Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Thursday, November 10, 19l| PERSONAL MENTION ipRIC JOHNSTON, president of the *-* Motion Picture Association, returned here from London yesterday and proceeded to his Washington headquarters. He attended the annual Royal Naval Film Corps dinner in London. • Samuel Z. Arkoff, executive vicepresident of American International Pictures, has returned to Hollywood from Europe. Fred Goldberg, United Artists national director of advertising, publicity and exploitation; Nat Rudich, representative of the Otto Preminger organization, and Herb Pickman, UA cordinator of road-show engagements, left New York yesterday for Detroit. • Richard P. Brandt, president of Trans-Lux Corp., has returned to New York from the Coast. • Kay Harrison, managing director of Technicolor, Ltd., arrived in New York from London yesterday via B.O.A.C. • Herman "Hi" Biegel, tax consultant, has left Washington for the Coast to confer with studio and star clients. • Stan Dudelson, general sales manager of Screen Gems syndication, has left New York on a two-week trip to Midwest and the Coast. * Ben M. Cohn, Universal International assistant foreign manager, has returned to New York from a threeweek trip to England and the Continent. Holiday Notice MOTION PICTURE DAILY will not be published tomorrow, Nov. 11, Veterans' Day. NEW YORK THEATRES i — RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL — i Rockefeller Center • Ci 6-4600 WILLIAM HOLDEN THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG co-rtarring NANCY KWAN SYLVIA SYMS • MICHAEL WILDING A Paramount Release in TECHNICOLOR® ON THE GREAT STAGE "TOWN AND COUNTRY" Col. Officials ( Continued from page 1 ) tive vice-president of Columbia Pictures International Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary, joined Columbia in March of this year. He came to Columbia from United Artists where he had been for eight years, the last three as manager for Continental Europe and the Near East. He began his international film career in Europe at the close of World War II. Rosenfield came to Columbia in M. Rothman Jonas Rosenfield 1955, after having spent a number of years as advertising executive with other film companies. His first post was as executive assistant to Paul N. Lazarus, Jr., who was then vice-president in charge of advertising and publicity. In 1958, when Lazarus' activities were given broader scope, Rosenfield was named executive in charge of advertising and publicity. Earlier this year his duties were enlarged to include supervision over all of the company's publicity and advertising activities throughout the world. Zeeman has been with the Columbia organization for 25 years and is a vice-president and treasurer of Columbia International. Recently he was given the additional duties of assisting Leo Jaffe, first vice-president and treasurer, and Louis J. Barbano, financial vice-president, in the parent company's financial activities. Malamed joined Columbia in 1956 as an executive with Screen Gems, Inc., the television subsidiary. He moved to the parent company a year later as an assistant to Leo Jaffa. Carlos Becerra, 46 Carlos Becerra, 46, 20th CenturyFox branch manager in Ecuador, was killed Monday in the crash of an Ecuadorian airliner. Becerra was appointed manager of the Ecuador branch this year. He joined Fox in 1937 and served in a variety of positions for the company in South America. 'Alamo' Does $32,500 John Wayne's production of "The Alamo" registered $32,500 during its second week at the Rivoli Theatre, it was announced by William J. Heineman, vice president of United Artists. De Patie Succeeds Kahane As AMPP Vice-President From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 9. E. L. De Patie, Warner Brothers vice-president, has been elected vice-president of the Association of Motion Picture Producers to fill the vacancy left by the death of the late B. B. Kahane, it was announced following the AMPP board meeting here yesterday. TV industries Net $1,444,000 in Quarter Special to THE DAILY WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. 9. Stockholders attending the annual meeting of Television Industries, Inc. here this morning were told that the unaudited figures for the third quarter which ended Sept. 30, 1960 showed a gross taxable income for the company of $5,377,000, with net income after taxes amounting to $1,444,000. Profit, computed on a consolidated basis, will equal approximately $1.40 per share, all figures comparing favorably with similar periods the preceding year. Basil Estreich, senior vice-president of Television Industries and chairman of the meeting, also projected the earnings for the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, as a net profit, after taxes, of $1,294,000 which is equal to about $1.58 per share. Stock currently is selling on the market at $2 a share. Directors Elected Stockholders elected the slate of 10 directors tendered by management, by a vote of 481,430 to 887, which included stockholders present and proxy votes. The elected directors, are: Matty Fox, president, Estreich, George Granville, Richard C. Hemingway, Walter S. Mack, Martin J. Robinson, Martin Schildkraut, Arnold C. Stream, M. Morton Siegel and William Zeckendorf. Officers will be elected at a board of directors meeting to be held Monday in New York. Meeting also was advised that the company's Bolshoi Ballet film is completed and ready for release. It has not yet been decided whether to distribute the film, which runs exactly two hours, theatrically or for television. It also was announced that Saul Bass, Hollywood art specialist, prepared special credits for the film. David Cherman Dead NEW HAVEN, Nov. 9. David Cherman, 77, owner of the Lawrence Theatre here, and formerly owner of the local Howard Theatre, now a bowling operation, is dead following a short illness. He is survived by his wife, to whom he had been married for more than 50 years. Ad-Pub. Grouj ( Continued from page 1 ) are at work on as many phases of 1 1 program. One is chairmaned by Jori;] Rosenfield, Columbia Pictures vicjl president, and is concerned will newspaper censorship of film advejj rising. Another, under the chairmaii ship of Dan Terrell of MGM is worl ing on the improvement of newjl papers' amusement pages, while F third, headed by Jerome Pickma Paramount vice-president, is co cerned with advertising rate stru| tures and related matters. Davis, in addition to reporting pro ress made to date, will call for a i planning of the program to achieve more efficient operation of the thrl groups. Davis also will report on a M jected meeting of members of tl advertising-publicity directors cori mittee with representatives of til Screen Producers Guild and Theat Owners of America to discuss critij ism of film advertising by the latt two and exchange views thereon. Robert Ferguson of Columbia arl Charles Levy of Buena Vista, who:j companies have furnished pictures i| the test of the Compo-Marcus me chandising plan in the Pittsburg] area, will report on results achieve to date and prospects for the r« mainder of the test. Pittsburgh e. hibitors have complained of a lac of suitable pictures being offered 1 distribution which, they conten< could threaten completion of the tes The committee also will hear a r^ port by Richard Griffith of the Mi seum of Modern Art's films divisio on a planned exhibit of motion pi<3 ture advertising posters gathere from all parts of the world. Movielab Dividend Movielab Film Laboratories, In< has declared a second quarter di vidend of 10c a share to be paid o Nov. 1. The company became a pur: licly held corporation in June of thi year. First dividend of 10c was paii on Aug. 1. Rites for Willis Harvey PALATKA, Fla., Nov. 9.-Funera services have been held here fo! Willis Harvey, father of French Haij vey, home office executive of Florid J State Theatres in Jacksonville. AdveSg ManYgef Giis H Fafsel Seduction ^ TnnAV K™e>,Edit°r; J*me* Ivers, Managing Editor; Richard Gertner, News Editor; Herbert V. 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