Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

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MOTION PICTURE DAILY VOL. 88, NO. 65 NEW YORK, U.S.A., MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1960 TEN CENTS EDITORIAL Allied Board tO Pkk New Officer Next Viewers Less The Fay-TV Order Month; Ratifies Return of W. Pa. Unit TO A Protests Candidates Debate on Fri. Ity Sherwin Kane EXHIBITION, and particularly the leaders of its organized opposition to pay television, are completely satisfied with the Federal Communications Commission's order setting a full week of hearings, Oct. 24 through 28, on Hartford Phonevision's application to conduct a three-year test of pay-tv in Hartford. The fact that the order restricts exhibitor parties of interest to the five Hartford theatre operators and the Connecticut anti-toll-tv committee, and also restricts testimony to the affected area, is of but minor concern to organized exhibition. The primary goal of the latter was to win an en banc hearing before the FCC at which they could question pay-tv proponents under oath, with special attention to programming and its cost to the public, as compared with free tv programming. • It is probable that when Hartford Phonevision first applied to the FCC for permission to conduct its test that it assumed an affirmative response awaited it once it had agreed to the conditions laid down by the FCC earlier for such tests. However, Connecticut exhibitors and their anti-pay-tv committee swung into action. They retained Marcus Cohen, Washington attorney, who promptly requested a hearing on whether granting of Hartford Phonevision's application would be in the public interest. The FCC has granted Cohen's petition and has set aside a full week before the entire FCC membership for the hearing. • Exhibitor leaders view the FCC order of last week as broad enough to permit probing into every phase of pay-tv operation, with the proponents as sworn witnesses for the first time. They believe that the results, which they expect will be widely publicized, will better inform the public nationwide on pay-tv programming and cost questions, which exhibitors insist have been distorted beyond recognition by pay-tv's proponents. Certainly, the public is entitled to a full airing of the entire pay-tv question. Naturally, that is bound to include all aspects of organized exhibitor opposition, as well as the often fanciful claims of proponents. Special to THE DAILY MILWAUKEE, Oct. 2.-The Allied States board of directors at its meeting in Chicago immediately preceding the organization's annual convention there next month "will endeavor to screen some very important names in an effort to find a top industry man to fill the important position of executive director," Ben Marcus, Allied board chairman, said in a statement issued here at the weekend. The post of Allied executive director was created by the board at its last meeting, also in Chicago, fol(Continued on page 3) Hails Editorial On 'Sick' Films Pickus Cites Conflict With Theatres, Shopping Special to THE DAILY ALBANY, Oct. 2. "When a person of Mr. Quigley's position and experience speaks of the motion picture industry as a 'sick' industry, it is a statement to which leaders in the industry should give careful attention and consideration." So Dr. Hugh M. Flick, Associate Commissioner for Cultural Education and one-time director of the State Education Department's Motion Picture Division, said late Friday in (Continued on page 4) UA to Use Color TV In New Promotions United Artists has developed a program of photographic presentations in color for television on a number of its forthcoming major releases, it was announced by Roger H. Lewis, vicepresident in charge of advertising, publicity and exploitation. Showings (Continued on page 3) Stanleigh Friedman Dies; Warner V.P., Attorney Stanleigh P. Friedman, a vice-president, director and attorney for Warner Bros. Pictures since 1931, died here Friday morning at the age of 76. An attorney in New York for 53 years and a leading member of the Bar Association of the City of New York, Friedman also was a prominent (Continued on page 2) Will Tour to Check on 'Spartacus' Projection From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 2. Morris Weiner, Universal-International general manager, and Walter Beyer, head of the studio's engineering department, will personally make an ad(Continued on page 3) Supreme Court Reconvenes Today; Film Censorship Suit Is on Docket By E. H. KAHN WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-When the Supreme Court reconvenes tomorrow, it will have only one major case before it that involves the film industry— and it may be disposed of in fairly short order. Last March, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Times Film Corp. against the City of Chicago. The case involves the legality of Chicago's censorship ordinance which demands viewing of films by censors prior to public exhibition. The specific film at issue is "Don Juan." The lower court upheld the Chicago ordinance. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the arguments of the parties during the week of Oct. 17. Actual date for argument has not been set, but it probably will be Oct. 20 or 21. Under the court's rules, the time for oral argument will be sharply limited. The issue raised by the Times Film case is far broader than the single city ordinance involved. Five states and about 15 municipalities have similar rules, and 24 other municipalities have modified forms of official inspection. Accordig to a brief submitted by the Motion Picture Ass'n. as a friend (Continued on page 2) Theatre Owners of America has protested the designation of Friday night for future tv and radio debates by the Presidential candidates, Vice President Richard Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy. The first debate was staged on a Monday night and, in identical messages to Sen. Thurston B. Morton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Sen. Henry M. Jackson, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Pickus pointed out that larger home audiences are obtainable Monday through Friday than on a weekend theatre-going and shopping night. Following is the text of the TOA message: "Because Friday is traditionally a shopping and movie night, when mil(Continued on page 3) Albany Drive-In Owner Seeks Foreign Film Special to THE DAILY ALBANY, Oct. 2. Alan V. Iselin, who operates three Albany area drive-ins, will fly from New York to London, Oct. 9, on a three-week search for foreign-made films adaptable, after dubbing, to exhibition in drive-ins of the United States. He is believed to be the first outdoor theatreman in this section to attemDt such a branchout operation. Iselin will visit London, Paris and Rome, having made appointments to view domestic pictures in the three countries. "I played 10 or 12 foreign pictures in my drive-ins this season, and did so well with them, at moderate terms, that I would like to select one myself, and arrange a distribution deal," Iselin explained. "The distribution would include an appropriate advertising-publicity campaign, which is very important," he added.