. . Don . . Arno . . T . . Hal . . . Merle . . Danny . . . Howard . . Charles . . David . . Harry B R O A D W Ay Qeorge Stevens, film director, arrived in New Yoric for tlie Music Hall premiere of "I Remember Mama" . B. Wallis, is producer, in town Paul Henreid will spend six months in Europe this summer and fall to produce and star in "Cartouche," based on a historical novel by William Jerzog. Henreid will be accom- ley .. . panied by his wife and two children . . . Deborah Kerr is in town with her husband, Anthony Bart- Steve Broidy, president of Allied Artists and Monogram, Cieorgc Stevens jg here discussing the effects of the British film tax settlement with Norton V. Ritchey, president of Monogram International Corp. Ralph Cohn of Triangle Pictures is in Hollywood discussing future production plans with Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers. He is also casting leads for a film to be made in New York by Pioneer Films, Inc. Cohn is head of Pioneer . . . B. Z. Davis, president of the Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., i3 working out story sales with studio heads . . . Sam Israel, Eagle Lion studio publicity director, is back on the coast after home office talks with William J. Heineman and Max E. Youngstein . Kerske, RKO general manager in China, arrived for conferences with Phil Reisman, vice-president in charge of foreign distribution. Jesse L. Lasky, co-producer of RKO's "The Miracle of the Bells," came in from Hollywood to attend the opening of the film at the Rivoli Theatre, coincident with the anniversary of his 35th year in the film business . . . Charles C. Moskowltz of Loew's is back from a five-day visit at the studio . . . Victor Mature and Richard Conte are here to film scenes for "The Law and Martin Rome" . . . Bernard R. Goodman, supervisor of exchanges for Warners, is back from a three-week tour of southern and west coast branches . Swartz, head of Independent Film Distributors, Astor Pictures distributor in Minneapolis and Milwaukee, arrived for business conferences with R. M. Savini of Astor. Elliott Foreman of MGM's exploitation department has returned from the southwest NEW MIRROPHONIC SOUND JOE HORNSTEIN, Inc. 630 Ninth Ave.. New York CitT Keq. U, 3, Pal Oil. ATTENDANCE BOOSTER For Inlormation. Write, Wire or Phone FOTO-PAY-DAY, INC. 161 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee 3. Wis. . . . Joel Levy, out-of-town booker, visited New Haven during the week . . . WiUiam B. Zoellner, short subjects sales head, left for Chicago and other midwestern cities . . . Jules Lapidus, Warners ea.stern sales manager, is back from Pittsburgh and Cleveland Oberon is touring Europe with her husband, Lucien Ballard. They are due back in May . . . George Raft returned from a European assignment. J. Cheever Cowdin, Universal board chairman, returned by plane from London early in the week after a five-week trip abroad. Nate J. Blumberg. president, and Joseph Seidelman, vice-president, arrived from . France toward the weekend D. Home of Monogram International flew in from San Juan, Puerto Rico, after a tour of Latin America . . . James R. Grainger, Republic executive vice-president in charge of sales and distribution, has completed a five-week trip to Charlotte, Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. Alfred Hitchcock is here from Los Angeles . . . Walton C. Anient, vice-president and general manager of Warner Pathe News, attended Washington conferences of newsmen with Secretary of Defense Forrestal on voluntary censorship of military information Kaye left London for Germany during the week to entertain at army posts Strickling, MGM studio publicity head, and Herb Pettey, managing director of WHN, are back from the coast . . . Frank Capra will leave for Washington from the coast March 26 . . . Wolfe Cohen. Warner International vice-president, arrived in Manila on an inspection trip. Clifford E. Almy, general manager for Warners in Manila, accompanied him on a tour of the Philippines. Joseph M. Schenck arrived from the 20th- Fox studio for home office meetings . . . Don Walker, Warner field exploiteer, became the father of a baby boy. This is his fifth child . . . F. C. Dickley, Detroit district manager for Altec Service, is in town . Feinstein, Warner film buyer in Pittsburgh, was here for a few days . . . Charles M. Reagan, Paramount vice-president in charge of distribution, is in Hollywood to review a group of new films . . . F. E. Hutchinson, Paramount managing director of sales for Great Britain, arrived on the Queen Mary. Samuel N. Burger, Loew's International sales manager, left by plane for Oslo on a tour of Europe . . . Ike and Harry Katz of Kay Film Exchanges are in town from Atlanta . E. Lewis, national public relations director for the Variety Clubs International, will leave for Florida in two weeks to set plans for the 12th annual Variety Clubs convention to be held at Miami Beach, April 12-17 . . . R. E. Warn, ne* engineering chief for Westrex Corp., arrived from Australia to take over his new duties. He formerly was managing director in Australia . . . Jules Levy left for Europe. He will visit France, England and Italy to work out production deals. Shoots Film With Gory Title Russell Metty has been signed as cameraman by the Harold-Norma Productions for "Kiss the Blood Off My Hands," Universal- International release. 'Naked Cily' Retains Top New York Spot NEW YORK—"The Naked City" at the Capitol again set the pace for Broadway first runs. Second week grosses were excellent although slightly below the first week's take. — Radio City Music Hall had a profitable week with "I Remember Mama." The film opened to rave reviews. Opening-day lines were two blocks long. At the Roxy, business was sitting pretty with "Sitting Pretty," another film that found favor with the critics. Two Warner reissues did fairly well during their first week. "The Fighting 69th" opened at the Strand and "The Adventures of Robin Hood" came into the Warner. The week was short on newcomers. "The Miracle of the Bells" opened at the Rivoli and "The Adventures of Casanova" was the new feature at the Globe, replacing "Body and Soul," which ran 19 weeks. "Casanova" will be followed by "Arch of Triumph." (Average Is 100) Astor—The Bishop's Wife (RKO), 14th wk 84 Capitol—The Naked City (U-I), plus stage show, 2nd wk 160 Criterion—Relentless (Col), 2nd wk 92 Globe—Body and Soul (UA), 19th wk 75 Loews StatE^-The Mating oi Millie (Col) 90 Maylair—Gentleman's Agreement (20th-Fox), 18th wk 90 Palace- If You Knew Susie (RKO), 4th wk 80 Poramount—Road to Rio (Para), plus stage show, 4th wk 90 Park Avenue—Song of My Heart (Mono), 2nd wk,.. 75 Radio City Music Hall—I Remember Mama (RKO), plus stage show 123 Rialto—Furia (FC), 8th wk 95 Rivoli—To the Ends of the Earth (Col), 5 days of 5th wk 75 Roxy rlus stage show. ...Ill .VB), reissue, plus Strand—The Fightmg G9lh ! Sitting Pretty '' Sutton—The Pearl (Rt:- ft. ^^JV'['ZZ'.ZZ''ZZZ^m Victoria—Albuquerque (Para), 2nd wk 55 Warner—Adventures of Robin Hood (WB), reissue 99 Winter Garden—Black Bart (U-I), 2nd wk 88 'Senator' and "Daughters' Open Strong in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA—Thr-ee new shows hit the deluxers, two of them doing quite well "Three Daring Daughters" at the Goldman and "The Senator Was Indiscreet" at the Aldine. "The Fabulous Texan," opening at the Stanton, attracted little attention. "Cass Timberlane" bowed out at the Erlanger after five days of the seventh week of a spectacular nm. "The Bishop's Wife." completing its fifth week at the Karlton, has been called by local RKO folk one of the best runs the film has had in the country. HoWo^eis of other films received mixed reception. Aldine—The Senator Was Indiscreet (U-I) 150 Arcadia-High Wall (MGM), 4th d. t. wk 125 Boyd—A Double Life (U-I), 3rd wk 100 Earle—Saigon (Para), 2nd wk 110 Erlanger—Cass Timberlane (MGM), 7th wk fox—Gentleman 'i Agr. 3rd 150 Goldman—Three Daring Daughters K' ;M) 190 Karlton—The Bishop's Wile iHKOi, Mh wk 120 Keith—The Voice ol the Turtle (WB), 2nd run 100 Mastbaum—H You Knew Susie (RKO), 2nd wk 90 run, 7th Pix—The Outlaw (UA), 2nd wk No report Stanley—Duel in the Sun (SRO), 2nd run. 2nd wk...lOO Stanton—The Fabulous Texan (Rep) IDO CBS Television Names 7 NEW YORK—CBS has added seven men to its television staffs for its new studio plant now being built here. Tliey are: Nat Karson, stage producer, who will be consultant producer: Ed Mabley and Ace Ochs, directors, and Robert Merrill, Kenneth Redford, Kingman T. Moore and Hugh Muir Rogers, associate directors. — BOXOFFICE :: March 20, 1948
. . . made He gives the scene its iieartbeat... THIS meeting of mother and child is no make-believe—not to the movie-goers! To them, it is as real as life itself, thanks to the director of the picture. Through his perceptive handling of action, dialogue, and camera, he has given the scene its human touch, its heartbeat the audience feel its warmth, its mood—and live the moment, one with the personalities on the screen. And this achievement is the mark of his mastery of the dramatic; the gauge of his creative contribution to the motion picture art. But if such artistry is to have full expression, the director must have the assistance of film that gives him ample freedom to achieve the effects he desires. This freedom he finds in the family of Eastman motion picture films. EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER 4, N. Y. J. E. BRULATOUR, INC. FORT LEE . CHICAGO DISTRIBUTORS . HOLLYWOOD BOXOmCE : March 20, 19-
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