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Cocollnr 'Proud Destiny' to Have Joint Promotion Plan NEW YORK—Enterprise Studios, which recently purchrsed the film rights to Lion Feuchtwanger's novel, "Proud Destiny." will undertake a joint publicity and exploita- FROM THE FILES OF tion campaign with the Literary Guild, which chose the book as its October selection. Joint promotion plans will be worked out THE NEW element of control in the motion picture business, big international by Frederick Polangin, eastern publicity director for Enterprise; Jay Tower, Literary bankers, was discussed at the eighth annual Guild publicity director, and Ruth Brown, convention of the Motion Picture Theatre press publicity director for Viking Press, the Owners of America recently. In the report publishers. of M. J, O'Toole, business manager, he declared that this situation would eventually bring about equitable business conditions all 'Blue Veil' to Leo Cohen around. He said it might also lead to the NEW YORK—Leo Cohen, foreign film curbing of producer-theatre combinations u distributor, has acquired U.S. release rights to the new banker bosses would rather have "Blue friendly Veil." allies all French picture, featuring Gaby over the nation handling Morlay and Pierre Jourdan. theatres than only a few persons in central locations who might need watching occasionally. • • • That exhibitors should have a voice In determining the character of pictures they outstanding present in their theatres also is the opinion of O'Toole, who said: "It is proposed to inaugurate a system where the exhibitors of the country will be systematically canvassed through our national organization, and their opinions ascertained concerning the kind of pictures most desired by the public ... A committee representing the producers will SIGNS... be asked to meet occasionally with the MPTOA .-.nd together go over the situation Cot No. M 754 and transmit the information gleaned tu '/i the executive in charge of production, vrtth Immediate delivery — proper beautifully recommendations." • • • designed, aluminum finish, indirectly Jesse James Jr., son of the famous bandit lighted directional signs. Complete and a lawyer in Los Angeles will act as technical adviser and biographer in the filming with interchangeable, etched glass of the story of his father's life. The picture name plates. Ideal for use in theatre will be released by Paramount. • • • Cot No. M 756 interiors, lobbies, corridors. Columbia Pictures has made a two-reeler on Distributors and jobbers "The Menace of the Mississippi," depicting the story of America's greatest flood . . . write for quantity price list. Additional prints of "Nonstop Plight," have been made by Film Booking Offices to supply an exceptional demand. Public interest • ART METAL MFG. CO. in this authentic picturization of the nav)'s memorable dash across the Pacific is high 3110 Park Ave. • St. Louis A, Mo. because of Capt. Charles Lindbergh's solo air ISljrt^li l« avallabU In double face flight across the Atlantic from New York to Paris. POPCORN SUPPLIES FINIST QUALITY . TESTED ^POPCORN '•^ MACHINES Mrnih/ UNIFOPMITY . . . DEPENDABLE PERFORMANCE CARTONS n .. c« .. Prmled 2 OI. $8.50 M (Available only at Eaatern and Middle. Weil Wateboueee) Bag.— 1,4 lb. SI.SOM n/l lb. Trademark. lOc eeller S3.00 M POPCORN Manlay's Premium S 6.00 Manley's Supromo (Middle-Wost) 9.50 (EaBlern) 9.75 (Western) 10.00 Packed in double lined moisture prool bags to preserve quality, high Tolume. and lo assure you of a tasty, lender product. FOR IMMEDIATE SERVICE WRITE NEAREST WAREHOUSE lASTIRN Atlanta, Oa., SeutKern Solet t Wareheuit •Ingltotnplen. N. T., Manlty, Inc.. Ban No. •etten. Molt., Wiggin Ttrminolt, Inc.. 50 Chotlolle, N. C , Tranifer t Sloroge Reonelie, Va., Raanokt Public Wareheuta MIDDLE-WEST Calumbui, Ohia, Merchandlta Warehauie, Dalloi, Teiai, Zonet-lwelt Woreheuie. 430 Dei Moinei, Iowa, Merchjnit Tronifer • Storage Detroil. Mich., Edgor't tugor Houit No. }. S. Morel
1 Ids I jply xhibitor Henry Reeve of Texas ens Open Lefter to Uncle Sam Open Letter to Uncle Sam: June 20, 1947 [ 's been a long time since that last letter vou back in the war years. Those were liting times and so are today and lomor- \, though a far different sort of fighting involved. Your problems and ours are illy tremendous ones and we must each Ip one another in the solving of them for erica and for the better world we hope to hieve. One problem. Taxation, seems uppermost every mind right down the line from you, the government of our nation, to the ini-idual state, county, city and town. We all idW the late war must be paid for, and we n't leave it all up to our kids and their js. Most of us are mighty happy to do our are just as we at home did all we could to Up you and the fellows fighting for you jcse four year.s not so long back. t!E 20rf FEDERAL T.4X I'm sure you get kicks and squawks from (try direction, but there's one particular |iase of the current tax setup which affects (huge portion of your people and a very imjrtant business enterprise—Show Business. Tre still collecting 20 per cent of each boxifice dollar for you, Uncle. That's a pretty .If percentage to take right from the start Tin the amount paid by our public and reived by us to run our business. Many re- 1. stores have a similar tax on certain ;':ns; I know of no other legitimate business .!iject to 20 per cent tax before it opens Its "rs. Out of the 16.000-odd theatres in our aintry, three-fourths are comparatively i.ill operations, small towns, neighborhoods large cities, individually owned, paying :try other tax that everyone pays operating Uder steadily increasing costs, yet still pro- !
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1 Ids<br />
I jply<br />
xhibitor Henry Reeve of Texas<br />
ens Open Lefter to Uncle Sam<br />
Open Letter to Uncle Sam:<br />
June 20, 1947<br />
[ 's been a long time since that last letter<br />
vou back in the war years. Those were<br />
liting times and so are today and lomor-<br />
\, though a far different sort of fighting<br />
involved. Your problems and ours are<br />
illy tremendous ones and we must each<br />
Ip one another in the solving of them for<br />
erica and for the better world we hope to<br />
hieve.<br />
One problem. Taxation, seems uppermost<br />
every mind right down the line from you,<br />
the government of our nation, to the ini-idual<br />
state, county, city and town. We all<br />
idW the late war must be paid for, and we<br />
n't leave it all up to our kids and their<br />
js. Most of us are mighty happy to do our<br />
are just as we at home did all we could to<br />
Up you and the fellows fighting for you<br />
jcse four year.s not so long back.<br />
t!E 20rf FEDERAL T.4X<br />
I'm sure you get kicks and squawks from<br />
(try direction, but there's one particular<br />
|iase of the current tax setup which affects<br />
(huge portion of your people and a very imjrtant<br />
business enterprise—Show Business.<br />
Tre still collecting 20 per cent of each boxifice<br />
dollar for you, Uncle. That's a pretty<br />
.If percentage to take right from the start<br />
Tin the amount paid by our public and reived<br />
by us to run our business. Many re-<br />
1. stores have a similar tax on certain<br />
;':ns; I know of no other legitimate business<br />
.!iject to 20 per cent tax before it opens Its<br />
"rs. Out of the 16.000-odd theatres in our<br />
aintry, three-fourths are comparatively<br />
i.ill operations, small towns, neighborhoods<br />
large cities, individually owned, paying<br />
:try other tax that everyone pays operating<br />
Uder steadily increasing costs, yet still pro-<br />
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