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. . Arthur<br />
. . Blanche<br />
BROADWAY<br />
Otanley Kramer, producer of "So This Is<br />
New York," has arrived in New York from<br />
Hollywood for conferences with George<br />
Schaefer, Enterprise vice-president; Fred<br />
Polangin, eastern publicity director, and Paul<br />
Laza'-us. UA ad-publicity director . . . Bernard<br />
M. Kamber, eastern advertising and publicity<br />
representative for Benedict Bogeaus, has<br />
left for Hollywood to discuss campaigns on<br />
"On Our Merry Way" and "Girl From Manhattan,"<br />
Frank P.<br />
both UA releases . . . Rosenberg, who produced "Man-Eaters of<br />
Kumaon" for U-I release, is in New York to<br />
discuss releasing and promotion plans with<br />
William A. Scully and Maurice A. Bergman<br />
, . . L. M. Eckert, Selznick studio manager,<br />
is in New York from California for a series<br />
of conferences with David O. Selznick.<br />
Otto -Preminger, who will produce and direct<br />
"The Pan" for 20th-Fox, has left for<br />
England on a talent search for the picture<br />
. . . William Pereira, who will produce "Bed<br />
. . .<br />
of Roses" for RKO in England this fall, is<br />
visiting New York . Hornblow, MGM<br />
producer, and Mrs. Hornblow have arrived<br />
from the coast W. Stewart McDonald,<br />
vice-president of Warner Bros. Tlieatres and<br />
assistant treasurer of the company, left on<br />
the Queen Mary for Britain where he will<br />
settle details relating to Warners' share of<br />
the British exchange agreement with the film<br />
Industry. Before McDonald left, he took office<br />
as president of the Town club in Scarsdale,<br />
where he lives.<br />
. . .<br />
Rossano Brazzi, the Italian actor who is<br />
under contract to David O. Selznick, left<br />
for Hollywood this week to discuss his first<br />
American film assignment. During his tenday<br />
stay in New York after arriving from<br />
Italy, he met newspaper and fan magazine<br />
Rita Hayworth sailed on the<br />
writers . . .<br />
Queen Maiy for a vacation of several weeks<br />
in Europe John Abbott, British actor<br />
who plays in Warner films, has arrived from<br />
London to visit in New York for several<br />
Albert Sharpe, the original star<br />
weeks . . .<br />
of "Finian's Rainbow," is back in New York<br />
for a visit and radio appearances after completing<br />
"Up in Central Park" for U-I.<br />
Norman Ayres, Warner Bros, southern division<br />
sales manager, left May 25 for a trip<br />
to the branch offices in Atlanta and Charlotte<br />
for conferences on the forthcoming<br />
sales drive. He will return to New York June<br />
1 . . . Rudolph Weiss, head of Warner Bros,<br />
home office real estate department, and<br />
Miles Alben, WB theatre executive, were in<br />
Washington during the week. Ed Hinchy,<br />
head of the WB playdate department, was in<br />
Cleveland . . . Maui'ice N. Wolf, assistant to<br />
H. M. Richey, MGM exhibitor relations head,<br />
has arrived from Boston for home office conferences.<br />
B. G. Kranze, general sales head of Film<br />
Classics, left May 27 to visit exchanges in<br />
Kansas City. Omaha, Minneapolis, Milwaukee,<br />
St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Indianapolis<br />
. . . Bert Kulick of Bell Pictures Corp. has<br />
.<br />
left for a six-week visit to the west coast<br />
. . . Charles C. Moskowitz, Loew's vice-president<br />
and treasurer, is back from a Miami vacation<br />
Livingston, in charge of<br />
publicity for RKO out-of-town theatres, flew<br />
to New Orleans on a business trip and from<br />
there she will fly to Guatemala for a vacation<br />
Mr, and Mrs, Sidney Weiner fhe's<br />
. . .<br />
office manager of the New York exchange of<br />
Film Classics) became the parents of a<br />
daughter, Abby Helene.<br />
Joseph A. McConville, president of Columbia<br />
Pictm-es International, with Mrs. Mc-<br />
Conville, arrived from England on the Queen<br />
Mary May 27. Also on board were Claude<br />
Rains, with Mrs. Rains, and Gerard Fairlie,<br />
author of the Bulldog Drummond series<br />
. . . Jane Wyman, Wamer Bros, star, is in<br />
New York for a two-week stay . . . Joe Yule,<br />
father of Mickey Rooney, and Nan Wynn,<br />
who has been appearing in Columbia features,<br />
will take over the leading roles in<br />
"Finian's Rainbow" June 1 . . . June Lockhart<br />
left the cast of "For Love or Money"<br />
May 29 to return to Hollywood to begin<br />
work in the Eagle Lion film, "The World and<br />
Frederick Brisson and his<br />
Little Willie" . . .<br />
wife, Rosalind Russell, attended the farewell<br />
performance given by Carl Brisson, Fred's<br />
father and a nightclub star, at the Ver.sailles,<br />
Time of Life' Opening<br />
Attended by Notables<br />
NEW YORK—Prominent figures in diplomatic<br />
and society circles and screen notables<br />
attended the benefit opening of "The<br />
Time of Your Life" lUA) at the Mayfair<br />
Theatre Wednesday, May 26. Tickets to the<br />
opening sold for $5 and $10. The proceeds<br />
were donated to the Wiltwyck School for<br />
Boys.<br />
Frank Farrell, columnist for the World-<br />
Telegram, conducted radio interviews with<br />
the screen stars. The opening was covered by<br />
radio stations WINS and WNYC.<br />
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, general chairman<br />
of the benefit campaign; Mrs. Eleanor<br />
Roosevelt, head of the campaign executive<br />
committee, and other society leaders held<br />
dinner parties preceding the opening. Mrs.<br />
Roosevelt addressed the audience at the<br />
Mayfair before the screening.<br />
Those present included James Cagney,<br />
Jeanne Cagney, William Bendix, James Barton,<br />
Paul Draper and John Miller, all of the<br />
"Time" cast. Other screen stars attending<br />
included Ruth Hussey, Marlene Dietrich, Burgess<br />
Meredith, Montgomery Clift, Henry<br />
Morgan, Diana Barrymore and John Carradlne.<br />
Among the diplomatic figures present were:<br />
Trygve Lie, Bernard Baruch, Henry Morgenthau<br />
jr., Justine Wise Poliere, Anna Rosenberg<br />
and state and city officials.<br />
Industry Welfare Help<br />
Lauded at MPA Dinner<br />
NEW YORK—Speakers at the 29th annual<br />
charity dinner dance of Motion Picture Associates<br />
at the Waldorf Astoria hotel May<br />
:<br />
21 stressed the generosity of the motion<br />
.<br />
picture industry in helping welfare and pa- jlj<br />
triotic<br />
drives.<br />
They cited Harold Rodner, vice-president<br />
of Warner Bros. Service Corp., as an individual<br />
who has done outstanding work in<br />
putting over such drives. He received the<br />
fourth annual motion picture Beacon award<br />
for his efforts. The presentation was made<br />
at the dinner by Arthur L. Mayer, MPA president.<br />
Rodner's favorite charity, the Will Rogers<br />
Memorial hospital, received the dinner<br />
dance salute from the 1,000 guests present.<br />
In addition to Mayer, other speakers included<br />
Harry Brandt, master of ceremonies;<br />
Hiram Sherman, toastmaster, and William<br />
F. Rodgers.<br />
Seated on the dais with these men were:<br />
Saul Trauner, Jack Ellis, Edward N. Rugoff,<br />
David Weinstock, Samuel Rinzler, Malcolm<br />
Kingsberg, Si H. Fabian, Fi'ed J. Schwartz,<br />
Morris Sanders, Bernard Kranze, Gus S.<br />
Eyssell, George J. Schaefer, Leo Brecher and<br />
Robert Fannon.<br />
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RKO Declares 15-Cent Dividend<br />
NEW YORK—Directors of Radio Keith Orpheum<br />
Corp. have declared a dividend of 15<br />
cents ner share on the common stock, payable<br />
July 1, 1948, to holders of record June 15.<br />
RECEPTION FOR EDANA ROMNEY — Universtal-International and the<br />
J. Arthur Rank Organization held a reception in New York for Edana Romney, who<br />
produced, co-authored and is starred in "Corridor of Mirrors," shortly to be released<br />
in the U.S. by the Prestige Pictures unit of U-I. At the reception, left to<br />
right: John Woolf, joint managing director of Rank's several film distributors and<br />
husband of Miss Romney; Mrs. Nate J. Blumberg, Miss Romney and Nate J. Blumberg,<br />
president of Universal.<br />
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.29, 1948