Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)

STATEMENT REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912, AS AMENDED BY THE ACTS OF MARCH 3, 1933, AND JULY 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) SHOWING THE OWNERSHIP, AAANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULATION OF BOXOFFICE, published weekly at Kansas City, Missouri, for October 8, 1962. 1 . The names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business manager are: Publisher and editor-in-chief, Ben Shlyen, Kansas City, Mo; Editor, Ben Shlyen, Konsas City, Mo.; Managing Editor, Jesse Shlyen, Kansas City, Mo.; Business Manager, Morris Schlozmon, Kansas City, Mo. 2. The owner is: (if owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given. 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Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting; also the statements in the two paragraphs show the affiant's full knowledge and belief as fo the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not oppear upon the books of the company os trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner. 5. The average number of copies in each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding the date shown above was 17,566. MORRIS SCHLOZMAN, Business Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of September, 1 962. DOROTHY L. SMITH, Notary Public. (My commission expires July 12, 1965). Coca-Cola in New Deal For World Series Film NEW YORK — Coca-Cola Co. has signed a new long term contract for the sponsorship of the official world series motion pictures . . . The company has sponsored the annual color film for the last three years. Lew Fonseca, director of the motion picture division for the National and American Leagues, is the producer. Coca-Cola’s agreement provides that prints will be made available to schools, sports groups, clubs and civic organizations on a gratis basis. 'Spaceship' Premiere in San Diego LOS ANGELES — San Diego has been selected for the four-theatre American premiere of Crown-International’s “First Spaceship on Venus,” science-fiction spectacular in Technicolor and Totalvision. Film opens October 31 at the Cabrillo Theatre and the Frontier, Rancho and South Bay Drive-ins. ^cfront •By CHRIS DUTRA JERRY LEWIS, now in production with “The Nutty Professor” at Paramount, has signed petite, blonde Judy ’Thor to make her screen debut in this forthcoming vehicle . . . Lewis also has a plmn role for a dependable tongue-tied lady “mynah bird” to play his talkative pal, Jenrufer, in the film. All the bird’s dialog — and there’s to be a lot of it — must be from the script. No ad-libbed speeches allowed. In other words, the dialog will be put in the bird’s mouth as the need arises — which is quite a thing to do to a lady, even if she is a mynah bird . . . Artie Schmidt has been signed as associate producer to Ernie Glucksman on the picture . . . Also at Paramount, Pat Hingle has been set for the top role in David Susskind’s production of “All the Way Home,” which stars Jean Simmons and Robert Preston. The film is slated for principal photography on location in Knoxville today (8) under the direction of Alex Segal ... To add to the activity at Paramount, Frank Sinatra’s Essex Productions has signed Phyllis McGuire, one of the famed McGuire Sisters, to make her screen debut in “Come Blow Your Horn,” which stars Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb, Molly Picon, Barbara Rush, Jill St. John and newcomer Tony Bill. Howard Koch is executive producer. Van Bernard Productions, Inc., headed by Red Skelton, has joined with Warner Bros, in a partnership deal to develop motion picture and television properties, with Skelton, in all probability, starring in a film under the new arrangement. Guy dellaCioppa, associated with Van Bernard as executive producer of “The Red Skelton Hour” on CBS, will be in charge of project development, which will operate as a separate unit with its own creative staff of writers, directors and producers. Van Bernard is currently readying several halfhour TV comedies as well as theatrical properties, announcement of which is expected within the next few weeks. Simkoe Productions, the newly formed independent company headed by director Norman Jewison, has concluded a deal with Universal-International calling for two pictures. Simkoe also announced a twopicture deal with Tony Curtis’s Curtis Enterprises, which is in addition to the now completed “40 Pounds of Trouble” on which Jewison made his theatrical directorial bow. First on the new U-I deal is “The Thrill of It All,” which is currently shooting in New York. Starred are Doris Day and James Garner, with Ross Hunter producing . . . Zasu Pitts and Arlene Francis have just been announced for top roles in the picture. In addition to his recent purchase of the best-seller, “Ship of Fools,” Stanley Kramer has just acquired the film rights to Adela Rogers St. Johns’ best seller, “Final Verdict,” for feature production. The book is about her father, the late criminal lawyer. Earl Rogers. Kramer is currently shooting “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” for UA release, with “Ship of Fools,” and “Andersonville,” slated for filming in the next two years for Columbia release. No distribution deal has been set for “Verdict.” Producer Walter Mirisch has signed Yvette Mimieux for a starring role in “Toys in the Attic,” a Mirisch Co. presentation for United Artists release, with George Roy Hill directing. The film also stars Dean Martin, Geraldine Page and Wendy Hiller, who have been previously announced. Miss Mimieux recently completed “Diamond Head” at Columbia and is currently seen on the nation’s screens in “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm,” and “Light in the Piazza,” both MGM releases ... In London, Basil Sydney, one of England’s most renowned actors, has been signed for a top featured role in “Summer Flight,” a Mirisch Co. presentation, with Susan Hayward starring, and with Michael Craig, Diane Baker and Edward Judd as costars . . . The screen version of Jean Genet’s controversial play, “The Balcony,” with Shelley Winters, Peter Falk and Lee Grant starring, has added Leonard Nimoy to the stellar cast for a top featured role. Joseph Strick directs the Walter Reade-Sterling Films presentation for Continental release . . . Producer-writer Abby Mann will screen the first cut of “The Condemned of Altona” in Rome, when he meets with the film’s director, Vittorio de Sica. Mann is screenwriter of the Carlo Ponti production which stars Sophia Loren, Maximilian Schell, Fredric March and Robert Wagner for 20th-Fox release. Milton Subotsky to Make Another Columbia Film LONDON — Milton Subotsky will produce “Just for Fun,” a musical with British and American pop stars, at the Twickenham Studios, starting November 19, according to M. J. Frankovich, Columbia Pictures first vice-president. Subotsky also produced the teenage musical, “Ring-ADing Rhythm” for Columbia release in September 1962. The stars in “Just for Fun” will include Bobby Vinton, Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, the Karl Denver Trio, the Tornados, Freddy Cannon and a dozen other musical stars. Crown Inn Increases Picture Deal to Three LOS ANGELES — Crown-International Pictures has increased its one-picture deal, to three, with Bern-Field Productions, according to N. P. “Red” Jacobs, C-I president. In the original deal, “Terrified,” starring Rod Laui'en, was set, with Lew Landers directing the Richard Bernstein screenplay. Bernstein also serves as producer. Two additions are “The Gun Hawk,” with negotiations on for Broderick Ci’awford to star, and “Main Chance,” jungle adventure screenplay by Richard Audrey. BOXOFFICE :: October 8, 1962 21