Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Friday, July 8, 196( | PERSONAL MENTION SOL A. SCHWARTZ, president of RKO Theatres, will leave New York tomorrow for Hollywood, after which he will go to San Francisco. He will return here in a week. • Irving Rubine, vice-president of Highroad Productions, will leave New York at the weekend for London. • Jean Goldwurm, president of Times Film Corp., and Mrs. Goldwurm will leave here today aboard the "Niew Amsterdam" for Europe. • J. Raymond Bell, Columbia Pictures public relations representative, and his daughter, Mrs. Carol Stewart, were in Washington from New York, where they were guests at the state dinner held in the White House by the President and Mrs. Eisenhower in honor of the King and Queen of Thailand. • Angie Sovell, booker's clerk for M-G-M in Seattle, has been married there to Charles Delgado. • Al Hartigan, United Artists Associated director of program development, will return to New York today from Hollywood. • Gina Lollobrigida returned to Hollywood yesterday from New York. • R. E. Watson, of the Rose Theatre, and Midway Drive-in, Forsyth, Ga., is recuperating there following hospitalization. Sets Beekman Record M-G-M's "The Subterraneans" broke the all-time opening day record at the Beekman Theatre here Wednesday. The picture grossed $1,503 at the 538seat house, topping the record set by "Rosemary," the German film which just ended a 24-week run there. " S-W Profit (Continued from page 1) ture actors' strike, and the strike of the writers caused the motion picture producers to release fewer pictures, both in number and quality, than had originally been planned, which had an adverse effect, on the operating results for the 13 weeks ended May 28." In addition, there were non-recurring expenses incurred by another subsidiary. With the strikes ended, Fabian added, and other "unfavorable factors behind us, we look forward to greatly improved operating results for our August quarter." During the 39 weeks ended May 28, 1960, there was credited direct to earned surplus a net profit of $9,800 arising from unusual dispositions of property and other assets. For the corresponding period last year extraordinary non-operating losses of $1,544,000 were charged to earned surplus. For the 39 weeks ended May 28, 1960, theatre admissions, merchandise sales and other income amounted to $95,320,900 as compared with similar income of $92,869,800 for the same period last year. The consolidated operating profit for the 13 weeks ended May 28, 1960, was $454,300, equivalent to 22c per share on the outstanding common stock. The profit for the corresponding period a year ago was $1,337,600, equivalent to 66c per share on the common stock. For the 13 weeks ended May 28, I960,theatre admissions, merchandise sales and other income amounted to $31,799,400 as compared with similar income of $30,738,600 for the same period last year. During the 13 weeks ended May 28, 1960, there was charged direct to earned surplus $15,000 arising from unusual dispositions of property and other assets. For the corresponding period last year extraordinary nonoperating losses of $1,434,600 were charged to earned surplus. check with.£?F. national screen service for the best in SPECIAL TRAILERS 'Psycho' at Drive-in (Continued from page 1) day, non-holiday and weekend marks at the theatre. The Paramount release is being shown under the same "no one admitted after the start of the picture" policy being enforced at conventional theatres. It attracted a capacity audience 45 minutes in advance of its first performance, officials said. Before the start of the second showing, cars completely filled the driveway and front parking area of the Brunswick, and were lined up for three miles on U. S. Route 1. When ,the theatre capacity was again reached, many people requested to be allowed to park their cars outside and to pay for a seat on the concession stand terrace. 'Financial World7 Cites Paramount Annual Report Paramount Pictures Corporation's Annual Report for 1959 has been selected for a 1960 Financial World Merit Award. Selection of the Paramount report was made "on the basis of content, design and typography from among five thousand entries in the Twentieth Annual Report Survey conducted during 1960," according to Richard J. Anderson, editor and publisher of the weekly investment magazine. Cleveland Anti-Censor Group Is Organized Special to THE DAILY CLEVELAND, July 7.-About 350 people from Greater Cleveland, protesting against "organized censor groups" which they claim jeopardize freedom as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, held their second open meeting last night in the Unitarian Society Auditorium and formally organized under name of Citizens for Freedom of the Mind. Twelve trustees were elected, to which 13 will be added. Trustees will name permanent officers. Purpose of the group set forth by Chairman Jasper Wood states that "every American should be free to see, hear, write, read, speak, and think as he pleases without censorship or coercion by church or state." Citizens for Freedom of the Mind is a direct outgrowth of the decision of three common pleas judges that the French film, "The Lovers," is obscene and that Nico Jacobellis, manager of the Heights Theatre, committed a felony by having in his possession and exhibiting it. Stunt Campaign for 'Lost World' Here Starting Saturday and continuing through the weekend, Irwin Allen's "The Lost World," will be given a large stunt ballyhoo campaign by 20th Century-Fox. The picture opens Wednesday at the Warner Theatre here. A single-engine monoplane will tour the tri-state beaches, including Coney Island, Rockaway, Long Beach, Jones Beach, the New Jersey Shore area, and the Connecticut and Long Island Sound territory trailing a huge 40-foot day-glo banner easily seen from a height of more than a quarter of a mile. In addition, a ballyhoo sound truck begins a city-wide tour of municipal and private parks, beaches, playgrounds, etc., heralding the opening. The truck is contracted for 1,000 miles over the two full days. 1; Technicolor Prints At 6 Billion Feet « From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, July 7. Techni color positive release print footag< produced in Hollywood has passec the 6,000,000 mark, it was announcec here. Two billion feet of film havo been produced by the company's foru eign affiliates, Technicolor Limited o London and Technicolor Italian o: Rome. Technicolor's first feature, "Th« Gulf Between," was filmed at Jackson ville, Florida, in 1917. Illustrative of the early difficultie. of color pioneering, it was not unti 1946 that Technicolor release prin output reached its first billion mark) The second billion was attained in j little more than four years, in 1950 In the ensuing decade, four billiol feet have been added to productioi figures. In 1932, positive print output wai , 5,526,128 feet, about one fifty-fiftl of the 1959 production of 308,760,10(< feet. Constant research and developmen have brought color motion picturo photography from its crude two-colo: beginnings to the perfected color seer on the screen today. In more recen: years, Technicolor has worked it many techniques for wide screen pho tography. Technicolor pictures in current ex hibition or in production include "Ben Hur," "Spartacus," "Solomon ancjn Sheba," "King of Kings," "Can-Can,'li "Pollyanna," "The Alamo," "G.I Blues," "All in a Night's WorlC "ThelCt Grass Is Greener" and "Exodus." Mulvey in N. Y. Offices jj In Association with Sonts James A. Mulvey, whose retirement , as president of Samuel Goldwyn Proj ductions became effective on June 30 , has opened offices at 711 Fifth Avemuij here, as Champion Pictures Corp. anc . as Mulvey-McKeever Exhibition Co.k Inc. His associate in these opera, tions will be his son, Stephen. Mulvey remains as a limited part j , ner in the Goldwyn organization and » will be available to that company fol consultation on important financial S and policy matters. NEW YORK THEATRES! i — RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL— | Rockefeller Center • Ci 6-4600 "BELLS ARE RINGING" An ARTHL.t FREED PRODUCTION starring JUDY HOLLIDAY • DEAN MARTIN from M-G-M in Cinemascope and METR0C0LOR ON THE GREAT STAGE "HAWAII. U.S.A." 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. 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