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Motion Picture Daily
Tuesday, July 26, II
PERSONAL MENTION
PAUL N. LAZARUS, Jr., Columbia Pictures vice-president; Mo Rothman, executive vice-president of Columbia International, and Robert S. Ferguson, Columbia's national director of advertising-publicity, will leave New York today for Hollywood. •
Leon Leonidoff, Radio City Music Hall's senior producer, will leave here this week for Rio de Janeiro. •
Michael Green, head of Regal Films International, will leave London tomorrow for New York.
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Howard Minsky, assistant to George Weltner, Paramount vicepresident in charge of world sales, is in Minneapolis from New York. He will return here tomorrow. •
Col. William Feezor Ruffin, president of Ruffin Amusement Co., Covington, Conn., and Mrs. Ruffin today are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary.
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Delmer Daves, director, and the location troupe of Warner Rrothers' "Parrish," have returned to the Coast from Hartford.
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Robert Greenleaf, manager of the St. Johns Theatre, Jacksonville, will be married there tomorrow at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church to Marilyn Hodges, former cashier at the Florida Theatre. •
Alan Mink, son of Max Mink, managing director of the Palace Theatre, Cleveland, has returned to that city from Fort Sill Okla., having completed a six-month training period in the Army Reserve.
Watkins Heads IFFPA
LONDON, July 22 (Ry Air Mail). —Arthur Watkins, president of the Rritish Film Producers Association was elected president of the International Federation of Film Producers' Associations at its recent General Assembly held in San Sebastian, Spain.
NEW YORK THEATRES
i — RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL —
Rockefeller Center • Ci 6-4600
"BELLS ARE RINGING"
An ARTHUH FREED PRODUCTION, starring
JUDY HOLD DAY • DEAN MARTIN
from M-G-M in Cinemascope and METR0C0LOR ON THE GREAT STAGE "HAWAII, U.S.A."
TO A Clinic in a Drive-in
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show in Los Angeles, Sept. 13-16, will be staged in the new Canoga Drivein Theatre, in Canoga Park, in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles. Cars will transport delegates from the Ambassador Hotel, convention headquarters, on Sept. 14, to the drive-in.
At the theatre conventioneers will be taken on an inspection tour of the complete physical plant, which is believed to be one of the country's most modern, and then will move to an open-air amphitheatre in the drive-in to discuss outdoor theatre operations, business building, and other specialized phases of management pertinent to drive-ins.
The drive-in will be completely staffed for this special day-time operation, with boxoffice, playground and concessions all open, so conventioneers can talk to the management
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as well as see the physical plant.
The Canoga Drive-in is a unit of Pacific Drive-in Theatres. Arrangements for its use were made by Lester Rlumberg, general manager of Pacific, working with M. Spencer Leve of National Theatres and Television, Inc., an assistant to the president of TOA, and William H. Thedford, general manager of NT&T's Pacific Coast division.
The outdoor forum will be another "class" in the "on the job" curriculum of TOA's convention "University."
More than 1,000 exhibitors and their wives are expected at the fourday convention. The Theatre Equipment Supply Manufacturers' Association and the Theatre Equipment Dealers Association have joined TOA in co-sponsoring the industry trade show, which will run concurrently with the convention.
Julius Plaine
( Continued from page 1 ) friends of Herman Robbins and key personnel of the National Screen organization when they visited Schroon Lake, lived with the Robbins family there every summer for the last 30 years.
Four years ago he underwent two major operations from which he had a remarkable recovery, fully regaining his health, vigor and keenness of mind. In the last year he had been ailing, but only recently his condition became critical.
UA Opens Western Sales Meet in Omaha
James R. Velde, United Artists vice-president in charge of domestic sales, and Al Fitter, western division manager, will hold a two-day sales meeting in Omaha, starting Wednesday, July 27.
Arthur Reiman, western division contract manager, will also attend from the home office.
Midwest District manager Mike Lee will participate in the conferences and will be joined by all Midwest branch managers. They are Ralph Amacher, Kansas City; Joe Imhof, Milwaukee; Carl Olson, Minneapolis; and Donald McLucas, Omaha.
Butler Rejects Inquiry Into U.K. Censorship
From THE DAILY Bureau LONDON,. July 23 (Ry Air Mail).An attempt by Labour Member Stephen Swingler to persuade the government to initiate an inquiry into the present system of film censorship in Rritain, has been rejected by the Home Secretary, R. A. Butler.
Replying to Swingler in the House of Commons, the Home Secretary said that he was not convinced that such an inquiry would serve a useful purpose. "On the whole," he considered, "the present non-statutory form of censorship of films is probably as good as we can get but television raises a separate consideration."
Rutler also resisted a move to introduce legislation to revise the Sunday Observance Laws, much of which, he admitted, was out-of-date. He added, however, that he couldn't help feeling, in view of all the susceptibilities involved, there may be a case for inquiry. Consequently, he is giving furher consideration to this matter.
Drive4n Meet Today
HARTFORD, July 25. Sperie Perakos, general manager of Perakos Theatre Associates, independent Connecticut circuit, will preside at tomorrow's (26) 12:30 noon luncheon meeting of the Connecticut Drive-In Theatres Assn. at the Colonial House, Hamden, Conn.
To Direct Loew's Realty
Arthur J. Raporte, formerly manager of the realty syndicate of Wien, Lane & Klein, has joined Loew's Theatres, Inc., as director of the circuit's realty department. He succeeds Charles Beigle, resigned.
A graduate of the University of Michigan and Harvard Law School. Raporte was admitted to the Bar of New York State in 1941. Prior to his association with Wien, Lane & Klein he was counsel and real estate director for the Welch Grape Juice Co. and Jack Kaplan.
Mitchell Camera Joins' Vinten in New Firm
The Mitchell Camera Corporal and W. Vinten Limited have joii in the formation of a new firm, ft chell Vinten, Inc., with offices Glendale, Calif., and New York C In addition to promoting the sales Vinten products designed for American market, servicing and m ufacturing facilities will be availa in America for Vinten products, cording to John McCall, execut vice-president and general mana of Mitchell. Vinten, in turn, will m: ufacture Mitchell products in Ei land.
The new company will cultiv the European market for Mitel products and provide servicing London for them. Charles Vinten managing director of W. Vinten, L
Confer on Distributioi Plans for 4Ben-Hur'
Maurice Lefko, MGM sales exra tive in charge of domestic distril Hon of "Ben-Hur," will meet w Metro regional managers this and next to formulate "Ben-Hv distribution plans. Yesterday and ' day he confers with Louis Forma southern division manager, in Was ington, D. C. tomorrow and Thu day he meets in New York w, Saal Gottlieb, eastern division mi ager.
Next Monday, Aug. 1, and Tu day he confers in Chicago widi W liam Madden, midwest division ma ager. He meets with Lou Marks, d tral division manager, in Detroit At 3, 4 and 5.
Second Wave Here fo 'Hercules' Tomorrow i
Joseph E. Levine's "Hercules TJ chained" will begin a "second wav saturation of the greater New Y<j area tomorrow when the pictu opens in 114 additional theatres, j
The second saturation follows first wave of 135 neighborhood the tres during which the film gross; more than $700,000 in seven da] The Embassy Pictures production flj filmed in Dyaliscope and Eastffl Color by Pathe.
Lawrence Gen'l Manage Of Hammer Companie
From THE DAILY Bureau
LONDON, July 25. Brian Laj rence has been appointed genei manager of the Hammer Group companies, it is announced by ma aging director James Carreras. Una the appointment, Lawrence also h comes personal assistant to Carren It follows, said Carreras, Lawrenci 17 years' loyal service with the < ganization.
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