Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1959)

2 Motion Picture Daily Friday, October 2, 1959 PERSONAL MENTION EUGENE PICKER, Loew's Theatres president, and John Murphy, executive vice-president, left here last night for San Francisco and are scheduled to go to Los Angeles from there on Monday. • David Picker, executive vice-president of United Artists Records, will be in Los Angeles and Las Vegas at the weekend from New York. • Leonard Anderson, president of Leonard Anderson Associates, producers of documentaries, will return to New York on Monday from the Midwest. • Mrs. Gordon Bugie, wife of the Paramount salesman in the northern Ohio area, this week gave birth to their third child and first daughter, to be named Tracy Anne. Gene Skinner, of the Dixie Drivein Theatre, Atlanta, has returned there from North Carolina. • Herman Cohen, producer of the forthcoming "Aladdin and the Giant," for American International Pictures, will arrive in New York on Wednesday from Hollywood. • Alfred Hitchcock and Mrs. Hitchcock left Hollywood by plane last night for London. • Mrs. Bernie "Tillie" Shapiro, of Triangle Poster and Printing Co., Atlanta, has returned to her home there following hospitalization. George Walter Dies; Lorraine Carbons Exec. Funeral services will be held in Lakewood, N. J , at the weekend for George H. Walter, assistant to the president of Lorraine Carbons, Inc., who died suddenly of a heart attack late Tuesday. Services will be held at the West Hall Funeral Home. NEW YORK THEATRES i — RADIO CITY MUSIC HILL — ■ Rockefeller Center • Ci 6-4600 "THE FBI STORY" Stirring JAMES STEWART VERA MILES A WARNER BROS. Picture in TECHNICOLOR® and GALA NEW STAGE SPECTACLE 'Bullfighter' Writers Get 'Solomon' Poster United Artists is reminding the press that its forthcoming Edward Small production, "Solomon and Sheba" was filmed in Spain by a unique gimmick. Scribes are receiving a colorful bullfight poster listing on the program "three of Spain's greatest matadors." The name of the third matador is that of the press recipient himself. Rockettes, Takarazuka Units Exchange Visits The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes and the Japanese Takarazuka Theatre dancers from Tokyo, the latter now appearing at the Metropolitan Opera House, are exchanging backstage visits. Last night the Rockettes called behind the scenes at the "Met" and extended their good wishes to the Nipponese stars. This afternoon the oriental troupe will travel uptown to the Music Hall, witness the performance and pay their respects backstage following the show. Ohio Drive-ins Shifting To Winter-Time Policy Special to THE DAILY CLEVELAND, Oct. 1. The coming winter is beginning to cast its shadow on drive-ins in this area. Already several of them have announced a cut in their playing policy to week-end operation. Among them are the George Manos drive-ins, including the Maple Grove, Wyndham; Super 45 Drive-In, Warren; Elm Lane Drive-In, Coshocton; Starlite Drivein and Newcomerstown; also Herbert Horstemeier's Tri-Vale Drive-in, Coshocton. Conciliation Dinoff Joins WABC-TV, Director of Publicity Lester Dinoff, who has been director of publicity and exploitation for WMGM since the first of the year, is leaving that organization to become director of publicity for WABC-TV, effective next Monday. Prior to joining WMGM Dinoff was with Rank Film Distributors of America for a year and a half and, before that, was reporter for Motion Picture Daily. 'Liszt' Now 'Crescendo* HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 1. The title of "The Franz Liszt Story," William Goetz production for Columbia, which just completed principal photography, has been changed to "Crescendo." ( Continued from page 1 ) far in the many meetings held," and also gave a vote of confidence "to Allied's active representative in ACE, Irving Dollinger, for his untiring efforts in behalf of the small exhibitor." Plymouth Convention Recalled The I.E.N.E. board's resolutions follow closely on the organization's annual convention at Plymouth, Mass., in September, at which similar sentiments were expressed in resolutions adopted by the delegates and other members. In endorsing conciliation and ACE activities the board's resolutions urged "the immediate use of conciliation by exhibitors in this territory who have any business problem in the operation of their theatre, including clearances, availabilities, film rentals, etc., which they would like to solve," and also urged "the ACE executive committee to continue its efforts to achieve a program which will benefit exhibition and production alike." Dollinger, who is New Jersey Allied's representative on the national Allied board and is one of the latter 's representatives on the ACE executive committee, was a speaker at the recent I.E.N.E. convention and reported in detail on ACE's work and objectives, as well as the new attitude toward and possibilities of industry conciliation. Elsewhere, high Allied officials have been critical both of ACE and conciliation and have recommended only a three months' trial of the latter, at the end of which, if found wanting, it was proposed that Allied withdraw its support from ACE and place its sole reliance on Allied's own "white paper" campaign. Uncertain Anent 'White Paper' Other Allied leaders, however, take the position that conciliation is here now and may be used to help many small exhibitors, but the "white paper" campaign after two years, is as uncertain as ever of producing anything of benefit to hard-pressed exhibitors who need help now. These have advocated complete acceptance of conciliation and support of both continued "white paper" and ACE objectives without placing an arbitrary time limit on the latter. Goldberg to Coast Fred Goldberg, United Artists national director of advertising, publicity and exploitation, left here yesterday for Hollywood for a series of toplevel promotion conferences with UA executives and producers. Prior to returning to New York, Goldberg will confer with John Wayne and Batjac promotion executives in Brackettville, Tex., where Wayne's "The Alamo" is currently before the cameras. Ezell & Associates Plan Annual Meet Dec. 9-11 Special to THE DAILY DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 1. Claud* Ezell, president of Claude Ezell H Associates, operators of the Bordertown Theatres, Inc., the largest cir^ cuit of drive-in theatres in the Uniteef States, announced that the 11th anJ« nual convention for the circuit will be at Gaido's Motel in Galveston! Tex., Dec. 9 through the 11th. i Managers from the 40 Ezell drive] I ins located all over the state of Texas are expected to meet with the home office executives from Dallas Name Kauf mail (Continued from page 1 ) pany divisions as NTA Telestudios NTA Storevision and the broadcasting stations. He comes to NTA following a ten year association with RKO Teleradii Pictures, Inc., the wholly owned op erating subsidiary for the entertain ment activities of the General Tin and Rubber Company. For the pas four years, Kaufman was a vice-president and executive staff member a RKO Teleradio. He was chairman oi the RKO Teleradio advisory commit tee and a division director. He alsc held the position of general managei of the company's film, financing divi sion. Capi >ra to Make (Continued from page 1) nounced today by Samuel J. Briskin Columbia vice-president in charge oi West Coast operations. Briskin said that Crosby will por tray Eddie Jackson; Sinatra, Loij Clayton, and Martin, Jimmy Durante) Filming is scheduled to start early next year. 'Beach' Screening Booh In conjunction with the sixcontij nent, 22-key city simultaneous world premiere of Stanlay Kramer's "On the, Beach," on Dec. 17, United Artists] and the "On the Beach" special global unit are preparing an international screening manual for promotion rep-| resentatives around the world. The 14-page document will blueprint an international screening program. O Brien Services Held i RICHMOND, Va., Oct. l.-Servicesj were held here today for A. Frank O'Brien, booker for the Wilmer & Vincent Circuit, who died in Rich-, mond Hospital on Tuesday. He is sur-i vived by his wife, Lulu, and three sisters. MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Shenvin Kane, Editor; James D. 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