Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

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6 Motion Picture Daily Monday, August 1, 1£ Ne wsree Is (Continued from page 1) the ceremony to make way for a "vivid" color record of the event. The newsreels however have agreed to make a black and white version available to TV. Pathe will be responsible for production of the reel which will be of longer duration than normal. It will be processed by Technicolor for distribution to all Pathe and Movietone subscribers. . .ffi The Governments Central Uttice of Information has also granted permission to distribute the color newsreel overseas. AB-PT Has Interest ( Continued from page 1 ) 12-story office building in Atlanta to replace its Paramount Theatre Building there which will be demolished. Atlanta Enterprises, Inc., which has a long term lease, has sublet the property to the new corporation in which it will be a 50% owner. 'America Fore Building' The new building, to be named "The America Fore Building," will be constructed by the S.S. Jacobs Company of Jacksonville, Florida, the president of which company, Bobert Jacobs, will be the other 50% owner of the new corporation. The building is expected to be completed in early 1962 with financing arranged by New York Life Insurance Company. Henry G. Greene of New York is the architect. The principal tenant in the new building will be the America Fore Loyalty Group insurance companies which will occupy seven floors. U.S. Films in Moscow ( Continued from page 1 ) in Moscow. In view of general U.S.U.S.S.B. relations, Allen said, he finds this "a curious, and even amazing, phenomenon." "Lili" is "appealing particularly to highbrow audiences, although medium and low-brow viewers are said to be less enthusiastic. Dubbing is reported as excellent, and audience reaction has been most favorable." "Bhapsody" was apparently appealing to the teenagers. "Boman Holiday" was "showing in 20 theatres and enjoyed by everone, high and low." Allen commented that there are about the same number of movie theatres in the Washington area as in and around Moscow. "If the Moscow ratio prevailed here," he asserted, "40 or so of our houses would be showing Bussian movies at present." Hell To Eternity Allied Artists-Atlantic Pictures Prod. Hollywood, July 31 There's a lot of picture in "Hell To Eternity." Lots of unusual action, sex, heart and realism to put this offbeat biography of a World War II hero into the important money class. Flavoring the film's unique story are the ingratiating performances by Jeffrey Hunter, as Guy Gabaldon, the U.S. Marine raised by an American-Japanese family, who won heroic acclaim for capturing singlehandedly nearly 2,000 Japanese during the Saipan and Tinian campaigns; David Janssen and Vic Damone in crackerjack roles as Hunter's war buddies; and highly impressive characterizations by Sessue Hayakawa, the Japanese general, who commits hara-kiri as he shamefully submits to Hunter's demands to save 2,000 of his weakened countrymen from certain death by having them surrender, and Tsuru Aoki, the Japanese "mother" who raised the hero from orphaned childhood. The relationship betwen Gabaldon as a boy portrayed by Richard Eyer and the Japanese family earlier in the film is a heartwarming and significant experience, with Gabaldon learning the Japanese language as he teaches the mother English. Others who figure prominently in the film, especially in an outstanding sequence during which Hunter, Janssen and Damone are on 48hour leave in Hawaii in search of female companionship, are attractive Patricia Owen, Michi Kobi and Reiko Sato, who become involved with the three Marines in a drinking strip-tease party, with Miss Owen thawing to give a surprise climax to the scene. It is in this scene that Janssen gives strong evidence of becoming the Gable of tomorrow. Phil Karlson's superb direction of the lengthy screenplay by Ted Sherdeman and Walter Roeber Schmidt, which was drafted from a story by" Gil Doud, is a noteworthy accomplishment in bringing into focus all the emotions and excitement, with true-life effect, that one might enjoy in a war story. Rurnett Griffey's camerawork and Leith Stevens' music are strong components to the overall production values brought out by producer Irving Levin and production executive Harry Mandell. The story covers Gabaldon's childhood association with his Japanese "family"; their problem in the community at the time of Pearl Harbor; Gabaldon's acceptance into the Marines because of his knowledge of the Japanese language; his emotional self-conflict in fighting the Japanese on Saipan, and his heroic exploits following the killing of his buddies Janssen and Damone. Running time, 132 minutes. Release in August, 1960. Samuel D. Berns Grubstick Named (Continued from page 1) cording to Charles Boasberg, Warner general sales manager. Shmitken, San Francisco branch manager since 1939, has been associated with Warner Brothers for 28 years, serving in various sales posts. Grubstick joined Warners in 1955 as assistant branch manager in San Francisco. Richman to 20th-Fox ( Continued from page 1 ) publicity departments of Universal, BKO Badio and Columbia Pictures. In his new post he will concentrate on the New York campaigns, including local-level exploitation and exhibitor relations. Piano Marathon Starts Today in Times Square A piano-playing marathon as a promotion for "Song Without End," sponsored by Columbia Pictures in connection with the Aug. 11 world premiere of the story of Franz Liszt, at Badio City Music Hall, will be staged in the window of Toffenetti's Bestaurant in Times Square here, beginning today. The world's record holder for uninterrupted piano-playing, Joe Niland, will attempt to shatter his own mark of 73 hours, 5 minutes and 30 seconds 1st Run Plans Definite For Trans-Lux 85th The definite decision to make tj Trans-Lux 85th Street theatre M a first-run operation was announc at the weekend by Bichard P. Bran^ president, and Thomas E. Bodgd vice-president, of Trans-Lux Thd! tres. The opening day business of $ 829 on U-I's "Portrait in Black" ) this house was the biggest single da; gross in the theatre's history, acco:J ing to Bodgers, "matching in ] seat volume the sensational bushr done by the Palace on Broadw| with which we are playing day at date." Theatre-Cafe Operation Desirability of the 85th Street first-run for either commercial or product, Bodgers added, can o increase from here on in, because the advantageous location for upn East Side residents who won't go: Broadway for first run, and the j mosphere which will prevail wl; our remodeling job is finished tj Fall, after which the 85th Street \j be the only theatre-cafe operation^ the country. 20t!i-Fox Talent School Greets 32 New Students From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, July 31.-The 20th Century-Fox studio talent school, which recently held its first graduation exercises, has now entered its second phase. Sandy Meisner, director of the school, begins the second course with a nucleus of 32 youngsters, selected after competitive tests from a field of 600 applicants. Of the first group of 10 students under the direction of Meisner four were signed to term contracts by the company, and two, Carol Christensen and Martin West, were assigned starring roles in "Freckles." before the passers-by at this intersection. Niland, who will begin his marathon at noon today, established the current world record in 1956 in connection with the opening of Columbia's "The Eddie Duchin Story" in Cumberland, Md., Niland's home town. Albany Trade to Hone Bach at Lunch Today ! Special to THE DAILY ALBANY, July 31.-Rudi Baij; whose long career has spanned stti diverse fields as the practice of me; cine in Austria and the United Stalj acting and producing in the legitinn theatre, dubbing, directing and selli; motion pictures starting in 1928, v, be guest at a farewell luncheon Neil Hellman's Thruway Motel h| tomorrow. Bach, Buffalo-Albany salesman George Waldman Films the past sjj eral years, is retiring. He recen underwent surgery in Buffalo. "We know after Budi's man)' yei of hard work, that you will want; be present and bid him farewelj Herb Schwartz, Columbia braii| manager, wrote in a letter to indusl, people. Alan V. Iselin, of Tri-City Drh, in Theatres, is co-chairman of t luncheon committee. Services for Harpster MANSFIELD, O., July 31.-Funi| al services were held last week Mansfield, O., for Frank Harp* veteran affiliate of Warner Broth theatre department and long-time ct| tral Ohio theatre district manager. I| died July 23 of a heart attack. B| wife and a daughter survive. Tabachnick Rites Held BOSTON, July 31.-Funeral si ices were held at Schlossberg Mei rial Chapel, Mattapan, for Toby 1| bachnick, secretary to Arthur Ho ard, president of Affiliated Theatj Corp., who died suddenly followi) a cerebral hemorrhage. She is surviv by two brothers, Harry and Bobe: