Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1959)

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2 Motion Picture Daily Friday, October 16, 19£ PERSONAL MENTION CHARLES SCHLAIFER and Sm Blumenstock will leave here for the Coast today, Blumenstock to remain there in charge of the Schlaifer West Coast office. Charles Okun, head of theatre sales for Coca-Cola, will return to New York today from Baltimore after attending the Theatre Owners of Maryland convention there. Charles Terwilliger, manager of the Motion Picture advertising department of Macfadden Publications, will return to New York at the weekend from Germany. • Norman Barnett, vice-president of Barnett International Forwarders, will leave here today for a two-week trip to Europe, during which he will confer with the overseas agents of the company. • Joshua Logan, producer-director of "Tall Story" for Warner Brothers, returned to Hollywood yesterday from New York. • Daniel Skouras, of the United Artists foreign sales department, has become engaged to Estelle T. Jiavis of Chicago, singer who will make her concert debut with the Fox Valley Symphony, Aurora, 111., on Nov. 1. Alan Pakula, producer of the forthcoming "Laurette," arrived here yesterday from the Coast. S. E. Mortimer, partner in the Skyvue Drive-in Theatre, New Orleans, has left there for a three-week vacation in Florida. wmr yi of dependability Compo 's Ad ( Continued from page 1 ) eration.' 'Embarrassing situation.' 'Advanced state of deshabille.' They fell into place almost automatically. "Books, too, were full of nice-nellyisms. The rows of asterisks. The dialogue full of 'Dash it all,' 'That blankety-blank scoundrel.' And, if the publisher was exceptionally daring, just a row of dashes within quotes. Once Accepted Practice "Quaint as such practices would be now, it wasn't long ago when they were standard in newspaper and book publishing. "Why were they dropped? Why did newspapers and books become franker, more explicit? "There is, of course, only one reason. Editors came to realize that such euphemisms, to readers who had lived through the experience of two world wars, were ridiculous. These readers did not want to be treated as children. "After being belabored for years by newspaper critics as catering solely to the 12-year-old mind, the movies a few months ago revised their Production Code. The reason was the same as that which prompted newspaper and book publishers to change their language— a desire to conform with public attitudes. Points to 'Usual Outcry' "Pictures made under the revised code are now being released. From the modern survivors of Puritanism there has been the usual outcry. Even some newspapers have joined in the hullaballoo, giving prominent space to the tirades of fanatics who, if they had their way, would even censor newspapers. "We suggest that instead of pretending to worry about the morality of the movies, the editors of these newspapers should give careful scrutiny to the aims of these censorship agitators, especially as these aims relate to the freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment. Cites High Court Decisions "Newspapers traditionally have been the first to defend these freedoms. Since United States Supreme Court decisions have repeatedly interpreted the First Amendment's guarantees as applying to movies, as well as the press, we are confident newspapers will live up their great tradition and continue their fight for thet'e freedoms— not only for the press, but for books and for the screen." British Council Holds Film Production Course From THE DAILY Bureau LONDON, Oct. 13 (By Air Mail). Film makers from India, Israel, West Indies and Europe are meeting here for a two-week film production course run by the British Council. The programme covers most aspects of British film production, including television. The producers will hear lectures on feature, documentary, animation, screen writing, music, television, children's films and art direction. Visits will be made to Pinewood and Shepperton studios, to the television studios of Associated Rediffusion and the BBC, and Halas and Batchelor's animation studios. Dr. Manvell in Charge Directing the course is Dr. Rogef Manvell, former Director of the British Film Academy and now consultant to the Society of Film and Television Arts. Set International Music Tie-Up for 4On Beach' United Artists is launching an international music promotion, including a soundtrack album and several 45 rpm records in its campaign to focus attention on Stanley Kramer's "On the Beach." The all-out music and disc jockey drive will penetrate every major market around the world in advance of the global premieres. Key elements of the promotion are a soundtrack album from the score of the UA release, and a 45 rpm of "Waltzing Matilda" by the Four Aces, which Decca Records is rushing into release this week. The popular folk tune is the theme song of the film. In addition, an "On the Beach" love theme will be released as a 45 rpm disc. Preview iOn the Beach11 WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 15.The nation's top political writers and commentators will see Stanley Kramer's "On the Beach" tomorrow night at the Motion Picture Association headquarters. Among those attending the special preview of the United Artists release will be: Walter Lippmann, Marquis W. Childs, Joseph W. Alsop, Jr., Arthur Krock, Martin Agronsky, James Reston, Robert S. Allen, James Hagerty, David Brinkley, William S. White, Alfred Friendly, David Lawrence and Howard K. Smith. national screen service Baronet Sets 'Carry On' 'Man' to ISormandie Fortieth Anniversary Celebration Once-InALifetime Tribute to Trailers The next attraction at the Baronet Theatre here will be "Carry on Sergeant," a British film released by Governor Films. Walt Disney's "Third Man on the Mountain" will be the next attraction at the Normandie Theatre here, following "The Best of Everything." Agree on Tel ( Continued from page 1 ) ' | the test case to be brought immeq! ately in Common Pleas Court of DcJ phin County here. It would then fj referred at once to the State Suprenj Court for a prompt ruling by Chi'' Justice Jones. Should the latter decline to accMj jurisdiction, indications are the exhib j tors will cause the suit to be brough"; regardless, and it would then procee : in the usual but more time consumir : manner from the lower court throuj. the various appellate divisions to tli'i supreme court. [I Expect Conference Next Week U The conference between Cohen arr; the attorney general, on the one hanj' and Chief Justice Jones, on the othfiv is expected to take place in Philadfj; phia some time next week. The action to be brought by Coh^'' on behalf of the exhibitors reported!!; will be in the form of an applicatici; for a permanent injunction to restraPj the state from invoking the new cen sorship law. The action would r brought under a Pennsylvania statup! which permits taxpayers to test til constitutionality of any state laj] which provides for an appropriatic'l in connection with its operation. Tl! new censorship law authorizes a $75 000 annual appropriation to pay tip salaries of members of the cens|| board and for the expenses of its oil eration. !l Governor Ready to Name Board y Governor David Lawrence is undejj stood to be prepared to announce tl; appointment of the censor board merlj bers next week. If the exhibitors' action to have tljji law declared unconstitutional undH state statutes does not succeed, thd still will be free to initiate test actioi which could be carried to the U.L Supreme Court if and when the nej, censor board seeks to prevent the £j hibition of a film within the state. ! NEW YORK THEATRE — RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL— Rockefeller Center • CI 6-4600 "THE FBI STORY" Starrine JAMES STEWART VERA MILES A WARNER BROS. Picture In TECHNICOLOR® and GALA NEW STAGE SPECTACLE WANTED Motion Picture Theatre Manager with previous road show experience for deluxe operation in New York State. Reply giving complete resume, your salary requirements and references to: Bex 1014, MOTION PICTURE DAILY, 1270 6th Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. Cable address "Oui<*pubco New York" Martin Quigley, President; Martin Qu.^ley, Jr., Vice-President; Theo J. Sullivan, Vice-President and Treasurer; Raymond GallaghdJ Vice-President Leo °T Brady, Secretary. Other Quiglev Publications: Motion Picture Herald, Better Theatres and Better Refreshment Merchandising, each published 13 times a yen as a section of Mot:i.n Picture Herald; Television Today, published daily as a part of Motion Picture Daily; Motion Picture Almanac, Television Almanac, Fame. Entered as secoiS class matter Sept 21 1938 at the Post 'Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1379. Subscription rates per year, $6 in the Americas and $12 foreign. Single copies. 10i