Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

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Motion Picture Daily Friday, October 7, 1960 PERSONAL Four Action Classics MENTION STEVE BROIDY, Allied Artists president, in New York from the Coast, will meet trade press representatives at lunch at the 21 Club today. Sandy Abrahams, A-A national advertising publicity director, and George Burroughs, executive vicepresident, will accompany him. • John C. Flinn, Columbia Pictures studio director of publicity and advertising, will leave Hollywood on Sunday for Hawaii for conferences in "The Devil at 4 O'clock." • Ed Svigals, vice-president of Trans-Lux Distribution Corp., has returned here from an extended sales trip to the West Coast. • Charles B. Moss, president of B. S. Moss Theatres, will leave here Sunday for a tour of film production centers in London, Paris, and Madrid to view recently completed product. • Ira D. Beck, United Artists Associated supervisor in Latin America, is here for home office conferences. • Joseph Solomon, president of Fanfare Films, Inc., Philadelphia, was in Atlanta this week. • Mrs. Benjamin Dargush, wife of the manager of the Center Theatre in downtown Buffalo, N. Y., became the mother of a baby girl this week. • Harry K. McWilliams, advertising and publicity director for Columbia's "Pepe," is in Philadelphia from here today on promotion of the film. Albany Plans Dinner To Honor Pantages ALBANY, Oct. 6.-Clayton G. Pantages, promoted by 20th-Fox from Albany branch manager to a post in the "sales cabinet" which general sales manager Glenn Norris has established, will be honored at a dinner here, tentatively set for Nov. 14. This was decided today, following a bon voyage luncheon for Alan V. Iselin, president of Tri-City Drive-In Theatres. He leaves New York Sunday by plane for London, on a search for foreign pictures with drive-in draw. Former salesman John Wilhelm, who returned from New York today and assumed Pantages' old job, will serve on the dinner committee. So will Herbert Schwartz, Columbia manager; Elias Schlenger, Fabian division manager; Joe Miller, of Menands Drive-in, and others. From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 6. American International's forthcoming release schedule will carry a minimum of four action classics, according to an announcement here today by AIP heads James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff. At the same time and due to an increased demand for _ saturation bookings, the executives announced a boost in their standing orders to 600 prints, thus allowing four to six major territories to play off a feature simultaneously. The four action classics announced are Jules Verne's "Master of the World," "In the Year 2889," "The Floating City" and Edgar Allan poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum." All four productions will be filmed in color at an estimated budget of $4,250,000 with exploitation and advertising scheduled from April of '61 through the Christmas holidays at a cost of another $4,250,000, making this AIP's largest outlay to date. 'Hot Wind' to Open in 652 Theatres in Week Joseph E. Levine's "Where The Hot Wind Blows!" will open in 652 theatres across the country, the week of Nov. 6, spearheaded by simultaneous saturation openings in New York, New England, Philadelphia and Los Angeles-San Francisco territories. In addition, the M-G-M release will debut in saturation openings the same week in Toronto and Montreal, putting to use more than 600 prints. A total of 120 theatres in the New York territory have booked the film as the Veterans' Day attraction, while "Where The Hot Wind Blows!" will debut in 150 theatres in New England and approximately 100 in both the Philadelphia and Los AngelesSan Francisco territories. 12 Roadshow Bookings For 'Alamo' Slated Twelve roadshow engagements in the United States and Canada have been set for John Wayne's "The Alamo," it was announced by Wayne and William J. Heineman, vice-president of United Artists. The film will have its world premiere at Woodlawn Theatre, San Antonio, on Oct. 24, following a four-day, city-wide celebration. This will be followed by regional premieres at the Capri, Dallas; the Tower, Houston, on Oct. 25; and at the Rivoli, New York; Palace, Chicago; Carthay Circle, Los Angeels; Alexander, San Francisco, and Midtown, Philadelphia, on Oct. 26. Regional premieres at the Tivoli, Toronto; Seville, Montreal; State, Oklahoma City, and Brook, Tulsa, on Nov. 9, round out the first bookings. Charles Smadja Smadja Resigns ( Continued from page 1 ) was one of the original group that came into United Artists in 1951 and has been a major factor in the worldwide growth of the company since that date. All of us here at U.A. are sorry that he has to curtail his activities, but we must respect the advice of his physician. Our best wishes go with him and we are happy that he will still be available to us in his advisory capacity." Smadja entered the motion picture industry in France in 1931 and was general manager of Films Osso from 1932 to 1934. He became a producer and president of Gladiator Films in 1935 and left to serve with the Free French forces in World War II. He resumed production activities in France in 1945 and joined United Artists in 1951 as European sales manager. He was named continental manager in 1953 and to his present post in 1955. Academy Sets ( Continued from page 1 ) Awards year to the audience for which they were designed. The new rule also states that entries must have significant dialogue or narration in English or English sub-titles. The second rule change, recommended by the short subjects branch, states that short subjects must be released in Los Angeles County for a definite first paid play date of three consecutive days after an opening prior to midnight, Dec. 31, 1960. Previously, the rules required that the films be shown in the county for three consecutive days "during the Awards year." Baltimore Theatre Switches to 'Art' Special to THE DAILY BALTIMORE, Oct. 6. A new policy of operation as an "art" house begins tomorrow at the Forest Theatre located in suburban residential Baltimore. It formerly was on a subsequent-run basis. The theatre has been renovated and redecorated. The original seating of 680 has been rearranged and reduced. It is a unit of the Durkee Enterprises, which also owns the Edgewood, policy of which was recently also changed to "art." New Company Sets Budget of $8,500,000 From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 6.-Arlingtoi Productions, Inc., has been formec to produce eight feature films in the next 12 months with a total antici pated budget of $8,500,000. Presi dent of the new company is William D. Coates. Albert Martin, New York attorney, is with the compam as producer's representative. Of the eight pictures, four are tc be filmed in this country and four in Mexico in a co-production venture with Producciones Bueno. Coates departs over the weekend for Mexico City where he will meet Bueno's president Jose Luis Bueno, Jorge Castillo and Dawson Bray. Five million dol lars is budgeted for the Mexican ven tures, with $3,500,000 for the Amer ican productions. Officers of Arlington, in addition to Coates, are Herman Rotsten, vicepresident; Dean Colin Reed, vicepresident; Calvin J. McKinney, secretary-treasurer, and Wynn Shrontz, assistant treasurer and finance officer. Financing for the company is from private sources. No distribution deal has been set. It is intended to start "The Cause of Death" on location in New York Nov. 28. Joseph Kane will direct from an original screenplay by Jerry Sohl. Balance of the program, both domestic and Mexican co-production, is to be announced within the week. NT&T Will Distribute ( Continued from page 1 ) her 10, 1960 to NT&T stockholders of record on October 14, 1960, B. Gerald Cantor, president of NT&T. announced today. NT&T stockholders will receive three stares of NTA for each 10 shares of NT&T held This dividend was announced some time ago, but designation of the record and payment dates was delayed pending approval by the Federal Communications Commission. The Chase Manhattan Bank, which holds the NTA stock as trustee, will handle the distribution. The dividend decreases NT&T'.s holdings in NTA to 620,511 shares, which is approximately 38 per cent of the total of 1,627,572 shares of NTA common stock to be outstanding. NEW YORK THEATRES i — RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL—, Rockefeller Center • Ci 6-4600 THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS ROBERT PRESTON • DOROTHV McGUIRE A WARNER BROS. PICTURE in TECHNICOLOR ON STAGE "THREE CHEERS" & "K0L NIDREI" MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherwin Kane, Editor; James D. Ivers, Managing Editor; Richard Gertner, News Editor; Herbert V. Fecke Advertising Manager; Gus H. Fausel, Production Manager, TELEVISION TODAY, Charles S. Aaronson, Editorial Director; Pinky Herman, Eastern Editor. Hollywood Bureau Yucca-Vine Building, Samuel D. Berns, Manager; Telephone H011ywood_ 7-2145 ;_ Washington, E. H. Kahn, 996 National Press Bldg., Washington, 4, D. 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