Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

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Motion Picture Daily Friday, July 22, 19l ! Television Today TV Code Unit Paar Show Goes Color On NBC-TV This Sept. Flick Praise (Continued from page 1) violence and horror clipped from a theatre feature film are not suitable for the family viewing audience." The reference to motion picture advertising, which puts television on the side of some newspapers in demanding censorship of film ads was made by Hartenbower, who is vicepresident and general manager of KCMO-TV, Kansas City, as an addenda to a report by the Board's subcommittee on Personal Products Advertising. The subcommittee has been reviewing commercials in this area in the light of the Television Code, and reported progress in good taste. Improvement Called 'Amazing' The report said, "Last April the Code Board sat down and reviewed most personal products then on the air. It was a pretty grim experience. We did the same thing yesterday. There has been an amazing improvement in good taste and acceptability." The sub-committee found however that advertising for bras and girdles needed a note of caution. "Some commercials in this classification need revision," Hartenbower said, "and there appears to be a tendency on the part of some advertisers and agencies to go beyond the limits of acceptable good taste. Our Code staff has been instructed to discuss specific commercials with the proper agencies and arrange to modify some of these objectionable techniques." Meeting Scheduled Oct. 4 The full Code Beview Board will hold its regular quarterly meeting in Washington Oct. 4. The subcommittee on Code planning is scheduled to meet immediately before the session of the full Board. Graziano to Star in New Schenck-Koch Series Special to THE DAILY MIAMI, July 21.-A million dollar budget has been allocated for filming a new television series titled "Miami Undercover," featuring Lee Bowman and Rocky Graziano, which will use the Eden Boc Hotel of Miami Beach as headquarters. This announcement has been made by Harry Mufson, president of the Eden Roc Hotel, and Howard W. Koch of Schenck-Koch Enterprises. Koch will arrive in Miami Beach this week, and shooting will start by the end of the month. It is expected that the cast and crew will be in Miami Beach for approximately 14 weeks in order to film the 26 installments. Pilot film for the series was shot at the Eden Boc last year. The series will be released by ZivTelevision to stations across the United States starting in mid-September. "The Jack Paar Show" will be telecast in color starting this September, marking the largest single expansion in the color schedule of the NBC-TV network, the network announced. Each of the Monday-through-Thursday Paar programs will be colorcast, an addition of seven color hours a week, and Friday's "The Best of Paar" will join the color lineup later in the season. The shows of Perry Como, Dinah Shore and Tennessee Ernie Ford now are colorcast. Color for Two Other Shows NBC-TV's daytime color programming schedule will be further augmented by the colorcasting of "Play Your Hunch" and "The Jan Murray Show." The addition of these shows will bring the network color schedule to more than 1,000 hours in 1960, an increase of almost 50 per cent over last year's 720 hours. 'Oscar' TV Show ( Continued from page 1 ) any of the networks that would guarantee the Academy's cost of the show, and supply a sponsor who would be agreeable to an institutional tie-in with the show. ( Continued from page 1 ) ment's Motion Picture Division, said today. Dr. Flick pointed out that the Joint group has "forthrightly taken a position in an area where some or many people hesitate to act, because of the belief that it may be contrary to the republican philosophy and the American way of life." Assemblyman Younglove co-sponsored, this year, the Joint Committeedrafted bill proposing a film classification system for primary and secondary school students. It overwhelmingly passed the Assembly and, Capitol Hill observers believe, would have won Senate approval— were a floor vote taken before adjournment. Dr. Flick is an advocate of this plan, which Younglove had indicated would be presented again early in the 1961 legislative session. The motion picture industry strongly opposes it. Assemblyman Harry J. Donnelly, 38-year-old Bepublican and a twotermer, is the new chairman of the bipartisan Joint Committee on Offensive and Obscene Material. Telescript Planning West Coast Expansion Harrison C. Reader, financial consultant for Telescript CSP Inc., and Peter Jackson, vice-president in charge of engineering, will leave for the Coast soon to set up additional offices in Los Angeles and a plant to manufacture the company's closed circuit television products. Telescript announced that Reader and Jackson also will set plans for a series of merger deals, conferences and discussions in the field of closed circuit television. Meetings have been scheduled, it was stated, with officials of American Electronics, HallamoreSiegler Co. and Thompson-Ramo Wooldridge. ABC-TV Promotes 3 In Programming Dept. Three promotions within the ABC television network programming department were announced this week by Thomas W. Moore, ABC-TV vicepresident in charge of programming. William C. Seaman has been named to the newly created position of director of program services. He formerly was program production manager. George Patrick has been promoted from commercial coordinator to manager of daytime program services. Richard Mumma has been promoted from associate director to commercial coordinator. 'More Producers Wanted/ Says Shingle at Republic From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, July 21.-Repub j Studios is hanging out the "more pi j ducers wanted" sign on its front ga; claiming that every two of its sow i stages under today's streamlined opt! ations do the work of three a year ad "There's plenty of room for oth independent producers to join the! already on our lot," Victor M. Carti president of Republic Corp., the pji ent company, declared. Carter praised Daniel Bloombei Republic Studios vice-president ai manager during the one-year-old G ter regime, for streamlining prodi tion. Directorial Honors ( Continued from page 1 ) the second quarter of year, while two were holdovers from the first quarter nominees. Directors and assistant directors respectively selected by the guild's 2,200 members are: "Elmer Gantry," Richard Brooks, Tom Shaw; "The Apartment," Billy Wilder, Hal Polaire; "Bells Are Ringing," Vincente Minnelli, Bill McGary; "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," Charles Walters, Al Jennings; "Home from the Hill," Vincente Minnelli, Bill McGary, and "Our Man in Havana," Carol Beed, Gerry O'Hara. Directorial nominees will be selected during the remaining six months of the year, and winners will be announced at the guild's annual awards dinner early next year. 'Ghosts' Big in Canada William Castle's "13 Ghosts," a Columbia Pictures release, has opened strong in Canada, duplicating its performance in the States, the distributor reported. Opening day in Toronto, where Castle made a personal appearance tour, it grossed $7,500 in seven situations. It took $2,200 in its first three days at the Vanity, Windsor, and $1,150 in three days at the Centre, Chatham, Ont, Columbia reported. Gabaldon to Attend Bow JACKSONVILLE, N. C, July 21. —Guy Gabaldon, on whose story Allied Artists "Hell to Eternity" is based, will attend the world premier of the picture at the Center Theatre here on July 27. Gabaldon, credited with the capture of more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers on Saipan in World War II, is now touring the Carolinas. He will also visit New Orleans. Compo Them* — ( Continued from page 1 ) place among the more endearii characters of history. . . . "We have recently published | this space advertisements explaini the purposes and operation of t Advertising Code of the Motion PJ ture Association of America. In da operation since its adoption 30 yeii ago, the Advertising Code has trii to regulate motion picture advvl Using so that reasonable peojj would find nothing offensive in tf advertising. To a spectacular extei it has been successful. Says Some Can't Be Pleased "That there are still complaints, ; of course undeniable— there are soi people nothing will please. But the complaints are not nearly as numi ous as one would be led to belie by the noise they create. Furthi more, there is growing evidence tl, many of them have been inspired persons or organizations remote frc the scene. "Nearly all of them seem to ha one common characteristic: th speak 'for all decent-minded peopl This, of course, is not true. Tn are merely using the inflated claim the Three Tailors of Tooley Streel Lesser Reelected ( Continued from page 1 ) dent of Warner Brothers, was electi assistant chairman at the session, he in the American Room of Hollywoi Brown Derby. Supervisor Ernest E. Debs, who year ago presented the ordinan by which the County Board of S pervisors created the commission establish a museum for motion pj tures and television, lauded the pro, gress made during the first year' commission's existence. Mrs, Murray Dies ATLANTA, July 21. -Mrs. Kathf ine T. Murray, widow of the la W. T. Murray, former owner of t Rialto Theatre here for many yea died at a local hospital.