Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1959)

2 Motion Picture Daily Thursday, October 8, 1959 PERSONAL MENTION pHARLES SIMONELLI, Universal^ ' Eastern advertising-publicity director, and Rock Hudson, star of "Pillow Talk," will leave New York tomorrow for Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago. Herman Kass, Eastern exploitation manager, and Tony Randall are leaving here today for the same cities. • Lem Gruenberg, general manager of NTA Pictures, left here yesterday for Hollywood. • Gene Tunick, United Artists Eastern district manager, is recuperating in a Philadelphia hospital from a recent illness. • Ralph Iannuzzi, Warner Rrothers division manager, was in Gloversville, N. Y., from here. • James V. Frew, Southern district manager of Continental Distributing Corp., Atlanta, has left there for the Carolinas. • Carol A. Thornton, daughter of Seorge Thornton, upstate New York circuit owner, was married at St. Mary of the Snows R. C. Church, Saugerties, N.Y., to Dr. Jerome H. Brodish. • Mel Edelstein, Latin American sales manager for NTA International, has left here on a business trip to Puerto Rico. • Mrs. Cleo Shingler, owner of the Buena Vista Theatre, Buena Vista, Ga., has returned there from Clearwater, Fla. • Arthur Heymann, former film salesman in Philadelphia for many years, is in Hahnemann Hospital there. • Charles Simpson, vice-president of Capital Releasing Corp., Atlanta, has returned there from New York. • Dottie Southerland, United Artists receptionist in Atlanta, has returned to her duties there following a vacation in New York. • Howlett Jones, of Carrollton Amusement Co., Carrollton, Ga., was a Film Row visitor there following hospitalization. Hole9 Grosses $461,118 "A Hole In The Head," grossed $461,118 in a twelve-week run at Loew's State here, it was announced by William J. Heineman, Vice-President of United Artists. Eight Pictures Started; 33 Now Before Cameras HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 7. With the start of eight new pictures this week, the total number of productions currently before the cameras rose to 33. Three were completed. Started were: "Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons," a W. Lee Wilder production for Allied Artists; "All the Young Men," Hall Bartlett production," "I Aim at the Stars," Charles Schneer Morningside Production; and "Strangers When We Meet" a Richard Quine Production, the latter three for Columbia release; "Bells Are Ringing," Arthur Freed Production, CinemaScope and Metrocolor; "Key Witnesses," Avon Production, and "Platinum High School," an Albert Zugsmith-Red Doff Fryman Enterprises, for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "The Life and Death of Legs Diamond," a United States Picture for Warner Bros. Completed were: "The Hypnotic Eye," Hypno Vision Production for Allied Artists; "Crescendo" (new title for "The Franz Liszt Story") William Goetz Production for Columbia, and, "The Southern 500" a Darlington Film for Howco release. Sue to Halt Agreement Of Cinerama Prod., S.W. Two stockholders of Cinerama Productions filed suit yesterday in Federal Court here seeking to void the agreement whereby the company turned over to Stanley Warner Cinerama Corp. various of its assets in return for $500,000. The agreement, made July 30, 1959, was approved by stockholders of Cinerama Prods, on Aug. 27. Named as defendants in the action yesterday, in addition to Cinerama Prods, and Stanley Warner Cinerama, were Stanley Warner Management Corp. Cinerama, Inc., S. H. Fabian, Milo J. Sutliff, and other directors of Cinerama, Inc. Asking $50,000 in damages, the plaintiffs charge that the directors of Cinerama Prods, engaged in an "unlawful conspiracy" to dispose of the company assets, including its interest in the prints of five Cinerama films, and asks that these assets be returned to the company. The suit asks further that if the agreement has already been consummated the court appoint a receiver to take charge of the assets. 'Gates' in Fast Pace "Five Gates to Hell," 20th Century-Fox adventure-drama, continue to set a fast box office pace, according to theatre reports received from varied locales. At the Fulton Theatre in Pittsburgh, a five-day figure showed "Gates" rolling up a $10,364 total. At the Center in Buffalo, the first week figure was $13,998. Services Today for Galanter, in Hollywood From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 7. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1:00 P.M. in Groman's Memorial Chapel for Theodore W. (Ted) Galanter, assistant to producer-director George Sidney at Columbia, and director of public relations for Hanna and Barbera Productions, who died at his home Tuesday in West Los Angeles of a heart attack. Galanter, 45, entered show business via theatres in Minneapolis, joining Loew's, Inc., in 1941 as field representative in Chicago. In 1943, he was transferred to Seattle and later to San Francisco as Loew's, Inc. West Coast field exploitation representative. He held this post until 1954, when he joined the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios here as a special promotion executive. In 1957 Galanter became a member of Columbia Pictures studio publicity department, later transferring his activities to the George Sidney production unit. In 1958, he was appointed assistant to Sidney and also was named director of public relations for Hanna and Barbera Productions of which Sidney is president. 'Samson' Scores Record In Five-State Showings The first six openings of "Samson and Delilah" in a 94-theatre, five state "special showing" this week were described by Paramount as the biggest since "The Ten Commandments" yesterday. Grosses in the six houses were as follows: St. Louis Theatre, St. Louis, $12,501 (4 davs); Orpheum Theatre, Springfield, 111., $5,747 (5 days); Victory Theatre, Evansville, Ind., $3,117 (4 days); Columbia Theatre, Paducah, Ky., $814 (opening day); Granada Theatre, Mt. Vernon, 111., $836 (opening day); and Broadway Theatre, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, $1,189 (2 days). Goldwyn Manual Out On 'Porgy and Bess' Samuel Goldwyn has issued a 64 page, spiral-bound booklet on "Porgy and Bess." It includes a comprehensive section on house operation with specific information on the mechanics of a hard-ticket policy, advertising suggestions for a publicity campaign, box office techniques, and complete details for the conducting of an all-out program of group sales involving clubs, schools, industries, and youth groups. Set Richmond's First HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 7. Ted Richmond's first production under his recently signed MGM contract will be "irresistible," a modern suspense action story set in Spain and Israel, it was announced today by studio head Sol C. Siegel. Dubbing of Foreign Films Shows Increase Dubbing of foreign language pic ! tures, up until recently done only | infrequently, has become one of the j burgeoning branches of the industry ; today. David Home, executive vice j; president of Titra Sound Studios, talk [ ing recently of the phenomenon, pointed out that eight years ago his company, then engaged in sound and title work, dubbed only one or two pictures a year for the American market. Today, he said, his company is processing an average of 35 foreign j features a year for release in the i U.S. market. Keeping pace with the change in ! taste which has made it possible for distributors to sell dubbed foreign pictures to enough theatres to make dubbing economically practical, Titra [ has built a pool of creative talent j which is unique in the industry. It ! includes a staff of six writers, four j directors, a staff of experienced engineers and a large registry of acting ' talent which can be drawn on to match voices with personality and' with the intent of the original director of the picture. Quality Improved This pool of talent has made it ! possible to greatly improve the qual j ity of dubbing. Present commitments by the studio include the dubbing of pictures from i France, Italy, Germany, Japan, j Mexico, Russia, Sweden and Denmark. The Studio has handled features for such distributors as MGM, NTA, American International, Zenith ' International, Films Around the ! World, President Films and William | M. Home Productions. Mario Lanza Dies of Heart Attack at 38 Special to THE DAILY ROME, Oct. 7. Mario Lanza, j American tenor who has been starred ; in a number of Hollywood musicals, died here today at the age of 38. He had been admitted to a local hospital about a week ago with a minor illness. A friend said today death had resulted from a heart attack. Lanza's biggest film success was "The Great Caruso." He is survived by his wife and four children. 'Golden Fish' Booked The world-premiere of "The Last 1 Angry Man" at the Trans-Lux 52nd Street and Forum Theatres on October 22 will include the American debut of the prize-winning featurette, "The Golden Fish, winner of the International Critics Prize at the 1959 Cannes j Film Festival. Both are Columbia , releases. MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherwin Kane, Editor; James D. Ivers, Managing Editor; Richard Gertner, News Editor Herbert V. Fecke Advertising Manager; Gus H. Fausel, Production Manager, TELEVISION TODAY, Charles S. Aaronson, Editorial Director; Pinky Herman, Vincent Canby, Eastern Editors' Hollywood Bureau, Yucca-Vine Building, Samuel D Berns, Manager; Telephone HOllywood 7-2145; Washington, J. A. Otten, National Press Club, Washington, d'. C.j London Bureau 4 Bear St. Leicester S uare, W. 2. Hope Williams Burnup, Manager; Peter Burnup, Editor; William Pay, News Editor. 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