Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

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MOTION PICTURE DAILY VOL. NO. 68 NEW YORK, U.S.A., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1960 TEN CENTS Long Process MP A Program Forming for New FCC Rules Retains Counsel in D.C.; Prepares for Conferences By E. H. KAHN WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-The Motion Picture Association has retained the Washington law firm of Haley, Wohlenberg and Bader to represent the industry's interests in dealing with the Federal Communications Commis■ sion on the rules that it will make for •interpreting the new law that bans ■certain malpractices in broadcasting Procedure in such a case probably will involve discussions with FCC staff ( Continued on page 6 ) Won't Deduct Cost of Staging Campaign Drive The Motion Picture Ass'n announced yesterday that in the industry-wide effort to get out the vote and raise funds on a nonpartisan basis for both parties, no portion of die money contributed will be used :or administration expenses. Any expenses involved will be borne by the -ompanies themselves. The industry has decided to make .he project a public service effort. This is the first time that such a program has been undertaken on an ndustry-wide basis in this countrv. According to Eric Johnston, MP A A ^resident, the fact that the cost of political campaigns has in the past (Continued on page 2) frock Options Lead lndustry Transactions From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. Exerise of stock options stand out among he transactions in motion picture ndustry stocks reported to the Sec•.rities and Exchange Commission rom Aug. 11 to Sept. 12, 1960. h Benjamin Thau, an officer of MGM. (Continued on page 8) rELEVISION TODAY— page 6 Says MPI Plans Release of First Post-1948 Film Acquisitions to Hard Tops in February Special to THE DAILY MEMPHIS, Oct. 5.— Motion Picture Investors, Inc., will begin releasing pictures it acquires from major companies' post-1948 libraries next February, Richard Orear of Commonwealth Theatres, Kansas City, and an officer of MPI, told the Tri-States Theatre Owners annual convention here yesterdav. Orear said release of the first film acquisitions will be to hard tops, and the same pictures will be made available to drive-ins about June 1, 1961. He made no disclosure of titles or film acquisitions, specifically, but told the conventioneers that MPI's investments in both film companies and post-48 library selections can be regarded as doing very well. Pictures from the major companies' libraries, he said, are being selected on their individual merit and not on a block-buying basis. Top quality attractions are being sought and those acquired will not be available to television for additional vears, he pointed out. When the films are re-released next winter and spring it will be with new prints and completely new advertising and promotion campaigns and materials. AA Year Profit nj. &t. Asks us okay Is $1,240,538 Allied Artists' operations for the fiscal year ended July 2, 1960, resulted'in a net profit' of 81,240,538, compared with a net loss of 8262,499 for the previous year, it was announced yesterday bv Steve Broidv, president of the companv. The statement included an account(Continued on page 2) To Acquire Drive-Ins From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-National Theatres and Television, Inc., is seeking authorization from the Department of Justice for the acquisition of two drive-in theatres. One would plan to operate as a multiple first run theatre and would accommodate between 1,200 and 1,600 cars. It would be located in the so-called Cypress-Los Alamitos area in Orange County, east (Continued on page 2) State Dep't. Influence Vs. Film Exports Is Scored by Kramer Exercise of influence by the U. S. State Department on American film exports was scored by Stanley Kramer, producer, in a talk on "Movies with Ideas" at a meeting here yesterday sponsored by the N. Y. Universitv's School of Law's Arthur Garfield Hays' civil liberties program. Kramer is an NYU alumnus. "Movies with ideas," Kramer said, "has come to mean 'con troversial films' or, worse, 'message pictures'. In our business 'message' is a profanity and, in some quarters of Washington, where our business becomes their business, it is almost an obs Stanlev Kramer cenity. "It may not have occurred even to experts in the civil liberties field that a producer seeking to make "movies with ideas" has a running fight on his hands. He must fight to produce them, and then he must fight to get them properly distributed, especiallv in areas of the foreign market where the State Department may influence the choice of American product. "In the obsolete thinking of some government "specialists" concerned with export of films, a producer who turns a bright light on contemporarv society in the United States, and (Continued on page 3) Trend Growing 152 Theatres Equipped for 70mm in U.S. 51 More to Changeover Soon; Canada Has 15 There are a total of 152 theatres in the 32 exchange areas of the United States equipped to show 70mm prints and, as of August 31 another 51 installations were contemplated. In addition, 15 theatres in the Toronto-Montreal areas are equipped for the big picture and another is planned. George P. Skouras, president of Magna Pictures, reporting on the (Continued on page 8) Williams Named Dallas Branch Mgr. by 20th-Fox William L. Williams has been named branch manager of the 20th Century-Fox Dallas office, effective immediately, it was announced yesterday bv C. Glenn Norris, general sales manager. Williams replaces Tom McCleaster, recendy appointed to members h i p in the newlv created "Sales Cabinet," the field extension of the general sales manager's office, detads (Continued on page 3) L. Williams MGM Publicist Cohan Missing in Air Crash Alfred Cohan, 39, MGM publicist, has been listed among those missing in the Eastern Air Lines Electra crash in Boston Harbor Tuesday. Cohan, who has been associated with the MGM home office publicitv and advertising department since November, (Continued on page 6)