Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

QP IL. 88, NO. 16 NEW YORK, U.S.A., MONDAY, JULY 25, 1960 TEN CENTS o Early Action tenew Talks AFTRA Accepts SAG Terms for Closer Liaison; Hopes for Closer Ties Later By E. H. KAHN )]J ExhibltOl* WASHINGTON, July 24.-The American Federation of Television and " ' ' " ~~L Radio Artists has voted to accept the terms of a proposal for closer coopera tion previously made by the Screen Actors Guild. Delegates to AFTRA's convention here said that they were disappointed by SAG's rejection of a merger proposal, but they indicated hope that experience in limited fields of cooperation will lead to closer cooperation. The SAG proposals, which AFTRA's convention has approved, amount to a partial amalgamation in two fields and exploration of closer ties in another two areas. AFTRA's board had earlier voted to accept — subject to the convention's approval— an offer of partial amalga( Continued on page 4 ) Groups Merger yers' Retirement Said to mr National Unity Plan Special to THE DAILY HICAGO, July 24.-The often disced, long hoped for "one national libitor organization" has come to |: fore again as a topic of speculan and exploration among national libitor leaders. The July 1 retirement of Abram F. ers as chairman of the board and leral counsel of Allied States i'n. is viewed as a major factor in revival of discussion of possibiliof a merger of Theatre Owners America and Allied States, vlyers, throughout his many years policy-maker for Allied, was unirably opposed to such a merger, (tending that TOA and its predesors represented major circuit and ier large theatre interests whose ( Continued on page 5 ) >e Theatre Exemption \uf of N. Y. Wage Bill Special to THE DAILY \LBANY, N. Y., July 24.-An in<med source expressed "doubt" at conclusion of a public hearing e on Friday that motion picture atre employees can be exempted m the provisions of a law, effech Oct. 1, which extends a minimum >ge of $1 an hour to approximately ( Continued on page 5 ) 'edict 200 Registrants N. J. Allied Meet Special to THE DAILY IIAMESHA LAKE, N. Y., July 24. bout 200 members and guests of led Theatre Owners of New Jerare expected to register at the :icord Hotel here today for the ;anizLition's annual convention, •ed by the mid-season attractions (Continued on page 4) LEVISION TODAY— page 4 N. Y. Meeting Opens Will Rogers Drive At a pre-drive conclave Friday conducted by Emanuel Frisch, New York exhibitor chairman, and held in the M-G-M screening room, some 80 circuit heads from the metropolitan area gave their endorsement to the Will Rogers Hospital's Audience Collections, and the 1960 trailer which will be released this week for the campaign now getting under way. The trailer was narrated by Shirley MacLaine against a background of Will Rogers shots. In the unanimous (Continued on page 2) See Embassy Decision Delayed Till September Special to THE DAILY SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.-Contrary to previous expectations, a decision in the lengthy Embassy Theatre $8,000,000 anti-trust suit, which has dragged through Federal court here for more than 10 years, is not likely to be settled until at least the ( Continued on page 2 ) I.A. Delegation in Chicago for Meeting Special to THE DAILY CHICAGO, July 24. Members of the executive board of I.A.T.S.E., headed by Richard F. Walsh, international president, arrived here over the weekend for their annual meeting, which will open at the Conrad Hilton Hotel tomorrow and continue throughout the week. The executive board session is in advance of the I.A.T.S.E.,'s annual convention, which will open at the ( Continued on page 2 ) Michigan Film Business Gets First Invitation To Participate in Annual State Fair, Sept. 2-11 Special to THE DAILY DETROIT, July 24.— Michigan's motion picture and theatre industries have been invited for the first time to participate in the Michigan State Fair, Sept. 2-11. Local leaders of exhibition, distribution, the projectionists union and amusement industry publicists met in the 20th Century-Fox screening room here late last week with Gerry Lacey, in charge of sales for the 111th State Fair, who proposed to them that the motion picture industry be represented this year. Lacey explained that the industry had not been approached before because all available space had been spoken for far in advance by industries traditionally associated with the Fair. This year, Ford Motor Co. is donating one of its geodesic domes which can provide up to 9,000 square feet of space, most of which could be made available to the industry if a reciprocal formula can be worked out between the Fair, exhibitors, distributors and equipment makers. An industry committee was named which will meet in the next few days to ascertain the wishes of the local trade. An attendance of 800,000 is predicted for this year's Fair, many of whom are not theatre-goers and who could be exposed to both exhibits and projection of promotion reels. See Wider Use Broaden Sales Of 70-35 mm Projectors Norelco to Supply Dealers, End Todd-AO 'Exclusive* Norelco Universal 70/35mm projection equipment has been made available from theatre supply dealers throughout the United States. This was revealed in a joint announcement by Niels Tuxen of North American Philips Company, Inc., manufacturers and national distributors of Norelco equipment; and George P. Skouras of the Todd-AO Corporation, which for several years exclusively handled the sale of this equipment directly to exhibitors. The change in distribution policy becomes effective immediately, the announcement states, which explains that the move has been brought about (Continued on page 6) Rank's Latin-American Operation in Black From. THE DAILY Bureau LONDON, July 24. "The Rank Organisation's distribution network in Latin-America is proving a highly successful operation," reported W. H. Jamieson, supervisor for that market, on his return here on leave. Today, he said, the operation is more than paying its way and ranks in importance with the longer-established major American distribution set-ups there. June produced an all-time record (Continued on page 5) Soviet Director Says TV Doesn't Hurt Films From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, July 24. Theatrical motion pictures and television coexist peacefully in Russia, says Soviet film director Ivan Pyriev, because they do not compete economically. The state takes care of financing both films and TV, so budgets don't really matter, he said. Nevertheless, he drew attention to (Continued on page 5)