Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1959)

2 Motion Picture Daily Monday, October 5, 1959 I PERSONAL MENTION A/fARTIN DAVIS, Paramount na■L'-l tional advertising-publicity-exploitation manager, will return to New York today from a European business trip. • Russell Markert, Radio City Music Hall producer and director of its Rockettes, returned to New York on Friday following a four-week holiday in Bermuda. • Irving H. Ludwig, Buena Vista president, left New York at the weekend for Hollywood. • Norma Kelly Williamson, daughter of W. O. "Ollie" Williamson, Warner Brothers Southeastern division manager, was married at First Methodist Church, Atlanta, to Joseph Marcus Mann, a student at Georgia Tech. • Derorah Kerr will return to New York from London today via B.O.A.C. • Daniel Mann, director of "The Last Angry Man" for Columbia, has arrived in New York from the Coast. • Charles Simpson, vice-president of Capital Releasing Corp., Atlanta, has left there for Knoxville, Tenn. • Dimitri Tiomkin, composer and director of film music, will arrive in New York today from the Coast. • Arthur Hornhlow, Jr., and Robert Thom, writer, have arrived in New York from Holllywood. • James H. Nicholson, president of American International Pictures, arrived in New York yesterday from the Coast. • Jack Bloom, circuit sales representative for 20th Century-Fox, was in Albany, N. Y., from here. Harrison to Outline Product -z that Builds B« MR. HOLLYWOOD MOVIE BEE TRAILER Contact your local NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE EXCHANGE ( Continued from page 1 ) Maryland exhibitors from all companies as well as his own, Broumas said. Other speakers, in addition to Albert M. Pickus, executive committee chairman of national TOA, who will deliver the keynote address, are Edward Redstone of Northeast Drive-in Theatres of Boston, Mass., who will talk on drive-in and concessions operations; E. LaMar Sarra of Florida States Theatres, Jacksonville, Fla., who will talk on state and local legislation; Edward Lachman of Lorraine Carbon Company of Boonton, N. J., who will speak on the program of the Council for the Improvement of The atres and Moton Picture Projection. Also, Philip F. Harling, of Fabian Theatres, New York, who will speak about the Small Business Administration and toll-TV; George Roscoe, director of exhibitor relations of TOA; and A. Julian Brylawski, of Stanley Warner Theatres of Washington, D. C, whose subject will be national legislation. The one-day conference will open at 10 A.M. After a luncheon, most of the afternoon session will be devoted to showmanship. A cocktail party in the evening will conclude the program. 1st Foreign Date for 'Ben-Hur' in London The first foreign engagement for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Ben-Hur" has been set for London's Empire Theatre on Dec. 17, it was announced here. The film will be given a gala premiere in the British capital with prominent government officials, including members of the Royal Family, in attendance. A number of personalities appearing in the picture also are expected to be present. "Ben-Hur" will have its world premiere in New York City at Loew's State on Nov. 18. It will open in a number of other cities shortly afterwards. Additional foreign engagements, following the London opening, will take place in the Spring and Summer of 1960. Pitt Drive-ins ( Continued from page 1 ) court either to prosecute their case or have it face dismissal. The suit charged most national distributors in the Pittsburgh area with conspiracy and discrimination in favor of Loew's, Stanley Warner and the Shea circuits. No specific damages were asked. At one time, plaintiffs retained new counsel when it was disclosed that their attorney had previously been associated with Sargoy & Stein, New York counsel for some of the distributors who were defendants in the case. Second 'Ben-Hur' Show Is Taken by the PAL The Police Athletic League has bought out the second evening's performance of "Ben-Hur" at Loew's State here. Their fund-raising theatre party will take place Nov. 19, the night after the world premiere. John Roosevelt has been named as chairman of the "PAL Premiere," with Jinx Falkenburg as vice-chairman. The theatre party will raise funds to support the PAL's recreational program. 'Mary Deare' Set for Thanksgiving Bookings "The Wreck of the Mary Deare," starring Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston, will be set by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a select group of key city pre-release engagements just prior to and including the Thanksgiving holiday. The national release of the Julian Blaustein production is scheduled for December. Reopen Akron Theatre AKRON, O., Oct. 4. The Paramount Theatre here, long closed, has been reopened by Glen C. Beane and George Robinson. Beane is operating the house. Youth Board Sees 'Man9 Columbia Pictures will screen the Fred Kohlmar production, "The Last Angry Man," tonight for both central and area officers of the Youth Board, as well as young men from the five regions of New York served by the Board. The picture is the story of a Brooklyn physician in a slum neighborhood. N. Y. 'Odds' Bow Oct. 15 Harry Belafonte's "Odds Against Tomorrow" will have its New York premiere on Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Victoria Theatre. Film is a United Artists release. Big Sign for 'Beach' A block-long teaser strip sign advertising the Dec. 17 opening here of Stanley Kramer's "On the Beach" for United Artists release, was erected over the Astor and Victoria theatres on Friday. The sign extends from 45th to 46th Street on Broadway and features photographs of the stars as well as text and credits for the film. Four New Theatres For 'Beach' Premiere Four additional theatres have been; set to participate in the global pre-| miere of Stanley Kramer's "On the! Beach," which will take place Dec. 17 simultaneously in 18 major cities j on six continents, it was announced by William J. Heineman, vice-president of United Artists. The additional theatres are: Grau-| man's Chinese in Los Angeles; the State Lake in Chicago; the Keith The! atre, Washington, and the Odeon The1 tre, Toronto, Canada. The film has also been booked into 1 the Astor Theatre on Broadway, for the Dec. 17 premiere. The Astor has I been closed for a seven-week stage I to-marquee renovation in preparation | for the event. Philbrick, 'Spy' and Exhibitor, N. H. Judge Special to THE DAILY BOSTON, Oct. 4.-Herbert A. Philbrick, former FBI counterspy, as well as theatre executive here, has been named a judge of the Rye, New Hampshire, Municipal Court. His nomination was submitted to the executive council meeting in Concord, N. H., by Governor Wesley Powell. Although Philbrick is not a lawyer, legal training is not required of judges sitting in the lower courts of that state. During his service as a counterspy, Philbrick was an assistant in the publicity department of American Theatres Corp., and before that was with the old M&P Theatres chain. He became a national figure when he testified in Washington on his four years of activities within the Communist party. His book, "I Led Three Lives," became a best-seller and the basis for a national TV sustaining show. Another such series is due on TV screens this winter, all based on his experiences as a counterspy. Philbrick came to Boston earlier this week in connection with the opening of Warner's "The FBI Story." Miele to U. A. Records Andy Miele, for the past eight years an executive of Capitol Records, has been named national sales manager for United Artists Records and its subsidiary labels, it was announced on Friday by David V. Picker, UAR executive vice-president. Miele will assume his new post immediately. Big 'Gates9 Opening "Five Gates to Hell," 20th CenturyFox release, continued its boxoffice pace with a big $1,610 opening day I at the Fulton Theatre in Pittsburgh, | according to a theatre report. MOTION PICTURE DAILY Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherwin Kane, Editor; James D. Ivers, Managing Editor; Richard Gertner News Editor Herherr V F^u Advertising Manager; Gus H. Fausel, Production Manager, TELEVISION TODAY, Charles S. 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