Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY OL. 88, NO. 91 NEW YORK, U.S.A., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1960 TEN CENTS Vith Kennedy President Expect More ^age Bills in New Congress ?uf Dixie Conservatives Hay Provide Opposition By E. H. KAHN WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Election if Sen. John F. Kennedy to the Presilency and continued Democratic conrol of both houses of Congress insure hat the motion picture industry will ace a fight to raise minimum wages ti the next congress. But the narrow nargin of popular vote and the fact hat the Democrats had net losses of eats in both House and Senate will nilitate against enactment of very adical changes. Of great significance is the fact hat for the Democratic majority in he House to be effective, traditionally ionservative Southerners must vote (Continued on page 10) Rothman, Rosenfield Warned Col. V-Ps The board of directors of Columbia 'ictures has elected M. Rothman viceresident in charge of foreign disribution, and Jonas Rosenfield, Jr., /ice-president in charge of advertisng and publicity, it was announced /esterday. At the same time the board lamed Bernard E. Zeeman and Seynour Malamed as assistant treasirers. Rothman, who is serving as execu( Continued on page 2) Loew's Theatres Marks closing Session Net, $2,771625 Road show, and Code Laxity Hiiby Allied Convention Resolutions Call for Public Appeal to Congress for Law Ad-Pub. Group Revise Of Newspaper Relations Consolidation of the Motion Picure Association advertising-publicity lirectors committee's programs peraining to industry relationships with lewspapers, now being handled by hree separate groups, will be proDosed in a report to be made to a neeting of the committee at MPAA headquarters here today by Martin Davis, chairman. Three separate committees now ( Continued on page 2 ) Laurence Tisch Loew's Theatres in its annual report to stockholders for the fiscal year ended August 31, announced net profit of $2,771,625, equal to $1.04 per share o n 2,668,389 shares, outstanding. This was after deducting-depreciation charges of $3,075,464, equal to $1.15 per share, and United States and Canadian income taxes of $2,710,000, equal to $1.02 per share. This is a gain in net profit of 38.1 (Continued on page 6) Braunstein, Schwalberg In New Omat Company Special to THE DAILY CHICAGO, Nov. 9.-Formation of the Omat Corp. to distribute 12 to 20 feature pictures a year was announced today by Howard J. Beck and A. W. Schwalberg at the Allied States con(Continued on page 6) Embassy Names Weston Advertising Manager Robert R. Weston has been appointed advertising manager for Embassy Pictures, it was announced here yesterday by Eddie Solomon, execu(Continued on page 3) By JAMES D. IVERS CHICAGO, Nov. 9.— With a show of its characteristic, old-time militancy, Allied States Ass'n. closed its three-day convention here this week with an aggressive call for a curb on increasing numbers of "hard ticket" pictures and a demand for more rigid enforcement of the Production Code to reduce the number of offensive pictures which, Allied contends, are curbing the family trade and keeping others away from theatres. The resolution against exclusive roadshow presentations charged that the practice aggravates the product shortage, is "discriminatory" and will result in the closing of thousands of community theatres. The resolution, adopted by the board and approved by the convention, called for a movement to enlist public support in urging Congress to provide legislation insuring orderly release "unless distribution takes im(Continued on page 11) Fabian Says Presidents Wouldn't Aid Theatres Special to THE DAILY CHICAGO, Nov. 9. Productiondistribution company presidents, with no responsibility for theatres any longer, are concerned only with what seems to benefit distribution, Si H. Fabian, president of Stanley Warner Corp., told the Allied States convention here today in reporting on activities of the American Congress of Exhibitors, of which he holds the position of chairman. Referring to meetings which ACE held with the company presidents in (Continued on page 11) Fabian REVIEW: The World of Suzie Wong World Enterprises— Worldfilm Ltd.— Paramount Ray Stark's production of "The World of Suzie Wong" is faithful in its essentials to its popular predecessors, the best-sell ing novel by Richard Mason, and the successful Broadway play by Paul Osborn. With William Holden as an American architectural draftsman who gives himself a year in Hong Kong in which to test his talent as an artist, and the pert and personable Nancy Kwan as the Chinese "yum-yum girl who first models for him, then becomes his mistress and ultimately his wife, the motion (Continued on page 6) Industry Unity Bond Is Urged by Rackmil Special to THE DAILY CHICAGO, Nov. 9. Milton R. Rackmil, president of Universal Pictures, called on exhibition to join with production distribution to "work more closely together than ever before" at the banquet of Allied States Ass'n. here tonight which brought the organization's annual convention to a close. Rackmil made his remarks in accepting die Allied annual award of "Industry Man of the Year.'' He said he was "proud and honored" (Continued on page 11) Vlilton R. Rackmil