Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1955)

ursday, November 10, 1955 Motion Picture Daily 11 TENT TALK Variety Club News TT.ni be sd igce ic p( ist in nine ides mm Mia i mas if Kc • Ai is i/ in Iks oil ALBANY— The Variety Club will iuct 70 members at a dinner in its eiaton-Ten Eyck Hotel rooms on pv. 17, chief barker Harold Gabrive announced. Gene Teper will ntinue as membership committee ^airman under the new administram. The first regular meeting, with abrilove presiding, was held on onday. A kickoff dinner for the anlal "Denial Drive" will be given ov. 21. Harry Lamont, a former lief barker, is chairman of the Heart und, and, as such, will direct the impaign to raise $20,000 for the ariety-Albany Boys Club summer imp at Thompson's Lake. A LONDON-Variety Club of Great ritain will be honored by the at:ndance of H. M. The Queen and j[. R. H. the Duke of Edinburg at charity performance of the Bertram lills Circus on Dec. 21. The Duchess of Marlborough, hairman of the affair announced bat the proceeds will go to the Lonlon Federation of Boys' Clubs. A WASHINGTON. Steve Allen, •JBC-TV star, has been chosen for he annual "Showman of the Year" iward of the Variety Club of Washington. The award, given each year ^o an outstanding personality in the 'mtertainment world, will be presented to Allen at the local club's vnnual dinner-dance on Nov. 19. A INDIANAPOLIS— Tent No. 10 of Variety Clubs International is planning its second Cerebral Palsy Telethon for Nov. 26. Big name national I Uiid local stars are being engaged for the event. Proceeds will go to the Variety Club supported by Cerebral Palsy Clinic of the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital here. A i CLEVELAND Marshall Fine of Associated Theatres has been elected chief barker of local Variety Tent <No. 6. He succeeds Jack Silverthorne who served two years in that office. Other officers elected were: first assistant, Dan Rosenthal; second assistant, ; Milton Grant; treasurer, Jim Levitt; secretary, Leonard Greenberger; assis cHMjjmJnnafi Order Your SPECIAL TRAILERS ^fjj famous for ^(dependABIUTY FILMACK 1327 5. WABASH. CHICAGO -630 NINTH AVI., NEW YO«K Florida Exhibitors Elect New Officers; Hecht President Special to THE DAILY JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 9.-Elmer Hecht of Miami, Wometco Theatres executive, was named president of the Motion Picture Exhibitors of Florida at the annual convention here this week. Elected vice-presidents were Pete J. Sones, Tampa, Robert Daugherty, Haines City; Mark Dupree, Jacksonville; and James Biddle, Jasper. Other officers are B. B. Garner, Lakeland, treasurer, and Robert Anderson, Jacksonville, secretary. Mitchell Wolfson reported on the recent Theatre Owners of America convention in Los Angeles and urged full support for the Audience Awards campaign. He said "The circuits are going along with the Awards plan but, so far, the small exhibitors have not realized how important this can be to them as a means of increasing their boxoffice figures." Hospital Plea Made Andrew Sullivan. Savannah, Ga., manager of the Hi-Wav 80 Drive-In, described his successful advertising and exploitation campaigns to the convention. James L. Cartwright of Daytona Beach made an appeal for support of the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital drive, followed bv George Oaughan, TOA field worker from Menrohis, who reported on TOA accomplishments, saving "In TOA we have the leadership the financial structure, the prestige, the will to solve our industry problems." Three resolutions were adopted. One called for support of the TOA arbitration plan; another for full repeal of the Federal admissions tax, and a third gave George Hoffman, 81-vear-old National Screen salesman a life membership in MPEOF. Marwel Named Rapid Film's Ad Agency Rapid Film Techniques, Inc., has appointed Marwel Advertising as its agency, effective immediately. Also, in conjunction with an expanding advertising campaign, Marvin Goldman has been engaged to supervise advertising, promotion and publicity for Rapid Film Techniques. tant secretary, William Dougherty. Delegates elected were: Fine to the international convention; Jack Silverthorne and Dan Rosenthal, with I. J. Schmertz, Leonard Greenberger and Milton Grant as alternates. Elected to the board were Fine, Rosenthal, Schmertz, Nat Barach, Silverthorne, Aaron Wayne, Abe Kramer, Irwin Shenker, Irwin Pollard, Jerry Lipow, Henry Greenberger, Leonard Greenberger, Edwin R. Bergman, Dougherty, Grant and Levitt. Installation of the new officers will be held in December. Here to supervise the election was Ralph Pries, International Variety representative. Someone Mention 'Little Fellows'? MEXICO CITY, Nov. 9.-Very few exhibitors in Mexico are getting rich and very few are even making a good living, but many are wondering why they stay in the business, said Salvador Carrillo, secretary general of the National Cinematographic Industry Workers Union (STIC), in reporting that some theatres in some small towns gross an astonishing $1.60 (correct) a day. Most of Mexico's 2,453 theatres are in small towns and even on Sundays, their best day, many of them gross a mere $13.60 to $14.40, which only in a few cases covers costs and pays wages, Carrillo said. Big, swanky theatres in big towns and a few subsequent runs in those localities are the only money makers, Carrillo asserted. WOR to Tell Story Of Rogers Hospital The candid comments and impressions of tuberculosis patients at the industry's Will Rogers Memorial Hospital and Research Laboratories will be aired over the WOR-Mutual Radio Network on Saturday at 8:30, EST. The program, titled "The Road Back," recorded at the Saranac Lake institution by WOR-Mutual's Jean Sheperd, also will feature several doctors and amusement industry executives who report on the advancements made in treatment. Commenting on the program, A. Montague, president of the hospital, observed that "although the Will Rogers Hospital is conducted by and for members of the amusement industry, its research laboratories are dedicated to finding preventative, and curative, means for fighting tuberculosis. This it shares with the entire medical profession." He thanked WOR-Mutual for providing this excellent public relations for the entertainment industry. Louis Goldsmith Dead SEATTLE, Nov. 9.-Louis L. Goldsmith, 63, office manager of the RKO Radio exchange here for many years, died Monday of a heart attack. He had been with the company for 20 years and prior to that was an exhibitor here. Miller in WB Post Carl Miller, sales manager for the Warners' San Francisco exchange, has been appointed acting branch manager of the Denver exchange. Miller replaces Earl Bell, who has been ill for some time. Geiss Resigns IFE Post Marjorie Thirer Geiss, magazine publicity and public relations contact for IFE Releasing Corp. has resigned, effective Friday. Mrs. Geiss will announce her future plans shortly. DoziertoRKO ( Continued from page 1 ) and is expected to schedule the first of RKO's new films for production on Dec. 4 In making the announcement, O'Shea said: "We welcome Dozier to RKO as an individual uniquely qualified to head production. He combines a brilliantly successful and long career as a motion picture executive with the widest experience in every phase of studio activity with an intimate knowledge of television production. "Additionally, Dozier knows the RKO Studio and the world-wide RKO distribution organization from firsthand experience. He was executive assistant to the late Charles Koerner, vice-president in charge of production for RKO, during one of the most fruitful periods in the company's history; when an outstanding number of films which achieved both critical and commercial success were produced." Prior to this association, the new RKO production head was executive assistant to Samuel Goldwyn. Earlier, Dozier was associate head of production at Universal-International. Prior to that, he was head of the story and writing department at Paramount. Selznick to Produce {Continued from page 1) Paramount in 1932 with Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper starred. Selznick said that the Hemingway story would be brought to the screen in one of the new and revolutionary wide-screen process. 16mm Trial ( Continued from page 1 ) the court all evidence proved that the companies' course with respect to 16mm. distribution has been so dissimilar that a conspiracy could not have existed. 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