Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY L. 88, NO. 10 NEW YORK, U.S.A., FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1960 TEN CENTS pkn Is Spokesman l!onn. Pay -TV i)pponentsFile Protest at FCC ■ k Pre-Hearing Talk on xonevision Application From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, July 14.-Formal !;iand has been made that the FedIt Communications Commission reIre a full evidentiary hearing before ; ng other action in regard to Hart II Phonevision's application to cont a pay-TV experiment over 'ICT, Hartford, Conn. Attorney ircus Cohn, representing the Joint Inmittee Against Toll-TV and the hnecticut Committee Against PayI, made the request. ! he anti-payTV filing takes issue III some of the points made in re[3 to the Hartford Phonevision apI ation. The pay-TV proponents had e nested that FCC itself hold a hearI on the question of pay-TV rather In first having proceedings before ( Continued on page 4 ) ate Wage Hearings heduled on Aug. 4-5 I ;epresentatives of the motion pic|i industry as well as spokesmen I other amusement fields will have jiance to testify in Albany on Aug. ad here on Aug. 5 during public jj rings on the new statewide mini|n wage standard which becomes Ijctive Oct. 1. 1 making this announcement here ( Continued on page 4 ) 1500 in Attendance I Services for Adler From THE DAILY Bureau OLLYWOOD, July 14. More i 1,500 key industry figures and ids attended funeral services for I dy Adler this afternoon at Temple |el. Tony Martin sang "Love Is a |iy Splendored Thing" and "From le to Eternity." George Jessel dered the eulogy in behalf of the .rs Club. iterment at Forest Lawn Cemetery private. Report Post-'48s on TV Have Reached 1,985 Out of 9,200 theatrical feature films available for television showing some 1,985 are post-1948 product, according to the Broadcast Information Bureau here. The Bureau publishes a "TV Feature Film Source Book," the fourth volume of which has just been issued. Some 45 film distributors control the feature films, it is stated. The figures presumably do not include the 110 post-'48s which Warner Bros, licensed to Creative Telefilm & Artists, Ltd., this week. Mew Release Schedule Is Readied by Hyman Edward L. Hyman, vice-president of American Broadcasting Paramount Theatres, announced yesterday that his new release schedule covering the releases of the ten major distributors will be ready for circulation early in August. Hyman has completed visits to all distributors involved, and the data he has gathered is being compiled and ( Continued on page 4 ) Name Preston Columbia Studio Publicity Ass't. Reports on Trip Abroad 'Bigger, Better' Films On Horizon: Johnston Says Increase in Co-Production, Foreign Pictures Will Result in Greater Output By E. H. KAHN WASHINGTON, July 14.— An increase in co-production and in foreign production will result in a greater total output of "bigger and better pictures," Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Ass'n., predicted here today. : " — ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Forecasting National Allied Board To Meet August 5 The board of Allied States Ass'n. will meet in Chicago August 5 or 6 to act on the resignation of Abram F. Myers as chairman and general counsel and to consider recommendations for the future organization of the board in the light of that resignation. Al Myrick, president of Allied, early this month said that Myers had told a committee appointed to confer with (Continued on page 2) Eric Johnston many changes in the production and distribution of films in the next five years, the MPA head, who has just returned to this country from Europe, named pay-TV as one of the significant influences that studied. From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, July 14. ■ Joel Preston has been appointed Columbia Pictures' assistant studio publicity manager, it was announced today by John C. Flinn, Columbia studio director of advertising and publicity. The appointment, which is effective immediately, will have Preston work( Continued on page 4 ) Jackter Takes to Road On 'Gulliver' Bookings Rube Jackter, Columbia Pictures vice-president and general sales manager, announced yesterday that he will take to the road at the end of this month to personally line up the country's top showcases for the company's Christmas release, Charles H. (Continued on page 2) should be carefully Johnston cited some interesting experiments in pay-TV now going on. He noted, however, that he had not indicated any belief that pay-TV is inevitable or that it is necessarily the appropriate direction in which the industry should go. Saying the wired pay-TV experi ment in Etobicoke, Ont., is (Continued on page 3) Report on the Outlook for New Films Sent to Key Newspapers by MP A A A report on the outlook for upcoming films in the third quarter of 1960 was released yesterday by the MPAA advertising and publicity directors committee to key newspapers throughout the country. The report is being planted by the exploitation field committee, which successfully served the Academy Awards promotion and now is established on a permanent basis. The third quarter report describes upcoming films "that will satisfy the tastes of every type of movie fan." There is a wide selection of dramatic films, many comedies, a generous selection of family films, musicals and even a number of big spectacles, the release points out. Each story was accompanied by a five-page list of titles and credits and a selection of scene stills around which any newspaper can build an interesting feature story. The Association plans to furnish similar stories on a regular basis to the daily press throughout the year. Pittsburgh Meets Set On Compo-Marcus Plan Special to THE DAILY PITTSBURGH, July 14. Zone managers for the Compo-Marcus product merchandising plan being planned for the Pittsburgh area are setting up meetings of local exhibitors in their zones to explain the operation of the plan at the local level, Alec Moss, Compo co-ordinator, reported today following a meeting of zone managers in this city. Harry Hendel, acting for the central exhibitors' committee, has been (Continued on page 2) TELEVISION TODAY-page 4