Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Thursday, July 21, k PERSONAL MENTION i RA TULIPAN, Columbia Pictures' assistant national director of advertising, publicity and exploitation; Richard Kahn, exploitation manager, and J. Raymond Bell, public relations representative, will leave New York today for Washington. Edward Morey, Allied Artists vicepresident, will leave New York today by plane for the company's board of directors meeting on the Coast. He will return here at the weekend. • Tule Styne, composer, will leave here on Sunday for tire Coast. • Lynda Burnett, United Artists booker in Atlanta, has left there for a vacation in California. • Herbert Schwartz, branch manager for Columbia Pictures in Albany, N. Y., has returned there from Oneida. • Arthur Hornblow, Jr., producer, and Mrs. Hornblow will leave New York aboard the "United States" today for Europe. • Mrs. Matthew Molitch has given birth in Washington to a son, Howard. Father is assistant manager of Clark Transfer Co. there. • Clayton G. Pantages, branch manager in Albany, N. Y., for 20th Century-Fox, will leave there today for Hollywood. • Tommy Jones, son of Tom and Mary Jones, of Jones Booking Agency, Columbus, Ga., was married there to Anne White. Cinerama Trucks Take Equipment to the Coast Six trucks carrying more than a million dollars worth of Cinerama sound and camera equipment have left New York for the M-G-M studios in Culver City, Cal., strengthening the belief that the entire Cinerama organization will eventually be located on the West Coast. The caravan is expected to arrive in California in about three weeks, and the equipment will then be readied for an early fall start in production of "How the West Was Won," to be produced by M-G-M and Bing Crosby Enterprises in cooperation with Cinerama. Other films, stories for which are now in preparation, will be produced later by M-G-M. Smith Circuit ( Continued from page 1 ) totalling 64 lanes at Westerly, R. I., and West Roxbury, Mass., are under construction and due for completion in November. Construction is scheduled to start on an additional 396 lanes at 12 locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. They include ten shopping center locations, six of which will be leased from Allied Stores, Stop and Shop Co., or Star Market Co. The additional centers will be located in Massachusetts at: Braintree, near the South Shore Shopping Plaza (40 lanes); Cambridge, where the company will undertake its most ambitious project, an 80-lane center; Gloucester (20 lanes); Vinon Square, Swampscott (24 lanes); Shoppers' World, Framingham (32 lanes); Redstone Shopping Center, Stoneham (24 lanes); American Legion Parkway, Roslindale (40 lanes); Route 3, Woburn (32 lanes) and Westport (24 lanes). In New Hampshire, the company will construct a 24-lane center at Manchester and in Maine, it will build a 32-lane center in Portland. Funds for the building program have been provided by proceeds from a recent public offering, from equipment manufacturers, from internally generated funds and from capital surplus, Mr. Smith said. 'Psycho' Meeting ( Continued from page 1 ) branch managers, are in addition to those already held in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta. Presentation of the "Pressbook on Film," as well as round-table discussions on enforcement of the "no one admitted after the start of the picture" policy, will be the order of the day at the meetings. Special kits, including the pressbook and policy instruction manual, will be distributed to exhibitors, who will also be invited to attend a private screening of the picture. Hitchcock Among Greeters At 'Psycho' Coast Meeting HOLLYWOOD, July 20. More than 50 West Coast theatre circuit representatives and exhibitors were shown dramatic new showmanship techniques created by Paramount for Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" at the studio conference today. Hitchcock personally met those attending the conference, which was conducted by Martin Davis, national advertising, publicity and exploitation manager. Neal East, Paramount Western division head, presided. All Western division branch managers also were present. 'Ben-Hur' Domestic Gross Passes $16,000,000 Mark Currently playing 61 engagements in the United States and Canada, M-G-M's "Ben-Hur" has passed the 16-million-dollar mark at the domestic box-office, the company announced yesterday, pointing out that approximately 8,000,000 seats have been sold to patrons viewing the William Wyler production. Longest run of "Ben-Hur" is at Loew's State Theatre here, where the picture is in its 35th week. Expect AFTRA to Make Guild Merger Offer From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, July 20.-An offer to merge with the Screen Actors Guild is expected to be one result of the 5-day meeting of AFTRA now taking place here. National executive secretary Donald F. Conaway indicated, however, that the Guild has not shown a genuine wish to merge which makes an amalgamation less likely. Demands to Be Outlined The AFTRA meeting, which is being attended by 160 delegates, will formulate the demands that will be made on radio and TV outlets when present labor agreements expire Nov. 15. Electrovision in Bid for Aviation-Missiles Firm From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, July 20. In an initial move of diversification into fields other than entertainment, Electrovision Corp., operating the first-run Hollywood Paramount and Beverly theatres among its state-wide theatre holdings, has entered negotiations for acquisition of the Air Cargo Equipment Co. of Glendale, engaged in aviation and missiles work. Martin Stone, Electrovision board member and negotiator on new acquisitions, stated the deal is expected to be completed within 30 days. TOA Concla 'Psycho9 Sets Record Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," which enters its sixth week at the DeMille Theatre here today, scored a new high for a Tuesday at the house on July 19, when it grossed $5,102, it is reported by Paramount. World9 1st Week Strong "The Lost World" grossed more than $38,000 in the first week of its run at the Warner Theatre here, the biggest single week in the history of the house, it is reported by 20th Century-Fox. ( Continued from page 1 ceived at "a rate far surpassing year's record registration," it jjj stated. The Bulletin reports that a fe of this year's convention wif^ breakfast sessions courses in char; "professors" for lectures on co: sions operation, equipment, censoil defense, community relations I other topics. Each will be scheo to permit those most concerned attend without missing others in wj they also may be interested and j have plenty of time to visit the f show area. "Broader subjects, like pre '4 shortage, pay-TV, showmanship drive-ins," the Bulletin notes, be covered at regular convej sessions." 'Conspiratorial' Meet! ( Continued from page 1 ) million-dollar monopoly suit no:S its closing stages of the case that been fought out for more thai] years in Federal Court here. Attorney Howard M. Downi^ the Embassy legal forces, spend better part of the day in telling J Judge Lloyd H. Burke that the j spirators" illegally and muSij agreed to ignore the then NRA (1 ance and zoning schedule by rci ing the sub-run 14-day availail through the San Francisco exhil o area. Downs also charged admit price "fixing" on the part of th( fendants was tied into the "rig clearance scheduled. Downs went on to allege that was the "dominant power in e lishing and policing the cleaif system." Close to Conclusion The Embassy suit against FWC | other defendants is now in the j of closing all arguments. Chief 1 attorney Robert D. Raven, foil Embassy, and his associate, Del estimated their closing argurj will last at least two weeks, I which the defense, headed by J ney Arthur B. Dunne, will button the long drawn out litigation. Ross on 'Spartacus9 Paul B. Ross, industry publl has been engaged by Universal | special writing assignment on "!l tacus," Bryna production whichl have its world premiere at thel Mille Theatre here on Oct. 6. 'Gantry9 at $259,874} In nine domestic engagers 1 United Artists' "Elmer Gantry" i grossed $259,874, it has been! nounced by William J. Heinemani vice-president. MOTION PICTURE DAILY. Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherwm Kane, Editor; James D. Ivers, Managing Editor; Richard pertner NwsEditor ^"^V. IN Advertising Manager Gus H Fausel, Production Manager, TELEVISION TODAY, Charles S. Aaronson, Editorial Director; Pinky Herman, Eastern Editor ^0(g J^;! #2SK .tefrTj; Samuel D. . Bern,, Manager; Telephone _ HOUywood^HS ;^ Wash.ng.on, E.^H. Kahn, ^t^Pj^B^ .. 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