Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1955)

Motion Picture daily Thursday, November 17, 19 PERSONAL MENTION ROGER H. LEWIS, United Artists advertising manager, will return to New York today from Europe. • Charles Boasberg, special assistant to George Weltner, Paramount worldwide sales head, will return here tomorrow from Philadelphia. • Arthur Silverstone, 20th Century-Fox assistant general sales manager, has entered Mt. Sinai Hospital here for treatment of a heart condition. • Ralph Wheelwright, assistant to Howard Strickling, M-G-M studio advertising-publicity director, has returned to the Coast from New York. • Bert Ennis, Altec Service Corp. advertising-publicity manager, will return to New York on Saturday from Minneapolis. • Nils Tuxen, manager of the motion picture equipment division of North American Philips Co., has left New York for Hollywood. • Stanton Davis, RKO Radio salesman in Boston, is the father of a son born to Mrs. Davis at Richardson House, Brookline, Mass. • P. T. Dana, Universal Pictures Eastern sales manager, has left New York for Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo. • C. Robert Fine, president of Fine Sound, Inc., will arrive in Minneapolis from New York on Sunday. • Sam McCook, booker for M-G-M in Atlanta, has returned there from New York. Joe Bishop and Bill Simpson, of Kay Film Exchange, Charlotte, were in Atlanta from there. • Malcolm Brown, M-G-M art director, is in New York from Hollywood. Hoagland Winner of Film Editors Award HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 16.-American Cinema Editors announced last night that Ellsworth Hoagland was the winner of ACE's second annual critics award for his editing of the theatrical production, "The Country Girl." In the television division, the award went to Bernard Burton, Samuel Bcetley and Roland Gross for "Four Star Playhouse." Citizens Won't Let Its Theatre Close Special to THE DAILY TAVARES, Fla., Nov. 16.-When the Lake Theatre here, an E. M. Loew operation, was faced with the necessity of closing because of slack patronage, the citizens of this town went to work to keep the town's only theatre open. A civic committee was formed and adopted a plan whereby "Books of Happiness" were sold by teams on a house-to-house basis for $2.50 each. The book contained coupons which were good for admissions or concession items. Bill Cumbaa, general manager of E. M. Loew's houses in Florida, said approximately 500 coupon books would have to be sold per month in order to keep the theatre in operation. Expect 100,000 to Attend 'Dove' Shows Despite inclement weather in many parts of the country, opinion makers' previews of 20th Century-Fox's CinemaScope production "Good Morning, Miss Dove" were attended yesterday by 10,000 educational, religious and civic leaders and the press in eight key cities, the company announced. The turnout of community figures on the second day of a week-long series of 50-city showings of the production points to a total attendance of 100,000 in the United States, it was said. Additional programs in Canada are scheduled for later this month. Held in association with the Federation of Motion Picture Councils and Better Films Committees, programs were conducted yesterday at the Paramount, Springfield, Mass.; Paramount, Rochester; Colonial, Akron; Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Brookside, Kansas City; Paramount, Oakland; Fox, Atlanta, and Bell, New Orleans. Perkins, Pratchett Tour James E. Perkins, Paramount International executive vice-president, and A. L. Pratchett, Paramount LatinAmerican division manager, will leave New York on Monday for an extensive tour of the company's LatinAmerican offices in conjunction with the marketing of "To Catch a Thief," "Strategic Air Command" and "We're No Angels." They will visit Trinidad, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Panama and Mexico, returning to New York three weeks later. 20th-Fox Dividend A quarterly cash dividend of 40 cents per share on the outstanding common stock of 20th Century-Fox has been declared, payable on Dec. 24, to stockholders of record on Dec. 9. Sarnoff to Receive Forrestal Memorial For Aid to Security From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff, board chairman of the Radio Corp. of America, has been named winner of the James Forrestal Memorial Award of the National Security Industrial Association. The award was established last year, to be given annually to a distinguished American who has promoted cooperation between industry and government in the interest of national security. President Eisenhower received the first award last year. Sarnoff will receive the award at an association dinner here next Jan. 26th. AT AS on TV Mar. 17; Oldsmobile Sponsor Television HOLLYWOOD, Nov. ToddU.. 16--NBC will telecast ' the Academy awards on March 17, with Oldsmobile again sponsoring, it was announced here today by Don DeFore, president of ATAS. Goldman, Attorney Join in Distribution HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 16. Edmund Goldman, foreign films distributor, and Paul Schreibman, attorney, have announced the formation of Manson Distributing Co. for the national distribution of feature pictures, beginning with the Italian-made musical, "House of Ricordi." Eight in Superscope Slated for Elgado HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 16. -Austin P. Elgado, executive producer for Cub-Mex, Latin-American production company, has concluded a contract with Joseph Tushinsky for the production of an eight-picture program in Superscope. Lloyd Bacon, 65 HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 16.-Film director Lloyd Bacon died yesterday of a cerebral hemorrhage at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank. Bacon, 65, listed among his screen credits "The Singing Fool," "The French Line" and many others. Masonic funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at Forest Lawn. The son of stage-famed Frank Bacon, the deceased, leaves a widow, mother, daughter and son. 'Stripes' Here Nov. 23 Columbia's "Three Stripes In the Sun" will have its premiere at the Paramount Theatre here on Nov. 23. TV -Owners Don't Stay Home, Survey Reveals Special to THE DAILY MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 16. A p taken in this area among owners TV sets and those without TV i ceivers showed little difference film theatre attendance of those que tioned. The survey, conducted by t "Minneapolis Tribune" revealed th of the TV set owners, 65 per ce had attended a film theatre durii the past year. Among those lackii a TV receiver the percentage w 70 per cent. Seel Mi Smith Named RKO Vancouver Mgr. Robert W. Smith has been pr moted from salesman in RKC Toronto office to branch manager the Vancouver exchange, it was ai nounced yesterday by Herbert 1 Greenblatt, domestic sales manager. Smith replaces James F. Davi who resigned. Smith joined RK eight years ago and served as offic manager and head booker before bt coming a salesman. fc C< Lewin to Produce Idol' for M-G-M Albert Lewin has acquired "Tlij)jj Living Idol," which he plans to mak entirely in Mexico for release throug: M-G-M. The picture will star tw rising M-G-M contract players, Stev ieoP Forrest and Liliane Montevecchi, an English star James Robertson-Justict Pec'i Lewin is directing as well as C( producing with Gregorio Walersteiii a"e Iiretl 'Knife 'on 'Toast' f; United Artists' "The Big Knife will be featured on Ed Sullivan" CBS-TV network show on Sunday with a personal appearance by stainl Jack Palance and the presentation o\ film clips from the Robert Aldricl.Jie production. lacl Loew's Dividend Directors of Loew's, Inc., yesterda^F declared a dividend on the commoi stock of 25 cents per share, payable! ;a| on Dec. 23 to stockholders of recorc on Dec. 6. 'rn IN A HURRY FOR SPECIAL TRAILERS? Let Filmack make them! You'll be glad you did! 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