Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

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Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, July 19, 19f PERSONAL MENTION SPYROS P. SKOURAS, president of 20th Century-Fox, has returned to New York from the Coast. • Walter Reade, Jr., president of Walter Reade, Inc., has left here for Los Angeles. Martin H. Poll, president of Gold Medal Studios, left New York yesterday for London, Paris and Rome. • Mrs. Arthur Reiman gave birth at Jamaica Hospital here on Sunday to a daughter, Karen Reth. Father is manager of the United Artists contract department, Western division. • Jan Murray, television star, will leave New York today for a vacation and for a month in summer stock. • W. R. Lawrence, retired theatre executive of Irving, Tex., and Mrs. Lawrence celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Sunday. • Evelyn Seeff, secretary to Harold Rand, Paramount publicity department manager, has left New York for a vacation at Cape Cod. John Vallon, United Artists special representative, has left Atlanta for the West Coast. Music Hall Premiere Announced for 'Stairs' "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs," Warner Rrothers production of William Inge's stage success, will launch the Fall season of the Radio City Music Hall with a post-Labor Day world premiere engagement, it was announced yesterday by Renj. Kalmenson, Warner executive vicepresident, and Russell V. Downing, Music Hall president. "Stairs" was produced by Michael Garrison and directed by Delbert Mann, from a screenplay by Harriet Frank, Jr., and Irving Ravetch. It stars Robert Preston and Dorothy McGuire. NEW YORK THEATRES , — RADIO CITY MUSIC HILL — i Reefcefellef Ctnter • Ci 6-4600 "BELLS ARE RINGING" An ARTHUR FREED PRODUCTION starring JUDY HOLLIDAY • DEAN MARTIN from M-G-M In CiamiSc** mi METR0C010B ON THE GREAT STAGE "HAWAII. VXK" Tisch Named (Continued from page 1) —a testimonial at the Essex House to Sol Schwartz, RKO president-was a record-breaking affair, and leaders in the division have been continuing the drive since in order to cover all who have not yet been reached for the 1960 UJA effort. Rarney Ralaban, Paramount Pictures, Inc., is co-chairman of the overall Key Committee as well as treasurer of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. Samuel Rosen, of Stanley Warner Corp., is vice-chairman. Trans-lux 85th Joins First-Run Trend Here Joining the growing trend here toward first-run day-and-date openings with Rroadway theatres, the TransLux 85th Street Theatre in Manhattan's upper East Side announced yesterday it has booked Universal's "Portrait in Rlack" for an opening on July 27, the same day the film premieres at Rroadway 's Palace Theatre. Thomas E. Rodgers, Trans-Lux vice-president, said suggestions to institute first-run at the 85th Street have increased from both major and independent distributors since announcement three weeks ago of the theatre's $100,000 alteration and re-styling project. The theatre's lobby eventually will be converted into an authentic Parisian street cafe. Location Considered Ideal "Although the theatre has always operated comfortably in the black on its current selective subsequent-run policy, distributors have been eyeing it for some time as perfectly located and with the right kind of potential patronage for the East Side axis of dual first-run," Rodgers said. Kennedy-for-President Unit Formed in Albany Special to THE DAILY ALRANY, N. Y., July 18.-A Kennedy-for-President group is being organized among exhibitors and distributor personnel in the Albany exchange district. Sparking the drive, expected to be followed by similar ones in other key cities, is Arthur J. Newman, now selling independent product upstate and long-time branch manager for Republic, until its exchange here went dark four years ago. Newman was associated with Pathe in a sales capacity when Sen. John F. Kennedy's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, headed that company. The organization of support in the film industry for Senator Kennedy is planned on an informal basis, via the distribution of buttons and campaign literature. 704 Convention Trip As Prize to Showmen Two officers of Theatre Owners of America will each send one of their managers to Hollywood for the 13th annual convention and trade show at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, Sept. 13-16, as first prize for showmanship contests, Albert M. Pickus, T.O.A. president, reported yesterday. Roy Cooper, TOA executive committee chairman, is currently holding an exploitation drive in his West-SideValley Theatres in the San Francisco, California area, with a trip to the convention as the first prize for the winning manager and his wife. A similar campaign is being staged by R. M. Kennedy of Rirmingham, Alabama, head of Kennedy Theatres, and assistant to the president of T.O.A., which will send the prizewinning manager to Hollywood. Roth Kennedy and Cooper have registered a manager and the manager's wife for the convention, with the names to be supplied when judging is completed. 'Exodus' Will Benefit Will Rogers Hospital The Will Rogers Memorial Hospital & Research Laboratories of Saranac Lake, N. Y., will run the first benefit performance of "Exodus," Otto Preminger's United Artists release, Thomas E. Rodgers and Arthur Rosen, chairman and co-chairman of the hospital's special activities committee, announced yesterday. To be held Sunday, Dec. 18, the benefit at the Warner Theatre here will constitute the committee's major fund-raising project for 1960. Arrangements for sale of tickets will be announced shortly. M-G-M Will Release Le vine's 'Wind' in Nov. M-G-M announced yesterday it would release this November "Where the Hot Wind Rlows," Joseph E. Levine's Embassy production based on Roger Vailland's prize-winning novel, "The Law." The picture was written and produced by Jules Dassin, and stars Gina Lollobrigida, Yves Montand and Melina Mercouri. The film, which was shot on location in Sicily, marks Levine's first association with M-G-M. Rep. Stock Sale Okayed WASHINGTON, July 18. The Securities and Exchange Commission has given its approval retroactively to the sale of common stock of Republic Pictures Corp. to Victor M. Carter by Associated Motion Picture Industries, Inc. The last is a closed-end nondiversified investment company. The action was necessary because of technical non-compliance with SEC rules. Goldstein Plan ( Continued from page 1 ) to have a big, well-equipped stud and not make use of it. "I am convinced there is a lot rl money to be made in this business ; Goldstein, who was appointed terj porary executive in charge of produj Hon by Spyros P. Skouras, 20th-F<!, president, only last Friday, followiij the death of Ruddy Adler, said " ] was enunciating his own convictiorj There had not been time, he pointej out, to establish new policy or prj pare a new program for discussioj with company executives, hence ]| could not say at this time how mai l more pictures it might be found praj ticable to add to 20th-Fox's 1960-'(l production program Approval Expected Nevertheless, Goldstein's views the desirability of increasing produ tion to a level approximating tl maximum a studio's facilities can a commodate is certain to win the e: thusiastic approval of the natior exhibitors. Theatre owners have cor plained of a product shortage for se; eral years past and after repeatc efforts to induce major studios to a pand their output are now advancii' plans to foster additional productio through a new company fostered 1 the American Congress of Exhibito and through play date cooperation 1 a program of pictures to be sponsor) by Pathe Laboratories. Goldstein also voiced the opinic that extremely high budget pictur which serve in the main to enhani the prestige of either the producer the studio, or both, are not essentia Money Not Enough, He Feels "Money alone cannot guarantee successful picture," he observed. "If1 could, the studios would never mal a bad picture." He also sees no necessity for inves ing huge sums to obtain screen righ to best-selling books, and said he b lieves the emphasis on big name sta for almost all productions is mi placed. "Get young talent and give the: good parts and they can becon stars," Goldstein said. Ed Fisher Ad Director Of George Sidney Prods Ed J. Fisher, a member of the C lumbia Pictures studio publicity d: partment for the past eight yeaij most recently as studio publicity ed tor and feature writer, has be< named advertising-publicity direct for George Sidney Productions. Fisher, who moved into the Sidiw offices at Columbia this week, w start immediately on the campaij for "Pepe," George Sidney Intern tional-Posa production. MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Ch.ef and Publisher; Sherwin Kane, Editor; James D. Ivers, Managing Editor; Richard Gertn er News Editor • Hf^ert V. F Advertising Manager; Gus H Fausel, Production Manager, TELEVISION TODAY, Charles S. Aaronson Editorial Director; Pinky Herman, Eastern Editor Hollywood Bur YuccaVine Building Samuel D. Berns, Manager; Telephone HOllywood 7-2145; Washington, E. H. Kahn, 9% National Press Bldg. Washington 4, D C London J*"™"^ Bear St. Leicester Square, W. 2. Hope Williams Burnup, Manager; Peter Burnup, Editor; William Pay, News Editor Correspondents in the principal caprtals of the. world Mo Picture Daily is published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, by Quigley. Publishing Company, Inc. 1270 Sixth Avenue ^Rockefeller /-^ ^^^d Cable address: "Quigpubco. New York" Martin Quigley, President; Martin Quigley, Jr., Vice-President; Theo J. SuUivan, Vice-President and Treasure^ Vice-President; Leo J Brady, Secretary. Other Quigley Publications: Motion Picture Herald, Better Theatres and Better Refreshment Merchandising^ each published 3 times J as a section o Motion Picture Herald; Television Today, published daily as part of Motion Picture Daily; Motion Picture Almanac Telev.sion Almanac Fame. Entered as se class matter Sept. 21, 1938, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1«79. Subscription rates per year, $6 in the Americas and $12 foreign. Single copies,