Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Monday, July 18, PERSONAL MENTION TESSE CHINICH, Buena Vista •J Western sales division manager, will leave New York today for Denver and Dallas. R. M. Kennedy, Southern circuit operator with headquarters in Birmingham, has left there with Mrs. Kennedy for a vacation in Florida. • Vivian Coleman, publicist, will leave New York today for Los Angeles. A. C. Lyles, producer of Allied Artists, "Raymie," and David Ladd, who is starred in the film, arrived in New York last week from Hollywood. Frank De Vol, band leader, will leave New York today for Miami Beach. • Jack H. Harris, producer of "Dinosaurus" for Universal, is expected to leave Mt. Sinai Hospital, Hollywood, today or tomorrow, and will recuperate at home following surgery. • Leonard Anderson, president of Leonard Anderson Associates, producers, left New York over the weekend for a midwestern vacation. Grace Hammond, of the accounting department at Capital Releasing Corp., Atlanta, has entered a local hospital there for treatment. Three More Join TO A Alan V. Iselin, of Tri City Drive-in Theatres, Albany, N. Y., has enrolled three of his drive-in operations in Theatre Owners of America, it has been announced by Albert M. Pickus, president of TOA. The theatres are the Auto Vision Drive-in, East Greenbush; the Super 50 Drive-in, Ballston, and the Turnpike Drive-in, Albany. check with^ national screen service for the best in SPECIAL TRAILERS Holy See Has Three Point Program TOADelegat To Protect Young from Immoral Films Special to THE DAILY VIENNA, July 14 (By Air Mail)-The Holy See has proposed a three-point program to protect "the souls of the young" from the effects of immoral motion pictures The program calls for more decisive civil action to banish "degrading spectacles," effective enforcement of adultonly classifications, and production of movies specifically for young persons. The proposals were outlined in a letter written in the name of Pope John XXIII by Domenico Cardinal Tardini, Vatican Secretary of State. The letter was addressed to Msgr. Jean Bernard, president of the International Catholic Office for Motion Pictures. It was read at the office's study congress on "Movies, Youth and Public Authorities," held here from July 10 to 14. Cardinal Tardini said that "it is unfortunately a notorious fact that every year sees an increase in the number of immoral films, and the first victims of these bad spectacles are the less well protected and more impressionable souls, the souls of the young." Cites Duties of Government The Cardinal acknowledged that "the education of youth depends primarily on the family and the Church." But, he said, "the civil authority, for its part, cannot ignore the spiritual welfare of young people. "On the contrary, in view of the common good and in harmony with the family and the Church, it must assure them of the protection they need." The Cardinal said: "The first point concerns the cinema in general. One would like to see the civil authority intervene in a more decisive way for the banishment from public life of degrading spectacles, whatever ' be the public for which they were produced. "The best' 'undertakings in favor of youth would, in fact, run the risk of bearing little fruit should youth be led to believe that once they have reached a certain age, they will be free of every objective rule of morality and not exposed to the dangers inherent to human nature. . . Fears for Immature Minds "The second point regards youth specifically. It concerns the measures which one would like to see instituted, and applied for the purpose of protecting youth against movies unsuitable to their age. . . (so) that adolescents (may) be protected effectively against movies requiring full moral maturity until they have reached an age when they enjoy this maturity effectively. "There is finally a third point on which one has the right to expect the collaboration of the public authorities. It is. certainly not enough to protect and defend. "The problems of movies, as far as young people are concerned, will be really solved only when movies are produced which are within their reach and which take into consideration the requirements of their sensitivity and of all the elements that the thorough study of child and adolescent psychology has yielded in recent years. It is true that private enterprise should be the first to intervene in this field. But when this is not enough, the help and encouragement of the state, in many cases, becomes useful and even necessary." The Cardinal concluded: "May these meetings contribute to an ever-greater awakening of a sense of responsibility in all these people who work together in determining the attitude of the public authorities regarding the field of movies and of youth. May the Catholic film offices in the various countries also promote, with constantly increasing effectiveness, the sovereign demands of conscience for the greater welfare of youth and of the cinema itself." Goldstein Accepts Post As Hospital Co-Chairman Maurice "Razz" Goldstein, Allied Artists sales manager, has accepted the co-chairmanship of the national distributors of the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital. He will serve in co-operation with Jim Velde, who is continuing for another year in this capacity. In noting that this is "O'Donnell Memorial Year" in the industry, and that the campaign is keyed to creating the new O'Donnell Memorial Research Laboratories, and its attendant expanded research program, Goldstein has said that he regards his appointment as a "welcomed opportunity to do something very necessary, and definitely worthwhile for the people of our industry and to honor Bob O'Donnell, one of our industry's greats." "I shall do everything I possibly can in the campaign to reach our million dollar goal," he added. Saul David to Columbia HOLLYWOOD, July 17. Saul David, former editor of Bantam Books, will join Columbia Pictures today. David's duties will involve the creation and development in book form of properties which will eventually be brought to the screen by Columbia. He will work closely with Briskin and Arthur Kramer, Briskin's executive assistant. (Continued from page 1) sity" would be established, to breakfast sessions each morning ing the convention. The "curricu thus far established includes "cow in equipment, concessions opera censorship and community relaii Pickus said that experts in ea( these fields would be retained as fessors." The university concept adopted, he said, so that theatr 1 could take "post graduate" brujil work in these specialized sulij while in Los Angeles. Concurrent Sessions WednesdV Different specialized courses wl held following early morning bi fasts each of the four days. Tw the sessions, those on equipment on concessions operations, will be concurrently Wednesday mori Sept. 14, in classrooms adjacent til motion picture industry trade s| so that immediately after "school1 "students" can go directly into! trade show to see the latest thlij and concessions equipment surj and product. The trade show is being spon; j jointly by TOA and the Thi Equipment Dealers Association the Theatre Equipment and Su Manufacturers' Association, and run concurrently with the TOA 1 vention. Where in prior years show sessions were normally hell the afternoons when convention n ings were not scheduled, the sche| for Sept. 11 has been altered to i the trade show in the morning t( cilitate attendance by the "stude| Pickus said that the university was developed in order to set ;| appropriate time to specialized pi I of theatre operations, as differen ing from broader subjects suclj showmanship, product, pay-TV, j drive-ins which will be covered in convention sessions. He said that the staff of "pn| sors" would be announced as raj J as acceptances are received fromn invited "teachers." 200 'Apartment' Dat Set for Next 3 Weeks Billy Wilder's "The Apartment, United Artists release, will opeil 200 situations over the next til week period, William J. Heineij UA vice-president, announced heij the weekend. The picture now is holding ov<^ 75 key engagements with gr< comparable to Wilder's 1959 1 "Some Like It Hot." The new bl ings have been set for key area! all major markets throughout l country. They will be backed b)| tensive local level merchandising! exploitation programs. "The AjJ ment" is a Mirisch Company picl| MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherw.n Kane, Editor; James D. Ivers, Managing Editor; Richard Gertner, New|, Editor; Herbert V. F< Advertising Manager; Gus H. Fausel, Production Manager, TELEVISION TODAY, Charles S. Aaronson, Editorial Director; Pinky Herman, Eastern Editor. Hollywood Bu Yu-~• 'l7-'-° c™.,.,! n R„,-„= iu r, .,„,„• ■ T«u„i,„„«> wrm,,,.,™^ T.ort.< . Waehlnitnr. F. H Kahn. 99fi National Press Bide.. Washington, 4, D. C. ; London Bureaifl world. M'l Circle 7-:f d GallaiR imes a J. oiauy, occieiaiy. wuncr vui£icy r uum-miuiis. 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