Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Friday, August 5, \ PERSONAL MENTION J. A. MCCARTHY, Universal PicF • hires assistant general sales manager and sales director for "Spartacus," and Jeff Livingston, executive coordinator of sales and advertising, will return to New York today from Jacksonville and Miami. • Abe Berenson, president of Allied Theatre Owners of the Gulf States, has left New Orleans for Chicago. • Erwin H. Ezzes, executive vicepresident of United Artists Associated, will leave here today for Chicago and Los Angeles. • Lacy Kastner, vice-president of Columbia Pictures International, will leave New York tomorrow aboard the "Liberte" for Paris, where he will make his new headquarters. • Irving Lerner, producer-director, will arrive in Madrid at the weekend from New York. • J. H. "Tommy" Thompson, partner in Martin & Thompson Theatres, Hawkinsville, Ga., has returned there from Atlanta. • Gilbert Brandon, general manager of Film Transit, Memphis, has returned there with Mrs. Brandon from Atlanta. • Shirley MacLaine and her producer husband, Steve Parker, are expected in New York at the weekend from the Coast. Piano Record Set Joe Niland surpassed his world's record for continuous piano playing— 73 hours, 5 minutes and 30 secondsyesterday and kept playing on in his "Song Without End" marathon. The record fell at 1:06 P.M. to the tune of "The Notre Dame Victory March" as a large crowd cheered outside the window of Toffenetti's on Times Square. 'Black' Hit in A, C. Universal International's "Portrait in Black," which is playing to record U-I business in New York and in other key situations, set a new U-I record at the Roxy Theatre in Atlantic City in its first week, grossing $17,126, which topped the previous U-I high of "Magnificent Obsession" by almost $2,000. /. A. Officers ( Continued from page 1 ) mit locals to take a strike vote. Delegate George Waugh, of Local 702, asked for concurrence to give locals the power to thwart employers' delaying tactics in negotiations. Delegate Herbert Aller of Local 659, recommended caution before striking, pointing out that employers with interests on the West and East coasts could shift to the West Coast if struck in the East. Thus, he said, the support of the international is needed to control all strikes. President Richard Walsh pointed out that 30 vears of experience in strike action has taught that a neutral look of the international president is the wisest course. Actors' Tax-Dodge Opposed The sternest words of the day were saved for Resolution 28, recommending to Congress that an American citizen residing outside the U. S. shall be entitled to no tax exemption until he has been a non-resident for 10 years. The committee recommended concurrence in this resolution and referred it to legal staff, stating "we condemn in the strongest terms possible the practice of certain actors who, for personal gain, go abroad to make pictures for American consumption, which use foreign labor at the expense and sacrifice of American workers who rely on domestic production." President Walsh called this about the strongest language to come before the convention. Resolutions 34 and 38, one calling for no action opposing pay-TV, and the other favoring it, were withdrawn to be worked out within the framework of the international. Resolution 36, calling for Federal laws against runaway production was referred to the general office. Points to Technicolor Deal Delegate John W. Lehners of Local 776, stated that runaway production is an increasing problem on the West Coast, not only for the I. A. but for other industries as well. He cited an impending deal of Technicolor, Ltd., between England, France and Italy to lure American production abroad as a new threat to Hollywood. He stated that Hollywood employers, too, are aware of the ruinous competition of lower wages of foreign picture making and are organizing for combat. Officers of the I.A.T.S.E. are, in addition to president Walsh, Harland Holmden secretary-treasurer; Walter F. Diehl, assistant international president; James J. Brennan, Carl G. Cooper, Harry J. Abbott, Orin M. Jacobson, Hugh J. Sedgwick, Albert S. Johnson, John A. Shuff, LeRoy Upton and Louis Wright, vice-presidents. Remodeled Baltimore Theatre to Reopen Special to THE DAILY BALTIMORE, Aug. 4. The remodeled Edgewood Theatre, 500seat house in the outlying section of Baltimore, plans to convert to an art theatre around Labor Day. It is one of the chain of Durkee Enterprises, with Bill Hewitt, Jr. as manager. The recently formed Baltimore Film Society dedicated to bring earlier-day classics to the screen, will present its programs at the Edgewood instead of at the Perry Film Center as originally scheduled. The initial show under auspices of the society is set for Sept. 12 with an attraction to be announced. Vogel Addrejii Mich. Allied to Give 2nd Annual B-B Award Special to THE DAILY DETROIT, Aug. 4.-When Allied Theatres of Michigan meets for its 41st annual convention there will be an award to the theatre manager or owner who comes up with the business building idea adjudged best. This is the second year for such an award. As last year the donor of the inscribed silver and marble trophy is Lee Artoe, president of Electro Carbons. It will be presented by a Hollywood actress at the concluding dinnerdance, Oct. 13, the second and final day of the affair at the Sheraton Cadillac Hotel. Pledge Strong Drive for Rogers Hospital in N.O. Special to THE DAILY NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 4.-A large and enthusiastic group of distributors and exhibitors of the area attended a preliminary meeting here in Hodges Screening Room and pledged full support to the combined Will Rogers Hospital's audience collection and Christmas salute. The conclave was under the direction of George Pabst, UA branch manager, and area distributor chairman of the campaign. He was assisted by exhibitor co-chairmen of the area, Kermit Carr, president of Paramount Gulf Theatres, and T. G. Solomon, president of Gulf States Theatres. The group viewed the 1960 trailer narrated by Shirley MacLaine. 2nd 'Lovers' Record Jerry Wald's production of "Sons Lovers" established the second record in a row in its second day at the Beekman Theatre here with a gross of $1,960, topping the opening day, which was $1,860. ( Continued from page 1 ) industry in general, as he did viously for the Analysts Club in York, reported in the Motion ture Daily issue of July 8, poi out that MGM's current liability approximately $31,000,000 still the company working capital of ter than $80,000,000. Adding non-current assets and current liabilities, he said, total 1, value is almost $88,000,000, or if) proximately $35 per share. Vogel said television is certr a major factor in MGM's present! future. Up to present time, MGM earned $34,000,000 in rentals ol pre-1949 features and shorts, and contracts which will earn anp $24,000,000, he said. MGM also is producing series cifically created for TV, said V< Discussing the matter of "runs production," Vogel predicted an crease of this form of activity ra than the decrease so widely manded by unions. Canada Dry 9-Monthsj Earnings Ail-Time Hi Canada Dry Corp. yesterday ! ported all-time record high earn and sales for the nine months er June 30. Earnings rose more thai per cent over the same period a ago to $2,501,210, equivalent to per share after provision for U.S. foreign income taxes and prefe stock dividend requirements. Fori comparable period last year, earn amounted to $2,152,715, equal 85c per share after taxes and ferred dividends. In a report mailed to stockhol from here, the company showed $ 911,978, up more than 8 per cent* the $69,138,045 reported for the n month period of the previous year 'Table9 Set Back Here The Rank Organization's Captain's Table," originally schedil to open Aug. 8 at the 68th Stij Playhouse here, has been set backdefinitely due to the excellent tness currently being done by "0f\ Wilde" at the theatre. A new opeife date for "Table" will be annourJ shortly. NEW YORK THEATR1 i — RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Rockefeller Center • Ci 6-4600 "BELLS ARE RINGING" An AKTHl.l FREED PRODUCTION starrinj JUDY HOLLIDAY • DEAN MART!! from M G M In Cinemascope and METR0CO10R ON THE GREAT STAGE "HAWAII, U.S.A." MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Ch.ef and Publisher; Shervvm Kane, Editor; James D. Ivers, Managing Editor; Richard Gertner, News Editor; .Herbert V.F<| Advertising Manager; Gus H. Fausel, Production Manager, TELEVISION TODAY, Charles S. 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