BoxOffice, January 23, 1943
It's messy, I know,
p9
NCOME TAX BUREAU
Welcome/
"I did
it
for
/
my
Uncle Sam!
patriotic
to
He's depending
WALT
on every
Showman
it
book
ISNEYS DONALD
— and fasti"
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FREE
ONE SHEET
(From Your National Screen Exchange)
A SWELL REEL GRATIS FOR A
BIG
!
WAR JOB!
Uncle Sam
collect the
1
— Donald
biggest
Duck's "The Spirit of '43"
will help
Income Tax
bill
in history!
2
—
It
prepares
it
new
tax-payers as well as old ones for their duty
— and
does
in the gay
Disney way!
is
3
ij
— Because of celluloid quotas there a limited supply of prints. 4 — Bookings must begin at once to cover theatres by March — Write or wire today to your National Screen Branch.
all
'Sponsored by
15th.
War
Activities
Committee, 1501 Broadway, N. Y. C.
p(early)
"and exploitation campaigns Walt Disney's Donald Duck, resplendent in Techni. . ."
again contribute his bit to the Treasury Department's thankless job of collecting income taxes. Disney has been commissioned by Secretary Henry Morgenthau to produce "The Spirit of 1943," as a sequel to "The New Spirit." in which briefie of a year ago Donald attempted to make painless the paying of income
color, will
taxes."
""America Speaks." and a Walt Disney short "The Spirit of '43" produced for the treasury and starring Donald Duck, will be released in February, according to the
Activities
will
War
Committee. The Disney short be released February 4. The other
shorts"
p30?
"National Screen exchanges will distribute 677 Technicolor prints on the Disney short. The subject has been endorsed by the theatres
division"
chairman. This is the second time Donald has aided Mr. Morgenthau's department in sugar-coating the tax message. This year he will be doing an additional
Wilby
job for the millions who are filing returns for the first time. The duck plays a triple
role."
p23?
"The newsreel continues its recital in North Africa and one of Walt Lantr/s color "Swing Symphony," Introduces a new note into the comic i*ects of war production, to add further zest to a program that is ctically as dynamic as dynamite.
vital affairs
toons,"'
p43?: "cartoons" appears
p47
"Snapping the above exclusive photo, the alert Boxoffice photographer caught James Finney, Walt Disney sales executive (left) and Walter Brandivisional sales manager, at the Chicago train station just as they were ready to board the Commodore Vanderbilt for New York. Since both of the boys are gin-rummy sharks, it looked like a lot of "blitzing" was in the offing. son,"
p55?
"during the week was James Finey. Walt Disney representative At Republic, Lavone Morroio of SpenVisitor"
p59
"Screen will distribute for the treasury department a special gratis six-minute Walt Disney Technicolor reel, "The Spirit of "43," which
has to do with early payment of income
taxes."
p?(late)
"WALT DISNEY'S
Itar
and stars
is
Excellent example of ad
reader's
impresses
title
mind
atmospheric
Action."
is
manner,
Use
by
of
this
Fuehrer's Face
one
three
"Stand
By
for
title
as
separate
headlines
justified
accompanying
action-sketches
and
text.
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of
IWITED ARTISTS tANDOlPH OEARBORh
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Novy Log..
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,
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MACDONALOC CAREY
;'
:
smart
ads,
Campaign
at for
United Artists Theatre, Chicago, ran this little eye-catcher at foot of feature
to
tell
'/^fl
Htrwj
T'JWS -WlltKt F«d •e's-Wnt:
and
sell
the fact
that
they
premiere
of
"Shadow
of
a
Doubt"
upon
were playing "Der Fuehrer's Face" as a
special extra attraction."
p44:
WALT LANTZ Cartunes Studio has purchased the song "Pass the Biscuits Miranda" for the final Swing Symphony cartune of the 1942-43 series. The tune, written by Del Porter and Carl Hoelle, will be sung by Porter in the film."
p43
"Back from six weeks of New York and Washington conferences came Leon Schlesinger, who prepared to begin immediately on short subjects for the treasury department as well as his Warner cartoons."
