. . Robert . . Leon . . . . Ronald . . . Bert . . Lou . . Henry BROADWAY Cam L. Seidelman, foreign operations liead for Eagle Lion, has returned from Europe where he held meetings on the distribution of the company's Hollywood-made product . . . Bernard J. Gates, Monogram International Latin-American supervisor, left May 10 by air for Havana and Latin-America on a threemonth tour of the company branches . Sidney Horen, home office representative for 20th Century-Pox International in Spain, Portugal and Spanish North Africa, has arrived to attend business conferences with Murray Silverstone and other company executives. Dan Lederman, who recently resigned as 20th-Fox managing director of the Philippine Islands, has been summoned here for consultation by Silverstone. Ben Kalmenson, Warner Bros, distribution head, left New York May 11 for a tour of the company branches . . . M. L. Simons, assistant to H. M. Richey, MGM exhibitor relations head, has returned from a southwestern trip ... F. J. A. McCarthy, southern and California sales manager for Universal-International, has left for Indianapolis . J. Bamberger, RKO sales promotion manager, has returned to the home office after attending the annual convention of the ITO of Arkansas in Little Rock . R. Yoimg, chairman of the board of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad and principal stockholder in Pathe Industries, and Robert W. Purcell, chairman of the Pathe Industries board, have left for Hollywood for conferences with Arthur B. Krim, Eagle Lion president, and other studio executives. . . Karl Herzog, . . B. G. Kranze, vice-president and general sales manager of Film Classics, Inc., is on a trip to Chicago and Detroit . vice-president of Cinecolor Corp., has left for Hollywood to review new color commitments The Film Classics department heads held . a luncheon party May 7 for President Joseph Bernhard in celebration of his 59th birthday . . . Carroll L. Puciato and James B. Harris, assistants to Budd Rogers, Realart vice-president in charge of sales, have returned from Pittsburgh after conferences with Bert Steam on the 1948-49 program. James R. Grainger, Republic executive vice-president in charge of sales, returned to the home office May 12 following a trip which took him to Chicago, Denver, San . . Elsie Francisco and Los Angeles . Colman and Mrs. Colman (Benita Hume) sailed on the Queen Elizabeth May 14 to make a personal appearance at the London opening of "A Double Life," the picture which won Colman the Academy award. Nat Wolff and his wife, Edna Best; Sophie Tucker and Alicia Markova were also on board . Kaufman, a member of Columbia's advertising and publicity department, resigned May 14 to await the birth of a child . . . Sons were born to two members of the United Artists publicity department, the births marking the second child in each family. The fathers are Charles Handel, feature writer and photo editor, and Leon Roth, promotion manager. Mme. Raymonde Audibert, director of Pathe Journal in Paris: Howard Thomas, producer of Pathe News in London, and William Miu-ray, European chief of Warner- Pathe News, have arrived from Europe for conferences with Walton Ament, and other executives of Pathe News here . . Fred H. . Hotchkiss, European regional manager of the Westrex Corp., and Edward G. Wagner, controller, sailed May 14 on the Queen Eliza- . . . Jacques Chabrier, president beth. Hotchkiss will visit WE offices in Barcelona, Rome and Basle and hold a conference in Paris with WE branch managers in Europe of Pathe Cinema of America, and Robert Guillemard, production chief, have left for Hollywood to consult with RKO officials on the completion of "Outpost in Morocco." Berle Adams, producer of the Louis Jordan Negro films, is in New York for conferences with R. M. Savini. president of Astor Pictures, on a campaign for "Lookout Sister" Sanford, Altec Lansing theatrical sales manager, has left New York for a swing through the middle west and south . . . Hunt Stromberg, producer, with Mrs. Stromberg, have arrived for a stay at the Waldorf- Astoria . . . Irving Asher, MGM director. Is a guest in the Waldorf Towers . L. Nathanson, president of MGM Films of Canada; Ted Gould, general sales manager, and Dewey Bloom, exploitation representative, have returned to Toronto after a series of home office conferences . J. Kaufman, Warner Bros. Theatres executive, has returned from a trip to Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Irene Dunne has arrived for a vacation In Macdonald Carey, Paramount New York . . . star, and his wife, the former Betty Heckscher, are on a two-week vacation in Manhattan . . . Dorothy Stickney, who has finished "The Tatlock Millions" for Paramoimt, has returned to New York to start rehearsals for the new Lindsay-Crouse play, "Life With Mother," in which she will be starred . . . Irene Selznick, producer of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize play, "A Streetcar Named Desire"; Billy Wilder, Paramount director-producer; Irving Pichel, Anatole Litvak, Faith Brook, actress-daughter of Clive Brook, and Nigel Bruce, film and radio player, were among the stage and screen luminaries who sailed for London last week. Barton P. Tumbull Dies, Rockefeller Center Head SUMMIT, N. J.—Barton P. Turnbull, 58, president of RockefeDer Center, Inc., since 1945, died at his home here May 11. In addition to his position with Rockefeller Center, Inc., Turnbull served as president and director of the Center Theatre Corp. and the Radio City Music Hall Corp. At the time of his death, he was also a director of the Chase National Bank and the Pittsburgh Consolidating Coal Co. Turnbull entered the organization as treasurer and director in 1934, shortly after completion of the first block of buildings. He is survived by his widow, Dorothy, and tliree daughters. Drop Colonial Plan to Air NBC Telecast in Astor NEW YORK—Colonial Television Corp. has dropped plans for a theatre television pickup of an NBC television broadcast at the Astor Theatre, New Rochelle. The operator of the theatre and Colonial could not come to terms on the extent of the indemnity the theatre should be granted in case of a possible property violation suit by NBC. Colonial reports it still is trying to line up an exhibitor for the demonstration. The company plans to install its large-screen theatre television system in a theatre and give the theatre operator a letter of indemnity. REPUBLIC-FRIEDER DEAL SIGNED—The above group looks happy as distributor agreements are signed between Republic Pictures International and Frieder Films, which will represent the company in the Far East. Seated, left to right: Richard W. Altschuler, president of Republic International, and Alex Frieder, president of Frieder Films. Standing: Joseph E. MoMahon, Republic secretary; Miss Fern Montgomery, secretary, Frieder Films; Philip Frieder, officer and director, Frieder Films and Arnold Lichtig, attorney for Frieder Films. Mexican Actress in 'Congo Bill' Armida, a Mexican actress, will take the role of a native girl In Columbia's "Congo BUI." THE IDEAL THEATRE CHAIRS JOE HORNSTEIN has them 48 BOXOFHCE : : May 15, 1948
i MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATES Salute. THE WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Annual Beacon Award DINNER AND DANCE Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom Friday, May 21, 1948 Tickelsi $10 per Person INFORMAL Nat Harris LA. 4-9190 For Reservations Call Herman Schleier CL 6-6460 or Write Room 170, Hotel Astor, New York 19, New York BOXOFFICE : : May 15, 1948 49
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