Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY NO. 19 NEW YORK, U.S.A., THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1960 TEN CENTS i Sides Active Says Nets Still Oppose Pay-TV; Urges At Va. Meet )laj Likely Open Hearing on Hartford Bid Walter Reade FCC Ruling l PayVideo tevision Edict Could deferred 18 Months By E. H. KAHN >HINGTON, July 27. The r or against pay-television may sring a month-long limbo. If :deral Communications Cornfails to take action this week tford Phonevision's application !iree-year test of pay-TV, then ision will go over for at least r customary for FCC to suspend operations during August so ications can be taken. One sioner usually remains in gton at all times to take care nt business. lings stand, FCC has been hit h sides in the pay-TV con(Continued on page 4) -Fox Names Awan ritation Manager n Awan has been named exin manager for 20th Centurym Corp., it was announced y e s t erday by exploitation director Rodney Bush. Awan has been with 20th for the last six years in a variety of capacities, including assignments as the company's regional adververtising publicity manager in the Cleveetroit, Cincinnati and New ty areas. He will begin his nnmediately. new position, Awan will cothe national and local-level Continued on page 3) S/ON TODAY— page 4 n Awan Published reports that the major television networks have changed their rr\ 1 •! •* stand and now look with favor on pay-TV were attacked today by Philip F. [ O HiXTTT HI TOT'S * Harling, chairman of the Joint Committee Against Pay-TV, as completely unfounded and untrue. Harling said that after publication of articles from Washington, D. C, stating that the television networks were abandoning their opposition to pay-TV, he personally checked each network and obtained flat denials of the report. He said that each network stood by its recorded statements at hearings before the FCC and Congressional committees that it was opposed to broadcast pay-TV as being contrary ( Continued on page 4 ) Loew's Theatres Eyes Second N. Y. Hotel Loew's Theatres is negotiating for a second site for a Manhattan hotel and hopes to have an announcement in about two weeks, Lawrence Tisch, chairman of the finance committee, has confirmed. Loew's Theatres' initial Manhattan hotel is under construction on the site of its former (Continued on page 2) Erlanger to Far East On Film Remittances Herbert J. Erlanger, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer of Motion Picture Export Ass'n., left here yesterday for Jakarta, Indonesia, where he will engage in important negotiations on U.S. film remittances from that country. On completing that assignment Er( Continued on page 4 ) Norris Urges All-Industry Fight Against Pay-TV Special to THE DAILY VIBGINIA BEACH, Va., July 27.A call to all branches of the industry to cooperate in opposition to pay TV was issued by C. Glenn Norris, general sales manager of 20th CenturyFox, at the annual convention of Virginia Motion Picture Theatre Assn. here today. Norn's also gave the convention a rundown on the outlook for product from all companies over the last six months of the year. The generally favorable outlook implied that exhibitor fears a product shortage may be overstressed. Wanger Named to Head Fox Production Abroad Walter Wanger has been named interim head of 20th Century-Fox's European production by Spyros P. Skouras, president, the home office announced yesterday. Wanger, who has been in Europe as producer of 20th-Fox's "Cleopatra," replaces Robert Goldstein, who was named interim head of 20th-Fox production in Hollywood following the recent death of Buddy Adler. Rouben Mamoulian will direct "Cleopatra," which stars Elizabeth Taylor. Skouras, who is now abroad, is ex( Continued on page 4 ) NLRB Orders Elections in Hollywood Studios To Iron Out the AFM-Musicians Guild Dispute From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, July 27.-The National Labor Relations Board has ordered an election to determine bargaining representation for musicians in the major Hollywood studios. The election must be held within 30 days the Board ruled. The American Federation of Musicians, following a labor dispute in 1958, lost its bargaining rights in the major studios to the newly formed Musicians Guild. In New York Herman Kenin, president of the AFM, expressed "gratification" over the ruling and pointed out that it has been issued over the objections of both the Musicians Guild and the industry. 'Help Yourself Says 'Invest in Production,' I nstead of Crying 'Shortage'' Special to THE DAILY VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., July 27. —Exhibitors at the annual convention here today of Virginia Motion Picture Theatre Asso ciation were urged by Walter Reade, Jr., president o f Walter Reade, Inc. and former president of Theatre Owners o f America, t o avail themselves of today's opportunities to solve their own problems. In his keynote address to the opening business session of the convention, Reade, who also is president of Motion Picture Investors, Inc., the open end company which has invested (Continued on page 3) i Walter Reade, Jr. Jersey Allied Approves Support of ACE Project Special to THE DAILY KIAMESHA LAKE, N. Y., July 27.— Delegates to the annual convention of Allied Theatre Owners of New Jersey today approved a resolution calling for support of the American Congress of Exhibitors, and particularly for ACE's film production project. The action was taken at the ( Continued on page 2 ) Bowling 'Down Under' Real Threat, Says Daff From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, July 27. The threat of bowling as a new competition to theatres in Australia has prompted the Hoyt Theatres circuit to make arrangements with Brunswick to construct alleys as an adjunct to (Continued on page 2)