Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1955)

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10 Motion Picture Daily Thursday, November 10, 195 National Pre-Selling i i /^OLLIER's" November 25 issue ^— ' on the newsstands today con-, tains an article on the late James Dean, star of "Rebel without a Cause." Sanford Roth, the author and a photographer of note, made many pictures of Dean on the production sets and at his home. One of the photos in full color appears on a two-page spread as a lead for the story. Dean had completed work in "Giant" and much attention has been given to this Henry Ginsberg production in text and pictorial coverage. It will be a Warner Bros, release. • Florence Somers, motion picture editor of "Redbook," selected two pictures of the month for December. They are, "I'll Cry Tomorrow" and "Guys and Dolls." • "Helen of Troij," "The Desperate Hours," "Lady Godiva" and "The Bar Sinister" are among the pictures reviewed in the November issue of "Seventeen." • The review of "The Desperate Hours" in the current issue of "Look" is led off by a pictorial story of Robert Middleton's family life. Middleton has a top role in this new Paramount picture. "Look's" reviewer says, "This film is a first-rate melodrama, based on Joseph Hayes' novel of the same name. It has the virtue of breathless suspense, too often neglected in Liberace, star of Warner's "Sincerely Yours," is on the full color front cover of the December issue of "TV Radio Mirror." In the same issue is a personality story of Liberace illustrated with photos from this new Warner film. • "Mademoiselle's" November issue features a full page fashion layout in which Susan Strasberg, star of "Picnic," is spotlighted. Six photos of Susan are used and the new Columbia picture receives a substantial plug. • "There's Still a Guy for Every Doll" was a title of a two-page picture layout which appeared in last Sunday's "American Weekly." All the photos were made on the sets of "Guys and Dolls," in very attractive full color photography. • "The Sea Chase," the Warner picture starring Lana Turner, is mentioned prominently in an article on the head dresses of motion picture stars appearing in the November issue of "Woman's Home Companion." • The girl on the front cover of "Modern Photography's" December issue is Shirley MacLaine, star of both "Artists and Models" and Alfred Hitchcock's "The Trouble with Harry." WALTER HAAS New Insurance Ratings for Drive-ins to Save About $250,000 Yearly, TO A Reports Drive-in theatres in the United States may save some $250,000 in annual insurance premiums as a result of a decision made by the National Council on Compensation which recommended that a new single rate and classification for compensation insurance premiums be established by June, 1956, it was reported here yesterday by Theatre Owners of America. TOA stated that the new ruling by the National Council, which has jurisdiction in 30 states, will result in lower compensation premiums for the outdoor houses. Presently, all drive-in theatre employees, except booth operators, are classified as auto attendants. The drive-in rating and classification system was recently reviewed here at a meeting which was attended by Philip Harling of Fabian Theatres, Milton Blumberg, broker of Walter Reade Theatres, Robert Rawley, broker of Redstone Theatres, Jack G. Wallens of A. Yarchin Insurance Co., and Joseph G. Alterman of TOA. Discuss Sales Plans At 20th-Fox Meeting Special to THE DAILY CHICAGO, Nov. ^-Merchandising plans for "The Rains of Ranchipur" and "The Lieutenant Wore Skirts" were formulated at a meeting of 20th Century-Fox domestic and Canadian division managers at the Drake Hotel here yesterday, conducted by William C. Gehring, executive assistant general sales manager. The two CinemaScope productions have been scheduled for release by 20th-Fox in December and January, respectively. The 20th-Fox executives also reviewed general sales policy and held discussions on the new 55mm CinemaScope which was demonstrated at the Oriental Theatre here on Monday by company president Spyros P. Skouras for Allied States convention delegates. Attending the sales meeting were Alex Harrison, Western sales manager, and C. Glenn Norris, Eastern sales manager. Division heads present were Herman Wobber, Western; Harry Ballance, Southern; M. A. Levy, Mid-West; Martin Moskowitz, Atlantic; T. O. McCleaster, Central; and Peter Myers, Canadian. Assistant division managers attending were Reville Kniffin ,Western; Paul S. Wilson, Southeast; Mark Sheridan, Jr., Southwest; and New York branch manager Abe Dickstein; Chicago branch chief T. R. Gilliam; and Roger Ferri, editor of the "Dynamo." CBS 9-Mo. Profit Increases 19.5% Consolidated net profits of Columbia Broadcasting System were $8,718,713 for the first nine months of 1955, as compared with $7,299,130 for the comparable period in 1954, an increase of 19.5 per cent, it was announced today at the meeting of the board of directors by William S. Paley, chairman. The nine months' earnings for 1955 were $1.19 per share. During the same period in 1954, the figure was $1.04 per share after adjusting the number of shares outstanding to reflect the 3-for-l stock split-up approved by the stockholders in April, 1955. Para. Profit (Continued from page 1) ring net profit on the sale and adjustment of investments in subsidiary and affiliated companies. No corresponding non-recurring profit was realized in 1955. Estimated consolidated earnings for the third quarter of the current year amounted to $2,515,000, after taxes. For the corresponding 1954 quarter, earnings were estimated at $2,428,000. Earnings for the nine months of the current year are equivalent to $3.51 per share on the 2,188,911 shares outstanding, compared to $2.52 per share last year on the 2,208,133 shares then outstanding. AB-PT Board (Continued from page 1) nounced by president Leonard H. Goldenson. Goldenson revealed that the board also declared the regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share on the preferred stock. Dividends are payable on Dec. 20 to holders of record on Nov. 25. Film Exchange Local Set Up in Houston Chartering by the I.A.T.S.E. of a new Film Exchange Employes local, No. B-63, at Houston, Tex., has been announced here by international president Richard F. Walsh. Such unions are located in 32 other cities of the United States and four in Canada. The Houston charter is scheduled to be installed in the near future by international representative E. J. Miller, who has headquarters in that city. Forty charter members have been enrolled. Spewacks File Suit Vs. Para.'s 'Angels' An infringement action against Paramount Pictures has been filed here by playwrights Sam and Bella Spewack in Federal District court. They claimed that their play "My Three Angels," based on a play by F. Albert Husson of France, was infringed upon and substantially copied in Paramount's production "We're No Angels." REVIEWS: Toughest Man Alive William F. Broidy-Allied Artists Dane Clark, who was once vote Number One Star-of-Tomorrow i Quigley Publications' annual exhib tor poll, is the top marquee name i this melodramatic William F. Broid Pictures production, in which he sup plies that showmanly assurance ii addition to his usual dynamic por trayal of a fast man with fist anc gun. The screenplay, written b Steve Fisher, has Clark portraying i Federal agent, who masquerades a: an infamous smuggler of stolen muni tions to revolutionists in other coun tries. Clark does quite well in his mas querades until he runs into the rea criminal, forcefully played by An thony Caruso. This film has an adequate amount of fighting and kill ing for the footage, which takes a long time before justice is achieved Others in the cast are Lita Milan Ross Elliott, Myrna Dell, Thomas B. Henry, Paul Levitt and John Eldredge. Sidney Salkow directed. Running time, 72 minutes. General audience classification. Release in November. :' 111 iov, JVI lair ion, Jbi Mom :iu;il w Li Fm caw, cam] Li Bill; tent a (A i Cross Channel Republic Wayne Morris and a predominantly European cast enact with spirit and dispatch a standard melodrama of jewelry and currency smuggling. Morris' characteristically convincing nonchalance is very much in evidence here. A British star, Yvonne Furneaux, who's played in such productions as "Master of Ballantree," "Beggar's Opera" and "House of the Arrow," holds down the feminine lead here adequately enough. It's a Morris picture, however, and in some situations, preferably action houses, "Cross Channel" could take very good care of itself, box office wise. The setting is the coast of two countries, England and France, with a rendezvous for smuggling at midchannel. Morris, owner of a small charter boat service, becomes involved with a gang of smugglers, who use him for transporting their "swag" back and forth from France. He's unable to break away because of a murder rap hanging over his head. During one voyage, he is thrown overboard but is picked up by a French fishing boat. Latter's crew take him to the village of Porte Solaire, until their next fishing trip, when they drop him off at the British coast. Eventually, after some suspenseful sequences, he redeems himself in the eyes of the law. The screenplay by Rex Rienits is serviceable enough. R. G. Springsteen's direction puts persistent spotlight on Morris, as anticipated. William N. Boyle draws associate producer credit on this one, filmed in England. Running time, 61 minutes. General classification. Vai