres. Zanesville,  stopped  off  at  the  Variety 
Club  on  the  way  home  from  a  booking 
junket  to  Cincinnati.  .  .  .  Bobby  Jones,  for- 
mer chief  barker  of  Tent  No.  2,  writes  from 
Miami  that  he's  on  the  way  to  South  Amer- 
ica. .  .  .  Iva  Wynn  is  operating  the  tiny 
Kingdom  theatre,  Grove  City,  following  the 
death  of  Ben  Almond.  .  .  .  Johnny  Jones, 
Dispatch  columnist  and  featured  on  the 
MGM-sponsored  local  radio  broadcast,  "The 
Story  of  the  Day,"  is  on  the  way  to  Holly- 
wood for  a  studio  visit.  .  .  .  Joe  Sloan  acted 
as  relief  manager  of  the  Broad  during  the 
honeymoon-vacation  of  Carl  Rogers.  .  .  . 
Sloan  shifts  next  week  to  the  Ohio  for 
another  relief  job  while  Manager  Walter 
Kessler  enjoys  a  delayed  holiday  to  Havana. 

PALLAS 

Dallas  picture  business  hit  something  of  a 
slump  during  the  last  week,  possibly  caused 
by  the  opening  of  the  public  schools  as  well 
as  Southern  Methodist  University.  Even  the 
suburbans  were  affected  though  not  as  much 
as  the  downtown  theatres.  The  Bob  Hope 
picture,  "Monsieur  Beaucaire"  drew  a  mere 
$16,000  at  the  Majestic  and  the  Palace's 
southwestern  premiere  of  Monogram's  "Sus- 
pense" with  Belita,  the  star,  appearing  in 
person  got  $11,000.  .  .  .  Gene  Autry  and  his 
publicity  representative,  Bev  Barnett  flew 
into  Dallas  for  a  brief  stopover  and  confer- 
ence with  the  cowboy's  two  partners  in  his 
Texas  circuit  Gene  Autry  Enterprises,  Lloyd 
Rust  and  Ed  Blumenthal.  The  Autry  group 


adds  another  theatre  this  week  with  the 
opening  of  the  700-seat  suburban,  the  Beck- 
ley.  .  .  .  R.  J.  O'Donnell,  vice-president  and 
general  manager  of  Interstate  Circuit  and 
John  Moroney,  head  of  the  circuit's  legal 
department,  took  off  for  New  York  where 
they  will  meet  Karl  Hoblitzelle,  Interstate's 
president  who  has  been  summering  in  Maine. 

DENVER 

Theatre  business  is  picking  up  with  the 
lifting  of  the  ban  on  18-year-olds  and 
younger  attending  public  gatherings.  And 
because  of  the  recession  of  the  polio  epidemic 
schools  opened  Monday  after  a  three-week 
delay.  Numerous  children's  shows  are  being 
booked  again.  .  .  .  Local  PRC  exchange 
employees  win  two  weeks'  pay  as  third  place 
money  in  PRC  employees  bonus  drive,  as 
well  as  $250  for  work  done  on  "Enchanted 
Forest."  .  .  .  Eleanor  Hugins  named  as- 
sistant publicity  director  at  the  Orpheum. 
.  .  .  Tom  Brennan,  city  manager  Fox  Inter- 
mountain  Theatres,  Laramie,  Wyo.,  recover- 
ing from  operation. 

Hans  J.  Peterson  buys  Delmar,  Morill, 
Neb.,  from  Gala  Stewart.  .  .  .  C.  U.  Yaerger 
sets  October  24  as  opening  date  for  his  new 
900-seat  $175,000  Lamar,  Lamar,  Colo.,  with 
most  of  Film  Row  managers  and  salesmen 
expecting  to  be  in  attendance.  .  .  .  Gilbert 
Cain,  recently  out  of  air  force,  goes  into 
business  with  father,- Sam,  owner  of  Avalon, 
Pueblo,  Colo.  .  .  .  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dewey 
Gates  more  thrilled  over  getting  new  car 
than  reopening  of  Lake,  Johnstown,  Colo. 
.  .  .  Fred  Brown,  UA  salesman,  back  to 
hospital  for  operation.  .  .  .  Theatre  people 
from  out  of  town  seen  buying  film,  supplies 
and  playing  golf :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chuck 
Flower,  Estes  Park,  Colo. ;  Ed  Schulte,  Casr 
per,  Wyo. ;  J.  C.  Parker,  Dalhart,  Texas ; 
W.  W.  Williams,  Eads,  Colo. ;  Reuben 
Stroh,  Telluride,  Colo. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sam 
Cain,  Pueblo,  Colo. ;  Frank  Barnes,  Craw- 
ford, Neb.;  Philip  N.  Fidel,  Santa  Fe, 
N.  M. ;  Tom  Knight,  Riverton,  Wyo. 

PES  MOINES 

"Two  Guys  From  Milwaukee"  at  the 
Orpheum  did  the  best  business  here  last 
week.  On  a  double  bill  with  Boris  Karloff 
in  "Bedlam,"  it  grossed  40  per  cent  more 
than  its  nearest  competitor,  "The  Strange 
Love  of  Martha  Ivers"  at  the  Des  Moines. 
"Diary  of  a  Chambermaid"  at  the  Para- 


mount was  below  par.  .  .  .  Lowell  Kyle, 
salesman  for  King  Enterprises,  has  been  as- 
signed the  western  Iowa  and  Nebraska  terri- 
tory for  Screen  Guild.  .  .  .  Lou  Levy,  Uni- 
versal branch  manager,  underwent  a  second 
operation  on  his  vocal  cords  last  week  at 
Iowa  City.  The  doctors  have  told  him  that 
this  time  he  can't  even  try  to  whisper,  but 
they  promise  him  he'll  be  able  to  talk  by 
October  4. 

David  Nelson,  exchange  chief  for  Repub- 
lic, was  in  St.  Louis  for  a  few  days.  The 
Nelsons  observed  their  thirty-third  wedding- 
anniversary  September  16.  .  .  .  Tri-State 
officials  were  on  the  road  a  great  share  of 
the  week.  A.  H.  and  Byron  Blank  and  Leo 
Mecheneay  spent  two  days  in  the  Omaha 
office,  Art  Stole  was  out  on  the  circuit  and 
Bill  Toney  was  in  Sioux  City. 

DETROIT 

Despite  the  opening  of  the  football  season, 
which  filled  local  stadiums  and  high  school 
lots,  theatre  business  was  good.  High  school 
football  has  gone  into  the  big  time  here, 
with  many  schools  moving  their  games  to 
college  fields  with  stands  to  accommodate 
upwards  of  15,000  spectators. 

The  opening  of  "Henry  V"  at  the  Cinema 
attracted  top  society  from  Detroit,  and  drew 
a  major  splash  in  the  papers.  The  Detroit 
News  carried  an  eight-column  society  ban- 
ner with  columns  of  copy  and  photographs 
of  first-nighters  as  did  the  Times  and  Free 
Press.  Sunday's  Free  Press  devoted  a  half 
page  to  the  music  of  the  show.  The  unani- 
mous rave  notices  assure  a  long  stay  in 
Detroit  for  "Henry  V."  .  .  .  The  News  roto- 
magazine  devoted  two  pages  of  pictures  to 
the  Fox,  "largest  motion  picture  theatre  in 
the  U.  S.  in  terms  of  cubic  feet."  Staff  mem- 
bers in  the  series  were  Bub  Kirby,  Roy 
Reuben,  Barney  Mannix,  Walter  Clinton, 
Charlene  Harmer,  Juanita  Rittenberry,  and 
of  course,  Manager  Dave  Izdal  and  press 
agent  Bette  Smith. 

Detroit's  Town  Hall,  popular  Wednesday 
morning  series  featuring  music,  entertain- 
ment and  lectures,  opens  its  18th  season  at 
the  Fisher  theatre  October  9.  .  .  .  Harold  G. 
Bernstein  has  opened  his  Lafayette  theatre, 
Bay  City,  after  a  six-week  shutdown  for  re- 
decorating, refurnishing,  and  remodeling. 
Bernstein  has  erected  a  huge  new  marquee, 
largest  and  most  brilliantly  illuminated  in 
the  city.  .  .  .  Fred  Smith  of  the  Royal  Oak 
Jewel  theatre  was  host  to  a  contingent  of 
Boy  Scouts  for  the  showing  of  "Men  of 
Tomorrow."  .  .  .  Remodeling  is  under  way 
at  the  State  theare,  Pinconning. 

HARTFORD 

Film  business  in  the  Hartford  territory 
has  been  good  generally  with  quite  a  few 
holdovers  reported.  Among  the  latest  hold- 
overs are  "Monsieur  Beaucaire,"  "The 
Stranger"  and  "Two  Guys  from  Mil- 
waukee." 

Henry  L.  Needles,  Hartford  district  man- 
ager, Warner  Theatres,  has  been  appointed 
to  the  Hartford  Chamber  of  Commerce 
executive  board.  .  .  .  Louis  Altman,  71, 
father  of  Al  Altman,  chief  of  MGM  talent 
scouts  in  New  York,  died  recently  at  Clin- 
ton, Mass. 

Film  Employees  Local  B-41,  New  Haven, 
has  installed  new  officers :  Jimmy  Mahon, 
Warners,  president;  Saul  Shiffrin,  MGM, 

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secretary-treasurer ;    Pete    Januska,  RKO, 
business  agent,  and  Marie  Smith,  Warner ; 
William  Nutile,  Paramount,  and  Sam  Zip- 
kin,  Universal,  executive  committee. 

The  Alcazar  theatre,  Naugatuck,  Conn., 
has  been  reopened  following  alterations. 
Theatre  was  closed  for  a  number  of  weeks. 
.  .  .  Funeral  services  were  held  recently  for 
Arthur  Springer,  RKO-Albee,  Providence, 
lobby  artist,  who  died  suddenly  at  his  New 
Bedford,  Mass.,  home.  Springer  had  for- 
merly handled  lobby  work  for  other  theatres 
in  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Boston,  and 
Connecticut.  .  .  .  Elmer  J.  Cartier,  59,  for 
30  years  an  aide  at  Loew's  Poli,  Worcester, 
Mass.,  died  recently.  .  .  .  Out-of-town  visi- 
tors in  Hartford :  Harry  F.  Shaw,  Lou 
Brown,  Harry  Moskowitz,  Oscar  Doob, 
Loew  Theatres;  Phil  Williams  and  West- 
brook  Van  Voorhis,  March  of  Time. 

INDIANAPOLIS 

"The  Kid  From  Brooklyn"  is  the  first 
new  film  here  in  two  weeks  to  get  out  of  the 
below-average  rut  in  which  business  has 
been  running.  With  a  probable  take  of 
$17,500  after  a  good  weekend,  it  indicates 
the  public  here  finally  has  caught  on  to 
Danny  Kaye.  After  a  $14,000  first  week  at 
the  Indiana,  "Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam" 
is  limping  badly  in  a  moveover  turn  at  the 
Lyric.  Neither  "Gallant  Journey"  at  Loew's 
nor  "The  Searching  Wind"  at  the  Circle  is 
overworking  the  ushers.  The  weather  contin- 
ues mild,  with  some  rain. 

More  than  250  film  men,  including  a  lib- 
eral sprinkling  from  Illinois  and  Kentucky, 
attended  the  Indianapolis  Variety  Club's  an- 
nual golf  tournament  and  banquet  at  Broad- 
moor Monday.  Fred  Dolle  and  Sam  Switlow 
headed  a  delegation  from  Louisville.  Alan 
Usher,  district  manager  and  J.  H.  Stevens, 
branch  manager,  were  down  from  the  Chi- 
cago Paramount  office.  Joe  Neger.  who  was 
in  the  local  20th-Fox  office  before  he  was 
named  Milwaukee  branch  manager,  spent  the 
day  greeting  old  friends.  Bill  Sherman,  PRC 
district  manager,  was  low  man  in  the  golf 
tournament  with  an  81.  Ed  Campbell  of  the 
Lyric,  Louisville  and  Vic  Sicilia,  city  man- 
ager for  Y  and  W  theatres  in  Muncie,  were 
tops  in  the  long  drive  contest.  The  commit- 
tee headed  by  George  Landis,  Dick  Frank, 
Guy  Craig,  Marc  Wolf  and  Al  Blocher  had 
prizes  for  everybody.  Bill  McCraw  of  Dallas, 
national  coordinator  for  Variety,  gave  the 
party  a  pep  talk  after  dinner. 

Ken  Maynard,  the  cowboy  performer,  was 
here  over  the  weekend  as  guest  of  Carl 
Niesse,  owner  of  the  Vogue.  Maynard  is 
visiting  his  mother,  in  Columbus,  Ind.  .  .  . 
"Gallant  Bess,"  MGM's  equine  star,  is  slated 
for  a  personal  appearance  in  the  plaza  Wed- 
nesday. Hal  Marshall,  MGM  field  represent- 
ative, is  trying  to  get  one  of  the  papers  to 
interview  her  by  radio  telephone. 

KANSAS  CITY 

The  way  Paramount  "revivals"  are  being 
exploited  by  the  three  independent  theatres 
having  first  run  on  them  in  Greater  Kansas 
City,  seems  likely  to  have  substantial  effect 
on  operation  of  neighborhood  houses.  The 
second  of  the  "revival"  series  started  Sep- 
tember 20 — "Wells  Fargo"  and  "Lady  Eve." 
Rain  on  the  opening  night  was  a  severe 
handicap,  but  Saturday  matinees  and  nights 
were  big.  The  three  theatres  running  this 


series  are  the  Baltis,  Southtown  and  Gaun- 
tier. 

The  board  of  zoning  adjustment  of  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  has  granted  a  request  by  repre- 
sentatives of  the  Uptown  theatre  (Fox  Mid- 
west) for  modifications  of  the  zoning  law 
that  will  permit  continued  use  of  a  large 
parking  lot  adjacent  to  the  Uptown  building, 
on  Broadway,  but  with  certain  restrictions. 
.  .  .  Arrangements  have  been  made  through 
Elmer  C.  Rhoden,  head  of  Fox  Midwest,  and 
also  chairman  of  the  horse  show  committee 
of  the  American  Royal  Live  Stock  and 
Horse  Show,  for  pictures  to  be  taken  of  the 
several  major  features  of  this  big  annual 
event,  coming  this  year  in  October.  The  pic- 
tures will  be  taken  by  20th-Fox.  .  .  .  Na- 
tional Theatre  Supply  has  added  an  engineer 
to  the  staff  of  its  Kansas  City  branch,  Ar- 
thur De  Stefano,  manager,  to  serve  the 
Missouri  territory  of  this  branch.  He  is  W. 
G.  Milwain,  transferred  from  the  North  Car- 
olina branch.  N.  G.  (Ned)  Busher  is  engi- 
neer and  sales  representatives  of  the  Kansas 
City  branch  serving  Kansas  exhibitors. 

Harold  E.  Porta  has  sold  his  Gem  theatre 
at  Richland,  Mo.,  to  local  interests;  he  has 
the  Community  at  Humansville,  Mo.,  and  he 
says  he  will  spend  more  time  now  fishing. 
He  had  owned  the  Gem  five  years.  .  .  . 
W.  B.  Zollner,  general  sales  manager,  "Re- 
prints of  Masterpieces"  department,  MGM, 
telling  of  plans,  so  far  as  matured,  for  dis- 
tribution. Irving  Singer  is  a  new  booker  at 
MGM,  Kansas  City.  He  comes  from  the  Buf- 
falo office. 

MEMPHIS 

Phil  Longdon,  Dallas,  district  manager 
for  Universal  Pictures,  and  Dick  Owen, 
company  exploitation  man,  were  in  Memphis 
on  business  this  week.  .  .  .  T.  B:  Kirk,  office 
manager,  Republic,  shoving  off  for  a  brief 
visit  at  Little  Rock.  .  .  .  Earl  Hartzog,  War- 
ner office  manager,  is  vacationing  in  Atlanta. 

Horace  Stanley,  Radio  theatre,  Beebee, 
Ark.,  was  seen  shopping  on  Film  Row  this 
week.  Dr.  R.  H.  Johnson,  Shelby  theatre, 
Shelby,  Miss.;  K.  K.  King,  Rialto  theatre, 
Searcy,  Ark. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jack  Willbanks, 
Hinzt  theatre,  Walnut,  Miss. ;  Louise  Mask, 
Leuz  theatre,  Bolivar,  Tenn. ;  R.  B.  Cox, 
Batesville  theatre,  Batesville,  were  other 
Film  Row  visitors  from  the  Mid- South  sec- 
tion. .  .  .  M.  A.  Lightman,  Sr.,  president 
of  Malco  Theatres,  Inc.,  won  a  match  in  the 
Tennessee  Bridge  Association  tournament 
last  week,  the  first  time  Mr.  Lightman  has 
been  able  to  leave  his  home  in  several  weeks, 


where  he  has  been  taking  a  rest  on  his  doc- 
tor's orders. 

J.  C.  Mohrstadt,  Hayti,  Mo.,  who  owns 
the  Missouri  theatre  at  Hayti  and  hopes  to 
open  a  new  house,  the  Joy  theatre  there 
shortly,  has  recovered  from  an  appendix 
operation  at  Baptist  Hospital  in  Memphis 
and  returned  home. 

OMAHA 

"Notorious"  rivaled  the  record  of  "The 
Bells  of  St.  Mary's"  by  passing  the  $13,000 
mark  in  its  opening  week  at  the  RKO  Bran- 
deis.  Business  at  other  houses  was  mediocre. 
.  .  .  William  Miskell,  Tri-States  district 
manager,  will  represent  the  -film  industry  on 
the  committee  to  collect  $160,000  to  provide 
emergency  raises  for  firemen  and  policemen. 
.  .  .  G.  E.  McGlynn,  Metro  branch  manager, 
is  progressing  following  an  appendectomy 
here.  .  .  .  Tony  Tedesco,  former  Monogram 
branch  manager  here,  has  joined  United 
Artists  as  a  salesman.  .  .  .  Manager  John 
Doherty  of  Confidential  Reports  here  has 
been  transferred  to  Minneapolis.  .  .  .  Date 
of  the  next  meeting  of  Allied  Independent 
Theatre  Operators  of  Iowa-Nebraska  has 
been  changed  to  October  28-29  at  Des 
Moines.  .  .  .  Charles  Feldman,  Universal 
Western  division  manager ;  Edward  Heiber, 
district  manager,  and  Joseph  Garrison,  for- 
mer Chicago  district  manager  transferred  to 
St.  Louis,  were  in  town. 

PHILADELPHIA 

Grosses  continued  good  over  the  city,  with 
"Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue"  topping  the 
town,  and  "Notorious,"  holding  over,  al§o 
drawing  heavy.  .  .  .  Harry  Felt  opened  his 
new  College  theatre,  in  Swarthmore,  with 
the  premiere  showing  in  the  Philadelphia 
area  of  "Waltz  Time."  .  .  .  The  Variety 
Club's  first  local  banquet  since  1940,  which 
had  been  set  for  December  8  at  the  Bellevue 
Stratford,  has  been  canceled.  Ted  Schlanger, 
of  Stanley-Warner  Theatres,  and  Dr.  Leon 
Levy,  of  WCAU  are  heading  the  committee 
to  plan  a  different  type  of  affair.  .  .  . 
The  Earle  theatre,  Philadelphia's  only  vaude- 
ville house,  will  celebrate  its  25th  anniver- 
sary in  November  with  a  parade  of  stars  to 
include  Mickey  Rooney,  Olson  and  Johnson, 
and  Danny  Kaye.  .  .  .  Melvin  Fox  will  open 
his  new  Devon  theatre,  on  Frankford  Ave., 
this  week.  .  .  .  Warners  have  reopened  the 
Princess,  in  Camden. 

Lee  Kline,  Orpheum  manager,  is  also 
supervising  the  Hillcrest  Cocktail  Lounge 
and  Dining  Room,  with  his  wife.  .  .  .  Sid-  j 
ney  Samuelson,  general  manager,  Allied  In- 
dependent Theatre  Owners  of  Eastern  Penn- 
sylvania, in  West  Virginia  last  week  on 
business.  .  .  .  William  Goldman  Theatres, 
Inc.,  announced  officially  the  acquisition  of 
the  Seville,  in  Bryn  Mawr,  and  are  request- 
ing product.  .  .  .  "Holiday  in  Mexico,"  the 
first  feature  bid  for  by  local  exhibitors,  was 
reported  to  have  been  obtained  by  William  j 
Goldman  Theatres,  Inc.,  and  it  will  open  at 
the  Goldman  October  24  or  before. 

PITTSBURGH 

Francis  Guehl,  salesman  for  Universal, 
has  been  promoted  to  manager  of  the  com- 
pany's exchange  here.  He  succeeds  Pete 
Dana,  recently  named  sales  head  for  the 
Cleveland-Pittsburgh  district.  .  .  .  Lou 
Weiner,  local  showman  has  joined  Repub- 

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SPOTLIGHT 

{Continued  from  preceding  page) 

I lie's  publicity  department.  .  .  .  Perry  Nathan, 
Pittsburgh  head  of  National  Screen  Service, 
is  wearing  an  especially  wide  grin  these 
idays.  He  has  become  a  grandpop  and  the 
new  arrival  has  been  named  Perrie.  .  .  . 
William  Elder  is  the  new  manager  of  the 
■  Perm,  replacing  Frank  Murphy,  now  on  rov- 
ing  assignment.  Elder,  formerly  with  Loew's 
;in  Columbus,  has  just  been  discharged  from 
i  the  Army. 

Lee  Brinker  has  been  selected  assistant 
w  Manny  Greenwald,  manager  of  the  Barry 
theatre.  .  .  .  Iona  Karel  of  the  MGM  ex- 
change staff  has  announced  her  engagement 
i  to  Pvt.  Edward  Kraus.  .  .  .  Walter  Good, 
former  theatre  pilot  here  for  the  Harris  in- 
terests, has  been  named  business  manager 
of  the  Icecapades. 

PORTLAND 

Outstanding  films  of  the  week  were  the 
holdover  of  "Monsieur  Beaucaire"  at  the 
Paramount,  and  the  strong  opening  of  "Holi- 
day in  Mexico"  at  the  United  Artists.  .  .  . 
Oroville  Theatres  has  been  incorporated  by 
L.  A.  Gillespie,  Oroville,  Wash.,  and  Cash- 
mere Theatres,  Inc.,  by  L.  A.  Gillespie, 
Cashmere,  Wash.  .  .  .  Charles  G.  Greime 
and  George  Fasken  of  Wenatchee  announce 
plans  for  a  new  600-seat  house  at  Cashmere, 
Wash. 

The  Theatre  Exchange  Company,  headed 
by  Allen  Burt,  is  opening  Portland  head- 
quarters at  217  Governor  Building.  .  .  .  Tom 
P.  Moyer,  of  Moyer  theatre  circuit,  has  re- 
quested permission  from  the  CPA  for  erec- 
tion of  a  second  house  at  Gresham,  Ore.  .  .  . 
S.  J.  Gregory,,  vice-president  of  Midstate 
Amusement  Corporation,  has  announced  the 
completion  of  plans  for  additional  houses  in 
central  Washington,  including  the  new  Lib- 
ert}7 theatre  at  Sunnyside,  Wash. 

SAN  ANTONIO 

The  final  scenes  for  "Geronimo  Pass,"  a 
Western  adventure  film,  have  been  completed 
here  by  the  newly-formed  Texas  film  organ- 
ization. Red  River  Dave,  star  of  radio,  stage, 
screen  and  records,  has  the  leading  role  in 
the  picture  which  was  made  in  San  Antonio 
and  in  the  hill  country  nearby.  Paul  Willett 
directed  and  Duke  Wayne  produced.  .  .  . 
Mart  Cole  of  the  Cole  Theatres,  Rosenberg, 
Texas,  was  a  visitor  to  town  recently  and 
announced  that  his  new  Lamar  theatre  in 

j  Richmond,  Texas,  would  open  soon.  .  .  . 

,  Other  exhibitors  in  town  to  shop  for  Mexi- 
can pictures  were  Peter  Carrasco,  Big  Wells 
theatre;  Juan  Monsiavias,  Mexico  theatre, 
Kenedy;  Agapito  Presa,  Azteca,  Beeville; 
Ruben  Frels,  Frels  Theatres,  Victoria,  and 
his  assistant  Edward  Revnal :  Jack  Jack- 
son, Horwitz-Ritz-Texan  Theatres,  Houston, 
and  J.  W.  Kunetka,  Rita  theatre,  Benavides. 
Youngsters  at  the  Bexar  County  School 

|  for  boys  at  Southton,  Texas,  were  treated  to 

i  a  matinee  showing  of  "Boys'  Ranch"  at  the 
Aztec  theatre  by  the  Pan-American  Optimist 
Club.  .  .  .  Leon  and  W.  D.  Glasscock  of  this 
city  expect  to  open  their  new  Dale  theatre  in 
Stockdale,  and  the  West  in  Georgewest,  the 
latter  part  of  October.  .  .  .  Clarence  Moss, 
formerly  a  captain  in  the  air  corps,  is  as- 
sistant managing  director  of  Interstate's 
neighborhood  theatres.  .  .  .  Lester  Ketner 
has  been  named  a  special  theatrical  news 


reporter  for  Texas  Week,  a  news  magazine 
published  in  Austin.  .  .  .  William  Rudder 
from  the  home  office  of  Samuel  Goldwyn,  is 
in  town  to  work  on  the  campaign  for  the 
opening  of  "The  Kid  From  Brooklyn"  at  the 
Majestic  next  month. 

ST.  LOUIS 

Big  news  in  local  theatrical  circles  is  the 
$30,000  week  chalked  up  by  "Monsieur  Beau- 
caire" in  its  first  week  at  the  Fox.  .  .  . 
Theatre  people  also  point  out,  as  another 
illustration  of  the  money  available,  the 
capacity  crowds  that  attended  American 
Theatre's  first  legitimate  show  of  the  season, 
"Mary  Had  a  Little  ."  This  was  an  un- 
heralded production  with  Edmund  Loew  and 
Mary  Brian,  yet  advance  sale  was  terrific. 
.  .  .  The  World  theatre,  formerly  a  newsreel 
house  in  downtown  St.  Louis,  has  reopened 
as  a  foreign-film  house. 

Charley  Beninatti  and  his  brother,  Tony 
Beninatti  have  taken  over  the  operation  of 
the  Capitol  and  Court  theatres  at  Pinckney- 
ville,  111.,  from  the  Perry  Amusement  Com- 
pany, headed  by  Tony  Matreci  of  St.  Louis. 
.  .  .  William  A.  Collins,  head  of  the  Collins 
Circuit,  intends  to  open  his  new  theatre  in 
DeSoto,  Mo.,  in  a  month.  .  .  .  The  Tobin  & 
Goldman  Circuit  of  St.  Louis  has  taken  over 
the  Star  theatre  in  Bloomfield,  Mo.  .  .  .  The 
Better  Films  Council  of  St.  Louis  held  its 
first  meeting  last  week,  at  which  time  they 
heard  a  talk  by  Mrs.  A.  F.  Burt  on  how  the 
screen  can  improve  relationships  between 
people.  .  .  .  J.  B.  Giachetto,  managing  direc- 
tor and  executive  secretary  of  the  Frisinia 
Amusement  Company,  in  Boston  this  week. 
...  The  750-seat,  $100,000  Esquire  theatre 
at  Cape  Girardeau,  Mo.,  is  about  ready  for 
opening.  It  is  owned  by  the  Esquire  Thea- 
tres, Inc.  .  .  .  The  St.  Louis  National  Horse 
Show  has  opened  a  week-long  engagement 
at  the  Arena  following  an  absence  of  four 
years. 


Educators  See  Preview  of 
Warners'  "Last  Bomb" 

An  invitation  preview  of  "The  Last 
Bomb,"  for  educators  and  editors  of  scien- 
tific publications,  was  held  last  Thursday  in 
Washington  at  the  Earle  theatre  projection 
room  under  the  auspices  of  the  Army  Air 
Forces.  The  two-reel  Technicolor  film  pro- 
duced by  Warner  Bros,  with  the  cooperation 
of  the  A.A.F.,  and  with  Frank  Lloyd  serv- 
ing as  Army  coordinator,  has  been  described 
by  Brigadier  Gen.  Emmet  O'Donnell,  B-29 
commander  and  chief  of  A.A.F.  public  rela- 
tions, as  "a  great  educational  document  as 
well  as  a  living,  vivid  history  to  inspire 
every  American."  Among  the  educators 
who  viewed  the  subject  were:  Dr.  Willard 
E.  Givens,  executive  secretary  of  the  Na- 
tional Education  Association;  Dr.  Guy  E. 
Snavely,  executive  director  of  the  American 
Association  of  Colleges,  and  L.  H.  Dennis, 
executive  secretary  of  American  Vocational 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science. 


Forms  Service  Company 

Ed  Rowden,  for  21  years  associated  with 
the  Golden  State  Circuit,  has  opened  offices 
in  San  Francisco  to  provide  exhibitors  with 
a  buying,  booking,  accounting  and  general 
administrative  service.  The  offices  are  lo- 
cated in  the  Western  Theatrical  Equipment 
Company's  new  building. 


Using  Subtitles 
In  Puerto  Rico 

by  REUBEN  D.  SANCHEZ 

in    San  Juan 

Making  an  exception  to  its  general  rule 
of  dubbing,  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  will  ex- 
hibit its  pictures  in  Puerto  Rico  in  Spanish 
title  versions.  The  new  system  started  Sep- 
tember 18  with  the  showing  of  "Adventure" 
at  the  Metro  theatre  in  San  Juan.  All 
MGM  pictures  had  been  exhibited  here  in 
Spanish  dialogue  dubbed  versions. 

V 

Rafael  Ramos  Cobian,  general  manager 
of  Cobian's  Pictures,  has  reported  the  Co- 
bian circuit  is  building  six  new  theatres. 
Four  are  located  in  the  heart  of  the  metro- 
politan area  of  San  Juan. 

His  circuit,  one  of  the  largest  in  Puerto 
Rico,  recently  signed  a  contract  with  Tropi- 
cal Films,  Inc.,  distributors  of  pictures  for 
several  independent  producers. 

Treasury  to  Release 
Warner  Subject 

"America  the  Beautiful,"  adapted  from  the 
Warner  Technicolor  short  of  the  same  title, 
will  be  released  by  the  U.  S.  Treasury  De- 
partment, November  1,  as  its  first  peacetime 
16mm  picture  to  promote  the  sale  of  U.  S. 
Savings  Bonds.  The  film  was  turned  over 
to  the  Treasury  by  Jack  L.  Warner,  vice- 
president  and  executive  producer  of  Warner 
Bros.,  as  a  public  service. 

Due  to  limited  peacetime  budget,  only  500 
prints  were  made.  They  are  available  with- 
out fee  to  responsible  groups  but  not  for 
private  showings.  Distribution  will  be 
through  state  directors  of  the  U.  S.  Savings 
Bond  Division  of  the  Treasury  and  a  select- 
ed group  of  16mm  distributors. 

More  than  150,000  screenings  of  15  short 
subjects  were  made  to  audiences  totaling 
33,000,000  people  in  six  weeks  of  the  Victory 
Loan  Drive.  The  Treasury  estimates  that 
12,000,000  people  will  see  "America  the 
Beautiful." 

Cleveland  Variety  Club 
Honors  Bernard  Kranze 

Bernard  Kranze,  former  Cleveland  dis- 
trict manager  for  RKO  Radio,  recently  ap- 
pointed assistant  to  William  J.  Heineman, 
J.  Arthur  Rank  Productions  general  sales 
manager  in  New  York,  was  given  a  testi- 
monial dinner  at  the  Statler  Hotel,  Cleve- 
land, Tuesday,  by  the  Variety  Club  of  Cleve- 
land. The  committee  in  charge  included:  A. 
L.  Kolitz,  M.  B.  Hurwitz,  Lester  Zucker, 
Tony  Stern,  Joe  Lissauer  and  Oscar  Kantor. 


RKO  Gets  New  House 

RKO  Theatres  Wednesday  took  over  the 
management  of  the  Midway  theatre,  Forest 
Hills,  Long  Island,  Sol  A.  Schwartz,  gen- 
eral manager  of  RKO  Theatres  announced. 
The  Midway  will  be  in  the  Charles  B.  Mc- 
Donald division,  with  Lee  Koken  as  man- 
ager. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


39 


Want  to  see  "Paramount' s 
new  boxoffice  bonanza"?* 

Want  to  get  in  on 

"a  can't-miss  proposition"  ?* 

Want  to  get  a  line  on  some 
"surefire  boxoffice"  . 

Then  be  sure  to  catch  this 
i m portant  tra d e  sh o w  . 


*  ("Variety"  said  it!) 


Paramount 

Launches  the  New  Season  with  the  Perfect  Show 
For  Thanksgiving  Release 


starring 


ALAN 

BRIAN  DONLEVT 
WILLIAM  BENDB 
BARR5T  H1ZGERAL 


with 


Howard  da  SUVA  •  Esther  FERNANDEZ  •  Albert  DEKKER  Luis  VAN  ROOTEN 

Directed  by  JOHN  FARROW  •  Produced  by  SETON  I.  MILLER 

Screen  Play  by  Seton  I.  Miller  and  George  Bruce 


{Except  Los  Angeles,  Oct.  7) 


Richard  Henry  Dana's 

Two 


TflSARS  BEFORE 


The  jaast 


ALL  SCREENINGS  IN  THEATRES 


CITY 


PLACE 

ALBANY  DELAWARE  THEATRE,  290  Delaware  Avenue  TUES. 

ATLANTA  RHODES  THEATRE,  62  So.  Rhodes  Center,  N.W  TUES. 

BOSTON.  FENWAY  THEATRE,  136  Massachusetts  Ave  TUES. 

BUFFALO  SHEA'S  NIAGARA  THEATRE,  426  Niagara  Street  TUES. 

CHARLOTTE  CAROLINA  THEATRE,  226  No.  Tryon  Street  TUES. 

CHICAGO  ESQUIRE  THEATRE,  58  East  Oak  Street  TUES. 

CINCINNATI  FOREST  THEATRE,  671  Forest  Avenue  TUES. 

CLEVELAND  COLONY  THEATRE,  Shaker  Square  TUES. 

DALLAS  MELROSE  THEATRE,  3419  Oak  Lawn  Avenue  TUES. 

DENVER  ALADDIN  THEATRE,  2010  East  Colfax  Avenue  TUES. 

DES  MOINES  INGERSOLL  THEATRE,  3711  Ingersoll  Avenue  TUES. 

DETROIT  VARSITY  THEATRE,  17121  Livernoise  TUES. 

INDIANAPOLIS  CINEMA  THEATRE,  213  East  16th  Street  TUES. 

KANSAS  CITY  VOGUE  THEATRE,  3444  Broadway  TUES. 

LOS  ANGELES  BOULEVARD  THEATRE,  1609  W.  Washington  Blvd  MON 

MEMPHIS.  RITZ  THEATRE,  1705  Poplar  Avenue  TUES. 

MILWAUKEE  COLONIAL  THEATRE,  1516  West  Vliet  Street  TUES. 

MINNEAPOLIS  GRANADA  THEATRE,  3022  Hennepin  Avenue  TUES. 

NEW  HAVEN  WHITNEY  THEATRE,  1220  Whitney  Avenue  TUES. 

NEW  ORLEANS  CIRCLE  THEATRE,  1709  North  Galvez  Street  TUES. 

OKLAHOMA  CITY  TOWER  THEATRE,  425  Northwest  23rd  Street.  .....  .TUES. 

OMAHA  DUNDEE  THEATRE,  4952  Dodge  Street  TUES. 

PHILADELPHIA  COMMODORE  THEATRE,  43rd  and  Walnut  Streets.  .  .TUES. 

PITTSBURGH  SHADYSIDE  THEATRE,  5518  Walnut  Street  TUES. 

PORTLAND  ORIENTAL  THEATRE,  822  Southeast  Grand  Avenue  TUES. 

ST.  LOUIS  ST.  LOUIS  THEATRE,  718  North  Grand  TUES. 

SALT  LAKE  CITY  STUDIO  THEATRE,  161  South  Main  Street  TUES. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TIVOLI  THEATRE,  70  Eddy  Street  TUES. 

SEATTLE  EGYPTIAN  THEATRE,  4543  University  Way  TUES. 

WASHINGTON  CIRCLE  THEATRE,  2105  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  N.W..  .  .TUES. 


DATE 

OCT.  8  2  P.M. 

OCT.  8  JJ  A.M. 

OCT.  8  10  A.M. 

OCT.  8.  ..... .2  P.M. 

OCT.  8  10  A.M. 

OCT.  8  10:45  A.M. 

OCT.  8  2:30  P.M. 

OCT.  8  2  P.M. 

OCT.  8  2.30  P.M. 

OCT.  8  10  A.M. 

OCT.  8  10.30  A.M. 

OCT.  8  2.-30  P.M. 

OCT.  8  J.30  P.M. 

OCT.  8  2  P.M. 

.  OCT.  7  J.30  P.M. 

OCT.  8  2:50  P.M. 

OCT.  8  2.30  P.M. 

•OCT.  8  2:15  P.M. 

OCT.  8  11  A  M 

OCT.  8  10-30  A.M. 

OCT.  8  70  A.M. 

OCT.  8  2  PrM. 

OCT.  8  8:30  P.M. 

OCT.  8  2  P.M. 

OCT.  8  2:30  P.M. 

OCT.  8  J.30  P.M. 

OCT.  8  JO  A.M. 

OCT.  8  2  P.M. 

OCT.  8  2.30  P.M. 

OCT.  8  J.30  P.M. 


Metro  Releasing 
40-45  in  Italy 
During  Season 

by  ARGEO  SANTUCCI 

in  Rome 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  has  mailed  to  ex- 
hibitors a  definite  list  of  pictures  which  it 
will  release  in  Italy  for  the  next  season.  The 
list  includes  "Edison  the  Man,"  "Marie  An- 
toinette," "The  Postman  Always  Rings 
Twice,"  "Weekend  at  the  Waldorf,"  "Our 
Vines  Have  Tender  Grapes"  and  "Meet  Me 
in  St.  Louis."  The  company  will  release 
between  40  and  45  pictures  during  the  sea- 
son. 

V 

Both  David  Blum,  director  of  MGM's  in- 
ternational publicity,  and  the  director,  Wil- 
liam Dieterle,  have  been  in  Rome  recently, 
Mr.  Blum  in  connection  with  the  new  prod- 
duct,  and  Mr.  Dieterle  to  look  for  new  Ital- 
ian authors  and  novels.  Mr.  Blum  is  to  visit 
all  Western  European  countries  with  the 
exception  of  Germany  and  Holland. 
V 

The  recently  completed  "Montecassino," 
which  tells  the  story  of  the  Benedictine  mon- 
astery destroyed  during  the  war,  will  be 
distributed  throughout  the  world  by  Trans 
World  Film.  The  picture  was  produced 
at  a  cost  of  more  than  $220,000  and  is  one 
of  Italy's  most  expensive  films. 

V 

An  Italian  commission  will  visit  most  of 
the  companies  in  South  America  in  the  near 
future  to  establish  markets  and  trade  agree- 
ments for  all  types  of  Italian  production,  in- 
cluding motion  pictures. 

V 

Giulio  Ascarelli,  Twentieth  Century-Fox's 
publicity  head  in  Rome,  has  been  appointed 
head  of  the  publicity  department  in  Paris. 
V 

The  Vatican  City  daily  newspaper  has  re- 
ported that  a  Spanish  production  company 
will  work  in  Italy  on  a  biography  of  St.  Ig- 
natius de  Loyola.  A  committee  of  11  Span- 
ish, Italian  and  French  professors  are  aid- 
ing in  the  preparation  of  the  story,  which 
may  be  filmed  in  Spain  and  France  as  well 
as  Italy. 


Short  Product  in  First  Run  Houses 


NEW  YORK— Week  of  September  23 

CAPITOL:  Hick  Chick  MGM 

Feature:  Holiday  in  Mexico  MGM 

CRITERION:  Bit  of  Blarney  Universal 

Hobo  Bound  Universal 

Feature:  Black  Angel  Universal 

GLOBE:  Little  Red  Walking  Hood 

Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Scandal  in  Paris  United  Artists 

HOLLYWOOD:  Racketeer  Rabbit. Warner  Bros. 

Facing  Your  Danger  Warner  Bros. 

Men  of  Tomorrow  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Night  and  Day  Warner  Bros. 

MUSIC  HALL:  Donald's  Double  Trouble.  .  RKO 

Steeplechasers  RKO 

Feature:  Notorious   RKO 

PALACE:  Flicker  Flashbacks  RKO 

Courtship  to  Courthouse  RKO 

Feature:  The  Crack-Up  RKO 


Eagle-Lion  Is  Dropping 
All  "B"  Picture  Plans 

Eagle-Lion  is  dropping  plans  for  the  pro- 
duction of  "B"  product,  and  will  compete 
with  the  major  companies  in  production  and 
sales,  Bryan  Foy  and  A.  W.  Schwalberg, 
vice-presidents  of  the  company,  announced 
in  Hollywood  last  week  prior  to  Mr. 
Schwalberg's  departure  for  New  York.  In- 
cluded in  the  producing-releasing  schedule 
for  the  next  six  months  are  seven  major 
Eagle-Lion  productions,  two  from  Produc- 
ing Artists,  and  a  series  from  J.  Arthur 
Rank.  Initial  release  is  "It's  a  Joke,  Son," 
starring  Kenny  Delmar.  All  will  be  sold  on 
a  single  picture  basis. 


PARAMOUNT:  Rocket  to  Mars.  ..  .Paramount 

Feature:  Monsieur  Beaucaire  Paramount 

RIALTO:  Lonesome  Stranger  Paramount 

Feature:  Destry  Rides  Again  Universal 

RIVOLI:  Musicalulu  Paramount 

Be  Kind  to  Animals  ,.  . .  .Paramount 

Double   Rhythm   Paramount 

Feature:  Two  Years  Before  the  Mast.  . .  .Paramount 

ROXV:  Football  Fancier  20th  Cent.-Fox 

The  Tortoise  Wins  Again  20th  Cent.-Fox 

World  Food  Problem  20th  Cent.-Fox 

Feature:  Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue.  .20th  Cent.-Fox 

STRAND:  Ranch  in  White  Warner  Bros. 

Minstrel  Days    Warner  Bros. 

Great  Piggy  Bank  Robbery  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  The  Big  Sleep  Warner  Bros. 

WINTER  GARDEN:  Wacky  Weed  Universal 

Feature:  The  Killers  Universal 


MPA  Names  Albright  Head 
Of  New  Educational  Unit 

The  appointment  of  Roger  Albright  as 
director  of  the  newly  established  department 
of  educational  service  in  the  Motion  Pic- 
ture Association  was  announced  Tuesday  by 
Eric  Johnston,  president.  Operating  from 
Washington  headquarters,  the  new  unit  will 
coordinate  all  the  MPA's  activities  in  the  field 
of  visual  education.  A  member  of  the  New 
York  MPA  staff  since  1935,  Mr.  Albright 
has  aided  in  the  development  of  the  associa- 
tion's services  to  the  schools  of  the  country. 
Mr.  Johnston,  during  his  first  year  as  presi- 
dent, has  considerably  expanded  the  indus- 
try's educational  program,  which  calls  for 
the  development  of  the  motion  picture  as  a 
modern  tool  for  teaching.  "Messages  and 
letters  have  come  from  all  parts  of  America 
praising  the  industry's  work  in  behalf  of 
education,"  Mr.  Johnston  said. 


Harris  with  Filmack 

Milton  S.  Harris,  for  the  past  six  years 
director  of  publicity  for  Loew  Theatres  in 
Cleveland,  has  been  appointed  New  York 
representative  for  the  Filmack  Corporation 
of  Chicago,  it  has  been  announced  by  Irving 
Mack,  president. 


Organizes  Film  Music,  Inc. 

John  Farrow,  Paramount  director,  has  or- 
ganized Film  Music,  Inc.,  to  provide  sound 
and  music  for  the  16mm  market.  Col.  Rich- 
ard J.  Cunningham  is  resigning  from  the 
Air  Force  to  take  over  the  presidency.  Also 
associated  with  the  company  are  Paul  W. 
Scanlon,  of  Walt  Disney:  George  Marsh, 
RKO,  and  John  P.  McFadden,  formerly  in 
the  Air  Force. 


"Mast"  Opening 
Naval  Tribute 

The  New  York  premiere  of  Paramount's 
"Two  Years  Before  the  Mast,"  at  the  Rivo- 
li  theatre  Tuesday  night,  was  a  tribute  to 
the  Merchant  Marine,  attended  by  industry 
executives,  naval  officers  and  representatives 
of  the  shipping  industry. 

City  officials  who  attended  included  Police 
Commissioner  Arthur  W.  Wallander,  Vin-J 
cent  R.  Impellitteri,  president  of  the  Cityj 
Council ;  Hugo  E.  Rogers,  Borough  PresH 
dent  of  Manhattan;  Benjamin  Fielding,: 
License  Commissioner,  and  Stanley  B.  Rose.-; 
assistant  to  Mr.  Fielding. 

From  Paramount  were:  Barney  Balaban.ij 
president;  Charles  M.  Reagan,  vice-presi-| 
dent  in  charge  of  distribution ;  Stanton  Grif| 
fis,  chairman  of  the  executive  committee! 
and  Adolph  Zukor,  chairman  of  the  boardj! 
Others  from  the  company  included  Austin 
Keough,  George  Weltner,  Russell  Holmanji 
Curtis  Mitchell,  Oscar  Morgan,  Fred  Mohr 
hardt,  Robert  O'Brien,  Pat  Scollard,  Georg 
A.  Smith,  Earle  Sweigert,  J.  J.  Donohue] 
Paul  Raibourn,  Claude  Lee,  and  others. 

Representing  the  navy  were  Vice-Admhj 
als  Emory  S.  Land  and  Herbert  F.  Learjl 
The  Maritime  Commission  was  represented 
by  Vice-Admiral  William  W.  Smith.  Frorj 
the  Merchant  Marine  was  Rear  Admirs 
Telfair  Knight,  who  addressed  the  gathering 


"Valentino"  for  UA 

Edward  Small  has  completed  a  one-pic- 
ture deal  with  United  Artists  to  produce 
"The  Life  of  Valentino,"  based  on  the  life 
story  of  Rudolph  Valentino.  Casting  for  the 
title  role  has  been  in  progress  for  some  time 
and  announcement  of  Mr.  Small's  choice  will 
be  made  soon. 


Imported  Equipment 
Off  Price  Control  List 

Motion  picture  equipment  imported  intf 
the  United  States  has  been  suspended  iroi 
price  control,  the  Office  of  Price  AdminiJ 
tration  announced  Tuesday.  Nathan  E 
Golden,  Commerce  Department  film  consu 
tant,  has  expressed  the  belief  that  mad 
pieces  of  technical  film  equipment  will  q 
imported  here  from  Europe  during  the  con[ 
ing  year.  The  OPA  move  will  insure  j 
greater  volume  of  equipment,  but  high  pric 
will  be  asked,  an  OPA  expert  said. 


42 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  19 


i?nufe  Mom 

leh  me  finish  luncln  and  |7|  +e//  you  about-  the 
swell  new  pfciure  Ive  just-  made  -for  "Paramount- 1 
Grantland  Rfce  says  its  jus-h  about  the  fmesh  SpottlJght" 

hes  ever  fumed  ou\-0  tie's  ma  do  300  of  em,  so 
\afs  a  pre+iy  nfce  compliment-.  Its  all  about  how  us 


Orses  Are 


thrills  -and  excitement*  and  -feed- 
>ecrehs  of -the  terrific  -training  -Ihd-h  makes  us  front= page. 
news  every  day  In  -the  year.  Mom  tells  me  that~  us 
gee-gees  have  almost-  as  many  -fans  as  the  movies, 
So  VHs  an  odds-on  be-hlha-h  millions  of  em  wf 


be  Jammfng  +he  mu+uel  — er,  pardon  me, 
mean  -t-he   box-  office — windows  -to  see  tints 

ex+ra -special  ^ClKTiiltJf? 

Produced   by  Jack  fca-fon 

IF  IT'S  A  PARAMOUNT  SHORT  IT'S   THE  BEST  SHOW- BUILDER   IN  TOWN! 


Producers  in 
Argentina  Ask 
Imports  Be  Cut 

by  NATALIO  BRUSKI 

in    Buenos  Aires 

The  Association  of  Producers  of  Argen- 
tine Motion  Pictures  has  drawn  up  a  series 
of  recommendations  which  will  be  presented 
to  Congress  requesting  that  foreign  prod- 
uct in  the  Argentine  be  severely  limited. 

Either  by  oversight  or  deliberate  action, 
it  did  not  state  the  quota  proposed,  but  it 
has  been  reliably  reported  that  the  organi- 
zation will  ask  that  imports  be  reduced  to 
20  per  cent  of  the  product  now  entering  the 
country.  Approximately  380  American  pic- 
tures are  now  being  received  here  annu- 
ally. If  the  quota  were  to  go  into  effect, 
America  would  be  permitted  only  about  75 
pictures  a  year. 

Already  Have  Quota 

Despite  the  fact  that  local  motion  picture 
circles  expected  some  such  petition,  it 
caused  considerable  amazement  in  view  of  its 
contents.  The  request  for  protection  is  un- 
accountable in  view  of  the  fact  that  in  Au- 
gust, 1944,  the  Government  issued  a  de- 
cree— which  has  just  been  passed  by  Con- 
gress— making  it  compulsory  to  exhibit  na- 
tive product  in  every  Argentinian  theatre, 
on  the  following  basis :  First  runs  with  a 
capacity  exceeding  2,500  must  exhibit  such 
pictures  for  one  week  every  two  months ; 
other  first  runs,  for  one  week  each  month, 
and  houses  in  the  neighborhods  and  in  the 
interior  for  two  weeks  out  of  every  five 
weeks. 

The  trade  magazine,  Cine  Prensa,  has 
published  an  article  accusing  the  producers 
of  not  giving  the  problem  of  imports  proper 
consideration.  It  points  out  that  since  the 
exhibitor  is  forced  by  law  to  exhibit  Argen- 
tine product  a  certain  number  of  weeks  it 
makes  no  difference  whether  100  or  1,000 
foreign  pictures  come  into  the  country. 

What  the  group  does  not  make  clear  in  its 
proposal  is  how  film  requirements  will  be 
met  with  only  some  100  foreign  pictures  im- 
ported and  only  about  60  or  70  Argentine 
pictures  produced  annually. 

Urge  Export  Drive 

The  producers  also  request  that  Congress 
take  official  action  to  promote  the  develop- 
ment of  Argentine  pictures  abroad.  "To  ex- 
hibit Argentine  pictures  in  another  country- 
is  almost  like  becoming  a  part  of  that  coun- 
try," they  say.  The  organization  has  asked 
Miguel  Miranda,  president  of  the  Central 
Bank,  to  attempt  to  get  Argentine  product 
into  England  and  the  Dominions  while  nego- 
tiating commercial  agreements  with  England. 

To  support  this  request,  the  organization 
states  that  "motion  pictures  are  the  most 
efficient  means  for  political,  social  and  eco- 
nomic penetration"  and  that  films  would  be 
"more  efficient"  in  effecting  such  penetra- 
tion than  "our  diplomatic  staff." 


IN  NEWSREELS 

MOVIETONE  NEWS— Vol.  29,  No.  7— Secretary  Wal- 
lace sees  President  and  says  "No  more  speeches." 
.  .  .  Aftermath  at  Bikini.  .  .  .  "Squatters"  in  Lon- 
don. .  .  .  P-84  flies  611  m.p.h.  .  .  .  $1,500,000  wool 
blaze  .  .  .  Tyrone  Power  and  Cesar  Romero  will 
air-tour  Latin  America.  .  .  .  Lehr  finds  new  fish- 
ing angle.  .  .  .  Horse  jumping  meet  in  Australia. 

MOVIETONE  NEWS— Vol.  29,  No.  8— Rescue  sur- 
vivors  of  plane  crash.  .  .  .  President  Truman  fires 
Wallace.  .  .  .  Personalities  in  the  news:  Marshal 
Montgomery.  General  Clark,  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury. .  .  .  Berlin  rebuilds  slowly.  .  .  .  Football: 
West  Point,  Pittsburgh,  Baltimore. 

i 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY,  Vol.  18,  No.  205  —  Wallace- 
Byrnes  rift  stirs  nation.  .  .  .  UNRRA  carries  on. 
.  .  .  London  "squatters"  abdicate  as  police  nab 
agitators.  .  .  .  Religious  fete  revived.  .  .  .  Koreans 
in  liberation  celebration.  .  .  .  Army  Olympics  in 
Berlin.  .  .  .  Death  dodgers. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  18,  No.  20fi—  Air  rescue 
drama  in  plane  disaster.  .  .  .  Wallace  out  of  Cabinet. 
.  .  .  Debut  of  football:  Pitt  vs.  Illinois.  .  .  .  The 
pros  bow  in.  .  .  .  Something  new  in  the  sky. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS — No.  8— Little  Olympics.  .  .  . 
Squatters'  siege  ends.  .  .  .  Truman  silences 
Wallace.  .  .  .  Man  meets  gorilla.  .  .  .  Battle  of 
Britain — six  years  after. 

PARAMOUNT   NEWS— Nol   9>— Wallace   ouster  ends' 
Cabinet  crises.  .  .  .  Fabulous  party  for  Maharajah. 
.  .  .  Newfoundland  air  rescue.  .  .  .  Army  vs.  Vil- 
lanova.  .  .  .  Chicago  Bears  vs.  Redskins. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  18,  No.  10— Wallace  sees 
Truman — cancels  all  speeches.  .  .  .  Jet  plane  shat- 
ters U.  S.  speed  record.  .  .  .  First  big  apartments 
are  opened  for  vets.  .  .  .  Jews  in  Austria  camp 
seek  Palestine  home.  .  .  .  Repair  radioactive  atom- 
bombed  ship.  .  .  .  Czechs  honor  fallen  U.  S.  air- 
men. .  .  .  Korea  observes  year  of  freedom. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  18,  No.  11  —  General 
Clark  honored.  .  .  .  Wallace  resigns.  .  .  .  Rescue 
plane  crash  survivors.  .  .  .  Illinois  and  Bears  win. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWS— Vol.  19,  No.  539  —  Wallace 
speeches  curbed.  .  .  .  Koreans  hail  freedom.  .  .  . 
Spectacular  train  wreck.  .  .  .  Displaced  persons 
camp.  .  .  .  Jet  plane  tops  600  m.  p.  h.  .  .  .  Her- 
mit's views  on  life. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWS— Vol.  19,  No.  540t-18  rescued 
in  airliner  crash.  .  .  .  Wallace  ousted.  .  .  .  General 
Clark  honored.  ...  Charity  football. 


Skouras  Names  50  Sponsors 
For  Arthritis  Dinner 

Spyros  P.  Skouras,  president  of  Twenti- 
eth Century-Fox,  has  named  more  than  50 
prominent  New  Yorkers  as  sponsors  of  the 
inaugural  dinner  of  the  National  Arthritis 
Research  Foundation  to  be  held  October  7 
at  the  Waldorf  Astoria  Hotel,  New  York. 
Mr.  Skouras,  chairman  of  the  dinner,  said 
the  Foundation  is  campaigning  for 
$2,500,000. 

Working  with  Mr.  Skouras  on  plans  for 
the  dinner  are  S.  H.  Fabian,  president  of 
Fabian  Theatres,  chairman  of  the  dinner 
committee,  and  Jack  E.  Flynn,  western  divi- 
sion sales  manager  for  MGM,  national 
chairman  of  the  amusements  division. 

Among  those  sponsors  from  the  motion 
picture  and  entertainment  fields  are  Harry 
Brandt,  Tom  Connors,  Ned  Depinet,  Jack 
Flynn,  Emerson  Foote,  Ted  Gamble,  Leon- 
ard Goldenson,  Stanton  Griffis,  John  Hertz, 
Jr.,  Malcolm  Kingsberg,  Albert  Lasker,  Ed- 
ward O'Shea,  Henderson  Rickey,  Herman 
Robbins,  Samuel  Rosen,  George  Schaefer, 
Frank  Walker  and  David  Weinstock. 


Universal  Sets  Dividend 

The  board  of  directors  of  Universal  Pic- 
tures Company,  Inc.,  September  21  declared 
a  regular  quarterly  dividend  of  50  cents  per 
share  on  the  common  stock,  payable  October 
31,  1946,  to  holders  of  record  October  15. 


Pascal's  Dublin 
Visit  Stirs  Talk 
Of  Irish  Studios 

by  TOM  SHEEHY 

in  Dublin 

Gabriel  Pascal's  recent  visit  to  Dublin 
once  again  has  started  rumors  about  the 
Irish  Government's  interest  in  studios  and 
production. 

Mr.-  Pascal's  Dublin  campaign  was  brief, 
but  effective.  First  he  announced  he  was 
looking  for  an  Irish  girl  to  play  the  lead 
in  his  film  version  of  George  Bernard 
Shaw's  "St.  Joan."  Then  he  signed  one  of 
the  Abbey  theatre's  younger  and  most  suc- 
cessful producers,  Frank  Dermody,  one  of 
the  first  Dublin  producers  to  make  Gaelic- 
speaking  entertainment  a  box  office  success. 
He  will  be  trained  in  film  work  by  Mr. 
Pascal  and  then  return  to  Ireland. 

Mr.  Pascal  finished  his  brief  visit  by 
showing,  privately,  his  "Caesar  and  Cleo- 
patra" to  President  De  Valera  of  Eire,  and 
several  Cabinet  Ministers.  Both  Mr.  De  Va- 
lera and  Frank  Aiken,  Minister  for  Finance, 
held  private  discussions  with  Mr.  Pascal 
following  the  screening. 

Previous  Irish  studio  rumors  always  have 
been  connected  with  J.  Arthur  Rank,  who 
now  owns  the  bigger  proportion  of  Ireland's 
first  run  houses  and  whose  producers  are  in- 
creasingly using  Irish  players,  exteriors  and 
plots.  Mr.  Rank  has  on  several  occasions 
held  private  meetings  with  Sean  Lemass, 
Minister  for  Industry  and  Commerce. 

Public  opinion  in  Ireland  increasingly  de- 
mands some  native  film  production.  But 
Whether  the  final  decision  will  favor  a  small 
domestic  industry  concentrating  on  an  eco- 
nomic supplementary  market,  or  a  large 
British-financed  studio  providing  some  em- 
ployment and  some  facilities  for  domestic 
production,  remains  to  be  seen. 

Mr.  Pascal  was  wise  to  choose  a  Gaelic- 
speaking  director.  Revival  of  the  native 
language  is  a  governmental  aim. 

Paramount  Films  Set 
For  Paris  Theatres 

Paramount  International  reports  "The 
Major  and  the  Minor"  opened  in  Paris  Sep- 
tember 20.  Future  showings  at  the  Para- 
mount theatre  in  the  French  capital  will  be 
"This  Gun  for  Hire,"  "Five  Graves  to 
Cairo,"  "For  Whom  the  Bell  Tolls"  and 
"Love  Letters,"  in  that  order.  At  Christmas, 
"Mr.  Bug  Goes  to  Town"  will  be  shown  at 
the  Normandie  and  Francais  and  "Lady  in 
the  Dark"  will  be  released  simultaneously  at 
these  Paris  theatres. 


To  Remake  "Lord  Jim" 

Joseph  Conrad's  sea  epic,  "Lord  Jim,"  will 
be  re-made  by  Paramount,  it  was  reported 
this  week.  The  company  first  filmed  the 
novel  in  a  silent  version  in  1925.  Paramount 
has  engaged  Charles  Warren  to  prepare  a 
new  screen  treatment  of  the  story. 


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Boston  biz  boff  with  3rd  week  holdovers  in  two 
houses ...  Philadelphia  a  sock  holdover!  Move- 
overs  in  Syracuse,  Toledo  and  Baltimore! 
Keep  your  eyes  open  on  how  they  play  this  Ace 
in  Columbus,  Cincinnati,  New  York,  St.  Paul! 


an  Ace  of 
a  hit  from 


WHAT  THE 

PICTURE  DID  FOR  ME 


.  .  .  the  original  exhibitors'  reports  department,  established  October  14,  1916.  In  it 
theatremen  serve  one  another  with  information  about  the  box  office  performance  of 
product — providing  a  service  of  the  exhibitor  for  the  exhibitor.  ADDRESS  REPORTS: 
What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me,  Motion  Picture  Herald,  Rockefeller  Center,  New  York  20. 


Columbia 

GILDA:  Rita  Hayworth,  Glenn  Ford — Good  picture 
in  action  houses,  but  not  for  the  top  spot.  Draw  only 
fair.  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Aug.  13,  14. — Dow 
B.  Summers,  Royal  Theatre,  Unionville,  Mo. 

PARDON  MY  PAST:  Fred  MacMurray,  Marguerite 
Chapman — Pardon  dipping  into  the  past,  but  if  you've 
managed  to  duck  this  one  so  far,  keep  doing  so.  Busi- 
ness was  bad  here.  Sorry  this  had  to  happen  to 
Mr.  MacMurray,  but  glad  he  saved  face  in  "Smoky." 
Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  June  10,  11.— David  K. 
Fort,  Carolina  Theatre,  Oxford,  N.  C. 

RENEGADES:  Evelyn  Keyes,  Willard  Parker— Just 
what  a  small  town  needs.  Rain  hurt  the  second  night. 
Very  entertaining  with  beautiful  Technicolor.  Flayed 
Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  2,  3. — James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr. 
Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

RENEGADES:  Evelyn  Keyes,  Willard  Parker— Not 
as  lavishly  produced  as  some  of  the  major  companies 
would  have  done  but  it  proved  to  be  a  small  town 
natural.  Did  a  booming  midweek  business  for  us.  We 
can  give  it  nothing  but  praise.  Would  suggest  that 
any  exhibitor  play  it.  We  feel  that  both  he  and  the 
customers  will  be  pleased  with  the  results.  Played 
Thursday,  Friday,  Sept.  5,  6.— Burris  &  Henley  Smith, 
Imperial  Theatre,  Pocahontas,  Ark. 

SNAFU:  Nanette  Parks,  Robert  Benchley— Played 
only  one  day,  but  it  was  one  day  too  long.  Not  a 
bad  picture,  as  it  has  quite  a  few  laughs,  but  the 
title,  etc.,  evidently  was  too  much  for  our  patrons. 
Played  Wednesday,  Sept.  11. — Abe  H.  Kaufman,  Foun- 
tain Theatre,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Film  Classics 

COWBOY  AND  THE  LADY,  THE:  Gary  Cooper, 
Merle  Oberon — This  is  an  old  picture,  but  it  is  very 
good.  It  is  not  too  dated.  Did  way  above  average 
business.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  28,  29. 
— Leroy  Strandberg,  Roxy  Theatre,  Hinckley,  Minn. 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

BAD  BASCOMB:  Wallace  Beery,  Margaret  O'Brien 
— A  new  star  combination  that  is  sure  fire  at  the 
box  office.  Last  day  of  a  county  fair  spoiled  our  gross 
but  this  picture  was  very  well  received  by  those  who 
came  out.  Beery  will  always  be  good.  Played  Sun- 
day, Monday,  Aug.  18,  19. — Jack  Hammond,  Hart 
Theatre,  Ferndale,  Cal. 

BAD  BASCOMB:  Wallace  Beery,  Margaret  O'Brien 
— They  came,  they  saw  and  they  went  away  happy. 
Margaret  O'Brien  and  Marjorie  Main  steal  the  show, 
but  Wallace  Beery  does  his  part,  and  it  is  grand  en- 
tertainment for  a  small  town  such  as  ours.  Played 
Saturday-Monday,  Aug.  24-26. — A.  B.  Jefferis,  Jefferis 
Theatre,  Piedmont,  Mo. 

GREEN  YEARS,  THE:  Charles  Coburn,  Tom  Drake 
— It's  fine!  I  didn't  find  a  single  patron  who  didn't 
think  this  was  a  very  good  motion  picture.  Perform- 
ances were  good.  I  thought  the  little  boy  who  played 
Tom  Drake  as  a  child  was  superb.  Would  like  to 
see  more  of  him.  _  Our  complaint  was  that  there  were 
too  many  deaths  in  the  picture;  perhaps  a  little  more 
comedy  was  needed.  Played  Monday-Thursday,  Sept. 
2-5.— David  K.  Fort,  Orpheum  Theatre,  Oxford,  N.  C. 

HIDDEN  EYE,  THE:  Edward  Arnold,  Frances 
Rafferty — Exploited  this  dog  "Friday"  and  still  left 
with  a  hidden  audience.  No  business  for  iis.  A  few 
detective  fans  enjoyed  the  plot.  Running  time,  69  min- 
utes. Played  Wednesday,  Thursday.  Aug.  7,  8. — Gus 
Samuelson,  Lake  Theatre,  Turtle  Lake,  N.  D. 

POSTMAN  ALWAYS  RINGS  TWICE,  THE:  John 
Garfield,  Lana  Turner — Pretty  heavy,  but  it  drew 
good  business.  Opinions  quite  divided.  Some  good 
and  some  bad.  Played  Sunday,  Monday. — Harold 
Smith,  Dreamland  Theatre,  Carson,  Iowa. 

TWO  SISTERS  FROM  BOSTON:  Kathryn  Grayson, 
June  Allyson — Excellent  entertainment,  I  thought. 
Business  was  verv  good.  Played  Wednesday.  Thurs- 
day, July  3.  4.— David  K.  Fort,  ChT^um  Theatre, 
Oxford,  N.  C. 

Monogram 

DIVORCE:  Kay  Francis.   Bruce  Cabot— These  pic- 


NEW  contributors  to  the  What  the  Pic- 
ture Did  for  Me  department  of 
Motion  Picture  Herald  continue  to 
lend  their  pens  to  this  long-standing  com- 
pendium of  information  on  the  performance 
of  the  product  in  terms  of  the  dollars  and 
cents  in  the  till,  the  truly  unbiased  index. 
Recent  new  contributors: 

W.  M.  BUTTERFIELD.  Tech  Theatre,  Ruston,  La. 

M.  D.  WILLIAMS.  Oliver  Springs  Theatre. 
Oliver  Springs,  Tenn. 

ROY  REEVES,  Brockton  Theatre.  New  Brock- 
ton, Ala. 

STANLEY  E.  ROBINSON,  Roxy  Theatre.  Cole- 
raine,  Minn. 

DAVID  KERR  FORT.  Orpheum-Carolina  The- 
atres, Oxford,  N.  C. 

R.  L.  HALL.  Aztec  Theatre.  Van  Alstyne. 
Texas. 

HAROLD  J.  PEDERSON,  Roxy  Theatre.  Clear- 
brook,  Minn. 

CHARLES  H.  TINTEY.  Monte  Theatre.  Mon- 
ticello,  Iowa. 

GEORGE  CLANTON,  Daw  Theatre,  Tappa- 
hannock,  Va. 

HAROLD  J.  JOHNSON.  Siberia  Theatre. 
Palisade,  Colo. 

TEMPLE  SUMMERS,  Palace  Theatre.  Glen 
Rose,  Texas. 

JOE  R.  HAYWORTH.  Playhouse  Theatre,  Pink 
Hill.  N.  C. 

CHARLES   A.   THOMPSON.   Grove  Theatre. 

Blooming  Grove,  Texas. 
FRANK  AYDELOTTE.   Ritz  Theatre.  Britton. 

Okla. 


tures  are  good.  Kay  Francis  is  still  a  good  dt  awing 
star  and  will  be.  Played  Thursday,  Sept.  5.--Dow 
B.  Summers,  Royal  Theatre,  Unionville,  Mo. 

KING  OF  THE  STALLIONS:  Chief  Thundercloud, 
David  O'Brien — If  you  played  this  when  it  first  came 
out,  play  it  again.  If  you  have  not  had  it,  get  it. 
Wild  horse  battle  and  Indians  galore  make  it  an  ex- 
ceptional Western  picture.  Business  above  average. 
Played  Saturday,  Aug.  31.— O.  K.  Leonard,  Bayard 
Theatre,  Bayard,  N.  M. 

Paramount 

BLUE  DAHLIA,  THE:  Alan  Ladd,  Veronica  Lake 
—Played  Sunday,  Monday  and  Tuesday.  Nice  business 
the  first  two  days,  but  it  didn't  hold  up  for  the  third. 
Good  picture  and  a  crowd  pleaser.  Plenty  of  action 
and  it  maintains  interest  right  up  to  the  end.  Played 
Sept.  1-3.— Stanley  Leay,  New  Stanley  Theatre,  Ga- 
lena, 111.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

FOLLOW  THAT  WOMAN:  Nancy  Kelly,  William 
Gargan — This  is  a  poor  excuse  for  entertainment. 
The  way  I  see  it,  there  are  too  many  in  this  class. 
I  don't  know  what  to  do  with  them  all.  There  has  to 
be  some  relief  soon.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday, 
Aug.  14,  15.— M.  W.  Hughes,  Colonial  Theatre,  Astoria, 
111. 

HOLD  THAT  BLONDE:  Eddie  Bracken,  Veronica 

Lake — Swell  comedy.  Had  to  tighten  the  seats  after 
this.  Flayed  Saturday.  —  Harold  Smith,  Dreamland 
Theatre,  Carson,  Iowa. 

KITTY:  Paulette  Goddard,  Ray  Milland— This  was  a 
well  produced  and  well  acted  feature  that  did  about  as 


well  as  could  be  expected  in  this  locality.  Played  Sun- 
day, Monday,  Sept.  1-2. — A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema 
Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.    Small  lumber  town  patronage. 

LOST  WEEKEND:  Ray  Milland,  Jane  Wyman— 
Business  good.  I  didn't  especially  like  the  picture.  I 
guess  curiosity  brought  the  patrons  in.  So  all's  well. 
Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Aug.  25,  26. — M.  W.  Thomp- 
son, Roxy  Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

LOST  WEEKEND:  Ray  Milland,  Jane  Wyman— 
More  grateful  comments  on  this  than  received  in  many 
a  season.  Played  it  late,  but  no  regrets.  Truly  a  great 
and  different  kind  of  film  from  Paramount.  Thanks.— 
Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  1.  2. — Gus  Samuelson, 
Lake  Theatre,  Turtle  Lake,  N.  D. 

MISS  SUSIE  SLAGLE'S:  Sonny  Tufts,  Veronica 
Lake — No  good  for  a  small  town.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday.  —  Ben  Brinck,  West  Point  Theatre,  West 
Point,  Iowa. 

PEOPLE  ARE  FUNNY:  Jack  Haley,  Helen  Walker 
— A  timely  rain  brought  harvest  operations  to  a  halt 
and  business  was  above  average  for  midweek.  It  is  a 
good  picture  and  no  one  was  disappointed. — M.  W. 
Thompson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

STORK  CLUB,  THE:  Betty  Hutton,  Barry  Fitz- 
gerald— Played  to  a  pleased  and  above  average  crowd. 
Miss  Hutton  means  success  for  us  at  the  box  office.  It 
is  as  good  as  "Incendiary  Blonde."  Don  DeFore  for 
our  money.  Running  time  98  minutes.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday.  Aug.  18,  19. — Gus  Samuelson.  Lake  Theatre, 
Turtle  Lake,  N.  D. 

THEY  MADE  ME  A  KILLER:  Robert  Lowery, 
Barabara  Britton — Used  on  a  double  bill  and  it  was 
liked  very  much.  Robert  Lowery  is  O.  K.  Would  like 
to  see  him  in  a  big  feature.  Played  Friday,  "Saturday, 
Sept.  6,  7. — James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre, 
Gray,  Ga. 

TOKYO  ROSE:  Byron  Barr,  Lotus  Long— Do  not  be 
afraid  of  this  for  midweek  draw.  All  the  ex-GI's  and 
their  families  won't  miss  it.  Good  entertainment. 
Played  Thursday,  Sept.  1Z— Dow  B.  Summers,  Royal 
Theatre,  Unionville,  Mo. 

TOKYO  ROSE:  Byron  Barr,  Lotus  Long— A  sur- 
prise for  us.  Stood  up  nice  for  midweek.  The  title 
sold  it  to  our  customers.  If  there  are  a  lot  of  C.  B.  I.- 
G.  I.'s  in  your  trade  area,  play  it  and  enjov  an  above 
average  business  .  Entertaining.  Played  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  Aug.  28.  29.— Gus  Samuelson,  Lake  Theatre, 
Turtle  Lake,  N.  D. 

VIRGINIAN,  THE:  Joel  McCrea,  Brian  Donlevy — A 
small  town  natural.  Technicolor  beautiful.  Played 
Sunday,  Monday. — Harold  Smith.  Dreamland  Theatre, 
Carson,  Iowa. 

VIRGINIAN,  THE:  Joel  McCrae,  Brian  Donlevy—" 
Another  super  Western  in  color  that   does  a  small 
town    justice.     Business    good    and    enjoyed    by    all.  . 
Played    Wednesday.    Thursday,    Aug.    28,    29.  —  Roy 
Reeves,  Brockton  Theatre,  New  Brockton,  Ala. 

WELL  GROOMED  BRIDE,  THE:  Ray  Milland, 
Olivia  DeHavilland — A  very  light  comedy  that  pleased, 
although  it  didn't  do  outstanding  business.  Played 
Monday,  Tuesday,  Aug.  26,  27.— James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.. 
Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga.    Small  town  patronage. 

WELL  GROOMED  BRIDE,  THE:  Ray  Midland 
Olivia  DeHavillaild — Just  what  the  people  want.  Drew 
capacity  and  pleased  all.  Played  Sunday,  Monday.— 
Harold  Smith.  Dreamland  Theatre,  Carson,  Iowa. 


PRC 

CARAVAN  TRAIL,  THE:  Eddie  Dean,  Emmettj 
Lynn — These  Cinecolor  Westerns  bring  them  in  and; 
keep  the  Western  crowd  satisfied.  Color  not  too  good, 
but  the  audience  loves  'em.  Played  Friday,  Saturday, 
Aug.  23,  24.— A.  B.  Jefferis,  Jefferis  Theatre,  Pied- 
mont, Mo. 

DOWN  MISSOURI  WAY:  Martha  O'Driscoll,  Wil  l 
liam  Wright — Sold  to  me  as  the  money-getter  of  al!  h 
specials  and  it  was  the  biggest  piece  of  junk  I  have 1 

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{Continued  from  preceding  page) 
played  this  year.  Even  the  hillbilly  element,  who  usu- 
ally Ekes  this  type,  kicked  hard.  Twenty-one  walkouts 
the  first  show.  Business  was  big  the  first  night,  but 
almost  nothing  the  second.  Not  a  first  class  dual  pic- 
ture. The  picture  is  very  poor.  Played  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  Aug.  28,  29. — A.  B.  Jefferis,  Jefferis  Theatre, 
Piedmont,  Mo. 

GREAT  MIKE,  THE:  Robert  Henry,  Stuart  Erwin— 
Very  good.  A  natural  for  the  small  towns.  A  dog,  a 
horse  and  a  boy  and  a  low  down-to-earth  warm-hearted 
storv  that  pleased.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  16, 
17.— M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

GREAT  MIKE,  THE:  Robert  Henry,  Stuart  Erwin 
— A  swell  small  town  picture.  We  could  use  a  lot  more 
like  this.  Played  Saturday. — Harold  Smith,  Dream- 
land Theatre,  Carson,  Iowa. 

HOW  DO  YOU  DO?:  Bert  Gordon,  Harry  Von  Zell 
— This  one  will  do  good  business  for  a  small  picture. 
Radio  stars  help.  It  has  a  good  trailer.  Played  Thurs- 
day, Aug.  22. — Dow  B.  Summers,  Royal  Theatre,  Union- 
ville,  Mo. 

I  RING  DOOR  BELLS:  Robert  Shayne,  Ann  Gwynne 
— No  good.  A  murder  and  some  attempts  at  comedy. 
Personally,  I'd  rather  be  out  ringing  door  bells  than 
looking  at  this  stuff.  Played  Sunday,  July  14. — David 
K.  Fort,  Carolina  Theatre,  Oxford,  N.  C. 

LIGHTNING  RAIDERS:  Buster  Crabbe,  Al  St.  John 
— A  Western  that  pleased  my  weekend  customers  with 
Fuzzy  adding  all  the  necessary  wit.  Played  Friday, 
Saturday,  Sept.  6,  7. — James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray 
Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

NAVAJO  KID:  Bob  Steele,  Caren  March— A  very 
good  Western.  Bob  Steele  is  always  good.  My 
patrons  enjoyed  this  very  much.  Keep  it  up,  PRC. 
Like  to  have  more  like  this.  Business  good.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  2,  3. — Nick  Raspa,  State  Thea- 
tre, Rivesville,  W.  Va.    Small  town  patronage. 

ROMANCE  OF  THE  WEST:  Eddie  Dean,  Joan 
Barton — Our  usual  weekend  Western  that  brought 
them  out  and  sent  them  home  happy  and  contented. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  6,  7. — Harland  Rankin, 
Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

SHADOW  OF  TERROR:  Dick  Fraser,  Cy  Kendall 
— We  played  this  picture  on  Sunday  midnight  and  it 
proved  to  be  our  undoing.  I  guess  our  people  are  too 
mild  and  do  not  like  terror  pictures.  Played  Sunday, 
Sept.  8.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury, 
Ont..  Can. 

WHISPERING  SKULL:  This  Western  did  big  busi- 
ness. Biggest  Saturday  this  summer.  Guess  the 
"Skull"  drew  'em  in.  However,  the  print  we  got  had 
a  bad  sound  track.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug. 
30,  31.— David  K.  Fort,  Carolina  Theatre,  Oxford,  N.  C. 

WHITE  PANGO:  Richard  Fraser,  Lionel  Royce— 
Played  with  five  cartoons  to  the  biggest  Tuesday  yet. 
The  picture  is  full  of  corn  but  they  all  enjoyed  it,  so 
that  is  what  counts.  Played  Tuesday,  July  30. — Leroy 
Strandberg,  Roxy,  Hinckley,  Minn. 

WHY  GIRLS  LEAVE  HOME:  Pamela  Blake,  Shel- 
don Leonard — A  good  one  from  PRC  and  not  at  all  like 
the  title  leads  you  to  believe.  The  preview  is  very 
misleading  as  so  many  of  them  have  been  of  late.  Just 
a  nice  little  programmer  which  was  well  received. 
Doubled  with  "Little  Giant."  Played  Friday.  Satur- 
day, August  23,  24. — Jack  Hammond,  Hart  Theatre, 
Femdale,  Cal. 


RKO  Radio 

BELLS  OF  ST.  MARY'S:  Bing  Crosby,  Ingrid 
Bergman— A  great  deal  of  time  spent  in  advertising  in 
this  locality.  Then  RKO  fails  to  ship  in  ample  time 
for  opening.  Excellent  in  plot  and  stars  and  successful 
at  the  box  office.  Played  Friday-Monday,  Aug.  2-5. — 
Gus  Samuelson,  Lake  Theatre,  Turtle  Lake,  N.  D. 

FIRST  YANK  INTO  TOKYO:  Tom  Neal,  Barbara 
Hale — This  was  another  dismal  flop.  Scarcely  grossed 
enough  for  film  rental.  Flayed  Wednesday,  Thursday, 
Sept.  4,  5.— A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia, 
Cal.    Small  lumber  town  patronage. 

HEARTBEAT:  Ginger  Rogers,  Jean  Pierre  Aumont 
— My  patrons  couldn't  understand  why  Ginger  was  cast 
in  such  a  picture.  Truly  not  a  small  town  picture. 
Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  28,  29.— James  C. 
Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga.  Small  town 
patronage. 

HEARTBEAT:  Ginger  Rogers,  Jean  Pierre  Aumont 
— This  has  a  weak,  trivial  scenario  and  Ginger  better 
get  back  into  musicals.  The  picture  did  average  busi- 
ness, but  the  customers  were  far  from  satisfied.  There 
are  dark,  black  clouds  gathering  here  in  the  midwest 
and  if  it  gathers  strength,  the  repercussions  will  be  felt 
far  and  wide.  They  see  all  around  them  needs  that 
only  work  will  satisfy.  They  see  tractors,  that  are 
desperately  needed,  being  shipped  by  UNRRA  to  the 
Balkans  and  Ukraine.  They  see  the  pulling  and  haul- 
ing in  the  various  bureaus.  The  farmers  like  the  in- 
flation in  food  prices  no  more  than  the  consumer.  But 
he  sees  inflated  prices  on  every  piece  of  machinery 
that  he  buys  (when  he  can  get  it).  Many  have  gotten 
to  the  point  where  they  think  they  can  play  the  game 
labor  has  played.  I  will  cite  the  immense  amount  of 
immature  stock  that  has  gone  into  the  midwest  mar- 


kets due  to  the  muddling  of  the  O.  P.  A.  and  the 
other  four  or  five  outfits  that  can't  get  together. 
Repair  parts  on  the  machinery  are  badly  needed  and 
they  are  not  coming  through.  Mr.  Steelman  and  Mr. 
Small  may  question  this,  but  let  them  come  out  into 
the  midwest  and  find  out  for  themselves. — A.  E.  Han- 
cock, Columbia  Theatre,  Columbia  City,  Ind. 

PARTNERS  IN  TIME:  Pamela  Blake,  John  James 
— This  pair  are  great  favorites  here  and  they  certainly 
pack  them  in.  Hope  to  play  them  two  days  on  their 
next  picture.  Played  Sunday,  Aug.  25. — James  C. 
Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga.  Small  town 
patronage. 

THREE  CABALLEROS,  THE:  Disney  Feature 
Cartoon — After  playing  so  late  I  was  surprised  it  drew 
so  well.  Played  Thursday,  Sept.  5. — James  C.  Balk- 
com, Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

WANDERER  OF  THE  WASTELAND:  James 
Warren,  Audrey  Long — Here  is  a  really  Saturday  night 
Western.  Tops  in  our  rating.  Played  Saturday,  Sept. 
7. — Dow  B.  Summers,  Royal  Theatre,  Unionville,  Mo. 

WITHOUT  RESERVATIONS:  Claudette  Colbert, 
John  Wayne — A  comedy  that  seemed  to  please  all. 
Business  picked  up  every  day.  We  made  a  good  reser- 
vation when  we  booked  this.  Played  Monday-Wednes- 
day, Aug.  5-7.— David  K.  Fort,  Carolina  Theatre,  Ox- 
ford, N.  C. 


Republic 

ANGEL  COME  TO  BROOKLYN,  AN:  Kaye  Dowd, 
Robert  Duke — Very  poor  picture.  Fair  music,  no 
action  and  little  comedy.  I  didn't  stay  to  see  it  all  and 
neither  did  the  customers.  Lots  and  lots  of  walkouts. 
Played  Sunday,  Aug.  4. — David  K.  Fort,  Carolina 
Theatre,  Oxford,  N.  C. 

CRIME  OF  THE  CENTURY:  Stephanie  Bachelor, 
Michael  Browne — A  very  good  mystery  that  will  keep 
your  patrons  on  the  edges  of  their  seats.  Business 
average.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  9,  10.— Nick 
Raspa,  State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va.  Small  town 
patronage. 

DON'T  FENCE  ME  IN:  Roy  Rogers,  Dale  Evans- 
Doubled  this  with  ''Strange  Impersonation"  for  a  suc- 
cessful double  bill.  "Don't  Fence  Me  In"  is  one  of 
Roy's  best  to  date.  Plenty  of  music,  action  and 
laughs  which  are  furnished  by  Gabby  Hayes.  A  better 
picture  could  be  found  for  the  lower  half,  however. 
Played  Thursday-Satuiday,  Aug.  29-31. — Stanley  Leay, 
New  Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111.  Small  town  and 
rural  patronage. 

EL  PASO  KID:  Sunset  Carson,  Marie  Harmon- 
Used  on  second  half  of  double  bill.  Some  walkouts  but 
it  was  O.  K.  with  the  kids.  Flayed  Friday,  Saturday, 
Sept.  6,  7. — A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia, 
Cal.    Small  lumber  town  patronage. 

IN  OLD  SACRAMENTO:  William  Elliott,  Belle 
Malone^-Business  good,  but  most  of  the  customers 
were  disappointed.  Expected  more  action  from  the 
peaceable  man.  O.  K.  for  a  double  bill.  Played 
Wednesday,  Thursday,  Sept.  11,  12.  —  Roy  Reeves, 
Brockton  Theatre,  New  Brockton,  Ala. 

MAN  FROM  MUSIC  MOUNTAIN:  Gene  Autry— 
Smiley  Burnette  stole  the  show.  Will  be  glad  when  we 
can  get  new  Autry  pictures.  What  is  the  delay,  Re- 
public? Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  30,  31. — James 
C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga.  Small  town 
patronage. 

NIGHT  TRAIN  TO  MEMPHIS:  Roy  Acufr,  Adele 
Mara — This  broke  all  records  for  any  one-day  picture. 
This  hit  the  spot  for  entertainment  for  young  and  old. 
This  picture  received  more  publicity  than  any  other 
picture.  Our  circuit  sponsored  a  contest  on  attendance 
according  to  the  size  town  and  our  patrons  didn't  let 
us  down.  They  helped  to  fill  the  house.  Thanks  to 
all.  With  a  little  effort  a  small  town  exhibitor  will 
hit  the  jackpot.  Our  local  paper  sold  an  entire  page 
to  sponsors  helping  to  advertise  this  attraction.  If  you 
exhibitors  want  to  make  any  cash  just  book  "Night 
Train  to  Memphis."  Played  Sunday,  Sept.  1. — James 
C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga.  Small  town 
patronage. 

RAINBOW  OVER  TEXAS:  Roy  Rogers,  Dale  Evans 
— Rogers  is  still  tops  and  top  business  with  his  pic- 
tures. Played  Friday,  Saturday.  Aug.  2,  3. — Leroy 
Strandberg,  Roxy  Theatre,  Hinckley,  Minn. 

TRAFFIC  IN  CRIME:  Kane  Richmond,  Adele  Mara 
— Picked  this  up  late  to  play  one  day  with  a  stage 
show.  The  picture  was  good  and  the  stage  show  was 
excellent.  Business  was  cut  down  on  account  of  rain. 
Played  Thursday,  Aug.  1.— Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre, 
Rivesville,  W.  Va.    Small  town  patronage. 


Screen  Guild 

GOD'S  COUNTRY:  Robert  Lowery,  Helen  Gilbert- 
One  of  the  better  ones  of  this  series.  Advertised  as 
filmed  in  this  country.  The  dogs  were  good  actors. 
Box  office  good.  Doubled  with  Joe  E.  Brown  reissue. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  30,  31. — Jack  Hammond, 
Hart  Theatre,  Femdale,  Cal. 

NORTHWEST  TRAIL:  John  Lytel,  Bob  Steele— 
This  picture  did  not  do  so  well.  The  actors  are  poor 
and  there  is  very  little  action.   The  story  doesn't  make 


sense.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  16,  17. — Leroy 
Strandberg,  Roxy  Theatre,  Hinckley,  Minn. 


Twentieth  Century- Fox 

ANNA  AND  THE  KING  OF  SIAM:  Irene  Dunne, 
Rex  Harrison — All  right  for  some  towns.  Business 
below  average.  The  customers  are  still  complaining. 
Hide  behind  the  door  on  this  one.  Played  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  Sept.  4,  5. — Roy  Reeves,  Brockton  Theatre, 
New  Brockton,  Ala. 

AND  THEN  THERE  WERE  NONE:  Barry  Fitz- 
gerald, Walter  Huston — While  my  attendance  held  to 
about  average  I  think  a  better  title  would  have  been 
better  for  exhibitors.  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday, 
Aug.  27-28.— K.  Walshaw,  Broadview  Theatre,  Broad- 
view, Sask.,  Can.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

CLUNY  BROWN:  Charles  Boyer,  Jennifer  Jones— 

Not  a  small  town  picture.    Good  draw  but  it  did  not 

please.  Played  Sunday,  Monday. — Harold  Smith, 
Dreamland  Theatre,  Carson,  Iowa. 

CLUNY  BROWN:  Charles  Boyer,  Jennifer  Jones- 
Patrons  seemed  to  enjoy  this  a  lot  for  it  had  quite  a 
few  laughs.  However,  some  said  they  didn't  like  it. 
Business  was  all  right  for  the  first  two  days,  but  it 
didn't  hold  up  the  third.  Played  Monday-Wednesday, 
Aug.  26-28.— David  K.  Fort,  Orpheum  Theatre,  Oxford, 
N.  C. 

COL.  EFFINGHAM'S  RAID:  More  people  kicked 
about  this  picture  than  any  I  can  remember.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  July  19,  20. — Leroy  Strandberg,  Roxy 
Theatre,  Hinckley,  Minn. 

DARK  CORNER,  THE:  Lucille  Ball,  William  Ben- 
dix — A  good  picture  but  not  so  good  at  the  box  office. 
Get  them  in  and  they  will  enjoy  it.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday,  July  28,  29.— Leroy  Strandberg,  Roxy  Theatre, 
Hinckley,  Minn. 

DARK  CORNER,  THE:  Lucille  Ball,  William  Ben- 
dix — This  picture  was  oversold.  The  picture  itself  is  a 
nice  program  fare  and  pleased  the  few  who  came.  It 
really  rates  double  billing.  Played  Thursday,  Friday, 
Aug.  29,  30.— Burris  &  Henley  Smith,  Imperial  Thea- 
tre, Pocahontas,  Ark. 

DARK  CORNER,  THE:  Lucille  Ball,  William  Ben- 
dix — A  good  show  which  is  well  acted.  Full  house  the 
first  night  but  very  few  turned  out  the  second  night. 
Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Sept.  3,  4. — K.  Walshaw, 
Broadview  Theatre,  Broadview,  Sask.,  Can.  Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 

DOLL  FACE:  Carmen  Miranda,  Ferry  Como— A 
pleasing  picture  for  all  who  saw  it.  Played  Sunday 
and  Monday.  Business  below  average.  Picture  seems 
to  lack  drawing  power.  Technicolor  or  bigger  names 
would  have  helped  it.  Played  Sept.  8,  9. — Stanley 
Leay,  New  Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111.  Small  town 
and  rural  patronage. 

FALLEN  ANGEL:  Alice  Faye,  Dana  Andrews— A 
big  flop  at  the  box  office. — Ben  Brinck,  West  Point 
Theatre,  West  Point,  Iowa. 

HOUSE  ON  9ZND  STREET:  William  Eythe,  Lloyd 
Nolan — An  excellent  picture,  good  acting  and  interest- 
ing story.  Everyone  who  saw  the  picture  liked  it. 
Business  a  little  below  average.  The  reason  probably 
being  that  the  picture  was  quite  old  when  we  played  it. 
Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  -Aug.  27,  28.  —  Stanley 
Leay,  New  Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111.  Small  town 
and  rural  patronage. 

IT  SHOULDN'T  HAPPEN  TO  A  DOG:  Carole 
Landis,  Allyn  Joslyn — "My  Dog  Rodney"  would  have 
been  a  better  title  for  this  little  farce  comedy.  Busi- 
ness was  good  on  Friday  and  Saturday.  Played  Sept. 
6,  7. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey, 
Okla. 

JESSE  JAMES:  Tyrone  Power,  Nancy  Kelly  — 
Brought  both  the  James  pictures  back  on  a  double  bill 
and  they  still  have  a  great  punch.  It  was  a  pleasure 
to  play  these  together  and  please  the  patrons.  You 
can  play  these  once  a  year  with  good  results.  Played 
Wednesday,  Sept.  4. — James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray 
Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

JOHNNY  COMES  FLYING  HOME:  Martha  Stew- 
art, Richard  Crane — Good  program  picture.  Should  be 
doubled  due  to  the  short  running  time.  Played  Wednes- 
day.— Harold  Smith,  Dreamland  Theatre,  Carson,  Iowa. 

SENTIMENTAL  JOURNEY:  John  Payne,  Maureen 
O'Hara — A  good  picture.  It  is  a  tear-jerker,  but  the 
business  was  average.  William  Bendix  adds  enough 
humor  to  keep  the  thing  moving.  Played  Sunday- 
Tuesday,  Aug.  18-20.— M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy  Thea- 
tre, Bowbells,  N.  D. 

SENTIMENTAL  JOURNEY:  John  Payne,  Maureen 
O'Hara — To  my  mind  and  to  the  minds  of  a  nice  crowd 
that  witnessed  the  performance  of  a  newcomer,  Connie 
Marshall,  in  this  picture,  she  should  rate  nomination 
for  an  Academy  .Award.  Her  part  was  outstanding 
and  left  few  dry  eyes  at  the  finish.  Several  of  our 
customers  were  crying  out  loud  and  didn't  care  who 
heard  them.  Miss  0''Hara  was  never  more  beautiful. 
Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Aug.  21,  22.— Jack  Ham- 
mond, Hart  Theatre,  Ferndale,  Cal. 

SMOKY:  Fred  FacMurray,  Anne  Baxter— The  pic- 
ture is  a  top  animal  picture  which  did  better  than 

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needs,  his  desires,  his  suggestions.  When  exhibitors  every- 
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with  any  type  of  program,  Comet  Productions  was  conceived 
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Buddy  Rogers,  Ralph  Cohn  behind  the  Comet  facade,  this 
producing  group  has  for  release  now,  "Little  Iodine",  a.  fine 
comedy  based  on  the  King  Features'  syndicated  cartoon  strip 
read  by  forty  million,  and  the  grand  song  and  dance  musical, 
"Susie  Steps  Out."  United  Artists  is  proud  to  say  that  Comet 
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"Flicka,"  "Thunderhead"  and  all  the  rest.    The  people 
enjoyed  it  and  said  so.     Played  Sunday-Wednesday, 
Sept.  8-11.— Leroy  Strandberg.  Roxy  Theatre,  Hinck- 
ley, Minn. 

SMOKY:  Fred  MacMurray,  Anne  Baxter— This  is 
what  a  small  town  eats  up.  Beautiful  picture  and  our 
folks  liked  Burl  Ives'  singing.  By  all  means,  play  this 
one.  Flayed  Monday,  Tuesday,  Sept.  2,  3. — Roy  Reevs, 
Brockton  Theatre,  New  Brockton,  Ala. 

SMOKY:  Fred  MacMurray,  Anne  Baxter— A  fine 
picture  and  a  good  drawing  attraction.  Play  it. 
Trailer  is  great  on  this.  Played  Sunday,  Monday, 
Aug.  11,  12. — Dow  B.  Summers,  Royal  Theatre,  Union- 
ville,  Mo. 

WALK  IN  THE  SUN,  A:  Dana  Andrews,  Richard 
Conte — A  war  picture  that  flopped.  The  fact  that  Dana 
Andrews  had  the  lead  is  the  only  fact  that  allowed  me 
to  break  even.  He  is  will  liked  here.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday,  Aug.  4,  5. — M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy  Theatre, 
Bowbells,  N.  D. 

WALK  IN  THE  SUN,  A:  Dana  Andrews,  Richard 
Conte — A  good  show  which  is  well  acted.  I  was  afraid 
of  this  because  of  its  war  background.  I  was  agree- 
ably surprised  to  have  an  average  turnout  for  mid- 
week. Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday.  Aug.  20,  21. — K. 
Walshaw.  Broadview  Theatre.  Broadview.  Sask.,  Can. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

YANK  IN  TOKYO,  A:  Anna  Neagle,  Rex  Harrison 
— They  didn't  go  for  this  picture.  Did  mediocre  busi- 
ness the  first  night.  The  second  night  we  had  to  play 
our  sound  very  low  to  keep  the  echo  down  in  the 
house.  Our  operator  was  all  for  going  home,  as  he 
thought  there  was  no  one  at  all  in  the  theatre.  This 
proved  to  be  a  very  poor  grosser.  Played  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  Sept.  4,  5.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre, 
Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 


Universal 

CRIMSON  CANARY,  THE:  Noah  Beery,  Jr.,  Lois 
Collier — This  is  a  very  good  action -mystery  picture, 
with  a  different  twist  in  the  story,  music  and  singing. 
O.  K.  entertainment  for  midweek.  Played  Thursday, 
Friday.  Sept.  5,  6. — Abe  H.  Kaufman.  Fountain  Thea- 
tre, Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

EAST  SIDE  OF  HEAVEN:  Bing  Crosby,  Joan 
Blondell — A  good  reissue  that  will  please  Bing's  fol- 
lowers and  Baby  Sandy  will  satisfy  the  rest  of  the 
customers.  Average  business.  Played  Sunday,  Mon- 
day, Sept.  1,  2.— O.  K.  Leonard,  Bayard  Theatre, 
Bayard,  N.  M. 

GUN  TOWN:  Kirby  Grant,  Fuzzy  Knight— This  is 
a  very  good  Western,  in  fact  it  is  much  better  than 
most  of  them  with  some  rather  big  Indian  fight 
scenes.  Played  Saturday,  Sept.  14. — Abe  H.  Kaufman. 
Fountain  Theatre,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

HOUSE  OF  DRACULA:  Lon  Chaney,  Lionell  Atwill 
— About  a  year  ago  or  so  a  chiller-diller  like  this 
would  be  very  good  for  our  theatre,  but  today  it  is 
strictly  one-day  showing  and  not  any  too  good  even 
for  one  day.  The  producers  are  making  entirely  too 
many  chillers.  Again  we  say  when  our  patrons  who 
like  action,  thrill  and  Westerns  don't  buy  chillers  it's 
time  for  considerable  curtailment  of  this  type  of  pic- 
ture. Played  Tuesday,  Sept.  3. — Abe  H.  Kaufman, 
Fountain  Theatre,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

IDEA  GIRL:  Jess  Barker,  Julie  Bishop— Not  up  to 
standard  LTniversal  musicals,  but  it  filled  the  bill.  The 
songs  were  good  but  it  was  old.  Business  good. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  2.  3.— Nick  Raspa, 
State  Theatre,  Rivesville.  W.  Va.  Small  town  patron- 
age. 

IF  I  HAD  MY  WAY:  Bing  Crosby,  Gloria  Jean- 
Used  on  weekend  double  bill  to  very  good  business. 
Played  Friday.  Saturday,  Sept.  6,  7.— A.  C.  Edwards, 
Winema  Theatre,  Scotia.  Cal.  Small  lumber  town 
patronage. 

IF  I  HAD  MY  WAY:  Bing  Crosby,  Gloria  Jean— 
These  reissues  are  doing  more  business  than  some  of 
the  poor  ones  you  get  now.  This  did  swell  business 
and  pleased.  Played  Thursday-Saturday. — Harold 
Smith,  Dreamland  Theatre.  Carson.  Iowa. 

LITTLE  GIANT:  Bud  Abbott.  Lou  Costello— This 
team  never  fails  us  and  as  usual  filled  up  the  weekend 
house.  Some  comments  about  the  part  played  by  Ab- 
bott as  he  was  out  of  the  wise  cracks  this  time.  Yet 
the  picture  was  a  laugh  from  start  to  finish  and  we 
sure  can  use  laughs.  Plaved  Friday.  Saturday.  Aug. 
23.  24.— Jack  Hammond.  Hart  Theatre,  Ferndale,  Cal. 

LITTLE  GIANT:  Bud  Abbott.  Lou  Costello— This 
picture  is  different  than  the  usual  Abbott  and  Cos- 
tello. They  do  not  play  as  a  team.  Above  normal  so 
no  complaints.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  23,  24. 
— M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy  Theatre.  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

NIGHT  IN  PARADISE,  A:  Merle  Oberon,  Turhan 
Bey — The  Technicolor  couldn't  save  this  one.  It  was 
very  poor.  Played  Sunday,  Monday. — Harold  Smith, 
Dreamland  Theatre.  Carson,  Iowa. 

RUNAROUND,  THE:  Ella  Raines,  Rod  Cameron— 
This  farce  comedy  is  a  good  program  picture.  Busi- 
ness was  fair.  Played  Wednesday.  Thursday,  Sept.  4, 
5. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey, 
Okla. 


TANGIER:  Maria  Montez,  Robert  Paige— Fairly 
good  melodrama  which  we  played  to  very  poor  busi- 
ness. Some  laughed  right  loud  at  Preston  Foster  in 
a  villainous  role.  Definitely  not  an  upper  bracket  pic- 
ture. Lost  some  on  this.-  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday, 
Aug.  13,  14.— R.  D.  Fisher,  Star  Theatre,  Willow 
Springs.  Mo. 


United  Artists 

ABILENE  TOWN:  Randolph  Scott,  Ann  Dvorak- 
Something  was  missing.  It  had  the  stars  and  the  pro- 
duction, but  didn't  seem  to  jell.  Did  not  do  the  out- 
standing business  that  I  expected.  Played  Friday,  Sat- 
urday, July  5,  6. — Leroy  Strandberg,  Roxy  Theatre, 
Hinckley,  Minn. 

ABILENE  TOWN:  Randolph  Scott,  Ann  Dvorak— 
Our  town  has  always  been  a  natural  for  an  outdoor 
Western  picture.  This  one  proved  no  exception  so 
everyone  here  was  pleased  including  the  ushers.  Made 
ourselves  a  little  coffee  money  with  this  one.  Played 
Thursday,  Friday,  Aug.  8,  9.— Burris  &  Henley  Smith, 
Imperial  Theatre,  Pocahontas,  Ark. 

ABILENE  TOWN:  Randolph  Scott,  Ann  Dvorak— 
To  me  it  seemed  just  another  Western.  However,  I 
had  an  excellent  turnout  which  should  prove  me 
wrong.  We  had  a  better  turnout  than  on  some  of  the 
so-called  specials  that  I  have  had.  Played  Friday, 
Saturday,  Sept.  6,  7.— K.  Walshaw,  Broadview  Theatre, 
Broadview,  Sask.,  Can.  Small  town  and  rural  patron- 
age. 

BLOOD  ON  THE  SUN:  James  Cagney,  Sylvia  Sid- 
ney— Cagney  is  always  good.  But  oh,  war  stories, 
they  always  flop  here.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug. 
16.17.— M.  W.  Hughes,  Colonial  Theatre,  Astoria,  111. 

BREAKFAST  IN  HOLLYWOOD:  Tom  Breneman, 
Bonita  Granville — Everyone  well  pleased  and  did  way 
above  average  business.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday, 
Aug.  25-27.— M.  W.  Hughes,  Colonial  Theatre,  As- 
toria, 111. 

DIARY  OF  A  CHAMBERMAID:  Paulette  Goddard, 
Hurd  Hatfield — Business  was  very  bad  and  I  don't 
think  ou  rpatrons  like  this  type  of  picture.  Played 
Monday,  Tuesday,  July  8,  9.— David  K.  Fort,  Orpheum 
Theatre,  Oxford,  Iowa. 

GETTING  GERTIE'S  GARTER:   Dennis  O'Keefe, 

Marie  McDonald — A  swell  comedy.  Very  well  received 
and  good  business.  Played  Sunday -Tuesday,  July  14-16. 
— Leroy  Strandberg,  Roxy  Theatre,  Hinckley,  Minn. 

NIGHT  IN  CASABLANCA  A:  Marx  Brothers,  Lois 
Collier — Flayed  on  Sunday,  September  8,  and  it  made 
a  big  hit.  Glad  to  see  the  Marx  Brothers  again  after 
a  long  delay.  Hurry  back. — James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr., 
Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

SPELLBOUND:  Gregory  Peck,  Ingrid  Bergman- 
Very  good  picture  which  played  to  good  business. 
Played  Sunday- Wednesday,  July  7-10. — Leroy  Strand- 
berg, Roxy  Theatre,  Hinckley,  Minn. 


Warner  Bros. 

HER  KIND  OF  MAN:  Zachary  Scott,  Janis  Paige 
— Plenty  of  action  and  a  good  story.  Dane  Clark  is  all 
right  with  us.  This  drew  all  right.  Played  Suesday, 
Wednesday,  Sept.  10,  11. — Dow  B.  Summers,  Royal 
Theatre,  Unionville,  Mo. 

JANIE  GETS  MARRIED:  Joan  Leslie,  Robert  Hut- 
ton — We  thought  this  as  good  as  "Janie."  There  are 
a  lot  of  good  laughs,  but  no  extra  business  for  some 
reason.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday,  Aug.  18-20. — M.  W. 
Hughes,  Colonial  Theatre,  Astoria,  111. 

MILDRED  PIERCE:  Joan  Crawford,  Jack  Carson— 
Usually  skip  all  the  murder  mysteries  as  they  are  lia- 
bilities here,  but  the  human  interest  element  in  this 
picture  and  the  first  run  word-of-mouth  advertising 
gave  us  a  good  Sunday  and  the  largest  Monday  busi- 
ness that  we  have  had  in  months  on  any  type  of  pic- 
ture. Don't  skip  this  one.  Played  Sunday,  Monday, 
Aug.  4.  5. — O.  K.  Leonard.  Bayard  Theatre.  Bayard, 
N.  M. 

MILDRED  PIERCE:  Jean  Crawford,  Jack  Carson— 
An  excellent  show.  Attendance  good  at  one  point  of 
the  circuit  but  fell  off  badly  at  the  other  end.  No 
reason  why,  but  it  did.  Flayed  Friday,  Saturday, 
Aug.  23,  24.— K.  Walshaw.  Broadview  Theatre,  Broad- 
view. Sask.,  Can.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

NIGHT  AND  DAY:  Cary  Grant.  Alexis  Smith— If 
you  haven't  bought  this  feature  don't  let  Warners 
charge  you  50  per  cent  for  it  as  they  did  us.  Only  a 
fair  picture  that  runs  too  long  and  did  below  our  aver- 
age weekend  gross.  Played  Sunday.  Monday.  Sept. 
1,  2. — Burris  &  Henley  Smith.  Imperial  Theatre.  Poca- 
hontas, Ark. 

ONE  MORE  TOMORROW:  Ann  Sheridan.  Dennis 
Morgan — A  good  show.  It  was  well  attended  at  the 
end  of  my  circuit,  but  light  attendance  at  the  other 
theatre.  However,  it  was  no  fault  of  the  picture. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  16.  17.— K.  Walshaw, 
Broadview  Theatre,  Broadview,  Sask.,  Can.  Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 

SARATOGA  TRUNK:  Gary  Cooper,  Ingrid  Berg- 
man— Another  one  of  those  long  drawn  out  "lip- flap- 
ping" masterpieces  that  breaks  every  known  record  at 


the  famous  "Grape  Vine  Gulch  Theatre."  We  took 
another  licking  on  this.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Aug. 
25,  26. — Burris  &  Henley  Smith,  Imperial  Theatre,  Po- 
cahontas, Ark. 

SARATOGA  TRUNK:  Gary  Cooper,  Ingrid  Bergman 
— Saw  this  picture  in  Miami  last  winter  and  had  high 
hopes  of  doing  a  sellout  business.  We  did  exception- 
ally well  the  first  night  but  the  second  night  it  dropped 
off.  Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Sept.  2,  3.— Harland 
Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

SARATOGA  TRUNK:  Gary  Cooper,  Ingrid  Berg- 
man— Good  action  and  good  business.  It  seemed  a  little 
too  long  and  there  could  have  been  more  action  and 
less  talk.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday,  Sept.  1-3. — E.  F. 
Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

THREE  STRANGERS:  Geraldine  Fitzgerald,  Syd- 
ney Greenstreet — I  thought  this  was  a  very  good  pic- 
ture, but  my  patrons  had  a  different  idea.  No  draw 
at  all.  For  one  reason,  the  cast  is  not  well  known 
here,  but  they  performed  wonderfully  well.  Flayed 
Tuesday,  Wednesday,  July  30,  31. — Nick  Raspa,  State 
Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va.    Small  town  patronage. 

THREE  STRANGERS— Geraldine  Fitzgerald,  Syd- 
ney Greenstreet — Let  it  stay  three  strangers.  Don't 
get  acquainted.  No  draw.  Forget  this  one.  Played 
Thursday,  Aug.  29. — Dow  B.  Summers,  Royal  Theatre, 
Unionville,  Mo. 

THREE  STRANGERS:  Geraldine  Fitzgerald,  Syd- 
ney Greenstreet — A  little  below  average  attendance  on 
this  one.  Many  said  it  was  good,  others  said  fair. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  30,  31— K.  Walshaw, 
Broadview  Theatre,  Broadview,  Sask.,  Can.  Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 


Short  Features 
Columbia 

HEAD  IN'  FOR  A  WEDDIN':  All  Star  Comedies- 
More  talk  than  comedy.  A  few  laughs. — David  K. 
Fort,  Carolina  Theatre.  Oxford,  N.  C 

MICRO  PHONIES:  All  Star  Comedies  —  Another 
nutcracker  that  pleased. — James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray 
Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

Metro-Gold  wyn-Mayer 

FLIRTY  BIRDY:  Technicolor  Cartoons  —  Pleasing 
color  cartoon. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre, 
Dewey,  Okla. 

NORTHWEST  HOUNDED  POLICE:  Technicolor 
Cartoons — Good  cartoon.  Metro  has  good  color  car- 
toons.—David  K.  Fort.  Carolina  Theatre,  Oxford,  N.  C. 


Paramount 

HILL  BILLIES:  Speaking  of  Animals— This  is  one 
of  the  best  of  this  series.    Good  any  day  of  the  week. 

 Abe  H.  Kaufman,  Fountain  Theatre.  Terre  Haute, 

Ind. 

HOUSE  TRICKS:  Popeye  the  Sailor— These  Popeye 
cartoons  of  late  have  been  showing  considerable  im- 
provement in  quality.  This  is  a  good  one  with  quite  a 
few  laughs.— Abe  H.  Kaufman,  Fontain  Theatre.  Terre 
Haute,  Ind. 

RODEO  ROMEO:  Popeye  the  Sailor— Pleasing  color 
cartoon.  —  E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre, 
Dewey.  Okla. 

RKO  Radio 

A  WESTERN  WELCOME.  Ray  Whitely  Western 
Musicals — Our  patrons  like  these  cowboy  comedies 
with  Western  songs.— Abe  H.  Kaufman,  Fountain 
Theatre,  Terre  Haute.  Ind. 

BEWARE  OF  REDHEADS:  Leon  Errol— A  verj 
good  two-reel  comedy. — Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre, 
Rivesville,  W.  Va. 


Universal 

APPLE  ANDY:  Lantz  Color  Cartoons— Above  aver- 
age cartoon.— Nick  Raspa.  State  Theatre.  Rivesville, 

W.  Va. 

DOG  TALE:  Variety  Views— A  very  good  one-reel 
film.— Nick  Raspa.  State  Theatre,  Rivesville.  W.  Va. 


Warner-Vitaphone 

HUNTING  THE  DEVIL  CAT:  Vitaphone  Varieties 
—An  excellent  short  that  will  add  excitement  to  an 
otherwise  dull  program.  It  is  especially  interesting  to 
sportsmen.— O.  K.  Leonard,  Bayard  Theatre,  Bayard, 

N.  M. 

OF  THEE  I  STING:  Merrie  Melodies,  Cartoons- 
Very  good  comedy  in  color.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Para- 
mount Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 


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zAn  international  association  of  showmen  meeting  weekly 
in  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD  for  mutual  aid  and  progress 


CHESTER  FRIEDMAN,  Editor 


Dodging  the  Issues 

Add  to  the  list  of  unusual  hobbies  one  started  almost 
38  years  ago  by  RuSsell 'Hardwick,  manager  and  co-owner  of 
the  R.  E.  Griffiths  theatres  in  Clovis,  New  Mexico. 

Mr.  Hardwick,  pioneer  exhibitor  in  his  state,  began  collect- 
ing copies  of  motion  picture  trade  publications  shortly  after 
he  entered  the  business. 

He  has  every  copy  of  Exhibitors  Herald  from  the  day  it 
was  founded  by  Martin  Quigley  in  1915,  every  copy  of 
Motion  Picture  Herald  which  succeeded  it,  every  copy  of 
Motion  Picture  News  which  was  founded  in  1913,  and  copies 
of  Moving  Picture  World  which  date  back  to  1909. 

Mr.  Hardwick  is  vacationing  in  New  York.  He  paid  us  a 
visit  but  did  not  manifest  interest  in  our  collection  of  back 
issues.  Mr.  Hardwick  wanted  to  see  the  Brooklyn  Dodgers 
play  ball. 

AAA 


The  Last  Quarter 


Monday  officially  marks  the  beginning  of  the  Fourth  Quarter 
1946  Quigley  Showmanship  Competitions. 

Entering  the  home  stretch  is  the  greatest  number  of  con- 
tenders ever  to  compete  for  the  coveted  Awards  Plaques. 

The  enthusiasm  and  vigor  displayed  by  theatremen  intent 
upon  laying  claim  to  the  title  of  Number  One  and  Number  Two 
showmen  this  year  have  never  been  equaled.  Numericalh/  and 
by  display  of  skill  there  has  been  nothing  to  compare  in  the 
14  years  since  Martin  Quigley  founded  the  Awards. 
•  Since  the  announcement,  last  January,  that  overseas  show- 
men and  our  Latin  American  colleagues  were  eligible-  for 
special  Awards,  we  have  received  campaigns  from  England, 
Eire,  Scotland,  Wales,  Australia,  South  Africa,  New  Zealand, 
China,  the  Philippines,  Cuba  and  Trinidad,  Belgium,  Greece, 
Italy,  Portugal,  Argentina,  Brazil,  Colombia,  Mexico,  Venezuela 
and  India. 

It  is  recognition  rather  than  any  direct  monetary  reward 
which  motivates  these  men  to  such  high  endeavor!  It  is  the 
spirit  of  competition  diluted  with  tL~  blood  of  show  business. 
It  is  a  universal  distinction  among  theatremen,  predominant 
in  some,  obvious  in  others,  but  apparent  in  all. 

Over  and  over,  it  has  been  said  that  the  Awards  are  the 


greatest  incentive  to  the  efforts  of  showmen  within  our 
industry.  The  overwhelming  response  from  theatremen  in 
every  corner  of  the  globe  and  the  willingness  and  enthusiasm 
to  devote  their  energies  towards  promotion  of  their  theatres 
and  the  Awards  are  in  themselves  an  incentive  and  inspiration 
to  all  showmen. 

It's  fourth  down  with  13  weeks  to  go.  Many  great  athletic 
teams  have  come  through  victorious  in  the  last  minute  of  play. 

For  those  who  have  had  the  Quigley  Showmanship  Awards 
as  their  goal  for  the  past  nine  months,  the  need  is  for  that 
final  determined  rush  through  the  open  field. 

For  those  who  perhaps  got  into  the  game  after  the  first 
quarter  or  halfway  mark,  we  look  for  a  solid  line-buck.  For 
those  who  have  been  sitting  out  on  the  sidelines  so  far,  here 
is  the  last  opportunity  to  get  into  the  game  this  year. 


AAA 


Curtis— y 


Two  weeks  ago,  Weldon  Bristow,  manager  of  the  Russell 
theatre,  Maysville,  Ky.,  had  a  thrill  that  rarely  happens  even 
once  in  a  manager's  lifetime. 

Donald  Curtis,  Hollywood  featured  player  who  has  appeared 
in  many  film  productions,  including  the  "Lassie"  pictures, 
stopped  off  while  passing  through.  By  coincidence,  "Courage 
of  Lassie"  was  on  the  screen  before  a  capacity  audience  of 
juveniles. 

Mr.  Curtis  graciously  consented  to  make  an  unscheduled 
appearance  for  the  surprised  manager  and  his  delighted 
patrons. 

AAA 

Charles  Boshart,  manager  of  the  Tujunga  theatre,  Tujunga, 
Calif.,  has  been  gibing  us  for  our  recent  statement  that  the 
"crying  room"  in  Walter  Morris'  new  Pike  theatre,  Knoxville, 
Tenn.,  was  an  innovation. 

All  of  the  Edwards  theatres  in  California  have  had  these 
rooms  for  the  past  ten  years  and  Mr.  Boshart  has  only  recently 
installed  two  bassinets  for  small  criers. 

We've  heard  it  said  many  times  that  there  is  nothing  new 
in  show  business.  These  Californians  just  won't  let  us  forget  it. 

—CHESTER  FRIEDMAN 


•  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


if 


Scoot! 

—  said   manager  Robert 
Whelan  and  off  went 
these  three  motor  scooters 
to  ballyhoo  "Two  Guys 
from  Milwaukee".  The 
device  proved  effective 
in  exploiting  the  opening 
of  that  film  at  the 
RKO  Orpheum  in 
Minneapolis.  The  scooters 
were  promoted  in  return 
for  a  few  tickets  to 
the  theatre. 


One  of  the  old  ballyhoo  stunts  which  always  proves 
effective  was  recently  utilized  by  George  Daransoll, 
manager  of  the  Granby,  Norfolk,  Va.,  to  exploit 
"Down  Missouri  Way". 


Temporary  inconvenience  to  patrons  of  the  Reo  Cinema,  Fazakerley,  Liver- 
pool, England,  when  new  flooring  was  installed  in  the  lobby,  was  overcome 
by  this  clever  announcement  posted  by  manager  W.  Roberts,  thanking 
patrons  for  wearing  away  the  terrazzo  through  constant  patronage. 


Atmospheric  fronl*  was  built  by  manager  Roy  T.  Shield  at  the  Royal,  Enid, 
Okla.,  to  exploit  his  date  on  "Beyond  Bengal".  Foliage  was  used  as  back- 
ground for  display's,  with  doormen  dressed  in  appropriate  costume  and 
pith  helmet. 


At  right,  cabin  cruiser 
advertises  "Strange  Love 
of  Martha  Ivers"  for  Nick 
Schermerhorn,  manager 
of  the  Mayfair,  Asbury 
Park,  N.  J. 


M.  Salmon,  manager  of  the 
Rivoli,  New  York,  made 
this  lobby  display  from 
13    magazine   covers,  all 
featuring  Dorothy  McGuire, 
currently  on  his  screen. 


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The 


Selling 


Date  on  "Smoky" 


ON  NEW  PRODUCT 

[The  material  below  reflects  pressbooks  now  in  preparation  and  represents  the  point 
of  view  of  the  distributors'  exploiteers  on  selling  points  and  special  merit  of  these  pictures.] 


THE   THRILL   OF   BRAZIL  (Columbia): 

This  elaborate  South  American  musical  is 
set  in  romantic  Rio  and  features  an  array 
of  talent.  Exploit  the  star-studded  cast  with 
an  attractive  front  and  lobby  display.  Sell 
the  music  as  played  by  two  authentic  Latin- 
American  artists,  Enric  Madriguera  and 
Tito  Guizar.  Cover  all  the  radio  stations, 
music  stores,  juke  boxes  and  "live"  enter- 
tainers. The  music  also  offers  the  oppor- 
tunity for  a  radio  contest  based  on  records 
with  the  word  "Brazil"  in  the  title. 

Both  Ann  Miller  and  the  ballroom  team 
of  Veloz  and  Yolanda  are  well  known  to 
dance  enthusiasts  and  students.  Their 
presence  in  the  picture  should  be  pub- 
licized extensively  through  inserts  in  all 
dance  magazines  on  newsstands  as  well  as 
by  special  posters  and  billboard  displays  in 
all  dance  studios. 

Contact  a  local  charity  organization  and 
inspire  those  in  charge  to  run  a  "Thrill  of 
Brazil"  Street  Party  in  advance  of  play- 
date.    Promote  the  services   of  a  local 
dance  orchestra.   Publicize  the  event  with 
advance  newspaper  stories  and  dancing 
'photos  of  Ann  Miller.  If  the  party  cannot 
ibe  arranged  as  a  street  affair,  stage  it  at 
a  hotel  or  ballroom.  Get  women's  organiza- 
tions to  serve  on  the  arrangements  and 
j ticket-selling  committees. 
I     Promote  a  drawing  contest  in  the  art 
iclasses  of  local  primary  and  high  schools, 
i  Provide  school  department  heads  or  in- 
dividual drawing  teachers  with  a  shot  of 
Ann  Miller  in  costume  for  the'  students  to 
,  copy.   Emphasize  that  the  photos  may  not 
be  traced.   Award  a  guest  ticket  for  the 
best  drawing  in  each  class,  and  have  a  com- 


Hidden  Name  Contest  Aids 
Boyle  Date  on  "Claudia" 

A  hidden  name  contest  in  the  classified 
sections  of  the  Bulletin  and  Record  high- 
lighted the  campaign  arranged  by  manager 
!  Joseph  S.  Boyle  for  "Claudia  and  David" 
at   the    Poli-Broadway    theatre,  Norwich, 
Conn.    Boyle  promoted  back  issues  of  Red- 
I  book  Magazine,  which  were  sniped  with 
[(theatre  and  playdate  mention.    Book  marks 


FILMACK  TRAILER  CO.' I" 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


mittee  of  local  artists  select  the  school 
and  citywide  winners. 

ANGEL  ON  MY  SHOULDER  (United 
Artists):  This  is  a  romantic  fantasy  with 
dramatic  overtones.  In  order  to  get  this 
campaign  off  , to  a  good  start  it  is  sug- 
gested that  notables,  justices,  civic  leaders, 
police  officials,  clergymen,  newspapermen, 
radio  announcers  and  school  officials  be 
invited  to  a  private  screening.  The  invita- 
tions should  be  sent  at  least  one  week  in 
advance  of  the  screening,  and  as  ac- 
ceptances are  received  the  general  public 
should  be  informed  through  the  press. 

Clergymen  will  be  interested  in  the  pic- 
ture because  of  the  influence  exerted  by 
the  minister  in  the  film.  Suggest  that  if 
they  can  possibly  do  so,  they  use  a  quota- 
tion similar  to  the  one  in  the  picture  as 
the  basis  of  their  next  sermon.  If  this  can- 
not be  arranged  ask  for  their  opinions  and 
use  them  for  prestige  builders. 

Propose  to  the  local  police  department 
a  program  to  combat  juvenile  delinquency. 
This  could  consist  of  an  athletic  tourna- 
ment that  would  provide  individual  as  well 
as  team  competition.  Entry  blanks  for  the 
tournament  could  be  made  available  at  the 
local  newspaper  office  or  the  theatre  lobby. 

In  "Angel  on  My  Shoulder",  Paul  Muni 
is  escorted  back  to  earth  by  the  "Devil". 
Each  community  has  countless  ex-service- 
men who  have  had  harrowing  experiences! 
not  to  mention  the  ordinary  folks  in  your 
town  who  have  had  narrow  escapes  in  their 
lifetime.  Invite  them  all  to  take  part  in  an 
essay  contest  or  radio  show,  using  the 
theme,  "The  Day  I  Returned  to  Earth". 


were  distributed  in  the  public  and  lending 
libraries.  Cards  were  placed  on  buses  in 
Norwich,  New  London  and  surrounding 
areas.  A  window  tieup  was  arranged  with 
the  Cranston  Company. 


Lobby  Display  Helps  Sell 
May  "Centennial"  Date 

An  attractive  lobby  display  was  used  by 
manager  Ed  May  to  exploit  his  date  on 
"Centennial  Summer"  at  the  Rosetta  thea- 
tre, Miami,  Fla.  The  display  consisted  of 
two  40x60  boards,  stills  and  some  200  pen- 
nants and  balloons  used  for  atmosphere. 
2,000  heralds,  paid  for  by  a  merchant,  were 
distributed  house  to  house.  200  cards  were 
spotted  on  poles  in  outlying  areas  and  in 
store  windows.  Five  windows  were  used 
for  a  display  in  a  vacant  store. 


A  highly  successful  tieup  with  the  Cana- 
dian Racing  Association's  Lansdowne  Park 
meet  resulted  in  a  wealth  of  publicity  and 
excellent  returns  at  the  box  office  for  man- 
ager Ivan  Ackery's  playdate  on  "Smoky" 
at  the  Orpheum  theatre,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 

Ackery  extended  invitations  to  all  of  the 
racing  fraternity  to  a  special  screening, 
which  netted  plugs  from  newspapers,  radio 
and  started  a  whispering  campaign.  One  of 
the  feature  races  at  Lansdowne  was  named 
"Smoky,"  a  fact  that  was  widely  noted  on 
the  sport  pages  of  the  local  press  and  in  the 
racing  sheet.  Allan  Young,  radio  star, 
helped  to  publicize  the  "Smoky"  handicap 
with  personal  appearances  at  the  track. 

A  parade  was  held  with  all  Liberty  Mag- 
azine carrier-salesmen  as  participants.  Fol- 
lowing the  parade  the  marchers  were  guests 
of  the  management.  The  parade  and  free 
admissions  were  arranged  to  stimulate  the 
distribution  of  Liberty,  which  had  been 
stuffed  with  "Smoky"  heralds. 

Thousands  of  pedestrians  who  were 
snapped  by  street  photographers  received  re- 
ceipts imprinted  with  theatre  and  playdate 
copy.  5,000  throwaways  were  distributed  in 
parked  cars,  shops  and  restaurants.  200 
street  cars  carried  cards  advertising  the  pic- 
ture. 

A  huge  mezzanine  display  with  revolving 
color  lights  and  spun  glass  pigeon  holes  was 
set  up  in  advance.  In  addition  attractive 
lobby  and  front  of  the  house  displays  were 
used  well  in  advance. 


Contest  Tied-in  With  Co-Op  Ad 

A  full  page  cooperative  newspaper  ad, 
publicizing  a  "Do  You  Remember"  contest, 
was  promoted  by  manager  Mel  Blieden  to 
exploit  Warner  Bros.  20th  anniversary  of 
talking  pictures  at  the  Voge  theatre,  East 
Chicago,  Ind.  Each  of  the  six  merchants 
who  paid  for  the  ad  displayed  a  still  from 
an  old  Warner  Bros,  picture  in  his  store 
window.  Contestants  were  required  to  visit 
each  store  and  identify  the  picture  that  the 
still  was  taken  from. 

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at  the  STANTON  •  "In  Old  Sacramento" 
at  the  EARLE  •  "Rendezvous  With  Annie" 
at  the  STUDIO  •  "Specter  Of  The  Rose" 


Druker  Scores  a 
Circuit  Clout 
In  Relief  Role 


Druker's  street  ballyhoo  for  "Caesar  and 
Cleopatra"  in  Harrisburg. 


Relieving  theatre  managers  during  vaca- 
tion on  the  Loew  circuit  is  not  exactly  what 
Maurice  Druker  had  expected  when  he  re- 
joined the  circuit  after  receiving  his  honor- 
able discharge  several  months  ago. 

The  opening  of  "Caesar  and  Cleopatra" 
at  the  Regent,  Harrisburg.  Pa.,  during  man- 
ager Sam  Gilman's  vacation  gave  him  a  real 
opportunity,  however,  to  pick  up  his  exploi- 
tation and  Druker  cashed  in  on  all  angles. 

Heralds  Distributed 

Druker  led  off  with  a  teaser  trailer  a 
week  before  the  regular  trailer  was  sched- 
uled. Newspaper  teasers  were  used  to  sup- 
plement a  stepped  up  advertising  campaign. 

A  preview  was  arranged  for  press  and 
radio  representatives  which  netted  fine  pub- 
licity breaks  and  an  editorial  in  the  Harris- 
burg Telegraph  urging  movie  goers  to  see 
the  film  production. 

Three  thousand  throwaways  were  dis- 
tributed which  carried  a  front  cover  scare- 
line:  "Confessions  of  Cleopatra." 

Bowman's  department  store  cooperated  by 
using  a  five-column  by  16  inch  newspaper 
ad  with  full  theatre  credit  and  a  full  win- 
dow display.  Window  and  counter  space  was 
also  obtained  from  Schleisner's,  an  exclu- 
sive women's  shop  and  Murphy's  5  and  10. 

Atop  the  theatre  marquee  a  10x7  ft. 
sphinx  was  built  with  Vivien  Leigh's  face 
inset.  Radio  promotion  included  25  spot  an- 
nouncements, a  round  table  conference  over 
WHGB  with  newspaper  critics  discussing 
the  film's  merits  and  additional  free  time 
on  Green's  department  store  program. 


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LADIES  WOOED  BY 
NYLON  MAGNET 

Nylons  to  the  first  10  women  who 
knew  the  line  spoken  by  Lauren  Bacall 
in  her  first  movie  attracted  consider- 
able extra  patronage  for  "The  Big 
Sleep"  at  the  Capital  theatre,  Madi- 
son, Wis.  Ninety  per  cent  of  the 
attendance  the  first  hour  and  a  half 
were  women,  and  out  of  the  first 
286  women  who  entered  the  theatre 
only  eight  gave  the  correct  answer, 
which  is:  "Anybody  got  a  match?" 
Credit  manager  Fred  Reeth  for  an 
outstanding  promotional  stunt. 


Star  Helps  Date 
On  "Missouri" 

The  personal  appearance  of  Eddie  Dean, 
star  of  "Down  Missouri  Way,"  and  a  tieup 
with  the  Portland  distributors  of  Majestic 
records  gave  impetus  to  the  extensive  cam- 
paign for  the  West  Coast  premiere  of  the 
picture  at  the  Egyptian  theatre  in  Coos  Bay, 
Ore.  The  campaign  was  arranged  by  man- 
ager Ron  Gamble. 

Through  the  arrangement  with  the  record 
distributor,  200  Dean  recordings  were  se- 
cured for  sale  by  the  Grays  Music  Shop 
and  the  Music  Box.  With  Dean  autograph- 
ing the  records,  a  sellout  occurred  in  a  very 
short  time  at  both  establishments.  Music 
stores  also  used  window  displays. 

Considerable  newspaper  publicity  was 
garnered,  including  three  separate  front  page 
breaks  and  stories  with  art.  Dean  was  fea- 
tured on  a  15-minute  broadcast  from  the 
Egyptian  stage  opening  night.  In  addition 
he  was  featured  on  seven  programs  emanat- 
ing from  radio  station  KOOS. 


BIRTHDAY  FAN  CLUB 
HAS  ANNIVERSARY 

The  first  anniversary  of  the  Birth- 
day Fan  Club,  organized  for  the 
children  of  the  community,  recently 
was  celebrated  at  the  Roosevelt 
theatre,  Flushing,  N.  Y.  The  club 
was  founded  by  manager  Mildred 
A.  Fitzgibbons  and  has  a  member- 
ship of  more  than  3,000  boys  and 
girls.  Every  child  entering  the  the- 
atre is  invited  to  join,  and  parents 
are  often  interested  spectators  of 
enrollment  ceremonies  which  take 
place  at  the  permanent  registration 
desk  in  the  theatre  lobby.  Each 
registered  child  receives  a  card  on 
his  or  her  birthday,  which  admits  the 
child  free  to  the  Fan  Club  matinee 
the  following  Saturday  and  to  the 
birthday  party  held  weekly  after  the 
show.  Mildred  considers  the  club  the 
theatre's  most  vital  institution. 


McCoy  Arranges 
Multiple  Tieup 
In  Augusta 

A  six-way  tieup  on  a  bathing  beauty  con- 
test was  promoted  by  manager  P.  E.  McCoy 
to  exploit  "Easy  to  Wed"  at  the  Miller  thea- 
tre, Augusta,  Ga.  The  tieup  was  effected 
with  the  Augusta  Recreation  Commission, 
the  Chronicle,  the  Royal  Crown  Bottling 
Co.,  radio  station  WGAC,  local  merchants, 
and  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 

The  affair  was  known  as  the  Esther  Wil- 
liams bathing  beauty  contest  and  was  divided 
into  three  groups  so  that  all  ages,  starting 
from  eight  on,  could  participate.  The  semi- 
finals were  held  at  Lake  Olmstead,  and  the 
finals  on  the  Miller  stage.  The  city  recrea- 
tion department  held  preliminary  judging 
in  each  of  the  eight  parks  several  days  in 
advance.  The  department  gave  the  contests 
wide  publicity  through  their  daily  meetings, 
radio  programs,  newspaper  features  and 
weekly  park  news. 

Publicized  on  Radio 

The  contest  received  considerable  plug- 
ging over  WGAC.  Advance  entries  were 
given  special  interviews  to  create  interest 
among  the  younger  set.  The  Chronicle 
broke  the  news  of  the  event  two  weeks  in  ad- 
vance, which  continued  through  the  contest. 

The  Royal  Crown  Bottling  Co.  placed 
banners  on  their  20  trucks  and  distributed 
entry  blanks  over  their  routes.  Various  mer- 
chants donated  complete  outfits  for  the  win- 
ners, ranging  from  $100  to  $150.  MGM 
donated  the  gold  trophies  for  the  winners. 


Promotes  Two  Co-Op  Ads 

Two  cooperative  newspaper  ads  were  pro- 
moted by  manager  J.  G.  Samartano  to  ex- 
ploit his  engagement  of  "Caesar  and  Cleo- 
patra" at  the  State  theatre,  Providence,  R.  I. 
A  three-column  by  11 3/2  inch  perfume  ad 
was  run  in  the  Evening  Bulletin  by  Bland- 
ings.  The  second  ad  was  paid  for  by  Provi- 
dence Jewelers,  Inc. 


Displays  Aid  Ward  Playdate 

Attractive  lobby  and  front  of  the  house 
displays  drew  attention  to  the  engagement 
of  "George  in  Civvy  Street"  at  the  Regal 
Cinema,  Watford,  England.  The  displays, 
which  featured  the  star  of  the  picture, 
George  Formby,  were  designed  by  manager 
H.  Ward. 


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Ballyhoo,  Co-Op 
Sell  "Follies  " 
In  Calcutta 

Ballyhoo,  a  beauty  contest  and  a  coopera- 
tive newspaper  ad  gave  impetus  to  the  ex- 
cellent campaign  arranged  by  manager  I.  A. 
Hafesjee  to  exploit  "Ziegfeld  Follies"  at  the 
Metro  theatre  in  Calcutta,  India. 

Boys  sandwiched  between  placards  were 
sent  out  in  batches  of  two's  to  the  local  soc- 
cer field,  where  upwards  of  50,000  men 
assembled  each  evening  to  watch  the  soccer 
tournament.  The  ballyhoo  was  used  for  a 
week  in  advance  and  during  the  run  of  the 
film. 

For  the  first  time  in  Calcutta  a  coopera- 
tive newspaper  ad  was  secured  from  the 
Anglo-Swiss  Watch  Company.  Forty-six  en- 
tries were  received  in  the  beauty  contest  to 
select  the  local  Ziegfeld  Girl.  The  winner's 
prize  was  donated  by  the  Chowringhee 
Stores. 

In  the  first  three  days  of  the  playdate, 
usherettes  with  sashes  and  coronets  were 
sent  to  clubs,  dance  halls  and  amateur  per- 
formance nights  at  the  Casanova  to  advertise 
the  picture.  Silk  banners  were  hung  around 
the  marquee  and  silk  strips  were  hung  in 
front  of  the  building. 

Four  days  in  advance,  17  trucks  of  the  Ra- 
tion Transport  Service  were  decorated  with 
cutouts  from  three  and  six-sheet  posters. 
The  trucks  carry  food-stuff  from  govern- 
ment warehouses  to  shops  situated  all  over 
the  city. 

Coloring  Contest  Helps 
Murray  Date  in  Bristol 

A  coloring  contest,  which  was  under  the 
sponsorship  of  Uncle  Bob's  "Children's 
Corner"  column  in  the  Evening  Post,  was 
arranged  by  manager  Harry  Murray  to  ex- 
ploit his  date  on  "Make  Mine  Music"  at  the 
Odeon  theatre,  Bristol,  England.  Over  1,000 
entries  were  received  in  the  competition. 
Savings  Certificates  were  awarded  to  win- 
ners. A  special  matinee  was  held  for  old  age 
pensioners,  which  was  publicized  in  the  local 
newspaper. 

Parade  Boosts  Cartoon  Show 

A  big  street  parade  was  held  on  a.  local 
holiday  to  exploit  a  cartoon  show  at  the 
Paramount  theatre,  Fremont,  Ohio.  Man- 
ager Dick  Peffley,  who  had  arranged  a  pro- 
gram of  15  cartoons,  promoted  the  parade. 
Tickets  were  placed  on  sale  two  weeks  in  ad- 
vance. 2,000  heralds  were  mailed. 


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Quigley  Awards  Contenders 


The  men  and  women  listed  be 
their  names  being  placed  on 


ow  have  submitted  evidence  of  showmanship  which  justifies 
the  final  list  as  contenders  for  the  Third  Quarter  period. 


A.  E.  ABLESON 

Lake,  Devils  Lake,  N.  D. 

J.  A.  ACHNER 

Star  Cinema,  Wandsworth 

London,  England 

MARK  ALLEN 
Lido,  Bronx,  N.Y. 

JOSEPH  S.  BOYLE 
Poli-Broadway,  Norwich,  Conn. 

BILL  BRERETON 
Lafayette,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

BILL  BROWN 

Loew  Poli-Bijou,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

GERTRUDE  BUNCHEZ 
Century,  Baltimore,  Md. 

M.  CHANTRAINE 
Normandie,  Liege,  Belgium 

WALTER  CHENOWETH 
Alexandria,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

LOU  COHEN 

Loew's  Poli,  Hartford,  Conn. 

TOM  EDWARDS 
Ozark,  Eldon,  Mo. 

JACK  FOXE 

Columbia,  Washington,  D.  C. 
J.  GAVEGAN 

Metro,  Melbourne,  Australia 

LEO  HANEY 

Lido,  Maywood,  III. 

LOU  S.  HART 

Glove,  Gloversville,  N.  Y. 


A.  S.  HENDERSON 
Royal,  Columbus,  Ga. 

W.  D.  HENDLEY 
Bradley,  Columbus,  Ga. 

D.  HOSAY 

Forum,  Liege,  Belgium 

BILL  JOHNSTON 
Majestic,  Houston,  Texas 

PHIL  KATZ 

Kenyon,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
SID  KLEPER 

College,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

GEORGE  KRASKA 
Loew's  State,  Boston,  Mass. 

LARRY  LEVY 
Colonial,  Reading,  Pa. 

J.  D.  McBREARTY 
State,  Christchurch,  N.  Z. 

CYRIL  MEE 

State,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 

JOHN  MISAVICE 
Ritz,  Berwyn,  III. 

LOUIS  NYE 

Hoosier,  Whiting,  Ind. 

DICK  PEFFLEY 
Paramount,  Fremont,  Ohio 

FRED  PERRY 

Liberty,  Cumberland,  Md. 

GEORGE  PETERS 
Loew's,  Richmond,  Va. 


ROY  O.  PRYTZ 
Granada,  Duluth,  Minn. 

ED  PYNE 

Keith's  105th  Street,  Cleveland,  O. 

BILL  REISINGER 
Loew's,  Dayton,  Ohio 

W.  ROBERTS 

Reo  Cinema,  Fazakerley 

Liverpool,  England 

MORRIS  ROSENTHAL 
Loew-Poli,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

J.  G.  SAMARTANO 

Loew's  State,  Providence,  R.  I. 

WILLIS  E.  SHAFFER 

Fox  Orpheum,  Atchison,  Kans. 

ROY  T.  SHIELD 
Mecca,  Enid,  Okla. 

SOL  SORKIN 

RKO  Keith's,  Washington,  D.  C. 

D.  T.  STALCUP 
Gem,  Etowah,  Tenn. 

MICHAEL  STRANGER 

Loew's  State,  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

D.  VAN  GESSEL 

Regal  Cinema,  Cambridge,  Eng. 

SEYMOUR  WEISS 

Westside  Drive-In,  Cleveland,  O. 

NATE  WISE 

RKO  Palace,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 
JAY  WREN 

Paramount,  Newark,  N.  J. 


Star's  Appearance  Boosts 
Purcell's  "Memphis"  Date 

The  personal  appearance  of  Roy  Acuff  on 
the  stage  of  the  Strand  theatre,  Staunton, 
Va.,  materially  aided  the  playdate  of  "Night 
Train  to  Memphis,"  which  played  the  thea- 
tre shortly  after  Acuff's  visit.  Acuff  is  the 
star  of  the  picture.  The  campaign  was  ar- 
ranged by  Ed  Purcell.  For  a  lobby  display 
a  40x60  board  was  used.  Photos  of  Roy 
Acuff  in  a  variety  of  poses  were  displayed 
on  the  board.   2,000  heralds  were  distributed 


PLAYGROUNDS  ADDED  TO 
CLEVELAND  DRIVE-INS 

Playgrounds  have  been  installed  for 
the  entertainment  of  youngsters  be- 
fore the  show  starts  at  the  East- 
side  and  Westside  Drive-In  theatres, 
Cleveland,  Ohio.  Swings,  with  safety 
seats  for  tots,  teeter-totter,  and,  most 
popular  of  all,  the  merry-go-round 
are  outstanding  features  of  the  play- 
ground equipment.  Additional  play- 
things will  be  added  as  reconversion 
scarcities  permit.  The  two  Drive-ln 
theatres  are  managed  by  Seymour 
Weiss. 


and  200  small  window  cards  were  sent  to 
grocery  stores,  gas  stations,  lunch  rooms, 
etc.  Newspapers  and  radio  also  were  used 
to  exploit  the  engagement. 


Window  Tieup  Set  in  Baltimore 

An  attractive  window  tieup  was  arranged 
by  Loew's  publicist  Gertrude  Bunchez  for 
the  playdate  of  "Caesar  and  Cleopatra"  at 
the  Century  theatre,  Baltimore,  Md.  The 
display  in  O'Neill  and  Company  department 
store  consisted  of  models  and  stills  from  the 
picture. 


Garners  Newspaper  Story 

Extra  newspaper  publicity  was  garnered 
by  manager  A.  J.  Brown  by  inviting  a  group 
of  men  of  the  King's  African  Rifles  to  wit- 
ness a  screening  of  "Victory  Parade"  at  the 
Empire  theatre,  Cardiff,  England.  The  sol- 
diers had  marched  in  the  London  Victory 
Parade  and  appeared  in  the  film. 


Arranges  Tieup  with  USES 

A  tieup  with  the  United  States  Employ- 
ment Service  was  effected  by  manager  Cy 
Mee  to  exploit  his  engagement  on  "From 
This  Day  Forward"  at  the  State  theatre, 
Harrisonburg,  Va.  USES  installed  an  inter- 
view service  in  the  lobby  and  also  mentioned 
the  picture  on  their  daily  radio  program. 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


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SHOWMEN  PERSONALS 


In  New  Posts:  C.  J.  Oliver,  manager, 
Griffith  theatres,  Clinton,  Okla.  Arthur  K. 
Dame,  State,  Presque  Isle,  Me.  Herbert 
Bloom,  Royal,  Worcester,  Mass.  Colonel 
Larson,  Pix,  Whitehall,  Wis.  Leo  F.  Will- 
son,  State,  Tucson,  Ariz.  Vincent  H.  Ham- 
elin,  Park,  Dexter,  Me. 

Larry  Greib,  supervising  director  of  mo- 
tion picture  theatres  for  City  Investing  Cor- 
poration, operators  of  Astor  and  Victoria, 
New  York.  Leon  Kelmer  succeeding  him  as 
manager,  RKO  Albee,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Other 
RKO  managerial  shifts:  Fred  Smith  to 
Kenmore,  Brooklyn.  Louis  Grossman,  Al- 
den,  Jamaica,  L.  I.  Joe  Goldberg,  Tilyou, 
Brooklyn.  Stephen  Perry,  Greenpoint, 
Brooklyn. 

Richard  Gullmeyer,  city  manager,  Alli- 
ance circuit,  Logansport,  Ind.  Walter  Bujak, 
Martha  Washington,  Hamtramck,  Mich.  Bill 
Roland,  Weslin  and  Grand,  Massillon,  Ohio. 
Jack  Chambers,  Admore;  Milton  Canoff, 
Liberty;  Ted  Dariotis,  American;  all  in 
Chicago. 

Assistant  Managers:  Anthony  Kucinskis, 
Martha  Washington.  Hamtramck,  Mich. 
Charles  Caswell,  Auditorium,  Lynn,  Mass. 
Russ  Ordway,  Allyn,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Douglas  Amos,  Paramount,  New  Haven, 
Conn.  Hap  Meininger,  Nortown;  Sam 
Brewer,  Belmont;  both  in  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Audrey  Sigmon,  Dawn  Theatre; 
Harold  Hendrich,  Monroe;  Vernon  Bren- 
nan,  Robert  Goldstaff  and  Wilson  Elliott, 
Fox;  all  in  Detroit,  Mich. 

Wedding  Bells:  Pat  Notaro,  manager  of 
the  Bromley,  Philadelphia,  to  Marion  Kos- 
ter,  ex-Wac  lieutenant. 

Eddie  Connell,  relief  manager,  Neighbor- 
hood Theatres,  Richmond,  Va.,  to  Margaret 
Beaudry  of  Cortland,  N.  Y. 

Junior  Showmen:  Dean  Francis,  born  re- 
cently to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Cost,  in  Cleve- 


land, Ohio.  Father  is  manager  of  the  Shore 
theatre. 

Paul  Klieman,  manager  of  the  Pearl  the- 
atre, Philadelphia,  and  Mrs.  Klieman  are 
parents  of  a  new-born  baby  girl,  Susan. 

Birthday  Greetings:  Thomas  Di  Lorenzo, 
Joseph  W.  Shuck,  John  E.  Palmer,  Raymond 
Hasselo,  Scott  Roberts,  Leo  A.  Guimond, 
Douglas  W.  Mellott,  J.  H.  Phillips,  Sol 
Krim,  Henry  B.  Salthun,  Daniel  A.  Allain, 
Mildred   Fitzgibbons,  James  Landers. 

Ashton  C.  Rudd,  James  W.  Work,  Bert 
H.  Todd,  Walter  B.  Garver,  James  J.  Lunds- 
ford,  Ruth  D.  Ornstein,  John  A.  Matthews, 
George  Griffith,  James  S.  Ellis,  Robert 
Trautman,  William  Kohler,  Orville  W. 
Crouch,   Robert   Dummick,   Alfred  Gorton. 

Harry  S.  Schulman,  Arthur  A.  Quinn,  Em- 
mett  H.  Lyons,  Rader  S.  Stewart,  Charles 

D.  Crowley,  Carl  H.  Mott,  Ernest  L.  Out- 
law, Curtis  B.  Bell,  Charles  O.  Clark,  How- 
ard L.  Parker,  Walter  Woodman,  Raymond 
L.  Daniels,  Edward  V.  Harris,  Don  Blox- 
ham. 

Mack  Oringer,  Harold  Lucas,  Clifford  R. 
Buechel,  William  Johnston,  Sam  Horwitz, 
Michael  J.  Carroll,  Edward  Murtagh,  Cres- 
son  E.  Smith,  Jr.,  John  W.  Terry,  William 
F.  Hatch,  Gus  H.  Coats,  Harris  Lumberg, 

E.  R.  Mosteller,  G.  N.  Turner,  C.  W.  Doc- 
tor, Leonard  Pearce,  K.  E.  Ward,  Fred 
Weimer,  Kenneth  A.  Grimes,  Lawrence 
Walter. 

Showmen's  Calendar:  November  1st: 
Daniel  Boone  born — 1734.  2nd:  North  and 
South  Dakota  admitted  to  Union — 1889.  5th: 
Election  Day.  8th:  Montana  admitted — 
1889.  11th:  Armistice  Day;  Washington  ad- 
mitted— 1889.  13th:  Robert  Louis  Steven- 
son born — 1850.  16th:  Oklahoma  admitted 
—1907.  28th:  Thanksgiving  Day.  30th: 
Mark  Twain  born — 1835;  Louisiana  pur- 
chased—1803. 


Display  Aids  "Two  Sisters" 

An  attractive  14-foot  set-piece  was  de- 
signed for  the  lobby  to  exploit  the  piaydate 
on  "Two  Sisters  from  Boston"  at  the  Barda- 
von  theatre,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.    The  set- 


A  WELL  ROUNDED  TIEUP 
ON  TUBULAR  FURNITURE 

A  golden  opportunity  recently  pre- 
sented was  quickly  put  to  work  by 
manager  A.  M.  Carpenter  of  the 
Gaumont  Palace,  Barnstaple,  N. 
Devon,  England.  A  new  local  industry 
had  started  peacetime  production  of 
tubular  steel  furniture,  and  the  direc- 
tors of  the  company  were  looking 
around  for  a  novel  means  of  attract- 
ing public  attention  to  their  am- 
bitious enterprise.  Carpenter,  about 
to  exploit  his  date  on  "Gilda",  ar- 
ranged a  tieup  with  the  directors  for 
a  joint  publicity  campaign.  One  of 
the  highlights  of  the  arrangement  was 
a  lobby  display  of  the  tubular  furni- 
ture, complete  with  a  live  girl  model. 
"Gilda"  copy  was  much  in  evidence. 
The  display  was  well  publicized  in  the 
local  press,  resulting  in  exceptionally 
satisfactory  business. 


piece,  which  was  used  four  weeks  in  advance, 
consisted  of  portraits  of  the  five  leading  play- 
ers, the  title  of  the  picture  set  on  a  musical 
bar  and  stills.  The  display  was  designed  by 
A.  W.  Heim,  display  director. 


Markell  Promotes  City  Tieup 

Considerable  extra  business  for  the  Capi- 
tol theatre  in  Cornwall,  Ontario,  resulted 
from  manager  G.  B.  Markell's  tie-in  with  the 
city's  Old  Home  Week  celebration.  As  part 
of  the  celebration  activities,  the  city  con- 
ducted a  Search  for  Talent  contest  over  radio 
station  CKSF.  Markell  succeeded  in  having 
the  broadcasts  go  on  the  air  from  the  stage. 


World's  Fair  Spirit  in  Lobby 

Manager  W.  Ray  Gingell  decked  out  the 
lobby  in  a  world's  fair  motif  with  banners, 
flags  and  pennants  to  exploit  "Centennial 
Summer"  at  the  Hiser  theatre,  Bethesda, 
Md.  A  40x60  board  featured  an  oil  paint- 
ing of  the  stars  of  the  picture. 


Sets  Music  Store  Tieups 

Attractive  window  displays  on  the  Cole 
Porter  music  in  "Night  and  Day"  were  ar- 
ranged by  manager  Arthur  Krolick  with 
several  record  and  sheet  music  stores  to  ex- 
ploit the  picture's  engagement  at  the  Cen- 
tury theatre,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Letter  Writing 
Contest  Boosts 
Cleveland  Date 

A  highly  gratifying  response  to  a  letter 
writing  contest  over  radio  station  WJW 
materially  boosted  the  receipts  at  the  box 
office  for  manager  Gertrude  L.  Tracy's  play- 
date  on  "God's  Country"  at  the  Ohio  thea- 
tre, Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Guest  tickets  and  photographs  of  Ace,  the 
Wonder  Dog,  were  awarded  daily  and  at  the 
end  of  the  contest,  which  ran  for  a  week,  the 
winner  received  a  German  Shepherd  puppy. 
The  puppy  was  turned  over  to  the  winner 
at  a  ceremony  that  was  broadcast. 

Gertrude  promoted  a  tieup  with  Wool- 
worth's,  whereby  the  weight  cards  in  the 
store's  weighing  machines  were  numbered 
for  a  "lucky  number"  drawing.  Lucky  num- 
bers were  listed  on  a  large  display  board 
above  the  scales.  The  scales  were  placed 
on  the  sidewalk  at  night.  Guest  tickets 
were  awarded  persons  who  drew  lucky 
numbers. 

An  attractive  false  front  drew  the  atten- 
tion of  passersby.  5,000  imprinted  record 
bags  were  distributed  by  music  stores  in 
downtown  Cleveland.  The  Public  Library 
used  a  display  in  the  main  reading  room  and 
in  branches.  The  nature  angle  was  stressed 
in  all  advertising. 


Promotes  Full  Page  Co-Op  Ad 

A  full-page  cooperative  newspaper  ad  and 
an  editorial  in  the  Waynesboro  Record  Her- 
ald were  promoted  by  manager  Don  Nichols 
to  exploit  Warner  Bros,  anniversary  of  talk- 
ing pictures.  Nichols  manages  the  Arcade 
theatre,  Waynesboro,  Pa.  Twenty  merchants 
paid  for  the  co-op  ad. 


APPLICATION  FOR 
MEMBERSHIP 

MANAGERS' 
ROUND  TABLE 

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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


Pickford,  Cowan 
Plan  $3,000,000 
Production  Unit 


PICTURE 

CROSSES 


A  statistical  compilation  and 
comparison  of  Box  Office  Per- 
formance in  first  run  theatres 


Figures  direcHy  below  picture  title  compare  estimated  dollar  gross  with  average  gross 
and  show  relative  percentage  of  all  engagements  tabulated. 

Figures  opposite  theatre  names  represent  percentage  of  tabulated  grosses  to  average 
weekly  business  based  on  the  six  months'  period  ending  July  3 1 ,  1946. 
SYMBOLS:  (DB)  Double  Bill— associate  feature  title;  (SA)  Stage  Attraction;  (MO)  Move- 
Over  Run;  (AA  Advance  Admission. 

INDEX:  Over-al  perfomance  percentage  figures  from  previously  published  final  reports 
appear  in  Service  Data  section  of  Product  Digest.  See  last  column  of  Release  Chart 
for  Index. 


THE  BIC  SLEEP  <WB> 

First  Report: 


Total  Gross  Tabulated  $504,700 
Comparative  Average  Gross  387,100 
Over-all  Performance  130.3% 


BALTIMORE— Stanley   139.3% 

CLEVELAND — Warner's  Hippodrome,  1st  week  1/4.1% 

CLEVELAND— Warner's  Hippodrome. 2nd  week  97.0% 

CLEVELAND— RKO  Allen.  MO  1st  week    .    .  112.7% 

DENVER— Denver    89.8% 

DENVER— Esquire    68.4% 

DENVER — Webber   75.0% 

DENVER— Aladdin,  MO  1st  week   74.4% 

DENVER — Rialto.  MO  2nd  week   72.7% 

(DB)  Cuban  Pete  (Univ.) 

NEW  YORK-  Strand,  1st  week   157.7% 

(SA)  Bob  Crosby  and  his  Orchestra 

NEW  YORK— Strand.  2nd  week   159.7% 

(SA)  Bob  Crosby  and  his  Orchestra 

NEW  YORK-Strand,  3rd  week   128.2% 

(SA)  Bob  Crosbv  and  his  Orchestra 

NEW  YORK— Strand.  4th  week   114.3% 

(SA)  Bob  Crosbv  and  his  Orchestra 

PHILADELPHIA— Mastbaum,  1st  week   .    .    .  178.5% 

PHILADELPHIA — Mastbaum,  2nd  week     .    .  106.2% 

PHI  LADELPHIA — Mastbaum,  3rd  week  .    .    .  93.7% 

• 

CANYON  PASSACE  (Univ.) 

Final  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $778,300 
Comparative  Average  Gross  666,400 
Over-all  Performance  116.8% 

BALTIMORE— Keith's.  1st  week   131.4% 

BALTIMORE— Keith's.  2nd  week   78.5% 

BALTIMORE    Keith's,  3rd  week   75.2% 

BOSTON    Boston,  1st  week   144.4% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

BOSTON— Boston,  2nd  week   119.1% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

BOSTON— Boston,  3rd  week   101.0% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

BUFFALO— Lafayette,  1st  week   139.0% 

(DB)  Strange  Conquest  (Univ.) 

BUFFALO-  Lafayette,  2nd  week   81.2% 

(DB)  Slightly  Scandalous  (Univ.) 

BUFFALO— Lafayette,  3rd  week   63.9% 

(DB)  Slightly  Scandalous  (Univ.) 

CHICAGO— Palace,  1st  week   111.1% 

(DB)  Danger  Woman  (Univ.) 

CHICAGO— Palace,  2nd  week   101.0% 

IDB)  Danger  Woman  (Univ.) 

CHICAGO-  Palace.  3rd  week   88.8% 

(DB)  Danger  Woman  (Univ.) 

CHICAGO-  -Grand,  MO  1st  week   121.9% 

'DB)  Danger  Woman  (Univ.) 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Albee    .    .    .   •   142.8% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Lyric.  MO  1st  week     .    .  129.6% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Lvric.  MO  2nd  week    .    .  111.1% 

CLEVELAND— Warner's  Hippodrome  ....  141.7% 

DENVER— Denver    103.8% 

(DB)  Slightly  Scandalous  (Univ.) 

DENVER— Esquire    90.9% 

(DB)  Slight! v  Scandalous  (LTniv.) 

DENVER— Webber   100.0% 

(DB)  Slightlv  Scandalous  (Univ.) 

INDIANAPOLIS— Indiana    142.3% 

INDIANAPOLIS— Lyric.  MO  1st  week     .    .    .  119.0% 

KANSAS  CITY— Esquire.  1st  week   114.1% 

KANSAS  CITY— Esquire,  2nd  week      ....  94.1% 

KANSAS  CITY — Uptown,  1st  week   125.0% 

KANSAS  CITY— Uptown.  2nd  week     ...  ICO.0% 

MINNEAPOLIS— RKO  Orpheum.  1st  week  .    .  72.1% 

MINNEAPOLIS— RKO  Orpheum.  2nd  week     .  72.1% 

NEW  YORK— Criterion,  1st  week   192.3% 

NEW  YORK— Criterion,  2nd  week   134.6% 

NEW  YORK— Criterion,  3rd  week   111.5% 

NEW  YORK -Criterion.  4th  week   123.0% 

OMAHA— Paramount    106.1% 

OMAHA— Omaha.  MO  1st  week   101.1% 

(l>Bi  Night  Editor  (Col.) 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Utah   122.1% 


SAN  FRANCISCO— Orpheum,  1st  week    .    .    .  186.8% 

(DB)  Her  Adventurous  Night  (Univ.) 
SAN  FRANCISCO— Orpheum,  2nd  week   .    .    .  126.3% 

(DB)  Her  Adventurous  Night  (Univ.) 
SAN  FRANCISCO— Orpheum,  3rd  weeK   .    .    .  100.0% 

(DB)  Her  Adventurous  Night  (Univ.) 
SAN  FRANCISCO— Orpheum.  4th  week    .    .    .  78.9% 

(DB)  Blonde  Alibi  (Univ.) 
ST.  LOUIS— Fox  123.1% 

(DB)  The  Runaround  (Univ.) 
ST.  LOUIS — Missouri,  MO  1st  week     ....  115.3% 

(DB)  The  Runaround  (Univ.) 

TORONTO— Uptown,  1st  week  126.5% 

TORONTO— Uptown,  2nd  week  121.2% 

TORONTO— Uptown,  3rd  week  105.3% 

• 

CENTENNIAL  SUMMER  (20rh-Fox) 

Final  Report:. 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $1,044,700 
Comparative  Average  Gross  991,300 
Over-all  Performance  105.3% 


BALTIMORE — New,  1st  wee;   130.0% 

BALTIMORE — New,  2nd  week    110.0% 

BALTIMORE— New,  3rd  week   95.0% 

BOSTON— Metropolitan    113.6% 

(DB)  Swamp  Fire  (Para.) 

BUFFALO — Buffalo   135.1% 

BUFFALO— Hippodrome,  MO  1st  week    .    .    .  118.2% 

CHICAGO— Roosevelt    116.9% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Palace   119.2% 

CINCINNATI — RKO  Shubert,  MO  1st  week    .  154.5% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Lvric.  MO  2nd  week    .    .  101.8% 

CLEVELAND— RKO  Palace    84.3% 

CLEVELAND— RKO  Allen,  MO  1st  week    .    .  107.8% 

CLEVELAND— Warner's  Lake,  MO  2nd  week  .  94.4% 

DENVER— Denver    101.1% 

(DB)  Strange  Triangle  (20th-Fox) 

DENVER— Esquire    90.9% 

(DB)  Strange  Triangle  (20th -Fox) 

DENVER— Webber   100.0% 

(DB)  Strange  Triangle  (20th -Fox) 

DENVER— Aladdin.  MO  1st  week   106.3% 

(DB)  Strange  Triangle  (20th-Fox) 

DENVER— Rialto,  MO  2nd  week   54.5% 

(DB)  Strange  Triangle  (20th-Fox) 

KANSAS  CITY— Esquire,  1st  week   100.0% 

KANSAS  CITY— Esquire,  2nd  week     ....  80.0% 

KANSAS  CITY— Uptown,  1st  week   111.6% 

KANSAS  CITY— Uptown,  2nd  week     ....  91.6% 

LOS  ANGELES— Chinese,  1st  week     ....  157.2% 

LOS  ANGELES— Chinese,  2nd  week     ....  110.0% 

LOS  ANGELES — Giinese,  3rd  week     ....  81.7% 

LOS  ANGELES— Loew's  State.  1st  week     .    .  132.0% 

LOS  ANGELES— Loew's  State,  2nd  week    .    .  83.0% 

LOS  ANGELES— Loew's  State,  3rd  week     .    .  68.0% 

LOS  ANGELES— Uptown,  1st  week     ....  117.1% 

LOS  ANGELES— Uptown,  2nd  week     ....  89.9% 

LOS  ANGELES— Uptown.  3rd  week     ....  62.5% 

MINNEAPOLIS— Radio  City   103.4% 

MINNEAPOLIS — Century,  MO  1st  week    .    .  126.8% 

NEW  YORK— Roxy.  1st  week   116.4% 

(SA)  Chico  Marx.  Jane  Pickens,  others 

NEW  YORK— Roxy,  2nd  week   102.1% 

(SA)  Chico  Marx.  Jane  Pickens,  others 

NEW  YORK— Roxy,  3rd  week   102.1% 

(SA)  Chico  Marx,  Jane  Pickens,  others 

NEW  YORK— Roxy,  4th  week   91.2% 

(SA)  Chico  Marx.  Jane  Pickens,  others 

OMAHA— Paramount    110.3% 

(DB)  Dark  Alibi  (Mono.) 

OMAHA— Omaha,  MO  1st  week   95.4% 

(DB)  Dark  Alibi  (Mono.) 

PHILADELPHIA— Fox,  1st  week   144.6% 

PHILADELPHIA— Fox,  2nd  week   117.7% 

PHILADELPHIA— Fox,  3rd  week   70.2% 

PITTSBURGH— Harris,  1st  week   171.8% 

PITTSBURGH— Harris,  2nd  week   109.3% 

PITTSBLTRGH— Senator,  MO  1st  week    .    .    .  100.0% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Fox   91.7% 

(DB)  Don't  Gamble  With  Strangers  (Mono.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— St.  Francis.  MO  1st  week  99.0% 

(DB)  Don't  Gamble  With  Strangers  (Mono.) 

ST.  LOUIS— Fox   117.6% 

(DB)  Deadline  for  Murder  (20th -Fox) 

ST.  LOUIS— Missouri,  MO  1st  week     ....  115.3% 
(DB)  Deadline  for  Murder  (20th-Fox) 


Capitalized  at  from  $2,500,000  to  $3,000,- 
000  in  cash  properties  held  by  both  a  new 
producing  company  was  announced  this 
week  by  Mary  Pickford,  a  founder-owner 
of  United  Artists,  and  Lester  Cowan,  inde- 
pendent Hollywood  producer.  Interviewed 
at  Waldorf  Towers,  the  Waldorf-Astoria, 
New  York,  Miss  Pickford  and  Mr.  Cowan 
said  they  expected  to  be  in  production  under 
the  merger  by  January  1  with  a  schedule 
that  contemplates  15  motion  pictures,  seven 
of  which  will  be  completed  within  the  next 
two  years. 

The  partners  plan  only  top  pictures, 
worthy  as  to  high  quality  of  story  and  treat- 
ment,'  budgeted  at  from  $1,500,000  to  $2,- 
000,000  a  picture.  Miss  Pickford  will  be 
president  of  the  as  yet  untitled  firm  and 
hopes  shortly  to  announce  the  name  of  "a 
prominent  man  in  the  industry''  as  chairman 
of  the  board.  Mr.  Cowan  will  be  in  charge 
of  production. 

Miss  Pickford  said  color  would  be  empha- 
sized in  all  the  jointly-made  productions  as 
"black  and  white  will  be  as  obsolete  as  silent 
films  within  the  next  few  months."  Dis- 
tribution will  be  made  through  United  Art- 
ists and  a  sales  manager  will  be  appointed. 

The  Pickford-Cowan  partnership  involves 
the  pooling  of  some  30  stage,  film  and  lite- 
rary properties  belonging  to  both  members. 
Mr.  Cowan's  entire  current  production  pro- 
gram will  be  transferred  to  the  new  com- 
pany. These  proposed  pictures,  including  F. 
Scott  Fitzgerald's  "Babylon  Revisited," 
"The  President's  Husband,"  "Sun  Yat- 
sen,"  and  "Free  Press,"  will  be  made  at  the 
Hal  Roach  Studios  in  Culver  City- 
While  in  New  York,  Mr.  Cowan  bought 
film  rights  to  two  plays  and  a  novel. 

Miss  Pickford  brings  to  the  merger  the 
Perleman-Nash-Weill  musical,  "One  Touch 
of  Venus,"  seen  on  Broadway  last  year ; 
Elmer  Rice's  "Street  Scene,"  Warwick 
Deeping's  "Sorrel  and  Son,"  David  Belas- 
co's  "Tonight  or  Never,"  Zoe  Akin's  "Tli  ■ 
Greeks  Had  a  Word  for  It,"  and  John  Col- 
ton's  dramatization  of  "Rain,"  from  an  origi- 
nal story  by  W.  Somerset  Maugham. 

Miss  Pickford  said  that,  as  she  owns  51.25 
per  cent  of  the  Samuel  Goldwyn  Studios  in 
Hollywood,  which  has  eight  stages  on  the 
lot,  the  new  company  is  "assured  of  ample 
facilities    for    completing    its  program." 

"Angel  on  My  Shoulder" 
Pre-Release  Dates  Set 

London  and  Louisville  showed  the  first 
pre-releases  of  "Angel  on  My  Shoulder," 
produced  for  United  Artists  by  Charles  R. 
Rogers  and  starring  Paul  Muni,  Claude 
Rains  and  Anne  Baxter  on  what  amounted  to 
a  day  and  date  international  opening. 
Loew's  theatre,  Louisville,  saw  the  film  Sep- 
tember 26,  and  the  following  day  it  was 
shown  at  the  Pavilion,  London. 


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manager,  was  named  district  manager  of 
the  Des  Moines,  Kansas  City  and  Omaha 
territories,  with  headquarters  in  Kansas 
City.  J.  F.  Bannan,  branch  manager  in 
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Adam  Kessel,  80,  early  film  producer  cred- 
ited with  bringing  Charlie  Chaplin  from 
the  stage  to  the  screen,  died  September  21 
at  his  home  in  Keeseville,  N.  Y.,  following 
a  year's  illness. 

As  a  young  man,  Mr.  Kessel  livgd  in 
Brooklyn  with  his  brother  Charles,  .where 
they  earned  a  modest  income  publishing  The 
Sporting  Gazette,  a  baseball,  football  and. 
boxing  journal  peddled  to  saloon  and  barber 
shop  patrons.  When  the  publication  ceased, 
they  became  bookmakers  at  the  Metropoli- 
tan race  tracks,  prospering  until  the  Hughes 
anti-raCing  bill  made  the  trade  illegal. 

Motion  pictures  then  were  in  the  nickelo- 
deon stage.  With  C.  O.  Bauman,  they  en- 
tered the  field,  forming  the  New  York  Mo- 
tion Picture  Corporation  which  became  the 
parent  company  of  Reliance,  Kay-Bee  (Kes- 
sel and  Bauman),  Bison,  Bison-Bison-101, 
and  Keystone. 

Adam  Kessel  saw  Charlie  Chaplin  in  a 
vaudeville  show  in  1913,  and  believing  him 
a  likely  motion  picture  prospect,  sent  him 
to  the  Keystone  unit  which  was  under  Mack 
Sennett's  direction.  Mr.  Chaplin  in  those 
days  nourished  serious  dramatic  aspirations 
and  was  reluctant  to  leave  the  stage  for 
the  new  medium.  A  year's  guarantee  of 
$150  a  week  finally  won  him  over. 

In  1917  the  Kessel  brothers  sold  their 
Keystone  interests  to  Triangle  Film  Cor- 
poration. They  later  had  several  ventures, 
none  associated  with  the  industry.  For  a 
period  in  the  '30's  Mr.  Kessel  operated  a 
parking  lot  in  Brooklyn.  In  recent  years 
he  retired  to  his  Keeseville  home. 

Surviving  besides  his  brother  Charles,  are 
another  brother,  Nicholas,  and  two  sisters, 
Mrs.  Anna  Gerlach  and  Mrs.  J.  Zimmer- 
man. Funeral  services  were  held  in  Keese- 
ville Tuesday,  with  burial  at  Troy  cemetery, 
Trov,  N.  Y. 


Legion  of  Decency  Reviews 
19  New  Productions 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency  re- 
viewed 10  new  productions  this  week,  ap- 
proving all.  In  Class  A-I,  unobjectionable 
for  general  patronage,  were  "Little  Miss 
Big,"  "  'Neath  Canadian  Skies,"  "No  Love, 
No  Leave"  and  "Rolling  Home."  In  Class 
A-II,  unobjectionable  for  adults,  were  "An- 
gel on  My  Shoulder,"  "Flight  to  Nowhere," 
"Her  Sister's  Secret,"  "I've  Always  Loved 
You,"  "Little  Miss  Iodine,"  "Susie  Steps 
Out." 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency  reviewed 
nine  new  productions  last  week,  approving 
all  but  three.  In  Class  A-I,  unobjectionable 
for  general  patronage,  were  "Lawless 
Breed,"  "Roll  on  Texas  Moon"  and  "Sing- 
ing on  the  Trail."  In  Class  A-II,  unobjec- 
tionable for  adults,  were  "The  Bachelor's 
Daughters,"  "The  Invisible  Reformer"  and 
"Decoy."  In  Class  B,  objectionable  in  part, 
were  "Cross  My  Heart,"  "G.  I.  War  Brides" 
and  "Shadow  of  a  Woman." 


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SHOWMEN'S  REVIEWS 
SHORT  SUBJECTS 
SHORT  SUBJECTS  CHART 
SERVICE  DATA 
THE  RELEASE  CHART 

This  department  deals  with 
new  product  from  the  point  of 
view  of  the  exhibitor  who  is 
to  purvey  it  to  his  own  public. 


Blue  Skies 

Paramount — Crosby  and  Astaire 

The  idea  here  is  this : 

Forget  story,  accredited  to  an  original  idea  by 
Irving  Berlin,  which  is  neither  original  nor 
very  much  of  an  idea,  and  relax  while  Bing 
Crosby  gives  out  with  those  vocals  and  Fred 
Astaire  with  the  tapwork.  "Blue  Skies"  is 
enough  of  a  showpiece  for  them  individually 
and  collectively  to  guarantee  sweeping  popular 
approval. 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  dramatic  thread  is  so 
slim  and  so  perilously  held  together  that,  with 
justification,  it  could  well  be  regarded  as  vir- 
tually non-existent.  Crosby  is  his  casual  self, 
as  per  tradition.  Leaving  vaudeville  when 
vaudeville  left  him,  he  wanders  in,  and  through, 
a  series  of  night  clubs.  Never  long  contented, 
he  drops  one  for  another — in  all  sorts  of  sizes 
and  architecture,  but  each  one  furnishing  a  thin 
excuse  for  another  Berlin  song.  Astaire,  as  a 
radio  commentator,  is  used  as  the  transparent 
advice  by  which  the  flashback  method  of  unfold- 
ing the  lighter-than-air  story  is  unfolded.  Joan 
Caulfield  is  the  girl,  sought  by  Astaire  and  won 
by  Crosby  until  they  drift  apart  via  one  of 
chose  convenient  misunderstandings  which  seem 
parcel  of  practically  any  musical  shipped  out 
of  Hollywood.    In  the  end,  insofar  as  the  story 

j  is  concerned,  Bing  and  Miss  Caulfield  get  to- 
gether for  the  expected  happy  finish. 

But,  between  the  opening  and  closing  extremi- 
ties— whether  as  units  of  their  own  or  snatches 
to  bridge  Bing  in  his  travels  as  nightclub  pro- 
prietor— are  29  Berlin  tunes,  most  of  them  writ- 
ten long  before  this  picture  was  made,  but  with 

i  a  couple  of  new  ones  added.  They  range  from 
such  well  knowns  as  "A  Pretty  Girl  Is  Like 
a  Melody"  to  "Always,"  "Tell  Me,  Little  Gyp- 
sy," "Puttin'  on  the  Ritz,""  "Russian  Lullaby" 
and  "You'd  Be  Surprised"  to  "Putting  All  My 

!  Eggs  in  One  Basket,"  "Any  Bonds  Today," 
"This  Is  the  Army,"  "White  Christmas,"  "God 
Bless  America"  and,  of  course,  the  recurring 
theme  song  from  which  the  .attraction  draws  its 
title. 

Bing  is  Bing  and  Astaire  is  Astaire.  Sep- 
arately, they  are  tops  in  their  respective  cate- 
gories, which  ought  to  be  news  to  no  one  at  all. 
When  they  combine  for  a  repeat  of  one  of  their 
old  vaudeville  numbers  with  hoofing  thrown  in. 
the  result  is  a  high  in  their  particular  kind  of 
i  talent. 

Billy  De  Wolfe,  playing  sort  of  a  shadow  to 
Crosby,  is  the  main  comedy  foil.  For  no  appar- 
ent reason  he  also  does  a  specialty  which  is  a 
burlesque  of  a  woman  shopper  dropping  in  at 
a  bar  to  ease  her  tired  feet  and  her  thirst.  Its 
reception  among  women  is  apt  to  be  judged  in 
ratio  to  the  thin  or  indifferent  skins  of  the 
women  in  the  audience.  Miss  Caulfield  has 
practically  nothing  to  do,  but  manages  it 
decoratively.  Olga  San  Juan,  in  singing  spe- 
cialties, is  satisfactory.  Arthur  Sheekman  gets 
credit  for  the  screenplay,  and  Adrian  Scott  for 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1944 


the  adaptation.  Stuart  Heisler  directed  and  Sol 
C.  Siegel  produced.    The  film  is  in  Technicolor. 

Seen  at  the  Normandic  theatre,  New  York. 
Reznezver's  Rating  :  Good. — Red  Kann. 

No  release  date  set.  Running  time.  104  min.  PCA 
Xo.   11075.     General  audience  classification. 

Johnny  Adams   Bing  Crosbj 

Jed  Potter   Fred  Astaire 

Mary  O'Hara   Joan  Caulfield 

Billy  De  Wolfe.  Olga  San  Juan.  Mikhail  Rasumny, 
Frank  Faylen,  Virginia  Home.  Karolyn  Grimes 

Gentleman  Joe  Palooka 

Monogram — Comic  Strip  Characters 

There  are  ample  entertainment  values  in  the 
second  of  Monogram's  series  based  on  the  Ham 
Fisher  comic  strip,  and  the  film,  which  has 
wider  appeal  than  its  predecessor,  should  regis- 
ter even  more  strongly  at  the  box  office  than 
did  the  first. 

Joe  Kirkwood  and  Leon  Errol,  perfectly  cast 
as  Palooka  and  his  manager,  Knobby  Walsh, 
are  supported  by  a  number  of  veteran  per- 
formers, notably  Guy  Kibbee,  Elyse  Knox  and 
Lionel  Stander.  Hal  Chester's  production  is  fin- 
ished and  workmanlike,  its  polish  remarkable  in 
view  of  the  modesty  of  the  budget. 

Cyril  Endfield,  who  also  directed,  wrote  the 
screenplay,  which  takes  Palooka  through  a 
series  of  spiritual  as  well  as  physical  adven- 
tures, involving  him  not  only  in  a  succession  of 
prize  fights,  but  also  in  a  political  swindle  which 
threatens  his  career  as  well  as  his  personal  at- 
titude toward  life.  Matters  are  righted  in  a  cli- 
mactic scene  wherein  Palooka.  aided  by  a  bunch 
of  free-swinging  sparring  partners,  cleans  up 
the  crooked  politicians  and  their  hired  thugs  in 
a  fast-paced  free-for-all. 

Only  defect  in  the  film  is  an  overlong  drunk 
scene,  much  of  which  might  well  have  been 
omitted. 

Previewed  at  the  stur'.m.  Rei-iewr's  Rating : 
Good. — Thalia  Bell. 

Release  date,  Sentember  28.  1^6.  Running  time,  72 
mm.    PCA  Xo.  11853.    General  audience  classification. 

Knobby  Walsh   Leon  Errol 

Joe  Palooka    Joe  Kirkwood 

Uncle  Charlie   ....  Guy  Kibbee 

Elyse  Knox.  Lionel  Stander.  H..  B.  Warner.  Stanley 
Prager.  Warren  Hymer,  Richard  Lane.  Cliff  Nazarro. 
Fritz  Feld 

Nobody  Lives  Forever 

Warners — Gun  Play 

"Nobody  Lives  Forever"  is  a  slick  production, 
slick  and  machine-made  in  all  departments; 
something  that  you  can  swallow  easily,  but  it's 
more  than  a  little  slow  getting  wound  up. 

John  Garfield,  as  grumpy  and  as  tough  and 
as  soft-hearted  as  ever,  is  a  confidence  man  and 
embezzler  who  is  released  from  the  Army  only 
to  begin  again  to  pick  up  the  free  and  easy 
money  from  anyone  he  can  outsmart.  He  gets  a 
tip  that  there's  a  wealthy  widow  in  town  won- 
dering what  she  can  do  with  the  $2,000,000  her 
husband  left  her.  Garfield  gives  a  $300,000  slice 
of  the  deal  to  three  small-time  crooks  and  moves 


in  for  the  kill,  intent  on  getting  her  to  invest 
in  a  phony  business.  Since  the  widow  is  played 
by  Geraldine  Fitzgerald,  you  know  the  story 
from  there  on  in. 

Boy  falls  in  love  with  girl  and  his  love  is  so 
pure  and  intense  that  he  wants  to  forget  the 
shakedown.  But  his  pals  won't  let  him.  For 
the  grand  slam  finale,  the  three  crooks  kidnap 
Miss  Fitzgerald,  hurry  her  to  a  shrou'ded-in- 
mist  waterfront  shack  and  then  it  is  up  to  Mr. 
Garfield  to  shoot  his  way  into  the  shack  and 
rescue  her,  accomplished  amid  a  hail  of  bullets. 

The  top  leads,  in  addition  to  being  good  mar- 
quee decoration,  turn  in  excellent  performances. 
And  they're  backed  solidly  by  such  veterans  as 
Walter  Brennan.  who  is  given  another  death 
scene  to  play  as  a  down  and  out  pickpocket : 
George  Tobias,  as  Garfield's  genial  gunman  and 
secretary,  and  George  Coulouris,  who  apparent- 
ly once  was  a  thief  of  international  repute,  but 
who  is  now_  reduced  to  such  shoddiness  as  black- 
mail and  kidnapping.  Faye  Emerson,  in  a  fea- 
tured position,  is  blond  and  lovely.  All  are 
names  easily  sold. 

Produced  by  Robert  Buckner,  directed  by 
Jean  Negulesco,  written  by  W.  R.  Burnett, 
"Nobody  Lives  Forever"  is  a  competent  job 
and  will  depend  heavily  on  John  Garfield's 
reputation  for  its  draw. 

Seen  at  the  home  office.  Reviewer's  Rating : 
Fair. — Ray  Lanning. 

Release  date,  October  12,  1946.  Running  time,  100 
min.    PCA  No.  10623.    General  audience  classification. 

Nick  Blake   John  Garfield 

Gladys  Halvorsen  Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

Pop  Gruber  Walter  Brennan 

Faye  Emerson,  George  Coulouris,  George  Tobias,  Rob- 
ert Shayne.  Richard  Gaines,  Dick  Erdman 

Russia  on  Parade 

Artkino — Sports  Pageant  in  Color 

In  a  45-minute  documentary,  the  Russian  film 
makers  have  introduced  to  this  country  their 
new  and  widely  discussed  color  process.  While 
reasonably  adequate,  it  decidedly  lacks  the 
richness  and  visual  clarity  of  Technicolor. 

The  film  itself  offers  a  spectacular  sports  dis- 
play performed  by  representatives  of  the  16 
Soviet  Republics  in  Moscow's  Red  Square. 
Caught  in  the  pageant  are  the  vividly  colored 
banners  and  bright  costumes  of  the  23,000  par- 
ticipants as  they  go  into  their  traditional  dances 
and  gymnastic  feats.  Some  25  cameramen  were 
used  to  film  the  spectacle,  frequently  turning  to 
the  viewing  stand  to  catch  intimate  glimpses 
of  Premier  Stalin,  General  Eisenhower  and 
other  notables. 

Kurt  Hirsch  did  the  English  narration,  while 
direction  was  under  the  supervision  of  Vassili 
Beleyev,  _  Igor  Posselsky  and  Ivan  Vensher. 
The  subject  should  have  a  unique  appeal  to 
followers  of  Russian  films. 

Release  date.  September  6,  1946.  Running  time.  45 
min.    General  audience  classification. 

Seen  in  New  York  projection  roonu  Re- 
vieiver's  Rating:  Fair. — Mandel  Herbstman. 

(Reviews  continued  on  page  3224) 

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IN  THE  CHILDREN'S  LIBRARY 


Warner  Brothers'  "Midsummer  Night's  Dream"  cast  James  Caqney  prominently. 


f  /  y  EN  production  coin  panics,  tinder  the 
t  sponsorship  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Association  of  America,  are  reissuing 
a  total  of  2  8  juvenile  films,  comprising  a 
new  Children's  Film  Library,  to  exhibitors 
throughout  the  country.  Below  are  the 
credits  for  the  pictures  and  extracts  from 
the  reviews  which  appeared  in  the  Herald 
when  the  pictures  were  first  released.  The 
films  are  now  available  at  the  exchanges  of 
the  companies  whose  product  is  thus  avail- 
able primarily  for  Saturday  showings. 

THE  ADVENTURES  OF  HUCKLEBERRY 
FINN  (Me+ro-Goldwyn-Mayer) 
Produced  by  Joseph  L.  Mankiewicz.  Di- 
rected by  Richard  Thorpe.    Cast:  Mickey 
Rooney,  Walter  Connelly,  William  Frawley. 

Here  is  the  screen  story  of  one  of  Mark 
Twain's  famous  story-book  characters.  "Brains 
need  not  be  unduly  cudgeled  in  the  process  of 
constructing  showmanship  campaigns  whereby 
'Huckleberry  Finn'  may  be  sold  to  the  largest 
audience  possible.  Everything  needed  by  every- 
one is  provided  in  the  picture." — Herald  Re- 
view, February  11,  1939. 

ALICE  IN  WONDERLAND  (Paramount) 

Directed  by  Norman  McLeod.  Adapted 
to  the  screen  from  the  book  by  Lewis  Car- 
roll. Cast:  Charlotte  Henry,  Richard  Arlen, 
Rosco  Ates,  Gary  Cooper,  Leon  Errol. 

An  allegorical  dream  fantasy  in  which  Alice 
meets  all  the  famous  characters  of  the  book. 
"Because  'Alice'  is  such  a  different  entertain- 
ment attempt,  it  requires  an  uncommon  brand 
of  showmanship.  Primarily  it's  a  children's  at- 
traction, though  there's  an  abundance  of  name 
values  for  the  adults." — Herald  Review,  De- 
cember 16,  1933. 

ANNE  OF  GREEN  GABLES  (RKO  Radio) 
Produced  by  Kenneth  MacGowan.  Di- 
rected by  George  Nicholls,  Jr.  Cast:  Anne 
Shirley,  Tom  Brown,  O.  P.  Heggie,  Helen 
Westley. 

This  film  story  is  for  the  young  customers, 
faithfully  depicting  the  adventures  of  a  little 
orphan  girl  adopted  into  a  country  family. 
"Chalk  this  picture  up  as  first  class  program 
entertainment." — Herald  Review,  October  27, 
1934. 

ANNE  OF  WINDY  POPLARS  (RKO  Radio) 
Produced  by  Cliff  Reid.  Directed  by 
Jack  Hively.  Adapted  from  the  book  by 
L.  M.  Montgomery.  Cast:  Anne  Shirley, 
James  Ellison,  Henry  Travers,  Patric 
Knowles. 

Following  the  story  of  the  novel,  the  film 
shows  the  triumph  of  sweetness  and  light  over 
malice  and  envy.  "There  has  been  no  stream- 
lining of  the  plot,  no  modernization  of  story,  and 
reliance  is  upon  appeal  to  sentiment  and  emo- 
tion throughout." — Herald  Review,  June  22, 
1940. 

BAREFOOT  BOY  (Monogram) 

Produced  by  E.  B.  Derr.  Directed  by 
Karl  Brown.  Cast:  Jackie  Moran,  Marcia 
Mae  Jones,  Claire  Windsor,  Ralph  Morgan. 

A  homespun  story  inspired  by  John  Greenleaf 
Whittier's  poem.  "American  boyhood  is  the  main 
ingredient  of  this  picture.  The  film  .  .  .  moves 
forcefully  forward  in  a  rising  crescendo  of  action 
packed  sequences  to  a  stirring  and  emotional 
climax." — Herald  Review,  September  3,  1938. 


BLONDIE  BRINGS  UP  BABY  (Columbia) 

Associate  producer,  Robert  Sparks.  Di- 
rected by  Frank  R.  Strayer.  •  Cast:  Penny 
Singleton,  Arthur  Lake,  Larry  Simms, 
"Daisy,"  Danny  Mummert. 

Blondie  takes  the  baby  to  school  where  he 
suffers  a  black  eye  and  the  loss  of  his  dog  dur- 
ing his  numerous  adventures.  "Dialogue  is  bet- 
ter, the  story  is  more  rounded  and  many-sided, 
the  picture  in  whole  is  sound  as  a  bell." — Herald 
Review,  November  11,  1939. 

FIVE  LITTLE  PEPPERS  AND  HOW  THEY 
GREW  (Columbia) 

Directed  by  Charles  Barton.  Cast:  Edith 
Fellows,  Clarence  Kolb,  Dorothy  Peterson, 
Ronald  Sinclair. 

Based  on  Maraget  Sidney's  book,  the  "Five 
Little  Peppers,"  the  children  run  into  many  dif- 
ficulties in  their  poor  home  when  their  mother  is 
called  away.  However,  they  turn  some  old  min- 
ing stock  into  a  fortune  and  the  picture  ends 
happily. 


FIVE  LITTLE  PEPPERS  IN  TROUBLE 
(Columbia) 

Directed  by  Charles  Barton.  Cast:  Edith 


Mickey  Rooney  starred  in  "Adventures  of 
Huckleberry  Finn"  for  Mefro-Go/dwyn-Mayer. 


Fellows,  Dorothy  Ann  Seese,  Dorothy  Peter- 
son, Pierre  Watkin. 

The  "Pepper"  children  and  their  trials  and 
tribulations  at  a  boarding  school  while  relatives 
fight  over  their  custody,  is  the  subject  for  this 
family  type  picture. 

THE  GREEN  PASTURES  (Warner  Brothers) 
Directed  by  Marc  Connelly  and  William 
Keighley.  A  fable  by  Mr.  Connelly  sug- 
gested by  Roark  Bradford's  Southern 
Sketches,  "OP  Man  Adam  and  His  Chil- 
lun'."  Cast:  Rex  Ingram,  Oscar  Polk,  Eddie 
Anderson,  Frank  Wilson. 

"Viewed  either  from  a  commercial  or  enter- 
tainment standpoint,  it  is  valuable  screen  mer- 
chandise taking  high  rank  with  the  great  pictures 
the  industry  has  produced.  No  matter  what  its 
spiritual  or  earthly  quality,  nothing  quite  like  it 
has  been  done  before." — Herald  Review,  Mav 
30,  1936. 

HOOSIER  SCHOOLBOY  (Monogram) 

Produced  by  Ken  Goldsmith.  Directed 
by  William  Nigh.  Cast:  Mickey  Rooney, 
Anne  Nagel,  Frank  Shields,  Edward  Pawley. 

"A  homey,  human  and  emotion  arousing  pic- 
ture of  rural  life  .  .  .  that,  maintaining  continu- 
ally the  human  interest  element,  makes  a  strong 
appeal  for  the  familv  trade." — Herald  Review 
July  3,  1937. 

THE  HUMAN  COMEDY  (Merro-Goldwyn- 

Mayer) 

Produced  and  directed  by  Clarence 
Brown  from  a  story  by  William  Saroyan. 
Cast:  Mickey  Rooney,  Frank  Morgan, 
James  Craig,  Marsha  Hunt. 

This  is  a  film  study  of  Americans  in  wartime. 
".  .  .  It  is  first  and  finally  ...  a  super-Hardy 
family  type  of  picture  with  tears  and  laughs  for 
the  theatregoers  of  all  kinds  and  ages  every- 
where."— Herald  Review,  February  27,  1943. 

JANE  EYRE  (Twentieth  Century-Fox) 

Produced  by  William  Goetz.  Directed 
by  Robert  Stevenson.  Cast:  Joan  Fon- 
taine, Orson  Welles,  Margaret  O'Brien, 
Peggy  Ann  Garner. 

'  One  of  Charlotte  Bronte's  most  widely-read 
novels,  "  'Jane  Eyre'  will  draw  its  audiences 


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Charlotte  Henry  played  Alice  in  Paramount's  "Alice 
and  Edna  May  Oliver. 


Wonderland"  with  Louise  Fazenda 


from  women  of  all  ages  who  delight  in  a  purely 
romantic  story,  splendidly  set  and  costumed,  and 
generouslv  cast." — Herald  Review,  February  5, 
1944. 

KNICKERBOCKER  HOLIDAY  (United 
Artists) 

Produced  and  directed  by  Harry  Joe 
Brown  for  the  Producers  Corporation  of 
America.  Cast:  Nelson  Eddy,  Charles 
Coburn,  Constance  Dowling. 

The  film  is  a  costume  farce  of  the  1650' s  with 
"'the  accent  on  comedy  in  song  and  story.  When 
the  comedy  clicks,  whether  slapstick  or  satire 
(it  is )  a  highly  amusing  film." — Herald  Re- 
view. March  4,  1944. 

LITTLE  MISS  MARKER  (Paramount) 

Produced  by  B.  P.  Schulberg.  Directed 
by  Alexander  Ha  l  Based  on  an  original 
story  by  Damon  Runyon.  Cast:  Adolph 
Menjou,  Dorothy  Dell,  Charles  Bickford, 
Shirley  Temple. 

Containing  all  the  legendary  characters  made 
famous  by  Damon  Runyon  the  picture  is  "grip- 
ping entertainment  .  .  .  presented  in  a  coherent, 
understanding  fashion  that  makes  each  element 
a  valuable  showmanship  feature." — Herald  Re- 
view, May  5,  1934. 

A  MIDSUMMER  NIGHT'S  DREAM 
(Warner  Brothers) 

Directed  by  Max  Reinhardt  and  William 
Dieterle  from  William  Shakespeare's  classic. 
Cast:  James  Cagney,  Joe  E.  Brown,  Hugh 
Herbert,  Frank  McHugh,  Olivia  De  Havil- 
land,  Mickey  Rooney. 

"The  motion  picture  has  brought  to  bear  all 
that  the  creative  techniques  of  the  drama,  the 
dance,  pageantry  and  music  of  the  world  today 
can  give.  At  last  a  motion  picture  has  been 
made  with  sufficient  weight  to  enable  the  roles 
to  dominate  the  stars  and  make  players  of 
them." — Herald  Review,  October  12,  1935. 

THE  MIGHTY  TREVE  (Universal) 

Associate  producer,  Val  Paul.  Directed 
by  Lewis  D.  Collins.  Cast:  Noah  Beery,  Jr., 
Barbara  Read,  Samuel  S.  Hinds. 

The  presentation  is  a  plain  story  of  the  affec- 
tion and  companionship  of  a  young  man  and  his 
dog.  "The  story  is  unfolded  in  a  leisurely  fash- 
ion and  the  dog  is  made  to  seem  to  do  nothing 
that  a  good  dog  might  not  do." — Herald  Re- 
view, April  10,  1937. 


MRS.  WIGGS  OF  THE  CABBAGE  PATCH 
(Paramount) 

Produced  by  Sol  C.  Siegel.  Directed  by 
Ralph  Murphy.  Cast:  Fay  Bainter,  Vera 
Vague,  Hugh  Herbert,  Carolyn  Lee. 

The  basic  drama  of  a  courageous  mother,  the 
charm  of  her  five  innocent  children,  and  the 
comedy  of  a  husband-seeking  spinster  have  been 
incorporated  into  this  film  story.  "Fay  Bainter 
has  strength  and  charm  as  'Mrs.  Wiggs'  and 
makes  a  valiant  attempt  to  put  forward  the  time- 
less qualitv  of  the  heroine." — Herald  Review, 
October  3,'  1942. 

THE  POOR  LITTLE  RICH  GIRL  (Twentieth 
Century-Fox) 

Associate  producer,  B.  G.  De  Sylva. 
Directed  by  Irving  Cummings.  Cast:  Shir- 
ley Temple,  Alice  Faye,  Gloria  Stuart,  Jack 
Haley. 

"Just  about  nine-tenths  of  this  picture  is  Shir- 
ley Temple  singing,  dancing,  acting  and  being 
the  same  charming  girl  that  has  endeared  her  to 
legions." — Herald  Review. 

THE  PRINCE  AND  THE  PAUPER  (Warner 
Brothers) 

Produced  by  Hal  B.  Wallis.  Directed  by 
William  Keighley.  Cast:  Errol  Flynn,  Claude 
Rains,  Henry  Stephenson. 

Mark  Twain's  classic  romantic  drama  of  the 


Sixteenth  Century.  "As  the  ancient  rituals  and 
paraphernalia  are  reproduced  in  authentic  detail, 
the  atmosphere  of  the  sequence  takes  on  a  sig- 
nificance which  gives  the  whole  show  an  interest 
for  adults  that  otherwise  might  be  lacking  in  a 
film  which  essentially  is  a  young  folk's  picture." 
— Herald  Review,  April  17,  1937. 

REBECCA  OF  SUNNYBROOK  FARM 

(Twentieth  Century-Fox) 

Associate  producer,  Raymond  Griffith. 
Director,  Allan  Dwan.  Cast:  Shirley  Tem- 
ple, Randolph  Scott,  Jack  Haley,  Gill  Rob- 
inson. Adapted  from  the  novel  by  Kate 
Douglas  Wiggin. 

"This  is  the  type  of  product  pointed  to  eye, 
ear  and,  in  a  sense,  intellect  .  .  .  sheer  profes- 
sional ability  to  perform  entertainingly,  com- 
prise the  stuff  which  this  expert  young  lady 
(Miss  Temple)  demonstrates  that  she  doesn't 
need  curls  or  tears  to  put  her  over." — Herald 
Review,  March  12,  1938. 

SANDY  GETS  HER  MAN  (Universal) 

Associate  producer,  Burt  Kelly.  Directed 
by  Otis  Garrett  and  Paul  Gerard  Smith. 
Cast:  Baby  Sandy,  Stuart  Erwin,  Una 
Merkel,  Edgar  Kennedy. 

One  of  the  series  of  pictures  which  starred 
Baby  Sandy,  "this  places  her  in  predicaments 
both  dangerous  and  comic,  ends  with  having  her 
saved  from  a  burning  building  by  the  firemen 
whose  reward  is  marriage  to  her  screen  mother." 
— Herald  Review,  November  16,  1940. 

SIS  HOPKINS  (Republic) 

Associate  producer,  Robert  North.  Di- 
rected by  Joseph  Santley.  Cast:  Judy 
Canova,  Bob  Crosby,  Charles  Butterworth, 
Jerry  Colonna. 

The  story  deals  with  the  adventures  of  "Sis 
Hopkins"  whose  flat-footed  ignorance  gets  her 
wealthy  relatives  into  assorted  dithers.  "The 
picture  rates  as  one  of  the  most  comic  produc- 
tions of  recent  vintage. — Herald  Review,  April 
12,  1941. 

SONG  OF  THE  OPEN  ROAD  (United 
Artists) 

Directed  by  S.  Sylvan  Simon.  Cast: 
Charlie  McCarthy,  Edgar  Bergen,  Jane 
Powell,  W.  C.  Fields. 

A  variety-show  type  of  film  with  a  supporting 
story.  "The  picture  offers  an  adequate  vehicle 
for  the  launching  of  this  young  lady's  (14-year- 
old  singer  Jane  Powell)  career.    The  cast  pre- 

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Twentieth  Century -Fox  starred  Shirley  Temple  in  "Poor  Little  Rich  Girl"  with  Jack  Haley 
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sents  a  fine  performance  calculated  to  afford 
plenty  of  laugns." — Herald  Review,  April  29, 
1944. 

THREE'S  A  FAMILY  (United  Artists) 

Produced  by  Sol  Lesser.  Directed  by 
Edward  Ludwig  from  a  stage  play  by  John 
Golden.  Cast:  Marjorie  Reynolds,  Charles 
Ruggles,  Fay  Bainter. 

The  film  story  is  concerned  with  the  confu- 
sions, complications  and  consternations  occa- 
sioned by  the  housing  shortage  at  the  point 
where  it  collides  with  a  sky-rocketing  birth 
rate.  ".  .  .  The  film  will  panic  the  paying  cus- 
tomers and  prosper  accordingly." — Herald  Re- 
view, November  25,  1944. 

TWO  THOROUGHBREDS  (RKO  Radio) 
Produced  by  Cliff  Reid.    Directed  by 
Jack  Hively.     Cast:  Jimmy  Lydon,  Joan 
Brodel,  Arthur  Hohl. 

This  is  a  story  about  a  stolen  thoroughbred 
race  horse  whose  colt  runs  away  and  is  found 
by  an  orphan  boy  and  their  resulting  friendship. 
"Its  lack  of  pretension  is  in  itself  a  builder  of 
audience  accustomed  to  straightforward  narra- 
tive and  action." — Herald  Review,  December  2, 
1939. 

THE  UNDER-PUP  (Universal) 

Produced  by  Joe  Pasternak.  Directed 
by  Richard  Wallace.  Cast:  Robert  Cum- 
mings,  Nan  Grey,  Gloria  Jean,  Beulah 
Bondi. 

Gloria  Jean's  film  debut  in  which  she  portrays 
the  young  daughter  of  a  middle  class  family  who 
wins  her  way  into  the  hearts  of  people  of  wealth. 
"Such  a  movie  menu  will  leave  the  family  trade 
guests  with  a  well  fed,  satisfied  feeling  of  hav- 
ing seen  a  picture  cooked  to  their  taste."- — Her- 
ald Review,  August  26,  1939. 

YOUNG  BUFFALO  BILL  (Republic) 

Associate  producer  and  director,  Joseph 
Kane.  Cast:  Roy  Rogers,  George  "Gab- 
by" Hayes,  Pauline  Moore. 

A  story  of  early  New  Mexico  with  the  cow- 
boy star  in  the  title  role  singing  and  fighting 
his  way  through  adventure.  "The  romantic  ele- 
ments are  secondary  to  the  fast  riding  and  the 
fist  and  gun  fights." — Herald  Review,  April  20, 
1940. 

YOUNG  TOM  EDISON  (Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer) 

Produced  by  John  W.  Considine.  Di- 
rected by  Norman  Haurog.  Cast:  Mickey 
Rooney,  Fay  Bainter,  George  Bancroft, 
Virginia  Weidler. 

A  film  story  of  the  boyhood  of  that  great  in- 
ventor, Edison.  When  the  picture  was  reviewed 
from  Hollywood  the  theatre  audience  expressed 
their  liking  for  it  "in  terms  of  hearty  laughter, 
tense  excitement,  hushed  sympathy  for  the  mis- 
understood boy  and,  finally,  spontaneous  and 
sustained  applause.  It  must  be  good." — Herald 
Review,  February  17,  1940. 


This  Man  Is  AAine 

Columbia  (British)  Production  — 
Domestic  Comedy 

In  spite  of  the  appearance  of  three  up-and- 
coming  British- stars  and  contributions  from  not- 
ed character  artists  Tom  Walls  and  Jeanne  De 
Casalis,  this  film  doesn't  quite  rate  the  laughs 
that  were  planned.  It  develops  into  just  another 
domestic  entanglement  with  the  inevitable  lovers' 
quarrels  and  some  pretty  scheming  for  the 
favors  of  a  visiting  Canadian  soldier. 

Private  Bill  MacKenzie's  arrival  at  the  Fer- 
guson's— typical  middle-class  English  family — 


on  Xmas  Eve  coincides  with  Nova  Pilbeam  ex- 
hibiting a  desire  to  be  swept  off  her  feet. 
Glynis  Johns,  a  wartime  billettee  in  the  Fergu- 
son house-hold,  enters  the  scene  and  from  there 
the  battle  to  win  the  affections  of  Bill  MacKen- 
zie  goes  the  distance. 

By  helping  to  round  up  racketeers  who  high- 
jack some  Canadian  troops'  mail  our  hero  gains 
the  favor  of  Miss  Pilbeam's  true  love — but  not 
for  long.  Eventually  it  all  rights  itself  and 
we  are  finally  shown  Bill  Mackenzie  back  home 
in  Saskatoon  complete  with  Miss  Johns. 

Hugh  McDermott,  following  up  his  success 
in  "Seventh  Veil,"  portrays  the  confident,  ir- 
resistible Canadian  soldier.  He  gives  a  con- 
vincing performance.  Jeanne  De  Casalis — 
Britain's  Billie  Burke — and  Tom  Walls  are 
competent  as  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ferguson.  Glynis 
Johns  and  Nova  Pilbeam  try  hard  with  poor 
material.  Technically  the  film  is  good  but  it 
needs  to  be  tightened  up  to  hold  the  interest  of 
the  average  audience.  Marcel-  Varnel  produced 
and  directed. 

Seen  in  the  London  Studio  One  Trade  Shoiv. 
Reviewer's  Rating:  Average. — William  Pay. 

Release  date,  not  set.  Running  time,  103  min.  Brit- 
ish adult  audience  classification. 

Phillip  Ferguson   Tom  Walls 

Mrs.   Ferguson   -.  Jeanne  de  Casalis 

Phoebe  Ferguson   Nova  Pilbeam 

Brenda  Ferguson   Rosalyn  Boulter 

Millie   Glynis  Johns 

Bill  MacKenzie   Hugh  McDermott 

Barry  Morse,  Ambrosine  Phillpotts,  Mary  Merrall, 
Agnes  Laughlan,  Bernard  Lee,  King  Whyte.  Charles 
Victor,  Leslie  Dwyer 

South  of  Monterey 

Monogram — Cisco  Again 

The  usual  dash  and  fire,  plus  a  number  of 
^ngs  in  Mexican  style,  are  contained  in  the 
latest  adventures  of  the  Cisco  Kid.  Gilbert  Ro- 
land as  the  far-ranging  friend  of  the  peons, 
again  has  the  Cisco  role,  aided  by  his  regulars, 
Martin  Garralaga,  Frank  Yaconelli  and  song- 
stress Iris  Flores. 

The  original  screenplay  by  Charles  S.  Belden 
has  provided  the  Cisco  Kid  with  a  twin  wrong 
to  right.  He  has  to  break  up  a  crooked  alliance 
whereby  a  tax  collector  and  police  chief  are 
fleecing  the  poor,  and  he  must  also  rescue 
Marjorie  Riordan,  the  fair  senorita  of  the  story, 
from  being  forced  into  marriage  with  one  she 
doesn't  love. 

Roland,  in  true  Western  fashion,  sees  that  the 
ends  of  justice  are  served  and  that  true  love 
wins  out.  He  goes  through  his  portrayal,  based 
upon  an  O.  Henry  character,  with  usual  aplomb, 
making  love  and  sidestepping  danger  with  un- 
ruffled calm. 

Scott  R.  Dunlap  produced  with  William  Nigh 
directing. 

Seen  at  the  New  York  theatre  on  Broadway, 
where  the  Western  fans  registered  satisfaction. 
Reviewer's  Rating  :  Fair. — M.  H. 

Release  date,  July  13,  1946.  Running  time,  63  min. 
PCA  No.   11623.     General  audience  classification. 

Cisco  Kid   Gilbert  Roland 

Arturo    Martin  Garralaga 

Baby  Frank  Yaconelli 

Marjorie  Riordan,  Iris  Flores,  George  J.  Lewis,  Harry 
Woods,  Terry  Frost,  -Rose  Turich,  Wheaton  Chambers 

Accomplice 

PRC  Pictures — Murder  Mystery 

For  amateur  sleuths  of  the  cinema  who  find 
enjoyment  in  pitting  their  wits  against  those  of 
the  screen  detectives,  PRC  presents  "Accom- 
plice," a  film  story  of  murder  and  intrigue,  with 
a  few  dashes  of  romance  and  comedy. 

Based  on  Frank  Gruber's  mystery  novel,  "Si- 
mon Lash,  Private  Detective,"  Richard  Arlen 
appears  in  the  leading  role,  and  his  is  the  mis- 
sion first  to  find  a  missing  husband,  then  upon 
the  husband's  death  to  find  his  murderer.  In 
supporting  roles  are  Veda  Ann  Borg,  as  the 
wife  of  the  missing  man,  and  Tom  Dugan  as  the 
assistant  to  the  private  detective,  who  also  han- 
dles the  comedy  element  of  the  picture. 

Produced  by  John  K.  Teaford  and  directed  by 
Walter  Colmes,  the  story  for  the  most  part  is  an 
engrossing  mystery,  but  its  conclusion  and  its 


presentation  of  the  analysis  and  solution  ot  the 
crimes  become  a  little  confused.  However,  for 
exhibitors  who  have  found  such  films  to  the 
liking  of  their  patrons  this  should  satisfy.  Irv- 
ing Elman  and  Mr.  Gruger  adapted  the  novel 
to  the  screen. 

Previewed  in  a  New  York  projection  room  at 
a  trade  press  screening.  Review's  Rating : 
Average. — George  H.  Spikes. 

Release  date,  September  29.  1946.  Running  time,  68 
min.    PCA  No.  11556.    General  audience  classification. 

.Simon  Lash   Richard  Arlen 

Joyce  Bonniwell   Veda  Ann  Borg 

Eddie  Siocum   Tom  Dugan 

Michael  Brandon,  Marjorie  Manners,  Earle  Hodgins, 
Francis  Ford,  Edward  Earle,  Herbert  Rawlinson, 
Sherry  Hall 

Below  the  Deadline 

Monogram — Gambling  Drama 

In  "Below  the  Deadline"  Monogram  has  made 
a  tough  little  gangster  drama  with  rough  and 
tumble  characters  and  plenty  of  action.  Al- 
though lacking  marquee  names,  the  picture's 
players,  headed  by  Warren  Douglas  and  Ram- 
say Ames,  perform  competently. 

The  screenplay  by  Harvey  Gates  and  Forrest 
Judd  has  a  war  hero  bitter  against  those  who 
profiteered  while  he  was  away  doing  the  fight- 
ing. Returning  home,  he  decides  to  make  some 
of  the  easy  money  himself  by  stepping  into  his 
brother's  shoes,  a  gambling  racketeer,  who  was 
killed  by  rival  mobsters.  This  accomplished, 
he  finds  the  money  comes  easy,  but  so  do  the 
worries.  Besides  the  threat  of  being  rubbed  out 
by  rival  thugs,  there  is  the  fear  of  a  reform 
candidate  for  mayor  winning  the  election. 

It  takes  a  bullet,  plus  the  wholesome  atten- 
tions of  some  good  friends  to  finally  set  the 
twisted  war  hero  back  on  the  right  path  again. 

William  Beaudine  directed,  making  several  of 
the  fisticuff  sequences  grim  and  realistic.  Pro- 
duction was  by  Lindsley  Parsons  from  an  origi- 
nal story  by  Ivan  Tors. 

Seen  at  the  New  York  theatre  on  Broadway, 
where  an  afternoon  audience  was  impassive .  Re- 
viewer's Rating  :  Fair. — M.  H. 

Release  date,  August  3,  1946.  Running  time,  65  min. 
PCA  No.   11686.     General   audience  classification. 

Joe  Hilton     Warren  Douglas 

Lynn  Turner   Ramsay  Ames 

Vivian   Jan  Wiley 

Paul  Maxey.  Philip  Van  Zandt,  John  Harmon,  Bruce 
Edwards,  George  Meeker,  Cay  Forrester,  Alan 
Bridges.  George  Eldredge.  William  Ruhl,  Ciancy 
Cooper 

Men  of  Two  Worlds 

Two  Cities  -  G.  F.  D. — Jungle  Sorcery 

Superb  in  Technicolored  texture,  challenging 
in  theme,  this  is  another  of  those  J.  Arthur 
Rank  "unusual"  pictures. 

Director  Thorold  Dickinson  conceived  his 
story,  of  the  African  negro  who  embraces  the 
white-man's  civilization,  but  suffers  always  the 
inescapable  summons  back  to  his  own  people, 
as  a  sort  of  parable  in  savage  pageantry.  It 
emerges  as  a  great  picture  play. 

Kisenga  is  the  negro  of  the  story.  Born  in 
the  Tanganyika  bush-country,  he  has  some 
strange  instinct  for  the  white  man's  music. 
The  white  civilizers  bring  him  to  England  and 
eventual  triumph  on  London's  concert  plat- 
forms. But  back  there  in  savage  Africa  the 
tsetse  fly  is  spreading-  its  dread  sleeping  sick- 
ness toxin.  Try  as  they  will  the  colonial  ad- 
ministrators cannot  combat  the  jungle  medicine- 
man, who  controls  Kisenga's  village  and  his 
people  with  the  twin  terrors  of  superstition 
and  pestilence.  Kisenga  throws  up  his  musical 
career,  goes  back  to  Africa  to  challenge  the 
terror  of  mumbo-jumbo. 

From  then  on,  the  film  becomes  the  battle- 
ground of  those  two  contestants.  Kisenga,  with 
the  age-old  inhibitions  of  his  tribe  still  lurk- 
ing in  the  unknown  depths  of  his  soul,  comes 
nigh  to  defeat  under  the  spells  of  big  bad  medi- 
cine man.  He  is  haunted  by  the  incessant, 
mind-rocking,  beating  of  the  tom-toms ;  his 
own  blood-brethren  shake  under  the  dominance 
of  baleful  superstition.  But  he  triumphs  and 
exorcises  the  witch-doctor's  sorcery. 

Thus  the  outward  seeming  of  the  story  ;  but 


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SHORT  SUBJECTS 

reviews  and  synopses 

(Running  times  are  those  quoted  by  the  distributors.) 


the  film's  majestic  triumph  is  in  its  background 
of  weird  jungle  beauty  and  tremendous  near- 
terrifying  depiction  of  those  lurking  horrors 
which  the  British  have  made  it  their  pride 
to  battle  in  tneir  dependencies. 

Inevitably  it  is  a  black  man's  picture.  Robert 
Adams,  famed  negro  actor  this  ■  side,  submits  a 
convincing,  human,  study  as  Kisenga.  He  is 
almost  outdone  by  two  other  colored  artists, 
Orlando  Martins,  the  medicine-man,  and  a 
youthful  negress,  Eseza  Makumbo,  who  looks 
like  some  lovely  cool  thing  cast  in  bronze. 

Eric  Portman  and  Miss  Phyllis  Calvert  are 
the  white  protagonists.  Both  contribute  incisive 
accomplished  performances. 

Discriminating  American  showmen  should 
watch  for  this  one.  It's  that  welcome  rarity, 
an  adult  film  in  every  sense  of  the  word  and 
one  which  inevitably  will  attract  the  unusual 
customer  to  the  theatre. 

Seen  at  the  Haymarkei  theatre.  London.  Re- 
viewer's Rating  :  Very  good. — Peter  Burnup. 

British  release  date.  September  9,  1946.  Running 
time,  109  min.     British  adult  audience  classification. 


District  Commissioner  Randal.:  Eric  Portman 

Dr.  Kathleen  Munroe  Phyllis  Calvert 

Kisenga   Robert  Adams 

Magole   Orlando  Martins 

and  Eseza  Makumbo 


Outlaw  of  the  Plains 

PRC— Buster  Crabbe  Western 

Another  in  a  series  of  Westerns  from  the 
PRC,  this  has  Buster  Crabbe  and  his  side-kick, 
Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John,  embroiled  in  a  land 
swindling  scheme.  Directed  by  Sam  Newfield 
and  produced  by  Sigmund  Xeufeld,  "Outlaw 
of  the  Plains"  follows  the  Western  pattern  of 
the  preceding  films,  with  dashes  of  comedy  on 
the  part  of  St.  John  and  only  the  slightest  hint 
of  romance  between  the  star  and  Patti  McCarty, 
as  a  rancher's  daughter. 

Primarily,  the  story  concerns  "Fuzzy,"  who  is 
used  as  a  tool  of  the  outlaws  and  innocently  be- 
comes part  of  their  scheme  when,  through  sub- 
terfuge, he  is  led  to  believe  that  he  is  psychic. 
Through  his  new-found  talent  he  convinces  local 
ranchers  to  invest  in  a  tract  of  land  believed  to 
contain  gold.  Crabbe  in  the  role  of  "Billy  Car- 
son" and  the  self-appointed  champion  of  the 
cause  of  justice,  sees  through  the  scheme,  ex- 
poses the  outlaws  to  "Fuzzy"  and  then  captures 
the  gang  after  the  usual  run  of  narrow  escapes. 

Previewed  at  a  trade  screening  in  hfew  York. 
Reviewer's  Rating :  Average. — G.  H.  S. 

Release  date,  September  22,  1946.  Running  time,  56 
min.    PCA  No.  11806.    General  audience  classification. 

Billy  Carson   Buster  Crabbe 

Fuzzy   Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

Kitty  Reed   Patti  McCarty 

Charles  King,  Jr.,  Karl  Hackett,  Jack  CShea,  Bud 
Osborne.  Budd  Buster,  Roy  Brent.  Slim  Whitaker 


REISSUE  REVIEW 

BOOM  TOWN 

MGM 

A  drama  that  stars  Clark  Gable,  Spencer 
Tracy,  Claudette  Colbert,  Hedy  Lamarr,  Frank 
Morgan  and  Lionel  Atwill,  MGM  has  set  the 
trade  screening  for  September  30.  Reviewed  in 
the  August  10,  1940  issue  of  Motion  Picture 
Herald  by  William  R.  Weaver,  he  said  at  that 
time :  "Here  are  star-values  unmatched  for 
magnitude  .  .  .  the  story  that  these  players  en- 
act is  a  chronicle  of  the  days  when  Burkbennett 
was  an  oil  camp  ankle-deep  in  ooze  and  full 
of  fight,  strife,  competition,  enterprise  and 
guile."  Produced  by  Sam  Zimbalist,  Jack  Con- 
way directed. 


OPERATION  HOLIDAY  (Univ.) 

Variety  View  (1352) 

Since  war's  end,  G.I.'s  on  leave  in  European 
occupation  zones  have  been  invited  by  the 
Swiss  Government  to  take  holidavs  in  that 
beautiful  land  untouched  by  war.  The  picture 
shows  famous  places  and  cities,  and  the  people 
come  in  for  a  share  of  attention. 
Release  date,  August  26,  1946   ■        10  minutes 


KING  OF  THE  EVERGLADES 
(Warner  Bros.) 

Sports  Parade  (5401) 

Ross  Allen.  "King  of  the  Everglades,"  demon- 
strates '  how  he  moves  into  Florida's  watery 
jungle  to  capture  reptiles  and  animals.  High- 
lights of  the  short  are  hunts  for  turtles  and  a 
wrestling  match  with  an  alligator.  In  Techni- 
color. 

Release  date.  September  14.  1946       10  minutes 

FOLLOW  THAT  BLONDE  (RKO  Radio) 

Leon  Errol  Comedies  (63,706) 

Leon  Enroll,  returning  from  a  fishing  trip, 
agrees  to  drive  a  friend's  car  home  while  the 
latter  remains  at  a  party.  From  here  on  events 
turn  in  a  whirlwind  of  mirth  and  confusion,  at 
one  point  necessitating  a  mock  marriage.  In- 
nocent Errol  finally  is  put  behind  bars,  then 
handed  over  to  the  custody  of  his  wife. 
Release  date.  September  27,  1946       18  minutes 

DOMINION  OF  SPORTS  (Warner  Bros.) 

Sports  Parade  (2513) 

The  film  starts  in  British  Columbia  where 
two  of  Vancouver's  champion  log-rollers  give 
a  demonstration.  From  there  on  it's  Canada's 
waterways  where  yachting  and  boating  is  in 
evidence,  the  country's  golf  courses,  bicycling, 
tennis,  soft-ball  and  cricket.  The  short  ends 
with  shots  of  'teen-age  yachtsmen  sailing  the 
Canadian  lakes.  In  Technicolor. 
Release  date,  August  31,  1946  10  minutes 

JAMAICA  (20th-Fox) 

Movietone  Adventures  (7252) 

The  camera  goes  on  a  tour  of  Jamaica,  in 
the  West  Indies.  Besides  buildings  and  places 
of  note,  a  glimpse  is  had  of  the  sugar  planta- 
tions and  banana  crop  which  are  Jamaica's 
main  source  of  wealth.  Filmed  in  Technicolor, 
Lowell  Thomas  narrates. 

Release  date,  September  13,  1946  8  miwues 
NOISY  NEIGHBORS  (RKO  Radio) 

Edgar  Kennedy  Comedies  (63406) 

Edgar  Kennedy  is  happy  at  the  subject's 
outset  with  the  prospect  of  buying  a  new  car 
and  being  allowed  $200  for  the  old  car.  When 
the  brother-in-law  decides  he  can  get  $600  for 
the  old  car,  poor  Edgar's  troubles  begin.  After 
a  good  deal  of  comic  bungling,  Edgar  is  finally 
allowed  $10  for  the  car  and  comes  within  a 
hair's  breadth  of  smashing  the  new  one. 
Release  date,  September  20,  1946       17  mimics 

FOX  POP  (Warner  Bros.) 

Blue  Ribbon  Hit  Parade  (3301)  . 

A  fox  is  victimized  by  a  radio  commercial. 
He  hears  a  radio  announcer  talking  about  how 
no  beautiful  woman  would  be  seen  without 
a  silver  fox.  He  dyes  his  coat  silver  and  places 
himself  in  a  trap.  Then  he  discovers  the  women 
want  only  his  fur.  The  fox  steals  the  radio 
and  smashes  it  to  bits. 

Release  date.  September  28,  1946      7  minutes 

SAMSON,  JUNIOR  (Univ.) 

A  Person-Oddity  (1374) 

Among  the  items  in  the  subject  are:  an  eight- 
week-old  boy  who  can  almost  chin  himself ;  flies 
being  raised  to  be  killed  for  laboratory  pur- 
poses ;  Mrs.  Edith  Allison,  who  raises  birds  to 
give  to  crippled  and  blind  children ;  a  woman 
who  makes  a  living  out  of  life-sized  paper  dolls  ; 
Wes  Sagesser,  although  having  only  one  arm, 
is  one  of  the  ranking  midget  auto  racers. 
Release  date.  August  19.  1946  9  minutes 


FAIR  AND  WORMER 
(Warner  Bros.) 

Merrie  Melodies  Cartoon  (2708) 

A  worm  starts  out  for  a  fallen  apple  when 
he  becomes  embroiled  in  a  furious  pursuit  that 
involves  a  bulldog,  a  dog  catcher  and  a  skunk. 
The  skunk  chases  away  all  but  the  worm. 
Puzzled,  he  learns  the  worm  was  not  interested 
in  the  apple  for  food.  It  was  the  only  apart- 
ment in  town. 

Release  date,  September  28,  1946        7  minutes 

HOBO  HOUND  (Univ.) 

A  Person-Oddity  (1373) 

Items  listed  in  the  subject  are:  A  St.  Bernard 
who  is  the  town's  pet  dog;  Byer  Rolnick,  who 
makes  hats  to  fit  each  personality ;  Henry 
Lungstrom,  who  built  his  own  automobile  out  of 
odd  parts ;  Mrs.  Bernice  Fitzsimmons  Hatha- 
way, an  authority  on  coats  of  arms,  and  finally, 
Connie  Ann  Gallagher,  who  is  a  target  for  her 
mothers,  who  throws  knives. 
Release  date,  August  19,  1946  8  minutes 

HISTORIC  CAPETOWN  (20th-Fox) 

Movietone  Adventures  (7253) 

A  glimpse  of  Capetown,  South  Africa,  and 
its  surrounding  area  is  offered  in  the  subject. 
Among  the  items  shown  are  the  heights  of  the 
cableway  to  the  top  of  Table  Mountain,  4,000 
feet  above  sea  level ;  the  Sturrock  Dock ;  the 
Cecil  Rhodes  Memorial ;  the  Captown  Cathe- 
dral ;  Muizenburg  Beach ;  and  other  sites.  Low- 
ell Thomas  narrates.  In  Technicolor. 
Release  date,  October  18,  1946  8  minutes 

A  BIT  OF  BLARNEY  (Univ.) 

Sing  and  Be  Happy  Series  (2381 ) 

Starring  the  Fred  Waring  Glee  Club,  the 
scene  is  laid  in  a  police  station,  where  two  cul- 
prits have  been  accused  of  fisticuffs.  When  the 
lieutenant  learns  one  is  a  tenor,  he  calls  in  three 
cops  and  the  quartette  renders  songs  in  good  old 
Blarney  vein." 

Release  date,  September  30,  1946       10  minutes 

CINDERELLA'S  FELLER  (Warner  Bros.) 

Technicolor  Special  (3001) 

This  re-release  features  Juanita  Quigley, 
Scotty  Breckett  and  Maris  Wrixon.  Here's  the 
"iore  or  less  straight  story  of  Cinderella  and  her 
Prince  Charming  with  children  in  the  principal 
roles — all  about  the  pumpkin  coach,  the  clock 
striking  twelve  and  the  glass  slipper. 
Release  date,  September  21,  1946      20  minutes 

THE  JAIL  BREAK  (20th-Fox) 

Terrytoon  (7504) 

Mighty  Mouse  matches  his  brawn  and  brains 
against  Bad  Bill  Bunion,  notorious  outlaw  of 
the  west,  whom  even  the  walls  of  Alcatraz  can- 
not confine.  After  a  hectic  chase  which  in- 
volves some  brazen  robberies  and  a  suspended 
football  game,  Bad  Bill  is  returned  to  Alcatraz. 
Release  date,  September  20,  1946        7  minutes 

SPREE  FOR  ALL  (Para.) 

Novelioons  (P6-1) 

The  comic  strip  character,  Snuffy  Smith, 
makes  his  cartoon  debut  in  this  Teshnicolor 
short.  Snuffy  returns  from  the  wars  to  set  up 
housekeeping  but  unfortunately  he  builds  his 
house  between  the  firing  lines  of  the  feuding 
Mulligans  and  McCoys.  Snuffy  drops  a  jug  of 
Perfume  of  Love  in  the  midst  of  battle  and  all 
difficulties  are  settled  amicably. 
Release  date,  October  4,  1946  7  minutes 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


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index  to  reviews,  synopses 


Prod. 
No. 


Title 


Rel.  P.D. 
Date  Page 


COLUMBIA 


ALL  STAR  COMEDIES 

7403  Beer  Barrel  Polecats  (17).  I -10 

(Stooges) 

7404  A  Bird  in  the  Head  (17). 2-28 

(Stooges) 

7405  Uncivil  War  Birds  (17).. 3-29 

(Stooges) 

7406  The  Three  Troubledoers  (17) 

4-25 

(Stooges) 

7431  Where  the  Pest  Begins  (17) 

(S.  Howard) 

10-4- 

7422  Dance.  Dunce,  Dance!  ( 1 8 '/2 ) 

(Eddie  Foy.  Jr.) 

10-18 

7432  A    Miner   Affair    ( 19) . . . .  1 1  - 1- 

(Andy  Clyde) 

7402    Mlero   Phonies    (17)  11-15- 

(Stooges) 

7423  Calling  All  Fibbers(l6'/2)  11-29- 

(V.  Vague) 

7424  When  the  Wife's  Away 

(17)    (H.    Herbert)  2.1 

7425  Hiss  and  Yell   (18)  2-14- 

(V.  Vague) 

7426  Get  Along  Little  Zombie  (17) 

(H.    Herbert)  •.  5-9- 

7433  High  Blood  Pressure  (19). 12-6- 

(Shilling  &  Lane) 

7434  A  Hit  With  a  Miss  (16). 12-13- 

(S.  Howard) 

7435  Spook   to    Me    (17)  12-27- 

(A.  Clyde) 

7436  The  Blonde  Stayed  on  (l6'/2) 

(A.  Clyde) 

1-24- 

7437  Mr.    Noisy    06'/2)  3-22- 

(S.  Howard) 

7438  Jiggers.   My  Wife!   (18). .4-11- 

(S.  Howard) 

7407  Monkey  Businessman  (18). 6-20- 

(Stooges) 

7408  Three  Loan  Wolves 

<l6'/2)   1-4- 

(Stooges) 

7410  Ain't  Love  Cuckoo  (19)  6-6' 

(Schilling  &  Lane) 

7411  You  Can't  Fool  a  Fool 

(17)   (A.  Clyde)  7-11- 

7412  Hot  Water  (l8'/2)  7-25- 

(Schilling;  and  Lane 

7427  Mr.   Wright  Goes  Wrong 

(19)   8-1- 

(S.  Holloway) 

7428  Headln'  for  a  Weddin' 

(19)   8-15- 

(V.  Vague) 
8401    G.  I.  Wanna  Home  (l5'/2>  .9-5- 
(Stooges) 

8421    Pardon  My  Terror  9-12 

(Schilling  &  Lane) 
8431    Society   Mugs    (16)  9-19 

(S.  Howard) 

COLOR  RHAPSODIES 

7501  River    Ribber    (6)  4-5 

7502  Polar  Playmates  (6'/2)  4-25- 

7503  Picnic    Panic    (6)  6-20- 


46  3019 

46  2940 

46  3019 

46  3065 


45  2695 

45  2710 

45  2746 

45  2735 

46  2940 
46  2940 

46  3066 

45  2850 

45  2850 

45  2850 

46  2940 
46  2940 

46  3066 

46   

46  3163 

46  3066 

46  3163 

46   


46  2806 

46   

46  3066 


PHANTASY  CARTOONS 

7701  Simple  Siren  (6'/2)  10-25-46  2737 

7702  Kongo  Roo  (6)   4-18-46  3066 

7703  Snap  Happy  Traps  (6'/2) .  .6-6-46  3066 

7704  The  Schooner  the  Better 

(6'/2)   7-4-46  3163 

FOX  &  CROW  (Color) 

7751  Phoney    Baloney    (7)  1 1-1-45  2807 

7752  Foxey    Flatfoots    (6)  4-11-46   

7753  Unsure   Runts   (7'/2)  5-16-46  3066 

7754  Mysto  Fox  (7)   8-29-46   


11-8-45  2940 


PANORAMICS 

7901    The  Magic  Stone  (10)... 

FILM  VODVIL 


7952  Randy.  Brooks  &  Orchestra 

(IO'/2)   10-30-45  2737 

7953  Morales'  Copacabana  Orchestra  (II) 

12-13-45  2850 

7954  Three  Sets  of  Twins  (10)  .2-28-46  2940 

7955  Art  Mooney  &  Orchestra  (II) 

4-4-46  3019 

7956  Dick  Stabile  and  Orchestra 

(10)   6-16-46  3066 

7957  Saxie  Dowell  and  Orchestra 

7-18-46   


For  information  on  short  subjects  turn  to  the  Product 
Digest  Section  pages  indicated  by  the  numbers  which 
follow  the  titles  and  release  dates  in  the  listing.  Product 
Digest  pages  are  numbered  consecutively  and  are  sepa- 
rate from  Motion  Picture  Herald  page  numbers.  Numer- 
als in  parentheses  next  to  titles  represent  running  time 
as  supplied  by  the  distributor. 


Prod. 
No. 


Title 


Rel. 

Date 


P.D. 

Pane 


Prod. 
No. 


Title 


Rel. 
Date 


P.D. 

Pane 


7958    Bobby  Byrne  &  Orchestra  (10) 

8-15-46 


THRILLS  OF  MUSIC 
8951    Jerry  Wald  &  Orchestra. . 9- 12-46   

COMMUNITY  SING  (Series  10) 

7651  No.  I  Cowboy  Hit  Tunes  (9'/2) 

(Leibert)   9-20-46  2694 

7652  No.  2  You  Belong  to  My  Heart 

(10)   10-18-45  2737 

( Baker) 

7653  No.  3   Dream    (10)  11-29-45  2822 

(Baker) 

7654  No.  4  Good,  Good,  Good  12-20-45  2882 

(Baker) 

7655  No.  5  No  Can  Do  ( 10) .  . .  I  - 17-46  2940 

(Leibert) 

7656  No.  6  That  Feelinq  in  the 

Moonlight    (9)   2-21-46  2940 

(Baker)  » 

7657  No.  7  Chickery  Chick  (10)  . 3-7-46  2940 

(Leibert) 

7658  No.  8  Symphony  (8'/2) '. . .  .4- 1 1 -45  3019 

(Baker) 

7659  No.  9  Aren't  You  Glad  You're 

You   (IO'/2)   5-9-46   

(Baker) 

7660  No.   10  Let  It  Snow  (I  I). 6-13-45  3066 

(Leibert) 

7661  No.  II  You  Won't  Be  Satisfied 

Until  You  Break  My  Heart  (9) 
(Leibert)   7-11-46   

7662  No.    12  One-zy  Two-zy  8-1-46  .... 

(Baker) 

8651    No.    I   The   Gypsy  9-12-46   

(Leibert) 

SCREEN  SNAPSHOTS  (Series  25) 

7852  No.  2  (Harlow  Wilcox  & 

H.   Von  Zell)    (10)  10-  11-45  2750 

7853  No.  3   (Fashions.  Rodeo, 

etc.)     (9)   11-15-45  2850 

7854  No.  4  (Hollywood 

Celebrations)   (9)   12-13-45  2850 

7855  No.  5  (Movie  Stuntmen  & 

Doubles)    (9)   1-17-46  3055 

7856  No.  6   (Wendell  Niles  and 

Prindle)    (9'/2)   2-15-46  2940 

7857  No.   7   (Victory  Show) 

(9'/2)   3-15-46   

7858  No.   8   (Looking   Back)  (10) 

4-25-46   

7859  No.  9  (Judy  Canova  Radio  Show) 

(11)  5-23-46  3066 

7860  No.  10  Famous  Fathers  and  Sons 

(9'/2)   6-10-46  3066 

8851    No.    I    (Radio  Characters) . 9-5-46   

SPORT  REELS 

7802  Puck  Chasers  (10) 

(Hockey)   10-25-45  2807 

7803  Cadet  Cagers 

(Basketball)     (8'/2)  11-22-45  2807 

7804  Mermaid's    Paradise  (9'/2) 

12-20-45  2850 

(Water  Sports) 

7805  Rasslin'   Roemoes  (9V2) ...  1-24-46  2940 

(Wrestling) 

7806  Canine   Champion    (9'/2) .  .3- 14-46  2940 

7807  Timberland    Athletes    (8).  4- 18-46   

(Lumberjacks) 

'808    Diving  Aces   (9)  5-30-46  3066 

7809  Flying     Hoofs    (9)  6-27-46   

(Horse  Racing) 

7810  Deep  Sea   Fishing    (9) ..  .8- 15-46   

8801    Army  Football  Champions  9-19-46   

FLIPPY  (Color) 

7601  Catnipped    (7'/2)   2-14-46  2882 

7602  Cagey    Bird    (6'/2)  7-18-46  3163 

7603  Silent   Tweetment    (6'/2) .  .9- 19-46   


Prod. 
No. 


Title 


Rel. 

Date 


P.D. 

Page 


M-G-M 


TWO   REEL  SPECIALS 

A-702    Purity  Squad   (20)  11-3-45  2750 

A-703    Traffic    With   the  Devil 

■     (l8'/2)   8-31-46  3186 

FITZPATRICK  TRAVELTALKS  (Color) 
T-712    Merida  and  Campeche 

(8)   11-24-45  2737 

T-713  Land  of  the  Mayas  (9)  .  1-26-46  3007 
T-714    Glimpses   of    Guatemala  (8) 

2-9-46  2908 

T-715    Visiting  Vera  Cruz  (9)  .3-16-46  2927 

T-716    The  Mission  Trail   (9). .4-13-46  2987 

T-717    Looking   at   London    (10). 6-1-46   

T-718    Over  the  Seas  to  Belfast.8-31  -46   

PETE    SMITH  SPECIALTIES 

S-752    Guest  Pests  (9)  10-20-45  2735 

S-753    Bus   Pests    (9)  12-1-45  2778 

S-754    Sports    Sticklers    (10)  1-5-46  2778 

S-755    Gettin'    Glamor    (8)  2-2-46  2778 

S-756    Badminton  (10)   12-8-45  2778 

S-757    Fala  at  Hyde  Park  (10)  .  1-19-46  2850 

S-758    Studio    Visit    (10)  5-11-46   

S-759    Equestrian    Quiz    (10) .. .5-18-46   

S-760    Treasures  from  Trash 

(10)   6-8-46   

S-851     Fooball  Thrills  No.  9 

(10)   9-7-46  3186 

PASSING  PARADE 
K-771    Great  American  Mug  (10) 

10-6-45  2746 

K-772    Stairway  to  Light  (10) .  1 1-10-45  2750 

K-773    People  on  Paper  (10) ..  1 1-17-45  3007 

K-774    Golden   Hunch   (10)  12-15-45  2778 

K-775    Magic   on   a  Stick    (9).  1-19-46  2768 

K-776    Our  Old  Car  (II)...... 5-11-46  2927 

MINIATURES 

M-781    Strange    Destiny    ( 10) .  .9-29-45  2710 

M-782  Spreadin'  the  Jam  (10)  10-27-45  2737 
M-783    Musical  Masterpieces 

(10)   4-20-46  2927 

M-784    Bikini— The  Atom 

Island   (10)   6-15-46   

TECHNICOLOR  CARTOONS 

W-732    Wild  and   Woolfy   (8)..  1 1 -3-45  2710 

W-733    Quiet   Please   (8)  12-22-45  2908 

W-734    Lonesome  Lenny  (8)  3-9-46  2940 

W-735    Springtime  for  Thomas 

(9)   3-30-46  2927 

W-736   The  Milky  Waif  (7)  5-18-46 

W-737    The  Hick  Chick  (7) ...  .6-15-46 

W-738    Trap    Happy    (7)  6-29-46 

W-739    Northwest    Hounded  Police 

(8)   8-3-46 

W-740    Solid  Serenade   8-.3I-46 

PARAMOUNT 

UNUSUAL  OCCUPATIONS  (Color) 

L5-I     No.    I     (10)  10-26-45  2735 

L5-2    No.    2    (10)  12-21-45  2908 

L5-3    No.    3    (10)  2-22-46  2908 

L5-4    No.   4   (10    5-24-46  3019 

L5-5    No.    5    (10)   7-12-46  3138 

L5-6    No.    6    (10)  8-30-46  3186 

GEORGE  PAL   PUPPETOONS  (Color) 
U5-I    Jasper  and  the  Beanstalk 

(8)   10-19-45  2695 

U5-2    My   Man   Jasper   (8)  10-19-45  2908 

U5-3    Olio  for  Jasper  (7)  4-19-46  2987 

U5-4    Tooether  in  the  Weather 

(7)   5-24-46  3043 

U5-5    Jasper's  Derby  (8)  9-20-46  3055 


U5-6  John  Henry  and  the  Inky  Poo 

(7)  9-6-46 

U5-7    Jasper  in  a  Jam  (7)  10-18-46 

U5-8    Shoe  Shine  Jasper  12-20-46 

POPEYE  THE  SAILOR  (Color) 
E5-I    House   Tricks   (8)  3-15-46 

2  Service  With  a  Gullo  (6). 4-19-46 

3  Klondike  Casanova   (8) .. .5-31-46 

4  Peep  in  the  Deep  (7)  6-7-46 

5  Rocket   to    Mars    (6)  8-9-46 

6  Rodeo    Romeo    (6)  8-16-46 

7  Fistic    Mystic   11-29-46 

8  Island    Fling   12-27-46 

POPULAR  SCIENCE  (Color) 

J5-I     No.    I    (10)  10-12-45 

J5-2    No.  2  (10)  11-23-45 

J5-3    No.  3  (10)  ,.2-8-46 

J5-4    No.  4   (10)  4-19-46 

J5-5    No.  5  (10)  6-21-46 

J5-6    No.  6   (10)  8-16-46 

SPEAKING  OF  ANIMALS 

Y5-I    Animal-ology    (9)   11-2-45 

Y5-2    Hill   Billies    (9)  12-28-45 

Y5-3  In  the  Post  War  Era  (9).. 2-8-46 

Y5-4    In    the    Wilds    (9)  5-10-46 

Y5-5  Lonesome  Stranger  (10) .  .6-14-46 

Y5-6  Be  Kind  to  Animals  (10). 8-30-46 

SPORTLIGHTS 

What  a  Picnic   (9)  10-5-45 

Paddle  Your  Own  (9) . .  .  10- 19-45 
Running  the  Team  <9>  11-30-45 
Good  Dog  (10)  12-21-45 


R5-I 
R5-2 
R5-3 
R5-4 
R5-5 
R5-6 
R5-7 
R5-8 
R5-9 
R5-I0 
R6-I 


FF5-I 
FF5-2 
FF5-3 
FF5.4 
FF5-5 
FF5-6 

D5-I 
D5-2 
D5-3 
D5-4 

D5-5 
D5-6 


2908 
2987 
3055 
3163 
3066 
3128 


2768 
2850 
2906 
3019 
3066 
3128 

2735 
2882 
2908 
3019 
3163 
3174 

2670 
2735 
2895 
2908 
3(1 1  B 
2908 
3019 
3018 

3128 


Di.if  Pointers  (10)  2-8-46 
Rhythm  on  Blades  (9)... 3-1-46 
Tosting  the  Experts  (9)  .  3-29-46 
Riding  the  Hickories  (9). 5- 17-46 

Birds  Make  Sport  (9)  6-21-46 

Feminine  Class  (10)  7-19-46 

Race   Horses  Are  Born 
(9)   10-4-46 

MUSICAL  PARADE  (Color) 

Little  Witch  (20)  12-28-45 

Naughty  Nanette  (20) ..  .3- 15-46 

College    Queen    (19)  5-17-46 

Tale  of  Two  Cafes  (18)  .7-5-46 

Double  Rhythm  (20)  8-23-46 

Golden  Slippers  (17) ..  1 1 -15-18 
LITTLE  LULU  (Color) 
Man's  Pest  Friend  (8).. 3-22-46 
Bargain  Counter  Attack(7) . 5-3-46 
Bored  of  Education  (7).. 7-26-46 
Chick  and  Double  Chick 

(6)   8-16-46 

Musica-Lulu     (7)  11-15-46   

A  Scout  With  the  Gout. .  12-13-46  .... 

NOVELTOONS  (Color) 
P5-I    The  Friendly  Ghost  (7'/2)  .4-5-46  2882 

P5-2    Cheese   Burglar   (7)  5-17-46  3019 

P5-3    Old   Mac  Donald   Had  a  Farm 

(7)   6-7-46  3018 

P5-4    oheep  Shape  (7)   6-28-46  3018 

P5-5    'Joal    Rush    (6)   9-27-46   

P5-6    Sudden   Fried  Chicken 

(7)   10-18-46   

P6-I    Spree  for  All  (7)  10-4-46  3225 

COLOR  CLASSICS  CARTOONS  (Color) 
( Reissues) 

C4-7   Tho  Little  Stranger   (7)   2351 

C4-8   Snubbed  by  a  Snob  (7)   2351 

C4-9    Kids  in  the  Shoe  (7)   2351 

C4-I0  Hunky  &  Spunky  (7)   2351 

TWO    REEL  SPECIAL 

T5-2    Don't  Be  a  Sucker  (18)  .  7-4-46   


2735 
2758 
3017 
3018 
3128 


2850 
3019 
3017 

3128 


RKO 


WALT    DISNEY    CARTOONS  (Color) 

64.101  Canine    Patrol    (7)  12-7-45  2795 

64.102  Old   Sequoia    (7)   12-21-45  2822 

64.103  A  Knight  for  a  Day  (7). 3-8-46  3019 

64.104  Pluto's  Kid  Brother  (7). 4-12-46  2954 

64.105  In     Dutch     (7l  .5-10-46   

64.106  Squatter's  Rights  (7)  ...6-7-46  3043 

64.107  Donald's  Double  Trouble 

(7)   6-28-46   


3226 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


Prod.  Rel.  P.D. 

No.  Title  Date  Page 

t-4,108    The  Purloined  Pup  (7).. 7- 19-46  3163 

64.109  Wet   Paint    (7)   8-9-46  3186 

  Frank  Duck  Brings  'Em  Back 

Alive  (7)    3128 

54.110  Dumb-Bell  of  the  Yukon 

(7)   8-30-46  .... 

64,  III    Lighthouse  Keeping  (7). 9-20-46   

sPORTscuPES 

64.303  Ten  Pin  Titans  (8)          11-2-45  2735 

-4.302    Battling   Bass   (8)  10-5-45  2807 

64.304  Artaro  Up   (8)   11-30-45  2807 

64.305  Ski    Master    (8)  12-28-45  2840 

64.306  Winning  Basketball  (8).  1-25-46  2927 

54.307  Quarter  Horses  (8)  2-22-46  2908 

54.308  Black  Ducks  and  Broadbllls 

(8)   3-22-46  2954 

64.309  Tenderfoot  Trail   (8)  4-19-46  3019 

64.310  Aqua  Queen  (8)  5-17-46  3043 

64.311  Ben    Hogan    (8)   6-14-46   

64.312  Palmetto  Quail  (8)    ..-..7-12-46  3128 

64.313  Steeplechasers   (8)   8-9-46   

HEADLINER  REVIVALS 

63.201  The  Derby  Decade  (22). 9-21-45  2735 

63.202  Russian   Dressing   (18) .  1 1-23-45  2746 

63.203  Twenty  Girls  and  a 

Band    (18)   1-18-46  2850 

63.204  Sea   Melody    (19)   3-15-46  2927 

EDGAR  KENNEDY 

63.401  The  Big  Beef  (17)  10-19-45  2735 

63.402  Mother-ln-Law's   Day  (18) 

12-7-45  2822 

63.403  Trouble  or  Nothing  (18)  . 1-25-46  2908 

63.404  Wall  Street  Blues  ( 17) .  .7- 12-46  3128 

63.405  Motor   Maniacs   (18)  7-26-46  3186 

63.406  Noisy    Neighbors  (17) ..  .9-20-46  3225 

63.407  I'll    Make    It    Myself  (17)  

LEON  ERROL 

63.702  Maid   Trouble    (18)..  2-2-46  2908 

63.703  Oh.   Professor.  Behave 

(18)  3-1-46  2927 

63-704   Twin  Husbands  (18)  5-10-46  3018 

63.7  05  I'll  Take  Milk  (15) ..  .7-19-46  3128 
63.706    Follow  That  Blonde 

(18)   9-27-46  3225 

FLICKER  FLASHBACKS 

64.202  No.  2  (7)   10-19-45  2807 

64.203  No.  "3  (  7)   11-23-45  2807 

64.204  No.  4  (  8)   12-28-45  2840 

64.205  No.  5  (7)   2-1-46  2927 

64.206  No.  6  (9)  3-8-46  2954 

64.207  No.  7  (7)   4-12-46  3007 

THIS  IS  AMERICA 

63.101  Airline  to  Everywhere 

(17)   11-16-45  2766 

63.102  T.V.A.    (18)   12-14-45  2795 

63.103  Great    Lakes    (16)  1-11-46  2908 

63.104  Report  on  Japan  (19)  2-8-46  2882 

63.105  Street  of  Shadows  (16).. 3-8-46  2940 

63.106  Two   Million   Rooms  (16) 

4-  5-46  2954 

63.107  No   Place    Like    Home  (16) 

5-  3-46  2997 

63.108  Panama  (16)   5-31-46  3078 

63.109  Port  of  New  York  (16). 6-28-46  3128 

63.110  Courtship  to  Courthouse 

(18)   7-26-46  3138 

63.111  Highway  Mania  (17) ..  .8-31-46  3186 
  White  House  (19)   

RAY  WHITLEY  WESTERN  MUSICALS 

63.502  Sagebrush  Serenade 

(19)   10-26-45  2807 

63.503  Ranch    House  Romeo 

(17)   11-30-45  2758 

63.504  Rhythm  Wranglers  (19)  .  I -18-46  2895 

SPECIALS 

671    The  House  I  Live  In  (  10).  11-9-45  2679 


20TH  CENTURY-FOX 

MOVIETONE  ADVENTURES  (Color) 

6253  China  Carries  On   (8) . . .  10- 12-45  2840 

6254  Bountiful  Alaska  (8)  10-26-46  2653 

6255  Song  of  Sunshine  (8)  12-7-45  2850 

6256  Louisiana  Springtime  (8). 12-21-45  2653 

6257  Lost   Lake    (8)  1-11-46  2653 

6258  Along  the   Rainbow  Trail 

(8)   2-15-46  2987 

6259  Cradle  of  Liberty  (8)  6-21-46  3007 

6260  Across  the   Great  Divide 

(8)   7-5-46  3128 

7251  Sons  of  Courage   (8)  8-2-46   

7252  Jamaica  (8)   9-13-46  3225 

7253  Historic  Cape  Town  (8) ..  10-18-46  3225 

7254  Girls  and  Gags  (8)  11-22-46   

SPORTS  REVIEWS 

(Color) 

6352  Time  Out  for  Play  (8) . .  1 1  - 16-45  2908 
6301    Pins  and  Cushions  (8)  2-1-46  2927 

6353  Diving   Dandies   (8)  3-15-46  3043 

6354  Sea  Sirens  (8)  5-10-46  3043 


Prod. 
Xo. 

6355 
7301 
7351 
7352 
7353 

6504 
65U5 


Title 


Rel. 
Date 


P.D. 

Page 


Golden    Horses    (8)   4-26-46  3128 

Football    Fanfare    (9)  8-23-46   

Winter   Holiday   (8)  9-27-46   

Summer  Trails   (8)   11-8-46   

Playtime's  Journey  (8) ...  12-13-46   

TERRYTOONS  (Color) 
The  Watch  Oog  (7)  9-28-45 


Who's  Who  in  the  Jungle 
(7)   10-19-45 

6506  Mighty  Mouse  Meets  Bad 

Bill   Bunion   <7>   11-9-45 

6507  The  Exterminator  (7)  11-23-45 

6508  Mighty  Mouse  in  Krakatoa 

(7)   12-14-45 

6509  The  Talking  Magpies  (7)..  1-4-46 

6510  Svengali's    Cat    (7)  1-18-46 

6511  The  Fortune  Hunters  (7).. 2-8-46 

6512  The  Wicked  Wolf  (7)  3-8-46 

6513  My  Old   Kentucky  Home  (7) 

3-29-46 

6514  It's  All  in  the  Stars  (7). 4-12-46 

6515  Throwing  the  Bull   (7)  5-3-46 

6516  The  Trojan  Horse  (7)  7-26-46 

6517  Dinky  Finds  a  Home  (7). 6-7-46 

6518  The  Johnstown  Flood  (7).. 6-28-46 

6519  Peace  Time  Football  (7). .7-19-46 

6520  The  Golden   Hen  (7)  5-24-46 

7501  Winning   the   West    (7).. 8-16-46 

7502  The  Tortoise  Wins  Again 

(7)   8-30-46 

7503  The  Electronic   Mouse  Trap  (7) 

9-6-46 

7504  The  Jail   Break  (7)  9-20-46 

7505  The  Snow  Man  (7)  10-11-46 

7506  The  Housing  Problem 

(7)   10-25-46 

7507  The  Crackpot   King    (7).  1 1-15-46 

7508  The  Uninvited  Pests  (7).  1 1-29-46 

7509  Miohty  Mouse  and  the 

Hep  Cat  (7)   12-6-46 

7510  Beanstalk  Jack  (7)  12-20-46 


2640 

2340 

2840 
2927 

2918 
2918 
2918 
3055 
2954 

2954 
2954 
2954 
3007 
3128 
3128 
3128 
2954 


VI2-2 
VI2-3 
VI2-4 

VI2-5 

VI2-6- 
VI2-7 
VI2-8 
VI2-9 

V 12- 1 0 
VI 2- 1 1 
V 12- 12 
V 1 2- 13 
VI3-I 


69"! 

6902 


MARCH    OF  TIME 

American  Beauty  ( 18) ..  10-5-45 
18  Million  Orphans  (18). 11-2-45 
Justice   Comes  to  Germany 

(18)   11-30-45 

Challenge  to  Hollywood 

(18)   12-28-45 

-Life  With  Baby  (20) ..  I -25-46 
Report  on  Greece  (19) .  .2-22-46 
Night  Club  Boom  (21) . .3-22-46 
Wanted — More  Homes 

(20)   4-19-46 

Tomorrow's  Mexico  (19). 5-17-46 
Problem  Drinkers  (19).  6-14-46 
The  New  France  (19) ..  .7- 12-46 

Atomic   Power   (19)  8-9-46 

Is  Everybody  Happy? 
(18)   9-6-46 

DRIBBLE    PUSS  PARADE 
Here  Comes  the  Circus(8)  .3- 1-46 
Muscle   Maulers   (8)  5-31-46 


2670 
2703 

2726 

2768 
2830 
2870 
2895 

2954 
3007 
3043 
3112 
3138 

3186 


30l<t 
3128 


FEMININE   WORLD  SERIES 

5201    Behind  the  Footlights  (8).. 4-5-46  2974 

THE   WORLD  TODAY 
6401    Man   From  Missouri   (9)..  1-25-46  2987 


UNITED  ARTISTS 


DAFFY   DITTIES  (Color) 

The   Lady  Said   No   (8).. 4-26-46  2987 

Choo   Choo   Amlgo    (8)  7-5-46  3138 

Pepito's  Serenade    (8)  8-16-46   


UNIVERSAL 

LANT2  COLOR  CARTUNES 

1321  The  Loose  Nut  (7)  12-17-45  2807 

1322  The  Poet  and  the  Peasant 

(7)   3-18-46  2694 

1323  Mousie  Come  Home  (7) ..  .4- 15-46  3138 

1324  Apple   Andy    (7)   5-20-46  2927 

1325  Who's  Cooking  Who  (7).. 6-24-46  3043 

1326  Bathing   Buddies   (7)  7-1-46  3150 

1327  Reckless   Driver  (7)  8-26-46  3163 

PERSON  —  ODDITIES 

1362  Hill    BJJIy   Artist    (9)  9-24-45  2694 

1363  Paper   Magic   (9)   10-15-45  2695 

1364  Pottery   Poet   (9)  10-29-45  2710 

1365  Front  Line  Artist  (9) ...  1 1-12-45  2695 

1366  Maestro  of  the  Comics(9). 3-18-46  2918 

1367  Wings  of  Courage  (9)  3-25-46  2927 

1368  Cartune  Crusades  (9)  4-1-46  2927 

1369  Scientifically  Stung   (9) ..  .6- 1 0-46  3055 

1370  Lone  Star   Padre    (9)  6-17-46  3163 

1371  Artists'  Antics  (9)   6-24-46   

1372  Picture   Pioneer   (9)  7-1-46  3163 


Prod.                                   Rel.  P.D. 

Xo.                 Title              Date  Page 

1373  Hobo  Hound   (8)  8-19-46  3225 

1374  Samson  Junior  (9)  8-19-46  3225 

1375  Rural    Rhapsody   (9)   8-26-46   

VARIETY  VIEWS 

1341  Queer  Birds  (9)  9-17-45  2694 

1342  Go  North   (9)  10-1-45  2695 

1343  Grave  Laughter  (9)  10-22-45  2695 

1344  Doctor  of  Paintings  (9) . . .  1 1-5-45  2840 

1345  Jungle  Capers  (9)  12-10-45  2807 

1346  Script  Teas   (9)  3-25-46  2954 

1347  Dog  Tale   (9).  3-25-46  2954 

1348  Chimp  on  the  Loose  (10). .4-1-46  2927 

1349  Dog  of  the  Seven  Seas  (9). 6-17-46  3138 

1350  Magic  Mineral   (9)  7-1-46  3163 

1351  Mr.  Chimp  at  Home  (9).. 8-12-46  3163 

1352  Operation  Holiday  (10) ..  .8-26-46  3225 

1353  Mr.  Chimp  to  the  Rescue 

(9)   8-26-46  .... 

1354  Mr.  Chimp  on  Vacation 

(10)   8-26-46   

NAME-BAND  MUSICALS 

1301  Solid  Senders  (15)   10-21-45  2710 

1302  Hot  and  Hectic  (15)   11-28-45  2850 

1303  Synco-Smoeth  Swing  (15). 12-19-45  2758 

1304  Cuban    Madness    (15)   1-2-46  2908 

1305  Tin  Pan  Alley  Tempos 

(15)   1-9-46  2822 

1306  Melody  Stampede  (15)  1-16-46  2822 

1307  Swing  High.  Swing  Sweet 

(15)   2-20-46  2908 

1308  Takin'  the  Breaks  (15) ..  .5-22-46  3018 

1309  Banquet  of  Melody  (15) .  .5-29-46  3018 

1310  Swingin'  Down  the  Scale 

(15)   6-26-46  3043 

1311  Breakin'  It  Down  (15)  8-28-46   

2301    Frontier  Frolic  (15)  10-9-46   

SING   AND   BE   HAPPY  SERIES 

1381  Sing  and  Be  Happy  (10). 2-18-46  2850 

1382  Merrily  We  Sing  ( 10) ...  5-27-46  3018 
2381    A  Bit  of  Blarney  (10) ..  .9-30-46  3225 

SPECIAL   F  EATU  R  ETTES 

1201    Tiny  Terrors  of  the  Timberlands 

(20)   6-26-46  2940 

1203    Roosevelt — Man  of  Destiny 

(18)   4-10-46  2827 

THE  ANSWER  MAN 

  No.  I  (10)  


WARNER— VITAPHONE 

TECHNICOLOR  ADVENTURES 

2801  Fashion  for  Tomorrow  (10) 

11-17-45  2908 

2802  In  Old  Santa  Fe  (10)  1-12-46  2822 

2803  All  Aboard   (10)   3-30-46  2940 

2804  Let's  Go  Campinq  ( 10) ...  .7-27-46  3090 

2805  Girls  and  Flowers  ( 10) ..  .5-25-46  3019 

2806  Adventures  in  South  America 

(7)   8-10-46  3186 

TFCHNICOLOR  SPECIALS 

2001  Frontier    Days    (20)  12-8-45  2653 

2002  Forest  Commandos  (20) ...  1-19-46  2822 

2003  Movieland    Magic    (20)  3-9-46  2927 

2004  Gem  of  the  Ocean  (20) ..  .4- 13-46  2954 

2005  South  of  Monterrey  (20) . . .  6-1 -46  3055 

2006  Hawaiian  Memories  (20) .  .6-15-46  3043 

2007  Down  Singapore  Way  (20). 7-20-46  3090 

2008  Men  of  Tomorrow  (20) ..  .8-24-46  3078 
3001  Cinderella's  Feller  (20) ..  .9-21-46  3225 
S002    The  Last  Bomb   (20)  11-11-46   

FEATURETTES 

2102  Star  In  the  Night  (20) ..  10- 13-45  2694 

2103  All  Star  Musical  Revue 

(20)   11-3-48  2735 

2104  Good  Old  Corn  (20)  11-24-45  2746 

2105  Musical    Shipmates    (20)  .2-16-46  2927 

2106  Hitler   Lives?   (20)  12-29-45  2778 

3101    Okay  for  Sound  (18)  9-7-46  3112 

SPORTS  PARADE  (Color) 

2501  Sports  Go  to  War  (10) . .  1 1-10-45  2695 

2502  Holiday  on  Horseback  (10). 2-2-46  2882 

2503  Michigan  Ski-Daddle  (10). 2-9-46  2927 

2504  With  Rod  and  Gun  in  Canada 

(10)   3-16-46  2918 

2505  Snow   Eagles   (10)  3-30-46  2927 

2506  Let's    Go    Gunning    ( 10) ..  .4-6-46  2954 

2507  Fln'n    Feathers    (10)  4-27-46  2940 

2508  Under  Sea  Spear  Fishing 

(10)   5-18-46  3019 

2509  The   Riding  Hannefords 

(10)   6-29-46  3043 

2510  Facing  Your  Danger  (10). 5-1 1-46  3019 

2511  Beach  Days  (10)  7-13-46  3090 

2512  Ranch  In  White  (10)  8-3-46  3174 

2513  Dominion  of  Sports  (10).  .8-31-46  3225 
3501    King  of  the  Everglades 

(10)   9-14-46  3225 


Prod.  Rel.  P.D 

Xo.  Title  Date  Pagt 

MELODY    MASTER  BANDS 

2602  Here  Come  the  Navy  Bands 

(10)   9-29-45  2653 

2603  Musical    Novelties   ( 10) ...  10-6-45  2694 

2604  Music  of  the  Americas 

(10)   12-15-45  2735 

2605  Headline    Bands    (10)        1-26-46  2850 

2606  Jan  Savitt  and  His  Band 

(10)   3-16-46  2918 

2607  Rhythm  on  Ice  (10)  4-20-46  2940 

2608  Dixieland  Jamboree  (10) .  .5-1 1-46  3019 

2609  Musical   Memories   (10)  7-6-46  3090 

2610  Enric  Madriguera  &  Orchestra 

(10)   8-10-46  3174 

BLUE  RIBBON  HIT  PARADE  (Color) 

2301  A  Sunbonnet   Blue   (7)     11-17-45  2735 

2302  Lyin'    Mouse    (7)   12-22-45  2394 

2303  Good    Egg    (7)   1-5-46  2822 

2304  Trial  of  Mr.  Wolf   (7) ... .2-9-46  2918 

2305  Little   Lion    Hunter    (7).  3-23-46  2895 

2306  Fresh   Fish   (7)   4-6-46  2940 

2307  Daffy  Duck  and  Egghead 

(7)   4-20-46  2954 

2308  Katnip   Kollege  (7)   5-4-46  3091 

2309  The  Night  Watchman  (7). 5-18-46  3019 

2310  Little    Brother   Rat    (7)...  6-8-46  3112 

2311  Johnny  Smith  and  Poker 

Huntas   (7)   6-22-46  3043 

2312  Robinhoed  Makes  Good  (7). 7-6-46  3090 
23J3    Little  Red  Walking  Hood 

(7)   8-17-46  3174 

3301    Fox  Pop  (7)  9-28-46  3225 

MEERIE    MELODIES   CARTOONS  (Color) 

2701  Kitty    Kornered    (7)  .6-8-46  3055 

2702  Hollywood    Daffy    (7)  6-22-46  3055 

2703  Eager   Beaver   (7)  7-13-46  3128 

2704  Great  Piggy  Bank  Robbery  (7) 

7-20-46  3090 

2705  Bacall  to  Arms  (7)  8-3-46  3174 

2706  Of  Thee  I  Sting  (7)  8-17-46  3174 

2707  Walky  Talky   Hawky   (7). 8-31-46  3174 

2708  Fair  and  Wormer  (7)  9-28-46  3225 

"BUGS  BUNNY"  SPECIALS  (Color) 

2721  The  Hair  Raising  Hare  (7) 

5-25-46  3019 

2722  Acrobatty   Bunny   6-29-46  3055 

2723  Racketeer   Rabbit    (7)  9-14-46   

VITAPHOM  VAHIETIES 

2402  Miracle   Makers   (10)  9-1-45  2735 

2403  Story  of  a  Dog   (10)  10-27-45  2694 

2404  So  You  Think  You're 

Allergic?   (10)   12-1-45  2908 

2405  Peeks  at  Hollywood   (10)  .  1-26-46  2822 

2406  Smart  as  a  Fox  (10)  4-27-46  2940 


MISCELLANEOUS 

Food  and   Famine  (WAC)  1-27-46 

UNRRA  Reports  to  the  U.  S. 

(WAC)   1-3-46 

The  Secret  Battle  (Telenews) .  .7-26-46 
Woman  Speaks   (Film  Studios  of  Chi.) 

Vol.    I.   Release   1  8-46 

Vol.    I.   Release  2  9-46 

Vol.   I,   Release  3  10-46 

Vol.   1.   Release  4  11-46 


SERIALS 

COLUMBIA 


7140    Who's  Guilty   

(15  episodes) 
7160    Hop  Harrigan   

(15  episodes) 
7189    Chick   Carter  Detective 

(15  episodes) 
8120    Son  of  the  Guardsman.. 

(15  episodes) 


REPUBLIC 


The  Phantom  Rider  1-26-46 

(12  episodeai 
King  of  the  Forest  Rangers 

(12  episode*)  4-27-46 
Daughter  of  Don  Q  7-27-46 

(12  episodes) 
The  Crimson  Ghost  10-26-46 

(12  episodes) 
Son  of  Zorro   

(13  episodes) 


2927 

2927 


UNIVERSAL 


1781-1793    The  Scarlet  Horseman.  I -22-46 
(13  episodes) 

1881-1893    Lost  City  of  the  Jungle 

(13    episodes)  4-23-46 

2581-2593    Mysterious  Mr.   M... 7-23-46 
(13  episodes) 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946  3  2  2  7 


SERVICE  DATA 

on  features 


Service  Data  appearing  in  this  issue  of 
Product  Digest  include  the  over-all  performance 
percentage  figures  from  final  reports  previously 
published  in  PICTURE  GROSSES.  Reference  to 
Round  Table  Exploitation  and  Legion  of  Decency 
ratings  with  audience  classification  are  a/so 
listed.  Index  to  Service  Data  may  be  found  in 
the  Release  Chart  starting  on  page  3229. 


Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam 
(20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Picture  oross.  Over-all  rerformance — 107.17c 
Round  Table  Exploitation  —  August  24,  p.  60  ; 
September  14,  p.  51. 

Bad  Bascomb  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — A-l 

Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 99.6% 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  7,  p.  55. 

The  Big  Sleep  (WB) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  7,  p.  56  ; 

September  21,  p.  55. 

Blue  Skies  (Para.) 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating— Class  B 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  p.  50. 

Brief  Encounter  (Brit.)  (Univ.) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  p.  51. 

Caesar  and  Cleopatra  (UA) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance  111.7% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  24,  p.  61 ; 
August  31,  p.  50;  September  7,  p.  54;  Septem- 
ber 14.  p.  55:  September  21,  pp.  57,  59. 

Courage  of  Lassie  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  3,  p.  108; 

September  14.  p.  50;  September  21,  p.  55. 

Crack-Up  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification— General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  p.  55. 

Earl  Carroll  Sketchbook  (Rep.) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  7,  p.  56. 

Easy  to  Wed  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Picture  Gross,  Over-all   Performance — 112.7% 

Round  Table  Exploitation  —  May  18.  p.  58 ; 

August  24.  p.  63;  September  7,  p.  54. 

Gallant  Journey  ( Col.) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  p.  53. 

God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 

Round  Table  Exploitation— September  14,  p.  51. 

The  Green  Years  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 100.0% 
Pound  Table  Exploitation — June  1,  p.  44;  July 
20,  p.  59 ;  August  10,  pp.  42,  43 ;  August  17,  p. 
58;  August  24,  p.  60;  August  31,  pp.  50,  52; 
September  7.  p.  54;  September  21,  pp.  57,  59. 

3228 


Heartbeat  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — July  6,  p.  70 ;  July 
20,  p.  58;  August  3,  p.  Ill;  August  24,  p.  62; 
September  7,  p.  55 ;  September  21,  p.  59. 

I've  Always  Loved  You  (Rep.) 

Audience  Classification — General 

i_egion  of  uecency  Kaiing — Class  A-2 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  p.  55. 

Janie  Gets  Married  (WB) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Round  Table  Exploitation— June  22,  p.  50 ;  July 

20,  p.  63;  July  27,  pp.  54,  56;  August  24,  p. 

63;  September  7,  p.  55;  September  21,  p.  54. 

The  Kid  from  Brooklyn  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Denecy  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 110.6% 
Round  Table  Exploitation  —  August  24,  p.  60 ; 
September  7,  pp.  57,  58. 

The  Killers  (Univ.) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  p.  55. 

Kitty  (Para.) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 115.7% 

Round  Table  Exploitation — June  8,  pp.  50,  51, 

56;  June  15,  p.  61;  June  22,  p.  48;  June  29,  p. 

55;  August  17,  p.  55;  September  14,  p.  50. 

Make  Mine  Music  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — May  11,  p.  58;  July 
27,  p.  51;  August  17,  p.  58;  August  31,  p.  55; 
September    7,    p.    55 ;    September    14.    p.    55 ; 
September  21,  p.  54. 

Mr.  Ace  (U A) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  p.  53. 

Monsieur  Beaucaire  (Para.) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  pp. 
54.  55;  Sept-^irber  21.  p.  54. 

Night  and  Day  (WB) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross.  Over-All  Performance— 129  5% 
Round  Table  Exploitation  —  August  10,  p.  46 ; 
August  24,  p.  63;  August  31,  p.  50;  September 
7,  pp.  56,  57.  59:  September  14,  pp.  51,  54; 
September  21,  pp.  54,  59. 


Notorious  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification— Adult 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  31,  pp.  50, 
52,  55  ;  September  14,  p.  51. 

Of  Human  Bondage  (WB) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation  —  July  27,  p.  51 ; 
August  31,  p.  51  ;  September  7,  p.  55. 

One  More  Tomorrow  (WB) 

■  Audience  Classification — Adult 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 
Round  Table  Exploitation — June  15,  pp.  62,  64, 
66 ;  July  20,  p.  64 ;  July  27,  p.  51 ;  August  24, 
p.  62 ;  September  7,  p.  59. 

Postman  Always  Rings  Twice 
(MGM) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 118.0% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — July  13,  p.  49;  July 
20,  p.  58;  July  27,  pp.  51,  56;  August  3,  pp. 
109,  111;  August  10,  p.  48;  August  17,  p.  55; 
August  31,  pp.  52,  56;  September  7,  p.  60. 


LEGION  of  DECENCY  Ratings 

Class  A-l  Unobjectionable 

Class  A-2  Unobjectionable  for  Adults 

Class  B  Objectionable  in  Part 

Class  C  Condemned 


Renegades  (Col.) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation  —  June  22,  p.  50 ; 
July  20,  p.  61 ;  July  27,  pp.  50,  53 ;  August  3. 
p.  109;  August  24,  pp.  60,  63;  August  31,  pp. 
52,  55,  56;  September  7,  p.  56. 

Smoky  (20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 109.0% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  p.  50. 

The  Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers 
(Para.) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  p.  54. 

Swamp  Fire  (Para.) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  p.  55. 

Three  Wise  Fools  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — CLss  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — September  7,  p.  56 ; 
September  1  '.  p.  54. 

Time  of  Their  Lives  (Univ.) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  p.  56. 

The  Virginian  (Para.) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 99.5% 
Round  Table  Exploitation  —  April  27,  p.  55 ; 
July  20,  pp.  59.  61  ;  Tulv  27,  p.  56 ;  September 
7,  p.  60. 

The  Well  Groomed  Bride  (Para.) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — June  15,  p.  60;  July 
13,  p.  48;  August  3,  p.  108;  August  17,  p.  61; 
September  7,  p.  60. 

PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


THE  RELEASE 


HART 


Index  to  Reviews,  Advance  Synopses  and 
Service  Data  in  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 


Release  dates  and  running  time  are  furnished  as  soon  as  avail- 
able. Advance  dates  are  tentative  and  subject  to  change.  Run- 
ning times  are  the  official  times  supplied  by  the  distributor. 

All  page  numbers  on  this  chart  refer  to  pages  in  the 
PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION  of  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

For  Legion  of  Decency  Rating,  Audience  Classification  and 
Managers'  Round  Table  Exploitation,  see  Service  Data  page 
numbers  in  last  column. 


Title  Company 

ABBOTT  and  Costello  in  Holly- 
wood (Block  13)  MGM 

Abie's  Irish  Rose  UA 

Abilene  Town  UA 

Accomplice  PRC 
t  Adventure  (Special)  MGM 

Adventures  of  Marco  Polo 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Affairs  of  Geraldine,  The  Rep. 
(formerly  Lonely  Hearts  Club) 

Alias  Billy  the  Kid  Rep. 

Allotment  Wives,  Inc.  Mono. 

Amami  Alfredo  (Italian)  Grand! 

Ambush  Trail  PRC 
t  And  Then  There  Were  None  20th-Fox 

Angel  Comes  to  Brooklyn,  An  Rep. 

Angel  on  My  Shoulder  UA 

Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam  20th-Fox 

Appointment  with  Crime 

(Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 

Avalanche  PRC 

BACHELOR'S  Daughters.  The  UA 
Bad  Bascomb  (Block  16)  MGM 

t  Badman's  Territory  RKO 
Bad  Men  of  the  Border  Univ. 
Bamboo  Blonde  (Block  6)  RKO 

t  Bandit  of  Sherwood  Forest  (color)  Col. 
Bandits  of  the  Badlands  Rep. 
Battle  for  Music  (Br.)  Four  Continents 
Beast  with  Five  Fingers,  The  WB 
Beat  the  Band  RKO 
Beauty  and  the  Bandit  Mono. 
Because  of  Him  Univ. 
Bedelia  (British)  GFD 
Bedlam  (Block  6)  RKO 
Begining  or  the  End,  The  MGM 
Behind  Green  Lights  20tti-Fox 
Behind  the  Mask  Mono. 

t  Bells  of  St.  Mary's,  The  RKO 
Beloved  Enemy  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 
Below  the  Deadl  ine  Mono. 
Beware  Astor 
Beware  of  Pity  (British)  Eagle-Lion 
Big  Sleep,  The  WB 
Black  Angel,  The  Univ. 
Black  Beauty  20th-Fox 
Black  Market  Babies  Mono. 
Blazing  the  Western  Trail  Col. 
Blithe  Spirit  (British)  (color)  UA 
Blonde  Alibi  Univ. 
Blonde  for  a  Day  PRC 
Blondie  Knows  Best  Col. 
Blondie's  Lucky  Day  Col. 

t  Blue  Dahlia,  The  (Block4)  Para. 
Blue  Montana  Skies  (Reissue)  Rep. 
Blue  Skies  (color)  Para. 
Bohemian  Girl,  The 

(Reissue)  Rim  Classics 

Bon  Voyage  20th-Fox 
Boom  Town  (R.)  MGM 
Border  Bandits  Mono. 


Short  Subjects  Chart  with  Synopsis  Index  can  be  found  on 
pages  3226-3227,  issue  of  September  28,  1946. 

Feature  product  listed  by  Company  on  page  3212,  issue  of 
September  21,  1946.  For  listing  of  1945-46  Features  by  Company, 
see  Product  Digest,  pages  3151-3152,  issue  of  August  17,  1946. 

(T)  before  a  date  in  the  list  below  is  the  tradeshow  date; 
release  dates  are  given  as  soon  as  available. 

(|)  indicates  a  Box  Office  Champion. 

i—  REVIEWED  — <, 


Born  for  Trouble  [Reissue) 


WB 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Prod. 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

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Synopsis 

Data 

Number 

Stars 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

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602 

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Oct., '45 

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263 1 

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89m 

Jan. 12/46 

2793 

2628 

3088 

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68  m 

3224 

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616 

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Mar.  '46 

1 26m 

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2765 

2628 

3 100 

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Dec  29  '45 

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oum 

Nr»v    1 0  '45. 

INOV.    IU,  "J 

2710 

2555 

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ivi a i  to          uuiai  i  \^ i auuiw        ui  o 

Jan    1  8  '4A 
Jan.  i  o |  iO 

91  m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

Bob  Stcsls-Syd  Saylor 

P«k    17  '4A 
re  d.  i  / ,  "to 

ovm 

PoK    ?  '4A 

2830 

0  1  1 

Barry  Fitzg©rald-\fValt©r  Huston 

(NOV.,  *rO 

7  /  m 

lulu  14  'AC 
JUiy  l*r,  *t3 

L  OiO 

Nay©  L/owa-r\oDerT  uuKe 

kj    -  i  n  'Ac 

70«. 

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r\n.       Q  'AC 

uec.   o,  to 

7745 

73R4 

Paul  Muni- Ann©  Baxter 

C__,i  on  'al 
oepT.  xU,  40 

l  U  l  m 

c._i   n  \  'AL 

oept.  L  1  ,  40 

J  L  1  U 

Z007 

034 

Irene  Dunne-Rex  Harrison 

A  , .  _  'AL 

Aug.,  40 

1  zom 

|,,_.      Q  'AL 

June    o,  4o 

1 A70 
i\JLr 

70f»7 

377fl 

\A/;|i;_ _  t_i _ _+  _ a  1 1  p.w-««f.J  i  -w-H 
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INOT  Odt 

VUm 

| ...  _  IC  'Ak 

Juno  1  9,  40 

^HA7 
3U4Z 

Bruce  Oabot-Roscoe  Karns 

Inn  a  9ft  %Ak 

June  iU,  40 

70™ 
/Um 

Il  J            A  'AL 

May   4,  40 

707^ 

— .  . ,  _       ..  . 

ba il  Kussell-Olaire  Trevor 

J.       L  %AL 

oept.  o,  4o 

Horn 

C.-i     f  A  'AL 

oept.  1  4,  40 

7  1  07 

OUU/ 

L  1  O 
617 

wanace  oeery-Margaret  \j  onen 

Apr. -May,  40 

1  Zm 

reb.   V,  4o 

2oi  1 

77Q4 
i/04 

022ti 

622 

Randolph  Scott-Ann  Richards 

Block  5 

98m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

3188 

1 101 

Kirby  Grant-Armida 

Sept.  28,'45 

56m 

2655 

630 

rrances  Langtord-Kussell  Wade 

IT\    1...-  try  'AL 

\  1 J  June  20,  46 

67m 

1    —      11  '  AL 

June  12,  46 

3054 

no  a 
Z/o4 

7004 

Cornel  Wilde-Anita  Louise 

C    L    7  1  'AL 

reb.  2 1 ,  46 

85m 

reb.  23,  46 

loo  1 

i4o4 

0O7E 
21/0 

551 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

C  L     I  A  'AC 

oept.  1 4,  4a 

55m 

/~\    i     |0  'AC 

Uct.  13,  43 

20/  1 

London  Philharmonic  Orchestra 

Oct.  13, '45 

74m 

M            t  ijr 

Nov.    i,  4S 

OTA  1 

Robert  Alda-Andrea  King 

Not  Set 

x  /  oo 

Frances  Langford-Gene  Krupa 

Not  Set 

3126 

531 

Gilbert  Roland-Ramsay  Ames 

Oct.  19/46 

516 

Deanna  Durbin-Franchot  Tone 

Jan.  18, '46 

86m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

2764 

2975 

Margaret  Lockwood-lan  Hunter 

Not  Set 

90m 

June  15/46 

3041 

628 

Boris  Karloff-Anna  Lee 

(T)  Apr.  I5,'46 

80m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2951 

3018 

Brian  Donlevy-Robert  Walker 

Not  Set 

3076 

620 

Carole  Landis-William  Gargan 

Feb.,'46 

64m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

526 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed 

May  25,'46 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

661 

Bing  Crosby-lngrid  Bergman 

Special 

126m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2434 

2975 

Merle  Oberon-David  Niven 

Apr.  I5,'46 

86m 

Dec.  19/36 

520 

Warren  Douglas-Ramsay  Ames 

Aug.  3, '46 

65m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3127 

Louis  Jordan-Frank  Wilson 

July,'46 

55m 

June  22/46 

3054 

Lilli  Palmer-Albert  Lieven 

July  22,'46 

105m 

Aug.  3/46 

3126 

601 

Humphrey  Bogart-Lauren  Bacall 

Aug.  31, '46 

1  14m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

3126 

3228 

543 

Dan  Duryea-June  Vincent 

Auq.   2, '46 

80m 

Auq.  10/46 

3137 

3076 

636 

Mona  Freeman-Richard  Denning 

Sept., '46 

76m 

July  20/46 

3102 

2778 

504 

Ralph  Morgan-Jayne  Hazard 

Jan.   5, '46 

71m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2930 

7201 

Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding 

Oct.  18/45 

60m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2543 

Rex  Harrison-Constance  Cummings 

Dec.  14/45 

94m 

Sept.  22/45 

2653 

2898 

527 

Tom  Neal-Martha  O'Driscoll 

Apr.  12/46 

62m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2850 

Hugh  Beaumont-Katheryn  Adams 

Aug.  29/46 

68m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

3030 

806 

Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake 

Oct.  17/46 

70m 

Sept.  21/46 

321  1 

3031 

7020 

Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake 

Apr.  4/46 

69  m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2907 

4517 

Alan  Ladd-Veronica  Lake 

Apr.  19/46 

99m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2786 

3164 

5307 

Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette 

Dec.  1/45 

56m 

May  6/39 

Bing  Crosby-Fred  Astaire 

(T)  Sept.  25/46 

104m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

2884 

3228 

Stan  Laurel-Oliver  Hardy 

Mar.  15/46 

74m 

Mar.  7/36 

Jeanne  Crain-Sir  Aubrey  Smith 

Not  Set 

2230 

Clarx  Gable-Claudette  Colbert 

(T)  Sept.  30/46 

1  i9m 

Sept.  28/46 

3225 

565 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton     Jan.  12, '46 

58m 

Feb. 23/46 

2859 

2792 

504 

Fave  Emerson-Van  Johnson 

Oct.  6/45 

59m 

Apr.  1  1/42 

598 

575 

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Title  Company 

Bowery,  The  (Reissue)  20th-Fox 

Bowery  Bombshell  Mono. 

Boy,  a  Girl  and  a  Dog,  A  Film  Classics 

Boys'  Ranch  (Block  17)  MGM 

Brasher  Doubloon,  The  20th-Fox 

Breakfast  in  Hollywood  UA 
Bride  Wore  Boots,  The  (Block  5)  Para. 

Brief  Encounter  (Brit.)  Univ. 

Bringing  Up  Father  Mono. 

Brute  Man  Univ. 

Burma  Victory  WB 

CAESAR  and  Cleopatra  (color) 

(British)  UA 
Calcutta  Para. 
California  (color)  Para. 
California  Gold  Rush  Rep. 
Canyon  Passage  (color)  Univ. 
Captains  Courageous  (R.)  MGM 
Captain  Tugboat  Annie  Rep. 
Captive  Heart,  The  (British) 

Eagle-Lion 

Caravan  (British)  GFD 
Caravan  Trail,  The  (color)  PRC 
Carnival  in  Costa  Rica  (col.)  20th-Fox 
Cat  Creeps,  The  Univ. 
Catman  of  Paris,  The  Rep. 
Centennial  Summer  (color)  20th-Fox 
Cherokee  Flash,  The  Rep. 
Cheyenne  WB 
Child  of  Divorce  (Block  2)  RKO 
Cinderella  Jones  WB 
City  for  Conquest  (Reissue  )  WB 
Claudia  and  David  20th-Fox 
Cloak  and  Dagger  WB 
Close  Call  for  Boston  Blackie,  A  Col. 
Club  Havana  PRC 

r  Cluny  Brown  20th-Fox 
Cockeyed  Miracle,  The  MGM 
Code  of  the  Lawless  Univ. 
Col.  Effingham's  Raid  20th-Fox 
Colorado  Serenade  (color)  PRC 
Colorado  Pioneers  Rep. 
Come  and  Get  It 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Condemned  to  Devil's  Island 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

[  Confidential  Agent  WB 
Conquest  of  Cheyenne  Rep. 
Cornered  RKO 
Courage  of  Lassie  (color)  (Bl.  17)  MGM 
Cowboy  Blues  Col. 
Crack-Up  (Block  6)  RKO 
Crime  Doctor's  Man  Hunt,  The  Col. 
Crime  Doctor's  Warning,  The  Col. 
Crime  of  the  Century  Rep. 
Criminal  Court  (Block  2)  RKO 
Crimson  Canary,  The  Univ. 
Cross  My  Heart  Para. 
Cry  Wolf  WB 
Cuban  Pete  Univ. 

DAKOTA  Rep. 

Daltons  Ride  Again  Univ. 

Dangerous  Business  Col. 

Dangerous  Money  Mono. 
Dangerous  Partners  (Block  13)  MGM 

Danger  Signal  WB 

Danger  Street  Para. 

Danger  Woman  Univ. 

Danny  Boy  PRC 

Dark  Alibi  Mono. 

Dark  Corner,  The  20th-Fox 

Dark  Horse,  The  Univ. 
Dark  Is  the  Night  (Russian)  Artkino 

Dark  Mirror,  The  Univ. 
Days  and  Nights  (Russian)  Artkino 

Days  of  Buffalo  Bill  Rep. 

Deadlier  Than  the  Male  RKO 

Deadline  at  Dawn  RKO 

Deadline  for  Murder  20th-Fox 

Dead  of  Night  (British)  Univ. 
Death  Valley  (color)         Screen  Guild 

Deception  WB 

Decoy  Mono. 

Desert  Horseman,  The  Col. 

Detour  PRC 

Devil  Bat's  Daughter  PRC 

Devil's  Mask,  The  Col. 

Devil's  Playground,  The  UA 

Devotion  WB 


532 
514 
633 
553 


513 
515 
637 
603 
7030 

628 

1 102 

610 

563 


506 
568 
612 
626 

7223 
627 
816 

7022 
51 1 

509 


542 

505 
510 
7037 
603 
604 
508 

539 

519 
625 
540 


554 

617 
635 
547 
4604 

605 
601 
7209 


7026 
517 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Prod. 

Trades/row  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Number 

Stars 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

642 

George  Raft-Wallace  Beery 

Oct.,'46 

84m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

511 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 

July  20,'46 

65m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

Jerry  Hunter-Sharyn  Moffett 

July, '46 

77m 

June  29/46 

3065 

3031 

625 

James  Craig-"Butch"  Jenkins 

July  18/46 

97m 

May  4/46 

2973 

2926 

George  Montgomery-Nancy  Guild 

Not  Set 

Tom  Bren ema n-Bon ita  Granville 

C_h  7?  'Ah 

93m 

Jan    19  '46 

2805 

4521 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Robert  Cummings 

May  31, '46 

86m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2784 

Celia  Johnson-Trevor  Howard 

Aug.  24,'46 

85m 

Aug.  3  1  ,'46 

3  1 74 

Joe  Yule-Renie  Riano 

Oct.  26,'46 

3  1  86 

Rondo  Hatton-Jane  Adams 

Oct.    1  ,'46 

2764 

512 

War  Documentary 

Feb.  16/46 

62  m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

Claude  Rains-Vivian  Leigh 

Aug.  16/46 

126m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

Alan  Ladd-William  Bendix 

Not  Set 

2884 

Ray  Milland-Barbara  Stanwyck 

Not  Set 

2784 

568 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming 

Feb.  4/46 

55m 

2818 

541 

Dana  Andrews-iSusan  Hayward 

July  26/46 

90m 

July  20/46 

3101 

2883 

Freddie  Bartholomew-Spencer  Tracy 

(T)  Aug.  2 1/46 

1  17m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

504 

Jane  Darwell-Edgar  Kennedy 

Nov.  17/45 

70m 

Dec.  22/45 

2766 

2403 

Michael  Redgrave-Rachel  Kempson  Not  Set 

Steward  Granger-Ann  Crawford  Not  Set 

Eddie  Dean-AI  LaRue  Apr.  20/46 

Dick  Haymes-Celeste  Holme  Not  Set 

Lois  Collier-Fred  Brady  May  17/46 

Carl  Esmond-Leonore  Aubert  Apr.  20/46 

Jeanne  Craine-Cornel  Wilde  Aug. ,'46 

Sunset  Carson-Linda  Stirling  Dec.  13/45 

Dennis  Morgan-Jane  Wyman  Not  Set 
Sharyn  Moffett-Regis  Toomey           (T)  Oct.  14/46 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Alda  Mar.  9/46 

James  Cagney-Ann  Sheridan  Apr.  13/46 

Dorothy  McGuire-Robert  Young  Sept./46 

Gary  Cooper-Lilli  Pamer  Sept.  28/46 

Chester  Morris-Richard  Lane  Jan.  24/46 

Tom  Neal-Margaret  Lindsay  Oct.  23/45 

Charles  Boyer-Jennifer  Jones  June/46 

Frank  Morgan-Keenan  Wynn  Sept., '46 

Kirby  Grant-Poni  Adams  Oct.  19/45 

Charles  Coburn-Joan  Bennett  Feb. ,'46 

Eddie  Dean-Roscoe  Ates  June  30/46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Nov.  14/45 

Joel  McCrea-Edward  Arnold  May  15/46 

Ronald  Colman-Ann  Harding  Mar.  15/46 

Charle«  Boyer-Lauren  Bacall  Nov.  10/45 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliot-Alice  Fleming  July  29/46 

Dick  Powell-Micheline  Cheirel  Block  3 
Elizabeth  Taylor-"Lassie"-Frank  Morgan  Aug.  8/46 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  July  18/46 
Pat  O'Brien-Claire  Trevor               (T)  Sept.  6/46 

Warner  Baxter-Ellen  Drew  Oct.  24/46 

Warner  Baxter-Dusty  Anderson  Oct.  4/45 

Stephanie  Bachelor-Michael  Browne  Feb.  28/46 
Tom  Conway-Martha  O'Driscoll  (T)  Oct.  15/46 
Noah  Beery,  Jr.-Lois  Collier 
Betty  Hutton-Sonny  Tufts 
Errol  Flynn-Barbara  Stanwyck 
Desi  Arnaz-Ethel  Smith 


John  Wayne-Vera  Hruba  Ralston 
Alan  Curtis-Kent  Taylor 
Forrest  Tucker-Lynn  Merrick 
Sydney  Toler-Gloria  Warren 
James  Craig-Signe  Hasso 
Faye  Emerson-Zachary  Scott 
Jane  Withers-Robert  Lowery 
Brenda  Joyce-Don  Porter 
Robt.  "Buz."  Henry-Sybil  Merritt 
Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong 
Lucille  Ball-William  Bendix 
Phil  Terry-Ann  Savage 
Irina  Radchenko-lvan  Kuznetsov 
Olivia  de  Havilland-Lew  Ayres 
Vladimir  Soloviev-Dimitri  Sagal 
Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
Claire  Trevor-Lawrence  Tierney 
Susan  Hayward-Paul  Lukas 
Paul  Kelly-Kent  Taylor 
Mervyn  Johns-Roland  Carver 
Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert 
Bette  Davis-Paul  Henried 
Jean  Gillie-Edward  Norris 
Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 
Ann  Savage-Tom  Neal 
Rosemary  La Planche- John  James 
Anita  Louise-Jim  Bannon 
William  Boyd-Andy  Clyde 
Olivia  de  Havilland-lda  Lupiro 


Nov.  9/45 
Not  Set 
Not  Set 
July  26/46 

Dec.  25/45 
Nov.  23/45 
June  20/46 
Oct.  5/46 

Oct., '45 
Dec.  15/45 

Not  Set 
July  12/46 
Jan.  8/46 
May  25/46 

May/46 
July  19/46 
Mar.  16/46 

Not  Set 
Apr.  27/46 
Feb.  8/46 
(T)  Nov.  1/46 
Block  4 

Aug.,'46 
Aug.  23/46 
July  15/46 
Oct.  26/46 
Sept.  !4/46 
July  I  1/46 
Nov.  30/45 
Apr.  15/46 
May  23/46 
(T)  Sept.  17/46 
Apr.  20/46 


108m 
122m 
57m 

58m 
65m 


82m 


Apr.  20/46 
May  4/46 
Mar.  30/46 

Apr.  13/46 
Feb. 23/46 


2950 
2974 
2918 

2938 
2858 


2884 
3090 
2884 


Nov.  10/45 


2709 


71m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

2670 

2963 

3186 

74m 

Aug.  4/45 

2639 

2555 

80m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2555 

2972 

60m 

July  13/46 

3089 

3030 

64m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2662 

61m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2809 

99m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2859 

59m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3030 

70m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2883 

90m 

May  4/46 

2974 

56m 

2838 

3078 

82  m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

2776 

65m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2963 

77m 

July  6/46 

3077 

72m 

3090 

76m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3031 

57m 

July  27/46 

3124 

3055 

69  m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2543 

66m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

66m 

2926 

62m 

Sept.  21/46 

321 1 

3078 

107m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2756 

Page 


3188 


2975 


3228 


3228 


3164 


102m 

June  8/46 

3030 

289  \ 

3188 

58m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2748 

2939 

2972 

92m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2838 

2975 

103m 

Sept.  14/40 

103m 

Sept.  14/40 

106m 

Sept.  14/46 

3197 

2939 

63  m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2710 

62  m 

Oct.  20/45 

2686 

2555 

ICOm 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2859 

3164 

81m 

July  20/46 

3102 

2883 

56m 

2686 

70m 

Sept.  29/45 

2661 

2259 

2898 

68m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2884 

55m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

99m 

Nov.  7/36 

87m 

1  18m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2655 

55m 

June  29/46 

3065 

102m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2695 

3018 

93  m 

May  1  1/46 

2985 

2926 

3228 

3055 

93  m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2951 

3228 

61m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3187 

64m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

2543 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2870 

59  m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

2963 

64m 

Nov.  10/45 

2710 

2467 

3055 

3138 

61m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3066 

2862 


2719 
3018 


3188 


2930 


3164 


3230 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


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M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Trod. 

Trade  show  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Company 

A" umber 

Stars 

Release  Gate 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Diary  of  a  Chambermaid 
Diet  Tracy 

UA 

Paulette  Goddard-Hurd  Hatfield 

Feb.  I5,'46 

86m 

Feb.  2, '46 

2829 

2748 

3100 

RKO 

613 

Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys 

Block  3 

62m 

Dec.  15,  '45 

2758 

2710 

3164 

Dick  Tracy  Versus  Cueball 

RKO 

Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys 

Not  Set 

303i 

Dina  Donq  Williams 

RKO 

623 

Glenn  Vernon-Marcia  McGuire 

Block  5 

62m 

Apr.  20,'46 

2950 

2695 

Dodsworth  [Reissue)          Film  Classics 

Walter  Huston-Ruth  Chatterton 

May  15, '46 

lOlm 

Sept.  26,'36 

Doll  Face 

20th-Fox 

617 

Carmen  Miranda-Perry  Como 

Jan.,'46 

80m 

Dec.  22, '45 

2765 

2628 

2975 

Dolly  Sisters,  The  (color) 

20th-Fox 

609 

Betty  Grable-John  Payne 

Nov.,'45 

1  14m 

Sept.  29, '45 

2661 

2384 

2798 

Don  Ricardo  Returns 

PRC 

Fred  Colby-lsabelita 

Oct.  21, '46 

Don't  Gamble  with  Strangers 

Mono. 

508 

Kane  Richmond-Bernadene  Hayes 

June  22, '46 

68m 

May  25/46 

3005 

Do  You  Love  Me?  (color) 

20th-Fox 

626 

Maureen  O'Hara-Dick  Haymes 

May/46 

91m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2499 

318b 

Down  Missouri  Way 

PRC 

Martha  Driscoll-William  Wright 

Aug.  15, '46 

75m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3007 

Down  to  Earth  (color) 

Col. 

Rita  Hayworth-Larry  Parks 

Not  Set 

3126 

Dragonwyck 

20th-Fox 

623 

Gene  Tierney-Vincent  Price 

Apr.,'46 

103  m 

Feb. 23/46 

2857 

2403 

3188 

Dressed  to  Kill 

Univ. 

534 

Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce 

June   7, '46 

72m 

May  25/46 

3007 

2987 

Driftin'  River 

PRC 

Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson 

Oct.  I,'46 

3187 

Duel  in  the  Sun  (color) 

UA 

Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten 

Not  Set 

2926 

Duffy's  Tavern  (Block  1 ) 

Para. 

4501 

Ed  Gardner-Bing  Crosby  &  Guests 

Sept.  28, '45 

98m 

Aug.  25/45 

2638 

2230 

2862 

EARL  Carroll  Sketchbook 

Rep. 

530 

Constance  Moore-William  Marshall 

Aug.  22/46 

90m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

2939 

3228 

Easy  to  Wed  (color)  (Specia 

)  MGM 

624 

Esther  Williams-Van  Johnson 

July  25/46 

1  1  Im 

Apr.  13/46 

2937 

2366 

3228 

El  Paso  Kid 

Rep. 

556 

Sunset  Carson-Marie  Harmon 

May  22/46 

54m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

2972 

Enchanted  Forest.  The  (color 

PRC 

Edmund  Lowe-Brenda  Joyce 

Dec.  8/46 

78m 

Sept.  29/45 

2662 

2279 

Enchanted  Voyage  (color) 

20th-Fox 

John  Payne-June  Haver 

Not  Set 

2499 

Escape  Me  Never 

WB 

Errol  Flynn-lda  Lupino 

Not  Set 

2861 

FABULOUS.  Suzanne  Rep. 

Face  of  Marble  Mono. 

Faithful  in  My  Fashion  (Bl.  17)  MGM 

Falcon's  Alibi,  The  (Block  6)  RKO 

Falcon  in  San  Francisco  RKO 

Fallen  Angel  20th-Fox 

Fear  Mono. 

Fedora    (Italian)  Variety 

Fiesta  (color)  MGM 

First  Yank  Into  Tokyo  RKO 
•Flight  to  Nowhere            Screen  Guild 

Flying  Serpent  PRC 

Follow  That  Woman  (Block  I)  Para. 

Four  Hearts   (Russian)  Artkino 

Freddie  Steps  Out  Mono. 

French  Key,  The  Rep. 

From  This  Day  Forward  RKO 

Frontier  Gal  (color)  Univ. 

Frontier  Gunlaw  Col. 


GAIETY    George    (British)    Geo.  King 

Gallant  Bess  (color)  MGM 

Gallant  Journey  Col. 

Galloping  Thunder  Col. 

Game  of  Death.  A  RKO 

Gas  House  Kids  PRC 

Gay  Blades  Rep. 

Gay  Cavallier,  The  Mono. 

Gay  Intruders,  The  (British) 

Four  Continents 

Genius  at  Work  (Block  2)  RKO 

Gentleman  from  Texas,  The  Mono. 

Gentleman  Joe  Palooka  Mono. 

Gentleman  Misbehaves,  The  Col. 

Gentlemen  with  Guns  PRC 

Getting  Gertie's  Garten  UA 

Ghost  Goes  Wild.  The  Rep. 

Ghost  of  Hidden  Valley  PRC 

t  Gilda  Col. 

Girl  in  a  Million,  A  (Br.)     British  Lion 

Girl  of  the  Limberlost  Col. 

Girl  on  the  Spot  Univ. 

Girls  of  the  Big  House  Rep. 

G.I.  War  Brides  Rep. 

Glass  Alibi  Rep. 

God's  Country  (color)      Screen  Guild 

Gold  Mine  in  the  Sky  (R.)  Rep. 

Great  Day  (British)  (Block  I)  RKO 

Great  Waltz,  The  (R.)  MGM 

t  Green  Years,  The  (Special)  MGM 

Gunman's  Code  Univ. 

Gunning  for  Vengeance  Col. 

Gun  Town  Univ. 

Guy  Could  Change,  A  Rep. 


Barbara  Britton-Rudy  Vailee 

Not  Set 

2926 

528 

John  Carradine-Claudia  Drake 

Feb.  2/46 

72m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

627 

Tom  Drake-Donna  Reed 

Aug.  22/46 

81m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2951 

629 

Tom  Conway-Rita  Corday 

(T)  June  20/46 

63m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

603 

Tom  Conway-Rita  Corday 

Block  1 

65m 

July  21/45 

2626 

2366 

612 

Alice  Faye-Dana  Andrews 

Dec, '45 

97m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

2454 

507 

^Varren  ^Villiam-Peter  Cookson 

Mar.  2/46 

68m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2598 

Louise  Fe  rid  a -A  m  edeo  Nazzari 

Jan.  14/46 

95m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

Esther  ^Villiams-Ricardo  Montalban 

Not  Set 

2939 

607 

Tom  Neal-Barbara  Hale 

Block  2 

82m 

Sept.  8/45 

2638 

2366 

2798 

4605 

Alan  Curtis-Evelyn  Ankers 

Oct.  1/46 

75m 

3078 

^5  e  o  r  g  e  Zucco-Hope  Kramer 

Feb.  20/46 

59m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

2670 

4504 

William   GarQan-Nancy  Kelly 

Dec.  14/45 

70m 

Aug.  25/45 

2639 

2543 

/alentino  Serove-Eugene  Samoilav 

Feb.  23/46 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

515 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

June  29/46 

75m 

Juno    1  '46 

3017 

2926 

519 

Albert  Dekker-Evelyn  Ankers 

May  18/46 

67m 

May  25.'46 

3006 

616 

Joan  Fontaine-Mark  Stevens 

Block  4 

95m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

2861 

3188 

513 

Rod  Ca m eron -Yvon n e  De  Carlo 

Dec.  2  1  ,'45 

85m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2555 

2975 

7204 

Charles  Starrett-Jean  Stevens 

Jan.  31/46 

60m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2686 

Richard  Greene-Ann  Todd 

Not  Set 

98m 

May  4/46 

2974 

Marshall  Thompson-George  Tobias 

(T)  Aug.  29/46 

98m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2778 

7002 

Glenn  Ford-Janet  Blair 

Sept.  24/46 

86m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

2939 

3228 

7207 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 

Apr.  25/46 

54m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2778 

619 

John  Loder-Audrey  Long 

Block  4 

72m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2384 

2810 

Robert  Lowery-Tela  Loring 

Oct.  14/46 

509 

Allan  Lane-Jean  Rogers 

Jan.  25/46 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2784 

3018 

529 

Gilbert   Roland-Martin  Garralaga 

Mar.  30/46 

65m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2963 

Godfrey  Tearle-Jeanne  de  Casalis 

Mar.  15/46 

84m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

Alan  Carney-Anne  Jeffreys 

(T)  Oct.  16/46 

61m 

Aug.  10/46 

3138 

3078 

562 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Claudia  Drake 

June  8/46 

'55m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

2963 

607 

Leon  Errol-Joe  Kirkwood 

Oct.  19/46 

72m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

3126 

7034 

Osa  Massen-Robert  Stanton 

Feb.  28/46 

74m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

2792 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

Mar.  27/46 

52m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

Dennis  O'Keefe-Marie  MacDonald 

Nov.  30/45 

72m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2975 

James  Ellison-Anne  Gwynne 

Not  Set 

2972 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

June  3/46 

56m 

June  1/45 

3017 

7001 

Rita  Hayworth-Glenn  Ford 

Apr.  25/46 

107m 

Mar.  23/46 

2907 

2776 

3164 

Hugh  Williams-Joan  Creenwood 

Not  Set 

86m 

June  8/46 

3029 

7029 

Ruth  Nelson-Loren  Tindall 

Oct.  1 1  ,'45 

60m 

Oct.  20/45 

2686 

2670 

515 

Lois  Collier-Jess  Barker 

Jan.  11/46 

75m 

Jan.  12/46 

2795 

2467 

502 

Lynne  Roberts-Richard  Powers 

Nov.  2/45 

68  m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2467 

528 

James  Ellison-Anna  Lee 

Aug.  12/46 

69m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3127 

516 

Paul  Kelly-Anna  Gwynne 

Apr.  27/46 

68m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2792 

003 

Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert 

Apr.,'46 

62m 

July  27/46 

3114 

3228 

5308 

Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette 

Jan.  15/46 

60m 

July  16/38 

705 

Eric  Portman-Flora  Robson 

(T)  Sept.  15/46 

62m 

July  27/46 

3114 

Luise  Rainer-Fernand  Gravet 

(T)  Sept.  30/46 

106m 

Sept.  21/46 

3212 

623 

Charles  Coburn-Tom  Drake 

July  4/46 

128m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2883 

3228 

1107 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 

Aug.  30/46 

3187 

7206 

Charles  Starrett-Phyliss  Adair 

Mar.  21/46 

53m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2784 

1 104 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 

Jan.  18/46 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2744 

508 

Allan  LaneJane  Frazee 

Jan.  27/46 

65m 

Jan. 26/46 

2818 

2543 

t  HARVEY  Girls,  The  (color) 


(Block  15) 

MGM 

61  1 

Judy  Garland-John  Hodiak 

Jan.-Feb.,'46 

104m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2354 

2975 

Haunted  Mine,  The 

Mono. 

566 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Linda  Johnson 

Mar.  2/46 

51m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

2792 

Heading  West 

Col. 

7210 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 

Aug.  15/46 

56m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

3188 

Heartbeat 

RKO 

662 

Ginger  Rogers-Jean  Pierre  Aumont 

Special 

101m 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2883 

3228 

Henry  the  Fifth  (British) 

(color)  UA 

Laurence  Olivier-Robert  Newton 

(T)  June  17/46 

134m 

Dec.  2/44 

2626 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


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Title 

Her  Adventurous  Night 
Her  Highness  and  the  Bell- 
boy (Block  13) 
Her  Kind  of  Man 
Her  Sister's  Secret 
High  School  Hero 
Hit  the  Hay 

Hold  That  Blonde  (Block  2) 
Holiday  in  Mexico  (color) 
Home  in  Oklahoma 
Home  on  the  Range  (color) 
Home  Sweet  Homicide 
Honeymoon 

Hoodlum  Saint  (Block  16) 
Hot  Cargo  (Block  5) 
Hotel  Reserve  (British) 
House  of  Dracula 
House  of  Horrors 
t  House  on  92nd  Street,  The 
How  Do  You  Do? 
Humoresque 

Hurricane  (Reissue)  Filr 


Company 
Univ. 

MGM 
WB 
PRC 
Mono. 
Col. 
Para. 
MGM 
Rep. 
Rep. 
20th-Fox 
RKO 
MGM 
Para. 
RKO 
Univ. 
Univ. 
20th-Fox 
PRC 
WB 
i  Classics 

Para. 


I  COVER  Big  Town 

(formerly  Big  Town) 

Idea  Girl  Univ. 
If  I'm  Lucky  20th-Fox 
I  Know  Where  I'm  Going  (Brit.)  GFD 

Imperfect  Lady  Para. 

In  Fast  Company  Mono. 

Inner  Circle,  The  Rep. 

In  Old  Sacramento  Rep. 

Inside  Job  Univ. 

Invisible  Informer,  The  Rep. 

I  Ring  Door  Bells  PRC 

I  See  a  Dark  Stranger  (British)  GFD 

Isle  of  the  Dead  RKO 

It  All  Came  True  (Reissue)  WB 

It  Happened  at  the  Inn  (Fr.)  MGM 

It's  Great  to  Be  Young  Col. 

It's  a  Wonderful  Life  (Special)  RKO 
It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog  20th-Fox 

I've  Always  Loved  You  (color)  Rep. 

(Special) 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Prod. 

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Digest 

Synopsis 

Number 

Stars 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

538 

Dennis  O'Keefe-Helen  Walker 

July  5/46 

75m 

June  29,  46 

3065 

3007 

603 

Hedy  Lamarr-Robert  Walker 

Oct.,'45 

1  1  Im 

July  14/45 

2631 

2259 

518 

Zachary  Scott-Janis  Paige 

May  1  1  .'■46 

78m 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2838 

Nancy  Coleman-Philip  Reed 

Sept.  23, '46 

85m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3090 

517 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

Sept.  7,'46 

69m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3126 

7018 

Judy  Canova-Ross  Hunter 

Nov.  29,'45 

62m 

2662 

4506 

Eddie  Bracken-Veronica  Lake 

Nov.23,'45 

76m 

Oct.  13/45 

2679 

2259 

Walter  Pidgeon-llona  Massey 

Sept., '46 

128m 

July  27/46 

3113 

2764 

Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 

Nov.  8,"46 

3163 

5501 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Apr.  I8,'46 

55m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2926 

640 

Lynn  Bari-Randolph  Scott 

Oct.,'46 

90m 

July  27/46 

3.124 

2939 

Shirley  Temple-Guy  Madison 

Not  Set 

2939 

618 

William  Powell-Esther  Williams 

Apr.-May,'46 

93  m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2830 

4523 

William  Gargan-Philip  Reed 

June  28, '46 

57m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2870 

615 

James  Mason-Lucie  Mannheim 

Block  3 

79m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

51 1 

Lon  Chaney-Lionel  Atwill 

Dec.  7, '45 

67m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2670 

525 

Robert  Lowery-Virginia  Grey 

Mar.  29,'46 

66m 

Mar      9. '46 

2881 

2850 

608 

William  Eythe-Lloyd  Nolan 

Oct.,'45 

88m 

Sept.  15/45 

2645 

2499 

Bert  Gordon-Harry  Von  Zell 

Dec.  24,'45 

80m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2655 

Joan  '^rawtord-Jonn  fc>artield 

iNot  oet 

z/oe 

Dorothy  Lamour-Jon  nail 

Jan.  I  d,  4o 

lUlm 

KJ         |  5  '17 
INOv  .  \  S,  if 

Philip  Reed-Hillary  Brooke 

Not  Set 

2776 

518 

Jess  Barker-Julie  Bishop 

Feb.  8.'46 

60m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

2764 

638 

Vivian  Blaine-Harry  James 

Sept., '46 

79m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

3066 

Wendy  Hiller-Roger  Livesey 

Not  Set 

91m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

Teresa  Wright-Ray  Milland 

Not  Set 

2870 

510 

Leo  Gorcey-Hunti  Hall 

June  22, "46 

63  m 

May  1 1/46 

2986 

2972 

526 

Warren  Douglas-Lynne  Roberts 

Aug.  7,'46 

57  m 

Sept.  21/46 

321 1 

3127 

517 

William  Elliott-Belle  Malone 

May  31, '46 

89m 

May  4/46 

2973 

537 

Preston  Foster-Ann  Rutherford 

June  28, '46 

65m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2987 

529 

Linda  Stirling-William  Henry 

Aug.  19/46 

57m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

Robert  Shayne-Ann  Gwynne 

Feb.  25/46 

64m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

Deborah  Kerr-Trevor  Howard 

Not  Set 

1  12m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

608 

Boris  Karloff-Ellen  Drew 

Block  2 

72m 

Sept.  8/45 

2638 

22 16 

503 

Ann  Sheridan-Jeffrey  Lynn-H.  Bogart     Oct.  6,'45 

97m 

Apr.  6/40 

Fernand  Ledoux-Maurice  Schutz 

(T)  Feb.  25/46 

96m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

7038 

Leslie  Brooks-Jimmy  Lloyd 

Sept.  12, '46 

68m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3163 

James  Stewart-Donna  Reed 

(T)  Dec.,'46 

3186 

632 

Carole  Landis-Allyn  Joslyn 

July, '46 

70m 

June     I  46 

3017 

2963 

Maria  Ouspenskaya-Philip  Dorn 

(T)  Aug.  27,"46 

1  17m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2628 

Data 
Pag 


2810 
3164 


2810 


3164 


2975 


2898 


3188 


2810 


3228 


JANIE  Gets  Married 

WB 

520 

Joan  Leslie-Robt.  Hutton 

June  22/46 

91m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2655 

Jesse  James  (Reissue) 

20th-Fox 

618 

Tyrone  Power-Nancy  Kelly 

Feb.,'46 

106m 

Jan. 14/39 

Joe  Palooka,  Champ 

Mono. 

502 

Joe  Kirkwood-Elyse  Knox 

May  28/46 

•  70m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

Johnnie  Comet  Flying  Home 

20th-Fo» 

624 

Martha  Stewart-Richard  Crane 

Apr.,'46 

65m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2764 

Johnny  in  the  Clouds  (Br.) 

UA 

Michael  Redgrave-John  Mills 

Mar.  15/46 

109m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

Jolson  Story,  The  (color) 

Col. 

Larry  Parks-William  Demarest 

Not  Set 

128m 

Sept.  21/46 

3209 

2883 

Journey  Together  (British) 

English 

Edward  G.  Robinson-Bessie  Love 

Mar.  2/46 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

Jungle  Flight 

Para. 

Robert  Lowery-Anne  Savage 

Not  Set 

3126 

Jungle  Princess  (Reissue) 

Para. 

R5-3620 

Dorothy  Lamour-Ray  Milland 

Sept.  1/46 

84m 

Sept.  21/46 

3212 

Junior  Prom 

Mono. 

514 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

May  11/46 

69m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

Just  Before  Dawn 

Col. 

7021 

Warner  Baxter-Mona  Barrie 

Mar.  7/46 

65m. 

2756 

3228 


3164 


(formerly  Exposed  by  the  Crime  Doctor) 


t  KID  from  Brooklyn,  The  (color)  RKO 

Kid  Millions  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Killers,  The  Univ. 

f  Kiss  and  Tell  (Special)  Col. 

t  Kitty  (Block  2)  Para. 

LADIES'  Man  Para. 

Lady  Chaser  PRC 

Lady  Luck  (Block  I)  RKO 
Lady  of  Fortune  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

(formerly  Becky  Sharp) 

Landrush  Col. 

Larceny  in  Her  Heart  PRC 

Last  Chance,  The  (Bl.  16)  (Swiss)  MGM 

Last  Crooked  Mile,  The  Rep. 

Last  Frontier  Uprising  Rep. 

Lawless  Breed  Univ. 

Lawless  Empire  Col. 
t  Leave  Her  to  Heaven  (color) 

(Special)  20th-Fox 

Letter  for  Evie,  A  (Block  15)  MGM 
Life  and  Miracles  of  Blessed 

Mother  Cabrini,  The  (Ital.)  Elliott 

Life  with  Blondie  Col. 

Lightning  Raiders  PRC 

Likely  Story,  A  RKO 
Lisbon  Story  (British)          Natl.  Anglo 

Lighthouse  PRC 

Little  Giant  Univ. 


652 

Danny  Kaye-Virginia  Mayo 

Special 

1  14m 

Mar.  30/46 

2918 

2628 

3228 

Eddie  Cantor-Ann  Sothern 

Nov.  1/45 

92m 

Oct.  27/34 

548 

Burt  Lancaster-Ava  Gardner 

Aug.  30/46 

102m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3055 

3228 

7101 

Shirley  Temple-Jerome  Courtland 

Oct.  18/45 

90m 

Sept.  8/45 

2637 

2353 

2898 

4509 

Paulette  Goddard-Ray  Milland 

May  10/46 

104m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2093 

3228 

Eddie  Bracken-Virginia  Welles 

Not  Set 

2809 

Robert  Lowery-Ann  Savage 

Oct.  21/46 

702 

Robert  Young-Barbara  Hale 

(T)  Sept.  20/46 

97m 

July  20/46 

3102 

2756 

Miriam  Hopkins-Frances  Dee 

Dec.  15/45 

69  m 

June  22/35 

861 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnett 

Oct.  17/46 

54m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3211 

2895 

Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker 

July  10/46 

68m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2963 

621 

E.  G.  Morrison-John  Hoy 

Apr.-May,'46 

105m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

2930 

527 

Donald  Barry-Ann  Savage 

Aug.  9/46 

67m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Oct.  22/46 

3187 

1  106 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 

Aug.  16/46 

7202 

Charles  Starrett-Mildred  Law 

Nov.  15/45 

59  m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2543 

614 

Gene  Tierney-Cornel  Wilde 

Jan.,'46 

1  10m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2499 

2898 

614 

Marsha  Hunt-John  Carroll 

Jan. -Feb. ,'46 

89m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2655 

2930 

La  Cheduzzi-Mila  Lanza 

July  6/46 

60m 

July  6/46 

3077 

7019 

Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake 

Dec.  13/45 

70m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2686 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  St.  John 

Jan.  7/46 

61m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2686 

Bill  Williams-Barbara  Hale 

Not  Set 

2963 

Patricia  Burke-David  Farrar 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

John  Litel-June  Lang 

Nov.  1  1/46 

520 

Abbott  and  Costello 

Feb.  22/46 

91m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

2756 

3088 

3232 


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Company 

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Issue 

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Page 

Page 

Lit+te  Iodine 

UA 

Jo  Ann  Marlowe-Marc  Cramer 

Oct.  1 1  ,'46 

57m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3066 

Little  Miss  Big 

Univ. 

549 

Fay  Holden-Beverly  Simmons 

Aug.30,'46 

61m 

Sept.  7/46 

3186 

2963 

Little  Mister  Jim 

MSM 

"Butch"  Jenkins-Frances  Sifford 

(T)  June  4/46 

94m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2926 

Live  Wires 

Mono. 

509 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 

Jan.  12, '46 

65m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

Locket,  The 

RKO 

Laraine  Day-Brian  Aherne 

Not  Set 

2939 

(formerly  Wha+  Nancy  Wonted) 

London  Town  (Brit.)  (col.) 

Eagle-Lion 

Sid  Field-Greta  Gynt 

Not  Set 

I2lm 

Sept.  21/46 

3209 

Lonesome  Trail 

Mono. 

571 

James  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White 

Dec.   8, '45 

57m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

2695 

r  Lost  Weekend,  The  (Block 

)  Para. 

4503 

Ray  Milland-Jane  Wyman 

Jan.  25,'46 

101m 

Aug.  18/45 

2639 

2242 

2975 

j  Love  Letters  (  Block  1 ) 

Para. 

4502 

Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten 

Oct.  26,'45 

101m 

Aug.  25/45 

2646 

2230 

2810 

Love  on  the  Dole  (Brit.)  Four 

Continents 

Deborah  Kerr-Clifford  Evans 

Oct.  12/45 

89m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

Lover  Come  Back 

Univ. 

536 

George  Brent-Lucille  Ball 

June  21/46 

90m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2939 

Loyal  Heart  (British)  St 

rand-Anglo 

Harry  Welchman-Percy  Marmont 

Not  Set 

78m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

MADONNA  of  the  Seven 

(British) 

Univ. 

526 

Phyllis  Calvert-Stewart  Granger 

Apr.  5/46 

88m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

Madonna's   Secret,  The 

Rep. 

510 

Francis  Lederer-Gail  Patrick 

Feb.  16/46 

79  m 

Feb.  23/46 

?8S8 

2838 

Make  Mine  Music  (color)  (Sp< 

:l.)  RKO 

692 

Disney  Musical  Feature 

(T)  July  4/46 

74m 

Apr.  27/46 

2662 

3228 

Man  Alive 

RKO 

606 

Pat  O'Brien-Ellen  Drew 

Block  2 

70m 

Sept.  29/45 

2661 

2366 

2798 

Man  from  Rainbow  Valey  (co 

or)  Rep. 

5502 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

June  15/46 

56m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2963 

Man  1  Love,  The 

WB 

Ida  Lupino-Robert  Alda 

Not  Set 

2784 

Man  in  Grey,  The  (Brit.) 

Univ. 

523 

Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason 

Mar.  15/46 

90  m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

Man  Who  Dared,  The 

Col. 

7040 

Leslie  Brooks-George  Macready 

May  30/46 

65m 

June  29/46 

3065 

2926 

Margie  (color) 

20th-Fox 

646 

Jeanne  Crain-Alan  Young 

Nov., '46 

2884 

Marie  Louise  (French)  Mayer-Burstyn 

Josiane-Heinrich  Gretler 

Nov.  12/46 

93m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

Marshal  of  Laredo 

Rep. 

562 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake 

Oct.  7/45 

56m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2467 

Mask  of  Diijon 

PRC 

Erich  Von  Stroheim-Jeanne  Bates 

Apr.  9/46 

74m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2792 

3018 

Masquerade  in  Mexico  (Block  3)  Para. 

4512 

Dorothy  Lamour-Arturo  de  Cordova 

Feb.  22/46 

96m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2686 

2975 

Meet  Me  on  Broadway 

Col. 

7014 

Marjorie  Reynolds-Fred  Brady 

Jan.  3/46 

69m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2744 

Meet  the  Navy  (Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 

Oscar  Naske 

Not  Set 

81m 

June  15/46 

3043 

Men  of  Two  World  (Br.)  (Co 

or)  GFD 

Eric  Portman-Phyllis  Cavert 

Sept.  9/46 

109m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

Michigan  Kid,  The 

Univ. 

Jon  Hall-Rita  Johnson 

Not  Set 

3090 

Mighty  McGurk,  The 

MGM 

Wallace  Beery-Edward  Arnold 

Not  Set 

3066 

t  Mildred  Pierce 

WB 

505 

Joan  Crawford-Jack  Carson 

Oct.  20/45 

1  1  Im 

Oct.  6/45 

2670 

2259 

2798 

Missing  Lady,  The 

Mono. 

525 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed 

Aug.  17/46 

60m 

Sept.  21/46 

321 1 

3031 

t  Miss  Susie  Slagle's  (Block  3) 

Para. 

4513 

Sonny  Tufts-Veronica  Lake 

Mar.  8/46 

88m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2216 

Mr.  Ace 

UA 

George  Raft-Sylvia  Sydney 

Aug.  2/46 

84m 

Aug.  31/46 

3173 

2926 

3228 

Mr.  Hex 

Mono. 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 

Nov.  9/46 

Monsieur  Beaucaire  (Special 

Para. 

4532 

Bob  Hope-Joan  Caulfield 

Aug.  30/46 

93  m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2883 

3228 

Moon  Over  Montana 

Mono. 

572 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White 

Feb.  23/46 

56m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2792 

Murder  in  Reverse  (Brit.)  Natl.-Anglo 

William  Hartnell-Jimmy  Hanley 

Oct.  22/45 

87m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

Murder  in  the  Music  Hall 

Rep. 

512 

Vera  Hruba  Ralston-William  Marsha 

Apr.  10/46 

84m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2748 

Murder  Is  My  Business 

PRC 

Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker 

Apr.  10/46 

63m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

My  Brother  Talks  to  Horses 

MGM 

Peter  Lawford-"Butch"  Jenkins 

Not  Set 

3031 

My  Darling  Clementine 

20th-Fox 

645 

Henry  Fonda-Linda  Darnell 

Nov.,'46 

3078 

My  Dog  Shep                    Screen  Guild 

4609 

Tom  Neal-Helen  Chapman-"Flame" 

Dec.  1/46 

3163 

My  Name  Is  Julia  Ross 

Col. 

7017 

Nina  Foch-George  Macready 

Nov.  27/45 

65m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2655 

3018 

My  Pal  Trigger 

Rep. 

5541 

Roy  Rogers-George  "Gabby"  Hayes 

July  10/46 

79m 

June  22/46 

3053 

t  My  Reputation 

WB 

510 

Barbara  Stanwyck-George  Brent 

Jan.  26/46 

96m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

2792 

2975 

Mysterious  Intruder 

Col. 

7025 

Richard  Dix-Barton  MacLane 

Apr.  1  1/46 

61m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

2907 

Mysterious  Mr.  Valentine 

Rep. 

531 

William  Henry-Linda  Stirling 

Sept.  3/46 

NAVAJO  Kid 

PRC 

Bob  Steele-Caren  March 

Nov.  21/45 

59m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2695 

'"Neath  Canadian  Skies  Screen 

Guild 

4606 

Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper 

Oct.  15/46 

41m 

3127 

Never  Say  Goodbye 

WB 

Errol  Flynn-Eleanor  Parker 

Not  Set 

2838 

Night  and  Day  (color) 

WB 

523 

Cary  Grant-Alexis  Smith 

Aug.  3/46 

132  m 

July  13/46 

3089 

2838 

3228 

Night  Boat  to  Dublin  (Brit.)  A.B.P.C.-Pathe 

Robert  Newton-Raymond  Lovell 

Not  Set 

100m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

Night  Editor 

Col. 

7023 

William  Gargan-Janis  Carter 

Apr.  18/46 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2895 

Night  in  Casablanca,  A 

UA 

Marx  Brothers-Lois  Collier 

May  10/46 

85m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2884 

3188 

Night  in  Paradise,  A  (color) 

Univ. 

529 

Merle  Oberon-Turhan  Bey 

May  3/46 

84m 

Apr.  13/46 

2937 

2278 

3100 

Night  Train  to  Memphis 

Rep. 

523 

Roy  Acuff-Adele  Mara 

July  12/46 

67m 

July  27/46 

3114 

2748 

Nobody  Lives  Forever 

WB 

604 

John  Garfield-Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

Oct.  12/46 

100m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

2830 

Nocturne  (Block  2) 

RKO 

George  Raft-Lynn  Bari 

(T)  Oct.  14/46 

3055 

No  Leave,  No  Love 

MGM 

Van  Johnson-Marie  Wilson 

(T)  Aug.  26/46 

1 17m 

Aug.  31/46 

3173 

2818 

Nora  Prentiss 

WB 

Ann  Sheridan-Kent  Smith 

Not  Set 

2883 

(formerly  The  Sentence  1 

North  of  the  Border  Screen 

Guild 

4610 

Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper 

Nov.  15/46 

46m 

3090 

Northwest  Trail  Screen 

Guild 

002 

John  Lytel-Bob  Steele 

Apr.,'46 

61m 

No  Time  for  Comedy  (Reissue) 

WB 

516 

James  Stewart-Rosalind  Russell 

Apr.  13/46 

99m 

Sept.  7/40 

No  Trespassing 

UA 

Edw.  G.  Robinson-Lon  McAllister 

Not  Set 

3090 

Notorious  (Special) 

RKO 

Ingrid  Bergman-Cary  Grant 

(T)  Aug.  15/46 

101m 

July  27/46 

3113 

2870 

3228 

Notorious  Lone  Wolf 

Col. 

7028 

Gerald  Mohr-Janis  Carter 

Feb.  14/46 

64m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2792 

OF  Human  Bondage 

WB 

522 

Paul  Henreid-Eleanor  Parker 

July  20/46 

105m 

July  6/46 

3077 

3031 

3228 

Once  There  Was  a  Girl 

(Russ.)  Artkino 

Nina  Ivanava-Natasha  Zashipina 

Dec.  22/45 

72m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

One  Exciting  Week 

Rep. 

521 

Al  Pearce-Arline  Harris 

June  8/46 

69  m 

June  1  5/46 

304? 

2809 

One  More  Tomorrow 

WB 

519 

Ann  Sheridan-Dennis  Morgan 

June  1/46 

89  m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2838 

3228 

One  Way  to  Love 

Col. 

7012 

Janis  Carter-Chester  Morris 

Dec.  20/45 

83m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2862 

Open  City  (Italian) 

Mayer-Burstyn 

Aldo  Fabrizi-Anna  Magnani 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

O.S.S.  (Block  6) 

Para. 

4526 

Alan  Ladd-Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

July  26/46 

107m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2963 

Our  Hearts  Were  Growing  Up 

(Block  5) 

Para. 

4522 

Gail  Russell-Diana  Lynn 

June  14/46 

84m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2555 

3188 

Out  California  Way 

Rep. 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Not  Set 

3127 

Outlaw,  The 

UA 

Jack  Buetel-Jane  Russell 

Feb.  8/46 

1  1  Im 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

Outlaw  of  the  Plains 

PRC 

Buster  Crabbe-Al  St.  John 

Sept.  22/46 

56m 

Sept.  28/46 

3225 

3126 

Out  of  the  Depths 

Col. 

7035 

Jim  Bannon-Ross  Hunter 

Dec.  27/45 

61m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2695 

Overland  Riders 

PRC 

Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

Aug.  21/46 

54m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

3126 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


3233 


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Title 


Prod. 

Company  Number 


Vol. 

7  rinc 

t\f\\J 

OiO 

Rep. 

518 

Para. 

4508 

Para. 

Col. 

7008 

Para. 

Col. 

7039 

Col. 

7031 

Pathe 

Univ. 

512 

PARDON  My  Past 
Partners  in  Time 
Passkey  to  Danger 
People  Are  Funny  (Block  2) 
Perfect  Marriage,  The 
Perilous  Holiday 
Perils  of  Pauline  (color) 
Personality  Kid 
Phantom  Thief,  The 
Piccadilly  Incident  (Brit.) 
Pillow  of  Death 
Pink  String  and  Sealing  Wax  Eagle-Lion  .... 
(British) 

Pinocchio  (color)  (Reissue)  RKO  691 

Pirates  of  Monterey  (color)  Univ.  .... 
Plainsman,  The  (Reissue)  Para.  R5-3624 

Plainsman  and  the  Lady,  The  Rep.  .... 
Portrait  of  Marie  (Bl.  15)  (Mex.)  MGM  612 
Portrait  of  a  Woman  (Swiss) 

Mayer-Burstyn  .... 

Possessed  WB   

t  Postman  Always  Rings  Twice,  The 

(Block  16)  MGM  620 

Postmaster's  Daughter  (French)  Vog  .... 
Prairie  Badmen  PRC  .... 

Prairie  Rustlers  PRC  .... 

Prison  Ship  Col.  7036 

Pursuit  to  Algiers  Univ.  507 


Stars 

Fred  MacMurray-Marguerite  Chapman 
Pamela   Blake-John  James 
Stephanie  Bachelor-Kane  Richmond 
Jack  Haley-Helen  Walker 
Loretta  Young-David  Niven 
Pat  O'Brien-Ruth  Warrick 
Betty  Hutton-John  Lund 
Anita  Louise-Michael  Duane 
Chester   Morris-Jeff  Donnell 
Anna  Neagle-Michael  Wilding 
Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce 
Mervyn  Johns-Mary  Merrall 

Disney  Feature  Cartoon 
Maria  Montez-Rod  Cameron 
Gary  Cooper-Jean  Arthur 
William  Elliott-Vera  Hruba  Ralston 
Dolores  Del  Rio-Pedro  Armendariz 

Francoise  Rosay-Henry  Guisol 
Joan  Crawford-Van  Heflin 

Lana  Turner-John  Garfield 
Harry  Baur-Jeanine  Crispin 
Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Nina  Foch-Robert  Lowery 
Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce 


Not  Set 

Apr. -May, '46 
Aug.  17/46 
July  I7,'46 
Nov.  7/45 
Nov.  I5,'45 
Oct.  26,'45 


jvl .  I  . 

Product 

Advance 

bervice 

1  radeshow  or 

Run  tiing 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Dec.  25.'45 

87m 

Sept.  8/45 

2637 

2543 

3018 

Block  5 

76m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

May  1  1/46 

58m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

2987 

Jan.  1  1/46 

93m 

Oct.  13/45 

2677 

2810 

Not  Set 

2883 

Mar.  21/46 

89m 

May  25/46 

3007 

2776 

30t8 

inot  oeT 

0O3O 

Aug.  8/46 

.  68m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3031 

May  2/46 

65m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2926 

Sept.  20/46 

100m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

Dec-  14/45 

66m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2454 

Not  Set 

95m 

Dec.  15/45 

2757 

Special 

85m 

Feb.  3/40 

Not  Set 

3127 

Sept.  1/46 

1  13m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3212 

Not  Set 

3127 

Jan. -Feb. ,'46 

76m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2930 

Apr.  20/46 

80m 

Apr.  20.'46 

2950 

3078 


13m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2883 

74m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

55m 

July  27/46 
Nov.  3/45 

31  14 

3055 

56m 

2703 

2670 

60m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2670 

65m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

2628 

3228 


QUEEN  of  Burlesque  PRC 
Quiet  Weekend  (British)  ABP 


Evelyn  Ankers-Carleton  Young 
Derek  Farr-Frank  Cellier 


July  24/46 
Not  Set 


70m 
90m 


July  6/46 
May  25/46 


3078 
3006 


2987 


RADIO  Stars  on  Parade 
Rage  in  Heaven  (R.) 
Rake's  Progress,  The  (Brit.) 
Razor's  Edge,  The 
Rebecca  (Reissue) 
Red  Dragon 
Red  River  Renegades 
Rendezvous  24 
Rendezvous  With  Annie 
Renegades  (color) 
Resistance  (French) 
Return  of  Frank  James 


RKO 
MGM 
Eagle-Lion 
20th-Fox 
UA 
Mono. 
Rep. 
20th-Fox 
Rep. 
Col. 
Vog 

The  (Reissue) 
20th-Fox 

Return  of  Rusty,  The  Col. 

t  Rhapsody  in  Blue  WB 
Rio  Grande  Raiders  Rep. 
Riverboat  Rhythm  RKO 
River  Gang  Univ. 

f  Road  to  Utopia  (Special)  Para. 
Roaring  Rangers  Col. 
Rolling  Home  Screen  Guild 

Roll  On,  Texas  Moon  Rep. 
Romance  of  the  West  (color)  PRC 
Rough  Riders  of  Cheyenne  Rep. 
Runaround,  The  Univ. 
Russia  on  Parade  (Russ.)  (col.)  Artkino 
Rustler's  Roundup  Univ. 


605 

Wally    Brown-Alan  Carney 

Bbck  1 

65m 

May  1  1/46 

2986 

2883 

Ingrid  Bergman-Robert  Montgomery  (T)  Aug.  21/46 

1  17m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

Rex  Harrison-Lili  Palmer 

Dec.  7/45 

1  10m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

Tyrone  Power-Gene  Tierney 

Not  Set 

3127 

Laurence  Olivier-Joan  Fontaine 

Apr.  26/46 

125  m 

Mar.  30/40 

513 

Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong 

Feb.  2/46 

64m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

557 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

July  25/46 

55m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

3066 

627 

William  Gargan-Marie  Palmer 

May/46 

70m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2951 

525 

Eddie  Albert-Faye  Marlowe 

July  22/46 

89m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

7003 

Evelyn  Keyes-Willard  Parker 

June  13/46 

87m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2776 

Lucien  Coedel-Yvonne  Gaudeau 

July/46 

76m 

July  13/46 

3089 

619 

Henry  Fonda-Gene  Tierney 

Feb.,'46 

92  m 

Aug.  17/40 

7032 

Ted  Donaldson-Barbara  Wooddell 

June  27/46 

3007 

502 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Alda 

Sept.  22/45 

139m 

June  30/45 

2626 

1530 

558 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

Sept.  9/46 

3163 

S20 

Leon  Erroll-Glenn  Vernon 

Block  4 

65m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

503 

Gloria  Jean-John  Qualen 

Sept.  21/45 

64m 

Sept.  15/45 

2645 

2279 

453  i 

Bing  Crosby-Bob  Hope-D.  Lamour 

Mar.  22/46 

89m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2744 

7205 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 

Feb.  14/46 

56m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

2543 

4607 

Jean  Parker-Russell  Hayden 

Nov.  1/46 

71m 

3163 

542 

Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 

Sept.  12/46 

68  m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

321 1 

3030 

Eddie  Dean-Joan  Barton 

Mar.  20/46 

58m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

2792 

552 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

Nov.  1/45 

56m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2686 

535 

Ella  Raines-Rod  Cameron 

June  14/46 

86m 

June  15/46 

3043 

2987 

Documentary 

Sept.  6/46 

45m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

1105 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 

Aug.  9/46 

3138 

3228 


2930 


3088 


t  SAILOR  Takes  a  Wife 

(Block  15)  MGM 
f  San  Antonio  (color)  WB 
f  Saratoga  Trunk  WB 

Scandal  in  Paris,  A  UA 

Scared  to  Death  (color)   Screen  Guild 

Scared  to  Death  (color)     Screen  Guild 

Scotland  Yard  Investigator  Rep. 

Searching  Wind,  The  (Block  6)  Para. 

Secrets  of  a  Sorority  Girl  PRC 

Senorita  from  the  West  Univ. 

Sentimental  Journey  20th-Fox 
t  Seventh  Veil,  The  (Brit.)  Univ. 

Seven  Were  Saved  Para. 

Shadowed  Col. 

Shadow  of  a  Woman  WB 

Shadows  on  the  Range  Mono. 

Shadows  Over  Chinatown  Mono, 
(formerly  The  Mandarin  Secret) 

Shadow  Returns,  The  Mono. 

Shahrazad  (color)  Univ. 
(formerly  Fandango) 

Sheriff  of  Redwood  Valley  Rep. 

She  Went  to  the  Races  (Bl.  14)  MGM 

She-Wolf  of  London  Univ. 

She  Wrote  the  Book  Univ. 

Shock  20th-Fox 


615 

Robert  Walker-June  Allyson 

Jan. -Feb. ,'46 

92m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

2555 

2898 

509 

Errol  Flynn-Alexis  Smith 

Dec.  29/45 

i  12m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2216 

2930 

514 

Gary  Cooper-lngrid  Bergman 

Mar.  30/46 

135m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

1431 

2975 

George  Sanders-Signe  Hasso 

July  19/46 

100m 

July  20/46 

3112 

2764 

4608 

Bela  Lugosi-Joyce  Compton 

Nov.  1/46 

72m 

3127 

4608 

Edw.  G.  Robinson-Joan  Bennett 

Dec.  28/45 

102m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2662 

2898 

50! 

Sir  Aubrey  Smith-Erich  von  Stroheim 

Sept.  30/45 

68m 

Oct.  1 3/45 

2677 

2467 

4527 

Robert  Young-Ann  Richards 

Aug.  9/46 

107m 

May  1 1/46 

2985 

2884 

Mary  Ware-Rick  Vallin 

Aug.  15/46 

58m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3031 

506 

Allan  Jones-Bonita  Granville 

Oct.  12/45 

63  m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2418 

621 

John  Payne-Maureen  O'Hara 

Mar./46 

94m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2756 

2975 

519 

James  Mason-Ann  Todd 

Feb.  15/46 

94m 

Nov.  10/45 

2786 

Richard  Denninq-Catherine  Craig 

Not  Set 

2972 

7042 

Anita  Louise-Robert  Scott 

Sept.  26/46 

3163 

602 

Andrea  King-Helmut  Dantine 

Sept.  14/46 

78m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

2543 

567 

Johnny  Mack  Brown 

Aug.  10/46 

57m 

3066 

518 

Sidney  Toler-Sen  Yung 

July  27/46 

64m 

2963 

527 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed 

Feb.  16/46 

61m 

Jan. 19/46 

2806 

Yvonne  de  Carlo-Brian  Donlevy 

Not  Set 

2884 

566 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming 

Mar.  29/46 

54m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2778 

607 

James  Craig-Frances  Gifford 

Nov.-Dec.,45 

87m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2930 

531 

June  Lockhart-Jan  Wiley 

May  17/46 

61m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

533 

Joan  Davis-Jack  Oakie 

May  31/46 

76m 

May  11/46 

2987 

2870 

615 

Vincent  Price-Lynn  Bari 

Feb./46 

70m 

Jan. 19/46 

2805 

2764 

3234 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


Title  Company 
Shocking  Miss  Pilgrim,  The 

(color)  20th-Fox 
Short  Happy  Life  of 

Francis  Macomber,  The  UA 

Show-Off    The  MGM 

Silver  Range  Mono. 


Prod. 
Number 


[BI.2] 


Sinbad,  the  Sailor  (color 
Singing  on  the  Trail 
Sing  Your  Way  Home 
Sing  While  You  Dance 
Sin  of  Harold  Diddlebock 
Sirocco  (French) 
Sister  Kenny  (Block  I  ) 
Six  Gun  Man 
Six   P.  M.  (Russian) 
Sliohtly  Scandalous 
f  Smoky  (color) 
Smooth  as  Silk 
Snafu 

So  Dark  the  Night 

So  Goes  My  Love 

Somewhere  in  the  Night 

Song  of  Mexico 

Song  of  Old  Wyoming  (color 

Song  of  the  Sierras 

South  of  Monterey 
f  Spanish  Main,  The  (color) 

Specter  of  the  Rose 
f  Spellbound 

Spider,  The 


RKO 

Col. 
RKO 
Col. 
The  UA 
Leo  Cohen 
RKO 
PRC 
Artkino 
Univ. 
20th-Fox 
Univ. 
Col. 
Coi. 
Univ. 
20th- Fox 
Rep. 
|  PRC 
Mono. 
Mono. 
RKO 
Rep. 
UA 
20th-Fox 


Spider  Woman  Strikes  Back,  The  Univ. 

t  Spiral  Staircase,  The  RKO 
Splendor  (Reissue)             Film  Classics 

Spook  Busters  Mono. 

Stallion  Road  WB 

Stars  Over  Texas  PRC 

State  Fair  (color)  20th-Fox 

Step  By  Step  (Block  I )  RKO 

t  Stolen  Life,  A  WB 

t  Stork  Club,  The  (Block  2)  Para. 

Stormy  Waters   (French)  MGM 

Strange  Confession  Univ. 

Strange  Conquest  Univ. 

Strange  Holiday  PRC 

Strange  Impersonation  Rep. 

Strange  Journey  20th-Fox 
Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers 

(Block  6)  Para. 

Strange  Mr.  Gregory  Mono. 

Stranger,  The  (Special)  RKO 

Strange  Triangle  20th-Fox 

Strange  Voyage  Mono. 

Strange  Woman,  The  UA 

Strangler  of  the  Swamp  PRC 
Strike  Me  Pink  (Reissue)    Film  Classics 

Suddenly  It's  Spring  Para. 

Sunbonnet  Sue  Mono. 

Sunset  Pass  (Block  I )  RKO 

Sun  Valley  Cyclone  Rep. 

Sun  Valley  Serenade  (R.)  20th-Fox 

Susie   Steps   Out  UA 

(formerly  Miss  Television) 

Suspense  (Special)  Mono. 

Swamp  Fire  (Block  6)  Para. 

Sweetheart  of  Sigma  Chi  Mono. 

Swing  Parade  of  1946  Mono. 
Symphonie  D'Amour  (French)  Alganzy 

TALK  About  a  Lady  Col. 

Tangier  Univ. 

Tars  and  Spars  Col. 
Tarzan  and  the  Leopard  Woman  RKO 

Temptation  Univ. 

(formerly  Bella  Donna) 

Tenth  Avenue  Angel  MGM 

Terror  by  Night  Univ. 

Terrors  on  Horseback  PRC 

Texas  Panhandle  Col. 

That  Brennan  Girl  Rep. 

That  Texas  Jamboree  Col. 

That  Way  With  Women  WB 

Theirs  Is  the  Glory  (British)  GFD 
These  Three  (Reissue)       Film  Classics 
They  Made  Me  a  Killer  (BI.4)  Para, 
-f  They  Were  Expendable  (Bl.  14)  MGM 

They  Were  Sisters  (British)  Univ. 

This  Love  of  Ours  Univ. 

This  Man  Is  Mine  (Brit.)  Col.  Brit. 
Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue 

(color)  20th-Fox 

Three  Strangers  WB 


7224 
614 
7033 


701 


544 
631 
521 
7010 
805 
528 
629 
506 

681 
530 
610 
524 

613 
524 
611 

512 


607 
703 
521 
4507 

505 
530 

513 
643 

4529 
516 
683 
630 
521 


501 
704 
567 
641 


Stars 


Betty  Grable-Dick  Haymes 


Tradeslyow  or 
Release  Date 

Not  Set 


Gregory  Peck-Joan  Bennett  Not  Set 
Red  Skelton-Marilyn  Maxwell  (T)  Aug.  12, '46 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton    Nov.  2, '46 

D.  Fairbanks,  Jr.-Maureen  O'Hara  Not  Set 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  Sept.  1 2. '46 

Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Block  3 

Ellen  Drew-Robert  Stanton  July  25, '46 

Harold  Lloyd-Raymond  Walburn  Not  Set 

Viviane  Romance-Dalio  Aug.  10, "46 
Rosalind  Russell-Alexander  Knox       (T)  Oct.  1 5, '46 

Bob  Steele-Jean  Carlin  Feb.    I, '46 

Marine  Ladynina-Eugene  Samoilov  Jan.  26, '46 

Sheila  Ryan-Fred  Brady  Auq.   2, '46 

Fred  MacMurray-Anne  Baxter  July, '46 

Kent  Taylor-Virginia  Grey  Mar.    I  ,'46 

Nanette  Parks-Robt.  Benchley  Nov.  22,  45 

Micheline  Cheirel-Steven  Geray  Oct.  10, '46 

Myrna  Loy-Don  Ameche  Apr  I9.'46 

John  Hodiak-Nancy  Guild  June, '46 

Adele  Mara-Edgar  Barrier  Dec.  28, '45 

Eddie  Dean-Jennifer  Holt  Nov.  12 '45 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Nov.  23, '46 

Gilbert  Roland-Frank  Yacanelli  July  13. '46 

Paul  Henreid-Maureen  O'Hara  Block  2 

Man  Kurov-Viola  Essen  July  5, "46 

Ingrid  Bergman-Gregory  Peck  Dec.  28, '45 

Richard  Conte-Faye  Marlowe  Dec.,'45 

Gale  Sondergaard-Kirby  Grant  Mar.  22, '46 

George  Brent-Dorothy  McGuire  Block  3 

Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea  June  1 5, '46 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  Aug.  24,'46 

Zachary  Scott-Alexis  Smith  Not  Set 

Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson  Nov.  1 8, '46 
Dana  Andrews-Jeanne  Crain-Dick  Haymes  Oct.,'45 
Lawrence  Tierney-Anne  Jeffreys       (T)  Aug.    I, '46 

Bette  Davis-Glenn  Ford  July  6,'46 

Betty  Hutton-Barry  Fitzgerald  Dec.  28, '45 
Jean  Gabin-Michele  Morgan            (T)  June   5, "46 

Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce  Oct.   5, '45 

Jane  Wyatt-Lowell  Gilmore  May  10, '46 

Claude  Rains-Barbara  Bate  Sept.   2, '46 

Brenda  Marshall-William  Gargan  Mar.  16, '46 

Paul  Kelly-Osa  Massen  Oct.,'46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Van  Heflin  Sept.  13/46 

Edmund  Lowe-Jean  Rogers  Jan.  12, '46 
Edw.  G.  Robinson-Loretta  Young      (T)  July  15, '46 

Signe  Hasso-John  Shepperd  June, '46 

Eddie  Albert-Forrest  Taylor  July  6, '46 

Hedy  Lamarr-George  Sanders  Oct.  25, '46 

Rosemary  La  Planche-Robt.  Barrett  Jan.    I, '46 

Eddie  Cantor-Ethel  Merman  May  I  5, '46 

Fred  MacMurray-  Paulette  Goddard  Not  Set 

Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Dec.  8, '45 
James  Warren-Nan  Leslie                (T)  Oct.    I, '46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  May  10/46 

Sonja   Henic-John   Payne  Sept. ,'46 

David  Bruce-Cleatus  Caldwell  Not  Set 


Running 
Trine 


83m 


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M.P.  Product  Advance 
Herald        Digest  Synopsis 


tervice 
Data 


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Page 


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Nov.  17/45 


2717 


....         Margaret  O'Brien-George  Murphy  Not  Set 

517        Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce  Feb.  1/46 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St  John  Aug.  14/46 

7203        Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Dec.  20/46 

....         James  Dunn-Mona  Freeman  Not  Set 

7222        Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  May  16/46 

Sydney  Greenstreet-Martha  Vickers  Not  Set 

....         Documentary  Oct.  14/46 

Merle  Oberon-Joel  McCrea       ,  Feb.  15/46 

4518         Robert  Lowery-Barbara  Britton  May  3/46 

609         Robert  Montgomery-John  Wayne  Nov.-Dec./45 

James  Mason-Phyllis  Calvert  (T)  July  23/46 

508        Merle  Oberon-Claude  Rains  Nov.  2/45 

....          Tom  Walls-Jeanne  de  Casalis  Not  Set 

639  June  Haver-Vivian  Blaine  Oct.,'46 
5(1         Geraldine  Fitzgerald-Sydney  Greenstreet  Feb.  16/46 


Page 

2884 

3076 
2951 

3031 
3187 
2354 
3055 
2870 


2939 


3031 


60m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

2748 

55m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2884 

55m 

Jan.  12/46 

2795 

2744 

3090 

67m 

2786 

3031 

82m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

95m 

Feb.  29/36 

66m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2695 

136m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2384 

1 15m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

90m 

Nov.  3/45 

2703 

2662 

103m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

90m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

2907 

92m 

Jan. 26/46 

2817 

2366 

90m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

1  18m 

July  20/46 

3101 

2907 

59m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

2744 

65m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

62  m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

3031 

87m 

June  15/46 

3041 

2628 

3228 

65m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

2809 

82m 

Dec.  22/45 

2766 

2655 

2862 

70m 

Sept.  21/46 

3211 

2850 

88m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

2809 

3018 

1  10m 

May  1  1/46 

2986 

2859 

57m 

2628 

65m 

Aug.  18/45 

2639 

2454 

63m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3127 

101m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2259 

2862 

90m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2776 

1  Mm 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2093 

2975 

61m 

Oct.  13/45 

2677 

2499 

59m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2850 

83m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2695 

2930 

75m 

68m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

3138 

100m 

Aug.  25/45 

2638 

2434 

2810 

62  m 

July  20/46 

3101 

3076 

109m 

May  4/46 

2973 

2756 

3188 

98m 

Oct.  13/45 

2679 

2555 

2898 

80m 

July  13/46 

3089 

62m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2454 

63  m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

2883 

56m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

62  m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

2776 

65m 

Sept.  14/46 

3197 

1  17m 

Mar.  23/46 

2907 

3870 

3228 

63  m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

2598 

85m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2756 

65m 

May  1  1/46 

2986 

2951 

61m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

2884 

60m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2686 

100m 

Jan.  25/36 

2987 

89m 

Sept.  29/45 

2661 

59m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3090 

56m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2987 

86m 

Aug.  24/46 

3163 

3078 

699 

Belita-Barry  Sullivan 

June  15/46 

101m 

Mar. 

30/46 

2917 

3100 

4528 

Johnny  Weissmueller-Virginia  Grey 

Sept.  6/46 

69m 

May 

1 1/46 

2986 

2963 

3228 

Elyse  Knox-Phil  Regan 

Nov.  16/46 

503 

Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan 

Mar.  16/46 

74m 

Jan. 

26/46 

2817 

2628 

Fernand  Gravet-Jacqueline  Francell 

Mar.  9/46 

90m 

Mar. 

23.46 

2906 

7016 

Jinx  Falkenburg-Joe  Besser 

Mar.  28/46 

71m 

June 

8/46 

3030 

2818 

522 

Maria  Montez-Preston  Foster 

Mar.  8/46 

76m 

Mar. 

16/46 

2895 

2756 

2975 

7007 

Alfred  Drake-Janet  Blair-Marc  Piatt 

Jan  10/46 

86m 

Jan. 

19/46 

2805 

2710 

2930 

618 

Johnny  Weissmuller-J.  Sheffield-B.  Joy 

ce      Block  4 

72m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2655 

Merle  Oberon-George  Brent 

Not  Set 

3076 

2930 
2898 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1946 


3235 


REVIEWED 


Title  Company 

Three  Wise  Fools  {Block  17)  MGM 

Thrill  of  Brazil  Col. 

Throw  a  Saddle  on  a  Star  Col. 

Thunder  Town  PRC 

Till  the  Clouds  Roll  By  (color)  MGM 

Till  the  End  of  Time  (Block  6)  RKO 

Time  of  Their  Lives  Univ. 
Time,  the  Place,  the  Girl  (color)  WB 

fTo  Each  His  Own  (Block  5)  Para. 

Tokyo  Rose  (Block  3)  Para. 

t  Tomorrow  Is  Forever  RKO 

Too  Good  to  Be  True  Para. 

(formerly  Easv  Come,  Easy  Go) 

Too  Young  to  Know  WB 

Traffic  in  Crime  Rep. 

Trail  to  Mexico  Mono. 

Trail  to  Vengeance  Univ. 

Trigger  Fingers  Mono. 

Trouble  with  Women  Para. 

True  Glory,  The  Col. 

Truth  About  Murder,  The  RKO 

Tumbleweed  Trails  PRC 
Turn  of  the  Century  (Swedish)  Scandia 

Two  Fisted  Stranger  Col. 

Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee  WB 

Two  Mrs.  Carrolls,  The  WB 

t  Two  Sisters  from  Boston  (Bl.  16)  MGM 

Two  Smart  People  MGM 

Two  Years  Before  the  Mast  Para. 

UNCLE  Andy  Hardy  MGM 

Under  Arizona  Skies  Mono. 

Undercover  Woman  Rep. 

Undercurren  t  MGM 

Under  Nevada  Skies  Rep. 
Unholy  Garden  (Re-Issue)    Film  Classics 


Unknown,  The 
Up  Goes  Maisie  (Block  15) 
VACATION  from  Marriage 

(Block  14)  (British) 
Vacation  in  Reno 
Valley  of  the  Zombies 
Verdict.  The 
t  Virginian,  The  (color)  (Bl.  4) 
Voice  of  the  Whistler 


Col. 
MGM 

MGM 
RKO 
Rep. 
WB 
Para. 
Col. 

WAGON  Wheels  Westward  Rep. 
Walk  in  the  Sun,  A  20th-Fox 
Walls  Came  Tumbling  Down,  The  Col. 
Wanderer  of  the  Wasteland  RKO 
Wanted  for  Murder  (Brit.)  20th-Fox 
Way  We  Live,  The  (British)  GFD 
Wedding  Night  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 
t  Weekend  at  the  Waldorf  (Spcl.)  MGM 
Welcome,  Stranger  Para, 
t  Well  Groomed  Bride,  The  (Bl.  4)  Para. 
West  of  the  Alamo  Mono. 
What  Next,  Corporal  Har- 
grove? (Block  14)  MGM 
Where  There's  Life  Para. 
While  Nero  Fiddled  (Brit.)  Bacon-Bell 
Whirlwind  of  Paris  (French)  Hoffberg 

UA 
Univ. 
Eagle-Lion 
PRC 
Mono 
Univ 
Screen  Guild 
PRC 


Whistle  Stop 
White  Tie  and  Tails 
Wicked  Lady,  The  (Br.) 
Wife  of  Monte  Cristo 
Wife  Wanted 
Wild  Beauty 
Wildfire 

Wild  West  (color) 

(formerly  Melody  Roundup) 
Without  Dowry  (Russian)  Artkino 
t  Without  Reservations  RKO 
Woman  Chases  Man  (Reissue) 

Film  Classics 

Woman  on  the  Beach  RKO 

itormerly  Desirable  Woman) 
Woman  Who  Came  Back,  The  Rep 
YANK  in  London,  A  (Br.)  20th-Fo. 
Yearling,  The  (color)  MGM 
fears  Between,  The  (British)  GFD 
Yolanda  and  the  Thief  (color) 

(Block  14)  MGM 
Young  Widow  UA 
tZIEGFELD  Follies  of  1946 

(color)   (Special)  MGM 


Prod. 
Number 
628 
7006 
7221 


626 
546 

4524 
451 1 
682 


507 
522 
574 
1 103 
568 

7050 
624 


7208 
524 


622 


561 
515 

541 

7027 
613 

608 
520 

4516 

7024 

564 
616 

701  1 

609 
644 


605 

4519 

573. 

606 


550 


545 
001 


621 


507 
622 


610 


617 


Tradeslxtw  or 

Stars  Release  Date 

Margaret  O'Brien-Lionel  Barrymore  Aug.  29/46 

Evelyn  Keyes-Keenan  Wynn  Sept.  30,'46 

Ken  Curtis-Adele  Roberts  Mar.  I4,'46 

Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor  Apr.  I0,'46 

Robert  Walker-Judy  Garland  Not  Set 
Dorothy  McGuire-Guy  Madison       (T)  Aug.    I, '46 

Bud  Abbott-Lou  Costello  Aug.  I6,'46 

Dennis  Morgan-Jack  Carson  Not  Set 

Olivia  De  Havilland-John  Lund  July  5, '46 

Byron  Barr-Lotus  Long  Feb.   8, '46 

Claudette  Colbert-Orson  Welles  Special 

Sonny  Tufts-Diana  Lynn  Not  Set 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Hutton  Dec.    I, '45 

Kane  Richmond-Adele  Mara  June  28, '46 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  June  29, '46 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Nov.  30,'45 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton    Sept.  21, '46 

Ray  Milland-Teresa  Wright  Not  Set 

Documentary  Oct.  4, '45 

Bonita  Granville-Morgan  Conway  Block  5 

Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson  Oct.  28, '46 

Edvard  Persson-Stina  Hedberg  Feb.  23, '46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  May  30, '46 

Dennis  Morgan-Joan  Leslie  Aug.  I7,'46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Humphrey  Bogart  Not  Set 
Jimmy  Durante-June  Allyson  Apr. -May, 46 
John  Hodiak-Lucille  Ball                   (T)  June  4,'46 

Alan  Ladd-Brian  Donlevy  Nov.  22,'46 

Mickey  Rooney-Bonita  Granville  Not  Set 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton  Apr.  27, '46 
Stephanie  Bachelor-Robert  Livingston  Apr.  I  I  ,'46 
Katharine  Hepburn-Robert  Taylor    (T)  Sept.  30/46 

Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans  Aug.  26,'46 

Ronald   Colman-Fay   Wray  July  2i.  46 

Karen  Morley-Jim  Bannon  July  4  <16 
Ann  Sothern-George  Murphy  Jan.-Feb.,'46 

Robert  Donat-Deborah  Kerr  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Not  Set 

Robert  Livingston-Adrian  Booth  May  24, '46 

Sydney  Greenstreet-Peter  Lorre  Not  Set 

Joel  McCrea-Brian  Donlevy  Apr.   5, '46 

Richard  Dix-Lynn  Merrick  Oct.  30,'45 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Dec.  2 1, '45 

Dana  Andrews-Richard  Conte  Mar., '46 

Lee  Bowman-Marguerite  Chapman  June    7, '46 

James  Warren-Audrey  Long  Block  2 

Eric  Portman-Dulcie  Gray  Nov.,'46 

Peter  Willes  Not  Set 

Gary  Cooper-Anna  Sten  June  I  5, '46 
Ginger  Rogers-Land  Turner-Walter  Pidgeon  Oct.,'45 

Bing  Crosby-Barry  Fitzgerald  Not  Set 

Ray  Milland-Olivia  DeHavilland  May  17/46 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Apr.  20/46 

Robert  Walker-Keenan  Wynn  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

Bob  Hope-Signe  Hasso  Not  Set 

lummy  Irinder-Frances  Day  Apr.  29/46 

Charpin-Marguerite  Perry  Feb.  9/46 

George  Raft-Ava  Gardner  Jan.  25/46 

Dan  Duryea-Ella  Raines  Aug.  30/46 

Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Not  Set 

John  Loder-Lenore  Aubert  Apr.  23/46 

Kay  Francis-Paul  Cavanaugh  Oct.  12/46 

Don  Porter-Lois  Collier  Aug.  9,46 

Bob  Steele-Sterling  Holloway  May/46 

Eddie  Dean-Al  LaRue  Nov.  1/46 

Olga  Pyshova-Nina  Alisova  Apr.  6/46 

Claudette  Colbert-John  Wayne  Block  5 

Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea  May  15/46 

Joan  Bennett-Robert  Ryan  (T)  Jan. ,'47 

Nancy  Kelly-John  Loder  Dec.  13/45 

Anna  Neagle-Dean  Jagger  Mar. ,'46 
Gregory  Peck-Jacqueline  White       (T)  Sept.  13/46 

Michael  Redgrave-Valerie  Hobson  Not  Set 

Fred  Astaire-Lucille  Bremer  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

Jane  Russell-Louis  Hayward  Mar.  1/46 

MGM  Contract  Stars  Mar. ,'46 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service' 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

90m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2907 

3228 

91m 

Sept.  21/46 

3209 

3090 

65m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2850 

57m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

2963 

105m 

June  15/46 

3041 

2784 

82m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

2939 

3228" 

2555 

122m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2861 

316* 

70m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2744 

2930J 

105m 

Jan.  19/46 

2805 

2555 

2975. 

86m 

56m 
54m 


84m 
63m 

I  10m 
50m 
90m 

I  12m 
93m 
98m 

59  m 
56m 

69m 

/7m 


94m 

56m 

90m 
60m 

55m 
I  17m 
82m 
67m 
103m 
64m 
83m 
130m 

75m 
58m 


65m 
88m 
84m 
74m 
103m 
80m 

61m 

60m 

81m 

107m 


68  m 
106m 

1 00m 

108m 
98m 


Nov.  17/45 
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Apr.  20/46 


2748 


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June  15/46 
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May  25/46 
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Apr.  13/46 
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July  28/45 

Feb.  2/46 
May  25/46 


96m      Nov.  17/45 


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Jan.  12/46 
Sept.  14/46 
Dec.  15/45 
Mar.  30/46 

Aug.  17/46 


Apr.  27/46 
May  1 1/46 


70m       May  1/37 


Dec.  22/45 
Feb.  23/46 

Apr.  20/46 

Oct.  20/45 
Feb.  23/46 


liOm      Aug.  25/45 


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Feature  Product,  listed  by  Company  in  Order  of  Release  on  page  3212. 


3236 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  SEPTEMBER  28,  I94fe 


A  Team  for 
Production  Work 


WITH  their  fine  grain,  their  similar  rates 
of  development,  and  their  speed  relation- 
ship that  permits  apertures  of  the  same 
order  for  both  exteriors  and  interiors,  these 
two  films  form  an  ideal  team  for  production 
work  .  .  . 

.  .  .  Eastman  Plus-X  .  ,  .  for  general  studio 
use. 

.  .  .  Eastman  Background-X  .  .  .  for  exterior 
use,  under  good  lighting  conditions. 

And  when  little  light  is  available  .  .  .  when 
there's  a  need  for  increased  depth  of  field 
without  undue  increase  in  illumination  .  .  . 
Super-XX,  another  member  of  the  Eastman 
family  of  films,  gives  this  team  added  ver- 
satility and  usefulness. 

EASTMAN  KODAK  COMPANY 

ROCHESTER  4,  N.  Y. 

J.  E.  BRULATOUR,  INC.,  DISTRIBUTORS 
FORT  LEE         CHICAGO  HOLLYWOOD 


f.lT'S  OUR  FAVORITE 

MOTION  PICTURE!" 


Just  as  it  took  104  days  of  creative  effort  to  bring  THE  JOLSOI 
STORY  to  its  final  stage  of  perfection,  just  so  painstakingly  is  the  foui 
dation  being  laid  for  the  successful  distribution  of  this  great  motio 
picture. 

In  a  sense,  the  drama  implicit  in  the  production  of  the  picture  wi 
repeat  itself  in  the  steady  movement  toward  your  goal  and  ours — a  gre; 
distribution  and  exhibition  job. 

Our  ultimate  object  can  be  even  more  simply  stated:  to  prove  beyon 
any  doubt  the  truth  of  this  slogan: 

The  JOLSOX  STORY  IS  THE  FAVORITl 
MOTION  PICTURE  OF  EVERY  TOWN  IT  PLAYS 

To  that  end,  a  cross-continental  pattern  involving ...  to  begin  wilj 
...a  few  engagements,  has  been  set. 

In  this  drama  of  distribution,  which  has  its  beginning  in  Octobej 
New  York  will  be  the  background  of  Act  I,  with  Radio  City  Mus 
Hall  the  precise  locale  of  the  World  Premiere.  Three  thousand  mik 
westward,  Act  II  will  be  played.  For  the  first  time  in  the  history  (I 
San  Francisco  a  motion  picture  will  play  day  and  date  in  the  Unite 
Artists,  Esquire  and  Tivoli  Theatres,  and  across  the  bay  at  the  Rox 
in  Oakland.  The  scene  will  shift  rapidly  to  the  Palace,  Cincinnati,  th 
Lafayette,  Buffalo,  and  the  Hill  street  and  Pantages,  Los  Angele 
Then  comes  the  intermission ...  with  the  curtain  rising  on  the  fimj 
act  in  January,  1947,  when  THE  JOLSON  STORY  will  penetrat 
the  highways  and  byways  of  the  nation,  to  establish  itself  conclusively 


THE  FAVORITE  MOTION  PICTURE 
OF  EVERY  TOWN   IT  PLAYS! 


<0ms&  St  M 


A  COLUMBIA  PICTURE  IN  TECHNICOLOR 


MOTION  MtTURE 

HERALD 


REVIEWS 

(In  Product  Digest) 

Dark  Mirror 
Undercurrent 
Driftin'  River 
Trigger  Fingers 
The  Raider 

Extenuating  Circumstances 
The  Welldigger's  Daughter 


COURT  SETS  THE  RULES 
IN  U.  S.  vs.  MAJORS; 
ARGUMENTS  OCTOBER  21 


PARAMOUNT  ANNOUNCES  22; 
'KEEP  THE  PRODUCT 
FLO  WING '  —BALABAN 


JOHNSTON  FL  YING  ABROAD 
TO  FACE  PROBLEMS  OF 
THE  WORLD'S  MARKETS 


VOL.  1H5,  NO.  1;  OCTOBER  S,  19  fK 


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ASY  RESTS  THE  HEAD 
THAT  WEARS  THIS  CROWN!" 


On  the  next  page  you'll  see  why  Mr.  M-G-M  Exhibitor  enjoys  sweet 
dreams.  Variety's  Survey,  which  it  states  has  been  "checked  and  double- 
checked"  is  further  incontestible  evidence  of  M-G-M  Leadership.  There 
are  constant  and  understandably  sincere  claims  of  leadership  in  the  industry, 
but  to  showmen  all  that  matters  is  the  final  accounting  at  the  end  of  each 
year— year  after  year!  M-G-M's  Friendly  Customers  know  the  score  from 
their  own  records,  now  verified  by  Variety's  report.  We  list  on  the  next 
page  some  of  the  M-G-M  Top  Hits  of  the  Future.  Stick  with  M-G-M 
and  rest  easy! 


TALK  ABOUT  FACTS! 

(FROM  VARIETY,  ISSUE  OF  SEPT.  25,  1946) 

OUT  OF  HOLLYWOOD'S 
33  TOP  HITS-" 


M-G-M  HAS  13 


NEXT  COMPANY 


II 
II 
II 
II 


II 
II 
II 
II 


4 
4 
4 

3 


Total  33 

Yes!  Only  One  Company  Can  Be  First.  And  by  such  a  margin.  Almost  3  times  as  many 
top  hits  as  the  runner  up.  Almost  40  per  cent  of  the  entire  industry's  Top  Hit  Total ! 


AND  LOOK  AHEAD  TO  M-G-M  TOP  HITS  TO  COME: 


THE   YEARLING  (Technicolor) 
GREGORY  PECK,  JANE  WYMAN,  Claude  Jarman,  Jr. 

A  WOMAN  OF  MY  OWN 

GREER  GARSON,  Robert  Mitchum,  Richard  Hart 

THE  SEA  OF  GRASS 

SPENCER  TRACY,  KATHARINE  HEPBURN, 
Melvyn  Douglas,  Robert  Walker 

UNDERCURRENT 

KATHARINE  HEPBURN,  ROBERT  TAYLOR, 
Robert  Mitchum 

FIESTA  (Technicolor) 
ESTHER  WILLIAMS,  Akim  Tamiroff,  Ricardo  Montalban, 
John  Carroll,  Mary  Astor,  Cyd  Charisse 

ANDY  HARDY  COMES  BACK 

MICKEY  ROONEY,  Lewis  Stone,  Sara  Haden,  Lina  Romay 

HIGH  BARBAREE 

VAN  JOHNSON,  JUNE  ALLYSON, Thomas  Mitchell,  Marilyn  Maxwell 

THE    UNFINISHED    DANCE  (Technicolor) 
MARGARET  O'BRIEN,  Cyd  Charisse,  Karen  Booth,  Danny  Thomas 

IT  HAPPENED  IN  BROOKLYN 

FRANK  SINATRA,  KATHRYN  GRAYSON, 
Jimmy  Durante,  Peter  Lawford 

MY  BROTHER  TALKS  TO  HORSES 

"BUTCH"  JENKINS,  Peter  Lawford,  Beverly  Tyler 


TILL  THE   CLOUDS   ROLL  BY  (Technicolor) 
(Cast  alphabetically)  JUNE  ALLYSON,  LUCILLE  BREMER,  JUDY, 
GARLAND,  KATHRYN  GRAYSON,  VAN  HEFLIN,  LENA  HORNE, 
VAN  JOHNSON,  TONY  MARTIN,  DINAH  SHORE, 
FRANK  SINATRA,  ROBERT  WALKER 

SUMMER   HOLIDAY  (Technicolor) 
MICKEY  ROONEY,  Walter  Huston,  Gloria  De  Haven, 
"BUTCH"  JENKINS,  Frank  Morgan,  Marilyn  Maxwell, 
Agnes  Moorehead,  Selena  Royle 

THE  SECRET  HEART 

CLAUDETTE  COLBERT,  WALTER  PIDGEON,  JUNE  ALLYSON 

THE  BEGINNING  OR  THE  END 

BRIAN  DONLEVY,  ROBERT  WALKER, 
Tom  Drake,  Beverly  Tyler,  Audrey  Totter 

TENTH  AVENUE  ANGEL 

MARGARET  O'BRIEN,  Angela  Lansbury, 
George  Murphy,  Phyllis  Thaxter 

THE  MIGHTY  McGURK 

WALLACE  BEERY,  Dean  Stockwell,  Edward  Arnold,  Aline  MacMahon 

LIFE'S  FOR  THE  LOVING 

GENE  KELLY,  Marie  MacDonald,  Charles  Winninger 

THIS   TIME    FOR    KEEPS  (Technicolor) 
ESTHER  WILLIAMS,  Lauritz  Melchior,  Jimmy  Durante, 
Johnnie  Johnston,  Xavier  Cugat 

LADY  IN  THE  LAKE 

ROBERT  MONTGOMERY,  Audrey  Totter,  Lloyd  Nolan 


THE  BIG  ADVENTURE  "CLOAK  AND  DAGGER" COMES  FROM  WARNERS! 

UNITED  STATES  PICTURES  PROD.    _ 

THE  BIG  MYSTERY  "THE  BIG  SLEEP"  COMES  FROM  WARNERS! 
THE  BIG  COMEDY  "TWO  GUYS  FROM  MILWAUKEE"  COMES  FROM  WARNERS! 
~"*THE  BIG  MUSICAL  "NIGHT  AND  DAY"  COMES  FROM  WARNERS! 

v  IN  TECHNICOLOR 

THE  BIG  DRAMA  "A  STOLEN  LIFE"  COMES  FROM  WARNERS! 


JACK  L.  WARNER,  Executive  Produc 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD 


MARTIN  QUIGLET:',  Editor-in-Cbief  and  Publisher 


Vol.  165,  No.  I 


Terry  Ramsaye,  Editor 


OP 


October  5,  1946 


TOO  MUCH  HELP 

THE  motion  picture  is  just  now  experiencing,  if  not  enjoy- 
ing, another  spate  of  attentions  from  external  advisers 
speaking  from  elevated  rostrums.  Mr.  Will  Hays  once 
remarked  that  "everyone  had  two  businesses:  his  own  and  the 
motion  picture".  That  is  often  somewhat  more  flattering 
than  helpful. 

At  first  hand  comes  an  outgiving  on  "Hollywood  and  Inter- 
national Understanding",  appearing  in  the  autumn  number  of 
the  imposing  Harvard  Business  Review,  written  by 
Mr.  Harry  L.  Hansen,  associate  professor  of  business  adminis- 
tration. He  considers  that  the  industry  has  an  important 
responsibility  to  build  up  goodwill  toward  the  United  States 
among  the  people  of  foreign  countries — and  a  task  of  "pre- 
senting a  balanced  portrayal  of  the  United  States".  He 
admits  the  problem  of  "balance"  and  suggests  a  negative 
method  of  "eliminating  from  pictures  elements  which  distort 
them  and  keep  them  from  being  fair  representations"  of 
the  nation. 

An  interesting  observation  is  that  "the  common  difficulty 
is  the  conflict  between  fact  and  dramatic  license". 

Drama  is  made  of  human  conflicts,  troubles,  problems!  It 
can  rarely  record  life  at  the  work-a-day  norm,  reflecting  entirely 
peace,  contentment  and  propriety. 

Mr.  Hansen  might  reflect  a  moment  on  the  possible  inter- 
national significances  of  the  other  arts  and  the  classics,  includ- 
ing those  scenarios  of  rapine  and  murder  embedded  in  the 
art  of  the  opera,  for  instance. 

And,  next,  there  comes  from  Mr.  Matthew  Woll,  a  vice- 
president  of  the  American  Federation  of  Labor,  an  editorial 
which  he  has  written  for  the  American  Photo-Engraver,  a 
trade  union  publication,  and  distributed  as  a  release  to  the 
nation's  press.  Mr.  Woll  is  indignant  and  alarmed  about 
"many  stars  and  script  writers  who  are  part  of  the  Communist 
fifth  column  in  America". 

Mr.  Woll  professes  to  anticipate  that  an  aroused  citizenry 
may  form  a  "League  for  Political  Decency"  and  picket  theatres 
unless  Hollywood  "roots  out  the  fifth  columnists  and  fellow 
travelers  from  the  movie  capital  of  America  . 

The  picket  line  is  a  device  of  labour  controversy.  The 
people  are  not  likely  to  adopt  it  for  national  demonstrations 
on  political  issues. 

However,  there  continues  a  growing  recognition  among  the 
customers  of  the  presence  on  the  screen  of  the  persons  and 
the  works  of  those  of  the  ilk  that  Mr.  Woll  discusses.  As  it 
continues,  and  if  it  grows,  there  will  inevitably  be  also  a  grow- 
ing silent  vote  by  the  people  who  stay  away.  That  makes 
them  hard  to  count,  but  they  count. 

■  ■  ■ 

Q After  rather  a  long  time  there  is  a  movement  to  do 
something  about  the  weather,  which  has  been  consider- 
ably under  discussion  ever  since  discussion  was  invented.  It 
came  out  this  week  at  a  New  York  dinner,  with  Mr.  David 
Sarnoff  speaking  in  behalf  of  electronics  after  his  forty  years 
of  radio.  He  considers  it  a  possibility  that  between  radio 
and  atomic  energy  man  may  become  able  to  push  storms 


and  climates  around  and  to  turn  rain  on  and  off.  He  did  not 
go  into  the  matter  of  who  would  be  in  charge  of  the  arrange- 
ments pertaining  to  whose  climate.  While  he  seemed  to  have 
beneficence  in  mind,  impartial  observers  gave  a  thought  to 
the  possible  usefulness  of  the  method  in  case  one  in  control 
wanted  to  dry  up  an  unfriendly  region.  Presumably,  this  next 
great  triumph  of  science  is,  to  borrow  a  Sarnoff  phrase,  still 
"around  the  corner". 


f%  It  has  been  privately  circulated  that  Mr.  Harry  J. 
^1  Anslinger  of  the  Federal  narcotics  bureau  was  con- 
sulted on  and  approved  the  original  provision  of  the 
Production  Code  forbidding  references  to  drug  addiction 
on  the  screen.  Additionally,  this  has  also  been  stated  for 
publication  by  Mr.  J.  Richard  Kennedy,  author  of  a  picture 
pertaining  to  narcotics.  There  has  been,  and  remains,  oppor- 
tunity for  Mr.  Anslinger  to  correct  the  assertion.  Meanwhile, 
the  record  is  clear  that  he  had  no  connection  with  the 
original  provision  of  the  code. 


^%  Down  in  Petersburg,  Virginia,  Mr.  Moe  Barney,  who  has 
Barney's  Theatre  in  Harrison  Street,  took  pen  in  hand 
the  other  day  and  wrote  the  editor  a  succinct  judgment,  from 
the  point  of  view  of  the  small  town  exhibitor,  saying:  "That 
auction  selling  method  is  bad,  undemocratic  and  rotten  judg- 
ment. Little  men  who  have  developed  the  big  producers 
all  these  years,  taking  the  product  as  it  came  along,  could 
be  put  out  of  business.  That  highest  bidder  stuff  is  a  court 
taking  away  what  the  little  men  have  made  with  the  product, 
good  and  bad."  Mr.  Barney  decides  that  the  auction  method 
is  a  menace  whereby  "a  chain  can  eat  the  little  boys  up". 


€The  long,  far  call  of  a  locomotive  whistle  sounds  across 
the  valley,  deep  in  the  night.  A  freight  train,  laden  with 
stuff  for  the  seaboard  and  all  the  ports  of  the  world,  is  rolling 
down  from  the  Berkshires.  Out  here  in  the  New  England  hills, 
where  silence  falls  with  the  night,  sounds  beckon  with  their 
meaning.  An  engine  whistle  is  a  voice  of  romance,  appealing 
in  its  contrast  with  the  electric  klaxons  of  the  busy  traffic 
of  the  metropolitan  areas,  squawking  and  jarring  with  their 
carping  signals  and  protests  under  the  traffic  lights,  a  part  of 
the  fever  of  the  city.  The  sober,  somber  glamours  of  the 
dark-and-far  come  with  the  flying  song  of  the  train  swinging 
through  the  night.  With  it  comes  a  picture  of  a  hairy-chested 
fireman  caught  in  the  firebox  glow  as  he  tosses  coal  deep  into 
the  grate,  and  a  picture,  too,  of  the  little  red  caboose  behind, 
where  a  conductor  sits  frowning  at  forms  and  way-bills  under 
the  light  of  a  polished  brass  lantern,  and  a  rear  brakeman 
stands  watching  the  shining  rails  behind  narrow  into  the  dark. 
A  great  four-motored  Constellation  rumbles  overhead  hell-bent 
and  streaking  through  the  sky  from  somewhere  in  Europe  to 
LaGuardia  Field,  but  it  passes  all  but  unheard  while  one  listens 
for  the  night  freight  blowing  for  the  South  Wilton  crossing. 
The  low,  long  whistle  calls  across  the  valley,  the  authentic  voice 
of  going  somewhere  in  the  night.  — Terry  Ramsaye 


THIS  WEEK  IN  THE  NEWS 


Retort 

MGM  this  week  "punished"  an  "unfriendly" 
British  film  critic.  According  to  Reuters, 
the  British  news  agency,  reporting  from 
London  Tuesday,  it  has  barred  Miss  E.  Ar- 
not  Robertson,  British  Broadcasting  Cor- 
poration critic,  from  MGM  previews,  and 
has  asked  the  BBC  talks  controller  to  pre- 
vent Miss  Robertson  from  reviewing  MGM 
pictures.  A  company  spokesman  in  London 
said  Miss  Robertson's  opinions  were  "out  of 
touch  with  those  of  the  picture  going  mil- 
lions" and  that  most  of  her  reviews  were 
"overwhelming  condemnations." 


Tribute 

THE  INDUSTRY  came  in  for  lavish 
praise  in  Memphis  Monday  night  when 
William  McCraw,  three  times  attorney  gen- 
eral of  Texas  who  served  in  both  wars,  told 
the  Memphis  Variety  Club  that  the  motion 
picture  industry  had  done  one  of  the  finest 
jobs  in  World  War  II  for  the  maintenance 
of  morale  of  American  troops. 

A  national  director  of  Variety  Clubs  of 
America,  Mr.  McCraw,  in  discussing  Joe  E. 
Brown's  contribution  to  the  war  effort, 
characterized  him  as  "the  most  remark- 
able figure  of  this  war."  Mr.  McCraw 
pointed  to  the  money  raised  by  the  industry 
for  war  purposes  and  added  that  "the  good 
of  the  industry  is  so  tremendous  that  its 
few  mistakes  are  trivial." 

James  Prichard,  Universal  branch  man- 
ager in  Memphis,  and  Thomas  Kirk,  Repub- 
lic manager  there,  both  of  whom  are  leav- 
ing to  assume  similar  posts  in  Dallas,  were 
guests  at  the  Tent  20  gathering. 


Push-Button  World 

A  FANTASTIC  scientific  world  in  which 
mail  is  delivered  by  radio,  weather  is  con- 
trolled by  pushing  buttons,  deserts  are  made 
to  bloom  by  diverting  warm  ocean  currents 
and  in  which  every  one  is  equipped  with 
portable  communication  instruments  was  de- 
scribed Monday  night  by  Brigadier  General 
David  Sarnoff,  president  of  the  Radio  Cor- 
poration of  America. 

Speaking  at  a  banquet  held  in  New  York's 
Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel  in  tommemoration  of 
his  40  years  in  radio,  Mr.  Sarnoff  reported 
that  "we  are  still  pioneering  in  the  dawn 
of  the  Radio  Age."  Before  the  dinner  Dr. 
Gerald  Wendt,  the  scientist,  had  presented 
the  General  with  the  Man  of  Science  Award 
during  ceremonies  in  Gen.  Sarnoff's  office. 

But  the  world  won't  be  a  happy  one,  Gen. 
Sarnoff  said  at  the  banquet,  unless  the  social 
and  political  problems  facing  the  world  can 
be  solved  as  readily  as  the  technical  prob- 
lems.   He  pointed  out  that  "despite  the  fact 


COURT  sets  last  phase  of  Decree  legal 
maneuvers  Page  1 3 

ATA  and  Justice  Department  spar  over 
suit  intervention  Page  13 

PARAMOUNT  announces  22  features  for 
the  current  season  Page  15 

BALABAN  urges  flow  of  product  continue 
despite  problems  Page  15 

ON  THE  MARCH— Red  Kann  in  comment 
on  industry  affairs  Page  1 8 

SERVICE  DEPARTMENTS 

Hollywood  Scene  Page  34 

In  the  Newsreels  Page  48 

Managers'  Round  Table  Page  49 

Picture  Grosses  Page  57 

Short  Product  at  First  Runs  Page  47 

What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me  Page  45 


JOHNSTON  plans  trip  abroad,  to  seek 
end  of  film  restrictions  Page  23 

KEY  city  theatres  raise  admission  prices  in 
many  instances  Page  24 

CSU  files  charges  with  Labor  Board  in 
jurisdictional  fight  Page  26 

RANK  offers   plan  for  studio-to-theatre 
television  in  Britain  Page  30 

NATIONAL  SPOTLIGHT  — Notes  about 
film  people  across  country        Page  38 


IN  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 

Showmen's  Reviews  Page  3237 

Advance  Synopses  Page  3238 

Short  Subjects  Page  3239 

Release  Chart  by  Companies  Page  3240 

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that  the  handiworks  of  science  are  at  stake, 
the  scientist  had  little  to  say  on  how  his  dis- 
coveries and  inventions  are  to  be  used.  In- 
herently, he  is  a  man  of  peace,  but  the  prod- 
ducts  of  his  genius  are  often  put  to  uses  far 
afield  from  his  original  thoughts  and  mo- 
tives." 

The  same  inventions  in  the  field  of  radio 
that  could  make  one  world  a  peaceful  world, 
he  indicated,  could  be  turned  into  forces  for 
the  destruction  of  entire  cities  by  explosives, 
poisons  and  germs. 

Gen.  Sarnoff  told  his  audience  of  1,000 
that  "now,  more  than  ever,  man  must  be  the 
master  of  his  fate.  The  frightening  weapons 
within  his  grasp  may  yet  prove  the  prime 
influence  that  will  move  him  to  concentrate 
on  peace." 


New  Idea 

THROUGH  a  "humanization"  of  corpora- 
tions' annual  reports,  dramatizing  their  top- 
ical features  and  promoting  closer  stock- 
holder relations,  Criterion  Pictures  Corp. 
plans  a  series  of  industry  films  for  showings 
in  brokerage  offices,  schools,  colleges  and 
business  establishments,  president  M.  J. 
Weisenfeldt  reported  Friday  at  the  Oscars 
of  Industry  Awards  dinner  at  the  Waldorf- 
Astoria,  New  York.  Mr.  Weisenfeldt  said 
that  individual  members  of  the  Securities 
and  Exchange  Commission,  as  well  as  many 
corporation  executives  and  members  of 
brokerage  firms,  have  commended  the  plan 
to  "picturize"  annual  reports.  Criterion  has 
chosen  Paul  R.  Thoma,  formerly  with  War- 
ners Brothers,  as  producer. 


Welcome  Back 

UNITED  ARTISTS  Wednesday  welcomed 
back  Walter  Wanger  to  its  producer  roster. 
The  occasion  was  a  luncheon  in  New  York's 
21  Club  ajt_yvhich  the  company  and  Mr.  Wan- 
ger and  Hal  Roach  were  hosts  and  trade 
writers  the  guests.  In  the  absence  of  Grad- 
well  Sears,  UA  vice-president,  and  Edward 
Raftery,  president,  at  a  board  meeting,  Paul 
Lazarus,  Jr.,  advertising  and  publicity  direc- 
tor, introduced  Mr.  Roach,  who  said  his  stu- . 
dio  has  been  expanded  from  nine  to  16  acres 
and  that  he  would  hereafter  produce  feature 
comedies  and  that  Mr.  Wanger,  his  sole  ten- 
ant, would  make  features. 

Mr.  Wanger  said  that  "with  the  trend 
toward  independent  production,  a  plant  fully 
equipped  will  play  an  important  part  in  these 
days  of  rising  costs." 

He  lauded  United  Artists'  "showmanship" 
and  said  production  progress  is  achieved  by 
making  different  pictures  and  that  many  pic- 
tures should  be  sold  "away  from  the  ordinary 
market."  He  introduced  David  Tannebaum, 
his  lawyer  partner. 


Declaration 

CINECOLOR  now  insists  on  competition 
with  Technicolor.  In  ah  assured  announce- 
ment in  Hollywood,  William  Crespinel, 
president,  says :  "It  is  financially  impossible 
for  a  producer  of  low  budget  films  to  provide 
proper  lighting,  make-up  and  the  like.  This 
works  to  Cinecolor's  disadvantage."  There- 
fore, he  adds,  in  the  future  Cinecolor  will  be 
available  only  for  "A"  productions. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


Boom 

I  E.  K.  O'SHEA,  sales  manager  for  Lib- 
ert}' Films,  Inc.,  en  route  east  after  two 
weeks  on  the  west  coast,  said  in  Chicago 
Tuesday  that  in  his  opinion  the  current 
boom  in  theatre  business  would  last  at  least 
tour  or  five  more  years.  He  said  he  ex- 
;i  pected  Liberty's  first  film,  "It's  a  Wonder- 
,  ful  Life"  to  be  ready  for  exhibition  at  the 
end  of  December.  Current  plans  are  to 
•;  hold  the  world  premiere  of  the  Capra  film 
w  i  starring  Jimmy  Stewart  at  the  RKO  Grand 
m     theatre  in  Chicago. 


the  metropolitan  critics.  It  is  a  dour  story 
of  sailors  having  a  hard  time.  The  answer 
seems  to  be  in  the  power  of  the  names  of 
Ladd,  Donlevy,  Bendix  and  Fitzgerald. 
Audiences  are  typical  with  their  usual  pro- 
portion of  female  customers. 


Loew's  Abroad 

ERIC  JOHNSTON  isn't  the  only  one  plan- 
ning a  trip.  When  he  gets  overseas  (see 
page  23)  he  will  have  a  good  chance  of 
bumping  into  some  representative  of  Loew's 
International.  Ten  key  officials  are  abroad 
or  due  to  leave  soon.  Arthur  M.  Loew, 
president,  flies  to  Paris  next  Tuesday.  Al- 
ready in  Europe  are  George  Muchnic,  vice- 
president,  and  David  Lewis,  regional  direc- 
tor for  Europe,  the  Middle  East  and  North 
Africa.  Wladimir  A.  Pozner,  general  man- 
ager of  MGM  International  Films,  has  sailed 
for  France.  David  Blum,  Loew's  Interna- 
tional director  of  advertising  and  publicity, 
recently  returned  from  Europe.  Charles 
Goldsmith,  coordinator  for  the  British  Em- 
pire, flies  to  Australia  October  11.  Edward 
O'Connor,  regional  director  for  the  Far 
East,  is  in  the  Philippines.  Maurice  Silver- 
stein,  assistant  regional  director,  recently  re- 
turned from  the  same  area.  Richard  J. 
Brenner,  assistant  regional  director  for 
Latin  America,  will  tour  his  territory  for 
six  months.  Orton  H.  Hicks,  director  of  the 
16mm  department,  leaves  for  Latin  America 
soon.  Seymour  Mayer,  sales  manager  of  the 
16mm  department,  is  in  Europe. 


No  Distributor 

THE  INABILITY  to  obtain  a  distributor 
for  the  first  Government  post-war  film, 
"Message  on  Famine,"  was  disclosed  last 
week  by  a  spokesman  for  the  Office  of  War 
Mobilization  and  Reconversion  in  Washing- 
ton. The  picture,  approved  by  all  exhibitor 
organizations,  is  now  out  of  date  because 
of  the  "unwarranted"  delay  in  distribution, 
it  was  said.  The  OWMR,  according  to  the 
spokesman,  now  is  planning  "a  regular  pro- 
gram for  the  distribution  of  future  Govern- 
ment films." 


Blue  Law  Out 

VOTERS  in  Bethlehem,  an  Albany,  N.  Y., 
suburb,  have  voted  738  to  453  to  repeal  an 
-ordinance  prohibiting  Sunday  shows  in  mo- 
tion picture  theatres.  This  vote,  showing 
the  sentiment  of  the  citizenry,  has  automati- 
cally killed  a  blue  law,  in  force  since  1935, 
which  has  banned  Sunday  bowling  and  base- 
ball. 


PEOPLE 

Earle  W.  Hammons,  who  announced  his 
resignation  early  in  September  as  presi- 
dent of  Ross  Federal  Service,  last  Friday 
announced  he  would  remain  with  the  com- 
pany for  about  a  year  to  work  on  various 
deals. 

W.  G.  Carmichael  on  Monday  was  ap- 
pointed Universal  branch  manager  in  Cin- 
cinnati, and  R.  P.  Dawson  branch  man- 
ager in  Memphis.  Both  were  salesmen  in 
the  Memphis  office. 

Harold  Melniker  was  appointed  head  of 
RKO  Radio's  censorship  department  Mon- 
day by  N.  Peter  Rathvon,  president.  He 
replaces  William  Gordon,  resigned. 

Manny  Reiner,  Latin  American  manager 
for  Vanguard  Films  and  Selznick-Inter- 
national,  arrived  in  Buenos  Aires  Monday 
for  a  month's  study  of  the  film  market  in 
Argentina,  Uruguay  and  Paraguay. 

Robert  H.  Hunt  has  been  appointed  region- 
al sales  manager  for  RCA  16mm  equip- 
ment in  the  Chicago  area,  and  Elmer  H. 
Beneke  to  a  similar  position  in  the  At- 
lanta region. 

David  Hunt  was  appointed  manager  of 
Republic's  Oklahoma  City  branch  on 
Monday. 

Clarence  G.  Stoll,  president  of  Western 
Electric  Company,  and  Oliver  E.  Buck- 
ley, president  of  Bell  Telephone  Labora- 
tories, last  Thursday  received  the  Medal 
for  Merit  for  outstanding  services  to  the 
country. 

Hal  Wallis,  film  producer,  has  accepted 
an  invitation  from  the  American  Nobel 
Anniversary  Committee  to  speak  at  that 
organization's  annual  dinner  in  New  York- 
December  10. 

S.  Barret  McCormick,  RKO  Radio  direc- 
tor of  advertising  and  publicity,  and  Mrs. 
McCormick  are  vacationing  in  Honolulu. 

Frank  E.  Cahill,  Jr.,  director  of  sound  for 
Warner  Brothers  Theatres,  has  been 
awarded  the  Army  Commendation  Ribbon 
for  services  in  the  Signal  Corps  during  the 
war. 

George  Y.  Henger,  associated  with  J.  H. 
Cooper's  theatre  interests  in  Denver,  has 
joined  Paramount  as  field  representative 
covering  Dallas,  Oklahoma  City  and  Mem- 
phis, replacing  William  Lansburg,  who 
recently  resigned. 

Oscar  Furstenberg,  recently  returned  to 
the  Filmack  Corporation  in  Chicago  fol- 
lowing several  years  war  service,  has  been 
appointed  superintendent  of  production. 

Walt  Disney,  accompanied  by  writer  John 
Battle  and  associate  producer  Perce 
Pierce,  will  sail  from  New  York  for 

Ireland  November  14. 


3   On  Location 

THE  RESIDENTS  of  Stamford,  Conn.,  are 
currently  amused  at  the  expense  of  Twenti- 
eth Century-Fox.  That  company  moved  in- 
to Stamford  a  couple  of  weeks  ago  to  make 
on  location  shots  for  "'Boomerang,"  a  story 
based  on  the  unsolved  murder  of  a  Catholic 
priest,  who  was  shot  on  the  street  in  Bridge- 
port in  1924. 

Louis  de  Rochemont,  the  producer,  and 
Elia  Kazan,  the  director,  reasoned  that  it 
would  be  best  to  commence  shooting  in  Stam- 
ford along  about  midnight.  That  way  there 
would  be  much  less  interference  from  the  lo- 
cal gentry.  But  curiosity  could  not  be  de- 
nied and  when  the  cameras  finally  started 
turning  at  2  A.M.  approximately  half  the 
town  was  out  of  bed  and,  wide-eyed,  was 
watching  the  camera  crew  in  action.  De- 
spite this,  the  job  of  filming  has  gone 
smoothly — with  one  exception. 

Thomas  Pryor  reported  in  the  New  York 
Times  that  one  day  a  drunk  plopped  himself 
down  on  the  sidewalk  in  direct  view  of  the 
camera  and,  muttering  incoherently  about 
"my  constitutional  rights,"  refused  to  budge. 
Finally  his  wife,  a  wisp  of  a  woman,  stepped 
out  of  the  crowd  that  surrounded  the  drunk 
and  advised  him  to  "get  home  fast."  He 
got,  and  the  cameras  turned  again. 


They  Like  It 

"TWO  YEARS  Before  the  Mast"  is  becom- 
ing somewhat  the  surprise  pride  of  Para- 
mount, with  its  initial  presentation  at  the 
Rivoli  in  Broadway.  In  its  first  week,  really 
only  six  and  a  half  days  of  box  office,  due  to 
invitation  performance,  it  delivered  $84,000. 
And  two  of  the  days  were  rainy,  too.  This 
is  to  compare,  in  the  same  theatre,  with 
"Love  Letters"  with  $73,000,  "The  Lost 
Week  End"  at  $68,000— that  one  picked  up 
velocity  later — and  "Kitty"  with  $63,000.  It 
may  be  observed  also  that  "Two  Years  Be- 
fore the  Mast"  got  considerable  cuffing  from 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


9 


THIS  WEEK 


the  Camera  reports: 


THE  ROOFTOPS  OF  PARIS,  left,  and  its 
landmarks,  above,  entertain  visiting  Americans  of 
the  film  industry.  At  the  left,  Ned  E.  Depinet, 
RKO  Radio.  Pictures  president;  Phil  Reisman, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  foreign  sales; 
Marcel  Gentel,  French  general  manager;  Vladimir 
Lissim,  European  manager,  and  Mike  Havas, 
Continental  sales  manager.  The  occasion  was  the 
visit  of  Mr.  Depinet  and  Mr.  Reisman,  on  a 
European  tour.  You  may  recognize  the  Champs 
Elysses,  at  their  right,  and  the  Arch  of  Triumph  in  the 
background.  Above,  Mr.  Lissim,  left,  Mr.  Reisman, 
and  Mr.  Depinet  pose  with  Sam  Dembow,  center, 
Golden  Productions  president,  and  Neil  Agnew, 
Jacques  de Potier   "9^,  Vanguard  vice-president. 


GUEST,  right.  National  Screen 
Service  tendered  a  dinner  party 
September  27,  at  the  21  Club,  New 
York,  to  Arthur  Krim,  newly  elected 
Eagle-Lion  president,  and  until 
recently  NSS  treasurer,  general 
counsel  and  director.  Herman 
Robbins,  NSS  president,  was  host. 
Left  to  right  are  George  Dembow, 
Leonard  Goldenson,  Harry  Thomas, 
Harry  Kalmine,  Abe  Schneider, 
Charles  Lewis,  Louis  Phillips,  Mr. 
Krim  and  Mr.  Robbins. 


i:M;  i  V- 

Metropolitan  Photo 


Minneapolis  Tribune 


AT  THE  MINNEAPOLIS 
Variety  Club  dinner,  during 
which  it  presented  $250,000  to 
the  University  of  Minnesota 
for  a  heart  disease  hospital, 
left:  Fred  Allen,  O.  J.  Arnold, 
insurance  executive,  and 
R.  J.  O'Donnell,  national 
chief  barker. 

AT  THE  SISTER  KENNY 
reception  in  New  York  last 
week,  right:  seated,  Sister 
Kenny,  and  Robert  Mochrie, 
RKO  vice-president;  standing, 
Fred  Brisson,  and  Paul 
Hollister,  RKO  studio  aide. 
The  RKO  film  opened  at  the 
Broadway  Palace  Friday. 
Story  on  page  1 8. 


Metropolitan  Photo 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD.  OCTOBER  5.  1946 


AS  WARNERS'  "Men  of  Tomorrow"  was  shown  to  the 
regional  meeting  of  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America,  at 
Swampscott,  Mass.   Sam  Pinanski,  head  of  the  M.  &  P.  circuit, 
seated,  right,  is  seen  with  Life  Scout  William  C.  Starkweather 
and  Dr.  E.  K.  Fretwell,  Chief  Scout  Executive. 


THE  SILVER  MEDAL  from  the  Treasury  is  presented  to 
S.  W.  Gould,  center,  Warner  city  manager  at  Sreensburg,  Pa., 
by  J.  Regis  Walthour,  left,  local  War  Finance  Com- 
mittee chairman,  and  Glenn  Cook,  deputy  executive  manager. 
The  award  was  for  effective  and  patriotic  service. 


ParamquNt's 


TWO  "ifcARS 

Fore  The  JMAst 


STARRING 

BRIAN       .  WLUAM 

DONlPVV  BENTDJX 


IT 


BARS3f" 


Ed  Sulltran 

PARAMOUNT'S  "Two  Years  Before  the  Mast",  from 
Richard  Henry  Dana's  classic  story  of  life  at  sea,  was  given  a 
Broadway  premiere  at  the  Rivoli  last  week. 
Above,  Merchant  Marine  Academy  cadets  line  up  pre- 
paratory to  entering  the  house. 


by  The  Herald 


AL  LICHTMAN,  vice-president 
of  Loew's,  Inc.,  snapped  as 
he  visited  the  company's 
New  York  office,  before  return- 
ing to  Hollywood  after  a 
brief  visit  on  private  business. 


RICHARD  SEARS,  Universal 
News  New  England  cameraman, 
a  veteran  of  two  World  Wars, 
and  lately  a  major,  has 
been  promoted  to 
lieutenant-colonel,  inactive. 


JOHN  G.  BROUMAS  will 
handle  booking  for 
Valley  Enterprises  Circuit, 
Washington,  D.  C,  and 
Virginia.   He  was  for  15  years 
with  Warners  and  Publix. 


by  The  Herald 


JOSEPH  MANKIEWICZ,  Twen- 
tieth Century-Fox  producer 
and  director,  has  been  in 
New  York  from  the  Coast  see- 
ing plays  and  conferring  with 
executives. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


PARAMOUNT'S  publicity  and  advertising  staffs  met  in  New  York 
last  week  to  discuss  effect  of  new  selling  on  their  methods. 
At  the  head  table:  Charles  Reagan,  distribution  vice-president; 
Barney  Balaban,  president;  Curtis  Mitchell,  advertising-publicity 
director,  and  George  Brown,  studio  publicity  director. 
Story  on  page  I  5. 


GENE  AUTRY  cuts  his  birthday  cake.   The  star  of 
Republic  Pictures,  returned  to  the  fold  after  long  Army  service, 
and  these  days  a  star  of  the  annual  rodeo  being  held  in 
New  York's  Madison  Square  Garden,  was  guest  of  Republic 
at  a  reception  in  New  York  last  week.  Here, 
two  rodeo  cowgirls  help  him  cut  the  cake.  Mr.  Autry's 
first  new  production  is  the  forthcoming  "Sioux  City  Sue". 


THE  HOMECOMING.   Perry  Como,  Twentieth  Century-Fox 
singing  star,  was  given  a  Welcome  Home  the  other  day 
at  Canonsburg,  Pa.,  his  home  town.  Above,  at  the 
banquet  in  the  local  armory,  John  Beedle,  left,  local  exhibitor, 
shakes  hands  with  Mr.  Como.  H.  R.  Beiersdorf,  Twen- 
tieth Century-Fox.  Pittsburgh  branch  manager,  is  in  the  center. 


IN  LONDON,  at  a  Savoy  Hotel  reception 
for  the  company  of  RKO's  "So  Well 
Remembered":  Martha  Scott,  star; 
Robert  Wolff,  RKO  managing  director, 
and  Adrian  Scott,  producer. 


IN    NEW  YORK,   at  the   Normandie  theatre 
tradeshowing  of  Paramount's  "Blue  Skies": 
Sam    Lake,    Paramount   salesman;   Jack  Rochelle, 
Park  theatre,  Rockaway  Park,  Long  Island; 
Arthur  Wakoff,  film  buyer  for  the  Raritan  Theatres, 
and  Edward  Bell  and  Albert  Gebhart,  Paramount. 


JOHN  F.  BANNAN,  Uni- 
versal Cincinnati  manager, 
has  been  promoted  to 
Chicago  exchange  manager. 
The  exchange  is  the  com- 
pany's second  largest. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


COURT  SETS  LAST  PHASE 
OF  DECREE  MANEUVERS 


Intervention  Fight  Looms  Between 
ATA  and  Justice  Department 


Forecast  for  Final  Action 
About  2  Months  Hence; 
Then  Comes  an  Appeal 

The  "go"  sign  for  action  and  argument 
was  flashed  this  week  in  the  New  York  anti- 
trust suit  when  representatives  of  the  de- 
fendants, the  Department  of  Justice  and  the 
District  Court  met  Monday  in  the  large, 
quiet  Federal  Court  chambers  of  Judge 
Henry  W.  Goddard'  and  agreed  on  future 
procedure  in  the  case  of  U.  S.  vs.  Para- 
mount, et  al.   The  decisions : 

I —  Tuesday,  October  22,  the  three-judge 
statutory  court  will  begin  hearing  final 
decree  arguments. 

II —  Monday,  October  21,  the  judges 
will  hear  arguments  on  the  petitions  of 
the  American  Theatres  Association  and 
the  Confederacy  of  Southern  Associations 
to  intervene. 

III —  Monday,  October  21,  the  judges 
will  also  hear  arguments  on  the  plea  of 
Lust  Theatres,  Washington,  to  have  a 
decision  of  the  Arbitration  Appeals  Board 
set  aside. 

There  were  other  elements  in  the  area  of 
trade  practices  for  the  industry  to  consider 
this  week : 

1 —  Universal  submitted  its  proposed 
findings  of  fact  and  conclusions  of  law. 

2 —  The  House  Small  Business  Sub- 
committee indicated  that  an  investigation 
of  block  booking  and  fair  trade  practices 
was  in  order. 

3 —  The  five  theatre-owning  defendants, 
falling  to  agree  on  divestiture,  were  de- 
layed in  filing  their  final  proposed  decree. 

4 —  The  Conference  of  Independent  Ex- 
hibitors Association  and  the  Kansas-Mis- 
souri Theatre  Association  were  discussing 
the  decree  situation  at  mid-week  meetings. 

The  applications  of  ATA  and  CSA  to  in- 
tervene in  the  suit  were  heard  Tuesday  by 
Federal  Judge  Francis  G.  Caffey,  who  re- 
ferred them  to  the  court,  which  will  hear 
the  arguments  on  the  motion  October  21. 

Robert  L.  Wright,  Government  counsel 
and  special  assistant  to  the  Attorney  Gen- 
eral, has  already  indicated,  via  a  letter  to 
the  three  judges,  that  his  department  intends 
to  oppose  any  active  intervention  by  any  ex- 
hibitor organization.  However,  the  Depart- 
ment of  Justice  would  not  oppose  an  appear- 
ance as  amicus  curiae,  it  was  indicated. 

Hearings,  October  22,  to  Be 
On  Proposals  for  Decree 

The  October  22  hearings  will  be  on  pro- 
posed findings  of  fact  and  conclusions  of  law 
and  on  he  proposal  of  the  five  majors  and 
the  Government  for  a  final  decree.  The  hear- 
ings are  expected  to  take  "several"  days,  ac- 


A  fight  between  the  American  Theatres 
Association  and  the  Department  of  Justice 
was  shaping  up  this  week  over  the  question 
of  intervention  in  the  anti-trust  case. 

ATA,  whose  petition  to  intervene  was 
heard  Tuesday,  is  determined  upon  active 
intervention.  The  Department  of  Justice  is 
equally  determined  that  any  and  all  exhibitor 
organizations  shall  not  intervene  directly  but 
as  amicus  curiae. 

There  have  been  no  definite  actions  as  yet, 
although  both  sides  are  ready  to  jump  when- 
ever the  first  move  is  made. 

ATA's  position  on  intervention  has 
caused  some  noticeable  dissension  within 
its  ranks.  While  independent  exhibitor  opin- 
ion grows  in  favor  of  ATA's  action,  RKO 
Theatres  have  formally  resigned  from  ATA. 
Loew's,  although  never  officially  a  member, 
has  withdrawn  its  interest  after  participat- 
ing in  ATA's  organizational  meetings  and 
generally  giving  the  impression  that  it  was 
an  interested  party  to  ATA's_  position.  How- 
ever Robert  Coyne,  ATA  executive  secre- 
tary, believes  that  RKO's  withdrawal  may 
be  only  temporary.  He  points  out  that  RKO's 
theatres  are  represented  in  the  New  York 
equity  case  and  can  not  very  well  be  on  both 
side  of  the  fence  at  once.  Paramount  and 
National  Theatres  are  retaining  their  mem- 
bership, he  said,  although  they  are  not  party 
to  the  intervention. 

On  the  independent  exhibitor  side,  ATA 
spokesmen  reported  this  week  that  of  the 


cording  to  the  attorneys,  since  "voluminous 
findings"  have  been  submitted  by  all  inter- 
ested parties.  The  court  is  then  expected  to 
enter  a  final  decree  about  a  month  after 
those  "several"  days  of  argument. 

From  there  on,  it  is  readily  predicted,  the 
reports,  the  arguments  and  the  personnel 
will  move  to  the  Supreme  Court.  That 
would  be  about  two  months  away. 

Mr.  Wright  has  indicated  that  he  will  file 
his  proposed  decree  and  findings  of  fact 
Monday,  October  7,  even  though  he  does  not 
by  then  receive  from  the  five  theatre-owning 
defendants  any  further  material.  Thus  far, 
it  is  reported,  these  five  have  sent  him  only 
a  "tentative  proposed  decree"  draft. 

This  draft,  as  previously  reported,  did  not 
contain  any  provisions  covering  divestiture. 
Thus  far  differences  over  provisions  cover- 
ing partial  divestiture  have  prevented  the  five 
majors  from  filing  a  proposed  decree  draft. 

Attending  Monday's  meeting,  at  which 
procedure  was  set,  were  Mr.  Wright,  Judge 
John  Bright  and  three  attorneys  for  the  dis- 


first  3,600  replies  received  by  the  ATA  on 
the  question  of  intervention,  3,424  have  re- 
ported themselves  as  approving  the  move. 
Only  five  per  cent  of  those  theatres  are 
ATA  members,  it  was  said.  A  total  of  16,- 
000  questionnaires  were  sent  out  to  motion 
picture  exhibitors. 

With  this  backing  in  mind,  then,  Thur- 
man  Arnold,  counsel  for  ATA,  plans  to  con- 
tend that  the  Department  of  Justice  "does 
not  represent  the  exhibitors  for  whom  the 
suit  was  started."  ATA,  however,  will  make 
this  statement  to  the  court  only  if  the  De- 
partment insists  upon  carrying  out  its  pres- 
ent plan  to  oppose  exhibitor  intervention. 
Mr.  Arnold  was  quoted  as  saying  that  the 
Department  "can  have  no  valid  objection"  to 
intervention. 

"The  Government,"  said  Mr.  Arnold  in 
Washington,  '"apparently  is  worried  that 
there  will  be  a  mass  movement  of  exhibitors 
and  groups  wanting  to  intervene.  .  .  .  with 
the  result  that  the  Department  will  lose  con- 
trol of  the  case." 

Department  attorneys  expressed  a  fear 
that  if  too  many  associations  and  individ- 
uals intervene  the  case  "might  last  forever." 

Meanwhile  the  Department  continues  to 
draw  up  its  objections  to  the  CSA  and  ATA 
petitions.  "The  Government  does  not  object 
to  an  association  or  individual  exhibitor  be- 
ing heard  by  the  court  amicus  curiae,  but 
will  oppose  any  direct  intervention,"  a  De- 
partment attorney  stated. 


tributor  defendants,  Whitney  North  Sey- 
mour, Paramount  counsel  representing  the 
five  majors ;  George  Raftery,  representing 
United  Artists  and  Universal,  Max  Rose, 
representing  Columbia,  and  Judge  Goddard. 

UA,  Universal  and  Columbia  have  already 
submitted  their  memoranda  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  Justice. 

With  the  question  of  intervention  still 
very  much  at  issue,  the  CSA,  close  on  the 
heels  of  the  ATA,  last  week  filed  its  sepa- 
rate petition  for  intervention  on  the  point 
of  auction  selling. 

The  petition,  signed  by  23  individual  ex- 
hibitors, pointed  out  that  auction  selling 
would  "inflict  irreparable  damage  upon  each 
petitioner  by  causing  him  to  suffei  material 
losses."  It  asked  that  the  court's  opinion  be 
modified  so  as  to  exclude  auction  selling. 

Those  signing  the  petition  were :  W.  C. 
Allred,  Charles  and  Elizabeth  L.  Beach,  Bis- 
cayne  Beach  Theatre,  Inc.,  T.  N.  Carnahan, 
Central  Amusement  Company,  Inc.,  Emma 

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COURT  SAYS 

(Continued  from  preceding  page) 

Theatres,  H.  A.  Everett,  the  partners  of 
the  Cullman  Amusement  Company,  Nat 
Hancock,  J.  O.  and  E.  L.  Harris,  J.  B. 
Harvey,  Lexington  Amusement  Company, 
Inc.,  M.  C.  Moore,  W.  W.  Mowbray,  Neigh- 
borhood Theatre,  Inc.,  Palace  Amusement, 
Cox,  the  partners  of  the  Bayne-Roland 
Inc.,  Benjamin  T.  Pitts,  Henry  Reeve,  Ritz, 
Inc.,  Theatre,  Strand  Amusement  Company, 
Inc.,  The  Southern  Amusement  Company, 
Inc.,  and  Sidney  Wharton. 

Theatres  and  Units  Listed 
In  Support  of  Petition 

Those  associations  approving  and  support- 
ing the  petition  were  given  as  MPTO  of 
Virginia,  160  theatres;  Theatre  Owners  of 
North  and  South  Carolina,  384  theatres ; 
Texas  Theatre  Owners,  Inc.,  800  theatres ; 
and  Southeastern  Theatres  Owners  Associa- 
tion, 900  theatres. 

The  Lust  petition,  to  be  heard  October  21, 
is  not  in  the  same  category  as  the  CSA 
and  ATA  intervention  petitions.  Instead, 
the  petition  seeks  to  upset  a  recent  arbitra- 
tion award  against  the  circuit.  This  has  a 
bearing  on  the  decision  inasmuch  as  the 
court  has  indicated  that  there  will  be  no 
arbitration  unless  all  parties  consent  to  the 
practice.  The  "Little  Three"  are  against 
continuing  arbitration,  which  may  mean  that 
the  practice  eventually  may  be  dropped. 

UNIVERSAL  BRIEF 

Universal  would  have  no  reliable  market 
for  its  pictures  if  they  must  be  offered 
singly,  the  company  contends  in  a  17-page 
brief  of  findings  of  fact  and  conclusions  of 
law  which  it  filed  Saturday  with  the  De- 
partment of  Justice. 

The"  60-point  brief,  defensively  bristling 
with  "no  evidence,"  "Universal  did  not,"  and 
"no  knowledge  or  intent,"  contends  that  the 
conspiracy  alleged  against  the  company  has 
not  been  established  and  asks  that  a  decree 
be  entered  dismissing  the  complaint  against 
all  the  Universal  defendants. 

While  presenting  its  case,  Universal  at- 
tacked buying  combines,  charging  they  tend- 
ed towards  monopoly. 

Witness  point  60:  "Certain  exhibitors 
have  employed  common  agents  to  purchase 
pictures  for  them.  This  practice,  under  the 
circumstances  disclosed  by  the  evidence,  is 
unduly  restrictive  of  interstate  trade  and 
commerce  and  tends  to  monopoly  and  is 
therefore  illegal." 

Had  Urged  New  Theatres 
In  Certain  Situations 

Highlighting  the  findings  of  fact.  Univer- 
sal stated  that  in  the  situations  where  the 
exhibitors  had  failed  or  refused  to  license 
Universal  product  the  company  urged  vari- 
ous groups  to  invest  money  in  opening  new 
theatres  or  remodeling  old  ones  and  then 
granted  to  those  accounts  the  exclusive  right 
to  exhibit  the  company's  product.  Similar- 
ly, Universal  made  a  number  of  franchise 


ANTI-TRUST  DIVISION 
TO  BE  INVESTIGATED 

A  study  of  the  impact  of  anti-trust 
regulation  in  the  motion  picture  field 
will  be  made  when  the  House  Small 
Business  Subcommittee  investigates 
the  anti-trust  division  of  the  Justice 
Department  and  its  pending  cases, 
including  the  motion  picture  suit. 
The  announcement  was  made  this 
week  from  Washington  by  Estes 
Kefauver,  chairman  of  the  commit- 
tee. Investigator  William  Bennett 
reported  that  several  industry  repre- 
sentatives will  be  called  before  the 
committee  some  time  after-  Octo- 
ber 15.  A  study  of  block  booking, 
"of  primary  concern  to  us,"  says 
Mr.  Kefauver,  and  of  the  proposed 
enforcement  of  fair  trade  practices 
within  the  industry  will  be  made. 
Exhibitor  organizations  will  be  given 
a  voice  at  the  hearing,  if  they  desire. 
The  committee  may  decide  to  recom- 
mend changes  in  present  anti-trust 
laws,  according  to  the  committee 
chairman. 


deals  with  other  exhibitors  who  desired  to 
license  Universal  product  in  this  manner. 

There  is  no  evidence  that  Universal,  says 
the  brief,  ever  conditioned  the  licensing  of 
one  picture  upon  an  exhibitor's  agreement 
to  license  another,  nor  is  there  evidence  that 
Universal  discriminated  between  indepen- 
dent and  affiliated  licensees  in  respect  of 
film  rentals,  clearances  or  admissions. 

Universal  did  not  monopolize  or  attempt 
to  monopolize  the  distribution  of  motion  pic- 
tures, it  insists,  nor,  it  asks  the  court  to 
find,  did  the  Government  prove  that  the  ex- 
ent,  duration  or  area  of  clearance  stipulated 
in  any  Universal  contract  was  arrived  at 
in  any  other  manner  than  by  independent 
negotiations  between  Universal  and  the 
other  contracting  party. 

Universal  is  the  third  company  to  file  its 
findings  of  fact.  Columbia  and  United  Art- 
ists previously  had  filed. 

Exhibitor  Units 
Weigh  Position 

The  court's  decision  in  the  anti-trust  suit 
was  discussed  at  two  midweek  conventions 
of  exhibitor  groups:  the  Conference  of  Inde- 
pendent Exhibitors  Association  meeting  in 
Washington  and  the  Kansas-Missouri  Thea- 
tre Association  meeting  in  Kansas  City. 

The  CIEA  was  concerned  primarily  with 
the  possibility  of  suggesting  this  alternative 
to  the  New  York  court  for  auction  selling: 
film  rental  on  a  flat  fee  basis  rather  than  on 
a  percentage  of  the  gross.  If  the  suggestion 
is  forwarded  to  the  Department  of  Justice  it 
will  be  put  forth  as  representing  the  views  of 
exhibitors  in  30  states,  it  was  reported  from 
Washington  this  week. 

Additionally,  the  CIEA,  in  its  first  day  of 


meeting,  reported  favorably  on  the  Depart- 
ment of  Justice's  recommendation  for  a  ban 
on  cross-licensing. 

The  Kansas-Missouri  organization  heard 
Fred  Wehrenberg,  president  of  the  Motion 
Picture  Theatre  Owners  of  America,  de- 
scribe MPTOA's  position  on  the  case,  and 
heard  Robert  Coyne,  executive  secretary  of 
the  American  Theatres  Association,  describe 
his  association's  position.  ATA  affiliation 
was  left  to  the  directors  of  the  KMTA. 

Abram  F.  Myers,  chairman  of  the  board 
of  Allied  States,  was  spokesman  for  the 
CIEA  conference.  He  said  the  group  would 
sutabit  recommendations  on  the  Govern- 
ment's final  decree  Friday  to  Robert  Wright, 
assistant  U.  S.  Attorney  General,  and  in- 
dicated intervention  by  the  group  was  not 
intended,  although  opposed  auction  sales. 

Representatives  at  the  CIEA  conference 
were :  Nathan  Yamins,  Sidney  E.  Samuelson 
and  Mr.  Myers  for  Allied  States;  Hugh  W. 
Bruen,  Rotus  Harvey,  Gerald  Hardy,  L.  O. 
Lukan  and  Robert  H.  Poole  for  the  Pacific 
Coast  Conference  of  Independent  Theatre 
Owners;  Sam  Gillett  of  Inter-Mountain  Ex- 
hibitor Organization;  Ernest  L.  Peaslee, 
National  Central  Allied;  Leo  Wolcott  and 
Howard  F.  Brooking,  Iowa-Nebraska  Al- 
lied. Jesse  L.  Stern  was  spokesman  for  the 
Unaffiliated  Independent  Exhibitors  of  New 
York. 

Other  speakers  at  the  KMTA  meeting 
were  Senn  Lawler,  Fox  Midwest,  who 
opened  a  discussion  on  high  local  taxes;  El- 
mer C.  Rhoden,  Fox  Midwest.  Elected  were : 
Homer  Strowig,  president;  C.  E.  Cook,  sec- 
retary; Fred  Meyn,  treasurer,  reelected. 

MPTOA  to  Hear 
Forum  Plan 

Fred  Wehrenberg,  president  of  the  Mo- 
tion Picture  Theatre  Owners  of  America,  is 
expected  to  offer  a  detailed  explanation  of 
his  recent  suggestion  for  an  industry-wide 
exhibitor-distributor  forum  when  MPTOA 
meets  next  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  in 
Washington.  Mr.  Wehrenberg  reported  in 
St.  Louis  last  week  that  he  would  ask  his 
board  of  directors  to  crystalize  the  plan. 

The  Wehrenberg  suggestion  entails  regu- 
lar meetings  of  distribution  and  exhibition 
interests  following  the  final  court  decision  in 
the  anti-trust  case  with  Eric  Johnston,  Mo- 
tion Picture  Association  president,  acting  as 
moderator. 

Although  exhibitor  reaction  to  the 
plan  has  been  mixed — some  saying  that  the 
suggestion  is  premature — Mr.  Wehrenberg 
expressed  himself  as  "gratified"  at  the  reac- 
tion to  his  plan. 

Meanwhile,  MPTOA's  exhibitor  poll  was 
scheduled  to  close  at  the  weekend.  Latest 
tabulated  reports,  from  917  theatres  in  43 
states,  gave  these  results :  268  to  19  disap- 
proving auction  selling ;  212  to  62  with  14 
not  voting  against  the  court's  recommenda- 
tion for  arbitration;  242  to  39  with  eight  not 
voting  disapproving  non-industry  arbiv  - 
tors,  and  178  to  106  with  nine  not  voting  i  : 
favor  of  complete  divorcement. 


14 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


PARAMOUNT  ANNOUNCES  22 
FEATURES  FOR  THE  SEASON 

Balaban  Urges  Continued  Flow 
Of  Product  Despite  Problems 


Reagan  Outlines  Product 
at  Meeting  to  Discuss 
New  Sales  Problems 

A  tentative  list  of  22  pictures  to  be  re- 
leased by  Paramount  between  November 
22,  1946,  and  September  1,  1947,  was  an- 
nounced Monday  by  Charles  M.  Reagan, 
vice-president  in  charge  of  distribution,  at 
the  opening  session  of  home-office  confer- 
ences with  district  and  branch  managers. 
The  meetings,  to  be  continued  for  the  next 
few  weeks,  were  called  by  Mr.  Reagan  to 
discuss  sales  problems  presented  by  the  new 
method  of  merchandising  screen  entertain- 
mnt  under  the  proposed  consent  decree. 

In  announcing  the  22  tentative  releases 
Mr.  Reagan  said  that  Paramount  proposed 
to  release  as  many  pictures  as  the  company 
could  successfully  handle  and  the  market 
was  capable  of  absorbing. 

"Two  Tears  Before  the  Masf 
To  Be  Released  Nov.  22 

First  on  the  list  is  "Two  Years  Before 
the  Mast,"  directed  by  John  Farrow  and 
starring  Alan  Ladd  and  Brian  Donlevy, 
which  has  been  set  for  general  release  on 
November  22  and  will  be  the  company's 
Thanksgiving  holiday  release. 

Next  to  be  released  will  be  Irving  Berlin's 
Technicolor  musical,  "Blue  Skies,"  which 
will  be  the  company's  Christmas-New  Year 
picture,  for  release  December  27.  Directed 
by  Stuart  Heisler,  "Blue  Skies"  stars  Bing 
Crosby  and  Fred  Astaire. 

Mr.  Reagan  explained  that  Paramount 
had  deferred  drawing  up  a  comprehensive 
release  schedule  for  the  new  selling  season 
until  the  company's  distribution  department 
was  able  thoroughly  to  familiarize  itself 
with  the  new  selling  procedure,  grasp  its 
implications  and  understand  the  problems  to 
be  met  and  overcome. 

Additional  Features  on 
Schedule  Are  Listed 

Other  pictures  on  the  company's  release 
schedule  are  "I  Cover  Big  Town,"  a  Pine- 
Thomas  production  directed  by  William 
Thomas,  with  Philip  Reed  and  Hillary 
Brooke;  "Cross  My  Heart,"  produced  by 
Harry  Tugend  and  directed  by  John  Barry, 
with  Betty  Hutton  and  Sonny  Tufts;  Hal 
Wallis'  "The  Perfect  Marriage,"  directed 
by  Lewis  Allen,  with  Loretta  Young  and 
David  Niven;  "California,"  a  Technicolor 
film  produced  by  Seton  I.  Miller  under  John 
Farrow's  direction,  with  Ray  Milland,  Bar- 
bara Stanwyck  and  Barry  Fitzgerald;  Pine- 
Thomas'  "Seven  Were  Saved,"  directed  by 
William  H.  Pine,  with  Richard  Denning 
and  Catherine  Craig. 

Also  "Dear  Ruth,"   produced  by  Paul 


Distributors  must  not  falter  in  maintain- 
ing a  continual  flow  of  product  to  theatres 
despite  the  present  burdensome  form  of  the 
consent  decree,  which  necessitates  a  com- 
plete reorganization  of  the  method  of  buy- 
ing and  selling  films,  Barney  Balaban,  presi- 
dent of  Paramount,  said  in  New  York  Mon- 
day. 

Addressing  the  initial  session  of  a  four- 
day  series  of  meetings  of  Paramount  field 
representatives,  studio  and  department 
heads  at  the  Hotel  Warwick,  Mr.  Balaban 
said  the  most  vexing  problem  facing  the  dis- 
tributor is  that  of  trying  to  set  tentative 
selling  plans  that  may  have  to  be  scrapped 
when  the  decree  is  handed  down  in  final 
form.  The  meetings  were  being  held  in  a 
move  to  re-orientate  the  company's  whole 
machinery  of  publicity,  advertising  and  ex- 
ploitation to  meet  the  requirements  of  the 
expected  new  method  of  selling. 

The  industry  is  forced  to  go  forward, 
he  said,  but  to  go  forward  it  must  exercise 
a  maximum  of  promotional  effort.  The 
greater  promotional  drive  thrown  behind 
the  pictures  will  have  the  dual  purpose  of 
enlarging  the  audience  for  screen  entertain- 
ment and  of  stimulating  added  exhibitor  in- 
terest in  product  offered. 

Mr.  Balaban  expressed  the  belief  the 
proper  exploitation  of  pictures  under  the 
new  system  of  selling  would  have  the  effect 
of  bringing  to  the  theatre  a  vast  new  audi- 
ence drawn  from  the  ranks  of  the  millions 
that  attend  motion  pictures  only  sporadi- 
cally.   The  audience  waiting  to  be  won  as 


regular  patrons  was  estimated  by  Mr.  Bala- 
ban at  10,000,000  to  15,000,000. 

The  meeting  placed  special  emphahis  on 
"Two  Years  Before  the  Mast,"  directed  by 
John  Farrow,  with  Alan  Ladd  and  Brian 
Donlevy,  and  Irving  Berlin's  Technicolor 
musical,  "Blue  Skies,"  starring  Bing  Cros- 
by and  Fred  Astaire.  The  exploitation  pat- 
tern set  for  these  two  films  will  be  followed 
in  the  promotion  of  all  Paramount  films. 

Mr.  Balaban  paid  tribute  to  the  high  qual- 
ity of  product  turned  out  under  the  leader- 
ship of  Henry  Ginsberg,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  production  and  studio  operations. 

Curtis  Mitchell,  director  of  advertising 
and  publicity,  who  presided  over  the  meet- 
ings, said  many  ideas  were  needed  to  solve 
the  problems  facing  the  industry  today. 

Last  Friday  Mr.  Balaban  announced  the 
company's  present  plans  would  be  un- 
changed unless  future  unforeseen  problems 
encountered  in  auction  selling,  developed. 

The  meeting  at  the  Warwick  also  was 
addressed  by  Charles  M.  Reagan,  vice- 
president  in  charge  6f  distribution;  Adolph 
Zukor,  chairman  of  the  board;  Oscar  Mor- 
gan, short  subject  sales  manager;  Claude 
Lee,  public  relations  director;  Al  Wilkie, 
publicity  manager,  and  Stanley  Shuford,  ad- 
vertising manager.  Studio  representatives 
included  George  Brown,  studio  publicity 
director,  and  Teet  Carle,  Martin  Lewis,  Ru- 
fus  Blair  and  James  Sarno  of  his  staff. 

Paramount's  outlook  for  the  quarter  is 
better  than  at  any  time  in  its  history,  Mr. 
Balaban  said  in  Boston  Wednesday. 


Jones  and  directed  by  William  Russell,  with 
Joan  Caulfield  and  William  Holden; 
"Ladies'  Man,"  produced  by  Danny  Dare 
and  directed  by  William  Russell,  with  Eddie 
Bracken  and  Cass  Daley;  Pine-Thomas' 
"Danger  Street,"  directed  by  Lew  Landers, 
with  Jane  Withers";  Hope  Enterprises'  "My 
Favorite  Brunette,"  produced  by  Danny 
Dare  and  directed  by  Elliott  Nugent,  with 
Bob  Hope  and  Dorothy  Lamour;  "The 
Trouble  with  Women,"  produced  by  Harry 
Tugend  with  Sidney  Lanfield  directing  and 
starring  Ray  Milland,  Teresa  Wright  and 
Brian  Donlevy;  "Calcutta,"  produced  by 
Seton  I.  Miller  and  directed  by  John  Far- 
row with  Alan  Ladd,  William  Bendix  and 
Gail  Russell. 

Also  Kenneth  Macgowan's  "Easy  Come, 
Easy  Go,"  directed  by  John  Farrow  with 
Sonny  Tufts,  Diana  Lynn  and  Barry  Fitz- 
gerald; "Welcome  Stranger,"  produced  by 
Sol  C.  Siegel,  directed  by  Elliott  Nugent, 


with  Bing  Crosby,  Barry  Fitzgerald,  Joan 
Caulfield;  "Perils  of  Pauline,"  in  Techni- 
color, produced  by  Sol  C.  Siegel  and  di- 
rected by  George  Marshall,  with  Betty  Hut- 
ton,  John  Lund  and  Constance  Collier; 
Pine-Thomas'  "Jungle  Flight,"  directed  by 
Peter  Stewart,  with  Robert  Lowery  and  Ann 
Savage;  "The  Imperfect  Lady,"  produced 
by  Karl  Tunberg  and  directed  by  Lewis  Al- 
len, with  Teresa  Wright  and  Ray  Milland. 

Also  Hal  Wallis'  "Desert  Town,"  direct- 
ed by  Lewis  Allen,  with  John  Hodiak  and 
Lizabeth  Scott;  "Suddenly  It's  Spring," 
produced  by  Claude  Binyon  and  directed 
by  Mitchell  Leisen,  with  Paulette  Goddard 
and  Fred  MacMurray;  Pine-Thomas'  "Ad- 
venture Island,"  in  color,  directed  by  Peter 
Stewart,  with  Rhonda  Fleming  and  Rory 
Calhoun,  and  "Variety  Girl,"  produced  by 
Danny  Dare  and  directed  by  George  Mar- 
shall, with  Mary  Hatcher,  Deforest  Kelley 
and  Paramount  stars. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


15 


ON  THE  MARCH 

by  RED  ICANN 


VICTOR  RIESEL  is  a  labor  reporter 
writing  in  the  New  York  Post.  He 
writes  a  daily  column  which  is  syndi- 
cated to  35  or  40  other  daily  newspapers 
throughout  the  country,  including  such  stal- 
warts as  the  Philadelphia  Inquirer,  the  Port- 
land Oregonian  and  the  Atlanta  Journal. 
Under  a  Washington  date  line,  he  discusses 
the  Hollywood  labor  situation,  and  from  that 
article  are  excerpted  the  following  eye-ar- 
resting quotes : 

"Not  a  single  nose  was  bloodied  on  the  hun- 
dreds of  picket  lines  thrown  up  during  the  four- 
month  General  Motors  strike  last  winter.  There 
wasn't  even  a  fist  fight.  So  quiet  was  it,  the 
newspapermen  covering  the  mammoth  walkout 
never  got  to  use  the  special  'strike  press  card' 
issued  to  them  by  the  union  to  prevent  their 
being  pushed  around  by  picket  captains.  Just  as 
peaceful  was  the  steel  stoppage,  the  world's  big- 
gest strike ;  in  fact,  this  walkout  was  almost 
good-humored. 

"Other  gargantuan  stoppages  were  just  as 
quiet.  During  the  coal  shutdown,  the  miners 
went  hunting  and  fishing.  The  rail  crisis  saw 
trainmen  sit  around  their  depots  shooting  the 
breeze.  .  .  . 

"So  it's  doubly  tragic  that,  after  coming 
through  exactly  one  year  of  major  strike  crises 
and  wage  disputes  between  the  world's  biggest 
unions  and  most  powerful  corporations,  a  state 
of  emergency  was  clamped  on  Hollywood  the 
other  day  because  of  bitter  picket  line  fighting 
between  two  movie  unions.  .  .  . 

"Why  all  this  fighting  between  two  groups  of 
AFL  unions?  For  a  look  at  the  documents 
which  would  tell  the  story  of  this  Hollywood 
fight,  I  flew  to  Washington.  I  went  not  only 
because  it's  the  most  colorful  and  violent  walk- 
out of  the  year,  not  only  because  it  may  eventu- 
ally shut  down  most  big  movie  theatres  in  the 
country,  but  also  because  this  stoppage  is  the 
most  glaring  example  of  the  'jurisdictional 
strike'  which  catches  the  public  in  the  middle 
and  costs  the  employers  millions. 

"The  documents  show  that  the  fight  is  over 
control  of  some  1,500  jobs  on  Hollywood  movie 
sets.  The  International  Alliance  of  Theatrical 
Stage  Employes  [AFL]  justifiably  claims  juris- 
diction over  them.  This  jurisdiction  is  chal- 
lenged by  Big  Bill  Hutcheson,  perpetual,  highly 
paid  president  of  the  AFL  carpenters.  .  .  .  The 
1,500  Hollywood  jobs  in  dispute  are  about  as 
necessary  to  the  carpenters'  brotherhood  as  an- 
other border  dispute  is  to  the  Paris  peace  con- 
ference. 

"Yet  Hutcheson,  working  closely  with  the 
highly  politicalized  left  wing  Conference  of 
Studio  Unions  in  which  the  Communists  are 
active,  is  willing  to  provoke  a  needless  strike 
which  will  cost  the  film  industry  scores  of  mil- 
lions of  dollars  and  the  pickets  considerable 
blood. 

"The  public,  confused  over  the  inner  power 
•  politics,  knows  only  that  unions  are  battling 
each  other.  So  the  people  put  a  plague  on  all 
labor.  The  entire  matter  is  so  utterly  futile 
that  labor  will  deserve  the  licking  it  will  get 
unless  it  ends  these  senseless  brawls  now." 

If  this  analysis  holds  together,  President 
Roosevelt's  once  famous  "plague  o'  both 
your  houses"  reference  to  AFL  and  CIO 
narrows  down  to  a  plague  on  one  house — 
this  time  the  AFL — and  places  the  final  an- 
swer in  the  lap  of  William  Green,  its  presi- 
dent. 


Regardless  of  this  or  any  other  analysis, 
however,  these  facts  are  incontrovertible: 

Violence  is  afoot.  Heads  are  being 
cracked.    Picket  lines  are  out. 

Hollywood  labor  is  minus  jobs. 

Production  is  being  choked  off  and  Holly- 
wood's contribution  to  the  economic  well- 
being  of  the  nation  frozen. 

Producers  are  unlocking  the  vaults  hold- 
ing their  backlogs  with  less  and  less  op- 
portunity to  maintain  inventories  by  replace- 
ments. 

Exhibitors,  or  Allied  members  at  any  rate, 
are  crying  artificially  created  film  shortages. 

In  short,  order  now  is  forsaking  the 
scene. 

MPTOA  is  constitutionally  opposed  to 
theatre  divorcement  on  the  ground  it  will  not 
open  the  market  as  advocates,  including  the 
Department  of  Justice  and  Allied,  insist. 
However,  there  is  an  interesting  angle  bear- 
ing on  this  deep-rooted  conviction  which 
shows  up  in  MPTOA's  four-question  poll 
among  independent  exhibitors. 

The  organization  undertook  no  direct 
mailing.  Participating  theatremen  did  so 
through  trade  paper  ballots  and  on  the 
strength  of  trade  paper  stories.  Actually, 
there  is  no  precise  information  to  prove  that 
ballots  have  been  cast  by  independents,  but 
the  character  of  the  replies  indicates  they 
come  from  operators  free  of  producer  af- 
filiation, in  the  main  at  least.  Most  answers 
are  from  chains  of  ten  houses  or  less  and 
preponderantly  from  chains  of  five  and  un- 
der. Moreover,  the  ballot  was  open  to  all 
independents  regardless  of  exhibitor  asso- 
ciation affiliation. 

The  interesting  angle  enters  in  that  the 
last  report  recorded  178  votes  for  theatre  di- 
vestiture, and  106  against.  No  one,  not  even 
MPTOA,  knows  how  many  of  the  opponents 
of  divorcement  are  its  members.  But  since 
MPTOA  set  up  no  hurdles  beyond  the  need 
to  be  independent,  the  probability  also  is  the 
returns  drew  expressions,  pro  and  con,  from 
Allied  men  as  well. 

The  conclusion  is  that,  in  the  face  of  a 
policy  which  denies  divorcement,  MPTOA 
finds  60.26  per  cent  of  its  answers  overriding 
that  policy  yet  does  not  hesitate  to  make  the 
ballot  publicly  known.  We  think  this  is 
honest  and  in  the  interest  of  the  whole  in- 
dustry. 


On  a  Note  of  Too-Late:  Mary  Pickford, 
discussing  a  corporate  name  for  a  producing 
company  in  which  she,  Buddy  Rogers  and 
Ralph  Cohn  are  jointly  interested :  "Why  not 
the  initials— P-R-C  ?" 

"Good,  but  not  soon  enough.  There's  a 
company  called  PRC  in  the  field  now,"  came 
gently  from  Jack  Cohn,  listening  in. 


Give  "Kenny" 
Splash  Opening 

Broadway's  Palace  theatre  was  bathed  in 
lights  and  swathed  in  draperies  of  spun  glass 
cloth  last  Friday  night  when  RKO  held  a 
splashy  premiere  of  "Sister  Kenny." 

Even  the  New  York  Times  was  impressed 
by  the  size  of  the  crowd  that  gathered,  re- 
porting an  estimated  3,000  packing  the  street 
around  the  Palace  at  Broadway  and  Forty- 
seventh  street,  with  the  police  having  diffi- 
culty in  controlling  the  crowd. 

Elizabeth  Kenny,  the  Australian  nurse, 
whose  fight  against  polio  is  pictured  in  "Sis- 
ter Kenny,"  was  the  guest  of  honor,  sitting 
in  a  box  decorated  with  the  colors  of  the 
U.  S.  and  Australia.  George  Hicks,  the 
radio  commentator,  was  in  the  lobby,  intro- 
ducing the  celebrities  over  a  radio  hookup. 

The  next  morning  the  daily  press  charac- 
terized the  film,  in  which  Rosalind  Russell 
starred,  as  having  "great  power  and  artistry" 
and  as  "haunting  and  superb." 

Among  those  attending  the  premiere  were : 
Francis  S.  Harmon,  Jack  Cohn,  Herbert  J. 
Yates,  J.  R.  Grainger,  Neil  Agnew,  Thomas 
J.  Connors,  E.  T.  Gomersall,  James  A.  Mul- 
vey,  Frederick  Ullman,  Jr.,  John  J.  O'Connor, 
Budd  Rogers,  Dan  Michalove,  Charles  Re- 
gan, Harry  Brandt,  Max  Cohen,  Julius  Joel- 
son,  Sam  Goodman  and  J.  J.  Buchbinder. 

RKO  and  RKO  Radio  executives  includ- 
ed: John  M.  Whitaker,  Robert  Mochrie, 
Malcolm  Kingsberg,  Ralph  Austrian,  A.  A. 
Schubart,  Arthur  Willi,  Rutgers  Neilson 
and  Mrs.  Ned  E.  Depinet. 

Columbia  Year's 
Net  $3,450,489 

Columbia  Pictures  reported  Wednesday  a 
net  profit  of  $3,450,489  for  the  fiscal  year 
ended  June  30,  1946.  This  equals  $5.25  per 
share  of  common  stock  and  compares  with 
a  net  of  $1,945,167  for  the  year  ended  June 
30,  1945,  equivalent  to  $2.85  on  each  share 
of  common  stock.  The  gross  reported  far 
the  1946  period  was  $7,000,489.  The  balance 
sheet  shows  current  assets  of  $32,776,000 
and  current  liabilities  of  $7,231,000,  with 
working  capital  approximating  $25,545,000. 


Youngstein  Eagle-Lion 
Ad-Publicity  Head 

Max  E.  Youngstein,  formerly  assistant 
publicity  director  for  Twentieth  Century- 
Fox  and  wartime  publicity  director  for  mo- 
tion pictures  of  the  U.  S.  Treasury's  War 
Finance  Division,  has  been  appointed  ad- 
vertising and  publicity  director  of  Eagle- 
Lion  Films,  A.  W.  Schwalberg,  vice-presi- 
dent and  general  sales  manager,  announced 
this  week.  Mr.  Youngstein's  first  assign- 
ment will  be  promotion  for  "It's  a  Joke, 
Son,"  starring  Kenny  Delmar,  and  "Be- 
delia,"  starring  Margaret  Lockwood  and  Ian 
Hunter. 


lis 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5.  1946 


ROBERT 


BARBARA 


YOUNG  HALE 


FRANK 


MORGAN 


with 


R  K  O 
RADIO 


JAMES  GLEASON-DON  RICE 
HARRY  DAVENPORT 

Executive  Producer  ROBERT  FELLOWS  •  Produced  by  WARREN  DUFF 

Directed  by  EDWIN  L.  MARIN  .  Screen  Play  by  LYNN  ROOT  and  FRANK  FENTON 


"Pie- Sold  THROUGH  ADS  IN 
NATIONAL  MAGAZINES  TOTALING 

81,247,429 

CIRCULATION! 
—  including  Life  (6  insertions)  — 
Woman's  Home  Companion  (5  inser- 
tions) —  Look  (5  insertions)  —  Saturday 
Evening  Post  —  Cosmopolitan  —  Red- 
book  -  Liberty  -  Collier's  -  Pic  - 
,  ,riVt  -  Imhrs  .^vr.i.dl  ulhi'S  irsiirii  Lh'i 


Depinet  Outlines 
Plans  in  Britain 


JOHNSTON  TO  SEEK 
END  OF  BARRIERS 


European  Trip  Designed 
to  Clear  Restrictions 
Against  U.  S.  Product 

ERIC  JOHNSTON,  MPA  president, 
said  Wednesday  in  Washington  he 
was  postponing  indefinitely  his  trip 
to  Europe  because  of  the  Hollywood 
labor  dispute.  He  said  he  was  con- 
sidering a  trip  to  the  coast.  Richard 
Walsh,  IATSE  president, -conferred 
with  Mr.  Johnston. 

The  proposed  trip  to  Europe  of  Eric 
Johnston,  president  of  Motion  Picture  As- 
sociation, scheduled  to  begin  Wednesday, 
again  was  postponed  to  Saturday,  October  5. 

The  prime  objective  of  the  European  mis- 
sion is  the  lessening,  or  where  possible,  the 
total  elimination  of  a  wide  variety  of  anti- 
U.  S.  film  trade  restrictions  in  England  and 
on  the  Continent.  Mr.  Johnston  will  empha- 
«  size  the  effectiveness  of  motion  pictures  in 
promoting  international  goodwill  arid  under- 
standing, whereas  in  the  pre-war  era,  they 
were  sold  on  a  straight  commercial  basis. 

To  Talk  to  Officials 

Audiences  will  include  Government  offi- 
cials in  each  country,  film  executives  and 
labor  leaders.  The  tour  will  be  made  by  air 
and  will  last  about  six  weeks. 

The  postponement  of  the  trip,  on  which 
Mr.  Johnston  will  be  accompanied  by  Gerald 
Mayer,  MPA  assistant  manager;  Gerald  W.  - 
Movins,  staff  member,  and  Joyce  O'H'ara, 
his  special  assistant,  has  no  bearing  on  the 
Hollywood  studio  labor  situation,  according 
to  Kenneth  Clark.  MPA  public  relations 
chief,  but  "was  necessitated  by  the  pressure 
of  business  and  transportation  considera- 
tions." 

Reception  arrangements  in  London,  where 
the  visit  has  been  eagerly  awaited,  include 
plans  for  a  courtesy  call  at  the  American 
Embassy,  a  visit  with  Sir  Stafford  Cripps. 
president  of  the  British  Board  of  Trade,  and 
an  informal  talk  with  J.  Arthur  Rank.  Also 
scheduled  was  a  luncheon  with  managing 
directors  of  American  companies,  press  con- 
ferences and  a  welcome  party  to  be  tendered 
by  producers,  distributors  and  exhibitors. 

To  Discuss  British  Quota 

The  exhibitors'  and  distributors'  quotas 
will  be  dealt  with  in  England.  It  is  known 
that  British  producers  are  seeking  changes 
in  England's  Cinematograph  Films  Act, 
which  expires  September  30,  1948. 

Another  matter  in  for  consideration  by 
Mr.  Johnston  on  the  trip  is  the  appointment 
of  a  Production  Code  Administration  repre- 
sentative in  London. 

In  France,  the  film  accord  reached  last 
August,  and  under  which  was  ruled  out  dis- 
crimination against  U.  S.  pictures,  presents 


a  new  problem,  with  a  charige  of  the  pact  in- 
spired by  local  producers.  Mr.  Johnston  will 
give  attention  to  this  amendment,  which  de- 
crees that  a  producer  can  sell  only  six  pic- 
tures to  an  exhibitor  in  as  many  months. 
It  is  considered  a  restriction  on  Hollywood 
product  in  light  of  the  fact  that  the  majority 
of  French  producers  make  only  three  or  four 
features  yearly.  In  the  United  States,  it  is 
looked  upon  as  a  violation  of  the  spirit  of 
the  French  film  agreement.  However,  it  is 
not  definite  whether  the  amendment  is  to  be 
adhered  to,  as  there  have  been  reports  that 
it  will  not  be  invoked. 

Defends  French  Pact 

Last  week,  in  a  letter  to  Emmett  Lavery, 
president  of  Screen  Writers  Guild.  Mr. 
Johnston  upheld  the  French-American  film 
agrement,  and  called  Mr.  Lavery's  explana- 
tion of  the  SWG's  opposition  "inaccurate, 
confusing  and  contradictory." 

Another  item  of  investigation  has  been 
found  in  dealing  with  the  French  customs 
department,  which  has  been  placing  barriers 
on  raw  stock  shipments.  Since  all  film 
processing  must  be  done  in  France,  large 
quantities  of  the  raw  material  are  needed. 

A  trip  to  Stockholm  is  also  on  the  itine- 
•  rary.  Mr.  Johnston  is  said  have  a  particular 
interest  in  Sweden's  "middle  way"  program, 
which  reportedly  has-  produced  a  "Utopia 
state"  in  which  all  enjoy  an  extremely  high 
standard  of  living.  In  Germany  the  U.  S. 
Army's  choice  of  pictures  for  importation  i> 
to  be  determined  and  efforts  made  to  give 
U.  S.  companies  a  freer  hand. 

Also  planned  are  visits  to  Holland,  Aus- 
tria, Bulgaria,  Yugoslavia,  Poland,  Rumania 
and  Czechoslovakai,  which  have  been  opened 
to  the  Motion  Picture  Export  Association. 
Blocked  currency  in  the  majority  of  Euro- 
pean situations  will  be  discussed. 

Assigns  Healy  to  Middle  East 

M.  A.  Healy  was  appointed  last  week  by 
Mr.  Johnston  middle  eastern  manager  of 
MPA,  with  headquarters  in  Cairo.  He  will 
leave  New  York  October  17  and  will  spend 
a  week  in  Paris  conferring  with  Harold 
Smith,  the  association's  continental  manager. 
For  the  past  year,  Mr.  Healy  has  been  as- 
sistant manager  of  the  MPA's  London  office, 
which  he  joined  at  the  conclusion  of  a  war- 
time assignment  as  chief  postal  censor  under 
Byron  Price  in  the  Office  of  Censorship. 

MGM  Checking  Supervisors 
In  Meeting  at  Chicago 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's  first  meeting  of 
its  six  field  checking  supervisors  was  held 
Saturday  at  the  Drake  Hotel  in  Chicago 
with  Charles  K.  Stern,  Loew's  assistant 
treasurer,  and  William  G.  Brenner,  in 
charge  of  the  company's  checking  depart- 
ment, attending. 


London  Bureau 

Ned  E.  Depinet,  executive  vice-president 
and  vice-chairman  of  the  board  of  RKO, 
has  met  the  company's  United  Kingdom 
sales  force  at  the  Dorchester  Hotel  in  Lon- 
don and  outlined  RKO  Radio's  new  plans. 

Phil  Reisman,  vice-president  in  charge  of 
foreign  operations,  attended  the  meeting,  ar- 
ranged by  Robert  Wolff,  RKO  managing  di- 
rector in  the  United  Kingdom.  Also  in  at- 
tendance were  David  E.  Griffiths,  Interna- 
tion  Pictures  British  representative ;  J.  E. 
Ricketts  and  E.  J.  Davis  of  the  Walt  Disney 
organization;  Arthur  Dent,  British  represen- 
tative, for  Samuel  Goldwyn ;  George  W 
Dawson,  a  director  of  RK  Radio;  Ernest 
Simon,  general  sales  manager ;  Joe  Vegoda, 
assistant  sales  manager  and  drive  captain  of 
the  recent  Bob  Wolff  Silver  Jubilee  Drive; 
Colonel  Jack  Votion,  RKO  Studio  represen- 
tative; Phil  Gersdorf,  RKO  studio  publicity 
department;  head  office  executives,  and  Lon- 
don and  Provincial  branch  managers. 

The  presentation  of  a  silver  box  to  Mr. 
Depinet  from  the  United  Kingdom  organi- 
zation on  the  occasion  of  his  first  visit  to 
Britain,  and  an  engraved  fruit  stand  to  Mr. 
Reisman  as  a  birthday  remembrance,  marked 
a  highlight  of  the  proceedings. 

The  international  production  plans  of 
RKO  Radio  were  discussed  by  Mr.  Depinet, 
with  emphasis  on  films  now  in  the  making  in 
Great  Britain,  Mexico  and  France,  to  com- 
plement the  program  now  under  way  in  the 
Hollywood  studios.  Mr.  Depinet  also  paid 
tribute  to  Mr.  Reisman  and  Mr.  Wolff. 


MPEA  Joins  Dutch  Bank 
In  Theatre  Operation 

The  Motion  Picture  Export  Association 
has  joined  with  the  Rotterdam,  Holland, 
Bank,  in  purchasing  the  1,100-seat  Asta 
theatre,  The  Hague.  The  house  was  ac- 
quired from  the  Alien  Property  Custodian. 
The  operation  will  be  on  a  50-50  basis. 

The  Rotterdam  Bank  is  being  represented 
here  by  W.  L.  Woltersom,  who  was  the 
,«uest  of  MPEA  officials  Monday  at  lunch- 
eon in  the  Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel,  New 
York.  Mr.  Woltersom  will  be  in  this  coun- 
try three  months. 

Among  those  at  the  luncheon  were  Fran- 
cis Harmon,  MPEA  vice-president,  and 
company  executive  and  sales  chiefs. 

McFarland  To  Represent 
Army  Picture  Service 

Gordon  McFarland,  former  controller  for 
the  Army  Motion  Picture  Service,  Special 
Services  Division  of  the  War  Department, 
has  been  appointed  special  representative  for 
AMPS  with  offices  in  the  Paramount  Build- 
ing, New  York.  He  will  aid  in  procuring 
and  distributing  35mm  and  16mm  pictures 
for  use  wherever  Army  personnel  are  sta- 
tioned. 


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22 


KEY  CITY  THEATRES 
RAISE  ADMISSIONS 


Increases  in  Some  Areas 
Due  to  Higher  Costs  as 
Others  Hold  Price  Line 

The  theatres  of  the  country,  battling  to 
maintain  service  in  face  c.l  increased  costs, 
have  raised  admissions  in  many  key  cities, 
not  in  great  degree,  but  perceptibly  in  line 
with  the  advanced  cost  of  living. 

Audience  Research,  Inc.,  has  indicated  the 
average  admission  in  1940  was  32l/2  cents ; 
in  1945  it  was  A2y2  cents ;  in  1946  thus  far, 
it  is  believed  to  be  46  cents. 

Minneapolis  theatres  in  July  increased  ad- 
missions from  a  40  to  60  cent  range  to  50 
to  70  cents,  but  the  closing  of  theatres  to 
children  because  of  the  poli  epidemic  delayer 
appreciable  advantage  to  theatres  from  the 
increase. 

Increase  in  St.  Louis 

St.  Louis  first  run  houses  in  the  past  two 
weeks  raised  admissions  from  44,  55  and  65 
cents,  to  50,  60  and  75  cents.  The  circuits 
involved  are  the  Fanchon  and  Marco,  and 
Loew's.  Neighborhood  houses  raised  admis- 
sions five  cents. 

The  Balaban  and  Katz  Chicago  houses  in 
the  Loop  area  have  raised  admissions  for  af- 
ternoons, so  that  they  are  now  65  cents  and 
95  cents. 

In  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  theatres  six  months 
ago  raised  prices  approximately  30  per  cent. 
The  average  price  there  is  now  35  cents. 

Akron,  Ohio,  houses  recently  put  into  ef- 
fect a  five-cent  increase. 

In  Greater  Cincinnati  and  northern  Ken- 
tucky, theatres  have  sent  their  admissions  up 
five  cents. 

The  Dallas  Interstate  Circuit  three  months 
ago  raised  admissions  five  cents  in  two  key 
and  some  extended  run  theatres,  and  made 
the  increase  10  cents  for  holidays,  weekends 
and  evenings.  The  circuit's  suburban  houses 
eliminated  the  reduced  balcony  price  which 
has  prevailed  for  some  years. 

25%  of  Baltimore  Houses  Up 

Twenty-five  per  cent  of  Baltimore's  thea- 
tres have  registered  an  increase.  It  aver- 
ages two  cents  for  children,  three  for  adults. 
One  house  raised  admissions  seven  cents  for 
Saturday  mornings ;  another  nine  cents  for 
the  same;  still  another  increased  prices  five 
cents  for  mornings  and  matinees. 

In  Washington,  D.  C,  19  neighborhood 
houses  increased  prices  roughly  three  and 
one-half  cents.  In  that  district  and  in  Mary- 
land and  Virginia,  42  Warner  theatres  were 
forced  to  charge  more  because  of  the  in- 
creased operational  cost. 

Many  theatres  in  the  Albany,  N.  Y.,  dis- 
trict have  increased  admission  prices  of  five 
cents  and  more.  There  have  also  been  some 
upward  adjustments  for  juvenile  patrons, 

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although  25  cents  still  is  the  top  figure.  Al- 
bany, Schenectady,  Troy  and  Utica  are 
among  the  cities  where  prices  have  been  in- 
creased. The  Fabian  and  Warner  circuits 
have  put  increases  into  effect  and  numerous 
independent  theatres  moved  simultaneously. 

New  York's  Century  Circuit  houses  charge 
five  cents  more  in  Nassau  County,  and  one 
cent  more  in  Brooklyn. 

Several  cities  have  shown  no  changes,  in- 
cluding Boston,  Cleveland,  Cincinnati  prop- 
er, Denver  and  Omaha,  although  in  Omaha 
theatres  with  stage  show-film  combinations 
have  increased  admissions.  At  the  Orpheum 
admissions  were  raised  from  a  65-cent  top 
to  85  cents. 

New  York  Exhibitors  Form 
Coordinating  Group 

New  York  area  exhibitors  have  formed 
the  Metropolitan  Motion  Picture  Theatres 
Association,  Inc.,  to  represent  its  members 
with  public  agencies  and  to  coordinate  the 
use  of  the  facilities  of  the  industry  for  the 
collection  of  funds  for  charitable  and  patri- 
otic purposes  and  for  the  transmission  of  in- 
formation of  local,  state  or  national  interest. 
The  area  covered  by  th^  organization  in- 
cludes these  New  York  counties:  Kings, 
Bronx,  Queens,  Richmond,  Nassau,  Suffolk 
Westchester,  Rockland,  Putnam,  Orange, 
Ulster,  Sullivan  and  Dutchess.  Those  at- 
tending last  week's  meeting  at  which  the  by- 
laws of  the  organization  were  ratified  in- 
cluded: Harry  Brandt,  Oscar  Doob,  Julius 
Joelson,  Max  Cohen,  Sam  Rinzler,  Sam 
Rosen,  William  White,  Bill  England.  Sam 
Shain,  Robert  Rosenzweig,  Saul  Strausberg, 
Arthur  Mayer,  Emanuel  Frisch,  Edward 
Rugoff,  Bob  Weitman,  Robert  W.  Coyne, 
Morton  Sunshine,  Abraham  Mopper  and 
Louis  Weber.  Fred  J.  Schwartz  was  act- 
ing chairman. 


Defer  Iowa-Nebraska  Meet 
To  October  28 

The  mid-year  convention  of  Allied  Inde- 
pendent Theatre  Owners  of  Iowa  and  Ne- 
braska has  been  moved  back  from  October 
14-15,  as  previously  announced,  to  October 
28-29  at  the  Fort  Des  Moines  Hotel,  Des 
Moines.  Lack  of  hotel  accommodations  was 
given  as  the  reason  by  Howard  Brookings, 
president.  Affiliation  with  national  Allied  is 
expected  to  headline  the  discussions,  which 
will  include  +he  checking  problem,  opposi- 
tion to  practices  inaugurated  by  some  dis- 
tributors refusing  to  allow  dating  and/or 
playing  new  releases  by  non-competing  in- 
dependent theatres  until  after  they  have 
played  key  runs;  auction  selling;  percent- 
age pictures,  and  the  consent  decree.  Mr. 
Brookings,  who  recently  succeeded  Leo 
Wolcott  as  president  of  AITO,  will  pre- 
side at  all  business  sessions. 


Pittsburgh  Hit 
Hard  by  Strike 

The  Pittsburgh  power  strike  this  week 
had  reduced  theatre  grosses  almost  50  per 
cent.  The  only  exception  was  the  Stanley 
theatre.  All  theatres  continued  to  operate  at 
the  request  of  the  city  administration, 
spokesmen  for  which  said  that  with  theatres 
open  fewer  persons  would  be  on  the  streets. 

The  strike,  by  an  independent  union  of 
employees  of  the  Duquesne  Power  and 
Light  Company,  and  aided  by  other  Pitts- 
burgh unions,  had  halted  street  cars  and 
badly  hampered  downtown  businesses  and 
the  area's  industrial  plants.  Pittsburgh  ex- 
changes reported  absenteeism  running  to 
approximately  30  per  cent.  Fourteen  Stan- 
ley Warner  theatres  operated  with  emer- 
gency power  plants. 

In  Springfield,  Mass.,  meanwhile,  theatre- 
men  were  hampered  differently,  by  strike 
of  printers  which  forced  the  city's  four 
newspapers  to  suspend.  Managers  immedi- 
ately began  buying  increased  radio  time. 

Cousino  Is  Elected  President 
Of  Visual  Educator  Dealers 

Bernard  A.  Cousino,  Toledo,  Ohio,  was 
elected  president  of  the  National  Associa- 
tion of  Visual  Education  Dealers  at  the  as- 
sociation's convention  held  in  Chicago  re- 
cently. Other  officers  elected  included :  Tom 
Brandon,  New  York,  first  vice-president; 
Olson  Anderson,  Bay  City,  second  vice- 
president;  Hazel  Calhoun,  Atlanta,  secre- 
tary-treasurer. Elected  to  the  board  of  di- 
rectors were  Barton  F.  Plimpton,  Boston; 
Art  Zeiller,  Glen  Rock,  N.  J.;  E.  E.  Car- 
.  ter,  Raleigh ;  Stanley  M.  Atkinson,  Regina, 
Saskatchewan;  Frank  Bangs,  Wichita;  John 
Gunstream,  Dallas;  Merriman  Holtz,  Port- 
land ;  Paul  Brand,  Washington ;  E.  M.  Hale, 
Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin;  Art  Herbert,  Los 
Angeles,   and   Keith   South,  Minneapolis. 


Tom  Revere  Goes  to 
Donahue  and  Coe 

Tom  Revere,  vice-president  of  the  Ted 
Bates,  Inc.,  agency  for  the  past  for  years, 
has  joined  the  Donahue  and  Coe  agency,  also 
in  New  York.  He  will  be  vice-president  and 
chairman  of  the  plans  board.  The  agency 
handles  several  theatre  accounts  in  New 
York  and  nationally.  Mr.  Revere,  prior  to 
his  Ted  Bates  position,  was  associated  with 
the  Benton  and  Bowles  agency  for  1 1  years, 
as  vice-president  in  charge  of  radio  adver- 
tising accounts. 


Delay  Arthritis  Dinner 

The  dinner  opening  the  $2,500,000  cam- 
paign of  the  National  Arthritis  Research 
Foundation,  scheduled  for  October  7  at  the 
Hotel  Astor,  New  York,  has  been  post- 
poned to  October  14  so  that  Bob  Hope  may 
serve  as  toastmaster,  Spyros  P.  Skouras, 
chairman  of  the  dinner  and  president  of 
Twentieth  Century-Fox,  has  announced. 

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CSU  FILES  CHARGES 
IN  COAST  DISPUTE 


Says  Majors  Refused  to 
Bargain  and  Producers 
Conspired  with  I A 

The  Hollywood  labor  disputes  broke  into 
bitter  and  violent  fighting  this  week  to  slow, 
but  not  halt,  film  production  for  the  second 
time  in  less  than  three  months. 

Monday  the  striking  Conference  of  Studio 
Unions  hurled  the  charge  that  the  major 
companies  had  refused  to  bargain  and  that 
the  producers  had  conspired  with  the  Inter- 
national Alliance  of  Theatrical  Stage  Em- 
ployees. 

Wide-Scale  Rioting 

Tuesday  the  strike  reached  serious  propor- 
tions with  wide-scale  rioting  in  front  of  the 
MGM  studios.  In  what  was  described  as  a 
"bloody  clash"  between  pickets,  war  veterans 
and  police,  36  people  were  injured  and  13 
were  arrested  during  a  fight  which  was 
stopped  only  when  guns  were  drawn. 

The  producers,  after  this  clash,  demanded 
that  District  Attorney  Fred  Howser  and 
Sheriff  Eugene  Biscailuz  get  action  from 
county  officials  to  stop  the  violence.  They 
replied  that  the  "law  enforcement  agencies 
in  the  county  intend  to  maintain  law  and 
order  and  we  will  use  every  instrumentality 
in  our  power  to  preserve  peace  and  protect 
our  citizens."  The  conferring  producers  in- 
cluded Jack  Warner,  Joseph  Schenck,  Ben- 
jamin Kahane  and  Y.  Frank  Freeman. 

The  CSU  charge  was  filed  with  the  Na- 
tional Labor  Relations  board  by  seven  CSU 
locals  who  insisted  that  the  studios  had  re- 
fused to  bargain  collectively  with  the  CSU 
since  October  24,  1945,  and  had  conspired 
with  the  IATSE  to  deprive  complaining 
unions  of  their  "legal  rights." 

No  Date  Set  for  Hearing 

The  locals  involved  are  the  carpenters, 
painters,  electricians,  set  designers,  story 
analysts,  cartoonists  and  machinists.  No 
date  has  been  set  for  the  hearing. 

MGM,  Warners,  RKO,  Paramount,  20th 
Century-Fox,  Universal,  Columbia,  Repub- 
lic, Hal  Roach,  Samuel  Goldwyn  and  Eric 
Johnston,  president  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Association,  and  IATSE  officials  were 
named  in  the  complaint. 

The  seven  striking  unions,  numbering  4,- 
500  workers,  walked  out  last  Thursday. 
They  protested  that  studios  had  dismissed 
their  men  for  refusing  to  work  on  films  sets 
constructed  by  IATSE  men. 

As  the  strike  was  called  last  Thursday 
morning  two  of  the  major  companies,  MGM 
and  Warner  Brothers,  temporarily  suspend- 
ed production,  but  resumed  within  a  few 
hours.  Other  studios  and  producers  were 
not  immediately  affected. 

By  Monday,  however,  Vanguard  Films 
halted  work  on  two  productions  but  con- 
tinued to  keep  the  studio  open.   E.  L.  Scan- 


Ion,  executive  vice-president  of  Vanguard 
and  co-director  of  the  Selznick  studio,  issued 
the  following  statement: 

"Existing  labor  conditions  have  tempo- 
rarily interfered  with  the  ability  of  the  stu- 
dio to  proceed  with  the  preparation  of  'Lit- 
tle Women'  in  Technicolor  and  'The  Para- 
dine  Case',  originally  scheduled  to  begin  pro- 
duction early  in  October  at  a  total  cost  of 
over  $6,250,000.  Accordingly,  these  pic- 
tures have  been  postponed." 

At  the  same  time,  Byron  Price,  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  MPA,  told  the  press  in  Holly- 
wood: "Without  exception,  every  studio  in- 
volved reported  shooting  in  progress  today 
on  every  scheduled  picture.  Unions  support- 
ing the  jurisdictional  strike  represent  about 
15  per  cent  of  the  employees  in  struck  stu- 
dios. It  is  evident  a  great  majority  want  to 
stay  on  their  jobs  and  oppose  this  strike." 

Tuesday,  Joyce  O'Hara,  special  assistant 
to  Mr.  Johnston,  announced  in  Washington 
that  the  MPA  will  maintain  a  "hands  off" 
policy  in  the  studio  labor  dispute.  Wednes- 
day, however,  Mr.  Johnston  indefinitely  de- 
layed his  European  trip  because  of  the  studio 
labor  situation. 

Delay  20+h-Fox  Ad  Meeting 
Until  After  Sales  Drive 

In  view  of  the  extensive  advertising  and 
publicity  campaign  planned  by  Twentieth 
Century-Fox  for  the  October  pre-release  of 
"My  Darling  Clementine"  and  "Margie,"  it 
will  be  impractical  to  hold  the  national  ad- 
vertising convention  of  field  exploitation, 
home  office  advertising  and  studio  pro- 
motion men  October  15  as  planned,  Charles 
Schlaifer,  advertising-publicity  head,  said. 

The  convention,  which  was  to  have  been 
a  four-day  event,  will  be  postponed  until  the 
conclusion  of  the  "Spyros  Skouras  Sales 
Drive"  December  28,  with  new  date  to  be 
announced  later.  The  world  premiere  of 
Darryl  F.  Zanuck's  "My  Darling  Clemen- 
tine" will  be  at  the  Fox  theatre  in  San  Fran- 
cisco October  16,  following  which  it  will 
open  day  and  date  in  100  key  situations. 


IATSE  Officers  Take  Over 
St.  Louis  Stagehands 

International  officers  of  the  IATSE  took 
over  control  of  AFL  Stagehands  Local  6, 
St.  Louis,  Wednesday,  suspending  all  rights 
and  privileges  of  the  local's  officers,  who 
will  be  asked  to  resign.  The  action  was  taken 
by  Richard  F.  Walsh,  IATSE  president,  fol- 
lowing hearings  conducted  in  St.  Louis  by 
Frank  Strickling.  Mr.  Strickling-  investi- 
gated the  local  in  answer  to  a  petition  of 
union  members  that  the  local  was  in  a  state 
of  turmoil  because  John  P.  Nick,  ex-convict 
and  former  head  of  the  union,  was  attempt- 
ing to  regain  control.  Mr.  Walsh  reported, 
"a  state  of  emergency  does  exist." 


TBA  Conference 
To  Open  Oct.  10 

Full  details  of  the  Second  Television  Con- 
ference and  Exhibition  of  the  Television 
Broadcasters  Association  at  the  Waldorf- 
Astoria  Hotel,  New  York,  October  10-11, 
were  announced  at  a  luncheon  meeting  for 
the  press  at  the  same  hotel  Tuesday. 

Ralph  B.  Austrian,  president  of  RKO 
Television  Corporation,  and  general  chair- 
man of  the  Conference  and  Exposition,  an- 
nounced the  program  of  events,  which  in- 
cludes top  personalities  in  motion  pictures, 
radio,  advertising  and  other  fields.  J.  R. 
Poppele,  president  of  TBA,  said  the  Con- 
ference would  provide  conclusive  evidence 
that  television  is  ready  to  proceed  in  a 
greatly  expanded  commercial  basis. 

The  crowning  event  of  the  Conference  is 
the  presentation  of  the  Annual  TBA  Awards 
of  Merit  to  individuals  for  contributions  to 
the  development  of  television  commercially 
and  technically.  The  awards  are  to  be 
made  at  the  banquet  session  October  10  by 
Paul  Raibourn,  vice-president  of  Paramount 
and  president  of  Television  Productions, 
Inc.,  who  heads  the  TBA  Awards  Com- 
mittee. 

Terry  Ramsaye,  editor  of  Motion  Pic- 
ture Herald,  will  be  among  the  speakers. 
His  subject  will  be  "A  Showman  Looks  at 
Television." 

U.  S.  August  Tax 
At  $39,537,980 

Washington  Bureau 

Federal  admission  tax  collections  for  Au- 
gust, registering  July  business  at  the  box 
office,  amounted  to  $39,537,980,  the  Bureau 
of  Internal  Revenue  reported  this  week. 

August  collections  indicate  a  slight  drop 
at  box  offices  in  July.  Collections  for  June 
amounted  to  $40,248,042.  July  1945  collec- 
tions amounted  to  only  $33,289,380. 

Collections  during  August  for  the  third 
(New  York)  Internal  Revenue  district,  in- 
cluding all  of  Manhattan  above  23rd  Street, 
amounted  to  $6,559,140.  The  New  York  area 
figure  represents  a  $900,000  increase  over 
the  tax  return  in  July  for  June  receipts. 

Move  to  Avert  New  York 
Exchange  Staff  Strike 

Negotiations  between  the  distributors  and 
the  Screen  Office  and  Professional  Employ- 
ees Guild,  in  New  York,  were  to  be  re- 
sumed Friday  morning.  The  latter  is  seek- 
ing $10  per  week  increases  for  all  workers 
and  a  $30  minimum.  Its  members  at  the 
MGM,  20th-Fox,  United  Artists  and  Colum- 
bia exchanges  last  week  authorized  the  ex- 
ecutive board  to  call  a  strike.  Distributor 
spokesmen  said  Tuesday  they  believed  the 
strike  could  be  averted.  The  companies 
have  offered  a  flat  five  per  cent  increase. 


26 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


Metro  Reprints 
To  Be  Limited  to 
4  or  5  a  Year 

MGM  will  limit  the  release  of  its  reprints 
to  four  or  five  a  year,  it  was  announced  this 
week  by  William  F.  Rodgers,  vice-president 
and  general  sales  manager. 

Four  reprints  have  been  definitely  set  for 
this  season  and  there  is  a  possibility  that 
"Gone  With  the  Wind"'  will  be  added  to  the 
original  quartet.  The  four  are :  "Rage  in 
Heaven,"  co-starring  Ingrid  Bergman  and 
Robert  Montgomery ;  "Captains  Courage- 
ous," starring  Spencer  Tracy  with  Mickey 
Rooney;  "The  Great  Waltz,"  co-starring 
Louise  Rainer  and  Robert  Donat,  and  "Boom 
Town,"  starring  Clark  Gable  and  Spencer 
Tracy. 

On  the  program  of  reprints  to  be  made 
available  in  the  future  are:  "The  Philadel- 
phia Story,"  starring  Cary  Grant,  Katharine 
Hepburn  and  James  Stewart;  "Goodbye,  Mr. 
Chips,"  starring  Greer  Garson  and  Robert 
Donat;  "Born  to  Dance,"  co-starring  James 
Stewart  and  Eleanor  Powell :  "The  Good 
Earth,"  starring  Paul  Muni  and  Luise 
Rainer;  "Pride  and  Prejudice,"  starring 
Greer  Garson  and  Lawrence  Olivier;  "Mu- 
tiny on  the  Bounty,"  starring  Clark  Gable 
with  Charles  Laughton;  "San  Francisco," 
starring  Clark  Gable,  Spencer  Tracy  and 
Jeannettee  MacDonald,  and  "Babes  in 
Arms,"  starring  Mickey  Rooney  and  Judy 
Garland. 

"Rage  in  Heaven,"  which  has  been  tested 
in  four  cities,  has  been  booked  to  open  in  17 
key  first  run  theatres  in  17  cities  in  October. 


Paramount  Asks  Dismissal 
In  Anti-Trust  Suit 

Paramount  Pictures,  one  of  the  distributor 
defendants  in  the  anti-trust  suit  brought  by 
the  Fifth  and  Walnut  Street  Corporation  of 
Louisville,  Ky.,  last  Friday  asked  dismissal 
in  answers  filed  in  Federal  District  Court 
in  Xew  York.  The  company  also  asked  that 
Albert  J.  Hoffman,  owner  of  the  National 
theatre,  Louisville,  be  examined  before  trial 
and  that  October  9  be  set  as  a  date  for  the 
examination.  The  Fifth  and  Walnut  Cor- 
poration operates  the  National.  Paramount 
also  alleged  that  insofar  as  the  plaintiff  seeks 
damages  for  losses  claimed  prior  to  July  15, 
1945,  such  damages  are  barred  by  the  sta- 
tute of  limitations.  The  suit  charges  the  dis- 
tributors with  refusing  to  sell  the  National 
first  run  product  since  1941. 


Mrs.  A.  St.  J.  Brenon 

Mrs.  Algernon  St.  John  Brenon,  widow  of 
the  music  critic  and  author,  and  herself  a 
noted  contralto  and  oratorio  singer,  died 
Monday  in  New  York,  after  a  long  illness. 
She  was  the  mother  of  Aileen  St.  John 
Brenon  (Mrs.  Thomas  Craven),  of  the  Par- 
amount New  York  publicity  department,  and 
of  Mrs.  Cleon  Throckmorton. 


Division  Chiefs  Named  for 
Kenny  Foundation  Drive 

To  aid  the  1946  fund  appeal  for  the  Sis- 
ter Elizabeth  Kenny  Foundation  to  combat 
infantile  paralysis,  Kate  Smith,  national 
chairman,  and  Bing  Crosby,  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee,  have  announced  the  fol- 
lowing appointments :  Pat  O'Brien,  chair- 
man of  the  Hollywood  division;  John  Gold- 
en, chairman  of  the  stage  division  in  New 
York:  Earl  Carroll  and  Robert  Ringling, 
co-chairmen  of  the  entertainment  division, 
and  Kenneth  L.  Friede,  president  of  Tri- 
angle Publications,  New  York,  chairman 
of  the  magazine  division.  The  drive  to  raise 
$2,000,000  will  begin  November  18  and  con- 
tinue through  mid-December. 

Belgium  Cinema 
Festival  Planned 

by  LOUIS  QUIEVREUX 

in  Brussels 

The  Belgian  Government  will  sponsor  a 
World  Cinema  Festival  in  Brussels  in  1947. 
The  idea  was  put  forward  by  the  local  press 
some  time  ago.  American  representatives  of 
Hollywood  companies  agreed  that  Brussels 
would  be  a  good  place  for  the  festival.  Final- 
ly, after  long  discussions,  Government  offi- 
cials have  put  their  stamp  of  approval  on 
the  plan.  The  film  festival  will  be  held  from 
June  15  to  30  inclusive. 

At  a  meeting  presided  over  by  Herman 
Vos,  Minister  of  Education  and  the  Fine 
Arts,  the  following  were  named  to  a  festival 
committee :  Senator  Vermeylen,  represent- 
ing the  Belgian  Cinematheque  and  the  Se- 
minaire  des  Arts ;  Leon  Duwaerts,  general 
president  of  the  Association  de  la  Presse 
Cinematographique  Beige ;  M.  Haulot,  Gen- 
eral Commissioner  for  Tourism ;  M.  Grauls, 
representing  the  Minister  of  Finance;  Fer- 
nand  Rigot,  for  the  Minister  of  Education; 
Maurice  Widy  and  Gaston  Williot,  delegates 
of  the  Association  de  la  Presse  Cinemato- 
graphique Beige. 

The  festival,  in  addition  to  an  exhibition 
of  motion  pictures,  will  feature  a  series  of 
concerts,  art  exhibitions  and  similar  evi- 
dences of  Belgium's  artistic  stature. 

Story  Productions,  Inc.,  Names 
Lewis  Publicity  Head 

Bernard  Lewis,  publicist  for  Story  Pro- 
ductions, and  formerly  affiliated  with  Twen- 
tieth Century-Fox's  publicity  staff,  has  been 
appointed  publicity  director  for  Story  Pro- 
ductions, Inc.,  Armand  S.  Deutsch,  presi- 
dent, has  announced.  Mr.  Lewis  served  as 
head  of  20th-Fox's  National  News  Service, 
as  New  York  exploitation  manager,  press 
book  editor  and  as  special  assistant  to  20th- 
Fox's  director  of  advertising,  exploitation 
and  publicity.  Mr.  Lewis  will  make  his 
headquarters  in  the  east. 

Jerry  Pickman,  who  had  been  publicity 
director  for  Story  Productions,  has  joined 
Vanguard  Films  in  the  east,  working  under 
the  supervision  of  Sid  Alexander. 


Ban  *  'Ou  tlaw 9  9  in 
Boston;  Causes 
N.  J.  Censor  Bid 

Howard  Hughes'  controversial  produc- 
tion, "The  Outlaw,"  this  week  was  again 
the  center  of  civic  and  governmental  atten- 
tion. Boston  has  banned  the  picture,  with 
the  city  censor  declaring  that  it  "glorifies 
crime  and  immoral  actions."  The  New  Jer- 
sey Conference  of  the  Methodist  Church  has 
adopted  a  resolution  calling  for  a  State 
Board  of  Censors  in  New  Jersey  as  a  result 
of  the  controversy  over  "The  Outlaw" 
screenings  held  this  summer  in  Atlantic  City. 

Sees  Wave  of  Censorship 

The  Motion  Picture  Association,  believing 
"The  Outlaw"  may  provoke  a  wave  of  senti- 
ment for  state  censorship  laws,  is  preparing 
legislative  machinery  geared  to  "contest"  the 
first  censorship  measure  introduced  in  a 
state  legislature,  according  to  Jack  Bryson, 
MPA  legislative  director.  MPA  officials 
have  expressed  the  belief  that  "it  takes  some- 
thing like  'The  Outlaw'  to  start  a  crusade." 
The  Association  will  appear  and  defend  the 
Code  if  any  when  any  measures  are  intro- 
duced. "We  have  a  good  record  and  believe 
we  can  make  an  excellent  case  before  any 
state  legislative  committee  studying  censor- 
ship, an  MPA  spokesman  asserted. 

New  York,  however,  will  see  the  picture 
October  26,  when  it  will  be  given  three  simul- 
taneous premieres  at  Arthur  Mayer's  Rialto 
and  at  Harry  Brandt's  Gotham  and 
Republic. 

The  Motion  Picture  Association  revoked 
the  picture's  Production  Code  Seal  as  of 
September  13,  but  since  then  there  have  been 
reports,  from  Los  Angeles  and  from  Detroit, 
that  the  picture  has  been  playing  with  the 
seal  still  attached. 

Tuesday  the  MPA  complained  to  the  Fed- 
eral District  Court  in  New  York,  in  answer 
to  Mr.  Hughes'  anti-trust  suit,  that  the  pro- 
ducer has  not  removed  the  seal  of  approval 
from  all  prints,  althougn  the  time  limit  for 
such  removal  has  elapsed.  The  seal  was 
revoked  September  13.  In  the  complaint  the 
MPA  asked  the  court  to  dismiss  Mr.  Hughes' 
charges  and  order  the  removal  of  the  seal 
from  all  prints  and  that  the  producer  be 
"restrained  perpetually"  from  exhibiting  all 
"The  Outlaw"  prints  bearing  the  seal. 

Way  Clear  for  Trial 

Mr.  Hughes  has  been  unable  to  carry  his 
request  for  an  injunction  against  the  MPA 
to  a  higher  court,  and  consequently  the  way 
is  now  clear  for  placing  the  Hughes-MPA 
anti-trust  suit  on  the  trial  calendar  in  Fed- 
eral District  Court,  New  York.  However, 
the  date,  at  midweek,  had  not  yet  been  set, 
according  to  the  office  of  Charles  Poletti, 
Mr.  Hughes'  attorney. 

In  denying  Mr.  Hughes'  injunction,  Judge 
John  Bright  ruled  that  the  MPA  was  not 
violating  anti-trust  laws  by  disapproving 
"lascivious"  advertising  material. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


27 


"1  opened  BIG  at 
Lexington,  Kentucky! 


fttt°PPedme/„ 


iH  'At. 


"My  picture  broke 
records  at  Lexington, 
Kentucky!  Watch  my 
dust  (gold'dust)  across 
the  nation!" 


(Signed) 

YOUR  NEW  M-G-M  STAR  "BESS" 


M-G-M  presents  "GALLANT  BESS"  •  MARSHALL  THOMPSON  •  GEORGE  TOBIAS 
CLEM  BEVANS  and  "BESS"  •  Photographed  in  Natural  Color  by  the  Cinecolor  Process 
Screen  Play  by  JEANNE  BARTLETT  •  Adaptation  by  Martin  Berkeley  and  Jeanne  Bartlett 
Suggested  by  an  Incident  as  told  by  Lt.  Marvin  Park,  USNR  •  Directed  by  ANDREW  MARTON 

Produced  bv  HARRY  RAPF 


EXTRA! 

(at  press-time) 

ALL  NEW 

engagement: 
going  great 

DAYTON,  O. 
HUNTINGTON,  W.  VA. 
CHARLESTON,  W.  VA. 


BESS  THE  HORSE  WITJ 
THE  HUMAN  MIND." 


RANK  OFFERS  PLAN 
FOR  TELEVISION 


Urges  Studio  to  Theatre 
Transmission  at  Talk 
with  Official  Group 

by  PETER  BURNUP 

in  London 

A  revolutionary  suggestion  for  direct  stu- 
dio to  theatre  transmission  of  television 
hows,  replacing  the  present  method  of 
films-for-television  distribution  has  been  ad- 
vanced here. 

The  suggestion  was  put  forth  in  a  cogent 
and  closely  reasoned  case  by  J.  Arthur  Rank 
at  a  recent  joint  meeting  of  the  renters,  pro- 
ducers and  exhibitors  with  the  official  Tele- 
vision Advisory  Committee.  Indications  are 
that  the  trade  has  won  the  first  round  of  its 
contest  with  the  Government's  television 
pundits. 

Envisions  Future  Practice 

Mr.  Rank  indicated  that  he  and  his  col- 
leagues envisaged  the  time  when  they  would 
desire  to  use  studios  and  studio  equipment 
transmission  media  for  diffusion  of  pro- 
grams into  their  picture  theatres.  If  tele- 
vision from  a  central  point  became  the  sub- 
stitute for  the  present  method  of  film  dis- 
tribution, said  Mr.  Rank,  the  film  industry 
desired  to  be  able  freely  to  .adopt  any  such 
new  method.  He  bluntly  added  that  the  in- 
dustry would  see  that  it  got  what  it  wanted. 

Revolutionary  though  the  suggestion  of 
direct  studio  to  picture  transmission  may  be 
to  orthodox  film  men,  Mr.  Rank  believes, 
on  the  advice  of  his  research  staff,  that  it 
could  be  achieved  any  day  now.  The  idea 
is  none  the  less  startling  to  the  broadcast- 
ing people  entrenched  strongly  behind  the 
Government  monopoly  principle. 

The  British  Broadcasting  Corporation 
holds  firmly  to  the  doctrine  that  all  forms 
of  broadcasting  shall  remain  in  the  hands  of 
officialdom.  The  view  is  supported  by  the 
present  Labor  majority  in  the  House  of 
Commons.  Nonetheless,  the  motion  picture 
industry  will  press  its  demands  to  the  utmost. 

Assurance  from  Government 

At  the  conclusion  of  this  first  meeting  of 
the  two  groups,  Mr.  G.  M.  Garro-Jones, 
M.P..  chairman  of  the  Government's  Ad- 
visory Committee,  gave  definite  and  formal 
assurance  to  the  trade  delegates :  "The  de- 
velopment of  television  will  not  occur  at  the 
cost  of  the  legitimate  interest  of  the  great 
film  industry."  This  concession  was  more 
than  the  most  optimistic  members  of  the 
delegation  had  hoped  for  at  the  outset. 

Meanwhile,  it  is  reported  that  BBC  is  de- 
veloping a  tieup  with  America's  National 
Broadcasting  Company  for  the  exchange  of 
newsreels  for  televising.  Already  freight 
planes  have  flown  several  cans  of  picture- 
news  across  the  Atlantic  and  \he  two  cor- 


porations are  cooperating  to  film  and  tele- 
vise the  Queen  Elisabeth's  forthcoming 
steam  trials.  (In  New  Y~ork  an  NBC 
spokesman  said  this  "could  be  the  fact".) 

V 

Rumor  being  exceptionally  rife  this  side 
regarding  the  production  plans  of  David  E. 
Rose,  disclosure  of  hitherto  closely  kept 
secrets  becomes  necessary. 

When  Mr.  Rose  resigned  as  managing  di- 
rector of  Paramount  here  he  said  he  was 
forming  two  companies,  one  in  -Hollywood, 
the  other  in  Britain,  and  that  each  organi- 
zation would  produce  three  features  a  year. 

Wants  Independence 

It  is  known  that  he  had  long  and  inti- 
mate talks  with  Mr.  Rank  in  regard  to  pro- 
duction but  nothing  further  has  been  heard 
publicly  of  the  project  to  date.  Reason, 
therefore,  would  appear  to  be  actor  James 
Mason. 

It  had  been  proposed  to  Mr.  Mason  that 
he  should  be  the  king-pin  in  the  new  Rose 
setup.  Since  the  actor  is  interested  in  pro- 
ducing, Mr.  Rose  offered  him  a  position  as 
associate  producer  with  a  nice  Rank  dis- 
tribution contract  thrown  into  the  bargain. 
But  Mr.  Mason  won't  play  that  way.  He 
wants  his  independence.  When  he  leaves 
for  Hollywood  in  December  he  would  like 
to  appear  in  pieces  like  "Mourning  Be- 
comes Electra"  and  "Tess  of  the  D'Urber- 
villes." 

Meanwhile,  one  piece  of  the  original  Rose 
plan  has  been  put  into  effect.  Edwin  A. 
Davis,  for  a  number  of  years  lawyer  to  the 
Paramount  organization  here,  has  left  his 
post  and  been  appointed  joint  managing  di- 
rector of  Production  Facilities,  Ltd.,  the  or- 
ganization designed  to  coordinate  all  the 
Rank  production  arrangements.  Frank  L. 
Gilbert  hitherto  has  run  the  company  as  sole 
managing  director.  The  Davis  appointment 
betokens  a  general  tightening  up  in  the 
whole  Rank  production  scheme. 

Broidy  Outlines  Plans 
For  Monogram  Picture 

Monogram  franchise  holders,  in  a  meet- 
ing at  the  Drake  Hotel,  Chicago,  Monday, 
heard  Samuel  Broidy,  president  of  the  com- 
pany, outline  pre-release  plans  for  "It  Hap- 
pened on  Fifth  Avenue,"  the  company's 
special  picture,  which  will  be  completed  Oc- 
tober 19.  An  advertising  budget  of  $250,- 
000,  greater  than  that  expended  on  "Sus- 
pense," will  be  used  in  advertising  the 
film.  Ed  Moray,  vice-president  and  assist- 
ant to  Mr.  Broidy,  attended  the  meeting, 
and  the  two  visited  leading  circuits  in  Chi- 
cago. Mr.  Broidy  said  Monogram  had  pur- 
chased the  St.  Louis  exchange  from  George 
West  September  1  for  an  undisclosed  sum, 
but  added  that  no  further  purchases  were 
contemplated. 


CBS  Asks  FCC 
To  Set  Standard 
For  Television 

In  a  move  to  bring  color  television  out 
of  the  realm  of  the  experimental,  Columbia 
Broadcasting  System,  September  27,  peti- 
tioned the  Federal  Communications  Com- 
mission to  adopt  standards  for  color  tele- 
vision and  authorize  commercial  operation 
of  color  television  stations  in  the  ultra-high 
frequencies.  The  FCC  further  was  asked  to 
conduct  a  hearing  at  which  CBS  and  others 
might  testify  on  these  proposals. 

The  petition  referred  to  the  FCC  state- 
ment in  May,  1945,  that  a  "truly  nationwide 
and  competitive  television  system  .  .  .  must 
find  its  lodging  higher  up  in  the  spectrum, 
where  more  space  exists  and  where  color 
pictures  and  superior  monochrome  pictures 
can  be  developed  through  the  use  of  wider 
channels."  Attached  to  the  petition  was  a  set 
of  Columbia's  recommended  basic  standards. 

In  a  letter  accompanying  the  petition, 
Frank  Stanton,  CBS  president,  after  review- 
ing his  company's  achievements  in  the  color 
television  field,  said  Columbia's  tests  indi- 
cated that  the  basic  technical  stages  of  ul- 
tra-high frequency  color  television  have  been 
completed  and  that  further  significant  ad- 
vance can  be  made  only  under  conditions  of 
commercial  broadcasting  with  regularlv 
scheduled  program  service. 

Other  news  of  television -interest  this  week 
was  the  contract  signed  by  Scripps-Howard 
Radio,  Inc.,  with  Allen  B.  Du  Mont  Labora- 
tories, Inc.,  for  the  installation  of  the  equip- 
ment for  Cleveland's  first  television  station. 
More  than  a  quarter  million  dollars,  it  was 
reported,  will  be  invested  in  the  equipment. 

In  New  York,  it  was  announced  that  RCA 
Victor  was  stepping  up  its  production  of 
television  receivers  and  would  make  "sub- 
stantial deliveries"  in  the  metropolitan  area 
during  the  last  two  months  of  the  year. 
Production  will  increase  to  a  point  where 
10,000  sets  will  be  shipped  during  the  first 
quarter  of  1947, 


Allen  Usher  Week  Ends 
Paramount's  Drive 

Paramount  has  designated  the  final  week 
of  the  company's  "34th  and  Greatest  Year" 
drive,  November  24-30,  as  "Allen  Usher 
Week"  in  Chicago,  Milwaukee,  Minneapolis, 
Indianapolis  and  Sioux  Falls.  This  is  in 
honor  of  Paramount's  district  manager  in 
charge  of  those  territories.  Mr.  Usher 
makes  his  headquarters  in  Chicago. 


Heineman  Names  Zucker 

William  J.  Heineman,  general  sales  man- 
ager of  the  J.  Arthur  Rank  Organization,  has 
appointed  Lester  Zucker,  former  Columbia 
branch  manager,  as  special  field  representa- 
tive. He  will  supervise  sales  in  Boston, 
Cleveland,  Buffalo,  Albany  and  New  Haven 
for  the  Rank  product  being  distributed 
through  Universal-International.  ' 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


Dutch  Approve 
U.  S.  Agreement 

Amsterdam  Bureau 

The  conflict  between  the  Motion  Picture 
Export  Association  and  the  Nederlandsche 
Bioscoop  Bond  came  to  a  definite  end  Sep- 
tember 16,  when  the  executive  board  of  the 
Bond  met  and  put  final  approval  on  an 
American-Dutch  distribution  agreement 
which  had  been  approved  a  few  days  earlier 
in  New  York  City.  The  conflict  began  in 
September  of  last  year  and  was  responsible 
for  keeping  American  product  out  of 
Holland. 

The  agreement  permits  the  reintroduction 
of  American  pictures  into  the  Dutch  market 
after  January  1.  1947.  Contracts  with  ex- 
hibitors will  be  of  value  from  this  date  and 
the  settlement  also  includes,  of  course,  that 
the  U.  S.  companies  will  once  again  be  mem- 
bers of  the  Bond — being  represented  through 
the  MPEA.  They  will  be  represented  on  the 
executive  board  of  the  Bond. 

Loew's,  Inc.,  has  been  granted  permission 
to  build  a  theatre  in  Amsterdam,  the  Dutch 
capital,  and  theatres  which  have  shown 
American  pictures  during  the  period  of  con- 
flict without  being  members  of  the  Bond  are 
once  again  permitted  to  be  members. 


Korda's  First  Is  "Salome"; 
Orson  Welles  To  Star 

Sir  Alexander  Korda's  first  production  on 
his  London  schedule  will  be  Orson  Welles' 
Technicolor  production  of  Oscar  Wilde's 
"Salome."  Mr.  Welles  will  appear  as 
Herod  opposite  Eileen  Herlie,  a  London 
actress  recently  given  international  publicity, 
in  the  name  role.  Sir  Alexander  has  signed 
Miss  Herlie  to  a  long  term  contract.  "Sa- 
lome" will  be  the  first  of  a  series  Mr.  Welles 
will  produce  for  Sir  Alexander.  Miss  Herlie 
recently  appeared  in  London  in  Jean  Coc- 
teau's  "The  Eagle  Has  Two  Heads."  Her 
reviews,  according  to  London  sources,  were 
highly  enthusiastic.  "Salome"  was  last  pro- 
dlireil  in  1923. 


Byron  Price  Will  Address 
SMPE  Convention  Oct.  2  I 

Byron  Price,  chairman  of  the  board  of  the 
Association  of  Motion  Picture  Producers, 
Inc.,  and  vice-president  of  the  Motion  Pic- 
ture Association,  will  be  the  principal  speaker 
at  the  opening  luncheon  meeting  of  the  60th 
semi-annual  convention  of  the  Society  of 
Motion  Picture  Engineers,  it  has  been  an- 
nounced by  Donald  E.  Hyndman,  president. 
The  luncheon  will  be  held  Monday,  October 
21,  at  the  Hollywood  Roosevelt  Hotel. 


Hughes  Promoted  by  UA 

John  Hughes,  playdate  manager  for  Unit- 
ed Artists,  has  been  promoted  to  the  home 
office  sales  department,  J.  J.  Unger,  general 
sales  manager,  has  announced.  Howard 
Hengstler,  who  returned  from  the  Army  to 
take  up  his  former  post  as  Mr.  Hughes'  as- 
sistant, has  been  named  playdate  manager. 


Famous  Players  Hold 
Managers'  Meeting 

A  three-day  conference  of  district  man- 
agers from  coast  to  coast  was  opened  Mon- 
day by  Famous  Players  Canadian  Corpora- 
tion at  the  Royal  York  Hotel,  Toronto,  un- 
der the  direction  of  J.  J.  Fitzgibbons,  presi- 
dent. Head  office  managers  and  other  ex- 
ecutives participated  in  round  table  discus- 
sions. The  conference  was  to  lead  to  re- 
gional meetings  of  theatre  managers  in  dif- 
ferent zones  which  replace  the  national 
managers  convention  this  year.  Attending 
the  Toronto  sessions  were  Frank  Gow  and 
Maynard  Joiner  of  Vancouver ;  E.  A.  Zorn 
and  Harold  Bishop,  Winnipeg;  Robert  Rod- 
dick, Halifax;  Ray  Tubman,  Ottawa,  and 
Jack  Arthur,  Dan  Krendel  and  Robert  Eves, 
who  supervise  Ontario  and  Toronto  units. 

Republic  Pictures,  it  was  announced  this 
week,  has  closed  a  deal  for  its  1946-47  pro- 
gram with  Famous  Players  Canadian  Cor- 
poration. James  R.  Grainger,  Republic  ex- 
ecutive vice-president  and  general  sales 
manager,  flew  to  Canada  to  sit  in  with  A. 
W.  Perry,  president  of  Empire  Films,  Ltd., 
distributors  of  Republic  product  in  Canada ; 
Mr.  Fitzgibbons,  circuit  president;  and  Ben 
Geldsaler,  chief  film  buyer. 

MGM  Sets  Three  for 
October  Release 

MGM  will  release  three  features  in  Octo- 
ber, "The  Cockeyed  Miracle,"  with  Frank 
Morgan,  Keenan  Wynn  and  Cecil  Kellaway ; 
"No  Leave,  No  Love,"  starring  Van  John- 
son with  Keenan  Wynn,  Pat  Kirkwood  and 
Guy  Lombardo,  and  "Rage  in  Heaven,"  co- 
starring  Ingrid  Bergman  and  Robert  Mont- 
gomery with  George  Sanders  and  Lucile 
Watson. ,  "Rage  in  Heaven"  is  being  tested 
in  a  number  of  Loew  situations  and  sales  of 
the  film  will  be  made  under  the  supervision 
of  William  B.  Zoellner,  head  of  MGM's  re- 
prints and  importations  division.  Although 
"Captains  Courageous'  will  be  the  second 
reprint  to  be  made  available  to  exhibitors, 
no  release  date  has  been  set  yet. 


Legion  of  Decency  Reviews 
Ten  New  Productions 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency  reviewed 
10  new  productions  this  week,  approving  all. 
In  Class  A-I,  unobjectionable  for  general 
patronage,  were  "Gallant  Journey,"  "Out- 
law of  the  Plains,"  "Spook  Busters"  and 
"Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue."  In  Class  A-II, 
unobjectionable  for  adults,  were  "Accom- 
plice," "Child  of  Divorce,"  "The  Dark  Mir- 
ror," "High  School  Hero,"  "The  Perfect 
Marriage"  and  "White  Tie  and  Tails." 


Sustain  Ban  on  "Amok" 

The  New  York  State  Board  of  Regents 
has  denied  the  appeal  of  the  Brandt  Brothers 
for  reversal  of  the  State  Education  Depart- 
ment's Motion  Picture  Division  ban  of 
"Amok,"  produced  by  Distinguished  Films, 
Inc.  The  board  charged  the  film  is  "inde- 
cent and  immoral."  The  decision  does  not 
bar  subsequent  submission  if  and  when  spe- 
cified eliminations  are  made  in  the  film. 


"Notorious 99  Wins 
Cannes  Plaudits 

by  PHILIP  DE  SCHAAP 

in  Cannes 

The  first  post-war  international  film  festi- 
val opened  in  Cannes  September,  20  with 
screenings  of  Mexico's  "The  Three  Musque- 
taires,"  England's  "Caesar  and  Cleopatra," 
and  America's  "Notorious."  RKO's  "No- 
torious" won  a  100  per  cent  approval  from  a 
highly  interested  audience  when  it  was 
shown. 

In  all,  50  features  and  a  large  number  of 
short  subjects  will  be  shown  at  the  festival, 
which  ends  October  5.  Three  features  are 
shown  each  day,  one  in  the  afternoon,  with 
short  subjects,  and  two  in  the  evening. 

Other  American  pictures  shown  were  to 
be  "Gilda,"  "The  Lost  Weekend,"  "Rhap- 
sody in  Blue,"  "Anna  and  the  King  of 
Siam,"  "Make  Mine  Music,"  "Wonderman" 
and  "Gaslight." 

Audience  reaction  was  cool  toward  the 
Spanish  picture  which  starred  "Cantinflas." 
An  excellent  Swedish  short  film,  "Shadows 
on  the  Snow,"  was  warmly  applauded.  Rus- 
sia's documentary,  "Berlin,"  broke  four 
times  during  the  first  day's  screening  and 
so  will  be  shown  again.  Many  complained 
of  the  lack  of  action  in  "Caesar  and  Cleo- 
patra," although  almost  all  were  enthusias- 
tic about  the  color. 

The  countries  participating  in  the  festival 
are:  Argentina,  Belgium,  Canada,  Denmark, 
United  States,  France,  Great  Britain,  Italy, 
Mexico,  Norway,  Holland,  Poland,  Portu- 
gal, Rumania,  Switzerland,  Czechoslovakia 
and  Russia. 


Trinity  Episcopal  Church 
Seeks  Industry's  Aid 

A  fund  raising  campaign  within  the  mo- 
tion picture  industry  to  clear  the  Trinity 
Episcopal  Church  in  Cliffside  Park,  N.  J., 
is  being  conducted  by  Charles  E.  Burden 
on  behalf  of  the  rector,  Reverend  Richard 
P.  Pressey.  The  church  was  closed  two 
years  ago  because  of  a  $63,000  mortgage. 
To  date  approximately  $53,000  has  been 
collected  from  sources  outside  of  the  film 
industry  to  help  pay  off  the  debt.  Mr.  Bur- 
den is  now  enlisting  the  financial  aid  of 
pioneer  motion  picture  executives  and  act- 
ors who  worked  in  the  Fort  Lee,  N.  J.,  ter- 
ritory, near  Trinity  Church,  to  help  pay  off 
remaining  $10,000  debt  by  October  15  so 
the  church  may  be  officially  reconsecrated 
November  11.  Rev.  Mr.  Pressey  is  main- 
taining an  office-  at  his  church  in  Cliffside 
Park. 


Duane  Joins  Vanguard 

Tom  Duane,  distribution  executive,  has 
joined  Vanguard  Films,  Inc.,  as  New  Eng- 
land and  Canadian  sales  representative.  He 
will  make  his  headquarters  in  Boston  and 
shortly  visit  various  key  cities  in  connection 
with  David  O.  Selznick's  forthcoming  re- 
lease, "Duel  in  the  Sun." 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


THE  HOLLYWOan  SCENE 


Labor  Strife  Impedes 
Production,  But  Seven 
Pictures  Are  Started 


Hollywood  Bureau 

Mass  picketing,  which  began  at  seven 
Hollywood  studios  last  week,  brought  pro- 
duction practically  to  a  standstill  at  MGM 
and  Warners.  Other  studios  reported  that 
scheduled  shooting  was  going  on,  despite  the 
presence  of  CSU  pickets  at  plant  gates.  Sev- 
en new  films  were  started  during  the  week ; 
seven  were  completed,  and  one — the  Bo- 
geaus-Meredith  production,  "A  Miracle  Can 
Happen,"  which  is  being  filmed  in  'sections 
— was  suspended  temporarily.  At  the  week- 
end, the  total  number  of  pictures  shooting, 
to  use  the  term  loosely,  was  48. 

Despite  the  fact  that  last  Monday  it  ap- 
peared inevitable  that  production  would  be 
stalled  by  midweek,  three  new  films  went  be- 
fore Warner  cameras  early  Monday  morn- 
ing. "My  Wild  Irish  Rose,"  a  Technicolor 
presentation  of  the  life  of  Chauncey  01- 
cott,  has  a  cast  headed  by  Dennis  Morgan, 
Andrea  King  and  Arlene  Dahl.  William 
Jacobs  is  the  producer ;  David  Butler  the 
director. 

Collins'  Mystery  Started 
At  Warner  Studio 

Producer  Henry  Blanke  trained  cameras 
on  two:  "The  Woman  in  White"  and  "Deep 
Valley."  The  former  is  a  film  version  of 
the  well-known  Wilkie  Collins  mystery 
classic,  and  its  cast  consists  of  Alexis  Smith, 
Eleanor  Parker,  Sydney  Greenstreet  and 
Gig  Young.    Peter  Godfrey  is  directing. 

"Deep  Valley"  stars  Dane  Clark,  Ida  Lu- 
pino,  and  Wayne  Morris.  Jean  Negulesco 
is  the  director. 

Two  films  destined  for  United  Artists  re- 
lease also  were  started.  Howard  Hawks  is 
producing  and  directing  the  first,  a  Monterey 
Production  titled  "Red  River."'  In  the  cast 
are  John  Wayne,  Montgomery  Clift,  Walter 
Brennan,  John  Ireland,  Margaret  O'Sheri- 
dan,  Noah  Beery,  Jr.,  Tom  Tyler,  Paul  Fix, 
Duff  Whitney,  Paul  DeFonville  and  Ivan 
Parry. 

"Hoppy's  Holiday,"  another  in  the  new 
series  of  Hopalong  Cassidy  Westerns,  is  be- 
ing produced  by  Lewis  Rachmil  and  directed 
by  George  Archainbaud.  The  cast  includes 
William  Boyd  in  the  lead.  Andy  Clyde  and 
Mary  Ware. 

PRC  launched  "Philo  Vance's  Gamble," 
with  Alan  Curtis,  Sheila  Ryan,  Frank  Jenks 


and  Tala  Birell.  Howard  Welsch  produces; 
Reginald  LeBorg  directs. 

At  Monogram,  work  began  on  "Cisco  and 
the  Angel,"  a  Western  featuring  Gilbert 
Roland,  Teala  Loring,  Frank  Yaconelli  and 
Martin  Garralaga. 

Incidental  News  of 
Pictures  and  People 

Barney  Sarecky  has  been  engaged  by 
Monogram  to  take  over  the  company's  two 
Western  series  starring  Johnny  Mack 
Brown  and  Jimmy  Wakely,  respectively.  He 
is  currently  preparing  his  initial  production, 
titled  "Stick  to  Your  Saddle." 

Hal  Home  and  Armand  Deutsch  have 
purchased  Stanley  Kramer's  interest  in 
Story  Productions.  The  two  now  own  50 
per  cent  each  of  the  assets  of  the  company, 
whose  first  picture  will  be  a  film  version  of 
Taylor  Caldwell's  best  seller,  "This  Side  of 
Innocence."  .  .  .  Melrose  Productions,  a  new 
company  headed  by  a  group  of  midwestern 
exhibitors,  among  them  Jack  Broder  of  De- 
troit, has  completed  an  agreement  with 
Screen  Guild  Productions  whereby  Melrose 
will  make  12  pictures  over  a  three-year  pe- 
riod for  Screen  Guild  release. 

Paramount  producer  Hal  Wallis  has  ac- 
cepted the  invitation  of  the  American  Nobel 
Anniversary  Committee  to  speak  as  a  repre- 
sentative of  the  motion  picture  industry  at 
the  organization's  annual  dinner  in  New 
York  City  December  10.  This  year's  dinner 
at  the  Hotel  Astor  commemorates  the  50th 
anniversary  of  the  death  of  Alfred  Nobel. 
.  .  .  Jay  Frank,  formerly  midwest  publicity 
director  for  20th  Century-Fox,  has  been 
signed  by  the  McConkey  Agency  to  head  its 
newly  organized  motion  picture  department. 

Paramount  Signs  Dietrich 
To  Seven-Year  Contract 

Marlene  Dietrich,  currently  working  in 
Paramount's  "Golden  Earrings,"  has  been 
signed  by  that  company  to  a  seven-year  con- 
tract. .  .  .  Horror  star  Boris  Karloff  and 
comedian  Jack  Haley  have  been  engaged  for 
stellar  roles  in  RKO's  projected  screen  ver- 
sion of  the  famous  George  M.  Cohan  play, 
based  on  Earl  Derr  Bigger's  book,  "Seven 
Keys  to  Baldpate."  Herman  Schlom  will 
produce  under  the  executive  supervision  of 
Sid  Rogell.  .  .  .  Ann  Todd  has  been  chosen 


for  an  important  role  in  MGM's  "The  Birds  . 
and  the  Bees." 

A  fourth  picture  in  Columbia's  "Rusty"  ] 
series  featuring  Ted  Donaldson,  titled  "The 
Son  of  Rusty,"  has  been  added  to  Sanford 
Cummings'  production  slate.  .  .  .  Jack  Bern- 
hard  and  Bernard  Brandt's  next  production 
for  Monogram  will  be  "Violence,"  based  on 
a  story  by  Stanley  Rubin  and  Louis  Lantz. 
Barry  Sullivan  will  be  starred  in  the  picture, 
which  Bernhard  will  direct.  .  .  .  Elaine  Lan- 
gan  has  had  her  20th  Century-Fox  contract 
renewed, 

Rita  Hayworth  and  Welles 
To  Star  in  Columbia  Film 

Rita  Hayworth  will  co-star  with  Orson 
Welles  in.  "The  Lady  from  Shanghai," 
which  Welles  will  direct  and  produce  from 
his  own  screenplay  for  Columbia.  .  .  .  Do- 
lores Moran  has  been  assigned  a  stellar 
role  opposite  James  Stewart  and  Henry 
Fonda  in  their  sequence  of  the  Bogeaus- 
Meredith  production,  "A  Miracle  Can  Hap- 
pen." .  .  .  Hal  Wallis  has  acquired  the  screen 
rights  to  the  English  novel  by  Kathleen 
Wallace,  "I  Walk  Alone." 

Frank  Lloyd,  Sol  Lesser  and  Jack  Dona- 
hue have  been  appointed  by  the  Academy  of 
Motion  Picture  Arts  and  Sciences  to  act  as 
a  committee  for  the  acquisition  of  pictures 
which  has  won  Academy  Awards  in  the  past. 
These,  as  well  as  other  outstanding  films, 
will  be  added  to  the  Academy's  pictorial 
archives,  to  maintain  a  complete  pictorial 
history  of  the  growth  of  the  industry.  .  .  . 
Joan  Lorring  is  set  for  a  top  role  with  Bar- 
bara Stanwyck  and  David  Niven  in  David 
Lewis'  next  production  for  Enterprise,  "The 
Other  Love." 

Metro  to  Make  "Scaramouche" 
With  McKenna  Producing 

"Scaramouche,"  Sabatini's  famous  novel 
of  the  French  revolution,  will  be  produced 
for  MGM  by  Kenneth  McKenna  some  time 
next  spring.  The  book  was  previously 
filmed  by  the  old  Metro  company  in  1921. 
In  that  version,  Ramon  Novarro  and  Alice 
Terry  were  co-starred,  with  Lewis  Stone  in 
the  role  of  the  villain.  .  .  .  "Mr.  Reckless,"  a 
story  of  the  hazards  and  thrills  of  steeple- 
chasing,  has  been  purchased  from  Thomas 
Ahearn  by  Paramount  producers  Pine  and 
Thomas. 

"Thunder  in  the  Forest,"  an  original 
screenplay  by  Milton  Raison,  has  been  as- 
signed to  Donald  H.  Brown  to  produce  for 
Republic.  .  .  .  William  Frawley  has  been 
chosen  for  a  featured  role  in  the  forthcom- 
ing 20th  Century-Fox  production,  "Mother 
Wore  Tights,"  which  will  have  Betty  Grable 
in  the  lead. 

Harry  Stern,  former  P.  R.  C.  distribution 
executive,  has  acquired  several  story  proper- 
ties with  which  to  begin  new  producing  activ- 
ities.   Mr.  Stern  is  currently  in  Hollywood. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


|A!l!iDll]!nUB!iniUUlilffl«^ 

Red  Influence  in  PREVIEW  OF  TRADE  SHOW 

Hollywood  Is  Hit 
By  Woll  of  AFL 


Citing  Hollywood  as  the  "third  largest 
Communist  center  in  the  U.  S.,"  Matthew 
Woll,  a  vice-president  of  the  American  Fed- 
eration of  Labor,  predicts  that  unless  '"the 
movie  industry  takes  steps  at  once"  to  purge 
itself  of  its  radicals  there  will  be  a  "public 
reaction  directed  against  many  high-salaried 
stars  and  script  writers,  who  are  part  of  the 
Communist  fifth  column  in  America.  He  sees 
the  possibility  of  a  League  for  Political  De- 
cency being  formed. 

Mr.  Woll's  sentiments  and  viewpoints 
were  expressed  in  an  editorial  in  the  October 
1  edition  of  The  American  Photo-Engraver. 
In  it  he  warned  that  unless  Hollywood  per- 
sonalities cease  to  sponsor  Communist-front 
organizations,  millions  of  members  of  Amer- 
ican trade  unions  might  be  influenced  to  join 
in  a  nationwide  picketing  campaign  of  thea- 
tres showing  pictures  in  which  "'fellow-trav- 
eling" stars  and  authors  are  featured. 

Mr.  Woll  characterized  Hollywood  pro- 
Communists  as :  "  Ashamed  of  the  meaning- 
less roles  in  which  they  are  cast,  oppressed 
by  a  sertse  of  guilt  because  of  their  swollen 
incomes,  smarting  under  the  taunts  of  superi- 
or but  non-Hollywood  intellectuals,  those 
world-savers  in  grease  paint  find  refuge  in 
the  Communist  Party  or  its  peripheral  or- 
ganizations. Somehow  playing  at  revolution 
seems  to  justify  the  possession  of  a  swim- 
ming pool  and  improves  the  taste  of  Astra- 
khan caviar  and  the  feel  of  Russian  sables.'' 


From  Hollywood,  answering  the  charges 
of  Mr.  Woll,  Emmet  Lavery,  president  of 
the  Screen  Writers  Guild,  which  is  not  affili- 
ated with  the  AFL  or  CIO,  said:  "It  looks 
to  me  as  if  Mr.  Woll  is  making  a  fast  run 
around  end.  He  seems  to  be  going  on  the 
idea  that  the  quickest  way  to  break  a  union 
is  to  involve  it  in  a  discussion  of  the  political 
faiths  of  its  members.  We  take  the  position 
that  a  man's  politics  and  religion  are  not 


ONE  of  the  many  scenes  of  seer  drama  in  Paramount's  "Two  Tears  Before  The  Masf," 
a  picturizat ion  of  fhe  famous  Dana  classic  of  the  sea,  starring  Alan  Ladd,  Brian  Donlevy, 
William  Bendix  and  Barry  Fitzgerald,  and  to  be  trade  shown  October  8. 


the  concern  of  guild  or  union.  If  it's  true 
that  subversive  people  are  being  employed, 
the  issue  is :  what  pictures  and  what 
studios?" 

While  the  Screen  Actors  Guild,  AFL.  de- 
clined to  reply  at  the  time,  it  called  attention 
to  its  declaration  of  last  June  that  it  would 
"'rigorously  oppose  any  communist  or 
Fascist  influence  in  the  motion  picture  in- 
dustry or  the  ranks  of  labor." 


Universal-International, 
Rampart  Sign  Contract 

Rampart  Productions,  formed  several 
weeks  ago  by  Joan  Fontaine  and  William 
Dozier,  has  signed  a  long  term  exclusive 
contract  with  Universal-International  for 
the  production  and  release  of  their  pictures. 
All  Rampart  productions  will  be  made  in 
association  with  U-I  and  all  deals  for  the 
loan-out  services  of  Miss  Fontaine  will  be 
handled  through  Rampart,  with  the  excep-. 
tion  of  her  RKO  one-a-year  pact.  "Winds 
of  Chance,"  which  has  been  announced  to 
star  Miss  Fontaine,  will  be  a  U-I  picture. 
The  first  Rampart  picture  will  be  announced 
later. 


Screen  Guild  Aim  Is  Twelve 
Features  in  Six  Months 

Twelve  features  for  national  release  is  the 
minimum  goal  of  Screen  Guild  Productions 
between  October  1  and  March  15,  next  year, 
Robert  L.  Lippert,  vice-president  in  charge 
of  distribution,  announced  last  week.  Al- 
ready in  work  or  preparation  for  shooting 
next  month  and  in  November  with  release 
dates  are :  "Queen  of  the  Amazons,"  January 
1,  1947;  "Golden  Stallion,"  January  15: 
"Renegade  Girl,"  February  1 ;  "Bells  of  San 
Fernando,"  March  1 ;  "Judy,"  March  15. 
Release  date  changes  have  been  made  for  the 
following:  "Flight  to  Nowhere,"  October  1: 
"'  'Neath  Canadian  Skies,"  October  15 ; 
"Rolling  Home,"  November  1 ;  "My  Dog 
Shep,"  December  1. 


Forms  Music  Company 

Harry  Warren,  prize-winning  Hollywood 
•^ong  writer,  has  formed  the  Harry  Warren 
Music  Corporation,  which  will  serve  as  an 
adjunct  to  the  Robbins  Music  Company.  Mr. 
Warren  won  Academy  Awards  for  "Lullaby 
of  Broadway"  and  "You'll  Never  Know." 


COMPLETED 

PARAMOUNT 

Emperor  Waltz 
PRC 

Lighthouse 
REPUBLIC 

Apache  Rose 
SCREEN  GUILD 

Renegrade  Girl 

(Affiliated) 
Queen  of  the  Amazons 

(Screen  Art) 
20TH  CENTURY- FOX 
Bob,  Son  of  Battle 
Backlash  (Wurtzel) 


STARTED 

MONOGRAM 

Cisco  and  the  Angel 
PRC 

Philo  Vance's  Gamble 
UNITED  ARTISTS 

Red  River 

(Monterey) 
Hoppy's  Holiday 

(Hopalong  Cassidy) 
My  Wild  Irish  Rose 

WARNERS 

Woman  in  White 
Deep  Valley 


SHOOTING 

COLUMBIA 

Twin  Sombreros 
Inside  Story 
Cigarette  Girl 
They  Walk  Alone 
Last  of  the  Redmen 
Guilt  of  Janet  Ames 

ENTERPRISE 

Arch  of  Triumph 
MGM 

Green  Dolphin  Street 
The  Yankee 
To  Kiss  and  To  Keep 
Merton  of  the  Movies 


It  Happened  in 

Brooklyn 
This  Time  for  Keeps 
Summer  Holiday 
Unfinished  Dance 

MONOGRAM 

It  Happened  on  Fifth 
Avenue 

PARAMOUNT 

Adventure  Island 
(Pine-Thomas) 

Big  Haircut 

Dear  Ruth 

Golden  Earrings 

Desert  Town 
(Wallis) 

Unconquered 
(DeMille) 


RKO  RADIO 

Tarzan  and  the 

Huntress  (Lesser) 
Banjo 

They  Won't  Believe 
Me 

Bachelor  and  the 

Bobby-Soxer 
Time  to  Kill 

( Hakim-Litvak) 

REPUBLIC 

Hit  Parade 

20TH  CENTURY -FOX 

Boomerang 

I  Wonder  Who's 

Kissing  Her  Now 
Homestretch 


UNITED  ARTISTS 

New  Orleans  (Levey) 
Vendetta  (California) 
Carnegie  Hall 

(Federal) 
Who  Killed  'Doc' 

Robin?  (Roach) 

UNIVERSAL- 
INTERNATIONAL 

I'll  Be  Yours 
Slave  Girl 

WARNERS 

Night  Unto  Night 
Love  and  Learn 
Possessed 
Pursued 

(U.  S.  Pictures) 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


35 


WEATHER 
REPORT: 

ALL-DAY 
RAIN 

for  N.  Y.  Rivoli's  Ameri- 
can  premiere,  with  worst 
weather  in  months,  yet 
theatre  had  constant  box 
office  line  from  8  A.  M. 
till  ticket  sale  stopped  at 
4  P.  M.  to  clear  house 
for  special  invitation 
premiere  performance. 


BOX  OFFICE 
REPORT: 

ALL-TIME 
RECORD! 

Midweek  premiere  top- 
ped Saturday  openings  of 
all  Rivoli's  biggest  hits, 
with  first  half-day  almost 
double  "  Lost  Weekend  " 
and  "Kitty"  business! 
And  Second  day  topped 
any  weekday  in  theatre's 
history,  and  "Kitty's" 
first  Sunday. 


WSBeSsm 


INDUSTRY  REPORT:  THIS  IS  PARAMO  I 


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THEJV1A! 

Starring 

ALAN  BRIAN  WILLIAM 

LADD  DONLEVF  BENDE 

"  Howard  da  SUVA  -  Esther  FERNANDEZ  Albert  DEKKER  Luis  VA 


CRITICS' 
REPORT: 

ALL-STAR 
SENSATION! 

"Absorbing . . .  heartily 
recommended."  —  News-. 
"Bl  ood -  and -  thunder 
thrills."—  Times.  "Robust 
. . .  exciting . . .  dramatic." 
—Herald  Tribune.  "More 
thrills  and  excitement 
than  any  two  mystery 
c  h  i  1 1  e  r  s . "  —  Journal. 


S  BIGGEST  YET! 


SFORE 


BAREST 

FITZGERALD 

Y 


Directed  by 

JOHN  FARROW 

Produced  by 
Seton  I.  Miller 
Screen  Play  by 
Seton  I.  Miller 
&  George  Bruce 


ALBANY 

Weather  and  bills  were  favorable  for  good 
business  in  Albany.  The  Palace  featured 
MGM's  hit,  "Holiday  in  Mexico,"  The 
Strand  singled  with  "Cloak  and  Dagger." 
Metro's  safety  short,  "Traffic  With  the 
Devil,"  which  was  given  a  widely  pub- 
licized advance  showing  under  Palace, 
MGM  and  Times-Union  sponsorship  was  also 
on  the  screen.  William  Featherly,  until  re- 
cently owner  of  the  Uptown,  Rensselaer,  was 
appointed  manager  of  the  Colonial,  Albany, 
reopened  last  week  after  eight  months.  New 
owners  are  Stephen  Holt,  New  York  law- 
yer, and  Jacob  Olshansky,  Albany  lawyer. 

Bernie  Diamond,  who  was  Schine  Circuit 
feature  booker  in  the  Albany  exchange  dis- 
trict before  the  war,  has  returned  to  its  em- 
ploy. .  .  .  Max  Westebbe,  RKO  Radio  Pic- 
tures chief  here,  is  still  getting  around  on 
crutches.  Westebbe,  manager  for  the  com- 
pany in  The  Netherlands  before  Hitler's 
hordes  over-ran  it,  suffered  a  fractured  knee 
several  months  ago  when  an  automobile  ran 
him  down.  .  .  .  Sam  Lefkowitz,  new  War- 
ner district  manager,  was  at  Kallet  Circuit 
offices  in  Oneida.  .  .  .  Joseph  Miller,  dis- 
trict boss  for  PRC  in  Albany,  Buffalo, 
Cleveland  and  Cincinnati,  made  a  trip  to  the 
Comerford  circuit  offices  at  Scranton,  Pa. 

.  Upstate  Theatres,  Inc.,  denied  a  report 
that  James  and  Alec  Papayanakos,  owner 
of  theatres  in  Canton,  Gouverneur  and 
Potsdam,  had  become  members  of  the  book- 
ing and  buying  cooperative.  .  .  .  Variety 
Club  honored  Thomas  Bender,  at  its  week- 
ly dinner  in  an  Albany  restaurant  Monday 
night.  Bender  is  director  of  the  Albany 
Boys'  Club-Variety  Club  summer  camp  at 
Thompson  Lake  in  the  Helderbergs. 

ALTANTA 

Business  in  all  theatres  is  holding  up  well 
and  it  looks  like  business  will  be  better  this 
autumn.  ...  A  prediction  that  radio  and 
television  industry  will  be  in  "full  speed" 
by  the  first  of  the  year  was  made  here  by 
Joseph  Gerl,  president  of  Sonora  Radio  and 
Television  Corp.  in  a  meeting  here.  .  .  . 
Babe  Cohen,  branch  manager  Monogram 
southern  (Atlanta  branch)  back  at  his  desk 
after  a  few  months  of  illness.  .  .  .  Mel 
Brown,  Peachtreet  Art  theatre,  is  clicking 
with  his  first  run  and  art  pictures. 


BALTIMORE 

"Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue"  got  off  to  a 
splendid  start  at  the  New  theatre  and  prom- 
ises to  hold  up  well  and  this  can  also  be 
said  for  "Holiday  in  Mexico,"  at  the  Cen- 
tury. Both  started  September  26.  Other 
pictures  starting  included  "Time  of  Their 
Lives,"  opened  big  at  Keith's;  "Two  Guys 
From  Milwaukee"  at  the  Stanley  where  au- 
diences liked  the  comedy ;  "One  Exciting 
Week,"  at  the  Times  and  Roslyn  with  Bob 
Hope  in  "Caught  in  the  Draft,"  on  the  same 
bill  and  Bob  Hope  appeared  in  another  re- 
issue, "Louisiana  Purchase,"  at  the  Mary- 
land. Two  holdovers  which  included  "No- 
torious," did  big  at  the  Hippodrome,  and 
"Black  Beauty"  going  well  at  the  Mayfair. 
"Open  City"  continued  at  the  Little.  .  .  . 
Signs  were  delivered  to  theatres  and  other 
places  affected  by  the  new  Fire  Prevention 


Code  which  has  become  effective  here.  Bat- 
talion Chief  Robert  S.  Tate  took  them 
around. 

Washington  and  Baltimore  Variety  Clubs 
jointly  sponsored  football  game  Baltimore 
stadium  September  22  attended  by  nearly 
52,000  persons  and  the  gross  gate  was  about 
$127,000.  After  expenses  and  taxes  are  de- 
ducted the  two  clubs  will  share  half  and  halt 
for  the  charity  fund  of  each.  William  K. 
Saxton,  Loew's  city  manager,  presented  with 
proclamation  by  Mayor  T.  R.  McKeldin 
naming  September  23  week  as  "Loew's  An- 
niversary Week,"  due  to  that  group  cele- 
brating the  20th  anniversary  in  Baltimore. 

Fulton  theatre,  renovated,  has  reopened. 
.  .  .  Meyer  Leventhal,  director  of  Allied 
and  M.P.T.O.  of  Maryland,  could  not  at- 
tend meetings  of  convention  in  Boston  due 
to  sudden  illness  account  of  teeth.  Under- 
went operation  in  Brookline  Hospital  and 
had  to  stay  in  hotel  room  in  Boston.  Her- 
man Blum  from  Baltimore  stood  by  with 
him  in  case  of  need.  Thomas  O'Hare,  pres- 
ident, and  Maurice  Rushworth,  secretary, 
arranged  meeting  of  Operators  Union  Local 
181,  AFL,  at  Teamsters'  Hall  here  to  hear 
RCA's  A.  G.  Petrasek,  member  of  SMPE's 
16mm  standards  committee,  address  them, 
making  an  analytical  comparison  of  16mm 
and  35mm  standards  in  sound  and  projec- 
tion. 


BOSTON 

"Henry  V,"  presented  by  the  Theatre 
Guild,  is  now  going  into  its  seventh  month 
at  the  Esquire  theatre,  breaking  all  box  of- 
fice records.  A  testimonial  dinner  was  given 
recently  by  the  Fall  River  Lodge  of  the 
Elks  for  Thomas  Kelly,  a  stagehand  for 
many  years  at  the  Empire  theatre  in  Fall 
River. 

The  Lyric  theatre,  Bridgeport,  Conn., 
which  devotes  most  of  the  week  to  legiti- 
mate plays,  opened  for  the  winter  season 
with  Robert  Carney,  manager,  and  Al  Shea 
as  the  operator  of  the  stage  shows.  Dean 
R.  Barrett,  who  was  formerly  manager  of 
the  Rialto  theatre  in  Hartford,  was  appoint- 
ed manager  of  the  Astor  theatre  in  East 
Hartford,  with  Lester  Markoski,  former 
manager-,  taking  over  the  Music  Box  in 
New  Britain,  as  manager  succeeding  Joe 
Spivak,  now  with  Amalgamated  Theatres. 

Florence  Kroft,  with  the  State  theatre  in 
Torrington    for    three    years,    has  been 


named  manager,  succeeding  Nick  Lonetti, 
who  resigned.  Louis  B.  Mayer,  MGM  ex- 
ecutive, and  his  wife  recently  visited  Port- 
land, Me.  .  .  .  The  Springfield  Motion  Pic- 
ture Council  held  its  autumn  and  winter 
program  September  20.  Grace  Sullivan, 
formerly  with  Affiliated  Theatres,  has  ioinpd 
the  PRC  office  st*<* 


CHICAGO 

Jack  Schwartz,  veteran  film  salesman  for 
Republic,  has  joined  the  local  PRC  sales 
staff.  .  .  .  Bob  Kaufman  has  been  trans- 
ferred here  from  the  New  York  office  of 
20th  Century-Fox,  and  will  succeed  Eddie 
Solomon  here  as  the  company's  exploiteer, 
when  the  latter  goes  to  New  York.  Al 
Winston  and  Virginia  Seguin  remain  in 
Chicago.  .  .  .  RKO  Palace  theatre  smashed 
all  Saturday  night  records  in  the  history 
of  the  theatre  by  grossing  $6,000  for  "The 
Killers." 

Roy  Rogers  will  bring  his  rodeo  to  the 
>tadium  later  this  month.  .  .  .  Henri  El- 
man  trained  in  from  the  coast  to  inspect 
the  damage  caused  by  fire  at  his  Capitol 
Film  Exchange.  .  .  .  John  Popelka,  10-year- 
old  son  of  the  MGM  shipper,  Tony  Popelka, 
was  awarded  a  medal  from  the  Illinois  Cen- 
tral Railroad  for  immediately  reporting  a 
dangerous  "live"  wire  lying  exposed  on  the 
company's  suburban  tracks.  .  .  .  The  Vari- 
ety Club  held  an  election  of  a  new  board  of 
directors  at  the  Florentine  Room  of  the 
Congress  Hotel  Wednesday  night.  .  .  .  The 
"Movie  Ball"  planned  by  the  Variety  Club 
has  been  postponed  until  early  next  year, 
due  to  the  difficulty  in  obtaining  an  automo- 
bile which  is  to  be  given  away  as  grand 
prize.  .  .  .  Bill  Eddy,  head  of  the  B&K  tele- 
vision station,  announces  that  all  commer- 
cial time  on  the  station  has  been  completely 
sold  out.  The  station  issued  its  first  rate 
card  a  month  ago. 

CINCINNATI 

An  ordinance  is  pending  in  City  Council 
to  invoke  a  curfew  which  would  prohibit 
children  under  17  years  of  age  from  being 
on  the  street  between  midnight  and  5  A.M. 
unless  accompanied  by  an  adult.  The  meas- 
ure, designed  to  help  curb  the  rising  tide 
of  local  juvenile  delinquency,  but  opposed 
by  certain  civic  groups  as  being  unenforce- 
able in  a  city  of  this  size,  would  more  or  less 
affect  theatres  playing  midnight  shows.  .  .  . 
The  Northio  Paramount,  at  nearby  Hamil- 
ton, Ohio,  has  inaugurated  organ  solos  at 
the  Sunday  performances.  .  .  .  The  name 
Burley  has  been  selected  as  the  name  for  the 
new  400-seat  theatre  opened  at  Shelbyville, 
Ky.,  by  the  Chakeres  circuit,  with  headquar- 
ters at  Springfield,  Ohio,  the  name  being  in 
honor  of  the  town's  reputation  of  being  one 
of  the  largest  burley  tobacco  markets  in 
the  world. 

CLEVELAND 

Fine  weather,  oldtime  enemy  of  good  the- 
atre business,  has  buried  the  hatchet  with 
result  that  box  office  takes  right  down  the 
first  run  line  are  maintaining  an  all-time 
high.  Weekends  are  exceptionally  good. 
First  stage  show  of  the  season  at  the  RKO 

(Continued  on  page  40) 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


REPUBLIC  PICTURES 

frank  borzage's 
/e  Always  Loved  You 

IN  ROMANTIC  TECHNICOLOR  ^ 


BUUMU  In 

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Palace  hit  $2,000  better  than  the  estimated 
$41,000,  a  record  for  the  Ink  Spots,  who 
headlined  the  show.  Milt  Mooney,  head  of 
Co-operative  Theatres  of  Ohio,  has  closed 
new  product  deals  with  district  manager 
Moe  Dudelson  and  branch  manager  William 
S.  Shartin  for  United  Artists  product.  He 
also  closed  deals  with  Sam  Galanty,  Col- 
umbia district  manager,  Louis  Aster  and 
Lester  Zucker,  for  Columbia  product.  Co- 
op serves  over  a  hundred  theatres  in  the 
Cleveland  exchange  area.  .  .  .  Oliver  The- 
atre Supply  Co.,  Inc.,  has  been  named  ter- 
ritorial sales  representative  for  Viking  Pop- 
corn machine. 

MGM's  "Gallant  Bess"  arrives  in  Cleve- 
land Oct.  10  on  her  cross  country  tour.  .  .  . 
Dick  Wright,  Warner  assistant  zone  man- 
ager, was  reelected  to  serve  a  second  year 
as  president  of  the  Warner  Club.  .  .  .  Gene 
Bailey  of  the  Lo-Net  Theatre,  Wellington, 
is  a  patient  at  Cleveland's  St.  Vincent  Char- 
ity Hospital.  .  .  .  Mrs.  E.  F.  Carran,  presi- 
dent, has  called  the  first  Cleveland  Motion 
Picture  Council  meeting  of  the  season  for 
October  10.  It  will  be  held  in  the  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox screening  room.  Charles  Dear- 
dourff  is  celebrating  his  25th  anniversary  as 
MGM  exploiteer. 


COLUMBUS 

"Till  the  End  of  Time"  at  the  Palace  and 
"Holiday  in  Mexico"  at  the  Ohio  obtained 
top  money  in  town  last  week  .  .  .  both  held 
over  for  second  weeks  at  the  Grand  and 
Broad.  Saturday  afternoon  attendance  was 
hit  when  65,000  attended  the  Ohio  State 
football  opener  with  Missouri  in  Ohio  Sta- 
dium .  .  .  but  football  crowds  helped  swell 
Saturday  night  attendance. 

Neth's  Bexley  opens  a  definite  single  fea- 
ture policy  on  Sunday,  October  6.  The 
house  was  closed  for  six  days  prior  to  the 
change  for  redecoration  and  renovating.  The 
Bexley  ran  a  trailer  in  the  past  weeks  asking 
patrons  what  they  thought  of  the  change. 

John  Hardgrove,  supervisor  of  the  Acad- 
emy circuit,  is  devoting  his  spare  time  to  his 
annual  job  of  directing  (for  free)  the  Fire- 
men's Minstrels,  with  proceeds  going  to  dis- 
abled firemen  and  their  families.  The  show 
will  be  staged  Oct.  24-27  at  the  Hartman. 
...  Robert  F.  Boda,  manager  of  the  Hart- 
man,  has  leased  the  theatre  for  five  years. 
Maribel  and  Regan  Hughston  are  owners  of 
the  property.  .  .  .  Allen  Sparrow,  Loew's 
Midwestern  division  manager,  has  been  visit 
ing  Loew  theatres  in  Toledo,  Akron  and 
Canton,  now  under  his  wing.  .  .  .  Major 
Mike  Cullen,  who  was  Loew's  Midwestern 
division  boss  before  he  entered  the  Army 
four  years  ago,  will  have  charge  of  Loew 
theatres  in  Kansas  City,  St.  Louis,  Indianap- 
olis, Evansville  and  Louisville  with  head- 
quarters in  Kansas  City.  .  .  .  Mr.  Sparrow 
retains  Dayton,  Columbus  and  Pittsburgh 
theatres  and  will  keep  his  headquarters  in 
Columbus. 

The  Lincoln,  Springfield,  has  been  re- 
named the  Lenox.  .  .  .  Mrs.  George  Jackson 
has  taken  over  the  Southern  at  Springfield 
from  George  Drewison.  It's  been  completely 
renovated.  .  .  .  W.  H.  Elder,  former  Ohio 
manager,  was  a  local  visitor  last  week  with 
his  family.  He's  due  for  a  Loew  theatre  as- 
signment soon.  He's  been  out  of  the  Army 
since  August.  .  .  .  The  Palace  resumed  its 
split  week  stage  show  policy  last  Monday 
with  "Star  and  Garter  Revue"  playing  Mon- 


day through  Wednesday,  Stage  shows  will 
continue  to  be  a  regular  weekly  policy  dur- 
ing the  autumn  and  winter  season. 


DALLAS 

Dallas  business  had  another  rather  spotty 
week  with  the  downtown  houses  far  from 
peak  business  and  even  the  suburbans  slightly 
off.  The  Majestic's  run  of  "Cloak  and  Dag- 
ger" got  a  disappointing  $15,500,  possibly 
because  it  followed  too  closely  the  similar 
"O.  S.  S.", This  was  unusual  as  Gary  Cooper 
has  always  had  a  large  local  following.  "The 
Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers,"  while  a  good 
draw  for  the  matinee  trade,  failed  to  click 
the  night  business  getting  an  approximate 
$13,600.  Some  bad  weather,  football  games 
and  the  playoff  in  the  local  baseball  season 
with  Dallas  and  Fort  Worth  teams  neck  and 
neck  are  possible  answers.  .  .  .  Duke  Clark, 
district  manager  of  Paramount  here  enter- 
tained the  initial  meeting  of  the  Cinema 
Bridle  and  Breakfast  Club.  The  following 
officers  were  elected:  Lynn  Stocker, Theatre 
Enterprises,  Inc.,  re-elected  president ;  Dick 
Stout,  Interstate  legal  department,  vice- 
president:  Verlin  Osborne,  Paramount,  sec- 
retary-treasurer. 


DENVER 

With  the  polio  scare  definitely  ended  those 
under  18  may  again  attend  theatres  and 
as  a  result  business  is  on  the  upward  swing. 
.  .  .  Film  Classics  Intermountain  buys  dis- 
tribution rights  for  Screen  Guild  Produc- 
tions for  Denver  territory  from  Joe  Nerce- 
sian,  who  will  still  handle  Screen  Guild  for 
the  Salt  Lake  area.  .  .  .  Norval  I.  Foster 
starting  jack  rabbit  circuit  giving  films  a 
day  a  week  each  to  Mesa,  Grand  Valley, 
Carbondale,  Colo.  .  .  .  A.  B.  Harris  closes 
Echo,  Encampment,  Wyo.,  because  of  ill- 
ness. .  .  .  Civic  Theatres  headquarters  and 
Monogram  exchange  trading  locations,  for- 
mer now  at  2147  Broadway,  latter  now  at 
2144  Champa.  Civic  to  build  own  office 
building  soon  at  2046  Broadway.  Republic 
wanted  Monogram  vault  space — they  were 
next  door  to  each  other. 

Alvin  Gross,  recently  office  manager  for  . 
Metro,  Des  Moines,  moved  to  Denver  in 
same   job,   succeeding   Bernard   Gold,  re- 
signed. .  .  .  Edna  Kelloff,  taking  vacation 


beyond  the  mere  closing  of  Ute,  Aguilar, 
Colo,  due  to  polio  epidemic.  Sixteen  other 
theatres,  closed  for  time  due  to  polio  scare, 
reopen.  .  .  .  Foster  Blake,  newly  named  Uni- 
versal district  manager,-  here  from  Los  An- 
geles headquarters  for  sales  meeting.  .  .  . 
Opening  of  new  Lamar,  Lamar,  Colo.,  now 
set  for  October  31. 

Cinema  Amusement  Company  to  remodel 
Mission  into  finest  neighborhood  hereabouts 
and  to  rename  it  the  Vogue.  .  .  .  George 
Y.  Henger,  concession  manager  Cooper 
Foundation  Theatres,  named  special  repre- 
sentative for  Paramount  in  Dallas  territory. 
.  .  .  Charles  Asmus  buys  Mesa,  Norwood, 
Colo.,  from  Boyd  Buss.  .  .  .  Out-of-town  the- 
atre folk  seen  on  film  row  included  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Lloyd  Kerby,  Worland,  Wyo. ;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  R.  D.  Ervin,  Kremmling,  Colo. ; 
Marie  Goodhand,  Kimball,  Neb. ;  Frank 
Barnes,  Crawford,  Neb. ;  Ray  Katzenbach, 
Brush,  Colo. ;  Mike  Joseph,  San  Luis,  Colo. 

DES  MOINES 

High  school  night  football  games  helped 
hold  grosses  to  near  average  at  most  first 
runs.  ...  A  series  of  French  films,  spon- 
sored by  the  Alliance  Francaise,  began  here 

this  week  at  Joslyn  Memorial  Bill 

Miskell  reports  two-thirds  of  the  film  indus- 
try's quota  for  boosting  fire  and  policemen 
pay  has  been  raised.  .  .  .  New  employees  on 
Film  Row  include  Joyce  Butler  at  Colum- 
bia, Edythe  Sellinger  at  Paramount,  Sally 
Mickle  at  20th-Fox  and  Joseph  Weiss  at 
Warner  Brothers.  .  .  .  Fred  Thortsen,  MGM 
salesman,  is  pinch-hitting  for  branch  mana- 
ger G.  E.  McGlynn,  who  is  recovering  from 
an  operation.  .  .  .  Jack  Andrews,  Paramount 
salesman  who  took  ill  outstate  at  Broken 
Bow,  is  back  home  and  expected  to  return 
to  work  shortly.  .  .  .  Layoff  of  5,000  pack- 
ing house  workers  here  is  expected  to  be 
felt  at  the  box  office,  particularly  in  the 
South  Omaha  section.  .  .  .  Abe  Sadoff,  own- 
er of  the  Fourth  Street  theatre,  Sioux  City, 
flew  into  Omaha  and  back  to  do  his  booking. 


DETROIT 

Indian  summer  weather  prevails  in  De- 
troit, with  grosses  steady.  Strong  attrac- 
tions moved  in  at  midweek,  to  counteract  the 
pulling  power  of  high  school  and  college 
football,  plus  weekend  stand  by  the  Tigers. 
.  .  .  Attempts  of  Associated  Theatres,  Inc., 
and  the  Majestic  theatre,  to  show  the  sex 
hygiene  film,  "Mom  and  Dad,"  at  general 
showings  in  Wyandotte,  were  killed  by 
Mayor  Brohl.  After  viewing  the  film  at  a 
preview,  the  Wyandotte  Mayor  banned  the 
film  from  all  theatres.  ...  In  Saginaw,  par- 
ent-teachers association  members  are  seeking 
a  city  ordinance  to  prevent  unescorted  chil- 
dren from  attending  evening  entertainment. 
The  high  school  principal  claims  some  pupils 
attend  theatres  every  night,  thereby  neglect- 
ing their  studies.  Detroit  has  had  such  an 
ordinance  since  1937. 

To  convince  the  CPA  of  the  demand  and 
need  for  a  .theatre  in  Grant,  R.  C.  Guthrie, 
recently  granted  license  to  operate  a  360-seat 
house  there,  is  circulating  petitions  for  the 
townspeople  to  sign.  ...  In  Nashville,  W.  L. 
Ledbetter,  denied  permission  in  June  by  the 
CPA  to  erect  a  new  theatre,  has  appealed  to 
his  Congressman  to  exert  pressure  on  CPA. 

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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


{Continued  from  preceding  page) 

He  claims  that  "plenty  of  ether  new  theatres 
are  being  ok'ed  for  construction  from  week 
to  week."  .  .  .  Robert  E.  Browne  is  owner 
of  the  new  Arcade  theatre  now  under  con- 
struction at  Leslie.  .  .  .  Lloyd  Trask  has  pur- 
chased the  Prescott  theatre  from  John  W. 
Langrill.  ...  In  a  wave  of  robberies  the  past 
10  days,  14  theatres  in  Michigan  were  either 
held  up  by  armed  robbers,  or  had  their  safes 
removed  from  the  premises  and  blown  open. 

HARTFORD 

Holdovers  continue  to  be  big  news  in  the 
Hartford  territory,  with  such  films  as 
"Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers,"  "Two 
Guys  from  Milwaukee,"  "Make  Mine 
Music"  and  "Gallant  Journey"  holding  in 
theatres  to  the  tune  of  nice  grosses. 

Adolph  Johnson  has  taken  over  complete 
ownership  of  the  Strand  theatre  at  Ham- 
den,  Conn.  Johnson  has  bought  out  Al 
Robbins'  interest,  including  the  nine  stores, 
two  apartments,  and  Strand.  .  .  .  Ray  Bee- 
son,  ex-Marine,  is  now  student  assistant 
manager  at  the  Lincoln  theatre,  New 
Haven.  .  .  .  Johnnie  O'Sullivan,  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  manager  of  the  Warner  Cir- 
cuit's Garde,  New  London,  Conn.,  is  now 
in  the  construction  business  at  Torrington, 
Conn. 

Through  the  Hartford  territory :  George 
Somma  is  the  new  booker  at  the  Republic, 
New  Haven,  exchange,  replacing  Sherman 
Germaine,  resigned.  .  .  .  Charles  R.  Abry, 
former  Young  America  associate  publisher, 
has  organized  Audio-Visual  Co.,  of  New 
England,  Inc.,  Norwalk,  Conn.,  to  distribute 
visual  education  material  in  New  England. 
Certificate  of  organization  has  been  filed  at 
State  Capitol,  Hartford.  .  .  .  Richard  Grif- 
fith, executive  director,  National  Board  of 
Review  of  Motion  Pictures,  will  speak  on 
the  topic,  "Censorship,"  at  the  October  18 
meeting  of  the  Springfield  (Mass.)  Motion 
Picture  Council.  Other  film  executives 
slated  for  talks  include  Harold  Hendee,  di- 
rector of  research,  RKO  Radio,  November 
15;  and  Charles  S.  Steinberg,  director  of 
the  educational  bureau,  Warner  Bros., 
February  21. 

INDIANAPOLIS 

A  dearth  of  strong  box  office  attractions 
is  melting  the  top  off  grosses  here  just  now. 
"The  Kid  from  Brooklyn,"  with  $17,500. 
was  the  only  attraction  to  hit  a  better  than 
average  figure  last  week.  Meanwhile,  ex- 
ploitation men  are  plugging  their  wares 
harder  than  they  have  in  some  time,  to 
get  the  most  from  what's  showing.  The 
weather  is  unseasonably  warm  for  Septem- 
ber and  there's  stiff  competition  from 
novelty  attractions  in  the  offing.  Fred 
Waring's  show  will  draw  a  lot  of  film 
money  to  his  concert  in  the  18,000-seat 
Butler  field  house  Saturday  night — $3.50 
top. 

The  Associated  Theatre  Owners  of  In- 
diana announced  that  Jack  Kirsch,  presi- 
dent of  Allied ;  Abram  F.  Myers,  general 
counsel ;  William  Ainsworth,  treasurer  and 
Sidney  E.  Samuelson,  chairman  of  the  cara- 
van committee,  will  attend  the  state  conven- 
tion here  November  19  and  21.  .  .  .  Mike 
Cullen,  returning  to  his  old  job  as  Loew's 
supervisor  in  this  territory,  conferred  with 
his    war-time    sub,    Allen     Sparrow,  in 


brother  Boyd  Sparrow's  office  at  Loew's 
here  this  week.  Allen  will  concentrate  on 
the  Pittsburgh-Columbus  sector.  .  .  .  Earl 
Cunningham,  manager  of  the  Fountain 
Square  group,  is  in  New  York  on  business. 
.  .  .  E.  B.  Sconce  has  named  Walter  Ely 
manager  of  his  Old  Trail.  .  .  .  William 
Rosenthal,  owner  of  the  Irving,  has  returned 
from  a  vacation  in  Florida.  .  .  .  Operators 
and  stage  hands  in  Conner sville  have  or- 
ganized a  local  of  the  International  Al- 
liance. .  .  .  K.  H.  Sink  of  Union  Citv,  James 
P.  Griffis  of  Boswell,  Nick  Paikos' of  Tip- 
ton, Charles  W.  Stahr  of  Liberty,  Alma 
Foster  of  Oakland  City  and  Albert  B. 
Thompson,  North  Vernon,  were  some  of 
the  less  frequent  visitors  seen  on  film  row 
during  the  week. 

KANSAS  CITY 

Exhibitors  in  the  area  are  growing  uneasy 
over  the  failure  of  attendance  to  build  up 
seasonally,  following  the  drastic  slump  on 
account  of  the  polio  situation.  Polio  cases 
are  still  appearing,  and  deaths  occur.  Par- 
ents in  many  cases  hesitate  to  give  children 
full  release  for  attendance  at  theatres.  Manv 
adults  are  themselves  still  staying  away  from 
neighborhood  theatres  to  which  they  for- 
merly went  frequently  with  their  children. 
Exhibitors  and  circuits  are  planning  events 
that  will  stir  resumption  of  attendance  by 
these  patrons. 

A  series  of  foreign  films  will  be  shown  in 
the  Atkins  auditorium  of  the  William  Rock- 
hill  Nelson  Gallery  of  Art,  without  ndmis- 
sion  charge,  in  October.  These  are  "Escape 
from  Yesterday,  October  4 ;  "Diary  for 
Timothy,"  October  13;  "They  Were  Five," 
October  18 — the  last  to  be  repeated  October 
20.  Fox  Midwest  will  again  sponsor  a  show- 
ing at  the  Gallery  of  a  series  from  the  Mu- 
seum of  Modern  Art  Film  Library  to  include 
"Broken  Blossoms,"  "Four  Horsemen  of  the 
Apocalypse,"  and  "Mutiny  on  the  Bounty." 
.  .  .  Walter  Lambader,  branch  manager  at 
Kansas  City  for  Screen  Guild  and  King  En- 
terprises, is  handling  distribtuion,  without 
charge  to  exhibitor,  of  a  traffic  safety  film 
produced  by  Modern  Talking  Picture  Service 
in  cooperation  with  the  National  Safety 
Council. 

Bob  McConnell,  formerly  well  known  in 
this  area  as  a  salesman  for  Warner  Brothers, 
and  also  known  as  a  hunter  and  dog  lover, 
made  his  hobby  a  business  upon  leaving  the 
Army  a  few  months  ago.  He  has  kennels  for 


bird  dogs,  operates  a  dog-training  farm  at 
Golden  City,  Mo.  .  .  .  W.  D.  Fulton,  owner 
of  the  Vogue,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  State, 
Kansas  City,  Kan.,  is  in  Kansas  City,  trying 
to  speed  delivery  of  equipment  for  his  new 
theatre,  under  construction  at  Kansas  City, 
Kan.  The  location  is  one  block  from  the 
State,  which  may  be  closed  some  time  after 
the  new  one  (not  yet  named)  is  opened. 
The  opening  depends  on  installation  of  equip- 
ment ;  hoped  for  in  a  few  weeks.  Herbert  E. 
Walters  is  general  manager  here  for  Mr. 
Fulton,  who  has  been  living  in  Los  Angeles 
for  several  years. 


MEMPHIS 

Theatre  business  in  Memphis  passed  into 
the  autumn  season  last  week  with  a  bit 
of  a  slump  but  no  serious  letup  in  atten- 
dance. The  four  major  downtown  first  run 
houses  reported  better  business  than  the 
same  week  a  year  ago  but  all  reported  a 
slight  drop  in  attendance  under  recent 
weeks.  Neighborhood  houses  have  noted 
a  sharp  drop  in  business  during  week  days 
due  to  the  opening  of  school  but  overflow 
crowds  on  Friday,  Saturday  and  Sunday. 

A  major  shakeup  took  place  on  Film  Row 
last  week.  James  Prichard,  Universal 
branch  manager,  was  moved  to  Dallas  to 
become  branch  manager  for  the  company 
there.  R.  P.  Dawson,  salesman,  was  pro- 
moted to  branch  manager  at  Memphis  to 
succeed  Mr.  Prichard.  T.  B.  Kirk,  Republic 
branch  manager,  was  moved  to  Dallas  to 
be  branch  manager  there.  Mr.  Kirk  was 
replaced  by  Nat  Wyse,  20th  Century-Fox 
salesman.  David  Hunt,  Republic  salesman, 
was  moved  to  Oklahoma  City  to  become 
branch  manager  there.  Michael  Carmichael, 
Universal  salesman,  was  named  branch  man- 
ager for  the  company  in  Cincinnati. 

Out-of-town  exhibitors  visiting  Memphis 
for  buying  and  booking  during  the  week 
included :  Don  Landers,  Radio  theatre,  Har- 
risburg,  Ark ;  J.  T.  James,  James  theatre, 
Cotton  Plant,  Ark.;  R.  X.  Williams,  Lyric 
theatre,  Oxford,  Miss. ;  J.  A.  Owen,  Amory 
theatre,  Amory,  Miss. ;  R.  R.  Clemons, 
Dixy  theatre,  Adamsville,  Tenn. ;  K.  H. 
Kinney,  Haynes  theatre,  Hughes,  Ark.,  and 
Leon  Roundtree,  Grand  theatre,  Water 
Valley,  Miss. 


PHILADELPHIA 

Business  for  new  product  continued  ex- 
cellent, but  the  holdovers  showed  signs  of 
sagging.  .  .  .  "Cloak  and  Dagger"  is  the 
biggest  draw  in  town,  with  "Martha  Ivers" 
also  doing  well.  .  .  .  William  Goldman, 
head  of  William  Goldman  Theatres,  Inc.,  is 
off  to  his  Bermuda  home  for  a  vacation.  .  .  . 
The  Variety  Club's  annual  golf  tournament 
and  dinner  dance  was  held  at  the  Manufac- 
turers' Country  Club,  Glenside,  with  a  ban- 
ner attendance  on  hand.  .  .  .  MPA  an- 
nounced that  a  luncheon  would  be  given  in 
honor  of  J.  J.  Bergin  and  Dave  Korson, 
sales  managers  for  Paramount  and  Colum- 
bia, at  the  Ritz-Carlton,  Oct.  7.  Sam  Dia- 
mond, 20th  Century-Fox  sales  manager,  is 
in  charge  of  tickets. 

The  Warner  Club  elected  Jack  Brodsky, 
assistant  contact  manager,  president,  at 
their  recent  meeting.  .  .  .  The  Poplar  the- 
atre was  leased  by  H.  R.  Kaufman,  of  New 

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York,  who  plans  to  present  German  films 
theatre,  for  the  first  time  in  the  city  since  the 
war.  .  .  .  For  the  first  time  in  local  theatre 
history,  the  Goldman  ran  "Martha  Ivers" 
with  the  picture  "Monsieur  Beaucaire," 
which  was  having  its  last  two  performances, 
all  for  the  price  of  one  admission,  "Martha 
Ivers"  being  the  new  feature  at  the  Gold- 
man. .  .  .  The  executive  offices  of  William 
Goldman  Theatres,  Inc.,  have  officially 
moved  from  1518  Walnut  St.  to  the  new 
Goldman  Theatre  building.  .  .  . 

Jack  Blumberg  is  the  new  supervisor  of 
maintenance  for  the  Steifel-Blumberg  cir- 
cuit, which  consists  of  the  President,  Ven- 
ice, and  Senate.  .  .  .  Roy  Rogers,  the  cow- 
boy star,  made  quite  a  stir  in  town  during 
his  appearance  at  the  Arena,  in  his  rodeo. 
.  .  .  The  Rajah  theatre  in  Reading  is  now 
featuring  an  extra  show  for  children,  start- 
each  Saturday  at  noon,  with  a  12  cent  ad- 
mission rate  till  1  P.M. 


PITTSBURGH 

The  power  strike  and  the  temporary 
street  car  stoppage  cut  downtown  business 
in  half  this  week  with  the  single  exception 
of  the  Stanley  theatre,  which  had  an  amaz- 
ing opening  day's  business  with  "The  Big 
Sleep,"  receipts  surpassing  many  opening 
day  engagements  of  the  past  six  months. 
In  contrast  to  the  downtown  locations, 
neighborhood  houses,  both  circuit  and  inde- 
pendent, saw  their  grosses  climb  25  per 
cent.  .  .  .  Film  Row  salesmen  here  have 
organized  a  social  club.  Appropriately 
enough  they  have  tagged  themselves  "The 
Reel  Fellows."  .  .  .  Charles  Passenger,  for- 
merly at  Warren,  Pa.,  has  been  appointed 
by  Warner  Bros,  to  run  their  Virginia  the- 
atre in  Fairmont.  He  replaces  Don  Schultz. 
.  .  .  Dave  Broudy,  manager  of  the  Shady- 
side  theatre,  is  hospitalized.  .  .  .  New  drive- 
in  theatres  are  rumored  to  be  set  up  between 
East  McKeesport  and  Jacktown  on  Route 
30  and  on  Route  19  south  of  Wexford.  .  .  . 
Sam  Fleishman,  who  managed  the  Roxian 
theatre  in  McKees  Rocks  for  several  years, 
is  heading  for  a  permanent  location  in  Cali- 
fornia. 


PORTLAND 

Herb  Sobottka,  general  manager  of  Ham- 
rick-Evergreen  Theatres  in  Seattle,  was 
elected  president  of  Northwest  Film  Club 
at  the  annual  meeting.  Other  officers 
named  were  Neal  Walton,  Columbia  Pic- 
tures, vice-president ;  Ed  Lamb,  RKO  Radio, 
secretary-treasurer  reelected  by  acclamation 
Three  new  trustees  selected  include  Maurice 
Saffle,  J.  T.  Sheffield  and  Keith  Beckwith. 
.  .  .  Matinees  business  off  10-20  per  cent  for 
September,  due  in  part  to  outdoor  attrac- 
tions, continued  warm  autumn  weather,  re- 
turn of  juveniles  to  school.  .  .  .  Frank 
Pratt  returns  as  manager  of  Portland  Para- 
mount, succeeded  at  Orpheum  by  Robert 
Anderson,  formerly  at  Liberty,  and  LeRoy 
Smith,  formerly  assistant  at  Orpheum,  be- 
comes manager  of  Liberty.  Zollie  Vol- 
chok,  for  some  years  past  manager  of 
Evergreen's  Paramount,  goes  to  Seattle  as 
city  manager  for  Sterling  Theatres.  .  .  . 
Mickey  Gross,  formerly  with  RKO  in  Den- 
ver, has  been  named  district  manager  for 
Sterling  in  Seattle. 


SAN  ANTONIO 

Best  draw  of  the  week  was  "Canyon  Pas- 
sage"- at  the  Majestic  theatre,  while  "Make 
Mine  Music"  played  second  fiddle  at  the 
Aztec,  and  "The  Count  of  Monte  Cristo" 
at  the  Texas,  won  third  place  at  the  box 
office.  .  .  .  Red  River  Dave  McEnery's 
Western  Star  Revue  did  big  business  at  the 
Capitol  theatre,  New  Braunfels,  only  30 
miles  distant.  ...  In  town  during  the  week 
were  Senor  L.  Luna  of  Poza  Films,  Mexico 
City ;  Jimmy  Lederer,  Universal  News  man, 
shooting  the  unveiling  of  the  late  Roose- 
velt statue  on  City  Hall  plaza ;  Faustino 
Vallejo  of  the  Progreso  theatre,  Valentine, 
made  his  first  visit  here  to  shop  for  Mexi- 
can product ;  Ramon  D.  Pina,  Paris  theatre, 
Elsa,  was  another  film  shopper,  as  was 
Walter  Knoche  of  the  Longhorn  and  Pal- 
ace theatres,  Fredericksburg.  .  .  .  Interstate 
City  Manager  George  Watson;  Jack  Chal- 
man,  publicity  man,  Lee  Roy  Handley,  r n - 
terstate's  district  merchandising  representa- 
tive, and  Eph  Charninsky,  in  charge  of  all 
Interstate  neighborhood  houses  here,  were 
among  those  attending  the  Variety  Turtle 
derby  contest  in  Dallas.  .  .  .  Midget  auto 
races -Saturday  nights  out  at  Pan-American 
Speedway  are  taking  away  a'  small  percent- 
age of  gross  receipts  from  local' theatres. 


ST.  LOUIS 

The  town  is  in  the  throes  of  pennant 
fever  and  possibility  of  a  World  Series  and 
with  the  Cardinals  back  on  their  home 
grounds  for  a  final  week  of  night  games 
the  theatres  can  expect  a  drop  in  business. 
.  .  .  Edward  B.  Arthur,  assistant  general 
manager  of  Fanchon  &  Marco,  in  New  York 
on  business.  .  .  .  Jack  Balch,  motion  picture 
editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Post-Dispatch  for 
the  last  three  years,  replaced  by  Myles 
Standish,  a  member  of  the  Sunday  staff  who 
recently  returned  from  service.  Balch  now 
on  general  news  assignments.  .  .  .  H.  M. 
Richey  of  MGM's  sales  department  here  for 
series  of  meetings  with  company  representa- 
tives. .  .  .  Loew's  State  and  Loew's  Or- 
pheum advanced  prices  to  75  cents  top  fol- 
lowing similar  action  by  competing  Fan- 
chon &  Marco  first-runs.  .  .  .  Jesse  Lees 
and  Jack  H.  Levin,  vice  president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  Confidential  Reports,  at- 


tended a  staff  meeting  here  last  week.  .  .  . 
"Madonna  and  the  Seven  Moons,"  setting 
a  mild  record  at  the  tiny  Art  theatre  by 
playing  to  capacity  crowds  now  for  seven 

weeks. 

WASHINGTON 

Washington  theatres  had  some  formidable 
competition  when  the  President's  Regatta 
was  held  on  the  Potomac  for  the  first  time 
since  the  war  began,  and  many  thousands 
of  Washingtonians  attended  the  various 
races  and  events.  The  only  holdover  down- 
town was  "Specter  of  the  Rose"  at  Sidney 
Lust's  Hippodrome  Theatre.  New  open- 
ings included  "Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee" 
at  Warner's  Earle ;  "Young  Widow"  at 
Loew's  Capitol ;  "Holiday  in  Mexico"  at 
Loew's  Palace;  and  "The  Killers"  at  RKO 
Keith's,  after  a  three-week  run  of  "Kid  from 
Brooklyn."  The  only  opening  that  was 
greeting  with  enthusiasm  by  the  press  was 
"The  Killers." 

Nathan  Golden,  Commerce  Dept.  official, 
and  First  Assistant  Chief  Barker  of  the 
Variety  Club,  Tent  No.  11,  was  named  by 
the  District  Commissioners  to  head  a  com- 
mittee representing  local  civic,  business, 
veterans  and  other  groups  whose  job  it  will 
be  to  promote  the  national  "Employ  the 
Physically  Handicapped  Week."  Golden 
came  out  of  the  first  World  War  an  ampu- 
tee, and  spent  seven  long  years  in  a  hos- 
pital. Golden  said,  in  commenting  on  thv 
employment  problem  that  employers  should 
realize  there  is  a  useful  place  for  handi- 
capped individuals  in  a  community. 

Jerry  Murphy,  salesman  at  20th  Century- 
Fox,  is  at  Georgetown  Hospital,  where  he 
underwent  a  major  operation.  .  .  .  Sidney 
Lust's  new  Cheverly  theatre  will  open  No- 
vember 1.  .  .  .  Marvin  Goldman  has  joined 
K-B  theatres  as  executive  assistant  to 
Frank  Boucher,  general  manager.  K-B 
controls  the  Apex,  Atlas,  Naylor,  Senator 
and  Princess  theatres. 


Fielding  Lauds 
Child  Library 

The  Motion  Picture  Association's  Chil- 
dren's Film  Library  program  is  receiving 
the  full  support  of  New  York's  Department 
of  Licenses,  Benjamin  Fielding,  license  com- 
missioner, told  a  radio  audience  last  Satur- 
day morning  in  a  talk  entitled  "A  Fair  Deal 
fur  the  Public"  over  Station  WEAF  in  New 
York. 

"With  the  beginning  of  the  school  year," 
Commissioner  Fielding  said,  "our  depart- 
ment will  continue  to  encourage  the  produc- 
tion and  distribution  of  wholesome  film  en- 
tertainment for  young  children  for  Saturday 
showings.  We  heartily  endorse  the  splendid 
steps  taken  by  Eric  Johnston,  president  of 
the  Motion  Picture  Association,  in  organiz- 
ing a  Children's  Film  Library." 

Last  weekend  the  10  distribution  com- 
panies participating  in  the  program  an- 
nounced that  they  would  emphasize  the  pub- 
lic service  nature  of  the  project  by  making 
juvenile  pictures  available  strictly  on  a  non- 
profit basis.  Rental  charges  will  be  calcu- 
lated to  cover  only  print  costs. 


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MOTION  PICTURE 

HERALD 

is  the  most  imitated,  the 
only  imitated,  journal  in 
this  business. 

It  has  grown  up  with  the 
screen,  keeping  pace, 
making  pace.  That  put 
it  first,  and  keeps  it  first. 

Its  subscription  roll  is  a 
roster  of  the  best  showmen, 
in  situations  great  and 
small,  around  the  world. 


A  QUICLEY  PUBLICATION     ROCKEFELLER  CENTER  NEW  YORK  20 


Importer  Cites 
Big  Increase  in 
Chinese  Gross 


Receipts  from  motion  picture  attendance 
in  China  have  increased  more  than  300  per 
cent  over  pre-war  years,  Floyd  Crowder, 
franchise  holder  for 
International  Film 
Classics,  said  while 
on  a  visit  to  New 
York  Monday.  This 
increase  is  due  to  the 
influx  of  American- 
made  pictures  in  the 
past  year  and,  as  a 
result  many  former 
second  and  third  run 
theatres  are  now 
classed  as  first  run 
because  of  the  avail- 
ability of  American 
films,  he  explained. 


Floyd  Crowd«r 


Prior  to  the  war  Mr.  Crowder  was  gen- 
eral manager  for  RKO  Radio  in  Shanghai 
and  North  China,  but  during  the  war  years 
was  interned  in  a  Japanese  prison  camp. 
Following  his  release  at  the  end  of  the  war, 
Mr.  Crowder  returned  to  the  motion  picture 
business  in  Shanghai  and  acquired  the 
franchises  for  Film  Classics  and  other 
product.  He  also  represents  the  Motiograph 
and  Vallette  16mm  projector  companies 
there. 

In  the  past  year  some  350  American  fea- 
tures have  been  distributed.  Of  these  250 
are  from  the  major  film  companies,  while 
100  are  from  the  independent  producers. 
China  itself  produces  about  40  pictures  an- 
nually but  these  are  not  too  well  received, 
as  they  are  hastily  and  poorly  made,  Mr. 
Crowder  said. 

The  Chinese,  especially  in  the  metropoli- 
tan areas,  have  become  film  conscious  and 
prefer  American-made  action  and  musical 
films  with  name  stars,  he  pointed  out.  A  pic- 
ture in  color  is  guaranteed  an  audience,  he 
said,  as  the  Chinese  believe  if  a  film  is  worth 
producing  in  color  it  must  be  good. 

Film  Imports  Reduced 

China's  import  quota  system  is  now  near- 
ing  full  operation  and  recently  the  Govern- 
ment cut  the  import  of  foreign  films  by  25 
per  cent,  Mr.  Crowder  revealed.  This,  he 
explained,  is  because  China  is  attempting  to 
balance  its  exports,  which  currently  are 
practically  non-existent,  with  her  imports, 
which  are  huge.  However,  Mr.  Crowder 
expressed  the  belief  that  this  will  not  seri- 
ously affect  the  American  flow  of  product 
into  China,  as  the  Chinese  demand  Ameri- 
can films. 

Mr.  Crowder  said  that  China  offers  the 
best  possibilities  for  16mm  expansion  as 
there  are  many  communities  with  popula- 
tions ranging  from  50,000  to  100,000  which 
do  not  have  theatres.  Despite  China's 
monetary  inflation  admission  prices  have  not 
increased  appreciably,   Mr.   Crowder  said. 


44 


Warners  Promote  Six 
In  Foreign  Field 

Warner  Brothers  announced  six  appoint- 
ments and  promotions  in  the  foreign 
branches  this  week.  Five  are  in  the  Latin 
American  and  Far  East  territory  under 
Wolfe  Cohen,  vice-president  of  Warner  In- 
ternational. They  are:  Herbert  Fletcher, 
promoted  from  manager  in  Trinidad  to  as- 
sistant manager  in  charge  of  Cali  and  Me- 
dillin  zones  in  Colombia  and  manager  of 
the  Cali  branch ;  Jack  Scribner,  from  assist- 
ant manager  in  Panama  to  manager  in  Trin- 
idad ;  John  Jones  to  assistant  to  the  manager 
for  Panama ;  James  Pepper,  to  general  man- 
ager for  Peru,  and  J.  E.  Dagal,  to  acting 
manager  in  China.  Jack  Baranes  has  been 
appointed  manager  for  North  Africa,  in- 
cluding Algiers,  Tunis  and  Casablanca,  to 
work  under  Joseph  S.  Hummel,  Warner  In- 
ternational vice-president  in  charge  of  Con- 
tinental Europe  and  adjacent  countries. 


Veterans  Group  Honors 
Jolson  at  Dinner 

In  recognition  of  his  outstanding  service 
in  entertaining  American  forces  in  this  coun- 
try and  abroad  during  the  war,  Al  Jolson 
was  awarded  an  American  Veterans  Com- 
mittee citation  at  a  testimonial  dinner  in  his 
honor  at  the  Hotel  Astor,  New  York,  Tues- 
day, attended  by  leaders  cf  all  branches  of 
the  entertainment  world. 

The  citation  was  presented  by  former  Tech. 
Sgt.  Herman  Oretsky,  Congressional  Medal 
of  Honor. 

Toastmaster  for  the  dinner  was  James  J. 
Walker,  former  New  York  Mayor,  and  the 
attending  celebrities  included  among  many 
personalities,  Howard  Dietz,  Charles  C. 
Moskowitz,  Irving  Berlin,  Oscar  Hammer- 
stein  II,  Deems  Taylor,  Billy  Rose,  Lee  Shu- 
bert,  Spyros  Skouras  and  others.  During 
the  dinner,  a  special  broadcast,  with  pickups 
from  New  York,  Hollywood  and  London, 
featured  Hildegarde,  Perry  Como,  Martha 
Raye,  Charles  B.  Cochrane,  Anna  Neagle, 
George  Jessel,  Bob  Hope,  Eddie  Cantor, 
Frank  Sinatra  and  Burns  and  Allen  in  trib- 
ute to  Mr.  Jolson.  An  additional  hookup 
brought  the  tributes  of  Bob  Hope  and  Eddie 
Cantor  from  San  Francisco. 


New  Company  Completes 
First  Western  Film 

Western  Adventures,  an'  independent  pro- 
duction company  in  San  Antonio,  has  com- 
pleted "Geronimo  Pass,"  its  first  produc- 
tion. The  new  company  plans  to  do  a  series 
of  six  Westerns  starring  Red  River  Dave 
McEnery,  with  a  cast  including  Perc  Bar- 
bat,  Flo  Busch,  Earline  Wilson,  Lee  Lang- 
ley,  W.  T.  Miller,  Chief  "Texas  Bill"  Walt- 
man  and  the  music  of  the  Texas  Top  Hands. 
The  musical  Westerns  are  being  produced 
by  Duke  Wayne. 


Acquires  Television  Films 

Television  rights  to  20  film  serials  have 
been  obtained  by  Irvin  Shapiro's  Film  Equi- 
ties Corporation,  New  York  City.  Mr.  Sha- 
piro has  indicated  he  wishes  to  create  a  new 
type  of  "soap  opera." 


I 


: 


Sees  U.  S.  Films 
Losing  Dominant 
Near  East  Place 


Block  booking,  which  native  exhibitors'! 
are  protesting,  and  unpopular  "B"  pictures 
are  persuading  Lebanon  and  Syrian  exhibi-| 
tors  to  switch  frorn'f" 
Hollywood  pictures?^ 
to    Arabic,  French1 
and     Russian  fea- 
tures.    The  result: 
During  the  past  two 
years  Hollywood  has 
lost  its  dominance  in 
those  areas. 

According  to  Wil- 
liam Malluck,  Leba- 
non-Syria agent  for 
Columbia,  now  in 
New  York,  Holly- 
wood features  are 
William  Malluck  receiving     only  35 

per  cent  of  the  playdates,  while  Arabic  pic- 
tures  account  for  40  per  cent,  French  and 
Russian  pictures  for  the  remaining  25  per 
Yet  off-screen  in  these  areas  the  incense 
pots  and  other  oriental  touches  are  giving 
away  to  simon-pure  Americanisms  as  body- 
form,  foam-floating  seats  and  the  latest  in  | 
American-made  projection  and  sound  equip- 
ment. Mr.  Malluck  reports  that  two  new 
theatres  are  being  constructed  in  Beirut — 
one,  the  1,500  Dunya,  will  open  November  1,  j 
are -featuring  American  equipment. 

But  this  gain  is  counterbalanced  by  the 
loss  of  market  for  American  pictures.  In 
Cairo,  Mr.  Malluck  said,  there  were  once 
eight  large  theatres  devoted  exclusively  to 
American  product.  Now  there  are  only 
three.  The  other  five  are  concentrating  on 
Arabic  product,  regardless  of  the  fact  that 
Hollywood  product  in  that  area  is  subtitled 
in  both  French  and  Arabic. 

The'  Near  East  exhibitors,  according  to 
Mr.  Malluck,  want  to  buy  their  pictures  a 
few  at  a  time  and  if  they  cannot  follow  that 
In  the  "B"  picture  category,  the  Near 
East  wants  action  and  horror  pictures, 
strong  dramas  and  wild  farces.  Too  many 
other  types  are  being  sent  into  the  area,  Mr. 
Malluck  pointed  out.  "The  Return  of  the 
Vampire,"  for  instance,  attracted  huge 
grosses.  Small-budget  musicals  are  not  pop- 
ular at  all. 

The  Arabic  pictures  have  increased  in 
popularity  because  they  have  improved  in 
both  quality  and  quantity.  This  year  be- 
tween 30  and  40  Arabic  features  will  be 
produced  for  widespread  Arabic-speaking 
audiences.  Two  years  ago  between  20  and 
30  such  pictures  were  produced. 


Ermini  Joins  Young 

Aldo  M.  Ermini,  advertising  photog- 
rapher, and  former  Signal  Corps  major,  has 
become  vice-president  and  associate  produc- 
er of  Harold  Young  Productions.  Mr.  Er- 
mini was  at  one  time  Technicolor  super- 
visor for  Sir  Alexander  Korda. 

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INTERNATIONAL  CRIME:  Rod  La  Rocque— Not 
|  bad  program  picture.    We  played  it  with  our  West- 
~~th  to  nice  business.    Played  Saturday,  midnight,  Sept. 
-   2. — Harland   Rankin,   Plaza   Theatre,    Tilbury,  Ont., 
-.  Ian. 

Columbia 

Q  :   GILD  A:  Rita  Hayworth,  Glenn  Ford — A  very  good 
picture  that  failed  to  draw.    The  reason  was  that  it 
■ad  played  nearly  every  where  in  Georgia  except  Gray. 
..-  ?layed  Monday,  Tuesday,  Sept.  9,  10.— James  C.  Balk- 
:om,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 
.*  •[ 

ami,1.  DIDN'T  DO  IT:  George  Formby,  Billy  Caryl— 
This  was  the  first  disappointment  we  have  had  from 

-  Formby.  It  didn't  do  business.  Played  Monday,  Tues- 
L   day,   Sept.   16,    17. — Harland   Rankin,    Plaza  Theatre, 

'  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

ONE  WAY  TO  LOVE:  Janis  Carter,  Chester  Morris 
—This  wasn't  a  bad  show  at  all,  fellows.    Our  patrons 

..  seemed  to  enjoy  it  very  much.  It  registered  nicely 
it  our  box  office.    Played  Wednesday,  Sept.  11. — V.  H. 

C  ;Freeman,  Scenic  Theatre,  Newland,  N.  C. 

THRILL  OF  BRAZIL:  Evelyn  Reyes,  Keenan 
j  Wynn — Latest  Columbia  musical  entry  which  amazed 
'us  all.  Well  staged  musical  numbers  worked  in  nice- 
"A  !ly  with  plot.  Wynn  certainly  is  coming  up  in  favor 
T.  with  the  men.  This  show  brought  many  repeaters  to 
;  see  numbers.  Many  commented  on  Technicolor  pos- 
Z  ■sibilities.  This  one  will  bring  them  in  anytime,  any- 
where. Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  8,  9— W.  A. 
-"  L'fford  and  J.  P.  Lowe,  Army  theatres,  Buckley  Field, 
v  Denver,  Colo.    Army  patronage. 


Metro-Gold  wyn-Mayer 

ANDY  HARDY'S   BLONDE   TROUBLE:  Mickey 

K  Rooney,  Lewis  Stone — Have  been  a  long  time  playing 
this.  Mickey  Rooney  is  washed  up.  It  is  not  worth 
film  rental  as  entertainment  for  a  small  town.  Would 

i  not  recommend  this.  Played  Monday,  Sept.  9. — A.  L. 
Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

10  * 

EASY  TO  WED:  Esther  Williams,  Van  Johnson— A 
lavish  musical  comedy  in  Technicolor  with  Miss  Wil- 
li Hams  and  a  stellar  cast  of  comedians.  It  is  never 
dull  and  it  held  up  for  four  days.  It  rolled  up  a  satis- 
-  factory  gross.  Everyone  pleased.  Played  Wednesday- 
Saturday,  Aug.  28-31. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz 
Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

GENTLE  ANNIE:  James  Craig,  Donna  Reed— Real- 
ly up  the  alley  for  a  small  town.    This  is  a  small 
;    town  natural.    Played  Tuesday,  Sept.  3. — A.  L.  Dove, 
Bengough  Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

HARVEY  GIRLS,  THE:  Judy  Garland,  John  Ho- 
iiak — Average  business.  This  picture  has  beautiful 
:olor.  There  were  too  many  long  drawn  out  musical 
scenes.  A  little  more  of  Chill  Wills  and  more  action 
vould  make  this  a  natural  for  small  towns.  Flayed 
Sunday-Tuesday,  July  28-30. — M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy 
Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

HOLIDAY  IN  MEXICO:  Walter  Pidgeon,  Ilona 
Massey — Let's  have  more  pictures  like  this.  Lots  of 
fine  music  furnished  by  Jane  Powell  and  Jose  Iturbi. 
Plus  fine  Technicolor.  Played  to  above  average  busi- 
ness. Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Sept.  S,  6. — 
.Vicholson  &  Singleton,  Alsec  Theatre,  Kodiak,  Alaska. 
Xaval  and  civilian  patronage. 

LETTER  FOR  EVIE,  A:  Marsha  Hunt,  John  Car- 
-oll — We  failed  to  do  any  business  with  this  feature 
and  there  were  some  unfavorable  comments  from  those 
who   attended.     Played   Wednesday,   Thursday,  Sept. 

:   11,  12.— A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal. 

j   Small  lumber  town  patronage. 

POSTMAN  ALWAYS  RINGS  TWICE,  THE:  Lana 
Turner,  John  Garfield — Fine  performances  by  stars  but 
an  unusually  morbid  theme.  Enjoyed  by  the'college 
crowd,  but  too  depressing  for  the  oldsters.  For 
'class"  patronage.  Single  billed.  Played  Monday, 
Tuesday,  July  29,  30. — Pinecrest  Theatre,  Pinecrest, 
Cal.    Summer  resort  patronage. 

SHOW-OFF:  Red  Skelton,  Marilyn  Maxwell— The 
Treat  funny  boy  and  mugger  nearly  laughed  himseSf 
out  of  favor  with  this  one.  Lots  of  comments  about 
corn.  Drew  about  average  attendance.  Miss  Max- 
well and  the  other  blonde  seemed  to  attract  and  hold 
the  boys'  eyes.    Look  for  this  one  for  the  crowd  that 


likes  slapstick.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  15,  16. 
— W.  A  Ufford,  J.  P.  Lowe,  Post  Theatres,  Buckley- 
Field,  Denver,  Colo.    Army  patronage. 

WHAT  NEXT,  CORPORAL  HARGROVE?:  Robert 
Walker,  Keenan  Wynn — Another  picture  we  did  not 
make  any  money  on.  It  was  a  good  one,  too.  Maybe 
the  depression  is  on  and  I  am  trying  to  blame  it  on 
the  pictures.  Played  Thursday,  Friday,  Sept.  5,  6.— 
M.  L.  DuBose,  Majestic  Theatre,  Cotulla,  Texas. 


Monogram 

BLACK  MARKET  BABIES:  Ralph  Morgan,  Jayne 
Hazard — This  picture  didn't  do  anything  at  all.  Every- 
one who  saw  it  complained.  The  people  here  say 
they  have  had  enough  of  this  type.  Played  Monday, 
Tuesday,  Sept.  2,  3.— Joe  Drury,  Wells  Theatre,  St. 
Marys,  Ga.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

CLANCY  STREET  BOYS:  East  Side  Kids— Played 
this  second  run  on  a  double  feature  on  Bargain 
Night  and  it  got  by  O.K.  This  series  is  very  popular 
here,  old  or  new.  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Aug. 
27,  28. — Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre,  England,  Ark. 

NAVAJO  TRAIL,  THE:  Johnny  Mack  Brown  — 
Westerns  usually  go  over  well  here  on  Friday  and 
Saturday,  but  this  didn't  hold  up  to  the  average. 
Played  during  good  weather.  Played  Friday,  Saturday, 
Sept.  6,  7.— Joe  Drury,  Wells  Theatre,  St.  Marys,  Ga. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

SOUTH  OF  MONTEREY:  Gilbert  Roland,  Frank 
Yacanelli — Even  with  the  present  shortage  of  West- 
erns, this  is  almost  worth  passing  up.  There  is  too 
much  Spanish  dialogue.  If  this  series  doesn't  im- 
prove, I'll  pass  them  up  next  year.  Played  Thurs- 
day-Saturday, Aug.  29-31. — Terry  Axley,  New  Thea- 
tre, England,  Ark. 

STRANGE  VOYAGE:  Eddie  Albert,  Forrest  Taylor 
— A  screwball  picture  of  some  weird  far-fetched  ad- 
venture that  seemed  to  please  my  audience.  Played 
Thursday-Saturday,  Aug.  29-31. — Terry  Axley,  New 
Theatre,  England,  Ark. 


Paramount 

BLUE  DAHLIA,  THE:  Alan  Ladd,  Veronica  Lake 
— This  picture  was  well  acted.  Alan  Ladd  holds  up 
here  because  my  audience  seems  to  like  his  fast  action. 
Bill  Bendix  gave  them  a  few  laughs.  The  audience's 
interest  was  held  to  the  end  of  the  picture.  Played 
during  good  weather  and  business  was  good.  Would 
have  done  better  if  it  hadn't  followed  another  mystery 
picture.  The  people  have  had  enough  murder.  Played 
Wednesday,  Thursday,  Sept.  11,  12. — Joe  Drury,  Wells 
Theatre,  St.  Marys,  Ga.  Small  town  and  rural  pat- 
ronage. 

DUFFY'S  TAVERN:  Ed  Gardner.  Bing  Crosby 
and  Guests — Now,  Mr.  Exhibitor,  don't  be  fooled  by 
this  one.  It  is  supposed  to  be  one  of  Paramount's  out- 
standing pictures,  but,  oh  boy,  what  a  letdown.  A  few 
musical  numbers  in  this  of  the  old  barbershop  quar- 
tette would  have  improved  this  release.  What  a  let- 
down. My  patrons  considered  the  picture  very  poor. 
Played  Saturday,  Sept.  14. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough 
Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

HOT  CARGO:  William  Gargan,  Philip  Reed— About 
average  for  the  Pine -Thomas  programmers.  Seemed 
to  get  by  with  the  cash  customers.  Used  on  Giveaway 
Night.  Yes,  we  still  have  Giveaway  Nights  and  it 
looks  as  if  we  will  have  to  have  more.  Plaved 
Wednesday,  Sept.  9.— W.  F.  Shelton,  Louisburg  Thea- 
tre, Louisburg,  N.  C. 

JUNGLE  PRINCESS:  Dorothv  Lamour.  Ray  Mil- 
land — This  would  have  done  O.K.  on  a  one-day  date 
but  we  were  stuck  for  a  picture  and  had  to  play  it 
two  days.  As  it  was  it  turned  into  two  day?  we  had 
below  average  business.  This  ten  year  old  reissue  is 
about  average  in  entertainment  for  Miss.  Lamour's 
=arong  series.  Played  Monday.  Tuesday.  Sept.  9.  10. — 
W.  F.  Shelton,  Louisburg  Theatre,  Louisburg.  N.  C. 

MISS  SUSIE  SLAGLE'S:   Sonny  Tufts.  Veronica 


Lake — The  patrons  seemed  to  like  Sonny  Tufts  in  his 
role  as  a  medical  student.  We  had  a  little  better 
than  average  response.  Played  Friday,  Saturday, 
Sept.  13.  14. — M.  Ewing,  Ewing  Theatre,  Midlothian, 
111. 

MONSIEUR  BEAUCAIRE:  Bob  Hope,  Joan  Caul- 
field — Hope  has  the  ability  to  make  stale  jokes  get 
laughs.  Other  than  Hope's  clowning,  this  would  have 
been  pretty  dull  fare.  Business  about  average.  Played 
Thursday,  Friday,  Sept.  12,  13.— W.  F.  Shelton,  Louis- 
burg Theatre,  Louisburg,  N.  C. 

OUR  HEARTS  WERE  GROWING  UP:  Gail  Rus- 
sell, Diana  Lynn — This  sequel  to  "Our  Hearts  Were 
Young  and  Gay"  was  just  as  humorous  and  entertain- 
ing. In  this  adventure  the  girls  become  involved  in 
one  funny  incident  after  another.  This  is  another  of 
the  type  of  picture  that  everybody  enjoys.  Business 
good.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  15,  16. — M.  Ew- 
ing, Ewing  Theatre,  Midlothian,  111. 

PLAINSMAN,  THE:  Gary  Cooper,  Jean  Arthur- 
It  is  a  reissue,  but  it  is  a  good  one  and  I  wish  I 
had  more  like  it.  It  is  pictures  like  this  one  that 
keeps  us  in  business.  It  was  a  good  show  and  all  you 
have  to  do  is  open  your  doors  and  get  out  of  the  way. 
If  you  haven't  played  it  yet,  you  are  missing  some- 
thing. Played  Friday,  Sept.  6.— V.  H.  Freeman,  Sce- 
nic Theatre,  Newland,  N.  C. 

THIS  GUN  FOR  HIRE:  Alan  Ladd,  Veronica  Lake 
— Picked  this  old  one  up  and  found  a  nice  surprise. 
It  is  an  excellent  evening's  entertainment.  It  is  quite 
refreshing  nowadays  for  an  exhibitor  to  have  his  pa- 
trons come  out  of  the  theatre  100  per  cent  satisfied. 
This  pleased  my  Saturday  night  crowd  and  we  had 
many  good  comments.  Would  advise  you  to  play  it, 
if  you  haven't  done  so  already.  Played  Saturday, 
Sept.  7. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Bengough, 
Sask.,  Can. 

YOU  CAME  ALONG:  Robert  Cummings,  Lizabeth 
Scott — Good  picture.  Well  received,  but  business  was 
only  fair.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  12,  13. — 
W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre,  Ruston,  La. 


PRC 

MAN  WHO  WALKED  ALONE,  THE:  Kay  Ald- 
ridge,  David  O'Brien — We  all  walked  alone.  Business 
was  poor.  Picture  poor.  Played  Sunday  midnight, 
Sept.  15.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury, 
Ont.,  Can. 

STRANGE  ILLUSION:  James  Lydon,  Sally  Eilers 
— There  was  no  illusion  in  the  fact  that  business  was 
awful.  Played^  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Sept.  18,  19. — 
Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

THUNDER  TOWN:  Bob  Steele,  Syd  Saylor— Good 
Western.  Steele  always  popular  here.— S.  T.  Jack- 
son, Jackson  Theatre,  Flomaton,  Ala. 

WIFE  OF  MONTE  CRISTO:  John  Loder,  Lenora 
Aubert — Very  good,  but  business  not  average  because 
of  weak  star  value. — S.  T.  Jackson,  Jackson  Theatre, 
Flomaton,  Ala. 


RKO  Radio 

B  ADMAN'S  TERRITORY:  Randolph  Scott,  Ann 
Richards — One  of  the  best  super  Westerns  of  the  year. 
It  did  satisfactory  business  both  days  and  sent  every- 
one away  satisfied.  The  ads  on  this  picture  are  among 
the  bets  assets  and  the  advertising  boys  deserve 
credit  for  a  grand  selling  approach.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday,  Sept.  1,  2.— Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz 
'Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

B  ADMAN'S  TERRITORY:  Randolph  Scott,  Ann 
Richards — A  pleasant  uplift  from  a  poor  week.  It  was 
the  onlv  picture  to  do  business  for  us  during  the  week. 
Flayed  Friday.  Saturdav.  Sept.  20.  21 —Harland  Ran- 
kin. Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

BELLS  OF  ST.  MARY'S,  THE:  Bing  Crosby,  In- 
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grid  Bergman — Good  business.  It  held  up  for  four 
days.  Play  it.  Played  Friday-Monday,  May  31-June 
3.— M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

BRINGING  UP  BABY:  Katharine  Hepburn,  Cary 
Grant— An  oldie,  but  still  one  of  the  best  comedies 
made.  We  played  up  the  line,  "Wait  'til  you  see  Ba- 
by" in  our  ads  and  had  a  full  house  both  nights. 
Costumes  not  dated  as  in  many  old  films.  O.K.  any- 
where.— Pinecrest  Theatre,  Pinecrest,  Cal.  Summer 
resort  patronage. 

DING  DONG  WILLIAMS:  Glenn  Vernon,  Marcia 
McGuire — Used  on  a  double  bill  program  and  it  was 
very  good.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  13,  14. — 
James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

NOTORIOUS:  Ingrid  Bergman,  Cary  Grant— This 
much  discussed  and  much  advertised  picture  was  a  ter- 
rific program.  Wide  calendar  distribution,  extra  one- 
sheets  and  word-of-mouth  campaign  by  the  staff 
brought  out  everyone  in  the  camp.  The  new,  or  rath- 
er different  Miss  Bergman  was  an  instant  success. 
The  key  motif  not  as  important  in  the  picture  as  in 
the  flack.  Played  after  opening  downtown.  Played 
Wednesday,  Thursday,  Sept.  4,  5.— W.  A.  Ufford  and 
J.  F.  Lowe,  Post  Thetares,  Buckley  Field,  Denver, 
Colo.    Army  patronage. 

PARTNERS  IN  TIME:  Pamela  Blake,  John  James 
— A  good  comedy  for  a  small  town.  It  has  plenty  of 
corn.  Business  was  only  average  as  I  had  the  county 
fair  for  competition.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday, 
Sept  11,  12.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre, 
Dewey,  Okla. 

PINOCCHIO:  Disney  Feature  Cartoon— Good.  Busi- 
ness better  the  second  night  than  the  first,  in  spite  of 
a  circus  in  town.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday, 
July  31,  Aug.  1. — M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy  Theatre, 
Bowbells,  N.  D. 

SPIRAL  STAIRCASE:  Dorothy  McGuire,  George 
Brent — Just  another  mystery  that  flopped  at  the  box 
office.  There  have  been  entirely  too  many  of  this 
type  this  season.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  June  30, 
July  1.— M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Bowbells, 
N.  D. 

STRANGER,  THE:  Edward  G.  Robinson,  Loretta 
Young,  Orson  Wells — Personally,  I  enjoyed  this  thor- 
oughly. I  thought  it  well  done  in  every  department. 
But  business  was  below  average  and  on  Monday  night 
the  checker,  cashier  and  doorman  kept  each  other 
company.  Please  save  us  from  more  Sunday-Mon- 
day playdates  like  this.  Pictures  with  limited  appeal 
should  be  made  available  for  midweek  percentage 
deals.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  8.  9. — Thomas  di 
Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz.  N.  Y. 

UP  IN  ARMS:  Danny  Kaye,  Dinah  Shore— Brought 
this  back  in  the  wake  of  the  "Kid  from  Brooklyn"  and 
had  a  sellout.  Played  Thursday.  Friday,  Aug.  7,  8. 
— Pinecrest  Theatre,  Pinecrest,  Cal.  Summer  resort 
patronage- 


Republic 


DAKOTA:  John  Wayne,  Vera  Hruba  Ralston— A 
good  Western  which  pleased  better  than  average  busi- 
ness. John  Wayne  was  O.  K.,  but  Miss  Ralston  had 
better  stick  to  her  skating.  Played  Friday,  Saturday. 
Sept.  13,  14.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre. 
Dewey,  Okla. 

GREAT  STAGECOACH  ROBBERY:  Bill  Elliott. 
Bobby  Blake — Used  on  second  half  of  weekend  double 
bill.  Fair  business.  Plaved  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept. 
13.  14— A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal. 
Small  lumber  town  patronage. 

RENDEZVOUS:  Eddie  Albert,  Faye  Marlowe— Had 
one  of  the  first  bookings  in  this  state  on  this.  It 
certainly  pleased  my  Sunday  patrons.  Rain  failed 
to  dampen  this  good  comedv.  Some  of  the  patrons 
said  it  was  the  best  Republic  picture,  outside  the 
Western  group.  Keep  it  up.  Republic.  Played  Sun- 
day, Sept.  15. — James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre, 
Gray,  Ga. 

UNDER  NEVADA  SKIES:  Roy  Rogers,  Dale  Ev 
ans — Average  Roy  Rogers  picture  that   satisfied  the 
cash  customers  and  got  by  at  the  box  office.  Played 
Sunday,  Sept.  14.— W.  F.  Shelton.  Louisburg  Theatre. 
Louisburg,  N.  C. 

UNDER  NEVADA  SKIES:  Roy  Rogers.  Dale  Ev 
ins — Roy  Rogers  entry  into  international  intrigue  was 
well  received  bv  the  chap  and  spur  boys.  The  two- 
fisted  action,  blazing  sixguns  and  falling  bodies  in 
this  picture  was  just  what  they  bought  the  ticket  to 
see.  Musical  numbers  worked  in  easily  and  gen- 
eral conformity  was  as  good  if  not  better  than  usual 
for  this  tyne  entry.  Played  Saturday,  Sent.  14. — W.  A. 
Ufford  and  J.  P.  Lowe,  Post  Theatres.  Buckley  Field. 
Denver,   Colo.     Army  patronage. 

Twentieth  Century- Fox 

CLAUDIA  AND  DAVID:  Robert  Young.  Dorothy 
McGuire — Far  better  than  the  first  Claudia  picture  and 
it  seemed  to  please  the  patrons.  Business,  however, 
was  barely  average.  Played  Monday.  Tuesday.  Sent. 
15.  16.— W.  F.  Shelton.  Louisburg  Theatre,  Louisburg. 
N.  C. 


DARK  CORNER,  THE:  Lucille  Ball,  William  Ben- 
dix — This  one  was  just  a  little  too  dark  at  our  box 
office  to  suit  us.  Weather  fair.  Played  Thursday, 
Sept.  5. — V.  H.  Freeman,  Scenic  Theatre,  Newland, 
N.  C. 

DOLL  FACE:  Carmen  Miranda,  Perry  Como— Used 
on  weekend  double  bill  to  fair  business.  No  raves. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  13,  14. — A.  C.  Edwards, 
Winema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small  lumber  town 
patronage. 

DRAGONWYCK:  Gene  Tierney,  Vincent  Price— A 
heavy,  melodramatic  flop.  You  can't  fool  the  public 
on  this  type.  They  must  smell  them.  I  don't  think 
I  have  to  mention  the  kind  of  business  I  had.  These 
small  town  and  rural  communities  just  don't  go  for 
this  type.  Played  Sunday,  Tuesday,  July  14-16.— M. 
W.  Thompson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

IF  I'M  LUCKY:  Vivian  Blaine,  Harry  James— For 
the  gathering  of  topnotch  marque  names,  this  is  dis- 
appointing. Musical  numbers  as  good  as  you  can  get 
but  slightly  fantastic  plot  damages  the  whole  thing. 
I  guess  crooners  running  for  governor  and  choruses 
on  motorcycles  aren't  approved  of  by  the  tough,  regu- 
lar Army  boys.  Names  pulled  them  in  and  kept  them, 
but  the  lobby  comments  weren't  good.  Played  Wednes- 
day, Thursday,  Sept.  11.  12.— W.  A.  Ufford,  J.  P. 
Lowe,  Army  Theatres,  Buckley  Field,  Denver,  Colo. 
Army  patronage. 

LEAVE  HER  TO  HEAVEN:  Gene  Tierney,  Vincent 
Price — We  experienced  very  good  business  on  this 
picture,  which  was  a  fitting  reward  for  the  splendid 
job  of  photography  and  production  turned  out  by  20th- 
Fox.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  8,  9. — A.  C.  Ed- 
wards, Winema  Thaetre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small  lumber 
town  patronage. 

SENTIMENTAL  JOURNEY:  Maureen  O'Hara, 
John  Payne — We  did  better  on  this  than  I  thought 
we  would.  Saw  this  picture  last  winter  and  enjoyed 
it,  but  for  an  action  theatre  it  is  a  little  heavy.  Flayed 
Monday,  Tuesday.  Sept.  9,  10. — Harland  Rankin,  Plaza 
Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

SOMEWHERE  IN  THE  NIGHT:  John  Hodiak. 
Nancy  Guild — This  is  a  half  hour  too  long.  It  is 
dragged  out  so  that  the  interest  in  the  story  lags. 
John  Hodiak  is  O.  K.,  but  Lloyd  Nolan  is  the  pic- 
ture's best  performer.  Business  was  just  fair.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  6,  7. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo, 
New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 


United  Artists 


CAESAR  AND  CLEOPATRA:  Claude  Rains,  Vivian 
Leigh — Advertisements  drew  them  in  the  first  night, 
but  word-of-mouth  advertising  ruined  all  hope  of  av- 
erage business  the  second  night.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday,  Sept.  1,  2. — Nicholson  &  Singleton,  Alsec 
Theatre,  Kodiak.  Alaska.  Naval  and  civilian  patron- 
age. 

CAESAR  AND  CLEOPATRA:  Claude  Rains,  Vivian 
Leigh — For  the  intelligentsia.  Much  too  high  class  for 
the  average  fare.  Dull  and  draggy  most  of  the  way. 
Tt  was  spectacular,  however.  Plaved  Sunday-Tues- 
day. Sept.  8-10.— W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre, 
Ruston,  La. 

GETTING  GERTIE'S  GARTER:  Dennis  CKeefe, 
Marie  McDonald — They  didn't  seem  to  care  much 
about  Gertie's  garter.  Anyway,  they  didn't  come  to 
see  it.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Sept.  11,  12. — 
Harland  Rankin.  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,   Ont.,  Can. 

GETTING  GERTIE'S  GARTER:  Dennis  O'Keefe. 
Marie  McDonald — Swell  comedy.  Crazy,  but  they  will 
like  it.  Plaved  Wednesday,  Sept.  11.— W.  M.  Butter- 
field,  Tech  Theatre,  Ruston,  La. 

MR.  ACE:  George  Raft,  Sylvia  Sidney— Not  up  to 
par  of  the  usual  George  Raft  pictures,  but  it  kept 

the  box  office  up  to  average  so  I  have  no  reason  to 
complain. — Nicholson  &  Singleton.  Alsec  Theatre.  Ko- 
diak, Alaska.    Naval  and  civilian  patronage. 

WHISTLE  STOP:  George  Raft.  Ava  Gardner- 
Some  of  our  patrons  told  us  the  picture  muffed  the 
story  completely.  We  don't  know  we  didn't  read  it. 
But  we  can  say  that  it  is  not  as  good  as  George 
Raft's  usual  pictures.  Didn't  hold  the  interest  all  the 
way,  and  business  was  way  off.  Played  Wednesday. 
Thursday.  Sept.  4.  5.— Thomas  di  Lorenzo.  New  Palt7 
Theatre.  New  Paltz.  N.  Y. 

YOUNG  WIDOW:  Jane  Russell.  Louis  ■  Hayward— 
People  wanted  to  see  Jane  Russell  in  a  picture  without- 
censorship  arguments.  Picture  not  too  bad  and  busi- 
ness fairly  good.  Played  Sundav,  Monday.  Aug.  25, 
26.— Terry  Axley.  New  Theatre.  England.  Ark. 

YOUNG  WIDOW:  Jane  Russell,  Louis  Hayward— 
Better  picture  than  we  expected  and  it  seemed  to 
please  the  cash  customers.  Business  above  average 
due  to  the  Russell  name.  Played  Sunday,  Sent.  8.— W. 
F.  Shelton.  Louisburg.  Theatre.  Louisburg.  N.  C. 

Universal 

BLACK  ANGEL,  THE:  Dan  Duryea.  June  Vincent 
Most  people  expected  a  better  picture,  but  there  weren't 
many  complaints.  Plaved  to  average  business.  Played 
Friday,  Sent.  6.— Nicholson  &  Singleton,  Alsec  Theatre. 
Kodiak.  Alaska.    Naval  and  civilian  patronage. 


CANYON  PASSAGE:  Dana  Andrews,  Susan  Hay  I 
ward— Grand  picture.   Most  beautiful  color  and  scenerjl 
I  have  ever  seen.    Business  good.    They  will  like  it 
Played  Sunday -Wednesday,  Sept.  1-4.— W.  M.  Butter 
field,  Tech  Theatre,  Ruston,  La. 

CANYON  PASSAGE:  Dana  Andrews,  Susan  Hay \ 
ward — Lives  up  to  its  reputation.  Splendid  coloring  anc 
wonderful  acting.  Played  Tuesday,  Aug.  27.— NichoL 
son  &  Singleton,  Alsec  Theatre,  Kodiak,  Alaska.  Nava  1 
and  civilian  patronage. 

INSIDE  JOB:   Preston   Foster,  Ann  Rutherford-, 

Small  budget  cops  ,  and  robber  picture  which  failed  to 
draw  any  extra  business.  Played  Tuesday,  Sept.  10.— 
E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla.  | 

KILLERS,  THE:  Burt  Lancaster,  Ava  Gardner-' 
They  wanted  to  see  this  one  again.  Teaser  ads  "the 
Killers  are  coming"  and  exploitation  of  Friday  the  13tf 
superstitions  two  weeks  in  advance  had  everyone  plan 
ning  to  see  it.  Fast  start.  Tense  situations.  Dramatic 
action  and  mysterious  suspense  held  up  to  the  last 
Really  a  top  show  for  one's  money.  Note:  Watch  for 
the  windshield  reflection  of  cameraman  during  robberv 
scene.  Played  Friday,  Sept.  13.— W.  A  Ufford  &  J.  P.; 
Lowe,  Post  Theatres,  Buckley  Field,  Denver,  Colo., 
Army  patronage. 

NIGHT  IN  PARADISE,  A:  Merle  Oberon,  Turhani  Bill 
Bey — We  are  in  the  same  boat  with  the  other  boys  on 
this  film.    It  was  a  pretty  good  fairy  tale.  Weather 
was  O.  K.    Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Sept.  2,  3.— V.  HJ 
Freeman,  Scenic  Theatre,  Newland,  N.  C. 


SHE- WOLF  OF  LONDON:  June  Lockhart,  Jan 
Wiley — Another  "whodunit"  picture  and  it  didn't  go 
over.  These  will  do  O.  K.  now  and  then,  but  not  now. 
People  are  fed  up  with  murder.  Played  during  swell 
weather.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Sept.  4,  5. — 
Joe  Drury,  Wells  Theatre,  St.  Marys,  Ga.  Small  town 
and  rural  patronage. 

SO  GOES  MY  LOVE:  Don  Ameche,  Myrna  Loy— 
This  picture  might  have  done  all  right  in  some  places, 
but  here  it  was  far  from  what  was  expected  and  the 
worst  part  about  it  was  that  we  booked  it  for  two 
days.  Of  course  the  short  subjects  kept  down  too  many 
complaints.  Weather  fair.  Played  Monday,  Tuesday, 
Aug.  26,  27.— V.  H.  Freeman,  Scenic  Theatre,  Newland, 
N.  C. 

SONG  OF  OLD  ARIZONA:  Roy  Rogers,  Dale  Evans 
—Good  old  Roy.  He  is  one  of  our  top  attractions.  He 
is  one  of  the  few  stars  we  can  depend  upon  for  good 
business.    Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  13,  14.— Har-  ' 
land  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 


i  mi 


Warner  Bros. 


BIG  SLEEP,  THE:  Humphrey  Bgart,  Lauren  Bacall 
— When  a  picture  has  everything  it  is  bound  to  do 
business.  This  picture  did.  No  house  record  but  solid 
and  the  customers  ate  it  up.  Excellent  private  detec- 
tive story  with  the  fastest  and  wittiest  dialogue  we 
have  ever  heard.  Played  Thursday,  Friday,  Sept.  18, 
19. — W.  F.  Shelton.  Louisburg  Theatre,  Louisburg,  N.  C. 

CINDERELLA  JONES:  Joan  Leslie,  Robert  Alda— 
This  is  a  fair  musical  show  which  pleased  average 
business.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  8.  9— E.  M. 
Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

JANIE  GETS  MARRIED:  Joan  Leslie,  Robert  Hut- 
ton — We  did  a  little  better  than  we  expected  with  this 
picture  and  must  agree  that  both  the  stars  did  a  pretty 
good  job  in  this  picture.  Don't  be  afraid  of  this  one, 
boys.  There  are  a  lot  worse.  Weather  was  cool. 
Played  Wednesday.  Aug.  28. — V.  H.  Freeman,  Scenic 
Theatre,  Newland,  N.  C. 

JANIE  GETS  MARRIED:  Joan  Leslie,  Robert  Hut- 
ton — Very  cute.  Good  comments  on  this  one.  Played 
Wednesday.  Thursday,  Sept.  11,  12.— Tames  C.  Balkcom, 
Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

NIGHT  AND  DAY:  Cary  Grant,  Alexis  Smith— The 
stars  in  this  picture  deserve  a  lot  of  credit.  The  color 
was  swell.  The  picture  was  swell.  The  weather,  both 
days,  was  swell.  In  fact  everything  but  the  box  office 
was  swell.  It  was  in  a  terrible  mess,  especially  the  last 
day.  We  are  at  a  loss  to  understand  why  we  didn't  do 
more.  Played  Thursday,  Friday.  Aug.  29,  30.— V.  H. 
Freeman.  Scenic  Theatre.  Newland,  N.  C 

NOBODY  LIVES  FOREVER:  John  Garfield.  Ger 
aldine  Fitzgerald — Another  top  ranking  melodrama. 
Garfield  as  a  returnee  chiseler  turns  in  a  usual  role. 
Supporting  cast  serves  excellently  in  keeoing  the  audi- 
ence on  the  edge  of  their  seats.  Very  little  comic  re- 
lief makes  the  picture  slightly  heavy.  Well  received 
by  all.  Played  Sunday.  Monday,  Sept.  1,  2.— W.  A. 
Ufford  &  J.  P.  Lowe.  Post  Theatres,'  Buckley  Field. 
Denver.  Colo.  Army  patronage. 

ONE  MORE  TOMORROW:  Ann  Sheridan,  Dennis 
Morgan — Another  top  quality  feature  that  made  every- 
body stop  and  tell  us  how  good  it  was.  Played  Satur- 
day-Monday. Sept.  14-16,— Sid  Coffey.  Rex  Theatre. 
Winnipegosis,  Manitoba.  Can. 

SARATOGA  TRUNK:  Gary  Cooper,  Ingrid  Bergman 
— This  was  one  of  the  best  shows  we  have  seen  in  a 
long  time.  Weather  cool.  Played  Monday.  Tuesday. 
Sept.  9,  10— V.  H.  Freeman.  Scenic  Theatre,  New- 
land.  N.  C. 

SARATOGA  TRUNK:   Gary  Cooper,  Ingrid  Berg- 

(Confinitrd  on  follotmng  pane') 


41 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


mort  Product  in  First  Run  Houses 


EW  YORK— Week  of  September  30 

APITOL:  Northwest  Hounded  Police .  ,  MGM 
:~*er  the  Seas  to  Belfast  MGM 

a+ure:  Three  Wise  Fools  MGM 

RITERION:  Bit  of  Blarney  Universal 

.__JDbo  Bound  Universal 

ature:  Black  Angel....  Universal 

LOBE:  Beach  Days  Warner  Bros. 

icall  to  Arms  Warner  Bros. 

s  nature:  Mr.  Ace  United  Artists 

OLLYWOOD:  Racketeer  Rabbit  .Warner  Bros. 
!  icing  Your  Danger  Warner  Bros. 

en  of  Tomorrow...  Warner  Bros. 

•ature:  Night  and  Day  Warner  Bros. 

USIC  HALL:  Donald's  Double  Trouble..  RKO 

teeplechasers  RKO 

■  eature:   Notorious   RKO 

ALACE:  Purloined  Pup  RKO 


Feature:  Sister  Kenny  RKO 

PARAMOUNT:  Rocket  to  Mars  Paramount 

Feature:  Monsieur  Beaucaire  Paramount 

RMLTO:  A  Peep  in  the  Deep ...  .Paramount 

Feature:  The  Raider....  English  Films,  Inc. 

RfVOLf:  Musica-Lulu  Paramount 

Be  Kind  to  Animals  Paramount 

Double   Rhythm   Paramount 

Feature:  Two  Years  Before  the  Mast.  .  .  Paramount 

ROXr.-  Football  Fancier  20th  Cent.-Fox 

The  Tortoise  Wins  Again  20th  Cent.-Fox 

World  Food  Problem  20fh  Cent.-Fox 

Feature:  Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue    20th  Cent.-Fox 

STRAND:  Ranch  in  White  Warner  Bros. 

Minstrel   Days   Warner  Bros. 

Great  Piggy  Bank  Robbery  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  The  Big  Sleep  Warner  Bros. 

WINTER  GARDEN:  Wacky  Weed ..  .Universal 
Feature:  The  Killers  Universal 


(Continued  from  preceding  page) 
^  .an — We  did  not  do  so  well  on  this  and  I  don't  know 
"by.  It  is  a  good  picture.    Both  stars  gave  a  swell 
-rfonnance.     I   just   don't   know   what   was  wrong, 
layed  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  1,  2. — M.  L.  DuBose, 
_    ajestic  Theatre,  Cotulla,  Texas. 

~;  THREE  STRANGERS:  Geraldine  Fitzgerald,  Sydney 
reenstreet — This   picture   is   clever   and   out    of  the 

!j  -dinary  and  shows  how  these  three  strangers  influ- 

'.'s  iced  each  other's  life  after  one  brief  meeting.  The 
Jist  couldn't  be  better.  Anyone  who  likes  his  films  on 
ie  slightly  heavier  side  couldn't  find  one  much  more 

3  ,l.teresting.     Played    Tuesday,    Sept.    10. — M.  Ewing, 

j,  jrwing  Theatre,  Midlothian,  111. 

^7  THREE  STRANGERS:  Geraldine  Fitzgerald,  Sydney 
reenstreet — Warner  Bros,  fell  down  on  this  one. 
iveryone  was  disappointed  and  some  walked  out.  The 
tcture  didn't  do  half  as  well  as  it  should.  Played 
uring  good  weather.    Flayed  Monday,  Tuesday,  Sept. 

10— Joe   Drury,    Wells    Theatre,    St.    Marys,  Ga. 
mall  town  and  rural  patronage. 

ll  LAW  OF  THE  WOLF:  Rin-Tin-Tin,  Jr.— Here  is  a 
s  'icture  that  will  appeal  to  the  people  who  like  dogs. 
■i  a  this  film  there  was  the  grandson  of  Rin  Tin  Tin, 
6  be  smartest  dog.  My  patrons  ate  it  up.  For  small 
't  owners,  book  this  with  a  Western  and  you  have  a 
;-  'ood  show.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  July  26,  27. — 
C  ?ick  Raspa,  State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va.  Small 
own  patronage. 


Short  Features 


lumb 


BEER  BARREL  POLECATS:  All  Star  Comedies— 
-  iood.    Stooges  go  over  here  with  a  bang. — S.  T.  Jack- 
on,  Jackson  Theatre.  Flomaton,  Ala. 

RASSLIN'  ROMEOS:  Sport  Reels— This  is  one  of 
i    :he  better  wrestling  reels  and  has  lots  of  humor  and 
unny    situations,    plus    some    trick    camera  work.— 
Thimas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre.  New  Paltz. 
N.  Y. 


Paramount 

BE  KIND  TO  ANIMALS:  Speaking  of  Animals— 
Another  good  comedy  from  the  Speaking  of  Animals 
series. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey, 
Okla. 

BOMBALERO:  Musical  Parade — Pleasing  18  minutes 
of  color  entertainment  from  Paramount.  One  of  the 
better  class  of  short  subjects. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough 
Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

COLLEGE  QUEEN:  Musical  Parade— Good  two-reel 
film.  Not  as  good  as  "Tale  of  Two  Cafes." — S.  T. 
Jackson,  Jackson  Theatre.  Flomaton,  Ala. 

DON'T  BE  A  SUCKER:  Two-Reel  Special— Very 
good.— Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre.  England,  Ark. 

DOUBLE  RHYTHM:  Musical  Parade— Average  two- 
reel  musical.  Just  a  filler.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Para- 
mount Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

JASPER  AND  THE  BEANSTALK:  George  Pal 
Puppetoons — This  series  is  clever  and  well  done. — Terry 
Axley,  New  Theatre,  England,  Ark. 

POPULAR  SCIENCE:  No.  6— Entertaining  science 
reel.  Worth  playing.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount 
Theatre.  Dewey,  Okla. 

TALE  OF  TWO  CAFES:  Musical  Parade— Excel- 
lent two-reel  film  in  color.  Frank  Faylen  is  very  good 
in  this. — S.  T.  Jackson,  Jackson  Theatre,  Flomaton,  Ala. 


TOGETHER  IN  THE  WEATHER:  George  Pal  Pup 
petoons — A  fine  cartoon  in  color,  but  lacking  in  appeal 
for  children. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre. 
New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 


Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

BIG  HEEL  WATHA:  Technicolor  Cartoons— Just 
another  poor  Technicolor  cartoon. — A.  L.  Dove,  Ben- 
gough Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

LOOKING  AT  LONDON:  Fitzpatrick  Traveltalks— 
We  still  have  to  look  forward  to  these  Fitzpatrick 
Traveltalks  as  the  most  interesting  reels  that  we  can 
purchase.  Most  of  the  servicemen  having  been  to 
London,  this  reel  was  especially  interesting  to  them. 
Play  it. — A.  L.  Dove.  Bengough  Theatre,  Bengough. 
Sask.,  Can. 

OUR  OLD  CAR:  Passing  Parade— This  made  a  hit 
at  every  performance.  There  are  lots  of  old  cars 
shown  and  to  the  very  young  people  of  today  they 
appeared  very  funny  indeed.  Excellent  filler. — Thomas 
di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

SCREWEY  TRUANT:  Technicolor  Cartoons— Just 
a  very  poor  Technicolor  cartoon. — A.  L.  Dove,  Ben- 
gough Theatre,  Bengough,  Sask.,  Can. 

TRAP  HAPPY:  Technicolor  Cartoons— Swell  cartoon. 
Really  enjoyed  by  all.— W.  M.  Butterfield.  Tech  Thea- 
tre, Ruston,  La. 


Universal 


RECKLESS  DRIVER:  Lantz  Color  Cartunes— Good 
as  are  all  Woody  Woodpecker's.  They  are  popular 
here.— W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre.  Buston,  La. 


Warner-Vitaphone 


AMERICA  THE  BEAUTIFUL:  Technicolor  Adven- 
tures—A very  beautiful  short  that  pleased  all. — Sid 
Coffey,  Rex  Theatre,  Winnipegosis,  Manitoba,  Can. 

MUSICAL  MEMORIES:  Melody  Master  Bands- 
Good  musical  reel  which  shows  scenes  from  former 
Warner  Bros,  musical  features. — E.  M.  Freiburger. 
Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

RANCH  IN  WHITE:  Sports  Parade— Entertaining 
one-reel  film  about  a  ranch  in  Nebraska  which  raises 
white  horses,  cows,  dogs,  cats,  chickens,  and  even 
coyotes.  T  played  it  one  week  before  the  act  appeared 
at  the  fair  here. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Thea- 
tre, Dewey.  Okla. 

WALKY  TALKY  HAWKY:  Merrie  Melodies  Car 
toons-  Good  color  cartoon. — E.  M.  Freiburger.  Para- 
mount Theatre.  Dewey.  Okla. 


aerials 
Columbia 

MONSTER  AND  THE  APE:  15  Episodes— I  didn[t 
see  much  in  this  serial,  but  people  seemed  to  like  it 
O.  K.— S.  T.  Jackson,  Jackson  Theatre.  Flomaton,  Ala. 


Republic 


Humane  Society  Plaque 
Presented  to  MGM 

The  American  Humane  Association  and 
the  Humane  Society  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  last 
week  presented  MGM  with  a  plaque  at  Co- 
lumbus in  appreciation  of  its  "outstanding 
contribution  to  the  advancement  of  humane 
principles."  Bess,  equine  star  of  MGM's 
"Gallant  Bess,"  appeared  in  a  half-hour 
demonstration  of  her  tricks  during  the  open 
air  ceremony  held  on  the  steps  of  the  State 
House. 


MGM  Records  to  Donahue  &  Coe 

Donahue  and  Coe,  Inc.,  has  been  appointed 
advertising  counsel  for  MGM  Records,  the 
new  company  which  will  produce  recordings 
by  MGM  stars.  The  company's  plant  has  a 
capacity  of  40.000.000  records  annually. 


PURPLE  MONSTER  STRIKES:  15  Episodes— Have 
played  two  chapters  and  find  it  only  fair. — S.  T.  Jack- 
son, Jackson  Theatre,  Flomaton,  Ala. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


47 


Warner  to  Build 
Abroad  If  Outlet 
Needed:  Hummel 

Warner  Brothers  will  embark  on  a  the- 
atre program  in  any  situation  in  Europe, 
Scandinavia  or  Africa  where  they  do  not 
get  representation 
from  local  exhibit- 
ors, Joseph  S.  Hum- 
mel, vice  -  president 
of  Warner  Interna- 
tional, said  at  the 
home  office  in  New 
York  Tuesday. 

In  Alexan- 
dria, Egypt,  the 
company  already 
owns  property  on 
which  it  will  erect 
a  1.750-seat  theatre 
to  show  Warner 
Joseph  S.  Hummel  product     if    it  be- 

comes necessary  and  is  studying  numerous 
other  situations  for  possible  theatre  build- 
ing, he  said. 

Mr.  Hummel  arrived  in  this  country  from 
his  headquarters  in  Paris  early  last  week  to 
attend  business  conferences  in  New  York. 
Before  returning  to  Paris  October  17  he  will 
go  to  Burbank,  Cal.,  to  discuss  the  foreign 
situation  with  Harry,  Jack  and  Major  Al- 
bert Warner  and  other  studio  executives. 

Further,  Mr.  Hummel  announced,  War- 
ner Brothers  is  about  to  launch  a  "very  am- 
bitious" 16mm  program  in  Europe  and  will 
get  under  way  as  soon  as  he  concludes  con- 
ferences in  Burbank  and  returns  to  Paris. 
According  to  present  plans  the  distribution 
of  the  16mm  product  will  be  part  of  the  ex- 
change functions.  He  also  pointed  out  that 
although  the  company  has  not  given  too 
much  thought  to  the  use  of  mobile  16mm 
projection  units  in  Europe  it  may  eventu- 
ally use  them.  However,  the  primary  con- 
sideration is  now  on  permanent  units  which 
would  be  located  so  as  not  to  be  in  competi- 
tion with  established  35mm  theatres. 

Discusses  Film  Agreement 

Mr.  Hummel  also  discussed  the  recent 
French-American  film  agreement.  Using 
Paris  first  run  theatres  as  an  example  Mr. 
Hummel  said  that  for  the  26-week  period 
ending  June  IS,  1946  (before  the  agreement 
became  effective),  French  producers  had  54 
per  cent  of  their  pictures  showing  against 
51  per  cent  of  the  playing  time.  The  Ameri- 
cans had  32  per  cent  against  26  per  cent 
playing  time. 

For  a  10-week  period  beginning  July  1, 
the  effective  date  of  the  film  agreement,  the 
French  had  22  per  cent  'of  their  pictures 
showing  against  23  per  cent  of  the  playing 
time,  while  American  distributors  had  73  per 
cent  of  the  pictures  against  76  per  cent  of 
the  playing  time.  Mr.  Hummel  pointed  out, 
however,  that  this  reversal  of  figures  was 
agreeable  to  French  producers  since  they 
consider  the  summer  bad  for  business. 


IN  NEWSREELS 

MOVIETONE   NEWS— Vol.    29,    No.    9  —  America 
buries  five  fliers  shot  down  over  Yugoslavia.  .  . 
Pope   Pius  XII  blesses   Italian   Boy   Scouts.   .  . 
90,000  Catholics  attend   Chicago  Holy   Hour.   .  . 
China's    activity.    .    .    .    Reclaiming    flooded  lands 
.   .   .   Greece  prepares   for   return  of   King.   .  . 
Canadian  fishermen  catch  salmon.  .  .  .  U.  S.  launches 
first  flying  post  office.   .   .   .   Sports:   boat  racing, 
rodeo  thriller. 

MOVIETONE  NEWS— Vol.  29,  No.  10  — Nazi  gang 
guilty  at  Nuremburg.  .  .  .  Soviet  funeral.  .  .  . 
British  flier  killed  in  jet  plane.  .  .  .  Fred  Allen 
has  his  say.  .  .  .  New  bathing  suits.  .  .  .  Football. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  18,  No.  207— Shanghai 
story — China's  boom  town.  .  .  .  Pope  blesses  Boy 
Scouts.  .  .  .  Athens  ready  for  King.  .  .  .  First 
flying  post  office.  .  .  .  Thrills  on  wheels.  .  .  .  Presi- 
dent sees  aqua  speedsters.  > 

\ 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  18,  No.  208— Nazi  gang 
guilty.  .  .  .  Fred  Allen's  tips  on  politics.  .  .  .  Har- 
riman  joins  Byrnes  in  Paris.  .  .  .  Cannes  festival 
revived.  .  .  .  President  sees  West  Point  gridders. 
.  .  .  Football:  Irish  vs.  Illinois,  Alabama  vs.  Tulane. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  10— World's  champion- 
ship rodeo.  .  .  .  Report  from  Shanghai.  .  .  .  Oscars 
for  fashion  designers.  .  .  .  First  flying  post  office. 
.  .  .  Emplo;-  the  handicapped.  .  .  .  America  mobilizes. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS — No.  11  —  Greek  King  goes 
home.  .  .  .  Indians  charge  Manhattan  fraud.  .  .  . 
Moscow  mourns.  .  .  .  President  sees  some  football. 

RKO   PATHE    NEWS— Vol.    18,    No.    12  —  Inflation! 


crowds  plague  Shanghai, 
of  vital  Yellow  River.  .  .  . 
pilgrimage  to  Arnhem.  .  . 
see  President's  Cup  Regatta, 
are  honored  by  Pope.  .  .  . 
first   mail  run. 


Start  flood  control 
British  mother  on  a 
.  Truman  and  50.000 
.  .  .  5,000  Boy  Scouts 
Flying  post  office  on 


RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  18,  No.  13  —  Football: 

Army,  Oklahoma,  Notre  Dame,  Illinois.  .  .  .Funeral 
of  Kalinin,  former  Russian  president.  .  .  .  Riots 
give  way  to  floods  in  Bombay.  .  .  .  British  de- 
signs for  world  trade.  .  .  .  U.  S.  freighter  splits 
off  Britain. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWS— Vol.  19,  No.  S«— Turmoil  in 
Bombay.  .  .  .  Flying  post  office.  .  .  .  Holy  Name 
Holy  Hour.  .  .  .  Gotham  hails  wild  west.  .  .  . 
Mechanized  mad-caps. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWS— Vol.  19,  No.  542— Movie  fete 
on  Riviera.  .  .  .  Postwar  British  industry.  .  .  . 
President  of  Soviets  mourned.  .  .  .  Gridiron  high- 
lights: Army  vs.  Oklahoma,  Alabama  vs.  Tulane, 
Notre   Dame   vs.  Illinois. 


Picture  Pioneers  Plan 
"Father-Son"  Dinner 

A  meeting  of  the  executive  committee  of 
Picture  Pioneers  was  held  Tuesday  at  the 
Waldorf-Astoria,  New  York,  and  plans  were 
discussed  in  connection  with  the  "Fathers- 
and-Sons"  dinner  to  be  held  in  the  same 
hotel  November  20.  Applications  submitted 
by  22  candidates  were  approved  at  the  meet- 
ing. That  number  was  said  to  represent 
the  largest  ever  received  so  far  in  advarice 
of  any  of  the  annual  dinners  held  by  the 
Pioneers.  Jack  Cohn  of  Columbia  is  founder 
and  house  manager  of  Picture  Pioneers. 


Costa  Addresses  First 
Ampa  Luncheon  Meeting 

Joe  Costa,  president  of  the  National  Press 
Photographers  Association  of  America,  ad- 
dressed the  season's  first  open  luncheon 
meeting  of  Associated  Motion  Picture  Ad- 
vertisers at  Sardi's,  New  York,  Tuesday, 
on  the  topic,  "How  Press  Photographers 
Work  With  You."  William  Finn,  president 
of  the  Press  Photographers  Association  of 
New  York,'  introduced  Mr.  Costa,  and  Mor- 
ris Leftoff,  association  member,  also  spoke 
briefly.  The  meeting  was  in  charge  of  Rut- 
gers Neilson,  AMPA  president. 


Building  Faces 
9-Month  Delay 
By  U.S.  Order 


According  to  a  National  Housing  Agency 
official  in  Washington  last  week,  theatre 
construction  and  extensive  theatre  repairs 
will  not  be  permitted  for  an  estimated  nine 
months  if  Wilson  Wyatt,  national  housing 
expediter,  carries  out  his  proposed  cuts  and 
accomplishes  his  established  quota  of  60,000 
veterans'  houses  during  the  coming  year. 

Despite  this,  construction  programs  for 
13  new  theatres  throughout  the  country 
have  been  announced  in  the  past  week,  while 
two  more  are  to  rebuild  and  redecorate.  In 
addition  three  new  theatres  have  opened 
according  to  reports  from  the  field. 

Six  new  theatres  and  three  drive-in  type  I 
theatres  are  in  various  stages  of  planning  or 
construction  in  Columbus,  Ohio.  These  in- 
clude: the  Esquire,  1,000  seats;  University,1 
1,200  seats;  Livingston,  1,042  seats;  Coloni- 1 
al,  2,000  seats;  two  additional  J.  Real  Neth 
theatres  of  about  1,700  seats  each,  and  three 
drive-in  theatres  with  a  capacity  of  from' 
500  to  600  cars  each. 

The  Bryan  Amusement  Company  of  Bry- 
an, Texas,  has  announced  that  it  will  spend 
$250,000  in  building  and  improving  its  thea- 
tres. The  Palace  theatre  will  be  rebuilt, 
the  Dixie  will  be  renovated,  and  a  new  900- 
seat  Circle  theatre  will  be  built  in  Bryan 
when  Government  permission  is  granted. 

M.  and  P.  Theatres  of  Boston  is  planning 
a  new  1,700-seat  theatre  in  Newton  Center, 
a  Boston  suburb.  Work  will  begin  as  soon 
as  materials  become  available  and  priorities 
cleared. 

Fox  Midwest  has  purchased  40  acres  of 
land  in  suburban  Joplin,  Mo.,  upon  which  a 
500-car  drive-in  theatre  will  be  built  for 
opening  next  summer.  In  Galveston,  Texas, 
a  new  theatre  will  be  constructed  by  Inter- 
state Theatres,  Inc.,  on  the  site  of  the  pres- 
ent State  theatre  and  will  have  television 
facilities. 

Three  theatres  have  recently  opened.  They 
are  the  Melrose  in  Waco,  Texas,  the  Beck- 
ley  in  Dallas,  as  one  of  Autry  Enterprises 
circuit,  and  the  Wilshire  in  Dallas,  a  unit  of 
the  Interstate  circuit. 


District  Court  Sustains 
Denial  in  Oriental  Case 

In  Chicago  last  week  Judge  William 
Campbell  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court  ap- 
proved the  findings  of  a  special  master  in 
denying  a  motion  made  by  the  32  West  Ran- 
dolph Corporation,  lessees  of  the  building 
housing  the  Oriental  theatre,  to  spend 
$25,000  for  purchase  of  the  corporation's 
bonds  in  the  open  market  at  approximately 
60  cents  on  the  dollar.  Additional  hearings 
were  to  be  held  this  week  on  a  new  motion 
by  the  Randolph  Corporation  to  pay  $25,000 
to  the  Continental  Illinois  National  Trust 
Company,  Chicago,  the  indenture  trustee,  for 
a  sinking  fund. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


zAn  international  association  of  showmen  meeting  weekly 
in  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD  for  mutual  aid  and  progress 


Help  Wanted  — 


Theatremen,  having  had  extreme  difficulty  in  attracting  and 
keeping  an  efficient  staff  during  the  war  years,  are  learning 
that  the  situation  has  not  improved  much  after  more  than  a 
year  of  peace. 

If  anything,  the  situation  has  become  more  aggravated.  In 
some  sections  it  is  almost  impossible  to  obtain  ushers,  door- 
men and  cashiers.  In  others,  the  type  of  employee  who  does 
respond  to  the  help  wanted  advertisements  is  far  below  the 
standards  generally  desired. 

Mike  Zala,  who  conducts  the  Managers'  Training  course  at 
New  York  University,  hit  close  to  the  cause  of  the  problem 
the  other  day  when  he  remarked  that,  while  mahy  people  are 
possessed  of  knowledge,  few  have  the  ability  to  impart  such 
information  to  others  in  an  instructive  manner. 

It  is  Mr.  Zala's  opinion  that  our  inability  to  train  and  instruct 
employees  stems  from  the  fact  that  only  a  small  percentage 
of  managers  are  qualified  or  interested  enough  in  the  welfare 
of  the  employee  to  embark  upon  a  comprehensive  training 
program  designed  to  rehabilitate  the  theatre  with  the  type  of 
employee  and  the  standards  of  service  so  notable  in  the 
1 920's  and  '30's.  He  cites  many  reasons  which  have  con- 
tributed to  this  general  lethargy  among  theatremen:  capacity 
attendance,  disinterest  on  the  part  of  higher  executives,  social 
reforms,  so  noticeable  of  late,  and  the  fact  that  young  people 
today  do  not  find  working  in  theatres  glamorous. 

A  great  majority  of  the  showmen  and  executives  in  our 
business  today  started  as  ushers  and  doormen.  Not  too  far  in 
the  future,  this  industry  is  going  to  feel  the  need  for  a  reservoir 
of  manpower.  If  we  continue  to  neglect  what  has  been  our 
main  source  of  supply,  the  prospects  and  the  outlook  are  all 
too  obvious. 

The  major  circuits  have  all  been  trying  to  revive  our  former 
service  standards,  without  too  much  success.  The  instruction 
manuals  are  around;  the  managers  are  doing  what  they  can; 
we  see  the  checkrooms  coming  back,  the  lost-and-found  depart- 
ment being  reorganized,  and  various  attempts  made  to  re- 
establish the  old  standards. 

But  the  problem  is  deeper.  It  is  essentially  psychological. 
For  one  thing,  the  type  of  employee  we  must  look  for  is  the 
one  serious  enough  and  mature  enough  to  be  able  to  appre- 
ciate that  what  we  are  offering  is  not  a  $20-a-week  job,  but 


an  opportunity  to  employ  himself  gainfully  while  he  is  going 
through  an  apprenticeship  which  will  eventually  qualify  him 
for  a  responsible  and  important  position  in  his  community. 

Nor  can  we  neglect  the  inspirational  training  and  exemplary 
conduct  so  necessary  in  stimulating  interest  and  enthusiasm 
in  the  employee  towards  his  work. 

Twenty  years  ago  we  were  attracting  a  high  calibre  of  youth 
with  advertisements  which  read:  "Young  Men:  Tall,  good 
appearance,  high  school  education,  ambitious,  to  learn  theatre 
business." 

Last  Tuesday  the  New  York  Times,  had  the  following  notice 
in  the  Help  Wanted  columns:  "Ushers:  Full  or  part  time. 
Apply  in  person.  .  .  .  Theatre." 

That  sounds  like  we  are  trying  to  discourage  intelligent 
people  from  applying. 

AAA 


The  Big  Show 


Tony  Redin,  director  of  theatres  and  publicity  for  Paramount 
Film  Service,  Ltd.,  of  Great  Britain,  was  recently  given  a 
luncheon  in  New  York. 

We  note  Mr.  Redin's  comment  that  "London's  West  End 
theatres  are  much  more  dignified  in  their  presentations  than 
Broadway.  Broadway  is  operating  today  like  the  midway 
of  a  circus." 

That's  Broadway  —  the  Greatest  Show  on  Earth! 


AAA 


Scarce  Items 


Ed  May,  manager  of  the  Rosetta  theatre  in  Miami,  is  having 
a  difficult  time  pacifying  residents  of  that  city. 

The  energetic  showman  picked  an  inopportune  moment  to 
exploit  a  picture  with  a  live  cow  trucked  through  the  streets 
bearing  a  sign:  "This  is  no  bull." 

Steak  starved  householders  chased  around  tqwn  vainly 
trying  to  locate  the  butcher  shop  to  which  the  beef  was 
consigned. 

—CHESTER  FRIEDMAN 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


49 


SQUIRT  BY 
SQUIRT 

—  description  of  a  novelty  milking  con- 
test was  broadcast  over  Station  KSTT, 
Davenport,  la.  The  milking  contest  was 
promoted  by  manager  John  Dostal  of  the 
RKO  Orpheum  in  that  city  in  connection 
with  the  Milk  Producers  Association,  and 
helped  to  publicize  "The  Kid  from  Brooklyn". 


Huge  block  letters  measuring  more  than  six  feet  in  height, 
spelling  out  the  star's  name,  proved  an  effective  lobby  display 
for  "Monsieur  Beaucaire"  in  advance  of  its  opening  at  the 
Newman  theatre,  Kansas  City,  for  manager  Babe  Cohn.  The 
letters,  a  foot  thick,  were  covered  with  aluminum  paper  and 
illuminated  with  special  baby  spots. 


'This  attractive  and  colorful  lobby  display  helped  to  pub- 
licize "Ziegfeld  Follies"  for  manager  James  Archer  at 
La  Scala  Cinema,  Glasgow. 


At  right,  Joe 
Sloan,  relief  man- 
ager at  Loew's, 
Dayton,  Ohio, 
created  this  eye- 
filling  lobby  dis- 
play on  "Gallant 
Bess",  utilizing 
scene  stills  from 
the  film  and  spe- 
cial exploitation 
photographs. 


To  exploit  "The 
Bells  of  St.  Ma- 
ry's", left,  M. 
Crowley,  man- 
ager of  the  Ex- 
change Cinema, 
Northampton, 
England,  used 
this  beautiful 
bridal  display  in 
the  theatre  lob- 
by well  in  ad- 
vance of  open- 
ing. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


R.  A.  HYNES  TOPS  SHOWMEN'S 
LIST  FOR  THIRD  QUARTER 


Carl  Flint,  Metro  Manager 
in  Colombia,  Is  Winner  in 
Overseas  Competition 

With  high  praise  for  every  theatre  man 
who  participated  in  the  Third  Quarter  of 
the  Quigley  Showmanship  Awards,  the 
Judges  Committee,  last  Monday,  awarded 
first  honors  and  a  Silver  Plaque  to  Robert 
A.  Hynes,  manager  of  the  Criterion  theatre 
in  Oklahoma  City. 

In  separate  competition  against  showmen 
from  nations  excepting  the  United  States 
and  Canada,  Carl  Flint,  manager  of  the 
Cine  Metro  Avenida,  Medellin,  Colombia. 
South  America,  was  awarded  a  special 
Overseas  Citation. 

The  following  showmen,  listed  alpha- 
betically, were  awarded  Scrolls  of  Honor 
by  the  Judges: 

Ivan  Ackery,  Orpheum,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 
D.  Hosay,  Forum,  Liege,  Belgium. 
J.  D.  McBrearty,  State,  Christchurch,  New 
Zealand. 

P.  E.  McCoy,  Miller,  Augusta,  Ga. 
Jack  Matlack,  Broadway,  Portland,  Ore. 
Helen  Wabbe,  Golden  Gate,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Nate  Wise,  RKO  Palace,  Cincinnati. 

Certificates  of  Merit  were  designated  to 
45  theatre  showmen  in  the  United  States, 
Canada,  England,  Australia,  India  and 
Trinidad,  B.W.I. 

For  the  third  successive  quarter,  a  record 
number  of  entries  were  received  in  the  Com- 
petitions, requiring  extra  time  and  diligence 
from  the  Judges  who  devoted  an  entire  af- 
ternoon to  appraising  the  campaigns. 

Mr.  Hynes,  Third  Quarter  champion,  has 
been  at  the  Criterion  for  two  months,  having 
been  shifted  from  the  Midwest  theatre  in 
that  city.  The  Judges  were  impressed  with 
the  ingenuity  and  originality  of  his  many 
promotions  and  the  skill  he  displayed  in  put- 
ting over  his  ideas. 

Flint  a  Veteran  Showman 

Mr.  Flint,  winner  of  the  Overseas  Citation, 
joined  Loew's  International  one  year  ago 
after  receiving  his  Army  discharge.  He  was 
assigned  as  supervising  manager  of  the  com- 
pany's two  theatres  in  Colombia.  By  birth 
he  is  Canadian,  was  associated  with  Orson 
Welles  in  the  Mercury  theatre,  and  has  had 
a  varied  theatrical  career,  mainly  in  the  field 
of  public  relations,  and  served  five  years  with 
the  Special  Service  branch  of  the  U.  S. 
Army  Air  Forces. 

Judges  for  the  Third  Quarter  were :  Rod- 
ney Bush,  exploitation  manager  for  20th 
Century-Fox;  Samuel  Cohen,  foreign  pub- 
licity director  for  United  Artists,  and  Ed 
Sniderman,  division  manager  for  RKO 
theatres. 


By  The  Herald 

Intently  at  work,  the  Judges  look  over  some  of  the  campaigns.  Left  to  right:  Rodney  Bush, 
exploitation  manager  for  20th  Century-Fox;  Samuel  Cohen,  foreign  publicity  manager, 
United    Artists,    and    Edward    Sniderman,    RKO  theatres'   division  manager. 


3rd  Quarter  Citation  Winners 

The  following  contestants  for  the  Quigley  Awards,  having  submitted  entries  of  merit, 
will  receive  Certificates  of  Citation  for  outstanding  showmanship. 


ELMER  ADAMS,  JR. 
Bison,  Shawnee,  Okla. 

JACK  ALGER 
Majestic,  La  Salle,  III. 

JIM  BARNES 

Warner,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

CARROLL  BRADLEY 
Forest,  Forest  Park,  III. 

BILL  BRERETON 
Lafayette,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

BILL  BROWN 
Loew  Poli-Bijou 
New  Haven,  Conn. 

EDWARD  BROWN 
Sayety,  Chicago,  III. 

JACK  CAMPBELL 
Scala,  Runcorn 
Cheshire,  England 

LOU  COHEN 
Loew-Poli,  Hartford, 
Conn. 

GEORGE  DARANSOLL 
Granby,  Norfolk,  Va. 

V.  HUGH  DEACON 
Palace,  Coventry,  Eng. 


MICHAEL  EVAN 
Elco,  Elkhart,  Ind. 

M.  A.  FITZGIBBONS 
Roosevelt,  Flushing,  N.Y. 

ARNOLD  GATES 
Stillman,  Cleveland,  O. 

J.  GAVEGAN 
Metro,  Melbourne, 
Australia 

W.  RAY  GINGELL 
Hiser,  Bethesda,  Md. 

CHARLES  HACKER 
Palace,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

LEO  HANEY 
Lido,  Maywood,  III. 

W.  D.  HENDLEY 
Bradley,  Columbus,  Ga. 

H.  HYDERABADWALA 
Metro,  Bombay,  India 

PHIL  KATZ 

Kenyon,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

MEL  G.  LAWTON 
Prince  Edward,  Sydney, 
Australia 


G.  B.  MARKELL 
Capitol,  Cornwall, 
Ontario,  Canada 

ED  MAY 

Rosetta,  Miami,  Fla. 

JOHN  MISAVICE 
Ritz,  Berwyn,  III. 

BILL  MORTON 

Albee,  Providence,  R.  I. 

HARRY  MURRAY 
Odeon,  Bristol,  England 

LOUIS  NYE 

Hoosier,  Whiting,  Ind. 

A.  G.  PAINTER 
Center,  Oak  Ridge.Tenn. 

ED  PURCELL 
Strand,  Staunton,  Va. 

ED  PYNE 

105th  St.,  Cleveland,  O. 

ALEC  REID 
Plaza,  Southfields, 
London,  England 

BILL  REISINGER 
Loew's,  Dayton,  Ohio 

CARL  ROGERS 
Broad,  Columbus,  Ohio 


J.  G.  SAMARTANO 
State,  Providence,  R.  I. 

WILLIS  E.  SHAFFER 
Fox,  Atchison,  Kans. 

CHARLES  E.  SHUTT 
Telenews,  San  Francisco, 
Calif. 

PERCY  SINGH 
Royal,  Port-of-Spain, 
Trinidad,  B.W.I. 

SOL  SORKIN 
Keith's.Washington.D.C. 

MOLLIE  STICKLES 
Palace,  Meriden,  Conn. 

MICHAEL  STRANGER 
State,  White  Plains,  N.Y. 

CHARLES  B.  TAYLOR 
Shea's,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

ARTHUR  TURNER 
Parsons,  Parsons,  Kans. 

ERIC  V.  WALLS 
Clifton,  Great  Barr, 
Birmingham,  England 

SEYMOUR  WEISS 
Drive-In,  Cleveland,  O. 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


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The  Selling  Approach 

ON  NEW  PRODUCT 

[The  material  below  reflects  pressbooks  now  in  preparation  and  represents  the  point 
of  view  of  the  distributors'  exploiteers  on  selling  points  and  special  merit  of  these  pictures.} 


SISTER  KENNY  (RKO  Radio):  This  is  a 
biographical  film  of  the  Australian  bush 
nurse  who  developed  a  new  treatment 
for  infantile  paralysis.  Arrange  a  special 
showing  for  all  the  polio  victims  in  your 
town  for  the  hope  and  confidence  it  will 
give  them.  Under  local  sponsorship  pro- 
mote a  special  dinner  or  banquet  in  a 
large  restaurant  or  hotel,  to  be  attended 
by  civic  leaders,  officers  of  clubs,  city 
officials,  nurses  and  doctors  who  are  favor- 
able to  the  "Kenny  Method".  Speakers 
could  discuss  the  method  and  the  picture. 

Through  a  local  hospital,  procure  the 
name  of  a  doctor,  technician  or  regis- 
tered nurse  who  has  mastered  the  "Kenny 
Method"  of  treatment  and  have  the  per- 
son interviewed  over  the  local  radio  station 
in  the  interest  of  the  picture.  Also,  if 
there  are  any  children  in  your  locality  who 
have  been  helped  through  the  "Kenny 
Method",  have  them  appear  on  the  stage 
or  interviewed  over  the  radio. 

An  atmospheric  ballyhoo  stunt  could  be 
adapted  by  having  a  Scottish  piper  per- 
form in  front  of  the  theatre  or  circulate 
in  the  vicinity  with  his  bagpipe.  The  film 
has  a  sequence  in  which  such  a  piper  per- 
forms for  a  dance. 

Obtain  florist  cooperation,  sponsored 
by  a  prominent  charity.  In  the  name  of 
the  charity  and  Rosalind  Russell  as  "Sis- 
ter Kenny",  send  a  bunch  of  flowers  to 
all  polio  victims  in  the  <  local  hospitals. 
Credit  the  florist  by  having  a  floral  dis- 
play in  the  lobby.  Small  cards  attached 
to  the  flowers  could  read:  "For  your 
speedy  recovery,  from  Rosalind  Russell 
who  plays  in  'Sister  Kenny'  at  the 
.  .  .  .",  etc. 

If  the  number  of  people  in  your  town 


whose  last  names  are  Kenny  are  not 
too  numerous,  hold  a  special  "Kenny 
Day",  admitting  all  accredited  Kennys  to 
see  the  picture;  or,  if  there  are  too  many, 
limit  them  by  offering  guest  tickets  to  the 
first  25  or  so  who  are  identified  at  the 
box  office  on  the  date  specified. 

THREE  LITTLE  GIRLS  IN  BLUE  (20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox): Here  is  a  musical  production  in 
Technicolor.  Sell  the  romantic  setting  of 
the  film  with  an  attractive  lobby  display, 
setting  up  a  simulated  boardwalk  (compo- 
board),  sand,  pails,  beach  umbrella,  beach 
togs,  pop  bottles,  blowups  of  the  stars 
and  scene  stills. 

Play  up  George  Montgomery's  first 
screen  role  since  his  return  from  the 
service.  Patrons  naming  longest  lists  of 
his  past  screen  hits  could  be  awarded 
guest  tickets.  Vivian  Blaine  shed  her  famed 
"cherry  blonde"  coiffure  for  blonde  tresses 
in  the  "Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue".  Angle 
a  contest  to  personal  color  preferences. 

For  ballyhoo,  three  girls  dressed  in  blue 
could  parade  the  streets,  terminals,  res- 
taurants, hotels,  department  stores  and 
busy  intersections.  Tie-in  with  candy  out- 
lets for  window  and  counter  displays, 
featuring  salt  water  taffy.  Persons  guess- 
ing correct  number  of  taffy  pieces  in  dis- 
plays win  passes. 

A  campaign  could  be  built  around  the 
music  available  on  the  picture.  Try  for 
picture  plugs  in  night  clubs,  ballrooms, 
dance  halls  and  restaurants  around  town 
with  the  tunes  from  the  picture  as  they 
are  played.  Aim  to  have  at  least  two 
songs  from  the  picture  featured  in  juke 
boxes  concurrently  with  your  playdate. 


Walls  Sets  Window  Tieups 
For  Recent  Playdates 

Unusual  window  tieups  were  arranged  by 
manager  Eric  V.  Walls  for  two  recent  play- 
dates  at  the  Clifton  Cinema,  Great  Barr, 
Birmingham,  England.  For  "Kings  Row," 
the  window  display  consisted  of  a  cutout 
model  projector  on  a  stand  with  thin  wires 
leading  from  the  lens  to  a  22x28  black  and 
white  picture  of  a  Kings  Row.  Tapering 
title  letters  were  fixed  in  the  wires.  A  cut- 
out book  had  playdate  copy. 

The  tieup  on  "Come  Back  to  Me"  consist- 
ed of  a  window  display  in  a  ladies  hairdress- 
er's salon.  Copy  read :  "  'Come  Back  to  Me' 
and  have  your  hair  dressed  like  Vivian 
Blaine  in,  etc."  A  large  cutout  music  note 
carried  playdate  copy,  which  was  fixed  at 
the  back  of  the  window.  In  the  foreground 
there  was  a  blow-up  of  Vivian  Blaine. 


Co-Op  Ads  Promoted  by  Taylor 

Cooperative  newspaper  display  ads  have 
aided  recent  playdates  at  the  Buffalo  theatre, 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.  They  were  promoted  by 
Charles  B.  Taylor,  advertising  and  publicity 
director  for  Shea's  Buffalo  theatres.  Two 
co-op  ads  were  arranged  for  "Caesar  and 
Cleopatra"  and  one  each  for  "Of  Human 
Bondage"  and  "Two  Guys  From  Mil- 
waukee." 


Sends  Letter  to  Teachers 

A  letter  of  greeting  was  sent  by  manager 
Arthur  Turner  to  all  school  teachers  at  the 
beginning  of  the  school  year.  Turner,  who 
manages  the  Parsons  theatre,  Parsons,  Kan., 
pointed  out  in  his  letter  that  the  motion 
picture  has  made  great  strides  as  a  medium 
of  information  on  world  affairs.  Two  compli- 
mentary tickets  were  enclosed  with  each 
letter. 


Gets  Credit  Line 
In  Newspaper 
Comic 

A  free  line,  announcing  the  playdate  of 
"Dick  Tracy,"  printed  underneath  the  comic 
strip  in  the  Enquirer  for  10  days  in  advance, 
drew  considerable  extra  business  to  the  Ri- 
alto  theatre,  Columbus,  Ga.  The  campaign  N 
was  arranged  by  W.  D.  Hendley,  publicity 
director  for  the  Georgia  Theatre  Company 
in  Columbus. 

A  department  store,  Metcalfs,  sponsors  of 
the  "Dick  Tracy"  radio  show  locally,  bought 
the  house  for  an  early  morning  showing  of 
the  picture.  Tickets  were  issued  from  the 
store.  A  good  deal  of  publicity  resulted 
from  a  screening  of  the  picture  held  for  En- 
quirer carriers. 

Hendley  promoted  daily  plugs  for  two 
weeks  over  radio  station  WDAK.  Two  spe- 
cial blowups  were  used  to  advantage  in  the 
lobby  and  front  of  the  theatre.  1,000  heralds 
were  distributed  to  patrons  leaving  the  thea- 
tre and  another  1,000  from  door-to-door  in 
the  residential  section  of  town. 


Reid  Designs  Novel  Lobby 
Piece  for  "Black  Sheep" 

A  novel  lobby  display,  which  attracted  con- 
siderable attention,  was  designed  by  manager 
Alec  Reid  to  exploit  the  revival  of  "Black 
Sheep  of  Whitehall"  at  the  Plaza  Cinema, 
Southfields,  London,  England.  Underneath 
the  heading,  "Strangled  by  Red  Tape,"  Reid 
tied  a  hank  of  black  wool  with  red  tape  and 
inscribed  the  words :  "All  that  is  left  of  'The 
Black  Sheep  of  Whitehall'."  In  addition  a 
news  board  display  was  used,  consisting  of 
a  clipping  from  the  Evening  News  of  a  story 
about  Will  Hay,  star  of  the  picture,  a  small 
caricature  of  Hay  and  theatre  credit.  Reid 
also  arranged  a  window  display,  which  was 
highlighted  by  a  stuffed  black  lamb  dressed 
in  white  wing  collar  and  tie  and  wearing  a 
pince-nez. 


Lobby  Display,  Contest 
Boost  "Breakfast" 

An  ingenious  lobby  display  combined  with 
a  guessing  contest  was  arranged  by  man- 
ager Phil  Katz  to  exploit  "Breakfast  in 
Hollywood"  at  the  Kenyon  theatre  in  Pitts- 
burgh. Katz  promoted  seven  expensive  and 
distinctive  hats  from  the  Alyce  Millinery 
Salon  and  planted  them  in  colorful  crocks, 
garden  fashion.  The  guessing  contest  con- 
sisted of  three  questions:  1.  Which  of  the 
hats  was  the  oldest?  2.  Most  expensive.  3. 
Same  size?  A  person  answering  any  two 
of  the  questions  correctly  received  a  guest 
pass. 


Cowboy  Ballyhoo  for  "Bascomb" 

In  connection  with  his  date  on  "Bad  Bas- 
comb", Davis  Alexander,  manager  of  the 
Illini  theatre,  Moline,  111.,  arranged  for  two 
cowboys  to  ride  through  the  streets  with 
banners  announcing  the  film's  engagement. 


Strip 


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McCoy  Promotes 
Contest  Tieup 
For  "Smoky" 


PRESS  AGENT  TAKES  A 
"GALLANT  JOURNEYS 

When  two  Harvard  undergraduates 
toured  the  country  recently  in  a  1911 
Locomobile  at  the  behest  of  Colum- 
bia Pictures,  Bill  Shirley,  Columbia 
field  man,  went  along  in  the  interests 
of  "Gallant  Journey".  The  car  was 
of  the  same  vintage  as  those  used  in 
the  picture.  The  trio  covered  more 
than  7,000  miles  in  37  days,  with  an 
actual  running  time  of  33 1  '/2  hours. 
They  appeared  as  guests  on  more 
than  20  radio  shows,  were  the  ob- 
jects of  curiosity  in  all  towns  visited, 
and  altogether  made  "Gallant  Jour- 
ney" a  familiar  name  before  the  film 
was  premiered  at  San  Diego,  Cal. 


Street  Ballyhoo 
Used  in  Bombay 


A  three-way  tieup,  the  theatre,  newspaper 
and  radio  station,  on  a  "Burl  Ives"  contest 
was  promoted  by  manager  P.  E.  McCoy  in 
conjunction  with  the  playdate  of  "Smoky"  at 
the  Miller  theatre,  Augusta,  Ga.  Burl  Ives 
is  the  singer  of  cowboy  songs  in  the  picture. 
The  highly  profitable  tieup  was  reflected  at 
the  box  office. 

An  abundance  of  art  and  news  stories  ap- 
peared in  the  Augusta  Chronicle  and  numer- 
ous daily  spot  announcements  were  had  over 
radio  station  WRDW  as  a  result  of  the  tieup. 
The  object  of  the  contest  was  to  find  a  local 
troubadour.  The  winner  was  selected  from  a 
group  of  30  contestants,  who  performed  on 
the  stage.  A  local  hill-billy  group  which 
has  two  15-minute  radio  broadcasts  daily 
gave  the  contest  and  picture  special  consid- 
eration for  several  days  in  advance. 

Crown  Cola  Promotion 

An  attractive  window  was  promoted  with 
the  local  Sears  Roebuck  store.  The  window 
featured  an  assortment  of  saddles,  bridles, 
etc.,  with  life-size  cutout  of  a  bearded  hill- 
billy mounted  on  a  shooting  star  and  sing- 
ing "Back  in  the  Saddle  Again."  Stills  from 
the  picture  were  used  with  theatre  mention. 

Through  an  arrangement  with  the  local 
Royal  Crown  Bottling  Company,  20  of  their 
trucks  were  bannered  with  theatre  copy  on 
each  side  and  on  the  rear.  Special  teaser 
boards,  featuring  Burl  Ives,  were  set  up  in 
hotel  lobbies  and  prominent  locations. 

A  colorful  front  was  set  up  by  the  use  of 
special  art  of  the  stars  and  large  cutout  sil- 
houettes of  a  wild  stallion. 


Plugs  Election  Newsreel 

The  newsreel  pictures  of  the  G.I.  election 
in  Athens,  Tenn.,  were  plugged  by  manager 
D.  T.  Stalcup  by  heralds,  through  the  mails 
and  over  the  radio  to  take  advantage  of  a 
natural  exploitation  opportunity.  Stalcup 
manages  the  Gem  Theatre,  Etowah,  which 
is  in  the  same  county  as  Athens. 


Manager  Homi  Hyderabadwala  had  three 
men  with  tremendous  umbrellas  walk  around 
town  during  the  monsoon  season  to  ballyhoo 
his  playdate  on  "Adventure"  at  the  Metro 
theatre  in  Bombay,  India.  One  umbrella  was 
lettered  "Gable's  Back,"  the  second  "Gar- 
son's  Got  Him,"  and  the  third,  "See  'Adven- 
ture', Metro." 

One  week  before  opening,  the  town  was 
plastered  with  the  slogan,  "Gable's  Back  and 
Garson's  Got  Him."  Cooperative  newspaper 
ads  were  arranged  with  the  Ford  Agency 
and  Max  Factor.  Tieups  were  made  with 
book  stalls,  plugging  adventure  books,  maga- 
zines and  the  picture. 

Cutouts  from  three  and  six-sheets  were 
placed  in  21  of  the  leading  restaurants,  bars, 
tea  rooms,  etc.  10,000  Sprungs  chocolate 
packages  carried  a  plug  for  "Adventure." 
10,000  imprinted  book  marks  were  dis- 
tributed. 


Sets  Tieup  in  Colombia 
To  Promote  "Adventure" 

Manager  Carl  Flint  arranged  a  successful 
tieup  with  the  Max  Factor  people  to  pro- 
mote his  playdate  on  "Adventure"  at  the 
Avenida  theatre,  Medellin,  Colombia.  Eight 
4-column  cooperative  newspaper  ads  high- 
lighted the  tieup.  On  opening  day,  Factor 
samples  were  given  away  to  women  patrons 
who  arrived  early.  100  Factor  cards  with 
theatre  playdate  copy  were  posted  in  store 
windows.  3,000  heralds  and  3,000  house  pro- 
grams were  distributed.  In  addition,  Flint 
used  displays,  newspaper  and  radio  to  ex- 
ploit the  picture. 


Co-Ops  Aid  "Heaven"  Date 

Two  cooperative  newspaper  display  ads 
were  promoted  to  exploit  the  engagement 
of  "Rage  in  Heaven"  at  Loew's  theatre, 
Dayton,  Ohio.  Relief  manager  Joe  Sloan  ar- 
ranged the  tieups  with  the  Home  Store  and 
Mayors.  Imprinted  table  cards  were  used  at 
Monty's  Cocktail  Bar. 


Teaser  Campaign 
Used  by  Matlack 
For  "Caesar" 

Special  three-inch  reverse  ads  were  spot- 
ted throughout  the  local  newspaper  for  a 
week  in  advance  to  advertise  the  engagement 
of  "Caesar  and  Cleopatra"  at  the  Broadway 
theatre,  Portland,  Ore.  The  campaign  was 
arranged  by  Jack  Matlack,  director  of  adver- 
tising for  the  J.  J.  Parker  Theatres. 

The  small  ads  called  attention  to  the 
"screen's  greatest  spectacle",  additional 
teaser  copy  was  included.  A  40x60  was  used 
in  advance  in  the  lobby.  The  display  was 
made  up  from  the  cover  and  pages  of  Life 
Magazine,  which  carried  "Caesar  and  Cleo- 
patra" as  a  "Movie  of  the  Week."  A  litho 
24-sheet  was  posted  in  the  lobby  three  weeks 
before  opening. 

A  novelty  herald  was  made  up  with  the 
heading  "It's  Red  Hot"  The  outside  edge 
of  the  herald  was  burned  to  give  a  "hot" 
effect  to  it.  The  herald  called  attention  to  the 
fact  that  Life  Magazine  devoted  seven  pages 
plus  the  cover  to  the  picture  in  the  July 
29  issue.  A  herald  was  placed  in  each  hotel 
box  throughout  the  entire  city  to  solicit  the 
transient  trade. 

"Men  Only"  Throwaways 

A  novel  street  giveaway  was  used  to  ap- 
peal to  the  men.  On  the  outside  of  a  plain 
white  envelope  the  words  "For  Men  Only" 
were  printed  in  red.  On  the  inside  was  a 
card  with  a  photograph  of  Cleopatra  on  her 
couch  with  appropriate  copy.  10,000  of  these 
giveaways  were  handed  out  to  spectators  at 
the  P.  G.  A.  golf  tournament  held  in  Port- 
land. 

For  three  weeks  in  advance  the  telephone 
operator  at  the  Broadway  plugged  the  pic- 
ture when  answering  the  phone.  10,000  book 
marks  were  distributed  through  the  Public 
Library  Association  of  Portland.  Windows 
were  obtained  in  four  downtown  department 
stores.  Meier  &  Frank  featured  a  window  on 
Touhy  garments.  J.  K.  Gill  featured  a  win- 
dow of  George  Bernard  Shaw  books  using 
"Caesar  and  Cleopatra"  as  the  theme  for 
the  display. 

May  Arranges  Two  Tieups 
For  "Young  Widow" 

Tieups  with  the  local  Coca-Cola  and  Uni- 
versal Cleaner  dealers  were  of  great  help  to 
manager  Ed  May  in  exploiting  "Young 
Widow"  at  the  Rosetta  theatre,  Miami, 
Fla.  The  Coca-Cola  distributor  placed  one 
hundred  22x28  cards,  using  8x10  ad  photo, 
in  a  like  number  of  stores  10  days  in  ad- 
vance. The  Graybar  Electric  Company,  lo- 
cal distributor  for  Universal  Cleaner,  car- 
ried four  banners  on  their  delivery  trucks 
a  week  before  opening  and  during  the  run. 
The  same  distributor  arranged  window  tie- 
ups  in  12  stores.  2,000  heralds  were  dis- 
tributed house  to  house,  in  restaurants  and 
drug  stores. 


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Tieup,  Ballyhoo 
Boost  "Easy  to 
Wed"  Playdate 

A  tieup  with  the  Arthur  Murray  Dance 
Studio,  street  ballyhoo  and  a  full-page  co- 
operative newspaper  ad  drew  considerable 
extra  business  for  manager  Robert  A.  Hynes' 
date  on  "Easy  to  Wed"  at  the  Criterion 
theatre,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 

Free  Rumba  and  Samba  lessons  were  given 
on  the  mezzanine  during  the  run  of  the  pic- 
ture through  the  tieup  with  Arthur  Murray. 
Playdate  and  theatre  credits  were  carried  in 
all  the  dance  studio's  ads  a  week  in  advance 
and  during  the  run.  A  display  also  was  used 
by  the  studio. 

The  O.  K.  Storage  Company  ran  the  full- 
page  cooperative  ad  a  week  before  playdate 
in  the  Daily  Oklahomcm.  Another  co-op  ad 
was  promoted  with  the  A.  A.  Spivey  Furni- 
ture Company. 

Co-op  Heralds  Promoted 

Five  girls,  wearing  white  shirts  with  the 
tails  out,  paraded  the  downtown  business 
district.  The  shirts  were  stencilled  with 
playdate  copy.  10,000  "What  I  know  about 
women"  folders  were  distributed  on  the  street 
for  five  days  in  advance.  The  girl  distribut- 
ing the  folders  was  accompanied  by  a  "walk- 
ing book"  that  had  copy  reading :  "Get  your 
free  copy  of  what  I  know  about  women  by 
Van  Johnson." 

10,000  co-op  heralds  paid  for  by  the  Arthur 
Murray  Studio  were  distributed.  10,000 
autographed  photos  of  Van  Johnson  were 
given  out  during  the  run  of  the  film.  In  ad- 
dition extensive  newspaper  and  radio  pro- 
motion was  accomplished. 


Street  BaSlyhoos  Exploit 
Nye's  "Saratoga"  Date 

Two  street  ballyhoo  stunts  were  employed 
by  manager  Louis  Nye  to  exploit  "Saratoga 
Trunk"  and  the  20th  anniversary  of  talking 
pictures  at  the  Hoosier  theatre,  Whiting, 
Ind.  For  the  first  stunt,  Nye  had  a  man 
drive  a  racing  sulky  on  the  main  street  of 
the  town  during  busy  hours.  Copy  tied-in 
the  picture  with  the  Warner  Bros,  celebra- 
tion of  sound.  In  the  second  street  promo- 
tion, a  man  dressed  in  a  cowboy  outfit  and 
representing  "Whitehat"  the  gambler  walked 
the  streets  during  busy  hours.  In  addition  a 
two-column  still  from  the  picture  was  planted 
in  the  Whiting  Times. 


Usherettes  Ballyhoo  "Easy  to  Wed" 

On  the  Saturday  before  opening,  Dick 
Phillips,  manager  of  the  Arrow  theatre, 
Cherookee,  Iowa,  had  a  group  of  attractive 
usherettes  parading  the  business  section  of 
the  town  with  signs  reading:  "Hail  the  new 
champ —  You'll  forget  Crosby  and  Sinatra 
when  you  hear  Van  Johnson  sing  in  'Easy 
to  Wed'  ".  The  stunt  attracted  wide  atten- 
tion. 


ONE  SMART  TRICK  FOR 
"TWO  SMART  PEOPLE" 

A  novel  street  ballyhoo,  engineered  by 
Charles  Penley,  manager  of  the  Empire 
cinema  in  London,  Eng.,  was  literally 
mobbed  by  thou- 
sands of  curious 
Londoners  in  con- 
nection with  "Two 
Smart  People", 
which  recently 
opened  in  the  British 
capital. 

Penley  had  the 
names  of  the  two 
stars  in  the  picture 
printed  in  bold  type 
on  two  trunks.  The 
trunks,  strapped  to 
the  rear  of  a  chauf- 
feur driven  limousine  occupied  by  a  couple 
were  driven  around  town  to  prominent 
spots.  Wherever  the  car  stopped  huge 
crowds  collected.  As  the  couple  alighted 
from  the  car,  the  chauffeur  added  a  third 
trunk  to  the  rear  rack  which  carried  an 
announcement  on  the  picture  with  theatre 
mention. 

At  the  diplomatic  section  of  Waterloo 
Station  and  other  important  locations,  the 
device  was  a  big  draw. 

Actor's  Visit  Aids  Cumiskey 

Manager  Joe  Cumiskey  arranged  for  the 
personal  appearance  of  Cal  Farley,  true-to- 
life  central  character  of  "Boys'  Ranch,"  to 
exploit  the  playdate  of  the  picture  at  the 
Academy  theatre,  Hagerstown,  Md.  Cumis- 
key arranged  for  Farley's  visit  to  Hagers- 
town when  he  learned  that  the  actor  was 
in  nearby  Washington.  Besides  his  per- 
sonal appearance  on  the  stage,  Farley  was 
interviewed  over  radio  station  WJEJ. 


Lobby  Exhibit  Is 
Novel  Booster  On 
"Green  Years" 

Considerable  interest  was  manifested  by 
patrons  in  a  lobby  display  manager  Alec 
Reid  designed  to  exploit  his  playdate  on  "The 
Years  Between"  at  the  Plaza  Cinema,  South- 
fields,  London,  England.  The  display  con- 
sisted of  seventeen  12x1 8-inch  cards,  show- 
ing by  pictures  and  copy  the  duties  of  a 
Member  of  Parliament. 

A  letter  from  the  local  M.  P.,  giving  his 
official  blessing  to  the  display,  was  pasted  on 
a  similar-sized  card  along  with  his  photo- 
graph. 

Reid  also  arranged  a  contest  that  posed 
the  question  "Is  a  Woman's  Place  in  Parlia- 
ment?" •  The  contest  was  publicized  in  a 
local  newspaper,  the  Wandsworth  Borough 
News,  and  on  newspaper  boards.  Guest 
tickets  were  awarded  to  winners. 

Letters  were  sent  to  various  clubs  in  the 
two  districts  near  the  theatre.  The  letters 
stressed  the  lobby  display,  the  contest  and 
the  background  of  the  film. 


Banner  Displays  Aid  Swan 
Playdate  in  Glasgow 

Colorful  banners  were  displayed  on  the 
front  of  the  theatre  and  in  the  lobby  by  man- 
ager Preston  Swan  to  exploit  his  engage- 
ment of  "The  Bandit  of  Sherwood  Forest" 
at  the  Elephant  Cinema,  Shawlands,  Glas- 
gow, Scotland.  Teaser  copy  on  one  of  the 
banners  read:  "New  rationing  period. 
Register  here  for  your  entertainment.  Ra- 
tion books  are  not  required."  Swan  also 
arranged  a  book  display  tieup  with  Wool- 
worth's. 


Now! 


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'  COMFORTABLY  COOi~l 


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A  Wonderful 
PICTURE! 


Green 
Mears 


TOM 
DRAKE 

CHARLES 
COBURN 

MVERlV  TYLER 
HUME  CRONYN 

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%i  Johnson 

SINGS...  DANCES...  AND 
HOW  HE  ROAAANCES  WITH 

ESTHER  WILLIAMS 
LUCILLE  BALL 


IN  TECHNICOLOR 

A  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Picture  With 

KeenanWYNN 

ETHEL  SMITH  ot  the  Organ 


^     f  The  "Shadow"  Pursued  By  MurdeiTX 

St\  "BEHIND  THE  MASK"  ) 

toj^V^Kane  Richmond  *  Barbara  Reed y 


Danger-Packed  Romance! 

BELOW  THE  DEADLINE 

Untk  Warren  Douglas  *  Ramsay  Ames 


Even  without  illustrations,  these  two  display  advertisements  will  be  sure  to  attract  the 
reader's  eye.  They  are  the  handiwork  and  brainwork  of  Alice  Gorham,  director  of  adver- 
tising and  publicity  for  United  Detroit  theatres  in  Detroit,  Mich. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  \94b 


Ballyhoo  Helps 
Sell  "If  Fm 
Lucky"  Date 


Newspaper  Stunt 
Helps  "Mr.  Ace  " 
In  Cincinnati 


Ballyhoo,  radio  promotion  and  store  tie- 
ups  were  advantageously  used  to  exploit  the 
opening  of  "If  I'm  Lucky"  at  the  J.  P.  Har- 
ris theatre  in  Pittsburgh.  The  campaign  was 
arranged  by  Ken  Hoel,  publicity  director  for 
the  J.  P.  Harris  theatres,  and  Walley  Allen, 
20th  Century-Fox  exploiteer. 

Two  girls  were  sent  around  town  taking 
photos  and  handing  out  cards,  reading:  "If 
You're  Lucky  and  find  your  photo  in  front 
of  the  Harris  theatre  you  will  see  Tf  I'm 
Lucky'  free." 

One  of  the  highlights  of  the  campaign  was 
the  Perry  Como  Avenue  stunt.  A  street  in 
Canonsburg,  Pa.,  where  he  was  born,  was 
renamed  Perry  Como  Avenue.  The  event 
was  publicized  by  an  editorial  in  the  local 
town  paper  and  all  Pittsburgh  radio  com- 
mentators took  advantage  of  it. 

A  tieup  was  arranged  with  RCA  Victor 
Record  dealers,  who  were  celebrating  Perry 
Como  Week  and  which  coincided  with  the 
Pittsburgh  date.  As  a  result  of  this,  75  win- 
dow displays  appeared  in  the  Greater  Pitts- 
burgh area.  A  cash  award  was  offered  for 
the  best  window  and  a  special  screening  of 
the  picture  was  held  for  the  dealers. 

Through  a  tieup  with  Spear's  department 
store,  a  cooperative  ad  was  run  on  the 
amusement  page  lying-in  Victor  records, 
Perry  Como  and  the  picture. 

Klafta  Arranges  Tieup  in 
Kankakee  for  "Smoky" 

A  tieup  with  the  park  recreational  pro- 
gram during  the  celebration  of  Founder's 
Day  was  of  great  help  to  manager  Leonard 
Klafta  in  promoting  "Smoky"  at  the  Para- 
mount theatre,  Kankakee,  111.  The  program 
consisted  of  races  which  were  named 
"  Smoky'  Handicaps."  Winners  received 
guest  tickets.  For  each  home  run  hit  during 
the  league  games,  two  passes  were  given 
to  the  hitter  for  "Smoky"  and  the  announce- 
ment made  over  the  loud  speaker  system. 
100  window  cards  were  planted  throughout 
the  city  and  given  prominence  in  the  eight 
city  parks. 


Small  Train  Atop  Marquee 
Aids  "Night  Train"  Date 

An  eye- arresting  display  atop  the  marquee 
drew  considerable  attention  to  manager  T. 
A.  Macdougald's  date  on  "Night  Train  to 
Memphis"  at  the  Ritz  theatre,  Talladega, 
Ala.  The  highlight  of  the  display  was  a 
miniature  train.  The  engine,  coal  car  and 
two  coaches  were  made  of  board  but  the 
wheels  were  turned  by  an  electric  motor,  and 
the  bell  and  whistle,  which  emitted  steam, 
made  the  little  train  appear  realistic.  At 
night  a  headlight  beamed  on  the  engine. 
Above  the  train,  24-inch  cutout  letters 
spelled  out  the  title. 


SCREENS  OWN  FILM 
OF  TOWN  FETE 

A  "Welcome  Home"  film,  showing 
the  day-long  events  at  Easthampton, 
Mass.,  last  month  when  that  town 
put  on  a  celebration  in  honor  of 
returned  veterans,  was  screened  for 
two  nights  at  the  Majestic  theatre 
there.  The  camera  work,  editing  and 
titling  of  the  picture,  was  handled 
jointly  by  manager  Joseph  S.  Rapalus 
of  the  Majestic  and  Alfred  G.  Muller, 
manager  of  the  Easthampton  Co- 
operative Bank. 


Pet  Parade  Aids 
Nye's  "Back  to 
School 9  9  Program 

A  pet  parade  that  manager  Louis  Nye  ar- 
ranged to  exploit  a  "Back  to  School"  pro- 
gram drew  considerable  extra  business  to 
the  Hoosier  theatre,  Whiting,  Ind.  The  kids 
were  dressed  in  costume  and  their  pets  were 
dressed  or  decorated  in  some  manner.  The 
pets  included  cats,  dogs,  a  turtle,  a  duck  and 
a  goat. 

The  parade  started  at  the  Community 
Center  and  marched  to  the  theatre,  a  dis- 
tance of  three  blocks.  It  was  led  by  a  squad 
car,  motorcycle  police  and  two  clowns.  The 
judging  was  held  on  the  stage  by  audience 
applause.  All  kids  attending  the  show  re- 
ceived a  pencil,  a  composition  book  and  tab- 
let through  a  tieup  with  Reaven's  Jewelry 
store. 

A  35mm  camera  was  promoted  for  the 
winner.  A  newsreel  of  the  contestants  was 
taken  and  inserted  into  the  regular  newsreel 
the  following  week  to  bring  the  kids  and 
their  parents  back. 

Nye  started  his  newspaper  advertising 
campaign  three  weeks  in  advance  and  six 
days  in  advance  for  the  newsreel  shots  of 
the  pet  parade  winners.  3,000  program  her- 
alds and  3,000  jumbo  heralds  were  dis- 
tributed, the  latter  by  two  clowns  to  school 
kids. 

Gates  Arranges  Newspaper 
Contests  for  "Lassie" 

A  Collie  pup  giveaway  contest,  sponsored 
by  the  Cleveland  News,  highlighted  manager 
Arnold  Gate's  campaign  for  "Courage  of 
Lassie"  at  the  Stillman  theatre,  Cleveland, 
Ohio.  The  contest  broke  the  day  before 
opening  and  continued  through  the  first 
week  of  the  engagement.  Another  contest 
was  planted  in  the  Jewish  Review  and  Ob- 
server. Readers  were  asked  to  identify  vari- 
ous breeds  of  dogs  that  were  illustrated  in 
the  newspaper.  For  street  ballyhoo,  a  fash- 
ionably dressed  girl  paraded  the  streets  with 
a  Collie,  closely  resembling  Lassie.  The 
dog  wore  a  blanket  that  had  picture  and 
playdate  copy. 


A  highly  successful  "Raffles"  stunt  was 
promoted  by  RKO  publicist  Nate  Wise  for 
the  engagement  of  "Mr.  Ace"  at  the  Albee 
theatre,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  The  stunt,  which 
was  sponsored  by  the  Post,  was  a  hunt  for  a 
mysterious  "Mr.  Ace,"  with  $100  offered 
to  the  person  who  recognized  the  mystery 
character. 

On  the  day  before  the  picture  opened, 
the  newspaper  ran  a  story  with  art,  plugging 
George  Raft,  star  of  the  picture,  the  mystery 
man  and  the  film.  "Mr.  Ace"  made  three 
appearances  the  first  day  but  was  not  recog- 
nized. The  Post  used  a  three  column  story 
with  art  on  the  front  page. 

There  were  several  thousand  people  with 
the  newspaper  in  their  hands  tapping  men 
right  and  left  the  second  day.  The  mysteri- 
ous "Mr.  Ace"  was  finally  nabbed  by  a 
woman.  To  heighten  the  interest  created  by 
the  newspaper,  the  Post's  radio  station 
WCPO,  kept  the  story  going  with  bulletins. 
Following  the  "capture,"  the  newspaper  used 
a  four-column  story  with  art  on  top  of  the 
front  page. 

In  addition  to  the  stunt  in  the  Post,  a 
story  on  women  in  politics  was  planted  in 
the  Enquirer.  A  fashion  break  with  credits 
was  placed  in  the  Times-Star. 

Books  "Smoky"  Same  Time 
As  Horse  Show  for  Tieup 

Manager  George  Pappas  arranged  a  nice 
tieup  with  the  Annual  Horse  Show  in  Peru, 
Ind.,  by  booking  "Smoky"  for  the  same  date 
at  the  Roxy  theatre  in  Peru,  Ind.  A  24-sheet 
was  placed  atop  the  grandstand  that  couldn't 
help  but  be  seen  by  the  crowd  attending  the 
horse  show.  The  24-sheet  was  included  in 
a  picture  of  one  of  the  winners  in  the  horse 
show,  which  made  the  front  page  of  the  local 
newspaper.  A  woman  on  horseback  was  used 
for  street  ballyhoo.  A  banner  strung  across 
a  busy  street  carried  "Smoky"  copy. 

Teasers  Sell  "Bad  Bascomb" 

In  adance  of  the  opening  of  "Bad  Bas- 
comb", manager  R.  K.  Stonebrook  of  the 
Omaha  theatre,  Omaha,  Neb.,  used  series 
of  teaser  newspaper  ads  with  excellent  re- 
sults. One  ad  warned  readers  that  "Bad 
Bascomb"  was  coming  to  the  Omaha;  the 
other  read,  "Wanted:  10,000  people  to  spend 
a  cool  holiday  at  the  Omaha  enjoying  'Bad 
Bascomb'." 


Display  Aids  Allen  Date 

An  attractive  and  effective  lobby  display 
was  designed  by  manager  Mark  Allen  to  ex- 
ploit his  playdate  on  the  March  of  Time 
short  subject,  "Night  Club  Boom,"  at  the 
Lido  theatre,  Bronx,  N.  Y.  It  consisted  of 
stills  from  the  picture  and  souvenir  pro- 
grams from  the  Stork  Club  made  into  a  40x 
60  display. 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


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SHOWMEN  PERSONALS 


In  New  Posts:  Leslie  Emerson,  Regal. 
Franklin,  N.  H.  Ralph  Lee,  Bluebird,  Den- 
ver, Colo.  Tim  C.  Cleary,  Colonial  and 
Eagles,  Wabash,  Ind.  Ray  Brown,  Jr.,  Falls, 
Cuyahoga  Falls,  Ohio.  Ted  Dariotis,  Ameri- 
can, Chicago,  111. 

Andy  Sutherland,  Fox,  Aurora,  Colo.  Les 
Newkirk,  city  manager,  Fox  Intermountain 
theatres,  Sheridan,  Wyo.  Nick  Tabor,  man- 
ager, Oliver  theatre,  Detroit.  George  Ryder, 
Gem,  Golden,  Colo.  David  Williams,  acting 
manager,  Civic,  Farmington,  Mich. 

A.  C.  Stalsup,  city  manager.  Fox  Inter- 
mountain, North  Platte,  Nebr.  Russell 
Berry,  city  manager,  Fox  Intermountain, 
Rock  Springs,  Wyo.  Lee  Bradley,  Ceres 
theatre,  Ceres,  Calif.  Leslie  Horton,  Rialto, 
Eureka,  Calif.  Don  Cowen,  Pelican,  Kla- 
math Falls,  Ore. 

F.  E.  Bowman,  Drive-In,  Beeville,  Texas. 
Mrs.  Marie  Burkhalter,  Marine  theatre, 
Fort  Worth,  Texas.  Dunlap  Henry,  Em- 
pire, Montgomery,  Ala.  William  Deiten- 
beck,  Druid,  Montgomery,  Ala.  William 
Call,  Ritz,  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.  Bob  Otwell, 
Diamond,  Tuscaloosa. 

Assistant  Managers:  Thomas  Corey, 
Capitol,  Allston,  Mass.  Alberta  Bethka, 
student  assistant,  RKO  -  Schine  -  Keith's, 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.  Ted  Heffner,  Brookland, 
Richmond,  Va.  Stephen  Perry,  RKO 
Greenpoint,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Woodie  Minor,  Griffith  theatres,  Bartles- 
ville,  Okla.  Jack  Bersin  Sunnyside,  Sun- 
nyside,  Long  Island.    Murray  Spector,  Com- 


Gooch  Creates  Goodwill 
With  Baby  Contest 

A  highly  successful  baby  contest  was  con- 
ducted by  manager  Francis  Gooch  at  the 
Houlton  theatre,  Houlton,  Me.  Sponsors  of 
the  contest,  in  addition  to  the  Houlton,  were 


OUTDOOR 
REFRESHMENT 
CONCESSIONAIRES 
from  Coast  to  Coast 
over  V4  Century 


■k/  Now  Specializing^ 
in  Refreshment 


r  Concessions  for 
gTV  DRIVE-IN  THEATRES 

SPORTSERVICE,  Inc. 

HURST  BLDG.  BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


munity;  Harry  Green,  Linden;  John  Pflei- 
derer,  Rialto;  all  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Wedding  Bells:  Jim  Barnes,  Warner  thea- 
tres zone  manager,  to  Margaret  Faulkner, 
Chicago  model. 

Junior  Showmen:  Dwight  Kirk,  manager 
of  the  Strand  theatre,  Middletown,  Ohio,  and 
Mrs.  Kirk  are  parents  of  an  eight  and  a 
half  pound  baby  boy. 

Birthday  Greetings:  Lyndall  Weir,  Les- 
ter Ketner,  Joe  Buse,  James  E.  Darby,  John 
Caiman,  William  Carmichael,  Joseph  Sirkin, 
Frank  Mangham,  Sidney  C.  Hoffman,  Vic- 
tor F.  Morelli,  Jimmy  Daley,  E.  J.  Bresen- 
dine,  Howard  W.  Kelley,  G.  F.  Fryberg. 

Johnnie  Stanfill,  John  Judge,  S.  J.  Poppay, 
Norman  Schwartz,  John  A.  Buckley,  Paul  M. 
Johancen,  Andrew  R.  Magazzzu,  William 
H.  Young,  Paul  Binstock,  H.  S.  McGin- 
nis,  C.  Dale  Pickell,  W.  Clyde  Smith.  Rob- 
ert H.  Guenther,  Homer  H.  Kirk. 

Bob  Stratton,  Herbert  A.  Chenoweth. 
Charles  L.  Baker,  Milton  A.  Zimmerman, 
Frank  L.  Wahler,  Louis  J.  Hartmann,  R.  L. 
Nippert,  Howard  Pettengill,  Frank  Templm, 
Edward  D.  McLaughlin  Ben  Stern,  Abe 
Weinstein,  Paul  A.  Volkman,  Lorenz  Heller. 

Lew  Waid,  J.  A.  Sanders,  Herman  Hur- 
witz,  Ronald  E.  Warren,  Cecil  S.  Houck 
Willard  A.  Hatch,  Igo  Kron,  Charles  g! 
Pickett,  Thomas  A.  Mangan,  John  Kucz, 
Maym  Gould,  Otto  Schmit,  William  H. 
Koch,  Tomas  B.  Estacio,  William  C.  Daye, 
Howard  Busey,  Harry  F.  Wilson. 


the  Pioneer  Times,  trie  Houlton  Farms 
Dairy,  Larry's  Photo  Studio  and  the  Temple, 
the  other  M&P  theatre  in  Houlton.  124 
babies  were  entered  in  the  competition  and 
all  of  them  received  a  respectable  number 
of  votes.  The  extra  business  on  the  night 
the  winners  were  announced  more  than  paid 
for  the  contest  and,  in  addition,  created  a 
wealth  of  good  will  for  the  theatres. 


Harwell  Exploits  "Night  and 
Day"  with  Contest 

A  mystery  song  contest  carried  daily  for 
a  week  over  radio  station  WPAY  high- 
lighted the  campaign  for  "Night  and  Day" 
at  the  Palace  theatre,  Lorain,  Ohio.  The 
promotion  was  the  work  of  manager  Bill 
Harwell.  A  60-ft.  banner  was  strung  across 
the  main  street  tieing  in  the  picture  with 
Warner  Bros.  20th  anniversary  of  talking 
pictures.  In  addition  a  cooperative  newspa- 
per ad  and  a  window  tieup  were  promoted 
with  a  leading  ladies'  dress  store. 


Dvoraks  and  Scotts  Guests 
Of  Katz  for  "Abilene" 

All  persons  who  surnames  are  Dvorak  or 
Scott  were  invited  to  be  the  guests  of  the 
theatre  by  manager  Philip  Katz  during  his 
playdate  on  "Abilene  Town"  at  the  Kenyon 
theatre,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  Ann  Dvorak  and 
Randolph  Scott  are  the  stars  of  the  picture. 
Phil  also  arranged  with  Ed  Ritenbaugh,  who 
heads  the  Pittsburgh  Press  kids'  club,  to 
bring  over  his  gang  of  Northsiders.  Riten- 
baugh gave  the  picture  prominent  mention 
in  his  column  plus  art. 


Sets  Profitable 
Cleveland  Tieup 
For  "The  Kid"  \ 

A  wealth  of  newspaper  publicity,  which 
included  two  cooperative  newspaper  ads,  and 
radio  promotion  considerably  aided  the  play- 
date  of  "The  Kid  From  Brooklyn"  at  the 
Palace  theatre,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  The  cam- 
paign was  arranged  by  RKO  publicist  Shir- 
ley G.  Fishman.  • 

The  advance  newspaper  publicity  started  a 
week  in  advance  and  continued  daily.  A 
good  part  of  the  publicity  resulted  from  a 
tieup  with  the  Plain  Dealer  Playground  Milk 
Fund  drive  for  a  Danny  Kaye  contest.  The 
co-op  ads  were  set  with  Gray  Drug  Store 
and  Lewis  Jewelry.  The  Gray  ad  appeared 
in  the  Cleveland  News  and  in  12  other  towns 
in  Ohio. 

A  Danny  Kaye  milk  contest  was  sponsored 
by  Babs,  an  evaporated  milk  company,  with 
two  15-minute  record  shows  over  WHK  and 
a  half  hour  Sunday  show  over  WJW.  Prizes 
were  awarded  by  Kaye  for  the  best  100-word 
letter  on  "Why  milk  is  the  most  important 
single  food  in  our  home."  The  milk  concern 
awarded  two  Admiral  radios  and  a  case  of 
evaporated  milk  to  winners. 

Sealtest  Cooperates 

A  tieup  also  was  effected  with  Sealtest 
Belle-Vernon,  largest  distributor  of  whole- 
sale and  retail  milk  and  ice  cream  in  the 
city.  They  used  signs  on  250  retail  trucks 
and  collared  50,000  milk  bottles  with  "Kid 
From  Brooklyn"  riders.  Banners  also  were 
used  on  30  Royal  Crown  trucks  and  20  Klein 
News  trucks. 

Eight  downtown  music  store  window  tie- 
ups  were  arranged.  In  addition,  six  cream- 
ery and  restaurant  window  displays  were 
promoted.  Cards  were  used  on  the  dash- 
boards of  300  street  cars  and  suburban  buses. 


Coffin  Used  to  Ballyhoo 
Midnight  Horror  Show 

An  unusual  stunt  for  front  of  the  theatre 
ballyhoo  drew  considerable  attention  to  a 
midnight  horror  show  arranged  by  manager 
Art  Ableson  for  the  Lake  theatre,  Devils 
Lake,  N.  D.  For  the  stunt,  a  coffin  with  a 
dummy  inside  was  placed  on  a  table  draped 
in  black.  Whenever  a  crowd  gathered  the 
lid  of  the  coffin  would  be  slowly  raised  by 
turning  on  a  switch.  Groans  and  squeaks 
from  a  loud  speaker  system  seemed  to  ema- 
nate from  the  coffin.  Assisting  Ableson  were 
Ralph  Watson,  manager  of  the  Hollywood 
theatre,  and  Paul  Putnam  of  the  Lake. 


5.6 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


A  statistical  compilation  and 
comparison  of  Box  Office  Per- 
formance in  first  run  theatres 


Figures  direcHy  below  picture  title  compare  estimated  dollar  gross  with  average  gross 
and  show  relative  percentage  of  all  engagements  tabulated. 

Figures  opposite  theatre  names  represent  percentage  of  tabulated  grosses  to  average 
weekly  business  based  on  the  six  months'  period  ending  July  31,  1946. 
SYMBOLS:  (DB)  Double  Bill — associate  feature  title;  (SAj  Stage  Attraction;  (MO)  Move- 
Over  Run;  (AA)  Advance  Admission. 

INDEX:  Over-all  perfomance  percentage  figures  from  previously  published  final  reports 
appear  in  Service  Data  section  of  Product  Digest.  See  last  column  of  Release  Chart 
for  Index. 


PICTURE 


CROSSES 


HOLIDAY  IN  MEXICO  I MCM) 


First  Report: 

Total  Gross  Tabulated  $968,900 

Comparative  Average  Gross  839,000 

Over-all  Performance  115.4% 


ATLANTA— Loew's  Grand   135.6% 

BOSTON— Orpheum,  1st  week   114.9% 

BOSTON  —Orpheum,  2nd  week   100.3% 

BOSTON — State,  1st  week   113.9% 

BOSTON— State.  2nd  week   93.2% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Capitol,  1st  week    .   .   .  141.5% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Capitol.  2nd  week  .   .   .  97.3% 

LOS  ANGELES— Belmont,  1st  week    ....  177.0% 

LOS  ANGELES— Belmont,  2nd  week    ....  126.4% 

LOS  ANGELES— Belmont,  3rd  week    ....  101.1% 

LOS  ANGELES — Belmont,  4th  week      ..   .    .  78.1% 

LOS  ANGELES— Egyptian,  1st  week     .   .   .  148.6% 

LOS  ANGELES — Egyptian,  2nd  week     .   .   .  120.2% 

LOS  ANGELES— Egyptian,  3rd  week     .  .   .  96  6% 

LOS  ANGELES— Egyptian,  4th  week     .   .   .  72.9% 

LOS  ANGELES— Fox-Wilshire,  1st  week    .   .  194.6% 

LOS  ANGELES— Fox-Wilshire,  2nd  week    .   .  144.2% 

LOS  ANGELES — Fox-Wilshire,  3rd  week    .   .  118.5% 

LOS  ANGELES— Fox-Wilshire,  4th  week    .   .  97.3% 

NEW  YORK— Capitol,  1st  week   144.1% 

(SA)  Gene  Krupa's  Orchestra,  Mitzi  Green 

NEW  YORK— Capitol,  2nd  week   140.1% 

(SA)  Gene  Krupa's  Orchestra,  Mitzi  Green 

NEW  YORK— GapitoL  3rd  week   130.8% 

(SA)  Gene  Krupa's  Orchestra,  Mitzi  Green 

NEW  YORK— Capitol,  4th  week   112.9% 

(SA)  Gene  Krupa's  Orchestra,  Mitzi  Green 

NEW  YORK— Capitol,  5th  week   93.4% 

(SA)  Gene  Krupa's  Orchestra,  Mitzi  Green 

NEW  YORK— Capitol,  6th  week   85.4% 

(SA)  Gene  Krupa's  Orchestra,  Mitzi  Green 

ST.  LOUIS— Loew's  State   138.4% 


MONSIEUR  BEAUCAIRE  (Para.) 

Final  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $1,260,000 
Comparative  Average  Gross  1,082,400 
Over-all  Performance  1 1 6.4% 

ATLANTA — Fax   102.2% 

ATLANTA— Roxy,  MO  1st  week   112.0% 

BALTIMORE— Keith's,  1st  week   152.8% 

BALTIMORE— Keith's,  2nd  week   99.1% 

BALTIMORE— Keith's,  3rd  week   74.3% 

BUFFALO— Great  Lakes    111.7% 

CHICAGO— Chicago,  1st  week   134.5% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

CHICAGO — Chicago.  2nd  week   129.3% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

CHICAGO— Chicago,  3rd  week                       .  110.3% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

CHICAGO — Chicago,  4th  week   106.8% 

(SA)  Vaudeville  ■ 

CINCINNATI — RKO  Palace    121.6% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Shubert,  MO  1st  week    .  109.0% 

CLEVELAND— Loew's  State,  1st  week    .   .   .  147.3% 

CLEVELAND— Loew's  State,  2nd  week   .   .   .  87.0% 

CLEVELAND— Loew's  StiUman.  MO  1st  week  93.0% 

CLEVELAND— Loew's  Ohio,  MO  2nd  week   .  108.6% 

INDIANAPOLIS— Indiana  •  .  135.1% 

INDIANAPOLIS— Lyric.  MO  1st  week     .   .  103.1% 

KANSAS  CITY— Newman,  1st  week    ....  129.4% 

KANSAS  CITY— Newman,  2nd  week    ....  79.1% 


LOS  ANGELES—  Param't  Downtown,  1st  wk.  154.6% 

(DB)  God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 

LOS  ANGELES — Param't  Downtown,  2nd  wk.  125.0% 

(DB)  God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 

LOS  ANGELES— Param't  Downtown,  3rd  wk.  78.3% 

(DB)  God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 

LOS  ANGELES— Param't  Downtown,  4th  wk.  61.4% 

(DB)  God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 

LOS  ANGELES — Param't  Hollywood,  1st  wk.  151.7% 

(DB)  God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 

LOS  ANGELES — Param't  Hollywood.  2nd  wk.  127.6% 
(DB)  God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 


LOS  ANGELES— Param't  Hollywood,  3rd  wk.  103.4% 

(DB)  God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 
LOS  ANGELES— Param't  Hollywood,  4th  wk.  82.7% 


(DB)  God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 

MINNEAPOLIS— Radio  City,  1st  week    .   .    .  126.4% 

MINNEAPOLIS— Radio  City,  2nd  week   .   .   .  S0.5% 

MINNEAPOLIS— Century,  MO  1st  week    .    .  119.4% 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  1st  week    ....  146.8% 

(SA)  Charlie  Spivak  and  his  Orchestra 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  2nd  week    ....  122.3% 

(SA)  Charlie  Spivak  and  his  Orchestra 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  3rd  week    ....  106.4% 
(SA)  Charlie  Spivak  and  his .  Orchestra 

OMAHA— Paramount    119.8% 

OMAHA— Omaha,  MO  1st  week   102.2% 

(DB)  The  Dark  Horse  (Univ.) 

PITTSBURGH— Penn,  1st  week   123.3% 

PITTSBURGH— Penn,  2nd  week   96.9% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Centre                           .  108.3% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Capitol,  MO  1st  week    .  90.0% 
(DB)  Mysterious  Intruder  (Col) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Fox   120.2% 

(DB)  Swamp  Fire  (Para.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— State,  MO  1st  week    .   .  109.2% 

(DB)  Swamp  Fire  (Para.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— State,  MO  2nd  week    .   .  84.0% 
(DB)  Swamp  Fire  (Para.) 

ST.  LOUIS — Fox    147.7% 

(DB)  Danger  Woman  (Univ.) 

TORONTO— Imperial,  1st  week   126.2% 

TORONTO— Imperiol,  2nd  week   111.6% 

TORONTO— Imperial,  3rd  week   100.7% 


CLAUDIA  AND  DAVID  (20rh-Fox) 

First  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $624,100 
Comparative  Average  Gross  549,800 
Over-all  Performance  113.5% 

BALTIMORE— New   138.0% 

BUFFALO— Great  Lakes    111.7% 

DENVER— Denver    84.2% 

(DB)  The  Unknown  (Col.) 

DENVER— Esquire   68.1% 

(DB)  The  Unknown  (Col.) 

DENVER— Webber   62.5% 

(DB)  The  Unknown  (Col.) 

DENVER— Aladdin,  MO  1st  week   106.3% 

(DB)  The  Unknown  (Col.) 

LOS  ANGELES— Chinese,  1st  week    ....  119.4% 

LOS  ANGELES— Chinese.  2nd  week    ....  84.9% 

LOS  ANGELES— Loew's  State,  1st  week    .    .  106.4% 

LOS  ANGELES — Loew's  State,  2nd  week    .   .  60.8% 

LOS  ANGELES— Uptown,  1st  week    ....  92.9% 

LOS  ANGELES— Uptown.  2nd  week    ....  66.4% 

NEW  YORK— Roxy,  1st  week   148.5% 

(SA)  Vivian  Blaine,  Jerry  Colonna,  others 

NEW  YORK— Roxy,  2nd  week   130.2% 

(SA)  Vivian  Blaine,  Jerry  Colonna,  others 

NEW  YORK— Roxy,  3rd  week   134.8% 

(SA)  Vivian  Blaine,  Jerry  Colonna,  others 

NEW  YORK— Roxy,  4th  week   85.7% 

(SA)  Vivian  Blaine,  Jerry  Colonna,  others 

PITTSBURGH— J.  P.  Harris,  1st  week    .    .   .  113.1% 

PITTSBURGH— J.  P.  Harris,  2nd  week   .   .   .  78.1% 

PITTSBURGH— Senator,  MO  1st  week   .   .    .  105.0% 


OF  HUMAN  BONDAGE  (W.  B.) 

Final  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $526,800 
Comparative  Average  Gross  554,000 
Over-all  Performance  95.0% 

BALTIMORE— Stanley    109.0% 

BUFFALO— Buffalo   124.3% 

(DB)  Sing  While  You  Dance  (Col.) 

CHICAGO— Apollo,  1st.  week    .......  81.6% 

CHICAGO— Apollo,  2nd  week   76.1% 

CHICAGO— Apollo,  3rd  week  :   .  76.1% 

CHICAGO— Apollo,  4th  week   65.2% 


CINCINNATI — RKO  Albee   93.3% 

CLEVELAND— Warner's  Hippodrome     .   .   .  95.0% 

CLEVELAND— RKO  Allen,  MO  1st  week     .  73.5% 

INDIANAPOLIS— Circle   76.1% 

LOS  ANGELES — Warner  Downtown,  1st  week  116.5% 

LOS  ANGELES— Warner  Downtown,  2nd  week  65.5% 

LOS  ANGELES— Warner  Hollywood,  1st  week  87.5% 

LOS  ANGELES— Warner  Hollywood,  2nd  week  53.1% 

LOS  ANGELES— Warner  Wiltern,  1st  week   .  90.6% 

LOS  ANGELES— Warner  Wiltern,  2nd  week  .  53.7% 

MINNEAPOLIS— Century    104.5% 

MONTREAL— Capitol   123.9% 

NEW  YORK— Strand,  1st  week   131.8% 

(SA)  Spike  Jones  and  his  Orchestra 

NEW  YORK— Strand,  2nd  week   105.4% 

(SA)  Spike  Jones  and  his  Orchestra 

NEW,  YORK— Strand,  3rd  week   84.7% 

(SA)  Spike  Jones  and  his  Orchestra 

PHILADELPHIA— Boyd,  1st  week     ....  71.4% 

PHILADELPHIA— Boyd,  2nd  week    ....  68.4% 

PITTSBURGH— Stanley   82.5% 

PITTSBURGH— Ritz,  MO  1st  week    ....  71.4% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Paramount   104.1% 

(DB)  Strange  Voyage  (Mono.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— St.  Francis,  MO  1st  week  99.1% 

(DB)  Strange  Voyage  (Mono.) 

ST.   LOUIS— Ambassador    82.1% 

(DB)  Specter  of  the  Rose  (Rep.) 


Industry  Bank 
Of  Mexico  Faces 
Reorganization 

by  LUIS  BECERRA  CELIS 

in  Mexico  City 

Alarmed  by  increasing  foreign  competi- 
tion which  is  eating  into  the  profits  of  Mexi- 
can pictures,  several  Mexican  capitalists  are 
planning  a  reorganization  of  the  industry's 
own  bank,  the  Banco  Cinematografico,  es- 
tablished here  in  1938  by  the  industry  and 
the  Government.  The  refinancing  is  designed 
to  provide  ample  funds  for  production  in 
an  effort  to  improve  the  quality  of  the  films. 
Those  who  plan  to  reorganize  the  bank  ex- 
pect that  its  financing  will  result  in  such 
quality  films  that  the  Mexican  business  will 
be  well  able  to  meet  foreign  competition, 
particularly  from  the  U.  S. 

V 

Technicolor  pictures  are  to  be  produced  in 
Mexico  by  the  Colores  company  which  has 
obtained  a  federal  concession  as  a  new  in- 
dustry. This  concession  exempts  the  enter- 
prise from  Federal  taxes  for  five  years  and 
permits  it  to  import  material  and  supplies 
duty  free  during  the  same  period. 
V 

John  Ford  has  signed  Dolores  del  Rio  to 
star  in  "Power  and  Glory,"  which  he  will 
make  in  both  Spanish  and  English  versions 
with  exteriors  shot  in  Mexico  and  interiors 
shot  in  Hollywood.  Miss  del  Rio's  most 
recent  Mexican  pictures  were  "Maria  Can- 
delaira"  and  "The  Other  Woman." 
V 

Serge  Kogan  has  taken  over  as  Colum- 
bia's manager  in  Mexico.  For  several  years 
he  had  been  in  Lima,  Peru,  for  Columbia. 
V 

Labor  conditions  have  local  second  and 
subsequent  run  exhibitors  worried.  A  strike 
to  enforce  demands  for  a  pay  rise  against 
the  children's  theatre,  Cine  Baby,  has  been 
declared  legal  by  the  Federal  Board  of  Con- 
ciliation and  Arbitration.  Now,  strikes  to 
enforce  demands  for  similar  wage  increases 
have  been  filed  with  the  Board  against  two 
other  houses,  the  Novelty  and  Imperial. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1944 


*7 


Bragg,  Canadian 
Executive,  Dies 


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address.  Minimum  insertion,  $1.  Four  insertions,  for  the  price  of  three.  Contract  rates 
on  application.  No  borders  or  cuts.  Forms  close  Mondays  at  5  P.  M.  Publisher  reserves 
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POSITIONS  WANTED 


THEATRES 


VETERAN,  MAJOR  RECENTLY  DISCHARGED, 
former  Chief  of  Special  Services  for  one  of  ATS  Com- 
mands, young,  sober,  5  years'  theatre  experience  prior 
to  Army  Service,  desires  theatre  connection  where 
only  highest  type  operation  is  preferred.  BOX  309, 
Goldsboro,  N.  C.   

PROJECTIONIST-^  YEARS'  EXPERIENCE  IN 
all  types  of  theatres.  Married,  age  24,  dependable 
and  ambitious.  Will  s;o  anywhere.  Write  or  wire 
VERNON  WAIBLE,  2625  N.  Kentucky  Ave.,  Evans- 
ville,  Ind. 


USED  EQUIPMENT 


1,000  USED  LEATHER  SEATS  FOR  SALE,  $1.50 
each.  H.  SCHOENSTADT  &  SONS,  1014  S.  Mich- 
igan Ave.,  Chicago  5,  111. 

THEATRE  CHAIRS— 3,000  USED  SPRING  CUSH- 
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back,  with  spring  edge  and  box-spring  cushions;  1,000 
veneer  chairs:  800  good  backs,  500  spring  cushions, 
and  hinges.  Immediate  delivery.  Advise  how  many 
you  need.  Write  for  prices  and  photographs.  Phone 
Lenox  3445,  JESSE  COLE,  2565  McCleUan  Ave., 
Detroit,  Mich. 


900  STEEL  FURNITURE  SPRING  SEAT,  IN- 
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veneerback.  BODELSON  &  CO.,  10-38  Jackson  Ave.. 
Long  Island  City,  N.  Y. 


COMPARE  AND  SAVE!  PAIR  HOLMES  EDU- 
cators,  $895;  pair  Webers,  $625;  Simplex  Mechanisms, 
rebuilt,  $217.50;  Powers,  rebuilt,  $109.50.  Catalog  avail- 
able. STAR  CINEMA  SUPPLY  COMPANY,  440  West 
45th  St.,  New  York  City  19. 


TWO  SIMPLEX,  FRONT  SHUTTER  MECHAN- 
isms  in  good  condition  with  16  inch  magazines,  includ- 
ing two  spare  Simplex  single  bearing  intermittent  move- 
ments complete  with  sprockets.  $400.00.  Available  in 
thirty  days.   BUTLER  THEATRE,   Butler,  Indiana. 


SIMPLEX  SP  SOUND  PROJECTION  OUTFITS, 
single  $595;  double  $995;  DeVry  sound  Projector  high- 
intensity  arc  outfits,  double,  $2,495;  Holmes  profes- 
sional arc  outfits,  deluxe,  $1,695;  regular,  $1,295;  Ampro 
arc  16mm.  outfits,  single,  $1,350;  double.  $2,395.  Start 
a  theatre  now.  S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP., 
449  W.  42nd  St.,  New  York  18. 


HOLMES  35MM.  PROJECTORS.  NOW  IN  OPER- 
ation.  Complete  ready  to  put  on  show  $860.  L.  C. 
O'BERRY,  Ellenton,  S.  C. 


1,200  USED  SPRING  CUSHIONED  THEATRE 
chairs,  $1.50  each  and  $3.50  each.  Complete.  Immediate 
delivery.  RUSSELL  CHAIR,  2567  McClellan,  Detroit, 
Mich.   Phone  LEnox  3445. 


1,700  AMERICAN  STADIUM  CHAIRS,  REFIN- 
ished,  $4.35;  690  Hey  wood  veneer  back  reupholstered 
boxspring  cushion  chairs,  $6.50;  300  American  ditto, 
$5.95;  1,410  Amerfcan  heavy  inserted  panel  back  re- 
upholstered  boxspring,  $7.45;  220  Irwin  tapestry 
upholstered  padded  back,  reupholstered  boxspring 
metal  lined  cushions,  rebuilt,  $8.95;  104  American  re- 
upholstered velour  padded  back,  boxspring,  $7.95.  Wire 
for  stock  list.  S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP., 
449  W.  42nd  St.,  New  York  18. 


STUDIO  EQUIPMENT 


16-35MM.  PRODUCTION  EQUIPMENT— CAM- 
eras,  film  recorders,  editors,  tripods,  dollies,  micro- 
phones, disc  recorders,  booms.  We  buy — trade.  Send 
us  your  used  equipment  or  lists.  Write  your  wants. 
CAMERA  MART,  70  West  45th  St.,  New  York. 

DEPUE  OPTICAL  REDUCTION  PRINTER,  RE- 
built  $2,995;  RCA  type  double  system  Recorder  with 
amplification,  etc.,  $6,150;  Eyemo  Spider  Turret 
Camera,  3  lenses,  $595;  early  Mitchell  Camera,  maga- 
zines, lenses,  tripod,  rebuilt,  $2,450;  Duplex  35mm. 
Printer,  $495;  Moviolas,  $195;  200OW  Studio  Spots, 
$67.50;  Akeley  Newsreel  Camera,  Gyrotripod,  $695;  new 
Bell  &  Howell  Sound  Printers,  35mm  D,  immediate 
delivery;  BH  Geared  Tripods,  $69.50.  Send  for  listings. 
S.  O.  S  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP.,  449  W.  42nd  St., 
New  York  18. 


WANTED  TO  BUY 


SIMPLEX  MECHANISMS  IN  ANY  SHAPE.  BOX 
2027,  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 


58 


FOR  SALE  —  ONLY  THEATRE  IN  MENNO, 
South  Dakota.  $3,500  for  equipment,  rent  only  $30.00 
per  month.  This  is  an  opportunity  to  obtain  an  excel- 
lent theatre  in  the  most  prosperous  community  in 
South  Dakota.  Write  NELSON  LOGAN,  owner,  at 
Mitchell,  S.  D. 


THEATRE  WANTED  UP  TO  $40,00O-WASHING- 
ton,  Oregon  or  California.  Write  EUGENE  HAR- 
WOOD,  St.  John,  Wash. 


WANTED — To  lease  or  buy  theatre  in  West  or 
Northwest  town  of  1000  to  5000  population.  Write 
details.  BOX  2024,  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

2,000-SEAT  MOTION  PICTURE  THEATRE, 
possession  immediately.  89th  St.  and  First  Ave.,  New 
York  City.  WILLIAM  BLOOR,  76  William  St.,  New 
York  City. 


FOR  SALE— GRAND  THEATRE,  527-29  PROS- 
pect  Ave.,  Scranton,  Pa.  Residential  theatre,  500  seats, 
Western  Electric,  Simplex  projectors.  Wonderful  op- 
portunity.   Price  $30,000.    Half  cash,  balance  on  terms. 


BUSINESS  BOOSTERS 


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$2.50  per  thousand,  $22.50  for  10,000.  S.  KLOUS, 
care  of  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 


PRINTING  SERVICE 


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marchbooks,  napkins,  Christmas  cards,  stationery. 
HARRY  CANS,  326  W.  44th  St.,  New  York  18, 
N.  Y. 


NEW  EQUIPMENT 


LOT  OF  6  AMPERE  RECTIFIER  BULBS  AND 
#874  original  RCA  tubes.  BOX  2026,  MOTION  PIC- 
TURE HERALD. 


GE  TUNGAR  BULBS,  6  AMP.,  $2.95;  1000W  BOX 
office  bowl  Heaters,  $3.95;  868  type  photocells,  $1.95; 
latest  Gyro-Stabilizer  Soundheads,  belt  drive,  $195; 
direct  drive,  $282.50;  automatic  record  changers,  $22.95; 
plastic  washable  sound  screens,  42J4c  foot.  Fall  Cata- 
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BOOKS 


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Best  seller  since  1911.  Now  in  7th  edition.  Revised  to 
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Expert  information  on  all  phases  of  projection  and 
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1937  to  date.  Order  your  copy  today.  $3.25  in  the 
U.  S.  A.  $5.00  elsewhere.  Send  remittance  to  QUIGLEY 
BOOKSHOP,  1270— 6th  Avenue,  New  York  20,  N.  Y. 


"Results  very  good"  .  .  . 

Writes  S.  J.  Neyland,  Jr.,  of  Wallace 
Theatres,  Lubbock,  Tex.:  "Thank  you  for 
receipt  of  our  classified  advertising.  .  .  . 
I  also  wish  to  express  our  appreciation 
for  handling  this  matter  for  us.  The  results 
were  very  good  and  we  were  indeed 
surprised  by  the  coverage." 


Funeral  services  were  held  October  1  at 
the  Church  of  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels, 
Toronto,  for  Thomas  J.  Bragg,  executive 
of  J.  Arthur  Rank  companies,  who  died  in 
that  city  September  29.  Highly  respected  in 
international  theatre  company  circles,  Mr. 
Bragg  was  vice-president  and  director  of 
Odeon  Theatres  of  Canada,  president  of 
General  Theatres  Investment  Company,  sec- 
retary-treasurer of  General  Theatres,  direc- 
tor of  Theatre  Properties,  and  treasurer  of 
Empire-Universal  Films. 

In  1921,  Mr.  Bragg  joined  the  late  N.  L. 
Nathanson  to  play  an  important  role  in  de- 
velopment of  Famous  Players  Canadian  Cor- 
poration, resigning  in  1941  to  launch  the 
Odeon  circuit. 

He  was  an  officer  of  the  Argonaut  Row- 
ing Club,  past  president  of  the  Dufferin  Old 
Boys  Association,  a  member  of  the  Toronto 
Board  of  Trade,  and  a  leader  in  Canadian 
War  Loan  drives.  He  leaves  a  widow,  son 
and  daughter. 


Charles  Bruce  Winston 

Charles  Bruce  Winston,  67,  English  stage 
and  screen  actor,  died  of  a  heart  attack 
September  27  on  the  steamship  John  Erics- 
son, en  route  from  Great  Britain  to  New 
York.  Mr.  Winston  appeared  in  silent  and 
talking  pictures,  among  them  "The  Private 
Life  of  Henry  VIII." 


Louis  E.  Rinn 

Louis  E.  Rinn,  47,  majority  leader  of  the 
Common  Council  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and  for 
many  years  projectionist  at  Warners'  Amer- 
ican theatre,  died  at  Troy  Hospital  Sunday. 
He  was  also  alderman  of  the  third  ward. 
Surviving  are  his  widow,  mother,  four  sis- 
ters and  a  brother. 


Jesse  J.  Meis 

Jesse  J.  Meis,  64,  for  many  years  operator 
of  Cincinnati's  neighborhood  theatres,  For- 
est and  Nordland,  died  at  his  home  Septem- 
ber 30.  He  retired  three  years  ago  because 
of  ill  health.  A  widow  and  daughter  sur- 
vive. 


Special  Announcement 
Trailer  Cost  Rises 

An  over-all  price  increase  of  approxi- 
mately 20  per  cent  for  "special  announcement 
trailers"  was  announced  this  week  by  Na- 
tional Screen  Service,  which  reported  it  was 
the  first  such  increase  in  the  company's  his- 
tory. Added  costs  of  production,  labor  and 
operations  were  given  as  the  reasons  for  the 
increase. 


May  Increase  Taxes 

Increases  in  1947  license  fees  for  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  theatres  were  seen  as  possible 
with  Mayor  Daniel  B.  Brunton  naming  a 
five-man  committee  to  make  a  special  in- 
vestigation into  fees  for  all  licenses  and  per- 
mits issued  by  the  city. 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


SHOWMEN'S  REVIEWS 
ADVANCE  SYNOPSES 
SHORT  SUBJECTS 
COMPANY  CHART 
THE  RELEASE  CHART 

This  department  deals  with 
new  product  from  the  point  of 
view  of  the  exhibitor  who  is 
to  purvey  it  to  his  own  public. 


"he  Dark  Mirror 

Universal -International 
Drama 


Psychiatric 


"The  Dark  Mirror"  is  another  in  the  cycle  of 
■sychiatric  pictures  and  like  some  of  its  pre- 

-  iccessors  is  an  absorbing  and  nerve-tingling 
:  nelodrama  that  will  keep  audiences  poised  on 

he  edges  of  their  seats.  It  is  also  an  absorbing 
nystery  story  in  that  it  concerns  twin  sisters, 
me  of  whom  its  guilty  of  murder  while  the 
»ther  has  an  airtight  alibi.  Police  reach  an 
.  mpasse  when  the  sisters  refuse  to  admit  which 
s  which. 

It  is  at  this  point  that  psychiatry  enters  the 
~  jicture  when  a  young  doctor,  a  friend  of  the 
wins,  begins  a  study  of  his  two  subjects  and 
-■■  inds  that  one  is  afflicted  with  paranoia,  a  dan- 
?erous  form  of  criminal  insanity,  and,  with  the 
aid  of  the  police,  finally  traps  her  into  con- 
essing  her  guilt. 

Olivia  de  Havilland  is  cast  in  the  dual  role  of 
the  twin  sisters,  a  role  she  enacts  to  perfection 
Ttth  as  the  mentally  stable  sister  and  as  the  in- 
Bt  sane  twin,  who  at  the  conclusion  loses  her  mind, 
or  :J  A  more  matured  Lew  Ayres,  as  the  psychi- 
...  .atrist,  gives  a  realistic  and  convincing  perform- 
ance.   Thomas  Mitchell  again  attains  acting 
perfection  as  the  lieutenant  of  detectives  trying 

-  to  solve  the  almost  perfect  crime.  Curtain  calls 
.-  are  also  in  order  for  Nunnally  Johnson,  who 

produced  the  picture  and  wrote  the  screenplay 
from  a  Good  Housekeeping  Magazine  story  by 
Vladimir  Pozner ;  for  Robert  Siodmak,  the  di- 
rector, who  has  maintained  suspense  through- 

-  out.  Milton  Krasner  and  Duncan  Cramer,  di- 
.    rectors  of  photography,  and  Dimitri  Tiomkin, 

Ifor  the  musical  score,  which  does  much  to  en- 
'  !hance  the  effect. 

(  1    Previewed  in  the  Universal  projection  room 
'■  yin,  New  York.    Reviewer's  Rating :  Excellent. 
f— -George  H.  Spires. 

Release  date,  net  set.    Running  time,  85  min.  PCA 
[No.  11620.     General  audience  classification. 
I  Terry  Collins  and  Ruth  Collins      Olivia  de  Havilland 

I  Dr.  Scott  Elliott   Lew  Ayres 

Detective  Stevenson   Thomas  Mitchell 

Rusty   Richard  Long 

Charles  Evans.  Garry  Owen.  Lester  Allen,  Lela  Bliss, 
■  '  Marta  Mitrovich,  Amelita  Ward 


Undercurrent 


•  •  MGM — Strange  Triangle 

Robert  Taylor,  who  has  been  off  the  screen 
:  I  for  two  years  fighting  a  war.  and  Katharine 
Hepburn,  who  has  been  wandering  about  some- 
where for  a  like  period,  celebrate  their  MGM 
homecoming  by  linking  their  names  romantically 
for  the  theatre  marquees.  For  their  reintro- 
duction  to  the  screen,  producer  Pandro  S.  Ber^ 
man  has  placed  them  in  a  strange,  neither  fish, 
flesh  nor  fowl,  story  that  will  have  few  people 
■  1  agreeing  on  the  merits  of  the  piece.   But  all  will 

•  agrees  that  it's  pleasant  to  have  Mr.  Taylor 

•  back  again. 

The  story  has  for  its  subject  matter  a  strange 


sort  of  triangle  story.  A  woman  married  to  a 
rich  industrialist  falls  in  love  with  the  indus- 
tralist's  brother  although  she  has  never  seen 
him  and,  in  fact,  has  strong  suspicions  that  her 
husband  has  murdered  his  brother.  It  turns 
out  she's  right  about  the  murder,  but  wrong 
about  the  victim. 

The  story  starts  slowly,  conventionally,  de- 
picting an  idealistic,  starry-eyed  marriage  be- 
tween a  dowdy  little  daughter  of  a  college  sci- 
entist and  a  handsome,  much-publicized  manu- 
facturer of  a  gadget  which  "practically  won  the 
war  single  handedly,"  says  one  of  the  characters. 

The  first  cloud  in  the  sky  appears  when  the 
husband  gets  shifty-eyed  when  his  brother  is 
first  mentioned.  "Don't  talk  about  my  brother," 
he  says.  "Don't  talk  about  his  brother,"  every- 
body else  says.  Naturally  the  bride  is  deter- 
mined to  find  out  about  her  husband's  brother. 
As  she  presses  her  search,  the  marriage  disin- 
tegrates, the  husband  becomes  more  and  more 
maniacal  until  the  whole  thing  is  climaxed  in 
a  melodramatic  finish  when  the  husband  (a)  at- 
tempts to  push  his  wife  over  a  cliff,  (b)  at- 
tempts to  stone  her  to  death,  (c)  when  a  horse 
tramples  the  husband  to  death.  As  a  quiet  coda 
to  the  piece,  the  wife  and  her  late  husband's 
brother  play  piano  duets  together. 

There  is  much  that  is  good  in  this  story ; 
much  that  is  not  so  good — too  much  talking,  for 
instance,  which  director  Vincente  Minnelli  might 
have  cut.  Main  fault  is  that  your  attention  is 
held  by  exasperation  (all  right,  who  is  the 
brother)  rather  than  by  curiosity.  The  plot  is 
spun  tenuously,  politely  and  for  rather  too  long. 
But  both  Mr.  Taylor,  as  the  husband,  and  Miss 
Hepburn,  as  the  wife,  turn  in  good  perform- 
ances, seconded  by  Robert  Mitchum  (he's  the 
brother),  and  by  Edmund  Gwenn.  The  screen 
play  was  written  by  Edward  Chodorov. 

Seen  at  a  New  York  projection  room  at  a 
trade  press  screening.  Reviewer's  Rating : 
Good. — Ray  Lanning. 

Release  date,  not  set.  Running  time,  116  min.  PCA 
No.  17181.    Adult  audience  classification. 

Ann  Hamilton  Katharine  Heoburn 

Alan  Garroway   Robert  Taylor 

Michael  Carroway  Robert  Mitchum 

Edmund  Gwenn,  Marjorie  Main,  Jayne  Meadows, 
Clinton  Sundberg,  Dan  Tobin 


Trigger  Fingers 

Monogram — Western 


The  principals  of  this  Western  are  remarkably 
quick  on  the  draw,  and  it's  too  bad  the  picture's 
pace  isn't  equally  fast.  As  it  is,  the  action  bogs 
down  at  frequent  intervals,  and  the  film's  en- 
tertainment values  are  no  more  than  average. 

Raymond  Hatton,  as  an  aging  blacksmith,  ap- 
peals to  Johnny  Mack  Brown,  who  seems  a  bit 
too  plump  to  merit  the  nickname  "Hurricane," 
to  help  him  clear  his  son  of  a  murder  charge. 
This  youth,  portrayed  by  the  personable  Riley 
Hill,  is  a  hot-headed  lad  who  believes  that  the 
best  way  to  teach  a  man  not  to  cheat  at  cards 
is  to  shoot  him.  As  it  turns  out,  the  card-sharp 
is  not  actually  killed,  but  feigns  death  as  part 


of  a  plot  by  a  band  of  outlaws  to  gain  possession 
of  land  owned  by  the  blacksmith.  They're  after 
stolen  gold,  buried  there  by  other  outlaws  years 
before. 

Brown,  naturally,  unravels  the  ramifications 
of  writer  Frank  Young's  plot,  and  all  ends  well, 
after  a  few  scrimmages  between  the  outlaws 
and  their  opponents.  Lambert  Hillyer  directed. 
Charles  Bigelow  supervised. 

Seen  at  the  Hitching  Post  theatre,  Hollywood. 
Reznewer's  Rating:  Fair. — Thalia  Bell. 

Release  date,  September  21,  1946.  Running  time,  56 
min.    PCA  No.  11805.    General  audience  classification. 

Sam   Johnny   Mack  Brown 

Pinto   Raymond  Hatton 

Jennifer  Holt,  Riley  Hill,  Steve  Clark,  Eddie  Parker, 
Pierce  Lyden.  Ted  Adams,  Cactus  Mack,  Edward 
Cassidy 

Driftin'  River 

PRC— Western 

Robert  Emmett  Tansey,  producing  and  di- 
recting, has  ably  compounded  f.ull-bodied  action 
and  explosive  fanfare  into  a  Western  of  exciting 
proportions.  Eddie  Dean,  daring  in  deed  and 
pleasing  in  voice,  is  the  main  attraction  and  he 
easily  fulfills  his  obligations  to  the  Western 
fans.  Roscoe  Ates  and  Bill  Fawcett  round  out 
the  comic  ends,  with  attractive  Shirley  Patter- 
son providing  the  feminine  angle. 

Frances  Kavanaugh's  original  screenplay,  in 
an  early  frontier  setting,  has  the  U.  S.  Army 
contracting  to  buy  from  Miss  Patterson's  ranch 
a  herd  of  horses  to  be  used  in  the  protection 
of  railroad  workers  from  outlaws.  But  en- 
trenched lawlessness  is  opposed  to  the  intrusion 
of  a  new  railroad  and  has  the  horses  stolen. 

Eddie  Dean  enters  the  scene  and  before  he 
uncovers  the  culprits  gets  involved  in  a  mistaken 
identity  tangle  that  nearly  proves  disastrous. 
After  some  violent  gunplay  and  fisticuffing,  the 
outlaws  are  dealt  the  crushing  blow. 

Miss  Patterson,  in  her  first  role  under  the 
PRC  banner,  performs  with  refreshing  compe- 
tence, helping  to  make  this  an  above  routine 
Western. 

A  number  of  songs  in  Western  fashion  are 
sung  bv  Dean,  among  them  "Driftin'  River" 
and  "Way  Back  in  Oklahoma." 

Seen  at  a  Nezv  York  projection  room.  Re- 
viewer's Rating:  Good. — Mandel  Herbstman. 

Release  date,  October  1,  1946.  Running  time,  59 
min.    PCA  No.  11901.    General  audience  classification. 

Eddie  Dean   Eddie  Dean 

Soapy   Roscoe  Ates 

J.  C.  Morgan   Shirley  Patterson 

Bill  Fawcett.  Lee  Bennett,  Denny  Moore.  Bob  Calla- 
han, Lottie  Harrison,  Forrest  Taylor.  Don  Murphv, 
Lee  Roberts,  Wiley  Grant,  Marion  Carney,  M.  H. 
Richman.  J.  O.  Smith.  A.  L.  Smith 

The  Raider 

English  Films — Sea  Drama 

Perhaps  a  bit  dated,  but  without  loss  of 
dramatic  effectiveness,  the  British  film  makers 
have  sent  us  an  intellieently-wrought  produc- 
tion that  pays  high  tribute  to  its  navy  and 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


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merchant  marine.  A  Crown  Film  Unit  pro- 
duction, "The  Raider"  was  made  with  the  co- 
operation of  the  Royal  Navy,  the  Royal 
Netherlands  Navy,  the  Ministry  of  War  Trans- 
port and  the  Allied  Merchant  Navies. 

It  is  an  absorbing,  documentary-flavored 
story,  photographed  in  Technicolor  and  endowed 
with  excellent  camerawork.  But  in  weighing  its 
box  office  potential  here,  its  British  idiom  and 
rambling  tendencies  should  be  taken  into  con- 
sideration. 

The  characters  in  the  film  are  not  portrayed 
by  professional  actors  but  by  the  servicemen 
themselves  who  recreate  the  roles  they  played 
in  their  daily  lives  during  the  war.  Released  in 
England  as  "Western  Approaches,"  Pat  Jack- 
son has  directed  with  sensitivity  and  realism, 
carefully  avoiding  any  recourse  to  cheap 
heroics.    Ian  Dahymple  produced. 

For  the  most  part,  the  camera  focuses  on  the 
survivers  of  a  torpedoed  merchantman  adrift  in 
the  Atlantic  in  a  lifeboat.  They  struggle 
against  the  sea  and  starvation,  with  tension 
mounting  to  a  new  climax  as  a  German  U-boat 
picks  up  their  SOS  and  then  lurks  patiently 
underwater  waiting  to  tear  apart  the  first  ship 
coming  to  the  rescue. 

Along  with  the  plight  of  the  little  raft  runs 
the  drama  of  a  huge  convoy  striving  to  reach 
England  with  its  vital  cargo  of  guns,  tanks 
and  ammunition.  One  of  the  merchantmen 
swings  off  to  the  aid  of  the  raft,  sustains  a 
deep  wound  in  its  side,  but  finally  vanquishes 
the  submarine. 

Seen  at  the  Rialto  theatre  on  Broadway, 
where  an  afternoon  audience  greeted  it  approv- 
ingly. Reviewer' s  Rating  :  Good. — M.  H. 

Release  date,  May,  1946.  Running  time,  70  min. 
Adult  audience  classification. 


Extenuating  Circumstances 

Lopert  Films — French  Crime  Comedy 

Starring  Michel  Simon,  who  has  long  been 
familiar  to  followers  of  French  pictures,  "Ex- 
tenuating Circumstances"  is  an  amusing  comedy 
of  the  petty  criminals  of  the  Parisian  under- 
world, adapted  to  the  screen  from  the  novel,  "A 
L'Hermitage,"  by  Marcel  Arnac. 

The  story  concerns  a  retired  judge  and  his 
wife,  who  become  involved  with  a  gang  of 
thieves.  Posing  as  one  of  the  leading  brains  of 
the  world  of  crime  the  old  judge  organizes  the 
gang's  program  for  some  "legalized"  larceny, 
leads  them  through  a  series  of  burglaries  and 
in  so  doing  subtly  points  out  the  folly  of  their 
ways.  The  gang  turns  straight.  Their  com- 
bined adventures  plus  the  judge's  subterfuge 
provide  numerous  moments  of  comedy,  while 
the  swift-moving  dialogue  is  easily  followed  by 
the  ample  use  of  superimposed  English  subtitles 
by  Herman  G.  Weinberg. 

In  supporting  roles  are  Suzanne  Dantes, 
Michel  Francois  and  Dorville,  respectively  as 
the  wife,  the  gangster  and  the  "fence"  for  the 
criminals,  all  of  whom  portray  their  roles  with 
ease  and  perfection.  Jean  Boyer  directed  and 
J.  Bercholz  produced. 

Reviezvcd  at  the  55th  Street  Playhouse  in  New 
York.    Reviewer's  Rating:  Good. — G.H.S. 

Release  date,  September  14,  1946.  Running  time,  82 
min.    Adult  audience  classification. 

The  judge   Michael  Simon 

His  wife    Suzanne  Dantes 

Robert  Ozanne,  Marie-Jose,  Michael  Francois,  Ar- 
letty,  Dorville 


German  occupation.  It  is  a  picture  with  a 
simple  but  adult  story. 

The  story  concerns  an  18-year.-old  film 
daughter  of  Raimu,  her  brief  affair  with  a  local 
playboy  before,  he  is  called  tc  war,  and  the  in- 
ter-family troubles  which  ensue  before  and  after 
the  birth  of  their  illegitimate  child.  The  con- 
clusion, however,  is  on  a  more  happy  note  in 
that,  after  being  declared  dead,  the  youth  returns 
to  marry  the  girl  and  the  problems  right  them- 
selves for  all  concerned. 

Although  the  story  for  the  most  part  is 
melodramatic,  Pagnol,  with  typically  continental 
flavor,  introduces  varied  touches  of  humor  in 
the  person  of  the  star  and  one  Fernandel,  seek- 
ing the  hand  of  the  girl,  portrayed  by  Josette 
Day.  Herman  G.  Weinberg  prepared  the  Eng- 
lish subtitles. 

Previcived  at  a  special  reviewer's  screening 
in  Neiv  York.  Reviewer' s  Rating :  Excellent, 
J  or  adult  art  cinema  patrons. — G.  H.  S. 

Release  date,  September  28,  1946.  Running  time, 
122   min.     Adult   audience   classification. - 

Pascal  Raimu 

Felipe   Fernandel 

Patricia   Josette  Day 

Charpin,  George  Grey,  Mifly  Mathis 

REISSUE  REVIEW 


FANTASIA 

RKO  Radio 

Walt  Disney's  imaginative  musical  fantasy, 
"Fantasia,"  went  into  reissue  September  28,  to 
be  booked  as  a  concert  feature  in  theatres 
throughout  the  country.  Ooriginally  reviewed 
in  Motion  Picture  Herald  issue  of  Novem- 
ber 16,  1940,  the  reviewer  at  that  time  said: 
".  .  .  this  latest  production  from  the  workshop 
which  brought  forth  "Snow  White"  participates 
in  the  essence  of  beauty,  both  in  sight  and 
sound  .  .  .  the  picture  is  built  around  eight 
classical  music  selections  played  by  the  Phila- 
delphia Orchestra  under  the  direction  of  Leo- 
pold Stokowski.  Deems  Taylor  supplies  the 
discussions  of  music  which  link  the  individual 
pieces." 

ADVANCE  SYNOPSES 

DECEPTION 
(Warners) 

PRODUCER:  Henry  Blanke.  DIRECTOR: 
Irving  Rapper.  PLAYERS:  Bette  Davis 
Paul  Henried,  Claude  Rains. 

TRAGEDY.  A  pianist  encounters,  by  chance, 
a  cellist  whom  she  had  loved  in  their  student 
days  before  the  war.  Each  had  believed  the  other 
dead  and,  overjoyed  at  the  reunion,  they  plan 
to  marry  immediately.  The  girl,  however,  has 
been  the  protege  of  a  wealthy  composer,  who 
is  enraged  with  jealousy  at  the  prospect  of  her 
marriage.  He  agrees  to  have  one  of  the  cellist's 
compositions  played  at  a  concert,  and  indicates 
that  he  will  expose  the  girl  to  the  cellist  there- 
after. In  order  to  prevent  him  from  doing  so, 
she  shoots  him.  When  the  cellist,  whose  com- 
position has  been  well  received,  hurries  to  meet 
her,  she  confesses  her  crime.  He  forgives  her 
all,  and  she  summons  the  police  to  give  herself 
up. 


The  Welldigger's  Daughter 

Siritzky — French  Melodrama 

Occasionally  there  comes  from  the  French 
studios  a  motion  picture  that  rates  more  than 
just  passing  attention  in  that  it  has  several 
unique  qualities  which  place  it  in  an  individual 
category.  Now  comes  "The  Welldigger's 
Daughter." 

Written,  produced  and  directed  by  Marcel 
Pagnol  and  starring  the  late  Raimu,  who  was 
responsible  for  much  of  the  success  of  "The 
Baker's  Wife,"  this  latest  importation  from 
France  was  made  early  in  the  war  before  the 

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GAS  HOUSE  KIDS 
(PRC) 

PRODUCER:  Sisrmund  Neufield.  DIREC- 
TOR- Sam  Newfield.  PLAYERS:  Robert 
Lowery,  Teala  Loring,  Billy  Halop,  Carl 
Switzer,  Rex  Downing,  Hope  Landin,  Paul 
Bryar. 

MELODRAMA.  A  wounded  war  veteran 
longs  to  marry  the  girl  he  loves  and  buy  a 
chicken  farm,  although  he  has  no  capital  with 
which  to  do  so.  His  friends  raise  the  money 
for  him  by  helping:  to  capture  a  group  of  bank 
robbers,  and  claiming  the  reward  money  offered 
for  the  arrest  of  the  bandies. 


SEA  OF  GRASS 
(MGM) 

PRODUCER:  Pandro  Berman.  DIREC- 
TOR:  Elia  Kazan.  PLAYERS:  Spencer 
Tracy,  Katharine  Hepburn,  Melvyn  Doug- 
las, Robert  Armstrong. 

WESTERN.    The  daughter  of  an  Eastern  1 
banker  goes  West  to  marry  a  cattle  baron.  I 
Subsequently  she  falls  in  love  with  a  lawyer  j 
who  sides  with  the  farmers  and  against  the 
cattlemen.  She  bears  her  husband  a  daughter,  : 
and  her  lover  a  son.  A  rift  develops  between 
husband  and  wife,  and  she  leaves  him.  She  re- 
returns  when  she  hears  that  her  son  has  been 
held  after  a  shooting  affray.  Her  son  dies,  and 
sorrow  unites  the  wife,  the  husband,  and  the 
daughter. 

THE  BRASHER  DOUBLOON 
(20th-Century-Fox) 

PRODUCER:  Robert  Bassler.  DIRECTOR: 
John  Brahm.  PLAYERS:  George  Montgom- 
ery, Nancy  Guild,  Florence  Bates,  Conrad 
Janis,  Reed  Hadley,  John  Ireland,  Fritz 
Kortner. 

MELODRAMA.  A  private  detective  is 
employed  by  a  wealthy  widow  to  recover  a 
valuable  coin  stolen  from  the  collection  of  her 
late  husband,  whose  death  was  caused  by  a  fall 
from  a  window.  The  detective  falls  in  love 
with  the  widow's  secretary,  even  though  he 
suspects  that  the  girl  is  a  homicidal  maniac,  and 
responsible  for  the  death  of  the  collector.  Three  : 
murders  occur  before  the  detective  discovers 
that  the  girl  is  innocent,  and  the  widow  guilty.  I 

THIS  TIME  FOR  KEEPS 
(MGM) 

PRODUCER:  Joe  Pasternak.  DIRECTOR: 
Richard  Thorpe.  PLAYERS:  Esther  Wil- 
liams, Jimmy  Durante,  Lauritz  Melchior, 
Johnnie  Johnston,  Dick  Simmons,  Sharon 
McManus,  Moyna  MacGilL 

i 

MUSICAL.  The  son  of  an  opera  star  falls 
in  love  with  the  star  of  an  aquacade  show.  He 
goes  with  her  to  Mackinac  Island  to  win  her 
grandmother's  permission  to  marry  the  girl.  I 
While  he  is  away,  his  father  announces  the  boy's 
engagement  to  a  society  girl.  The  aquacade 
star  refuses  to  let  him  explain,  and  some  months 
pass  before  matters  are  straightened  out,  and 
the  two  are  reunited. 

HIGH  BARBAREE 
(MGM) 

PRODUCER:  Everett  Riskin.  DIREC- 
TOR: Jack  Conway.  PLAYERS:  Van 
Johnson,  June  Allyson,  Claude  Jarman,  Jr., 
Paul  Harvey. 

WAR  DRAMA.    A  Navy  flier,  whose  craft 
has  been  injured  in  a  battle  with  the  Japs,  | 
makes  a  forced  landing  in  the  South  Pacific.  ' 
As  he  waits  for  death  to  overtake  him,  he  re-  l 
lives  his  whole  life,  including  his  romance  with  - 
a  Navy  nurse.  The  radio  on  the  swamped  plane  P 
brings  word  that  the  ship  on  which  the  nurse  i 
was  serving  has  been  lost.  Thereupon  the  flier 
dies,  and  is  reunited  with  his  sweetheart  in 
eternity. 

IT  HAPPENED  IN  BROOKLYN 
(MGM) 

PRODUCER:  Tack  Cummines.  DIREC- 
TOR: Richard  Whorf.  PLAYERS:  Frank 
Sinatra,  Kathryn  Grayson,  Peted  Lawford, 
Jimmy  Durante,  Lumsden  Hare,  Gloria 
Grahame. 

COMEDY  WITH   MUSIC.    A   Brooklyn  j 
boy  makes  the  acquaintance  of  the  grandson  of 
a  British  peer.    They  become  interested  in  a 
young  musician  who  faces  the  prospect  of  aban-  " 
doning  a  musical  career  in  order  to  support 
his  widowed  mother.    With  the  aid  of  a  girl, 
a  school  teacher,  they  manage  to  raise  funds 
for  a  concert  which  launches  the  young  mu- 
sician on  his  career.    The  school,  teacher,  mean- 
while, falls  in  love  with  the  British  aristocrat,  I 
and  thpv  are  married. 

(Additional  Synopses  on  Page  3240) 
PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  5.  1946 


SHORT  SUBJECTS 

reviews  and  synopses 


Reviews  and  synopses  of  short  subject* 
printed  in  Product  Digest  are  Indexed  tft 
the  Short  Subjects  Chart,  Product  Oigosf 
Section,  pages  3226-3227. 

Running  times  are  those  furnished  by 

the  distributor. 


WORLD  FOOD  PROBLEM  (20th-Fox)  ' 

March  of  Time  (V13-2) 

In  a  timely  subject,  the  editors  of  March  of 
Time  bring  to  the  screen  the  story  of  what  is 
being  done  to  meet  the  food  crisis  in  less  for- 
tunate countries  where  starvation  threatens. 
Althotrgh  once  again  many  drought-ridden 
areas  are  producing  harvests,  India  and  China 
are  still  fighting  famine.  The  film  reveals  the 
job  that  UNRRA  is  doing  and  why  its  tasks 
are  important  and  difficult.  Also  shown  in  the 
picture  is  the  vital  part  played  by  the  U.  S. 
in  fighting  starvation  by  contributing  72  per 
cent  of  UNRRA  funds  and  almost  75  per  cent 
of  supplies  as  well  as  millions  of  individual 
life-saving  packages.  The  subject  is  highly 
interesting  and  informative. 
Release  date,  October  4,  1946  17  minutes 

MOSCOW  MUSIC  HALL  (Artkino) 

Dance  ayid  Music  Review 

A  variety  of  Russian  stars  of  the  concert 
stage  are  featured  in  a  pleasing  revue  that  in- 
cludes   many    traditional    songs    and  dances. 
Among  the  collection  of  acts  that  rnakes  up  the 
subjects  are:  The  Red  Army  Anniversary  Song 
;  by  the  Red  Army  Ensemble ;  The  Skating  Rink, 
a  ballet  skit  performed  by  Anna   Redel  and 
,  Mikhail  Kmstalev ;  Cavalry  Dance,  Red  Army 
j  Ensemble ;  Lilac  Blossoms,  Lidia  Ruslanova ; 
Quadrille,  Folk  Dance  of  the  USSR  :  Troika, 
Sergei  Lemeshev,  and  a  production  number  by 
the  Piatnitsky  Ensemble. 

Release-  date,  September  6,  1946         31  minutes 

RACE  HORSES  ARE  BORN  (Para.) 

Sportlights  (R6-1) 

Photographed  at  Rancocas  Farm,  N.  J.,  this 
short  tells  the  story  behind  your  two-dollar  bet 
— following  the  career  of  a  potential  Derby 
winner  from  his  birth  through  his  first  race 
and  victory.  Sports  announcer  Ted  Husing 
describes  the  race.  All  phases  of  horse  train- 
ing are  covered. 

Release  date,  October  4,  1946  9  minutes 

FOOTBALL  FANFARE  (20+h-Fox) 

Sports  Review  (7301  ) 

Released  simultaneously  with  the  opening  of 
the  football  season,  the  subject  shows  the  great 
of  the  game  in  action — Red  Grange,  Knute 
Rockne,  Don  Hutson,  Sammy  Baugh,  Glenn 
Davis,  Doc  Blanchard  and  others.  Highlights 
of  the  1945  season  are  shown. 
Release  date,  August  23,  1946  9  minutes 

JASPER  IN  A  JAM  (Para.) 

Puppctoons  (U5-7) 

The  jam  in  this  Technicolor  short  is  the  jam 
and  jive  of  Charlie  Barnet  and  his  orchestra, 
plus  the  hot  vocalist,  Peggy  Lee.  The  instru- 
mental story  takes  place  in  a  pawnshop  where, 
just  as  the  clock  strikes  midnight,  every  mus- 
ical instrument  in  hock  comes  to  life.  Miss  Lee 
sings  "Old  Man  Mose  Is  Dead,"  Charlie  plays 
"Pompton  Turnpike,"  and  then  everybody  gets 
together  for  "Cherokee"  while  Jasper  dreams  he 
is  trapped  by  a  totem  pole. 
Release  date,  October  18,  1946  7  minutes 

MR.  WRIGHT  GOES  WRONG  (Col.) 

All  Star  Comedies  (7427) 

Sterling  Holloway  takes  on  a  lot  of  trouble 
when  he  takes  over  a  friend's  identification  in 
order  to  get  his  hotel  room.  Among  the 
troubles  include  a  charge  for  hitting  a  cop, 
several  C.O.D.  purchases  and  a  jealous  hus- 
band with  whose  wife  the  friend  has  been 
going  out. 

Release  date,  August  1,  1946         19  minutes 


WINTER  HOLIDAY  (20th-Fox) 

Sports  Review  (7351) 

Lake  Placid  is  the  scene  of  the  subject  which 
gives  in  detail  the  activities  of  winter  sports 
enthusiasts  at  New  York  State's  famous  re- 
sort. The  accent  is  on  skiing  and  ice-skating. 
Mel  Allen  narrates. 

Release  date,  September  27,  1946       8  minutes 

MYSTO  FOX  (Col.) 

Fox  and  Crow  (7754) 

The  fable  has  the  crow,  in  order  to  obtain 
room  and  board,  masquerading  as  a  rabbit  and 
applying  for  a  job  as  assistant  to  Mysto  Fox, 
the  magician.  Soon  the  crow  tries  his  hand  at 
magic  and  even  makes  an  attempt  at  sawing  the 
magician. 

Release  date,  August  29,  1946          7  minutes 

SUDDEN  FRIED  CHICKEN  (Para.) 

Noveltoons  (P5-6) 

Mice,  hens  and  roosters  people  this  story 
about  a  fight  in  a  barnyard.  Herman  the 
Mouse  matches  One  Round  Hogan  with  Hec- 
tor the  rooster.  Hector  is  about  ready  to  be 
fricasseed  when  Herman  comes  to  his  rescue. 
In  Technicolor. 

Release  date,  October  18,  1946  7  minutes 

MR.  CHIMP  ON  VACATION  (Univ.) 

Variety  View  (1354) 

Shorty  goes  on  a  vacation.  The  first  part  he 
spends  on  a  sailing  vessel,  encountering  nautical 
adventures.  Tired  of  this,  he  repairs  to  the 
beach,  where  he  finds  himself  quite  out  of  his 
element  in  the  sand  and  sun. 
Release  date,  August  26,  1946         10  minutes 

RACKETEER  RABBIT  (WB) 

Bugs  Bunny  Special  (2723) 

Bugs  Bunny,  in  his  latest  adventure,  tan- 
gles in  an  abandoned  house  with  two  gang- 
sters who  bear  a  strong  resemblance  to  Ed- 
ward G.  Robinson  and  Peter  Lorre.  When 
Bunny  finally  finishes  with  them,  it  is  Robin- 
son who  goes  scrambling  down  the  road  in 
search  of  police  protection. 
Release  date,  September  14,  1946  7  minutes 

SURE  CURES  (MGM) 

Pete  Smith  Specialties 

Despite  the  advance  of  medical  science,  old 
fashioned  home  remedies  for  ailments  still  per- 
sist in  many  a  household.  In  his  latest  sub- 
ject, Pete  Smith  presents  a  hilarious  study  of 
these  remedies.  Among  the  theories  put  under 
Mr.  Smith's  satirical  camera  are  the  beef- 
steak cure  for  a  shiner;  tonics  for  falling  hair; 
and  popular  cures  for  insomnia  and  the  hiccups. 
With  Dave  O'Brien  who  writes,  directs  and 
also  serves  as  the  indestructible  human  guinea 
pig  in  the  Specialties,  the  subject  is  highly 
entertaining  and  informative.  The  film  is  sup- 
plemented by  the  witty  commentary  of  Pete 
Smith. 

Release  date,  not  set.  10l/2  minutes 

BOBBY  BYRNE  &  ORCHESTRA  (Col.) 

Film  Vodvil  (7958) 

The  subject  features  Bobby  Byrne  and  his 
orchestra.  In  it  Bob  Hayden,  the  band  vocal- 
ist, sings  "Prisoner  of  Love,"  and  Sheila  Bond 
taps  her  way  through  two  specialties,  "La 
Bonda"  and  "Boogie  Bond."  Also  played  by 
the  orchestra  is  a  catchy  tune  called  "Hey, 
Bobby." 

Release  date,  August  15,  1946       10  minutes 


GOLDEN  SLIPPERS  (Para.) 

Musical  Parade  Featurette  (FFS-6) 

Gangsters  force  Mike,  owner  of  a  night  club, 
to  sell  out,  thereby  throwing  both  singer  Mary 
Daley  and  press  agent  Nat  Foster  out  of  their 
jobs  and  preventing  Mike  from  financing  Nat's 
play.  Mike,  at  the  last  minute,  tries  to  stop 
the  sale  and  is  murdered  by  the  gangsters. 
When  Mike's  will  is  read  it  is  discovered  that 
provision  has  been  made  for  Nat's  show  to  be 
produced  and  for  Mary  to  star  in  it.  T*"» 
Technicolor  short  stars  Mary  Edwards,  Alfred 
Ryder  and  Harris  and  Shore. 
Release  date,  November  15,  1946         17  minutes 

SONS  OF  COURAGE  (20th-Fox) 

Movietone  Adventures  (7251) 

The  camera  travels  8,600  feet  up  the  Rockies 
near  Boulder,  Colo.,  to  the  Lazy  VV  Ranch, 
home  of  pure-bred  Arabian  horses.  The  steeds 
are  shown  going  through  their  daily  routines, 
displaying  endurance,  courage  and  intelligence. 
As  a  climax,  a  show  is  put  on  by  the  local 
cowboys. 

Release  date,  August  2,  1946  8  minutes 

DEEP  SEA  FISHING  (Col.) 

Sport  Reels  (7810) 

In  this  subject  Bill  Stern  takes  you  on  a 
deep-sea  fishing  trip  in  Florida  waters,  where 
sportsmen  thrill  to  the  excitement  of  a  game- 
fish  hunt.  Seen  in  the  reel  is  a  fight  to  catch 
the  sailfish,  dolphin  and  finally,  the  kingfish. 
Release  date,  August  15,  1946  9  minutes 

MUSICA-LULU  (Para.) 

Little  Lulu  (D5-5) 

Little  Lulu  deserts  her  violin  practice  to  play 
baseball.  The  first  ball  pitched  hits  Lulu  on 
the  head  and  knocks  her  out.  Then  follows  a 
dream  fantasy  in  which  Lulu  is  summoned  be- 
fore the  Court  of  Musical  Justice  and  charged 
with  deserting  her  violin.  Produced  in  Techni- 
color. 

Release  date,  November  15,  1946  7  minutes 
LIGHTHOUSE  KEEPING  (RKO) 

Walt  Disney  (64,111) 

Donald  Duck,  as  a  lighthouse  keeper,  has 
plenty  of  trouble  with  a  nosey  pelican  in  this 
one.  The  trouble  started  when  Donald  flashes 
the  beacon  light  into  the  pelican's  face.  The 
pelican  is  set  on  revenge  and  Donald  takes  a 
beating  as  a  result.  In  Technicolor. 
Release  date,  September  20,  1946        7  minutes 

HOT  WATER  (Col.) 

All  Star  Comedies  (7412) 

Gus  Schilling  and  Dick  Lane,  keeping  bach- 
elor quarters  while  their  respective  wives  are 
away,  are  surpised  by  the  unscheduled  home- 
coming of  the  spouses.  The  boys  try  to  get  rid 
of  a  blonde  who  helped  clean  the  apartment, 
but  a  mixup  ensues  which  teaches  the  boys  that 
an  attempt  to  deceive  the  wife  is  generally  a 
bad  idea. 

Release  date,  July  25,  1946  18^  minutes 

SILENT  TWEETMENT  (Col.) 

Flippy  (7603) 

Everyone  in  the  household  is  happy  about  the 
singing  of  Flippy,  the  Canary — everyone,  that 
is,  except  the  lazy  cat  who  cannot  sleep.  So  the 
sly  cat  does  something  to  silence  the  bird.  The 
result  is  an  unhappy  and  cross  household  that 
makes  the  cat's  life  miserable.  This  time  the 
cat  does  everything,  including  standing  on  his 
head,  to  make  the  canary  sing.  All  ends  well 
finally. 

Release  date,  September  19,  1946      6l/2  minutes 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


3239 


RELEASE  CHART 

By  Companies 


Prod. 
No. 


Title 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 


COLUMBIA 


7039  Personality   Kid   Aug.  8, 

7210  Heading  West   Aug.  15. 

7038  It's  Great  to  be  Young  Sept.  12. 

7224  Singing  on   the   Trail  Sept.  12. 

7002  Gallant  Journey   Sept  24, 

7042  Shaccved   Sept.  26. 

7006  Thrill  of  Brazil  Sept.  SO, 

805  So  Dark  the  Night  Oct.  10, 

806  Blondie    Knows   Best  Oct.  17, 

861  Landrush   Oct.  17. 

816  Crime  Doctor's  Man  Hunt... Oct.  24, 


46 
46 
46 
•46 
'46 
•4b 
'4® 
•46 
'46 
46 
46 


BLOCK  17 

625  Boys'    Ranch   July  I8,'46 

626  Courage   of    Lassie  Aug.  8,'46 

627  Faithful   in   My   Fashion  Aug.  22, '46 

628  Three    Wise    Fools   Aug.  29.'46 

• 

...  The  Show- 00   (T)  Aug.  I2,'46 

...  Captains  Courageous  (R)  (T) . Aug.  21. '46 

...  Gallant  Bess  (T)  Aug.  29. '46 

...  The  Yearling   (T)  Sept.  13, '46 

...  Boom   Town    (R)  (T)  Sept.  30, '46 

...  The    Great    Waltz    <R)..(T)  Sept.  30.'46 

...  Undercurrent   (T)  Sept.  30.  46 

...  Holiuay   in    Mexico  Sepu/46 

...  The  Cockeyed  Miracle  Oct., '46 

...  No  Leave,  No  Love  Oct. ,'46 

...  Rage  in  Heaven  (R)  Oct.. '46 

MONOGRAM 

520  Below    the    Deadline  Aug.   3. '46 

567  Shadows   on   the    Range  Aug.  10. '46 

525  The    Missing    Lady  Aug.  17. '46 

512  Spook   Busters   Aug.  2V46 

517  High    School    Hero  Sept.  7.  46 

601  Decoy   Sept.  I4.'46 

568  Trigger  Fingers   Sept.  21. '46 

603  Dangerous  Money   Oct.    5. '46 

  Hut    wantcr   Oct.    12. '46 

602  Gentleman  Joe  Palooka  Oct.  19. '46 

531  Beauty  and  the  Bandit  .Oct.  19/46 

  Bringinq  Up  Father  Oct.    26.  46 

563  Silver  Range   Nov.  2,'46 

  Mr.   Hex   Nov.  9.'46 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or 

No.  Title  Release  Date 

  Sweetheart  of  Sigma  Chi  Nov.  16/46 

681  Song  of  the  Sierras  Nov.  23,'46 

PARAMOUNT 

SPECIAL 

4532  Monsieur    Beaucaire   Aug.  30,'46 

• 

BLOCK  6 

4526  0.   S.   S.   July  26,'46 

4527  The   Searching    Wind  Aug.  9,'46 

4528  Swamp  Fire   Sept.   6, '46 

4529  Strange  Love  of  Martha  I  vers. Sept.  1 3. '46 

• 

B5-3620  Jungle  Princess   (R) . ...  .Sept.  1/46 

R5-3624  The  Plainsman  (R)  Sept.  1/46 

  Blue   Skies   (T)  Sept.  25/46 

  Two  Years  Before  the  Mast 

Nov.  22/46 

PRC  PICTURES 

....  Terrors  on   Horseback  Aug.  14/46 

....  Down  Missouri   Way  Aug.  15/46 

  Secrets  of  a  Sorority  Girl... Aug.  15/46 

  Overland   Riders   Aug.  21/46 

  Blonde  for  a  Day  Aug.  29/46 

  Strange  Holiday   Sept.  2/46 

  Outlaw  of  the  Plains  Sept.  22/46 

....  Her  Sister's  Secret  Sept.  23/46 

....  Accomplice   Sept.  29/46 

  The    Brute    Man  Oct.  1/46 

  Driftin'  River   Oet.  1/46 

  Gas    House    Kids  Oct.  14/46 

  Don    Ricardo    Returns  Oct.  21/46 

  Lady   Chaser   Oct.  21/46 

  Tumbleweed   Trails   Oct.  28/46 

  Wild   West   Nov.  1/46 

  Lighthouse   Nov.  11/46 

  Stars    Over   Texas  Nov.  18/46 

RKO 

SPECIAL 

761  Notorious   Sept.  6/46 

  Fantasia    (R)   Sept.  28/46 

  It's  a  Wonderful  Life  (T)  Dac./46 

• 

BLOCK  6 

626  Till  the  End  of  Time  Aug.  1/46 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or 

No.  Title  Release  Pate 

627  Crack-Up   Sept.  6/46 

628  Bedlam   May  10/46 

629  The  Falcon's  Alibi  July  1/46 

630  The  Bamboo  Blonde  July  15/46 

• 

BLOCK  I 

705  Step  by  Step  Aug.  30/46 

701  Sister  Kenney   Oct.  10/46 

704  Sunset  Pass   Oct.  1/46 

702  Lady  Luck   Oct.  18/46 

703  Great  Day  (British  Oct.  30/46 

• 

BLOCK  2 

  Child  of   Divorce  (T)  Oct.  14/46 

  Nocturne   (T)  Oct.  14/46 

 Criminal  Court   (T)  Oct.  15/46 

  Genius  at   Work  (T)  Oct.  16/46 

  Deadlier  Than  the  Male.  (T)  Nov.  7/46 


REPUBLIC 

SPECIAL 

....  I've  Always  Loved  You. .  (T)  Aug.  27/46 
• 

526  The   Inner  Circle  Aug.  7/46 

527  The  Last  Crooked  Mile  Aug.  9/46 

528  G.   I.  War  Brides  Aug.  12/46 

529  Invisible    Informer   Aug.  19/46 

530  Earl  Carroll  Sketchbook  Aug.  22/46 

541  Under   Nevada  Skies  Aug.  26/46 

531  Mysterious  Mr.  Valentine. ..  .Sept.  3/46 
558  Rio    Grande    Raiders  Sept.  9/46 

542  Roll  on  Texas  Moon  Sept.  12/46 

  Last    Frontier    Uprising  Oct.  22/46 

....  Home    in    Oklahoma  Nov.  8/46 

SCREEN  GUILD 

4605  Flight   to    Nowhere  Oct.  1/46 

4606  'Neath    Canadian    Skies  Oct.  15/46 

4607  Rolling    Home   Nov.  I ,'46 

4608  Scared    to    Death  Nov.  1/46 

4610  North   of   the    Border  Nov.  15/46 

4609  My    Dog    Shep  ..Dec.  1/46 

20TH-FOX 

633  Centennial  Summer   Aug./48 


ADVANCE  SYNOPSES 

MR.  HEX 
(Monogram) 

PRODUCER:  Jan  Grippo.  DIRECTOR: 
William  Beaudine.  PLAYERS:  Leo  Gorcey, 
Huntz  Hall,  Bobby  Jordan,  Billy  Benedict, 
David  Gorcey,  Gabriel  Dell,  Gale  Robbins. 

COMEDY-DRAMA.  The  "Bowery  Boys" 
put  up  one  of  their  number  as  a  candidate  in 
a  boxing  tournament.  Since  he  cannot  box, 
they  employ  a  hypnotist  to  make  him  think  he 
can.  Some  gangsters  enter  a  professional  boxer 
against  the  boy,  hoping  to  win  the  bout  which 
ends,  however,  in  a  double  knockout.  The 
gangsters  are  exposed  and  jailed. 

DON  RICARDO  RETURNS 
(PRC) 

PRODUCER:  James  Burkett.  DIRECTOR: 
Terry  Morse.  PLAYERS:  Fred  Colby,  Isa- 
belita,  Martin  Garralaga,  Paul  Newlan,  Claire 
DuBrey,  David  Leonard. 

PERIOD  DRAMA.  A  Spanish  don  comes 
to  California  to  claim  his  inheritance.  With 
the  aid  of  the  Fathers  at  one  of  the  missions, 
he  is  able  to  substantiate  his  claim  and  take 
title  to  a  rich  estate. 

3240 


SILVER  RANGE 
(Monogram) 

SUPERVISOR:  Charles  J.  Bigelow.  DI- 
RECTOR: Lambert  Hillyer.  PLAYERS: 
Johnny  Mack  Brown,  Raymond  Hatton, 
Jan  Bryant,  I.  Stanford  Jolley,  Terry  Frost. 

WESTERN.  A  band  of  outlaws  smuggles 
silver  into  the  country,  in  association  with  a 
miner  whose  mine  supposedly  produces  the  sil- 
ver, and  a  banker  who  supplies  funds  for  the 
illegal  project.  They  are  eventually  exposed 
and  brought  to  justice  by  a  former  U.  S.  mar- 
shal and  his  cowboy  pal. 

SWEETHEART  OF  SIGMA  CHI 
(Monogram) 

PRODUCER:  Jeffrey  Bernerd.  DIREC- 
TOR: Jack  Bernhard.  PLAYERS:  Elyse 
Knox,  Phil  Regan,  Phil  Brito,  Rose  Hunter, 
Anne  Gillis,  Tom  Harmon,  Fred  Coby,  David 
Holt. 

COLLEGE  DRAMA.  A  college  girl  wins 
the  love  of  the  key  man  on  the  college  crew. 
Professional  gamblers,  who  have  made  heavy 
bets  on  the  rival  crew,  try  to  blackmail  her 
into  using  her  influence  to  make  her  boy-friend 
throw  the  race.  When  this  plot  fails,  they  try 
to  sabotage  the  racing  shell,  but  are  caught 
in  the  act. 


This  chart  lists  feature  product  tradeshowt 
or  released  since  August  1,  1946.  For  //sting  01 
7945-46  Features  by  Company,  see  Product 
Digest  pages  3151-3152,  issue  of  August  17 
1946.  For  Stars,  Running  Time,  Review  art 
other  Service  Data  references,  turn  to  tin 
Alphabetical  Chart  in  this  issue. 

Ill  before  a  date  in  the  list  below  is  tht 
tradeshow  date;  release  dates  are  given  a 
soon  as  available. 


Prod.  Tradeshow  c 

No.  Title  Release  Dati 

634  Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam. . .Aug.,'4 

635  Deadline  for   Murder  Aug./! 

636  Black   Beauty   Sept./4 

637  Claudia  and   David  Sept.,  : 

638  If   I'm   Lucky  Sept/4 

641  Sun  Valley  Serenade  (R.)  Sept./' 

639  Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue  Ort.,'4 

640  Home  Sweet    Homicide  Oct./' 

642  The  Bowery  (R.)  Oet,'< 

643  Strange  Journey   Oct./' 

644  Wanted  for  Murder  (Brit)  Nov./' 

645  My  Darling  Clementine  Mm.,'' 

646  Margie  Nov./. 


UNITED  ARTISTS 

  Mr.   Ace   Aug.  2i'\ 

  Caesar  and   Cleopatra  (Brit.)  .Aug.  16/ 

....  The  Bachelor's  Daughters  Sept  6/ 

  Devil's    Playground   (T)  Sept.  17/- 

  Antel   on   My  Shoulder  Sept.  20,' 

  Little    Iodine   Oct.  11,'j 

.  Strange   Woman   Oct.  25/ 

UNIVERSAL 

545  The  Black  Angel   Aug.  2/ 

.544  Slightly    Scandalous   Aug.  2/ 

545  Wild    Beauty   Aug.  9/ 

1105  Rustler's  Roundup   Aug.  9/ 

546  The  Time  of  Their  Lives  Aug.  16.' 

1106  Lawless  Breed   Aug.  16/ 

547  Dead   of   Night   (British)  Aug.  23/ 

....  Brief  Encounter  (Brit.)  Aug.  24/ 

1107  Gunman's  Code   Aug.  30/ 

548  The   Killers   Aug.  30/ 

549  Little  Miss  Big   Aug.  3U/..I 

550  White  Tie  and   Tails  Aug.  30/ 


WARNER  BROTHER 

523  Night  and  Day  Aug.  3,'u 

524  Two  Guys  from   Milwaukee. .  .Aug.  17/ 

601  The    Big    Sleep  Aug.  31/ 

602  Shadow  of  a  Woman  Sept.  14/ 

603  Cloak   and    Dagger  Sept.  28/ 

604  Nobody    Lives    Forever  Oct.  12/1 

605  Deception   Oct.  26/  i 


SONG  OF  THE  SIERRAS 
(Monogram) 

PRODUCER-DIRECTOR:  Oliver  Draki 
PLAYERS:  Jimmy  Wakely,  Lee  (Lasses 
White,  Jean  Carlin,  Jack  Baxley,  Iris  Cliv< 

WESTERN.     A  horse-dealer  contracts  tjl| 
sell  his  horses  to  the  army,  provided  the  an 
mals  can  outrace  those  sold  by  a  woman  wh 
owns  a  nearby  ranch.    The  woman  tries  tj  i 
stymie  the  deal  by  unscrupulous  means,  and 
the  course  of  events  her  men  kill  a  storekeeper! 
Evidence  against  her  is  unearthed,  and  she  »:,{ 
taken  into  custody. 

THE  UNFINISHED  DANCE 
(MGM) 

PRODUCER:  Joe  Pasternak.  DIRECTOR 
Henry  Koster.  PLAYERS:  Margan 
O'Brien,  Cyd  Charisse,  Danny  Thomas. 

TRAGIC  DRAMA.  A  little  girl,  pupil  at  ;j 
ballet  school,  idolizes  the  premiere  ballerin; 
When  a  new  ballerina  joins  the  company  th 
child  accidentally  pulls  a  switch  which  opens 
trap-door,  and  the  new  ballerina  is  crippled  fc 
life.  One  of  the  other  children  tells  the  ballerin 
that  the  little  girl  is  responsible  for  the  acc 
dent.  Overcome  with  remorse,  the  little  gi 
runs  away.  She  is  found  by  friends,  and  tl 
crippled  ballerina  assures  her  that  all  is  forgive 

PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  5,  19' 


THE  RELEASE  CHART 

Index  to  Reviews,  Advance  Synopses  and 
Service  Data  in  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 


Release  dates  and  running  time  are  furnished  as  soon  as  avail- 
able. Advance  dates  are  tentative  and  subject  to  change.  Run- 
ring  times  are  the  official  times  supplied  by  the  distributor. 

All  page  numbers  on  this  chart  refer  to  pages  in  the 
PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION  of  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

For  Legion  of  Decency  Rating,  Audience  Classification  and 
f  Managers'  Round  Table  Exploitation,  see  Service  Data  page 
r  numbers  in  last  column. 


Short  Subjects  Chart  with  Synopsis  Index  can  be  found  on 
pages  3226-3227,  issue  of  September  28,  1946. 

Feature  product  listed  by  Company  on  page  3240,  issue  of 
October  5,  1946.  For  listing  of  1945-46  Features  by  Company, 
see  Product  Digest,  pages  3151-3152,  issue  of  August  17,  1946. 

(T)  before  a  date  in  the  list  below  is  the  tradeshow  date; 
release  dates  are  given  as  soon  as  available. 

(|)  indicates  a  Box  Office  Champion. 


■  REVIEWED  ■ 


Title  Company 
ABBOTT  and  Costello  in  Holly- 
wood (Block  13)  MGM 
Abie's  Irish  Rose  UA 
Abilene  Town  UA 
Accomplice  PRC 
f  Adventure  (Special)  MGM 
Adventures  of  Marco  Polo 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Affairs  of  Geraldine,  The  Rep. 

(formerly  Lonely  Hearts  Club) 
Alias  Billy  the  Kid  Rep. 
Allotment  Wives,  Inc.  Mono. 
Amami  Alfredo  (Italian)  Grand! 
Ambush  Trail  PRC 
t  And  Then  There  Were  None  20th-Fox 
Angel  Comes  to  Brooklyn,  An  Rep. 
Angel  on  My  Shoulder  UA 
t  Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam  20th-Fox 
Appointment  with  Crime 

(Br.)  NatN.-Anglo 
Avalanche  PRC 


M.  P. 

Product 

Ad  vance 

Service 

Prod. 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Number 

Stars 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

602 

Bud  Abbott-Lew  Costello 

Oct.,'45 

84m 

Aug.  25/45 

2631 

Michael  Chekhov-Joanna  Dru 

Not  Set 

3066 

Randolph  Scott-Ann  Dvorak 

Jan.  1 1,'46 

89m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

2628 

3088 

Richard  Arlen-Veda  Ann  Borg 

Sept.  29,'46 

68m 

Sept.  2 8, '46 

3224 

3187 

616 

Clark  Gable-Greer  Garson 

Mar.,'46 

126m 

Dec.  22'45 

2765 

2628 

3100 

Gary  Cooper-Sigrid  Gurie 

Dec.  29,'45 

105m 

Feb.  I9,'38 

Jane  Withers-James  Lydon 

Not  Set 

295  i 

555 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

Apr.  I7,'46 

56m 

June  29/46 

3065 

2981 

505 

Kay  Francis-Paul  Kelly 

Dec.  29,'45 

80m 

Nov.  I0,'45 

2710 

2555 

Maria  Cebotari-Claudio  Gore 

Jan.  I8,'46 

91m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor 

Feb.  I7,'46 

60m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

611 

Barry  Fitzgerald-Walter  Huston 

Nov.,'45 

97m 

July  14/45 

2626 

2862 

503 

Kaye  Dowd-Robert  Duke 

Nov.  I0.'45 

70m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2384 

Paul  Muni-Anne  Baxter 

Sept.  20,'46 

101m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

2859 

634 

Irene  Dunne-Rex  Harrison 

Aug.,'46 

128m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2907 

3228 

William  Hartnell-Raymond  Lovell 

Not  Set 

90m 

June  15/46 

3042 

Bruce  Cabot-Roscoe  Karns 

June  20, '46 

70m 

May  4/46 

2973 

BACHELOR'S  Daughters,  The  UA 
Bad  Bascomb  (Block  16)  MGM 

t  Badman's  Territory  RKO 
Bad  Men  of  the  Border  Univ. 
Bamboo  Blonde  (Block  6)  RKO 

t  Bandit  of  Sherwood  Forest  (color)  Cof. 
Battle  for  Music  (Br.)  Four  Continents 
Beast  with  Five  Fingers,  The  WB 
Beat  the  Band  RKO 
Beauty  and  the  Bandit  Mono. 
Because  of  Him  Univ. 
Bedelia  (British)  GFD 
Bedlam  (Block  6)  RKO 
Begining  or  the  End,  The  MGM 
Behind  Green  Lights  20th-Fox 
Behind  the  Mask  Mono. 

t  Bells  of  St.  Mary's.  The  RKO 
Beloved  Enemy  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 
Below  the  Deadline  Mono. 
Beware  Astor 
Beware  of  Pity  (British)  Eagle-Lion 
Biq  Sleep,  The  WB 
Black  Angel,  The  Univ, 
Black  Beauty  20th-Fox 
Black  Market  Babies  Mono. 
Blazing  the  Western  Trail  Col. 
Blithe  Spirit  (British)  (color)  UA 
Blonde  Alibi  Univ. 
Blonde  for  a  Day  PRC 
Blondie  Knows  Best  Col. 
Blondie's  Lucky  Day  Col. 

fBlue  Dahlia,  The  (Block  4)  Para. 
Blue  Montana  Skies  (Reissue)  Rep. 
Blue  Skies  (color)  Para. 
Bohemian  Girl,  The 

(Reissue)  Rim  Classics 

Bon  Voyage  .20th-Fox 
Boom  Town  (R.)  MGM 
Border  Bandits  Mono. 
Born  for  Trouble  (Reissue)  WB 


619 
622 

1101 
630 

7004 


531 
516 

628 

620 
526 
661 

520 


601 
543 
636 
504 
7201 

527 

806 
7020 
4517 
5307 


565 
504 


Gail  Russell-Claire  Trevor  Sept.  6/46 
Wallace  Beery-Margaret  O'Brien  Apr.-May,'46 

Randolph  Scott-Ann  Richards  Block  5 

Kirby  Grant-Armida  Sept.  28/45 

Frances  Langford-Russell  Wade  July  15/46 

Cornel  Wilde-Anita  Louise  Feb.  21/46 

London  Philharmonic  Orchestra  Oct.  13/45 

Robert  Alda-Andrea  King  Not  Set 

Frances  Langford-Gene  Krupa  No*  Set 

Gilbert  Roland-Ramsay  Ames  Oct.  19/46 

Deanna  Durbin-Franchot  Tone  Jan.  18/46 

Margaret  Lockwood-lan  Hunter  Not  Set 

Boris  Karloff-Anna  Lee  May  10/46 

Brian  Donlevy-Robert  Walker  Not  Set 

Carole  Landis-William  Gargan  Feb. ,'46 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed  May  25/46 

Bing  Crosby-lngrid  Bergman  Special 

Merle  Oberon-David  Niven  Apr.  15/46 

Warren  Douglas-Ramsay  Ames  Aug.  3/46 

Louis  Jordan-Frank  Wilson  July/46 

Lilli  Palmer-Albert  Lieven  July  22/46 

Humphrey  Bogart-Lauren  Bacall  Aug.  31/46 

Dan  Duryea-June  Vincent  Auq.  2/46 

Mona  Freeman-Richard  Denning  Sept. ,'46 

Rfllph  Moraan-Jayne  Hazard  Jan.  5/46 

Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Oct.  18/45 

Rex  Harrison-Constance  Cummings  Dec.  14/45 

Tom  Neal-Martha  O'Driscoll  Apr.  12/46 

Hugh  Beaumont-Katheryn  Adams  Aug.  29/46 

Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Oct.  17/46 

Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Apr.  4. '46 

Alan  Ladd-Veronica  Lake  Apr.  19/46 

Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette  Dec.  1/45 
Bing  Crosby-Fred  Astaire                (T)  Sept.  25/46 

Stan  Laurel-Oliver  Hardy  Mar.  15/46 

Jeanne  Crain-Sir  Aubrey  Smith  Not  Set 
Clark  Gable-Claudette  Colbert  (T)  Sept.  30/46 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton     Jan.  12/46 

Faye  Emerson-Van  Johnson  Oct.  6/45 


88m  Sept.  14/46  3197 

1 12m  Feb.  9/46  2837 

98m  Apr.  20/46  2949 

56m    .... 

67m  June  22/46  3054 

85m  Feb.  23/46  2857 

74m  Nov.  3/45  2701 

86m  Jan.  19/46  2806 

90m  June  15/46  3041 

80m  Apr.  27/46  2962 

64m  Jan.  19/46  2806 

67m  Apr.  6/46  2926 

126m  Dec.    1/45  2734 

86m  Dec.  19/36   

65m  Sept.  28/46  3224 

55m  June  22/46  3054 

105m  Aug.  3/46  3126 

1 14m  Aug.  17/46  3149 

80m  Aug.  10/46  3137 

76m  July  20/46  3102 

71m  Dec.   8/45  2746 

60m  Nov.  24/45  2725 

94m  Sept.  22/45  2653 

62m  Mar.  23/46  2905 

68m  Aug. 10/46  3137 

70m  Sept.  21/46  3211 

69m  June    1/46  3017 

99m  Feb.  2/46  2829 

56m  May  6/39   

104m  Sept.  28/46  3221 

74m  Mar.  7/36   

1 19m  Sept.  28/46  3225 

58m  Feb.  23/46  2859 

59m  Apr.  1 1  ,'42  598 


3007 
2784 

2655 
2784 
2434 

2786 
3126 

2764 

295  i 
3076 


2434 
3127 


3I26- 
3076 
2778 

2543 

2850 
3030 
3031 
2907 
2786 

2884 


2230 

2792 
575 


3228 
3188 


2975 

2975 
3018 

2975 

3228 

2930 
2898 

3164 

3228 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


3241 


REVIEWED- 


Title  Com  pany 

Bowery,  The  (Reissue)  20th-Fox 

Bowery  Bombshell  Mono. 
Boy,  a  Girl  and  a  Dog,  A  Film  Classics 

Boys'  Ranch  (Block  17)  MGM 

Brasher  Doubloon,  The  20th-Fox 

Breakfast  in  Hollywood  UA 
Bride  Wore  Boots.  The  (Block  5)  P  ara. 

Brief  Encounter  (Brit.)  Univ. 

Bringing  Up  Father  Mono. 

Brute  Man  Univ. 

Burma  Victory  WB 

f  CAESAR  and  Cleopatra  (color) 

(British)  UA 

Calcutta  Para. 

California  (color)  Para. 

California  Gold  Rush  Rep. 

Canyon  Passage  (color)  Univ. 

Captains  Courageous  (R.)  MGM 

Captain  Tugboat  Annie  Rep. 
Captive  Heart,  The  (Brit.)  Eagle-Lion 

Caravan  (British)  GFD 

Caravan  Trail,  The  (color)  PRC 

Carnival  in  Costa  Rica  (col.)  20th-Fox 

Cat  Creeps,  The  Univ. 

Catrnan  of  Paris,  The  Rep. 

Centennial  Summer  (color)  20th-Fox 

Cherokee  Flash,  The  Rep. 

Cheyenne  WB 

Child  of  Divorce  (Block  2)  RKO 

Cinderella  Jones  WB 

City  for  Conquest  (Reissue)  WB 

Claudia  and  David  20th-Fox 

Cloak  and  Dagger  WB 
Close  Call  for  Boston  Blackie,  A  Col. 

Club  Havana  PRC 

f  Cluny  Brown  20th-Fox 

Cockeyed  Miracle,  The  MGM 

Code  of  the  Lawless  Univ. 

Col.  Effingham's  Raid  20th-Fox 

Colorado  Serena  de  (color)  PRC 

Colorado  Pioneers  Rep. 
Come  and  Get  It 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Condemned  to  Devil's  Island 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

f  Confidential  Agent  WB 

Conquest  of  Cheyenne  Rep. 

Cornered  RKO 
Courage  of  Lassie  (color)  (Bl.  17)  MGM 

Cowboy  Blues  Col. 

Crack-Up  (Block  6)  RKO 
Crime  Doctor's  Man  Hunt,  The  Col. 
Crime  Doctor's  Warning,  The  Col. 

Crime  of  the  Century  Rep. 

Criminal  Court  (Block!)  RKO 

Crimson  Canary,  The  Univ. 

Cross  My  Heart  Para. 

Cry  Wolf  WB 

Cuban  Pete  Univ, 

DAKOTA  Rep. 

Daltons  Ride  Again  Univ. 

Dangerous  Business  Col. 

Dangerous  Money  Mono. 
Dangerous  Partners  (Block  13)  MGM 

Danger  Signal  WB 

Danger  Street  Para. 

Danger  Woman  Univ. 

Danny  Boy  PRC 

Dark  Alibi  Mono. 

Dark  Corner,  The  20th-Fox 

Dark  Horse,  The  Univ. 

Dark  Is  the  Night  (Russian)  Artkino 

Dark  Mirror,  The  Univ. 

Days  and  Nights  (Russian)  Artkino 

Days  of  Buffalo  Bill  Rep. 

Deadlier  Than  the  Male  RKO 

Deadline  at  Dawn  RKO 

Deadline  for  Murder  20th-Fox 

Dead  of  Night  (British)  Univ. 
Death  Valley  (color)        Screen  Guild 

Deception  WB 

Decoy  Mono. 

Desert  Horseman,  The  Col. 

Detour  PRC 

Devil  Bat's  Daughter  PRC 

Devil's  Mask.  The  Col. 

Devil's  Playground,  The  UA 

Devotion  WB 

3242 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Prod. 

TraJeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Number 

Stars                                         Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

642 

George  Raft-Wallace  Beery                       Oct., '46 

84m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

511 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall                          July  20, '46 

65m 

July  27,'46 

3114 

Jerry  Hunter-Sharyn  Moffett                       July, '46 
James  Craig-"Butch"  Jenkins                 July  18, '46 
George  Montgomery-Nancy  Guild               Not  Set 

77m 

June  29.'46 

3065 

303  i 

625 

97m 

May  4,'46 

2973 

2926 
3238 

3188 

Tom  Breneman-Bonita  Granville               Feb.  22, '46 

93  m 

Jan.  19.46 

2805 

2756 

2975 

4521 

Ft      i            ft               I   n    i       •                  •                  t  j        ^  i  14/ 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Robert  Cummings       May  31,  46 

86m 

Mar.  23, '46 

2905 

2784 

Celia  Johnson-Trevor  Howard                Aug.  24, '46 

85m 

Aug.  31. '46 

3174 

3228 

Joe  Yule-Renie  Riano                              Oct.  26, '46 

3  i  86 

Rondo  Hatton-Jane  Adams                   Oct.    1  ,'46 

2764 

512 

War  Documentary                                 Feb.  I6,'46 

62  m 

Nov.  I7.'45 

2718 

565 
54 

504 


532 
514 
633 
553 


513 
515 
637 
603 
7030 

628 

1102 
610 

563 


506 
568 
612 
626 

7223 
627 
816 

7022 
51 1 

509 


542 

505 
510 
7037 
603 
604 
508 

539 

519 
625 
540 


554 

617 
635 
547 

4604 
605 
601 

7209 


7026 
'517 


Claude  Rains-Vivian  Leigh  Aug.  1 6, '46 

Alan  Ladd-William  Bendix  Not  Set 

Ray  Milland-Barbara  Stanwyck  Not  Set 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming  Feb.  4,'46 

Dana  Andrews-Susan  Hayward  July  26, '46 
Freddie  Bartholomew-Spencer  Tracy  (T)  Aug.  2 1, '46 

Jane  Darwell-Edgar  Kennedy  Nov.  1 7, '45 

Michael  Redgrave-Rachel  Kempson  Not  Set 

Steward  Granger-Ann  Crawford  Not  Set 

Eddie  Dean-Al  LaRue  Apr.  20,'46 

Dick  Haymes-Celeste  Holme  Not  Set 

Lois  Collier-Fred  Brady  May  I  7, '46 

Carl  Esmond-Leonore  Aubert  Apr.  20, '46 

Jeanne  Craine-Cornel  Wilde  Aug. ,'46 

Sunset  Carson-Linda  Stirling  Dec.  13, '45 

Dennis  Morqan-Jane  Wyman  Not  Set 
Sharyn  Moffett-Regis  Toomey           (T)  Oct.  14, '46 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Alda  Mar.   9, '46 

James  Cagney-Ann  Sheridan  Apr.  13, '46 

Dorothy  McGuire-Robert  Young  Sept. ,'46 

Gary  Cooper-Lilli  Pamer  Sept.  28, "46 

Chester  Morris-Richard  Lane  Jan.  24, '46 

Tom  Neal-Margaret  Lindsay  Nov.  23, '45 

Charles  Boyer-Jennifer  Jones  June, '46 

Frank  Morgan-Keenan  Wynn  Oct., '46 

Kirby  Grant-Poni  Adams  Oct.  I9,'45 

Charles  Coburn-Joan  Bennett  Feb.,'46 

Eddie  Dean-Roscoe  Ates  June  30, '46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Nov.  I4,'45 

Joel  McCrea-Edward  Arnold  May  15/46 

Ronald  Colman-Ann  Harding  Mar.  15/46 

Charles  Boyer-Lauren  Bacall  Nov.  10/45 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliot-Alice  Fleming  July  29/46 

Dick  Powell-Micheline  Cheirel  Block  3 
Elizabeth  Taylor-"Lassie"-Frank  Morgan  Aug.  8/46 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  July  18/46 

Pat  O'Brien-Claire  Trevor  Sept.  6/46 

Warner  Baxter-Ellen  Drew  Oct.  24/46 

Warner  Baxter-Dusty  Anderson  Oct.  4/45 

Stephanie  Bachelor-Michael  Browne  Feb.  28/46 
Tom  Conway-Martha  O'Driscoll        (T)  Oct.  15/46 

Noah  Beery,  Jr. -Lois  Collier  Nov.  9/45 

Betty  Hutton-Sonny  Tufts  Not  Set 

Errol  Flynn-Barbara  Stanwyck  Not  Set 

Desi  Arnaz-Ethel  Smith  July  26/46 

John  Wayne-Vera  Hruba  Ralston  Dec.  25/45 

Alan  Curtis-Kent  Taylor  Nov.  23/45 

Forrest  Tucker-Lynn  Merrick  June  20/46 

Sydney  Toler-Gloria  Warren  Oct.  5/46 

James  Craig-Signe  Hasso  Oct. ,'45 

Faye  Emersoh-Zachary  Scott  Dec.  1 5/45 

Jane  Withers-Robert  Lowery  Not  Set 

Brenda  Joyce-Don  Porter  July  12/46 

Robt.  "Buz."  Henry-Sybil  Merritt  Jan.  8/46 

Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong  May  25/46 

Lucille  Ball-William  Bendix  May,'46 

Phil  Terry-Ann  Savage  July  19/46 

Irina  Radchenko-lvan  Kuznetsov  Mar.  16/46 

Olivia  de  Havilland-Lew  Ayres  Not  Set 

Vladimir  Soloviev-Dimitri  Sagal  Apr.  27/46 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  Feb.  8/46 
Claire  Trevor-Lawrence  Tierney        (T)  Nov.  7/46 

Susan  Hayward-Paul  Lukas  Block  4 

Paul  Kelly-Kent  Taylor  Aug.,'46 

Mervyn  Johns-Roland  Carver  Aug.  23/46 

Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert  July  15/46 

Bette  Davis-Paul  Henried  Oct.  26/46 

Jean  Gillie-Edward  Norris  Sept.  14/46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  July  11/46 

Ann  Savage-Tom  Neal  Nov.  30/45 

Rosemary  LaPlanche-John  James  Apr.  15/46 

Anita  Louise-Jim  Bannon  May  23/46 
William  Boyd-Andy  Clyde               (T)  Sept.  17/46 

Olivia  de  Havilland-lda  Lupipo  Apr.  20/46 


126m      Aug.  10/46  3137 


92m 
103m 
78m 
106m 
63  m 
62m 
1 00m 
81m 
56m 
70m 
68m 
55m 


87m 


Feb.  16/46 
Sept.  14/40 
July  27/46 
Sept.  14/46 
Feb.  23/46 
Oct.  20/45 
Apr.  27/46 
July  20/46 

Sept.  29/45 
June  1 5/46 
Dec.  22/45 


2849 

3113 
3197 
2858 
2686 
2961 
3102 

2661 
3042 
2768 


99m      Nov.  7/36 


82m      Nov.  10/45  2709 


2884 
2784 


55m 

2818 

90m 

July  20/46 

3101 

2883 

1 17m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

70m 

Dec.  22/45 

2766 

2403 

108m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

122m 

May  4/46 

2974 

57m 

Mar.  30/46 

2918 

2884 

3090 

58m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2884 

65m 

Feb. 23/46 

2858 

102m 

June  8/46 

3030 

28?  \ 

58m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2748 

2939 
2972 
2838 

2939 
2939 
2710 
2555 
2859 
2883 
2686 
2259 
2884 


71m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

2670 

2963 

3186 

74  m 

Aug.  4/45 

2639 

2555 

80m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2555 

2972 

60m 

July  13/46 

3089 

3030 

64m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2662 

61m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2809 

99m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2859 

59m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3030 

70m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

85m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

2883 

90m 

May  4/46 

2974 

56m 

2838 

3078 

82  m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

2776 

65  m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2963 

77m 

July  6/46 

3077 

72m 

3090 

3238 

76m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3031 

57m 

July  27/46 

3124 

3055 

69m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2543 

66m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

66m 

2926 

62m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3211 

3078 

107m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2756 

3228 


1  18m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2655 

55m 

June  29/46 

3065 

102m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2695 

3018 

93  m 

May  1 1/46 

2985 

2926 

3228 

3055 

93  m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2951 

3228 

61m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3187 

64m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

2543 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2870 

59m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

2963 

64m 

Nov.  10/45 

2710 

2467 

3055 

3138 

61m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3066 

2862 


2719 
3018 


3188 


2930 


3164 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION.  OCTOBER  5.  1946 


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1  tue  Company 

Diary  of  a  Chambermaid  UA 

Diclc  Tracy  RKO 

Dick  Tracy  Versus  Cueball  RKO 

Ding  Dong  Williams  RKO 
Dodsworth  (Reissue)          Rim  Classics 

Doll  Face  20th-Fox 

|  Dolly  Sisters,  The  (color)  20th-Fox 

Don  Ricardo  Returns  PRC 
Don't  Gamble  with  Strangers  Mono. 

Do  You  Love  Me?  (color)  20th-Fox 

Down  Missouri  Way  PRC 

Down  to  Earth  (color)  Col. 

f  Dragonwyck  20th-Fox 

Dressed  to  Kill  Univ. 

Driftin'  River  PRC 

Duel  in  the  Sun  (color)  UA 


Prod. 
Number 

i\i 

623 

"ol7 
609 

508 
626 


623 
534 


Slurs 

Paulette  Goddard-Hurd  Hatfield 
Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys 
Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys 
Glenn  Vernon-Marcia  McGuire 
Walter  Huston-Ruth  Chatterton 
Carmen  Miranda-Perry  Como 
Betty  Grable-John  Payne 
Fred  Colby-lsab'elita 
Kane  Richmond-Bernadene  Hayes 
Maureen  O'Hara-Dick  Haymes 
Martha  Driscoll-William  Wright 
Rita  Hayworth-Larry  Parks 
Gene  Tierney-Vincent  Price 
Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce 
Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson 
Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

i  raaesbow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Release  Date 

Time* 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Feb.  15, '46 

86m 

Feb.  2, '46 

2829 

2748 

3100 

Block  3 

62  m 

Dec.  15, '45 

2758 

2710 

3164 

Not  Set 

3031 

Block  5 

62m 

Apr.  20, '46 

2950 

2695 

.... 

May  15, '46 

101m 

Sept.  26, '36 

Jan. ,'46 

80m 

Dec.  22, '45 

2765 

2628 

2975 

Nov.,'45 

1  14m 

Sept.  29/45 

2661 

2384 

2798 

Oct.  21, '46 

3240 

June  22, '46 

68m 

May  25, '46 

3005 

May.'46 

91m 

Apr.  20,'46 

2949 

2499 

3186 

Aug.  15, '46 

75m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3007 

Not  Set 

3126 

Apr.,'46 

103  m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2403 

3  i  88 

June   7, '46 

72m 

May  25/46 

3007 

2987 

Oct.  I,'46 

59m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

3187 

Not  Set 

2926 

EARL  Carroll  Sketchbook  Rep. 

t  Easy  to  Wed  (color)  (Special)  MGM 

El  Paso  Kid  Rep. 

Enchanted  Forest,  The  (  color)  PRC 
Enchanted  Voyage  (color)  20th-Fox 

Escape  Me  Never  WB 
Extenuating  Circumstances 

(French)  Lopert 


530  Constance  Moore-William  Marshall       Aug.  22/46 

624  Esther  Williams-Van  Johnson  July  25/46 

556  Sunset  Carson-Marie  Harmon  May  22/46 

...  Edmund  Lowe-Brenda  Joyce  Dec.  8/46 

...  John  Payne-June  Haver  Not  Set 

. ...  Errol  Flynn-lda  Lupino  Not  Set 

.  ...  Michael  Simon-Suzanne  Dantes  Sept.  14/46 


90m 
1 1  Im 
54m 
78m 


82m 


Aug.  24/46 
Apr.  13/46 
Aug.  3/46 
Sept.  29/45 


3162 
2937 
3125 
2662 


Oct.  5/46  3238 


2939 
2366 
2972 
2279 
2499 
2861 


FABULOUS  Suzanne 

Rep. 

Barbara  Britton-Rudy  Vallee 

Not  Set 

2926 

Face  of  Marble 

Mono. 

528 

John  Carradine-Claudia  Drake 

Feb.  2/46 

72m 

Jan. 

26/46 

2818 

Faithful  in  My  Fashion 

(Bl.  17)  MGM 

627 

Tom  Drake-Donna  Reed 

Aug.  22/46 

81m 

June 

15/46 

3042 

2951 

Falcon's  Alibi,  The  (Block  6)  RKO 

629 

Tom  Conway-Rita  Corday 

July  1/46 

63m 

Apr. 

20  '46 

2950 

Fallen  Anqel 

20th-Fox 

612 

Alice  Faye-Dana  Andrews 

Dec.,'45 

97m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

2454 

Fantasia  (R.)  (Spl.)  (Color)  RKO 

Disney  Musical  Feature 

Sept.  28/46 

124m 

Oct. 

5/46 

3238 

Fear 

Mono. 

507 

Warren  William-Peter  Cookson 

Mar.  2/46 

68m 

Jan. 

5/46 

2785 

2598 

Fedora  (Italian) 

Variety 

Louise  Ferida-Amedeo  Nazzari 

Jan.  14/46 

95m 

Jan. 

19/46 

2806 

Fiesta  (color) 

MGM 

Esther  Williams-Ricardo  Montalban 

Not  Set 

2939 

Flight  to  Nowhere 

Screen  Guild 

4605 

Alan  Curtis-Evelyn  Ankers 

Oct.  1/46 

75  m 

3078 

Flying  Serpent 

PRC 

George  Zucco-Hope  Kramer 

Feb.  20/46 

59m 

Jan. 

26/46 

2818 

2670 

Follow  That  Woman  (Bl 

ock  1)  Para. 

4504 

William  Garaan-Nancy  Kelly 

Dec.  14  '45 

70m 

Aug. 

25/45 

2639 

2543 

Four  Hearts  (Russian) 

Artkino 

Valentino  Serove-Eugene  Samoilav 

Feb.  23/46 

80m 

Mar. 

9/46 

2882 

Freddie  Steps  Out 

Mono. 

515 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

June  29/46 

75m 

June 

1/46 

3017 

2926 

French  Key,  The 

Rep. 

519 

Albert  Dekker-Evelyn  Ankers 

May  18/46 

67m 

May 

25/46 

3006 

From  This  Day  Forward 

RKO 

616 

Joan  Fontaine-Mark  Stevens 

Block  4 

95m 

Mar. 

2/46 

2869 

2861 

Frontier  Gal  (color) 

Univ. 

513 

Rod  Cameron-Yvonne  De  Carlo 

Dec.  2 1/45 

85m 

Dec. 

8/45 

2746 

2555 

Frontier  Gunlaw 

Col. 

7204 

Charles  Starrett-Jean  Stevens 

Jan.  3 1/46 

60m 

Feb. 

9/46 

2837 

2686 

3228 
3228 


3188 
2975 


GAIETY   George    (British)    Geo.  King   

Gallant  Bess  (color)  MGM 

Gallant  Journey  Col.  7002 

Galloping  Thunder  Col.  7207 

Game  of  Death.  A  RKO  619 

Gas  House  Kids  PRC 

Gay  Blades  Rep.  509 

Gay  Cavallier,  The  Mono.  529 
Gay  Intruders,  The  (British) 

Four  Continents  .... 

Genius  at  Work  (Block  2)  RKO 

Gentleman  from  Texas,  The  Mono.  562 

Gentleman  Joe  Palooka  Mono.  602 

Gentleman  Misbehaves,  The  Col.  7034 

Gentlemen  with  Guns  PRC  ... 

Getting  Gertie's  Garter  UA  ... 

Ghost  Goes  Wild,  The  Rep. 

Ghost  of  Hidden  Valley  PRC 

f  Gilda  Col.  700 

Girl  in  a  Million,  A  (Br.)     British  Lion  .... 

Girl  of  the  Limberlost  Col.  7029 

Girl  on  the  Spot  Univ.  515 

Girls  of  the  Big  House  Rep.  502 

G.I.  War  Brides  Rep.  528 

Glass  Alibi  Rep.  516 

God's  Country  (color)      Screen  Guild  003 

Gold  Mine  in  the  Sky  (R.)  Rep.  5308 

Great  Day  (British)  (Block  I)  RKO  703 

Great  Waltz,  The  (R.)  MGM 

f  Green  Years,  The  (Special)  MGM  623 

Gunman's  Code  Univ.  1107 

Gunning  for  Vengeance  Col.  7206 

Gun  Town  Univ.  1104 

Guy  Could  Change.  A  Rep.  508 


Richard  Greene-Ann  Todd 

Marshall  Thompson-George  Tobias 

Glenn  Ford-Janet  Blair 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 

John  Loder-Audrey  Lonq 

Robert  Lowery-Tela  Loring 

Allan  Lane-Jean  Rogers 

Gilbert  Roland-Martin  Garralaga 

Godfrey  Tearle-Jeanne  de  Casalis 
Alan  Carney-Anne  Jeffreys 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Claudia  Drake 
Leon  Errol-Joe  Kirkwood 
Osa  Massen-Robert  Stanton 
Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Dennis  O'Keefe-Marie  MacDonald 
James  Ellison-Anne  Gwynne 
Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Rita  Hayworth-Glenn  Ford 
Hugh  Williams-Joan  Creenwood 
Ruth  Nelson-Loren  Tindall 
Lois  Collier-Jess  Barker 
Lynne  Roberts-Richard  Powers 
James  Ellison-Anna  Lee 
Paul  Kelly-Anna  Gwynne 
Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert 
Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette 
Eric  Portman-Flora  Robson 
Luise  Rainer-Fernand  Gravet 
Charles  Coburn-Tom  Drake 
Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 
Charles  Starrett-Phyliss  Adair 
Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 
Allan  LaneJane  Frazee 


Not  Set 
(T)  Aug.  29/46 
Sept.  24/46 
Apr.  25/46 
Block  4 
Oct.  14/46 
Jan.  25/46 
Mar.  30/46 

Mar.  15/46 
(T)  Oct.  16/46 
June  8/46 
Oct.  19/46 
Feb.  28/46 
Mar.  27/46 
Nov.  30/45 

Not  Set 
June  3/46 
Apr.  25/46 

Not  Set 
Oct.  1 1  ,'45 
Jan.  11/46 
Nov.  2/45 
Aug.  12/46 
Apr.  27/46 

Apr.,'46 
Jan.  15/46 
Oct.  30/46 
(T)  Sept.  30/46 
July  4/46 
Aug.  30/46 
Mar.  21/46 
Jan.  18/46 
Jan.  27/46 


98m 
98m 
86m 
54m 
72m 

67m 
65m 

84m 
61m 
55m 
72m 
74m 
52m 
72m 

56m 
107m 
86m 
60m 
75m 
68m 
69m 
68m 
62m 
60m 
62m 
106m 
128m 

53  m 
57m. 
65m 


May  4/46 
Sept.  7/46 
Sept.  14/46 
May  25/46 
Dec.  1/45 

Apr.  6/46 
June  15/46 

Mar.  30/46 
Aug.  10/46 
Aug.  31/46 
Sept.  28/46 

July  27/46 
Mar.  23/46 

Dec.  1/45 

June  1/45 
Mar.  23/46 
June  8/46 
Oct.  20/45 
Jan.  12/46 
Nov.  17/45 
Aug.  17/46 
May  4/46 
July  27/46 
July  16/38 
July  27/46 
Sept.  21/46 
Mar.  16/46 

Apr.  27/46 
Mar.  23/46 
Jan.  26/46 


2974 
3185 
3198 
3006 
2734 

2925 
3042 

2917 
3138 
3174 
3221 
31 14 
2°06 
2734 

3017 
2907 
3029 
2686 
2795 
2717 
3150 
2974 
31 14 

3114 
3212 
2893 

2962 
2906 
2818 


2778 
2939 
2778 
2384 
3238 
2784 
2963 


3078 
2963 
3126 
2792 


2972 

2776 

2670 
2467 
2467 
3127 
2792 


2883 
3187 
2784 
2744 
2543 


3228 
2810 
3018 


2975 
3164 


3228 


3228 


t  HARVEY  Girls,  The  (color) 
(Block  15) 
Haunted  Mine,  The 
Heading  West 
Hear!  t 

Henry  the  Fifth  (British)  (color) 


MGM 

611 

Judy  Garland-John  Hodiak 

Jan.-Feb.,'46 

104m 

Jan. 

5/46 

2785 

2354 

2975 

Mono. 

566 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Linda  Johnson 

Mar.  2/46 

51m 

Apr. 

6/46 

2926 

2792 

Col. 

7210 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 

Aug.  15/46 

56m 

Aug. 

24/46 

3161 

3127 

3188 

RKO 

662 

Ginger  Rogers-Jean  Pierre  Aumont 

Special 

101m 

Apr. 

27/46 

2v< 

2883 

3228 

color)  UA 

Laurerco  Olivier-Robert  Newton 

(T)  June  17/46 

134m 

Dec. 

2/44 

2626 

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Proa. 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Title 

Company 

Number 

Stars 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Pag, 

Her  Adventurous  Night 

Univ. 

538 

Dennis  O'Keefe-Helen  Walker 

July   5,  46 

75m 

June  29/46 

3065 

3007 

Her  Highness  and  the  Bell- 

boy (Block  13) 

MGM 

603 

Hedy  Lamarr-Robert  Walker 

Oct..'45 

1 1  Im 

July  14/45 

2631 

2259 

2810 

Her  Kind  of  Man 

WB 

518 

Zachary  Scott-Janis  Paige 

May  11/46 

78m 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2838 

3164 

Her  Sister's  Secret 

PRC 

Nancy  Coleman-Philip  Reed 

Sept.  23. '46 

85m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3090 

High  Barbaree 

MGM 

Van  Johnson-June  Allyson 

Not  Set 

3238 

High  School  Hero 

Mono. 

517 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

Sept.  7,'46 

69  m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3126 

Hit  the  Hay 

Col. 

7018 

Judy  Canova-Ross  Hunter 

Nov.29,'45 

62m 

2662 

Hold  That  Blonde  (Block  2) 

Para. 

4506 

Eddie  Bracken-Veronica  Lake 

Nov.  23,'45 

76m 

Oct.  13/45 

2679 

2259 

2810 

Holiday  in  Mexico  (color) 

MGM 

Walter  Pidgeon-llona  Massey 

Sept.,'46 

128m 

July  27/46 

3113 

2764 

Home  in  Oklahoma 

Rep. 

Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 

Nov.  8/46 

3163 

Home  on  the  Range  (color) 

Rep. 

5501 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Apr.  18/46 

55m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2926 

Home  Sweet  Homicide 

20th-Fox 

640 

Lynn  Bari-Randolph  Scott 

Oct.,'46 

90m 

July  27/46 

3.124 

2939 

Honeymoon 

RKO 

Shirley  Temple-Guy  Madison 

Not  Set 

2939 

Hoodlum  Saint  (Block  16) 

MGM 

618 

William  Powell-Esther  Williams 

Apr.-May,'46 

93  m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2830 

3164 

Hot  Cargo  (Block  5) 

Para. 

4523 

William  Gargan-Philip  Reed 

June  28/46 

57m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2870 

Hotel  Reserve  (British) 

RKO 

615 

James  Mason-Lucie  Mannheim 

Block  3 

79m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

House  of  Dracula 

Univ. 

511 

Lon  Chaney-Lionel  Atwill 

Dec.  7/45 

67m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2670 

2975 

House  of  Horrors 

Univ. 

Robert  Lowery-Vi rg i n la  Grey 

Mar  99  'Ah 
iviar.  i/,  to 

66m 

Map      Q  'df\ 
IVIar.    7,  to 

ZOO  1 

f  House  on  92nd  Street,  The 

20th-Fox 

608 

William  Eythe-Lloyd  Nolan 

Oct.,'45 

88m 

Sept.  15/45 

2645 

2499 

2898 

How  Do  You  Do? 

PRC 

Bert  Gordon-Harry  Von  Zell 

Dec.  24/45 

80m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2655 

Humoresque 

WB 

Joan  Orawtord-Jonn  fcjartield 

Not  Set 

2786 

.... 

Hurricane  (Reissue)          Film  Classics 

r\         ■■       ■                   g  iiii 

Dorothy  Lamour-Jon  Hall 

Jan. 15/46 

101m 

Nov.  13/37 

.... 

1  COVER  Big  Town 

Para. 

Philip  Reed-Hillary  Brooke 

- 

- 

Not  Set 

2776 

(formerly  Big  Town) 

Idea  Girl 

Univ. 

518 

Jess  Barker-Julie  Bishop 

Feb.  8/46 

60m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

2764 

If  I'm  Lucky 

20th-Fox 

638 

Vivian  B!aine-Harry  James 

Sept.,'46 

79m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

3066 

1  Know  Where  I'm  Going  (Brit.)  GFD 

Wendy  Hiller-Roger  Livesey 

Not  Set 

9!m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

Imperfect  Lady 

Para. 

Teresa  Wright-Ray  Milland 

Not  Set 

2870 

In  Fast  Company 

Mono. 

510 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 

June  22/46 

63m 

May  11/46 

2986 

2972 

Inner  Circle,  The 

Rep. 

526 

Warren  Douglas-Lynne  Roberts 

Aug.  7/46 

57m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

321 1 

3127 

In  Old  Sacramento 

Rep. 

517 

William  Elliott-Belle  Malone 

May  31/46 

89m 

May  4/46 

2973 

3188 

Inside  Job 

Univ. 

537 

Preston  Foster-Ann  Rutherford 

June  28/46 

65m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2987 

Invisible  Informer,  The 

Rep. 

529 

Linda  Stirling-William  Henry 

Aug.  19/46 

57m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

1  Ring  Door  Bells 

PRC 

Robert  Shayne-Ann  Gwynne 

Feb.  25/46 

64m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

1  See  a  Dark  Stranger  (British)  GFD 

Deborah  Kerr-Trevor  Howard 

Not  Set 

1 12m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

It  All  Came  True  (Reissue) 

WB 

503 

Ann  Sheridan-Jeffrey  Lynn-H.  Bogart     Oct.  6, '45 

97m 

Apr.  6/40 

It  Happened  at  the  Inn  (Fr.] 

MGM 

Fernand  Ledoux-Maurice  Schutz 

(T)  Feb.  25/46 

96m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

It  Happened  in  Brooklyn 

MGM 

rrank  binatra-Kathryn  ferayson 

Not  Set 

3238 

It's  Great  To  Be  Young 

Col. 

7038 

Leslie  Brooks-Jimmy  Lloyd 

Sept.  12/46 

68  m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3 163 

It's  a  Wonderful  Life  (Specia 

1)  RKO 

James  Stewart-Donna  Reed 

(T)  Dec.,'46 

3186 

It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog 

20th-Fox 

632 

Carole  Landis-Allyn  Joslyn 

July/46 

70  m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2963 

I've  Always  Loved  You  (color)  Rep. 

i  j         •  / — >                        |                 nl   •  1  ■  p» 

Maria  Ouspenskaya-rhihp  Dorn 

(T)  Aug.  27/46 

1 17m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2628 

3228 

(Special) 

JANIE  Gets  Married 

WB 

520 

Joan  Leslie-Robt.  Hutton 

June  22/46 

91m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2655 

3228 

Jesse  James  (Reissue) 

20th-Fox 

618 

Tyrone  Power-Nancy  Kelly 

Feb.,'46 

106m 

Jan.  14/39 

Joe  Palooka,  Champ 

Mono. 

502 

Joe  Kirkwood-Elyse  Knox 

May  28/46 

70m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

3164 

Johnnie  Comes  Flying  Home 

20th-Fox 

624 

Martha  Stewart-Richard  Crane 

Apr.,'46 

65m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2764 

Johnny  in  the  Clouds  (Br.) 

UA 

Michael  Redgrave-John  Mills 

Mar.  15/46 

109m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

Jolson  Story,  The  (color) 

Col. 

Larry  Parks-William  Demarest 

Not  Set 

128m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3209 

2883 

Journey  Together  (British) 

English 

Edward  G.  Robinson-Bessie  Love 

Mar.  2/46 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

Jungle  Flight 

Para. 

Robert  Lowery-Anne  Savage 

Not  Set 

3126 

Jungle  Princess  (Reissue) 

Para.  R5-3620 

Dorothy  Lamour-Ray  Milland 

Sept.  1/46 

84m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3212 

Junior  Prom 

Mono. 

514 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

May  11/46 

69  m 

Mar.  2,  46 

2869 

Just  Before  Dawn 

Col. 

7021 

Warner  Baxter-Mona  Barrie 

Mar.  7/46 

65m 

2756 

(formerly  Exposed  by  the  Cr 

me  Doctor) 

t  KID  from  Brooklyn,  The  (color)  RKO 

652 

Danny  Kaye-Virginia  Mayo 

Special 

1  1  i  rr 

Map  70  D4A 

IVIar.  OU,  *tO 

70  I  ft 

47  1  0 

9r>9ft 

Kid  Millions  (Reissue)       Film  Classics 

Eddie  Cantor-Ann  Sothern 

Nov.  1/45 

92m 

Oct.  27/34 

Killers,  The 

Univ. 

548 

Burt  Lancaster-Ava  Gardner 

Aug.  30/46 

102m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3055 

3228 

t  Kiss  ar<A  Toll  (Special) 

Col. 

7101 

Shirley  Temple-Jerome  Courtland 

Oct.  18/45 

90m 

Sept.  8/45 

2637 

2353 

2898 

t  Kitty  (Block  2) 

Para. 

4509 

Paulette  Goddard-Ray  Milland 

May  10/46 

104m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2093 

3228 

LADIES'  Man 

Para. 

Eddie  Bracken-Virginia  Welles 

Not  Set 

2809 

Lady  Chaser 

PRC 

Robert  Lowery-Ann  Savage 

Oct.  2 1/46 

Lady  Luck  (Block  I) 

RKO 

702 

Robert  Young-Barbara  Hale 

Oct.  18/46 

97m 

July  20/46 

3102 

2756 

Lady  of  Fortune  (  Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Miriam  Hopkins-Frances  Dee 

Dec.  15/45 

69m 

June  22/35 

(formerly  Becky  Sharp) 

Landrush 

Col. 

861 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnett 

Oct.  17/46 

54m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3211 

2895 

Larceny  in  Her  Heart 

PRC 

Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker 

July  10/46 

68m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2963 

Last  Chance,  The  (Bl.  16)  (Swiss)  MGM 

62. 

E.  G.  Morrison-John  Hoy 

Apr.-May,'46 

105m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

2930 

Last  Crooked  Mile,  The 

Rep. 

527 

Donald  Barry-Ann  Savage 

Aug.  9/46 

67  m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

Last  Frontier  Uprising 

Rep. 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Oct.  22/46 

3187 

Lawless  Breed 

Univ. 

1 106 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 

Aug.  16/46 

Lawless  Empire 

Col. 

7202 

Charles  Starrett-Mildred  Law 

Nov.  15/45 

59  m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2543 

t  Leave  Her  to  Heaven  (color) 

(Special) 

20th-Fox 

614 

Gene  Tierney-Cornel  Wilde 

Jan.,'46 

1  10m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2499 

2898 

Letter  for  Evie,  A  (Block  15) 

MGM 

614 

Marsha  Hunt-John  Carroll 

Jan.-Feb.,'46 

89m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2655 

2930 

Life  and  Miracles  of  Blessed 

Mother  Cabrini,  The  (ltd).] 

Elliott 

La  Cheduzzi-Mila  Lanza 

July  6/46 

60m 

July  6/46 

3077 

Life  with  Blondie 

Col. 

7019 

Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake 

Dec.  13/45 

70m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2686 

Lightning  Raiders 

PRC 

Buster  Crabbe-Al  St.  John 

Jan.  7/46 

61m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2686 

Likely  Story,  A 

RKO 

Bill  Williams-Barbara  Hale 

Not  Set 

2963 

Lisbon  Story  (British)          Natl.  Anqlo 

Patricia  Burke-David  Farrar 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

Lighthouse 

PRC 

John  Litel-June  Lang 

Nov.  1 1/46 

Little  Giant 

Univ. 

520 

Abbott  and  Costello 

Feb.  22/46 

91m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

2756 

3088 

3244  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


Title 
Little  Iodine 
Little  Miss  Big 
Little  Mister  Jim 
Live  Wires 
Locket,  The 


Company 
UA 
Univ. 
MSM 
Mono. 
RKO 


(formerly  What  Nancy  Wanted) 
London  Town  (Brit.)  (col.)  Eagle-Lion 
Lonesome  Trail  Mono, 
f  Lost  Weekend,  The  (Block  I)  Para, 
f  Love  Letters  (Block  I)  Para. 
Love  on  the  Dole(Brit.)  Feojr Continents 
Lover  Come  Back  Univ. 
Loyal  Heart  (British)  Strand-Anglo 


Prod. 
Number 

549 
509 


571 
4503 
4502 


-  REVIEWED 

M.  P.        Product    Advance  Service 


536 


Stars 

Jo  Ann  Marldwe-Marc  Cramer 
Fay  Holden-Beverly  Simmons 
"Butch"  Jenkins-Frances  Gifford 
Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 
Laraine  Day-Brian  Aherne 

Sid  Field-Greta  Gynt 

James  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White 

Ray  Milland-Jane  Wyman 

Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten 

Deborah  Kerr-Clifford  Evans 

George  Brent-Lucille  Ball 

Harry  Welchman-Percy  Marmont 


Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Oct.  1 1  ,'46 

57m 

Spd+  14 '46 

3198 

3066 

Aua  30  '46 

k  1  m 

o  i  m 

C«n+      7  '4£ 
jepi.     / , 

3  1 86 

2963 

(T)  June  4, '46 

94  m 

limp     ft  '4A 

3030 

2926 

.... 

Jan.  12, '46 

65  m 

2849 

Not  Set 

2939 

Not  Set 

I2lm 

Sept.  21, "46 

3209 

Dec.  8,'45 

57m 

Jan.  12.46 

2793 

2695 

Jan.25,'46 

101m 

Aug.  18, '45 

2639 

2242 

2975 

Oct.  26,'45 

101m 

Aug.  25,'45 

2646 

2230 

2810 

Oct.  12/45 

89m 

Oct.  20,'45 

2685 

June  21, "46 

90m 

June  22, '46 

3054 

2939 

Not  Set 

78m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

MADONNA  of  the  Seven 

Apr.  5,'4& 

( British ) 

Univ. 

526 

Phyllis  Calvert-Stewart  Granger 

88m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

Madonna's  Secret,  The 

Rep. 

510 

Francis  Lederer-Gail  Patrick 

Feb.  I6,'46 

79m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2838 

Make  Mine  Music  (color)  (Spc 

1.)  RKO 

692 

Disney  Musical  Feature 

(T)  July  4,'46 

74m 

Apr.  27/46 

2662 

3228 

Man  from  Rainbow  Valley  (color)  Rep. 

5502 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

June  15, '46 

56m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2963 

Man  1  Love,  The 

WB 

Ida  Lupino-Robert  Alda 

Not  Set 

2784 



Man  in  Grey,  The  (Brit.) 

Univ. 

523 

Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason 

Mar.  15, "46 

90  m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

Man  Who  Dared,  The 

Col. 

7040 

Leslie  Brooks-George  Macready 

May  30, '46 
Nov.,'46 

65m 

June  29/46 

3065 

2926 

Margie  (color) 

20th-Fox 

646 

Jeanne  Crain-Alan  Young 

2884 



Marie  Louise  (French)  Mayer-Burstyn 

Josiane-Heinrich  Gretler 

Nov.  12/46 

93m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

Marshal  of  Laredo 

Rep. 

562 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake 

Oct.  7/45 

56m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2467 

Mask  of  Diiion 

PRC 

Erich  Von  Stroheim-Jeanne  Bates 

Apr.  9/46 

74m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2792 

3018 

Masquerade  in  Mexico  (Block  3)  Para. 

4512 

Dorothy  Lamour-Arturo  de  Cordova 

Feb.  22/46 

7  o  m 

Dec.   1  '45 

2733 

2686 

2975 

Meet  Me  on  Broadway 

Col. 

7014 

Marjorie  Reynolds-Fred  Brady 

Jan."  3/46 

69m 

Feb! 23/46 

2857 

2744 

Meet  the  Navy  (Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 

Oscar  Naske 

Not  Set 

81m 

June  15/46 

3043 

Men  of  Two  World  (Br.)  (Col 

or)  GFD 

Eric  Portman-Phyllis  Cavert 

Sept.  9/46 

109m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

Michigan  Kid,  The 

Univ. 

Jon  Hall-Rita  Johnson 

Not  Set 

3090 

Mighty  McGurk,  The 

MGM 

Wallace  Beery-Edward  Arnold 

Not  Set 

3066 

f  Mildred  Pierce 

WB 

505 

Joan  Crawford-Jack  Carson 

Oct.  20/45 

II  lm 

Oct.  6/45 

2670 

2259 

2798 

Missing  Lady.  The 

Mono. 

525 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed 

Aug.  17/46 

60m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3211 

3031 

f  Miss  Susie  Slagle's  (Block  3) 

Para. 

4513 

Sonny  Tufts-Veronica  Lake 

Mar.  8/46 

88m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2216 

Mr.  Ace 

UA 

George  Raft-Sylvia  Sydney 

Aug.  2/46 

84m 

Aug. 3 1/46 

3173 

2926 

3228 

Mr.  Hex 

Mono. 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 

Nov.  9/46 

3240 

Monsieur  Beaucaire  (Special) 

Para. 

4532 

Bob  Hope-Joan  Caulfield 

Aug.  30/46 

93m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2883 

3228 

Moon  Over  Montana 

Mono. 

572 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White 

Feb.  23/46 

56m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2792 

Murder  in  Reverse  (Brit.)  Natl.-Anglo 

William  Hartnell-Jimmy  Hanley 

Oct.  22/45 

87m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

Murder  in  the  Music  Hall 

Rep. 

5i2 

Vera  Hruba  Ralston-William  Marsha 

Apr.  10/46 

84m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2748 

Murder  Is  My  Business 

PRC 

Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker 

Apr.  10/46 

63m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

My  Brother  Talks  to  Horses 

MGM 

Peter  Lawford-"Butch"  Jenkins 

Not  Set 

3031 

My  Darling  Clementine 

20th-Fox 

645 

Henry  Fonda-Linda  Darnell 

Nov.,'46 

3078 

My  Doq  Shep                   Screen  Guild 

4609 

Tom  Neal-Helen  Chapman-"Flame" 

Dec.  1/46 

3163 

My  Name  Is  Julia  Ross 

Col. 

7017 

Nina  Foch-George  Macready 

Nov.  27/45 

65m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2655 

3018 

My  Pal  Trigger 

Rep. 

5541 

Roy  Rogers-George  "Gabby"  Hayes 

July  10/46 

79m 

June  22/46 

3053 

|  My  Reputation 

WB 

510 

Barbara  Stanwyck-George  Brent 

Jan.  26/46 

96m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

2792 

2975 

Mysterious  Intruder 

Col. 

7025 

Richard  Dix-Barton  MacLane 

Apr.  1 1  .'46 

61m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

2907 

Mysterious  Mr.  Valentine 

Rep. 

531 

William  Henry-Linda  Stirling 

Sept.  3/46 

NAVAJO  Kid 

PRC 

Bob  Steele-Caren  March 

Nov.  21/45 

59m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2695 

'Neath  Canadian  Skies  Screen 

Guild 

4606 

Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper 

Oct.  15/46 

41m 

3127 

Never  Say  Goodbye 

WB 

Errol  Flynn-Eleanor  Parker 

Not  Set 

2838 

Night  and  Day  (color) 

WB 

523 

Cary  Grant-Alexis  Smith 

Aug.  3/46 

132  m 

July  13/46 

3089 

2838 

3228 

Night  Boat  to  Dublin  (Brit.)  A.B.P.C.-Pathe 

Robert  Newton-Raymond  Lovell 

Not  Set 

100m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

Night  Editor 

Col. 

7023 

William  Gargan-Janis  Carter 

Apr.  18/46 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2895 

Night  in  Casablanca,  A 

UA 

Marx  Brothers-Lois  Collier 

May  10/46 

85m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2884 

3188 

Night  'ui  Paradise,  A  (color) 

Univ. 

529 

Merle  Oberon-Turhan  Bey 

May  3/46 

84m 

Apr.  13/46 

2937 

2278 

3100 

Night  Train  to  Memphis 

Rep. 

523 

Roy  Acuff-Adele  Mara 

July  12/46 

67m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

2748 

Nobody  Lives  Forever 

WB 

604 

John  Garfield-Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

Oct.  12/46 

100m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

2830 

Nocturne  (Block  2) 

RKO 

George  Raft-Lynn  Bari 

(T)  Oct.  14/46 

3055 

No  Leave.  No  Love 

MGM 

Van  Johnson-Marie  Wilson 

Oct.,46 

1 17m 

Aug. 3 1/46 

3173 

2818 

Nora  Prentiss 

WB 

Ann  Sheridan-Kent  Smith 

Not  Set 

2883 

Itormeriy  The  Sentence) 

North  of  the  Border  Screen 

Guild 

4610 

Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper 

Nov.  15/46 

46m 

3090 

Northwest  Trail  Screen 

Guild 

002 

John  Lytel-Bob  Steele 

Apr./46 

61m 

No  Time  for  Comedy  (Reissue) 

WB 

516 

James  Stewart-Rosalind  Russell 

Apr.  13/46 

99m 

Sept.  7/40 

No  Trespassing 

UA 

Edw.  G.  Robinson-Lon  McAllister 

Not  Set 

3090 

Notorious  (Special) 

RKO 

761 

Ingrid  Bergman-Cary  Grant 

(T)  Aug.  15/46 

lOlrri 

July  27/46 

3113 

2870 

3228 

Notorious  Lone  Wolf 

Col. 

7028 

Gerald  Mohr-Janis  Carter 

Feb.  14/46 

64m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2792 

OF  Human  Bondage 

WB 

522 

Paul  Henreid-Eleanor  Parker 

July  20/46 

105m 

July  6/46 

3077 

3031 

3228 

Once  There  Was  a  Girl 

(Russ.)  Artkino 

Nina  Ivanava-Natasha  Zashipina 

Dec.  22/45 

72  m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

One  Exciting  Week 

Rep. 

52i 

Al  Pearce-Arline  Harris 

June  8/46 

69m 

June  1  5/46 

3042 

2809 

One  More  Tomorrow 

WB 

519 

Ann  Sheridan-Dennis  Morgan 

June  1/46 

89m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2838 

3228 

One  Way  to  Love 

Col. 

7012 

Janis  Carter-Chester  Morris 

Dec.  20/45 

83m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2862 

Open  City  (Italian) 

Mayer-Burstyn 

Aldo  Fabrizi-Anna  Magnani 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

O.S.S.  (Block  6) 

Para. 

4526 

Alan  Ladd-Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

July  26/46 

107m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2963 

Our  Hearts  Were  Growing  Up 

(Block  5) 

Para. 

4522 

Gail  Russell-Diana  Lynn 

June  14/46 

84m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2555 

3188 

Out  California  Way 

Rep. 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Not  Set 

3127 

Outlaw,  The 

UA 

Jack  Buetel-Jane  Russell 

Feb.  8/46 

1  Mm 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

Outlaw  of  the  Plains 

PRC 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  St.  John 

Sept.  22/46 

56m 

Sept.  28/46 

3225 

3126 

Out  of  the  Depths 

Col. 

7035 

Jim  Bannon-Ross  Hunter 

Dec.  27/45 

61m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2695 

Overland  Riders 

PRC 

Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

Aug.  21/46 

54m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

3126 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


3245 


REVIEWED  ■ 


Title 

PARDON  My  Past 

Partners  in  Time 

Passkey  to  Danger 

People  Are  Funny  (Block  2) 

Perfect  Marriage,  The 

Perilous  Holiday 

Perils  of  Pauline  (color) 

Personality  Kid 

Phantom  Thief,  The 

Piccadilly  Incident  (Brit.) 

Pillow  of  Death 


(British) 
Pinocchio  (color)  (Reissue) 
Pirates  of  Monterey  (color) 
Plainsman,  The  (Reissue) 
Plainsman  and  the  Lady,  The  Rep. 
Portrait  of  Marie  (Bl.  15)  (Mex.)  MGM 
Portrait  of  a  Woman  (Swiss) 

Mayer-Burstyn 
Possessed  WB 
f  Postman  Always  Rings  Twice,  The 

(Block  16)  MGM 
Postmaster's  Daughter  (French)  Vog 
Prairie  Badmen  PRC 
Prairie  Rustlers  PRC 
Prison  Ship  Col. 
Pursuit  to  Algiers  Univ. 


Prod. 

Company  'Number 


Col. 

7005 

RKO 

625 

Rep. 

518 

Para. 

4508 

Para. 

Col. 

7008 

Para. 

Col. 

7039 

Col. 

7031 

Pathe 

Univ. 

512 

e-Lion 

RKO 

691 

Univ. 

Para. 

R5-3624 

612 


620 


7036 
507 


Stars 

Fred  MacMurray-Marguerite  Chaprr 
Pamela  Blake-John  James 
Stephanie  Bachelor-Kane  Richmond 
Jack  Haley-Helen  Walker 
Loretta  Young-David  Niven 
Pat  O'Brien-Ruth  Warrick 
Betty  Hutton-John  Lund 
Anita  Louise-Michael  Duane 
Chester   Morris-Jeff  Donnell 
Anna  Neagle-Michael  Wilding 
Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce 
Mervyn  Johns-Mary  Merrall 

Disney  Feature  Cartoon 
Maria  Montez-Rod  Cameron 
Gary  Cooper-Jean  Arthur 
William  Elliott-Vera  Hruba  Ralston 
Dolores  Del  Rio-Pedro  Armendariz 

Francoise  Rosay-Henry  Guisol 
Joan  Crawford-Van  Heflin 

Lana  Turner-John  Garfield 
Harry  Baur-Jeanine  Crispin 
Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Nina  Foch-Robert  Lowery 
Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce 


Not  Set 

Apr.-May,'46 
Aug.  I7,'46 
July  17/46 
Nov.  7.'45 
Nov.  I5,'45 
Oct.  26,'45 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

n     Dor  ?>>  MR 

R7m 

O  /  Hi 

Sept.  8/45 

DIOCK  5 

/  om 

A         OA  'AL 
/\pr.  £.  Us  *rO 

Z70  1 

M;w  1  1  '46 

ivi ay  l  l  ,  iU 

58m 

Ann   94  '4A 

JIOI 

*Jan*  1  1 ,  to 

/  j  m 

UCTi  1  O,  t3 

9A77 

Kin*  + 

ZOO  J 

Mar.  L  1 ,  *rO 

oYm 

U        OC  'AL 

May  is,  *to 

Jul)/ 

ill® 

Not  Set 

2939 

Aug.  8, '46 

68m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3031 

iviay   z,  *tO 

oom 

1.,..  OO  'AL 

Juno  £.£.,  to 

9Q9A* 

C-„i  'AL 

jepf.  zu,  *»o 

!i  yU'rrf 

C_— x      1  'AL 

oepT.   /,  to 

Ho,    1 A  'AK 
L/ec.  1 1,  n5 

oom 

Dec.  15/45 

97GQ 
//  DO 

M   l  C  _  i 
INOT  jeT 

ocm 
Yom 

Uec,  1  o,  «ra 

07C7 
£101 

Special 

85m 

Feb.  3/40 

Not  Set 

3127 

Sept.  1/46 

II  3  m 

Sept.  21/46 

3212 

Not  Set 

3127 

Jan.-Feb.,'46 

76  m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

Apr.  20/46 

80m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

Data 
Page 

3018 

2810 
3018 


2930 


3078 

113m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2883 

3228 

74m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

55m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

3055 

56m 

Nov.  3/45 

2703 

2670 

60m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2670 

65m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

2628 

QUEEN  of  Burlesque 
Quiet  Weekend  (British) 


RAGE  in  Heaven  (R.) 


Razor's  Edge,  The 
Rebecca  (Reissue) 
Red  Dragon 
Red  River  Renegades 
Rendezvous  24 
Rendezvous  With  Annie 
Renegades  (color) 
Resistance  (French) 


Return  of  Rusty,  The 
Rio  Grande  Raiders 
Riverboat  Rhythm 
f  Road  to  Utopia  (Special) 
Roaring  Rangers 
Rollini  Home  Screen  Guild 

Roll  On,  Texas  Moon  Rep. 
Romance  of  the  West  (color)  PRC 
Rough  Riders  of  Cheyenne  Rep. 
Runaround,  The  Univ. 
Russia  on  Parade  ( Russ.)  (col.)  Artkino 
Rustler's  Roundup  Univ. 


PRC 

ABP 

MGM 

)  English 

Eagle-Lion 

20th-Fox 

UA 

Mono. 

513 

Rep. 

557 

20th- Fox 

627 

Rep. 

525 

Col. 

7003 

Vog 

( Reissue) 

20th-Fox 

619 

Col. 

7032 

Rep. 

558 

RKO 

620 

Para. 

4531 

Col. 

7205 

4607 
542 

552 
535 

1 105 


Evelyn  Ankers-Carleton  Young 
Derek  Farr-Frank  Cellier 


Ingrid  Bergman-Robert  Montgomery 

Documentary 

Rex  Harrison-Lili  Palmer 

Tyrone  Power-Gene  Tierney 

Laurence  Olivier-Joan  Fontaine 

Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

William  Gargan-Marie  Palmer 

Eddie  Albert-Fave  Marlowe 

Evelyn  Keyes-Willard  Parker 

Lucien  Coedel-Yvonne  Gaudeau 

Henry  Fonda-Gene  Tierney 
Ted  Donaldson-Barbara  Wooddell 
Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
Leon  Erroll-Glenn  Vernon 
Bing  Crosby-Bob  Hope-D.  Lamour 
Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 
Jean  Parker-Russell  Hayden 
Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 
Eddie  Dean-Joan  Barton 
Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
Ella  Raines-Rod  Cameron 
Documentary 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 


July  24/46 

70m 

July  6/46 

3078 

2987 

Not  Set 

90m 

May  25/46 

3006 

Oct./46 

117m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

May/46 

70m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

Dec.  7/45 

1 10m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

Not  Set 

3127 

Apr.  26/46 

125  m 

Mar.  30/40 

Feb.  2/46 

64m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

July  25/46 

55m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

3066 

May/46 

70m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2951 

July  22/46 

89m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

June  13/46 

87m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2776 

July/46 

76m 

July  13/46 

3089 

Feb./46 

92m 

Aug.  17/40 

June  27/46 

3007 

Sept.  9/46 

3163 

Block  4 

65m 

Feb.  16/416 

2849 

Mar.  22/46 

89m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2744 

Feb.  14/46 

56m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

2543 

Nov.  1/46 

71m 

3163 

Sept.  12/46 

68m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3211 

3030 

Mar.  20/46 

58m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

2792 

Nov.  1/45 

56m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2686 

June  14/46 

86m 

June  15/46 

3043 

2987 

Sept.  6/46 

45m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

Aug.  9/46 

3138 

3088 


t  SAILOR  Takes  a  Wife 

(Block  1,5)  MGM 

|  San  Antonio  (color)  WB 

f  Saratoga  Trunk  WB 
Scandal  in  Paris,  A  UA 
Scared  to  Death  ("Color)  Screen  Guild 
Scared  to  Death  (color)  Screen  Guild 
Scotland  Yard  Investigator  Rep. 
Sea  of  Grass  MGM 
Searching  Wind,  The  (Block  6)  Para. 
Secrets  of  a  Sorority  Girl  PRC 
Senorita  from  the  West  Univ. 
Sentimental  Journey  20th-Fox 

t  Seventh  Veil,  The  (Brit.)  Univ. 
Seven  Were  Saved  Para. 
Shadowed  Col. 
Shadow  of  a  Woman  WB 
Shadows  on  the  Range  Mono. 
Shadows  Over  Chinatown  Mono. 

(formerly  The  Mandarin  Secret) 
Shadow  Returns,  The  Mono. 
Shahrazad  (color)  Univ. 

(formerly  Fandango) 
Sheriff  of  Redwood  Valley  Rep. 
She  Went  to  the  Races  (Bl.  14)  MGM 
She-Wolf  of  London  Univ. 
She  Wrote  the  Book  Univ. 
Shock  20th-Fox 


615 

Robert  Walker-June  Allyson 

Jan.-Feb.,'46 

92m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

2555 

2898 

509 

Errol  Flynn-Alexis  Smith 

Dec.  29/45 

1 12m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2216 

2930 

514 

Gary  Cooper-lngrid  Bergman 

Mar.  30/46 

135m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

1431 

2975 

George  Sanders-Signe  Hasso 

July  19/46 

100m 

July  20/46 

3112 

2764 

4608 

Bela  Lugosi-Joyce  Compton 

Nov.  1/46 

72m 

3127 

4608 

Edw.  G.  Robinson-Joan  Bennett 

Dec.  28/45 

102m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2662 

2898 

501 

Sir  Aubrey  Smith-Erich  von  Stroheim 

Sept.  30/45 

68m 

Oct.  13/45 

2677 

2467 

Spencer  Tracy-Katharine  Hepburn 

Not  Set 

3238 

4527 

Robert  Young-Ann  Richards 

Aug.  9/46 

107m 

May  1 1/46 

2985 

2884 

Mary  Ware-Rick  Vallin 

Aug.  15/46 

58m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3031 

506 

Allan  Jones-Bonita  Granville 

Oct.  12/45 

63m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2418 

621 

John  Payne-Maureen  O'Hara 

Mar.,'46 

94m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2756 

2975 

519 

James  Mason-Ann  Todd 

Feb.  15/46 

94m 

Nov.  10/45 

2786 

Richard  Denninq-Catherine  Craig 

Not  Set 

2972 

7042 

Anita  Louise-Robert  Scott 

Sept.  26/46 

3163 

602 

Andrea  King-Helmut  Dantine 

Sept.  14/46 

78  m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

2543 

567 

Johnny  Mack  Brown 

Aug.  10/46 

57m 

3066 

518 

Sidney  Toler-Sen  Yung 

July  27/46 

64m 

2963 

527 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed 

Feb.  16/46 

61m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

Yvonne  de  Carlo-Brian  Donlevy 

Not  Set 

2884 

566 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming 

Mar.  29/46 

54m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2778 

607 

James  Craig-Frances  Gifford 

Nov.-Dec.,45 

87m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2930 

531 

June  Lockhart-Jan  Wiley 

May  17/46 

61m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

533 

Joan  Davis-Jack  Oakie 

May  31/46 

76m 

May  11/46 

2987 

2870 

615 

Vincent  Price-Lynn  Bari 

Feb., '46 

70m 

Jan.  19/46 

2805 

2764 

3246 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


Title  Company 
Shocking  Miss  Pilgrim,  The 

(color)  20th-Fox 

Show-Off,  The  MGM 

Silver  Range  Mono. 

Sinbad.  the  Sailor  (color)  (Bl.  2)  RKO 

Singing  on  the  Trail  Col. 

Sing  Your  Way  Home  RKO 

Sing  While  You  Dance  Col. 
Sin  of  Harold  Diddlebock,  The  UA 
Sirocco  (French)                  Leo  Cohen 

Sister  Kenny  (Block  I)  RKO 

Six  Gun  Man  PRC 

Six  P.M.  (Russian)  Artkino 

Sliqhtly    Scandalous  Univ. 

f  Smoky  (color)  20th-Fox 

Smooth  as  Silk  Univ. 

Snafu  Col. 

So  Dart  the  Night  Col. 

So  Goes  My  Love  Univ. 

Somewhere  in  the  Night  20th-Fox 

Song  of  Mexico  Rep. 
Song  of  Old  Wyoming  (color)  PRC 

Song  of  the  Sierras  Mono. 

South  of  Monterey  Mono. 

f  Spanish  Main.  The  (color)  RKO 

Specter  of  the  Rose  Rep. 

f  Spellbound  UA 

Spider,  The  20th-Fox 
Spider  Woman  Strixes  Back,  The  Univ. 

f  Spiral  Staircase,  The  RKO 
Splendor  (Reissue)           Film  Classics 

Spook  Busters  Mono. 

Stallion  Road  WB 

Stars  Over  Texas  PRC 

State  Fair  (color)  20th-Fox 

Step  By  Step  (Block  I)  RKO 

t  Stolen  Life.  A  WB 

f  Stork  Club,  The  (Block  2)  Para. 

Stormy  Waters  (French)  MGM 

Strange  Confession  Univ. 

Strange  Conquest  Univ. 

Strange  Holiday  PRC 

Strange  Impersonation  Rep. 

Strange  Journey  20th-Fox 
Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers 

(Block  6)  Para. 

Strange  Mr.  Gregory  Mono. 

\  Stranger,  The  (Special)  RKO 

Strange  Triangle  20th-Fox 

Strange  Voyage  Mono. 

Strange  Woman,  The  UA 

Strangler  of  the  Swamp  PRC 
Strike  Me  Pink  (Reissue)    Rim  Classics 

Suddenly  It's  Spring  Para. 

Sunbonnet  Sue  Mono. 

Sunset  Pass  (Block  I)  RKO 

Sun  Valley  Cyclone  Rep. 

Sun  Valley  Serenade  (R.)  20th-Fox 

Susie  Steps  Out  UA 

(formerly  Miss  Television) 

Suspense  (Special)  Mono. 

Swamp  Fire  (  Block  6)  Para. 

Sweetheart  of  Sigma  Chi  Mono. 

Swing  Parade  of  1946  Mono. 
Symphonie  D'Amour  (French)  Alganzy 

TALK  About  a  Lady 
Tangier 

Tars  and  Spars 
Tarzan  and  the  Leopard  Woi 
Temptation 

(formerly  Bella  Donna) 
Tenth  Avenue  Angel 
Terror  by  Night 
Terrors  on  Horseback 
Texas  Panhandle 
That  Brennan  Girl 
That  Texas  Jamboree 
That  Way  With  Women 
Theirs  Is  the  Glory  (British) 
These  Three  (Reissue)       Film  Classics 

They  Made  Me  a  Killer  (Bl.  4)  Para. 
fThey  Were  Expendable  (Bl.  14)  MGM 

They  Were  Sisters  (British)  Univ. 

This  Love  of  Ours  Univ. 

This  Man  Is  Mine  (Brit.)  Col.  Brit. 

This  Time  for  Keeps  (Color)  MGM 
Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue 

(color)  20th-Fox 

Three  Strangers  WB 


Prod. 
Number 


563 

7224 
614 
7033 


701 


544 
631 
521 
7010 
805 
528 
629 
506 

681 
530 
610 
524 

613 
524 
611 

512 


607 
705 
521 
4507 

505 
530 

513 
643 

4529 
516 
683 
630 
521 


501 
704 
567 
641 


699 
4528 

503 


Stars 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 


Running 
Time 


r~  REVIEWED 

M.  P.  Product  Advance  Service 
Herald        Digest      Synopsis  Data 


Issue 


Page 


Col. 

7016 

Univ. 

522 

Col. 

7007 

RKO 

618 

Univ. 

MGM 

Univ. 

517 

PRC 

Col. 

7203 

Rep. 

Col. 

7222 

WB 

GFD 

4518 
609 

508 


639 
511 


Betty  Grable-Dick  Haymes  Not  Set 
Red  Skelton-Marilyn  Maxwell  (T)  Aug.  I  2, '46 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton    Nov.   2, '46 

D.  Fairbanks,  Jr.-Maureen  O'Hara  Not  Set 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  Sept.  1 2, '46 

Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Block  3 

Ellen  Drew-  Robert  Stanton  July  25, '46 

Harold  Lloyd-Raymond  Walburn  Not  Set 

Viviane  Romance-Dalio  Aug.  10, '46 

Rosalind  Russell-Alexander  Knox  Oct.  10, '46 

Bob  Steele-Jean  Carlin  Feb.    I, '46 

Marine  Ladynina-Eugene  Samoilov  Jan.  26,'46 

Sheila  Ryan-Fred  Brady  Aug.   2, '46 

Fred  MacMurray-Anne  Baxter  July/46 

Kent  Taylor-Virginia  Grey  Mar.    I, '46 

Nanette  Parks-Robt.  Benchley  Nov.  22.  45 

Micheline  Cheirel-Steven  Geray  Oct.  10, "46 

Myrna  Loy-Don  Ameche  Apr.  19/46 

John  Hodiak-Nancy  Guild  June/46 

Adele  Mara-Edgar  Barrier  Dec.  28/45 

Eddie  Dean-Jennifer  Holt  Nov.  12/45 

Jimmy  Wake'y-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Nov.  23/46 

Gilbert  Roland-Frank  Yacanelli  July  10/46 

Paul  Henreid-Maureen  O'Hara  Block  2 

I  Ian  Kurov-Viola  Essen  July  5/46 

Ingrid  Bergman-Gregory  Peck  Dec.  28/45 

Richard  Conte-Faye  Marlowe  Dec.,'45 

Gale  Sondergaard-Kirby  Grant  Mar.  22/46 

George  Brent-Dorothy  McGuire  Block  3 

Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea  June  15/46 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  Aug.  24/46 

Zachary  Scott-Alexis  Smith  Not  Set 

Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson  Nov.  18/46 
Dana  Andrews-Jeanne  Crain-Dick  Haymes  Oct. ,'45 

Lawrence  Tierney-Anne  Jeffreys  Aug.  30/46 

Bette  Davis-Glenn  Ford  July  6/46 

Betty  Hutton-Barry  Fitzgerald  Dec.  28/45 
Jean  Gabin-Michele  Morgan           (T)  June  5/46 

Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce  Oct.  5/45 

Jane  Wyatt-Lowell  Gilmore  May  10/46 

Claude  Rains-Barbara  Bate  Sept.  2/46 

Brenda  Marshall-William  Gargan  Mar.  16/46 

Paul  Kelly-Osa  Massen  Oct.,'46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Van  Heflin  Sept.  13/46 

Edmund  Lowe-Jean  Rogers  Jan.  12/46 

Edw.  G.  Robinson-Loretta  Young  (T)  July  15/46 

Signe  Hasso-John  Shepperd  June/46 

Eddie  Albert-Forrest  Taylor  July  6/46 

Hedy  Lamarr-George  Sanders  Oct.  25/46 

Rosemary  La  Planche-Robt.  Barrett  Jan.  1/46 

Eddie  Cantor-Ethel  Merman  May  15/46 

Fred  MacMurray-Paulette  Goddard  Not  Set 

Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Dec.  8/45 

James  Warren-Nan  Leslie  Oct.  1/46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  May  10/46 

Sonja  Henic-John  Payne  Sept. ,'46 

David  Bruce-Cleatus  Caldwell  Not  Set 

Belita-Barry  Sullivan  June  15/46 

Johnny  Weissmueller-Virginia  Grey  Sept.  6/46 

Elyse  Knox-Phil  Regan  Nov.  16/46 

Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Mar.  16/46 

Fernand  Gravet-Jacqueline  Francell  Mar.  9/46 

Jinx  Falkenburg-Joe  Besser  Mar.  28/46 

Maria  Montez-Preston  Foster  Mar.  8/46 

Alfred  Drake-Janet  Blair-Marc  Piatt  Jan.  10/46 
Johnny  Weissmuller-J.  Sheffield-B.  Joyce      Block  4 

Merle  Oberon-George  Brent  Not  Set 

Margaret  O'Brien-George  Murphy  Not  Set 

Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce  Feb.  1/46 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St  John  Aug.  14/46 

Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Dec.  20/46 

James  Dunn-Mona  Freeman  Not  Set 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  May  16/46 

Sydney  Greenstreet-Martha  Vickers  Not  Set 

Documentary  Oct.  14/46 

Merle  Oberon-Joel  McCrea  Feb.  15/46 

Robert  Lowery-Barbara  Britton  May  3/46 

Robert  Montgomery-John  Wayne  Nov. -Dec. ,'45 

James  Mason-Phyllis  Calvert  (T)  July  23/46 

Merle  Oberon-Claude  Rains  Nov.  2/45 

Tom  Walls-Jeanne  de  Casalis  Not  Set 

Esther  Williams-Jimmy  Durante  Not  Set 

June  Haver-Vivian  Blaine  Oct.,'46 
Geraldine  Fitzgerald-Sydney  Greenstreet  Feb.  16/46 


83m      Aug.  17/46  3149 


72m      Nov.  17/45  2717 


Page 

2884 
2951 
3240 
3031 
3187 
2354 
3055 
2870 


Page 


90m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

-  •  .  . 

1 18m 

July  20/46 

3101 

2907 

59m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

2744 

65m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

62m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

303  i 

87m 

June  1 5/46 

3041 

2628 

3228 

65m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

2809 

82m 

Dec.  22  '45 

2766 

2655 

2862 

70m 

Sept.  21/46 

3211 

2850 

88m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

2809 

3018 

1 10m 

May  1 1/46 

2986 

2859 

57m 

2628 

65  m 

Aug.  18/45 

2639 

2454 

3240 

63  m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3127 

lOim 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2259 

2862 

90m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2776 

Iltm 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2093 

2975 

61m 

Oct.  13/45 

2677 

2499 

59m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2850 

83m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2695 

2930 

75m 

68m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

3138 

2939 


100m 

Aug.  25/45 

2638 

2434 

2810 

62m 

July  20/46 

3101 

3076 

109m 

May  4/46 

2973 

2756 

3188 

98m 

Oct.  13/45 

2679 

2555 

2898 

80m 

July  13/46 

3089 

62m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2454 

63  m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

2883 

56m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

62m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

2776 

65  m 

Sept.  14/46 

3197 

117m 

Mar.  23/46 

2907 

3870 

3228 

63  m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

2598 

85m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2756 

65m 

May  11/46 

2986 

2951 

61m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

2884 

60m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2686 

100m 

Jan.  25/36 

2987 

89m 

Sept.  29/45 

266i 

59m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3090 

56m 

June  1 5/46 

3042 

2987 

86m 

Aug.  24/46 

3163 

3078 

101m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

69m 

May  1  1/46 

2986 

2963 

3240 

74m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2628 

90m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

71m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2818 

76m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

2756 

86m 

Jan.  19/46 

2805 

2710 

72m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2655 

3076 

3031 

60m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

2748 

55m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2884 

55m 

Jan.  12/46 

2795 

2744 

3090 

67  m 

2786 

3031 

82m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

95m 

Feb.  29/36 

66m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2695 

136m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2384 

1 15m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

90m 

Nov.  3/45 

2703 

2662 

103m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3238 

90m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

2907 

92m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2366 

3100 
3228 


2975 
2930 


2930 
2898 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  5,  1946 


3247 


REVIEWED  ■ 


Title  Company 

Three  Wise  Fools  (Block!?)  MGM 

Thrill  of  Brazil  Col. 

Throw  a  Saddle  on  a  Star  Col. 

Thunder  Town .  PRC 

Till  the  Clouds  Roll  By  (color)  MGM 

Till  the  End  of  Time  (Block  6)  RKO 

Time  of  Their  Lives  Univ. 
Time,  the  Place,  the  Girl  (color)  WB 

fTo  Each  His  Own  (Block  5)  Para. 

Tokyo  Rose  (Block  3)  Para. 

f  Tomorrow  Is  Forever  RKO 

Too  Good  to  Be  True  Para. 

(formerly  Easy  Come,  Easy  Go) 

Too  Young  to  Know  WB 

Traffic  in  Crime  Rep. 

Trail  to  Mexico  Mono. 

Trail  to  Vengeance  Univ. 

Trigger  Fingers  Mono. 

Trouble  with  Women  Para. 

Truth  About  Murder,  The  RKO 

Tumbleweed  Trails  PRC 
Turn  of  the  Century  (Swedish)  Scandia 

Two  Fisted  Stranger  Col. 

Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee  WB 

Two  Mrs.  Carrolls,  The  WB 

t  Two  Sisters  from  Boston  (Bl.  16)  MGM 

Two  Smart  People  MGM 

Two  Years  Before  the  Mast  Para. 

UNCLE  Andy  Hardy  MGM 

Under  Arizona  Skies  Mono. 

Undercover  Woman  Rep. 

Undercurrent                        ■  MGM 

Under  Nevada  Skies  Rep. 

Unfinished  Dance  (Color)  MGM 

Unholy  Garden  (Re-Issue)  Film  Classics 

Unknown,  The  Col. 

Up  Goes  Maisie  (Block  15)  MGM 

VACATION  from  Marriage 

(Block  14)  (British)  MGM 

Vacation  in  Reno  RKO 

Valley  of  the  Zombies  Rep. 

Verdict,  The  WB 

f  Virginian,  The  (color)  (BI.4)  Para. 

Voice  of  the  Whistler  Col. 

WAGON  Wheels  Westward  Rep. 
Walk  in  the  Sun.  A  20th-Fox 
Walls  Came  Tumbling  Down,  The  Col. 
Wanted  for  Murder  (Brit.)  20th-Fox 
Way  We  Live,  The  (British)  GFD 
Wedding  Night  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 
Welcome,  Stranger  Para. 
Welldigger's  Daughter  (Fr.)  Siritzky 
f  Well  Groomed  Bride,  The  (BI.4)  Para. 
West  of  the  Alamo  Mono. 
What  Next,  Corporal  Har- 
grove? (Block  14)  MGM 
Where  There's  Life  Para. 
While  Nero  Fiddled  (Brit).  Bacon-Bell 
Whirlwind  of  Paris  (French)  Hoffberg 


UA 
Univ. 
Eagle-Lion 
PRC 
Mono. 
Univ. 
Screen  Guild 
PRC 


Whistle  Stop 
White  Tie  and  Tails 
Wicked  Lady,  The  (Br.) 
Wife  of  Monte  Cristo 
Wife  Wanted 
Wild  Beauty 
Wildfire 

Wild  West  (color) 

(formerly  Melody  Roundup) 
Without  Dowry  (Russian)  Artkino 
Without  Honor  UA 

(formerly  Short  Happy  Life  of 
Frances  Macomber) 
f  Without  Reservations  RKO 
Woman  Chases  Man  (R.)  Film  Classics 
Woman  on  the  Beach  RKO 

(formerly  Desirable  Woman) 
Woman  Who  Came  Back,  The  Rep. 

YANK  in  London,  A  (Br.)  20th-Fox 
Yearling,  The  (color)  MGM 
Years  Between,  The  (British)  GFD 
Yolanda  and  the  Thief  (color) 

(Block  14)  MGM 
Young  Widow  UA 

tZIEGFELD  Follies  of  1946 

(color)  (Special)  MGM 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or 

Number                 Stars  Release  Date 

628  Margaret  O'Brien-Lionel  Barrymore       Aug.  29, "46 

7006  Evelyn  Keyes-Keenan  Wynn  Sept.  30, '46 

7221  Ken  Curtis-Adele  Roberts  Mar.  14. '46 

....  Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor  Apr.  10, '46 

....  Robert  Walker-Judy  Garland  Not  Set 

626  Dorothy  McGuire-Guy  Madison  Aug.    I, '46 

546  Bud  Abbott-Lou  Costello  Aug.  I6,'46 

....  Dennis  Morgan-Jack  Carson  Not  Set 

4524  Olivia  De  Havilland-John  Lund  July  5,'46 

4511  Byron  Barr-Lotus  Long  Feb.   8, '46 

682  Claudette  Colbert-Orson  Welles  Special 

....  Sonny  Tufts-Diana  Lynn  Not  Set 

507  Joan  Leslie-Robert  Hutton  Dec.   I, '45 

522  Kane  Richmond-Adele  Mara  June  28. '46 

574  Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  June  29,'46 

1103  Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Nov.  30/45 

568  Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton   Sept.  2 1  ,'46 

....  Ray  Milland-Teresa  Wright  Not  Set 

624  Bonita  Granville-Morgan  Conway  Block  5 

....  Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson  Oct.  28,'46 

....  Edvard  Persson-Stina  Hedberg  Feb.  23, '46 

7208  Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  May  30, "46 

524  Dennis  Morgan-Joan  Leslie  Aug.  1 7, '46 
  Barbara  Stanwyck-Humphrey  Bogari  Not  Set 

622  Jimmy  Durante-June  Allyson  Apr.-May.46 

  John  Hodiak-Lucille  Ball  (T)  June  4,'46 

....  Alan  Ladd-Brian  Donlevy  Nov.  22, '46 

....  Mickey  Rooney-Bonita  Granville  Not  Set 

561  Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton    Apr.  27,'46 

515  Stephanie  Bachelor-Robert  Livingston     Apr.  1 1  ,'46 

....  Katharine  Hepburn-Robert  Taylor    (T)  Sept.  30/46 

541  Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans  Aug.  26/46 

Margaret  O'Brien-Cyd  Charisse  Not  Set 

....  Ronald  Colman-Fay  Wray  July  29/46 

7027  Karen  Morley-Jim  Bannon  July  4/46 

613  Ann  Sothern-George  Murphy  Jan.-Feb./46 

608  Robert  Donat-Deborah  Kerr  Nov.-Dec./45 

....  Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Not  Set 

520  Robert  Livingston-Adrian  Booth  May  24/46 

....  Sydney  Greenstreet-Peter  Lorre  Not  Set 

4516  Joel  McCrea-Brian  Donlevy  Apr.  5/46 

7024  Richard  Dix-Lynn  Merrick  Oct.  30/45 

564  "Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Dec.  21/45 

616  Dana  Andrews-Richard  Conte  Mar.,'46 

7011  Lee  Bowman-Marguerite  Chapman  June  7/46 

644  Eric  Portman-Dulcie  Gray  Nov.,'46 

...  .  Peter  Willes  Not  Set 

....  Gary  Cooper-Anna  Sten  June  15/46 

....  Bing  Crosby-Barry  Fitzgerald  Not  Set 

Ra  imu-Fernandel-Josette  Day  Sept.  28/46 

4519  Ray  Milland-Olivia  DeHavilland  May  17/46 

573  Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Apr.  20/46 

606  Robert  Walker-Keenan  Wynn  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

....  Bob  Hope-Signe  Hasso  Not  Set 

....  Tommy  Trinder-Frances  Day  Apr.  29/46 

....  Charpin-Marguerite  Perry  Feb.  9/46 

....  George  Raft-Ava  Gardner  Jan.  25/46 

550  Dan  Duryea-Ella  Raines  Aug.  30/46 

....  Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Not  Set 

....  John  Loder-Lenore  Aubert  Apr.  23/46 

....  Kay  Francis-Paul  Cavanaugh  Oct.  12/46 

545  Don  Porter-Lois  Collier  Aug.  9/46 

001  Bob  Steele-Sterling  Holloway  May, '46 
  Eddie  Dean-AI  LaRue  Nov.  1/46 


Running 
Time 
90m 
91m 
65m 
57m 

105m 
82  m 

122m 
70m 
105  m 


56m 
54m 
56m 


I  10m 
50m 
90m 

II  2  m 
93m 
98m 

59  m 
56m 
1 16m 
69m 

77m 

90m 

94m 

56m 

90  m 
60m 

55m 
1 17m 
82m 
103m 
64m 
83m 

122m" 
75m 
58m 


65m 
88m 
84m 
74m 
103m 
80m 

6 1  m 

60m 


M.  P. 
Herald 
Issue 
June  22/46 
Sept.  2 1  ,'46 
Mar.  23/46 
Apr.  6/46 

June  15/46 
Aug.  17/46 

Mar.  16/46 
Dec.  8/45 
Jan.  19/46 


63m      Apr.  20/46 


Mar.  9/46 
June  15/46 
Aug.  3/46 

Mar.  9/46 
June  8/46 
Aug.  31/46 

June  8/46 
July  6/46 
Oct.  5/46 
Aug.  3 1  ,'46 

Aug.  8/31 

Dee.  29/45 

Dec.  1/45 

June  1/46 

Jan!  26/46 
Feb.  23/46 

Jan.  19/46 
Dec.  1/45 
May  25/46 
Apr.  13/46 
Aug.  24/46 
Feb.  23/35 

Oct.  5/46 
Feb.  2/46 
May  25/46 


May  11/46 
Feb.  23/46 
Jan.  12/46 
Sept.  14/46 
Dec.  15/46 
Mar.  30/46 


Product 
Digest 
Page 
3054 
3209 
2906 
2926 

3041 
3149 

2894 
2745 
2805 


Ad  vance  Service 
Synopsis  Data 
Page  Page 


86m      Nov.  17/45  2718 


July  6/46  3077 
Oct.  5/46  3237 


2950 


2882 


96m      Nov.  17/45  2717 


2986 
2859 
2793 
3197 
2757 
2918 


Aug.  17/46  3150 


2907 
3090 
2850 

2963 
2784 
2939 
2555 
2861 
2744 
2555 
2748 

2384 
3055 
3031 
2748 
3126 
2776 
2776 


2710 
3078 


3228 


3228 

3164 
2930 
2975 


2898 


3043 

2951 

3126 

2884 

i\M 

2628 

2881 

2695 

3188 

3029 

2748 

3164 

3173 

3055 

3127 

3030 

2870 

3077 

2748 

3237 

3007 

3174 

3127 

3240 

3055 

2778 

2930 

2733 

2710 

2862 

3127 

3017 

3007 

2764 

2817 

2242 

3228 

2859 

2655 

2806 

2555 

2733 

2242 

2979 

3005 

2963 

3188 

2937 

3162 

2939 

3238 

2829 

2786 

3228 

3006 

2883 

ms 


2744  3100 

2895  3018 

3138 

3076 

3138  .... 


Olga  Pyshova-Nina  Alisova 

Apr.  6/46 

81m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

Gregory  Peck-Joan  Bennett 

Not  Set 

3076 

621 

Claudette  Colbert-John  Wayne 

Block  5 

107m 

May  11/46 

2985 

2884 

3164 

Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea 

May  15/46 

70m 

May  1/37 

Joan  Bennett-Robert  Ryan 

(T)  Jan.,'47 

2883 

507 

Nancy  Kelly-John  Loder 

Dec.  13/45 

68m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2555 

622 

Anna  Neagle-Dean  Jagger 

Mar./46 

106m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

Gregory  Peck-Jacqueline  White 

(T)  Sept.  13/46 

2883 

Michael  Redgrave-Valerie  Hobson 

Not  Set 

room 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

610 

Fred  Astaire-Lucille  Bremer 

Nov.-Dec..'45 

108m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2354 

2930 

Jane  Russell-Louis  Hayward 

Mar.  1/46 

98m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2454 

3188 

617 

MGM  Contract  Stars 

Mar.,'46 

110m 

Aug.  25/45 

2638 

1913 

3188 

3248 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  5.  1946 


IALITY... 


Electrical  Research  Products  Division 
Western  Electric  Company 

INCORPORATED  *  '  / 

233  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK  7,  N.  Y.  - 

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IT'S  A  BULLSEYE  for  The  PRIZE  BABY! 

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MOTION  PICTURE 

HERALD 


REVIEWS 

(In  Product  Digest) 

My  Darling  Clementine 
Vacation  in  Reno 
A  Lady  Surrender! 
Fool's  Gold 
Gas  House  Kids 
Dangerous  Money 
Rio  Grande  Raiders 
Shadows  on  the  Range 


GOVERNMENT 

and 

MAJORS 

file  for  that  decree; 
Exhibition  still  trying 


OP 


214  FEATURES  OF  400 
SCHEDULED  FOR  46-47 
ARE  READY  OR  RELEASED 


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MARTIN  QUIGLEY,  Editor-m-Chief  and  Publisher 

Terry  Ramsaye,  Editor 

Vol.  165,  No.  2  H 

OP 

October   12,  1946 

HOLLYWOOD'S  JOB 

THROUGH  the  a  gonies  of  war  and  the  ordeals  of  peace 
there  has  been  continuing  contention,  from  both  within 
and  without  the  industry,  that  the  motion  picture  has  a 
very  special  responsibility  for  the  making  and  shaping  of  a 
better  world. 

Endlessly  the  speechmakers  and  the  statement  issuers  are 
heard  and  read  in  critical  presentations  of  what  the  films 
ought  to  do,  always  the  American  films. 

At  the  moment  it  seems  appropriate  to  say  that  the  basic 
responsibility  of  the  motion  picture  is  to  interest  and  entertain 
its  customers — that  it  shall  seek  to  render  this  service  within 
the  frame  of  propriety. 

The  motion  picture  is  a  business.  It  shares  with  other 
businesses  the  obligation  to  render  service  by  tending  to 
business.  The  responsibility  of  the  screen  is  of  a  piece  with 
the  responsibility  of  the  printing  press,  with  its  newspapers, 
magazines  and  the  hybrids  which  grow  between — the  respon- 
sibility of  the  arts,  painting,  sculpture,  ceramics,  radio,  stage, 
advertising,  skywriting,  music,  and  the  struggling  little  medium 
of  television. 

Industry  and  business  constitute  the  way  of  life  in  an 
industrialized  world,  and  all  business  shares  alike  in  social 
responsibility,  by  doing  the  job  in  hand.  Along  with  that 
goes  the  negative  and  important  corollary  that  each  business 
tend  to  its  own  business  and  no  other. 

A  feeling  of  a  special  sort  of  comfort  reached  your  editor 
the  other  day  when  Mr.  Barney  Balaban  was  quoted,  in  con- 
nection with  the  Paramount  product  announcement,  on  the 
importance  of  keeping  the  product  flowing.  There,  indeed, 
is  what  the  motion  picture  business  is  about.  The  best  service 
of  the  box  office  is  the  best  service  of  the  people,  also  the 
stockholder — remember  him? — and  the  nation. 

We  have  just  had  the  most  devastating  war  in  history  and 
are  now  enjoying  the  most  uncomfortable  peace  —  including 
horsemeat  on  the  tables  of  New  York — in  sequel  to  the  rise 
and  fall,  and  rise  again,  of  assorted  world  planners  engaged 
in  tending  to  everything. 

NOT  to  single  him  out,  but  because  his  expressions  are 
so  typical,  it  is  germane  to  note  the  remarks  last  week 
of  Mr.  Richard  de  Rochemont  of  the  March  of  Time, 
before  a  press  conference  in  New  York.  In  sum,  he  seemed 
to  find  that  the  United  States  was  losing  prestige  abroad 
because  of  the  lightsome  nature  of  Hollywood's  entertainment 
product.  He  quoted  a  friend  overseas  who  had  decided 
"Americans  are  agreeable,  rich  half-wits". 
Thanks  for  the  "agreeable". 

Mr.  de  Rochemont  considers  "...  it  is  not  sufficient  to 
depict  American  life  in  terms  of  luxury.  .  .  .  The  European 
public  deduces  .  .  .  that  Americans  have  no  serious  outlook 
on  life  ...  no  long  range  program  to  oppose  the  highly 
articulated  Communist  program.  ..." 

That  is  not  the  problem  of  Hollywood.  The  European 
public,  if  interested,  can  obtain  considerable  information, 
beyond  that  which  is  available  in  movies,  which  are  made 
primarily  to  supply  entertainment.  That  "serious  outlook" 
might  be  considered  to  be  documented  a  bit  by  the  facts  of 


an  American  fleet  in  the  Mediterranean,  American  Marines 
in  China,  American  troops  all  over  the  map,  American  wheat 
and  meat  and  machines  flowing  into  all  manner  of  relief 
projects. 

An  answer  relevant  to  that  demand  for  a  "long  range  pro- 
gram" anent  Russia's  Communistic  program  is  afforded  by 
the  fact  that  American  motion  pictures  so  ably  reflect  a 
relatively  good  life  under  capitalism  that  Russia's  iron  curtain 
keeps  them  out,  lest  the  Gestapo  ridden  millions  revolt  against 
their  so  utterly  planned  economy. 

So  long  as  such  utterances  make  headlines  we  shall  have 
them. 

The  motion  picture  meanwhile  will  be  well  advised  to  con- 
sider why  the  people  who  pay  for  seats  go  to  the  theatre, 
and  arrange  to  continue  serving  them.  Hollywood  is  best 
equipped  to  solve  just  one  great  problem:  how  to  entertain 
the  customers.   It  can  serve  the  world  well  by  doing  that. 


The  London  office  of  MGM  has  joined  issue  with  the  top- 
^1  lofty  picture  critic  of  the  British  Broadcasting  Corpora- 
tion, Mrs.  Arbuthnot  Arnot-Robertson,  barring  her  from  review 
screenings.  As  the  news  columns  record,  they  are  about  to 
go  to  law.  Meanwhile,  Wardour  Street,  annoyed  by  kindred 
manifestations  from  critics  of  radio  and  press,  seeking  to 
impose  haughty  intellectual  judgments  on  mass  audiences, 
approves  the  development. 

The  industry  on  this  side  has  had  enough  experience  of  the 
sort  to  have  an  appreciative  understanding  of  the  situation 
in  London. 


fl  The  many  friends  of  Mr.  Gene  Autry,  the  world-famed 
^1  voice  of  horse  opera,  are  being  pleased  to  note  that 
he  has  enjoyed  a  triumphant  return  to  national  public  atten- 
tion at  the  annual  rodeo  at  Madison  Square  Garden,  this 
being  concurrent  with  his  return  to  Republic  Pictures  with  a 
series  of  four  productions,  and  with  negotiations  on  for  another 
series.  It  is  to  be  remembered  that  the  entertaining  Mr.  Autry 
was  the  first  exponent  of  the  Western  to  register  among  the 
Top  Ten  in  The  Herald's  annual  moneymakers  poll.  His  only 
predecessor  in  such  status  was  the  world-famed  Tom  Mix,  of 
the  silent  era. 


After  the  first  frost  and  its  falling  leaves,  there  comes 
^1  a  return  of  reluctant  summer,  with  balmy  genial  hours 
of  sunshine  that  seem  to  say  it  had  yielded  too  soon.  The 
season  lingers  like  the  cocktail  guest  at  the  door,  started  away 
but  feeling  too  good  to  go.  Birds  long  in  hiding  in  the  shame 
of  their  moult  are  out  again  in  full  feather,  with  thin  chirping 
rehearsals  of  what  will  be  their  love  songs  in  the  Spring. 
They  are  assembling  for  the  flight  south,  a  mysterious  adven- 
ture no  doubt  for  those  of  this  season's  brood.  In  the  swamp- 
lands the  soft  maples  are  aglow  with  the  first  flaming  flags 
of  the  pageantry  of  the  autumn,  and  sumach  signals,  leaf  by 
leaf,  in  red.  Tomorrow  is  not  yet,  but  it  is  out  there 
beyond   the   sunset.  — Terry  Kamsaye 


THIS  WEEK  IN  THE  NEWS 

Opportunist 


WHO  likes  the  industry's  burgeoning-  "auc- 
tion selling"  system?  An  auctioneer,  of 
course.  This  week,  Bernard  P.  Day,  presi- 
dent of  Joseph  P.  Day,  Inc.,  came  to  the  sup- 
port of  the  system  suffering  so  much  attack 
in  exhibition  quarters.  Exhibitors  are  un- 
justified in  believing  they  cannot  compete 
with  large  circuits  and  major  distributor 
affiliated  theatres,  because  the  Federal  Court 
found  that  the  majors  do  not  have  a  monop- 
oly of  exhibition  facilities,  he  said.  Buying 
combines  will  be  without  power  under  indi- 
vidual film  selling,  he  added.  "There  are 
many  good  operators  who  have  nice  houses 
with  a  fair  amount  of  seats  who  have  been 
playing  B,  C,  and  D  product  for  years  be- 
cause they  couldn't  get  anything  else.  Auc- 
tion selling  will  make  top  product  available 
to  these.  .  .  .  Wouldn't  an  exhibitor  who  has 
been  paying  $700  weekly  for  his  film  bill  and 
grossing  between  $1,600  and  $1,700,  gladly 
pay  $1,400  if  his  intake  went  up  to  $3,000?" 

Mr.  Day's  organization  has  submitted  to 
the  Justice  Department,  distributors,  and 
New  York  Federal  Court  a  plan  for  "nation- 
wide facilities  for  auction  bidding  safe- 
guarded to  insure  open  and  impartial  opera- 
tion." 

The  Joseph  P.  Day  Organization  is  one  of 
the  country's  leading  real  estate  auctioneers. 


Code  Interest 


THE  MEXICAN  motion  picture  industry 
is  evincing  wide  interest  in  the  Production 
Code  by  which  the  American  industry  gov- 
erns itself.  The  Projector,  official  bulletin 
of  the  National  Chamber  of  Motion  Pictures, 
an  industry-wide  organization,  is  currently 
printing  the  text  of  the  Code  in  weekly  in- 
stallments. 


Eye  on  Giannini 

A.  P.  GIANNINI,  the  banker  who  has 
loaned  millions  on  independent  picture  pro- 
duction without  losing  a  dime,  is  frighten- 
ing West  Coast  financial  circles  again. 

He  is  buying  heavily  into  stock  of  the 
Citizens'  National  Trust  and  Savings  Asso- 
ciation for  the  purpose,  some  bankers  fear, 
of  merging  that  California  institution  with 
his  huge  Bank  of  America.  Certain  impor- 
tant financiers,  however,  hopefully  reason 
that  he  is  far  short  of  a  controlling  interest 
in  Citizens',  that  the  Bank  of  America  re- 
cently became  independent  of  his  Trans- 
america  Corporation,  and  that  the  Govern- 
ment would  have  to  approve  such  a  transac- 
tion. Uncle  Sam  is  reported  to  take  the 
view  that  Bank  of  America  already  is  big 
enough. 

Since  Mr.  Giannini  hauled  his  gold  in  a 


U.  S.  and  majors  file  proposals  in  Decree 
action  Page  13 

MPTOA  decides  to  intervene  in  Decree 
suit  situation  Page  2 1 

214  features  completed  of  400  due  for 
current  season  Page  22 

542  short  subjects  expected  to  be  released 
this  season  Page  22 

ON  THE  MARCH— Red  Kann  in  comment 
on  industry  affairs  Page  24 


POLISH  industry  becomes  a  nationalized 
state  monopoly  Page  26 

POSTPONEMENT  of  Johnston  trip  abroad 
irks  British  industry  Page  27 

LABOR  dispute  on  coast  at  impasse  as 
actors  seek  settlement  Page  34 

NATIONAL  SPOTLIGHT— Notes  about  in- 
dustry personnel  across  country  Page  36 

INDUSTRY  in  England  forces  showdown  on 
harping  critics  Page  44 


SERVICE  DEPARTMENTS 

From  Reader 

Page 

53 

What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me 

Page  61 

Hollywood  Scene 

Page 

30 

IN  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 

In  the  Newsreels 

Page 

58 

Showmen's  Reviews 

Page  3249 

Managers'  Round  Table 

Page 

63 

Short  Subjects 

Page  3250 

Picture  Grosses 

Page 

71 

Short  Subjects  Chart 

Page  3251 

Short  Product  at  First  Runs 

Page 

62 

The  Release  Chart 

Page  3253 

wagon  through  the  fiery  debris  of  San  Fran- 
cisco back  in  1906  and  just  about  rebuilt  that 
city,  the  branches  of  the  Bank  of  America 
have  arisen  in  almost  every  California  spot 
where  a  crowd  can  gather. 

Bank  of  America  September  30  reported 
total  resources  at  $5,629,000,000,  increased 
from  $5,554,000,000  at  the  end  of  June,  thus 
maintaining  its  position  as  the  country's 
largest  commercial  bank.  Total  deposits  are 
listed  at  $5,280,000,000,  as  against  $5,238,- 
000,000  three  months  earlier,  and  discounts 
$1,481,000,000,  as  against  $1,198,000,000  in 
June. 


Chest  Appeal 


Scoop 


LONDON'S  humorous  paper,  Punch,  prints 
this   sharp   comment   on   the  Washington 

scene : 

"There  is  an  extraordinary  report  current 
in  Washington  that  an  important  document 
that  was  to  have  been  published  by  a  col- 
umnist has  come  into  the  hands  of  the  State 
Department." 


Glossary 


UN  Bait 

AS  PART  of  New  York  City's  high-pow- 
ered promotion  to  lure  the  United  Nations  to 
settle  permanently  in  the  metropolis,  a  mo- 
tion picture  travelogue  demonstrating  the 
city's  attractions  as  a  world  capital,  featur- 
ing an  introductory  message  by  Mayor  Wil- 
liam O'Dwyer,  has  been  made  by  RKO- 
Pathe.  It  will  be  shown  for  the  benefit  of 
UN  delegates  after  they  come  to  New  York. 


TOPFLIGHT  screen  stars  who  also  happen 
to  be  big  radio  names  take  to  the  air  October 
12  to  appeal  for  support  of  Community  Chest 
campaigns  in  more  than  1,000  cities.  The 
cream  of  the  writing  and  technical  fraternity 
also  will  combine  their  talents  in  the  pro- 
gram sponsors  expect  to  reach  the  largest 
audience  in  the  history  of  entertainment 
broadcasting.  Charles  Vanda  is  producing, 
with  a  committee  from  the  four  major  net- 
works— Howard  Wiley,  NBC;  Norman 
Ostby,  ABC;  Robert  Forward,  Mutual,  and 
Seymour  Berns,  CBS.  Stars  set  for  appear- 
ance include  Jack  Benny,  Eddie  Cantor, 
Jimmy  Durante  and  Groucho  Marx. 


THE  FIRST  comprehensive  "Glossary  of 
Terms  Dealing  with  the  Motion  Picture 
Art"  will  shortly  be  completed,  J.  A.  Maur- 
er,  engineering  vice-president  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Motion  Picture  Engineers,  an- 
nounces. The  Society's  sixtieth  annual  con- 
vention, to  be  held  October  21-25  at  the 
Hollywood  Roosevelt  Hotel,  Hollywood, 
will  hear  a  report  on  the  glossary,  which 
represents  another  step  in  SMPE's  pro- 
gram of  engineering  and  standardization. 
When  finished,  the  glossary,  containing  an 
extensive  amplification  of  John  M.  Andreas' 
original  compilation  of  more  than  500  terms 
and  definitions,  will  be  presented  to  the 
American  Standards  Association,  with  the 
recommendation  that  it  be  published. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


MM, 


GRIFFITH  WINS  TRUST  SUIT 
BROUGHT  BY  GOVERNMENT 


Federal  Judge  Edgar  S.  Vaught  in  Ok- 
lahoma City  Wednesday  found  the  Grif- 
fith Amusement  Company  and  related  de- 
fendants innocent  of  charges  of  violating 
the  Sherman  anti-trust  laws  in  an  opinion 
sharply  differing  from  the  ruling  in  the 
Paramount  New  York  case. 

In  a  far-reaching,  38-page  decision  in 
the  seven  -  year  -  old  litigation,  Judge 
Vaught  stated :  "The  theories  and  conten- 
tions of  the  parties  have  been  patiently 
followed  by  the  court  but  there  is  nothing 
in  the  evidence  to  justify  the  conclusion 
that  any  buying  power  possessed  by  the 
defendants  was  ever  exerted  by  the  de- 
fendants to  secure  contracts  for  exhibition 
rights  to  the  films  of  the  major  distribu- 
tors which  gave  the  defendants  an  unrea- 
sonable control  in  licensing  such  film  to 
others  in  the  various  towns  in  the  terri- 
tory covered  by  the  complaint. 

"There  is  nothing  in  the  evidence  that 
would  justify  the  conclusion  that  the  buy- 
ing power  of  the  defendants  was  used  to 
absorb  or  otherwise  eliminate  a  number 
of  actual  and  potential  competitors,  nor 
that  would  justify  the  conclusion  that  the 
possession  of  the  power  or  the  manner  in 


which  it  was  used  is  a  violation  of  the 
Sherman  Act." 

The  Department  of  Justice  brought  its 
anti-trust  suit  against  Griffith  April  28, 
1939,  asking  for  the  dissolution  and  re- 
arrangement of  the  Griffith  theatre  hold- 
ings; for  injunctive  relief  restraining  the 
defendant  circuit  from  negotiating  joint 
contracts  with  distributors  and  enjoining 
Griffith  from  further  acquisition  "of  addi- 
tional theatres  or  financial  interests  there- 
in." 

After  entry  of  the  Consent  Decree  in 
the  New  York  anti-trust  suit  in  1940,  the 
Department  of  Justice  concentrated  its 
action  upon  Griffith  as  part  of  its  program 
to  press  its  actions  against  the  Schine  and 
Crescent  circuits.  The  Griffith  trial  began 
in  Oklahoma  City  May  4,  1945  and  was 
concluded  the  following  October  2. 

The  distributors  who  were  originally 
parties  to  the  action  were  dropped  out 
before  the  case  went  to  court.  During  the 
trial  Robert  L.  Wright,  Government 
counsel,  attempted  to  prove  that  contracts 
between  Griffith  and  the  distributors  from 
1933  to  1938  were  designed  to  eliminate 
competition. 


Wrong  Guesser 


ALFRED  HUGENBERG.  described  by 
news  headlines  as  a  "German  movie  mag- 
nate,'' has  been  arrested  by  the  British  in 
their  zone.  Not  for  making  films,  however. 
He  was  an  industrialist,  publisher,  financier, 
and  naturally  had  fingers  in  the  German  in- 
dustry. The  charges  leading  to  his  arrest 
were  not  mentioned,  but  it  was  assumed  they 
are  based  on  his  assistance  to  Hitler  in  the 
latter's  early  days. 


guests  of  Paramount,  the  game  was  shown, 
as  recorded  by  two  television  cameras,  each 
equipped  with  four  lenses  for  long  distance 
and  semi-closeup  shots. 

Although  details  of  the  game  were  lost 
and  the  scanning  lines  on  the  television 
screen  occasionally  became  blurred,  it  was 
generally  conceded  by  those  present  that  see- 
ing the  game  by  television  was  an  improve- 
ment over  listening  to  it  over  the  radio. 


Demonstra  Hon 

LAST  THURSDAY,  as  the  interest  of  the 
nation's  baseball  fans  was  at  fever-pitch 
|over  the  National  League  play-off  between 
the  Brooklyn  Dodgers  and  the  St.  Louis 
Cardinals,  television  made  another  bid  as  a 
medium  for  transmitting  special  events. 

Demonstrated  through  DuMont  facilities 
at  the  Monte  Carlo  in  New  York,  where 
some  28  representatives  of  newspapers  and 
trade   papers   gathered    for   lunch   as  the 


Natural 

PLAYACTING  gamblers  in  Hal  Wallis's 
"Desert  Town"  (.Paramount)  will  get  the 
know-how  in  roulette,  craps,  poker,  faro 
and  other  games  of  chance  under  the  expert 
tutelage  of  four  professional  card  dealers 
and  croupiers  from  Las  Vegas,  Nev.,  who 
will  coach  them  in  operation  of  the  tables 
and  the  jargon  of  play.  Principals  include 
John  Hodiak,  Lizabeth  Scott  and  Burt 
Lancaster,  with  more  than  200  extras  who 
will  participate  in  the  gambling  sequence 
under  Lewis  Allen's  direction. 


PEOPLE 


Benjamin  Banowitz,  Chicago  circuit 
operator,  last  Thursday  was  elected  secre- 
tary-treasurer of  Allied  Theatres  of  Illi- 
nois, succeeding  Richard  Salkin,  re- 
signed. James  Gregory  succeeds  Mr. 
Banowitz  on  the  board  of  directors. 

Alexander  S.  Aronson,  prior  to  the  war  a 
distributor  of  American  films  in  Europe, 
Monday  was  appointed  assistant  to  Irving 
Maas,  vice-president  and  general  manager 
of  the  Motion  Picture  Export  Association 
in  New  York. 

G.  S.  Eyssell,  managing  director  of  the 
Radio  City  Music  Hall,  New  York,  has 
been  awarded  a  bronze  plaque  by  the 

.  United  States  Naval  Hospital  at  St.  Al- 
bans, N.  Y.,  for  his  assistance  in  entertain- 
ing wounded  veterans. 

Richard  Watts,  Jr.,  drama  critic  for  the 
New  York  Herald  Tribune  before  the  war, 
Monday  joined  the  New  York  Post  in  the 
same  capacity.  Vernon  Rice  has  become 
drama  editor  of  the  Post. 

Bette  Davis,  Warner  actress,  Tuesday  was 
presented  with  the  War  Department's 
Award  of  Meritorious  Service  for  her 
war  work  at  the  Hollywood  Canteen. 

Max  Brock,  theatre  owner  in  Lawton, 
Okla.,  has  been  elected  president  of  the 
Community  Chest  drive  for  that  city. 

Wayne  G.  Norton,  sales  engineer  of  the 
Eastman  Kodak  Company,  Friday  night 
was  to  receive  the  Adolph  Lomb  award 
for  war  research  on  fire-control  instru- 
ments. 

Alfred  Crown,  foreign  sales  director  for 
Samuel  Goldwyn  Productions,  left  New 
York  Monday  by  TWA  for  Paris  for  a 
two-month  business  tour  of  Europe  and 
Great  Britain. 

Jack  Brodsky,  assistant  contact  man  in  the 
Philadelphia  office  of  Warner  Brothers 
Theatres,  has  been  elected  president  of  the 
Warner  Club  of  employees  there  for  the 
coming  year. 

Angel  Herranz  has  been  appointed  man- 
ager of  the  Eastman  Kodak  office  in  Ma- 
drid, Spain.  He  succeeds  Juan  de  Julian, 
manager  since  1921. 

James  Poling  Wednesday  was  appointed 
eastern  story  editor  for  Universal,  suc- 
ceeding Larney  Goodkind  who  recently 
signed  to  enter  the  field  of  theatrical 
production. 

William  F.  Crockett,  Virginia  Beach 
theatre  owner  and  MPTOA  leader,  has 
been  named  chairman  of  the  theatre  sec- 
tion of  the  Virginia  USO  campaign. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


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the  Camera  reports: 


OTTO'E.  KOEGEL  has  been  appointed 
chief  counsel  for  Twentieth  Century-Fox 
and  subsidiaries.    He  is  of 
Dwight,  Harris,  Koegel  &  Caskey,  the 
company's  general  counsel.   He  will 
maintain  offices  with  the  latter  and 
with  the  film  company. 


CONVENTION  LINEUP.  At  the 
Kansas-Missouri  Theatres  Association 
convention  in  Kansas  City  last  week: 
Homer  Strowig,  of  Abilene,  Kansas, 
new  president  of  the  Association; 
George  Baker,  executive  business  manager; 
R.  R.  Bichele,  of  the  Osage  theatre, 
Kansas  City,  former  president; 
Leon  Bamberger,  RKO,  and 
Fred  Wehrenberg,  president  of  the 
MotioniPicture  Theatre  Owners  of  America. 
This  week  KMTA  directors  are 
studying  affiliation  with  the  ATA. 


Cosmo- Sileo 

THE  SUBJECT:  FUND  RAISING,  for 
restoration  of  a  Netherlands  children's  home 
destroyed  by  the  Germans.  The  scene  is 
the  Motion  Picture  Association,  New  York. 
The  principals  are,  left  to  right, 
Francis  S.  Harmon,  MPA  vice-president; 
R.  Uges,  Jr.,  of  the  Netherlands  mission; 
Governor  Carl  Milliken,  MPA,  and 
John  Miedema  and  J.  Croeze,  also 
of  the  Netherlands. 


By  the  Herald 


Keystone  Press  Agency 

IRVING  BERLIN  and  Sir  Alexander  Korda, 
at  the  Carlton  theatre,  London, 
premiere  of  Paramount's  "Blue  Skies", 
for  which  Mr.  Berlin  wrote  the  music. 


MAX  YOUNGSTEIN,  last  week 
appointed  director  of  advertising 
and  publicity  for  Eagle-Lion  Films. 


TOM   DUANE,   right,  appointed 
Vanguard   New  England  and 
Canadian  sales  representative. 


Metropolitan  Photo 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


Buschlte's  Studio 


Studio  PYanceslra 


ALDO  M.  ERMINI,  former 
major  in  the  Signal  Corps.,  has 
joined  Harold  Young  Pro- 
ductions, Inc.,  as  vice-president 
and  associate  producer.  He  was 
Technicolor  supervisor  for 
Sir  Alexander  Korda's  London 
and  Paris  organizations. 


INTERNATIONAL  conference,  at 
the  International  Film  Festival, 
at  Cannes,  France:  In  left  to 
right  order  are  actress  Maria  Montez, 
British  producer  Sydney  Box  and 
actor  Jean-Pierre  Aumont. 
Nineteen  countries  sent  entries  to  the 
Festival. 


ALSO  at  the  Jol?on  dinner: 
Joseph   R.  Vogel,  vice-president  of 
Loew's,  Inc.,  and  Spyros  Skouras, 
president  of  Twentieth  Century- Fox. 


FOR  AL  JOLSON.  More 
than  1,000  of  the  entertain- 
ment world  attended  the 
testimonial  dinner  in 
New  York  last  week  to 
Al  Jolson,  subject  of 
Columbia's  "The  Jolson 
Story".   Above,  at  a 
Columbia  table:  Mrs.  Rube 
Jackter,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Lou  Astor,  I.  H.  Rogovin, 
Mrs.  A.  Montague,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Irving  Blumberg, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lou  Weinberg 
and  Rube  Jackter. 

NEW  HOME.  The 
Variety  Club  of  Mexico  has 
the  Mexico  City  edifice 
at  the  right.  Of  old  French 
architecture,  it  is  being 
renovated  and  will 
open  in  late  November. 


CITATION  IN  BOSTON.  Governor  Maurice  Tobin  of 
Massachusetts  hands  Barney  Balaban,  right,  a 
citation  for  philanthropic  service.   Mr.  Balaban, 
president  of  Paramount,  is  national  chairman  of  the 
United  Jewish  Appeal  motion  picture  division. 
Herman  Gilman,  Boston  UJA  unit  chairman,  is 
at  the  left.  The  occasion  was  a  UJA  dinner. 


Juan  Guzman 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1944 


THE  STARS  OF  TOMORROW 
RECEIVE  THEIR  SCROLLS 


IN  HOLLYWOOD,  led  by  Joan  Leslie, 
number  one  in  Motion  Picture  Herald's  poll 
of  exhibitors,  the  "Stars  of  Tomorrow" 
have  been  receiving  their  scrolls. 


JOAN  LESLIE 


LIZABETH  SCOTT,  Wallis 


YVONNE  DE  CARLO,  U  niversal 


DON  DE  FORE,  Wallis 


DAN  DURYEA,  U  niversal 


MARK  STEVENS, 
of  Twentieth  Cen- 
tury-Fox, has  June 
Haver's  company 
as  he  holds  scrol 


ZACHARY  SCOTT, 
of  Warner  Brothers 


ROBERT  MITCHUM,  RKO 


BUTCH  JENKINS,  MGM 


EVE  ARDEN,  free- 
lance 


qp 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


U.S.  AND  MAJORS  TELL  COURT 
BUT  NOT  WITH  ONE  VOICE 


Justice  Department  Insists 
on  Divorce  as  Companies 
Demand  Flexibility 

The  Department  of  Justice  and  the  five 
theatre-owning  defendants  in  the  New  York 
anti-trust  suit  filed  their  decree  proposals 
Monday.  As  had  been  anticipated  there  was 
no  meeting  of  minds.  There  was  no  agree- 
ment on  any  of  the  key  issues. 

The  Government's  proposal  and  support- 
ing memoranda  made  considerable  issue  of 
the  complexities  inherent  in  auction  selling 
and  restated  in  emphatic  terms  that  complete 
divestiture  is  the  only  cure  for  those  indus- 
try faults  found  by  the  court.  However, 
since  auction  selling  has  been  ordered  by  the 
Court  and  since  the  Department  must  work 
for  the  present  on  that  basis,  the  Department 
asked  that  auction  selling  be  limited  to  exclu- 
sive run  deals. 

Distributors  Request 
More  Liberal  Terms 

The  distributors,  intent  cn  maintaining  the 
status  quo,  advocated,  in  their  decree  pro- 
posal, that  the  court's  orders  on  trade  prac- 
tices be  made  more  liberal.  Specifically  they 
ask  that  they  be  given  authority  to  make 
their  own  decisions  regarding  "minimum 
rates''  for  film  rentals  and  that  they  be  per- 


The  Court 

On  DIVORCEMENT 

Refused  divorcement  but,  if  distributors  have 
less  than  95  per  cent  or  more  than  5  per  cent 
ownership  of  their  theatres,  they  must  either  buy 
from  or  sell  to  the  co-owners. 

On  AUCTION  SELLING 

Distributors  must  offer  pictures  on  an  auction 
block,  licensing  to  the  highest  bidder.  Licenses 
must  be  offered  and  taken  theatre  by  theatre  and 
picture  by  picture.   Single  sales  are  mandatory. 

On  CIRCUIT  EXPANSION 

Theatres  may  be  acquired  to  protect  investments 
or  enter  a  competitive  market  only  upon  appli- 
cation to  the  court. 

On  ARBITRATION 

Arbitration  is  to  continue  of  disputes  as  to  bids, 
clearances,  runs  and  other  matter  on  a  voluntary 
basis.  The  appeal  board  will  be  continued. 

On  POOLING  AGREEMENTS 

The  defendants  shall  be  enjoined  from  entering 
into  or  continuing  to  perform  existing  pooling 
agreements. 

On  CLEARANCE 

The  defendants  shall  not  concertedly  agree  to 
maintain  a  system  of  clearance  among  themselves; 
no  clearance  shall  be  granted  theatres  in  "sub- 
stantial" competition  wtih  each  other. 


mitted  to  expand  theatre  holdings  under 
court  approval. 

The  Government  indicated  Monday  that  it 
has  yet  other  proposals  to  make  on  the  hotly 
contested  question  of  auction  selling.  Spokes- 
men in  Washington  indicated  that  the  De- 
partment would  file  before  October  21  a 
document  pointing  out  the  advantages  of 
handling  auction  selling  on  a  flat  rental 
basis.  This  view  supports  the  recommenda- 
tion made  by  the  Conference  of  Independent 
Exhibitor  Associations  on  flat  rentals. 

The  Government,  the  majors  and  the  court 
are  far  apart  in  their  viewpoints  on  many 
important  questions  with  the  result  that  it  is 
once  again  up  to  the  court — and  the  court 
alone — to  set  down  a  final  decree.  The  court 
may  expect  little  relaxing  of  ideas  and  opin- 
ions on  either  the  part  of  the  government  or 
the  companies.  Chances  that  the  case  will 
go  to  the  Supreme  Court  thus  have  increased. 

The  Government,  for  example,  asks  that 
the  court  unconditionally  prohibit  any  future 
expansion  of  the  defendants'  theatre  interests 
or  their  acquisition  of  independent  theatre 
interests  after  existing  pools  are  dissolved. 
The  majors  propose  that  they  be  permitted 
to  enlarge  their  holding  and  retain  some  of 
their  pools,  with  the  permission  of  the  court 
"under  special  circumstances." 

The  Government  omitted  from  its  recom- 
mendations any  proposals  that  arbitration 


The  U.S. 


Divorcement  is  the  only  measure  of  relief 
which  would  restore  free  enterprise  and  open 
competition  to   the  industry. 


Cross-licensing  among  the  theatre  owning  dis- 
tributors prohibited  for  10  years.  Auction  selling 
should  be  limited  to  exclusive  run  deals  with 
compulsory  licensing  of  some  run.  Licensing  of 
no  more  than  six  months'  releases  at  one  time. 

Expansion  of  theatre  interests  should  be  pro- 
hibited unconditionally. 


Consent  decree  standards  for  determining 
unreasonable    clearance    have    been  discarded. 


Agreement  with  the  Court  that  pooling  agree- 
ments should   not  be  continued. 


The  Court  should  prohibit  continuance  of  exist- 
ing clearance  in  favor  of  affiliated  theatres. 


by  consent  decree  standards  be  employed  for 
determining  unreasonable  clearance  and 
asked  that  the  court  prohibit  the  continuance 
of  existing  clearance  in  favor  of  affiliated 
theatres.  The  majors,  on  the  other  side  of 
the  fence,  submitted  exhaustive  proposals  for 
continued  arbitration. 

Auction  Selling  Order  Is 
Modified  by  Both  Sides 

The  court's  order  for  auction  selling  was 
modified,  in  different  directions,  by  both  the 
Department  of  Justice  and  the  majors.  The 
Department  wishes  to  limit  auction  selling  to 
exclusive  runs  only.  The  majors  have  pro- 
posed a  bidding  system  based  on  "other  than 
price"  principles  and  propose  the  following 
evaluation  to  determine  the  best  exhibitor 
bid :  "The  film  revenue  which  the  distributor- 
defendants  will  derive  from  the  exhibition  of 
such  a  feature  on  the  run  in  question  and 
upon  the  terms  offered  by  the  distributor." 

If  the  Department  of  Justice  has  its  way 
the  new  selling  rules  of  the  forthcoming  de- 
cree will  go  into  effect  on  January  1.  How- 
ever, amends  the  Department,  if  the  court 
should  decide  on  an  even  more  detailed 
method  of  selling  than  that  which  it  proposed 
in  its  mid- June  opinion,  one  year  should  be 
allowed  for  any  party  to  the  decree  to  peti- 
tion for  a  modification  of  the  new  methods 
on  the  grounds  that  the  problems  of  enforc- 

(Continued  on  jollowing  page) 


The  Majors 


Not  now  and  never  have  been  in  favor  of 
divorcement. 


The  companies  should  make  their  own  decisions 
regarding  "minimum  rates"  for  film  rentals  and 
the  bidding  system  should  be  based  on  many 
other  factors  than  the  price  offered  for  the  film. 


Authorization  is  asked  for  expansion  of  theatre 
holdings  under  certain  conditions  and  with  the 
Court's  permission. 


Arbitration  of  disputes  under  American  Arbi- 
tration Association  rules  is  supported  and 
numerous   proposals  are   put  forth. 


Permission  is  asked  to  retain  some  pools  under 
special  conditions  and  with  the  Court's  permission. 


There  should  be  a  broad  interpretation  of 
"reasonable  clearance"  and  numerous  rules  for 
determining  this  are  laid  down.  There  should 
be  no  clearance  between  theatres  in  competition. 


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13 


PROPOSALS 

(Continued  from  preceding  page) 

ing  a  new  sales  method  are  just  so  much 
guesswork  at  this  time. 

The  Government  wouid  compel  the  dis- 
tributors to  license  some  run  on  reasonable 
terms ;  would  prohibit  the  defendants  from 
licensing  more  than  six  months'  product  at 
any  one  time  and  would  require  that  each 
license  specify  a  date  of  availability  with  a 
run  to  commence  within  30  days  after  that 
date. 

Recommends  Cross-Licensing 
Ban  for  Ten  Years 

The  Government  recommended  that  the 
defendant  theatre  operators  be  prohibited 
from  cross-licensing  each  other's  films  for  a 
period  of  10  years.  This,  Department  offi- 
cials pointed  out,  was  necessary  to  back  up 
the  auction  selling  order  and  make  it  work- 
able. 

The  Department,  in  its  supporting  memo- 
randa to  the  court,  was  concerned  with  the 
complex  administrative  machinery  which,  it 
thinks,  would  be  necessary  to  enforce  auc- 
tion selling. 

Said  the  Department:  "The  auction 
method  of  selling  films  outlined  by  the  court, 
while  entirely  consistent  in  itself  with  the 
objectives  of  the  Sherman  Act,  would  require 
a  complex  administrative  machinery  for  en- 
forcement not  susceptible  to  judicial  control. 
In  our  view,  it  would  not  be  likely  to  yield 
constructive  results  when  applied  to  a  mar- 
ket dominated  by  distributor-owned  theatres, 
unless  supplemented  by  other  relief  designed 
to  make  these  major  defendants  competitive 
with  one  another." 

Government  Again  Makes 
Plea  for  Divorcement 

And  then,  back  to  its  original  tack  of 
pleading  for  divorcement,  the  Department 
contended:  "A  divorcement  judgment  would 
in  our  view  make  unnecessary  most  of  the 
provisions  of  the  judgment  with  respect  to 
the  manner  in  which  films  should  be 
licensed.  .  .  ." 

Despite  these  pleas,  the  question  is  still 
one  of  auction  selling  and  the  majors,  in 
their  proposal,  have  numerous  and  specific 
suggestions  for  the  method  of  bidding  to  be 
used.  In  determining  which  exhibitor's  offer 
is  best,  the  following  factors,  among  others, 
should  be  taken  into  consideration,  say  the 
defendants : 

The  number  of  days  the  picture  will  run 
and  the  particular  days  of  the  week  it  will 
run. 

The  character,  location  and  size  of  the 
theatre. 

The  type  of  entertainment  presented 
with  the  feature. 

The  appointments  and  equipment  of  the 
theatre. 

Transportation  facilities. 

Admission  prices  as  set  by  the  exhibitor 
for  the  period  of  exhibition. 

The  exhibitor's  record  of  fulfilling  past 
obligations. 

The  exhibitor's  reputation  for  honesty, 
fair  dealing  and  showmanship. 


93%  OPPOSE  AUCTION 
SALES  IN  MPTOA  POLL 

More  than  93  per  cent  of  the  961 
theatres  in  43  states  answering  the 
exhibitor  poll  conducted  by  the 
Motion  Picture  Theatre  Owners  of 
America  are  opposed  to  auction 
selling.  Final  figures  in  the  MPTOA 
poll  were  tallied  last  weekend.  The 
results  were: 

Do  you  approve  of  competitive 
bidding?  .  .  .  276  no,  20  yes,  none 
not  voting. 

Do  you  approve  of  the  court's 
recommendation  for  arbitration?  .  .  . 
217  no,  66  yes,  14  not  voting. 

Do  you  approve  of  non-industry 
arbitrators?  .  .  .  250  no,  40  yes, 

8  not  voting. 

Are  you  in  favor  of  complete 
divorcement?  ...  185  yes,  108  no, 

9  not  voting. 


The  financial  responsibility  of  the  ex- 
hibitor. 

The  comparative  suitability  of  the  the- 
atres. 

The  effect  which  the  exhibition  of  the 
feature  in  each  of  the  theatres  would  have 
upon  other  exhibitions  of  the  feature. 

The  proposals  also  provide  for  the  rejec- 
tion of  a  feature  by  the  exhibitor  provided  he 
notifies  the  distributor  "in  writing  within  10 
days  after  there  has  been  an  opportunity 
afforded  to  the  exhibitor  to  inspect  it  within 
the  distributor's  exchange  district  in  which 
the  exhibition  is  to  be  held." 

The  distributors  also  want  a  wide-open 
definition  of  "reasonable  clearance."  The 
June  decision  said  all  clearance  beyond  "rea- 
sonable" would  be  invalid.  In  determining 
the  definition  the  defendants  proposed  the 
following  factors : 

The  admission  prices  of  the  theatres  in- 
volved, as  set  by  the  exhibitors. 

The  character  and  location  of  the  the- 
atres involved,  including  size,  type  of 
entertainment,  appointments,  etc. 

The  policy  of  operation  of  the  theatres 
involved. 

The  rental  terms  and  license  fees  paid 
by  the  theatres  and  the  revenues  derived 
by  the  distributors  from  those  theatres. 

The  extent  to  which  the  theatres  in- 
volved compete  with  each  other  for 
patronage. 

The  fact  that  a  defendant  or  an  inde- 
pendent circuit  of  theatres  has  an  interest 
in  one  or  more  of  the  theatres  involved 
should  be  disregarded. 

There  should  be  no  clearance  between 
theatres  not  in  substantial  competition. 

In  contradistinction  are  the  clearance  and 
auction  selling  directives  of  the' court  as  sum- 
marized by  the  Department  in  its  memoranda. 

The  Department  told  the  court  that  "the 
only  limitations  as  to  clearance  appear  to  be : 

"That  they  must  apply  only  to  theatres  in 
substantial  competition  with  one  another. 

"That  the  time  and  area  interval  must  not 
exceed  that  reasonably  necessary  to  protect 


the  licensee  in  the  exhibition  of  the  run 

licensed. 

"That  they  must  be  negotiated  theatre  by 
theatre  and  picture  by  picture  without  dis- 
crimination. 

"That  where  there  are  competing  responsi- 
ble bidders  for  the  same  run  with  suitable 
theatres,  the  pictures  should  go  to  the  high- 
est bidder." 

The  Department  is  not  at  all  satisfied  with 
these  directives  and  stated  in  its  memoranda : 
"Obviously,  all  of  these  limitations,  no  mat- 
ter how  rigorously  applied,  cannot  disturb 
the  existing  dominance  of  these  defendants 
as  distributors  and  exhibitors." 

Majors  Ask  Arbitration 
Continue  on  Wide  Scale 

While  the  Department  did  not  say  any- 
thing about  continuing  arbitration  as  a 
method  of  enforcing  the  decree,  the  majors' 
proposals  call  for  arbitration  of  a  wide  vari- 
ety of  matters  with  fines  from  $100  to  $5,000 
for  licensing  violations.  The  court  earlier 
recommended  arbitration  covering  disputes 
as  to  bids,  clearances,  runs,  and  the  like. 

The  Government  has,  however,  asked  the 
court  to  enjoin  the  defendants  from  continu- 
ing existing  clearances  in  favor  of  affiliated 
theatres. 

The  defendants  propose  that  the  power  of 
the  arbitrator  shall  be  limited  to  "making  of 
an  award  fixing  the  maximum  clearance  be- 
tween the  theatre  involved  which  may  be 
granted  in  licenses  thereafter  entered  into 
by  the  distributor  defendants  which  is  party 
to  the  arbitration  or  where  the  arbitrator 
finds  that  the  theatres  involved  are  not  in 
substantial  competition,  prohibiting  the 
granting  of  clearance  between  the  theatres 
in  licensing  thereafter  entered  into. 

"Any  distributor  defendant  or  any  exhibi- 
tor affected  by  any  such  award  must  institute 
a  further  arbitration  proceeding  for  a  modi- 
fication thereof  upon  the  ground  that  since 
the  making  of  the  award  the  conditions  with 
respect  to  the  theatres  involved  therein  have 
so  changed  as  to  warrant  modification.  .  .  ." 

U.  A.  Announces  Seven 
For  Release  This  Year 

United  Artists  is  answering  the  exhibitor 
demand  for  unabated  flow  of  product,  ac- 
cording to  an  announcement  from  the  New 
York  office  Wednesday.  The  company  will 
release  seven  pictures  before  the  year's  end, 
Joseph  J.  Unger,  sales  manager,  said. 

The  seven  are  Comet  Productions'  "Little 
Iodine,"  released  October  11;  Hunt  Strom- 
berg's  "Strange  Women,"  October  25 ;  Hop- 
along  Cassidy  Productions'  "The  Devil's 
Playground,"  November  15;  Seymour  Neb- 
enzal's  "The  Chase,"  November  22;  Pres- 
ton Sturges'  "The  Sin  of  Harold  Diddle- 
bock,"  December  6;  Comet  Productions' 
"Susie  Steps  Out,"  December  13 ;  Bing 
Crosby  Productions'  "Abie's  Irish  Rose/' 
December  27. 


Gets  Italian  Rights 

Simplex  has  acquired  the  Western  Hemi- 
sphere distribution  rights  to  the  Italian  film, 
"II  Sole  di  Montecassino"  ("Sun  over  Mon- 

tecassino"). 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


YOU'LL  TELL  THE  WORLD... 


^  la 


as  she  brings  back  romantic  memories 
of  the  hey-hey  days  when  America  sang 


"I'LL  SEE  YOU  IN  MY  DREAMS" 
"WONDERFUL  ONE"  1 
AIN'T  SHE  SWEET" 


1C  J 


"3  O'CLOCK  IN  THE  MORNING" 
"SUNDOWN"  ' 


*  ^CHARLESTON" 

*  AVALON" 


"MY  TIME  IS  YOUR  TIME" 


"COLLEGIATE" 
"APRIL  SHOWERS" 

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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD   -   OCTOBER  12,  1946 


Every  day 


Enhances  the 


Greatness  of 


Produced  by 

DARRYL  F.  ZANUCK 

Directed  by 

EDMUND  GOULDING 

Screen  Play  by 
LAMAR  TROTTI 


MPTOA  STEPS  INTO  DECREE 
TILT  AS  "COURT'S  FRIEND" 


CIEA  to  Recommend  Flat 
Rentals  for  Auctions; 
Berge  Hits  ATA  Brief 

The  Motion  Picture  Theatre  Owners  of 
America  will  participate  in  the  New  York 
anti-trust  case  as  amicus  curiae.  The  deci- 
sion was  made  Tuesday  as  MPTOA  mem- 
bers met  at  Washington  and  compared  the 
decree  proposals  which  the  Department  of 
Justice  and  the  five  theatre-owning  defend- 
ants filed  Monday  with  the  preliminary 
statement  which  MPTOA  filed  last  week 
with  the  Department,  the  court  and  the  dis- 
tributors. 

A  recommendation  that  the  court  impose 
an  injunction  against  the  majors  restricting 
monopolistic  trade  practices  rather  than  out- 
lining specific  trade  methods  such  as  auction 
selling  will  be  sent  to  the  court. 

Other  exhibitor  reaction  to  the  pending 
final  decree  arguments  was  also  evident  at 
the  weekend. 

The  Conference  of  Independent  Ex- 
hibitor Associations  has  indicated  it  will 
submit  a  brief  to  the  court  before  October 
21  recommending  that  auction  selling  be 
conducted  on  a  flat  rental  basis. 

The  American  Theatres  Association's 
petition  for  intervention  was  attacked  by 
Wendell  Berge,  Assistant  U.  S.  Attorney 
General,  who  said  that  ATA's  intervenors 
would  be  affected  by  the  final  decree  no 
more  than  any  other  exhibitors. 

The  MPTOA  was  pleased  with  several  as- 
pects of  the  Government's  proposals,  since 
they  were  similar  to  the  MPTOA  sugges- 
tions. The  section  providing  that  a  run 
must  commence  30  days  after  availability 
was  hailed  as  a  safeguard  against  overbuy- 
ing. The  provision  asking  for  compulsory 
licensing  of  some  run  also  won  MPTOA 
approval. 

At  Tuesday's  Washington  meeting 
MPTOA  was  concerned,  too,  with  a  sugges- 
tion for  restricting  auction  selling  to  those 
competitive  areas  where  the  major  defend- 
ants own  theatres.  The  group,  however,  is 
still  opposed  to  the  whole  question  of 
bidding. 

Board  Expresses  Its 
Approval  of  Arbitration 

The  board  also  expressed  itself  as  in 
favor  of  arbitration,  which  the  government 
left  out  of  its  proposed  decree ;  blasted  away 
at  the  defendants  proposal  for  sales  "on 
their  own  terms,"  and  the  25-man  MPTOA 
board  voted  in  favor  of  opposing  the  De- 
partment's proposal  that  auction  selling  be 
limited  to  "exclusive  run."  MPTOA  coun- 
sel pointed  out  that  if  such  a  practice  were 
adopted  it  would  create  more  runs. 

MPTOA's  preliminary  statements  of  "ob- 


U.  S.,  CIEA  AGREE 
ON  FLAT  RENTALS 

Supporting  the  recommendation  of 
the  Conference  of  Independent  Ex- 
hibitor Associations,  the  Government 
plans  to  submit  another  document  to 
the  New  York  District  Court  before 
October  21  which  will  cite  the 
advantages  of  conducting  auction  sell- 
ing on  a  flat  rental  basis.  Justice  De- 
partment attorneys  said  in  Washing- 
ton Tuesday  the  auction  selling  plan 
in  its  present  proposed  form  could 
be  amended  easily  by  the  court  to 
carry  out  the  provision  recommended 
by  the  CIEA. 

Robert  Wright,  special  assistant  to 
the  Attorney  General,  is  said  to  have 
worked  with  Abram  F.  Myers,  CIEA 
counsel,  in  formulating  this  proposal. 

The  Justice  Department  believes  it 
would  be  a  "wise  move"  to  eliminate 
such  practices  as  checking  of  theatres 
and  the  auditing  of  exhibitors'  books 
and  records.  The  flat  rental  system 
would  "do  just  that,"  a  Federal 
spokesman  commented. 


jections  and  suggestions,"  filed  with  the  De- 
partment of  Justice,  covered  these  seven 
points : 

The  government  should  take  an  "all-em- 
bracing" appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court. 

Unequivocal  opposition  to  auction  bidding 
which  is  "economically  unsound." 

An  express  provision  against  overbuying 
is  needed  in  the  decision. 

There  should  be  definite  guarantee  of 
"some  run." 

If  arbitration  is  decided  upon  the  arbitra- 
tor should  be  one  "who  possesses  active  in- 
dustry background  and  experience." 

There  should  be  at  least  a  20  per  cent  can- 
cellation privilege.  (The  Department  asks 
for  25  per  cent.) 

Bids  should  be  available  for  inspection. 

The  statement  represents  the  position  of 
the  unaffiliated  membership  only. 

MPTOA  board  chairman  Lewen  Pizor 
announced  that  the  gist  of  the  meeting  was 
approval  of  the  distributors'  proposal  for 
arbitration  of  certain  disputes. 

The  board  Wednesday  approved  the 
MPTOA  proposal  for  an  industry-wide 
forum  to  discuss  the  problems  arising  from 
the  final  judgement  in  the  New  York  case. 

Robert  Wright,  special  assistant  to  the 
Attorney  General,  is  said  to  have  worked 
with  Abram  F.  Myers,  CIEA  counsel,  while 
CIEA  was  forming  its  proposal  for  auction 
selling  on  a  flat  fee  basis.  Consequently,  it 
is  reported,  the  Justice  Department  agrees 
with  Mr.  Myers  that  the  flat  rental  system 
would    eliminate    such    protested  practices 


as  the  checking  of  theatres  and  the  auditing 
of  exhibitors'  records. 

Even  further,  the  Department  is  expected 
to  make  a  change  in  its  proposed  judgment, 
which  it  will  file  before  October  21,  which 
was  recommended  by  CIEA  in  its  brief. 
That  recommendation  is  for  the  addition  of 
the  following  paragraph  in  the  Govern- 
ment's August  draft:  "Each  bid  considered 
and  each  license  granted  shall  be  for  a  flat 
sum  and  not  upon  a  percentage  basis." 

Myers  Explains  Views  on 
Flat  Rental  Proposal 

Mr.  Myers  said  Monday  in  Washington 
that  "inclusion  of  the  flat  rental  provision 
will  at  once  make  unnecessary  certain  qual- 
ifying provisions  which  are  pertinent  only 
to  percentage  deals  and  which  afford  the 
opportunity  for  the  practice  of  discrimina- 
tion in  the  granting  of  licenses." 

On  the  same  day,  Mr.  Myers  also  made 
public  a  memorandum  which  the  organiza- 
tion has  sent  to  Tom  Clark,  Attorney  Gen- 
eral. In  its  the  CIEA  reaffirmed  its  stand 
for  complete  divorcement,  supported  the 
Government's  recommendation  for  a  ban  on 
cross  licensing  between  affiliated  theatres 
and  urged  that  all  bidding  be  on  flat  rental. 

Mr.  Berge's  protest  on  ATA's  interven- 
tion was  contained  in  a  letter  which  he 
wrote  to  the  three  judges  of  the  Federal 
statutory  court.  Pointing  out  that  the 
rights  of  ATA  exhibitors  would  be  affected 
no  more  than  those  of  any  other  exhibitors, 
Mr.  Berge  indicated  that  if  ATA  wants 
to  be  heard  in  the  case  it  can  petition  as 
amicuc  curiae  rather  than  as  an  int;ervenor. 

Since  the  Department  of  Justice,  Mr. 
Berge's  letter  further  indicated,  intends  to 
protect  the  rights  of  all  individual  exhibitors 
and  the  public  at  large,  no  single  group  of 
exhibitors  should  have  the  right  to  enter 
as  intervenor. 

Berge's  Letter  Directed  at 
ATA;  May  Apply  to  CSA 

Although  this  letter  was  directed  solely 
at  ATA,  it  is  more  than  probable  that  Mr. 
Berge's  sentiments  also  apply  to  the  Con- 
federacy -of  Southern  Associations  which 
has  also  filed  a  petition  for  intervention. 

The  petitions  of  both  organizations  are 
scheduled  to  be  heard  October  21.  Robert 
L.  Wright,  special  assistant  to  the  U.  S.  At- 
torney General,  and  Government  counsel 
in  the  anti-trust  suit,  is  expected  to  argue 
against  both  the  CSA  and  ATA  motions. 

Apparently  undismayed  by  these  state- 
ments, Ted  R.  Gamble,  chairman  of  the 
board  of  ATA,  last  week  was  in  Los  An- 
geles urging  more  active  exhibitor  sup- 
port of  his  organization's  intervention. 

Listening  and  agreeing  was  the  Califor- 
nia Theatres  association,  which  voted  Oc- 
tober 7  to  join  ATA. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


2! 


214  FEATURES  COMPLETED 
OF  400  DUE  FOR  SEASON 


542  Short  Subjects  Scheduled  for 
Release  by  Eight  Companies 


See  25  to  30  a  Month  for 
Exhibitors  for  the  Next 
Seven  to  Nine  Months 

The  11  distributing  companies  have  214 
feature  pictures  completed  and  in  the  can  to 
guarantee  exhibitors  an  uninterrupted  flow 
of  product  for  the  next  seven  to  nine  months 
at  the  rate  of  from  25  to  30  pictures  a 
month.  Further,  these  214  completed  fea- 
tures represent  more  than  half  of  the  ap- 
proximate 400  pictures  announced  or  indi- 
cated by  the  11  companies  for  the  1946-47 
season. 

This  potential  rate  of  release  is  compar- 
able to  1945,  when  an  average  of  26  pictures 
was  sent  to  exhibitors  monthly,  and  to  the 
previous  year,  when  the  releasing  average 
approximated  29  monthly.  Some  of  the  cur- 
rent 214  pictures  are  now  being  exhibited, 
others  have  dates  set  up  to  the  beginning  of 
December,  while  the  remainder  are  still  with- 
out definite  release  dates. 

Columbia  Has  28  Now 
Completed,  Metro  26 

A  breakdown  of  completed  features  by 
companies  shows:  Columbia,  28;  MGM,  26; 
Monogram,  23;  Paramount,  11;  PRC  Pic- 
tures, 22;  RKO  Radio,  21;  Republic,  21; 
Twentieth  Century-Fox,  20 ;  United  Artists, 
17;  Universal,  16,  and  Warner  Brothers, 
nine. 

For  the  season  the  major  companies,  at 
conventions  and  unofficial  meetings,  an- 
nounced or  indicated  they  would  have  a  to- 
tal of  399  to  405  pictures. 

The  current  season  product  which  has 
been  completed  and  some  of  which  is  cur- 
rently being  released,  listed  by  company: 
follows : 

COLUMBIA 

Down  to  Earth,  Secret  of  the  Whistler,  Ghost 
Town,  Lone  Star  Moonlight,  Betty  Co-Ed,  Bos- 
ton Blackie  and  the  Law,  Return  of  Monte 
Cristo,  Over  the  Sante  Fe  Trail,  Dead  Reckon- 
ing, Mr.  District  Attorney,  The  Lone  Wolf  in 
Mexico,  Alias  Mr.  Twilight,  Johnny  O'Clock, 
Blondie's  Big  Moment,  West  of  Dodge  City, 
The  Jolson  Story,  Cigarette  Girl,  Personality 
Kid,  Heading  West,  It's  Great  to  Be  Young, 
Singing  on  the  Trail,  Gallant  Journey,  Shad- 
owed, Thrill  of  Brazil,  So  Dark  the  Night, 
Blond ie  Knows  Best.  Landrush,  Crime  Doc- 
tor's Man  Hunt. 

MGM 

Beginning  or  the  End,  Secret  Heart,  Sea  of 
Grass,  Sacred  and  Profane,  High  Barbaree,  Ar- 
nelo  Affair,  Three  Wise  Fools,  The  Show-Off, 
Captains  Courageous,  Gallant  Bess,  The  Yearl- 
ing, Boom  Town,  The  Great  Waltz,  Under- 
current, Holiday  in  Mexico,  The  Cockeyed  Mir- 
acle, No  Leave  No  Love,  Rage  in  Heaven, 
Fiesta,  The  Mighty  McGurk,  My  Brother  Talks 
to  Horses,  Tenth  Avenue  Angel,  Till  the  Clouds 
Roll  By,  Lady  in  the  Lake,  Uncle  Andy  Hardy, 
Woman  of  My  Own. 


A  total  of  542  short  subjects  are  planned 
for  the  current  season  by  eight  companies. 
In  addition  there  will  be  nine  serials:  four 
from  Columbia,  four  from  Republic  and  one 
from  Universal,  plus  104  newsreel  issues 
each  from  MGM,  Paramount,  RKO  Pathe, 
Fox  Movietone  and  Universal.  Some  442 
subjects  were  announced  by  the  major  com- 
panies last  season. 

Columbia  will  release  a  total  of  112  short 
subjects,  according  to  present  plans.  Of 
this  84  will  be  one-reel  subjects,  while  28 
will  be  two  reels  each,  and  will  include  the 
following  series:  All  Star  Comedies,  Color 
Rhapsodies,  Phantasy  Cartoons,  Fox  & 
Crow,  Film  Vodvil,  Community  Sing, 
Screen  Snapshots,  Sport  Reels  and  others. 

MGM's  short  subject  program  for  1946- 
47  totals  48  planned  thus  tar.  This  includes 
12  Technicolor  Travelogues,  10  Pete  Smith 
specialties,  16  Technicolor  cartoons  and  four 
two-reel  specials  of  the  Crime  Does  Not  Pay 
series.  A  new  feature  of  the  Pete  Smith  spe- 
cial will  be  an  "I  Love  My  Husband,  But 
 ,"  starring  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dave  O'Brien. 

Paramount  Plans  64 

Paramount  has  scheduled  64  subjects,  in- 
cluding six  Musical  Parade  featurettes  in 
Technicolor,  six  Paramount  Pacemakers,  30 
one-reel  comedies  for  Little  Lulu,  Popeye, 
Noveltoons,  George  Pal  Puppetoons  and 
Speaking  of  Animals,  six  Popular  Science, 
six  Ununsual  Occupations  and  10  Grantland 
Rice  Sportlights. 

RKO  plans  74  subjects  broken  down  as 
follows :  12  two-reel  comedies  starring  Ed- 
gar Kennedy  and  Leon  Errol,  four  two-reel 
musicals,    18   Disney   cartoons,    13  Sport- 


MONOGRAM 

Silver  Trail,  Song  of  the  Sierras,  Untitled 
Cisco  Kid,  Sweetheart  of  Sigma  Chi,  Rainbow 
Over  the  Rockies,  Mr.  Hex,  The  Trap,  Ginger, 
Draw  When  You're  Ready,  Valley  of  Fear,  Be- 
low the  Deadline,  Shadows  on  the  Range,  The 
Missing  Lady,  Spook  Busters,  High  School 
Hero,  Decoy,  Trigger  Fingers,  Dangerous 
Money,  Wife  Wanted,  Gentleman  Joe  Palooka, 
Beauty  and  the  Bandit,  Bringing  Up  Father, 
Silver  Range. 

PARAMOUNT 

My  Favorite  Brunette,  Emperor  Waltz,  Mon- 
sieur Beaucaire,  OSS,  The  Searching  Wind, 
Swamp  Fire,  Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers, 
Jungle  Princess,  The  Plainsman,  Blue  Skies, 
Two  Years  Before  the  Mast. 

PRC  PICTURES 

Drifting  River,  Gas  House  Kids,  Born  to 
Speed,    Lady    Killer,    Don    Ricardo  Returns, 


scopes,  seven  Flicker  Flashbacks,  and  12 
two-reel  This  Is  America  subjects. 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  will  have  approxi- 
mately 50  subjects  this  season,  including  Ed 
Thorgersen's  Movietone  Adventure  series, 
13  issues  of  The  March  of  Time,  the  Mel 
Allen  Sports  series,  and  Terrytoons. 

Fifty-nine  subjects  are  scheduled  by  Unit- 
ed Artists.  Thirty-nine  of  these  will  be 
supplied  by  the  World  Today,  Inc.,  headed 
by  John  Grierson,  and  which  comprise  13 
subjects  each  of  Worldwide,  Wondercraft 
and  Venture  series.  Morey  and  Sutherland 
will  supply  13  Daffy  Ditty  cartoons,  and  Da- 
vid L.  Loew  will  produce  seven  short  sub- 
jects for  the  company. 

Universal  Total  51 

The  Universal  short  program  totals  51 
subjects  with  13  Walter  Lantz  Car  tunes, 
featuring  Andy  Panda,  Woody  Woodpeck- 
er, Wally  Walrus  and  others.  In  addition 
there  will  be  13  name  band  musicals,  tw» 
special  featurettes  and  two  series  of  eight 
subjects  of  Sing  and  Be  Happy  and  The 
Answer  Man,  plus  a  new  series  titled  "Juve- 
nile Jury." 

Warner  Brothers  have  84  short  subjects 
scheduled  for  the  season,  which  includes  14 
two-reel  subjects  and  70  one-reel.  Sixty-six 
of  these  will  be  produced  in  color,  14  in 
black  and  white.  The  program  includes  the 
following  series:  Technicolor  Adventures, 
Technicolor  Specials,  Featurettes,  Sporte 
Parades,  Melody  Master  Bands,  The  Blue 
Ribbon  Hit  Parade  series,  Merrie  Melody 
cartoons,  Vitaphone  Varieties  plus  a  new 
series  of  six  "Joe  Macdoak"  subjects  in 
black  and  white,  starring  George  O'Hanlon. 


Tumbleweed  Trails,  It's  a  Joke  Son,  Stars  Over 
Texas,  When  the  Devil  Drives,  Return  of  Rin 
Tin  Tin,  Lighthouse,  Terrors  on  Horseback, 
Down  Missouri  Way,  Secrets  of  a  Sorority 
Girl,  Overland  Riders,  Blonde  for  a  Day, 
Strange  Holiday,  Outlaw  of  the  Plains,  Her 
Sister's  Secret,  Accomplice,  The  Brute  Man, 
Lady  Chaser. 

RKO  RADIO 

Mr.  Fix,  Code  of  the  West,  Best  Years  of 
Our  Lives,  It's  a  Wonderful  Life,  Secret  Life 
of  Walter  Mitty,  San  Quentin,  Katie  for  Con- 
gress, Trail  Street,  Notorious,  Fantasia,  Crack- 
Up,  Step  by  Step,  Sister  Kenny,  Sunset  Pass, 
Lady  Luck,  Great  Day,  Child  of  Divorce,  Noc- 
turne, Criminal  Court,  Genius  at  Work,  Dead- 
lier than  the  Male. 

REPUBLIC 

Homesteaders  of  Paradise  Valley,  Magnifi- 
cent Rogue,  Heldorado,  Calendar  Girl,  Spoilers 
of  the  North,  That's  My  Gal,  Trail  to  San  An- 

(Continued  on  page  24,  column  3) 


12 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


WARNER  BROS.'  TRADE  SHOWINGS  QF 

BETTE  DAVIS 
PAUL  HENREID  CLAUDE  RAINS 

"DECEPTION" 

FRIDAY,  OCTOBER  18,  1946 


CITY 

PLACE  OF  SHOWING 

ADDRESS 

TIME 

Albany 

Warner  Screening  Room 

79  N.  Pearl  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Atlanta 

KKU  Screening  Room 

191  Walton  St.  N.W. 

2:30  P.M. 

Boston 

KKO  Screening  Room 

122  Arlington  St. 

2:30  P.M. 

Buffalo 

20th  Century-rox  Sc.  Km. 

290  Franklin  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Charlotte 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Km. 

308  S.  Church  St. 

10:00  A.M. 

Chicago 

Warner  Screening  Room 

1307  So.  Wabash  Ave. 

1:30  P.M. 

Cincinnati 

RKO  Screenmg  Room 

Palace  Th.  Bldg.  E.  6th 

2:00  P.M. 

/—I  f                 f  a 

Cleveland 

Warner  Screening  Room 

2300  Payne  Ave. 

8:30  P.M. 

Dallas 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1803  Wood  St. 

10:00  A.M. 

Denver 

Paramount  Sc.  Room 

2100  Stout  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Des  Moines 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1300  High  St. 

12:45  P.M. 

Detroit 

Film  Exchange  Bldg. 

2310  Cass  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

Indianapolis 

Paramount  Sc.  Room 

116  W.  Michigan  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Kansas  f  itv 

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J~\JLll    V^CllLUl  V'l  Ua    JLt    Xvll  1  * 

i/zu  Wyandotte  at. 

1  . 2  f\  D  A/I 

Los  Angeles 

Warner  Screening  Room 

2025  S.  Vermont  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

Memphis 

Paramount  Sc.  Room 

362  S.  Second  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Milwaukee 

Warner  Th.  Sc.  Rm. 

212  W.  Wisconsin  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

Minneapolis 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1015  Currie  Ave.  N. 

2:00  P.M. 

New  Haven 

Warner  Th.  Proj.  Rm. 

70  College  St. 

2:30  P.M. 

New  Orleans 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

200  S.  Liberty  St. 

1:00  P.M. 

New  York 

Home  Office 

321  W.  44th  St. 

2:30  P.M. 

Oklahoma 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

10  North  Lee  St. 

10:00  A.M. 

Omaha 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1502  Davenport  St. 

1 :00  P.M. 

Philadelphia 

vine  St.  Sc.  Room 

1220  Vine  St. 

11:00  A.M. 

Pittsburgh 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1715  Blvd.  of  Allies 

1:30  P.M. 

Portland 

Jewel  Box  Sc.  Room 

1947  N.W.  Kearney  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Salt  Lake 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

216  East  1st  South 

2:00  P.M. 

San  Francisco 

Republic  Sc.  Room 

221  Golden  Gate  Ave. 

1:30  P.M. 

Seattle 

Jewel  Box  Sc.  Room 

2318  Second  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

St.  Louis 

S'renco  Sc.  Room 

3143  Olive  St. 

1:00  P.M. 

Washington 

Earle  Th.  Bldg. 

13th  &  E  Sts.  N.W. 

10:30  A.M. 

ON  THE  MARCH 

by  RED  ICANN 


fTT^HIS  week  two  New  York  newspa- 
pers, one  the  New  York  Post  and  the 
other  PM,  carried  Washington  de- 
spatches reporting  the  formation  of  Ameri- 
can Action,  Inc.  Charles  Van  Devander,  a 
reputable  newspaperman  writing  in  the  for- 
mer, listed  among  the  supporters  "big-mon- 
eyed backers  of  the  pre-war  America  First 
Committee  and  the  defunct  American  Lib- 
erty League"  and  charged  the  purpose  was 
"to  fight  all  liberal  candidates  in  the  No- 
vember election." 

That's  strictly  American  Action's  privi- 
lege. 

Among  the  organization's  supporters,  Van 
Devander  mentioned  Lammot  du  Pont,  Jo- 
seph Pew,  General  Robert  E.  Wood  and 
Ernest  T.  Weir.  Citing  a  privately  circu- 
lated pamphlet,  the  Post  writer  further 
made  the  statement  that  text  of  this  pam- 
phlet "asserts  that  'leftists'  fill  many  gov- 
ernment offices  and  'largely  control  Ameri- 
can movies  and  the  American  theatre  and, 
to  a  larger  extent,  the  radio.' " 

The  incident  rests  for  the  moment. 

But  it  picks  up  in  a  hurry  by  resorting  to 
the  files  which  carry  back  to  this  very  col- 
umn in  Motion  Picture  Herald,  issue  of 
February  16,  1946.  Weir,  the  big  steel  man, 
shows  up  again  as  the  reported  circulator  of 
an  earlier  private  communication,  this  time 
in  the  form  of  a  letter  distributed  among 
business  men.  Not  thereafter  denied,  Weir 
was  alleged  to  have  slapped  hard  at  the  mo- 
tion picture  industry  for  consciously  foster- 
ing "radical  propaganda." 

It  becomes  both  curious  and  interesting  to 
note  that  the  attitude  charged  to  American 
Action,  Inc.,  and  the  attitude  earlier 
charged  to  Weir  bear  such  resemblance. 
The  effective  way  to  draw  the  parallel  be- 
tween now  and  then  is  to  stand  by  the  same 
revealing  files  which  show  Weir's  alleged 
slap,  never  thereafter  disavowed,  was  graced 
with  much  company.  His  letter  reportedly 
charged  propaganda  was  being  spread  indi- 
rectly, but  that  the  "greater"  effect  of  the 
ideas  came  "from  supposedly  impartial  and 
politically  detached  columnists,  radio  com- 
mentators, magazine  writers,  authors,  play- 
wrights and  motion  picture  producers." 

If  all  this  is  true,  then  and  now,  it  is  an- 
other in  the  accelerating  series  of  attacks 
based  on  generalities,  never  facts.  If  Amer- 
ican Action,  Inc.,  literature  states  flatly 
"leftists  .  .  .  largely  control  American 
movies  .  .  .,"  the  organization  ought  to  be 
called  upon  to  put  up  or  shut  up. 

This  sort  of  loose  charge,  unsupported 
by  the  who,  what  and  when,  is  damaging 
and  unfair  to  an  industry  which  has  all 
right  to  be  proud  of  its  reputation  and  its 
standing  in  the  family  of  American  busi- 
ness. If  a  good  name  is  worth  having,  it 
is  also  worth  fighting  for. 

Finally,  this : 

If  the  statements  charged  to  Weir  in 


February  were  worth  the  attention  of  Eric 
Johnston,  as  we  stated  then,  no  less  so  is 
the  attitude  this  week  publicly  charged  to 
American  Action,  Inc. 


His  name  has  slipped  into  the  limbo  of 
the  forgotten.  But  there  was  an  exhibitor, 
on  his  feet  at  the  recent  Allied  convention 
in  Boston,  demanding  all  contracts  carry  a 
clause  automatically  canceling  out  any  Brit- 
ish film  offered.  Presumably  he  was  passing 
his  death  sentence  on  all  imports.  Actually, 
however,  he  mentioned  only  British. 

Wasn't  there  once  a  sage  who  observed  all 
generalities  are  inconclusive,  including  this 
one  ? 

The  Goldberg  Brothers  operating  the  Little 
Carnegie  theatre  in  New  York  wouldn't  ex- 
ercise such  a  clause  if  they  ever  would  want 
it.  Not  on  the  basis  of  current  and  happy 
experience  with  "Brief  Encounter,"  a  Brit- 
ish film  unknown  to  this  market  until  it  be- 
gan to  cut  a  surprising  swath  in  that  383- 
seat  house.  The  swath :  $45,765  in  five  weeks 
at  95  cents  up  to  5  P.M.  weekdays  and 
$1.20  thereafter  including  weekends  and 
holidays. 

Now  circuits,  including  RKO  in  New 
York,  are  flirting  with  an  attraction  they 
wouldn't  touch  before  it  revealed  such 
strength.  This  demonstrates  once  more 
there  are  those  individual  theatremen,  never 
hidebound  by  commercial  precedent,  who 
have  more  courage  than  others. 

The  no-longer-remembered  exhibitor  of 
Boston  may  be  correctly  appraising  his  own 
situation,  but  he  ought  to  have  had  the  intel- 
ligence to  stop  in  his  own  tracks.  For,  as 
it  turns  out,  he  and  the  Goldbergs — and  who 
can  say  how  many  others  ? — are  not  even  on 
the  same  rails. 


How  political  censorship,  combining  the 
understandable  with  the  inexplicable,  works 
in  South  Africa — and  can  follow  suit  else- 
where— according  to  the  Censorship  Act 
which  prohibits: 

Death  scenes,  scenes  purporting  to  illus- 
trate night  life,  scenes  containing  reference 
to  controversial  or  international  politics, 
scenes  showing  antagonistic  relations  be- 
tween capital  and  labor,  scenes  disparaging 
public  characters ;  relating  to  the  drug  habit 
or  other  .vices,  scenes  of  juvenile  crime, 
fighting,  drunkenness  and  the  rough  hand- 
ling or  ill  treatment  of  women  and  children. 

Sunsets  are  allowable.  They  are  positively 
encouraged  in  Technicolor. 

WHAT  TO  LOOK  FOR:  Universal's 
foray  into  show-window  theatres  in  key  cities 
much  faster  than  anyone  suspected. 

WHERE  TO  LOOK:  In  the  Middle  West 
and  along  the  Atlantic  Seaboard. 


THE  PRODUCT 


(Continued  from  page  22) 

tone,  Oregon  Trail  Scout,  Apache  Rose,  I've 
Always  Loved  You,  The  Inner  Circle,  The  Last 
Crooked  Mile,  G.I.  War  Brides,  Invisible  In- 
former, Earl  Carroll  Sketchbook,  Under  Neva- 
da Skies,  Mysterious  Mr.  Valentine,  Rio 
Grande  Raiders,  Roll  on  Texas  Moon,  Last 
Frontier  Uprising,  Home  in  Oklahoma. 

TWENTIETH  CENTURY-FOX 

Dangerous  Millions,  Late  George  Apley,  13 
Rue  Madeleine,  Brasher  Doubloon,  Bob,  Son  of 
Battle,  Backlash,  Centennial  Summer,  Anna  and 
the  King  of  Siam,  Deadline  for  Murder,  Black 
Beauty,  Claudia  and  David,  If  I'm  Lucky,  Sun 
Valley  Serenade,  Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue, 
Home  Sweet  Homicide,  The  Bowery,  Strange 
Journey,  Wanted  for  Murder,  My  Darling 
Clementine,  Margie. 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

Dangerous  Venture,  Dishonored  Lady,  Bel 
Ami,  Strange  Bedfellows,  Adventure  of  Don 
Coyote,  Fabulous  Joe,  Whispering  Walls,  Mon- 
sieur Verdoux,  Fabulous  Dorseys,  Hopalong's 
Holiday,  Mr.  Ace,  Caesar  and  Cleopatra,  The 
Bachelor's  Daughters,  Devil's  Playground,  An- 
gel on  My  Shoulder,  Little  Iodine,  Strange 
Women. 

UNIVERSAL 

White  Tie  and  Tails,  Vigilantes  Return,  Ram- 
rod, Smash-Up,  Swell  Guy,  Magnificent  Doll, 
The  Black  Angel,  Slightly  Scandalous,  Wild 
Beauty,  Rustler's  Roundup,  The  Time  of  Their 
Lives,  Lawless  Breed,  Brief  Encounter,  Gun- 
man's Coed,  The  Killers,  Little  Miss  Big. 

WARNER  BROTHERS 

Cry  Wolf,  Life  With  Father,  Deception, 
Night  and  Day,  Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee, 
The  Big  Sleep,  Shadow  of  a  Woman,  Cloak  and 
Dagger,  Nobody  Lives  Forever. 


N.  J.  Allied  Hears 
Production  Plan 

Production  for  independent  exhibitors 
under  sponsorship  of  the  National  Allied 
States  Association  is  moving  nearer  reality, 
after  years  of  discussion.  More  publicizing 
of  such  production  plans  came  Tuesday  at  a 
meeting  of  New  Jersey  Allied  in  the  Stacey- 
Trent  Hotel,  Trenton. 

The  plans  were  discussed  fully  by  the  na- 
tional directors,  at  National  Allied's  recent 
Boston  convention,  but  were  not  disclosed  in 
detail  to  the  floor,  nor  was  action  taken  at 
that  time.  Tuesday,  at  the  New  Jersey 
meeting,  Irving  Dollinger,  eastern  regional 
vice-president  of  national  Allied,  and  head 
of  the  committee  on  film  production  and 
sponsorship,  disclosed  the  following: 

Cards  pledging  support  for  a  new  produc- 
tion company  will  be  sent  to  each  member  of 
National  Allied. 

The  cards  will  ask  members  to  sign  a  con- 
tract for  12  pictures. 

They  will  provide  privilege  of  cancelling 
eight  pictures. 

National  Allied  will  not  participate  di- 
rectly in  production. 

Edward    Lachman,    president,  presided. 


24 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


WARNER  BROS.'  TRADE  SHOWINGS  OF 

ERROL  FLYNN 
ELEANOR  PARKER 

"NEVER  SAY  GOODBYE" 

MONDAY,  OCTOBER  2\,  1946 


CITY 

PLACE  OF  SHOWING 

ADDRESS 

TIME 

Albany 

Warner  Screening  Room 

79  N.  Pearl  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Atlanta 

RKO  Screening  Room 

191  Walton  St.  N.W. 

2:30  P.M. 

Boston 

RKO  Screening  Room 

122  Arlington  St. 

2:30  P.M, 

Buffalo 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

290  Franklin  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Charlotte 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

308  S.  Church  St 

10:00  A.M. 

Chicago 

Warner  Screening  Room 

1307  So  Wabash  Ave 

1:30  P.M. 

Cincinnati 

RKO  Screening  Room 

Palace  Th   Rldtr   F  fitb 

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2:00  P.M. 

Cleveland 

Warner  Screening  Room 

2300  Pavne  Ave 

2:30  P.M. 

Dallas 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1  fif)  3  Wnnrl  Cf 
lOUJ    WOOQ  i9Ia 

10-00A  M 

Denver 

Paramount  Sc.  Room 

2 -no  P  M 

Des  Moines 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1  3  OA  t-fioU  Qt 
uuu  nign  3l« 

Detroit 

Film  Exchange  Bldg. 

^j>iu  v^ass  /\ve. 

9'On  P  1W 
.UU  tr  .1VJ. 

Indianapolis 

Paramount  Sc.  Room 

116  W.  Michigan  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Kansas  City 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1720  Wyandotte  St. 

1:30  P.M. 

Los  Angeles 

Warner  Screening  Room 

2025  S.  Vermont  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

Memphis 

Paramount  Sc.  Room 

362  S.  Second  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Milwaukee 

Warner  Th.  Sc.  Rm. 

212  W.  Wisconsin  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

Minneapolis 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1015  Currie  Ave.  N. 

2:00  P.M. 

New  Haven 

Warner  Th.  Proj.  Rm. 

70  College  St. 

2:30  P.M. 

New  Orleans 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

200  S.  Liberty  St. 

1:00  P.M. 

New  York 

Home  Office 

321  W.  44th  St. 

2:30  P.M. 

Oklahoma 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

10  North  Lee  St. 

10:00  A.M. 

Omaha 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1502  Davenport  St. 

1 :00  P.M. 

Philadelphia 

Vine  St.  Sc.  Room 

1220  Vine  St. 

11:00  A.M. 

Pittsburgh 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1715  Blvd.  of  Allies 

1:30  P.M. 

Portland 

Jewel  Box  Sc.  Room 

1947  N.W.  Kearney  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Salt  Lake 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

216  East  1st  South 

2:00  P.M. 

San  Francisco 

Republic  Sc.  Room 

221  Golden  Gate  Ave. 

1:30  P.M. 

Seattle 

Jewel  Box  Sc.  Room 

2318  Second  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

St.  Louis 

S'renco  Sc.  Room 

3143  Olive  St. 

1:00  P.M. 

Washington 

Earle  Th.  Bldg. 

13th  3C  E  Sts.  N.W. 

10:30A.M. 

POLISH  INDUSTRY 
STATE  MONOPOLY 


Information  Ministry  Runs 
Screen;  Study  Trade 
Deal  with  Czechs 

by  JOSEPH  B.  KANTUREK 

in  Prague 

The  Polish  motion  picture  industry  was 
nationalized  while  the  fighting  on  Polish  soil 
was  still  in  progress.  A  single  national  film 
enterprise  has  been  formed  under  the  name 
of  Film  Polski.  Its  director  general,  Alek- 
sander  Ford,  offered  a  full  report  on  con- 
ditions in  Poland  during  his  recent  visit  to 
Prague  to  negotiate  with  the  Czechoslovak 
monopoly. 

Film  Polski  includes  within  its  organiza- 
tion all  branches  of  the  industry  and  it  is 
concerned  not  only  with  production  plans, 
but  with  plans  for  the  reconstruction  of 
Poland's  destroyed  studios,  theatres,  labora- 
tories and  other  installations. 

Controlled  by  Film  Council 

The  organization  is  controlled  by  the  Pol- 
ish Ministry  of  Information  through  a  Film 
Council  composed  of  33  members.  This 
council  is  headed  by  the  Minister  of  In- 
formation and  two  deputies  named  by  him. 
Fifteen  members  of  the  council  are  industry 
representatives  named  by  the  Ministry  of 
Information.  The  other  15  members  were 
delegated  to  the  council  by  youth  organiza- 
tions, cultural  institutions  and  trade  coun- 
cils. 

The  studios  which  were  situated  in  War- 
saw prior  to  the  war  have  been  completely 
destroyed,  Mr.  Ford  said.  A  studio  with  one 
stage  has  now  been  built  in  Lodz  and  has 
has  been  in  use  since  last  autumn.  A  second 
stage  is  near  completion  for  the  Lodz  stu- 
dio. A  studio  with  one  stage  is  also  being 
built  in  the  territory  occupied  by  the  Poles 
in  Wroclaw,  formerly  Breslau,  Germany. 
Plans  have  been  set  for  the  construction  of 
a  studio  with  five  stages  in  Warsaw.  These 
will  not  be  completed  until  the  end  of  1947, 
it  is  reported. 

Poland's  only  laboratories  are  at  Lodz, 
but  these  are  not  adequate  ones.  The  labora- 
tories' two  developing  and  printing  ma- 
chines, working  24  hours  a  day,  have  a 
monthly  output  of  500,000  metres  of  film. 
New  and  modern  laboratories  will  be  built 
in  Warsaw. 

Produce  Weekly  Newsreel 

Film  Polski  is  producing  a  weekly  Polish 
newsreel.  However,  feature  production  is 
extremely  low  because  the  industry  has  lost 
more  than  half  of  its  experienced  personnel. 

In  the  studio  at  Lodz  the  first  Polish  fea- 
ture since  the  war  has  been  completed.  It 
is  "Forbidden  Song,''  which  deals  with  the 
German  occupation.     The  Poles  are  very 


SOVEXPORTFILM 

*  MOSCOW  ★ 


THIS  is  the  trademark  of  the  Russian  state- 
owned  motion  picture  monopoly,  a  brand 
name  which  appears  on  every  screen  item 
coming  out  of  the  studios  of  the  Soviet  Union 
and  spreading  widely  across  the  troubled 
face  of  Europe. 


active  in  the  production  of  educational  shorts 
and  documentaries. 

Julius  Turbovic  is  in  charge  of  the  pro- 
duction branch  of  the  nationalized  industry. 

Today,  Poland,  with  a  population  of  24,- 
000,000,  has  only  500  operating  theatres,  ac- 
cording to  Mr.  Ford.  Of  this  number,  50 
are  mobile  theatres.  By  the  end  of  the  year 
the  mobile  theatres  will  be  increased  to  100. 

Warsaw,  with  well  over  half  a  million 
population,  has  only  four  theatres.  Trade 
unions  control  all  tickets  to  these  theatres. 
Admission  can  be  assured  only  by  obtaining 
a  ticket  frofn  these  unions. 

In  two  years,  Poland  hopes  to  have  2,000 
theatres.  One  Polish  factory  in  Lodz  is  sup- 
plying mechanical  equipment  to  new  thea- 
tres. Poland  plans  to  build  standardized 
types  of  theatres  seating  either  500,  700  or 
1,000. 

Have  Own  Training  U nit 

Film  Polski  has  established  its  own  insti- 
tute for  the  training  of  production  person- 
nel. They  will  be  taught  how  to  produce 
educational  and  school  films. 

Film  Polski  also  is  building  a  plant  to 
produce  negative  and  positive  stock. 

The  Polish  delegation  while  in  Prague 
was  considering  the  possibility  of  coopera- 
tion with  the  Czech  monopoly.'  The  renting 
of  Prague  studios  for  Polish  production  has 
been  discussed,  because  this  seems  to  be  the 
only  solution  to  the  immediate  rebuilding  of 


the  Polish  industry.  An  exchange  of  Polish  i 
and  Czech  directors  and  other  film  workers 
also  is  under  consideration. 

This  is  the  basis  on  which  Czech  pictures  ] 
might  be  imported  into  Poland :  For  every 
five  Czech  pictures  imported  into  Poland, 
two  Polish  pictures  will  be  imported  into 
Czechoslovakia.  The  country  of  origin 
would  receive  50  per  cent  of  the  net  rentals. 


Czech-American 
Agreement  Is 
Effective  Oct.  IS 

Prague  Bureau 

The  recently  concluded  agreement  be- 
tween the  Czechoslovak  monopoly  and  the 
Motion  Picture  Export  Association  goes  in- 
to effect  October  15.  Three  days  later,  Oc- 
tober 18,  the  premiere  of  "Wilson"  will  be 
held.  President  Benes  of  Czechoslovakia, 
the  American  Ambassador,  Lawrence  S. 
Steinhardt,  and  other  diplomatic  and  Gov- 
ernment officials  will  attend  the  opening. 

V 

The  Czech  Socialist  Party  is  demanding 
changes  in  the  film  monopoly's  practices. 
Primarily,  the  party  demands  that  politics 
be  kept  out  of  the  industry  and  that  produc- 
tion and  distribution  not  be  politically  one- 
sided. The  Socialists  ask  that  the  social  in- 
terests of  the  employees  be  safeguarded  by 
democratic  elections  and  that  costly  celebra- 
tions be  eliminated.  Further,  they  want  to 
complete  the  purge  of  those  elements  which 
aided  the  enemy  during  the  war. 

V 

The  plentipotentiary  of  the  Ministry  of 
Cinematography  for  the  production  of  Soviet 
films  in  Czechoslovakia  has  signed  an  agree- 
ment with  the  Czech  monopoly  for  using  the 
stage  of  the  Prague-Barrandov  studios. 

V 

The  monopoly  has  sold  four  features  to  the 
Dutch  Meteor  Film.  A  simultaneous  pre- 
miere of  the  first  Czech  feature  will  take 
place  at  the  Hague,  Amsterdam  and  Rotter- 
dam. 

V 

As  scheduled,  the  British  Film  Festival  in 
Prague  started  with  a  screening  of  "Henry 
V"  September  28.  President  Benes  and  an 
official  delegation  from  the  British  industry 

attended. 


Asks  More  Time  for  N.  Y. 
Censor  Head  Decision 

New  York  State  Commissioner  of  Educa- 
tion Francis  T.  Spalding  has  asked  J.  Ed- 
ward Conway,  president  of  the  Civil  Service 
Commission  for  more  time  to  consider  the 
question  of  examination  for  the  post  of  di- 
rector of  the  motion  picture  division  on 
which  both  offices  have  been  deadlocked  for 
a  year.  Dr.  Spalding  favors  a  promotion  test 
and  Commissioner  Conway  an  open  com- 
petitive examination,  the  latter  being  usual 
procedure. 


26 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


Johnston  Trip 
Delay  Leaves 
British  Unhappy 

The  indefinite  postponement  of  his  trip  to 
Europe  by  Eric  Johnston,  president  of  the 
Motion  Picture  Association  of  America,  has 
created  an  unfavorable  impression  in  Brit- 
ish film  industry  circles,  despite  appreciation 
in  London  that  the  Hollywood  labor  situa- 
tion would  have  made  the  trip  difficult  at 
this  time,  it  is  reported  from  London. 

Mr.  Johnston's  proposed  trip,  originally 
scheduled  for  Wednesday,  October  2,  then 
delayed  until  last  Saturday,  was  postponed 
until  some  future,  but  unannounced,  date 
late  last  Wednesday  afternon  by  Mr.  Johns- 
ton because  of  the  Hollywood  labor  situa- 
tion. In  cancelling  his  trip,  he  said  he  might 
go  to  Hollywood  to  analyze  the  jurisdiction- 
al dispute. 

Reception  Plans  Completed 

Meanwhile,  the  British  film  industry  had 
completed  arrangements  for  a  luncheon 
which  was  to  have  been  held  Wednesday  to 
honor  Mr.  Johnston  and  at  which  Sir  Staf- 
ford Cripps  was  to  make  the  principal  ad- 
dress. Visits  by  the  MPA  president  to  Sir 
Stafford  and  to  Herbert  Morrison,  leading 
member  of  the  Government,  also  had  been 
scheduled. 

The  officials  are  said  to  be  disturbed  at 
having  their  engagements  upset,  and  film 
men  were  faced  with  cancelling  reservations 
for  miles  of  travel  to  attend  the  luncheon. 
The  British  lay  press  also  has  been  critical 
of  Mr.  Johnston's  decision. 

Saturday  Mr.  Johnston,  speaking  as  a 
member  of  the  advisory  board  to  the  Office 
of  W  ar  Mobilization  and  Reconversion,  in 
Washington,  said  that  wage  and  price  con- 
trols already  were  collapsing  and  urged  the 
Administration  to  abandon  wage  controls 
immediately  and  to  decontrol  prices,  except 
rents,  "at  the  earliest  practical  moment." 

In  issuing  his  statement  to  the  public,  Mr. 
Johnston  shattered  the  tradition  that  only 
the  board's  chairman  discuss  matters  pend- 
ing before  the  board.  The  statement  origi- 
nated in  the  Washington  office  of  the  MPA. 

Originally  Favored  Controls 

In  his  500-word  statement,  Mr.  Johnston 
said:  "I  had  favored  controls  to  assist  the 
country  over  the  tough  period  of  reconver- 
soin.  I  believe  the  original  sin  was  com- 
mitted when  we  started  relaxing  controls 
too  early." 

Urging  that  wage  and  price  controls  be 
abandoned,  he  said:  "With  the  realistic 
abandonment  of  the  fiction  of  controls,  prices 
and  wages  will  be  determined  by  free  col- 
lective bargaining  and  free  markets." 


AMERICANS  IN  ROME.  Before  historic  St.  Peter's,  a  trio  of  visiting  American  execu- 
tives walk  with  the  manager  of  a  Rome  Him  company  office.  Left  to  right  are  Bruno 
Fux,  RKO  Radio  Pictures  managing  director  in  Rome;  Ned  E.  Depinet,  company  presi- 
dent; Phil  Reisman,  vice-president  in  charge  of  foreign  distribution,  and  Sam  Dembow, 
president  of  Golden  Productions.  The  .Americans  have  been  studying  business  condi- 
tions in  v/estern  Europe — and  seeing  the  sights. 


Authors  League  Moves 
To  Protect  Writers 

The  council  of  the  Authors  League  of 
America  has  appointed  a  committee,  headed 
by  Elmer  Rice,  to  study  plans  to  rectify 
"flagrant  abuses"  in  the  disposition  of  liter- 
ary works  and  for  safeguarding  authors' 
financial  rights,  it  was  announced  this  week 
in  New  York. 

The  announcement  said:  "Two  major 
problems  are  under  consideration.  The  first 
is  the  abolition  of  the  present  practice  of 
selling  motion  picture  rights  outright  and 
the  institution  of  a  method  whereby  these 
rights  will  be  leased  or  licensed  for  a  limited 
period  and  for  limited  usage,  thereby  insur- 
ing writers  a  greater  revenue  from  their 
work  and  a  greater  control  over  it. 

"The  second  is  the  separation  of  rights 
which  would  entail  the  disposition  of  only 
one  right  at  a  time  and  afford  protection  to 
authors  who,  unwittingly  or  under  coercion, 
have  been  giving  away  or  selling  for  a  nom- 
inal sum  valuable  subsidy  or  collateral 
rights." 


Hitchcock  Buys  Play 

Alfred  Hitchcok  has  bought  Patrick 
Hamilton's  play,  "Rope,"  to  be  produced  in 
Hollywood  from  Hamilton's  scenario. 


North  Central  Defers 
Rejoining  Allied 

North  Central  Allied's  board  of  directors 
Monday  in  Minneapolis  sidetracked  action 
on  a  proposal  to  rejoin  national  Allied  States 
by  deciding  to  leave  the  issue  up  to  the  entire 
membership  at  a  midyear  convention  to  be 
held  November  12  in  Minneapolis.  National 
Allied  leaders  have  been  invited  to  address 
the  convention.  E.  L.  Peaslee,  vice-president 
of  North  Central,  reported  to  the  board  on 
the  meeting  of  the  Conference  of  Indepen- 
dent Exhibitors  Association  held  in  Wash- 
ington last  week.  The  board  voted  approval 
of  the  plans  and  action  agreed  upon  by 
CIEA. 


Italian  Feature 
Production  Now 
Outstrips  Call 

by  ARGEO  SANTUCCI 

in  Rome 

Italian  production  has  increased  to  a  point 
where  it  exceeds  the  demand.  Approximate- 
ly 60  Italian  features  will  be  distributed 
during  the  1946-47  season. 

The  release  of  pictures  in  Italy,  including 
foreign  and  Italian  features,  is  at  present 
on  the  average  of  more  than  one  a  day.  Be- 
fore the  war  the  average  was  about  two  pic- 
tures every  three  days.  Thus  releases  today 
have  almost  doubled  over  the  pre-war  sched- 
ule. 

It  is  reported  that  Italian  theatres  are 
booked  until  next  Spring  and  will  not  accept 
new  contracts  before  April,  1947. 

V 

United  Artists'  "The  Southerner"  was 
judged  best  of  all  the  features  shown  at  the 
Venice  Cinema  Festival,  just  concluded.  No 
prizes  were  granted.  Only  "mentions"  were 
given. 

Others  mentioned  included  "Les  Enfants 
du  Paradis,"  France ;  "The  Oath"  Russia ; 
"Henry  V,"  England ;  "The  Undaunted," 
Russia;  "Paisa,"  Italy;  "Panique,"  France; 
"Hangmen  Also  Die,"  U.S.;  and  "The  Sun 
Rises  Still,"  Italy. 

Other  American  features  exhibited  were 
"Love  Letters,"  "This  Love  of  Ours,"  "The 
Bells  of  St.  Mary's,"  "Bambi,"  "Scarlet 
Street,"  "The  Life  of  Emile  Zola,"  "Song 
to  Remember,"  "Old  Acquaintance,"  "Won- 
der Man"  and  "The  Picture  of  Dorian 
Gray." 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


27 


THE  HOLL  YWOOD  SCENE 


Shooting  Index  Climbs 
Despite  Picketing; 
49  in  Work  for  Week 


Hollywood  Bureau 

Picketing  at  Hollywood  studios  last  week 
failed  to  slow  down  production  to  any  con- 
siderable extent.  Several  producers,  notably 
David  O.  Selznick,  announced  postponement 
of  projected  pictures,  but  the  shooting  in- 
dex continued  to  climb  nonetheless.  Four 
films  reached  camera  stages ;  three  were 
completed.  At  the  weekend,  there  was  a 
total  of  49  in  work. 

Major  new  venture  of  the  week  is  Col- 
umbia's "Lady  from  Shanghai,"  starring 
Rita  Hayworth  and  Orson  Welles.  Not  only 
has  Welles  a  stellar  role,  he  is  also  produc- 
ing and  directing  from  his  own  original 
screenplay.  Much  of  the  picture  will  be 
filmed  on  location  in  San  Francisco. 

A  second  picture  to  start  at  Columbia  is 
'Lone  Hand  Texan,"  a  Western  starring 
Smiley  Burnette  and  Charles  Starrett.  Ray 
.tfazarro  is  directing ;  Colbert  Clark  produc- 

ng. 

A  Producer  in  Search 
Of  a  Horse-Star 

Lesley  Selander,  director  of  PRC's  Cine- 
color  special,  "Red  Stallion,"  has  tested  25 
horses  for  the  title  role.  He  has  not  yet 
found  one  which  photographs  satisfactorily 
in  color,  and  is  considering  having  a  horse 
dyed  to  meet  specifications.  Humans  cast  in 
the  picture  include  Robert  Paige,  Noreen 
Nash,  Jane  Darwell,  Ted  Donaldson  and 
Willie  Best.    Ben  Stoloff  is  the  producer. 

Republic  launched  "Outlaws  of  Sioux 
City,"  another  in  the  studio's  new  series  of 
"Red  Ryder"  Westerns,  featuring  Allan 
Lane,  Bobby  Blake,  Martha  Wentworth,  and 
Peggy  Stewart.  Sidney  Picker  is  the  asso- 
ciate producer ;  R.  G.  Springsteen  the  direc- 
tor. 

Incidental  News  of 
Pictures  and  People 

Leonardo  Bercovici  has  been  signed  by 
Hal  Home,  Story  Productions  head,  to  do 
the  screenplay  on  "This  Side  of  Innocence," 
the  Taylor  Caldwell  best-seller.  .  .  .  "River 
Lady,"  a  story  of  Mississippi  River  logging 
about  1860,  has  been  purchased  by  Univer- 
sal-International for  writer-producers  Mi- 
chael Fessier  and  Ernest  Pagano  as  their 
first  production  of  1947.    It  will  be  filmed 


SIMPP  ORCHESTRA 
FOR  MEMBER  USE 

The  Society  of  Independent  Mo- 
tion Picture  Producers  is  forming  a 
permanent  orchestra  to  supply  back- 
ground music  in  pictures  made  by  its 
various  member  studios.  Ted  Cain, 
former  music  head  of  Universal,  has 
been  signed  as  music  coordinator  by 
the  SIMPP.  The  society  has  been 
conducting  contract  negotiations 
with  the  American  Federation  of 
Musicians.  AFM  contracts  signed 
with  the  major  producers  required 
them  to  hire  orchestras  on  an  annual 
basis. 


in  Technicolor  and  will  star  Yvonne  De 
Carlo,  Rod  Cameron,  Ann  Blyth .  and  Dan 
Duryea. 

Paramount  is  experimenting  by  associat- 
ing artificial  actors  with  humans  in  the 
forthcoming  "Variety  Girl,"  to  be  directed 
by  George  Marshall  with  an  all-star  cast. 
In  the  experimental  phase  of  this  Techni- 
color musical,  they  have  incorporated  a  se- 
quence calling  for  George  Pal's  Puppetoons, 
sharing  acting  honors  with  Mary  Hatcher 
and  others  in  the  cast. 

Small  to  Do  "Columbus" 
As  Two  Features 

Producer  Edward  Small  has  decided  to 
film  his  forthcoming  screen  biography  of 
Christopher  Columbus  in  two  separate  fea- 
tures to  be  released  approximately  a  year 
apart.  The  decision  was  based  on  the  con- 
viction that  the  explorer's  life  is  so  rich 
in  drama  that  it  justifies  the  two  features. 
Mr.  Small  has  set  a  $2,500,000  budget  for 
the  first  feature  titled  "Christopher  Colum- 
bus" to  be  done  in  Technicolor.  .  .  .  The 
J.  Arthur  Rank  organization  has  an- 
nounced its  plans  to  film  Rafael  Sabatini's 
"Christopher  Columbus"  in  England. 

Jack  Wrather  has  signed  a  contract  with 
Monogram  whereby  his  initial  production, 
"The  Guilty,"  will  be  made  and  released  by 
that  studio.  Bonita  Granville  and  Don 
Castle  are  set  for  stellar  roles.  .  .  .  Republic 


has  acquired  the  screen  rights  to  Garland 
Roark's  novel,  "Wake  of  the  Red  Witch," 
for  a  reported  price  of  $100,000.  The  book,  r 
a  recent  Literary  Guild  selection,  deals  with 
piracy  in  the  Pacific  at  the  turn  of  the  cen- 
tury. Edmund  Grainger  will  produce  the 
picture. 

Bernard  Herzbrun  has  been  signed  as  su- 
pervising art  director  of  all  Universal-Inter- 
national productions.  .  .  .  Ten  top  Warner 
properties  have  been  assignd  to  Jerry  Wald 
for  production.  The  first  to  go  before  the 
cameras  will  be  "The  Dark  Passage,"  co- 
starring  Humphrey  Bogart  and  Lauren  Ba- 
call.  Delmer  Daves  will  direct.  Next  will 
come  "The  Unfaithful,"  starring  Ann  Sheri- 
dan. .  .  .  Walter  Wanger  has  purchased 
the  screen  rights  to  "Antigone,"  the  play  by 
Louis  Anheuil  in  which  Katharine  Cornell 
and  Sir  Cedric  Hardwicke  starred  on 
Broadway  this  season. 

Tim  Holt  to  Star  in  New 
RKO  Western  Series 

Tim  Holt,  recently  discharged  from  the 
Army  Air  Forces,  has  returned  to  RKO 
Radio  to  star  in  a  new  series  of  Westerns. 
The  first,  "To  the  Last  Man,"  will  be  pro- 
duced by  Herman  Schlom  under  the  execu- 
tive supervision  of  Sid  Rogell,  with  Lew 
Landers  directing.  .  .  .  Arleen  Whelan  will 
star  opposite  Randolph  Scott  in  the  next 
Pine-Thomas  production  for  Paramount, 
"Albuquerque."  .  .  .  Karen  Morley  has  been 
set  for  the  romantic  lead  opposite  Richard 
Dix  in  the  next  in  Columbia's  "Whistler" 
series,  "The  Hunter  Is  a  Fugitive." 

"Dan  Patch,"  the  story  of  the  fastest  pac- 
er in  harness-racing  history,  will  be  the 
next  picture  produced  by  W.  R.  Frank, 
Minnesota  exhibitor.  John  Taintor  Foote  is 
currently  completing  the  screenplay.  .  .  . 
Byron  Haskin's  initial  directorial  assign- 
ment for  Hal  Wallis  will  be  the  screen  ver- 
sion of  Oscar  Serlin's  play,  "The  Beggars 
Are  Coming  to  Town."  It  will  be  released 
by  Paramount.  .  .  .  Betty  Dietrich  has  been 
signed  for  a  featured  role  in  "The  Woman 
in  White,"  now  shooting  at  Warners.  .  .  . 
Alexander  Knox  has  had  his  Columbia  con- 
tract renewed. 

20th-Fox  to  Make  Film 
On  Gus  Kahn's  Life 

The  biography  of  Gus  Kahn,  who  wrote 
such  songs  as  "It  Had  to  Be  You,"  "I'll 
See  You  in  My  Dreams,"  and  "One  Night 
of  Love,"  will  be  brought  to  the  screen  by 
20th  Century-Fox  under  the  title  "Wabash 
Avenue."  Mack  Gordon  will  produce  in 
Technicolor.  .  ,  .  "The  Turquoise,"  Anya 
Seton's  novel,  has  been  assigned  to  William 
Jacobs  to  produce  for  Warners.  .  .  .  Sey- 
mour Nebenzal's  new  trademark  will  be  a 
Venetian  lion  astride  an  Ionic  column,  rath- 


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pr  than  a  fiddle  against  a  background  of 
^burning  Rome,  which  had  been  suggested  as 
appropriate  for  Nero  Films.  The  symbol 
will  appear  on  prints  of  "The  Chase,"  which 
((Stars  Robert  Cummings. 

Glazer  and  Finston  Form 
New  Symphony  Films 

Benjamin  Glazer  and  Nat  W.  Finston 
have  organized  their  own  producing  com- 
\\  pany  under  the  firm  name  of  Symphony 
.  Films.    Their  initial  production,  which  will 
,'be  made  and  released  by  Monogram,  will 
t|be  "The  Tragic  Symphony,"  a  film  version 
"  of  the  life  of  Tchaikowsky.     Among  the 
.  few  famous  composers  whose  biographies 
.  are  not  yet  spoken  for  are  Prokofieff  and 
Sibelius.  .  .  .  B.  G.  De  Sylva,  long  one  of 
_  the  industry's  top  producers,  has  presented 
the  Los  Angeles  County  Museum  with  his 
collection  of  French  Impressionist  paintings. 
Among  the  artists  represented  are  Degas, 
Renoir,  Cezanne,  Gauguin,  Matisse,  Picasso, 
Rouault  and  Van  Gogh. 

Mrs.  Anne  Lehr,  founder  of  the  Holly- 
wood Guild  Canteen,  has  been  cast  in  Cecil 
B.  DeMille's  "Unconquered,"  now  shooting 
at  Paramount.  .  .  .  Jan  Grippo  has  sched- 
uled "Panic,"  a  murder  mystery,  as  a  future 
vehicle  for  Monogram's  "Bowery  Boys." 
.  .  .  Maria  Palmer  has  been  engaged  by  En- 
terprise for  a  top  role  in  "The  Other  Love." 
.  .  .  Paramount  has  purchased  "High  Holi- 
day," an  original  screenplay  by  Julian 
Zimot.  .  .  .  Anne  Triola  has  been  signed  to 
a  long  term  contract  by  Jesse  Lasky  and 
Walter  MacEwen,  and  assigned  a  role  in 
"Intermission,"  their  next  production  for 
RKO  release. 


Monogram  To  Release 
Six  During  October 

Monogram  releases  this  month,  as  an- 
nounced by  Samuel  Broidy,  president,  are: 
"Gentleman  Joe  Palooka,"  October  5,  star- 
ring Loen  Errol  and  Joe  Kirkwood,  directed 
by  Cyril  Endfield  for  Hal  E.  Chester; 
'Dangerous  Money,"  October  12;  Charlie 
Chan  film,  starring  Sidney  Toler,  directed 
by  Terry  Morse;  "Wife  Wanted,"  October 
19;  drama  starring  Kay  Francis,  Robert 


PREVIEWS  OF  TRADE  SHOWS 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY-FOX'S  "My  Darling  Clementine."  starring  Henry  Fonda  and  Linda 
Darnell,  will  be  tradeshown  October  14. 


"DECEPTION":  a  violent  scene  from  the  Warner  Brothers  pictures  starring  Bette  Davis 
and  Claude  Rains,  above,  and  Paul  Henreid.  The  picture  will  be  tradeshown  October  J8. 

Shayne  and  Paul  Cavanagh,  directed  by  Phil  tober  26;  Cisco  Kid  film,  starring  Gilbert 
Karlson,  Miss  Francis  and  Jeffrey  Bernard,  Roland,  directed  by  William  Nigh;  Scott 
co-producers ;  "Beauty  and  the  Bandit,"  Oc-     R.  Dunlap,  producer. 


COMPLETED 

COLUMBIA 

Cigarette  Girl 
20TH  CENTURY-FOX 

Backlash  (Wurtzel) 
UNITED  ARTISTS 

Hoppy's  Holiday 
(Hopalong  Cassidy) 

STARTED 

COLUMBIA 

Lady  from  Shanghai 
Lone  Hand  Texan 
PRC 

Red  Stallion 


REPUBLIC 

Outlaws  of  Sioux 
City 

SHOOTING 

COLUMBIA 

Twin  Sombreros 
Inside  Story 
They  Walk  Alone 
Last  of  the  Redmen 
Guilt  of  Janet  Ames 

ENTERPRISE 

Arch  of  Triumph 
MGM 

Green  Dolphin  Streejt 


Romance  of  Rosy 
Ridge  (formerly 
"The  Yankee") 
To  Kiss  and  to  Keep 
Merton  of  the  Movies 
It  Happened  in 

Brooklyn 
Summer  Holiday 
Unfinished  Dance 

MONOGRAM 

Cisco  and  the  Angel 
It  Happened  on  Fifth 

Avenue 
PARAMOUNT 
Big  Haircut 
Dear  Ruth 
Golden  Earrings 


Desert  Town  (Wal- 
lis) 

Unconquered 

(DeMille) 
Adventure  Island 

(Pine-Thomas) 

PRC 

Philo  Vance's  Gamble 

RKO  RADIO 

Banjo 

They  Won't  Believe 
Me 

Bachelor  and  the 

Bobby-Soxer 
Time  to  Kill 

( Hakim-Litvak) 


Tarzan  and  the  Hunt- 
ress (Lesser) 

REPUBLIC 

Hit  Parade 

20TH  CENTURY-FOX 

Boomerang 

I  Wonder.  Who's 

Kissing  Her  Now 
Homestretch 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

Red  River 

(Monterey) 
New  Orleans 

(Levey) 
Vendetta 

(California) 


Carnegie  Hall 

( Federal ) 
Who  Killed  "Doc" 

Robin?  (Roach) 

UNIVERSAL-INTER- 
NATIONAL 

I'll  Be  Yours 
Slave  Girl 
WARNERS 

My  Wild  Irish  Rose 
Woman  in  White 
Deep  Valley 
Night  unto  Night 
Love  and  Learn 
Possessed 
Pursued  (U.  S. 
Pictures) 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


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FILM  MAKING 

Magnificent!  Inspiri 


AT  ITS  FINEST! 

!  Truly  Memorable!' 

says  Rose  Pelswick,  N.  Y.  Journal-American 

''Excellent!  A  motion  picture  of  great  emotional  appeal! 
Both  entertaining  and  significant!" 

— Archer  Winston,  N.  Y.  Post 

"Sheer  entertainment... well  worth  seeing.  Excellent  drama. 
By  far  Miss  Russell's  best  screen  portrayal!" 

— Eileen  Creelman,  N.  Y.  Sun 

"An  enlightening  and  heart-warming  experience!  Miss 
Russell's  performance  astonishingly  honest  and  genuine!" 

— Cecelia  Ager,  PM 

"An  exciting  event!  Stupendous!  One  of  the  most  import- 
ant films  of  our  time!"       _lee  Mortimer,  N.  Y.  Mirror 

"Absorbing  and  moving!  Superbly  entertaining!  Emerges 
with  tremendous  force  and  feeling!" 

— Howard  Barnes,  N.  Y.  Herald-Tribune 

"Rich  and  inspiring!  Miss  Russell  plays  with  tremendous 
vitality  and  warmth!  Inspirational  entertainment  in  the 
high-powered  class!"    _Bos/ey  Crowther,  N.  Y,  Times 

"An  important  picture  as  well  as  touching  drama!  Miss 
Russell  is  tender,  radiant!" 

— Wanda  Hale,  N.  Y.  Daily  News 


Chicago  Theatre 
Staffs  Organize 


LABOR  DISPUTE  ON 
COAST  AT  IMPASSE 


Actors  at  AFL  Meeting  in 
Chicago  Seek  Means  of 
Ending  Studio  Fight 

Quiet,  orderly  picketing  without  further 
large-scale  outbursts  of  violence  since  last 
Tuesday's  wild  melee  at  MGM,  was  the 
order  of  the  day  in  the  Hollywood  labor  sit- 
uation as  the  American  Federation  of  Labor 
convention  got  under  way  in  Chicago  this 
week  and  Richard  Walsh,  international 
president  of  the  IATSE,  arrived  in  the  film 
capital  last  weekend.  At  midweek  mass  pick- 
eting was  transferred' from  MGM  to  Re- 
public, and  minor  clashes  were  reported  at 
Columbia. 

However,  this  momentary  calm  was  no 
indication  that  the  jurisdictional  dispute  be- 
tween the  IA  and  the  carpenters  local  of  the 
Conference  of  Studio  Unions  was  nearing 
settlement. 

Actors  To  See  Green 

Monday  a  delegation  from  the  Screen  Ac- 
tors Guild  arrived  in  Chicago  to  arrange  a 
conference  with  William  Green,  president 
of  the  AFL,  and  his  executive  council  in  an 
effort  to  settle  the  dispute.  Representing  the 
SAG  were  George  Murphy,  Gene  Kelly, 
Robert  Taylor,  Edward  Arnold,  Robert 
Montgomery,  Walter  Pidgeon,  Dick  Powell, 
Jane  Wyman,  Alexis  Smith  and  Ronald 
Reagan. 

In  an  interview  with  the  press  Monday 
afternoon,  Mr.  Murphy,  0  member  of  the 
SAG  board  of  directors  and  that  organiza- 
tion's past  president,  said  some  machinery 
must  be  set  up  within  Hollywood  to  work 
out  all  jurisdictional  fights.  He  pointed  out 
that  if  such  a  plan  could  be  established  he 
believed  all  of  the  studio  labor  leaders  would 
support  it. 

Tuesday  members  of  the  SAG  voted  2,748 
to  509  in  favor  of  crossing  picket  lines.  In 
commenting  on  the  results  of  the  vote,  Fran- 
chot  Tone,  first  vice-president,  said :  "The 
actors  have  served  notice  to  all  concerned 
that  they  will  not  allow  the  studios  to  be 
closed  by  picket  lines  in  jurisdictional  dis- 
putes." 

Fight  Not  Brought  Up 

Prior  to  the  opening  of  the  AF  of  L  con- 
vention, Mr.  Walsh  announced,  "We  (the 
IATSE)  won't  bring  up  the  Hollywood  mat- 
ter during  the  convention.''  He  said,  how- 
ever, a  report  of  the  situation  had  been  sent 
to  Mr.  Green  and  his  council. 

A  few  days  later  Mr.  Walsh  said  there 
was  some  possibility  that  the  IATSE  might 
withdraw  from  the  AF  of  L.  He  said,  "We 
like  the  AFL,  but  no  one  is  going  to  cut  us 
up,  not  the  carpenters,  or  not  the  AFL.  If 
forced  to  leave  the  AFL  we  will  organize 
200,000  members  in  the  amusement  indus- 


try." However,  he  further  expressed  the 
belief  that  the  AF  of  L  would  not  force  such 
a  step.  Mr.  Walsh  accused  the  AF  of  L 
council  of  failing  to  stick  by  its  own  direc- 
tive, issued  last  December  as  a  settlement 
of  last  year's  strike — a  directive  that  he  con- 
tends gave  the  IATSE  the  right  to  build 
sets.  The  council  modified  its  edict  last 
August,  he  said,  giving  construction  of  sets 
to  the  CSU,  with  their  assembly  on  the 
stage  awarded  to  the  IATSE. 

Last  Friday  Warner  Brothers  filed  suit  in 
Los  Angeles  against  the  CSU,  Herbert  Sor- 
rel and  other  CSU  officials  and  agents  for 
$3,000,000,  charging  "illegal  picketing, 
violence,  using  of  physical  force  to  prevent 
Warner  employees  from  entering  the  studio, 
and  acting  in  concert  to  destroy  Warners." 

Cites  Stand  on  Manager  Union 

In  New  York  last  weekend  an  IATSE 
official  said  the  organization  has  not  re- 
versed its  stand  on  granting  charters  to 
theatre  managers'  unions,  in  answer  to  the 
reported  action  of  the  Chicago  branch  of  the 
IATSE  motion  picture  projectionists'  local 
in  attempting  such  organization. 

According  to  the  spokesman  the  action  of 
the  recent  IATSE  convention  in  Chicago 
paved  the  way  for  the  AF  of  L  to  issue  char- 
ters to  theatre  managers'  unions.  The  Chi- 
cago operators  local  is  authorized  in  its 
charter  from  the  IATSE  to  organize  all 
"front  of  the  house  help"  from  assistant 
managers  down  to  candy  vendors-  but  not 
managers,  the  official  indicated. 


Borkin  Resigns  from 
U.  S.  Anti-Trust  Unit 

The  resignation  of  Joseph  Borkin,  chief 
economic  advisor  and  attorney  in  the  anti- 
trust division  of  the  Department  of  Justice, 
was  announced  Tuesday  by  Tom  C.  Clark, 
Attorney  General.  Mr.  Borkin,  who  entered 
the  anti-trust  division  in  1938,  is  going  into 
private  practice  as  an  economic  consultant. 
Mr.  Borkin  is  the  author  of  "Television,  A 
Struggle  for  Power,"  and  headed  the  anti- 
trust action  affecting  the  Scophony  large 
screen  television  patents. 

Columbus  Attendance  Hit 
By  Streetcar  Strike 

A  sharp  decline  in  attendance  in  down- 
town houses  in  Columbus,  O.,  was  noted  last 
Tuesday  after  a  street  car  operators  strike. 


Operators  Get  Increase 

Weekly  increases  in  salary  of  10  per  cent, 
three  per  cent  and  two  per  cent,  over  the 
next  three  years,  with  a  paid  vacation  of  a 
week  next  year  and  two  weeks  in  1948,  are 
granted  in  a  contract  signed  by  Albany  thea- 
tres with  the  local  projectionists'  union. 


The  new  Theatrical  White  Collar  Work- 
ers Union,  IATSE,  in  Chicago  will  demand 
a  minimum  wage  scale  ranging  from  65 
cents  per  hour  for  candy  girls  to  $2.75  for 
cashiers,  according  to  Eugene  J.  Atkinson, 
business  manager  of  the  local  "IA"  projec- 
tionists' union,  who  is  in  charge  of  the 
group  during  its  organization  period.  If 
the  demands  are  not  met,  the  projectionists 
will  be  pulled  from  Chicago's  theatres,  Mr. 
Atkinson  is  reported  to  have  indicated. 

As  many  as  200  theatre  managers  are  ex- 
pected to  affiliate  with  the  union,  which  has 
enrolled  75  per  cent  of  a  potential  2,000 
members,  Mr.  Atkinson  said,  pointing  out 
that,  although  managers  were  classified  as 
executives  and  ruled  ineligible  at  the  last 
"IA"  convention,  they  are  included  because, 
"for  the  most  part,  they  carry  out  orders 
from  home  offices." 

Hourly  wage  demands  of  the  white-collar 
group  are:  candy  girls,  65  cents  to  $1 ; 
cashiers,  $1.75  to  $2.75,  and  doormen,  $1.50 
to  $2.50,  with  the  lower  figure  to  be  sought 
at  small  outlying  houses,  and  the  top  figures 
at  first  run  Loop  houses. 

Also  demanded,  in  a  formula  following 
that  of  the  projectionists'  contracts,  will  be 
a  six-day  week,  a  guarantee  of  a  40-hour 
week,  time  and  one-half  for  overtime  and 
double  time  after  midnight. 

The  union's  first  general  meeting  will  be 
held  within  30  days,  Mr.  Atkinson  said  last 
week,  followed  by  appointment  of  a  business 
agent  and  election  of  officers.  A  member- 
ship application  fee  of  $3  has  been  set. 


Home  Office  Workers  to 
Get  Retroactive  Pay 

New  contracts,  signed  October  3  between 
eight  companies  and  the  Screen  Office  and 
Professional  Employes  Guild,  assure  nearly 
3,000  New  York  home  office  workers  an 
estimated  $200,000  retroactive  salary,  pay- 
able October  28.  The  agreements,  retroactive 
to  April  1  at  United  Artists  and  to  July  29 
at  Columbia,  20th  Century-Fox,  Paramount, 
Republic,  Loew's  MGM,  RKO  Radio  and 
National  Screen  Service,  provide  raises  of 
$6  per  week  or  15  per  cent,  whichever  is 
greater.  Contracts  were  signed  in  the  office 
of  Major  Leslie  E.  Thompson  of  RKO,  with 
Jack  Lang  of  20th  Century-Fox  as  chairman. 

Beginning  October  7,  MGM,  United 
Artists,  Columbia  and  Republic  home  office 
employes,  under  the  contract  terms,  began 
working  37y2  hours  weekly  instead  of  40 
hours.  The  new  time  limit  establishes  a 
working  day  from  9  A.M.  until  5  :30  P.M., 
with  an  hour  for  lunch.  This  has  been  in 
effect  at  all  the  other  companies  with  the 
exception  of  Twentieth  Century-Fox,  which 
will  continue  a  35-hour  week. 

Contracts  between  home  offices  and  the 
Screen  Publicists  Guild  also  will  contain  the 
37^2-hour  week  clause.  Signing  will  take 
place  after  October  14,  when  Major  Thomp- 
son returns  from  a  midwestern  trip. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


ALBANY 


A  combination  of  frigid  and  bland  weather 
ran  with  excellent  business  in  Albany  down- 
town theatres.    "Claudia  and  David"  head- 
ed the  bill  at  Fabian's  Palace;  "Caesar  and 
Cleopatra      at    Warners'    Strand.  "The 
granger"  was  the  chief  attraction  at  the 
Grand,  Fabian  No.  2  house,  while  "Cloak 
and  Dagger'  moved  down  the  street  to  the 
Ritz  from  the  Strand.    "Smoky,"  which  has 
been  a  big  draw  in  Albany  territory  houses 
K      'ts  second  local  engagement  at  the 
Madison,  Warner  uptown  theatre  The 
ticket  sale  for  the  concert  of  Father  Flana- 
gan s  Boys  Town  Choir  at  the  Palace  Oc- 
tober 22,  has  been  excellent.    Albany  is  one 
of  the  stops  in  an  eight  weeks'  cross-coun- 
try tour,  which  will  take  the  Choir  to  50 
cities. 

Proctor's  theatre  in  Troy  played  the  legiti- 
mate hit,  "Life  With  Father,"  for  afternoon 
and  evening  performances  on  October  10 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Kiwanis  Club' 
I  he  profits  will  be  used  in  the  Club's  work 
among  underprivileged  children.  Larry 
Cower,,  manager  of  Proctor's,  was  instru- 
mental in  arranging  the  engagement— the 
nrst  for  a  stage  show  in  Troy  for  many 
m00n'-  "  ■  ■  Proctor's  regular  policy  is  films. 
■  •  ■  ine  Lake,  a  small  theatre  which  Wil- 
liam Kennedy  built  in  Chazy  (Adirondack- 
Mountain  town),  opened  October  6.  Chazy 
is  a  new  spot  for  a  theatre. 


ATLANTA 

Walt   Disney  and  William   K.  Jenkins 
president,  Georgia  Theatres,  has  offered  all 
proceeds  of  the  world  premiere  of  "Song  of 
the  South"  to  support  Atlanta  projects  of 
the  Junior  Leogue  and  the  Uncle  Remus 
Memorial  Association.    Mr.  Disnev  will  at- 
tend the  premiere  November  12    "  Con 
stance   Bennett,   in   "Centennial  Summer" 
was  honored  at  a  cocktail  party  at  the  Vari- 
ety Club  and  a  dinner  at  the  Capital  City 
Club  with  Harry  Ballance,  20th  Century- 
J-ox  southern  sales  manager,  and  William 
K.  Jenkins,  president  Georgia  Theatres,  as 
hosts     .  .  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Weis,  Roxy 
and   Savannah  theatres,  Savannah;  Frank 
Merritt,  Acme  Theatres,  Birmingham,  and 
lony  Stone,  Leon  theatre,  Tallahassee,  Fla 
were  all  visitors  in  the  city.  .  .  .  Dixie  Gra- 
ham, former  office  manager  of  PRC  Atlan- 
ta, has  resigned  and  now  is  with  Kav  Film 
Exchanges,  same  job.  .  .  .  C.  H.  Robuch. 
former  office  manager  of  Republic,  now  of- 
fice manager  with  PRC.  .  .  .  Robert  Cannon, 
the  Florida  showman,  of  Lake   City  and 
0ak-  was  a  visitor  to  the  citv.  .  '  Nat 
William,  past  president  of  the  SETOA  paid 
Atlanta  a  short  visit.  .  .  .  Harry  Graham 
tormer  district  manager  Universal-Interna- 
tional, was  given  a  farewell  party  at  Club 
26  September  26. 

BALTIMORE 

"Notorious"  continued  strong  for  its  third 
week  at  the  Hippodrome.  "Holiday  in 
Mexico  proved  a  fine  drawing  picture  at 
the  Century,  held  for  a  second  week  "Open 
City"  still  pulling-  at  the  Little  in  its  third 
week.^  "The  Killers"  opened  very  big  at 
Keith's.  A  winning  program  at  the  Times 
and  Roslyn  simultaneously  included  "The 
Last  Crooked  Mile"  and  "I  Wanted  Win<*s  " 


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At  the  Stanley,  "Two  Guys  from  Milwau- 
kee" held  for  another  week.  "Three  Little 
Girls  in  Blue"  went  into  a  strong  second 
week  at  the  New  theatre.  "Bamboo  Blonde" 
started  nicely  at  the  Mayfair,  and  "Down 
Missouri  Way"  was  fair  at  the  Valencia. 
In  general,  business  is  holding  up  very  well. 

Milton  Schwaber  opened  his  Paramount 
with   500   invited   guests   October   3,  and 
opened  to  the  public  next  day.    After  the 
show  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schwaber  entertained 
friends  at  the  Variety  Club.  Wilbert  Brizen- 
dine  is  Mr.  Schwaber 's  managing  director. 
■  •  .  Stage  show  is  being  given  at  Maryland 
in  Hicks  Circuit.  .  .  .  Baltimoreans  will  vote 
again  on  Daylight  Saving  time  at  Novem- 
ber election.  .  .  .  Loew's  20th  anniversary 
celebration  was  held  in  Baltimore,  with  Wil- 
liam K.  Saxton,  city  manager  here  for  15 
years,  giving  a  dinner  to  press  and  radio  and 
others  and  having  Navy  K-Type  dirigible 
flying  over  the  city.  .  .  .  Baltimore  Varietv 
Club  has  announced  to  members  that  it  must 
limit  each  member  to  two  couples  on  Sat- 
urday night  affairs  due  to  popularity,  and 
each  member  and  guest  must  register.  Start- 
ed October  5.    Lou  Becker  and  Chauncev 
B.  Wolf  sent  out  notices. 


BOSTON 

The  Capitol  theatre  in   Lowell   has  re- 
opened again  after  being  closed  for  repairs 
.  -  •  lwo  new  theatres  for  weekend  runs  of 
ibmm  shows  were  opened  at  Alton   N  H 
and  Hamilton,  by  William  Trayers,  'who  has 
Specialized  in  the  16mm  field  for  many  years 
•  •  -  Jack  Markle  has  now  had  "Henry  V" 
at  the  Esquire  theatre  for  seven  months  and 
the  indications  are  that  the  English  picture 
will  continue  for  another  two  months  or 
more.  .  .  .  John  McConville  has  had  several 
improvements    made    at    the  Watertown 
Square  theatre,  E.  M.  Loew  house  in  Wat- 
ertown, a  Boston  suburban  district 
James  King  and  Arnold  Van  Leer  have  ac- 
cepted appointment  to  the  Committee  for  the 

ra™?g  °Jr  a  fund  for  a  National  Memorial 
to  War  Nurses. 

Barney  Balaban,  Paramount  president,  on 
his  visit  to  Boston,  spent  several  hours  visit- 
ing friends  at  60  Scollay  Square  and  in  Film 
Row  and  wore  out  his  guides  by  his  energv 
and  insistence  upon  seeing  as  nianv  persons 
nossible  during  his  stav.  .  .  Al  T  0ng 
former  theatre  publicist,  now  with  the  Hotel' 


Somerset  as  publicity  manager.  Ann 
Thomas,  former  theatre  publicist,  has  joined 
the  forces  of  Newsome  Associates,  public 
f!10DnsTfi™  in  Boston-  •  •  ■  Members  of  the 
M  &  p  Theatre  Managers  Club  held  a  din- 
ner and  business  session  at  Hotel  Statler  last 
week. 

Louis  Schaeffer,  who  is  manager  of  the 
Victory  theatre  in  Holyoke,  has  been  named 
to  he  public  relations  division  of  the  1946 
Holyoke  Community  Chest  fund  campaign. 
•  .  .  Ai  thur  J.  Keenan,  manager  of  the  Mer- 
rimack theatre  in  Lowell,  has  been  named 
one  of  the  six  directors  of  the  Lowell  Chap- 
teAuu      ,  American  Veterans  Committee. 

Although  schools  in  Concord,  N  H  op- 
ened, after  starting  late  because  of  the  polio 
threat,  the  ban  on  theatres  for  children  is 
still  m  effect  Leslie  Emerson  of  Frank- 
in  N.  H.,  who  served  in  the  Army  since 
iy-W,  is  again  manager  of  the  Regal  thea- 
tre in  Franklin.  Edward  O'Connell  was  the 

former  manager  Manchester,  N.  H.  has 

lifted  the  ban  on  children's  attendance  at  lo- 
cal theatres,  which  was  in  effect  most  of  the 
summer  because  of  the  polio  epidemic. 
Health  authorities  also  opened  schools  and 
churches  to  children. 


CHARLOTTE 


Charles   Hunsuck,  booker   for  Warners 
has  joined  Astor  Pictures  as  salesman.  .  ' 
Clyde  Settlemyre,  new  short  subject  booker 
tor  Columbia,  has  been  second  shipper  since 
his  return  from  the  service.  .  .  .  Variety  Club 
held  its  annual  golf  tournament  October  2 
at  the  Carolina  golf  course.    George  Ros- 
coe,  Columbia  branch  manager,  and  Harold 
Keeter,  PRC,  branch  manager,  tied  for  first 
place.    Besides  numerous  games  for  adults 
a  cartoon  show  was  staged  by  Variety  Club 
tor  the  kiddies.  .  .  .  Paramount  held  two 
gomg-away  parties  in  their  club  room  for 
Mrs.  Llara  Hinson,  inspectress,  and  Jeanette 
Abrams,  assistant  cashier.    Thev  also  held 
a  dinner  dance  in  the  Variety  Club  hall  for 
all  Paramount  employes  and  their  invited 
guests. 

Seen  on  Film  Row  in  Charlotte:  Lin  Lee 
Warsaw,  N.  C. ;  Roy  Rowe,  Burgaw  N  C  '■ 
Charlie  Myers,  Rich  Square  N  C  ■  T  L 
McConnell,  McCormick,  N.  C  ■  J  W  Mc' 
Millan  Latta  S.  C. ;  W.  O.  Vanderburg, 
Pageland,  S    C.;  George  Parr,  Lancaster, 

C;  Cary  Caudell,  Wallace,  N.  C. ;  R  D 
McGowan,  Spring  Hope,  N.  C. 


CHICAGO 

The  Jones,  Liniek  &  Schaefer  Circuit  cele- 
brated their  42nd  anniversary  October  3rd 
Ihey  opened  their  first  theatre  on  State 

190?'  ?♦  l°f,nnm  the  Palmer  House>  in 
iy05.    It  had  300  seats  and  admission  was 

'Vtfntr'  °"e  ?f  their  early  pictures  was 
Ihe  Great  Train  Robbery."  .  .  .  Bill  Bish- 
op, MGM  publicity  executive,  bowled  a 
record-breaking  game  of  615  in  the  opening 
game  of  the  Film  Row  Bowling  League  He 
bowled  one  game  of  245.  ...  Ben  Banowitz 
has  been  elected  secretary-treasurer  of  the 
Illinois  Allied  organization.  He  succeeds 
Dick  Salkin,  of  the  Jackson  Park,  who  re- 
signed when  the  theatre  withdrew  from  the 
organization.  .  .  .  James  Gregory  of  the  Al- 
liance Theatre  Corp.,  was  elected  to  the 

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Board  of  directors,  replacing  Banowitz. 

The  Chicago  Cinema  Lodge  of  the  B'nai 
B'rith  will  hold  its  first  meeting  of  the  new 
season  at  the  Midland  Hotel  October  24. 
President  Jack  Kirsch  has  appointed  Ed 
Wolk  as  program  chairman  for  the  initial 
meeting. 

CINCINNATI 

The  local  Variety  Club  will  hold  its  elec- 
tion October  14  to  select  local  and  national 
canvassmen,  who,  in  turn,  will  chose  the  of- 
ficers for  the  ensuing  year  at  a  later  date. 
.  .  .  The  club  also  will  stage  a  farewell  din- 
ner to  Jack  Bannon  October  21.  .  .  .  Sam 
Oshry,  RKO  exchange  office  manager,  has 
resigned  to  accept  a  selling  post  with  the 
Universal  ^exchange  in  Indianapolis.  .  .  . 
Jim  and  Phil  Chakeres,  of  Springfield,  Ohio, 
have  had  plans  drawn  for  a  new  350-seat 
theatre  at  Washington  Court  House,  Ohio, 
for  which  a  site  has  been  secured.  Work 
is  scheduled  to  begin  as  soon  as  materials 
become  available.  .  .  .  The  new  Rossville 
theatre,  at  Hamilton,  Ohio,  opened  about  60 
days  ago,  now  is  operating  from  6:30  P.M. 
weekdays,  except  Saturdays,  Sundays  and 
holidays,  instead  of  opening  at  1 :30  P.M., 
as  heretofore. 

CLEVELAND 

The  more  varied  attractions  offered  in  the 
downtown  area,  the  better  business  there  is 
at  the  theatres.  Last  week  baseball,  football, 
the  Ice  Capades,  and  a  local  operetta  com- 
pany all  bid  for  patronage.  Result  was  a 
holiday  atmosphere,  abetted  by  an  unseason- 
al  cold  spell,  that  drew  people  downtown. 
All  of  the  first  runs  reported  good  attend- 
ance. Neighborhoods,  however,  report  a 
drop.  They  attribute  it  to  the  boost  in  liv- 
ing costs  and  the  increasing  difficulty  of  ad- 
justing the  pay  envolpe  to  the  cost  of  food. 
.  .  .  William  N.  Skirball  is  in  from  his  west 
coast  ranch  to  see  that  his  theatre  circuit  is 
O.K.  .  .  .  Mike  Cullen,  who  pinch  hit  for 
Charles  Raymond  as  Loew  theatre  district 
manager,  has  been  assigned  to  the  Kansas 
City-St.  Louis,  Indianapolis-Louisville  dis- 
trict, with  headquarters  in  Kansas  City. 

Dave  Miller  and  Lester  Zucker  will  be 
guests  of  honor  at  a  testimonial  dinner  to  be 
held  at  the  Statler  Hotel  October  28.  Oc- 
casion is  Mr.  Miller's  transfer  to  the  Uni- 
versal Buffalo-Albany-New  Haven  district, 
and  Mr.  Zucker's  change  of  allegiance  from 
Columbia  branch  manager  to  be  a  member  of 
the  Rank-Universal  organization  as  district 
manager. 

COLUMBUS 

Downtown  theatres  were  dealt  a  stinging 
blow  when  transit  operators  of  the  Colum- 
bus &  Southern  Ohio  Electric  Co.  walked 
out,  halting  local  street  car  and  bus  service. 
Theatres  reported  business  off  from  25  to  50 
per  cent.  Especially  hard  hit  was  the  Pal- 
ace, with  its  first  stage  show  of  the  season, 
"Star  and  Garter  Revue."  Neighborhood 
theatres  weren't  hit  nearly  so  much  since 
most  patrons  of  these  theatres  live  within 
walking  distance.  At  present  time  there  was 
still  no  sign  of  a  settlement. 

J.  Walter  Jeffrey,  member  of  the  family 
that  founded  the  Teffrev  Manufacturing  Co.. 


has  acquired  the  Olentangy  Theatre  Build- 
ing on  North  High  Street.  .  .  .  New  1,400- 
seat  theatre  costing  $200,000  will  be  erected 
at  Galion  by  Henry  Fickenshare,  manager 
of  the  State  and  Ohio  .  .  .  buildings  now  on 
the  site  will  be  razed  within  six  months  to 
make  way  for  the  new  theatre.  .  .  .  Bur- 
lesque's local  debut  has  been  postponed  to 
October  25  in  the  newly-named  Gayety  thea- 
tre, formerly  the  Knickerbocker. 

Autumn  and  winter  stage  attractions  due 
at  the  Palace  include  Ray  McKinley  and 
his  orchestra,  the  Modernaires,  Freddie 
Slack  and  his  band  with  Ella  Mae  Morse, 
the  bands  of  Frankie  Carle,  Gene  Krupa  and 
Cab  Calloway,  and  Mickey  Rooney,  himself. 
.  .  .  John  C.  Cassidy,  chief  of  the  motion 
picture  division  of  the  Veterans  Administra- 
tion, Washington,  was  in  town  recently  con- 
ferring with  Cecil  Sansbury,  branch  VA 
film  chief.  .  .  .  Local  friends  of  William  H. 
Elder,  former  Ohio  manager,  are  congratu- 
lating him  on  his  appointment  as  manager 
of  Loew's  Penn,  Pittsburgh. 

PALLAS 

Film  business  here  has  been  somewhat 
spotty  with  the  suburbans  getting  brisker 
trade  proportionately  than  the  downtown 
houses.  Downtown  houses  showed  a  little 
less  than  average  grosses.  "Till  the  End  of 
Time"  got  $14,500.  At  the  Majestic  where 
"Holiday  in  Mexico"  played  the  house  lost 
about  $900,  on  the  day  that  Walter  Pidgeon 
made  two  personal  appearances,  because  the 
normal  turnover  of  five  times  daily  was  cut 
to  three.  The  customers  came  in  early  to 
see  the  star  and  stayed  through  two  show- 
ings of  the  film.  The  week's  figure  was 
around  $16,000.  Two  suburbans,  the  Village 
and  Lakewood,  showing  the  British  import, 
"The  Man  in  Grey"  simultaneously  report 
good  business  at  both  houses,  which  are  in 
widely  separated  areas.  .  .  .  The  Wilshire, 
Interstate's  800-seat  house,  opened  this  week 
with  all  the  trimmings  of  a  premiere,  with 
the  first  Texas  broadcast  demonstration  of 
television  in  the  lobby  as  an  added  attrac- 
tion. 

DENVER 

Business  was  off  only  slightly  because  of  a 
rain  Saturday  night.  .  .  .  R.  O.  Beck,  own- 
er several  Denver  shoe  repair  shops,  buys 


Rialto,  Haxtun,  Colo.,  from  L.  L.  Mutchie. 
.  .  .  George  Frantz  pinch-hitting  for  Sam 
Langwith,  owner  Service  and  Supply  Co., 
who  with  Mrs.  Langwith,  owner  Mines  thea- 
tre, Idaho  Springs,  Colo.,  taking  trip  east 
for  business  and  pleasure.  .  .  .  John  Ander- 
sen, former  exchange  and  theatre  man,  and 
Abel  Davis,  Roxy  owner,  have  applied  for 
permit  to  build  new  theatre  in  Denver. 
Hearing  set  for  October  28.  .  .  .  Noel  Sitton 
opens  new  Empire  theatre,  Dove  Creek, 
Colo. 

Max  Noel,  who  has  been  making  special 
survey  for  the  Retiscope  Screen  Co.  since 
his  discharge  from  the  Navy,  has  been 
named  their  special  representative  here.  .  .  . 
Chet  Bell,  Paramount  exchange  manager,  is 
spending  more  time  each  day  at  the  ex- 
change since  his  recent  operation.  He  is 
getting  his  strength  back  slowly.  .  .  .  E.  K. 
Menagh  has  reopened  the  Star,  Ft.  Lupton, 
Colo.,  after  doing  a  remodel  and  decorating 
job.  .  .  .  Archie  Goldstein,  Palm  owner,  is 
experimenting  with  16mm  product,  both  for- 
eign and  U.  S.,  on  weekends.  .  .  .  Out-of- 
town  theatre  folks  seen  on  Film  Row  includ- 
ed Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Lind,  Rifle,  Colo.; 
Reuben  Stroh,  Telluride,  Colo.;  R.  D.  Er- 
vin,  Kremmling,  Colo. ;  Ed  Schulte  and  Clar- 
ence Chidley,  Casper,  Wyo. ;  C.  S.  Horn 
and  Paul  Morgan,  Hay  Springs,  Neb.;  Mi- 
chael Kelloff,  Aguilar,  Colo. ;  L.  L.  Mutchie, 
Haxtun,  Colo. 

PES  MOINES 

All  three  downtown  "A"  houses  here  did 
above  average  business  last  week  with  Dan- 
ny Kaye  in  "The  Kid  from  Brooklyn"  lead- 
ing the  field  75  per  cent  over  normal.  This 
picture  was  held  over  for  a  second  week  at 
the  Orpheum  theatre.  .  .  .  Winners  of  the 
Tri-States  Thirteenth  Anniversary  contest 
were  announced  by  the  corporation's  offi- 
cials, with  Bill  Miskell  named  winning  dis- 
trict manager.  .  .  .  Tri-States'  A.  H.  Blank 
and  Mrs.  Blank  celebrated  their  41st  wed- 
ding anniversary  September  20. 

The  local  school  board  is  enlarging  its 
visual  aid  library,  with  education  by  motion 
picture  becoming  more  and  more  popular  in 
the  school  system  here.  .  .  .  Allied  Indepen- 
dent Theatre  Owners  of  Iowa  and  Nebras- 
ka have  announced  plans  for  their  midyear 
convention,  to  be  held  at  the  Hotel  Fort  Des 
Moines  October  28  and  29.  .  .  .  At  Mason 
City,  Iowa,  an  ordinance  was  passed  limit- 
ing advertising  on  theatre  screens  to  two 
minutes.  .  .  .  Iowa  employment  registered  a 
gain  of  3.3  per  cent  during  August  as  com- 
pared with  July,  according  to  the  state  com- 
missioner of  labor's  report.  .  .  .  Clyde  Fair- 
less,  60,  Orpheum  theatre  stage  manager, 
died  last  week.  He  had  been  a  stage  man- 
ager for  the  Orpheum  circuit  here  since  it 
was  established  in  1907. 


DETROIT 

Detroit's  prosperity  index — employment'  in 
the  automotive  industry — took  a  severe  jolt 
this  week  with  major  layoffs  at  Chrysler 
and  Briggs.  Citing  lack  of  steel  as  the  cause, 
workers  have  been  told  layoffs  will  extend 
into  late  November.  Chrysler  layoffs  ap- 
proximate 25,000,  while  Briggs  cut  about  7,- 
000  from  the  payrolls.  Hourly  and  salaried 
employees  were  affected  in  both  instances. 
Unless  the  strike  situation  in  steel  and  pow- 
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er,  as  well  as  with  suppliers,  improves  dras- 
tically and  maintains  an  even  tenor,  Detroit 
business  may  be  far  from  good  the  coming 
winter  months. 

J.  Frederick  Wuerth,  prominent  Ann  Ar- 
bor business  man  for  50  years,  and  formerly 
owner  of  the  Wuerth  and  Orpheum  theatres, 
died  recently.  .  .  .  Fred  E.  Witters  has  sold 
his  two  Saginaw  theatres,  the  Court  and  the 
Janes  theatres,  to  a  Detroit  company  headed 
by  Fred  E.  Bonnem.  .  .  .  George  J.  Bach- 
mann,  Mrs.  E.  Bachmann  and  George  Daly 
have  formed  the  Richfield  Development 
Company  for  construction  of  a  560-seat  thea- 
tre in  Kearsley.  .  .  .  The  new  Budd  theatre, 
Harrison,  held  its  formal  opening  with  War- 
ren Millard,  manager,  greeting  the  first- 
nighters. 

HARTFORD 

Quite  a  few  meetings  were  held  in  this 
territory  last  week — All  Hartford  theatre 
managers  and  owners  gathered  at  Warner 
Circuit  Hartford  District  Manager  Henry 
L.  Needles'  office  in  the  American  Industrial 
Building  to  discuss  coming  Hartford  Com- 
munity Chest  and  Fire  Prevention  co-opera- 
tion. ...  In  Providence  last  week  theatre 
managers  from  M&P  Circuit  District  Man- 
agers Hy  Fine's  and  Ben  Rosenberg's  areas 
discussed  fall  drive. 

Trade  reports  in  Hartford  last  week  were 
that  Bob  Hope  has  been  booked  for  a  tenta- 
tive five-day  tour  of  New  England  states  in 
mid-October,  with  such  cities  as  Hartford, 
New  Haven,  Providence,  Portland,  Me.,  and 
Boston  tentatively  scheduled  for  the  tour.  .  .  . 
Ernie  Grecula,  who's  in  charge  of  advertis- 
ing and  publicity  for  Hartford  Theatres  Cir- 
cuit, Hartford,  and  George  Smith,  that  cir- 
cuit's maintenance  director,  were  in  New 
York  the  other  day. 

Booking  in  New  Haven:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Al 
Schuman,  Phyllis  Selvin,  Hartford  Theatres 
Circuit;  Marshall  Stauffer,  Newington,  New- 
ington ;  Maurice  Schulman,  Webster  and 
Rivoli,  Hartford.  .  .  .  Amateur  nights  get 
under  way  on  October  18  at  the  Astor  in 
East  Hartford. 

INDIANAPOLIS 

There's  still  not  much  excitement  around 
downtown  box  offices  here.  The  biggest  take 
last  week  was  a  moderate  $14,500'  for  the  bill 
headed  by  "Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee"  at 
the  Indiana.  All  first-run  houses  are  cur- 
rently playing  double  features,  after  having 
practically  abandoned  the  practice.  .  .  .  The 
Associated  Theatre  Owners  of  Indiana  have 
announced  that  a  trade  show,  the  first  since 
1940,  will  be  held  in  conjunction  with  their 
20th  annual  convention  at  the  Hotel  Severin 
here  November  19-20.  .  .  .  Marc  Wolf, 
Manny  Marcus  and  Oscar  Kushner  will  rep- 
resent local  show  business  at  the  first  two 
games  of  the  World  Series  in  St.  Louis.  .  .  . 
Rex  Carr,  city  manager  of  the  Marcus  group, 
has  vacated  his  office  in  the  Alamo,  which 
goes  to  its  new  owner,  Joe  Cantor,  Novem- 
ber 1.  Rex  is  set  up  now  in  the  Sachs  Build- 
ing. .  .  .  Charles  Fred  Boyd,  manager  of  the 
Ritz,  died  October  4  after  a  brief  illness. 
He  was  a  native  of  Charleston,  S.  C.  .  .  . 
The  Variety  Club  reopened  Monday  night, 
featuring  a  new  sandwich  bar  and  screening 
room.  .  .  .  John  Keller,  formerly  of  War- 
ners, is  new  booker  at  RKO  ♦ 


KANSAS  CITY 

The  City  Welfare  Department  of  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  opened  October  7  the  tenth  ©f  a 
group  of  community  centers  and  teen-age 
clubs  inaugurated  promptly  upon  relaxation 
of  restrictions  required  by  the  polio  situation. 
Before  the  end  of  October,  25  of  these  cen- 
ters will  be  in  operation,  some  open  every 
day,  some  one  night  a  week.  Exhibitors  are 
stepping  up  plans  for  drawing  youth  to  thea- 
tres who  had  been  temporarily  kept  away  by 
polio  anxiety. 

Chet  Borg,  for  more  than  15  years  with 
Warner  Brothers  branch  here,  who  resigned 
recently,  is  going  into  exhibition  as  a  full- 
time  job.  He  has  bought  the  interests  of  his 
father,  Charles  S.  Borg,  in  the  Olaza,  Apple- 
ton  City,  Mo.,  has  moved  his  family  there. 
He  also  will  assist  his  father  in  the  opera- 
tion of  the  latter's  Lowry  theatre,  Lowry 
City,  Mo.,  and  the  Civic,  Osceola,  Mo.,  soon 
to  be  opened.  .  .  .  Jerry  Drake,  operating  the 
Ritz  theatre  at  Bolivar,  Mo.,  erecting  a  new 
theatre  there,  work  on  which  has  been  de- 
laved  several  months.  It  may  be  opened  by 
January  1,  1947. 

Edward  Mansfield,  manager  of  Greater 
Kansas  City  theatres  for  Commonwealth, 
has  been  named  manager  of  the  newly  cre- 
ated city  division.  .  .  .  First-run  theatres  are 
putting  on  their  screens  this  week,  Fire  Pre- 
vention Week,  a  trailer  supplied  by  the  Fire 
Department.  The  talk  made  to  the  Kansas 
Missouri  Theatre  Association  October  2  by 
Finton  Jones,  specialist  in  insurance  for 
theatres,  was  especially  timely.  .  .  .  Ernest 
Block,  for  more  than  15  years  a  film  sales- 
man with  Kansas  City  exchanges,  out  of  field 
work  for  the  past  year,  is  back  on  Film  Row, 
as  salesman  for  Columbia,  replacing  Maurice 
Shackelford,  recently  named  branch  manager 
for  PRC. 

LOS  ANGELES 

Grosses  continued  on  the  upbeat,  despite 
the  first  showers  and  cloudy  weather  of  the 
season.  ...  A  new  first  run  was  added  to  the 
20th-Fox  exclusive  day-and-date  trio  when 
the  Loyola  was  opened  by  Charles  P.  Skou- 
ras'  Fox  West  Coast.  The  debut  made  it  a 
quartet  for  "Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue," 
along  with  the  Chinese,  State  and  Uptown. 
.  .  .  There  was  another  sharp  drop  in  polio- 
myelitis cases.    The  General  Hospital  re- 


ported only  two  new  cas<is  in  a  total  of  134 
under  treatment,  with  15  released.  There 
were  no  deaths.  .  .  .  Western  Theatres  has 
bought  the  Crenshaw,  on  the  boulevard  of 
that  name.  .  .  .  Ted  R.  Gamble  returned  to 
Portland  after  several  days  here  on  personal 
business.  He  was  to  leave  there  this  week 
for  New  York  to  be  on  hand  for  develop- 
ments in  the  anti-trust  suit  and  the  ATA's 
part  therein. 

Paul  Williams,  counsel  for  the  Southern 
California  Theatre  Owners  Association,  is 
back  from  New  York  and  Washington  for  a 
report  to  his  directors  on  progress  of  the  as- 
sociation's move  to  intervene  in  the  New 
York  suit.  .  .  .  Robert  H.  Poole,  executive 
director  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Conference  of 
Independent  Theatre  Owners,  and  Hugh 
Bruen  of  the  ITO  of  Southern  California, 
are  back  from  the  CIEA  meeting  in  Wash- 
ington and  making  plans  for  huddles  with 
their  members.  .  .  .  Tom  Connors,  \20th-Fox 
vice-president  in  charge  of  distribution,  ar- 
rived in  Los  Angeles  for  talks  with  the  local 
sales  force  between  chores  at  the  studio. 

Harry  Thomas,  PRC  president,  is  due  at 
the  local  exchange.  He  is  moving  headquar- 
ters from  New  York.  .  .  .  Localites  are  spec- 
ulating on  how  long  Besa  Short  will  be  able 
to  keep  out  of  the  business.  For  years  head 
of  the  Interstate  Circuit's  shorts  department 
in  Dallas,  she  has  come  here  to  be  with  hus- 
band Paul,  a  director  at  Paramount. 

MEMPHIS 

Theatre  attendance  at  downtown  first  run 
houses  continued  an  upward  climb  last  week 
for  the  second  consecutive  week.  All  four 
major  houses,  Malco,  Warner,  Loew's  State 
and  Loew's  Palace,  reported  better  business 
than  the  previous  week.  Three  of  the  four 
had  business  as  good  as  the  same  week  a 
year  ago.  Warner  held  over  for  a  second 
week  "Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee."  Malco 
brought  the  first  vaudeville  to  the  Memphis 
stage  in  more  than  a  year  when  the  A.  B. 
Marcus  La  Vie  Paree  girl  show  opened  last 
weekend.  Neighborhood  theatres  reported  a 
slight  increase  in  attendance  last  week  fol- 
lowing a  sharp  drop  which  came  with  the 
opening  of  public  schools. 

M.  A.  Lightman,  Sr.,  president  of  Malco 
Theatres,  Inc.,  was  back  at  his  desk  a  few 
hours  each  day  last  week  after  an  extended 
rest  ordered  by  his  doctors.  .  .  .  Doak  Rob- 
erts, district  manager  of  Warner  Bros., 
Dallas,  and  Norman  H.  Ayers,  division 
sales  manager,  New  York,  dropped  in  at  the 
Memphis  exchange.  .  .  .  Variety  Club  Tent 
20  dedicated  its  new  quarters  at  Hotel  Ga- 
yoso  last  week  with  Chief  Barker  Herb 
Kohn,  Malco  official,  master  of  ceremonies. 
.  .  .  Mid-South  exhibitors  shopping  on  Film 
Row  included :  Grady  Cook,  Joy  theatre, 
Pontotoc,  Miss. ;  W.  F.  Ruffin,  Ruffin  theatre, 
Covington,  Tenn. ;  Louise  Mask,  Luez  thea- 
tre, Bolivar,  Tenn.,  and  J.  C.  Mohrstadt, 
Missouri  theatre,  Hayti,  Mo. 

MINNEAPOLIS 

Theatre  business  in  Minneapolis  and 
throughout  the  northwest  has  just  about  re- 
turned to  normal,  compared  to  the  corre- 
sponding period  of  last  year,  after  an  over- 
all loss  of  about  20  per  cent  during  the  recent 
infantile  paralysis  epidemic.  "Notorious" 
and  "The  Big  Sleep"  have  been  recent  top 
films,  and  one  Loop  theatre,  the  Gopher,  has 

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nng  Berlins  "Blue  Skies"  in  Technicolor  starring  Bing  Crosby,  Fred  Astaire,  Joan  Caulfield  with  Billy  De  Wolfe,  Olga  San  Juan,  Lyrics 
d  Music  by  Irving  Berlin,  Produced  by  Sol  C.  Siegel,  Directed  by  Stuart  Heisler,  Screen  Play  by  Arthur  Sheekman,  Adaptation  by  Allen  Scott 


(Continued  from  page  40) 
been  doing  better  than  average  business  with 
a  series  of  reissues.  .  .  .  Ben  Berger,  North 
Central  Allied  president,  back  from  the  na- 
tional Allied  convention  in  Boston,  said  the 
prospects  of  various  groups  of  independents 
joining  into  one  central  organization  are 
"very  favorable."  .  .  .  Max  Roth,  eastern 
sales  manager  for  PRC,  made  a  business 
trip  to  the  Minneapolis  exchange.  .  .  .  Robert 
Mans  has  been  named  manager  of  the  new 
Mans-O'Reilly  theatre,  the  Harbor,  at  Two 
Harbors,  Minn. 

Perry  Smoot,  formerly  with  20th  Century- 
Fox  at  Omaha,  has  joined  the  Monogram 
sales  staff  here.  .  .  .  Dale  C.  Cohn  will  man- 
age the  Superior  at  Superior,  Wis.,  a  Berger 
Amusement  Co.  house.  .  .  .  Several  new 
theatres  are  being  built  throughout  the  terri- 
tory, and  many  others  being  reopened  after 
wartime  shutdowns. 

NEW  ORLEANS 

The  St.  Charles  theatre  here  opened  its 
1946-'47  stage  show-screen  presentation  pol- 
icy September  25  with  A.  B.  Marcus  Show, 
1946  Edition  "La  Vie  Paree"  on  the  stage 
and  "It's  Great  To  Be  Young"  on  the  screen. 
.  .  .  Notables  of  the  film  industry  who  par- 
ticipated in  the  recent  three-day  Louisiana 
Good  Will  Air  Tour  which  was  sponsored  by 
the  New  Orleans  Young  Men's  Business 
Club  and  the  Civil  Air  Patrol  were  Wing 
Commander  Lt.  William  Prewitt  of  Asso- 
ciated Theatres,  Joy  N.  Houck  of  Joy  Thea- 
tres, William  Cobb  of  Exhibitors  Poster 
Exchange,  and  A.  J.  Broussard  of  Bruce 
Theatre,  Crowley,  La.,  each  piloting  his  own 
plane.  .  .  .  C.  T.  Haynes  and  H.  E.  Jackson 
opened  a  new  300-seat  theatre,  the  Lyric,  in 
Ellisville,  Miss.,  October  1. 

G.  S.  Kennedy  has  been  assigned  the 
Louisiana  film  area  as  salesman  for  20th- 
Fox.  He  was  formerly  their  booker,  with 
Henry  Harrell  now  in  that  post.  .  .  .  Oscar 
Oldnow,  vice  president,  western  and  south- 
ern district  manager  of  National  Theatre 
Supply  Company,  visiting  a  few  days  here  to 
present  personally  the  20-year  service  pin  to 
their  manager,  Tom  Nealy,  Sr.,  on  his  anni- 
versary. 

Recent  out-of-town  visitors  and  shoppers 
in  the  colony  were:  Mr.  &  Mrs.  Charles 
Levy  of  the  Harlem  theatre,  Thibodaux,  La. ; 
Mr.  &  Mrs.  A.  L.  Royal  of  Meridian,  Miss. ; 
Billy  Johnson,  Pollack,  La.;  Nick  Lamantia, 
Bogalusa,  La.;  Jimmy  Tringas  of  Ft.  Wal- 
ton, Fla. ;  L.  E.  Downing,  Brookhaven, 
Miss. ;  Pix  Mosely,  Picayune,  Miss. ;  Tracy 
Barnett,  DeKalb,  Miss.;  Louis  Watts,  Oil 
City,  La. ;  Al  Morgan  of  the  Fred  McLyndon 
circuit  in  Alabama,  Mr.  &  Mrs.  W.  A.  Hen- 
drix  of  Monroeville,  Ala.,  and  Mr..  Williams 
of  the  State  theatre,  Jackson,  Miss. 

OMAHA 

Box  offices  this  week  held  to  a  fairly  even 
keel.  20th-Fox  has  promoted  booker  Pat 
Halloran  to  salesman  and  Tod  Kuntzelman, 
shipping  clerk,  to  booker.  Ruth  Coren  is  a 
new  general  clerk.  .  .  .  G.  Ralph  Branton, 
Tri-States  general  manager  from  Des 
Moines,  and  booker  Dale  McFarland  were 
in  Omaha.  .  .  .  Joe  Jacobs,  Columbia  branch 
manager,  left  to  visit  Los  Angeles.  .  .  . 
Ralph  Falkinburg,  who  owns  the  Lexington 
theatres,  is  visiting  at  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City 
and  Chicago.  .  .  .  The  American  Legion  is 
starting  a  new  auditorium  at  Sioux  Center, 


la.  C.  V.  Van  Steenwyk  will  manage  the 
Legion's  theatre,  which  temporarily  is  lo- 
cated in  the  City  Hall.  .  .  .  Merrill  Fie, 
owner  of  the  George  theatre,  George,  la., 
has  enrolled  at  the  University  of  Nebraska. 
His  father  will  handle  the  theatre  while  he 
is  gone. 

PITTSBURGH 

Theatre  men  controlling  houses  in  the 
downtown  district  are  becoming  more  and 
more  worried  as  the  power  strike  shows  no 
signs  of  coming  to  an  end.  With  bus  and 
street-car  transportation  at  a  complete  stand- 
still very  few  patrons  are  attending  the  first 
run  houses  and  grosses  are  off  more  than  50 
per  cent.  The  situation  also  is  causing  a 
tremendous  backlog  in  first  run  production. 
Many  of  the  houses  being  content  to  string 
along  with  what  they  have  had  for  the  past 
two  weeks. 

While  the  downtown  averages  are  hitting 
an  all-time  low,  theatres  in  the  outlying  dis- 
tricts and  suburbs  are  cleaning  up.  Which 
is  only  natural  since  only  those  with  auto- 
mobiles can  travel.  And  automobiles  have 
the  town  jam-packed  despite  the  fact  that 
all  department  stores  are  closed  and  few 
places  of  business  are  open. 

Ed  Lurie  was  in  town  beating  drums  for 
Monogram's  "Suspense,"  which  is  headed 
for  the  Fulton  theatre  when  things  become 
normal.  .  .  .  William  H.  Elder  of  New  Haven 
has  replaced  Frank  Murphy  as  manager  of 
Loew's  Penn  theatre,  who  resigned  to  be- 
come part  owner  of  a  radio  station  in  Day- 
ton, O.  Mr.  Elder  comes  here  from  Colum- 
bus ;  he  has  served  as  assistant  manager  at 
Loew  houses  in  New  Haven,  Harrisburg, 
Indianapolis  and  Kansas  City. 

SAN  ANTONIO 

After  a  big  week  at  the  Majestic  theatre, 
Universal's  "Canyon  Passage"  was  a  hold- 
over at  the  Texas  for  a  second  week.  First 
runs  continue  to  do  good  business  with  the 
back  to  school  and  work  not  showing  much 
gain  or  loss  at  the  box  office  yet. 

First  runs :  "Holiday  in  Mexico"  at  the 
Majestic  opened  strong.  "Claudia  and 
David"  ran  a  close  second  at  the  Aztec  in 
spite  of  unsettled  weather.  Only  one  return 
engagement  film  was  shown  for  a  three-day 
stand,  that  was  "Home  in  Indiana"  at  the 
Empire,  which  replaced  "Night  Train  to 
Memphis."  .  .  .  Stage  attractions  are  getting 


a  good  play  at  the  Municipal  Auditoriun 
Harry  James  brought  the  cash  customer  t 
from  miles  around  for  his  one-night  stand  \ 
Red  River  Dave  with  his  stage  show  playj 
a  one-nighter  October  3;  Susana  Guizaij 
Mexican  film  star,  does  a  benefit  show  Cc, 
lumbus  Day,  and  the  Polack  Bros.  Circii' 
goes  in  this  same  spot  for  the  week  starting 
October  14.  .  .  .  Hollywood  "sneak"  pre| 
views  have  been  inaugurated  at  the  Majesti] 
each  Wednesday  night.  Patrons  attendin;! 
see  two  first  runs  for  the  price  of  one. 

ST.  LOUIS 


Box  offices  took  severe  punishment  ii 
St.  Louis  last  week  as  the  Cardinals  tied  an< 
later  defeated  Brooklyn  Dodgers  for  tb 
National  League  pennant.  And  the  busines 
isn't  expected  to  be  bolstered  by  the  Worl< 
Series  here,  either.  As  a  result  of  all  th 
baseball  fever  sweeping  the  city,  the  grosse 
were  just  average  last  week. 

The  St.  Louis  Star-Times,  one  of  tw<  I  ■ 
afternoon  papers,  has  started  an  alphabetica 
directory  of  film  attractions,  including  neigh  '  : 
borhood  houses  as  well  as  first  run.  .  .  .  The 
Royal  theatre  at  Pacific,  Mo.,  has  closed  it 
cooperation  with  a  citywide  movement  te  ij 
check  the  spread  of  polio.  .  .  .  For  the  firs 
time  in  many  years  the  American  theatre  I  1 
only  legitimate  house  in  the  city,  has  bookec 
an  attraction  for  more  than  one  or  twc;  | 
weeks.    "Voice  of  the  Turtle"  will  play  foi 
four  weeks.  .  .  .  Jack  Martin  has  joined  the  ! 
Republic  sales  staff  in  St.  Louis,  replacing! 
Don  Hicks,  who  joined  the  city  sales  staff  ofl 
Paramount.  .  .  .  Loew's  Orpheum  last  weelj 
began  a  series  of  revivals,   starting  witl 
"Captains  Courageous."    The  policy  of  re 
vivals  has  been  successful  here  at  the  St 
Louis  theatre,  Fanchon  &  Marco  first  run 

A  new  350-seat  theatre  to  be  known  as  the ; 
New  Art  theater  and  with  a  policy  similar  tc  [ 
that  of  the  Little  Carnegie,  New  York,  wil  ] 
be  erected  in  the  residential  West  End  dis 
trict  by   Sam   Komm  for  Ruby  S'Renco 
S'Renco  now  operates  the  Art  theatre,  a  113 
seat  house,  with  foreign  films  and  trade 
screenings.     Hugh    McKenzie    has  beer 
named  district  advertising  and  publicity  mar 
for  RKO  Radio  Pictures,  succeeding  Ec 
Terhune,  transferred  to  Dallas. 

WASHINGTON 

Brisk  weather  has  given  an  impetus  to 
local  business.  Holdovers  were :  "Holiday 
in  Mexico"  at  Loew's  Palace ;  "The  Killers" 
at  RKO  Keith's;  "Two  Guys  from  Milwau-j 
kee"  at  Warner's  Earle ;  "Specter  of  thei 
Rose"  at  Sidney  Lust's  Hippodrome  Thea- 
tre. Sol  Sorkin,  manager  of  RKO  Keith's 
put  in  "From  Courtship  to  Courthouse"  the 
latest  in  the  "This  Is  America"  series,  for 
the  second  week  of  "The  Killers."  New 
opening  was  "The  Searching  Wind"  at 
Loew's  Capitol. 

A  world  premiere  of  "Cloak  and  Dagger" 
and  "Last  Bomb"  were  held  at  the  Earle 
Wednesday  evening  with  all  seats  available 
to  the  general  public.  Gen.  Carl  A.  Spaatz, 
commanding  general  of  the  AAF  was  an 
honored  guest  in  addition  to  prominent 
members  of  the  Cabinet,  Diplomatic  Corps 
and  Army  and  Navy.  .  .  .  Some  1,200  at- 
tended the  funeral  for  George  H.  O'Connor, 
honorary  barker  of  the  Variety  Club,  and 
famous  for  years  in  Washington  as  the 
troubador  who  sang  for  every  president 
from  McKinlev  to  Truman. 


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that  "THE  DARK  MIRROR" 

and  "TEMPTATION"  are 
now  completed. 

Prints  are  available 
for  screening  in  our 
exchanges. 


Olivia 


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British  Product 
Now  Outgrosses 


SEEK  SHOWDOWN 
ON  BRITISH  CRITICS 


Metro  Bans  Reviewer  of 
BBC;  She  Talks  Suit  as 
Industry  Watches 

by  PETER  BURNUP 

in  London 

Our  little  Olympians,  the  radio  and  news- 
paper critics,  are  in  a  ferment;  MGM  hav- 
ing politely  but  firmly  banned  the  B.B.C. 
critic  from  their  press  shows.  It's  a  quarrel 
that's  been  long  a-brewing.  Dirty  cracks 
lately  have  been  more  and  more  taken  in 
popular  newspapers  and  over  the  air  at  the 
expense  of  pictures  which  subsequently  have 
earned  enormous  box  office  esteem. 

It  has  become  the  recognised  practice 
among  a  section  of  the  critics  to  launch  a 
hearty  slam  at  any  offering  which  appears 
to  contain  the  ingredients  of  popular  suc- 
cess ;  newspaper  writers  going  so  far  as  to 
aver  that  it's  their  job  to  lift  their  readers' 
minds  out  of  the  slush  of  novelettish  senti- 
mentality. 

Attitude  Out  of  Place 

Say  film  executives,  that  attitude  of  lofty 
disdain  is  all  very  well  in  organs  of  limited 
and  intellectual  appeal,  but  it's  entirely  out 
of  place  in  sheets  which  cater  for  the  mil- 
lion; still  more  inappropriate  over  the  radio. 
Distributors  have  gone  on  record  with  the 
sentiment  that  the  B.B.C.  has  a  willful  down 
on  the  film  industry ;  permits  if  not  delibe- 
rately encourages  its  commentators  to  sneer 
at  popular  films. 

The  matter  came  to  a  pretty  head  when 
the  radio  critic — she's  a  lady  named  Mrs. 
Arbuthnot  Arnot-Robertson — dealt  with 
Metro's  "Green  Years"  in  scathing  terms. 
"When  will  Hollywood  learn  that  to  make 
things  larger  and  lumpier  than  life  is 
simply  to  diminish  their  effect?"  was  one 
of  the  lady's  less  scornful  comments  on  this 
occasion. 

Metro  Hits  Back 

MGM  quickly  got  off  the  mark  with  their 
protest  in  a  letter'  to  the  B.B.C.'s  Talks  Di- 
rector couched  as  follows : 

"We  regret  to  inform  you  that,  in  our 
judgment,  based  upon  a  considerable  num- 
ber of  talks  given  by  Mrs.  Arnot-Robertson, 
that  critic  is  completely  out  of  touch  with 
the  tastes  and  entertainment  requirements  of 
the  picture-going  millions,  who  are  also 
radio  listeners,  and  her  criticisms  are  on  the 
whole  harmful  to  the  film  industry. 

In  these  circumstances  we  propose  not  to 
invite  Mrs.  Robertson  to  review  Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer  films  in  future,  and  we 
would  ask  your  kind  cooperation  in  restrain- 
ing her  from  doing  so  in  B.B.C.  broadcasts." 

To  date  the  B.B.C.  has  made  no  overt 


reply  to  the  communication,  but  the  Critics' 
Circle  has  been  extremely  busy.  Mrs. 
Robertson  hurried  off  to  her  attorney,  who 
sent  a  letter  to  MGM  claiming  the  latter's 
published  protest  to  be  defamatory  and  ac- 
tionable. 

Ask  Apology  and  Damages 

In  their  communication  the  lawyers  re- 
quest Metro : 

"(a)  To  give  a  written  unqualified 
apology  to  our  client  withdrawing  the  al- 
legations, such  apology  to  be  given  full 
publicity. 

"(b)  To  give  an  undertaking  not  to  re- 
peat the  defamation. 

"(c)  To  indicate  that  you  are  willing  to 
pay  reasonable  compensation  to  Mrs.  Arnot- 
Robertson  for  the  damage  which  your  letter 
has  caused." 

Clearly,  Metro  cannot  withdraw  from  its 
position.  So,  if  Mrs.  Robertson  wants  to 
maintain  her  stand,  the  matter  will  require 
to  be  ventilated  in  the  law  courts ;  which, 
in  the  opinion  of  film  executives,  will  be  all 
to  the  good. 

The  trade  generally  has  become  restive 
under  the  incessant  barrage  of  sneers,  is 
desirous  of  an  early  showdown.  The  matter 
was  to  be  debated  at  the  October  10  K.R.S. 
meeting  when,  it  was  anticipated,  drastic 
steps  would  be  taken  to  curb  the  damaging 
outgoings  of  some  lay  press  critics. 

British  Kodak  Working 
On  24-Hour  Basis 

Kodak,  Ltd.,  British  subsidiary  of  East- 
man Kodak  Company,  at  present  is  working 
24  hours  a  day,  seven  days  a  week,  to  meet 
the  British  demand  for  motion  picture  and 
other  photographic  goods,  according  to  Don- 
ald McMaster,  deputy  chairman  of  the  board 
of  directors  and  joint  European  general 
manager,  who  is  visiting  this  country.  Mr. 
McMaster  predicted  it  would  be  several 
years  before  production  caught  up  with  de- 
mand, despite  the  fact  that  production  has 
broken  all  peacetime  records.  Kodak,  he 
said,  is  definitely  planning  expansion  of 
manufacturing  facilities  in  Britain,  but  the 
program  is  being  held  up  by  shifting  world 
conditions. 

Zukor,  Ginsberg  To  Confer 
With  Rank  in  London 

Adolph  Zukor,  Paramount  board  chair- 
man, and  Henry  Ginsberg,  studio  chief,  are 
scheduled  to  arrive  in  London  about  Octo- 
ber 29  from  New  York  to  discuss  Para- 
mount's  British  production  plans  with  J. 
Arthur  Rank,  it  was  reported.  Their  trip  is 
ostensibly  concerned  with  with  a  motion  pic- 
ture Royal  Command  performance  at  Me- 
tro's Empire  theatre. 


U.S.,  Says  Rank 

London  Bureau 

Following  on  similar  reports  on  an  in- 
creased box  office  for  British  films  in  the 
British  market  comes  a  statement  to  the 
same  effect  from  J.  Arthur  Rank. 

In  his  statement  to  Odeon  stockholders, 
Mr.  Rank  says :  "You  will  be  interested  to 
know  that  the  net  average  box  office  receipts 
per  theatre  week  for  British  films  now  ex- 
ceeds that  of  our  foreign  supplies." 

Mr.  Rank's  statement  relates,  of  course, 
only  to  receipts  at  his  Odeon  and  Gaumont- 
British  theatres,  but  analysis  of  returns  from 
independent  exhibitors  all  over  the  country 
shows  a  similar  picture. 

British  films  are  undoubtedly  on  an  up- 
ward graph  compared  with  their  Hollywood 
rivals. 

The  full  report  of  the  Odeon  group  reveals 
that  the  trading  profit  has,  for  the  first  time, 
topped  £3,000,000  ($12,000,000)  ;  the  fig- 
ures being  £3,000,821,  comparing  with 
£2,442,427  last  year. 

But  this  gladsome  picture  has  some  dis- 
turbing undertones.  Out  of  the  trading  profit 
no  less  than  £1,948,916,  or  13  shillings  in 
the  pound,  went  in  direct  taxation.  And 
Mr.  Rank  points  out  that  what  he  describes 
as  "the  crippling  taxation  which  falls  upon 
this  industry"  goes  much  further.  Of  Ode- 
on's  total  box  office  receipts  no  less  than 
48  per  cent  has  been  paid  away  in  entertain- 
ments tax,  income  tax  and  excess  profits 
tax,  he  pointed  out. 

"I  am  of  the  opinion,"  said  Mr.  Rank, 
"that  the  time  is  fast  approaching,  particu- 
larly when  we  may  have  to  face  some 
diminution  in  attendances,  when  it  will  be 
essential  for  the  well-being  of  this  industry 
that  there  be  some  alleviation  in  the  present 
scale  of  the  entertainments  tax.  I  do  not 
believe  that  it  is  generally  appreciated  that 
approximately  39  per  cent  of  the  money  paid 
by  the  members  of  the  public  at  the  box 
office  is  entertainments  tax  which  passes 
week  by  week  to  the  Exchequer." 


Set  New  Wage  Scales  for 
British  Exchange  Staffs 

Details  of  the  standard  wage  rates  Ameri- 
can distributors  trading  in  London  will  be 
called  upon  to  pay  their  dispatch  and  repair 
workers  are  contained  in  the  agreement  ne- 
gotiated by  the  Kinematograph  Renters'  So- 
ciety and  the  National  Association  of  The- 
atrical and  Kine  Employees  issued  last 
week.  In  the  dispatch  category,  the  dispatch 
managers  will  receive  £7  ($28)  a  week; 
assistant  dispatch  manager,  £;  driver,  £5; 
packers,  £5 ;  and  those  workers  18  years  or 
younger,  £3,  10s.  Repair:  foremen,  £5;  re- 
pairers, £4,  and  learners,  £2,  10s.  The  fig- 
ures are  exclusive  of  overtime  and  relate  to 
male  and  female  employees  alike.  The  agree- 
ment is  retroactive  to  April  16. 


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Hummel,  vice-president  of  War- 
•  international,  said  here  yesterday, 
j.i  his  return  from  Paris.  Hum- 
1  stated  that  his  company's  plans 
I  ;de  construction  of  a  theatre  in 
i.'caadria,  Egypt,  and  added  that 
I  'ners  will  build  theatres  in  locali- 
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[  Universal-International  ] 

THE  first  contribution  of  Leo  Spitz  and  William  Goetz  to  the 
Universal-International  program  should  get  the  new  combine  off 
to  a  Hying  start  at  box-offices.  Beyond  living  up  to  the  highest 
standards  of  psychological  mystery  melodrama,  it  emerges  as  the  screen's 
most  penetrating  study  of  twins  and,  beyond  that,  as  a  heart-breaking 
exposition  of  human  jealousy.  Thus,  all  sorts  of  audiences,  attracted  by 
the  drawing  power  of  Olivia  de  Havilland  and  Lew  Ayres,  undoubtedly 
will  find  this  a  good  film  to  shudder  through,  to  weep  at  and  to  discuss 
after  seeing. 

Nunnally  Johnson's  screenplay  and  production  are  almost  impeccable, 
breathing  simplicity  and  warmth  at  every  turn  into  what  might  have 
been  pretty  academic  material.  And  Robert  Siodmak's  talent  for  directing 
this  sort  of  thing  is  imprinted  throughout.  His  cameras  focus  most  of 
the  time  upon  the  two  principals,  playing  three  roles,  with  occasional 
support  from  Thomas  Mitchell,  but  they  turn  out  an  unlimited  range  of 
scenic  and  emotional  variety. 

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O'Shea  said  he  expected  Liberty's 
first   film.   "It's  a  Wonderful  Life" 
to  be  ready  for  exhibition  by  the  end 
of  December.     Current  plans  are  tr 
(Cmithnwd 


All  movie  audiences 
will  see  and  read  about 
"THE  DARK  MIRROR 
in  this  big  national 
magazine  campaign. 


with  THOMAS  MITCHELL 

DlfUADn  I  HMP  Produced  and  written  for  the  screen  by  NUNNALLY 
mOnHfAU  LUMU  *  Original  story  by  VLADIMIR  POZNER 

DIRECTED  BY  ROBERT  SIODMAK  who  gave  you  "SPIRAL  STAIRCASE"  ami  "THE  KILLERS" 


Century  Circuit 
Meet  Stresses 
Candy  Profits 

How  theatre  vending,  carefully  planned 
and  attractively  presented,  may  earn  the  ex- 
tra dollar,  was  extensively  discussed  and 
studied  Tuesday  at  a  special  convention  of 
the  Century  Circuit  of  New  York  at  the 
Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel. 

The  company's  new  "Tidbit  Bar"  was  de- 
scribed by  Leslie  Schwartz,  head  of  An- 
drews, Inc.,  Century's  vending  division.  The 
bar  will  be  "part  of  every  construction" 
hereafter,  he  said,  and  added  that  Andrews 
would  absorb  and  renovate  shops  in  build- 
ings housing  theatres. 

Going  to  the  film  theatre  is  a  social 
event,  Joseph  R.  Springer,  general  manager, 
said,  and  added  that  "any  social  event  is  im- 
proved with  the  addition  of  candy,  popcorn, 
and  soft  drinks,"  and  that  extra  profits  are 
"without  a  ceiling"  and  may  help  overcome 
increased  operating  costs. 

All  extra  profit  activities  in  a  theatre  may 
be  effected  within  regular  hours,  Fred 
Schwartz,  vice-president,  pointed  out. 

More  than  100  stores  adjoin  Century  the- 
atres, and  may  ultimately  be  operated  by 
Andrews,  Inc.  The  first  to  be  taken  over  by 
that  division  is  the  Donomat,  in  the  Rialto, 
Brooklyn,  which  opened  six  weeks  ago. 

On  the  dais,  in  addition  to  those  men- 
tioned, were  Sam  Goodman,  film  department 
head ;  Martin  Newman,  comptroller ;  and 
Edward  Schreiber,  advertising  and  pub- 
licity director. 


Commonwealth  Circuit 
Adds  Two  Theatres 

Commonwealth  Theatres  has  added  two 
houses  by  affiliation  with  the  Home  and  the 
Tenth  Street  of  Kansas  City,  Kan.,  it  was 
announced  at  the  annual  managers  meeting, 
October  1-2  in  the  President  Hotel,  Kansas 
City,  Mo.  Both  theatres  are  owned  by  Ed 
F.  Burgan,  veteran  exhibitor,  and  are  added 
to  the  newly-created  Greater  Kansas  City 
division,  under  Edward  Mansfield. 

Rex  Barret  is  manager  of  the  southern 
division.  L.  M.  Morris  and  M.  B.  Smith 
have  been  designated  in  similar  capacities 
for  the  western  and  southern  divisions,  re- 
spectively. Managers  will  hereafter  receive 
five  per  cent  of  gross  popcorn  and  concession 
sales.  Division  managers  and  purchasing 
department  heads  will  receive  one  per  cent. 

Houston  Sterrett,  Plaza  manager,  Kingsley, 
Kan.,  was  crowned  "King  of  the  Sun"  at  a 
barbeque  party  at  Starlane  farm.  Clarence 
A.  Schultz,  president,  will  be  honored  at  a 
special  week  in  the  autumn-winter  campaign. 
Managers  Week  awards  were  won  by  Doug- 
las Lightner,  Higginsville,  Mo. ;  Charles 
Reese,  Goodland,  Kan.,  and  Earl  Douglas, 
Carrolton,  Mo.  Employees  Week  winners 
were  J.  D.  King,  Baxter  Springs,  Kan., 
and  Elton  Kuhlman,  Great  Bend,  Kan. 

48 


By  the  Herald 


FRED  J.  SCHWARTZ,  vice-president  of  the 
Century  Circuit,  New  York,  opens  that 
company's  "extra  profits"  convention  in 
New  York  Tuesday.  At  left  is  Leslie 
Schwartz,  head  of  Andrews,  Inc.,  the  cir- 
cuit's vending  division. 

Bradley  Praises 
Industry  Effort 

High  praise  to  the  industry  for  its  con- 
tributions to  the  war  effort  was  given  by 
General  Omar  N.  Bradley,  Administrator  of 
Veterans  Affairs,  at  a  recent  dinner  and  re- 
ception in  his  honor  at  Beverly  Hills. 

More  than  50  executives  and  stars  were 
in  attendance,  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Wyler,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Capra,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  George  Stevens  host  to  the  General 
and  his  wife,  and  his  Veterans  Administra- 
tion staff. 

General  Bradley  said  that  no  one  could 
fully  estimate  the  contribution  made  by  the 
motion  picture  industry  to  the  successful 
conclusion  of  the  war.  It  was  more  than  a 
contribution,  the  general  said;  each  unit  of 
entertainment  and  each  film  was  a  direct  tie 
to  the  individual  soldier's  home  and  the 
things  he  was  fighting  for.  General  Bradley 
also  praised  the  effectiveness  of  the  training 
and  documentary  film  programs. 

ATO  of  Indiana  Predicts 
Higher  Price  Scales 

Associated  Theatre  Owners  of  Indiana 
predict  that,  as  a  result  of  the  court  decree 
in  the  anti-trust  suit,  theatres  will  be  forced 
to  increase  admission  prices.  In  its  October 
7  bulletin,  ATOI  declares  such  a  result  far 
from  the  intention  of  the  Sherman  Act  and 
provocative  of  protest  from  organized  con- 
sumer groups. 

The  organization  charges  that  only  pos- 
sible effect  of  the  decree  will  be  to  increase 
film  rentals,  since  "no  provision  is  made  for 
lowering  or  bidding  down  of  distributors' 
designated  minimum  price,"  but  "merely  a 
method  of  bidding  up." 

ATOI  urges  exhibitor  members  to  resist 
higher  demands  from  distributors  for  drastic 
action  by  discontinuing  double  features  and 
thereby  increasing  their  supply  of  film. 


British  Board  to 
Select  Films  Is 
Named  by  Cripps 

London  Bureau 

Sir  Stafford  Cripps,  president  of  the  Brit- 
ish Board  of  Trade,  announced  Tuesday  in 
the  House  of  Commons  the  makeup  of  the 
board  which  will  select  independently  pro- 
duced features  which  will  be  guaranteed  cir- 
cuit playing  time  above  that  provided  by 
the  existing  Quota  Act. 

The  board  is  to  be  made  up  of  nine  mem- 
bers, six  independents  and  a  representative 
of  Odeon,  Gaumont-British  and  Associated 
British  circuits.  The  independents  are: 
Lord  Drogheda,  chairman  of  the  Govern- 
ment Film  Council,  chairman ;  David 
Bowes  Lyon,  a  partner  in  various  banking 
firms ;  Mrs.  Alan  Cameron,  novelist  who 
writes  under  the  name  of  Elizabeth  Bow- 
en;  Charles  Dukes,  president  of  the  Trades 
Union  Congress;  Mrs.  Max  Nicholson,  an 
expert  on  the  children's  film  club  movement ; 
R.  C.  G.  Somerville,  British  Board  of  Trade 
under-secretary.  Circuit  representatives  are 
John  Davis,  Odeon;  David  Goodlatte,  Asso- 
ciated British,  and  Mark  Ostrer,  Gaumont- 
British.  A.  G.  White,  chief  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  Film  Division,  is  secretary. 

Sir  Stafford  emphasized  that  this  scheme 
for  increased  playing  time  was  a  temporary 
one  pending  enactment  of  new  quota  legisla- 
tion. 


20th-Fox  Sets  Release  of 
Three  for  November 

During  November,  Twentieth  Century- 
Fox  will  release  "My  Darling  Clementine," 
"Margie"  and  "Wanted  for  Murder,"  Wil- 
liam J.  Kupper,  general  sales  manager,  an- 
nounced this  week.  "My  Darling  Clemen- 
tine" is  a  Darryl  F.  Zanuck  presentation, 
marking  the  return  to  the  screen  of  Henry 
Fonda  and  Victor  Mature,  who  co-star  with 
Linda  Darnell.  John  Ford  directed.  "Mar- 
gie," also  a  Zanuck  presentation,  was  pro- 
duced in  Technicolor  by  Walter  Morosco 
and  directed  by  Henry  King.  "Wanted  for 
Murder,"  a  mystery-drama,  is  an  Excelsior 
Film  production.  Starring  Eric  Portman 
with  an  English  cast,  it  was  produced  by 
Marcel  Hellman  and  directed  by  Lawrence 
Huntington. 

Schine  Appeal  May  Not  Reach 
High  Court  Before  January 

The  appeal  of  the  Schine  Chain  Theatres 
from  the  verdict  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court 
in  Buffalo  may  not  be  heard  by  the  U.  S. 
Supreme  Court  before  January,  it  was  pre- 
dicted in  Washington  last  week,  because  of 
the  Supreme  Court's  crowded  docket.  Schine 
counsel  will  file  two  separate  appeals,  one 
on  the  decision  and  the  other  on  the  reorgan- 
ization order,  according  to  present  plans. 
The  appeals  may  be  consolidated  later. 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


new 


W  add 


frank  borzage's 

Always  Loved  Yoi 


A  Republic  Picture 


in 


FRANK  BORZAGE'; 


PRODUCTION 


of 


Iye  Always  Loved  You 


A  Distinguished  Motion  Picture  in  Romantic  TECHNICOLOR 

PHILIP  DORN  •  CATHERINE 

WILLIAM  CARTER 


MME.  MARIA  OUSPENSKAYA 

Felix  Bressart  *   Fritz  Feld   •    Elizabeth  Patterson 
Vanessa  Brown   •   Lewis  Howard 

Directed  by  FRANK  BORZAGE 

Screen  Play  by  Bordon  Chase 
Adapted  from  his  American  Magazine  Story  "Concerto" 

Piano  Recordings  by  Artur  Rubinstein 
World's  Greatest  Pianist 


A  REPUBLIC  PICTURE 


J0 


I'VE  ALWAYS  LOVED  YOU  is  being  sold 
to  the  nation  by  an  extensive  advertising 


and  promotion  campaign  utilizing  every 


imaginable  type  of  media! 


-St?! 


to  36,857,044  people  through  full  page  ads  in 
46  national  publications  including  LIFE, 
AMERICAN  WEEKLY,  COSMOPOLITAN, 
WOMAN'S  HOME  COMPANION,  LOOK. 

to  20,000,000  people  through  extensive  radio 
advertising  in  every  key  city! 

to  MILLIONS  MORE  through  billboards  and 
other  types  of  outdoor  advertising! 


Pshm notion : 


to  75,000,000  people  through  a  tremendous  list 
of  tie-ups  headed  by  RCA-Victor  and  including 
scores  of  others  .  .  .  featuring  nation-wide  adver- 
tising in  newspapers  and  magazines,  plus  store 
windows  and  displays! 


Rank's  Topical 
Short  Series  on 
British  Screen 

London  Bureau 

In  an  aura  of  diffidence  and  a  complete 
absence  of  ballyhoo,  J.  Arthur  Rank's  maga- 
zine film  feature,  "This  Modern  Age,"  com- 
monly regarded  as  a  challenge  to  "March  of 
Time,"  has  emerged  in  Britain's  cinemas. 

Careful,  prolonged  planning  has  gone  into 
the  venture.  The  producers  —  Ivan  Smith 
and  Sergei  Nolbandov — were  set  to  work 
as  long  ago  as  February.  To  date  they  have 
completed  four  subjects,  each  two  reels  long. 
The  first  of  these,  "Homes  for  All"  and 
"Scotland  Yard,"  are  being  slipped  unob- 
trusively into  Gaumont-British  and  Odeon 
programs  in  order  to  check  on  audience  re- 
action. 

The  subjects  are  apparently  designed  to 
convey  a  picture  of  the  times,  with  appropri- 
ate moral,  rather  than  present  a  subjective 
projection  of  day-by-day  topicality.  The 
commentaries  of  Robert  Harris  are  couched 
and  delivered  in  the  characteristic  easy-go- 
ing monotone  affected  by  British  Broadcast- 
ing news  readers. 

Future  subjects  include  a  review  of  civil 
aviation,  a  dissertation  on  clothes  of  tomor- 
row, the  Palestine  problem  and  an  examina- 
tion of  the  coal  industry  and  its  future  under 
nationalization. 

Those  are  all  topics  which  excite  argu- 
ment whenever  Britons  gather  in  pubs  or 
clubs.  It  is  estimated  six  subjects  will  be 
completed  by  the  end  of  this  year.  There- 
after, the  producers  hope  to  maintain  an 
average  of  one  feature  a  month. 

Noteworthy  also  is  the  circumstance  that 
the  venture  has  the  blessing  and  collabora- 
tion of  the  highest  official  authority  here  and 
in  the  country's  overseas  Dominions. 

20th  Century- Fox  Foreign 
Trainees  Assigned 

Murray  Silverstone,  president  of  Twenti- 
eth Century-Fox  International  and  Inter- 
America  Corporation,  announces  the  follow- 
ing foreign  assignments  of  World  War  II 
veteran  trainees,  who  have  completed  the 
company's  eight-month  course :  Thomas  Si- 
bert,  Mexico ;  Richard  Fleming,  Italy ;  John 
Finder,  Switzerland;  Oscar  Lax,  Belgium; 
Bertrand  Obrentz,  South  Africa;  William 
Lampros,  India;  Donald  McAfee,  France; 
Herbert  Lightfoot,  Argentina;  Seymour 
Brown,  Peru;  Vincent  Milligan,  Brazil;  Joel 
Hart,  Chile;  John  Tassos,  Colombia;  An- 
drew Jaeger,  Puerto  Rico.  Students  will  be 
en  route  to  their  territories  within  the  next 
two  weeks.  The  training  school  was  initiat- 
ed by  Mr.  Silverstone  last  January. 

Gamble  Circuit  Adds  One 

Ted  Gamble  has  announced  the  addition 
of  the  Rex  theatre  in  Portland,  Ore.,  to  his 
circuit.  The  house  was  purchased  from  Sam 
Fleishman.    Remodeling  is  planned. 


FROM  READER 

PRAISES  FIGHT  AGAINST 
CODE  DOPE  REVISION 

To  the  Editor  of  the  Herald: 

May  we  congratulate  you  upon  your  lead- 
ership in  the  fight  for  the  reversal  of  the 
amendment  to  the  Production  Code,  with 
regard  to  the  production  of  films  dealing 
with  the  use  of  narcotics? 

May  we  hope  also  that  through  your  pages 
an  invitation  may  be  sent  to  every  better 
films  council,  every  church  and  civic  group, 
to  take  up  this  fight? 

We  have  seen  in  times  past  the  divers 
ways  in  which  the  restrictions  of  the  Code 
can  be  sidestepped — always  quite  legally ! 
We  have  seen  the  promulgation  of  customs, 
ethical  and  moral  and  social,  which  tend  to 
lower  our  American  standards.  But  up  to 
now  we  have  been  spared  a  reversal  of  an 
important  provision. 

If  by  this  letting  down  of  the  section  deal- 
ing with  the  showing  of  narcotics,  the  show- 
ing of  "dope"  is  permitted,  we  may  be  sure 
from  past  experience  that  the  less  ethical 
of  the  producers  will  seize  upon  it  and  the 
screens  of  the  country  will  be  filled  with  so 
called  "anti-dope"  pictures,  which  like  many 
of  the  "anti-crime"  pictures  are  masterpieces 
in  the  art  of  instruction. 

The  fact  that  these  films  are  to  be  classed 
as  "documentaries"  matters  little,  if  indeed 
it  be  more  than  a  cloud  before  our  eyes. 
They  enter  the  field  dressed  up  in  a  guise 
of  authenticity  which  makes  them  the  more 
dangerous.  They  will  be  successful,  for  they 
will  set  a  new  pattern,  and  any  film  that  sets 
a  new  pattern  is  invariably  followed  by  a 
series,  produced  on  an  ever-downward  path. 

Public  opinion  has  long  proved  the  only 
safeguard.  All  forces,  working  together, 
must  fight  the  continuance  of  this  amend- 
ment. But  action  must  be  taken  immediately. 
— MARTHA  W.  S.  ADDOMS,  chairman, 
Motion  Picture  Council,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


RKO  Executives  Visiting 
Churubusco  Film  Studio 

N.  Peter  Rathvon,  president  of  RKO  and 
in  charge  of  studio  operations,  and  mem- 
bers of  the  RKO  board  of  directors  left  this 
week  for  Mexico  City  for  a  week's  inspection 
tour  of  the  Churubusco  Studios  there.  Mr. 
Rathvon,  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Rathvon,  left 
Tuesday  from  Los  Angeles.  The  same  day 
John  M.  Whitaker  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred- 
erick L.  Ehrman  left  New  York  for  the 
studio.  Thursday,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  Law- 
rence Green,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  H.  Shaw 
and  Harry  M.  Durning  also  left  from  New 
York.  The  Churubusco  Studios  cover  40 
acres  in  suburban  Mexico  City  and  have 
14  production  stages. 


At  Hall  of  Fame  Ceremony 

Houston  Branch,  Hollywood  novelist  and 
scenarist,  represented  the  motion  picture  in- 
dustry at  the  unveiling  of  the  bust  and  tablet 
honoring  Sidney  Lanier  in  the  Hall  of  Fame 
of  New  York  University,  October  3. 


French  Festival 
Votes"Weekend" 
Best  U.S.  Picture 

by  PHILIP  DE  SCHAAP 

in  Cannes,  France 

"The  Lost  Weekend"  (Paramount),  was 
voted  the  best  American  picture  of  last  year 
and  its  star,  Ray  Milland,  won  individual 
acting  honors  at  the  International  Film  Fes- 
tival at  the  conclusion  of  its  exhibition  here, 
September  20  to  Ocober  5,  in  which  19  coun- 
tries were  represented. 

Other  awards  were:  Noel  Coward's  "Brief 
Encounter,"  England;  "Red  Meadows," 
Denmark;  "Symphonie  Pastorale,"  France, 
which  also  brought  individual  acting  recog- 
nition to  Michele  Morgan ;  "Decisive  Turn- 
ing," Russia;  "Rome,  the  Lost  City,"  Italy; 
"Maria  Candelaria,"  Mexico;  "Last 
Chance,"  Switzerland;  "Men  Without 
Wings,"  Czechoslovakia ;  "Frenzy,"  Sweden. 

Critics'  awards  were  given  "Brief  En- 
counter" and  "Farrebique."  Walt  Disney's 
"Make  Mine  Music"  was  voted  the  best  ani- 
mated film,  and  "Flower  of  Stone"  (Russia) 
was  judged  the  best  use  of  color. 

No  Best  Film  Award 

For  "diplomatic  reasons,"  no  prize  was 
given  for  the  single  best  film,  but  the  grand 
international  award  was  by  common  accord 
given  to  the  French  picture,  "Battle  of  the 
Rails,"  a  dramatic  account  of  the  part  played 
by  French  railroad  workers  in  resistance  to 
the  German  occupation.  (According  to  an- 
nouncement by  Arthur  M.  Loew,  president 
of  MGM  International  Films,  "Battle  of  the 
Rails"  has  been  acquired  by  Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer  for  distribution  in  the  United  States.) 

Best  scenario  was  voted  that  by  M.  Thir- 
skov,  Russian,  for  "Decisive  Turning." 
George  Auric  was  named  the  best  musical 
composer  for  his  scoring  of  "Caesar  and 
Cleopatra"  (England),  "Symphonic  Pastor- 
ale" and  "Beauty  and  the  Beast"  (both 
France). 

Prizes  were  paintings  by  eminent  living 
French  artists. 

"Wonder  Man"  (RKO),  starring  Danny 
Kaye,  proved  a  welcome  relief  to  critics 
deluged  with  heavier  fare.  The  reviewer  for 
Paris-Matin  wrote  that  this  American  pic- 
ture "proves  that  laughing  can  serve  as  an 
international  language,"  and  that  Kaye  "is 
the  most  complete  actor  to  have  appeared  on 
the  screen  in  a  long  time." 

Animosity  Displayed 

Open  American  animosity  was  displayed 
by  the  Russian  contingent  at  the  festival. 
The  Red  delegates  boycotted  U.  S.  films  and 
deliberately  arranged  banquets  timed  as 
counter  attractions  to  American  showings. 

Chief  criticism  of  the  festival  program 
was  that  it  was  too  complicated.  It  re- 
quired about  three  and  one-half  hours  to 
see  daily  showings,  which  began  at  3  in  the 
afternoon.  Night  programs  began  at  8:30  and 
seldom  ended  before  2  the  next  morning. 


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53 


Ohio  Censor  Will 
Advise  on  Films 
Of  Controversy 

Censorship  again  made  news  in  several 
different  scenes  the  past  week.  In  Ohio  the 
appointment  of  a  three-member  advisory 
board  to  sit  in  on  controversial  films  was 
announced  by  Governor  Frank  J.  Lausche. 

Those  named  to  the  advisory  board  in- 
clude Mrs.  Lester  M.  Merritt,  president  of 
the  Women's  State  Committee  of  Women's 
Organizations;  Dr.  Anne  B.  Whitmer,  in- 
structor at  Ohio  State  University,  and  Rabbi 
Samuel  M.  Gup  of  Columbus. 

In  discussing  the  status  of  "The  Outlaw," 
Dr.  Clyde  Hissong,  director  of  education  and 
chief  film  censor,  said  the  film  had  not  been 
banned  by  the  Ohio  board.  "We  have  seen  it 
four  times  and  made  several  cuts  which  are 
not  acceptable  to  the  producers,''  he  said. 
"So  a  deadlock  exists  and  it  will  not  be 
shown  in  Ohio  until  a  settlement  is  reached." 

In  Chicago,  one  French  film,  "Amuck," 
and  six  other  films  were  tagged  "For 
Adults  Only"  by  the  local  censor  board  dur- 
ing September.  The  six  were :  "So  Dead 
the  Night,"  "The  Gorilla  Woman,"  "Her 
Sister's  Secret,"  "Angel  on  My  Shoulder," 
"Dead  of  Night"  and  "The  Woman  We 
Fool."  During  September,  112  films  were 
viewed  and  19  cuts  made. 

It  is  reported  from  Pennsylvania  that  the 
state  board  of  censors  has  begun  a  campaign 
to  seek  out  violators  using  uncensored  16mm 
uncensored  prints.  As  a  result,  distributors 
have  issued  warnings  to  exhibitors  that  sub- 
jects exhibited  without  a  censor  seal  are 
liable  to  fines  up  to  $100. 

Loew-Lewin,  Inc.,  producers  of  the 
United  Artists  release,  "The  Private  Af- 
fairs of  Bel  Ami,"  have  announced  they 
would  file  suit  against  Mayor  James  M. 
Curley  of  Boston  claiming  damage  to  prop- 
erty caused  by  his  banning  of  an  exhibition 
of  11  modern  paintingts  created  for  use  in 
the  film.  The  Mayor  claimed  the  pictures  "an 
insult  to  the  faith  of  the  people  in  the  pow- 
ers of  Saint  Anthony  and  an  insult  to  the 
great  organized  society  of  the  Catholic 
Church."  The  exhibit  was  recently  shown  at 
an  art  gallery  in  New  York  and  is  scheduled 
for  a  national  tour  under  the  auspices  of  the 
American  Federation  of  Arts. 


RKO  Radio  Will  Release 
Four  Argosy  Pictures 

Argosy  and  RKO  Radio  have  concluded  a 
deal  whereby  RKO  Radio  will  release  four 
Argosy  pictures,  first  of  which  will  be  "The 
Fugitive,"  based  on  Graham  Green's  book, 
"The  Labyrinthine  Ways,"  with  a  script  by 
Dudley  Nichols.  Filming  starts  in  Mexico 
in  November.  John  Ford  is  board  chairman 
and  Merian  C.  Cooper  is  president  of  Ar- 
gosy. Other  board  members  are  Col.  O.  C. 
Doering  and  Edward  Buxton,  well  known  in 
eastern  financial  circles,  and  Donald  Dewar 
of  Los  Angeles. 


Oulahan,  Marriott  Named 
To  New  Sales  Posts 

L.  W.  Marriott,  formerly  with  Republic, 
has  been  appointed  Universal-International's 
branch  manager  in  Los  Angeles,  W.  A. 
Scully,  vice-president  and  general  sales  man- 
ager has  announced.  Mr.  Marriott  succeeds 
Foster  Blake  who  was  recently  promoted  to 
district  manager.  Also  announced  was  the 
appointment  of  J.  J.  Oulahan  to  the  special 
field  sales  staff  of  the  J.  Arthur  Rank  Or- 
ganization. Mr.  Oulahan,  formerly  Para- 
mount branch  manager  at  the  Cincinnati 
exchange,  will  supervise  the  Washington, 
Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh  and  Cincinnati  ter- 
ritories, with  temporary  headquarters  at  the 
Universal  exchange  in  Philadelphia,  the  an- 
nouncement by  William  J.  Heineman,  Rank 
Organization  general  sales  manager,  said. 


Executives  Aid 
Night  of  Stars 

Barney  Balaban,  Nate  J.  Blumberg,  Jack 
Cohn,  N.  Peter  Rathvon  and  Albert  Warner 
have  accepted  positions  as  honorary  chair- 
men on  the  producing  committee  of  "Night 
of  Stars,"  the  United  Jewish  Appeal  benefit 
show  to  be  held  at  Madison  Square  Garden, 
November  12,  Marvin  H.  Schenck,  chair- 
man, has  announced. 

Others  who  also  will  serve  on  the  produc- 
ing committee  include :  co-chairmen  Louis 
K.  Sidney,  Ed  Sullivan  and  Robert  M.  Weit- 
man ;  vice-chairmen  Arthur  Knorr,  Lester 
B.  Isaac,  Jesse  Kaye  and  Max  Wolff. 

Also,  Milton  Berger,  F.  William  Boett- 
cher,  Ben  Boyar,  Leo  Cohen,  Alan  Corelli, 
John  Dugan,  Ernest  Emerling,  G.  S.  Eyssell, 
Henry  Frankel,  Moe  Gale,  John  Goodson, 
Abel  Green,  Harry  Kalcheim,  Nat  Kalcheim, 
Ben  Kuchuk,  Abe  Lastfogel,  Leon  Leonidoff, 
Harry  Levine,  Harry  Mayer,  Charles  Mil- 
ler, Solly  Pernick,  Sidney  H.  Piermont,  Lar- 
ry Puck,  Sam  Raugh,  Frank  Roehrenbeck, 
Leonard  Romm,  Herbert  I.  Rosenthal,  Har- 
ry Rubin,  Manny  Sacks,  James  E.  Sauter, 
Robert  K.  Shapiro,  John  Shubert,  Michael 
Todd,  James  J.  Walker,  Fred  Waring,  Ar- 
thur Weill  and  David  A.  Werblin. 


World  Release  Set 
On  Goldwyn  Films 

Worldwide  release  of  Samuel  Goldwyn 
pictures  have  been  announced  as  follows  by 
Alfred  Crown,  foreign  sales  representative : 
"Wonder  Man,"  "The  Princess  and  the 
Pirate,"  and  "The  Best  Years  of  Our  Lives," 
in  Latin  America,  January  to  June,  1947 ; 
"The  Little  Foxes,"  "Wonder  Man,"  and 
"The  Princess  and  the  Pirate"  in  continental 
Europe  for  the  same  period.  "The  Kid  from 
Brooklyn,"  with  the  Goldwyn  Girls  appear- 
ing personally  at  the  premiere,  will  open  in 
London  in  the  autumn  of  1947,  while 
"Wonder  Man,"  which  has  just  been  re- 
leased for  Scandinavia,  and  "The  Kid"  will 
be  available  at  the  same  time  in  the  Far 
East  and  Australia. 


Patrick  M.  Cunning 


Hollywood's  Eye 
On  Television, 
Cunning  Says 

Hollywood  at  the  moment  is  excited  over 
television  and  executives  are  keeping  a 
vigilant  eye  on  it,  according  to  Patrick  M. 

Cunning,  partner 
with  Edgar  Bergen 
in  the  Edgar  Bergen 
Television  Center  in 
Holly  wood.  Mr. 
Cunning  is  in  New 
York  looking  into  all 
aspects  of  television 
and  on  his  agenda 
was  the  Second  Tele- 
vision Conference 
and  Exhibition  of  the 
Television  Broad- 
casters Association 
at  the  Waldorf-As- 
toria, October  10-11. 
There  is  in  ^Hollywood  at  present  a  grow- 
ing mood  of  watchful  expectancy  in  regard 
to  television,  which,  Mr.  Cunning  said,  in 
some  respects  is  similar  to  the  silent  film 
era  at  the  time  talkies  were  beginning.  Car- 
rying his  analogy  further,  he  said  there 
were  at  that  time  those  who  said  talkies 
would  prove  a  short-lived  fad,  just  as  today 
there  are  the  scoffers  of  television. 

"Television,"  Mr.  Cunning  said,  "will 
have  a  slow-chipping-away  effect  on  theatre 
attendance.  When  people  can  see  and  hear 
good  shows  in  their  own  homes,  why  should 
they  go  to  the  movies  ?"  He  concedes,  how- 
ever, that  it  may  be  slow  in  developing  into 
a  dominant  entertainment  source.  "It 
won't  come  like  a  flash  out  of  a  gun,"  he 
said,  "but  its  progress  will  be  steady  and 
constant."  What  television  can  use  right 
now,  he  said,  is  some  motion  picture  show- 
manship. 

He  urged  that  television  set  up  a  self- 
regulative  body,  similar  to  the  Motion  Pic- 
ture Association,  to  insure  fine  programs 
and  work  towards  harmony.  At  their  center 
in  Hollywood,  Mr.  Cunning  and  Mr.  Ber- 
gen are  engaged  in  an  eight-month  experi- 
mental program  aimed  at  developing  the  best 
technique  for  live-action  programs  and  tele- 
cine  (films  for  television). 

The  team  hope  eventually  to  set  up  and 
install  their  production  system  in  indepen- 
dent television  stations  across  the  country. 
The  service  would  supply  package  programs. 


Industry  Dividends  Reported 
At  $9,149,000  for  Quarter 

An  increase  in  industry  stock  dividends 
was  noted  in  Washington  last  week,  where 
it  was  reported  that  payments  for  the  cur- 
rent quarter  amounted  to  $9,149,000.  How- 
ever, figures  compiled  by  the  Department  of 
Commerce  show  a  decline  for  August  of  this 
year,  with  dividends  amounting  to  $428,000 
as  compared  with  $531,000  for  August, 
1945. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


wv/.s  <);M<; 

IE" created  by  Chic  Young 


WITH 

PENNY  ARTHUR  LARRY 

SINGLETON    LAKE  SIMMS 

IARJORIE  KENT     STEVEN  GERAY     JONATHAN  HALE 
JEROME  COWAN  DAISY 
Screenplay  by  Edward  Bemds  and  Al  Martin 
Directed  by  ABBY  BERLIN 

A  COLUMBIA  PICTURE 


Mexico  Checks 
On  Foreigners 
Active  in  Films 

by  LUIS  BECERRA  CELIS 

in  Mexico  City 

Acting  upon  complaints  of  members  of  the 
Mexican  motion  picture  labor  unions  that 
they  are  being  crowded  out  of  their  jobs  by 
foreigners,  the  Ministry  of  the  Interior  has 
started  a  sweeping  examination  of  the  cre- 
dentials of  all  aliens  allowed  to  enter  Mexico 
to  work  in  any  branch  of  the  amusement 
industry.  Those  who  do  not  have  papers  or 
those  whose  papers  are  not  in  order  will  be 
heavily  fined  and  deported,  as  well  as  those 
who  have  overstayed  their  alloted  working 
period,  the  Ministry  warns.  The  unions  have 
been  complaining  that  the  casts  of  some 
Mexican  pictures  have  as  many  as  five 
foreigners  to  one  Mexican. 

V 

The  first  public  television  show  in  Latin 
America  was  on  view  October  3  at  the  Hotel 
Del  Prado  in  Mexico  City.  More  than  6,000 
people  eagerly  waited  in  line  in  the  rain  to 
take  turns  looking  at  the  television  screen. 
The  admission  charge  was  20  cents.  Mexican 
models  showed  the  latest  fashions  before 
the  RCA  television  cameras.  The  showing 
followed  the  Inter-American  Radio  Broad- 
casting convention  held  at  the  hotel  Septem- 
ber 30  to  October  6. 

V 

The  most  expensive  Mexican  picture  of 
this  year  or  any  year  is  "Cinco  Amores  en 
mi  Vida"  ("Five  Loves  in  My  Life"), 
featuring  Arturo  de  Cordoba.  Its  production 
cost  was  $275, 000,  a  new  high  for  a  Mexican 
motion  picture. 

V 

Columbia's  "Gilda"  grossed  $65,000  dur- 
ing the  four  weeks  it  was  shown  at  the  Cine 
Chapultepec,  the  newest  first  run  house  in 
Mexico  City. 

V 

The  recently  organized  Mexican  section 
of  the  Variety  Club  International,  the  first 
foreign  unit  of  the  organization,  raised 
$5,500  for  the  fund  for  its  club  house  at  its 
first  formal  dinner.  Luis  R.  Montes,  a  prom- 
inent exhibitor,  is  the  tent's  chief  barker. 
Max  Gomez,  RKO  Radio  manager  in 
Mexico,  is  the  assistant  chief  barker. 
V 

Fewer  and  better  "Oscars"  will  be 
awarded  this  year  by  the  recently  reorgan- 
ized Mexican  Academy  of  Cinematographic 
Arts  and  Sciences.  The  awarding  of  the 
"Oscars"  will  be  made  at  a  glittering  party 
for  which  tickets  will  cost  $20,  a  new  high 
for  functions  of  this  kind  in  Mexico.  The 
award  dinner  will  be  held  in  the  Govern- 
ment-owned Palace  of  Fine  Arts,  the  first 
time  such  a  ceremony  has  ever  been  held 
there.  The  Academy  has  ruled  that  no 
member  may  vote  on  a  picture  in  which 
any  relative  appears. 


Treasury  Asks  Additional 
Bond  Subject  Prints 

The  Treasury's  Savings  Bonds  Division 
has  increased  by  180  its  original  order  of 
500  Technicolor  prints  of  the  Warner  two- 
reel  subject,  "America  the  Beautiful,"  for 
worldwide  distribution  by  the  Army  Pictorial 
Service  to  American  troops  abroad  in  the 
peacetime  bond  selling  campaign.  The  film, 
donated  by  Jack  L.  Warner,  adapted  in 
16mm  for  the  drive,  was  shown  October  4 
at  the  Conference  of  Pennsylvania  News- 
paper Owners  in  Harrisburg  with  other 
showings  scheduled  for  conferences  of  the 
American  Bankers  Association  in  this 
country  and  in  Canada,  the  American  Legion 
and  other  prominent  organizations. 

Building  Active 
In  Puerto  Rico 

by  REUBEN  D.  SANCHEZ 

in  San  Juan 

Many  new  theatres  are  being  built  in 
Puerto  Rico,  a  recently  concluded  survey 
shows.  The  Cobian  Circuit,  the  largest  in 
this  country,  is  building  six  new  houses  in 
the  metropolitan  area,  of  San  Juan,  where 
the  company  owns  17  houses,  and  will  build 
three  other  houses  in  other  towns  on  the 
island. 

New  theatres  are  also  being  constructed 
by  various  individuals  in  Canovas,  Luquillo, 
Humacao  Playa,  Penuelas,  Patillas,  Salinas, 
Arecibo  and  San  Lorenzo.  The  Teatro  San 
Luis  in  Arecibo,  which  was  recently  de- 
stroyed by  fire,  is  being  rebuilt. 

As  a  result  of  this  building  boom  the 
equipment  manufacturers  are  extremely  ac- 
tive here. 

V 

Paramount's  local  office  has  signed  a 
one-year  contract  with  the  Llamas  Circuit 
which  has  14  theatres  in  San  Juan.  "To 
Each  His  Own"  and  "The  Lost  Weekend" 
are  scheduled  for  this  month. 

V 

Henry  H.  Ronge  has  arrived  here  to  take 
charge  of  United  Artists'  exchange  office. 
He  replaces  David  Gould,  who  has  been 
manager  for  United  Artists  in  Cuba. 

V 

San  Juan's  floating  power  plant,  purchased 
by  the  Puerto  Rico  Water  Resources 
Authority  several  months  ago,  has  been 
officially  opened.  It  supplies  electricity  to  all 
the  theatres  in  the  metropolitan  and  neigh- 
borhood areas  of  San  Juan. 


Republic  13  Weeks'  Net 
Profit  Is  $444,949 

For  the  13  weeks  ended  July  27,  1946, 
Republic  Pictures  Corporation  and  its  sub- 
sidiaries reports  net  profit  of  $717,659.67 
before  Federal  tax  provision.  Estimated 
Federal  normal  and  surtaxes  are  put  at 
$272,710.67,  for  a  net  after  taxes  of 
$444,949. 


Perkins  Reports 
Rapid  Recovery 

In  Philippines 

The  film  industry  has  made  a  rapid  re- 
covery in  the  Phillippines  since  the  Ameri- 
can companies  resumed  distribution  last  No- 
vember 15  and  this  despite  the  fact  that  the 
Government  is  currently  studying  legislation 
which  would  cripple  the  industry. 

Robert  V.  Perkins,  Paramount  Philip- 
pines manager  recently  arrived  in  New  York 
from  Manila,  reports  there  are  approximately 
300  houses  in  operation,  which  will  have 
shown  by  the  end  of  the  year  almost  450 
features.  This  release  schedule  is  expected  to 
level  off  at  about  350  features,  he  said,  when 
conditions  return  to  normal. 

While  businesss  is  booming,  the  Philippine 
Congress  has  undertaken  legislation  to  levy 
a  30  per  cent  tax  on  gross  receipts.  The  bill 
has  passed  both  houses  and  is  now  ready  for 
President  Roxas'  signature.  Other  legislation 
pending  includes  a  bill  to  reduce  theatre 
admission  prices  by  50  per  cent  (they 
now  run  from  $1.65  to  55  cents)  and  another 
to  force  the  closing  of  all  theatres  from 
8  AM  to  4  PM.  The  admissions  bill  is  ex- 
pected to  pass  both  houses.  The  other  bill 
has  not  yet  had  a  hearing. 

During  the  1946-47  season  Paramount  will 
release  from  26  to  30  features  for  the  first 
run  houses  in  the  territory.  These  will  in- 
clude "The  Story  of  Dr.  Wassell,"  "Going 
My  Way,"  "For  Whom  the  Bell  Tolls," 
"Love  Letters"  and  "Kitty".  Within  a  year 
Paramount  expects  that  the  rebuilt  1,600-seat 
Avenue  theatre  in  Manila  will  be  operated 
as  a  Paramount  showcase.  Currently  both 
Paramount  and  United  Artists  product  is 
being  shown  in  the  theatre,  which  was 
opened  last  August. 

Plan  $250,000  Campaign 
On  Monogram  Picture 

The  largest  advertising  appropriation  ever 
set  for  a  single  Monogram  film  was  voted 
at  the  Chicago  meeting  of  the  company's 
franchise  holders  recently,  Samuel  Broidy, 
president,  announced.  A  total  of  $250,000 
will  be  spent  on  a  nationwide  campaign  for 
"It  Happened  on  Fifth  Avenue,"  currently 
being  produced  and  directed  by  Roy  Del 
Ruth.  Newspaper  advertising  on  a  national 
scale  will  be  utilized  by  the  company  for  the 
first  time,  and  other  media  to  be  used  are 
national  fan  and  trade  magazines  and  radio. 
Now  in  the  ninth  week  of  production,  the 
picture  has  a  cast  headed  by  Don  De  Fore, 
Gale  Storm,  Victor  Moore,  Ann  Harding 
and  Charles  Ruggles. 


Interstate  Opens  House 

The  newest  theatre  of  Interstate  Circuit, 
Inc.,  the  Wilshire,  was  opened  in  Dallas 
October  4,  with  James  Allard,  for  the  past 
10  years  Interstate  city  manager  at  Ver- 
non, Tex.,  as  manager. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


COLUMBIA  TRADE  SHOWINGS 

SECRET  OF  THE  WHISTLER  •  LONE  STAR  MOONLIGHT  •  TERROR  TRAIL 


DAY,  DATE  AND  HOURS  OF  SCREENING 


CITY 

ADDRESS 

SECRET  OF  THE  WHISTLER 
TERROR  TRAIL 

LONE  STAR 

MOONLIGHT 

ALBANY 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
1052  Broadway 

THURS  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

ATLANTA 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
197  Walton  St.,  N.W. 

THURS  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

BOSTON 

Columbia  Pictures  Corp. 
57-67  Church  St. 

THURS  10/24 

III  V  IA  %J  .     IV/  A*T 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

BUFFALO 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
290  Franklin  St. 

THURS  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

CHARLOTTE 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
308  So.  Church  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

CHICAGO 

H.  C.  1  g el's  Screen  Room 
1301  So.  Wabash  Ave. 

THURS.  10/24 

J 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

CINCINNATI 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
1632-38  Central  Pkway. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

CLEVELAND 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
2219  Payne  Ave. 

THURS.  10/24* 

2  P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

DALLAS 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
1801  Wood  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

10 

A.M. 

DENVER 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
2101  Champa  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

DES  MOINES 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
1300  High  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

2  P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

DETROIT 

Blumenthal'i  Proj.  Room 
Film  Exchange  Bldg. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

INDIANAPOLIS 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
326  No.  Illinois  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

KANSAS  CITY 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
1720  Wyandotte  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

2  P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

LOS  ANGELES 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
2019  So.  Vermont  Ave. 

THURS  10/24 

2  P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

MEMPHIS 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
151  Vance  Ave. 

THURS.  10/24 

2  P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

MILWAUKEE 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
1016  No.  8th  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  1 1  /6 

2 

P.M. 

MINNEAPOLIS 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
1015  Currie  Ave.,  No. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

NEW  HAVEN 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room. 
40  Whiting  St. 

THURS  10/24 

ill  v  i\ w *    I  v  /  *~  » 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

NEW  ORLEANS 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
200  So.  Liberty  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

7 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

J 

P.M. 

NEW  YORK 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
345  West  44th  St. 

THURS  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  1 1  /6 

2 

P.M. 

OKLA'MA  CITY 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
10  North  Lee  St. 

i  nuixo.  i  \j  /  z*i 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

0 

X 

P  M 

OMAHA 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
1502  Davenport  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

PHILADELPHIA 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
302  No.  13th  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  IT/6 

2 

P.M. 

PITTSBURGH 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
1715  Boulevard  of  Allies 

1  HUKo.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

D  LA 

r.M. 

PORTLAND 

Star  Film  Exchange 
925  N.W.  19th  Ave. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

SALT  LAKE  CITY 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
216  E.  First  So.  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

S.  FRANCISCO 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
245  Hyde  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

7:30 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

7:30 

P.M. 

SEATTLE 

Little  Victor  Prev.  Room 
2420  Second  Ave. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

.  ST.  LOUIS 

S'Renco  Screening  Room 
3143  Olive  St. 

THURS.  10/24 

I 

P.M. 

WED.  11/6 

2 

P.M. 

WASHINGTON 

20th-Fox  Screen  Room 
£32  New  Jersey  Ave.,  N.W. 

THURS.  10/24 

2 

P.M. 

WED.  1 1  /6 

2 

P.M. 

SEC  Cites  Stock 
Split  by  Warner 

Washington  Bureau 

A  splitup  in  Warner  Brothers  stock  re- 
ported by  the  Securities  Exchange  Commis- 
sion this  month  highlighted  activities  in  film 
security  transactions. 

Albert  Warner,  vice-president,  acquired 
214,500  shares  $5  par  common,  bringing  his 
holdings  to  429,000;  Albert  Warner  Trust 
acquired  6,000  $5  par  common  shares,  bring- 
ing holdings  to  12,000;  Harry  M.  Warner 
acquired  150,000  $5  common,  now  holding 
300,000;  Harry  M.  Warner  Trust  acquired 
6,700  $5  par  common,  holding  13,400;  Jack 
L.  Warner  acquired  215,000  $5  par  com- 
mon, holding  430,000 ;  Jack  L.  Warner 
Trust  acquired  6,000  $5  par  common,  hold- 
ing 12.000;  Samuel  Carlisle  acquired  100 
$5  par  common,  holding  12,000;  S.  P.  Fried- 
man acquired  600  $5  par  common,  holding 
1,200;  Charles  S.  Guggenheimer  acquired 
100  $5  par  common,  holding  200. 

At  Columbia  Pictures,  Harry  Cohn  sold 
10,000  common,  having  held  135,934;  Ab- 
raham Schneider  held  2,216  common,  sold 
1,400  common  warrants,  held  11,018  com- 
mon warrants. 

At  Loew's,  Inc.,  J.  Robert  Rubin  sold  100 
common,  held  6,040;  Nicholas  M.  Schenck 
sold  1,300  common,  held  22,439. 

At  Monogram  Pictures,  George  D.  Bur- 
row, exercising  a  July  option,  acquired  4,- 
500  $1  par  common,  sold  4,500  common, 
held  3,000. 

At  Paramount  Pictures,  in  a  stock  splitup, 
A.  C.  Goodyear  acquired  4,100  $1  par  com- 
mon, now  holding  8,200 ;  A.  C.  Goodyear 
Trust  acquired  2,100  $1  par  common,  hold- 
ing 4,200;  Duncan  G.  Harris  acquired  1,180 
$1  par  common,  holding  2,360. 

At  Republic  Pictures,  Arthur  J.  Miller 
acquired  100  50  cent  par  common;  Herbert 
J.  Yates  reported  acquiring  5,000  50  cent 
par  common,  holding  8,000.  Onsrud,  Inc., 
acquired  5,000  50  cent  par  common,  holding 
91,950;  Antonsen  Realty  Co.  holds  14,685 
50  cent  par  common  and  12,300  $1  cumu- 
lative preferred. 

Chapel  Films  Releasing 
"Pastor  Angelicus" 

Chapel  Films  Corporation  will  distribute 
the  historical  film,  "Pastor  Angelicus," 
which  was  photographed  within  the  Vatican 
and  which  is  said  to  bring  to  the  screen  for 
the  first  time  scenes  of  the  daily  life  of  the 
Pope.  War  Relief  Services,  Inc.,  signed  the 
deal  with  Chapel.  The  film  has  a  prologue 
by  Francis  Cardinal  Spellman  and  is  nar- 
rated by  Monsignor  Fulton  J.  Sheen.  Ber- 
nard Br  ,ndt,  president  of  Chapel,  plans  a 
Broadway  premiere  for  the  subject  about 
Christmas  time. 


Set  Warner  Film  Release 

"Never  Say  Goodbye,"  romantic  comedy 
starring  Errol  Flynn  and  Eleanor  Parker, 
has  been  set  by  Warner  Bros,  for  national 
release  November  9. 


IN  NEWSREELS 


MOVIETONE  NEWS— Vol.  29,  No.  11— Navy  plane 
breaks  world's  non-stop  distance  record.  .  .  .  Greece 
gives  King  George  ovation  on  return  from  exile.  .  .  . 
U.  S.  Navy  explodes  500,000  pounds  of  TNT.  .  .  . 
Barney  Balaban  honored  for  charity  work.  .  .  . 
Australian  wool  auction  provides  some  wild  bidding. 
.  .  .  Sports:  women's  amateur  golf,  roller  skating 
spectacle. 

MOVIETONE  NEWS— Vol.  29,  No.  12— Nuremberg- 
Nazis  hear  death  sentences.  .  .  .  Sports:  World 
Series.  .  .  .  Football:  Columbia  vs.  Navy.  Oklahoma 
A.  &  M.  vs.  Texas,  Ohio  State  vs.  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  IS,  No.  209— At  Legion 
convention  FBI  chief  warns  of  foes  within  the  U.  S. 
.  .  .  Navy  plane's  11. 000-mile  hop  sets  a  new  world's 
record.  .  .  .  Greeks  welcome  monarch's  recall  to 
throne.  .  .  .  500,000  pounds  of  TNT  exploded  .  .  . 
Auto  race  thriller. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  18,  No.  210— Judgment 
day  for  Nazi  gang.  .  .  .  World  Series.  .  .  .  Columbia 
sinks  Navy. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  12— Greek  King  in  Athens. 
.  .  .  U.  S.- British  beauty  swap.  .  .  .  Eisenhower 
back  in  Europe.  .  .  .  Barney  Balaban  honored.  .  .  . 
Navy  plane  spans  globe. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  13— World  Series.  .  .  . 
Nuremburg — last  chapter.  .  .  .  Columbia  sinks  Navy. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  18,  No.  14— American 
Legion  in  San.  Francisco  parade.  .  .  .  Greeks  hail 
return  of  king.  .  .  .  500,000  pounds  of  TNT  in  blast. 
.  .  .  Missionaries  set  sail  for  China.  .  .  .  Truman 
asks  aid  for  charities.  .  .  .  Navy's  "Turtle''  sets 
non-stop  record.  ' 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  18,  No.  15— Nazi  leaders 
found  guilty.  .  .  .  World  Series  opens. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL— Vol.  19,  No.  543— Navy 
plane  sets  mark.  .  .  .  Greek  king  returns.  .  .  .  500,000- 
ton  TNT  blast.  .  .  .  Strikes  cripple  Pittsburgh.  .  .  . 
Legionnaires  parade.  .  .  .  Tiny  republic  host  to 
admiral.  .  .  .  Wallace  successor  comes  home. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL— Vol.  19,  No.  544— Nazi 
chiefs  found  guilty.  .  .  .  Sox  wins  Series  opener.  .  .  . 
Columbia  vs.  Navy. 


Cellophane  Film  Reported 
Perfected  in  Netherlands 

A  new  cellophane  film,  perfected  in  the 
Netherlands,  "may  bring  about  a  revolution 
in  the  printing  of  copies  of  films,  according 
to  official  reports,"  according  to  the  Foreign 
Co  mmevce  W eekly.  The  magazine,  a  pub- 
lication of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Com- 
merce, states :  "The  film  is  said  to  be  re- 
markably good  for  reproduction  purposes 
inasmuch  as  it  is  inexpensive  and  is  ideally 
suited  for  making  a  large  number  of  copies. 
The  new  system  also  makes  it  possible  to 
print  the  picture  and  sound  track  simultane- 
ously, which  was  previously  impossible." 
The  magazine  also  states  that  a  roll  of  cello- 
phane film  with  a  diameter  "equal  to  a  small- 
sized  phonograph  record  and  seven  milli- 
meters thick  can  reproduce  music  for  an  hour 
continuously." 


Set  Special  Field  Staff 
For  "Duel  in  the  Sun" 

A  special  field  staff  will  be  set  up  to  han- 
dle the  release  of  David  O.  Selznick's  Tech- 
nicolor production,  "Duel  in  the  Sun,"  it  has 
been  announced  by  Paul  MacNamara  and 
Sidney  Alexander,  national  and  eastern  ad- 
vertising and  publicity  directors,  respectively, 
for  Vanguard  Films  and  the  Selznick  organ- 
ization. Ted  Todd,  who  will  make  his  head- 
quarters in  Chicago,  is  the  first  to  be  ap- 
pointed. The  picture  stars  Jennifer  Jones 
arid  Joseph  Cotten. 


Fox  Opens  Unit 
In  Los  Angeles 

A  four-unit,  day-and-date  combination  for 
20th-Fox  first  run  product  in  Los  Angeles 
was  nailed  down  October  3  when  Fox- West 
Coast  Theatres  opened  the  new  Loyola  thea- 
tre, Sepulveda  and  Manchester  Boulevards, 
in  southwest  Los  Angeles. 

Seating  1,248,  the  Loyola  has  been  a-build- 
ing  for  two  years.  It  will  serve  the  populous 
Westchester  area,  estimated  currently  to 
contain  100,000  people.  It  is  managed  by 
Beach  Abrams,  long  with  the  circuit,  under 
the  supervision  of  district  managers  Bruce 
Fowler  and  Stanley  Meyer. 

The  opening  was  a  junior  Hollywood  pre- 
miere, replete  with  a  master  of  ceremonies, 
lights  and  bleachers  for  the  fans.  Intro- 
duced by  Harry  Crocker,  the  following  play- 
ers helped  make  up  the  roster  of  celebrities : 
June  Haver,  Zachary  Scott,  George  Mont- 
gomery, Dinah  Shore,  Celeste  Holm,  Vivian 
Blaine,  Vera-Ellen,  Richard  Greene,  and 
Kurt  Kreuger.  Present  also  were  Mack- 
Gordon,  producer  of  the  opening  feature, 
"Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue,"  and  Bruce 
Humberstone,  its  director. 

Attending  with  more  than  cursory  inter- 
est were  Charles  P.  Skouras,  Fox-West 
Coast  president,  and  members  of  his  staff. 
Other  theatres  in  the  four-way  setup  are 
Grauman's  Chinese,  Loew's  Stafe  and  the 
Fox  Uptown.  Named  for  Loyola  University, 
the  theatre's  opening  proceeds  went  to  that 
school's  Veterans  Housing  Fund. 

Toledo  Theatremen  Ask 
Variety  Club  Charter 

A  group  of  Toledo  theatremen  has  made 
application  for  a  charter  for  a  Variety  Club 
tent  in  Toledo,  Ohio,  R.  J.  O'Donnell,  na- 
tional chief  barker,  has  reported.  According 
to  the  application,  membership  in  the  Variety 
Club  of  Toledo  will  include  all  eligible  appli- 
cants from  Lucas  County  and  temporary 
headquarters  will  be  established  in  the  Wil- 
lard  Hotel.  Those  who  signed  the  applica- 
tion were :  Howard  Feigley,  Marvin  Harris, 
Ted  Teschner,  Jack  Lykes,  Jack  O'Connell, 
Jack  Armstrong,  Jules  Robb,  Steve  Toth, 
James  Dempsey,  Milton  Tarloff  and  Mitchell 
Woodbury. 

Legion  of  Decency  Reviews 
Eight  New  Productions 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency  reviewed 
eight  new  productions  this  week,  approving 
all.  In  Class  A-I,  unobjectionable  for  gen- 
eral patronage,  were  "Driftin'  River,"  "Gun- 
man's Code"  and  "Trigger  Fingers."  In 
Class  A-II,  unobjectionable  for  adults,  were 
"Drifting  Along,"  "The  Missing  Lady," 
"Strange  Voyage,"  "Shadowed"  and  "Un- 
dercurrent." 


Complete  Houston  House 

The  Don  Gordon,  an  800-seat  house,  has 
been  completed  in  Houston,  Tex.,  by  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ernest  Forsythe. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


HORSE  SENSE! 

Our  newest  M-G-M  Star  is  an  overnight  screen 
sensation  in  her  big  action-color  show  "GALLANT 
BESS"!  In  fact,  the  first  four  engagements  rank 
with  the  top  hits  of  the  year.  Yes,  it's  "GALLANT 
BESS"  for  go-getting  showmanship  that  fills  your 
feed  box! 

M-G-M  presents  "GALLANT  BESS"  •  MARSHALL  THOMPSON  •  GEORGE  TOBIAS  •  CLEM 
BEVANS  and  "BESS"  •  Photographed  in  Natural  Color  by  the  Cinecolor  Process  •  Screen  Play 
by  JEANNE  BARTLETT  •  Adaptation  by  Martin  Berkeley  and  Jeanne  Bartlett  •  Suggested  by  an  Incident 
as  told  by  Lt.  Marvin  Park,  USNR  •  Directed  by  ANDREW  MARTON  •  Produced  by  HARRY  RAPE 


Universal  Shifts 
Sales  Cabinets 

Universal-International  Pictures  has  in- 
augurated a  definite  policy  on  the  selling  of 
individual  pictures  and  executives  of  the 
home  office  sales  cabinet  henceforth  will 
spend  more  time  in  the  field  visiting  branch 
offices  to  implement  this  poficy,  W.  A. 
Scully,  vice-president  and  general  sales 
manager  of  the  company,  announced  in  New 
York  Tuesday. 

The  move  was  brought  about  by  the  com- 
plexities of  the  present  market  and  the  nec- 
essity for  flexibility  in  methods  of  selling 
which  will  demand  more  direct  contact  on 
the  part  of  home  office  executives  with  the 
entire  sales  organization  throughout  the 
country,  he  said.  "To  facilitate  this,"  Mr. 
Scully  continued,  "we  not  only  have  reap- 
portioned territory  and  named  new  district 
managers,  but  we  also  required  some 
changes  in  the  operation  of  the  home  office 
sales  cabinet." 

The  executive  sales  staff  now  includes  A. 
J.  O'Keefe  as  assistant  general  sales  man- 
ager ;  Charles  Feldman,  western  sales  man- 
ager ;  F.  J.  McCarthy,  southern  and  Canad- 
ian sales  manager,  and  Fred  Meyers,  eastern 
sales  manager. 

E.  T.  Gomersall  has  been  appointed  as- 
sistant to  Mr.  Scully.  Mr.  Gomersall  was 
serving  as  general  sales  manager  of  En- 
terprise Films  and  following  the  dropping 
of  the  distribution  deal  between  Universal 
and  Enterprise,  he  returned  to  Universal 
as  a  sales  executive. 


Anti-Trust  Suit  Is  Filed 
By  Exhibitor  in  Detroit 

Joseph  Miskinis  and  his  son,  Joseph,  Jr., 
operating  the  Civic  theatre  in  Detroit,  have 
filed  suit  in  Federal  District  Court  for  $1,- 
200,000  triple  damages,  charging  a  violation 
of  the  anti-trust  laws.  They  claim  that  be- 
cause of  discrimination  in  the  distribution 
of  pictures  they  have  been  unable  to  fill  their 
house  since  it  was  first  opened  in  May,  1941, 
and  this  despite  the  fact  dishes  valued  at 
$34,317  were  given  away,  they  said.  Named 
as  defendants  were  the  United  Detroit  Thea- 
tres, Harper  Theatre  Company,  Seven  Mile 
Theatre  Company,  Paramount  Theatres, 
Inc.,  RKO  Radio  Pictures,  Inc.,  Warner 
Brothers  Pictures  Distribution  Company, 
Twentieth  Century-Fox,  Columbia,  Univer- 
sal Film  Exchanges,  United  Artists  Cor- 
poration and  Loew's,  Inc. 


New  Robeson  Company 
To  Make  "Freedom  Road" 

Paul  Robeson,  the  singer,  is  president  of  a 
newly  formed  independent  production  unit, 
Freedom  Road  Films,  Inc.,  which  will  film 
Howard  Fast's  novel,  "Freedom  Road."  Mr. 
Fast  and  director  Leo  Hurwitz  are  vice- 
presidents  of  the  company.  The  film,  which 
goes  into  production  in  April,  will  be  made 
on  location  and  in  a  studio  in  the  east.  Mr. 
Robeson  will  star  and  Mr.  Hurwitz  direct. 


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Rules  Outside  Must  Pay 
Tax  in  Minnesota 

A  ruling  of  importance  to  the  industry 
and  allied  industries  held  in  St.  Paul  last 
week  that  foreign  corporations  operating  in 
Minnesota  but  not  licensed  in  the  state 
should  be  taxed  as  domestic  corporations. 
The  State  Board  of  Tax  Appeals  decided 
that  Owens-Illinois  Glass  Co.,  of  Toledo, 
O.,  should  pay  Minnesota  $4,954  in  income 
taxes  on  $1,782,778  worth  of  products  it  had 
sold  in  the  state  in  1941  through  salesmen 
operating  there.  G.  Howard  Spaeth,  Tax 
Commissioner,  convinced  the  three-man 
board  that  there  was  no  validity  to  the  com- 
pany's claim  the  tax  violated  the  interstate 
commerce  clause  of  the  U.  S.  Constitution. 
"This  is  a  far-reaching  decision,"  Mr. 
Spaeth  said.  "It  puts  companies  doing  busi- 
ness in  interstate  commerce  and  receiving 
the  protection  of  the  state,  including  the 
courts  and  rights  to  enforce  its  claims,  on 
the  same  basis  taxwise  as  local  corporations 
engaged  in  the  same  business." 


Charles  Skouras  Bids  for 
Two  St.  Louis  Theatres 

No  action  was  taken  in  St.  Louis  Monday 
by  the  board  of  directors  of  the  operating 
companies  owning  the  Missouri  and  Ambas- 
sador theatre  buildings  on  the  offer  of 
Charles  P.  Skouras,  president  of  Fox  West 
Coast,  to  buy  at  par  all  of  the  $4,900,000 
worth  of  outstanding  bonds  of  the  two  build- 
ings which  he  and  his  brother  Spyros 
Skouras,  20th-Fox  president,  guaranteed  at 
the  time  of  purchase. 

Clarence  Turley,  secretary-treasurer  and 
manager  of  both  companies,  however,  indi- 
cated a  decision  might  be  made  shortly.  Mr. 
Skouras'  offer  was  made  to  buy  any  or  all 
of  the  bonds  at  100  cents  on  the  dollar.  The 
original  issue  underwritten  by  S.  W.  Strauss 
Company  went  into  default  in  1932  and  the 
buildings  were  taken  over  by  bondholders 
committees  on  foreclosure  in  1934. 

The  two  houses  are  operated  now  by  Fran- 
chon  and  Marco  on  a  management  contract 
basis.  Leases  of  the  two  theatres  expire 
October  31  and  F.  and  M.  is  anxious  to 
learn  what  party  they  will  have  to  negotiate 
with.  The  F.  and  M.  management  contract 
is  expected  to  run  out  soon  too,  it  was  said. 


Portland  Drive-ln  Project 
Set  by  United  Theatres 

William  Forman  of  United  Theatres  has 
announced  the  purchase  of  a  54-acre  tract  in 
Portland,  Ore.,  on  which  is  planned  the  con- 
struction of  a  community  center  project  with 
a  600-car  drive-in  theatre.  Construction  will 
begin  as  soon  as  materials  are  available. 
The  project  is  estimated  to  cost  approxi- 
mately $300,000. 


Grants  Tax  Reductions 

The  Ohio  State  Board  of  Tax  Revision 
has  granted  reductions  in  the  evaluation  of 
Loew's  Broad  and  Ohio  theatres  at  Colum- 
bus. The  1944-49  tax  value  of  the  Ohio  was 
lowered  from  $512,290  to  $447,206;  that  of 
the  Broad  from  $279,920  to  $227,290. 


Inspect  Exits 
In  Connecticut 

In  an  organized  effort  to  safeguard  tb 
public  interests  in  Connecticut  theatres,  Ed 
ward  J.  Hickey,  State  Police  Commissioner 
has  written  all  managers,  asking  for  theif 
continued  cooperation  in  building  repair 
and  replacement  of  materials  essential  t< 
public  safety. 

Exits  and  entrances  to  theatres  have  re 
ceived  especial  attention  from  inspectors  o 
the  Connecticut  State  Police.  The  state  lav 
covering  this  subject  requires  that  "thi 
combined  width  of  entrance  and  exit  open 
ings  for  auditoriums  shall  equal  four  feet  o 
horizontal  measurement  for  each  100  per 
sons  of  the  maximum  capacity  of  such  au 
dience." 

Determination  of  the  proportion  of  open 
ings  classified  as  entrances  is  based  on  thi 
following  formula:  "An  aggregate  of  2( 
inches  of  unobstructed  width  for  each  10( 
persons  to  and  including  1,000  persons,  witl 
an  additional  10  inches  for  each  additiona 
100  persons  to  and  including  1,000  addition 
al  persons,  and  an  additional  width  of  fiv< 
inches  for  each  additional  100  persons  ove 
2,000.  Each  Class  A  theatre,  however,  shal 
have  an  entrance  of  at  least  100  feet  ii 
width." 


Charity  Collection  Film 
Available  for  Showing 

In  effective  and  informative  one-reel  docu 
mentary  film  gotten  out  by  the  SOS  (Sup 
plies  for  Overseas  Survivors)  Collection  o 
the  Joint  Distribution  Committee,  the  pligh 
of  the  Jewish  survivors  of  the  Nazis  ij 
documented,  along  with  what  is  being  don< 
to  alleviate  their  suffering. 

Produced  by  the  General  Film  Corpora 
tion  with  Joseph  Field  as  producer  and  Ben 
jamin  R.  Parker  director,  and  Myroi 
McCormick  as  narrator,  "Operation  SOS,' 
shows  the  system  used  by  the  SOS  Collec- 
tion in  leading  cities  in  the  U.  S.  to  get  anc 
ship  needed  supplies. 

The  subject  is  available  free  in  16mu 
and  35mm  to  exhibitors  through  the  locai 
SOS  Collection  of  the  Joint  Distribution 
Committee  or  at  the  national  headquarters 
at  270  Madison  Avenue,  New  York,  16  N.  Y 


Cc 


New  Jersey  Circuit  Buys 
St.  Cloud  Amusement 

Intercounty  Circuit,  Inc.,  headed  by  Har- 
vey B.  Newins,  has  bought  St.  Cloud 
Amusement  Corp.,  operating  15  theatres  in 
Sussex,  Warren  and  Hunterdon  Counties 
in  northern  New  Jersey  for  $475,000  at  ag- 
gregate rental  for  a  30-year  lease  of  more 
than  $5,000,000.  The  deal  was  closed  this 
week  between  Mr.  Newins  and  Clifton  E. 
Smith  of  St.  Cloud  who  will  continue  as 
film  buyer  for  the  theatres.  Mr.  Newins  pro- 
poses to  maintain  a  high  quality  of  enter- 
tainment for  county  clientele  and,  as  soon  as 
material  is  available,  will  build  new  theatres 
in  Sparta  and  Lambertville. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  194 


WHAT  THE 

PICTURE  DID  FOR  ME 


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Columbia 

BANDIT  OF  SHERWOOD  FOREST:  Cornel  Wilde, 
Anita  Louise — Had  bad  weather  all  during  the  playing 
time  of  this  picture  and  it  failed  to  draw.  I  believe 
it  would  go  well  in  any  situation.  A  swell  show  I 
Played  Sunday,  Monday.  Sept.  22,  23.— Harry  T. 
Wachter,  New  Gentry  Theatre,  Gentry,  Ark. 

GILDA:  Rita  Hayworth,  Glenn  Ford — Had  a  nice 
crowd.  No  complaints.  Most  customers  thought  it 
was  quite  different.  Grand  acting  by  both  stars.  Not 
a  good  picture  for  children,  but  it  is  one  that  the 
adults  are  sure  to  enjoy  because  of  the  unusual  story. 
Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Sept.  24,  25.— Harold  J. 
Johnson,   Elberta  Theatre,   Palisade,  Colo. 

RETURN  OF  THE  DURANGO  KID:  Charles  Star- 
rett,  Jean  Stevens — Fair  Western  that  satisfied  our 
farm  lads  on  a  weekend.  Played  Friday,  Saturday, 
Sept.  27,  28.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Til- 
bury, Ont.,  Can. 

THROW  A  SADDLE  ON  A  STAR:  Ken  Curtis, 
Adeel  Roberts— Good  Western  comedy  on  a  par  with 
prevoius  Columbia  musicals.  Its  background  for  West- 
ern life  is  a  rodeo.  I  believe  a  few  scenes  with  some 
fast  cowboy  action  would  help.  It  shouldn't  be  difficult 
to  add  a  thrill  or  two  of  this  kind  to  the  scenario. 
Hoosier  Hot  Shots  are  the  best  name  in  the  picture. 
Played  with  a  Laurel  and  Hardy  reissue,  "Beau 
Hunks."  Played  Sunday.  Monday,  Sept.  22,  23.— Abe 
H.  Kaufman,  Fountain  Theatre,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 


Film  Classics 

BEAU  HUNKS:  Laurel  and  Hardy— Played  this 
with  "Throw  a  Saddle  on  a  Star."  Found  this  was 
37  minutes  so  we  really  had  a  double  bill  show.  That 
is  something  we  never  play.  Anyway,  it  made  a  good 
program.  This  is  one  of  the  best  Laurel  and  Hardy 
reissues  and  the  costumes  don't  date  it.  Played 
Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  22.  23.— Abe  H.  Kaufman, 
Fountain  Theatre,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

BOY,  A  GIRL  AND  A  DOG,  A:  Jerry  Hunter, 
Sharyn  Moffett— A  good  little  show  that  will  draw  in 
a  small  town.  Play  it.  Business  good.  Played  Tues- 
day, Wednesday.  Aug.  20,  21.— Nick  Raspa,  State 
Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va.     Small  town  patronage. 

HURRICANE,  THE:  Dorothy  Lamour,  Jon  Hall- 
It  was  a  mistake  tC  plav  this  release  only  one  day. 
The  picture  retains  all  its  fine  points  although  it  is 
old.  Most  everyone  thought  the  water  scenes  were 
outstanding.  Crowd  fair,  but  that  was  our  fault,  not 
the  fault  of  the  picture.  Played  Thursday,  Sept.  26. 
— Harold  J.  Johnson,  Elberta  Theatre,  Palisade,  Colo. 


Metro-Gold  wyn-Mayer 

ANCHORS  AWEIGH:  Gene  Kelly,  Kathryn  Gray- 
son, Frank  Sinatra — Picked  this  one  up  late  and  did 
average  business.  A  wonderful  performance  by  Gene 
Kelly.  Frank  Sinatra  was  good,  but  the  people  in 
my  situation  don't  like  him.  The  show  is  too  long. 
It  should  have  had  at  least  one  reel  cut  out.  Played 
Sunday-Tuesday,  May  19-21. — M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy 
Theatre,  Bowbells.  N.  D. 


Monogram 

LAND  OF  THE  OUTLAWS:  Johnny  Mack  Brown 
— Lots  of  fast  riding,  action  and  thrills  as  usual  in 
Johnny  Mack  Brown  films.  Played  Saturday,  Sept. 
21. — Abe  H.  Kaufman,  Fountain  Theatre.  Terre  Haute, 
Ind. 


Paramount 

KITTY:  Paulette  Goddard,  Ray  Milland— Terrible. 
Miss  Goddard  had  the  brogue  down  to  perfection. 
Tn  fact,  she  is  so  good  that  the  patrons  couldn't  under- 
stand her.  There  were  many  walkouts.  I  can't  un- 
derstand why  the  producers  keep  making  these  En- 
glish pictures.  This  is  one  thing  the  new  system  of 
buying  will  eliminate  as  far  as  mv  situation  is  con- 
cerned. Played  Sunday-Tuesday,  Sept.  8-10.— M.  W. 
Thompson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

KITTY:  Paulette  Goddard,  Ray  Milland— It  is  the 
same  old  story  and  I'm  getting  tired  of  repeating  it. 


This  is  another  of  those  phony  Cockney  dialogue  pic- 
tures with  a  British  locale  that  our  public  will  not  ac- 
cept. I'll  credit  Miss  Goddard  with  doing  well  in  her 
role.  But  it  is  slightly  ridiculous  for  an  American 
star  to  try  to  get  this  Limehouse  dialect.  This  Mr. 
Lord  and  My  Lady  will  not  go  down  with  my  audi- 
ence. Oh,  Mr.  Porter  of  the  OPA,  are  you  in  a 
crack?  Also  Mr.  Cliff  Anderson?  Remember  what 
we  told  you,  and  repeatedly  for  two  years,  that  you 
were  letting  your  future  meat  supply  go  through  the 
rings  as  .well  as  the  veal  calves.  This  is  the  answer  to 
the  present  meat  shortage.  Nero  fiddled  while  Rome 
burned  and  that  story  will  fit  the  present  situation. 
Mr.  Porter  went  with  his  hat  in  his  hand  to  the  meat 
packers.  He  went  to  the  wrong  shop.  He  should 
have  gone  into  the  cattle  country.  There  they  could 
tell  him  what  he  could  get  from  a  four-month-old  calf. 
Mr.  Anderson  cannot  pass  the  buck  for  we  have  his 
letters  acknowledging  his  cognizance  of  the  situation. 
Yet  he  did  not  have  the  fortitude  to  fight  the  putting 
back  of  the  ceilings.  This  situation  would  have  ad- 
justed itself  given  time. — A.  E.  Hancock,  Columbia 
Theatre,  Columbia  City,  Ind. 

VIRGINIAN,  THE:  Joel  McCrea,  Brian  Donlevy— 
This  was  a  beautiful  picture  in  Technicolor.  The  act- 
ing was  good.  They  forgot  to  switch  the  babies  and 
it  did  not  follow  the  book  very  well.  Good  crowd. 
Many  thought  Gary  Cooper's  version  was  better,  but 
all  agreed  that  the  color  scenes  could  not  be  beaten. 
Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  15,  16. — Harold  J.  John- 
son, Elberta  Theatre,  Palisade,  Colo.  . 

PRC 

CARAVAN  TRAIL:  Eddie  Dean,  Al  LaRue^My 
patrons  and  I  also  think  that  Eddie  Dean  is  all  right, 
and  he  can  sing,  too.  This  is  the  best  yet.  Al  LaRue 
can  act  and  my  patrons  like  him.  If  PRC  keeps  it 
up,  they  will  put  Dean  on  the  top.  Business  good. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Aug.  9,  10.— Nick  Raspa, 
State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va.  Small  town  patron- 
age. 

DANGEROUS  INTRUDER:  Charles  Arnt,  Veda 
Ann  Borg — We  didn't  do  business  with  this  picture. 
The  farmers  are  too  busy,  I  guess.  Played  Sunday 
midnight.  Sept.  29. — Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre, 
Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

ENCHANTED  FOREST:  Edmund  Lowe,  Brenda 
Joyce — Very  good.  We  did  O.K.  despite  the  heat  and 
the  very  bad  time  of  the  year  for  the  farmers.  The 
print  I  had  was  in  poor  condition  but  the  show  and 
color  were  O.K.  Plaved  Tuesday-Thursday,  July  23- 
25.— M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

SIX  GUN  MAN:  Bob  Steele,  Jean  Carlin— A  very 
good  Western  with  lots  of  action,  shooting  and  laughs. 
Bob  Steele  is  always  good  in  this  town,  but_  this  time 
he  brought  in  average  business.  Played  Friday,  Sat- 
urday, Aug.  30.  31.— Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre,  Rives- 
ville, W.  Va.    Small  town  patronage. 


RKO  Radio 

BELLS  OF  ST.  MARY'S,  THE:  Bing  Crosby,  In- 
grid  Bergman — One  of  the  best  pictures  RKO  ever  put 
out.  Crosby  and  Miss  Bergman  were  great.  The  story 
was  also  good,  and  different.  The  plot  came  in  right. 
Business  on  this  was  great.  Flayed  Sunday.  Monday, 
Sept.  1,  2.— Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre,  Rivesville. 
W.  Va.    Small  town  patronage. 

DEADLINE  AT  DAWN:  Susan  Hay  ward,  Paul 
I.ukas — We  were  unable  to  arouse  any  interest  with 
this  feature.  Business  poor  even  for  midweek.  Played 
Wednesday.  Thursday.  Sept.  18.  19.— A.  C.  Edwards, 
Winema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small  lumber  town  pat- 
ronage. 

FROM  THIS  DAY  FORWARD:  Joan  Fontaine, 
Mark  Stevens — A  fair  little  show  that  appeals  to  both 
young  and  old.  Miss  Fontaine  was  great  as  usual,  and 
Mark  Stevens  was  good,  too.  The  business  was  below 
average  for  Sur.dav  and  Monday.  Played  Aug.  25. 
26.— Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre.  Rivesville,  W.  Va. 
Small  town  patronage. 

MAN  ALIVE:  Pat  O'Brien.  Ellen  Drew— Good  slap- 


stick. The  patrons  liked  it.  Played  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  May  22,  23.— M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy  Thea- 
tre, Bowbells,  N.  D. 

SPANISH  MAIN,  THE:  Paul  Henreid,  Maureen 
O'Hara — We  had  a  fair  crowd  the  first  night,  but 
business  was  off  badly  the  second.  The  picture  was 
well  made  and  beautifully  colored,  but  sea  stories 
and  costume  pictures  just  won't  go  over  here.  Played 
Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  15,  16. — A.  C.  Edwards,  Wine- 
ma Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small  lumber  town  patron- 
age. 


Republic 

DAKOTA:  John  Wayne,  Vera  Hruba  Ralston— This 
was  a  very  good  Western  feature,  but  did  not  gross 
any  better  than  some  of  the  lesser  ones.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  20,  21.— A.  C.  Edwards,  Win- 
ema Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small  lumber  town  patron- 
age. 

MAN  FROM  RAINBOW  VALLEY:  Monte  Hale, 
Adrian  Booth— This  horse  picture  in  Magnacolor  is  al- 
most as  good  as  "Smoky."  I  did  excellent  business 
with  it  on  Friday  and  Saturday.  Play  it,  if  you  are 
in  a  small  town.  Played  Sept.  27,  28.— E.  M.  Frei- 
burger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

MY  PAL  TRIGGER:  Roy  Rogers,  George  "Gabby" 
Hayes— A  good  picture  for  a  small  town.  Republic 
sold  this  as  a  special  but  it  is  no  better  or  worse  than 
the  usual  Roy  Rogers.  Business  was  good,  so  that 
is  all  that  matters.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday, 
Sept.  18.  19.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre, 
Dewey,  Okla. 

NIGHT  TRAIN  TO  MEMPHIS:  Roy  Acuff,  Adele 
Mara — Sure,  it  is  corny,  but  it  is  what  the  people  like 
in  a  small  town.  Business  was  good.  If  you  are  in 
a  small  town  don't  pass  it  as  it  will  do  more  than  the 
major's  super  dupers.  Played  Thursday,  Friday,  Sept. 
25,  26. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey, 
Okla. 

RED  RIVER  RENEGADES:  Sunset  Carson,  Peggy 
Stewart — Routine  Western  which  pleased  the  Friday 
and  Saturday  crowd.  Played  Sept.  20,  21.— E.  M. 
Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

SHERIFF  OF  LAS  VEGAS:  Bill  Elliott,  Bobby 
Blake — A  picture  with  a  good  plot  that  was  enjoyed 
by  all.  Try  it.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  20, 
21.— Harry  T.  Wachter,  New  Gentry  Theatre,  Gentry, 
Ark. 

SING,  NEIGHBOR,  SING:  Ruth  Terry,  Lulubelle 
and  Scotty — Wow!  For  once  I  can  write  as  a  happy 
man.  This  picture  really  clicked  down  here.  They 
came  and  went  away  whistling.  Give  us  more  like 
this  and  we  won't  have  to  worry  about  keeping  the 
wolf  from  the  door.  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday, 
Sept.  17,  18.— Harry  T.  Wachter,  New  Gentry  Thea- 
tre, Gentry,  Ark. 

SONG  OF  ARIZONA:  Roy  Rogers,  Dale  Evans— 
Always  can  depend  on  Roy.  Why  doesn't  Republic 
give  Dale  Evans  a  big  picture.  It  wouldn't  be  bad 
to  have  Roy  and  Dale  star  in  a  Technicolor  Western. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday.  Sept.  13,  14. — James  C. 
Balkcom,  Jr.,   Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 


Twentieth  Century- Fox 

AND  THEN  THERE  WERE  NONE:  Barry  Fitz- 
gerald, Walter  Huston — One  of  the  better  mysteries. 
Had  everyone  guessing  right  up  to  the  end.  It  is 
different  from  the_  average  mystery.  There_  are_  no 
cops  or  detectives  in  it.  It  held  up.  The  third  night 
was  as  good  as  the  first.  That  is  something  unusual 
in  a"  small  town.  Played  Tuesday-Thursday,  May  14- 
16.— M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy  Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

BEHIND  GREEN  LIGHTS :  Carole  Landis,  William 
Gargan — Program  picture  that  was  nice  entertainment 
for  our  weekend  customers.    Played  Friday,  Saturday, 

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61 


Short  Product  in  First  Run  Houses 


{Continued  from  preceding  page) 
Sept.  27,  28.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury, 
Ont.,  Can. 

CLUNY  BROWN:  Charles  Boyer,  Jennifer  Jones- 
Nuts  to  the  squirrels,  Boyer  and  20th-Fox.  The  patrons 
came  out  wondering  if  they  liked  it  or  not  and  the 
more  they  thought  they  realized  they  hadn't  seen 
anything.  I  didn't  believe  it  possible  to  play  100  min- 
utes of  nothing,  but  that  is  what  I  did.  Played  Sun- 
day-Tuesday, Sept.  1-3.  —  M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy 
Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

DRAGON  WYCK:  Gene  Tierney,  Vincent  Price— I 
don't  think  this  picture  is  good  for  small  towns.  We 
didn't  do  business  as  our  town  is  an  action  town. 
Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Sept.  23,  24.— Harland  Ran- 
kin, Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

WALK  IN  THE  SUN,  A:  Dana  Andrews,  Richard 
Conte — No  good.  It  did  worse  the  first  night  than  the 
second.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Sept.  25,  25. 
—Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 


United  Artists 

BREAKFAST  IN  HOLLYWOOD:  Tom  Breneman, 
Bonita  Granville — A  fine  picture  which  pleased  all  who 
came.  Business  was  good.  This  picture  should  please 
and  draw  anywhere.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept. 
15,  16.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey, 
Okla. 


Universal 

BLONDE  ALIBI:  Tom  Neal,  Martha  O'Driscoll— 
Here  is  a  mystery  that  held  them  on  the  edge  of 
their  seats.  A  nice  cast  and  they  performed  well. 
Business  average.  Plaved  Friday.  Saturday,  Aug. 
30,  31.— Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va. 
Small  town  patronage. 

CRIMSON  CANARY,  THE:  Noah  Beery,  Jr.,  Lois 
Collier — Fair  little  programmer  which  did  very  little 
at  the  box  office.  A  jazz  band  picture.  Played 
Wednesday,  Thursday,  Sept.  4,  5.— M.  W.  Thompson, 
Roxy  Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

DARK  HORSE,  THE:  Phil  Terry,  Ann  Savage— A 
little  program  picture  which  got  by  on  Pay  Night. 
Will  not  stand  alone.  Played  Tuesday,  Sept.  24.— 
E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

FRONTIER  GAL:  Rod  Cameron,  Yvonne  de  Carlo 
— The  best  I  have  played  from  Universal.  Beautiful 
color.  Andy  Devine  and  "Fuzzy"  Knight  supplied  the 
humor.  It  had  a  good  story,  and  business  was  good. 
It  is  a  picture  that  could  have  played  Sunday.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  6,  7.— M.  W.  Thompson,  Roxy 
Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

HER  ADVENTUROUS  NIGHT:  Dennis  O'Keefe, 
Helen  Walker — A  good  program  picture  which  pleased 
average  business.  Not  a  sleeper  as  some  of  the  re- 
views would  lead  you  to  believe.  Played  Tuesday, 
Sept.  17.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dew- 
ey, Okla. 

HER  ADVENTUROUS  NIGHT:  Dennis  O'Keefe, 
Helen  Walker— Hollywood  sems  to  be  able  to  ruin 
more  program  pictures  this  season  than  any  I  have 
known.  It  looks  as  though  there  are  too  many 
distractions  out  there  and  they  certainly  can't  be  on 
the  ball  or  they  would  realize  that  good  program 
pictures  are  the  backbone  of  the  small  exhibitor.  They 
cannot  all  be  supers. — A.  E.  Hancock.  Columbia  Thea- 
tre, Columbia  City,  Ind. 

LOVER  COME  BACK:  George  Brent,  Lucille  Ball 
— Entertaining  light  comedy  which  failed  to  do  any 
extra  business,  but  it  pleased  those  who  came.  Played 
Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  22,  23.— E.  M.  Freiburger, 
Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

PURSUIT  TO  ALGIERS:  Basil  Rathbone,  Nigel 
Bruce — Here  is  a  good  little  mystery.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  it  is  all  mystery.  This  is  the  trouble  with  these 
Holmes  pictures.  They  don't  give  the  people  a  chance 
to  find  the  killer.  Holmes  is  the  only  one  who  knows. 
This  is  the  reason  why  this  series  doesn't  appeal  to 
my  patrons.  Business  average.  Flayed  Friday,  Satur- 
day, Aug.  16,  17.— Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre,  Rives- 
ville, W.  Va. 

SHADY  LADY:  Charles  Coburn,  Ginny  Simms— 
Not  enough  action  or  comedy  for  my  situation  for 
a  Friday  and  Saturday  booking.  Would  have  been 
better  midweek.  Business  was  below  average.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  May  17,  18.— M.  W.  Thompson, 
Roxy  Theatre,  Bowbells,  N.  D. 

STRANGE  CONQUEST:  Jane  Wyatt,  Lowell  Gil- 
more — This  did  not  go  over  at  all.  Used  on  top  half 
of  double  bill.  Played  Fridav,  Saturday,  Sept.  20.  21. 
—A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Cal.  Small 
lumber  town  patronage. 


Warner  Bros. 

HER  KIND  OF  MAN:  Zachary  Scott,  Janis  Paige 
-  This  is  a  good  feature  and  mv  patrons  liked  it,  but  I 
think  this  is  a  bad  start  for  Dane  Clark.  His  acting 
was  too  realistic.  This  Janis  Paige  is  all  right,  and 
she  can  sing,  too.  Play  this,  if  you  haven't  already 
done  so.    Business  average.    Played  Sunday,  Monday, 


NEW  YORK— Week  of  October  7 

CAPITOL:  Northwest  Hounded  Police.  .  MGM 


Over  the  Seas  to  Belfast  MGM 

Feature:  Three  Wise  Fools  '  MGM 

CRITERION:  Ten  Pin  Magic  Columbia 

Misfo  Fox   Columbia 

Feature:  Gallant  Journey  Columbia 

GLOBE:  Beach  Days  Warner  Bros. 

Racall  to  Arms  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Mr.  Ace   United  Artists 

HOLLYWOOD:  Racketeer  Rabbit.  Warner  Bros. 

Facing  Your  Danger  Warner  Bros. 

Men  of  Tomorrow  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Night  and  Day  Warner  Bros. 

MUSIC  HALL:  Donald's  Double  Trouble.  .  RKO 
Steeplechasers   RKO 

Feature:  Notorious   RKO 

PALACE:  Purloined  Pup  RKO 


Aug.  11,  12.— Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre,  Rivesville, 
W.  Va.    Small  town  patronage. 

ONE  MORE  TOMORROW:  Ann  Sheridan,  Dennis 
Morgan — A  good  picture  that  should  have  been  ex- 
cellent because  of  the  stars  and  the  company.  I  think 
Jack  Carson  got  a  raw  deal  on  this.  He  didn't  have  a 
chance  to  act,  but  he  brought  on  some  laughs.  My 
patrons  thought  Dennis  Morgan  was  going  to  sing. and 
they  also  expected  Ann  Sheridan  to  sing.  This  brought 
them  in.  Business  average.  Played  Sunday,  Monday, 
Aug.  18,  19.— Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre,  Rivesville, 
W.  Va.    Small  town  patronage. 

SAN  ANTONIO:  Errol  Flynn,  Alexis  Smith— First 
picture  from  Warners  that  we  have  had  this  year  that 
did  business  with  the  exception  of  a  few  reissues. 
"San  Antonio"  is  the  kind  of  picture  that  should  do 
O.K.  in  any  type  of  theatre  on  the  best  days,  but  it 
is  particularly  good  for  an  action  house  like  ours. 
Warners  should  make  at  least  three  or  four  big  out- 
door Westerns  a  year  like  this.  How  about  reissuing 
"Dodge  City?"  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  15,  16. 
— Abe  H,  Kaufman,  Fountain  Theatre,  Terre  Haute, 
Ind. 


Short  Features 


Columbia 

CARNIVAL  COURAGE:  Color  Rhapsodies— Car- 
toon. Only  fair.— W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre, 
Ruston,  La. 


Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

SPRINGTIME  FOR  THOMAS:  Technicolor  Car- 
toons— Good  color  cartoon. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Para- 
mount Theatre.  Dewey,  Okla. 

TRAFFIC  WITH  THE  DEVIL:  Two  Reel  Specials 

— This  is  a  very  good  short  and  everyone  should  see 
it.  Then  perhaps  people  would  slow  down  on  the 
highway.  Showed  to  a  fair  crowd.  Good  short. — 
Harold  J.  Johnson,  Elberta  Theatre,  Palisade,  Colo. 


Paramount 

AS  BABIES:  °r>eaking  of  Animals — Brought  this 
Speaking  of  Animals  back  again  and  the  patrons 
laughed  at  it  as  much  as  they  did  the  first  time. 
This  is  one  of  Paramount's  best  series  of  shorts.- — 
Abe  H.  Kaufman.  Fountain  Theatre,  Terre  Haute, 
Ind. 

BIRDS  MAKE  SPORT:  Sportlights— Just  a  filler. 
Very  little  entertainment. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Para- 
mount Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

CHICK  AND  DOUBLE  CHICK:  Little  Lulu— Good 
color  cartoon. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre, 
Dewey,  Okla. 

GOAL  RUSH:  Noveltoons — Entertaining  color  car- 
toons.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey, 
Okla. 

JOHN  HENRY  AND  INKY  POO:  George  Pal  Pup- 
netoons — This  is  a  puppetoon  in  color  from  George 
Pal. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey, 
Okla. 

ROCKET  TO  MARS:  Popeye  the  Sailor— Average 
Popeye  cartoojj  in  color. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Para- 
mount Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 


Feature:  Sister  Kenny   RKO 

PARAMOUT:  Rocket  to  Mars  Paramount 

Feature:  Monsiuer  Beaucaire   .Paramount 

RIALTO:  A  Peep  in  the  Deep  Paramount 

Feature:  The  Raider   English  Films,  Inc. 

RiVOU:  Mifsica-Lufu   Paramount 

Be  Kind  to  Animals  Paramount 

Double  Rhythm  Paramount 

Feature:  Two  Years  Before  the  Mast ...  Paramount 

ROXY:  Football  Fancier  20th  Cent.-Fox 

The  Tortoise  Wins  Again  20th  Cent.-Fox 

World  Food  Problem  20  Cent.-Fox 

Feature:  Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue  .  20th  Cent.-Fox 

STRAND:  The  Big  Snooze  Warner  Bros. 

Adventure  in  South  America ..  .Warner  Bros. 

Men  of  Tomorrow   Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Cloak  and  Dagger  Warner  Bros. 

WINTER  GARDEN:  Wacky  Weed.  .  .Universal 
Feature:  The   Killers  Universal 


UNUSUAL  OCCUPATIONS:  No.  5-This  color  reel 
is  worth  showing. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount 
Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

Twentieth  Century- Fox 

ATOMIC  POWER:  March  of  Time— not  much  en- 
tertainment in  this  illustrated  lecture. — E.  M.  Frei- 
burger, Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

BEHIND  THE  FOOTLIGHTS:  Feminine  World 
Series — Very  entertaining.  It  is  worth  playing.— 
Harland  Rankin,   Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont.,  Can. 

SEA  SIRENS:  Sports  Review— Very  good.  Took 
O.  K.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ont., 
Can. 


Universal 

BREAKIN'  IT  DOWN:  Name-Band  Musicals— En- 
tertaining two-reel  musical. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Para- 
mount Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

HOBO'  HOUND:  Person-Oddities— Entertaining  reel. 
— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

MR.  CHIMP  TO  THE  RESCUE:  Variety  Views— 
A  very  good  monkey  comedy  which  will  please  all. — 
E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

SING  AND  BE  HAPPY:  Sing  and  Be  Happy  Series 
— Same  as  Community  Sing  shorts  with  some  good 
songs. — Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va. 

WHO'S  COOKING  WHO1:  Lantz  Color  Cartunes— A 
very  good  cartoon.  Play  it.— Nick  Raspa,  State  Thea- 
tre, Rivesville,  W.  Va. 


Warner-Vitaphone 

BOOK  REVUE:  Merrie  Melodies  Cartoons— A  very 
good  cartoon.  Play  it. — Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre, 
Rivesville,  W.  Va. 

DOWN  SINGAPORE  WAY:  Technicolor  Specials— 
A  two-reel  travel  film  in  Technicolor.  Will  serve  as 
a  filler. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dew- 
ey, Okla. 

HARE  TONIC:  "Bugs  Bunny"  Specials— I  don't 
think  anything  can  bring  more  laughs  than  this  rab- 
bit. His  cartoons  are  always  good  and  worth  playing. 
— Nick  Raspa,  State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va. 

HOLIDAY  FOR  SHOESTRINGS:  Merrie  Melodies 
Cartoons — A  very  good  cartoon.  Play  it. — Nick  Raspa, 
State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va. 

NASTY  QUACKS:  Merrie  Melodies  Cartoons— A 
very  good  cartoon  and  well  worth  playing. — Nick  Ras- 
pa, State  Theatre,  Rivesville,  W.  Va. 

RHYTHM  ON  ICE:  Merrie  Melodies  Cartoons— 
This  is  a  lovely  short  and  a  credit  to  the  industry. — 
Harland  Rankin.  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury.  Ont.,  Can. 


Jurgens  Joins  Time 

Victor  Jurgens,  March  of  Time  Far 
East  and  South  American  director-camera- 
man, who  recently  returned  from  atom- 
bombed  Bikini,  has  been  appointed  a  direc- 
tor of  the  New  York  office. 


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«An  international  association  of  showmen  meeting  weekly 
in  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD  for  mutual  aid  and  progress 


CHESTER  FRIEDMAN,  Editor 


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Campaign  to  Avoid 

In  many  states  the  people  are  preparing  to  vote  in  the 
elections  next  month.  Current  indications  point  up  the 
public's  interest,  unusually  keen,  in  many  of  the  contests  to 
be  decided.  It  is  probable  that  personal  feelings  will  run  high 
among  the  various  political  factions  in  some  sections  of  the 
country. 

Experience  has  proved  that,  while  it  is  desirable  to  have 
the  theatre  manager  active  in  community  affairs,  the  field  of 
politics  is  one  phase  best  left  strictly  to  politicians. 

Even  in  communities  which  lean  predominantly  towards  one 
faction,  the  theatre  can  ill  afford  to  alienate  patrons  who 
may  not  agree  with  the  platform  of  that  group. 

Partisanship  at  election  time  is  hardly  in  keeping  with  good 
business  tactics  in  a  business  such  as  ours.  Even  paid  political 
advertising  on  the  theatre  screen,  regardless  of  management's 
declaration  that  its  views  are  not  reflected  in  such  advertise- 
ments, can  be  easily  misunderstood. 

The  goodwill  of  oar  patrons,  built  up  over  long  periods  of 
time  and  with  great  effort,  is  never  as  intensely  jeopardized 
as  at  this  time  of  the  year.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  theatre- 
men  will  not  succumb  to  the  pretty  speeches  and  urgent  pleas 
of  the  politicians  intent  upon  using  the  theatre  for  their 
personal  ambitions. 

:  AAA 

Procrastination 

One  of  the  regular  contributors  to  these  pages  and  a  con- 
tender in  the  Awards  competitions  informs  us  he  is  collecting 
material  from  the  beginning  of  the  year  which  will  be 
sent  on   to  us. 

We  infer  that,  while  he  has  been  busy  each  week  promoting 
his  theatre  attractions,  only  occasionally  has  he  found  the  time 
or  the  inclination  to  submit  these  campaigns. 

Unfortunately,  the  delay  may  be  a  costly  one.  Campaigns 
are  judged  every  three  months.   The  material  submitted  by 


the  leading  contenders  becomes  eligible  for  consideration  in 
the  Annual  Finals. 

By  failing  to  forward  his  submissions  in  time  for  consideration 
in  the  quarterly  judgings,  this  manager  has  sacrificed  an 
opportunity  to  have  his  work  appraised  equitably  with  the 
other  contenders  during  the  first  three  quarter-periods. 

Nor  would  it  be  fair  to  the  other  showmen  in  the  final 
quarter  to  present  campaigns  covering  a  full  year  against  their 
submissions  of  three  months. 

The  rules  covering  the  Awafds  are  published  in  this  section 
periodically  and  are  repeated  especially  in  this  issue. 

Theatremen  who  aspire  to  Q-uigley  Award  honors  should 
read  these  rules  and  familiarize  themselves  with  them.  Many 
an  uncrowned  champion  can  attribute  his  defeat  to  an  act 
of  omission,  rather  than  commission. 

AAA 

Let's  Have  More 

Gaumont  British  house  organ,  News  and  Views,  reports  the 
reopening  of  that  organization's  Sports  Grounds  at  Norbury. 

"The  social  side  of  the  corporation,"  says  an  editorial,  "is 
already  awakening  —  and,  with  the  first  postwar  dance  already 
held,  and  more  to  follow,  the  social  life  which  is  one  of  the 
big  features  of  our  corporation  should  soon  be  back  to  normal. 

"Make  the  most  of  these  sporting  and  social  activities. 
They  afford  a  wonderful  opportunity  to  meet  old  friends,  to 
make  new  ones,  and  to  meet  your  colleagues  away  from  the 
atmosphere  of  the  theatre  or  the  department.  They  also  help 
to  cement  the  team  spirit  upon  which  all  big  undertakings 
must  build  their  successes." 

The  most  inspiring  recollection  we  have  from  our  experiences 
in  the  Publix-Saenger  circuit  is  the  remembrance  of  pictures 
in  each  theatre  manager's  office,  showing  scenes  at  the  cir- 
cuit's recreation  resort  at  Bay  St.  Louis,  Miss.,  depicting  the 
company's  employees  in  playful  moods. 

Each  photo  carried  the  same  inscription:  "All  work  and 
no  play  makes  Jack  a  dull  boy. — E.  V.  Richards." 

•  —CHESTER  FRIEDMAN 


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STREET  BALLY  HOOS 
WITH  EYE  APPEAL 


A  mirthquake  of  laughs 
was  provoked  with  the 
novel  promotion  at 
right,  by  manager 
Dwight  Kirk  at  the 
Strand,  Middletown, 
Ohio,  to  publicize 
"Don't  Gamble  with 
Strangers". 


On  Friday  the  13th, 
R.  J.  Hynes,  manager 
of  the  Criterion, 
Oklahoma  City,  Okla., 
decided  to  put  on  a 
special  "jinx  show" 
featuring  special 
stage  attractions,  with 
"The  Uninvited"  as 
the  feature  film. 
40  x  60  display  and 
street  ballyhoo,  left, 
helped  publicize 
the  date. 


Pete  Stainback,  relief  manager  at  Loew's,  Richmond,  Va.,  used  this  novel  street 
ballyhoo  to  publicize  "Holiday  in  Mexico"  and  tied  up  with  WRVA  for  an  interview 
over  the  "Man  on  the  Street"  program. 


At  right  is  a  novel 
street  ballyhoo  used 
by  William  Fagg, 
manager  of  the  Roxy, 
Tacoma,  Wash.,  to 
exploit  "Breakfast  in 
Hollywood". 

To  promote  "O.S.S."  at 
the  Wallace  theatre,  Peru, 
I nd. ,  publicist  George 
Pappas  had  two  boys  and 
a  girl  covering  downtown 
streets  with  these  placards 
on  their  backs. 


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ARTISTIC 

— showmanship  of  manager 
John  Schaftleutzel  of  the  Lincoln 
theatre,  Lincoln,  Nebr.,  is  manifest 
in  this  "Easy  to  Wed"  promotion. 
Local  shoe  store  provided 
platform  during  alterations,  with 
the  enterprising  theatreman 
supplying  three  girls  to  paint 
banner  spelling  out  title  of  the 
film.  Device  was  a  real  traffic 
stopper. 


EXHIBIT  of  model  ships 
tracing  the  evolution  of 
the  U.  S.  Merchant  Ma- 
rine made  an  attractive 
advance  ballyhoo  on 
"Two  Years  Before  the 
Mast"  for  manager  Monty 
Salmon  of  the  Rivoli,  New 
York,  right. 


A  COINCIDENCE  pro- 
vided an  effective  lobby 
display,  left,  at  the  RKO 
Flushing  theatre,  New 
York.  Lee  Koken,  man- 
ager, and  Bernie  Cow- 
ham,  both  Milwaukeeans, 
extended  greetings  to 
"Two  Guys  from  Milwau- 
kee" and  a  reciproca 
telegram  was  received 
from  the  two  stars. 


CELEBRATING  birthday  of  movies  with  special  Mickey  Mouse  show 
at  the  RKO  theatre,  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  manager  A.  G.  Pluchos  pro- 
vided cake  and  invited  kids  to  send  greetings  to  the  Renowned  Rodent. 


REISSUES  recently  booked  at  the  Empire,  Providence, 
R.  I.,  held  special  exploitation  for  manager  Jim  Randel. 
This  attractive  front  augmented  strong  radio  campaign. 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


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The  Selling  Approach 

ON  NEW  PRODUCT 

[The  material  below  reflects  pressbooks  now  in  preparation  and  represents  the  point 
of  view  of  the  distributors'  exploiteers  on  selling  points  and  special  merit  of  these  pictures.] 


IF  I'M  LUCKY  (Twentieth  Century- Fox): 

The  accent  is  on  music  in  this  picture  with 
such  performers  as  Perry  Como,  the  singer, 
and  Harry  James,  the  orchestra  leader,  as 
stellar  attractions.  There  are  four  new 
songs  in  the  picture,  which  are  likely  to 
become  hit  tunes.  Music  and  record  shops 
are  primed  for  music  cooperation.  Have 
them  set  up  window  and  counter  displays, 
featuring  the  tunes  from  the  picture, 
augmented  by  scene  stills,  ad  accessories 
and  blow-ups  of  the  stars.  Dealers  will 
have  many  of  their  other  discs  on  hand. 
Use  them  as  a  background  for  displays, 
along  with  copy  selling  their  newest 
recordings  from  the  film. 

Contact  local  disc  jockeys  to  insure 
maximum  plugs.  Locate  the  number  one 
Perry  Como  and  Harry  James  fans.  Plan 
15-minute  programs  featuring  their  record- 
ings, tune  teasing  contests  and  letter  writ- 
ing competitions,  naming  them  top  singer 
and  bandsman,  along  with  reasons  for 
choice.  Arrange  to  have  a  ballot  for  the 
favorite  tune  from  the  picture. 

Another  star  of  the  picture  is  Vivian 
Blaine,  whose  rise  to  stardom  occurred 
after  she  was  discovered  as  a  songstress 
in  a  New  York  night  club.  Many  other 
top  feminine  screen  stars  have  reached 
the  top  after  appearing  as  vocalists.  Pro- 
mote a  contest  that  ties  in  with  both  the 
title  song  and  Vivian's  role  in  the  picture. 
Run  daily  auditions  for  an  "If  I'm  Lucky" 
vocalist.  Arrange  interviews,  pictures  and, 
if  possible,  a  tieup  with  a  local  night  club 
for  a  big  splash  a  week  in  advance  of 
showing.  Finalists  could  appear  on  the 
stage  opening  night. 

Carmen  Miranda's  bizarre  head-dresses 
have  earned  her  a  certain  distinction. 
Capitalize  on  this  by  conducting  a  fashion 


designing  contest.  Tie  in  with  art  schools 
and  work  for  merchant  co-ops,  reproduc- 
ing the  art  for  cutouts.  A  stage  fashion 
show,  featuring  Latin  American  creations 
modeled  by  contestants,  will  draw  interest 
and  publicity  for  your  playdate. 

NOBODY  LIVES  FOREVER  (Warner  Bros.): 

In  this  picture,  John  Garfield  portrays  a 
rugged  and  ready  Army  veteran  struggling 
to  reestablish  himself  as  a  "biggie"  in  the 
rackets.  Use  a  lobby  display  of  "Wanted" 
posters,  phony  stocks,  counterfeit  bills  and 
other  working  tools  of  the  confidence 
racketeers.  Posters  in  store  windows,  clubs, 
offices  and  public  buildings,  warning  the 
public  against  the  operations  of  confidence 
men,  could  be  illustrated  with  stills  from 
the  picture. 

Promote  radio  talks  or  dramatizations 
warning  the  public,  especially  veterans,  of 
the  more  familiar  types  of  con-man  rackets. 
Suggest  the  following  query  for  local 
Inquiring  Reporter  column:  "We  all  know 
'Nobody  Lives  Forever'  but,  if  you  had 
your  choice,  would  you  want  to?" 

For  ballyhoo,  the  old  telescope  gag  is 
suggested,  using  a  lifesize  blowup  of  the 
still  showing  Walter  Brennan  hawking  "A 
look  at  the  stars".  Attach  a  tube  to  the 
cutout  to  serve  as  the  telescope  barrel. 
Post  the  regular  three-sheet  on  the  front 
or  roof  of  a  building  on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  street  in  the  line  of  sight  of  the 
"telescope". 

The  many  advertising  media  available 
to  local  insurance  companies  could  be 
adapted  to  a  campaign  based  on  the 
slogan:  "  'Nobody  Lives  Forever'!  Protect 
Your  Family  with  Insurance."  Media  in- 
clude newspapers,  window  displays,  mail 
ing  stutters  and  direct- mail  promotions. 


Coloring  Contests  Boost 
Date  on  "Black  Beauty" 

Two  coloring  contests,  one  for  children 
and  one  for  adults,  were  sponsored  by  the 
Journal-Courier  through  a  tieup  manager 
Bill  Brown  arranged  to  exploit  his  engage- 
ment on  "Black  Beauty"  at  the  Poli-Bijou 
theatre,  New  Haven,  Conn.  Over  1,800 
contestants   entered   the   two  competitions. 

A  lobby  display  was  placed  in  the  New 
Haven  Public  Library  and  counter  displays 
in  its  six  branches  throughout  the  city. 
1,500  book  marks  also  were  placed  in  the 
library  and  its  branches.  An  additional  500 
book  marks  were  placed  with  the  lending 
library  of  Shartenberg's  department  store. 

A  tieup  was  made  with  the  Crown  Bingo 
parlor  for  the  use  of  their  public  address 
system  to  publicize  the  picture.  Guest  tickets 


were  given  to  winners  of  special  bingo 
games.  Another  tieup  with  radio  station 
WNHC  resulted  in  eight  spot  announce- 
ments daily  for  a  week  in  advance. 

Several  Window  Tieups  Set 
By  Butterfield  in  Lincoln 

Many  window  tieups  were  arranged  by 
manager  G.  E.  Butterfield  to  exploit  his 
playdate  on  ''Night  and  Day"  and  to  cele- 
brate the  20th  anniversary  of  sound  at  the 
Lincoln  theatre,  Lincoln,  Nebr.  In  addition 
the  governor  of  Nebraska  issued  a  proclama- 
tion on  the  anniversary.  The  window  tieups 
were  set  with  Western  Electric,  Eastman 
Kodak,  Kresge,  Watts  Music  Store,  Dietz 
Music  Store,  Schmoller  &  Mueller  and  the 
Lincoln  Telephone  Company.  100  jumbo 
cards  were  placed  in  store  windows. 


Placards  Hotels 
For  "Angel  on 
My  Shoulder" 

Manager  Harry  Waxman  promoted  40 
special  lobby  posters  in  Atlantic  City  hotels 
for  the  opening  of  "Angel  on  My  Shoulder" 
at  the  Hollywood  theatre,  Atlantic  City, 
N.  J.  250  window  cards  blanketed  the  city's 
store  windows.  In  addition,  posters  on  200 
buses  of  the  Pacific  Street  line  drew  advance 
notice  to  the  picture's  opening. 

Tieups  with  Kensington's  Furniture  Store 
and  Blatt's  Department  Store  on  the  Gen- 
eral Electric  Automatic  blankets  and  Victor 
Personal  Radios  were  arranged  for  some 
excellent  floor  and  window  displays. 

Fifty  spot  announcements  were  used  on 
stations  WEPU  and  WBAB  while  news- 
paper ads  and  publicity  broke  extensively 
prior  to  and  during  playdate. 

In  all  tieups,  ads,  publicity  and  displays, 
the  stars  of  the  picture,  Paul  Muni,  Anne 
Baxter  and  Claude  Rains,  received  major 
mention. 


Rhumba  Contest  Aids  "Mexico" 

A  rhumba  contest  was  promoted  by  man- 
ager J.  G.  Samartano  to  exploit  his  play- 
date of  "Holiday  in  Mexico"  at  the  State 
theatre,  Providence,  R.  I.  The  contest  was 
held  on  the  stage  of  the  State,  with  the 
winners  receiving  an  engagement  at  the  El 
Chico  Club.  The  orchestra  from  the  club 
played  at  the  State  on  the  night  of  the  finals. 


COURTESY  GIRLS  WEAR 
COLORFUL  UNIFORMS 

Two  firsts  in  the  Greater  Miami  area 
have  recently  been  introduced  by  man- 
ager Ed  May  at  the  Rosetta  theatre, 
Miami,  Fla.  A  young 
lady  of  the  theatre 
service  staff  is  se- 
lected each  weetc 
to  serve  as  "Smile- 
Courtesy  Girl". 
During  the  ensuing 
week  she  greets  all 
patrons  with  a 
cheery  smile  and  a 
pleasant  "Good 
Evening"  or  "Good 
Afternoon"  and 
suggests  the  most 
desirable  seats 
Courtesy  Girl  available. 

The  second  innovation  is  the  "Tropical 
Uniform",  shown  in  the  accompanying 
picture.  Each  usherette  is  provided  with 
two  tropical  uniforms,  one  chartreuse,  the 
other  burgundy.  White  shoes,  and  a 
flower  worn  in  the  hair,  complete  the  out- 
fit. These  bright  and  colorful  uniforms 
add  to  the  cheerful  atmosphere  of  the 
theatre. 


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All  Out  Effort 
Sells  Playdate 
On  "Grosvenor" 

In  a  five  week  advance  campaign,  man- 
ager Barbara  Bradford  built  her  promo- 
tion on  star  values  and  endeavored  to  make 
the  title  "I  Live  in  Grosvenor  Square,"  a 
household  phrase  for  her  engagement  of  the 
picture  at  the  Plaza  Cinema,  Catford, 
England. 

Chocolate  wrappers,  cigarette  packs, 
match  boxes  and  programs  imprinted  with 
teaser  copy  were  used  to  start  the  campaign 
off.  Considerable  newspaper  space  was 
garnered  for  two  contests.  In  the  first 
competition,  readers  were  requested  to  list 
as  many  public  squares  as  they  could  think 
of  and  send  the  list  to  the  theatre. 

For  the  second  contest,  participants  re- 
counted the  most  interesting  Anglo-Ameri- 
can relationship,  of  which  they  knew  the  de- 
tails. Prizes  were  awarded  to  winners  of 
both  contests.  A  tieup  was  arranged  with 
the  King  Alfred  Hotel,  Bellingham,  for  jit- 
terbug and  vocalist  contests  in  connection 
with  the  playdate  on  the  picture. 

Letters  were  sent  to  various  personali- 
ties living  in  Grosvenor  Square  and  stars 
featured  in  the  film.  The  replies,  with 
photographs,  were  pasted  on  boards  and 
hung  in  the  lobby.  Window  tieups  were 
arranged  with  Woolworth's,  Beck  Jones 
and  Roberta,  a  hairdresser  shop.  750  sou- 
venir programs  were  sold. 


Gingell  Books  Special  Program 
As  "Crazy  Show"  in  Bethesda 

A  program  of  short  comedy  subjects  built 
around  the  feature  "Riverboat  Rhythm"  and 
advertised  as  a  "Crazy  Show"  brought  bus- 
iness away  up  over  average  for  Ray  Gingell, 
manager  of  the  Hiser  theatre,  Bethseda, 
Md. 

Giving  the  "Crazy  Show"  top  billing, 
special  stress  was  placed  on  the  music  and 
laughter  in  all  advertising  which  focused 
around  an  old  fashioned  barker  as  a  symbol 
of  entertainment. 

For  another  recent  program  at  the  Hiser, 
Gingell  booked  six  Walt  Disney  cartoons 
which  he  billed  as  Sports  Sketches.  The 
shorts  included:  "How  to  Play  Baseball", 
"Football,"  "Golf,"  "How  to  Fish,"  "How 
To  Be  A  Sailor"  and  "The  Art  of  Self- 
Defense".  A  series  of  newspaper  advertise- 
ments helped  to  sell  the  show. 


HENRY 
R. 

ARIAS 


PURCHASING  AGENT 

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CABLE:    H  EN  ARIAS,  N.  Y. 


JAMBOREE  ADDS  TO 
SHAFFER  PRESTIGE 

Enthusiasm  was  at  a  high  pitch  in 
Atchison,  Kans.,  recently.  The  reason 
for  all  the  hubbub  was  manager 
Willis  Shaffer's  "Jaycee  Jamboree", 
a  "Hellzapoppin"  type  of  show  spon- 
sored by  the  Junior  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  at  the  Orpheum  theatre. 
Few  people  in  Atchison  were  unaware 
of  the  occasion  after  Willis'  highly 
geared  campaign  got  underway. 
Some  highlights  were  a  double  truck 
cooperative  newspaper  ad,  a  zany 
parade,  headed  by  a  band,  and 
ballyhoo  which  ended  in  front  of  the 
theatre.  For  the  show  itself,  patrons 
were  ushered  to  seats  on  a  scooter 
or  a  wheel  chair.  The  jamboree  was 
another  instance  of  the  goodwill 
campaign  that  has  added  to  Willis' 
prestige  and,  incidentally,  paid  divi- 
dends at  the  box  office. 


Plants  Half  Page  Mats  in 
Five  County  Newspapers 

Half-page  scene  mats  were  planted  in 
five  Westchester  County  newspapers  on 
both  pictures  of  a  double  bill  by  manager 
Michael  Stranger  to  promote  the  playdate 
at  the  State  theatre,  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 
The  pictures  were  "Two  Sisters  from  Bos- 
ton" and  "Lover  Come  Back."  In  addi- 
tion two  and  three-column  stories  were 
garnered  in  the  Reporter  Dispatch,  West- 
chester Herald  and  Westchester  Woman. 
Streamers  and  window  cards  were  placed 
in  three  top  music  store  windows  in  White 
Plains.  3,000  heralds,  announcing  a  "Two 
Sisters  from  Boston"  talent  quest,  were  dis- 
tributed. 


TELEHONE  GIHL5 


FIUING  STATION  MEN 


"How  Many  Pic*  el" 


DEPT  STORE  CLERKS 


ELEVATOR  OPERATORS 


.  "M.,  I  Help  You  rid 


"Com,  U[>  Plcaio!" 
 "Tickets  PlcafeJ" 


NEWSPAPER  REPORTERS 


OTHERS  ALWAYS 


"Your  N.iue  Pic,-!" 

-Tl>ii  W.,  PIcmcI" 


LAKE  THEATRE 

AM  Say  Pleare  Be  Sure  And  5re 

Tb*l  Wonderful  Motion  Picture 

'THE  GREEN  YEARS' 

A    J  CRONIN'S  WONDERFUL  STORY 

Sun-  Mon-Tues- Wed 

September  8-9-10-11 
And  You  Too  Will  S.y  ft  I, 

A  Wonderful  Motion  Picture 


INGENUITY  AND  IMAGINATION  of 
A.  E.  Ableson,  manager  of  the  Lake  theatre, 
Devils  Lake,  N.  D.,  resulted  in  this  clever 
newspaper  ad  he  created  for  "Green  Years". 
Despite  lack  of  illustrative  material,  the  ad 
was  a  standout  by  virtue  of  its  originality. 


Father's  Contest 
Exploits  "Life 
With  Baby" 

The  accent  was  placed  on  exploitation  by 
manager  Helene  Boesel  to  publicize  the 
March  of  Time  subject  "Life  With  Baby"  at 
the  Downer  theatre,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

For  street  ballyhoo,  a  boy  pushed  a  baby 
buggy  in  front  of  the  theatre  for  the  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  matinees  with  appropriate 
copy.  A  father  diapering  contest  was  held 
on  the  stage.  Prizes  consisted  of  guest  tick- 
ets, milk  bottles,  safety  pins  and  other 
articles. 

A  doll  was  placed  in  the  box  office  during 
non-operating  hours  with  a  sign  reading : 
"See  me  at  the  Downer,  etc."  The  doorman 
was  dressed  to  represent  a  doctor  while  the 
usherettes,  cashiers  and  vending  girls  wore 
nurses'  uniforms. 

Helene  contacted  all  PTA  groups  and 
urged  their  cooperation  in  support  of  the 
showing.  The  local  children's  center  also 
was  contacted  and  the  use  of  the  bulletin 
board  obtained  one  week  in  advance.  A 
high  chair  was  used  in  the  lobby  with  a  sign, 
reading :  "We're  going  to  have  a  baby.  See 
the  latest  March  of  Time,  etc." 


Newspaper,  Radio  Breaks 
Garnered  by  Hendley 

Newspaper  and  radio  breaks  were  gar- 
nered for  the  playdate  of  "A  Night  in  Casa- 
blanca" at  the  Bradley  theatre,  Columbus, 
Ga.  The  campaign  was  arranged  by  W.  D. 
Hendley,  publicity  director  for  the  Georgia 
Theatre  Company. 

The  film  received  an  unusual  publicity 
break  when  a  newspaper  photographer  shot 
a  picture  of  three  people  looking  at  the  three 
sheet  cut-out  in  front  of  the  theatre.  The 
picture  was  run  in  the  afternoon  paper. 
2,000  heralds  were  distributed  from  the  the- 
atre and  four  other  local  houses. 

For  his  date  on  "City  for  Conquest,"  at 
the  Bradley,  Hendley  used  a  special  trailer 
six  days  in  advance.  Three  other  Columbus 
theatres  also  used  a  trailer  six  days  in  ad- 
vance to  exploit  the  Bradley  engagement. 


Thompson  Promotes  Co-op  Ad 

A  two  -  column  page  -  long  cooperative 
newspaper  display  ad  was  promoted  by 
manager  Evan  Thompson  for  "Kitty"  at  the 
Strand  theatre,  Plainfield,  N.  J.  Guest 
tickets  were  awarded  to  the  first  35  pur- 
chasers of  the  book  at  Rosenbaum's,  who 
ran  the  ad  in  the  Courier-Nezvs.  The 
store  also  used  a  window  display. 


OUTDOOR 

REFRESHMENT  % 
CONCESSIONAIRES 
from  Coast  to  CoastJ 

over  V4  Century ^1 

Noiv  Specializing^ 
.  in  Refreshment  \ 
Concessions  for  1 
DRIVE-IN  THEATRES  J 

SPORTSER  VICE,  Inc. 

HURST  BLDG.                        BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 

MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


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All  Washington 
Backs  Campaign 
For  "Ranch" 

Highlighted  by  the  personal  appearance  of 
Cal  Farley,  the  true  to  life  central  character 
in  the  film,  a  highly  geared  campaign  for 
"Boys'  Ranch"  was  carried  out  most  suc- 
cessfully at  the  Capitol  theatre,  Washington, 
D.  C.  Through  contacts  made  in  the  cam- 
paign, the  theatre  was  advantageously  placed 
before  additional  groups  of  people. 

The  various  promotions  were  the  work  of 
Brock  Whitlock,  publicity  director  for  the 
theatre,  and  Tom  Baldriclge,  Metro-Gold- 
wyn-Mayer  exploiteer. 

Arrangements  were  made  to  have  the 
Texas  State  Society  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
sponsor  the  personal  appearance  of  Farley. 
The  Society  in  addition  mailed  letters  to 
1,200  Texans  in  the  nation's  capital  urging 
their  support  in  the  project,  entertained 
Farley  at  the  Washington  Roof  reception 
and  dinner  dance  the  night  of  opening,  had 
a  reception  committee  at  the  theatre  on  open- 
ing night  and  made  arrangements  for  Con- 
gressman Ed  Gossett  to  introduce  Farley 
from  the  stage. 

The  personal  appearance  "  tour  was  re- 
ceived with  a  great  deal  of  enthusiasm  in 
Washington.  It  included,  in  part,  a  talk 
before  the  Motion  Picture  Council,  Variety 
Club  luncheon,  visits  to  the  editorial  rooms 
of  the  Post  and  Times  Herald,  participation 
on  National  Headliners  program  from  New 
York  by  remote  control,  discussion  with 
presidents  of  civic  organizations  on  boys' 
welfare,  and  a  visit  to  the  White  House, 
where  Farley  was  accorded  the  unusual  hon- 
or of  being  invited  to  sit  in  President  Tru- 
man's seat  in  his  private  office. 

A  photo  contest  tieup  was  effected  where- 
by the  Franc  Jewelry  stores  gave  a  free 
photo  to  any  boy  between  the  ages  of  six 
and  14  who  visited  their  stores  with  an 
adult,  for  three  weeks  prior  to  the  opening 
of  the  film ;  furnished  10  prizes  of  more  than 
two  dollars  in  value  for  awards  to  10  boys 
at  the  opening  night  show,  ran  two  quarter 
page  ads  and  four  smaller  ads,  displayed 
Butch  Jenkins  windows  at  all  Washington, 
Virginia  and  Maryland  stores,  devoted  part 
of  their  radio  time  and  distributed  heralds. 

The  Motion  Picture  Council  held  a  screen- 
ing of  the  picture  in  the  National  Press 
Building  for  representatives  of  more  than  40 
women's  organizations  of  Washington,  Vir- 
ginia and  Maryland.  The  council  circular- 
ized all  Washingon  organizations,  request- 
ing they  recommend  that  their  members  give 
support  to  the  "Boys'  Ranch"  playdate. 


BROOKLYN  DROPS 
ANOTHER  DECISION 


Holds  Cinema  Club  Contest 

Manager  Jack  Campbell  recently  con- 
ducted a  sports  competition  for  members  of 
his  Cinema  Club  in  Runcorn,  Cheshire, 
England.  Campbell  manages  the  Scala  Cinema 
there.  For  future  activities  of  the  club,  he 
plans  a  pantomime  show  and  a  Christmas 
dinner  for  about  350  children. 


Pat  Grosso,  publicist  for  the  KKO  Albee, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  landed  a  two-column  pic- 
ture break  in  the  New  York  dailies  and 
provided  unusual  publicity  for  "The  Kid 
from  Brooklyn"  by  arranging  a  milking  con- 
test between  a  farm-born  usherette  and  a 
Brooklyn-bred  usherette.  The  Sheffield  com- 
pany sent  a  coiv  to  Brooklyn  and  appointed 
a  judge  to  settle  the  controversy.  P.  S. — 
Brooklyn  also  lost  the  pennant! 

Question  Mark  Campaign  Draws 

Question  mark  signs,  pennants,  balloons 
and  a  newspaper  ad  campaign  along  the  same 
lines  were  used  by  manager  James  C.  Saun- 
ders to  good  advantage  for  a  "Guess  What" 
show  at  the  Palace  theatre,  Leesburg,  Fla. 
1,000  heralds  were  wrapped  around  candy 
bars.  A  special  trailer  was  run  for  a  week 
in  advance. 


Wabbe  Corrals 
Press,  Radio  as 

Stars  Appear 

The  personal  appearance  of  two  of  Young 
America's  newest  idols,  Guy  Madison  and 
Bill  Williams,  resulted  in  very  heavy  news- 
paper and  radio  coverage  for  the  "Till  the 
End  of  Time"  playdate  at  the  RKO  Golden 
Gate  theatre,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  The  cam- 
paign was  arranged  by  Helen  Wabbe,  pub- 
licity director  for  the  theatre. 

Williams  arrived  with  his  wife,  Barbara 
Hale,  for  the  purpose  of  a  belated  honey- 
moon in  addition  to  his  appearance  at  the 
theatre.  As  a  result,  arrival  photos  and 
stories  were  planted  with  the  Examiner, 
■onicle  and  News,  interviews  arranged 
with  Del  Sumi  of  the  Call  Bulletin  and  Nan 
White,  Teen-time  editor  of  the  News. 

Stars  Guest  on  Radio 

Madison  and  Williams  were  used  in  num- 
erous radio  interviews,  including  "Top  of 
the  Mark"  program  with  Margo  over 
KSFO,  "Breakfast  on  Nob  Hill"  with  Bill 
Baldwin  over  KSFO,  "Woman's  Page  of  the 
Air"  with  Jane  Lee  on  KPO. 

The  two  stars  also  appeared  in  Hale  Bros. 
Teen  Shop,  an  event  that  was  attended  by 
over  3,000.  Newspaper  coverage  was  ex- 
cellent. The  store  ran  a  cooperative  news- 
paper display  ad  with  theatre  credits. 

Eddie  Heywood,  who  was  featured  in  the 
stage  show,  also  made  personal  appearances 
at  stores  and  on  radio  programs.  Through 
the  local  distributor  of  Phonocords,  a  $185 
radio  was  eiven  awav. 


THRILL  s4«e*  To  The  "MAN  OF  THE  HOUR!" 


The  Screen's 


lonored  Achievement  Returns  . 

that  you  may  tee  it  again  and  again! 


Rebecca 

LAURENCE  OLIER-JOAN  FONTAINE 

GEORGE  SANDERS*  JUDITH  ANDERSON 
;    Dir<ar<i  hy  Alfred  Hitchcock 


The  return  engagement  of  "Rebecca"  at  the  Interstate  theatres  in  Texas  was  the  occasion 
for  a  specially  designed  set  of  newspaper  advertisements  by  publicity  director  Frank  Starz. 
Because  of  his  recent  successes  both  here  and  abroad,  on  stage  and  screen,  Laurence  Olivier 
was  given  top  billing.   Same  treatment  was  used  in  lobby,  trailers  and  publicity  stories. 


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The  Quigley 
Awards  Rules 


Quigley  Awards  Contenders 

[The  men. and  women  listed  below  have  submitted  evidence  of  showmanship  within  the 
past  fortnight,  which  justifies  their  names  being  placed  on  the  list  of  outstanding 
Ishowmen. 


JIM  BARNES 

"Warner,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

JOSEPH  S.  BOYLE 
Poli-Broadway,  Norwich,  Conn. 

CARROLL  BRADLEY 
Forest.  Forest  Park,  III. 

CHARLES  BREWER 

Clay,  Green  Cove  Springs,  Fla. 

GERTRUDE  BUNCHEZ 
Century,  Baltimore,  Md. 

FORREST  E.  CARMICHAEL 
Grand,  Ellsworth,  Me. 

LOU  COHEN 

Loew's  Poli,  Hartford,  Conn. 

F.  W.  DONAHUE 

Kallet  Drive-In,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

EDGAR  J.  DOOB 
Aldine,  Wilmington,  Del. 

J.  J.  ENGERMAN 
Palomar,  Seattle,  Wash. 

JACK  FOXE 

Columbia,  Washington,  D.  C. 

M.  GAITSKILL 
Paris,  Paris,  Ky. 

J.  GAVEGAN 

Metro,  Melbourne,  Australia 

ALICE  GORHAM 

Unitad  Detroit,  Detroit,  Mich. 

BILL  HARWELL 
Palace,  Lorain,  Ohio 

W.  T.  HASTINGS 

RKO  Orpheum,  Denver,  Colo. 

W.  D.  HENDLEY 
Bradley,  Columbus,  Ga. 

GEORGE  HUNT 
Loew's,  Louisville,  Ky. 

BOB  HYNES 

Criterion,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 
E.  F.  JOHNSON 


BILL  JOHNSTON 
Majestic,  Houston,  Texas 

MEL  JOLLEY 

Marks,  Oshawa,  Ont.,  Canada 
BILL  KEMP 

Loew's  State,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

DWIGHT  KIRK 

Strand,  Middletown,  Ohio 

ARTHUR  KROLICK 
Century,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

HAROLD  B.  LYON 

Des  Moines,  Des  Moines,  la. 

W.  RAY  McCORMACK 
Roxy,  La  Porte,  Ind. 

P.  E.  McCOY 
Miller,  Augusta,  Ga. 

JACK  MATLACK 
Broadway,  Portland,  Ore. 

ED  MAY 

Rosetta,  Miami,  Fla. 
CYRIL  MEE 

State,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 

J.  N.  MORGAN 

Campus,  Milledgeville,  Ga. 

FRANK  MURPHY 
Penn,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

HARKY  MURRAY 
Odeon,  Bristol,  England 

LOUIS  NYE 

Hoosier,  Whiting,  Ind. 

A.  G.  PAINTER 

Center,  Oak  Ridge,  Tenn. 

GEORGE  PAPPAS 
Wallace,  Peru,  Ind. 

JOHN  P.  PARSONS 
Telenews,  Oakland,  Calif. 

DICK  PEFFLEY 
Paramount,  Fremont,  Ohio 

FRED  PERRY 


St.  George's  Hall,  York,  England      Liberty,  Cumberland,  Md. 


LESTER  POLLOCK 
Loew's,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

G.  RAY 

Regent  Cinema,  Bradford 
Yorkshire,  England 

JOHN  READ 

Paramount,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

ALEC  REID 
Plaza,  Southfields 
London,  England 

J.  G.  SAMARTANO 
State,  Providence,  R.  I. 

WILLIS  SHAFFER 

Fox  Orpheum,  Atchison,  Kans. 

CHARLES  E.  SHUTT 
Telenews,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

SOL  SORKIN 

Keith's,  Washington,  D.  C. 

BOYD  SPARROW 
Loew's,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

D.  T.  STALCUP 
Gem,  Etowah,  Tenn. 

MICHAEL  STRANGER 
State,  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

CHARLES  B.  TAYLOR 
Shea's,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

JAMES  TIBBETTS 

Loew's  State,  Boston,  Mass. 

MANUEL  VALDEO 
Pacific,  Manila,  P.  I. 

JOHN  G.  VAUGHAN 
Gem,  Petersburg,  Va. 

ERIC  V.  WALLS 

Clifton  Cinema,  Great  Barr 

Birmingham,  England 

L.  WATT 

Florida  Cinema,  King's  Park 
Glasgow,  Scotland 

SEYMOUR  WEISS 
Drive-In,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

TOM  WOLF 

State,  Bellevue,  Ohio 


Contest  Sells  "Cleopatra" 
For  Foxe  in  Washington 

A  citywide  search  for  the  "Modern  1946 
Cleopatra"  through  the  efforts  of  a  Govern- 
ment Girls'  organization  was  promoted  by 
manager  Jack  Foxe  to  exploit  the  repeat 
engagement  of  "Caesar  and  Cleopatra"  at 
the  Columbia  theatre,  Washington,  D.  C. 
The  organization  is  composed  of  300  girls 
from  all  parts  of  the  country  and  meets 
weekly  at  the  Statler  Hotel.  The  crowning 
ceremonies  were  held  at  the  theatre  in  time 
for  pictures  and  stories  to  break  on  opening 
day.  For  a  follow-up  on  the  promotional 
stunt,  the  selected  "Cleopatra,"  in  costume, 
made  a  tour  of  Bethesda  Naval  Hospital  and 


Walter  Reed  General  Hospital.  At  Walter 
Reed  she  appeared  on  the  stage  with  Presi- 
dent Truman  and  other  officials. 


Sets  Co-Ops  for  Anniversary 

Two  full  page  cooperative  newspaper  ads 
and  an  editorial  were  promoted  by  manager 
Lou  S.  Hart  to  celebrate  the  Schine  Cir- 
cuit's Silver  Jubilee.  Hart  manages  the  Glove 
theatre  in  Gloversville,  N.  Y. 


Plants  Plug  in  Family  Paper 

A  review  on  "Boys'  Ranch"  was  planted 
in  a  weekly  mimeographed  news  sheet  which 
is  circularized  to  1,200  families  by  manager 
Harry  A.  Rose,  Majestic,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 


fTt  A  Silver  Grand  Awards  Plaque  and 
«■  a  Bronze  Grand  Awards  Plaque  are 
awarded  annually  to  the  two  theatre 
managers  or  theatre  publicity  men  whose 
exploitation  and  promotion  campaigns 
are  adjudged  best  throughout  the  year. 
Finalists  for  Grand  Awards  honors  shall 
qualify  by  gaining  special  recognition  in 
the  Quarterly  Competitions. 

V 

Every  three  months,  a  committee  of 
judges  will  appraise  the  campaigns  sub- 
mitted by  contestants  during  the  preced- 
ing quarter  period  and  select  one  show- 
man to  receive  a  Silver  desk  Plaque  for 
outstanding  achievement.  The  next  seven 
best  will  receive  a  Scroll  of  Honor.  Cita- 
tions of  Merit  will  be  awarded  to  other 
theatremen  whose  work  is  outstanding. 
V 

Consistency  of  effort  is  of  paramount 
importance.  One-shot  campaigns  are  not 
eligible  for  Awards,  which  are  made  on 
the  premise  of  sustained  and  continued 
effort. 

V 

Single  ideas  or  promotions  are  accept- 
able only  when  the  entrant  has  been  a 
consistent  contributor. 

V 

No  fancy  entries  are  necessary.  Costly 
and  time-wasting  "gingerbread*  decora- 
tions are  not  encouraged.  Showmanship 
only  counts. 

v  t 

In  addition  to  exploitation  on  feature 
pictures,  entries  may  be  made  on  short 
subjects,  serials,  stage  shows,  or  institu- 
tional and  civic  promotions. 

V 

Evidence  proving  authenticity  of  each 
entry  should  be  submitted,  such  as 
photos,  tear-sheets,  programs,  heralds,  etc. 

V 

The  Quigley  Awards  makes  no  distinc- 
tion for  size  of  theatre,  community  or  the 
availability  of  pictures.  The  Judges  make 
full  allowance  for  individual  showmanship 
displayed  by  comparing  budgets,  news- 
paper facilities  and  assistance  from  dis- 
tributing companies.  Everyone  starts  from 
scratch  and  has  equal  opportunity. 

V 

In  addition  to  the  Awards  men- 
tioned, special  Certificates  of  Merit 
will  be  awarded  quarterly  and  an- 
nually to  showmen  from  outside 
the  United  States  and  Canada.  The 
campaigns  submitted  by  theatremen 
from  abroad,  however,  shall  not  be 
excluded  from  consideration  in  the 
regular  competitions. 

V 

Address  all  entries  to: 

QUIGLEY  AWARDS  COMMITTEE 

MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE 

1270  Sixth  Avenue 

New  York  20,  New  York 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


SHOWMEN  PERSONALS  Two  Front  Page 

Breaks  Garnered 


In  New  Posts:  Larry  MacGilivary,  mana- 
ger, Bijou  theatre,  Providence,  R.  I.  John 
Oatley,  Star,  Rockford,  Mich.  Paul  West, 
Ramona  and  Ritz,  Frederick,  Okla.  William 
Trambukis,  student  manager,  Loew's  State, 
Providence.  Dale  G.  Cohn,  Superior,  Su- 
perior, Wis. 

Al  Colagiovanni,  city  relief  manager,  Sny- 
der circuit,  Providence.  Robert  Mans,  Harbor, 
Two  Harbors,  Minn.  Walter  Westernoff, 
State,  Eureka,  Calif.  George  Ryder,  Gem, 
Golden,  Colo.  Bill  Hayden,  State,  Ukiah, 
Calif.  Dominick  Trefletti,  Empire,  Provi- 
dence. 

Fox  Intermountain  City  Manager  Changes: 
Les  Newkirk,  from  Rock  Springs,  Wyo.,  to 
Sheridan,  Wyo.  A.  C.  Stalcup,  Sheridan  to 
North  Platte,  Nebr.  Russell  Berry,  North 
Platte  to  Rock  Springs. 

Andy  Sutherland,  Fox.  Aurora,  Colo.  Ralph 
Lee,  Bluebird,  Aurora.  Frank  Johnson,  Lyric; 
Addison  McClung,  Princess:  both  in  Mo- 
desto, Calif.  Bill  Blizzard,  Porter  theatre, 
Woodland,  Calif.  Mickey  Gross,  general 
manager,  Sterling  theatres;  will- headquarter 
in  Seattle,  Wash. 

Assistant  Managers:  M.  Chicrallah,  Loew's 
State,  Boston,  Mass.  Charles  Flohe,  Regent, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Ray  Beeson,  student 
assistant,  Lincoln  theatre,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


Junior  Showmen:  James  Herman  Solleck, 
assistant  manager,  Majestic  theatre,  San 
Antonio,  Texas;  father  of  a  baby  boy. 

Birthday  Greetings:  Kermit  High,  C.  H. 
O'Rae,  R.  C.  Pence,  Duke  Prince,  Alva 
Sitton,  Don  L.  Knapp,  Gus.  J.  Catamas, 
Henry  F.  Meyer,  Abe  Dermer,  Erwin  Koen- 
igsreiter,  Kenneth  Bartholomew,  George  W. 
Goodrow,  Laurel  Nelson,  Lewis  A.  Doran, 
Joe  Kendall. 

Don  C.  Malloy,  I.  Goldstein,  Howard  S. 
Hunt,  Samuel  W.  Kendall,  Robert  F.  Grif- 
fith, Robert  B.  Busch,  Louis  L.  Simons, 
Sam  Hebscher,  B.  L.  Keaney,  Henry  G. 
Santos,  J.  B.  Schotborgh,  James  S.  Ackron, 
Gordon  W.  McLean,  Jack  Eieman. 

Oscar  A.  Brotman,  A.  Jerry  Cooper,  Henry 

G.  Hall,  Earle  S.  Home,  Bill  Smith,  Archie 

H.  Adams,  Robert  Goldstein,  Horace  Truitt, 
John  G.  Broumas,  Charles  J.  Scheel,  Bill  C. 
Talley,  Moe  Farber,  Curby  A.  Smith,  Bruce 
Royal,  John  W.  Howe. 

Douglas  B.  Keyes,  B.  H.  Powers,  Joseph 
Herman,  Ray  McLain,  Merritt  Pragg,  Louie 
Williams,  Kirby  Griffin,  George  J.  Posner, 
Owen  B.  McFarland,  Frank  J.  LaCava, 
Eugene  Twyeffort,  Mendall  Shubart,  Allyson 
Ewing,  Frank  Worcester,  James  H.  Walt- 
ham. 


Tieup  With  Sealtest 
Boon  to  Rosenthal 

An  advantageous  tieup  was  arranged  with 
the  Sealtest  Milk  Company  by  manager  Mor- 
ris Rosenthal  to  exploit  his  date  on  "The 
Kid  from  Brooklyn"  at  the  Poli  theatre, 
New  Haven,  Conn.  The  company's  trucks 
carried  cards  on  the  sides  for  a  full  week. 
Bulletins  were  placed  in  Sealtest's  milk  and 
ice  cream  plants,  notifying  all  employees  of 
the  playdate.    A  15-minute  radio  broadcast 


was  held  from  one  of  their  dairies  on  open- 
ing day.  The  company  also  distributed  30,- 
000  heralds  to  milk  customers  on  their  routes 
and  in  retail  stores. 


Store  Tieup  Aids  Neinast 
Back-to-School  Show 

A  tieup  with  the  Newberry  Department 
Store  was  arranged  by  manager  Jimmy 
Neinast  for  a  Back  to  School  Cartoon  Circus 
at  the  Rialto  and  Star  theatres,  Denison, 
Texas.  The  store  furnished  school  supplies 
as  prizes  for  lucky  ticket  holders.  The 
show  consisted  of  15  cartoons  and  was  tied 
in  with  the  40th  anniversary  celebration  of 
the  Interstate  Circuit. 


Heralds  Aid  School  Matinee 

Three  thousand  heralds  were  distributed 
to  schools  and  homes  the  day  before  open- 
ing by  manager  Carroll  Bradley  to  exploit 
a  "Back  to  School"  matinee  at  the  Forest 
theatre,  Forest  Park,  111.  Front  of  the  thea- 
tre, lobby  and  window  displays  also  helped 
to  advertise  the  special  matinee. 


Allen  Sells  Horror  Show 

Shock  copy  on  heralds  attracted  consider- 
able attention  to  manager  Mark  Allen's 
double  horror  show  at  the  Lido  theatre, 
Bronx,  N.  Y.  A  local  merchant  paid  for  the 
distribution  of  the  heralds.  A  40  x  60  board 
was  used  for  a  lobby  display  10  days  in 
advance. 


VISITOR  FROM  THE  LONE  STAR 
STATE.  Mary  Alice  Broivn  of  the  Inter- 
state theatres  publicity  department  in  Dallas, 
a  recent  vacationist  in  New  York  and 
Round  Table  visitor. 


70 


Bicycle  Giveaway  Aids  Serial 

A  kiddie  bicycle  was  promoted  from  a  lo- 
cal merchant  for  a  giveaway  by  manager 
Roy  T.  Shield  to  exploit  the  serial,  "Lost 
City  of  the  Jungle,"  at  the  Mecca  theatre, 
Enid,  Okla.  The  bicycle  was  awarded  to 
the  winner  of  a  lucky  number  drawing. 


For  "Lassie 


99 


Front  page  stories  in  the  Parade  of  Youth ; 
section  of  the  Hartford  Courant  on  two  suc-j 
cessive  Sundays  highlighted  the  playdate  on 
"Courage  of  Lassie"  at  the  Poli  theatre, 
Hartford,  Conn.  The  campaign  was  ar- 
ranged by  manager  Lou  Cohen  and  assist- 
ant manager  Sam  Horwitz. 

The  stories  were  planted  to  publicize  an 
essay  contest  in  conjunction  with  the  pic- 
ture. Hundreds  of  essays  on  "Why  I'd  like 
to  own  Lassie"  were  entered  in  the  contest. 
A  dog,  cash  and  guest  tickets  were  given  as 
prizes. 

Collie  Dog  Giveaway 

Another  strong  selling  point  of  the  cam- 
paign was  a  collie  dog  that  bears  a  striking 
resemblance  to  Lassie.  The  dog,  obtained 
from  a  local  canine  club,  appeared  in  front 
of  the  theatre  each  day  at  noon  for  a  week 
in  advance  and  on  the  stage  opening  day. 
At  noon,  also,  through  arrangements  with 
the  local  Railway  Express  Agency,  one  of 
their  trucks  with  "Courage  of  Lassie"  copy 
was  parked  in  front  of  the  theatre. 

A  contest  was  planted  on  a  WTHT 
record  program,  with  guest  'tickets  being 
given  to  the  first  20  listeners  who  could 
name  Lassie's  masters  in  the  three  pictures 
he  has  been  featured  in.  The  picture  was 
plugged  on  a  man-on-the-street  broadcast 
and  by  spot  announcements. 

A  cooperative  newspaper  ad  was  prorrfoted 
with  the  Rose  Marie  Beauty  Salon  a  week 
in  advance.  Koppelman  News  trucks  were 
bannered.  A  window  tieup  was  arranged 
with  a  local  pet  shop,  featuring  photos  of 
Lassie  and  playdate  copy. 


APPLICATION  FOR 
MEMBERSHIP 

MANAGERS' 
ROUND  TABLE 

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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


PICTURE 
CROSSES 


A  statistical  compilation  and 
comparison  of  Box  Office  Per- 
formance in  first  run  theatres 


-igures  directly  below  picture  title  compare  estimated  dollar  gross  with  average  gross 
ind  show  relative  percentage  of  all  engagements  tabulated. 

-igures  opposite  theatre  names  represent  percentage  of  tabulated  grosses  to  average 
weekly  business  based  on  the  six  months'  period  ending  July  3 1 ,  1946. 
SYMBOLS:  (DB)  Double  Bill— associate  feature  title;  (SA)  Stage  Attraction;  (MO)  Move- 
Dver  Run;  (AA)  Advance  Admission. 

NDEX:  Over-all  perfomance  percentage  figures  from  previously  published  final  reports 
appear  in  Service  Data  section  of  Product  Digest.  See  last  column  of  Release  Chart 
or  Index. 


rWO  GUYS  FROM  MILWAUKEE 

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Final  Report: 

"otal  Gross  Tabulated  $754,000 

Comparative  Average  Gross  720,600 

Dver-all  Performance  104.6% 


ATLANTA— Paramount   105.0% 

iTLANTA— Capitol,  MO  1st  week   93.0% 

BALTIMORE— Stanley    109.0% 

50STON— Metropolitan    106.0% 

(DB)  Decoy  (Mono.) 

IUFFALO — Buffalo    102.7% 

(DB)  Swamp  Fire  (Para.) 

IUFFALO— Hippodrome,  MO  1st  week    .   .   .  107.5% 

(DB)  Swamp  Fire  (Para.) 

INCINNATI — RKO  Allen   181.3% 

INCINNATI— RKO  Shubert,  MO  1st  week    .  118.1% 

>ENVER— Denver   80.0% 

(DB)  Shadows  Over  Chinatown  (Mono.) 

>ENVER — Esquire   61.0% 

(DB)  Shadows  Over  Chinatown  (Mono.) 

►ENVER— Aladdin.  MO  1st  week   74.4% 

(DB)  Shadows  Over  Chinatown  (Mono.) 

)ENVER— Rialto,  MO  2nd  week   54.5% 

iDB)  Shadows  Over  Chinatown  (Mono.) 

X  DIANA  POLI S—  Indiana    109.6% 

i  DB)  Danger  Woman  (Univ.) 

KANSAS  CITY— Orpheum,  1st  week    ....  126.0% 

(DB)  Bedlam  (RKO) 

LANSAS  CITY — Orpheum,  2nd  week   ....  88.0% 

i  DB)  Bedlam  (RKO) 


.OS  ANGELES— Warner  Downtown,  1st  week  141.3% 

.OS  ANGELES— Warner  Downtown,  2nd  week  100.0% 

.OS  ANGELES— Warner  Downtown,  3rd  week  62.8% 

.OS  ANGELES— Warner  Hollywood,  1st  week  164.0% 

.OS  ANGELES— Warner  Hollywood,  2nd  week  104.4% 

.OS  ANGELES— Warner  Ho'lywood,  3rd  week  60.0% 


.OS  ANGELES— Warner  Wiltern,  1st  week    .  155.5% 

.OS  ANGELES — Warner  Wiltern,  2nd  week  .  96.3% 

.OS  ANGELES— Warner  Wiltern,  3rd  week  .  51.8% 

IINNEAPOLIS — RKO  Orpheum,  1st  week    .  96.1% 

IINNEAPOLIS — RKO  Orpheum.  2nd  week    .  105.7% 

IINNEAPOLIS— World.  MO  1st  week    .   .   .  120.0% 

IINNEAPOLIS — World.  MO  2nd  week   .   .   .  104.0% 

;EW  YORK— Strand,  1st  week   128.2% 

(SA)  Robert  Alda.  Buddy  Rich's  Orchestra 

;EW  YORK— Strand,  2nd  week   114.4% 

(SA)  Robert  Alda,  Buddy  Rich's  Orchestra 

JEW  YORK— Strand,  3rd  week   106.5% 

(SA)  Robert  Alda,  Buddy  Rich's  Orchestra 

IEW  YORK— Strand,  4th  week   90.7% 

(SA)  Robert  Alda.  Buddy  Rich's  Orchestra 

•HILADELPHIA— Stanley,  1st  week    ....  113.0% 

'HILADELPHIA— Stanley,  2nd  week  ....  80.0% 

'ITTSBURGH — Stanley,  1st  week   121.3% 

•ITTSBURGH— Stanley,  2nd  week   84.9% 

•ITTSBURGH— Ritz,  MO  1st  week    ....  100.0% 

ALT  LAKE  CITY— Utah   123.0% 

(DB)  Wild  Beauty  (Univ.) 

AN  FRANCTSCO-Warfield,  1st  week    .    .   .  108.9% 

(DB)  The  Madonna's  Secret  (Rep.) 

AN  FRANCISCO — Warfield,  2nd  week  .    .    .  89.0% 

'DB)  The  Madonna's  Secret  (Rep.) 

AN  FRANCISCO— State.  MO  1st  week    .    .  80.0% 

(DB)  The  Madonna's  Secret  (Rep.) 

T.  LOUIS — Fox   110  8% 

(DB)  Cuban  Pete  (Univ.) 

"HE  STRANGER  (*RKO) 

Final  Report: 

otal  Gross  Tabulated  $767,000 
Comparative  Average  Gross  750,300 
}ver-all  Performance  102.2% 

:ALTIMORE— Hippodrome,  1st  week  .  .  .  111.1% 
(SA)  Vaudeville 

ALTTMORE— Hippodrome,  2nd  week  .  .  .  95.2% 
(SA)  Vaudeville 

OSTON— Boston.  1st  week  (SA)  Vaudeville  .  101.1% 

OSTON— Boston.  2nd  week  (SA)  Vaudeville  .  94.8% 


BOSTON— Boston,  3rd  week  (SA)  Vaudeville  .  SS.6% 

BUFFALO— Twentieth  Century,  1st  week    .    .  157.4% 

(DB)  Bamboo  Blonde  (RKO) 

BUFFALO— Twentieth  Century,  2nd  week    .    .  70.8% 

(DB)  Bamboo  Blonde  (RKO) 

CHICAGO— Woods,  1st  week   102.8% 

CHICAGO— Woods,  2nd  week   102.8% 

CHICAGO— Woods,  3rd  week   98.7% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Albee    114.4% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Lyric,  MO  1st  week  .    .  87.7% 

CLEVELAND— Hiopodrome,  1st  week     .    .    .  160.0% 

CLEVELAND— Hippodrome,  2nd  week     .    .    .  80.0% 

CLEVELAND— Warner's  Lake,  MO  1st  week  97.2% 

LOS  ANGELES— Orpheum,  1st  week    ....  101.6% 

LOS  ANGELES— Orpheum,  2nd  week  ....  56.9% 

LOS  ANGELES— Orpheum,  3rd  week  ....  50.0% 

LOS  ANGELES— Vogue,  1st  week   192.3% 

LOS  ANGELES— Vogue,  2nd  week   138.4% 

LOS  ANGELES— Vogue,  3rd  week   130.7% 

MINNEAPOLIS— Orpheum   110.6% 

NEW  YORK— Palace,  1st  week   175.0% 

NEW  YORK— Palace,  2nd  week   150.0% 

NEW  YORK— Palace,  3rd  week   103.5% 

NEW  YORK— Palace,  4th  week   96.4% 

NEW  YORK— Palace,  5th  week  ......  92.8% 

NEW  YORK— Palace,  6th  week   85.7% 

NEW  YORK— Palace,  7th  week   78.5% 

NEW  YORK— Palace,  8th  week   75.0% 

OMAHA— RKO  Brandeis,  1st  week     ....  136.9% 

(DB)  The  Return  of  Rusty  (Col.) 

OMAHA— RKO  Brandeis,  2nd  week    ....  95.8% 

(DB)  The  Return  of  Rusty  (Col.) 

PITTSBURGH — Stanley   84.9% 

PITTSBURGH— Warner,  MO  1st  week    .   .    .  61.6% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Uptown,  1st  week    .    .    .  101.3% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Uptown,  2nd  week  .    .    .  108.3% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Paramount,  1st  week    .    .  142.8% 

(DB)  Dark  Alibi  (Mono.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Paramount,  2nd  week  .    .  71.4% 

(DB)  Dark  Alibi  (Mono.) 

ST.  LOUIS— Fox   103.4% 

(DB)  Her  Adventurous  Night  (Univ.) 

ST.  LOUIS— Missouri,  MO  1st  week    ....  103.8% 

(DB)  Badman's  Territory  (RKO) 


I'VE  ALWAYS  LOVED  YOU  (Rep.) 

First  Report: 

Total  Gross  Tabulated  $178,300 
Comparative  Average  Gross  177,100 
Over-all  Performance  100.6% 


CHICAGO— Apollo,  1st  week   173.9% 

CHICAGO^Apollo,  2nd  week   108.6% 

CHICAGO— Apollo,  3rd  week   86.9% 

CHICAGO— Apollo,  4th   week   65.2% 

CHICAGO— Apollo,  5th  week   59.7% 

NEW  YORK— Criterion    103.8%, 

PHILADELPHIA— Aldine,  1st  week    ....  130.0% 

PHILADELPHIA— Aldine,  2nd  week    ....  92.0% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Uptown   78.7% 

ST.   LOUIS- Ambassador    96.6% 

GALLANT  JOURNEY 

First  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $170,500 
Comparative  Average  Gross  179,200 
Over-all  Performance  95.1% 

BOSTON -Orpheum   99.6% 

(DB)  The  Thrill  of  Brazil  (Col.) 

BOSTON— State    82.9% 

(DB)  The  Thrill  of  Brazil  (Col.) 

BUFFALO— Lafavette,  1st  week    150.3% 

(DB)  The  Gentleman  Misbehaves  (Col.) 

BUFFALO— Lafayette,  2nd  week   97.7% 

(DB)  The  Gentleman  Misbehaves  (Col.) 

INDIANAPOLIS—  Loew's    101.4% 

(DB)  The  Man  Who  Dared  (Col.) 

LOS  ANGELES— Hillstreet   87.5% 

LOS  ANGELES— Pantages   74.2% 

PITTSBURGH-J.  P.  Harris   81.4% 


John  Cassidy  Honored  for 
25  Years  with  RKO 

John  A.  Cassidy  of  RKO  Theatres  pub- 
licity department  was  tendered  a  luncheon 
last  Thursday  in  New  York  by  members  of 
the  department  on  the  occasion  of  his  25 
years  with  the  company.  At  the  luncheon 
Harry  Mandel,  national  director  of  advertis- 
ing, publicity  and  exploitation,  presented 
Mr.  Cassidy  an  inscribed  silver  gift.  Among 
those  present  were :  Peggy  Foldes,  Fred 
Herkowitz,  Pat  Grosso,  Herman  Barnett, 
Blanche  Livingston,  Ray  Malone,  Vincent 
Liguori,  Ira  Morais,  Ruth  Newman,  George 
Kessler,  William  Kaskoun,  James  Procac- 
cini,  Elinor  Cohen,  Alvin  Sussman,  Edward 
Kestenbaum  and  Edward  O'Brien. 


Perretz  Joins  Filmack 

Al  Perretz,  until  recently  associated  with 
the  Alexander  Film  Company,  has  been 
named  sales  manager  of  Filmack  Corpora- 
tion's newly-formed  prevue  service,  Irving 
Mack,  president,  has  announced.  Mr.  Per- 
retz, for  the  past  20  years  identified  with  the 
trailer  business,  will  alternate  between 
Filmack's  headquarters  in  Chicago  and  New 
York  offices. 


STATEMENT    OF    THE    OWNERSHRIP,  MAN- 
AGEMENT, CIRCULATION,  ETC.,  REQUIRED 
BY  THE  ACTS  ON  CONGRESS  OF  AUGUST 
24,   1912,  AND   MARCH   3,  1933 
Of  Motion  Picture  Herald,  published  weekly  at  New 

York,  N.  Y.,  for  Oct.  1,  1946. 
State  of  New  York     1  ss_ 
County  of  New  York  J 

Before  me,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  State 
and  county  aforesaid,  personally  appeared  Theo.  J. 
Sullivan,  who,  having  been  duly  sworn  according 
to  law,  deposes  and  says  that  he  is  the  Business  Man- 
ager of  the  Motion  Picture  Herald  and  that  the 
following  is,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  be- 
lief, a  true  statement  of  the  ownership,  management 
and  the  circulation,  etc.,  of  the  aforesaid  publica- 
tion for  the  date  shown  in  the  above  caption,  re- 
quired by  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912,  as  amended 
by  the  Act  of  March  3,  1933,  embodied  in  section 
537,  Postal  Laws  and  Regulations,  printed  on  the  re- 
verse of  this  form,  to  wit: 

1.  That  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  publisher, 
editor,  managing  editor,  and  business  managers  are: 
Publisher  &  Editor-in-Chief,  Martin  Quigley,  1270 
Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  City;  Editor,  Terry  Ram- 
saye,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  City;  Managing 
Editor,  Terry  Ramsaye,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York 
City;  Business  Manager,  Theo.  J.  Sullivan,  1270  Sixth 
Avenue.  New  York  City. 

2.  That  the  owner  is:  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany, Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  City;  Mar- 
tin J.  Quigley,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  City; 
Gertrude  S.  Quigley,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York 
City;  Martin  S.  Ouigley,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New 
York  City. 

3.  That  the  known  bondholders,  mortgagees,  and 
other  security  holders  owning  or  holding  1  per  cent 
or  more  of  total  amount  of  bonds,  mortgages,  or  other 
securities  are:  None. 

4.  That  the  two  paragraphs  next  above,  giving  the 
names  of  the  owners,  stockholders,  and  security  hold- 
ers, if  any,  contain  not  only  the  list  of  stockholders 
and  security  holders  as  they  appear  upon  the  books 
of  the  company  but  also,  in  cases  where  the  stock- 
holder or  security  holder  appears  upon  the,  books  of 
the  company  as  trustee  or  in  any  other  fiduciary  rela- 
tion, the  name  of  the  person  or  corporation  for  whom 
such  trustee  is  acting,  is'  given;  also  that  the  said 
two  paragraphs  contain  statements  embracing  affiant's 
full  knowledge  and  belief  as  to  the  circumstances  and 
conditions  under  which  stockholders  and  security  hold- 
ers who  do  not  appear  upon  the  books  of  the  com- 
pany as  trustees,  hold  stock  and  securities  in  a  ca- 
pacity other  than  that  of  a  bona  fide  owner;  and  this 
affiant  has  no  reason  to  believe  that  any  other  per- 
son,_  association,  or  corporation  has  any  interest  direct 
or  indirect  in  the  said  stock,  bonds,  or  other  securi- 
ties than  as  so  stated  by  him. 

THEO.  J.  SULLIVAN. 
(Signature  of  Business  Manager.) 
Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this  26th  day  of 
September,  1946. 

ROSE  W.  HORNSTEIN, 
Notary  Public.  Bronx  County. 
Bronx   County   Clerk's   No.  167. 
New  York   County  Clerk's   No.  1141. 

[sealI 

My   commission  expires 
March  30,  1947. 


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on  application.  No  borders  or  cuts.  Forms  close  Mondays  at  5  P.  M.  Publisher  reserves 
the  right  to  reject  any  copy.  Film  and  trailer  advertising  not  accepted.  Classi- 
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buying,  booking,  etc.  Prefer  large  town  but  no  large 
chain.  College  graduate,  no  drinking  or  smoking.  Pres- 
ent resident  W.  Pa.  Would  be  willing  to  invest  small 
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USED  EQUIPMENT 

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COMPARE  AND  SAVE  I  PAIR  HOLMES  EDU- 
cators,  $895;  pair  Webers,  $625;  Simplex  Mechanisms, 
rebuilt,  $217.50;  Powers,  rebuilt,  $109.50.  Catalog  avail- 
able. STAR  CINEMA  SUPPLY  COMPANY,  +40  West 
45th  St.,  New  York  City  19. 

TWO  SIMPLEX,  FRONT  SHUTTER  MECHAN- 
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ments complete  with  sprockets.  $400.00.  Available  in 
thirty  days.   BUTLER  THEATRE,   Butler,  Indiana. 

SIMPLEX  SP  SOUND  PROJECTION  OUTFITS, 
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intensity  arc  outfits,  double,  $2,495;  Holmes  profes- 
sional arc  outfits,  deluxe,  $1,695;  regular,  $1,295;  Ampro 
arc  16mm.  outfits,  single,  $1,350;  double,  $2,395.  Start 
a  theatre  now.  S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP., 
449  W.  42nd  St.,  New  York  18. 

HOLMES  35MM.  PROJECTORS.  NOW  IN  OPER- 
ation.  Complete  ready  to  put  on  show  $860.  L.  C. 
O'BERRY,  Ellenton,  S.  C. 

1,200  USED  SPRING  CUSHIONED  THEATRE 
chairs,  $1.50  each  and  $3.50  each.  Complete.  Immediate 
delivery.  RUSSELL  CHAIR,  2567  McClellan,  Detroit, 
Mich.    Phone  LEnox  3445. 

1,700  AMERICAN  STADIUM  CHAIRS,  REFIN  - 
ished,  $4.35;  690  Heywood  veneer  back  reupholstered 
boxspring  cushion  chairs,  $6.50;  300  American  ditto, 
$5.95;  1,410  American  heavy  inserted  panel  back  re- 
upholstered  boxspring,  $7.45;  220  Irwin  tapestry 
upholstered  padded  back,  reupholstered  boxspring 
metal  lined  cushions,  rebuilt,  $8.95;  104  American  re- 
upholstered velour  padded  back,  boxspring,  $7.95.  Wire 
for  stock  list.  S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP., 
449  W.  42nd  St.,  New  York  18. 

STUDIO  EQUIPMENT 

16-35MM.  PRODUCTION  EQUIPMENT-CAM - 
eras,  film  recorders,  editors,  tripods,  dollies,  micro- 
phones, disc  recorders,  booms.  We  buy— trade.  Send 
us  your  used  equipment  or  lists.  Write  your  wants. 
CAMERA  MART,  70  West  45th  St.,  New  York. 

DEPUE  OPTICAL  REDUCTION  PRINTER,  RE- 
built  $2,995;  RCA  type  double  system  Recorder  with 
amplification,  etc.,  $6,150;  Eyemo  Spider  Turret 
Camera,  3  lenses,  $595;  early  Mitchell  Camera,  maga- 
zines, lenses,  tripod,  rebuilt,  $2,450;  Duplex  35mm. 
Printer,  $495;  Moviolas,  $195;  2000W  Studio  Spots, 
$67.50;  Akeley  Newsreel  Camera,  Gyrotripod,  $695;  new 
Bell  &  Howell  Sound  Printers,  35mm  D,  immediate 
delivery;  BH  Geared  Tripods,  $69.50.  Send  for  listings. 
S.  O.  S  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP.,  449  W.  42nd  St., 
New  York  18. 


POPCORN 


NEW  "SUPER  STAR"  POPCORN  MACHINES 
ready  for  delivery.  Liberal  trade  in.  What  have  you? 
RUSSELL'S  KORN  KRIBS,  Hartsville,  Tenn. 


HELP  WANTED 


WANTED:  MANAGER  FOR  PERMANENT  Posi- 
tion, State  experience,  salary  expected,  references. 
Send  snapshot  in  first  letter.  Theatre  in  Illinois.  BOX 
2028,  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 


THEATRES 


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ton,  Oregon  or  California.  Write  EUGENE  HAR- 
WOOD,  St.  John,  Wash. 

FOR  SALE— ONLY  THEATRE  IN  ONE  OF  CAR- 
olina's  best  independent  towns.  Owner  retiring.  $200,000 
cash.  No  brokers.  BOX  2029,  MOTION  PICTURE 
HERALD. 

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town  theatre  ready  to  open.  BOX  2031,  MOTION 
PICTURE  HERALD. 

LEASE  OR  BUY  SMALL  THEATRE  ANY- 
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Station  P.  Brooklyn  12,  N.  Y. 

NEW  EQUIPMENT 

GE  TUNGAR  BULBS,  6  AMP.,  $2.95;  1000W  BOX 
office  bowl  Heaters,  $3.95;  868  type  photocells,  $1.95, 
latest  Gyro-Stabilizer  Soundheads,  belt  drive,  $195; 
direct  drive,  $282.50;  automatic  record  changers,  $22.95; 
plastic  washable  sound  screens,  42'/2c  foot.  Fall  Cata- 
log ready.  S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP.,  449 
W.  42nd  St.,  New  York  18. 

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BOOKS 


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Film  Oklahoma  Resources 

A  30-minute  picture  depicting  Oklahoma's 
water  resources  is  expected  to  be  available 
for  showing  in  state  theatres  about  October 
15,  following  completion  of  filming  Septem- 


ber 5.  Scenes  from  various  resources  proj- 
ects were  included  in  the  picture,  which  was 
planned  by  the  State  Planning  and  Resources 
Board  and  produced  by  the  Griffith  circuit 
and  the  Phillips  Petroleum  Company. 


Dennis  F.  O'Brien 


Dennis  O'Brien, 
Attorney,  Dies 

Prominent  figures  of  screen,  legal,  theatri- 
cal and  civic  affairs,  many  of  whom  were 
honorary  pallbearers,  attended  the  funeral 
Saturday  of  Dennis 
Francis  O'Brien,  70, 
motion  picture  attor- 
ney and  a  founder  of 
United  Artists,  who 
died  at  Yonkers, 
N.  Y.,  October  2,  af- 
ter a  lengthy  illness. 
The  mass  was  cele- 
brated by  the  Rev. 
George  B.  Ford,  as- 
sisted by  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Kane  and 
the  Rev.  Jeremiah 
Quill.  Burial  fol- 
lowed in  Gate  of 
Heaven  Cemetery,  near  Mt.  Kisco. 

Mr.  O'Brien  was  born  at  Brookfield, 
Mass.,  January  20,  1876,  received  his  law 
degree  from  Georgetown  University  in  1901, 
and  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Providence 
in  1902. 

From  the  outset,  his  New  York  law  firm, 
O'B  rien,  Driscoll  and  Raftery,  which  he 
had  founded  in  1910,  specialized  in  service 
to  leading  persons  and  corporations  in  the 
theatre,  motion  pictures  and  sports.  It  was 
counsel  for  United  Artists  at  its  founding 
in  1919  and,  upon  the  death  of  Douglas 
Fairbanks,  one  of  the  founders,  Mr.  O'Brien 
became  general  counsel  and  vice-president 
of  Douglas  Fairbanks  Pictures  Corp.,  and 
the  Elton  Corp.  He  served  in  similar  ca- 
pacities for  the  Pickford  Corp.,  Mary  Pick- 
ford  Co.,  George  M.  Cohan  Productions, 
Sam  H.  Harris  Theatrical  Enterprises  and 
the  United  Artists  Theatre  Circuit.  For 
several  years,  he  was  a  director  and  execu- 
tive committee  member  of  United  Artists 
Corp.,  and  United  Artists  Theatre  Circuit. 

Mr.  O'Brien  is  survived  by  three  sons, 
Paul  D.,  member  of  O'Brien,  Driscoll  and 
Raftery,  and  assistant  secretary  of  United 
Artists;  Kenneth  A.  and  Robert  D.,  one 
daughter,  Mrs.  Denise  Shay,  six  grand- 
children, and  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Mary  Raf- 
tery and  Elizabeth  G.  O'Brien. 


Thomas  D.  Soriero 

Thomas  D.  Soriero,  58,  managing  direc- 
tor of  the  United  Artists  theatre,  Los  An- 
geles, died  in  Hollywood  October  7,  as  the 
result  of  a  fall  from  a  downtown  office  build- 
ing. A  native  of  Providence,  Mr.  Soriero, 
who  began  his  career  by  opening  a  nickel- 
odeon in  that  city,  was  formerly  general 
manager  for  Louis  B.  Mayer  theatres  in 
New  England  and  general  manager  of  Uni- 
versal Theatres  in  1925. 


Charles  F.  Boyd 

Charles  Fred  Boyd,  manager  of  the  Ritz 
theatre,  Indianapolis,  died  at  his  home  in 
that  city,  October  4,  after  a  brief  illness. 


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SHOWMEN'S  REVIEWS 
SHORT  SUBJECTS 
SHORT  SUBJECTS  CHART 
THE  RELEASE  CHART 

This  department'  deals  with 
new  product  from  the  point  of 
view  of  the  exhibitor  who  is 
to  purvey  it  to  his  own  public. 


My  Darling  Clementine 

20th-Fox— Prestige  Western 

In  his  first  picture  since  his  release  from  the  armed  forces,  John  Ford  returns  to  the 

spirit  and  times  of  his  memorable  "Stage  Coach."  Like  that  model,  "My  Darling 
Clementine"  proves  that  Ford  is  a  master  at  combining  art  and  action.  There  is 

enough  art  in  this  picture  to  rate  a  critical  review  in  a  pulp-paper  monthly  and  enough 
action  to  please  neighborhood  kids  at  a  Saturday  afternoon  matinee'. 

Here  is  a  quiet,  leisurely,  almost  plot-bare 

store  of  four  Earp  brothers  who  stop  at  \/~-.—t'         '  D 

Tombstone,  Arizona,  in  1882.  Two  are  killed  VaCuTIOn   111  KeilO 

by  cattle  rustlers,  old  man  Clanton  and  his  RKQ  Radio_parce 
iour  sons.  They,  in  turn,  are  killed  by  the 

remaining- two  Earp  brothers.  It  is  the  story  -Nearly  all  the  devices  which,  down  through 

too,  of  a  drunken  doctor  who  left  Boston  to  ,  e  F^5'  have  ™?d%  ^sophisticated  audiences 

terrorize  ,he  West.  And  ■«  is  the  s,„ry  of  SfcSSS 

the  doctors  two  women,  one  of  them  a  a  pie-lemon,  not  custard  this  time— another 

.Mexican  dance  hall  singer,  the  other  a  Bos-  teeters  precariously  from  a  trelis  20  feet  above 

ton  nurse.    _  the   ground.     There's   a   climactic   chase  in 

Out  of  these  elements — more  character  stud}-  which  a  jeep  pursues  a  stagecoach  and  a  Cadil- 

than  plot  material — John  Ford  has  created  a  lac  pursues  the  jeep.     If  tradition  is  to  be 

remarkable  film — remarkable  for  its  imaginative  trusted,  therefore,  it  follows  that  "Vacation  in 

handling  of  raw  and  sometimes  brutal  material  Reno"  will  satisfy  the  undemanding, 

to  create  a  moody,  almost  poetic,  picture.  As  for  the  story  by  Charles  Kerr  on  which 

Ford  brings  a  genuiness  to  his  film  by  putting  is  based  the  screenplay  by  Charles  E.  Roberts 

into  it  the  feeling  of  the  vastness  of  the  West.  and  Arthur  Ross,  it's  something  about  a  man 

The  superb,  deep,  to-the-horizon  outdoor  shots  who  buys  a  mine-detector,  uses  it  to  uncover 

are  some  of  the  best  ever  put  on  film.  The  light-  buried  treasure,  digs  up  stolen  cash  instead, 

ing,  too,  is  excellent.  It  should  surely  win  some  tangles  with  the  bank  robbers  who  buried  the 

recognition  for  black-and-white  photography.  money  originally,  and  finally  captures  the  rob- 

Dialogue  is  at  a  minimum,  as  is  background  bers  with  the  aid  of  an  unloaded  revolver  and 

music,  and  long  stretches  of  silent  film  are  a  supply  of  Army  surplus  signal  flares.  His 

used  to  back  up  the  tenseness  of  many  scenes.  wife,  incidentally,  has  been  on  the  verge  of 

Ford  has  cast  Henry  Fonda  in  the  role  of  Wyatt  divorcing  him— hence  the  title— but  his  capture 

Earp,  Marshall  of  Tombstone,  and  Fonda  is  at  of  the  criminals  brings  about  a  reconciliation, 

his  best  in  the  kind  of  role  that  suits  him  best.  Leslie  Goodwins  produced  and  directed,  and 

Surprise  of  the  picture  is  Victor  Mature's  per-  Sid  Rogell  is  credited  as  executive  producer 

■orrnance.  Cast  as  the  renegade  doctor,  Mature  Previewed  at  the  studio.    Reviewer's  rating- 

turns  m  an  excellent  performance  that  should  Average  —Thalia  Bell  s< 

:ompletely  erase  his   earlier,   pretty-boy  per-  nP]MKP  j,f„  „„,     t  v>  '   ■      ■            .  „ 

formances.  Good  too  is  Linda  Darnell 'as  the  n2l3£  S^&2"K3^ 60  ^  PCA 

Mexican  girl,  Chihuahua,  and  Walter  Brennan     Jack  Carroll  jack  Hal 

is  Old  Man  Clanton.  Alan  Mowbray  as  a  ham  SHf™^ Anne  Jeffreys 

Shakesperian.  actor,  J.  Farrell  MacDonald  as  Carney  Adnan'  Morgan  Conway,  Alan 
:he  bartender  and  all  the  hand-picked  character 

ictors  who  lend  a  stamp  of  authenticity  to  the  , 

"WVSSfi.  produced  by  Sam„el  G  A  LadV  Surrenders 

oTritele  £!|£pS?d  "**  Wm""°  Mi""  Universal-International- British 

"My  Darling  Clementine"  is  a  quiet,  down-  '"OVe  ^+ory 

:o-earth  film  that  pulls  you  into  its  time  and  Filmed  in  England  by  J.  Arthur  Rank  and 

)lace  and  keeps  you  there,  getting  to  know  the  Gainsborough    Pictures,    this  long-drawn-out 

oiks,  until  the  final  fadeout.  love  story  would  appear  to  have  a  limited  ap- 

^Seen  at  the  home  office.  Reviewer's  Rating:  peaI  *or  American  audiences.  There  are  some 

excellent— Ray  Lanning  t0P  British  names  in  the  cast,  and  the  trio  who 

Release  date,  November,  1946.  Running  time  97  min  '*  ZT&                in  th'S  country  for  earlier 

leneral  audience  classification.                              '  performances,    including   Margaret  Lockwood 

Vyatt  Earp  Henry  Fonda  Stewart  Granger  and  Patricia  Roc 

slfafe".-:.:-.":—:: MA  SssS  l\Wu  DrawbeH  wrote  the  sh^  story-™ 

)ld  Man  Clanton  Walter  Brennan  ^    ,•     »   picture  ls  based,  and  for  some  reason 

rim  Holt,  Cathy  Downs,  Ward  Bond,  Alan  Mowbray,  Leslie   Arhss    and    Doreen    Montgomery  who 

ohn  Ireland,  Roy  Roberts,  Jane  Darwell,  others  wrote  the  screenplay,  as  well  as  Rodney  Ack- 

^OTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


land,  who  contributed  additional  dialogue,  be- 
lieved that  the  tale  could  be  spun  out  for  nearly 
two  hours.  It  would  have  been  better  told  in 
90  minutes. 

A  concert  pianist,  so  the  story  runs,  discovers 
that  she  has  an  incurable  heart  ailment,  and 
thereupon  throws  up  her  career  in  order  to 
spend  her  last  few  months  vacationing  on  the 
Cornish  coast.  There  she  meets  Stewart  Gran- 
ger, also  idling  away  the  hours.  She  doesn't  tell 
him  of  her  condition,  nor  does  he  tell  her  that 
as  a  result  of  war  injuries,  he  is  doomed  to  go 
blind  within  the  year. 

Such  secrecy,  qu'te  naturally,  leads  to  a  mis- 
understanding between  the  pair.  Patricia  Roc, 
in  the  role  of  a  determined  young  lady  who 
has  always  loved  Granger,  and  means  to  get 
him,  blind  or  no,  does  her  best  to  further  the 
misconception  between  the  principals.  A  couple 
of  fortuitous  events,  and  a  change  of  heart  on 
the_  part  of  Miss  Roc,  bring  about  an  ending 
which,  if  not  exactly  happy,  is  nevertheless  as 
satisfactory  a  finish  as  could  be  devised.  Gran- 
ger recovers  his  vision  as  the  result  of  a  deli- 
cate operation,  and  persuades  Margaret  Lock- 
wood  to  marry  him,  although  the  term  of  the 
marriage  must  necessarily  be  short. 

The  acting  is  excellent  throughout,  and  Tom 
Walls  scores  in  a  supporting  role.  Leslie  Ar- 
liss'  direction  is'  skilful,  though  slow-paced. 
The  Cornish  landscape,  and  some  exciting 
scenes  in  a  mine-shaft  are  a  credit  to  photog- 
rapher Bernard  Knowles.  Harold  Huth  pro- 
duced, and  Maurice  Ostrer  is  listed  as  having 
charge  of  production.  Hubert  Bath's  popular 
"Cornish  Symphony,"  heard  throughout  the 
picture,  adds  much  to  audience  enjoyment. 

Seen  at  the  studio.  Reviewer's  Rating:  Good 
— T.  B. 

Release  date,  October  4,  1946.  Running-  time,  117 
mm.    PCA  No.  10908.    General  audience  classification. 

L'.ssa   Margaret  Lockwood 

J*1*   Stewart  Granger 

Judy   Patricia  Roc 

lorn  Walls,  Reginald  Purdell,  Moira  Lister.  Dorothy 
Bramhall,  Vincent  Hoiman,  Joan  Rees,  Walter  Hudd 
Bryan  Herbert 

Fool's  Cold 

UA— Hopal  ong  Cassidy  Western 

When  star  William  Boyd  and  producer 
Lewis  J.  Rachmil  started  the  new  series  of  six 
Hopalong  Westerns  for  release  through  United 
Artists,  they  announced  a  formula  of  more 
story  along  with  the  action.  In  "Fool's  Gold," 
the  second  of  this  series,  they  have  followed  the 
formula.  The  result  is  a  neatly  tailored  Western 
that  should  please  the  Hopalong  fans  ;  cut  to 
measure  for  the  small  towns  and  the  neigh- 
borhoods. 

In  the  scenic  grandeur  of  the  Twin  Buttes 
cattle  country  there  are  some  nasty  and  lawless 
characters,  who  have  dragged  the  son  of  Hop- 
along's  army  pal  into  their  nefarious  doings. 
Colonel  Landry  calls  Hoppy  from  his  ranch  to 
persuade  the  lad  to  return  and  face  a  minor 
military  charge.    This  he  accomplishes  after 

3249 


adventures  of  varying  intensity  with  a  spider- 
collecting  professor  whose  pets  are  weapons  in 
his  thievery,  the  professor's  daughter  who 
bosses  a  mean  group  of  outlaws,  and  a  con- 
fused military  escort  for  a  shipment  of  gold  to 
the  U.  S.  Mint. 

Aided,  and  sometimes  handicapped,  by  pals 
California  Carlson  and  Lucky  Jenkins,  Hoppy 
confounds  the  professor  and  feeds  him  to  a  par- 
ticularly vicious  spider,  saves  the  gold  for  Uncle 
Sam  and  liberates  the  misguided  youth  to  the 
arms  of  the  outlaw  boss  who  all  along  has  been 
forced  into  the  work  by  her  father. 

Doris  Schroeder  wrote  a  somewhat  talky 
original  story  and  screenplay,  which  neverthe- 
less sustained  a  medium  tingle  of  suspense. 
George  Auchainbaud  directed  with  an  expert 
eye  to  deliver  a  piece  of  merchandise  many 
showmen  will  welcome. 

Seen  at  a  trade  press  screening  in  the  pro- 
jection room  at  the  General  Service  Studio, 
Hollywood.  Reviewer's  Rating :  Fair. — W.  F. 

Release  date,  not  set.  Running  time,  63  min.  PCA 
No.   11901.    General  audience  classification. 

Hopalong   Cassidy  William  Boyd 

California    Carlson     Andy  Clyde 

Lucky  Jenkins  Rand  Brooks 

Professor  Robert  Emmett  Keene 

Jessie    Jane  Randolph 

Bruce  Stephen  Barclay 

Harry  Cording,.  Earle  Hodgins,  Bob  Bentley,  William 
Davis,  Forbes  Murray,  Glen  B.  Gallagher,  Ben  Cor- 
bett,  Fred  Toones 

Gas  House  Kids 

PRC  —  Melodrama 

Exhibitors  who  found  "Dead  End  Kids"  a 
good  audience  attraction  should  similarly  bene- 
fit from  "Gas  House  Kids,"  a  slightly  more 
adult  framework  for  the  high  adventures  of  a 
rugged  group  of  New  York  East  Side  youths, 
headed  by  Billy  Halop.  Adapted  by  Elsie  and 
George  Bricker  and  Raymond  L.  Strock  from 
an  original  story  by  the  Brickers,  the  plot  con- 
cerns the  efforts  of  Billy  and  his  pals  to  aid 
Robert  Lowery,  as  a  returning  wounded  veteran, 
and  his  financee,  Teala  Loring,  buy  a  chicken 
farm  and  start  their  business  and  married  life. 

Failing  to  raise  money  through  challenging 
the  neighborhood's  boxing  champion,  Billy 
stumbles  upon  a  satchel  of  $5,000  rent  money 
which  the  vicinity's  collector,  endeavoring  to 
escape  attack  by  gangsters,  had  thrown  out  of 
a  window.  Billy  and  his  crew  bank  the  coin 
and  pay  a  deposit  on  the  desired  chicken  farm. 

Taken  for  a  ride  by  the  gangsters,  for  whom 
a  reward  has  been  posted  for  death  of  the  rent 
collector,  Billy  gets  away  through  overturning 
the  car.  Following  his  directions,  police  capture 
the  bandits,  the  boys  collect  the  $10,000  award 
and  lends  the  money  to  Lowery  and  Miss  Loring 
for  their  chicken  farm. 

Though  off  to  a  slow  start,  the  picture's  ac- 
tion heightens,  salted  with  human  interest. 
Halop  gives  a  sincere  performance. 

Seen  at  a  New  York  projection  room.  Re- 
viewer's Rating :  Fair. — Russell  Rhodes. 

Release  date,  October  14,  1946.  Running  time,  68  min. 
PCA  No.  11867.  General  audience  classification. 

Eddie  O'Brien  Robert  Lowery 

Tony  Albertini   Bill  Halop 

Colleen  Flanagan  Teala  Loring 

Carl  Switzer,  David  Reed,  Rex  Downing,  Rocco  Lanzo, 
Hope  Landin,  Ralph  Dunn,  'Paul  Bryar,  Nannette 
Vallon,  Charles  Wilson 


Dangerous  Money 

Monogram — Melodrama 

Typical  of  Monogram's  "Charlie  Chan" 
series  of  mystery  films,  this  pne  contains  three 
time-tried  ingredients :  the  astute  Chinese  de- 
tective, the  colored  comic,  the  bumptious  Chi- 
nese boy  who  thinks  he  knows  more  than  his 
father  does. 

Typical,  too,  is  the  story.  Three  murders 
take  place,  all  of  them  motiviated  by  lust  for 
money.  The  cash  in  question  is  loot  from 
Philippine  banks  rifled  during  the  Japanese  in- 
vasion. Sidney  Toler,  cast  as  Chan,  takes  over 
after  the  killing  of  a  Government  agent  as- 


signed to  discover  the  whereabouts  oi  the  stolen 
currency.  After  a  chase,  that  leads  from  San 
Francisco  to  Samoa,  he  unearths  the  loot,  cap- 
tures the  guilty,  and  lifts  a  load  of  suspicion 
from  two  innocent  young  people. 

Prominent  in  the  supporting  cast  are  Victor 
Sen  Young  and  Willie  Best.  James  S.  Bur- 
kett  produced ;  Terry  Morse  directed,  and  Mi- 
riam Kissinger  concocted  the  screenplay,  basing 
it  on  a  character  created  by  Earl  Derr  Biggers. 

Seen  at  the  studio.  Reviewers  rating: 
Average. — T.B. 

Release  date,  October  12,  1946.  Running  time,  66  min. 
PCA  No.  11824.  General  audience  classification. 

Charlie  Chan   Sidney  Toler 

Rona  Simmonds   Gloria  Warren 

Jimmy  Chan   Victor  Sen  Young 

Rick  Vallin,  Joseph  Crehan,  Willie  Best,  John  Harmon, 
Bruce  Edwards,  Dick  Elliott,  Joe  Allen,  Jr. 

Rio  Grande  Raiders 

Republic — Western 

The  final  episode  in  Republic's  series  of 
Westerns  starring  Sunset  Carson,  produced  by 
Bennett  Cohen  and  directed  by  Thomas  Carr, 
is  neither  better  nor  worse  than  the  others. 

Carson,  cast  as  a  stagecoach  driver,  has  a 
soft  spot  in  his  heart  for  his  nogood  brother, 
portrayed  by  Bob  Steele.  When  the  latter  gets 
out  of  prison  and  comes  looking  for  a  job, 
Carson  gives  it  to  him,  unaware  that  his  brother 
is  secretly  in  cahoots  with  the  villainous  owner 
of  a  rival  stage  line. 

Morton  S.  Parker's  screenplay,  based  on  a 
story  by  Norman  Hall,  features  the  usual  fisti- 
cuffs, and  is  climaxed  by  a  stagecoach  race 
instituted  for  the  purpose  of  deciding  which  of 
the  two  rival  lines  shall  get  the  franchise.  It's 
no  surprise  to  anybody  in  the  audience  that 
Carson  wins  the  race. 

Previewed  at  Hollywood's  Hitching  Post 
theatre,  where  the  small  fry  took  the  offering  in 
stride.    Reviewer's  Rating :  Average.  T.B. 

Release  date,  September  9,  1946.  Running  time,  57 
min.    PCA  No.  11851.    General  audience  classification. 

Sunset   Sunset  Carson 

Joe   Bob  Steele 

Linda  Stirling,  Tom  London,  Tistram  Coffin,  Edmond 
Cobb,  Jack  Shea,  Tex  Terry,  Kenne  Duncan 

Shadows  on  the  Range 

Monogram — Western 

Johnny  Mack  Brown,  as  a  Western  hero, 
plays  Steve  Mason,  a  representative  of  the  Cat- 
tleman's Association,  in  this  outdoor  film  which 
is  designed  to  appeal  to  young  audiences  and  ac- 
tion fans.  The  story,  by  Jess  Bowers,  is  loosely 
woven,  but  it  introduces  into  the  film  a  good 
share  of  exciting  outdoor  action.  There  are 
several  scenes  of  gang  warfare  with  shooting 
and  hand-to-hand  combat. 

Jane  Bryant,  as  a  ranch  owner,  is  fearless 
in  her  attempt  to  bring  the  murderers  of  her 
father  to  justice.  Johnny  Mack  Brown  saves  the 
girl's  life  and,  acting  as  her  foreman,  appre- 
hends the  cattle  rustlers  who  were  scheming  to 
gain  ownership  of  the  girl's  ranch. 

The  cast  includes  Raymond  Hatton,  Jack 
Perrin  and  John  Merton.  Lambert  Hillyer 
directed. 

Seen  at  the  New  York  theatre,  where  a  mid- 
day audience  seemed  mildly  satisfied.  Review- 
er's Rating:  Fair. — M.  R.  Y. 

Release  date,  August  10,  1946.  Running  time,  57 
min.    PCA  No.  11691.    General  audience  classification. 

Steve  Mason   Johnny  Mack  Brown 

Dusty   Raymond  Hatton 

Ruth  Denny   Jane  Bryant 

Jack  Perrin,  John  Merton,  Marshall  Reed,  Steve 
Clark,  Ted  Adams,  Terry  Frost,  Pierre  Lyden 

SHORT  SUBJECTS 

MOUSEMERIZED  CAT  (WB) 

Merrie  Melodies  Cartoon  (2709) 

A  pair  of  rais,  Babbit  and  Costello,  set  out 
to  find  some  cheese  but  there's  none  to  be  found. 
Babbit,  an  amateur  hypnotist,  tries  to  put  Cos- 
tello in  a  trance,  but  the  tables  are  turned,  and 


Babbit  is  the  one  sent  into  dreamland.  Thenijl 

he  tninks  he  is  a  dog  and  so  chases  a  cat  whilf 
Costello  eats  all  the  cheese  he  eventually  finds," 
Keiease  date,  October  19,  1946  7  mmuteA 


BIG  SNOOZE  (WB) 

Bugs  Bunny  Special  (.2724) 

Bugs  Bunny  s  straightman,  Elmer,  is  fed  uj 
with  playing  second  fiddle  to  a  rabbit  in  thosi 
Warner  Brother  Technicolor  cartoons  and  s( 
tears  up  his  contract  with  Bugs.  He  regret: 
the  move,  however,  and  he  and  Bugs  later  patcl 
up  their  differences. 

Release  date,  October  5,  1946  7  minute: 

STEEPLECHASERS  (RKO  Radio) 

Sportscope  (64,313) 

The  training  of  steeplechasers  provides  tht 
subject  matter  for  this  short.  Shown  are  th< 
future  champions  of  the  steeplechase  as  the) 
take  their  first  steps  toward  the  winner's  circle 
Also  seen  are  some  top  flight  jumpers  goinj 
through  their  workouts. 

Release  date,  August  9,  1946  8  minute. 

STAR  SPANGLED  CITY  (WB) 

Technicolor  Adventure  (3801) 

Here's  the  Technicolor  film  story  of  Ameri 
ca's  capital  and  a  brief  study  of  America's  his 
tory  as  found  in  such  historical  material  a: 
Mount  Vernon,  the  Jefferson  and  Lincoln  Me 
morials,  Arlington  Cemetery  and  Washington' 
monument.  The  short  includes  a  jaunt  arouni 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Release  date,  October  19,  1946  10  minute. 

THE  LAZY  HUNTER  (WB) 

Sports  Parade  (3502) 

Howard  Hill,  a  leisurely  though  good  huntei 
sets  out  to  kill  a  hawk  and  a  coyote  which  ar 
killing  his  chickens  and  his  livestock.  Insteaij 
of  taking  a  shotgun,  he  starts  out  with  a  bov 
and  arrow  and,  with  this  unusual  equipment 
succeeds  in  bringing  bad  animals  to  a  good  end 
In  Technicolor. 

Release  date,  October  26,  1946  10  minute 


3250 


I'LL  BUILD  IT  MYSELF  (RKO  Radio) 

Edgar  Kennedy  (63,407) 

The  housing  situation  being  what  it  is  todaj 
Edgar  Kennedy  wisely  decides  to  build  an  addi 
tional  room  to  his  house.  Then,  very  unwiseij 
he  enlists  the  assistance  of  the  entire  famil; 
and  starts  building.  A  whirl  of  hilarious  epi 
sodes  follows,  with  Edgar,  as  usual,  the  unhapp' 
butt. 

Release  date,  not  set  15  minute. 

SO  YOU  WANT  TO  PLAY  THE 
HORSES  (WB) 

Fitaphone  Variety  (3402) 

Here's  a  whacky  one  about  betting  on  rao 
horses.  Joe  is  a  guy  who  plays  the  saddle  in 
stead  of  the  horse,  picking  up  his  informatioi 
around  the  feed  box.  He  plays  according  t< 
numerology,  genealogy  and  all  the  other  ologie: 
but  can't  pick  a  winner. 

Release  date,  October  5,  1946  10  minute.' 

FLICKER  FLASHBACKS  (RKO  Radio 

No.  1  (74,201) 

The  first  issue  of  the  new  series  provides  twi 
dramas  out  of  nostalgic  yesteryear.  "Tb 
Wanderer"  was  put  out  in  1909  by  the  Bio 
graph  Company  and  features  Lionel  Barrymon 
and  Henry  B.  Walthall.  In  "Wages  of  Sin' 
the  villain  makes  his  payment  in  full,  to  th< 
joy  of  the  audience. 

Release  date,  September  13,  1946  9  minute. 
YOU'RE  AN  EDUCATION  (WB) 

Blue  Ribbon  Hit  Parade  (3303) 

All  the  leaflets  in  a  travel  agency  come  to  lif 
and  break  out  into  song  and  story.  The  Kim 
berly  diamond  mine,  the  ,  Canadian  Roya 
Mounted,  the  Foreign  Legion,  the  leaning  towe 
of  Pisa  and  the  Lone  Ranger's  horse  are  al 
mixed  up  in  the  proceedings.  In  Technicolor. 
Release  date,  October  26,  1946         7  minute] 

PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  12,  !W 


SHORT  SUBJECTS  CHART 

Index  to  reviews,  synopses 


td. 


Title 


Rel.  P.D. 
Date  Page 


OLUMBIA 


ALL    STAR  COMEDIES 
Beer  Barrel  Polecats  (17)  1-10-46  3019 
(Stooges) 

A  Bird  in  the  Head  (17). 2-28-46  2940 
(Stooges) 

Uncivil  War  Birds  (17) .  .3-29-46  3019 

(Stooges) 
The  Three  Troubledoerj  (17) 

4-25-46  3065 

(Stooges) 

Dance,  Dunce,  Dance!  CIS1  2 ) 

(Eddie  Fny.   Jr.)  10-18-45  2695 

A  Miner  Affair  (19)  11-1-45  2710 

(Andy  Clyde) 
Micro   Phonies   (17)  11-15-45  2746 

(Stooges) 
Calling  All  Fibbers 

06'/,)   11-29-45  2735 

(V.  Vigue) 
When  the  Wife's  Away 

(i7)    (H.    Herbert)  2-1-46  29<0 

Hiss  and  Veil  (18)  2-14-46  2940 

(V.  Vague) 
Get  Along  Little  Zombie  (17) 

(H.    Herbert)   6-9-46  3066 

High  Blood  Pressure  (19).  12-6-45  2850 

(Shilling  &  Lane) 

A  Hit  With  a  Miss  (16) .  12-13-45  2850 
(S.  Howard) 

Spook  to  Me  (17)  12-27-45  2850 

(A.  Clyde) 
The  Blonde  Stayed  on   ( l6'/a > 

(A.    Clyde)   1-24-46  2940 

Mr.   Noisy   (l6'/2)  3-22-46  2940 

(S.  Howard) 
Jiggers.   My  Wife!   ( 18) .  .4- 1 1-46  3066 

(S.  Howard) 

Monkey  Businessman  (18). 6-20-46   

(Stooges) 

Three  Loan  Wolves  (l6'/2)  .7-4-46   

(Stooges) 

Ain't  Love  Cuckoo  (19) ..  .6-6-46  3066 

(Schilling  &  Lane) 
You  Can't  Fool  a  Fool 

(17)    (A.    Clyde)  7-11-46  3163 

Hot  Water   (l8'/2>  7-25-46  3239 

(Schilling  &  Lane) 

Mr.  Wright  Goes  Wrong 

(19)   8-1-46  3239 

(S.  Holloway) 
Headin'  for  a  Weddin' 

(19)   8-15-46  . 

(V.  Vague) 

G.  I.  Wanna  Home  ( 1 5'/2)  .9-5-46 
(Stooges) 

Rhythm  and  Weep  07'/2) .  10-3-46 
Pardon  My  Terror  ( 1 6'/2)  .9-12-46 

(Schilling  &  Lane) 
Honeymoon    Blues   10-17-46 

(H.  Herbert) 
Society    Mugs    (16)  9-19-46 

(S.  Howard) 

So's  Your  Antenna  10-10-46 

COLOR  RHAPSODIES 

River    Rlbber   (6)  4-5-46  2806 

Polar  Playmates  (6'/2)  4-25-46   

Picnic    Panic    (6)  6-20-46  3066 

Loco   Lobo   (6)  10-31-46   

PHANTASY  CARTOONS 

Simple  Siren  (6'/2)  10-25-46  2737 

Kongo  Roo  (6)   4-18-46  3066 

Snap  Happy  Traps  (6'/2) .  .6-6-46  3066 
The  Schooner  the  Better 

(6'/2)  7-4-46  3163 

FOX  &  CROW  (Color) 

Phoney    Baloney    (7)  1 1-1-45  2807 

Fexey   Flatfoots    (6)  4-11-48   

Unsure   Runts   (7'/2)  5-16-46  3066 

Mysto    Fox    (7)  8-29-46  3239 


1-8-45  2940 


PANORAMIC 
The  Magic  Stone  (10) . . 

FILM  VODVIL 

Randy,  Brooks  &  Orchestra 

(IO'/2)   10-30-45  2737 

Morales'  Copaeabana  Orchestra  (II) 

12-13-45  2850 
Three  8et»  ef  Twins  (10  )  2-28-46  2940 
Art  Meeney  A  Orchestra  (II) 

4-4-46  8019 

Dlek  vUfelle  and  Orchestra 

(18)   6-16-46  M66 

Saxle  Dewell  and  Orchestra 

(10)   7-18-46.... 


For  information  on  short  subjects  turn  to  the  Product 
Digest  Section  pages  indicated  by  the  numbers  which 
follow  the  titles  and  release  dates  in  the  listing.  Product 
Digest  pages  are  numbered  consecutively  and  are  sepa- 
rate from  Motion  Picture  Herald  page  numbers.  Numer- 
als in  parentheses  next  to  titles  represent  running  time 
as  supplied  by  the  distributor. 


Prod.  Rel.  P.D. 

No.  Title  Date  Page 

7958    Bobby  Byrne  &.  Orchestra  (10) 

8-15-46  3239 
THRILLS  OF  MUSIC 

8951  Jerry  Wald  &  Orchestra.  .9-12-46   

8952  Machito   &    Orchestra  10-17-46   

COMMUNITY  SING  (Series  10) 

7651  No.  I  Cowboy  Hit  Tunes  (9'/2) 

(Leibert)   9-25-46  2694 

7652  No.  2  You  Belong  to  My  Heart 

(10)   10-18-45  2737 

(Baker) 

7653  No.  3  Dream   (10)  11-29-45  2822 

(Baker) 

7654  No.  4  Good,  Good,  Good.  12-20-45  2882 

(Baker) 

7655  No.  5  No  Can  Do  (10) . . .  I  - 17-46  2940 

(Leibert) 

7656  No.  6  That  Feeing  In  the 

Moo-liaht    (9)   2-21-46  2910 

(Baker) 

7657  No.  7  Chickery  Chick  (10)  . 3-7-46  2910 

(Leibert) 

7658  No.  8  Symphony  (8'/2) . .  .4- 1 1  -46  3019 

(Baker) 

7659  No.  9  Ar'n't  You  Glad  You're 

You   (IO'/2)   5-9-46  .... 

(Baker) 

7660  No.  10  Let  It  Snow  (II). 6-13-46  3066 

(Leibert) 

7661  No.    II   You   Won't   Be  Satisfied 

lin-M  Y«u  Break  My  Hun  (9) 
(Leibert)   7-11-46  .... 

7662  No.    12  One-zy  Two-zy 

(Baker)    (IO'/2)   8-1-46   

(Series  26) 

8651  No.    I   The   Gypsy  9-12-46   

(Leibert) 

8652  No.  2  It's  a  Pity  10-10-46   

SCREEN  SNAPSHOTS  (Series  25) 

7852  No.  2  (Har'nw  Wil-ox  &. 

H.  Von  Zell)   (10)  10-11-45  2750 

7853  No.  3   (Fashions,  Rodeo. 

etc.)    (9)   11-15-45  2850 

7854  No.  4  (Hollywood 

Celebrations)   (9)   12-13-45  2850 

7855  No.  5  (Movie  Stuntmen  4V 

Doubles)    (9)   1-17-46  3055 

7856  No.  6  (Wendell  Niles  and 

Prlndle)    (9'/2)   2-15-46  2940 

7857  No.   7   (Victory  Show) 

(9'/2>   3-15-46  .... 

7858  No.  8   (Looking  Back)  (10) 

4-25-18  .... 

7859  No.  9  (Judy  Canova  Radio  Show) 

(11)    5-23-46  3066 

7860  No.  10  Famous  Fathers  and  Sons 

(9'/2l   6-10-16  3066 

885I    No.    I    (Radio   Characters)  .9-5-46   

SPORT  REELS 

7802  Puck  Chasers  (10) 

(Hockey)   10-25-45  2807 

7803  Cad»t  Cagers 

(Basketball)    (8'/2)  1 1 -22-45  2807 

7804  Mermaid's    Paradise  (9'/2) 

(Water  Snorts)   12-20-45  2850 

7805  Rasslln'  Roemoes  (9'/2) . . .  I-24-46  2940 

(Wrestling) 

7806  Canine   Champion    (9V2) .  .3-14-46  2940 

7807  Tlmberland    Athletes    (8)  .4-18-46   

(Lumberjacks) 

7808  Diving   Aces   (9)  5-30-46  3066 

7809  Flying    Hoofs    (9)  6-27-46   

(Horse  Racing) 

7810  Deep  Sea   Fishing   (9).  .'.8-15-46  3239 

8801  Army  Football  Champions  0-10-46   

8802  Tenpln  Magle   10-24-46  .... 

FLIPPY  (Color) 

7601    Catnlpoed    (7'/t)   2-14-46  2882 

760€    Cegey    Bird    (6'/i)  7-18-46  8163 

7603    Silent   Tweetment    (6'/2) .  .9- 19-46  3239 


Prod. 
No. 


Title 


Rel.  P.D. 

Date  Page 


M-G-M 


TWO   REEL  SPECIALS 

A-702    Purity  Squad   (20)  11-3-45  2750 

A-703    Traffic  With  the  Devil 

(l8'/2)   8-31-46  3186 

FITZPATRICK  TRAVELTALKS  (Color) 
T-7I2    Merida  and  Campeche 

(8)   11-24-45 

T-713    Land  of  the  Mayas  (9).  1-26-46 
T-714    Glimpses   of    Guatemala  (8) 

2-9-46 

T-715  Visiting  Vera  Cruz  (9).. 3-16-46  2927 
T-716    The  Mission  Trail   (9). .4-13-46  2987 

T-717    Looking   at   London    (10). 6-1-46   

T  -  7 1 8    Over  the  Sea*  to 

Belfast  (9)   8-31-46  .... 

PETE  SMITH  SPECIALTIES 

S-752    Guest    Pests    (8)  10-20-45 

S-753    Bus   Pests   (9)  12-1-45 

S-754   Sports   Sticklers   (10)  1-5-46 

S-755    Gettin'    Glamor    (8)  2-2-46 

S-756    Badminton  (10)   12-8-45 

S-757    Fala  at  Hyde  Park  (10).  I -19-46 

S-758    Studio    Visit    (10)  5-11-46 

S-759    Equestrian    Quiz    <  10) . .  .5- 18-46 
S-760    Treasures  from  Trash 

(10)   6-8-46 

S-851    Football  Thrills  No.  9 

(10)   J. ..9-7-46 

  Sure   Cures  (IO'/2)  

PASSING  PARADE 
K -77  I    Great  American  Mug  (10) 

10-6-45 

K-772  Stairway  to  Light  ( 10) .  1 1-10-45 
K-773    People  on  Paper  ( 10) ..  1 1-17-45 

K-774    Golden   Hunch   (10)  12-15-45 

K-775    Magic  on  a  Stick   (9).  1-19-46 

K-776    Our  Old  Car  (II)  5-11-46 

MINIATURES 
M-782    Snreadln'  the  Jam  (10) .  10-27-45 
M-783    Musical  Masterpieces 

(10)   4-20-46 

M-784    Bikini— The  Atom 

Island  (10)   6-13-46 

TECHNICOLOR  CARTOONS 
W-732    Wild  and   Woolfy   (8)..  II -3-45 

W-733    Quiet   Please   (8)  12-22-45 

W-734    Lonesome  Lenny  (8)  3-9-46 

W-735    Springtime  for  Thomas 

(8)   3-30-46 

W-736  The  Milky  Waif  (7) ..  .5- 18-46 
W-737    The  Hick  Chick  (7) ...  .6-15-46 

W-738    Trap    Happy    (7)  6-29-46 

W-739    Northwest    Hounded  Police 

(8)   8-3-46 

W-740    Solid  Serenade   8-31-46 


2737 
3007 


2908 


2735 
2778 
2778 
2778 
2778 
2850 


3186 

3239 


2746 
2750 
3007 
2778 
2768 
2927 

2737 


2710 
2908 
2940 

2927 


PARAMOUNT 


UNUSUAL  OCCUPATIONS  (Color) 


No.    I     (10)  10-26-45  2735 

No.    2    (10)  12-21-45  2908 

No.    3    (10)  2-22-46  2908 

No.   4   (10    5-24-46  3019 

No.   5    (10)   7-12-16  3138 

No.   6   (10)  8-30-46  3186 

GEORGE  PAL  PUPPETOONS  (Color) 
U5-I    Jasper  and  the  Beanstalk 

(8)   10-19-45 

My  Man  Jasper  (8) . . . .  10- 19-45 

Olio  for  Jaeoer  (7)  4-19-46  2967 

Toeether  In  the  Weather 
(7)   5-24-46 

U5-5   Jasper's  Derby  (8)  9-20-46 


L5-I 
L5-2 
L5-3 
L5-4 
L5-5 
L5-6 


U5-2 
U5-3 
U5-4 


2695 
2908 


30-43 
3055 


Prod. 
No. 


Title 


Rel.  P.D. 
Date  Page 


U5-6   John  Henry  and  the  Inky  Poo 

(7)   9-6-46 

U5-7    Jasper  In  a  Jam  (7)  10-18-46 

U5-8   Shoe  Shine  Jasper  12-20-46 

POPEYE    THE   SAILOR  (Color) 

1  House   Tricks   (8)  3-15-46 

2  Service  With  a  Gullo  (6)  4-19-46 

3  Klondike  Casanova   (8) .. .5-31 -46 

4  Peep  in  the  Deep  (7) ...  .6-7-46 

5  Rocket    to    Mars    (6)  8-9-46 

6  Rodeo    Romeo    (6)  8-16-46 

7  Fistic  Mystic   11-29-46 

8  Island    Fling   12-27-46 

POPULAR  SCIENCE  (Color) 


J5-I 

J5-2 
J5-3 
J5-4 
J5-5 
J5-S 

Y5-I 
Y5-2 
Y5-3 
Y5-4 
Y5-5 
Y5-6 

R5-I 
R5-2 

R5-3 

R5-4 

R5-5 

R5-6 

R5-7 

R5-8 

P5-9 

RS-IO 

R6-I 


(10)... 
(10)... 
(10)... 
(10)... 
(10)... 


.  10-12-45 
.11-23-45 
...  J-8-46 
.. .4-19-46 

...6-21-46 


FFS.I 
FFS  ? 
FF5-3 
FF5-4 

FF5-5 
FF5-6 

D5-I 
D5-2 
D5-3 
D5-4 

D5-5 

D5-6 


6  (10)   8-16-46 

SPEAKING  OF  ANIMALS 

Animal-ology    (9)   11-2-45 

Hill   Billies   (9)  12-28-45 

In  the  Post  War  Era  (9).. 2-8-16 

In    the    Wilds    (9)  5-I0-46 

Lonesome  Stranger  (10)  .  .6-14-46 
Be  Kind  to  Animals  (10)  8-30-46 

SPORTLIOHTS 

What  a  Plenlt   (9)  10-5-45 

Paddle  Your  Own  (9) . . .  10- 19-45 

Runninq  the  Team  (9).  11-30-45 

Good  Dog  (10)  12-21-45 

Dixie    Pointers    (10)  2-8-16 

Rhvtbm  on  Plades  (9). ..3-1-48 
Testing  the  Exnerts  (9).  3  29-46 
Riding  the  Hickories  (9). 5-17-46 
Birds  Make  Sport   (9) .  ..6-21-46 

Feminine  Class  (10)  7-19-46 

Race   Horses  Are  Born 
(9)   10-4-46 

MUSICAL   PARADE  (Color) 
Little    wi-i-h    im)  i2-?S-4s 
Naughty    Nanette   (20)  .3-15-48 

Colleqe  Queen   (19)  5-17-46 

Tale  of  Two  Cafes  (18).. 7-5-46 

Double  Rhythm  (20)  8-23- '6 

Golden   Slipoers   (17) ..  1 1-15-46 
LITTLE  LULU  (Color) 
Man's    Pest    Friend    (8)  3.22-16 
Barqaln  Counter  Attark(7)  5-3-46 
Bored  of   Education   (7)  .7-26-46 

Chick  and  Double  Chick 
(fi)   R.IB  JR 

Muslca-Lulu  (7)   1 1  - 15-46 

A  Scout  With  the  Gout .  12- 13-46 

NOVELTOONS  (Color) 
The  Friendly  Ghost  (7'/2)  4-5-46 
Cheese   Burglar   (7)  5-17-16 


Had 


2908 
2987 
3055 
3163 
3066 
3I28 


1768 
2850 
2906 
3019 
1068 
3128 

2735 
2882 
2908 
3019 
3163 
3174 

2670 

2735 

2895 
2908 
3019 
2908 
3019 
3018 

3128 


27S8 

3017 
3018 
3128 

3239 

2850 
3019 
3017 

3239 


2882 
3019 


Farm 
. . .6-7  46 


. .6-28-46 
. .9-27-46 


in- ia-46 
..10-4-46 


3018 
3018 


3225 


Old  MacDonald 

(7)   

Sheep   Shape  (7)  

Goal    Rush  (6)  

Sudden   Fried  Chicken 
171   

Spree  for  All  (7)  

COLOR  CLASSICS  CARTOONS  (Color) 

I  Reissues! 

.  2351 

.  2351 

.  2351 

C4-I0  Hunky  &  Spunky  (7)   2351 

TWO    OFFl  SPFCIAl 

T5-2    Don't  Be  a  Sucker  (18) ..  .7-4-46  .... 


C4-7 
C4-8 
C4-9 


The  Little  Stranger  (7). 
Snubbed  by  a  Snob  (7). 
Kids  In  the  Shoe  (7)... 


RKO 


WALT    DISNEY    CARTOONS  (Color) 


64.101  Canine    Patrol    (7)   12-7-45 

64  in?  Old  <s*quole   (7)    12-21  -45 

64.103  A  Knight  for  a  Day  (7). 3-8-46 

64.104  Pluto's  Kid  Brother  (71.4-12-46 
*4  inn  lo    Ouleh    (7)  ..  5-10-46 

64.106  Sfluatter's  Rights  (7)  6-7-46 

64.107  Dona'd's  Double  Trouble 

(7)   6-28-46 


2795 
7822 
3019 
2954 


)TION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


3251 


i 


Prod.  Rel.  P.D. 

No.  Title  Date  Page 

64.108  The  Purloined  Pup  (7).. 7-19-46  3163 

64.109  Wet  Paint   (7)  8-9-46  3186 

64.110  Dumb- Bell  of  the  Yukon 

(7)   8-30-46  .... 

64.111  Lighthouse  Keeping  (7). 9-20-46  3239 
  Frank  Duck  Brings  'Em  Back 

Alive  (7)    3128 

SPORTSCOPES 

64.303  Ten  Pin  Titans  (8)  11-2-45  2735 

64,302    Battling   Bass  (8)  10-5-45  2807 

64.304  Arcaro   Up    (8)  11-30-45  2807 

64.305  Ski  Master  (8)  12-26-45  2840 

64.306  Winning  Basketball  (8).  1-25-46  2927 

64.307  Quarter  Horses   (8)  2-22-46  2908 

64.308  Black  Ducks  and  Broadbiils 

(8)   3-22-46  2954 

64.309  Tenderfoot  Trail  (8) ...  .4-19-46  3019 

64.310  Aqua  Queen  (8)  5-17-46  3043 

64.311  Ben  Hogan  (8)  6-14-46   

64.312  Palmetto  Quail   (8)  7-12-46  3128 

64.313  Steeplechasers  (8)   8-9-46  3250 

74,301    Skating  Lady  (9)  9-20-46  .... 

HEADLINER  REVIVALS 

63.202  Russian  Dressing  ( 18) .  1 1 -23-45  2746 

63.203  Twenty  Girls  and  a 

Band  (18)   1-18-46  2850 

63.204  Sea  Melody  (19)  3-15-46  2927 

EDGAR  KENNEDY 

63.401  The  Big  Beef  ( 17) ....  10-19-45  2735 

63.402  Mother-in-Law's  Day  (18) 

12-7-45  2822 

63.403  Trouble  or  Nothing  (18).  I -25-46  2908 

63.404  Wall  Street  Blues  (17)  .7- 12-46  3128 

63.405  Motor   Maniacs   (18)  7-26-46  3186 

63.406  Noisy  Neighbors  (17) ..  .9-20-46  3225 

63.407  I'll  Build  It  Myself  (15)   3250 

LEON  ERROL 

63.702  Maid   Trouble    (18)  2-2-46  2908 

63.703  Oh,  Professor,  Behave 

(18)   3-1-46  2927 

63.704  Twin  Husbands  (18) ...  .5-10-46  3018 

63.705  I'll  Take  Milk  ( 15) . . .  .7- 19-46  3128 

63.706  Follow  That  Blonde 

(18)   9-27-46  3225 

FLICKER  FLASHBACKS 

64.202  No.  2  (7)   10-19-45  2807 

64.203  No.  3  (7)   11-23-45  2807 

64.204  No.  4  (8)   12-28-45  2840 

64.205  No.  5  (7)   2-1-46  2927 

64.206  No.  6  (9)   3-8-46  2954 

64.207  No.  7  (7)   4-12-46  3007 

74,201  No.  I  (9)   9-13-46  3259 

THIS  IS  AMERICA 

63.101  Airline  to  Everywhere 

(17)    11-16-45  2766 

63.102  T.V.A.  (18)   12-14-45  2795 

63.103  Great  Lakes  (16)  I- 1 1-46  2908 

63.104  Report  on  Japan  (19)  2-8-46  2882 

63.105  Street  of  Shadows  (16).. 3-8-46  2940 

63.106  Two  Million  Rooms  (16) 

4-  5-46  2954 

63.107  No  Place  Like  Home  (16) 

5-  3-46  2997 

63.108  Panama  (16)   ...5-31-46  3078 

63.109  Port  of  New  York  (1*6)  .6-28-46  3128 

63.110  Courtship  to  Courthouse 

(15)   7-26-46  3138 

63.111  Highway   Mania   (17) ..  .8-31-46  3186 

63.112  White  House  (19)   

RAY  WHITLEY  WESTERN  MUSICALS 

63.502  Sagebrush  Serenade 

(19)   10-26-45  2807 

63.503  Ranch  House  Romeo 

(17)   I  11-30-45  2758 

63.504  Rhythm  Wranglers  (19). 1-18-46  2895 

SPECIALS 

671    The  House  I  Live  In  (10).  1 1-9-45  2679 

20TH  CENTURY-FOX 

MOVIETONE  ADVENTURES  (Color) 

6253  China  Carries  On   (8) ...  10-12-45  2840 

6254  Bountiful  Alaska  (8)  10-26-45  2653 

6255  Song  of  Sunshine   (8)  12-7-45  2850 

6256  Louisiana  Springtime  (8)  .12-21-45  2653 

6257  Lost  Lake  (8)  I  - 1 1  -46  2653 

6258  Along  the  Rainbow  Trail 

(8)   2-15-46  2987 

6259  Cradle  of  Liberty  (8)  6-21-46  3007 

6260  Across  the  Great  Divide 

(8)   7-5-46  3128 

7251  Sons  of  Courage  (8)  8-2-46  3239 

7252  Jamaica   (8)   9-13-46  3225 

7253  Historic  Cape  Town  (8) ..  10-18-46  3225 

7254  Girls  and  Gags  (8)  11-22-46   

SPORTS  REVIEWS 
(Color) 

6352  Time  Out  for  Play  (8) ..!  1-16-45  2908 
6301    Pins  and  Cushions  (8)  2-1-46  2927 

6353  Diving    Dandies   (8)  3-15-46  3043 

6354  Sea  Sirens  (8)  5-10-46  3043 


P.D. 

Page 

3128 
3239 


2840 
2927 

2918 
2918 
2918 

3055 
2954 

2954 
2954 
2954 
30O7 
3128 
3128 
3128 
2954 


Prod.  Rei, 
No.  Title  Date 

6355    Golden    Horses    (8)   4-26-46 

7351  Winter   Holiday   (8)  9-27-46 

7352  Summer    Trails    (8)  11-8-46 

7353  Playtime's  Journey   (8) ..  12- 13-46 

(Black  and  White) 
7301    Football   Fanfare   (9)  8-23-46 

TERRYTOONS  (Color) 

6505  Who's  Who  in  the  Jungle 

(7)   10-19-45 

6506  Mighty  Mouse  Meets  Bad 

Bill   Bunion   (7)   11-9-45 

6507  The    Exterminator   (7) ...  1 1 -23-45 

6508  Mighty   Mouse   in  Krakatoa 

(7)   12-14-45 

6509  The  Talking  Magpies  (7)..  I -4-46 

6510  Svengali's    Cat    (7)  1-18-46 

6511  The  Fortune  Hunters  (7).. 2-8-46 

6512  The    Wicked    Wolf    (7)  3-8-46 

6513  My  Old   Kentucky  Home  (7) 

3-29-46 

C5I4    It's  All  in  the  Stars  (7). 4- 12-46 

6515  Throwing   the    Bull    (7). ..5-3-46 

6516  The   Trojan    Horse    (7) .. .7-26-46 

6517  Dinky  Finds  a  Home  (7). 6-7-46 

6518  The  Johnstown  Flood  (7).. 6-28-46 

6519  Peace  Time  Football  (7).. 7-19-46 

6520  The  Golden   Hen   (7)  5-24-46 

7501  Winning   the   West    (7). .8-16-46 

7502  The  Tortoise  Wins  Again 

(7)   8-30-46 

7503  The   Electronic  Mouse  Trap  (7) 

9-6-46 

7504  The  Jail  Break  (7)  9-20-46 

7505  The  Snow  Man  (7)  10-11-46 

7506  The  Housing  Problem 

(7)   10-25-46 

7507  The   Crackpot    King    (7).  11-15-46 

7508  The  Uninvited  Pests  (7).  1 1-29-46 

7509  Mighty  Mouse  and  the 

Hep    Cat    (7)  12-6-46 

7510  Beanstalk  Jack  (7)  12-20-46 

MARCH    OF  TIME 
VI2-2    American    Beauty    ( 18) ..  10-5-45 
VI2-3    18  Million  Orphans  (18). 11-2-45 
V12-4    Justice   Comes  to  Germany 

(18)   11-30-45 

VI2-5    Challenge  to  Hollywood 

(18)   12-28-45 

VI2-6— Life  With  Baby  (20) ..  1-25-46 
VI 2-7  Report  on  Greece  ( 19) .  .2-22-46 
VI2-8  Night  Club  Boom  (21 ).  .3-22-46 
VI2-9    Wanted — More  Homes 

(20)   4-19-46 

VI2-I0. Tomorrow's  Mexico  (19). 5-17-46 
V 12- 1 1  Problem  Drinkers  (19). 6-14-46 
VI2-I2  The  New  France  ( 19) . . .7- 12-46 

VI 2- 13  Atomlo  Power   (19)  8-9-46 

VI3-I    Is  Everybody  Happy? 

(17)   9-6-46 

VI3-2    World  Food  Problem 

(17)   10-4-46 

DRIBBLE   PUSS  PARADE 

6901  Here  Comes  the  Circus  (8)  .3-1-46 

6902  Muscle  Maulers  (8)  5-31-46 

FEMININE  WORLD  SERIES 
6201    Behind  the  Footlights  (8)  . 4-5-46  2974 

THE  WORLD  TODAY 
6401    Man  From  Missouri  (9)..  1-25-46  2987 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

DAFFY   DITTIES  (Color) 

  The   Lady  Said   No   (8).. 4-26-46  2987 

  Choo   Choo   Amigo    (8)  7-5-46  3138 

  Pepito's  Serenade   (8)  8-16-46   

UNIVERSAL 

LANTZ  COLOR  CARTUNES 

1321  The  Loose  Nut  (7)  12-17-45  2807 

1322  The  Poet  and  the  Peasant 

(7)   3-18-46  2694 

1323  Mousie  Come  Home  (7) ..  .4-15-46  3138 

1324  Apple    Andy    (7)   5-20-46  2927 

1325  Who's  Cooking  Who  (7).. 6-24-46  3043 

1326  Bathing   Buddies   (7)  7-1-46  3150 

1327  Reckless  Driver  (7)  8-26-46  3163 

2321  Fair  Weather  Fiends  (7). 11-18-46   

....  Wacky  Weed   

PERSON  —  ODDITIES 

1363  Paper   Magic   (9)   10-15-45  2695 

1364  Pottery  Poet   (9)  10-29-45  2710 

1365  Front  Line  Artist  (9) ...  1 1-12-45  2695 

1366  Maestro  of  the  Comics(9).3- 18-46  2918 

1367  Wings  of  Courage  (9)  3-25-46  2927 

1368  Cartune  Crusades  (9)  4-1-46  2927 

1369  Scientifically  Stung   (9) ..  .6-10-46  3055 

1370  Lone   Star   Padre    (9)  6-17-46  3163 

1371  Artists'  Antics  (9)   6-24-46   

1372  Picture   Pioneer   (9)  7-1-46  3163 


2670 
2703 

2726 

2768 
2830 
2870 
2895 

2954 
3007 
3043 
3112 
3138 

3186 


3019 
3128 


Prod.  Rel.  P.D. 

No.  Title  Date  Page 

1373  Hobo  Hound  (8)  8-19-46  3225 

1374  Samson  Junior  (9)  8-19-46  3225 

1375  Rural    Rhapsody    (9)  8-26-46   

VARIETY  VIEWS 

1342  Go   North   (9)  10-1-45  2695 

1343  Grave  Laughter  (9)  10-22-45  2695 

1344  Doctor  of  Paintings   (9)..  1 1-5-45  2840 

1345  Jungle  Capers  (9)  12-10-45  2807 

1346  Script  Teas   (9)  3-25-46  2954 

1347  Dog  Tale   (9)  3-25-46  2954 

1348  Chimp  on  the  Loose  (10).. 4-1 -46  2927 

1349  Dog  of  the  Seven  Seas(9).6- 17-46  3138 

1350  Magic   Mineral   (9)  7-1-46  3163 

1351  Mr.  Chimp  at  Home  (9).. 8-12-46  3163 

1352  Operation  Holiday  (10) ..  .8-26-46  3225 

1353  Mr.  Chimp  to  the  Rescue 

(10)   8-26-46   

1354  Mr.  Chimp  on  Vacation 

(10)   8-26-46  3239 

NAME-BAND  MUSICALS 

1301  Solid  Senders  (15)   10-21-45  2710 

1302  Hot  and  Hectic  (15)           11-28-45  2850 

1303  Synco-Smooth  Swing  (15). 12-19-45  2758 

1304  Cuban    Madness    (15)    1-2-46  2908 

1305  Tin  Pan  Alley  Tempos 

(15)   1-9-46  2822 

1306  Melody  Stampede  (15)  1-16-46  2822 

1307  Swing    High,   Swing  Sweet 

(15)   2-20-46  2908 

1308  Takin'  the   Breaks   ( 15) ..  5-22-46  3018 

1309  Banquet  of  Melody  (15) .  .5-29-46  3018 

1310  Swingin'    Down    the  Scale 

(15)   6-26-46  3043 

1311  Breakin'  It  Down   ( 15) .. .8-28-46   

2301  Frontier  Frolic  (15)  10-9-46   

2302  Champagne   Music   11-20-46   

2303  Tumbleweed  Tempos   12-4-46   

SING   AND   BE   HAPPY  SERIES 

1381  Sing  and  Be  Happy  (10). 2-18-46  2850 

1382  Merrily  We  Sing  ( 10)  ...  5-27-46  3018 
2381    A  Bit  of  Blarney  (I  I) ..  .9-30-46  3225 

SPECIAL  FEATURETTES 
1201    Tiny  Terrors  of  the  Timberlands 

(20)   6-26-46  2940 

1203    Roosevelt — Man  of  Destiny 

(18)   4-10-46  2827 

THE  ANSWER  MAN 
2391    No.   I    (10)   10-21-46  .... 

WARNER— VITAPHONE 

TECHNICOLOR  ADVENTURES 

2801  Fashions  for  Tomorrow 

(10)    11-17-45  2908 

2802  In  Old  Santa  Fe  (10)  1-12-46  2822 

2803  All    Aboard    (10)  3-30-46  2940 

2804  Let's   Go   Camping   (10) .  .7-27-46  3090 

2805  Girls  and   Flowers   (10) .  .5-25-46  3019 

2806  Adventures  in  South  America 

(7)   8-10-46  3186 

3801    Star  Spangled  City  (10)  .10-19-46  3250 

1802    Rubber   River   11-30-46   

TECHNICOLOR  SPECIALS 

2001  Frontier    Days    (20)  12-8-45  2653 

2002  Forest  Commandos  (20) . . .  I- 19-46  2822 

2003  Movieland    Magic    (20)  3-9-46  2927 

2004  Gem  of  the  Ocean  (20) ..  .4- 13-46  2954 

2005  South  of  Monterrey  (20) ..  .6-1-46  3055 

2006  Hawaiian  Memories  (20) .  .6- 15-46  3043 

2007  Down  Singapore  Way  (20)  .7-20-46  3090 

2008  Men  of  Tomorrow  (20) ..  .8-24-46  3078 

3001  Cinderella's  Feller  (20) ..  .9-21-46  3225 

3002  The  Last  Bomb  (20)  11-2-46   

FEATURETTES 

2102  Star  in  the  Night  (20) . 10- 13-45  2694 

2103  All    Star    Musical  Revue 

(20)   11-3-45  2735 

2104  Good  Old  Corn  (20)  11-24-45  2746 

2105  Musical   Shipmates   (20) .  .2- 16-46  2927 

2106  Hitler   Lives?   (20)  12-29-45  2778 

3101  Okay  for  Sound   (20)  9-7-46  3112 

3102  Minstrel  Days   11-23-46   

SPORTS  PARADE  (Color) 

2501  Sports  Go  to  War  (10) ..  1 1-10-45  2695 

2502  Holiday  on  Horseback  (10). 2-2-46  2882 

2503  Michigan  Skl-Daddle  (10). 2-9-46  2927 

2504  With  Rod  and  Gun  in  Canada 

(10)   3-16-46  2918 

2505  Snow   Eagles   (10)  3-30-46  2927 

2506  Let's   Go   Gunning    (10) ..  .4-6-46  2954 

2507  Fln'n    Feathers    (10)  4-27-46  2940 

2508  Under  Sea  Spear  Fishing 

(10)   5-18-46  3019 

2509  The  Riding  Hannefords 

(10)   6-29-46  3043 

2510  Facing  Your  Danger  (10). 5-1 1-46  3019 

2511  Beach  Days  (10)  7-13-46  3090 

2512  Ranch    in    White    (10)  8-3-46  3174 

2513  Dominion  of  Sports  (10) .  .8-31-46  3225 

3501  King  of  the  Everglades 

(10)   9-14-46  3225 

3502  The  Lazy  Hunter  (10) ..  10-26-46  3250 

3503  Battle  of  Champs  11-9-46   


N°-  T*t«  Date  Pag, 

MELODY  MASTER  BANDS 

2603  Musical    Novelties    (  10) ...  10-6-45  2694 

2604  Music   of   the  Americas 

<"»   12-15-45  2735 

2605  Headline  Bands   (10)          1-26-46  2850 

2606  Jan  Savitt  and  His  Band 

<l0>   3-16-46  2918 

2G07    Rhythm   on    Ice   (10)  4-20-46  2940 

2608  Dixieland   Jamboree    (10). 5-1 1-46  3019 

2609  Musical    Memories    ( 10) ..  .7-6-46  3090 

2610  Enric  Madriguera  &.  Orchestra 

<l0>   ...8-10-46  3174 

3601    Desi  Arnaz  and  Band 

(10)   10-12-46  .... 

BLUE  RIBBON  HIT  PARADE  (Color) 

2301  A   Sunbonnet   Blue   (7) ..  1 1-17-45  2735 

2302  Lyin'  Mouse  (7)   12-22-45  2394 

2303  Good    Egg    (7)   1-5-46  2822 

2304  Trial   of   Mr.   Wolf   (7)... 2-9-46  2918 

2305  Little   Lion    Hunter    (7).. 3-23-46  2895 

2306  Fresh    Fish    (7)  4-6-46  2940 

2307  Daffy  Duck  and  Egghead 

(7)   4-20-46  2954 

2308  Katnip    Kollege   (7)  5-4-46  3091 

2309  The  Night  Watchman  (7). 5-18-46  3019 

2310  Little  Brother  Rat  (7)  6-8-46    31  12 

2311  Joh""v  Smi+h  and  Poker 

Huntas  (7)   6-22-46  3043 

2312  Robinhood  Makes  Good  (7). 7-6-46  3090 

2313  Little  Red  Walkino  Hood 

(7)   8-17-46  3174 

3301  Fox  Pop  (7)  9-28-46  3225 

3302  The  Wacky  Worm  (7) ...  10-12-46  .... 

3303  You're  an  Education  (7).  10-26-46  3250 
MERRIE    MELODIES   CARTOONS  (Color) 

2701  Kitty    Kornered    (7)  6-8-46  3055 

2702  Hollywood    Daffy    (7)  6-22-46  3128 

2703  Eager   Beaver   (7)  7-13-46  3128 

2704  Great  Piggy  Bank   Robbery  (7) 

7-20-46  3090 

2705  Bacall  to  Arms  (7)  8-3-46  3174 

2706  Of  Thee  I  Sting  (7)  8-17-46  3174 

2707  Walky  Talky   Hawky   (7). 8-31 -4.6  3174 

2708  Fair  and  Wormer  (7)  9-28-46  3225 

2709  Mousemerized  Cat  (7) . . .  10- 19-46  3250 

2710  Mouse    Menace   11-2-46   

2711  Roughly  Squeaking   11-16-46   

2712  One  Meat  Brawl   11-30-46   

"BUGS    BUNNY"   SPECIALS  (Color) 

2721  The  Hair  Raising   Hare  (7) 

5-25-46  3019 

2722  Acrobatty   Bunny   6-29-46  3055 

2723  Racketeer    Rabbit    (7)  9-14-46  3239 

2724  The  Big  Snooze  (7)   10-5-46  3250 

2725  Rhapsody  Rabbit   11-9-46   

V1TAPHONE  VARIETIES 

2403  Story  of  a  Dog  (10)  10-27-45  2694 

2404  So  You   Think  You're 

Allergic?    (10)   12-1-45  2908 

2405  Peeks  at  Hollywood   (10)  1-26-46  2822 

2406  Smart  as  a  Fox  (10)  4-27-46  2940 

3401  So  You  Want  to  Save  Your 

Hair    (10)   11-16-46  .... 

3402  So  Y"ii  Wa-t  to  Play  the 

Horses  (10)   10-5-46  3250 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Food  and  Famine  (WAC)  1-27-46  .... 

UNRRA  Reports  to  the  U. 

(WAC)   1-3-46  .... 

The  Secret  Battle  (Telenews) .  .7-26-46  3174 
Woman  Sneaks  (Film  Studios  of  Chi.) 

Vol.   I,  Release  1  8-46  .... 

Vol.   I.   Release  2  9-46  .... 

Vol.  I,  Release  3  10-46  .... 

Vol.   I.  Release  4  II -46  .... 

SERIALS 
COLUMBIA 

7140    Who's   Guilty   12-13-43  ... 

(15  episodes) 
7160    Hon    Harriqan   3-28-46   

(15  episodes) 
7180    Chick  Carter  Dectective. .  .7- 1 1-46 

(15  episodes) 
8120    Son  of  the  Guardsman ...  10-24-46    .  .. 

(15  episodes) 

REPUBLIC 

581  The    Phantom    Rider  I-2G'46  2918 

(12  episodes) 

582  King  of  the  Forest  Rangers 

(12  episodes)  4-27-46  2927 

583  Daughter  of   Don  Q  7-27-46  2927 

(12  episodes) 

584  The  Crimson   Ghost  10-26-46  3043 

(12  episodes) 

  Son  of  Zorro   

(13  episodes) 

UNIVERSAL 

1781-1793    The  Scarlet  Horseman 

(13  episodes)  .  1-22-46  2954 

1881-1893    Lost  City  of  the  Jungle 

(13    episodes)  4-23-46  3019 

2581-2593    Mysterious  Mr.   M... 7-23-46 

(13  episodes) 


3252 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  12,  |?46 


THE  RELEASE  CHART 

Index  to  Reviews,  Advance  Synopses  and 
Service  Data  in  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 


Release  dates  and  running  time  are  furnished  as  soon  as  avail- 
able. Advance  dates  are  tentative  and  subject  to  change.  Run- 
ning times  are  the  official  times  supplied  by  the  distributor. 

All  page  numbers  on  this  chart  refer  to  pages  in  the 
PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION  of  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

For  Legion  of  Decency  Rating,  Audience  Classification  and 
Managers'  Round  Table  Exploitation,  see  Service  Data  page 
numbers  in  last  column. 


Short  Subjects  Chart  with  Synopsis  Index  can  be  found  on 
pages  3251-3252,  issue  of  October  12,  1946. 

Feature  product  listed  by  Company  on  page  3240,  issue  of 
October  5,  1946.  For  listing  of  1945-46  Features  by  Company, 
see  Product  Digest,  pages  3151-3152,  issue  of  August  17,  1946, 

(T)  before  a  date  in  the  list  below  is  the  tradeshow  date? 
release  dates  are  given  as  soon  as  available. 

(f)  indicates  a  Box  Office  Champion. 


-REV1EWEI 


Title  Company 
ABBOTT  and  Costello  in  Holly- 
wood (Block  13)  MGM 
Abie's  Irish  Rose  UA 
Abilene  Town  UA 
Accomplice  PRC 
f  Adventure  (Special)  MGM 
Adventures  of  Marco  Polo 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Affairs  of  Geraldine,  The  Rep. 

(formerly  Lonely  Hearts  Club) 
Alias  Billy  the  Kid  Rep. 
Allotment  Wives,  Inc.  Mono. 
Amami  Alfredo  (Italian)  Grandi 
Ambush  Trail  PRC 
t  And  Then  There  Were  None  20th-Fox 
Angel  Comes  to  Brooklyn,  An  Rep. 
Angel  on  My  Shoulder  UA 
f  Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam  20th-Fox 
Appointment  with  Crime 

(Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 
Avalanche  PRC 


Prod. 

M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Number 

Stars 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

602 

Bud  Abbott-Lew  Costello 

Oct.,'45 

84m 

Aug.  25/45 

2631 

Michael  Chekhov-Joanna  Dru 

Not  Set 

3066 

Randolph  Scott-Ann  Dvorak 

Jan.  1  l,'46 

89m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

2628 

3088 

Richard  Arlen-Veda  Ann  Borg 

Sept.  29/46 

68m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3187 

616 

Clark  Gable-Greer  Garson 

Mar.,'46 

126m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2628 

3100 

Gary  Cooper-Sigrid  Gurie 

Dec.29,'45 

105m 

Feb.  19/38 

Jane  Withers-James  Lydon 

Not  Set 

2951 

555 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

Apr.  I7,'46 

56m 

June  29/46 

3065 

2981 

505 

Kay  Francis-Paul  Kelly 

Dec.  29/45 

80m 

Nov.  10/45 

2710 

2555 

Maria  Cebotari-Claudio  Gore 

Jan.  18/46 

91m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor 

Feb.  17/46 

60m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

oii 

Barry  Fitzgerald-Walter  Huston 

Nov.,'45 

97m 

July  14/45 

2626 

2862 

503 

Kaye  Dowd-Robert  Duke 

Nov.  10/45 

70m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2384 

Paul  Muni-Anne  Baxter 

Sept.  20/46 

101m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

2859 

634 

Irene  Dunne-Rex  Harrison 

Aug. ,'46 

128m' 

June  8/46 

3029 

2907 

3228 

William  Hartnell-Raymond  Lovell 

Not  Set 

90m 

June  1  5/46 

3042 

Bruce  Cabot-Roscoe  Karns 

June  20/46 

70m 

May  4. '46 

2973 

BACHELOR'S  Daughters,  Trw  UA 

Bad  Bascomb  (Block  16)  MGM 

t  Badman's  Territory  RKO 

Bamboo  Blonde  (Block  6)  RKO 

t  Bandit  of  Sherwood  Forest  (color)  Col. 
Battle  for  Music  (Br.)    Four  Continents 

Beast  with  Five  Fingers,  The  WB 

Beat  the  Band  RKO 

Beauty  and  the  Bandit  Mono. 

Because  of  Him  Univ. 

Bedelia  (British)  GFD 

Bedlam  (Block  6)  RKO 

Begining  or  the  End,  The  MGM 

Behind  Green  Lights  20th-Fox 

Behind  the  Mask  Mono. 

t  Bells  of  St.  Mary's,  The  RKO 
Beloved  Enemy  (Reissue)   Film  Classics 

Below  the  Deadline  Mono. 

Beware  Astor 
Beware  of  Pity  (British)  Eagle-Lion 

Big  Sleep,  The  WB 

Black  Angel,  The  Univ. 

Black  Beauty  20th-Fox 

Black  Market  Babies  Mono. 

Blazing  the  Western  Trail  Col. 

Blithe  Spirit  (British)   (color)  UA 

Blonde  Alibi  Univ. 

Blonde  for  a  Day  PRC 

Blondie  Knows  Best  Col. 

Blondie's  Lucky  Day  Col. 

t  Blue  Dahlia,  The  (Block  4)  Para. 

Blue  Montana  Skies  (Reissue)  Rep. 

Blue  Skies  (color)  Para. 
Bohemian  Girl,  The 

(Reissue)  Filn 
Bon  Voyage 
Boom  Town  (R.) 
Border  Bandits 
Born  for  Trouble  (Reissue) 


Classics 
20th-Fox 
MGM 
Mono. 
WB 


....  Gail  Russell-Claire  Trevor  Sept.  6/46 

619  Wallace  Beery-Margaret  O'Brien  Apr.-May,'46 
622  Randolph  Scott-Ann  Richards  Block  5 
630  Frances  Langford-Russell  Wade  July  15/46 

7004  Cornel  Wilde-Anita  Louise  Feb.  21/46 
....  London  Philharmonic  Orchestra  Oct.  13/45 
....  Robert  Alda-Andrea  King  Not  Set 
....    ,     Frances  Langford-Gene  Krupa  Not  Set 
531  Gilbert  Roland-Ramsay  Ames  Oct.  26/46 
516  Deanna  Durbin-Franchot  Tone  Jan.  18/46 
....  Margaret  Lockwood-lan  Hunter  Not  Set 
628  Boris  Karloff-Anna  Lee  May  10/46 
  Brian  Donlevy-Robert  Walker  Not  Set 

620  Carole  Landis-William  Gargan  Feb. ,'46 

526  Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed  May  25/46 
661  Bing  Crosby-lngrid  Bergman  Special 

....  Merle  Oberon-David  Niven  Apr.  15/46 

520  Warren  Douglas-Ramsay  Ames  Aug.  3/46 

....  Louis  Jordan-Frank  Wilson  July/46 

  Lilli  Palmer-Albert  Lieven  July  22/46 

601  Humphrey  Bogart-Lauren  Bacall  Aug.  31/46 

543  Dan  Duryea-June  Vincent  Aug.  2/46 

636  Mona  Freeman-Richard  Denning  Sept.,'46 

504  Ralph  Morgan-Jayne  Hazard  Jan.  5/46 

7201  Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Oct.  18/45 

....  Rex  Harrison-Constance  Cummings  Dec.  14/45 

527  Tom  Neal-Martha  O'Driscoll  Apr.  12/46 
....  Hugh  Beaumont-Katheryn  Adams  Aug.  29/46 

806  Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Oct.  17/46 

7020  Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Apr.  4/46 

4517  Alan  Ladd-Veronica  Lake  Apr.  19/46 

5307  Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette  Dec.  1/45 

....  Bing  Crosby-Fred  Astaire  Dec.  27/46 

....  Stan  Laurel-Oliver  Hardy  Mar.  15/46 

....  Jeanne   Crain-Sir  Aubrey  Smith  Not  Set 
Clark  Gable-Claudette  Colbert        (T)  Sept  30/46 

565  Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton     Jan.  12/46 

504  Faye  Emerson-Van  Johnson  Oct.  6/45 


88m 

Sept.  14/46 

3197 

3007 

1  12m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2784 

3228 

98m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

3188 

67m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2784 

85m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2434 

2975 

74m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2786 

3126 

86m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

2764 

2975 

90m 

June  15/46 

3041 

80m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2951 

3018 

3076 

64  m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

126m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2434 

°2975 

86m 

Dec.  19/36 

65m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3127 

55  m 

June  22/46 

3054 

105m 

Aug.  3/46 

3126 

1  14m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

3126 

3228 

80m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

3076 

76m 

July  20/46 

3102 

2778 

71m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2930 

60m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2543 

94m 

Sept.  22/45 

2653 

2898 

62  m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2850 

68m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

3030 

70m 

Sept.  21/46 

321  1 

3031 

69m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2907 

99m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2786 

3164 

56m 

May  6/39 

104m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

2884 

3228 

74m 

Mar.  7/36 

2230 

1  19m 

Sept.  28/46 

3225 

58m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

2792 

59m 

Apr.  1  1/42 

598 

575 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


3253 


r-  PEVIBWED 


Prod. 

Title 

Company 

Number 

Bowery,  The  (Reissue) 

20th-Fox 

642 

Bowery  Bombshell 

Mono. 

51 1 

Boy,  a  Girl  and  a  Dog,  A 

Film  Classics 

Boys'  Ranch  (Block  17) 

MGM 

625 

Brasher  Doubloon,  The 

20th-Fox 

Breakfast  in  Hollywood 

UA 

Bride  Wore  Boots,  The  ( Bl 

ock  5)  Para. 

452  i 

Brief  Encounter  (Brit.) 

Univ. 

Bringing  Up  Father 

Mono. 

Brute  Man 

Univ. 

Burma  Victory 

WB 

512 

t  CAESAR  «nd  Cleopatra  (color) 

(British)  UA 
Calcutta  Para. 
California   (color)  Para. 

California  Gold  Rush                     Rep.  565 

Canyon  Passage  (color)               Univ.  54 

Captains  Courageous  (R.)         MGM  ... 

Captain  Tugboat  Annie                Rep.  504 
Captive  Heart,  The  (Brit.)  Eagle-Lion 
Caravan  (British)  GFD 
Caravan  Trail,  The  (color)  PRC 

Carnival  in  Costa  Rica  (col.)   20th-Fox  .... 

Cat  Creeps,   Ihe                             Univ.  532 

Catman  of  Paris,  The                      Rep.  514 

Centennial  Summer  (color)     20th-Fox  633 

Cherokee  Flash,  The                     Rep.  553 
Cheyenne  WB 
Child  of  Divorce  (Block  2)  RKO 

Cinderella  Jones                             WB  513 

City  for  Conquest  (Reissue)          WB  515 

Claudia  and  David                 20th-Fox  637 

Cloak  and  Dagger                        WB  603 

Close  Call  for  Boston  Blackie,  A  Col.  7030 
Club  Havana  PRC 

t  Cluny  Brown                         20th-Fox  628 

Cockeyed  Miracle,  The              MGM  .... 

Code  of  the  Lawless                    Univ.  1102 

Col.  Effingham's  Raid  20th-Fox  610 
Colorado  Serenade  (color)  PRC 

Colorado  Pioneers  Rep.  563 
Come  and  Get  It 

(Reissue)                       Film  Classics  .... 
Condemned  to  Devil's  Island 

( Reissue)                     Film  Classics  .... 

}  Confidential  Agent                       WB  506 

Conquest  of  Cheyenne                 Rep.  568 

Cornered                                    RKO  612 

Courage  of  Lassie  ( color)  (Bl.  17)  MGM  626 

Cowboy  Blues                             Col.  7223 

Crack-Up  (Block  6)                     RKO  627 

Crime  Doctor's  Man  Hunt,  The      Col.  816 

Crime  Doctor's  Warning,  The        Col.  7022 

Crime  of  the  Century                   Rep.  511 

Criminal  Court  (Block  2)  RKO   

Crimson  Canary,  The                    Univ.  509 

Cross  My  Heart  Para  

Cry  Wolf  WB 

Cuban  Pete                              Univ.  542 


DAKOTA  Rep.  505 

Daltons  Ride  Again  Univ.  510 

Dangerous  Business  Col.  7037 

Dangerous  Money  Mono.  603 

Dangerous  Partners  (Block  13)    MGM  604 

Danger  Signal  WB  508 

Danger  Street  Para. 

Danger  Woman  Univ.  539 

Danny  Boy  PRC  .... 

Dark  Alibi  Mono.  519 

Dark  Corner,  The  20th-Fox  625 

Dark  Horse,  The  Univ.  540 

Dark  Is  the  Night  (Russian)  Artkino   

Dark  Mirror,  The  Univ.  .... 

Days  and  Nights  (Russian)       Artkino  .... 

Days  of  Buffalo  Bill  Rep.  554 

Deadlier  Than  the  Male  RKO   

Deadline  at  Dawn  RKO  617 

Deadline  for  Murder  20th-Fox  635 

Dead  of  Night  (British)  Univ.  547 

Death  Valley  (color)        Screen  Guild  4604 

Deception  WB  605 

Decoy  Mono.  601 

Desert  Horseman,  The  Col.  7209 

Detour  PRC  .... 

Devil  Bat's  Daughter  PRC  .... 

Devil's  Mask,  The  Col.  7026 

Devtl'i  Playground,  The  UA  .... 

Devotion  WB  517 


Stars 

George  Raft-Wallace  Beery 
Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 
Jerry  Hunter-Sharyn  Moffett 
James  Craig-"Butch"  Jenkins 
George  Montgomery-Nancy  Guild 
Tom  Breneman-Bonita  Granville 
Barbara  Stanwyck-Robert  Cummings 
Celia  Johnson-Trevor  Howard 
Joe  Yule-Renie  Riano 
Rondo  Hatton-Jane  Adams 
War  Documentary 


Claude  Rains-Vivian  Leigh 
Alan  Ladd-William  Bendix 
Ray  Milland-Barbara  Stanwyck 
"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming 
Dana  Andrews-Susan  Hayward 
Freddie  Bartholomew-Spencer  Tracy 
Jane  Darwell-Edgar  Kennedy 
Michael  Redgrave-Rachel  Kempson 
Steward  Granger-Ann  Crawford 
Eddie  Dean-Al  LaRue 
Dick  Haymes-Celeste  Holme 
Lois  Collier-Fred  Brady 
Carl  Esmond-Leonore  Aubert 
Jeanne  Craine-Cornel  Wilde 
Sunset  Carson-Linda  Stirling 
Dennis  Morgan-Jane  Wyman 
Sharyn  Moffett-Regis  Toomey 
Joan  Leslie- Robert  Alda 
James  Cagney-Ann  Sheridan 
Dorothy  McGuire-Robert  Young 
Gary  Cooper-Lilli  Pamer 
Chester  Morris-Richard  Lane 
Tom  Neal-Margaret  Lindsay 
Charles  Boyer-Jennifer  Jones 
Frank  Morgan-Keenan  Wynn 
Kirby  Grant-Poni  Adams 
Charles  Coburn-Joan  Bennett 
Eddie  Dean-Roscoe  Ates 
"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake 

Joel  McCrea-Edward  Arnold 


Ronald  Colman-Ann  Harding  Mar.  15, '46 

Charles  Boyer-Lauren  Bacall  Nov.  10, '45 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliot-Alice  Fleming  July  29,'46 

Dick  Powell-Micheline  Cheirel  Block  3 
Elizabeth  Taylor-"Lassie"-Frank  Morgan  Aug.   8, '46 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  July  1 8. '46 

Pat  O'Brien-Claire  Trevor  Sept.  6, '46 

Warner  Baxter-Ellen  Drew  Oct.  24/46 

Warner  Baxter-Dusty  Anderson  Oct.  4,'45 

Stephanie  Bachelor-Michael  Browne  Feb.  28, '46 
Tom  Conway-Martha  O'Driscoll        (T)  Oct.  15/46 

Noah  Beery,  Jr.-Lois  Collier  Nov.  9/45 

Betty  Hutton-Sonny  Tufts  Not  Set 

Errol  Flynn-Barbara  Stanwyck  Not  Set 

Desi  Arnaz-Ethel  Smith  July  26/46 

John  Wayne-Vera  Hruba  Ralston  Dec.  25/45 

Alan  Curtis-Kent  Taylor  Nov.  23/45 

Forrest  Tucker-Lynn  Merrick  June  20/46 

Sydney  Toler-Gloria  Warren  Oct.  12/46 

James  Craig-Signe  Hasso  Oct./45 

Faye  Emerson-Zachary  Scott  Dec.  15/45 

Jane  Withers-Robert  Lowery  Not  Set 

Brenda  Joyce-Don  Porter  July  12/46 

Robt.  "Buz."  Henry-Sybil  Merritt  Jan.  8/46 

Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong  May  25/46 

Lucille  Ball-William  Bendix  May/46 

Phil  Terry-Ann  Savage  July  19/46 

Irina  Radchenko-lvan  Kuznetsov  Mar.  J  6/46 

Olivia  de  Havilland-Lew  Ayres  Not  Set 

Vladimir  Soloviev-Dimitri  Sagal  Apr.  27/46 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  Feb.  8/46 
Claire  Trevor-Lawrence  Tierney        (T)  Nov.  7/46 

Susan  Hayward-Paul  Lukas  Block  4 

Paul  Kelly-Kent  Taylor  Aug.,'46 

Mervyn  Johns-Roland  Carver  Aug.  23/46 

Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert  July  15/46 

Bette  Davis-Paul  Henried  Oct.  26/46 

Jean  Gillie-Edward  Norris  Sept.  14/46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  July  11/46 

Ann  Savage-Tom  Neal  Nov.  30/45 

Rosemary  LaPlanche-John  James  Apr.  15/46 

Anita  Louise-Jim  Barman  May  23/46 
William  Boyd-Andy  Clyde               (T)  Sept.  17/46 

Olivia  de  Havilland-lda  Lupino  Apr.  20/46 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Tradesbow  Of 

r\nnning 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Pane 

Oct.,'46 

RAm 

otrn. 

A          *)A  'AL 
MUg.  Z*r,  HO 

1  1  A  7 

July  20/46 

Aim 

lulu  77  '4A 
j uiy  if,  ho 

1114. 
jilt 

July/46 

77m 

Inns  79  '4A 
June  at,  ho 

im  i 

JUj  1 

July  18/46 

97m 

May  4/46 

IT  /  J 

797  A, 

L  1  LO 

Not  Set 

177Q 
iL  JO 

Feb  22  '46 

70  m 

Ian    10  'Ak 

Jan.  i  T,  ho 

77EA 
£100 

May  31/46 

86m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2784 

Aug.  24/46 

85m 

Aug.  31  ,'46 

3174 

Nov.  2/46 

3186 

Oct.  1/46 

2764 

Feb.  16/46 

62m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

87m 


82m 
71m 

66m 
74m 
80m 


Nov.  10/45 
Nov.  24/45 

Oct.  12/46 
Aug.  4/45 
Nov.  17/45 


2709 
2726 

3250 
2639 
2718 


60m  July  13/46  3089 

64m  Nov.  3/45  2701 

61m  Apr.  27/46  2962 

99m  Apr.  6/46  2925 

59m  July  20/46  3102 

70m  Mar.  23/46  2906 

85m  Oct.  5/46  3237 

90m  May  4/46  2974 

56m    .... 

82m  Feb.'  23/46  2859 

65m  June  22/46  3053 

77m  July  6/46  3077 

72m   

1 1 2m   

76m  Sept.  14/46  3198 

57m  July  27/46  3124 

69m  Nov.  10/45  2709 

66m  Apr.  13/46  2938 

66m    .... 

62m  Sept.  21/46  3211 

107m  Apr,  6/46  2925 


2670 
2963 
3186 
2555 
2555 
2972 
3030 
2662 
2809 
2859 
3030 

2883 

2838 
3078 
2776 
2963 

3090 
3238 
3031 
3055 
2543 

2926 
3078 
2756 


Data 
Page 


3188 


2975 


3228 


Ann    !  k  'Ak 

1  Zom 

A  . .  _     1  ft  'A  L 

Aug,  10,  46 

3 1 37 

'  '  *  * 

3228 

M-A  C  -  A 
(NOT  J©T 

2884 

M  _a  C  .1 
FN OT  36" 

2784 

C.L       A  'At*. 

reo.    *r,  *ro 

lulu  9A  '4A 
o uiy  iO,  "o 

OOm 

yum 

July  20/46 

i  im 

9QQ3 
ZOO  J 

$  1  t>4 

|  1  J  AUg.  £  1  ,  **0 

1  1  7m 

A            1A  1 A L 

Aug.  z4,  46 

3 1  ol 

Nov  1  7  '41* 

-j  r,  

/  Um 

Dec.  LL,  HO 

77AA 
It  QO 

Z4UJ 

INOT  jot 

1  Uom 

A  OA  IJ1 

Apr.  lU,  40 

lro\J 

Not  Set 

122m 

May  4/46 

2974 

Apr.  20/46 

57m 

Mar.  30/46 

2918 

2884 

Not  Set 

3090 

May  17/46 

58  m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2884 

Apr.  20/46 

65m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

Aug.,'46 

102m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2884 

3188 

Dec.  13/45 

58m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2748 

Not  Set 

2939 

(T)  Oct.  14/46 

2972 

Mar.  9/46 

92m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2838 

2975 

Apr.  13/46 

103m 

Sept.  14/40 

Sept.  ,'46 

78m 

July  27/46 

3113 

2939 

3188 

Sept.  28/46 

106m 

Sept.  14/46 

3197 

2939 

Jan.  24/46 

63  m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2710 

Nov.  23/45 

62  m 

Oct.  20/45 

2686 

2555 

June/46 

100m 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2859 

3164 

Oct.,'46 

81m 

July  20/46 

3102 

2883 

Oct.  19/45 

56m 

2686 

Feb.,'46 

70m 

Sept.  29/45 

2661 

2259 

2898 

June  30/46 

68m 

June  1 5/46 

3042 

2884 

«.     Nov.  14/45 

55m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

May  15/46 

99m 

Nov.  7/36 

II  8m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2655 

55m 

June  29/46 

3065 

102m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2695 

3018 

93m 

May  1 1/46 

2985 

2926 

3228 

3055 

93  m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2951 

3228 

61m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3187 

64m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

2543 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2870 

59m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

2963 

64m 

Nov.  10/45 

2710 

2467 
3055 
3138 

61m 

Sept.  14/46 

3i98 

3066 

2862 


2719 
3018 


3188 


2930 


3164 


3254 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


•  REVIEWED  ■ 


ltue 

Diary  of  a  Chambermaid 
Dick  Tracy 

Dick  Tracy  Versus  Cueball 

Ding  Dong  Williams 

Dodsworth  (Reissue)  Film 

Doll  Face 
f  Dolly  Sisters,  The  (color) 

Don  Ricardo  Returns 

Don't  Gamble  with  Strangers 

Do  You  Love  Me?  (color) 

Down  Missouri  Way 

Down  to  Earth  (color) 
f  Dragonwyck 

Dressed  to  Kill 

Driftin'  River 

Duel  in  the  Sun  (color) 


Company 
UA 
RKO 
RKO 
RKO 
Classics 
20th-Fox 
20th-Fox 
PRC 
Mono. 
20th-Fox 
PRC 
Col. 
20th-Fox 
Univ. 
PRC 
UA 

EARL  Carroll  Sketchbook  Rep. 
|  Easy  to  Wed  (color)  (Special)  MGM 
El  Paso  Kid  Rep. 
Enchanted  Forest,  The  (color)  PRC 
Enchanted  Voyage  (color)  20th-Fox 
Escape  Me  Never  WB 
Extenuating  Circumstances 

(French)  Lopert 

FABULOUS  Suzanne  Rep. 
Face  of  Marble  Mono. 
Faithful  in  My  Fashion  (Bl.  17)  MGM 
Falcon's  Alibi,  The  (Block  6)  RKO 
Fallen  Angel  20th-Fox 
Fantasia  (R.)  (Spl.)  (Color)  RKO 
Fear  Mono. 
Fedora  (Italian)  Variety 
Fiesta  (color)  MGM 
Flight  to  Nowhere  Screen  Guild 

Flying  Serpent  PRC 
Follow  That  Woman  (Block  I)  Para. 
Fool's  Gold  UA 
Four  Hearts  (Russian)  Artkino 
Freddie  Steps  Out  Mono. 
French  Key,  The  Rep. 
From  This  Day  Forward  RKO 
Frontier  Gal  (color)  Univ. 
Frontier  Gunlaw  Col. 


Prod. 

Number 

613 

623 

617 
609 

508 
626 


623 
534 


530 
624 
556 


Stars 

Paulette  Goddard-Hurd  Hatfield 
Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys 
Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys 
Glenn  Vernon-Marcia  McGuire 
Walter  Huston-Ruth  Chatterton 
Carmen  Miranda-Perry  Como 
Betty  Grable-John  Payne 
Fred  Colby-lsabelita 
Kane  Richmond-Bernadene  Hayes 
Maureen  O'Hara-Dick  Haymes 
Martha  Driscoll-William  Wright 
Rita  Hayworth-Larry  Parks 
Gene  Tierney-Vincent  Price 
Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce 
Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson 
Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten 

Constance  Moore-William  Marshall 
Esther  Williams-Van  Johnson 
Sunset  Carson-Marie  Harmon 
Edmund  Lowe-Brenda  Joyce 
John  Payne-June  Haver 
Errol  Flynn-lda  Lupino 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Feb.  15, '46 

86m 

Feb.  2,'46 

2829 

2748 

3100 

Block  3 

62  m 

Dec.  15, '45 

2758 

2710 

3164 

Not  Set 

3031 

Block  5 

62m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

2695 

May  15, '46 

101  m 

Sept.  26/36 

Jan. ,'46 

80m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2628 

297b 

Nov.,'45 

1  14m 

Sept.  29/45 

2661 

2384 

2798 

Oct.  21, '46 

3240 

June  22, '46 

68m 

May  25/46 

3005 

May, '46 

91m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2499 

318b 

Aug.  15, '46 

75m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3007 

Not  Set 

3126 

Apr.. '46 

103m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2403 

3188 

June  7, '46 

72m 

May  25/46 

3007 

2987 

Oct.  1/46 

59m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

3187 

Not  Set 

2926 

Aug.  22/46 
July  25/46 
May  22/46 
Dec.  8/46 
Not  Set 
Not  Set 


90m 
I  Mm 
54m 
78m 


Aug.  24/46 
Apr.  13/46 
Aug.  3/46 
Sept.  29/45 


3162 
2937 
3125 
2662 


2939 
2366 
2972 
2279 
2499 
2861 


Michael  Simon-Suzanne  Dantes 

Sept.  14/46 

82m 

Oct.  5/46 

3238 

Barbara  Britton-Rudy  Vallee 

Not  Set 

2926 

528 

John  Carradine-Claudia  Drake 

Feb.  2/46 

72  m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

627 

Tom  Drake-Donna  Reed 

Aug.  22/46 

81m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2951 

629 

Tom  Conway-Rita  Corday 

July  1/46 

63m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

612 

Alice  Faye-Dana  Andrews 

Dec.,'45 

97m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

2454 

Disney  Musical  Feature 

Sept.  28/46 

124m 

Oct.  5/46 

3238 

507 

Warren  William-Peter  Cookson 

Mar.  2/46 

68m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2598 

Louise  Ferida-Amedeo  Naizari 

Jan.  14/46 

95m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

Esther  Williams-Ricardo  Montalban 

Not  Set 

2939 

4605 

Alan  Curtis-Evelyn  Ankers 

Oct.  1/46 

75m 

3078 

George  Zucco-Hope  Kramer 

Feb.  20/46 

59m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

2670 

4504 

William  Garoan-Nancy  Kelly 

Dec.  14/45 

70m 

Auq.  25/45 

2639 

2543 

William  Boyd-Andy  Clyde 

Not  Set 

63m 

Oct.  12/46 

3249 

Valentino  Serove-Eugene  Samoilav 

Feb.  23/46 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

515 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

June  29/46 

75m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2926 

519 

Albert  Dekker-Evelyn  Ankers 

May  18/46 

67m 

May  25/46 

3006 

616 

Joan  Fontaine-Mark  Stevens 

Block  4 

95m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

2861 

513 

Rod  Cameron-Yvonne  De  Carlo 

Dec.  21/45 

85m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2555 

7204 

Charles  Starrett-Jean  Stevens 

Jan.  31/46 

60m 

Feb  9/46 

2837 

2686 

3228 
3228 


3188 
2975 


GAIETY  George  (British)  Geo.  King 
Gallant  Bess  (color  )  MGM 
Gallant  Journey  Col. 
Galloping  Thunder  Col. 
Game  of  Death,  A  RKO 
Gas  House  Kids  PRC 
Gay  Blades  Rep. 
Gay  Cavallier,  The  Mono. 
Gay  Intruders,  The  (British) 

Four  Continents 
RKO 


Genius  at  Work  (Block  2) 
Gentleman  from  Texas,  The 
Gentleman  Joe  Palooka 
Gentleman  Misbehaves,  The 
Gentlemen  with  Guns 
Getting  Gertie's  Garter 
Ghost  Goes  Wild,  The 
Ghost  of  Hidden  Valley 
t'Gilda 
Girl  in  a  Million,  A  (Br 
Girl  of  the  Limberlost 
Girl  on  the  Spot 
Girls  of  the  Big  House 
G.I.  War  Brides 
Glass  Alibi 

God's  Country  (color) 
Gold  Mine  in  the  Sky  (R.) 
Great  Day  (British)  (Block 
Great  Waltz,  The  (R.) 
f  Green  Years,  The  (Special) 
Gunman's  Code 
Gunning  for  Vengeance 
Gun  Town 

Guy  Could  Change,  A 

t  HARVEY  Girls,  The  (color) 
(Block  15) 
Haunted  Mine,  The 
Heading  West 
Heartl  -t 

Henry  the  Fifth  (British)  (color 


Mono. 
Mono. 
Col. 
PRC 
UA 
Rep. 
PRC 
Col. 
British  Lion 
Col. 
Univ. 
Rep. 
Rep. 
Rep. 

Screen  Guild 
Rep. 
RKO 
MGM 
MGM 
Univ. 
Col. 
Univ. 
Rep. 


MGM 
Mono. 
Col. 
RKO 
I  UA 


7002 
7207 
619 

509 
529 


562 
602 
7034 


7001 

7029 
515 
502 
528 
516 
003 

5308 
703 

623 
1 107 
7206 
1 104 

508 


61 1 
566 
7210 
662 


Richard  Greene-Ann  Todd  Not  Set 
Marshall  Thompson-George  Tobias    (T)  Aug.  29/46 

Glenn  Ford-Janet  Blair  Sept.  24/46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  Apr.  25/46 

John  Loder-Audrey  Long  Block  4 

Robert  Lowery-Teala  Loring  Oct.  14/46 

Allan  Lane-Jean  Rogers  'Jan.  25/46 

Gilbert   Roland-Martin  Garralaga  Mar.  30/46 

Godfrey  Tearle-Jeanne  de  Casalis  Mar.  15/46 
Alan  Carney-Anne  Jeffreys               (T)  Oct.  16/46 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Claudia  Drake  June  8/46 

Leon  Errol-Joe  Kirkwood  Oct.  5/46 

Osa  Massen-Robert  Stanton  Feb.  28/46 

Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John  Mar.  27/46 

Dennis  O'Keefe-Marie  MacDonald  Nov.  30/45 

James  Ellison-Anne  Gwynne  Not  Set 
Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John        June  3/46 

Rita  Hayworth-Glenn  Ford  Apr.  25/46 

Hugh  Williams-Joan  Greenwood  Not  Set 

Ruth  Nelson-Loren  Tindall  Oct.  1 1  ,'45 

Lois  Collier-Jess  Barker  Jan.  11/46 

Lynne  Roberts-Richard  Powers  Nov.  2/45 

James  Ellison-Anna  Lee  Aug.  12/46 

Paul  Kelly-Anna  Gwynne  Apr.  27/46 

Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert  Apr. ,'46 

Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette  Jan.  15/46 

Eric  Portman-Flora  Robson  Oct.  30/46 
Luise  Rainer-Fernand  Gravet           (T)  Sept.  30/46 

Charles  Coburn-Tom  Drake  July  4/46 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Aug.  30/46 

Charles  Starrett-Phyliss  Adair  Mar.  21/46 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Jan.  18/46 

Allan  LaneJane  Frazee  Jan.  27/46 


Judy  Garland-John  Hodiak  Jan.-Feb.,'46 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Linda  Johnson  Mar.  2/46 
Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  Aug.  15/46 

Ginger  Rogers-Jean  Pierre  Aumont  Special 
Laurerco  Olivier-Robert  Newton      (T)  June  17/46 


08m 

May  4/46 

2974 

98m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2778 

86m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

2939 

3228 

54m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2778 

7?m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2384 

2810 

68m 

Oct.  12/46 

3250 

3238 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2784 

3018 

65m 

June  1 5/46 

3042 

2963 

84m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

61m 

Aug.  10/46 

3138 

3078 

'55m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

2963 

72m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

3126 

74m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

2792 

52m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

72m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2975 

2972 

56m 

June  1/45 

3017 

107m 

Mar.  23/46 

2907 

2776 

3164 

86m 

June  8/46 

3029 

60m 

Oct.  20/45 

2686 

2670 

75m 

Jan.  12/46 

2795 

2467 

68m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2467 

69m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3127 

68m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2792 

62  m 

July  27/46 

3114 

3228 

60m 

July  16/38 

62  m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

106m 

Sept.  21/46 

3212 

128m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2883 

3228 

3187 

53m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2784 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2744 

65m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

2543 

104m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2354 

2975 

51m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

2792 

56m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

3188 

101m 

Apr.  27/46 

2<7vM 

2883 

3228 

134m 

Dec.  2/44 

2626 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


3255 


r-  REVIEWED 


Title 

Her  Adventurous  Night 
Her  Highness  and  the  Bell- 

(Block  13) 
Her  Kind  of  Man 
Her  Sister's  Secret 
High  Barbaree 
High  School  Hero 
Hit  the  Hay 

Hold  That  Blonde  (Block  2) 
Holiday  in  Mexico  (color) 
Home  in  Oklahoma 
Home  on  the  Range  (color) 
Home  Sweet  Homicide 
Honeymoon 

Hoodlum  Saint  (Block  16) 
Hot  Cargo  (Block  5) 
Hotel  Reserve  (British) 
House  of  Dracula 
House  of  Horrors 
t  House  on  92nd  Street,  The 
Dow  Do  You  Do? 
Humoresque 

Hurricane  (Reissue)  Fil 


Company 
Univ. 

MGM 
WB 
PRC 
MGM 
Mono. 
Col. 
Para. 
MGM 
Rep. 
Rep. 
20th-Fox 
RKO 
MGM 
Para. 
RKO 
Univ. 
Univ. 
20th-Fox 
PRC 
WB 
n  Classics 

Para. 


I  COVER  Big  Town 

(formerly  Big  Town) 
Idea  Girl  Univ. 
If  I'm  Lucky  20th-Fox 
I  Know  Where  I'm  Going  (Brit.)  GFD 
Imperfect  Lady  Para. 
In  Fast  Company  Mono. 
Inner  Circle,  The  Rep. 
In  Old  Sacramento  Rep. 
Inside  Job  Univ. 
Invisible  Informer,  The  Rep. 
I  Ring  Door  Bells  PRC 
I  See  a  Dark  Stranger  (British)  GFD 
It  All  Came  True  (Reissue)  WB 
It  Happened  at  the  Inn  (Fr.)  MGM 
It  Happened  in  Brooklyn  MGM 
It's  Great  To  Be  Young  Col. 
It's  a  Wonderful  Life  (Special)  RKO 
It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog  20th-Fox 
I've  Always  Loved  You  (color)  Rep. 

(Special) 


Proa. 

Number  Stars 

538  Dennis  OKeefe-Helen  Walker 

603  Hedy  Lamarr-Robert  Walker 

518  Zachary  Scott-Janis  Paige 

...  Nancy  Coleman-Philip  Reed 
Van  Johnson-June  Allyson 

517  Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 
7018  Judy  Canova-Ross  Hunter 
4506  Eddie  Bracken-Veronica  Lake 
....  Walter  Pidgeon-llona  Massey 
....  Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 
5501  Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

640  Lynn  Bari-Randolph  Scott 

....  Shirley  Temple-Guy  Madison 

618  William  Powell-Esther  Williams 

4523  William  Gargan-Philip  Reed 

615  James  Mason-Lucie  Mannheim 

511  Lon  Chaney-Lionel  Atwill 

525  Robert  Lowery-Virginia  Grey 
608  William  Eythe-Lloyd  Nolan 

Bert  Gordon-Harry  Von  Zell 

....  Joan  Crawford-John  Garfield 

....  Dorothy  Lamour-Jon  Hall 

....  Philip  Reed-Hillary  Brooke 

518  Jess  Barker-Julie  Bishop 
638  Vivian  Blaine-Harry  James 

....  Wendy  Hiller-Roger  Livesey 

....  Teresa  Wright-Ray  Milland 

510  Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 

526  Warren  Douglas-Lynne  Roberts 
517  William  Elliott-Belle  Malone 
537  Preston  Foster-Ann  Rutherford 
529  Linda  Stirling-William  Henry 

....  Robert  Shayne-Ann  Gwynne 

....  Deborah  Kerr-Trevor  Howard 

503  Ann  Sheridan-Jeffrey  Lynn-H.  Bogart 

....  Fernand  Ledoux-Maurice  Schutz  (T) 

....  Frank  Sinatra-Kathryn  Grayson 

7038  Leslie  Brooks-Jimmy  Lloyd 

....  James  Stewart-Donna  Reed 

632  Carole  Landis-Allyn  Joslyn 

....  Maria  Ouspenskaya-Philip  Dorn  (T) 


Not  Set 

Feb.  8,"46 
Sept.,'46 

Not  Set 

Not  Set 
June  22, '46 
Aug.  7,'46 
May  3 1, '46 
June  28, '46 
Aug.  I9,'46 
Feb.  25,'46 

Not  Set 
Oct.  6,'45 
Feb.  25,'46 

Not  Set 
Sept.  I2,'46 
(T)  Dec.,'46 

July,'46 
Aug.  27,'46 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

StTvia 

TradeshoW  O  f 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

July  5,'46 

75m 

Jun«  29/46 

3065 

3007 

Oct.,'45 

1  1  Im 

July  14/45 

2631 

2259 

2810 

May  1  1  ,'46 

78m 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2838 

3164 

Sept.  23, '46 

85m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3210 

3090 

Not  Set 

3238 

Sept..  7/46 

69m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3126 

Nov.29,'45 

62m 

2662 

Nov.  23, '45 

76m 

Oct.  13/45 

2679 

2259 

2810 

Sept.,'46 

128m 

July  27/46 

3113 

2764 

Nov.  8,'46 

3163 

Apr.  I8,'46 

55m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2926 

Oct.,'46 

90m 

July  27/46 

3.124 

2939 

Not  Set 

2939 

Apr.-May,'46 

93  m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2830 

3164 

June  28, '46 

57m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2870 

Block  3 

79m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

Dec.  7,'45 

67m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2670 

2975 

Mar.29,'46 

66m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

2850 

Oct.,'45 

88m 

Sept.  15/45 

2645 

2499 

2898 

Dec.  24/45 

80m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2655 

Not  Set 

2786 

Jan.  15/46 

101m 

Nov.  13/37 

2776 


60m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

2764 

79m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

3066 

91m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2870 

63  m 

May  1 1  ,'46 

2986 

2972 

57m 

Sept.  21/46 

321 1 

3127 

89m 

May  4/46 

2973 

65m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2987 

57m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

64m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

1 12m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

97m 

Apr.  6/40 

96m 

Jan. 19/46 

2806 

3238 

68m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3163 

3186 

70m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2963 

1  17m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2628 

3188 


3228 


JANIE  Gets  Married 

WB 

520 

Joan  Leslie-Robt.  Hutton 

June  22/46 

91m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2655 

Jesse  James  (Reissue) 

20th-Fox 

618 

Tyrone  Power-Nancy  Kelly 

Feb.,'46 

106m 

Jan.  14/39 

Joe  Palooka,  Champ 

Mono. 

502 

Joe  Kirkwood-Elyse  Knox 

May  28/46 

70m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

Johnnie  Comes  Flying  Home 

20th-Fox 

624 

Martha  Stewart-Richard  Crane 

Apr.,'46 

65m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2764 

Johnny  in  the  Clouds  (Br.) 

UA 

Michael  Redgrave-John  Mills 

Mar.  15/46 

109m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

Jolson  Story,  The  (color) 

Col. 

Larry  Parks-William  Demarest 

Not  Set 

128m 

Sept.  21/46 

3209 

2883 

Journey  Together  (British) 

English 

Edward  G.  Robinson-Bessie  Love 

Mar.  2/46 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

Jungle  Flight 

Para. 

Robert  Lowery-Anne  Savage 

Not  Set 

3126 

Jungle  Princess  (Reissue) 

Para. 

RS-3620 

Dorothy  Lamour-Ray  Milland 

Sept.  1/46 

84m 

Set.  21/46 

3212 

Junior  Prom 

Mono. 

514 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

May  1  1/46 

69  m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

Just  Before  Dawn 

Col. 

7021 

Warner  Baxter-Mona  Barrie 

Mar.  7/46 

65m 

2756 

3228 


3164 


(formerly  Exposed  by  the  Crime  Doctor) 

t  KID  from  Brooklyn,  The  (color)  RKO 

Kid  Millions  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Killers,  The  Univ. 

t  Kiss  and  Tell  (Special)  Col. 

t  Kitty  (Block  2)  Para. 

LADIES'  Man  Para. 

Lady  Chaser  PRC 

Lady  Luck  (Block  I)  RKO 
Lady  of  Fortune  (  Reissue)    Film  Classics 

(formerly  Becky  Sharp) 

Lady  Surrenders,  A  (Brit.)  Univ. 

Landrush  Col. 

Larceny  in  Her  Heart  PRC 

Last  Chance,  The  (Bl.  16)  (Swiss)  MGM 

Last  Crooked  Mile,  The  Rep. 

Last  Frontier  Uprising  Rep. 

Lawless  Breed  Univ. 

Lawless  Empire  Col. 
\  Leave  Her  to  Heaven  (color) 

(Special)  20th-Fox 

Letter  for  Evie,  A  (Block  15)  MGM 
Life  and  Miracles  of  Blessed 

Mother  Cabrini,  The  (Ital.)  Elliott 

Life  with  Blondie  Col. 

Lightning  Raiders  PRC 

Likely  Story,  A  RKO 
Lisbon  Story  (British)          Natl.  Anglo 

Lighthouse  PRC 

Little  Giant  Univ. 


652 

Danny  Kaye-Virginia  Mayo 

Special 

1 14m 

Mar.  30/46 

2918 

2628 

3228 

Eddie  Cantor-Ann  Sothern 

Nov.  1/45 

92  m 

Oct.  27/34 

548 

Burt  Lancaster-Ava  Gardner 

Aug.  30/46 

102m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3055 

3228 

7101 

Shirley  Temple-Jerome  Courtland 

Oct.  18/45 

90m 

Sept.  8/45 

2637 

2353 

2898 

4509 

Paulette  Goddard-Ray  Milland 

May  10/46 

104m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2093 

3228 

Eddie  Bracken-Virginia  Welles 

Not  Set 

2809 

Robert  Lowery-Ann  Savage 

Oct.  21/46 

702 

Robert  Young-Barbara  Hale 

Oct.  18/46 

97m 

July  20/46 

3102 

2756 

Miriam  Hopkins-Frances  Dee 

Dec.  15/45 

69  m 

June  22/35 

Margaret  Lockwood-Stewart  Granger 

Oct.  4/46 

1  17m 

Oct.  12/46 

3249 

861 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnett 

Oct.  17/46  ' 

54m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3211 

2895 

Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker 

July  10/46 

68m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2963 

621 

E.  G.  Morrison-John  Hoy 

Apr. -May, '46 

105m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

2930 

527 

Donald  Barry-Ann  Savage 

Aug.  9/46 

67m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Oct.  22/46 

3187 

1 106 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 

Aug.  16/46 

7202 

Charles  Starrett-Mildred  Law 

Nov.  15/45 

59  m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2543 

614 

.    Gene  Tierney-Cornel  Wilde 

Jan. ,'46 

1 10m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2499 

2898 

614 

Marsha  Hunt-John  Carroll 

Jan.-Feb./46 

89m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2655 

2930 

La  Cheduzzi-Mila  Lanza 

July  6/46 

60m 

July  6/46 

3077 

7019 

Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake 

Dec.  13/45 

70m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2686 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  St.  John 

Jan.  7/46 

61m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2686 

Bill  Williams-Barbara  Hale 

Not  Set 

2963 

Patricia  Burke-David  Farrar 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

John  Litel-June  Lang 

Nov.  1 1/46 

520 

Abbott  and  Costello 

Feb.  22/46 

Vim 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

2756 

3088 

3256 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


REVIEWED  s 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Prod. 

Tradeshow  or 

R  u  fining 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Title  Company 

Number 

Stars 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

tittle  Iodine 

UA 

Jo  Ann  Marlowe-Marc  Cramer 

Oct.  1  l,'46 

57m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3066 

Little  Miss  Big 

Univ. 

549 

Fay  Holden-Beverly  Simmons 

Aug.  30,'46 

61m 

Sept.  7/46 

3186 

2963 

Little  Mister  Jim 

MGM 

"Butch"  Jenkins-Frances  Gifford 

(T)  June  4, '46 

94  m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2926 

Live  Wires 

Mono. 

509 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 

Jan.  12/46 

65m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

Locket,  The 

RKO 

Laraine  Day-Brian  Aherne 

Not  Set 

2939 

(formerly  What  Nancy  Wanted) 

London  Town  (Brit.)  (col.)  Eag 

e-Lion 

Sid  Field-Greta  Gynt 

Not  Set 

I2lm 

Sept.  21/46 

3209 

Lonesome  Trail 

Mono. 

57i 

James  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White 

Dec.  8, '45 

57m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

2695 

Lost  Weekend,  The  (Block  1) 

Para. 

4503 

Ray  Milland-Jane  Wyman 

Jan.  25/46 

101m 

Aug.  18/45 

2639 

2242 

2975 

Love  Letters  (Block  1 ) 

Para. 

4502 

Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten 

Oct.  26/45 

101m 

Aug.  25/45 

2646 

2230 

2810 

Love  on  the  Dole(Brit.)  FourContinents 

Deborah  Kerr-Clifford  Evans 

Oct.  12/45 

89  m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

Lover  Come  Back 

Univ. 

536 

George  Brent-Lucille  Ball 

June  21/46 

90m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2939 

Loyal  Heart  (British)  Strand-Anglo 

Harry  Welchmann-Percy  Marmont 

Not  Set 

78m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

MADONNA  of  the  Seven 

(British) 

Univ. 

526 

Phyllis  Calvert- Stewart  Granger 

Apr.  5/46 

88m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

Madonna's  Secret,  The 

Rep. 

510 

Francis  Lederer-Gail  Patrick 

Feb.  16/46 

79m 

Feb. 23/46 

2858 

2838 

Make  Mine  Music  (color)  (Spcl.] 

RKO 

692 

Disney  Musical  Feature 

(T)  July  4/46 

74m 

Apr.  27/46 

2662 

3228 

Man  from  Rainbow  Valley  (color| 

Rep. 

5502 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

June  1  5/46 

56m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2963 

Man  1  Love,  The 

WB 

Ida  Lupino-Robert  Alda 

Not  Set- 

2784 

Man  in  Grey,  The  (Brit.) 

Univ. 

523 

Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason 

Mar.  15/46 

90m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

Man  Who  Dared,  The 

Col. 

7040 

Leslie  Brooks-George  Macready 

May  30/46 

65m 

June  29/46 

3065 

2926 

Margie  (color)  20th-Fox 

646 

Jeanne  Crain-Alan  Young 

Nov.,'46 

2884 

Marie  Louise  (French)  Mayer-Burstyn 

Josiane-Heinrich  Gretler 

Nov.  12/46 

93  m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

Marshal  of  Laredo 

Rep. 

562 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake 

Oct.  7/45 

56m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2467 

Mask  of  Diiion 

•  PRC 

Erich  Von  Stroheim-Jeanne  Bates 

Apr.  9/46 

74m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2792 

3018 

Masquerade  in  Mexico  (Block  3)  Para. 

4512 

Dorothy  Lamour-Arturo  de  Cordova 

Feb.  22/46 

96m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2686 

2975 

Meet  Me  on  Broadway 

Col. 

7014 

Marjorie  Reynolds-Fred  Brady 

Jan.  3/46 

69  m 

Feb. 23/46 

2857 

2744 

Meet  the  Navy  (Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 

Oscar  Naske 

Not  Set 

81m 

June  15/46 

3043 

Men  of  Two  World  (Br.)  (Color 

)  GFD 

Eric  Portman-Phyllis  Cavert 

Sept.  9/46 

109m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

Michigan  Kid,  The 

Univ. 

Jon  Hall-Rita  Johnson 

Not  Set 

3090 

Mighty  McSurk,  The 

MGM 

Wallace  Beery-Edward  Arnold 

Not  Set 

3066 

Mildred  Pierce 

WB 

505 

Joan  Crawford-Jack  Carson 

Oct.  20/45 

1  1  Im 

Oct.  6/45 

2670 

2259 

2798 

Mis'sing  Lady,  The 

Mono. 

525 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed 

Aug.  17/46 

60m 

Sept.  21/46 

321  1 

3031 

Miss  Susie  Slagle's  (Block  3) 

Para. 

4513 

Sonny  Tufts-Veronica  Lake 

Mar.  8/46 

88m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2216 

Mr.  Ace 

UA 

George  Raft-Sylvia  Sydney 

Aug.  2/46 

84m 

Aug.  31/46 

3173 

2926 

3228 

Mr.  Hex 

Mono. 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 

Nov.  9/46 

3240 

Monsieur  Beaucaire  (Special) 

Para. 

4532 

Bob  Hope-Joan  Caulfield 

Aug.  30/46 

93m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2883 

3228 

Moon  Over  Montana 

Mono. 

572 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White 

Feb.  23/46 

56m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2792 

Murder  in  Reverse  (Brit.)  Natl.-Anglo 

William  Hartnell-Jimmy  Hanley 

Oct.  22/45 

87m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

Murder  in  the  Music  Hall 

Rep. 

512 

Vera  Hruba  Ralston-William  Marsh 

al     Apr.  10/46 

84m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2748 

Murder  Is  My  Business 

PRC 

Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker 

Apr.  10/46 

63m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

My  Brother  Talks  to  Horses 

MGM 

Peter  Lawford-"Butch"  Jenkins 

Not  Set 

303  i 

My  Darling  Clementine  20th-Fox 

645 

Henry  Fonda-Linda  Darnell 

Nov.,'46 

97ni 

Oct.  12/46 

3249 

3078 

My  Doq  Shep                   Screen  Guild 

4609 

Tom  Neal-Helen  Chapman-"Flame" 

Dec.  1/46 

3163 

My  Name  Is  Julia  Ross 

Col. 

7017 

Nina  Foch-George  Macready 

Nov.  27/45 

65m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2655 

3018 

My  Pal  Trigger 

Rep. 

5541 

Roy  Rogers-George  "Gabby"  Hayes      July  10, '46 

79m 

June  22/46 

3053 

My  Reputation 

WB 

510 

Barbara  Stanwyck-George  Brent 

Jan.  26/46 

96m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

2792 

2975 

Mysterious  Intruder 

Col. 

7025 

Richard  Dix-Barton  MacLane 

Apr.  1 1/46 

61m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

2907 

Mysterious  Mr.  Valentine 

Rep. 

531 

William  Henry-Linda  Stirling 

Sept.  3/46 

NAVAJO  Kid 

PRC 

Bob  Steele-Caren  March 

Nov.  21/45 

59m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2695 

'Neath  Canadian  Skies     Screen  Guild 

4606 

Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper 

Oct.  15/46 

41m 

3127 

Never  Say  Goodbye 

WB 

606 

Erroll  Flynn-Eleanor  Parker 

Nov.  9/46 

97m 

2838 

Night  and  Day  (color) 

WB 

523 

Cary  Grant-Alexis  Smith 

Aug.  3/46 

132m 

July  13/46 

3089 

2838 

3228 

Night  Boat  to  Dublin  (Brit.)  A.B.P.C.-Path 

e  .... 

Robert  Newton-Raymond  Lovell 

Not  Set 

100m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

Night  Editor 

Col. 

7023 

William  Gargan-Janis  Carter 

Apr.  18/46 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2895 

Night  in  Casablanca,  A 

UA 

Marx  Brothers-Lois  Collier 

May  10/46 

85m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2884 

3188 

Night  in  Paradise,  A  (color) 

Univ. 

529 

Merle  Oberon-Turhan  Bey 

May  3/46 

84m 

Apr.  13/46 

2937 

2278 

3100 

Night  Train  to  Memphis 

Rep. 

523 

Roy  Acuff-Adele  Mara 

July  12/46 

67m 

July  27/46 

3114 

2748 

Nobody  Lives  Forever 

WB 

604 

John  Garfield-Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

Oct.  12/46 

100m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

2830 

Nocturne  (Block  2) 

RKO 

George  Raft-Lynn  Bari 

(T)  Oct.  14/46 

3055 

No  Leave,  No  Love 

MGM 

Van  Johnson-Marie  Wilson 

Oct.,'46 

1 17m 

Aug.  31/46 

3173 

2818 

Nora  Prentiss 

WB 

Ann  Sheridan-Kent  Smith 

Not  Set 

2883 

(formerly  The  Sentence) 

North  of  the  Border  Scree 

n  Guild 

4610 

Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper 

Nov.  15/46 

46m 

3090 

Northwest  Trail                Screen  Guild 

002 

John  Lytel-Bob  Steele 

Apr./46 

6 1  m 

No  Time  for  Comedy  ( Reissue 

WB 

516 

James  Stewart-Rosalind  Russell 

Apr.  13/46 

99m 

Sept.  7/40 

Notorious  (Special) 

RKO 

761 

Ingrid  Bergman-Cary  Grant 

(T)  Aug.  15/46 

101m 

July  27/46 

31 13 

2870 

3228 

Notorious  Lone  Wolf 

Col. 

7028 

Gerald  Mohr-Janis  Carter 

Feb.  14/46 

64m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2792 

OF  Human  Bondage 

WB 

522 

Paul  Henreid-Eleanor  Parker 

July  20/46 

105m 

July  6/46 

3077 

3031 

3228 

Once  There  Was  a  Girl  (  Russ.) 

Artkino 

Nina  Ivanava-Natasha  Zashipina 

Dec.  22/45 

72  m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

One  Exciting  Week 

Rep. 

52  i 

Al  Pearce-Arline  Harris 

June  8/46 

69m 

June  1 5/46 

3042 

2809 

One  More  Tomorrow 

WB 

519 

Ann  Sheridan-Dennis  Morgan 

June  1/46 

89m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2838 

3228 

One  Way  to  Love 

Col. 

7012 

Janis  Carter-Chester  Morris 

Dec.  20/45 

83m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2862 

Open  City  (Italian)  Mayer- 

Burstyn 

Aldo  Fabrizi-Anna  Magnani 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

f  O.S.S.  (Block  6) 

Para. 

4526 

Alan  Ladd-Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

July  26/46 

I07m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2963 

Our  Hearts  Were  Growing  Up 

Mar.  16/46 

(Block  5) 

Para. 

4522 

Gail  Russell-Diana  Lynn 

June  14/46 

84m 

2893 

2555 

3188 

Out  California  Way 

Rep. 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Not  Set 

3127 

Outlaw,  The 

UA 

Jack  Buetel-Jane  Russell 

Feb.  8/46 

1  1  Im 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

Outlaw  of  the  Plains 

PRC 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  St.  John 

Sept.  22/46 

56m 

Sept.  28/46 

3225 

3126 

Out  of  the  Depths 

Col. 

7035 

Jim  Bannon-Ross  Hunter 

Dec.  27/45 

61m 

Feb. 16/46 

2849 

2695 

Overland  Riders 

PRC 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

Aug.  21/46 

54m 

Aug. 24/46 

3162 

3126 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  I94f> 


3257 


REVIEWED 


Title 


Prod. 

Company  Number 


PARDON  My  Past  Col.  7005 

Partners  in  Time  RKO  625 

Passkey  to  Danger  Rep.  518 

"flople  Are  Funny  (Block  2)  Para.  4508 

Perfect  Marriage,  The  Para.  .... 

Perilous  Holiday  Col.  7008 

Perils  of  Pauline  (color)  Para.  .... 

Personality  Kid  Col.  7039 

Phantom  Thief,  The  Col.  7031 

Piccadilly  Incident  (Brit.)  Pathe   

Pillow  of  Death  Univ.  512 

Pink  String  and  Sealing  Wax   Eagle-Lion  .... 
(British) 

Pinocchio  (color)   (Reissue)  RKO  691 

Pirates  of  Monterey  (color)  Univ.  .... 

Plainsman,  The  (Reissue)  Para.  R5-3624 

Plainsman  and  the  Lady,  The  Rep.  .... 

Portrait  of  Marie  (Bl.  15)  (Mex.)  MGM  612 
Portrait  of  a  Woman  (Swiss) 

Mayer-Burstyn  .... 

Possessed  WB  .... 

Postman  Always  Rings  Twice,  The 

(Block  16)  MGM  620 

Postmaster's  Daughter  (French)  Vog  .... 

Prairie  Badmen  PRC  .... 

Prairie  Rustlers  PRC   

Prison  Ship  Col.  7036 

Pursuit  to  Algiers  Univ.  507 


Tradeshow  or 

Stars  Release  Date 

Fred  MacMurray-Marguerite  Chapman  Dec.25,'45 

Pamela  Blake-John  James  Block  5 

Stephanie  Bachelor-Kane  Richmond  May  I  I, '46 

Jack  Haley-Helen  Walker  '  Jan.  I  I, '46 

Loretta  Young-David  Niven  Not  Set 

Pat  O'Brien-Ruth  Warrick  Mar.  2 1, '46 

Betty  Hutton-John  Lund  Not  Set 

Anita  Louise-Michael  Duane  Aug.   8, '46 

Chester   Morris-Jeff   Donnell  May   2, '46 

Anna  Neagle-Michael  Wilding  Sept.  20, '46 

Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce  Dec.  I4,'45 

Mervyn  Johns-Mary  Merrall  Not  Set 

Disney  Feature  Cartoon  Special 

Maria  Montez-Rod  Cameron  Not  Set 

Gary  Cooper-Jean  Arthur  Sept.    I ,'46 

Will  iam  Elliott-Vera  Hruba  Ralston  Not  Set 

Dolores  Del  Rio-Pedro  Armendariz  Jan.-Feb.,'46 

Francoise  Rosay-Henry  Guisol  Apr.  20, '46 

Joan  Crawford-Van  Heflin  Not  Set 

Lana  Turner-John  Garfield  Apr.-May,'46 

Harry  Baur-Jeanine  Crispin  Aug.  I  7, '46 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John  July  17, '46 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John  Nov.   7, '46 

Nina  Foch-Robert  Lowery  Nov.  15, '45 

Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce  Oct.  26,'45 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

87m 

2637 

L  Jt  J 

76m 

Apr.  20, '46 

2951 

58m 

Aua  24  '46 

3161 

2987 

93m 

Oct.  1 3  '45 

2677 

7RR3 

Zoo  J 

89m 

M>„  7E  'Ah 

iviay  £9,  tu 

0  v  v  / 

777A 
£110 

7030 

68m 

Aug.24,'46 

3161 

3031 

65m 

June  22, '46 

3053 

2926 

1 00m 

C.or»+       7  'Ah 

oe pT.    / ,  to 

7  1  ft  £ 

nfir     1  E  'AK 

77ER 

L  I  JO 

95m 

Dec.  1 5, '45 

2757 

85m 

Feb.  3,'40 

3127 

1  1 3m 

Spnt  7  1  '46 

32 1 2 

3127 

76m 

Dec.  29,'45 

2777 

80m 

Anr  70  'Aft 

107Q 
j  J  /  0 

1  1  3m 

KAAr     1  h  'Ah 

ivi o r.  i  o,  to 

2893 

L  O  O  J 

74m 

Aug.  24, '46 

3162 

55m 

July  27/46. 

31 14 

3055 

56m 

Nov.  3,'45 

2703 

2670 

60m 

Dec.  15, '45 

2758 

2670 

65m 

Oct.  27,'45 

2693 

2628 

Data 
Page 

3018 

2810 
3018 


2930 


3228 


QUEEN  of  Burlesque  PRC 
Ouiet  Weekend  (British)  ABP 

RAGE  in  Heaven  (R.)  MGM 
Raider,  The  (British)  (Color)  English 
Rake's  Progress,  The  (Brit.)  Eagle-Lion 
Razor's  Edge,  The  20th-Fox 
Rebecca  (Reissue)  UA 
Red  Dragon  Mono. 
Red  House,  The  UA 

(formerly  No  Trespassing) 
Red  River  Renegades  Rep. 
Rendezvous  24  20th-Fox 
Rendezvous  With  Annie  Rep. 
Renegades  (color)  Col. 
Resistance  (French)  Vog 
Return  of  Frank  James,  The  (Reissue) 
20th-Fox 

Return  of  Rusty,  The  Col. 
Rio  Grande  Raiders  Rep. 
Riverboat  Rhythm  RKO 
Road  to  Utopia  (Special)  Para. 
Roaring  Rangers  Col. 
Rollinn  Home  Screen  Guild 

Roll  On,  Texas  Moon  Rep. 
Romance  of  the  West  (color)  PRC 
Rough  Riders  of  Cheyenne  Rep. 
Runaround,  The  Univ. 
Russia  on  Parade  (Russ.)  (col.)  Artkino 
Rustler's  Roundup  Univ. 


Evelyn  Ankers-Carleton  Young 
Derek  Farr-Frank  Cellier 


Ingrid  Bergman-Robert  Montgomery 
Documentary 
Rex  Harrison-Lili  Palmer 
Tyrone  Power-Gene  Tierney 
Laurence  Olivier-Joan  Fontaine 
513         Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong 
.  .  .  .         Edw.  G.  Robinson-Lon  McAllister 


557  Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
627  William  Gargan-Marie  Palmer 
525  Eddie  Albert-Faye  Marlowe 

7003  Evelyn  Keyes-Willard  Parker 

....  Lucien  Coedel-Yvonne  Gaudeau 

619  Henry  Fonda-Gene  Tierney 

7032  Ted  Donaldson-Barbara  Wooddell 

558  Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

620  Leon  Erroll-Glenn  Vernon 

4531  Bing  Crosby-Bob  Hope-D.  Lamour 

7205  Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 

4607  Jean  Parker-Russell  Hayden 

542  Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 

....  Eddie  Dean-Joan  Barton 

552  Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

535  Ella  Raines-Rod  Cameron 

....  Documentary 

1105  Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 


July  24,'46 

70m 

July  6/46 

3078 

2987 

Not  Set 

90m 

May  25/46 

3006 

Oct.,'46 

1  17m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

May,'46 

70m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

Dec.  7,'45 

1  10m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

Not  Set 

3  i27 

Apr.  26,'46 

125  m 

Mar.  30/40 

Feb.  2.  46 

64m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

Not  Set 

3090 

July  25, "46 

55m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

3066 

May,'46 

70m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2951 

July  22/46 

89m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

June  13/46 

87m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2776 

July/46 

76m 

July  13/46 

3089 

Feb./46 

92m 

Aug.  17/40 

June  27/46 

3007 

Sept.  9/46 

57m 

Oct.  12/46 

3250 

3163 

Block  4 

65m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

Mar.  22/46 

89m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2744 

Feb.  14/46 

56m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

2543 

Nov.  1/46 

71m 

3163 

Sept.  12/46 

68  m 

Sept.  21/46 

3211 

3030 

Mar.  20/46 

58m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

2792 

Nov.  1/45 

56m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2686 

June  14/46 

86m 

June  1 5/46 

3043 

2987 

Sept.  6/46 

45  m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

Aug.  9/46 

3138 

t  SAILOR  Takes  a  Wife 

(Block  15)  MGM 

t  San  Antonio   (color)  WB 

(  Saratoga  Trunk  WB 
Scandal  in  Paris,  A  UA 
Scared  to  Death  (color)  Screen  Guild 
Scared  to  Death  (color)  Screen  Guild 
Sea  of  Grass  MGM 
Searching  Wind,  The  (Block  6)  Para. 
Secrets  of  a  Sorority  Girl  PRC 
Senorita  from  the  West  Univ. 
Sentimental  Journey  20th-Fox 

t  Seventh  Veil,  The  (Brit.)  Univ. 
Seven  Were  Saved  Para. 
Shadowed  Col. 
Shadow  of  a  Woman  WB 
Shadows  on  the  Range  Mono. 
Shadows  Over  Chinatown  Mono. 

(formerly  The  Mandarin  Secret) 
Shadow  Returns,  The  Mono. 
Shahrazad  (color)  Univ. 

(formerly  Fandango) 
Sheriff  of  Redwood  Valley  Rep. 
She  Went  to  the  Races  (Bl.  14)  MGM 
She-Wolf  of  London  Univ. 
She  Wrote  the  Book  Univ. 
Shock  2Qth-Fox 


615  Robert  Walker-June  Allyson 

509  Errol  Flynn-Alexis  Smith 

514  Gary  Cooper-lngrid  Bergman 

....  George  Sanders-Signe  Hasso 

4608  Bela  Lugosi-Joyce  Compton 

4608  Edw.  G.  Robinson-Joan  Bennett 

....  Spencer  Tracy-Katharine  Hepburn 

4527  Robert  Young-Ann  Richards 
Mary  Ware-Rick  Vallin 

506  Allan   Jones-Bonita  Granville 

621  John  Payne-Maureen  O'Hara 

519  James  Mason-Ann  Todd 

Richard   Denninq-Catherine  Craig 

7042  Anita  Louise-Robert  Scott 

602  Andrea  King-Helmut  Dantine 

567  Johnny  Mack  Brown-R.  Hatton 

518  Sidney  Toler-Sen  Yung 

527  Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed 

....  Yvonne  de  Carlo-Brian  Donlevy 

566  "Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming 

607  James  Craig-Frances  Gifford 

531  June  Lockhart-Jan  Wiley 

533  Joan  Davis-Jack  Oakie 

615  Vincent  Price-Lynn  Bari 


Jan. -Feb. ,'46 

92m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

2555 

2898 

Dec.  29/45 

1  12m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2216 

2930 

Mar.  30/46 

135m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

1431 

2975 

July  19/46 

100m 

July  20/46 

3112 

2764 

Nov.  1/46 

72m 

3127 

Dec.  28/45 

102m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2662 

2898 

Not  Set 

3238 

Aug.  9/46 

107m 

May  1  1/46 

.  2985 

2884 

Aug.  15/46 

58m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3031 

Oct.  12/45 

63  m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2418 

Mar./46 

94m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2756 

2975 

Feb.  15/46 

94m 

Nov.  10/45 

2786 

Not  Set 

2972 

Sept.  26/46 

3163 

Sept.  14/46 

78m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

2543 

Aug.  10/46 

57m 

Oct.  12/46 

3250 

3066 

July  27/46 

64m 

2963 

Feb. 16/46 

61m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

Not  Set 

2884 

Mar.  29/46 

54m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2778 

Nov.-Dec.,45 

87m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2930 

May  17/46 

61m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

May  31/46 

76m 

May  1 1/46 

2987 

2870 

Feb./46 

70m 

Jan. 19/46 

2805 

2764 

3258 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


Title  Company 
Shocking  Miss  Pilgrim,  The 

(color)  20th-Fox 

Show-Off,  The  MGM 

Silver  Range  Mono. 
Sinbad,  the  Sailor  (color)  [Bl.  2)  RKO 

Singing  on  the  Trail  Col. 

Sing  Your  Way  Home  RKO 

Sing  While  You  Dance  Col. 
Sin  of  Harold  Diddlebock,  The  UA 
Sirocco  (French)                   Leo  Cohen 

Sister  Kenny  (Block  I)  RKO 

Six  Gun  Man  PRC 

Six  P.M.  (Russian)  Artkino 

Slightly  Scandalous  Univ. 

f  Smoky  (color)  20th-Fox 

"mooth  as  Silk  Univ. 

Snafu  Col. 

So  Dark  the  Night  Col. 

So  Goes  My  Love  Univ. 

Somewhere  in  the  Night  20th-Fox 

Song  of  Mexico  Rep. 
Song  of  Old  Wyoming  (color)  PRC 

Song  of  the  Sierras  Mono. 

South  of  Monterey  Mono. 

f  Spanish  Main,  The  (color)  RKO 

Specter  of  the  Rose  Rep. 

f  Spellbound  UA 

Spider,  The  20th-Fox 
Spider  Woman  Strikes  Back,  The  Univ. 

f  Spiral  Staircase,  The  RKO 
Splendor  (Reissue)             Film  Classics 

Spook  Busters  Mono. 

Stallion  Road  WB 

Stars  Over  Texas  PRC 

State  Fair  (color)  20th-Fox 

Step  By  Step  (Block  I)  RKO 

t,  Stolen  Life.  A  WB 

f  Stork  Club,  The  (Block  2)  Para. 

Stormy  Waters  (French)  MGM 

Strange  Confession  Univ. 

Strange  Conquest  Univ. 

Strange  Holiday  PRC 

Strange  Impersonation  Rep. 

Strange  Journey  20th-Fox 
Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers 

(Block  6)  Para. 

Strange  Mr.  Gregory  Mono. 

)  Stranger,  The  (Special)  RKO 

Strange  Triangle  20th-Fox 

Strange  Voyage  Mono. 

Strange  Woman,  The  UA 

Strangler  of  the  Swamp  PRC 
Strike  Me  Pink  (Reissue)    Film  Classics 

Suddenly  It's  Spring  Para. 

Sunbonnet  Sue  Mono. 

Sunset  Pass  (Block  I)  RKO 

Sun  Valley  Cyclone  Rep. 

Sun  Valley  Seren  ade  (R.)  20th-Fox 

Susie  Steps  Out  UA 

(formerly  Miss  Television) 

Suspense  (Special)  Mono. 

Swamp  Fire  (Block  6)  Para. 

Sweetheart  of  Sigma  Chi  Mono. 

Swing  Parade  of  1946  Mono. 
Symphonie  D'Amour  (French)  Alganzy 

TALK  About  a  Lady 
Tangier 

Tars  and  Spars 

Tarzan  and  the  Leopard  Woman 
Temptation 

(formerly  Bella  Donna) 
Tenth  Avenue  Angel 
Terror  by  Night 
Terrors  on  Horseback 
Texas  Panhandle 
That  Brennan  Girl 
That  Texas  Jamboree 
That  Way  With  Women 
Theirs  Is  the  Glory  (British) 
These  Three  (Reissue)       Film  Classics 
They  Made  Me  a  Killer  (B1.4)  Para. 
fThey  Were  Expendable  (Bl.  14)  MGM 

They  Were  Sisters  (British)  Univ. 

This  Love  of  Ours  Univ. 

This  Man  Is  Mine  (Brit.)  Col.  Brit. 

This  Time  for  Keeps  (Color)  MGM 
Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue 

(color)  20th-Fox 

Three  Strangers  WB 


Prod. 
Number 


Stars 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 


563 

7224 
614 
7033 


701 


544 
631 
521 
7010 
805 
528 
629 
506 

68  i 
530 
610 
524 

613 
524 
61 1 

512 


607 
705 
521 
4507 

505 
530 

513 
643 

4529 
516 
683 
630 
52 


50 
704 
567 
641 


699 
4528 

503 


Col. 

7016 

Univ. 

522 

Col. 

7007 

RKO 

618 

Univ. 

MGM 

Univ. 

517 

PRC 

Col. 

7203 

Rep. 

Col. 

7222 

WB 

GFD 

4518 
609 

508 


639 
511 


Betty  Grable-Dick  Haymes  Not  Set 
Red  Skelton-Marilyn  Maxwell  (T)  Aug.  12, '46 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton    Nov.   2, '46 

D.  Fairbanks,  Jr. -Maureen  O'Hara  Not  Set 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  Sept.  1 2, '46 

Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Block  3 

Ellen  Drew-Robert  Stanton  July  25, '46 

Harold  Lloyd-Raymond  Walburn  Not  Set 

Viviane  Romance-Dalio  Aug.  10, '46 

Rosalind  Russell-Alexander  Knox  Oct.  10, '46 

Bob  Steele-Jean  Carlin  Feb.    I  ,'46 

Marine  Ladynina-Eugene  Samoilov  Jan.  26, '46 

Sheila  Ryan-Fred  Brady  Aug.  2, '46 

Fred  MacMurray-Anne  Baxter  July, '46 

Kent  Taylor-Virginia  Grey  Mar.    I, "46 

Nanette  Parks-Robt.  Benchley  Nov.  22, '45 

Micheline  Cheirel-Steven  Geray  Oct.  10, '46 

Myrna  Loy-Don  Ameche  Apr.  1 9, '46 

John  Hodiak-Nancy  Guild  June, '46 

Adele  Mara-Edgar  Barrier  Dec.  28, '45 

Eddie  Dean-Jennifer  Holt  Nov.  12, '45 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Nov.  23, '46 

Gilbert  Roland-Frank  Yacanelli  July  10/46 

Paul  Henreid-Maureen  O'Hara  Block  2 

Man  Kurov-Viola  Essen  July  5, '46 

Ingrid  Bergman-Gregory  Peck  Dec.  28, '45 

Richard  Conte-Faye  Marlowe  Dec. ,'45 

Gale  Sundergaard-Kirby  Grant  Mar.  22, '46 

George  Brent-Dorothy  McGuire  Block  3 

Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea  June  1 5, '46 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  Aug.  24, '46 

Zachary  Scott-Alexis  Smith  Not  Set 

Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson'  Nov.  1 8, '46 
Dana  Andrews-Jeanne  Crain-Dick  Haymes  Oct., '45 

Lawrence  Tierney-Anne  Jeffreys  Aug.  30, '46 

Bette  Davis-Glenn  Ford  July  6, '46 

Betty  Hutton-Barry  Fitzgerald  Dec.  28, '45 
Jean  Gabin-Michele  Morgan            (T)  June   5, '46 

Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce  Oct.   5, '45 

Jane  Wyatt-Lowell  Gilmore  May  10, '46 

Claude  Rains-Barbara  Bate  Sept.  2, '46 

Brenda  Marshall-William  Gargan  Mar.  16, '46 

Paul  Kelly-Osa  Massen  Oct.,'46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Van  Heflin  Sept.  13, '46 

Edmund  Lowe-Jean  Rogers  Jan.  12, '46 
Edw.  G.  Robinson-Loretta  Young       (T)  July  1 5, '46 

Signe  Hasso-John  Shepperd  June, '46 
Eddie  Albert-Forrest  Taylor            •       July  6, '46 

Hedy  Lamarr-George  Sanders  Oct.  25, '46 

Rosemary  La  Planche-Robt.  Barrett  Jan.    I, '46 

Eddie  Cantor-Ethel  Merman  May  1 5, '46 

Fred  MacMurray-Paulette  Goddard  Not  Set 

Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Dec.  8, '45 

James  Warren-Nan  Leslie  Oct.    I, '46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  May  I0,'46 

Sonja  Henic-John  Payne  Sept., '46 

David  Bruce-Cleatus  Caldwell  Not  Set 

Belita-Barry  Sullivan  June  1 5, '46 

Johnny  Weissmueller-Virginia  Grey  Sept.  6, '46 

Elyse  Knox-Phil  Regan  Nov.  I6,'46 

Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Mar.  1 6, '46 

Fernand  Gravet-Jacqueline  Francell  Mar.  9,'46 

Jinx  Falkenburg-Joe  Besser  Mar.  28, '46 

Maria  Montez-Preston  Foster  Mar.  8, '46 
Alfred  Drake-Janet  Blair-Marc  Piatt  Jan.  10, '46 
Johnny  Weissrnuller-J.  Sheffield-B.  Joyce      Block  4 

Merle  Oberon-George  Brent  Not  Set 

Margaret  O'Brien-George  Murphy  Not  Set 

Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce  Feb.   I  ,'46 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St  John  Aug.  1 4, '46 

Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Dec.  20,'46 

James  Dunn-Mona  Freeman  Not  Set 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  May  I6,'46 

Sydney  Greenstreet-Martha  Vickers  Not  Set 

Documentary  Oct.  14/46 

Merle  Oberon-Joel  McCrea  Feb.  15/46 

Robert  Lowery-Barbara  Britton  May  3/46 
Robert  Montgomery-John  Wayne  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

James  Mason-Phyllis  Calvert  Sept.  20/46 

Merle  Oberon-Claude  Rains  Nov.  2/45 

Tom  Walls-Jeanne  de  Casalis  Not  Set 

Esther  Williams-Jimmy  Durante  Not  Set 

June  Haver-Vivian  Blaine  Oct.,'46 
Geraldine  Fitzgerald-Sydney  Greenstreet  Feb.  16/46 


Running 
Time 


83r 


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M.  P.  Product  Advance  Service 
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Page 


Aug.  17/46  3149 


72m      Nov.  17/45  2717 


90m 

Aug.  17/46 

3  150 

1  18m 

July  20/46 

3101 

59m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

65m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

62m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

87m 

June  15/46 

3041 

65m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

82m 

Dec.  22/45 

2766 

70m 

Sept.  21/46 

321  1 

88m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

1  10m 

May  1 1/46 

2986 

57m 

65m 

Aug.  18/45 

2639 

63m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

101m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

90  m 

May  25/46 

3006 

1  1  Im 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

61m 

Oct.  13/45 

2677 

59m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

83m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

75m 

68m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

Page 

2884 
2951 
3240 
3031 
3187 
2354 
3055 
2870 

2907 
2744 

3031 
2628 
2809 
2655 
2850 
2809 
2859 
2628 
2454 
3240 
3127 
2259 
2776 
2093 
2499 
2P50 
2695 

3138 
2939 


Page 


101m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

69m 

May  1  1/46 

2986 

2963 

3240 

74m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2628 

90m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

71m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2818 

76m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

2756 

86m 

Jan.  19/46 

2805 

2710 

72m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2655 

3076 

3031 

60m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

2748 

55m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2884 

55m 

Jan. 12/46 

2795 

2744 

3090 

67  m 

2786 

3031 

82m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3210 

95m 

Feb.  29/36 

66m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2695 

136m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2384 

1  15m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

90m 

Nov.  3/45 

2703 

2662 

103m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3238 

90m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

2907 

92m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2366 

3228 
2862 
3018 


2862 
2975 

2930 


100m 

Aug.  25/45 

2638 

2434 

2810 

62m 

July  20/46 

3101 

3076 

109m 

May  4/46 

2973 

2756 

3188 

98m 

Oct.  13/45 

2679 

2555 

2898 

80m 

July  13/46 

3089 

62m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2454 

63  m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

2883 

56m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

62m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

2776 

65m 

Sept.  14/46 

3197 

1  17m 

Mar.  23/46 

2907 

3870 

3228 

63  m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

2598 

85m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2756 

65m 

May  1 1/46 

2986 

2951 

61m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

2884 

60m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2686 

100m 

Jan.  25/36 

2987 

89m 

Sept.  29/45 

266i 

59m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3090 

56m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2987 

86m 

Aug.  24/46 

3163 

3078 

3100 
3228 


2975 
2930 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  12,  1946 


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2898 


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Title  Company 

Three  Wise  Fools  (Block  17)  MGM 

Thrill  of  Brazil  Col. 

Throw  a  Saddle  on  a  Star  Col. 

Thunder  Town  PRC 

Till  the  Clouds  Roll  By  (color)  MGM 

Till  the  End  of  Time  (Block  6)  RKO 

Time  of  Their  Lives  Univ. 

Time,  the  Place,  the  Girl  (color)  WB 
tTo  Each  His  Own  (Block  5)  Para. 

Tokyo  Rose  (Block  3)  Para, 
t  Tomorrow  is  Forever  RKO 

Too  Good  to  Be  True  Para, 
(formerly  Easy  Come,  Easy  Go) 

Too  Young  to  Know 

Traffic  in  Crime 

Trail  to  Mexico 

Trail  to  Vengeance 

Trigger  Fingers 

Trouble  with  Women 

Truth  About  Murder,  The 

Tumbleweed  Trails 

Turn  of  the  Century  (Swedish) 

Two  Fisted  Stranger 

Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee 

Two  Mrs.  Carrolls,  The 
t  Two  Sisters  from  Boston  (Bl.  16)  MGM 

Two  Smart  People  MGM 

Two  Years  Before  the  Mast  Para. 

UNCLE  Andy  Hardy 
Under  Arizona  Skies 
Undercover  Woman 
Undercurrent 
Under  Nevada  Skies 
Unfinished  Dance  (Color] 
Unholy  Garden  (Re-Issue) 
Unknown,  The 
Up  Goes  Maisie  (Block  15) 

VACATION  from  Marriage 
(Block  14)  (British) 

Vacation  in  Reno 

Valley  of  the  Zombies 
.  Verdict,  The 
t  Virginian,  The  (color) 

Voice  of  the  Whistler 


WB 
Rep. 
Mono. 

Univ. 
Mono. 
Para. 
RKO 
PRC 
Scandia 
Col. 
WB 
WB 


MGM 
Mono. 

Rep. 
MGM 
Rep. 
MGM 
Film  Classics 
Col. 


MGM 


(Bl-  4) 


MGM 
RKO 
Rep. 
WB 
Para. 
Col. 


WAGON  Wheels  Westward  Rep. 
Walk  in  the  Sun,  A  20th-Fox 
Walls  Came  Tumbing  Down,  The  Col. 
Wanted  for  Murder  (Brit.)  20th-Fox 
Way  We  Live,  The  (British)  GFD 
Wedding  Night  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 
Welcome,  Stranger  Para. 
Welldigger's  Daughter  (Fr.)  Siritzky 
t  Well  Groomed  Bride,  The  (Bl.  4)  Para. 
West  of  the  Alamo  Mono. 
What  Next,  Corporal  Har- 
grove? (Block  14)  MGM 
Where  There's  Life  Para. 
While  Nero  Fiddled  (Brit).  Bacon-Bell 
Whirlwind  of  Paris  (French)  Hoffberg 
Whistle  Stop  UA 
White  Tie  and  Tails  Univ. 
Wicked  Lady,  The  (Br.)  Eagle-Lion 
Wife  of  Monte  Cristo  PRC 
Wife  Wanted  Mono. 
Wild  Beauty  Univ. 
Wildfire  Screen  Guild 

Wild  West  (color)  PRC 

(formerly  Melody  Roundup) 
Without  Dowry  (Russian)  Artkino 
Without  Honor  UA 
(formerly  Short  Happy  Life  of 
Frances  Macomber) 
t  Without  Reservations  RKO 
Woman  Chases  Man  (R.)  Film  Classics 
Woman  on  the  Beach  RKO 

(formerly  Desirable  Woman) 
Woman  Who  Came  Back,  The  Rep. 

YANK  in  London,  A  (Br.)  20th-Fox 
Yearling,  The  (color)  MGM 
Years  Between,  The  (British)  GFD 
Yolanda  and  the  Thief  (color) 

(Block  14)  MGM 
Young  Widow  UA 

t  ZIEGFELD  Follies  of  1946 

(color)    (Special)  MGM 


Prod. 
Number 
628 
7006 
7221 


626 
546 

4524 
451 1 
682 


507 
522 
574 
1 103 
568 


624 


7208 
524 

622 


561 
515 

541 


7027 
613 

608 

520 

4516 
7024 

564 
616 
701 1 
644 


4519 
573 

606 


550 


605 
545 
001 


Tradeshow  or 

Stars  Release  Date 

Margaret  O'Brien-Lionel  Barrymore  Aug.  29, '46 

Evelyn  Keyes-Keenan  Wynn  Sept.  30, '46 

Ken  Curtis-Adele  Roberts  Mar.  14, '46 

Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor  Apr.  10, '46 

Robert  Walker-Judy  Garland  Not  Set 

Dorothy  McGuire-Guy  Madison  Aug.    I, '46 

Bud  Abbott-Lou  Costello  Aug.  I6,'46 

Dennis  Morgan-Jack  Carson  Not  Set 

Olivia  De  Havilland-John  Lund  July  5, '46 

Byron  Barr-Lotus  Long  Feb.   8, '46 

Claudette  Colbert-Orson  Welles  Special 

Sonny  Tufts-Diana  Lynn  Not  Set 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Hutton  Dec.    I, '45 

Kane  Richmond-Adele  Mara  June  28, '46 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  June  29, '46 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Nov.  30, '45 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton   Sept.  21, '46 

Ray  Milland-Teresa  Wright  Not  Set 

Bonita  Granville-Morgan  Conway  Block  5 

Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson  Oct.  28, '46 

Edvard  Persson-Stina  Hedberg  Feb.  23, '46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  May  30, '46 

Dennis  Morgan-Joan  Leslie  Aug.  17, '46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Humphrey  Bogart  Not  Set 

Jimmy  Durante-June  Allyson  Apr.-May,'46 
John  Hodiak-Lucille  Ball                  (T)  June  4, '46 

Alan  Ladd-Brian  Donlevy  Nov.  22, '46 

Mickey  Rooney-Bonita  Granville  Not  Set 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton  Apr.  27, '46 
Stephanie  Bachelor-Robert  Livingston  Apr.  I  I  ,'46 
Katharine  Hepburn-Robert  Taylor    ( T)  Sept.  30, '46 

Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans  Aug.  26, '46 

Margaret  O'Brien-Cyd  Charisse  Not  Set 

Ronald   Colman-Fay   Wray  July  29, '46 

Karen  Morley-Jim  Bannon  July    4, '46 

Ann  Sothern-George  Murphy  Jan.-Feb.,'46 

Robert  Donat-Deborah  Kerr  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Not  Set 

Robert  Livingston-Adrian  Booth  May  24, '46 

Sydney  Greenstreet-Peter  Lorre  Nov., '46 

Joel  McCrea-Brian  Donlevy  Apr.  5, '46 

Richard  Dix-Lynn  Merrick  Oct.  30, '45 

"Wild"  Bill  Eliott-Bobby  Blake  Dec.  21, '45 

Dana  Andrews-Richard  Conte  Mar.,'46 

Lee  Bowman-Marguerite  Chapman  June   7, '46 

Eric  Portman-Dulcie  Gray  Nov. ,'46 

Peter  Willes  Not  Set 

Gary  Cooper-Anna  Sten  June  1 5, '46 

Bing  Crosby-Barry  Fitzgerald  Not  Set 

Raimu-Fernandel-Josette  Day  Sept.  28, '46 

Ray  Milland-Olivia  DeHavilland  May  I7,'46 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Apr.  20, '46 

Robert  Walker-Keenan  Wynn  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

Bob  Hope-Signe  Hasso  Not  Set 

Tommy  Trinder-Frances  Day  Apr.  29, '46 

Charpin-Marguerite  Perry  Feb.  9, '46 

George  Raft-Ava  Gardner  Jan.  25, '46 

Dan  Duryea-Ella  Raines  Aug.  30, '46 

Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Not  Set 

John  Loder-Lenore  Aubert  Apr.  23, '46 

Kay  Francis-Paul  Cavanaugh  Oct.  19, '46 

Don  Porter-Lois  Collier  Aug.  9, '46 

Bob  Steele-Sterling  Holloway  May,'46 

Eddie  Dean-Al  LaRue  Nov.  I,'46 


Running 
Time 
90m 
91m 
65m 
57m 

105m 
82  m 

122  m 
70m 
105m 


56m 
54m 
56m 

63  m 

1 10m 

50m 
90m 

I  12m 
93m 
98m 

59m 
56m 
1 16m 
69m 


94m 
60m 
56m 

90m 
60m 

55m 
I  17m 

82m 
103m 

64m 

83m 

122  m 
75m 
58m 


65m 
88m 
84m 
74m 
103m 
80m 

61m 
60m 


M.  P. 
Herald 

Issue 
June  22, '46 
Sept.  2  I  ,'46 
Mar.  23, '46 
Apr.  6,'46 

June  15, '46 
Aug.  I7.'46 

Mar.  16/46 
Dec.  8/45 
Jan.  19/46 


86m      Nov.  17/45 


July  6/46 

Oct.  5/46 

Apr.  20/46 

Mar.  9/46 
June  1 5/46 
Aug.  3/46 

Mar.  9/46 
June  8/46 
Aug.  31,  46 

June  8/46 
July  6/46 
Oct;  5/46 
Aug.  31/46 

77m       Aug.  8/31 

90m       Dec.  29/45 


Dec.  1/45 
Oct.  12/46 
June  1/46 

Jan.  26/46 
Feb.  3/46 

Jan. 19/46 
Dec.  1/45 
May  25/46 
Apr.  13/46 
Aug.  24/46 
Feb.  23/35 

Oct.  5/46 
Feb.  2/46 
May  25/46 


96m      Nov.  17/45 


May  I  1/46 
Feb.  23/46 
Jan.  12/46 
Sept.  14/46 
Dec.  15/46 
Mar.  30/46 

Aug.  17/46 


Product 
Digest 
Page 
3054 
3209 
2906 
2926 

3041 
3149 

2894 
2745 
2805 


2718 


3077 


3237 


2950 


2882 


Advance  Service 
Synopsis  Data 
Page  Page 


2907 
3090 
2850 

2963 
2784 
2939 
2555 
2861 
2744 
2555 
2748 

2384 
3055 
3031 
2748 
3126 
2776 
2776 


3138 


3228  I 


3228 


3164 
2930 
2975 


2898 


3043 

2951 

3126 

2884 

3164 

2628 

2881 

2695 

3 1 88 

3029 

2748 

3164 

3173 

3055 

3127 

3030 

2870 

3077 

2748 

3237 

3007 

3174 

3127 

3240 

3055 

2778 

2930 

2733 

2710 

2862 

3249 

3127 

3017 

3007 

2764 

2817 

2242 

3228 

2859 

2655 

2806 

2555 

2733 

2242 

2979 

3005 

2963 

3188 

2937 

3162 

2939 

3238 

2829 

2786 

3228 

3006 

2883 

2717 

2710 

2975 

3078 

2986 

2859 

2793 

2744 

3100 

3197 

2757 

2918 

2895 

3018 

3138 

3150 

3076 

Olga  Pyshova-Nina  Alisova 
Gregory  Peck-Joan  Bennett 

Apr.  6/46 
Not  Set 

81m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

3076 

621 

Claudette  Colbert-John  Wayne 
Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea 
Joan  Bennett-Robert  Ryan 

Block  5 
May  15/46 
(T)  Jan./47 

107m 
70m 

May  1  1/46 
May  1/37 

2985 

2884 
2883 

3164 

507 

Nancy  Kelly-John  Loder 

Dec.  13/45 

68m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2555 

622 

Anna  Neagle-Dean  Jagger 
Gregory  Peck-Jacqueline  White 
Michael  Redgrave-Valerie  Hobson 

Mar.'46 
(T)  Sept.  13/46 
Not  Set 

106m 
100m 

Feb.23,  '46 
Apr.  20/46 

2858 
2949 

2883 

610 

Fred  Astaire-Lucile  Bremer 
Jane  Russell-Louis  Hayward 

Nov. -Dec, '45 
Mar.  1/46 

108m 
98  m 

Oct.  20/45 
Feb.  23/46 

2685 
2857 

2354 
2454 

2930 
3188 

617 

MGM  Contract  Stars 

Mar.,'46 

1  10m 

Aug.  25/45 

2638 

1913 

3188 

3260 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  12.  1946 


NEW  YORK  CRITICS  SALUTE 

"THE  RAIDER" 

A   SEA -  THRILLER  IN 

TECHNICOLOR 

"****-  4  STARS      EXCITING." — Kate  Cameron,  New  York 
Daily  News, 

"THE  REALISM   ...   IS   IRRESISTIBLE,  HAS  AN  INDIVIDUAL  AND 
POWERFUL  APPEAL  ...  A  BRILLIANT  MOTION  PICTURE." — Howard 
Barnes,  New  York  Tribune. 

"VIVID  .  .  .  GRIPPING  .  .  .  SUSPENSEFUL  STORY  OF  ADVENTURE 

ON  THE  SEAS."  —  Bosley  Crowther,  New  York  Times. 

"A  MASTERPIECE  .  .  .  TOPS  IN  REALISM."  —  Alton  Cook,  World 
Telegram. 

'FEW  FICTION  FILMS  INCLUDING  OUR  CURRENT  GREATS  IN  GANG- 
STER LORE  ARE  MORE  THRILLING  .  .  .  EXCELLENT." — Archer  Win- 
sten,  New  York  Post. 

"PACKED  WITH  ACTION  .  .  .  ONE  OF  THE  BEST." — Rose  Pelswick, 
New  York  Journal- American. 

"BREATHLESS  EXCITEMENT  AND  TERRIFIC  SUSPENSE  .  .  .  ONE  OF 
THE  MOST  ENGROSSING  DRAMAS  YET  PRODUCED  .  .  .  DON'T  MISS 
THIS  MASTERPIECE  OF  FILM-MAKING."  —  Jesse  Zunzer,  Cue. 

VV  ("HIGHEST  RATING)  ...  A  SPELL  BINDING  SEA  ADVENTURE  .  .  . 
DONT  MISS  IT."  —  Cecilia  Ager,  PM. 

"AN  EXCITING  THRILLER."  —  Walter  Winchell. 

NOW  IN  ITS  THIRD  GREAT  WEEK 

RIALTO   TIMES  SQ.,  N.  Y. 

Variety  (Oct.  2, 1946)  "Rialto-(594  seats)-Great  $14,000 
and  Continues  Indefinitely -Doing  Remarkable" 

Distributed   in   the   United   States   and  Canada 

ENGLISH   FILMS,  INC. 

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MM  FORD 

. . .  straight  from  his  great 
success  in 


WHET  BLAIR 


. . .  revealed  as  a  new  heart- 
warming personality! 


ALIANT 
OURNEY 

. .  a  wonderful  love  story 
. .  a  great  motion  picture! 


with 


CHARLIE  HENRY 

RUGGLES  •  TRAVERS  •  LLOYD 

Original  screenplay  by  Byron  Morgan  and  William  A.  Well  man 
Produced  and  Directed  by 

WILLIAM  A. 

-     WELLM AN 


COLUMBIA 
PICTURE 


MOTIO 


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ICTURC 


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REVIEWS 

(In  Product  Digest) 

Margie 
Nocturne 
Deception 
The  Overlanders 
The  Chase 
Bringing  Up  Father 
Child  of  Divorce 
The  Magic  Bow 


BUYERS  INDEX 

1946  Fall  Product  Data 
and  Sources  of  Supply 


Small  Theatre 
on  Broadway 


Fire  Hazard  Inspection 


THE  SITUATION 

CI  Department  of  Justice  blasts 
company  decree,  say  they'll  take 
divorce  CJ  Attorneys  for  majors 
call  Griffith  victory  a  "new  con- 
cept"; U.  S.  to  appeal  C]  Auction 
selling  news  in  1914  CJ  National 
restrictions  delay  reopening  of 
foreign  market  CJ  Reade  circuit 
declares  war  on  local  checkers 
CI  "Television  now"  is  slogan  at 
infant  industry's   biggest  show 

"WHAT  THE  PICTURE  DID 
FOR  ME"-30  YEARS  OF  SERVICE 


THE  BOX  OFFICE  CHAMPIONS 


t;  OCTOBE, 


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a  year  in  the  Americas,  $10.00  a  year  Foreign.   Single  copy,  25  cents.    All  contents  copyright  1946  by  Quigley  Publishing  Company. 


M-G-M  Presents 
The  Topper  To  The  Great 
Van  Johnson  Musical  Hits! 

NO  LEAVE,  NO  LOVE" 

starring 

VAN  JOHNSON 

with 

KEENAN  WYNN 

PAT  KIRKWOOD 
XAVIER  CUGAT   •   GUY  LOMBARDO 

AND  HIS  ORCHESTRA  AND  HIS  ORCHESTRA 

and 

EDWARD  ARNOLD  •  MARIE  WILSON  •  LEON  AMES 

Original  Screen  Play  by  Charles  Martin  and  Leslie  Kardos 
Directed  by  CHARLES  MARTIN 
Produced  by  JOE  PASTERNAK 

A  Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer  Picture 


IRVING  RAPPFR  sc^rrc^rv=Tna"      HFNPY  RIMIKF 

111!  lllU    ll/ll  I  Ll\         Music  by  Erich  Wolfgang  Komgoid        Produced  by   I  ILIllVI  ULnllnL 


EVERY  DAY  ENHANCES  ITS  GREATNESS! 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD 


MARTIN  QU1GLEY,  Editor-in-Chief  and  Publisher 


Terry  Ramsaye,  Editor 


OP 


October  19,  1946 


TELEVISION  SITUATION 

THE  second  national  television  conference  and  exhibition 
in  New  York  last  week  made  it  evident  that  the  new 
medium  has  its  whole  career  considerably  ahead  of  it 
and  little  in  hand  beyond  some  highly  competent  but  expensive 
machinery  and  some  earnest  wishing. 

By  what  was  said  and  shown,  it  was  made  clear  that 
television  is  now  most  immediately  in  need  of  something  to 
say  and  show  and  an  audience  to  hear  and  see  it. 

It  becomes  evident  that  by  far  the  largest  interest  in 
television  is  among  those  who  hope  to  profit  by  its  exploita- 
tion; that  the  public  has  a  casual,  tired  sort  of  interest,  worn 
thin  by  a  decade  of  forecasts,  proclamation  of  miracle  to 
come  and  gusty  reports  of  internal  controversy. 

Television,  apparently  so  pregnant  with  promise,  remains 
today  for  the  owners  of  its  technology,  and  the  meager 
audience,  a  gadget,  a  decidedly  expensive  gadget. 

The  television  business  is  positively  impatient  with  itself. 
It  has  spent  some  millions  in  the  laboratory,  and  yet  its  real 
investment  period  has  only  been  begun. 

The  television  conference  had  word  of  that  from  Mr.  Edgar 
Kobak  of  Mutual  in  a  speech  remarking  that  the  time  had 
come,  now  that  millions  had  been  poured  into  the  inventions 
and  mechanisms,  to  spend  importantly  on  the  programs  to 
make  them  important — "to  sell  sets  and  keep  them  sold". 

Among  the  expressions  of  the  gathering  there  was  a 
casual  impingement  on  motion  picture  interest  in  the 
Bell  Telephone  Company  restatement  of  plans  for  coaxial 
cable  networks,  across  the  nation,  for  television  transmission. 
The  Telephone  company  is,  incidentally,  in  the  happy  position 
of  having  plenty  of  work  for  the  coaxial  cables  whether  there 
is  a  demand  from  television  or  not. 


THE  HOBLITZELLE  POLICY 

UNDER  the  fitting  title  of  "Forty  Years  of  Community 
Service",  a  handsome  little  volume  in  limited  edition 
has  been  issued  by  Interstate  Circuit  honouring 
Mr.  Karl  Hoblitzelle,  founder.  It  tells  the  story  of  his  rise  in 
showmanship  in  the  Southwest  and  records  the  application 
of  a  continuing  policy  of  relation  between  theatre  and  public. 

Mr.  Hoblitzelle's  first  problems  arose  with  vaudeville,  "from 
the  big  cities  of  the  North  and  East  where  such  lines  were 
taken  as  a  matter  of  course". 

"Keeping  the  show  clean,"  the  little  book  records,  "was 
not  only  tough  on  the  nerves  but  it  was  hard  on  the  pocket- 
book.  .  .  .  Occasionally  an  act  would  be  hired  at  a  fancy  price, 
only  to  find  it  couldn't  be  cleaned  up  enough  to  go  on.  The 
hard-and-fast  rule  was  to  pay  the  actors  off  and  send  them 
back  east. 

"Often  it  meant  we'd  have  to  stand  off  creditors  a  few 
days,"  Mr.  Hoblitzelle  observes,  "but  the  policy  brought 
families  to  our  theatres  who  wouldn't  have  come  if  we  had 
been  less  vigilant." 

Clearly  enough — down  all  those  forty  years,  the  status  of 
Interstate  shows  today — the  policy  paid  off.  The  showman  has 
become,  the  while,  a  leading  citizen  of  Texas. 


SPEAKING  of  poli  cies  and  codes,  one  finds  in  a 
New  Yorker  profile  article  on  Mr.  John  F.  Royal  of 
the  Nati  onal  Broadcasting  Company,  among  reminis- 
cences of  Keith-Albee  vaudeville,  some  discussion  of  policy 
and  show  mores.  It  is  recorded  that  Mr.  E.  F.  Albee  found  it 
necessary  to  establish  a  lot  of  rules  and  prohibitions  for  the 
protection  of  the  audience. 

The  article  includes  the  assertion  that:  "The  Albee  don'ts 
became  the  basis  for  the  Hays  movie  code." 

The  author,  Mr.  Alva  Johnston,  excellent  reporter  that  he 
is,  is  this  time  in  error.  The  motion  picture  industry's  Produc- 
tion Code  took  its  origin  entirely  and  independently  out  of 
experiences  of  its  own,  and  many  a  year  later. 


"SURE  ARE  TRYINC 


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WHILE  the  industry  proceeds  through  ordeals  of 
adjustment  to  a  world  scene  in  a  state  of  flux,  from 
recurrent  labour  squalls  in  Hollywood  to  trade  prac- 
tice legislation  by  the  Department  of  Justice  in  Washington, 
it  is  perhaps  appropriate  to  be  remembering  that  production 
continues — to  be  remembering  that  the  greatest  concern  of  all 
is  the  picture  for  the  customer. 

This  thought  has  been  brought  uppermost  for  today  by  a 
visit  to  the  home  office  by  Mr.  William  R.  Weaver,  our  Holly- 
wood editor,  these  many  years  experienced  in  the  art  and 
now  steeped  in  a  decade  of  Hollywood  and  pictures. 

Sitting  patiently  through  an  evening  laden  with  observations 
on  the  intricacies  of  industry  litigations,  politics  and  inter- 
national concern,  he  came  to  an  interlude  in  which  he  wanted 
to  talk  about  pictures  and  the  making  of  pictures.  From  him 
came  an  aggressive  discussion  of  the  earnest,  intensive  atten- 
tion that  the  picture  makers  give  to  the  product. 

Typical  glimpses:  the  indefatigable  David  Selznick  working 
around  the  clock,  with  a  twenty-four-hour  secretary  living 
literally  at  the  studio  office;  the  endless  minute  revisions  of 
"Duel  in  the  Sun".  Cecil  B.  DeMille  importing  a  great  birch 
tree  from  Pennsylvania  for  utter  authenticity  in  a  certain  scene 
of  his  pre-Revolution  story,  "Unconquered".  A  well-nigh  mad 
pursuit  of  realism  in  some  of  Hollywood's  pursuit  of  psychiatrics 
in  drama,  studies  in  riper  nuts.  The  headlong  quest  of  reaction 
tests  of  preview  audiences  with  electronic  devices  purported 
to  explore  consumer  acceptance  even  as  an  electro-cardio- 
graph might  record  one's  hope  of  longevity. 
"They  sure  are  trying,"  says  Mr.  Weaver. 

■  ■  ■ 

€ Since  plastics  have  so  recently  come  into  new  importance 
in  industry,  it  is  relevant  to  observe  that  the  motion  pic- 
ture with  its  nitro-cellulose  base  may  fairly  be  called  the  first 
great  plastic  art.  Research  goes  on  today  among  the  modern 
plastics  for  a  possible  new  base  for  films.  A  test  has  been 
made  with  nylon,  which  is  amazingly  enduring,  having  about 
three  times  the  projection  life  of  standard  film.  But  nylon  film 
is  highly  susceptible  to  moisture.  Then  there  are  the  vinylite 
resins,  which  produce  film  of  many  virtues,  but  it  cannot 
stand  heat.   No  miracle  changes  in  film  are  in  sight. 

— Terry  Ramsaye 


THIS  JVEJEK  IN  THE  NEWS 


Clearance  Revised 

FEDERAL  JUDGE  Michael  F.  Igoe  in 
Chicago  Wednesday  handed  down  a  decree 
calling  for  a  completely  new  clearance  sys- 
tem in  Chicago  to  implement  the  Jackson 
Park  decision  of  last  winter.  The  judge's 
decree  was  almost  the  same  as  that  which  he 
had  asked  Thomas  C.  McConnell,  lawyer 
for  the  Jackson  Park  theatre,  to  submit  to 
him.  Highlights  of  the  decree  are: 

No  picture  may  play  longer  than  two 
weeks  in  its  initial  (Loop)  run; 

No  picture  may  play  longer  than  one  week 
on  subsequent  run ; 

The  present  "dead"  time  of  three  weeks 
between  the  end  of  the  Loop  run  and  the 
start  of  "A"  week  in  outlying  runs  must  be 
eliminated ; 

Practice  of  moveovers  must  be  discon- 
tinued entirely ; 

Price  fixing  must  be  eliminated; 

Double  features  must  be  eliminated  when 
such  doubling  prevents  Jackson  Park  from 
obtaining  product  on  the  open  market. 

Miles  Seeley,  one  of  the  lawyers  for  the 
defendants,  said  the  decree  was  ambiguous 
since  it  told  the  defendants  what  they  could 
not  do  but  not  what  they  could  do. 

A  spokesman  for  the  Jeckson  Park  theatre 
hailed  the  victory  as  "one  of  the  little  fellows 
beating  the  big  fellows." 

The  defendants  were  to  have  gone  before 
Judge  Igoe  Thursday  to  ask  time  in  which 
to  make  adjustments  in  the  clearance  system. 
Defendants  are  Loew's,  RKO,  Paramount, 
Twentieth  Century-Fox,  Warners,  Balaban 
and  Katz,  and  Warner  Theatres. 

Still  to  be  disposed  of  is  Jackson  Park's 
$600,000  triple-damage  suit  for  damages  al- 
legedly sustained 'from  July,  1942,  to  July, 
1946.   This  suit  will  be  heard  by  a  jury. 


Chop  Licking 

THE  MOTION  PICTURE  Export  Asso- 
ciation has  withdrawn  its  product  from  the 
large  Toho  and  Shochiku  circuits  in  Japan 
which  have  failed  to  provide  a  sufficient  num- 
ber of  release  outlets  for  American  product, 
it  was  reported  Tuesday  by  Irving  Maas, 
MPEA  vice-president  and  general  manager. 

According  to  the  official  MPEA  release, 
"independent  exhibitors,  elated  over  the  dis- 
solution of  the  long-held  big-circuit  monop- 
oly of  American  distribution,  are  licking 
their  chops  in  anticipation  of  big  box  office 
dividends  from  choice  and  new  American 
product." 

The  two  circuits,  which  produce  as  well  as 
exhibit,  have  denied  MPEA  product  addi- 
tional outlets  on  the  grounds  that  such  re- 
leases would  be  at  the  expense  of  the  native 
industry.  Since  the  combined  production  of 
Toho  and  Shochiku  amounts  to  about  four 
pictures  a  month  they  will  have  to  rely  on 


JUSTICE  Department  blasts  decree,  pre- 
fers dismissal  Page  13 

GOVERNMENT  plans  to  appeal  Griffith 
trust  suit  verdict  Page  14 

FOREIGN  lid  pried  open,  but  the  market 
is  still  uncertain  Page  19 

ON  THE  MARCH— Red  Kann  in  comment 
on  industry  affairs  Page  22 

WHAT  the  Picture  Did  for  Me— Thirty 
Years  of  Service  Page  23 


AUCTION  Selling  is  not  new— and  a  1914 
cartoon  proves  it  Page  24 

BOX  OFFICE  Champions  for  the  month  of 
September  Page  25 

TELEVISION  rolls  up  sleeves,  ready  for  the 
big  plunge  Page  27 

NATIONAL  SPOTLIGHT— Notes  on  in- 
dustry personnel  across  country  Page  34 

HOLLYWOOD  strike  at  critical  point;  labs 
are  affected  Page  40 


SERVICE  DEPARTMENTS 

Hollywood  Scene 

Page  30 

IN  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 

In  the  Newsreels 

Page  42 

Showmen's  Reviews 

Page  3261 

Managers'  Round  Table 

Page  49 

Short  Subjects 

Page  3262 

Picture  Grosses 

Page  48 

Release  Chart  by  Companies 

Page  3263 

Short  Product  at  First  Runs 

Page  41 

Service  Data 

Page  3264 

What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me 

Page  46 

The  Release  Chart 

Page  3265 

reissues  to  keep  their  theatres  going,  MPEA 

believes. 

Charles  Mayer,  MPEA's  managing  direc- 
tor in  Japan,  reports  that  release  deals  have 
been  made  with  a  number  of  lesser  circuits 
in  the  country  including  the  45-house  Nik- 
katsu  circuit  now  releasing  MPEA  product 
in  11  of  its  theatres. 


Pictures.  Too 


NEW  YORK'S  Park  Avenue  theatre  will 
have  what  Park  Avenue  expects :  service  de 
luxe ;  variety  and  exchisivism.  The  Walter 
Reade  theatre,  on  a  subscription  basis,  New 
York's  only  such,  will  have,  when  it  opens 
soon : 

A  snack  bar. 

A  television  screen. 

Club  rooms  for  backgammon  and  cards. 

Art  exhibitions,  bi-weekly,  in  the  lobby. 

Art  receptions  and  lectures. 

A  beautician  in  the  ladies'  lounge. 

Expensive  cosmetics  for  feminine  patrons. 

And,  in  the  mezzanine — "love  seats." 


"Outlaw"  Out 

THE  three-theatre  Broadway  premiere  of 
"The  Outlaw,"  scheduled  for  October  26  at 
the  Rialto,  Gotham  and  Republic  theatres, 
has  been  cancelled  because  of  reported  high- 
pressure  advice  from  New  York  city  officials. 
United  Artists,  distributors  of  the  Howard 
Hughes  picture,  was  to  have  brought  action 
in  the  New  York  State  Supreme  Court 
Thursday  to  compel  fulfillment  of  the  ex- 
bition  contracts. 

Although  there  were  no  official  statements 
released,  it  was  reliably  reported  at  midweek 
that  the  bookings  were  cancelled  after  city 
officials  advised  the  Brandt  organization, 
operator  of  the  Gotham  and  Republic,  that 
numerous  complaints  had  been  received 
about  the  proposed  showings. 

An  official  of  the  National  Legion  of  De- 
cency, which  condemned  the  film,  said  that 
organization  had  made  no  official  protest. 


Picture  Music 

A  CONCERT  version  recording  of  the 
score  for  David  O.  Selznick's  Technicolor 
production,  "Duel  in  the  Sun,"  made  by 
a  90-piece  Boston  Pops  orchestra,  directed 
bv  Arthur  Fiedler  in  Boston  Symphony 
Hall,  has  been  released  by  RCA  Victor. 
This  is  the  first  time  that  Victor  Red  Seal 
Records  has  issued  an  album  devoted  ex- 
clusively to  a  motion  picture  score. 


More  Pockets 

WHAT  to  do  about  plane  space  when  women 
and  their  accessories  take  to  the  air  has  been 
somewhat  of  a  bother.  It  won't  be  any 
longer,  thanks  to  Miss  Frances  Langfdrd, 
film  actress,  who  became  a  grease  paint 
soldier  early  in  the  war.  Her  air  experience 
taught  her  that  women's  flying  togs  needed 
plenty  of  pockets,  particularly  around  the 
ankles,  for  lipstick,  powder  and  other  neces- 
sities. She  designed  one  providing  them. 
Jubilant,  the  Women's  National  Aeronauti- 
cal Association's  Los  Angeles  Chapter  en- 
dorsed her  patented  suit. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


Trouble 

N'lVEN  BUSCH,  author-director  of  "Pur- 
sued," which  he  is  producing  for  his  own 
Hemisphere  Company  in  association  with 
United  States  pictures,  is  learning  his  on- 
location  job  the  hard  way.  While  shooting 
near  Gallup,  N.  M.,  his  troupe  had  to  retreat 
to  the  old  Golden  West  Mine  because  a 
desert  storm  had  blown  down  several  fronts 
in  a  Western  street  constructed  for  the  film. 
This  was  followed  by  a  cave-in  of  the  mine 
entrance  and  a  lost  day  of  excavating. 
Teresa  Wright  (Mrs.  Busch)  star  of 
"Pursued,"  was  unable  to  speak  her  lines 
because  of  sore  throat  caused  by  desert  dust 
and  co-star  Bob  Mitchum  was  laid  up  with 
a  wrenched  hip  when  his  horse  threw  him. 


Festival  Fuss 

THE  RECENTLY  concluded  International 
film  festival  at  Cannes  .was  not  without  its 
asides  of  fussing  and  fuming — notably  be- 
tween a  Mr.  Kalatozov,  a  Russian  film 
representative,  and  Harold  Smith,  the  Mo- 
tion Picture  Export  Association  representa- 
tive. The  fuss  started  when  Maurice  Bessy, 
Motion  Picture  Herald  correspondent, 
published  an  interview  with  Mr.  Kalatozov, 
in  Le  Film  Francdis,  in  which  the  Russian 
delegate  declared:  "Why  do  you  (French) 
open  the  door  so  wide  to  American  pictures 
as  they  are  threatening  your  domestic  indus- 
try?   Why  don't  your  people  protest?" 

Then  Mr.  Smith,  remarking  that  the 
Americans  had  been  disappointed  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  festival  because  the  Russians 


No  palatial  showplace  is  Broadway's 
first  post-war  theatre,  but  rather  one  of 
interest  as  an  example  of  fitting  an  inti- 
mate type  of  house  into  a  high-rent  com- 
mercial section.  Among  the  uncommon 
methods  applied  to  it,  which  are  described 
in  the  BETTER  THEATRES  Section  of 
this  issue,  is  the  way  the  screen  is  mounted 
and  masked,  and  Ben  Schlanger,  who  was 
one  of  the  architects,  gives  an  illustrated 
explanation  of  it  in  his  department  "Specs 
and  Speculations." 

How  a  more  highly  developed  technique 
of  black  light  decoration  offers  a  new 
"tool  of  showmanship"  in  post-war  con- 
struction and  remodeling,  is  the  subject 
of  two  other  articles,  and  according  to  an 


had  organized  a  reception  during  the  night 
of  "Wonder  Man,"  came  back  with  this 
tart  answer :  "I  cannot  understand  why  an 
official  representative  of  an  Allied  country 
.  .  .  can  make  such  a  declaration  against  an- 
other Allied  country.  Neither  can  I  under- 
stand why  the  French  .  .  .  should  accept 
such  advice.  The  festival  is  an  excellent 
medium  to  promote  peace  between  countries 
and  I  therefore  am  astonished  to  read  this 
attack  on  our  productions.  Mr.  Kalatozov 
was  well  received  in  the  U.  S.  during  his 
visit  there  and  before  leaving  America  he  de- 
clared that  'after  Russian  films,  only  Ameri- 
can pictures  have  importance'.  I  am  of  the 
opinion  that  Mr.  Kalatozov  exceeded  the 
borders  of  your  hospitality." 


The  King's  Taste 

London  Bureau 

RENTERS  at  their  last  meeting  were  faced 
with  a  delicate  problem.  Next  spring  the 
King  and  Queen  pay  an  official  visit  to  South 
Africa,  sailing  in  H.  M.  S.  Vanguard.  The 
outward  voyage  is  planned  to  last  17  days; 
the  homeward  run  15.  One  of  the  King's 
equerries  has  enquired  officially  of  Frank 
Hill,  Kinematograph  Renters  Society  secre- 
tary, whether  he  could  supply  no  fewer  than 
30  films  in  16mm  stock  for  the  diversion  of 
the  Royal  Family  during  the  two  voyages. 
Renters  were  willing  to  immobilize  30  prints 
for  three  months,  but,  they  ask,  where  can 
they  get  30  new  prints  at  one  time  ?  Tactful 
enquiries  are  being  made  of  the  Royal  House- 
hold as  .to  which  older  films  their  Majesties 
might  like  to  see  again. 


announcement  of  Switzer  Brothers,  special 
literature  on  its  application  to  theatres  is 
now  available. 

Another  new  development  is  equip- 
ment which  brings  to  theatres  the  same 
methods  of  deodorization  and  air-freshen- 
ing, through  scientific  ozone  generation, 
that  has  long  been  widely  used  in  indus- 
try and  other  fields.  A  new  electronic 
carbon  feed  control,  and  a  new  method 
of  construction  ticket  issuing  equipment 
so  as  to  facilitate  servicing,  are  also  dis- 
cussed. 

Being  the  Fall  Buyers  Number,  this 
issue  of  BETTER  THEATRES  of  course 
contains  a  revised  edition  of  The  Buyers 
Index. 


PEOPLE 

Arthur  L.  Mayer,  managing  director  of 
the  Rialto  theatre  in  New  York,  was 
awarded  the  Medal  of  Merit  in  Washing- 
ton, Tuesday,  for  his  services  as  film  con- 
sultant to  the  War  Department  during  the 
war.  Mr.  Mayer  will  leave  for  Europe 
shortly  to  survey  American  Red  Cross  in- 
stallations. 

Ralph  B.  Austrian,  president  of  RKO 
Television  Corp.,  last  Saturday  left  for 
Mexico  City  to  inspect  the  new  RKO 
Mexican  motion  picture  studios  as  well  as 
several  television  enterprises. 

John  Davis,  managing  director  for  the  J. 
Arthur  Rank  Organization,  arrived  in 
New  York,  Tuesday,  from  London.  He 
will  spend  several  days  in  New  York  be- 
fore going  to  Canada  for  a  week. 

Larry  E.  Lashansky  has  been  named  as- 
sistant to  Bernard  R.  Goodman,  super- 
visor of  exchanges  for  Warner  Brothers, 
it  was  announced  Monday  by  Ben  Kal- 
menson,  vice-president  and  general  sales 
manager. 

Leo  M.  Devaney,  Canadian  head  of  RKO 
Distributing  Corp.,  of  Canada,  was  guest 
of  honor  at  a  luncheon  Monday  of  the 
Toronto  chapter  of  the  Kiwanis  Club 
where  he  presented  a  check  for  $2,724.46 
to  be  used  in  Kiwanis  charity  work. 

John  J.  Payette,  Warner  zone  manager  in 
Washington,  was  awarded  a  citation  Wed- 
nesday by  the  local  Board  of  Trade  for 
introducing  talking  pictures  in  Washing- 
ton in  1927. 

Renie  Riano,  star  of  Monogram's  "Bring- 
ing Up  Father,"  was  to  be  hostess  at  a 
cocktail  party  at  the  Warwick  Hotel  in 
New  York,  Friday  afternoon. 

Irving  Berlin,  song  composer,  will  receive 
the  Theodore  Roosevelt  Distinguished 
Service  Medal  for  1946  on  October  27  in 
New  York  for  his  contributions,  through 
his  musical  compositions,  in  aiding  the 
morale  of  service  men  in  both  wars. 

Robert  S.  Taplinger,  currently  associated 
with  Paramount  in  a  production  capacity, 
will  establish  five  of  his  own  offices  for 
public  relations  in  cities  both  in  this  coun- 
try and  abroad  by  Janaury  1. 

Neil  F.  Agnew,  vice-president  and  distribu- 
tion head  of  Vanguard  Films,  arrived  in 
New  York  by  plane  Monday  after  a  five- 
week  European  business  tour. 

Milton  Overman,  theatre  and  film  exploita- 
tion and  publicity  man,  has  been  named 
to  the  exploitation  staff  of  PRC  Pictures, 
beginning  October  21,  to  cover  Dallas, 
Tex.,  under  exploitation  manager  Lige 
Brien. 


IN  BETTER  THEATRES 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


THIS  WEEK 


the  Camera  reports: 


Barzacchl 


SARAH  CHURCHILL,  Winston's 
daughter,  and  Vittorio  Gussman,  as 
they  went  before  the  camera  at  the 
Universalia  Studio,  Rome.   The  picture  is 
"Daniele  Cortis".   Miss  Churchill  is 
also  appearing  in  a  British  film. 


THE  LAST  BOMB,  possibly.  At  the 
Washington  preview  of  the 
Warner  Technicolor  two-reeler, 
"The  Last  Bomb":  Robert  Smeltzer, 
mid-Atlantic  district  manager; 
Air  Forces  Generals  Carl  A.  Spaatz  and 
Curtis  E.  LeMay,  and  George  Crouch, 
the  company's  assistant  zone  manager. 


A  PLEASANT  TRIP  to  Mexico  is  bid 

N.  Peter  Rathvon,  in  Hollywood, 

by  Shirley  Temple.   Mr.  Rathvon, 

RKO  president  and  production  head,  is 

inspecting  the  company's 

Churubusco  Studio. 


IN  PHILADELPHIA,  at  the  Motion  Pic- 
ture Asociates  luncheon  to  Dave  Corson  of 
Columbia  and  John  Bergin  of  Paramount: 
Mr.  Corson,  Harry  Weiner,  Mr.  Bergin 
and  Ulrik  Smith. 


(N  CHEROKEE,  IOWA,  the 
meeting  of  the  Allied  ITO  of  Iowa 
and  Nebraska,  called  by 
George  March,  vice-president, 
standing  extreme  right.  In  the  front 
row  are  Howard  E.  Brookings, 
president;  Harry  J.  Lankhorst,  Jr., 
H.  G.  Zieg,  D.  C.  Henry  and 
Bick  Downey.    Rear  row,  seated, 
A.  C.  Meyrick,  E.  V.  Delaney, 
Allan  Banks,  D.  Lyle  Fie. 
Rear,  standing,  Harold  Klingman, 
Elmer  Wulf,  Elmer  Svendsen, 
Dick  De  Vries,  R.  D.  Klinefelter, 
W.  H.  Berg,  W.  G.  Horstman, 
R.  F.  Kehrberg,  Dale  Goldie, 
Dick  Arndt,  R.  H.  Phillips. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


by  the  Herald 

IN  NEW  YORK,  Tuesday  noon,  more  than   100  gathered  at  the 
Hotel  Astor  to  plan  a  Joint  Defense  Appeal  dinner  in  that  hotel, 
November  2  I ,  to  Barney  Balaban,  president  of  Paramount. 
Above,  at  the  speakers'  table:  Leonard  Goldenson,  Par- 
amount Theatres  head;  Jack  Cohn,  Columbia  executive  vice-president; 
Will  H.  Hays  and  Spyros  Skouras,  president  of  Twentieth  Century- Fox. 


Metropolitan  Photo 

WHEN  COLUMBIA'S  "The  Jol  son  Story"  opened  at 
Radio  City  Music  Hall,  New  York,  last  Thursday. 
Above,  Jack  Cohn,  Columbia  executive  vice-president, 
and  Mrs.  Cohn  greet  Mary  Pickford,  center,  in  the  lobby. 


Metropolitan  Photo 

CAMPAIGN  INSPECTION,  on  a  New  York  visit,  by  producer  Eddie 
Sutherland  ("Abie's  Irish  Rose"),  center,  shown  at  United 
Artists'  New  York  office  with  Tom  Waller,  UA  publicity  manager,  left, 
and  David  Weshner,  Crosby  Prod,  eastern  representative. 


PLANS  to  raise  $2,500,000  for  the  National  Arthritis  Foundation  were  discussed 
at  its  inaugural  dinner,  Monday  night,  in  New  York.  Above,  in  an 
informal  pre-dinner  pose:  Robert  Hannegan,  Postmaster  General;  Bob 
Hope,  toastmaster;  Spyros  Skouras,  president  of  20th-Fox,  dinner  chairman. 


SHOP  TALK  in  Canada.   Charles  Schlaifer, 
director  of  Twentieth  Century- Fox's 
advertising,  publicity,  exploitation  and  radio 
departments,  on  a  recent  vacation  visit 
chats  with  John  Adleson,  left,  owner  of 
the  Roxy  theatre,  St.  Agathe,  Montreal. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


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THE  YEARLING:  a  scene  from  the  MGM  picture  showing  two  of  its 
stars:  the  yearling  and  Claude  Jarman,  Jr. 


ADOLPH  ZUKOR 


ADOLPH  ZUKOR  II 


THERE  are  two  Adolph  Zukors  with  Paramount  Pictures 
Corporation  over  in  the  home  office  tower  that  looms 
above  Times  Square.  The  first  of  the  Adolphs  is  the 
chairman  of  the  board,  while  Adolph  II,  his  grandson,  is 
on  the  staff  of  the  foreign  department.  His  father, 
Eugene,  is  an  executive  of  the  studio.  This  comes  to 
mind  because  young  Adolph  II  the  other  day,  Octo- 
ber 9,  celebrated  his  twenty-first  birthday,  on  the  job. 
His  grandfather  turned  twenty-one  in  1894,  which  was 
the  year  the  motion  picture  was  born  in  a  peep  show, 
nine  years  before  he,  at  age  thirty,  was  to  discover  it; 
for  a  career.  The  pictures  show  both  Adolphs  at  age  21. 


kY  i 

By  the  Herald 

VISITORS  to  New  York— and  the  Motion  Picture  Herald 
office:  Morris  Loewenstein,  right,  Oklahoma  exhibitor 
leader,  and  John  Riesen,  radio  man. 


IN  FINLAND'S  capital,  Helsinki,  a  double  premiere  of 
Warners'  "Saratoga  Trunk",  commemorating  the  company's 
Twentieth  Anniversary  of  Sound.  The  picture  was 

shown  at  the  Capitol,  top,  and  Metropol. 


THE  DEAL  IS  SIGNED,  in  Hollywood.   Charles  Trenet,  popular 
.  French  singer,  looks  up  at  Bryan  Foy,  Eagle-Lion  vice-presi- 
dent in  charge  of  production,  as  Aubrey  Schenck. 
executive  producer,  watches. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946- 


JUSTICE  DEPARTMENT  BLASTS 
DECREE.  PREFERS  DISMISSAL 


Says  Majors'  Proposals 
for  Rules  Would  Void 
All  Goals  Set  by  Court 

Angered  by  the  proposed  decree  filed  by 
the  five  major  defendants  in  the  anti-trust 
suit,  the  Department  of  Justice  Monday  filed 
seven  pages  of  sharp  and  pointed  comment 
with  the  New  York  Federal  Court  unhesi- 
tatingly condemning  the  decree. 

Robert  L.  Wright  and  Philip  Marcus, 
special  assistants  to  the  Attorney  General, 
abruptly  rejected  the  validity  of  the  decree, 
saying :  "If  forced  to  choose  between  the  de- 
cree proposed  by  the  major  defendants  and 
a  decree  of  dismissal  we  should  unhesitating- 
ly oast  our  vote  for  dismissal." 

The  majors'  proposals  were  the  final 
straw.  There  is  now  no  doubt  about  the 
Department  appealing  the  case  to  the 
Supreme  Court.  Said  a  Department 
spokesman  in  Washington:  "We  intend 
to  appeal  in  order  to  get  complete  theatre 
divorcement  as  relief." 

While  the  court  was  under  attack,  by  in- 
direction, from  the  Justice  Department,  it 
was  also  attacked  frontally  by  the  Society 
of  Independent  Morion  Picture  Producers 
which,  representing  its  21  affiliated  members, 
Monday  petitioned  the  court  for  leave  to  in- 
tervene as  amicus  curiae  on  the  ground  that 
the  Independent  has  the  right  to  dispose  of 
his  product  as  he  sees  fit.  And  another  in- 
terested party,  the  Motion  Picture  Theatre 
Owners  of  America,  this  week  prepared  its 
petition  for  intervention  as  amicus  curiae. 

It  will  include  the  results  of  the  exhibitor 
poll,  will  favor  arbitration  by  industry 
people,  will  oppose  auction  bidding  and  ask 
the  court  to  forbid  practices  found  unlawful 
rather  than,  additionnally,  recommending 
new  trade  practices. 

CIEA  Files  Proposals 
With  Federal  Court 

Sweeping  proposals  embracing  the  prac- 
tice of  auction  selling  on  a  flat  rental  basis 
and  in  support  of  the  Government's  ban  on 
cross  licensing  proposal  were  made  to  the 
New  York  District  Court  Wednesday  by 
the  Conference  of  Independent  Exhibitor 
Associations  through  its  counsel,  Abram  F. 
Myers. 

Claiming  to  represent  independent  exhibi- 
tors in  30  states,  the  CIEA  filed  before  the 
court  as  amicus  curiae  on  hearing  on  the 
final  judgment.  CIEA  was  careful  to  peint 
out  in  its  brief  that  it  is  "completely  for 
divorcement"  and  urged  the  court  to  post- 
pone any  order  including  competitive  bid- 
ding pending  the  outcome  of  any  appeal. 

The  CIEA  brief  contained  a  seven  point 
plan  for  carrying  out  the  decree.  The  sug- 
gestions were : 

L  Competitive  bidding  to  be  effective 


Selznick  Asks  Court  Exemption 
For  Roadshows  on  "Duel 


i" 


Anxious  to  protect  its  $6,500,000  invest- 
ment in  "Duel  in  the  Sun",  David  O. 
Selznick's  Vanguard  Films  Tuesday  filed  a 
petition  in  the  New  York  District  Court 
asking  permission  to  be  heard  as  amicus 
curiae  in  the  anti-trust  suit. 

Since  Vanguard,  releasing  through 
United  Artists,  is  planning  to  roadshow 
"Duel",  beginning  December  15  at  Dallas, 
the  company  suggests  in  its  brief  three 
possible  remedies  to  safeguard  the  interests 
of  independent  producers  who  have  al- 
ready undertaken  expensive  pictures. 

The  company  advances  these  three  pro- 
posals: That  road  shows  be  exempted  from 
the  decree's  ruling  against  the  setting  of 
minimum  admissions  in  license  agreements 
if  certain  conditions  affecting  negative 
cost,  number  of  road  shows  and  admission 
prices  are  met;  that  the  court  exempt  from 


its  ruling  those  road  shows  which  are  dis- 
tributed by  the  three  non-theatre  owning 
defendants;  that  the  court  exempt  from  its 
judgement  the  road  showing  of  any  picture 
in  production  prior  to  last  June  II,  the 
date  of  the  court's  opinion.  "Duel"  was  in 
production  more  than  a  year  before  the 
court's  decision  was  given. 

The  brief  points  out  that  if  United  Artists 
or  any  other  defendant  distributor  were 
forbidden  from  licensing  costly  productions 
at  advanced  admissions  for  road  show, 
Vanguard  and  other  independent  pro- 
ducers who  are  not  parties  to  the  suit  would 
be  barred  from  road  showing. 

The  petition  said  the  negative  cost  of 
the  picture  prior  to  June  I  I  was  $5,500,000 
and  that  an  additional  $1,000,000  has  been 
spent  for  advertising,  with  another  $500,000 
scheduled  to  be  spent. 


must  be  accompanied  by  a  ban  on  gross 
licensing. 

2.  Competitive  bids  to  be  comparable 
must  be  on  a  flat  rental  basis. 

3.  Restricting  bidding  to  flat  rentals  will 
eliminate  the  evil  incidents  of  percentage 
engagements. 

4.  Films  should  be  offered  on  some  run 
and  on  reasonable  terms. 

5.  Competitive  bidding  if  it  is  to  prevail 
even  as  interim  relief,  should  be  made  as 
workable  as  possible. 

6.  Compete  divesiture,  not  competitive 
bidding,  and  effective  remedy. 

7.  Operation  of  the  final  judgment,  if 
it  involves  competitive  bidding,  should  be 
stayed  pending  the  outcome  of  an  appeal. 

Taking  strong  issue  with  the  defendants' 
right  to  retain  their  theatre  chains  and  cross- 
license  each  other,  Mr.  Myers  said  no  bid- 
ding system  could  possibly  work  under  such 
circumstances. 

"Any  claim  by  the  theatre-owning  de- 
fendants that  they  cannot  operate  their  thea- 
tres withou  cross-licensing  must  be  taken  as 
an  admission  (t)  of  the  magnitude  of  their 
distribution  monopoly,  and  (2)  of  the  feeble- 
ness of  the  competition  offered  by  the  inde- 
pendent first-runs  in  metropolitan  areas  who 
rarely  have  more  than  one  of  the  Big  Five 
products  and  often  have  none." 

In  argument  favoring  the  flat  rental  basis 
of  bidding,  Mr.  Myers  said  that  there  obvi- 
ously was  no  accurate  or  just  method  by 
which  the  higher  of  two  competitive  bids 
on  a  percentage  basis  could  be  determined. 

In  strong  support  of  the  fiat  rental  plan, 


CIEA  pointed  out  that  inclusion  of  the  plan 
in  final  decree  would  mean  that  the  rentals 
will  be  payable  "on  the  barrel-head"  and 
there  will  be  no  occasion  to  weigh  the 
responsibility  of  the  bidders. 

The  court  will  begin  to  hear  final  argu- 
ments on  the  case  Tuesday.  Monday  it  will 
consider  the  petitions  to  intervene  actively 
in  the  case  filed  by  American  Theatres  As- 
sociation and  Confederacy  of  Southern  As- 
sociations. 

The  CSA  filed  its  "Brief  in  Support  of 
Motion  for  Leave  to  Intervene"  with  court 
Wednesday.  Representing  23  petitioners,  it 
follows  the  proposed  draft  summarized  in 
the  September  28  issue  of  Motion  Picture 
Herald.  It  is  a  concentrated  attack  on  auc- 
tion selling  and  questions  the  court's  au- 
thority to  order  such  a  practice. 

Justice  Department  Analyzes 
Points  of  Majors'  Decree 

Rejecting  the  decree  proposals  of  United 
Artists,  Columbia  and  Universal  with  they 
"simply  call  for  dismissal  of  the  suit,"  the 
Department  noted  that  the  decree  filed  by 
the  five  majors  would  permit  Para- 
mount, MGM,  Twentieth  Century-Fox  and 
RKO  to: 

Retain  control  of  the  admission  price 
structure ; 

Assure  control  of  clearance  and  run ; 
Minimize  the  illegality  of  master  agree- 
ments ; 

Treat  profit-sharing  leases  "simply  as 
formal  deviations  subject  to  revision." 

(Continued  on  following  page,  column  3) 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


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THE  DECREE 


U.  S.  WILL  APPEAL 
GRIFFITH  VERDICT 


Counsel  for  Circuit  Hails 
Decision;  Grounds  for 
Appeal  Are  Studied 

The  Department  of  Justice  will  appeal  the 
Griffith  Amusement  Company  anti-trust  de- 
cision to  the  Supreme  Court.  Grounds  for 
the  appeal  had  not  been  formulated  at  the 
weekend,  according  to  Department  spokes- 
men, since  the  Government  wishes  to  see 
the  decision  first  before  deciding  on  the  type 
of  appeal. 

"The  attitude  of  the  Government  is  one  of 
suspicion;"  said  Judge  Edgar  S.  Vaught 
when  he  returned  his  "not  guilty"  verdict 
Wednesday  in  Oklahoma  City. 

Judge  Vaught's  decision,  containing  a 
careful  delineation  of  free  enterprise,  of 
what  is  normal  and  natural  in  the  business 
world,  was  praised  by  Griffith's  counsel, 
Henry  Griffing,  who  saw  the  decision  as 
a  "new  conception  of  the  Sherman  Anti- 
Trust  Act." 

Cites  Free  Enterprise 

Said  Mr.  Griffing  after  the  victory:  "The 
act  previously  has  been  interpreted  as  the 
fight  of  the  Government  to  regulate  and 
maintain  equality  among  competitors.  Judge 
Vaught  spoke  emphatically  in  terms  of  free 
competition  and  free  enterprise.  His  opin- 
ion differed  from  previous  Sherman  Act  rul- 
ings in  that  he  maintained  that  the  power 
of  opportunity  to  engage  in  restraint  of 
trade  did  not,  in  itself,  make  a  firm  hold- 
ing that  power  guilty." 

The  decision  is  of  great  importance  to 
the  trade  because  of  its  diametrically  op- 
posite position  to  the  New  York  decision. 
The  differences  will  not  be  resolved  until 
both  cases  are  studied  by  the  Supreme 
Court. 

Judge  Vaught  is  of  the  opinion  that  "if 
the  battle  of  competition  is  carried  to  its 
normal  conclusion  one  competitor  reaches  a 
point  of  ascendency  over  the  other  and  the 
losing  competitor  naturally  takes  a  second- 
ary position  or  is  completely  vanquished. 

Competitive  Contest 

"They  both  cannot  occupy  the  same  position 
in  the  contest  at  the  same  time.  It  is  a  com- 
petitive contest  and  there  is  no  rule  of  law, 
economics  or  business  that  can  strike  and 
maintain  an  even  balance  between  the  par- 
ticipants during  its  progress." 

It  was  the  defendants'  "privilege"  to  take 
advantage  of  the  opportunities,  the  Judge 
ruled,  and  "there  was  nothing  illegal  or  im- 
moral about  it,  merely  because  they  repre- 
sented large  interests  or  were  able  to  make 
large  deals.  The  evidence  shows  that  the 
licensing  was  all  arrived  at  by  barter  and 


trade  and  the  exhibitors  all  placed  upon  the 
same  footings." 

Continuing:  "The  attitude  of  the  Govern- 
ment," the  opinion  stated,  "is  one  of  sus- 
picion. Many  of  the  normal  and  natural 
occurrences  and  situations  are  given  a  sinis- 
ter meaning  and  argued  from  that  stand- 
point. The  proposition  of  what  'could  be 
done'  or  'might  be  done'  under  given  situ- 
ations is  argued  vigorously  (by  Govern- 
ment attorneys).  But  we  are  not  concerned 
with  that  approach.  Our  concern  is  what 
the  evidence  discloses  was  done  and  any  fair 
inferences  we  can  gather  from  those  acts 
regarding  the  intent  of  those  who  acted," 
Judge  Vaught  said  in  his  decision. 

Seattle  Trial  Opens 

In  other  anti-trust  action  this  week  a 
jury  was  selected  to  hear  an  anti-trust  case 
in  the  District  Court  at  Seattle,  Wash.,  in 
which  the  Theatre  Investment  Company  and 
the  Venetian  Theatre  Company  are  asking 
$518,235  in  treble  damages  from  13  distrib- 
utors, exhibitors  and  producers. 

The  complaint,  filed  last  November,  named 
as  defendants :  Columbia,  RKO  Radio,  War- 
ner Brothers,  Universal,  Loew's,  Para- 
mount, 20th-Fox,  United  Artists,  National 
Theatres,  Evergreen  Theatres,  Cascade 
Theatre,  Evergreen  State  Amusement  Cor- 
poration and  Fox  Theatres.  They  are  ac- 
cused of  conspiring  to  monopolize  interstate 
distribution  of  motion  picture  film,  suggest- 
ing admission  price  policies  in  all  Seattle 
theatres  and  refusing  to  distribute  film  to 
any  one  not  adhering  to  these  policies. 

The  trial  is  scheduled  to  last  10  weeks. 

Clark  Reelected  Chairman 
Of  Film  Carrier  Group 

Problems  relating  to  operation  and  dis- 
tribution services  of  film  carriers  were  dis- 
cussed at  the  Film  Carriers  Conference  in 
Chicago  October  9,  reported  J.  P.  Clark, 
Highway  Express,  Philadelphia,  who  was 
reelected  chairman.  John  Vickers  of  Char- 
lotte was  named  vice-chairman.  Carriers 
attending  included  Myer  Adleman,  Harold 
Shertz  and  Clint  Weyer,  all  of  Philadel- 
phia ;  Charles  lies  and  Harold  McKinny, 
Des  Moines ;  E.  E.  Jameson,  Kansas  City ; 
Earl  Goldberg,  Los  Angeles;  Harry 
Bridgeman,  Washington ;  Frank  Smith, 
Syracuse. 


Miss  Morris  to  Paramount 

Virginia  Morris  has  been  named  to  Para- 
mount's  publicity-advertising  staff  by  Curtis 
Mitchell,  director.  Miss  Morris,  formerly  in 
charge  of  trade  paper  advertising  for  Twen- 
tieth Century-Fox,  will  work  on  Para- 
mount's  advertising  projects  with  Stanley 
Shuford,  advertising  manager. 


(Continued  from  preceding  '  page) 

Eliminate  pooled  interests  only  after  fur- 
ther litigation ; 

Exploit  motion  pictures  at  advanced  ad- 
mission price ; 

Expand  control  over  exhibition  through 
further  acquisition  of  theatres. 

The  Department  would  rather  throw  the  | 
case  out  of  court  than  accept  these  terms. 

As  was  predicted  last  week,  the  Depart- 
ment is  in  favor  of  conducting  auction  sell- 
ing on  a  flat  rental  basis,  as  has  been  recom-  '] 
mended  by  the  Conference  of  Independent 
Exhibitors. 

Government  Sees  Majors 
Unwilling  to  Agree 

The  Government  declared  in  its  Monday  4 
notes :  "The  defendants  are  obviously  not  * 
disposed  to  adopt  the  one  simple  rule  un- 
der which  auction  selling  would  be  fairly 
conducted,  that  is,  the  requirement  that  all 
bids  be  in  terms  of  a  flat  sum. 

"Such  a  rule  would  mea"n  depriving  the 
distributors  of  the  right  to  audit  the  ex- 
hibitor's books  on  percentage  pictures  and 
thus  gaining  an  accurate  knowledge  of  his 
business,  which  gives  them  an  advantage  *in 
bargaining  as  to  future  terms. 

"The  alternative  to  a  flat  rental  system  of 
auction  selling  is  a  public  audit  of  the  re- 
ceipts of  the  winning  bidder." 

Then,  generalizing  again,  the  Department 
charged  that  the  companies'  proposed  decree 
"would  permit  the  defendants  to  continue 
unlawful  control  of  the  film  market  in  a 
form  which  gives  only  lip  service  to  prohib- 
itions which  the  (court's)  opinion  suggested 
might  make  the  market  free." 

The  five-theatre  owning  distributor  de- 
fendants have  each  submitted  supplemental 
proposed  findings  of  fact  and  conclusions  of 
law  to  both  the  court  and  the  Department 
of  Justice.  They  deal  with  conditions  ap- 
plicable to  the  individual  company. 

In  its  petition  to  intervene  in  the  suit, 
SIMPP  told  the  court  that  "independents 
have  a  clear  right  to  dispose  of  their  prod- 
uct upon  such  terms  as  they  see  fit." 

The  organization,  which  is  headed  by 
Donald  M.  Nelson,  petitioned  through  its 
attorneys,  Loyd  Wright,  James  M.  Barnes 
and  Morris  L.  Ernst  and  stated  that  the 
independent  producers  are  "innocent  of  any 
attempt  to  restrain  trade  or  foster  monop- 
oly." 

It  is  "matter  of  economic  necessity," 
SIMPP  pointed  out,  that  compels  the  in- 
dependents to  "use  the  defendants  as  dis- 
tributors— retaining  to  themselves,  however, 
control  over  the  terms  and  conditions  of  con- 
tracts made  with  exhibitors." 

SIMPP  Alarmed  Over  Failure 
To  Protect  Independents 

"The  organization  is  much  alarmed  at  "the 
court's  failure  affirmatively  to  protect  the  in- 
dependent producers"  and  thinks  that  this 
failure  "may  well  place  them  in.  a  worse 
competitive  position  vis-a-vis  the  defendants 
than  they  occupied  prior  to  the  institution 
of  the  present  action." 


14 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


.HENRY  FONDA  LIND 

WALTER  BRENNAN     Directed  by  JOr 
TIM  HOLT  and  Ward  Bond -A 
CATHY  DOWNS 


with 


Screen  Play  by  Samuel  G.  Engel  and  Winston  Miller  •  Baser 


To  set  it  living  bolder  . . . 
loving  harder!  Thrill- 
directed  by  John  Ford . 
of  Academy  Award 
winning  fame! 


nts  JOHN  FORD'S 


RNELL  VICTOR  MATURE 


•  Produced  by  SAMUEL  G.  ENGEL 

Dray -John  Ireland -Roy  Roberts-Jane  Darwell 

II  MacDonald  •  Russell  Simpson 

>y  Sam  Hellman  •  From  a  Book  by  Stuart  N.  Lake 


fcXPlODES  IN  THE  WEST! 


il 


SHOWMEN  OPEN 

WIDE  THOSE 
GOLDEN  GATES 
IN  100-THEATRE 
CALIFORNIA 
WORLD  PREMIERE! 


FOREIGN  LID  PRIED  OPEN  BUT 
MARKET  STILL  UNCERTAIN 


Push  World  Activities  as 
Compromise  Captures 
Some  of  Lost  Areas 

bv  RAY  LANNING 

The  industry's  high-level  foreign  sales- 
lien,  the  vice-presidents  of  the  international 
jranches  and  officials  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Association  and  the  Motion  Picture  Export 
Association,  have  succeeded  during-  the  past 
six  months  in  prying  open  the  European 
market  wide  enough  for  Hollywood  to  fight 
off  post-war  restrictions,  monopolies  and 
discriminations  and  to  take  on  some  sem- 
blance of  its  pre-war  state  of  health. 

But  although  Hollywood  has  many  of  its 
foreign  markets  back,  it  does  not  have  them 
all.  Some  of  them  it  has  recaptured  tenta- 
tively by  compromise.  Some  of  them  it  has 
not  recaptured  at  all. 

Increased  Concentration 
On  Foreign  Markets 

Today  there  is  an  increasing  concentra- 
tion on  foreign  markets  so  that  the  indus- 
try's wavering  position  abroad  may  be 
strengthened  and  advanced.  Witness  the 
long-projected  and  often-postponed  Euro- 
pean journey  of  MPA  president  Eric  Johns- 
ton, which  may  be  delayed  until  next  year ; 
the  frequent  overseas  trips  of  international 
department  officials;  the  increased  training 
programs  for  foreign  department  personnel ; 
the  plans  for  building  abroad ;  MPEA's 
deals  in  Czechoslovakia  and  Holland. 

The  problems  solved  to  date  have  been 
varied.  Just  as  varied  are  the  problems  that 
remain :  the  political  aspects  of  Russia's 
domination  of  the  Balkans;  exchange  prob- 
lems in  the  Scandinavian  countries  and  in 
Greece ;  release  schedules  in  Italy ;  quota 
problems  in  Britain  and  the  popularity  of 
Arabic  pictures  in  the  Near  East. 

A  swing  around  Europe  shows  these  prob- 
lems : 

In  Britain,  the  current  quota  laws  expire 
in  September,  1947.  Already  there  is  talk 
of  new  legislation  which  would  abolish  the 
renters'  quota  and  increase  the  exhibitors' 
quota.  Currently,  exhibitors  must  give  22}4 
per  cent  of  their  playing  time  to  British 
product.  British  producers  would  like  to  see 
this  quota  increased,  perhaps  to  as  much  as 
50  per  cent,  with  a  corresponding  cut  in 
American  playing  time. 

Portugal  Studies  Means 
Of  Protecting  Industry 

The  Portuguese  Government  is  currently 
studying  regulations  to  protect  its  film  in- 
dustry, although  reports  from  Lisbon  indi- 
cate that  the  American  companies  have  little 
to  fear  because  native  production  is  very  low 
at  this  time.  It  is  significant,  however,  that 
French  and  British  product  is  receiving  in- 
creased playing  time. 


MPEA  FOREIGN  AGENTS 
MEETING  NOV.  3-7 

Continental  managers  and  repre- 
sentative of  the  Motion  Picture  Ex- 
port Association  will  hold  their  first 
overseas  conference  in  Paris  Novem- 
ber 3-7.  Irving  Maas,  MPEA  vice- 
president  and  general  manager,  sails 
for  Europe  October  25.  The  Paris 
meeting  is  his  first  stop  on  a  six-week 
tour  of  MPEA's  European  countries. 
Attending  the  meeting  will  be 
Arnold  C.  Childhouse,  Holland; 
Morris  Goodman,  Germany;  Wolf- 
gang Wolf,  Austria;  Louis  Kanturek, 
Czechoslovakia;  Dr.  Nicholas  Palug- 
yay,  Hungary;  Nicholas  Cazazis, 
Rumania.  Mr.  Maas  will  visit  Amster- 
dam, Prague,  Budapest  and  Bucharest 
for  inspection  of  MPEA's  distribution 
facilities  and  will  visit  the  American- 
occupied  zones  in  Europe. 


There  is  still  no  definite  agreement  be- 
tween Spain  and  the  U.  S.  One  Spanish  pro- 
posal was  so  violently  protested  by  the  Span- 
ish producers  that  the  Government  with- 
drew it.  However,  State  Department  sources 
have  indicated  that  they  are  looking  for 
Spain  to  submit  a  new  agreement  which 
would  eliminate  export  requirements  and 
place  a  ceiling  of  approximately  150  releases 
on  exports-. 

The  U.  S.-French  agreement  was  formal- 
ized August  1  with  the  proviso  that  there 
would  be  no  restrictions  placed  on  the  Amer- 
icans. The  French  were  assured  of  four 
weeks'  playing  time  out  of  every  13.  This 
agreement  was  arrived  at  only  after  long 
argument.  Today  it  is  still  being  protested 
by  many  French  producers.  Payment  to  the 
U.  S.  companies  has  been  promised. . 

Italian  Market  Now  Is 
Flooded  with  Product 

The  Italian  market,  according  to  reports 
from  Rome,  appears  to  be  flooded  by  prod- 
uct, with  more  than  one  feature  a  day  in 
release  and  theatres  booked  until  next  spring. 
The  U.  S. -Italy  agreement,  which  was 
signed  in  June,  gave  the  right  of  distribution 
and  exhibition  to  the  American  companies, 
which  promised  to  exercise  discretion  in  the 
number  of  features  released.  Trouble  might 
arise  now  out  of  the  fact  that  the  market 
is  flooded.  The  Americans  are  not  permit- 
ted, under  the  agreement,  which  expires 
December  31,  to  take  any  money  out  of  the 
country.  The  State  Department  expects  that 
a  new  agreement  will  be  signed  which  will 
permit  the  American  companies  to  take 
money  out  of  the  country. 

In  the  Near  East,  in  Egypt,  Lebanon  and 
Syria,  America  is  losing  some  of  its  markets 
to  Arabic  pictures.    Once  dominant  in  these 


countries,  American  pictures  now  account 
for  only  35  per  cent  of  the  playing  time. 

It  took  a  compromise  for  the  Americans 
to  get  back  into  Holland.  After  fighting  the 
Dutch  trade  organization,  the  Bioscoop 
Bond,  with  charges  of  "monopoly,"  the 
MPEA  joined  the  Bond  and  will  release 
through  them  100  features  during  1947. 

MPEA  Competing  with 
Russia  in  Balkans 

In  the  Balkan  states,  the  MPEA  is  fight- 
ing Russia's  influence  and  state  monopolies. 
Only  in  Czechoslovakia  has  the  MPEA 
progressed  to  a  stage  where  it  is  releasing 
new  product  for  its  member  companies. 

The  Czech  agreement  calls  for  80  features 
and  shorts  to  be  distributed  in  the  country 
through  the  MPEA  during  1946-47. 

The  MPEA  currently  is  negotiating  with 
Poland,  which  nationalized  her  industry  dur- 
ing the  last  days  of  the  war.  In  Hungary 
and  in  Roumania,  the  MPEA  is  consolidat- 
ing the  position  of  the  American  companies 
and  releasing  what  American  pre-war  prod- 
uct remains  in  those  countries.  However, 
no  agreement  between  MPEA  and  these 
countries  has  been  signed  for  new  product. 
Hungary's  theatres  are  controlled  by  four 
political  parties.  The  Communist  Party  con- 
trols many  of  Roumania's  theatres. 

Unofficially,  it  is  reported  that  Bulgaria 
will  monopolize  its  film  industry.  MPEA 
negotiations  with  this  country,  then,  must 
wait.  Yugoslavia's  state  monopoly  reported- 
ly wants  150  American  features  but  does 
not  want  the  American  companies  to  have 
any  say  in  the  distribution  of  that  product. 

In  Greece,  the  situation  is  "satisfactory," 
according  to  an  MPA  spokesman,  although 
there  are  financial  difficulties  which  have 
hindered  distribution  of  American  pictures. 

Entry  into  the  Scandinavian  countries  has 
been  delayed  because  of  arguments  over 
rental  terms.  Both  Denmark  and  Norway 
have  banned  and  boycotted  U.  S.  product. 
Denmark's  16-month  ban  only  recently  end- 
ed and  American  distribution  there  began 
September  15.  Norway  boycotted  the  U.  S. 
over  percentage  arguments,  but  American 
releases  there  resumed  in  May. 

Chinese  to  Pay  $4,000,000 
Of  1945  Money  Due 

The  Chinese  Government  this  week  agreed 
to  pay  immediately  an  estimated  $4,000,000 
to  U.  S.  distributors  for  pictures  shown  from 
August  to  December,  1945,  according  to  a 
State  Department  announcement.  This  was 
the  first  break  in  the  long  discussions  which 
have  attempted  to  fix  a  formula  for  film 
rental  remittances.  Citing  the  agreement  as* 
"commendable,"  George  Canty  of  the  State 
Department's  Commercial  Policy  division 
said  American  representatives  are  now  work- 
ing with  the  Chinese  Central  Bank  for  a 
"permanent  agreement  on  remittances  to 
take  retroactive  effect  as  of  January  1,  1946." 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


19 


mm 


with 


eoe  SHAW  DAUN  KENNEDY 
ROBERT  (BUZZ)  HEN RY - JIM  DIEHL 
HUGH  PROSSER - LEONARD  PENN 

and  a  cast  of  hundreds 

Original  Screen  Play  by  George  Plympton, 
Harry  Fraser  and  Lewis  Clay 

Produced  by  SAM  KATZMAN 
Directed  by  DERWIN  ABRAHAMS 

A  COLUMBIA  SERIAL 


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DeS,S     „f  every  sho^— 


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ON    THE   MARCH  Universal  Takes 

by  red  icann  All  International 
Assets  for  Stock 


MATTHEW  WOLL,  a  vice-president 
of  the  AF  of  L  in  his  recent  lack- 
proof  charge  that  certain  well 
known  Hollywood  players  are  stooges  for 
Communist-front  organizations,  gave  this 
as  his  definition  of  what  makes  Hollywood 
party-liners  tick: 

'Ashamed  of  the  meaningless  roles  in 
which  they  are  cast,  oppressed  by  a  sense 
of  guilt  because  of  their  swollen  incomes, 
smarting  under  the  taunts  of  superior  but 
non-Hollywood  intellectuals,  these  world- 
savers  in  grease  paint  find  refuge  in  the 
Communist  Party  or  its  peripheral  organi- 
zations." 

Your  observer  has  spent  considerable  time 
in  Hollywood,  roaming  and  observing  at 
large  and  .also  very  specifically.  He  now 
asks  Woll  to  produce  evidence  tending  to 
prove : 

1; — Any  player  will  admit  his  or  her  role 
has  been  "meaningless"  or,  in  fact,  anything 
less  than  a  major  contribution  to  The  Art. 

2. — The  residents  of  that  lush  countryside 
are  oppressed  by  any  guilt  over  swollen  in- 
comes when  all  of  them  think  they  ought 
to  be  getting  more. 

Generalities  usually  glitter.  Woll's  don't 
even  glint. 


One  of  the  most  forthright  letters  to 
reach  this  desk  is  a  communication  from 
Guy  S.  Abbott,  whose  theatres  are  the 
Arlington  at  Arlington  and  the  Lake  at  Wil- 
low Lakes,  South  Dakota.  He  delves  deeply 
into  the  philosophy  of  the  grass  roots  with 
this: 

"My  observations,  gained  from  34  years 
in  the  small-town  theatre,  convince  me  that 
pictures  based  on  sensational  themes,  such 
as  those  which  would  be  made  on  narcotics, 
are  the  type  of  show  which  is  no  good  for 
the  small  town  operator  who  has  to  live 
with  his  patrons  every  day.  This  type  of 
picture  is  no  credit  to  the  industry  and,  es- 
pecially, a  cycle  which  we  will  have  once 
they  are  started.  We  are  at  present  stag- 
gering under  an  overstuffed  cycle  of  murder 
pictures  which  is  handicap  enough  for  one 
industry.  If  they  will  just  give  me  plenty 
of  good,  clean,  wholesome  entertainment — 
the  kind  the  whole  family  will  come  to,  the 
kind  that  causes  some  of  them  to  stop  on 
the  way  out  and  say,  'That  was  sure  a  fine 
show  tonight,  Mr.  Abbott' — that's  all  I  ask. 
They  can  give  my  share  of  the  sensationals 
to  the  16  millimeter  boys." 


The  mail  also  brings  this,  from  Nat  San- 
ders of  English  Films,  Inc. : 

"I  read  with  considerable  interest  "On  the 
March"  in  last  week's  Herald  in  which  you  re- 
fer to  British  pictures  and,  particularly,  'Brief 
Encounter'  now  playing  at  the  Little  Carnegie. 

"Along  the  same  lines,  I  would  like  to  refer 
you  to  the  British  sea  film,  'The  Raider,'  now 
in  its  third  week  at  the  Rialto,  Times  Square. 


In  its  initial  two  weeks,  this  film  has  grossed 
$25,000  in  a  594-seat  house,  playing  to  audi- 
ences that  have  consistently  patronized  this  the- 
atre for  thrills  and  action  pictures.  A  modest 
newspaper  advertising  budget  and  word-of- 
mouth  are  carrying  this  film  into  its  fourth 
week  at  this  writing. 

"The  audience's  reaction  was  surprising. 
There  have  been  no  beefs,  gripes  or  refunds 
during  the  engagement,  despite  the  fact  that  the 
film  is  British. 

"Thanks  for  the  boost  to  British  films.  We 
have  always  believed  the  public  will  go  and  see 
a  good  picture  regardless  of  whether  it  is  Brit- 
ish or  American." 

British  or  American  or  any  other  country 
of  origin,  for  that  matter.  It's  not  geog- 
raphy that  counts,  hut  competency — com- 
petency in  story,  direction,  casts,  etc. 


The  business  of  standing  in  rugged  isola- 
tionism among  New  York  critics  goes  to 
Bosley  Crowther  once  more,  this  time  for 
his  New  York  Times  review  of  "The  Jolson 
Story."  He  called  it  a  "fat  and  fatuous 
tale"  which  was  "more  a  phonographic  than 
photographic  job."  His  associates  called 
it  something  else.  To  wit:  Daily  Mirror — 
"This  magnificent  picture."  Daily  News — 
-Mt-Mt,  Evening  Journal — "A  film  musical 
that  has  everything."  Herald-Tribune — 
"...  essentially  a  testament  to  the  excite- 
ment of  show  business  and  the  appeal  of 
popular  melodies.  As  such,  it  is  a  captivat- 
ing screen  musical."  PM — "  ...  a  great 
experience  for  the  audience."  Post — "  .  .  . 
one  of  the  better  musical  film  biographies 
of  recent  years."  Sun — "The  results  .  .  . 
are  very  good  indeed." 


Boh  Goldstein  has  a  funny  switch  on  the 
traditional  story  of  hoiv  the  pictures  are 
knockouts  when  they  leave  Hollywood  but 
seem  to  go  sour  on  the  long  train  trip  into 
New  York.  This  teas  before  Constellations, 
of  course. 

"It's  that  Indian  who  sits  in  the  station  at 
Albuquerque.  He  re-edits  'em  while  they're 
refueling  The  Chief." 

Fun  Department:  Closest  friend  of  a 
banker  was  a  producer.  Banker,  arranging 
a  social  evening,  learns  his  producer  friend 
can't  make  it.    "I  have  a  story  conference." 

"What's  a  story  conference  ?,"  asked  the 
banker. 

"We  all  sit  around,  plan  and  decide  what 
we're  going  to  put  in  the  picture.  It's  routine 
in  the  business,"  was  the  explanation. 

"You  mean  all  those  pictures  made  in 
Hollywood  are  actually  premeditated  ?" 

Definition  of  a  conference,  film  or  other- 
wise, as  per  Paul  N.  Lazarus,   Sr. : 

"Where,  as  individuals,  they  decide  they 
can  do  nothing.  Where,  as  a  group,  they 
decide  nothing  can  he  done." 


Universal  Pictures  Company,  Inc.,  ha 
agreed  to  acquire  all  of  the  property,  asset 
and  business  of  International  Pictures  Cor 
poration,  subject  to  liabilities  of  Interna 
tional,  in  exchange  for  280,000  shares  o 
Universal  common  stock,  it  was  reportec 
Monday  from  Philadelphia,  where  a  cop] 
of  the  agreement  and  plan  of  the  company': 
reorganization  was -filed  with  the  Securitie: 
and  Exchange  Commission. 

[Universal  common  closed  Monday  nigh 
on  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange  a 
$31.50;  280,000  shares  would  be  valued  ai 
$8,820,000]. 

The  reorganization  plan  was  dated  Au- 
gust 6,  but  had  been  announced  about  z 
week  previously.  It  called  for  a  merging 
of  the  production  activities  of  Universal  anc 
International  into  a  new  company,  Universal 
International  Production  Company,  and  for 
the  dissolution  and  absorption  of  United 
World  Pictures. 

The  announced  agreement  is  subject  to  re- 
duction to  125,000  shares  when  Universal 
delivers  to  International  waivers  of  its 
rights  as  the  owner  of  the  preferred  and 
Class  A  of  the  common  stock  of  Interna- 
tional. 

The  agreement  further  provides  for  an 
exchange  by  International  of  the  280,000 
shares  of  Universal  common  stock  in  the 
following  proportion :  30,000  to  Universal 
as  the  owner  of  International's  preferred 
stock;  62,500  to  William  Goetz  and  62,500 
to  Leo  Spitz,  operating  heads  of  Interna- 
tional, as  owners  of  the  Class  B  stock.  The 
agreement  calls  for  the  dissolution  of  Inter- 
national. 

The  reorganization  plan  has  not  yet  gone 
through,  but  it  is  expected  that  all  of  the 
280,000  Universal  shares  will  be  issued  and 
that  upon  the  liquidation  of  International, 
Universal  will  receive  155,000  shares  of  its 
common  stock  in  exchange  for  its  stock 
ownership  in  International. 

In  the  agreement,  as  filed,  the  Interna- 
tional stockholders  represent  that  the  stock 
of  the  company  to  be  received  by  them  upon 
liquidation  of  International  will  be  used  for 
investment  purposes  only  and  will  not  be 
distributed  or  offered  for  resale. 


Twentieth  Century- Fox  Stages 
Two  Premieres  October  16 

Twentieth  Century-Fox  staged  two  world 
premieres  Wednesday,  October  16,  one  at  the 
Roxy  in  New  York  for  "Margie,"  and  the 
other  at  the  Fox  in  San  Francisco  for  "My 
Darling  Clementine."  An  extensive  radio 
campaign,  augmenting  a  record  newspaper 
advertising  and  publicity,  was  used  well  in 
advance  of  both  premieres.  "Margie"  stars 
Jeanne  Crain  and  Glenn  Langan.  "My 
Darling  Clementine"  is  a  John  Ford  produc- 
tion starring  Henry  Fonda. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me; 


THIRTY  YEARS  OF  SERVICE 


THIS  week  Motion  Picture  Herald  com- 
memorates the  thirtieth  anniversary  of 
the  founding  of  the  What  the  Picture 
)id  for  Me  department,  the  first  and 
jldest  forum  of  exhibitor  opinion.  Today, 
after  three  decades,  it  is  predominant  in 
hat  function. 

In  the  thirty  years,  which  began  with  a 
Dage  of  twenty-eight  reports  on  pictures 
Tom  seven  showmen,  October  14,  1916, 
■he  department  has  carried  something 
more  than  280,000  separate  reports  on 
picture  performances  in  theatre  engage- 
ments, written  by  nearly  eight  thousand 
showmen,  past  and  present. 


Well  near  the  whole  history  of  the 
feature  drama  is  covered  in  those  reports, 
rhe  feature  development  was  just  well 
jnder  way  then.  Stars  far  outranked 
itories  then  in  the  eyes  of  the  exhibitor 
and  his  patrons.  An  examination  of  the 
departmental  reports  for  that  natal  year 
sf  the  department  finds  the  exhibitors  by 
weight  of  reports  and  approvals  indicated 
f-he  top  rank  entertainers  as:  William  S. 
Hart,  Mary  Pickford,  J.  Warren  Kerrigan, 
Anita  Stewart,  Tom  Mix,  Charles  Chaplin, 
vVilliam  Farnum,  Francis  X.  Bushman, 
Beverly  Bayne,  Douglas  Fairbanks,  Wallace 
Reid,  Frank  Keenan. 


Triangle  Film  Corporation,  with  D.  W. 
Griffith,  Thomas  H.  Ince  and  Mack  Sen- 
nett,  the  triumvirate,  was  contesting  leader- 
ship with  the  newly  formed  alliance  entitled 
Famous  Players- Lasky,  which  had  brought 
together  Adolph  Zukor,  Jesse  L.  Lasky, 
Cecil  B.  DeMille  and  Sam  Goldwyn. 
Metro,  under  Richard  Rowland,  loomed 
large  on  the  scene,  with  Harold  Lockwood 
and  May  Allison.  Lewis  J.  Selznick  was 
building  with  the  star  value  of  Clara  Kim- 
ball Young  for  a  cornerstone.  William  Fox 
and  Winfield  Sheehan,  moving  from  "pro- 
gram" to  feature,  had  Theda  Bara  and 
William  Farnum.  General  Film,  Universal 
and  Mutual,  three  old  line  program  con- 
cerns, were  variously  trying  to  serve  the 
old  order  and  adopt  the  new.  There  was 
a  flood  of  product  short  and  long  and 
wide  variances  in  quality — with  plenty  for 
the  exhibitor  to  talk  about. 


The  pithy  humour  of  the  exhibitor  has 
from  the  beginning  shone  through  the 
flow  of  serious  observation  and  construc- 
tive comment.  There  have  been  few  issues 
that  have  not  had  a  laugh  in  them.  The 
department  has  readership  around  the 
world  and  contributors  frequently  get 
international  attention  and  fan  mail  from 
their  contemporaries  overseas.    There  is 


also  a  wide  readership  in  the  Hollywood 
production  community  and  among  the 
newspaper  correspondents  and  columnists 
dealing  with  the  screen.  It  is  continuously 
and  appreciatively  quoted. 

Among  the  memories  is  a  blithe  ex- 
change that  arose  between  Roy  Adams, 
Michigan  exhibitor,  and  Charles  MacArthur, 
famed  playwright,  more  than  a  decade  ago. 
Mr.  MacArthur  had  read,  to  his  displeasure, 
some  comment  from  the  exhibitor  pertain- 
ing to  "The  Scoundrel". 


Mr.  MacArthur  was  right  proud  of  "The 
Scoundrel"  and  tossed  off  what  he  intended 
as  a  rebuke  to  Mr.  Adams.  The  reply  was: 
"Your  letter  is  so  much  more  entertaining 
than  your  picture  I  am  exhibiting  it  in 
the  lobby." 

The  sharpest  words  from  the  department 
to  be  remembered  by  the  editors  came 
from  an  exhibitor  of  the  long  ago  who 
wrote:  "The  picture  was  so  bad  that  after 
the  first  reel  I  put  it  back  in  the  can  and 
ran  a  roll  of  tickets  instead." 

A  survey  of  the  thirty  years  finds  a 
continuous  winnowing  and  reporting  of 
experience,  sharply  demanding  but  friendly 
to  the  product  out  of  which  the  business 
is  made.  The  average  represents  approval, 
with  variations. 


Western  Sales  Meeting 
Scheduled  by  RKO 

Robert  Mochrie,  RKO  Radio  vice-presi- 
ient  in  charge  of  domestic  distribution,  will 
preside  at  a  western  district  sales  meeting  in 
San  Francisco,  October  23-24.  Others  in  at- 
tendance will  be  Walter  Branson,  western  di- 
vision sales  manager;  J.  H.  Maclntyre, 
western  district  manager,  and  the  following 
branch  managers :  H.  C.  Cohen,  Los  An- 
geles; N.  P.  Jacobs,  San  Francisco;  E.  A. 
Lamb,  Seattle;  J.  P.  Smith,  Portland,  and 
VVilliam  Zimmerman,  New  York. 


Dismiss  Everson's 
Clearance  Complaint 

The  American  Arbitration  Association 
has  dismissed  a  clearance  complaint  filed 
against  Paramount,  Warners,  Twentieth 
Century-Fox,  Loew's  and  RKO  Radio  by 


Fred  Everson,  operator  of  the  Williamson 
theatre,  Williamson,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Everson 
had  asked  that  product  be  made  available 
to  him  at  the  same  time  it  went  to  the 
Strand,  Talmyra,  N.  Y. 

Warner  Field  Men  Hold 
New  York  Meeting 

Warner  Bros,  public  relations  eastern 
field  men  met  at  the  home  office  last  week 
end  to  discuss  campaigns  on  the  forthcom- 
ing "Deception,"  "Never  Say  Goodbye"  and 
"The  Verdict,"  screenings  of  which  were 
shown.  Conferences  on  promotional  plans 
were  held  with  Larry  Golob,  eastern  pub- 
licity director,  and  William  W.  Brumberg, 
field  staff  manager.  Those  attending  were 
Art  Moger  and  Phil  Spiegel,  Boston; 
George  Fishman  and  Richard  Stephens, 
Buffalo;  Herb  Pickman,  New  York. 


Zimbalist  Press  Book 
Editor  for  PRC 

Al  Zimbalist,  formerly  advertising  and 
publicity  director  for  Film  Classics,  begins 
his  new  duties  as  press  book  editor  of  PRC 
Pictures  October  21,  Arnold  Stoltz,  na- 
tional director  of  advertising  and  publicity, 
has  announced.  Mr.  Zimbalist  has  been  en- 
gaged in  publicity  and  exploitation  for  RKO 
Theatres  and  for  Warners'  Philadelphia 
theatres.  His  earliest  experience  in  the 
motion  picture  business  was  when  he  op- 
erated the  Ritz  Theatre  in  Lindhurst,  N.  J. 


Lyon  Circuit  Adds  Two 

The  Delta  and  Elco  theatres,  Portsmouth,. 
Va.,  have  been  added  to  the  Lyon  Theatre 
Circuit,  Frank  L.  Fowler,  general  manager 
for  Hal  J.  Lyon,  has  announced. 


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FROM  NEW  YORK  WORLD,  JULY  12,  1914- 


The  Latest—Movies  at  Auction. 

You  Can  Drop  in  at  the  Film  Mart  and  Bid  on  "His  Lost  Bride    in  Three  Parts  and  Perfect  Condition. 
There  Are  Millions  of  Feet  of  Film  on  the  Market  and  Tragedy  and  Comedy  Are  Under  the  Hammer. 


AUCTION  selling  new?  Not  at  all.  Films 
were  on  the  auction  block — -single  sales, 
theatre  by  theatre,  highest  bidder  and  all — 
as  far  back  as  1914.  On  a  July  afternoon  in 
that  year  any  exhibitor  could  have  stopped 
by  New  York's  Film  Mart  at  130  West  46th 
Street  and  put  in  a  bid  for  "His  Lost  Bride," 
guaranteed  perfect  and  in  three  parts. 

The  scene  of  the  first  auction  sale  of  mo- 
tion pictures  is  shown  above,  reproduced 
from  the  first  page  of  the  Metropolitan  Sec- 
tion of  the  old  New  York  World,  the  issue 
of  Sunday,  July  12,  1914.  Leon  J.  Bam- 
berger, now  a  RKO  executive  and  pictured 
above,  was  the  Film  Mart's  exploitation  man 
responsible  for  the  front  page  publicity. 

Theatre  managers  from  New  York's  five 
boroughs,  jobbers'  supply  agents  and  state 
rights  men  attended  the  auctions.  The  pic- 
tures were  sold  for  a  particular  run  in  a 
particular  zone  on  a  flat  rental  basis  with 
most  of  the  product,  however,  going  to  state 


rights  men.  Only  new  independent  product, 
both  foreign  and  domestic,  was  put  on  the 
block. 

In  1914  auction  selling  had  not  been  de- 
creed by  the  court.  The  World  explains  it 
this  way :  "The  picture  business  has  been  go- 
ing mighty  swift  recently.  There's  an  army 
of  scenario  writers  producing  heart-throb 
stuff,  tragedy,  comedy  and  headaches.  Com- 
panies by  the  hundreds  are  turning  out  mil- 
lions of  feet  of  shows.  Naturally  there's  a 
film  glut  and  naturally,  too,  somebody  had 
to  jump  in  with  a  big  business  scheme  to 
work  off  the  surplus  and  ease  the  market." 

The  auctioneer  banged  his  gavel  on  top  of 
the  piano.  A  girl  pianist  touched  a  senti- 
mental chord  and  "The  Bohemian  Girl"  ap- 
peared on  the  screen. 

"Everyone  can  see  that  she's  in  prime  con- 
dition. How  much  am  I  offered?"  cried  the 
auctioneer. 

She  was  sold  for  six  cents  a  foot. 


PRC  Pre-Testing 
Film  Promotion 


PRC  has  inaugurated  a  policy  of  pre-test- 
ing  its  exploitation  campaigns  for  selling  its 
top  pictures.  Under  the  plan  worked  out  by 
Harry  H.  Thomas,  president  and  general 
sales  manager,  field  and  exploitation  repre- 
sentatives will  map  trial  campaigns,  designed 
for  theatres  operating  on  a  modest  budget, 
to  sell  quality  pictures  in  selected  localities. 
The  results  of  the  campaigns  will  then  be 
made  available  to  all  exhibitors. 

The  first  test  was  held  recently  in  Atlantic 
City  for  the  showing  of  "Her  Sister's 
Secret."  The  second  was  in  Washington, 
where  the  picture  opened  October  10.  The 


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third  was  scheduled  for  Cincinnati,  where 
the  picture  was  to  have  opened  October  18. 

In  Atlantic  City,  chosen  because  of  its 
representative  population,  the  test  was  a  dis- 
tinct success— attested  to  by  the  fact  that  the 
picture  opened  to  two  and  a  half  times  nor- 
mal business,  according  to  PRC,  despite  bad 
weather.  The  campaign  used  press  book 
ads,  radio  spot  announcements  and  a  news- 
paper contest  tieup  with  a  leading  florist. 

In  Washington,  the  campaign  was  based 
almost  entirely  on  newspaper  advertising 
with  little  or  no  radio  expenditures.  The 
Cincinnati  campaign  was  to  have  concen- 
trated on  exploitation  and  local  tieups. 

Douglas  Netter,  former  assistant  mana- 
ger of  PRC's  New  York  exchange,  has 
been  named  to  head  a  newly  organized  de- 
partment handling  non-theatrical  accounts, 
it  has  been  announced. 


Reade  Theatres 
Enforce  Ban  an .  j 
Local  Checkers 


The  practice  of  allowing  local  checkers 
into  Walter  Reade  theatres  has  officially 
been  discontinued  and  a  number  of  local 
checkers  have  been  asked  to  leave  the  thea- 
tres, a  spokesman  for  the  circuit  said  in  New 
York  Tuesday. 

Walter  Reade,  Jr.,  who  made  known  the 
circuit's  stand  at  a  managers  meeting  last 
week,  said  that  he  had  sent  a  letter  to  the 
heads  of  the  distribution  companies  18 
months  ago,  seeking  to  have  only  out-of- 
town  checkers  assigned  to  cover  percentage 
engagements  at  the  25  Reade  theatres  in 
New  York  and  New  Jersey,  but  that  he 
finds  companies  still  trying  to  establish  the 
fact  that  they  can  have  anyone  they  choose 
check  a  percentage  engagement. 


Cites  Pending  Ordinance 

Among  developments  prompting  the  pres- 
ent stand,  Mr.  Reade  said,  was  the  intro- 
duction of  a  pending  city  ordinance  in  Mor- 
ristown,  N.  J.,  under  which  the  annual  thea- 
tre license  fee  would  be  increased  from  25 
cents  to  $1  per  seat.  This,  he  said,  can  be 
attributed  at  least  in  part  to  the  fact  that 
"local  information"  as  the  film  grosses  "is 
disseminated  and  exaggerated."  Danger  of 
such  dissemination  would  be  reduced  to  a 
minimum  if  the  checkers  were  sent  from 
town  to  town,  according  to  Mr.  Reade,  who 
added  the  circuit  has  no  objection  to  this 
practice. 

Mr.  Reade  pointed  out  that  the  circuit's 
ban  on  local  checkers  would  not  be  entirely 
hard-and-fast,  at  least  in  the  beginning. 

Confidential  Reports,  Inc.,  the  checking 
service  used  by  Paramount,  RKO  Radio, 
Warners,  Twentieth  Century-Fox,  United 
Artists,  Universal,  Columbia  and  Republic, 
has  been  making  an  effort  to  use  out-of- 
town  checkers  whenever  possible. 

On  Monday  it  was  reported  from  Duluth, 
Minn.,  that  local  checkers  employed  by 
CRI,  and  MGM's  action  in  using  the  Wil- 
mark  Detective  Agency  to  blind  check  thea- 
tres received  a  thorough  going-over  by  20 
area  independent  exhibitors  at  a  regional 
meeting  at  the  Duluth  Hotel.  The  meeting 
was  called  by  North  Central  Allied  with 
Clarence  Kaake,  Duluth  exhibitor,  presid- 
ing, and  Don  Swartz,  NCA  executive  sec- 
retary, spokesman  for  the  Minneapolis  unit. 

Some  Complaints  Filed 

Mr.  Swartz  said  that  a  number  of  com- 
plaints were  filed  at  the  Duluth  meeting 
"following  the  same  pattern  we  have  en- 1 
countered  at  every  regional  meeting." 

Attacking  distributors  for  alleged  opera- 
tion without  a  national  or  zone  sales  policy, 
Mr.  Swartz  said  it  was  revealed  at  the  meet- 
ing that  the  same  pictures  had  been  sold  flat 
in  some  situations  that  were  designed  as 
percentage  films  in  other  theatres. 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


*athe  Sets  Deal 
To  Process  All 


Box  Office  Champions  for 
The  Month  of  September 


Universal  Films 

lEastern  Film  Laboratories,  subsidiary 
i  Pathe  Industries,  Inc.,  has  closed  a  long 
jrra  exclusive  contract  with  Universal  for 
I  processing  and  printing,  it  was  an- 
»unced  last  Friday  by  Robert  W.  Purcell, 
nard  chairman  of  Pathe. 
At  the  same  time  he  announced  that  con- 
ruction  of  a  new  building  to  provide  the 
jcessary  enlarged  quarters  for  Eastern 
ilm  Laboratories  was  approved  by  the 
athe  board.  The  building  will  be  erected 
.  New  York,  adjacent  to  the  newly  reno- 
ited  Pathe  Studios. 

The  corporation  paid  the  regular  $1  divi- 
and  to  cumulative  preferred  stockholders, 
•ctober  1,  1946,  to  holders  of  record  at  the 
ose  of  business,  September  20,  1946. 

Mr.  Purcell  said  Pathe  Industries,  Inc., 
ad  earned  $831,064  for  the  32-week  period 
nding  August  10,  1946,  and  estimated 
arnings  for  the  36-week  period  ending 
■eptember  7,  1946,  were  about  $960,000. 
Lt  this  rate,  the  corporate  earnings  for  the 
nil  year  would  be  about  $1,390,000,  he  de- 
lared.  Also  announced  was  that  the 
ilagle-Lion  Films,  Inc.,  and  Eagle-Lion 
itudios  had  been  organized  as  Pathe  sub- 
idiaries. 

Arthur  Krim,  formerly  director,  vice- 
resident  and  treasurer  of  National  Screen 
lervice,  has  been  named  president  of  both 
ompanies.  A.  W.  Schwalberg,  formerly 
ice-president  of  Warner  Brothers  and  vice- 
resident  of  United  World,  is  vice-president 
nd  general  sales  manager  of  Eagle-Lion 
"Urns,  Inc.  Bryan  C.  Foy  continues  as 
ice-president  in  charge  of  production  for 
Lagle  Lion  Studios. 


Pennsylvania  Town  Levies 
rax  on  Amusements 

Theatres,  motion  picture  houses,  juke 
>oxes,  pin  ball  machines,  bingo  games  and 
iny  other  amusements  will  be  taxed  five  per 
:ent  of  the  gross  receipts,  unless  they  are 
>perated  for  charity  under  a  new  ordinance 
inanimously  passed  this  week  by  the  Bor- 
)ugh  Council  of  Pottstown,  Pa.  The  reve- 
me  from  this  taxation  will  be  paid  to  the 
Borough  to  finance  its  playgrounds  and  pub- 
ic recreation  program.  Local  theatre  men 
juestion  the  legality  of  the  tax  under  Penn- 
sylvania laws  for  third  class  cities  and  bor- 
oughs and  complain  that  it  benefits  recrea- 
tion which  is  in  opposition  to  their  theatre 
operations. 


McClafferty  Cancels  Trip 

Because  of  ill  health,  Monsignor  John  J. 
McClafferty,  executive  secretary  of  the  Na- 
tional Legion  of  Decency,  has  cancelled 
his  planned  trip  to  Rome  to  attend  the  con- 
ference of  the  International  Catholic  Office 
of  Cinema  General  Council  set  for  this 
month. 


CANYON  PASSAGE 

(Universal) 

Produced  by  Walter  Wanger.  Directed 
by  Jacques  Tourneur.  Screenplay  by 
Ernest  Pascal.  Adapted  from  the  novel 
by  Ernest  Haycox.  Cameraman,  Edward 
Cronjager.  Music  director,  Frank  Skinner. 
Art  director,  John  Goodman.  Music  by 
Hoagy  Carmichael.  Technicolor  director, 
Natalie  Kalmus.  Cast:  Dana  Andrews, 
Brian  Donlevy,  Susan  Hayward,  Patricia 
Roc,  Ward  Bond,  Hoagy  Carmichael. 
Release  date,  July  26,  1946. 

CENTENNIAL  SUMMER 
(Twentieth  Century -Fox) 

Produced  and  directed  by  Otto  Pre- 
minger.  Screenplay  by  Michael  Kanin, 
based  on  the  novel  by  Albert  E.  Idell. 
Music  by  Jerome  Kern.  Lyrics  by  Oscar 
Hammerstein  II.  Technicolor  director, 
Natalie  Kalmus.  Musical  direction,  Alfred 
Newman.  Director  of  photography,  Ernest 
Palmer.  Art  direction,  Lyle  Wheeler  and 
Lee  Fuller.  Cast:  Jeanne  Crain,  Cornel 
Wilde,  Linda  Darnell,  William  Eythe,  Wal- 
ter Brennan.   Release  date,  August,  i946. 

MONSIEUR  BEAUCAIRE 

(  Paramount ) 

A  Paul  Jones  production.  Directed  by 
George  Marshall.  Screenplay  by  Melvin 
Frank  and  Norman  Panama.  Based  on  the 
Booth  Tarkington  novel.  Director  of  pho- 
tography, Lionel  Linden.  Music  score  by 
Robert  Emmett  Dolan.  Art  direction,  Hans 
Dreier  and  Earl  Hedrick.  Cast:  Bob  Hope, 
Joan  Caulfield,  Patric  Knowles,  Marjorie 

Urge  Municipal 
State  Tax  Split 

Admission  taxes  collected  by  the  state  of 
Maryland  should  be  distributed  to  the  local 
municipalities  which  provide  places  of 
amusement  with  police  and  fire  protection 
and  other  local  services,  the  Sherbow  Com- 
mission on  the  Distribution  of  Maryland 
Tax  Revenue,  has  found,  and  which  was  re- 
cently reported  in  the  Baltimore  Sun  in  a 
series  of  articles  on  the  commission. 

If  it  is  right  for  the  local  political  sub- 
divisions —  Baltimore  city  and  the  incorpo- 
rated towns  of  the  state  —  to  police,  these 
places  of  amusement  and  provide  fire  protec- 
tion for  them,  it's  right  for  the  municipali- 
ties to  have  some  revenue  with  which  to  pay 
for  these  services,  the  commission  feels. 

Further  the  commission  pointed  out  in  its 


Reynolds,  Cecil  Kellaway.  Release  date, 
August  30,  1946. 

NOTORIOUS 

(RKO  Radio) 

Directed  by  Alfred  Hitchcock.  Written 
by  Ben  Hecht.  Production  assistant,  Bar- 
bara Keon.  Director  of  photography,  Ted 
Tetzlaff.  Music  by  Roy  Webb.  Musical 
director,  C.  Bakaleinikoff.  Art  directors, 
Albert  S.  D'Agostino  and  Carroll  Clark. 
Cast:  Cary  Grant,  Ingrid  Bergman,  Claude 
Rains,  Louis  Calhern,  Madame  Konstantin. 
Release  date,  not  set. 

STRANGE  LOVE  OF 
MARTHA  IVERS 

(Paramount) 

A  Hal  Wallis  production.  Directed  by 
Lewis  Milestone.  Screenplay  by  Robert 
Rossen  from  a  story  by  Jack  Patrick. 
Director  of  photography,  Victor  Milner. 
Art  direction,  Hans  Dreier  and  John 
Meehan.  Music  score  by  Miklos  Rozsa. 
Cast:  Barbara  Stanwyck,  Van  Heflin, 
Lizabeth  Scott,  Kirk  Douglas,  Judith  An- 
derson. Release  date,  September  13,  1946. 

TWO  GUYS  FROM  MILWAUKEE 

(Warner  Brothers) 

Produced  by  Alex  Gottlieb.  Directed 
by  David  Butler.  Screenplay  by  Charles 
Hoffman  and  I.  A.  L.  Diamond.  Director 
of  photography,  Arthur  Edeson.  Art 
director,  Leo  E.  Kuter.  Music  by  Frederick 
Hollander.  Musical  director,  Leo  F.  Forb- 
stein.  Cast:  Dennis  Morgan,  Jack  Carson, 
Joan  Leslie,  Janis  Paige,  S.  Z.  Sakall, 
Patti  Brady.  Release  date,  August  17,  1946. 


report,  admission  tax  proceeds  are  not  large, 
when  viewed  beside  the  State's  fiscal  needs, 
but  divided  up  among  the  communities 
which  produce  them,  they  would  constitute 
an  important  contribution  to  local  budgets. 

The  commission  pointed  out  that  while 
the  Maryland  tax  rate  on  admissions  is 
small  the  total  tax  burden  carried  by 
amusements  at  present  is  relatively  high, 
principally  because  of  the  present  high 
Federal  tax. 

"It  is  believed,  however,  that  this  condi- 
tion will  not  continue,"  the  commission  ob- 
served, "because  the  Federal  admissions 
tax,  which  was  increased  during  the  war, 
in  all  probability  will  be  reduced." 


Oklahoma  Revenue  Up 

According  to  the  Oklahoma  Tax  Commis- 
sion, 327  theatres  in  that  state  collected  $26,- 
851  during  August,  compared  with  $24,737 
for  the  same  month  last  year,  when  31  few- 
er theatres  reported. 


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Formulate  Views 
On  Quota  Change 

London  Bureau 

The  Kinematograph  Renters'  Society  has 
appointed  a  committee  charged  with  the 
Herculean  task  of  preparing  a  memoran- 
dum to  the  Government  setting  forth  the 
view  of — it  is  hoped — the  whole  Society 
in  regard  to  Quota.  It  will  be  a  delicate 
task  which,  pessimists  declare,  is  almost 
impossible  of  fulfillment. 

Normally,  the  KRS— half  British,  half 
American — contrives  to  present  a  united 
front  to  the  world.  Quota,  however,  is  a 
ticklish  subject  in  view  of  the  fact  that  most 
of  the  British  distributors  are  interested  also 
in  production  this  side. 

Favor  Quota  Abolition 

The  Americans,  following  the  lead  of 
Eric  Johnston,  MPA  president,  favor  the 
abolition  of  all  Quota  barriers.  They  ad- 
vocated originally  that  the  Society  send 
two  sets  of  views  to  the  Government,  one 
American,  one  British.  At  the  behest  of 
KRS  president  Reginald  Baker  and  in  view 
of  the  fact  that  the  Socialist  Government 
may  seek  to  extend  the  forthcoming  Quota 
Bill  to  include  other  matters,  they  agreed 
to  a  joint  committee. 

The  Americans,  however,  specifically  re- 
served to  themselves,  in  the  event  of  dis- 
agreement with  their  British  colleagues,  the 
right  to  present  their  own  views  to  the  Gov- 
ernment, either  through  Washington  or 
through  the  Motion  Picture  Association's 
London  office. 

The  committee  consists  of  nine  members: 
four  representing  American  interests,  four 
British,  and  Warners'  Max  Milder,  man- 
aging director  for  Warners  in  England,  who 
may  be  said  to  sit  on  both  sides  of  the  fence, 
since  he  is  also  managing  director  for  Asso- 
ciated British  Cinemas. 

Story  Influenced  Decision 

The  American  decision  undoubtedly  was 
influenced  by  Motion  Picture  Herald's 
disclosure  that  the  present  Governmental 
feeling  is  towards  the  abolition  of  Renters' 
Quota  and  an  upward  re-grading  of  Exhib- 
itors' Quota. 

That  disclosure,  incidentally,  has  pro- 
voked a  violent  reaction  among  independ- 
ent exhibitors  here  who  fear  that  abandon- 
ment of  Renters'  Quota  will  mean  that  the 
Americans  will  no  longer  produce  here  and 
that,  in  consquence,  the  independent  will  be, 
as  they  say,  "at  the  mercy"  of  the  British 
combines. 


Larson  in  Army  Film  Post 

G.  Dale  Larson,  who  has  been  serving  as 
manager  of  the  midwest  regional  office  of  the 
Army  Motion  Picture  Service,  War  Depart- 
ment, has  been  appointed  chief  of  the  Ser- 
vice's overseas  branch.  He  will  make  his 
headquarters  in  New  York. 


Defense  Appeal  To  Honor 
Balaban  November  21 

Barney  Balaban,  president  of  Paramount 
Pictures,  will  be  the  guest  of  honor  at  the 
dinner  sponsored  by  the  Motion  Picture  and 
Entertainment'  Division  of  the  Joint  Defense 
Appeal  November  21  at  the  Hotel  Astor, 
New  York.  The  Joint  Defense  Appeal  is 
the  financial  arm  of  the  Anti-Defamation 
League  of  B'nai  B'rith  and  the  American 
Jewish  Committee.  Jack  Cohn,  executive 
vice-president  of  Columbia ;  Leonard  Gold- 
enson,  vice-president  of  Paramount,  and 
Sam  Rinzler,  president  of  Randforce  Thea- 
tres, New  York,  are  chairmen  of  the  dinner 
committee. 

Quebec  Theatrical  Group 
Elects  Arthur  Hirsch 

The  Quebec  Allied  Theatrical  Industries 
and  Association  of  Cinema  Owners  of  the 
province  of  Quebec  has  elected  the  follow- 
ing officers:  B.  E.  Norrish,  honorary  presi- 
dent; J.  Arthur  Hirsch,  president;  George 
Genetokas,  first  vice-president ;  Edouard 
Gauthier,  second  vice-president;  Eugene 
Beaulac,  secretary,  and  William  Lester, 
treasurer.  Elected  to  the  executive  com- 
mittee were:  Mr.  Hirsch,  president,  and 
George  Genetokas,  J.  G.  Genetokas,  Mr. 
Gauthier,  Albin  Janin,  C.  Bourassa,  Mr. 
Lester,  Gordon  Dann,  Mr.  Beaulac,  B.  C. 
Salamis  and  M.  West. 

Bell  Telephone  Quarterly 
Cites  Warners  on  Sound 

Frank  H.  Lovette  and  Stanley  Watkms 
give  a  detailed  account  of  the  technical  de- 
velopment of  sound  and  credit  Warner 
Brothers  for  commercially  pioneering  the 
invention  in  a  19-page  article  on  the  "Twen- 
tieth Anniversary  of  Talking  Pictures,"  car- 
ried in  the  Bell  Telephone  Magazine,  a  quar- 
terly publication  issued  by  the  American 
Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co.  for  interna- 
tional distribution. 


Lamantia  Joins  Rank 

Nick  Lamantia,  formerly  with  Universal, 
has  joined  the  special  field  representative 
staff  of  the  J.  Arthur  Rank  Organization. 
He  will  supervise  the  Dallas,  Atlanta,  New 
Orleans,  Memphis,  Charlotte  and  Oklahoma 
City  branches  for  the  Rank  product,  which  is 
released  through  Universal-International. 

Heads  New  York  Office 

Janet  Scellen  has  taken  over  as  head  of 
the  New  York  office  of  the  National  Film 
Board  of  Canada.  She  has  been  with  the 
board  since  1939,  when  she  became  John 
Grierson's  first  secretary  on  his  appointment 
as  Canadian  Government  Film  Commis- 
sioner. 


Acquires  Parkway  Theatre 

Martin  Schwartz,  former  president  of  Kas 
Theatre  Corporation,  operating  the  Manhat- 
tan theatre,  has  purchased  from  Max  Free- 
man the  286-seat  Parkway  theatre  at  Spring 
Valley,  N.  Y.,  built  last  April. 


Isidore  Ostrer 
Forms  British 
Producing  Firm 

by  PETER  BURNUP 

in  London 

Isidore  Ostrer,  head  of  the  Gaumont-Brit- 
ish  Picture  Corporation  until  1941,  has 
startled  the  British  industry  with  the  an- 
nouncement that  he  plans  to  re-enter  the 
production  field.  He  has  registered  a  new 
company — Premiere  Productions,  Ltd., — of 
which  he  will  be  chairman. 

Isidore's  brother  Maurice,  who  resigned 
last  July  as  managing  director  and  execu- 
tive producer  of  J.  Arthur  Rank's  Gainsbor- 
ough Pictures,  has  been  named  managing 
director  of  the  company. 

The  brothers  have  found  offices  in  Lon- 
don and  declare  that  their  first  film  will 
start  studio  work  next  June. 

Since  his  entry  into  the  industry  in  1922 
when  he  took  over  control  of  Gaumont- 
British  from  the  Bromhead  brothers,  Isi- 
dore Ostrer,  financier  and  merchant-banker, 
has  been  a  spectacular  figure.  He  built  up 
the  now  considerable  circuit  of  G-B  the- 
atres and  in  1932  opened  the  Gainsborough 
studios,  claimed  then  to  be  the  most  modern 
in  the  country.  He  initiated  the  policy  of 
big  budget  pictures  in  Britain,  established 
equipment  manufacturing  plants  and 
financed  the  first  television  effort  this  side. 

His  sell-out  to  the  Rank  interests  in  1941 
came  only  after  a  prolonged,  and  at  times 
embittered,  financial  struggle.  When  he  re- 
signed the  G-B  chair,  brother  Maurice  re- 
mained at  Gainsborough  to  make  a  fabu- 
lously grossing  wartime  series  of  pictures. 
It's  an  open  secret  that  profits  on  hrs  films 
have  sustained  certain  other  extravagant 
adventures  by  the  Rank  producers. 

Brother  Maurice  will  be  executive  pro- 
ducer in  the  new  company;  brother  Isidore 
taking  care  of  the  financial  arrangements. 
Maurice  states  that  his  forthcoming  pictures 
will  follow  exactly  the  pattern  of  his  Gains- 
borough successes ;  that,  moreover,  studio 
space  and  distribution  are  assured.  Rumors 
are  current  that  he  has  arranged  to  hire 
the  Worton  Hall  studio,  which  would  seem 
to  indicate  that  his  pictures  will  go  through 
British  Lion  distribution. 

American  Stars  to  Play 
Before  King  and  Queen 

Headed  by  Ray  Milland,  Academy  Award 
winner,  eight  stars  of  American  motion  pic- 
tures will  participate  in  a  command  perform- 
ance before  King  George  VI  and  Queen 
Elizabeth  in  London  November  1.  Appear- 
ing on  a  program  with  British  stars,  the 
group  includes  Pat  O'Brien,  Maria  Montez, 
Jean  Pierre  Aumont,  Reginald  Gardiner, 
William  Eythe,  Dorothy  Malone  and  Joan 
Bennett.  Several  of  the  players  will  sail  on 
the  Queen  Elizabeth,  October  25.  Miss 
Bennett  will  be  accompanied  by  her  husband, 
Walter  Wanger,  film  producer,  who  will 
represent  the  Motion  Picture  Academy. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


TELEVISION  ROLLS  SLEEVES 
READY  FOR  BIG  PLUNGE 


TBA  Conference  Hears  a 
Panel  of  80  Experts; 
Merit  Awards  Made 

Television,  the  entertainment  industry's 
perennially  promising  prodigy,  announced  to 
the  post-war  world  that  it  was  all  set  to 
move  ahead  in  commercial  earnest,  at  the 
Second  Television  Conference  and  Exhibi- 
tion at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel  in  New 
York  last  Thursday  and  Friday.  A  high- 
light of  the  event,  sponsored  by  the  Televi- 
sion Broadcasters  Association,  Inc.,  was  the 
presentation  of  the  "Awards  of  Merit''  to 
nine  individuals  for  their  outstanding 
achievement  in  the  field. 

More  than  1,200,  from  every  phase  of  the 
industry,  participated  in  the  meeting,  which 
signalled  the  close  of  "National  Television 
Week."  All  aspects  of  television  were  dis- 
cussed by  a  panel  of  some  80  experts,  while 
on  display  were  the  new  home  receiver  sets 
from  eight  manufacturers,  with  prices  rang- 
ing from  $225  to  $2,640. 

Raibourn  Presents 
Annual  Awards 

Paul  Raibourn,  vice-president  of  Para- 
mount Pictures,  Inc.,  president  of  Television 
Productions,  Inc.,  and  a  member  of  the  TBA 
board,  made  the  awards,  which  were : 

Group  1 — Dr.  Albert  Rose,  Dr.  Harold 
Bell  Law,  and  Dr.  Paul  Kessler  Weimer, 
RCA  Laboratories,  for  outstanding  techni- 
cal contribution  to  television.  Group  2 — 
John  Royal,  vice-president  of  NBC,  for  the 
individual  responsible  for  the  best  special 
events  program  of  the  past  year ;  Donovan 
B.  Stetler,  advertising  director  of  Standard 
Brands,  Inc.,  for  the  best  entertainment  pro 
gram ;  Paul  Belanger,  television  directoi  of 
station  YVCBW,  for  outstanding  artistic  pro- 
gram, and  Klaus  Landsberg,  of  Paramount's 
station  W6XYZ,  Los  Angeles,  for  the  best 
public  service  program. 

Group  3 — To  individuals  for  outstanding 
contributions  to  the  field  of  television  were: 
Dr.  Oliver  E.  Buckley,  president  of  Bell 
Telephone  Laboratories,  Inc.,  and  Keith  S. 
McHugh,  vice-president  of  American  Tele- 
phone &  Telegraph  Company. 

Calls  Television  an 
Unbiased  Medium 

In  making  the  awards,  Mr.  Raibourn  com- 
mented on  the  fact  that  television  as  com- 
pared with  other  media  affords  an  unbiased 
method  of  disseminating  information.  He 
said,  "spoken  or  written  words  are  colored 
by  the  minds  of  the  men  through  which  they 
are  transmitted,  while  television  is  the  first 
instrument  which  makes  it  possible  for  a  dis- 
tant citizen  to  attend  a  presidential  speech 
or  closely  watch  the  strife  on  an  industrial 
picket  line  without  the  intervention  of  an- 
other and  perhaps  biased  mind." 


By  the  HERALD 

CONVENTION.  At  the  annual  Television  Broadcasters  Association  convention  at  the  Wal- 
dorf-Astoria Hotel,  New  York,  last  week:  At  the  left,  J.  R.  Poppele,  president;  Ralph 
Austrian,  convention  chairman,  and  Merlin  Aylesworth,  former  film  industry  executive. 
At  the  right,  Dr.  Alfred  Goldsmith,  consulting  engineer. 


Ralph  B.  Austrian,  president  of  RKO 
Television  Corporation  and  general  chair- 
man of  the  conference,  opened  the  sessions 
Thursday  morning.  At  the  luncheon  session, 
tribute  was  paid  to  the  United  Nations  Or- 
ganization, with  J.  R.  Poppele,  TBA  presi- 
dent, presenting  a  special  scroll  to  Benjamin 
Cohen  of  Chile,  UNO  assistant  secretary 
general.  In  accepting  the  scroll  in  behalf 
of  UNO,  Mr.  Cohen  stressed  the  importance 
of  television  in  bringing  about  international 
understanding  and  in  furthering  the  ideals 
of  international  peace. 

Coming  in  somewhat  tempering  tones  from 
the  general  optimism  of  the  speakers  was  a 
talk  by  Edgar  Kobak,  president  of  Mutual 
Broadcasting  System,  who  said  that  tele- 
vision had  been  "over-publicized"  with  the 
result  excessive  expectations  were  held  by 
the  public.  He  said  that  "what  we  need 
most  is  less  talk  and  more  application  of 
what  we  have  learned  in  the  past." 

Ramsaye  Says  Television 
Needs  Show  Experience 

Terry  Ramsaye,  editor  of  Motion  Pic- 
ture Herald,  speaking  on  the  topic  "A 
Showman  Looks  at  Television,"  urged  tele- 
vision to  take  real  cognizance  of  the  achieve- 
ments in  technique  and  narration  of  the 
motion  picture. 

"No  matter  whether  you  are  presenting  a 
live  show'  or  a  film,"  he  said,  "what  tele- 
vision delivers  to  the  audience  is  still  a  mo- 
tion picture  and  the  methods  of  motion  pic- 
ture production  as  established  by  the  screen 
remain  authoritative.  The  greatest  need  of 
television  today  is  experience,  show  experi- 
ence. It  needs  something  to  show  and  say 
that  will  make  the  new  medium  important." 

Mr.  Ramsaye  traced  the  development  of 
the  motion  picture  industry,  then  declared: 
"Television  has  all  that  same  distance  of 
evolution  to  travel,  and  it  is  going  to  be 
tedious,  also  expensive,  if  it  does  not  learn 
from  the  motion  picture — and  faster." 

The  interest  of  the  film  industry  in  tele- 


vision was  reflected  by  the  number  of  thea- 
tre men  present.  Among  those  from  out 
of  town  were  Sam  Pinanski,  John  Balaban, 
A.  H.  Blank,  Ralph  Branton,  John  Friedl 
and  William  Jenkens.  Scores  of  New  York 
exhibitors  were  in  attendance. 

Merlin  H.  Aylesworth,  business  Consult- 
ant, former  president  of  NBC,  and  former 
publisher  of  the  New  York  World  Tele- 
gram, discussing  "The  Effect  of  Television 
on  Newspapers,"  said  that  it  is  "impossible 
for  television  to  take  the  place  of  the  news- 
paper." 

Despite  the  occasional  differences  of  opin- 
ion at  the  conference,  optimism  was  the  key- 
note, and  television's  rapid  development 
generally  predicted. 


Hold  Television  Symposium 
In  Chicago  October  16-17 

A  two-day  television  symposium,  conuuct- 
ed  October  16  and  17  in  the  radio  studios  of 
Ruthrauff  &  Ryan,  was  held  in  Chicago  to 
inform  clients  and  agency  account  execu- 
tives of  the  progress  of  television.  Paul 
Raibourn,  president  of  Television  Produc- 
tions, Inc.,  a  subsidiary  of  Paramount,  dis- 
cussed the  place  of  television  in  advertis- 
ing. Other  speakers  were  Paul  Mowrey,  na- 
tional director  of  television  for  American 
Broadcasting  Company;  Norman  C.  Lind- 
quist,  assistant  supervisor  of  television  for 
the  Commonwealth  Edison  Company. 


Color  Television  Hearings 
Are  Set  for  December  9 

Despite  a  recent  report  that  the  Federal 
Communications  Commission  is  not  in  sup- 
port of  the  "color  wheel"  method  of  color 
television  developed  by  Columbia  Broadcast- 
ing System,  hearings  will  be  held  on  the 
technical  and  economic  problems  of  com- 
mercialized color  television  on  December  9, 
in  Washington. 


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THE  HOLLYWOOB  SCENE 


Picketing  Slows  Down 
Production;  4  Pictures 
Started,  46  in  Work 


Hollywood  Bureau 

Presence  of  pickets  at  all  major  studios 
slowed  down  production  activity  to  a  cer- 
tain extent  last  week.  Although  shooting 
continued  on  pictures  already  in  work,  start- 
ing dates  were  set  forward  on  others  which 
originally  had  been  slated  to  go  before  cam- 
eras the  first  week  in  October.  Only  four 
new  films  were  launched  during  the  week, 
and  work  was  completed  on  eight.  At  the 
weekend,  the  shooting  index  had  dropped 
to  46. 

At  Paramount,  work  began  on  "Variety 
Girl,''  based  on  the  establishment  and  growth 
of  the  Variety  Clubs  of  America.  Mary 
Hatcher  and  DeForest  Kelly,  both  newcom- 
ers, have  the  romantic  leads,  and  all  of  Para- 
mount's  major  stars,  including  Bob  Hope, 
Bing  Crosby,  Ray  Milland,  Alan  Ladd,  Olga 
San  Juan,  and  many  others,  are  set  to  ap- 
pear in  the  picture.  Daniel  Dare  is  the  pro- 
ducer ;  George  Marshall  the  director. 

"The  Egg  and  I"  Goes  Into 
Work  at  Universal 

"The  Egg  and  I,"  a  him  version  of  Betty 
MacDonald's  best  seller,  went  before  cam- 
eras at  Universal-International.  Claudette 
Colbert,  Fred  MacMurray,  Louise  Allbrit- 
ton,  Marjorie  Main  and  Percy  Kilbride  head 
the  cast.  Fred  Finklehoffe  is  producing  un- 
der the  executive  supervision  of  Leon  Gold- 
stein, and  Chester  Erskine  is  directing. 

Columbia's  new  venture  is  another  in  the 
studio's  "Whistler"  series  of  mystery 
dramas.  Titled  "The  Hunter  Is  a  Fugitive," 
its  cast  includes  Richard  Dix,  Karen  Mor- 
ley,  Regis  Toomey,  Mark  Dennis  and  John 
Kellogg.  Rudolph  Flothow  produces;  Wil- 
liam Clemens  directs. 

Republic  launched  a  melodrama,  "Web  of 
Danger,''  featuring  Adele  Mara.  Phil  Ford 
is  the  director ;  Donald  H.  Brown  the  execu- 
tive producer. 

Incidental  News  of 
Pictures  and  People 

The  fifth  in  Paramount's  "Road"  series, 
"Road  to  Rio,"  is  scheduled  to  start  next 
month,  with  Bing  Crosby,  Bob  Hope  and 
Dorothy  Lamour  heading  the  cast.  Norman 
McLeod  has  been  borrowed  from  Rainbow 
Production  to  direct  the  film,  which  will  be 
produced  jointly  by  Crosby  Enterprises  and 
Hope  Enterprises.  .  .  .  Edward  Small  has 


engaged  Archie  Mayo  to  direct  "The  Life 
of  Rudolph  Valentino,"  which  will  be  re- 
leased through  United  Artists.  The  produc- 
er, meanwhile,  is  still  searching  for  a  screen 
unknown  to  play  the  title  role. 

The  success  of  "Badman's  Territory," 
which  was  produced  for  RKO  Radio  by  Nat 
Holt,  under  the  executive  supervision  of 
Jack  J.  Gross,  has  led  the  studio  to  plan  a 
similar  outdoor  drama  for  Randolph  Scott 
and  George  (Gabby)  Hayes.  Not  only  will 
the  James  brothers  and  the  Dalton  boys, 
who  were  depicted  in  the  earlier  film,  reap- 
pear in  the  sequel,  but  such  outlaws  as  Billy 
the  Kid  and  Bill  Doolin  will  also  receive 
screen  treatment.  As  for  the  feminine  con- 
tingent of  the  cast,  the  studio  plans  to  por- 
tray many  of  the  women  outlaws  of  the  peri- 
od, as  well  as  Carrie  Nation,  famed  prohibi- 
tionist. The  picture  will  be  titled  "Return 
of  the  Badmen." 

Rampart  Will  Produce 
"Possession"  as  First 

Rampart  Productions,  newly  organized  by 
William  Dozier  and  Joan  Fontaine,  will 
make  "Possession,"  a  Sheridan  Gibney 
original,  as  its  initial  film  for  U-I  release. 
Gibney  will  produce,  and  Miss  Fontaine  will 
be  starred  in  the  picture.  .  .  .  Spencer  Ben- 
net,  who  has  directed  serials  for  Republic 
for  the  past  several  years,  has  been  pro- 
moted to  feature  films,  and  will  direct  the 
studio's  next  Trucolor  musical  Western, 
"Along  the  Oregon  Trail,"  starring  Monte 
Hale  and  Adrian  Booth. 

"River  Lady,"  a  story  of  logging  days  on 
the  Mississippi  River,  has  been  purchased 
by  U-I  for  Michael  Fessier  and  Ernest  P'a- 
gano,  who  will  film  it  as  their  first  produc- 
tion for  1947.  Yvonne  De  Carlo,  Rod  Cam- 
eron, Ann  Blyth  and  Dan  Duryea  will  be 
starred.  ...  In  his  first  screen  role  since  his 
discharge  from  the  Navy,  Bob  Stack  will  co- 
star  with  Barbara  Stanwyck  and  David  Niv- 
en  in  "The  Other  Love,"  soon  to  start  at 
Enterprise. 

"I  Heard  Them  Sing,"  based  on  a  novel 
by  Ferdinand  Reyher,  will  be  the  second 
picture  to  be  made  by  the  recently  formed 
Thalia  Productions,  headed  by  Sol  Lesser 
and  Edward  G.  Robinson,  and  will  star  the 
latter.  .  .  .  Albert  Dekker  has  been  engaged 
for  the  role  of  the  villain  in  Republic's  forth- 
coming top-budget  production,  "Wyoming," 
which  will  star  William  Elliott  and  Vera 


Ralston.  .  .  .  Anne  Triola  has  been  signed  to 
a  new  long  term  contract  by  Jesse  L.  Lasky 
and  Walter  MacEwen.  She  will  appear  in 
"Intermission,"  their  next  production  for 
RKO  release. 

Granet  to  Go  Abroad 

To  Film  "Berlin  Express" 

Bert  Granet  has  left  Hollywood  on  a  jour- 
ney which  will  take  him  to  England,  France 
and  Germany  in  connection  with  the  filming 
of  "Berlin  Express,"  which  he  will  produce 
for  RKO  Radio.  .  .  .  The  King  Brothers 
have  purchased  from  Monogram  the  script 
of  "Rip  Van  Winkle,"  by  Paul  Jarrico,  and 
will  bring  the  picture  before  the  cameras  in 
December.  .  .  .  Nancy  Saunders  will  play 
the  feminine  lead  in  the  fourth  of  Columbia's 
current  "Durango  Kid"  series. 

Harry  Beaumont  has  been  assigned  to  di- 
rect, and  George  Haight  to  produce  "Under- 
cover Maisie"  for  MGM.  ...  J.  Carrol 
Naish  has  been  signed  by  Argosy  Pictures 
for  one  of  the  top  roles  in  "The  Fugitive," 
which  is  the  tentative  title  of  the  company's 
initial  production  for  RKO  release.  John 
Ford  will  direct  the  picture,  a  film  version  of 
Grahame  Greene's  best  seller,  "The  Laby- 
rinthine Ways."  .  .  .  John  Miljan  has  been 
engaged  for  an  important  part  in  Cecil  B. 
DeMille's  current  production  for  Paramount 
release,  "Unconquered." 

Thirty-four  members  of  the  cast  and  cam- 
era crew  of  Columbia's  "The  Lady  from 
Shanghai,"  headed  by  Rita  Hayworth  and 
Orson  Welles,  have  left  for  Acapulco,  Mexi- 
co, via  Pan-American  World  Airways.  The 
company  will  be  on  location  for  a  month. 
.  .  .  Enterprise  has  obtained  the  services  of 
Maria  Palmer  for  a  key  role  in  "The  Other 
Love,"  scheduled  to  start  next  week.  .  .  . 
William  Pereira,  who  produced  "From  This 
Day  Forward,"  has  signed  a  new  contract 
with  RKO  Radio. 

Klauber  Original  to  Be 
Produced  by  Columbia 

"Archangel  on  Horseback,"  an  original  by 
Marcel  Klauber  and  John  Wesley  Grey,  has 
been  purchased  by  Columbia  and  assigned 
to  Arnold  Albert  as  his  first  production  for 
the  studio.  .  .  .  Warners  have  signed  Agnes 
Moorehead  to  a  multiple-picture  contract, 
and  assigned  her  a  role  in  "The  Woman  in 
White."  .  .  .  Monogram  producer  Hal  Ches- 
ter plans  to  make  a  film  version  of  the  legend 
of  "The  Flying  Dutchman."  .  .  .  Jane  Peters, 
beauty  contest  winner,  will  make  her  screen 
debut  in  the  forthcoming  20th  Century-Fox 
picture,  "The  Hollywood  Storv." 


Lang  To  Do  "Gaucho  Moon" 

Fritz  Lang  will  produce  "Gaucho  Moon," 
based  on  his  own  original  story,  for  Diana 
Productions.  The  picture,  dealing  with  the 
South  American  cowboys,  will  be  shot  in 
Argentina. 


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Pickford  and  Cowan  Will 
Release  Additional  to  UA 

Mary  Pickford  and  Lester  Cowan  have 
announced  that  they  will  release  several 
films  for  an  unnamed  distributor  other  than 
United  Artists,  under  a  deal  which  Mr. 
Cowan  made  prior  to  the  Pickford-Cowan 
partnership,  which  will  supplement  their  UA 
distribution.  Miss  Pickford  denied  any  rift 
with  United  Artists,  saying  that  she  would 
continue  as  one-third  owner  and  that  her 
existing-  distribution  agreement  is  adequate 
"to  take  care  of  our  program  for  the  year." 

Miss  Pickford's  agreement  with  UA  pro- 
vides "most-favored-nation"  terms  for  any  of 
the  six  films  she  had  in  preparation  before 
her  distribution  contract  expired  September 
5,  provided  they  are  delivered  for  release 
before  September  5,  1947.  UA  will  collect 
a  25  per  cent  distribution  fee  on  the  first 
$800,000  gross  and  10  per  cent  thereafter. 

In  preparation  are  "One  Touch  of  Venus," 
"Sorrell  and  Son,"  "Tonight  or  Never," 
"Street  Scene,"  "The  Greeks  Had  a  Word 
for  It,"  and  "Rain,"  three  or  four  of  which 
Miss  Pickford,  using  the  Samuel  Goldwyn 
studio,  hopes  to  deliver  before  the  deadline. 


PREVIEWS  OF  TRADE  SHOWS 


Women's  Federation  Names 
Best  Picture  Selections 

"The  Searching  Wind,"  "Boys  Ranch" 
and  "Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam"  were 
chosen  by  the  motion  picture  committee  of 
the  General  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs 
for  July,  August  and  September,  respective- 
ly, as  its  "Picture  of  the  Month"  selections. 
The  Federation,  which  sponsors  Youth  Cine- 
ma Clubs  throughout  the  country,  especially 
emphasizes  films  that  serve  a  social,  eco- 
nomic or  moral  purpose. 


Warners  To  Release  Seven 
In  First  Quarter 

Warner  Brothers  will  release  seven  fea- 
tures during  the  first  quarter  of  the  1946-47 
season,  which  compares  with  four  for  the 
corresponding  three  months  of  the  preceding 
season.  The  releases  are:  "The  Big  Sleep," 
"Shadow  of  a  Woman,"  "Cloak  and  Dag- 
ger," "Nobody  Lives  Forever,"  "Deception," 
"Never  Say  Goodbye"  and  "The  Verdict." 


"Morgie" — a  scene  from  the  Twentieth  Century-Fox  picture  which  was  shown  to  the  trad* 
October  75.  If  stars  Jeanne  Craine  and  Alan  Young. 


ERROL  FLYNN  and  Peggy  Knudsen  in  a  -cene  from  Warners*  "Never  Say  Goodbye", 
starring  Mr.  F/ynn  and  Eleanor  Parker.    The   picture  will  be  shown  the  trade  October  21. 


COMPLETED 

COLUMBIA 

Lone  Hand  Texan 

Inside  Story 

Last  of  the  Redmen 

MONOGRAM 

Cisco  and  the  Angel 
PARAMOUNT 
Dear  Ruth 
Adventure  Island 
(Pine-Thomas) 

PRC 

Philo  Vance's  Gamble 
REPUBLIC 

Outlaws  of  Sioux  City 


STARTED 

COLUMBIA 

Hunter  Is  a  Fugitive 
PARAMOUNT 
Variety  Girl 
REPUBLIC 
Web  of  Danger 
UNIVERSAL- 
INTERNATIONAL 
Egg  and  I 

SHOOTING 

COLUMBIA 

Lady  from  Shanghai 
Twin  Sombreros 


They  Walk  Alone 
Guilt  of  Janet  Ames 
ENTERPRISE 
Arch  of  Triumph 
MGM 

Green  Dolphin  Street 
To  Kiss  and  to  Keep 
Merton  of  the  Movies 
It  Happened  in 

Brooklyn 
This  Time  for  Keeps 
Summer  Holiday 
Unfinished  Dance 
Romance  of  Rosy 

Ridge 
MONOGRAM 
It  Happened  on  Fifth 

Avenue 


PARAMOUNT 

Big  Haircut 
Golden  Earrings 
Desert  Town 

(Wallis) 
Unconquered 

(DeMille) 

PRC 

Red  Stallion 
RKO  RADIO 

Banjo 

They  Won't  Believe 
Me 

Bachelor  and  the 

Bobby-Soxer 
Time  to  Kill 

(Hakim-Litvak) 


Tarzan  and  the 
Huntress  (Lesser) 

REPUBLIC 

Hit  Parade 

20TH  CENTURY- FOX 

Boomerang 

I  Wonder  Who's 

Kissing  Her  Now 
Homestretch 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

Red  River 

(Monterey) 
New  Orleans 

(Levey) 
Vendetta 

(California) 


Carnegie  Hall 

(Federal) 
Who  Killed  "Doc" 

Robin?  (Roach) 

UNIVERSAL. 
INTERNATIONAL 

I'll  Be  Yours 
Slave  Girl 

WARNERS 

My  Wild  Irish  Rose 
Woman  in  White 
Deep  Valley 
Night  Unto  Night 
Love  and  Learn 
Possessed 
Pursued 

(U.  S.  Pictures) 


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Zhis  year,  by  the  same  author,  and 
headed  for  the  same  boxoffice  results. . 


ALBANY 

Another  week  of  excellent  business  was 
registered  in  downtown  Albany  theatres. 
"Notorious,"  at  Fabian's  Palace,  was  on  the 
receiving  end  of  a  "break"  in  a  Knicker- 
bocker News  story  about  a  publicity  stunt 
which  attracted  police  attention — although 
the  film's  name  was  not  included.  The  Grand, 
also  Fabian,  held  over  "The  Stranger." 
Warner's  Strand  had  "Nobody  Lives  For- 
ever." .  .  .  Republic  Pictures'  local  branch 
will  open  on  October  21  a  six-week  drive 
in  honor  of  manager  Arthur  Newman,  who 
has  been  away  from  his  desk  because  of 
illness. 

For  the  first  time  in  history,  the  three 
theatres  in  Watervliet  (city  four  miles  north 
of  Albany)  are  under  one  management. 
Samuel  E.  Rosenblatt,  of  Albany,  relighted 
the  Grand,  which  he  purchased  last  spring. 
The  lease  held  by  Mrs.  William  Barney  ex- 
pired in  September.  Rosenblatt  made  equip- 
ment installations  and  redecorated  the  lobby 
and  front  of  the  house.  Edward  Christie, 
until  recently  a  projectionist  in  Troy  thea- 
tres, was  appointed  manager  of  the  Grand. 

The  remodeling  and  modernizing  of  the 
MGM  exchange  is  expected  to  begin  soon. 
Metro  will  do  the  job  itself,  under  an  agree- 
ment with  owner  William  W.  Farley.  In- 
stallation of  air  conditioning  will  be  one  of 
the  improvements. 

ATLANTA 

Business  is  on  the  upgrade  in  all  theatres 
since  the  fair  and  other  outdoor  attractions 
closed.  .  .  .  Ed  Ashmore,  formerly  in  the 
booking  department  Paramount,  appointed  as 
head  booker  and  office  manager  at  Repub- 
lic Pictures.  .  .  .  Abe  Borisky,  formerly  of 
the  Independent  theatres,  Chattanooga, 
Tenn.,  has  purchased  the  Pantages  theatre 
in  Birmingham,  Ala.,  and  after  improve- 
ments he  will  open  about  December  1,  with 
first  run  pictures  and  name  bands.  .  .  .  Dixie 
Graham,  former  office  manager  PRC,  now 
with  Kay  Film  Exchanges  in  the  same  ca- 
pacity. .  .  .  Bulter  Gore,  has  reopened  his 
Howard  theatre  in  Tampa,  Fla.,  with  weekly 
changes.  .  .  .  Jack  Burkette,  of  Fort  Myers, 
Fla.,  has  leased  from  the  Circle  theatre  from 
Paul  Vinson  for  five  years.  .  .  .  W.  Lee,  of 
Gainesville,  Fla.,  has  sold  his  theatre  in 
Trenton,  to  C.  E.  Bolton.  ...  Ed  Ashmore, 
former  in  the  booking  department  Paramount 
appointed  as  head  booker  and  office  manager 
Republic  Pictures.  .  .  .  Visitors  to  the  city 
include  R.  E.  Martin,  E.  D.  Martin,  Hugh 
Martin,  Martin  Theatres,  Columbus,  Ga., 
Rufus  Davis,  Jr.,  Martin-Davis  Theatres, 
Dotham,  Ala.,  J.  H.  Thompson,  Martin  and 
Thompson  Theatres,  Hawkinsville,  Ga.,  and 
Oscar  Oldnow,  Los  Angeles. 

BALTIMORE 

Despite  intermittent  rain  at  the  beginning 
the  week  including  Sunday  October  13,  it 
promises  good  box  office.  "Suspense"  started 
nicely  at  the  Century;  "The  Killers,"  went 
into  a  second  week  at  Keith's ;  the  Hippo- 
drome found  is  advisable  to  hold  "Notori- 
ous," for  a  fourth  week ;  the  Maryland 
opened  with  "Dead  of  Night,"  after  a  flyer 
with  a  stage  show ;  the  New  held  "Three 
Little  Girls  in  Blue"  for  a  second  week ; 
Times  and  Roslyn  hit  a  happy  combination 
with  "Bowery  Bombshell,"  on  same  bill  with 


"I  Ring  Doorbells,"  which  audience  enjoyed 
thoroughly ;  "Cloak  and  Dagger"  started 
jamming  them  into  the  Stanley;  "Open 
City,"  has  gone  into  its  third  week  at  the 
Little  and  "It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog," 
got  off  to  a  nice  start  at  the  Mayfair. 

New  seats  have  been  installed  in  the  New 
Albert  by  I.  K.  Makovar.  He  bought  the 
house  from  Jack  Dauses.  Morning  Sun  had 
a  lengthy  article  by  Rodney  Crowther  about 
amusement  taxes  in  Maryland  and  discussed 
the  Sherbow  Commission  of  Distribution  of 
Tax  Revenues  idea  that  the  inequity  of  the 
state  receiving  all  of  that  tax  from  each  com- 
munity without  sharing  it  and  that  it  should 
be  corrected.  Proclamation  of  Fire  Preven- 
tion week  from  October  6  to  12  made  by 
Governor  H.  R.  O'Conor  was  printed  in 
newspapers  and  observed  throughout  the 
city.  Baltimore  Museum  of  Art  has  started 
it  series  of  free  film  showings  Sunday  after- 
noons, the  first  being  "Man  of  Aran,"  Octo- 
ber 6.  Front  of  Loew's  Parkway  has  been 
cleaned  and  repainted  under  supervision  of 
Charles  McLeary  and  James  Quinn,  mana- 
ger and  assistant  respectively. 

CHICAGO 

The  Variety  Club  started  its  fall  schedule 
of  activities  with  a  gin-rummy  tournament 
and  card  party  Saturday  October  12.  .  .  . 
Helen  Pender,  formerly  on  the  office  staff 
at  the  local  MGM  exchange  working  as  a 
biller,  is  now  acting  in  Hollywood.  Her 
latest  role  is  in  "Night  and  Day."  .  .  .  Ail- 
American  News,  headed  by  E.  M.  Glucks- 
man,  has  started  production  of  commercial 
films  using  Negro  actors  and  .aimed  exclu- 
sively at  Negro  patrons.  .  .  .  The  United 
Artists  and  MGM  (Garsonites)  bowling 
teams  are  leading  the  local  Film  Row  bowl- 
ing league.  .  .  .  Sam  Levinsohn,  head  of  the 
Chicago  Used  Chair  Mart  firm,  will  attend 
the  convention  of  the  National  Association 
of  Theatre  Equipment  Dealers  in  Toledo, 
November  8-11.  .  .  .  Paramount  held  a 
special  screening  for  exhibitors  and  the 
press  at  the  Esquire  theatre  for  "Two  Years 
Before  the  Mast." 

CINCINNATI 

Albert  C.  Benson,  formerly  sales  manager 
at  the  Paramount  branch,  in  Washington, 
has  been  appointed  manager  of  the  Para- 


mount branch  here,  succeeding  Joseph  J. 
Oulahan,  who  has  joined  the  J.  Arthur  Rank 
Organization  in  this  country,  with  temporary 
headquarters  in  Philadelphia,  with  sales  su- 
pervision over  Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh, 
Washington  and  Cincinnati.  Prior  to  his 
association  with  the  Washington  branch, 
Mr.  Benson  was  short  subjects  manager  at 
the  Toronto  exchange,  and  previously  was  a 
salesman  in  the  Philadelphia  branch.  .  .  . 
Charles  F.  Schwalm,  son  of  John  A. 
Schwalm,  manager  of  the  Northio  Rialtom 
at  Hamilton,  Ohio,  has  been  named  city  law 
director  in  that  city.  .  .  .  George  Turlukis 
has  sold  his  State  theatre,  in  Middletown, 
Ohio,  to  Mitchell  Blachschleger,  who,  in 
turn,  has  sold  his  Rand  theatre,  at  Lynch- 
burg, Ohio,  to  Oliver  Joesting.  Mr.  Tur- 
lukis will  continue  operation  of  the  Family 
theatre,  in  Middletown  and  the  Rossville,  at 
Hamilton,  Ohio,  which  he  recently  opened. 
...  A  new  drive-in  theatre  will  be  built  at 
St.  Albans,  W.  Va.,  by  R.  Shore,  E.  R. 
Custer  and  Floyd  Price,  who  also  plan  a 
drive-in  at  Belle,  W.  Va.,  both  projects  to 
be  started  as  soon  as  materials  become  avail- 
able. 

CLEVELAND 

First  run  downtown  theatres  have  ad- 
vanced their  weekend  and  holiday  admission 
prices  five  cents  to  a  top  of  75  cents,  the  sec- 
ond boost  since  June.  .  .  .  MGM's  Gallant 
Bess  was  a  visitor  here  on  a  busy  Thurs- 
day, during  which  she  called  on  Mayor 
Thomas  A.  Burke  at  City  Hall,  made  a  per- 
sonal appearance  at  the  MGM  exchange, 
had  her  picture  taken  with  members  of  the 
branch  and  was  on  exhibition  in  front  of 
Loew's  State  Theatre  where  her  picture  will 
shortly  be  shown.  She  was  accompanied 
by  Capt.  Volmey  Phifer  and  Joe  David- 
son, her  owner  and  trainer. 

Variety  Club,  headed  by  Eddie  Bergman 
as  chief  barker,  has  arranged  to  send  to  the 
displaced  people  of  Europe  7,000  cans  of 
milk.  .  .  .  Warner's  Bud  Friedman  in  his 
capacity  as  chairman  of  the  Warner  club 
entertainment  committee  is  in  charge  of  the 
club's  masquerade  party  to  be  held  in  the 
Club  Rooms  November  1.  .  .  .  Board  mem- 
bers of  the  Cleveland  Motion  Picture  Ex- 
hibitors Association  voted  to  show  the  forth- 
coming Community  Fund  trailer  at  all  mem- 
ber houses. 

COLUMBUS 

Business  is  still  staggering  under  the  bur- 
den of  he  prolonged  transit  strike  which 
started  October  1  and  has  kept  all  street  cars 
and  buses  of  the  Columbus  and  Southern 
Ohio  Electric  Co.  off  the  streets  .  .  .  revenues 
of  downtown  theatres  are  down  at  least  50 
per  cent  weekdays,  climbing  to  not  more 
than  65  per  cent  of  normal  business  on  week- 
ends. .  .  .  "The  Strange  Love  of  Martha 
Ivers"  at  the  Ohio,  Three  Stooges  and 
"White  Tie  and  Tails"  on  the  Palace  stage- 
and-screen  bill,  "Gallant  Bess"  at  the  Broad 
and  "The  Big  Sleep"  and  "Bamboo  Blonde" 
at  the  Grand  all  would  have  done  much  more 
business  if  the  street  cars  were  running. 

Neth's  Markham  theatre  on  the  South 
Side  is  now.  open  after  redecoration.  .  .  . 
Street  car  strike  caused  the  cancellation  of 
the  Saturday  morning  Lone  Ranger  kids' 
shows  for  the  past  two  weeks  at  the  Palace. 
.  .  •'.  The  F.  E.  Gooding  Amusement  Com- 

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pany  registered  with  the  Ohio  Division  of 
Securities  245  shares  of  no  par  value  com- 
mon stock  to  be  sold  at  $100  per  share.  .  .  . 
Floyd  Gooding,  owner,  is  a  member  of  Vari- 
ety Club,  Tent  No.  2,  and  operates  carni- 
vals. .  .  .  Hallowe'en  party  will  be  staged 
October  31  at  the  Variety  Club  with  music 
by  Paul  Decker's  orchestra.  .  .  .  The  Broad, 
Lancaster,  is  now  being  redecorated,  man- 
ager Herbert  Kueller  reports.  .  .  .  Leo  Kes- 
sel,  manager  of  the  Palace  in  the  same  town, 
says  that  his  theatre  will  be  given  a  similar 
going  over  next  month. 

PALLAS 

Business  in  local  houses  went  into  a  de- 
cided slump  last  week,  with  both  downtown 
houses  and  suburbans  affected.  Opening  of 
the  60th  State  Fair  of  Texas,  the  first  post- 
war exposition  for  the  second  largest  state 
fair  in  the  country  took  the  spotlight  and 
the  play  away  from  the  theatres.  There  were 
also  two  big  intersectional  football  games 
which  also  took  their  toll  of  the  cash  cus- 
tomers. "IH  Always  Love  You"  got  a  mere 
$8,000  at  the  Palace,  one  of  the  lowest 
grosses  at  this  house  in  some  time.  At  the 
Majesties  "Canyon  Passage"  barely  made 
$14,500,  which  is  unusual  as  the  big  West- 
ern usually  nourish  here  under  any  con- 
ditions. The  neighborhood  houses  were  in  a 
similar  state  of  poor  business. 

DENVER 

Cool  weather  driving  folks  into  theatres. 
.  .  .  Robt.  Patrick  takes  over  Kiva.  .  .  . 
Monogram  remodeling  and  redecorating  new 
location,  2144  Champa.  .  .  .  Rig  theatre, 
new  house  at  Rangely,  Colo.,  in  new  oil  field, 
opens.  Owned  by  Western  Amusement  Co., 
Los  Angeles.  .  .  .  Ben  Riggs  sells  Windsor, 
Windsor,  Colo.,  to  Ted  Knox,  equipment 
salesman.  .  .  .  R.  H.  Phillips,  Indianola,  Neb., 
changes  name  of  theatre  from  Roxy  to  Ray. 
.  .  .  Governor  John  C.  Vivian  proclaims 
October  as  Motion  Picture  Month.  .  .  .  Out- 
of-town  exhibitors  seen  on  film  row  in- 
cluded :  C.  E.  McLaughlin,  Las  Animas, 
Colo. ;  Paul  C.  Morgen,  Hay  Springs,  Neb. ; 
L.  L.  Mutchie,  Haxtun,  Colo.;  George 
Nescher,  Springfield,  Colo. ;  Mrs.  Nadine 
Caselnova  and  her  mother,  Mrs.  Joseph 
Amato,  Trinidad,  Colo. ;  Joe  Novak,  Pueblo, 
Colo.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leon  Coulter,  Love- 
land.  Colo.;  Thos.  Knight.  Riverton,  Wyo. ; 
Charles  Klein,  Deadwood,  S.  D. ;  C.  J.  Brase, 
Holyoke,  Colo. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Kugelmann,  Trenton,  Neb. ;  Wilbur  Wil- 
liams, Boulder,  Colo. 

PES  MOINES 

"Till  the  End  of  Time,"  showing  at  the 
Orpheum  theatre  last  week,  proved  the  top 
drawing  card  downtown  and  was  held  over 
two  extra' days.  .  .  .  Dora  Middleworth,  Tri- 
States  accounting  department  employee,  cele- 
brated her  35th  anniversary  of  working  for 
A.  H.  Blank  last  week.  .  .  .  Tri-States  opened 
a  new  candy  shop  this  month  adjoining  the 
newly  remodeled  Strand  theatre  and  Vivian 
YYinslow,  former  assistant  manager  of  the 
Des  Moines  theatre,  will  operate  the  shop. 
.  .  .  A  half-hour  radio  quiz,  weekly  feature 
on  WHO,  last  week  had  five  members  of  the 
Des  Moines  Paramount  exchange  office  com- 


peting with  five  employees  of  the  Paramount 
exchange  in  Omaha — wilh  Des  Moines  win- 
ning. .  .  .  Bob  Dunnuck,  manager  of  the 
theatre  at  Fairfield,  la.,  was  a  visitor  on 
Des  Moines'  Film  Row  last  week. 

DETROIT 

Business  was  spotty  this  week,  with  hold- 
overs predominating  in  Loop  theatres.  .  .  . 
Civilian  Production  Administration  director 
here  warned  theatre  and  other  industries 
with  plans  for  new  construction  that  restric- 
ions  would  last  "another  year  at  least."  Ap- 
proximately $216,000,000  worth  of  building, 
including  many  film  •  houses,  has  piled  up 
behind  current  Government  barriers  in  61 
Michigan  counties. 

Charges  that  major  distributors  are  hold- 
ing back  releases  to  make  exhibitors  "film 
hungry"  and  thereby  increase  rentals  were 
aired  at  the  meeting  of  the  Michigan  ITO 
this  week.  Suggestion  was  made  that  if 
members  held  together  on  refusing  to  pay 
current  prices,  rentals  might  come  down.  .  .  . 
Variety  Club  members  will  meet  Monday, 
October  21,  at  9  P.M.  in  the  new  clubrooms 
at  the  Tuller  Hotel  to  elect  a  new  slate  of 
officers. 


HARTFORD 

Holdovers  are  continuing  to  do  good  busi- 
ness in  the  Hartford  territory.  Latest  films 
held  in  key  theatres :  "Cloak  and  Dagger," 
"Holiday  in  Mexico"  and  "If  I'm  Lucky." 
.  .  .  Joseph  Adorno,  son  of  the  Palace  the- 
atre, Middletown,  Conn.,  owner,  has  been 
nominated  by  the  Connecticut  Republicans 
to  run  for  State  Treasurer  on  the  Republi- 
can ticket.  .  .  .  Harvey  King,  who  became 
a  member  of  Local  84,  IATSE,  Hartford, 
back  in  1901  when  the  Local  was  first  char- 
tered, recently  observed  his  78th  birthday. 
.  .  .  Roger  Dion  is  the  new  assistant  manager 
at  Warner  Regal,  Hartford.  .  .  .  William 
Scanlon  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  IATSE  trustee, 
was  among  the  speakers  at  the  45th  annual 
convention  of  the  New  Hampshire  Federa- 
tion of  Labor,  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  re- 
cently. 

Admission  prices  have  been  increased  in 
a  number  of  New  England  theatres — Two 
Warner  circuit  theatres  in  Hartford,  Strand 
and  Regal,  have  increased  admissions  five 
cents.  The  Music  Box  theatre,  New  Britain, 
Conn.,  has  placed  a  five-cent  increase  on 
children's  admissions  only.  And  the  Park 
and  Greendale,  Worcester,  Mass.,  have  in- 
creased their  prices  to  44  cents. 

The  Cameo  theatre,  West  Haven,  Conn., 
rebuilt,  reopened  last  week.  .  .  .  Loew's  Poli- 
Lyric,  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  has  been  reopened. 
.  .  .  John  Hazelton  Donovan,  Middletown 
theatre  projectionist  for  many  years,  died 
last  Wednesday. 

INDIANAPOLIS 

This  is  the  time  of  the  year  when  all  In- 
diana pours  outdoors  to  look  at  the  colorful 
foliage,  but  there's  an  improved  tone  to  thea- 
tre business  despite  the  free  competition. 
"Gallant  Bess"  took  a  fine  $15,500  last  week 
at  Loew's  and  the  current  attraction  there, 
"Holiday  in  Mexico,"  is  even  bigger.  Al- 
though "Make  Mine  Music"  is  down  at  the 
Indiana,  "S.  O.  S."  is  giving  the  Circle  the 
largest  week  it's  had  with  a  straight  film  bill 
in  a  long  time.  .  .  .  J.  B.  Stine,  A.  H.  Kauf- 

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man  and  Jack  Van  Borssun  of  Terre  Haute, 
Sam  Neal  of  Kolomo,  Lisle  Krieghbaum  of 
Rochester,  Bruce  Kixmiller  of  Bicknell, 
Harry  Kornblum  and  Oscar  Fine  of  Evans- 
ville,  Sam  Switow  of  Louisville,  W.  T. 
Studebaker  of  Logansport,  Alex  Manta  of 
East  Chicago  and  Harry  Vanderschmitt  of 
Bloomington  attended  the  ATO  of  Indiana 
directors  meeting  here  Tuesday.  The  ses- 
sion approved  the  resolutions  passed  at  the 
national  Allied  convention.  .  .  .  Marcus  En- 
terprises moved  all  equipment  from  the  old 
Alamo  this  week,  shifting  the  Western  policy 
and  even  the  name  to  the  Ambassador,  now 
advertised  as  the  Ambassador-Alamo.  Joe 
Cantor,  who  bought  the  Alamo  building  re- 
cently, takes  over  November  1  and  says  he'll 
play  Westerns  too. 


KANSAS  CITY 

Edward  Mansfield,  city  division  manager 
for  Commonwealth  theatres,  found  a  timely 
old  picture  for  keying  with  the  trial  and 
conviction  of  Nazi  leaders,  "Hangmen  Also 
Die,"  which  he  booked  for  the  downtown 
Regent,  advertised  with  a  layout  showing 
current  headlines  on  the  Nazi  trials,  and  will 
run  in  the  other  local  Commonwealth  houses, 
in  turn ;  there  being  only  one  print  available. 

The  American  Royal  Live  Stock  and 
Horse  Show,  resumed  in  its  full  extent  after 
a  lapse  because  of  the  war,  is  dated  October 
19-26.  .  .  .  The  film  industry  is  cooperating 
extensively  with  the  Community  Chest  cam- 
paign. Most  theatres  are  extending  their 
help  in  individual  ways  in  their  neighbor- 
hoods. Clarence  A.  Schultz,  president  of 
Commonwealth  theatres,  is  chairman  of  the 
"internal  solicitation"  program  on  Film  Row, 
assisted  by  Arthur  Cole  of  Paramount  and 
Finton  H.  Jones,  insurance  adviser.  Elmer 
C.  Rhoden  of  Fox  Midwest  is  chairman  for 
the  corporate  gift  committee  in  the  industry. 
M.  B.  Cohn,  manager  of  the  Newman,  is 
chairman  for  downtown  theatre  personal 
contributions. 

MEMPHIS 

Business  was  definitely  picking  up  at  two 
downtown  theatres  this  week  —  Malco, 
showing  "Canyon  Passage,"  and  Loew's 
Palace,  showing  "Angel  on  My  Shoulder." 
At  Warner  and  Loew's  State  attendance  was 
a  little  off.  But  "Two  Guys  from  Milwau- 
kee," which  just  closed  at  the  Warner,  was 
held  over,  for  two  weeks  and  came  near  new 
records.  .  .  .  Cool  weather  has  brought 
an  increase  in  attendance  at  Memphis  and 
mid-south  neighborhood  theatres. 

Lynn  Dunn,  United  Artists  and  RKO  em- 
ployee in  Atlanta  for  many  years,  has  be- 
come manager  at  Memphis  for  Kay  Film 
Exchange.  .  .  .  Esquire  theatre,  new  Negro 
house,  has  been  opened  in  Orange  Mound 
Community  in  Memphis  by  J.  D.  Catsoodas, 
Jr.  .  .  .  W.  A.  Finney,  division  manager  for 
Loew's,  Atlanta,  was  in  Memphis  this  week. 
.  .  .  Mid-south  theatre  owners  visiting  and 
shopping  on  Film  Row  included :  Don  Lan- 
ders, Radio  theatre,  Harrisburg,  Ark. ;  Fred 
Brown,  Ozark  Amusement  Co.,  Hardy, 
Ark. ;  W.  L.  Landers,  Landers  theatre, 
Batesville,  Ark. ;  K.  H.  Kinney,  Hays  the- 
atre, Hughes,  Ark. ;  S.  B.  McRee,  Coffee- 
ville  theatre,  Coffeeville,  Miss. ;  Louise 
Mask,  Luez  theatre,  Bolivar,  Tenn. ;  G.  C. 
Pratt,  Dixie  theatre,  Fulton,  Miss.;  Mr.  and 


Mrs.  Roy  Cochran,  Juroy  theatre,  Little 
Rock,  Ark. 


MINNEAPOLIS 

Loop  theatre  grosses  in  the  Twin  Cities 
have  been  running  spotty  with  only  a  few  of 
the  top  films  doing  good  business,  such  as 
"Notorious,"  which  did  $38,000  in  two  weeks 
at  the  RKO  Orpheum,  Minneapolis.  Mean- 
while, the  neighborhood  houses  are  reporting 
near-record  business,  which  is  mystifying 
exhibitors  who  are  unable  to  determine  the 
exact  cause  for  the  trend.  At  the  same  time, 
night  club  operators  have  reported  a  falling 
off  in  late  supper  trade,  while  neighborhood 
taverns  have  picked  up  noticeably  in  recent 
months.  .  .  .  RKO  Orpheum  is  preparing  for 
a  lavish  northwest  premiere  of  "Sister 
Kenny"  October  31.  "Lady  Luck"  will  have 
its  world  premiere  in  Duluth  on  October  23. 

A  special  convention  of  the  North  Central 
Allied  board  has  been  called  for  November 
13  by  Ben  Berger,  president,  to  discuss  pro- 
visions of  the  consent  decree  in  the  New 
York  equity  suit.  Retaliatory  action  against 
alleged  unfair  distributor  trade  practices  also 
will  be  aired.  .  .  .  J.  E.  Lovelett,  former 
Minneapolis  Monogram  salesman,  has  been 
named  northern  Minnesota  sales  representa- 
tive for  the  Minneapolis  Columbia  branch. 
.  .  .  C.  H.  Clossen,  operator  of  the  Green 
theatre,  Anoka,  Minn.,  has  boosted  prices 
five  cents  on  adults  and  two  on  children, 
making  them  40  and  14  cents.  .  .  . 


NEW  ORLEANS 

The  G.  W.  Aliens  of  Gala  theatre,  Butler, 
Ala.,  opened  a  new  theatre  in  Camden,  Ala., 
recently.  .  .  .  Hall  Houpe,  exhibitor  from 
Shelby,  N.  C,  was  a  city  visitor.  .  .  .  L.  V. 
Garroway  of  Prentiss,  Miss.,  has  opened  a 
new  theatre,  the  Plaza  there.  He  will  only 
operate  his  old  theatre,  the  Ritz,  on  Satur- 
days. .  .  .  Members  of  the  New  Orleans  film 
industry  will  participate  in  the  production  of 
an  Air  Show  November  2-3,  sponsored  by 
the  Civil  Air  Patrol  with  the  cooperation  of 
the  Army  Air  Force.  They  are:  William 
Cobb,  Joy  N.,  Willis  and  Fred  Houck  of 
Joy  Theatres,  Inc. ;  W.  A.  Prewitt,  Shirley 
Reach  and  Connie  Black  of  Associated  The- 
atres; W.  J.  Broussard  of  Bruce  theatre, 
Crowley,  La. ;  Waddy  Jones,  of  Joy-Strand 


Theatre ;  R.  C.  Stevens,  L.  C.  Montgomery 
of  Ritz  theatres ;  Charles  Lamantia  of  Ritz 
Theatre,  Gogalusa  and  Jeanette  Sheffield. 
Ray  Del  Rio  is  back  in  the  industry  after  a 
two  years  absence.  He  is  salesman  for 
P.R.C.  replacing  P.  L.  Spindler. 

OMAHA 

Theatres  found  beating  par  tough  during 
the  week.  Ak-Sar-Ben's  week-long  horse 
show  helped  dent  business.  Weather  was 
cold,  rainy.  .  .  .  RKO-Brandeis  is  installing 
heat  and  air  conditioning  units  in  its  lobby. 
.  .  .  Joe  M.  Foley  is  new  Monogram  booker. 
.  .  .  James  L  Hosic  is  opening  the  Milford 
theatre,  Milford,  Neb.  .  .  .  Business  men  at 
Royal,  la.,  have  closed  their  theatre  for  the 
winter.  .  .  .  Mort  Eichenberg,  Jr.,  has  taken 
a  position  his  father  once  held  here  as  sales- 
man at  PRC.  .  .  .  Front  Office  and  Back 
Office  bowlers  will  clash  in  a  friendly  sports 
battle.  .  .  .  Northeast  Nebraska  exhibitors 
gathered  in  Norfolk  for  a  special  meeting  on 
their  problems.  .  .  .  Darvin  Evans  has  pur- 
chased the  State  theatre  at  Hurley,  S.  D., 
from  H.  I.  Stearns.'  .  .  .  Margaret  Gagnon 
is  a  new  secretary  at  Warners.  .  .  .  Joe 
Meyer,  operator  of  a  film  advertising  agency 
in  this  territory,  will  enter  hospital  for  a 
gall  bladder  operation. 

PHILADELPHIA 

Business  dropped  all  along  the  line  with 
"If  I'm  Lucky"  topping  the  town  with 
$24,000.  The  drop  in  box  office  blamed  on 
poorer  product.  .  .  .  Variety  Club  Tent  13 
is  planning  the  largest  show  in  their  history 
November  21  at  Convention  Hall,  for  their 
Heart  Fund.  Frank  Sinatra  will  give  a  con- 
cert and  Andre  Kostelanetz  will  conduct  100 
men  of  the  Robin  Hood  Dell  Orchestra  for 
the  affair.  .  .  . 

Allen  Goodkin  has  been  named  manager 
at  Paramount's  Nixon  theatre.  .  .  .  William 
Goldman,  head  of  the  William  Goldman 
Theatres,  Inc.,  is  now  commuting  to  Ber- 
muda by  plane.  .  .  .  Abe  Rovner  invited 
members  of  the  industry  to  the  opening  of 
his  new  Roxy,  in  Camden.  The  house  is  on 
the  site  of  the  old  Garden.  Leonard  Hetel- 
son  is  managing  director.  .  .  .  Allied  Inde- 
pendent Theatre  Owners  of  Eastern  Penn- 
sylvania held  a  series  of  meetings  on  product 
for  members  and  managers  in  various  cities 
in  their  territory.  .  .  . 

Dick  Brown,  with  Warners  over  14  yeaes, 
is  now  chief  of  the  Motion  Picture  Division 
for  Special  Services  of  the  Veterans  Ad- 
ministration, in  town.  .  .  .  Warner  local 
houses  are  trying  out  a  Kiddie  Cartoon  Car- 
nival. Fifteen  cartoons  are  shown,  seats 
sold  in  advance,  doors  opening  at  9  :30'  A.M. 
.  .  .  Joseph  Schwerha,  owner  of  the  Shilling- 
ton,  Shillington,  Pa.,  has  bought  a  large 
tract  of  land  on  the  town's  main  street,  and 
will  erect  a  new  theatre,  seating  700,  twice 
the  capacity  of  the  Shillington. 

PITTSBURGH 

Pittsburgh  at  night  began  to  resemble  a 
ghost  city  as  the  power  strike  went  into  its 
third  week.  Transportation  is  limited  to  a 
few  out-of-town  busses  and  the  few  lights 
over  the  film-house  marquees  are  providing 

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what  little  street  illumination  there  is.  Man- 
agers of  the  various  downtown  houses  are 
becoming  frantic.  One  house  hasn't  aver- 
aged $100  a  day  for  the  past  18  days.  Add- 
ing to  the  manager  worries  is  the  uncer- 
tainly of  the  help,  since  very  few  are  able 
to  reach  their  homes  when  the  houses  close 
at  midnight.  John  Walsh,  manager  of  the 
Fulton  theatre,  operated  his  house  with  only 
two  employees  for  three  consecutive  days. 
A  hotel  strike  which  has  closed  all  of  the 
leading  hostelries  has  added  to  the  confusion. 

Moe  Silver,  zone  manager  for  Warner 
Brothers,  has  been  named  chairman  of  the 
Motion  Picture  Division  for  the  Community 
Chest  campaign.  .  .  .  The  American  Legion 
Post  of  the  Variety  Club  has  postponed  the 
scheduled  banquet  for  Jimmy  Balmer,  its 
outgoing  commander,  because  of  the  hotel 
strike.  .  .  Bill  Eythe.  now  in  London,  writes 
his  folks  in  Mars,  Pa.,  that  the  picture  he 
made  in  England,  '"Meet  Me  at  Dawn,"  is 
finished  and  looks  good.  .  .  .  Richard  Harper, 
MGM  salesman,  has  been  transferred  to  the 
Cleveland  exchange. 

PORTLAND 

Continued  pleasant  autumn  weather  acted 
as  a  much  needed  stimulant  to  downtown 
box  offices.  .  .  .  Forman  Brothers  of  United 
Theatres  announce  acquisition  of  some  50 
acres  near  South  Tacoma.  Wash.,  where 
thev  plan  a  motor-in  theatre  to  accommodate 
600'  cars.  Investment  totals  S200.000.  .  .  . 
Herb  Cass,  salesman  in  Oregon  for  National 
Screen  Service,  reports  steady  increase  in 
business  in  the  smaller  Oregon  community, 
especially  where  it  is  a  family  operated 
house. 

Clarence  Tillman,  formerly  veteran  sales- 
man Columbia  Pictures,  is  now  head  of  the 
theatre  division  of  Allied  Brokerage  Com- 
pany, opening  Portland  offices  in  the  Henry 
Building.  .  .  .  Jack  L.  Lovett  has  opened  the 
new  Oregon  Theatre  Co-Operative  at  2107 
N.  W.  Northup,  and  at  present  is  booking 
pictures  for  theatres  in  Lebanon,  McMin- 
ville,  Laurelhurst,  Egyptian  and  Irvington  in 
Portland.  .  .  .  Ray  Grombacher,  veteran  the- 
atre operator  operating  the  Egyptian,  has 
purchased  half  interest  in  Irvington  Theatre 
from  Sanford  Smith. 


SAN  ANTONIO 

Business  continues  to  hold  up  well  at  all 
theatres.  Top  first  runs  were  "The  Killers" 
at  the  Majestic  and  "Centennial  Summer"  at 
the  Aztec,  both  doing  about  even  at  the  box 
offices  last  week.  ...  A  vaude-film  policy 
recently  went  into  the  Queen  theatre,  Gal- 
veston, Texas.  .  .  .  The  first  all-Negro  Cow- 
boy films  ever  made  will  soon  be  produced 
by  the  All-American  News  Co.  in  the  lower 
Rio  Grande  Valley.  E.  M.  Glucksman, 
president  of  the  all-Negro  newsreel  company 
which  is  now  branching  out  into  Negro  fea- 
ture pictures,  said  that  players  will  be  sent 
from  New  York  to  South  Texas  where  real 
cowboys  will  be  recruited  as  extras. 


ST.  LOUIS 

Influx  of  thousands  of  visitors  to  see  the 
World  Series  offset  the  loss  of  localites  to 
the  ball  park  and  theatres  in  St.  Louis  man- 


aged to  overcome  the  baseball  competition 
and  come  out  with  a  slightly  above  average 
week.  .  .  .  As  a  counter  measure  the  first  run 
theatres  broadcast  inning-by-inning  results 
of  the  afternoon  games.  .  .  .  Fanchon  & 
Marco  changed  the  policy  of  its  deluxe  first 
run  house,  St.  Louis  theatre,  this  week  by 
giving  it  top  product.  The  first  of  such  pic- 
tures is  "Notorious,"  to  be  followed  by 
"Cloak  and  Dagger."  Ordinarily,  such  films 
play  other  F&M  first  run  houses,  while  the 
St.  Louis  has  been  the  house  for  revivals. 
.  .  .  The  St.  Louis  industry  lost  a  good  friend 
this  week  when  Arthur  Kaye,  general  man- 
ager of  the  St.  Louis  Star-Times,  retired. 
Kaye's  last  act  in  behalf  of  the  industry  was 
introduction  of  alphabetical  directory  of 
theatres  in  the  afternoon  paper.  .  .  .  Four 
youths  captured  in  East  St.  Louis,  111.,  in 
trying  to  burn  an  entrance  into  Majestic 
theatre,  a  Publix  Great  States  house,  with 
a  stolen  acetylene  torch.  .  .  .  Elmer  Moran, 
business  agent  for  the  St.  Louis  Theatrical 
Brotherhood  Local  No.  6,  has  been  appointed 
assistant  to  Frank  Stickling,  international 
representative,  who  has  taken  over  affairs  of 
union  during  "state  of  emergency." 

WASHINGTON 

Washington  temperatures  went  from  85  to 
54,  in  one  week,  accompanied  by  driving 
winds  and  rain.  Both  Warners'  Earle  and 
Metropolitan  theatres  had  unfavorable 
weather  for  their  world  premieres  of  "Cloak 
and  Dagger"  and  "Her  Sister's  Secret"  re- 
spectively. RKO  Keith's  opened  with  "The 
Stranger :"  Loew's  Capitol  with  "Cockeyed 
Miracle ;"  Loew's  Palace  with  "Three  Little 
Girls  in  Blue ;"  and  Sidney  Lust's  Hippo- 
drome, October  12,  with  the  James  Mason 
picture,  "Alibi."  In  the  foreign  field,  Mrs. 
Miller's  Little  Theatre  opened  with  "Marie 
Louise,"  by  Swiss  Producer  Lazar  Welcher, 
who  did  "The  Last  Chance."  Picture  was 
verv  favorably  received  by  the  drama  critics. 

Nathan  D.  Golden,  Dept.  of  Commerce, 
and  First  Assistant  Chief  Barker  of  Variety 
Club  Tent  No.  11,  who  was  chairman  of  the 
District  Committee  for  "Employ  the  Physi- 
cally Handicapped  Week,"  presided  at  a 
luncheon  attended  by  a  large  number  of  gov- 
ernment officials  interested  in  rehabilitation 
work.  .  .  .  Samuel  Roth,  president  of  the  Vir- 
ginia Circuit,  for  Valley  Theatres,  an- 
nounces that  John  G.  Broumas  has  joined 
his  staff. 


New  members  inducted  into  Variety  Club 
Tent  No.  11  by  Nathan  D.  Golden,  chairman 
of  the  membership  Committee,  were  James 
H.  Brady,  Harry  Carpel,  Morton  Gerber, 
Lee  Garling,  Eugene  Kramer,  William  Lich- 
tenberg,  Samuel  Liggett,  L.  Gardner  Moore, 
Charles  Cohn,  Bert  Sarazan,  Douglas 
Stalker,  Samuel  Shapiro,  Jules  Rendelman, 
Louis  Rosenberg,  I.  William  Stempil  and 
Francis  J.  Storty.  .  .  .  Lust  Theatres  signed 
the  "Tennessee  Ramblers"  Republic  Pictures 
songsters  for  a  three-day  engagement.  They 
made  appearances  at  the  Milo,  Rockville,  the 
Marlboro,  upper  Marlboro,  the  Arcade  and 
the  Cameo,  Hyattsville. 

Bitto  Fined  fo^r 
16mm  Print  Use 

Joseph  Bitto,  who  had  pleaded  guilty  to 
a  charge  of  copyright  infringement  involv- 
ing a  16mm  version  of  Twentieth  Century- 
Fox's  "Song  of  Bernadette,"  was  fined  $250 
and  sentenced  to  six  months'  imprisonment 
by  Federal  Judge  Grover  Moscowitz  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  last  Thursday.  The  sen- 
tence was  suspended,  however,  and  the  de- 
fendant was  placed  on  18  months'  probation. 

Bitto  was  one  of  a  number  arrested  last 
April  by  the  Federal  Bureau  of  Investigation 
in  connection  with  illicit  traffic  in  16mm 
prints  which  the  industry  had  given  to  the 
Army  for  overseas  exhibition.  A  number 
of  the  prints  were  found  to  have  been  stolen 
from  the  Army  Signal  Corps  laboratories  in 
Astoria,  L.  I. ;  however,  Bitto  was  not 
charged  with  being  involved  in  the  theft 
of  the  prints. 

Edward  A.  Sargoy  of  the  Copyright  Pro- 
tection Bureau  and  a  member  of  the  New 
York  law  firm  of  Sargoy  and  Stein,  was  spe- 
cial counsel  for  distributors  involved  in  the 
case.  During  the  trial  Mr.  Sargoy  told  of 
the  industry's  effort  to  protect  the  prints 
from  illicit  traffic,  but  said  the  problem  had 
been  complicated  since  the  war,  when  thou- 
sands of  prints  were  supplied  to  the  services. 
Many  of  these  same  prints  are  now  showing 
up  for  unauthorized  exhibition  around  the 
country,  he  explained. 


Chouinard  Buyer  for 
Independent  Combine 

In  his  capacity  as  buyer  for  the  new- 
Twin  City  film  buying  and  booking  com- 
bination, Independent  Theatres  of  Minne- 
apolis, Casper  Chouinard,  veteran  film 
salesman  for  United  Artists  in  that  city, 
will  buy  film  for  26  theatres  in  the  Twin 
Cities  area.  Henry  Greene  heads  the  group. 
On  the  list  are  six  houses  of  Guttman- 
Mann ;  three  each  in  the  Henry  Greene, 
Lyle  Carisch  and  Rubenstein-Kaplain  cir- 
cuits ;  two  theatres  operated  by  Nate  Fisch- 
er in  Minneapolis  and  George  Granstrom 
in  St.  Paul ;  the  Hamlin  and  Radio,  neigh- 
borhood houses  in  the  Montgomery-Dale- 
Rydeen  circuit,  St.  Paul ;  one  each  owned 
by  Max  Torodor  and  Bill  Levy  in  Minne- 
apolis and  one  each  owned  by  Sol  Torodor. 
Sam  Zuckman  and  Art  Stevens  in  St.  Paul. 


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39 


STRIKE  AT  CRITICAL 
POINT:  LABS  HIT 


Workers  Refuse  to  Cross 
Picket  Lines  as  A.F.ofL. 
Locals  Ignore  Heads 

Now  in  its  third  week,  the  Hollywood 
labor  situation  reached  its  most  critical 
stage  Monday  as  some  1,500  laboratory  tech- 
nicians and  film  processors  stopped  working. 

This  action  was  taken  when  the  techni- 
cians, members  of  Local  683  of  the  Interna- 
tional Alliance  of  Theatrical  Stage  Em- 
ployes, AFL,  refused  to  cross  picket  lines 
which  the  rival  Conference  of  Studio  Unions 
has  maintained  at  the  studios  since  Septem- 
ber 26  in  the  AFL  jurisdictional  dispute 
over  which  union  is  authorized  to  construct 
studio  sets. 

I A  Officers  Face  Test 

With  this  action  the  ability  of  the  IATSE 
International  officers  to  control  the  Holly- 
wood locals  faced  its  severest  test  as  a  ma- 
jority vote  by  IATSE  technicians  to  observe 
the  CSU  picket  lines  marked  the  first  defec- 
tion from  the  IATSE  anti-strike  stand  main- 
tained throughout  last  year's  strike. 

The  recognition  of  the  CSU  picket  lines 
by  the  IATSE  local  has  halted  work  in  near- 
ly all  of  Hollywood's  film  laboratories.  Since 
each  day's  shooting  is  dependent  on  inspec- 
tion of  the  previous  day's  film,  the  failure 
of  laboratory  technicians  to  report  to  work 
hampered  production  almost  as  completely  as 
if  all  studio  employes  were  idle. 

Paramount  studios  were  operating  on  a 
near  normal  basis  Monday,  because  techni- 
cians there  got  to  work  before  the  announce- 
ment was  made  public  not  to  cross  the  picket 
lines.  On  Tuesday,  however,  the  local  was 
to  take  action  to  halt  laboratory  work  there. 

At  midweek  the  studios  were  making 
plans  to  fly  each  day's  filming  to  New  York 
for  processing. 

The  New  York  technicians  local,  however, 
is  understood  to  have  informed  Hollywood 
technicians  that  it  will  not  process  the  film 
if  it  is  shipped  east. 

Color  Films  Halted 

Nine  pictures  which  were  being  produced 
in  Technicolor  by  four  studios  also  were 
completely  halted  as  Technicolor  has  no 
laboratories  outside  of  the  film  capital. 

Monday  the  CSU  agreed  to  withdraw 
pickets  from  the  Williams  Laboratory  so 
that  the  plant  can  handle  film  from  indepen- 
dent producers  unaffected  by  the  strike.  A 
similar  agreement  was  made  with  Cinecolor 
after  the  latter  agreed  not  to  handle  film 
from  the  struck  studios. 

Any  prospects  of  the  immediate  settlement 
of  the  strike  was  squelchced  in  Chicago 
Tuesday  when  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor  Convention  approved  the  Screen  Ac- 
tors Guild  resolution  calling  for  settling 
jurisdictional  disputes  by  conference,  but  re- 


jected other  plans  which  called  for  a  specific 
arbitration  board  within  the  AFL  to  handle 
such  disputes.  In  other  words,  the  resolu- 
tions committee's  sentiments  which  were  ap- 
proved by  the  convention  wants  disputes  set- 
tled by  conferences  but  does  not  want  to 
give  power  to  any  group  to  settle  disputes. 

Last  Thursday,  picket  concentration  in  the 
strike  was  shifted  to  the  Paramount  Labora- 
tories after  they  had  first  gathered  en  masse 
at  Columbia  and  were  read  the  court  order 
limiting  their  number  to  25.  That  day  was 
peaceful. 

Outbreak  at  Technicolor 

However,  Friday  violence  flared  anew  at 
the  Technicolor  plant,  which  resulted  in 
some  50  arrests.  After  this  outbreak,  Tech- 
nicolor, following  the  example  previously  set 
by  MGM,  Warners,  Republic  and  Columbia, 
obtained  a  court  order  limiting  the  number 
of  pickets. 

Following  a  Sunday  night  meeting  the 
CSU  defied  the  court  order  and  threw  a 
mass  picket  line  around  Columbia,  which 
brought  arrests.  The  CSU  said  this  proce- 
dure was  designed  to  test  the  legality  of 
court  orders  limiting  the  number  of  pickets. 

Amid  news  of  the  jurisdictional  dispute 
came  word  late  last  Wednesday  that  the 
Studio  Projectionists'  Local  165  signed  a 
pact  embodying  the  previously  stipulated  25 
per  cent  increase,  retroactive  to  January  1. 


Managers  Excluded  from 
Chicago  "IA"  Drive 

Richard  Walsh,  IATSE  president,  reit- 
erated last  week  that  managers  will  not 
be  included  in  the  new  theatre  "white  col- 
lar" workers  being  organized  in  Chicago. 
This  was  also  affirmed  by  Gene  Atkinson, 
business  agent  of  the  local  operators'  union, 
who  in  an  original  announcement  regard- 
ing formation  of  the  union,  had  stated  that 
managers  would  be  in  the  new  unit. 


de  Rochemont  Addresses 
Meeting  of  AMPA 

Richard  de  Rochemont,  March  of  Time 
producer,  was  scheduled  to  address  a 
luncheon  meeting  of  Associated  Motion  Pic- 
tures Advertisers  at  the  Town  Hall  Club, 
New  York,  October  17,  on  "The  European 
Film  Market  Today." 


Carbon  Cost  Up  10% 

Added  costs  in  the  manufacture  of  projector 
carbons  have  made  it  necessary  for  National 
Carbon  Company  to  increase  its  price  to 
dealers  by  approximately  10  per  cent,  the 
company  has  announced.  Continued  re- 
search and  development  programs  in  cooper- 
ation with  other  phases  of  the  industry  are 
planned. 


Virginia  Circuit 
Sets  Plans  for 
Anniversary 

Advertising  and  showmanship  techniques 
adjusted  to  modern  conditions,  theatre  prob- 
lems evolving  from  the  New  York  Court  de- 
cision, and  plans  for  a  public  celebration  of 
the  circuit's  20th  anniversary  in  November 
were  discussed  by  officers  and  managers  of 
Neighborhood  Theatres  Wednesday  at  an 
all-day  meeting  in  the  John  Marshall  Hotel, 
Richmond,  Va. 

Morton  G.  Thalhimer,  president  of  the 
circuit,  presented  pins  to  managers  of  20,  10 
and  five  years'  status,  at  an  anniversary 
luncheon  during  the  meeting,  which  conclud- 
ed with  a  dinner  and  dance  Wednesday 
night. 

At  the  afternoon  session  the  managers 
heard  short  addresses  by  the  representatives 
of  the  major  companies  and  by  Robert  Bar- 
yon,  counsel  for  the  Confederacy  of  South- 
ern Associations,  who  outlined  the  major 
points  in  CSA's  brief  for  intervention  in  the 
New  York  suit. 

Maurice  A.  Bergman,  Universal-Interna- 
tional Pictures  eastern  advertising  and  pub- 
licity director,  addressing  the  managers  said 
this  is  the  time  to  analyze  our  point  of  view 
on  theatre  advertising  while  business  is  good 
and  we  can  afford  to  be  experimental. 

Mr.  Bergman  said  that  while  new  audi- 
ences have  been  gained,  it  is  a  question 
whether  the  new  patrons  can  be  held  when 
strong  competition  develops. 

"Theatre  advertising  must  keep  ahead  of 
the  public  taste  since  ours  is  the  respon- 
sibility to  educate  the  public  as  well  as  to 
sell,"  he  declared.  He  outlined  the  10  ob- 
jectives in  theatre  advertising  as  being  to  get 
advertising  back  into  the  theatres  where  it 
belongs ;  to  localize  its  point  of  view ;  to  cre- 
ate an  institutional  pattern ;  to  abandon  the 
common  denominator  and  the  superlative; 
to  keep  the  advertising  on  a  family  or  cul- 
tural level ;  to  make  the  theatre  the  focal 
point  of  the  advertising;  not  to  be  afraid  to 
be  different;  to  be  truthful  and  reveal  what 
the  picture  is  about;  not  to  let  prejudices  in- 
fluence advertising;  to  condition  the  com- 
munity to  better  pictures. 


Ableson  Film  Classics 
Sales  Supervisor 

Robert  P.  Ableson,  currently  Los  Angeles 
manager  for  Film  Classics,  Inc.,  has  been 
named  supervisor  of  the  company's  branches 
in  Portland,  Seattle,  San  Francisco,  Denver 
and  Los  Angeles,  with  headquarters  in  the 
latter  city.  Mr.  Ableson  succeeds  L.  E. 
Goldhammer,  resigned.  Edward  E.  Spiers, 
Milwaukee  manager,  will  also  supervise  sales 
activities  at  the  Chicago  branch  formerly 
headed  by  Harry  L.  Mandell,  whose  resigna- 
tion is  effective  November  1.  Eugene  Arn- 
stein,  secretary-treasurer,  has  announced 
that  Film  Classics  is  negotiating  with  Ed- 
ward Small  and  Sir  Alexander  Korda  for 
50  reissues. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


Short  Product  in  First  Run  Houses 


NEW  YORK— Week  of  October  14 

CAPITOL:  Northwest  Hounded  Police.. MGM 

Over  the  Seas  to  Belfast  MGM 

Feature:  Three  Wise  Fools  MGM 

CRITERION:  Ten  Pin  Magic  Columbia 

Misto  Fox  Columbia 

Feature:  Gallant  Journey  Columbia 

GLOBE:   Beach   Days  Warner  Bros. 

Bacall  to  Arms  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Mr.  Ace  United  Artists 

HOLLYWOOD:  Racketeer  Rabbit  .Warner  Bros. 

Facing  Your  Danger  Warner  Bros. 

Men  of  Tomorrow  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Night  and  Day  Warner  Bros. 

PALACE:  Purloined  Pup  RKO 

Feature:  Sister  Kenny  RKO 

PARAMOUNT:  Rocket  to  Mars  Paramount 

Feature:  Monsieur  Beaucaire  Paramount 

RIALTO:  A  Peep  in  the  Deep  Paramount 

Feature:  The  Raider  English  Films,  Inc. 

RIVOLI:  Musica-Lulu  Paramount 

Be  Kind  to  Animals  Paramount 

Double  Rhythm   Paramount 

Feature:  Two  Years  Before  the  Mast.  . .  .Paramount 
ROXY:  Electronic  Mousetrap  ..  20th  Cent, -Fox 

Winter  Holiday  20th  Cent.-Fox 

Czechoslovakia,  the  Soviet  Neighbor 

20th  Cent.-Fox 

Feature:  Margie   20th  Cent.-Fox 


STRAND:  The  Big  Snooze  Warner  Bros. 

Adventure  in  South  America.  . .  .Warner  Bros. 
Men  of  Tomorrow  Worner  Bros. 

Feature:  Cloak  and  Dagger  Warner  Bros. 

WINTER  GARDEN:  The  Answer  Man  .Universal 
Wacky  Weed  Universal 

Feature:  The  Killers  Universal 

CHICAGO— Week  of  October  14 

APOLLO:  Is  Everybody  Happy?   I  March  of 
Time!  20th  Cent.-Fox 

Feature:  Claudia  and  David  20th  Cent.-Fox 

CHICAGO:  Football  Fanfare .  .20th  Cent.-Fox 

Feature:  The  Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers 

Paramount 

GARRICK:  Double  Rhythm  Paramount 

Feature:  Home  Sweet  Homicide.  .  .  20th  Cent.-Fox 

GRAND:  Skating  Lady  RKO 

No  Help  Wanted   .U.S. 

Feature:  Notorious  '.  RKO 

ROOSEVELT:  Men  of  Tomorrow.  ..  .Vitaphone 
Feature:  Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee.  .  Warner  Bros. 

STATE-LAKE:  Goal-Rich  Paramount 

Feature:  Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam  .20th  Cent.-Fox 
UNITED  ARTISTS:  Traffic  with  the  Devil  .MGM 
Pete  Smith's  Football  Thrills  of  1945... MGM 

Feature:  Easy  to  Wed  MGM 

WOODS:  Silent  Tweetment  Columbia 

Feature:  The  Stranger  RKO 


SMPE  Meeting 
Opens  Monday 

The  Society  of  Motion  Picture  Engineers 
will  hold  its  sixtieth  semi-annual  convention, 
October  21  to  25,  at  the  Hollywood-Roose- 
velt Hotel  in  Hollywood.  More  than  60 
technical  papers,  dealing  with  new  develop- 
ments in  television,  sound  recording,  high 
speed  photography,  color  films  and  16mm 
equipment  and  techniques  will  be  pre- 
sented. 

The  sessions  will  open  Monday  with  a 
luncheon  meeting  at  which  Byron  Price, 
vice-president  of  the  Motion  Picture  Asso- 
ciation, will  be  the  principal  speaker. 

The  society's  president,  Donald  E.  Hynd- 
man,  will  preside  at  the  10  scheduled  ses- 
sions, three  of  which  will  be  held  in  stu- 
dios— Republic,  Paramount,  and  Disney. 

A  feature  of  the  convention  will  be  the 
Wednesday  night  banquet  at  which  citations 
and  scrolls  will  be  awarded  to  sound  film 
pioneers  for  their  contributions  to  the  new 
medium. 

Some  of  the  papers  in  the  field  of  tele- 
vision to  be  presented  are :  "Wartime  Naval 
Photography  of  the  Electronic  Image," 
by  Lt.  F.  X.  Clasby  and  Lt.  R.  A.  Koch; 
"Film  Projectors  for  Television,"  by  H.  R. 
Lubecke,  and  "The  Showmanship  Side  of 
Theatre  Television,"  by  Ralph  B.  Austrian 
of  RKO  Television  Corporation,  subsidiary 
of  Radio-Keith-Orpheum  Corporation. 

In  addition  to  the  technical  papers  such 
topical  subjects  as  the  role  of  motion  pic- 
tures in  the  Bikini  atom  bomb  tests  and  the 
peacetime  use  of  U.  S.  Navy  combat  film 
will  be  discussed. 


Columbia  to  Release 
Rabinovitch  Pictures 

On  a  straight  partnership  basis,  Columbia 
Pictures  International  has  contracted  with 
Gregor  Rabinovitch,  European  producer,  to 
make  continental  pictures  exclusively  for  that 
company.  Columbia  holds  world  distribu- 
tion rights  to  all  productions  planned  under 
the  contract.  First  of  the  six  pictures 
planned  by  Mr.  Rabinovitch  is  "Manon  Les- 
caut,"  starring  Danielle  Darrieux,  shortly  to 
go  before  the  cameras.  Others  will  star  Jan 
Kiepura,  Marta  Eggerth  and  other  interna- 
tional players.  Mr.  Rabinovitch  in  1941  was 
associated  here  as  a  producer  with  United 
Artists.  In  1925,  he  formed  Cine-Alliance 
in  Paris,  producing  "Michael  Strogoff"  and 
"Casanova."  While  heading  the  Berlin  of- 
fice of  Cine-Alliance  in  1932  he  produced 
"Be  Mine  Tonight,"  "Unfinished  Sym- 
phony," "Mazurka,"  "Ballerina"  and 
"Heartbeat." 


Cinema  Lodge  Will  Hold 
UNO  Night  in  New  York 

Cinema  Lodge,  B'nai  B'rith,  will  salute 
the  United  Nations  Organization  at  a  UNO 
Night  at  the  Hotel  Astor,  New  York,  Oc- 
tober 29,  Jack  H.  Levin,  Cinema  president, 
has  announced.  UNO  officials  who  will  be 
present  to  receive  the  tribute  include  Ben- 
jamin Cohen,  of  Chile,  UNO  Assistant  Sec- 
retary General ;  Dr.  Isidore  Lubin,  presi- 
dent of  Confidential  Reports,  Inc.,  who  is  the 
U.  S.  member  of  the  Economic  and  Social 
Council  of  the  UNO  Economic  and  Employ- 
ment Commission,  and  Christopher  Cross, 
U.  S.  Radio  Liaison  Officer  of  UNO.  Ad- 
ditional details  of  the  program  are  being 
completed  by  Marvin  Kirsch,  Cinema  vice- 
president  and  program  chairman. 


Exhibitors  Raise 
$l,000,000Forl6 
Of  Screen  Guild 

Chicago  Bureau 

Two  separate  exhibitor  groups  —  one  in 
Boston  and  the  other  in  Detroit — have  each 
raised  $500,000  and  each  will  release  a 
group  of  eight  pictures  through  Screen 
Guild  productions,  it  was  announced  in  Chi- 
cago last  weekend  following  a  Screen 
Guild  meeting  at  the  Blackstone  Hotel. 

The  expansion  plans,  financed  by  a  50  per 
cent  increase  in  stock  to  be  purchased  by 
the  original  stockholders,  include  the  estab- 
lishment of  four  sales  districts  with  a  dis- 
trict manager  in  each  under  the  supervision 
of  Francis  Bateman,  general  sales  manager. 

New  five-year  contracts  were  given  to 
Johnny  Jones,  president,  and  Robert  L. 
Lippert,  vice-president  in  charge  of  distribu- 
tion. 

The  Detroit  group,  comprising  three  ex- 
hibitors, headed  by  Jack  Broder,  will  be 
called  Melrose  Productions  and  will  have 
Sam  Decker  in  charge  of  production.  The 
Boston  group  is  headed  by  Arthur  Lock- 
wood  and  Sam  Gordon.  To  date,  no  name 
has  been  selected. 

Apart  from  the  16  features,  Affiliated 
Productions,  headed  by  Mr.  Decker,  will  re- 
lease eight  pictures  and  combined  with 
Golden  Gate's  seven  films  now  being  dis- 
tributed, will  give  Screen  Guild  31  features 
for  1946-47.  William  Berke,  formerly  with 
RKO  and  Monogram,  will  be  associated  with 
Mr.  Decker  as  producer-director. 


Three  Added  to  Publicity 
Staff  of  Universal 

Universal-International  has  announced 
three  additions  to  its  advertising  and  pub- 
licity staff.  Milton  Livingston,  formerly 
of  the  Motion  Picture  Daily  staff,  has  joined 
the  general  publicity  staff  with  special  as- 
signment to  trade  paper  publicity.  Maria 
Van  Slyke,  formerly  of  the  New  York  pub- 
licity department  of  International  Pictures, 
has  joined  U-I  to  do  general  contact  work. 
William  Kernan,  formerly  of  RKO  The- 
atres' advertising  department,  has  joined 
U-I's  advertising  department.  Phil  Laufer, 
formerly  on  Universal's  publicity  staff,  has 
been  transferred  to  the  Winter  Garden  as 
that  theatre's  publicity  representative. 


20th-Fox  Sets  Billboard  Ad 
Campaign  for  Skouras  Drive 

During  the  last  three  months  of  the  Spy- 
ros  Skouras  sales  drive  Twentieth  Century- 
Fox  will  inaugurate  a  billboard  advertising 
campaign  covering  key  cities  from  Boston 
to  Los  Angeles,  Charles  Schlaifer,  the  com- 
pany's advertising  and  publicity  director 
announced  in  New  York  Monday.  The 
campaign  will  be  launched  next  week  with 
the  initial  posting  in  New  York  for  "The 
Razor's  Edge." 


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41 


Clark  Stresses 
Screen  Value  in 
Youth  Program 

Stress  on  films  dramatizing  juvenile 
crime  was  urged  in  Washington  Monday  by 
Attorney  General  Tom  Clark,  as  it  was 
disclosed  that  Justice  Department  officials 
held  conferences  last  week  with  Francis 
Harmon,  vice-president  of  the  Motion  Pic- 
ture Association,  on  means  of  industry 
Government  cooperation  in  its  juvenile  de- 
linquency program. 

Mr.  Clark  said  good  films  had  been  the 
greatest  contributor  to  the  war  on  juvenile 
delinquency.  The  Attorney  General,  prais- 
ing the  Production  Code,  urged  that  all  pro- 
ducers strictly  follow  the  requirements  of 
the  Production  Code  Administration. 

Mr.  Clark  also  praised  the  industry  over 
a  nationwide  radio  hookup  last  Friday.  "It 
will  be  the  dramatization  of  the  tragedy  of 
juvenile  crime,  from  a  corrective  angle,  that 
will  bring  the  lesson  home  to  youngsters 
everywhere,"  he  said. 

Speaking  of  the  industry,  Mr.  Clark  said : 
"The  motion  picture  industry  has  seen  its 
responsibility  and  used  the  screen  to  em- 
phasize the  adage  that  crime  doesn't  pay." 

Justice  Department  spokesmen  expressed 
the  belief  that  the  MPA  and  exhibitor 
groups  will  work  "100  per  cent  with  the 
Government  in  its  drive  against  delinquen- 
cy. Alarmed  at  the  71  per  cent  increase  in 
youth  crimes,  President  Truman  has  di- 
rected the  Justice  Department  to  take  all 
necessary  steps  to  fight  it. 

Referring"  to  conversations  with  Mr.  Har- 
mon, Justice  Department  officials  described 
them  as  "friendly  and  successful." 


Korda  To  Open  French 
Film  Here  in  December 

"Children  of  Paris,"  France's  first  picture 
since  its  liberation,  which  is  now  playing  its 
second  year  in  the  French  capital,  will  have 
its  American  premiere  in  New  York  in  De- 
cember under  the  auspices  of  Sir  Alexander 
Korda,  the  latter's  New  York  office  an- 
nounces. Starring  Jean-Louis  Barrault, 
pantomimist  and  dancer,  the  picture  was  di- 
rected by  Marcel  Carne  at  a  cost  of  60,000,- 
000  francs  and  will  be  the  first  of  several 
Gallic  films  to  be  shown  here  under  Korda 
sponsorship.  "Children  of  Paris,"  written 
from  an  original  scenario  by  Jacques  Pre- 
vert,  tells  of  life  in  the  theatrical  districts 
of  Nineteenth  Century  Paris.  Following  its 
American  premiere,  the  picture  will  be  re- 
leased generally  throughout  the  country 
through  Tricolore  Films,  Inc. 


Form  Cinema  Export 

Cinema  Export  Corporation  has  been 
formed  in  New  York  by  Jack  Barnstyn  to 
distribute  French  pictures  in  this  country, 
Latin  America  and  the  Far  East.  Mr.  Barn- 
styn has  already  acquired  about  50  films. 


IN  NEWSREELS 


MOVIETONE  NEWS— Vol.  29,  No.  13— Byrnes  speaks 
on  Stalin's  "no  war"  statement.  .  .  .  B-29  flies  over 
top  of  world.  .  .  .  P'aul  Griffith  heads  American 
Legion.  .  .  .  Chief  Justice  Vinson  sworn  in.  .  .  . 
Harriman  sworn  in  as  Secretary  of  Commerce.  .  .  . 
Jack  Warner  receives  Mexican  award.  .  .  .  General 
Eisenhower  in  Scotland.  .  .  .  National  cotton  picking 
contest  in  Arkansas.  .  .  .  Farmers  battle  ducks. 
.  .  .  Red  Cross  aids  Chinese.  .  .  .  Sports:  World 
Series,  football. 

MOVIETONE  NEWS— Vol.  29,  No.  14— President  Tru- 
man lifts  meat  controls.  .  .  .  S.  S.  Queen  Elizabeth. 
.  .  .  Demonstration  in  Trieste.  .  .  .  General  Stilwell 
dies.  .  .  .  Hollywood  stars  seek  arbitration  in  strike. 
.  .  .  Football. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  18,  No.  211— Army 
"Dreamboat"  flies  9,500  miles  non-stop.  .  .  .  Byrnes 
in  Paris  sees  no  war.  .  .  .  Alcan  Highway.  .  .  . 
Vinson  Chief  Justice.  .  .  .  Mexico  honors  Jack  War- 
ner. .  .  .  Red  Cross  aids  China.  .  .  .  British  King 
welcomes  Eisenhower.  .  .  .  Gridders  take-  whiff  of 
oxygen.  .  .  .  World  Series  highlights. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  18,  No.  212— Truman 
ends  meat  controls.  .  .  .  Queen  Elizabeth  sends 
namesake  on  new  career.  .  .  .  Film  stars  seek 
arbitration  in  Hollywood  dispute.  .  .  .  Football:  Yale 
vs.  Columbia,  Army  vs.  Michigan. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  14— B-29  flies  across  top 
of  world.  .  .  .  Paris  rides:  again.  .  .  .  Bundles  for 
China.  .  .  .  Mexico  honors  U.  S.  motion  pictures. 
.  .  .  Air  disasters  in  French  alps.  .  .  .  Scotland- 
Five-star  invasion. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  15—  Truman  on  meat. 
.  .  .  Film  strike — film  stars  seek  arbitration.  .  .  . 
Nation's  two  top  teams  win  lough  ones. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  18,  No.  16 — Byrnes  asks 
war  talk  end.  .  .  .  Open  Alcan  highway.  .  .  .  Red 
Cross  clothing  for  China's  children.  .  .  .  Cotton 
pickers  vie  for  national  title.  .  .  .  British  stage 
fashion  show.  .  .  .  Jack  Warner  honored  by  Mexico. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  18,  No.  17— Truman  lifts 
meat  controls.  .  .  .  Actors  urge  end  of  strike.  .  .  . 
Columbia  beats  Yale.  .  .  .  Texas  tops  Oklahoma. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL^Vol.  19,  No.  545— World 
Series  highlights.  .  .  .  Byrnes  denies  atom  threat. 
.  .  .  "Ike"  in  Scotland.  .  .  .  Mexico  honors  Jack 
Warner. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL— Vol.  19,  No.  546—  Truman 
lifts  meat  controls.  .  .  .  Stars  urge  arbitration  of 
dispute.  .  .  .  Football:  Army  vs.  Michigan,  Penn- 
sylvania vs.  Dartmouth. 


Russell,  Brisson 
Sign  With  RKO 

N.  Peter  Rathvon,  president  of  RKO 
Radio  Pictures,  Inc.,  and  Frederick  Brisson, 
president  of  Independent  Artists,  Inc., 
Wednesday,  announced  that  the  newly 
formed  Independent  Artists  Company,  com- 
posed of  Rosalind  Russell,  Dudley  Nichols, 
Frank  W.  Vincent  and  Frederick  Brisson, 
had  signed  with  RKO  Radio  Pictures  for 
the  release  of  the  new  company's  product. 

Under  the  terms  of  the  deal,  RKO  Radio 
will  supply  studio  space  and  facilities  for 
the  production  of  Independent  Artists'  pic- 
tures. Mr.  Brisson  and  his  staff  will  move 
to  the  RKO  Radio  lot  on  October  25. 

Independent  Artists  will  initially  supply 
RKO  Radio  with  four  pictures,  all  of  them 
to  start  before  March  of  1949,  the  announce- 
ment said.  It  is  aimed  to  produce  six  other 
top-budget  attractions  within  a  five-year 
period  after  the  start  of  the  first  picture. 

No  definite  starting  date  has  been  set  for 
the  first  picture,  although  Independent 
Artists  is  preparing  two  properties  for  early 
production,  the  first  of  which  will  be  a  com- 
edy starring  Miss  Russell. 

The  new  company  is  budgeting  $17,000,- 
000  for  its  program  of  two  pictures  a  year, 
over  the  five-year  span. 

Announcement  of  an  important  star  and 
an  executive  producer  to  join  the  ranks  of 
Independent  Artists  will  be  made  shortly. 


Monogram  Net 
Doubles  in  Year 
With  $379,474 

Monogram  more  than  doubled  its  profits 
this  year,  Samuel  Broidy,  president,  an- 
nounced in  Hollywood,  Monday.  He  re- 
ported net  profits  for  the  fiscal  year  ended 
June  29,  1946,  of  $379,474,  as  compared  with 
net  profits  for  the  previous  vear  of  $165,- 
161. 

The  consolidated  1946  net  profit  amounts 
to  approximately  52  cents  a  share  on  721,- 
118%  shares  of  common  stock  outstanding 
at  June  29,  comparing  with  earnings  of  33 
cents  a  share  on  500,000  shares  of  common 
stock  outstanding  the  previous  year. 

The  balance  sheets  show  current  assets 
of  $5,747,941,  and  current  liabilities  of  $3,- 
639,779,  leaving  a  net  working  capital  of 
$2,108,162.  This  compares  with  a  net  work- 
ing capital  of  $1,842,868  for  the  previous 
year. 

Monogram  International,  Mr.  Broidy  re- 
ported, was  continuing  to  expand.  Since 
the  end  of  the  war,  Monogram  product  is 
again  being  distributed  in  Italy,  Belgium, 
Holland,  France,  Czechoslovakia,  the  Philip- 
pines, China  and  other  countries.  Sub- 
sidiaries of  Monogram  International  have 
been  formed  in  Brazil,  Argentina,  Panama, 
Cuba,  India  and  Malaya. 


Universal  39-Week 
Net  $3,206,354 

Consolidated  net  profits  of  Universal 
Picture  Company,  Inc.,  for  the  39  weeks 
ended  August  3,  aggregated  $3,206,354,  af- 
ter all  charges,  including  Federal  taxes 
based  on  income,  had  been  deducted,  the 
company  announced  this  week.  This  com- 
pares with  $2,955,829  for  the  corresponding 
period  of  the  preceding  fiscal  year. 


Legion  of  Decency  Reviews 
Five  New  Productions 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency  this 
week  reviewed  five  new  productions,  approv- 
ing all  but  one.  In  Class  A-l,  unobjection- 
able for  general  patronage,  were  "The  Jol- 
son  Story"  and  "Rio  Grande  Raiders."  In 
Class  A-ll,  unobjectionable  for  adults,  were 
"Dick  Tracy  versus  Cueball"  and  "Lady 
Luck."  "Temptation"  was  placed  in  Class 
B,  objectionable  in  part,  because  of  "light 
treatment  of  marriage"  and  because  it  "re- 
flects the  acceptability  of  divorce." 

Federhar  Named  President 
Of  Akron  Theatre  Owners 

Max  Federhar,  owner  of  the  Cameo  thea- 
tre, Akron,  has  been  elected  president  of  the 
Akron  Theatre  Owners'  Association,  suc- 
ceeding John  Polles,  former  manager  of  the 
Spicer.  Other  officers  are  Frank  Henson, 
manager  of  Loew's,  treasurer,  and  Clarence 
Smeltzly,  manager  of  the  Ideal,  secretary. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


2  New  Theatres 
Planned;  Others 
Are  in  Work 

Plans  for  the  construction  of  two  thea- 
tres and  the  construction  progress  of  three 
others  have  been  announced  in  the  past 
week.  Also  it  is  reported  from  Charlotte, 
N.  C,  that  17  new  theatres  have  opened  in 
that  territory  since  the  first  of  the  year. 

At  Somerset,  Mass.,  building  plans  for  a 
theatre  with  four  adjoining  stores  have  been 
filed  with  Facilities  Review  Board  of  the 
Civilian  Production  Administration  by  John 
E.  F.  Cusick  of  Fall  River,  the  project  is 
to  cost  approximately  $90,000.  Mr.  Cusick 
said  work  on  the  project  will  begin  as  soon 
as  permission  is  granted.  The  building  will 
be  of  modern  construction  and  the  theatre 
auditorium  will  have  a  seating  capacity  of 
750. 

Construction  started  a  few  months  ago  on 
another  theatre  in  Fall  River  by  William 
Purcell  is  progressing  according  to  sched- 
ule, and  the  formal  opening  of  theatre  is  ex- 
pected to  be  held  next  month. 

Also  scheduled  for  opening  next  month  is 
the  Academy  in  that  city  by  Harry  Zeitz 
of  New  Bedford.  Interior  alterations  are 
nearly  complete  and  the  new  marquee  has 
been  installed. 

I.  B.  Adelman  and  Harry  Sachs,  who  now 
have  one  theatre  under  construction  in  Dal- 
las, Tex.,  have  announced  plans  for  another 
house  to  be  located  in  the  same  city.  Con- 
struction will  start  on  the  1,000-seat  thea- 
tre as  soon  as  building  conditions  permit. 
They  recently  purchased  the  Metro  in 
Abilene,  Tex. 

Seventeen  new  theatres  have  opened  in 
North  and  South  Carolina  since  the  begin- 
ning of  1946,  according  to  the  records  of  the 
Theatre  Owners  of  North  and  South  Caro- 
lina. They  are :  O.  F.  Autry's  new  thea- 
tre at  Coats,  N.  C. ;  R.  O.  Talkington's  thea- 
tre at  Canton,  N.  C. ;  T.  B.  Jenkins'  Para- 
dise, Holly  Ridge,  N.  C. ;  R.  F.  McLaugh- 
lin's Myrnx,  Huntersville,  N.  C. ;  John 
Freeman's  Center  theatre,  Jonesboro,  N.  C. ; 
A.  W.  Swan's  Swan,  Milton,  N.  C. ;  Harry 
Cook's  Midway,  Midway  Park,  N.  C. ;  Free- 
man and  Calhoun's  Scenic,  Newland,  N.  C. ; 
Bijou  Amusement's  Ritz,  Rocky  Mount, 
N.  C. ;  Fred  Monroe's  West  End,  West  End, 
N.  C. ;  J.  C.  Thompson's  Crescent, 
Wrightsville  Beach,  N.  C. ;  A.  H.  Rowell's 
new  theatre  at  Cacey,  N.  C. ;  H.  B.  Meisel- 
man's  new  theatre  in  Asheville,  N.  C.  ; 
Walter  Brown's  theatre  in  Goldville,  N.  C. ; 
Stanley  and  Hayne's  Palmetto,  Hampton, 
S.  C. ;  Henry  Berry's  Berry,  Hartsville, 
S.  C,  and  J.  W.  McMillan's  Lamar  at 
Lamar,  S.  C. 


New  Curtiz  Company 
Signs  Warner  Deal 

Negotiations  between  the  newly  formed 
Michael  Curtiz  Productions,  Inc.,  and  War- 
ner Bros.,  whereby  the  director  will  con- 
tinue to  release  his  pictures  through  the 
company  with  which  he  has  been  associated 
since  1927,  were  concluded  Tuesday  in  Hol- 
lywood, it  was  announced  by  Jack  L.  War- 
ner, executive  producer.  Mr.  Curtiz,  who 
has  just  finished  directing  "Life  With 
Father,"  was  to  set  up  his  new  organiza- 
tion in  new  offices  on  the  Warner  lot  this 
week  and  immediately  begin  preparations 
for  his  first  pfcture  under  the  setup,  "Vic- 
toria Grandolet,"  starring  Joan  Fontaine. 
Also  on  the  Curtiz  schedule  are  "Winter 
Kill"  and  "Romance  in  High  C."  Fred 
Clarke,  actor  discovered  in  a  Laguna  com- 
munity theatre,  has  been  placed  under  con- 
tract bv  Mr.  Curtiz. 


Decorative  Material  To  Be 
Made  in  England 

Large-scale  production  of  Formica  decora- 
tive material  in  England  for  distribution 
overseas  is  scheduled  to  begin  shortly  after 
the  turn  of  the  year  in  a  factory  being  erect- 
ed at  Tynemouth,  in  Northern  England,  by 
De  La  Rue  Insulation,  Ltd.,  it  was  disclosed 
by  the  British  firm  following  conferences 
with  the  management  of  The  Formica  In- 
sulation Company,  Cincinnati,  manufactur- 
ers of  laminated  plastics.  De  La  Rue  is  to 
produce  the  Formica  decorative  material  un- 
der a  licensing  arrangement  with  the  Formi- 
ca company.  Theatres  are  expected  to  pro- 
vide an  important  market  for  Formica  in 
Europe  as  they  have  in  the  United  States. 
Jo  Erdmanns,  managing  director  of  De 
La  Rue,  in  the  United  States  for  conferences 
with  Formica  officials,  said,  "A  tremendous 
market  is  now  existent  for  decorative  lami- 
nated material,  in  the  countries  of  Western 
Europe,  in  the  Middle  East,  South  Africa, 
India,  Australia  and  New  Zealand." 


Shuberts  Sue  Columbia 
Over  "Jolson  Story" 

Lee  and  Jacob  J.  Shubert,  theatrical  pro- 
ducers, and  the  Trebuhs  Realty  Company, 
owner  of  the  Winter  Garden,  New  York, 
have  filed  suit  for  $500,000,  plus  an  account- 
ing of  profits  in  trie  New  York  Supreme 
Court  against  Columbia  Pictures,  asking  an 
injunction  against  the  company's  exhibition, 
advertising  and  promotion  of  "The  Jolson 
Story."  The  plaintiffs  object  to  the  use  of 
the  Winter  Garden  name,  reproduction  of 
the  theatre's  interior  and  exterior  and  use  of 
the  Shubert  name  in  connection  with  the  pic- 
ture, contending  that  this  leads  the  public 
to  believe  that  they  have  authorized  such 
procedure  in  the  picture. 


Show  Films  for  Veterans 

As  part  of  its  nationwide  recreational 
movement  for  hospitalized  war  veterans,  Bell 
&  Howell  Co.  is  showing  free  sound  motion 
pictures  for  disabled  ex-servicemen  at 
veterans'  hospitals. 


Eagle-Lion  Signs  Tone 

Franchot  Tone  has  been  signed  to  a  two- 
picture  deal  by  Eagle-Lion  Films,  Inc.,  Bryan 
Foy,  vice-president  in  charge  of  production, 
has  announced.  The  films  are  "There  Goes 
the  Groom"  and  "Repeat  Performance." 


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Reports  Season 
In  India  Good 
Despite  Rioting 

Despite  the  Calcutta  and  Bombay  riots  and 
the  resultant  curfews,  the  1945-46  season  in 
India  has  been  a  good  one. 

This  was  one  element  of  the  film  news  of 
India,  Ceylon,  Burma,  Singapore,  Malaya 
and  Java  which  Morey  Marcus,  district  man- 
ager for  Paramount  International  for  India 
and  Southeast  Asia,  gave  company  officials 
when  he  arrived  in  New  York  last  week  from 
India. 

Mr.  Marcus  reported  that  India  absorbs 
all  American  producers'  production  and 
about  20  British  features  annually.  There 
are  2,400  houses  in  India  and  Ceylon,  he  re- 
ported, of  which  600  play  American  and 
British  product.  The  remainder  play  In- 
dian native  product. 

India's  80  production  companies — about 
20  of  them  major  producers — release  almost 
250  features  a  year. 

Little  Theatre  Building 

Although  Indian  exhibitors  are  anxious  to 
build  new  theatres,  particularly  in  Calcutta 
and  Bombay,  Mr.  Marcus  believes  that  it 
will  be  some  time  before  the  lessening  of  the 
material  shortages  permits  such  building. 
Most  of  the  proposed  new  construction,  he 
indicated,  would  be  for  the  exhibition  of  In- 
dian product. 

In  Burma,  according  to  Mr.  Marcus,  there 
is  now  only  one  house,  the  Carlton  in  Ran- 
goon, playing  American  pictures.  Many  of 
the  country's  theatres  were  badly  bombed 
during  the  war.  He  estimated  that  it  will 
take  years  to  rebuild  Rangoon  and  surround- 
ing territory.  Three  of  the  bombed-out 
houses  are  being  repaired,  but  will  not  be 
completed  before  1947. 

Playing  time  at  the  Carlton  is  allocated  to 
the  eight  American  companies  in  business  in 
Rangoon  by  the  Kinematograph  Renters 
Society.  One  week  is  allowed  for  each  picture 
with  no  holdovers.  Business  at  the  house  is 
400  per  cent  better  than  pre-war  averages. 

Siam's  Houses  Untouched 

Siam's  theatres  were  untouched  by  the 
war.  Approximately  70  theatres  are  operat- 
ing in  the  country  in  four  key  situations  and 
there  are  five  first  run  houses  in  Bangkok  in 
addition  to  25  or  30  others,  Mr.  Marcus  said. 
The  territory  is  distributing  American  prod- 
uct of  the  years  from  1941  to  1945  and  all 
but  two  American  distributors  who  were 
operating  in  Siam  before  the  war  currently 
have  offices  in  the  country.  The  others  are 
selling  from  Singapore.  The  only  product 
competing  with  the  Americans  are  a  few 
Chinese  features. 

In  Singapore  and  Malaya  grosses  are  up 
300  per  cent  over  pre-war  days,  but  is  now 
beginning  to  taper  off  with  the  evacuation 
of  troops.  About  145  theatres  are  operating 
playing  American,  British,  Chinese  and  In- 
dian product.  Quota  regulations  favor  the 
British. 


"Wilson"  Prem  iere  in  Prague 
Advanced  to  October  17 

Anxious  to  get  going  with  the  release  of 
Motion  Picture  Export  Association  product 
in  Czechoslovakia  as  early  as  possible,  the 
Czech  Film  Monopoly  requested  that  the 
premiere  of  "Wilson"  in  Prague  be  moved 
from  October  28  to  October  17,  it  was 
learned  last  week  from  Irving  Maas, 
MPEA  vice-president  and  general  manager. 
Public  announcement  of  the  MPEA-Czecho- 
slovakian  film  pact  which  will  send  ap- 
proximately 80  American  features  into  that 
country  in  the  next  12  months  was  hailed 
by  the  local  press.  Lavish  advance  prepara- 
tions were  made  for  the  premiere,  with 
President  Benes  and  Laurence  Steinhart, 
the  American  Ambassador,  scheduled  to  at- 
tend. 

Launch  Arthritis 
Fund  Campaign 

The  National  Arthritis  Research  Founda- 
tion was  presented  publicly  Monday  night  at 
an  inaugural  dinner  at  the  Hotel  Astor, 
New  York,  marking  the  opening  of  the 
Foundation's  nationwide  campaign,  with 
Spyros  P.  Skouras,  president  of  Twentieth 
Century-Fox,  presiding. 

Bob  Hope  was  toastmaster.  Speakers  in- 
cluded Postmaster  General  Robert  E. 
Hannegan;  Dr.  Thomas  Parran,  Surgeon 
General  of  the  U.  S.  Public  Health  Serv- 
ice; Monsignor  Francis  X.  Shea,  who  read 
an  invocation  by  Cardinal  Spellman ;  A.  B. 
Frey,  St.  Louis,  the  Foundation's  president ; 
Louis  Kranitz,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  chairman  of 
the  national  campaign  committee,  and  S.  H. 
Fabian,  president  of  Fabian  Theatres,  co- 
chairman  of  the  dinner. 

A  goal  of  $2,500,000  to  establish  the 
Foundation's  research  program  was  an- 
nounced in  February  of  this  year  following 
a  meeting  between  sponsors  of  the  Founda- 
tion and  President  Truman.  Monday  night's 
dinner  marked  the  national  campaign  to  raise 
this  budget.  Lioney  Barrymore  is  chairman 
of  the  national  board  of  sponsors,  and  David 
Weinstock,  president  of  Raybond  Theatres, 
chairman  of  arrangements.  Another  cam- 
paign leader  is  Jack  E.  Flynn,  Chicago, 
chairman  of  the  amusements  division. 

From  Chicago,  it  was  announced  that 
Mr.  Skouras,  who  is  also  national  president 
of  the  Greek  War  Relief  Association,  was 
expected  there  Thursday  to  launch  that  asso- 
ciation's $12,000,000  fund-raising  campaign. 

Mr.  Skouras  was  to  preside  at  a  meet- 
ing at  the  Palmer  House  Saturday  and 
Sunday  with  1,032  representatives  from  the 
United  States  and  Canada  expected  to  at- 
tend, including  Charles  and  George 
Skouras ;  George  Xantohahy,  association 
vice-president;  Harry  Dipson,  New  York 
upstate  exhibitor ;  Van  A.  Nomikos,  regional 
director  in  Chicago,  and  Chicago  exhibitors 
James  Coston,  John  Manta,  Alex  Manta,  S. 
J.  Gregory,  John  Semadalis,  John  Charuhas 
and  Harold  Abbott. 


Italy  Wealth  Tax 
Would  Include 
U.  S.  Companies 

by  ARGEO  SANTUCCI 

in  Rome 

A  sweeping,  almost  revolutionary  plan  for 
a  "tax  on  wealth"  has  been  advanced  here 
by  the  Italian  Finance  Minister,  Mauro 
Scoccimarro,  a  Communist. 

Now  under  consideration,  the  bill,  if 
passed,  would  affect  even  the  foreign  compa- 
nies, corporations  and  individuals  in  Italy, 
including,  presumably,  the  American  picture 
companies. 

The  plan,  according  to  newspaper  reports, 
calls  for  state  confiscation  of  all  property 
owned  by  any  single  individual  in  Italy  val- 
ued in  excess  of  2,000,000  lire.  At  225  lire 
to  the  dollar  this  would  be  about  $8,888. 

The  bill  presupposes  withdrawal  of  all 
currency  now  in  circulation  and  then  replac- 
ing it  with  new  notes.  Property  affected 
would  be  everything  of  commercial  value. 
Tax  rates  would  range  from  10  per  cent  on 
property  valued  at  between  2,000,000  and  5,- 
000,000  lire  to  90  per  cent  on  property  val- 
ued between  1,500,000,000  and  2,000,000,000 
lire. 

Epicarmo  Corbino,  former  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury,  is  of  the  opinion,  however, 
that  the  Italian  peace  treaty  will  prohibit 
the  Italian  Government  from  taxing  foreign 
persons  or  companies. 

V 

A  new  distribution  company,  Libertas 
Film,  has  been  formed  in  Rome  to  handle 
Russian  pictures.  The  Sovexportfilm  is  ad- 
vertising its  pictures  widely  here  and  it  is 
clear  that  after  last  year's  failure  of  Russian 
product  to  gain  a  wide  market  a  new  and 
concentrated  attempt  will  be  made  to  find 
screen  time  for  Soviet  pictures. 

V 

Warner  Brothers  began  October  1  a  series 
of  weekly  15-minute  broadcasts  which  will 
run  until  April  15.  The  series  is  part  of 
Warners'  advertising  of  its  twentieth  anni- 
versary of  sound  celebration. 

V 

Switzerland's  film  festival,  which  was  held 
this  year  at  Locarno  beginning  the  end  of 
August,  has  concluded. 

American  pictures  shown  were:  "Song  of 
Bernadette,"  "The  Keys  of  the  Kingdom," 
"The  House  on  92nd  Street,"  "Double  In- 
demnity," "Hangover  Square,"  "And  Then 
There  Were  None,"  "Tonight  and  Every 
Night,"  "Bathing  Beauty,"  "Dolly  Sisters." 

The  Swiss  film  magazine,  Cinema,  asked 
16  prominent  personalities  for  judgments  on 
the  pictures.  "And  Then  There  Were 
None"  was  judged  the  festival's  best  with 
the  picture's  director,  Rene  Clair,  judged 
the  best  director.  England's  "Dead  of  Night" 
was  selected  as  the  picture  with  the  most  in- 
teresting story;  Laird  Cregar  the  best  actor 
for  "Hangover  Square";  Jennifer  Jones  the 
best  actress  for  "Bernadette." 


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Chicago  Short  of 
First  Run  Time 

Chicago  Bureau 

Lack  of  available  first  run  playing  time  in 
the  Loop  has  forced  MGM  to  negotiate  with 
the  Jones,  Linick  &  Schaefer  Circuit  to  play 
product  in  the  circuit's  downtown  La  Salle 
theatre.  First  of  MGM's  product  to  play 
there  is  "Boy's  Ranch,"  currently  showing. 
Next  Metro  film  scheduled  to  be  shown  at 
the  La  Salle  is  "Courage  of  Lassie"  and 
there  is  a  possibility  that  a  third  film,  "Faith- 
ful in  My  Fashion"  will  also  have  its  initial 
Loop  run  at  the  La  Salle.  Admissions  at  the 
La  Salle  are  35  cents,  50  cents  and  70  cents. 

The  La  Salle  is  a  675-seat  house.  For  the 
past  seven  weeks  it  has  been  playing  first 
run  product  of  smaller  companies.  The  cur- 
rent showing  of  "Boy's  Ranch"  is  the  first 
time  that  a  major  company  has  shown  its 
first  run  product  there.  Slated  to  follow 
"Boy's  Ranch"  is  a  Monogram  double  bill, 
"Decoy"  and  "Below  the  Deadline"  with 
MGM's  "Courage  of  Lassie"  scheduled  to 
follow  the  Monogram  pair. 

Jones,  Linick  &  Schaefer  ace  house  in  the 
Loop  is  the  2,264-seat  McVickers  theatre. 

Security  Holders  To  Vote 
On  Skouras  St.  Louis  Bid 

By  vote  of  the  directors  and  trustees  of 
the  Missouri  and  Ambassador  theatre  build- 
ings, St.  Louis,  the  offer  of  Charles  Skou- 
ras, president  of  Fox  West  Coast  Theatres, 
to  buy  the  present  oustanding  bonds  and 
stock  at  100  cents  on  the  dollar  will  be  sub- 
mitted to  security  holders. 

Mr.  Skouras  made  his  offer  for  the  Mis- 
souri and  the  Ambassador  personally.  The 
present  par  value  of  the  securities  he  seeks 
is  $4,868,000.  Income  bonds  and  voting 
trust  certificates  of  the  buildings  recently 
have  been  quoted  in  over-counter  sales  at 
from  85  cents  to  92  cents  on  the  dollar.  Mr. 
Skouras  stands  to  control  both  companies, 
the  Ambassador  Corporation,  carrying  with 
it  control  of  the  St.  Louis  Amusement  Com- 
pany, operator  of  35  neighborhood  theatres, 
now  managed  by  Fanchon  and  Marco,  whose 
contract  expires  December  31. 

Two  out  of  six  company  directors  op- 
posed the  Skouras  bid  on  the  ground  pro- 
posals from  others  might  be  submitted  and 
that  the  offer  is  below  the  value  of  the  prop- 
erties. The  Ambassador  and  Missouri  thea- 
tres, both  first  run  houses,  are  located  in 
the  buildings. 


Honor  Bell  &  Howell  Men 

Recognizing  their  service  on  war  stand- 
ards committees  the  following  five  members 
of  Bell  &  Howell  Co.,  Chicago,  have  re- 
ceived award  certificates  from  the  Ameri- 
can Standards  Association:  Malcolm  G. 
Townsley,  chief  research  engineer;  F.  L. 
Brethauer,  sales  engineering  manager;  A. 
L.  Trendler,  electronics  division  coordinat- 
ing engineer;  Walter  D.  Kerst,  Bell  & 
Howell  New  York  manager. 


To  Many  Points  in  the  U.  S. 

r    \      r   -j.     r    '    r   -j  i-       •       «n  am     m  m 


AIR  SPEEDS  up  to  five  miles  a  minute  —  one  thousand  miles  in  less  than  four  hours 
—  that's  how  fast  your  shipments  go  in  the  great  new  planes  in  use  today! 

THAT'S  WHY  an  ever-increasing  number  of  same- 
day  deliveries  are  now  being  made  between  many 
towns  and  cities  in  this  country. 

REDUCED  RATES  include  special  pick-up  and 
delivery  in  all  major  U.  S.  towns  and  cities.  Rapid 
air-rail  schedules  between  23,000  off-airline  com- 
munities. 

FOREIGN  SERVICE 

Direct  service  by  air  to  and  from  scores  of  foreign 
countries.  Many  are  served  overnight. 

WRITE  TODAY  for  the  Time  and  Rate  Schedule  on  Air  Express.  It  contains 
illuminating  facts  to  help  you  solve  many  a  shipping  problem.  Air  Express 
Division,  Railway  Express  Agency,  230  Park  Avenue,  New  York  17,  N.  Y.  Or  ask 
for  it  at  any  Airline  or  Railway  Express  office. 


Phone  AIR  EXPRESS  DIVISION,  RAILWAY  EXPRESS  AGENCY 
Representing  the  AIRLINES  of  the  United  States 


RATES  CUT  22%  SINCE  1943  (U.S.A.) 

AIR 
MILES 

2  lbs. 

5  Ibl. 

25  lbs. 

40  lbs. 

Over  40  lbs 
Cents  per  lb. 

149 

$1  00 

$1  00 

$1.00 

$1.23 

3  07c 

349 

1  02 

1IB 

2.30 

3  68 

9.21c 

549 

1  07 

1  42 

3  84 

6  14 

IS  35c 

1049 

1.17 

1.98 

7.68 

12.28 

30.70c 

2349 

1  45 

3  S3 

17  65 

28.24 

7061c 

Over 
2350 

1  47 

368 

18  42 

29.47 

73.68c 

INTERNATIONAL  RATES  ALSO  REDUCED 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD.  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


45 


WHAT  THE 

PICTURE  DID  FOR  ME 


.  .  .  the  original  exhibitors'  reports  department,  established  October  14,  1916.  In  It 
theatremen  serve  one  another  with  information  about  the  box  office  performance  of 
product — providing  a  service  of  the  exhibitor  for  the  exhibitor.  ADDRESS  REPORTS: 
What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me,  Motion  Picture  Herald,  Rockefeller  Center,  New  York  20. 


Columbia 

BLAZING  THE  WESTERN  TRAIL:  Charles  Star- 
rett,  Tex  Harding — Good,  fast  moving  Western  of  the 
Durango  Kid  series.  Dub  Taylor  had  more  comedy 
in  this  one — Bob  Wills'  Texas  Playboys  pleased  with 
several  sock  Western  songs.  Played  Saturday,  Sept. 
28.— Joe  R.  Hayworth,  Playhouse  Theatre,  Pink  Hill, 
N.  C.    Small  town,  rural  patronage. 

OUT  OF  THE  DEPTHS:  Jim  Bannon,  Ross  Hunt- 
er— Not  good  business,  due  to  the  fact  farmers  were 
busy  and  the  canning  factories  were  busy.  Played 
Sunday,  Oct.  6. — Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Til- 
bury, Ontario. 

RED  RIVER  VALLEY:  Gene  Autry— Gene  still  has 
a  certain  something,  but  we  need  him  in  a  new 
picture.  Rogers  is  pretty  popular,  too.  Played  Fri- 
day, Saturday,  Oct.  4,  5. — Harland  Rankin,  Plaza 
Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ontario. 


Metro-Gold  wyn-Mayer 

EASY  TO  WED:  Van  Johnson,  Esther  Williams- 
Great!  Just  what  the  doctor  ordered  for  exhibitor 
and  patron  alike.  Everybody  happy!  Played  Sunday  - 
Monday,  Sept.  15-18.— W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Thea- 
tre, Ruston,  La. 

TWO  SISTERS  FROM  BOSTON:  June  Allyson, 
Jimmy  Durante— Terrible.  Paid  plenty  for  it,  and  lost 
plenty  on  it. — Marcella  Smith,  Vinton  Theatre,  Mc- 
Arthur,  Ohio. 

ZIEGFELD  FOLLIES:  All  Star— Nice  for  a  change. 
Didn't  draw  as  well  as  we  expected.  People  like  plots 
with  their  movies,  at  least  our  audience  does.  Played 
Sunday,  Monday,  July  28,  29.— Marcella  Smith,  Vinton 
Theatre,  McArthur,  Ohio. 


Monogram 

BOWERY  BOMBSHELL:  Leo  Gorcey.  Huntz  Hall 
— This  series  of  pictures  very  popular  here  and  this 
particular  one  is  up  to  standard.  Played  Thursday- 
Saturday,  Sept.  19-21.— Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre, 
England,  Arkansas. 

FLAME  OF  THE  WEST:  Johnny  Mack  Brown. 
Raymond  Hatton— Better  story  than  the  regular  John- 
ny Mack  Brown  Westerns,  plenty  of  action,  fights  and 
thrills.  Played  Thursday,  Friday,  Oct.  3,  4.— Abe  H. 
Kaufman,  Fountain  Theatre,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

SHADOWS  ON  THE,  RANGE:  Johnny  Mack  Brown 
— This  one  is  up  to  usual  standard  of  Westerns  and 
I  think  by  far  the  best  series  Monogram  has  to  offer. 
Played  Thursday-Saturday,  Sept.  26-28.— Terry  Axley, 
New  Theatre,  England,  Arkansas. 

SUNBONNET  SUE:  Gale  Storm,  Phil  Regan— Those 
that  saw  it  enjoyed  it.  Business  below  average.  Not 
the  fault  of  the  picture.  Plaved  Saturday,  Sunday, 
Sept  14.  15.— Stegelmeier  &  Fiedler,  Grand  Theatre, 
Java,  S.  D. 


Paramount 

BLUE  DAHLIA:  Alan  Ladd,  Veronica  Lake— A 
very  good  picture  and  drew  fairly  well.  No  complaints. 
-^Marcella  Smith,  Vinton  Theatre,  McArthur,  Ohio. 

HIGH  POWERED:  Roberty  Lowery,  Phyllis  Brooks 
—Very  good  action  picture.  O.K.  for  midweek  days. 
Played  Tuesday.  Oct.  1.— Abe  H.  Kaufman.  Fountain 
Theatre,  Terre  Haute,  Tnd. 

KITTY:  Paulette  Goddard,  Ray  Milland— Miss  God- 
dard  and  Milland  accounted  for  75  per  cent  of  this  at- 
traction's success.  Pleased  fairly  well  those  liking 
this  type  entertainment.  Average  business.  Flayed 
Tuesday-Thursday,  Sept.  10-12.— Stanley  Leay,  Stan- 
ley Theatre,  Galena,  111. 

THE  PLAINSMAN:  Gary  Cooper,  Jean  Arthur- 
Did  capacity  business  and  is  still  one  of  the  finest 
pictures  ever  made.  Just  what  my  people  like  and 
will  do  business  in  small  towns.  Gary  Cooper  and 
Jean  Arthur  never  did  a  better  acting  job.  Played 
Wednesday.  Thursday,  Sept.  11,  12.— George  Clanton, 
Daw  Theatre,  Tappahannock,  Va. 

THE  PLAINSMAN:   Gary   Cooper,   Jean  Arthur— 


EVER  SINCE  1916- 

30  YEARS  A  FORUM 

The  What  the  Picture  Did 
for  Me  department  this  week 
reaches  a  milestone,  its  thirtieth 
year  of  service  to  the  exhibitors 
of  the  nation,  by  those  same 
exhibitors.  It  is  the  oldest 
forum  of  its  kind  in  the  indus- 
try, a  place  where  the  showmen 
have  always  had  full  oppor- 
tunity to  tell  each  other  about 
what  they  have  to  sell.  Their 
opinions  are  based  on  a  real 
criterion,  determined  in  terms 
of  the  dollars  and  cents  in  the 
till.  Attentions  to  the  anni- 
versary will  be  found  in  a 
feature  article  on  page  23. 


By  all  means  play  it.  If  you  have  once,  play  it  again, 
especially  in  a  small  town.  Good  picture  and  good 
business.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  15,  16. — Ter- 
ry Axley,  New  Theatre,  England,  Arkansas. 

ROAD  TO  UTOPIA:  Bob  Hope,  Bing  Crosby,  Dor- 
othy Lamour — Some  reports  on  this  hadn't  been  so 
good,  but  our  business  and  comments  above  average  on 
this  type  of  picture.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept. 
22,  23.— Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre,  England,  Arkansas. 

SEARCHING  WIND:  Robert  Young,  Ann  Richards 
— People  either  liked  this  or  they  didn't.  The  young 
folks  didn't — as  it  was  over  their  heads.  Had  a  won- 
derful moral  to  it. — Marcella  Smith,  Vinton  Theatre, 
McArthur,  Ohio. 

TOKYO'  ROSE:  Byron  Barr,  Lotus  Long— Title 
brought  in  extra  busines  sand  most  of  them  were 
satisfied,  so  no  complaints.  Played  Thursday-Satur- 
day, Sept.  26-28— Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre,  England, 
Arkansas. 

THE  VIRGINIAN:  Joel  McCrea,  Sonny  Tufts- 
Beautiful  Technicolor.  Scenery  gorgeous — good  West- 
ern story.  Liked  by  all.  Above  average  business. 
Played  Thursday-Saturday.  Sept.  26-28.— Stanley  Leay, 
Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111. 


PRC  Pictures 

COLORADO  SERENADE:  Eddie  Dean,  Roscoe  Ates 
— Not  too  good.  Dean  quite  good — singing  fine.  Other 
characters  good.  Weak  plot  saved  by  good  cast, 
double  with  Universal's  "Crimson  Canary"  to  fair 
business.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Oct.  4,  5. — Stan- 
ley Leay,   Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111. 

DANNY  BOY:  Robert  "Buz"  Henry,  Sybil  Merritt 
— It  concerned  a  dog — so  they  turned  out  and  enjoyed 
it.  More  of  this  type  and  less  mysteries  and  we 
would  all  do  more  business.  Played  Monday,  Tues- 
day, Aug.  5.  6. — Mrs.  M.  D.  Williams,  Oliver  Springs 
Theatre,  Oliver  Springs,  Tenn. 

DETOUR:  Tom  Deal,  Ann  Savage— PRC  continues 
to  surprise  us  with  these  little  pictures.  They  have 
a  good  plot  and  are  well  liked  in  a  small  town.  Played 
Wednesday,  Sept.  25.— Mrs.  M.  D.  Williams,  Oliver 
Springs  Theatre,   Oliver  Springs,  Tenn. 

DEVIL  BAT'S  DAUGHTER:  Rosemary  La  Planche 


John  James — Good  picture  and  a  good  murder  story. 
Played  Monday,  Tuesday. — L.  Brazil,  Jr.,  New  Thea- 
tre, Bearden,  Ark. 

ENCHANTED  FOREST:  Edmund  Lowe,  Brenda 
Joyce — Excellent  attraction.  Played  to  above  average 
business.  Well  liked.  Third  night  better  than  the 
second.  Play  it  and  boost  it  in  confidence  for  the 
business.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday,  Sept.  15-17. — Stan- 
ley Leay,  Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111. 

HOW  DO  YOU  DO'?:  Bert  Gordon,  Harry  Von  Zell 
— Did  quite  well.  Renfro  Valley  Barn  Dance  was  in 
town  so  we  Tiad  a  lot  of  competition,  but  those  who 
saw  it  liked  it.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  October  5,  6. 
—Marcella  Smith,  Vinton  Theatre,  McArthur,  Ohio. 


Republic 

BANDIT  OF  THE  BADLANDS:  Sunset  Carson, 
Si  Jenks — Sunset  Carson  is  a  coming  Western  star. 
He  has  what  it  takes  and  is  one  of  the  best  stunt- 
men  in  the  business.  He  is  terrific  in  small  towns. 
Flayed  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  20,  21. — George  Clan- 
ton,  Daw  Theatre,  Tappahannock,  Va. 

DAKOTA:  John  Wayne,  Vera  Hruba  Ralston— Fair- 
ly good  Western.  John  Wayne  and  cast  good  enough, 
but  with  Dale  Evans  and  other  personalities  on  Re- 
public lot  why  does  Mr.  Yates  insist  on  using  Miss 
Ralston,  who  belongs  in  other  type  pictures.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  13,  14. — Stanley  Leay,  Stan- 
ley Theatre,  Galena,  111. 

EARL  CARROLL  SKETCHBOOK:  Constance 
Moore,  William  Marshall — A  fair  musical  show  which 
failed  to  draw  any  extra  business.  This  is  an  "A"  pic- 
ture from  Republic,  but  would  be  a  "B"  from  any 
major  studio.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Oct.  2, 
3. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey, 
Okla. 

FLAME  OF  THE  BARBARY  COAST:  John 
Wayne,  Ann  Dvorak — John  Wayne  is  a  big  favorite 
here,  so  anything  he  is  in  pleases  these  folks.  Busi- 
ness above  average.  Played  this  one  plenty  late,  but 
the  age  of  it  didn't  hurt  it  a  bit.  Played  Monday, 
Tuesday,  Sept.  30,  Oct.  1.— Joe  R.  Hayworth,  Play- 
house Theatre.  Pink  Hill,  N.  C.  Small  town,  rural 
patronage. 

A  GUY  COULD  CHANGE:  Allan  Lane.  Jane  Fra- 

zee — One  of  those  long  shots  that  hit  solid.  No  big 
stars,  but  Twinkle  Watts  sold  it.  My  patrons  like 
good  wholesome  entertainment,  and  pictures  of  things 
that  really  could  happen — not  far-fetched.  Played 
Sunday,  Sept.  29.— Joe  R.  Hayworth,  Playhouse  Thea- 
tre, Pink  Hill,  N.  D.    Small  town,  rural  patronage. 

MY  PAL  TRIGGER:  Roy  Rogers,  George  "Gabby" 
Hayes— This  is  the  best  Rogers  picture  that  has  ever 
been  filmed.  Tears  from  the  old  and  young  alike 
proved  it  was  great.  Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Sept. 
30,  Oct.  1— James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre, 
Gray,  Ga. 

NIGHT  TRAIN  TO'  MEMPHIS:  Roy  Acuff,  Adele 

Mara — Socko  for  small  town  patronage.  It  pleased 
well,  and  business  very  good.  Played  Thursday,  Fri- 
day, Oct.  3,  4.— Joe  R.  Hayworth,  Playhouse  Theatre, 
Pink  Hill,  N.  C.    Small  town,  rural  patronage. 

UNDER  FIESTA  STARS:  Gene  Autry— These  re 
release  Autry  pictures  are  getting  weaker  with  me. 
If  his  new  picture  doesn't  come  out  soon  these  old 
ones  will  kill  him  here.  Played  Friday,  Saturday. 
Sept.  27,  28.— James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre, 
Gray,  Ga. 


RKO  Radio 

BAMBOO  BLONDE:  Frances  Langford,  Russell 
Wade— A  good  small  budget  musical  show  which 
pleased  all  who  came.  Played  Tuesday,  Oct.  1.— E.  M. 
Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

CORNERED:  Dick  Powell,  Micheline  Cheiral— This 

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(Continued  from  preceding  page) 
i  One  established  a  new  low  for  our  theatre,  both  at  the 
box  office  and  in  entertainment  value.  Utterly  value- 
less in  every  respect.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday, 
Sept.  25,  26.— A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia, 
Calif. 

DEADLINE  AT  DAWN:  Susan  Hay  ward,  Paul  Lu- 
kas — Very  good,  but  everybody  was  very  busy— made 
it  a  problem  at  the  box  office.  Played  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  Oct.  2,  3.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre, 
Tilbury,  Ontario. 

ISLE  OF  THE  DEAD:  Ellen  Drew,  Boris  Karloff 
— Just  another  horror  picture.  They  may  go  over  big 
in  some  communities,  but  certainly  not  in  ours.  Why 
don't  they  make  more  little  comedies,  or  musicals  with 
plots  ?  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  August  30,  31. — 
Marcella  Smith,  Vinton  Theatre,  McArthur,  Ohio. 

MAN  ALIVE:  Pat  O'Brien,  Ellen  Drew— Double 
billed  this.  Picture  fairly  well  received  but  they 
surely  ruined  Pat  O'Brien,  putting  him  in  such  a 
role.  Played  Friday,  Saturday.  August  2,  3. — Mar- 
cella Smith,  Vinton  Theatre,  McArthur,  Ohio. 

RIVERBOAT  RHYTHM:  Leon  Erroll,  Glenn  Ver- 
non— A  good  little  comedv  and  well  liked  in  our  small 
town.  Flayed  Wednesday,  Oct.  2.— Mrs.  M.  D.  Wil- 
liams, Oliver  Springs  Theatre,  Oliver  Springs,  Tenn. 


Twentieth  Century- Fox 

ANNA  AND  THE  KING  OF  SIAM:  Irene  Dunne, 
Rex  Harrison — Had  more  walkouts  than  we  had  for 
a  long  time.  Those  that  knew  the  story  liked  it.  Sure 
was  a  bad  one  at  the  box  office  for  us.  Not  a  picture 
for  a  small  town.  Played  Saturday,  Sunday,  Sept.  28, 
29. — Stegelmeier  &  Fiedler,  Grand  Theatre,  Java,  S.  D. 

ANNA  AND  THE  KING  OF  SIAM:  Irene  Dunne, 
Rex  Harrison — Picture  for  only  certain  class.  Wonder- 
ful show,  but  will  not  do  business  in  small  towns. 
We  flopped  on  it  miserably.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday, 
Sept.  8-10. — George  Clanton,  Daw  Theatre,  Tappahan- 
nock,  Va. 

BLACK  BEAUTY:  Mona  Freeman,  Richard  Den- 
ning— Has  a  good  draw.  Due  to  the  story — great  for 
the  kids.  Played  Saturday,  Sunday,  Sept.  21,  22. — 
Stegelmeier  &  Fiedler,  Grand  Theatre,  Java,  S.  D. 

DOLL  FACE:  Vivian  Blaine,  Perry  Como— Very 
weak  musical.  Thankful  Technicolor  was  not  wasted 
on  poorly  conceived  or  formula  type  musical.  Stars 
did  their  best;  evidently  studio  tried  to  skimp  on  this 
one.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  8,  9. — Stanley 
Leay,   Stanley   Theatre,   Galena,  111. 

JOHNNY  COMES  FLYING  HOME:  Martha  Stew- 
art, Richard  Crane — Had  O.K.  crowd  at  this;  could 
have  done  better,  but  weather  man  was  so  nice  every- 
body didn't  feel  like  shows.  Played  Friday,  Saturday, 
Oct.  4,  5. — Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury, 
Ontario. 

SENTIMENTAL  JOURNEY:  John  Payne,  Maureen 
O'Sullivan — Fair  production.  Well  attended,  enjoyed 
by  those  who  like  a  cry,  and  the  child,  Connie  Mar- 
shall, was  appealing  and  well  liked.  Twentieth -Fox's 
advertising  campaigns  made  possible  the  picture's  suc- 
cess. Flayed  Tuesday-Thursday.  Oct.  1-3. — Stanley 
Leay,  Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111. 

SHOCK:  Vincent  Price,  Lynn  Bari— Whoever 
dreamed  this  was  suffering  from  indigestion  or  a  bad 
hangover.  No  good  reason  seemed  possible  for  it  to 
have  been  made.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  27, 
28. — A.   C.   Edwards,   Winema  Theatre,   Scotia,  Calif. 

SMOKY:  Fred  MacMurray,  Anne  Baxter — A  won- 
derful horse  picture  in  Technicolor.  Business  was 
above  average.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  29,  30. 
— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey, 
Okla. 

STRANGE  TRIANGLE:  Signe  Hasso,  John  Shep- 
perd — Very  good  to  use  on  your  double  bill.  Played 
Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  27.  28. — James  C.  Balkcom, 
Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 


United  Artists 

ABILENE  TOWN:  Randolph  Scott.  Ann  Dvorak- 
Good  outdoor  action  Western.  The  kind  my  patrons 
enjoy,  and  they  ate  this  one  up.  Business  above  aver- 
age. Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Sept.  23,  24. — Joe  R. 
Hayworth,  Playhouse  Theatre,  Pink  Hill,  N.  C.  Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 

BLOOD  ON  THE  SUN:  James  Cagney,  Sylvia  Sid- 
ney— Since  Cagney.  left  Warners  his  pictures  have 
steadily  gone  down  at  the  box  office.  "Blood  on  the 
Sun"  is  more  like  the  rip  snorters  he  used  to  make, 
but  I  guess  the  war  business  in  it  killed  it  as  a  draw- 
ing card,  as  it  surely  "laid  an  egg."  Maybe  Mr.  Cag- 
ney should  sort  of  review  the  type  pictures  he  used  to 
make  and  "pattern  his  new  ones  after  them."  Played 
Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  29,  30. — Abe  H.  Kaufman, 
Fountain  Theatre,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

A  NIGHT  IN  CASABLANCA:  Marx  Brothers,  Lois 
Collier — This  picture  has  the  draw.  Got  rained  out 
Sunday.  People  sure  can  get  a  laugh  out  of  this  one. 
Hope  they  make  a  few  more.  Played  Saturday,  Sun- 
day, Sept.  7,  8. — Stegelmeier  &  Fiedler,  Grand  Thea- 
tre. Java,  S.  D. 


REBECCA:  Joan  Fontaine,  Laurence  Olivier— Re- 
issue. Still  a  great  picture.  Well  received,  but  busi- 
ness only  fair.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday,  Sept.  29-Oct. 
1.— W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre,  Ruston,  La. 

WHISTLE  STOP:  George  Raft,  Ava  Gardner— Not 
the  best  George  Raft  picture  I  ever  played,  but  it 
pleased.  And  due  to  Ava  Gardner's  home  country  35 
miles  from  here  the  natives  came  to  see  Ava,  as  it 
was  their  first  time  to  see  her  in  a  picture.  Played 
Thursday,  Friday,  Sept.  26,  27. — Joe  R.  Hayworth. 
Playhouse  Theatre,  Pink  Hill,  N.  C.  Small  town  and 
rural  patronage. 


Universal 

BLACK  ANGEL:  Dan  Duryea,  June  Vincent— Pret- 
ty good — well  received — if  you  can  get  them  in.  Busi- 
ness O.K.  for  us.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday,  Sept.  22- 
24.— W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre,  Ruston,  La. 

CRIMSON  CANARY:  Noah  Beery,  Jr.,  Lois  Collier 
— Very  good.  Clever  program  picture  with  pleasing 
music.  Mystery  patrons  well  pleased.  Doubled  with 
PRC's  "Colorado  Serenade."  Flayed  Friday,  Saturday, 
Oct.  4,  5. — Stanley  Leay,  Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111. 

FRONTIER  GAL:  Rod  Cameron,  Yvonne  De  Carlo 
— Very  good — excellent  Technicolor — beautiful  scenery 
— plenty  of  excitement  and  comedy — good  audience 
comment — good  box  office.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday. 
Oct.  6-8.— Stanley  Leay,  Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111. 

THE  RUNAROUND:  Rod  Cameron,  Ella  Raines- 
Used  as  a  Sunday  attraction  and  it  was  great.  An  ex- 
cellent comedy  that  should  do  O.K.  at  most  any  place. 
Played  Sunday,  September  29. — James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr., 
Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

TANGIER:  Maria  Montez,  Preston  Foster— This  was 
an  interesting  picture  that  we  used  on  a  double  bill, 
but  failed  to  do  any  business.  Played  Friday,  Satur- 
day, Sept.  27,  28.— A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre, 
Scotia,  Calif. 

THAT  NIGHT  WITH  YOU:  Franchot  Tone,  Susan- 
na Foster — Fairly  good.  Marital  comedy,  little  spice — 
enough  laughs  and  director  kept  story  moving,  which 
was  an  asset.  Average  business.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday,  Sept.  29,  30.— Stanley  Leay,  Stanley  Theatre, 
Galena,  111. 

WILD  BEAUTY:  Don  Porter,  Lois  Collier— A  sleep- 
er. This  little  picture  about  an  Indian  boy  and  his 
horse  gave  me  the  biggest  Friday-Saturday  business 
in  months.  Play  it,  it  will  please.  Played  Friday, 
Saturday,  Oct.  4,  5. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount 
Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 


Warner  Bros. 

FROM  THIS  DAY  FORWARD:  Joan  Fontaine, 
Mark  Stevens — This  feature  was  not  strong  enough  to 
stand  up  on  our  Sunday-Monday  dates.  Business  was 
off  and  there  were  some  walkouts.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday,  Sept.  22,  23. — A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Thea- 
tre, Scotia,  Calif. 

HER  KIND  OF  MAN:  Dane  Clark,  Janis  Paige- 
Nothing  to  rave  about ;  they  have  made  better  pic- 
tures. We  didn't  do  business,  but  farmers  and  crops 
at  this  season  do  not  do  justice  to  pictures.  Played 
Monday,  Tuesday.  Sept.  30,  Oct.  1.— Harland  Rankin, 
Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ontario. 

SARATOGA  TRUNK:  Ingrid  Bergman,  Gary  Coop- 
er— Drew  very  well.  Everybody  liked  it.  No  com- 
plaints and  no  walkouts.  Played  Sunday,  Monday, 
August  18.  19.— Marcella  Smith,  Vinton  Theatre,  Mc- 
Arthur, Ohio. 

A  STOLEN  LIFE:  Bette  Davis,  Glenn  Ford— This 
was  certainly  one  of  Bette  Davis'  best  pictures.  Ex- 
cellent comments.  Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Sept.  25, 
26— James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

Short  Features 
Columbia 

COMMUNITY  SONGS:  No  good  till  they  include 
old  familiar  songs  that  the  audience  can  sing. — Ben 
Brinck,  West  Point  Theatre,  West  Point,  la. 

FILM  VODVIL:  They  should  have  more  vaudeville, 
but  have  too  many  dames  singing  blue  songs. — Ben 
Brinck,  West  Point  Theatre,  West  Point,  la. 

SINGING  ON  THE  TRAIL:  Ken  Curtis,  Jeff  Don 
nell — Just  fair  musical  Western.    Doubled  with  Mono- 
gram's   "Live    Wires"    to    below    average  business. 
Played  Thursday -Saturday,  Sept.  19-21.— Stanley  Leay, 
Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111. 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

NORTHWEST  HOUNDED  POLICE:  Technicolor 
Cartoon — Swell  cartoon— liked  by  everyone. — W.  M. 
Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre,  Ruston,  La. 

SPRINGTIME  FOR  THOMAS:  Technicolor  Car- 
toons—This was  very  good.— James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.. 
Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 


TREASURES  FROM  TRASH:  Pete  Smith  Specialty 
— Interesting,  and  plenty  laughs  included.  Pete  Smith's 
subjects  are  popular  here. — W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech 
Theatre,  Rouston,  La. 


Paramount 

JASPER'S  DERBY:  Puppetoons— Another  good 
Puppetoon  from  George  Pal  Puppetoons. — E.  M.  Frei- 
burger, Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

MY  MAN  JASPER:  George  Pal  Puppetoons— These 
Paramount  shorts  are  always  good. — James  C.  Balk- 
com, Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 

OCCUPATIONS,  NO.  6:  Unusual  Occupations— En- 
tertaining reel  in  color. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount 
Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

TALES  OF  TWO  CAFES:  Musical  Parade— Fair 
Technicolor  musical. — Stanley  Leay,  Stanley  Theatre, 
Galena,  111,  • 


RKO  Radio 

DONALD'S  DOUBLE  TROUBLE:  Walt  Disney 
Cartunes — Good  color  cartoon  by  Disney. — E.  M.  Fi'ei- 
burger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

I'LL  TAKE  MILK:  Leon  Errol — A  not-so-funny 
comedy  with  Leon  Errol,  which  served  as  a  filler. — 
E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

TROUBLE  OR  NOTHING:  Edgar  Kennedy— Good 
Kennedy  comedy  which  garnered  full  share  of  laughs. 
— Stanley  Leay,  Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111. 


Twentieth  Century- Fox 

GOLDEN  HEN:  Terrytoons- Fair  cartoon.  Repeti- 
tious plot. — Stanley  Leay,  Stanley  Theatre,  Galena, 
111. 

MUSCLE  MAULERS:  Dribble  Puss  Parade— If  you 
want  your  patroVs  to  laugh  just  play  this  short. — 
James  C.  Balkcom,  Jr.,  Gray  Theatre,  Gray,  Ga. 


United  Artists 

LADY  SAID  NO:  Daffy  Ditties— Entertaining  mu- 
sical reel  with  puppets  in  color. — E.  M.  Freiburger, 
Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 


Universal 

MEATLESS  TUESDAY:  Color  Cartune— Good 
Technicolor  cartoon.  Timely  and  gathered  many 
laughs.  Kids  tickled. — Stanley  Leay,  Stanley  Theatre, 
Galena,  111. 

MELODY  STAMPEDE.;  Name  Band  Musicals  — 
Good  musical.  Spade  has  pleasing  personality.  Well 
selected  music — trio  of  cowgirl  singers  good,  especially 
brunette  in  white,  noticed  by  many.  She  would  be  a 
good  feminine  lead. — Stanley  Leay,  Stanley  Theatre, 
Galena,  111. 

OPERATION  HOLIDAY:  Variety  Views— Yanks  on 
leave  visit  Switzerland.  A  filler. — E.  M.  Freiburger, 
Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 


Warner  Bros. 

TALE  OF  TWO'  MICE:  Looney  Tunes— Clever  car- 
toon.—W.  M.  Butterfield,  Tech  Theatre,  Ruston,  La. 


NAVED  Announces  New 
Activities  Program 

A  10-point  accelerated  program  of  activi- 
ties for  the  National  Association  of  Visual 
Education  Dealers  was  announced  this  week 
by  the  organization's  new  president,  Ber- 
nard A.  Cousino,  Toledo,  Ohio.  The  As- 
sociation, which  has  increased  its  member- 
ship by  50  per  cent  during  the  past  eight 
months,  will  sponsor  a  1946-47  program  in- 
cluding seven  regional  dealer  meetings,  a 
four-day  national  convention  and  trade 
show  to  be  held  in  Chicago  August  4-7,  and 
several  new  publications,  included  Visual 
Education  Bluebook,  listing  trade-in  prices 
on  used  equipment.  The  organization  be- 
gan this  month  the  publication  of  a  News- 
letter. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


47 


PICTURE 
CROSSES 


A  statistical  compilation  and 
comparison  of  Box  Office  Per- 
formance in  first  run  theatres 


Mexican  Studios 
Seek  Facility  in 
Other  Countries 


by  LUIS  BECERRA  CEUS 

in  Mexico  City 


Figures  directly  below  picture  title  compare  estimated  dollar  gross  with  average  gross 
and  show  relative  percentage  of  all  engagements  tabulated. 

Figures  opposite  theatre  names  represent  percentage  of  tabulated  grosses  to  average 

weekly  business  based  on  the  six  months'  period  ending  July  31,  1946.  Unsatisfactory  conditions  in  Mexico  have 

SYMBOLS:  (DB)  Double  Bill— associate  feature  title;  (SA)  Stage  Attraction;  (MO)  Move-  obll^e?  ,some  leadl,nS  Pro?UC(;rs  t0  fstabhsh 

Over  Run;  (AA  Advance  Admission.  or  fek  beAtter  Production  facihties  elsewhere 

INDEX:  Over-al  perfomance  percentage  figures  from  previously  published  final  reports  in  Latin  America.    Clasa  Films  Mundiales, 

appear  in  Service  Data  section  of  Product  Digest.  See  last  column  of  Release  Chart  one  ot  the  largest  producers  has  arranged  to 

for  Index  produce  m  the  Argentine.   Another  group  ot 

 "   Mexicans,  convinced  that  there  is  always 

njTTjTj  a  t     „            „  ,       ,  .      ,         .„  ,„  money  in  pictures,  has  commissioned  Roberto 

BUFFALO— Twentieth  Century,  1st  week    .    .    211.1%  . J        r  . 

buffalo — Twentieth  Century,  2nd  week  .  .    88.8%  Katti,  the  Argentine  director  prominent  in 

C?Dfit  T^Fa'ron's'AlibTfRKO)- Mexic0>  t0  &°  t0  Cuba  with  a  vieW  t0 

CHICAGO— Palace,  2nd  week  100.0%  izing  production  units  there. 

(DB)  The  Falcon's  Alibi  (RKO)  r-, 

CHICAGO— Palace,  3rd  week  92.6%  V 

cAIatI^o5  Albee  ^  143.4%  Following  up  its  announced  policy  of  bet- 

Cincinnati— rko  shubert,  mo  1st  week  .  109.1%  termg  the  quality  of  its  pictures,  the  Mexican 

c_i^f^E=w.ss-:  L&TistV^  1S3  industry is  l00kin* to  Eur°pe  for  co°pera- 

Denver — Orpheum^   103.6%  tion  and  hopes  to  entice  leading  directors 

LOSBANBGELES^Et %y  128.0%  and  players  to  this  country.  Panamerican 

LOS  Angeles — Vogue  195.3%  Films  has  engaged  Joseph  von  Sternberg  to 

MINNEAPOLIS— RKO  Orpheum.   1st  week    .    149.0%  ,.       ,       ,,      .    &            •         c  „T,      -n,  a 

Minneapolis— rko  Orpheum,  2nd  week  .    96.2%  direct  a  Mexican  version  of    lhe  Blue  An- 

NEW  YORK— Rivoli,  1st  week  109.4%  „ei"  wuu  Maria  Felix  nlavine  the  Marlene 

NEW  YORK — Rivoli,  2nd  week  89.7%  ,        „           Wing  uic  lvidiicnc 

new  YORK— Rivoli,  3rd  week  84.5%  Dietrich  role.    Martha  Eggerth,  the  Euro- 

new  y8rk=rS  slh  ^eek  \  \  \  \  \  \    mil  Pean  singer  and  actress  who  has  appeared  in 

new  YORK— Rivoli,  6th  week  97.4%  New  York,  will  make  one,  possibly  two,  pic- 

PHILADELPHIA— Aldine,    1st    week  ....    113.3%  ^          .        '  . 

PHILADELPHIA— Aldine,  2nd  week  ....    100.0%  tures  in  IVlexiCO. 

ESt^R^S™-^!"6'  ?ru  wee,k  •  •  ■  ■    95.3%  This  campaign  for  quality  has  prompted  a 

PHILADELPHIA— Aldme,  4th  week   ....     82.0%  .      5    &  .  „.    H     _/          r      .  . 

salt  lake  CITY— Uptown,  1st  week  .  .  .  no.5%  reorganization  of  Clasa.  lhe  reorganization, 

t^T^NO^O^&G.S  rsetekweek  \  St  expected  to  be  completed  by  the  end  of  the 

(SA)  Vaudeville  month,  will  have  direct  bearing  on  the  com- 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Golden  Gate,  2nd  week   .     81.8%  ,    mA'7        A  ™ 

(SA)  Vaudeville  pany  s  1947  production  program. 

ST.  LOUIS— Ambassador  120.8%  V7 

(DB)  The  Falcon's  Alibi  (RKO)  .             ,        .     .     ,  v  ,      ,            .  , 

TORONTO— Imperial,  1st  week  115.3%  Although  private  banks  have  almost  shut 

TORONTO-lmperial,  2nd  week  100.7%  down  on  credits  to  the  industry  because  of 

•  slow  repayment  of  large  loans,  the  industry 

tudcc  i  itti  c  rioic  im  Di  nt  nas   received   considerable   financing  from 

IMA  C    t  F    )  banks  sPeciaHzinS  in  the  trade-   Durin£  the 

First  Rert'  ^1St  ""le  montris  °^  tb^s  year  tbe  in^ustry  re" 

T_i  i  /—    .   t"  L.  i.j.  j                t?Ln  caa  ceived  $3,946,527  from  its  own  bank,  the 

Total  Gross  Tabulated                $360,500  D        r-  '     \       c         a  a-^c  nnn  c  *u 

r>                   a             r~               i^a  aaa  Banco  Cinematograrico,  and  $ob,U(J0  from  the 

Comparative  Average  Gross        329,000  „         ,   ,    T  , *     .   '      .r  ' 

r\        i\  d   i                                i  ac  -70/  Banco  de  la  Industria  Fumica. 
Over-all  Performance  105.7% 

Baltimore— New,  1st  week  114.2%  Operadora  de  Teatros  is  soon  to  start 

BALTIMORE— New,   2nd  week  100.0%  ,    ..K.        .      ,,     .  n.. 

Cleveland -rko  Allen,  1st  week  .  .  .  186.2%  building  in  Mexico  City  a  theatre  to  seat 

f^F^P^Fr?- Allen>  2nd  week  •  ■  ■  }W  4>000-  Its  rows  of  seats  wil1  be  one  yard 

LOS  ANGELES— Chinese   135.2%  '                        ..  . 

LOS  ANGELES— Loew's  State  in.2%  apart,  there  will  be  eight  escalators  in  the 

LOS  ANGELES— Uptown   113.3%  hnilrlinp-    Pnr1n<;prl  hnyp?  will    ^ear  ^iv  and 

NEW  YORK— Roxy,  1st  week  126.8%  DUUQing,  enclosed  Doxes  win  sear  six,  ana 

(SA)  Beatrice  Kay,  Maurice  Rocco,  others  there  will  be  a  nursery  for  children  and  an 

NEW  YORK— Roxy,  2nd  week  94.8%  ■■                A         ,  •  , 

(SA)  Beatrice  Kay,  Maurice  Rocco,  others  Underground  parking  place. 

PHILADELPHIA— Earle,  1st  week  104.5%  V7 

PHILADELPHIA— Earle,   2nd   week    ....     66.2%  _,       ,.,     .        „.       v  ... 

lhe  Mexico  City  municipal  government 

•  has  enacted  a  law  which  prohibits  the  con- 

qI^q^I^  and  DAGGER    (WB)  struction  of  any  new  theatres  which  do  not 

First  Report'  provide  sufficient  parking  place  for  theatre 

Total  Gross°Vabulated                $250,400  patrons. 

Comparative  Average  Gross        211,800  ^ 

Over-all  Performance                    118.2%  Luis   R;   Montes,   chief  barker   of  the 

.   Mexico  City  Variety  Club,  has  expanded  his 

cmciNNATi-RKO  Ailen  '. S  circuit  with  the  opening  of  the  Cine  Alameda 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Shubert,  MO  1st  week   .     90.9%  in  Queretaro  City. 

DENVER— Denver   101.1%   

(DB)  It's  Great  To  Be  Young  (Col.) 

DENVER-Esquire  90.9%  WiJ..    QrJpts   in    NpW  Post 

(DB)  It's  Great  To  Be  Young  (Col.)  WUSS    WOeTS    in    (New  TOST 

DENVER— Webber  112.5%  Florence  Odets  has  been  named  assistant 

(DB)  It's  Great  To  Be  Young  (Col.)  T                                .                      ...  rTT- 

Minneapolis — State                              137.4%  to  James  Poling,  eastern  story  editor  of  Uni- 

N?c^^YiSR•K_^ra"dr^J  u  I  '  \x. K7-8%  versal-International  Pictures.     She  previ- 

(SA)  Alvino  Key  s  Orchestra,  others  *_ 

Philadelphia— Mastbaum,  1st  week    .  ,  155.5%  ously  was  assistant  story  editor  at  Para- 

PHILADELPHIA — Mastbaum.  2nd  week    .    .    108.5%  :„  TJ^ll,,,,^^,! 

PHILADELPHIA— Mastbaum,  3rd  week     .   .     68.9%  mount  in  ilOliyWOOQ. 


STRANGE  LOVE  OF  MARTHA  IVERS 

(Para.) 

Final  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $1,218,700 
Comparative  Average  Gross  1,133,100 
Over-all  Performance  107.5% 

ATLANTA— Fox   98.6% 

ATLANTA— Roxy,  MO  1st  week   106.9% 

BOSTON— Metropolitan,   1st  week   94.7% 

(DB)  G.  I.  War  Brides  (Rep.) 

BOSTON— Metropolitan,  2nd  week   113.6% 

(DB)  G.  I.  War  Brides  (Rep.) 

BUFFALO— Great  Lakes,   1st  week   ....  117.1% 

BUFFALO— Great  Lakes,  2nd  week   ....  93.1% 

CHICAGO— Chicago,    1st    week   120.7% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

CHICAGO— Chicago,   2nd   week   100.0% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Capitol,  1st  week    .    .    .  123.0% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Capitol,  2nd  week   .    .    .  75.2% 

CLEVELAND— Loew's  State   111.6% 

CLEVELAD— Loew's  Stillman,  MO  1st  week  112.1% 

DENVER— Denham,  1st  week    113.8% 

DENVER— Denham,  2nd  week   81.3% 

DENVER— Denham,  3rd  week    73.2% 

KANSAS  CITY— Newman,  1st  week   ....  172.6% 

KANSAS  CITY— Newman,  2nd  week  ....  107.9% 
LOS  ANGELES— Paramount  Downtown, 

1st  week    132.2% 

LOS  ANGELES— Paramount  Downtown. 

2nd  week   97.4% 

LOS  ANGELES— Paramount  Hollywood. 

1st  week    117.2% 

LOS  ANGELES— Paramount  Hollywood, 

2nd  week   110.3% 

LOS  ANGELES— Paramount  Hollywood, 

3rd  week   79.3% 

MINNEAPOLIS— Radio  City   91.9% 

MINNEAPOLIS— Century,  MO  1st  week    .    .  104.5% 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  1st  week    ....  134.6% 

(SA)  Dinah  Shore,  Gil  Lamb,  others 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  2nd  week   ....  123.6% 

(SA)  Dinah  Shore,  Gil  Lamb,  others 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  3rd  week    ....  122.4% 

(SA)  Dinah  Shore,  Gil  Lamb,  others 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  4th  week   ....  112.6% 

(SA)  Dinah  Shore,  Gil  Lamb,  others 

NEW  YORK — Paramount,  5th  week    ....  106.4% 

(SA)  Dinah  Shore,  Gil  Lamb,  others 

NEW  YORK— Paramount,  6th  week    ....  94.2% 

(SA)  Dinah  Shore,  Gil  Lamb,  others 

OMAHA— Paramount    101.5% 

OMAHA— Omaha,  MO  1st  week   102.2% 

(DB)   Freddie  Steps  Out  (Mono.) 

PITTSBURGH-Penn   70.5% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Capitol   101.1% 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Fox,  1st  week   88.6% 

(DB)  Slightly  Scandalous  (Univ.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— Fox,  2nd  week   56.9% 

(DB)  Slightly  Scandalous  (Univ.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— St.  Francis,  MO  1st  week  90.1% 

(DB)  Slightly  Scandalous  (Univ.) 

SAN  FRANCISCO— St.  Francis,  MO  2nd  week  81.1% 

(DB)  Slightlv  Scandalous  (Univ.) 

ST.  LOUIS— Fox   137.9% 

• 

TILL  THE  END  OF  TIME  (RKO) 

Final  Report: 

Total  Gross  Tabulated  $767,800 

Comparative  Average  Gross  740,200 

Over-all  Performance  103.7% 

BALTIMORE— Hippodrome,  1st  week  ....  103.1% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 
BALTIMORE— Hippodrome,    2nd   week    .    .    .  92.6% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 
BOSTON— Memorial,    1st    week  127.5% 

(DB)  Joe  Palooka,  Champ  (Mono.) 
BOSTON— Memorial,  2nd  week  111.5% 

(DB)  Joe  Palooka,  Champ  (Mono.) 
BOSTON— Memorial,   3rd   week  91.6% 

(DB)  Joe  Palooka,  Champ  (Mono.) 


48 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


] 


«An  international  association  of  showmen  meeting  weekly 
in  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD  for  mutual  aid  and  progress 


CHESTER  FRIEDMAN,  Editor 


A  Sterling  Job 

The  Schine  circuit's  Silver  Jubilee  celebration,  originally 
scheduled  for  the  month  of  September,  is  continuing 
indefinitely. 

The  splendid  public  relations  job  which  has  highlighted  the 
anniversary  is  now  reminiscent  of  the  grand  Job  the  Interstate 
theatres  circuitmen  delivered  recently  in  connection  with  the 
40th  anniversary  of  that  organization. 

In  practically  every  community  where  the  Schine  circuit  has 
a  theatre,  newspaper  editors  have  been  profuse  in  lauding 
the  theatres  for  their  splendid  service  to  the  community  in 
peace  and  in  war,  for  their  humanitarian  endeavors  in  worthy 
fund-raising  projects,  and  for  the  vital  part  they  play  in  pro- 
viding entertainment  and  relaxation  for  the  public. 

The  merchants  also  indicated  their  well  wishes  through 
paid  newspaper  advertisements  and  congratulatory  radio 
broadcasts.  Public  officials  added  their  word  of  friendship 
and  felicitation. 

The  Schine  circuit  holdings  are  in  five  important  states. 
Many  thousands  of  people  read  or  heard  glowing  comments 
about  these  theatres  from  merchants,  editors  and  public 
officials. 

The  reputation  of  the  industry  increased  in  stature 
along  with  the  prestige  of  the  Schine  theatres.  For  that  the 
industry  can  be  appreciative  of  the  organization's  personnel 
in  Gloversville,  N.  Y.,  who  inspired  the  work,  and  of  every 
Schine  manager  v/ho  participated. 

AAA 

Welcome  Return 

This  past  week  a  spectacular  display  made  its  appearance 
in  the  rotunda  of  the  Roxy  theatre  in  New  York. 

Heralding  the  booking  of  "The  Razor's  Edge",  Homer 
Harman,  publicity  manager  for  the  Roxy,  has  come  up  with 
the  largest  and  one  of  the  most  attractive  lobby  promotions 
to  be  seen  in  the  New  York  area  in  many  moons. 

The  determining  factor  in  this  display  is  that  it  is  animated, 
giving  its  great  bulk  added  magnetism  which  is  drawing 
theatre  patrons  in  unprecedented  numbers. 

The  display  itself,  a  book  about  14  feet  high,  is  set  into 
an  attractive  stage  setting  with  a  series  of  six  pages  carry- 


ing photographic  and  titular  announcements.  The  pages  are 
motivated  by  an  intricate  mechanism,  turning  gracefully 
every    15  seconds. 

Although  experience  proves  that  animation  is  twice  as 
effective  as  the  ordinary  setpiece,  theatremen  generally, 
during  the  war  years,  abandoned  this  form  of  exploitation. 

AAA 

Not  on  the  Program 

From  time  to  time  we  hear  stories  to  indicate  that  movie 
patrons  hold  special  theatre  employees  in  high  personal  esteem. 

Two  weeks  ago,  a  story  broke  in  the  White  Plains,  N.  Y., 
Reporter  Dispatch,  reporting  the  theft  of  a  45-year-old  watch 
from  John  Wetzel,  for  many  years  doorman  at  the  Loew 
theatre  in  that  city. 

Aside  from  the  sentimental  value  to  its  owner,  many  patrons 
had  been  accustomed  to  seeing  the  timepiece  resting  in  its 
usual  place  on  the  ticket  box,  handy  for  Mr.  Wetzel  to  answer 
questions  pertinent  to  schedules. 

The  newspaper  ran  an  appeal  for  the  return  of  the  watch. 
When  it  failed  to  materialize,  a  kind-hearted  reader  forwarded 
$5.00  towards  a  new  one.  Theatre  patrons  quickly  fol- 
lowed suit. 

~  AAA 

Classroom  Aud  ience 

Further  evidence  of  the  cooperation  extended  to  theatremen 
who  are  taking  advantage  of  the  recently  developed  Children's 
Film  Library  comes  from  New  Haven,  Conn.  In  that  city,  Sid 
Kleper,  manager  of  the  College  theatre,  booked  "Adventures 
of  Huckleberry  Finn"  for  next  Saturday's  matinee. 

Public  and  parochial  schools  in  the  area  are  recommending 
the  program  in  classrooms  and  advertising  literature  is  being 
distributed;  parent-teacher  groups  are  being  notified,  and  all 
public  libraries  will  promote  the  attraction  through  tie-in  copy 
with  the  book. 

In  addition,  the  Department  of  Visual  Education  of  the  Board 
of  Education  has  authorized  an  endorsement  to  be  carried  in 
all  advertising.  The  schools  will  also  assist  in  the  sale  of  tickets. 

—CHESTER  FRIEDMAN 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


49 


SHOWMEN  IDEAS 
FROM  OVERSEAS 


ENGLAND:  At  the  Marble  Arch  Pavillion  in  London,  towering  signs 
on  building  colonnades  and  marquee  spectacular  creates  special 
interest  in  "The  Stranger"  for  manager  Brough  Johnson. 


NOVA  SCOTIA:  At- 
tractive book  display, 
left,  designed  by  T. 
Cook,  assistant  man- 
ager of  the  Capitol, 
Halifax,  used  as  stage 
setpiece  and  walking 
ballyhoo. 


SCOTLAND:  Street  ballyhoo  consisting  of  gypsy  caravan 
by  Miss  L.  Watt,  manager,  Florida  Cinema,  Kings  Park  in 
Glasgow,  exploits  "Caravan". 


SPAIN:  Cutouts  and  banners  promote  "Saboteur"  for 
assistant  director  Marino  Cuevas  at  the  Palacio  de  la  Musica 
in  Madrid. 


COLOMBIA,  S.  A.:  Cutout  letters  spell  out  title  "Spell- 
mound",  next  attraction  at  the  Teatro  Astral  in  Bogota. 
J.  Omar  Mendez,  manager. 


AUSTRALIA:  Window  display  focused  attention  on  "Ziegfeld  Follies"  at  the  Metro 
in  Melbourne.  J.  Gavegan,  manager,  promoted  the  locations. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


Murphy  Promotes 
Tieup,  Contest 
For  "Caesar  " 


The  Selling  Approach 

ON  NEW  PRODUCT 

[The  material  below  reflects  pressbooks  now  in  preparation  and  represents  the  point 
of  view  of  the  distributors'  exploiteers  on  selling  points  and  special  merit  of  these  pictures.] 


CROSS    MY    HEART    (Paramount):  A 

comedy,  this  picture  co-stars  Betty  Hut- 
ton  and  Sonny  Tufts,  the  latter  playing 
the  part  of  a  bewildered  young  lawyer. 
Local  law  students,  judges,  attorneys  could 
be  invited  to  a  special  screening.  Obtain 
comments  on  the  law  angle  in  the  picture 
from  the  preview  audience  and  use  them 
in  ads,  on  the  radio  or  on  a  guote  board 
in  the  lobby. 

Place  a  barrel  of  buttons  in  front  of  the 
theatre,  with  a  tackboard  reading:  "These 
buttons  were  picked  up  in  the  theatre  at 
last  night's  performance  of  'Cross  My 
Heart'.  It's  a  real  burton  buster."  Provid- 
ing balloons  are  available  in  your  situa- 
tion, a  giveaway  promotion  is  suggested. 
Imprinted  balloons  could  read:  "You'll  be 
up  in  the  air,  too,  when  you  see  'Cross 
My  Heart'  at  the  .  .  .  ",  etc. 

For  street  ballyhoo  have  a  girl  carry  a 
sandwich  sign  shaped  like  a  heart.  Copy 
could  read:  "  'Cross  My  Heart',  the  fun- 
niest picture  of  the  year,  is  playing  at 
the  .  .  .  ",  etc.  Have  a  man  stationed 
across  the  street  from  the  theatre  with  a 
sign  reading:  "Cross  the  street  to  see 
'Cross  My  Heart'." 

Betty  Hutton  has  made  so  many  record- 
ings that  you  may  be  able  to  sell  your 
local  disc  jockey  on  the  idea  of  running 
a  complete  Betty  Hutton  show,  including 
the  Capitol  recording  of  "Love  Is  the 
Darndest  Thing"  from  the  picture.  For  a 
station  that  uses  a  quiz  show,  suggest  an 
identification  contest  pitched  to  Betty 
Hutton's     songs.      Listeners     would  be 


Daransoll  Open  Letter  Ad 
Boosts  "Homicide"  Date 

An  open  letter  type  of  ad  proved  to  be 
very  effective  for  manager  George  Daran- 
soll's  playdate  on  "Home  Sweet  Homicide" 
at  the  Granby  theatre,  Norfolk,  Va.  Ad- 
dressed to  "Our  many  patrons  and  friends" 
from  "Your  Granby  theatre  manager,"  the 
open  letter  began  "Every  once  in  a  great 
while  ...  a  picture  comes  along — unheralded 
and  unsung;  yet  has  everything  the  average 
Movie  Goer  expects  in  the  way  of  entertain- 
ment, etc." 


Ties  In  with  City  Festival 

Manager  Louis  Nye  has  arranged  for 
drawings  to  be  held  on  the  stage  of  the 
Hoosier  theatre  each  night  of  the  Whiting, 
Ind.  Fall  Festival.  The  drawings  were 
originally  planned  for  the  Community 
Center  several  blocks  from  the  theatre. 
Realizing  that  the  original  plan  would  be 


required  to  name  the  picture  in  which 
Betty  Hutton  sang  the  songs  played. 

SHADOW  OF  A  WOMAN  (Warner 
Bros.):  A  mystery  melodrama,  this  picture 
stars  Helmut  Dantine  and  Andrea  King. 
In  tune  with  the  title,  conduct  a  shadow 
queen  contest  for  the  shapeliest  "shadow 
of  a  woman"  in  town.  In  advance  of  play- 
date,  distribute  ballots  from  the  lobby. 
Interest  the  local  newspaper  in  the  contest. 

Narrow  contestants  down  to  about  16 
girls  by  selecting  the  finalists  from  their 
attached  photographs.  Use  the  photos 
for  a  lobby  display.  Tie  in  with  local  mer- 
chants for  cooperative  newspaper  ads. 
Arrange  a  gala  evening  of  fun  for  the 
winner,  which  could  include  dinner  at  a 
local  restaurant  or  night  club,  radio 
interviews,  gifts  from  cooperating  mer- 
chants, etc. 

On  a  table  in  the  lobby,  set  up  a  small 
screen  on  which  the  beam  of  a  bright 
light  is  projected.  At  certain  hours,  stage 
an  on-the-spot  shadowgraph  contest,  with 
participants  competing  to  see  who  can 
best  duplicate,  by  holding  their  hands 
in  different  positions,  the  shadow  of  a 
woman's  head.  Give  pas'ses  as  prizes. 

In  advance  of  playdate,  arrange  to 
have  a  gypsy  fortune  teller  set  up  her 
booth  in  front  of  the  theatre  or  in  the 
lobby.  Invite  one  and  all  to  have  their 
fortune  told  free  of  charge.  The  fortune 
teller  could  whisper  the  same  message 
into  each  ear:  "Beware  the  'Shadow  of 
a  Woman'." 


detrimental  to  business,  Nye  convinced  the 
planning  committee  of  the  Festival  to  hold 
the  drawings  at  the  Hoosier. 

Taylor  Promotes  Co-Op  Ad 

An  attractive  cooperative  newspaper  dis- 
play ad  was  promoted  for  the  engagement  of 
"Monsieur  Beaucaire"  at  the  Great  Lakes 
theatre,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  The  ad  was  arranged 
by  Charles  B.  Taylor,  advertising  and  pub- 
licity director  for  Shea's  Buffalo  theatres, 
and  ran  in  the  Courier-Express.  It  featured 
a  full-length  cut  of  Joan  Caulfield  in  cos- 
tume. 


Cooperates  in  Safety  Drive 

In  cooperation  with  the  Connecticut  State 
Highway  Police,  Paul  Purdy,  manager  of 
the  Playhouse,  Wethersfield,  arranged  to 
show  "It's  Wanton  Murder"  on  the  theatre 
screen  to  further  the  current  safety  program. 
The  theatre  received  excellent  comment  and 
publicity  as  a  result. 


Extensive  use  of  all  media  of  promotion, 
advertising,  publicity  and  exploitation,  set 
the  stage  for  a  highly  successful  campaign 
on  "Caesar  and  Cleopatra"  at  the  Penn 
theatre,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  The  campaign  was 
arranged  by  manager  Frank  Murphy. 

A  tieup  was  set  with  the  Continental 
Model  School  for  a  competition  to  choose 
a  local  "Cleopatra."  The  winner  was  flown 
to  New  York  to  pick  up  a  piece  of  pottery 
that  had  been  brought  from  Cairo  by 
Transcontinental  and  Western  Airlines.  She 
was  met  at  the  Pittsburgh  airport  by  the 
director  of  the  Carnegie  Museum  who  -re- 
ceived the  pottery  as  a  permanent  gift  for 
the  Museum. 

Also  on  hand  at  the  airport  were  models, 
who  distributed  heralds  announcing  play- 
date. TWA  moved  the  entire  party  to  the 
mayor's  office  where  he  received  the  pottery, 
the  "Cleopatra"  winner  and  the  models.  The 
event  was  broadcast  over  WCAE. 

Variety  Sponsors  "Night" 

A  "Cleopatra"  night  was  held  by  the 
Pittsburgh  Variety  Club  with  the  winner 
and  the  models  in  attendance,  handing  out 
heralds.  Luncheons  were  held  for  the  ladies 
of  the  press  and  critics  two  months  in  ad- 
vance with  Nancy  Hartung,  a  Powers  model, 
as  guest  of  honor.  Miss  Hartung  also  ap- 
peared on  four  radio  broadcasts. 

Two  cooperative  newspaper  ads  were 
promoted.  A  Boggs  and  Buhl  Department 
Store  half-page  ad  plugged  the  picture  in 
conjunction  with  their  fashion  show.  The 
other  ad  was  paid  for  by  Wilkins  Jewelry 
Store.  In  addition  several  window  displays, 
radio  spots  and  newspaper  stories  were 
garnered. 


Successful  First  Season 
Reported  for  Drive-In 

Manager  F.  W.  Donahue,  who  opened  the 
first  drive-in  theatre  in  central  New  York 
State,  situated  two  miles  west  of  Fairmount, 
reports  a  highly  successful  first  season.  The 
theatre  was  opened  in  April  after  an  exten- 
sive exploitation  campaign  that  included  a 
double  truck  ad  in  the  Syracuse  Herald- 
Journal.  Donahue  uses  weekly  programs 
and  heralds  to  exploit  his  playdates. 


Lobby  Mirrors  Lettered 
To  Exploit  "Widow" 

The  mirrors  on  both  sides  of  the  lobby 
were  attractively  lettered  -to  exploit  the  play- 
date on  "Young  Widow"  at  the- State  thea- 
tre, White  Plains,  N.  Y.  Eight  Westchester 
newspapers  used  stories  with  art  to  publi- 
cize the  picture.  Free  time  was  promoted 
on  a  15-minute  quiz  radio  show.  A  lobby 
display  was  placed  in  the  Hotel  Roger 
Smith.  The  campaign  was  arranged  by 
manager  Michael  Stranger. 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


5i 


Halloween  Shows  Have  Special 
Incentive  for  Schine  Showmen 


During  past  years,  the  annual  Hallowe'en 
midnight  spook  parties  promoted  by  man- 
agers of  the  Schine  circuit  have  resulted  in 
extra  box  office,  stimulation.  This  year,  a 
total  of  $725  in  cash  prizes  is  being  offered 
to  circuit  managers  and  bookers  for  the  best 
results.  To  assist  managers  in  arranging 
their  campaigns  for  the  October  date,  a  man- 
ual has  been  prepared  by  the  circuit's  pub- 
licity department  in  Gloversville,  N.  Y.,  un- 
der the  direction  of  Seymour  Morris.  The 
ideas  suggested  in  the  manual  are  based  on 
successful  campaigns  of  previous  years  and, 
as  such,  are  worthy  of  consideration  by 
showmen  who  plan  this  form  of  promotion. 
A  few  of  the  ideas  suggested  in  the  manual 
follow. 

Atmospheric  Setting 

Atmosphere,  being  an  integral  part  of  any 
successful  show  of  this  nature,  should  begin 
with  appropriate  decorations  in  the  lobby 
and  carry  throughout  the  theatre.  A  dark 
chamber  constructed  in  the  lobby  can  start 
getting  the  patron  into  the  proper  mood.  This 
chamber  is  a  space  about  10  feet  square, 
walled  off  with  black  cloth.  Eerie  objects 
should  be  placed  within,  under  very  dim 
lighting.  If  possible  have  the  doorman  and 
ushers  dressed  in  costume  simulating  ghosts, 
skeletons,  etc. 

Before  beginning  the  regular  program  of 
screen  attractions,  some  stage  activity  should 
be  arranged.  Setting  is  very  important  for 
the  presentation — perhaps  something  repre- 
senting an  empty  room,  arranged  so  as  to 
look  old  and  musty.  Furniture  should  be 
placed  around  a  table  covered  with  dark 
cloth.  A  skull,  cutouts  of  bats  and  other 
weird  objects  should  predominate.  A  pro- 
logue can  be  arranged  without  using  char- 
acters through  a  succession  of  weird  move- 
ments, sounds  and  effects  by  prearranged 
plans.  Employees  working  against  a  black 
backdrop,  completely  outfitted  in  black  with 
gloves,  shirts,  masks,  etc.,  can  have  free  ac- 
cess and  movement  to  create  whatever  mo- 
tion of  inanimate  objects  is  necessary. 

Lighting  is  important  and,  to  this  end, 
green  and  blue  bulbs  should  predominate, 
arranged  to  flash  at  intervals.  Offstage 
screams,  shots,  clinking  chains,  footsteps — 
any  of  these  sounds  will  help  the  spooky 
illusion.  A  series  of  typical  Hallowe'en 
games  should  follow,  prior  to  the  showing 
of  your  picture. 

Street  Ballyhoo 

Rent  or  borrow  a  skeleton  costume  that 
can  be  worn  by  a  boy  on  the  street,  carrying 
a  sign  with  copy  plugging  the  midnight 
show.  If  a  skeleton  is  not  available,  obtain 
a  cat's  head  from  your  local  costumer  or 
else  make  a  cutout  cat's  head  of  compo. 
Mount  the  head  on  a  long  pole.  Nail  a  short 
stick  directly  under  the  head  and  hang  a 
long  muslin  skirt  so  that  it  completely 
envelops  the  pole. 

Have  a  man  carry  the  ballyhoo  around 


A  FEW  GAMES  FOR 
HALLOWE'EN 

Games  and  Hallowe'en  are  syn- 
onymous. Several  are  suggested  in 
the  Schine  Circuit  manual  for  the 
annual  Midnite  Spook  Party.  They 
include  apple  ducking,  cracker  eat- 
ing contest,  shoe  lacing  contest, 
clothespin-on-line  (a  race  for  women 
to  determine  who  can  put  the  most 
clothespins  on  a  line  within  the 
allotted  time),  women's  nail  driving, 
pin  the  tail  on  the  donkey,  balloon 
blowing  contest,  pie  eating  contest, 
men's  button  sewing  race  and  thread- 
ing a  needle  with  boxing  gloves. 
Where  there  is  a  piano  or  an  organ, 
it's  a  good  idea  to  have  the  audience 
sing  favorite  songs.  Nearly  everyone 
likes  a  good  community  singfest. 


town.  The  muslin  should  be  white  and  long 
enough  so  that  it  comes  within  an  inch  or 
two  of  the  ground  and  falls  completely 
around  the  man.  A  small  hole  in  the  muslin, 
about  the  height  of  his  eyes,  enables  him  to 
see  where  he  is  going.  He  should  carry  a 
large  flashlight  with  a  green  isinglass  cover- 
ing the  end  to  give  a  green  light.  He  should 
flash  the  light  up  the  muslin  skirt  at  inter- 
vals, thus  giving  a  weird  appearance  to  the 
"spooky  cat."  The  finishing  touch  is  a  sign 
hung  from  the  "shoulders"  of  the  cat  and 
announcing  the  show. 

Refreshments  for  Patrons 

In  past  years,  the  promotion  of  doughnuts 
and  cider  as  a  free  offering  to  patrons  pro- 
vided a  real  party  touch.  In  return  for  the 
refreshments,  you  may  offer  the  cooperating 
merchants  credit  cards  in  the  lobby. 

The  Schine  theatres  will  use  window 
cards,  heralds,  special  newspaper  ads  and 
trailers  to  promote  these  shows,  particularly 
plugging  the  advance  sale  of  tickets.  Win-, 
dow  displays  and  screen  publicity  will  also 
be  utilized. 


Foxe  Promotes  Balloons 
To  Exploit  "Lassie" 

Through  a  tieup  with  radio  station 
WTOP,  1,500  balloons  were  given  away  on 
a  busy  thoroughfare  during  the  Saturday 
matinee  performance  of  "Courage  of  Lassie" 
at  the  Columbia  theatre,  Washington,  D.  C. 
In  addition  every  child  entering  the  theatre 
that  day  received  a  free  balloon.  The  bal- 
loon giveaway  was  publicized  on  the  sta- 
tion's two  Saturday  morning  kiddie  shows 
with  playdate  credit.  The  tieup  was  ar- 
ranged by  manager  Jack  Foxe.  For  "Back 
to  School"  show,  Foxe  personally  contacted 
schools.  Tickets  were  placed  on  sale  three 
weeks  in  advance. 


WindowBallyhoo 
Draws  Crowds  in 
English  Town 

A  comprehensive  exploitation  campaign 
was  arranged  by  manager  G.  Ray  to  publi- 
cize "The  Bandit  of  Sherwood  Forest"  at 
the  Regent  Cinema,  Bradford,  Yorkshire, 
England. 

A  highlight  of  the  campaign  was  a  live 
window  display  with  Milan's  theatrical  cos- 
tumers,  a  new  shop  opened  in  Bradford.  A 
man  dressed  in  the  costume  of  the  period 
sat  in  the  window  and,  moving  in  the  manner 
of  a  mechanical  doll,  pointed  to  a  card  bear- 
ing details  of  the  playdate.  The  whole  win- 
dow was  decked  out  in  13th  century  cos- 
tumes, hunting  horns,  bows  and  arrows, 
swords  and  the  like. 

The  "mechanical  man"  drew  enormous 
crowds  to  the  window  and  even  resulted  in 
the  police  moving  the  crowd  along  for  ob- 
structing traffic.  When  not  on  window  duty 
the  same  man  toured  the  streets  of  the  town 
in  "Sherwood  Forest"  attire  distributing 
more  handbills. 

An  eye-attracting  lobby  display  was  set 
up  well  in  advance.  It  consisted  of  a  "Sher- 
wood Forest"  background  with  dolls  to 
represent  characters  in  the  picture.  To  fur- 
ther attract  attention  there  was  a  life-size 
cutout  of  "The  Bandit  of  Sherwood  Forest" 
posed  with  his  bow  at  the  ready  and  the  ar- 
row pointed  in  the  direction  of  the  display. 


Display  of  Ship  Models 
Aids  "Navy  at  War" 

Ship  models  built  to  exact  scales  from 
Navy  specifications  were  exhibited  in  the 
downstairs  display  room  of  the  Telenews 
theatre,  San  Francisco,  to  exploit  the  date 
on  "Navy  at  War"  Manager  Charles  E. 
Shutt  secured  the  20  ship  models  for  the 
display.  In  addition,  special  Navy  action 
photographs  and  enlargements  were  ob- 
tained for  interior  and  exterior  displays. 


COOPERATING  MERCHANT 
SENDS  FILM  MESSAGE 

A  very  helpful  and  profitable  tie- 
up,  in  which  a  local  merchant  sent 
out  imprinted  postcards  on  his  own 
mailing  list,  was  promoted  by  man- 
ager Roy  O.  Prytz  to  exploit  "Till 
the  End  of  Time"  at  the  Granada 
theatre,  Duluth,  Minn.  The  cards 
were  also  sent  out  on  a  veterans' 
organization  mailing  list.  Copy  read: 
"  .  .  .  A  moving  story  of  how  three 
veterans  solve  the  problems  of  re- 
adjustment to  peace-time  life.  This 
unusual  film,  which  carries  a  message 
that  everyone  interested  in  better 
human  relations  will  want  to  see,  will 
be  shown  at  the  .  .  .  ",  etc.  The  co- 
operating merchant  was  Erwin  Oreck 
of  Oreck's  Store. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


Gift  Giveaway  Is  Highlight  of 
Back-to-School  Program 


Considerable  merchandise  was  promoted 
for  giveaways  at  a  back  to  school  program 
at  the  Bradley  theatre,  Columbus,  Ga.  The 
campaign  was  arranged  by  W.  D.  Hendley, 
publicity  director  for  the  Georgia  Theatre 
Company  in  Columbus. 

The  merchandise  included  a  scooter,  shoes, 
blackboard,  tea  set,  wallet,  camera  and  case, 
pen  and  pencil  set,  football  and  record  album. 
In  addition  everyone  leaving  the  theatre 
was  given  a  pencil,  tablet  and  a  ruler, 
courtesy  of  the  Coca  Cola  Bottling  Company 
and  Paul  Jerome  Jewelers. 

Hendley  directed  his  advertising  cam- 
paign towards  adult  patronage  with  the  line 
"Bring  mother  and  father."  2,000  heralds 
were  distributed  in  the  residential  sections 
of  town,  thickly  populated  with  children. 
Spot  announcements  were  promoted  on  a 
weekly  kiddie  amateur  show  over  WDAK. 

For  "Tarzan  and  the  Leopard  Woman," 
Hendley  had  a  special  front  constructed  at 
the  Bradley.  It  was  made  up  to  resemble  a 
jungle  with  moss  hanging  on  all  displays. 
A  three-sheet  cutout  of  Acquanetta  and  two 
leopards  was  placed  in  the  lobby  and  spotted 
with  a  flood  lamp.  A  sound  effects  record  of 
a  leopard  growl  was  played  in  back  of  the 
cutout  for  realistic  effect. 

A  tie-up  was  arranged  with  a  leading  sport 


Kaufman  Arranges  Store 
Tieup  for  "Mr.  Ace" 

A  tieup  with  the  W.  T.  Grant  Department 
Store  was  promoted  by  manager  Milton 
Kaufman  for  "Mr.  Ace"  at  the  Norfolk  thea- 
tre, Norfolk,  Va.  The  store  distributed  5,000 
lettered  cards  to  patrons.  Cards  were  given 
out  with  each  purchase  and  when  the  five 
letters  in  the  picture's  title  were  presened  at 


LETTER  CONTEST  DRAWS 
GRATIFYING  RESPONSE 

More  than  3,200  little  girls  be- 
tween the  ages  of  7  and  12  re- 
sponded to  a  highly  gratifying  let- 
ter -  writing  contest  for  manager 
Harry  Greenman's  playdate  on 
"Three  Wise  Fools"  at  the  Capitol 
theatre,  New  York.  The  contest, 
executed  by  publicist  Paula  Gould, 
was  started  10  days  before  the 
opening  of  the  picture  and  ran  for 
two  weeks.  For  the  competition, 
conducted  through  New  York  news- 
papers, contestants  were  invited  to 
write  a  letter,  not  to  exceed  100 
words,  on  "Why  I  like  Margaret 
O'Brien".  Twenty-five  kits  of  Mar- 
garet O'Brien  Toiletries  were  pro- 
moted for  prizes.  Guest  tickets 
also   were   awarded   to  winners. 


shop,  which  resulted  in  a  cooperative  news- 
paper ad,  spot  announcements  over  both 
radio  stations  and  an  attractive  window  dis- 
play set  up  two  weeks  in  advance.  2,000 
heralds  were  distributed  house  to  house  in 
the  residential  sections  of  Columbus.  100 
bumper  strips  were  placed  on  the  taxis  of 
two  local  cab  companies.  Cards  were  planted 
in  downtown  store  windows. 


the  box  office,  free  admission  was  granted. 
Radio  played  a  major  part  in  the  campaign, 
highlighted  by  a  one-hour  broadcast  from 
the  theatre  by  Joe  Brown  over  WRVA. 
Nylon  hose,  guest  tickets  and  other  prizes 
were  awarded  participants  from  the  theatre 
audience. 


Displays  Blanket  Atlanta 
For  "Angel"  Playdate 

Over  200  window  and  counter  displays 
were  promoted  by  manager  Boyd  Fry  to  ex- 
ploit his  playdate  on  "Angel  on  My  Shoul- 
der" at  the  Grand  theatre,  Atlanta,  Ga.  A 
tieup  with  RCA  Victor  Personal  Radio  net- 
ted 75  windows.  In  addition  to  the  music 
tieups,  photographs  of  Anne  Baxter,  star  of 
the  picture,  were  placed  in  restaurants,  drug 
and  other  store  windows.  Fry  tied-in  with 
the  Southeastern  World's  Fair,  staged  in  At- 
lanta, garnering  the  spotlight  in  the  big  par- 
ade. An  estimated  100,000  persons  wit- 
nessed the  parade. 


Kennedy  Assists  Safety  Drive 

When  North  Hollywood  got  tired  of  the 
increase  in  traffic  accidents,  Joe  Kennedy, 
manager  of  the  Valley  and  El  Portal  thea- 
tres, jumped  into  a  safety  campaign  with 
other  community  leaders.  He  made  safety 
pleas  to  audiences  and  opened  the  lobbies  to 
Safety  Council  members  in  their  drive  for 
safe-walking  pledges. 


Hosay  Arranges 
Tieups  in  Liege 
For  "Sea  Hawk" 

A  highly  extensive  and  effective  cam- 
paign, which  included  tieups  with  a  chil- 
dren's beneficiary  fund  and  a  newspaper,  was 
arranged  by  manager  D.  Hosay  to  exploit 
the  engagement  of  "The  Sea  Hawk"  at  the 
Forum  theatre,  Liege,  Belgium. 

Through  the  tieup  with  the  fund,  a  special 
Sunday  showing  was  held  for  children  of 
patriots  killed  in  the  war.  Considerable 
newspaper  publicity  resulted  from  the  event 
and  the  children's  presence  drew  many  peo- 
ple who  ordinarily  do  not  attend  the  theatre. 

A  local  newspaper,  La  Wallonie,  spon- 
sored the  special  showing  and  devoted  ex- 
tensive space,  publicizing  the  event.  The 
fund  sent  out  3,000  invitations  to  the  show- 
ing and  paid  for  200  small  posters  for  store 
windows. 

A  parade  preceded  the  beneficiary  fund 
screening,  with  children,  parents,  delegations 
from  old  combatant  associations  and  patri- 
otic groups  bearing  organization  flags. 

An  attractive  lobby  display  was  installed 
a  month  in  advance.  Fifteen  6-sheets  were 
posted  at  street  locations.  50  stills  from 
the  picture  were  utilized  for  window  dis- 
plays. In  addition,  Hosay  promoted  free 
time  over  Radio  Liege. 

Boyle  Arranges  Newspaper 
Tieup  for  "Holiday" 

A  classified  ad  tieup  was  arranged  with 
the  Record  and  Bulletin  by  manager  Joseph 
S.  Boyle  for  "Holiday  in  Mexico"  at  the 
Poli-Broadway  theatre,  Norwich,  Conn. 
Xavier  Cugat  records  were  used  in  the  thea- 
tre for  exits  and  recessionals  two  weeks  in 
advance.  All  buses  in  the  Norwich  and  New 
London  areas  were  placarded.  Burgees  with 
cast  names  were  used  on  the  ends  of  the 
marquee.  Seven  window  displays  were  pro- 
moted. 5,000  heralds  were  distributed  at  the 
theatre  and  through  a  local  news  agency. 


THEATRE  AD  TIES  IN 
WITH  MEAT  SHORTAGE 

An  attention-attracting  newspaper 
ad,  tying  in  with  the  current  meat 
shortage,  created  a  lot  of  comment 
for  the  engagement  of  "Without 
Reservation"  at  the  Kenosha  the- 
atre, Kenosha,  Wis.  Brain  child  of 
manager  Francis  B.  Schlax,  the  ad 
proclaimed  in  heavy  type:  "Now 
Available:  5,000  Lbs.  "AAA"  Meat". 
Underneath,  in  smaller  type,  copy 
read:  "An  announcement  of  this  kind 
at  the  present  time  would  create 
no  greater  excitement  than  this 
exciting  announcement.  Last  two 
days.  Don't  dare  miss  it.  'With- 
out Reservations'  at  the  .  .  .  ",  etc. 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


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Kraska  Arranges 
Contest  Tieup 
For  "Fools" 

A  wealth  of  newspaper  publicity  resulted 
from  a  tieup  with  the  Boston  Traveler  for 
the  playdate  on  "Three  Wise  Fools"  at  the 
State  and  Orpheum  theatres  in  Boston.  The 
newspaper  sponsored  a  "Who  Is  Boston's 
Margaret  O'Brien"  contest.  Over  3,000  lines 
of  free  press  space  was  garnered  in  advance 
and  current  with  the  picture  engagement. 

The  campaign  was  arranged  by  George 
Kraska,  director  of  publicity  and  advertis- 
ing for  the  State  and  Orpheum  theatres. 

The  contest  was  open  to  all  girls  between 
the  ages  of  eight  and  12  years,  resembling 
the  child  star.  The  winner  received  a  com- 
plete new  wardrobe.  She  was  interviewed  by 
the  press  and  over  the  radio  and  met  Gov- 
ernor Maurice  Tobin  on  a  visit  to  the  state 
chief  executive's  office. 

Gets  Merchants  Co-op 

A  full  page  cooperative  newspaper  ad  was 
arranged  with  R.  H.  White's.  The  ad  fea- 
tured a  photo  of  Margaret  O'Brien.  Win- 
dow displays  were  used  by  White's  and  Jor- 
dan's. Heralds  were  distributed  from  the 
lobby  of  both  theatres  well  in  advance. 

Another  contest  tieup  was  promoted  over 
radio  station  WORL  on  the  Mary  Ruth  pro- 
gram. Twenty-five  pairs  of  guest  tickets 
were  awarded  to  the  first  25  correct  answers 
to  the  question:  "Name  the  last  three  pic- 
tures in  which  Margaret  O'Brien  has  ap- 
peared." 


SHAFFER  SCORES  WITH 
FORD  MOTOR  TIEUP 

A  teen  -  agers'  quiz,  with  cash 
awards  totaling  $220,  was  con- 
ducted by  manager  Willis  E.  Shaffer 
through  a  tieup  with  the  Ford  Motor 
Company  in  Atchison,  Kans.  The 
idea  was  to  encourage  the  teen- 
agers to  study  the  mechanism  and 
improvements  of  the  new  Ford  car, 
thus  enlightening  their  parents  and 
creating  more  conversation  about 
the  car.  The  quiz  was  broadcast 
from  the  stage  of  the  Royal  theatre 
over  KVAK.  The  tieup  created  a 
great  deal  of  goodwill  for  the 
theatre,  as  well  as  being  a  very 
profitable  venture. 


Swan  Sells  All-Musical 
Show  in  Glasgow 

Manager  Preston  Swan  of  the  Elephant 
Cinema,  Shawlands,  Glasgow,  in  Scotland, 
took  advantage  of  the  all  musical  feature  of 
a  recent  program  which  included  "Tars  and 
Spars"  and  "Sing  Your  Way  Home."  Full 
use  was  made  of  the  extensive  list  of  popu- 
lar song  hits  included  in  both  films  to  make 
tieup  material  with  local  music  sellers  and 
gramaphone  dealers. 

Swan  had  a  novel  vestibule  attraction  in 
an  automatic  player  gramaphone  with  loud 
speaker  attachment  which  played  the  song 
hits  prior  to  the  screening  of  the  program. 
Appropriate  notices  were  displayed  announc- 
ing the  music  being  played  and  advertising 
the  attractions. 


Contest,  Tieups 
Boost  "Ranch" 

For  Alston 

A  "Butch"  Jenkins  photo  contest  and  mer- 
chant tieups  highlighted  the  excellent  cam- 
paign arranged  by  manager  A.  A.  Alston  for 
"Boy's  Ranch"  at  the  Paramonut  theatre, 
Burlington,  N.  C. 

The  photo  contest  was  publicized  for  10 
days  in  advance  in  the  Burlington  Times 
News,  five  days  before  on  the  city's  daily 
recreation  radio  program  and  on  daily  news 
broadcasts.  Several  advantageous  tieups  were 
arranged.  Sellars  Department  Store  donated 
the  first  prize  and  displayed  contestants' 
photographs  in  a  main  window.  The  Art 
Kraft  Studio  made  all  contestants'  photo- 
graphs free.  McClellans  donated  approxi- 
mately $35  worth  of  toys  for  attendance 
prizes.  The  Davis  News  Company  donated 
1,500  comic  books. 

The  mayor  of  Burlington  proclaimed  the 
opening  "Boys'  Day."  Two  six-sheet  cut- 
outs, streamer  flags,  a  40x60  blow-up  board 
and  window  card  figures  were  used  to 
decorate  the  marquee.  A  special  screening 
was  held  in  advance  for  newspaper  carrier 
boys,  Boy  Scouts  and  city  recreation  officials. 


Merchant  Tieup  Aids  "Ranch" 

A  community  type  handout  was  distrib- 
uted by  manager  Forrest  E.  Carmichael  to 
exploit  his  date  on  "Boys'  Ranch"  at  the 
Grand  theatre,  Ellsworth,  Me.  Fifteen  co- 
operating merchants  were  represented  on  the 
handout. 


TEASER  ADS 


for  recent  releases  at  the  first  run  New  York  theatres  express 
a  new  note  of  originality  and  deliver  maximum  reader  attention. 


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says: 

"I've  had  the  pleasure  of 
singing  many  a  fine  tune 
in  the  past . . .  but  to  be 
able  to  work  with  ail  of 
Irving  Berlin's  greatest 
songs  in 


is  something  that  I 


99 


is  something  that  I 
consider  the  thrill 
of  a  lifetime!"  Jm 


Starts  WED.,  Oct.  16 
PARAMOUNT  7v*„*M™ 

piui  20th  BIRTHDAY  IN  PERSON  SHOW 


WE  DON'T  WANT  WORD-OF- 
MOUTH  ADVERTISING  ABOUT 
"THE  DARK  MIRROR" 


We're  asking  the  12,936  people  who  will  see  the 
opening  of  "THE  DARK  MIRROR"  not  to  talk  about 
it,  no  matter  how  much  they  enjoy  it.  There's  a 
secret  about  this  gripping  motion  picture  which 
must  be  kept. 


(Signed)  Se&tetr 


ADVERTISEMENT  NO.  2 


JEANNE  CRAIN 
*  MARGIE 


;  WEDNESDAY  ROXY  « 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


SHOWMEN  PERSONALS 


In  New  Posts:  Tames  Reeser,  manager, 
Alpine  theatre,  Denver,  Colo.  Edward  Op- 
penheim,  Majestic,  Wyandotte,  Mich.  Rich- 
ard Junk,  Emboyd,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.  Jack 
O'Brien,  O'Brien  Theatre,  Tracy,  Minn.  Bill 
Dornell,  Grande,  Detroit,  Mich.  Edward  Bey, 
Fowler,  Fowler,  Ind. 

Leonard  Utecht.  Southern;  Eugene  Langen- 
f eld,  Lake ;  Will  Cole,  Embassy ;  James  Cur- 
rant, Byrd ;  Pete  Nicholas,  Rex :  Ralph  Ket- 
tering, Civic ;  all  in  Chicago.  Yince  Helling, 
resident  manager,  Frisna  Amusement  Com- 
pany, St  Charles,  Mo. 

Pat  Goggin,  Valley  Citv  Theatre,  Wahpeton, 
X.  D.  William  H.  Elder.  Loew's  Penn,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.  Saul  Saxon.  Rainbo,  Detroit.  Rus- 
sell Hogue,  manager,  Frisna  Amusement,  Litch- 
field, 111.    Al  Jenkins,  Vogue,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 

Sidney  Deneau,  chief  of  Schine  circuit  opera- 
tions, Gloversville,  X.  Y.  Duncan  Kennedy, 
Paramount ;  Tom  Bonk,  Orpheum ;  Harry 
Mintz,  Parthenon ;  all  in  Chicago.  Bill  Hast- 
ings, Orpheum,  Denver,  Colo. 

Assistant  Managers:  Clarence  H.  Moss,  as- 
sistant to  supervisor  in  charge  of  all  suburban 
Interstate  theatres  in  San  Antonio,  Texas. 
Donald  Verla,  Highland  Park  theatre,  High- 
land Park,  Mich.  Ed  Kennely,  Oriental,  Chi- 
cago, 111.  William  Wallace.  Paradise,  Van- 
couver, British  Columbia.  Canada. 

Wedding  Bells:  Michael  Evan,  manager  of 


the  Elco  theatre,  Elkhart,  Ind.,  to  Margaret 
Lantz. 

Junior  Showmen:  Bryan  Stanford,  born  re- 
cently to  Air.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Barden,  in  Cleve- 
land, Ohio.  Father  is  owner  of  the  Superior 
theatre  there. 

Birthday  Greetings:  Morris  Kaufman,  Frank 
Dancer,  Ralph  H.  Lundgren,  C.  Don  Sheedv, 
E.  O.  Gabriel,  R.  D.  Olson,  Sam  A.  Kimball, 
Frank  J.  Bartholomay,  Fred  W.  Curtice,  Eu- 
gene Venne,  Al  Einstein,  Johnnie  Turner,  Sid- 
ney Magen,  Theodore  Schlosser. 

Harry  Pickett,  Dave  Unger,  Alfredo  Esca- 
milla,  Richard  Stoddard,  Walter  Brooks,  George 
E.  Gemming,  William  S.  Samuel,  Tan  Boon 
Bee,  Sol  J.  Lavoy,  Mort  Goodman,  J.  G.  Op- 
penheim,  Jr.,  Paul  H.  Gams,  Robert  Anthonv, 
Oliver  H.  Bradbury. 

Al  Stevens  Ray  O.  Monzingo.  Salvatore  E. 
De  Gennaro,  Walter  J.  Matekaitis,  Edward  J. 
Cline,  Maurice  A.  Cohen,  Theodore  Friedman. 
Frank  Kovaletz,  Francis  E.  Lattin,  Donald  G. 
O'Xeill,  Frank  C.  Goldquist,  Sterling  Jermstad. 
Bryant  Williams. 

George  P.  Gross.  Lester  Bostwick,  Tom 
Johnson,  Lew  Bray,  A.  Albert  Cohan,  Cornel- 
ius Webb,  Henel  Chudders,  Miles  Dippert. 
Andrew  L.  Benham,  Woodrow  Mannheimer. 
Robert  D.  Elmo,  Thomas  Thompson,  Henry  L. 
Van  de  Water,  William  Q.  Applegate,  Don 
Adams.  Merritt  Bunstarm,  Will  Jeffers. 


Redden  Arranges 
Ballroom  Tieup 

A  tieup  was  engineered  with  the  Crescent 
and  Crystal  ballrooms  by  manager  Dan  Red- 
den to  exploit  the  playdate  of  "A  Night  in 
Casablanca"  at  the  Paramount  theatre,  Seat- 
tle, Wash.  Nightly  broadcasts  from  the 
ballroom  plugged  the  hit  tune  from  the  pic- 
ture, "Who's  Sorry  Now,"  with  theatre  and 
playdate  credit. 

Concentrating  on  music  tieups.  Redden  ar- 
ranged for  a  full  center  window  in  Sherman 
Clay's,  Seattle's  largest  music  distributing 
house.  Ten  other  music  outlets  in  the  city 
were  covered  with  special  placards,  scene 
stills  and  other  displays  pegged  on  the  "Casa- 
blanca" music.  50  sign  posts  were  placed  in 
the  region  of  the  Paramount,  directing  the 
public  to  the  theatre. 

Advance  newspaper  breaks  consisted  of 
extensive  publicity  based  on  the  return  to 
the  screen  of  the  Marx  Brothers  with  deep 
two  and  three-column  art  in  advance  of 
playdate  and  current. 


Mules  Led  Through  Durham 
To  Ballyhoo  "Missouri" 

Two  boys  dressed  as  hillbillies  led  two 
mules  through  town  to  ballyhoo  manager 
B.  W.  Allen's  date  on  "Down  Missouri 
Way"  at  the  Uptown  theatre,  Durham,  N.  C. 
The  mules  carried  lettered  blankets  reading : 
"I'm  from  'Down  Missouri  Way'."  The 
ballyhoo  was  used  for  two  days  preceding 
the  opening. 

The  newspaper  campaign  opened  with 
teaser  ads  a  week  in  advance.   Teasers  were 


resumed  four  days  before  opening.  Radio 
promotions  included  day  and  night  spot  an- 
nouncements on  two  local  stations.  50 
three-sheets  were  posted  in  vacant  store  win- 
dows and  100  window  cards  were  distributed 
to  downtown  locations. 


Hunter  Alternates  Between 
Army  and  Theatre 

Until  he  was  23  years  old,  Claude  Andrew 
Charles  Hunter  was  a  student  of  theology. 
Then  began  a  theatre  career  which  in  ten 
_     _    years    has  brought 
*     him   to  his  present 
position  as  manager 
'Tflf  °^  t'le  Odeon  theatre 

|  in  Kingston,  Ont. 
^P^^^  Starting  as  usher  at 
Loew's  in  Toronto, 
Claude  moved  rap- 
idly ahead  with  that 
organization  through 
the  various  ranks  to 
assistant  manager  at 
the  Uptown  in  that 
city.  He  then  was 
elevated  to  relief 
manager,  leaving  to 
join  the  R.  C.  A.  as  pilot.  Following  his 
discharge  he  re-entered  theatre  business  as 
manager  of  the  Palace  Gait,  re-enlisted  in 
the  Army  as  Air  Gunner  Pilot  Officer  and 
served  overseas. 

Since  his  most  recent  discharge  from  the 
service  he  has  been  assistant  at  the  Capitol 
in  Hamilton  and  manager  of  the  Paradise  in 
Toronto  before  taking  up  his  current  assign- 
ment in  Kingston. 

The  man  of  many  names  was  born  at  Car- 
lisle, England,  March  26,  1913.  He  is  mar- 
ried and  is  father  of  a  potential  theatre  man- 
ager who  is  now  three  years  old. 


Claude  A.  C.  Hunter 


BIGGEST  BOOK 


by  The  HERALD 


When  Jack  Mot/ock,  manager  of  the 
J.  J.  Parker  Broadway  theatre,  Portland, 
Ore.,  sold  the  world  premiere  of  "Canyon 
Passage",  he  pulled  out  all  stops.  At  top 
is  the  campaign  book,  toted  by  two  into 
the  Round  Tabfe  office.  Statistics:  weight, 
41  pounds;  size,  20  by  28  inches;  3'/2  inches 
thick.  In  the  lower  photo,  Lige  Brien,  PRC 
exploitation  director  and  1944  Quigley 
Grand  Awards  winner,  takes  a  look;  he 
can't  lift  it.  Mr.  Matlock  has  contributed 
before — most  successtu/fy — but  never  before 
requiring  the  use  of  a  box  car  for  delivery. 


Hastings  Joins  Ranks  of 
Round  Table  Showmen 

The  promotions  of  William  T.  Hastings 
are  well  known  to  the  Round  Table  mem- 
bers, but  Bill  has  only  recently  realized  that 
he  was  not  enrolled  in  our  membership  list. 

Manager  of  the  RKO  Orpheum  in  Den- 
ver, Bill  traces  his  entry  into  show  busi- 
ness back  to  1915  when  at  the  age  of  ten 
he  distributed  handbills  for  the  Opera  House 
in  Salisbury,  Md. 

After  obtaining  his  college  degree  in  1929, 
he  joined  RKO  at  the  Keith  in  Flushing, 
N.  Y.  There  followed  various  assignments 
in  Philadelphia,  New  Jersey,  Washington 
and  Texas.  Before  his  present  assignment 
in  Denver,  he  was  in  charge  of  three  thea- 
tres in  Cincinnati.  Bill  thinks  the  climate 
and  the  people  in  the  Mile  High  City  are 
wonderful. 


Special  Screening  Aids  Date 

A  representative  group  of  citizens,  were 
invited  to  a  special  screening  by  manager 
Cyril  Mee  to  publicize  his  engagement  of 
"Boys'  Ranch"  at  the  State  theatre,  Harri- 
sonburg, Va.  The  invitations  were  predi- 
cated on  the  fact  that  the  picture  deals  with 
the  problem  of  juvenile  delinquency.  Mee 
arranged  for  25  boys  and  girls  of  the  Main 
Street  School  to  be  guests  of  the  Quota  Club 
at  a  showing  of  the  picture. 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


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CLASSIFIED  ADVERTISING 

Ten  cents  per  word,  money-order  or  check  with  copy.  Count  initials,  box  number  and 
address.  Minimum  insertion,  $1.  Four  insertions,  for  the  price  of  three.  Contract  rates 
on  application.  No  borders  or  cuts.  Forms  close  Mondays  at  5  P.  M.  Publisher  reserves 
the  right  to  reject  any  copy.  Film  and  trailer  advertising  not  accepted.  Classi- 
fied advertising  not  subject  to  agency  commission.  Address  copy  and  checks: 
MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  Classified  Dept.,  Rockefeller  Center,  New  York(20) 


POSITIONS  WANTED 


BOOKER:  FIVE  YEARS  BOOKING  EXPERT  - 
ence— Nearly  ten  years  with  present  (major)  distrib- 
utor but  desires  change.  What  can  you  offer.  BOX 
2036,  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

EXPERIENCED  THEATRE  MANAGER— AMBI- 
tious,  sober — excellent  references  desires  manager's 
position  in  Middle  West.    E.  KELLY  BAIONE,  S18 

E.  Bijou,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo. 

USED  EQUIPMENT 

TWO  SIMPLEX,  FRONT  SHUTTER  MECHAN- 
isms  in  good  condition  with  16  inch  magazines,  includ- 
ing two  spare  Simplex  single  bearing  intermittent  move- 
ments complete  with  sprockets.  $400.00.  Available  in 
thirty  days.   BUTLER  THEATRE,   Butler,  Indiana. 

SIMPLEX  SP  SOUND  PROJECTION  OUTFITS, 
single  $595;  double  $995;  DeVry  sound  Projector  high- 
intensity  arc  outfits,  double,  $2,495;  Holmes  profes- 
sional arc  outfits,  deluxe,  $1,695;  regular,  $1,295;  Ampro 
arc  16mm.  outfits,  single,  $1,350;  double,  $2,395.  Start 
a  theatre  now.  S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP., 
449  W.  42nd  St.,  New  York  18.  

1,200  USED  SPRING  CUSHIONED  THEATRE 
chairs,  $1.50  each  and  $3.50  each.  Complete.  Immediate 
delivery.  RUSSELL  CHAIR,  2567  McOellan,  Detroit, 
Mich.   Phone  LEnox  3445. 

1,700  AMERICAN  STADIUM  CHAIRS,  REFIN- 
ished,  $4.35;  690  Heywood  veneer  back  reupholstered 
boxspring  cushion  chairs,  $6.50;  300  American  ditto, 
$5.95;  1,410  American  heavy  inserted  panel  back  re- 
upholstered  boxspring,  $7.45;  220  Irwin  tapestry 
upholstered  padded  back,  reupholstered  boxspring 
metal  lined  cushions,  rebuilt,  $8.95;  104  American  re- 
upholstered velour  padded  back,  boxspring,  $7.95.  Wire 
for  stock  list.  S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP., 
449  W.  42nd  St.,  New  York  18. 

COMPLETE  SIMPLEX  SOUND  HEADS, 
meters,    power    supply,    amplifier    and    18"  speaker. 

F.  SHAFER,  Washington,  Indiana. 

CAN'T  BUILD  MY  NEW  THEATRE.  WILL 
sell  equipment  in  good  condition  complete:  Pair 
Simplex  DBRS  Projectors,  Stands,  and  Magazines 
$975.00.  Pair  Brenkert  Low  Lamps  with  large  re- 
flectors $250.00,  Pair  30  amp.  rectifiers  $125.00.  RCA 
Sound  System  $375.00.  22'  3  circuit  border  lights 
$65.00.  PALACE  THEATRE,  Box  422,  Greensboro, 
N.  C. 

STUDIO  EQUIPMENT 

16-35MM.  PRODUCTION  EQUIPMENT-CAM  - 
eras,  film  recorders,  editors,  tripods,  dollies,  micro- 
phones, disc  recorders,  booms.  VVe  buy — trade.  Send 
us  your  used  equipment  or  lists.  Write  your  wants. 
CAMERA  MART,  70  West  45th  St.,  New  York. 

DEPUE  OPTICAL  REDUCTION  PRINTER,  RE- 
built  $2,995;  RCA  type  double  system  Recorder  with 
amplification,  etc.,  $6,150;  Eyemo  Spider  Turret 
Camera,  3  lenses,  $595;  early  Mitchell  Camera,  maga- 
zines, lenses,  tripod,  rebuilt,  $2,450;  Duplex  35mm. 
Printer,  $495;  Moviolas,  $195;  2000W  Studio  Spots, 
$67.50;  Akeley  Newsreel  Camera,  Gyrotripod,  $695;  new 
Bell  &  Howell  Sound  Printers,  35mm  D,  immediate 
delivery;  BH  Geared  Tripods,  $69.50.  Send  for  listings. 
S.  O.  S  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP.,  449  W.  42nd  St., 
New  York  18. 


HELP  WANTED 


REPAIR  MAN,  EXPERIENCED  IN  MECHAN- 
ism  and  movement  work  to  take  charge  of  shop  in 
large  Eastern  theatre  supply  house.  Write,  giving  full 
details  of  self  and  experience.  BOX  2034,  MOTION 
PICTURE  HERALD. 


THEATRES 


FOR  SALE— SOUTHERN  INDIANA  SMALL 
town  theatre  ready  to  open.  BOX  2031,  MOTION 
PICTURE  HERALD. 

VETERAN  —  THEATRE  EXPERIENCE  —  WILL 
buy  or  lease  theatre-  in  small  town  or  will  accept 
responsible  position  with  small  circuit.  Prefer  Mid- 
East.    BOX  2035,  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

BUSINESS  BOOSTERS 

BINGO  CARDS,  DIE  CUTS,  1  TO  100  OR  1  TO  75, 
$2.50  per  thousand,  $22.50  for  10,000.  S.  KLOUS, 
care  of  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

NEW  EQUIPMENT 

GE  TUNGAR  BULBS,  6  AMP..  $2.95;  1000W  BOX 
office  bowl  Heaters,  $3.95;  868  type  photocells,  $1.95 
latest  Gyro-Stabilizer  Soundheads,  belt  drive,  $195 
direct  drive,  $282.50;  automatic  record  changers,  $22.95 
plastic  washable  sound  screens,  42yic  foot.  Fall  Cata- 
log ready.  S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP.,  449 
W.  42nd  St.,  New  York  18. 

SOUND  SYSTEMS.  PROJECTORS,  LAMPHOUSES, 
Screens,  Lenses,  Everything  for  theatres.  Get  our  low 
prices  before  buying  and  save!  Forest  MCS  Twinarc 
65-Amps  Suprex  Rectifier  $484.  Write  for  "Foto-Nite" 
facts.  Makes  your  theatre  into  Little-Gold-Mine. 
AMERICAN  THEATRE  SUPPLY  INC.,  1504— 14th 
at  Pike,  Seattle,  Wash. 

TRAINING  SCHOOLS 

THEATRE  EMPLOYEES:  TRAIN  FOR  BETTER 
position.  Learn  modern  theatre  management  and  ad- 
vertising. Big  opportunity  for  trained  men.  Established 
since  1927.  Write  now  for  free  catalog.  THEATRE 
MANAGERS  SCHOOL,  Elmira,  New  York. 


BOOKS 


RICHARDSON'S  BLUEBOOK  OF  PROJECTION. 
Best  seller  since  1911.  Now  in  7th  edition.  Revised  to 
present  last  word  in  Sound  Trouble  Shooting  Charts. 
Expert  information  on  all  phases  of  projection  and 
equipment.  Special  new  section  on  television.  Invaluable 
to  beginner  and  expert.  $7.25  postpaid.  QUIGLEY 
BOOKSHOP,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  20. 

INTERNATIONAL  MOTION  PICTURE  AL- 
manac — the  big  book  about  your  business — 1946-47 
edition  now  available.  Contains  over  12,000  biographies 
of  important  motion  picture  personalities.  Also  all  in- 
dustry statistics.  Complete  listing  of  feature  pictures 
1937  to  date.  Order  your  copy  today.  $3.25  in  the 
U.  S.  A.  $5.00  elsewhere.  Send  remittance  to  QUIGLEY 
BOOKSHOP,  1270— 6th  Avenue,  New  York  20,  N.  Y. 


POPCORN 


NEW  "SUPER  STAR"  POPCORN  MACHINES 
ready  for  delivery.  Liberal  trade  in.  What  have  you? 
RUSSELL'S  KORN  KRIBS,  Hartsville,  Tenn. 


Paramount's  "Mast"  Set 
For  Pre-Release  Dates 

Paramount  has  set  23  pre-release  dates, 
one  of  them  tentative,  for  "Two  Years  Be- 
fore the  Mast"  which  will  be  released  gen- 
erally November  22.  The  engagements  are 
as  follows :  Metropolitan,  Boston ;  Great 
Lakes,   Buffalo ;   State,   Cleveland ;  Broad- 


way-Capitol, Detroit;  Chicago,  Chicago; 
Norshor,  Duluth ;  Indiana,  Indianapolis ; 
Palace,  Superior,  Wise;  Majestic,  Dallas; 
Criterion,  Oklahoma  City;  Jefferson,  Beau- 
mont, Texas;  Strand,  Port  Arthur,  Texas; 
Paramount,  Los  Angeles ;  Fox,  San  Fran- 
cisco ;  Paramount,  Seattle ;  Centre,  Salt 
Lake  City;  Alabama,  Birmingham;  Para- 
mount, Beach  and  Sheridan,  Miami;  Palace, 
Washington,  and  a  theatre  in  Philadelphia. 


Louis  Nelson,  Exhibitor, 
Dies  in  New  York 

Louis  Nelson,  veteran  theatre  operator  in 
Metropolitan  New  York,  died  October  11 
at  his  New  York  home.  He  was  a  charter 
member  of  the  New  York  Independent  The- 
atre Owners  Association,  and  was  last  as- 
sociated with  the  Endicott  Circuit  in  Brook- 
lyn. Funeral  services  were  conducted  at 
Park  West  Chapel,  New  York,  Sunday. 


J.  Malcolm  Dunn 

J.  Malcolm  Dunn,  70,  stage  and  screen 
actor,  whose  best  known  film  role  was  in  the 
second  lead  to  John  Barrymore  in  "Dr. 
Jekyll  and  Mr.  Hyde,"  died  at  his  home  in 
Beechurst,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  October  11. 
Mr.  Dunn's  last  Broadway  appearance  was 
with  Billie  Burke  in  "This  Rock,"  in  1943. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Lambs  and  the 
Actors  Fund  of  America. 


Renew  RCA  Contract 

A  renewal  contract  providing  sound 
equipment  service  to  theatres  of  Fox  Mid- 
west Amusement  Corporation  recently  has 
been  signed  with  RCA. 


STATEMENT     OF    THE     OWNERSHIP,  MAN- 
AGEMENT, CIRCULATION,  ETC.,  REQUIRED 

BY  THE  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS  OF  AUGUST 

24,  1912,  AND  MARCH  3,  1933. 
Of  Motion  Picture  Herald,  published  weekly  at  New 

York,  N.  Y.,  for  Oct.  1,  1946. 
State  of  New  York  ( 
County  of  New  York  ) 

Before  me,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  State 
and  county  atoresaid,  personally  appeared  Theo.  J. 
Sullivan,  who,  having  been  duly  sworn  according  to 
law,  deposes  and  says  that  he  is  the  Business  Man- 
ager of  the  Motion  Picture  Herald  and  that  the  fol- 
lowing is,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief, 
a  true  statement  01  the  ownership,  management  and 
the  circulation,  etc.,  of  the  aforesaid  publication  for 
the  date  shown  in  the  above  caption,  required  by 
the  Act  of  August  24,  1912,  as  amended  by  the  Act 
of  March  3,  1933,  embodied  in  secton  537,  Postal 
Laws  and  Regulations,  printed  on  the  reverse  of  this 
form,  to  wit : 

1.  That  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  publisher, 
editor,  managing  editor,  and  business  managers  are: 
Publisher  &  Editor-in-Chief,  Martin  Quigley,  1270 
Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  City;  Editor,  Terry  Ram- 
saye,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  City;  Managing 
Editor,  Terry  Ramsaye,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York 
City;  Business  Manager,  Theo.  J.  Sullivan,  1270  Sixth 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

2.  That  the  owner  is:  Quigley  Publishing  Com- 
pany, Inc.,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  City;  Mar- 
tin J.  Quigley,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  City; 
Gertrude  S.  Quigley,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York 
City;  Martin  S.  Quiglev,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New 
York  City. 

3.  That  the  known  bondholders,  mortgagees,  and 
other  security  holders  owning  or  holding  1  per  cent 
or  more  of  total  amount  of  bonds,  mortgages,  or  other 
securities  are:  None. 

4.  That  the  two  paragraphs  next  above,  giving  the 
names  of  the  owners,  stockholders,  and  security  hold- 
ers, if  any,  contain  not  only  the  list  of  stockholders 
and  security  holders  as  they  appear  upon  the  books 
of  the  company  but  also,  in  cases  where  the  stock- 
holder or  security  holder  appears  upon  the  books  of 
the  company  as  trustee  or  in  any  other  fiduciary  rela- 
tion, the  name  of  the  person  or  corporation  for  whom 
such  trustee  is  acting,  is  given;  also  that  the  said 
two  paragraphs  contain  statements  embracing  affiant's 
full  knowledge  and  belief  as  to  the  circumstances  and 
conditions  under  which  stockholders  and  security  hold- 
ers who  do  not  appear  upon  the  books  of  the  com- 
pany as  trustees,  hold  stock  and  securities  in  a  ca- 
pacity other  than  that  of  a  bona  fide  owner;  and  this 
affiant  has  no  reason  to  believe  that  any  other  per- 
son, association,  or  corporation  has  any  interest  direct 
or  indirect  in  the  said  stock,  bonds,  or  other  securi- 
ties than  as  so  stated  by  him. 

5.  That  the  average  number  of  copies  of  each  issue 
of  this  publication  sold  or  distributed,  through  the  mails 
or  otherwise,  to  oaid  subscribers  during  the  twelve 
months  preceding  the  date  shown  above  is  15,695. 

THEO.  J.  SULLIVAN. 
(Signature  of  Business  Manager.) 
Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this  26th  day<  of 
September,  1946. 

ROSE  W.  HORNSTEIN, 
Notary  Public.  Bronx  County. 
Bronx  County  Clerk's  No.  167. 
New  York  County  Clerk's  No.  1141. 

[seal] 

My   commission  expires 
March  30,  1947. 


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M  ©  IT  D  ®  Nl    IP  D  (C  T  QJI  [R 


EQUIPMENT  *  FURNISHINGS  •  DESIGN 


Fait  BUYERS 
■  -  -  NUMBER 

REVISED  LISTINGS  OF  THEATRE 
MANUFACTURERS  AND  DEALERS 

A  Small  Theatre  on  Broadway 
Black  Light  for  Showmanship 
Fire  Hazard  Inspection  Chart 
Installing  Standee  Rail  Blinds 


PHYSICAL  OPERATION -MAINTENANCE 


OCTOBER    19,  1946 


YOU  CAN  GIVE  YOUR  THEATRE  THE 
APPEARANCE  OF  NEWNESS  NOW! 


Black  Light  affords  the  simple  means  of  giving  the 
impression  of  complete  remodeling,  of  providing  a 
distinctive  decorative  display  that  wll  make  any 
theatre  the  talk  of  the  community. 


V 


A 


GLO-CRAFT  Fluorescent  Lacquer-Enamels  make  these 
theatre  murals  beautiful  in  regular  light  and  brilliant 
in  "black"  light. 


Portion  of  GLO-CRAFT  fluorescent 
mural  in  a  leading  midwest  theatre. 

All  Necessary  Materials  and  Equipment 
Are  Available  For  Immediate  Installation 

Fascinating  murals,  dramatic  atmospheric  effects,  color  contrasts 
far  surpassing  anything  heretofore  imagined,  scenic  reproductions  of 
breath-taking  splendor,  may  be  achieved  at  will.  Daylight  scenes 
turn  to  glowing  moonlight;  night  scenes  change  to  beautiful  sunrises; 
charming,  colorful  walls  and  ceilings  radiate  light  without  visible 
source  of  the  radiance. 

Illusions  of  depth  may  be  created  either  for  beauty's  sake  or  to 
provide  a  feeling  of  spaciousness  in  confined  areas. 

Such  beauty  is  easily  and  inexpensively  created  by  the  use  of 

GLO-CRAFT  Permanent 

Fluorescent  Paints  and  Lacquers 

and 

GLO-CRAFT  Theatrical 
BLACK  LIGHT  EQUIPMENT 

Ready  for  immediate  installation. 

FREE  ADVISORY  SERVICE 

Expert  engineering  of  layout  and  design. 

_l^r^™SjCOUPOr^TO_OBTAIN  FULL  DETAILS 

Switzer  Brothers,  Inc. 

1220  Huron  Road,  Cleveland  15,  Ohio 

Please  send  descriptive  literature  on  Glo-Craft  Black  Light  for  theatres. 


Name  . 
Theatre 
Street  . 
City  . . . 


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Enticing  the ... 
Sayan  SocU  Money 


•  To  bring  out  the  Infrequents  is  one  of  the  problems  of  show 
business.  To  induce  them  to  open  the  moth-proof  pocket-book, 
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Harry  Zeitz,  New  England  theatre 
operator,  is  remodeling  the  Academy  of 
Music  in  Fall  River,  Mass.  The  theatre  is 
located  on  an  upper  level,  and  where  two 
stairways  have  given  access  to  it,  Mr. 
Zeitz  plans  to  install  escalators.  A  new 
marquee  is  also  being  installed. 

B.  F.  Shearer,  head  of  the  Shearer 
Equipment  Company  of  Portland,  Ore.,  has 
taken  over  a  long-term  lease  for  the  opera- 
tion of  the  Elwha  theatre  in  Port  Angeles, 
Wash.  Chuck  Charles  is  managing  the 
theatre. 

John  Scott,  Jr.,  projectionist  at  the 
Palace  theatre  at  Monahans,  Tex.,  suffered 
minor  burns  and  injuries  when  fire  broke 
out  in  the  theatre  recently.  The  fire  began 
in  the  second  floor  office  and  destroyed  the 
theatre. 

Abe  Borisky,  formerly  owner  of  the 
Independent  theatre  in  Cattanooga,  Tenn., 
has  purchased  the  Pantages  theatre  in  Bir- 
mingham, Ala.,  and  after  remodeling  will 
open  it  with  first  run  pictures  and  a  stage 
show. 

Ground  has  been  broken  for  the  new 
Pocasset  Street  Arena  in  Fall  River,  Mass., 
which  is  being  constructed  by  a  corporation 
headed  by  William  S.  Canning,  mana- 
ger of  the  Empire  theatre  in  that  city.  Sam 
Marks  is  treasurer  of  the  project. 

William  Forman  of  United  Theatres 
in  Portland,  Ore.,  has  announced  the  pur- 
chase of  the  Tacoma  Rodeo  grounds,  adja- 
cent to  South  Tacoma,  and  plans  the  con- 
struction of  a  new  community  center 
project  with  a  600-car  drive-in  theatre  as 
the  principal  attraction.  .The  project,  on  a 
54-acre  tract,  will  represent  an  expenditure 
of  approximately  $300,000.  Construction 
will  begin  as  soon  as  materials  are  avail- 
able. 

Larry  Cowan,  manager  of  the  Proctor 
theatre  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  turned  over  the 
theatre  to  the  local  Kiwanis  Club  on  Octo- 
ber 10th  for  the  presentation  of  the  stage 
production  "Life  With  Father."  The 
profits  are  being  used  by  the  club  for  its 
work  among  underprivileged  children. 

William  K.  Jenkins,  president  of 
Georgia  Theatres,  and  Harry  Ballance, 
southern  sales  manager  for  20th  Century- 


BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


The  KETTLE  ...  in  which  each 
kernel  is  popped  and  sea- 
soned at  exactly  the  correct 
temperature,  for  exactly  the 
correct  time  ...  is  the  secret 
of  the  efficient,  economical, 
profitable  operation  of 
Manley   Popcorn  Machines. 


)bviously,  the  kettle  is  the  heart  of  any  popcorn  machine 
because  it  is  the  kettle  that  is  largely  responsible  for  both  the 
fficient  operation  and  the  quality  of  the  product.  And  in  the 
lanley  Machine,  both  the  design  —  the  result  of  a  quarter  of 
century  of  experience— and  the  scientific  construction  assure 
laximum  performance  and  a  long,  trouble-free  life. 

'he  special  double-sealed  element,  for  example,  gives  double 
rotection  against  burn-outs  and  oxidation  . . .  better  and 
aore  efficient  heating,  hence  greater  expansion  of  the  corn. 

The  protective  shroud  also  has  a  two-fold  advantage,  acting 


as  insulator  and  adding  to  the  heating  efficiency.  Its  highly 
polished  surface  adds  a  note  of  cleanliness  so  essential  to  any 
food  product. 

The  Thermostat  operates  automatically  and  protects  the 
kettle  from  overheating. 

The  Agitator  stirs  the  raw  popcorn,  salt  and  seasoning  at  a 
speed  predetermined  to  salt  and  season  every  grain  evenly, 
thus  imparting  the  uniform  flavor  distinctive  of  Manley's 
Jumbo  Popcorn. 


Fox,  were  hosts  at  a  cocktail  party  and 
dinner  for  Constance  Bennett  in  At- 
lanta, recently,  celebrating  the  opening  of 
"Centennial  Summer." 

The  Maywood  theatre  at  Galena,  Kans., 
which  was  partially  destroyed  by  a  tornado 
August  17th,  has  been  rebuilt  and  was  re- 
opened October  5th  with  a  free  perform- 
ance for  the  townspeople. 

Lee  Wilson,  Oklahoma  theatre  owner, 
has  opened  a  new  530-seat  theatre  at  Shat- 
tuck,  Okla.  The  theatre  was  built  at  a 
reported  cost  of  $60,000. 

Ben  Banowitz  has  been  elected  secre- 
tary-treasurer of  the  Illinois  Allied  organi- 
zation, succeeding  Dick  Salkin  of  the 
Jackson  Park  theatre,  Chicago,  who  re- 
signed when  the  theatre  withdrew  from 
the  organization. 

Mike  Cullen,  who  substituted  for 
Charles  Raymond  as  Loew  theatre  dis- 
trict manager  in  Cleveland,  has  been  as- 
signed to  the  Kansas  City-St.  Louis-Indian- 
apolis-Louisville  district,  with  headquarters 
in  Kansas  City.  , 

A  new  1,400-seat  theatre,  costing  $200,- 
000,  will  be  erected  at  Galion,  Ohio,  by 
Henry  Fickenshare,  manager  of  the 
State  and  Ohio  theatres  in  Columbus. 


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Interstate's  newest  local  theatre,  the  Wil- 
shire  in  Dallas,  Tex.,  was  opened  October 
4th  with  James  Allard  as  manager.  Mr. 
Allard  was  the  circuit's  city  manager  at 
Vernon  for  ten  years.  Included  in  the  prem- 
iere festivities  was  a  band  and  the  presenta- 
tion of  Texas'  first  television  program  from 
Interstate's  television  studios  in  Dallas. 

James  and  Phil  Chakeres,  of  Spring- 
field, Ohio,  have  had  plans  drawn  for  a 
new  350-seat  theatre  at  Washington  Court 
House,  Ohio,  for  which  a  site  has  been 
secured.  Work  is  scheduled  to  begin  as  soon 
as  materials  become  available. 

John  Anderson,  former  exchange  and 
theatre  man,  and  Abel  Davis,  owner  of 
the  Roxy  theatre  in  Denver,  Colo.,  have 
applied  for  a  permit  to  build  a  new  theatre 
in  Denver. 

Fred  E.  Witters  has  sold  his  two  Sag- 


inaw,  Mich.,  theatres,  the'  Court  and  the 
Janes,  to  a  Detroit  company  headed  by 
Fred  E.  Bonnem. 

George  J.  Bachmann,  Mrs.  E.  Bach- 
man  n  and  George  Daly  have  formed  the 
Richfield  Development  Company  in  Detroit 
for  the  construction  of  a  560-seat  theatre 
in  Kearsley. 

W.  B.  Daughtry  of  England,  Ark., 
and  a  Navy  veteran,  has  leased  the  Gaither 
building  in  Arkadelphia  and  will  be  re- 
modeled for  a  new  motion  picture  theatre. 

Gidney  Talley  of  Talley  Enterprises, 
Pleasanton,  Texas,  has  opened  the  new 
Gem  theatre  in  Beeville,  Tex. 

William  Mayes  has  been  appointed 
manager  of  the  Fain  theatre  in  Leesburg, 
Fla.,  succeeding  Oscar  Gemar,  who  has 
been  transferred  to  High  Springs.  The  Fain 
is  one  of  the  theatres  in  the  M  &  M  Thea- 
tres Circuit  chain. 

Milton  Schwaber  opened  his  Para- 
mount theatre  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  on  Octo- 
ber 3rd,  to  an  audience  of  500  invited 
guests.  The  theatre  was  opened  to  the  gen- 
eral public  the  next  day. 

Louis  Schaeffer,  who  is  manager  of 
the  Victory  theatre  in  Holyoke,  Mass.,  has 


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Coming  between  3500  white  and  6500  daylight,  it 
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Added  to  the  regular  white  and  daylight  fluores- 
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Then  from  the  same  location  watch 
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whieh  ABSOLUTELY  ELIMINATES  IMAGE 
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a  perfect  image  even  at  the  extreme  sides  and 
in  the  balcony.  Puts  every  chair  in  the(  center 
section. 

PERFECT  FOCUS— no  special  lenses  required. 

Made  of  "Fiberglas".  laced  to  a  curved, 
movable  steel  frame. 

GIVES  ILLUSION  OF  DEPTH  TO  THE  PICTURE. 

REDUCES  GLARE.  HOT  SPOT  AND  EYE 
STRAIN  —  the  light  being  polarized  by  the 
"Fiberglas"  screen  suriace. 

IMPROVES  SOUND— the  glass  fibres  react  like 
a  "million"  baffles  for  the  sound  waves,  result- 
ing in  a  less  directional  effect. 

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engineered  to  exactly  meet  the  requirements  of 
that  particular  theatre. 


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been  named  to  the  public  relations  division 
for  the  1946  Holyoke  Community  Chest 
fund  campaign. 

Rex  Carr,  city  manager  for  the  Marcus 
theatre  circuit  in  Indianapolis,  has  vacated 
his  office  in  the  Alamo  theatre,  which  goes 
to  its  new  owner,  Joe  Canton,  on  Novem- 
ber 1st.  Mr.  Carr  has  established  offices  in 
the  Sachs  Building  in  that  city. 

Ernest  Block,  for  more  than  15  years 
a  film  salesman  with  Kansas  City  ex- 
changes, and  out  of  field  work  for  the  past 
year,  has  returned  to  Film  Row  as  a  sales- 
man for  Columbia,  replacing  Maurice 
Shackelford,  recently  named  branch 
manager  for  PRC. 

Robert  Mans  has  been  named  mana- 
ger of  the  new  Mans-O'Reilly  theatre,  the 
Harbor,  at  Two  Harbors,  Minn. 

William  H.  Elder  of  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  has  replaced  Frank  Murphy  as 
manager  of  Loew's  Penn  theatre  in  Pitts- 
burgh. Mr.  Murphy  resigned  to  become 
part  owner  of  a  radio  station  in  Dayton, 
Ohio.  Mr.  Elder  has  served  as  assistant 
manager  at  Loew  theatres  in  New  Haven, 
Harrisburg,  Indianapolis  and  Kansas  City. 

A  new  350-seat  theatre  to  be  known  as 
the  New  Art  theatre,  with  a  policy  similar 
to  that  of  the  Little  Carnegie  in  New 
York,  will  be  erected  in  St.  Louis  by  Sam 
Komm  for  Ruby  S'Renco.  Mr.  S'Renco 
now  operates  the  Art  theatre  there,  a  113- 
seat  house  showing  foreign  films  and  also 
I  used  for  trade  screenings. 

William  Featherly,  until  recently 
owner  of  the  Uptown  theatre  in  Rensselaer, 
N.  Y.,  has  been  appointed  manager  of  the 
Colonial  in  Albany.  The  new  owners  of 
the  Colonial  are  Stephen  Holt,  New 
York  lawyer,  and  Jacob  Olshansky, 
Albany  lawyer. 


Making  full  use  of  available  space  for  attraction 
advertising  at  the  RKO  Pan  theatre  in  Minneapolis. 
With  attraction  panels  and  changeable  letters  by 
Adler,  the  Pan  now  employs  two  sizes  of  marquee 
letters  with  color — 10-inch  black  face  and  16-inch 
red  face,  both  with  silver  bevels.  And  a  luminous 
panel   extends  over   the   doors   as  well. 


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Only  GOODALL  Pile  Fabrics 


IN  THEATRES,  all  over  Amc 
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"Velmo"  wears  for  years, 
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Special  porous  weave  and  backing  permit  these  new 
pile  fabrics  to  breathe.  Result:  greater  coolness  and 
comfort,  easy  cleanability. 


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These  new  velvet-like  pile  fabrics  have  an  ingenious 
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Reported  by  Southeastern  Theatre  Equip- 
ment Co.,  Atlanta,  Charlotte  and  Jackson- 
ville : 

Palmetto,  Hampton,  S.  C:  Brenkert  projectors 
and  lamps,  Baldor  rectifiers,  RCA  sound  and 
speaker  systems,  Mohawk  carpeting. — Circle, 
Social  Circle,  Ga.:  Brenkert  projectors  and 
lamps,  Baldor  rectifiers,  RCA  sound  and  speaker 
systems. — Dawn,  Knoxville:  Brenkert  projectors 
and  lamps,  Garver  rectifiers,  RCA  sound  and 
speaker  systems,  International  chairs. — Pike, 
Knoxville :  RCA  sound  and  speaker  systems. — 
Drive-In,  Montgomery,  Ala.:  Brenkert  pro- 
jectors and  lamps,  Century  rectifiers,  RCA 
sound  and  speaker  systems. — State,  Columbia, 
S.  C:  RCA  sound  and  speaker  systems. — Dixie, 
Apalachicola,  Fla.:  Brenkert  projectors  and 
lamps. — Pal,  Fairfay,  S.  C:  Brenkert  projectors 
and  lamps,  Baldor  rectifiers,  RCA  sound  and 
speaker  systems. — Emily,  Hartmell,  Ga.:  Brenkert 
projectors  and  lamps,  Baldor  rectifiers. — Florida, 
Haines  City,  Fla.:  Brenkert  projectors  and 
lamps,  Baldor  rectifiers. — Rex,  Griffin,  Ga.: 
Brenkert  projectors  and  lamps,  Baldor  recti- 
fiers.— Lincoln,  Griffin,  Ga.:  Brenkert  projectors 
and  lamps,  Baldor  rectifiers,  RCA  sound  and 
speaker  systems. — Topper,  Folkston,  Ga.:  Bren- 
kert projectors  and  lamps,  Baldor  rectifiers, 
RCA  sound  and  speaker  systems,  International 
chairs. — East  Side,  Gadsden,  Ala.:  Brenkert 
projectors  and  lamps,  Baldor  rectifiers,  RCA 
sound  and  speaker  systems,  Mohawk  carpeting, 
International  chairs. — Neely,  Oneonta,  Ala.: 
Brenkert  projectors,  RCA  sound  and  speaker 
systems. — Roanoke,  Hamilton,  N.  C:  Brenkert 
projectors  and  lamps,  Benwood  Linze  rectifiers, 
RCA  sound  and  speaker  systems/ — Joy,  Jefferson, 
Ga.:  Brenkert  projectors  and  lamps,  Garver 
rectifiers,  RCA  sound  and  speaker  systems, 
International  chairs. — Court,  Loudon,  Tenn.: 
Brenkert  projectors  and  lamps,  Garver  recti- 
fiers, RCA  sound  and  speaker  systems. 
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Reported  by  Charleston  Theatre  Supply 
Co.,  Charleston,  W.  Va. : 

Ritz,  Ansted,  W.  Va.:  Strong  lamps  and 
rectifiers. — Capitol,  Ashland,  Ky.:  Strong  lamps 
and  rectifiers,  Alexander  Smith  carpeting. — 
Belle,  Belle,  W.  Va.:  Altec  speaker  system. — 
Alpine,  Charleston,  W.  Va.:  Century  projectors, 
Strong  lamps  and  rectifiers. — Covjen,  Coiuen, 
W.  Va.:  Century  projectors,  Strong  lamps  and 
rectifiers,  Motiograph  sound  and  speaker  sys- 
tems.— Omar,  Omar,  W.  Va.:  Strong  lamps  and 
rectifiers. — Wood,  Spencer,  W.  Va.:  Motiograph 
projectors,  sound  and  speaker  systems,  Strong 
lamps  and  rectifiers. — LaBelle,  South  Charleston, 
IV.  Va.:  Altec  speaker  system. — Alpine,  Sutton, 
W.  Va.:  Motiograph  projectors  and  sound, 
Strong  lamps  and  rectifiers. — Wayne,  Wayne, 
W.  Va.:  Century  projectors,  Strong  lamps  and 
rectifiers. — White  Sulphur  Springs,  W.  Va.: 
Motiographs  projectors,  sound  and  speaker  sys- 
tems, Strong  lamps  and  rectifiers,  Alexander 
Smith  carpeting. — Wilson,  Miami,  W.  Va.: 
Altec  speaker  system. — Custer,  Charleston,  W. 
Va.:  Alexander  Smith  carpeting. 

• 

Reported  by  Capitol  Motion  Picture 
Supply  Corp.,  630  Ninth  Avenue,  New- 
York  City: 

Victoria,  Neva  York  City:  Brenkert  pro- 
jectors.— Drive-In,  Albany:  Brenkert  projectors 
and  lamps,  Robin-Imperial  motor-generator, 
RCA  sound  and  speaker  systems. — Palace,  Al- 
bany: Brenkert  projectors. — Palace,  Passaic, 
N.J.:  Brenkert  projectors. — Lincoln,  Passaic: 
Brenkert  projectors. — Rivoli,  Rutherford,  N.J.: 
Brenkert  projectors. — Regent,  Kearney,  N.J.: 
Brenkert  lamps  and  rectifiers,  RCA  sound  and 
speaker    systems. — Center,    Bloomfield,    N.  J.: 


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N.Y.:  Brenkert  projectors. — Colonial,  Monroe, 
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• 

Reported  by  Joe  Hornstein,  Inc.,  Miami, 
Fla.  (all  cities  named  are  in  Florida)  : 

Variety,  Miami  Beach:  Century  projectors 
and  sound,  Strong  lamps,  Imperial  generators, 
Altec  speakers,  Karagheusian  carpeting,  Auto- 
matic Devices  curtain  controls. — South  Miami, 
S.  Miami:  Century  projectors  and  sound,  Altec 
speakers,  Karagheusian  carpeting,  Automatic 
Devices  curtain  controls. — Modern,  Miami: 
Century  projectors  and  sound,  Imperial  gener-  » 
ators,  Altec  speakers. — Ritz,  Arcadia:  Century 
projectors,  Ballantyne  sound. — Arcade,  Kis- 
simme:  Century  projectors,  Automatic  Devices 
curtain  controls. — Midivay,  Perrine:  Century 
projectors,  Strong  lamps  and  rectifiers,  Ballan- 
tyne sound,  Altec  speakers.- — Biltmore,  Miami: 
Strong  lamps  and  rectifiers. — Kingston,  Daytona 
Beach:  Century  projectors. — Royal,  Miami: 
Imperial  generators. — Cameo,  St.  Petersburg : 
Strong  lamps. — Florida,  Tampa:  Imperial  gen- 
erators.— Rex,  Miami:  Imperial  generators. — 
State,  Tampa:  Century  projectors,  Forest  lamps 
and  rectifiers,  Motiograph  sound. — N orthtoiun, 
Tampa:  Century  projectors,  Forest  lamps  and 
rectifiers,  Karagheusian  carpeting,  Motiograph 
sound. — Cinema,  Tampa:  Century  projectors, 
Strong  lamps,  Forest  rectifiers,  Motiograph 
sound. — Ace,  Miami:  Strong  lamps. — Lee,  Fort 
Meyers:  Strong  rectifiers. — Starlit e,  Hallandale: 
Holmes  projection  and  sound  equipment. — 
Florida,  Jacksonville:  Karagheusian  carpet- 
ing.— Cinema,  Miami  Beach:  Automatic  Devices 
curtain  controls. — Capitol,  Miami:  Karagheusian 
carpeting. 

• 

Reported  by  National  Theatre  Supply 
Detroit,   Mich,   (all  cities  named  are  in 
Michigan)  : 

Coliseum,  Bronson:  Simplex  projectors  and 
sound,  McAuley  lamps,  Hertner  generators. — 
Maple,  Maple  Rapids:  Simplex  projectors  and 
sound. — Shores,  St.  Clair  Shores:  McAuley 
lamps,  Hertner  generators. — Century,  Coopers- 
ville:  Simplex  projectors,  McAuley  lamps, 
Hertner  generators. — Gem,  Flint:  Simplex  pro- 
jectors and  sound,  McAuley  lamps,  Hertner 
generators. — Your,  Detroit:  Simplex  projectors 
and  sound,  McAuley  lamps,  Hertner  gener- 
ators.— Flamingo,  Detroit:  Simplex  projectors 
and  sound,  McAuley  lamps,  Hertner  generators. — 
Star,  Brooklyn:  Simplex  projection  and  sound, 
American  Seating  auditorium  chairs. — Ritz, 
W atervliet:  Simplex  projection  and  sound. — 
Legion,  New  Buffalo:  Simplex  projection  and 
sound. — Caruso,  Doivagiac :  Simplex  projection 
and  sound,  Alexander  Smith  carpeting,  Amer- 
ican Seating  auditorium  chairs.— Roxy,  St. 
Charles:  Simplex  lamps  and  sound  equipment, 
Alexander  Smith  carpeting,  American  Seating 
auditorium  chairs. — Booth,  Detroit:  Simplex 
projectors,  Hertner  motor-generators.— Macomb, 
Mt.  Clemens:  Simplex  projectors  and  Hertner 
motor-generators. — Punch  &  Judy,  Detroit: 
Simplex  projectors  and  Hertner  motor-gener- 
ators.— IV niftier,  Detroit:  Simplex  projectors  and 
Hertner  motor-generators. — Dundee,  Dundee: 
Simplex  projectors  and  Hertner  motor-gener- 
ators.— Garden,  Petersburg :  Simplex  projectors 
and  Hertner  motor-generators. — Lyon,  South 
Lyon:  Simplex  projection  and  sound,  Hertner 
motor-generators,  American  Seating  auditorium 
chairs. — Strand,  Tecumseh :  Simplex  projectors 
and  lamps,  Hertner  motor-generators. — Mich- 
igan, Ann  Arbor:  Altec  speaker. — State,  Ann 
Arbor:  Altec  speaker. — Kent,  Grand  Rapids: 
Altec  speaker. — Strand,  Pontiac:  Altec  speak- 
er.— State,  Olivet:  American  Seating  auditorium 
chairs. — Sun,  Williamston:  American  Seating 
auditorium  chairs. — Elsie,  Elsie:  American  Seat- 
ing auditorium  chairs. — Chief,  Donvagiac: 
American  Seating  auditorium  chairs. — Rivola, 
Detroit:  Alexander  Smith  carpeting. 


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Manufacturers  of  theatre,  auditorium,  school,  church,  transportation  and  stadium  seating 

better  theatres,  october  19,  1946 


I 


GEORGE  SCHUTZ.  Editor 


Discovering  What  Makes 
The  Best  Air  So  Good! 

development  of  a  ma- 
chine expressly  for  the  generation  of  ozone 
in  theatres — it  is  described  on  page  28 — has 
occasioned  our  discovery  of  some  amazing 
facts  about  this  element  of  atmosphere.  Its 
name  is  familiar  to  most  of  us,  and  many 
of  us  readily  identify  it  by  its  pleasantly 
pungent  odor  during  or  immediately  after 
an  electrical  storm.  But  we  believe  that  few 
people  outside  of  certain  sciences  have  any 
idea  of  the  recognition  given  ozone  as  an 
important  natural  factor  in  life. 

Ozone  is  akin  to  the  oxygen  necessary 
to  life,  but  it  is  "heavier"  than  regular 
oxygen.  It  is  not,  as  the  chemists  say,  stable 
— it  doesn't  last  very  long,  either  becoming 
ordinary  oxygen,  or  forming  an  oxide  with 
some  other  element;  but  it  can  last  as  long 
as  six  or  seven  minutes  in  atmosphere  and 
therefore  can  be  conducted  considerable 
distance  in  the  air  of  a  ventilating  system. 

Being  so  conducted,  it  performs  one  of 
its  functions — to  give  the  air  a  fresh,  stimu- 
lating property.  From  its  unstability  is  de- 
rived another  function,  that  of  eradicating 
the  odors  of  animal  and  other  organic 
material  for  it  instantly  oxidizes  such 
material  upon  contact  with  it,  whether  it 
is  suspended  in  air  or  is  on  a  surface. 

Apparently  even  our  outdoor  atmosphere 
would  have  more  unpleasant  odors  than  it 
really  does  were  it  not  for  the  occasional 
presence  of  sufficient  ozone  to  kill  off  the 
sources  of  foul  odors.  The  most  amazing 
fact  about  ozone,  however,  seems  to  us  its 
effect  upon  human  activity.  In  "Main- 
springs of  Civilization,"  by  Ellsworth 
Hungtington  of  Yale  University,  one  finds : 

"The  failure  of  ordinary  weather  ...  to 
explain  the  9^-year  cycle  encourages  the 
investigation  of  variations  in  ozone,  but  the 
evidence  yet  available  is  scanty.  The  close 
agreement  between  the  ozone  cycle  and  the 
animal  cycle,  however,  is  a  strong  argu- 
ment. Another  is  that  atmospheric  ozone  in 
extremely  small  amounts,  one  part  in 
twenty  or  thirty  million  of  air,  is  known 
to  be  a  most  effective  psychological  stimu- 
lant. According  to  Yaglou,  it  gives  to  air 
the  delightful  quality  known  as  freshness. 


Practically  every  kind  of  air  that  is  con- 
sidered especially  desirable  has  more  than 
the  average  amount  of  ozone.  This  is  true 
of  outdoor  air  compared  with  indoor  air, 
of  country  air  compared  with  that  of  cities, 
of  mountains  versus  lowlands,  high  alti- 
tudes in  contrast  to  low,  the  day  after  a 
storm  in  contrast  to  the  day  before,  clear 
desert  air  in  contrast  to  dusty  air  or  to  that 
of  regions  with  lush  vegetation,  windy  air 
as  compared  with  still  air,  and  the  air  near 
waterfalls,  breakers  and  windswept  white- 
caps  in  comparison  with  that  over  water 
that  is  quiet." 

Although  the  mechanical  generation  of 
ozone  in  connection  with  a  ventilating  sys- 
tem of  a  building  has  probably  been  applied 
primarily  for  the  eradication  of  unpleasant 
odors — and  it  is  being  widely  used  for  that 
purpose  in  factories,  hospitals,  restaurants 
and  so  on — it  would  seem  that  such  equip- 
ment is  valuable  quite  as  much  for  its  ability 
to  give  indoor  air  the  freshness  and  power 
to  stimulate  mind  and  body  that  the  best 
outdoor  air  has.  In  fact,  there  are  on  the 
market  small  units  for  homes. 

In  buildings  having  some  kind  of  ven- 
tilating system,  whether  with  air-condition- 
ing or  otherwise,  the  equipment  is  installed 
as  part  of  the  system,  and  E.  W.  Riesbeck 
devotes  a  special  section  of  his  book,  "Air- 
Conditioning  and  Ozone  Facts,"  to  the  ap- 
plications of  such  equipment  to  building 
ventilation.  He  declares  that  his  investiga- 
tions show  that  ozone  generation  should 
be  included  in  the  functions  of  an  air-con- 
ditioning system. 

Some  stuff,  this  ozone! 


Exhibit  Space  Added 

For  Equipment  Convention 

applications  FOR  equip- 
ment exhibit  space  at  the  joint  convention 
of  the  Theatre  Equipment  Dealers  Protec- 
tive Association  and  the  Theatre  Equip- 
ment &  Supply  Manufacturers  Association, 
in  Toledo,  November  8th  to  11th,  have  re- 
sulted in  the  addition  of  exhibit  facilities 
immediately  adjoining  the  original  accom- 
modations, it  is  announced  by  Roy  Boomer, 
secretary  of  TESMA.  Although  the  addi- 
tional space  available  in  such  proximity  to 
the  Hotel  Secor's  main  ballroom,  which 
was  first  thought  sufficient  for  the  equip- 
ment displays,  still  leaves  a  number  of  ap- 
plications unfilled,  it  does  bring  the  num- 
ber of  manufacturers  that  will  be  repre- 
sented to  more  than  80,  an  amount  far  in 
excess  of  any  previous  equipment  exhibit. 

Practically  every  class  of  theatre  equip- 
ment will  be  on  display,  with  models  or 
parts  of  some  equipment  shown  for  the 
first  time.  Projection  and  sound  equipment, 
and  projection  accessories,  will  predominate, 
according  to  the  roster  of  exhibitors,  but 
other  kinds  of  equipment  will  nevertheless 
make  this  unprecedented  •  equipment  fair 
quite  comprehensive,  including  types  so  di- 
versified as  attraction  signs,  matting,  ticket 
issuing  machines,  auditorium  seating,  clean- 
ing equipment  and  accessories,  fiberglas, 
black  light  lamps  and  paints,  seating  fab- 
rics, curtain  tracks  and  controls,  etc. 

The  heads  of  the  two  organizations — 
Oscar  Neu  of  TESMA,  and  Ray  Colvin 


Having  planned  the  joint  convention  of  the  TESMA  and  TEDPA  in  Toledo,  November  8-11,  these 
officials  of  the  two  organizations  now  look  forward  to  the  largest  meeting  of  its  kind  ever  held.  Read- 
ing left  to  right:  Ray  Colvin,  president  of  the  TEDPA;  and  Oscar  Neu.  W.  A.  Gedris  and 
Roy   Boomer,   president,  vice-president  and   secretary   respectively,  of  TESMA. 


15 


Re-Dedicated  C.  E.  Institute 
Exhibits  Today's  Lighting  Tools 


The  General  Electric  Lighting  Institute,  for  many  years  monumentally  housing  on  the  broad' 
campus  of  Nela  Park,  Cleveland,  the  arts  of  modern  electrical  illumination,  has  been  remodeled 
to  display  the  techniques  which  have  been  so  greatly  broadened  and  facilitated  by  more  recent 
developments.  The  new  displays  and  applications,  revealed  at  dedication  ceremonies  in  Septem- 
ber, liberally  include  the  theatre  in  their  scope.  For  example,  the  main  entrance  to  the  Institute 
pictured  above.  Here  is  illustrated  the  continuity  of  light  desirable  with  open  front  treatment. 
Fluorescent  fixtures  built  into  the  ceiling  are  protected  by  diffusing  glass  "squares."  This  provides 
a  uniform  distribution  of  light  and  makes  the  fixtures  suitable  for  use  under  the  marquee  as  well 
as  in  the  lobby.  A  lobby  can  be  made  especially  inviting  by  such  an  indirect  lighting  system  as 
that  in  the  background.  Here  the  small  cross-sectional  area  of  Slimline  fluorescent  lamps  makes 
possible  the  narrow  V-shaped  reflectors.  Against  such  a  luminous  panel  as  that  at  left,  attraction 
display  material  would  stand  out  prominently,  even  at  a  distance. 


At  the  stairway  in  the  Institute  pictured  above,  at  left,  an  application  of  the  new  Circline  lamps 
is  made  that  suggests  the  theatre.  These  lamps,  placed  close  to  the  wall,  are  shielded  by  orna- 
mental translucent  disks.  The  result  is  soft  light  for  both  safety  and  visual  comfort.  The  other 
view  is  of  what  is  probably  the  world's  best  lighted  office — shown  here  because  of  its  many 
suggestions  for  theatre  executive  offices.  From  two  to  four  times  the  illumination  normally  found 
in  even  well  lighted  offices  is  comfortably  supplied  by  new  low-brightness  40-watt  fluorescent 
lamps  in  a  manner  that  eliminates  glare.  Almost  the  entire  ceiling  area  serves  as  a  source  of 
light,  and  "egg-crate"  louvres  of  oak  paneling  combine  their  shielding  functions  with  decoration. 


of  TEDPA — have  issued  statements  em- 
phasizing their  desire  for  the  attendance 
of  as  many  theatre  operators  and  managers, 
maintenance  engineers,  projectionists  and 
architects  as  possible.  It  is  pointed  out  that 
the  presence  of  so  many  manufacturers' 
representatives  and  of  dealers  from  every 
key  city  in  the  country,  provides  an  ex- 
traordinary occasion  for  personal  discus- 
sion of  individual  problems  of  post-war  re- 
equipment,  with  the  actual  equipment 
available  for  demonstration.  Hotel  reserva- 
tions, according  to  Mr.  Boomer,  already 
indicate  that  many  theatre  owners  and  cir- 
cuit executives  will  be  there. 

Looks  Like  Next  Summer 
For  Ample  Candy  Supplies 

why  can't  theatres  get 
more  candy?  Isn't  the  candy  industry  in- 
terested in  theatre  sales?  If  so,  when  will 
theatres  get  more  candy? 

These  questions,  which  have  been  in  ex- 
hibitors' minds  pretty  generally  since  the 
end  of  the  war,  were  answered  with  con- 
siderable definiteness,  in  view  of  the  many 
factors  involved,  at  the  Allied  States  As- 
sociation Convention  in  Boston  last  month, 
by  S.  H.  Cady,  Jr.,  director  of  the  Council 
on  Candy  of  the  National  Confectioners' 
Association. 

Actually,  he  said,  more  candy  was  manu- 
factured in  1945  than  in  1941,  but  the 
demand  (not  including  Government  pur- 
chasing) for  candy  went  up  33%.  This 
year,  as  last,  the  industry  is  operating  on  a 
60%  sugar  cut,  which  may  go  to  70%  or 
even  90%  before  the  end  of  the  year.  Sugar, 
however,  is  not  the  only  determinant  of 
production,  said  Mr.  Cady,  and  he  pre- 
dicted that  theatres  would  be  getting  more 
candy  by  next  summer. 

The  supply  of  corn  syrup,  also  used  for 
sweetening,  is  expected  to  increase  with 
this  year's  bumper  crop  of  corn.  (By  the 
way,  have  you  been  listening  to  the  radio 
much  lately?  Will  the  same  people  run 
television?)  But  the  outlook  for  chocolate 
isn't  so  hot,  Mr.  Cady  reported,  explaining: 

"Because  the  United  States  is  dependent 
upon  foreign  nations  for  our  supply  of 
beans,  the  volume  of  chocolate  available  in 
this  country  will  depend  largely  on  the 
price  we  are  willing  to  pay  for  beans  on  the 
world  market.  If  American  industry  is  de- 
controlled and  can  bid  successfully  against 
any  other  consuming  countries,  then  we'll 
probably  have  enough  chocolate,  but  at  a 
price  which  will  again  force  upward  the 
cost  of  making  candy." 

Now,  when  there  is  a  good  supply  of 
candy  again,  will  candy  manufacturers  be 
interested  in  theatre  sales?  Mr.  Cady  said 
yes.  "Certainly  theatres  offer  great  possi- 
bilities for  reaching  an  important  segment 
of  the  population,"  he  assured  exhibitors, 
promising  that  manufacturers  would  in- 


crease theatre  quotas  as  soon  as  they  could. 

Looking  toward  that  time,  he  commented 
on  methods  of  increasing  theatre  sales. 
"Although  some  people  enter  your  theatres 
planning  to  buy  candy,"  he  said,  "probably 
a  great  many  more  do  so  on  the  spur  of  the 
moment.  That  means  that  better  display 
will  pay  off  in  a  big  way.  Get  your  candy 
as  close  to  the  box-office  as  you  can  so  the 
customer  has  no  chance  to  stow  his  change 


too  securely,  and  make  the  display  as  bright 
and  attractive  as  possible."  It  seems  to  be 
our  impression  that  many  theatres  err  here, 
if  Mr.  Cady  is  correct ;  a  lot  of  candy  coun- 
ters are  pretty  far  from  the  box-office. 

Incidentally,  he  offered  figures  which  in- 
dicated that  in  1945  theatres  accounted  for 
about  4%  of  the  total  retail  sale  of  candy 
in  this  country.'  But  he  added  that  his 
figures  may  have  included  popcorn. — G.S. 


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BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


A  SMALL  THEATRE  IN 
HIGH-RENT  COMMERCIAL  AREA 

Broadway's  first  post-war  theatre  seats  .only  575  — but  it  has  a  number  of  innovations 


Broadway's  first  post- 
war theatre  is  a  tidy  little  house  seating 
only  575.  This  theatre,  named  the  Studio 
and  operated  by  Leo  Brecher,  replaces  one 
which  was  part  of  a  commercial  structure 
severely  damaged  by  fire.  Located  only  a 
mile  north  of  New  York's  Times  Square, 
it  is  situated  in  commercial  area  of  high 
ground  rent  where  frontage  must  be  given 
maximum  exploitation. 

The  foyer-auditorium  space  is  therefore 


reached  through  a 
narrow  vestibule 
and  lobby,  and  the 
auditorium  occu- 
pies the  interior 
of  the  plot,  which 
otherwise,  in  this 
district,  would 
have  little  or  no 
economic  value. 
All  frontage  ex- 
cept for  the  thea- 
tre vestibule  is  oc- 
cupied by  stores. 
The  restrictions  on  the  amount  and  allo- 
cation of  space  thus  imposed  on  the  archi- 
tects, Ben  Schlanger  and  M.  E.  Ungar- 
leider,  resulted  in  a  floor  plan  in  which  traf- 
fic is  turned  through  a  foyer-lounge  into  a 
cross-aisle  at  the  approximate  middle  of  the 
■auditorium,  dividing  the  auditorium  into  a 
main  floor  and  a  stadium  section,  which 
contributes  to  an  intimate  atmosphere  and 
provides,  in  the  stadium,  a  200-seat  section 
for  smoking  privileges.  The  approximate 


overall  dimensions  of  the  auditorium  are 
43x95  feet,  with  a  mean  height  of  20  feet. 

The  open  vestibule  pierces  a  building  of 
steel  and  brick  construction  and  is  identified 
principally  by  a  marquee  with  Adler  sil- 
houette type  attraction  panels  and  horizon- 
tal channel-letter  neon-illuminated  name 
sign.  Brilliant  entrance  area  lighting  is 
decoratively  provided  in  the  soffit  of  the 
marquee  and  vestibule  ceiling,  which  are 
continuous  in  treatment ;  a  surfacing  of 
corrugated  galvanized  iron  mounts  rings  of 
white  neon  and  is  pierced  by  recessed  150- 
watt  reflector  lamps. 

The  vestibule  walls  have  the  appearance 
of  a  bronze  corrugated  face,  achieved  by 
interlocking  bronze  mouldings.  Set  flush  in 
these  walls,  two  on  each  side,  are  bronze 
display  frames  lighted  by  white  fluorescent 
lamps  concealed  at  the  edges  all  around. 
The  box-office,  protruding  from  one  side  of 
the  sidewalk,  has  a  plate  glass  top  through 
which  it  is  illuminated  from  4  neon  rings 
and  a  reflector  lamp  above.  Both  vestibule 
and  lobby,  which  are  separated  by  two  sets 


BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


if, 


The  forward  portion  of  the  auditorium  has  walls  of  fluted  hard  plaster,  while  the  stadium 
section    (below)    has    walls    covered    in    decorative    paper    protected    by    plastic  varnish. 


of  hollow  metal  doors  of  oak-tone  baked 
enamel  finish,  have  terrazzo  flooring. 

Lobby  walls  are  finished  in  Armstrong 
asphalt  tile  of  maroon  and  grey  in  a  marble 
pattern.  Illumination  is  by  spaced  lines  of 
white  slimline  lamps  extending  across  the 
ceiling,  and  filament  lamps  set  in  spun 
metal  receptacles  above  ceiling  apertures. 

Traffic  turns  into  a  full  open  foyer- 
lounge  where  carpeting  begins.  Here,  above 
an  asphalt  tile  wainscot,  the  walls  are 
decoratively  finished  in  a  coated  fabric  hav- 
ing a  modern  linear  design  predominantly 
grey-blue,  with  splashes  of  yellow.  A  cos- 
metic room  and  anteroom  to  the  men's 
toilet  are  similarly  finished.  Foyer-lounge 
lighting  is  by  slimline  lamps  and  recessed 
filament  lamps  in  the  ceiling. 

AUDITORIUM  FINISH  PLASTER  AND  PAPER 

The  auditorium  is  finished  entirely  in 
plaster  except  for  the  walls  of  the  stadium, 
which  are  covered  in  wallpaper  in  a  mod- 
ern abstract  design  of  reds  and  yellow  on  a 
grey  ground.  The  paper  is  protected  by  a 
coat  of  clear  plastic  varnish  to  make  it 
repeatedly  washable. 

Elsewhere  the  auditorium  walls  are  of 
fluted  hardplaster  above  an  asphalt  tile 
wainscot.  The  ceiling  is  hard  plaster  painted 
light  grey.  Above  the  stadium  the  ceiling 
cornices  are  broken  into  three  angular  sec- 
tions for  acoustical  reasons — to  reduce 
cubage  and  break  up  sound  reflections.  All 
necessary  sound  absorption  has  been  left  to 
the  carpeting,  seating  and  audience  clothing. 

The  only  running  illumination  to  aug- 
ment the  screen  light  is  provided  by  shaded 
filament  lamps  suspended  on  their  own 
wiring  above  the  aisles  at  a  height  above 
the  level  of  vision.  House  lighting  is  by 
white  Slimline  lamps  extending  across  the 
ceiling.  For  illumination  of  the  screen  draw 
curtain,  which  is  woven  of  fiberglas,  several 
reflector  lamps  are  concealed  in  the  ceiling 
about  15  feet  distant. 

Seating  in  both  sections  consists  in  Hey- 
(Continued  on  page  26) 


The  foyer-lounge  as  seen  from  lobby.  Wall  finish  is  coated  fabric  above  asphalt  tile  wainscot. 


The  cross-over  aisle,  which  gives 
access  to  all  seating,  has  parapet 
and  rail  finished  in  asphalt  tile. 


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WITH 


Long-life  beauty  for  theater  walls  and  ceilings  is  easy  to  achieve 
with  lustrous  Marlite  .  .  .  the  colorful,  plastic-finished  paneling 
that's  easy  to  install,  easy  to  keep  clean. 

There's  box  office,  too,  in  Marlite.  Smartness  in  decoration 
keeps  the  crowds  coming  back.  Marlite  is  ideal  for  foyer,  lobby, 
powder  and  smoking  rooms,  and  offices. 

And  Marlite  lasts!  Colors  stay  bright.  Maintenance  is  easy,  for 
Marlite  is  permanently  sealed  against  deterioration  from  dirt, 
cosmetics  and  human  hair  oil.  Marlite  never  needs  refinishing, 
is  quickly  cleaned  with  a  damp,  soapy  cloth. 

Choose  from  a  wide  range  of  patterns  and  colors.  Ask  your 
architect  or  building  supply  dealer  for  complete  details,  or  write 
factory  direct.  We  can't  promise  immediate  delivery,  but  plan 
NOW  to  use  Marlite  when  it  is  available.  You'll  be  glad  you  did. 


Obsolete  powder  room  of  Hippodrome  Theatre,  Marietta,  Ohio, 
^    was  transformed  easily  and  quickly  by  using  Marlite  panels  in  two 
contrasting  colors.  Orchid  and  Black.  Now  sanitary  and  sparkling! 

EASY  TO  INSTALL.  Marlite  panels  are  wall-size  and  are 
quickly  cut  to  your  specifications  with  ordinary  carpenter  tools. 
In  re-modeling,  remember  that  Marlite  can  be  securely  bonded 
to  old  walls.  There's  less  time  lost  .  .  .  with  greater  savings 
.  .  .  when  you  specify  Marlite.  And  installations  stay  trim 
.  .  .  there's  no  buckling  or  warping. 


MARSH  MOULDINGS,  WASHROOM  ACCESSORIES.  Designed  to  harmonize  with  the  colorful  beauty  of  Mar- 
lite are  complete  lines  of  Marsh  mouldings  and  washrooms  accesson'es  .  .  .  now  immediately  available.  Mould- 
ings are  provided  in  extruded  aluminum ,  plastic  and  presdwood  in  a  variety  of  patterns.  Marsh  chromium 
accessories  for  powder  and  smoking  rooms  provide  that  all-important  modern  touch. 


PLASTIC-FINISHED 


Wall  Panels 


F  O  R     CREATING     BEAUTI  F  U  L     I  N  T  E  R  I  O  R  S 


BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


19 


BLACK  LIGHT 


Black  light  offers  a  wide  variety  of  spectacular  decorative 
effects — such  as  those  pictured  above,  for  example — a 
fountain  panel  with  luminous  metals  set  in  Formica,  a 
proscenium  wall  mural  in  the  Farragut  theatre,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  and  a  modeled  figure  with  luminescent  highlights. 


a  Tool  of  Showmanship  in  Decoration 


Setting  the  Mood  of  Make-Believe      B" R0BERT  c  SWITZER 


By  E.  G.  BATTISTI 

Noted  New  York  Artist,  head  of  Battisti  Studios 

"" T~0  THE  artist  concerned  with  making  the  interiors  of  buildings  expressive  and 
I  oeautiful,  black  light  has  immense  possiblites.  Its  characterstics  suggest  the 
•  theatre,  restaurants  and  such  establishments.  It  is  by  no  means  limited  to  them, 
however.  In  fact,  I  see  black  light  as  a  means  of  creating  effects  of  stirring  spiritual 
value  in  churches.  Its  application  to  the  theatre  may  merely  be  more  obvious.  This 
is  especially  true  of  motion  picture  theatres,  because  their  auditoriums  are  dark 
most  of  the  time. 

So  far,  black  light  has  been  used  chiefly  for  luminescent  murals.  This  use  of  course 
gives  the  auditorium  treatment  a  decorative  effect  that  it  otherwise  would  lose 
during  the  performance.  There  are  other  parts  of  the  theatre,  however,  where 
luminescent  designs  can  interestingly  accent  interior  treatments,  with  just  the  sort 
of  effects  that  the  public  associates  with  the  theatre. 

Foyers  and  lounges,  for  example,  do  not  need  brilliant  lighting,  so  even  here, 
with  the  introduction  of  ceiling  coffers,  wall  niches,  etc.,  luminescent  paintings  and 
modeled  figures  can  be  used  to  set  the  mood  of  make-believe  which  is  the  special 
objective  of  theatre  interior  decoration.  Black  light  effects  can  impressively  relieve 
the  bareness  of  stair  wells.  Luminescent  backgrounds  for  drinking  fountains,  espe- 
cially when  set  in  niches  at  the  rear  of  the  audtiorium,  are  very  effective. 

In  the  early  application  of  black  light  to  decoration,  proper  architectural  con- 
ditions sometimes  were  not  provided.  For  concealment  or  screening  of  the  light 
sources,  without  sacrificing  efficient  activation  of  the  paints,  the  architectural 
design  should  incorporate  suitable  coves  and  pockets. 

Where  it  is  desirable  to  provide  a  mural  or  other  decorative  feature  for  visi- 
bility under  either  black  light  or  regular  illumination,  the  problem  is  one  of  devel- 
oping a  scheme  that  can  be  rendered  in  both  luminescent  and  ordinary  paints. 

With  imaginative  decorators  who  understand  the  technical  requirements,  and 
with  the  light  sources  and  pigments  now  available,  black  light  has  innumerable 
creative  possibilities  for  theatre  interiors. 


[The  following  is  from  a  manufacturer 
of  equipment  and  materials  for  black  light 
decoration,  hence  it  is  a  report  on  develop- 
ments, partly  for  the  purposes  of  war, 
which  give  the  artist  better  tools  in  this 
theatrical  new  medium.} 

THE     APPLICATION  of 

"black  light"  and  fluorescence  to  theatre 
decoration  was  hardly  under  way  when  the 
war  stopped  it  cold.  The  necessities  of  the 
war  served,  however,  to  intensify  and  speed 
up  fluorescent  research.  Major  advances 
were  achieved  in  the  development  of  im- 
proved equipment  and  new  materials  and  in 
the  effective  use  of  fluorescent  media.  Many 
of  these  achievements  have  a  direct  applica- 
tion to  the  need's  of  the  amusement  field, 
and  nowhere  more  than  to  theatres. 

Moviegoers  are  acutely  sensitive  to  the 
"atmosphere"  of  the  houses  they  patronize. 
In  their  own  homes,  they  may  be  satisfied 
with  the  simplest  of  furnishings,  but  for  the 
price  of  a  ticket  they  expect  to  purchase 
all  the  luxurious  glitter  and  glamor  of  a 
palace  right  out  of  the  Arabian  Nights. 
Black  light  murals  and  other  fluorescent 
decorations  fulfill  just  such  expectations, 
for  here  is  the  magic  of  glowing,  colorful 
light  that  has  no  visible  source.  The  men 


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BETTER  THEATRES.  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


The  Best  Laid  Plans 


will  include 

ANEMOSTAT  draftless  air-diffusion 

for  successful  Air- Conditioning 


In  the  planning  stage  today,  the  ultra- 
modern theatres  of  tomorrow  are  being 
designed  to  provide  the  ultimate  in  relax- 
ation. Incorporating  all  the  newest  ideas 
for  patron-comfort,  they  will  add  new 
appeal .  . .  better  box-office! 

The  best  laid  plans  for  new  or  modernized  the- 
atres include  successful  air-conditioning.  To  get 
it,  more  and  more  theatre  architects  are  specify- 
ing Anemostat  —  the  patented  air-diffuser  — 
which  completes  the  air-conditioning  process  by 
providing  scientifically  correct  distribution  of 
the  conditioned  air  to  every  seat  in  the  theatre. 

The  extreme  changes  proposed  in  the  structural 
design  of  theatres,  coupled  with  new  ideas  for 
interior  decoration,  magnify  the  need  for  cor- 


rectly engineered  air-distribution  as  provided  by 
Anemostat.  Without  it,  the  air-conditioning  sys- 
tem is  incomplete!  Drafts  occur  .  .  .  stale  air- 
pockets  persist  .  .  .  temperature  and  humidity 
are  unequalized. 

The  Anemostat  Air-Diffuser  eliminates  these 
trouble-breeders  by  distributing  conditioned  air 
in  pre-determined  patterns  and  precisely  in  ac- 
cordance with  prescribed  air  velocities.  The  re- 
sult: successful  air-conditioning! 

Anemostat  engineers  are  air-diffusion  special- 
ists. Backed  by  25  years  of  experience,  they  can 
capably  solve  difficult  air-diffusion  problems.  A 
consultation  with  an  Anemostat  engineer  can  be 
arranged  today.  There  is  no  obligation. 

Descriptive  literature  is  available  on  request. 


nea.    u.  s.  PAT.'-errlV. 

ANEMOSTAT  CORPORATION  OF  AMERICA 
10  East  39th  Street,  New  York  16,  N.  Y. 

REPRESENTATIVES  IN  PRINCIPAL  CITIES 


"N°  *'*<ON^NG  SYSTEM  K>  BETTER  THAN  .TS  AK-OKTOs^ 


BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


21 


DENVER  I  VFU  I 


CA$HI€R$ 


►Peeking 

tube7 


>(>.00  aaywhere  Id  tbe  United  Slates 


wonder  what  makes  it  "work" ;  the  women 
are  content  to  sit  back  and  enjoy  a  new 
kind  of  beauty  that  will  make  wonderful 
conversation  over  tomorrow's  bridge  tables. 
Even  hard-boiled  newspaper  men  are  moved 
to  astonishment.  Remember  the  "rave" 
notices  and  the  front-page  stories  that 
greeted  every  "black  light"  installation 
made  before  the  war!  Now  the  new  post- 
war black  light  is  better  than  ever. 

IMPROVEMENTS  IN  EQUIPMENT 

Some  of  the  greatest  advances  in  the  use 
of  fluorescence  for  decoration  are  directly 
due  to  improvements  in  the  sources  of 
black  light  themselves.  These  are  the  near- 
ultraviolet  lamps  that  emit  the  invisible 
radiant  energy  which  makes  fluorescent 
paints  or  fabrics  "light  up."  In  many  of  the 
early  installations,  100-watt  black  light 
lamps  were  used  for  this  purpose.  Nothing 
better  was  then  available,  even  though  it 
was  recognized  that  fluorescent  decorations 
should  be  literally  saturated  in  a  flood  of 
black  light.  These  100-watt  installations 
have  now  been  outmoded  by  the  introduc- 
tion of  powerful  250-watt  units,  adequate 
to  make  any  fluorescent  surface  or  material 
yield  its  maximum  brightness. 

Despite  their  greatly  increased  effective- 
ness, these  new  units  operate  on  regular 
110-125  volt,  60-cycle  alternating  current 
and  have  500  hours  of  expected  life.  They 
are  trimly  designed  for  recessed  mounting 
and,  best  of  all,  they  are  available  with 
adapters  for  angle  mounting.  This  method 
of  installation  permits  the  angle  of  lighting 
to  be  adjusted  from  0°  to  45°.  The  center 
of  the  beam  may  thus  be  directed  at  the 
exact  point  on  any  fluorescent  mural  where 
it  will  insure  the  desired  results.  In  general, 
this  point  will  be  approximately  one-third 
the  distance  from  the  bottom  to  the  top 
of  a  wall  mural. 

The  250-watt  lamp,  with  adapter,  is 
equally  efficient  for  activating  fluorescent 
ceiling  murals  from  wall  positions.  The 
unit  is  inconspicuous  when  installed  because 
it  can  be  painted  or  decorated  to  match 
the  color  or  pattern  of  the  design  of  the 
surrounding  area. 

IMPROVED  PAINTS 

Even  more  spectacular  advances  have 
been  scored  in  the  development  of  fluores- 
cent paints  which  possess  new  brightness, 
are  remarkably  lightfast  and  offer  greatly 
improved  working  qualities.  These  paints 
are  a  brand-new  medium,  originally  created 
for  signal  work  during  World  War  II. 
The  armed  forces  demanded  colors  that 
would  be  easily  visible  to  the  pilots  of  com- 
bat aircraft  flying  at  great  heights  and  that 
would  retain  their  effectiveness  under  the 
most  adverse  of  atmospheric  conditions. 
This  need  was  met  by  the  perfection  of  pig- 
ments with   fluorescent   properties  which 


Available  for  activation  of  luminous  murals  are 
such  black  light  sources  as  the  250-watt  unit  for 
recess  mounting  (below)  and  the  adapter  for  it, 
pictured  above,  by  Switzer  Brothers,  Inc.,  Cleve- 
land.   The   adapter  is  adjustable  to  any  angle. 

gave  them  unprece- 
dented  brilliance, 
both  in  ordinary 
light  and  in  black 
light.  They  were 
hailed  as  "the 
brightest  colors  in 
the  world" ;  now 
they  have  been 
adapted  to  theatre 
decoration. 

The  new  paints 
are  available  as  lac- 
quer-enamels, water 
colors  and  translu- 
cent lacquers,  all  of  which  are  brilliantly 
fluorescent.  The  lacquer-enamels  can  be  suc- 
cessfully applied  over  backgrounds  of  any 
color.  The  water  colors  require  a  white 
background,  which  may  be  an  undercoating 
of  white  casein,  poster  paint  or  tempera. 

The  improvement  in  working  qualities  is 
particularly  important  in  the  case  of  the 
lacquer-enamels.  Formerly,  the  color-con- 
stitutents  in  paints  of  this  type  were  in  the 
nature  of  dyes,  compelling  the  use  of  cer- 
tain resins  which  made  them  difficult  to 
apply.  In  the  new  fluorescent  lacquer- 
enamels,  dyes  have  been  replaced  by  stable 
pigments  and  the  troublesome  resins  are  no 
longer  employed.  The  improved  product  is 
as  flexible  as  a  general  utility  paint. 

These  new  lacquer-enamels  will  not  fade 
even  if  exposed  for  years  to  the  most  pow- 
erful black  lights.  They  also  offer  the  as- 
surance of  maximum  brightness  and  un- 
paralleled color  effects  when  the  regular 
house  lights  are  turned  on. 

Also   as   the   result   of   war  research, 
fluorescent  satins  of  matchless  color  and  tex- 
ture are  now  available  for  theatre  use. 
The   progressive   theatre   owner    is  thus 
(Continued  on  page  31) 


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BETTER  THEATRES.  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


The  Theatre  with  EYE-APPEAL—  inside  and  out  — 
brings  in  more  patrons  — increases  your  profits 


LOOK  TO  YOUR  FUTURE 
BY  MODERNIZING 
YOUR  THEATRE. ..NOW! 


■  Personality  does  count,  especially  when  conditions  be- 
come more  normal  and  competition  becomes  keen.  It  will  be 
the  theatre  with  the  best  appearance— inside  and  out— that 
will  have  the  most  pulling  power.  Progressive  owners  and 
managers  realize  the  value  of  modern,  smart-looking 
theatres.  They  make  sure  that  they  get  the  right  kind  of 
personality  into  their  establishments  by  modernizing  with 
Pittsburgh  Glass  and  Pittco  Store  Front  Metal. 

Your  theatre  will  have  greater  profit-making  possibilities 
if  you  follow  the  example  of  these  thousands  of  other  suc- 
cessful operators.  Investigate  the  advantages  of  remodeling 
your  theatre  now— inside  and  out— with  Pittsburgh  Glass 
and  Pittco  Store  Front  Metal.  Be  sure  to  consult  your 
architect  for  a  well-planned,  economical  design.  We  will 
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PLEXICLAS  MURALS 

a  new  beautiful  type  of  illu- 
minated decoration  for  theatres  is  now 
being  made  of  plexiglas,  a  plastic  in  sheet 
form.  The  sheet  is  etched  or  grooved,  as 
well  as  painted  in  color  in  certain  areas,  on 
the  back  face,  in  accordance  with  any  de- 
sired design.  The  engravings  into  the  sur- 


Plexiglas  mural  in  New  York's  Hotel  Sheraton. 

face  and  the  painted  areas  pick  up  light 
from  a  fluorescent  light  source  placed  at 
the  top,  or  the  bottom,  or  at  the  sides  of 
the  sheet  of  plastic. 

The  light  source  is  fully  concealed,  the 
sheet  being  edge-lighted.  All  areas  of  the 
sheet  not  etched  or  painted  remain  as  dark 
background.  It  may  be  readily  termed 
"painting  with  light." 

• 

Now  that  we  have  floor  levers  for 
flushing  urinals,  let  us  go  one  step  further 
and  get  the  plumbing  fixture  manufactur- 
ers to  make  a  floor  control  for  the  water 
supply  into  theatre  lavatories.  It  would  not 
be  difficut  or  expensive,  and  the  sanitary 
feature  ivould  be  appreciated  by  theatre 
patrons. 

BUYING  AN  EFFICIENT  PLOT 

another  very  important 
consideration,  in  addition  to  those  men- 
tioned last  month,  for  the  exhibitor  about 
to  purchase  land  for  theatre  construction, 
is  to  check  carefully  the  shape  and  size  of 
the  plot  to  determine  if  the  property  will 


THEATRE  BUILDING 

by 

BEN  SCHLANGER 

Theatre  Architect  &  Consultant 


lend  itself  to  efficient  use.  It  is  not  enough 
for  the  plot  to  have  sufficient  area;  it  must 
also  be  of  a  shape  and  of  a  relationship  to 
public  thoroughfares  that  will  permit  a 
workable  plan. 

The  exhibitor  will  save  himself  consider- 
able later  trouble  if  he  has  his  architect  in- 
vestigate the  property  before  the  purchase 
is  made.  It  may  be  easier  to  purchase  a 
small  extra  amount  of  land  in  the  early 
negotiations  than  it  would  be  after  the  pur- 
chase was  made.  A  preliminary  plan  study 
of  the  property  is  the  only  inexpensive  in- 
surance in  this  matter. 

• 

REAR  SCREEN  MASKING 
WITH  UNIFORM  MOUNTING 

A  method  for  masking  the 
screen  that  has  definite  advantages  is  here- 
with illustrated.  The  masking  is  recessed 
and  made  permanent  so  that  the  screen 
may  be  changed  without  disturbing  the 
masking.  It  has  been  used  in  the  new 
Studio  theatre  in  New  York. 

The  usual  black  masking  is  made  of  a 
loose  fabric  and  is  placed  directly  in  front 
of  the  screen,  which  makes  it  difficult  for 
the  masking  lines  framing  the  picture  to  be 
straight,  plumb  and  truly  level,  which  they 
would  have  to  be  to  have  a  clean-cut  ap- 
pearance. 

Sometimes  this  front  masking  is  made  up 
on  a  stiff  wood  frame  which  shows  an  edge 


2- 


thickness  where  it  joins  the  white  sheet. 
The  illustrated  masking  overcomes  this  ob- 
jectionable feature  also. 

Another  advantage  in  this  type  of  mask- 
ing is  that  the  screen  material  is  pulled  tight 
around  a  continuous  wood  frame  instead  of 
being  pulled  at  each  grommet  hole  in  the 


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screen  binding.  The  pull  is  absolutely  uni- 
form at  all  points,  instead  of  being  applied 
only  at  the  grommets.  Note  that  the  lacing 
is  slanted  inward  to  avoid  exposing  it  to 
view  from  the  auditorium. 

An  exhibitor  might  be  inclined  to  change 
his  screen  a  little  sooner  if  the  change 
could  be  made  easy,  as  it  is  with  this  mask- 
ing design.  A  clean,  efficient  screen  is  one 
of  the  most  important  factors  in  an  effective 
motion  picture  presentation. 

AUXILIARY  RADIATORS 

when  warm  air  is  fed 
into  the  theatre  through  a  duct  system,  it  is 
advisable  to  use  radiators  in  addition  to 
supply  a  reasonable  amount  of  heat  in  the 
building  when  it  is  without  an  audience,  if 
it  is  costly  to  run  the  fans. 

These  radiators  can  be  of  the  standard 
cast  iron  type  if  they  are  placed  in  out  of 
the  way  places,  like  exit  passages,  and  can 
be  of  the  more  attractive  built-in  type  when 
they  are  placed  in  a  lobby,  foyer  or  other 
public  spaces. 

If  a  two-pipe  steam  system  is  used,  the 
convector  type  of  radiator  is  most  desirable. 
It  is  best  to  avoid  radiators,  however,  in  the 
auditorium  proper. 

Studio  Theatre 

(Continued  from  page  18) 

wood-Wakefield  chairs  spaced  34  inches 
back-to-back  and  arranged  in  a  stagger  plan 
with  widths  varied  according  to  the  visual 
angle  of  each  position.  The  floor  slope, 
which  combines  a  downward  incline  with  a 
short  span  upward  toward  the  screen,  has 
a  very  slight  gradient,  which  has  permitted 
a  stadium  of  comparably  small  elevations. 
The  seating  has  rust  coated  fabric  seats, 
blue  corduroy  backs,  and  cream-colored  end 
standards.  All  aisle  lighting  is  provided  by 
the  suspended  lamps. 

Both  the  face  and  top  of  the  stadium 
parapet,  and  of  the  rail  behind  the  main 
floor  seating,  is  finished  in  asphalt  tile,  the 
sheets  extending  continuously  from  the 
floor  over  the  rounded  top. 

With  the  stadium  elevations  relatively 
small,  the  projection  room  at  the  rear  is  at 
a  level  producing  a  moderate  projection 
angle.  Projection  provisions  include  an  un- 
conventional method  of  masking  the  screen. 
Actually,  the  screen  edges  are  not  masked, 
since  the  masking  is  behind  the  screen, 
where  the  image,  spilling  over  the  edge  of 
the  screen,  is  absorbed  by  it.  This  method, 
which  also  introduces  a  kind  of  mounting 
that  exerts  uniform  pull  upon  the  screen, 
is  further  described  in  Mr.  Schlanger's 
columns  of .  this  issue  (Specs  and  Specula- 
tions,  page  24).  Screen  size  is  12x17. 

Air  supply  at  the  Studio  includes  cooling 
with  mechanical  refrigeration  provided  by 
a  50-ton  Carrier  compressor. 


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About  those  NEW  carpets  . . . 


Bigelow  carpet  production  is  getting  back  to  normal 
. . .  and  orders  will  be  filled.  Now's  the  time  to  plan 
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NEWS   AND   VIEWS   OF  THE   MARKET  AND  ITS  SOURCES  OF  SUPPLY 


ODOR-ERADICATION  AND 
AIR-FRESHENING  EQUIPMENT 

Equipment  to  bring  to  the  theatre  the 
benefits  of  ozone  generation  as  applied  to 
restaurants,  hospitals,  industrial  plants,  etc., 
has  been  developed  by  the  Electroaire  Cor- 
poration of  Long  Island  City,  N.  Y.  These 
new  models  are  designed  specifically  for 
theatre  ventilating  systems  and  comparable 
installations,  employing,  however,  the  same 
processes  that  are  used  in  the  equipment  for 
large  industrial  applications,  with  the  gen- 
erator connected  to  the  ventilation  system 
at  the  intake  duct  or  mixing  chamber. 
Thus  all  air  introduced  carries  ozone  with 
it  for  the  eradication  of  odors  and  freshen- 
ing of  the  air  within  the  ventilated  areas 
of  the  theatre. 

Ozone  is  a  natural  element  of  the  out- 
door atmosphere  under  certain  conditions, 
such  as  after  an  electrical  storm,  in  wooded 
places,  at  the  seashore,  and  so  on ;  it  is 
what  makes  the  air  at  such  times  and  places 
bracing.  Artificial  generation  of  ozone 
gives  indoor  air  the  same  quality.  At  the 
same  time,  because  ozone  is  an  immediate 
oxidizer  of  substances  which  impart  odors 
to  the  atmosphere,  thus  ozone  consistently 
introduced  into  the  air  by  artificial  means, 
keeps  the  air  free  of  unpleasant  smells. 

The  theatre  equipment  is  available  in 
capacities  to  fit  atmospheric  requirements. 
The  principles  of  operation  are  identical  for 
every  capacity,  however. 

HOW  OZONE  IS  INTRODUCED 

Measuring,  on  an  average,  about  5  feet 
high  and  2  feet  square,  the  equipment  con- 
sists in  a  fan  driven  by  a  small  motor  of  its 
own,  filters  to  remove  all  dust,  and  a  set 
of  generating  units  which  are,  basically, 
electrical  condensers.  The  fan  blows  suffi- 
cient filtered  air  for  ozone  generation, 
through  the  generating  units,  which,  by 
electrically  charging  the  air,  create  "heavy 
oxygen,"  which  is  what  ozone  really  is.  By 
means  of  a  slender,  short  pipe  leading  into 
the  fan  inlet,  the  ozone  is  introduced  di- 
rectly into  the  stream  of  air  flowing  into 
the  theatre. 

The  operating  components  are  mounted 
on  a  steel  frame  and  enclosed  in  a  metal 
casing.  Installation  consists  in  connecting 
the  ozone  manifold  to  the  fan  housing  by 


means  of  the  slender  piping  through  which 
the  ozone  passes  into  the  air  stream.  The 
motor  plugs  into  a  convenient  outlet. 

The  amount  of  ozone  generated  may  be 
varied  according  to  conditions  of  the  atmos- 
phere within  the  theatre,  and  may  be 
hooked  up  for  remote  control  from  the 
manager's  office  or  elsewhere,  where  a 
meter  shows  how  much  ozone  is  being  put 
into  the  air.  As  the  house  fills,  as  body 
odors  increase,  and  as  the  air  becomes  dull- 
ing from  audience  respiration,  the  amount 
of  ozone  can  be  increased  merely  by  adjust- 
ing a  knob  on  the  control. 

REDUCES  FRESH  MR  LOAD 

With  introduction  of  ozone  into  the  air, 
the  amount  of  fresh  air  that  needs  to  be 
handled  by  the  ventilating  or  air-condition- 
ing system  is  substantially  reduced  because 
of  the  freshening  effect  of  the  ozone  itself 
and  its  eradication  of  odors.  In  theatres 
having  recirculating  ducts,  a  higher  percen- 
tage of  air  can  be  returned,  which  reduces 
the  heating  load  in  winter  and  cooling  load 
in  summer. 


How  Strong  Is  Steel? 


Steel  for  auditorium 
chairs  must  be  hard,  yet 
be  able  to  bend,  within 
certain  limits,  without 
breaking,  so  as  to  be 
formed  in  the  chair 
structures.  Here  is  how 
new  stocks  of  steel  are 
tested  at  the  American 
Seating  Company  plant 
in  Grand  Rapids.  Above, 
it  is  tested  for  its  forma- 
bility  on  a  special  ma- 
chine which  presses  out 
bulges  until  the  breaking  point  is  reached.  At  left 
the  hardness  is  being  applied — the  machine  makes 
tiny  dents  in  the  surface,  the  depths  of  which  the 
machine  records. 


LAMP  WITH  ELECTRONIC 
CONTROL  OF  CARBON  FEED 

A  new  carbon  arc  projection  lamp  has 
been  announced  by  the  Forest  Manufactur- 
ing Corporation  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  which 
introduces  an  electronic  device  for  control 
of  the  carbon  feed.  Specifications  of  the 
lamp  released  by  the  manufacturer  deal 
wholly  with  the  arc  control  feature. 

The  control  device  provides  separate 
mechanisms  for  the  positive  and  the  nega- 


Electronic  control  mechanism  of  new  Forest  lamp. 

tive  carbon  feed,  and  also  separate  drives. 
The  positive  carbon  feeding  unit  is 
described  by  the  manufacturer  as  consisting 
of  two  slide  rods  which  support  the  car- 
bon carrier,  and  a  worm  screw  attached  to 
the  carrier  so  that  when  the  screw  is 
rotated,  the  carrier  is  fed  toward  the  nega- 
tive carbon.  The  feed  screw  protrudes 
through  the  end  of  one  of  the  supports  and 
attached  to  it  is  a  ratchet  gear,  which  is  ro- 
tated by  a  co-acting  pawl.  This  pawl  is  actu- 
ated by  a  solenoid  magnet ;  each  time  the 
plunger  of  the  magnet  moves  forward,  the 
pawl  turns  the  ratchet  gear  a  certain  distance. 

To  activate  the  solenoid  coil  in  proper 
impulses,  the  regular  11-volt  a.  c.  supply  is 
electronically  converted.  The  number  of 
impulses  may  be  varied  from  20  to  120  per 
minute  by  adjustment  of  a  control  knob. 
A  graduated  dial  at  the  control  knob  is 
marked  for  amperage  so  that  the  feeding 
speed  can  be  set  at  the  exact  amount  re- 
quired by  the  arc  current. 

The  same  sort  of  mechanism  is  provided 
for  control  of  negative  carbon  feed.  In 
either  case,  should  the  carbon  holders  feed 
to  their  limit,  they  stop.  Manual  control 
is  also  provided  at  the  side  of  the  lamp. 


BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


"Turning  them  away... 

for  the  wrong  reason?" 


S.  R.  O.  is  a  good  reason  for  turning 
away  customers  but,  "no  performance 
today"  because  of  booth  equipment 
trouble  is  wrong  ...  it  could  have  been 
avoided!  When  you  sign  an  RCA  Ser- 
vice and  Parts  Replacement  Contract, 


your  sound  equipment  gets  regularly 
scheduled  checkups,  and  complete 
needed  parts  replacements.  And  it  costs 
very  little!  Ask  your  RCA  Theatre  Sup- 
ply Dealer  about  it,  or  write  RCA  Ser- 
vice Co.,  Inc.,  Dept.57-J,  Camden,  N.J. 


SEVEM  BEMEHTS 
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Scheduled  checkups 
Emergency  service 
Regular  maintenance 
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Plenty  of  White  Space 


An  all-luminous  marquee  achieved  by  making  up 
the  three  sides  completely  with  Adler  frames. 
Erected  on  the  marquee  of  the  RKO  Grand  in 
Chicago's  Loop,  this  display  accommodates  six 
lines  of  Adler  silhouette  letters.  The  copy  pictured 
above  employs  16-inch  and  10-inch  letters,  ar- 
ranged in  easily-read  pattern,  with  large  unlet- 
tered areas  to  set  them  off.  An  Adler  two-line 
panel  also  extends  over  the  outer  doors,  while 
a  lobby  panel  facing  inward  has  also  been  in- 
stalled for  coming  attraction  advertising. 

ELECTRIC  POPCORN  WARMER 

An  electrically  heated  glass  case  with 
stainless  steel  frame,  in  which  to  keep  pop- 
corn warm,  especially  when  considerable 
quantity  must  be  popped  in  advance  to  meet 
peak  demands,  has  been  announced  by 
Pronto  Pop  Corn  Sales,  Boston,  Mass.  It 


will  accommodate  20  pounds  of  popped 
corn.  The  unit  needs  only  to  be  plugged 
into  a  light  or  service  circuit,  and  sufficient 
warmth  is  attained  in  ten  minutes.  The  de- 
sired temperature  is  maintained  by  thermo- 
static control.  Pronto  warmer  is  approved 
by  underwriters. 

FASTER  TICKET  MACHINE 
WITH  REPLACEABLE  UNITS 

A  new  model  ticket  issuing  machine  has 
been  developed  by  the  General  Register  I 


ADVANCED  PROJECTION 

THROUGH  SUPERLITE  LENSES 

Modern  design,  precision  manu- 

facturing, and  unusually  critical 

inspections  result  in  the  super- 

lative lens  that  the  most  pro- 

gressive theaters  are  enthusias- 

tically acclaiming  for  its  true- 

to-life  projection  for  both  color 

and  black  and  white. 

Your  patrons  appreciate  the  best  — 

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Corporation,  New  York,  the  design  of 
which  introduces  changes  that  not  only  in- 
creases the  speed  with  which  tickets  are 
issued,  but  greatly  facilitates  repair  and  re- 


How  the  new  General  Register  units  are 
removed  is  shown  above,  while  be- 
low is  illustrated  the  manipulation  of  all 
controls  in  one  motion,  with  ticket 
issued    at   the    pressure    of   the  lever. 


placement.  The  operating  mechanism  is  of 
unit  design,  so  that  servicing  can  be  accom- 
plished without  removal  of  the  machine 
from  the  box-office. 

With  these  units,  the  ticket,  or  groups 
of  tickets  of  from  two  to  three,  or  two  to 
five,  are  issued  with  the  downward  press  of 
the  lever,  instead  of  at  the  rise  of  the  lever. 
There  is  a  three-unit  size,  and  one  for  five 
units.  Housing  for  five  units  may  be  in- 
stalled with  only  three  units,  and  one  or 
two  more  can  be  inserted  later  should  the 
need  for  them  arise.  The  deal  plate  is 
nickel-silver. 

It  is  the  plan  to  have  spare  units  in  the 
hands  of  all  dealers  for  instant  replacement 
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BLACK  LIGHT  FOR 
THEATRE  DECORATION 

{Continued  from  page  22) 

offered  the  opportunity  to  utilize  fluores- 
cence in  a  number  of  forms. 

In  this  present  period  of  vexing  shortages 
in  many  fields,  it  is  gratifying  that  all  of 
these  new  and  improved  equipments  and 
materials  for  black  light  decoration  are 
readily  available.  All  are  in  full  production 
and  have  been  for  some  time.  New  theatre 
construction  is,  of  course,  almost  com- 
pletely blocked  by  present  restrictions  on 
building,  but  fluorescence  and  black  light, 
effectively  employed,  will  make  even'  the 
oldest  theatre  appear  new  to  the  patrons. 

In  every  community,  including  the  larg- 
est and  most  sophisticated  cities  in  the  land, 
there  are  countless  thousands  of  people  who 
have  yet  to  see  their  first  black  light  mural. 
The  opportunity  that  thus  presents  itself 
will  not  fail  to  impress  showmen. 

Complete  black  light  installations  can  be 
made  with  only  the  most  minor  of  struc- 
tural changes  and  with  none  which  require 
the  use  of  critical  materials.  Costs  may  be 
fitted  to  modest  budgets,  as  well  as  to  large 
ones.  The  theatre  going  public  is  looking 
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Philadelphia's  new  Goldman  theatre.  The  name 
sign,  built  by  the  Cutler  Advertising  Company,  has 
porcelain  letters  on  hinges,  permitting  them  to  be 
swung,  for  servicing,  into  the  tower  on  which  they 
are  mounted.  The  marquee  attraction  frames  are 
Wagner  continuous  type  with  Wagner  translucent 
plastic  letters.  From  the  marquee  roof  a  ladder 
extends  75  feet  up  inside  the  tower. 


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of  Good-Will."  The  cashier  meets  "ticket  buyers"  before  any  other 
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takes  over — so,  that  you,  as  the  owner  or  manager  reflect  the  comfort, 
courtesy,  and  pleasant  atmosphere  of  the  auditorium  and  the  theatre  by 
the  style  and  smartness  of  the  staff's  uniforms.  If  you  choose  Maier- 
Lavaty  design  and  materials,  the  impression  is  one  of  dignity  and  class 
and  your  public  will  feel  like  your  theatre  has  all  of  the  wholesomeness 
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A  CATALOG  OF  THEATRE  EQUIPMENT,  FURNISHINGS,  OPERATING  SUPPLIES 
AND  ARCHITECTURAL  MATERIALS,  ALPHABETICALLY  LISTING  DEALERS  BY 
STATES,  AND  MANUFACTURERS  ACCORDING  TO  CLASSES  OF  PRODUCT 

Classes  of  Product  and  Their  Manufacturers 


ACOUSTICAL  PRODUCTS 
AND  ENGINEERING 

the  entire  sound  trans- 
mission system  of  the  theatre  is  to  be  re- 
garded as  including  the  auditorium  itself, 
the  acoustical  character  of  which  bears  directly 
and  fundamentally  upon  the  naturalness  as  well 
as  audibility  of  the  speaker  output. 

Acoustic  characteristics  can  be  controlled  by 
the  architectural  design  of  the  auditorium;  the 
designer,  however,  is  often  limited  by  other 
considerations  (even  in  a  new  building,  notably 
by  site,  capacity  and  desired  style),  necessi- 
tating general  or  partial  recourse  to  acoustic- 
correction  materials. 

Such  materials  may  be  divided  into  two  gen- 
eral groups :  Materials  which  are  concealed,  and 
those  which  have  decorative  qualities  of  their 
own.  Acoustic  treatment  properly  takes  note 
of  the  entire  range  of  available  sound  frequen- 
cies, hence  the  use  of  more  than  one  type  of 
material  is  sometimes  advisable,  since  some  are 
more  efficient  as  absorbents  of  low  frequencies 
than  of  the  high  frequencies,  while  others  have 
contrary  characteristics. 

These  materials  are  available  in  various  forms 
and  substances.  Those  most  frequently  used  in 
motion  picture  theatre  auditoriums  are  veget- 
able fiber  and  mineral  tiles,  rock  wool  and  felt 
blanket,  pressed  wood  veneers,  and  acoustic 
plaster  (which  latter  may  be  tinted  in  mixing 
so  as  to  eliminate  painting).  Ornamental  fab- 
rics are  commonly  applied  over  those  materials 
which  (like  rock  wool)  are  not  decorative,  but 
perforated  tiles  may  also  be  used.  Before 
painting  any  materials,  the  manufacturer,  or 
competent  acoustics  engineers,  should  be  con- 
sulted so  as  to  make  certain  that  the  absorp- 
tion efficiency  be  not  too  greatly  reduced. 

The  decorative  acoustic  materials  are  also 
well  adapted  to  the  finishing  of  foyer  and 
lounge  areas  that  are  immediately  off  the  audi- 
torium, where  noise  reduction  may  be  import- 
antly indicated. 

Altec  Service  Corp.,  250  W.  57th  St.,  New  York  City 

(acoustic  counsel  only). 
Armstrong  Cork  Co.,  Lancaster,  Pa. 
Barclay   Manufacturing    Company,    Inc.,    385  Gerard 

Avenue,  Bronx,  N.  Y. 
The  Celotex  Company,  120  S.  LaSatle  Street,  Chicago, 

111. 

The  Insulite  Company,  1100  Builders  Exchange,  Min- 
neapolis. Minn 

Johns-Manville  Corporation,  22  East  40th  Street,  New 
York  Citv 

Keasbey  and  Mattison  Company,  Ambler,  Pa. 


Kimberiy-Clark  Corporation,  Insulation  Division,  Nee- 
nah,  Wis. 

National   Gypsum   Company,   325   Delaware  Avenue, 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
United    States    Gypsum    Company,    300    W.  Adams 

Street,  Chicago,  III 
Wood  Conversion  Co.,  First  National  Bank  Bldg.,  St. 

Paul  1,  Minn. 


ADVERTISING  —  See  Exploitation  Mecha- 
nisms and  Letters  and  Frames  for  Attraction 
Advertising. 


AIR-CONDITIONING  AND 
VENTILATING  EQUIPMENT 

air-conditioning  facil- 
ities consist  in  means  of  controlling 
automatically  the  temperature  and  relative 
humidity  of  the  air,  and  of  distributing  the  air 
so  that  it  reaches  all  breathing  zones  at  a  tem- 
perature, percentage  of  relative  humidity,  and 
rate  of  motion  representing  comfortable  and 
healthful  atmospheric  conditions  for  normal  peo- 
ple. Dust,  pollen  and  other  particles  suspended 
in  the  fresh  air  should  also  be  filtered  out  be- 
fore it  is  introduced  into  the  distribution  system. 

All-year  air-conditioning  of  course  signifies 
equipment  providing  mechanical  control  of  tem- 
perature and  relative  humidity  of  the  distributed 
air  no  matter  what  the  condition  of  the  air  may 
be  outdoors. 

SUMMER  AIR-CONDITIONING 

For  summer  air-conditioning,  some  measure 
of  mechanical  refrigeration  is  usually  indicated; 
however,  in  areas  of  low  relative  humidity,  a 
cooling-tower  evaporative  system  may  be  em- 
ployed, while  well  water  (rarely  water  from 
city  mains)  may  be  used  as  the  cooling  agent 
for  coils  over  which  the  air  is  passed,  if  a  suffi- 
cient quantity  of  water  at  a  low  enough  tempera- 
ture (maximum  55°)  is  available. 

A  method  designed  to  reduce  the  mechanical 
refrigeration  capacity  that  would  otherwise  be 
necessary,  is  that  of  storage  refrigeration,  by 
which  a  relatively  small  compressor  is  operated 
a  large  part  of  the  day  to  "build  up"  the  air- 
cooling  agent  to  a  quantity  sufficient  for  the  load 
during  performance  hours. 

The  self-contained  units  of  the  general  type 
used  in  stores  and  similar  spaces  (filters,  me- 
chanical refrigeration  plant  and  fan  equipment 
housed  in  a  cabinet)  are  adapted  to  the  summer 
air-conditioning  of  small  auditoriums  and  sev- 


eral units  of  suitable  capacity  can  be  combined 
to  serve  medium-sized  auditoriums,  though  it  is 
commonly  found  that  the  distribution  require- 
ments of  the  latter  advise  other  methods. 

AIR  DISTRIBUTION 

Distribution  systems  for  the  air-conditioning 
of  theatres  practically  always  consist  in  ducts 
with  fans  of  proper  capacity,  and  outlets,  or 
grilles,  providing  control  of  air  motion. 

Fans — those  of  the  multi -blade  ("squirrel- 
cage")  type  are  usually  preferable — must  be  of 
a  capacity  and  design  to  move  the  required 
amount  of  air  against  the  resistance  of  the  duct 
system,  with  the  least  expenditure  of  electric 
current,  and  without  transmission  of  noise  to 
the  auditorium  and  other  rooms.  Air  outlets 
should  be  of  a  design  to  assure  thorough  mixing 
of  cooled  air  with  room  air  before  it  is  allowed 
to  descend  to  the  breathing  zone. 

AIR  CLEANSING 

Filtering  equipment,  which  is  installed  as  part 
of  an  air-conditioning  system  but  which  usually 
needs  to  be  replaced  from  time  to  time,  is  of 
various  types.  Some  filters  use  spun-glass 
fibers,  some  steel  wool,  others  paper,  hogs'  hair, 
wood  shavings,  etc  The  filtering  material  is 
held  in  a  frame  which  is  inserted  into  the  duct 
or  intake.  Filters  of  this  type  are  thrown  away 
and  replaced  with  a  new  one  as  the  accumulation 
of  dirt  requires.  Also  available,  however,  is  a 
self-cleaning  type  of  air-filtering  device,  but  it  is 
seldom  adapted  in  price  to  theatre  installation. 
(See  also  Air  Purification:  Electric  &  Chem- 
ical. ) 

CONTROL  EQUIPMENT 

Efficient  operation  of  an  air-conditioning  plant 
requires  dependable  automatic  control  specifi- 
cally adapted  to  the  operating  characteristics  of 
the  plant.  Control  equipment  available  ranges 
from  a  simple  cut-in  for  a  single  compressor  to 
a  motor-operated  monitoring  cabinet  inter-relat- 
ing all  operating  elements  of  the  system,  includ- 
ing the  heating  plant. 

Two  accessory  instruments  of  value  in  theatre 
operation  should  be  cited  here.  One  is  the  re- 
cording thermometer,  which  provides  continuous 
temperature  readings  automatically  transcribed 
on  paper,  thus  permitting!'  the  development  of  a 
"log"  for  eruidance  in  determining  load  require- 
ments and  other  operating  factors. 

The  other  i<=  an  "Effective  Temperature"  ther- 
mometer C marketed  tinder  the  trade  name  of 
"Therhumiter"),  which  ingeniously  combines  re- 


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sponse  to  the  temperature  of  the  air,  moisture 
in  the  air,  and  the  motion  of  the  air  so  as  to  give 
a  direct  reading  of  their  relative  and  aggregate 
effect  upon  the  comfort  conditions  of  the  air, 
which  reading  is  that  of  "Effective  Tempera- 
ture"— that  is,  the  true  temperature  from  the 
point  of  view  of  comfort.  It  thus  eliminates  the 
calculation  necessary  with  dry-bulb  and  wet- 
bulb  thermometers  to  determine  what  the  Effec- 
tive Temperature  is,  and  it  also  provides  a 
simple  means  of  determining  the  percentage  of 
relative  humidity. 

[The  functions  of  air-conditioning  and  air 
distribution  equipment  and  systems,  their  criti- 
cal factors  and  operating  considerations,  etc., 
form  too  broad  a  subject  for  comprehensive  dis- 
cussion here;  they  have  been,  and  are  being, 
constantly  dealt  with  in  special  and  departmental 
articles  in  Better  Theatres.] 

SIMPLE  VENTILATION 

Simple  ventilation  of  theatres  requires  blower 
equipment  of  suitable  capacity  to  draw  in  the 
fresh  air  and  propel  it  through  ventilators  (nor- 
mally located  adjacent  to  the  proscenium  arch 
or  screen  opening),  plus  any  direct  draft  exhaust 
fans  and  duct  contacts  with  the  outside  (as  from 
toilet  rooms)  that  the  structural  plan  of  the 
building  may  require.  The  blower  equipment 
of  course  is  of  importance;  it  should  be  of  a 
capacity  to  ensure  the  required  supply  of  fresh 
air,  be  durably  built,  and  be  quiet  in  operation. 

A  simple  ventilation  system  may  provide  air 
cooling  for  an  auditorium  by  passing  the  outside 
air  through  a  cold-water  spray  chamber  (air 
washer  evaporative  cooling) .  This  also  cleanses 
the  air. 

AIR  WASHERS 

American   Blower   Corporation,   6004    Russell  Street, 

Detroit,  Mich. 
The  Ballantyne  Company,  1707-11  Davenport  Street, 

Omaha,  Nebr. 

United  States  Air  Conditioning  Corporation,  33rd  & 
Como  Avenues,  Southeast,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

BLOWERS  AND  FANS 

American  Blower  Corporation,  6004  Russell  Street, 
Detroit,  Mich. 

The  Ballantyne  Company,  1707-11  Davenport  Street, 
Omaha,  Nebr. 

Clarage  Fan  Company,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
I  Garden  City  Fan  Co.,  McCormick  Bldg.,  Chicago,  IU. 

Ilg  Electric  Ventilating  Company,  2850  N.  Crawford 
Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 

Reynolds  Manufacturing  Company,  412  Prospect  Ave- 
nue, N.  E.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

B.  F.  Sturtevant  Co.  (Division  of  Westinghouse) , 
Hyde  Park,  Boston,  Mass. 

United  States  Air  Conditioning  Corporation,  33rd  & 
Como  Avenues,  Southeast,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

COILS 

McQuay,  Inc.,  1600  Broadway,  N.E.,  Minneapolis, 
Minn. 

CONTROL  EQUIPMENT 

The  Brown  Instrument  Company,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Minneapolis  -  Honeywell  Regulator  Company,  2822 
Fourth  Avenue,  S.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Monitor  Controller  Company,  51  S.  Gay  Street,  Balti- 
more, Md. 

FILTERS 

American  Air  Filter  Company,  125  Central  Avenue, 

Louisville  8,  Ky. 
Coppus  Engineering  Corporation,  Worcester,  Mass. 
Owens-Corning  Fiberglass  Corporation,  Ohio  Building, 

Toledo,  Ohio. 

Research  Products  Corporation,  1015  East  Washington 

Street,  Madison  3,  Wis. 
Universal  Air  Filter  Company,  Duluth,  Minn. 

GRILLES  AND  DIFFUSERS 

Air  Devices,  Inc.,  17  E.  42nd  Street,  New  York  City. 

American   Blower   Corporation,   6004    Russell  Street, 

Detroit,  Mich. 
Anemostat  Corp.  of  America,  10  E.  39th  Street,  New 

York  City. 
Barber-Colman  Company,  Rockford,  111. 
W.  B.  Connor  Engineering  Corporation,  114  East  32nd 

Street,  New  York  16,  N.  Y. 
Lawrence  Metal  Products,  Inc.,  434  Broadway,  New 

York  13,  N.  Y. 
Tuttle  &  Bailey,  New  Britain,  Conn. 

REFRIGERATION  MACHINES 

Airtemps   Division,    Chrysler   Corporation,    1113  Leo 

Street,  Dayton  1,  Ohio. 
American   Blower   Corporation,   6004    Russell  Street. 

Detroit,  Mich. 
Baker  Ice  Machine  Company,  3601   N.  16th  Street, 

Omaha,  Nebr. 
Carrier  Corporation,  Syracuse.  N.  Y. 
Frigidaire  Division,  General  Motors  Sales  Corporation, 

300  Taylor  Street,  Dayton,  Ohio. 


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General  Electric  Company,  5  Lawrence  Street,  Bloom- 
field,  N.  J. 

General  Refrigeration  Corporation,  Shirland  Avenue. 
Beloit,  Wis. 

B.  F.  Sturtevant  Co.,  Inc.,'  Div.  of  Westinghouse 
Electric  Corporation,  Hyde  Park,  Boston  36,  Mass. 

United  States  Air  Conditioning  Corporation,  33rd  & 
Como  Avenues,  Southeast,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Worthington  Pump  and  Machinery  Corporation,  744 
Broad  Street,  Newark,  N.  J. 

York  Corporation,  York,  Pa. 

TEMPERATURE  READING  DEVICES 
The  Brown  Instrument  Company,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Minneapolis  -  Honeywell     Regulator     Company,  2822 
Fourth  Avenue,  S.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


AIR  PURIFICATION: 
ELECTRIC  AND  CHEMICAL 

the  most  effective 
method  of  removing  dust  and  bacteria 
from  outside  air  upon  its  introduction 
into  the  theatre  ventilating  system  is  by  electro- 
static precipitation.  This  is  effected  by  special 
equipment  consisting,  essentially,  in  an  electrical 
power  pact  and  collector  cells  of  the  specific 
capacity  required  by  the  amount  of  air  handled. 
This  method  also  is  highly  efficient  for  the  re- 
moval of  bacteria  and  irritating  substances,  and 
accordingly  is  relatively  expensive.  • 

Unpleasant  odors  can  be  prevented  throughout 
the  ventilated  areas  of  a  theatre  by  introducing 
ozone  into  the  circulated  air.  For  this  purpose 
equipment  is  available  that  is  connected  to  the 
ventilating  system.  It  generates  ozone  ("heavy 
oxygen,"  a  natural  element  of  bracing  outdoor 
air)  by  means  of  electrical  condenser  units. 
Ozone  allows  recirculation  of  more  air,  hence 
reduces  cooling  and  heating  load.  It  also  gives 
the  inside  air  the  quality  of  natural  freshness. 

For  removal  or  at  least  reduction  of  impuri- 
ties in  air  that  cause  odors,  a  chemical  method 
is  available,  involving  the  action  of  synthetic 
chlorophyll,  the  substance  of  green  plants.  For 
application  to  ventilating  duct  systems,  a  forced- 
evaporation  unit  is  connected  through  a  by- 
pass. Units  are  also  obtainable  for  placement  in 
rooms. 

American  Air  Filter  Company,  Inc.,  First  &  Central 

Avenues,  Louisville,  Ky.  (Electrical). 
The  Electroaire  Corporation,  41-38  37th  Street,  Long 

Island  City,   N.   Y.    (Ozone  Generators). 
B.  F.  Sturtevant  Company  (Division  of  Westinghouse), 

Hyde  Park,  Boston,  Mass.  (Electric). 
W.  H.  Wheeler,  Inc.,  7  E.  47th  Street,  New  York 

City.  (Chemical). 

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AMPLIFYING  TUBES 

these  are  electronic  re- 
lays in  the  amplifier  of  a  sound  repro- 
ducing system  by  means  of  which  the 
weak  electric  currents  created  by  a  photocell, 
phono-pickup  or  microphone,  are  made  strong 
enough  (while  maintaining  the  original  current 
pattern)  to  operate  the  loudspeakers.  (See 
Amplifiers.) 

General  Electric  Company,  1.  River  Road,  Schenectady, 
N.  Y. 

National  Union  Radio  Corporation,  57   State  Street, 

Newark,  N.  J. 
RCA  Victor  Division  of  Radio  Corporation  of  America, 

Camden,  N.  J. 
Raytheon  Manufacturing  Company,  Foundry  Avenue, 

Waltham,  Mass. 
Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation,  Bloomfield.  N.  J. 
• 

AMPLIFIERS 

AN    AMPLIFIER,   as  part 

of  a  sound  reproducing  system,  is  the 
arrangement  in  an  electrical  unit  (panel 
or  cabinet)  of  electronic  relays  (see  Amplifying 
Tubes)  with  suitable  controls. 

Amplifiers  today  contain  their  own  power 
supplies,  needing  only  connection  with  an  a.c. 
or  d.c.  power  line,  and  dispensing  with  all 
auxiliary  batteries,  generators  or  rectifiers;  and 
in  addition  commonly  supply  polarizing  voltage 
to  photocells,  and  sometimes  current  to  exciter 
lamps  and  loudspeaker  fields.  Modern  pre- 
amplifiers  and   monitor   amplifiers  commonly 


draw  this  operating  power  from  some  other  ,  , 
amplifying  unit  of  the  sound  system. 

Very  small,  low-power  amplifiers  may  be  (  '\ 
mounted  on  the  projector  or  on  the  wall  of  the  j  ,:, 
projection  room,  deriving  their  operating  power  "f 
from  the  main  amplifier.  They  provide  pre-  \ 
liminary  amplification  of  the  weak  photocell  cur-  j  ,', 
rent  before  it  reaches  the  main  amplifier. 

Amplifier  arrangements  in  a  small  theatre  j  > 
may  consist  in  a  single,  compact,  combination 
amplifying  and  power  supply  unit  mounted  on  '•  h 
the  projection  room  front  wall,  between  pro- 
jection  ports;  or  alternatively,  of  such  a  com-  !  , 
oination  unit  plus  a  small  pre-amplifier  which 
receives  the  initial  current  from  the  photo-cell.  ;  , 
In  larger  systems,  a  number  of  amplifying  net- 
work  and  power  supply  units  are  mounted  on  a 
steel  rack  or  frame,  or  in  a  steel  cabinet,  which 
is  located  at  the  rear  or  one  end  of  the  pro- 
jection room,  or  occasional?^  built  into  the  wall 
dividing  the  projection  room  from  another  room 
of  the  projection  suite.   Medium  and  large-size 
systems  today  include  a  separate  monitor  ampli- 
fier-speaker cabinet,  often  suspended  from  the  1 
projection  room  ceiling  by  steel  straps.  The 
monitor  amplifier  is  sometimes  self  -powered ; 
sometimes,  like  the  photo-cell  amplifier  it  de-  J 
rives  its  current  from  the  main  amplifier. 

Volume  control  and  sound  changeover  equip-  j 
ment  is  today  commonly  associated  with  the 
photo-cell  pre-amplifier. 

Modern  amplifiers  or  amplifying  racks  are 
often  equipped  with  decibel  meters  for  accurate 
measurement  of  sound  output  and  quick  servic-  j 
ing.   Emergency  amplifiers  may  be  exact  dupli- 
cates of  the  normal  amplifying  system,  or  I 
smaller,  less  elaborate  apparatus,  and  in  some 
systems  the  monitor  amplifier  is  utilized  to  sup 
ply  sound  to  the  audience  in  an  emergency. 

Altec-Lansing  Corporation,   1161   North  Vine  Street, 

Hollywood,  Calif. 
Amplifier  Company  of  America,  398  Broadway,  New 

York  13,  N.  Y. 
The  Ballantyne  Company,  1707-11   Davenport  Street, 

Omaha,  Nebr. 
DeVry  Corporation,  1111  Armitage  Avenue,  Chicago, 

111. 

Elec-Tech,  520  Elm  Street,  Cincinnati  2,  Ohio. 
International  Projector  Corporation,  88-96  Gold  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Earle  W.  Meredith,   182  Avondale  Road,  Rochester, 

N.  Y. 

Motiograph,  4431  West  Lake  Street,  Chicago,  IB. 

RCA  Victor  Division  of  Radio  Corporation  of  America,  I 
Camden,  N.  J. 

S.  O.  S.  Cinema  Supply  Corp.,  449  West  42nd  Street, 
New  York  City. 

Weber  Machine  Corporation,  59  Rutter  Street,  Roches- 
ter, N.  Y. 

Western  Electric  Company,  195  Broadway,  New  York 
City. 

• 

ANCHORS  FOR  CHAIRS 

EXPANSION  BOLTS  suited 

to  anchoring  chairs  in  concrete  flooring 

are  available  with  metal  jacket.  A  leading 
make  of  metal  anchor  consists  of  an  especially 
long  tapered  fin  head  bolt,  conical  cup,  lead 
sleeve,  washer  and  hexagon  nut. 

Chicago  Expansion  Bolt  Company,  2240  West  Ogden 
Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 

Fensin  Seating  Company,  62  East  13th  Street,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

Joe  Hornstein,  Inc.,  630  Ninth  Avenue,  New  York,  | 
N.  Y. 


ARCHITECTURAL  MATERIALS 
AND  DESIGN  SERVICE 

progress  in  chemistry 
and  in  manufacturing  technique  have 
made  available  a  wide  variety  of  decora- 
tive materials  to  supplement  or  supplant  the 

familiar   marble,    stone,   brick,   ceramic  tiles, 

plaster,  etc. 

Architectural  glass  can  be  had  in  both  facing 
tiles  and  structural  blocks.  The  tiles  offer  a 
complete  selection  of  colors  and  a  number  of 
patterns  (some  of  them  simulating  marble). 
Glass  blocks  are  also  available  in  colors  and 
patterns ;  they  are  not  only  adapted  to  the  con- 
struction  of  architectural  features  like  towers 
and  window  effects  (admitting  light,  but  assur- 
ing privacy),  but  also  to  interior  partitions. 


BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


Translucent  glass  blocks  lend  themselves  to  in- 
teresting luminous  treatments. 

Mirrors,  in  large  panel  effects  (sectional  or 
otherwise)  as  well  as  in  smaller  sizes  of  various 
i  shapes,  are  effective  decorative  elements  while 
iat  the  same  time  contributing  a  sense  of  spa- 
ciousness. Glass  murals  provide  a  striking 
embellishment  of  a  wall  in  color  abstract  or 
pictorial  designs. 

For  treatment  of  door-s,  pilasters,  display  case 
framing,  and  also  ticket  booth  and  vestibule 
finish,  laminated  plastic  veneer  provides  a  wide 
choice  of  colors  and  texture  effects  (while  also 
having  certain  weather-proofing  qualities).  Such 
material  may  be  obtained  with  metal  inlays  for 
decorative  relief,  and  also  in  a  fluorescent  type 
permitting  luminescent  pictorial  and  abstract 
patterns  under  "black  light" 

Fabric  (usually  cotton-rayon  damask)  is  fre- 
quently used  to  conceal  sound-absorbing  blanket 
Then  there  are  the  tiles,  wood  veneers,  and  so 
on,  many  of  them  to  be  considered  for  their 
acoustic  values  as  well  as  decorative  qualities 
(see  Acoustical  Products  and  Engineering ;  also 
refer  to  Curtains  and  Drapes). 

Wall  papers  and  coated  fabrics  (leather-types 
or  in  patterns)  have  become  practicable  ma- 
terials for  decorating  theatre  walls.  They  are 
available  in  types  that  may  be  washed  repeated- 
ly. There  are  also  wall  papers  that  are  deeply 
embossed  in  pattern  and  texture  effects.  Lino- 
leum and  asphalt  title  are  also  adapted  to  walls, 
especially  for  wainscots. 

Lighting  today  is  a  principal  source  of  decora- 
tive effect  by  means  of  either  built-in  sources 
(coves,  troughs,  etc)  or  fixtures,  possibly  em- 
ploying several  colors  (commonly  amber,  blue, 
red  or  green,  in  addition  to  white)  with  circuits 
controlled  to  permit  gradual  mixing  (see  Dim- 
mers). So-called  "black  light"  also  permits 
interesting  decorative  effects,  such  as  glowing 
figures  in  darkened  niches,  or  ornamental  pat- 
terns picked  out  in  fluorescent  paint  (see  "Black 
Light"  Materials  and  Lighting  Equipment;  also 
see  Lamps,  Incandescent  for  Theatre  Lighting, 
and  Lighting,  Architectural. 

Statues  and  bas-reliefs  based  on  classic, 
patriotic  and  other  themes,  are  available  in  stock 
reproductions,  many  of  them  relatively  inexpen- 
sive and  well  adapted  to  theatres  of  modern  as 
well  as  traditional  style. 

Adams  Research  Corporation,  IS  Park  Row,  New  York 
7,  N.  Y. 

Arketex  Ceramic  Corporation,  Brazil,  Ind. 
Armstrong  Cork  Company,  Lancaster,  Pa. 
The  Celotex  Corporation,  120  S.  LaSalle  Street,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

Columbus  Coated  Fabrics  Corporation,  Columbus,  O. 

Davidson  Enamel  Products  Company,  450  E.  Kibby 
Street,  Lima,  Ohio. 

Dazians,  Inc.,  142  West  44th  Street,  New  York  City. 

The  Di-Noc  Company,  1700  London  Rd.,  Cleveland,  O. 

F  &  Y  Building  Service,  328  E.  Town  Street,  Colum- 
bus, Ohio. 

The  Formica  Insulation  Company,  4620  Spring  Grove 

Avenue,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
General  Electric  Company,  Lynn,  Mass. 
The    Kawneer    Company,    3203    Front    Street,  Niles, 

Mich. 

Kelly    Island    Lime    &    Transport    Company,  Leader 

Building,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Libbey  Owens-Ford  Glass  Company,  Vitrolite  Division, 

Nicholas  Building,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Marsh  Wall  Products,  Inc.,  Dover,  Ohio. 
Pittsburgh  Plate  Glass  Company,  2200  Grant  Building, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Ben  B.  Poblocki  &  Sons  Company,  2159  South  Kin- 

nickinnic  Avenue,  Milwaukee  7,  Wis. 
Seaporcel  Porcelain  Metals,  Inc.,  28-20  Borden  Avenue, 

Long  Island  City,  N.  Y. 
Toledo    Porcelain    Enamel    Products    Company,  2275 

Smead  Avenue,  Toledo,  O. 
United    States    Gypsum    Company,    300    W.  Adams 

Street,  Chicago,  111. 
United  States  Plywood  Company,  55  West  44th  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Varlon,   Inc.,   Div.  of   United  Wallpaper,   Inc.,  Mer- 
chandise Mart,  Chicago  54,  111. 
Westinghouse  Electric   Corporation,   East  Pittsburgh, 

Pa. 

Wood  Conversion  Company,  1981  W.  First  National 
Bank  Building,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 


BASES — See  Projectors  and  Accessories 

BATTERIES,  STORAGE 

in  theatres  these  are 
now  used  almost  exclusively  to  supply 


emergency  power  for  lighting,  in  case  of 
breakdown  in  the  line  power  supply.  Through 
suitable  converters  storage  batteries  can  also  be 
made  to  operate  sound  and  projection  equipment 

Cost  depends  on  size  of  the  installation. 

Electric   Storage  Battery  Company,   Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Westinghouse  Electric   Corporation,   East  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 

"BLACK  LIGHT"  MATERIALS 
AND  LIGHTING  EQUIPMENT 

"black  light"  is  the 
term  popularly  applied  to  the  application 
of  "radiant  energy"  that  is  not  itself  visible, 
to  surfaces  treated  with  certain  chemicals  which 
this  energy  causes  to  glow.  It  provides  decora- 
tive effects  of  a  character  peculiarly  associated 
with  the  theatre,  and  in  addition  has  many 
utilitarian  applications  such  as  in  connection 


with  advertising  matter,  fluorescent  carpet,  etc. 

Luminescent  materials  are  found  on  the  mar- 
ket today  in  the  form  of  transparent  lacquers, 
opaque  lacquer  enamels,  dyes  for  carpets  and 
ether  fabrics,  inks,  water  colors,  plastics,  liquid 
solutions,  etc.  The  materials  in  paint  form  may 
be  readily  applied  with  either  brush  or  sprayer. 
A  variety  of  colors  are  now  obtainable. 

The  radiant  energy  required  for  "black  light" 
effects  is  radiation  in  the  near-ultarviolet  region 
which  extends  from  3,200  Angstroms  to  the 
visible  violet.  This  energy  is  not  harmful  to 
the  eyes ;  it  is  only  radiation  shorter  than  2,800 
Angstroms  appearing  in  quantity  from  which 
the  eyes  must  be  protected. 

Filament  ultraviolet  lamps  are  provided  in  a 
250-watt  size  with  a  bulb  of  filter  glass,  hence 
no  additional  filter  or  ballast  is  required.  How- 
ever, the  ultraviolet  output  of  this  lamp  is 
relatively  low. 

Fluorescent  ultraviolet  lamps,  called  360  BL 


For  @le<ut&i  /tin  in 
you*  *7^eeUne,  install . . 


Costs  You  Less 
To  Catch  More  Dust 


No.  200  Series  Re-Fil-Able  Filter 
With  Self-Sealing  Edge 

Economical  because  the  filter  fabrics  can  be 
replaced  after  they  pick  up  their  full  dust 
capacity.  Wire  grids  are  permanent  equip- 
ment and  can  be  used  over  and  over. 


Good  air  conditioning  re- 
quires good  filters  .  .  .  filters 
that  will  surely  catch  dirt  and 
dust . . .  filters  that  will  not  re- 
strict the  free  flow  of  air.  RE- 
SEARCH AIR  FILTERS  have 
proven  themselves  in  leading 
houses  all  over  the  country. 
Write  for  bulletin  No.  926  to 
see  how  Research  Air  Filters 
will  improve  your  air  condi- 
tioning and  save  you  money. 


RESEARCH  PRODUCTS  CORPORATION 

DEPT.  A.        MADISON  3,  WISCONSIN 


BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


lamps,  are  available  in  tne  sizes  ana  wauages 
of  standard  F-lamps.  These  are  efficient  gener- 
ators of  near-ultraviolet,  and  the  tubular  shape 
lends  itself  readily  to  display  work.  Light 
density  filters  are  required  since  these  lamps 
produce  some  visible  light  also. 

Mercury  ultraviolet,  or  Type  H  lamps,  are 
concentrated  sources  of  ultraviolet  and  visible 
light;  hence,  they  are  particularly  useful  to  ob- 
tain a  spot  light  of  "black  light"  for  spec- 
tacular effects.  A  relatively  dense  filter  must 
be  used  to  remove  the  visible  light  and  to 
create  effective  fluorescence. 

Special  types  of  lamp  equipment  for  the  ap- 
plication of  "black  light"  sources  are  available 
in  designs  adapted  to  ceiling  and  wall  decora- 
tion. 

Black  Light  Products,  67  East  Lake  Street,  Chicago, 
111. 

General  Electric  Company,  Lamp  Dept.,  Nela  Park, 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 
GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214-22  W.  Madison 

Street,  Chicago,  111. 
Kliegl  Bros.,  321  W.  50th  Street,  New  York  City. 
Keese    Engineering    Company     (Shannon  Luminous 

Materials),    7380    Santa    Monica    Boulevard,  Los 

Angeles,  Calif. 
The  Stroblite  Company,  35  West  52nd  Street,  New 

York  City.  (Lacquers). 
Switzer  Brothers,   1220   Huron   Road,   Cleveland  15, 

Ohio. 

BOX  OFFICES 

island  box  offices,  as 
well  as  those  built  into  one  side  of  the 
vestibule  or  lobby,  are  commonly  built 
"on  the  job"  from  specifications  of  the  architect 
or  other  designer  of  the  front  and  extrance 
area;  however,  box  offices  may  be  obtained 
ready  for  erection,  in  styles,  colors  and  ma- 
terials to  harmonize  with  the  vestibule  or 
lobby  treatment.  Architectural  glass,  glass 
structural  blocks  (which  may  be  interestingly 
illuminated  from  behind),  porcelain-enamelled 
metal,  and  some  of  the  phenolics  (synthetic 
materials),  are  prominent  among  the  materials 
used  today,  often  with  chromium  or  stainless 
steel  mouldings,  and  these  materials  are  pro- 
curable cut  to  specifications.  (Unless  otherwise 
specified,  the  companies  listed  below  are  sources 
only  of  material  suited  to  box  offices.) 

The  Formica  Insulation  Company,  4620  Spring  Grove 

Avenue,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
The  Kawneer  Company,  Niles,  Mich. 
Libbey-Owens-Ford    Glass    Company,    1310  Nicholas 

Building,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Pittsburgh  Plate  Glass  Company,  2200  Grant  Building, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Ben  B.  PoblocJci  &  Sons  Company,  2159  South  Kin- 

nickinnic  Avenue,  Milwaukee  7,  Wis.  (complete  box 

offices). 

Universal  Corporation,  6710  Denton  Drive,  Dallas  9, 
Tex. 

• 

CABINETS,  FOR 
FILM  AND  CARBONS 

REALLY   FIREPROOF  cabi- 

nets  for  film  storage  are  essential  accesso- 
ries of  the  projection  room  if  the  protec- 
tion required  either  by  law  or  theatre  opera- 
tor's responsibility  is  to  be  provided  both  pro- 
jectionists and  patrons.  With  the  2,000-foot 
reel  standard  in  the  American  film  industry,  film 
storage  facilities  should  accommodate  this  size 
of  reel  in  metal  compartments  that  at  least 
prevent  the  spread  of  fire  from  one  compartment 
to  another  and  reduce  the  effect  of  heat  as  a 
cause  of  combustion  to  a  minimum. 

The  desired  safety  is  provided  by  a  sectional 
cabinet  of  relatively  thick  (approximately  IY2 
inches)  steel  walls  insulated  with  fireproof  ma- 
terial. Such  cabinets  are  obtainable  with  or 
without  vents  (vents  required  by  fire  regula- 
tions in  some  communities)  and  with  or  without 
sprinkler  heads  inside. 

A  cabinet  for  carbons  (wherever  no  suitable 
compartment  is  otherwise  provided)  is  a  con- 
venient place  to  keep  carbons.  The  carbons, 
while  drying  out,  are  out  of  the  way  so  that 
breakage  tends  to  be  reduced.  One  cabinet 
will  hold  several  hundred  carbons  (according 
to  trim)  and  also  provides  a  handy  compart- 
ment for  small  tools. 

Diebolt  Manufacturing  Company,  Canton,  Ohio. 
GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214-22  W.  Madison 
Street,  Chicago,  111. 


Neumade  Products  Corporation,  427  W.  42nd  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Wenzel  Projector  Company,  2509  South  State  Street, 

Chicago,  111. 

Edw.  H.  Wolk,  1241  South  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago, 
111. 


CARBONS,  PROJECTION 

motion  picture  projec- 
tion carbons  are  required  for  projection 
in  most  motion  picture  theatres  (all  ex- 
cept those  using  incandescent  projection  lamps;. 
The  type  and  size  of  carbons  required  depends 
upon  the  type  of  arc,  and  in  this  connection  the 
reader  is  referred  to  the  several  articles  in  The 
Buyers'  Index  on  projection  lamps. 

National  Carbon  Company,  Inc.,  30  East  42nd  Street. 
New  York  17,  N.  Y. 


CARBON  SAVERS 

THESE     DEVICES,  which 

permit  use  of  carbons  down  to  a  very 
short  stub,  consist  in  a  metal  rod  that  is 

clamped  into  the  carbon  jaws  of  the  lamp- 
house,  one  end  of  the  rod  being  provided  with 
means  for  holding  a  stub  of  carbon  that  is 
too  short  for  use  in  the  normal  way.  There 
are  several  methods  of  attaching  the  stub  to 
the  carbon  saver,  some  of  them  permitting  use 
of  the  carbon  down  to  one  inch. 

Best  Devices  Company,  10516  Western  Avenue,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 

L.  A.  Burbank,  1130  Garland  Street,  Flint,  Mich. 
Droll  Theatre   Supply  Company,  925   West  Jackson 

Boulevard,  Chicago,  111. 
The  GoldE   Manufacturing   Company,    1214-22  West 

Madison  Street,  Chicago,  111. 
S.  O.  S.  Cinema  Supply  Corporation,  449  West  42nd 

Street,  New  York  City. 
Weaver  Manufacturing  Company,  Ltd.,  1639  E.  102nd 

Street,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 
Wenzel  Projector  Company,  2509  South  State  Street, 

Chicago,  111. 

Edw.  H.  Wolk,  1241  S.  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 


CARPETING 

types  OF  carpeting 
suited  to  the  heavy-duty  requirements  of 
theatres  are  (to  name  them  alphabetically) 
Axminster  (only  in  the  finest  grades,  except 
possibly  when  used  in  small  lounges),  Broad- 
loom,  Chenille  (an  expensive  weave  feasible 
only  in  rare  instances  in  which  a  superior  carpet 
of  special  shape  is  absolutely  required),  Patent- 
Back  (a  special  type  consisting  in  Broadloom 
sections  cut  into  desired  shapes  and  colors  and 
cemented  in  a  pattern  to  a  backing),  Velvet 
(pattern  dyed)  and  Wilton  (pattern  woven). 
The  last  two  are  the  weaves  most  widely  used 
in  theatres  because  of  their  beauty  of  pattern, 
durability  and  relatively  moderate  price. 

Carpeting  today  provides  more  than  "softness 
under  foot."  It  is  an  integral  part  of  the  in- 
terior treatment  of  the  theatre,  a  critical  ele- 
ment of  the  entire  decorative  scheme  and  the 
stimulating  environmental  effect  sought.  Domin- 
ant colors  of  the  carpet  should  have  a  direct 
relation  to  the  influential  tones  of  the  general 
color  scheme  of  each  carpeted  division  of  the 
theatre.  Pattern  has  similar  references  to  the 
general  decorative  scheme,  harmonizing  with  it 
in    style,    strengthening    it    in  configuration. 


STROBLITE 

LUMINESCENT  COLORS 

Glow  brilliantly  in  the  dark 
under  U.  V.  Blacklight.  Pro- 
•yC     duce   spectacular   effects   for  ^( 
Theatre    Decorations,  Lobby 
Displays,  Stage  Shows. 

U  V.  BLACKLIGHT  LAMPS 

FOR  EVERY  PURPOSE 
Write  for  complete  information. 
STROBLITE  COMPANY 
Dept.  M,  35  W.  52nd  St..  New  York  19 


Traditional    patterns   are   frequently    as  well 
adapted  to  modern-style  interiors  as  patterns 
specifically  modern  (or  modernistic)  ;  many  tra-  ' 
ditional  decorative  devices,  in  fact,  have  been  ! 
used  in  modernized  versions  to  effect  carpet 
patterns  adapted  to  both  modern  and  traditional  ! 
designs. 

Theatres  are  frequently  carpeted  in  a  single  1 
pattern,  but  consideration  should  be  given  to  \ 
the  advisability  of  using  another  design,  or  a  i 
plain  Broadloom,  or  the  same  design  in  a 
smaller  scale,  for  areas  like  lounges,  which  diffei 
greatly  in  size  and  function  from  foyers  and 
standee  areas. 

(Production  of  carpeting  in  weaves  and 
grades  suited  to  theatres  is  below  normal  chiefly 
because  of  the  shortage  of  properly  trained 
workers.  This,  plus  huge  demands  for  carpeting 
from  all  fields,  has  placed  severe  restrictions  on 
choice  of  patterns,  and  on  amounts  of  yardage, 
available  to  the  theatre  market.) 

Bigelow-Sanford  Carpet  Company,  Inc.,  140  Madison 

Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Firth  Carpet  Company,  295  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York 

City. 

Goodall  Fabrics,  Inc.,  525  Madison  Avenue,  New  York 
City. 

Hardwick   &   Magee   Company,   Lehigh  Avenue  and 

Seventh  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
A.  &  M.  Karagheusian,  Inc.,  295  Fifth  Avenue,  New 

York  City. 

Thomas  L.  Leedom  Company,  Bristol,  Pa. 
James  Lees  &  Sons  Company,  Bridgeport,  Pa. 
Mohawk  Carpet  Mills,  Inc.,  Amsterdam,  N.  Y. 
Alexander  Smith  &  Sons  Carpet  Company,  295  Fifth 

Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Waite  Carpet  Company,  Oshkosh,  Wis. 
M.  J.  Whittal  Associates,  Worcester,  Mass. 

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CARPET  LINING 

THEATRE  CARPETING 

should  always  be  laid  over  pads  made  for 
the  purpose.  Such  lining  does  not  merely 
add  to  the  resilience,  therefore  the  feeling  of 
luxury,  of  the  carpeting;  it  definitely  reduces 
the  wear  of  the  carpet,  thus  representing  a 
substantial  saving  in  carpeting  costs. 

There  are  three  general  types  of  carpeting 
lining:  (1)  All-jute,  or  vegetable  fibre;  (2) 
hair  and  jute  combined;  and  (3)  All-hair.  The 
latter  is  made  of  animal  hair,  which  will  not 
burn  (it  will  singe  only),  is  very  durable  (a 
well  made  all-hair  lining  will  usually  outwear 
the  carpeting  itself),  and  does  not  deteriorate 
from  the  effect  of  moisture.  The  hair-and-jute 
type  is  serviceable  according  to  the  amount  of 
hair  in  it,  while  the  all-jute  type  is  the  least 
desirable  in  the  theatre. 

Bigelow-Sanford  Carpet  Company,  Inc.,  140  Madison 

Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Clinton  Carpet  Company,  Merchandise  Mart,  Chicago, 

111. 

E.  I.  du  Pont  de  Nemours  Company,  Fairfield,  Conn. 
Alexander  Smith  &  Sons  Carpet  Company,  295  Fifth 

Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Waite  Carpet  Company,  Oshkosh,  Wis. 


CHAIR  FASTENING  CEMENT 

THE     METAL    pieces  to 

which  theatre  chairs  are  bolted  are  firmly 
fastened  to  the  floor  by  special  cement 
made  for  that  purpose,  which  hardens  in  ap- 
proximately ten  minutes.  In  reseating  a  thea- 
tre, the  old  chair  bolts  are  removed  from  the 
floor,  and  new  ones  inserted  and  recemented 
(See  Anchors  for  Chairs.) 

Fensin  Seating  Company,  62  East  13th  Street,  Chicago. 
General  Chair  Company,  1308  Elston  Street,  Chicago. 


CHAIR  CUSHIONS 
OF  FOAMED  LATEX 

cushions  for  auditori- 
um chair  seats  and  backs  (or  other 
chairs,  settees,  etc.)  are  obtainable  in  a 

pourous  material  made  from  the  milk  of  the 
rubber  tree  and  referred  to  as  foamed  latex. 
Such  cushions  take  the  place  of  padding  and 
coil  springs,  the  fabric  being  fitted  over  them. 
This  material  may  be  moulded  to  fit  any  chair 


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ciimensions  or  design  formation.  Except  for 
hollow  cores,  the  cushion  appears  solid,  but 
actually  has  access  to  air  throughout  its  struc- 
ture (there  are  over  a  quarter  of  a  million 
interconnecting  air  pores  to  the  cubic  inch), 
thus  the  cushion  is  completely  self-ventilating. 
Foamed  latex  cushions  are  vermin-repellent. 

For  foyer  and  lounge  furniture,  foamea  latex 
cushions  are  available  in  standard  sizes  calcu- 
lated to  fit  nearly  all  chairs,  settees,  etc.  They 
may  be  obtained  through  upholsterers  or  from 
jobbers. 

Dunlop  Tire  &  Rubber  Corporation  ''Dunlopillo"  Divi- 
sion, Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Firestone  Industrial  Products  Company,  Akron,  Ohio. 

B.  F.  Goodrich  Company,  Akron,  Ohio. 

Goodyear  Tire  &  Rubber  Company,  Akron,  Ohio. 

Hewitt  Rubber  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

U.  S.  Rubber  Company,  Foam  Sponge  Division, 
Mishawaka,  Ind. 


CHAIR  PATCH  KITS 

for  repairing  simulated 
leather  fabrics,  kits  of  materials  are  avail- 
able, consisting  in  small  amounts  of 
■"leatherette"  in  a  color  selected  to  match  most 
closely  the  fabric  to  be  repaired,  and  cement 
solvent  with  which  to  attach  a  section  of  it  cut 
out  in  a  size  to  cover  the  injury.  Typical  colors 
available  are  blue,  black,  brown,  red,  green  and 
ivory. 

Fensin  Seating  Company,  62  East  13th  Street,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

General  Chair  Company,  1308  Elston  Street,  Chicago, 
111. 


CHAIRS,  AUDITORIUM 

AUDITORIUM  CHAUb 

best  suited  to  the  motion  picture  theatre 
are  those  manufactured  from  designs 
developed  specifically  to  meet  the  conditions  en- 
countered in  film  theatre  operation. 

Chairs  may  be  obtained  with  seat  cushions 
of  box-spring  or  spring-edge  type ;  or  with  no- 
sag  springs,  alone  or  in  combination  with  coil 
springs  (the  no-sag  springs  absorbing  the  shock 
of  initial  tension  imparted  to  the  coils)  ;  and 
with  combination  Coil  and  Marshall  spring  con- 
struction. 

The  backs  may  be  either  of  spring  or  padded 
type,  and  here  it  should  be  noted  that  the  choice 
affects  the  row  spacing,  spring  back  cushions 
being  substantially  thicker  than  padded  backs. 
Chairs  available  include  models  with  self-raising 
seats,  and  a  type  having  a  retracting  or  push- 
back  seat  designed  to  facilitate  passage  between 
rows. 

While  end  standards  may  be  obtained  in 
special  designs,  regular  models  offer  a  wide 
choice  of  patterns,  which  may  be  readily  exe- 
cuted in  colors  suggested  by  the  color  scheme  of 
the  auditorium.  Arm  rests  may  be  of  wood  or 
plastic,  in  "blonde"  shades  enhancing  visibility. 

Acoustic  considerations  (each  chair  should 
represent  approximately  the  sound-absorption 
of  a  person,  so  that  the  capacity  factor  affect- 
ing volume  is  fairly  constant)  demand  a  fullv 
upholstered  chair  (see  Upholstering  Materials 
and  Chair  Cushions  of  Foamed  Latex.) 

(  Production  of  auditorium  chairs  is  still  cur- 
tailed owing  principally  to  lagging  supplies  of 
metal  and  textile  products,  but  continued  in- 
crease of  these  is  expected  to  permit  capacity 
production  early  in  1947.) 

Adams   Research  Corporation,  Theatre   Seating  Div., 

15  Park  Row,  New  York  7,  N.  Y. 
American  Desk  Manufacturing  Company,  P.  O.  Box 

416,  Temple,  Tex. 
American    Seating   Company,    901    Broadway,  Grand 

Rapids,  Mich. 

Fensin  Seating  Company,  62  East  13th  Street,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

Heywood-Wakefield  Company,  Gardner,  Mass. 
Ideal  Seating  Company,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
International  Seat  Corporation,  Union  City,  Ind. 
Irwin  Seating  Company,  Waters  Building,  159  Ottawa 

Avenue,  South  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
Kroehler  Manufacturing  Company,  Naperville,  111. 
National    Manufacturing    Company,    3205    East  26th 

Street,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


CHANCE  MAKERS 

OCCUPYING  LITTLE  space 

in  the  box  office,  modern  change  mak- 
ing machines  prevent  annoying  errors 
in  offering  change  to  a  patron  and  loss  to  tne 
theatre,  through  mistakes.  The  correct  change 
is  automatically  determined  upon  manipulation 
of  the  proper  keys,  and  is  delivered  into  a 
metal  cup,  from  which  it  is  easily  scooped. 
Not  only  greater  accuracy,  but  greater  speed 
in  handling  a  line  of  patrons  make  change- 
makers  a  box  office  requisite. 

For  attachment  to  cn^nge  makers  without 
such  provisions,  where  admission  taxes  in 
pennies  are  added  to  the  regular  price,  a  penny 
chute  is  available.  It  is  clamped  to  the  side  of 
the  change-maker  and  holds  about  150  pennies. 

Aero  Metal  Products  Corporation,  4704  West  Arthing- 

ton,  Chicago,  111. 
Brandt  Automatic  Cashier  Company,  Watertown,  Wis. 
GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214-22  W.  Madison 

Street,  Chicago,  IU. 


CHANGEOVER  AND 
CUEING  DEVICES 

switching  out  one  pic- 
ture projector  while  switching  in  the 
other  may  be  accomplished  in  various 
ways  according  to  the  several  types  of  devices 
available.  The  electrical  type  in  general,  per- 
forming its  functions  at  the  touch  of  a  switch 
(either  foot  or  hand),  cuts  off  the  light  by  a 
shutter  arrangement  while  opening  and  closing 
the  alternative  circuits.  There  is  also  a  me- 
chanical device  which  merely  cuts  off  the  light 
at  one  projection  port  while  opening  the  other. 

One  mechanism  that  employs  the  port  cutoff 
method  of  light  interruption,  is  electrically  op- 
erated and  includes  circuit  switching  means. 
One  of  the  electrical  changeovers  cutting  off 
the  light  at  the  aperture  also  provides  for  clos- 
ing the  speaker  circuit,  if  this  is  desired.  Yet 
another  electrical  device  cuts  off  the  light  by 
a  dissolving  shutter  mechanism  in  front  of  the 
projection  lens. 

Several  types  of  changeover  time  indicators 
are  available,  including  reel-end  alarm  bells  ac- 
tuated by  film  tension,  and  also  an  indicator 
not  attached  to  the  projection  mechanism  which 
operates  an  alarm  bell  actuated  by  a  clock 
mechanism  that  is  preset  according  to  a  run- 
ning time  dial.  (See  Reel  End  Alarms.) 

Marking  of  cue  signals  on  film  is  not  ap- 
proved of  (Standard  Release  Prints  have  neces- 
sary cues  when  in  proper  condition)  ;  however, 
for  those  emergency  occasions  when  cueing  the 
print  is  deemed  unavoidable,  there  is  a  simple 
marking  device  that  presses  small  circles  into 
the  film  with  minimum  damage. 

Clint  Phare  Products,   282   E.   214th   Street,  Euclid, 

Ohio,  (cueing  device). 
Dowser    Manufacturing    Company,    303    West  42nd 

Street,  New  York  City. 
Essannay  Electric  Manufacturing  Company,  438  North 

Clark  Street,  Chicago,  IU. 
Fontaine  Manufacturing  Corporation,   545  Fifth  Ave- 
nue, New  York  City. 
Forest   Manufacturing    Corporation,    60    Park  Place, 

Newark,  N.  J. 
GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214-22  W.  Madison 

Street,  Chicago,  111. 
International  Projector  Corporation,  88-96  Gold  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Wenzel  Projector  Company,  2509  South  State  Street, 

Chicago,  111. 


CLEANING  MATERIALS 
AND  IMPLEMENTS 

CLEANLINESS  THROUGH- 

out  the  public  areas  of  the  theatre,  and 
at  the  front  exterior  as  well,  is  of  course 
imperative  at  all  times,  and  to  reduce  the  time 
and  labor  cost  of  maintenance  are  many  clean- 
ing and  sanitation  aids  (see  also  Cleaning  Mech- 
anisms, Deodorants  and  Perfumes,  and  Disin- 
fectants) . 

The  list  of  such  products  is  a  long  one ;  to 
be  regarded  as  more  or  less  essential  for  the 


convenient  and  effective  maintenance  of  the 
theatre  are  a  variety  of  brushes,  including  those 
adopted  to  the  cleaning  of  corners,  behind  pro- 
jecting structural  elements,  etc;  corn  brooms, 
mops  and  mop  pails  with  dryers  (a  rubber  mop 
is  also  available  with  a  squeezing  device  incor- 
porated in  the  design)  ;  soft  dusting  and  polish- 
ing rags,  deck  brushes  for  washing  rubber  mats, 
terrazzo,  etc;  neutral  soap  and  detergents, 
sweeping  compound  for  floors  beneath  seating, 
wood  and  metal  polish,  carbon  tetrachloride, 
and  gum  remover.  So  that  patrons  themselves 
may  help  to  keep  the  theatre  clean,  sand  urns 
for  cigarette  butts,  gum  wrappers,  etc.,  should 
be  judiciously  distributed  throughout  the  lobby, 
foyer,  lounges  and  standee  area. 

Cleaning  implements  should  include  a  flexible 
rod,  commonly  called  a  "snake,"  for  opening  up 
clogged  toilets,  drainpipes,  etc.  The  easiest  to 
use  are  types  in  which  the  rod  coils  up  inside 
a  container  with  means  of  turning  the  rod  into 
the  pipe.  When  the  obstruction  has  been  re- 
moved, the  soiled  rod  is  wound  up  into  the 
container,  causing  no  mess. 

In  connection  with  cleaning  compounds,  care 
should  be  used  to  assure  use  of  a  compound 
which  requires  the  least  amount  of  time  and 
will  not  injure  the  surface. 

For  the  partial  or  complete  cleaning  of  car- 
peting and  other  fabrics  from  time  to  time 
(that  is,  dry  shampooing,  as  distinguished  from 
daily  vacuum  cleaning),  a  soapless  lather  is 
available,  which  may  easily  be  applied  with  a 
rubber  mop  or  similar  implement;  drying  re- 
quires but  an  hour  or  two.  A  powder  is  also 
obtainable  for  carpet  and  fabric  cleaning;  this 
is  sprinkled  on  small  areas  at  a  time  and  brushed 
in,  then  after  a  few  hours,  when  the  fabric  is 
entirely  dry,  the  residue  can  be  removed  with 
a  brush-type  vacuum  attachment.  Yet  another 
product  for  shampooing  carpet  on  the  floor  is  a 
compound  dissolved  in  a  small  amount  of  water 
and  applied  principally  with  a  rotary  machine 
and  removed  with  a  vacuum  cleaner. 

Safety  ladders  are  also  to  be  considered 
among  cleaning  as  well  as  equipment  servicing 
accessories  (see  Ladders,  Safety). 

Bigelow-Sanford  Carpet  Company,  140  Madison  Ave- 
nue, New  York  City. 

Carbona  Products  Company,  302-304  West  26th  Street, 
New  York  City. 

Clmton  Carpet  Company,  Merchandise  Mart,  Chicago, 

Fuld  Brothers,  702-710  South  Wolfe  Street,  Baltimore 
31,  Md. 

Kinner  Products  Company,  East  Broad  Street,  Patas- 
kala,  Ohio. 

The  Korex  Company,  523  West  Nine  Mile  Road,  Fern- 
dale  20,  Mich. 

Miller  Sewer  Rod  Company,  4642  North  Central  Ave- 
nue, Chicago  30,  111. 

Mathieson  Alkali  Works,  60  East  42nd  Street,  New 
York  17,  N.  Y. 

F.  A.  Niemeier  Chemical  Co.,  Loveland,  Ohio. 

O'Brien  Manufacturing  Company,  5016  N.  Austin 
Avenue,  Chicago  30,  111. 

F.  V.  Von  Schrader  Manufacturing  Company,  Racine, 
Wis. 


CLEANING  MECHANISMS 

ECONOMICAL     AND  safe 

cleaning  of  theatre  carpeting,  drapes, 
seating  fabrics,  etc.,  require  regular  and 
frequent  application  of  vacuum  cleaning  equip- 
ment. Carpeting,  for  example,  should  be  vacu 
um-cleaned  daily.  Vacuum  cleaners  may  be 
used  for  other  cleaning  jobs  around  the  theatre, 
such  as  blowing  dust  from  out-of-the-way  places, 
drying  wet  floors  and  carpeting,  and  so  on. 

Theatres  really  require  heavy-duty  vacuum 
cleaning  equipment.  Ordinary  domestic  type 
cleaners  are  useful  as  auxiliary  equipment,  but 
they  have  neither  the  endurance  nor  the  suction 
demanded  by  theatre  cleaning. 

Of  the  heavy-duty  equipment,  two  types  may 
be  regarded  as  specifically  adapted  to  theatre 
work.  One  is  the  central  system,  with  pipes 
leading  to  outlets  so  placed  as  to  provide  ac- 
cess at  least  to  all  public  areas  of  the  theatre. 
The  other  is  a  portable  type,  with  power  plant, 
suction  mechanism  and  dirt  disposal  equipment 
on  rollers,  to  which  equipment  the  hose  is  at- 
tached. Portable  models  are  available  with 
motor  and  suction  devices  detachable,  to  be 
used  as  a  hand  unit.  Theatres  require  a  hose 
length  in  portable  models  of  not  less  than  20 


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feet,  and  this  may  be  provided  in  two  sections, 
if  desired,  10-foot  lengths  being  connected  by  a 
brass  coupling.  Nozzles  and  brush  attachments 
are  available  with  both  central  and  portable 
types  for  every  kind  of  dry  pick-up,  and  also 
for  wet  pickup.  In  portable  units,  the  mechan- 
ism, with  attached  dust  bag,  should  not  weigh 
over  50  pounds  so  as  to  be  conveniently  carried 
on  stairs  and  in  seating  area. 

General    Electric    Company,    1285    Boston  Avenue, 

Bridgeport,  Conn. 
National  Super  Service  Company,   1946   North  13th 

Street,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Lamson  Company,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Spencer  Turbine  Company,  Hartford,  Conn. 


CONDENSERS  (LENSES) 

the  projection  con- 
denser is  located  between  the  lamphouse 
and  the  projector,  and  serves  to  focus  the 
light  on  the  aperture.  It  serves  a  similar  pur- 
pose in  spotlight  projection.  The  condenser  is 
a  single  glass  lens,  unmounted,  made  in  vari- 
ous shapes — moon  shape,  plan-o-convex,  bi-con- 
vex  and  meniscus.  The  diameters  of  projection 
condensers  range  from  2l/i  to  7J4  inches ;  of 
spotlight  condensers,  from  5  to  8  inches.  Focal 
lengths  for  theatre  work  runs  from  6J4  to  9y* 
inches. 

Bausch  &  Lomb  Optical  Company,  652  St.  Paul  Street, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Ilex    Optical   Manufacturing   Company,    720  Portland 

Street,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Kollmorgen    Optical    Company,    2    Franklin  Avenue, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Projection  Optics  Company,  Inc.,  330  Lyell  Avenue, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

• 

CUPS,  SANITARY 
FOR  DRINKING 

INDIVIDUAL   PAPER  CUps 

should  be  provided  for  patrons  even 
though  a  bubbler  fountain  is  installed. 
Some  patrons  much  prefer  cups  _  for  hygienic 
reasons.  Also,  if  penny  cup  dispensers  are 
used,  they  provide  a  source  of  extra  revenue. 

Dixie  Cup  Company,  Easton,  Pa. 

Lily-Tulip   Cup  Corporation,   122   East  42nd  Street, 
New  York  17,  N.  Y. 


CURTAIN  CONTROL 

smooth  and  silent 
opening  and  closing  of  curtains  are  ef- 
fected, either  from  backstage  or  from  the 
projection  room,  by  automatic  machines  that  op- 
erate at  the  touch  of  a  button.  The  curtain 
may  be  stopped  at  any  point  along  the  stage, 
or  its  motion  reversed  as  desired. 

Equipment  consists  of  electric  control  mech- 
anism for  controlling  travel  of  curtain.  A  motor 
and  special  gear  reduction  unit  are  employed  to 
operate  curtain  at  proper  speed.  Equipment  can 
be  furnished  so  that  curtain  control  unit  may 
"fly"  with  track  and  curtain.  A  special  track  is 
now  available  which  operates  curtain  around  a 
corner  having  radius.  This  permits  instal- 
lation of  curtains  in  front  of  screens  where  there 
is  not  enough  space  in  which  to  fold  them. 

Automatic  Devices  Company,  1035  Linden  Street, 
Allentown,  Pa. 

J.  R.  Clancy,  Inc.,  1010  West  Belden  Avenue,  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y. 

Vallen,  Inc.,  225  Bluff  Street,  Akron,  Ohio. 


CURTAINS  AND  STAGE  DRAPES 

curtains  usually  re- 
quired for  motion  picture  theatres  in 
which  stage  performances  are  not  regu- 
larly presented,  are  of  the  traveller  type  made 
up  in  such  fabrics  as  velour.  Asbestos  fireproof 
proscenium-opening  curtains  are  required  in 
some  States  and  all  the  larger  cities  in  theatres 
having  full  stage  facilities. 

Drapes  are  commonly  indicated  for  the  sides, 
and  across  the  top  of  the  proscenium  opening; 


the  extent  to  which  they  are  needed  is  of 
course  dependent  upon  the  design  of  the  proscen- 
ium area.  Velours  are  indicated  for  such  drapes 
also,  but  rayon-cotton  mixtures  and  similar 
fabrics  are  also  suitable. 

Companies  capable  of  supplying  these  ma- 
terials are  also  excellent  sources  of  drapes 
for  other  parts  of  the  theatre. 

Dazians,  Inc.,  142  West  44th  Street,  New  York  City. 
Flameproof  Chemical  Company,   Inc.,  61  West  19th 

Street,  New  York  City. 
Gilbert  Chemical  Sales  Company,  700  Lafayette  Street, 

Utica,  N.  Y. 

Johns-Manville  Corporation,  22  East  40th  Street,  New 
York  City. 

Maharam  Fabric  Corporation,  130  West  46th  Street, 
New  York  City. 

Novelty  Scenic  Studios,  Inc.,  3234  West  60th  St.,  New 
York  19,  N.  Y. 

Owens-Corning  Fiberglass  Corporation,  Nicholas  Build- 
ing, Toledo  1,  Ohio. 


Thortel   Fireproof   KaDncs,    101    Park  Avenue,  New 
York  City. 

I.  Weiss  &  Sons,  Inc.,  445  West  45th  Street,  New 
York  City. 


DEODORANTS  AND 
DISINFECTANTS 

in  theatres  not  hav- 
ing facilities  for  contending  with  sources 
or  disagreeable  odors  that  cannot  readily 
be  eradicated,  the  use  of  perfumes  especially 
prepared  for  such  conditions  is  often  indicated. 
Among  products  of  this  type  available  are 
liquid  perfumes  to  be  sprayed  before  and  be- 
tween performances ;  powders  that  may  be 
placed  in  ornamental  wall  holders  made  of  por- 


WARD  LEONARD 

RELAYS*  RESISTORS*  RHEOSTATS 

Electric  control  ■§#  devices  since  7892 


CONTROLLED 
LIGHTING 

FROM      FULL  BRIGHT" 
TO  'BLACKOUT" 

Electronic  "Hysterset"  Control  of  Reactance  Type 
Dimmers;  the  ultimate  in  refinement,  using  small 
space  and  miniature  controls. 

Autotransformer  "Autrastat"  Dimmers;  uniform 
flickerless  dimming  of  any  load  from  a  10  watt  lamp 
up  to  the  watt  capacity  of  the  dimmers. 

Resistance  "Vitrohm"  Dimmers;  continuous  Duty, 
light  weight,  110  step  dimmers  for  every  value  of 
lighting  load. 

Motorlite  and  Regulite  Dimming  Systems,  using 
small  reversible  motors  and  pilot  controls  for  remote 
operation  of  resistance,  auto-transformer,  and  re- 
actance type  dimmers. 

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ous  material ;  and  also  highly  aromatic  pellets, 
which  are  placed  in  a  small  receptacle  that 
clasps  on  an  incandescent  lamp,  the  heat  from 
the  lamp  evaporating  the  perfume  oil  in  the 
pellet.  All  of  these  deodorants  are  obtainable  in 
a  wide  variety  of  odors. 

Compounds  to  be  sprinkled,  sprayed  or  added 
to  cleaning  water  are  obtainable  under  a  number 
of  trade  names  and  in  various  strengths.  They 
are  requisite  to  the  proper  cleaning  of  toilet 
rooms. 

Solvent  for  scale  in  urinals  and  water  closet 
bowls  greatly  facilitate  the  thorough  cleansing 
of  such  equipment.  Paradicholorobenzene  crys- 
tals or  cakes  are  commonly  placed  in  the  basin 
of  urinals  or  in  nearby  evaporators  to  minimize 
the  disagreeable  odor. 

Fort-A-Cide  Sales  Company,  160  East  Illinois  Street, 

Chicago,  111. 
Lyndon  Products  Corporation,  Norwalk,  Conn. 
Miller  Protecto  Products  Company,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
West  Disinfecting  Company,  42-16  Barn  Street,  Long 

Island  City,  N.  Y. 

• 

DIMMERS 

THESE  ELECTRO-ME- 

chanical  devices  for  controlling  stage  and 
auditorium  illumination  permit  fading  out 
of  any  desired  set  of  lights  and  fading  in  of 

others.  They  are  necessary  to  the  production  of 
stage  lighting  effects  commonly  desired ;  their 
chief  application  to  motion  picture  theatres, 
however,  is  gradually  to  raise  or  lower  audi- 
torium illumination  before  and  after  perform- 
ances. 

Dimmers  are  available  in  types  and  capacities 
varying  according  to  purpose.  Resistance  types 
without  interlocking  features  are  suited  to  small 
circuits  subject  to  individual  control  (spotlight, 
floodlight,  etc.).  Interlocking  models  are  for 
multiple-circuit  installations  (as  needed  for 
complex  stage  lighting).  There  are  also  react- 
ance (electronic)  dimmers  for  installations  like 
the  latter. 

Autotransformer  dimmers  are  adapted  to 
simple  auditorium  house-lighting  circuits  ;  they 
may  be  installed  for  single-switch  remote  con- 
trol (as  from  the  projection  room),  or  be  bank- 
mounted  in  various  interlocking  assemblies  for 
flexible  control  of  a  number  of  circuits  (as  for 
illumination  of  different  colors  or  locations). 
Due  to  transformer  action,  dimming  is  smooth 
regardless  of  lamp  load. 

Dimming  of  cathode  type  light  sources 
("neon"  and  "slimline"  fluorescent)  is  possible 
with  equipment  especially  installed  for  this  pur- 
pose according  to  the  characteristics  of  the 
lighting  installation  (with  regular  dimming 
equipment,  a  flicker  effect  occurs  just  before 
the  blackout). 

Frank  Adam  Electric  Company,  3650  Windsor  Place, 

St.  Louis.  Mo. 
Culter-Hammer,  Inc.,  315  N.  12th  Street,  Milwaukee, 

Wis. 

General  Electric  Company,  1  River  Road,  Schenectady, 
N.  Y. 

Hub  Electrical  Corporation,  2227  West  Grand  Avenue, 
Chicago,  111. 

Kliegl  Bros.,   351    West   50th   Street,   New  York  19, 
N.  Y. 

Ward-Leonard  Electric  Company,  91  South  Street,  Mt. 

Vernon,  N.  Y. 
Westinghouse   Electric    Corporation,    East  Pittsburgh, 

Pa. 

• 

DISPLAY  FRAMES,  POSTER 

POSTER   FRAMES   built  tO 

desired  size  and  in  plain  or  moulded 
styles,  are  available  in  extruded  alumi- 
num, in  decorative  natural  wood  finish,  and  in 
metal-on-wood  (kalamein).  Extruded  aluminum 
frames  cost  most  (about  75%  more  than  na- 
tural wood),  but  they  require  practically  no 
maintenance,  are  not  affected  by  normal  settling 
of  the  building  wall,  and  last  indefinitely. 

All-wood  frames  are  obtainable  in  natural 
grains  (such  as  walnut  and  bleached  mahogany), 
with  or  without  a  protective  coat  of  clear  lac- 
quer ;  and  in  common  wood  lacquered  in  desired 
color. 

Kalamein  frames  may  be  had  with  finish  in 
stainless  steel,  chromium,  aluminum,  bronze  and 

other  metals,  also  in  plastic,  such  as  Formica. 
Recommended  lamping  is  that  which  is  con- 


cealed behind  the  frames,  with  distribution  such 
as  to  prevent  shadows  on  the  poster.  The  most 
efficient  type  of  lamp  for  the  purpose  is  the 
lumiline  {see  Lamps,  Incandescent  for  Theatre 
Lighting).  It  is  preferable  to  place  them  en- 
tirely around  the  poster  in  cases  40x60  inches 
or  larger ;  otherwise,  the  lamps  should  extend 
along  the  edges  of  greatest  dimension. 

Poster  frames  of  all  types  are  available  com- 
plete with  frames  mounted  on  veneer  case  ready 
for  installation  in  wall  recess  (the  most  desir- 
able method)  or  on  the  surface  of  the  wall. 

Ames  Metal  Moulding  Company,  Inc.,  225  East  144th 

Street,  New  York  City. 
Art     Metal    Manufacturing     Company,     1408  North 

Broadway,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Colonial  Sales  Corporation,  928  Broadway,  New  York 

City. 

Ben  B.  Poblocki  &  Sons,  Inc.,  2159  S.  Kinnickinnic 

Avenue,  Milwaukee  7,  Wis. 
Universal   Corporation,   6710   Denton   Avenue,  Dallas, 

Tex. 


EFFECT  MACHINES 

patterns  and  scenic  ef- 
fects with  or  without  animation  (such  as 
moving  clouds,  flames,  etc.)  are  ingeni- 
ously obtainable  with  these  special  light  projec- 
tion machines,  essentially  stereopticons,  em- 
ploying various  types  of  effect  slides  and  gela- 
tines. 

Backgrounds  for  stage  shows,  in  color,  can  be 
projected  and  changed  at  pleasure,  or  the  open- 
ing of  a  feature  picture  be  framed  in  color  or 
given  a  superimposed,  changing  pattern. 

Simple  and  relatively  inexpensive  spotlights, 
with  color  wheel  attachment,  are  also  available 
in  models  for  both  short  and  long  throws. 

Best  Devices  Company,  10516  Western  Avenue,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 

Brenkert  Light  Projection  Company,  6545  St.  Antoine 
Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich. 

The  GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214-22  W.  Madi- 
son Street,  Chicago,  111. 

Kliegl  Brothers,  321  W.  50th  Street.  New  York  City. 

• 

EXPLOITATION  MECHANISMS 

various  devices  are 
available  for  the  presentation  of  scenes 
from  a  current  attraction  or  special  ad- 
vertising stills  or  motion  pictures  in  the  vesti- 
bule or  lobby  of  the  theatre,  or  in  stores  and 
other  locations  for  which  suitable  arrangements 
can  be  made.  The  simplest  type  provides  for 
the  automatic  display  of  a  series  of  stills  or 
advertising  cards. 

More  impressive  is  the  showing  of  motion  pic- 
tures by  means  of  an  automatic  projector  mount- 
ed for  the  rear  projection  of  advance  trailers  or 
other  advertising  films  on  a  small  screen.  Such 
equipment  may  be  obtained  either  with  or  with- 
out sound  reproduction  facilities. 

Posters  can  be  quickly  and  conveniently  made, 
often  by  persons  of  little  or  no  training  in 
poster  art,  with  the  aid  of  a  poster  projetcor, 
which  enlarges  exploitation  material,  such  as 
that  in  press  books  and  other  accessories,  on 
the  poster  sheet,  in  the  original  colors,  and  the 
image  may  be  readily  sketched  or  painted  in. 

For  quick  and  easy  cutting  of  patterns  out 
of  paper,  composition  or  wooden  board,  in  mak- 
ink  atmospheric  lobby  displays,  etc.,  electric 
saws  are  available  designed  for  such  purposes. 

Best  Devices  Company,  10516  Western  Avenue,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 

GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214  West  Madison 
Street,  Chicago,  111. 

International  Register  Company,  2620  West  Washing- 
ton Street,  Chicago,  111. 

F.  D.  Kees  Mfg.  Co.,  P.  O.  Box  105,  Beatrice,  Nebr. 


FIRE  EXTINGUISHERS 

there  are  several  types 
of  fire  extinguishers  suitable  to  theatres 
— the  carbon  tetrachloride  extinguisher, 
the  soda-and-acid  mechanism,  the  foam  type 
and  the  portable  carbon  dioxide  hand  type. 
They  should  be  distributed  throughout  the  thea- 
tre in  accordance  with  the  directions  of  fire 


department  officials,  care  being  taken  that  any 
extinguisher  likely  to  be  used  in  the  presence 
of  electrical  apparatus  is  safe  for  that  purpose, 
and  not  capable  of  electrocuting  the  user. 

American  LaFrance  &  Foamite  Industries,  903  Erie, 

Elmira,  N.  Y. 
Neumade  Products  Corporation,  427  W.  42nd  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Pyrene  Manufacturing  Company,  560  Belmont  Avenue, 

Newark,  N.  J. 


FIRE  PREVENTION 
DEVICES,  PROJECTOR 

these  are  automatic 
dowsers  and  film-cutters  that  cut  off  pro- 
jection light  from  the  film  and  also  sever 
the  film  when  any  of  several  controls  installed 
on  the  projector  sets  the  device  into  operation. 
The  actuating  element  is  usually  a  fusible  link, 
which  melts  upon  ignition  of  the  film. 

Film   Treatizor    Corporation,    117    West   63rd  Street, 

New  York  23,  N.  Y. 
International  Projector  Corporation,  88-96  Gold  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Pyrene  Manufacturing  Company,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Red  Comet,  Inc.,  Red  Comet  Building,  Littleton,  Colo. 


FIRE  SHUTTERS, 
PROJECTION  ROOM 

FIREPROOF  SHUTTERS 

for  projection  room  ports  isolate  the 
projection  room  in  an  emergency  (by 
melting  of  fusible  links  in  case  of  fire),  operat- 
ing either  automatically  or  manually.  They 
minimize  ,  the  chance  of  panic  and  lower  insur- 
ance rates,  and  are  practically  always  required 
in  theatres  by  fire  regulations. 

A  special  switch  is  available  for  tripping  the 
port  shutters  by  electro-mechanical  action,  in- 
stead of  by  means  of  fusible  links,  and  at  the 
same  time  actuating  an  exhaust  fan  to  draw  the 
fumes  into  the  projection  room  ventilation  duct. 

Best  Devices  Company,  10516  Western  Avenue,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 

The  Trumbull  Electric  Manufacturing  Company,  Wood- 
ford Avenue,  Plainville,  Ohio. 


FLASHERS 

THESE  AUTOMATIC 

"switch"  devices  for  interrupting  inter- 
mittently the  flow  of  current  to  light 
sources,  supply  attention-arresting  animation  to 
electrical  displays  that  is  commonly  desirable 
for  marquee  decorative  schemes  and  exterior 
signs,  and  especially  so  when  the  theatre  front 
has  to  compete  with  electrical  displays  im- 
mediately surrounding  it. 

There  are  three  principal  types  of  flashers : 
drum  type  (which  has  been  generally  super- 
seded by  the  following  later  types),  mercury 
contact  type  (which  is  efficient  for  marquee 
and  sign  travelling  borders),  and  the  induction 
disc  type,  which  is  readily  adaptable  to  any 
type  of  display. 

France  Manufacturing  Company,   10325  Berea  Road 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Reynolds    Electric    Company,    2650    West  Congress 

Street,  Chicago,  111. 
Time-O-Matic,  Decatur,  111. 

• 

FLOOR  SURFACING 
MATERIALS,  COMPOSITION 

floor  surfacing  ma- 
terials suited  to  lobbies,  certain  foyer 
areas  (sometimes  in  conjunction  with 
woven  floor  coverings),  men's  lounges  (on  oc- 
casion, also  for  borders  in  women's  lounges, 
laid  flush  with  a  centrally  placed  rug)  toilet 
rooms  where  terrazzo  would  be  too  expensive 
and  similar  parts  of  the  theatre,  are  available 
in  several  composition  substances  and  forms. 
The  base  of  the  composition  may  be  cork 
(linoleum)  or  rubber  or  asphalt. 
Such  materials  are  obtainable  in  a  variety  of 


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patterns,  or  in  solid-color  tiles  to  be  laid  in  pat- 
terns, unless  it  is  preferred  to  have  the  floor- 
ing in  one  color. 

Composition  flooring,  preferably  in  a  battle- 
ship grey  without  design,  is  usually  recom- 
Lraended  for  projection  rooms,  being  less  tiring 
jto  the  projectionists  than  a  painted  concrete 
Boor. 

■Armstrong  Cork  Company,  Lancaster,  Pa. 
Congoleum-Nairn,  Inc.,  Kearny,  N.  J. 
I  Goodyear  Tire  &  Rubber  Company,   1144  E.  Market 

Street,  Akron,  Ohio. 
Tile-Tex   Company,   1232   McKinley  Avenue,  Chicago 

Height,  111. 

U.  S.  Rubber  Company,  1230  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York 
r1 ; ... 


FOUNTAINS  AND 
WATER  COOLERS 

drinking  water  foun- 
tains are  of  two  general  types  :  ( 1 )  com- 
plete water  coolers  (cabinets  with  Freon- 
12  refrigeration  equipment  enclosed  and  mounted 
with  bubblers;  and  (2)  ornamental  fountains, 
which  may  be  directly  connected  to  the  main 
where  water  is  available  at  suitable  temperatures 
(without  prolonged  running),  or  be  piped  to  a 
concealed  mechanical  refrigeration  unit.  (In 
some  cities,  among  them  New  York,  water  cool- 
ing equipment  must  be  isolated  from  patrons.) 

The  simplest  kinds  of  ornamental  fountains 
are  white  or  tinted  porcelain-finished  pedestals 
or  wall  bowls,  the  latter  sometimes  being  in- 
corporated with  mirror  or  tile  ornamentation  on 
the  wall  or  in  a  niche.  Also  available  are  deco- 
rative fountains  complete  with  lighting  provi- 
sions. Most  fountains  may  also  be  adapted  to 
photocell  actuation  (see  Photoelectric  Cell 
Mechanisms  for  Doors  and  Fountains}. 

Cabinet  fountains,  or  water  coolers,  are  ob- 
tainable in  finishes  adapted  to  public  areas  of 
theatres  where  decorative  considerations  are  not 
of  first  importance.  The  usual  models  for  this 
purpose  are  approximately  a  foot  and  a  half 
square  and  about  40  inches  high,  built  of  steel 
with  baked  enamel  finish  in  a  limited  choice  of 
colors,  and  equipped  with  either  a.  c.  or  d.  c. 
motors  for  plugging  directly  into  a  power  line 
outlet.  To  supply  cooled  water  to  an  ornamental 
fountain,  a  unit  of  this  type  may  be  placed  in  a 
closet  or  comparable  nearby  compartment  and 
piped  to  the  fountain. 

To  assure  sufficient  drinking  water  where 
cooling  is  necessary,  the  equipment  should  de- 
liver a  gallon  per  hour  for  every  hundred  of 
seating  capacity,  and  have  storage  provisions  for 
several  gallons. 

The  Crane  Company,  836  South  Michigan  Avenue, 
Chicago,  111. 

The  Ebco  Manufacturing  Company,  401  West  Town 

Street,  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Friedley-Voshardt    Company,    761-771    Mather  Street, 

Chicago,  111. 

General  Electric  Company,  5  Lawrence  Street,  Bloom- 
field,  N.  J. 

Newman  Brothers,  Inc.,  660  West  Fourth  Street,  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 

Rundle-Spence  Manufacturing  Company,  52  Second 
Street,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

B.  F.  Sturtevant  Co.,  Inc.,  Div.  of  Westinghouse 
Electric  Corp.,  Hyde  Park,  Mass. 

Sunroc  Refrigeration  Company,  Glen  Riddle,  Pa. 

The  Halsey  W.  Taylor  Company.  Warren,  Ohio. 

The  Voigt  Company,  1649  N.  Broad  Street,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 


FURNITURE  FOR 
FOYERS  AND  LOUNGES 

FURNITURE  DURABLE 

enough  to  be  practicable  for  theatre  foyer 
and  lounge  areas  is  obtainable  today  in  a 
variety  of  styles,  in  both  metal  and  wood. 

Metal  furniture,  which  is  markedly  durable, 
is  available  in  chromium,  stainless  steel  and 
aluminum,  with  dull  or  glossy  finish.  Chairs 
and  settees  may  be  of  very  simple  design,  and 
accordingly  very  inexpensive ;  or  they  may  be 
of  the  fully  upholstered  type,  with  coil-spring 
cushions  (feather  or  down  cushions  are  not  in- 
dicated for  theatres  because  they  do  not  return 
to  shape).  Metal  tables,  having  burn-resistant 
composition  tops  (or  tops  of  glass  or  some 
phenolic  like  Formica)    are  particularly  in- 


dicated for  cosmetic  rooms,  along  with  small 
chairs  to  match.  Neither  these,  nor  metal  oc- 
casional and  end  tables  are  necessarily  out  of 
place  in  a  room  otherwise  having  non-metallic 
furniture,  especially  when  the  wood  furniture  is 
of  definitely  modern  design  (like  so-called 
"Swedish  modern"). 

Wood  furniture  may  of  course  be  selected 
from  the  better-built  pieces  adapted  to  home 
living  rooms,  but  to  be  really  practicable  these 
should  be  merely  of  wood  construction,  with 
the  frame  fully  covered  in  durable  fabric  (elim- 
inating armrests,  feet,  etc.,  in  woods  like  wal- 
nut or  mahogany).  Moderately  priced  wood 
furniture  of  sturdy  construction  which  is  suited 
to  theatres  quite  as  well  as  to  homes  is  that  of 
birch  and  maple,  which  may  be  obtained  in 
novel  "modern"  designs,  and  also  in  rustic  or 
Early  American  styles,  with  "wheat"  (pale 
yellow)  or  the  darker  maple  finish. 

(For  foyer  and  lounge  furniture  fabrics,  see 
Upholstering  Materials.} 

Doehler  Metal  Furniture  Company,  Inc.,  192  Lexing- 
ton Avenue,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Heywood-Wakefield  Company,  Gardner,  Mass. 

Kroehler  Manufacturing  Company,  Naperville,  111. 

Royal  Metal  Manufacturing  Company,  175  North 
Michigan  Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 

Warren  McArthur,  No.  1  Park  Avenue,  New  York 
City. 

• 

HEARING  AIDS 

these  receiving  in- 
struments (phones)  either  of  air  conduc- 
tion or  bone  conduction  type,  to  assist 
patrons  whose  hearing  is  impaired,  solicit  the 
patronage  of  deafened  people  and  help  to  create 
goodwill  among  not  only  them  but  their  friends 
and  relatives.  From  five  to  ten  outlets  (two 
seats  served  by  one  outlet)  are  usually  con- 
sidered sufficient.  The  receivers  are  plugged 
into  suitable  outlet  boxes  permanently  mounted 
and  wired  in  selected  seating  locations.  In- 
dividual volume  controls  which  the  patrons  can 
adjust  at  will,  may  be  provided  either  on  the 
outlet  boxes  or  on  the  cord  leading  to  the  re- 
ceiver. 

Sound  may  be  taken  from  the  main  theatre 
system,  either  directly  or  through  an  auxiliary 
amplifier,  or  may  be  picked  up  via  microphone 
from  the  screen  speakers  and  passed  through  a 
low-power  amplifier  that  is  part  of  the  hearing 
aid  system. 

Acousticon  Division  of  Dictograph  Products  Company, 

Inc..  580  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
RCA  Victor  Division  of  Radio  Corporation  of  America, 

Camden,  N.  J. 
Sonotone   Corporation,   Elmsford,   N.  Y. 
Trimm    Radio    Manufacturing    Company,    1770  West 

Berteau  Avenue.  Chicago,  111. 
Western  Electric  Company,  195  Broadway,  New  York 

City. 

Zenith  Radio  Corporation,  680  North  Michigan  Avenue, 
Chicago,  111. 


HEATING  SYSTEMS 
AND  ACCESSORIES 

HEATING   SYSTEMS  Used 

in  the  theatre  present  different  require- 
ments from  those  of  other  public  buildings 
because  of  the  concentration  of  occupants  in 
the  auditorium,  and  the  wide  variation  in  the 
number  that  may  be  present  at  any  given  time. 

Heat  distributing  systems  are  of  two  general 
kinds,  those  using  standard  steam  or  hot  water 
radiators  or  convection  type  units,  and  those 
circulating  masses  of  warmed  air  through  a 
ventilating  system.  The  later  may  of  course  be 
part  of  a  complete  air  conditioning  svstem  (see 
Air-Conditioning  and  Ventilating  Equipment). 

Oil  and  gas  are  preferable  as  the  fuel  where 
automatic  control  is  provided  in  the  system  and 
when  their  cost  is  comparable  to  that  "of  coal. 
With  coal,  automatic  stokers  reduce  labor  and 
insure  efficient  use  of  fuel. 

It  is  a  measure  of  economy  In  some  theatres 
having  air-conditioning  for  the  auditorium,  pos- 
sibly also  for  the  foyer,  or  a  ventilation  system 
for  the  auditorium,  to  use  unit  heaters  for  other 
divisions,  such  as  lounges  and  toilet  rooms, 
lobby,  manager's  office,  etc. 


Unit  heaters  are  obtainable  for  connection  to 
existing  steam  systems,  or  they  may  be  in- 
dividually heated  by  gas.  Also,  they  are  avail- 
able for  exposed  installation  as  well  as  for 
concealed  locations. 

American  Heating  &  Ventilating  Company,  1505  Race 

Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
American  Radiator  Company,  40  W.  40th  Street,  No, 

York  City. 

Fedders  Manufacturing  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
General  Electric  Company,  5  Lawrence  Street,  Bloom- 
field,  N.  J. 

Hook  Mfg.  Company,  Sharpsburg  Station,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 

Kewanee  Boiler  Corporation,  1858  S.  Western  Avenue, 
Chicago,  111. 

May  Oil  Burner  Corporation,   Maryland  Avenue  and 

Oliver,  Baltimore,  Md. 
McQuay,   Inc.,   1600  Broadway,   N.   E.,  Minneapolis, 

Minn,  (heat  transfer  coils). 
Mueller  Furnace  Company,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Petroleum  Heat  &  Power  Company,  Stamford,  Conn. 
Sarco  Company,  Inc.,  183  Madison  Avenue,  New  York 

City. 

Skinner  Heating  &  Ventilating  Company,  Inc.,  1948-60 

N.  9th  Street,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation,  Mansfield,  Ohio. 

UNIT  HE  A  TERS 

American  Blower  Corporation,  6001-09  Russel  Street, 

Detroit,  Mich. 
Automatic  Gas  Steam  Radiator  Company,  301  Brush  tor 

Avenue,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
The  Bryant  Heater  Company,  17820  St.  Clair  Avenue, 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Buffalo  Forge  Company,  465  Broadway,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Burnham  Boiler  Corporation,  Irvington,  N.  Y. 
Grinnell  Company,  Inc.,  260  W.  Exchange,  Providence, 

R.  I.. 

Ilg  Electric  Ventilating  Company,  2850  N.  Crawford 
Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 

McQuay,  Incorporated,  1600  Broadway,  N.  E.,  Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 

Modine  Manufacturing  Company,  Heating  Division, 
Racine,  Wis. 

Surface   Combustion    Corporation,   Thomas   and  Dorr 

Streets,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
The  Trane  Company,  La  Crosse,  Wis. 
Unit  Heater  &  Cooler  Company,  Murray  Boulevard, 

Wausau,  Wis. 
L.   J.   Wing   Manufacturing   Company,   154   W.  14th 

Street,  New  Yorkl  City. 


INTERCOMMUNICATING 
HOUSE  PHONES 

to  insure  the  man- 
ager's control  over  every  department  of 
theatre  operation,  and  efficient  co-ordina- 
tion of  the  activities  of  different  departments, 
suitable  methods  of  signal  or  communication  are 
indispensable.  The  simplest  are  mere  buzzer 
systems,  as  sometimes  used,  for  example,  to 
advise  the  projection  staff  that  a  change  in 
sound  volume  is  necessary,  but  the  limitations 
of  the  buzzer  do  not  allow  different  departments 
to  report  to  the  management  or  permit  com- 
munication of  any  but  the  simplest  instructions. 

House  phones  for  more  effective  interdepart- 
ment  contact  are  used  by  most  theatres.  They 
range  in  design  from  simple,  two-station  com- 
municating lines  to  elaborate  dial  systems  by 
which  any  station  can  make  contact  with  any 
other. 

Loud-talking  systems,  consisting  essentially  in 
distant-pickup  with  any  other  microphones  and 
miniature  speakers  are  also  adopted  to  theatre 
intercommunication. 

Connecticut    Telephone    &    Electric    Corporation,  70 

Britannia  Street,  Meriden,  Conn. 
S.  H.  Couch,  Inc.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Dictograph  Products  Company,  Inc.,  580  Fifth  Avenue, 

New  York  City. 
Philco  Radio  &  Television  Corporation,  Philadelphia, 

Pa. 

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LADDERS,  SAFETY 

the  safety  ladder  min- 
imizes the  risk  of  accident  and  of  law 
suits  arising  from  accidents  occurring 
while  lamps  are  being  replaced,  attraction  board 
letters  changed,  etc.  It  is  thus  a  safeguard  both 
to  employer  and  employe.  Sizes  range  from  3 
to  16  feet. 

American  Ladder  Company,  3700  West  38th  Street, 
Chicago,  111. 

Dayton-Harker  Company,  2337  Gilbert  Avenue,  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 

M  &  M  Manufacturing  Company,  7517  Hamilton 
Avenue,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Reynolds  Corporation,  1400  Wabansia  Avenue,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 


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LAMPS,  A.C.  PROJECTION  ARC 

carbon  arc  projection 
lighting  equipment  is  available  for  the  use 
of  alternating  instead  of  direct  current. 
A  component  of  the  equipment  is  a  rotary  trans- 
former which  alters  60-cycle  line  current  to  a 
frequency  of  96  (twice  that  of  shutter)  for  sup- 
plying the  arc.  The  trim  is  7-mm.  x  14  suprex 
positive  carbon,  unrotated. 

C.  S.  Ashcraft  Manufacturing  Company,  36-38  Stein- 
way  &  Northern  Boulevard,  Long  Island  City,  N.  Y. 


LAMPS,  D.C.  PROJECTION  ARC 

PROJECTION     ARCS  of 

high-intensity  characteristics  for  35  mm. 
film  for  operation  on  direct  current  are 
of  two  general  classes— condenser  and  reflector 
types. 

Condenser  type  high-intensity  projection  arc 
lamps  specifically  adapted  to  theatres  are  those 
operating  at  120  to  170  amperes,  and  68  to  78 
volts. 

The  reflector  type  arc,  or  Simplified  High- 
Intensity  Arcs,  are  adapted  to  medium-sized 
theatres  and  are  operated  at  currents  ranging 
from  42  to  65  amperes,  and  31  to  40  volts  at 
the  arc.  Carbon  combinations  are  7  mm.  posi- 
tive and  6  mm.  and  7  mm.  negative  for  from 
42  to  45  amperes ;  8  mm.  positive,  7  mm.  nega- 
tive for  from  56  to  65  amperes. 

Designed  to  replace  the  low-intensity  arc 
with  a  high-intensity  light  source  in  the  smaller 
theatres,  the  "One-Kilowatt"  arc  employs  _  a 
cored  negative  carbon  specifically  made  to  give 
smooth  operation  at  very  low  current  densities, 
with  operation  at  40  amperes,  27^4  volts,  or 
about  1  kilowatt  at  the  arc. 

For  16  mm.  projection  lamps,  the  high- 
intensity  arcs  operate  at  30  amperes,  28  volts  on 
6  mm.  positive  and  5.5  mm.  negative  carbons. 

The  manufacturers  listed  below  make  equip- 
ment for  the  application  of  any  of  these  arcs. 

C.  S.  Ashcraft  Manufacturing  Company,  36-38  Stein- 
way  &  Northern  Blvd.,  Long  Island  City,  N.  Y. 

The  Ballantyne  Company,  1707-11  Davenport  Street, 
Omaha,  Nebr. 

Brenkert  Light  Projection  Company,  6545  St.  Antoine 
Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Forest  Manufacturing  Corporation,  60  Park  Place, 
Newark,  N.  J. 

J.  E.  McAuley  Manufacturing  Company,  554  West 
Adams  Street,  Chicago,  111. 

Morelite  Co.,  Inc.,  600  West  57th  Street,  New  York 
City. 

National  Theatre  Supply  Division  of  National  Simplex- 
Bludworth,  Inc.,  92  Gold  Street,  New  York  City. 

The  Strong  Electric  Corporation,  87  City  Park  Avenue, 
Toledo,  Ohio. 


LAMPS,  INCANDESCENT 
FOR  PROJECTION 

INCANDESCENT  LAMPS 

for  theatre  motion  picture  projection  are 
characterized  by  a  high  degree  of  source 
concentration  and  relatively  high  wattage.  The 
most  effective  lamp  for  this  purpose — the  2,100- 
watt,  60-volt  T-24  bulb — is  designed  for  lower 
voltage  to  secure  additional  source  concentra- 
tion. Hence  a  transformer  with  voltage-regulat- 
ing characteristics  is  required.  This  lamp  pro- 
vides fair  illumination  for  images  up  to  16  feet 
wide  at  throws  not  to  exceed  100  feet. 

There  are  also  available,  1,000-watt  prefocus 
base,  and  1,500-watt  bipost  base,  100-120  volt, 
T-20  bulb  lamps  employing  the  biplane  filament 
construction.  This  construction  makes  possible 
relatively  high  source  concentration  for  lamps 
operating  at  ordinary  circuit  voltages  and  thus 
saves  the  cost  of  auxiliary  apparatus. 

For  portable  35-mm.  motion  picture  projectors 
there  are  the  500-watt  monoplane-filament,  and 
the  750-watt  and  1,000-watt  biplane  filament 
lamps  in  T-20  bulbs  with  medium-prefocus 
bases.  The  750-watt  and  1,000-watt  require 
forced  ventilation. 

Another  type  of  1,000-watt  projection  lamp 
designed  to  burn  base  down  gives  considerably 
greater  output  of  light,  and  does  not  require  the 
inclusion  of  anti-blackening  electric  grids  in- 
ternally. 


For  stereopticon  projectors  there  are  a  500- 
watt  short  T-20,  medium-prefocus  base  projec- 
tion lamp,  and  a  1,000-watt  long  T-20  bulb, 
mogul-prefocus  base  lamp.  Both  are  of  the  100- 
120  volt  type  and  employ  monoplane  filaments. 

General  Electric  Company,  Incandescent  Lamp  De- 
partment, Nela  Park,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Radiant  Lamp  Corporation,  260  Sherman  Avenue, 
Newark,  N.  J. 

Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation,  Lamp  Division, 
Bloomfield,  N.  J. 


LAMPS,  INCANDESCENT 
FOR  THEATRE  LIGHTING 

GENERAL  SERVICE  lamps 

— available  in  sizes  from  15  to  1,500  watts 
— serve  the  majority  of  lighting  applica- 
tions in  and  around  theatres.  Except  for  the 
tubular  bulb  bipost  lamps,  all  are  designed  for 
burning  in  any  position ;  all  are  available  with 
inside-frosted  finish  to  diffuse  the  light,  to  elim- 
inate filament  striations,  and  to  produce  a 
smoother  lighting  effect.  The  frosting  absorbs 
little  light — in  fact,  inside-frosted  and  clear 
lamps  (clear  lamps  are  regularly  available  in 
sizes  above  100  watts)  have  the  same  rating 
in  light  output. 

Inside-colored  lamps  for  sign  and  decorative 
service :  The  general  service  lamps  mentioned 
above  are  suitable  for  enclosed  lamp  signs  and 
luminous  displays  where  protected  from  rain  and 
snow.  For  outdoor  exposed  applications,  a  line 
of  vacuum  lamps  from  6  to  50  watts  is  available 
in  frosted  and  inside-colored  types. 

Outside-colored  lamps:  Several  sizes  of  out- 
side-colored lamps  are  also  listed  in  round  and 
flame-shaped  bulbs. 

Lumiline  lamps  are  available  in  clear,  inside- 
frosted  and  in  colors  and  in  30  and  60  watts 
(length  17%  inches)  and  40  watts  (length 
11%  inches).  These  tubular  lamps  have,  by 
their  physical  shape,  introduced  new  concepts 
of  decorative  lighting  design.  They  may  be 
used  exposed  or  in  narrow  reflecting  and 
shielding  equipment.  The  standard  colors  are 
white,  straw,  orange,  moonlight  blue,  emerald 
and  surprise  pink. 

This  new  light  source  operates  on  different 
principles  than  does  the  familiar  incandescent 
lamp.  The  luminous  element  is  not  a  glowing 
filament,  but  rather  a  glowing  phosphor,  a 
chemical  coated  to  the  inside  wall  of  the  glass 
tube,  glowing  under  the  bombardment  of  short 
wavelength  ultraviolet  radiation  from  the  mer- 
cury arc  discharge.  Electric  energy  is  fed  in- 
to the  arc  through  two  electrodes  in  the  form 
of  coated  wire  filaments.  This  construction 
permits  lower  starting  voltages  by  heating  these 
filaments  and  thus  ionizing  the  mercury  vapor. 
After  starting  this  filament,  heating  current  is 
not  required,  as  the  filaments  are  heated  by  the 
action  of  the  arc. 

The  high  efficiency  of  fluorescent  lamps  in 
producing  colored  light  has  opened  entirely  new 
vistas  in  theatre  lighting.  The  following 
"whites"  and  colors  are  currently  available  in 
most  sizes:  3500°  white,  4500°  white,  6500° 
daylight  white,  soft  white,  pink,  gold,  blue, 
green,  red. 

Fluorescent  lamps  (often  referred  to  as  F- 
lamps)  are  now  available  in  straight  tubes  of 
the  following  sizes : 


for  F-lamps.  The  sizes  of  Slimline  currently 
available  are : 

Ballast 


Length 

Diameter 

Wattage 

9  inches 

inch 

6 

12  inches 

%  inch 

8 

21  inches 

¥z  inch 

13 

15  inches 

XYz  inches 

14 

18  inches 

1  or  V/2  inches 

15 

24  inches 

V/i  inches 

20 

36  inches 

1  inch 

30 

48  inches 

lJ-2  inches 

40 

60  inches 

2Ms  inches 

100 

Length 
42  inches 

64  inches 

72  inches 

96  inches 


Diameter 
%  inch 

%  inch 

1  inch 

1  inch 


Wattage  Amperage 


16 

25 
24 
39 
22 
38 
29 
51 


0.1 
0.2 
0.1 
0.2 
0.1 
0.2 
0.1 
0.2 


Slimline  fluorescent  lamps  are  a  later  type, 
similar  to  the  F-lamps,  but  with  instant  start- 
ing made  possible  by  a  new  cathode  which  does 
not  require  preheating.  In  addition,  the  Slim- 
line ballasts  are  offered  in  two  currents,  0.1  and 
0.2  amperes ;  thus  giving  a  choice  of  two 
brightnesses  for  each  of  these  lamps.  The  same 
colors  will  be  made  available  as  noted  above 


Circline  lamps,  fluorescent  lamps  of  circular 
shape,  are  useful  for  decorative  effects,  such  as 
mirror  lighting  in  the  lounge.  Only  white  lamps 
of  12  inches  diameter  in  \l/2  inches  size  tubing 
are  available.  %]/2  inches  and  16  inches  are 
now  in  development. 

The  Projector  lamps  are  provided  with  spot 
and  flood  lens  cover  glasses  which  produce 
narrow  and  wide  beams  respectively.  These 
lamps  differ  from  the  usual  type  filament  lamps 
in  that  they  contain  their  own  reflecting  sur- 
face, which  is  hermetically  sealed  within  the 
lamp,  providing  high-intensity  beam  of  light 
for  supplementary  lighting.  They  are  made  of 
rugged,  heat  resisting  glass  and  are  suitable 
for  service  inside  and  outdoors.  They  are 
equipped  with  medium  screw  bases  to  fit  regu- 
lar sockets,  PAR  38  bulbs  and  are  available 
in  the  150-watt  size. 

The  Reflector  spot  and  flood  lamps  also  have 
built-in,  mirror-like  surfaces ;  however,  they 
are  made  of  ordinary  glass  and  must  be  pro- 
tected from  the  weather.  Like  the  projector 
lamps,  the  spot  type  has  a  narrow  light  dis- 
tribution of  high  intensity  and  the  flood,  a 
wide-beam  distribution.  They  are  equipped 
with  medium  screw  bases  to  fit  regular  sockets, 
R-40  bulbs  and  are  available  in  150,  200,  and 
300-watt  sizes.  {See  also  Black  Light  Mate- 
rials and  Lighting  Equipment.) 

General  Electric  Company,  Incandescent  Lamp  Depart- 
ment, Nela  Park,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Radiant  Lamp  Corp.,  260  Sherman  Avenue,  Newark, 
N.  J. 

Wabash  Appliance  Corporation,  331-335  Carroll  Street, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Westinghouse    Electric    Corporation,    Lamp  Division, 

Bloomfield,  N.  J. 


LAMPS,  P.  E.  CELL  EXCITER 

these  lamps  provide 
the  light  which,  interrupted  or  varied  by 
the  sound  track,  actuates  the  photoelectric 
cell  and  initiates  the  process  of  sound  repro- 
duction. 

General  Electric  Company,  Incandescent  Lamp  Depart- 
ment, Nela  Park,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

RCA  Victor  Division  of  Radio  Corporation  of  America, 
Camden,  N.  J. 

Western  Electric  Company,  195  Broadway,  New  York 
City. 

Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation,  Lamp  Division, 
Bloomfield,  N.  J. 


LENSES,  PROJECTION 

there  are  two  general 
classes — the  condenser  lens,  which  focuses 
the  projection  light  on  the  aperture  (See 
Condensers)  ;  and  the  objectives.  The  latter 
are  commonly  referred  to  as  the  projection 
lenses ;  they  focus  the  light  upon  the  screen. 
They  are  made  in  four  standard  diameters, 
with  focal  length  as  determined  by  the  size  of 
the  screen  image  desired,  and  its  distance  from 
the  projector. 

Knowing  these  factors,  the  supply  dealer  or 
the  lens  manufacturer  readily  determines  the 
focal  length  required.  In  ordering  projection 
lenses,  one  should  also  name  the  type  of  light 
source,  projection  angle  and  the  make  and  model 
of  the  projector. 

Stock  focal  lengths  are  usually  in  quarter 
sizes  from  3  to  7  inches,  7%  and  8  inches. 

In  addition  to  the  regular  optical  glass  pro- 
jection lenses  corrected  for  color  and  flatness 
of  field,  so  called  "coated"  lenses  are  available. 
They  differ  in  that  the  optical  components  have 


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BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


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Permit  billing  space  of  any  height  and  length.  Lamps,  neon  and  glass, 
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inner  and  outer  surfaces  chemically  treated  so 
as  to  effect  a  certain  disintegration  of  surface 
and  a  resultant  film  or  "coating"  of  pure  silica. 

Focus  is  also  sharpened  by  such  coating. 

Bausch  &  Lomb  Optical  Company,  652  St.  Paul  Street, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Ilex  Optical  Manufacturing  Company,   726  Portland 

Avenue,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Kollmorgen    Optical    Company,    2    Franklin  Avenue, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Projection  Optics  Company,  Inc.,  330  Lyell  Avenue, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Wollensak    Optical   Company,    850    Hudson  Avenue, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

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LENS  ASSEMBLIES,  SOUND 

optical  units  are  com- 
posed of  lenses  or  lenses  and  prisms,  and 
include  either  a  slit  opening  or  a  wedge- 
shaped  prism,  by  means  of  which  the  exciting 
light  of  the  sound  system  is  lucussea  on  the 
sound  track,  and  reduced  to  the  height  deter- 
mined by  the  smallest  frequency  to  be  repro- 
duced. 

Bausch  &  Lomb  Optical  Company,  652  St.  Paul  Street, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Ilex  Optical  Manufacturing   Company,   726  Portland 

Avenue,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Kollmorgen    Optical    Company,    2    Franklin  Avenue, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Projection  Optics  Company,  Inc.,  330  Lyell  Avenue, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Wollensak    Optical    Company,    850    Hudson  Avenue, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 


LETTERS  AND  FRAMES  FOR 
ATTRACTION  ADVERTISING 

for  advertising  the  cur- 
rent program  in  luminous  display  on  a 
marquee  or  adjoining  location,  changeable 
letter  equipment  is  available  in  frame  design  and 
in  styles  and  sizes  of  letters  and  accessories  that 
allow  forceful  as  well  as  highly  legible  an- 
nouncements. Modern  practice  predominantly 
employs  lighted  white  backgrounds  with  black 
aluminum  silhouette  or  translucent  colored 
plastic  letters. 

Frames  designed  to  fit  into  marquee  or  com- 
parable structures,  with  white  translucent  glass 
panels,  variously  provide  for  convenient  serv- 
icing of  the  lamp  box  and  for  attachment  of 
letters.  In  all,  however,  bars  for  letter  attach- 
ment are  spaced  7  inches  and  all  letters  (above 
4-inch  types)  are  designed  to  fit  interchange- 
ably. Regular  sizes  (though  plastic  letters  have 
not  yet  been  produced  in  all  of  them)  are  8,  10, 
12,  16  or  17,  24  and  30  inches.  Four-inch  letters 
are  attached  by  means  of  a  special  interlinear 
frame.  Plastic  letters  are  obtainable  in  red,  blue 
and  green,  and  other  colors  may  be  had  to 
order.  Aluminum  silhouette  letters  in  color  are 
also  available. 

Advertising  accessories  include  pictorial  trans- 
parencies (such  as  star  portraits)  and  clip-on 
plastic  colored  letters  for  interior  signs  (such 
as  coming  attraction  displays). 

Additionally,  the  opal  glass  letters  (luminous 
letters  on  black  metallic  backgrounds)  once 
generally  used  for  attraction  advertising,  are 
still  available,  largely  on  special  order. 

Adler   Silhouette   Letter   Company,   3021    West  36th 

Street,  Chicago  32,  111. 
Continental  Signs,  Inc.,  550  East  170th  Street,  New 

York  City,  (opal  glass  letters). 
Falk  Glass  Products  Company,  5  Union  Square,  West, 

New  York  City. 
Theatre  Specialties,  Inc.,  1963  South  Vermont  Avenue, 

Los  Angeles,  Calif. 
Wagner  Sign  Service,   Inc.,   218  S.   Hoyne  Avenue, 

Chicago,  111. 

LIGHTING,  ARCHITECTURAL 
AND  FOR  PUBLIC  AREAS 

in  addition  to  the  part 
that  sign  and  marquee  play  on  the  archi- 
tectural effect  of  the  theatre  facade,  light 
may  effectively  contribute  to  the  front  design, 
maintaining  its  daytime  values  after  dark,  or 
even  adding  to  them,  by  flooding  the  entire 
upper  front,  or  parts  of  it,  by  means  of  reflector 
sources  on  the  roof  of  the  marquee;  by  outlin- 


ing architectural  features  with  neon  or  lumiline 
lamps ;  by  creating  panels  or  stripings  of  light 
by  means  of  neon  or  lumiline  or  regular  lamp 
sources  concealed  behind  architectural  struc- 
tures, and  so  on  to  the  limit  of  the  ingenuity 
of  the  designer. 

For  the  public  areas  of  the  interior,  lighting 
facilities  are  to  be  divided  into  two  general 
classifications — (1)  bitilt-in  sources,  and  (2) 
fixtures. 

Built-in  sources  include  coves  and  troughs, 
recessed  light  boxes  (usually  having  a  diffusing 
device,  like  concentric  louver-rings,  or  covered 
with  flush-set  panels  of  translucent  glass  with 
or  without  diffusing  ribs),  and  so-called  down- 
lights,  consisting  in  ceiling  reflectors  or  pro- 
jectors behind  tiny  apertures  in  the  ceiling, 
with  the  light  beam  directed  to  cover  precisely 
a  prescribed  area. 

Both  classes  of  light  sources  are  suited  to 
modern  interior  treatments;  indeed,  even 
though  built-in  sources  be  used  in  the  audi- 
torium, or  perhaps  the  foyer  as  well,  fixtures 
may  serve  the  needs  of  the  lobby,  or  the  lounge 
more  economically.  Either  method,  of  course, 
may  well  be  used  throughout  the  interior,  for 
each  embraces  a  vast  array  of  practicable  de- 
vices for  efficient  illumination  and  effective 
decoration. 

Modern  fixtures  are  available  in  stock  de- 
signs of  great  variety — bracket  or  pylon  lumin- 
aires,  flush-type  ceiling  drums  and  boxes,  sus- 
pended troughs,  ceiling  bowls,  wall  urns,  etc., 
constructed  of  metal  or  glass  or  both,  variously 
ornamented  in  the  same  materials,  in  direct, 
indirect  and  direct-indirect  types,  or  with  light 
emission  through  decorative  louvers,  in  sizes  to 
suit  every  location,  and  at  prices  to  make  mod- 
ern luminaires  accessible  to  theatres  of  the  most 
modest  budgets.  Specially  designed  luminaires 
are  obtainable  at  relatively  moderate  cost. 

While  incandescent  lamps  (as  distinguished 
from  the  gas  tube  sources  generally  referred  to 
as  neon)  are  more  flexibly  adapted  to  theatre 
interior  illumination,  and  also  have  maintenance 
advantages,  neon  has  its  interior  applications, 
confined  largely  to  cove  and  trough  lighting. 

(For  data  on  color  lighting  and  further  in- 
formation on  light  sources  available  today,  see 
Lamps,  Incandescent  for  Theatre  Lighting,  and 
"Black  Light"  Materials  and  Lighting  Equip- 
ment.') 

Art  Metal  Manufacturing  Company,  1408  North  Broad- 
way, St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Compco  Corporation,  2257  West  St.  Paul  Avenue, 
Chicago  47,  111. 

The  Egli  Company,  Inc.,  29  West  17th  Street,  New 
York  City. 

Federal  Electric  Company,  8700  S.  State  Street,  Shi- 
cago,  111. 

General  Luminescent  Corporation,  732  Federal  Street, 

Chicago  5,  111. 
Kliegl  Brothers,  321  West  50th  Street,  New  York  City. 
McFadden    Lighting    Company,    Inc.,    2311  South 

Seventh  Street,   St.   Louis,  Mo. 
Paramount  Industries.  Inc.,  Ill  Broadway,  New  York 

City. 

Ben  B.  Poblocki  &  Sons  Company,  2159  South  Kin- 

nickinnic  Avenue,  Milwaukee  7,  Wis. 
Rainbo   Lighting    Fixture   Company,    145   West  24th 

Street,  New  York  City. 
Voigt  Company,   1649  N.  Broad  Street,  Philadelphia, 

Pa. 

Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation,  East  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 


LIGHTING  SYSTEMS, 
EMERGENCY 

EMERGENCY  LIGHTING 

plants  to  care  for  power  line  failure  are  of 
the  storage  battery,  gasoline  engine,  diesel 
engine  and  water  turbine  types.  Where  more 
than  one  power  line  is  available  in  the  theatre, 


McFADDEN  LIGHTING 

Will  Beautify  Your  Theatre  in 
Gorgeous   Colorful  Splendor 

See  your  dealer  or  write  for  catalogue 

McFADDEN  LIGHTING  CO..  INC. 

2311  So.  Seventh  Blvd.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


motor-generator  emergency  equipment  may  be 
used  to  supply  lighting  in  event  of  failure  in 
the  normal  lighting  power. 

Bardco  Manufacturing  &  Sales  Company,  4031  Good- 
win Avenue,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

Carpenter  Manufacturing  Company,  2  Bradly  St.,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

Electric  Storage  Battery  Company,  Allegheny  Avenue 

and  19th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Westinghouse  Electric   Corporation,   East  Pittsburgh, 

Pa. 


LIGHTS,  SPOT  AND  FLOOD 

SPOTLIGHTS  AND  flood- 
lights are  available  in  many  sizes  and 
light  capacities,  and  in  both  incandescent 
and  arc  types — incandescent  for  use  on  and  near 
the  stage,  for  display  and  architectural  lighting ; 
arc  sources  for  stage  lighting  from  the  projec- 
tion room. 

Incandescent  spot-  and  floodlights  (most 
spotlights  are  adapted  to  flood  applications)  are 
designed  for  wattages  of  from  75  to  2,000.  Arc 
equipment  is  available  in  capacities  of  from  25 
to  140  amperes. 

MAGAZINES — See  Projectors  and  Accessories 

Best  Devices  Company,  10516  Western  Avenue,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 

Brenkert  Light  Projection  Company,  6545  St.  Antoine 
Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich. 

General  Electric  Company,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Golde  Manufacturing  Company,  1214-22  W.  M.adison 
Street,  Chicago,  111. 

Hub  Electric!  Corporation,  2219-29  West  Grand  Ave- 
nue, Chicago  12,  111. 

Kliegl  Brothers,  321  W.  50th  Street,  New  York  City. 

Major  Equipment  Company,  Inc.,  4603  Fullerton  Ave- 
nue, Chicago,  111. 

Radiant  Lamp  Corporation,  260  Sherman  Avenue, 
Newark,  N.  J. 

Stroblite  Company,  35  West  52nd  Street,  New  York 
City. 

Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation,  Lamp  Division, 
Bloomfield,  N.  J. 


MARQUEES 

A  marquee  is  to  be  re- 
garded as  essential  to  the  motion  picture 
theatre.  There  are  exceptions,  due  to  loca- 
tion and  form  of  building,  but  not  many.  Its 
function  as  a  means  of  protection  for  patrons 
from  rain  and  snow  has  become  of  less  impor- 
tance than  its  function  as  an  advertising  medi- 
um. It  advertisers  the  theatre  and  the  program, 
by  distinguishing  the  building  from  other  com- 
mercial establishments  on  the  street,  by  the 
theatricalism  of  its  lighting,  by  advertising  the 
program. 

Marquees  today  have  become  more  closely 
associated  with  the  general  architectural  form 
of  the  theatre  front  than  they  originally  were. 

They  are  usually  constructed  according  to 
specifications  supplied  by  an  architect  who  has 
designed  the  marquee  itself,  along  with  other 
display  and  sign  elements  of  the  front,  as  a  part 
of  the  facade ;  or  by  the  design  department  of 
the  fabricator. 

Marquees  are  generally  of  sheet  metal  con- 
struction, painted,  or  with  porcelain  enamel 
finish  in  desired  colors,  with  soffits  of  metal 
or  glass  illuminated  by  incandescent  lamps  or 
lighting  troughs.  There  are,  of  course,  many 
variations  in  pattern  and  illumination;  however, 
the  design  ordinarily  should  provide  for  attrac- 
tion advertising  panels  with  changeable  letters 
(see  Letters,  Attraction  Board)  as  integral 
parts  of  the  structure. 

Artkraft-Strauss  Sign  Corporation,  820  Twelfth  Ave- 
nue, New  York  City. 

Ben  B.  Poblocki  &  Sons  Company,  2159  S.  Kinnickin- 
nic  Avenue,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Continental  Signs,  Inc.,  550  E.  170th  Street,  New 
York  City. 

Texlite,    Inc.,    2900    Factory    Street,    Dallas,  Texas. 
White  Way  Sign  &  Maintenance  Company,  1850  W. 
Fulton  Street,  Chicago,  111. 


MATS  AND  MATTING 
FOR  ENTRANCE  AREAS 

heavy-duty  corrugated 
rubber  mats  for  vestibules,  or  corrugated 
and  perforated  rubber  mats  for  the  entire 
entrance  area,  are  to  be  regarded  as  standard 
equipment  for  the  average  theatre,  if  not  all 
theatres,  since  they  are  the  principal  means  of 


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reducing  to  a  minimum  the  amount  of  dirt  car- 
ried into  the  theatre  on  the  shoes  of  patrons 
and  of  preventing  slipping  which  can  result  in 
costly  damage  suits. 

Lobby  mats,  as  they  are  generally  called, 
should  cover  all  of  the  floor  of  the  immediate 
entrance  area  (as  far  as  the  point  where  car- 
peting begins,  unless  there  is  an  especially 
long  inner  lobby)  that  constitutes  traffic  lanes. 
In  entrance  area  of  moderate  width  or  less, 
the  traffic  lanes  will  extend  within  a  foot  or  so 
of  the  side  walls.  The  rubber  mat  may  be 
laid  on  top  of  a  floor  of  terrazzo  or  tile  (if  it 
has  beveled  approach  edges),  but  preferably  it 
should  lay  in  recess,  flush  with  the  floor. 

It  is  also  desirable  to  place  lighter  rubber 
mats  (corrugated,  but  not  necessarily  per- 
forated) just  inside  the  entrance  to  the  carpeted 
area,  laying  them  flush  with  the  pile  of  the 
carpet.  Smooth  or  pyramid-surface  rubber  mats 
are  also  available  in  patterns  to  match  any 
figured  carpeting. 

Lobby  mats  are  obtainable  in  a  variety  of 
standard  colors,  but  special  mats  may  be  made 
up  in  colors  as  desired  and  also  in  interesting 
patterns,  which  may  be  given  directional  lines 
guiding  traffic  (of  particular  value  when  an  in- 
ner lobby  or  foyer  is  at  right  angles  to  the  side- 
walk), and  also  be  designed  to  incorporate 
an  emblem  symbolizing  the  name  of  the  theatre. 

Metal  and  rubber  link  mats  more  rugged  than 
regular  lobby  mats,  are  advisable  for  use  in 
vestibules  or  outer  lobbies  during  wet  weather. 

Available  for  temporary  laying  over  carpet- 
ing, to  protect  the  fabric  in  main  traffic  lanes 
during  wet  weather,  are  various  types  of  mat- 
ting, of  sisal  fibre,  of  a  canvas-like  fabric,  of 
cocoa  fibres,  etc.  Some  are  available  in  designs ; 
widths  generally  run  to  12  feet 

Other  types  of  matting  applicable  to  theatre 
conditions  include  one  of  rubber  and  cord  with 
heavy  non-slip  tread  particularly  adapted  to 
areas  behind  refreshment  counters  and  around 
popcorn  machines;  and  a  plastic  friction  mat 
that  may  be  readily  trimmed  to  fit  box-offices 
and  other  areas  of  small  size  or  irregular  shape. 

American  Mat  Corporation,  2018  Adams  Street,  Toledo, 
Ohio.  _         .  _  . 

American  Tile  &  Rubber  Company.  Foot  of  Perrine 
Avenue,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Bird  &  Son,  Inc.,  East  Walpole,  Mass. 

Deltox  Rug  Company,  Oshkosh,  Wis. 

Goodyear  Tire  &  Ruber  Company,  1144  E.  Market 
Street,  Akron,  Ohio. 

O.  W.  Jackson  &  Company,  290  Fifth  Avenue,  New 

Lorraine  Ruber  Engineering  Company,  286  Fifth  Ave- 
nue, New  York  City. 

United  States  Rubber  Company.  1230  Sixth  Avenue. 
New  York  City. 

Puritan  Manufacturing  Company,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Waite  Carpet  Company,  Oshkosh,  Wis. 


MAZDA  REGULATORS 

these  are  converters 
that  provide  30-volt,  30-amperes  supply 
to  900- watt  incandescent  projection  lamps, 
operating  from  either  110- volt  or  220-volt  sup- 
plv  lines 

The  Garver  Electric  Company,  Union  City,  Ind. 

General  Electric  Company,  Incandescent  Lamp  Depart- 
ment, Nela  Park,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

International  Projector  Corporation,  88-96  Gold  Street, 
New  York  City. 

Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation,  East  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 


MICROPHONES 

the  theatre  has  many 
uses  for  microphones,  from  ballyhoo 
work  on  a  sound  truck,  or  in  connection 
with  the  front  display,  to  reinforcement  _  of 
stage  performances,  announcements  of  election 
returns  and  sporting  events,  or  emergency  talks 
to  pacify  an  audience  in  time  of  trouble.  Micro- 
phones can  be  used  with  separate  amplifying 
and  loudspeaker  equipment,  or  can  in  most  cases 
be  operated  through  the  existing  picture  sound 
installation. 

Crystal  magnetic,  velocity,  dynamic  and 
cardioid  are  the  types  of  microphones  recom- 
mended. Where  loudspeakers  and  microphones 


are  closely  'associated,  the  cardioid  principle 
greatly  reduces  the  danger  of  feedback. 

Amperite  Company,  561  Broadway,  New  York  City. 
Electro-Voice,  Inc.,   South  Bend,  Ind. 
Operadio  Manufacturing  Company,  St.  Charles,  111. 
Racon  Electric  Company,  Inc.,  52  East  19th  Street. 

New  York  City. 
RCA  Victor  Division  of  Radio  Corporation  of  America, 

Camden,  N.  J. 
Western  Electric  Company,  195  Broadway,  New  York. 


MIRROR    GUARDS  — See  Reflectors,  Pro- 
jection. 


MOTOR-GENERATOR  SETS 
FOR  D.C.  ARC  SUPPLY 

CURRENT  CONVERSION 

equipment  to  supply  direct  current  to 
arc  lamps  from  alternating  current  lines 
is  available  in  types  and  capacities  to  meet 

specific  projection  arc  demands,  from  the  "one- 
kilowatt"  arc  to  combinations  of  spot  and  arc 
lamp  and  to  condenser  lamps  of  super-high- 
intensity  arcs.  These  generators  are  built  with 
sufficient  capacity  to  provide  current  for  two 
lamps  simultaneously  with  no  change  of  output 
voltage  so  that  one  arc  is  not  effected  by  the 
operation  of  the  other. 

Close-regulation  motor-generator  sets  for 
large  theatres  and  outdoor  drive-in  theatres  are 
available  up  to  750  amperes  continuous,  or  1125 
amperes  at  100  volts  for  30  minutes. 

The  type  and  capacity  of  motor-generator  set 
indicated  for  a  specific  installation  depends  upon 
the  type  of  arc  and  carbon  trim,  and  whether 
d.  c.  current  is  required  for  effect  projectors 
also.  (See  Lamps  D.C.  Projection  Arc.) 

Automatic    Devices    Company,    1035    Linden  Street, 

Allentown,  Pa. 
General  Electric  Company,  1  River  Road,  Schenectady, 

N.  Y. 

Hertner  Electric   Company,   12690   Elmwood  Avenue, 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Imperial  Electrical  Company,  Inc.,  Ira  Avenue,  Akron, 

Ohio. 

J.  E.  Robin,  Inc.,  330  West  42nd  Street,  New  York 
City. 

Westinghouse   Electric    Corporation,    East  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 


PHOTOCELL  MECHANISMS 
FOR  DOORS  AND  FOUNTAINS 

MECHANISMS     FOR  the 

automatic  operation  of  drinking  fountains 
and  opening  of  doors,  with  the  mechanism 


actuated  by  the  interruption  of  a  beam  of  light 
trained  on  a  photoelectric  cell,  are  obtainable 

alone  or  as  part  of  such  equipment.  (See  Foun- 
tains. ) 

Doors  that  open  automatically  merely  upon 
the  approach  of  a  person,  increasingly  being  used 
in  hotels,  restaurants  and  bus  and  railroad  sta- 
tions, have  similar  application  to  the  theatre  for 

tions,  have  similar  application  in  lobbies  of 
theatres. 

General  Electric  Company,  1  River  Road,  Schenectady, 
N.  Y. 

Stanley  Tools,  New  Britain,  Conn. 
Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation,   East  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 


PHOTOELECTRIC  CELLS 

although  it  has  a 
number  of  applications  in  many  fields,  in 
the  theatre  the  photoelectric  cell  functions 
principally  as  a  vital  "organ"  of  the  sound  re- 
production system,  transforming  the  light  of  the 
exciter  lamp,  after  it  has  passed  through  the 
sound  track  of  the  film,  into  the  electrical 
energy  which,  amplified,  actuates  the  loud- 
speakers. 

Continental  Electric  Company,  Geneva,  111. 
DeVry  Corporation,  1111  Armitage  Avenue,  Chicago, 
IU. 

General  Electric  Company,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

RCA  Victor  Division  of  Radio  Corporation  of  America. 

Camden,  N.  J. 
Radiant  Lamp  Corporation,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Rauland  Corporation,  4345  N.  Knox  Avenue,  Chicago, 

111. 

Western  Electric  Company,  195  Broadway,  New  York 
City. 

Westinghouse  Electric   Corporation,   East  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 


PROJECTOR  REPLACEMENT  PARTS 

THE      WEAR     tO  which 

projectors  are  subjected  requires  close 
observation  of  all  parts  and  prompt  re- 
placement or  repair  before  any  that  have  be- 
come defective  injure  others  that  must  work 
with  them.  It  is  also  to  be  borne  in  mind  that 
mechanical  faults  in  the  projector  are  usually 
"picked  up"  by  the  sound  system. 

All  replaceable  parts  of  a  certain  make  of 
projector  (provided  the  model  has  not  been  too 
long  obsolete)  are  of  course  available  from  its 
manufacturer,  while  some  parts  are  obtainable 
from  other  manufacturers  for  certain  makes. 
When  a  projector  head  must  be  removed  for 
overhauling  at  the  factory,  it  is  usually  possible 


Theatre  Lighting 

Conventional  or  special  lighting  equipment  of  every  description  for  the  stage,  auditorium 
and  general  illumination  of  the  theatre.  Competent  service  and  quality  products  are 
assured  by  our  extensive  experience  of  more  than  half  a  century  in  theatrical  lighting. 
Prompt  deliveries  are  made  in  filling  your  needs  for  replacements,  remodeling  or  new 
construction.  Our  engineers  are  prepared  to  assist  you  in  planning  your  lighting  installation. 


SOME  OF  OUR  MANY  SPECIALTIES 


FOOTLIGHTS 

BORDERLIGHTS 

FRONTLIGHTS 


DOWNLIGHTS 
COVE  LIGHTS 
POSTER  LIGHTS 


EXIT  LIGHTS 
AISLE  LIGHTS 
STEP  LIGHTS 


SPOTLIGHTS 

FLOODLIGHTS 

KL1EGLIGHTS 


Write  us  regarding  your  needs,  problems  or  plans. 


Universal  Electric  Stage  Lighting  Co.,  inc. 

ESTABLISHED  1896 

THEATRICAL  •  DECORATIVE  •  SPECTACULAR 


LIGHTIN 

321  West  50th  Street 

N  EW  YORK,  N  Y. 


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to  replace  it  meanwhile  with  a  head  borrowed 
from  the  manufacturer  or  his  dealer. 

In  selecting  replacement  parts  it  is  highly 
important  to  be  assured  that  the  new  part  is 
precision-tooled  for  the  projector  to  which  it  is 
to  be  applied. 

Century  Projector  Corporation,  729  Seventh  Avenue, 

New  York  City. 
G-B  Kalee,  Ltd.,  60-66  Wardour  Street,  London,  W.l, 

England. 

GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214  West  Madison 

Street,  Chicago,  111.  . 
DeVry  Corporation,  1111  Armitage  Avenue,  Chicago, 

Holmes  Projector  Company,  1815  Orchard  Street,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

International  Projector  Corporation,  88-96  Gold  Street, 
New  York  City. 

LaVezzi  Machine  Works,  4635  West  Lake  Street, 
Chicago  44,  111.  . 

Motiograph,  4431  West  Lake  Street,  Chicago,  111. 

Motion  Picture  Machine  Company,  3110  West  Lisbon 
Avenue,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Projection  Products  Company,  2027  North  Major  Ave- 
nue, Chicago  39,  111. 

S.  O.  S.  Cinema  Supply  Corporation,  449  West  42nd 
Street,  New  York  18,  N.  Y. 

Wenzel  Projector  Company,  2509  South  State  Street, 
Chicago,  111. 

Edw.  H.  Wolk,  1241  Wabash  Avenue.  Chicago,  IU. 


PROJECTORS,  16-MM. 
HEAVY-DUTY  TYPE 

PROJECTORS  for  16-mm. 
film,  incorporating  soundheads  and  with 
complete  sound  reproducing  system  avail- 
able, are  obtainable  in  heavy-duty  models 
adapted  to  regular  theatres  as  auxiliary  equip- 
ment for  such  purposes  as  the  presentation  of 
local  newsreels,  educational  subjects  ,etc.  Either 
low-intensity  or  high-intensity  carbon  arc  lamps 
are  obtainable  for  such  equipment  (see  listing 
under  Lamps,  D.C.  Projection  Arc). 
Ampro  Corporation,  2851  North  Western  Avenue,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

Bell  &  Howell  Company,  1801-15  Larchmont  Avenue, 
Chciago,  111. 

DeVry  Corporation,  1111  Armitage  Avenue,  Chicago. 

Eastman  Kodak  Company,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Holmes  Projector  Corporation,  1815  Orchard  Street, 
Chicago,  111. 

National  Mineral  Company,  2638  N.  Pulaski  Avenue, 
Chicago,  111. 

Radio  Corporation  of  America,  Photophone  Division, 

Camden,  N.  J. 
Valette,  Inc.,  215  West  Ohio,  Chicago,  111. 
Victor  Animatograph  Corporation,  Davenport,  la. 


PROJECTORS  &  ACCESSORIES: 
STANDARD  35-MM.,  THEATRE 

a  rock-steady  image, 
freedom  from  faulty  lubrication,  unit  re- 
movability of  parts  to  permit"  easier 
maintenance,  greater  shutter  efficiency,  gear 
meshing  safeguards,  generally  stronger  construc- 
tion than  that  of  earlier  models,  and  also  greater 
convenience  and  accuracy  in  framing,  are  among 
the  features  characterizing  standard  theatre 
(non-portable,  heavy-duty,  35-mm.)  projectors. 

Made  by  the  manufacturer  of  the  projector 
head  and  designed  in  integration  with  it,  the 
necessary  bases  and  magazines  are  separate 
items  of  purchase.  Bases  are  adapted  to  any 
standard  carbon  arc  lamp.  The  takeup  device  for 
the  lower  magazine  is  also  a  separate  item 
(see  Takeups,  Film). 

Blue  Seal  Cine  Devices,  Inc.,  137-72  Northern  Boule- 
vard, Flushing,  N.  Y. 

Brenkert  Light  Projection  Company,  6545  St.  Antoine 
Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Century  Projector  Corporation,  729  Seventh  Avenue, 
New  York  City. 

DeVry  Corporation,  1111  Armitage  Avenue,  Chicago, 
111. 

G-B  Kalee,  Ltd.,  6066  Wardour  Street,  London,  W.l, 
England. 

Heyer-Shultz,  Inc.,  39  Orange  Road,  Montclair,  N.  J. 
(Pin-hole  aperture  plate  for  light  testing.) 

Holmes  Projector  Company,  1815  Orchard  Street,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

International  Projector  Corporation,  88-96  Gold  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Motiograph,  4431  West  Lake  Street,  Chicago,  111. 
Wenzel  Projector  Company,  2509  South  State  Street, 

Chicago,  111. 

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PUBLIC  ADDRESS  SYSTEMS 

public  address  and 
sound-re-enforcement  systems  may  pro- 


vide any  one  or  all  of  various  services. 
They  can  be  utilized  for  amplifying  stage 
sound,  for  managers'  announcements,  for  bally- 
hoo. 

In  the  theatre  the  public  address  system  may 
consist  of  microphones  suitably  connected  to  the 
standard  sound  installation,  or  an  entirely 
separate  system,  with  its  own  amplification, 
wiring  and  also  speakers,  may  be  employed. 
Hearing  aids  may  be  used  in  association  with 
any  type  of  theatre  public  address  reproduction. 

Separate  record-playing  devices  for  reproduc- 
tion of  standard  phonograph  discs,  through  the 
sound  or  public  address  system,  are  available 
for  exit  music,  pre-show  or  lobby  entertainment, 
or  attraction  music  outside  the  box  office.  (See 
Speaker  and  Horns.) 

Altec-Lansing   Manufacturing    Company,    1511  North 

Vine  Street,  Hollywood,  Calif. 
DeVry  Corporation,  1111  Armitage  Avenue,  Chicago, 

111. 

The  Lincrophone  Company,  Inc.,  1661  Howard  Street, 
Utica,  N.  Y. 

RCA  Victor  Division  of  Radio  Corporation  of  America, 

Camden,  N.  J. 
S.  O.  S.  Cinema  Supply  Corporation,  449  West  42nd 

Street,  New  York  City. 
Western  Electric  Company,  195  Broadway,  New  York 

City. 


RECTIFIER  TUBES 

vacuum  and  gas-filled 
tubes  used  to  convert  alternating  current 
to  direct  current  are  made  in  many  rat- 
ings. The  smaller  sizes  are  commonly  thought 
of  as  being  in  the  category  of  radio  or  ampli- 
fier tubes.  But  while  there  is  no  distinction  in 
principle  of  operation,  the  larger  sizes,  having 
current  capacities  of  from  2]4  to  30  amperes, 
are  by  custom  classified  separately. 

These  are  commonly  referred  to  as  "Tungar" 
tubes.  In  the  theatre  such  tubes  are  used  to 
provide  rectified  direct  current  to  projection  arc 
lamps  and  to  sound  exciter  lamps. 

Baldor  Electric  Company,  4353i  Duncan  Avenue,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Continental  Electric  Company,  Geneva,  IU. 

Forest  Manufacturing  Company,  60  Park  Place,  New- 
ark, N.  J. 

General  Electric  Company,  Merchandise  Department, 
1285  Boston  Avenue,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

The  Sonolux  Company,  Inc.,  East  Newark,  N.  J. 

Tele-Radio  Corporation,  86  Shipman  Street,  Newark, 
N.  J. 

Western  Electric  Company,  195  Broadway,  New  York 
City. 

Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation,  Bloomfield,  N.  J. 


RECTIFIERS  AND  POWER  UNITS 

rectifiers  are  devices 
that  employ  rectifying  tubes  or  copper 
compound  rectifying  assemblies  (dry 
type)  for  the  purpose  of  converting  alternating 
current  to  direct  current.  The  larger  sizes  are 
fan-cooled,  and  supply  direct  current  to  the  pro- 
jection arc. 

The  smaller  sizes  are  of  somewhat  different 
design  electrically,  incorporating  electrical  fil- 
ters to  insure  smooth  d.c.  output,  and  to  supply 
power  to  exciter  lamps,  speaker  fields  or  other 
parts  of  the  sound  system. 

Baldor  Electric  Company,  4353  Duncan  Avenue,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Ben  wood   Linze   Company,    1815   Locust   Street,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

DeVry  Corporation,  1111  Armitage  Avenue,  Chicago, 
111. 

Forest  Manufacturing  Company,  60  Park  Place,  New- 
ark, N.  J. 

Garver  Electric  Company,  Union  City,  Ind. 

General  Electric  Company,  Merchandise  Department, 

1285  Boston  Avenue,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 
Kneisley  Electric  Corporation,  500-2  South  St.,  Clair 

Street,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
P.  R.  Mallory  &  Company,  Inc.,  3029  E.  Washington 

Street,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Morelite  Company,  Inc.,  600  West  57th  Street,  New 

York  City 

Motiograph,  4431  West  Lake  Street,  Chicago,  111. 
RCA  Victor  Division  of  Radio  Corporation  of  America, 

Camden,  N.  J. 
The  Strong  Electric  Corporation,  87  City  Park  Avenue, 

Toledo,  Ohio. 

Ward  Leonard  Electric  Company,  91  South  Street,  Mt. 

Vernon,  N.  Y. 
Westinghouse  Electric   Corporation,   East  Pittsburgh, 

Pa. 


REEL  END  ALARMS 

while  approved  practice 
in  the  projection  of  American  pictures 
( Standard  Release  Prints  of  the  Academy 
of  Motion  Picture  Arts  &  Sciences)  calls  for 
observation  of  the  screen  to  note  the  signal  pro- 
vided for  changeover  in  the  standard  print,  reel 
end  alarms  supply  a  changeover  signal  for  other 
prints.  They  are  also  sometimes  regarded  as 
helpful  in  projection  rooms  having  but  one  pro- 
jectionist. Attached  to  the  upper  magazines, 
they  indicate,  by  bell  or  other  audible  signal, 
according  to  the  particular  design  of  the  device, 
the  approach  of  the  end  of  the  reel  being  pro- 
jected. 

Ace    Electric    Manufacturing    Company,    Inc.,  1458 

Shakespeare  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Essannay  Electric  Manufacturing  Company,  1438  North 

Clark  Street,  Chicago,  111. 


REELS  AND  REEL  BANDS 

REELS      NECESSARY  for 

takeup  magazines  of  projectors  (and  in 
best  practice,  also  in  place  of  the  film 
exchange  reel  in  the  upper  magazine),  and 
otherwise  constantly  utilized  in  the  projection 
room,  are  available  in  a  number  of  sizes  and 
types  of  construction.  The  standard  reel  in  the 
United  States  takes  2000  feet  of  35-mm.  film. 
Original  specifications  provided  for  a  diameter 
of  I4y2  inches  with  a  4^-inch  hub,  but  reel 
manufacturers  regularly  supply  two  diameters — 
15  inches  with  5-inch  hub,  and  14  inches  with 
4-inch  hub.  Cast  aluminum  or  stamped  steel  is 
used  for  the  grades  best  able  to  provide  maxi- 
mum protection  to  the  film.  Reels  of  less  pro- 
tective design  and  cheaper  construction  are  also 
available  and  may  be  practicable  for  purposes 
other  than  regular  program  projection  in 
theatres. 

Reels  are  also  obtainable  in  1000-foot  sizes, 
having  diameters  of  10  inches  and  2-inch  hubs. 

For  protection  of  film  in  the  handling  of  full 
reels,  a  plastic  band  is  available  which,  while 
binding  the  film  so  that  it  does  not  unroll,  pre- 
vents the  reel  flanges  from  pressing  heavily 
against  the  film  edges.  It  clips  quickly  into 
place. 

DeVry  Corporation,  1111  Armitage  Avenue,  Chicago, 
111. 

Goldberg  Brothers,  3500  Walnut  Street,  Denver,  Colo. 

Neumade  Projects  Corporation,  427  West  42nd  Street, 
New  York  City. 

Pro-Tex  Reel  Band  Company,  9005  Marshall  Avenue, 
Cleveland  4,  Ohio. 

United  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  2501  Cass  Ave- 
nue, Detroit,  Mich. 

Universal  Reels  Corporation,  9-16  Thirty-seventh  Ave- 
nue, Long  Island  City,  N.  Y. 

Wenzel  Projector  Company,  2509  South  State  Street. 
Chicago,  111. 


REFLECTORS  FOR 
INCANDESCENT  LAMPS 

METAL  RECEPTACLES  for 

incandescent  lamps,  having  a  reflecting 
inside  finish  and  with  a  curvature  cal- 
culated to  make  most  efficient  use  of  available 
light,  are  obtainable  in  several  types  adapted 
particularly  to  marquee  trim  and  soffit  lighting, 
to  sign  letter  lamping,  sign  borders,  display 
lighting  (some  types  as  "spots")  and  similar 
uses. 

Other  types  of  reflectors  have  swivel  mount- 
ing, readily  permitting  reflection  of  the  light  in 

any  direction. 

Reynolds    Electric    Company,    2650    West  Congress 
Street,  Chicago,  I1L 

REFLECTORS,  PROJECTION  ARC 

these  are  made  in  nu- 
merous sizes,  and  with  different  curva- 
tures, spherical  and  parabolic,  for  mazda 
projectors,  reflecting  arc  projectors  and'  spot- 
light projectors. 

Projection  arc  lamp  reflectors  are  obtainable 
in  both  glass  and  metal  types. 

Glass  shields,  called  mirror  guards,  are  ob- 


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tainable  for  protection  of  glass  reflectors  against 
pitting.  The  guards  themselves  are  pitted  in 
time,  but  are  much  less  expensive  than  the  re- 
flectors. 

Bausch  &  Lomb  Optical  Company,  652  St.  Paul  Street, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Brenkert  Light  Projection  Company,  6545  St.  Antoine 

Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Fish-Shurman  Corporation,  230  East  45th  Street,  New 

York  City. 

Heyer-Shultz,  Inc.,  39  Orange  Road,  Montclair,  N.  J. 

(metal  reflectors). 
International  Projector  Corporation,  88-96  Gold  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Kneisley  Electric  Corporation,  500-2  South  St.  Clair 

Street,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Mirror-Guard   Company,   837   Eleventh  Avenue,  New 

York  City. 

Morelite  Company,  Inc.,  600  West  57th  Street,  New 

York  City  (mirror  guards). 
Motiograph,  4431  West  Lake  Street,  Chicago,  111. 
The  Strong  Electric  Corporation,  87  City  Park  Avenue, 

Toledo,  Ohio. 


REWINDERS,  FILM 

film  rewinders  are 
available  in  two  general  types,  open  and 
fireproof  enclosed.  The  open  type  is  of- 
fered in  a  number  of  different  models,  either  as 
a  single  unit  or  as  two  separate  units  that  are 
clamped  to  the  rewind  table,  or  bolted  in  place. 
The  enclosed  type  is  a  single  unit 

Both  open  and  enclosed  types  may  be  hand- 
driven  or  motor-driven,  may  have  sleeve  bear- 
ings or  ball  bearings,  may  accommodate  either 
1,000-  or  2,000- foot  reels,  or  both,  and  may  have 
either  one  or  several  driving  speeds. 

Some  of  the  motor-driven  types  incorporate 
accessories  by  means  of  which  the  same  motor 
can  be  used  for  general  machine  work,  such  as 
grinding  and  polishing. 

Rewind  tables  of  metal  provide  a  fireproof 
work  bench  especially  adapted  to  projection 
room  needs  and  are  available  with  tool  drawer, 
rack  for  film  cabinet,  and  clamping  blocks  ac- 
commodating any  type  of  rewinder. 

Bell  &  Howell  Company,  1801-1815  Larchmont  Avenue, 
Chicago,  111. 

Clayton    Products    Company,    31-45    Tibbett  Avenue, 

New  York  City. 
DeVry  Corporation,  1111  Armitage  Avenue,  Chicago, 

111. 

Goldberg  Brothers,  3500  Walnut  Street,  Denver,  Colo. 
GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214-22  W.  Madison 

Street,  Chicago,  111. 
International  Projector  Corporation,  88-96  Gold  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Lakcwood  Automatic  Switch  Company,  1298  Hathaway 

Avenue,  Lakewood,  Ohio. 
The  Neumade  Products  Corporation,  427  West  42nd 

Street,  New  York  City. 
S.  O.  S.  Cinema  Supply  Corporation,  449  West  42nd 

Street,  New  York  City. 
Wenzel  Projector  Company,  2509  South  State  Street, 

Chicago,  111. 

Edw.  H.  Wolk,  1241  South  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago, 
IU. 

RHEOSTATS 

these  are  devices  that 
introduce  an  electrical  resistance  into  any 
circuit,  the  value  of  the  resistance  being 
variable  at  will.  There  are  several  methods  oi 
varying  resistance,  one  being  to  move  a  contact 
lever  over  a  series  of  switch  points,  one  being 
to  move  a  slider  over  the  coil  of  the  resistance 
wire  itself,  and  one  being  to  compress  carbon 
or  graphite  discs  or  powder. 

Automatic    Devices    Company,    1037    Linden  Street, 

Allentown,  Pa. 
Charles  Bessler  Company,  131  East  23rd  Street,  New 

York  City. 

Brenkert  Light  Projection  Company,  6545  St.  Antoine 

Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich. 
General  Electric  Company,  1  River  Road,  Schenectady, 

N.  Y. 

The  Strong  Electric  Corporation,  87  City  Park  Avenue, 
Toledo,  Ohio. 

Ward   Leonard   Electric   Company,    91    South  Street, 

Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 
Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation,   East  Pittsburgh, 

Pa. 

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SAND  URNS 

these  receptacles  spe- 
cifically for  cigarette  butts  and  used 
matches,  usually  needed  at  entrances,  are 


available  in  either  metal  or  ceramic,  plain  or 
modeled  types,  and  in  a  number  of  sizes  from 
about  12  to  18  inches  high.  Ceramic  urns  are 
vase-shaped  and  decoratively  modeled.  Those  of 
metal  are  obtainable  in  cylindrical  forms,  with 
bright  or  satin  finish  of  decorative  quality,  and 
also  in  vase  shapes.  All  types,  of  course,  are 
equipped  with  a  removable  bowl  to  facilitate 
emptying. 

Compco    Corporation,    2257    West    S.    Paul  Avenue. 

Chicago  47,  111. 
GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214-22  West  Madison 

Street,  Chicago,  111. 
Lawrence  Metal  Products,  Inc.,  434  Broadway,  New 

York  13,  N.  Y. 
Neumade    Products    Corporation,    427    West  42nd 

Street,  New  York  18,  N.  Y. 


SCREENS,  PROJECTION 

the  screen,  an  integral 
and  vital  part  of  the  projection-sound 
systems,  is  properly  selected  according  to 


the  dimensions  of  the  auditorium,  including  the 
distance  from  last  row  to  screen,  and  to  its 
sound  transmission  characteristics  (attenuation 
factor  of  the  perforations).  Although  no  stand- 
ards have  yet  been  fixed,  it  is  authoritatively 
regarded  that  the  width  of  the  image  should 
be  not  greater  than  the  distance  between  the 
first  row  and  the  screen,  nor  less  than  about 
one-sixth  the  distance  between  the  last  row  and 
the  screen. 

Technically,  screens  are  of  three  general 
types:  Diffusive,  for  auditoriums  having  a  ratio 
between  width  and  depth  of  approximately  3J4 
or  more,  to  5 ;  Semi-Diffusive,  for  auditoriums 
tending  toward  the  narrow ;  and  Specular,  for 
auditoriums  definitely  elongated.  Another  type 
is  Translucent,  used  with  rear  projection. 

In  surface  treatment  (which  is  more  or  less 
associated  with  the  critical  materials  used  in 
general  fabrication)  screens  are  "white," 
"silver"  (metallic)  or  "beaded"  (glass.) 
Specular  screens  are  either  "silver"  or  "beaded." 


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A  special  type  of  curvilinear  screen,  con- 
structed with  characteristics  of  curvature  ac- 
cording to  the  visual  angles  of  an  auditorium, 
is  also  obtainable. 

Da-Lite  Screen  Company,  2723  North  Crawford  Ave- 
nue, Chicago,  111. 

RCA  Victor  Division,  Radio  Corporation  of  America, 
Camden,  N.  J. 

Radiant  Manufacturing  Corporation,  1140-46  West 
Superior  Street,  Chicago  22,  111. 

Raven  Screen  Corporation,  314  East  35th  Street,  New 
York  City. 

Retiscope  Screen  Company,  214  West  42nd  St.,  New 

York  18,  N.  Y. 
Sparks- Withington  Company,  Lansing,  Mich. 
The  Textileather  Corporation,   607   Madison  Avenue, 

Toledo,  Ohio. 

Trans-Lux  DayKght  Picture  Screen  Corporation,  1270 

Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Vocalite   Screen   Corporation,    19   Debevoise  Avenue, 

Roosevelt,  N.  Y. 
Walker-American  Corporation,  800  Beaumont  Street, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

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SIGNS  (ELECTRIC) 
FOR  THEATRE  NAME 

electric  signs  (metal 
framework  with  illumination  provisions) 
are  available  in  a  wide  variety  of  designs 
more  or  less  closely  associated  with  the  archi- 
tecture of  the  theatre  front.  While  they  are 
commonly  especially  designed  by  the  architect 
or  sign  construction  company,  there  are  also 
stock  designs  adaptable  to  the  theatre  front 
Gas  tube  (neon)  and  incandescent  lamp  illum- 
ination have  been  found  effective  for  these  signs 
in  combination  as  well  as  alone,  and  either  type 
of  lighting  can  be  flashed. 

Horizontal  name  signs  have  normally  been 
more  closely  associated  with  the  marquee  than 
the  vertical  sign  has,  but  often  the  vertical  sign 
can  be  effectively  related  to  the  marquee  and 
entrance  by  continuing  the  sign  illumination 
scheme  down  to  the  marquee  and  even  across 
its  soffit. 

Everbrite   Electric   Signs,    Inc.,    1440    North  Fourth 

Street,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
The  Fluron  Company  of  America,  1600  Broadway,  New 

York  City. 

Ben  B.  Poblocki  &  Sons  Company,  2159  South  Kin- 
nickinnic  Avenue,  Milwaukee  7,  Wis. 

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SICNS,  DIRECTIONAL 

directional  signs,  in- 
cluding exit  signs,  those  designating  men's 
and  women's  rooms,  lounges,  balcony 
stairs,  etc.,  are  now  available  in  a  wide  range 


of  stock  designs,  while  they  may  be  made  up  in 
special  designs  at  relatively  low  cost.  Instead  of 
being  more  or  less  confined  <•<->  ni^in  mPtal  lamp 
boxes,  such  as  were  particularly  employed  at 
one  time  for  exit  signs,  stock  types  now  are  ob- 
tainable with  decorative  shapes,  fluted  chromi- 
um finish,  etched  glass,  etc.,  in  colors  and  also 
with  appropriate  figures. 

Art  Metal  Manufacturing  Company,  1408  North  Broad- 
way, St.  Louis,  Mo. 

C.  I.  Brink,  Inc.,  147  W.  4th  Street,  South  Boston  17, 
Mass. 

Everbright  Electric  Signs,  Inc.,  1440  North  4th  Street, 

Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Hub  Electric  Corporation,  2227  West  Grand  Avenue, 

Chicago,  111. 

Ingram-Richardson  Manufacturing  Company,  Beaver 
Falls,  Pa. 

Kliegl  Brothers,  321  W.  50th  Street,  New  York  City. 

McFadden  Lighting  Company,  Inc.,  2311  South  Street, 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Ben  B.  Poblocki  &  Sons  Company,  2159  South  Kin- 
nickinnic  Avenue,  Milwaukee  7,  Wis. 

Texlite,  Inc.,  2900  Factory  Street,  Dallas  9,  Tex. 

Twentieth  Century  Lights,  Inc.,  6818  Avalon  Boule- 
vard, Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

The  Voigt  Company,  1649  North  Broad  Street,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

SOUND  SYSTEMS,  COMPLETE 

all  of  the  components 
of  a  sound  reproducing  installation  may 
be  purchased  as  an  integrated  system  of  a 
single  manufacturer,  with  some  of  his  own  fabri- 
cation and  the  rest  (notably  speakers)  the 
products  of  other  manufacturers  on  which  he 
has  standardized.  Thus  are  offered  complete 
systems  for  regular  theatres  of  different  seating 
capacities,  and  also  for  large  outdoor  installa- 
tions such  as  in  drive-in  theatres. 

The  Ballantyne  Company,  1707-11  Davenport  Street, 
Omaha,  Nebr. 

Blue  Seal  Cine  Devices,  Inc.,  137-72  Northern  Boule- 
vard, Flushing,  N.  Y. 

DeVry  Corporation,  1111  Armitage  Avenue,  Chicago, 
IU. 

International  Projector  Corporation,  88-96  Gold  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Motiograph,  4431  West  Lake  Street,  Chicago,  111. 
RCA  Victor  Division  of  Radio  Corporation  of  America, 

Camden,  N.  J. 
S.  O.  S.  Cinema  Supply  Corporation,  449  West  42nd 

Street,  New  York  City. 
Western  Electric  Company,  195  Broadway,  New  York 

City. 

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SOUNDHEADS 

this  reproduction  ap- 
paratus, mounted  between  the  projector 
and  lower  magazine,  guides  the  film  be- 


tween the  exciter  lamp  and  the  photoelectric 
cell,  which  are  mounted  within  it. 

The  Ballantyne  Company,  1707-11  Davenport  Street, 

Omaha,  Nebr. 
Century  Projector  Corporation,   729   Seventh  Avenue, 

New  York  19,  N.  Y. 
DeVry  Corporation,  1111  Armitage  Avenue,  Chicago, 

111. 

Elec-Tech,  520  Elm  Street,  Cincinnati  2,  Ohio. 

International  Projector  Corporation,  88-96  Gold  Street, 
New  York  City. 

Motiograph,  4431  West  Lake  Street,  Chicago,  111. 

RCA  Victor  Division  of  Radio  Corporation  of  America, 
Camden,  N.  J. 

S.  O.  S.  Cinema  Supply  Corporation,  449  West  42nd 
Street,  New  York  City. 

Weber  Machine  Corporation,  59  Rutter  Street,  Roches- 
ter, N.  Y. 

• 


SPEAKERS  AND  HORNS 

to  convert  the  elec- 
trical product  of  amplification  into  audible 
sound,  speaker  "units"  are  available  in 

considerable  variety,  for  motion  picture  sound 
reproduction,  for  public  address  systems,  for 
projection  room  monitoring,  etc.  Regular  thea- 
tre type  motion  picture  reproducers  are  horn 
systems  employing  a  low-frequency  horn  and 
high-frequency  trumpet  speakers,  which  are  in- 
tegrated to  cover  the  entire  available  frequency 
band  with  proper  baffling  and  directional  char- 
acteristics. 

Sound  speakers  in  general  are  available  in 
a.  c.  types,  in  many  more  d.  c.  types,  and  in 
permanent  magnet  types  which  need  no  field 
excitation ;  and  they  vary  in  capacity  to  meet 
different  volume  requirements. 

Speaker  equipment  is  included  in  complete 
16-mm.  projector-sound  systems,  some  incorpo- 
rated with  the  amplification  equipment  as  a  unit. 
Also  available  for  16-mm.  reproduction  or  gen- 
eral monitoring  is  a  small  speaker  unit  equipped 
with  a  photocell  which  provides  visual  guidance 
in  volume  adjustment. 

Altec-Lansing  Corporation,  1161  N.  Vine  Street,  Hol- 
lywood, Calif. 

The  Ballantyne  Company,   1707-11   Davenport  Street, 

Omaha,  Nebr. 
International  Projector  Corporation,  88-96  Gold  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Jensen    Radio    Manufacturing    Company,    6661  South 

Laramie  Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 
Operadio  Manufacturing  Company,  St.  Charles,  III. 
Racon  Electric  Company,  Inc.,  52  East  19th  Street, 

New  York  City. 
RCA  Victor  Division  of  Radio  Corporation  of  America, 

Camden,  N.  J. 
The  Rola  Company,  4250  Hollis  Street,  Oakland,  Calit. 
Western  Electric  Company,  195  Broadway,  New  York 

City. 

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SPLICERS,  FILM 

splicers  are  needed  in 
every  theatre  to  repair  film  breaks,  edit 
newsreels,  etc.  They  are  mechanical  de- 
vices that  hold  the  ends  to  be  united,  firmly 
in  place  while  the  cement  is  applied  and  while 
it  hardens. 

Ace    Electric    Manufacturing    Company,    Inc.,  1458 

Shakespeare  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Bell  &   Howell  Company,   1801   Larchmont  Avenue, 

Chicago,  111. 

General  Machine  Co.,  1639  Webster  Avenue,  Bronx, 
N.  Y. 

Jeff    Manufacturing    Company,    Inc.,    4421  Jefferson 

Highway,  New  Orleans  20,  La. 
Neumade  Products  Corporation,  427  West  42nd  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Reeves  Instrument  Corporation,  215  East  91st  Street, 

New  York  28,  N.  Y. 


STAGE  LIGHTING  EQUIPMENT 

MODERN    STAGE  lighting 

equipment  is  readily  available  to  meet  any 
production  requirement.  It  includes  strip 
lights,   footlights,    proscenium    strips,  border 

lights,  spotlights,  floodlights,  mercury  lamps  for 
"black  light,"  and  stage  effect  apparatus  of  all 
kinds. 

Frank  Adam  Electric  Company,  3650Windsor  Avenue, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Belson  Manufacturing  Company,  1442  W.  Van  Buren 

Street,  Chicago  7,  111. 
Capitol  Stage  Lighting  Company,  527-529  West  45th 

Street,  New  York  City. 
Century  Lighting   Equipment,   Inc.,   419   West  S5th 

Street,  New  York  City. 


Announcing  .... 

The  ACE-REEVES  FILM  SPLICER 

A  completely  revolutionary  approach  to  splicing  and  patching  film.  So 
designed  as  to  eliminate  the  possibility  of  human  error.  The  splicer,  rather  than 
the  operator,  makes  the  splice. 

Outstanding  features  include  built-in,  pre-positioned  serrated  dry  scraper, 
retractable  guide  pins  to  eliminate  tearing  of  film,  finger  touch  release  of  up- 
per and  lower  plattens,  and  localized  heating  element  for  rapid  drying  of  splice. 

This  new  precision  splicer  is  made  in  several  models  for  use  in  theaters,  studios, 
and  all  users  of  8  mm.,  16  mm.  and  35  mm.  film. 

VISIT  OUR  DISPLAY  AT  THE  TESMA  AND  TEDPA  CON- 
VENTION IN  TOLEDO  ON  NOVEMBER  8,  9,  10  AND  II. 

REEVES  INSTRUMENT  CORP. 


215  East  91st  Street 


New  York  28,  N.  Y. 


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BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19.  1946 


C.  W.  Cole  &  Company,  Inc.,  320  East  12th  Street, 

Los  Angeles,  Calif. 
Day-Brite  Lighting,   Inc.,  5401   Bulwer  Avenue,  St. 

Louis,  Mo. 

GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214-22  W.  Madison 

Street,  Chicago,  I1L 
Hub  Electric  Company,  219-29  West  Grand  Avenue, 

Chicago,  111. 

Kliegl  Brothers,  321  W.  50th  Street,  New  York  City. 
Reynolds  Electric  Company,  2650  W.  Congress  Street, 
Chicago,  111. 


STAGE  RIGGING  AND  HARDWARE 

THESE    INCLUDE  blocks 

and  pulleys,  counterweights,  arbors,  be- 
laying pins,  cleats,  curtain  tracks,  key- 
stones, pin  rails,  pin  wire,  sand  bags,  manila 
rope,  wire  rope,  rope  locks,  trim  lamps,  carriers, 
rigging,  steel  curtains — unlimited  profusion  of 
apparatus  is  available  to  secure  a  smooth,  at- 
tractive performance.  (Also  see  Curtains  and 
Stage  Drapes,  and  Curtain  Controls.) 

Automatic  Devices  Company,  1035  Linden  Street,  Al- 
lentown.  Pa. 

J.  R.  Clancy,  Inc.,  1010  West  Belden  Avenue,  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y. 

Peter   Clark  Div.   of  Lamson   Corporation,  Syracuse, 
N.  Y. 

Vallen.  Inc.,  225  Bluff  Street,  Akron,  Ohio. 
I.  Weiss  &   Sons,  Inc.,  445  West  45th  Street,  New 
New  York  City. 


STAIR  NOSINGS 

nosings  for  stairs  are 
available  in  both  metal  and  rubber.  Rub- 
ber nosings  can  be  obtained  in  various 
colors  as  well  as  white,  and  in  addition  to  re- 
ducing liability  to  slip,  light  shades  outline  the 
treads,  thus  further  reducing  hazard.  For  vis- 
ibility in  darkened  areas,  such  as  balconies, 
yellow  rather  than  white  is  recommended. 
Ames  Metal  Moulding  Company,  225  E.  144th  Street, 
York  City. 

Safeguard  Rubber  Products  Corporation,  250  West  49th 
Street,  New  York  City. 

• 

STEREOPTICONS 

INSTRUMENTS  MOUNT- 
ING incandescent  or  arc  lamps  for  the 
projection  of  lantern  and  effect  slides  are 
available  in  single,  double  and  triple  dissolving 
types  that  permit  striking  effects  and  novelties 
in  entertainment.  The  simpler  models,  some  with 
color  wheels,  can  be  obtained  at  moderate  prices. 

Bausch  &  Lomb  Optical  Company,  652  St.  Paul  Street, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Charles  Beseler  Company,  131  East  23rd  Street,  New 

York  City. 

Best  Devices  Company,  10516  Western  Avenue,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 

Brenkert  Light  Projection  Company,  6545  St.  Antoine 

Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich. 
GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214-22  W.  Madison 

Street,  Chicago,  IlL 
S.  O.  S.  Cinema  Supply  Corporation,  449  West  42nd 

Street,  New  York  City. 


TAKEUPS,  FILM 

film  takeups  are  me- 
chanical devices  for  effecting  proper 
winding  of  the  film  upon  the  reel  in  the 
takeup  (lower)  magazine  during  projection, 
with  tension  on  the  film  kept  in  adjustment  as 
the  amount  of  the  rewound  film  increases 

Century  Projector  Corporation,   729   Seventh  Avenue, 

New  York  City. 
Clayton    Products    Company,    31-45    Tibbett  Avenue, 

New  York  City. 
GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,   1214  West  Madison 

Street,  Chicago,  IlL 
International   Projector   Corporation,   92    Gold  Street, 

New  York  City. 


TEST  REELS 

FOR  MEASURING  and 
checking  projection  and  sound  reproduc- 
tion various  test  reels  have  been  developed. 
A  set  of  test  reels  always  available  in  the  thea- 
tre permit  convenient  checking  of  conditions 
periodicaHy,  to  detect  defects  before  they  have 
developed  to  a  critical  degree,  as  well  as  to 
ascertain  causes  and  to  make  adjustments  after 


faults  have  become  apparent.  Reels  covering 
projection  include  material  and  calibrations  for 
optical  system  alignment,  definition,  film  weave, 
and  many  other  factors.  Sound  test  reels  cover 
reproduction  characteristics  at  various  frequen- 
cies and  volume  levels,  acoustic  measurements, 
etc.,  etc.  Prices  vary  according  to  purpose  and 
calibration. 

Academy  of  Motion  Picture  Arts  and  Science,  Taft 

Building,  Holywood,  Calif. 
Society  of   Motion    Picture   Engineers,  Pennsylvania 

Hotel,  New  York  City. 

TESTING  INSTRUMENTS 

the  need  for  instruments 
with  which  to  check  electrical  installations, 
particularly  in  projection,  sound  and 
lighting,  varies  from  theatre  to  theatre.  Usually 
there  is  a  need  for  only  two  such  instruments, 
a  voltmeter  and  an  ammeter.  The  voltmeter 
scale  should  run  from  zero  to  250,  that  of  the 
ammeter  to  150. 

The  functions  of  these  two  instruments  are 
included  with  others  in  an  electrical  analyzer 
that  is  capable  of  giving  readings  for  most  any 
factor  in  electrical  circuits,  either  a.  c.  or  d.  c, 
as  well  as  for  sound  tubes.  The  cost  is  not  too 
high  to  make  its  purchase  unfeasible  if  electrical 
installations  are  serviced  by  the  theatre  staff  to 
an  appreciable  degree.  The  analyzer  should  be 
of  low-  and  high-reading  type. 

In  every  theatre  a  test  lamp  is  a  handy  tool. 
To  reduce  the  chance  of  short-circuits,  it  should 
have  well  insulated  prongs  (something  the 
home-made  variety  seldom  has). 

Hickock     Electrical     Instrument     Company,  10527 

DuPont  Avenue,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Hulett-Packard  Company,   Palo  Alto,  Calif. 


Precision  Instrument  Manufacturing,  Inc.,  57-02  Hoff- 
man Drive,  Elmhurst,  N.  Y. 

Supreme  Instruments  Corporation,   Greenwood,  Miss. 

rriplett  Electrical  Instrument  Company,  Bluffton, 
Ohio. 

Weston  Electrical  Instrument  Corporation,  628  Freling- 
huysen  Avenue,  Newark  5,  N.  J. 


TICKET  BOXES 

ATTRACTIVELY  FINISHED, 

sturdily  balanced  metal  receptacles  for  dis- 
posal of  tickets  at  the  entrance  are  obtain- 
able at  prices  rendering  home-made  boxes  rare- 
ly feasible,  even  if  they  are  designed  as  well 
for  the  purpose.  These  boxes  are  typically  of 
steel  construction  on  an  iron  base  of  proper 
weight,  with  a  hinged  top  of  aluminum  or  simi- 
lar non-corroding  metal  bowled  to  facilitate 
placement  of  tickets  into  a  slot  at  the  center, 
and  having  the  interior  of  similar  bright,  non- 
corroding  finish  providing  a  background  against 
which  a  ticket  may  be  easily  seen.  Stock  models 
are  usually  available  in  the  commoner  colors, 
and  other  shades  may  be  had  on  special  order. 

Ticket  boxes  with  chopping  knives  are  also 
normally  obtainable  for  situations  in  which  de- 
struction of  tickets  to  prevent  re-use  is  indicated. 
GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214-22  W.  Madison 

Street,  Chicago  7,  III. 
Neumade  Products  Corporation,  427  West  42nd  Street, 

New  York  18,  N.  Y. 
Newman    Brothers,    Inc.,    660-670    West   4th  Street, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

• 

TICKET  REGISTERS 

automatically  regis- 
tering ticket  dispensers  facilitate  the  han- 
dling of  box  office  peaks,  and  impart  the 


CROWD  CONTROL  EQUIPMENT 
and  LOBBY  HARDWARE 


CROWD  CONTROL  POSTS  and  VELOUR  ROPES 

These  posts  and  ropes  mean  less  personnel  are  needed  to  keep 
crowds  moving  efficiently. 


Crowd  Control  Posts 
Velour  Covered  Ropes 


Rope 
Sand 
Wall 
Dust 
Push 


Ends 

Urns 

Plates 

Pans 

Bars 


Kick 
Stair 
Door 


Plates 

Rails 

Holders 


Grilles 


We've  just  turned  out  a  new  illustrated 
brochure  displaying  a  host  of  post-war 
theatre  equipment  items.  These  products 
are  ready  for  prompt  shipment. 

A  request  on  your  letterhead  will  bring 
our  complete  brochure  immediately. 

Write  today  to : 


LAWRENCE  METAL  PRODUCTS,  INC.,  434  Broadway,  N  Y .13,  NY. 
Successors    to    New    York    Brass    and    Wire    W  oris  Co. 


TRADE  MARK 


Cable  Address 
"GENISTER" 
NEW  YORK 


GENERAL  REGISTER'S 
ELECTRICALLY  OPERATED 

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PROVEN  DEPENDABILITY 


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BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


impression  of  efficiency,  cleanliness  and  business- 
like methods ;  they  eliminate  all  excuses  for 
errors  on  the  part  of  the  cashier  (some  type 
of  dispensers  make  the  usual  errors  impossible)  ; 
and  they  may  be  regarded  as  necessary  to  any 
real  assurance  that  box  office  losses  are  not 
occurring  through  cashier-doorman  collusion. 
They  are  obtainable  in  motor-driven  and  manu- 
ally operated  types. 

The  most  elaborate  system  for  keeping  ticket 
sales  under  control  of  the  management  em- 
braces both  the  ticket  issuing  mechanism  and  the 
ticket  itself,  with  anti-collusion  provisions. 

Ticket  issuing  machines  are  also  available 
with  the  mechanism  for  the  ejection  of  each 
channel  of  tickets  built  as  a  complete  unit.  If 
any  unit  gets  out  of  order,  it  is  promptly  re- 
placed without  disturbing  the  rest  of  the  equip- 
ment. Housings  are  available  to  accommodate 
up  to  three,  and  up  to  five  units. 

General  Register  Corporation,  3620  33rd  Street,  Long 

Island  City,  N.  Y. 
GoldE  Manufacturing  Company,  1214-22  W.  Madison 

Street,  Chicago,  111. 
The  Ticket  Issuing  Machine  Company  (Timco),  3620 

33rd  Street,   Long  Island  City,  N.  Y. 


TOILET  ACCESSORIES 

THE  PROVISION  of  SOap. 

paper  towels,  etc.,  for  the  use  of  the  pub- 
lic, is  not  to  be  regarded  as  merely  a 
service  to  patrons ;  such  provision,  maintained 
constantly,  contributes  to  the  cleanliness  of  the 
toilet  rooms,  thus  reducing  maintenance  work 
of  the  theatre  staff. 

The  soap  should  be  preferably  of  liquid-type, 
available  from  a  handy  dispenser.  Built-in 
dispensers  with  only  the  spout  visible  above 
each  lavatory,  are  preferable  to  the  glass  bowl 
type  in  that  they  are  neater  and  are  theft-proof. 
Paper  towel  dispensers  should  be  as  accessible, 
supplied  with  towels  of  at  least  32-pound  stock. 
(They  may  be  obtained  in  control  type  issu- 
ing only  one  section  at  a  time). 

Toilet  paper  should  be  of  at  least  10-pound 
stock  and  dispensed  by  holders  using  either  flat 
folded  sheets,  or  issuing  two  sheets  at  a  time. 
These  may  be  obtained  in  chrome-plated  metal 
or  in  synthetic  materials  to  match  compartment 
color. 

For  the  patron  to  place  over  the  seat,  dispos- 
able tissue  covers  are  available,  and  can  be 
issued  by  a  coin  clispenser. 

Brunswick-Balke-Collender  Company,  Inc.,  17  W.  19th 

Street,  New  York  City. 
National  Paper  Products  Company,  343  Samson  Street, 

San  Francisco,  Calif. 
Sanaphane,  Inc.,  St.  Paul  Minn. 

Sanymetal    Products    Company,    1705    Urbana  Road, 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 
United  Metal  Box  Company,  174  7th  Street,  Brooklyn, 

N.  Y. 


TRANSFORMERS 

THE    PRINCIPAL    use  of 

transformers  in  theatres  is  to  increase  the 
voltage  of  the  electric  power  line  supply- 
ing neon  lighting  circuits.  They  are  a  regular 
component  of  a  neon  installation,  but  need  occa- 
sional replacement. 

Mercury  lamps  used  in  "black  light"  installa- 
tions also  require  transformers,  small  one  oper- 
ating on  115  volts  and  consuming  about  20 
watts. 

Comparable  ballast  equipment  is  needed  to 
step  up  voltage  of  the  current  supply  for  each 
Slimline  fluorescent  lamp  (See  Lighting,  Archi- 
tectural and  for  Public  Areas). 

Amplifier  Company  of  America,  398  Broadway,  New 
York  City. 

General  Electric  Company,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Raytheon  Manufacturing  Company,  Foundry  Avenue, 
Waltham,  Mass. 

Sola  Electric  Company,  2S2S  Clybourn  Avenue,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

Ward   Leonard  Electric   Company,   91    South  Street, 

Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 
Westinghouse  Electric   Corporation,   East  Pittsburgh, 

Pa. 


UNIFORMS 

theatre  prestige  em- 
phasized through  service,  is  greatly  en- 
hanced by  costumes  worn  by  attendants. 

Uniforms  should  be  made  to  individual  meas- 
urements to  assure  perfect  fit  and  neatness  at 
all  times.  Catalogues  are  available  containing 
appropriate  suggestions  as  to  proper  styles  for 
each  class  of  personnel,  and  each  season. 

Collars  for  ushers  are  obtainable  in  reversible 
type  so  that  when  one  side  gets  dirty  the  col- 
lar may  be  turned  with  other  side  out,  thus 
doubling  the  time  that  a  single  collar  may  be 
used  before  laundering. 

S.  Appel  &  Company,  18  Fulton  Street,  New  York 
City. 

Brooks  Uniform  Company,  1140  Avenue  of  the  Ameri- 
cas, New  York  19,  N.  Y. 

Maier-Lavaty  Company,  2141  Lincoln  Avenue,  Chi- 
cago. 

Reversible  Collar  Company,  111  Putnam  Avenue,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

Russell  Uniform  Company,  1600  Broadway,  New  York. 
• 

UPHOLSTERING  MATERIALS 

upholstering  materials 
are  of  importance  in  theatre  operation, 
first  in  relation  to  auditorium  seating,  sec- 
ond as  coverings  for  foyer  and  lounge  furniture. 
They  may  be  divided  into  two  general  kinds — 
(1)  soft  fabrics,  and  (2)  simulated  leather. 

The  soft  fabrics  regarded  as  suited  to  motion 
picture  theatre  auditorium  chairs  are  mohair, 
velour  and  corduroy,  and  these  are  of  course 
available  in  various  grades.  Because  of  the 
hard  usage  to  which  theatre  auditorium  seating 
is  subjected,  and  the  liability  of  the  theatre 
management  for  discoloration  of  clothes  due 
to  unstable  dye,  the  cheaper  grades  should  never 
be  used. 

There  are  two  general  classes  of  simulated 
leather,  that  having  a  paroxylin-base,  and  that 
with  a  vinyl-plastic  base.  Each  is  available  in 
different  grades. 

The  vinyl-plastic  base  type  is  the  most  ex- 
pensive, but  it  is  also  regarded  more  durable 
under  stress  of  flexing,  while  it  is  not  affected 
by  perspiration,  hair  oil,  grease,  etc.  Simulated 
leather  is  obtainable  in  a  large  variety  of 
standard  colors  and  off-shades,  and  also  in 
"antique"  finishes  having  a  worked  leather  pat- 
tern effect. 

Simulated  leather  is  suited  to  foyer  and 
lounge  furniture.  Here,  however,  and  particu- 
larly in  women's  lounges,  soft  fabrics  are  often 
preferred  for  their  suggestion  of  luxurious  com- 
fort, and  also  for  the  colorful  patterns  available. 
Of  the  soft  fabrics,  those  most  often  used  for 
lounge  and  foyer  furniture  are  the  cottons  and 
wools,  or  cotton-rayon  mixtures,  having  a  firm 
texture  and  minimum  of  nap.  (See  Furniture 
for  Foyers  and  Lounges.) 

Fabrics  are  also  being  woven  of  plastic  fibres, 
in  a  variety  of  patterns  and  colors.  They  are 
washable  and  fire-resistant. 

Athol  Manufacturing  Company,  Athol,  Mass. 
Chfcopee  Manufacturing  Corporation,  47  Worth  Street, 

New  York  City  (plastic  fabric). 
Collins  &  Aikman  Coproration.  200  Madison  Avenue, 

New  York  City. 
Cotan    Corporation,    331-359    Oliver    Street,  Newark, 

N.  J. 

Dazian's  Inc.,  142  West  44th  Street,  New  York  City. 
E.  I.  du  Pont  de  Nemours  &  Company,  Inc.,  Fabrics 

Division,  Fairfield,  Conn. 
Fensin  Seating  Company.  62  East  13th  Street,  Chicago. 
Firestone  Industrial  Products  Co.,  Velon  Div.,  Akron, 

Ohio 

Goodall  Fabrics,  Inc.,  525  Madison  Avenue,  New  York 
City. 

A.  D.  Juilliard  &  Company,  Inc.,  40  West  40th  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Maharam  Fabric  Corporation,   130  West  46th  Street, 

New  York  City. 
Masland  Duraleather  Company,  Amber  Street  at  Wil- 

lard,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
The   Pantasote   Corporation   of   N.   J.,    444  Madison 

Avenue,  New  York  City. 
The  Textileather   Corporation,   607   Madison  Avenue, 

Toledo,  Ohio. 

United  States  Rubber  Company,  Coated  Fabrics  Divi- 
sion, Mishawaka,  Ind. 

Zapon-Keratol  Div.,  of  Atlas  Powder  Company,  Stam- 
ford, Conn. 

VACUUM  CLEANERS:  See  Cleaning  Me- 
chanisms. 


VENDING  EQUIPMENT 
FOR  CONFECTIONERY 

the  selling  of  candy 
and  popcorn,  and  also  beverages,  in  the 
theatre  provides  both  a  service  to  patrons 
and  a  source  of  extra  income,  and  while  such 
sales  may  be  handled  on  a  percentage  basis 
through  a  concessionaire,  many  theatre  man- 
agements are  in  a  good  position  to  operate 
this  end  of  the  business  themselves,  taking  the 
entire  profit,  which  in  the  case  of  candy  may 
run  as  high  as  30-40  per  cent,  and  of  popcorn 
as  much  as  70  per  cent. 

Candy  vending  machines  are  available  in  de- 
signs especially  developed  for  the  theatre,  with 
modern  lines  and  decorative  features  which, 
while  making  the  machine  noticeable  enough, 
allows  it  to  blend  more  or  less  with  the  sur- 
roundings. Theatre  candy  machines  should  pro- 
vide a  substantial  choice  of  popular  bars,  and 
be  of  a  mechanical  quality  assuring  ease  and 
assurance  of  operation.  The  better  machines 
are  equipped  with  a  slug-detecting  device,  and 
are  lighted  with  fluorescent  lamps,  which  do 
not  generate  a  level  of  heat  injurious  to  candy. 

Candy  counters,  for  dispensing  of  a  large 
variety  of  confectionery  by  an  attendant,  are 
obtainable  in  many  styles  and  shapes  for  any 
location,  with  open  counters  or  glass-enclosed 
case.  Most  types  contain  storage  space  for  stock 
Popcorn  machines  are  available  in  attractive 
styles  in  porcelain  enamel  and  bright  metals, 
with  mounting  on  wheels  permitting  easy  trans- 
fer from  vestibule  or  lobby  to  storage  room. 
Popping  equipment  (associated  with  the  use  of 
especially  prepared  cooking  oil  and  seasoning) 
is  practically  automatic  in  action.  To  keep  extra 
poppings  of  corn  warm,  glass  cases  with  stain- 
less steel  frames  are  available  with  electrical 
heating  equipment  built  in. 

Beverage  dispensers  operate  automatically  on 
insertion  of  a  coin,  dispensing  in  a  paper  cup. 
.  Advance  Manufacturing  Company,  6296  St.  Louis  Ave- 
nue, St.  Louis,  Mo. 
American  Popcorn  Company,  Box  41,  Sioux  City,  la. 
Columbus  Show  Case  Company,  850  West  Fifth  Ave- 
nue, Columbus,  Ohio. 
C.  Cretors  &  Company,  630  Cermak  Road,  Chicago, 
111. 

Farmer  Boy  Popcorn  &  Equipment  Co.,  Liberty  Ave- 
nue at  180th  Street,  Jamaica,  N.  Y. 

Manley,  Inc.,  1920  Wyandotte  Street,  Kansas  City, 
Mo. 

National  Vendors,  Inc.,  5055  Natural  Bridge  Avenue, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Page  Engineering  Company,  603  South  Sycamore,  Los 

Angeles,  CaKf. 
Pronto   Popcorn    Sales,    66   Hereford   Street,  Boston, 

Mass.   Popcorn  Warmers. 
Popcorn  Equipment  Company,  458  South  Spring,  Los 

Angeles  13.  Calif. 
Poppers  Supply  Co.,  Inc.,  60  E.  13th  Street,  Chicago 

5,  111. 

Rowe   Manufacturing   Company,   Inc.,   Main   &  Mill 

Streets,  Belleville,  N.  J. 
Star  Manufacturing  Company,   Inc.,  6300  St.  Louis 

Avenue,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Stoner   Manufacturing   Corporation,   328   Gale  Street, 

Aurora,  111. 

Vendex,    Inc.,    701-3    South   2nd    Street,  Milwaukee, 

Wis. 

Viking  Popcorn  Machine  Co.,  1481  West  Washington 
Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

VOLTAGE  REGULATORS 

WHILE    ELECTRIC  power 

companies  are  supposed  to  maintain  their 
lines  at  approximately  established  volt- 
tage,  they  cannot  be  depended  on  to  do  so  in 
some  communities.  This  is  true  of  some  indus- 
trial areas,  but  the  condition  is  most  often  found 
in  small  cities  and  villages. 

Voltage  regulators  of  inexpensive  type,  but 
fully  automatic,  are  available  for  the  control 
of  such  line  fluctuations.  For  stabilizing  current 
to  all  of  the  sound  system  except  the  motors 
(and  the  motors  do  not  ordinarily  need  to  be 
included),  capacities  of  from  500  to  1,000  watts 
cove-  theatre  requirements. 

Allis-Chalmers  Manufacturing  Company,  Milwaukee, 
Wis. 

Amplifier  Company  of  America,  398  Broadway,  New 
York  City. 

General  Electric  Company,  1  River  Road,  Schenectady, 
N.  Y. 

Raytheon  Manufacturing  Company,  Foundry  Avenue, 
Waltham,  Mass. 

Sola  Electric  Company,  2525  Clybourn  Avenue,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation,  East  Pittsburgh. 
Pa. 


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TERRITORIAL  SUPPLY  DEALERS 


ALABAMA 

Queen  Feature  Service,  Inc.,  The,  1912J4  Morris  Ave- 
nue, Birmingham.*    Miss  V  Harwell,  manager. 

ARIZONA 

Arizona  Film  Supply  Company,  84  W.  Pennington 
Street,  Tucson. 

CALIFORNIA 

Breck  Photoplay  Supply  Company,  1969  S.  Vermont 

Avenue,  I.os  Angeles. 
Filbert  Company,  John  P.,  2007  S.  Vermont  Avenue, 

Los  Angeles.*  John  P.  Filbert,  owner. 
National  Theatre  Supply,  255  Golden  Gate  Avenue,  San 

Francisco.*   H.  H.  Randall,  manager. 
National  Theatre  Supply,  1961  S.  Vermont  Avenue,  Los 

Angeles.*    Lloyd  C.  Ownbey,  manager. 
Pacific  Coast  Theatre  Supply,  250  Golden  Gate  Avenue, 

San  Francisco. 
Preddey  Theatre  Supplies,  Walter  G.,  187  Golden  Gate 

Avenue,  San  Francisco.*  Walter  G.  Preddey,  owner. 
Projection  Equipment  &  Maintenance  Company,  1973 

S.  Vermont  Avenue,  Los  Angeles.*   R.  M.  Wutke, 

manager. 

Shearer  Company,  B.  F.,  1968  S.  Vermont  Avenue,  Los 
Angeles.    Barclay  Ardell,  mangaer. 

Shearer  Company,  B.  F.,  243  Golden  Gate  Avenue,  San 
Francisco.    Homer  I.  Tegtmeier,  manager. 

Western  Theatrical  Equipment  Company,  222  Golden 
Gate  Avenue,  San  Francisco.*  Harry  Sarber,  man- 
ager. 

COLORADO 

Graham    Brothers    Theatre    Equipment,    546  Lincoln 

Street,  Denver.*  H.  Graham,  manager. 
National  Theatre  Supply,  2111  Champa  Street,  Denver,* 

J.  J.  Morgan,  manager. 
Western  Service  &  Supply,  2120  Broadway,  Denver. 

Melvin  C.  Glatz,  manager. 

CONNECTICUT 

Modern    Theatre    Equipment    Corporation,    The,  130 

Meadow  Street,  New  Haven.  Louis  Phillips,  manager. 
National  Theatre  Supply,   122  Meadow   Street,  New 
Haven.*   W.  J.  Hutchins,  manager. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

Brient,  Elmer  H„  &  Sons,  802  N.  Capitol  Street, 
Washington.  E.  H.  Brient,  owner. 

Lust,  Ben,  1001  New  Jersey  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Wash- 
ington.   Ben  Lust,  owner. 

FLORIDA 

Hornstein,   Inc.,   Joe,   1417   N.   East   Second  Avenue, 

Miami.    Hal  Hornstein,  manager. 
Southeastern  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  625  N.  Bay 

Street,  Jacksonville.    W.  E.  Woodward,  manager. 
United  Theatre  Supply  Corporation,  110  Franklin  Street, 

Tampa.*  Ray  Busier,  manager. 

GEORGIA 

Capital  City  Supply  Company,  Inc.,  161  Walton  Street, 

N.  W.,  Atlanta.*    C.  J.  Howell,  manager. 
National  Theatre  Supply,  187  Walton  Street,  N.  W., 

Atlanta.*   J.  C.  Brown,  manager. 
Southeastern     Theatre     Equipment    Company,  201-3 

Luckie  Street,  N.   W.,  Atlanta.    J.   B.  Dumestre, 

manager. 

Southland  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  Inc.,  183  Wal- 
ton Street,  N.  W.,  Atlanta. 

WU-kln  Theatre  Supply,  Inc.,  150-4  Walton  Street, 
N.  W.,  Atlanta.*  Nash  Weil,  executive  vice-president. 

ILLINOIS 

Abbott  Theatre  Supply  Company,  1311  S.  Wabash  Ave- 
nue, Chicago.*   H.  Abbott,  owner. 

Chicago  Theatre  Supply  Company,  1255  S.  Wabash 
Avenue,  Chicago.*    M.  Yahr,  manager. 

Droll  Theatre  Supply  Company,  351  East  Ohio  Street, 
Chicago.    A  C.  Anders. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  1325  S.  Wabash  Avenue, 
Chicago.*  R.  W.  Dassow. 

Stanley  Theatre  Supply  Co.,  1233  S.  Wabash  Avenue. 
Chicago. 

INDIANA 

Ger-ber,  Inc.,  442  N.  Dlinois  Street,  Indianapolis.*  B. 
Hopkins,  owner. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  436  N.  Illinois  Street,  In- 
dianapolis.*  B.  N.  Peterson,  manager. 

IOWA 

Des  Moines  Theatre  Supply  Company,  1121  High  Street, 
Des  Moines.*  A.  B.  Thiele  and  Rudy  G.  Faulds, 
partners. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  1102  High  Street,  Des 
Moines.*  A.  C.  Schuyler,  manager. 

KANSAS 

Southwest  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  309  W.  Doug- 
las Avenue,  Wichita. 

KENTUCKY 

Falls  City  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  427  South 
Third  Street,  Louisville.*   W.  E.  Carrell,  owner. 


Hadden  Equipment  Company,  423  West  Liberty  Street, 
Louisville  2.    A.  V.  Sheckler,  manager. 

LOUISIANA 

Delta  Theatre  Supply,  Inc.,  214  South  Liberty  Street, 

New  Orleans.*   J.  F.  Elsey,  manager. 
Hodges    Theatre   Supply   Company,    Inc.,    150  South 

Liberty  Street,  New  Orleans.*  W.  A.  Hodges,  owner. 
National  Theatre  Supply,  220  South   Liberty  Street, 

New  Orleans.*   T.  N.  Necly,  manager. 

MARYLAND 

Dusman  Motion,  Picture  Supplies,  J.  F.,  213  N.  Calvert 
Street,  Baltimore.    J.  F.  Dusman,  owner. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  417  St.  Paul  Place,  Balti- 
more.*   N.  C.  Haefele,  manager. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Capitol  Theatre  Supply  Company,  28  Piedmont  Street, 

Boston.*   K.  R.  Douglas,  manager. 
Cifre,  Inc.,  Joe,  44  Winchester  Street,  Boston.*  Joe 

Cifre,  owner. 

Independent  Theatre  Supply  Company,  Inc.,  28  Win- 
chester Street,  Boston. 

Massachusetts  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  20  Pied- 
mont Street,  Boston. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  37  Winchester  Street,  Bos- 
ton.*  H.  J.  McKinney,  manager. 

Standard  Theatre  Supply  Company,  78  Broadway,  Bos- 
ton. 

Theatre    Service   &   Supply   Company,    30  Piedmont 

Street,  Boston. 

MICHIGAN 

Amusement  Supply  Company,  208  W.  Montcalm,  De- 
troit. 

Forbes  Theatre  Supply  Company,  Ernie,  214  W.  Mont- 
calm Street,  Detroit.*    Ernie  Forbes,  owner. 

McArthur  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  454  W. 
Columbia,  Detroit.*  Geo.  McArthur,  owner. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  2312-14  Cass  Avenue,  Detroit.* 
C.  Williamson,  manager. 

Ringold  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  106  Michigan 
Street,  N.  W.,  Grand  Rapids.   H.  J.  Ringold,  owner. 

United  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  2501  Cass  Ave- 
nue, Detroit.   H.  S.  Morton,  owner. 

MINNESOTA 

Elliot  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  Glenwood  Avenue, 

Minneapolis. 

Frosch  Theatre  Supply  Company,  38  Glenwood  Avenue, 
Minneapolis.*  M.  Frosch,  owner. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  56  Glenwood  Avenue,  Min- 
neapolis.*  A.  T.  Crawmer,  manager. 

Western  Theatre  Equipment  Exchange,  Inc,  45  Glen- 
wood Avenue,  Minneapolis. 

MISSOURI 

Cine  Supply  Company,  3310  Olive  Street,  St.  Louis.* 

L.  H.  Walters,  manager. 
Exhibitors  Supply  Company,   3236  Olive   Street,  St. 

Louis.*    Ray  Colvin,  owner. 
Independent  Theatre  Supply  Company,  115  West  18th 

Street,  Kansas  City. 
Missouri   Theatre   Supply   Company,    115    West  18th 

Street,  Kansas  City.*    L.  J.  Krimbiel,  manager. 
National  Theatre  Supply,  3212  Olive  Street,  St.  Louis.* 

W.  C.  Earle,  manager. 
National  Theatre  Supply,  223  West  18th  Street,  Kansas 

City.*  A.  De  Stefano,  manager. 
Rockenstein  Company,  L.  T.,  3142  Olive  Street,  St. 

Louis.    L.  T.  Rockenstein,  owner. 
Shreve  Theatre  Supply  Company,  217  West  18th  Street. 

Kansas  City.   James  W.  Shreve,  president. 
Stebbins  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  1804  Wyandotte 

Street,  Kansas  City.*   C.  Badger,  manager. 

NEBRASKA 

The  BaUantyne  Company,   1707-11   Davenport  Street. 

Omaha.    Robert  Ballantyne,  owner. 
Quality  Theatre  Supply  Corporation,   1511  Davenport 

Street,  Omaha. 
Western  Theatre  Supply  Company,  214  N.  15th  Street, 

Omaha.*  F.  A.  Van  Husan,  and  E.  N.  Epley,  part 

ners. 


REPAIR  SERVICE 

All  of  the  dealers  listed  do  equip- 
ment repairing  unless  otherwise 
indicated. 

Also,  these  dealers  handle  all 
classes  of  theatre  equipment  unless 
the  listing  specifies  certain  kinds. 

Members  of  the  Theatre  Equip- 
ment Dealers  Protective  Association 
are  marked  with  an  asterisk. 


NEW  MEXICO 

Eastern  New  Mexico  Theatre  Supply  Company,  Box 

1099.  Clovis. 

NEW  YORK 

Albany  Theatre  Supply  Company,  1046  Broadway, 
Albany. 

Amusement  Supply  Company,  Inc.,  341  W.  44th  Street, 

New  York  City.*   J.  Pear,  manager. 
Auburn  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  5  Court  Street, 

Auburn.    Frank  M.  Spreter,  owner. 
Becker   Theatre   Equipment,   Inc.,   492   Pearl  Street, 

Buffalo.   Albert  Becker,  owner. 
Capitol  Motion  Picture  Supply  Corporation,  630  Ninth 

Avenue.  New  York  City.*    Ben  Perse,  and  Harry 

Perse,  partners. 
Crown  Motion  Picture  Supplies  Corporation*  364  West 

44th  Street,  New  York  City.*  Julian  Katz,  manager. 
Empire  Theatre  Supply  Company,  Inc.,  1003  Broadway, 

Albany. 

Empire  Theatre  Supply  Corporation,  330  West  42nd 

Street,  New  York  City. 
Hornstein,   Inc.,  Joe,  630  Ninth  Avenue,  New  York 

City.*   Joe  Hornstein,  president. 
National  Theatre  Supply,  498-500  Pearl  Street,  Buffalo.* 

V.  G.  Sandford,  manager. 
National  Theatre  Supply,  356  West  44th  Street,  New 

York  City.*  James  Frank,  Jr.,  manager. 
National  Theatre  Supply,  962  Broadway,  Albany.*  D. 

Nedosko,  manager. 
Robin,  Inc.,  J.  E.,  330  West  42nd  Street,  New  York 

City.    Export.    J.  E.  Robin,  president. 
S.  O.  S.  Cinema  Supply  Corporation,  449  West  42nd 

Street,  New  York  City.  National  distribution  on  mail- 
order plan.    J.  A.  Tanney,  owner. 
Star  Cinema  Supply  Company,  442  West  45th  Street, 

New  York  City.   S.  Tanney,  owner. 
United  Projector  &  Film  Corporation,  228  Franklin 

Street,  Buffalo.   G.  W.  Linden,  manager. 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

Bryant  Theatre  Supply  Company,  227  South  Church 
Street,  Charlotte.*   M.  Bryant,  manager. 

Dixie  Theatre  Suppry  Company,  Box  217,  Charlotte.* 
J.  B.  Erskine,  manager. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  304  South  Church  Street, 
Charlotte.*  W.  G.  Boling,  manager. 

Southeastern  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  209  South 
Poplar  Street,  Charlotte.   C.  T.  Lawing,  manager. 

The  Standard  Theatre  Supply  Company,  124-128  East 
Washington  Street,  Greensboro.*  P.  Wicker,  man- 
ager. 

Theatre  Equipment  Company,  261  North  Green  Street, 
Greensboro. 

Wil-kin  Theatre  Supply,  Inc.,  229  South  Church  Street, 
Charlotte.    Bill  White,  owner. 

NORTH  DAKOTA 

McCarthy  Theatre  Supply  Company,  55  Fifth  Street, 
Fargo. 


OHIO 

Akron  Theatre  Supply  Company,  1025  N.  Main  Street, 

Akron.   H  P.  Jones,  manager. 
American  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  165  N.  High 

Street,  Columbus. 
American  Theatre  Supply  Company,  439  Dorr  Street. 

Toledo.*    Paul  Hueter. 
Dayton    Theatre    Supply    Company,    111  Volkenand 

Street,  Dayton. 
Mid- West  Theatre  Supply  Company,  Inc.,  1632  Central 

Parkway,  Cincinnati.    J.  Stallings,  manager. 
National   Theatre  Supply,   1637-39  Central  Parkway, 

Cincinnati.*   J.  H.  Kelley,  manager. 
National  Theatre  Supply,  2128  Payne  Avenue,  Cleve- 
land.*  F.  Masek,  manager. 
Ohio  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  2108  Payne  Avenue, 

Cleveland.    Ben  L.  Ogron,  owner. 
Oliver  Theatre  Supply,  Inc.,  East  23rd  &  Payne  Ave- 

une,  Cleveland.    M.  H.  Fritehle,  manager. 
Standard    Theatre    Supprjr    Company,    3461  Franklin 

Street,  Bellaire. 

OKLAHOMA 

Howell  Theatre  Supplies,  12  South  Walker  Avenue, 
Oklahoma  City.*   W.  R.  Howell,  owner. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  700  West  Grand  Avenue 
Oklahoma  City.*   J.  I.  Watkins,  manager. 

Oklahoma  Theatre  Supply  Company,  708  West  Grand 
Avenue,  Oklahoma  City.*   J.  Peek,  manager. 

OREGON 

Shearer  Company,  B.  F.,  1947  N.  W.  Kearney  Street, 

Portland.    Errol  Holland,  manager. 
Theatre  Utilities  Service  Company,  1935  N.  W.  Kearney 

Street,  Portland.*  H.  S.  McLeod,  manager. 
Western  Theatre  Equipment  Company,   1923   N.  W. 

Kearney  Street,  Portland. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Atlas  Theatre  Supply  Company,  425  Van  Braam  Street, 
Pittsburgh.   Gordon  O.  Gibson,  owner. 

Blumberg  Bros.,  Inc.,  1305-07  Vine  Street,  Philadel- 
phia. Harry  Blumberg,  and  Ben  Blum  berg,  partners. 


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CATALOG  BUREAU 

Authentic  information  on  equipment,  furnishings  and  materials  will  be  sent 
theatre  executives,  architects  and  projectionists  indicating  their  interests  In 
tee  coupon  below.  Refer  to  Item  by  number  from  following  list  whenever  pos- 
sible;  otherwise  explain   in  the  space   indicated   for   numbers   in   the  coupon. 


ADVERTISING 

101 —  Advertising  projectors 

102 —  Cutout  devices 
j 03 — Display  frames 

104 —  Flashers 

105—  Lamps,  incand.  reflector 

106 —  Lamps,  incand.  flood 

107 —  Letters,  changeable 

108 —  Marquees 

109 —  Reflectors,  roundel  type 

110 —  Signs,  theatre  name 
1 1  I — Neon  transformers 


41 1 —  Snow  melting  crystals 

412 —  Soap,  liquid 

413 —  Vacuum  cleaners 

FLOOR  COVERINGS 

501—  Asphalt  tile 

502 —  Carpeting 

503 —  Carpet,  fluorescent 

504 —  Carpet  lining 

505 —  Concrete  paint 

506 —  Linoleum 

507—  Mats,  rubber 


928 —  Reflectors  (arc) 

929 —  Renovators,  film 

930 —  Rewind  ers 

931—  Rheostats 

932 —  Safety  devices,  projector 

933 —  Screens 

934 —  Speakers  &  horns 

935—  Splicers 

936—  Soundheads 

937 —  Stereopticons 

938—  Tables 

939 —  Voltages  regulators 

940 —  Waste  cans,  self-closing 

SEATING 

1001—  Ash  trays  (chair  back) 

1002—  Chairs 

1003 —  Chair  covers 

1004 —  Chair  refinishing 

1005 —  Expansion  bolts 

1006 —  Fastening  cement 

1007 —  Latex  cushions 

1008 —  Upholstering  fabrics 

SERVICE  &  TRAFFIC 
I  101 — Directional  signs 

1102 —  Drinking  cups 

1103 —  Drinking  fountains 

1 104 —  Uniforms 

STAGE 

1201 —  Curtains  &  drapes 

1202 —  Curtain  controls 

1203—  Curtain  tracks 

1204 —  Lighting  equipment 

1205 —  Rigging  &  hardware 

1206—  Scenery 

1 207 —  Switchboards 

TICKET  SALES 

1301—  Box  offices 

1 302 —  Changemakers 

1303 —  Signs,  price 

1304 —  Speaking  tubes 

1305—  Tickets 

1306 —  Ticket  choppers 

1307—  Ticket  holders 

1308 —  Ticket  registers 

TOILET 

1401 —  Fixtures 

1402 —  Paper  dispensers 

1403 —  Paper  towels 

1404 —  Soap  dispensers 
(See  also  Maintenance) 

VENDING 

1501 —  Beverage  Dispensers 

1502 —  Candy  counters 

1503 —  Candy  machines 

1504 —  Popcorn  machines 

1505 —  Phonographs,  automatic 


AIR  SUPPLY 

201—  Air  Cleaners,  electrical 

202 —  Air  washers 

203 —  Blowers  &  fans 

204 —  Coils  (heat  transfer) 

205 —  Compressors 

206 —  Control  equipment 

207 —  Cooling  towers 

208—  Diffusers 

209—  Filters 

210 —  Furnaces  &  boilers 

211 —  Grilles,  ornamental 

212 —  Heaters,  gas  unit 

213—  Humidifiers 

214 —  Insulation 

2 1 5—  Motors 

216 —  Oil  burners 

2 1 7 —  Ozone  generators 

218 —  Radiators 

219—  Stokers 

220 —  Temperature  indicators 

221 —  Well  water  pumps 

ARCHIT'RE  &  DECORATION 

301 —  Decorating  service 

302 —  Drapes 

303 —  Fabric,  wall 

304 —  Fibre  boards  &  tiles 

305—  Glass  blocks  &  tiles 

306 —  Glass  murals 

307 —  Leatherette  for  walls 

308 —  Luminescent  paints 

309 —  Mirrors 

310 —  Paint,  lacquers,  etc 

311 —  Porcelain  enamel 

312—  Roofing 

313 —  Terrano 

314 —  Wood  veneer 

GENERAL  MAINTENANCE 

401 —  Brooms  &  brushes 

402 —  Carpet  shampoo 

403 —  Cleaning  compounds 

404 —  Detergents 

405 —  Disinfectants 

406—  Gum  remover 

407 —  Ladders,  safety 

408 —  Perfumes 

409—  Polishes 

410 —  Sand  urns  . 


LIGHTING 

601 —  Black-light  equipment 

602 —  Cove  strips  &  reflectors 

603 —  Dimmers 

604 —  Downlighting  equipment 

605 —  Fluorescent  lamps 

606—  Lumiline  lamps 

607 —  Luminaires 

(See  also  Advertising,  Stage) 

LOUNGE  FURNISHINGS 

701 —  Ash  trays 

702 —  Chairs,  sofas,  tables 

703 —  Cosmetic  tables,  chairs 

704 —  Mirrors 

705 —  Statuary 

OFFICE 

801 —  Accounting  systems 

802 —  Communicating  systems 

PROJECTION 

901 —  Acoustic  materials 

902 —  Acoustic  service 
9Q3 — Amplifiers 

904 —  Amplifier  tubes 

905 —  Cabinets,  accessory 

906—  Cabinets,  carbon 

907—  Cabinets,  film 

908 —  Changeover* 

909 —  Condenser  lenses 

910 —  Effect  projectors 

911 —  Exciter  lamps 

912 —  Fire  extinguishers 

913—  Fire  shutters 

914 —  Hearing  aids 

915 —  Lamps,  projection  arc 

9 1 6 —  Microphones 

917 —  Mirror  guards 

9 1 8 —  Motor-generators 

919 —  Photoelectric  cells 

920 —  Projectors,  standard 

921 —  Projectors,  16-mm. 

922 —  Projector  parts 

923 —  Projection,  rear 

924 —  Public  address  systems 

925—  Rectifiers 

926 —  Reel  end  alarms 

927—  Reels 


BETTER  THEATRES  CATALOG  BUREAU  COUPON 

Mail  to  Better  Theatres.  Rockefeller  Center,  New  York.  Write  in  numbers. 


Neme   Theatre  , . 


National  Theatre  Supply,  1721  Blvd.  of  the  Allies, 
Pittsburgh.*   W.  C.  Jervis,  manager. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  1225  Vine  Street,  Philadel- 
phia.* R.  W.  Pries,  manager. 

Perm  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  307  N.  13th  Street, 
Philadelphia. 

A.  &  S.  Steinberg,  Inc^  1713  Blvd.  of  the  Allies,  Pitts- 
burgh.* 

Superior   Motion   Picture  Supply  Company,  84  Van 

Braam  Street,  Pittsburgh.  Arthur  F.  Morrone,  man- 
ager. 

Tata  Theatre  Equipment,  Vincent  M-,  1620  Wyoming 
Avenue,  Forty  Fort.    Vincent  M.  Tate,  owner. 

RHODE  ISLAND 

Rhode  Island  Theatre  Supply  Company,  357  West- 
minster Street,  Providence. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

American  Theatre  Supply  Company,  316  South  Man. 
Street,  Sioux  Falls.*   A.  S.  Trotzig,  owner. 

TENNESSEE 

Monarch  Theatre  Supply  Company,  494  South  Second 
Street,  Memphis.*   N.  B.  Blount,  owner. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  412  South  Second  Street, 
Memphis,*  R.  L.  Bostick,  manager. 

Tri-State  Theatre  Service,  318  South  Second  Street, 
Memphis.*   O.  L.  "Bud"  Williams,  partner. 

TEXAS 

Hardin  Theatre  Supply  Company,  714  Hampton  Road, 
Dallas. 

Herber  Brothers,  408  South  Harwood  Street,  Dallas.* 
E.  Herber,  owner. 

Modern  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  2tX&'/2  Jackson 
Street,  Dallas.*   Henry  S.  Sorenson,  owner. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  300  South  Harwood  StreeV 
Dallas.*   R.  L.  Bostick,  manager. 

Southwestern  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  U16  Main 
Street,  Houston.*   A.  Mortenson,  manager. 

Southwestern  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  2010  Jack- 
son Street,  Dallas.    J.  O.  Hill,  manager. 

UTAH 

Intel-mountain  Theatre  Supply  Company,  142  East  First 

South  Street,  Salt  Lake  City.*  Phil  Gust,  manager. 
Service  Theatre  Supply  Co.,  Inc.,  256  East  First  South 

Street,  Salt  Lake  City*  O.  J.  Hazen,  partner. 
Western  Sound!  &  Equipment  Company,  142  East  First 

South  Street,  Salt  Lake  City.    P.  S.  Guss,  and  Ted 

Lewis,  partners. 

VIRGINIA 

Norfolk  Theatre  Supply  Company,  2706  Colley  Avenue, 
Norfolk.*   Morris  Ornoff,  manager.- 

WASHINGTON 

American  Theatre  Supply  Company,  Inc.,  327  Railway 
Exchange  Building,  2nd  Avenue  at  Cherry,  Seattle. 

National  Theatre  Supply,  2319  Second  Avenue,  Seattle.* 
O.  L.  Chiniquy,  manager. 

Shearer  Company,  B.  F.,  2318  Second  Avenue,  Seattle* 
T.  Shearer,  manager. 

Western  Theatre  Equipment  Company,  2406  First  Ave- 
nue, Seattle. 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

Charleston  Theatre  Supply,  506  Lee  Street,  Charleston. 
Ned  E.  Merhie,  owner. 

WISCONSIN 

National  Theatre  Supply,   1027  North   Eighth  Street, 

Milwaukee.*  A.  J.  Larsen,  manager. 
Smith,  Ray,  Company,  The,  710  West  State  Street, 

Milwaukee.*   Ray  Smith,  owner. 
Theatre   Equipment   &   Supply  Company,   641  North 

Seventh  Street,  Milwaukee. 

CANADA 

Adamson,  M.  L.,  9921  113th  Street,  Edmonton,  Alta. 

Dominion  Sound  Equipment,  Ltd!.,  1620  Notre  Dame 
Street,  W.,  Montreal,  Que.;  114  Bond  Street,  Toronto, 
Ont. ;  86  Hollis  Street,  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia;  65  Rorie 
Street,  Winnipeg,  Manitoba ;  820  Cambie,  Vancouver, 
B.  C;  709  Eighth  Avenue,  Calgary,  Alta. 

Dominion  Theatre  Equipment  Co.,  Ltd.,  847  Davie 
Street.  Vancouver,  B.C.  D.  V.  K.  Fairleigh,  man- 
ager. 

Empire  Agencies,  Ltd.,  211-215  Bower  Building,  543 
Granville  Street,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 

General  Theatre  Supply  Co.,  Ltd.,  104  Bond  Street, 
Toronto,  Ontario;  366  Mayor  Street,  Montreal, 
Quebec;  963  Granville  Street,  Vancouver,  B.C.;  510 
Canada  Building,  Winnipeg,  Manitoba.* 

Huttom  &  Sons,  Inc.,  Charles,  222  Water  Street,  St. 
John.  Newfoundland.. 

La  Salle  Recreations,  Ltd.,  945  Granville  Street,  Van- 
Vancouver,  B.  C. 

Perkins  Electric  Co.,  Ltd..  277  Victoria  Street,  Toronto. 

Rice  &  Co.,  J.  M.,  202  Canada  Building,  Winnipeg. 

Sharp  &  Sons,  W.  G.,  Film  Exchange  Building,  Cal- 
gary, Alberta. 

Thearet  Equipment  Supply  Company,  906  Davie  Street, 
Vancouver,  B.  C. 

The  United  Electric  Co.,  Ltd.,  847  Davie  Street,  Van- 
couver, B.  C. 


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CENTURY  MANUFACTURES  A  COMPLETE  LINE  OF  REPLACEMENT  PARTS  FOR  THE  CENTURY  MODEL  "K"  PROJECTOR  MECHANISMS. 
INCLUDED  ARE  INTERMITTENT  MOVEMENTS,  HARDENED  AND  GROUND  SPROCKETS  AND  STARWHEELS,  PRECISION  GEARS  AND 
SHAFTS  —  ALL  EQUIPMENT  WHICH  HAS  BEEN  PROVEN  BEST  BY  ACTUAL  TEST.  CENTURY  CERTIFIED  PARTS  ARE  SOLD 
THROUGH  ALL  THEATRE  SUPPLY  DEALERS  —  USED  BY  RECOGNIZED  REPAIRMEN  THE  WORLD  OVER. 


BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


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Avoid  ARC 
Power  Failures 
and  Refunds 

with  the 
ROBIN-IMPERIAL 

Stedpwer 

Designed  specifically  for  projection 
lamp  service.  Not  just  a  motor- 
generator,  but  a  guarantee  of  ser- 
vice— a  power  plant  with  56  years' 
electrical  know-how  and  40  years' 
theatre  experience  "built-in". 
See  your  Independent  Theatre 
Supply  Dealer  or  write  for  litera- 
ture. 

J.  E.  ROBIN,  INC. 

330  W.  42nd  St..  New  York  18.  N.  Y. 

Motor-Generators  and  Motors  for  Every 
Requirement 


PUT  MORE  LIGHT 
ON  YOUR  SCREEN 


•  All  reflectors  gradually  deteri- 
orate to  a  state  where  replace- 
ment cost  is  insignificant.  A  drop 
of  onlyl0%in  reflective  efficiency 
results  in  a  corresponding  de- 
crease in  screen  brilliancy,  and 
represents  a  loss  amounting  to 
10%  of  the  cost  of  your  current 
and  carbons.  Replace  yours  now, 
and  regularly.  Available  for  all 
types  and  makes  of  arc  lamps. 


NATIONAL 


THEATRE  SUPPLY 


'There's  a  Branch  Near  You' 


A  DEPARTMENT  ON  PROJECTION  &  SOUND  REPRODUCTION  EQUIPMENT 
&  METHODS  FOR  THEATRE  OWNERS,  MANAGERS  AND  THEIR  STAFFS 


"No  other  art  or  industry  in  the  world  narrows  down  its  success  to  quite  such  • 
needle's  eye  as  that  through  which  the  motion  picture  has  to  pass — an  optical 
aperture — in  the  continuous  miracle  of  the  screen  by  a  man  and  his  machine, 
the  projectionist  and  his  projector."  — TERRY  RAMSAYB 


Conducted  by  CEORCE  F.  MILLER 

Chief  projectionist  and  head  of  maintenance,  St.  Cloud  Amusement 
Corporation,  New  Jersey;  president  of  local  365,  IATSE  &  MPMO 


His  Patrons  Liked  Being 
Shown  "Secrets"  of  Theatre 

Paul  Ricketts,  owner  of  the  Charm  the- 
atre in  Hollyrood,  Kans.,  in  submitting  a 
question  that  is  handled  in  the  "Trouble 
Shooting"  section  of  this  department, 
agrees  with  us  that  to  show  patrons  the 
workings  of  a  theatre  does  not  make  the 
screen  play  less  enjoyable  to  them.  He 
comments : 

"Some  time  back  your  column  carried 
pro  and  con  arguments  about  taking  the 
patrons  to  the  projection  room  and  letting 
them  see  what  makes  the  show  go  on.  I 
have  had  some  experience  with  this  and  I 
am  definitely  on  your  side  in  feeling  that 
there  is  considerable  value  in  this  to  the 
small  town  exhibitor.  The  old  equipment 
which  I  removed  was  a  pretty  sorry  mess 
and  over  the  years  had  given  considerable 
trouble  and  a  lot  of  people  had  it  in  their 
minds  that  it  was  just  old  stuff.  Never- 
theless we  enjoyed  a  nice  business.  When 
I  replaced  the  equipment  with  what  I  con- 
sider the  very  best,  I  gave  it  considerable 
publicity. 

"The  Altec  man  finished  his  adjusting  on 
Sunday  and  stayed  over  that  evening  long 
enough  for  us  to  do  a  little  ballyhooing 
and  run  his  test  reel  for  a  nice  audience. 
Then  I  had  a  special  trailer  made  which 
I  ran  for  two  or  three  weeks. 

"I  talked  equipment  at  every  opportunity 
and  took  everyone  that  I  could  get  to  walk 
up  the  stairs  to  the  projection  room  and 
showed  them  the  equipment  in  operation. 
Please  note  that  I  took  them  personally , 
rather  than  telling  them  to  go  and  take  a 
look.  I  gave  them  a  short  summary  of  the 
workings  of  sound  projectors,  the  quality  of 
this  equipment,  and  whenever  possible  had 
them  watch  a  changeover. 

"I  was  amazed  how  little  the  average 
person  knows  about  the  workings  of  such 
equipment.    So  many  people  wondered  why 


we  had  two  machines,  and  90%  commented 
that  they  didn't  realize  that  there  was  so 
much  equipment  required.  The  folks 
seemed  to  enjoy  the  visit  very  much — most 
of  them  thanking  me,  while  I  assured  them 
that  I  was  so  proud  of  it  that  I  was  more 
than  glad  to  show  it. 

"I  consider  that  I  have  created  an  untold 
amount  of  goodwill  that  will  mean  money 
in  my  pocket  for  a  long  time  to  come.  I 
have  had  numerous  people  ask  to  see  the 
equipment,  as  their  neighbor  or  someone 
had  told  them  about  seeing  it.  I  have  had 
several  families  bring  small  boys  who 
wanted  to  see  it,  and  I  have  taken  just  as 
much  time  with  them  as  with  the  adults. 
I  plan  to  contact  the  school  officials  with 
an  offer  to  have  groups  down  for  inspec- 
tions if  they  care  to  do  this. 

"I  don't  believe  there  is  any  disillusion- 
ment, as  spoken  of  by  one  of  the  contribu- 
tors to  your  column.  On  the  contrary  I 
think  the  small  town  exhibitor  gains  im- 
measurably by  folks  appreciating  his  efforts 
to  bring  them  the  best.  Also,  I  believe  the 
people  who  see  the  equipment  work  will 
realize  the  exhibitor's  position  and  be  much 


FREE  ADVICE  CONCERNING 

YOUR  EQUIPMENT  INSTALLATION 

This  department  is  available,  without 
charge,  for  appraisal  of  the  efficiency  of 
your  present  projection  and  sound  installa- 
tion, and  for  suggestions,  if  the  conditions 
indicate  them,  for  improving  results.  Since 
this  kind  of  information  concerns  only  an 
individual  theatre,  it  is  transmitted  by  mail. 
In  writing  for  this  service  please  supply  all 
data  directly  related  to  projection  and 
sound  reproduction — malce  and  model  of 
the  various  items  of  equipment,  markings  on 
lens  barrels,  length  of  throw,  size  of  picture, 
size  of  carbons,  arc  amperage,  etc.  If  you 
plan  to  replace  any  item  of  the  present 
installation,  the  characteristics  of  the  new 
equipment  should  be  explained. 


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HIGH  INTENSITY 
PROJECTION ! 


]\£ ovie-goers  come  back  more  often  to  the 
theatre,  large  or  small,  that  has  High  Intensity 
Projection !  Because  they  appreciate  the  bright- 
er screen . . .  the  sharper  black-and-white  images 
. . .  the  richer  color  scenes. 

This  has  been  the  experience  of  theatre  man- 
agers throughout  the  country.  In  fact,  so  effec- 
tive is  this  type  of  projection  in  boosting  admis- 
sions that  no  theatre  can  afford  to  be  without  it. 


For  example,  consider  what  One -Kilowatt 
High  Intensity  Projection  means  to  even  the 
smallest  theatre !  It  means  prestige  . . .  admis- 
sions . . .  profits.  Its  cost  ?  Even  if  it  fills  but  a 
few  extra  seats  a  day,  High  Intensity  Projection 
will  pay  for  itself. 

Start  your  modernization  program  with  Sim- 
plified High  Intensity  lamps.  Get  in  touch  today 
with  your  supply  house. 


NATIONAL  CARBON  COMPANY,  INC. 


Unit  of  Union  Carbide  and  Carbon  Corporation 
The  word  "National"  is  a  registered  trade-mark 
of  National  Carbon  Company,  Inc. 


30  E.  42nd  St.,  New  York  17,  N.  Y. 
Division  Sales  Offices:  Atlanta,  Chicago,  Dallas, 
Kansas  City,  New  York,  Pittsburgh,  San  Francisco 


BETTER  THEATRES,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


55 


more  tolerant  those  few  times  that  you  do 
have  trouble. 

"Frankly,  I  think  an  exhibitor  is  foolish 
to  spend  the  kind  of  dough  it  takes  to  buy 
this  stuff  today  and  then  not  tell  people 
about  it  in  such  a  way  that  they  will  appre- 
ciate it. 

"Thanks  in  advance  for  your  services. 
I  enjoy  your  column  and  look  forward  to 
each  issue." 

Enclosed  with  Mr.  Ricketts'  letter  were 
some  of  his  program  cards,  with  an  entire 
month's  bookings  on  each  card  in  the  form 
of  a  calendar.  On  the  backs  of  the  cards 
were  well  written  publicity  and  cuts  con- 
cerning the  equipment,  policy  and  other 
features  of  his  theatre. 

Electronic  Control 
Of  Carbon  Arc  Feed 

a  radical  departure  from 
the  conventional  arc  carbon  feed  devices 
in  common  use  today  appears  in  the  new 
lamp  being  manufactured  by  the  Forest 
Manufacturing  Corporation.  The  new 
feed  works  on  an  electrical  rather  than  a 
mechanical  principle,  has  no  motor  and 
eliminates  reduction  gears,  clutches  and 
fast  moving  parts. 

The  heart  of  the  device,  known  as  the 
"Forest  electronic  arc  control,"  is  a  solenoid 
magnet  which,   by  means  of   a  co-acting 


pawl,  operates  a  ratchet  &^ar  rastened  di- 
rectly to  a  feed  screw  not  unlike  those 
found  in  conventional  arc  control  units. 
There  is  an  entirely  separate  mechanism 
for  the  positive  and  negative  carbons,  al- 
lowing separate  control  of  the  driving 
speeds  for  each  carbon.  Slight  fluctuations 
in  the  current  are  not  registered  on  this 
electrical  type  of  control. 

The  a.c.  current  is  electronically  con- 
verted into  periodic  impulses  which  are  fed 
to  a  solenoid  coil ;  this  electrical  impulse 
generator  has  a  control  knob  by  which  the 
frequency  of  the  impulses  may  be  changed 
at  will  over  a  range  of  from  20  to  120  per 
minute.  Inasmuch  as  each  impulse  is  har- 
nessed in  such  a  manner  that  it  moves  the 
carbon  slightly,  it  can  readily  be  seen  that 
turning  the  knob  will  vary  the  speed  at 
which  the  carbon  controlled  by  that  unit  is. 

Since  with  two  of  these  units  there  is  no 
electrical  or  mechanical  tie-up  between  the 
negative  and  positive  feeds,  the  adjustment 
of  each  carbon  is  entirely  independent  of 
.the  other,  permitting  the  use  of  any  com- 
bination of  carbon  sizes. 


Warm  Up  Tungar  Bulbs 

Longer  life  of  Tungar  tubes  may  be 
achieved,  according  to  the  experience  of 
Wilbur  Flaherty,  member  of  Local  389, 
Fort  Dodge,  la.,  by  giving  them  a  chance 


to  get  warmed  before  taking  current  from 
the  rectifier.   He  writes: 

"In  the  September  issue  of.  Better 
Theatres  you  gave  some  good  hints  on 
Tungar  tube  rectifiers.  With  your  permis- 
sion I  would  like  to  add  one  more  hint 
which  will  often  result  in  longer  life.  It 
is  this: 

"Always  give  the  Tungar  bulbs  at  least 
15  to  20  seconds  to  warm  up  before  strik- 
ing the  arc.  If  the  projector  switch  is  in 
the  a.c.  side  of  the  rectifier,  this  means 
closing  the  projector  switch  and  allowing 
the  Tungar  bulb  filaments  to  warm  up  15 
to  20  seconds  before  striking  the  arc.  This 
procedure  takes  a  little  more  time,  but  it 
will  result  in  increased  bulb  life." 


NEW  EQUIPMENT 
ADVISORY  SERVICE 


O.   K.  LEONARD  of  O.  K. 

Enterprises,  Bayard,  N.  M.,  submits  some 
interesting  conditions  in  the  following 
letter: 

"I  enjoy  reading  your  articles  in  Better 
Theatres  and  get  a  lot  of  good  ideas 
from  them.  Now  I  am  in  need  of  some 
help  from  your  'New  Equipment  Advisory 
Service.' 

"We  have  just  secured  some  Army  sur- 


A  NEW  DEVELOPMENT 


ELECTRONIC  CONTROL 
PROJECTION  *e  LAMP 

that  will  make  other  lamps  obsolete 


FIRST  OFFICIAL  DEMONSTRATION  TO  BE  HELD 
AT  THE  TOLEDO  SHOW  —  FOREST  BOOTH  No.  23 


■0REST  MFC       %  60  Park  Place,  Ne 


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Typical  of  the  beautiful  photography  in  current  releases 
is  this  scene  from  the  RKO  Radio  Picture,  "Sister 
Kenny"  starring  Rosalind  Russell  and  Alexander  Knox. 

Film  producers  spend  millions  to  give  you  productions 
which  are  examples  of  the  best  in  photographic  art.  To 
realize  their  great  potentials  on  your  screen,  however, 
you  must  project  them  with  the  same  brilliant,  snow- 
white  high  intensity  light  that  is  employed  in  film 
production.  Only  then  can  you  obtain  for  your  patrons 
all  the  highlights,  deep  shadows  and  intermediate  values 
necessary  to  pictures  of  depth  and  fine  definition. 

Strong  High  Intensity  Lamps  deliver  double  the  light 
of  low  intensities  at  a  cost  within  reach  of  the  most 
modest  theatre.  Sold  by  independent  theatre  supply 
dealers  everywhere. 

THE  STRONG  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION 


87  City  Park  Avenue 


Toledo  2,  Ohio 


"The  World's  Largest  Manufacturer  of  Projection  Arc  Lamps" 

^  (MkeM,-tkfat$tf*»K  STRONG  ■t6e/D(date*/6jte/  ^ 


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57 


5imple  pressure  of  the 
thumb  applied  to  the 
J$    pin  (a)  adjusts  the 
STRONG  UNIVERSAL 
REWIND  "MULE"  for  4",  5"  or 
Exchange  Reefs,  as  indicated 
on  the  plate.    Dot  (c)  is  the 
position   for   Exchange  Reel 
i    rewinding.  "Mule"  comes  with 
|\    a    ground   one-piece  shaft 
|>W  and   can   be   furnished  for 
jllll  any  typeof  enclosed  rewind. 


No  more  delayed  shows,  due  to  broken  rewind  keys  and 
shafts  .  .  .  No  more  fevered  dismantling  of  vital  equipment 
to  install  new  parts  ...  No  more  need  for  makeshift  rewind 
collars  in  the  projection  booth. 

Again,  a  projectionist  has  sensed  and  is  ready  to  meet 
the  needs  of  the  projectionist. 

Again  the  perfector  of  the  Change-over  and  the  Reel 
End  Signal  contributes  to  the  goal  of  all  projectionists — 
o  perfect  show.' 

Simple,  rugged,  and  positively  fool-proof,  the  new 
STRONG  UNIVERSAL  REWIND  "Mule"  fits  any  enclosed 
rewind.  A  flick  of  the  thumb,  and  it  takes  4"   5"  and 

Exchange  Reels. 
/AjJtei       The  STRONG  UNIVERSAL  REWIND  "Mule"  will 
be  available  shortly  from  Theater  Supply  Dealers 
M?P    everywhere.  Meanwhile,  write  for  details,  prices. 


ESS  ANN  AY  ELECTRIC  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

1438  N.  Clark  St.  Chicago  1  Q.Illinois. 


BRIGGS  STADIUM 

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN 


FORBES  FIELD 

PITTSBURGH.  PENNSYLVANIA 


CROSLEY  FIELD 

CINCINNATI.  OHIO 


COJVJISKEY  PARK 

CHICAGO.  ILLINOIS 


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plus  machines  with  high-intensity  lamps 
and  not  being  acquainted  with  them  tech- 
nically, would  like  to  know  what  trim 
caibons  we  should  use,  and  what  taps  on 
the  rectifiers  to  use  in  order  to  get  the  most 
economical  operation  from  them  in  return 
for  the  most  satisfactory  amount  of  light  on 
the  screen. 

"Our  throw  is  approximately  60  feet 
with  a  picture  12x16  feet.  We  have 
Super  Cinephor  coated  lenses,  speed  f:2, 
focus  3.25 ;  the  machines  are  Simplex  E-7, 
the  lamps  Peerless  Magnarc  Type  F 
marked  d.c,  arc  volts  28-42,  d.c,  arc  amps 
32-75.  The  rectifiers  are  Baldor  Rect-O- 
Lite  Type  60-T ;  a.c.  side  is  230  volts, 
3-phase,  60-cycle  and  is  marked  d.c.  volts 
36-55,  d.c.  amps  60-40." 

If  you  could  get  a  working  distance 
(from  the  front  edge  of  the  center  hole  in 
♦  the  reflector  to  the  aperture)  of  33}i",  you 
would  have  an  optical  system  of  the  speed 
f:2.2.  With  the  E-7  heads  you  will  prob- 
ably be  able  to  get  34  to  34^4"  as  a  work- 
ing distance,  and  this  will  make  your  sys- 
tem f:2.3. 

At  a  throw  of  60  feet  your  picture 
should  be  15'  2"  wide.  If  your  picture  is 
16'  wide,  your  throw  must  be  about  63  feet. 

You  should  use  6mm  by  9-inch  negative 
carbons,  and  7mm  by  14-inch  positive  car- 
bons, at  about  42  amps  and  33  volts. 

This  will  give  you  about  5,600  screen 
lumens  without  shutter  running,  or  about 
30  foot-candles  of  light,  average,  across 
your  16-foot  screen,  without  your  shutter 
running,  and  about  15  foot-candles,  aver- 
age, with  your  shutter  running.  We  rec- 
ommend from  10  to  20  foot-candles  aver- 
age across  the  screen.  This  amperage  will 
probably  be  delivered  by  the  lowest  tap  on 
your  rectifier. 

SETTING  OPTICAL  ALIGNMENT 

In  order  to  get  the  best  light  possible  we 
suggest  that  when  setting  up  these  lamps, 
you  open  the  back  door.  You  will  find  at  the 
uppermost  part  of  the  reflector  holder  a 
thumb  screw,  and  at  the  bottom  is  an  ad- 
justment bolt.  Loosen  the  top  thumb 
screw,  strike  the  arc  and  see  that  the  car- 
bons show  at  the  correct  place  on  the  image 
card,  then  turn  the  bottom  adjustment 
bolt,  which  will  move  the  entire  reflector 
backward  and  forward.  You  will  see  that 
moving  it  in  one  direction  will  make  your 
light  on  the  screen  blue,  and  the  other  di- 
rection will  make  it  brown.  The  brown 
is  the  reflection  of  the  glow  of  the  positive 
carbon.  Just  as  you  start  to  see  the  brown 
begin  to  appear,  reverse  the  adjustment 
until  you  get  a  pure  white  light. 

For  checking  optical  alignment  you  can 
make  the  "pin-hole  test,"  which  we  ex- 
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PAUL  RICKETTS,  Charm 
theatre.  Holyrood,  Kans.,  asks  for  help  on 
the  following  problem : 

"We  seem  to  be  getting  pretty  good  light, 
although  I  notice  some  flicker  in  the  light 
backgrounds  or  in  light  scenes.  One  of 
my  heads  was  just  recently  overhauled  and 
I  notice  a  little  more  flicker  in  it  than  in 
the  other  one.  I  would  like  to  remedy  this 
slight  flicker  if  possible  as  it  is  quite  notice- 
able in  real  light  scenes." 

We  wrote  to  Mr.  Ricketts,  giving  him 
the  following  suggestions.  If  one  projects 
the  light  on  the  screen  without  film,  from 
any  projector,  there  will  always  be  a  notice- 
able flicker.  In  very  light  scenes  this  also 
occurs,  and  the  more  light  one  has  on  the 
screen  (the  brighter  the  picture  is)  the 
more  the  flicker  becomes  evident.  If  there 
is  more  flicker  with  one  machine  than  with 
the  other,  you  are  getting  more  light  from 
the  projector  with  the  most  flicker. 

We  assumed  that  in  Mr.  Ricketts'  case  it 
was  a  steady  flicker.  If  the  flicker  is  inter- 
mittent, however,  so  that  it  appears  for  a 
few  seconds  and  then  stops  for  a  few  sec- 
onds, the  fault  is  probably  with  current 
rectification,  and  it  is  well  to  check  the 
rectifiers  (Mr.  Ricketts  has  Tungar  tube 
rectifiers),  using  suggestions  on  this  sub- 
ject in  these  columns  of  last  month. 

Later,  Mr.  Ricketts  wrote  again  and  in- 
formed us  that  he  had  installed  new  one- 
kilowatt  equipment  to  replace  his  low- 
intensity  lamps,  and  new  projectors.  With 
the  new  equipment  he  also  gets  the  flicker 
in  the  light  scenes.  We  recommend  from 
10  to  20  foot-candles  of  light,  average 
across  the  screen,  and  from  a  description  of 
the  new  equipment  we  figure  he  is  getting 
at  least  25  foot-candles.  This  tends  to 
confirm  our  original  thought  that  the 
amount  of  light  is  causing  this  flicker. 

A  good  way  to  use  such  extra  light  to 
good  advantage  is  to  make  the  picture 
larger.  Mr.  Ricketts'  present  picture  is 
13  feet  wide.  If  the  picture  were  13^4 
feet  wide,  the  light  would  be  reduced  to 
around  22  foot-candles  average  across  the 
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If  You  Have  Creaky  Wood  Stairs, 
Here's  How  to  Silence  Them 


there  ARE  still  many  the- 
atres with  wood  stairs,  especially  in  small 
towns,  and  sooner  or  later  they  are  likely 
to  develop  creaks.  Sometimes  creaking 
stairs  are  easy  to  silence — and  sometimes 
not.  We've  known  cases  in  which  more 
than  one  attempt  by  a  local  carpenter  has 
been  necessary  to  make  them  finally  silent. 

Wood  stairs  consist  of  three  chief  parts 
— the  stringers  that  carry  the  load,  the 
risers  forming  the  upright  part  of  the  step, 
and  the  tread  on  which  the  foot  is  stepped 
upon.  If  any  of  the  three  work  loose,  creaks 
arise.  Some  theatres  have  what  are  called 
plain  stairs,  in  which  the  stringers,  risers 
and  treads  are  simply  nailed  together ; 
others  have  grooved  or  channeled  stairs,  in 
which  the  risers  and  treads  are  set  in  place 
in  grooves  cut  into  the  stringers.  The  risers 
and  treads  in  channeled  stairs  are  held 
tightly  in  place  by  driving  wedges  into  the 
channels  and  alongside  the  treads  and  risers. 
When  cracks  develop  in  channeled  stairs  it 
means  that  the  glue  holding  the  wedges 
has  dried  out,  permitting  the  riser  and 
treads  to  work  loose  every  time  a  person  is 
walking  upon  them.  In  such  a  case  the  best 
thing  to  do  is  to  get  new  wedges  and  force 
them  into  the  channels  alongside  the  treads 
and  risers,  then  new  glue  can  be  applied. 
But  in  old  stairs  this  is  not  so  reliable,  and 
to  be  on  the  safe  side,  two  or  three  nails 
should  be  driven  through  the  lower  edge  of 
each  riser  and  into  the  rear  end  of  the  tread. 

When  the  back  of  the  stairs  is  closed  up 
and  inaccessible,'  the  repair  work  to  elimi- 
nate the  creaking  must  be  done  from  the 
front.  In  such  a  case  several  3-inch  finish- 
ing nails  should  be  driven  through  the  tread 
and  into  the  riser  it  rests  on.  The  nails 
must  slant  in  opposite  directions  to  hold 
properly.  After  this,  the  stairs  should  be 
walked  upon  to  see  if  the  creaking  is  gone ; 
if  it  is,  all  nails  should  be  countersunk  with 
a  nail  set,  the  holes  filled  up  with  plastic 
wood  filler,  and  the  exposed  sections  of  the 
stairs  be  refinished.  With  some  channeled 
stairs  where  the  creaking  is  bad,  quite  a  bit 


of  trial  driving  of  nails  or  wedges  will  have 
to  be  done  before  the  trouble  is  eliminated. 

When  the  creaking  is  in  plain  stairs,  the 
moulding  that  is  nailed  on  under  the  nosing 
or  the  edge  that  extends  over  the  top  of 
the  riser,  should  be  taken  off  of  the  de- 
fective tread  by  prying  it  loose  with  a  good 


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Section  through  wood  stairs  showing  parts 
that  need  repairing  when  squeaks  develop. 


chisel  or  screwdriver.  When  a  crack  is 
found  between  the  top  of  the  riser  and  the 
bottom  of  the  tread,  a  thin  wood  shingle 
should  be  pushed  gently  into  the  crack  until 
it  fits  snugly.  Then  the  rest  of  the  shingle 
should  be  trimmed  off  flush  with  the  face 
of  the  riser.  After  this  is  done,  replace  the 
moulding,  and  if  need  be,  drive  a  couple 
of  2-inch  finishing  nails  down  through  the 
tread,  making  sure  that  they  go  straight 
down  into  the  shingle-wedge  and  the  riser. 
Then  use  a  nail  set  to  drive  down  the  nails 
slightly  below  the  level  of  the  tread.  In 
this  way  there  will  be  no  chance  for  the 
tread  to  work  up  and  down  from  the  riser, 
causing  creaking  again. 

Where  the  treads,  risers  or  stringers  are 
badly  split,  rotted  or  warped,  the  best  thing 
to  do  is  to  replace  the  defective  ones  with 
new  wood,  as  trying  to  repair  stairs  in  bad 
condition  will  be  an  endless  job.  As  a  rule 
all  creaking  in  stairs  can  be  got  rid  of  by 
simply  following  the  methods  outlined  above 
providing  the  stairs  are  in  otherwise  good 
condition  and  plenty  of  time  and  persever- 
ance are  used  in  tracing  down  the  trouble. 

Where  wood  floors  develop  creaks,  re- 
pair is  a  matter  of  tightening  loose  nails. 


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(However,  as  the  nails  are  driven  in  just 
mbove  the  tongue  of  each  floor  board,  it  is 
(quite  hard  to  get  at  them  to  drive  them  in 
t farther.  In  such  a  case  other  means  will 
!have  to  be  tried,  providing  the  floor  is  not 
split,  rotted  or  warped  (in  which  case  new 
boards  will  have  to  he  laid ) .  First,  the 
exact  spot  must  be  found  where  the  squeak- 
ing or  creaking  occurs,  by  having  one  per- 
son walk  or  stamp  on  the  floor  while 
another  listens  for  the  noises.  AVhen  the 
spot  giving  trouble  is  discovered,  a  thin 
wedge  should  be  driven  between  the  boards 
and  then  trimmed  off  level  with  the  rest  of 
the  floor. 

If  this  does  not  stop  the  noise,  drive  sev- 
eral long  finishing  nails  into  the  board  at 
the  point  giving  trouble ;  these  nails  should 
go  in  at  opposite  angles. 

When  the  boards  have  warped  or  sprung 
badly,  use  long  screws  instead  of  nails. 
First  bore  a  hole  about  -Hs-inch  deep  at  the 
spot  giving  trouble,  then  put  a  little  soap 
or  grease  on  the  threads  of  the  screw,  and 
turn  the  screw  down  a  little  below  the  level 
of  the  floor,  then  filling  the  depression  with 
good  filler. 

WOOD  AUDITORIUM  FLOORS 

More  than  a  few  theatres  are  still  around 
with  wood  auditorium  floors,  and  here  seat- 
ing aggravates  the  problem  of  loose  boards. 
Flooring  that  is  square-edged  will  some- 
times crack  to  varying  widths  as  they  swell 
and  shrink  with  changes  in  the  weather,  or 
if  there  is  heavy  dampness  underneath  them. 
In  such  cases,  the  cracks  in  the  floor  cannot 
be  blamed  on  the  chair  installation  men. 
Be  that  as  it  may,  if  the  cracks  in  the  floor 
are  narrow,  they  should  be  cleaned  out, 
made  smooth  and  then  be  filled  in  tightly 
with  plastic  wood  filler.  If  the  crack  i: 
fairly  wide,  it  should  be  filled  with  a  strip 
of  wood  planed  off  to  fit  the  crack  snugly 
and  glued  in  place. 

In  cases  where  the  floor  boards  are  in 
good  condition  and  only  the  holes  around 
the  chair  fastening  screws  are  chewed 
away,  the  screws  should  be  backed  off  and 
strong  wood  plugs  driven  into  these  holes 
before  re-screwing  the  chairs  to  the  floor. 
In  every  case  where  screws  are  to  be  used 
in  wood  floors,  they  should  never  be  driven 
in  forcibly  with  a  hammer,  but  always  be 
started  and  tightened  with  a  screwdriver. 

Installing 
Standee  Blinds 

VENETIAN  BLINDS  over  a 
standee  rail  is  a  pretty  good  solution  of  the 
problem  of  invading  light  in  small  theatres 
that  have  direct  entrance  from  a  lobby  into 
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the  purpose  without  being  an  eyesore  and 
a  nuisance  if  they  are  installed  properly. 
That,  unfortunately,  is  not  always  the  case. 

When  these  blinds  are  to  be  erected  over 
a  wood  standee  in  a  theatre  with  a  wood 
floor,  make  sure  that  the  corner  posts  at 
the  head  of  the  aisles  are  sturdy  and  prop- 
erly tied-in  with  the  floor  supports.    If  the 


cement  so  that  there  will  be  no  chance  of 
looseness  developing  after  the  blinds  are 
put  in  place. 

In  spacing  the  posts  for  the  blinds,  no 
section  should  be  over  6^4  feet  in  length, 
even  though  the  standee  rail  is  laid  out  on 
a  straight  line.  It  should  be  remembered 
that  short  sections  of  blinds  are  much  easier 


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Detail  drawings  showing  method 
of  installing  Venetian  blinds 
above  standee  rail  securely.  At 
right  is  indicated  the  equal 
spacing  of  posts  for  a  rail  with 
curvature  of  seating. 


standee  rail  framing  is  of  2x4  studs,  then 
either  two  such  2x4's  should  be  nailed  to- 
gether and  set  in  place  at  the  ends  where 
the  aisles  begin,  or  else  4x4  posts  can  be 
used,  extending  3  feet  above  the  top  of  the 
rail,  with  the  lower  section  going  straight 
through  the  floor  and  fastened  solidly  to  the 
floor  joists. 

Splices  put  into  these  posts,  or  short 
3-foot  pieces  toe-nailed  into  the  top  plate 
of  the  rail,  will  not  hold  rigidly  in  place 
and  if  they  become  loose  they  can  be  a 
hazard.  At  the  head  of  the  aisle,  and  espe- 
cially at  the  ends  of  the  rail,  is  where  the 
most  pressure  is  exerted  by  patrons  going 
to  their  seats ;  also,  there  is  quite  a  strain 
put  on  the  framing  when  the  blinds  are 
raised  or  lowered. 

Where  the  standee  rail  is  of  hollow  tile, 
terra  cotta  block,  etc.,  these  posts  for  sup- 
porting the  blinds  should  go  down  at  least 
2  feet  inside  the  core  or  center  of  the  rail 
from  the  top  of  the  rail ;  then  the  openings 
around  the  posts  should  be  filled  solid  with 


to  manipulate  for  adjustment  and  are  better 
for  repair  and  maintenance  work  than  long 
ones.  When  the  standee  rail  has  a  sharp 
or  deep  curve,  the  posts  should  always  be 
spaced  very  carefully  and  in  such  center-to- 
center  dimensions  that  the  sides  of  the 
blinds  will  not  project  more  than  an  inch 
beyond  either  the  inside  or  outside  face  of 
the  rail.  In  other  words,  these  sections 
should  be  shorter  in  length  to  conform  as 
closely  as  possible  to  the  curvature  of  the 
standee  rail.  When  there  is  a  larger  ex- 
tension of  the  blinds,  not  only  will  there 
be  bad  appearance,  but  patrons  will  brush 
or  snag  their  clothing  on  the  extension, 
thus  causing  the  slats  to  rattle — and  in  time 
the  slats  will  work  loose  from  their  fasten- 
In  any  case,  the  sections  or  length  of  the 
blinds  should  be  figured  so  that  they  will 
fill  in  the  entire  length  of  the  standee  rail 
in  so  many  equal  parts.  By  so  doing,  not 
only  will  the  blinds  make  a  smooth  appear- 
ance, but  there  will  be  fewer  special 
lengths  to  be  made  up  than  would  be  the 


case  if  three  or  four  long  sections,  and  then 
two  or  three  short  sections  were  used. 

In  ordering  the  sections  of  blinds,  makej 
sure  that  Yi -inch  clearances  are  allowed  be- 
tween the  ends  of  the  slats  and  the  support- 
ing posts.  Also,  the  height  should  be  fig- 
ured so  that  when  the  blinds  are  let  down 
the  bottom  pick-up  slat  just  barely  touches 
the  top  plate  of  the  standee  rail.  In  this 
way  there  will  be  no  scraping  and  banging 
of  the  slats  as  they  are  raised  or  lowered, 
and  there  will  be  less  strain  on  the  operat- 
ing lines. 

KEEPING  BLINDS  FIT 

A  thorough  checkup  should  be  made 
after  the  blinds  are  installed  to  be  certain 
that  the  top  feed  pulley  is  taking  the  lines 
smoothly  and  evenly  and  that  all  slats  fold 
or  open  uniformly  without  any  binding. 
When  the  blinds  are  operated  over  a  period 
of  time,  with  the  slats  catching  or  scrapings 
the  finish  can  be  chipped  and  the  slats  bent; 
also,  the  strain  on  the  lines  can  stretch  them 
out  of  alignment  and  weaken  them  so  that 
they  may  pull  loose. 

When  the  blinds  are  of  the  type  that  have 
a  hinged  metal  plate  with  teeth  to  hold  the 
operating  lines,  it  should  be  made  certain 
that  this  plate  moves  freely  away  once  the 
lines  are  released.  If  this  plate  sticks  or 
must  be  forced  out  of  position  with  the 
lines,  the  teeth  will  scrape  or  dig  into  the 
cord  and  shred  it  in  a  very  short  time. 
Once  the  lines  tear  away  from  the  blinds 
it  is  quite  a  job  to  repair  them  or  to  insert 
new  lines. 

Blinds  need  periodical  cleaning  to  keep 
them  in  good  operating  condition.  Reg- 
ular dusting,  and  cleaning  twice  a  year 
with  a  chamois  wrung  almost  dry  in  clear 
water,  will  keep  the  blinds  new  in  appear- 
ance for  a  long  time.  In  dusting  work  a 
brush  of  lamb's  wool,  or  a  brush  having 
soft  bristles  divided  into  fingers,  should  be 
used  to  make  it  easy  to  dust  several  slats 
at  a  time  without  scratching.  These  brushes 
should  be  of  the  type  that  can  be  washed 
readily  after  using. 

Tapes  holding  the  slats  in  place  should 
be  dusted  with  a  soft  handbrush  or  can  be 
cleaned  with  the  brush  attachment  of  the 
vacuum  cleaner,  providing  the  work  is  done 
carefully  so  as  not  to  mar  the  finish.  Be- 
fore the  cleaning,  the  slats  should  be  tilted 
so  that  the  edges  facing  the  front  slope 
down,  exposing  the  front  and  top  of  every 
slat.  Then  wifh  the  brush  or  a  soft  cloth, 
the  slats  should  be  wiped  downward,  thus 
removing  dust  from  the  front  half  of  the 
top  of  every  slat  in  the  blind.  Then  the 
slats  should  be  tilted  the  other  way  to  clean 
the  rear  of  the  top  of  every  slat.  When 
the  slats  become  heavily  soiled  they  can  be 
washed  with  a  soft  cloth  rung  out  in  warm 
water  having  soap  suds.    They  may  also 


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;  it  cleaned  with  a  good  grade  of  paint 
leaner.  But  whatever  method  is  used,  the 
.ats  should  be  always  wiped  dry  with  a 
iff  cloth.  When  the  tapes  are  soiled  and 
heir  color  is  fast,  they  may  be  shampooed 
ith  dry  suds;  however,  the  tapes  should 
e  thoroughly  dry  before  they  are  rolled  up. 


fips  on  Curing 
Wet  Basements 


SOMETIMES     WHEN  we 

ponder  over  the  kind  of  suggestions  that 
ive  could  make  in  this  department  that 
might  be  of  help  to  theatre  management 
we  have  to  smile  at  how  far  showbusiness 
can  get  from  the  glamour  with  which  it 
usually  is  associated.  For  example,  this 
piece,  which  is  about  water  seepage  in  base- 
ments. That's  a  long  way  from  the  per- 
sonalities and  stories  of  today's  screen 
program.  But  selling  those  personalities 
and  stories  do  take  buildings,  and,  un- 
fortunately, theatres  do  have  basements, 
and  more  unfortunately,  theatre  basements 
are  just  as  susceptible  to  water  seepage  as 
other  buildings.  And  water  seepage  is  de- 
structive, highly  so,  and  destruction  means 
repairs,  and  repairs  mean  less  profit  from 
the  Hollywood  personalities  and  stories. 
Which  is  where  we  came  in. 

Preventing  and  correcting  conditions  that 
cause  water  seepage  in  basements  can  make 
quite  a  long  story;  however,  our  purpose 
here  is  merely  to  give  some  idea  of  what 
should  be  avoided,  and  what  can  be  done 
about  seepage  when  it  happens,  so  that 
repair  service  can  be  bought  and  super- 
vised to  good  advantage. 

It  has  been  found  that  the  most  frequent 
cause  of  wet  and  damp  basements  is  the 
collection  of  surface  water  alongside  the 
outside  walls  of  the  theatre  building.  In 
most  cases  this  is  rain  water  that  has  over- 
flowed the  roof  gutters  due  to  the  leaders 
being  clogged,  rusted  through  or  not  con- 
nected properly  to  the  sewer  drain.  If  a 
condition  of  this  sort  is  not  corrected  the 
rain  water  will  seep  through  around  the 
walls  until  it  can  find  a  weak  portion 
to  enter  the  basement.  On  one  job  where 
a  basement  restroom  had  walls  of  glazed 
tile,  and  the  toilets  had  walls  of  plain 
masonry,  two  coats  of  a  good  grade  of 
cement  paint  were  applied  on  the  masonry 
surface  to  eliminate  the  dampness. 

In  selecting  damp-proofing  paint  care 
should  be  taken  that  it  is  the  right  kind 
for  the  job,  as  some  waterproofing  paints 
require  a  special  prime  coat,  while  others 
are  to  be  used  only  on  unpainted  masonry 
surfaces.  In  the  job  referred  to,  the  tile 
walls  did  sweat,  but  not  so  much  because 

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A  SERIES  OF  MAINTENANCE  CHECKING  GUIDES  AND  FORMS.  NEXT  SUBJECT:  STAGE  EQUIPMENT 


ITEM  INSPECTED 


DATE 

INSPECTED 


defective  part  (unit 
or  material)  inspected 


AMOUNT 
IN  SAME 
CONDITION 


TOTAL  AM'T 
IN  USE  OR. 
ON  HAND 


location 
(as  necessary) 


MAKE 


PART  oe 
STYLE  NO. 


INSTAL- 
LATION 
DATE 


1.  Hydrant 


2.  Entrance 
Doors 


3.  Interior 
Walls 


4-  Exit 

Passageways 


5.  Floor 
Grilles 


6.  Electrical 
System 


7.  Draperies 


8.  Ventilating 
System 


9.  Heating 
System 


10.  Fire 

Extinguisher 


1 1 .  Automatic 
Sprinkler 


12.  Roofing 


13.  Projection 
Room 


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THEATRE 

LOCATION 


MANAGER  _ 
INSPECTED  BY 


NATURE    OF  DEFECT 


COBRECTIONfcheck) 


REPLACE  REPAIR. 


DATE 

OP 

Correction 


SUGGESTIONS  FOR  CHECKING  AND  CORRECTION 

1—  HYDRANT 

Check  standby  fire  hydrant  for  rust  and  sediment.  (This  equipment 
should  be  labeled  "emergency  fire  hydrant"  and  be  enclosed,  if  prac- 
ticable, in  a  glass-door  case  to  reduce  dirt  and  prevent  tampering.) 

2 —  ENTRANCE  DOORS 

Make  sure  they  open  and  close  properly.    Inspect  door  checks  and 
locks  for  certain  action. 

3—  INTERIOR  WALLS 

These  should  be  at  least  fire-retarding.  {See  Draperies  below.)  It 
is  at  these  points  that  traffic  becomes  concentrated  when  the  audi- 
torium is  emptied.  Do  not  keep  old  and  defective  rubber  mats  of 
different  sizes  or  thicknesses,  as  they  are  tripping  hazards,  which  can 
mean  disaster  in  case  of  fire. 

4—  EXIT  PASSAGEWAYS 

All  aisles,  crossovers,  hallways,  standee  areas  and  stairways  should 
never  be  roped  off  unless  an  attendant  is  stationed  there.  Check 
carpet  for  open  seams  or  looseness  that  might  cause  tripping.  Check 
all  driectional  signs  for  developing  defects.  Check  doors  for  easy  open- 
ing. Panic  bolts  should  always  be  in  perfect  operating  condition. 
Examine   fire-escapes   for   weak   slats,    guard    rails,  counterbalances. 

5—  FLOOR  GRILLES 

Check  for  dust,  dirt,  scraps  of  paper,  etc.  (The  accidental  drop- 
ping of  a  flaming  object  into  a  refuse-filled  duct  can  cause  a  fire 
which,  even  though  not  otherwise  serious,  may  cause  panic.)  A 
vacuum  cleaner  is  ideal  for  this  purpose  but  remove  the  grille  to 
make  sure  duct  is  thoroughly  cleaned. 

6—  ELECTRICAL  SYSTEM 

All  electrical  wiring,  switches,  panel-boxes,  transformers  and 
especially  fuses  should  be  checked  for  any  defects,  especially  arc- 
ing parts.  Examine  fuses  for  proper  current  capacities  for  the  wiring 
circuits  they  are  protecting  (an  overloaded  transformer  or  hot  wire 
can  cause  smoke,  which  can  create  panic). 

7 —  DRAPERIES 

All  draperies  and  curtains  of  inflammable  material  must  be  flame- 
proof. Test  for  strength  of  flameproofing  treatment.  Check  for 
cleanliness,  since  a  heavy  coating  of  dust  will  burn,  even  though  the 
fabric  will  not.  Inspect  stage  area  for  rubbish  and  storage  of  inflam- 
mable materials.  Test  operation  of  asbestos  curtain,  if  any. 

8 —  VENTILATING  SYSTEM 

A  defective  motor,  or  belts  or  pulleys  driving  the  fan,  can  create 
smoke  or  the  odor  of  smoke,  which  may  be  carried  through  the  duct- 
system  or  grilles  to  the  auditorium.  Check  location  of  air  intake  to 
make  sure  it  is  not  near  any  possible  source  of  smoke. 

9_H EATING  SYSTEM 

The  boiler  room  should  be  always  thoroughly  clean  of  all  refuse. 
Check  chimney  flue  for  cleanliness.  Make  sure  coal  storage  bins  are 
properly  constructed,  with  no  seepage  of  water,  also  that  sufficient 
heat  is  not  generated  by  uninsulated  heating  pipes  to  cause  spon- 
taneous combustion  in  the  bins. 

10—  FIRE  EXTINGUISHER 

Make  sure  that  the  required  number  of  fire  axes,  bars,  extinguishers 
and  a  hose  in  good  condition  are  within  each  firebox  station  within 
the  auditorium.  The  hose  and  controls  should  be  tested  and  checked 
periodically  for  any  defects  and  the  extinguisher  tested  and  filled  up 
with  the  proper  chemicals  as  required  for  that  type  of  extinguisher. 

11—  AUTOMATIC  SPRINKLER 

If  sprinklers  are  used,  make  sure  all  valves  and  heads  are  working 
properly  by  running  water  through  them.  Check  alarm  valve  for  rust.. 
See  that  make-up  water  tank  is  full  and  floats  build  up  water. 

12—  ROOFING  .  ■  ,  ... 
If  of  the  built-up  type  of  wood  and  tar,  or  felt  paper,  it  should 

have  a  light  protective  coating  of  sand  or  gravel  when  any  portion 
of  it  is  near  an  apartment  building,  railroad  line  or  factory  with  a 
large  boiler  and  chimney.  (In  some  cases  a  fine  mesh  screen  can 
be  laid  over  this  type  of  roof,  and  12  inches  from  the  top,  at  the 
areas  where  cigarette  butts,  etc.,  might  be  dropped.) 

13—  PROJECTION  ROOM  . 
Fire  here  is  due  mostly  to  inefficiency.    There  should  be  sufficient 

working  space  around  projectors  and  the  equipment  should  be  in 
good  operating  condition.  A  defective  film  gate,  sprockets,  aperture 
plate  or  changeover  shutter,  etc.,  can  lead  to  fire.  All  film  not  in  use 
should  be  enclosed  in  tight-fitting  cabinets  or  a  safe.  Port  shutters 
are  properly  subject  to  test  before  each  day's  performances.  (The 
fusible  links  in  the  chains  should  be  rated  at  about  160°.) 


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Tips  on  Curing  Wet  Basements  {continued  from  page  63) 


of  the  dampness  leaking  through  as  because 
the  moisture  in  the  air  was  trapped  in  the 
basement. 

The  main  fault  in  this  case  was  that  the 
finish  walls  of  the  restrooms  were  built 
tight  against  the  foundation.  What  should 
have  been  done  in  the  first  place  was  to 
fur  out  a  false  wall  from  the  foundation, 
treat  it  with  waterproofing  cement,  and 
then  erect  the  finish  masonry  walls  of  the 


On  still  other  jobs,  where  the  water 
cannot  be  stopped  completely  from  enter- 
ing the  basement  floor  at  the  wall  line,  an 
inverted  A-shaped  groove  was  cut,  as  ex- 
plained above,  but  instead  of  filling  it  with 
hot  tar  it  was  left  open  throughout.  Such 
an  open  groove  should  be  connected  with 
the  floor  drain  to  carry  off  the  water  as 
fast  as  it  enters  the  basement.  The  groove 
doesn't  look  too  well,  but  it  is  the  next 


Details  showing  treat- 
ment of  basement  walls 
when  there  is  dampness 
or  water  seepage. 


rooms.  In  this  way,  an  air  space  would 
have  been  provided  between  the  founda- 
tion and  the  masonry  walls  in  which  water 
and  dampness  would  dissipate  without  af- 
fecting the  finish  surfaces. 

On  another  job  where  the  water  seeped 
through  the  walls,  a  mixture  was  prepared 
containing  pulverized  iron  filings  with 
Portland  cement  and  water.  Then  several 
coats  of  this  mixture  was  brushed  on  the 
affected  walls.  What  happens  with  the  use 
of  such  a  coating  is  that  the  iron  expands 
with  oxidation,  thus  filling  the  holes  left 
by  the  water  as  it  evaporates. 

After  this  coating  was  applied,  a  water- 
proof joint  was  made  all  along  the  floor 
line  at  the  walls.  This  joint  was  made  by 
going  along  the  walls  where  they  meet 
the  floor  and  chipping  a  narrow  V-shaped 
groove  from  about  1^  inches  to  2  inches 
deep,  with  the  widest  part  at  the  bottom. 
This  groove  was  filled  up  solid  with  a  hot 
mixture  of  tar  and  fine,  clean  sand.  In 
this  way,  an  effective  seal  was  made  against 
dampness  and  water  seepage,  which  al- 
ways seems  to  find  tiny  entrances  at  the 
point  where  the  walls  meet  the  floor. 

It  should  be  remembered  that  this  over- 
flowing drain  water  exerts  great  pressure, 
especially  when  it  collects  at  a  higher  level 
than  the  basement  floor. 


best  thing  that  can  be  done  in  a  situation 
where  the  basement  was  not  planned  right, 
with  no  serious  thought  given  to  probable 
water  seepage. 

On  jobs  where  the  basement  floor  has 


that  glue  stains  on 
fabrics,  draperies,  etc.,  can  be  re- 
moved by  soaking  in  warm  clean 
water,  or  by  rubbing  the  stain  with 
a  cloth  dipped  in  hot  water?  Stains 
caused  by  casein  glue  should  be 
soaked  in  hot  water,  or  if  stubborn 
should  be  boiled  off  the  fabric. 

that  crayon  marks  on 
walls  can  be  removed  by  using  an  art 
gum  eraser  sold  at  all  stationery 
stores?    Use  light  glancing  strokes. 

that  when  the  lacquer 
finish  dulls  on  an  electric  light  fix- 
ture exposed  to  the  weather,  the 
dullness  be  removed  with  denatured 
alcohol  and  then  the  fixture  be  re- 
finished  with  transparent  metal 
lacquer? 


cracked  or  bellied-up  due  to  the  force  of 
water  underneath  (but  not  so  much  that 
a  new  floor  has  to  be  laid),  the  only  thing 
left  to  do  is  to  cut  out  these  cracks  wider 
and  fill  them  in  solid  with  cement. 

Bad  smelling  air  in  basements  can  be 
corrected  somewhat,  if  the  water  seepage  is 
not  too  great,  by  spraying  a  weak  formal- 
dehyde solution.  This  has  been  tried  in  one 
particular  theatre  with  fairly  good  results. 
This  spray  is  made  up  by  mixing  about  a 
pound  of  formaldehyde  with  about  lj4 
gallons  of  water.  It  is  applied  with  an 
ordinary  spray  pump  or  sprinkler  can. 


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Bigelow-Sanford  Carpet  Co   27 

Blue  Seal  Cine  Devices,  Inc   58 

Century  Projector   Corp   53 

DeVrv    Corp   61 

Electroaire  Corp.,  The   13 

Essannay  Electric  Mfg.  Co   58 

F  &  Y  Building  Service   12 

Forest  Manufacturing  Corp   56 

G-B  Kalee,  Ltd..   63 

General  Electric  Co.,  Lamp  Div  '. .  .  . .  7 

General  Register  Corp   49 

Goldberg  Brothers  22,  29,  30 

GoldE  Mfg,  Co   4 

Goodall  Fabrics,  Inc   9 

Hertner  Electric  Co.,  The   12 

Heyer-Shultz,  Inc   59 

Ideal  Seating  Co   31 

International  Projector  Corp   2 

Keese  Engineering  Co   10 

Kliegl  Bros   45 

Kneisley  Electric  Co   8 

Kollmorgen  Optical  Co   59 

Kroehler  Mfg.  Co   37 

LaVezzi  Machine  Works   47 

Lawrence  Metal  Products   49 

McFadden  Lighting  Co.,  Inc   44 

Maharam  Fabric  Corp   26 

Maier-Lavaty  Co   31 

Manley,  Inc   5 

Marsh  Wall  Products,  Inc   19 

National  Carbon  Co.,  Inc   55 

National  Super  Service  Co.,  Inc   39 

National  Theatre  Supply  25,  30,  31,  54 

Neumade  Products  Corp   61 

Pittsburgh  Plate  Glass  Co   23 

Projection  Optics  Co.,  Inc   29 

Pronto  Popcorn  Sales   6 

Pro-Tex  Reel  Band  Co   58 

RCA  Service  Co.,  Inc   29 

Reeves  Instrument  Corp   48 

Research  Products  Corp   35 

Retiscope  Screen  Corp   8 

Reversible  Collar  Co   60 

Robin,  Inc.,  J.  E   54 

S.  O.  S.  Cinema  Supply  Corp   58 

Sportservice,  Inc   58 

Stroblite  Co   36 

Strong  Electric  Corp.,  The  30,  57,  58 

Switzer  Bros   3 

Textileather  Corp.,  The   11 

U.  S.  Air  Conditioning  Corp   4 

U.  S.  Rubber  Co   24 

Wagner  Sign  Service,  Inc   43 

Walker  Screen   47 

Ward-Leonard  Electric  Co   39 

Wolk,  Edw.  H   30 


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SHOWMEN'S  REVIEWS 
SHORT  SUBJECTS 
COMPANY  CHART 
SERVICE  DATA 
THE  RELEASE  CHART 

This  department  deals  with 
new  product  from  the  point  of 
view  of  the  exhibitor  who  is 
to  purvey  it  to  his  own  public. 


Margie 

20th  Century -Fox — Flapper-Age  Comedy- Melodrama 

W  alter  Morosco's  production  of  "Margie"  is  a  gay,  nostalgic  journey  back  to  the 

period  of  the  Roaring  Twenties  when  flaming  youth  in  rolled  stockings,  racoon  coats 

and  brightly  painted  jalopies  caused  much  eye-brow  raising  among  the  older  folks. 

It  is  a  journey  that  will  be  enjoyed  by  ^  • 

,  magazine  and  trade  press  reviewers.  Revteiv- 

audiences  ot  the  three  contemporary  gen-  er>s  Rafmg .  Excellent— George  H.  Spires. 

erations  from  today's  Crop  of  jitterbugs  who  Release  date.  November,  1946.  Running  time,  94  min. 

will    delight    in    comparing    their    current  ffA  .No-  11494-     General  audience  classification 

°  ...  .,      .  ,    .        Margie   Jeanne  Cram 

Crazes    and    activities    With    those    OI    their       Prof.  Fontayne  Glenn  Langan 

parents;  for  the  parents  who  will  be  re-  £j«  ^™aa.e:V;;V.::""^"::"V:V::A^ 

minded  of  their  youth,  and  for  the  grand-       Marybelle   Barbara  Lawrence 

r  ii         i  mi         -1         -.1     r     j  Johnny   Conrad  Jams 

folks  Who  Will  smile  With  fond  memory  at  Esther  Dale,   Robert   Cavanaugh,   Ann   Todd,  Hattie 

the  concern  held  for  their  Sons  and  daugll-  McDaniei,  Dton  Hayden,  Hazel  Dawn  Vanessa  Brown, 

B  Diana    Herbert,    Milton    Parsons,    Margaret  Wells, 

ters  of  the  flapper-age.  Warren  Mills,  Richard  Kelton,  Tom  Stevenson,  Cecil 

Heading  a  cast  of  characters  that  might  well  XN  eston. 
have  come  from  the  pen  of  cartoonist  John 
Held,  Jr.,  is  Jeanne  Crain,  who  enacts  to  per-  NOCtUrflG 
fection  the  role  of  a  high  school  girl  in  pig- 
tails whose  quiet  charm  is  overwhelmed  by  her  RKq  Ra(H0  _  Murder  Melodrama 
boisterous   flapper  friends    and  in  supporting  Producer  Joan  Harrison  supplies  here  a 
roles   Glenn  Langen    a  high   school  teacher,  d     melodrama  in  the  modern  manner  that 
Lynn  Ban,  the  school  s  librarian,  Alan  Young  .    tj  h    ^  entertainment  from  beginning  to 
a  comedian  of  radio  fame  who  portrays  the  d  |           j  h   ag        rf      .    .      |  *f 
poetry-loving   youth,   and   Barbara   Lawrence  ^  mQre               than          q{  those  eficQun_ 
and  Conrad  Jams   who  typify  the  flapper-age  tered  fa  ^          of  fi[m_   wm  Q  Raft 
with  considerable  skill  and  L       garj  as  its  prindpal  name  values,  the 

Under  the  skillful  direction  of  Henry  King  attraction  fi         tQ          from        ;      d  as 

and  further  enhanced  by  Technicolor    Margie  WQrd  of  ifa  all.around  merit        a^s  throughout 

is  also  a  vehicle  for  presenting  the  hit  tunes  of  the  comrnunity 

192S-tunes  which  will  bring  reminiscences  for  Thg       j    'js  Holl        d  and  the  time  the 

the  more  mature  audiences  and  many  of  which  t    Jo^athan  Latimer-S  screenplay  opens 

are   currently   being   reochestrated   by   music  erfull     with  the  murder  of  a  Pri(fh  * 

publishers  and  record  manufacturers..  Included  wH      ^         f  his  m       sweethearts,  all  of 

!n  $ei*  rare  *e  WTe  n"mbe%-  Ma,fSie,     Aya-  whom  he'  has  christened  Doiores,  and  Raft  por- 

lon       My  Time  Is  Your  Time     for  which  a  detective  who  sets  out  t0  discover  w£kh 

Rudy  Vallee  made  a  special  recording,    Button  Qne  o{  thg      h  did  j    although  the  de. 

kP  YoV,r  .2yerC°aK'r-,  I!1  -See.uY°^  ln  ■  M^  partment  has  written  it  off  as  suicide.    His  zeal 

P4reamS'cu       rC»  ?r£°win» th^^°Tmg',  costs  him  his  job,  but  he  gets  it  back  after  a 

April   Showers,  f>  Charleston,      Diane     and  tremendous   display   of   diligence   in  tracking 

aj    .  j  ?W1              t.    T7   xj    ,    u    u  down  the  killer.    The  ending  is  soundly  arrived 

Adapted  to  the  screen  by  F.  Hugh  Herbert  at  and         rfull  dramatic. 

from  stories  by  Ruth  McKenney  and  Richard  The  tjt]e  deriyes  from  a  son    whkh  the  mur. 

/a1Ste^  ^'5S  Crf m'  m  her  r°. 6  aS  a  memuer  dered  man  has  not  quite  completed  writing 

of  the   debating  team    presents   a   somewhat  when  he  jg  kuled    and  there  are  twQ  Qther 

lengthy  discourse  on  the  subject,     Take  the  compositions  performed  in  the  course  of  the 

Marines  Out  of  Nicaragua,    a  subject  which  in  icture  without  interrupting  the  flow  of  the 

the  light  of  current  international  developments,  st0rv 

might  be  construed  by  some  as  in  direct  opposi-  Direction  by  Edwin  L.  Marin  is  of  the  best, 

turn  to  the  present  foreign  policy  of  the  United  stead    and  purposeful  at  all  times,  and  the  film 

States.  Though  this  topic  is  brought  up  numer-  was  made  under  supervision  of  executive  pro- 

ous  times  m  the  picture  as  part  of  the  theme,  ducer  jack  f  Gross 

the  rest  of  the  story  unfolds  with  ease  and  Previewed' at  the  Pantages  theatre,  Holly- 

«![m'    •  .i  •    .i             r    •          ,   .      i  -i  •  zvood,  where  it  was  enthusiastically  received. 

Margie    is  the  type,  of  picture  that  exhibit-  Reviewer-S    rating:    Excellent.— William  R. 

ors  look  forward  to  as  its  exploitation  possibili-  Weaver 

ties  are  many.    It  is  also  a  picture  that  may  „  ,     '  ,  .    _  .  .         1f..,   „                 „_  . 

i                 .    ,   .                                  Ti.  •     j     •       j  Releate  date,  October  15,  1946.   Running  time,  87  mm. 

oe  presented  to  any  audience,     it.  is  designed  PCA  No  116g0.  Generai  audience  cla  ssification. 

for  the  family  trade  and  fills  that  bill  with  con-     joe  Warne   George  Raft 

spicuous  success.  Frances  Ransom   Lynn  Bari 

n       .        ,               oojt    /"     ±        r~             j  Virginia  Huston,  Joseph  Pevney.  Myrna  Dell,  Edward 

Previewed  at  the  di)th  Century-Pox  produc-  Ashley,  Walter  Sande.  Mabel  Paige,  Bernard  Hoff- 

tion  room  in  New  York  at  a  screening  for  man,  Queenie  Smith,  Mack  Gray 


Deception 

Warners — Davis  with  Music 

Bette  Davis'  mastery  of  intense  emotion  is 
given  full  and  extended  play  here  in  a  drama 
which  moves  as  tragically  and  inexorably  as  a 
Greek  tragedy  to  the  bitter  end.  Besides  Miss 
Davis'  art,  the  box  office  value  of  which  is 
known  to  exhibitors,  the  picture  has  an  impor- 
tant asset  in  a  deftly  finished  background  score 
and  special  music  which  is  the  key  of  the  plot, 
composed  by  Erich  Wolfgang  Korngold. 

The  story  moves  directly  and  without  frills 
from  the  first  easy  and  expedient  deceit  told  by 
the  star  to  her  husband,  through  the  web  she 
weaves  to  the  climax.  Miss  Davis,  a  music  lover 
and  student,  accidentally  meets  a  young  cellist 
whom  she  had  known  and  loved  in  pre-war 
Europe.  She  marries  him,  concealing  from  him 
her  relationship  with  an  immensely  wealthy 
and  capricious  composer.  To  his  continuing 
doubts  she  insists  that  the  relationship,  in  spite 
of  the  composer's  lavish  gifts,  including  a  se- 
cluded penthouse,  was  purely  that  of  teacher 
and  pupil.  The  story  requires  that  the  audi- 
ence not  be  deceived  and  the  dialogue  specifical- 
ly, though  delicately,  explains  the  deceit. 

The  composer  taunts  the  wife  with  her  de- 
ception and  finally,  desperate  for  fear  he  will 
tell  her  husband,  she  kills  him. 

The  production  by  Henry  Blanke,  and  direc- 
tion by  Irving  Rapper  sustain  the  dark  mood 
of  the  story  with  expert  touches  including,  in 
addition  to  the  magnificent  musical  background, 
incessant  rain  and  consistently  low-key  lighting. 
The  tragedy  remains  unrelieved. 

Claude  Rains  as  the  rich  and  epicurean  com- 
poser contributes  a  finished  and  believable  per- 
formance. Paul  Henreid,  as  a  master  cellist 
and  the  deceived  husband,  is  restrained  and 
convincing. 

Seen  in  a  projection  room.  Reviewer's  Rat- 
ing :  Good. — James  D.  Ivers. 

Release  date,  October  26,  1946.  Running  time,  112 
min.     PCA  No.   11772.     Adult  audience  classification. 

Christine  Radcliffe   Bette  Davis 

Karel  Novak   Paul  Henreid 

Alexander   Hellenius   Claude  Rains 

John  Abbott  and  Benson  Fong 


The  Overlanders 

Ealing-G.F.D.  —  Australian  Western 

Here  comes  a  Western — but  a  Western  with 
a  difference.  When  the  Japs  threatened  Aus- 
tralia with  invasion  in  1942  the  authorities  up 
in  the  country's  Northern  Territory  ordered 
the  destruction  of  the  vast  herds  of  cattle  rang- 
ing across  the  plains  rather  than  let  them  fall  to 
the  hands  of  the  hated  Sons  of  Nippon.  But 
the  drovers  had  other  notions.  They  elected  to 
"overland"  the  herds  across  2,000  miles  of  deso- 
late, often  waterless,  country  into  the  fertile 
sanctuary  of  Queensland.  It  was  this  world's 
greatest  mass  migration  of  bullocks ;  certainly 
the  most  hazardous. 

"Overlanders"  is  the  odyssey  of  one  of  the 


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herds,  a  thousand  strong.  It  was  made  by- 
Harry  Watt — Britain's  ace  documentarian  and 
producer  of  "Target  for  Tonight" — who  went 
to  Australia  for  the  purpose.  Watt  adopted  his 
"Target"  technique;  which  is  to  say  that  he 
lets  the  epic  story  tell  itself.  His  actors  are 
amateurs,  or,  at  the  best,  near-professional. 
His  dialogue  is  spare.  There  are  no  fal-lals  of 
fancy  riding  boots  and  jingling  spurs;  no  bedi- 
zened dancing  gals  flaunting  their  gaudy  charms 
m  noisy  honky-tonks. 

Instead,  a  glorious  account  of  valour,  deter- 
mination, unwearying  doggedness,  unfolds  itself 
against  a  background  which  Arizona  cannot 
rival.  The  picture  affects  the  spectator  like  a 
great  gust  of  clean  wind.  You  feel  that  you  are 
riding  the  ranges  rather  than  looking  at  a 
manufactured  film. 

Harry  Watt,  abetted  by  cameraman  Osmond 
Borradaile,  has  made  a  memorable  motion  pic- 
ture. He  opens  up  an  entrancing,  challenging, 
vista  of  Australian  films.  (There'll  be  other 
Australian  films  now  as  sure  as  fate.)  He 
brings  to  the  screen  new  notabilities  in  the  per- 
sons of  those  "amateur"  actors  of  his,  particu- 
larly Chips  Rafferty  and  Daphne  Campbell. 
Audiences  will  be  comparing  Rafferty  with 
Gary  Cooper.  He  has  the  same  gangling,  lop- 
ing air.  But  Rafferty  shouldn't  mind  the  com- 
parison. On  this  one  showing,  he  is  a  new  star 
of  the  first  magnitude. 

"Overlanders"  is  something  else.  It's  another 
of  those  British  throwings-down  of  the  gauntlet 
to  Hollywood.  It  will  cause  a  stir  not  only  in 
American  audiences  but  among  America's  film- 
makers. 

Seen  at  the  Leicester  Square  Theatre  open- 
ing, London,  where  a  packed  audience  gave  it 
mighty  applause.  Reviewer's  rating:  Excellent. 
— Peter  Burnup. 

Release  date,  not  set.  Running  time,  91  min.  Gen- 
eral audience  classification. 

Dan  McAlpine   Chips  Rafferty 

Bill  Parsons   John  Nugent  Hayward 

Mary  Parsons   Daphne  Campbell 

Mrs-  Parsons  Jean  Blue 

Helen  Parsons   Helen  Grieve 

Corky  .   •-  John  Fernside 

Sailor  ("Sinbad")   Peter  Pagan 

Frank  Ramsome,  Stan  Tolhurst,  Marshall  Crosby, 
John  Fegan,  Clyde  Combo,  Henry  Murdoch 


The  Chase 

UA-Nebenzal — Melodrama 

With  the  names  of  Robert  Cummings,  Peter 
Lorre  and  Michele  Morgan  to  attract  a  substan- 
tial opening  attendance,  Seymour  Nebenzal's  ac- 
counting of  the  melodramatic  adventures  of_  a 
veteran  suffering  from  shock  promises  to  build 
business  as  it  runs  and  word  of  its  special  char- 
acteristics filter  through  the  community.  These 
include,  in  ample  measure,  suspense  of  a  kind 
not  often  accomplished,  plus  just  about  the 
right  portion  of  mystery.  It's  a  trim  .job,  ex- 
pertly written  by  Philip  Yordan  and  powerfully 
directed  by  Arthur  D.  Ripley. 

Cummings,  an  honest  veteran,  finds  a  wallet 
and  returns  it  to  its  owner,  who  turns  out  to  be 
a  racketeer  (Miami  variety,  incidentally), 
whose  wife,  played  by  Miss  Morgan,  wants  to 
run  away  to  Havana.  Cummings  accepts  a  job 
as  chauffeur  and  is  on  the  point  of  spiriting  the 
lady  away  when  a  lot  of  bewildering  things  hap- 
pen to  him  which  make  him  wish  he  hadn't 
agreed  to  do  so.  There's  a  dream  switch  in  the 
narrative  at  mid-picture  which  makes  it  a  little 
confusing  for  a  time,  but  then  the  audience  is  let 
in  on  the  fact  that  the  chauffeur  is  a  shock  case, 
and  has  been  dreaming  a  dream  inside  of  a 
dream,  but  the  whole  tangle  untangles  in  a  satis- 
factory manner  ultimately,  a  plenitude  of  vio- 
lence having  taken  place  the  while. 

Steve  Cochran  plays  the  racketeer  with  neat- 
ness and  conviction,  and  Lorre  is  at  his  best  as 
his  first  assistant. 

Previewed  at  studio.  Reviewer's  Rating : 
Good.—W.  R.  W. 

Release  date,  not  set.  Running  time,  86  min.  PCA 
No.  12019.    Adult  audience  classification. 

Chuck  Scott   Robert  Cummings 

Lorna   Michele  Morgan 

Gino   Peter  Lorre 

Steve  Cochran,  Lloyd  Corrigan,  Jack  Holt,  Alexis  Mi- 
notis,  Don  Wilson,  Jimmy  Ames 

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Bringing  Up  Father 

Monogram — Cartoon  in  the  Flesh 

Showmen  have  here  a  property  with  which  to 
make  a  direct  and  firm  exploitation  bid  for  the 
attention  and  attendance  of  the  millions — and 
there  must  be  millions — of  citizens  who've  been 
following  the  adventures  of  Maggie  and  Jiggs 
in  George  McManus'  indestructible  comic  sup- 
plement feature  since  they  were  tots  so  high. 
It's  among  the  best  flesh-and-blood  versions  of  a 
pen-and-ink  fiction  to  date,  and,  although  sub- 
ject to  the  natural  limitations  of  the  transfer, 
a  highly  satisfactory  offering  under  the  title  it 
bears. 

Joe  Yule,  as  Jiggs,  and  Renie  Riano,  as  Mag- 
gie, personify  McManus'  characters  strikingly, 
and  McManus  himself  roams  the  picture,  un- 
identified until  its  close,  most  interestingly  and 
most  usefully  from  the  exploitation  point  of 
view. 

Producer  Barney  Gerard,  director  Eddie 
Cline,  who  is  completely  at  home  with  this  type 
of  material,  and  scenarist  Jerry  Warner  rate 
much  credit  for  successful  execution  of  a  dif- 
ficult assignment. 

Previewed  at  the  Campus  theatre,  Hollywood, 
where  it  played  very  well.  Reviewer's  Rating : 
Good.—W.  R.  W. 

Release  date,  November  2,  1946.  Running  time,  68 
min.    PCA  No.  11863.    General  audience  classification. 

Jiggs  Joe  Yule 

Maggie   Renie  Riano 

George  McManus   Himself 

Tim  Ryan,  June  Harrison,  Wallace  Caldwell,  Tom 
Kennedy,  Laura  Treadwell,  William  Frambes,  Pat 
Goldin,  Jack  Norton,  Ferris  Taylor,  Tom  Dugan,  Joe 
Devlin. 

Child  of  Divorce 

RKO  Radio — Exploitation  Picture 

There  are  strong  commercial  possibilities  in 
Lillie  Hayward's  production  of  her  screen  adap- 
tation of  the  Leopold  Atlas  play,  "Wednesday's 
Child."  It's  a  family  picture,  and  should  regis- 
ter well  with  the  tender-hearted.  Eight-year- 
old  Sharyn  Moffett  gives  an  appealing  perform- 
ance, and  adds  to  her  stature  as  an  actress. 

As  the  child  of  parents  who  have  agreed  to 
disagree,  little  Sharyn,  psychologically  shocked 
by  the  abrupt  dissolution  of  her  home,  is  unable 
to  adjust  herself  to  the  changed  situation. 
Aware  of  the  fact  that  her  mother's  love  for  an- 
other man  has  divided  the  family,  and  forced  to 
witness  an  ugly  scene  between  her  mother  and 
her  father,  the  child  thereafter  grows  resentful 
of  them  both,  and  when  each  remarries,  she  is 
doubly  resentful  of  her  step-parents.  The  only 
solution  possible  is  the  one  finally  adopted.  Her 
parents  send  her  to  a  boarding  school,  there  to 
face  life  on  her  own,  without  the  background 
and  protection  of  a  normal  family  life. 

Outstanding  in  the  supporting  cast  are  Regis 
Toomey  and  Madge  Meredith,  as  the  child's 
parents,  and  Walter  Reed  as  the  stepfather. 
Richard  O.  Fleischer's  direction  takes  full  ad- 
vantage of  the  emotional  qualities  of  the  story. 

Previewed  at  the  studio.  Reviewer's  Rating : 
Good. — Thalia  Bell. 

Release  date,  October  15,  1946.  Running  time,  62 
min.    PCA  No.  11818. 

Bobby   Sharyn  Moffett 

Ray   Regis  Toomey 

Joan   Madge  Meredith 

Walter  Reed,  Una  O'Connor,  Doris  Merrick,  Harry 
Cheshire,  Selmer  Jackson,  Lillian  Randolph,  Pat 
Prest,  Gregory  Muradian 

The  Magic  Bow 

Gainsborough:  G.  F.  D. — Fiddler 

One  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago  Napoleon 
and  his  armies  were  sprawling  over  Europe, 
Bonaparte  being  then  regarded  as  the  world's 
greatest  soldier.  At  the  same  time,  an  obscure 
Genoese  —  Nicolo  Paganini  —  was  becoming 
known  as  the  world's  greatest  violinist. 

That,  roughly,  is  the  theme  of  this  film.  It's 
a  pity  that  neither  circumstance  is  suitably  re- 
vealed and  that  the  picture — -susceptible  of 
thrilling  greatness — develops  into  just  another 
film. 

The  picture — last  submission  from  the  Gains- 


borough factory  while  Maurice  Ostrer  was  in 
charge — presents  a  highly  romanticized  version 
of  the  known  facts  of  the  fiddler's  life.  Paganini 
■ — according  to  the  piece — has  no  end  of  an  af- 
fair with  a  young  lady  aristocrat  from  France, 
whose  father  chances  to  be  imprisoned  in  Genoa 
and  must  needs — as  it  seems — remain  immured 
there  until  Napoleon's  army  comes  to  his  re- 
lease. Young  lady  prevails  upon  Paganini  to 
scrape  away  on  his  fiddle,  what  time  father 
saws  his  way  through  the  prison  bars ;  noise  of 
papa's  sawing  being  drowned  in  the  jailer's 
ears  by  Paganini's  sawings  on  the  fiddle  strings. 
Pleasant  fancies  of  a  like  sort  persist  through- 
out the  picture,  whose  climax  comes  during  a 
violin  recital  in  the  Vatican — at  the  command, 
be  it  understood,  of  His  Holiness — in  the  course 
of  which  events  occur  which  may  well  be  cal- 
culated to  disturb  the  devout. 

Accent  on  romance  has  been  the  order  of  the 
day  in  the  recent  singularly  successful  string 
of  successes  from  Gainsborough.  But  it's  a 
dismal  sort  of  romance  that's  here  depicted. 
Reflection  reveals  that  the  reason  therefor  is 
that  Mr.  Stewart  Granger  (the  Paganini  of  the 
piece)  is  only  permitted  to  revaal  such  portions 
of  his  well-known  and  (in  feminine  coteries) 
well  adered  torso  as  is  allowed  in  the  collar  of 
a  discreet  Byronic  shirt. 

It  is  Mr.  Granger's  misfortune  on  this  occa- 
sion that  he  should  be  called  upon  to  match  his 
talents  against  those  of  an  accomplished  actor, 
Mr.  Cecil  Parker. 

Mr.  Parker's  performance  is  a  delight  with 
which  that  of  Mr.  Yehudi  Menuhin  (who,  sur- 
prisingly, "doubles"  backstage  for  Mr.  Granger 
when  violin  music  is  demanded)  redeem  the  film 
from  mediocrity. 

Disconcerting  comment  on  the  whole  affair  is 
that  you  want  to  shut  your  eyes  and  listen  to 
Yehudi's  music ;  which  is  to  say  that  the  un- 
duly romantical — whether  here  or  America — 
may  accept  the  picture  on  account  of  the  name 
of  Stewart  Granger,  but  not  otherwise. 

Seen  at  the  Marble  Arch  Odeon  press  viciv. 
Reviewer's  Rating  :  Fair. — P.  B. 

Release  date,  not  set.  Running  time,  106  min.  Gen- 
eral audience  classification. 

Paganini  Stewart  Granger 

Jeanne   Phyllis  Calvert 

Bianchi   Jean  Kent 

Paul  de  la  Rochelle  Dennis  Price 

Germi   Cecil  Parker 

Marie  Lohr,  Henry  Edwards,  Frank  Cellier,  Mary 
Jerrold,  Betty  Warren,  Anthony  Holies,  David  Home, 
Robert  Speaight,  Felix  Aylmer,  Charles  Victor,  Eliot 
Makeham,  O.  B.  Clarence,  with  Violin  Solos  by  Ye- 
hudi Menuhin 

SHORT  SUBJECTS 

G.  I.  WANNA  HOME  (Col.) 

All  Star  Comedy  (8401) 

In  the  guise  of  ex-GIs,  the  three  stooges 
take  unto  themselves  wives  in  order  to  have  a 
place  to  live.     The  idea  backfires,  however, 
when  the  girls  are  dispossessed. 
Release  date,  September  5,  1946    \5y2  minutes 

GOAL  RUSH  (Paramount) 

Noveltoons  (P5-5) 

Canine  College  and  Alley  Cat  College  foot- 
ball teams  in  the  annual  game  in  Milk  Bowl 
are  at  tie  score,  due  to  a  run  down  the  field 
by  a  dashhound  from  Canine  and  an  aerial  pass 
by  the  Cats.  Famous  football  choruses  feature 
the  intermission  and,  in  the  second  half,  the 
Canines  upset  the  Alley  Cats  by  use  of  me- 
chanical mice  and  a  backfield  shift  that  con- 
verts the  team  into  a  steamroller  and  victory. 
In  Technicolor. 

Release  date,  September  27,  1946        6  minutes 

RURAL  RHAPSODY  (Universal) 

A  Person-Oddity  (1375) 

Paul  Whiteman,  noted  band  leader,  is  owner 
and  manager  of  Walking  Horse  Farm,  700-acre 
tract  at  Rosemont,  N.  J.  George  Carnes,  old 
sourdough,  still  gets  a  sizeable  poke  of  gold 
prospecting  at  Mountain  Ranch,  Calif.  The 
(Continued  on  opposite  page) 

PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  19.  1946 


RELEASE  CHART 

By  Companies 


This  chart  lists  feature  product  trades/town 
or  released  since  August  1,  7946.  For  fisting  of 
7945-46  Features  by  Company,  see  Product 
Digest  pages  3757-3752,  issue  of  August  77, 
7946.  For  Stars,  Running  Time,  Review  and 
other  Service  Data  references,  turn  to  the 
Alphabetical  Chart  in  this  issue. 

IT  I  before  a  date  in  the  list  below  is  the 
iradeshow  date;  release  dates  are  given  as 
soon  as  available. 


Prod. 
No. 


Title 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 


COLUMBIA 


7039  Personality   Kid   Aug. 

7210  Heading    West   Aug. 

7038  It's  Great  to  be  Young  Sept. 

7224  Singing  on  the  Trail  Sept, 

7002  Gallant  Journey   Sept. 

7042  Shadowed   Sept. 

7006  Thrill    of    Brazil  Sept. 

805  So    Dark   the    Night  Oct. 

806  Blondie   Knows  Best  Oct. 

861  Landrush   Oct. 

816  Crime  Doctor's  Man   Hunt... Oct. 

  Secret  of  the   Whistler  Nov. 

  Lone  Star  Moonlight  Nov. 

...  Terror  Trail   Nov. 

  Betty  Co-ed   Nov. 


MGM 


BLOCK  17 

625  Boys'    Ranch   July  1 8, '46 

626  Courage   of   Lassie  Aug.  8,'46 

627  Faithful  in  My   Fashion  Aug.  22,'46 

628  Three   Wise   Fools  Aug.  29,'46 

• 

The  Show-Off   (T)  Aug.  12, '46 

Captains  Courageous  (R)  (T)  Aug.  21, '46 

Gallant  Bess   (T)  Aug.  29. '46 

The  Yearling   (T)  Sept.  I3,'46 

Boom  Town   (R)  (T)  Sept.  30,'46 

The   Great  Waltz   (R) . .  (T)  Sept.  30, '46 

Undercurrent   (T)  Sept.  30,'46 

Holiday  in   Mexico  Sept., '46 

The  Cockeyed  Miracle  Oct., '46 

No  Leave,  No  Love  Oct, '46 

Rage  in  Heaven  (R)  Oct., '46 

Mighty  McGurk   (T)  Nov.  I8,'46 

My  Brother  Talks  to  Horses 

(T)  Nov.  I8,'46 

MONOGRAM 

520  Below  the  Deadline  Aug.  3,'46 

567  Shadows  on  the  Range  Aug.  I0,'46 

525  The  Missing  Lady  Aug.  17, '46 

512  Spook  Busters   Aug.  24. '46 

517  High    School    Hero  Sept.  7,'46 

601  Decoy   Sept.  14, '46 

568  Trigger    Fingers   Sept.  21, '46 

602  Gentleman   Joe   Palooka  Oct.  5/46 

603  Dangerous  Money   Oct.  I2,'46 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or 

No.  Title  Release  Date 

605  Wife   Wanted   Oct.  19/46 

531  Beauty  and  the  Bandit  Oct.  26,'46 

604  Bringing  Up  Father  Nov.  2,'46 

563  Silver  Range   Nov.  2,'46 

  Mr.   Hex   Nov.  9,'46 

  Sweetheart  of  Sigma  Chi  Nov.  I6,'46 

681  Song  of  the  Sierras  Nov.  23, '46 

PARAMOUNT 

SPECIAL 

4532  Monsieur    Beaucaire   Aug.  30, '46 

• 

BLOCK  6 

4526  O.  S.  S  July  26, '46 

4527  The    Searching    Wind  Aug.  9,'46 

4528  Swamp  Fire   Sept.   6, '46 

4529  Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers.Sept.  I3,'46 

• 

R5-3620  Jungle   Princess   (R)  Sept.    I, '46 

R5-3624  The    Plainsman    (R)  Sept.   I. '46 

  Two  Years  Before  the  Mast.. Nov.  22,'46 

  Blue  Skies   Dec.  27.'46 

PRC  PICTURES 

  Terrors   on    Horseback  Aug.  14, '46 

.  ..  Down    Missouri    Way  Aug.  15, '46 

....  Secrets  of  a  Sorority  Girl. ..Aug.  15, '46 

....  Overland    Riders   Aug.  21, '46 

  Blonde  for  a   Day  Aug.  29, '46 

  Strange  Holiday   Sept.  2.'46 

  Outlaw  of  the  Plains  Sept.  22,'46 

  Her  Sister's  Secret  Sept.  23, '46 

  Accomplice   Sept.  29,'46 

  The  Brute  Man  Oct.     I. '46 

  Driftin'   River   Oct.     I, '46 

  Gas    House    Kids  Oct.  14/46 

  Don    Ricardo   Returns  Oct.  21/46 

  Lady  chaser   Oct.  21/46 

 Tumbleweed  Trails   Oct.  28/46 

  Wild  West   Nov.  1/46 

  Lighthouse     Nov.  11/46 

.  ..  Stars  Over  Texas  Nov.  18/46 

RKO 

SPECIAL 

761  Notorious   Sept.  6/46 

  Fantasia   (R)   Sept.  28/46 

  Sonq   of   the   South  Nov.  20/46 

....  It's  a  Wonderful  Life  (T)  Dec. ,'46 

• 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or 

No.  Title  Release  Date 

BLOCK  6 

626  Till  the  End  of  Time  Aug.  1/46 

627  Crack- Up   Sept.  6/46 

628  Bedlam   May  10/46 

629  The    Falcon's   Alibi  July  1/46 

630  The   Bamboo    Blonde  July  15/46 

• 

BLOCK  I 

705  Step  by  Step  Aug.  30/46 

701  Sister    Kenney   Oct.  10/46 

704  Sunset    Pass   Oct.  1/46 

702  Lady  uck   Oct.  18/46 

703  Great    Day    (British)  Oct.  30/46 

• 

BLOCK  2 

 Child    of   Divorce  Oct.  15/46 

  Nocturne   Oct.  15/46 

 Criminal    Court   Oct.  20/46 

....  Genius  at  Work  Oct.  20/46 

  Deadlier  Than  the  Male  Nov.  10/46 

REPUBLIC 

SPECIAL 

  I've  Always  Loved  You..(T)  Aug.  27, '46 

• 

526  The   Inner  Circle  Aug.  7/46 

527  The   Last  Crooked    Mile  Aug.  9/46 

528  G.    I.   War   Bride  Aug.  12/46 

529  Invisible  Informer   Aug.  19/46 

530  Earl    Carroll    Sketchbook  Aug.  22/46 

541  Under  Nevada  Skies  Aug.  26/46 

531  Mysterious  Mr.  Valentine  Sept.  3/46 

558. Rio   Grande   Raiders  Sejt.  9/46 

542  Roll  on  Texas  Moon  Sept.  12/46 

  Last   Frontier   Uprising  Oct.  22/46 

5542  Home  in   Oklahoma  Nov.  8/46 

SCREEN  GUILD 

4605  Flight   to    Nowhere  Oct.  1/46 

4606  'Neath    Canadian    Skies  Oct.  15/46 

4607  Rolling    Home   Nov.  1/46 

4608  Scared    to    Death  Nov.  1/46 

4610  North  of  the   Border  Nov.  15/46 

4609  My    Dog    Shep  Dec.  1/46 

20TH-FOX 

633  Centennial  Summer   Aug. ,'46 

634  Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam  .  .  .  Aug.  ,'46 

635  Deadline  for   Murder  Aug./46 


Prod. 
No. 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 


Title 

636  Black  Beauty   Sept./46 

637  Claudia  and  David  Sept./46 

638  If  I'm  Lucky  Sept., '46 

641  Sun  Valley  Serenade  (R.)  Sept., '46 

639  Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue  Oct./46 

640  Home   Sweet    Homicide  Oct./46 

642  The   Bowery   (R.)  Oct., '46 

643  Strange   Journey   Oct./46 

644  Wanted  for  Murder  (Brit.)  Nov.. '46 

645  My  Darling  Clementine  Nov., '46 

646  Margie   Nov./46 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

Mr.   Ace   Aug.  2/46 

Caesar  and  Cleopatra  (Brit.). Aug.  16/46 

The  Bachelor's  Daughter  Sept.  6/46 

Angel  on  My  Shoulder  Sept.  20/46 

Little  Iodine   Oct.  11/46 

Devil's  Playround   Nov.  15/46 

The  Chase   Nov.  22/46 

Sin  of  Harold  Diddlebock  Dec.  6/46 

Susie  Steps  Out  Dec.  13/46 

Abie's    Irish    Rose  Dec.  27/46 


UNIVERSAL 


543  The  Black   Angel  Aug. 

544  Slightly  Scandalous   Aug. 

545  Wild    Beauty  Aug. 

1105  Rustler's  Roundup   Aug. 

546  The  Time  of  Their  Lives. ..  .Aug. 

1106  Lawless    Breed   Aug. 

547  Dead  of  Night  (Brit.)  Aug. 

  Brief  Encounter  (Brit.)  Aug. 

1107  Gunman's   Code   Aug. 

548  The  Killers   Aug. 

549  Little    Miss    Big   Aug. 

550  White  Tie  and  Tails  Aug. 

1065  They  Were  Sisters  (Brit.) ..  .Sept. 
  A  Lady  Surrenders  (Brit.)  (T).Oct. 

1066  Notorious  Gentleman   Nov. 


2/46 
2/46 
9/46 
9/46 
16/46 
16/46 
23/46 
24/46 
30/46 
30/46 
30/46 
30/46 
20/46 
4/46 
1/46 


WARNER  BROTHERS 

523  Night   and    Day  Aug.  3/46 

524  Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee. .  .Aug.  17/46 

601  The   Big   Sleep  Aug.  31/46 

602  Shadow  of  a  Woman  Sept.  14/46 

603  Cloak  and  Dagger  Sept.  28/46 

604  Nobody  Lives   Forever  Oct.  12/46 

605  Deception   Oct.  26/46 

606  Never    Say    Goodbye  Nov.  9/46 

607  The  Verdict   Nov.  23/46 


Bachant  triplets,  whose  father  was  killed  in 
action  four  months  after  they  were  born,  are 
now  New  York  models.  Mrs.  Noble  Blakey's 
pet  steer  does  tricks  at  Sherman,  Tex.  Com- 
mentator, Douglas  Browning. 
Release  date,  August  26,  1946  9  minutes 

SKATING  LADY  (RKO  Radio) 

Sportscope  (74,301) 

The  subject  features  Gretchen  Merill,  ladies' 
amateur  skating  champion  of  the  United  States, 
who  gives  an  interesting  demonstration  of  what 
it  takes  to  be  a  figure  skating  champion. 
Release  date,  September  20,  1946      9  minutes 

ARTIST'S  ANTICS  (Universal) 

A  Person-Oddity  (1371) 

Clifford  McBride  uses  original  models  for 
his  comic  drawings  at  Pasadena,  Cal.  The 
world's  largest  swap  shop  is  run  by  Ocie 
Nelms  at  Dallas,  Tex.  Charles  Howard  pro- 
vides a  life  of  ease  and  luxury  for  some  of  the 
world's  most  famous  race  horses  at  Willits, 
Cal.  The  world's  largest  collection  of  fishing 
tackle  belongs  to  Charlie  Seaman  of  Elkhart, 
Ind.  James  Malvern  Benjamin,  Jr.,  has 
modernistic  puppets  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Release  date,  June  24,  1946  9  minutes 


BIRDS  MAKE  SPORT  (Paramount) 

Sportlight  (i?5-9) 

With  John  Kieran,  noted  sports  writer  and 
ornithologist,  as  narator,  rare  motion  pictures 
of  the  tiny  hummingbird  are  introduced  after 
highlights  of  the  ostrich,  biggest  bird  in  the 
world.  The  camera  moves  to  the  mighty  golden 
eagle  with  its  seven-foot  wingspread  which  it 
uses  as  a  break  similar  to  the  flap  action  of 
the  modern  airplane's  wings.  Pelicans  are 
shown  flying  to  their  tree  top  in  close  forma- 
tion. Canadian  geese  are  viewed  in  v-flight. 
The  camera  pictures  coots  taking  off  from  the 
water.  The  concluding  sequence  introduces 
Jimmy  the  Raven,  a  Hollywood  character,  as 
postman,  typist  and  buyer  of  candy  for  the 
neighborhood  kids. 

Release  date,  June  21,  1946  9  minutes 

DESI  ARNAZ  &  BAND  (WB) 

Melody  Master  Band  (3601) 

Rhumbas,  congas  and  sambas  are  played  for 
you  by  Desi  Arnaz  and  his  orchestra.  Opener 
is  "Pin  Marin."  Then  Amanda  Lee,  Desi's 
vocalist,  comes  in  for  "Easy  Street."  For  the 
finale,  Desi  sings  and  plays  the  tom-toms  for 
"Babalu." 

Release  date,  October  12,  1946         10  minutes 


WACKY  WORM  (WB) 

Blue  Ribbon  Hit  Parade  (3302) 

A  hungry  crow,  responding  to  the  siren-like 
voice  (Jerry  Colonna)  of  a  worm,  is  baffled  by 
its  retreat  inside  an  apple.  This  trick  recurs 
frequently  and  the  crow,  determined  to  get  the 
worm,  eats  as  many  apples  as  possible  until 
he's  green.  The  worm  is  saved  when  a  wood- 
pecker shakes  apples  down  on  the  crow. 
Release  date,  October  12,  1946  7  minutes 

DON'T  BE  A  SUCKER  (Paramount) 

Two-Reel  Special  (T5-2) 

A  young,  healthy  American  Free  Mason  is 
misled  by  a  soap  box  orator  asserting  that  all 
good  jobs  in  this  country  are  being  taken  by 
the  so-called  minorities,  domestic  and  foreign. 
He  falls  into  conversation  with  a  refugee  pro- 
fessor who  describes  to  him  the  pattern  of 
events  which  brought  Hitler  to  power  in  Ger- 
many and  how  Germany's  anti-democratic 
group  split  the  country  into  helpless  minorities, 
each  hating  the  other.  The  professor  concludes 
that  America  is  composed  of  many  minorities, 
but  all  united  as  Americans.  Paul  Lucas  and 
Felix  Bressart  are  featured  with  commentary 
by  Lloyd  Nolan. 

Release  date,  July  4,  1946  18  minutes 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


3263 


SERVICE  DATA 

on  features 


Service  Data  appearing  in  this  issue  of 
Product  Digest  include  the  over-all  performance 
percentage  figures  from  final  reports  previously 
published  in  PICTURE  GROSSES.  Reference  to 
Round  Table  Exploitation  and  Legion  of  Decency 
ratings  with  audience  classification  are  a/so 
listed.  Index  to  Service  Data  may  be  found  in 
the  Release  Chart  starting  on  page  3265. 


Angel  on  My  Shoulder  (UA) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — September  28,  p.  53 ; 
October  12,  p.  66. 

Badman's  Territory  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification- — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 102.8% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — June  15,  p.  61 ;  June 
22,  p.  48;  July  13,  pp.  45,  47;  August  17,  pp. 
55,  58,  60;  September  21,  pp.  55,  60. 

Boys'  Ranch  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation— June  1,  p.  43 ;  Au- 
gust 10,  p.  47;  August  17,  p.  60;  August  31,  p. 
53  ;  Septebmer  21,  p.  57  ;  October  5,  p.  54;  Octo- 
ber 12,  pp.  68,  69. 

Caesar  and  Cleopatra  (UA) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 111.7% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  24,  p.  61 ; 
August  31,  p.  50 ;  September  7,  p.  54 ;  Septem- 
ber 14,  p.  55  ;  September  21,  pp.  57,  59  ;  Septem- 
ber 28,  pp.  56,  57 ;  October  5,  p.  53 ;  October  12, 
p.  69. 

Canyon  Passage  (Univ.) 

Audience  Classification- — General  • 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 116.8% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  3,  p.  110; 
September  21,  p.  58. 

Centennial  Summer  (20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 105.3% 
Round  Table  Exploitation— July  20,  p.  60 ;  Au- 
gust 24,  p.  62 ;  September  28,  pp.  53,  58. 

Claudia  and  David  (20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  31,  p.  52; 
September  21,  p.  55 ;  September  28,  p.  53. 

Courage  of  Lassie  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  .Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  3,  p.  108 ; 
September   14,  p.   50;   September  21,  p.  55; 
October  5,  p.  55 ;  October  12,  p.  70. 

Down  Missouri  Way  (PRC) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — September  21,  p. 
59 ;  September  28,  pp.  52,  56. 

Easy  to  Wed  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 112.7% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — May  18,  p.  58;  Au- 
gust 24,  p.  63 ;  September  7,  p.  54 ;  September 
28,  p.  56;  October  5,  p.  54;  October  12,  p.  65. 

From  This  Day  Forward  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 104.7% 
Round  Table  Exploitation— May  4,  p.  52;  May 


18,  p.  58;  June  8,  pp.  50,  51;  June  15,  pp.  60, 
63,  64;  June  22,  p.  51 ;  July  27,  p.  51 ;  August 
3,  p.  51 ;  August  24,  p.  65 ;  September  28,  p.  57. 

Gallant  Bess  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — September  21,  p.  56; 
October  5,  p.  50. 

Gilda  (Col.) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating— Class  B 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 110.6% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — April  27,  p.  54 ;  May 
11,  pp.  62,  65;  May  18,  p.  56;  May  25,  pp.  56, 
60;  June  15,  p.  60;  July  13,  p.  45;  July  20,  p. 
64;  July  27,  pp.  51,  54;  August  3,  p.  109;  Au- 
gust 10,  p.  47 ;  September  28,  p.  58. 

God's  Country  (Screen  Guild) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — -September   14,  p. 
51 ;  September  28,  p.  58. 

Her  Kind  of  Man  (WB) 

Audience  Classification — -Adult 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Round  Table  Exploitation — May  11,  p.  60;  June 

8,  p.  52;  August  3,  p.  Ill;  August  17,  pp.  55, 

60 ;  September  14,  p.  50. 

If  Vm  Lucky  (20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — October  5,  p.  55 ; 
October  12,  p.  66. 

Make  Mine  Music  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — May  11,  p.  58;  July 
27,  p.  51;  August  17,  p.  58;  August  31,  p.  55; 
September  7,  p.  55  ;  September  14,  p.  56 ;  Sep- 
tember 21,  p.  54;  September  28,  p.  57. 

Mr.  Ace  (UA) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Round  Table  Exploitation — October  5,  p.  55. 

Monsieur  Beaucaire  (Para.) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 116.4% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  pp. 
54,  55;  September  21,  p.  54;  October  5,  p.  50. 

A  Night  in  Casablanca  (UA) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 100.0% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — May  4,  p.  62;  June 
15,  p.  62;  July  13,  pp.  45,  47;  July  20,  pp.  59, 
64;  August  3,  p.  105;  August  10,  pp.  43,  46; 
August  24,  p.  60;  August  31,  p.  51;  September 
7,  p.  55 ;  October  12,  p.  67. 


LEGION  of  DECENCY  Ratings 

Class  A-l  Unobjectionable 

Class  A-2  Unobjectionable  for  Adults 

Class  B  Objectionable  in  Part 

Class  C  Condemned 


Night  Train  to  Memphis  (Rep.) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — September  7,  p.  57; 
September  28,  p.  57;  October  5,  p.  55. 

Our  Hearts  Were  Growing  Up 
(Para.) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — Augus't  31,  p.  51 ; 
September  21,  p.  57. 

The  Searching  Wind  (Para.) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  21,  p.  57. 

Sister  Kenny  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — October  5,  p.  52. 

Smoky  (20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 109.0% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — September   14,  p. 
50 ;  September  28,  p.  53 ;  October  5,  pp.  53,  55. 

The  Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers 
(Para.) 

Audience  Classification — Adult 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 107.5% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — September  14,  p.  54 ; 
September  28,  p.  52. 

Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue  (20th-Fox) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Round  Table  Exploitation — October  5,  p.  52. 

Thrill  of  Brazil  (Col.) 

Audience  Classification— General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  B 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  28,  p.  53. 

Till  the  End  of  Time  (RKO) 

Audience  Classification — General 

Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 

Round  Table  Exploitation — September  28,  p.  52. 

Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee  (WB) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-l 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 104.6% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — August  3,  p.  104 ; 
September  21,  p.  55 ;  September  28,  p.  52 ;  Octo- 
ber 12,  p.  65. 

Two  Sisters  from  Boston  (MGM) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Picture  Gross,  Over-all  Performance — 118.3% 
Round  Table  Exploitation — May  11,  p.  60;  June 
8,  p.  50;  June  15,  pp.  60,  63;  June  29,  p.  52; 
July  13,  pp.  45,  48;  July  20,  p.  59;  July  27,  pp. 
53,  54;  August  3,  pp.  105,  108;  August  17,  pp. 
55,  58,  61  ;  August  24,  p.  61 ;  September  28, 
p.  58. 

Young  Widow  (UA) 

Audience  Classification — General 
Legion  of  Decency  Rating — Class  A-2 
Round  Table  Exploitation — June  15,  p.  63 ;  July 
6,  p.  68;  August  10,  p.  47;  August  24,  p.  62; 
September  7,  p.  54  ;  October  5,  p.  53. 


3264 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  19,  194$ 


THE  RELEASE  CHART 

Index  to  Reviews,  Advance  Synopses  and 
Service  Data  in  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 


Release  dates  and  running  time  are  furnished  as  soon  as  avail- 
able. Advance  dates  are  tentative  and  subject  to  change.  Run- 
ning times  are  the  official  times  supplied  by  the  distributor. 

All  page  numbers  on  this  chart  refer  to  pages  in  the 
PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION  of  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

For  Legion  of  Decency  Rating,  Audience  Classification  and 
Managers'  Round  Table  Exploitation,  see  Service  Data  page 
numbers  in  last  column. 


Short  Subjects  Chart  with  Synopsis  Index  can  be  found  on 
pages  3251-3252,  issue  of  October  12,  1946. 

Feature  product  listed  by  Company  on  page  3263,  issue  of 
October  12,  1946.  For  listing  of  1945-46  Features  by  Company, 
see  Product  Digest,  pages  3151-3152,  issue  of  August  17,  1946, 

(T)  before  a  date  in  the  list  below  is  the  tradeshow  data; 
release  dates  are  given  as  soon  as  available. 

(f)  indicates  a  Box  Office  Champion. 


-REVIEWEl 


Title  Company 
ABBOTT  and  Costello  in  Holly- 
wood (Block  13)  MGM 
Abie's  Irish  Rose  UA 
Abilene  Town  UA 
Accomplice  PRC 
t  Adventure  (Special)  MGM 
Adventures  of  Marco  Polo 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Affairs  of  Geraldine,  The  Rep. 

(formerly  Lonely  Hearts  Club) 
Alias  Billy  the  Kid  Rep. 
Allotment  Wives,  Inc.  Mono. 
Amami  Alfredo  (Italian)  Grand! 
Ambush  Trail  PRC 
t  And  Then  There  Were  None  20th-Fox 
Angel  Comes  to  Brooklyn,  An  Rep. 
Angel  on  My  Shoulder  UA 
f  Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam  20th-Fox 
Appointment  with  Crime 

(Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 
Avalanche  PRC 


Prod. 
Number 

602 


616 


555 
505 


61 1 

503 

634 


Stars 

Bud  Abbott-Lew  Costello 
Michael  Chekhov-Joanna  Dru 
Randolph  Scott-Ann  Dvorak 
Richard  Arlen-Veda  Ann  Borg 
Clark  Gable-Greer  Garson 

Gary  Cooper-Sigrid  Gurie 
Jane  Withers-James  Lydon 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
Kay  Francis-Paul  Kelly 
Maria  Cebotari-Claudio  Gore 
Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor 
Barry  Fitzgerald-Walter  Huston 
Kaye  Dowd-Robert  Duke 
Paul  Muni-Anne  Baxter 
Irene  Dunne-Rex  Harrison 

William  Hartnell-Raymond  Lovell 
Bruce  Cabot-Roscoe  Karns 


M.P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Tradeshow  or 

Running. 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Oct.,'45 

84m 

Aug.25,'45 

2631 

Dec.  27,'46 

3066 

Jan.  1 1,'46 

89m 

Jan.  I2,'46 

2793 

2628 

3088 

Sept.  29,'46 

68m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3187 

Mar.,'46 

126m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2628 

3100 

Dec.  29/45 

105m 

Feb.  19/38 

Not  Set 

295  i 

Apr.  I7,'46 

56m 

June  29/46 

3065 

2981 

Dec.  29,'45 

80m 

Nov.  10/45 

2710 

2555 

Jan.  I8,'46 

91m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

Feb.  17/46 

60m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

Nov.,'45 

97m 

July  14/45 

2626 

2862 

Nov.  I0,'45 

70m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2384 

Sept.  20,'46 

101m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3210 

2859 

3264 

Aug. ,'46 

128m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2907 

3228 

Not  Set 

90m 

June  15/46 

3042 

June  20,'46 

70m 

May  4/46 

2973 

The 


BACHELOR'S  Daughters,  The  UA 

Bad  Bascomb  (Block  16)  MGM 
f  Badman's  Territory  RKO 

Bamboo  Blonde  (Block  6)  RKO 
t  Bandit  of  Sherwood  Forest  (color)  Col. 

Beast  with  Five  Fingers,  The  WB 

Beat  the  Band  RKO 

Beauty  and  the  Bandit  Mono. 

Because  of  Him 

Bedelia  (British) 

Bedlam  (Block  6) 

Beginning  or  the  End, 

Behind  Green  Lights 

Behind  the  Mask 
t  Bells  of  St.  Mary's,  The 

Beloved  Enemy  (Reissue) 

Below  the  Deadline 

Betty  Co-ed 

Beware 

Beware  of  Pity  (British) 
Big  Sleep,  The 
Black  Angel,  The 
Black  Beauty 
Black  Market  Babies 
Blazing  the  Western  Trail 
Blithe  Spirit  (British)  (color) 
Blonde  Alibi 
Blonde  for  a  Day 
Blondie  Knows  Best 
Blondie's  Lucky  Day 
t  Blue  Dahlia,  The  (Block4) 
Blue  Montana  Skies  (Reissue 
Blue  Skies  (color) 
Bohemian  Girl,  The 

( Reissue) 
Bon  Voyage 
Boom  Town  (R.) 
Border  Bandits 
Born  for  Trouble  (Reissue) 
Bowery,  The  (Reissue) 


Univ. 
GFD 
RKO 
MGM 
20th-Fox 
Mono. 

^  RK0 
m  Classics 

Mono. 

Col. 

Astor 

Eagle-Lion 

WB 

Univ. 

20th-Fox 

Mono. 

Col. 

UA 

Univ. 

PRC 

Col. 

Col. 

Para. 

Rep. 

Para. 


Film  Classics 
20th-Fox 
MGM 
Mono. 
WB 
20th-Fox 


619 
622 
630 
7004 


531 
516 

628 

620 
526 
661 

520 


601 
543 
636 
504 
7201 

527 

806 
7020 
4517 
5307 


565 
504 
642 


Gail  Russell-Claire  Trevor  Sept.  6/46 
Wallace  Beery-Margaret  O'Brien         Apr. -May, '46 

Randolph  Scott-Ann  Richards  Block  5 

Frances  Langford-Russell  Wade  July  15/46 

Cornel  Wilde-Anita  Louise  Feb.  21/46 

Robert  Alda-Andrea  King>  Not  Set 

Frances  Langford-Gene  Krupa  Not  Set 

Gilbert  Roland-Ramsay  Ames  Oct.  26/46 

Deanna  Durbin-Franchot  Tone  Jan.  18/46 

Margaret  Lockwood-lan  Hunter  Not  Set 

Boris  Karloff-Anna  Lee  May  10/46 

Brian  Donlevy-Robert  Walker  Not  Set 

Carole  Landis-William  Gargan  Feb. ,'46 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed  May  25/46 

Bing  Crosby-lngrid  Bergman  Special 

Merle  Oberon-David  Niven  Apr.  15/46 

Warren  Douglas-Ramsay  Ames  Aug.  3/46 

Jean  Porter-William  Mason  Nov.  28/46 

Louis  Jordan-Frank  Wilson  July/46 

Lilli  Palmer-Albert  Lieven  July  22/46 

Humphrey  Bogart-Lauren  Bacall  Aug.  31/46 

Dan  Duryea-June  Vincent  Aug.  2/46 

Mona  Freeman-Richard  Denning  Sept.,'46 

Ralph  Morgan-Jayne  Hazard  Jan.  5/46 

Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Oct.  18/45 

Rex  Harrison-Constance  Cummings  Dec.  14/45 

Tom  Neal-Martha  O'Driscoll  Apr.  12/46 

Hugh  Beaumont-Katheryn  Adams  Aug.  29/46 

Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Oct.  17/46 

Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Apr.  4/46 

Alan  Ladd-Veronica  Lake  Apr.  19/46 

Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette  Dec.  1/45 

Bing  Crosby-Fred  Astaire  Dec.  27/46 

Stan  Laurel-Oliver  Hardy  Mar.  15/46 

Jeanne  Crain-Sir  Aubrey  Smith  Not  Set 
Clark  Gable-Claudette  Colbert  (T)  Sept  30/46 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton     Jan.  12/46 

Faye  Emerson-Van  Johnson  Oct.  6/45 

George  Raft-Wallace  Beery  Oct.,'46 


88m 

Sept.  14/46 

3197 

3007 

1  12m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2784 

3228 

98m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

3264 

67m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2784 

85m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2434 

2975 

2786 

3126 

86m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

2764 

2975 

90m 

June  15/46 

3041 

80m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

295  i 

3018 

3076 

64  m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

126m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2434 

2975 

86m 

Dec.  1.9/36 

65m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3127 

55  m 

June  22/46 

3054 

105m 

Aug.  3/46 

3126 

1  14m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

3126 

3228 

80m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

3076 

76m 

July  20/46 

3102 

2778 

71m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2930 

60m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2543 

94m 

Sept.  22/45 

2653 

2898 

62m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2850 

68m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

3030 

70m 

Sept.  21/46 

321 1 

3031 

69m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2907 

99m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2786 

3164 

56m 

May  6/39 

104m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

2884 

3228 

74m 

Mar.  7/36 

2230 

1 19m 

Sept.  28/46 

3225 

58m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

2792 

59m 

Apr.  1  1/42 

598 

575 

84m. 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


3265 


Title  Company 

Bowery  Bombshell  Mono. 
Boy,  a  Girl  and  a  Dog,  A  Film  Classics 

Boys'  Ranch  (Block  17)  MGM 

Brasher  Doubloon,  The  20th-Fox 

Breakfast  in  Hollywood  UA 
Bride  Wore  Boots,  The  (Block  5)  Para. 

Brief  Encounter  (Brit.)  Univ. 

Bringing  Up  Father  Mono. 

Brute  Man  Univ. 

Burma  Victory  WB 

t  CAESAR  and  Cleopatra  (color) 

(British)  UA 

Calcutta  Para. 

California  (color)  Para. 

California  Gold  Rush  Rep. 

Canyon  Passage  (color)  Univ. 

Captains  Courageous  (R.)  MGM 

Captain  Tugboat  Annie  Rep. 
Captive  Heart,  The  (Brit.)    Eagl  e-Lion 

Caravan  (British)  GFD 

Caravan  Trail,  The  (color)  PRC 

Carnival  in  Costa  Rica  (col.)  20th-Fox 

Cat  Creeps,  The  Univ. 

Catman  of  Paris,  The  Rep. 

Centennial  Summer  (color)  20th-Fox 

Chase,  The  UA 

Cherokee  Flash,  The  Rep. 

Cheyenne  WB 

Child  of  Divorce  (Block  2)  RKO 

Cinderella  Jones  WB 

City  for  Conquest  (Reissue)  WB 

Claudia  and  David  20th-Fox 

Cloak  and  Dagger  WB 
Close  Call  for  Boston  Blackie,  A  Col. 

Club  Havana  PRC 

t  Cluny  Brown  20th-Fox 

Cockeyed  Miracle,  The  MGM 

Code  of  the  Lawless  Univ. 

Col.  Effingham's  Raid  20th-Fox 

Colorado  Serenade  (color)  PRC 

Colorado  Pioneers  Rep. 
Come  and  Get  It 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Condemned  to  Devil's  Island 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

t  Confidential  Agent  WB 

Conquest  of  Cheyenne  Rep. 

Cornered  RKO 
Courage  of  Lassie  (color)  (Bl.  17)  MGM 

Cowboy  Blues  Col. 

Crack-Up  (Block  6)  RKO 
Crime  Doctor's  Man  Hunt,  The  Col. 
Crime  Doctor's  Warning,  The  Col. 

Crime  of  the  Century  Rep. 

Criminal  Court  (Block 2)  RKO 

Crimson  Canary,  The  Univ. 

Cross  My  Heart  Para. 

Cry  Wolf  WB 

Cuban  Pete  Univ. 

DAKOTA  Rep. 

Daltons  Ride  Again  Univ. 

Dangerous  Business  Col. 

Dangerous  Money  Mono. 
Dangerous  Partners  (Block  13)  MGM 

Danger  Signal  WB 

Danger  Street  Para. 

Danger  Woman  Univ. 

Danny  Boy  PRC 

Dark  Alibi  Mono. 

Dark  Corner,  The  20th-Fox 

Dark  Horse,  The  Univ. 

Dark  Is  the  Night  (Russian)  Artlcino 

Dark  Mirror,  The  Univ. 

Days  and  Nights  (Russian)  Artkino 

Days  of  Buffalo  Bill  Rep. 

Deadlier  Than  the  Male  RKO 

Deadline  at  Dawn  RKO 

Deadline  for  Murder  20th-Fox 

Dead  of  Night  (British)  Univ. 
Death  Valley  (color)        Screen  Guild 

Deception  WB 

Decoy  Mono. 

Desert  Horseman,  The  Col. 

Detour  PRC 

Devil  Bat's  Daughter  PRC 

Devil's  Mask,  The  Col. 

Devil's  Playground,  The  UA 

Devotion  WB 


Prod. 
Number 
El! 

625 


4521 
604 
512 


565 
541 

504 


532 
514 
633 

553 


513 
515 
637 
603 
7030 

628 

1 102 
610 

563 


506 
568 
612 
626 

7223 
627 
816 

7022 
511 

509 


542 

505 
510 
7037 
603 
604 
508 

539 

5i9 
625 
540 


554 

6i7 
635 
547 

4604 
605 
601 

7209 


7026 
517 


Stars 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 
Jerry  Hunter-Sharyn  Moffett 
James  Craig-"Butch"  Jenkins 
George  Montgomery-Nancy  Guild 
Tom  Breneman-Bonita  Granville 
Barbara  Stanwyck-Robert  Cummings 
Celia  Johnson-Trevor  Howard 
Joe  Yule-Renie  Riano 
Rondo  Hatton-Jane  Adams 
War  Documentary 


Claude  Rains-Vivian  Leigh  Aug.  I6,'46 

Alan  Ladd-William  Bendix  Not  Set 

Ray  Milland-Barbara  Stanwyck  Not  Set 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming  Feb.  4,'46 

Dana  Andrews-Susan  Hayward  July  26, '46 
Freddie  Bartholomew-Spencer  Tracy  (T)  Aug.  21, '46 

Jane  Darwell-Edgar  Kennedy  Nov.  17, '45 

Michael  Redgrave-Rachel  Kempson  Not  Set 

Steward  Granger-Ann  Crawford  Not  Set 

Eddie  Dean-AI  LaRue  Apr.  20,'46 

Dick  Haymes-Celeste  Holme  Not  Set 

Lois  Coliier-Fred  Brady  May  1 7, '46 

Carl  Esmond-Leonore  Aubert  Apr.  20, '46 

Jeanne  Craine-Cornel  Wilde  Aug. ,'46 

Robert  Cummings-Michele  Morgan  Nov.  22, '46 

Sunset  Carson-Linda  Stirling  Dec.  1 3, '45 

Dennis  Morgan-Jane  Wyman  Not  Set 

Sharyn  Moffett-Regis  Toomey  Oct.  1 5, '46 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Alda  Mar.  9, '46 

James  Cagney-Ann  Sheridan  Apr.  1 3, '46 

Dorothy  McGuire-Robert  Young  Sept., '46 

Gary  Cooper-Lilli  Pamer  Sept.  28, '46 

Chester  Morris-Richard  Lane  Jan.  24,'46 

Tom  Neal-Margaret  Lindsay  Nov.  23, '45 

Charles  Boyer-Jennifer  Jones  June, '46 

Frank  Morgan-Keenan  Wynn  Oct., '46 

Kirby  Grant-Poni  Adams  Oct.  I9,'45 

Charles  Coburn-Joan  Bennett  Feb. ,'46 

Eddie  Dean-Roscoe  Ates  June  30, '46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Nov.  14/45 

Joel  McCrea-Edward  Arnold 

Ronald  Colman-Ann  Harding 
Charles  Boyer-Lauren  Bacall 
"Wild"  Bill  Elliot-Alice  Fleming 
Dick  Powell-Micheline  Cheirel 
Elizabeth  Taylor-"Lassie"-Frank  Morgan 
Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell 
Pat  O'Brien-Claire  Trevor 
Warner  Baxter-Ellen  Drew 
Warner  Baxter-Dusty  Anderson 
Stephanie  Bachelor-Michael  Browne 
Tom  Conway-Martha  O'Driscoll 
Noah  Beery,  Jr.-Lois  Collier 
Betty  Hutton-Sonny  Tufts 
Errol  Flynn-Barbara  Stanwyck 
Desi  Arnaz-Ethel  Smith 

John  Wayne-Vera  Hruba  Ralston  Dec.  25,'45 

Alan  Curtis-Kent  Taylor  Nov.  23, "45 

Forrest  Tucker-Lynn  Merrick  June  20,'46 

Sydney  Toler-Gloria  Warren  Oct.  1 2, '46 

James  Craig-Signe  Hasso  Oct.,'45 

Faye  Emerson-Zachary  Scott  Dec.  15/45 

Jane  Withers-Robert  Lowery  Not  Set 

Brenda  Joyce-Don  Porter  July  12/46 

Robt.  "Buz."  Henry-Sybil  Merritt  "  Jan.  8/46 

Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong  May  25/46 

Lucille  Ball-William  Bendix  May,'46 

Phil  Terry-Ann  Savage  July  19/46 

Irina  Radchenko-lvan  Kuznetsov  Ma\r.  16/46 

Olivia  de  Havilland-Lew  Ayres  Not  Set 

Vladimir  Soloviev-Dimitri  Sagal  Apr.  27/46 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  Feb.  8/46 

Claire  Trevor-Lawrence  Tierney  Nov.  10/46 

Susan  Hayward-Paul  Lukas  Block  4 

Paul  Kelly-Kent  Taylor  Aug. ,'46 

Mervyn  Johns-Roland  Carver  Aug.  23/46 

Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert  July  15/46 

Bette  Davis-Paul  Henried  Oct.  26/46 

Jean  Gillie-Edward  Norris  Sept.  14/46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  July  I  I  ,'46 

Ann  Savage-Tom  Neal  Nov.  30/45 

Rosemary  LaPlanche-John  James  Apr.  15/46 

Anita  Louise-Jim  Bannon  May  23/46 

William  Boyd-Andy  Clyde  Nov.  15/46 

Olivia  ds  Havilland-lda  Lupino  Apr.  20/46 


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Page 

Page 

July  20/46 

65m 

Julv  27  '46 

villi  m  I  i  ~w 

31 14 

July/46 

77m 

June  29  '46 

3065 

3031 

July  18/46 

97m 

Mav  4  '46 

2973 

2926 

3264 

Not  Set 

3238 

Feb.  22/46 

93  m 

Jan   19  '46 

2805 

2756 

2975 

May  31/46 

86m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2784 

Aug.  24/46 

85m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

3228 

Nov.  2/46 

68m 

Oct.  19/46 

3262 

3186 

Oct.  1/46 

68m 

Oct.  19/46 

3263 

3186 

Feb. 16/46 

62m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

126m  Aug. 10/46 

55m   

90m  July  20/46 

I  17m  Aug.  24/46 

70m  Dec.  22/45 

108m  Apr.  20/46 

122m  May  4/46 

57m  Mar.  30/46 


58m 
65m 
102m 
86m 
58m 

62m 
92  m 

103m 
78m 

106m 
63  m 
62  m 

1 00m 
81m 
56m 
70m 
68m 
55m 


Apr.  13/46 
Feb.  23/46 
June  8/46 
Oct.  19/46 
Jan.  26/46 

Oct.  19/46 
Feb.  16/46 

Sept.  14/40 
July  27/46 

Sept.  14/46 
Feb.  23/46 
Oct.  20/45 
Apr.  27/46 
July  20/46 

Sept.'  29/45 
June  15/46 
Dec.  22/45 


3137 


3101 
3162 
2766 
2950 
2974 
2918 

2938 
2858 
3030 
3262 
2817 

3262 
2849 

3113 
3197 
2858 
2686 
2961 
3102 

2661 
3042 
2768 


2884 
2784 
2818 
2883 

2403 


2884 
3090 
2884 


2939 
2939 
2710 
2555 
2859 
2883 
2686 
2259 
2884 


82m      Nov.  10/45  2709 


3264 


3264 


2884  3264 


2748 
2939 
2972 
2838 


2975 


3264 


3164 


2898 


May  15/46 

99m 

Nov.  7/36 

Mar.  15/46 

87m 

Nov.  10/45 

118m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2655 

July  29/46 

55  m 

June  29/46 

3065 

Block  3 

102m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2695 

3018 

Aug.  8/46 

93m 

May  1 1/46 

2985 

2926 

3264 

July  18/46 

3055 

Sept.  6/46 

93m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2951 

3228 

Oct.  24/46 

61m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3210 

3187 

Oct.  4/45 

64m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

2543 

Feb.  28/46 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2870 

Oct.  20/46 

59m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

2963 

Nov.  9/45 

64m 

Nov.  10/45 

2710 

2467 

Not  Set 

3055 

Not  Set 

3138 

July  26/46 

61m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3066 

2862 


71m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

2670 
2963 

66m 

Oct.  12/46 

3250 

3186 

74m 

Aug.  4/45 

2639 

2555 

2719 

80m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2555 
2972 

3018 

60m 

July  13/46 

3089 

3030 

64m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2662 

61m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2809 

99m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2859 

3188 

59m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3030 

70m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

85m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

2883 

90m 

May  4/46 

2974 

56m 

2838 
3078 

82m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

2776 

2930 

65  m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2963 

77m 

July  6/46 

3077 

72  m 

3090 

1 12m 

Oct.  19/46 

326  i 

3238 

76m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3031 

57m 

July  27/46 
Nov.  10/45 

3124 

3055 

69m 

2709 

2543 

66  m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

66m 

2926 

62m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

321  i 

3078 

107m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2756 

3164 

3266 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


REVIEWED 


J  tile  Company 

Diary  of  a  Chambermaid  UA 

Diclt  Tracy  RKO 

Dick  Tracy  Versus  Cueball  RKO 

Ding  Dong  Williams  RKO 
Dodsworth  (Reissue)         Film  Classics 

Doll  Face  20th-Fox 

t  Dolly  Sisters,  The  (color)  20th-Fox 

Don  Ricardo  Returns  PRC 
Don't  Gamble  with  Strangers  Mono. 

Do  You  Love  Me?  (color)  20th-Fox 

Down  Missouri  Way  PRC 

Down  to  Earth  (color)  Col. 

f  Dragonwyck  20th-Fox 

Dressed  to  Kill  Univ. 

Driftin'  River  PRC 

Duel  in  the  Sun  (color)  UA 


Prod. 
Number 

613 

623 

617 
609 

508 
626 


623 
534 


Stars 

Paulette  Goddard-Hurd  Hatfield 
Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys 
Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys 
Glenn  Vernon-Marcia  McGuire 
Walter  Huston-Ruth  Chatterton 
Carmen  Miranda-Perry  Como 
Betty  Grable-John  Payne 
Fred  Colby-lsabelita 
Kane  Richmond-Bernadene  Hayes 
Maureen  O'Hara-Dick  Haymes 
Martha  O'Driscoll-William  Wright 
Rita  Hayworth-Larry  Parks 
Gene  Tierney-Vincent  Price 
Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce 
Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson 
Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

oeri/ic% 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Syno  psis 

V\nfM 
UUL  a 

Kelease  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Feb.  15, '46 

86m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2748 

3 1 00 

Block  3 

62  m 

Dec.  15, '45 

2758 

2710 

3164 

Not  Set 

303  1 

Block5 

62m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

2695 

May  15, '46 

101m 

Sept.  26, '36 

Jan. ,'46 

80m 

Dec.  22, '45 

2765 

2628 

297b 

Nov. ,'45 

1  14m 

Sept.  29,'45 

2661 

2384 

2798 

Oct.  21, '46 

3240 

June  22, '46 

68m 

May  25, '46 

3005 

May, '46 

91m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2499 

3188 

Aug.  15, '46 

75m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3007 

3264 

Not  Set 

3 1 26 

Apr.,'46 

103m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2403 

3188 

June   7, '46 

72m 

May  25/46 

3007 

2987 

Oct.  I,'46 

59m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

3187 

Not  Set 

2926 

EARL  Carroll  Sketchbook  Rep. 

t  Easy  to  Wed  (color)  (Special)  MGM 

El  Paso  Kid  Rep. 

Enchanted  Forest,  The  (color)  PRC 
Enchanted  Voyage  (color)  20th-Fox 

Escape  Me  Never  WB 
Extenuating  Circumstances 

(French)  Lopert 


530  Constance  Moore-William  Marshal!        Aug.  22/46 

624  Esther  Williams-Van  Johnson  July  25/46 

556  Sunset  Carson-Marie  Harmon  May  22/46 

.  ...  Edmund  Lowe-Brenda  Joyce  Dec.  8/46 

, ...  John  Payne-June  Haver  Not  Set 

. ...  Errol  Flynn-lda  Lupino  Not  Set 

.  ...  Michael  Simon-Suzanne  Dante-s  Sept.  14/46 


90m 
I  I  Im 
54m 
78m 


Aug.  24/46 
Apr.  13/46 
Aug.  3/46 
Sept.  29/45 


82m       Oct.  5/46 


3162 
2937 
3125 
2662 


3238 


2939 
2366 
2972 
2279 
2499 
2861 


3228 
3264 


FABULOUS  Suzanne 

Rep. 

Barbara  Britton-Rudy  Vallee 

Not  Set 

2926 

Face  of  Marble 

Mono. 

528 

John  Carradine-Claudia  Drake 

Feb.  2/46 

72m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

Faithful  in  My  Fashion  (Bl. 

7)  MGM 

627 

Tom  Drake-Donna  Reed 

Aug.  22/46 

81m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2951 

Falcon's  Alibi,  The  (Block  6) 

RKO 

629 

Tom  Conway-Rita  Corday 

July  1/46 

63  m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

Fallen  Angel 

20th-Fox 

612 

Alice  Faye-Dana  Andrews 

Dec. ,'45 

97m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

2454 

Fantasia  (R.)  (Spl.)  (Color 

RKQ 

Disney  Musical  Feature 

Sept.  28/46 

124m 

Oct.  5/46 

3238 

Fear 

Mono. 

507 

V/arren  William-Peter  Cookson 

Mar.  2/46 

68m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2598 

Fedora  (Italian) 

Variety 

Louise  Ferida-Amedeo  Nazzari 

Jan.  14/46 

95m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

Fiesta  (color) 

MGM 

Esther  Williams-Ricardo  Montalban 

Not  Set 

2939 

Fliqht  to  Nowhere            Screen  Guild 

4605 

Alan  Curtis-Evelyn  Ankers 

Oct.    1  ,'46 

75m 

3078 

Flying  Serpent 

PRC 

George  Zucco-Hope  Kramer 

Feb.  20/46 

59m 

Jan.  26/46 

28  i  8 

2670 

Follow  That  Woman  (Block 

)  Para. 

4504 

William  Garqan-Nancy  Kelly 

Dec.  14/45 

70m 

Aug.  25/45 

2639 

2543 

Fool's  Gold 

UA 

William  Boyd-Andy  Clyde 

Not  Set 

63m 

Oct.  12/46 

3249 

Four  Hearts  (Russian) 

Artkino 

Valentino  Serove-Eugene  Samoilav 

Feb.  23/46 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

Freddie  Steps  Out 

Mono. 

515 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

June  29/46 

75m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2926 

French  Key,  The 

Rep. 

519 

Albert  Dekker-Evelyn  Ankers 

May  18/46 

67m 

May.  25/46 

3006 

From  This  Day  Forward 

RKO 

616 

Joan  Fontaine-Mark  Stevens 

Block  4 

95m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

2861 

Frontier  Gal  (color) 

Univ. 

513 

Rod  Cameron-Yvonne  De  Carlo 

Dec.  21/45 

85m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2555 

Frontier  Gunlaw 

Col. 

7204 

Charles  Starrett-Jean  Stevens 

Jan.  31/46 

60m 

Feb  9/46 

2837 

2686 

GAIETY    George    (British)    Geo.  King 

Gallant  Bess  (color)  MGM 

Gallant  Journey  Col. 

Galloping  Thunder  Col. 

Game  of  Death,  A  RKO 

Gas  House  Kids  PRC 

Gay  Blades  Rep. 

Gay  Cavallier,  The  Mono. 

Gay  Intruders,  The  (British) 

Four  Continents 

Genius  at  Work  (Block  2)  RKO 

Gentleman  from  Texas,  The  Mono. 

Gentleman  Joe  Palooka  Mono. 

Gentleman  Misbehaves,  The  Col. 

Gentlemen  with  Guns  PRC 

Getting  Gertie's  Garter  UA 

Ghost  Goes  Wild,  The  Rep. 

Ghost  of  Hidden  Valley  PRC 

t  Gilda  Col. 

Girl  in  a  Million,  A  (Br.)     British  Lion 

Girl  of  the  Limberlost  Col. 

Girl  on  the  Spot  Univ. 

Girls  of  the  Big  House  Rep. 

G.I.  War  Brides  Rep. 

Glass  Alibi  Rep. 

God's  Country  (color)      Screen  Guild 

Gold  Mine  in  the  Sky  (R.)  Rep. 

Great  Day  (British)  (Block  I)  RKO 

Great  Waltz,  The  (R.)  MGM 

f  Green  Years,  The  (Special)  MGM 

Gunman's  Code  Univ. 

Gunning  for  Vengeance  Col. 

Gun  Town  Univ. 

Guy  Could  Change,  A  Rep. 


Richard  Greene-Ann  Todd 

Not  Set 

98m 

May  4/46 

2974 

Marshall  Thompson-George  Tobias 

(T)  Aug.  29/46 

98m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2778 

3264 

7002 

Glenn  Ford-Janet  Blair 

Sept.  24/46 

86m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

2939 

3228 

7207 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 

Apr.  25/46 

54m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2778 

619 

John  Loder-Audrey  Long 

Block  4 

72m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2384 

2810 

Robert  Lowery-Teala  Loring 

Oct.  14/46 

68m 

Oct.  12/46 

3250 

3238 

509 

Allan  Lane-Jean  Rogers 

Jan.  25/46 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2784 

3018 

529 

Gilbert  Roland-Martin  Garralaga 

Mar.  30/46 

65m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2963 

Godfrey  Tearle-Jeanne  de  Casalis 

Mar.  15/46 

84m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

Alan  Carney-Anne  Jeffreys 

Oct.  20/46 

61m 

Aug.  10/46 

3138 

3078 

562 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Claudia  Drake 

June  8/46 

55m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

2963 

602 

Leon  Errol-Joe  Kirkwood 

Oct.  5/46 

72  m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

3126 

7034 

Osa  Massen-Robert  Stanton 

Feb.  28/46 

74m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

2792 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

Mar.  27/46 

52m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

Dennis  O'Keefe-Marie  MacDonald 

Nov.  30/45 

72m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2975 

James  Ellison-Anne  Gwynne 

Not  Set 

2972 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

June  3/46 

56m 

June  1/45 

3017 

7001 

Rita  Hayworth-Glenn  Ford 

Apr.  25/46 

107m 

Mar.  23/46 

2907 

2776 

3264 

Hugh  Williams-Joan  Greenwood 

Not  Set 

86m 

June  8/46 

3029 

7029 

Ruth  Nelson-Loren  Tindall 

Oct.  1 1  .'45 

60m 

Oct.  20/45 

2686 

2670 

515 

Lois  Collier-Jess  Barker 

Jan.  11/46 

75m 

Jan.  12/46 

2795 

2467 

502 

Lynne  Roberts-Richard  Powers 

Nov.  2/45 

68m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2467 

528 

James  Ellison-Anna  Lee 

Aug.  12/46 

69m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3127 

516 

Paul  Kelly-Anna  Gwynne 

Apr.  27/46 

68m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2792 

003 

Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert 

Apr.,'46 

62  m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

3264 

5308 

Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette 

Jan.  15/46 

60m 

July  16/38 

703 

Eric  Portman-Flora  Robsorv 

Oct.  30/46 

62  m 

July  27/46 

3 1 14 

Luise  Rainer-Fernand  Gra'vet 

(T)  Sept.  30/46 

106m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3212 

623 

Charles  Coburn-Tom  Drake 

July  4/46 

128m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2883 

3228 

1 107 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 

Aug.  30/46 

3187 

7206 

Charles  Starrett-Phyliss  Adair 

Mar.  21/46 

53m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2784 

1104 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 

Jan.  18/46 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2744 

508 

Allan*  LaneJane  Frazee 

Jan.  27/46 

65m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

2543 

t  HARVEY  Girls,  The  (color) 
(Block  15) 
Haunted  Mine,  Th» 
Heading  West 
Heartbeat 

Henry  the  Fifth  (British)  (color) 


MGM 

611 

Judy  Garland-John  Hodiak 

Jan.-Feb.,'46 

104m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2354 

2975 

Mono. 

566 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Linda  Johnson 

Mar.  2/46 

51m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

2792 

Col. 

7210 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 

Aug.  15/46 

56m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

3188 

RKO 

662 

Ginger  Rogers-Jean  Pierre  Aumont 

Special 

101m 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2883 

3228 

1  UA 

Laurence  Olivier-Robert  Newton 

(T)  June  17/46 

134m 

Dec.  2/44 

2626 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


3267 


REVIEWED 


Title 

Her  Adventurous  Night 
Her  Highness  and  the  Bell- 

(Block  13) 
Her  Kind  of  Man 
Her  Sister's  Secret 
High  Barbaree 
High  School  Hero 
Hit  the  Hay 

Hold  That  Blonde  (Block  2) 
Holiday  in  Mexico  (color) 
Home  in  Oklahoma 
Home  on  the  Range  (color) 
Home  Sweet  Homicide 
Honeymoon 

Hoodlum  Saint  (Block  16) 
Hot  Cargo  (Block  5) 
Hotel  Reserve  (British) 
House  of  Dracula 
House  of  Horrors 
t  House  on  92nd  Street,  The 
Dow  Do  You  Do? 
Humoresque 
Hurricane  (Reissue) 


Com  pany 
Univ. 

MGM 
WB 
PRC 
MGM 
Mono. 
Col. 
Para. 
MGM 
Rep. 
Rep. 
20th-Fox 
RKO 
MGM 
Para. 
RKO 
Univ. 
Univ. 
20th-Fox 
PRC 
WB 

Film  Classics 
Para. 


I  COVER  Big  Town 

(formerly  Big  Town) 
Idea  Girl  Univ. 
If  I'm  Lucky  20th-Fox 
I  Know  Where  I'm  Going  (Brit.)  GFD 
Imperfect  Lady  Para. 
In  Fast  Company  Mono. 
Inner  Circle,  The  Rep. 
In  Old  Sacramento  Rep. 
Inside  Job  Univ. 
Invisible  Informer,  The  Rep. 
I  Ring  Door  Bells  PRC 
I  See  a  Dark  Stranger  (British)  GFD 
It  All  Came  True  (Reissue)  WB 
It  Happened  at  the  Inn  (Fr.)  MGM 
It  Happened  in  Brooklyn  MGM 
It's  Great  To  Be  Young  Col. 
It's  a  Wonderful  Life  (Special)  RKO 
It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog  20th-Fox 
I've  Always  Loved  You  (color)  "Rep. 

(Special) 


Proa. 

'Number  Stars 

538  Dennis  O'Keefe-Helen  Walker 

603  Hedy  Lamarr-Robert  Walker 

518  Zachary  Scott-Janis  Paige 

....  Nancy  Coleman-Philip  Reed 

....  Van  Johnson-June  Allyson 

517  Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

7018  Judy  Canova-Ross  Hunter 

4506  Eddie  Bracken-Veronica  Lake 

....  Walter  Pidgeon-llona  Massey 

5542  Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 

5501  Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

640  Lynn  Bari-Randolph  Scott 

....  Shirley  Temple-Guy  Madison 

618  William  Powell-Esther  Williams 

4523  William  Gargan-Philip  Reed 

615  James  Mason-Lucie  Mannheim 

511  Lon  Chancy-Lionel  Atwill 

525  Robert  Lowery-Virginia  Grey 

608  William  Eythe-Lloyd  Nolan 

....  Bert  Gordon-Harry  Von  Zell 

....  Joan  Crawford-John  Garfield 

....  Dorothy  Lamour-Jon  Hall 

....  Philip  Reed-Hillary  Brooke 


518  Jess  Barker-Julie  Bishop  Feb.  8,'46 

638  Vivian  Blaine-Harry  James  Sept., '46 

....  Wendy  Hiller-Roger  Livesey  Not  Set 

Teresa  Wright-Ray  Milland  Not  Set 

510  Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  June  22, '46 

526  Warren  Douglas-Lynne  Roberts  Aug.  7, '46 

517  William  Elliott-Belle  Malone  May3l,"46 

537  Preston  Foster-Ann  Rutherford  June  28, '46 

529  Linda  Stirling-William  Henry  Aug.  I9,'46 

....  Robert  Shayne-Ann  Gwynne  Feb.  25, '46 

  Deborah  Kerr-Trevor  Howard  Not  Set 

503  Ann  Sheridan-Jeffrey  Lynn-H.  Bogart     Oct.  6, '45 

....  Fernand  Ledoux-Maurice  Schutz  (T)  Feb.  25, '46 

....  Frank  Sinatra-Kathryn  Grayson  Not  Set 

7038  Leslie  Brooks-Jimmy  Lloyd  Sept.  1 2, "46 

....  James  Stewart-Donna  Reed  (T)  Dec. ,'46 

632  Carole  Landis-Allyn  Joslyn  July,'46 

....  Maria  Ouspenskaya-Philip  Dorn  (T)  Aug.  27, '46 


M.P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

July  5,'46 

75m 

June  29, '46 

3065 

3007 

Oct.,'45 

1  1  Im 

July  I4,'45 

2631 

2259 

2810 

May  1  1  ,'46 

78m 

Apr.  27,'46 

2961 

2838 

3264 

Sept.23,'46 

85m 

Sept.  21, '46 

3210 

3090 

Not  Set 

3238 

Sept.  7,'46 

69m 

Aug.  24,'46 

3161 

3126 

Nov.  29,'45 

62  m 

2662 

Nov.  23,'45 

76m 

Oct.  I3,'45 

2679 

2259 

2810 

Sept.,'46 

128m 

July  27/46 

3113 

2764 

Nov.  8,'46 

3163 

Apr.  18/46 

55m 

Apr.  I3,'46 

2938 

2926 

Oct.,'46 

90m 

July  27,'46 

3.124 

2939 

Not  Set 

2939 

Apr.-May,'46 

93  m 

Feb.  9,'46 

2837 

2830 

3164 

June  28,'46 

57m 

Mar.  I6,'46 

2894 

2870 

Block  3 

79m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

Dec.  7,"45 

67m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2670 

2975 

Mar.  29,'46 

66m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

2850 

Oct.,'45 

88m 

Sept.  15/45 

2645 

2499 

2898 

Dec.  24,'45 

80m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2655 

Not  Set 

2786 

Jan.  I5,'46 

lOlm 

Nov.  13/37 

Not  Set 

2776 

60m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

2764 

79m 

Aug.  3 1/46 

3174 

3066 

91m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2870 

63  m 

May  11/46 

2986 

2972 

57m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

321 1 

3127 

89m 

May  4/46 

2973 

65m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2987 

57m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

64m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

1 12m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

97m 

Apr.  6/40 

96m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

3238 

68m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3163 

3186 

70m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2963 

1 17m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2628 

3264 


3188 


3228 


JANIE  Gets  Married 

WB 

520 

Joan  Leslie-Robt.  Hutton 

June  22/46 

91m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2655 

Jesse  James  (Reissue) 

20th-Fox 

618 

Tyrone  Power-Nancy  Kelly 

Feb.,'46 

106m 

Jan. 14/39 

Joe  Palooka,  Champ 

Mono. 

502 

Joe  Kirkwood-Elyse  Knox 

May  28/46 
Apr.,'46 

70m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

Johnnie  Comes  Flying  Home 

20th-Fox 

624 

Martha  Stewart-Richard  Crane 

65m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2764 

Johnny  in  the  Clouds  (Br.) 

UA 

Michael  Redgrave-John  Mills 

Mar.  15/46 

109m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

Jolson  Story,  The  (color) 

•  Col. 

Larry  Parks-William  Demarest 

Not  Set 

128m 

Sept.  21/46 

3209 

2883 

Journey  Together  (British) 

English 

Edward  G.  Robinson-Bessie  Love 

Mar.  2/46 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

Jungle  Flight 

Para. 

Robert  Lowery-Anne  Savage 

Not  Set 

3126 

Jungle  Princess  (Reissue) 

Para. 

R5-3620 

Dorothy  Lamour-Ray  Milland 

Sept.  1/46 

84m 

Set.  21/46 

3212 

Junior  Prom 

Mono. 

514 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

May  1 1/46 

69  m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

Just  Before  Dawn 

Col. 

7021 

Warner  Baxter-Mona  Barrie 

Mar.  7/46 

65m 

2756 

3228 


3164 


(formerly  Exposed  by  the  Crime  Doctor) 


t  KID  from  Brooklyn,  The  (color)  RKO 

Kid  Millions  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Killers,  The  Univ. 

t  Kiss  and  Tell  (Special)  Col. 

t  Kitty  (Block  2)  Para. 

LADIES'  Man  Para. 
Lady  Chaser  PRC 
Lady  Luck  (Block  I)  RKO 
Lady  of  Fortune  (Reissue)    Film  Classics 

(formerly  Becky  Sharp) 
Lady  Surrenders,  A  (Brit.)  Univ. 
Landrush  Col. 
Larceny  in  Her  Heart  PRC 
Last  Chance,  The  (Bl.  16)  (Swiss)  MGM 
Last  Crooked  Mile,  The  Rep. 
Last  Frontier  Uprising  Rep. 
Lawless  Breed  Univ. 
Lawless  Empire  Col. 
t  Leave  Her  to  Heaven  (color) 

(Special)  20th-Fox 
Letter  for  Evie,  A  (Block  15)  MGM 
Life  and  Miracles  of  Blessed 

Mother  Cabrini,  The  (Ital.)  Elliott 
Life  with  Blondie  Col. 
Lighthouse  PRC 
Lightning  Raiders  PRC 
Likely  Story,  A  RKO 
Lisbon  Story  (British)  Natl.  Anglo 
Little  Giant  Univ. 


652  Danny  Kaye-Virginia  Mayo 

....  Eddie  Cantor-Ann  Sothern 

548  Burt  Lancaster-Ava  Gardner 

7101  Shirley  Temple-Jerome  Courtland 

4509  Paulette  Goddard-Ray  Milland 

Eddie  Bracken-Virginia  Welles 
Robert  Lowery-Ann  Savage 
702        Robert  Young-Barbara  Hale 
Miriam  Hopkins-Frances  Dee 

Margaret  Lockwood-Stewart  Granger 
861         Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnett 
Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker 
621        E.  G.  Morrison-John  Hoy 
527        Donald  Barry-Ann  Savage 
....         Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 
1106        Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 
7202        Charles  Starrett-Mildred  Law 

614        Gene  Tierney-Cornel  Wilde 
614        Marsha  Hunt-John  Carroll 

....  La  Cheduzzi-Mila  Lanza 

7019  Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake 

....  John  Litel-June  Lang 

....  Buster  Crabbe-AI  St.  John 

....  Bill  Williams-Barbara  Hale 

....  Patricia  Burke-David  Farrar 

520  Abbott  and  Costello 


Special 
Nov.  1/45 
Aug.  30/46 
Oct.  18/45 
May  10/46 

114m 
92m 

102m 
90m 

104m 

Mar.  30/46 
Oct.  27/34 
Aug.  17/46 
Sept.  8/45 
Oct.  6/45 

2918 

3150 
2637 
2669 

2628 

3055 
2353 
2093 

3228 

3228 
2898 
3228 

Not  Set 
Oct.  21/46 
Oct.  18/46 
Dec.  15/45 

97m 
69m 

July  20/46 
June  22/35 

3102 

2809 
2756 

(T)Oct.  4/46 
Oct.  17/46 
July  10/46 
Apr.-May,'46 
Aug.  9/46 
Oct.  22/46 
Aug.  16/46 
Nov.  15/45 

Jan.,'46 
Jan.-Feb.,'46 

July  6/46 
Dec.  13/45 
Nov.  11/46 
Jan.  7/46 
Not  Set 
Not  Set 
Feb.  22/46 


I  17m 
54m 
68m 

105m 
67m 


Oct.  12/46 
Sept.  2  i  ,'46 
May  25/46 
Nov.  24/45 
Aug.  17/46 


3249 
3211 
3006 
2726 
3150 


2895 
2963 


3187 


2930 


59  m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2543 

1  10m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2499 

2898 

89m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2655 

2930 

60m 

July  6/46 

3077 

70m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2686 

61m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2686 

2963 

lOOm 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

91m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

2756 

3088 

3268 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


REVIEWED 


Title 
Little  Iodine 
Little  Miss  Big 
Little  Mister  Jim 
Live  Wires 
Locket,  The 


Company 
UA 
Univ. 
MSM 
Mono. 
RKO 


(formerly  What  Nancy  Wanted) 
London  Town  (Brit.)  (col.)  Eagle-Lion 
Lonesome  Trail  Mono. 
Lone  Star  Moonlight  Col. 
t  Lost  Weekend,  The  (Block  I)  Para, 
t  Love  Letters  (Block  I)  Para. 
Love  on  the  Dole  (Brit.)  Four  Continents 
Lover  Come  Back  Univ. 
Loyal  Heart  (British).  Strand-Anglo 

MADONNA  of  the  Seven 

(British)  Univ. 
Madonna's  Secret,  The  Rep. 
Magic  Bow,  The  (British)  GFD 
Make  Mine  Music  (color)  (Spcl.)  RKO 
Man  from  Rainbow  Valley  (color)  Rep. 
Man  I  Love,  The  WB 
Man  in  Grey,  The  (Brit.)  Univ. 
Man  Who  Dared,  The  Col. 
Margie  (color)  20th-Fo>v 
Marie  Louise  (French)  Mayer»Burstyn 
Marshal  of  LaFedo  Rep. 
Mask  of  Diijon  PRC 
Masquerade  in  Mexico  (Block  3)  Para. 
Meet  Me  on  Broadway  Col. 
Meet  the  Navy  (Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 
Men  of  Two  World  (Br.)  (Color)  GFD 
Michigan  Kid,  The  Univ. 
Mighty  McGurk,  The  MGM 

t  Mildred  Pierce  WB 
Missing  Lady,  The  Mono. 

f  Miss  Susie  Slagle's  (Block  3)  Para. 
Mr.  Ace  UA 
Mr.  Hex  Mono. 
Monsieur  Beaucaire  (Special)  Para. 
Moon  Over  Montana  Mono. 
Murder  in  Reverse  (Brit.)  Natl.-Anglo 
Murder  in  the  Music  Hall  Rep. 
Murder  Is  My  Business  PRC 
My  Brother  Talks  to  Horses  MGM 
My  Darling  Clementine  20th-Fox 
My  Dog  Shep  Screen  Guild 

My  Name  Is  Julia  Ross  Col. 
My  Pal  Trigger  Rep. 

f  My  Reputation  WB 
Mysterious  Intruder  Col. 
Mysterious  Mr.  Valentine  Rep. 


Prod. 

Number  Stars 

....  Jo  Ann  Marlowe-Marc  Cramer 

549  Fay  Holden-Beverly  Simmons 

"Butch"  Jenkins-Frances  Gifford 

509  Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 

....  Laraine  Day-Brian  Aherne 

....  Sid  Field-Greta  Gynt 

571  James  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White 

....  Ken  Curtis-Joan  Barton 

4503  Ray  Milland-Jane  Wyman 

4502  Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten 

....  Deborah  Kerr-Clifford  Evans 

536  George  Brent-Lucille  Ball 

....  Harry  Welchmann-Percy  Marmont 


526  Phyllis  Calvert-Stewart  Granger  Apr.  5, "46 

510  Francis  Lederer-Gail  Patrick  Feb.  1 6, "46 

....  Stewart  Granger-Phyllis  Calvert  Not  Set 

692  Disney  Musical  Feature  (T)  July  4,'46 

5502  Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth  June  I5,'46 

Ida  Lupino-Robert  Alda  Not  Set 

523  Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Mar.  1 5, '46 

7040  Leslie  Brooks-George  Macready  May  30, '46 

646  Jeanne  Crain-Alan  Young  Nov., '46 

....  Josiane-Heinrich  Gretler  Nov.  12, '46 

562  "Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Oct.  7.'45 

....  Erich  Von  Stroheim-Jeanne  Bates  Apr.  9, '46 

4512  Dorothy  Lamour-Arturo  de  Cordova  Feb.  22, '46 
7014  Marjorie  Reynolds-Fred  Brady  Jan.  3, '46 

  Oscar  Naske  Not  Set 

  Eric  Portman-Phyllis  Cavert  Sept.  9,'46 

....  Jon  Hall-Rita  Johnson  Not  Set 

Wallace  Beery-Edward  Arnold  (T)  Nov.  1 8, '46 

505  Joan  Crawford-Jack  Carson  Oct.  20,'45 

525  Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed  Aug.  I7,'46 

4513  Sonny  Tufts-Veronica  Lake  Mar.  8, '46 
....  George  Raft-Sylvia  Sydney  Aug.  2, '46 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  Nov.  9,"46 

4532  Bob  Hope-Joan  Caulfield  Aug.  30/46 

572  Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Feb.  23,'46 
  William  Hartnell-Jimmy  Hanley  Oct.  22, '45 

512  Vera  Hruba  Ralston-William  Marshal     Apr.  I0,'46 

  Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker  Apr.  I0,'46 

  Peter  Lawford-"Butch"  Jenkins         (T)  Nov.  1 8, '46 

645  Henry  Fonda-Linda  Darnell  Nov., "46 

4609  Tom  Neal-Helen  Chapman-"Flame"  Dec.   I, '46 

7017  Nina  Foch-George  Macready  Nov.  27, '45 

5541  Roy  Rogers-George  "Gabby"  Hayes      July  10, '46 

510  Barbara  Stanwyck-George  Brent  Jan.  26/46 

7025  Richard  Dix-Barton  MacLane  Apr.  11/46 

531  William  Henry-Linda  Stirling  Sept.  3/46 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

1  radeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Oct.  1 1/46 

57m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3066 

Aug.  30/46 

6 1  m 

Sfint     7  '46 

3  1 86 

2963 

(T)  June  4/46 

94m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2926 

Jan. 12/46 

65  m 

Feb. 16/46 

2849 

Not  Set 

2939 

Not  Set 

I2lm 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3209 

Dec.  8/45 

57m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

2695 

Nov.  14/46 

Jan.  25/46 

101m 

Aug. 18/45 

2639 

2242 

2975 

Oct.  26/45 

101m 

Aug.  25/45 

2646 

2230 

2810 

Oct.  12/45 

89m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

June  21/46 

90m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2939 

Not  Set 

78m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

88m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

79m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2838 

106m 

Oct.  19/46 

3262 

74m 

Apr.  27/46 

2662 

3264 

56m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2963 
2784 

90m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

65m 

June  29/46 

3065 

2926 

94m 

Oct.  19/46 

3261 

2884 

93m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

56m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2467 

74m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2792 

3018 

96m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2686 

2975 

69m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2744 

81m 

June  15/46 

3043 

109m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3090 
3066 

film 

Oct.  6/45 

2670 

2259 

2798 

60m 

Sept.  21/46 

321 1 

3031 

88m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2216 

84m 

Aug.  3 1/46 

3173 

2926 

3264 

3240 

93m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2883 

3264 

56m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2792 

87m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

84m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2748 

63  m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

303  i 

97  m 

Oct.  12/46 

3249 

3078 
3163 

65m 

Nov.  17/45 

27i8 

2655 

3018 

79m 

June  22/46 

3053 

96m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

2792 

2975 

61m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

2907 

NAVAJO  Kid  PRC 

'Neath  Canadian  Skies     Screen  Guild 
Never  Say  Goodbye  WB 
t  Night  and  Day  (color)  WB 
Night  Boat  to  Dublin  (Brit.)  A.B.P.C.-Pathe 


Night  Editor  Col. 

Night  in  Casablanca,  A  UA 

Night  in  Paradise,  A  (color)  Univ. 

Night  Train  to  Memphis  Rep. 

Nobody  Lives  Forever  WB 

Nocturne  (Block  2)  RKO 

No  Leave,  No  Love  MGM 

Nora  Prentiss  WB 

(formerly  The  Sentence) 

North  of  the  Border        Screen  Guild 

Northwest  Trail                Screen  Guild 

No  Time  for  Comedy  (Reissue)  WB 

Notorious  (Special)  RKO 

Notorious  Gentleman  Univ. 

Notorious  Lone  Wolf  Col. 

OF  Human  Bondage  WB 
Once  There  Was  a  Girl  (  Russ.)  Artkino 

One  Exciting  Week  Rep. 

One  More  Tomorrow  WB 

One  Way  to  Love  Col. 
Open  City  (Italian)  Mayer-Burstyn 

t  O.S.S.  (Block  6)  Para. 
Our  Hearts  Were  Growing  Up 

(Block  5)  Para. 

Out  California  Way  Rep. 

Outlaw,  The  UA 

Outlaw  of  the  Plains  PRC 

Out  of  the  Depths  Col. 

Overlanders,  The  (British)  GFD 

Overland  Riders  PRC 


4606 
606 
523 

7023 

529 
523 
604 


Bob  Steele-Caren  March  Nov.  21/45 

Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper  Oct.  15/46 

Erroll  Flynn-Eleanor  Parker  Nov.  9/46 

Cary  Grant-Alexis  Smith  Aug.  3/46 

Robert  Newton-Raymond  Lovell  Not  Set 

William  Gargan-Janis  Carter  Apr.  18/46 

Marx  Brothers-Lois  Collier  May  10/46 

Merle  Oberon-Turhan  Bey  May  3/46 

Roy  Acuff-Adele  Mara  July  12/46 

John  Garfield-Geraldine  Fitzgerald  Oct.  12/46 

George  Raft-Lynn  Bar!  Oct.  15/46 

Van  Johnson-Marie  Wilson  Oct.,'46 

Ann  Sheridan-Kent  Smith  Not  Set 


59m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2695 

41m 

3127 

97m 

2838 

132m 

July  13/46 

3089 

2838 

3228 

100m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

67  m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2895 

85m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2884 

3264 

84m 

Apr.  13/46 

2937 

2278 

3100 

67m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

2748 

3264 

100m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

2830 

87m 

Oct.  19/46 

3261 

3055 

1  17m 

Aug. 31/46 

3173 

2818 

2883 


4610 

Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper 

Nov.  15/46 

46m 

3090 

002 

John  Lytel-Bob  Steele 

Apr.,'46 

61m 

516 

James  Stewart-Rosalind  Russell 

Apr.  13/46 

99m 

Sept.  7/40 

761 

Ingrid  Bergman-Cary  Grant 

Sept.  6/46 

101m 

July  27/46 

31 13 

2870 

3228 

1066 

Rex  Harrison-Lilli  Palmer 

Nov.  1/46 

7028 

Gerald  Mohr-Janis  Carter 

Feb.  14/46 

64m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2792 

522 

Paul  Henreid-Eleanor  Parker 

July  20/46 
Dec.  22/45 

105m 

July  6/46 

3077 

3031 

3228 

Nina  Ivanava-Natasha  Zashipina 

72m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

521 

Al  Pearce-Arline  Harris 

June  8/46 

69m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2809 

519 

Ann  Sheridan-Dennis  Morgan 

June  1/46 

89m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2838 

3228 

7012 

Janis  Carter-Chester  Morris 

Dec.  20/45 

83m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2862 

Aldo  Fabrizi-Anna  Magnani 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

4526 

Alan  Ladd-Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

July  26/46 

107m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2963 

4522 

Gail  Russell-Diana  Lynn 
Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

June  14/46 
Not  Set 

84m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2555 
3127 

3264 

Jack  Buetel-Jane  Russell 

Feb.  8/46 

1  1  Im 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  St.  John 

Sept.  22/46 

56m 

Sept.  28/46 

3225 

3126 

7035 

Jim  Bannon-Ross  Hunter 

Dec.  27/45 

61m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2695 

Chips  Rafferty-  John  N.  Hayward 

Not  Set 

91m 

Oct.  19/46 

3261 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

Aug.  2 1/46 

54m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

3126 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


3269 


Title 


Prod. 

Company  Number 


Stars 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 


Running 
Time 


-  REVIEWED  > 
M.  P.  Product 

Herald  Digest 


Issue 


RKO 
Univ. 
Para. 
Rep. 
MGM 


PARDON  My  Past 
Partners  in  Time 
Passkey  to  Danger 
People  Are  Funny  (Block  2) 
Perfect  Marriage,  The 
Perilous  Holiday 
Perils  of  Pauline  (color) 
Personality  Kid  . 
Phantom  Thief,  The 

dilly  Incident  (Brit.) 
Pillow  of  Death 
Pink  String  and  Sealing  Wax  Eagle-Lion 

(British) 
Pinocchio  (color)  (Reissue) 
Pirates  of  Monterey  (color) 
Plainsman,  The  (Reissue) 
Plainsman  and  the  Lady,  The 
Portrait  of  Marie  (Bl.  15)  (Mex.) 
Portrait  of  a  Woman  (Swiss) 

Mayer-Burstyn 
Possessed  WB 
f  Postman  Always  Rings  Twice,  The 

(Block  16)  MGM 
Postmaster's  Daughter  (French)  Vog 
Prairie  Badmen  PRC 
Prairie  Rustlers  PRC 
Prison  Ship  Col. 
Pursuit  to  Algiers  Univ. 

QUEEN  of  Burlesque  PRC 
Quiet  Weekend  (British)  ABP 

RAGE  in  Heaven  (R.)  MGM 
Raider,  The  (British)  (Color)  English 
Rake's  Progress,  The  (Brit.)  Eagle-Lion 
Razor's  Edge,  The 
Rebecca  (Reissue) 
Red  Dragon 
Red  House,  The 

(formerly  No  Trespassing) 
Red  River  Renegades 
Rendezvous  24 
"pndezvous  With  Annie 
Renegades  (color) 
Resistance  (French) 
Return  of  Frank  James,  The  (Reissue) 
20th-Fox 

Return  of  Rusty,  The 
Rio  Grande  Raiders 
Riverboat  Rhythm 
t  Road  to  Utopia  (Special) 
Roaring  Rangers 
Rollinq  Home 
Roll  On,  Texas  Moon 
Romance  of  the  West  (color) 
Rough  Riders  of  Cheyenne 
Runaround,  The 
Russia  on  Parade  (Russ.)  (col.)  Artkino 
Rustler's  Roundup  Univ. 


Col. 

7005 

RKO 

625 

Rep. 

518 

Para. 

4508 

n 

Para. 

Col. 

7008 

Para. 

Col. 

7039 

Col. 

7031 

Pathe 

Univ. 

512 

691 
R5-3624 
612 

620 


7036 
507 


20th-Fox 
UA 
Mono. 
UA 

Rep. 
20th-Fox 
Rep. 
Col. 
Vog 


Col. 
Rep. 
RKO 
Para. 
Col. 
Screen  Guild 
Rep. 
PRC 
Rep. 
Univ. 


513 


557 
627 
525 
7003 


619 
7032 

558 

620 
4531 
7205 
4607 

542 

552 
535 

i  105 


Fred  MacMurray-Marguerite  Chapman  Dec.25,'45 

Pamela  Blake-John  James  Block  5 

Stephanie  Bachelor-Kane  Richmond  May  I  I, '46 

Jack  Haley-Helen  Walker  Jan.  Il,'46 

Loretta  Young-David  Niven  Not  Set 

Pat  O'Brien-Ruth  Warrick  Mar.  2 1  ,'46 

Betty  Hutton-John  Lund  Not  Set 

Anita  Louise-Michael  Duane  Aug.  8, '46 

Chester  Morris-Jeff  Donnell  May  2, "46 

Anna  Neagle-Michael  Wilding  Sept.  20, '46 

Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce  Dec.  I4,'45 

Mervyn  Johns-Mary  Merrall  Not  Set 


Disney  Feature  Cartoon 
Maria  Montez-Rod  Cameron 
Gary  Cooper-Jean  Arthur 
William  Elliott-Vera  Hruba  Ralston 
Dolores  Del  Rio-Pedro  Armendariz 

Francoise  Rosay-Henry  Guisol 
Joan  Crawford-Van  Heflin 

Lana  Turner-John  Garfield 
Harry  Baur-Jeanine  Crispin 
Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Nina  Foch-Robert  Lowery 
Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce 

Evelyn  Ankers-Carleton  Young 
Derek  Farr-Frank  Cellier 

Ingrid  Bergman-Robert  Montgomery 

Documentary 

Rex  Harrison-Lili  Palmer 

Tyrone  Power-Gene  Tierney 

Laurence  Olivier-Joan  Fontaine 

Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong 

Edw.  G.  Robinson-Lon  McAllister 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
William  Gargan-Marie  Palmer 
Eddie  Albert-Faye  Marlowe 
Evelyn  Keyes-Willard  Parker 
Lucien  Coedel-Yvonne  Gaudeau 

Henry  Fonda-Gene  Tierney 
Ted  Donaldson-Barbara  Wooddell 
Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  ' 
Leon  Erroll-Glenn  Vernon 
Bing  Crosby-Bob  Hope-D.  Lamour 
Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 
Jean  Parker-Russell  Hayden 
Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 
Eddie  Dean-Joan  Barton 
Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
Ella  Raines-Rod  Cameron 
Documentary 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 


Special 
Not  Set 
Sept.    I  ,'46 
Not  Set. 
Jan. -Feb. ,'46 

Apr.  20,'46 
Not  Set 

Apr.-May,'46 
Aug.  I7,'46 
July  I7,'46 
Nov.  7,'46 
Nov.  15/45 
Oct.  26,'45 

July  24,'46 
Not  Set 

Oct.,'46 

May, '46 
Dec.  7,'45 

Not  Set 
Apr.  26/46 
Feb.  2/46 

Not  Set 


Page 


Pag* 


87m 

Sept.  8/45 

2637 

2543 

76m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

58m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

2987 

93  m 

Oct.  13/45 

2677 

2883 

89m 

M^u  25  '46 

IVJ  a  y  &  J|  "O 

3007 

2776 

2939 

68m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3031 

65m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2926 

100m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

66m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2454 

95m 

2757 

85m 

Feb.  3/40 

3127 

1  13m 

Sept  21/46 

3212 

3127 

76m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

80m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

3078 

1  13m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2883 

74m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

55m 

.July  27/46 

31 14 

3055 

56m 

Nov.  3/45 

2703 

2670 

60m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2670 

65m 

Oct  27  '45 

2693 

2628 

70m 

July  6/46 

3078 

2987 

90m 

May  25/46 

3006 

1  17m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

70m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

1  10m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

3127 

125  m 

Mar.  30/40 

64m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

Advance  Service 
Synopsis  Data 
Pag* 
3018 

2810 
3018 


3090 


July  25/46 

55m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

3066 

May/46 

70m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2951 

July  22/46 

89m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

June  13/46 

87m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2776 

July/46 

76m 

July  13/46 

3089 

Feb.,'46 

92m 

Aug.  17/40 

June  27/46 

3007 

Sept.  9/46 

57m 

Oct.  12/46 

3250 

3163 

Block  4 

65m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

Mar.  22/46 

89m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2744 

Feb.  14/46 

56m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

2543 

Nov.  1/46 

71m 

3163 

Sept.  12/46 

68m 

Sept.  21/46 

3211 

3030 

Mar.  20/46 

58m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

2792 

Nov.  1/45 

56m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2686 

June  14/46 

86m 

June  1 5/46 

3043 

2987 

Sept.  6/46 

45m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

Aug.  9/46 

3138 

2930 


3228 


t  SAILOR  Takes  a  Wife 

(Block  1,5)  MGM 

(  San  Antonio  (color)  WB 

t  Saratoga  Trunk  WB 

Scandal  in  Paris,  A  UA 

Scared  to  Death  (color)     Screen  Guild 

t  Scarlet  Street  Univ. 

Sea  of  Grass  MGM 

Searching  Wind,  The  (Block  6)  Para. 

Secret  of  the  Whistler  -Col. 

Secrets  of  a  Sorority  Girl  PRC 

Senorita  from  the  West  Univ. 

Sentimental  Journey  20th-Fox 

t  Seventh  Veil,  The   (Brit.)  Univ. 

Seven  Were  Saved  Para. 

Shadowed  Col. 

Shadow  of  a  Woman  WB 

Shadows  on  the  Range  Mono. 

Shadows  Over  Chinatown  Mono, 
(formerly  The  Mandarin  Secret) 

Shadow  Returns,  The  Mono. 

Shahrazad  (color)  Univ. 
(formerly  Fandango) 

Sheriff  of  Redwood  Valley  Rep. 

She  Went  to  the  Races  (Bl.  14)  MGM 

She-Wolf  of  London  Univ. 

She  Wrote  the  Book  Univ. 

Shock  20th-Fox 


615  Robert  Walker-June  Allyson 

509  Errol  Flynn-Alexis  Smith 

514  Gary  Cooper-lngrid  Bergman 

....  George  Sanders-Signe  Hasso 

4608  Bela  Lugosi-Joyce  Compton 

514  Edw.  G.  Robinson-Joan  Bennett 

....  Spencer  Tracy-Katharine  Hepburn 

4527  Robert  Young-Ann  Richards 

....  Richard  Dix-Leslie  Brooks 

  Mary  Ware-Rick  Vallin 

506  Allan  Jones-Bonita  Granville 

621  John  Payne-Maureen  O'Hara 

519  James  Mason-Ann  Todd 

....  Richard  Denninq-Catherine  Craig 

7042  Anita  Louise-Robert  Scott 

602  Andrea  King-Helmut  Dantine 

567  Johnny  Mack  Brown-R.  Hatton 

518  Sidney  Toler-Sen  Yung 

527  Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed 

....  Yvonne  de  Carlo-Brian  Donlevy 

566  "Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming 

607  James  Craig-Frances  Gifford 

531  June  Lockhart-Jan  Wiley 

533  Joan  Davis-Jack  Oakie 

615  Vincent  Price-Lynn  Bari 


Jan.-Feb.,'46 

92m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

2555 

2898 

Dec.  29/45 

1  12m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2216 

2930 

Mar.  30/46 

135m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

1431 

2975 

July  19/46 

100m 

July  20/46 

3112 

2764 

Nov.  1/46 

72m 

3127 

Dec.  28/45 

102m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2662 

2898 

Not  Set 

3238 

Aug.  9/46 

107m 

May  1 1/46 

2985 

2884 

3264 

Nov.  7/46 

Aug.  15/46 

58m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3031 

Oct.  12/45 

63  m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2418 

Mar.,'46 

94m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2756 

2975 

Feb.  15/46 

94m 

Nov.  10/45 

2786 

Not  Set 

2972 

Sept.  26/46 

3163 

Sept.  14/46 

78m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

2543 

Aug.  10/46 

57m 

Oct.  12/46 

3250 

3066 

July  27/46 

64m 

2963 

Feb.  16/46 

61m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

Not  Set 

2884 

Mar.  29/46 

54m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2778 

Nov.-Dec.,45 

87m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2930 

May  17/46 

61m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

May  31/46 

76m 

May  1 1/46 

2987 

2870 

Feb./46 

70m 

Jan. 19/46 

2805 

2764 

3270 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  19,  1946 


Title  Company 

Shocking  Miss  Pilgrim,  The 

(color)  20+h-Fox 

Show-OfT,  The  MGM 

Silver  Range  Mono. 

Sinbad,  the  Sailor  (color)  (Bl.  2)  RKO 

Singing  on  the  Trail  Col. 

Sing  Your  Way  Home  RKO 

Sing  While  You  Dance  Col. 

Sin  of  Harold  Diddlebock,  The  UA 

Sirocco  (French)  Leo  Cohen 

■'ster  Kenny  (Block  I)  RKO 

*ix  Gun  Man  PRC 

Six  P.M.  (Russian)  Artkino 

Slightly  Scandalous  Univ. 
f  Smoky  (color)  20th-Fox 

Smooth  as  Silk  Univ. 

Snafu  Col. 

So  Dark  the  Night  Col. 

So  Goes  My  Love  Univ. 

Somewhere  in  the  Night  20th-Fox 

Song  of  Mexico  Rep. 

Song  of  Old  Wyoming  (color)  PRC 

Song  of  the  Sierras  Mono. 

Song  of.the  South  (Spcl.)  (Col.)  RKO 

South  of  Monterey  Mono, 
f  Spanish  Main,  The  (color)  RKO 

Specter  of  the  Rose  Rep. 
t  Spellbound  UA 

Spider,  The  20th-Fox 

Spider  Woman  Strikes  Back,  The  Univ. 
f  Spiral  Staircase,  The  RKO 

Splendor  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Spook  Busters 

Stallion  Road 

Stars  Over  Texas 

Step  By  Step  (Block  I) 
t  Stolen  Life,  A 
j  Stork  Club,  The  (Block  2) 

Stormy  Waters  (French) 

Strange  Conquest 

Strange  Holiday 

Strange  Impersonation 

Strange  Journey 

Strange  Love  of  Martha 
(Block  6) 

Strange  Mr.  Gregory 
\  Stranger,  The  (Special) 

Strange  Triangle 

Strange  Voyage 

Strange  Woman,  The 

Strangler  of  the  Swamp 

Strike  Me  Pink  (Reissue) 

Suddenly  It's  Spring 

Sunbonnet  Sue 

Sunset  Pass  (Block  I ) 

Sun  Valley  Cyclone 

Sun  Valley  Serenade  (R.) 

Susie   Steps  Out 

(formerly  Miss  Television 

Suspense  (Special) 

Swamp  Fire  (Block  6) 

Sweetheart  of  Sigma  Chi 

Swing  Parade  of  1946 

Symphonie  D'Amour  (French)  Alganzy 

TALK  About  a  Lady 
Tangier 

Tars  and  Spars 

Tarzan  and  the  Leopard  Woman 
Temptation 

(formerly  Bella  Donna) 
Tenth  Avenue  Angel 
Terror  by  Night 
Terrors  on  Horseback 
Terror  Trail 
Texas  Panhandle 
That  Brennan  Girl 
That  Texas  Jamboree 
That  Way  With  Women 
Theirs  Is  the  Glory  (British) 
These  Three  (Reissue)       Film  Classics 
They  Made  Me  a  Killer  (BI.4)  Para, 
t  They  Were  Expendable  (Bl.  14)  MGM 
They  Were  Sisters  (British)  Univ. 
This  Love  of  Ours  Univ. 
This  Man  Is  Mine  (Brit.)       Col.  Brit. 
This  Time  for  Keeps  (Color) 
Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue 

(color) 
Three  Strangers 


Prod. 
Number 


Mono. 
WB 
PRC 
RKO 
WB 
Para. 
MGM 
Univ. 
PRC 
Rep. 
20th-Fox 

Ivers 

Para. 
Mono. 
RKO 
20th-Fox 
Mono. 
UA 
PRC 
Film  Classics 
Para. 
Mono. 
RKO 
Rep. 
20th-Fox 
UA 


Mono. 

Para. 
Mono. 
Mono. 


MGM 

20th-Fox 
WB 


563 

7224 
614 
7033 


701 


544 
631 
521 
7010 
805 
528 
629 
506 

681 

530 
610 
524 

613 
524 
61 1 

512 


705 
521 
4507 

530 

513 
643 

4529 
516 
683 
630 
52 


50 
704 
567 
641 


699 
4528 

503 


Col. 

7016 

Univ. 

522 

Col. 

7007 

RKO 

618 

Univ. 

MGM 

Univ. 

5i  7 

PRC 

Col. 

Col. 

7203 

Rep. 

Col. 

722? 

WB 

GFD 

4518 
609 

1065 
508 


639 
51 1 


Stars 


Tradeshow  or 
Release  Date 


Betty  Grable-Dick  Haymes  Not  Set 
Red  Skelton-Marilyn  Maxwell  (T)  Aug.  12, '46 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton    Nov.  2, '46 

D.  Fairbanks,  Jr.-Maureen  O'Hara  Not  Set 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  Sept.  12, '46 

Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Block  3 

Ellen  Drew-Robert  Stanton  July  25, '46 

Harold  Lloyd-Raymond  Walburn  Dec.  6, '46 

Viviane  Romance-Dalio  Aug.  10, '46 

Rosalind  Russell-Alexander  Knox  Oct.  10, '46 

Bob  Steele-Jean  Carlin  Feb.    I ,'46 

Marine  Ladynina-Eugene  Samoilov  Jan.  26, '46 

Sheila  Ryan-Fred  Brady  Aug.  2, '46 

Fred  MacMurray-Anne  Baxter  July, '46 

Kent  Taylor-Virginia  Grey  Mar.    I  ,'46 

Nanette  Parks-Robt.  Benchley  Nov.  22, '45 

Micheline  Cheirel-Steven  Geray  Oct.  10, '46 

Myrna  Loy-Don  Ameche  Apr.  1 9, '46 

John  Hodiak-Nancy  Guild  June, '46 

Adele  Mara-Edgar  Barrier  Dec.  28, '45 

Eddie  Dean-Jennifer  Holt  Nov.  1 2, '45 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Nov.  23, '46 

Disney  Feature  Cartoon  Nov.  20, '46 

Gilbert  Roland-Frank  Yacanelli  July  I0,'46 

Paul  Henreid-Maureen  O'Hara  Block  2 

Han  Kurov-Viola  Essen  July  5,'46 

Ingrid  Bergman-Gregory  Peck  Dec.  28, '45 

Richard  Conte-Faye  Marlowe  Dec. ,'45 

Gale  Sundergaard-Kirby  Grant  Mar.  22, '46 

George  Brent-Dorothy  McGuire  Block  3 

Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea  June  15, '46 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  Aug.  24,'46 

Zachary  Scott-Alexis  Smith  Not  Set 

Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson  Nov.  1 8, '46 

Lawrence  Tierney-Anne  Jeffreys  Aug.  30/46 

Bette  Davis-Glenn  Ford  July  6, '46 

Betty  Hutton-Barry  Fitzgerald  Dec.  28, '45 
Jean  Gabin-Michele  Morgan            (T)  June   5, '46 

Jane  Wyatt-Lowell  Gilmore  May  10, '46 

Claude  Rains-Barbara  Bate  Sept.   2, '46 

Brenda  Marshall-W:lliam  Gargan  Mar.  16, '46 

Paul  Kelly-Osa  Massen  Oct.,'46 

Barbara  Stanwyck-Van  Heflin  Sept.  1 3 ,'46 

Edmund  Lowe-Jean  Rogers  Jan.  12, '46 
Edw.  G.  Robinson-  Loretta  Young       (T)  July  1 5, '46 

Signe  Hasso-John  Shepperd  June, '46 

Eddie  Albert-Forrest  Taylor  July  6, '46 

Hedy  Lamarr-George  Sanders  Oct.  25, '46 

Rosemary  La  Planche-Robt.  Barrett  Jan.    I, '46 

Eddie  Cantor-Ethel  Merman  May  1 5, '46 

Fred  MacMurray-Paulette  Goddard  Not  Set 

Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Dec.  8, '45 

James  Warren-Nan  Leslie  Oct.    I, '46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  May  I0,'46 

Sonja  Henie-John  Payne  Sept., '46 

David  Bruce-Cleatus  Caldwell  Dec.  1 3, '46 

Belita-Barry  Sullivan  June  1 5, '46 

Johnny  Weissmueller-Virginia  Grey  Sept.  6, '46 

Elyse  Knox-Phil  Regan  Nov.  16/46 

Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Mar.  16, '46 

Fernand  Gravet-Jacqueline  Francell  Mar.  9, '46 

Jinx  Falkenburg-Joe  Besser  Mar.  28, '46 

Maria  Montez-Preston  Foster  Mar.  8, '46 

Alfred  Drake-Janet  Blair-Marc  Piatt  Jan.  10, '46 
Johnny  Weissmuller-J.  Sheffieid-B.  Joyce  D!r^4 

Merle  Oberon-Siorge  Brent  Not  Set 

Margaret  O'Brien-George  Murphy  Not  Set 

Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce  Feb.    I, '46 

Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John  Aug.  14, '46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  Nov.  2 1, '46 

Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Dec.  20, '46 

James  Dunn-Mona  Freeman  Not  Set 

Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  May  I6,'46 

Sydney  Greenstreei-Marrha  Vickers  Not  Set 

Documentary  Oct.  1 4, '46 

Merle  Oberon-Joel  McCrea  Feb.  15/46 

Robert  Lowery-Barbara  Britton  May  3/46 
Robert  Montgomery-John  Wayne  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

James  Mason-Phyllis  Calvert  Sept.  20/46 

Merle  Oberon-Claude  Rains  Nov.  2/45 

Tom  Walls-Jeanne  de  Casalis  Not  Set 

Esther  Williams-Jimmy  Durante  Not  Set 

June  Haver-Vivian  Blaine  Oct.,'46 
Geraldine  Fitzgerald-Sydney  Greenstreet  Feb.  16/46 


Running 
Time 


83m 


r—  REVIEWED 
M.  P.  Product 

Herald  Digest 


90m 
92m 


Issue 


Page 


Aug.  17/46  3149 


72m       Nov.  17/45 


2717 


Sept.  14/46 
Jan.  26/46 


3198 
2817 


Advance  Service 
Synopsis  Data 
Page  Page 


2884 
2951 
3240 
3031 
3187 
2354 
3055 


90m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

1  18m 

July  20/46 

3101 

2907 

3264 

59m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

2744 

65m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

62  m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

3031 

87m 

June  1  5/46 

3041 

2628 

3264 

65m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

2809 

82m 

Dec.  22/45 

2766 

2655 

2862 

70m 

Sept.  21/46 

321  1 

2850 

88m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

2809 

3018 

1  10m 

May  1  1/46 

2986 

2859 

57m 

2628 

65m 

Aug.  18/45 

2639 

2454 

3240 

63m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3127 

101m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2259 

2862 

90m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2776 

1  1  Im 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2093 

2975 

61m 

Oct.  13/45 

2677 

2499 

59m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2850 

83m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2695 

2930 

75m 

68m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

3138 

2939 


62m 

July  20/46 

3101 

3076 

109m 

May  4/46 

2973 

2756 

98m 

Oct.  13/45 

2679 

2555 

80m 

July  13/46 

3089 

63m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

2883 

56m 

Oct.  27/46 

2693 

62m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

2776 

65m 

Sept.  14/46 

3197 

1  17m 

Mar.  23/46 

2907 

3870 

63m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

2598 

85m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2756 

65m 

May  1 1/46 

2986 

2951 

61m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

2884 

60m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2686 

100m 

Jan.  25/36 

2987 

89m 

Sept.  29/45 

266  i 

59m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3090 

56m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2987 

86m 

Aug.  24/46 

3163 

3078 

3076 
3031 


60m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

2748 

55m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2884 

55m 

Jan.  12/46 

2795 

2744 

3090 

67  m 

2786 

3031 

82m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3210 

95m 

Feb. 29/36 

66m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2695 

136m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2384 

1  15m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

90m 

Nov.  3/45 

2703 

2662 

103m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3238 

2907 
2366 


3188 
2898 


3264 


101m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

3100 

69m 

May  1  1/46 

2986 

2963 

3228 

3240 

74m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2628 

90m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

71m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2818 

76m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

2756 

2975 

86m 

Jan.  19/46 

2805 

2710 

2930 

72m 

Feb. 16/46 

2849 

2655 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  19.  1946 


2930 
2898 

3264 

3271 


■  REVIEWED  ■ 


Title  Company 
Three  Wise  Fools  (Block  17)  MGM 
Thrill  of  Brazil  Col. 
Throw  a  Saddle  on  a  Star  Col. 
Thunder  Town  PRC 
Till  the  Clouds  Roll  By  (color)  MGM 
Till  the  End  of  Time  (Block  6)  RKO 
Time  of  Their  Lives  Univ. 
Time,  the  Place,  the  Girl  (color)  WB 

t  To  Each  His  Own  (Block  5)  Para. 
Tokyo  Rose  (Block  3)  Para. 

t  Tomorrow  Is  Forever  RKO 
Too  Good  to  Be  True  Para. 

(formerly  Easy  Come,  Easy  Go) 
Too  Young  to  Know  WB 
Traffic  in  Crime  Rep. 
Trail  to  Mexico  Mono. 
Trail  to  Vengeance  Univ. 
Trigger  Fingers  Mono. 
Trouble  with  Women  Para. 
Truth  About  Murder,  The  RKO 
Tumbleweed  Trails  PRC 
Turn  of  the  Century  (Swedish)  Scandia 
Two  Fisted  Stranger  Col. 
Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee  WB 
Two  Mrs.  Carrolls,  The  WB 

t  Two  Sisters  from  Boston  (Bl.  16)  MGM 
Two  Smart  People  MGM 
Two  Years  Before  the  Mast  Para. 


UNCLE  Andy  Hardy 
Under  Arizona  Skies 
Undercover  Woman 
Undercurrent 
Under  Nevada  Skies 
Unfinished  Dance  (Color 
Unholy  Garden  (Re-Issue) 
Unknown,  The 
Up  Goes  Malsie  (Block  15) 

VACATION  from  Marriage 

(Block  14)  (British) 
Vacation  in  Reno 
Valley  of  the  Zombies 
Verdict,  The 
f  Virginian,  The  (color) 
Voice  of  the  Whistler 


MGM 
Mono. 

Rep. 
MGM 
Rep. 
MGM 
Film  Classics 
Col. 
MGM 


MGM 
RKO 
Rep. 
WB 
Para. 
Col. 


(BI.4) 


WAGON  Wheels  Westward  Rep. 
Walk  in  the  Sun,  A  20th-Fox 
Walls  Came  Tumbling  Down,  The  Col. 
Wanted  for  Murder  (Brit.)  20th-Fox 
Way  We  Live,  The  (British)  GFD 
Wedding  Night  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 
Welcome,  Stranger  Para. 
Welldigger's  Daughter  (Fr.)  Siritzky 

f  Well  Groomed  Bride,  The  (BI.4)  Para. 
West  of  the  Alamo  Mono. 
What  Next,  Corporal  Har- 
grove? (Block  14)  MGM 
Where  There's  Life  Para. 
While  Nero  Fiddled  (Brit).  Bacon-Bell 
Whirlwind  of  Paris  (French)  Hoffberg 
Whistle  Stop  UA 
White  Tie  and  Tails  Univ. 
Wicked  Lady,  The  (Br.)  Eagle-Lion 
Wife  of  Monte  Cristo  PRC 
Wife  Wanted  Mono. 
Wild  Beauty  Univ. 
Wildfire  Screen  Guild 

Wild  West  (color)  PRC 

(formerly  Melody  Roundup) 
Without  Dowry  (Russian)  Artkino 
Without  Honor  UA 
(formerly  Short  Happy  Life  of 
Frances  Macomber) 

t  Without  Reservations  RKO 
Woman  Chases  Man  (R.)  Film  Classics 
Woman  on  the  Beach  RKO 

(formerly  Desirable  Woman) 
Woman  Who  Came  Back,  The  Rep. 

YANK  >n  London,  A  (Br.)  20th-Fox 
Yearling,  The  (color)  MGM 
Years  Between,  The  (British)  GFD 
Yolanda  and  the  Thief  (color) 

(Block  14)  MGM 
Young  Widow  .  UA 

t  ZiEGFELD  Follies  of  1946 

(color)  (Special) 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or  Running 

Number                Stars  Release  Date  Time 

628  Margaret  O'Brien-Lionel  Barrymore  Aug.  29,'46  90m 
7006  Evelyn  Keyes-Keenan  Wynn  Sept.  30, '46  91m 
7221  Ken  Curtis-Adele  Roberts  Mar.  I4,'46  65m 
....  Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor  Apr.  I0,'46  57m 
  Robert  Walker-Judy  Garland  Not  Set   

626  Dorothy  McGuire-Guy  Madison  Aug.    I,'46  105m 

546  Bud  Abbott-Lou  Costello  Aug.  I6,"46  82m 

....  Dennis  Morgan-Jack  Carson  Not  Set  .... 

4524  Olivia  De  Havilland-John  Lund  July  5,'46  1 22m 

4511  Byron  Barr-Lotus  Long  Feb.  8, '46  70m 

682  Claudette  Colbert-Orson  Welles  Special  1 05m 

....  Sonny  Tufts-Diana  Lynn  Not  Set  .... 

507  Joan  Leslie-Robert  Hutton  Dec.   I, '45 

522  Kane  Richmond-Adele  Mara  June  28, '46 

574  Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  June  29,'46  56m 

1103  Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight  Nov.  30,"45  54m 

568  Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton   Sept.  2 1  ,'46  56m 

....  Ray  Milland-Teresa  Wright  Not  Set 

624  Bonita  Granville-Morgan  Conway  Block  5 

....  Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson  Oct.  28,'46 

....  Edvard  Persson-Stina  Hedberg  Feb.  23, '46  110m 

7208  Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  May  30,'46  50m 

524  Dennis  Morgan-Joan  Leslie  Aug.  1 7, '46  90m 

....  Barbara  Stanwyck-Humphrey  Bogart  Not  Set  .... 

622  Jimmy  Durante-June  Allyson  Apr.-May,'46  1 1 2m 

  John  Hodiak-Lucille  Ball                 (T)  June  4,'46  93m 

....  Alan  Ladd-Brian  Donlevy  Nov.  22, '46  98m 

....  Mickey  Rooney-Bonita  Granville  Not  Set  .... 

561  Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton    Apr.  27, '46  59m 

515  Stephanie  Bachelor-Robert  Livingston     Apr.  1 1, '46  56m 

....  Katharine  Hepburn-Robert  Taylor    (T)  Sept.  30,'46  I  1 6m 

541  Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans  Aug.  26/46  69m 

....  Margaret  O'Brien-Cyd  Charisse  Not  Set  .... 

....  Ronald  Colman-Fay  Wray  July  29, '46  77m 

7027  Karen  Morley-Jim  Bannon  July  4,'46  .... 

613  Ann  Sothern-George  Murphy  Jan.-Feb.,'46  90m 

608  Robert  Donat-Deborah  Kerr  Nov.-Dec.,'45  94m 

....  Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Not  Set  60m 

520  Robert  Livingston-Adrian  Booth  May  24,'46  56m 

607  Sydney  Greenstreet-Peter  Lorre  Nov.  23, '46  .... 

4516  Joel  McCrea-Brian  Donlevy  Apr.  5, '46  90m 

7024  Richard  Dix-Lynn  Merrick  Oct.  30,'45  60m 

564  "Wild"  Bill  Eliott-Bobby  Blake  Dec.  2 1, '45  55m 

616  Dana  Andrews-Richard  Conte  Mar.,'46  I  17m 

7011  Lee  Bowman-Marguerite  Chapman  June   7, '46  82m 

644  Eric  Portman-Dulcie  Gray  Nov., '46  103m 

  Peter  Willes  Not  Set  64m 

....  Gary  Cooper-Anna  Sten  June  1 5, '46  83m 

....  Bing  Crosby-Barry  Fitzgerald  Not  Set  .... 

Raimu-Fernandel-Josette  Day  Sept.  28,'46  122m 

4519  Ray  Milland-Olivia  DeHavilland  May  I7,'46  75m 

573  Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Apr.  20, "46  58m 

606  Robert  Walker-Keenan  Wynn  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

....  Bob  Hope-Signe  Hasso  Not  Set  .... 

....  Tommy  Trinder-Frances  Day  Apr.  29, '46  65m 

....  Charpin-Marguerite  Perry  Feb.  9, '46  88m 

....  George  Raft-Ava  Gardner  Jan.  25, '46  84m 

550  Dan  Duryea-Ella  Raines  Aug.  30, '46  74m 

....  Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Not  Set  103m 

....  John  Loder-Lenore  Aubert  Apr.  23, '46  80m 

605  Kay  Francis-Paul  Cavanaugh  Oct.  19, '46  .... 

545  Don  Porter-Lois  Collier  Aug.  9,"46  61m 

001  Bob  Steele-Sterling  Holloway  May/46  60m 
  Eddie  Dean-Al  LaRue  Nov.  1/46   


M.P. 
Herald 

Issue 
June  22/46 
Sept.  21/46 
Mar.  23/46 
Apr.  6/46 

June  1 5/46 
Aug.  17/46 

Mar.  16/46 
Dec.  8/45 
Jan.  19/46 


May  1 1/46 
Feb.  23/46 
Jan.  12/46 
Sept.  14/46 
Dec.  15/46 
Mar.  30/46 


Product 
Digest 
Page 
3054 
3209 
2906 
2926 

3041 
3149 

2894 
2745 
2805 


Advance  Service 
Synopsis  Data 
Page  Page 


86m      Nov.  17/45  2718 


July  6/46  3077 
Oct."  5/46  3237 


2950 


2882 


63  m      Apr.  20/46 


Mar.  9/46 
June  15/46 
Aug.  3/46 

Mar.'  9/46 
June  8/46 
Aug.  31,  46 

June  8/46 
July  6/46 
Oct.  5/46 
Aug.  31/46 

Aug.  8/31 

Dec.  29/45 

Dec.  1/45 
Oct.  12/46 
June  1/46 

Jan.  26/46 
Feb.  3/46 

Jan.19,'46 
Dec.  1/45 
May  25/46 
Apr.  13/46 
Aug.  24/46 
Feb.  23/35 

Oct.  5/46 
Feb.  2/46 
May  25/46 


96m      Nov.  17/45  2717 


2986 
2859 
2793 
3197 
2757 
2918 


Aug.  17/46  3150 


2907 
3090 
2850 

2963 
2784 
2939 
2555 
2861 
2744 
2555 
2748 

2384 
3055 
3031 
2748 
3126 
2776 
2776 


2710 
3078 


2744 


2895 
3138 
3076 

3138 


3228 
3264 


3264 
3228 

3164 
2930 
2975 


2898 


3043 

2951 

3 126 

2884 

3264 

2628 

288 1 

2695 

3264 

3029 

2748 

3164 

3173 

3055 

3127 

3030 

2870 

3077 

2748 

3237 

3007 

3174 

3127 

3240 

3055 

2778 

2930 

2733 

2710 

2862 

3249 

3127 

3017 

3007 

2764 

2817 

2242 

3228 

2859 

2655 

2806 

2555 

2733 

2242 

2979 

3005 

2963 

3188 

2937 

3162 

2939 

3238 

2829 

2786 

3228 

3006 

2883 

2975 

3100 
3018 


MGM 


Olga  Pyshova-Nina  Alisova 

Apr.  6/46 

81m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

Gregory  Peck-Joan  Bennett 

NotSeJ 

3076 

621 

Claudette  Colbert-John  Wayne 

Block  5 

107m 

May  11/46 

2985 

2884 

3164 

Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea 

May  15/46 

70m 

May  1/37 

Joan  Bennett-Robert  Ryan 

(T)  Jan.,'47 

2883 

507 

Nancy  Kelly-John  Loder 

Dec.  13/45 

68m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2555 

622 

Anna  Neagle-Dean  Jagger 

Mar/46 

106m 

Feb.23,  '46 

2858 

Gregory  Peck-Jacqueline  White 

(T)  Sept.  13/46 

Apr.  20/46 

2883 

Michael  Redgrave-Valerie  Hobson 

.     Not  Set 

100  m 

2949 

610 

Fred  Astaire-Lucile  Bremer 

Nov.-Dec.,'45 

108m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

2354 

2930 

Jane  Russell-Louis  Hayward 

Mar.  1/46 

98m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2454 

3264 

617 

MGM  Contract  Stars 

Mar.,'46 

1  10m 

Aug.  25/45 

2638 

1913 

3188 

3272 


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SO  AAANY  FRIENDS 

THE  decree  hearings  in  that  Government  suit  down  at  the 
courthouse  in  Foley  Square  this  week  became  the  biggest 
trade  practice  conference  in  the  long,  controversial  and 
complex  career  of  the  industry.  The  issue  legally  would  seem 
to  be  between  the  Department  of  Justice  and  a  list  of 
defendant  corporations,  on  issues  pertaining  to  the  trust  laws 
and  the  distribution  of  pictures.  But  with  the  developments 
of  the  day  everybody  seems  to  be  in  court  and  intent  upon 
getting  into  the  decree  writing — that  is,  everybody  except 
the  box  office  customers  who,  after  all,  might  be  considered 
the  real  parties  at  interest. 

The  public's  seats  in  the  courtroom  have  been  filled  with 
motion  picture  personages  from  near  and  far.  The  case  has 
now,  after  these  years,  developed  some  real  drawing  power 
of  its  own. 

A  real  touch  of  whimsy  arrived  with  the  appearance  through 
counsel  of  the  auctioneering  firm  of  Joseph  P.  Day,  which 
seems  to  have  got  in  on  the  contention  that  it  is  expert  in 
auctioneering  and  thinks  it  could  sell  pictures,  too. 

Presentations  from  amici  curiae  have  been  coming  in  like 
a  flutter  of  arriving  pigeons.  There  is  an  amazing  number  of 
those  amici.  In  fact,  there  are  more  of  those  helpfully  minded 
"friends  of  the  court"  than  there  are  litigants.  And  everyone 
of  them  is  a  friend  of  the  industry,  too.  The  courthouse  Is  a 
house  of  many  friends. 

This  much  is  clear:  There  are  several  concerns  which  desire 
to  sell  some  motion  pictures.  There  are  some  thousands  of 
theatres  that  want  to  buy  them.  A  law  case  in  which  many 
of  these  persons  and  interests  are  aligned  with  neither  the 
plaintiff  nor  the  defendant  is  seeking  a  decree  which  must 
affect  them  all. 


GOOD-BYE,  JOE  FINN 

LAST  week,  in  Chicago,  Mr.  Joseph  H.  Finn,  journalist  and 
advertising  expert  extraordinary,  passed  to  his  reward  at 
wthe  age  of  70.  He  was  importantly  one  of  the  very 
first  of  his  craft  to  exert  influence  upon  the  industry  of  the 
motion  picture. 

After  abundant  and  sometimes  exciting  experience  in  the 
dynamics  of  Chicago  newspapering,  Joe,  in  the  remote  year 
of  1908,  went  into  advertising.  He  discovered  the  art  of 
public  relations  before  there  was  a  name  for  it.  As  the  adver- 
tising advisor  of  the  Chicago  Tribune  he  made  first  contact 
with  the  screen  in  the  promotion  of  "The  Million  Dollar 
Mystery",  a  serial  presented  for  revenue  in  the  theatre  and 
for  circulation  purposes  in  the  pages  of  the  paper.  The  pic- 
ture paid  the  investors  in  the  Syndicate  Film  Corporation 
700  per  cent  and  jumped  the  Tribune's  circulation  about 
20  per  cent,  a  terrific  gain  in  those  distant  days. 

It  should  be  recorded  for  history  that  the  distribution  of 
"The  Million  Dollar  Mystery",  distributed  by  the  Mutual  Film 
Corporation,  was  the  first  actually  professional  job  of  mer- 
chandising done  in  this  industry.  The  advertising  and  pro- 
motion, and  even  the  allocation  of  prints,  were  decided  on 
the  Finn   plan.    He  was  a  voice  of  authority  and  full  of 


statistics  when  there  were  none.  Many  the  year  later  he 
explained   and  admitted. 

"The  fact  was,"  said  Joe,  "nobody  knew  anything.  I 
decided  that  any  good  popular  product  would  be  a  better 
guide  than  guessing.  So  we  based  our  campaign  and  plans 
on  the  known  performance  of  Snyder's  Catsup,  where  we 
could  count  the  bottles." 

It  was  Joe's  idea,  back  in  the  autumn  of  1915,  when 
George  K.  Spoor  was  making  Charles  Chaplin  inaccessible, 
that  J.  Casey  Cairns,  Finn  agent,  should  make  up  as  a  cow- 
boy extra  and  ride  into  the  Essanay  Studio  at  Niles  to  present 
Mutual's  offer.  Casey  did  and  Mutual  won.  History  came 
out  of  that. 

Also  it  was  Joe  Finn  who,  having  lured  Terry  Ramsaye  from 
The  Tribune  to  cinema  and  the  post  of  advertising  manager 
of  the  Mutual  Film  Corporation,  walking  down  Broadway  one 
night,  in  1915,  observed:  "That  little  paper  out  in  Chicago, 
Martin  Quigley's  Exhibitor's  Herald,  is  going  to  get  along; 
better  keep  it  on  the  schedule." 

Somehow,  things  worked  out  the  way  that  Joe  said  they 
would.   He  always  knew  where  he  was  going. 

■  ■ 

CHICKEN  and  ECC 

A DECIDED  authority  of  experience  is  behind  that  ex- 
pression of  Mr.  M.  H.  Aylesworth  before  the  Television 
Conference  the  other  day,  when  he  insisted  that  the 
new  medium  would  be  finding  its  way  when  it  is  really  available. 
Reasoning  out  of  his  years  of  radio  development  he  observed: 
"I  have  always  believed  and  believe  now  that  as  soon  as  you 
are  able  to  produce  and  distribute  television  sets  the  programs 
will  necessarily  follow." 

That  assuredly  was  the  case  in  radio,  which  fumbled  about 
as  a  gadget  of  appeal  mainly  to  profound  gadgeteers  a  long 
time  before  it  got  enough  distribution  to  let  the  automatic 
creative  forces  of  an  audience  get  to  work  on  the  art. 

You  have  to  have  chickens  to  get  eggs,  you  have  to  have 
eggs  to  get  chickens.  That  is  the  receiver-set-and-program 
problem.  The  start  is  inevitably  tedious.  It  has  been  so  in  all 
the  mass  arts. 


APART  of  Hollywood's  studious  pursuit  of  public 
acceptance  of  material  is  to  be  recorded  in  the 
exceptional  number  of  current  and  coming  produc- 
tions based  on  books  which  have  enjoyed  wide  readership,  in- 
cluding some  which  already  have  been  processed  by  the  stage. 

Thirty-four  titles  are  listed  in  an  incomplete  compilation 
by  the  Public  Information  Committee  of  the  Motion  Picture 
Industry.  They  start  with  "A"  and  "Anna  and  the  King  of 
Siam"  and  run  to  "Y"  and  "The  Yearling"  by  Marjorie  Kin- 
nan  Rawlings. 

The  range  of  subject  and  treatment  is  notably  diverse, 
including  history,  adventure,  sheer  romance  and  considerations 
of  assorted  eccentricities  of  human  types  and  conduct.  The 
span  of  time  in  authorship  runs  from  de  Maupassant  to  today's 
Niven  Busch.  It  is  a  rich  array,  a  pageant  of  lives  and  living. 
There's  box  office  in  it.  — Terry  Ramsaye 


THIS  WEEK  IN  THE  NEWS 


Sailors 

Eric  Johnston  is  on  his  way  to  Eu- 
rope at  last.  The  president  of  the  Motion 
Picture  Association  was  to  have  sailed  on 
the  Queen  Elizabeth  Friday  on  the  first  leg 
of  his  long  protracted  tour  of  Europe. 
Aboard  with  him  were  his  assistant,  Joyce 
O'Hara;  Gerald  Mayer  of  the  MPA  Inter- 
national department,  and  Irving  Maas,  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Motion  Picture  Exporc 
Association. 

And  still  more  industry  representatives 
were  to  sail :  Adolph  Zukor,  Paramount 
board  chairman ;  George  Weltner,  president 
of  Paramount  International ;  James  Perkins, 
managing  director  in  Great  Britain  for 
Paramount,  and  a  delegation  which  will  be 
presented  to  the  King  and  Queen  of  England 
at  a  command  performance  November  1. 
The  delegation  includes:  Ray  Milland,  Pat 
O'Brien,  and  Walter  Wanger  and  his  wife, 
Joan  Bennett. 

Mr.  Johnston  is  expected  to  appoint  a 
British  representative  for  the  Production 
Code  Administration  while  in  London. 


Trucolor 

REPUBLIC'S  exclusive  color  process,  Tru- 
color, will  be  printed  on  safety  film.  To  do 
this,  the  company  will  spend  $1,600,000,  ex- 
panding its  Fort  Lee,  New  Jersey,  and  Hol- 
lywood laboratories.  The  use  of  safety  film 
will  allow  greater  latitude  in  handling  and 
protecting  Trucolor,  Herbert  J.  Yates,  Re- 
public president,  pointed  out.  Trucolor  will 
be  protected  by  patents  for  which  applica- 
tions are  now  being  made  in  all  countries, 
where  American  copyright  is  recognized,  he 
added.  He  said  also  that  at  least  18  features 
and  six  short  subjects  in  the  company's 
1946-47  program  will  be  in  Trucolor. 


Shows  and  Taxes 

THE  TREASURY  Department  made  public 
in  Washington  this  week  a  report  showing 
that  2,897  motion  picture  corporations  paid 
$44,000,000  in  income  taxes  and  $103,000,000 
in  excess  profits  taxes  for  1943.  The  report 
listed  motion  pictures  as  one  of  the  country's 
leading  industries  in  both  corporate  income 
and  excess  profits  tax. 


Anniversary 


THE  PARAMOUNT  theatre  in  the  heart 
of  Times  Square  will  celebrate  its  twentieth 
anniversary  next  month  while  it  is  playing 
Paramount's  "Blue  Skies." 

The  Paramount  opened  in  November, 
1926,  with  "God  Gave  Me  Twenty  Cents" 
and  a  stage  show. 

The  land  on  which  the  Paramount  stands 


AMICUS  Curiae  proposals  flood  court  at 
Decree  hearings  Page  13 

ON  THE  MARCH— Red  Kann  in  comment 
on  industry  affairs  Page  24 

SMPE  expands  research  plans  at  Hollywood 
convention  Page  25 

CANADIAN  Odeon  circuit  to  add  64  new 
houses  in  four  years  Page  28 

MAJORS  push  release  plans  for  16mm 
product  in  overseas  market       Page  33 


Court  sustains  circuit  ban  on  "Outlaw" 
dates  in  New  York  Page  36 

DEPINET,  back  from  Europe,  sees  no  reason 
for  gloomy  outlook  Page  41 

NATIONAL  SPOTLIGHT — Notes  on  per- 
sonnel across  the  country  Page  44 

KUYKENDALL,    MPTOA    leader  many 
years,  dies  at  age  of  59  Page  50 

ARMY  acquires  product  for  showing  in 
various  occupied  zones  Page  53 


SERVICE  DEPARTMENTS 

From  Readers 

Page  52 

IN  PRODUCT  DIGEST 

SECTION 

Hollywood  Scene 

Page  42 

Showmen's  Reviews 

Page  3273 

In  the  Newsreels 

Page  53 

Advance  Synopses 

Page  3274 

Managers'  Round  Table 

Page  57 

Short  Subjects 

Page  3274 

Picture  Grosses 

Page  65 

Short  Product  at  First  Runs 

Page  56 

Short  Subjects  Chart 

Page  3275 

What  the  Picture  Did  for  Me 

Page  54 

The  Release  Chart 

Page  3277 

was  owned  for  416  years  by  that  well-known 
family  of  land  owners,  the  Astors.  It  was 
sold  in  1919  by  Vincent  Astor.  In  1922 
Adolph  Zukor  bought  the  property  and  in 
November,  1925,  the  drills  began  boring  into 
the  rock  for  the  foundation  of  the  building 
and  the  theatre. 

When  the  theatre  first'  opened  it  was  run 
on  a  policy  of  screen  attractions  combined 
with  stage  presentations  according  to  the 
Radio  City  Music  Hall  idea.  Then  big-name 
entertainers  were  brought  in.  Maurice 
Chevalier  played  the  Paramount  for  $15,000 
a  week.  Now  the  theatre  operates  on  a 
screen  and  band  show  policy  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Robert  M.  Weitman. 


Abuse 


Czech  Western 

FROM  PRAGUE  comes  a  report  of  a  West- 
ern which  was  produced  to  discourage  peo- 
ple from  reading  Westerns,  but  which  is  en- 
joying a  Western's  traditional  popularity. 
The  picture  is  a  story  about  South  American 
gauchos.  It  was  produced  in  1945  during 
the  German  occupation  and  was  titled  "Pan- 
cho  Gets  Married."  Designed  to  poo-poo 
the  cowboy  and  gaucho  element  in  literature, 
the  feature  opens  with  a  closeup  of  a  maga- 
zine in  which  the  film's  original  story  sup- 
posedly appears  .and  closes  with  a  scene  of 
that  magazine  being  burned.  There  were 
long  discussions  over  whether  the  film  should 
be  released  or  not.  Recently  it  was  released 
in  three  first-run  theatres  and  attracted  very 
good  box  office.  The  public  may  regard  it 
as  a  strange  sort  of  Western,  but  most  West- 
erns are  popular  in  Czechoslovakia. 


WILLIAM  S.  PALEY,  chairman  of  the 
board  of  the  Columbia  Broadcasting  System, 
turned  on  the  hand  that  feeds  him  and  in  a 
speech  delivered  in  Chicago  Tuesday  charged 
that  radio  broadcasting  was  filled  with  "ad- 
vertising excesses"  and  "too  high  a  percent- 
age of  commercial  copy  or  material  which  is 
irritating,  offensive,  or  in  bad  taste  when 
projected  into  the  homes  of  America." 
Speaking  at  the  24th  annual  convention  of 
the  National  Association  of  Broadcasters, 
Mr.  Paley  said  "competition  for  economic 
survival"  does  not  excuse  questionable  ad- 
vertising practices  which  are  "not  the  adver- 
tiser's fault,  but  the  broadcaster's."  He 
urged  an  industry-wide  code  of  standards, 
supported  and  publicized  by  the  broadcasters, 
to  control  "these  questionable  practices." 
Mr.  Paley  said  that  "the  growing  volubility 
of  our  critics  cannot  be  disposed  of  simply 
by  our  deciding  in  the  privacy  of  our  offices 
that  they  don't  know  what  they  are  talking 
about.  .  .  .  The  fact  of  the  matter  is  that  a 
medium  which  gives  most  of  the  people  what 
they  want  is  being  widely  attacked." 


Writing  Actor 

DAVID  NIVEN,  one  of  Mr.  Samuel  Gold- 
wyn's  British  stars,  has  turned  Hollywood 
columnist  and  has  joined  the  staff  of  the 
London  Express  as  Hollywood  correspon- 
dent at  the  invitation  of  Lord  Beaverbrook. 
A  fixed  policy  of  the  actor's  chatter  column, 
according  to  Mr.  Goldwyn's  press  agent,  will 
be  "never  knock  another  actor." 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


Allied  Gift 

PROCEEDS  from  the  Allied  Presidential 
Inaugural  Dinner,  given  by  the  motion  pic- 
ture industry  in  Chicago  last  May  in  honor 
of  Jack  Kirsch,  elected  to  the  national  presi- 
dency of  Allied  States  Association,  have  been 
distributed  to  six  charitable  organizations. 
A  sum  of  $2,000  has  been  divided  among : 
Greek  War  Relief,  B'nai  B'rith  Leo  N.  Levi 
Memorial  Hospital,  LaRabida  Sanitarium, 
Shriners'  Hospital  for  Crippled  Children, 
Catholic  Charities  of  Chicago  and  Visual 
Education  Department  of  the  Sinai  Religious 
School. 


Riot  Call 

THE  HELP  still  is  inclined  to  talk  back.  A 
projectionist  in  a  San  Francisco  neighbor- 
hood theatre  was  awakened  by  angry  voices 
from  the  audience,  complaining  that  his  nap 
had  caused  a  mixup  on  the  screen.  The  pro- 
jectionist stuck  his  head  out  of  the  booth  and 
yelled  at  the  audience.  The  audience  re- 
sponded in  kind,  some  patrons  threatening 
to  take  place  apart.  Police,  11  carloads  of 
them,  answered  a  riot  call  and  found  the  cus- 
tomers demanding  a  refund.  The  police  re- 
stored order.  Henry  Pincus,  the  manager, 
got  the  show  going  again — with  a  new  pro- 
jectionist. 


Commuter 

A  THEATRE  management  student  en- 
rolled in  New  York  University's  Motion 
Picture  Theatre  Management  course  is  com- 
muting to  his  class  from  Washington  by 
plane  each  week.  The  student  is  Earl  Lay- 
ton,  22-year-old  treasurer  of  the  Earle  thea- 
tre in  Washington,  D.  C.  Each  Thursday 
afternoon  he  leaves  the  city  on  an  American 
Airlines  plane  for  New  York  City.  After 
his  class,  he  hurries  to  LaGuardia  airfield 
and  flies  back  to  Washington.  He  estimates 
his  fare  will  amount  to  about  10  times  his 
tuition  fee. 


Reds:  Continued 

WHO  is  Hans  Berger  ?  Hans  Berger,  ac- 
cording to  Communist  spokesmen,  is  a  nom 
de  plume.  Hans  Berger,  according  to 
others,  is  one  Gerhard  Eisler,  a  German 
refugee  living  now  against  his  will  in  a  New 
York  walk-up  flat.  He  is  also,  according  to 
Louis  F.  Budenz,  former  Daily  Worker  edi- 
tor, and  now  Fordham  economics  professor 
and  anti-Communist  crusader,  the  power  be- 
hind the  Communist  scene. 

The  whole  affair,  which  broke  as  Eisler 


was  preparing  to  board  a  Russian  ship  in 
New  York  harbor,  was  thoroughly  aired  in 
metropolitan  papers,  and  will  receive  more 
publicity  when  Mr.  Budenz  substantiates  his 
charges  before  a  Congressional  un-Ameri- 
canism  committee. 

It  also  dragged  in  Holiywood.  Eisler  has 
a  brother,  Hanns.  Hanns  is  a  "successful" 
writer  of  music  for  movies.  He  scored  re- 
cently the  Cary  Grant-Ethel  Barrymore 
vehicle,  "None  But  the  Lonely  Heart."  He 
also  wrote  songs  such  as  "The  Comintern," 
a  sample  of  whose  verse  is : 

"We're  coming  with  Lenin  for 
Bolshevik  work 

"From  London,  Havana,  Berlin 
and  New  York." 
In  Moscow,  meanwhile,  Sergei  Eisenstein, 
no  longer  the  Soviet's  great  producer,  ad- 
mitted forgetting  himself  in  recent  years. 
Said  he:  "We  artists  temporarily  forget 
those  sublime  ideas  to  whose  service  our  art 
is  dedicated." 


Credit 

RECOGNIZING  the  work  of  the  American 
Humane  Association  in  supervising  film  se- 
quences in  which  animals  are  employed, 
Warner  Bros,  will  hereafter  give  screen 
credit  to  the  organization,  Jack  L.  Warner, 
production  head  of  the  studios,  has  an- 
nounced in  Hollywood. 

Mr.  Warner  said  that  it  is  not  only  im- 
portant "that  animals  be  given  humane  treat- 
ment, but  the  public  should  have  the  assur- 
ance that  animals  used  in  motion  pictures 
are  receiving  proper  handling."  Toward 
this  end,  forthcoming  Warner  Bros,  releases, 
such  as  "Stallion  Road,"  a  story  of  California 
horsebreeding,  will  carry  the  credit  line. 
"Produced  with  the  cooperation  of  the  Amer- 
ican Humane  Association." 

Richard  C.  Craven,  Hollywood  director  of 
the  AHA,  expressed  delight  with  Mr.  War- 
ners proposed  plan. 


Free  Speech 

LOEWS  INTERNATIONAL  has  decided 
to  play  school  teacher  and  is  offering  to  its 
employees  free  classes  in  all  foreign  lan- 
guages. Participation  is  voluntary,  but  the 
pupil  will  be  dropped  following  two  succes- 
sive unexplained  absences.  No  grade  cards 
will  be  kept.  Lessons  will  be  given  after 
office  hours  twice  a  week  and  at  company 
expense.  The  majority  of  employees  have 
chosen  to  study  Spanish.  French,  Portu- 
guese and  German  have  also  been  selected. 
But  the  biggest  surprise,  says  Loew's,  is  the 
number  of  pupils  who  wish  to  study  English. 


PEOPLE 

Spyros  Skouras,  president  of  Twentieth 
Century-Fox,  has  resigned  from  the  presi- 
dency of  the  Greek  War  Relief  Associa- 
tion, it  was  announced  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  that  group  in  Chicago,  Sunday.  Mr. 
Skouras  served  for  six  years. 

S.  L.  Seidelman,  chief  of  PRC's  foreign 
department,  left  New  York  last  weekend 
for  Hollywood  en  route  to  the  Far  East 
to  investigate  film  conditions  there. 

Frank  Capra,  Hollywood  director,  this 
week  is  celebrating  his  20th  anniversary 
as  a  director. 

Alan  E.  Freedman,  president  of  the 
De  Luxe  Laboratories,  New  York,  re- 
ceived the  War  Department  Certificate  of 
Appreciation  Monday  for  his  services  dur- 
ing the  war. 

Jack  Votion,  head  of  RKO  Radio  produc- 
tion activities  in  Europe,  last  Thursday 
arrived  in  Paris  from  London  to  confer 
with  Rene  Clair  on  RKO  and  Pathe  film 
production. 

George  Pabst,  with  the  20th  Century-Fox 
exchange  in  New  Orleans  for  14  years, 
has  resigned  to  join  Screen  Guild  Produc- 
tions there. 

Pat  Wallace,  daughter  of  the  late  Edgar 
Wallace,  arrived  in  New  York  Sunday 
from  London  to  conduct  a  talent  search 
for  the  J.  Arthur  Rank  Organization. 

H.  M.  Addison,  formerly  with  Loew's 
Theatres  and  the  Schine  circuit,  has  been 
appointed  exploitation  chief  of  PRC  in 
the  Atlanta  territory. 

John  Balaban,  head  of  Balaban  &  Katz 
in  Chicago,  has  been  appointed  co-chair- 
man of  the  South  Side  Division  of  the 
Jewish  Welfare  Drive. 

Abe  Teitel,  owner  of  the  World  Playhouse 
in  Chicago,  was  host  to  100  members  of 
the  press  at  a  luncheon  last  week  at  the 
Congress  Hotel  in  celebration  of  the  the- 
atre's 13th  anniversary. 

J.  E.  Lovelett,  film  salesman  who  left  the 
Minneapolis  Monogram  staff  several 
months  ago  after  three  years  with  the 
company,  has  been  named  northern  Min- 
nesota sales  representative  for  the  Minne- 
apolis Columbia  branch. 

C.  Clark  Stover,  Jr.,  has  resigned  from  the 
legal  department  of  the  American  Broad- 
casting Company  in  New  York  to  accept 
a  partnership  in  the  law  firm  of  Spier  and 
Kerbeck. 

Mort  Bramson,  formerly  with  Universal  in 
Washington,  has  joined  Film  Classics  as 
•a  traveling  auditor. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


9 


THIS  JVEEK 


the  Camera  reports 


ANNOUNCEMENT, 

of  the  new 

Opera  Film  Company, 

in  New  York,  last  week. 

Above,  Ludwig  Berger, 

producer-director,  and 

Alexander  Kipnis, 

president. 

UNIVERSALE  NEW 
HOME  in   New  York 
City,  left.  On 
Park  Avenue,  it 
will  be  2 1  stories  high, 
air  conditioned,  and 
ready  by  May. 


By  the  Herald 

SIR  ARTHUR  JARRATT,  manag- 
ing director  of  British  Lion, 
arrived  in  New  York,  Monday, 
on  the  Queen  Elizabeth.  He 
reports  production  booming 
in  England.  See  page  34. 


Philip  Weinstein 

CELEBRATING  25  years  of  the  Chicago  Theatre,  John  Balaban  gave  a  cocktail  party 
last  week  at  the  Ambassador  East  Polo  Room.  Above,  grouped  around  a 
model  of  the  house,  are  Balaban  &  Katz  men  who  served  on  the  old  staff. 
They  are  Charles  Nesbett,  now  co-manager;  William  Holden,  now  a  dis- 
trict supervisor;  Ed  O'Donnell,  now  manager  of  the  Marbro;  McNeill  Smith,  managing 
the  Gateway;  Danny  Kaye,  a  guest;  Dean  Jones,  United  Artists  manager; 
Ray  Thompson,  Chicago  Theatre  co-manager;  Bill  Studdert,  South- 
town  assistant  manager;  Ambrose  Conroy,  Apollo  manager;  Ray  Thomson,  North- 
town  manager;  Mr.  Balaban;  George  Brandt,  Tivoli  manager;  William  Methe, 
Roosevelt  manager;  Walter  Immerman,  B.  &  K.  general  manager; 
James  Cassin,  Maryland  manager,  and  Ted  Boisumeau,  Belmont  manager. 


SIGNING,  in  Hollywood,  for  music. 
Harry  Warren,  left,  signs  the  deal  whereby 
Harry  Warren  Music,  Inc.,  joins 
Loew's,  Inc.,  family  of  music  publishers. 
Louis  B.  Mayer,  MGM  studio  head, 
is  in  center  and  Charles  C.  Mos- 
kowitz,  Loew's,  Inc.,  treasurer,  is  at  right. 


ID 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


RNEST  FREDMAN,  publisher- 
Iditor  of  the  Daily  Film  Renter, 
n other  Queen  Elizabeth 
rrival  from  London.  A  vaca- 
lon,  it's  his  first  to  be  en- 
r.ed  in  14  years. 


)avid  Miller. 


rlyle  Studios 


)AVID  MILLER,  top,  and 
.ester  Zucker,  above,  will  be 
ionored  at  dinner,  October  28, 
>y  the  Cleveland  Variety  Club. 
At.  Miller  has  been  transferred 
o  the  Universal  Buffalo- 
Mbany-New  Haven  district 
nanagership.  Mr.  Zucker  has 
lecome  J.  Arthur  Rank  field 
spresentative. 


By  the  Herald 

BALDWIN  BAMBRIDGE, 
Tahitian  exhibitor  and  importer, 
has  been  a  New  York  visitor. 
He  owns  the  Bald- 
win Theatre,  Papeete. 


WITH  HIS  FIELD  MEN,  William  R.  Ferguson, 
head  of  table,  discusses  plans  for  the  tour  of  Bess, 
"horse  with  the  human  mind",  who  is  the  star  of 
"Gallant  Bess".   Seated  in  clockwise  order,  and  excepting 
Mr.  Ferguson,  are  Bert  McKenzie,  Boston;  James  Ash- 
craft  and  Ed.  Gallner,  Philadelphia;  Tom  Baldridge,  Wash- 
ington; Floyd  Fitzsimmons,  Albany;  Elliott  Fore- 
man, New  York  and  New  Jersey;  Bryan  Lee  and 
C.  B.  Carrier,  home  office,  and  Howard  Herty,  Los  Angeles, 
Bess's  advance  man. 

JERRY  I.  ZIGMOND  has  been  given  an  executive  post  in 
Paramount's  theatre  department.   He  will  assist 
Edward  L.  Hyman,  northern  operations  liaison. 
Mr.  Zigmond  for  many  years  has  been  in  the  field 
for  the  company. 


By  the  Herald 

COCKTAILS  IN  NEW  YORK,  as 
William  Dozier,   Universal-International  produc- 
tion executive,  introduced  eastern  story 
editor,  James  Poling,  and  assistant, 
Florence  Odets.  Left  to  right,  Robert  Benjamin, 
Mr.  Dozier,  Mr.  Poling  and  Miss  Odets. 


By  the  Herald 

AND  MORE  COCKTAILS,  as 
Monogram  introduced  to  the  press 
Renie  Riano,  the  "Maggie"  of  its 
"Bringing  Up  Father".  Above, 
Miss  Riano,  right,  displays  her  rolling  pin 
to  writer  Thyra  Samter  Winslow. 


VrOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


North  Shore  Photographers 

IN  CHICAGO,  John  Bannan,  left,  assuming 
managership  of  Universale  Chicago  exchange, 
and  Manie  Gottlieb,  Chicago  district 
manager,  right,  bid  success  to  Edward  Heiber, 
who  goes  to  Kansas  City  as  district  manager 
for  Universal  Midwest  exchanges.  The 
occasion  was  a  farewell  dinner  to 
Mr.  Heiber  at  the  Drake  Hotel. 


Colonial  Studios 


IN  RICHMOND,  at  Neighborhood  The- 
atres, Inc.,  20th  anniversary  celebration, 
president  Morton  Thalhimer,  left,  presents 
Sam  Bendheim,  Jr.,  vice-president,  with  the 
first  20-year  service  pin.  At  right  is 
Arthur  Deekens,  home  office  accountant. 


WARNER  CLUB  annual  meeting, 
in  New  York.   Stuart  Aarons, 
second  from  right,  seated,  is  the 
new  president.   At  the 
right,  seated,  is  Robert  McGuire, 
new  vice-president;  others 
seated  are  Harry  Mayer, 
vice-president  in  charge  of 
social  activities,  and  Ruth  Weis- 
berg,  welfare  vice-president. 
Standing  are  Fred  Stengl,  claims 
vice-president;  Theodore  Kupfer- 
man,  secretary;  Robert  Salomons, 
treasurer;  Bernard  Rosenzweig, 
membership  vice-president,  and 
Sam  Wolowitz,  assistant  treasurer. 
Robert  McGuire,  vice-president, 
is  not  pictured. 


HERBERT  J.  BENNIN,  right,  who  has  been 

with  MGM  for  l8'/2  years,  has  been 

appointed   St.  Louis  manager. 

John  J.  Maloney,  central  sales  manager, 

turns  the  office  over  to  Mr.  Bennin. 

He  succeeded  Frank  Willingham, 

on  leave  of  absence  for  illness. 


By  the  Herald 

JOSE  GUSTAVO  PALACIOS,  Venezuelan 

circuit  general  manager,  is  a 

New  York  visitor  these  days.  With  his  wife, 

he  is  on  vacation.   His  circuit, 

in  Caracas,  is  the  Cine  Unidos. 


Albert  Grivel 

GOING  PLACES.  Those  perambulating  executives,  Ned  E.  Depinet, 

RKO  Radio  Pictures  vice-president;  Phil  Reisman,  foreign  sales  vice-president,  and 

Sam  Dembow,  Jr.,  Golden  Productions  president,  on  the  mark,  at 

Geneva,  Switzerland.  Mr.  Depinet  and  Mr.  Reisman  arrived  in  New  York  late 

last  week.  See  page  41 . 


12 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


Benjamin  Kaplan  and  Morris  Ernst, 
SIMPP  counsel,  and  Thurman  Anold, 

ATA    Counsel.      [All  photos  by  the  Herald] 


Abram  F.  Myers,  Donald  Nelson,  Jesse  Stern,  who  Harold  Eskin,  in-  Fred  Wehrenberg,  MPTOA 
CIEA  •  Allied  gen-  president  of  the  represented  the  dependent  circuit  president, and  Herman  Levy, 
eral  counsel.  SIMPP.  CIEA.  owner.  general  counsel- 


AMICUS  CURIAE  PLEAS  FLOOD 
COURT  AT  DECREE  HEARINGS 


Judges  Hear  Argument  on 
Auction  Selling;  Majors 
Submit  Alternate  Plan 

by  RAY  LANNING 

In  its  ninth  year  of  false  starts  and  un- 
easy truces,  the  Government's  anti-trust 
suit  against  Paramount  et  al  got  off  to  an- 
other grudging  and  grumbling  start  Monday 
as  briefs  and  brief  cases,  lawyers  and  judges, 
poured  into  New  York's  Foley  Square  to 
converge  on  the  sedate  temple  that  is  the 
U.  S.  Court  House  and  there  attempt  to 
forge  a  final  decree  out  of  a  hundred  propo- 
sals, a  hundred  objections. 

By  midweek  it  was  evident  that  there 
were  as  many  various  areas  of  violent  dis- 
agreement as  there  were  back  in  July,  1938, 
when  the  Government  first  filed  its  suit — 
a  suit  based  on  an  investigation  going  back 
as  far  as  October,  1929,  when  the  Thacher 
decision  held  that  the  standard  contract  ar- 
bitration clause  was  illegal. 

Since  then  the  case  has  been  snow-balling, 
principally  because  of  the  competitive  bid- 
ding order  in  the  proposed  decree  handed 
down  by  the  court  last  June.  The  enormous 
proportions  which  the  case  has  attained  was 
illustrated  Monday  ■  when  counsel  for  five 
country-wide  independent  organizations  and 
counsel  for  large  groups  of  independent  pro- 
ducers joined  as  amici  curiae  with  the 
tablesful  of  lawyers  representing  the  five 
majors,  the  three  minors  and  the  Depart- 
ment of  Justice. 

The  three  presiding  judges,  Augustus  N. 
Hand,  Henry  W.  Goddard  and  John  Bright, 
were  outnumbered  ten  to  one. 

Competitive  Bidding 
Chief  Point  of  Argument 

Principal  reason  for  the  impressive  array 
of  expensive  legal  talent  was  the  competi- 
tive, or  auction,  bidding  order  of  the  court. 
The  Justice  Department  said  it  did  not  want 
it.  The  defendants  said  they  would  tolerate 
it,  but  pointed  out  it  was  cumbersome,  ex- 
pensive and  tedious.  And  the  exhibitor  em- 
phatically said:  take  it  out  of  the  decree. 

The  exhibitors  flooded  the  court  with  peti- 
tions to  intervene  in  the  case  on  that  issue. 


The  American  Theatres  Association,  South- 
ern California  Theatre  Owners  Association 
and  Confederacy  of  Southern  Associations 
asked  for  permission  to  intervene  actively 
on  the  issue.  The  Conference  of  Independ- 
ent Exhibitors  and  the  Motion  Picture 
Theatre  Owners  of  America  asked  to  come 
into  the  case  amici  curiae  so  they  could  ad- 
vise against  auction  selling.  Only  Radio 
Center,  Inc.,  operating  the  Mosque  theatre 
in  Newark,  N.  J.,  thought  the  practice  was 
all  right  and  wanted  in  as  amicus  curiae. 

Independent  Producers 
Also  Seek  Court  Status 

For  other  reasons,  the  independent  pro- 
ducers— Vanguard  and  the  Society  of  Inde- 
pendent Motion  Picture  Producers — wanted 
in  as  amici  curiae  and  an  auctioneering 
company,  John  P.  Day,  appeared,  too,  for 
friend  of  the  court  standing  to  offer  its  plan 
for  auctioning  film  through  auctioneers  in 
31  cities.  Everyone  had  suggestions.  Few 
agreed  with  the  court. 

At  mid-week  it  was  indicated  that  the 
court  would  deny  the  petitions  of  CSA, 
ATA,  and  SCTOA  for  intervention  but 
would  permit  these  organizations,  as  well 
as  the  others,  to  appear  amici  curiae. 

So  telling  was  the  opposition  to  compe- 
titive bidding  that  Judge  Hand  admitted 
from  the  bench  Tuesday  that  "without 
committing  ourselves  ...  we  have  been 
moved  by  the  large  attack  on  a  competi- 
tive bidding  system." 

The  judge  prefers  "competitiwe  bid- 
ding." I  never,  he  remarked,  said  any- 
thing about  "auction  block." 

Other  indications  that  the  judges  might 
modify  their  original  order  stating  "each 
license  shall  be  offered  and  taken  theatre 
by  theatre  and  picture  by  picture,"  were 
noted  when  the  bench  indicated  it  might  lis- 
ten to  an  alternative  proposal  of  the  majors 
and  when  the  judges  directly  addressed 
CSA's  counsel  to  ask:  "Do  you  have  an  al- 
ternative to  suggest  to  competitive  bidding." 

In  its  first  sessions,  the  judges  also  indi- 
cated they  might  favor  competitive  bidding 
on  a  flat  rental  basis  ("Wouldn't  that  cure 
many  of  the  ills  you  find  in  competitive  bid- 
ding?" Judge  Hand  asked)  and  that  they 
were  opposed  to  a  ban  on  cross-licensing 


of  features  to  back  up  competitive  bidding 
as  asked — and  demanded — by  Robert  Wright 
of  the  Department  of  Justice. 

Further,  Judge  Hand  said  that  he  felt 
that  under  the  order  it  would  be  possible 
for  the  distributors  to  sell  a  year's  program 
in  advance  with  the  proviso  that  the  sale 
of  one  feature  was  not  conditioned  upon 
the  sale  of  another,  not  withstanding  the 
Government's  wishes  to  the  contrary. 

The  criticism  of  the  bench  in  regards  to 
competitive  bidding  was  so  strong  and  from 
so  many  different  quarters  that  when  Mr. 
Wright  told  the  court  he  had  no  objections 
to  a  certain  minor  proposal  of  the  defend- 
ants, Judge  Bright  observed  wryly  that  that 
remark  was  the  first  kind  remark  to  be 
passed  on  the  judge's  decision  all  day. 

Tuesday  Discussion  Centered 
Upon  Decree  Proposals 

With  the  briefs  for  intervention  out  of  the 
way  Monday,  the  court  turned  its  attention 
Tuesday  to  a  discussion  of  the  decree  pro- 
posals, covering  approximately  one-third  of 
those  contained  in  a  foot-long,  four-col- 
umned document  prepared  by  the  defend- 
ants for  comparison  of  the  court's,  the  De- 
partment's and  the  majors'  proposals. 

Highlight  of  Tuesday's  session  was  a  pro- 
posal that  auction  selling  might  possibly 
be  replaced  by  an  injunction  against  ar- 
bitrary refusal  to  grant  run.  According  to 
Whitney  North  Seymour,  who  outlined  the 
plan,  disputes  arising  from  such  a  provision, 
if  written  into  the  final  decree,  could  be 
settled  through  "continuation  and  expan- 
sion" of  the  arbitration  system. 

Judge  Hand  suggested  the  defendants  dis- 
cuss that  proposal  with  counsel  for  the  in- 
tervening exhibitor  groups  to  see  if  they 
could  find  some  area  of  agreement.  He  in- 
dicated the  court  might  consider  the  idea 
if  the  independents  found  it  acceptable. 

Majors'  Attorneys  Fight 
Cross  Licensing  Ban 

Biggest  arguments  of  the  day  were  over 
the  question  of  a  ban  on  cross  licensing  and 
over  a  suggestion,  advanced  by  Joseph  Pros- 
kauer  for  the  majors,  that  the  defendants 
should  be  permitted  to  ask  bidders  what  ad- 

(Continued  on  follounng  page) 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


13 


THE  HEARING 


(Continued  from  preceding  page) 

mission  prices  they  were  prepared  to  charge. 
Then  opined  Mr.  Proskauer :  "The  decree 
should  provide  that  we  may  ask  the  bidder 
to  state  the  admission  price  he  will  charge. 
.  .  .  The  distributor  must  know  this  for 
evaluating  the  bids  he  receives." 

Mr.  Wright  was  up  on  his  feet  fast  after 
that  remark  and. reported  the  Department 
of  Justice  would  rather  have  no  prohibition 
against  price  fixing  (there  is  one  and  a  defi- 
nite one  in  the  proposed  decree)  than  have 
the  one  proposed  by  Mr.  Proskauer.  This 
reflects  Mr.  Wright's  earlier  statement  that 
he  would  rather  move  for  dismissal  than  ac- 
cept the  defendant's  proposed  decree. 

Judge  Suggests  Flat  Rentals 
To  End  Bidding  Problems 

But  if  Mr.  Wright  was  not  satisfied  with 
the  suggestion,  neither  was  Judge  Bright 
who  said  from  the  bench :  That  request  im- 
plies that  an  exhibitor  had  bettef  charge  a 
.  certain  admission  or  he  won't  get  the  film. 

Then  Mr.  Proskauer  confessed.  Every- 
body, he  said,  knows  what  everybody  else 
is  charging.    What's  the  argument? 

At  this  point  Judge  Hand  interjected  his 
remark  about  ridding  competitive  bidding  of 
its  problems  by  conducting  it  on  a  flat  rent- 
al system — something  the  Department  of 
Justice  would  like  to  see. 

Mr.  Proskauer  was  aghast  at  this  sugges- 
tion. Yes,  he  said,  that  would  rid  us  of  the 
problem  and  so  would  putting  a  torch  to  our 
theatres  and  jumping  in  the  river. 

Mr.  Proskauer  was  just  as  vehement  on 
the  subject  of  a  ban  on  cross  licensing. 

Mr.  Wright  started  the  argument.  With- 
out cross  licensing,  he  declared,  auction 
selling  would  be  more  harmful  than  benefi- 
cial. Ringing  the  changes  on  this  theme, 
he  went  on  to  state  that  unless  the  court 
was  prepared  to  adopt  such  a  ban  competi- 
tive bidding  would  amount  to  a  system  of 
selling  which  only  the  majors  want.  And 
then  again :  The  cross  licensing  prohibition, 
he  said,  is  the  only  provision,  short  of  di- 
vorcement which  would  supply  the  industry 
with  independent  outlets  which  would  break 
the  monopoly  of  the  companies. 

Argues  Prohibition  Would 
Amount  to  Divorcement 

Mr.  Proskauer  insisted  that  a  cross  li- 
censing ban  amounted  to  divestiture,  a  rem- 
edy which,  he  said,  Mr.  Wright  could  not 
get  out  of  his  mind.    Such  a  ban,  he  said, 


COURT  NOT  TO  REVIEW 
ARBITRATION  DECISIONS 

The  three-judge  statutory  court, 
currently  hearing  the  anti-trust  suit, 
Monday  ruled  it  cannot  review  any 
decision  of  the  arbitration  appeals 
board.  This  decision  was  handed  down 
when  the  court  denied  a  petition  of 
the  Sidney  Lust  Theatres,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  which  sought  to  set  aside 
a  ruling  of  the  board.  Lust  counsel, 
Harold  L.  Schilz,  had  stated  that  an 
arbitration  system  was  unconstitu- 
tional unless  there  was  a  chance  for 
review  in  court  and  that  it  was  "con- 
trary to  equity  for  the  court  to  es- 
tablish an  agency  and  then  relinquish 
control  over  it."  The  court  decided 
that  "the  decision  was  invoked  by 
the  moving  party,  which  was  in  no 
wise  required  to  submit  its  rights  to 
the  arbitration  panel,  but,  having  in- 
voked it,  must  accept  the  ruling  as 
final."  To  review  the  decision,  the 
judges  ruled,  would  mean  "we  would 
have  to  review  everything  of  the  past 
five  years." 


would,  in  effect  amount  to  a  ruling  that  "you 
can  keep  your  theatres,  but  you  can  starve 
with  them.  .  .  That  is  slow  death,  worse 
than  the  immediate  decapitation  with  which 
you  have  threatened  us." 

The  ban  was  also  questioned  from  the 
bench  when  one  of  the  judges  asked  if  such 
a  ban  would  not  close  up  some  of  the  de- 
fendants' theatres  because  of  lack  of  prod- 
uct. Mr.  Wright  replied  he  believed  the 
ban  would  encourage  production  and  the- 
atre building  and  that  the  existing  theatres 
would  not  have  to  close.  Mr.  Proskauer 
answered  this  with  the  statement  that  the 
defendants'  theatres  would  be  closed  65  per 
cent  of  the  time  if  such  a  ban  were  included. 

He  characterized  the  suggestion  as  "the 
most  bizarre  proposal  ever  made  in  an  anti- 
trust case.  ...  a  non-seqmtur  that  falls  by 
its  own  weight  .  .  .  everybody  would  have  a 
chance  bid  for  pictures  but  the  theatre-own- 
ing defendants." 

There  the  matter  rested  and  the  court  was 
to  have  resumed  Thursday. 

The  intervention  briefs  were  submitted, 
accompanied  by  varying  amounts  of  oratory 
and  rhetoric  Monday  in  the  black,  gold  and 
red  chamber  of  the  court.  The  prevailing 
tone  of  the  oral  statements  was  that  the 
court  should  enjoin  the  defendants  from 
those  practices  found  in  violation  of  the  law 


and  then  open  the  door  to  free  enter pr ii>\ 
which  would  be  an  effective  substitute  fc$ 
auction  bidding. 

The  arguments  for  active  interventio 
were  handled  by  Thurman  Arnold  and  Paw 
Williams  for  the  ATA,  filing  in  conjunctiol 
with  SCTOA,  and  by  John  G.  Jackson  an: 
Robert  Barton,  Jr.,  for  CSA. 

After  the  Lust  brief  for  an  appeal  froi 
a  decision  by  the  American  Arbitration  Af 
peal  Board,  was  heard  the  bench  indicate 
that  Mr.  Jackson  was  to  present  CSA 
brief.   He  deferred  to  Mr.  Arnold. 

Mr.  Arnold  reported  his  group  sought  ir 
tervention  solely  on  the  auction  selling  is 
sue.  Confidently,  he  listed  three  "erron 
of  the  court"  in  decreeing  competitive  bid 
ding : 

The  regulations  are  presumably  for  th 
benefit  of  the  wrong-doers,  but  their  im 
pact  is  upon  the  innocents,  he  said. 

Where  supply  is  restricted  or  controlled 
as  it  is  in  the  industry,  competitive  bid 
ding  does  not  mean  competition  —  ai 
error,  says  Mr.  Arnold,  in  the  economic 
of  the  decree. 

There  is  no  standard  commodity  fo: 
competitive  bidding  and  no  standards  foi 
judging  the  bids  but  the  business  judge 
ment  of  the  defendants. 

The  result  of  these  "errors"  will  destro; 
the  independents,  Mr.  Arnold  believes. 

Competitive  bidding  would  increase 
monopoly,  he  said,  protect  only  the  recipien 
of  the  bid,  and  make  exhibitors  pay  more  fo: 
scarcer  product. 

Mr.  Arnold  does  not  believe  the  court  ha; 
the  power  to  decree  competitive  bidding,  bu 
if  it  does  have  the  power,  then  Mr.  Arnok 
believes  that  auction  selling  is  "an  impracti 
cal  suggestion  creating  monopoly." 

Mr.  William's  arguments  gave  specifi 
support  to  Mr.  Arnold's  general  statements 
His  "acute  and  searching  obligation"  t< 
show  what  the  independent  was  suffering 
was  cut  short  at  the  beginning  when  Judg( 
Hand  interrupted  to  say  he  thought  it  "ab 
surd"  that  Mr.  Williams  should  tell  th 
court  of  his  "housekeeping."  Mr.  William; 
the  judge  felt,  need  not  have  discussed  hir 
position  in  the  litigation  which  resulted  iri 
the  Consent  Decree. 

Sees  Competitive  Bidding 
Ending  Industry  Stability 

Competitive  bidding,  Mr.  Williams  asserts 
ed,  "will  remove  every  element  of  stability" 
and  "introduce  chaos"  into  the  industry: 
Exhibitors,  he  declared,  want  to  buy  a  large 
program  of  pictures  and  be  allowed  a  reas- 
onable percentage  of  rejections. 

Hitting  at  the  jurisdiction  of  the  court,) 
(Continued  on  page  21) 


George  Leisure  and  Rat- 
stone  Irvine,  who  repre- 
sented RKO  as  counsel. 


Tyree  Dillard,  Jr., 
counsel  for  Loew's, 
Inc. 


Leonard  Gofdenson,  Paramount  Thea- 
tres head,  and  Louis  Phillips.  Para- 
mount attorney. 


John  Davis,  coun- 
sel for  major  de- 
fendants. 


Fred  Pride.  John  Casfcey  and 
John  Bertero.  looking  after 
20th-Fox  interests. 


Every  year  for  106  years  this  immortal  novel  has  been  one  of 

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TWO  YEARS 

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The  First  Screen  Version  of 
The  Story  That  Has  Thrilled  the  World  for  100  Years 
Becomes  the  Greatest  Hit  in  All  the  History  of 

Paramount 


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In  all  their  pages,  covering  twenty-nine 
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the  phenomenal  grosses  that  are  being 
piled  up  by  the  Premiere  Engagement  of 


THE  FIRST  SIX  DAYS  TOPPED  EVERY  PREVIOUS  FULL  WEEK 
THE  FIRST  WEEK  BROKE  THE  HOUSE  RECORD  BY  IS  PERCENT 
MIDWEEK  OPENING  TOPPED  ALL  PAST  SATURDAY  OPENINGS 
FIRST  HALF-DAY*  ALMOST  DOUBLED  "LOST  WEEKEND"  TAKE 
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Why 


IS  THIS  PICTURE  ASTOUNDING  THE  SHOW  WORLD 
WITH  ITS  PRODIGIOUS  GROSSES? 


Because  LADDs  draw  gets  actually  stronger 
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calling the  spectacular  glories  of  other  great 
sea  pictures  that  have  made  history. 


Because  its  terrific  CAST  gives  him  two  of  the 
toughest  sparring  partners  he's  ever  tackled  in 
Bendix  and  Da  Silva — the  "Lost  Weekend" 
bartender  now  hailed  as  the  most  sinister  sea 
captain  in  screen  history — bar  none! 


Because  John  Farrow's  DIRECTION  employs 

his  vast  Navy  knowledge  to  cram  this  picture 
with  all  the  sea  lore  and  fascination  that  made 
box-office  classics  of  "Reap  the  Wild  Wind" 
and  other  famous  sea  sagas. 


Because  it  has  all  the  rough,  tough  ACTION  of 
the  current  shoot-'em-up  cycle  plus  the  draw- 
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an  exotic  new  love  interest  in  the  person  of 
lovely  Esther  Fernandez. 


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jidOTION  CICTURI  HER At0  OCT,  26.  1946 


THE  HEARING 

{Continued  from  page  14) 

Mr.  Williams  stated:  "Exhibitors  feel  (auc- 
tion selling)  is  a  regulation  which  is  beyond 
the  power  of  the  court."  The  court  should 
enjoin  that  which  it  has  found  to  be  illegal, 
he-sairh"  then  should  let  free  enterprise  and 
bargaining  run  its  course.  These  sentiments 
were  re-echoed  many  times  during  the  three- 
hour  session. 

Like  ATA,  CSA  sought  intervention  sole- 
ly on  the  auction  selling  issue.  Exhibitors 
in  the  southern  states,  Mr.  Jackson  told  the 
three  judges,  are  unanimous  against  auction 
selling — are  afraid  that  because  of  this  pro- 
posed-erder  -they  will  lose  their  goodwill  and 
be  put  out  of  business.  His  associate,  Mr. 
Barton,  condemned  competitive  bidding  as 
impractical,  damaging  and  of  no  benefit  to 
the  public. 

Here  Judge  Hand  interrupted:  "Can 
you  think  of  any  other  system?" 

Mr.  Barton  could  not.  He  agreed  with 
Mr.  Williams  that  barter  and  trade  would 
take  care  of  the  situation  once  the  court 
enjoined  those  practices  it  found  illegal. 
Mr.  Barton  later  came  up  with  this  obser- 
vation :  Each  exhibitor  will  have  to  make 
from  200  to  1,200  successfull  bids  to  keep 
his  theatre  going  and  many  more  than 
that  to  hit  the  correct  percentage  of  suc- 
cesses. 

CSA  agreed  with  ATA  that  monopoly 
would  be  fostered  and  film  rentals  and  ad- 
missions increased  by  auction  selling. 

John  Davis,  speaking  for  the  defendants, 
then  informed  the  court  he  was  willing  for 
ATA  and  CSA  to  intervene  amicus  curiae 
but  not  actively.  In  a  dramatic  move,  Louis 
Frohlich,  Columbia  counsel,  rose  from  his 
seat  at  the  rear  of  the  chambers,  swept  to 
the  front  and  informed  the  court  his  com- 
pany believed  the  two  organizations  should 
be  heard  because  of  the  "radical"  nature  of 
the  case. 

Herman  Levy,  presenting  MPTOA's 
brief,  asked  the  court  if  it  intended  to  re- 
strict competitive  bidding  to  auction  bidding. 
If  it  did,  said  Mr.  Levy,  he  wished  to  note 
two  disastrous  results  of  the  practice:  an 
increase  in  film  rentals  with  a  resultant  in- 
crease in  admissions  and  the  restriction  of 
competition.  Then,  joining  in  the  general 
chorus,  Mr.  Levy  asked  that  the  court  en- 
join the  defendants  from  continuing  those 
practices  found  in  violation  of  the  anti-trust 
laws  and  "open  the  door  for  competition  in 
any  legitimate  way."  MPTOA  holds  no 
brief  for  divorcement. 

Myers  Outlines  Plan  to  Make 
Auction  Selling  Workable 

Abram  Myers,  CIEA  counsel,  "found 
strange  voices  and  strange  champions  for  the 
independent,"  he  told  the  court,  and  "to  the 
extent  they  agree  with  us,  we  welcome 
them."  Mr.  Myers  had  suggestions  on  how 
to  make  auction  selling  workable,  although 
he  wanted  it  made  clear,  his  organization  is 
opposed  to  the  practice.  His  suggestions 
were:  A  ban  should  be  placed  on  cross 
licensing.    Auction  selling  should  be  con- 


THREE  SUITS  DUE  FOR 
SUPREME  COURT 

Three  anti-trust  suits  against  the 
industry  may  be  placed  before  the 
Supreme  Court  about  the  same  time, 
the  Department  of  Justice  has  indi- 
dicated.  These  are  the  Griffith  case, 
where  a  not  guilty  verdict  was  re- 
turned with  a  ringing  defense  of  free 
enterprise;  the  Schine  case,  where 
Schine  has  been  ordered  to  sell  many 
of  its  theatres,  and  the  now-being- 
heard  Paramount  et  al  New  York  suit. 
There  are  notable  differences  in  the 
opinions  already  handed  down  in  the 
cases.  If  the  Griffith  case  is  heard 
first  it  may  well  have  a  definite  im- 
pact on  the  New  York  suit.  However, 
it  is  believed  the  Department  wishes 
to  appeal  the  New  York  suit  first. 


ducted  on  a  flat  rental  basis.  Further,  bid- 
ding for  pictures,  he  said,  should  be  con- 
ducted as  bidding  in  any  other  field:  Sealed 
bids  offered  within  a  certain  time,  opening 
an  inspection  of  bids,  awarding  of  contracts. 

The  independent  producer  interests  were 
presented  to  the  court  by  Morris  Ernst,  at- 
torney for  the  SIMPP,  and  Samuel  S.  Is- 
seks,  attorney  for  Vanguard.  SIMPP  was 
fearful  the  court  would  lay  down  a  general 
pattern  of  rules  affecting  the  entire  indus- 
try. Mr.  Ernst  asked  that  the  independent 
be  exempt  from  such  rules.  Vanguard  was 
concerned  solely  with  what  would  happen 
to  its  $6,500,000  investment  in  "Duel  in  the 
Sun"  and  if  the  final  decree  ruled  out  fixing 
minimum  admission  prices. 

And  why,  asked  Judge  Hand,  should  Van- 
guard fix  prices. 

"Because  we  want  to  get  our'  money 
back,"  replied  Mr.  Isseks. 

Day  Plan  Asks  Licensed 
Auctioneer  in  Each  City 

The  Day  plan,  presented  by  attorney 
Joseph  Kenny,  calls  for  a  licensed  auctioneer 
in  each  of  the  31  exchange  centers,  working 
under  a  central  authority,  who  would  handle 
details  of  the  sales.  The  seller  "would  offer 
his  product  through  the  local  office  of  the 
(auction)  organization  in  each  city  together 
with  a  list  of  the  exhibitors  who,  in  the  opin- 
ion of  the  seller,  are  qualified  to  bid."  The 
offer  would  be  made  on  a  court-approved 
form  fixing  the  date  and  conditions  of  the 
sale.  Receipt  of  the  bids  would  be  acknowl- 
edged and  the  auctioneer  would  advise  the 
buyers  of  the  time  of  the  sale  and  offer  a 
description  of  the  product  and  conditions  of 
the  sale. 

The  sale  would  be  conducted  through  open 
or  sealed  bids  with  the  bids  forwarded  by  the 
auctioneer  to  the  seller  who  would  "have  the 
right  to  accept  or  reject  any  or  all  of  the 
bids  within  five  days  of  the  sale."  The  brief 
concludes,  "that,  with  the  investigative  pow- 
ers of  the  Attorney  General  and  the  super- 
visory powers  of  the  trade  itself,  operating 
through  arbitration  procedure  upon  com- 
plaints to  the  arbitrators,  this  plan  would 
definitely  control,  without  in  any  way  limit- 
ing, the  sale  and  distribution  of  licenses.  .  .  ." 


Code  Group  Is 
Formed  in  Rome 

by  ARGEO  SANTUCCI 

in  Rome 

Industry  representatives  from  nine  nations 
met  in  Rome  recently,  grouped  together  as 
the  International  Catholic  Motion  Picture 
Bureau,  for  the  purpose  of  coordinating  and 
unifying  the  various  moral  codes  of  produc- 
tion. Representatives  from  the  United 
States,  Belgium,  Canada,  France,  England, 
Italy,  Mexico,  Holland  and  Switzerland  took 
part  in  the  meeting,  which  ended  with  a  gen- 
eral public  debate. 

V 

A  newly  formed  Catholic  production  com- 
pany, Universalia,  is  planning  a  large  pro- 
duction program  designed  to  foster  Catholi- 
cism and  elevate  the  moral  standing  of  the 
industry. 

The  program  includes  a  feature  in  color 
on  the  life  of  Ignatius  de  Loyola,  which  will 
be  made  in  cooperation  with  a  Spanish  com- 
pany. Spanish,  French  and  Italian  actors 
will  play.  The  company  will  also  produce 
"Christopher  Columbus"  in  color,  and  "Fa- 
biola,"  from  the  novel  by  Cardinal  Nicholas 
Wiseman. 

Further,  Universalia  will  produce  a  num- 
ber of  documentaries  at  the  particular  desire 
of  the  Holy  Father,  based  on  the  catechism, 
and  another  group  of  documentaries  about 
Vatican  City.  Universalia  also  organizes 
programs  for  clergymen. 

Giuseppe  Delia  Torre,  editor  of  Osserva- 
tore  Romano,  official  newspaper  of  the  Holy 
See,  is  president  of  Universalia. 

V 

Italian  producers  are  preparing  a  strong 
campaign  to  induce  the  Italian  Government 
to  impose  a  quota  system  upon  foreign  prod- 
uct. The  current  agreement  in  effect  be- 
tween the  U.  S.  and  Italy  expires  December 
31.    It  does  not  contain  quota  restrictions. 

V 

Two  new  trade  magazines  have  begun 
publication  in  Italy.  They  are  Passo  Ridot- 
to  and  Rivista  -  Del  Passo  Ridotto,  both 
treating  of  16mm  pictures. 


Set  "Razor's  Edge"  Campaign 

•  A  campaign  of  reprint  book  and  film  pro- 
motion will  be  launched  in  November  and 
December  in  75  key  cities  to  sell  Doubleday's 
Triangle  edition  of  "The  Razor's  Edge." 
The  drive  will  be  tied  up  directly  with  the 
release  of  the  Twentieth  Century-Fox  film 
starring  Tyrone  Power,  Gene  Tierney,  Anne 
Baxter  and  John  Payne. 


Carnow  Named  by  UA 

Howard  N.  Carnow,  a  member  of  War- 
ner Brothers'  press  book  staff  since  1940, 
has  been  appointed  press  book  editor  for 
United  Artists,  effective  November  4,  it 
was  announced  last  Friday  by  Paul  N.  Laza- 
rus, Jr.,  UA.  advertising  and  publicity  di- 
rector. Mr.  Carnow  succeeds  Leon  Roth, 
promoted  to  national  promotion  manager. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


21 


Ik 


WITH  A  BERLIN 
SONG-HIT  FOR  EVERY 
PARAMOUNT  BRANCH! 

ALL  BY  MYSELF 
ALWAYS 
BECAUSE  I  LOVE  YOU 
BLUE  SKIES 

COUPLE  OF  SONG  &  DANCE  MEN 
EVERYBODY  STEP 
GETTING  NOWHERE 
HEAT  WAVE 
HOMESICK 
HOW  DEEP  IS  THE  OCEAN 
HOW  MANY  TIMES 
I  CAN'T  REMEMBER 
I'LL  SEE  YOU  IN  CUBA 
I'VE  GOT  MY  CAPTAIN  WORKING  FOR  ME 
LITTLE  THINGS  IN  LIFE 
MANDY 

NOT  FOR  ALL  THE  RICE  IN  CHINA 
OH  HOW  |  HATE  TO  GET  UP  IN  THE  MORNING 
A  PRETTY  GIRL  IS  LIKE  A  MELODY 
PUTTIN'  ON  THE  RITZ 
RUSSIAN  LULLABY 
SERNADE  TO  AN  OLD-FASHIONED  GIRL 
SOME  SUNNY  DAY 
SONG  IS  ENDED 
TELL  ME  LITTLE  GYPSY 
THIS  IS  THE  ARMY 
TOP  HAT,  WHITE  TIE  &  TAILS 
WHITE  CHRISTMAS 
YOU  KEEP  COMING  BACK  LIKE  A  SONG 
YOU'D  BE  SURPRISED 


Very  Exhibit 


PARAMOUNT  TRA 


CITY 


PLACE 


ALBANY  FOX  PROJECTION  ROOM,  1052  Broadway  FRI. 

ATLANTA  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  154  Walton  St.,  N.W  FRI. 

BOSTON  RKO  PROJ.  ROOM,  122  Arlington  St  fRI. 

BUFFALO  FOX  PROJECTION  ROOM,  290  Franklin  Street  FRI.  1 

CHARLOTTE  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  305  So.  Church  St  FRI.  I 

CHICAGO  ESQUIRE  THEATRE,  58  E.  Oak  St  FRI. 

CINCINNATI  FOREST  THEATRE,  671  Forest. Ave  FRI.  ! 

CLEVELAND  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  1735  East  23rd  St  FRI. 

DALLAS  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  412  So.  Harwood  St  FRI.  I 

DENVER   PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  2100  Stout  St  FRI.  I 

DES  MOINES  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  1125  High  Street   .FRI. 

DETROIT  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  479  Ledyard  Ave  FRI.  I 

INDIANAPOLIS  CINEMA  THEATRE,  213  East  16th  Street  FRI.  I 

KANSAS  CITY  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  1800  Wyandotte  St  FRI. 

LOS  ANGELES  BOULEVARD  THEATRE,  Washington  and  Vermont  Sts..  .FRI.  I 

MEMPHIS  ROSEMARY  THEATRE,  1396  Jackson  Ave  FRI.  I 

MILWAUKEE  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM.,  1121  No.  8th  Street  FRI. 

MINNEAPOLIS  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  1201  Currie  Ave  FRI. 

NEW  HAVEN  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  82  State  Street  FRI.  I 

NEW  ORLEANS  .CIRCLE  THEATRE,  1709  North  Galvez  Street.  FRI. 

OKLAHOMA  CITY  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  701  West  Grand  Ave  FRI.  1 

OMAHA  DUNDEE  THEATRE,  4952  Dodge  Street  FRI.  ! 

PHILADELPHIA  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  248  North  12th  Street.  .  .FRI.  I 

PITTSBURGH  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  1727  Blvd..  of  Allies  FRI.  I 

PORTLAND  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  909  No.  W.  19th  Ave.... FRI.  I 

ST.  LOUIS  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  2949  Olive  Street  FRI.  I 

SALT  LAKE  CITY  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  270  E.  1st  South  St  FRI. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  205  Golden  Gate  Ave..  .FRI.  I 

SEATTLE.  PARAMOUNT  PROJ.  ROOM,  2330  First  Avenue  FRI.  I 

WASHINGTON  CIRCLE  THEATRE,  2105  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  N.W  FRI.  I 


Irving  Berlin's 


SHOWING  NOV.  1st 


In  Technicolor  m 


Starring 


Bing  Crosby 
Fred  Astaire 
Joan  Caulfield 

with  Billy  De  Wolfe  •  Olga  San  Juan 
"And  the  Blue  Skies  Beauties" 

Lyrics  and  Music  by  Irving  Berlin 


ON    THE   MARCH  Century  to  Form 

by  red  icann  Opinion  Survey 


SEQUEL  to  a  mid-summer  piece  about 
"Henry  V",  prestige  film  produced  by 
•J.  Arthur  Rank  and  handled  with  such 
loving  care  in;  this  market  by  United  Artists. 

This  is  the  attraction  which  the  distributor 
insisted  would  never  be  placed  in  general 
distribution.  That  still  goes,  but  with  a  vari- 
ation which  fails  to  depart  much  from  the 
original  intention.  The  variation  is  a  college 
town  tour  which  bows  in  at  Bethlehem,  Pa., 
November  18,  probably  on  percentage  in 
contradistinction  to  the  four-wall  theatre 
deals  UA  has  employed  in  the  12  American 
and  Canadian  cities  where  Shakespeare  in 
Technicolor  thus  far  has  played,  or  now  is. 

The  round  dozen  engagements  have 
brought  very  unusual  results.  The  film  has 
taken  in  approximately  $1,100,000  in  theatre 
gross  which  waters  down  to  slightly  over 
$500,000  for  UA  and  the  producer.  The 
price  tariff  everywhere  has  been  $1.20  and 
$1.80  matinees  and  $1.80  and  $2.40  evenings. 
There  are  no  increases  for  weekends  or  holi- 
days, as  some  exhibitors  may  be  interested 
in  learning. 

Aside  from  the  Civic  Center  in  New  York 
where  the  balcony  was  blocked  out  and 
seating  capacity  reduced  to,  1,500,  the  en- 
gagements have  been  consciously  funneled 
into  small  houses.  Thus:  The  John  Golden, 
New  York,  840  seats;  Esquire,  Boston,  910; 
Stage  Door  Canteen,  San  Francisco,  300. 

Every  possible  dollar  of  expense,  as  set 
policy,  has  been  extracted  from  the  opening 
week.  While  this  reduced  profit  margins  in 
the  first  seven  days,  it  stepped  them  in  suc- 
ceeding weeks.  In  Boston,  where  the  film 
is  now  in  its  30th  week,  theatre  gross  rests 
contentedly  at  $245,000  and  UA's  and  the 
producer's  end  at  $100,000.  In  three  weeks 
of  the  San  Francisco  run,  theatre  take  stood 
at  $20,600. 

T  AUNCHED  in  late  June  and  riding 
I  j  through  the  hot  weather  months, 
"Henry  V"  sold  $308,000  in  admission  at 
the  Civic  Center,  leaving  $102,000  for  dis- 
tributor and  producer  to  cut  up.  Thus : 

Week  Theatre  Gross 

First    $31,000 

Second    34,000 

Third    33,000 

Fourth    28,000 

Fifth    26,000 

Sixth    26,000 

Seventh    27,000 

Eighth    26,000 

Ninth   26,000 

Tenth    25,000 

Eleventh    26,000 

Total   :  $308,000 

On  the  moveover  to  the  John  Golden, 
starting  there  September  5,  this  went  on: 

Week  Theatre  Gross 

First   :   $17,000 

Second    16,000 

Third    15,000 


Fourth   15,000 

Fifth    13,000 

Sixth    14,000 

Seventh    12,000 

Total   $102,000 

UA's  participation  at  $35,000  has  been 
modest  because  it  had  to  meet  a  propor- 
tionate share  of  equipment  installation  and 
rent  payments  in  advance.  But  the  run  has 
about  four  months  more  to  go,  with  antici- 
pated happy  dollars  to  make  the  lengthy  visit 
enjoyable. 

All  told,  "Henry  V"  has  had  only  117 
weeks  of  playing  time  notched  in  its  notable 
gun.    Like  this : 

Boston,  30;  Los  Angeles,  18;  New  York, 
18;  Chicago,  12;  Baltimore,  nine;  Montreal, 
six;  Toronto,  six;  Detroit,  five;  Buffalo, 
four.  San  Francisco,  four ;  Ottawa,  three 
and  Hamilton,  Ont.,  two.  All  but  Baltimore, 
Buffalo  and  Hamilton  continue. 
-  This  history,  naturally,  is  highly  compli- 
mentary to  any  single  film.  But  that's  not 
nearly  the  whole  point.  The  conclusion,  it 
seems  to  us,  is  this: 

That  an  audience  potential  is  waiting  on 
attractions  which  no  film  man  would  con- 
cede had  a  chance  in  the  general  market. 

"Henry  V"  is  not  a  picture  for  the  rank- 
and-file  theatre.  Thrown  into  the  cavernous 
maw  and  the  impatiences  of  routine  distribu- 
tion, its  fate  probably  would  have  been 
dismal.  Under  selective  and  limited  handling 
— the  right  theatre,  dignity  in  advertising 
[UA  spent  buttons],  the  correct  focus  on 
appeal  and  a  willingness  to  wait  three  to 
five  years  to  exhaust  possibilities — the  story 
can  be  different. 

As  "Henry"  is  proving. 


The  situation  facing  American  companies 
in  Japan  where  distribution  is  the  joint 
affair  of  the  M.P.  Export  Association  is 
funny  if  anyone  wants  to  get  funny  about  it. 
A  deal  with  the  Toho  and  Shochiku  circuits, 
both  powerful,  is  off  because  they  won't  give 
all  the  playing  time  MPEA  members  think 
they  rate.  The  swing,  consequently,  is  to 
independents. 

For  fun,  arrived  at  by  interchanging  geog- 
raphy, let  MPEA  round  out  its  own  story: 

"Independent  exhibitors,  elated  over  the 
dissolution  of  the  long-held,  big-circuit  mo- 
nopoly of  American  distribution,  are  licking 
their  chops  in  anticipation  of  big  box  office 
dividens  from  choice  and  new  American 
product.  Requests  for  franchises  are  rolling 
in  from  all  parts  of  Japan  and  Korea." 


At  Avenue  of  the  Americas  [still  very 
fancy  for  6th  Avenue']  and  5  0th  Street 
stands  the  Music  Hall  currently  looming — 
and  very  successfully — "The  Jolson  Story." 
Half  way  down  50th  toward  7th  is  a  restau- 
rant called  Mammy's. 


Study  Division 

Century  Circuit,  Inc.,  New  York,  is  in- 
stalling an  opinion  research  and  survey  de- 
partment, according  to  an  announcement 
from  Fred  J.  Schwartz,  vice-president  of 
the  circuit. 

With  the  inauguration  of  the  new  depart- 
ment the  circuit  will  investigate  potential 
audiences  for  exising  theatres;  profitable 
locations  for  new  theatres;  values  of  the 
various  advertising  medias;  audience  reac- 
tions to  theatre  services ;  entertainment  pref- 
erences ;  admission  price  levels,  and  popu- 
lation breakdowns  within  localities  where 
the  circuit  has  theatres  operating  in  relation 
to  income  and  occupation. 

The  department,  with  offices  in  the  Cen- 
tury Building  off  Times  Square,  will  main- 
tain a  working  liaison  with  Opinion  Re- 
search Corporation  of  Princeton,  N.  J., 
whose  staff  will  cooperate  in  perfecting  the 
"quick  answer"  techniques  necessary  for  this 
kind  of  sampling. 

While  admitting  that  the  sampling  of  pub- 
lic opinion  might  never  be  "the  panacea"  for 
all  exhibitor  ills,  Mr.  Schwartz  said  he  be- 
lieved the  new  department  would  condition 
the  company's  thinking  on  many  decisions. 

"There  is  no  question  but  that  similar  de- 
partments have  aided  other  businesses,"  he 
said,  "and  there  is  every  reason  why  know- 
ing the  attitude  of  the  public  on  a  given 
question  will  add  weight  to  our  decisions. 
The  findings  of  the  department  will  be 
guideposts  for  our  advertising  and  publicity 
department,  film  section,  real  estate,  etc." 

Concluding,  Mr.  Schwartz  pointed  out,  "I 
believe  that  the  new  department  will  be 
anti-hunch  and  anti-guesswork,  and  who 
knows,  may  even  do  away  with  the  'crystal- 
ball'  type  of  show  business." 


Cain  Author  Authority  Plan 
Meets  New  Opposition 

The  growing  friction  among  authors' 
groups  over  James  M.  Cain's  plan  for  an 
American  Authors  Authority  which  would 
control  literarv  output,  burst  out  anew  early 
this  week.  Dorothy  Thompson,  newspaper 
columnist,  speaking  before  the  American 
Writers  Association  Sunday  in  New  York, 
denounced  the  plan  and  termed  it  a  "racket." 
As  Miss  Thompson  spoke,  Mr.  Cain  defend- 
ed his  plan  in  a  radio  address  over  New 
York's  WYNC  and  attacked  groups  who 
opposed  it. 

Joins  Monogram 

The  appointment  of  James  J.  Tierney  as 
service  manager  of  Monogram  International 
Corporation  has  been  announced  by  Norton 
V.  Ritchey,  president.  Mr.  Tierney  was  in 
the  Government  service  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  before  that  was  service  manager 
of  Republic  Pictures. 


24 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946  * 


SMPE  MAPS  NEW  RESEARCH 
PROGRAM  IN  HOLLYWOOD 


Announce  Plan  for  Student 
Units  in  Colleges  and 
Schools;  Ryder  President 

Hollywood  Bureau 

Marked  by  the  greatest  attendance  in  the 
organization's  history,  and  also  by  its  great- 
est display  and  demonstration  of  achieve- 
ment, according  to  the  consensus  of  the  more 
than  400  delegates,  the  sixtieth  semi-annual 
convention  of  the  Society  of  Motion  Picture 
Engineers  at  the  Roosevelt  Hotel  here  this 
week  gave  Hollywood  an  insight  into  the 
technical  and  scientific  aspects  of  the  indus- 
try, transcending  in  importance  such  matters 
as  star  billing,  income  tax'  schedules  and 
jurisdictional  disputes. 

Sixty-five  papers  were  read,  many  accom- 
panied by  demonstrations,  in  the  five  days  of 
the  convention,  with  sessions  transferred  fre- 
quently to  major  studios  in  the  interests  of 
space  and  comfort. 

Papers  Read  Covered 
A  Wide  Range 

Topics  covered  ranged  from  a  complete 
explanation  of  photography's  part  in  the 
Bikini  atomic  bomb  tests,  by  Lieut.  Col. 
Richard  J.  Cunningham,  to  such  abstruse 
subjects  as  Frank  G.  Buck's  "Physical  Prop- 
erties and  Practical  Application  of  the 
Zoomar  Lens,"  with  television  -and  16mm 
film  coming  in  for  their  share  of  discussion. 

Predicting  even  greater  achievements  in 
years  to  come,  Donald  E.  Hyndman,  SMPE 
president,  disclosed  a  decision  by  the  board 
of  governors  to  authorize  the  establishment 
of  student  chapters  in  schools  and  colleges 
with  student  units  having  a  minimum  mem- 
bership of  25  and  operating  in  direct  con- 
sultation with  SMPE  representatives.  A 
large  number  of  such  proposals  had  been  re- 
ceived, Mr.  Hyndman  said,  and  beneficial  re- 
sults are  anticipated. 

In  another  announcement  Mr.  Hyndman 
disclosed  the  acceptance  by  the  board  of 
Warner  Brothers'  proposal  to  make  an  an- 
nual award,  probably  in  the  form  of  a  scroll, 
to  the  individual  or  film  company  making  the 
greatest  contribution  during  the  year  to  the 
advancement  of  science.  Following  are  other 
awards  and  citations : 

Ralph  Talbot  Wins  1946 
SMPE  Journal  Award 

The  SMPE  Journal  Award  for  1946  went 
to  Ralph  Talbot  for  his  paper  on  "Projection 
Life  of  Film,"  in  the  x<\ugust  issue  of  the 
Journal.  Honorable  mention  were  given  D. 
Epstein  and  I.  G.  Malcff  for  "Projection 
Television,"  E.  W.  Kellogg  for  "ABC  of 
Photographic  Sound  Recording";  and  M.  H. 
Sweet  for  "Densitometry  of  Modern  Revers- 
ible Color  Film." 

Scrolls  of  achievement  went  to  Bell  Tele- 
phone Laboratories,  Dr.  Lee  Deforest,  Gen- 


eral Electric,  MGM  Studio,  RCA,  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox, Western  Electric,  and  Westing- 
house,  with  Messrs.  Dr.  Harvey  Fletcher, 
Jack  Gaines,  S.  E.  Gates,  Douglas  Shearer, 
Max  C.  Batel,  Earl  I.  Sponable,  T.  K.  Stev- 
enson, and  Charles  A.  Dostal,  respectively, 
accepting  the  scrolls. 

SMPE  fellowships  were  presented  to 
Ralph  B.  Austrian,  RKO  Television  Corp.; 
Edmund  A.  Bertram,  Deluxe  Laboratories, 
John  W.  Boyle,  MGM;  Thomas  T.  Moulton, 
20th-Fox;  William  H.  Offenhauser,  CBS; 
Lawrence  T.  Sachtleben,  RCA;  and  A.  Sha- 
piro, AMPRO  Corporation. 

Sam  Warner's  Name  on 
Scroll  of  Honor 

To  the  SMPE  honor  roll  were  added  the 
names  of  the  late  Sam  Warner,  E.  B.  Craft 
and  Theodore  W.  Case. 

Loren  L.  Ryder  was  elected  president,  suc- 
ceeding Mr.  Hyndman,  with  Earl  I.  Spon- 
able executive  vice-president;  Clyde  R. 
Keith,  editorial  vice-president;  V.  C.  Kunz- 
mann,  convention  vice-president;  Edmund 

A.  Bertram,  treasurer;  G.  T.  Lawrence,  sec- 
retary; and  Board  of  Governors  (East)  D. 

B.  Joy  and  R.  M.  Corbin,  (West)  C.  R. 
Daily,  H.  W.  Moyse,  and  J.  W.  Doyle. 

At  the  opening  luncheon  Monday,  Mr. 
Price  issued  a  call  for  a  vastly  increased 
research  program  within  the  motion  picture 
industry.  He  recalled  early  motion  pictures 
and  described  them  as  a  novelty  rather  than 
entertainment  or  a  source  of  beauty  and  in- 
spiration. 

"I  venture  to  say  that  if  sound  and  color 
and  other  mechanical  improvements  had 
never  been  attained,"  Mr.  Price  commented, 
"the  motion  picture  never  would  have  sur- 
vived except  as  a  small  side-show  of  Ameri- 
can life. 

"Nor  could  the  motion  picture  of  the  pres- 
ent day,  with  all  of  its  miraculous  qualities, 
expect  to  survive  if  research  simply  sat  on 
its  hands,  surrendering  to  smugness  and 
dreaming  that  perfection  had  been  attained. 
The  effective  capture  of  the  third  dimension 
alone  provides  a  goal  worthy  of  the  endeavor 
of  the  best  minds  among  you." 

With  the  opening  session  the  SMPE 
launched  a  drive  to  enlist  theatre  circuits, 
industrial  and  educational  film  producers, 
laboratories  and  other  allied  companies  as 
sustaining  members. 

Army  and  Studio  Executives 
Present  Technical  Papers 

1  Following  the  luncheon  papers  and  demon- 
strations were  presented  by :  W.  C.  Kunzmann, 
vice-president  of  the  convention ;  Lt.  Col.  Rich- 
ard J.  Cunningham  of  the  Army  Air  Corps ; 
R.  J.  Zavesky,  C.  J.  Gertiser  and  W.  W.  Lo- 
zier,  National  Carbon  Co. ;  George  R.  Groves, 
Warner  Brothers  Pictures ;  S.  J.  Begun,  Brush 
Development  Company;  Emil  J.  Weinke,  Mo- 
tiograph,  Inc.;  John  A.  Boyle  and  Benjamin 
Berg,  Hal  Roach  Studios ;  H.  C.  Harsh  and 


J.  S.  Friedman,  Ansco ;  L.  T.  Goldsmith,  Acade- 
my Research  Council ;  Harold  Nye,  Warner 
Brothers  Pictures,  and  Daniel  J.  Bloomberg,  W. 
O.  Watson  of  Republic  Pictures,  and  Michael 
Rettinger,  RCA  Victor  Division. 

Qn  Tuesday  there  were  presentations  by : 
Ellsworth  S.  Miller,  Detailed  Production  Co. ; 
W.  P.  Strictland,  Simpson  Optical  Manufac- 
turing Co. ;  T.  E.  Lawrence,  MGM  Interna- 
tional Films ;  Edward  W.  Kellogg,  RCA  Victor 
Division ;  F.  L.  Hopper,  Western  Electric  Co. ; 
Richard  C.  Babish,  Vitarama  Corp. ;  Stanley 
Rich,  Magnetrostriction  Devices  Co. ;  A.  C. 
Zoulis,  Paramount  Pictures ;  F.  S.  Dibble, 
General  Electric ;  Marvin  Camras,  Armour  Re- 
search Foundation;  G.  L.  Sarchet,  Naval  Pho- 
tographic Center ;  Kurt  Singer,  RCA  Victor ; 
R.  J.  Tinkham  and  J.  S.  Boyers,  Magnecord, 
Inc. ;  E.  I.  Sponable,  20th  Century-Fox ;  Robert 
T.  Knapp,  California  Institute  of  Technology; 
Avery  Lockner,  Fairchild  Camera  and  Instru- 
ment Corp. ;  G.  I.  Stancliff,  Jr.,  J.  A.  White, 
Gordon  Jennings,  G.  S.  Perkins,  Farciot  Edou- 
art,  R.  C.  Kopfer,  Ivyl  Burks,  C.  E.  Suttter, 
Fred  Geiger  and  Hal  Corl,  Paramount  Pictures. 

Delegates  to  Wednesday's  technical  sessions 
heard  papers  and  saw  demonstrations  presented 
by : .  C.  R.  Keith,  Western  Electric  Co. ;  Allen 
Jacobs,  The  Calvin  Co.  ;  J.  A.  Maurer,  vice- 
president  of  the  SMPE ;  Friend  F.  Baker,  Mit- 
chell Camera  Corp. ;  W.  B.  Rayton,  Bausch  & 
Lomb  Optical  Co. ;  C.  F.  Vilbrandt,  Eastman 
Kodak  Co.,  and  J., A.  Bradley,  Library  of  Con- 
gress. Following  the  afternoon  technical  ses- 
sion the  semi-annual  banquet  was  held. 

Radio  and  Television 
Experts  on  Program 

Thursday  and  Friday's  technical  sessions 
were  to  hear  papers  from  Irving  I.  Merkur, 
Reeves  Instrument  Corp. ;  Howard  T.  Souther, 
Stephens  Manufactuing  Co.;  M.  E.  Collins, 
RCA  Victor;  H.  A.  Howell,  Indiana  Steel 
Products ;  W.  D.  Buckingham  and  C.  R.  Dei- 
bert,  Western  Union  Telegraph  Co. ;  George 
Lewin,  Signal  Corps  Photographic  Center ;  Lt. 
F.  X.  Clasby,  USN,  and  Lt.  R.  A.  Koch, 
USNR,  Naval  Photographic  Center;  Ralph  V. 
Little,  Jr..  RCA  Victor;  Harry  R.  Lubcke, 
Don  Lee  Broadcasting  System ;  Ralph  B.  Aus- 
trian, RKO  Television  Corp.,  and  Ernest 
Baumert,  Signal  Corps  Photographic  Center, 
and  Joseph  V.  Noble,  DeFrenes  &  Company 

Also,  R.  J.  Zavesky  and  W.  W.  Lozier,  Na- 
tional Carbon  Co. ;  Gare  Schwartz,  20th  Cen- 
tury-Fox ;  Theodore  Dunham,  Jr.,  Mount  Wil- 
son Observatory ;  Frank  G.  Back,  Research 
and  Development  Laboratory ;  F.  J.  Kolb,  A.  C. 
Robertson  and  R.  H.  Talbot,  Eastman  Kodak 
Co. ;  R.  A.  Woolsey,  Photo  Research  Corp. ; 
Otto  Sandvik,  Eastman  Kodak  Co. ;  Col. 
George  W.  Goddard,  Wright  Field;  M.  A. 
Hankin,  Mole-Richardson  Co.,  and  J.  S.  Chan- 
dler, D.  F.  Lyman  and  L.  R.  Martin,  Eastman. 


General  Precision  Net 
$349,408  for  3  Months 

General  Precision  Equipment  Corporation 
and  its  subsidiary  companies  report  consoli- 
dated net  operating  profit  for  the  three 
months  ended  September  30,  1946,  after  pro- 
vision for  Federal  income  taxes,  of  $349,408, 
subject  to  year-end  adjustments.  In  addi- 
tion, a  profit  of  $144,511  was  realized  from 
the  sale  of  investments.  This  compared  with 
consolidated  net  profit  of  $355,841,  for  the 
three  months  ended  September  30,  1945. 


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CANADIAN  ODEON 
TO  ADD  64  UNITS 


Four  -  Year  Program  Will 
Cost  $6,000,000,  Davis 
Announces  in  Toronto 

by  W.  M.  GLADISH 

in  Toronto 


Cites  Release  Increase 

Regarding  film  distribution,  Mr.  Davis 
said  35  British  pictures  from  the  Rank  stu- 
dios would  be  released  in  Canada  next  year, 
compared  with  18  during  the  current  year. 

Mr.  Rank,  Mr.  Davis  said,  is  now  ex- 
changing six  features  a  year  with  the  Soviet 
Republic  and  Russian  films  are  going  very 
well  among  some  classes  in  England. 

There  is  little  hope  of  constructing  new 
theatres  in  England  for  another  five  to  sev- 
en years  because  of  the  shortage  of  mate- 


rials, he  reported.  A  total  of  34  Odeon 
"movie  clubs"  for  juveniles  have  been  es- 
tablished in  Canada  and  the  movement  is 
constantly  spreading. 

Mr.  Davis  is  scheduled  to  return  to  New 
York  Thursday  and  to  leave  by  plane  for 
England  October  28. 


Lambs  Club  in  Film 

A.  P.  Waxman  will  produce  a  $2,000,000 
picture  based  on  the  Lambs  Club,  he  an- 
nounced Tuesday  in  Hollywood  following 
receipt  of  final  approval  from  the  organiza- 
tion's exectuive  council. 


Form  Distribution  Unit 

The  formation  of  a  new  distribution  com- 
pany, Motion  Picture  Ventures,  Inc.,  has 
been  announced  by  Max  J.  Rosenberg  and 
Joseph  E.  Levine. 


Defendants  Get 
30-Day  Stay  in 
Chicago  Case 

Last  Thursday  morning  defendants  in  the 
Jackson  Park  theatre  anti-trust  suit  sought 
and  received  from  Federal  Judge  Michael  F. 
Igoe  in  Chicago  a  30-day  stay  during  which 
the  defendants  will  file  an  appeal  to  the 
U.-  S.  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals,  protesting 
certain  sections  of  the  court's  decree,  includ- 
ing a  two-week  limitation  of  Loop  runs. 

The  day  before  Judge  Igoe  handed  down 
the  decree  calling  for  a  completely  new 
clearance  system  in  Chicago  to  implement 
the  Jackson  Park  decision  of  last  winter. 
Highlights  of  the  decree  were :  no  picture 
may  play  longer  than  twc  weeks  in  its  ini- 
tial (Loop)  run,  nor  longer  than  one  week 
in  subsequent  run;  the  present  dead  time  of 
three  weeks  betwen  the  end  of  the  Loop  run 
and  the  start  of  "A"  week  in  outlying  dis- 
trict must  be  eliminated;  the  practice  of 
moveovers  must  be  discontinued;  price  fix- 
ing must  be  eliminated,  and  double  features 
must  be  eliminated  when  such  doubling  pre- 
vents Jackson  Park  from  obtaining  product 
on  the  open  market. 

Granting  the  30-day  stay  to  the  defend- 
ants, it  was  intimated  that  a  large  undeter- 
mined bond  will  probably  be  set  by  Judge 
Igoe  for  the  Jackson  Park  for  any  possible 
damages  incurred  during  the  stay. 

Miles  Seeley,  an  attorney  for  the  defend- 
ants, explained  to  Judge  Igoe  that  confer- 
ences would  be  held  in  New  York  and  that 
time  was  needed  to  effect  an  appeal. 

Thomas  C.  McConnell,  attorney  for  the 
Jackson  Park,  said  he  did  not  think  the  de- 
fendants would  take  the  case  to  the  U.  S. 
Supreme  Court.  "They  took  a  terrific  shel- 
lacking the  last  time  we  were  up  there,  and 
I'm  confident  they  won't  like  to  receive  an- 
other beating  there  again."  Mr.  McConnell 
added :  "The  decree  as  it  now  stands  affects 
the  distribution  setup  in  the  Chicago  area. 
If  taken  to  the  Supreme  Court  and  we  were 
upheld,  it  might  well  affect  the  distribution 
setup  throughout  the  country." 

In  New  York,  attorneys  for  the  distribu- 
tor defendants,  said:  "You  can  be  sure  we 
will  appeal." 


Show  16mm  Camera 

Mitchell  Camera  Company  last  week  ex- 
hibited its  new  professional  camera  for  use 
in  the  16mm  field.  Addressing  production 
executives  at  the  newly  completed  Glendale, 
Cal.,  manufacturing  plant.  Joseph  Leo,  vice- 
president,  declared  that  the  new  camera  "will 
mean  higher  standards  of  photography  and 
reduced  production  costs  to  16mm  pro- 
ducers." 


Service  Seeks  Rate  Rise 

Smith  &  Howell  Film  Service,  Inc.,  is 
seeking  authority  from  the  public  service 
commission  to  increase  its  commodity  rates 
on  film  deliveries  by  25  per  cent,  it  was  re- 
ported from  Albany  this  week. 


The  Canadian  Odeon  Circuit  in  Toronto, 
Canada,  in  which  J.  Arthur  Rank  holds  a 
considerable  interest,  has  drawn  up  a  four- 
year  construction  program  with  64  new  thea- 
tres projected  for  that  period  at  an  aggre- 
gate cost  of  $6,000,000,  John  Davis,  man- ~ 
aging  director  of  the  J.  Arthur  Rank  Or- 
ganization in  London,  revealed  in  Toronto 
Monday. 

Mr.  Davis  arrived  in  the  city  last  week  on 
his  semi-annual  trip  to  visit  Canadian  Odeon 
Theatres'  headquarters.  He  was  met  at  the 
airport  by  Earl  Lawson,  president,  and  , 
George  Peters,  secretary  of  the  Canadian 
circuit. 

Meets  with  Managers 

Last  Friday,  Mr.  Davis  attended  a  private 
luncheon-meeting  with  executives  and  de- 
partment managers  of  the  circuit  at  the  Roy- 
al York  Hotel,  where  he  is  stopping.  The 
only  public  appearance  of  Mr.  Davis  was 
Tuesday  of  this  week,  when  he  attended  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Motion  Picture  Thea- 
tres Association  of  Ontario.  J.  J.  Fitz- 
gibbons,  president  of  Famous  Players  Can- 
adian Corporation,  and  other  executives  of 
the  Canadian  film  industry  also  addressed 
the  meeting. 

In  announcing  the  proposed  expansion 
program  for  Odeon,  Mr.  Davis  pointed  out 
that  these  theatres  added  to  the  present 
Odeon  units  would  eventually  total  169  thea- 
tres for  the  circuit  in  the  Dominion. 

At  the  same  time  it  was  announced  that 
the  deadline  for  the  Odeon  Carlton,  which 
would  serve  as  the  downtown  "showcase" 
in  Toronto,  has  been  set  for  January,  1948. 
Elsewhere  in  Canada  construction  programs 
have  been  started  on  15  theatres,  including 
suburban  units  seating  from  750  to  1,350. 
With  reference  to  other  developments,  Mr. 
Davis  announced  that  Mr.  Rank  planned 
his  second  visit  to  North  America  next 
spring. 


Urges  Canadian 
Industry  to  Hold 
Free  Enterprise 

Casting  a  wary  eye  across  the  border  to 
the  decrees  and  court  rulings  affecting  the 
U.  S.  industry,  J.  J.  Fitzgibbons,  president 
of  -  Famous  Players  Canadian  Corporation, 
called  for  action  on  the  part  of  the  Canadian 
industry  to  secure  free  enterprise,  during  an 
address  at  the  annual  luncheon  in  Toronto 
Tuesday  of  the  Motion  Picture  Theatres 
Association  of  Ontario.  ' 

Mr.  Fitzgibbons  pointed  out,  however, 
that  free  enterprise  also  entailed  the  domestic 
settlement  of  trade  problems.  Something  had 
to  be  done  without  delay  in  this  respect,  he 
reported,  because  economic  developments 
under  Government  stabilization  of  admission 
prices  were  approaching  the  point  where  ex- 
penditures would  meet  revenue.  He  urged 
that  the  industry  unite  to  meet  the  offensive. 

Interest  was  evident  at  the  meeting  of  200 
trade  representatives  in  the  first  public  ap- 
pearance in  Canada  of  John  Davis,  manag- 
ing director  of  the  J.  Arthur  Rank  Organ- 
ization. Expressing  the  belief  that  the  Brit- 
ish industry  was  playing  an  important  role 
in  world  affairs,  Mr.  Davis  reported  the 
Rank  Organization  was  operating  in  every 
country  except  Russia  and  China. 

With  one  exception  the  directors  of  the 
Ontario  association  were  reelected.  The 
new  man  on  the  board  is  H.  C.  D.  Main. 
Officers  for  the  new  term  will  be  chosen  at 
the  first  board  session.  Reports  to  the  con- 
vention showed  a  membership  of  306  theatres 
out  of  a  total  of  414  in  Ontario.  Morris 
Stein  of  Famous  Players,  past  president  of 
the  group,  was  chairman  of  the  convention. 


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MAJORS  PUSH  RELEASE  OF 
16mm  PRODUCT  ABROAD 


Distribution  Now  Covers 
Most  Areas,  with  New 
Plans  in  Preparation 

The  swiftly  expanding  16mm  foreign 
market  gathered  additional  momentum  in  the 
past  weeks,  despite  the  non-availability  of 
sufficient  equipment,  which  has  been  a  ma- 
jor factor  in  retarding  even  more  rapid  de- 
velopment. 

Now,  a  little  more  than  a  year  after  the 
companies  first  announced  plans  for  16mm 
distribution  overseas,  Loew's,  RKO,  Colum- 
bia and  Universal  are  distributing  in  parts 
of  Europe  and  in  such  territories  as  Latin 
America,  the  Philippines  and  China.  War- 
ner Brothers,  through  its  international  or- 
ganization, is  preparing  to  ship  narrow 
guage  prints  to  continental  Europe.  United 
Artists  is  completing  paper  work  on  the 
program  and  is  expected  to  announce  de- 
tailed plans  soon.  The  long-discussed  joint 
project  of  Paramount  and  Twentieth  Cen- 
tury-Fox is  running  into  legal  snags. 

Loew's  Is  Distributing 
16mm  in  England 

Monday,  October  14,  Loew's  began  dis- 
tributing MGM  16mm  product  in  England 
with  the  release  of  an  initial  group  of  12 
programs  of  features  and  shorts,  Orton  H. 
Hicks,  director  of  the  16mm  department,  an- 
nounced in  New  York.  November  4  the 
same  program  will  be  inaugurated  in  Ireland. 

The  initial  list  of  programs  includes  "Our 
Vines  Have  Tender  Grapes,"  "Madame  Cu- 
rie," "Two  Girls  and  a  Sailor,"  "Pride  and 
Prejudice,"  "Maytime,"  "Waterloo  Bridge," 
"Treasure  Island,"  "Mutiny  on  the  Boun- 
ty," "Tarzan's  Secret  Treasure,"  "Captains 
Courageous,"  "Lost  in  a  Harem"  and  "A 
Night  at  the  Opera." 

Thus  England  and  Ireland  become  the 
thirteenth  and  fourteenth  territories  in  which 
Loew's  16mm  department  is  operating.  Pre- 
viously the  company  announced  that  their 
program  was  under  way  in  Cuba,  Puerto 
Rico,  Venezuela,  Argentina,  Panama,  Mexi- 
co, Colombia,  Peru,  Belgium,  France,  South 
Africa  and  the  Philippines.  For  these  ac- 
counts two  blocks  of  10  pictures  each  have 
been  prepared. 

Offer  Synchronized  Versions 
In  Latin  America,  France 

In  Latin  America  and  France  the  com- 
pany is  releasing  synchronized  versions.  In 
other  territories  subtitles  are  used  in  addi- 
tion to  off-screen  narration.  Subjects  are 
currently  narrated  in  five  languages:  Hin- 
dustani, Portuguese,  Arabic,  Siamese  and 
Chinese. 

Seymour  Mayer,  promotional  director  for 
Loew's  16mm  venture,  is  currently  touring 
Europe  preparing  for  further  expansion. 
Upon  his  return  early  in  November,  Mr. 


MEET  REGULARLY  TO 
DISCUSS  PROBLEMS 

Executives  supervising  16mm  op- 
erations overseas  for  the  major  film 
companies  are  holding  bi-weekly 
luncheon  meetings  in  New  York  in 
an  attempt  to  solve  technical  prob- 
lems in  the  field  of  narrow-gauge 
exhibition  and  to  establish  a  standard 
operating  procedure.  Up  for  discus- 
sion are  such  problems  as  film  density 
and  processing,  the  establishment  of 
an  average  "throw"  (the  projection 
distance  from  the  projector  to  the 
screen)  and  the  standardization  of 
wattage  for  projection  lamps  in 
relation  to  the  density  of  the  film 
and  the  "throw"  distance. 


Hicks  will  leave  for  a  tour  of  Cuba  and 
Mexico.  Before  returning  to  New  York  he 
also  will  visit  the  MGM  studios  in 
California. 

RKO's  16mm  foreign  department,  headed 
by  Robert  Maroney,  is  currently  servicing 
32  accounts  in  the  Philippines,  eight  in  Cuba 
and  six  in  Colombia,  plus  one  in  Bogota, 
which  is  not  operating  in  competition  to  the 
35mm  theatres  in  that  city  since  a  special 
arrangement  has  been  agreed  upon  whereby 
the  16mm  theatre  is  showing  only  RKO  short 
subjects  and  newsreels.  The  program  is  also 
under  way  in  parts  of  China,  with  A.  Both- 
ner-By  supervising  the  program  there  for 
Mr.  Maroney. 

Study  Market  Conditions 
In  India  and  Near  East 

The  company  is  also  studying  market  con- 
ditions in  India  and  the  Near  East.  In  Eu- 
rope, RKO  has  two  representatives  estab- 
lishing 16mm  operational  facilities,  John 
Spires  in  Paris  and  Edward  Toledano  in 
Rome.  To  the  countries  where  16mm  dis- 
tribution already  has  started  RKO  is  deliver- 
ing 30  features  and  SO  short  subjects. 

France  and  the  Philippines  are  serviced 
by  Universal  with  16mm  prints  of  the  com- 
pany's product,  Harold  Sugarman,  chief  of 
the  16mm  operations  overseas,  said  in  New 
York  this  week. 

In  Latin  America  Universal  representa- 
tives and  managers  are  looking  into  the  pos- 
sibilities of  16mm  operation  and  are  report- 
ing their  findings  to  the  home  office.  In  the 
Philippines  some  27  features  have  been 
shipped  to  date,  with  accompanying  short 
subjects. 

Under  its  plan  for  supplying  16mm  films 
to  the  foreign  field,  Warner  Brothers  is  re- 
leasing the  pictures  in  combination  programs 


consisting  of  a  feature  and  a  short  subject, 
with  18  such  programs  already  completed 
for  distribution  in  Latin  America,  where  the 
company's  program  was  launched  in  June. 

The  features  included  in  the  Spanish  pro- 
grams set  to  date  are :  "Action  in  the  North 
Atlantic,"  "Captain  Blood,"  "Oklahoma 
Kid,"  "Objective  Burma,"  "Passage  to  Mar- 
seille," "Sergeant  York,"  "Santa  Fe  Trail," 
"The  Sea  Hawk,"  "They  Died  With  Their 
Boots  On,"  "Virginia  City,"  "Always  in  My 
Heart,"  "Casablanca,"  "Kings  Row,"  "Mil- 
dred Pierce,"  "Now  Voyager,"  "Saratoga 
Trunk,"  "To  Have  and  Have  Not"  and 
"My  Reputation." 

Warners  to  Expand 
16mm  Activities  Shortly 

Warner  Brothers  16mm  activities  are  un- 
der the  supervision  of  A.  C.  Brauninger. 
Recently  Joseph  S.  Hummel,  vice-president 
of  Warner  International,  while  on  a  visit  to 
New  York,  announced  that  16mm  distribu- 
tion will  begin  in  continental  Europe,  Afri- 
ca and  the  Near  East  within  a  few  weeks. 

Columbia,  whose  16mm  foreign  plans  were 
first  announced  in  England  a  year  ago  by 
J.  A.  McConville,  foreign  manager,  is  dis- 
tributing 16mm  product  there  and  preparing 
in  other  European  countries.  The  prints  are 
distributed  in  England  through  the  recently 
formed  Wigmore  Films,  Ltd.,  which  has 
some  100  programs  of  features  and  short 
subjects  available.  Under  the  terms  of  the 
contract  only  narrow-guage  prints  of  films 
more  than  two  years  old  are  licensed  for 
exhibition. 

When  United  Artists  announced  its  16mm 
foreign  program  early  in  the  spring  under 
Walter  Gould,  general  manager  of  the  com- 
pany's foreign  department,  it  was  predicted 
the  company's  revenue  would  be  increased 
by  $1,000,000  annually.  Currently  the  plan 
is  nearing  completion  and  the  company  will 
make  reduction  prints  of  all  pictures  on 
which  it  can  obtain  16mm  rights.  Sales  will 
be  handled  by  the  foreign  sales  staff  of 
United  Artists. 

Legal  Problems  Delay 
Paramount  -  20th-Fox  Deal 

The  joint  16mm  foreign  operation  pro- 
gram of  Paramount  and  Twentieth  Century- 
Fox,  which  has  been  in  discussion -stages 
since  early  this  year,  was  continuing  to  run 
into  difficulty  this  week.  According  to  one 
executive  the  current  stumbling  blocks  are 
the  legal  technicalities  of  such  a  venture 
which  will  have  to  be  worked  out  by  lawyers 
of  both  companies  before  further  plans  can 
progress  and  an  official  announcement  can 
be  made.  The  view  was  expressed  that  the 
companies  might  even  decide  to  enter  the 
16mm  foreign  field  individually  if  the  joint 
program  did  not  materialize  as  planned. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


31: 


Rathvon  Reports 
Mexican  Studio 
Ready  for  RKO 

The  Churubusco  film  studio  in  Mexico 
City,  owned  equally  by  RKO  and  Mexican 
film  interests,  has  been  completed  except 
for  the  laboratory  which  will  be  in  opera- 
tion some  time  this  winter,  N.  Peter  Rath- 
von, president  of  RKO  and  in  charge  of 
studio  operations,  said  this  week.  Mr.  Rath- 
von, who  recently  arrived  in  New  York 
following-  a  visit  to  Churubusco,  will  return 
to  Hollywood  October  31. 

Under  construction  for  more  than  two 
years  and  containing  12  modern  sound 
stages,  the  studio  last  week  completed  its 
24th  Mexican  feature  production.  Hence- 
forth, Mr.  Rathvon  said,  the  studio  will  be 
able  to  turn  out  some  40  Mexican  features 
annually,  each  requiring  from  four  to  six 
weeks  to  produce.  However,  this  figure  may 
be  reduced  as  the  studio  will  also  handle 
product  from  American  producers  who  re- 
quire longer  production  schedules.  The  stu- 
dio is  booked  to  capacity  production  until 
late  spring,  he  said. 

Argosy  Film  Scheduled 

Scheduled  to  go  before  the  cameras  at 
Churubusco  in  December  is  John  Ford's 
Argosy  production,  "The  Fugitive,"  based 
on  Graham  Green's  book,  "The  Labyrin- 
thian  Ways."  The  script  was  prepared  by 
Dudley  Nichols  and  will  be  produced  in 
two  versions,  one  with  an  American  cast 
and  the  second  with  an  all-Spanish  cast. 
RKO  will  release  both  versions. 

In  January  RKO  will  put  into  production 
a  Technicolor  picture  based  on  the  book, 
"Tycoon,"  which  is  also  the  tentative  title 
for  the  picture.  Processing  of  the  Techni- 
color prints  will  be  handled  in  California. 

Upon  completion  of  the  Churubusco  labo- 
ratory, Mr.  Rathvon  said  that  the  company's 
release  prints  for  the  Mexican  and  Latin 
American  market  will  be  processed  at  the 
new  studio,  while  release  prints  for  the  En- 
glish speaking  market  will  be  handled  in  the 
United  States. 

Negative  Cost  Lower 

The  RKO  president  also  pointed  out  that 
the  production  of  American  films  in  Mexico 
would  provide  considerable  savings,  as  pro- 
ducing costs  there  are  much  less  than  those 
in  this  country.  However,  he  said,  addi- 
tional expense  is  incurred  by  producers  in 
transporting  production  crews  and  players 
to  locations  in  Mexico. 

Mr.  Rathvon  also  discussed  Mexican  ad- 
mission prices,  which  he  said  are  very  high ; 
Mexican  film  production,  which  advanced 
by  leaps  and  bounds  during  the  war  but 
which  is  now  leveling  off,  and  industry  labor 
conditions,  which  lie  said  were  very  good. 
Churubusco  has  had  no  labor  difficulties,  as 
all  Mexican  employees  and  technicians, 
many  of  whom  were  trained  in  Hollywood, 
have  good  contracts. 


THE  MEXICAN  PICTURE,  as  it  was  studied  last  week  by  executives  of  the  RKO  Radio 
Pictures'  Churubusco  Studios,  on  the  arrival  there  of  N.  Peter  Rathvon,  RKO  president. 
In  clockwise  order  are  Harry  Durning,  Charles  B.  Woram,  Mr.  Rathvon,  Emilio  Azcarraqa. 
Lawrence  Green  and  John  M.  Whitaker. 


Allied  ITO  of  Iowa  Will 
Meet  October  28-29 

Allied  Independent  Theatre  Owners  of 
Iowa  and  Nebraska  will  hold  their  annual 
convention  October  28  and  29  at  the  Fort 
Des  Moines  Hotel,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
Speakers  will  include  Robert  D.  Blue,  Gov- 
ernor of  Iowa;  Jack  Kirsch,  president  of 
National  Allied;  Claude  Lee,  Paramount; 
Sidney  Samuelson,  ITO  of  Eastern  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  Leon  Bamberger  of  RKO.  The 
convention  will  study  the  New  York  anti- 
trust suit. 

At  the  second  regional  meeting  at  Schuy- 
ler, Neb.,  October  17,  a  resolution  opposed 
the  practice  of  some  distributors  in  refusing 
to  allow  the  dating  and/or  playing  of  re- 
cently released  films  by  non-competing,  inde- 
pendently operated  houses  in  that  territory 
until  after  have  dated  or  played  the  films. 
Carl  Mansfield  was  in  charge. 

Plans  were  made  for  meetings  to  be  held 
at  Pierce,  Neb.,  November  5,  with  Mel 
Kruse  as  chairman ;  and  at  Wahoo,  Neb., 
November  12,  with  Pat  Plumber  and  Jean- 
ette  Schoeneman  as  co-chairwomen. 

"Darling  Clementine"  Has 
Kansas  City  Opening 

The  Kansas  City  premiere  of  "My  Dar- 
ling Clementine"  was  held  at  the  Fox  Mid- 
west Uptown  last  Friday  in  conjunction  with 
the  American  Royal  Live  Stock  and  Horse 
Show.  The  premiere  featured  the  appear- 
ances of  Peggy  Ann  Garner,  Vivian  Blaine, 
Lon  McCallister  and  other  stars  who  re- 
mained in  town  for  two  days  taking  part 
in  various  local  activities.  The  premiere  was 
held  under  the  local  direction  of  Elmer  C. 
Rhoden,  head  of  Fox  Midwest.  The  picture 
was  shown  also  at  two  other  local  houses, 
the  Fox  Midwest  Esquire  and  Fairway. 


Columbia  Sets  Dividend 

The  board  of  directors  of  Columbia  Pic- 
tures has  declared  a  quarterly  dividend  of 
$1.06}4  per  share  on  the  $4.25  cumulative 
preferred  stock  of  the  company,  payable 
Nov.  15,  1946,  to  holders  of  record  Nov  1. 


British  Lion  Will 
Seek  Distributor 

British  Lion,  the  new  company  in  which 
Sir  Alexander  Korda  is  a  major  sharehold- 
er, has  no  American  distributor  and  "is 
not  in  a  hurry"  to  get  one,  according  to  its 
managing  director,  Sir  Arthur  Jarratt,  who 
arrived  in  New  York  Monday  morning  on 
the  Queen  Elizabeth. 

"I  will  discuss  the  matter  with  anyone 
who  wants  to  discuss  it  with  me.  But  I 
don't  intend  to  look  anyone  up,"  Sir  Arthur 
said,  in  his  Hotel  St.  Regis  suite.  "We're 
willing  to  wait  and  see  what  we've  got.  So 
far,  it  seems  as  if  well  have  a  lot  that's 
good." 

With  Lady  Jarratt,  Sir  Arthur  will  study 
the  American  scene,  show  business  and  oth- 
erwise, in  New  York  till  November  4,  and 
in  Hollywood  until  November  20.  He  will 
return' to  Great  Britain  November  29.  While 
here,  he  said,  he  will  do  one  bit  of  busi- 
ness :  he  will  confer  with  Herbert  Yates 
on  continued  British  distribution  of  Repub- 
lic product. 

British  Lion  will  have  made  for  it  ap- 
proximately 10  pictures  during  the  year 
ending  March,  1947,  its  first  year, 'Sir  Ar- 
thur said.  It  is  a  financing  and  distributing 
unit,  some  of  whose  producers  share  profits, 
and  which  owns  the  Sound  City  and  Walton 
Hall  studios. 

Four  pictures  are  now  in  work,  he  noted. 
They  are  "A  Shop  at  Sly  Corner,"  starring 
Oscar  'Homolka;  "White  Cradle,"  which 
stars  Madeleine  Carroll,  and  for  which  ex- 
teriors were  shot  in  Switzerland ;  "Bonnie 
Prince  Charlie,"  starring  David  Niven,  and 
"A  Man  About  the  House." 

In  February,  Sir  Alexander  will  begin 
production  of  "Salome,"  starring  Orson 
Welles  and  Eileen  Herlie,  and  then  will 
produce  "A  True  Story  of  Carmen,"  star- 
ring Paulette  Goddard,  Sir  Arthur  ex- 
plained. Following  these  will  come  Herbert 
Wilcox's  Anne  Neagle  vehicle,  "The  Court- 
neys  of  Curzon  Street,"  and  others. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


WARNER  BROS.'  TRADE  SHOWINGS  OF 


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GEORGE  COULOURIS  •  ROSALIND  IVAN 

MONDAY,  NOVEMBER  4,  1946 


CITY 

PLACE  OF  SHOWING 

ADDRESS 

TIME 

1  If  TIC 

Albany 

Warner  Screening  Room 

79  N.  Pearl  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Atlanta 

RKO  Screening  Room 

191  Walton  St.  N.W. 

2:30  P.M. 

Boston 

RKO  Screening  Room 

122  Arlington  St. 

2:30  P.M. 

Buffalo 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

290  Franklin  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Charlotte 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

308  S.  Church  St. 

10:00  A.M. 

Chicago 

Warner  Screening  Room 

1307  So.  Wabash  Ave. 

1:30  P.M. 

Cincinnati 

RKO  Screening  Room 

Palace  Th.  Bldg.  E.  6th 

2:00  P.M. 

Cleveland 

Warner  Screening  Room 

2300  Payne  Ave. 

2:30  P.M. 

Dallas 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1803  Wood  St. 

10:00  A.M. 

Denver 

Paramount  Sc.  Room 

2100  Stout  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Des  Moines 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1300  High  St. 

12:45  P.M. 

Detroit 

Film  Exchange  Bldg. 

2310  Cass  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

Indianapolis 

Paramount  Sc.  Room 

116  W.  Michigan  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Kansas  City 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1720  Wyandotte  St. 

1:30  P.M. 

Los  Angeles 

Warner  Screening  Room 

2025  S.  Vermont  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

Memphis 

Paramount  Sc.  Room 

362  S.  Second  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Milwaukee 

Warner  Th.  Sc.  Rm. 

212  W.  Wisconsin  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

Minneapolis 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1015  Currie  Ave.  N. 

2:00  P.M. 

New  Haven 

Warner  Th.  Proj.  Rm. 

70  College  St. 

2:30  P.M. 

New  Orleans 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

200  S.  Liberty  St. 

1:00  P.M. 

New  York 

Home  Office 

321  W.  44th  St. 

2:30  P.M. 

Oklahoma 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

10  North  Lee  St. 

10:00  A.M. 

Omaha 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1502  Davenport  St. 

1 :00  P.M. 

Philadelphia 

Vine  St.  Sc.  Room 

1220  Vine  St. 

11:00A.M 

Pittsburgh 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

1715  Blvd.  of  Allies 

1:30  P.M. 

Portland 

Jewel  Box  Sc.  Room 

1947  N.W.  Kearney  St. 

2:00  P.M. 

Salt  Lake 

20th  Century-Fox  Sc.  Rm. 

216  East  1st  South 

2:00  P.M. 

San  Francisco 

Republic  Sc.  Room 

221  Golden  Gate  Ave. 

1:30  P.M. 

Seattle 

Jewel  Box  Sc.  Room 

2318  Second  Ave. 

2:00  P.M. 

St.  Louis 

S'renco  Sc.  Room 

3143  Olive  St. 

1:00  P.M. 

Washington 

Earle  Th.  Bldg. 

13th  &  E  Sts.  N.W. 

10:30A.M. 

Court  Sustains 
N.  Y.  Circuit  Ban 
On  "Outlaw" 

Howard  Hughes'  "The  Outlaw"  was,  in 
effect,  banned  from  New  York  City  Wednes- 
day, when  Justice  Carroll  G.  Walter  in  the 
New  York  State  Supreme  Court  denied 
United  Artists'  motion  for  a  mandatory  in- 
junction to  compel  Harry  Brandt  and  Ar- 
thur Mayer  to  fulfill  their  contracts  with 
United  Artists  and  exhibit  the  feature  in 
three  Broadway  theatres.  The  picture  was 
to  open  Saturday,  October  26,  at  Mr. 
Brandt's  Republic  and  Gotham  theatres  and 
Mr.  Mayer's  Rialto.  The  screenings  were 
cancelled  because  the  two  exhibitors  feared 
they  would  be  subject  to  prosecution  should 
they  open  on  schedule. 

Censor  Approval  Invalid 

Judge  Walter  ruled:  "It  seems  to  me  un- 
thinkable that  a  court  should  order  the  de- 
fendants to  do  an  act  which  almost  certainly 
would  subject  them  to  criminal  proceedings 
and  may  cause  them  to  be  convicted  of  a 
crime." 

He  further  ruled  that  the  State  Board  of 
Education's  license  for  the  exhibition  of  the 
film  thus  becomes  invalid  in  the  city. 

Edward  Raftery,  president  of  U.  A.,  an- 
nounced Wednesday  that  he  would  immedi- 
ately appeal  the  decision  to  the  Appellate 
Division  of  the  Supreme  Court. 

Both  License  Commissioner  Benjamin 
Fielding  and  Police  Commissioner  Arthur 
Wallander  had  previously  submitted  affida- 
vits condemning  the  film,  with  Mr.  Fielding 
characterizing  it  as  "lewd,  lascivious  and 
obscene." 

The  court  proceedings  started  last  Thurs- 
day when  an  order  to  show  cause  was  is- 
sued to  Mr.  Brandt  and  Mr.  Mayer  direct- 
ing them  to  appear  in  court  and  show  cause 
why  they  refused  to  exhibit  "The  Outlaw" 
and  abide  by  their  contracts. 

At  Tuesday's  hearing  all  briefs  were  sub- 
mitted, but  Judge  Carroll  G.  Walters  re- 
served decision  until  he  had  sufficient  time 
to  study  all  sides  of  the  case. 

Announcements  Continued 

Despite  the  legal  complications  and  pro- 
ceedings newspaper  advertisements  and  radio 
spot  announcements  announcing  the  opening 
were  used  through  Wednesday. 

Meanwhile,  a  proceeding  pursuant  to  Sec- 
tion 1090  of  the  New  York  State  education 
law  was  filed  Monday  morning  by  the  Cor- 
poration Counsel,  representing  the  police 
and  license  departments,  with  the  motion 
picture  division  of  the  State  Department  of 
Education,  seeking  revocation  of  all  licenses 
issued  by  the  division  authorizing  exhibition 
of  "The  Outlaw." 

Friday  the  Motion  Picture  Division  of  the 
State  Board  of  Education  was  to  conduct 
hearings  to  reconsider  their  original  ap- 
proval of  the  film's  exhibition  license  for 
showing  in  New  York  state. 


Reviewer  Groups  Study 
History  of  Industry 

"The  motion  picture  can  be  safely  left  in 
the  hands  of  the  box  office  customers  and 
the  industry  which  serves  them,"  Terry 
Ramsaye  told  representatives  of  picture  re- 
viewing groups  assembled  at  the  Museum 
of  Modern  Art  theatre  in  New  York  Mon- 
day. The  occasion  was  the  second  in  a  series 
of  lectures  sponsored  by  the  Motion  Picture 
Association.  "Silver  Shadows,"  a  screen 
reminisence  by  J.  Stuart  Blackton ;  "Movies 
March  On,"  a  March  of  Time  release,  and 
Warners'  "Okay  for  Sound,"  all  bearing  on 
the  history  of  the  art,  were  presented. 

Mr.  Ramsaye  supplemented  the  screen  ac- 
count of  the  motion  picture's  progress  with 
a  discussion  of  the  creative  influences  of  the 
audience,  building  the  films  up  from  a 
vaudeville  novelty  to  the  dominant  art  of 
entertainment  by  the  force  of  selective  pat- 
ronage and  buying  power.  "The  people," 
he  said,  "have  made  the  movies  and  if  you 
don't  like  movies  you  don't  like  the  people, 
or  democracy." 

The  gathering  was  addressed  also  by  Ar- 
thur DeBra,  director  of  the  community  serv- 
ice department  of  the  Motion  Picture  As- 
sociation, and  by  Mrs.  Henry  M.  Dawson, 
associate  director. 


Veterans  Committee  Film 
Chapter  Names  Brown 

Walter  T.  Brown,  formerly  associated 
with  the  American  Theatres  Association, 
was  nominated  by  acclamation  as  chairman 
of  the  motion  picture  chapter  of  the  Ameri- 
can Veterans  Committee  at  a  meeting  in  the 
Film  Center  in  New  York  last  Wednesday. 
Other  candidates  .were  John  Guerard,  first 
vice  chairman ;  Rose  Elgart,  second  vice 
chairman ;  Arnold  Karter,  third  vice  chair- 
man ;  George  Fiedler,  secretary ;  Herb  Stein- 
berg, treasurer ;  Dave  Weisman,  sergeant- 
at-arms.  Delegates  named  to  the  metropoli- 
tan area  council  were  Stan  Hode,  chairman; 
Sam  Geison,  Ethel  Moldauer,  William  Ray- 
nor,  Herb  Steinberg  and  George  Friedler. 
Jack  Zenker,  Jack  Jenkins  and  Fred  Gold- 
berg were  chosen  alternates. 

RKO  Film  Agreement 
Signed  by  Lasky 

Announcement  was  made  this  week  by 
RKO  that  Jesse  L.  Lasky  and  Walter  Mac- 
Ewen,  partners  in  Jesse  Lasky  Productions, 
have  signed  a  contract  to  deliver  three  films 
to  RKO  within  the  next  year  and  a  half. 
Story  properties  owned  by  the  Lasky  com- 
pany include  "Intermission,"  •  "The  Apple 
Tree"  and  "The  Life  and  Death  of  Enrico 
Caruso." 


"Turning  Point"  Opens 

"The  Turning  Point,"  Stalin  Prize  film 
of  the  battle  of  Stalingrad,  which  recently 
received  an  International  Cinema  Festival 
Award,  was  to  have  its  American  premiere 
at  the  Stanley  theatre,  New  York,  October 
26.  It  is  released  here  through  Artkino 
Pictures,  Inc. 


Pictures  Selling 
U.  S.  Short,  Time 
Producer  Says 

Richard  de  Rochemont,  March  of  Time 
producer,  recently  returned  from  a  tour  of 
western  Europe,  believes  the  industry  as  a 
whole  should  set  up  machinery  to  control  the 
kind  of  pictures  being  sent  to  war-torn  mar- 
kets now  and  in  the  critical  period  ahead. 

"Too  many  pictures  are  misrepresenting 
America  abroad,"  he  told  members  of  the 
Associated  Motion  Picture  Advertisers  and 
their  guests  at  a  luncheon  meeting  in  New 
York  last  week.  "Our  way  of  life  must  be 
properly  presented  if  we  are  to  retain  the 
confidence  of  the  peoples  who  have  suffered 
during  the  war  and  now,"  he  said. 

View  Meets  Criticism 

The  producer's  argument  for  control  of 
the  content  of  the  pictures  was  severely 
criticized  by  members  of  the  audience.  Da- 
vid Blum,  publicity  director  of  Loew's  In- 
ternational, argued  that  American  pictures 
are  made  primarily  for  entertainment  and 
that  to  change  that  primary  motive  to  one  of 
propaganda,  in  the  Russian  fashion,  would 
be  disastrous.  He  also  pointed  out  that  the 
companies  now  are  exercising  discretion  in 
the  choice  of  pictures  to  be  sent,  and  there 
was  no  positive  way,  short  of  Government 
regulation,  which,  he  said,  had  proved  un- 
successful, of  deciding  which  features  should 
be  sent  abroad  and  from  what  companies. 

Further,  Mr.  Blum  offered  a  sample  list 
of  the  pictures  Loew's  now  has  in  circula- 
tion abroad  as  proof  of  his  contention  that 
care  is  being  exercised.  The  list  included 
"Pride  and  Prejudice,"  "Maytime,"  "Two 
Girls  and  a  Sailor,"  and  "Night  at  the 
Opera." 

Peter  Levathes,  executive  assistant  to  Tom 
Connors  of  20th  Century-Fox,  supported 
Mr.  Blum's  argument. 

Quigley  Cites  Disagreement 

Martin  Quigley,  Jr.,  associate  editor  of 
Quigley  Publications,  pointed  out  there 
could  be  no  argument  over  the  question  of 
sending  to  Europe  only  the  pictures  which 
would  give  the  best  possible  impression  of 
America.  But,  he  said,  there  is  a  wide  area 
of  disagreement  over  the  direct  production 
of  pictures  for  propaganda  purposes.  He 
mentioned  that  last  August  Byron  Price, 
vice-president  of  the  Motion  Picture  Asso- 
ciation, had  organised  a  committee,  now 
functioning,  to  advise  the  companies  on  the 
choice  of  pictures  for  Europe. 

Others  who  spoke  were  Arnold  Stoltz,  ad- 
vertising and  publicity  director  of  PRC,  and 
Max  Stein. 

Phil  Williams,  March  of  Time  advertis- 
ing and  publicity  director  and  vice-president 
of  AMPA,  conducted  the  forum.  He  an- 
nounced that  a  benefit  premiere  of  "Abie's 
Irish  Rose,"  the  Bing  Crosby  production  to 
be  distributed  by  United  Artists,  would  be 
held  November  21  at  the  Ambassador  thea- 
tre, for  the  AMPA  Relief  Fund. 


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European  Picture 
Not  Too  Gloomy, 
Depinet  Says 

The  European  industry,  stifled  for  so 
many  war  years,  is  eager  to  show  the  world 
its  creative  abilities,  Ned  E.  Depinet,  RKO 
executive  vice-president,  said  Monday  at 
a  home  office  interview  for  himself  and  Phil 
Reisman,  vice-president  in  charge  of  RKO 
Radio  foreign  distribution,  following  their 
return  from  Europe  by  plane  last  Friday. 

Mr.  Depinet  had  been  gone  five  and  a 
half  weeks  and  Mr.  Reisman  six  and  a  half, 
and  together  the  pair  toured  England, 
France,  Italy,  Switzerland  and  Belgium. 

General  conditions  abroad  are  not  as 
gloomy  as  some  would  think,  Mr.  Depinet 
said,  and  almost  in  support  of  this,  Mr. 
Reisman  called  attention  to  the  increased 
theatre  attendance,  and  the  hearty  reception 
Hollywood  product  is  receiving  there.  They 
also  pointed  out  that  revenues  realized  by 
American  companies  today  are  surpassing 
pre-war  levels.  One  condition  they  repeat- 
edly encountered  was  the  inadequacy  of  pro- 
jection, due  to  the  scarcity  of  equipment. 

Need  Wider  Distribution 

In  the  light  of  heightened  Hollywood 
production  costs,  Mr.  Depinet  observed, 
wider  distribution  throughout  the  world  was 
needed.  In  this  regard,  the  executives  re- 
ported that  the  company  is  moving  ahead 
with  impressive  results  on  its  post-war 
worldwide  film  expansion.  They  discussed 
the  current  RKO-Rank  production  in  Den- 
ham,  England,  of  James  Hilton's  novel,  "So 
Well  Remembered,"  which  Edward  Dmy- 
tryk  is  directing  with  two  Hollywood  and 
two  British  stars,  and  "The  Golden  Si- 
lence" which  was  started  in  Paris  early  last 
week,  under  the  direction  of  Rene  Clair  and 
with  Maurice  Chevalier  starred.  At  pres- 
ent, they  also  disclosed,  the  company  has 
a  special  crew  making  background  shots  in 
Switzerland  for  the  company's  version  of 
James  Ramsey  Ullman's  "The  White 
Tower." 

"The  trip,"  Mr.  Depinet  said,  "had  no 
specific  objective  other  than  to  study  Euro- 
pean producing  and  exhibition  methods  and 
visit  the  company's  European  branches."  He 
praised  the  company's  officers  there. 

Cite  Studio  Space  Problem 

Two  of  the  major  deterrants  to  produc- 
tion abroad  cited  by  the  executive  were  the 
lack  of  adequate  studio  space  and  increased 
costs  of  production.  In  England,  Mr.  Depi- 
net said,  it  was  almost  impossible  for  a 
producer  to  get  studio  space  without  wait- 
ing several  months. 

A  tremendous  expansion  of  the  16mm 
market  in  Europe  is  seen  by  Mr.  Reisman. 
In  France  alone,  he  said,  there  are  about 
3,000  16mm  film  houses  in  operation,  with 
increased  facilities  to  be  built  as  quickly  as 
materials  become  available. 


Mexican  Convention  Held 
By  Columbia  International 

Headed  by  Joseph  A.  McConville,  Col- 
umbia Pictures  International  Corporation 
held  its  first  regional  Latin  American  con- 
vention in  Mexico  City  October  23-26.  Jack 
Cohn,  executive  vice-president  of  Columbia, 
attended  the  meetings  where  delegates  from 
various  offices  met  to  discuss  new  season 
distribution  plans. 

Present  were  the  following  members  of 
Columbia  Pictures  International:  Arnold  M. 
Picker,  Bernard  Zeeman,  Sigwart  Kusiel, 
David  A.  O'Malley,  Ben  Astor,  Alexander 
Lapiner.  Cuba  was  represented  by  Ernesto 
P.  Smith,  Pedro  Martinez  and  Carlos  Peres. 

Others  were  Edgar  H.  Kerner  from  Puer- 
to Rico,  Harold  Winston  from  Trinidad, 
Alexander  Stein  and  Francisco  Urbina  from 
Venezuela;  Enrique  Davila,  Miguel  Bernal, 
Jorge  Ogliastri  Otero,  Jose  I.  Castillo,  Poli- 
dero  Aponte  from  Columbia;  Harry  B. 
Prosdocimi,  Donald  S.  Rockwell  and  Ben- 
nett H.  Berman  from  Panama ;  Jorge  Oiler 
from  Peru;  Charles  Roberts,  Sidney  Bruck- 
ner, Sergio  Kogan,  Gustavo  G.  Samaniego 
and  Valentin  Poire  Hernandex  from  Mexico. 
Also  attending  were  Columbia's  Mexican 
agents  from  Gaspar  Pruneda,  Alfonso  Mad- 
rigal and  Felipe  J.  Acosta. 

1 7  Pictures  Open 
In  Stockholm 

by  GOSTA  ERKELL 

in  Stockholm 

On  September  3,  the  day  the  Swedish 
cinemas  reopened  after  a  two-month  shut- 
down, 17  pictures  had  their  premieres  in 
Stockholm.  Most  of  the  pictures  were 
American-made,  including  "The  Lost  Week- 
end," "The  Road  to  Utopia,"  "The  Rene- 
gades," "And  Then  There  Were  None," 
"It's  a  Pleasure"  and  "Easy  to  Wed." 

"Lost  Weekend"  was  the  biggest  success. 
The  critics  nominated  it  as  one  of  the  best 
made  in  Hollywood  in  many  years,  but  none 
were  absolutely  sure  that  the  picture  would 
attract  the  public.  After  almost  two  months 
this  picture  still  is  running. 

V 

Three  Swedish  pictures  were  made  in  col- 
or during  the  summer:  "Lappblod,"  a  dra- 
ma; "The  Bells  of  the  Old  Town,"  a  come- 
dy, and  a  fairy  tale,  "Aunt  Yellow,  Aunt 
Green  and  Aunt  Purple." 


Sperling  New  President 
Of  U.  S.  Pictures 

Milton  Sperling  last  Wednesday  became 
president  and  production  head  of  United 
States  Pictures.  Reconstitution  of  the  com- 
pany, from  which  Joseph  Bernhard  with- 
drew as  president  and  treasurer  after  the 
production  of  one  picture,  has  now  been 
completed.  Mr.  Sperling  was  formerly  vice- 
president.  Donald  Hyde,  formerly  story 
editor,  is  vice-president  and  general  manager 
with  Oliver  Schwab  secretary,  and  Charles 
Yoss,  treasurer. 


Hollywood  Strike 
Peace  Remote  as 
AFL  Move  Fails 

With  the  Hollywood  jurisdictional  .strike 
entering  its  fourth  week,  mass  picketing, 
now  comparatively  peaceful,  continued  at 
many  of  the  studios  but  there  were  few  if 
any  indications  that  an  immediate  peace  set- 
tlement was  in  the  offing. 

Last  week  there  were  hopes  that  the  labor 
problems  could  be  solved  at  the  American 
Federation  of  Labor  convention  in  Chicago. 
However,  as  the  convention  closed  late  last 
Wednesday  night,  October  17,  all  hope  dis- 
appeared. With  the  Screen  Actors  Guild 
acting  as  mediators,  Richard  Walsh,  interna- 
tional president  of  the  International  Alliance 
of  Theatrical  Stage  Employees,  and  William 
Hutchinson,  chief  of  the  carpenters  union, 
representing  the  two  AFL  unions  disputing 
jurisdiction  of  set  construction,  conferred 
but  reached  no  agreement. 

Walsh  Not  Hopeful 

Mr.  Walsh  said :  "Mr.  Hutchinson  simply 
has  not  kept  his  word.  He  is  not  living  up 
to  the  settlement  made  last  December.  He 
has  not  lived  up  to  his  agreement  and  as 
long  as  he's  not  living  up  to  his  word  it 
looks  like  there  just  won't  be  any  peace  in 
Hollywood." 

Regarding  the  rebellion  of  the  laboratory 
technicians  against  its  parent  IATSE  since 
the  technicians  were  respecting  Herbert  Sor- 
rell's  CSU  pickets,  Mr.  Walsh  said  an 
emergency  has  been  declared  insofar  as  the 
technicians  are  concerned  but  that  special 
hearings  on  the  matter  were  being  conducted. 
However,  Mr.  Walsh  bluntly  stated  that  if 
the  laboratory  technicians  do  not  obey 
IATSE  laws  they  will  be  suspended,  and,  he 
added,  "we  will  supply  workers  to  studios 
while  the  technicians  are  under  suspension 
to  keep  production  going." 

At  two  studios,  MGM  and  Paramount,  the 
technicians  have  returned  to  work  while  at 
the  other  studios  production  was  being  ham- 
pered for  lack  of  technicians  to  process  each 
day's  takes. 

Gene  Atkinson,  Chicago  business  manager 
of  the  operators  union,  and  also  business 
manager  of  the  Chicago  Laboratory  Tech- 
nicians Union,  said  last  Thursday  he  had 
300  members  in  Chicago  who  would  process 
studio  film  if  Hollywood  and  New  York 
unions  refused  to  handle  it. 

See  Intensified  Strike 

Last  weekend  executives  of  the  Confer- 
ence of  Studio  Unions  predicted  intensi- 
fication of  the  whole  strike  situation. 

Monday  more  than  450  pickets  massed 
outside  Technicolor's  laboratories*  led  by 
Herbert  Sorrell,  CSU  president,  in  violation 
of  a  court  order  which  limited  the  number 
of  pickets  at  any  one  studio. 

Mr.  Sorrell  announced  that  picketing 
henceforth  would  be  conducted  according  to 
"military  strategy  precepts" 


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41 


THE  HOLJLYWaOB  SCENE 


Labor  Crisis  Hurting 
Studios;  Five  Pictures 
Started,  41  in  Work 


Hollywood  Bureau 

The  results  of  the  labor  unrest  became 
apparent  at  major  studios  last  week.  Ten 
films  were  completed ;  only  five  were  started, 
and  the  shooting  index  fell  to  41,  lowest  point 
since  last  March,  when  similar  strike  clouds 
gathered  on  the  horizon. 

The  most  ambitious  of  'the  week's  new 
films  was  "The  Other  Love,"  which  went 
before  the  cameras  at  Enterprise  with  David 
Lewis  producing  and  Andre  de  Toth  direct- 
ing. Based  on  an  unpublished  story  by  Erich 
Maria  Remarque,  the  picture's  cast  includes 
Barbara  Stanwyck,  .  David  Niven,  Robert 
Stack  and  Joan  Lorring. 

At  MGM,  work  began  on  a  new  "Dr.  Gil- 
lespie" film,  with  Lionel  Barrymore,  Edward 
Arnold,  Lucille  Bremer,  James  Craig,  Alma 
Kruger  and  Keye  Luke  in  leading  roles. 
Willis  Goldbeck  is  directing  and  Carey  Wil- 
son producing. 

Columbia  trained  cameras  on  two :  "Mil- 
lie's Daughter"  and  "Law  of  the  Canyon." 
The  former  features  Gladys  George  and 
Paul  Campbell ;  William  Bloom  produces, 
Sidney  Salkow  directs.  The  latter  is  a  West- 
ern with  Charles  Starrett,  Smiley  Burnette 
and  Nancy  Saunders.  Colbert  Clark  is  the 
producer ;  Ray  Nazarro  the  director. 

PRC's  new  venture  is  a  melodrama  titled 
"The  Corpse  Came  Calling,"  with  Hugh 
Beaumont,  Cheryl  Walker,  Paul  Bryar, 
Ralph  Dunn  and  Louise  Currie  in  leading 
roles.  Sigmund  Neufeld  produces ;  Sam 
Newfield  directs. 

Incidental  News  of 
Pictures  and  People 

Harry  Stern,  long  associated  with  distri- 
bution, has  formed  his  own  producing  com- 
pany, and  will  make  as  his  initial  film  a  storv 
of  the  west  titled  "Imperial  Valley."  Gordon 
Rigby  is  currently  preparing  the  script.  .  .  . 
Howard  J.  Green,  formerly  with  RKO 
Radio,  has  been  signed  by  Columbia  to  a 
producer-writer  contract.  .  .  .  Robert  Siod- 
mak  has  been  signed  to  a  new  contract  by 
U-I.  Hjs  first  directorial  assignment  under 
the  pact  will  be  "Time  Out  of  Mind,"  the 
Jane  Murfin  production. 

Jesse  L.  Lasky  and  Walter  MacEwen  have 
signed  a  new  contract  calling  for  three  pic- 
tures to  be  delivered  to  RKO  Radio  for  dis- 


tribution within  the  next  18  months.  The 
producers  have  three  properties  in  prepara- 
tion :  "Intermission,"  by  Vincent  Lawrence, 
John  Galsworthy's  well  known  short  story, 
"The  Apple  Tree,"  and  "Caruso  Sings  To- 
night," a  biography  of  the  famed  tenor  by 
his  widow,  Dorothy  Caruso.  It  has  not  yet 
been  determined  which  of  the  three  will  face 
cameras  first. 

Discuss  Monogram  Branches 
In  Key  Cities  Abroad 

David  H.  Home,  assistant  treasurer  and  a 
director  of  Monogram  International  Cor- 
poration, is  in  Hollywood  for  conferences 
with  studio  executives  concerning  the  advis- 
ability of  opening  a  number  of  Monogram 
branch  offices  throughout  the  world. 

Elsa  Lanchester  has  been  signed  for  a 
major  role  in  Republic's  screen  version  of  a 
Rudolf  Friml  operetta,  "Will  Tomorrow 
Ever  Come,"  planned  as  a  starring  vehicle 
for  Nelson  Eddy  and  Ilona  Massey.  .  .  . 
Paramount  has  purchased  the  screen  rights 
to  "Guardian  of  the  Angels,"  a  Collierfs  fea- 
ture by  L.  L.  Foreman.  Lou  Harris  has 
been  assigned  to  produce  the  film,  a  tale  of 
the  old-time  chorus  lines  which  used  to  play 
a  circuit  of  saloons  from  town  to  town. 

George  Archainbaud  has  been  engaged  by 
Columbia  to  direct  "King  of  the  Wild 
Horses"  which  Ted  Richmond  will  produce. 
.  .  .  Forrest  Judd  has  been  appointed  story 
editor  for  Monogram,  succeeding  Steve 
Healy.  .  .  .  Producers  William  Pine  and 
William  Thomas,  who  release  through  Par- 
amount, have  purchased  Milton  Raison's 
original,  "Hardboiled,"  which  deals  with 
dynamiters  who  specialize  in  demolition  on 
building  projects.  .  .  .  Jules  Levey  has  en- 
gaged Shelley  Winters  for  an  important  part 
in  his  current  production  for  United  Artists 
release,  "New  Orleans." 

Mauer  Associate  Casting 
Director  for  Enterprise 

Jack  Mauer  has  joined  Enterprise  as  asso- 
ciate casting  director.  He  will  work  under 
the  supervision  of  Billy  Selwyn.  .  .  .  Rhonda 
Fleming  has  had  her  Vanguard  contract  ex- 
tended. .  .  .  Radio  comedian  Alan  Young  has 
been  assigned  a  role  in  the  forthcoming  20th 
Century-Fox  picture,  "Chicken  Every  Sun- 
day," which  William  Perlberg  will  produce. 


Michael  Gordon,  long  associated  with  the 
Broadway  stage  as  director  and  producer, 
has  been  signed  by  U-I  to  a  long-term  direc- 
tor contract.  His  first  assignment  will  be 
"Black  Velvet,"  a  mystery  drama  on  Joseph 
Sistrom's  production  schedule.  ...  John 
Reinhardt  has  been  signed  by  Jack  Wrather 
Productions  to  direct  their  initial  film  for 
Monogram  release,  "The  Guilty,"  starring 
Bonita  Granville  and  Don  Castle. 

Robert  Montgomery  and  Audrey  Totter 
will  be  teamed  in  MGM's  "Upward  to  the 
Stars,"  which  Montgomery  will  also  direct. 
.  .  .  Arthur  Marx,  son  of  comedian  Groucho 
Marx,  has  been  signed  by  Columbia  to  write 
an  original  which  will  serve  as  a  basis  for 
the  next  in  the  studio's  "Blondie"  series.  .  .  . 
Moroni  Olsen  has  been  engaged  by  the 
Hakim-Litvak  producing  unit  to  play  a  lead- 
ing role  in  "A  Time  to  Kill,"  now  shooting 
for  RKO  Radio  release. 

"Gentleman"  Gene  Delmont,  prizefighter 
of  two  decades  ago,  is  set  for  a  role  in  War- 
ners' current  Technicolor  production,  "My 
Wild  Irish  Rose."  .  .  .  Virginia  Patton  has 
had  her  contract  with  Liberty  Films  ex- 
tended. .  .  .  Restaurateur  Mike  Romanoff 
will  return  to  the  screen  in  a  featured  role 
in  the  Enterprise  picture,  "Arch  of  Tri- 
umph." 

Auer  Signed  by  Republic  as 
Associate  Producer-Director 

John  H.  Auer  has  been  signed  to  a  term 
contract  by  Republic  as  associate  producer- 
director,  and  will  begin  work  immediately  on 
his  first  feature  for  the  studio,  an  original 
by  Aubrey  Wisberg  and  Lawrence  Kimble 
titled  "Mike  Was  a  Lady."  .  .  .  Robert  Ros- 
sen  will  direct  John  Garfield's  initial  inde- 
pendent production  for  Enterprise,  "The 
Burning  Journey." 


Warners  to  Release  Nine 
Shorts  in  November 

Warner  Bros,  will  release  nine  short  sub- 
jects for  general  distribution  in  November, 
the  company's  largest  schedule  for  any  sin- 
gle month  in  the  past  six  years,  Norman  H. 
Moray,  short  subject  sales  manager,  an- 
nounced last  week.  All  are  in  Technicolor, 
except  "Minstrel  Days"  and  "So  You  Want 
to  Save  Your  Hair."  The  others  are :  "The 
Last  Bomb,"  "House  Menace,"  "Rhapsody 
Rabbit,"  "Roughly  Squeaking"  and  "One 
Meat  Brawl,"  cartoons ;  a  sports  parade, 
"Battle  of  Champs,"  and  an  adventure  spe- 
cial, "Rubber  River."  Warners  already  has 
announced  eight  shorts  for  release  in 
October. 


Acquire  Duck  Short 

Warner  Brothers  has  acquired  for  release 
next  vear  a  factual  short  subject  entitled 
"What's  Hatchin'?",  filmed  by  Allen  Wild- 
er on  Long  Island  duck  farms. 


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PREVIEW  OF  TRADE  SHOW 


"Song  of  the  South",  Disney  feature  cartoon,  with  live  characters  as  well,  to  be  released 
by  RKO  Radio,  and  to  be  tradeshown  October  28.  It  tells  the  Uncle  Remus  stories,  set  to 
music  and  in  Technicolor. 


See  Mystery  Film 
Voque  Unabated 

by  WILLIAM  R.  WEAVER 

Hollywood  Editor 

The  flow  of  melodramas  in  the  murder- 
mystery  category  which  has  reached  an  all- 
time  high  in  recent  months  is  to  continue  at 
that  level  or  higher  for  at  least  two  years 
and  possibly  longer,  in  the  opinion  of  Frank 
Gruber,  who  has  written  27  of  them  since 
1942,  among  which  he  considers  '"The  Mask 
of  Dimitrios"  his  best. 

One  reason  for  the  continuation  of  the 
flow,  he  says,  is  the  mathematically  realistic 
fact  that  more  than  50  such  stories  are  in 
preparation  for  filming  and  the  studios  are 
assigning  more  rather  than  fewer  of  them  to 
their  writers.  Additionally,  he  declares,  "The 
people  who  buy  the  tickets  don't  want  prob- 
lems— they've  got  problems — and  the  thing 
they  are  in  the  market  for  is  escape  from 
their  troubles.  Melodramas,  giving  them 
escape  plus  entertainment,  supply  this  de- 
mand." 

Statistics  Not  Sole  Basis 

But  writer  Gruber  doesn't  base  his  predis- 
tion  solely  on  the  statistics  and  the  observa- 
tion above  mentioned.  On  the  contrary, 
having  access  to  information  not  generally 
circulated  in  cinema  circles,  he  goes  beyond 
box  office  indications,  plain  as  they  are,  to 
the  astounding  totals  of  the  sales  of  25-cent 
pocket-sized  editions  of  murder-mystery 
books,  which  have  reached  astronomical  pro- 
portions. Having  18  of  these  to  his  credit, 
written  before  and  since  he  came  to  Holly- 
wood, he  knows  by  his  royalty  checks  the 
number  of  people  currently  buying  these 
stories  at  their  corner  drug  store  or  wher- 
ever else  they  happen  to  be  when  the  urge  to 
peruse  a  killer-thriller  seizes  them. 

Replacing  Rental  Library 

"The  pocket-sized  book  thing  is  rapidly 
replacing  the  rental  library  in  American 
reading  life,"  he  says,  "and  it's  a  favorable 
development  for  writers,  who  get  a  royalty 
from  each  copy  sold  to  an  individual,  instead 


of  getting  only  one  from  a  book  sold  to  a 
rental  library  and  read  by  a  large  number  of 
people." 

Mr.  Gruber's  qualifications  for  the  type  of 
writing  in  which  he  specializes  are  of  the 
best.  Born  on  Halsted  Street  in  Chicago  in 
1904,  he  grew  up  in  the  political  province  of 
the  ill-starred  Dion  O'Banion,  and  had  be- 
come a  newsboy  in  time  to  be,  at  the  age  of 
10,  a  first-hand  witness  to  the  hard  fought 
newspaper  strike  out  of  which,  as  Editor 
Terry  Ramsaye  of  this  publication  frequently 
has  recorded,  came  the  first  rugged  individ- 
ualists whom  a  subsequently  antagonistic 
press  made  world-renowned  under  the  label 
of  "hoodlums." 

Long  Writing  Career 

He  progressed  from  that  estate  to  the  rank 
of  book  reviewer  for  the  Chicago  Daily  News 
before  leaving  the  stronghold  of  Al  Capone 
in  1927  to  enter  upon  a  career  embracing  the 
writing  of  250  magazine  pieces,  but  enough 
of  the  sort  of  thing  that  happens  in  melo- 
dramas had  occurred  within  his  range  of  ob- 


servation by  then  to  supply  him  with  plots 
from  now  on. 

Revelation  of  this  background  prompted 
inquiry  as  to  whether  the  recent  general 
tendency  of  picture  makers  to  provide  Los 
Angeles  and  Hollywood  as  setting  of  the 
criminality  depicted  in  their  films,  whereas  it 
once  was  general  procedure  to  use  Chicago 
as  the  standard  setting,  might  not  in  time  get 
the  City  of  the  Angels  a  civic  reputation  as 
lurid  as  that  once  enjoyed  by  Chicago  exclu- 
sively. The  reply  was  that  yes,  it  probably 
will,  although  producers  have  no  such  sinis- 
ter purpose  in  mind,  but  simply  locate  the 
murders  Here  because  it's  so  convenient  and 
economical  to  shoot  Wilshire  Boulevard  and 
Main  Street  instead  of  Michigan  Avenue  and 
Clark. 

Mr.  Gruber  has  just  finished  writing  the 
script  of  "The  Three  Musketeers"  for  Ed- 
ward Small  and  is  moving  to  Columbia  to  do 
a  Bulldog  Drummond  number.  The  differ- 
ence between  "The  Three  Musketeers"  and  a 
modern  melodrama,  he  remarks,  is  mainly 
one  of  time  and  place. 


COMPLETED 

MSM 

Merton  of  the  Movies 

This  Time  for  Keeps 

Summer  Holiday 

PARAMOUNT 

Golden  Earrings 

RKO  RADIO 

Thev  Won't  Believe 

Me 
REPUBLIC 
Hit  Parade 
20TH  CENTURY-FOX 
I  Wonder  Who's 

Kissing  Her  Now 


Homestretch 
UNIVERSAL-INTERN'L 

Slave  Girl 

WARNERS 

Pursued 

(U.  S.  Pictures) 

STARTED 

COLUMBIA 

Millie's  Daughter 
Law  of  the  Canyon 
ENTERPRISE 
Other  Love 
MGM 

Personal  Touch 


PRC 

Corpse  Came  Calling 

SHOOTING 

COLUMBIA 

Hunter  Is  a  Fugitive 
Lady  from  Shanghai 
Twin  Sombreros 
They  Walk  Alone 
Guilt  of  Janet  Ames 

ENTERPRISE 

Arch  of  Triumph 
MGM 

Green  Dolphin  Street 
To  Kiss  and  to  Keep 


It  Happened  in 

Brooklyn 
Unfinished  Dance 
Romance  of  Rosy 

Ridge 

MONOGRAM 

It  Happened  on  Fifth 
Avenue 

PARAMOUNT 

Variety  Girl 
Big  Haircut 
Desert  Town  (Wallis) 
Unconquered 
(DeMille) 
PRC 

Red  Stallion 


RKO  RADIO 

Banjo 

Bachelor  and  the 

Bobby-Soxer 
Time  to  Kill 

(Hakim-Litvak) 
Tarzan  and  the 

Huntress  (Lesser) 

REPUBLIC 

Web  of  Danger 
20TH  CENTURY-FOX 

Boomerang 
UNITED  ARTISTS 

Red  River  (Monterey) 


New  Orleans  (Levey) 
Vendetta  (California) 
Carnegie  Hall 

(Federal) 
Who  Killed  "Doc" 

Robin?  (Roach) 

UNIVERSAL-INTERN'L 

Egg  and  I 
I'll  Be  Yours 

WARNERS 

My  Wild  Irish  Rose 
Woman  in  White 
Deep  Valley 
Night  unto  Night 
Love  and  Learn 
Possessed 


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ALBANY 

The  Palace  played  "Make  Mine  Music," 
Disney  Technicolor  production,  with  the 
,  Western,  "Badman's  Territory."  "Notori- 
ous" moved  into  the  Grand  for  a  holdover. 
The  Strand  single  featured  "The  Strange 
Love  of  Martha  Ivers."  Both  first  runs  had 
fine  business.  The  Palace  dropped  films 
Tuesday  night  for  a  concert  by  Father  Flan- 
agan's Boys  Town  Choir. 

Samuel  Rosenblatt  closed  the  Family  the- 
atre in  Watervliet  a  few  days  after  he  for- 
mally took  over  operation  of  the  Grand  in 
that  city.  He  owns  the  Grand  (in  the 
northern  part  of  town)  and  the  Strand  (in 
the  southern  part),  but  leased  the  Family. 
Business  at  the  latter  did  not  warrant  con- 
tinued operation.  The  Family,  a  Watervliet 
landmark,  has  changed  hands  frequently 
during  the  past  five  years.  Rosenblatt  also 
has  the  Lake  theatre  in  Lake  George  vil- 
lage. Exhibitors  who  have  recently  trekked 
to  Film  Row  include :  Sam  Rosenblatt,  of 
Watervliet  and  Lake  George ;  Sam  Davis,  of 
Phoenicia ;  Harry  Lamont,  of  Greenville  and 
other  points ;  Charles  Wilson,  of  Indian  Lake. 

ATLANTA 

Business  is-  looking  better  and  theatres 
believe  that  this  will  be  the  best  year — Ike 
and  Harry  Katz,  owners  of  the  Kay  Film 
Exchanges  in  Washington,  Atlanta,  New 
Orleans,  Memphis,  and  Charlotte  back  from 
Memphis  where  they  have  just  installed 
Lynn  Dunn,  new  branch  manager  there. 
Lynn  was  former  special  sales  representa- 
tive in  Atlanta  for  United  Artists.  Jerry 
Jernigan,  formerly  with  Warners  Bros,  for 
the  past  twenty  years  as  sales  representa- 
tive, has  been  appointed  as  manager  of  the 
Kay  Film  Exchange  in  that  city.  .  .  .  Plans 
for  the  world's  premiere  of  "Song  of  the 
South,"  at  the  Fox  theatre  November  12 
are  growing.  .  .  .  Blairsville,  Ga.,  will  soon 
have  a  new  picture  theatre  with  a  seating 
capacity  of  450,  to  cost  approximately  $20,- 
000.  ...  A  five  per  cent  increase  in  the  city 
tax  on  amusements  in  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  has 
been  proposed  as  means  of  obtaining  addi- 
tional revenue.  N.  H.  Water,  president  of 
Waters  Theatre  Company,  has  announced 
that  he  will  build  a  new  1,000-seat  house 
in  Fairfield.  .  .  .  The  Plaza  theatre,  Athens, 
Ala.,  has  reopened  after  redecoration.  .  .  . 
Admission  prices  to  Rex  theatre  in  Bay 
Minetta,  Ala.,  have  been  raised  as  a  re- 
sult of  the  city  council's  rejection  of  a 
request  by  theatre  owners  for  McLendon 
circuit  to  repeal  a  recently  adopted  amuse- 
ment tax.  .  .  .  The  Gadsden  theatre,  Gads- 
den, Ala.,  has  reopened  after  a  remodeling 
at  a  cost  of  $100,000.  .  .  .  The  Neelys  are 
remodeling  their  house  at  Marion,  Ala.  and 
plan  soon  to  install  new  seats  in  their  house 
at  Centerville,  Ala.  .  .  .  Republic's  "I've 
Always  Loved  You"  will  open  at  the  Fox 
theatre  starting  October  24  with  a  holdover 
the  next  week  at  the  Roxy.  .  .  .  Riley  P. 
Davis,  Alabama  sales  representative  for 
PRC,  and  Eddie  Foster,  Alabama  sales  rep- 
resentative for  Republic,  were  injured  in 
an  automobile  accident  October  15;  both  in 
hospital  in  Birmingham. 

BALTIMORE 

Beautiful  weather  helped  start  the  week 
beginning  October  17.    Audiences  went  in 


big  way  for  Jackie  "Butch"  Jenkins  in 
"Boys'  Ranch,"  at  the  Century  and  business 
is  good ;  "The  Raider"  caught  on  at  the  Va- 
lencia and  looks  like  it  will  build;  Hippo- 
drome had  big  opening  for  "Gallant  Jour- 
ney"; The  Little  had  very  big  opening  with 
"Portrait  of  a  Woman"  with  "Hymn  of  the 
Nations,"  featuring  Toscanini ;  "The  Kill- 
ers" big  enough  for  third  week  at  Keith's. 
Again  the  Times  and  Roslyn  pleased  with 
"Inner  Circle"  and  "Hold  Back  the  Dawn," 
together;  Mayfair  had  the  music  lovers 
coming  with  "I've  Always  Loved  You,"  and 
especially  good  publicity  in  newspapers 
about  Artur  Rubenstein's  piano  playing. 
Opening  big  for  "My  Darling  Clementine," 
at  the  new  theater  and  fine  business  war- 
ranted Stanley  holding  "Cloak  and  Dagger" 
second  week. 

Wilbert  Brizendine,  managing  director  for 
Milton   Schwaber's   circuit,   has  appointed 


WHEN  AND  WHERE 

October  28-29:  Allied  Independent  The- 
atre Owners  of  Iowa  and  Nebraska 
meeting,  Fort  Des  Moines  Hotel, 
Des  Moines,  la. 

October  28-29:  Allied  Theatre  Owners  of 
Texas  meeting  in  Dallas. 

November  4:  Allied  of  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania meeting,  William  Penn  Hotel  in 
Pittsburgh. 

November  8-11:  Theatre  Equipment 
Dealers  Protective  Association  meeting, 
Commodore  Perry  and  Secor  Hotels  in 
Toledo. 

November  II  -  13:  Allied  Theatres  of 
Michigan  meeting,  Hotel  Book  Cadillac 
in  Detroit. 

November  18:  North  Central  Allied  Con- 
vention in  Minneapolis. 

November  19-20:  Associated  Theatre 
Owners   meeting   in  Indianapolis. 

November  23:  Independent  Theatre  Own- 
ers Association  of  Wisconsin  and  Up- 
per Michigan  meeting  at  the  Schroeder 
Hotel,  Milwaukee. 

November  25  -  26:  Allied  Motion  Pic- 
ture Theatre  Owners  of  Western  Penn- 
sylvania meeting  at  the  William  Penn 
Hotel,  Pittsburgh. 


Paul  W.  Moore,  manager  at  the  new  Para- 
mount. Fable  of  St.  George  and  Dragon 
used  as  motif  of  new  murals  in  foyer  of 
Rome's  Capitol,  with  other  decorative  pat- 
terns simulating  bas-relief  in  colors.  High- 
way theatre  in  Middle  River  section  is  ex- 
pected to  open  soon.  Trip  on  Alexander 
yacht  from  Washington  to  Richmond  was 
enjoyed  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  F.  Perotka, 
Aero  and  Victory,  as  guests  of  Frank  Wolf, 
Jr.,  Richmond  district  manager,  for  Alex- 
ander Films. 

Preview  of  "Sister  Kenny,"  arranged  by 
H.  Ted  Routson,  publicity  director  for  I. 
M.  Rappaport's  Hippodrome  at  Maryland 
Censor  Board  projection  room  with  guests 
Baltimore  committee  for  Kenny  fund  next 
month. 

BOSTON 

"Notorious"  is  in  its  fifth  big  week  at 
RKO  Keith  Memorial  theatre.  .  .  .  Mickey 
Rooney  is  coming  to  RKO  theatre  October 
z4  for  a  week's  personal  appearance.  Boston 

is  the  first  stop  on  a  six-week  tour  

"Henry  V"  is  entering  its  30th  week  at  the 
Esquire  theatre.  .  .  .  The  RKO  theatre  is 
this  week  showing  a  program  of  two  re- 
releases,  "Captain  Caution"  and  "Captain 
Fury,"  plus  a  stage  show,  "Little  Revue," 
headed  by  Dave  Apollon.  .  .  .  George 
Kraska,  who  was  publicity  and  advertising 
director  of  Loew's  State  and  Orpheum  the- 
atres, recently  resigned  to  go  into  the  toy 
businesss.  .  .  .  The  Lieutenant  A.  Vernon 
Macauley  Theatrical  Post  gave  a  farewell 
dinner  October  17  for  Kenneth  Forkey  at 
Pieroni's  Restaurant.  .  .  .  Forkey  is  moving 
to  Florida.  .  .  .  Harry  Lamere,  from  the 
Pa-ra-mo  theatre  in  Ludlow,  Vt.,  made  one 
of  his  rare  visits  to  the  film  district  last 
week.  .  .  .  The  first  of  a  series  of  monthly 
luncheons  of  the  Tub  Thumpers  of  Boston 
was  held  at  Steuben's  Blue  Room  October 
14.  .  .  .  William  Schulman,  a  naval  veteran 
who  was  with  Universal  before  the  war,  has 
rejoined  the  company  as  publicist.  .  .  .  Burt 
Rudnick  and  Howard  Crombie,  salesmen  at 
PRC,  have  resigned. 

CHARLOTTE 

H.  D.  Hearn  of  Exhibitors'  Service, 
Charlotte,  has  bought  the  Waxhaw  (N.  C.) 
theatre  from  its  former  owner,  Mrs.  D.  A. 
Crowley.  .  .  .  E.  C.  DeBerry,  head  booker 
for  the  Charlotte  Paramount  office,  is  being 
transferred  to  New  Orleans,  where  he  will 
be  salesman.  .  .  .  The  boys  of  Paramount's 
Pep  Club  held  a  fish  fry  recently.  .  .  .  Roy 
Turner,  former  exhibitor  in  Garland,  N.  C, 
announces  the  opening  of  a  new  theatre  in 
Stovall,  N.  C.  .  .  .  Ivan  Anderson  has  opened 
his  new  theatre  in  North  Wilkesboro,  N.  C. 
Exhibitors  in  town  and  seen  on  film  exchange 
row  include:  H.  C.  Cook,  of  Mount  Olive, 
N.  C. ;  Charlie  Cash,  of  Kings  Mountain, 
N.  C. ;  Jimmy  Earhart,  of  Edenton,  N.  C. ; 
R.  C.  Brantley,  of  Tryon,  N.  C. ;  J.  L.  King 
of  Bethune,  S.  C. ;  Tom  Gibson,  of  Laurin- 
burg,  N.  C. ;  L.  B.  Richardson,  of  Lockhart, 
S.  C. 

CHICAGO 

Matinee  business  is  off  in  Loop  theatres 
but  evenings  are  continuing  big.  Indica- 

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Van  Johnson's  terrific! 


I  Keenan  Wynn's  riotous! 


Pat  Kirk  wood's  gorgeous! 


Xavier  Cugat  is  grand! 


Guy  Lombardo's  a  smoothie! 


/it's  easy  to  top  Easy  To  Wed  with 
M-G-M's  terrific  musical  comedy! 


WO  (LiAVf,  HO  LOV 


Starring 


VAN  JOHNSON 

KEENAN  WYNN 


with 


PAT  KIRKWOOD  •  XAVIER  CUGAT  •  GUY  LOMBARDO 

AND  HIS  ORCHESTRA  AND  HIS  ORCHESTRA 

and  EDWARD  ARNOLD  •  MARIE  WILSON  •  LEON  AMES 

Original  Screen  Play  by  Charles  Martin  and  Leslie  Kardos  ■  Directed  by  CHARLES  MARTIN  •  Produced  by  JOE  PASTERNAK 


(Continued  from  page  44) 

tions  are  that  Danny  Kaye's  personal  ap- 
pearance at  B&K's  25th  anniversary  show 
at  the  Chicago  will  break  all  records.  ... 
While  in  town  William  Gehring  revealed 
that  20th  Century-Fox  product  will  go  into 
the  Oriental  theatre  for  the  first  time  next 
month.  .  .  .  Guests  of  Sypros  Skouras  at  the 
Greek  War  Relief  luncheon  held  last  Satur- 
day were  Tom  Gilliam,  20th  Century-Fox 
branch  manager,  and  Rud  Lohrenz,  UA  dis- 
trict manager.  .  .  .  The  Star  &  Garter  the- 
atre will  abandon  its  burlesque  policy  next 
week  and  concentrate  on  pictures.  In- 
creases asked  by  the  stage  hands  was  given 
as  the  reason.  .  .  .  The  Tub  Thumpers,  or- 
ganization of  Chicago  publicity  men,  held 
their  first  autumn  meeting  at  the  Variety 
clubrooms  Monday  night.  William  Green 
of  MGM  is  president.  .  .  .  Jack  Kirsch  went 
to  New  York  last  weekend.  He  also  plans 
to  attend  Allied  meetings  in  Des  Moines 
October  28  and  29  and  in  Detroit  November 
11  and  12. 

CINCINNATI 

Sister  Kenny,  after  a  luncheon  to  the 
local  press,  at  the  Hotel  Gibson,  made  sev- 
eral personal  appearances  at  the  RKO  Pal- 
ace on  the  opening  day  of  the  picture, 
"Sister  Kenny,"  being  introduced  from  the 
stage  by  Mayor  James  Garfield  Stewart.  .  .  . 
The  Cincinnati  Variety  Club  is  holding  its 
annual  Hallowe'en  party  in  the  club  rooms, 
October  26,  with  suitable  costume  and  other 
awards.  .  .  .  Irving  Sochin,  general  manager 
of  Theatre  Owners,  Inc.,  recently  organized 
to  buy  and  book  product  for  Greater  Cin- 
cinnati independent  exhibitors,  reports  ad- 
dition of  the  local  Elstun,  and  the  Dodge 
theatre,  at  nearby  New  Richmond,  Ohio, 
bringing  the  membership  to  26.  .  .  .  Jack 
Stallings,  who  recently  disposed  of  his  in- 
terests in  the  Midwest  Theatre  Supply  Com- 
pany here,  has  purchased  the  Opera  House, 
at  Versailles,  Ohio,  and  will  take  posses- 
sion November  1.  .  .  .  Lowell  Ehle  was  the 
former  owner,  Mr.  Stallings  also  operates 
the  Clinton  theatres  at  Blanchester,  Ohio. 
.  .  .  O.  D.  Hopper,  of  Liberty,  Ky.,  who 
operates  houses  in  Louisville  and  Lebanon, 
Ky.,  has  purchased  the  Opera  House,  at 
Liberty,  which  he  plans  to  open  as  a  picture 
house. 

CLEVELAND 

Theatre  business  took  a  step  in  the  right 
direction  this  past  week  for  no  special  rea- 
son other  than  there  was  less  outside  com- 
petition than  the  previous  few  weeks.  Cool 
weather  and  longer  evenings  were  con- 
tributing factors.  .  .  .  Nat  Wolf,  Warner 
zone  manager,  was  selected  by  Allen  Lowe, 
manager  of  the  Carter  Hotel  as  the  Man- 
of-the-Week  and  as  such  to  have  his  pic- 
-  ture  hung  in  the  Carter  Hotel  Hall  of  Fame 
this  week.  Wolf  is  the  first  film  man  to  be 
so  honored.  He  has  performed  distinguished 
service  in  war  work  and  is  now  actively 
engaged  in  Community  Fund  work  as  chair- 
man of  the  amusement  division ;  co-chair- 
man of  Team  No.  2  and  co-chairman  of 
the  advertising  and  publicity  committee. 

Walter  Huston  was  in  Cleveland  last 
week  playing  at  the  Hanna  Theatre  in 
"Apple  of  His  Eye."  .  .  .  Edward  Fisher, 
publicity  director  for  Loew's  Theatres,  is 
writing  a  scenario  based  on  the  life  of 


Annette  Kellerman,  with  Esther  Williams 
in  mind  for  the  star  part.  .  .  .  Dick  Wright, 
Warner  assistant  zone  manager  and  presi- 
dent of  the  local  Warner  Club,  is  back  from 
a  Warner  Club  officers'  meeting  in  New 
York. 

COLUMBUS 

Third  week  of  the  transit  strike,  which 
has  kept  street  cars  and  buses  off  city  streets 
since  October  1,  found  all  local  theatres 
operating.  Business,  however,  still  is  stag- 
gering under  the  impact.  Matinees  of 
downtown  houses  are  particularly  off. 
Slight  improvement  in  weekend  business 
was  noted  last  week  but  managers  are  shak- 
ing their  heads  at  dwindling  receipts.  "Mr. 
Ace"  at  the  Ohio,  "Boys'  Ranch"  at  the 
Broad,  "The  Killers"  at  the  Palace  and  a 
revival  of  "Captain  Caution"  and  "Captain 
Fury"  would  all  have  done  considerably 
more  business  if  the  street  cars  were  run- 
ning. 

Local  theatres  ran  the  Disney  Techni- 
color short  for  the  Community  Fund  drive, 
"A  Feather  in  His  Collar."  .  .  .  The  peren- 
nial "Tobacco  Road"  will  return  for  the 
umpsteenth  time  to  the  Hartman  November 
10  with  John  Barton  as  Jeeter  Lester.  .  .  . 
Bill  Aiken,  former  Broad  theatre  manager, 
is  opening  the  new  Norcross  theatre  at 
Norcross,  Ga.  .  .  .  Edmund  Lowe,  star  of 

"Mary  Had  a  Little  "  at  the  Hartman, 

was  guest  speaker  at  a  Community  Fund 
luncheon  here  last  week. 

Al  Gorson,  U.  A.  representative,  capi- 
talized on  the  street  car  tieup  by  hiring  two 
taxis,  liberally  placarded  with  invitations 
from  "Mr.  Ace"  to  transport  stranded  car 
riders  to  see  the  picture  in  its  downtown 
engagement.  .  .  .  Rabbi  Samuel  M.  Gup  of 
Bryden  Road  Temple  will  resign  from  the 
recently  created  three-member  advisory 
board  of  the  Division  of  Film  Censorship 
...  he  has  accepted  a  call  to  become  per- 
manent rabbi  of  a  Mobile,  Alabama,  temple. 
Governor  Lausche  will  appoint  a  successor 
soon. 

DALLAS 

Business  continued  in  a  slump  this  week 
for  the  same  basic  cause,  the  big  State  Fair 
of  Texas  which  has  been  drawing  an  aver- 
age of  150,000  persons  a  day.  This  cut 
into  the  regular  film  trade  considerably  with 


both  downtown  and  suburban  houses  feel- 
ing it.  .  .  .  The  Majestic  drew  about  $15,000 
with  "The  Killers"  which  is  low  for  this 
house.  .  .  .  The  Palace  went  even  further 
off  its  average  with  "If  I'm  Lucky"  which 
got  approximately  $8,000,  which  is  in  the 
lower  brackets  compared  with  its  average 
take.  .  .  .  Karl  Hoblitzelle  has  returned  from 
a  lengthy  vacation  in  the  east.  .  .  .  William 
McCraw,  national  coordinator  for  the 
Variety  Clubs  of  America,  is  back  at  his 
Dallas  headquarters  after  a  month's  tour 
which  took  him  on  visits  to  several  tents, 
including  Minneapolis  and  Atlanta. 

DES  MOINES 

Last  week,  all  three  downtown  "A" 
houses  did  average  and  above,  with  the 
holdover  of  "Till  the  End  of  Time,"  at  the 
Orpheum  theatre  proving  the  biggest  draw- 
ing card  for  a  second  week.  .  .  .  Lou  Levy, 
branch  manager  for  Universal,  is  back  at 
the  office  half-days,  and  has  recovered  the 
use  of  his  voice.  Levy  underwent  two  op- 
erations on  his  vocal  cords.  .  .  .  Naomi 
Sroufe  has  been  named  head  bookkeeper  for 
NSS,  replacing  Mildred  Southard,  who  re- 
signed. .  .  .  Jack  Gibson,  former  booker  for 
NSS,  has  been  named  salesman  for  that 
exchange.  .  .  .  Opening  of  the  $150,000 
Malek  theatre,  Independence,  la.,  is  sched- 
uled for  October  29.  Robert  Malek,  owner, 
announced  that  a  prominent  band  would 
play  for  the  formal  opening.  A  special  "cry 
room"  has  been  built  near  the  projection 
booth  where  patrons  may  take  their  small 
children  when  they  begin  to  cry. 

HARTFORD 

Holdovers  are  continuing  in  this  territory. 
Among  the  latest  holdovers  are  "Thrill  of 
Brazil,"  "If  I'm  Lucky"  and  "Cloak  and 
Dagger."  Amateur  Nights  are  getting  under 
way  at  a  number  of  theatres  in  the  Hartford 
territory  this  month  alone.  In  New  Haven, 
Harry  Olshan,  Columbia  salesman,  pro- 
moted to  Milwaukee  Columbia  branch  man- 
ager, will  be  given  a  testimonial  event  at 
the  Hotel  Taft,  New  Haven,  October  28. 
Olshan  left  recently  for  the  Wisconsin  lo- 
cation, and  Walter  Silverman  has  replaced 
him  in  New  Haven.  .  .  .  Also  in  New 
Haven — Doug  Amos,  ex-GI,  is  back  as  as- 
sistant at  the  M&P  Paramount,  New 
Haven.  .  .  .  Teresa  Richards  is  the  new 
student  assistant  at  Loew's  Poli-Strand, 
Water  bury,  Conn.  ...» 

Two  more  Hartford  houses  have  raised 
prices,  Loew's  Poli  and  Loew's  Poli-Palace. 
.  .  .  Henry  L.  Needles,  Hartford  district 
manager  for  Warner  Theatres,  was  on  the 
public  committee  for  the  Retailer-Veteran 
Conference,  sponsored  by  Retail  Trade 
Board,  Hartford  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
last  week.  .  .  .  Ivan  White,  veteran  pianist, 
who  appeared  at  a  number  of  theatres  in 
Hartford  prior  to  sound  films,  died  at  a 
Hartford  hospital  October  17.  .  .  .  New 
Haven  Film  Row  visitors :  Howard  Rich- 
ardson, State,  New  Britain ;  Ralph  Pasho, 
Naugatuck;  Martin  Kelleher,  Princess, 
Hartford. 

INDIANAPOLIS 

Film  attractions  here  last  week  got  an 
even  break,  two  above  average  and  two  be- 

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low.  While  attendance  has  fallen  off,  tem- 
porarily at  least,  grosses  remain  about  what 
they  were  a  year  ago,  due  to  last  spring's 
admission  price  increase.  All  signs  indicate 
the  public  is  shopping  again.  "O.S.S."  took 
$14,500  in  a  big  week  at  the  Circle,  but 
"Make  Mine  Music"  was  off  at  $12,500  at 
the  Indiana.  "Holiday  in  Mexico"  was  the 
strongest  card  in  town,  drawing  $17,500 
and  earning  a  holdover.  .  .  .  The  Weil  the- 
atre at  Greenfield,  started  before  the  clamp 
was  down  on  new  construction,  is  due  to 
open  October  31.  It's  a  750-seat  house 
owned  by  Carl  Weil.  Max  Page,  formerly 
a  salesman  with  PRC  here,  will  manage  it. 
.  .  .  Roy  Harrold,  of  Rushville,  ex-president 
of  the  ATO  of  Indiana,  is  recuperating 
from  an  operation  at  the  Methodist  Hos- 
pital here.  .  .  .  Ralph  Richey,  formerly  as- 
sistant manager  of  the  Circle,  is  manager  of 
the  Ritz,  succeeding  the  late  Fred  Boyd. 
.  .  .  Max  Paikos  of  Tipton,  Mrs.  Ballard 
Long  of  Sheridan,  Sam  Neall  of  Kokomo 
and  Roger  Scherer  and  John  Micu  of  Fort 
Wayne  were  out-of-town  film  men  seen  on 
the  Row  this  week. 

KANSAS  CITY 

Theatre  business  was  off  last  week  with 
the  arrival  of  the  first  post-war  American 
Royal  Live  Stock  and  Horse  Show.  Elmer 
C.  Rhoden,  Fox  Midwest  chief,  is  chairman 
of  the  horse  show.  Weekend  football  games 
in  and  around  Kansas  City  further  affected 
box  office  receipts. 

Ford  Anderson,  for  some  years  a  local 
projectionist,  is  opening  the  La  Clede  theatre 
in  La  Clede,  Kan.,  shortly,  after  remodeling. 
.  .  .  Harold  Cohen,  salesman  for  MGM  in 
Kansas  City  and  Des  Moines,  has  resigned 
to  join  the  Cinema  Theatre  Corp.,  Denver. 

C.  L.  McVey,  owner  of  the  Dreamland, 
Herington,  Kan.,  was  a  visitor  to  Film  Row. 
.  .  .  Larry  Wilson,  formerly  Warner  booker 
and  office  manager,  has  returned  from  the 
Army  and  has  joined  Monogram  as  booker. 
He  succeeds  Bob  Wolf,  now  office  manager 
and  booker  at  PRC.  .  .  .  Albert  Lies,  for- 
merly salesman  at  Wichita,  Kan.,  for  the 
Kansas  City  branch  of  PRC,  has  been  trans- 
ferred to  Omaha.  John  D.  Johnson,  who, 
before  entering  the  Army,  was  Fox  Midwest 
manager,  takes  the  Wichita  post  for  PRC. 

Charles  Borg  has  opened  his  Civic  theatre 
at  Osceola,  Mo.  .  .  .  The  Newman  theatre  in 
Kansas  City  was  instrumental  in  publicizing 
the  use  of  projected  reading  machines  in 
veterans  hospitals.  M.  B.  Cohn,  manager, 
provided  lobby  space -for  the  exhibit  and  in- 
vited patrons  to  try  the  machines. 

MEMPHIS 

Brisk  theatre  business  continued  last  week 
at  Memphis  downtown  first  run  houses. 
Manager  Jack  Tunstill  reported  "Canyon 
Passage,"  smashed  house  records  and  was 
held  over  for  a  second  week  at  the  Malco 
theatre.  "Holiday  in  Mexico"  did  "a  terrific 
business"  at  Loew's  Palace,  manager  Cecil 
Vogel  reported.  "Cloak  and  Dagger"  at  the 
Warner  was  "better  than  average,"  said 
James  Barnes.  "Black  Beauty,"  at  Loew's 
State,  "keeps  the  house  filled,"  manager  Bill 
Kemp  said. 

Three  new  theatres  opened  in  the  Mid- 
South  territory.  Savoy  Theatre,  new  Negro 
house  at  Dyersburg,  was  opened  by  Bruce 
Westmoreland  and  George  Grumpier.  J.  F. 
Adams  opened  his  new  show,  Tate  theatre, 


at  Coldwater,  Miss.,  and  Ed  Wittke,  owner, 
opened  the  new  Joy  theatre  at  Columbus, 
Miss.  .  .  .  T.  B.  Kirk,  branch  manager  at  Re- 
public in  Memphis,  left  for  his  new  job  as 
branch  manager  for  his  company  at  Dallas. 
Nat  Wyse  succeeded  him  at  Memphis. 

Exhibitors  on  Film  Row  included :  R.  R. 
McCormick,  Gloria  theatre,  Sanatobia, 
Miss.;  J.  C.  Mohrstadt,  Missouri  theatre, 
Hayti,  Mo. ;  Sam  Kirby,  Nabor  theatre,  Lit- 
tle Rock,  Ark. ;  Bob  Kilgore,  Harlem  thea- 
tre, West  Memphis,  Ark.;  H.  G.  Walden, 
Bay  theatre,  Red  Bay,  Ala. ;  J.  F.  Adams, 
Von  theatre,  Booneville,  Miss. ;  Louise  Mask, 
Luez  theatre,  Bolivar,  Tenn. ;  Paul  Myers, 
Belinda  theatre,  McCrory,  Ark. ;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  A.  West,  Hollywood  theatre. 

MINNEAPOLIS 

"Holiday  in  Mexico"  topped  another 
under-average  week  in  Loop  theatres,  held 
over  at  Radio  City  after  a  good  first  week. 
"Notorious"  still  grossing  above  average  in 
its  fourth  week.  Other  holdovers  not  doing 
so  well.  .  .  .  North  Central  Allied's  midyear 
convention  date  was  changed  from  Novem- 
ber 13  to  November  18  for  the  convenience 
of  speakers. 

NCA  regional  meeting  at  Duluth  con- 
demned use  of  local  checkers  by  Confidental 
Reports  and  alleged  blind  checking  by  Metro 
through  the  Wilmark  agency,  according  to 
Don  Swartz,  NCA  executive  secretary.  .  .  . 
Three  University  of  Minnesota  doctors  and 
Art  Anderson,  Northwest  Variety  club's 
chief  barker  who  headed  the  club's  heart 
hospital  fund  drive,  were  guests  of  E.  R. 
Ruben,  Minneapolis  independent  exhibitor, 
on  an  inspection  trip  to  the  Raymond  Blank 
Memorial  hospital,  Des  Moines.  .  .  .  Entire 
first  night's  receipts  from  northwest  premiere 
of  "Sister  Kenny"  at  RKO  Orpheum  Octo- 
ber 31  will  go  to  the  Sister  Kenny  Founda- 
tion. 

NEW  ORLEANS 

Henry  Meyer  of  the  Harlem  and  Meyer 
theatres  in  Biloxi  announced  that  construc- 
tion is  under  way  on  a  new  theatre  in  the 
Back  Bay  section  of  Biloxi,  Miss.  .  .  .  Don 
George  of  George  Bros,  theatres  in  Alexan- 
dria, Shreveport  and  Bossier  City,  La.,  an- 
nounced the  appointment  of  Doyle  Maynard 
as  general  manager  and  that  they  have 
moved  their  home  office  from  Alexandria  to 


Shreveport.  Doyle  Maynard  recently  re- 
signed as  salesman  for  National  Screen  Ser- 
vice here.  .  .  .  Film  Row  visitors :  L.  E. 
Downing  of  the  Haven  theatre,  Brookhaven, 
Miss. ;  Henry  Meyers  of  Harlem  &  Myer 
Theatres,  Biloxi,  Miss. ;  L.  W.  Watts  of  Oil 
City,  La. ;  Roy  Pfeiffer  of  Baton  Rouge,  La. ; 
Al  Crook,  manager  of  Bill  Lighter's  south- 
eastern Louisiana  Theatres;  Don  George  of 
Alexandria,  La.,  accompanied  by  his  general 
manager,  Doyle  Maynard;  Mr.  &  Mrs.  Cor- 
bett  of  Ritz  theatre,  Laurel,  Miss. 

W.  R.  Williams  has  resumed  his  film 
career  following  his  discharge  from  the  U.  S. 
Navy.  Prior  to  entering  the  Navy  he  man- 
aged a  theatre  in  the  Canal  Zone.  He  has 
announced  his  association  with  L.  A.  Mac- 
Kenna,  franchise  holder  of  Town  Talkies  in 
Florida  and  Alabama.  Williams  will  cover 
south  Alabama  and  western  Florida. 

L.  C.  Ownbery,  manager  of  the  National 
Theatre  Supply  Company  of  Los  Angeles,  is 
visiting  the  New  Orleans  office.  .  .  .  P.  T. 
Murphy  will  open  his  new  Rex  theatre  in 
Quitman,  Miss.,  November  5. 

OMAHA 

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Omaha  had  its  first  tinge  of  snow — and 
following  that  more  sun  than  the  city  has 
seen  in  weeks.  All  first  runs  did  average  or 
better  business,  but  nothing  startling.  .  .  . 
Pinky  Mcllvaine,  who  was  with  the  RKO 
Brandeis  when  it  opened  here  thirteen- years 
ago,  has  resigned  to  move  to  California. 
Mr.  Mcllvaine,  who  served  as  manager 
under  Will  Singer,  will  stay  in  the  theatre 
business.  .  .  .  Bill  Toney  of  Des  Moines,  just 
out  of  service  and  in  charge  of  Tri-States 
Theatres  maintenance,  made  his  first  trip 
around  the  Omaha  district  with  district  man- 
ager William  Miskell.  .  .  .  Nebraska  has  been 
selected  for  an  experiment  to  develop  higher 
educational  standards  through  use  of  motion 
pictures  in  classrooms.  Through  Teaching 
Films  Custodians,  Inc.,  New  York,  $10,000 
worth  of  films  will  be  made  available  for  the 
experiment.  .  .  .  Mrs.  Jennie  Wickman  has 
sold  the  Lyric  theatre  at  Tecamah,  Neb.,  to 
H.  O.  Qualsett,  a  veteran. 

PHILADELPHIA 

Business  continued  very  dull  here,  "No- 
body Lives  Forever"  being  the  only  big  box 
office  gun  with  $48,000.  .  .  .  Harry  Botwick, 
city  manager  for  Paramount  Publix,  moved 
Roy  Sullender,  formerly  manager  of  the 
Nixon  to  the  Tower,  and  appointed  Allen 
Goodkin  as  Nixon  manager,  Charles  Carver 
to  the  Frankford,  and  Norman  H.  Bailey  re- 
mains at  the  Roosevelt.  .  .  .  Dick  Shamis, 
back  from  Baltimore,  is  now  handling  the 
Karlton. 

New  Hope,  home  of  the  Bucks  County 
Playhouse,  started  weekend  films,  with  Fri- 
day and  Saturday  night  showing,  plus  special 
kiddies  matinee,  at  the  Playhouse,  which 
runs  legitimate  plays  during  the  summer. 
Operators  are  Allan  Ross,  R.  L.  and  M.  A. 
Walter.  .  .  .  Mrs.  Ella  N.  Ege  is  the  new 
president  of  the  Reading,  Pa.,  Motion  Pic- 
ture Forum.  .  .  .  Paul  E.  Glase,  manager  of 
Reading's  Embassy,  addressed  the  Shilling- 
ton's  Woman's  Club  on  "The  Theatre  in 
Reading."  .  .  .  Over  200  film  men  were  at 
the  dinner  held  in  honor  of  John  J.  Bergin, 
Paramount  branch  sales  manager,  and  David 
Korson,  Columbia  branch  sales  manager, 
held  under  the  auspices  of  the  MPA.  .  .  . 
Mrs.  Edna  Carroll,  of  Pennsylvania's  State 

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Board  of  Censors,  is  section  chairman  of  the 
Industry  and  Finance  division  in  the  Com- 
munity Chest  Drive. 

PITTSBURGH 

Downtown  operators  are  anything  but 
happy  these  days  watching  hard-earned  aver- 
ages and  grosses  dwindle  because  of  the 
power  strike  that  is  now  in  its  fourth  week. 
But  while  they  are  struggling  to  meet  cur- 
rent expenditures,  the  operators  of  neighbor- 
hood theatres  are  reaping  a  golden  harvest. 
...  As  one  operator  who  is  getting  his  share 
of  the  bonanza  put  it,  "At  the  present  time 
we  could  show  wallpaper  and  pack  the 
house." 

MGM's  promotion  department  really  did  a 
swell  job  in  the  publicizing  of  its  latest  re- 
lease, "Gallant  Bess.''  The  stallion  at- 
tracted more  people  to  City  Hall  steps  than 
did  George  Mueller,  who  is  calling  the  plays 
in  the  power  strike.  .  .  .  Maurice  (Red)  Sil- 
berberg  has  been  named  city  salesman  for 
Universal.  He  succeeds  Francis  Guehl,  who 
has  been  named  exchange  manager.  .  .  . 
Film-goers  are  nocking  to  a  local  night  club 
•to  see  Jackie  Coogan,  the  "Kid"  in  the 
famous  Chaplin  picture. 

SAN  ANTONIO 

Local  first  runs  all  did  good  business. 
"'The.trange  Loves  of  Martha  Ivers"  at  the 
Majestic  took  first  place  at  the  box  office; 
"Three  Wise  Fools"  came  in  second  at  the 
Aztec.  "TheAdventures  of  Tom  Sawyer" 
ran  third  at  the  Empire.  It  was  a  subsequent 
run. 

Ralph  Labutis  recently  sold  his  third  in- 
terest in  the  Texas  Film  Service  here  to  Paul 
Dahlman  of  Dallas,  and  James  Henson  of 
Green  Island,  Illinois.  .  .  .  "The  Shepherd  of 
the  Hills"  returned  to  the  Texas  theatre  last 
week  for  a  revival  showing.  .  .  .  Film  Row 
visitors  included  Lewis  Bra}-,  Interstate  dis- 
trict manager,  Harlingen;  W.  W.  Rucker, 
Rock  theatre,  Roundrock ;  Theo  Routt,  Long 
Theatres  booker,  Dallas,  and  Jimmie  Reyna, 
Regis  theatre  manager,  San  Diego,  Texas. 
.  .  .  Maurice  Gleaves,  Texas  theatre  manag- 
ing director,  staged  and  directed  the  San 
Jose  Mission  Centennial  Texas  Statehood 
Festival  October  12  to  commemorate  the 
100th  year  of  Texas  as  a  state.  .  .  .  Local 
exhibitors  have  some  new  headaches  for  this 
season.  They  include  Sunday  horse  racing; 
archery,  skeet  and  trap  shoots  at  Alamo 
Heights ;  night  football  games,  and  motor- 
cycle races  on  top  of  that,  also  on  the  Sab- 
bath. 

ST.  LOUIS 

Theatre  owners  were  relieved  when  the 
Cardinals  finally  whipped  the  Red  Sox  to 
win  the  World  Series,  which  had  dragged 
out  for  more  than  a  week  and  had  severely 
cut  into  theatre  business.  .  .  .  Possibility  of 
repeal  of  the  daylight-saving  time  ordinance 
seems  likely  with  author  of  bill,  Alderman 
Louis  Lange,  announcing  decision  to  vote 
for  repeal.  .  .  .  Chris  Bendsen  has  sold  the 
400-seat  Bond  theatre  in  Decatur,  111.,  to 
George  H.  Corbett.  .  .  .  Vincent  J.  Helling 
has  rejoined  the  Frisina  Amusement  Com- 
pany as  its  resident  manager  in  St.  Charles, 
Mo. 

Clarence  Kaimann,  co-owner  with  Fred 
Wehrenberg  of  the   Kai  niann- \\  ehrenberg 


circuit,  has  been  elected  a  director  of 
MPTOA  to  represent  eastern  Missouri  and 
southern  Illinois.  He  replaces  Mr.  Wehren- 
berg, who  is  national  president  of  the  organ- 
ization. .  .  .  The  latter  has  urged  exhibitors 
to  pay  the  of  1  per  cent  city  income  tax, 
even  though  a  large  number  of  corporations 
are  refusing  to  until  a  law  suit  challenging 
the  constitutionality  of  the  law  is  decided. 
Mr.  Wehrenberg's  position  is  that  since  the 
exhibitors  had  advocated  the  income  tax  in 
lieu  of  a  five  per  cent  amusement  tax  that 
they  should  be  willing  to  pay  the  tax.  .  .  . 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Woodrow  Proffer  have  opened 
the  New  Roxy  theatre  at  Ramsey,  111.,  with 
more  than  300  seats.  They  have  12-cent 
Bargain  Night  on  Thursdays  and  Fridays. 
.  .  .  Bill  and  Don  Hope  have  opened  the 
Hope  theatre  at  Elkville,  111. 


WASHINGTON 

Business  in  Washington  theatres  was  fair 
this  week,  with  holdovers  at  Warners'  Earle 
— "Cloak  and  Dagger" — and  RKO  Keith's — 
"The  Stranger."  Louise  Noonan  Miller's 
Little  theatre  held  over  the  French  picture, 
"Marie  Louise,"  but  added  another  feature, 
the  James  Mason  picture,  "Secret  Mission." 
New  pictures  were  "Black  Angel"  first  run 
at  Warners'  Metropolitan  theatre ;  "If  I'm 
Luck}'"  at  Loew's  Capitol ;  and  a  "re-presen- 
tation" of  "Rage  in  Heaven"  at  Loew's  Pal- 
ace. Local  hotel  strike,  which  affects  18 
theatres,  had  a  dampening  effect  on  down- 
town business,  since  tourists  have  been  re- 
fused reservations,  and  those  already  in  the 
hotels  at  the  time  of  the  strike  have  been 
urged  to  leave. 

John  J.  Payette  received  a  personal  cita- 
tion in  the  form  of  a  scroll  from  the  local 
Board  of  Trade,  when  the  Warner  Bros, 
general  zone  manager  was  honored  for  "his 
presight  and  enterprise  in  introducing  talk- 
ing pictures  to  Washington."  .  .  .  Sam  Roth 
announces  that  the  Chadwick  theatre  in  Suf- 
folk, Va.,  has  been  reopened,  after  being  shut 
down  for  repairs.  .  .  .  Washington  theatre 
men  who  will  participate  in  the  1946  Christ- 
mas Seal  sale  campaign,  on  the  publicity 
committee,  are  Frank  La  Fake,  of  Warner 
Bros.,  and  Eugene  Kramer  of  Independent 
Theatres.  .  .  .  Advance  sales  for  the  local 
engagement  of  "Henry  V"  at  the  Little  thea- 
tre have  already  topped  $14,000.  .  .  .  War- 
ners' Seco  theatre,  Silver  Springs,  presented 
a  special  cartoon  show  on  Friday. 


Hungary  Parties 
Seek  to  Revive 
Film  Production 

by  ALEXANDER  FODOR 

hi  Budapest 

The  four  political  parties  now  in  control 
of  Hungary's  exhibition  may  attempt  to  re- 
vive the  country's  production. 

Local  production  is  still  stagnant  because 
of  lack  of  capital.  Since  the  introduction 
of  the  new  Hungarian  currency,  the  Forint, 
new  private  capital  has  not  yet  been  accumu- 
lated. On  the  other  hand,  the  Government 
is  economizing  all  down  the  line  and  conse- 
quently is  unable  to  invest  any  money  in 
production. 

Lately  the  idea  has  been  suggested  that 
the  political  parties,  which  now  receive  the 
profits  from  exhibition,  use  those  profits  to 
restore  production.  The  parties,  indeed,  are 
willing  to  attempt  this  and  intend  to  start 
production  soon,  provided  they  can  get  a  cer- 
tain amount  of  support  from  the  Govern- 
ment and  from  production  employees. 

The  distribution  of  theatre  licenses  among 
the  political  parties  still  continues.  At  pres- 
ent the  theatres  are  divided  among  the  par- 
ties in  this  order :  Social  Democratic,  65 
theatres;  Independent  Little  Farmers,  75; 
Communist,  68,  and  Peasant,  25. 

It  is  believed  that  the  Motion  Picture  Ex- 
port Association  will  start  operations  in 
Hungary  some  time  during  November. 

Arrange  Release  of 
Government  Pictures 

Agreement  for  distribution  of  Govern- 
ment film  messages  by  major  companies  has 
been  reached  by  the  Motion  Picture  Asso- 
ciation and  the  American  Theatres  Asso- 
ciation, according  to  the  Office  of  War 
Mobilization  and  Reconversion.  Details  of 
procedure  and  release  of  "a  reasonable 
number"  of  films  will  be  worked  out  by  a 
distributors'  committee.  Four  exhibitor  as- 
sociations already  have  promised  to  cooper- 
ate with  the  Government  in  recommending 
exhibition  of  message  films. 


Imperial  Pictures  Buy 
Pinnacle  Franchise 

Imperial  Pictures,  Cleveland,  headed  by 
the  Urbanskys — John,  Sr.,  and  John,  Jr. — • 
and  Bernard  Rubin,  have  bought  the  north- 
ern Ohio  franchise  of  Pinnacle  Pictures.  The 
deal  covers  distribution  of  six  new  pictures 
in  color,  the  first  to  be  released  January  1, 
tentatively  titled  "Lasca."  Jon  Hall  and  Lynn 
Bari  are  starred.  The  Detroit  franchise  has 
been  acquired  by  Jack  Zeide,  and  the  Cin- 
cinnati franchise  by  Lee  Goldberg. 

Kalma  Theatre  Sold 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nicholas  Reck  have  pur- 
chased, the  Monroe  theatre  in  Kalama 
Wash.,  from  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Karl  Olsen.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Reck  will  undertake  an  improve- 
ment program  before  opening  the  theatre. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


49 


KUYKENDALL  OF 
MPTOA  DIES  AT  59 


President  13  Years;  Gave 
Time  to  Exhibitor  Cause; 
Fought  Regulation 

Edward  L.  Kuykendall,  59,  president- 
emeritus  of  the  Motion  Picture  Theatre 
Owners  of  America,  died  last  Sunday,  Oc- 
tober 20,  in  Columbus,  Miss.,  after  an  ill- 
ness of  many  months.  His  13  years  as  pres- 
ident ended  at  the  close  of  the  national  con- 
vention, which  was  held  at  his  home- in  Co- 
lumbus in  June. 

Owner  of  the  Princess  theatre  in  that  city, 
Mr.  Kuykendall  also  had  an  interest  in  the 
Columbus  Dispatch,  Hotel  Gilmer,  an 
amusement  park,  the  fair  and  baseball  club. 
He  was  active  in  the  Boy  Scouts  and  Rotary 
Club  and  was  a  past  president  of  the  local 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  a  national  com- 
mitteeman of  the  industry's  War  Activities 
Committee. 

Surviving  are  his  wife  and  one  son,  Ed- 
ward, Jr.,  as  well  as  a  foster  son  and  daugh- 
ter. Funeral  services  were  held  in  Colum- 
bus Monday. 


If  the  state  of  Mississippi  had  not  enacted 
an  admission  tax,  Ed  Kuykendall  probably 
would  never  have  traveled  the  land  to  preach 
the  gospel  of  unity.  He  fought  the  tax  meas- 
ure for  years.  When  it  passed  in  spite  of  his 
efforts,  and  those  of  other  far-looking  Mis- 
sippi  showmen,  he  embarked  on  a  mission 
of  salvation  for  theatre  owners  faced  with 
the  same  threat;  on  a  crusade  against  all 
forms  of  regulation  and  discrimination  by  lo- 
cal or  Federal  governments. 

When  he  succeeded  M.  A.  Lightman,  of 
Memphis,  in  1933  as  president  of  the  Motion 
Picture  Theatre  Owners  of  America,  Mr. 
Kuykendall  practically  went  out  of  business 
for  himself  and  devoted  most  of  his  time  to 
furthering  the  cause  of  the  exhibitors  in  all 
parts  of  the  nation.  That  Mississippi  tax 
was,  as  his  friends  well  knew,  a  continual 
source  of  slight  personal  embarrasment.  He 
covered  it  and  turned  it  into  a  weapon. 
When  hecklers  pointed  out  he  could  not 
control  the  situation  in  his  own  state,  Ed 
invaribaly  replied : 

"That's  why  I'm  here  talking  to  you  about 
the  dangers  of  legislative  discrimination. 
Who  knows  better  what  they  mean  than  the 
guy  who  has  lived  under  them  ?"  It  always 
silenced  the  critics. 

Born  in  Indiana 

There  are  several  facts  about  Mr.  Kuy- 
kendalPs  career  that  are  little  known,  despite 
their  exisence  as  matters  of  record.  He 
was  not  a  Rebel  by  birth ;  he  was  a  Hoosier 
— born  September  25,  1887,  in  Muncie,  Ind. 
Legend  has  it  that  he  went  to  Dixie  because 
he  wanted  to  see  where  the  Wabash  River 
emptied,  and  was  captured  by  the  quality  of 
the  Mississippi  barbecue. 


EDWARD  L.  KUYKENDALL 

He  was,  in  the  days  of  his  youth  and  lithe- 
ness,  a  parachute  jumper — known  to  the  then 
thrill  fans  as  a  balloon  ascentionist.  He 
was  an  acrobat,  and  he  followed  the  call 
of  the  carnival,  the  circus  and  the  medicine 
show.  He  surpassed  in  the  field  of  burnt 
cork  as  a  minstrel  blackface.  He  was  active 
in  the  management  of  fairs,  amusement 
parks  and  baseball.  He  toured  the  tanks 
with  "The  Boer  War,"  "The  Great  Train 
Robbery"  and  other  roadshow  pictures.  A 
total  of  35  years  he  devoted  to  the  business 
of  motion  picture  exhibition. 

Mr.  Kuykendall  had  a  penchant  for,  and  a 
knack  with,  anecdotes.  He  was  especially 
fond  of  those  harmless  bits  that  dealt  with 
the  early  embarrassments  of  industry  promi- 
nents.  His  favorite  concerned  an  interlude 
in  the  life  of  the  late  Willard  C.  Patterson, 
a  dignified  gentleman  of  impressive  stature 
in  the  southern  area  for  Paramount-Publix, 
whose  wife  was  Anna  Aiken  Patterson,  for 
years  a  prominent  motion  picture  business 
paper  publisher  in  Atlanta. 

Recalls  Early  Anecdote 

This  reminiscent  item  was  usually,  told  at 
a  series  gathering  in  Mr.  Patterson's  pres- 
ence. Mr.  Kuykendall  related  how  he  had 
completed  an  assignment  to  take  a  balloon 
up  and  bring  a  parachute  down  in  a  small 
Mississippi  town  and  had  appeared  at  the 
depot  late  in  the  afternoon.  There  he  found 
the  sheriff  in  control  of  the  baggage  of  a 
traveling  show  troupe,  managed  by  Mr.  Pat- 
terson. One  train  had  departed  while  the 
constabulary  fine-combed  the  luggage.  It 
appeared  the  troupe  members  had  confused 
their  personal  linen  with  that  belonging  to 
the  hotel.  Then,  in  his  best  medicine-show 
manner,  Mr.  Kuykendall  reminded  the  con- 
ference to  be  on  the  alert. 


Norris  Wilcox,  Brother  of 
Douglas  Fairbanks,  Dies 

Norris  Wilcox,  66,  a  pioneer  figure  in  the 
industry,  died  October  22  at  his  home  in 
New  York  City,  after  several  months  of  ill 
health. 

A  brother  of  the  late  Douglas  Fairbanks, 
Sr.,  Mr.  Wilcox  began  his  career  at  Para- 
mount in  1917  as  office  manager.  He  joined 
United  Artists  in  August,  1925,  and  served 
first  as  sales  manager  for  the  company  in 
Brazil,  opening  offices  in  Rio  de  Janeiro. 

Upon  his  return  to  New  York  he  was  ap- 
pointed office  manager  and  personnel  direc- 
tor, acting  in  that  capacity  until  about  six 
months  ago,  when  he  retired  from  active 
service.  Thereafter  he  functioned  as  a  com- 
pany adviser,  on  semi-active  duty. 

He  leaves  a  widow,  Mrs.  Frances  Wil- 
cox, and  a  brother,  Robert  P.  Fairbanks. 

Requiem  mass  was  said  at  St.  Ignatius 
Loyola  Church,  Friday.  Interment  was  in 
Gate  of  Heaven  Cemetery. 


William  G.  Formby,  Business 
Journalist  Many  Years 

William  G.  Formby,  who  resigned  in  ill- 
health  from  the  position  of  field  editor  of 
Motion  Picture  Herald  last  August,  died 
suddenly  Monday  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.  He 
had  recently  established  himself  in  Los  An- 
geles to  represent  a  number  of  publications. 
He  flew  to  Kansas  City  on  a  business  errand 
last  Saturday. 

Mr.  Formby  started  his  career  in  journal- 
ism in  Amarillo,  Texas,  and  went  thence  to 
Oklahoma  City.  For  some  seventeen  years 
he  was  connected  with  Boxoffice  in  various 
editorial  capacities,  and  territories  including 
Atlanta,  Kansas  City  and  New  York. 

He  is  survived  by  his  mother,  Mrs.  Gert- 
rude Formby;  his  wife,  Ann;  a  daughter, 
Barbara  Ann,  and  two  sisters,  Mrs.  R.  H. 
Shivel  and  Mrs.  Cecil  Calhoun. 


Robert  Young,  Pioneer 
Of  Ohio  Exhibition 

Robert  Young,  83,  veteran  Columbus, 
Ohio,  showman,  died  October  19  in  Colum- 
bus after  a  long  illness.  Pioneer  in  the  ex- 
hibition field,  Mr.  Young  opened  the  Prin- 
cess theatre  in  1906  and  at  various  times  op- 
erated the  Victoria,  in  the  Board  of  Trade 
Building;  the  Broadway;  the  Priscilla, 
Cleveland;  one  in  Young stown,  and  opened 
the  first  film  house  in  West  Jefferson.  He 
built  the  latter  theatre.  At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  was  owner  of  the  Frances  Wil- 
lard Candy  Company,  with  a  store  in  the 
Loew's  Ohio  building.  He  leaves  his  widow, 
Mrs.  Olive  Young,  and  three  sons,  Wade, 
Dale,  and  Robert,  Jr. 


Walter  Smith 

Walter  Smith,  55,  manager  of  Century 
Circuit's  Grove  theatre,  Freeport,  L.  I.,  died 
of  a  heart  attack  October  12.  Before  join- 
ing the  circuit  as  an  assistant  manager  17 
years  ago,  Mr.  Smith  was  a  professional 
baritone.  He  is  survived  by  his  widow, 
Barbara  Louise  Smith,  and  a  son, 
Kenneth,  14. 


SO 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD.  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


RKO,  20th-Fox 
Hold  Meetings 
In  Buenos  Aires 


Mexicans  Irked 
As  Studio  Hires 
Best  Workers 

by  LUIS  BECERRA  CELIS 

in  Mexico  City 

Some  sectors  of  the  film  industry  are  dis- 
gruntled by  the  hiring  of  Mexican  picture 
making  technicians  for  the  studios  at  Tia- 
juana,  on  the  California  border,  that  an 
American-Mexican  syndicate  is  completing. 
It  is  reported  that  the  minimum  weekly  wage 
paid  by  these  studios  for  first  rate  techni- 
cians is  $200.  The  displeasure  in  the  Mexi- 
can film  circles  is  that  the  syndicate  is  out 
to  take  the  Mexican  industry's  best  techni- 
cians, a  circumstance  that  is  regarded  in 
these  circles  as  unfair,  though  admittedly 
legitimate.  Mexican  technicians  who  are 
interested  in  working  for  the  Tiajuana  stu- 
dios are  said  to  hold  to  the  opinion  that  if 
the  Mexican  industry  wants  to  keep  its  best 
technicians  it  should  pay  them  wages  that 
are  worth  while. 

V 

Abel  Salazar,  now  heading  the  cast  of  a 
picture  the  Rodriguez  Bros,  are  producing 
here,  is  completing  details  to  become  a  pro- 
ducer himself.  He  plans  to  make  three  pic- 
tures next  year,  the  first  to  start  in  Janu- 
ary. Ex-President  Lazaro  Cardenas  is  his 
father-in-law. 

V 

Producciones  Grovas  announces  that  it 
has  definitely  completed  its  1946  production 
program  of  eight  pictures  and  will  not  make 
any  more  until  next  year. 

V 

The  Cine  Metropolitan,  one  of  the  largest 
local  first  run  theatres,  has  been  served 
notice  by  section  one  (attaches)  of  the  Na- 
tional Cinematographic  Industry  Workers 
Union  that  a  strike  will  be  called  against  it 
unless  the  exhibitor,  Fernando  Garcia, 
makes  a  new  work  contract,  featuring  a 
large  pay  rise. 

I  V 

Local  exhibitors  have  won  an  important 
point  in  the  elimination  of  keen  competition 
with  the  city  government  agreeing  to  their 
petition  that  bullfights  be  limited  to  two  a 
week.  The  exhibitors  had  complained  that 
three  blood  and  sand  shows  in  seven  days 
was  cutting  into  their  box  office  too  much. 
V 

A  straight  three-month  exhibition  of  one 
picture  in  one  theatre  is  being  attempted  for 
the  first  time  in  Mexico  by  Miguel  Contreras 
Torres  with  his  "Mary  Magdalene,"  based 
on  the  Biblical  character,  at  the  Cine  Iris, 
first  run  theatre  here. 


Shapiro  Forms  Company 

A  group  headed  by  Irvin  Shapiro  has 
formed  World  Wide  Film  Corporation,  New 
York,  to  distribute  French,  Italian  and 
English  pictures  in  North  and  South  Amer- 
ica. Mr.  Shapiro  remains  as  acting  head  of 
Film  Rights  Export  Corporation,  which  dis- 
tributes American-made  pictures  abroad. 


MEXICAN  PRODUCERS 
SEEK  QUOTA  LAW 

Mexican  producers,  alarmed  by 
foreign  competition,  particularly  from 
Hollywood,  are  urging  the  Ministry 
of  the  Interior  to  enact  a  law  mak- 
ing it  obligatory  for  all  Mexican 
exhibitors  to  devote  26  weeks  a  year 
to  Mexican  product  exclusively.  If 
the  law  were  passed,  it  would  apply 
first,  it  is  believed,  only  to  the 
Federal  District,  which  includes 
Mexico  City  with  2,000,000  popu- 
lation, but  then  would  be  extended 
to  the  provinces. 


Rhode  Island  Theatre 
Marks  Silver  Jubilee 

The  Palace  theatre  in  West  Warwick,  R. 
I.  is  currently  celebrating  its  25th  anni- 
versary of  continuous  operation.  In  its 
growth  it  has  recorded  the  march  of  silent 
films  to  talking  pictures  and  on  to  Tech- 
nicolor. The  house  is  one  of  four  under  the 
management  of  the  West  Warwick  Theatre 
Company  of  which  William  Deitch  is  presi- 
dent. 


Benjamin  Levin  Dies 

Benjamin  Levin,  one  of  the  motion  pic- 
ture industry's  pioneers,  died  at  his  home 
October  19.  In  1912  he  operated  the  Lenox 
Film  Exchange  in  New  York.  He  was  the 
father  of  Jack  H.  Levin,  vice-president  and 
general  manager  of  Confidential  Reports, 
and  President  of  Cinema  Lodge,  B'nai 
B'rith.  Services  were  held  at  the  Park  West 
Chapel,  October  21.  Interment  was  at  River- 
side Cemetery. 


Jacob  Weinberg 

Jacob  Weinberg,  50,  real  estate  executive 
of  Stanley-Warner  Theatres,  and  well 
known  in  athletic  and  political  circles  in 
Camden  and  South  Jersey,  died  October  18 
at  Atlantic  City.  A  native  of  Camden,  he 
was  one  of  the  persons  responsible  for  the 
repeal  of  the  New  Jersey  Blue  Laws.  Sur- 
viving are  his  wife,  Eva,  and  two  brothers, 
Harry  and  Leon,  of  Camden. 


George  C.  Macy 

Funeral  services  for  George  C.  Macy,  85, 
Broadway  character  actor,  were  held  in  New 
York  Sunday  at  the  Cook  Funeral  Home. 
The  actor,  who  had  played  more  than  500 
roles,  died  October  17  in  Southside  Hos- 
pital, Bay  Shore. 

Carl  Danehy 

Funeral  services  for  Carl  Danehy  of  the 
Warner  Bros,  tax  department  were  held 
Sunday  in  Tenafly,  N.  J.,  where  he  lived. 
Mr.  Danehy  died  suddenly  last  Thursday  of 
a  heart  attack  at  the  home  office. 


James  T.  Moxley 

James  T.  Moxley,  75,  theatre  manager  for 
many  years,  died  in  Ottawa,  October  17. 
Prior  to  his  illness  he  bad  been  in  charge 
of  the  suburban  Westboro  theatre. 


by  NATALIO  BRUSKI 

in  Buenos  Aires 

RKO  Radio  and  Twentieth  Century-Fox 
have  recently  concluded  Latin  American 
conventions  in  Buenos  Aires  with  each  com- 
pany announcing  new  product  and  discuss- 
ing sales  methods. 

Jack  Osserman,  general  manager  for 
Latin  America,  headed  the  RKO  meeting; 
Samuel  Cohen,  supervisor  for  South  Ameri- 
ca, the  20th-Fox  meeting. 

V 

Because  of  the  importation  of  negative 
and  positive  film  from  America  and  from 
Belgium,  the  manufacture  of  this  film  by 
Delta,  an  Argentine  firm,  has  been  halted. 
The  quality  of  American  and  Belgian  film 
is  higher  and  the  cost  lower  than  that  pro- 
duced here.  Unconfirmed  reports  are  that 
Delta  has  been  offered  for  sale. 

V 

Distribuidora  Franco  Argentina,  distrib- 
uting French  films  here,  will  dub  their  pic- 
tures in  Spanish,  using  Argentine  voices. 
The  reason  for  this  is  the  prevalent  con- 
viction that  the  failure  of  dubbed  American 
pictures  is  due  to  the  accent  of  the  voices 
used,  which  is  different  from  the  accent  of 
the  Argentine  population.  The  new  com- 
pany, however,  will  offer  its  film  both  in 
dubbed  and  subtitled  versions. 

V 

Monogram's  "Dillinger"  is  having  an 
extraordinarily  successful  run  in  Buenos 
Aires  and  has  broken  all  box  office  records 
at  the  Normandie  theatre. 

V 

Constantino  Potsios,  executive  of  the  Ital- 
ian company,  Minerva  Films,  is  visiting 
Buenos  Aires.  Minerva  is  the  producer  of 
"Rome,  Open  City."  Mr.  Potsios  will  open 
a  branch  office  in  Buenos  Aires  for  the  dis- 
tribution of  his  company's  Italian  product 
throughout  Latin  America. 

V 

A  new  production  company,  Alfar,  will 
begin  work  next  year  on  its  first .  feature, 
"Old  and  Glorious  Alumni,"  dealing  with 
the  activities  of  the  first  football  players  in 
the  Argentine. 

V 

It  is  reported  that  Eagle  Lion  will  open 
an  office  in  the  Argentine  next  year. 

Films  of  the  Nations 
Completes  Catalogue 

Films  of  the  Nations,  Inc.,  New  York, 
has  completed  a  38-page  catalogue  of  16mm 
educational  film  concerning  the  customs, 
habits,  occupations  and  lives  of  the  people 
of  various  countries  throughout  the  world, 
and  it  is  being  distributed  to  create  better 
understanding  among  the  nations  through 
the  medium  of  films.  The  catalogue  explains 
where  film  may  be  rented  or  sold  and  lists 
the  titles  of  films  by  country. 


•  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


5) 


Greater  Union  in 
Australia  Adds 
Twenty  Houses 

by  CLIFF  HOLT 

hi  Sydney 

Greater  Union  Theatres,  owned  in  part  by 
J.  Arthur  Rank,  has  added  another  20  thea- 
tres to  its  circuit  by  purchasing  the  Clifford 
Theatre  Circuit  in  South  Australia  at  a  cost 
of  £280,000. 

The  purchase  culminates  a  vigorous  ex- 
pansion policy  accelerated  early  this  year 
when  the  Rank  group  took  a  50  per  cent 
partnership  in  the  company.  During  the 
past  few  months,  Union  has  acquired  owner- 
ship or  control  of  several  first  rate  Sydney 
suburban  theatres,  including  the  King's  cir- 
cuit of  eight  theatres. 

In  addition  to  its  theatre-operating  activi- 
ties, Union  is  blueprinting  plans  to  equip 
studios  and  engage  in  feature  production  in 
Australia  next  year.  This  will  be  done  in 
association  with  the  Rank  organization. 
V 

MGM's  16mm  division  in  Australia  has 
estimated  that  there  are  10,000  situations 
throughout  Australia,  New  Zealand  and  the 
Pacific  Islands  which  are  not  served  by 
35mm  and  will  be  suitable  for  sub-standard 
presentations.  MGM  has  brought  in  several 
16mm  prints  of  theatrical  subjects  and  ex- 
pects to  have  its  first  unit  traveling  New 
South  Wales  by  Christinas. 

V 

The  formation  of  a  Federal  Exhibitors' 
Council  representing  independents  through- 
out the  Commonwealth  is  favored  by  the 
Queensland  Exhibitors  Association,  which  is 
preparing  proposals  for  submission  to  ex- 
hibitors of  other  states.  These  call  for  a 
Federal  Council  with  authority  to  speak  for 
independents  on  matters  of  common  policy. 
The  idea  is  not  to  interfere  with  the  autono- 
my of  state  bodies  on  local  questions. 
V 

A  sharp  difference  in  Australian  exhibi- 
tors' attitude  towards  increasing  admission 
prices  is  reflected  in  the  annual  report  issued 
by  the  Exhibitors'  Association  of  West  Aus- 
'  tralia.  The  report  declares :  "Admission 
prices  must  be  increased  and  a  move  has 
been  made  in  this  direction."  Previously, 
Queensland  and  N.  S.  W.  exhibitor  associa- 
tions confirmed  a  policy  opposing  action  to 
raise  prices,  whereas  in  New  Zealand  there 
has  been  agitation  for  some  time"  to  lift  them 
by  25  per  cent. 

V 

Ovearseas  as  well  as  local  investors  are 
taking  keen  interest  in  Australian  produc- 
tion because  of  the  success  of  "Overland- 
ers,"  following  closely  on  the  hit  made  by 
"Smithy."  Harry  Watt,  director  of  "Over- 
landers,"  will  disclose  Ealing's  plans  for  a 
second  Australian  production  when  he  ar- 
rives at  the  end  of  the  month  in  Sydney. 
Columbia,  producers  of  "Smithy,"  will  make 
a  second  Australian  feature,  and  Universal 
is  interested  in  producing  a  feature. 


FROM  READERS 

APPRECIATION  FROM  A 
BRITISH  SUBSCRIBER 

To  the  London  Editor  of  the  Herald: 

May  I  as  a  mere  manager  express  my  ap- 
preciation of  the  extremely  clear  and  concise 
way  in  which  you  reported  on  "British  Thea- 
tres Protest  Contract  with  Managers." 
Apart  from  the  fact  that  it  was  primarily 
written  for  the  U.  S.  it  would  give  the  pic- 
ture in  a  nutshell  to  anybody  in  this  country 
who  had  not  been  following  the  matter  with 
interest.  Those  parts  you  have  left  out  are 
covered  indirectly  by  what  you  included. 

It  is  the  high  standard  of  HERALD 
which  makes  it  so  readable  in  all  coun- 
tries, though,  of  course,  over  here  we  are 
only  a  small  part  of  those  for  whom  it  is 
intended. 

I  was  very  pleased  today — after  a  long  gap 
through  the  U.  S.  strike — to  receive  three 
copies  but  am  still  short  of  September  7. 
Let's  hope  it  turns  up !  I  really  do  find  so 
much  of  interest  in  Herald's  pages  for  the 
outlook  is  obviously  different  from  that  of 
our  own  trade  papers. — ALEC  REID,  Plaza 
Cinema,  Southfields,  England. 


WOULD  COMMEMORATE 
RICHARDSON  BIRTHDAY 

To  the  Editor  of  the  Herald: 

At  recent  meetings  of  the  New  York  State 
Association  of  Projectionists,  Projection 
Historical  Committee,  the  25-30  Club  and 
other  projectionists'  organizations,  the  mem- 
bers were  requested  to  assist  in  commemorat- 
ing the  80th  birthday  of  the  late  F.  H.  Rich- 
ardson, which  falls  on  October  25.  All  pro- 
jectionists are  asked  to  formally  or  infor- 
mally mark  this  date  in  rememberance  of 
Mr.  Richardson's  outstanding  efforts  to  raise 
projection  standards. 

By  resolution  passed  some  years  ago  by 
the  board  of  governors  of  the  Society  of  Mo- 
tion Picture  Engineers  that  body  "took  full 
cognizance  of  the  highly  commendable  and 
noteworthy  achievements  throughout  a  long 
period  of  years  in  the  improvement  of  mo- 
tion picture  projection  and  its  elevation  as  a 
chaft,  of  Frank  H.  Richardson."  His  name 
has  been  added  to  the  Society's  honor  roll, 
which  includes  Thomas  A.  Edison,  George 
Eastman,  Edwin  S.  Porter  and  other  dis- 
tinguished pioneers  who  are  now  deceased. — 
P.  A.  McGUIRE. 


Canada  Producers'  Unit 
Doubles  Membership 

Membership  in  the  Film  Producers  Asso- 
ciation of  Canada  has  doubled  since  the  pre- 
liminary announcement  of  its  formation, 
Leon  Shelly,  vice-president,  told  the  Toron- 
to Advertising  and  Sales  Club  at  a  luncheon 
there  last  wek.  N.  Roy  Perry,  club  presi- 
dent, told  the  members  that  a  great  future 
was  in  store  for  the  industry  in  the  use  of 
non-theatrical  productions.  He  said  the 
formation  of  the  association  marked  the  be- 
ginning of  the  serious  use  of  such  films  in 
Canada. 


Australia  Prices 
Rise,  Admissions 
Not:  Higginson 

High  taxes  and  high  prices  govern  Aus- 
tralia, but  box  office  prices  haven't  risen  in 
10  years,  Stanley  Higginson,  Warners'  man- 
aging director  there, 
pointed  out  in  a  re- 
sume of  Australian 
conditions  last  week 
at  the  New  York  of- 
fice. Mr.  Higginson 
is  in  on  a  business 
visit,  and  during  his 
six  weeks  in  this 
country  will  visit  the 
studio.  "Admissions 
are  about  the  only 
thing  I  can  think  of 
which  haven't  gone 

c.  .  up,"  he  declared.  En- 

Manley  Higginson 

tertamment  taxes,  in- 
cluding racing  and  every  other  form  of 
amusement,  amount  to  25  per  cent.  The  tax- 
ation affects  business,  because  "obviously 
people  'who  have  more  money  will  spend 
more  at  the  theatre."  Price  control  rather 
than  taxation  has  helped  prevent  inflation. 

Australia  has  "terrific  unemployment"  be 
cause  people  won't  work;  and  shortages  of 
materials,  which  are  hampering  theatre  con- 
struction. Business  at  the  theatre  has  de- 
creased from  20  to  30  per  cent  since  the 
war's  end,  he  estimated,  because  of  the  de- 
parture of  soldiers  of  this  country  and  Great 
Britain.  Actually,  business  is  far  better,  he 
said,  than  before  the  war. 

Reissues  are  having  a  boom  Down  Under, 
Mr.  Higginson  said.  Some  make  more  money 
now  than  when  first  issued.  Examples  are 
Errol  Flynn  pictures ;  "It's  Love  I'm  After," 
and  "Viennese  Nights." 

Can  Make  Six  Films  a  Year 

The  Australian  film  industry,  he  added,  is 
capable  of  making  six  pictures  in  the  coming 
year  and  is  the  subject  of  rtbig  plans  being 
talked."  Lately  completed  and  seen  by  him 
are  Columbia's  "Smithy,"  which  he  described 
as  the  best  Australian  picture  yet,  and  "The 
Overlanders,"  Harry  Watt's  semi-documen- 
tary, which  he  said  "is  a  very  fine  example 
of  its  kind." 

There  is  no  antagonism  to  American  pic- 
tures, and  the  increasing  popularity  of  Brit- 
ish pictures  is  a  tribute  to  their  quality,  he 
thinks. 


Legion  of  Decency  Reviews 
Six  New  Productions 

The  National  Legion  of  Decency  this 
week  reviewed  six  new  productions,  approv- 
ing all.  In  Class  A-I,  unobjectionable  for 
general  patronage,  were  "Gas  House  Kids," 
"Margie,"  "My  Brother  Who  Talks  to 
Horses"  and  "Song  of  the  South."  In  Class 
A-II,  unobjectionable  for  adults,  were 
"Cloak  and  Dagger"  and  "The  Years  Be- 
tween." 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


U.S.  Companies 
To  Participate  in 
Belgium  Festival 

by  LOUIS  QUIEVREUX 

in  Brussels 

American  producers  have  cabled  Brussels 
agreeing  to  participate  in  a  film  festival  to 
be  held  here  in  June,  1947.  Monaco,  which 
was  to  have  staged  a  film  festival  of  its  own 
next  year,  has  cancelled  its  plan  in  favor  of 
the  Brussels  project. 

Giving  the  festival  added  focus,  the  In- 
ternational Committee  for  Literary  and 
Artistic  Diffusion  Through  the  Film,  a  body 
incorporating  52  nations,  has  announced  it 
will  hold  its  Congress  in  Brussels  concur- 
rently with  the  festival. 

In  official  circles,  however,  slackness  still 
prevails  concerning  the  festival.  Brussels 
newspapers  are  reproaching  the  Minister  of 
Public  Education  and  Fine  Arts  for  not  hav- 
ing found,  in  four  months,  15  minutes  to 
have  the  Cabinet  sanction  the  scheme. 

Leon  Duwaerts,  president  of  the  Belgian 
Association  of  Film  Journalists,  recently 
back  in  Brussels  from  visiting  the  Cannes 
festival,  has  expressed  his  views  regarding 
the  stumbling  blocks  which  marred  the 
French  competition  and  which  he  wishes  to 
avoid  in  the  Brussels  festival. 

"We  must  draft  regulations,"  he  said, 
"which  will  be  strictly  adhered  to.  Several 
weaknesses  created  bitter  feeling  in  Cannes. 
One  regulation  provided  that  only  unre- 
leased  film  could  compete.  Despite  this  the 
jury  awarded  prizes  to  the  Swiss  film,  'The 
Last  Chance'  and  to  the  Swedish  film,  'Snow 
Shadows'. 

"A  graver  incident  occurred  which  vic- 
timized the  Americans.  The  regulations 
provided  that  films  had  tc  be  shown  in  their 
original  versions.  While  Americans  were 
refused  permission  to  subtitle  their  produc- 
tions, the  Russians  were  allowed  to  present 
their  features  with  spoken  comments." 

Meanwhile,  the  provisional  Brussels  fes- 
tival committee  is  studying  various  ideas. 

Paramount  International 
Plans  to  Buy  Theatres 

Paramount  International  Theatres  Cor- 
poration, to  be  a  wholly  owned  subsidiary 
of  Paramount  International  Films,  Inc.,  is 
being  organized  and  will  soon  be  registered 
with  the  Secretary  of  State  at  Albany,  N.  Y., 
the  company  announced  in  New  York  Tues- 
day. The  purpose  of  the  corporation  is  to 
acquire  theatre  properties  and  interests  in 
foreign  countries. 


Book  British  Film 

English  Films  announced  last  week  that 
Loew's  had  booked  "The  Raider"  to  open 
at  the  Valencia  theatre,  Baltimore,  last 
Thursday,  and  that  Warners  booked  the  film 
to  open  at  the  Capital  theatre,  Philadelphia, 
November  6.  "The  Raider"  is  in  its  fifth 
week  at  the  Rialto  theatre  on  Broadway. 


IN  NEWS  REELS 

MOVIETONE  NEWS— Vol.  29,  No.  15— Peace  con- 
ference in  Paris  ends,  Byrnes  returns.  .  .  .  Windsors 
in  England  together,  first  time  since  abdication.  .  .  . 
Record  salmon  run  battles  Canadian  rapids  to  spawn. 
.  .  .  Navy  reveals  new  electric  catapult  to  launch 
planes.  .  .  .  Livestock  rolls  to  market  again.  .  .  . 
Cardinals  win  World  Series. 

MOVIETONE  NEWS— Vol.  29,  No.  16— Navy  reveals 
wartime  secret  on  anniversary.  .  .  .  "Queen  Eliza- 
beth" makes  first  trip  as  luxury  liner.  .  .  .  Greek 
demonstrations.  .  .  .  General  Eisenhower  plays  golf 
in  Scotland.  .  .  .  Football  highlights. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  18,  No.  213— Justice  Jack- 
son on  lesson  in  Nazi  hanging.  .  .  .  Byrnes  home 
from  Paris.  .  .  Unrest  in  Europe.  .  .  .  De  Gaulle 
loses  at  polls.  .  .  .  Windsor  home  with  Duchess.  .  .  . 
Plane  in  sling-shot  take  off.  .  .  .  World  Series. 

NEWS  OF  THE  DAY— Vol.  18,  No.  214— Molotov  here 
aboard  "Queen,"  backs  peace.  .  .  .  Top  secret  re- 
vealed as  U.  S.  hails  Navy  Day.  .  .  .  General  "Ike," 
golfer.  .  .  .  Spotlight  on  Franco.  .  .  .  Whale  ahoy. 
.  .  .  Grid  thrills. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  16—  Byrnes  reports  on 
Paris.  .  .  .  British  legion  hails  Churchill.  .  .  .  First 
pictures,  Windsors  in  England.  .  .  .  Housing:  Wyatt 
sees  end  of  lumber  "bottleneck."  .  .  .  Cards  win 
World  Series. 

PARAMOUNT  NEWS— No.  17— Twenty-three  straight 
for  Army.  .  .  .  S.S.  Queen  Elizabeth,  greatest  liner, 
sails.  .  .  .  Navy  Day,  1946. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  18,  No.  18— The  Paris 
parley  ends.  .  .  .  Cardinals  win  World  Series. 

RKO  PATHE  NEWS— Vol.  18,  No.  19— Czech's  mine 
named  by  President  Truman.  .  .  .  "Queen  Elizabeth" 
arrives  with  Molotov.  .  .  .  Nazi  families  pay  last 
visit.  .  .  .  San  Marino  claims  war  damage.  .  .  . 
Football. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEL— Vol.  18,  547— Cards  clinch 
World  Series.  .  .  Volcano  menaces  island.  .  .  . 
Oh,  my  aching  quarterback.  .  .  .  "Slingshot"  for 
planes.  .  .  .  Byrnes  home  from  parley. 

UNIVERSAL  NEWSREEI — VoU  19,  No.  548— Navy 
Day.  .  .  .  Luxury  ship  welcomed.  .  .  .  Low  tide 
strands  whale.  .  .  .  Sports:  Army  48,  Columbia  14. 

Zukor  To  Install  Perkins  and 
Nathan  in  New  Posts 

Adolph  Zukor,  chairman  of  the  board  of 
Paramount,  will  install  James  E.  Perkins 
and  John  B.  Nathan  in  their  new  posts  as 
Paramount  International's  managing  direc- 
tor for  Great  Britain  and  division  manager 
for  Continental  Europe,  North  Africa  and 
the  Middle  East,  respectively,  after  he  ar- 
rives in  England  the  end  of  this  month.  Mr. 
Zukor  was  scheduled  to  leave  New  York 
Friday  on  the  Queen  Elizabeth  and  was  to 
be  accompanied  by  George  Weltner,  Para- 
mount International  president,  who  an- 
nounced the  appointments  some  weeks  ago. 
The  trip  will  be  Mr.  Zukor's  first  to  Eu- 
rope since  1939.  He  is  expected  to  be  gone 
about  five  weeks. 


Vog  Lists  French  Films 
For  Release  in  U.  S. 

Vog  Film  Company  will  release  four  addi- 
tional French  pictures  in  the  U.  S.,  it  was 
announced  this  week  by  Noel  Meadow,  Yog's 
American  representative.  The  company  is 
currently  represented  by  "Resistance"  and 
"The  Postmaster's  Daughter."  "Lucrezia 
Borgia,"  starring  Edwige  Feuiller,  is  a  re- 
issue. The  new  pictures  to  be  released  are 
"Francis  the  First,"  a  title  which  will  be 
changed,  "One  of  the  Legion"  and  "The 
Woman  I  Loved."  All  are  being  cut  and 
edited  in  the  United  States. 


Raise  Admission  Price 

Admission  prices  to  the  Rex  theatre,  Bay 
Minette,  Ala.,  have  been  raised,  following 
the  City  Council's  rejection  of  a  request  to 
repeal  a  recently  adopted  amusement  tax. 


Army  Acquiring 
Films  to  Educate 
Occupied  Areas 

The  War  Department's  Civil  Affairs  Di- 
vision has  acquired  50  short  subjects  from 
major  and  independent  producers  as  part  of 
its  program  to  re-educate  the  civilian  popu- 
lations of  occupied  countries,  Pare  Lorentz, 
chief  of  the  Film  and  Theatre  Section,  said 
in  New  York  this  week. 

This  program,  inaugurated  July  1,  has  a 
budget  of  $1,700,000  for  the  production  of 
120  reels,  most  of  which  will  be  documentary 
films  primarily  for  showing  in  Germany  and 
Japan,  but  which  will  also  include  such  oc- 
cupied territories  as  Austria  and  Korea.  All 
films  are  distributed  through  the  CAD's 
information  offices  in  these  countries. 

To  further  the  re-education  and  reorienta- 
tion program  1,000  16mm  projectors  were 
recently  shipped  to  Germany  and  Japan  each 
— two  countries  which  are  much  further  ad- 
vanced in  the  use  of  educational  films  than 
the  United  States,  Mr.  Lorentz  believes. 

Cites  German  Facilities 

For  many  years  prior  to  the  war  nearly 
every  school  in  Germany  was  equipped  with 
projection  facilities  and  had  access  to  large 
educational  film  libraries,  Mr.  Lorentz  said, 
and  although  a  few  of  the  subjects  were 
tainted  with  Nazi  propaganda,  the  majority 
were  excellently  produced.  He  pointed  out 
that  the  documentary  and  educational  sub- 
jects to  be  produced  by  the  CAD  will  have 
to  be  at  least  as  good  if  not  superior  to  Ger- 
man production  in  these  fields. 

Mr.  Lorentz  is  currently  putting  the  fin- 
ishing touches  on  submitted  documentary 
film  scripts  and  these  will  be  let  out  to  pro- 
ducers. Upon  completion  of  the  photography 
most  of  the  subjects  will  be  processed  at  the 
Army  Signal  Corps  Studios  in  Astoria,  L.  I. 
Negatives  will  then  be  shipped  to  CAD-con- 
trolled  film  laboratories  in  the  occupied 
countries  for  dubbing  and  processing. 

According  to  the  present  program  the 
films  will  deal  with  agricultural,  scientific, 
industrial  and  technological  subjects  adapt- 
able for  use  in  the  educational  program.  The 
section  will  also  select  non-dated  material 
for  newsreels  prepared  in  theatres  of  oc- 
cupation and,  weekly,  will  procure  and  for- 
ward overseas  newsreel  material  furnished 
by  the  newsreel  companies. 

Show  How  Democracy  Works 

The  subjects  already  chosen  and  those  to 
go  into  production  show  how  Democracy 
works  in  the  United  States.  Subjects  will 
convey  the  American  way  of  handling  prob- 
lems, and  thus  be  suitable  for  school,  uni- 
versity and  adult  education  groups.  Topics 
are  based  on  careful  analysis  of  the  psycho- 
logical attitudes  of  occupied  populations. 

Mr.  Lorentz  also  revealed  that  where 
necessary  some  of  the  films  in  the  program 
will  be  produced  within  the  occupied  terri- 
tories by  authorized  local  producers. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


53 


WHAT  THE 

PICTURE  DID  FOR  ME 


.  .  .  the  original  exhibitors'  reports  department,  established  October  14,  1916.  In  It 
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Columbia 

GILD  A:  Rita  Hayworth,  Glenn  Ford— Played  this 
during  a  home  town  celebration.  Good  picture,  good 
direction.  Hayworth  is  sure  going  up  in  the  world. 
Give  us  more  like  this,  Columbia!  Played  Sunday - 
Tuesday,  August  11-13.— H.  L.  Boner,  Star  Theatre, 
Guernesy,  Wyo.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

RETURN  OF  RUSTY:  Ted  Donaldson,  John  Lite] 
— This  one  drew  them.  Excellent  business.  One  of 
those  stories  our  patrons  go  for.  We  double  billed 
it  with  "Sing  While  You  Dance,"  which  isn't  much. 
The  public  likes  this  type  of  show  and  I  wish  we  had 
them  to  offer.  Played  Tuesday-Thursday,  Oct.  8-10.— 
Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello,  Iowa. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

A  THOUSAND  AND  ONE  NIGHTS:  Cornel  Wilde, 
Evelyn  Keyes — Played  this  late,  but  in  excellent  Tech- 
nicolor, and  quite  pleasant  entertainment.  A  fantasy 
of  Aladdin  and  the  magic  lamp.  Good  action  and 
comedy.  Would  recommend  this  one.  Played  Satur- 
day, Sept.  21. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Sask., 
Can. 


Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

ANCHORS  A  WEIGH:  Frank  Sinatra,  Gene  Kelly, 
Kathryn  Grayson— Frank  Sinatra  better  stick  to  his 
radio  program,  where  he  can't  be  seen.  He  may  have 
a  good  voice,  but  it  sure  does  not  go  with  his  face  or 
acting.  Kelly  kept  the  show  from  a  flop.  Why  girls 
swoon  over  Sinatra  is  beyond  me.  Played  Sunday- 
Tuesday,  August  25-27.— H.  L.  Boner,  Star  Theatre, 
Guernesy,  Wyo.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

ANDY  HARDY'S  BLONDE  TROUBLE :  Mickey 
Rooney,  Lewis  Stone — Played  this  very  late  and  with 
a  very  poor  print.  Rooney  washed  up  in  my  situation. 
Only  fair.  Played  Tuesday,  Sept.  10. — A.  L.  Dove, 
Bengough  Theatre,  Sask.,  Can. 

BAD  BASCOMB:  Wallace  Beery,  Margaret  O'Brien 
— This  is  certainly  a  natural  for  the  small  situations, 
such  as  ours.  Business  was  good  and  everyone  went 
away  very  pleased.  Wallace  Beery  and  little  Miss 
Margaret  really  put  on  a  show.  Played  Sunday,  Mon- 
day, Sept.  29,  30— A.  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre, 
Scotia,  Calif. 

BOYS'  RANCH:  Jackie  Jenkins,  James  Craig— I 
was  very  much  surprised  at  the  comments  on  this 
product;  as  for  me,  I  consider  it  a  natural  for  a  small 
town  as  some  others  have  reported  in  this  column  that 
Jenkins  steals  the  show  and  he  is  not  strong  enough 
to  carry  a  cast.  All  of  the  boys  take  excellent  parts 
and  is  just  a  suitable  picture  for  my  theatre.  Plenty 
of  action,  some  comedy,  and  I  would  strongly  recom- 
mend it.  Played  Saturday,  Oct.  5— A.  L.  Dove,  Ben- 
gough Theatre,  Sask.,  Can. 

COURAGE  OF  LASSIE:  Elizabeth  Taylor,  Tom 
Drake — Our  audiences  are  getting  very  partial  to  dogs 
and  horses.  After  "Smoky"  (which  we  played  in  our 
peak  summer  period)  I  didn't  expect  anything  to  come 
near  the  capacity  crowd  of  that  picture.  But  "Courage 
of  Lassie"  came  mighty  close  to  catching  up  with 
the  horse.  If  your  audiences  like  animal  pictures, 
give  plenty  of  room  to  this  one.  Played  Friday,  Sat- 
urday, Oct.  4,  5. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz 
Theatre,  New  Paltz,  New  York. 

GENTLE  ANNIE:  James  Craig,  Donna  Reed— Just 
a  fair  evening's  entertainment.  One  of  MGM's  double 
bill  pictures;  comments  on  this  were  just  fair.  Only  a 
program.  Played  Tuesday,  Sept.  3.— A.  L.  Dove,  Ben- 
gough Theatre,  Sask.,  Can. 

THE  GREEN  YEARS:  Charles  Coburn,  Tom  Drake 
—A  very  good  picture  that  does  well  at  the  box  office 
—should  do  well  in  any  small  town.  Played  Sunday- 
Wednesday,  Oct.  6-9.— W.  Lee  Beckley,  Center  Thea- 
tre, Grundy  Center,  Iowa. 

THE  HARVEY  GIRLS:  Judy  Garland,  John  Hodi- 
ak — Very  good  color,  but  the  picture  did  not  please  too 
well  here.  Too  many  songs  by  others,  not  enough  for 
Judy.  What  the  heck  Baker  had  to  do  in  there  I  do 
not  know.  His  singing  was  terrible.  Why  don't  they 
cast  him  in  something  else,  keep  him  out  of  Judy's 
way.  He  can't  come  near  to  her  good  singing.  Ray 
Bolger  was  good  in  his  dance.  Played  Sunday,  Mon- 
day, Sept.  8,  9.— E.  L.  Boner,  Star  Theatre,  Guernsey, 
Wyo.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

THE  HOODLUM  SAINT:  William  Powell,  Esther 


Williams — This  had  something  against  it  which  I 
couldn't  understand;  perhaps  it  was  the  title.  How- 
ever, the  story  isn't  difficult  to  grasp,  although  its 
meaning  is  deep.  Cast  is  excellent  and  so  is  every- 
thing else  about  it.  Business  average  for  midweek. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  20,  21.— Thomas  di 
Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  New  York. 

LETTER  FROM  EVIE:  Marsha  Hunt,  John  Car- 
rol— Replaced  this  for  "Yolanda  and  the  Thief,"  on 
which  there  were  so  many  adverse  comments.  Feature 
not  so  hot.  Just  light  entertainment.  Played  Wednes- 
day, Sept.  17. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Sask., 
Can. 

SHE  WENT  TO1  THE  RACES:  James  Craig,  Fran- 
ces Gifford — Very  good  comedy;  even  the  horses  gave 
us  a  laugh.  Gifford  sure  is  good  in  her' role.  Plenty 
good  laughs.  Weather  fair.  Business  up  to  par  for 
midweek.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  August  28, 
29. — H.  L.  Boner,  Star  Theatre,  Guernesy,  Wyo. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

THEY  WERE  EXPENDABLE:  Bob  Montgomery, 
John  Wayne — Flayed  this  a  little  late,  but  it  still  drew 
well.  The  war  theme  is  not  too  good  for  our  town, 
but  they  came  out  to  see  it  just  the  same.  Very 
good  acting,  good  directing,  good  cast.  You  can't 
lose  with  the  friendly  company.  Played  Sunday-Tues- 
day, August  18-20.— H.  L.  Boner,  Star  Theatre,  Guer- 
nsey, Wyo.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

TWO  SISTERS  FROM  BOSTON:  Kathryn  Gray- 
son, June  Allyson — An  interesting  musical  comedy, 
well  received  by  our  audience.  Of  course,  the  "Schnoz- 
zle"  helped  put  it  over  here.  Satisfaction  and  enjoy- 
ment were  mingled  on  our  patrons'  faces.  Good  at 
the  box  office.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  29,  30. 
—Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello,  Iowa. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

TWO  SISTERS  FROM  BOSTON:  Kathryn  Gray- 
son, June  Allyson — A  picture  that  was  liked  in  a 
small  town,  even  though  a  story  of  opera.  Durante 
good  and  keeps  the  interest  alive.  Played  Thursday- 
Saturday,  Oct.  3-5.-*W.  Lee  Beckley,  Center  Theatre, 
Grundy  Center,  Iowa. 

TWO  SISTERS  FROM  BOSTON:  June  Allyson, 
Jimmy  Durante — This  was  a  fairly  good  picture;  there 
were  some  good  numbers  in  it.  Did  average  business. 
Jimmy  Durante  was  good.  Fair  crowd,  weather  cool. 
Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Oct.  6,  7. — Harold  J.  John- 
son, Elberts  Theatre,  Palisade,  Colo. 

YOLANDA  AND  THE  THIEF:  Fred  Astaire,  Lu- 
cille Bremer — The  only  thing  good  about  this  picture 
is  the  color  used  in  it.  Why  they  want  to  cast  Fred 
Astaire  with  a  young  girl  is  beyond  me.  He  may  be  a 
good  dancer,  but  as  a  lover  he  is  terrible.  Picture  still 
has  me  guessing.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Au- 
gust 21,  22.— H.  L.  Boner,  Star  Theatre,  Guernsey, 
Wyo.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 


Monogram 

JUNIOR  PROM:  Freddie  _  Stewart,  June  Preisser 
— This  picture  was  double -billed,  but  could  well  be 
played  by  itself.  Made  by  the  teen-agers,  so  all  the 
high  school  kids  really  enjoyed  it  as  well  as  the  adults. 
We  need  more  pictures  of  this  kind.  Weather  fair. 
Good  turnout,  as  we  also  played  "The  Enchanted  For- 
est" with  this,  so  had  a  swell  program  for  all  ages. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Oct.  4,  5.— Harold  J.  John- 
son, Elberts  Theatre,  Palisade,  Colo. 


Paramount 

ALOMA  OF  THE  SOUTH  SEAS:  Dorothy  Lamour, 
Jon  Hall — A  reissue,  played  second  run  here  and  did 
good  business.  You  can't  go  wrong  in  playing  it 
again,  especially  if  your  crowd  likes  "South  Sea  Island 
Hokum."  Played  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Oct.  1,  2.— 
Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre,  England,  Arkansas. 

BLUE  DAHLIA:  Alan  Ladd,  Veronica  Lake,  Wil- 
liam Bendix — A  good  exciting  mystery  thriller.  It  was 
well  acted  and  the  public  enjoyed  it.    Good  business. 


Worth  running.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  1,  2. 
—Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello,  Iowa. 

THE  BRIDE  WORE  BOOTS:  Barbara  Stanwyck, 
Robert  Cummings — A  truly  funny  one.  Patrons  loved 
it,  and  we  wish  we  had  more  like  this  to  offer.  There 
was  never  a  dull  moment  with  "Babs"  and  "Bob."  We 
did  above  average  business.  Played  Tuesday-Thurs- 
day, Aug.  27-29.— Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre, 
Monticello,  Iowa. 

BRIDE  WORE  BOOTS,  THE:  Barbara  Stanwyck, 
Robert  Cummings — Very  good,  and  my  crowd  "ate  it 
up."  Barbara  Stanwyck  is  very  popular  here,  and 
this  one  did  no  harm  to  her  popularity.  One  of  Para- 
mount's  best  so  far.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept. 
29,  30. — Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre,  England,  Arkan- 
sas. 

DUFFY'S  TAVERN:  All-Star— What  a  letdown. 
Had  billed  this  up  big  with  advertising,  but  I  was 
very  disappointed — both  at  the  product  and  at  the  box 
office.  Very  slow,  but  Ed  Gardner  no  attraction  as  far 
as  my  audience  was  concerned.  Not  worth  playing 
time  for  small  town  audience.  Played  Saturday,  Sept. 
14. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Sask.,  Can. 

HOT  CARGO:  Jean  Rogers,  William  Gargan— This 
is  just  another  program  picture,  suitable  only  for 
double  bills,  in  my  situation.  Played  Thursday-Sat- 
urday, Oct.  3-5. — Terry  Axley,  New  Theatre,  England, 
Arkansas. 

KITTY:  Paulette  Goddard,  Ray  Milland— Good  act- 
ing, but  our  patrons  don't  seem  to  go  for  costume 
shows.  Fair  business.  It  didn't  click  here,  yet  those 
that  saw  it  liked  it.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Oct.  6, 
7.  —  Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello, 
Iowa.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

MONSIEUR  BEAUCAIRE:  Bob  Hope,  Joan  Caul- 
field — Excellent  opening  on  Sunday  but  how  it  died  by 
Tuesday  night.  I  believe  it  is  strictly  for  the  bigger 
places,  as  the  country  and  rural  citizens  didn't  turn 
out  at  the  box  office.  Or  were  they  spending  all  their 
time  on  the  meat  lines  at  the  nearby  markets?  How- 
ever, for  those  who  like  a  good  satire  and  farce,  this  is 
tops,  and  certain  to  please.  It's  Bob's  picture  all  the 
way,  and  he  keeps  busy  throughout.  Played  Sunday- 
Tuesday,  Sept.  29-Oct.  1. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New 
Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  New  York. 

O.  S.  S.:  Alan  Ladd,  Geraldine  Fitzgerald — An  ex- 
ceptionally fine  spy  story  which  will  hold  your  audi- 
ence engrossed  in  the  story.  I  was  lucky  to  get  this 
one  early  and  I  can  certainly  recommend  same  for  first 
class  evening's  entertainment  in  any  spot.  Played 
Tuesday,  Oct.  1. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre, 
Sask.,  Can. 

ROAD  TO  UTOPIA:  Bing  Crosby,  Bob  Hope,  Dor- 
othy Lamour — This  one  packed  them  in.  That  trio 
can  fill  our  house  any  day.  Bob's  fast  tongue  keeps 
them  constantly  laughing.  They  also  love  Bing.  I 
hope  they  make  many  more  of  these;  they  keep  the 
box  office  healthy.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  15, 
16.— Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello, 
Iowa.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

THIS  GUN  FOR  HIRE:  Veronica  Lake,  Alan  Ladd 
—This  was  a  real  good  mystery  drama.  Played  this 
late,  but  was  very  well  pleased  with  the  comments  on 
same.  If  you  have  not  already  played  it,  pick  it  up. 
Good  bet  for  a  small  town.  Played  Saturday,  Sept.  7. 
—A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Sask.,  Can. 

TO  EACH  HIS  OWN:  Olivia  de  Havilland,  John 
Lund — What  a  fine  picture  this  is!  We  played  mostly 
to  ladies  and  many  of  them  came.  Business  was  fine 
for  midweek,  where  we  had  to  play  this  due  to  not 
more  than  one  Sunday  in  the  week.  The  closing  scene 
certainly  hit  home  with  our  people  and  I  doubt  if  there 
was  a  dry  eye  in  the  audience  when  the  curtain  came 
down.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Oct.  2,  3. — 
Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz, 
New  York. 

THE  VIRGINIAN:  Joel  McCrea,  Sonny  Tufts— A 
topnotch  Western  in  beautiful  Technicolor.  Sonny 
Tufts  and  Brian  Donlevy  turn  in  excellent  perform- 
ances and  more  or  less  overshadow  Joel  McCrea,  who 

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has  the  title  role.  However,  this  doesn't  seem  to  de- 
tract from  the  picture  as  a  whole  and  the  customers 
were  well  satisfied.  Played  Thursday -Saturday,  Sept. 
26-28. — Stanley  Leay,  New  Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111. 

THE  VIRGINIAN:  Joel  McCrea,  Brian  Donlevy- 
Picture  is  tops,  so  is  the  color.  Good  story  even 
though  it  was  used  many  years  ago  in  a  similar  pic- 
ture. The  Technicolor  sure  added  to  the  picture. 
Wonderful  direction,  but  I  still  can't  understand  how 
it  was  possible  for  the  posse  to  see  the  smoke  miles 
away  and  they  got  off  their  horses  and  walked  over  to 
the  camp.  Sure  must  have  been  a  long  walk  for  them. 
I  would  have  rode  the  horse  over  near  enough — then 
walked  the  rest  of  the  way.  Played  Sunday,  Monday, 
Sept.  1,  2. — H.  L.  Boner,  Star  Theatre,  Guernesy,  Wyo. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

TO  EACH  HIS  OWN:  Olivia  de  Havilland,  John 
Lund  —  Exceptionally  fine  product  from  Paramount. 
You  can  include  this  on  your  must  show  list.  An  ex- 
cellent cast,  and  do  not  pass  this  one  up  in  any  spot. 
Played  Saturday,  Sept.  21.  —  A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough 
Theatre,  Sask.,  Can. 


PRC  Pictures 

COLORADO  SERENADE:  Eddie  Dean,  Roscoe 
Ates — Doubled  this  with  "Crimson  Canary"  for  a  very 
pleasing  double  feature.  The  action  fans  were  more 
than  satisfied  with  the  honest-to-goodness  scrapping 
in  "Colorado  Serenade."  Plenty  of  laughs  furnished 
by  Roscoe  Ates,  and  of  course  the  color  is  an  added 
attraction.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Oct.  4,  5. — Stan- 
ley Leay,  New  Stanley  Theatre,  Galena,  111.  Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 

ENCHANTED  FOREST:  Edmund  Lowe,  Brenda 
Joyce — This  picture  should  be  praised  by  everyone. 
PRC,  a  small  company,  seems  to  know  what  the  par- 
ents and  children  want.  This  did  very  good  business, 
even  though  the  picture  was  old.  We  double-billed  it 
with  '"Junior  Prom,"  but  it  can  stand  on  its  own  mer- 
its very  well.  More  power  to  PRC,  and  their  good 
children's  pictures.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Oct.  4, 
5. — Harold  J.  Johnson,  Elberts  Theatre,  Palisade,  Colo. 


RKO  Radio 

B  ADMAN'S  TERRITORY:  Randolph  Scott,  Ann 
Richards — Just  a  fair  picture  and  fair  business.  It  was 
another  bad-man  picture.  "Gabby"  Hayes  was  enjoy- 
able; they  like  him.  Played  Tuesday-Thursday,  Sept. 
17-19. — Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello, 
Iowa.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

FROM  THIS  DAY  FORWARD:  Joan  Fontaine, 
Mark  Stevens — This  is  a  very  good  drama,  but  business 
was  only  fair.  Nothing  wrong  with  the  picture,  how- 
ever. Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Oct.  9-10.— E.  M. 
Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

GAME  OF  DEATH:  John  Loder,  Audrey  Long- 
Used  on  weekend  double  bill  to  very  poor  crowd. 
Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Oct.  4,  5. — A.  C.  Edwards, 
Wineroa  Theatre,  Scotia,  Calif. 

KID  FROM  BROOKLYN:  Danny  Kaye,  Virginia 
Mayo — This  is  a  good  musical  show  in  Technicolor, 
but  the  customers  said  it  was  too  long  and  some  of  the 
comedy  scenes  were  stretched  out  until  they  became 
boring.  Played  Sunday,  Monday. — E.  M.  Freiburger, 
Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

PINOCCHIO:  Disney  Feature  Cartoon  — We  used 
this  old  reissue  on  a  midweek  date  to  surprisingly 
good  business.  Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Oct.  2, 
3. — A  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Calif. 

PINOCCHIO:  Disney  Feature  Cartoon— A  very  good 
picture  that  pleases  young  and  old,  but  breaks  the 
youngsters'  hearts.  Many  left  in  the  middle  of  the 
picture  in  tears.  Played  Thursday-Saturday,  Oct.  10-12. 
— W.  Lee  Beckley,  Center  Theatre,  Grundy  Center, 
Iowa. 

TARZAN  AND  THE  LEOPARD  WOMAN:  Johnny 
Weismuller,  Brenda  Joyce — Played  to  well  above  aver- 
age business.  They  like  Tarzan  here.  Picture  was 
good  and  was  different  than  general  run  of  shows. 
Played  on  double  bill  with  a  Western.  Tarzan  is  good 
for  your  box  office.  Flayed  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  6, 
7. — Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello, 
Iowa.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

WITHOUT  RESERVATIONS:  Claudette  Colbert, 
John  Wayne — A  very  funny  picture.  Pleased  better 
than  average  turnout.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept. 
15,  16. — Thimas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New 
Paltz,  N.  Y. 

WITHOUT  RESERVATION:  Claudette  Colbert, 
John  Wayne — A  gay,  funny,  fast-moving  comedy  that 
was  well  acted  and  very  well  received  by  our  patrons. 
There  were  plenty  of  laughs  and  fun  in  this  one. 
Don't  pass  it  up  for  fun  and  profit.  Played  Sunday, 
Monday,  Sept.  8,  9.— Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre, 
Monticello,  Iowa.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 


Republic 

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Jenks — With  this  picture  we  had  "Sunset"  Carson  at 
our  theatre  "in  person"  and  had  a  record  attendance 
with  over  1,600  admissions  one  day  in  our  town  of  800 
population.  Drew  from  75  miles  around.  Here  is  a 
wonderful  guy  and  he's  going  places  in  pictures.  He 
has  what  it  takes,  is  one  of  the  few  actors  who  does 
his  own  dangerous  stunts.  He  is  planning  to  produce 
his  own  pictures  from  now  on.  George  Clanton,  Daw 
Theatre,  Tappahannock,  Va. 

CAPTAIN  TUGBOAT  ANNIE:  Jane  Darwell,  Ed- 
gar Kennedy — This  was  a  natural,  proved  a  good  title 
and  left  the  audience  satisfied.  Played  Friday,  Satur- 
day, Oct.  9,  10.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Til- 
bury, Ontario. 

HOME  ON  THE  RANGE:  Monte  Hale,  Adrian 
Booth— Our  first  Monte  Hale  that  did  the  trick.  Not 
much  action  in  this  one,  but  the  music  and  color  made 
it  up.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  27,  28.— Roy 
Reeves,  Brockton  Theatre,  New  Brockton,  Ala.— Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 

RENDEZVOUS  WITH  ANNIE:  Eddie  Albert,  Faye 
Marlowe — Best  from  Republic  in  some  time.  Nice 
little  comedy  enjoyed  by  all.  Played  to  average  busi- 
ness. Played  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Sept.  25,  26.— 
Roy  Reeves,  Brockton  Theatre,  New  Brockton,  Ala. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

TELL  IT  TO  A  STAR:  Ruth  Terry,  Robert  Living- 
ston— Used  on  second  half  of  weekend  double  bill.  Very 
poor  business.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Oct.  4,  5. — 
A  C.  Edwards,  Winema  Theatre,  Scotia,  Calif. 

UNDER  NEVADA  SKIES:  Roy  Rogers,  Dale  Evans 
— This  one  packed  them  in.  A  good  Rogers  show,  and 
of  course  "Gabby"  helps  the  draw.  Our  patrons  love 
Westerns,  so  when  Rogers  is  here,  they've  got  to  see 
it.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept.  20,  21.— Charles  H. 
Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello,  Iowa.  Small  town 
and  rural  patronage. 


Twentieth  Century- Fox 

ANNA  AND  THE  KING  OF  SIAM:  Irene  Dunne, 
Rex  Harrison — An  ambitious  film  in  every  particular; 
excellent  characterizations  and  superb  direction.  Busi- 
ness very  good,  but  not  worthy  of  small  town  extended 
playing  time,  which  we  were  required  to  give.  It  has 
limited  appeal  to  rural  audiences,  but  cannot  fail  to 
impress  all  adults.  Very  slow  and  dull  for  teenagers 
and  youngsters.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday,  Sept.  22-24. 
—Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz, 
N.  Y. 

THE  DARK  CORNER:  William  Bendix,  Lucille  Ball, 
Mark  Stevens — Didn't  do  well  at  the  box  office,  al- 
though it  was  a  good  picture.  It  was  interesting  and 
those  who  saw  it  liked  it.  Played  Tuesday-Thursday, 
Sept.  3-5. — Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monti- 
cello, Iowa.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

THE  DARK  CORNER:  Mark  Stevens,  Lucille  Ball- 
We  played  this  up  on  our  anniversary — in  a  special 
tieup,  birthday  cake,  popular  contest  and  door  prizes. 
Feel  the  picture  did  not  warrant  it.  Played  Wednes- 
day, Thursday,  Oct.  9,  10.— Harland  Rankin,  Plaza 
Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ontario. 

THE  DARK  CORNER:  Lucille  Ball,  William  Bendix 
— We  just  did  fair  business  on  this  picture,  but  those 
who  saw  it  complimented  it  very  highly.  Its  title  kills 
it  for  the  box  office,  but  it  is  a  very  good  picture. — 
George  Clanton,  Daw  Theatre,  Tappahannock,  Va. 

DRAGONWYCK:  Gene  Tierney,  Vincent  Price— One 
of  the  worst  grossers  in  our  history.  People  in  small 
towns  just  don't  like  this  kind  of  picture.  They  may 
do  business  in  cities,  but  we  certainly  suffer  in  small 
towns.  Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Oct.  7,  8.- — George 
Clanton,  Daw  Theatre,  Tappahannock,  Va. 

NOB  HILL:  George  Raft,  Joan  Bennett— 20th-Fox 
always  seems  to  have  the  musicals,  and  this  one  is 
tops.  Little  old  but  everyone  seemed  pleased.  Played 
Monday,  Tuesday,  Sept.  30,  Oct.  1.  —  Roy  Reeves, 
Brockton  Theatre,  New  Brockton,  Ala.  Small  town 
and  rural  patronage. 

SENTIMENTAL  JOURNEY:  John  Payne,  Maureen 
O'Hara — A  tear  jerker  which  went  over  big  with  the 
women.  In  fact  almost  everyone  who  saw  the  picture 
liked  it  with  the  exception  of  the  confirmed  action  fans 
— for  whom  the  pace  was  much  too  slow.  The  little 
girl  does  an  excellent  job  of  acting  and  William  Ben- 
dix manages  to  break  into  the  general  theme  of  sadness 
with  some  laughs.  Business  just  average.  Played 
Tuesday-Thursday,  Oct.  1-3. — Stanley  Leay,  New  Stan- 
ley Theatre,  Galena,  111. 

SOMEWHERE  IN  THE  NIGHT:  John  Hodiak, 
Nancy  Guild — A  very  good,  fast-moving  bit  of  film. 
This  show  did  a  good  business,  but  the  important  thing 
is — it  satisfied  our  patrons.  That  Guild  girl  is  good 
and  that  goes  for  Hodiak,  too.  Nolan  and  Conte  were 
good  support.  It's  worth  screen  time.  Played  Tues- 
day-Thursday, Oct.  1-3.— Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte 
Theatre,  Monticello,  Iowa.  Small  town  and  rural  pat- 
ronage. 

STATE  FAIR:  Jeanne  Crain,  Dana  Andrews — Some- 
thing certainly  should  be  done  for  the  exhibitor's  pro- 
tection on  these  bad  prints.  We  bought  "State  Fair" 
a  while  back.  It  would  have  been  swell,  but  our  cus- 
tomers came  out  of  the  show  blaming  our  operator 
for  the  bad  picture,  but  the  fault  really  did  lay. in  the 


badly  cut-up,  patched-up  print.  Why  do  the  distribu- 
tors continue  to  demand  top  money  for  pictures  when 
they  cannot  furnish  us  with  good  prints? — Harold  J. 
Johnson,  Elberts  Theatre,  Palisade,  Colo. 

THUNDERHEAD:  Roddy  McDowall,  Preston  Fos- 
ter—We brought  this  picture  back,  and  still  found  it 
brought  them  in.  Would  recommend  you  try  it  too. 
Played  Monday,  Tuesday,  Oct.  7,  8.— Harland  Rankin, 
Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ontario. 


United  Artists 

BLOOD  ON  THE  SUN:  James  Cagney,  Sylvia  Sid- 
ney— Cagney  sure  is  a  good  little  actor  in  his  own  pro- 
duction. Plenty  of  excitement  and  action.  Good  act- 
ing by  Sylvia  Sidney  too.  Haven't  seen  her  for  ages, 
but  she  still  is  good  and  still  holds  her  charm.  Very 
good  judo  in  the  last  reel.  Play  it  by  all  means  if  you 
haven't — do  it  now.  The  picture  is  old,  but  it  will 
draw.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  August  30,  31.— H.  L. 
Boner,  Star  Theatre,  Guernesy,  Wyo.  Small  town  and 
rural  patronage. 

GUEST  WIFE:  Claudette  Colbert,  Don  Ameche— 
Very  good  light  comedy,  lot  of  good  laughs.  Colbert 
still  good  in  her  comedy  roles.  Sure  would  like  to  see 
more  of  this  type.  But  my  public  seems  to  think  dif- 
ferently. I  guess  they  don't  want  to  laugh  any  more — 
maybe  the  OPA  is  bothering  them.  Played  Tuesday- 
Thursday,  Sept.  10-12. — H.  L.  Boner,  Star  Theatre, 
Guernesy,  Wyo.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

STORY  OF  G.  I.  JOE:  Burgess  Meredith,  Robert 
Mitchum — Story  was  good,  but  the  people  here  want  to 
forget  the  war.  Pyle's  part  was  taken  very  nicely  by 
Meredith.  Very  good  likeness  of  him.  Scenes  were 
very  good.  Mitchum  took  good  part  as  the  tough  ser- 
geant. Played  three  days;  weather  bad.  Played  Tues- 
day-Thursday, Sept.  3-5.— H.  L.  Boner,  Star  Theatre, 
Guernesy,  Wyo.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 


Universal 

FRONTIER  GAL:  Yvonne  De  Carlo,  Rod  Cameron- 
Here  is  a  fast-moving  Western  with  plenty  of  action, 
which,  although  it  certainly  gets  some  nam  acting 
seemed  to  please  almost  everyone  who  saw  it.  Busi- 
ness a  little  above  average.  Played  Sunday-Tuesday, 
Oct.  6-8.— Stanley  Leay,  New  Stanley  Theatre,  Galena, 
111.    Small  town  and  rural  pa  n  onage. 

RAINBOW  OVER  TEXAS:  Roy  Rogers— Good  old 
Roy,  he's  our  $1  man  for  weekend;  he  never  lets  us 
down.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Oct.  9,  10.— Harland 
Rankin,  Plaza  Theatre,  Tilbury,  Ontario. 

THE  SEVENTH  VEIL:  James  Mason,  Ann  Todd— 
An  excellent  attraction  in  every  way.  Business  ex- 
cellent for  Friday,  a  little  off  on  Saturday  in  heavy 
weather.  The  stars,  by  now,  are  well  established  in 
American  minds,  making  this  British  film  an  accepta- 
ble headliner  even  in  a  small  town.  Hollywood  couldn't 
have  made  the  picture  any  better,  and  this  is  the  best 
point  to  remember.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept. 
20,  21. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New 
Paltz,  N.  Y. 

SHE  WROTE  THE  BOOK:  Joan  Davis,  Jack  Oakie 
— An  enjoyable  program  picture  which  pleased  every- 
one who  came.  Business  was  fair.  Played  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  Sept.  11,  12. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New 
Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

SLIGHTLY  SCANDALOUS:  Fred  Brady,  Sheila 
Ryan — Good  little  musical  show  which  got  by  on  Pal 
night.  Played  Tuesday,  Oct.  8. — E.  M.  Freiburger, 
Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

SO  GOES  MY  LOVE:  Don  Ameche,  Myrna  Loy— 
Not  much  to  it.  Not  a  picture  that  will  please  your 
patrons.  Good  for  double  bills  only.  Played  Sunday- 
Tuesday,  Oct.  13-15.— W.  Lee  Beckley,  Center  Theatre, 
Grundy  Center,  Iowa. 

TANGIER:  Maria  Montez,  Preston  Foster,  Robert 
Paige — Just  another  show  at  our  house.  Nothing  to 
draw  patrons  and  it  was  more  about  war,  of  which  they 
are  "tired  of  it  all."  I'm  sure  better  ones  can  be 
made.  Played  Tuesday-Thursday,  Sept.  10-12.— Charles 
H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello,  Iowa,  .Small 
town  and  rural  patronage. 


Warner  Bros. 

IT  ALL  CAME  TRUE:  Ann  Sheridan,  Jeffrey  Lynn 
— This  was  an  old  picture  in  which  Humphrey  Bogart 
was  real  good,  so  was  bought  in  good  faith  again. 
Acting  was  still  at  the  best,  but  the  print  was  terrible. 
Why  do  the  exchanges  keep  on  sending  out  cut  and 
patched-up  prints  is  beyond  me.  It  makes  our  cus- 
tomers dissatisfied,  and  we  lose  money  at  the  box 
office.  Played  Thursday,  Oct.  10.— Harold  J.  Johnson, 
Elberts  Theatre,  Palisade,  Colo. 

JANIE  GETS  MARRIED:  Joan  Leslie,  Robert  Hut- 
ton — A  fair  comedy,  but  too  much  dialogue  to  suit  my 
rural  audience.  Just  a  program  picture.  Played  Tues- 
day, Sept.  24.— A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Sask., 
Can. 

JANIE   GETS   MARRIED:    Robert   Hutton,  Joan 

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Leslie — The  audience  laughed  themselves  sick  over  this 
very  funny  picture.  Played  double  with  an  action 
picture  to  fair  business.  Played  Friday,  Saturday,  Sept. 
13,  14. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New 
Paltz,  N.  Y. 

NIGHT  AND  DAY:  Cary  Grant,  Alexis  Smith— In 
spite  of  the  warning  to  some  readers,  the  unfair  maga- 
zine notices  didn't  diminish  the  interest  of  local  thea- 
tre-goers in  this  excellent  musical  entertainment,  which 
did  very  good  business,  and  better  on  its  last  day 
than  its  opening,  which  is  unusual  here.  It's  worth 
every  ounce  of  pressure  it  can  get  and  will  deliver  100% 
satisfaction,  I  am  sure,  as  it  did  here.  Played  Thurs- 
day-Saturday, Sept.  26-28. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New 
Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

SAN  ANTONIO:  Errol  Flynn,  Alexis  Smith— Very 
good  action  Western,  on  the  big  seale.  It  is  pictures 
like  this  that  the  exhibitor  likes  to  buy  and  play. 
More  of  them  and  the  small  town  exhibitor  can  stay 
in  business.  Good  weather.  Played  Sunday -Tuesday, 
August  4-6. — H.  L.  Boner,  Star  Theatre,  Guernesy, 
Wyo.    Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 

TOO  YOUNG  TO  KNOW:  Joan  Leslie,  Robert  Hut- 
ton — This  is  a  very  poor  picture,  with  an  impossible 
ending.  Could  be  double-billed  if  one  doesn't  care  too 
much  about  his  customers.  We  were  disappointed  in 
this  picture,  and  so  were  our  theatre  fans.  Played 
Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Oct.  1.  2. — Harold  J.  Johnson, 
Elberts  Tneatre,  Palisade,  Colo. 

Short  Features 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

BIG  HEEL  WATHA:  Technicolor  Cartoon— A  color 
cartoon.  Can't  report  on  this  very  poor  print. — A.  L. 
Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Sask.,  Can. 

EQUESTRIAN  QUIZ:  Pete  Smith  Specialities— A 
very  good  single  reel  on  the  horse. — A.  L.  Dove,  Ben- 
gough Theatre,  Sask.,  Can. 

LOOKING  AT  LONDON:  Fitzpatrick  Traveltalk— 
Another  excellent  Fitzpatrick  Traveltalk ;  very  interest- 
ing to  service  men  who  visited  the  old  city  while  over- 
seas.— A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Sask.,  Can. 

TRAFFIC  WITH  THE  DEVIL:  Two-Heel  Special- 
Excellent.  Should  be  shown  in  every  theatre.  Some 
of  the  scenes  will  help  to  create  safer  highways. — 
W.  Lee  Beckley,  Center  Theatre,  Grundy  Center,  Iowa. 

TREASURES  FROM  TRASH:  Pete  Smith  Special- 
ties— It's  remarkable  what  a  fine  subject  has  been 
made  about  a  very  well-known  Hollywood  director's 
hobby.  It  hit  home  with  our  audiences  and  pleased 
them  all. — Thomas  de  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre, 
New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 


Paramount 

POPULAR  SCIENCE  NO.  6:  Popular  Science— Very 
entertaining  Technicolor  reel. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough 
Theatre,  Sask.,  Can. 

THE  VIRGINIAN:  Joel  McCrea,  Brian  Donlevy— A 
good  action  picture.  It  was  well  portrayed  and  the 
color  was  grand.  This  one  has  good  pulling  power  and 
everyone  will  enjoy  it.  You  can't  go  wrong  if  you 
book  this  one.  Played  Sunday,  Monday,  Sept.  22,  23. 
— Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello,  Iowa. 
Small  town  and  rural  patronage. 


RKO  Radio 

FROM  THIS  DAY  FORWARD:  Joan  Fontaine, 
Mark  Stevens — It  was  well  acted,  but  our  patrons  pre- 
fer a  little  less  love  for  entertainment.  Fair  business. 
It  wasn't  as  good  as  ballyhoo  plugged  it.  Just  too 
much  love.  Played  Tuesday-Thursday,  Sept.  24-26. — 
Charles  H.  Tintey,  Monte  Theatre,  Monticello,  Iowa. 
Smali  town  and  rural  patronage. 

THE  PURLIONED  PUP:  Walt  Disney  Cartoon— 
Another  good  color  cartoon  from  Disney. — E.  M.  Frei- 
burger, Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

SQUATTERS*  RIGHTS:  Walt  Disney  Cartoon— Good 
color  cartoon  from  Disney. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Para- 
mount Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

TROUBLE  OR  NOTHING:  Edgar  Kennedy  Cartoons 
— Our  Kennedy  fans  said  this  was  his  best;  he  lowered 
the  ice-cream  freezer  on  the  brother-in-law  and  the 
customers  rolled  in  the  aisles. — Roy  Reeves,  Brockton 
Theatre,  New  Brockton,  Ala. 

TVA:  This  Is  America — A  fine  subject  for  rural  com- 
munities particularly.  This  is  entertaining  as  well  as 
instructive  and  cannot  help  but  please. — Thomas  di 
Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 


Twentieth  Century- Fox 

PROBLEM  DRINKERS:  March  of  Time— A  very 
good  exposition  of  the  subject  which  made  a  best  seller 
novel  and  a  hit  movie,  plus  an  Academy  Award  winner. 
We  played  this  up  in  advertising  for  all  it  was  worth 
and  it  paid  off  well. — Thomas  de  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz 
Theatre,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 


NEW  YORK— Week  of  October  21 

CAPITOL:  Sure  Cure  MGM 

Solid  Serenade  MGM 

Feature:  No  Leave,  No  Love  MGM 

CRITERION:  Rural  Rhapsody  Universal 

Silent   Tweetment   Columbia 

Feature:  Dark  Mirror  Universal 

GLOBE:  enrie  Madriquera  Warner  Bros. 

Of  Thee  /  Sting  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Angel  on  My  Shoulder  UA 

HOLLYWOOD:  Battle  of  Chance.  Warner  Bros. 

Rhapsody  Rabbit  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Devotion  Warner  Bros. 

PA  LACE:  Purloined  Pup  RKO 

Feature:  Sister  Kenny  RKO 

RMLTO:  A  Peep  in  the  Deep  Paramount 

Feature:  The  Raider  English  Films,  Inc. 

RIVOLI:  Musica-Lulu  Paramount 

Be  Kind  to  Animals  Paramount 

Double  Rhythm  Paramount 

Feature:  Two  Years  Before  the  Mast.  .  .  .Paramount 
ROXlf:  Electronic  Mousetrap.  .  .20th  Cent. -Fox 

Winter  Holiday  20th  Cent.-Fox 

Czechoslovakia,  the  Soviet  Neighbor 

20th  Cent.-Fox 

Feature:  Margie  20th  Cent.-Fox 


TOMORROWS  MEXICO:  March  of  Time— This  is 
the  type  of  March  of  Time  subject  which  I  relish  hav- 
ing rather  than  some  others  I  am  glad  I  forgot.  An 
excellent  pictorial  tour  of  what  is  going  on  in  Mexico, 
which  many  Americans  here  will  be  glad  to  view. — 
Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz, 
N.  Y. 


Universal 

CHIMP  ON  THE  LOOSE:  Variety  View— A  monkey 
reel  with  almost  a  thousand  laughs,  especially  for 
youngsters.— Thomas  de  Lorenzo,  New  Paltz  Theatre, 
New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

MR.  CHIMP  ON  VACATION:  Variety  Views— Good 
monkey  comedy.— E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount  Thea- 
tre, Dewey,  Okla. 

RURAL  RHAPSODY:  Person  Oddity— Entertaining 
reel  covering  several  unusual  subjects,  including  Paul 
Whiteman  on  his  farm. — E.  M.  Freiburger,  Paramount 
Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

SAMSON,  JR.:  Person  Oddity — Good  reel  showing 
several  interesting  news  shots. — E.  M.  Freiburger, 
Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 


Warner  Bros. 

GOOD  OLD  CORN:  Featurettes  —  When  I  bought 
this  I  thought  it  was  ajl  the  old-time  songs,  but  it 
turned  out  to  be  slapstick  comedy.  A  good  reel,  many 
laughs. — A.  L.  Dove,  Bengough  Theatre,  Sask.,  Can. 

JOHNNY  SMITH  AND  POKER  HUNTAS:  Blue 
Ribbon  Hit  Parade — Entertaining  color  cartoon. — E.  M. 
Freiburger,  Paramount  Theatre,  Dewey,  Okla. 

OKAY  FOR  SOUND:  Special  Featurette— A  Warner 
propaganda  piece  which  the  audience  ate  up  in  big 
pieces.  It  certainly  is  entertaining  in  every  way,  but 
requires  careful  booking  due  to  the  number  of  current 
films  which  are  plugged. — Thomas  di  Lorenzo,  New 
Paltz  Theatre,  New  Paltz,  New  York. 


Discontinue  Servicemen's 
Admissions  in  Chicago 

Reduced  admission  prices  for  men  and 
women  in  uniform  were  discontinued  in  Chi- 
cago recently.  This  action  was  taken  fol- 
lowing a  meeting  of  leading  Chicago  exhibi- 
tors in  the  offices  of  James  Coston,  Chicago 
Warner  Brothers  Theatres  head.  Attending 
were  John  Balaban  and  Morris  J.  Leonard 
of  Balaban  and  Katz ;  Jack  Kirsch,  national 
and  Illinois  Allied  head,  and  Edwin  Silver- 
man of  Essaness  Circuit. 


STRAND:  The  Big  Snooze  Warner  Bros. 

Adventure  in  South  America ..  .Warner  Bros. 
Men  of  Tomorrow  Warner  Bros. 

Feature:  Cloak  and  Dagger  Warner  Bros. 

WINTER  GARDEN:  The  Answer  Man  .Universal 
Wacky  Weed  Universal 

Feature:  The  Killers  Universal 


CHICAGO— Week  of  October  21 

GARRICK:  Football  Fanfare ..  .20th  Cent.-Fox 

Feature:  The  Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers 

Paramount 

GRAND:  Skating  Lady  RKO 

Feature:  Notorious   RKO 

ROOSEVELT:  24th  >lrmy  Football  Champions 

Columbia 

Old  Sequoia  RKO  I  Disney  I 

Feature:  Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee.  .  .Warner  Bros. 

UNITED  ARTISTS:  Jasper  in  a  Jam  .Paramount 
Brooklyn,  I  Love  You  Paramount 

Feature:  The  Searching  Wind  Paramount 

WOODS:  Silent  Tweetment  Columbia 

Feature:  The  Stranger  RKO 


Two  Management  Appointments 
Announced  by  Reade  Theatres 

At  a  meeting  of  city  managers  of  Walter 
Reade  Theatres  in  New  York  recently,  Wal- 
ter Reade,  Jr.,  announced  that  the  circuit's 
new  subscription  theatre,  the  Park  Avenue, 
would  be  ready  for  opening  in  the  very  near 
future,  and  that  two  new  theatre  managers 
had  been  assigned  to  Plainfield,  N.  J.  They 
are  Murray  Meinberg  at  the  Strand  and 
Ray  Penbarn  at  the  Paramount.  It  was 
also  pointed  out  that  all  theatre  managers 
of  the  circuit  should  plan  and  stress  chil- 
dren's shows  in  their  situations.  The  meet- 
ing was  attended  by  nine  city  managers. 

Loew's  Names  Stamatis 
In  Percentage  Action 

Loew's  MGM  recently  charged  George 
Stamatis  and  his  Brooklyn  theatre  corpora- 
tions with  alleged  improper  box-office  re- 
ports on  percentage  pictures  since  January 
1,  1941,  in  a  suit  filed  in  New  York  Su- 
preme Court.  The  plaintiff,  in  asking  dam- 
ages, further  charged  that  it  was  induced  to 
lower  flat-rental  fees  because  of  the  returns 
on  percentages.  The  Stamatis  theatres  in- 
volved are  the  Apollo,  Momart  and  Lyric, 
all  in  Brooklyn. 


Hutchins  to  Advise 
On  Britannica  Films 

On  request  of  Encyclopedia  Britannica 
Films,  Inc.,  of  which  he  is  a  director,  Chan- 
cellor Robert  M.  Hutchins  has  been  granted 
a  leave  of  absence  by  the  University  of  Chi- 
cago until  June  30,  1947,  for  direct  partici- 
pation and  advice  in  Britannica's  expanded 
adult  education  activities.  Producer  of  edu- 
cational motion  pictures,  Encyclopedia  Bri- 
tannica Films  is  operated  by  University  of 
Chicago. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


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Improvement  Needed 

Addressing  managers  and  executives  of  Neighborhood 
Theatres  in  Richmond,  Va.,  last  week,  Maurice  A.  Bergman, 
eastern  publicity  and  advertising  manager  for  Universal  Inter- 
national, struck  a  timely  note  with  a  timely  subject. 

One  observation  he  made  brought  out  a  fact  which  is 
becoming  more  obvious  if  one  has  been  interested  in  watch- 
ing and  comparing  theatre  advertising  with  that  of  other 
advertisers. 

Advertising  in  all  other  fields,  said  Mr.  Bergman,  is  going 
ahead  of  theatre  advertising.  Merchants  who  offer  tangible 
commodities  for  sale  have  been  capitalizing  on  the  ballyhoo 
type  of  promotion  developed  by  theatremen. 

Our  own  advertising,  with  all  the  elements  of  glamour,  has 
become  stagnant.  In  the  other  fields,  because  the  nature  of 
the  commodity  is  usually  unattractive  or  inanimate,  the  injec- 
tion of  glamour  into  sales  copy  becomes  an  even  more  simple 
process. 

Theatre  advertising  can  only  be  improved,  suggested 
Mr.  Bergman,  when  theatre  managers  succeed  in  displaying 
their  own  personality  in  their  handiwork. 

The  film  distributor  has  no  means  to  determine  what  will 
appeal  to  the  tastes  of  patrons  in  each  and  every  community. 
Press  book  advertisements  are  merely  common  denominators. 
They  are  therefore  designed  to  incorporate  the  ideas  of  the 
producer  and  the  distributor  on  the  strongest  selling  points 
of  each  production. 

By  combining  features  of  the  press  book  advertisements 
which  may  have  local  appeal  with  the  manager's  personal 
knowledge  of  his  patrons'  likes  we  can  reach  a  more  effec- 
tive medium. 

The  public  today  is  partially  presold  on  a  picture  before  it 
is  released.  When  the  picture  is  eventually  booked  and  adver- 
tised, important  factors  which  can  bring  out  large  numbers 
•of  occasional  moviegoers  are  habitually  ignored  by  the  theatre 
manager.  The  director,  writers,  photography,,  background 
music  and  other  selling  values  of  a  production  could  be 
played  up  for  greater  benefit.  Likewise,  he  said,  we  pass  up 
the  opportunity  to  play  up  our  institutional  features:  air  con- 


ditioning, atmosphere,  comfort,  service — which  omission  tends 
to  give  our  advertising  a  stereotyped  format. 

Mr.  Bergman  offers  some  sound  advice.  His  analysis  of  the 
situation,  his  criticism  and  his  recommendations  on  how  the 
theatre  manager  can  best  utilize  his  press  book  are  both 
necessary  and  constructive. 

It  will  be  recalled  that,  through  the  years,  the  theatre 
managers  have  also  offered  suggestions  to  distributors  regard- 
ing the  stereotyped  content  of  the  press  book. 

Mr.  Bergman's  aims  are  to  improve  the  general  status  of 
theatre  advertising.  The  theatremen  have  also  aimed  at  this 
objective. 

While  the  managers  are  busy  acting  on  Mr.  Bergman's  help- 
ful recommendations,  this  might  be  an  opportune  time  for 
the  distributors,  generally,  to  survey  press  books  with  an  eye 
to  Improvements  which  can  be  still  further  helpful. 

AAA 

Researching  Wins 

Century  theatre  circuit  in  New  York  is  installing  an 
Opinion  Research  Department,  probably  the  first  of  its  kind 
to  be  used  in  the  theatre  field. 

The  department,  among  other  functions,  will  act  to  deter- 
mine the  potential  feed  lines  of  its  theatres,  assay  advertising 
media,  reaction  to  theatre  service,  entertainment,  etc.,  as 
well  as  population  breakdowns  for  income  and  occupation 
in  each  area. 

This  information  is  of  prime  importance  to  a  manager  tak- 
ing up  a  new  assignment  anywhere  but  in  a  large  city.  It  is 
basic  and  fundamental,  yet  is  frequently  an  unknown  quantity 
where  congested  population  and  other  conditions  limit  the 
manager's  perception. 

Although  a  manager's  first  duty  upon  taking  up  a  new 
assignment  should  be  to  familiarize  himself  with  his  neighbor- 
hood, at  least  one  unwary  veteran  manager  has  been  known 
to  get  lost  when  he  happened  to  stray  two  blocks  off  the 
beaten  path  between  theatre  and  subway. 

—CHESTER  FRIEDMAN 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


57 


GOODWILL 
PROMOTION 


In  Glasgow,  Scotland,  Walter  Hinks, 
supervisor  for  Glasgow  &  West  of  Scot- 
land Cinemas,  Ltd.,  assisted  in  the  raising 
of  funds  for  the  Scottish  Veterans  Asso- 
ciation. The  little  house,  at  right,  was 
designed  by  Hinks  and  built  and  painted 
by  James  Gowans,  one  of  the  circuit 
managers.  The  device  was  also  used  to 
publicize  the  showing  of  "Caravan". 
Overseas  showmen  show  an  intense  lean- 
ing towards  maintaining  friendly  relations 
with  veterans  organizations. 


Donkeys  and  "Down  Missouri  Way" 
Farris  Shanbour,  manager  of  the  Tower  the-  appear  to  be  synonymous.  Manager 
atre,  Oklahoma  City,  designed  this  book,  James  Salmans  thought  up  this  novel 
exploiting  "Shepherd  of  the  Hills",  as  a  street  ballyhoo  stunt  to  exploit  the  play- 
special  ticket  box.  The  door- girl  was  date  of  the  picture  at  the  Sixth  Street 
stationed  inside  the  book  while  collecting  theatre  in  Coshocton,  Ohio, 
tickets.    An  effective  device. 


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This  special  display, 
left,  designed  by  Bev- 
erly Blanchard  of  the 
Carolina  Amusement 
company,  Elizabeth 
City,  N.  O,  was  ex- 
hibited at  the  Eastern 
Six  Counties  Fair  as  an 
excellent  institutional 
promotion. 


At  right,  novel  lobby 
display  built  at  a  total 
cost  of  $2.00,  is  used 
by  W.  C.  Cundiff, 
manager  of  the  Cole- 
man theatre,  Miami, 
Okla.,  to  promote 
"Courage  of  Lassie" 
for  its  engagement 
there. 


Alan  Williams,  manager  of  the  Majestic 
in  Rochester,  Kent,  England,  built  this 
30-foot  lobby  display  for  "Anna  and  the 
King  of  Siam".  It  is  15  feet  wide  and 
20  feet  high. 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


Press  Campaign 
Sells  Premiere 
Of  Short 


The  Selling  Approach 

ON  NEW  PRODUCT 

[The  material  below  reflects  pressbooks  now  in  preparation  and  represents  the  point 
of  view  of  the  distributors'  exploiteers  on  selling  points  and  special  merit  of  these  pictures.] 


DECEPTION  (Warner  Bros.):  Based  on  a 
play  by  Louis  Verneuil,  this  tells  the  dra- 
matic story  of  a  woman  whose  love  for 
two  men  almost  ruins  the  lives  of  all  three. 
Arrange  a  newspaper  contest  or  a  radio 
quiz  around  the  question:  "Can  you  name 
the  pictures  in  which  Bette  Davis  pre- 
sented her  memorable  gallery  of  deceitful 
women?" 

Adapt  the  popular  "Inquiring  Reporter" 
feature  of  the  local  newspaper  to  a  teaser 
ad  series.  Ads  could  be  based  on  two 
provocative  questions  pertaining  to  the 
film's  story,  one  aimed  for  women,  the 
other  for  men.  This  question  could  be 
asked  of  men  only:  "Should  a  man  who 
has  shared  a  woman's  past  reveal  her  de- 
ception to  her  unsuspecting  husband?"  For 
women  the  question  could  be:  "In  'Decep- 
tion', Bette  Davis  keeps  her  past  hidden 
from  her  husband,  played  by  Paul  Henreid. 
To  save  her  marriage,  is  a  woman  justi- 
fied in  such  deception?" 

Stage  a  testimonial  meeting  at  your  the- 
atre of  all  Bette  Davis  fan  club  members. 
Climax  the  event  with  the  mailing  of  a 
giant  post  card  signed  by  each  fan  con- 
gratulating Miss  Davis  on  her  performance 
in  the  picture  and  expressing  their  collec- 
tive gratitude  for  Bette's  contributions  to 
screen  art  and  entertainment. 

Get  a  local  "magician"  or  card  artist 
to  do  his  stint  on  busy  street  corners,  in 
a  department  store  or  in  the  lobby.  After 
a  few  turns  at  card  tricks  the  ballyhoo 
man  makes  announcement  cards  appear  be- 
hind spectators'  ears,  etc.  The  announce- 
ment cards  could  read:  "It's  fun  to  be 
fooled  by  deception.  It's  more  exciting  to 
see  'Deception',  etc." 

The  performance  of  Beethoven's 
"Appassionata"  and  a  Haydn  Concerto  in 


Street  Ballyhoo  Boosts 
Hynes'  "Stranger"  Date 

A  man  with  a  soft  hat,  black  overcoat 
and  brief  case  with  playdate  copy  paraded 
the  streets  to  ballyhoo  "The  Stranger"  at 
the  Criterion  theatre,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 
The  campaign  was  arranged  by  manager 
Robert  A.  Hynes.  A  boy  dressed  in  the 
same  manner  as  in  the  street  ballyhoo, 
wa.ked  across  the  stage  for  a  week  before 
playdate.  A  recording  played  at  the  same 
time  plugged  the  picture.  Royal  Crown 
Cola  trucks  were  bannered  with  theatre 
and  playdate  copy.  Four  counter  displays 
were  used  in  local  tobacco  shops.  In  addi- 
tion, two  jewelry  stores  had  window  dis- 
plays, featuring  Loretta  Young. 


"Deception"  can  be  made  an  important 
selling  angle  in  those  situations  where 
there  is  a  strong  music-loving  public.  An- 
nouncements and  posters  should  be  used 
to  cover  all  public  school  music  classes, 
public  library  rooms,  orchestral  groups, 
private  music  schools,  music  clubs  and  con- 
cert hall  mailing  lists.  Also  get  newspaper 
coverage  by  music  editors. 

THE  COCKEYED  MIRACLE  (Metro-Gold- 
wyn-Mayer):  This  is  a  comedy  with  Frank 
Morgan  and  Keenan  Wynn  playing  a 
couple  of  astral  spirits  who  refuse  to  leave 
the  earth  until  they  have  straightened  out 
the  tangled  romantic  and  financial  affairs 
of  Morgan's  wife  and  children. 

Sit  ghostly  cutout  figures  of  Morgan  and 
Wynn  on  the  edge  of  your  marquee.  This 
stunt  will  be  more  effective  if  the  figures 
are  attired  as  ghosts  instead  of  in  street 
clothes.  Hang  a  compo  cutout  of  the  stars 
from  the  ceiling  of  the  lobby.  Or,  paste 
a  display  flat  against  the  ceiling,  with 
ghostly  figures  of  the  stars  looking  down. 
Call  special  attention  to  either  by  supple- 
mentary design  on  the  floor. 

For  street  ballyhoo,  paint  a  pair  of 
cockeyed  white  spots  on  a  pair  of  dark 
glasses  to  be  worn  by  a  zany-looking  guy. 
A  sign  could  read:  "Here  I  am  at  last, 
girls!  Just  what  you've  been  looking  for! 
'The  Cockeyed  Miracle'." 

Use  a  spin  wheel  in  the  lobby.  Face  and 
lettering  are  painted  on  an  outside  circle 
which  should  include  panel  at  top  and  the 
base.  Eyes  are  cut  out.  Dots  for  the  eyes 
are  on  the  second  and  inside  circle.  Invite 
the  public  to  spin  it.  In  order  to  win,  both 
black  dots  must  be  visible  in  the  eyeholes, 
showing  a  cockeyed  face. 


Window  Tieup  Aids  "Day" 

An  attractive  window  display  was  ar- 
ranged by  assistant  manager  Rudolph 
Haupt  to  exploit  the  playdate  on  "Night 
and  Day"  at  the  State  theatre,  Manchester, 
Conn.  The  display  tied-in  the  picture  with 
Warner  Bros.  20th  Anniversary  of  Sound. 
It  consisted  of  records,  playdate  copy  and 
an  enlarged  aerial  photograph  of  the  War- 
ner studio  in  Burbank,  Cal. 


Uses  "Season  Pass"  Cards 

Loew's  publicist  Gertrude  Bunchez  used 
the  "season  pass"  gag  to  exploit  "Holiday  in 
Mexico"  at  the  Century  theatre,  Baltimore, 
Md.  The  front  of  the  card  read:  "Don't 
let  a  week  of  the  SEASON  PASS  without 
seeing  the  shows  at  LOEW'S  CENTURY." 


The  personal  appearance  of  Walter  Jans- 
sen,  the  conductor,  and  a  highly  geared 
newspaper  campaign  gave  impetus  to  the 
world  premiere  of  a  short  subject,  "Toccata 
and  Fugue,"  at  the  Centre  theatre,  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah.  The  campaign  was  arranged  by 
manager  Charles  Pincus. 

The  short  subject  is  the  first  of  a  new 
series,  "Music  of  the  Masters,"  featuring 
the  99  piece  Janssen  Symphony  Orchestra 
of  Los  Angeles.  It  was  premiered  in  Salt 
Lake  because  the  scenic  background  of  the 
film  was  photographed  at  Bryce  Canyon  in 
Utah. 

The  arrival  of  Janssen  in  Salt  Lake  City 
was  the  occasion  for  art  and  stories  in  the 
Telegram,  Desert  News  and  the  Tribune. 
The  conductor  was  feted  at  a  joint  luncheon 
sponsored  by  the  Salt  Lake  Advertising  Club 
and  the  City  Chamber  of  Commerce.  A 
cooperative  newspaper  ad  was  arranged  with 
the  Paris  Department  Store  to  publicize  the 
personal  appearance  of  Janssen  in  the  store's 
record  shop. 

Prior  to  the  premiere,  the  conductor 
addressed  the  student  members  of  East  and 
South  high  school  bands  and  orchestras.  In 
addition  he  was  interviewed  over  radio  sta- 
tions KSL,  KUTA  and  KALL. 

Alan  Stensvold,  who  photographed  the 
short  subject,  delivered  an  address  on  pho- 
tography to  members  of  the  Utah  Cine-Arts 
Club.  Stories  on  all  events  were  planted 
in  the  local  press. 

Perry  Promotes  Co-Op  Ads 
For  Schine  Jubilee  Drive 

Several  cooperative  newspaper  ads,  in- 
cluding a  full  page,  have  been  promoted  by 
manager  Fred  Perry  in  conjunction  with 
the  Schine  Circuit's  Silver  Jubilee  celebra- 
tion at  the  Liberty  theatre,  Cumberland, 
Md.  The  full  page  co-op  was  paid  for  by 
six  merchants  and  ran  in  the  Evening 
Times.  Other  co-ops  were  arranged  with 
Porter's  Restaurant  and  the  Hi-Dee  Night 
Club.  In  addition,  an  editorial  on  the 
Silver  Jubilee  was  garnered  in  the  Sunday 
Times. 

Sparrow  Sets  Five  Co-Ops 
For  "Gallant  Journey" 

Five  cooperative  newspaper  ads  were 
promoted  by  manager  Boyd  Sparrow  to 
advertise  his  date  on  "Gallant  Journey"  at 
Loew's  theatre,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  The  Dee 
Jewelry  Store  ran  three  of  the  ads  and 
the  Miller  Jewelry  Company  paid  for  two 
ads.  For  street  ballyhoo,  Sparrow  had 
Buddy  LaRue,  local  escape  artist,  drive  a 
1946  Buick  through  the  downtown  streets 
blindfolded.  A  model  1908  Buick  followed 
the  magician's  car.  Both  vehicles  were 
bannered  with  "Gallant  Journey"  copy. 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


5v 


Officials  in  D.C. 
Back  Campaign 
For  "Mania" 

A  highly  effective  exploitation  campaign 
on  "Highway  Mania,"  a  short  subject  from 
"This  Is  America"  series,  was  conducted  by 
manager  S.  L.  Sorkin  at  the  RKO  Keith 
theatre,  Washington,  D.  C.  The  campaign 
on  the  short  feature,  which  was  played  in 
conjunction  with  "The  Kid  From  Brooklyn," 
resulted  in  extra  business. 

Sorkin  arranged  a  screening  of  the  short 
for  District  commissioners,  metropolitan 
police  heads,  officers  and  men  of  the  traffic 
division,  officials  of  the  District  transporta- 
tion companies,  members  of  automobile  as- 
sociations, judges  of  the  Municipal  Court 
and  others.  An  invitation  was  sent  out  over 
the  police  teletype  for  all  the  men  in  the 
various  precincts  to  attend. 

All  newspaper  reporters  assigned  to  the 
precincts  checked  the  message  and  relayed 
it  to  their  city  desks,  who  in  turn  'called 
Sorkin  for  details.  All  newspapers  covered 
the  screening.  Sorkin  also  tied-in  the  screen- 
ing with  the  reopening  of  East  Executive 
Avenue,  between  the  White  House  and  the 
Treasury,  which  had  been  closed  during  the 
war.  Both  newspaper  and  radio  coverage  on 
the  tieup  was  extensive. 

Dairy  Tieup  on  "Kid" 

For  "The  Kid  From  Brooklyn,"  Sorkin 
concentrated  mainly  on  newspapers  and 
radio.  Coverage  of  both  mediums  was  con- 
siderable. A  tieup  was  arranged  with  the 
Thompson  Dairy,  whereby  the  dairy  plugged 
the  picture  on  a  radio  program  and  used 
small  pamphlets,  calling  attention  to  the 
picture,  around  the  necks  of  milk  bottles. 

During  the  run,  Vera-Ellen,  one  of  the 
stars  of  the  picture,  visited  Washington  and 
was  feted  at  a  luncheon. 

Kennel  Club  Tieup  Aids 
Levy  Date  on  "Lassie" 

Through  a  tieup  with  the  Berks  County 
Kennel  Club  widespread  interest  was  created 
for  the  playdate  on  "Courage  of  Lassie" 
at  the  Colonial  theatre,  Reading,  Pa.  Man- 
ager Larry  R.  Levy  arranged  to  have  Rover, 
a  thoroughbred  collie  with  a  striking 
resemblance  to  Lassie,  appear  on  the  stage 
for  four  days.  The  dog  with  a  trainer  and 
an  announcer  from  the  club  went  through 
the  novice  obedience  training  routine,  for 
which  he  won  a  Blue  Ribbon  award. 


HENRY 

R. 

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PURCHASING  AGENT 

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Foreign  and  Domestic 

Film  Distribution 

729  Seventh  Ave..  N.  Y.  19,  N.  Y..  LO.3-1510 

Servingtho  Industry  Since  1913.    Negotiations  In  Any  Language 

CABLE :    HEN  ARIAS.  N. 

Y. 

FOOTBALL  RALLY  GAINS 
GOODWILL  FOR  PEFFLEY 

A  football  rally,  held  on  stage 
the  night  before  the  season  opened, 
created  considerable  goodwill  for 
manager  Dick  Peffley  and  the  Par- 
amount theatre,  Fremont,  Ohio. 
Both  the  Ross  High  and  St.  Joseph's 
High  football  teams  were  guests  of 
the  management.  The  boys  were 
introduced  to  the  audience  by  their 
respective  coaches.  The  rally  was 
included  in  the  regular  newspaper 
advertising,  and  the  sports  editor  of 
the  local  newspaper  mentioned  the 
rally  in  his  column.  Many  adults, 
as  well  as  students,  welcomed  the 
opportunity   to   see   the  teams. 

Street  Ballyhoo 
Used  in  England 

A  mounted  "Roman"  centurion  rode  the 
streets  to  publicize  the  engagement  of  "Cae- 
sar and  Cleopatra"  at  the  Gaumont  Palace 
theatre,  Barnstaple,  N.  Devon,  England.  The 
warrior's  costume  was  identical  to  those 
worn  in  the  picture.  The  campaign  was  ar- 
ranged by  manager  A.  M.  Carpenter  and 
assistant  manager  H.  J.  Speller. 

Keen  interest  was  aroused  by  a  coloring 
contest  for  children.  The  competition  was 
open  to  members  of  the  Barnstaple  branch 
of  the  Gaumont-British  Junior  Club.  Con- 
siderable newspaper  stories  were  garnered  in 
the  local  press.  Four  window  tieups  were 
arranged,  with  the  displays  consisting  of 
color  stills  and  neatly  written  showcards. 

City  officials  and  dignitaries  attended  the 
opening  performance.  A  former  mayor  of 
Barnstaple,  A.  J.  Manaton,  spoke  to  the  au- 
dience. The  lobby  and  lounge  were  deco- 
rated with  flowers,  flowering  shrubs  and 
small  evergreen  bushes. 

Levy  Promotes  Co-Op  Ads 
For  "Rage  in  Heaven" 

Several  cooperative  newspaper  ads  were 
promoted  by  manager  Larry  Levy  and  as- 
sistant manager  Bill  Riding  to  exploit  the 
playdate  on  "Rage  in  Heaven"  at  Loew's 
theatre,  Reading,  Pa.  The  ads  were  set  with 
men's  wear  stores,  gift  and  jewelry  shops. 
10,000  heralds  were  distributed  in  stores, 
parked  cars,  hotels,  street  cars  and  buses. 
Book  stores  and  the  book  section  of  the  de- 
partment stores  featured  playdate  cards.  Six 
spot  announcements  daily  were  promoted 
over  WHUM.' 


Merchant  Tieup  Aids  Haney 

A  cooperative  newspaper  ad  and  an  at- 
tractive lobby  display  helped  to  put  over 
manager  Leo  Haney's  date  on  "The  Bandit 
of  Sherwood  Forest"  at  the  Lido  theatre, 
Maywood,  111.  Koch  and  Bliss  ran  the  ad 
and  also  supplied  Haney  with  archery  equip- 
ment for  the  lobby  display. 


Rowland 9 s  Lobby 
Displays  Boost 
Surrey  Dates 

Ingenious  lobby  displays  play  an  impor- 
tant part  in  the  campaigns  arranged  by  man- 
ager E.  C.  H.  Rowland  to  exploit  his  play- 
dates  at  the  Surrey  Country  Cinema,  Sutton, 
England.  One  of  the  best  of  recent  date  was 
a  display  for  "Winged  Victory,"  consisting 
of  military  instruments  lent  by  the  Air  Min- 
istry and  valued  at  £1,500.  The  display  was 
35  feet  in  length. 

For  the  engagement  on  "A  Song  to  Re- 
member," Rowland  used  a  dummy  figure 
seated  at  a  piano.  In  the  background  a 
large  poster,  draped  in  velvet,  publicized  the 
picture  and  playdate.  The  whole  display, 
with  the  exception  of  the  poster,  was  made 
up  from  stock.  A  concealed  phonograph 
played  music  from  the  film  at  intervals  dur- 
ing the  day. 

Paintings  of  ships  valued  in  excess  of 
5,000  were  promoted  by  Rowland  to  be 
used  for  an  effective  lobby,  display  to  adver- 
tise "The  Spanish  Main."  The  paintings 
were  attractively  arranged  against  a  back- 
ground of  flowers. 

It  will  be  recalled  that  manager  Rowland 
authored  the  popular  war  song,  "Mademoi- 
selle from  Armentieres,"  while  entertaining 
the  troops  at  Armentieres  in  the  first  World 
War. 

Katz  Promotes  Merchandise 
For  Weekly  Giveaways 

A  deluxe  model  all-electric  train  was  pro- 
moted by  manager  Phil  Katz  as  the  grand 
prize  for  a  Saturday  matinee  serial-cartoon 
show  series  at  the  Kenyon  theatre,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.  In  addition  to  the  grand  prize, 
Katz  weekly  promotes  25  comic  books  from 
the  Sandusky  Pharmacy,  10  pencil  boxes 
from  Murray's  Quality  Shoes,  10  free  pho- 
tos from  Kenyon  Studios  and  five  boxes  of 
candy  from  Regina  Candy  Company.  Mem- 
bership cards  have  been  given  the  children 
and  if  they  retain  them  for  the  12  chapters 
of  the  serial,  "Mysterious  Mr.  M,"  they  can 
have  their  picture  taken  free  and  also  see  a 
picture  free  at  the  Kenyon. 

Window  Tieups  Arranged 
By  Walls  in  England 

Two  window  tieups  were  arranged  by 
manager  Eric  V.  Walls  to  exploit  his  play- 
date on  "Saratoga  Trunk"  at  the  Clifton 
Cinema,  Great  Barr,  Birmingham,  England. 
The  displays  were  in  a  men's  furnishing 
store,  and  Maclins,  a  sportswear  shop.  The 
latter  consisted  of  a  cutout  signpost  with  di- 
rection arms.  On  one  side  copy  rerad :  "Hol- 
lywood, 6,000  miles,"  and  on  the  other,  "The 
Clifton,  a  short  distance."  In  addition,  a 
large  cutout  porter  appeared  to  be  pushing  a" 
hand  truck  on  which  was  a  trunk.  Playdate 
copy  was  painted  on  the  trunk  in  addition 
to  the  theatre  name. 


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MUSIC  SETS  SELLING  TEMPO 
FOR  "ALWAYS  LOVED  YOU" 


Extensive  exploitation  and  advantageous 
tieups  for  "I've  Always  Loved  You"  have 
paid  dividends  at  the  box  office  in  the  key 
cities  where  the  picture  has  already  made  its 
appearance. 

Noteworthy  among-  the  many  promotional 
activities  arranged  for  the  picture  was  a 
national  tieup  with  RCA- Victor  which  in- 
cluded special  dealer  participation,  national 
advertising  and  cooperative  newspaper  ads. 
A  highlight  of  local  promotions  included  a 
"Classical  Music  Appreciation  Week"  tieup 
in  Cincinnati.  The  Rachmaninoff  Concerto 
No.  2  serves  as  theme  music  for  the  produc- 
tion. 

The  picture  had  a  gala  world  premiere  at 
the  Apollo  theatre  in  Chicago.  The  opening 
was  sparked  by  the  personal  appearance  of 
Catherine  McLeod,  star  of  the  picture.  She 
was  introduced  to  25,000  people  at  Soldiers 
Field  in  connection  with  the  final  rally  of 
the  National  Moose  convention  and  received 
another  ovation  from  30,000  people  at  the 
Bear-Giant  football  game  when  introduced 
as  the  star  of  "I've  Always  Loved  You." 

Star  Makes  Radio  Appearances 

Arrangements  were  made  by  William  Hol- 
lander, advertising  and  publicity  director  of 
Balaban  and  Katz  and  Hal  Butchin,  Repub- 
lic exploiteer,  for  the  star  to  appear  on 
numerous  broadcasts.  They  included  the 
NBC  "Breakfast  Show,"  June  Baker's  show 
on  WGN  and  "Meet  the  Stars"  program 
over  WGN. 

Chicago's  top-ranking  stores  tied-in  with 
the  opening  through  effective  displays  and 
direct  mail  campaigns.  Goldblatt  Brothers 
devoted  five  State  Street  windows  to  a  dis- 
play of  fashions  tied-in  with  the  title  of  the 
picture.  Marshall  Field  featured  stills  and 
Rachmaninoff  record  albums  in  a  music  de- 
partment display. 

The  Public  Library  distributed  30,000  im- 
printed book  marks  through  its  50  branches 
and  publicized  the  playdate  on  bulletin 
boards,  utilizing  stills,  one-sheets  and  book 
jackets.  The  Chicago  Musical  College  used 
a  lobby  display,  featuring  8x10  stills  from 
the  picture.  Four  night  softball  parks 
played  Rachmaninoff  records  before  game 
time  and  between  double-headers  with  play- 
date  credit.  The  Allied  Florists  Association 
provided  800  florist  members  with  placards, 
featuring  an  8x10  romantic  two-shot  from 
the  picture  with  copy,  reading :  "Say  It — 'I've 
Always  Loved  You' — With  Flowers." 

Contest  in  Memphis 

The  playdate  of  the  picture  at  the  Malco 
theatre  in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  was  highlighted 
by  a  "How  to  Be  Happily  Married"  letter- 
writing  contest.  Sponsored  by  the  Press 
Scimitar,  the  competition  was  announced  in 
a  two-column  story.  Another  two-column 
follow-up  story  broke  the  day  before  open- 
ing, featuring  the  winning  letter  and  the 


In  the  lobby  of  the  Malco  theatre  in  Memphis, 
a  prominent  musician  entertained  patrons 
playing  the  musical  score  from  "I've  Always 
Loved  You." 


names  and  addresses  of  contest  winners. 
Bonds  and  guest  tickets  were  awarded. 

The  Memphis  campaign  was  under  the 
direction  of  Elliott  Johnson,  publicity  direc- 
tor for  Malco  Theatres. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  Bert  Ols- 
wanger,  concert  pianist,  to  give  daily  con- 
certs of  Rachmaninoff  music  on  a  specially 
built  stage  in  the  theatre  lobby.  In  addition, 
Olswanger  dedicated  an  entire  15-minute 
program  over  WMPS  to  the  picture. 

Royal  Crown  Cola,  which  had  promoted 
the  picture  in  a  national  ad,  tied-in  locally 
with  five-foot  square  banners  on  all  trucks  to 
publicize  the  playdate.  Trucks  and  sales- 
men's car  carried  bumper  cards. 

Many  stores  used  window  and  counter 
displays.  Woolworth's,  Grant's,  Silver's 
and  McLellan's  displayed  sheet  music  and 


Library  displays  call  attention  to  the  Chicago 
opening  of  "I've  Always  Loved  You"  at  the 
Apollo  theatre.  This  effective  promotion  was 
handled  by  William  Hollander,  advertising 
and  publicity  director  for  Balaban  and  Katz. 


records  of  music  from  the  picture  and  dis- 
tributed 5,000  offset  photos  of  Miss  McLeod. 
The  stores  also  used  25,000  imprinted  wrap- 
pers. RCA-Victor  dealers  mailed  6,000 
postcards  to  a  select  list  of  record  buyers.  A 
$25  bond  was  awarded  by  the  RCA-Victor 
dealer  for  the  best  dealer  window  promoting 
the  picture.  Approximately  100  other  music 
stores  used  window  displays. 

Radio  Support  in  New  York 

A  radio  campaign  for  the  opening  of  the 
picture  at  the  Criterion  theatre  in  New  York 
was  spearheaded  by  the  personal  appearance 
of  Catherine  McLeod  on  several  programs. 
They  included  the  WOR-Mutual  show 
"Daily  Dilemma" ;  the  Tex  McCreary  and 
Jinx  Falkenburg  WEAF  show;  Pat  Barnes 
ABC  network  broadcast ;  Adrienne  Ames  on 
WHN  ;  Maggi  McNellis  over  NBC  network ; 
Paula  Stone  on  WNEW ;  Dorothy  Day  on 
WINS,  and  Dorothy  Grant  on  WINS. 

The  RCA-Victor  dealers  throughout  the 
New  York  metropolitan  area  had  window 
and  interior  displays,  using  full  color  40x60 
posters.  Music  tieups  also  were  arranged 
with  nine  Vim  Radio  stores,  five  Davega 
branches,  Haynes-Griffin,  Liberty  Music 
Shops  and  Wurlitzer  Music. 

The  New  York  campaign  was  arranged 
by  Jerry  Sager,  publicity  director  for  the 
theatre. 

Cincinnati  Proclamation 

In  Cincinnati,  for  the  opening  at  the  Capi- 
tol theatre,  Mayor  James  Garfield  Stewart 
proclaimed  the  week  of  playdate  "Classical 
Music  Appreciation  Week."  The  mayor 
also  was  on  hand  to  greet  couples  celebrat- 
ing their  50th  wedding  anniversary  at  a  din- 
ner at  the  Hotel  Gibson  promoted  in  cooper- 
ation with  the  Cincinnati  Post. 

Manager  J.  E.  Jones  of  the  Capitol  ar- 
ranged a  special  screening  of  the  picture  for 
music  dealers,  managers  of  record  depart- 
ments, display  managers,  advertising  heads 
and  newspaper  record  editors.  The  screen- 
ing resulted  in  prominent  mention  of  the 
playdate  in  three  Cincinnati  newspapers.  A 
tieup  with  Dow's  Drug  Stores  resulted  in  a 
full-page  cooperative  newspaper  display  ad. 

Approximately  10,000  special  student 
tickets  were  printed  and  distributed  in  63 
upper  grade  schools  and  six  high  schools, 
entitling  the  students  to  see  the  picture  for  a 
nominal  fee. 

A  national  Royal  Crown  Cola  tieup  was 
angled  locally  for  the  playdate  of  the  picture 
at  the  Saenger  theatre  in  New  Orleans  when 
a  cooperative  newspaper  ad  was  placed  on 
the  sports  page  of  newspapers.  Radio 
breaks  on  the  same  basis  were  effected  on 
Royal  Crown's  air  time  over  stations  WSMB 
and  WWL. 

In  New  Orleans,  Maurice  Barr,  publicity 
director  of  the  Paramount-Richards  circuit, 
handled  the  Saenger  theatre  campaign. 


MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  OCTOBER  26.  1946 


NEIGHBORHOOD  MANAGERS 
AFTER  MILLION  PATRONS 


Celebrating  20  years  of  community  service 
to  theatre  patrons,  managers  and  executives 
of  Neighborhood  Theatres  of  Virginia  at- 
tended a  meeting  in  Richmond  last  week  to 
inaugurate  a  drive  for  a  million  patrons  dur- 
ing the  month  of  November. 

The  unique  feature  of  the  meeting  was  a 
series  of  discussions  and  addresses  by  the 
managers  themselves,  following  a  brief  wel- 
coming speech  by  Morion  G.  Thalhimer, 
president  of  Neighborhood  Theatres. 

What  these  theatremen  had  to  say  is  of 
special  interest  to  exhibitors  and  managers, 
who  will  recognize  problems  of  operation 
similar  to  their  own  situations. 

Rural  Patronage  Discussed 

J.  P.  Trent,  city  manager  of  the  circuit's 
Farmville  operations,  discussed  a  timely  top- 
ic, "Getting  Rural  Patronage,"  highlights  of 
which  follow : 

"In  getting  rural  patronage,  the  most  im- 
portant thing  is  to  know  your  people.  Be- 
'fore  you  can  sell  anything,  you  must  know 
the  customer.  You  must  know  his  back- 
ground— his  education — his  means  of  liveli- 
hood—his likes  and  dislikes.  After  you  have 
studied  the  people,  particularly  their  tastes 
in  amusements — your  next  step  is  to  select 
the  shows  which  will  hold  the  most  interest. 

"In  our  community,  we  find  that  action 
pictures  appeal  more  than  any  other  type. 
Musicals  are  second  These  are  supplement- 
ed with  short  subjects  that  fit  in  with  the 
tastes  of  these  people. 

"Just  as  important  as  booking  is  correct 
timing.  Country  patrons  cannot  come  to 
town  every  day.  At  certain  seasons  they  are 
busier  than  at  others.  Shows  with  appeal  to 
rural  patronage  should  be  scheduled  for  the 
time  that  the  patron  is  free  to  come  to  the 
show.    Saturday  and  mid-week  are  best. 

"There  are  various  ways  of  advertising 
your  shows.  Some  methods  work  in  one  sit- 
uation and  fail  in  others.  You  have  to  choose 
the  advertising  methods  that  get  the  best  re- 
sults in  your  community.  The  most  effective 
of  all  means  is  probably  the  use  of  trailers. 

Mailing  Lists  Important 

"After  the  use  of  trailers  and  accessories 
for  fronts  and  lobbies,  the  -most  generally 
used  means  of  advertising  is  the  newspaper. 
With  only  a  weekly  newspaper,  this  means  is 
not  so  effective.  We  find  that  a  live  mailing 
Hst  is  a  great  help  to  keep  our  patrons  in- 
formed.   The  list  is  checked  regularly. 

"Window  cards  and  heralds  may  be  used. 
We  have  found  that  one  of  the  best  means  of 
distribution  is  over  local  dry  cleaning  and 
laundry  routes.  The  routemen  are  usually 
glad  to  leave  heralds  and  cards  at  their  col- 
lection points  for  a  couple  of  passes. 

"Another  place  to  get  your  advertising 
before  the  country  person  is  in  your  local 
community  market. 


NEIGHBORHOOD  POLICY 
MAKES  FRIENDS 

The  story  of  Neighborhood  The- 
atre, Inc.,  is  one  of  continual 
progress  and  expansion,  going  from 
one  theatre  in  July  of  1926  to 
29  operating  at  present.  Its  presi- 
dent, Morton  G.  Thalhimer,.  and 
Sam  Bendheim,  Jr.,  vice-president 
and  general  manager,  are  responsible 
for  the  organization's  policy  of 
friendly  relations  with  the  man- 
agers. In  Virginia,  the  Neighbor- 
hood standard  of  safety,  service, 
courtesy,  comfort,  cleanliness,  en- 
tertainment, and  in  all  matters 
of  operation,  is  traditional  among 
theatre   patrons  and  competitors. 


"Personal  contact  with  your  patrons  helps. 
Know  the  key  people  in  outlying  communi- 
ties. Know  the  ministers  and  school  teach- 
ers. When  you  have  something  they  will 
l.ke,  send  them  a  card. 

"School  contacts  are  extremely  important. 
Whenever  you  have  something  that  is  worth 
while  from  an  educational  standpoint,  we 
have  found  that  the  teachers  and  superin- 
tendents of  schools  are  anxious  to  cooperate." 

The  managers  were  addressed  by  J.  Stu- 
art White,  city  manager  for  Neighborhood 
in  Bristol,  Va.,  who  said:  "The  war  is  now 
more  than  a  year  behind  us.  During  the 
great  struggle,  the  theatres  did  a  lush  busi- 
ness and  they  won  new  laurels. by  their  mag- 


EXTRA  SERVICES  MEAN 
EXTRA  PROFITS 

W.  F.  Ballenger,  manager  of  the 
Grand  theatre  in  Richmond,  pointed 
up  to  his  colleagues  at  the  Neigh- 
borhood Theatres  meeting  the  extra 
profits  to  be  derived  from  the 
vending  of  candy  and  popcorn. 
Mr.  Ballenger's  recommendations  for 
increased  sales  are: 

1.  Candy  should  be  fresh  at  all 
times. 

2.  Brands  should  be  checked  con- 
stantly to  see  which  are  moving 
satisfactorily  and  which  are  slow. 

3.  Keep  an  accurate  inventory. 

4.  If  you  have  machines,  make 
sure  the  machines  are  filled  at 
all  times. 

5.  Popcorn  should  be  popped  and 
seasoned  correctly,  since  aroma  is 
a  strong  selling  angle. 

6.  Keep  corn  and  candy  high  and 
dry  to  prevent  spoilage  or  damage. 


nificent  contributions  to  the  war  effort 
through  promotion  and  participation  in  num- 
erous war  services,  such  as  Bond  sales  and 
campaigns,  Red  Cross,  etc.,  but  the  war 
also  saw  a  healthy  slump  in  some  phases  of 
theatre's  public  relations. 

"That  condition  has  now  changed.  The 
return  to  peace  has  brought  the  theatre  back 
into  the  competitive  stage  again. 

Interior,  Exterior  Factors 

"Public  relations  is  not  a  commodity  which 
can  be  bought  in  the  package.  If  so,  our 
job  would  be  ever  so  simple. 

"Public  relations  are  important  to  a  thea- 
tre. When  soundly  developed,  it  will  play 
a  tremendous  role  in  maintaining  and  im- 
proving business,  and  when  neglected,  it  can 
wreck  a  theatre's  business. 

"Good  public  relations  inside  the  house  is 
determined  by  a  multitude  of  little  things 
done  well.  The  way  the  telephone  is  answered, 
the  manner  in  which  the  ushers,  doormen, 
cashiers  and  other  employees  are  dressed, 
how  they  contact  the  patrons,  heating  and 
ventilating,  general  cleanliness,  safety  meas- 
ures, methods  of  handling  the  business  affairs 
of  the  office — to  mention  some.  Thus  it  can 
be  seen  that  there  is  hardly  a  relationship  in 
the  day's  work  that  does  not  affect  the  public 
in  some  way.  How  these  details  are  handled 
will  produce  either  good  or  bad  relations. 

"You  just  can't  stop  employees  from  talk- 
ing away  from  the  theatre  and  remember 
they  are  going  to  talk  in  good  terms  or  in 
bad-  terms  about  their  place  of  employment, 
depending  on  the  manner  in  which  they  are 
treated. 

Must  Be  Good  Citizen 

"The  good  theatre  manager  must  strive  to 
be  a  good  citizen.  He  has  a  civic  responsi- 
bility and  should  seek  always  to  be  a  definite 
part  of  the  community  in  which  he  lives. 
He  should  vote  in  public  elections,  but  re- 
frain from  participation  in  partisan  politics. 
He  should  have  a  religious  consciousness 
which  will  cause  him  to  attend  the  church  of 
his  choice  and  take  some  part  in  the  activi- 
ties of  that  church. 

"When  the  Community  Chest,  the  Red 
Cross  and  other  local  movements  are 
planned,  he  should  be  in  there  pitching. 

"Why  is  civic  work  necessary?  It  is  good 
business.  Some  citizens  still  believe  that  the 
screen  is  used  to  help  spread  immorality  and 
juvenile  delinquency.  Others  think  that  in 
the  case  of  chain  theatres,  with  absentee 
ownership,  such  organizations  come  into  a 
city  to  milk  it  financially. 

"The  theatre  manager  who  takes  an  ac- 
tive part  .  .  .  knows  what  events  are  shaping 
up  and  if  he  has  imagination  and  a  will  to 
work  he  can  often  capitalize  on  this  informa- 
tion for  the  benefit  of  his  house." 


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MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


Quigley  Awards  Contenders 

The  men  and  women  listed  below  have  submitted  evidence  of  showmanship  within  the 
past  fortnight,  which  justifies  their  names  being  placed  on  the  list  of  outstanding 
showmen. 


JACK  ALGER 
Majesiic,  La  Salle,  III. 

BOB  BACHMAN 

Indiana,  East  Chicago,  Ind. 

WALTER  A.  BEHRENS 
Jackson,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

JOSEPH  S.  BOYLE 
Broadway,  Norwich,  Conn. 

BILL  BROWNE 

Ritz  Cinema,  Hastings 

Sussex,  England 

W.  E.  CASE 

Picture  House,  Monmouth 
Mons.,  England 

WALTER  CHENOWETH 
Alexandria,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

LOU  COHEN 

Loew's  Poli,  Hartford,  Conn. 
T.  COOK 

Capitol,  Halifax,  N.  S. 

HARRY  E.  CREASEY 

Riverside,  Riverside,  Calif. 

W.  C.  CUNDIFF 
Coleman,  Miami,  Okla. 

F.  W.  DONAHUE 

Kallet  Drive-In,  Syracuse,  N.Y. 

FRANK  K.  ELDRIDSE 
Capitol,  Concord,  N.  H. 

BURNS  ELLISON 
Columbus,  Columbus,  Neb. 

J.  WARREN  FENETY 

Kent,  Moncton,  N.  B.,  Canada 

MILDRED  A.  FITZGIBBONS 
Roosevelt,  Flushing,  N.  Y. 

ED  FITZPATRICK 
Loew-Poli,  Waterbury,  Conn. 

A.  E.  FOSTER 

Forum,  Ealing,  London,  England 
JACK  FOXE 

Columbia,  Washington,  D.  C. 

ARNOLD  GATES 
Stillman,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

W.  RAY  GINGELL 
Hiser,  Bethesda,  Md. 

MAHLON  C.  GLENDY 
La  Salle,  La  Salle,  III. 

BILL  HASTINGS 

RKO  Orpheum,  Denver,  Colo. 

HOWARD  HIGLEY 

RKO  Allen,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

WALTER  HINKS 

Seamore,  Glasgow,  Scotland 


BOB  HYNES 

Criterion,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 

BORGE  IVERSEN 
Fort,  Rock  Island,  III. 

DON  H.  JACOBS 
Ohio,  Mansfield,  Ohio 

TOM  JEFFERSON 
Paramount,  Miami,  Fla. 

BILL  JOHNSTON 
Majestic,  Houston,  Texas 

MEL  JOLLEY 

Marks,  Oshawa,  Ont.,  Canada 
W.  J.  JOY 

Ritz  Cinema,  Holmeside 
Sunderland,  England 

NORMAN  -E.  KASSEL 
Woods,  Chicago,  III. 

PHIL  KATZ 
Kenyon,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

LEONARD  KLAFTA 
Paramount,  Kankakee,  III. 

SID  KLEPER 

College,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

PAUL  O.  KLINGLER 
Strand,  Waterbury,  Conn. 

ELMER  KOEHLER 
Peru,  Peru,  III. 

JOHN  E.  LAKE 
Savoy,  Luton 
Bedfordshire,  England 

R.  J.  McCOOL 
Manos,  Uniontown,  Pa. 

JACK  MATLACK 
Broadway,  Portland,  Ore. 

J.  OMAR  MENDEZ 
Teatro  Astral,  Bogota 
Colombia,  S.  A. 

JOHN  MISAVICE 
Ritz,  Berwyn,  III. 

BILL  MORTON 

RKO  Albee,  Providence,  R.  I. 

LOUIS  NYE 

Hoosier,  Whiting,  Ind. 

FRED  PERRY 

Liberty,  Cumberland,  Md. 

LESTER  POLLOCK 
Loew's,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

ROY  O.  PRYTZ 
Granada,  Duluth,  Minn. 

ED  PYNE 

Keith's  105th  St.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 


FRED  REETH 

Capitol,  Madison,  Wis. 

BILL  REISINGER 
Loew's,  Dayton,  Ohio 

JAMES  SALMANS 

Sixth  St.,  Coshocton,  Ohio 

J.  G.  SAMARTANO 
State,  Providence,  R.  I. 

MATT  SAUNDERS 

Loew's  Poli,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

F.  B.  SCHLAX 
Kenosha,  Kenosha,  Wis. 

WILLIS  SHAFFER 

Fox  Orpheum,  Atchison,  Kans. 

FARRIS  SHANBOUR 
Tower,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 

EWAN  SHAW 
Oueen's,  West  Bromwich 
Staffordshire,  England 

CHARLES  E.  SHUTT 
Telenews,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

D.  T.  STALCUP 
Gem,  Etowah,  Tenn. 

MICHAEL  STRANGER 
State,  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

ARTHUR  TURNER 
Parsons,  Parsons,  Kans. 

VINCENTE  VALLENILLA 
Boyaca,  Caracas,  Venezuela 

HELEN  WABBE 

Golden  Gate,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

ERIC  V.  WALLS 

Clifton  Cinema,  Great  Barr 

Birmingham,  England 

L.  WATT 

Florida  Cinema,  Kings  Park 
Glasgow,  Scotland 

SEYMOUR  WEISS 
Drive-In,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

ALAN  WILLIAMS 
Majestic,  Rochester 
Kent,  England 

NORMAN  H.  WILLIS 
Corbett,  Wildwood,  Fla. 

HARRY  F.  WILSON 

Capitol,  Chatham,  Ont.,  Canada 

NATE  WISE 

RKO  Palace,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

TOM  WOLF 

State,  Bellevue,  Ohio 

JAY  WREN 

Adams,  Newark,  N.  J. 


OUTDOOR 

REFRESHMENT  ^ 
CONCESSIONAIRES 
from  Coast  to  Coast  A 

over  V4  Century 

"Sow  Specializing^ 
^  in  Refreshment  \ 
Concessions  for  I 
DRIVE-IN  THEATRLS  J 

SPORTSERVICE,  Inc. 

HURST  BLDG.                        BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 

MANAGERS'  ROUND  TABLE,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


Promotes  Prizes  for  Kid  Show 

School  supilies  and  prizes  were  promoted 
by  manager  Bob  Bachman  for  a  Back  to 
School  matinee  "at  the  Indiana  theatre,  East 
Chicago,  Ir.d.  Max  Blumenfield,  Jewelers, 
sponsored  the  show  and  absorbed  the  cost 
of  the  merchandise. 


Merchant  Tieups 
Sell  Katz  Eight 
Weeks  of  Hits 

Several  profitable  tieups  have  been  ar- 
ranged by  manager  Philip  Katz  to  exploit 
the  ;'Eight  Weeks  of  Hits"  at  the  Kenyon 
theatre,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Three  merchants  cooperated  in  the  print- 
ing of  a  series  of  16  circulars,  a  total  of  16,- 
000  heralds.  Patrons  finding  certain  com- 
binations of  the  heralds  were  entitled  to  free 
gifts.  A  lobby  board  carried  the  slug  line, 
"We  agree,  Kenyon,"  and  went  on  to  tell 
why  the  merchants  were  backing  the  show- 
ings. . 

A  tieup  was  set  with  a  restaurant,  which 
boosted  the  playdates  with  1,000  table  tents. 
The  restaurant  also  used  a  card  in  a  window, 
inviting  patrons  to  give  the  manager  their 
names  for  theatre  passes  if  their  guest 
checks  totaled  to  "8,"  "18,"  "28,"  etc. 

One  thousand  tickets  were  paid  for  and 
stuffed  into  shirt  packages  by  a  laundry. 
Lucky  tickets  were  good  for  guest  tickets.  A 
window  card  told  the  story.  The  card  was 
changed  each  week  and  a  new  listing  of 
lucky  numbers  shown. 


Season  Pass  Gag  Draws 

The  old  tried  and  true  season  pass  gag 
drew  considerable  extra  business  for  man- 
ager Charles  Brewer's  date  on  "Night  Train 
to  Memphis"  at  the  Clay  theatre,  Green 
Cove  Springs,  Fla.  Copy  on  the  card  read: 
"Do  not  let  the  SEASON  PASS  without 


An  effective  ticup  consummated  by  Edgar  J. 
Doob,  manager  of  Loew's  Aldine,  Wilming- 
ton, Del.,  ivith  the  local  Woolworih  store 
resulted  in  this  fine  window  display  for 
"Mr.  Ace".  Store  distributed  miniature 
heralds  representing  four  suits  of  playing 
cards  with  letters  L-O-E-W.  Shoppers  get- 
ting a  full  set  spelling  theatre  name  were 
aivarded  free  guest  tickets.  Device  proved 
Imsiness  stimulant  for  theatre  and  cooperat- 
ing merchant. 

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SHOWMEN  PERSONALS 


In  New  Posts:  Reuben  Goldstein,  Carver, 
Detroit,  Mich.  Thomas  A.  (Dusty)  Murray, 
Elliott,  River  Rouge,  Mich.  Mel  Blieden,  dis- 
trict manager,  Manta  and  Rose  circuit,  Ham- 
mond, Ind.  Roy  Peffley,  city  manager,  Manta 
and  Rose,  East  Chicago,  Ind. 

John  Radzicki,  general  manager,  Krul  cir- 
cuit, Detroit.  Peter  Tabor,  relief  manager, 
Wisper  and  Wetsman  circuit,  Detroit.  Wil- 
liam Waldron,  manager,  Claridge,  Montclair, 
N.  J.  Arthur  Gildar,  Mayfair,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Martin  L.  Street,  Carolina,  Columbia,  S.  C. 

Eddie  Bay,  Fowler,  Fowler,  Ind.  John  B. 
^aulkner,  Princess,  Mount  Dora,  Fla.  David 
Kane,  Pic,  Newark,  N.  J.  Olin  Atkinson, 
Strand,  Florala,  Ala.  Max  Sussman,  Joy, 
Detroit.  Jimmy  Allard,  Wilshire,  Dallas, 
Texas.  Carl  Levine,  Biograph,  Chicago. 

Assistant  Managers:  Richard  Hutson, 
Rialto,  Newark,  N.  J.  Archie  Pearson,  Chi- 
cago, Chicago,  111.  Joseph  Stica,  Loew's  Jer- 
sey City,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.  Woodie  Minor, 
Griffith  theatres,  Bartlesville,  Okla. 

Frank  Reno,  Strand,  Detroit.  Betty  Sid- 
low,  Loew's  86th  Street,  New  York.  Harvey 
Shapiro,  Granada,  Chicago.  Melvin  Piper, 
Pic,  Newark,  N.  J.  Basil  Julian,  Beverly, 
Detroit,  Mich. 

Wedding*  Bells:  Joe  Calechman,  manager 
of  the  Howard  theatre,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
to  Edna  Shapiro. 

Birthday  Greetings:  Fred  Meyer,  Sr., 
Frank  La  Bar,  A.  G.  La  Shelle,  Richard  M. 
Thomason,  L.  W.  Scott,  R.  W.  O'Donohue, 
Lloyd   Stephenson,   Wilbur    N.  Degenhart, 


Theatre  Manager  in 
Civil  and  Army  Life 

Beginning  as  part-time  usher  at  the  Para- 
mount theatre,  Fremont,  Ohio,  Thomas  J. 
Wolf  worked  his  way  up  to  assistant  man- 
ager. In  1942  Tom  changed  his  clothing 
for  Army  garb  and  became  manager  of  the 
post  theatre  at  Camp  Perry. 

Upon  his  discharge,  he  picked  up  where 


f  By  the  Herald 


ROUND  TABLE  VISITOR  on  recent  vaca- 
tion in  New  York  was  Nate  Wise,  advertis- 
ing and  publicity  director  for  RKO  theatres 
in  Cincinnati. 


Allison  Stanford,  Sidney  A.  Sommer,  Walter 
N.  Correll,  William  T.  Hastings,  Albert 
O'Neill. 

O.  B.  Wood,  Max  Weg,  Zeva  Yovan,  Irv- 
ing Schmetz,  Harvey  James  Patterson, 
Laverne  C.  Ingersoll,  Oscar  H.  Miller,  R.  F. 
Hardin,  Robert  Lee  Bell,  Reek  A.  Feliziani, 
Harry  F.  Griggs,  James  V.  Pisapia,  William 
Reinhardt,  Halburton  S.  Clough,  Nat 
Mutnick. 

Paul  E.  Michaud,  C.  W.  Woodall,  James 
W.  Christian,  Arthur  Cohn,  Bob  Atkinson, 
Bartlett  Dortch,  Sidney  Ginsberg,  Leonard 
Tuttle,  Samuel  Rose,  Tazwell  L.  Anderson, 
Vern  T.  Touchett,  Karl  Walzer,  Harry  Ros- 
enbaum,  Cy  Londner,  J.  Lloyd  Miller. 

Billy  Pratt,  William  Duggan,  Anthony 
Lehmann,  Stanley  Gross,  John  F.  Wright, 
Ollie  H.  Browne,  Harry  L.  Gilbert,  Robert 
Amarillo,  David  Kenneth  Smart,  Ethel 
Wheelock,  Paul  A.  Masters,  Chester  Kwik- 
lite,  Raymond  Amsterdam,  Harry  P.  Orion. 

Showmen's  Calendar:  December  2nd:  Mon- 
roe Doctrine — 1823.  3rd:  Illinois  admitted  to 
Union — 1818.  7th:  Pearl  Harbor  attacked — 
1941.  8th:  Eli  Whitney  (inventor  of  Cotton 
Gin)  born — 1765.  Mississippi  admitted — 1810. 
11th:  Indiana  admitted— 1816.  12th:  First 
Marconi  wireless  across  Atlantic — 1901.  14th: 
Alabama  admitted— 1819.  21st:  First  day  of 
Winter;  Pilgrims  landed  at  Plymouth  Rock 
— 1620.  25th:  Christmas;  Washington  crossed 
Delaware— 1776.  28th:  Iowa  admitted— 1846. 
29th:  Texas  admitted— 1845.  31st:  New 
Year's  Eve. 


he  had  left  in  civilian  life  with  the  added 
responsibility  of  being  in  charge  of  the 
Strand  theatre  in  Fremont. 

Last  September,  Tom  was  transferred  to 
State  theatre  in  Bellevue,  where  he  is  man- 
ager. The  State  is  part  of  the  Northio 
Theatres  Corp.,  with  headquarters  in  Cin- 
cinnati. 


Page  Ad  Publicizes  Contest 

A  full  page  cooperative  newspaper  ad  was 
promoted  by  manager  M.  E.  Berman  to  pub- 
licize a  letter  writing  contest  for  "To  Each 
His  Own"  at  the  Orpheum  theatre,  Spring- 
field, 111.  Eleven  merchants  participated  in 
the  ad. 


Newspaper  Tieup 
Sparks  "Martha 
Ivers"  Contest 

The  26th  anniversary  of  the  theatre  ana 
the  beginning  of  the  Fall  Happiness  Season 
were  combined  to  give  added  impetus  to  the 
campaign  on  "The  Strange  Love  of  Martha 
Ivers"  at  the  Paramount  theatre,  St.  Paul, 
Minn.  Manager  John  Read  arranged  the 
campaign,  assisted  by  Everett  Olsen,  Para- 
mount exploiteer. 

The  highlight  of  the  campaign  was  the 
"Find  Martha  Ivers"  contest  conducted 
through  the  classified  ad  department  of  the 
St.  Paul  Dispatch.  With  an  advance  pro- 
motion ad  on  Sunday,  the  contest  started  on 
the  Monday  preceding  the  opening.  Three 
times  daily  for  three  days  a  local  "Martha 
Ivers"  would  appear  in  the  designated  lo- 
cations waiting  to  be  identified.  The  clues 
were  found  in  the  want  ads. 

Read  capitalized  on  the  good  will  built 
up  by  Lizabeth  Scott,  star  of  the  picture, 
during  a  personal  appearance  last  year  by 
arranging  a  telephone  interview  between  the 
star  and  Jules  Steele,  local  film  critic.  The 
long  distance  interview  resulted  in  a  three- 
column  story  in  the  Dispatch. 

A  full  window  was  garnered  in  Wool- 
worth's  for  the  week  of  playdate.  5,000 
handbills  on  a  coloring  contest  were  dis- 
tributed a  week  before  opening.  Many  en- 
tries were  received  at  the  theatre. 

Stranger  Garners  Wealth 
Of  Newspaper  Space 

Twenty-one  columns  of  free  story  space 
in  five  Westchester  County  newspapers  and 
62  columns  of  free  scene  mat  space  in  all 
Westchester  County  newspapers  was  gar- 
nered by  manager  Michael  Stranger  and 
assistant  manager  Mike  Piccirillo  to  pub- 
licize "The  Searching  Wind"  at  the  State 
theatre,  White  Plains,  N.  Y.  The  picture 
was  also  plugged  on  a  radio  quiz  contest. 


TRADE  SHOWINGS  CORRECTION 

"DEADLIER  \T  MALE" 

previously  advertised  to  be  trade  shown  on 
November  7,  1946,  will  not  be  shown  on  that 
date.  Future  announcement  will  be  made  as  to 
date,  time  and  place  of  showing. 

RKO  RADIO  PICTURES,  Inc. 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


PICTURE 
CROSSES 


A  statistical  compilation  and 
comparison  of  Box  Office  Per- 
formance in  first  run  theatres 


Figures  directly  below  picture  title  compare  estimated  dollar  gross  with  average  gross 
and  show  relative  percentage  of  all  engagements  tabulated. 

Figures  opposite  theatre  names  represent  percentage  of  tabulated  grosses  to  average 
weekly  business  based  on  the  six  months'  period  ending  July  31,  1946. 
SYMBOLS:  (DB)  Double  Bill— associate  feature  title;  (SA)  Stage  Attraction;  (MO)  Move- 
Over  Run;  (AA)  Advance  Admission. 

INDEX:  Over-all  performance  percentage  figures  from  previously  published  final  reports 
appear  in  Service  Data  section  of  Product  Digest.  See  last  column  of  Release  Chart 
for  Index. 


THREE  WISE  FOOLS  (MCM) 

Final  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $518,500 
Comparative  Average  Gross  506,800 
Over-all  Performance  102.3% 

ATLANTA— Loew's  Grand   126.0% 

BALTIMORE — Century    104.3% 

BOSTON— Orpheum   80.5% 

(DB)  Night  Editor  (Col.) 

BOSTON— State    72.5% 

(DB)  Night  Editor  (Col.) 

BUFFALO— Buffalo   128.1% 

(DB)  Deadline  for  Murder  (20th-Fox) 

BUFFALO— Hippodrome.  MO  1st  week   .    .   .  109.6% 

(DB)  Deadline  for  Murder  (20th-Fox) 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Grand.  1st  week   ....  137.9% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Grand,  2nd  week    .    .    .  74.7% 

INDIANAPOLIS— Loew's    130.4% 

(DB)  Perilous  Holiday)  (Col.) 

KANSAS  CITY — Midland   113.1% 

(DB)  The  Unknown  (Col.) 

LOS  ANGELES— Belmont   122.9% 

LOS  ANGELES — Egyptian   100.0% 

LOS  ANGELES— Fox-Wilshire   115.0% 

LOS  ANGELES— Los  Angeles   102.6% 

MINNEAPOLIS— State    99.2% 

MINNEAPOLIS — Lyric,  MO  1st  week   .   .    .  117.6% 

NEW  YORK— Capitol,    1st   week   114.8% 

(SA)  Paul  Whiteman's  Orchestra,  others 

NEW  YORK— Capitol,  2nd  week   92.1% 

(SA)  Paul  Whiteman's  Orchestra,  others 

PHILADELPHIA— Aidine,  1st  week   ....  110.0% 

PHILADELPHIA— Aldine,  2nd  week   ....  78.0% 

PITTSBURGH— Penn   61.7% 

PITTSBURGH— Ritz,  MO  1st  week   ....  57.2% 

SALT  LAKE  CITY — Centre   104.1% 

ST.  LOUIS— Loew's   State   110.8% 

(DB)  Sing  While  You  Dance  (Col.) 

ST.  LOUIS— Loew's  Orpheum.  MO  1st  week  .  100.0% 

(DB)  Sing  While  You  Dance  (Col.) 

TORONTO — Loew's,  1st  week   115.4% 

TORONTO— Loew's,  2nd  week   94.1% 

• 

CRACK-UP  (RKO) 

First  Report: 

Total  Gross  Tabulated  $134,300 

Comparative  Average  Gross  100,200 

Over-all  Performance  134.0% 

ATLANTA— Paramount    105.0% 

BOSTON— Boston    122.3% 

(SA)  Bob  Crosby's  Orchestra 

CHICAGO— Palace    111.1% 

(DB)  Mv  Pal,  Trigger  (Rep.) 

MINNEAPOLIS— RKO  Orpheum   278.8% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

NEW  YORK— Palace   121.3% 

• 

NOTORIOUS  (RKO  Radio) 

Final  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated  $2,417,000 
Comparative  Average  Gross  1,894,000 
Over-all  Performance  127.6% 

BALTIMORE— Hippodrome,    1st   week   .    .    .  132.3% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

BALTIMORE— Hippodrome,  2nd  week   .   .   .  94.5% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

BALTIMORE— Hippodrome,   3rd  week   .   .   .  94.7% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

BALTIMORE— Hippodrome,   4th   week   ...  74.0% 

(SA)  Vaudeville 

BOSTON— Memorial,    1st    week   ......  175.3% 

BOSTON— Memorial,   2nd   week   143.8% 

BOSTON— Memorial,  3rd  week   .   .   .   .   .   .  111.5% 

BOSTON— Memorial,  4th   week   111.5% 

BUFFALO— Twentieth  Century,  1st  week   .   .  237.0% 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


BUFFALO— Twentieth  Century,  2nd  week  .  .  181.7% 
BUFFALO— Twentieth  Century,  3rd  week  .  .  118.5% 
BUFFALO— Twentieth  Century,  4th  week    .    .  88.9% 

CHICAGO— Grand,    1st   week   387.9% 

CHICAGO— Grand,  2nd  week  301.7% 

CHICAGO— Grand,  3rd  week   .  275.9% 

CINCINNATI— RKO  Palace,  1st  week  .  .  .  182.4% 
CINCINNATI— RKO  Palace,  2nd  week  .  .  .  128.4% 
CINCINNATI— RKO  Shubert,  MO  1st  week  .  136.4% 
CINCINNATI— Keith's,  MO  2nd  week  .  .  .  114.7% 
CLEVELAND — RKO  Palace,  1st  week  .  .  .  152.3% 
CLEVELAND— RKO  Palace,  2nd  week  .  .  .  109.3% 
CLEVELAND — RKO  Palace,  3rd  week  .  .  .  70.3% 
CLEVELAND— RKO  Palace,  4th  week   .    .    .  58.6% 

DENVER— Orpheum,   1st  week  152.3% 

DENVER— Orpheum,  2nd  week  82.3% 

KANSAS  CITY— Orpheum,  1st  week  ....  134.4% 
KANSAS  CITY— Orpheum,  2nd  week  ....  117.6% 
KANSAS  CITY— Orpheum,  3rd  week  ....  75.6% 
LOS  ANGELES— Hillstreet,  1st  week  ....  193.5% 
LOS  ANGELES— Hillstreet,  2nd  week  .  .  .  156.6% 
LOS  ANGELES— Hillstreet,  3rd  week  .  .  .  96.7%  • 
LOS  ANGELES — Hillstreet,  4th  week  .  .  .  82.9% 
LOS  ANGELES— Hillstreet,  5th  week  .  .  .  73.7% 
LOS  ANGELES— Pantages,  1st  week  .  .  .  207.9% 
LOS  ANGELES— Pantages,  2nd  week  .  .  .  163.3% 
LOS  ANGELES— Pantages,  3rd  week  .  .  .  103.9% 
LOS  ANGELES— Pantages,  4th  week  .  .  .  89.1% 
LOS  ANGELES — Pantages,  5th  week  .  .  .  69.3% 
MINNEAPOLIS— RKO  Orpheum,  1st  week  .  182.6% 
MINNEAPOLIS— RKO  Orpheum,  2nd  week  .  125.0% 
NEW   YORK— Music   Hall,    1st   week   .    .   .  114.6% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 
NEW  YORK-Music  Hall,  2nd  week   ....  115.3% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 
NEW   YORK— Music  Hall,   3rd  week   .   .   .  125.3% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 
NEW  YORK— Music  Hall,  4th   week   .   .   .  111.5% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 
NEW  YORK— Music  Hall,  5th  week   ....  106.9% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 
NEW  YORK— Music  Hall.  6th  week   ....  103.8% 

(SA)  Radio  Citv  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 
NEW  YORK— Music  Hall,  7th  week   ....  100.0% 

(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 
NEW  YORK— Music  Hall,  8th  week   ....  92.3% 
(SA)  Radio  City  Music  Hall  Stage  Presentation 


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OMAHA— Brandeis,  1st  week 
OMAHA— Brandeis,  2nd  week 
PHILADELPHIA— Stanley,  1st 
PHILADELPHIA— Stanley,  2nd 
PHILADELPHIA— Stanley,  3rd 
PHILADELPHIA— Stanley,  4th 
PHILADELPHIA— Stanley,  5th 
PHILADELPHIA— Stanley,  6th 
PHILADELPHIA— Stanley,  7th 
SAN  FRANCISCO — Golden  Gate. 

(SA)  Vaudeville 
SAN  FRANCISCO— Golden  Gate,  2nd  week 

(SA)  Vaudeville 
SAN  FRANCISCO— Golden  Gate,  3rd  week 

(SA)  Vaudeville 
SAN  FRANCISCO— Golden  Gate,  4th  week 

(SA)  Vaudeville 
SAN—  FRANCISCO— Golden  Gate,  5th  week 

(SA)  Vaudeville 


A  SCANDAL  IN  PARIS  (UA) 

First  Report: 
Total  Gross  Tabulated 
Comparative  Average  Gross 
Over-all  Performance 


178.1% 
136.9% 
226.0% 
149.6% 
127.8% 
116.5% 
86.9% 
80.4% 
68.2% 
141.7% 

115.2% 

90.6% 

78.7% 

63.6% 


$96,500 
96,400 
100.1% 


CINCINNATI— RKO  Palace  

LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Beverly  Hills 
LOS  ANGELES — Music  Hall  Downtown 
LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Hawaii   .  . 
LOS  ANGELES— Music  Hall  Hollywood 

MINNEAPOLIS— Century   

PHILADELPHIA— Stanton,  1st  week  . 
PHILADELPHIA— Stanton,   2nd   week  . 

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Utah  

SALT  LAKE  CITY— Studio,  MO  1st  week 


108.1% 
90.9% 
92.0% 
87.8% 
98.0% 
111.9% 
119.0% 
75.2% 
103.1% 
117.6% 


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Ten  cents  per  word,  money-order  or  check  with  copy.  Count  initials,  box  number  and 
address.  Minimum  insertion,  $1.  Four  insertions,  for  the  price  of  three.  Contract  rates 
on  application.  No  borders  or  cuts.  Forms  close  Mondays  at  5  P.  M.  Publisher  reserves 
the  right  to  reject  any  copy.  Film  and  trailer  advertising  not  accepted.  Classi-  bbs 
fled  advertising  not  subject  to  agency  commission.  Address  copy  and  checks:  Knn 
MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  Classified  Dept.,  Rockefeller  Center,  New  York(20)  §£bj|| 


POSITIONS  WANTED 


A-l  OPERATOR  OR  MANAGER,  23  YEARS  Ex- 
perience. A-l  reference.  8  years  with  last  employer. 
J.  HILL,  R.  R.  4,  New  Castle,  Indiana. 

PROJECTIONIST  WANTS  TO  DO  WORK  AS 
help  operator  in  any  theatre  in  Bermerton  or  Seattle 
or  Tacoma,  Washington.  Ex-operator  in  Minnesota 
and  North  Dakota.  MILTON  D.  FARROW,  Route  2, 
Box  321,  Port  Orchard,  Washington. 

X-NAVY  PHOTOGRAPHER  SEEKS  G.  I.  TRAIN - 
ing  as  projectionist  and  theatre  manager.  LIPKE, 
2011  Sixth  Street,  East  Moline,  Illinois. 


PROJECTIONIST— FIFTEEN  YEARS  EXPERI- 
ence  wants  part-time  work  three  nights  a  week.  Non- 
union. Reasonable  salary  expected.  Box  2043,  MOTION 
PICTURE  HERALD. 


USED  EQUIPMENT 


SIMPLEX  SP  SOUND  PROJECTION  OUTFITS, 
single  $595;  double  $995;  DeVry  sound  Projector  high 
intensity  arc  outfits,  double,  $2,495;  Holmes  profes 
sional  arc  outfits,  deluxe,  $1,695;  regular,  $1,295;  Amprt, 
arc  16mm.  outfits,  single,  $1,350;  double,  $2,395.  Stan 
a  theatre  now.  S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP., 
449  W.  42nd  St.,  New  York  18. 


1,200  USED  SPRING  CUSHIONED  THEATRE 
chairs,  $1.50  each  and  $3.50  each.  Complete.  Immediate 
delivery.  RUSSELL  CHAIR,  2567  McClellan,  Detroit 
Mich.    Phone  LEnox  3445. 


1,700  AMERICAN  STADIUM  CHAIRS,  REF1N 
ished,  $4.35;  690  Hey  wood  veneer  back  reupholstered 
boxspring  cushion  chairs,  $6.50;  300  American  ditto. 
$5.95;  1,410  American  heavy  inserted  panel  back  re 
upholstered  boxspring.  $7.45;  220  Irwin  tapestry 
upholstered  padded  Dack,  reupholstered  boxspring 
metal  lined  cushions,  rebuilt,  $8.95;  104  American  re- 
upholstered velour  padded  back,  boxspring,  $7.95.  Wire 
for  stock  list.  S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP., 
449  W   42nd  St.,  New  York  18. 


COMPLETE  SIMPLEX  SOUND  HEADS, 
motors,  power  supply,  amplifier  and  18"  speaker. 
F.  SHAFER,  Washington,  Indiana. 

THEATRE  CHAIRS  —  3,000  USED  SPRING 
cushioned,  part  full  upholstered  back  and  part  insert 
panel  back,  with  spring  edge  and  box-spring  cushions; 
1,000  veneer  chairs;  800  good  backs,  500  spring  cushions, 
and  hinges.  Immediate  delivery.  Advise  how  many  you 
need.  Write  for  prices  and  photographs.  Phone  Lenox 
3445.  JESSE  COLE,  2565  McClellan  Avenue,  Detroit, 
Michigan. 

FOR  SALE— A  LARGE  LOT  OF  HAND  OPER- 
ated  ticket  machines — one,  two  and  three  unit  at  a 
bargain.  Box  2039,  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 


600  SEATS,  2  PROJECTION  MACHINES,  SOUND 
equipment,  ticket  register,  ticket  booth,  frames,  mar- 
quee, screen.  All  in  good  condition.  Now  at  City  Hall 
Theatre,  Park  Row.  Communicate  with  I.  ZATKIN, 
Tribune  Theatre,  Beekman  3-2192. 


STUDIO  EQUIPMENT 


16-35MM.      PRODUCTION      EQUIPMENT— CAM 
eras,   film   recorders,   editors,   tripods,   dollies,  micro 
phones,  disc  recorders,  booms.    We  buy— trade.  Send 
us  your  used  equipment  or  lists.   Write  your  wants 
CAMERA  MART,  70  West  45th  St.,  New  York. 

DEPUE  OPTICAL  REDUCTION  PRINTER,  RE 
built  $2,995;  RCA  type  double  system  Recorder  with 
amplification,  etc.,  $6,150;  Eyemo  Spider  Turret 
Camera,  3  lenses,  $595;  early  Mitchell  Camera,  maga- 
zines, lenses,  tripod,  rebuilt,  $2,450;  Duplex  35mm. 
Printer,  $495;  Moviolas,  $195;  2000W  Studio  Spots. 
$67.50;  Akeley  Newsreel  Camera,  Gyrotripod,  $695;  new 
Bell  &  Howell  Sound  Printers,  35mm  D,  immediate 
delivery;  BH  Geared  Tripods,  $69.50.  Send  for  listings. 
S.  O.  S  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP.,  449  W.  42nd  St., 
New  York  18. 


WANTED  TO  BUY 


DEBRIE-SUPER-PARVO,  new  or  secondhand,  with 
accessories,  magazine.  Tripod,  motors,  etc.  Sound - 
Recorder,  variable  area  35mm,  with  Galvanometer1 
RCA  noise  reduction  shutter.  Bell  &  Howell  magazine. 
CTNEMATOGRAFIA  IMPERIAL  LTDA.  Avenida 
Henrique  Valadares,  125,  Rio  de  Janeiro,  Brazil. 


HELP  WANTED 


NEAT  APPEARING  YOUNG  MAN  FOR  TICKET 
taker,  janitor,  maintenance  and  part  time  projectionists 
work  in  small  theatre  50  miles  from  Chicago.  Re- 
liability and  interest  in  theatre  more  important  than 
experience  as  we  will  teach.  State  age  and  salary  ex- 
pected. Box  2038,  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

WANTED:  MANAGER  FOR  PERMANENT  Posi- 
tion. State  experience,  salary  expected,  references. 
Send  snapshot  in  first  letter.  Theatre  in  Illinois.  Box 
2042,  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 


THEATRES 


FOR  SALE— SOUTHERN  INDIANA  SMALL 
town  theatre  ready  to  open.  BOX  2031,  MOTION 
PICTURE  HERALD. 


WANTED  BY  PRIVATE  PARTY-ONE  OR  SEV- 
eral  theatres  in  Midwest.  Negotiations  strictly  con- 
fidential. Address  Box  2040,  MOTION  PICTURE 
HERALD'. 


THEATRE  WANTED  IN  CAROLINAS.  WILL 
pay  cash  for  all  or  consider  buying  half  interest  if 
can  have  management.  Box  2037,  MOTION  PICTURE. 
HERALD. 


BUSINESS  BOOSTERS 


BINGO  CARDS,  DIE  CUTS,  1  TO  100  OR  1  TO  75, 
$2.50  per  thousand,  $22.50  for  10,000.  S.  KLOUS, 
care  of  MOTION   PICTURE  HERALD. 


NEW  EQUIPMENT 


GE  TUNGAR  BULBS,  6  AMP.,  $2.95;  1000W  BOX 
office  bowl  Heaters,  $3.95;  868  type  photocells,  $1.95. 
latest  Gyro-Stabilizer  Soundheads,  belt  drive,  $195; 
direct  drive,  $282.50;  automatic  record  changers,  $22.95; 
plastic  washable  sound  screens,  A2'/2c  foot.  Fall  Cata- 
log ready.  S.  O.  S.  CINEMA  SUPPLY  CORP.,  449 
W.  42nd  St.,  New  York  18. 

SOUND  SYSTEMS,  PROJECTORS,  LAMPHOUSES, 
Screens,  Lenses,  Everything  for  theatres.  Get  our  low 
prices  before  buying  and  savel  Forest  MCS  Twinarc 
65-Amps  Suprex  Rectifier  $484.  Write  for  "Foto-Nite" 
facts.  Makes  your  theatre  into  Little-Gold-Mine. 
AMERICAN  THEATRE  SUPPLY  INC.,  1504— 14th 
at  Pike,  Seattle,  Wash. 


BUSINESS  OPPORTUNITY 


WANTED— SEVERAL  PERSONS  FINANCIALLY 
responsible  to  invest  $5000  or  more  in  Motion  Picture 
Company  in  the  production  of  a  novel  series  of  musical 
shorts.  A  golden  opportunity.  Box  2041,  MOTION 
PICTURE  HERALD. 


TRAINING  SCHOOLS 


.THEATRE  EMPLOYEES:  TRAIN  FOR  BETTER 
position.  Learn  modern  theatre  management  and  ad- 
vertising. Big  opportunity  for  trained  men.  Established 
since  1927.  Write  now  for  free  catalog.  THEATRE 
MANAGERS  SCHOOL,  Elmira,  New  York. 


NEW  "SUPER  STAR"  POPCORN  MACHINES 
ready  for  delivery.  Liberal  trade  in.  What  have  you? 
RUSSELL'S  KORN  KRIBS,  Hartsville,  Tenn. 


BOOKS 


RICHARDSON'S  BLUEBOOK  OF  PROJECTION. 
Best  seller  since  1911.  Now  in  7th  edition.  Revised  to 
present  last  word  in  Sound  Trouble  Shooting  Charts. 
Expert  information  on  all  phases  of  projection  and 
equipment.  Special  new  section  on  television.  Invaluable 
to  beginner  and  expert.  $7.25  postpaid.  QUIGLEY 
BOOKSHOP,  1270  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  20. 

INTERNATIONAL  MOTION  PICTURE  AL- 
manac — the  big  book  about  your  business — 1946-47 
edition  now  available.  Contains  over  12,000  biographies 
of  important  motion  picture  personalities.  Also  all  in- 
dustry statistics.  Complete  listing  of  feature  pictures 
1937  to  date.  Order  your  copy  today.  $3.25  in  the 
U.  S.  A.  $5.00  elsewhere.  Send  remittance  to  QUIGLEY 
BOOKSHOP,  1270— 6th  Avenue,  New  York  20.  N.  Y. 


'Last  Bomb 5 Vivid 
Short  of  Air  War 

The  havoc  wrought  in  Japan  by  our  B-29's 
is  made  vividly  real  in  Warners'  dramatic 
two-reel  Technicolor  subject  "The  Last 
Bomb,"  for  which  a  special  press  screening 
was  held  at  the  home  office  Tuesday.  Seeing 
the  film  which  General  Carl  Spaatz  has  char- 
acterized as  "one  of  the  great  contributions 
of  the  screen,"  were  General  Curtis  E.  Le 
May  and  General  Emmett  O'Donnell. 

Produced  in  cooperation  with  the  U.  S. 
Army  Air  Forces  and  brilliantly  photo- 
graphed by  the  Army  Air  Forces  combat 
camera  units,  the  subject,  supervised  by 
Army  Co-ordinator  Frank  Lloyd,  ranks  well 
with  the  better  shorts  to  come  out  of  the 
war. 

During  its  20  minutes  it  focusses  most  of 
its  attention  on  one  of  the  numerous  air 
raids  on  Japan  from  the  bases  at  Saipan, 
Tinian  and  Guam.  Shown  are  final  plans 
drawn  up  in  painstaking  detail  before  the 
tremendous  striking  force  takes  wing.  Then 
over  enemy  territory,  a  hail  of  destruction  is 
unleashed  as  a  violent  storm  of  flac  pocks 
the  sky. 

In  the  final  footage,  the  ultimate,  crushing 
defeat  of  Japan  is  shown  as  an  atom  bomb 
explodes  in  a  monumental  pillar  of  red, 
orange  and  gray  smoke  and  fire. 

With  November  23  set  as  the  national 
release  date,  the  film  also  marks  the  first 
time  a  color  shot  of  the  A-bomb  has  been 
shown. — M.  H. 


Morros  and  Le  Baron  Seek 
New  York  Studio  Site 

Boris  Morros  and  William  Le  Baron  of 
Federal  Films,  Inc.,  announced  this  week 
they  "were  seeking  permanent  studio  quarters 
in  New  York  and  that  their  next  musical 
production,  "Carmen  from  Kenosha"  would 
be  produced  there.  Mr.  Morros  and  Mr.  Le 
Baron  have  just  completed  their  all-star 
musical,  "Carnegie  Hall,"  produced  entirely 
in  New  York. 

"We  have  learned  through  our  experience 
in  producing  "Carnegie  Hall'  that  motion 
picture  making  is  no  longer  an  exclusive 
Hollywood  undertaking,"  the  producers  said. 
"We  have  found  every  requirement  for  our 
work  in  the  way  of  skilled  technicians,  avail- 
able extra  and  acting  talent  and  the  finest 
photographic  and  sound  recording  equip- 
ment." 

Several  warehouse  buildings  and  former 
war  plants  are  being  surveyed  by  the  pro- 
ducers converting  one  or  more  into  sound 
stages. 

Film  Classics  to  Continue 
Children's  Film  Programs 

Film  Classics,  Inc.,  will  continue  to  re- 
lease special  children's  film  programs  under 
the  title  "Funz-A-Poppin'  Comedy  Carni- 
val," Nicky  Goldhammer,  vice-president  and 
general  sales  manager,  has  announced  in 
New  York. 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD.  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


SHOWMEN'S  REVIEWS 
ADVANCE  SYNOPSES 
SHORT  SUBJECTS 
SHORT  SUBJECTS  CHART 
THE  RELEASE  CHART 

This  department  deals  with 
new  product  from  the  point  of 
view  of  the  exhibitor  who  is 
to  purvey  it  to  his  own  public. 


Never  Say  Goodbye 

Warner  Brothers — Domestic  Comedy 

Utilizing  an  often  used  and  lightly  treated 
theme  of  marital  complications,  "Never  Say 
Goodbye"  is  a  bright  and  shining  comedy  of 
an  estranged  couple  still  very  much  in  love 
but  whose  efforts  to  effect  reconciliation  are 
continually  thwarted  by  the  embarrassing  re- 
appearance of  the  husband"s  girl  friend. 

Errol  Flynn  is  the  star  of  the  picture  and, 
cast  in  the  role  of  the  gadabout  husband  whose 
escapades  widen  the  estrangement,  gives  an  en- 
gaging performance.  Eleanor  Parker  is  his 
ex-wife,  while  Patti  Brady,  around  whom  the 
story  pivots,  is  the  seven-year-old  innocent  of 
the  separation. 

It  is  cleverly  presented  and  competently  di- 
rected by  James  V.  Kern.  The  prominent  part 
played  by  Miss  Brady  adds  additional  entertain- 
ment value  for  the  younger  generation. 

As  is  expected,  the  picture  ends  on  a  happy 
note,  with  the  divorced  couple  becoming  reunit- 
ed through  the  efforts  of  their  daughter.  A  high- 
light of  the  picture  is  Mr.  Flynn's  portrayal  of  a 
bearded  and  scarred  underworld  character  which 
he  affects  to  scare  off  a  brute-size  marine  seek- 
ing the  affections  of  the  estranged  wife. 

Worthy  of  mention  in  supporting  roles  are 
S.  Z.  Sakall.  as  a  restaurant  owner  and  friend 
of  the  husband ;  Forrest  Tucker,  the  marine, 
who  becomes  innocently  involved  in  the  domestic 
turmoil ;  Hattie  McDaniel,  a  colored  maid,  and 
Lucille  Watson,  the  wife's  mother,  who  caused 
the  divorce  in  the  first  place. 

William  Jacobs  produced,  and  the  screenplay 
was  prepared  by  I.  A.  L.  Diamond  and  Mr. 
Kern  from  an  original  story  by  Ben  and  Nor- 
ma Barzman. 

Previewed  at  a  screening  for  the  trade  press 
at  the  Warner  projection  room  in  New  York. 
Reviewer's  Rating :  Good. — George  H.  Spires. 

Release  date.  November  9,  1946.  Running  time,  97 
rain.    PCA  No.  11069.    General  audience  classification. 

PhU  Gayley   Errol  Flynn 

Ellen   Gayley   Eleanor  Parker 

Flip   Patti  Brady 

Luigi   S.  Z.  Sakall 

Lucille  Watson,  Forrest  Tucker,  Donald  Woods,  Hat- 
tie  McDaniel.  Peggy  Knudson.  Tom  D'Andrea.  Charles 
Coleman 

Notorious  Gentleman 

Ul — Formerly  "The  Rake's  Progress" 

American  showmen  are  faced  with  a  problem 
in  the  matter  of  what  to  do  about  this  importa- 
tion from  England,  first  and  faultlessly  reviewed 
by  Peter  Burnup,  as  of  its  London  unveiling, 
in  the  December  29.  1945,  edition  of  this  pub- 
lication. 

A  part  of  the  problem  accrues  from  the  fact 
that  its  principal  stars,  Rex  Harrison  and  Lilli 
Palmer,  have  acquired  American  marquee  sta- 
ture in  the  months  since  Mr.  Burnup  appraised 
the  property,  he  in  "Anna  and  the  King  of 
Siam,"  and  she  in  "Cloak  and  Dagger,"  a  de- 
velopment in  the  attraction's  favor.  Another 
and  major  part  of  the  problem  arises  from  the 


fact  that  the  film,  superbly  produced,  directed 
and  enacted,  blithely  ignores  nearly  all  of  the 
moralistic  traditions  of  American-made  enter- 
tainment. It's  by  no  scale  of  standards  a  pic- 
ture for  the  family  trade,  although  a  stimulating 
and  decidedly  rare  treat  for  sophisticates,  there- 
fore a  property  of  unpredictable  future. 

Harrison  portrays  with  consummate  skill  and 
almost  incredible  charm  a  young  Englishman  of 
aristocratic  background  who  makes  dissipation 
a  career.  Beginning  with  his  expulsion  from 
Oxford,  the  picture  traces  his  gay  descent  down 
the  moral  scale  to  extinction.  His  derelictions, 
which  include  seduction,  marriage  •  for  money, 
and  assorted  betrayals  of  sweethearts,  family 
and  friends,  have  reduced  him  to  utter  degrada- 
tion when  the  war  comes  along  to  provide  a 
means  of  mildly  heroic  death.  There  is  no  re- 
demption, no  depiction  of  remorse,  and  the  gen- 
eral effect  achieved  by  Harrison's  superb  por- 
trayal is  to  warrant  an  inferential  conclusion 
that  the  life  of  a  completely  unprincipled  cad 
must  be  wonderfully  enjoyable. 

This  production,  written  and  produced  by 
YVidney  Gilliat  and  Frank  Launder  from  a  story 
by  Val  Valentine,  is  brilliantly  directed  by  Gil- 
liat and  exquisitely  performed  by  a  large  and 
extremely  capable  cast. 

Previewed  at  the  Academy  theatre,  Holly- 
wood, to  an  all-press  audience.  Reineivcr's  Rat- 
ing :  Good. — W illiam  R.  Weaver. 

Release  date,  November  1,  1946.  Running  time, 
109  min.  PCA  No.  11658.   Adult  audience  classification. 

Vivien  Kenway   Rex  Harrison 

Rikki   Lilli  Palmer 

Godfrey  Tearle,  Griffith  Jones,  Margaret  Johnston, 
Guy  Middleton,  Jean  Kent,  Marie  Lohr.  Garry 
Marsh.  David  Horne,  John  Salew.  Alan  Wheatley, 
Brefni  O'Rourke 

Spring  Song 

British  National:  Anglo-American — 
Refreshing  Zest 

,  Making  no  grandiose  claims  to  production 
values  or  to  its  being  a  world-shaker,  this  offer- 
ing will  fill  the  bill  in  many  a  theatre ;  at  least, 
in  the  British  Isles.  It  has  charm  and  a  sort  of 
ingenuous  adroitness.  Its  music  is  gay  and 
fresh.  What  is  more,  its  principal  performers— 
notably  Carol  Rave  and  Peter  Graves — exhibit 
freshness  and  gayness,  also. 

The  film  has  one  of  those  familiar  backstage 
facades  ;  set  moreover  in  those  allegedly  carefree 
days  of  the  early  years  of  this  century  for  which 
Britons  nowadays  evince  a  determined  nostal- 
gia. Miss  Raye,  in  this  picture,  is  the  youthful 
star  of  her  father's  musical  shows.  She  is 
wooed  by  one  of  those  debonair  aristocrats 
whose  class  (according  to  film-makers)  consti- 
tuted the  entire  officer-ranks  of  the  wartime 
R.A.F.  But  pappa  won't  tolerate  the  wooing. 
It  seems  that  Miss  Raye's  mamma  was  badly 
let  down — in  her  youth — by  the  uncle  of  this 
same  young  nobleman.    Just  that. 

The  pursuit  of  true  love  to  its  conclusion  is 
enlivened  by  a  succession  of  song-and-dance  epi- 
sodes, which — though  they  might  have  been 
more  elaborately  or  at  least  more  expertly  pho- 
tographed— have  unflagging  zest.  Prime  recom- 


mendation of  the  piece  indeed  is  this  very  wel- 
come zest.  The  actors — particularly  the  afore- 
mentioned Miss  Raye  and  Mr.  Graves — really 
look  as  though  they're  happy  in  their  work. 
One  elaborately  joyous  dance  sequence  in  which 
Carol  Raye  displays  her  talents  in  company  with 
the  American  Jack  Billings  has  unexpected 
merit.  There's  a  competent  contribution,  too, 
from  Lawrence  O'Madden  as  the  girl's  pappa. 
Full  marks,  moreover,  to  Hans  May,  composer 
and  arranger  of  the  music. 

A  happy,  comfortable,  eager  film  which, 
amply  justifying  its  title,  will  cheer  the  hearts 
of  the  British  multitude. 

Seen  at  the  Palace  theatre,  London,  trade- 
show.  Reviewer's  Rating ;  Good. — Peter  Bur- 
nup. 

Release  date,  not  set.  Running  time,  90  min.  Brit- 
ish adult  audience  classification. 

Tony    Winster   Peter  Graves 

Janet  Hill  and  Janet  Ware  Carol  Raye 

Johnnie   Ware   Lawrence  O'Madden 

Vera  Dale   Leni  Lynn 

Lady  Norchester   Netta  Westcott 

Sir  Anthony   David  Horne 

Dancer   Jack  Billings 

The  Brute  Man 

PRC — Melodrama 

A  grotesquely  disfigured  paranoiac  holds  a 
whole  city  in  terror  because  of  his  homicidal 
tendencies  in  PRC's  taut  little  melodrama.  With 
the  late  Rondo  Hatton  cast  as  the  Creeper, 
the  film  utilizes  the  standard  suspense-rousing 
devices,  but  in  its  category,  it  stands  favorably. 
Other  players  in  the  Ben  Pivar  production  are 
Tom  Neal,  Jane  Adams  and  Jan  Wiley. 

When  blind  Miss  Adams,  a  piano  teacher, 
befriends  the  hounded  creature,  he  develops  a 
warmth  for  her  and  subsequently  commits  thiev- 
ery that  she  might  be  provided  with  the  neces- 
sary money  for  an  operation.  Since  the  identity 
of  the  killer  is  known  at  the  outset,  the  dramatic 
intensity  is  created  by  the  relentless  pursuit  of 
the  police  as  the  madman  repeatedly  slips 
through  their  dragnet. 

Although  the  film  has  its  implausible  se- 
quences, it  should  as  a  whole  be  to  the  liking 
of  the  thriller  fan.  Jean  Yarbrough,  directing 
from  an  original  screenplay  by  George  Bricker 
and  M.  Coates  Webster,  keeps  things  moving 
briskly. 

Seen  in  a  New  York  projection  room.  Review- 
er's Rating  :  Fair. — Mandel  Herbstman. 

Release  date,  October  1,  1946.  Running  time,  58  min. 
PCA  No.  11369.    General  audience  classification. 

Clifford  Scott   Tom  Neal 

Helen   Jane  Adams 

Hal  Moffat  Rondo  Hatton 

Peter  Whitney.  Jan  Wiley,  Donald  MacBride 

Wife  Wanted 

Monogram — Exploitation  Picture 

The  latest  racket  to  be  exposed  by  co-produc- 
ers Jeffrey  Bernerd  and  Kay  Francis  in  their 
current  series  of  melodramas  for  Monogram  re- 
lease is  the  socalled  "lonely  hearts  club." 

Miss  Francis,  in  the  role  of  an  aging  and 


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none-too-bright  film  star,  invests  the  last  of  her 
capital  in  a  real  estate  firm,  only  to  discover  that 
the  company  is  merely  a  front  for  a  fraudulent 
matrimonial  agency.  Her  partner,  played  by 
Paul  Cavanagh,  turns  out  to  be  an  unscrupulous 
fellow  who  balks  neither  at  blackmail  nor  mur- 
der. Things  look  bad  for  the  actress,  who  has 
not  the  courage  to  tell  her  troubles  to  the  police. 
She  is  rescued  from  the  results  of  her  own  fool- 
ishness through  the  efforts  of  a  reporter,  as- 
signed by  his  newspaper  to  uncover  the  facts 
behind  the  death  of  one  of  those  swindled  by 
Cavanagh. 

Too  many  divergent  story  lines  in  the  screen- 
play by  Caryl  Coleman  and  Sidney  Sutherland, 
and  direction  by  Phil  Karlson  which  suffers 
from  the  same  lack  of  cohesion,  make  this  the 
least  satisfying  of  the  Bernerd-Francis  produc- 
tions to  date. 

Previewed  at  the  studio.  Reviewer's  Rating: 
Average. — Thalia  Bell. 

Release  date,  October  19,  1946.  Running  time,  73 
min.    PCA  No.  11843.    General  audience  classification. 

Carole  Raymond  Kay  Francis 

Jeff  Caldwell  Paul  Cavanagh 

Robert  Shayne,  Veda  Ann  Borg,  Teala  Loring,  Edgar 
Hayes,  John  Gallaudet,  Jonathan  Hale,  Tim  Ryan, 
Barton  Yarborough 

The  Girl  and  the  Devil 

Scandia  Films — Swedish  Witchcraft 

Produced  in  Sweden  and  currently  distributed 
in  this  country  by  Scandia  Films  of  New  York, 
"Girl  and  the  Devil"  is  a  film  adaptation  of  an 
old  Scandinavian  tale  of  sorcery  and  witchcraft. 
Directed  by  Hampe  Faustman,  the  film  is  well- 
acted  but  lacks  the  production  skill  and  tech- 
nique associated  with  other  foreign  product 
now  distributed  here. 

Gunn  Wallgren  and  Stig  Jarrel  are  cast  in 
the  roles  of  the  girl  and  the  devil,  respectively. 
She  is  a  young  thing  of  a  Swedish  farm  imbued 
with  a  Jekyll  and  Hyde  personality.  Her  better 
self  enjoys  all  the  human  emotions  of  love, 
romance  and  kindness,  while  the  evil  being  with- 
in her  is  controlled  by  the  devil  to  bring  re- 
venge and  destruction  upon  a  farmer  and  his 
family. 

The  trend  of  the  story  is  easily  followed 
through  the  ample  use  of  English  subtitles  by 
Herman  G.  Weinberg.  Bertil  Malmberg  wrote 
the  scenario. 

Seen  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Playhouse  in  New 
York.    Reviewer's  Rating :  Average. — G.  H.  S. 

Release  date,  September  28,  1946.  Running  time,  90 
min.     General   audience  classification. 

Karin   Gunn  Wallgren 

The    Devil   Stig  Jarrel 

Sven  Miliander,  Linnea  Hillberg,  Anders  Ek,  Elsa 
Widborg 

ADVANCE  SYNOPSES 

BETTY  CO-ED 
(Columbia) 

PRODUCER:  Sam  Katzman.  DIRECTOR: 
Arthur  Dreifuss.  PLAYERS:  Jean  Porter, 
William  Mason,  Shirley  Mills. 

COLLEGE  DRAMA.  A  young  girl,  mem- 
ber of  a  carnival  troupe,  interrupts  her  career 
to  acquire  a  college  education.  The  snobbery 
of  the  other  girls  at  the  college  makes  her  very 
unhappy,  and  she  leaves  school.  The  chairman 
of  the  college  board,  however,  overhears  her 
complaints,  and  persuades  her  to  return  to  the 
college,  where  reforms  are  instituted. 

THE  MAGNIFICIENT  DOLL 
(Universal-Skirball-Manning) 

PRODUCERS:  Jack  SkirbaU  and  Bruce 
Manning.  DIRECTOR:  Frank  Borzage. 
PLAYERS:  Ginger  Rogers,  David  Niven, 
Burgess  Meredith,  Peggy  Wood. 

HISTORICAL  DRAMA.  After  the  death 
of  her  father,  Dolly  Payne  opens  her  home  to 
boarders.  Her  first  guest  is  Aaron  Burr,  who 
falls  in  love  with  her.  Subsequently,  she  meets 
James  Madison,  who  also  falls  in  love  with  her. 
Dolly  is  hard  put  to  decide  between  the  two, 
until  Burr  reveals  to  her  his  plan  to  become 


Emperor  of  the  Americas.  She  marries  Madi- 
son, and  becomes  first  mistress  of  the  White 
House.  After  Burr  is  imprisoned  for  high 
treason,  Dolly  effects  his  release.  He  leaves 
for  Europe  and  oblivion,  while  Dolly  returns  to 
Madison. 

SECRET  OF  THE  WHISTLER 
(Columbia) 

PRODUCER:  Rudolph  Flothow.  DIREC- 
TOR: George  Sherman.  PLAYERS:  Rich- 
ard Dix,  Leslie  Brooks,  Marie  Currier. 

MELODRAMA.  An  artist,  married  to  an 
ailing  and  wealthy  woman,  becomes  infatuated 
with  his  model,  who  is  interested  only  in  what 
she  can  get  out  of  him.  He  poisons  his  wife's 
medicine,  but  she  sees  him  do  so,  and  does  not 
take  the  poison.  She  records  the  incident  in  her 
diary.  After  her  subsequent  death  from  nat- 
ural causes,  the  artist  marries  the  model,  who 
then  blackmails  him  with  the  first  wife's  diary. 
The  artist  strangles  his  second  wife,  and  pays 
with  his  life  for  her  murder. 

SWELL  GUY 
(Universal-Hellinger) 

PRODUCER:  Mark  Hellinger.  DIREC- 
TOR: Frank  Tuttle.  PLAYERS:  Sonny 
Tufts,  Ann  Blyth,  Ruth  Warrick,  William 
Gargan,  Millard  Mitchell,  John  Craven, 
Mary  Nash,  John  Litel. 

CHARACTER  STUDY.  A  war  correspon- 
dent, acclaimed  as  a  hero,  goes  to  visit  his 
brother.  While  there,  he  betrays  his  brother's 
wife,  seduces  his  best  friend's  sweetheart,  and 
menaces  his  mother  when  she  threatens  to  ex- 
pose him.  He  proves  himself  capable  of  self- 
sacrifice,  however,  when  he  goes  to  his  death 
in  order  to  save  his  nine-year-old  nephew, 
trapped  in  a  railroad  tunnel. 

TERROR  TRAIL 
(Columbia) 

PRODUCER:  Colbert  Clark.  DIRECTOR: 
Ray  Nazarro.  PLAYERS:  Charles  Starrett, 
Smiley  Burnette,  Ozie  Waters  and  his 
Colorado  Rangers. 

WESTERN.  Range  war  looms  as  cattlemen 
attempt  to  poison  the  sheep  whose  grazing  has 
destroyed  the  grasslands.  To  add  to  the  tur- 
moil, a  group  of  desperadoes  hold  up  the  local 
stage.  The  "Durango  Kid"  rounds  up  the  out- 
laws, and  settles  the  differences  between  the 
cattlemen  and  the  sheepmen  to  the  satisfaction 
nf  all. 

THE  SECRET  HEART 
(MGM) 

PRODUCER:  Edwin  Knopf.  DIREC- 
TOR: Robert  Leonard.  PLAYERS:  Clau- 
dette  Colbert,  Walter  Pidgeon,  June  Ally- 
son,  Robert  Sterling,  Marshall  Thompson, 
Anne  Lace. 

PSYCHOLOGICAL  DRAMA.  A  neurotic 
young  girl  becomes  infatuated  with  the  suitor 
of  her  widowed  stepmother.  When  she  learns 
that  he  cares  for  her  stepmother,  rather  than 
for  herself,  the  girl  decides  to  commit  suicide, 
as  her  father  did.  The  object  of  her  affections, 
however,  is  able  to  talk  her  out  of  this  drastic 
step,  and  to  persuade  her  that  her  infatuation  is 
a  sign  of  longing  for  true  romance  with  a  boy 
of  her  own  age. 

LONE  STAR  MOONLIGHT 
(Columbia) 

PRODUCER:  Colbert  Clark.  DIRECTOR: 
Ray  Nazarro.  PLAYERS:  Ken  Curtis, 
Joan  Barton,  The  Hoosier  Hotshots,  Guy 
Kibbee. 

MUSICAL.  A  returning  G.  I.  finds  that  the 
money  he  has  been  sending  his  father  for  the 
upkeep  of  a  radio  station  has  been  spent  by  the 
latter  on  useless  war  surplus  materials.  The 
girl  with  whom  the  G.  I.  is  in  love  suggests  an 
auction  of  the  goods,  with  a  floor  show  to 
promote  sales.  The  scheme  works,  despite  the 
machinations  of  a  rival,  and  the  G.  I.  clears 
enough  money  to  rehabilitate  the  radio  station 
and  marry  the  girl. 


SHORT  SUBJECTS 

BROOKLYN,  I  LOVE  YOU  (Paramount) 

Pacemaker  Special  (K6-1) 

All  of  Brooklyn  that  amounts  to  anything 
(and  that  means  rooters  for  the  Dodgers)  are 
in  this  originally-slanted  film,  featuring  Leo 
("Lippy")  Durocher,  coach  of  the  famous  ball 
club ;  "Red"  Barber,  sports  announcer ;  the 
ball  playing  "Bums"  themselves,  the  "Dodgers 
Symphony",  Hilda  Chester  and  other  fans  who 
make  life  at  Ebbets  Field  full  of  zest  and  noise. 
Durocher  puts  on  a  talking  battle  with  four 
umpires  and,  even  though  the  Dodgers  lost  out 
for  the  pennant,  the  film  should  prove  entertain- 
ing. Justin  Herman  wrote,  produced  and  di- 
rected the  picture  with  musical  direction  by 
Winston  Sharpies  and  on-the-spot  photography 
by  William  J.  Kelly. 

Release  date  October  4,  1946  10  minutes 

WHITE  HOUSE  (RKO  Radio) 

This  Is  America  (63,112) 

The  White  House,  which  is  symbolic  of 
everything  this  country  stands  for,  is  the  subject 
matter  of  the  latest  in  the  series.  A  pictorial 
trip  is  taken  through  the  home  of  the  President 
of  the  United  States,  catching  all  its  dignified 
simplicity  and  glamorous  background.  Aside 
from  one  section  of  the  White  House,  which  is 
the  living  quarters  of  the  President  and  his  fam- 
ily, the  rest  of  the  building  is  at  all  times  fev- 
erish with  activity  as  the  various  operations  of 
the  Government  pulse  through  it. 
Release  date,  September  20,  1946       19  minutes 

TOCATTA  AND  FUGUE  (UA) 

Loew  Musicolor 

David  L.  Lowe's  first  Musicolor  Production 
for  distribution  through  United  Artists  features 
Johann  Sebastian  Bach's  "Toccata  and  Fugue" 
composition  in  D  minor.  Photographed  against 
the  rugged  formations  of  Bryce  Canyon  in 
Utah,  the  Cinecolor  camera  has  skillfully  cap- 
tured the  mood  of  the  music  and,  as  Walter 
Janssen  conducts  his  Los  Angeles  Symphony 
orchestra,  scenes  of  the  towering  pinnacles, 
huge  crevices  and  erroded  rock  formations  are 
projected  on  the  screen.  The  picture  opens 
at  dawn  and  closes  at  dusk.  Between  times  is 
shown  the  elements  of  nature  at  work  from 
fleecy  cloud  formations  and  wind-blown  autumn 
leaves  to  the  first  snows  of  winter. 
Release  date.  October  15,  1946  10  minutes 

MR.  CHIMP  TO  THE  RESCUE  (Universal) 

A  Variety  View  (1353) 

Tired  of  waiting  at  the  fire  house  for  a 
blaze,  Shorty  the  chimp  sets  one  in  the  build- 
ing to  make  the  apparatus  come  out  and  then 
rushes  off  to  another  fire  where  he  makes  a 
real  jungle-style  rescue,  by  climbing  hand  over 
hand  on  wires  leading  into  the  blazing  building. 
Commentator,  Tom  Shirley. 
Release  date,  August  26,  1946  10  minutes 

BREAKIN'  IT  DOWN  (Universal) 

Name-Band  Musical  (1311) 

Del  Courtney's  Orchestra  opens  with  "Sym- 
phony Moderne"  for  a  school  party  in  _  a 
fashionable  home.  The  Town  Criers,  radio- 
recording  artists,  sing  "Just  a-Sittin'  and  a- 
Rockin,'  "  Dottie  Dotson  sings  "Knock  Me  a 
Kiss,"  and  "Do  You  Believe  in  Loving, 
Honey?"  Universal  dance  director  Louis 
Da  Pron  does  a  tap  specialty  to  Stephen 
Foster's  "Swanee  River,"  and  the  Courtney 
aggregation  concludes  with  "Second  Hungarian 
Rhapsody." 

Release  date,  August  28,  1946  15  minutes 

TREASURES  FROM  TRASH  (MGM) 

Pete  Smith  Specialties  (5-760) 

Harry  Lachman's  famed  "patio  shop"  in 
Beverly  Hills  shows  how  everyday  objects 
ready  for  the  junk  pile  are  transformed  into 
useful  and  ornamental  articles.  Testing  his 
ingenuity,  Dave  O'Brien,  as  usual,  makes  a 
fool  of  himself. 

Release  date,  June  8,  1946  10  minutes 


3274 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


SHORT  SUBJECTS  CHART 

index  to  reviews,  synopses 


Srod.  Rei.  P.D. 

No.  Title  Date  Page 

COLUMBIA 

ALL   STAR  COMEDIES 

7403  Beer  Barrel  Polecats  (17). 1-10-46  3019 

(Stooges) 

7404  A  Bird  in  the  Head  (17). 2-28-46  2940 

(Stooges) 

7405  Uncivil  War  Birds  (17) . .3-29-46  3019 

(Stooges) 

7406  The  Three  Troubledoers  (17) 

4-25-46  3065 

(Stooges) 

7432  A   Miner  Affair  (19)  1 1-1-45  2710 

t(Andy  Clyde) 

7402    Micro   Phonies   (17)  11-15-45  2746 

(Stooges) 

7423  Calling  All  Fibbers 

(l6'/2)   11-29-45  2735 

(V.  Vague) 

7424  When  the  Wife's  Away 

(17)   (H.   Herbert)   2-1-46  2940 

7425  Hiss  and  Yell  (18)   2-14-46  2940 

(V.  Vague) 

7426  Get  Along  Little  Zombie  (17) 

(H.   Herbert)   5-9-46  3066 

7433  High  Blood  Pressure  (19).  12-6-45  2850 

(Shilling  &  Lane) 

7434  A  Hit  With  a  Miss  (16) .  12- 13-45  2850 

(S.  Howard) 

7435  Spook  to  Mo  (17)  12-27-4*  2850 

(A.  Clyde) 

7436  The  Blonde  Stayed  on  (l6'/2) 

(A.    Clyde)   1-24-46  2940 

7437  Mr.   Noisy  (l6'/2)  3-22-46  2940 

(S.  Howard) 

7438  Jiggers.   My  Wife:   (18) .  .4-1 1-46  3066 

(S.  Howard) 

4707    Monkey  Businessman  (18). 6-20-46   

(Stooges) 

7408    Three  Loan  Wolves  (l6'/2>  .7-4-46   

(Stooges) 

7410  Ain't  Lovo  Cuckoo  (19) ..  ,8-6-46  S066 

(Schilling  &  Lane) 

7411  You  Can't  Fool  a  Fool 

(17)    (A.    Clyde)  7-11-46  3163 

7412  Hot  Water  (l8'/2)  7-25-46  3239 

(Schilling  &  Lane) 

7427  Mr.  Wright  Goes  Wrong 

(19)   8-1-46  3239 

S.  Holloway) 

7428  Headin'  for  a  Weddin' 

(19)   8-15-46  .... 

(V.  Vague) 

8401  G.  I.  Wanna  Home  (15%) .9-5-46  3262 

(Stooges) 

8402  Rhythm  and  Weep  ( l7'/2) .  10-3-46   

8421  Pardon  My  Terror  ( l6'/2)  .9- 12-46   

(Schilling  &  Lane) 

8422  Honeymoon    Blues   10-17-46 

(H.  Herbert) 

8423  Reno-Vated   11-21-46   

(V.  Vague) 

8431  Society    Mugs    (16)  9-19-46   

(S.  Howard) 

8432  So" I  Your  Antenna  10-10-46   

9433    Slappily    Married   11-7-46   

(J.  DeRita) 

8434    Moron  Than  Off   11-28-46   

(S.  Holloyway) 

COLOR  RHAPSODIES 

7501  River   Ribber    (6)   4-5-46  2806 

7502  Polar  Playmates  (6'/2)  4-25-46   

7503  Plenie    Panic    (6)  6-20-46  3066 

8501  Loco   Lobo   (6)  10-31-46   

8502  Cockatoos  for  Two  (6)  

PHANTASY  CARTOONS 

7701  Simple  Siren    (6'/2)  10-25-46  2737 

7702  Kongo    Roo    (6)  4-18-46  3066 

7703  Snap  Happy  Traps   (6V2) .  .6-6-46  3066 

7704  The  Schooner  the  Better 

(6'/2)   7-4-46  3163 

FOX  &  CROW  (Color) 

7751  Phoney  Baloney  (7)  1 1-1-45  2807 

7752  Fo»ey   Flatfoots    (6)  4-11-46   

77753    Unsure   Runts   (7'/2)  5-16-46  3066 

7754    Mysto    Fox    (7)  8-29-46  3239 

PANORAMIC 
7901    The  Magic  Stone  (10)  11-8-45  2940 

FILM  VODVIL 

7952  Randy,  Brooks  &.  Orchestra 

(IO'/2)   10-30-45  2737 

7953  Morales'  Copacabana  Orchestra  (II) 

12-13-45  2850 

7954  Three  Sets  of  Twins  (10)  2-28-46  2940 

7955  Art  Mooney  &.  Orchestra  (II) 

4-4-46  3019 

7956  Dick  Stabile  and  Orchestra 

(10)   6-16-46  3066 

7957  Saxie  Dowell  and  Orchestra 

(10)   7-18-46  .... 


For  information  on  short  subjects  turn  to  the  Product 
Digest  Section  pages  indicated  by  the  numbers  which 
follow  the  titles  and  release  dates  in  the  listing.  Product 
Digest  pages  are  numbered  consecutively  and  are  sepa- 
rate from  Motion  Picture  Herald  page  numbers.  Numer- 
als in  parentheses  next  to  titles  represent  running  time 
as  supplied  by  the  distributor. 


Prod. 

No. 


Title 


Ret. 
Date 


P.D. 
Page 

2987 


Prod.  Rel.  P.D. 

No.  Title  Date  Page 

7958    Bobby  Byrne  &  Orchestra  (10) 

8-15-46  3239 

THRILLS  OF  MUSIC 

8951  Jerry  Wald  &  Orchestra. .  .9-12-46   

8952  Machlto   &   Orchestra  10-17-46   

8953  Les  Elgart  &  Orchestra. .  1 1-28-46   

COMMUNITY  SING 

7653  No.  3  Dream   (10)  11-29-45  2822 

(Baker) 

7654  No.  4  Good,  Good,  Good.  12-20-45  2882 

(Baker) 

7655  No.  5  No  Can  Do  (10) ...  I  - 17-46  2940 

(Leibert) 

7656  No.  6  That  Feeling  in  the 

Moonlight   (9)   2-21-46  2940 

(Baker) 

7657  No.  7  Chiekery  Chick  (10). 3-7-46  2940 

(Leibert) 

7658  No.  8  Symphony  (8'/2) . .  .4- 1 1 -46  3019 

(Baker) 

7659  No.  9  Aren't  You  Glad  You're 

You   (IO'/2)   5-9-46  .... 

(Baker) 

7660  No.  10  Let  It  Snow  (I  I). 6-13-46  3066 

(Leibert) 

7661  No.    II   You   Won't  Be  Satisfied 

Unt:|  Y«u  Break  My  Heart  (9) 
(Leibert)   7-11-46  .... 

7662  No.   12  One-zy  Two-zy 

(Baker)    (IO'/2)   8-1-46   

8651  No.    I    The   Gypsy    (10) .  .9-12-46  .... 

(Leibert) 

8652  No.  2  It's  a  Pity  10-10-46   

(Baker) 

1653    No.  3  Surrender  11-14-46  .... 

(Leibert) 

SCREEN  SNAPSHOTS 

7853  No.  3  (Fashions,  Rodeo, 

etc.)    (9)   11-15-45  2850 

7854  No.  4  (Hollywood 

Celebrations)   (9)   12-13-45  2850 

7855  No.  5  (Movie  Stuntmen  &. 

Doubles)    (9)   1-17-46  3055 

7856  No.  6  (Wendell  Niles  and 

Prlndle)    (9'/i)   2-15-46  2940 

7857  No.  7   (Victory  Show) 

(9'/2)   3-15-46   

7858  No.  8  (Looking  Back)  (10) 

4-25-46  .... 

7859  No.  9  (Judy  Canova  Radio  Show) 

(II)   5-23-46  3066 

7860  No.  10  Famous  Fathers  and  Sons 

(9'/2)   6-10-46  3066 

8851  No.  I  (Radio  Characters) 

(IO'/2   9-5-46   

8852  No.  2  (Looking  Down  on  Hollywood) 

(10)   10-3-46   

8853  No.  3  (Rodeo)  11-7-46  .... 

SPORT  REELS 

7803  Cadet  Cagers 

(Basketball)    (8V2)  II  -22-45  2807 

7804  Mermaid's    Paradise  (9'/2) 

(Water  Sports)   12-20-45  2850 

7805  Rasslln'   Roemoes  (G'/i) .  .  .  1-24-46  2940 

(Wrestling) 

7808    Canine   Champion    (9'/2) .  .3- 14-46  2940 

7807  Timber-land    Athletes    (8). 4-18-46  .... 

(Lumberjacks) 

7808  Diving  Aces   (9)  5-30-46  3066 

7800    Flying    Hoofs    (9)  6-27-46   

(Horss  Racing) 

7810    Deep  Sea   Fishing   (9)  ...8-15-46  3239 

8801  Army  Football  Champions. 9-19-46   

8802  Tenpln  Maglo   10-24-46  .... 

8803  Hi-Li   11-21-46  .... 

FLIPPY  (Color) 

7601  Oataipped    (7'/2)   2-14-46  2882 

7602  Cagey   Bird    (672)   7-18-46  3163 

7603  Silent   Tweetment    (6'/2) .  .9-19-46  3239 


Prod.  Re4.  P.D. 

No.  Title  Date  Page 

M-G-M 

TWO  REEL  SPECIALS 

A-702    Purity  Squad  (20)  11-3-45  2750 

A-703    Traffic  With  the  Devil 

(l8'/2)   8-31-46  3186 

FIT2PATR ICK  TRAVELTALKS  (Color) 

T-712    Merida  and  Campeche 

(8)   11-24-45  2737 

T-713  Land  of  the  Mayas  (9). I -26-46  3007 
T-714    Glimpses  of   Guatemala  (8) 

2-9-48  2908 

T-715    Visiting  Vera  Cruz  (9). .3-16-46  2927 

T-716    The  Mission  Trail   (9).. 4-13-46  2987 

T-717    Looking  .at  London   (10). 6-1-48   

T-718    Over  the  Seas  to 

Belfast   (9)   8-31-46   

T-8II    Glimpses  of  California 

(9)   10-26-46  .... 

PETE  SMITH  SPECIALTIES 

S-753    Bus   Pests   (9)  12-1-43  2778 

S-754    Sports   Sticklers    (10) ....  1-5-48  2778 

S-755    Gettln'    6lamor    (8)  2-2-48  2778 

S-756   Badminton  (10)   12-8-45  2778 

S-757    Fala  at  Hyde  Park  (10)  .  1-19-46  2850 

S-758   Studio  Visit  (10)  5-11-46  .... 

S-759    Equestrian    Quiz    (10) ..  .5-18-46   

S-760    Treasures  from  Trash 

(10)   6-8-46  3274 

S-851     Football  Thrills  No.  9 

(10)   9-7-46  3186 

S-852    Sure    Cures    (10)  11-2-46  3239 

PASSING  PARADE 
K-772   Stairway  to  Light  (10) .  1 1-18-45  2750 
K-773    People  on  Paper  (10) ..  1 1- 17-45  W07 
K-774    Golden   Hunch  ( 10) ....  12-15-45  2778 
K-775    Magic  on  a  Stick   (9).I-l9-48  2788 

K-776    Our  Old  Car  (II)  5-11-48  2927 

MINIATURES 
M-783    Musical  Masterpieces 

(10)   4-20-48  2927 

M-784    Bikini— The  Atom 

Island   (10)   6-15-46   

M-783    Musical  Masterpieces 

(10)   4-20-48  2927 

M-784    Bikini— The  Atom 

Island  (10)   6-15-46  .... 

TECHNICOLOR  CARTOONS 

W-732    Wild  and  Woolfy  (8). .11-3-45  2710 

W-733    Quiet  Please  (8)  12-22-45  2908 

W-734    Lonesome  Lenny  (8)  3-9-46  2940 

W-735    Springtime  for  Thomas 

(8)   3-30-46  2927 

W-736  The  Milky  Waif  (7) ..  .5- 18-46  .... 

W-737  The   Hick  Chick   (7) ..  .6-15-46  .... 

W-738  Trap   Happy   (7)  6-29-46  .... 

W-739  Northwest   Hounded  Police 

(8)  8-3-46   

W-740  Solid    Serenade    (7)  8-31-46   

W-831  Henpecked  Hoboes  (7) ..  10-26-46   

PARAMOUNT 

UNUSUAL  OCCUPATIONS  (Color) 

L5-I    No.    I    (10)  10-26-45  2735 

L5-2    No.    2    (10)  12-21-45  2908 

L5-3    No.    3    (10)  2-22-46  2908 

L5-4    No.  4   (IS   5-24-46  301* 

L5-5    No.   5    (10)   7-12-46  3138 

L5-6    No.  8   (10)  8-30-46  3186 

L6-I    No.    I    (10)   10-11-46  .... 

GEORGE  PAL  PUPPETOONS  (Color) 

U5-2    My  Man  Jasper  (8)  10-19-45  2908 


U5-3    Olio  for  Jasper    (7)  4-19-46 

U5-4   Together  in  the  Weather 

(7)   5-24-46  3043 

U5-5    Jasper's    Derby    (8)  9-20-46  3055 

U5-6   John  Henry  and  the  Inky  Poo 

(7)   9-6-46  .... 

Jasper  In  a  Jam  (7)  10-18-46  3239 

Shoe   Shine  Jasper  12-20-46   

POPEYE   THE   SAILOR  (Color) 


U5-7 
U5-8 


House  Trleks   (8)  3-15-46 

Service  With  a  Gullo  (6). 4-19-46 
Klondike  Casanova  (8) .. .5-31-46 

Peep  In  the  Deep  (7)  6-7-46 

Rocket    to    Mars    (6)  8-9-46 

Rodeo  Romeo  (6)  ....  R-l<S-ifi 
The  Fistic  Mystic  (6) . . .  1 1 -29-46 
Island    Fling  12-27-46 

POPULAR  SCIENCE  (Color) 


2908 
2987 
3055 
SI63 
3066 
3 1 28 


J5-I 

No. 

1 

(10)  

 10-12-45 

2768 

J5-2 

No. 

2 

(10)  

 1  1-23-45 

2850 

J5-3 

No. 

3 

(10)  

 2-8-46 

2906 

J5-4 

No. 

4 

(10)  

 4-19-46 

3019 

J5-5 

No. 

5 

(10)  

 6-21-46 

3066 

J5-6 

No. 

6 

(10)  

 8-16-46 

3128 

J6-I 

No. 

(10)  

 10-11-46 

Y5-I 
Y5-2 
Y5-3 
Y5-4 

Y5-5 

Y5-6 


SPEAKING   OF  ANIMALS 

Anlmal-ology    (9)   11-2-45 

HIM    Billies   (9)  12-28-45 

In  the  Post  War  Era  (9) .  .2-8-46 

In    the    Wilds    (9)  5-10-46 

The  Lonesome  Stranger 

(10)   6-14-46 

Be  Kind  to  Animals  (10)  8-30-46 


SPORTL1GHTS 

R5-I  What  a  Picnic   (9)  10-5-45 

R5-2  Paddle  Your  Own  (9) ...  10-19-45 

R5-3  Running  the  Team  (9) ..  1 1-30-45 

R5-4  Good    Doq     (10)  12-21-45 

R5-5  Dixie    Pointers    (10)  2-8-46 

P5-6  Rhv*hm   on    BlaHes    (9) ...  3- 1  -46 

R5-7  Testing  the  Experts  (9).. 3-29-46 

p-.R  p^ing  tn=  H^krries  (9)  5-'7-4« 

R5-9  Birds  Make  Sport  (9) ..  .6-21-46 

R5-I0  Feminine  Class  (10)  7-19-46 

R6-I  Race   Horses  Are  Born 

(9)   10-4-46 

R6-2  Dive  Hi  Champs  (10)  li-l-46 

MUSICAL   PARADE  (Color) 

FF5-I  Little    Witch    (20)  12-28-45 

FF5-2  Naughty   Ninette    (20) .. 3- 15-46 

FF5-3  College  Queen  (19)  5-17-46 

FF5-4  Tale  of  Two  Cafes  (18).. 7-5-46 

FF5-5  Double  Rhythm  (20)  8-23-46 

FF5-6  Golden   Slippers   ( 17) . .  1 1-15-46 

LITTLE  LULU  (Color) 

D5-I  Man's  Pest  Friend  (8) ..  .3-22-46 

D5-2  Baroain   Counter  Attack(7)5-3-46 

D5-3  Bored  of  Education  (7).. 7-26-46 

D5-4  Chirk  and   Double  Chick 

(10)   8-16-46 

D5-5    Musica-Lulu     (7)  11-15-46 

D5-6  A  Stout  With  the  Gout.  12-13-46 

NOVELTOONS  (Color) 

P5-I    The  Friendly  Ghost  O'h)  .4-5-46 

P5-2    Cheese   Burglar   (7)  5-17-46 

P5-3    Old   MacDonald    Had  a  Farm 

(7)   6-7-46 

P5-4    Sheep   Shape    (7)  6-28-46 

P5-5    Goal    Rush    (6)  9-27-46 

P5-6    Sudden  Fried  Chicken 

(7)   10-18-46 

P6-I    Spree  for  All  (7)  10-4-46 


2735 
2882 
2908 
3019 

3163 
3174 


2670 
2735 
2895 
2908 
3019 
2908 
3019 
3"I8 
3263 
3128 

3239 


2735 
2758 
3017 
8018 
3128 
3230 


2850 
3019 
3017 

3128 

3239 


2882 
3019 

3018 
3018 
3262 

3239 
3225 


COLOR  CLASSICS  CARTOONS  (Color) 
(Reissues) 

C4-7   The  Llttfe  Stranger  (7)   2351 

C4-8   Snubbed  by  a  Snob  (7)   2351 

C4-9    Kids  In  the  Shoe   (7)   2351 

C4-I0  Hunky  &  Spunky  (7)   2351 

TWO  REEL  SPECIAL 

T5-2    Don't  Be  a  Sucker  (18) ..  .7-4-46  3263 

PACEMAKERS 
K6-I    Brooklyn.  I  Love  You 

(10)   10-4-46  3274 

K6-2    Love    in    Tune    (9'/2)  1 1-1-46   


RKO 

WALT   DISNEY   CARTOONS  (Color) 

14.101  Canine   Patrol    (7)   12-7-45  2795 

64.102  Old  Sequoia  (7)  12-21-45  2822 

64-103    A  Knight  for  a  Day  (71.3-8-46  3019 

54-104    Pluto's  Kid  Brother  (7)  .4- 12-46  2954 

64.105  In    Dutch    (7)  5-10-46   

54.106  Squatter's   Rights   (7)  6-7-46  3043 

64.107  Donald's  Double  Trouble 

(7)   6-28-46   

54, 108.. The  PurloineH   Pup   (7)  7-19-46  3163 

64.109  Wet  Paint  (7)  8-9-46  3186 

54.110  Dumb-Bell  of  the  Yukon 

(7)   8-30-46   

64.111  Lighthouse  Keeping  (7). 9-20-46  3239 
  Frank  Duck  Brings  'Em  Back 

Alive   .-   3128 


MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


3275 


Prod. 
No. 


64,303 
64,302 
64.304 
64.305 
64.306 
64.307 
64.308 

64,309 
.14.310 
84,311 

64,312 
64,313 
74,301 

74.302 


Title 


Rel.  P.D. 
Pate  Page 


SPORTSCOPES 

Ten  Pin  Titans  (8)  11-2-45  2735 

Battling  Bass  (8)  10-5-45  2807 

Arcaro   Up   (8)  11-30-45  2807 

Ski  Master  (8)   12-26-45  2840 

Winning  Basketball  (8). I -25-46  2927 

Quarter  Horses  (8)  2-22-46  2908 

Black  Ducks  and  Broadbills 

(8)   3-22-46  2954 

Tenderfoot  Trail  (8)  4-19-46  3019 

Aqua  Queen   (8)  5-17-46  3043 

Ben  Hogan  (8)  6-14-46   

Palmetto  Quail   (8)  7-12-46  3128 

Steeplechasers  (8)   8-9-46  3250 

Skating  Lady  (9)  9-20-46  3263 

Hail  Notre  Dame  (81  .  .  10-20-46  .... 


HEADLINER  REVIVALS 

63.202  Russian  Dressing  (18).  11-23 

63.203  Twenty  Girls  and  a 

Band  (18)   1-18 

63.204  Sea  Melody  (19)  3-15 

EDGAR  KENNEDY 
The  Big  Beef  ( 17) . . . .  10- 19 
Mother-in-Law's  Day  (18) 

12-7 

Trouble  or  Nothing  (18). 1-25 
Wall  Street  Blues  (17)  .7-12 

Motor   Maniacs   (18)  7-26 

Noisy  Neighbors  (17)... 9-20 
I'll  Build  It  Myself  (15)... 
LEON  ERROL 

Maid  Trouble   (18)  2-2 

Oh.  Professor,  Behave 

(18)   3-1 

Twin  Husbands  (18)  5-10 

I'll  Take  Milk  (15).... 7-19 
Follow  That  Blonde 
(18)   9-27 

FLICKER  FLASHBACKS 

No.  3  (7)   11-23 

No.  4  (8)   12-28 

No.  5  (7)   2-1 

No.  6  (9)   3-8 

No.  7  (7)   4-12 

No.  I  (9)   9-13 


63,401 
63,402 

63,403 
63,404 
63.405 
63,406 
63.407 

63,702 
63,703 

63.704 
63.705 
63,706 


64,203 
64,204 
64,205 
64,206 
64,207 
74,201 


45  2746 


46  2850 
46  2927 


45  2735 


2822 
2908 
3128 
3186 

3225 
3250 


2927 
3018 
3128 


2807 
2840 
2927 
2954 
3007 
3259 


THIS  IS  AMERICA 
63,101    Airline  to  Everywhere 

(17)   11-16-45 

T.V.A.  (18)   12-14-45 

Great  Lakes  (16)  1-11-46 

Report  on  Japan  (19)  2-8-46 

Street  of  Shadows  (16).. 3-8-46 
Two  Million  Rooms  (16) 

4-  5-46 

63,107    No  Place  Like  Home  (16) 

5-  3-46 

Panama  (16)   5-31-46 

Port  of  New  York  (1 6). 6-28-46 
Courtship  to  Courthouse 

(15)   7-26-46 

Highway  Mania   (17) ..  .8-31-46 

White  House  (19)  9-20-48 

WHITLEY  WESTERN 
Sagebrush  Serenade 

(19)   10-26-45 

63.503    Ranch  House  Romeo 

(17)   11-30-45 

Rhythm  Wranglers  (19). 1-18-46 
Bar    Buckaroos    (16) ...  .9-6-46 
SPECIALS 

671    The  House  I  Live  In  (10). 1 1-9-45  2679 

20TH  CENTURY-FOX 

MOVIETONE  ADVENTURES  (Color) 


63.102 
63,103 
63.104 
63.105 
63.106 


63.108 
63.109 
63.110 

63.111 
63,112 
RAY 

63.502 


63,504 

73,501 


2766 
2795 
2908 
2882 
2940 

2954 

2997 
3078 
3128 

3138 
3186 
3274 
ICALS 

2807 

2758 
2895 


6254 

Bountiful  Alaska  (8)... 

10-26 

45 

2653 

6255 

Song  of  Sunshine  (8).. 

.12-7 

45 

2850 

6256 

Louisiana  Springtime  (8) 

12-21 

4  5 

2653 

6257 

Lost  Lake  (8)  

l-ll 

4G 

2653 

6258 

Along  the  Rainbow  Trail 

(8)   

2-15 

46 

2987 

6259 

Cradle  of  Liberty  (8) . . 

.6-21 

46 

3007 

6260 

Across  the  Great  Divide 

(8)   

7-5 

4fi 

3128 

7251 

Sons  of  Courage  (8)  

..8-2 

46 

3239 

7252 

Jamaica  (8)   

9-13 

46 

3225 

7253 

Historic  Capetown  (8).. 

10-18 

•46 

3225 

7254 

Girls  and  Gags  (8)  

11-22 

46 

SPORTS  REVIEWS 
(Color) 

6352  Time  Out  for  Play  (8) ..  1 1-16-45  2908 
6301    Pins  and  Cushions  (8)  2-1-46  2927 

6353  Diving   Dandles  (8)  3-15-46  3043 

6354  Sea  Sirens  (8)  5-10-46  3043 

6355  Golden    Horses    (8)   4-26-46  3128 

7351  Winter   Holiday   (8)  9-27-46  3239 

7352  Summer   Trails    (8)  11-8-46   

7353  Playtime's  Journey  (8) ..  12- 13-46   

(Black  and  White) 

7301    Football    Fanfare   (9)  8-23-46  3239 


Prod.  Rel.  P.D. 

No.                 Title              Date  Page 

TERRYTOONS  (Color) 

6506  Mighty  Mouse  Meets  Bad 

Bill   Bunion   (7)   11-9-45  2840 

6507  The    Exterminator    (7) ...  1 1  -23-45  2927 

6508  Mighty   Mouse   in  Krakatoa 

(7)   12-14-45  2918 

6509  The  Talking  Magpies  (7)..  1-4-46  2918 

6510  Svengali's    Cat    (7)  1-18-46  29IB 

6511  The  Fortune  Hunters  (7).. 2-8-46  3055 

6512  The   Wicked    Wolf    (7)  3-8-46  2954 

6513  My  Old   Kentucky  Home  (7) 

3-29-46  2954 

0514    It's  All  in  the  Stars  (7). 4-12-46  2954 

6515  Throwing   the   Bull    (7)... 5-3-46  2954 

6516  The  Trojan    Horse    (7) .. .7-26-46  3007 

6517  Dinky  Finds  a  Home  (7). 6-7-46  3128 

6518  The  Johnstown  Flood  (7).. 6-28-46  3128 

6519  Peace  Time  Football  (7).. 7-19-46  3128 

6520  The  Golden  Hen  (7)  5-24-46  2954 

7501  Winning   the   West    (7). 8-16-46   

7502  The  Tortoise  Wins  Again 

(71   8-30-46   

7503  The  Electronic   Mouse  Trap  (7) 

9-6-46  .... 

7504  The  Jail   Break   (7)  9-20-46  3225 

7505  The  Snow  Man  (7)  10-11-46  .... 

7506  The  Housing  Problem 

(7)   10-25-46  .... 

7507  The  Crackpot   King    (7).  11-15-46  ... 

7508  The  Uninvited  Pests  (7).  1 1-29-46   

7509  Mighty  Mouse  and  the 

Hep    Cat    (7)  12-6-46   

7510  Beanstalk  Jack   (7)  12-20-46   

MARCH    OF  TIME 

VI2-3  18  Million  Orphans  (18). 11-2-45  2703 
VI2-4    Justice   Comes  to  Germany 

(18)   11-30-45  2726 

VI2-5    Challenge  to  Hollywood 

(18)   12-28-45  2768 

VI 2-6— Life   With    Baby    (20) ..  I -25-46  2830 

VI2-7    Report  on  Greece   ( 19) .  .2-22-46  2870 

VI2-8  Night  Club  Boom  (21)  .3-22-46  2895 
VI 2-9    Wanted— More  Homes 

(20)   4-19-46  2954 

V 12-10. Tomorrow's  Mexico   (I9T.5-I7-46  3007 

VI2-II  Problem    Drinkers    (19). 6-14-46  3043 

VI2-I2  The  New  France  (19) ..  .7-12-46  3112 

VI2-I3  Atomic    Power    (19)  8-9-46  3138 

VI3-I    Is  Everybody  Happy? 

(17)   9-6-46  3186 

VI 3-2    World  Food  Problem 

(17)   I0-4-4C  3239 

DRIBBLE   PUSS  PARADE 

6901  Here  Comes  the  Circus  (8). 3-1-46  3019 

6902  Muscle    Maulers    (8)  5-31-46  3128 

FEMININE  WORLD  SERIES 

6201    Behind  the  Footlights  (8)  . 4-5-46  2974 

THE  WORLD  TODAY 

6401    Man  From  Missouri   (9)  .  1-25-46  2987 

UNITED  ARTISTS 

DAFFY   DITTIES  (Color) 

  The   Lady  Said  No   (8)  .  4-26-46  2987 

...    Choo  Choo  Amlgo   (8) ...  .7-5-46  3138 

  Peplto's  Serenade   (8)...  8-16-46   

LOEW  MUSICOLOR 
  Tocatta  and  Fugue  ( 10) .  10- 15-46  3274 

UNIVERSAL 

LANTZ  COLOR  CARTUNES 

1321  The  Loose  Nut  (7)  12-17-45  2807 

1322  The  Poet  and  the  Peasant 

(7)   3-18-46  2694 

1323  Mousie  Come  Home  (7).  ..4-15-46  3138 

1324  Apple   Andy    (7)   5-20-46  2927 

1325  Who's  Cooking  Who  (7)  . 6-24-46  3043 

1326  Bathing   Buddies   (7)  7-1-46  3150 

1327  Reckless  Driver  (7)  8-26-46  3163 

2321  Fair  Weather  Fiends  (7). 11-18-46   

2322  Wacky  Weed   12-16-46   

PERSON  —  ODDITIES 

1364  Pottery  Poet   (9)  10-29-45  2710 

1365  Front  Line  Artist  (9) . . .  1 1  - 12-45  2695 

1366  Maestro  of  the  Comics(9).3- 18-46  2918 

1367  Wings  of  Courage   (9)     .3-25-46  2927 

1368  Cartune    Crusades    (9)  4-1-46  2927 

1369  Scientifically  Stung   (9) ..  .6- 1 0-46  3055 

1370  Lone   Star   Padre    (9)  6-17-46  3163 

1371  Artists'  Antics  (9)  6-24-46  3263 

1372  Picture   Pioneer   (9)  7-1-46  3163 

1373  Hobo    Hound    (8)  8-19-46  3225 

1374  Samson    Junior    (9)  8-19-46  322b 

1375  Rural     Rhapsody     (9)  8  26-46  3262 

VARIETY  VIEWS 

1343  Grave  Laughter  (9)  10-22-45  2695 

1344  Doctor  of  Paintings   (9)..  1 1-5-45  2840 

1345  Jungle  Capers  (9)  12-10-45  2807 

1346  Script  Teas   (9)  3-25-46  2954 


Prod.  Rel.  P.D. 

No.  Title  Date  Page 

1347  Dog   Tale   (9)  3-25-46  2954 

1348  Chimp  on  the  Loose  (10).. 4-1-46  2927 

1349  Dog  of  the  Seven  Seas(9). 6-17-46  3138 

1350  Magic   Mineral   (9)  7-1-46  3163 

1351  Mr.  Chimp  at  Home  (9).. 8-12-46  3163 

1352  Operation   Holiday   (10)    .8-26-46  3225 

1353  Mr.  Chimp  to  the  Rescue 

(10)   8-26-46  3274 

1354  Mr.  Chimp  on  Vacation 

(10)   8-26-46  3239 

NAME-BAND  MUSICALS 

1301  Solid  Senders  (15)   10-21-45  2710 

1302  Hot  and  Hectic  (15)   11-28-45  2850 

1303  Synco-Smooth  Swing  (15).  12-19-43  2758 

1304  Cuban    Madness    (15)   1-2-46  2908 

1305  Tin  Pan  Alley  Tempos 

(15)   1-9-46  2822 

1306  Melody  Stampede  (15)  1-16-46  2822 

1307  Swing    High.    Swing  Sweet 

(15)   2-20-46  2908 

1308  Takin'  the   Breaks   ( 15) ..  5-22-46  3018 

1309  Banquet  of  Melody  ( 15) .  .  5-29-46  3018 

1310  Swingin'    Down    the  Scale 

(15)   6-26-46  3043 

131 1  Breakin'  It  Down  (15)..  8-28-46  3274 

2301  Frontier  Frolic  (15)  10-9-46   

2302  Champagne   Music    ( 15) .  1 1 -20-46  ... 

2303  Tumbleweed  Tempos   12-4-46   

2304  Moonlight  Melodies   12-18-46   

SING   AND   BE   HAPPY  SERIES 

1381  Sing  and  Be  Happy  (10)  2-18-46  2850 

1382  Merrily  We  Sing  ( 10)  .  .5-27-46  3018 
2381    A   Bit  of  Blarney  (II)... 9-30-46  3225 

SPECIAL  FEATURETTES 
1201    Tiny  Terrors  of  the  Timberlands 

(20)   6-26-46  2940 

1203  Roosevelt — Man  of  Destiny 

(18)   4-10-46  2827 

THE  ANSWER  MAN 

2391     No.    I    (10)   10-21-46   

WARNER — VITA  PHONE 

TECHNICOLOR  ADVENTURES 

2801  Fashions  for  Tomorrow 

(10)   11-17-45  2908 

2802  In  Old  Santa  Fe  (10)  1-12-46  2822 

2803  All    Aboard    (10)  3-30-46  2940 

2804  Let's   Go   Camping   (10) .  .7-27-46  3090 

2805  Girls  and    Flowers   ( 10) .. 5-25-46  3019 

2806  Adventures  in  South  America 

(7)   8-10-46  3186 

3801    Star  Spangled  City  ( 10)  .  10- 19-46  3250 

!802    Rubber   River  11-30-46   

TECHNICOLOR  SPECIALS 

2001  Frontier    Days    (20)  12-8-45  2653 

2002  Forest  Commandos  (20) ...  1-19-46  2822 

2003  Movieland    Magic    (20)  3-9-46  2927 

2004  Gem  of  the  Ocean  (20) ..  .4-13-46  2954 

2005  South  of  Monterrey  (20).  .6-1-46  3055 

2005  South  of  Monterrey  (20) ..  .6-1-46  3055 

2006  Hawaiian  Memories  (20) .  .6-15-46  3043 

2007  Down  Singapore  Way  (201.7-20-46  3090 

2008  Men  of  Tomorrow   (20) ..  .8-24-46  3078 

3001  Cinderella's    Feller    (20) .  .9-21-46  3225 

3002  The  Last  Bomb  (20)  11-2-46   

3003  A  Boy  and  His  Dog 

(20)   12-28-46   

FEATURETTES 

2102  Star  in  the  Night   (20) .  10- 13-45  2694 

2103  All    Star    Musical  Revue 

(20)   11-3-45  2735 

2104  Good  Old  Corn  (20)  11-24-45  2746 

2105  Musical    Shipmates    (20) .  .2- 16-46  2927 

2106  Hitler   Lives?   (20)  12-29-45  2778 

3101  Okay  for  Sound   (20)  9-7-46  3112 

3102  Minstrel  Days   11-23-46   

SPORTS  PARADE  (Color) 

2501  Sports  Go  to  War  (10) ..  1 1-10-45  2695 

2502  Holiday  on  Horseback  (10). 2-2-46  2882 

2503  Michigan  Ski-Daddle   (10)  .2-9-46  2927 

2504  With  Rod  and  Gun  in  Canada 

(10)   3-16-46  2918 

2505  Snow   Eagles   (10)  3-30-46  2927 

2506  Let's   Go   Gunning    (10) ..  .4-6-46  2954 

2507  Fln'n    Feathers    (10)  4-27-46  2940 

2508  Under  Sea  Spear  Fishing 

(10)   .-...5-18-46  3019 

2509  The  Riding  Hannefords 

(10)   6-29-46  3043 

2510  Facing  Your  Danger  (10). 5-11-46  3019 

2511  Beach  Days  (10)  7-13-46  3090 

2512  Ranch    in    White   (10)  8-3-46  3174 

2513  Dominion  of  Sports  (10)    8-31-46  3225 

3501  King   of  the  Everglades 

(10)   9-14-46  3225 

3502  The  Lazy  Hunter  (10) ..  10-26-46  3250 

3503  Battle  of  Champs   11-9-46   

3504  American  Sports  Album 

(10)   12-21-46   

MELODY   MASTER  BANDS 
2604    Music   of   the  Americas 

(10)    12-15-45  2735 


Prod. 
No. 


Title 


Rel.  P.D 
Date  Page 


2605  Headline   Bands   (10)  1-26-46  2850 

2606  Jan  Savitt  and  His  Band 

(10)   3-16-46  2918 

2607  Rhythm   on    Ice   ( 10) ....  .4-20-46  2910 

2608  Dixieland   Jamboree    (10)  .  5-1 1-46  3019 

2609  Musical    Memories    ( 10) ..  .7-6-46  3090 

2610  Enric   Madriguera  &  Orchestra 

(10)   8-10-46  3174 

3601  Desi  Arnai  and  Band 

(10)   10-12-46  3263 

3602  Melody   of   Youth    ( 10) ..  12- 14-46   


BLUE  RIBBON  HIT  PARADE  (Color) 


2301  A   Sunbonnet   Blue   (7)  .11-17-45 

2302  Lyin'  Mouse  (7)   12-22-45 

2303  Good    Egg    (7)  1-5-46 

2304  Trial   of   Mr.   Wolf   (7)... 2-9-46 

2305  Little   Lion    Hunter    (7). 3-23-46 

2306  Fresh    Fish    (7)  4-6-46 

2307  Daffy  Duck  and  Egghead 

(7)   4-20-46  2954 

Katnip    Kollege   (7)  5-4-46 

The  Night  Watchman  (7). 5-18-46 

Little  Brother  Rat  (7)  6-8-46  3112 

Johnny  Smith  and  Poker 

Huntas    (7)   6-22-46 

Robinhood  Makes  Good  (7)  .  7-6-46 
Little  Red  Walking  Hood 

(7)   8-17-46  3174 

Fox    Pop    (7)   9-28-46 

The  Wacky  Worm  (7). .  10-12-46 
You're  an  Education  (7) .  10-26-46 
Ha"e  You  Any  Castles? 

(7)   12-7-46  .... 

MERRIE   MELODIES  CARTOONS  (Color) 

2701    Kitty    Kornered    (7)  6-8-46  3055 

Hollywood    Daffy   (7)  6-22-46 

Eager   Beaver   (7)  7-13-46 

Great  Piggy  Bank   Robbery  (7) 
7-20-46 

Bacall  to  Arms  (7)  8-3-46 

Of  Thee  I  Sting  (7)  8-17-46 

Walky  Talky  Hawky  (7). 8-31 -46 
Fair  and  Wormer  (7) ..  .9-28-46 
Mousemerized  Cat   (7) ...  10-19-46 

Mouse   Menace   11-2-46 

Roughly  Squeaking   11-16-46 

"np   Meat  Brawl   11-30.46 

Goofy  Gophers  (7)  12-7-46 

Gay  Anties  (7)  12-21-46 

Scent- 1  mental   Over  You 

(7)   12-28-46 

BUGS  BUNNY1 


2308 
.2309 
2310 
231 1 

2312 
2313 

3301 
3302 
3303 
3304 


2702 

2703 
2704 

2705 
2706 
2707 
2708 
2709 
2710 
271 1 
?•»!•> 
2713 
2714 
27  15 


2735 
2394 
2822 
2918 
2895 
2940 


3091 
3019 


3043 
3090 


3225 
3263 
3250 


3128 
3128 

3090 
3174 
3174 
3174 

3225 
3250 


SPECIALS  (Color) 


3019 
3055 
3239 
3250 


2908 
21122 
2940 


3250 


3174 
3239 


2721  The  Hair  Raising   Hare  (7) 

5-25-46 

2722  Acrohatty   Bunny   6-29-46 

2723  Racketeer    Rabbit    (7)  9-14-46 

2724  The   Big  Snooze   (7)  10-5-46 

2725  Rhapsody   Rabbit   11-9-46 

VITAPHONE  VARIETIES 

2403  Story  of  a  Dog  (10)  10-27-45 

2404  So  You  Think  You're 

Allergic?    (10)   12-1-45 

2405  Peeks  at  Hollywood   (10)  1-26-46 

2406  Smart  as  a  Fox  (10)  4-27-46 

3401  So  You  Want  to  Save  Your 

Hair    (10)   11-16-46 

3402  So  You  Wait  to  Play  the 

Horses  (10)   10-5-46 

3403  So  You  Think  You're  a  Nervous 

Wreck?    (10)   12-14-46 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Food  and   Famine   (WAC)  1-27-46 

UNRRA  Reports  to  the  U.  S. 
(WAC)   1-3-46 

The   Secret   Battle    (Telenews) .  .7-26-46 

Moscow  Music  Hall  (Artkino) 

(31)   9-6-46 

Woman  Speaks  (Film  Studios  of  Chi.) 

Vol.   I,   Release   1  8-46   

Vol.   I.   Release  2  9-46   

Vol.   I.  Release  3  10-46   

Vol.   I,   Release  4  11-46   

SERIALS 
COLUMBIA 

7140    Who's   Guilty   12-13-43  .... 

(15  episodes) 
7160    Hop    Harrigan   3-28-46   

(15  episodes) 
7180    Chick  Carter  Dectective. .  .7- 1 1-46   

(15  episodes) 
8120   Son  of  the  Guardsman ...  10-24-46    .  .. 

(15  episodes) 

REPUBLIC 

581  The    Phantom    Rider  l-26'46  2918 

(12  episodes) 

582  King  of  the  Forest  Rangers 

(12  episodes)  4-27-46  2927 

583  Daughter  of   Don  Q  7-27-46  2927 

(12  episodes) 

584  The  Crimson   Ghost  10-26-46  3043 

(12  episodes) 

  Son  of  Zorro   

(13  episodes) 


UNIVERSAL 


2954 


1781-1793    The  Scarlet  Horseman 

(13  episodes)  .1-22-46 

1881-1893    Lost  City  of  the  Jungle 

(13    episodes)  4-23-46  3019 

2581  -2593    Mysterious  Mr.   M... 7-23-46   

(13  episodes) 


3276 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


THE  RELEASE  CHART 

Index  to  Reviews,  Advance  Synopses  and 
Service  Data  in  PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION 


Release  dates  and  running  time  are  furnished  as  soon  as  avail- 
able. Advance  dates  are  tentative  and  subject  to  change.  Run- 
ning times  are  the  official  times  supplied  by  the  distributor. 

All  page  numbers  on  this  chart  refer  to  pages  in  the 
PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION  of  MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD. 

For  Legion  of  Decency  Rating,  Audience  Classification  and 
Managers'  Round  Table  Exploitation,  see  Service  Data  page 
numbers  in  last  column. 


Short  Subjects  Chart  with  Synopsis  Index  can  be  found  on 
pages  3275-3276,  issue  of  October  26,  1946. 

Feature  product  listed  by  Company  on  page  3263,  issue  of 
October  19,  1946.  For  listing  of  1945-46  Features  by  Company, 
see  Product  Digest,  pages  3151-3152,  issue  of  August  17,  1946. 

(T)  before  a  date  in  the  list  below  is  the  tradeshow  date; 
release  dates  are  given  as  soon  as  available. 

(f)  indicates  a  Box  Office  Champion. 


-REVIEWEl 


Title  Company 
ABBOTT  and  Costello  in  Holly- 
wood (Block  13)  MSM 
Abie's  Irish  Rose  UA 
Abilene  Town  UA 
Accomplice  PRC 
t  Adventure  (Special)  MGM 
Adventures  of  Marco  Polo 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Affairs  of  Geraldine,  The  Rep. 

(formerly  Lonely  Hearts  Club) 
Alias  Billy  the  Kid  Rep. 
Allotment  Wives,  Inc.  Mono. 
Amami  Alfredo  (Italian)  Grandi 
Ambush  Trail  PRC 
t  And  Then  There  Were  None  20th-Fox 
Angel  Comes  to  Brooklyn,  An  Rep. 
Angel  on  My  Shoulder  UA 
f  Anna  and  the  King  of  Siam  20th-Fox 
Appointment  with  Crime 

(Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 
Avalanche  PRC 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Prod. 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Number 

Stars 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

602 

Bud  Abbott-Lew  Costello 

.  Oct.,'45 

84m 

Aug.25,'45 

2631 

Michael  Chekhov-Joanna  Dru 

Dec.  27,'46 

3066 

Randolph  Scott-Ann  Dvorak 

Jan.  1  1  ,'46 

89m 

Jan.  12, '46 

2793 

2628 

3088 

Richard  Arlen-Veda  Ann  Borg 

Sept.  29,'46 

68m 

Sept.  28, '46 

3224 

3187 

616 

Clark  Gable-Greer  Garson 

Mar.,'46 

126m 

Dec.  22, '45 

2765 

2628 

3100 

Gary  Cooper-Sigrid  Gurie 

Dec.  29,'45 

105m 

Feb.  I9,'38 

Jane  Withers-James  Lydon 

Not  Set 

2951 

555 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 

Apr.  I7,'46 

56m 

June  29/46 

3065 

2981 

505 

Kay  Francis-Paul  Kelly 

Dec.  29,'45 

80m 

Nov.  I0,'45 

2710 

2555 

Maria  Cebotari-Claudio  Gore 

Jan.  18, '46 

91m 

Feb.  9,'46 

2838 

Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor 

Feb.  I7,'46 

60m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

611 

Barry  Fitzgerald-Walter  Huston 

Nov.,'45 

97m 

July  14/45 

2626 

2862 

503 

Kaye  Dowd-Robert  Duke 

Nov.  I0,'45 

70m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2384 

Paul  Muni-Anne  Baxter 

Sept.  20,'46 

101m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

2859 

3264 

634 

Irene  Dunne-Rex  Harrison 

Aug. ,'46 

128m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2907 

3228 

William  Hartnell-Raymond  Lovell 

Not  Set 

90m 

June  15/46 

3042 

Bruce  Cabot-Roscoe  Karns 

June  20,'46 

70m 

May  4/46 

2973 

BACHELOR'S  Daughters,  The  UA 
Bad  Bascomb  (Block  16)  MGM 

t  Badman's  Territory  RKO 
Bamboo  Blonde  (Block  6)  RKO 

t  Bandit  of  Sherwood  Forest  (color)  Col. 
Beast  with  Five  Fingers,  The  WB 
Beat  the  Band  RKO 
Beauty  and  the  Bandit  Mono. 
Because  of  Him  Univ. 
Bedelia  (British)  GFD 
Bedlam  (Block  6)  RKO 
Beginning  or  the  End,  The  MGM 
Behind  Green  Lights  20th-Fox 
Behind  the  Mask  Mono. 

t  Bells  of  St.  Mary's,  The  RKO 
Beloved  Enemy  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 
Below  the  Deadline  Mono. 
Betty  Co-ed  Col. 
Beware  Astor 
Beware  of  Pity  (British)  Ea  gle-Lion 
Big  Sleep,  The  WB 
Black  Angel,  The  Univ. 
Black  Beauty  20th-Fox 
Black  Market  Babies  Mono. 
Blazing  the  Western  Trail  Col. 
Blithe  Spirit  (British)  (color) 
Blonde  Alibi 
Blonde  for  a  Day 
Blondie  Knows  Best 
Blondie's  Lucky  Day 

t  Blue  Dahlia,  The  (Block4) 
Blue  Montana  Skies  (Reissue 
Blue  Skies  (color) 
Bohemian  Girl,  The 

( Reissue) 
Bon  Voyage 
Boom  Town  (R.) 
Border  Bandits 
Born  for  Trouble  (Reissue) 
Bowery,  The  (Reissue) 


UA 
Univ. 

PRC 

Col. 

Col. 
Para. 

Rep. 
Para. 


Film  Classics 
20th-Fox 
MGM 
Mono. 
WB 
20th-Fox 


....  Gail  Russell-Claire  Trevor  Sept.  6/46 

619  Wallace  Beery-Margaret  O'Brien  Apr.-May,'46 
622  Randolph  Scott-Ann  Richards  Block  5 
630  Frances  Langford-Russell  Wade  July  15/46 

7004  Cornel  Wilde-Anita  Louise  Feb.  21/46 

....  Robert  Alda-Andrea  King  Not  Set 

....  Frances  Langford-Gene  Krupa  Not  Set 

531  Gilbert  Roland-Ramsay  Ames  Oct.  26/46 

516  Deanna  Durbin-Franchot  Tone  Jan.  18/46 

....  Margaret  Lockwood-lan  Hunter  Not  Set 

628  Boris  Karloff-Anna  Lee  May  10/46 

....  Brian  Donlevy-Robert  Walker  Not  Set 

620  Carole  Landis-William  Gargan  Feb. ,'46 

526  Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed  May  25/46 
661  Bing  Crosby-lngrid  Bergman  Special 

....  Merle  Oberon-David  Niven  Apr.  15/46 

520  Warren  Douglas-Ramsay  Ames  Aug.  3/46 

....  Jean  Porter-William  Mason  Nov.  28/46 

....  Louis  Jordan-Frank  Wilson  July/46 

Lilli  Palmer-Albert  Lieven  July  22/46 

601  Humphrey  Bogart-Lauren  Bacall  Aug.  31/46 

543  Dan  Duryea-June  Vincent  Aug.  2/46 

636  Mona  Freeman-Richard  Denning  Sept.,'46 

504  Ralph  Morgan-Jayne  Hazard  Jan.  5/46 

7201  Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Oct.  18/45 

....  Rex  Harrison-Constance  Cummings  Dec.  14/45 

527  Tom  Neal-Martha  O'Driscoll  Apr.  12/46 
....  Hugh  Beaumont-Katheryn  Adams  Aug.  29/46 

806  Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Oct.  17/46 

7020  Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake  Apr.  4/46 

4517  Alan  Ladd-Veronica  Lake  Apr.  19/46 

5307  Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette  Dec.  1/45 

4602  Bing  Crosby-Fred  Astaire  Dec.  27/46 

....  Stan  Laurel-Oliver  Hardy  Mar.  15/46 

....  Jeanne   Crain-Sir  Aubrey  Smith  Not  Set 
Clark  Gable-Claudette  Colbert        (T)  Sept  30/46 

565  Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton     Jan.  12/46 

504  Faye  Emerson-Van  Johnson  Oct.  6/45 

642  George  Raft-Wallace  Beery  Oct.,'46 


88m 

Sept.  14/46 

3197 

3007 

1 12m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2784 

3228 

98m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

3264 

67m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2784 

85m 

Feb. 23/46 

2857 

2434 

2975 

2786 

3126 

86m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

2764 

2975 

90m 

June  1 5/46 

3041 

80m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2951 

3018 

3076 

64m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

126m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2434 

2975 

86m 

Dec.  19/36 

65m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3127 

3274 

55m 

June  22/46 

3054 

105m 

Aug.  3/46 

3126 

1  14m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

3126 

3228 

80m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

3076 

76m 

July  20/46 

3102 

2778 

71m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2930 

60m 

Nov.  24/45 

2725 

2543 

94m 

Sept.  22/45 

2653 

2898 

62  m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2850 

68m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

3030 

70  m 

Sept.  21/46 

321  1 

3031 

69m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2907 

99m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2786 

3164 

56m 

May  6/39 

104m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

2884 

3228 

74m 

Mar.  7/36 

2230 

1  19m 

Sept.  28/46 

3225 

58m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

2792 

59m 

Apr.  1 1/42 

598 

575 

84m. 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


3277 


REVIEWED  ■ 


Title  Company 

Bowery  Bombshell  Mono. 

Boy,  a  Girl  and  a  Dog,  A  Film  Classics 

Boys'  Ranch  (Block  17)  MGM 

Brasher  Doubloon,  The  20th-Fox 

Breakfast  in  Hollywood  UA 
Bride  Wore  Boots,  The  (Block  5)  Para. 

Brief  Encounter  (Brit.)  Univ. 

Bringing  Up  Father  Mono. 

Brute  Man  Univ. 

Burma  Victory  WB 

t  CAESAR  and  Cleopatra  (color) 

(British)  UA 
Calcutta  Para. 
California  (color)  Para. 
California  Gold  Rush  Rep. 

t  Canyon  Passage  (color)  Univ. 
Captains  Courageous  (R.)  MGM 
Captain  Tugboat  Annie  Rep. 
Captive  Heart,  The  (Brit.)  Eagle-Lion 
Caravan  (British)  GFD 
Caravan  Trail,  The  (color)  PRC 
Carnival  in  Costa  Rica  (col.)  20th-Fox 
Cat  Creeps,  The  Univ. 
Catman  of  Paris,  The  Rep. 

t  Centennial  Summer  (color)  20th-Fox 
Chase,  The  UA 
Cherokee  Flash,  The  Rep. 
Cheyenne  WB 
Child  of  Divorce  (Block  2)  RKO 
Cinderella  Jones  WB 
Cisco  and  the  Angel  Mono. 
City  for  Conquest  (Reissue)  WB 
Claudia  and  David  20th-Fox 
Cloak  and  Dagger  WB 
Close  Call  for  Boston  Blackie,  A  Col. 
Club  Havana  PRC 

f  Cluny  Brown  20th-Fox 
Cockeyed  Miracle,  The  MGM 
Code  of  the  Lawless  Univ. 
Col.  Effingham's  Raid  20th-Fox 
Colorado  Serenade  (color)  PRC 
Colorado  Pioneers  Rep. 
Come  and  Get  It 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Condemned  to  Devil's  Island 

(Reissue)  Film  Classics 

t  Confidential  Agent  WB 
Conquest  of  Cheyenne  Rep. 
Cornered  RKO 
Courage  of  Lassie  (color)  (Bl.  17)  MGM 
Cowboy  Blues  Col. 
Crack-Up  (Block  6)  RKO 
Crime  Doctor's  Man  Hunt,  The  Col. 
Crime  Doctor's  Warning,  The  Col. 
Crime  of  the  Century  Rep. 
Criminal  Court  (Block  2)  RKO 
Crimson  Canary,  The  Univ. 
Cross  My  Heart  Para. 
Cry  Wolf  WB 
Cuban  Pete  Univ. 


Pr/W 

r/uu. 

M.  P. 

Product 

A  J 

Advance 

Service 

1  radeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 
Page 

Data 

Stars 

l\elease  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

f  1  f 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 

July  20,'46 

65m 

July27,'46 

31 14 

.... 

Jerry  Hunter-Sharyn  Moffett 
James  Craig-"Butch"  Jenkins 

July,'46 

77m 

June  29,'46 

3065 

3031 

625 

July  18, '46 

97m 

May  4,'46 

2973 

2926 

3264 

George  Montgomery-Nancy  Guild 

Not  Set 

3238 

Tom  Breneman-Bonita  Granville 

Feb.  22, '46 

93  m 

Jan.  I9,'46 

2805 

2756 

2975 

e  j  ii 
fl  II 

Barbara  Manwyck-Kobert  Oummings 

May  3 1  ,'46 

86m 

Mar.  23, "46 

2905 

2784 

Celia  Johnson-Trevor  Howard 

(T)  Aug.  24,'46 

85m 

Aug.  31, '46 

3174 

3228 

604 

Joe  Yule-Renie  Riano 

Nov.  2,'46 

68m 

Oct.  I9,'46 

3262 

31 86 

Rondo  Hatton-Jane  Adams 

Oct.  I,'46 

58m 

Oct.  26,'46 

3273 

2764 

512 

War  Documentary 

Feb.  16, '46 

62m 

Nov.  I7,'45 

2718 

565 
541 

504 


532 
514 
633 

553 


513 

515 
«7 
603 
7030 

628 

I  102 
610 

563 


506 
568 
612 
626 

7223 
627 
816 

7022 
51 1 

509 


542 


Claude  Rains-Vivian  Leigh  Aug.  I6,'46 

Alan  Ladd-William  Bendix  Not  Set 

Ray  Milland-Barbara  Stanwyck  Not  Set 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming  Feb.  4,'46 

Dana  Andrews-Susan  Hayward  July  26, '46 
Freddie  Bartholomew-Spencer  Tracy   (T)  Aug.  21, '46 

Jane  Darwell-Edgar  Kennedy  Nov.  1 7, '45 

Michael  Redgrave-Rachel  Kempson  Not  Set 

Steward  Granger-Ann  Crawford  Not  Set 

Eddie  Dean-AI  LaRue  Apr.  20,'46 

Dick  Haymes-Celeste  Holme  Not  Set 

Lois  Collier-Fred  Brady  May  1 7, '46 

Carl  Esmond-Leonore  Aubert  Apr.  20, '46 

Jeanne  Craine-Cornel  Wilde  Aug. ,'46 

Robert  Cummings-Michele  Morgan  Nov.  22, '46 

Sunset  Carson-Linda  Stirling  Dec.  1 3, '45 

Dennis  Morgan-Jane  Wyman  Not  Set 

Sharyn  Moffett-Regis  Toomey  Oct.  15/46 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Alda  Mar.  9/46 

Gilbert  Roland-Martin  Garralaga  Nov.  1/46 

James  Cagney-Ann  Sheridan  Apr.  13/46 

Dorothy  McGuire-Robert  Young  Sept. ,'46 

Gary  Cooper-Lilli  Pamer  Sept.  28/46 

Chester  Morris-Richard  Lane  Jan.  24/46 

Tom  Neal-Margaret  Lindsay  Nov.  23/45 

Charles  Boyer-Jennifer  Jones  June/46 

Frank  Morgan-Keenan  Wynn  Oct.,'46 

Kirby  Grant-Poni  Adams  Oct.  19/45 

Charles  Coburn-Joan  Bennett  Feb.,'46 

Eddie  Dean-Roscoe  Ates  June  30/46 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  Nov.  14/45 

Joel  McCrea-Edward  Arnold 


Ronald  Colman-Ann  Harding 
Charles  Boyer-Lauren  Bacall 
"Wild"  Bill  Elliot-Aiice  Fleming 
Dick  Powell-Micheline  Cheirel 
Elizabeth  Taylor-"Lassie"-Frank  Morgan 
Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell 
Pat  O'Brien-Claire  Trevor 
Warner  Baxter-Ellen  Drew 
Warner  Baxter-Dusty  Anderson 
Stephanie  Bachelor-Michael  Browne 
Tom  Conway-Martha  O'Driscoll 
Noah  Beery,  Jr.-Lois  Collier 
Betty  Hutton-Sonny  Tufts 
Errol  Flynn-Barbara  Stanwyck 
Desi  Arnaz-Ethel  Smith 


126m      Aug.  10/46  3137 


55m 

90m 
I  17m 

70m 
108m 
122m 

57m 

58m 
65m 
102m 
86m 
58m 

62m 
92  m 

103m 
78m 

106m 
63  m 
62  m 

1 00m 
81m 
56m 
70m 
68m 
55m 


July  20/46 
Aug.  24/46 
Dec.  22/45 
Apr.  20/46 
May  4/46 
Mar.  30/46 

Apr.  13/46 
Feb.  23/46 
June  8/46 
Oct.  19/46 
Jan.  26/46 

Oct.  i  9/46 
Feb.  16/46 

Sept.  14/40 
July  27/46 

Sept.  14/46 
Feb.  23/46 
Oct.  20/45 
Apr.  27/46 
July  20/46 

Sept.  29/45 
June  15/46 
Dec.  22/45 


3101 
3162 
2766 
2950 
2974 
2918 

2938 
2858 
3030 
3262 
2817 

3262 
2849 


3113 
3197 
2858 
2686 
2961 
3102 

2661 
3042 
2768 


2884 
2784 
2818 
2883 

2403 


2884 
3090 
2884 

2884 

2748 
2939 
2972 
2838 


2939 
2939 
2710 
2555 
2859 
2883 
2686 
2259 
2884 


3264 


3264 


3264 


2975 


May  15/46 

99m 

Nov.  7/36 

Mar.  15/46 

87m 

Nov.  10/45 

1  18m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2655 

July  29/46 

55m 

June  29/46 

3065 

Block  3 

102m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2695 

3018 

Aug.  8/46 

93m 

May  1  1/46 

2985 

2926 

3264 

July  18/46 

3055 

Sept.  6/46 

93  m 

June  22/46 

3054 

2951 

3228 

Oct.  24/46 

61m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3187 

Oct.  4/45 

64m 

Dec.  22/45 

2768 

2543 

Feb.  28/46 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2870 

Oct.  20/46 

59m 

Aug.  10/46 

3137 

2963 

Nov.  9/45 

64m 

Nov.  10/45 

2710 

2467 

Not  Set 

3055 

Not  Set 

3138 

July  26/46 

61m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3066 

DAKOTA  Rep. 

Daltons  Ride  Again  Univ. 

Dangerous  Business  Col. 

Dangerous  Money  Mono. 
Dangerous  Partners  (Block  13)  MGM 

Danger  Signal  WB 

Danger  Street  Para. 

Danger  Woman  Univ. 

Danny  Boy  PRC 

Dark  Alibi  Mono. 

Dark  Corner,  The  20th-Fox 

Dark  Horse,  The  Univ. 
Dark  Is  the  Night  (Russian)  Artkino 

Dark  Mirror,  The  Univ. 
Days  and  Nights  (Russian)  Artkino 

Days  of  Buffalo  Bill  Rep. 

Deadlier  Than  the  Male  RKO 

Deadline  at  Dawn  RKO 

Deadline  for  Murder  20th-Fox 

Dead  of  Night  (British)  Univ. 
Death  Valley  (color)        Screen  Guild 

Deception  WB 

Decoy  Mono. 

Desert  Horseman,  The  Col. 

Detour  PRC 

Devil  Bat's  Daughter  PRC 

Devil's  Mask,  The  Col. 

Devil's  Playground,  The  UA 


505 
510 
7037 
603 
604 
508 

539 

5i  9 
625 
540 


554 

617 
635 
547 

4604 
605 
601 

7209 


7026 


John  Wayne-Vera  Hruba  Ralston  Dec.  25/45 

Alan  Curtis-Kent  Taylor  Nov.  23/45 

Forrest  Tucker-Lynn  Merrick  June  20/46 

Sydney  Toler-Gloria  Warren  Oct.  12/46 

James  Craig-Signe  Hasso  Oct.,'45 

Faye  Emerson-Zachary  Scott  Dec.  15/45 

Jane  Withers-Robert  Lowery  Not  Set 

Brenda  Joyce-Don  Porter  July  12/46 

Robt.  "Buz."  Henry-Sybil  Merritt  Jan.  8/46 

Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong  May  25/46 

Lucille  Ball-William  Bendix  May/46 

Phil  Terry-Ann  Savage  July  19/46 

Irina  Radchenko-lvan  Kuznetsov  Mar.  16/46 

Olivia  de  Havilland-Lew  Ayres  Oct.,'46 

Vladimir  Soloviev-Dimitri  Sagal  Apr.  27/46 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart  Feb.  8/46 

Claire  Trevor-Lawrence  Tierney  Nov.  10/46 

Susan  Hayward-Paul  Lukas  Block  4 

Paul  Kelly-Kent  Taylor  Aug., '46 

Mervyn  Johns-Roland  Carver  Aug.  23/46 

Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert  July  15/46 

Bette  Davis-Paul  Henried  Oct.  26/46 

Jean  Gillie-Edward  Norris  Sept.  14/46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  July  I  1/46 

Ann  Savage-Tom  Neal  Nov.  30/45 

Rosemary  LaPlanche-John  James  Apr.  15/46 
Anita  Louise-Jim  Bannon                    ■   May  23/46 

William  Boyd-Andy  Clyde  Nov.  15/46 


82m      Nov.  10/45  2709 


71m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

2670 
2963 

66m 

Oct.  12/46 

3250 

3186 

74m 

Aug.  4/45 

2639 

2555 

80m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2555 
2972 

60m 

July  13/46 

3089 

3030 

64m 

Nov.  3/45 

2701 

2662 

61m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2809 

99m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2859 

59m 

July  20/46 
Mar.  23/46 

3102 

3030 

70m 

2906 

85m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

2883 

90m 

May  4/46 

2974 

56m 

2838 
3078 

82m 

Feb.  23/46 

2859 

2776 

65m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2963 

77m 

July  6/46 

3077 

72m 

3090 

1 12m 

Oct.  19/46 

3261 

3238 

76m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3031 

57m 

July  27/46 

3124 

3055 

69m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2543 

66  m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

66m 

2926 

62  m 

Sept.  21/46 

321 1 

3078 

2862 


2719 
3018 


2930 


3278 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


Title  Company 

Devotion  WB 

Diary  of  a  Chambermaid  UA 

Dick  Tracy  RKO 

Dick  Tracy  Versus  Cueball  RKO 

Ding  Dong  Williams  RKO 
Dodsworth  (Reissue)         Film  Classics 

Doll  Face  20th-Fox 

t  Dolly  Sisters,  The  (color)  20th-Fox 

Don  Ricardo  Returns  PRC 
Don't  Gamble  with  Strangers  Mono. 

Do  You  Love  Me?  (color)  20th-Fox 

Down  Missouri  Way  PRC 

Down  to  Earth  (color)  Col. 

t  Dragonwyck  20th-Fox 

Dressed  to  Kill  Univ. 

Driftin'  River  PRC 

Duel  in  the  Sun  (color)  UA 

EARL  Carroll  Sketchbook  Rep. 

t  Easy  to  Wed  (color)  (Special)  MGM 

El  Paso  Kid  Rep. 

Enchanted  Forest,  The  (color)  PRC 
Enchanted  Voyage  (color)  20th-Fox 

Escape  Me  Never  WB 
Extenuating  Circumstances 

(French)  Lopert 

FABULOUS  Suzanne  Rep. 
Face  of  Marble  Mono. 
Faithful  in  My  Fashion  (Bl.  17)  MGM 
Falcon's  Alibi,  The  (Block  6)  RKO 
Fallen  Angel  20th-Fox 
Fantasia  (R.)  (Spl.)  (Color)  RKO 
Fear  Mono. 
Fedora  (Italian)  Variety 
Fiesta  (color)  MGM 
Flight  to  Nowhere  Screen  Guild 

Flying  Serpent  PRC 
Follow  That  Woman  (Block  I)  Para. 
Fool's  Gold  UA 
Four  Hearts  (Russian)  Artkino 
Freddie  Steps  Out  Mono. 
French  Key,  The  Rep. 
From  This  Day  Forward  RKO 
Frontier  Gal  (color)  Univ. 
Frontier  Gunlaw  Col. 

GAIETY    George    (British)    Geo.  King 

Gallant  Bess  (color)  MGM 

Gallant  Journey  Col. 

Galloping  Thunder  Col. 

Game  of  Death,  A  RKO 

Gas  House  Kids  PRC 

Gay  Blades  Rep. 

Gay  Cavallier,  The  Mono. 
Gay  Intruders,  The  (British) 

Four  Continents 

Genius  at  Work  (Block  2)  RKO 

Gentleman  from  Texas,  The  Mono. 

Gentleman  Joe  Palooka  Mono. 

Gentleman  Misbehaves,  The  Col. 

Gentlemen  with  Guns  PRC 

Getting  Gertie's  Garter  UA 

Ghost  Goes  Wild,  The  Rep. 

Ghost  of  Hidden  Valley  PRC 

t  Gilda  Col. 

Girl  and  the  Devil,  The  (Swed.)  Scandia 
Girl  in  a  Million,  A  (Br.)     British  Lion 

Girl  of  the  Limberlost  Col. 

Girl  on  the  Spot  Univ. 

Girls  of  the  Big  House  Rep. 

G.I.  War  Brides  Rep. 

Glass  Alibi  Rep. 
God's  Country  (color)     Screen  Guild 

Gold  Mine  in  the  Sky  (R.)  Rep. 

Great  Day  (British)  (Block  I)  RKO 

Great  Waltz,  The  (R.)  MGM 

t  Green  Years,  The  (Special)  MGM 

Gunman's  Coda  Univ. 

Gunning  for  Vengeance  Col. 

Gun  Town  Univ. 

Guy  Could  Change.  A  Rep. 

t  HARVEY  Girls,  The  (color) 

(Block  15)  MGM 
Haunted  Mine,  Th»  Mono. 
Heading  West  Col. 
Heartbeat  RKO 
Henry  the  Fifth  (British)  (color)  UA 


Prod. 
Number 
517 

613 

623 

617 
609 

508 
626 


623 
534 


530 
624 
556 


528 
627 
629 
612 

507 


4605 
4504 


515 
519 
616 
513 
7204 


7002 
7207 
619 

509 
529 


562 
602 
7034 


7001 


7029 
515 
502 
528 
516 
003 

5308 
703 

623 
1 107 
7206 
1 104 

508 


61 1 
566 
7210 
662 


Tradeshow  or 

Stars  Release  Date 

Olivia  de  Havillarid-ld'a  Luplno  Apr.  20/46 

Paulette  Goddard-Hurd  Hatfield  Feb.  I5,'46 

Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys  Block  3 

Morgan  Conway-Anne  Jeffreys  Not  Set 

Glenn  Vernon-Marcia  McGuire  Block  5 

Walter  Huston-Ruth  Chatterton  May  I5,'46 

Carmen  Miranda-Perry  Como  Jan.,'46 

Betty  Grable-John  Payne  Nov. ,'45 

Fred  Colby-lsabelita  Nov.  5,'46 

Kane  Richmond-Bernadene  Hayes  June  22,'46 

Maureen  O'Hara-Dick  Haymes  May, '46 

Martha  O'Driscoll-William  Wright  Aug.  15, '46 

Rita  Hayworth-Larry  Parks  Not  Set 

Gene  Tierney-Vincent  Price  Apr., '46 

Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce  June  7,'46 

Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson  Oct.    I  ,'46 

Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten  Not  Set 

Constance  Moore-WiHiam  Marshall       Aug.  22, '46 

Esther  Williams-Van  Johnson  July  25.'46 

Sunset  Carson-Marie  Harmon  May22,'46 

Edmund  Lowe-Brenda  Joyce  Dec.  8, '46 

John  Payne-June  Haver  Not  Set 

Errol  Flynn-lda  Lupino  Not  Set 

Michael  Simon-Suzanne  Dantes  Sept.  14/46 

Barbara  Britton-Rudy  Vallee  Not  Set 

John  Carradine-Claudia  Drake  Feb.  2/46 

Tom  Drake-Donna  Reed  Aug.  22/46 

Tom  Conway-Rita  Corday  July  1/46 

Alice  Faye-Dana  Andrews  Dec, '45 

Disney  Musical  Feature  Sept.  28/46 

Warren  William-Peter  Cookson  Mar.  2/46 

Louise  Ferida-Amedeo  Nazzari  Jan.  14/46 

Esther  Williams-Ricardo  Monfalban  Not  Set 

Alan  Curtis-Evelyn  Ankers  Oct.  1/46 

George  Zucco-Hope  Kramer  Feb.  20/46 

William  Garqan-Nancy  Kelly  Dec.  14/45 

William  Boyd-Andy  Clyde  Not  Set 

Valentino  Serove-Eugene  Samoilav  Feb.  23/46 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser  June  29/46 

Albert  Dekker-Evelyn  Ankers  May  18/46 

Joan  Fontaine-Mark  Stevens  Block  4 

Rod  Cameron-Yvonne  De  Carlo  Dec.  21/45 

Charles  Starrett-Jean  Stevens  Jan.  31/46 

Richard  Greene-Ann  Todd  Not  Set 
Marshall  Thompson-George  Tobias    (T)  Aug.  29/46 

Glenn  Ford-Janet  Blair  Sept.  24/46 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  Apr.  25/46 

John  Loder-Audrey  Long  Block  4 

Robert  Lowery-Teala  Loring  Oct.  14/46 

Allan  Lane-Jean  Rogers  Jan.  25/46 

Gilbert  Roland-Martin  Garralaga  Mar.  30/46 

Godfrey  Tearle-Jeanne  de  Casalis 
Alan  Carney-Anne  Jeffreys 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Claudia  Drake 
Leon  Errol-Joe  Kirkwood 
Osa  Massen-Robert  Stanton 
Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Dennis  O'Keefe-Marie  MacDonald 
James  Ellison-Anne  Gwynne 
Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Rita  Hayworth-Glenn  Ford 
Gunn  Wallgren-Stig  Jarrel 
Hugh  Williams-Joan  Greenwood 
Ruth  Nelson-Loren  Tindall 
Lois  Collier-Jess  Barker 
Lynne  Roberts-Richard  Powers 
James  Ellison-Anna  Lee- 
Paul  Kelly-Anna  Gwynne 
Robert  Lowery-Helen  Gilbert 
Gene  Autry-Smiley  Burnette 
Eric  Portman-Flora  Robson 
Luise  Rainer-Fernand  Gravet  (T) 
Charles  Coburn-Tom  Drake 
Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 
Charles  Starrett-Phyliss  Adair 
Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 
Allan  LaneJane  Frazee 


Mar.  15/46 
Oct.  20/46 
June  8/46 
Oct.  5/46 
Feb.  28/46 
Mar.  27/46 
Nov.  30/45 

Not  Set 
June  3/46 
Apr.  25/46 
Sept.  28/46 

Not  Set 
Oct.  1 1  ,'45 
Jan.  11/46 
Nov.  2/45 
Aug.  12/46 
Apr.  27/46 

Apr.,'46 
Jan.  15/46 
Oct.  30/46 
Sept.  30/46 
July  4/46 
Aug.  30/46 
Mar.  21/46 
Jan. 18/46 
Jan.  27/46 


r—  REVIEWED  s 

M.P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsit 

Data 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

107m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2756 

3164 

86m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2748 

3100 

62  m 

Dec.  15/45 

27.58 

2710 

3164 

3031 

62  m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

2695 

101m 

Sept.  26/36 

80m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

2628 

297b 

1  14m 

Sept.  29/45 

2661 

2384 

2798 

3240 

68m 

May  25/46 

3005 

91m 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2499 

3188 

75m 

July  20/46 

3102 

3007 

3264 

3126 

103m 

C-L  'AL 

reo.  zj,  *to 

O  DC  7 

zob/ 

2403 

3188 

79m 

/  zm 

May  25/46 

3007 

OOO  7 
Z70  / 

59m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

3187 

2926 

90m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

2939 

3228 

1  Mm 

Apr.  13/46 

2937 

2366 

3264 

54m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

2972 

78m 

Sept.  29/45 

2662 

2279 

2499 

2861 

Judy  Garland-John  Hodiak  Jan. -Feb. ,'46 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Linda  Johnson  Mar.  2/46 
Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  Aug.  15/46 

Ginger  Rogers-Jean  Pierre  Aumont  Special 
Laurence  Olivier-Robert  Newton      (T)  June  17/46 


82m 

Oct.  5/46 

3238 

2926 

72m 

Jan  26  '46 

Jail.  1  V;  ~\J 

2818 

81m 

Jun„  IK  'Ak 

3042 

2951 

63  m 

Ann  20  '46 

2950 

97m 

Oct.  27/45 

2693 

2454 

124m 

Oct.  5  '46 

3238 

68m 

Jan.    9(  to 

L  1  OO 

Z  070 

7  3 111 

Jan.  1  7 |  *to 

L  OUO 

7  Cm 

9fi70. 
jU/o 

o  y  m 

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Jan.  ZO,  *to 

9fl  1  Q 

9A7rt 
ZO/U 

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Ann  9C 

Aug.  zd,  *to 

9A30 
ZO  j  7 

ZbT-0 

63m 

Oct.  1 2  '46 

Mar     9  '4A 
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9flR9 
ZooZ 

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Ju ne    1 1  46 

3ft  1  7 

909  A 

Z  7/0 

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May  ZD,  nO 

3UUO 

70m 

Mar*     9  'AA 

Mar.   z,  *ro 

9QAQ 
Z0O7 

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Zoo  1 

0ZO4 

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Uec.    0,  *rD 

97AA 
Z/nO 

£000 

007C 
ZV/D 

oum 

C-L     q  MA 

reo   V,  *to 

9Q37 

9  Afi  A 

Zooo 

98m 

May  4,'46 

2974 

98m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2778 

3264 

86m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

2939 

3228 

D*tm 

l  A          OC  'AL 

May  ZD,  *rO 

J  UUo 

977Q 
Z  /  /o 

72m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2384 

2810 

68m 

Oct.  12/46 

3250 

3238 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2784 

3018 

65m 

June  15/46 

3042 

2963 

84m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

61m 

Aug.  10/46 

3138 

3078 

55m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

2963 

72m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

3126 

74m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

2792 

52m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

72m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2975 

2972 

56m 

June  1/45 

3017 

107m 

Mar.  23/46 

2907 

2776 

3264 

90m 

Oct.  26/46 

3274 

86m 

June  8/46 

3029 

60m 

Oct.  20/45 

2686 

2670 

75m 

Jan.  12/46 

2795 

2467 

68m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

2467 

69m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3127 

68m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2792 

62  m 

July  27/46 

31  14 

3264 

60m 

July  16/38 

62m 

July  27/46 

3114 

106m 

Sept.  21/46 

3212 

128m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2883 

3228 

3187 

53m 

Apr.  27/46 

2962 

2784 

57m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2744 

65m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

2543 

104m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2354 

2975 

51m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

2792 

56m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

3188 

101m 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2883 

3228 

134m 

Dec.  2/44 

2626 

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Tradeshow  or 

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Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Title 

Com  party 

XT  L 

Number 

Stars 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Her  Adventurous  Night 

Univ. 

538 

Dennis  O'Keefe-Helen  Walker 

July  5,'46 

75m 

June  29/46 

3065 

3007 

Her  Highness  and  the  Bel  1- 

(Block  13) 

MGM 

603 

Hedy  Lamarr-Robert  Walker 

Oct.,'45 

1  1  Im 

July  14/45 

2631 

2259 

2810 

Her  Kind  of  Man 

WB 

518 

Zachary  Scott-Janis  Paige 

May  1 1,'46 

78  m 

Apr.  27/46 

2961 

2838 

3264 

Her  Sister's  Secret 

PRC 

Nancy  Coleman-Philip  Reed 

Sept.  23,'46 

85m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3090 

High  Barbaree 

MGM 

Van  Johnson-June  Allyson 

Not  Set 

3238 

rligh  School  Hero 

Mono. 

517 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

Sept.  7,"46 

69  m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3126 

Hit  the  Hay 

Col. 

7018 

Judy  Canova-Ross  Hunter 

Nov.  29,'45 

62m 

2662 

Hold  That  Blonde  (Block  2) 

Para. 

4506 

Eddie  Bracken-Veronica  Lake 

Nov.  23/45 

76m 

Oct.  13/45 

2679 

2259 

2810 

Holiday  in  Mexico  (color) 

MGM 

Walter  Pidgeon-llona  Massey 

Sept.,'46 

128m 

July  27/46 

3113 

2764 

Home  in  Oklahoma 

Rep. 

5542 

Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 

Nov.  8,'46 

3163 

Home  on  the  Range  (color) 

Rep. 

5501 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Apr.  18, '46 

55m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2926 

Home  Sweet  Homicide 

20th-Fox 

640 

Lynn  Bari-Randolph  Scott 

Oct., '46 

90m 

July  27/46 

3124 

2939 

Honeymoon 

RKO 

Shirley  Temple-Guy  Madison 

Not  Set 

2939 

Hoodlum  Saint  (Block  16) 

MGM 

618 

William  Powell-Esther  Williams 

Apr.-May,'46 

93m 

Feb.  9/46 

2837 

2830 

3164 

Hot  Cargo  (Block  5) 

Para. 

4523 

William  Gargan-Philip  Reed 

June  28, '46 

57m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2870 

Hotel  Reserve  (British) 

RKO 

615 

James  Mason-Lucie  Mannheim 

Block  3 

79m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

House  of  Dracula 

Univ. 

511 

Lon  Chaney-Lionel  Atwill 

Dec.  7,'45 

67m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

2670 

2975 

House  of  Horrors 

Univ. 

525 

Robert  Lowery-Virginia  Grey 

Mar.  29, '46 

66m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

2850 

t  House  on  92nd  Street,  The 

20th- Fox 

608 

William  Eythe-Lloyd  Nolan 

Oct./45 

88m 

Sept.  15/45 

2645 

2499 

2898 

Dow  Do  You  Do7 

PRC 

Bert  Gordon-Harry  Von  Zell 

Dec.  24, '45 

80m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2655 

Humoresque 

\A/D 
WB 

Joan  Orawtord-Jonn  Garfield 

Not  5et 

2786 

Hurricane  (Reissue)  Filrr 

Classics 

f~\            ill                         1  III! 

Dorothy  Lamour-Jon  Hall 

Jan.  15. '46 

101m 

Nov.  13/37 

1  COVER  Big  Town 

Para. 

Philip  Reed-Hillary  Brooke 

Not  Set 

2776 

(formerly  Big  Town) 

Idea  Girl 

Univ. 

518 

Jess  Barker-Julie  Bishop 

Feb.  8/46 

60m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

2764 

If  I'm  Lucky 

20th-Fox 

638 

Vivian  Blaine-Harry  James 

Sept.,'46 

79m 

Aug.  31/46 

3174 

3066 

3264 

1  Know  Where  I'm  Going  (Brit.)  GFD 

Wendy  Hiller-Roger  Livesey 

Not  Set 

91m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

Imperfect  Lady 

Para. 

Teresa  Wright-Ray  Milland 

Not  Set 

2870 

In  Fast  Company 

Mono. 

510 

Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 

June  22/46 

63m 

May  1 1/46 

2986 

2972 

Inner  Circle,  The 

Rep. 

526 

Warren  Douglas-Lynne  Roberts 

Aug.  7/46 

57m 

Sept.  21/46 

3211 

3127 

In  Old  Sacramento 

Rep. 

517 

William  Elliott-Belle  Malone 

May  31/46 

89m 

May  4/46 

2973 

3188 

Inside  Job 

Univ. 

537 

Preston  Foster-Ann  Rutherford 

June  28/46 

65m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2987 

Invisible  Informer,  The 

Rep. 

529 

Linda  Stirling-William  Henry 

Aug.  19/46 

57m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3127 

1  Ring  Door  Bells 

PRC 

Robert  Shayne-Ann  Gwynne 

Feb.  25/46 

64m 

Jan.  5/46 

2786 

1  See  a  Dark  Stranger  (British)  GFD 

Deborah  Kerr-Trevor  Howard 

Not  Set 

1  12m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

It  All  Came  True  (Reissue) 

WB 

503 

Ann  Sheridan-Jeffrey  Lynn-H.  Bogart     Oct.  6, '45 

97m 

Apr.  6/40 

It  Happened  at  the  Inn  (Fr. 

MGM 

Fernand  Ledoux-Maurice  Schutz 

(T)  Feb.  25/46 

96m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

It  Happened  in  Brooklyn 

MGM 

Frank  Sinatra-Kathryn  Grayson 

Not  Set 

3238 

It's  Great  To  Be  Young 

Col. 

7038 

Leslie  Brooks-Jimmy  Lloyd 

Sept.  12/46 

68m 

Sept.  21/46 

3210 

3163 

It's  a  Wonderful  Life  (Specie 

1)  RKO 

James  Stewart-Donna  Reed 

(T)  Dec.,'46 

3186 

It  Shouldn't  Happen  to  a  Dog 

20th-Fox 

632 

Carole  Landis-Allyn  Joslyn 

July/46 

70m 

June  1/46 

3017 

2963 

I've  Always  Loved  You  (colo 

)  Rep. 

Maria  Ouspenskaya-Philip  Dorn 

(T)  Aug.  27/46 

1 17m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

2628 

3228 

(Special) 

JANIE  Gets  Married 

WB 

520 

Joan  Leslie-Robt.  Hutton 

June  22/46 

91m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2655 

3228 

Jesse  James  (Reissue) 

20th-Fox 

618 

Tyrone  Power-Nancy  Kelly 

Feb./46 

106m 

Jan.  14/39 

Joe  Palooka,  Champ 

Mono. 

502 

Joe  Kirkwood-Elyse  Knox 

May  28/46 

70m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

3164 

Johnnie  Comes  Flying  Home 

20th-Fox 

624 

Martha  Stewart-Richard  Crane 

Apr.,'46 

65m 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

2764 

Johnny  in  the  Clouds  (Br.) 

UA 

Michael  Redgrave-John  Mills 

Mar.  15/46 

109m 

Nov.  17/45 

2717 

Jolson  Story,  The  (color) 

Col. 

Larry  Parks-William  Demarest 

Not  Set 

128m 

Sept.  21/46 

3209 

2883 

Journey  Together  (British) 

English 

Edward  G.  Robinson-Bessie  Love 

Mar.  2/46 

80m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

Jungle  Flight 

Para. 

Robert  Lowery-Anne  Savage 

Not  Set 

3126 

Jungle  Princess  (Reissue) 

Para.  R5-3620 

Dorothy  Lamour-Ray  Milland 

Sept.  1/46 

84m 

Set.  2  i  ,'46 

3212 

Junior  Prom 

Mono. 

514 

Freddie  Stewart-June  Preisser 

May  1 1/46 

69  m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

Just  Before  Dawn 

Col. 

7021 

Warner  Baxter-Mona  Barrie 

Mar.  7/46 

65m 

2756 

(formerly  Exposed  by  the  Crime  Doctor 

t  KID  from  Brooklyn,  The  (color)  RKO 

652 

Danny  Kaye-Virginia  Mayo 

Special 

1 14m 

Mar.  30/46 

2918 

2628 

3228 

Kid  Millions  (Reissue)       Film  Classics 

Eddie  Cantor-Ann  Sothern 

Nov.  1/45 

92m 

Oct.  27/34 

Killers,  The 

Univ. 

548 

Burt  Lancaster-Ava  Gardner 

Aug.  30/46 

102m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

3055 

3228 

f  Kiss  and  Tell  (Special) 

Col. 

7101 

Shirley  Temple-Jerome  Courtland 

Oct.  18/45 

90m 

Sept.  8/45 

2637 

2353 

2898 

t  Kitty  (Block  2) 

Para. 

4509 

Paulette  Goddard-Ray  Milland 

May  10/46 

104m 

Oct.  6/45 

2669 

2093 

3228 

LADIES'  Man 

Para. 

Eddie  Bracken-Virginia  Welles 

Not  Set 

2809 

Lady  Chaser 

PRC 

Robert  Lowery-Ann  Savage 

Oct.  2 1/46 

Lady  Luck  (Block  1) 

RKO 

702 

Robert  Young-Barbara  Hale 

Oct.  18/46 

97m 

July  20/46 

3102 

2756 

Lady  of  Fortune  (  Reissue)   Film  Classics 

Miriam  Hopkins-Frances  Dee 

Dec.  15/45 

69m 

June  22/35 

(formerly  Becky  Sharp) 

Lady  Surrenders,  A  (Brit.) 

Univ. 

Margaret  Lockwood-Stewart  Granger  (T)Oct.  4,'46 

1  17m 

Oct.  12/46 

3249 

Landrush 

Col. 

861 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnett 

Oct.  17/46 

54m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3211 

2895 

Larceny  in  Her  Heart- 

PRC 

Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker 

July  10/46 

68m 

May  25/46 

3006 

2963 

Last  Chance,  The  (Bl.  16)  (Swiss)  MGM 

621 

£.  G.  Morrison-John  Hoy 

Apr.-May,'46 

105m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

2930 

Last  Crooked  Mile,  The 

Rep. 

527 

Donald  Barry-Ann  Savage 

Aug.  9/46 

67m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

Last  Frontier  Uprising 

Rep. 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Not  Set 

3187 

Lawless  Breed 

Univ. 

1106 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 

Aug.  16/46 

Lawless  Empire 

Col. 

7202 

Charles  Starrett-Mildred  Law 

Nov.  15/45 

59  m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2543 

\  Leave  Her  to  Heaven  (color) 

(Special) 

20th-Fox 

614 

Gene  Tierney-Cornel  Wilde 

Jan. ,'46 

1  10m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2499 

2898 

Letter  for  Evie,  A  (Block  15) 

MGM 

614 

Marsha  Hunt-John  Carroll 

Jan.-Feb.,'46 

89m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2655 

2930 

Life  and  Miracles  of  Blessed 

Mother  Cabrini,  The  (Ital.)  Elliott 

La  Cheduzzi-Mila  Lanza 

July  6/46 

60m 

July  6/46 

3077 

Life  with  Blondie 

Col. 

70i9 

Penny  Singleton-Arthur  Lake 

Dec.  13/45 

70m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2686 

Lighthouse 

PRC 

John  Litel-June  Lang 

Nov.  11/46 

Lightning  Raiders 

PRC 

Buster  Crabbe-Al  St.  John 

Jan.  7/46 

Vim 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2686 

Likely   Story,  A 

RKO 

Bill  Williams-Barbara  Hale 

Not  Set 

2963 

Lisbon  Story  (British)         Natl.  Anglo 

Patricia  Burke-David  Farrar 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

Little  Giant 

Univ. 

120 

Abbott  and  Costello 

Feb.  22/46 

91m 

Mar.  2/46 

2869 

2756 

3088 

3280 


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Title 
Little  Iodine 
Little  Miss  Big 
Little  Mister  Jim 
Live  Wires 
Locket,  The 


Company 
UA 
Univ. 
MGM 
Mono. 
RKO 


(formerly  What  Nancy  Wanted) 
London  Town  (Brit.)  (col.)  U-l 
Lonesome  Trail  Mono. 
Lone  Star  Moonlight  Col. 
t  Lost  Weekend,  The  (Block  I)  Para, 
f  Love  Letters  (Block  I)  Para. 
Lover  Come  Back  Univ. 
Loyal  Heart  (British)  Strand-Anglo 


Prod. 
Number 

549 
509 


571 

4503 
4502 
536 


Stars 

Jo  Ann  Marlowe-Marc  Cramer 
Fay  Holden-Beverly  Simmons 
"Butch"  Jenkins-Frances  Gifford 
Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall 
Laraine  Day-Brian  Aherne 

Sid  Field-Greta  Gynt 

James  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White 

Ken  Curtis-Joan  Barton 

Ray  Milland-Jane  Wyman 

Jennifer  Jones-Joseph  Cotten 

George  Brent-Lucille  Ball 

Harry  Welchmann-Percy  Marmont 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

T      J  L 

1  radeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Oct.  1  l,'46 

57m 

Sept.  14/46 

3198 

3066 

Aug.  30, '46 

61m 

Sept.   7, '46 

3186 

2963 

(T)  June  4,'46 

94m 

June   8, '46 

3030 

2926 

Jan.  12, '46 

65m 

Feb.  I6,'46 

2849 

Not  Set 

2939 

Not  Set 

I2lm 

Sept.  21, '46 

3209 

Dec.  8, '45 

57m 

Jan.  12, '46 

2793 

2695 

Nov.  I4,'46 

3274 

Jan.  25, '46 

101m 

Aug.  18, '45 

2639 

2242 

2975 

Oct.  26,'45 

101m 

Aug.  25,'45 

2646 

2230 

2810 

June  21, '46 

90m 

June  22, '46 

3054 

2939 

Not  Set 

78m 

Mar.  16/46 

2895 

MACOMBER  Affair,  The  UA 
(formerly  Short  Happy  Life 
of  Francis  Macomber) 
Madonna  of  the  Seven  Seas 

(British)  Univ. 
Madonna's  Secret,  The  Rep. 
Magic  Bow,  The  (British)  GFD 
Magnificent  Doll  Univ. 
Make  Mine  Music  (color)  (Spcl.)  RKO 
Man  from  Rainbow  Valley  (color)  Rep. 
Man  I  Love,  The  WB 
Man  in  Grey,  The  (Brit.)  Univ. 
Man  Who  Dared,  The  Col. 
Margie  (color)  20th-Fox 
Marie  Louise  (French)  Mayer-Burstyn 
Mask  of  Diijon  PRC 
Masquerade  in  Mexico  (Block  3)  Para. 
Meet  Me  on  Broadway  Col. 
Meet  the  Navy  (Br.)  Natl.-Anglo 
Men  of  Two  Worlds  (Br.)  (color)  GFD 
Michigan  Kid,  The  (color)  Univ. 
Mighty  McGurk,  The  MGM 
Missing  Lady,  The  Mono. 

\  Miss  Susie  Slagle's  (Block  3)  Para. 
Mr.  Ace  UA 
Mr.  Hex  Mono. 

f  Monsieur  Beaucaire  (Special)  Para. 
Moon  Over  Montana  Mono. 
Murder  in  the  Music  Hall  Rep. 
Murder  Is  My  Business  PRC 
My  Brother  Talks  to  Horses  MGM 
My  Darling  Clementine  20th-Fox 
My  Dog  Shep  Screen  Guild 

My  Name  Is  Julia  Ross  Col. 
My  Pal  Trigger  Rep. 

t  My  Reputation  WB 
Mysterious  Intruder  Col. 
Mysterious  Mr.  Valentine  Rep. 


Gregory  Peck-Joan  Bennett  Not  Set 


526  Phyllis  Calvert-Stewart  Granger  Apr.  5/46 

510  Francis  Lederer-Gail  Patrick  Feb.  16/46 

....  Stewart  Granger-Phyllis  Calvert  Not  Set 

....  Ginger  Rogers-Burgess  Meredith  Nov. ,'46 

692  Disney  Musical  Feature  (T)  July  4/46 

5502  Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth  June  15/46 

Ida  Lupino-Robert  Alda  Not  Set 

523  Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Mar.  15/46 

7040  Leslie  Brooks-George  Macready  May  30/46 

646  Jeanne  Crain-Alan  Young  Nov. ,'46 

....  Josiane-Heinrich  Gretler  Nov.  12/46 

....  Erich  Von  Stroheim-Jeanne  Bates  Apr.  9/46 

4512  Dorothy  Lamour-Arturo  de  Cordova  Feb.  22/46 
7014  Marjorie  Reynolds-Fred  Brady  Jan.  3/46 
....  Oscar  Naske  Not  Set 

  Eric  Portman-Phyllis  Cavert  Sept.  9/46 

....  Jon  Hall-Rita  Johnson  Nov.,'46 

Wallace  Beery-Edward  Arnold  (T)  Nov.  18/46 

525  Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed  Aug.  17/46 

4513  Sonny  Tufts-Veronica  Lake  Mar.  8/46 
....  George  Raft-Sylvia  Sydney  Aug.  2/46 
....  Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  Nov.  9/46 
4532  Bob  Hope-Joan  Caulfield  Aug.  30/46 

572  Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Feb.  23/46 

512  Vera  Hruba  Ralston-William  Marshal  Apr.  10/46 
....  Hugh  Beaumont-Cheryl  Walker  Apr.  10/46 
  Peter  Lawford-"Butch"  Jenkins         (T)  Nov.  18/46 

645  Henry  Fonda-Linda  Darnell  Nov.,'46 

4609  Tom  Neal-Helen  Chapman-'Tlame"  Dec.  1/46 

7017  Nina  Foch-George  Macready  Nov.  27/45 

5541  Roy  Rogers-George  "Gabby"  Hayes       July  10/46 

510  Barbara  Stanwyck-George  Brent  Jan.  26/46 

7025  Richard  Dix-Barton  MacLane  Apr.  I  I  ,'46 

531  William  Henry-Linda  Stirling  Sept.  3/46 


3076 


88m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

79m 

reb.  IS,  46 

2858 

2838 

106m 

Oct.  19/46 

3262 

3  9  ~l  A 

SL  /4 

/4m 

Apr.  27,  46 

hi') 
ibbl 

■  -  •• 

3264 

ri  

06m 

1...  _  OO  1  A  L 

June  11,  46 

2963 

9  TO  A 

90m 

Dec.  8/45 

2746 

com 

1.,..  oo  'Ak 

June  /7,  *to 

909  A 
£7/0 

94m 

Oct.  19/46 

3261 

2884 

93  m 

Nov.  24/45 

2726 

74m 

Feb.  2/46 

2829 

2792 

3018 

96m 

Dec.  1/45 

2733 

2686 

2975 

69  m 

Feb.  23/46 

2857 

2744 

81m 

June  15/46 

3043 

109m 

Sept.  28/46 

3224 

3090 
3066 

60m 

Sept.  2 1/46 

3211 

3031 

88m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2216 

84m 

Aug.  31/46 

3173 

2926 

3264 

3240 

93m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2883 

3264 

56m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

2792 

84m 

Feb.  23/46 

2858 

2748 

63m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

3031 

97m 

Oct.  12/46 

3249 

3078 
3163 

65m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2655 

3018 

79m 

June  22/46 

3053 

96m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

2792 

2975 

61m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

2907 

NAVAJO  Kid  PRC 

'Neath  Canadian  Skies  Screen  Guild 
Never  Say  Goodbye  WB 

t  Night  and  Day  (color)  WB 
Night  Boat  to  Dublin  (Brit.)  A.B.P.C.-Pathe 
Night  Editor  Col. 
Night  in  Casablanca,  A  UA 
Night  in  Paradise,  A  (color)  Univ. 
Night  Train  to  Memphis  Rep. 
Nobody  Lives  Forever  WB 
Nocturne  (Block  2)  RKO 
No  Leave,  No  Love  MGM 
Nora  Prentiss  WB 

(formerly  The  Sentence) 
North  of  the  Border        Screen  Guild 
Northwest  Trail  Screen  Guild 

No  Time  for  Comedy  (Reissue)  WB 

t  Notorious  (Special)  RKO 
Notorious  Gentleman  (British)  U-l 
Notorious  Lone  Wolf  Col. 

OF  Human  Bondage  WB 
Once  There  Was  a  Girl  (  Russ.)  Artkino 

One  Exciting,  Week  Rep. 

One  More  Tomorrow  WB 

One  Way  to  Love  Col. 
Open  City  (Italian)  Mayer-Burstyn 

t  O.S.S.  (Block  6)  Para. 

Our  Hearts  Were  Growing  Up 

(Block  5)  Para. 

Out  California  Way  Rep. 

Outlaw,  The  UA 

Outlaw  of  the  Plains  PRC 

Out  of  the  Depths  Col. 

Overlanders,  The  (British)  GFD 

Overland  Riders  PRC 


Bob  Steele-Caren  March 

Nov.  21/45 

59m 

Dec.  1/45 

2734 

2695 

4606 

Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper 

Oct.  15/46 

41m 

3127 

606 

Erroll  Flynn-Eleanor  Parker 

Nov.  9/46 

97m 

Oct.  26/46 

3273 

2838 

523 

Cary  Grant-Alexis  Smith 

Aug.  3/46 

132m 

July  13/46 

3089 

2838 

3228 

Robert  Newton-Raymond  Lovell 

Not  Set 

100m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

7023 

William  Gargan-Janis  Carter 

Apr.  18/46 

67m 

Apr.  6/46 

2925 

2895 

Marx  Brothers-Lois  Collier 

May  10/46 

85-i 

Apr.  20/46 

2949 

2884 

3264 

529 

Merle  Oberon-Turhan  Bey 

May  3/46 

8'-> 

Apr.  13/46 

2937 

2278 

3100 

523 

Roy  Acuff-Adele  Mara 

July  12/46 

6/m 

July  27/46 

31 14 

2748 

3264 

604 

John  Garfield-Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

Oct.  12/46 

100m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

2830 

George  Raft-Lynn  Bari 

Oct.  15/46 

87m 

Oct.  19/46 

3261 

3055 

Van  Johnson-Marie  Wilson 

Oct.,'46 

1  17m 

Aug.  31/46 

3173 

2818 

Ann  Sheridan-Kent  Smith 

Not  Set 

2883 

4610 

Russell  Hayden-lnez  Cooper 

Nov.  15/46 

46m 

3090 

002 

John  Lytel-Bob  Steele 

Apr./46 

61m 

516 

James  Stewart-Rosalind  Russell 

Apr.  13/46 

99m 

Sept.  7/40 

761 

Ingrid  Bergman-Cary  Grant 

Sept.  6/46 

101m 

July  27/46 

31 13 

2870 

3228 

1066 

Rex  Harrison-Lilli  Palmer 

Nov.  1/46 

109m 

Oct.  26/46 

3273 

7028 

Gerald  Mohr-Janis  Carter 

Feb.  14/46 

64m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2792 

522 

Paul  Henreid-Eleanor  Parker 

July  20/46 

105m 

July  6/46 

3077 

3031 

3228 

Nina  Ivanava-Natasha  Zashipina 

Dec.  22/45 

72  m 

Jan.  12/46 

2793 

521 

Al  Pearce-Arline  Harris 

June  8/46 

69  m 

June  1  5/46 

3042 

2809 

519 

Ann  Sheridan-Dennis  Morgan 

June  1/46 

89m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2838 

3228 

7012 

Janis  Carter-Chester  Morris 

Dec.  20/45 

83  m 

Jan.  5/46 

2785 

2862 

Aldo  Fabrizi-Anna  Magnani 

Not  Set 

100m 

Mar.  2/46 

2870 

4526 

Alan  Ladd-Geraldine  Fitzgerald 

July  26/46 

107m 

May  18/46 

2997 

2963 

4522 

Gail  Russell-Diana  Lynn 

June  14/46 

84m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2555 

3264 

Monte  Hale-Adrian  Booth 

Not  Set 

3127 

Jack  Buetel-Jane  Russell 

Feb.  8/46 

lllm 

Mar.  23/46 

2905 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  St.  John 

Sept.  22/46 

56m 

Sept.  28/46 

3225 

3126 

7035 

Jim  Bannon-Ross  Hunter 

Dec.  27/45 

61m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

2695 

Chips  Rafferty-  John  N.  Hayward 

Not  Set 

91m 

Oct.  19/46 

3261 

Buster  Crabbe-AI  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 

Aug.  21/46 

54m 

Aug. 24/46 

3162 

3126 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


3281 


REVIEWED  - 


Title 


Prod. 

Company  Number 


PARDON  My  Past 
Partners  in  Time 
Passkey  to  Danger 
People  Are  Funny  (Block  2) 
Perfect  Marriage,  The 
Perilous  Holiday 
Perils  of  Pauline  (color) 
Personality  Kid 
Phantom  Thief,  The 
Piccadilly  Incident  (British) 
Pillow  of  Death 
Pink  String  and  Sealing  Wax  Eagle-Lion 

(British) 
Pinocchio  (color)  (Reissue) 
Pirates  of  Monterey  (color) 
'lainsman,  The  (Reissue) 
Plainsman  and  the  Lady,  The 
Portrait  of  Marie  (Bl.  15)  (Mex.)  MGM 
Portrait  of  a  Woman  (Swiss) 

Mayer-Burstyn 
Possessed  WB 
t  Postman  Always  Rings  Twice,  The 

(Block  16)  MGM 
Postmaster's  Daughter  (French)  Vog 
Prairie  Badmen  PRC 
Prairie  Rustlers  PRC 
Prison  Ship  Col. 

QUEEN  of  Burlesque  PRC 
Quiet  Weekend  (British)  ABP 


Col. 

7nn>> 

Rep. 

518 

Para 
rord. 

4508 

Para. 

Col. 

7008 

Para. 

Col. 

7039 

Col. 

7031 

Pathe 

Univ. 

512 

RKO 
Univ. 
Para. 
Rep. 


RAGE  in  Heaven  (R.) 
Raider,  The  (British)  (Color) 
Razor's  Edge,  The 
Rebecca  (Reissue) 
Red  Dragon 
Red  House,  The 

(formerly  No  Trespassing) 
Red  River  Renegades 
Rendezvous  24 
Rendezvous  With  Annie 
Renegades  (color) 
Resistance  (French) 
Return  of  Frank  James,  The  (Reissue) 
20th-Fox 

Return  of  Rusty,  The 
Rio  Grande  Raiders 
Riverboat  Rhythm 
Road  to  Utopia  (Special) 
Roaring  Rangers 
Rolling  Home 
Roll  On,  Texas  Moon 
Romance  of  the  West  (color) 
Rough  Riders  of  Cheyenne 
Runaround,  The 
Russia  on  Parade  (Russ.)  (col.)  Artkino 
Rustler's  Roundup  Univ. 


t  SAILOR  Takes  a  Wife 
(Block  15) 

!  San  Antonio  (color) 

l  Saratoga  Trunk 
Scandal  in  Paris,  A 
Scared  to  Death  (color) 

t  Scarlet  Street 
Sea  of  Grass 


MGM 
WB 
WB 
UA 

Screen  Guild 
Univ. 
MGM 


691 
R5-3624 
612 

620 
7036 


MGM 
English 
20th-Fox 
UA 
Mono. 
UA 

Rep. 
20th-Fox 
Rep. 
Col. 
Vog 


Col. 
Rep. 
RKO 
Para. 
Col. 
Screen  Guild 
Rep. 
PRC 
Rep. 
Univ. 


Searching  Wind,  The  (Block  6)  Para. 

Secret  Heart,  The  MGM 

Secret  of  the  Whistler  Col. 

Secrets  of  a  Sorority  Girl  PRC 

Sentimental  Journey  20th-Fox 

Seventh  Veil,  The   (Brit.)  Univ. 

Seven  Were  Saved  Para. 

Shadowed  Col. 

Shadow  of  a  Woman  WB 

Shadows  on  the  Range  Mono. 

Shadows  Over  Chinatown  Mono. 

(formerly  The  Mandarin  Secret) 

Shadow  Returns,  The  Mono. 

Shahrazad  (color)  Univ. 

(formerly  Fandango) 

Sheriff  of  Redwood  Valley  Rep. 
She  Went  to  the  Races  (Bl.  14)  MGM 

She-Wolf  of  London  Univ. 

She  Wrote  the  Book  Univ. 

Shock  20th-Fox 
Shocking  Miss  Pilgrim,  The 

(color)  20th-Fox 

Show-Off,  The  MGM 

Silver  Range  Mono. 


513 


557 
627 
525 
7003 


619 
7032 

558 

620 
4531 
7205 
4607 

542 

552 
535 

1105 


615 
509 
514 

4608 
514 

4527 


621 
519 

7042 
602 
567 
518 

527 


566 
607 
531 
533 
615 


563 


Tradeshow  or 

Stars  Release  Date 

Fred  MacMurray-Marguerite  Chapman  Dec.25,'45 

Pamela  Blake-John  James  Block  5 

Stephanie  Bachelor-Kane  Richmond  May  I  I, '46 

Jack  Haley-Helen  Walker  Jan.  I  I, '46 

Loretta  Young-David  Niven  Not  Set 

Pat  O'Brien-Ruth  Warrick  Mar.  2 1, '46 

Betty  Hutton-John  Lund  Not  Set 

Anita  Louise-Michael  Duane  Aug.  8, '46 

Chester  Morris-Jeff  Donnell  May  2, '46 

Anna  Neagle-Michael  Wilding  Sept.  20, '46 

Lon  Chaney-Brenda  Joyce  Dec.  14, '45 

Mervyn  Johns-Mary  Merrall  Not  Set 


Disney  Feature  Cartoon 
Maria  Montez-Rod  Cameron 
Gary  Cooper-Jean  Arthur 
William  Elliott-Vera  Hruba  Ralston 
Dolores  Del  Rio-Pedro  Armendariz 

Francoise  Rosay-Henry  Guisol 
Joan  Crawford-Van  Heflin 

Lana  Turner-John  Garfield 
Harry  Baur-Jeanine  Crispin 
Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John 
Nina  Foch-Robert  Lowery 

Evelyn  Ankers-Carleton  Young 
Derek  Farr-Frank  Cellier 

Ingrid  Bergman-Robert  Montgomery 
Documentary 

Tyrone  Power-Gene  Tierney 
Laurence  Olivier-Joan  Fontaine 
Sidney  Toler-Benson  Fong 
Edw.  G.  Robinson-Lon  McAllister 

Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
William  Gargan-Marie  Palmer 
Eddie  Albert-Faye  Marlowe 
Evelyn  Keyes-Willard  Parker 
Lucien  Coedel-Yvonne  Gaudeau 

Henry  Fonda-Gene  Tierney 
Ted  Donaldson-Barbara  Wooddell 
Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
Leon  Erroll-Glenn  Vernon 
Bing  Crosby-Bob  Hope-D.  Lamour 
Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 
Jean  Parker-Russell  Hayden 
Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans 
Eddie  Dean-Joan  Barton 
Sunset  Carson-Peggy  Stewart 
Ella  Raines-Rod  Cameron 
Documentary 

Kirby  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 


Robert  Walker-June  Allyson 
Errol  Flynn-Alexis  Smith 
Gary  Cooper-lngrid  Bergman 
Georqe  Sanders-Signe  Hasso 
Bela  Lugosi-Joyce  Compton 
Edw.  G.  Robinson-Joan  Bennett 
Spencer  Tracy-Katharine  Hepburn 
Robert  Young-Ann  Richards 
Claudette  Colbert-Walter  Pidgeon 
Richard  Dix-Leslie  Brooks 
Mary  Ware-Rick  Vallin 
John   Payne-Maureen  O'Hara 
James  Mason-Ann  Todd 
Richard  Denninq-Catherine  Craig 
Anita  Louise-Robert  Scott 
Andrea  King-Helmut  Dantine 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-R.  Hatton 
Sidney  Toler-Sen  Yung 

Kane  Richmond-Barbara  Reed 
Yvonne  de  Carlo-Brian  Donlevy 

"Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Alice  Fleming 
James  Craig-Frances  Gifford 
June  Lockhart-Jan  Wiley 
Joan  Davis-Jack  Oakie 
Vincent  Price-Lynn  Bar! 


Special 
Not  Set 
Sept.  I,'46 
Not  Set 
Jan. -Feb., '46 

Apr.  20,'46 
Not  Set 

Apr.-May,'46 
Aug.  I7,'46 
July  17/46 
Nov.  7,'46 
Nov.  I5,'45 

July  24,'46 
Not  Set 

Oct.,'46 
May, '46- 
Not  Set 
Apr.  26,'46 
Feb.  2, '46 
Not  Set 


Jan.-Feb.,'46 
Dec.  29/45 
Mar.  30,'46 
July  I9,'46 
Nov.  I, '46 
Dec.  28/45 

Not  Set 
Aug.  9/46 

Not  Set 
Nov.  7/46 
Aug.  15/46 

Mar.,'46 
Feb.  15/46 

Not  Set 
Sept.  26/46 
Sept.  14/46 
Aug.  10/46 
July  27/46 

Feb. 16/46 
Not  Set 

Mar.  29/46 
Nov. -Dec. ,45 
May  17/46 
May  31/46 
Feb.,'46 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

87m 

Sept.  8/45 

2637 

2543 

mm 

JU  1  0 

76m 

Apr.  20/46 

2951 

58m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

2987 

93  m 

Oct.  13/45 

2677 

?h  in 

9ftft1 

LOO  O 

89m 

May  25/46 

3007 

2776 

in  i  & 

7919 

68m 

Aug.  24/46 

3161 

3031 

65m 

June  22/46 

3053 

2926 

100m 

Sept.  7/46 

3 1 85 

66m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

£.*r^*r 

95m 

Dec.  15/45 

2757 

85m 

Feb.  3/40 

3127 

1 13m 

Sept.  21/46 

3212 

3127 

76m 

Dec.  29/45 

2777 

2930 

80m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

107ft 

JUi  o 

1  13m 

Mar.  16/46 

2893 

2883 

3228 

74m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

55m 

July  27/46 

3114 

3055 

56m 

Nov.  3/45 

2703 

2670 

60m 

Dec.  15/45 

2758 

2670 

70m 

July  6,'46 

3078 

2987 

90m 

May  25/46 

3006 

1  17m 

Aug.  24/46 

3162 

70m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

3127 

125  m 

Mar.  30/40 

64m 

Dec.  22/45 

2765 

3090 


July  25/46 

55m 

Sept.  7/46 

3185 

3066 

May/46 

70m 

May  4/46 

2974 

2951 

July  22/46 

89m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

June  13/46 

87m 

May  25/46 

3005 

2776 

July/46 

76m 

July  13/46 

3089 

Feb.,'46 

92m 

Aug.  17/40 

June  27/46 

3007 

Sept.  9/46 

57m 

Oct.  12/46 

3250 

3163 

Block  4 

65m 

Feb.  16/46 

2849 

Mar.  22/46 

89m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2744 

Feb.  14/46 

56m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

2543 

Nov.  1/46 

71m 

3163 

Sept.  12/46 

68  m 

Sept.  21/46 

3211 

3030 

Mar.  20/46 

58m 

Feb.  9/46 

2838 

2792 

Nov.  1/45 

56m 

Nov.  10/45 

2709 

2686 

June  14/46 

86m 

June  1 5/46 

3043 

2987 

Sept.  6/46 

45m 

Sept.  28/46 

3221 

Aug.  9/46 

3138 

92  m 
1 12m 
135m 
1 00m 

72m 
102m 

107m 


58m 

94m 


Jan.  5/46 
Nov.  24/45 
Nov.  24/45 
July  20/46 

Dec.  29/45 

May  I  i  ,'46 


Aug.  24/46 
Feb.  9/46 


2786 
2725 
2725 
3112 

2777 

2985 


3161 
2837 


2555 
2216 
1431 
2764 
3127 
2662 
3238 
2884 
3274 
3274 
3031 
2756 


Betty  Grable-Dick  Haymes  Not  Set 

Red  Skelton-Marilyn  Maxwell  (T)  Aug.  12/46 

Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton    Nov.  2/46 


94m 

Nov.  10/45 

2786 

2972 

3163 

78m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

2543 

57m 

Oct.  12/46 

3250 

3066 

64m 

2963 

61m 

Jan.  19/46 

2806 

2884 

54m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2778 

87m 

Oct.  20/45 

2685 

61m 

Apr.  13/46 

2938 

2809 

76m 

May  1  1/46 

2987 

2870 

70m 

Jan. 19/46 

2805 

2764 

2884 

83  m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

2951 

3240 

3228 


3088 


2898 
2930 
2975 


2898 


3264 


2975 


2930 


3282 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


Title  Company 
Sinbad,  the  Sailor  (color)  (Bl.  2)  RKO 
Singing  on  the  Trail  Col. 
Sing  Your  Way  Home  RKO 
Sing  While  You  Dance  Col. 
Sin  of  Harold  Diddlebock,  The  UA 
Sirocco  (French)  Leo  Cohen 

Sister  Kenny  (Block  I)  RKO 
Six  Sun  Man  PRC 
Six  P.M.  (Russian)  Artkino 
Slightly  Scandalous  Univ. 

t  Smoky  (color)  20th-Fox 
Smooth  as  Silk  Univ. 
Snafu  Col. 
So  Dark  the  Night  Col. 
So  Goes  My  Love  Univ. 
Somewhere  in  the  Night  20th-Fox 
Song  of  Mexico  Rep. 
Song  of  Old  Wyoming  (color)  PRC 
Song  of  Scheherazade  (color)  Univ. 
Song  of  the  Sierras  Mono. 
Song  of  the  South  (Spcl.)  (Col.)  RKO 
South  of  Monterey  Mono. 

t  Spanish  Main,  The  (color)  RKO 
Specter  of  the  Rose  Rep. 

f  Spellbound  UA 
Spider,  The  20th-Fox 
Spider  Woman  Strikes  Back,  The  Univ. 

f  Spiral  Staircase,  The  RKO 
Splendor  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 

Spook  Busters  Mono. 
Spring  Song  (British)  Brit.  Natl. 

Stallion  Road  WB 
Stars  Over  Texas  PRC 
Step  By  Step  (Block  I)  RKO 

t  Stolen  Life,  A  WB 

}  Stork  Club,  The  (Block  2)  Para. 
Stormy  Waters  (French)  MSM 
Strange  Conquest  Univ. 
Strange  Holiday  PRC 
Strange  Impersonation  Rep. 
Strange  Journey  20th-Fox 

t  Strange  Love  of  Martha  Ivers 

(Block  6)  Para. 
Strange  Mr.  Gregory  Mono. 

t  Stranger,  The  (Special)  RKO 
Strange  Triangle  20th-Fox 
Strange  Voyage  Mono. 
Strange  Woman,  The  UA 
Strangler  of  the  Swamp  PRC 
Strike  Me  Pink  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 
Suddenly  It's  Spring  Para. 
Sunbonnet  Sue  Mono. 
Sunset  Pass  (Block  I)  RKO 
Sun  Valley  Cyclone  Rep. 
Sun  Valley  Serenade  (R.)  20th-Fox 
Susie  Steps   Out  UA 

(formerly  Miss  Television) 
Suspense  (Special)  Mono. 
Swamp  Fire  (Block  6)  Para. 
Sweetheart  of  Sigma  Chi  Mono. 
Swell  Guy  •  Univ. 

Swing  Parade  of  1946  Mono. 
Symphonic  D'Amour  (French)  Alganzy 

TALK  About  a  Lady  Col. 

Tangier  Univ. 

Tars  and  Spars  Col. 
Tarzan  and  the  Leopard  Woman  RKO 

Temptation  Univ. 

(formerly  Bella  Donna) 

Tenth  Avenue  Angel  MGM 

Terror  by  Night  Univ. 

Terrors  on  Horseback  PRC 

Terror  Trail  Col. 

Texas  Panhandle  Col. 

That  Brennan  Girl  Rep. 

That  Texas  Jamboree  Col. 

That  Way  With  Women  WB 

Theirs  Is  the  Glory  (British)  GFD 
These  Three  (Reissue)       Film  Classics 
They  Made  Me  a  Killer  (BI.4)  Para, 
t  They  Were  Expendable  ( Bl.  14)  MGM 

They  Were  Sisters  (British)  Univ. 

This  Love  of  Ours  Univ. 

This  Man  Is  Mine  (Brit.)  Col.  Brit. 

This  Time  for  Keeps  (Color)  MGM 
Three  Little  Girls  in  Blue 

(color)  2Cth-Fox 

Three  Strangers  WB 

Three  Wise  Fools  (Block  17)  MGM 

Thrill  of  Col. 


Prod.  Tradeshow  or  Running 

Number                Stars  Release  Date  Time 

....         D.  Fairbanks,  Jr.-Maureen  O'Hara  Not  Set 

7224        Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  Sept.  1 2, '46 

614        Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys  Block  3 

7033         Ellen  Drew-Robert  Stanton  July  25, '46 

....         Harold  Lloyd-Raymond  Walburn  Dec.  6,'46 

....         Viviane  Romance-Dalio  Aug.  10, '46 

701         Rosalind  Russell-Alexander  Knox  Oct.  10, '46 

....         Bob  .Steele-Jean  Carlin  Feb.    I ,'46 

Marine  Ladynina-Eugene  Samoilov  Jan.  26, '46 

544        Sheila  Ryan-Fred  Brady  Aug.  2, '46 

631        Fred  MacMurray-Anne  Baxter  July, '46 

521         Kent  Taylor-Virginia  Grey  Mar.    I, '46 

7010        Nanette  Parks-Robt.  Benchley  Nov.  22, '45 

805        Micheline  Cheirel-Steven  Geray  Oct.  10, '46 

528        Myrna  Loy-Don  Ameche  Apr.  1 9, '46 

629  John  Hodiak-Naney  Guild  June, '46 
506        Adele  Mara-Edgar  Barrier  Dec.  28, '45 

....         Eddie  Dean-Jennifer  Holt  Nov.  12, '45 

....         Brian  Donlevy-Yvonne  de  Carlo  Dec. ,'46  .... 

681        Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Nov.  23, '46 

....         Disney  Feature  Cartoon  Nov.  20,'46  .... 

530        Gilbert  Roland-Frank  YacaTielli  July  10, '46  63m 

610  Paul  Henreid-Maureen  O'Hara  Block  2  10 1  m 
524        Man  Kurov-Viola  Essen  July  5, '46  90m 

....         Ingrid  Bergman-Gregory  Peck  Dec.  28, '45  I  I  I  m 

613        Richard  Conte-Faye  Marlowe  Dec. ,'45  61m 

524        Gale  Sundergaard-Kirby  Grant  Mar.  22, '46  59m 

611  George  Brent-Dorothy  McGuire  Block  3  83m 
....        Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea  June  15, '46  75m 

512  Leo  Gorcey-Huntz  Hall  Aug.  24, '46  68m 
....  Peter  Graves-Carol  Raye  Not  Set  90m 
....         Zachary  Scott-Alexis  Smith  Not  Set  .... 

Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson  Nov.  1 8, '46 

705        Lawrence  Tierney-Anne  Jeffreys  Aug.  30, '46  62m 

521  Bette  Davis-Glenn  Ford  July  6, '46  109m 
4507        Betty  Hutton-Barry  Fitzgerald  Dec.  28, '45  98m 

•  Jean  Gabin-Michele  Morgan  (T)  June  5, '46  80m 
530        Jane  Wyatt-Lowell  Gilmore  May  I0,'46  63m 

Claude  Rains-Barbara  Bate  Sept.  2,'46  56m 

513  Brenda  Marshall-William  Gargan  Mar.  16, '46  62m 
643        Paul  Kelly-Osa  Massen  Oct.,'46  65m 

4529        Barb  ara  Stanwyck-Van  Heflin  Sept.  13, '46  I  1 7m 

516  Edmund  Lowe-Jean  Rogers  Jam  12/46  63m 
683         Edw.  G.  Robinson-Loretta  Young       (T)  July  1 5, '46  85m 

630  Signe  Hasso-John  Shepperd  June, '46  65m 
Eddie  Albert-Forrest  Taylor  July  6, '46  61m 
Hedy  Lamarr-George  Sanders  Oct.  25, '46  .... 
Rosemary  La  Planche-Robt.  Barrett  Jan.  I  ,'46  60m 
Eddie  Cantor-Ethel  Merman  May  15, '46  100m 
Fred  MacMurray-Paulette  Goddard  Not  Set  ... 

501         Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Dec.   8, '45  89m 

704        James  Warren-Nan  Leslie  Oct.    I, '46  59m 

567        "Wild"  Bill  Elliott-Bobby  Blake  May  10, '46  56m 

641         Sonja  Henie-John  Payne  Sept. ,'46  86m 

David  Bruce-Cleatus  Caldwell  Dec.  I  3, '46 

699        Belita-Barry  Sullivan  June  I5,'46  101m 

4528        Johnny  Weissmueller-Virginia  Grey  Sept.   6, '46  69m 

  Elyse  Knox-Phil  Regan  Nov.  16, "46   

Sonny  Tufts-Ann  Blyth  Nov. ,'46 

503        Gale  Storm-Phil  Regan  Mar.  I6,'46  74m 

■  •  •  •         Fernand  Gravet-Jacqueline  Francell  Mar.   9, '46  90m 

7016        j;nx  Falkenburg-Joe  Besser  Mar.  28, '46  71m 

522  Maria  Montez-Preston  Foster  Mar.  8, '46  76m 
7007        Alfred  Drake-Janet  Blair-Marc  Piatt       Jan.  10, '46  86m 

618        Johnny  Weissmuller-J.  Sheffield-B.  Joyce      Block  4  72m 

Merle  Oberon-George  Brent  Dec. ,'46  • 

Margaret  O'Brien-George  Murphy  Not  Set 

517  Basil  Rathbone-Nigel  Bruce  Feb.  I, '46  60m 
....         Buster  Crabbe-Al  "Fuzzy"  St.  John  Aug.  14, '46  55m 

Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette  Nov.  2 1, '46 

7203         Charles  Starrett-Tex  Harding  Dec.  20, '46  55m 

James  Dunn-Mona  Freeman  Not  Set  ... 

7223        Ken  Curtis-Jeff  Donnell  Mayl6,'46  67m 

Sydney  Greenstreet-Martha  Vickers  Not  Set  ■  • 
....         Documentary  Oct.  I4,'46  82m 
Merle  Oberon-Joel  McCrea  Feb.  1 5, '46  95m 
4518        Robert  Lowery-Barbara  Britton  May   3, '46  66m 
609        Robert  Montgomery-John  Wayne  Nov. -Dec, '45  136m 
1065        James  Mason-Phyllis  Calvert  Sept.  20,'46  1  15m 
508        Merle  Oberon-Claude  Rains  Nov.  2, '45  ?0m 
  Tom  Walls-Jeanne  de  Casalis  Not  Set  103m 

•  •••         Esther  Williams-Jimmy  Durante  Not  Set 

639        June  Haver-Vivian  Blaine  Oct.,'46  90m 

51  I         Geraldine  Fitzgerald-Sydney  Greenstreet  Feb.  16, '46  92m 

628         Margaret  O'Brien-Lionel  Barrymore  Aug.  29, '46  90m 

7006        Evelyn  Keyes-Keenan  Wynn  Sept.  30,'46  91m 


—  REVIEWED  -y 
M.  P.  Product 
Herald  Digest 
Issue  Page 


72m       Nov.  I7,'45 


2717 


Sept.  28, '46 
Oct.  6,'45 
May  25, '46 
Nov.  3, '45 
Oct.  I  3, '45 
Mar.  23, '46 
Jan.   5, '46 

Aug.24,'46 
Oct.  26/46 


July  20/46 
May  4/46 
Oct.  13/45 
July  13/46 
Apr.  20/46 
Oct.  27/46 
Feb.  23/46 
Sept.  14/46 

Mar.  23/46 
Dec.  22/45 
May  25/46 
May  I  1/46 
Mar.  2/46 

Dec.  29/45 
Jan.  25/36 

Sept.  29/45 
July  20/46 
June  I  5/46 
Aug.  24/46 


Mar.  30/46 
May  I  1/46 


Jan.  26/46 
Mar.  23/46 

June  8/46 
Mar.  16/46 
Jan.  19/46 
Feb. 16/46 


Feb.  2/46 
Apr.  20/46 

Jan.  12/46 


Sept.  21/46 
Feb.  29/36 
Jan.  26/46 
Nov.  24/45 

Aug.  3/46 
Nov.  3/45 

Sept.  28/46 


Sept.  14/46 
Jan.  26/46 
June  22/46 
Sept.  21/46 


Advance  Service 
Synopsis  Data 

Page  Page 

3031 

3187 

2354 

3055 

2870 


90m 

Aug.  17/46 

3150 

1  18m 

July  20/46 

3101 

59m 

Jan.  26/46 

2818 

65m 

Feb.  2/46 

2830 

62m 

Aug.  3/46 

3125 

87m 

June  15/46 

3041 

65m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

82m 

Dec.  22/45 

2766 

70m 

Sept.  21/46 

321  1 

88m 

Mar.  30/46 

2917 

1  10m 

May  1  1/46 

2986 

57m 

65m 

Aug.  18/45 

2639 

2907 
2744 

3031 
2628 
2809 
2655 
2850 
2809 
2859 
2628 
2454 

3240 


3264 

3264 
2862 
3018 


3224 

3127 

2669 

2259 

2862 

3006 

2776 

2701 

2093 

2975 

2677 

2499 

2906 

2850 

2785 

2695 

2930 

3162 

3138 

3273 

2939 

3101 

3076 

2973 

2756 

3  1  88 

2679 

2555 

2896 

3089 

2950 

2883 

2693 

2859 

2776 

3197 

2907 

3870 

3264 

2768 

2598 

3005 

2756 

2986 

2951 

2870 

2884 

2777 

2686 

2987 

2661 

3102 

3090 

3042 

2987 

3163 

3078 

2917 

3100 

2986 

2963 

3228 

3240 

3274 

2817 

2628 

2906 

3030 

2818 

2895 

2756 

2975 

2805 

2710 

2930 

2849 

2655 

3076 

3031 

2830 

2748 

2951 

2884 

3274 

2795 

2744 

3090 

2786 

3031 

3210 

2817 

2695 

2725 

2384 

2930 

3125 

2703 

2662 

2898 

3224 

3238 

3198 

2907 

3264 

2817 

2366 

3054 

2907 

3228 

3209 

3090 

3264 

MOTION  PICTURE  HERALD,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


3283 


REVIEWED  ■ 


Title  Company 

Throw  a  Saddle  on  a  Star  Col. 

Thunder  Town  PRC 

Till  the  Clouds  Roll  By  (color)  MGM 

Till  the  End  of  Time  (Block  6)  RKO 

Time  of  Their  Lives  Univ. 
.ime,  the  Place,  the  Girl  (color)  WB 

t  To  Each  His  Own  (Block  5)  Para. 

Tokyo  Rose  (Block  3)  Para. 

t  Tomorrow  Is  Forever  RKO 

Too  Good  to  Be  True  Para. 

(formerly  Easy  Come,  Easy  Go) 

Too  Young  to  Know  WB 

Traffic  in  Crime  Rep. 

Trail  to  Mexico  Mono. 

Trail  to  Vengeance  Univ. 

Trigger  Fingers  Mono. 

Trouble  with  Women  Para. 

Truth  About  Murder,  The  RKO 

Tumbleweed  Trails  PRC 
Turn  of  the  Century  (Swedish)  Scandia 

Two  Fisted  Stranger  Col. 

f  Two  Guys  from  Milwaukee  WB 

Two  Mrs.  Carrolls,  The  WB 

t  Two  Sisters  from  Boston  (Bl.  16)  MGM 

Two  Smart  People  MGM 

Two  Years  Before  the  Mast  Para. 


Prod. 
N  it  in  ber 
7221 


626 
546 

4524 
451  I 
682 


507 
522 
574 
I  103 
568 

624 


7208 
524 

622 

2602 


Stars 

Ken  Curtis-Adele  Roberts 
Bob  Steele-Syd  Saylor 
Robert  Walker-Judy  Garland 
Dorothy  McGuire-Guy  Madison 
Bud  Abbott-Lou  Costello 
Dennis  Morgan-Jack  Carson 
Olivia  De  Havilland-John  Lund 
Byron  Barr-Lotus  Long 
Claudette  Colbert-Orson  Welles 
Sonny  Tufts-Diana  Lynn 

Joan  Leslie-Robert  Hutton 
Kane  Richmond-Adele  Mara 
Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White 
Kirby'  Grant-Fuzzy  Knight 
Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton 
Ray  MiNand-Teresa  Wright 
Bonita  Granville-Morgan  Conway 
Eddie  Dean-Shirley  Patterson 
Edvard  Persson-Stina  Hedberg 
Charles  Starrett-Smiley  Burnette 
Dennis  Morgan-Joan  Leslie 
Barbara  Stanwyck-Humphrey  Bogart 
Jimmy  Durante-June  Allyson 
John  Hodiak-Lucille  Ball 
Alan  Ladd-Brian  Donlevy 


Dec.    I, '45 
June  28, '46 
June  29, '46 
Nov.  30,'45 
Sept.  2 1, '46 
Not  Set 
Block  5 
Oct.  28,'46 
Feb.  23,'46 
May  30, "46 
Aug.  I7,'46 
Not  Set 
Apr.-May,'46 
(T)  June  4/46 
Nov.  22, '46 


M.  P. 

Product 

Advance 

Service 

Tradeshow  or 

Running 

Herald 

Digest 

Synopsis 

Data 

Release  Date 

Time 

Issue 

Page 

Page 

Page 

Mar.  I4."46 

65m 

Mar.  23/46 

2906 

2850 

Apr.  10/46 

57m 

Apr.  6/46 

2926 

Not  Set 

2963 

Aug.  1/46 

105m 

June  15/46 

3041 

2784 

3264 

Aug.  16/46 

82m 

Aug.  17/46 

3149 

2939 

3228 

Not  Set 

2555 

July  5/46 

122m 

Mar.  16/46 

2894 

2861 

3164 

Feb.  8/46 

70m 

Dec.  8/45 

2745 

2744 

2930 

Special 

105m 

Jan.  19/46 

2805 

2555 

2975 

Not  Set 

2748 

86m 

Nov.  17/45 

2718 

2384 

2898 

3055 

56m 

July  6/46 

3077 

3031 

54m 

2748 

56m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

3126 

2776 

63m 

Apr.  20/46 

2950 

2776 

1 10  m 

Mar.  9/46 

2882 

50m 

June  15/46 

3043 

295  i 

90m 

Aug.  3/46 

3126 

2884 

3264 

2628 

II  2m 

Mar.  9/46 

2881 

2695 

3264 

93m 

June  8/46 

3029 

2748 

3164 

98m 

Aug.  31,  46 

3173 

3055 

UNCLE  Andy  Hardy  MGM 

Under  Arizona  Skies  Mono. 

Undercover  Woman  Rep. 

Undercurrent  MGM 

Under  Nevada  Skies  Rep. 

Unfinished  Dance  (Color)  MGM 
Unholy  Garden  (Re-Issue)    Film  Classics 

Unknown,  The  Col. 

Up  Goes  Maisie  (Block  15)  MGM 


Mickey  Rooney-Bonita  Granville  Not  Set 

561  Johnny  Mack  Brown-Raymond  Hatton  Apr.  27/46 
515        Stephanie  Bachelor-Robert  Livingston     Apr.  11/46 

Katharine  Hepburn-Robert  Taylor  (T)  Sept.  30/46 
541         Roy  Rogers-Dale  Evans  Aug.  26/46 

Margaret  O'Brien-Cyd  Charisse  Not  Set 

Ronald  Colman-Fay  Wray  July  29/46 

7027         Karen  Morley-Jirn  Bannon  July  4/46 

613         Ann  Sothern-George  Murphy  Jan.-Feb.,'46 


3127 


59m 

June  8/46 

3030 

2870 

56m 

July  6/46 

3077 

2748 

16m 

Oct.  5/46 

3237 

3007 

69m 

Aug. 31/46 

3174 

3127 

3240 

77m 

Aug.  8/31 

3055 

90m 

Dec.  29/45 

2778 

2930 


VACATION  from  Marriage 

(Block  14)  (British) 
Vacation  in  Reno 
Valley  of  the  Zombies 
Verdict,  The 
t  Virginian,  The  (color)    (Bl.  4) 


MGM 

608 

Robert  Donat-Deborah  Kerr 

Nov.-Dec./45 

94m 

Dec.  i/45 

2733 

2710 

2862 

RKO 

Jack  Haley-Anne  Jeffreys 

Not  Set 

60m 

Oct.  12/46 

3249 

3127 

Rep. 

520 

Robert  Livingston-Adrian  Booth 

May  24/46 
Nov.  23/46 

56m 

June  1/46 

3017 

3007 

WB 

607 

Sydney  Greenstreet-Peter  Lorre 

86m 

2764 

Para. 

4516 

Joel  McCrea-Brian  Donlevy 

Apr.  5/46 

90m 

Jan.  26/46 

2817 

2242 

3228 

WAGON  Wheels  Westward  Rep. 
Walk  in  the  Sun,  A  20th-Fox 
Walls  Came  Tumbling  Down,  The  Col. 
Wanted  for  Murder  (Brit.)  20th-Fox 
Way  We  Live,  The  (British)  GFD 
Wedding  Night  (Reissue)  Film  Classics 
Welcome,  Stranger  Para. 
Welldigger's  Daughter  (Fr.)  Siritzky 

f  Well  Groomed  Bride,  The  (Bl.  4)  Para. 
West  of  the  Alamo  Mono. 
What  Next,  Corporal  Har- 
grove? (Block  14)  MGM 
Where  There's  Life  Para. 
While  Nero  Fiddled  (Brit).  Bacon-Bell 
Whirlwind  of  Paris  (French)  Hoffberg 
Whistle  Stop  UA 
White  Tie  and  Tails  Univ. 
Wicked  Lady,  The  (Br.)  Eagle-Lion 
Wife  of  Monte  Cristo  PRC 
Wife  Wanted  Mono. 
Wild  Beauty  Univ. 
Wildfire  Screen  Guild 

Wild  West  (color)  PRC 

(formerly  Melody  Roundup) 
Without  Dowry  (Russian)  Artkino 

f  Without  Reservations  RKO 
Woman  Chases  Man  (R.)  Film  Classics 
Woman  on  the  Beach  RKO 

(formerly  Desirable  Woman) 
Woman  Who  Came  Back,  The  Rep. 

YANK  in  London,  A  (Br.)  20th-Fox 
Yearling,  The  (color)  MGM 
Years  Between,  The  (British)  GFD 
Yolanda  and  the  Thief  (color) 

(Block  14)  MGM 
Young  Widow  UA 


tZIEGFELD  Follies  of  1946 
(color)  (Special) 


MGM 


564 
616 
7011 
644 


4519 
573 

606 


550 


605 
545 
001 


621 

507 
622 

610 

617 


"Wild"  Bill  Eliott-Bobby  Blake  Dec.  2 1  ,'45 

Dana  Andrews-Richard  Conte  Mar.,'46 

Lee  Bowman-Marguerite  Chapman  June  7/46 

Eric  Portman-Dulcie  Gray  Nov., '46 

Peter  Willes  Not  Set 

Gary  Cooper-Anna  Sten  June  15/46 

Bing  Crosby-Barry  Fitzgerald  Not  Set 

Raimu-Fernandel-Josette  Day  Sept.  28/46 

Ray  Milland-Olivia  DeHavilland  May  17/46 

Jimmy  Wakely-Lee  "Lasses"  White  Apr.  20/46 

Robert  Walker-Keenan  Wynn  Nov.-Dec.,'45 

Bob  Hope-Signe  Hasso  Not  Set 

Tommy  Trinder-Frances  Day  Apr.  29/46 

Charpin-Marguerite  Perry  Feb.  9/46 

George  Raft-Ava  Gardner  Jan.  25/46 

Dan  Duryea-Ella  Raines  Aug.  30/46 

Margaret  Lockwood-James  Mason  Not  Set 

John  Loder-Lenore  Aubert  Apr.  23/46 

Kay  Francis-Paul  Cavanaugh  Oct.  19/46 

Don  Porter-Lois  Collier  Aug.  9/46 

Bob  Steele-Sterling  Holloway  May/46 

Eddie  Dean-AI  LaRue  Dec.  1/46 

Olga  Pyshova-Nina  Alisova  Apr.  6/46 

Claudette  Colbert-John  Wayne  Block  5 

Miriam  Hopkins-Joel  McCrea  May  15/46 

Joan  Bennett-Robert  Ryan  (T)  Jan. ,'47 

Nancy  Kelly-John  Loder  Dec.  13/45 

Anna  Neagle-Dean  Jagger  Mar/46 
Gregory  Peck-Jacqueline  White      (T)  Sept.  13/46 

Michael  Redgrave-Valerie  Hobson  Not  Set 


Fred  Astaire-Lucile  Bremer 
Jane  Russell-Louis  Hayward 


MGM  Contract  Stars 


Nov.-Dec.,'45 
Mar.  1/46 


Mar.,'46 


55m 
I  17m 

82m 
103m 

64m 

83m 

122m 
75m 
58  m 


65m 
88m 
84m 
74m 
103m 
80m 
73m 
61m 
60m 


81m 
107m 
7®m 


68m 

106m 

1 00  m 

108m 
98m 

I  10m 


Jan. 19/46 
Dec.  1/45 
May  25/46 
Apr.  13/46 
Aug.  24/46 
Feb.  23/35 


Oct.  5/46 
Feb.  2/46 
May  25/46 


May  1 1/46 
Feb. 23/46 
Jan.  12/46 
Sept.  14/46 
Dec.  15/46 
Mar.  30/46 
Oct.26,'46 
Aug.  17/46 


Apr.  27/46 
May  1 1/46 
May  1/37 


Dec.  22/45 

Feb.23,  '46 

Apr.  20/46 

Oct.  20/45 
Feb.  23/46 


2806 
2733 
3005 
2937 
3162 


3238 
2829 
3006 


2555 

2242  2979 
2963  3188 


96m      Nov.  17/45  2717 


2986 
2859 
2793 
3197 
2757 
2918 
3273 
3150 


2962 
2985 


2765 

2858 

2949 

2685 
2857 


2939 

2786 
2883 

2710 
3078 


2744 


2895 
3138 
3076 

3138 


2884 
2883 
2555 

2883 


2354 
2454 


3228 
2975 


3100 


3018 


3164 


2930 
3264 


Aug. 25/45      2638       1913  3188 


3284 


PRODUCT  DIGEST  SECTION,  OCTOBER  26,  1946 


He  interprets  with  light. 


•  This  scene,  from  the  moment  of  its  con- 
ception, had  dramatic  possibilities.  But  it 
was  the  director  of  photography  who  made 
them  more  than  possibilities. 

His  was  the  creative  skill,  the  spectacu- 
lar, interpretive  use  of  light  that  produced 
actual  drama,  vivid,  gripping  .  .  .  his  the 
perceptive  use  of  photography  that  made 
the  scene  an  intense  moment  of  visual 
reality. 


To  get  the  utmost  from  his  special  skill, 
his  creative  ability,  the  director  of  photog- 
raphy naturally  wants  a  superior  film,  one 
on  which  he  can  depend,  one  perfectly 
suited  to  the  conditions  and  circumstances 
under  which  he's  working.  That's  why  he 
so  often  prefers  Eastman  Plus-X  for  gen- 
eral studio  and  outdoor  use  .  .  .  and  why 
he  turns  to  Eastman  Super-XX  for  use 
under  adverse  lighting  conditions. 


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...He's  HEARD!... He's  SEEN!... He's  PERSUASIVE! 
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