Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, October 19, 1911 PERSONAL MENTION IJENRY H. "HI" MARTIN, Universal Pictures vice-president and general sales manager, left New York yesterday for Atlanta. He will return on Friday. • Nat Esformes, Latin American publicity director for Columbia Pictures International, has returned to New York from a tour of South and Central America. • A. Maxwell Hage, president of Broadcast Editorial Reports, left here last night for Washington. • Sperie P. Perakos and John Perakos, of Perakos Theatres Associates, New Britain, Conn., have returned there from New York. • Herbert Bennin, of the M-G-M sales executive staff, is in Dallas and Oklahoma City this week for meetings on "Ben-Hur." • Herman Kass, Universal Pictures executive in charge of national exploitation, will leave New York today for Houston and Dallas. • Fred Stoessel, president of Fredric Stoessel, Inc., has been married to the former Toni Faren, of the BBD&O publicity department. • Howard Minsky, assistant to George Weltner, Paramount vicepresident in charge of world sales, left here yesterday for Toronto. • Dick McKay, Walt Disney Studios publicity director, has arrived in New York for conferences with Buena Vista executives. • Earl Grant, singer, will arrive in New York from the Coast via Winnipeg today to record a special show for the March of Dimes. gems of showmanship!... by national screen servi Lober Named Executive Assistant to Youngstein Max E. Youngstein, vice-president of United Artists, yesterday announced the appointment of Lionel Lober as his executive assistant. Before joining UA, Lober served as assistant to producer Otto Preminger o n his forthcoming p ro due tion, "Exodus." H e has been a writer director for Contemporary Productions of Boston and an administrator for the American Photo Corporation of New York. Prior to that he edited foreign languages subtitles for Warner Bros., in Paris. Lionel Lober ce" Big Licensing Campaign For Columbia 'Worlds' A big merchandising and licensing campaign is currently being undertaken for Charles H. Schneer's "The 3 Worlds of Gulliver," a Columbia Pictures release. Licenses have been awarded to 14 manufacturing organizations, with many more now in negotiation. The firms include the following: Happy Cottons, Inc., fabric manufacturers; Cindy Lee Corp., makers of children's dresses; Jaymee Fashions, Inc., children's sportswear; Lazy Time Togs, Inc., makers of robes and pajamas for children; May Knitting Co., swim and beachwear manufacturers; Campus Girl, Inc., robes and pajamas; H. & M. Sportswear, Inc.; and Rodless Decorations Inc., makers of bedroom ensembles and curtains. Licenses were also awarded to the U.S. Basket Co.; Burntwood Products Co., jewelry makers; Jo White, Inc., junior dress manufacturers; Uneeda Doll Co.; Richard G. Krueger, Inc., lamp makers; and the Arlington Hat Co. Negotiations are under way with soft goods firms, shoe and shirt manufacturers to merchandise "The 3 Worlds of Gulliver" products. Coast Museum Starts Campaign for Members From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18.-A founder membership drive was launched today by Hollywood Museum Associates as the initial step in the raising of funds to publicize and acquire exhibits for the Hollywood Motion Picture and Television Museum. Sol Lesser is president of Hollywood Museum Associates. Shooting Ends on 'Guns of Navarone' From THE DAILY Bureau LONDON, Oct. 18.-Carl Foreman announced here today that filming had been completed on his multimillion dollar modern adventure epic, "The Guns of Navarone," for Columbia release, after almost seven months of shooting in Greece and England. The film, with screenplay by Foreman, is Columbia's most expensive production to date. Shot in color and CinemaScope, the all-star cast includes Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn, with Anthony Quayle, Stanley Baker, James Darren, Gia Scala and Irene Papas co-starred. Vast Cave Constructed The final stage of filming was completed on one of the largest outdoor sets ever constructed. The enormous gun cave fortress, which is the focal point of the plot, took five months to construct. Designed to represent a German-occupied base on a Greek island, the massive structure stretches over an area of almost two acres. Towering over 140 feet into the air, the gun fortress was built of tubular steel and timber. More than 160 workers were involved in the process of building the super-structure. The imposing guns contain about 14 miles of cable. To complete filming of "The Guns of Navarone," an army of workmen agreed to work on a seven-day-a-week basis in order to complete construction of the set. To Be Ready Next Spring Foreman estimates that the task of assembling the first rough cut of the picture will require three months of intensive work. He expects "The Guns of Navarone" to be ready for the public sometime next spring. Pathe-Alpha New Name Of Distributing Firm From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18. Alpha Distributing Company, the newly formed subsidiary of America Corporation, which will finance and release 12 features during 1961, is changing its name to Pathe-Alpha Distributing Company, it was announced by Budd Rogers, president. Change was necessitated when the company could not get national clearance on the Alpha name. Rogers also revealed that six production packages, including casts, producers, directors and completed scripts, have been presented for approval to Theatre Owners of America committee, consisting of George Kerasotes, M. Spencer Leve, Samuel Pinanski, Walter Reade, Jr., E. D. Martin and Albert Pickus, for exhibitor approval. AMPA Honors ( Continued from page 1 ) campaign: to Metro-Goldwyn-May< for "Ben-Hur." Joseph Vogel, MG1 president, has been invited to accejij the award. To the year's outstanding sho^ man: Joseph Levine, president t Embassy Pictures, for his promotial of "Hercules," "Jack the Ripper.' and other recent films. To tire man in the service or trad association field who performed ou standing meritorious service: Gordo| White, director of the Advertisin; Code Administration of the Motio Picture Association of America, an long-time officer of AMPA. The Association will also preser a special award to Adolph Zukor, ve» eran chairman of the board of Paraj mount Pictures, in recognition of hi long service to the industry. This waj previously announced. Montgomery said that Mauric Bergman, veteran industry publicist will be toastmaster at the luncheon and will present the awards and citai tions. Selections were made by special AMPA committee, with th approval of AMPA's directorate. Trevelyan to Meet With AHA Executives From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18.-Charle W. 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