Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1959)

Motion Picture Daily Thursday, October 15, "& levis'ion Today British TV Film Series Sales Show Big Expansion of Australian Market By WILLIAM PAY LONDON, Oct. 12 (By Air Mail).-Associated Television (ATV), one of the leading commercial TV program contractors here, has already sold £500,000 ($1,400,000) of British filmed series to Australian TV networks. These include the "Robin Hood," "The Invisible Man," "The Four Just Men" and "Interpol Calling" series. This information was revealed in a statement by managing director of ATV, Val Parnell, who said that the big expansion of Australian TV has meant that Australia now ranks with Canada as the biggest potential overseas market for British programs, next to America. With the growth of the country stations Australia will have around 30 stations within the next two years. Active in Key Cities Australia, of course, Parnell added, already represents by far the largest part in the development of ATV's overseas interests. "We have," he continued, "big holdings there in studios, radio and TV stations. The Macquarie Broadcasting Service, in which we are in partnership with Australian companies, is Australia's largest net work of commercial radio stations. We also have important interests in three TV companies operating commercial stations in Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide. Warner, on CBS-TV Oct. 25, To Tell of Sound Pioneering Jack L. Warner, president of Warner Brothers, who with his brothers, Samuel, Harry and Albeit, pioneered in the making of motion pictures with sound, will appear as a special guest on "The Twentieth Century," Oct. 25 6:30-7 P.M., EST, on the CBS Television Network CBS newsman Walter Cronkite is the moderator. Warner will appear as a guest and will reminisce about those early days in "The Movies Learn to Talk," the story of how sound came to motion pictures and what it did to Hollywood. Who's Where Martin Rackin and John Lee Mahin, Hollywood film writers and producers, have been signed to long-term contracts by the National Broadcasting Company to develop, write, produce and supervise television programs for the network, it was announced bv David Levy, vice-president, NBC network television programming and talent. □ Elliott W. Henry, Jr., director of advertising, promotion and press information for the American Broadcasting Company, Central Division, and its o\\{ned-and-operated, WBKB, Chicago, has been promoted to the post of ABC Television director of information, ! Hollywood, it was announced by Michael J. Foster, ABC vice-president in charge of press information. The appointment is effective Oct. J26. Henry replaces Ernest Stern, whq! moves to CBS-TV as director of press information, Hollywood. Joseph □ has joined as vice-presi F. Kilmartin Transfilm-Oaravel, Inc dent in charge of business program services, it; was announced by William Miesegaes, president of the business communications and TV film production company. Formerly Kilmartin was; a vice-president and partner at Dejjictorama, a similar organization. Litho in U.S.A. Sees Faith Vindicated "The fact that ATV is so actively engaged in Australian TV," he continued, "is an indication of the faith which we have in the growth of television as a world wide industry." "We are already in contact with several television groups in Canada who are among the applicants to become program contractors in the big Canadian population centres. On a small scale, we are also interested in the development of television in such wide apart places as the Caribbean and two areas on the African continent—Kenya and Ghana. In the Caribbean— we have put forward proposals for the installation and operation of commercial TV stations in Jamaica; Trinidad and Barbados. Special Committee Formed "Finally, we have submitted a proposal to the Bahamas Broadcasting Commission for the operating of both commercial radio and TV in this area and a special committee has been set up by the House of Representatives to consider this." Parnell leaves for a three-week tour of ATV's Australian interests on Oct. 24. Miss Kross on CBS-TV New York Commissioner of Education Anna Kross will make two appearances on "The Verdict Is Yours," starting Oct. 22, on CBS-TV. FORTHCOMING RELEASES ABBREVIATIONS: AA, Allied Artists; AIP, American International Pictures; BV, Buena Vista; Col, Columbia; MGM, MetroGoldwyn-Mayer; Par, Paramount; 20-Fox, 20th Century-Fox; UA, United Artists; Uni, Universal; WB, Warner Bros.; c, co/or; cs, CinemaScope, te, Techirama; vv, VistaVision; rs, Regalscope. ► OCTOBER AIP— THE' BUCKET OF BLOOD: Barbara Morris, Dick Miller AIP— THE LEECHES: Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers BV— THE BIG FISHERMAN, c, 70mm: Howard Keel, Susan Kohner COL— THE TINGLER: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn COL— THEY CAME TO CORDURA: c, cs: Gary Cooper, Rita Hayv.orrh COL— THE CRIMSON KIMONO: Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett MGM— GIRLS' TOWN: Mamie Van Doren, Paul Anka MGM— LIBEL: Dirk Bogarde, Olivia De Haviland PAR— BUT NOT FOR ME, vv: Clark Gable, Carroll Baker PAR— THE JAYHAWKERS, c: Jeff Chandler, Nicole Maurey 20-FOX— THE BEST OF EVERYTHING, c, cs: Hope Lange, Joan Crawford 20-FOX— FIVE GATES TO HELL, cs: Dolores Michaels, Patricia Owens UA— THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY, c: Robert Mitchum, Julie London UA— TIMBUCTU: Victor Mature, Yvonne DeCarlo UA— COUNTERPLOT: Forrest Tucker, Alii son Hayes UNI— PILLOW TALK, c, cs: Rock Hudson, Doris Day WB— THE FBI STORY, c: James Stewart, Vera Miles ► NOVEMBER AA— HOUSE OF INTRIGUE, c, cs: Curt Jurgens, Dawn Addams AIP— GOLIATH AND THE GOLDEN HORDE, c, cs: Steve Reeves BV— THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN, c: James MacArthur, Janet Munro COL— YESTE'RDAY'S ENEMY: Stanley Baker, Guy Rolfe COL— THE MOUSE THAT ROARED, c: Jean Seberg, Peter Sellers COL— THE LAST ANGRY MAN: Paul Muni, Betsy Palmer COL— THE WARRIOR AND THE SLAVE GIRL, c, cs: Gianna Maria Canale, George March<? COL— PATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA: Cliff Robertson, Gia Scala COL— EDGE OF ETERNITY, c, cs: Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw MGM— HOUSE OF SEVEN HAWKS: Robert Taylor, Nicole Maurey MGM— WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE, c, cs: Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston PAR — CAREER: Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine 20-FOX— THE HOUND DOG MAN, c, cs: Fabian, Stuart Whitman 20-FOX— JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, c, cs: Pat Boone UA— ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan UA— SUBWAY IN THE SKY: Van Johnson, Hildegarde Neff UNI— THE 4-D MAN: Lee Meriwether, Robert Lansing UNI— SAPPHIRE, c: Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell WB— A SUMMER PLACE, c: Dorothy McGuire, Richard Egan WB— "30": Jack Webb ► DECEMBER AA— THE PURPLE GANG: Barry Sullivan AA— RAYMIE AND THE BARRACUDA: David Ladd, John Agar COL— THOUSAND AND ONE ARABIAN NIGHTS, c: Mr. Magoo feature cartoon COL— THE FLYING FONTAINES: Michael Callan, Evy Norlund MGM— LAST VOYAGE: Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone MGM— NEVER SO FEW, c, cs: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida PAR— LI'L ABNER, c: Peter Palmer, Julie Newmar 20-FOX— CONDEMNED PATROL, rs: John Lupton, Ziva Rodann 20-FOX — BELOVED INFIDEL, c, cs: Deborah Kerr, Gregory Peck 20-FOX— DOG OF FLANDERS: David Ladd, Theodore Bikel UA— HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: David Niven, Mitzi Gaynor UA— SOLOMON AND SHEBA, c, te'70: Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida UA— ON THE BEACH: Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck UA— THE PUSHER: Kathy Carlisle, Felice Orlandi UNI— OPERATION PETTICOAT, c: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis WB— THE MIRACLE, c Carroll Baker, Walter Slezak 1 Starting New Theatre ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 14.-The corner stone for the 1080-seat de luxe theatre which Neil Hellman is building adjacent to his Thruway Motel, on the outskirts of Albany, will be laid Friday. n i Reopen in Troy, N. Y. ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 14.-The Bijou Theatre in Troy, N. Y., one of the most modern small theatres in the Albany exchange district, has been reopened following summer close-down. Kay Acquires Charter NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 14. I Kay Enterprises, independent tributing company of New Orle with branches in Memphis and Dal £ has been granted a charter of corpc tion by the secretary of state depj ment of Louisiana with Don t named as president. Other officers j Miss Teenie Yerger, manager of Ki; Memphis branch; Bob Wilkes, rnjj| ager of the Dallas branch, and t Dreyfus, the company's special sou east field representative covering key cities of that area.