Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

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Motion Picture Daily Monday, October 3, 1960 PERSONAL MENTION JOSEPH E. LEVINE, president of Embassy Pictures, has returned to New York from Rome. • Bernard M. Kamber, publicist, left New York at the weekend for Hollywood to confer on upcoming releases of Lopert Films. • Edward L. Hyman, vice-president of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, accompanied by his assistant Bernard Levy, has returned here from Boston. • David A. Lipton, Universal-International vice-president, is here today from Hollywood to finalize advertising and promotion plans for the world premiere of "Spartacus." • B. Gerald Cantor, president of National Theatres & Television, Inc., is here from Hollywood to attend a committee meeting of the American Congress of Exhibitors. • Alex North, composer of the musical score for "Spartacus," arrived in New York at the weekend from Hollywood. • Ralph Wheelwright, coordinator of the publicity campaign for "King of Kings" during its production in Madrid, arrives here today for meetings with M-G-M executives. • Producer-director William Wyler arrived in New York yesterday from Hollywood. • Charles Smadja, United Artists vice-president in charge of European production, has arrived in New York from Paris for home office conferences. • Mr .and Mrs. John W. Garner, operators of the Glen Drive-In at Glens Falls, N. Y., have returned there from Los Angeles. . check with national screen service for the best in SPECIAL TRAILERS Supreme Court Reconvenes ( Continued of the court, "the necessity for submitting motion pictures for inspection under such censorship provisions inflicts ... an unconstitutional restraint upon motion pictures." Motion pictures, the MPA notes, are the only form of communication by speech or press subjected to such licensing, contingent upon the examination of content prior to dissemination. "There is no justifiable basis for this distinction." The Supreme Court will have a number of possible moves when it acts on the Times Film case. There is, of course, no indication as to which of these it will select, and it might do something different. Among the usual possibilities for Supreme Court rulings are: (1) An order to reverse— or affirm— the lower court's judgment. (2) A decision to simply remand the case to the lower court for further proceedings, in which case the lower court's judgment would normally be vacated. (3) The court might skip the entire censorship issue and question whether federal courts should intervene in such a matter. This would mean that from page 1 ) a Supreme Court test could be had only if the exhibitor violated the local ordinance, subjected himself to criminal prosecution, and went to the Supreme Court via the state courts. (4) A rarely used device is to dismiss as "improvidently granted" its agreement to hear the case. It must be stressed that the Supreme Court will not be under any obligation to rule on the broad area of prior censorship. In the circumstances, it is obvious, however, that the repercussions of its action will be considerable. If it agrees that the lower court properly upheld the Chicago ordinance, it may spark additional cities and states into imposing similar rules. If the court throws out the Chicago rule— and particularly if it expresses a very liberal view on censorship powers and declares prior censorship unconstitutional — it will put the industry in a dilemma. To be sure, a major point— freedom from prior censorship— will have been gained. But this might, all things considered, provoke a flood of efforts at all levels of government to find some way around the court's liberality. Head of Uruguay in Columbia Office Visit President Eduardo Victor Hadeo of Uruguay, head of the special delegation to the United Nations, visited Columbia Pictures offices here Friday for luncheon and a viewing of the special presentation reel on "Pepe:" In the Uruguyan party were Senorita Beatriz Hadeo, daughter of the president; Pedro Daniel Baridon, first secretary to the president; Gualberto Fernandez, special advisor; and Jorge Hugo, second secretary to President Hadeo. On hand from Columbia to greet the dignitaries were Leo Jaffe, first vice-president and treasurer; Mo Rothman, executive vice-president of Columbia International; Jonas Rosenfield, Jr., executive in charge of advertising, publicity and exploitation; Edward Levine, executive of Columbia International; and Michael Hoffay of the International publicity department. President Hadeo extended an invitation to Jaffe and Rothman to be his personal guests in the near future on a visit to his capital, Montevideo. Decision in Skiatron Case Expected Soon From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected very soon to hand down its opinion in the case of Skiatron Electronics and Television. Skiatron proposed a system of wired pay-tv. Its stock has been suspended from all trading for many months, and SEC last winter conducted a lengthy inquiry into the manner in which the company's stock reached the hands of the public. 'CinderFella' to Victoria Jerry Lewis' "CinderFella" will be the Christmas holiday attraction at the Victoria Theatre here. Announcement of the Yuletide booking, which will follow the engagement of Hal Wallis' "G.I. Blues," was made by Hugh Owen, Paramount Pictures vice-president, and Clem Perry, general manager of the Victoria. Test Hold-Overs HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 2.-In a practice move, National Theatres and Pacific Drive-ins set holdovers for Valiant's current release, "Sword and the Dragon," in eight of its situations, based on opening day grosses last week which totalled $17,450 in 28 theatres. Theatre to Reopen MIAMI, Oct. 2. The Roosevelt Theatre on Arthur Godfrey Road, Miami Beach, which has been closed for over a year, will reopen for the winter season late in October, according to an announcement by Dave CapIan, one of the owners, who has just returned from Hollywood. Last film at the Roosevelt was Cinerama. Stanleigh Friedman Dies ( Continued from page 1 ) composer and arranger. His musical works included the Yale football song, "Down the Field," "Glory for Yale," "Whoop It Up" and other Yale songs; the cantata, "All Ye that Cleave Unto the Lord," and the anthem, "God Is My Trust." For "Down the Field," which he composed while an undergraduate, Yale honored him with an inscription carved into the walls of Welch Hall. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 12, 1884, Friedman was the son of Jacob S. Friedman and Mary Pohly Friedman. He attended Albany Academy, from which he was graduated in 1901. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College in 1905 and his law degree from Harvard in 1908. Friedman was admitted to the New York bar in 1907. His activities in the New York Bar Association included the chairmanship of the committees on courts of limited jurisdiction and on the City Courts of the City of New York during the years 19211936 and 1937-1941, respectively. For many years, he served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. In the musical field, Friedman served as president of the Schola Cantorum of New York and as director of Ballet Associates in America, Inc. He also was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. He is survived by his widow, the former Rena Frowenfeld; two children, Mrs. Dorothy Roeder and Dr. Edward W. Friedman, and six grandchildren. Preminger Buys Rights To New First Novel Otto Preminger has acquired the motion picture rights to "The Side of the Angels," a new novel by Alexander Fedoroff, to be published November 21 by Ivan Obolensky Inc. a native of New Orleans, Fedoroff is 33 and this is his first book. Fedoroff will write the screenplay for the film, which Preminger will produce and direct and which United Artists will distribute. F. M. Josey, Jr., 56 ALBEMARLE, N. C, Oct. 2. Flynt M. Josey, Jr., 56, Albemarle theatre operator, died here of a heart attack. He had been in poor health for some time. Surviving are his wife and two sons. 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