Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Monday, October 17, 19 PEOPLE William S. Vaughn, president of Eastman Kodak Co., has been elected a director of Procter & Gamble Co., succeeding the late Reuben B. Robertson, Jr. □ Wayne Carignan has been promoted from booker to salesman in the Albany, N. Y., branch of 20th CenturyFox, taking over the duties of John Wilhelm, who has been advanced to the post of branch manager. □ Michael de Lisio, formerly magazine contact for M-G-M, has joined Highroad Productions as assistant to vice-president Irving Rubine, devoting himself to national publicity and exploitation. □ Mrs. Myrtle Karp, wife of Jack Karp, head of Paramount's Hollywood studios, has been named "Woman of the Year" by Crestwood Lodge, B'nai B'rith, Hollywood. She will receive the special award at a dinner-dance to be held in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Oct. 22. □ Lou Levitch, 30-year veteran of the Schine theatre circuit, who recently resigned as managing director of the Granada Theatre, Buffalo, reopened his refurbished North Park Theatre there with a champagne buffet for an invited audience. □ Monroe Friedman, of the Columbia Pictures home office publicity department, has been named unit publicity coordinator for Edward Schreiber's production of "Mad-Dog Coll," which Columbia Pictures will release. □ Irene Gibbons, couturier who designed the Doris Day wardrobe for "Midnight Lace," was one of the guests of honor at the fashion show luncheon held in Washington for the benefit of the Salvation Army Auxiliary, of which Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower is Honorary Sponsor. □ Herbert T. Auerbach, who recently resigned as Continental manager for Columbia Pictures International, has joined Warwick Film Productions and will represent that company in Europe and the Near East. In addition to activity in distribution and sales, he will set up co-production deals and will participate in Warwick's production activities on the Continent. FCC Unit Asks Firm Stand on Pay-TV Issue* Set Italy Version of 'Ten? "The Ten Commandments" will be handled in the United States in an Italian-language version by the Casolaro-Giglio Film Distributing Corp., of New York City, it has been announced by Ed Chumley, Paramount's domestic sales manager for the attraction, and Salvatore Casolaro, president of the distributing organization. ( Continued from page 1 ) Bureau agreed that clarification of the issues were in order. Marcus Cohn, counsel for the Connecticut Committee Against Pay-TV and for five Hartford movie theatre owners told Motion Picture Daily that the bureau's position "gives us practically everything we asked for." Cohn Supported The bureau stated flatly that "it is evident that questions relating to subscription television programming and the impact of subscription television upon the established system of programming lie near the core of the many-faceted subscription television issue." The bureau believes that matters brought out by Cohn in his petition to FCC are inherent in the issues already designated by the commission. The bureau notes that the language of FCC's third report, which sets broad ground rules for a pay-tv test, "clearly goes to the nature of the programming proposed and indicates the extent to which commitments obtained and negotiations under way give assurance that the proposed programming will be available." Wants 'Specific Details' "It is abundantly clear," the bureau says, that "in calling for the particulars of trial proposals, the commission did not intend that the mere submission of information would alone fulfill the condition. Rather, the commission called for the submission by applicants of more specific details than had heretofore been available (in the highly generalized projects outlined by the proponents in comments filed in the rule-making proceeding on subscription television) so that the information furnished could be evaluated in determining whether the public interest would be served by the authorization of a proposed trial operation." Difficulties Admitted In a seeming move to hedge its position, the bureau then goes on to observe that it is "amply clear" from the past record "that the commission recognized the impracticality of requiring an applicant for a trial operation to furnish at the outset full and explicit particulars of proposed subscription programming, which could only be formulated by the applicant of the basis of concluded negotiations with firm commitments from program suppliers." As the Broadcast Bureau interprets things, FCC's past record on pay-tv "reflects the commission's anticipation that such negotiations and commitments could not realistically be expected to be fully developed and concluded prior to the time when an applicant would be in a position, through a grant, to concretize the details of its program offerings." Programming Plans Vital On the other hand, the bureau asserts, "it is equally apparent" that FCC "expects applicants to inform it of its programming plans to the fullest extent possible in the circumstances. Whether the applicant has done this is, in the opinion of the bureau, a proper matter to consider on the record of this proceeding." The bureau believes that "the present issues amply cover appropriate inquiry into the applicants programming plans." Among the showings which the broadcast bureau believes could be helpful to FCC with respect to programming, "to the extent that they can be made available, are such matters as: "(A) Plans as to offerings of the IATSE Lists Pact Demands ( Continued a meeting on Oct. 10 with Flaherty, and were listed as follows: (1) Royalty payments for televising of post-'48 pictures on free tv or pay-tv. (2) Foreign runaway production. The producer agrees that he shall not make or produce or cause to be made or produced motion pictures of any type or nature outside the continental limits of the United States and Canada and its territories. (3) Motion Picture industry health and welfare plan. Adequate dependent coverage for all members of the motion picture industry health and welfare plan. (4) Motion picture industry pension plan. (A) Reduce the retirement age of women to 62; men to remain at 65. (B) Total and permanent disability for participants 45 or over, and who have met all pension plan eligibility requirements for retirement on date from page 1 ) of disability. (C) Automatic vesting provisions. (5) General wage increase of 25 per cent across the board. (6) Cost of living. If during term of this agreement, the consumers price index rises two per cent. This agreement shall be open in regard to wages only. (7) Term of agreement. For the period commencing Jan. 31, 1961 and extending to and including Oct. 31, 1962. (8) Establishment of regular meal periods, with penalties for failure to call meals within designated periods. (9) Three weeks vacation with pay. Employees who have worked 10 or more qualified years in industry under a daily or weekly schedule shall be entitled to three weeks vacation with pay. (10) Miscellaneous changes and clarifications of contract provisions. several kinds of subscription prograi ming, such as: feature films; spor stage plays; education; others; "(B) Whether and the extent which the transmission of featu films, sports or other programs WHCT would displace their broa casting for reception by the loc public without the payment of a c rect charge. "(C) Displacement of programs no broadcast by WHCT, and the effe of such displacement on WHCT's di charge of its ordinary programmir responsibilities." Not Seeking to Weigh Impact The Broadcast Bureau does n> construe Cohn's petition as conten plating an inquiry into the impa of the proposed trial of pay-tv upc the offerings of theatres, night clul and other non-broadcast purveyo of entertainment. It adds that it "clear that the present issues do n< encompass it." The Broadcast Bureau has pre posed to the full commission an ordc for its consideration. This suggeste order says that FCC agrees with tl bureau's analysis of the matters "it tended to be embraced within the i; sues and the limitations within whic* consideration of these matters wi be appropriate." Special Conditions Conceded It goes on to say that "evident with respect to these matters ma' therefore be offered, subject to dn observance of statutory and oth< limitations within which the commi sion may properly act with referent to programming by broadcast st£ tions, and subject further to du recognition of the special circun stances applicable to a proposal ft the trial of a novel television service as distinguished from an applicatio for a broadcast facility in one of ti; regularly established broadcast sen, AIP Seen Abandoning Film-Making Abroad From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 16. Amei ican-International Pictures has drop ped its policy of making picture abroad due to lack of good techn cians and the high rise of labor cost on foreign soil, it was reported her on Friday. James Nicholson and Samuel Arl< off, AIP executives, who leave her for Europe at weekend to co-oi dinate distribution plans there fd "House of Usher" and to screen cord pleted foreign films for possible U.§ distribution, claim the quality q films shot here is far superior t those made abroad. It is also AIP's intention to in crease its production output by mak ing more films here, viewing tli possibility of a minimum of 10 top budgeted pictures in the next 1 months, the AIP heads said befor leaving.