Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Monday, July 25, 1! Television Today FORTHCOMING RELEASES AFTRA-SAG ( Continued from page 1 ) mation which had been made by SAG. This offer was made late in June, in the course of a three-day meeting between the groups on the West Coast. At that time, they discussed the recommendations of impartial labor expert David L. Cole that SAG and AFTRA agree to a complete merger. Though AFTRA at that time was cool to some of the proposed organizational structure suggested by Cole, it was willing to accept it. SAG was not, but it said that the new plan would receive consideration. This new plan amounted to an offer of partial amalgamation. It consisted of four points: (1) Joint SAG-AFTRA negotiation and administration in all TV commercials— live, taped and filmed. (2) Joint negotiation and administration in videotape programs. (3) Exploration of the possibility of interchangeability of cards of the unions in connection with work on TV commercials and videotape programs. (4) Exploration of the possibility of cross-crediting performers in those areas for pension and welfare fund purposes. The AFTRA national board had earlier accepted these SAG proposals by an overwhelming margin— about 10 votes opposed out of approximately 80. It is clear, of course, that this partial merger would pose a number of problems. One will deal with the allocation of funds for the pension and welfare plans; SAG's is a new one while AFTRA's is six years old. Another will concern the dues structure of the union's locals, and the financial impact of card interchangeability. AFTRA's official proposal for a merger with SAG was made about two years ago. About a year ago, the two unions agreed to employ Cole to study the feasibility of a merger. This report was made in January, 1960. The two unions were unable to do anything about it early in the year because SAG was in negotiation with motion picture firms. Cites Large TV Earnings In recommending the merger, Cole had noted that SAG's members, originally exclusively motion picture actors working in theatricals, now earn more from TV entertainment pictures and commercials than from theatrical pictures. About half of SAG's members list some other union as their parent union (2,425 designating AFTRA as such). Similarly, 42 per cent of AFTRA's members have some other parent union ( 2,134 designating SAG as such). The two unions, he said, have 50 per cent more members in Hollywood than in New York. Phiko Sues to Stop RCA in Philadelphia WASHINGTON, July 24.-Philco Corp. has once again asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to block renewal of the license of NBC's Philadelphia Channel 3 station, WRCV-AM-TV. Philco asserts that NBC should not have broadcasting licenses renewed since it is involved in anti-trust law suits. Philco seeks that channel for itself. One Philco Plea Rejected The Federal Communications Commission has rejected Philco's plea for the Philadelphia Channel 3 as "legally insufficient." Philco's new petition to the Court also seeks to stop the swap of NBC's Philadelphia stations for the Boston outlets of RKO-General and the sale of NBC's stations in Washington, D. C, to RKO-General. AFTRA Honors Becker With Lifetime Card From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, July 24. AFTRA's George Heller Memorial Award, a gold lifetime membership card, has been presented to an industry man for the first time. It went to I. S. Becker, vice-president of CBS Radio in charge of business affairs. In citing Becker, the industry chairman of the union's pension and welfare fund, AFTRA observed that his "regard for rates and percentages is exceeded by his sense of human dignity and concern for the welfare of performers." Northshield Producer Of NBC 'Today' Show Robert J. Northshield has been named producer of the NBC Television network's "Today" show. He replaces Robert Bendick, who will shift from the Monday-through-Friday series to a new NBC-TV assignment. Northshield joined "Today" in May as program manager, after having produced several of the network's outstanding shows. He is a former columnist on the Chicago Sun-Times. Vadim Film to Para. French director Roger Vadim's first American film, "Blood and Roses," a modern suspense drama, will be released later this year by Paramount Pictures. Six on SAG Board HOLLYWOOD, July 24. Warner Anderson, John Doucette, Alan Hale, Roger Smith, Marshall Thompson and Jane Powell have been elected to fill vacancies on the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild and will serve until the guild's annual election next November. ABBREVIATIONS: AA, Allied Artists; AIP, American International Pictures; BV, Buena Vista; Col, Columbia; MGM, MetroGoldwyn-Mayer; Par, Paramount; 20-Fox, 20th Century-Fox; UA, United Artists; Uni, Universal; WB, Warner Bros.; c, color; cs, CinemaScope, te, Techirama; vv, VistaVision; rs, Regalscope. ► JULY AIP — HOUSE OF USHER, c. cs: Vincent Price, Mark Damon AIP— BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER: Robert Clarke, Darlene Tompkins AIP — AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN: Marguerite Chapman, Douglas Kennedy BV— POLLYANNA, c: Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman COL— SONG WITHOUT END, c, cs: Dirk Bogarde, Capucine (special handling) COL— STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET, c, cs: Kim Novak, Kirk Douglas COL— STOP! LOOK! AND LAUGH!: Three Stooges COL— THIRTEEN GHOSTS: Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow MGM — BELLS ARE RINGING, c, cs: Judy Holliday, Dean Martin MGM— THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK OF ENGLAND: Aldo Ray PAR— THE BELLBOY: Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet PAR— THE RAT RACE, c: Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds PAR— TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT, c: Gordon Scott, Betta St. John 20-FOX— THE STORY OF RUTH, c, cs: Elana Eden, Stuart Whitman 20-FOX— THE LOST WORLD, c, cs: David Hedison, Jill St. John 20-FOX— FROM THE TERRACE, c, cs: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward 20-FOX— MURDER, INC., cs: Stuart Whitman, May Britt 20-FOX— TRAPPED IN TANGIERS, cs: Edmund Purdom, Genevieve Page UA— THE APARTMENT: Jack Lemon, Shirley MacLaine UA— CAGE OF EVIL: Ronald Forster, Pat Blair UA— THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, c: Steve Reeves UNI— DINOSAURUS, c, cs: Ward Ramsey, Kristina Hanson UNI— PORTRAIT IN BLACK, c: Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn UNI— S.O.S. PACIFIC: Pier Angeli, Eva Bartok WB — ICE PALACE, c: Richard Burton, Robert Ryan WB— HERCULES UNCHAINED, c: Steve Reeves ► AUGUST AA— HELL TO ETERNITY: Jeffrey Hunter, Joan O'Brien AIP— JOURNEY TO THE LOST CITY, c: Debra Paget, Paul Christian COL— THE NIGHTS OF LUCREZIA BORGIA, c: Belinda Lee, Jacques Sernas MGM— THE TIME MACHINE: Rod Taylor, Allan Young PAR— PSYCHO: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles PAR— IT STARTED IN NAPLES, c: Clark Gable, Sophia Loren 20-FOX— ONE FOOT IN HELL, c, cs: Alan Ladd, Don Murray 20-FOX— FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE: Richard Baseheort, Rex Allen 20-FOX— THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS: Kenneth More, Taina Elg 20-FOX— YOUNG JESSE JAMES, cs: Ray Stricklyn, Willard Parker 20-FOX— SONS AND LOVERS, cs: Trevor Howard, Wendy Hiller 20-FOX— THE IDIOT: Russian Film UA — ELMER GANTRY, c: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons UA— HE RAN FOR HIS LIFE: Steve Kandel, Ron Foster UNI— COLLEGE CONFIDENTIAL: Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows UNI— CHARTROOSE CABOOSE, c: Molly Bee, Ben Cooper WB— OCEAN'S ELEVEN, c: Frank Sinatra, Angie Dickinson ► SEPTEMBER AIP— MALE AND FEMALE: Nadja Tiller, Tony Britton COL— AS THE SEA RAGES: Maria Schell, Clift Robertson COL— FAST AND SEXY, c: Gina Lollobrigida, Dale Robertson COL— ALL THE YOUNG MEN: Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier COL— THE ENEMY GENERAL: Van Johnson, Jean Pierre Aumont MGM— ALL THE FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS: Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner MGM— THE ANGEL WORE RED: Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde MGM— THE SUBTERRANEANS, c, cs: Leslie Caron, George Peppard PAR— UNDER TEN FLAGS: Van Heflin, Mylene Demongeot PAR— THE BOY WHO STOLE A MILLION: Virgilio Texera, Marianne Bsnet 20-FOX— LET'S MAKE LOVE, c, cs: Marilyn Monroe, Yes Montand 20-FOX— HIGH TIME, c, cs: Bing Crosby, Fabian 20-FOX— APHRODITE, c: Belinda Lee, Jacques Sernas 20-FOX— HIGH POWERED RIFLE, cs: Willard Parker and Allison Hayes U A— STUDS LONIGAN: Christopher Knight, Venetia Stevenson UA— THE NIGHTFIGHTERS: Robert Mitchum, Anne Heyward UNI— SEVEN WAYS FROM SUNDOWN, c: Audie Murphy, Barry Sullivan UNI— BETWEEN TIME AND ETERNITY, c: Lilli Palmer, Carlos Thompson WB — THE CROWDED SKY, c: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming TV. /. Allied ( Continued from page 1 ) at this popular resort, more than 100 conventionites arrived over the weekend and many more are expected tomorrow. Sidney Stern, New Jersey Allied president, whose objections to serving another term in office were overcome by members of his board of directors, has scheduled business S| sions for Tuesday and Wednesd The election of officers will be h Tuesday, with the present slate pected to be returned intact. So changes in the board of directors i anticipated, however. With distribution representati' * and other guests scheduled to be hand, an attendance of close to 5 is expected for the banquet wh: will bring the convention to a cl< on Wednesday night.